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It struck me as being a prime example of people finding a way of doing things that wasn't originally anticipated in the design of the thing.
When they first built the store and surrounded it by roads, nobody imagined that people would actually want to walk to the store. But people found a way. What's more they found the path of least resistance to achieve their goals.
The same happens in processes. You can design a process in whatever way you want, but people (users) will always find the easiest way to achieve their goal, and it may ot be by using the process in the way you anticipated. More often than not this should be the way the process should be designed in the first place.
Always bear this in mind when designing processes.
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It would have been so easy to get through this by just reading off the teleprompter. Few segments require editorializing less than the "sports star promotes book about fatherhood" segment. But the teleprompter's not enough for the anchor of WJLA in Washington DC, who calls Dwyane Wade "the overrated NBA star," and then backtracks slightly with, "He's a good guy" and concludes, "He's OK. He aight." After the break on ABC 7: That asshole LeBron James did some charity work, but he's not so bad, I guess, whatever. Stay tuned!
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Zimmermann drops classic duel in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS -- For as hot as the Nationals have been over the last couple of weeks, the team's bats have suddenly gone ice cold.
The Nationals mustered just two hits in a 1-0 loss to the Cardinals in front of 41,519 at Busch Stadium on Friday night.View Full Game Coverage
ST. LOUIS -- For as hot as the Nationals have been over the last couple of weeks, the team's bats have suddenly gone ice cold.
The Nationals mustered just two hits in a 1-0 loss to the Cardinals in front of 41,519 at Busch Stadium on Friday night.View Full Game Coverage
Washington has scored just one run in its last two games, both losses, and hasn't scored a run in 14 innings. With the loss, the Nationals slide back into a first-place tie with the Braves in the National League East. The Marlins are one game back.
The lack of offense spoiled another dominant performance from Jordan Zimmermann, who gave up just the one run on three hits while picking up his second complete game of the season. He was done in by a solo homer from Matt Adams in the second inning.
"I had a good fastball again tonight, down in the zone, and the curveball and sliders were there when I wanted them," Zimmermann said. "Really it was one mistake, on a changeup that was down the middle, and he made me pay."
"He's been really good," Washington manager Matt Williams said of Zimmermann. "He hung a changeup to Adams and didn't get that pitch where he wanted to get it. Other than that, he induced some double plays and we played good defense behind him. We just didn't scratch one across tonight, but that's a testament to how their guy pitched."
Zimmermann set a team record for fewest pitches in a complete game with 76, bettering the mark of 85 he set last year.
"I was throwing a lot of strikes, and they knew that, and they were coming up hacking," Zimmermann said. "I was locating the fastball and I got a lot of ground balls tonight, and those guys behind me played great defense and turned a couple of double plays, which was great."
But Cardinals starter Lance Lynn was just a little better. Lynn retired the first 16 batters he faced, striking out five during that span. He finished with eight K's while holding the Nationals scoreless on three hits over eight innings. St. Louis closer Trevor Rosenthal worked the ninth to complete the shutout.
The pitching made for an extremely quick game time of two hours, three minutes.
The Nationals' best chance to break through in the early going came when Jayson Werth sent a ground ball deep into the hole at short. Jhonny Peralta went down on his knees to snare the hard-hit ball and was able to throw out Werth at first to end the fourth.
Washington finally broke up Lynn's perfect game with one out in the sixth on a Jose Lobaton single to left. Lobaton advanced to second on the play when Matt Holliday mishandled the ball, but Lynn stranded him there after a Zimmermann popout and Denard Span flyout.
"In the past against us, he's struggled with command a little bit, and I don't know that he walked anybody today," Washington first baseman Adam LaRoche said. "He had it. He had it with two or three different pitches today, spotting in and out. I think you look back, we were basically 1-2 every at-bat. It seemed like we were trying to fight back. They were more defensive at-bats than we typically have."
Werth was the only other Nationals player to get a hit when he singled with one out in the seventh. But Werth was erased when LaRoche hit into an infield-shift-aided 5-3 double play.
"I'm sure everybody in here, offensively, will go up and say something to him [Zimmermann] at some point," LaRoche said. "He understands it, though. ... You need to push a run or two across and you can't do it, and then a guy goes out and does what he did. It's frustrating, but it happens."
Adams made himself feel back at home by blasting his fourth home run of the year in the second to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead. The 419-foot shot to right-center came in Adams' first plate appearance since going on the disabled list May 31 with a strained calf.
The run was the first given up by Zimmermann in 19 innings. He fell to 5-3.
"He threw the ball extremely well," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Zimmermann. "We've had a couple good games where we come out against Zimmermann and he's going to be greedy, he's not going to give us much. Good fastball and we know it, and it's one of those that you have trouble catching up with. He was another guy that effectively used his offspeed pitches and made really good pitches once we started getting something going for the double plays."
Lynn improved to 7-4. He threw 111 pitches over eight innings and 73 of those were strikes. Lynn gave up just the two hits and struck out eight.
"Just pinpoint control with his fastball," Williams said of Lynn. "He threw a lot of them that came back to the plate, started off the plate and came back to the outside corner. He threw really well. We hit some balls hard, but the difference tonight was one swing and they got us."
Joe Harris is a contributor to MLB.com.


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Opinion: Fallen Mayor Gustavo Petro Calls Washington
Former Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro says keeping his job is a human right. Photo: Getty Images
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Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women
Belén Moneo has been included in the compilation of the Phaidon book: Breaking Ground: Women in Architecture.Read more
Belén Moneo has been included in the compilation of the Phaidon book: Breaking Ground: Women in Architecture.Read more
On Saturday 28th September we will be open from 10:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 20:00. We wait for all of you in our study to present you some of the projects we are currently working on.Read more
The house is located in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in the residential area of Arroyo Viejo Hondo, in the north central part of the city.Read more
_2B space to be, an exhibition space affiliated with the architecture and design studio Moneo Brock, is pleased to present the cinema season '3 female directors, 3 operas debut films, wich will start with the screening of A girl walks home alone at night (2014) on Thursday, June 27th at 21:15.Read more
Belén Moneo has been invited to the Tokyo University of Science. She will give a lecture the 19th of June, entrance is free.Read more
We would like to remind you that we will be this ween in Milan Design Week 2019Read more
Our Neon collection of plexyglass furniture can be visited at the Salone del Mobile, it will be show in the Rossana Orlandi Spazzio.Read more
During Madrid Design Festival, Rossana Orlandi held a pop-up store in the studio of Álvaro Catalán de Ocón. There, We had the opportunity to present some pieces of our plexyglass furniture Neon collection.Read more
Our latest design, the Doressā piece, has been selected to be part of the exhibition 'Producto Fresco 2019'.Read more
_2B space to be presents the exhibition Paramétricas from February 8, 2019 to March 15, 2019.Read more
In addition to having been selected for the bid_18 awards for our design piece Lucky Loop, Moneo Brock also designed this year's award. Combining geometric pieces of methacrylate, we wanted to play with the interaction of color and light in design, paying special attention to overlapping transparencies and projected shadows.Read more
The Arquitectura y Sociedad Foundation organized a series of conferences at which renowned architects would present specific details of their projects. At the event, Jeff Brock presented the Northwest Corner Building at Columbia University.Read more
The competition for the Tile of Spain Awards of Architecture and Interior Design is organized and promoted bu ASCER, the Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturer's Association. Belén Moneo took part as a member of the jury, with other profession collegues.Read more
The seventh edition of the Roca One Day Design Challenge was held on October 20 in both Madrid and Barcelona (Spain). Jeff Brock took part as member of the jury, with other industry professionals.
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Spanish design is exhibited in Tokyo at the Spanish Chromatic Still Lifes exhibition, curated by Belén Moneo.Read more
Our project 'Lucky Loop' has been selected to be part of the Bienal Iberoamericana de Diseño in its sixth edition (BID18).Read more
_2B space to be presents an exhibition by the Slovenian photographer Primož Bizjak curated by María Millán, as part of the Hybrid Festival 2018 and the XV Madrid Architecture Week. The exhibition includes a selection of large format photographs.Read more
Last Monday May 28th was the opening of the exhibition "Arcadio Blasco: My father and his luminous drawings" in _2B space to be, our art space in Madrid. The exhibition will be open until July 15th.Read more
The mayor of Bucaramanga is building a metropolitan strategic plan, under the supervision of Moneo Brock.Read more
Belén Moneo gave the conference 'Towards a sustainable urban model' at the International Conference on Architecture and Climate Change at the Catholic University of Pereira, Colombia.Read more
Jeff Brock will be the fourth and last speaker at the conference series of the 8th edition of Alcalá Alchitecture Week.Read more
Daniel Canogar presents 'Ráfagas' at _2B space to be, our exhibition space, in collaboration with Galería Max Estrella. Visit the exhibition from monday to friday, 10:00-14:00 and 16:00-20:00, until May 15th.Read more
On Wednesday, April 11, the V edition of the Conference on architecture, technology and design for water and society SMART WATER SMART CITIES took place at the Roca Madrid Gallery organized by the We Are Water Foundation. Belén Moneo participated in the round table 'shared visions / shared initiatives'.Read more
Last days to visit our exhibition "Methacrylate" in B.D Madrid! Open until march 31st in C/ Villanueva 5 in Serrano. Monday to Friday 9:30-13:30 and 16:30-20:00 and saturday 10:00-14:00Read more
Belén Moneo curates the series of conferences on sustainability "Objetivo2020: ciudad, arquitectura y energia positiva" in the ETSAM. This program of meetings and conferences will take place at the School of Architecture of Madrid during the months of February, March, April and May 2018.Read more
Next wednesday, March 7th at 12.30, will be the opening of the exhibition Women #madeinETSAM in the main hall of ETSAM School of Architecture. The exhibition features the work of some of the female professors who have studied at ETSAM. The exhibition will include some works by Moneo Brock directed by Belén Moneo.Read more
Todomuta Studio presents Re-Collectors in _2B SPACE TO BE, a collection of unexpected objects that explore fragmentation, imperfection and the uncertainty principle. These exquisite pieces evoke the movement in the stone. This exhibition is part the "Off" program of Madrid Design Festival and the VIP program of ARCO Art Fair.Read more
On March 1st in MINI Hub, we will present the urban bank that we are going to design during the "Bench a Day" workshop which we will be leading on the 20th and 21st of February within the Madrid Design Festival program. The workshops of the different designers will be developed in the "Mountain on the Moon", an installation by Enorme Studio with MINI Hub in the Plaza de la Luna.Read more
Within the "Off" program of Madrid Design Festival, we inaugurate the exhibition 'Methacrylate' at B.D Madrid (C / Villanueva 5), opening on Friday, February 16 at 7:00 p.m. The exhibition gathers several of our designs in this material, that take advantage of its structural and chromatic properties.Read more
Our Parish Church in Pueblo Serena has been featured on Phaidon's new guide of contemporary architecture: DESTINATION ARCHITECTURE: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO 1000 CONTEMPORARY BUILDINGS
"Featuring 1,000 of today's most compelling buildings by the world's finest architects, Destination: Architecture is an unparalleled and comprehensive resource for anyone wanting to get more out of their travels."Read more
Marta Jarabo and Luis Amália present Furnishing temporalities / Sequencing spaces, an exhibition generating a dialogue between these two different but complementary concepts.Read more
Jeff Brock was invited as the visiting professor at Taku Sakaushi Lab in 東京理科大学/Tokyo University of Science, where he presented our work and led a two week workshop on sanctuary spaces in Tokyo.Read more
Last December 14th we were in Cosentino City in the auction of the book of original sketches by the architects awarded with the COAM Prize and Luis Moreno Mansilla Prize 2017. Our Parish Church in Pueblo Serena was awarded with the Luis Moreno Mansilla 2017.Read more
This week we have been in Mexico visiting the construction site of the Casa TEC we are building in Monterrey. Incredible views of Monterrey's Sierra Madre from the terrace of the house. Soon it will be finished!Read more
We are working in Santo Domingo with IBEROSTAR Hotels & Resorts on a 11,500 m2 hospitality project located in the historic city center, on a lot with several existing buildings and lush vegetation.Read more
Yesterday was the opening of "White noise containers", a sound installation by the artist Alfredo Morte for _2B space to be, exhibition space associated with Moneo Brock.
Open from October 26 to November 30, from Monday to Friday, from 10:00 to 14:30 and 16:00 to 19:00. C/ Benigno Soto 14, Prosperidad, Madrid.Read more
We have just finished the video of the Parish Church in Pueblo Serena. We hope you like it!Read more
We have already began the interior design for the "TEC House 205", using collage techniques in the drawings, combining bright colors in the furniture and materials, using mexican hidraulic tiles, some of our furniture designs and painted wall papers. The house will be raffled to raise money for scholarships by the Technological University of Monterrey.Read more
Our Parish Church in Pueblo Serena (Monterrey, Mexico) has been awarded with the American Architecture Prize 2017 within the category "Institutional Architecture".Read more
Our Parish Church in Monterrey has been awarded with the 2017 COAM Luis Moreno Mansilla Prize!Read more
Our Parish Church in Pueblo Serena is shortlisted in the #BlueprintAwards2017, organized by Blueprint Magazine, within the category "Best Public-Use Project with Private Funding". The results will come out in October!Read more
Our space dedicated to art _2B Space to Be has a new website! You can now see everything we have done and what is yet to come in http://spacetobe.artRead more
The Espacio Fundación Telefónica will be part of Open House Madrid 2017. Do not miss the guided tours on Saturday September 30th and Sunday October 1st at 12:00 and 17:00. The building is also included in the itinerary #MADEINETSAM, along with other projects by teachers at Madrid's School of Architecture.Read more
Architizer's editor Sydney Franklin has interviewed Jeff Brock together with Seves about the design process of the characteristic glass blocks used in the façade of Panticosa Thermal Baths.Read more
Extract from the presentation of Belén Moneo as president of the jury of the 2017 FAD awards.Read more
Next weekend, 14-15-16 July, we will be in Jaén participating in INTERVENTIONS 4. An independent project organized by Isidro Blasco, who invited 12 artists to take part in the different spaces of the "casa de la Grisa" that is in Calle Higueras Sabater # 6, en Sabiote, Jaén, Spain.Read more
Our Thermal Baths "Termas de Tiberio", awarded Best of Year 2009, is in the cover of Decade of Design; a 10-year collection of architecture and design projects by Interior Design magazine. It also features our Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Madrid, awarded Best of Year "Culture" 2012.Read more
Jaime Lorente OPENING 25 May, 20h (c/ Benigno Soto 14, Madrid)
The work at Space to Be (_2B) is the result of a sum of different operations with which Jaime Lorente has been working over the past five years.Read more
Our 'Parquet' carpet goes to Lisbon!
It will be part of the exhibition "Novo Mundo" at the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência. Open from April 22nd to July 2nd.
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This weekend is Open House Monterrey, an architecture festival offering tours of buildings in this Mexican city. Our parish church in Pueblo Serena is included in the event and Claudia Harari (responsible of the landscape design with Harari Landscape) will guide the tour of our project.
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Ya estamos de vuelta de Milán, muy agradecidos por el 1er Premio en la categoría de edificios Religiosos con la Parroquia en Pueblo Serena en los Archmarathon Awards SELECTIONS@MADE!Read more
On Tuesday February 14th at 8PM MONDO GALERIA presents the sofa Sonia D designed by Belén Moneo for the brand ECUS Sleep. This sofa is surrounded by the photographs of the exhibition "Legendary" by Terry O'Neill, with portraits to some of the most iconic figures from the 60's to the 90's.Read more
Moneo Brock has designed a new product for the gallery Casa Gutierrez Nájera which will be exhibited at the Mexican art fair Zona MACO (February 8-12th).
SOULBOX is a colorful cabinet made of acrylic glass.Read more
Our Parish Church in Pueblo Serena won Interior Design magazine's Best of Year (BoY) award in the Projects: Institutional category. Thanks to the Magazine and to all who collaborated, professionals and artists with whom we worked on this project: Artemio Garza, Gabriela Pulido, Irene Alberdi, Harari Landscape Architecture, Valerie Sauthier, Francisco Leiro, Carmen Pinart, Pedro Cuní, Axioma, RGT Ingeniería, Grupo Termo Control, Artemide, Arau Acoustic and the teams at Moneo Brock, Pueblo Serena and Plaza Huajuco.
On December the 3rd we traveled to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic to present our project for this emblematic place, developed together with Rafael Moneo and Harari Landscape Architecture. Our principal objectives are to recuperate the space surrounding the Puerta de Don Diego, a worthy historical landmark, to eliminate architectural barriers and to create areas of shade, providing new areas for rest.Read more
Our carpet "Parquet" has been chosen as a finalist in the 5th Iberoamerican Design Bienal (BID16). We invite you to attend to the exhibition organized by Dimad at Matadero Madrid, from November 21st until February 2017.
We are optimistic that our house for the TEC of Monterrey will be certified LEED Gold. Energy efficiency has been a priority in our design from the very beginning. The house is half-buried to benefit from the earth's thermal inertia and a series of shady courtyards generate microclimates that help maintain a comfortable temperature. Besides providing for generous cross ventilation, the house is oriented so that solar incidence is optimized. Canopies and vertical screens protect façade openings from excessive insolation, while on the roof photovoltaic panels capture solar radiation and shade the building mass below.Read more
Invited for her work on the rooftop playground at the Hospital "12 de Octubre" in Madrid, Belén Moneo participated on October 21st Belén Moneo in a discussion on "Neuro-Architecture" during the XXXIV Spanish National Congress of Health Care Engineering. She spoke of spatial qualities, their impact on perception and the benefits they offer patients. The image is of a project by Olafur Eliasson which Belén used as an example in her talk. You can read the whole conference talk after the jump.Read more
Enorme Estudio + Moneo Brock: Local curators of the exhibition
The exhibition "Letters to the Mayor", promoted and curated by Eva Franch (Storefront for Art and Architecture), will present letters from Madrid-based architects addressed to the city's mayor, with innovative ideas and visions for the city. This idea was born in NYC in 2014 and since then it has been carried out in several cities. In Madrid's edition we participate as local curators alongside Enorme Estudio. The exhibition opens on September 29th at 12PM at COAM during the Architecture Week. See you there!
Visit to Mexico
Finally, the West façade and the bell tower of the parish church in Monterrey are finished. In the picture you can see the location of the church surrounded by the landscape designed by our collaborators Harari Landscape, whose outstanding work will be completed in 2017.
Hotel Mercer
Our architecture and interior design project for the Hotel Mercer in Barcelona's Gothic neighborhood has been awarded with the Honorable Mention in the category of "Hospitality".
Dialogue between Spain and Mexico
Jeffrey Brock participated on September 1st in the third edition of Arquideas at Mexico City in a dialogue about public space, architectural heritage and sustainability in cities, where architects from Mexico and Spain shared ideas and perspectives.
House in Mexico
Last July in Monterrey we presented our schematic design for the House 205, designed alongside Daniel Roselló.This house will be raffled by the Technological University of Monterrey (TEC) in order to "sponsor educational growth through the program ´Leaders of Tomorrow`, which gives full scholarchips to students with scarce economic resources and high acdemic performance".
Jeff Brock Lectures
Jeff brock gave a lecture at the Universidad Autónoma de Cuernavaca on working methods and the transformative capacity of architectural projects at MEXTROPOLI, the International Festival on Architecture and the City and the Latin American forum that gathered thousands of people for 4 days. The city of Mexico was, from March 5th – 8th, the most important place for thinking, designing and enjoying critical activities through a series of conferences, talks and workshops. Click here
We would like to emphasize our enthusiasm for the presentations of Josep Bohigas, who put forth myriad ways of resolving various housing problems, and that of Raúl Cardenas from Tijuana, whose projects with Torolab are always inspiring for their extraordinary degree of humanity.
Josep Bohigas Talk
Belén Moneo and Jeff Brock participated in a round-table discussion on prefabricated buildings on April 7 th in Madrid, organized by Sergio Baragaño (barchitects) and moderated by Marisa Santamaría. Architecture is possibly the discipline most committed to industry and technology; searching for efficiency and savings in the constructive process, we support standardized production systems. Taking advantadge of our experience designing a house of minimum dimensions, we sought to break free of the language of the container-box, seeking a versatile solution while still observing the constraints imposed by the need to transport the house from factory to site.
New product design
Our Sofa SONIA D, with neat clear lines and intense color, has been selected for the Exhibition Producto Fresco 2016, opening Wed. June 15th in Madrid.
ICON is the new collection from ECUS Sleep S.L.U of armchairs, sofas and sofa-beds featuring striking fabrics, elegant shapes and fabulous designs.
Refurbishment of a courtyard in the historical City of Santo Domingo
The developer and architecture connaisseur, Claudio Suarez Tarrado, has given us the opportunity to work on his project "Casa Velázquez". Our participation is focused on the refurbishment of pre-existing elements, built in different periods and with different methods, harmonizing the building group by applying a unique architectural language. MONEO BROCK will be responsible for selecting finishes. Refurbishment is a fascinating exercise that, together with urban consolidation, constitutes architecture's principal mode of action within the historical city's fabric.
Nominated with the chimney Articulare
The Articulare chimney designed by Moneo Brock for DAE Chimeneas has been nominated for the Delta Awards 2016. The Delta Prizes celebrate superior quality design, highlighting its importance as a driver of an industrial economy and its fundamental role as an expression of our social and cultural values. Behind every design object is the work of several professionals who have dutifully considered the final user and the manufacturing process.
MONEO BROCK and the architect Daniel Roselló have been selected to design together House 205 for the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey, México, which will be raffled to support the scholarships "Lideres del Mañana".These scholarships are specifically directed to promising youths, who are seen as "Tomorrow´s Leaders".
The exhibition "Letters to the Mayor" at COAM, the Madrid iteration of the project promoted by Eva Franch of New York's Storefront for Art and Architecture, ended on October the 28th. It was a great experience to curate this project alongside Enorme Studio. The 75 letters written by local architects and addressed to the mayor of Madrid have interested many visitors. You can now read them online using this link. (Photo by Javier de Paz García.)Read more
Connected to the foyer of an elegant luxury hotel, the Café de la Reina or "BUR-BU-JA-JA" adds a colorful and casual note to the complex. A cafeteria during the day, the space transforms into a sophisticated cocktail bar at night, the patrons immersed in iridescent aquatic colors.
A long curved green bar runs through the space, while "seaweed" camouflages the curtain wall and the mundane view of the city beyond, dissolving it into small fragments of an organic, aquatic world. Smoothly curved walls with reflecting belts, circular benches and round tables create a sensual atmosphere where space and movement interact.
Zaragoza, Spain
Belén Moneo, Jeffrey Brock
Andrea Caputo, María Pierres, Sandra Formigo, Andrés Barrón, Spencer Leaf and Silvia Fernández
Andrés Barrón
The church "El Señor de la Misericordia" is located in the center of a new town-like urban development in Monterrey, Mexico, surrounded by an impressive mountain landscape. The most important factor in the siting and orientation of the church is its relationship to the largest open space of the development, a verdant plaza. Its main entry opens right onto the plaza, and with an unobstructed width of 11.5 meters (38 feet), this opening allows for the visual connection between the church's interior space and the plaza. This entry is at once delineated and protected by a large trapezoidal canopy cantilevered off the main façade.
Above the entry canopy, the façade is a large flat wall without fenestration or ornament, an emphatic and nearly square plane, declarative of the otherness of the space behind and within: the sacred space of the church interior. Its blatant frontality toward the square is entirely intentional.
It is thought that the plaza can function as an annex to the church, with religious celebrations and rites spilling out of doors when attending crowds exceed the church's capacity of 350 worshippers. On the other hand, when the bustle of the square comes into conflict with the solemnity of the church's activities, large sliding screens attenuate the connection to the square and restore the peaceful atmosphere to the temple interior.
The project aims to go beyond the accommodation of religious rituals and liturgical events as currently practiced in Monterrey, to where the spaces of the temple represent the development of an architectural language with a very long history, where the architecture speaks of both continuity and renewal, finding references to a great heritage of ecclesiastical architecture while simultaneously remaining unquestioningly contemporary. The temple is seen not just as a place of meditation but as a social and educational center as well.
While the character of the church is undoubtedly contemporary, its volumetric concept was derived from traditional church plans; the design presents recognizable architectural features taken from early Christian temple prototypes such as the bell tower, the stained-glass windows, the frontal altar, the baptistery, the choir, the three chapels and the lateral courtyard. The architectural proposal is therefore thought to be both recognizable and new.
Being free-standing and in the center of the new town development, the configuration of the exterior volume presents a design that, while modern, communicates solidity and aplomb. The rotund forms are thought to be reminiscent of the first missions built by Friar Junipero throughout the American Southwest, constructed of wood and adobe.
The 43 meter- (141 foot-) -tall bell tower can be seen from a great distance, and serves as a landmark and reference for drivers on the highway to Santiago, on which Pueblo Serena is located.
The plan is that of a basilica, with a rectangular central nave some 15 meters wide, 18 meters long and 15 meters high (W:49 feet, L:59 feet, H:49 feet), its long axis running north-south and oriented towards the altar. There are multiple sources of natural light in the interior. Behind the baptistery a long glass wall runs the length of the nave giving views of an enclosed patio. The glass is protected from direct sun by a lightweight horizontal sunscreen projecting into the patio space, and the visual connection to the surrounding urban areas blocked by a massive stone screen at the patio perimeter. Within the patio, a water fountain spills a cascade of streams into a lower patio at the basement level.
Above the baptistery is a version of a rose window, a nine-square grid opening to the west with colored glass. To the southeast, three small chapels each enjoy daylight from high skylights, each one oriented towards a different cardinal direction so that the color and level of light in each chapel changes throughout the day. Finally, above the altar is a fourth high skylight, whose light washes down behind an inclined panel cut into four sections to reveal a large Latin cross, the cross glowing with the light from above.
As with all churches, the acoustics of the central nave were of paramount importance. The renowned acoustic engineers of Arau Asociados made a thorough study of the conditions inside the church and helped us develop a detailed approach to the configuration of its interior surfaces, including the application of diffusing wood battens on selected walls, notable behind the altar, at the back of the three chapels and the choir, and over the entry door.
Sustainable solutions were sought at every opportunity. After ensuring the project's incorporation of thermal insulation of far and away greater performance characteristics than is typically used in local construction, we devised a system of natural ventilation that takes advantage of the bell tower's great height to create a strong chimney effect drawing air through large-scale grills incorporated in the entry façade. Daylighting was also carefully studied to be sufficient without the need for electrical lighting in all spaces for use and work, while at the same time we took great pains to avoid insolation during the hotter months, to keep the thermal gains as low as possible. Finally, much of the building program is located underground, where temperatures are constantly comfortable, with daylight being provided by generous sunken patios.
The interior design is fully integrated with the architecture, and the furnishings are by Moneo Brock, from the wood benches to the altar, the choir and the multiple screens, the sliding doors at the entry, the doors to the main sanctuary and the screen that separates the baptistery from the central nave. We also designed elements of a more artistic nature, such as the stained glass windows of the "rose window" (a reinterpretation of the gothic feature, here oriented to the west for maximum effect during the evening Mass), the stained glass at the entry to the ossuaries, and the two sanctuaries, sunbursts made of gold or silver triangles canted to catch light from all angles.
Various artworks were commissioned for the church under Moneo Brock's curatorial guidance: a large sculpture of Christ on the cross carved in wood by the Galician artist Francisco Leiro, a mural in encaustic of John Paul II in the third chapel painted by Pedro Cuní of New York, and a tall painting of the Christ the Merciful by Carmen Pinart of Madrid, now hanging in the second chapel. These pieces by contemporary artists, respectful of the traditional content called for by church's benefactors and clergy, complete the space.
Thanks to the opening up of two large sunken patios, the various spaces on the basement level are flooded with natural light. Around the north patio are the parish's administrative offices. The patio to the west with the cascading waterfall has to one side classrooms and multifunctional spaces for the community and to the other the ossuaries and a small chapel for funeral rites, spaces that are made more private in their location behind the waterfall. One of the challenges facing us in the design of the basement was the need to connect to the commercial atrium at the lower level; to create a space of transition between atrium and church, we designed a vestibule lit by an open-air, prismatic skylight and, immediately below it, a reflecting pool.
The landscape design of Harari LA successfully integrates the architectural concept with that of the larger urban project, using Holm oaks and a spectacular control and selection of the planted material to mediate between the different built structures that compose the larger development.
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The Quinta Mutis campus in Bogotá is one of the three campuses of the University of El Rosario in Bogotá. The projected building is located on the southwest corner of the campus adding almost 25,000 m² of classrooms, laboratories and common spaces. The building will replace some temporary structures built years ago, currently used as classrooms, adding significant new area and at a much higher level of amenity.
Moneo Brock has carefully designed the project to emphasize and update the values of the University, with the goal of opening the campus and providing it with a large agora having been priority throughout the project's development.
The taller volume of laboratories has been given the shape of a mineral outcropping that responds to the city-scape of Bogotá and its environment, while the lower volume adapts to the surrounding buildings, some of them of historical value for the city. Both shapes share common spaces and emphasize communication, facilitating the practical use of the building.
A large terrace on top of the lowest volume opens the cafeteria to panoramic views of Bogotá. This plaza-garden is not only open to the interior common spaces of the campus, but to the surrounding city and its inhabitants.
Sustainable design and flexibility were both high priorities in the design of the new building. This project is being developed by a multidisciplinary team based in Madrid and in Bogotá.
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This sustainable proposal seeks to preserve and revitalize the ecosystem of the River Tajo, recuperating this natural area for the enjoyment of all citizens of Talavera pointing out the possibility this Tajo Natural Park, beginning in Talavera, can grow, adding territories and cities in such a way that, in a few years, we could follow the river from the Guadarrama mountain to its mouth in Lisbon.
The project is understood as a series of interventions, all consisting with this promising idea. The River's protagonism in the Talavera de la Reina cityscape will be reasserted. It will be made accessible for the enjoyment of all citizens through a series of interventions and activities that bring the natural landscape of the river closer to the city. Finally, this park could become a tourist attraction for Talavera at a national level, as a supra-municipal infrastructure, with economic and social opportunities for the whole city.
The proposed solutions and objectives include sustainable measures to improve water quality, recover the habitats and species of this section of the Tajo River, improve the landscape and enable an increase in the use of the river and its banks in forms commensurate with the conservation of its biodiversity and its landscape. Opening the project to citizen participation should furthermore serve to achieve greater knowledge of the river's history and evolution.
It is intended that the river be for "all" in the broadest sense; allowing the growth of the vegetation and the complex of habitats specific to the place, sheltering numerous autochthonous species of flora and fauna, improving and recovering the enormously attractive scenic landscapes of the river and its fertile plain, and allowing access by the citizens of and visitors to Talavera to the shores and islands for their use and enjoyment. In short, it is about achieving a Natural and Human River Landscape Park.
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Sunday, March 4, 2012
30 Jays in 30 Days – Off-Field Edition: Bruce Walton
Who: Bruce Walton, Pitching Coach
Nickname: "Pappy"
Key Characteristics: Gruff, yet avuncular. Whenever I watch Walton head to the mound to have a chat with a pitcher, I always feel like I'd be a little scared if I were the one on the mound, but it doesn't seem like he has that effect on the actual players. Which is probably good, I guess.
History: Pitching coach for the Jays since October 2009, entering his third full season in the job. Served as bullpen coach for the seven and a half seasons prior to his promotion. Part of the Jays organization since 1996, after his retirement from 11 seasons as a professional pitcher mostly at the AAA level.
What We Know About Him: Walton sat down with Tom Dakers from Bluebird Banter in January for a lengthy discussion, and seriously, pretty much everything you ever wanted to know about the guy, you can find in his five-part writeup. One of the more interesting tidbits I gleaned from that discussion was the role, and value, of the bullpen coach. Walton sees the position as more than just a guy to squat behind the plate while relievers warm up. Having graduated from the position himself, he sees the bullpen coach as an "extra pitching coach", which he finds useful given the large percentage of the roster occupied by pitchers. In short, two coaches manage about half the roster (the pitchers), while you have about a half dozen managing the other half (the position players). It makes sense to me for a team to beef up its coaching staff for such an important spot on the diamond, and I'm glad to know that the Jays are at least philosophically on board.
Looking Back: Blue Jays pitchers gave up 761 runs last year, good for fourth most in the American League. Of course, that can't be entirely chalked up to the pitchers themselves, what with the likes of Juan Rivera haphazardly chasing down fly balls in left field for part of the year. But the team did allow the second-most home runs in the AL, and tied for the second-most walks allowed. The team xFIP for 2011 was 23rd out of 30 MLB teams. The rudimentary and more advanced stats tend to match what I felt like I saw for most of 2011 – a pitching staff that had a lot of holes, lacking talent and depth beyond Ricky Romero, Brandon Morrow and a couple of relievers.
Is all of this attributable to Walton and his handling of the staff? In fact, I'm more inclined to give Walton some credit for piecing things together as well as he did over the course of 2011. It was hardly his fault that Jo Jo Reyes started 20 games, for instance. You can question whether Pappy should have got more out of pitchers like Reyes – renowned for having good stuff that could never be harnessed – but it's not like Walton failed where others succeeded.
Looking Ahead: Walton seems to have some better pitchers to work with this year. Romero, Morrow, Henderson Alvarez, Brett Cecil and Kyle Drabek (to name a few) have another year of development under their belts; Darren Oliver, Sergio Santos, and Francisco Cordero should be upgrades over Jon Rauch, Shawn Camp and (possibly) Frank Francisco. (I still have a soft spot for Frank. Sue me.) The Blue Jays are far from the only team in baseball that is relying on one or two of their heretofore mediocre pitchers to take a step forward. If you believe what the Jays beat reporters in Dunedin are saying about the early showings of Cecil, Drabek and Dustin McGowan, you'll be excited at the prospect of four or even five high-quality arms in the rotation. If it all turns out like that, I expect Walton will get a lot of credit for it.
2012 Expectations: I'll be looking more closely at how Walton deals with the adversity that the season is sure to present – how does the rest of the staff to respond if a key pitcher gets hurt? How does Brett Cecil work his way out of a few tough outings? It's easy to look ahead to a season of perfect health and predictable prospect progression, but it never works that way. Guys get hurt. Young pitchers will break your heart.
If, by mid-June or so, the team actually has a clear idea of who its starting rotation will be for the rest of the season, it'll already be miles ahead of where they were last season. I think it's fair to expect the staff to be improved over 2011, with at least one of Cecil, McGowan, or Drabek becoming a steady third or fourth member of the rotation behind Romero and Morrow. I'd also expect a more reliable and even performance from the relief corps. Walton's job is chart the path to all of that happening.
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What is going on with Joel Carreno? He came up and pitched great last year - his ERA was 1.15, and he struck out 14 while walking only 4. Read a bunch about projections for the bullpen spots, and he rarely gets mentioned - why is that? And if he doesn't break with the club, where is he likely to start the year?
- March 4, 2012 at 4:55 PM
Jo Jo Reyes...ugh
- March 4, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Carreno has mostly been a starter in the minors and there's no real spot for him in the rotation with the big club; nor does there look to be a bullpen spot the way it's shaping up. He'll be a nice injury call-up at some point, I assume. You can never have enough of them.
- March 4, 2012 at 7:43 PM
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Cher has no desire to turn back time to when son Chaz was daughter Chastity.
Speaking publicly for the first time about the announcement that Chastity Bono is getting a sex change operation, Cher, 63, told People magazine it took guts for Chastity to embark on the transformation.
"Chaz is embarking on a difficult journey, but one that I will support. I respect the courage it takes to go through this transition in the glare of public scrutiny, and although I may not understand, I will strive to be understanding ... The one thing that will never change is my abiding love for my child."
Bono, whose father was the late music Svengali-turned Republican Congressman Sonny Bono, has been living as a man and going by Chaz while planning the operation.
"Yes, it's true -- Chaz, after many years of consideration, has made the courageous decision to honor his true identity," confirmed Bono's publicist, Howard Bragman.
"He is proud of his decision and grateful for the support and respect that has already been shown by his loved ones. It is Chaz's hope that his choice to transition will open the hearts and minds of the public regarding this issue, just as his 'coming out' did nearly 20 years ago.
We ask that the media respect Chaz's privacy during this long process as he will not be doing any interviews at this time."
Bono's move was applauded by gay rights activists, with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) calling the decision "an important step forward" and urging the public and media to refer to "her" as "him."
"Chaz Bono's decision to live his life authentically represents an important step forward, both for him personally and for all who are committed to advancing discussions about fairness and equality for transgender people," said Neil G. Giuliano, president of GLAAD. "Coming out as transgender is an extremely personal decision and one that is never made lightly. We look forward to hearing Chaz's story in his own words in the future."
Sonny Bono's widow, California congresswoman Mary Bono, told TMZ she "loves and supports Chaz."


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By Jill Becker, Special to CNN • Updated 7th April 2013
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Thanks to hard-drinking, hardworking Don Draper, we've traveled through the '60s in style. Now let's take a look at the ad man's New York.
"Mad Men," the AMC series that Rolling Stone called "the greatest TV drama of all time," is back for a new season on Sunday. And though it's filmed primarily in Los Angeles, the show is set in New York, and notable locations across the city turn up in the script as liberally as a heap of pastrami on rye.
In preparation for the season six premiere, we offer you this guide to the NYC haunts of ad exec Draper and his endlessly entertaining cohorts at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce.
'Mad Men' and the other 1960s
On an episode titled "Red in the Face," bosses-on-the-loose Draper and Roger Sterling spend their lunch -- and expense accounts -- taking full advantage of the eats and drinks at the venerable
Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant
, some of which later embarrassingly ended up on the carpet at the feet of a group of potential clients. Hopefully you'll have more restraint when you visit this 100-year-old seafood establishment on the lower level of Grand Central Station, where tourists mingle with commuters over martinis and platters of freshly shucked oysters and other fishy delights. 89 E. 42nd St.,
Another celebration featuring our Mad Men stars, this time Draper and the lusty wife of an insult comic, took place at legendary restaurant
. Even the framed celebrity caricatures on its walls were re-created for the scene. Located in the heart of the Theater District, Sardi's has been a favorite with the Broadway crowd for more than 85 years (the Tony Awards were thought up here), and you'll feel like a star just for having eaten here. 234 W. 44th St.,
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Roosevelt Hotel
has been featured in a couple of "Mad Men" scenes, including one in which Draper retreats here after being kicked out of the house by his wife, Betty. A stay at this landmark hotel will have you feeling like a part of the show, especially since its decor gives it the appearance of an elaborate "Mad Men" set piece, but the place to really connect with the show is just past the lobby in the
Madison Club Lounge
On April 7, to coincide with the season premiere, the lounge will host a viewing party with complimentary whiskey tastings and a "Best 'Mad Men' Attire" contest. The festivities will continue with themed cocktails and an invitation for patrons to dress in their '60s best each Sunday the show airs. 45 E. 45th St.,
Remember Peggy and her colleagues doing the Twist at a local watering hole after she nailed the Belle Jolie presentation in season one? The site was
P.J. Clarke's
, one of the oldest bars in New York. Truly a Big Apple institution and a popular hangout among ad execs in the 1960s, P.J. Clarke's was once described by one of its beloved barmen as "the Vatican of saloons." 915 Third Ave.,
Mad men, mad 'dos: What the late '60s really looked like
When Draper and friends started their own agency at the end of season three, they set up shop, at least temporarily, in a suite at t
he Pierre
hotel. The fabled lodging, which overlooks Central Park, was renovated and modernized a few years back, so your room might not ooze nostalgia. But if you close your eyes tight enough, you might just be able to imagine Joan typing away in the corner or Pete squawking on the phone with a client. 2 E. 61st St.,
Given that the
Hotel Elysée
in Midtown Manhattan is the scene of a lunchtime tryst between copywriter Peggy and a fellow named Duck from a rival agency, it's only appropriate that the prestigious property is offering a special "Mad Men" package for fans of the show. It includes accommodations in one of its luxurious suites, which will be stocked with a dozen roses, strawberries and a box of chocolates, as well as two free cocktails either at the Monkey Bar or brought to your room. The package starts at $425 for a regular suite and $1,450 for a presidential suite. 60 E. 54th St.,
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In season one, Pete Campbell was caught returning a wedding gift at Bloomingdale's, one of the city's most legendary department stores, where stylish lads and ladies have been filling the brand's signature Little Brown Bags with luxury goods since 1886. The doorman there to open the cab door for you only adds to the allure. 1000 Third Ave.,
The pitchmen of Sterling Cooper officed at an address on Madison Avenue that doesn't actually exist in real life, but a number of big-time ad agencies can be found along this historic avenue. Take a stroll down its sidewalks, and you'll rub elbows with the idea men and women who churn out award-winning copy for powerhouse firms like DDB and TBWA and smaller boutique agencies like StrawberryFrog and MacDonald Media. Madison Avenue, primarily between 26th and 52nd Streets
Buzz abounds for the return of 'Mad Men'
If these classic "Mad Men" sights leave you wanting more, consider signing up for "The World of Mad Men: NYC During the Early 1960s" excursion from NYC Discovery Walking Tours. In addition to stops at spots like the ones noted above that have been mentioned on the show, you'll visit iconic locations representative of the era, including the Pan Am Building and Lever House. Tours are scheduled for April 6 and 7, May 5 and June 22; tickets are $20. For reservations, call 212-465-3331.
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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern baseball team used a seven-run first inning and a six-run eighth inning as bookends in its 16-2 victory over Albany State on Tuesday evening at Hurricane Stadium.
GSW belted 19 hits in the contest, including six doubles and a home run. Stephen Gaylor, John Duran and Andrew Anderson had three hits apiece to lead the assult.
With the win, the Hurricanes improve to 24-19 overall. Albany State falls to 21-20.
GSW wasted no time jumping on the Golden Rams. Gaylor was hit by a pitch to open the game. Duran singled to right-center and Michel Coffey cleared the bases with a bomb to left field, his second home run of the season. Corey Benson and Beau Parker each eventually drove home a run in the frame before Gaylor plated two to end the seven-run inning.
Albany State scored a run in the second off of a Greg Johnson solo home run.
Coffey drove home Gaylor in the bottom of the third with a single and the Hurricanes added two more runs in the fourth when Paschal Poston doubled in Benson, moved to third on an Andrew Anderson single and proceeded to score on a wild pitch.
The score remained 10-1 until the eighth. ASU scored a run in the top half of the inning and GSW tacked on six more runs in the bottom half. Scooter Houston opened the eighth for GSW with a ground rule double down the left-field line and added an RBI single later in the frame. Parker doubled to score two runs and Gaylor also doubled to plate a run.
GSW starting pitcher Matt Weaver (2-0) got all the run support he would need in the first inning. Weaver turned in a strong performance, tossing eight innings, holding the Golden Rams to one run on six hits while striking out five and walking one. Corey Hawes pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning and picked up a pair of strikeouts.
Albany State starter Jontario Stokes was tagged for seven runs in 2/3 of an inning. The Golden Rams used five pitchers in the ballgame.
Gaylor finished 3-for-4 with two doubles, three RBIs, three runs scored and a walk to lead GSW at the plate. Duran finished 3-for-5, as did Anderson. Coffey went 2-for-5 with four RBIs. Benson, Houston and Parker added two hits apiece.
William Smalls went 2-for-3 to lead Albany State.
The 16 runs by GSW are the most scored in a game by the Hurricanes since Mar. 23, 2010, when GSW defeated Thomas (Ga.) at Hurricane Stadium, 18-10.
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College teammates say Belcher shooting makes no sense
Anthony Cotrone will remember those eight-hour drives home from the University of Maine with Jovan Belcher, the conversations about football and life, the way Belcher adored his mother, the manner in which he supported his teammates, the effort he'd put forth in practice and the way he'd pick up the checks at dinner once he found success in the NFL.
Because the Belcher who allegedly shot his girlfriend and then took his own life Saturday is a person Cotrone never knew.
"I'm in complete shock. This is one of the most unexpected things I've ever heard," Cotrone, a fullback for Maine and a teammate of Belcher's for three seasons, told USA TODAY Sports by phone Saturday afternoon. "He was such a great kid, all about his family. I got 50 calls and texts from old teammates after the news broke and the reaction was pretty much the same: 'This is so sad. What happened to him?' "
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That's a question investigators will try to answer over the next few days, weeks and months. For those who knew Belcher long before Saturday's events, none of it makes sense.
His college teammates remember him as a hard-working guy on game days and on the practice field, one who often had his nose in the playbook and was willing to do the dirty work.
Long before he was named the CAA Conference defensive player of the year in 2008, Belcher impressed as a freshman.
"He was probably 205, 215 (pounds), which was very small for a defensive end, but he played so much bigger," said Kevin McMahan, a wide receiver who was a senior during Belcher's freshman season. "I just remember defensive players saying they couldn't remember a guy spilling the way he did. That was a job nobody wanted to do."
Spilling means taking on a pulling blocker on a run to the edge, thus forcing the running back to go wider, where another player could make the tackle.
"Jovan, whatever his duty was, he was going to fulfill it," McMahan said. "Contain the play, make the play, take him head on. If he had to go into a guy twice his size, he was going to do it and get the job done."
Cotrone remembers plenty of collisions with Belcher. Even though they occurred on the practice field, Belcher didn't give anything less than full effort.
"To go from being very good in the CAA to being excellent in the NFL," Cotrone said, "that's a special player."
Cotrone and McMahan were undrafted players like Belcher. Cotrone and McMahan never made an active roster, though, and have moved on to new careers -- Cotrone owns his own trucking company, and McMahan is finishing his degree in accounting at Maine.
"He always took us out to dinner. Never let me pay for anything," said Cotrone, who lives in Valley Stream, N.Y., and last saw Belcher while touring Belcher's new house in Long Island this summer. "Just the type of guy you'd want to be around."
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McMahan spent some time with the Chiefs as a member of their practice squad in 2007 and '08.
"I played with some of those guys over there, so I'm sad for them today," he said.
Said Cotrone: "My heart goes out to his mother. She was his biggest fan and would come to the games with all the girls in the family, with their bells and air horns, always making a ruckus."
He added, "Jovan always had a smile, was always looking to have a great time. It just doesn't make sense."


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Calcium is needed for the
development of the fetus's skeleton. You can get enough calcium in your diet by
eating or drinking 4 servings from the dairy (milk) group each day. Good
sources of calcium from nonmilk sources include:
The recommended weight gain for a woman of normal weight is
25 lb (11.3 kg) to
35 lb (15.9 kg). You can expect to gain more if you are carrying twins.
If you are overweight, your ideal goal is less than the average
weight gain, 15 lb (6.8 kg) to
25 lb (11.3 kg). If you are
underweight, it is best to gain
28 lb (12.7 kg) to
40 lb (18.1 kg).
For obese women, the Institute of Medicine recommends weight gain of between 11 lb (5 kg) and 20 lb (9 kg).5 Your doctor will work with you to set a weight goal that's right for you. For more information, see the topic Obesity and Pregnancy.
Ideally, you will gain weight slowly over the entire pregnancy:
If you stop gaining weight for more than 2 weeks, or if you
gain weight faster than these recommendations, consult your doctor.
Women who are pregnant with twins can expect to gain more weight.
For women at a healthy weight who are pregnant with twins, the recommended weight gain is 40 lb (18.1 kg) to 45 lb (20.4 kg).1
If you are overweight and pregnant with twins, your ideal goal is less than the average
weight gain, 38 lb (17.2 kg) to47 lb (21.3 kg). If you are underweight, it is best to gain 50 lb (22.7 kg) to 62 lb (28.1 kg).1
CitationsNewman RB, Rittenberg C (2008). Multiple
gestations. In RS Gibbs et al., eds., Danforth's Obstetrics and Gynecology, 10th ed., pp. 220–245. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and
Wilkins.U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (2009). Folic acid to prevent neural tube defects. Available online: http://www.uspreventiveservicetaskforce.org/uspstf/uspsnrfol.htm.Cunningham FG, et al. (2010). Multifetal gestation. In Williams Obstetrics, 23rd ed., pp. 859–889. New York: McGraw-Hill.Cunningham FG, et al. (2010). Prenatal care. In
Williams Obstetrics, 23rd ed., pp. 189–214. New York:
McGraw-Hill. Food and Nutrition Board, Institute of Medicine (2009). Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. Also available online: http://iom.edu/Reports/2009/Weight-Gain-During-Pregnancy-Reexamining-the-Guidelines.aspx.Other Works ConsultedAmerican College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (2013). Weight gain during pregnancy.
ACOG Committee Opinion No. 548. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 121(1): 210–212.
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CANTON | Ryan Brunn hanged himself with sweatshirt, GBI says | News
DECATUR, Ga. -- Ryan Brunn, the man who confessed to killing seven-year-old Jorelys Rivera, hanged himself with a sweatshirt in his cell at the Jackson State Prison, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said in a statement emailed to 11Alive News.
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An autopsy on Brunn's body was performed Friday at the GBI Crime Lab in DeKalb County, less than a day after Brunn was found dead in his prison cell.
"The ongoing investigation by agents from the GBI's Milledgeville Regional Office has not uncovered any evidence to indicate Brunn's death was anything other than a suicide," a GBI statement said.
"The medical examiner found no other significant trauma on Brunn's body," the GBI said.
Brunn was found dead in his cell at the Jackson State Prison Thursday afternoon.
Brunns lawyers as well as the G.B.I. said they saw no indications that the 20-year-old was suicidal prior to his transfer to prison.
"I've seen Mr. Brunn shed tears," said attorney Daran Burns. "I've seen him upset, but certainly nothing that would lead me to believe that he had any suicidal thoughts."
"A couple of our agents interviewed him for a couple of hours after his guilty plea," said G.B.I. spokesperson John Bankhead. "He showed no indications of being suicidal. This was a big shock to us."
Brunn's body was delivered to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's crime lab at 1:45 a.m. Friday. By 10:15 a.m., the autopsy had began.
Thursday evening, Jorelys' father, Ricardo Galarza, told CNN that news of Brunn's death partly made him "feel good but, on the other hand, it doesn't because my daughter will never be with me again."
"What I wanted was for them to put him in the electric chair and burn him," Galarza told CNN. "I would have taken him there myself and prepared it, so he would burn."
Brunn was on suicide watch in Cherokee County until about a week before his guilty plea.
"Typically someone comes into custody and its a case of this nature, as a matter of precaution, the detention center will have them on watch for their own safety," Burns said.
Late Friday, the Department of Corrections issued a statement saying Brunn was not placed on suicide watch when he was transferred to prison.
"He was interviewed by mental health staff on Wednesday and was not placed on suicide watch based on the counselor's findings," a spokesperson for the Georgia Department of Corrections said Friday.
"He was placed in a segregation cell by himself for his safety," the Department of Corrections spokesperson said.
"There's really nobody to blame here," Burns said Friday. "This is all on Ryan Brunn."
PHOTOS | Jackson State Prison
Brunn, the apartment maintenance worker charged with murdering seven-year-old Jorelys Rivera, pleaded guilty to all of the charges against him Tuesday afternoon.
He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. His attorney confirmed Wednesday that Brunn has moved to Jackson State Prison in Butts County to serve his sentence.
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Brunn had 30 days to change his mind about the guilty plea, according to Georgia Bureau of Investigation spokesman John Bankhead. After those 30 days, the case would have been closed by the GBI.
During the court hearing, Brunn provided his own graphic account of the murder of Rivera.
Brunn said he found one of Jorelys' roller skates. He took a picture of the skate with his cell phone and then hid it in a vacant apartment. "I was going to lure her in for sex," Brunn told the court.
Brunn went on to recount for the court how he murdered Jorelys -- cutting her throat, wrapping her in a garbage bag and then beating her with her own roller skate. He the dumped her body in a large trash compactor on the apartment complex grounds.
Brunn also described how he helped search for the girl in the following days. "I helped them look for that child, the idiot that I am," he said.
During a news conference following the hearing, law enforcement investigators detailed the mountain of evidence that they had against Brunn, including her DNA on his belongings. Investigators also found his fingerprints all over the crime scene.
Brunn was indicted last week. He was charged with murder, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, cruelty to children, aggravated child molestation, enticing a child for indecent purposes, false imprisonment, abandonment of a dead body, making a false statement and sexual exploitation of children.
He was a newly hired maintenance man at the River Ridge apartment complex in Canton where Rivera disappeared the night of December 2, 2010.
TIMELINE | The murder of Jorelys Rivera
Law enforcement officials, friends and ordinary citizens searched for days in and around the complex looking for Rivera.
Investigators later found Rivera's body in a large automated trash compactor on the property.
The indictment details some specifics in the case, saying Brunn used both a "hammer-like object" and a knife to beat, stab and kill Rivera.
In count 5, the indictment said the cruelty included binding Rivera "...with plastic ties and by placing a rag into [her] mouth...and by placing duct tape over [her] mouth."
According to the indictment Brunn lied when asked by investigators whether he had been to the dumpster the night of Rivera's disappearance.
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At Third Party Debate, a Focus on Issues Left Out of Mainstream
If you came away from the Obama-Romney debates wondering where the discussion was on issues like climate change, student debt, and the drone war in Pakistan, last night's debate between third-party candidates may have been just what you were looking for.
The debate questions were submitted by viewers via social media and read by moderator Larry King. They targeted issues missing from the Obama-Romney debates, like the war on drugs, student debt, and a military appropriations bill that allows the government to detain U.S. citizens without charge.
The four participating candidates filled in areas of the political spectrum both to the left and to the right of Obama and Romney: the Green Party's Jill Stein, a former medical doctor; the Justice Party's Rocky Anderson, the former mayor of Salt Lake City; the Constitution Party's Virgil Goode, a former Virginia congressman; and the Libertarian Party's Gary Johnson, the former Governor of New Mexico.
Beneath the candidates' passion and polish, a fatalism about electability surfaced from time to time, giving viewers a window into the difficulty third-party candidates face in attracting attention from the media and pretty much everyone else. Early in the debate, when King made a procedural error and forgot to have the candidates deliver their opening statements, Mr. Anderson responded by saying, "More people are here to listen to you than to listen to us."
Despite the exclusion of these candidates from most of the discussion around this election, they had lots of refreshing things to say. Here are three of the top issues the candidates discussed last night.
1. Student debt and its effect on the economy
While Rocky Anderson joined her in supporting tuition-free college education, Stein gave the clearest and most logical explanation for why Americans might consider providing this benefit. "Throughout the twentieth century, we provided a high school education because it was necessary," she argued. "But a high school education won't cut it anymore. So now a college degree is necessary, too."
Stein also offered an unusual insight into the plight of new graduates. More than once, she compared young people just out of school to "indentured servants," whose creativity and ability to contribute to the economy is hampered by excessive debt.
2. Term limits for members of the Senate and Congress
The drawling Virgil Goode's arch conservative positions often set him apart from the other candidates gathered Tuesday. On the war on drugs, for example, Goode dissented while the other three advocated legalizing marijuana.
However, when asked how they would amend the U.S. Constitution, if given a chance to pass a single amendment to it, both Goode and Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson named the implementation of term limits in the Senate and Congress.
Such a policy change would encourage politicians to "do the right thing," said the Libertarian Johnson, "as opposed to doing whatever it takes to get elected and re-elected."
Given that it's a top priority for these candidates and an issue that could bridge political divides among the grassroots of the left and right, maybe we should be discussing term limits more often.
3. Should the government be able to detain U.S. citizens without charge?
If you had watched only the third-party debates, you would have come away thinking that the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was the talk of the nation. The Act, signed by President Barack Obama in December of 2011, grants the president the right to indefinitely detain American citizens without charge or trial.
Groups like the ACLU and Center for Constitutional Rights went into overdrive trying to fight the NDAA, but in the end it was quietly signed into law. In September, a federal judge ruled the offending sections of the NDAA unconstitutional, but the justice department requested a stay and got one, just four days later.
That means that, for now, the government retains the right to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens. All four third-party candidates denounced this situation and said they'd have vetoed the NDAA if they'd been president.
Moments of unity on apparently off-limits topics such as this one showed how these candidates' voices would have changed the prime-time debates, had they been included.
The debates would have been a different spectacle indeed if Barack Obama and Mitt Romney—both of whom support the NDAA—had been outnumbered by third-party candidates from across the political spectrum who universally oppose it.
At the same time, that probably goes a long way toward explaining why these candidates have been excluded. Cheers to the nonprofit group Free and Equal for giving Americans to chance to hear their views and to consider supporting them on November 6.
The oil-dependent economy Romney supports is a step toward a less stable, more costly future. Renewables and energy efficiency offer real hope.
A new study suggests that ending the deficit doesn't have to hurt, just as long as we cut in the right places. John Cavanagh finds seven places where budget cuts can create a more just, more secure, and more sustainable country.


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Our Jewish Community Services programs integrate our mental and behavioral health services with spirituality, combining the richness of Jewish traditions with social work practices—such as spiritual and group counseling, workshops, consultation, training, and more.
Our Jewish Community Services offer individuals and families connections to the support of peers and community. And we work with Jewish organizations, such as synagogues, JCCs, Y's, and schools, to enhance their services and programming.
Our Jewish clients are Reform, Conservative, Orthodox, Chasidic and unaffiliated. We help these individuals and communities facing issues of:
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The Shira Ruskay Center provides comfort support, and education for the New York City Jewish community facing serious illness or bereavement and the challenges of caregiving. Our social workers and rabbis provide a range of spiritual and emotional services, including consultation, information and referral, case management and guidance, community education, synagogue consultation, and counseling.
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JACS encourages recovery in a nurturing Jewish environment, promoting knowledge and understanding of the disease of alcoholism and chemical dependency as it involves the Jewish community. We also act as a resource center and information clearinghouse on the effects of alcoholism and drug dependency on Jewish family life. For more information, contact us at 212.632.4600, or email us at email@example.com JACS is honored to have a Warm Line operated by amazing volunteers, all of whom are Jewish 12-Steppers. If you need support outside of business hours, please contact Marilyn at 646.573.7420.
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Through programs with in partnership with synagogues, day schools, and Hillels, our Lynn and Jules Kroll Jewish Community Consultation Services respond to the needs of people with problems that go beyond the ordinary "bumps in the road." We help individuals, families, groups handle exceptional problems such as unemployment, divorce, single parenting, suicide, the threat of homelessness, cult involvement and interdenominational conflict.
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Bartenders, Let's Show Some Rays Spirits
When the Rays clinched a playoff spot Saturday afternoon, the bartenders at Ferg's Sports Bar and Grill sprang into action and whipped up an instant Rays Victory Punch.
The blue concoction, made with "lots of vodka and blue Gatorade," according to bar manager Trish Snyder, was a hit with the crowd (even if being free might have had something to do with it), and they made a frozen version after Sunday's game.
That got us thinking that there are ample opportunities for restaurants and bars all around the bay area to get into the spirit of the Rays by creating Rays' spirits. Here are some suggestions for some signature libations:
• Aki Sake. Has a great kick, just like Aki when he's lasering balls up the middle to get on base.
• Pena Colada. This one has been screaming for a drink special at the Trop all year: $1 Pena Coladas every time he blasts a home run.
• Scottch, neat. Pitcher Scott Kazmir's got some strong stuff, and so does this drink.
• Bartlett pear vodka and tonic. Refreshingly smooth, just like the shortstop's throws to first.
• Big Brown Pale Ale. Cliff Floyd's clubhouse nickname makes for a perfect match with this bold brewski.
• Longoria Iced Tea. So many ingredients have gone into making him an All-Star, why not do the same for his drink?
• Miller Highlight. Ahh, this beer for our man, Trever, goes down best when served with the video of the last two outs he pitched to get the team into the playoffs.
• El Perezadente Margarita. Packs a powerful punch, just like Perez's throws from the outfield.
• Carl's 'Burg Pilsner and CC and Seven. A team member who's been here the longest, Carl Crawford deserves at least two drink specials.
• Navi Agave Tequila Shot. Served straight up, just like when Dioner Navarro pounces on a runner trying to steal second.
• Grant's Foster Lager. Balfour, the pitcher from Down Under, would feel right at home with this Australian brand.
Zobrist Zombie. Ben's calm demeanor no matter where he's fielding make this the perfect concoction.
• Mercy! Perci Flamer. Troy Percival's recent penchant for getting jammed up as a closer has earned him the nickname of Firestarter around some parts. Why not celebrate it with a flaming drink?
• Mohawk Malt Liquor. Comes in 24-ounce cans, perfect for those longs innings when the Rays' bats are hot.


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Democrats Rein In Senate Filibusters
In Contentious Move, Bar Now Set at 51 Votes, Down From 60, to Advance President's Nominees
A bitterly divided Senate voted Thursday to eliminate filibusters for most presidential nominees, a momentous and politically risky step that limits the ability of Republicans to block President Barack Obama's choices for executive-branch and most judicial posts.
The change gives Mr. Obama more flexibility to shape the federal judiciary and to staff his administration for the remaining years of his presidency. But it could hand more power to Republicans if the GOP should win the White House and control of the Senate....


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Founded in 2012 by the city of Cologne, the Academy of the Arts of the World is a loose virtual collective of art practitioners visual artists, musicians, dancers, writers, film-makers, curators from different backgrounds and continents, as well as a cultural institution and a production platform.
Academy of Visual Arts
The "Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig - Academy of Visual Arts, Leipzig", is one of the oldest art academies in Germany. Its change of names gives evidence to the living history of the school, which was founded in 1764 as the "Zeichnungs-, Mahlerey und Architectur-Akademie". Since 1950 the schools bears its present name "Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig". Today, 600 students are majoring in "Book Arts/Graphic Design", "Painting/Fine Art Graphics", "Photography" and "Media Art". In 2009 the new postgraduate study programme "Cultures of the Curatorial" started. This program is combining application-oriented research practice with academic reflection. It is oriented towards people with different disciplinary and professional backgrounds: in the arts -- visual arts, dance, theatre, film and music -- as well as in cultural mediation, in the humanities, social and natural sciences.
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ACT Center is a new transdisciplinary institution that puts Gwangju, South Korea, at the forefront of global art, design, and culture dialogue. Launching with a major festival and exhibition in November 2015, ACT Center will commence a dynamic year-round program of activities that brings together leading Asian and international talents to share, collaborate, and inspire.
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LAccademia di Belle Arti di Firenze è un'Istituzione di Alta Formazione Artistica che affonda le radici nella tradizione umanistica e cresce e si sviluppa nella contemporaneità in un ciclo di rinnovamento continuo.
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The creation of the French Academy in Rome was part of the policy of great work of King Louis XlV at the end of the 17th century. Those works transformed the Louvre, the Tuileries, and Versailles. The Academy was created in 1666 under the leadership of Colbert, Le Brun and Gian Lorenzo Bernini. It welcomed artists who won the First Prize of Rome and several protégés of powerful lords. Young artists pensioned by the king got broadened training, being in touch with Rome and Italy. At the time pensioners followed a regime of strict discipline and devoted their stay to the realisation of copies of Antique or Renaissance art. In 1720 architects joined the sculptors and painters as pensioners.