Dan Kaplan: Urban Alchemies: Repair and Transformation
2018 L. Michael Goldsmith Lecture featuring Dan Kaplan
How to build in the city? That's what this talk is about, said Dan Kaplan (B.Arch. '84), who gave the annual L. Michael Goldsmith lecture at AAP NYC in April. Kaplan is a senior partner at FXCollaborative, a leading green building design firm with offices in New York City and Washington, DC.
This year's L. Michael Goldsmith lecture featuring Dan Kaplan was the largest and most successful to date, said Robert (Bob) W. Balder (B.S. URS '89), Gensler Family Sesquicentennial Executive Director of AAP NYC. The event was complemented by a gallery installation showcasing FXCollaborative's award-winning projects.
In his talk titled Urban Alchemies: Repair and Transformation, Kaplan used the examples in the gallery installation to set out three concepts to approaching urban design. First, the centuries-old method of fixing broken pottery known as Kintsugi, in which lacquer dusted with gold is applied to aged or broken ceramic to accentuate surface cracks, was used to provide a visual metaphor for the city. Next, Kaplan discussed contextual urbanism, where building design should relate to the adjacent context and extend into the future by incorporating sustainability, solar, temperature, humidity, and landscape. Collaboration, the third concept, is rooted in FXCollaborative's philosophy. Formerly FXFowle, the firm rebranded itself in early 2018 to represent a design culture and philosophy reflected in the way its projects are achieved for their clients and the broader community.
The annual Goldsmith lecture was established in memory of L. Michael Goldsmith by his family and friends in recognition of his passion for his education at Cornell, his career, and love of the profession of architecture.
Colleen Fitzpatrick - The Unknown Child of the Titanic
Of the 328 bodies recovered by the salvage operation of the SS Titanic, just one was that of a child. His identity was unknown for nearly a century until 2002, when Dr. Alan Ruffman and Dr. Ryan Parr announced that they had identified the remains of the “Unknown Child”. But was this identification correct?
Hear how we resolved the controversy so that the Unknown Child of the Titanic was unknown no longer.
Speaker: Colleen Fitzpatrick, PhD, is the author of three best-selling books in genealogy, and has been recognised for her innovative forensic science approach to genealogical research.
Recorded: 20 April 2015 at Auckland Libraries
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RMS Titanic was British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of April 15, 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making the sinking one of modern historys deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas
Brisbane City Council Meeting - 30th July 2019 - Part 1 of 2
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For Love - Jane Caro and Catherine Fox
This lecture promised to be interactive, informative and hopeful, not to mention fun and a little bit irreverent and it delivered!
No matter whether it is paid or not, women's work and their achievements are measured against a set of tenacious and traditional assumptions underpinned by the idea that women should be driven by love and selflessness in all they do, and not the recognition and rewards that drive men. Step out of line and show some career or financial ambition, or just a lack of suitable warmth, and women are quickly labelled pushy, greedy and bitchy.
Building on the rich legacy of Clare Burton's research and advocacy for women in the workforce, Jane and Catherine bring their own particular take on the idea of For love.... As authors of The F Word: How we learnt to swear by feminism their approach blends decades of experience as workers, mothers and commentators with insights on how it actually feels to confront the confusing signals about being female at work, at home and in our society.
As a social commentator and marketer, Jane explores what the idea of doing it all for love means to women and their lives, their status and treatment. As always, her approach weaves together a take on the latest media trends, the zeitgeist and a sharp skewering of the accepted view of gender relations.
Drawing on many years of working on the Corporate Woman column for the Financial Review, Catherine tracks the way the beliefs about what drives women and their 'innate' abilities overtly and covertly undermine their ability to be given a fair go in the workplace. She covers the growing gap between the myths about women -- too quiet, too little ambition and resilience, not enough of them, driven by love and strong urges to tend home and hearth -- and the evidence to the contrary (the topic of her latest book 7 Myths about women and work).
HE'S GOT THE WHOLE WORLD IN HIS HANDS, HE'S GOT THE WIND AND THE RAIN, TINY LITTLE BABY IN HIS HANDS
Conspiracy theorists are insane in the spam! We were spammed this video, so we sped it up for your enjoyment and laughter at the conspiracy theorist crazies falsely accusing whole industries of somehow being a part of some hand-sign-symbolism agenda to influence and subvert all people. What a joke! They're just not that organized and why would they do such a thing? Conspiracy Theorists are INSANE. Such BS. It's all fake and a joke. POSTING THIS VIDEO TO SHOW HOW RIDICULOUS THEY ARE! THE HAND SIGN MEANS PEACE. GET OVER YOURSELF FOOLS. THEY LIKE MAKEUP. THEY LIKE TATTOOS WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT. IT'S JUST ART, STOP SAYING IT'S THE DEVIL OR SATAN. PAUL ELAM IS SATAN Are you Satan? You need The Rational Male by Rollo Tomassi
Link to his book:
Paul Elam, SATAN, comes clean with the truth, and this sends Elizabeth Vargas to rehab.
You're a Rational Male, therefore, you are Satan, not Santa. ... THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS YOUR NONSENSE. 1. He´s got the whole world in His hands, |: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. 2. He´s got the wind and the rain in His hands, |: He´s got the wind and the rain in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. 3. He´s got the the tiny little baby in His hands, |: He´s got the the tiny little baby in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. 4. He´s got you and me, brother, in His hands, |: He´s got you and me, brother, in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. 5. He's got ev'rybody here in His hands. |: He's got ev'rybody here in His hands. :| He's got the whole world in His hands. 1. He´s got the whole world in His hands, |: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. He's got the earth and sky in his hands; He's got the night and day in his hands; He's got the sun and moon in his hands; He´s got the whole world in His hands. 2. He´s got the whole world in His hands, |: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. He's got the land and sea in his hands; He's got the wind and rain in his hands; He's got the spring and fall in his hands; He´s got the whole world in His hands. 3. He´s got the whole world in His hands, |: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. He's got the young and old in his hands; He's got the rich and poor in his hands; Yes, he's got ev'ry one in his hands; He´s got the whole world in His hands. He´s got the whole world in His hands, |: He´s got the whole world in His hands, :| He´s got the whole world in His hands. Does this mean peace? Hand signs are just innocent get over it. These people don't worship satan. C'mon it's not like that don't be a fool. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - -just will there juniorsmomma we so hey am woman man his an lol how out up would one when by has more them marriage get time hagmann hi itsme know good h sex think than o had don robomom here even then should turtlesays Sleepingsome daughters any down being muffin these old into well us really rickynlucy botta having traditional such actually far ve christian roseybud female money own getting reply ll college it's withdrawing point needs society keep free ever red dr wrong makes told both anonymous probably end push expect twenties different kids career means nice school few When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. Steve Jobs Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. Frederick Douglass Society, Ignorance, Justice When you're young, you look at television and think, there's a conspiracy. The networks have conspired to dumb us down. But when you get a little older, you realize that's not true. The networks are in business to give people exactly what they want. Steve Jobs Business, True, Give People love conspiracy theories. Neil Armstrong Love, Theories The only time I commit to conspiracy theories is when something way retarded happens. Like Lee Harvey Oswald acting alone. Joe Rogan Time, Alone, Acting Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. Jeremy Bentham Government, System, Instrument Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. Martin Amis Money, Strength, Mind