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Mecanoo Architecture News, chronological:
8 Nov 2019
Konka Tower, Shenzhen, China
Architects: Mecanoo
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Konka Tower Shenzhen
The new Kang Qiao Jia Cheng development will provide an urban regeneration paradigm that is welcoming at street level as well as an imposing icon that fits Shenzhen's skyline.
20 Oct 2019
KAMPUS, Manchester, England, UK
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A new neighbourhood located at the former Manchester Metropolitan University campus in the heart of the city.
1 May 2019
Erasmus Campus, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Erasmus Campus
Rotterdam has a growing demand for student housing. To address this shortage, a student housing complex on a prominent location was sought, at the intersection of Abram van Rijckevorselweg and Burgemeester Oudlaan.
16 Apr 2019
The Grace Towers, The Hague, Holland
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The Grace Towers in the Hague
To meet the city's population growth challenge, the municipality is encouraging inner-city densification within the Central Innovation District (CID), a triangular area bound by the city's three train stations.
8 Jan 2019
Qianhai Data Centre, Shenzhen, China
Design: Mecanoo architecten
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Qianhai Data Centre Shenzhen
The aqueduct was a symbol of the development of the Roman Empire, and broadcast antennas have become icons in city skylines. Likewise, data centres are relatively new infrastructural facilities that can substantially contribute to a city's identity.
3 Jan 2019
Glass Villa on the lake, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, South West England, UK
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Glass Villa on the lake, Lechlade
The guiding design principle was to create a house that combines transparency with sustainability, forging a strong relationship between the villa and the landscape.
7 Oct 2018
NS Vision interior train of the future
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NS Vision interior train of the future
Every year, 373 million travellers spend their time in NS trains. In NS's (the Dutch National Railway Company) future vision for 2025, the train will be more than a means of transport.
21 Sep 2018
Delft City Hall and Train Station Building, The Netherlands
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Delft City Hall and Train Station Building
7 Aug 2018
Hoogheemraadschap van Delfland, Delft, The Netherlands
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Delfland Water Authority Building by Mecanoo architecten
The Delfland Water Authority is located in a historical building on the Oude Delft: the Gemeenlandshuis. The monumental part was built in 1505 as a house for Jan de Huyter.
12 Jul 2018
Cartesiusdriehoek Blue District, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Cartesiusdriehoek Blue District Utrecht
The masterplan for this new residential neighbourhood with 2,600 homes, a large central park, a school, a supermarket, catering and various other facilities is inspired by a scientific theory about areas around the world where people live longer, healthier and happier lives, the so-called blue zones.
2 May 2018
Kaohsiung Social Housing by Mecanoo, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kaohsiung Social Housing by Mecanoo
Mecanoo's Social Housing philosophy focuses on the development of affordable living spaces defined by flexibility, the right balance of private and communal spaces, mixed housing types, connection with the environment and identity.
18 Apr 2018
Mecanoo: Inspiration and Process in Architecture by Moleskine
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Mecanoo Inspiration and Process in Architecture by Moleskine
Inspiration and Process in Architecture is a series of monographs on key figures in modern and contemporary architecture. It offers the reading of the practice of design which emphasises the value of freehand drawing as part of the creative process.
23 Feb 2018
Kaohsiung Station Building Wins at RTF Sustainability Awards 2017
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RTF Sustainability Awards 2017 Winner
The new Kaohsiung Station is the crowning achievement of the massive Kaohsiung Metropolitan Area Underground Railway Project, which includes seven subterranean stations along a 9.75 km railway tunnel.
24 Jan 2018
New Palace of Justice in Córdoba, Spain
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Cordoba Palace of Justice
The new Palace of Justice in Córdoba is located in Arroyo del Moro which is characteristically dominated by anonymous housing blocks, products of the rapid urban development of 21st century Spanish cities.
23 Nov 2017
Eurojust, Den Haag, The Netherlands
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Eurojust Den Haag
Eurojust is the EU-judicial cooperation unit dealing with cross-border crime. The new headquarters for Eurojust in the International Zone of The Hague were developed together with the Central Government Real Estate Agency, the Ministry of Justice and Security and the municipality. The twelve-storey building has more than four hundred workplaces and accommodates the national representatives of the EU Member States and three non-EU countries, supported by an administrative department.
18 Nov 2017
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, New York City, NY, USA
Design: Mecanoo with Beyer Blinder Belle, architects
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New York Public Library Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
The New York Public Library has unveiled a Master Plan for its iconic Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, one of the nation's leading research libraries, which for over a century has stood as a symbol of open and free access to information and opportunity.
5 Sep 2017
Shenzhen North Station Urban Design Competition, China
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Shenzhen North Station Urban Design Competition
The main buildings of the business district are set around a central urban park and vary in height between 278 and 428 metres.
27 Aug 2017
Mecanoo Appointed for Perth City Hall Renovation
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Perth City Hall Building Renovation
The category B-listed building will be transformed into a cultural facility with exhibition spaces, learning suite, café and retail space.
25 Jul 2017
Namdaemun Office Tower in Seoul, Seoul, South Korea
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Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul
With its stark linear facade patterns, the Namdaemun Office Building in Seoul stands out from the vibrant market district that surround it. The office tower is Mecanoo's first completed project in South Korea's capital.
23 Jun 2017
Zaans Medical Centre in Zaandam, Netherlands
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Zaans Medical Centre Building in Zaandam
18 Apr 2017
Perth City Hall Building Revamp, Scotland
Mecanoo is one of five of architects firms competing for the right to redesign Perth City Hall with the building's re-opening scheduled for 2021.
Each has a grand vision for redeveloping the building into a cultural attraction capable of bringing visitors to the city from around the world. Shortlisted architects, alphabetical order:
– Austin Smith Lord
– Hoskins Architects
– Mecanoo
– Richard Murphy Architects
Perth City Hall Building Redevelopment
4 + 1 Apr 2017
Grand Gatehouse for Keukenhof by Mecanoo
Keukenhof finally has a proper main entrance. Mecanoo designed an elegant gatehouse to welcome the large flows of, mainly international, visitors to the world-famous gardens. The striking timber roof structure of interwoven isosceles triangles provides shelter and creates an ever-changing play of light and shadow.
The integral design for the entrance area includes two plazas. A forecourt with wedge-shaped planters leads visitors from the main car park to the entrance. The stepped roof leans on two volumes, forming an impressive gateway to the park. The Grand Gatehouse for Keukenhofhouses public functions such as cash registers, an information desk and retail. Skylights in the roof create a spacious and light atmosphere in the restaurant.
Francine Houben, creative director Mecanoo:
"The gatehouse is the transition between the outside world and the world of Keukenhof and all its flowers. While walking through the entrance, you will see the beautiful Dutch skies above framed by timber triangles. Look down and you will see an intriguing pattern of triangular shadows on the ground. A fence with a tulip motif marks the beginning of a journey of discovery through the most beautiful spring garden in the world."
The use of natural materials – wood, copper and brick, lends character to the building without being a distraction from its environment. On a beautiful spring day, the glazed facade can be opened almost entirely, blending the interior with the exterior. Ponds with fountains provide a suitable ambiance for a pleasant day out and sitting on the spacious terraces, visitors are treated to views over the largest tulip field inside the park.
Keukenhof will be open daily this Spring until May 21.
16 + 15 Mar 2017
Mecanoo and Gispen launch modular furniture for learning environments
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Mecanoo and Gispen modular furniture
Feb 21, 2017
Mecanoo wins prestigious architecture prize in Boston
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Mecanoo architecten, led by Francine Houben, has received the Harleston Parker Medal for designing the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. The Harleston Parker Medal is Boston's most prestigious architecture prize. The project, on which Mecanoo collaborated with local firm Sasaki Associates, also won the People's Choice Award.
18 Nov 2016
New Mid-Manhattan Library Building, New York City, USA
Design: Mecanoo and Beyer Blinder Belle, architects
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New Mid-Manhattan Library Building
1 Sep 2016
Manchester City Council Nominated for RIBA Client of the Year for HOME
The annual 2016 RIBA Client of the Year award (by The Royal Institute of British Architects) recognises the role that a good client plays in the creation of fine architecture.
Manchester City Council – nominated by Mecanoo for their 2016 RIBA National Award-winning HOME (in addition to the 2016 RIBA North West Award winners Manchester Central Library by Ryder Architecture and Library Walk Link Building by SimpsonHaugh and Partners)
3 Jun 2016
Manchester University Engineering Campus, North West England, UK
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Manchester University Engineering Campus by Mecanoo architecten
Planning permission approval for a £350 million engineering campus designed by this Dutch architecture practice. MECD will be one of the largest, single construction projects ever undertaken by a higher education institution in the United Kingdom. The development's main building – MEC Hall – is 195 metres long.
10 Jun 2016
Kaohsiung Station Building, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kaohsiung Station Building
With its organic, curvilinear shape and landscaped canopy, the new Kaohsiung Station will introduce a generous amount of public green space to Taiwan's second city. D
21 Mar 2016
Villa 4.0. Renovation, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Dutch studio Mecanoo has completed the last of a series of renovations on a 1967 home in Hilversum, The Netherlands, called Villa 4.0., reports designboom.
The original building completed in 2011 was designed by dick van gameren in collaboration with iding interior design and michael van gessel landscape.
The original floor plan began as a somewhat hexagonal form in a lush green site surrounded by a natural wall of dense trees and a small brook running along one side. Over the years, various owners have added onto the house to accommodate a larger program but in turn have also made the house increasingly more inward-looking and disconnected from the site.
As a result, the design strategy was based on re-opening the home to the exterior while updating the structure's sustainable performance. To begin with, all windows were replaced with more high efficient glazing, and outer walls and roofs were given insulation.
HOME, Manchester, England, UK
Design: Mecanoo architecten
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HOME Manchester – 28 May 2015
Manchester's new centre for international contemporary art, theatre and film, is a catalyst for the developments around First Street, giving Manchester a new cultural epicentre.
Fontys Sports College, Eindhoven, Holland
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Mecanoo design – WAF Awards 2013 Completed Building Schools winner – 4 Oct 2013
World Architecture Festival Awards
Sport encourages friendship and solidarity and serves as an inspiration. Sport is healthy, relaxing, and above all, fun. This is evident in the sports college that Mecanoo architecten was commissioned to build by the council of Eindhoven and Fontys University of Applied Sciences on the Genneper Parken 'sports estate' in Eindhoven.
Library of Birmingham, England – 5 Sep 2013
Design: Mecanoo
photo : Christian Richters
Centenary Square, the largest public square in the heart of Birmingham, currently lacks cohesion or a clear identity or atmosphere. Mecanoo's design transforms the square into one with three distinct realms: monumental, cultural and entertainment. These palazzos form an urban narrative of important periods in the history of the city; The Repertory Theatre (REP), a 1960s concrete building, the Library of Birmingham, designed in 2009 and Baskerville House, a listed sandstone building designed in 1936. The busiest pedestrian route in the city, what Mecanoo calls the red line, leads pedestrians into Centenary Square.
Windconvertor EWICON, Netherlands
Windconvertor EWICON revealed: wind'mill' without moving blades.
Delft, 27 March 2013 – Is there such a thing as a wind mill without moving blades? Have a look for yourself! From Wednesday the 27th of March on, a scale model of the bladeless windmill can be viewed in front of the faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science at Delft University of Technology. Mecanoo Architects designed the model EWICON (Electrostatic WIndenergy CONvertor) using technology developed by Delft University of Technology in a consortium with Wageningen UR and commercial companies in an economy-ecology-government partnership program context. The breakthrough wind convertor transforms wind energy into electricity without the use of moving mechanical parts. The result: greatly reduced wear and tear, lower maintenance costs, and zero noise pollution or shadow casting. The EWICON can be installed on land or sea, and can also be integrated on to the roof of a tall building.
The EWICON has an abstract appearance with a flowing steel frame in the shape of a squared -0- supporting a framework of horizontal steel tubes. Within this framework, electrically charged droplets are created and blown away by the wind. The movement of the droplets creates an electric current, which can be passed on to the grid. In 2009, Mecanoo applied the EWICON into the design of the Stadstimmerhuis 010 in Rotterdam, where the 010-sign on the roof would make use of two EWICONS. Continued development will be carried out once funding has been secured for further scientific research.
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Noorderpoort college in Stadskanaal, Netherlands
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Noorderpoort college – 8 Feb 2013
The start of the construction work at the new Noorderpoort school for vocational education has been celebrated in Stadskanaal on the 7th of February 2013. The 8,500 m² school building designed by Mecanoo architecten will be situated like a country estate on a beautiful front garden with extensive watercourses in the middle of the village's green hart.
Kongsberg Cultural Centre, Norway
Mecanoo / Code Arkitektur
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Kongsberg Cultural Centre – 24 Oct 2012
Mecanoo with Code Arkitektur and Buro Happold, have won the design competition for a Knowledge and Cultural Square in the centre of a former mining town about 75 km southwest of Oslo. The project comprises of a design for a cultural and teaching building totaling approximately 24,000 m², and includes future expansion of other functions, such as student housing, sports facilities and businesses.
New Harbor Service Building, Taiwan
Delft, 23 July, 2012 – Mecanoo shortlisted to design New Harbor Service Building in Taiwan
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Dutch architecture practice Mecanoo has been shortlisted to design the New Harbor Service Building in the major Taiwanese port city of Keelung. The building will accommodate the office of Keelung Port Authority, a passenger cruise terminal and cargo terminal, a bus transfer station and commercial space.
West Kowloon Cultural District Competition, China
Shortlisted Design Team for First Arts Venue
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West Kowloon Cultural District Competition – 18 Jul 2012
Shortlist of five design teams invited to submit proposals for the design of the Xiqu Centre, one of the first landmark buildings for the WKCD, scheduled for completion at the end of 2015.
Shortlisted design teams:
– BTA & RLP Company Limited
– Foster + Partners with O Studio Architects
– Mecanoo architecten / Leigh & Orange
– Safdie Architects LLC
– Wong & Ouyang (HK) Ltd. (in collaboration with Diamond and Schmitt)
Mecanoo architecten : Practice information
Calvijn Groene Hart comprehensive school, The Netherlands
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Calvijn Groene Hart School – 4 Jul 2012
Calvijn Groene Hart comprehensive school celebrates topping out
On Monday 2 July 2012 the new building of the Calvijn Christian comprehensive school in Barendrecht, designed by Mecanoo architects, celebrated its topping out. The school building will come into use at the beginning of 2013.
Amsterdam International Golf Club, The Netherlands
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Amsterdam International Golf Club – 7 Jun 2012
Construction begins on the new clubhouse for the Amsterdam International Golf Club Schiphol. The new exclusive golf club is located next to Schiphol Airport, a stone's throw from Amsterdam's Zuidas business district. The 2,000 m² clubhouse is designed by Mecanoo and features, in addition to a high end restaurant, a fitness and wellness centre with luxury dressing rooms, lounges, terrace and roof terrace for parties and events.
Mecanoo to design primary school in Mill, The Netherlands
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Primary School in Mill – 14 May 2012
Mecanoo has won the commission to design a new primary school in Mill, the Netherlands through a European procurement competition in combination with Giesbers-Wijchen Bouw. The 4,200 sqm school building will be the new home for primary schools De Kameleon and De LenS, and houses a preschool, day and youth care and a youth and family center. Due to open at the end of the summer in 2014.
Anne Frank School
Mecanoo architecten
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Anne Frank School Utrecht
Friday, 27 April, marks the ground breaking celebration for the new Anne Frank School in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In addition to the primary school, the 2,600 m² building will feature a gymnasium, child care and preschool education. The 200 students will move into their new school at the end of 2012. The building's horizontal, glazed profile creates an elegant, light school. Cantilevers serve to block direct sunlight from entering the building.
Onze Droomschool, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Mecanoo architecten
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Dordrecht School Building – 25 Apr 2012
The new 5,322 m² school brings together education, care and medical science. The Vlij 'Mytyl' school, the Blije Gaarde school and the Dordtse Buitenschool collaborate in their new premises with the care support body Gemiva-SVG Group and the Rijndam revalidation centre
KAPP SKIL, Texel, Dutch Wadden Islands, The Netherlands
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KAPP SKIL Texel – 28 Mar 2012
Friday 30 March 2012, KAAP SKIL, maritime and beachcombers museum, on the Dutch Wadden Island of Texel will open its doors. In addition to two new exhibitions, the museum building designed by the Dutch office Mecanoo architecten, will house a café and offices.
Eurojust Building, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Design: Mecanoo / Haskoning
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Eurojust Building Den Haag – 21 Mar 2012
The Mecanoo-Haskoning design team is the winner for the realisation of the new Eurojust headquarters in The Hague. The design visions of four candidates were judged on the following aspects: architectural quality, urban integration and landscape , functionality and programme of requirements, maintenance and sustainability, and integrated design process.
Municipal Office Building in Boston, MA, USA
Design: Sasaki Associates and Mecanoo architecten
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Municipal Office Building Boston – 3 Mar 2012
The office building is a part of Mayor Thomas M. Menino's Dudley Square Vision Project, which seeks to revitalize the once-thriving urban neighborhood of Roxbury and mass transit hub Dudley Square. The 17,000 m² facility will become the headquarters of the Boston Public Schools Administration and will include green, state-of-the-art office space, retail and civic spaces, and meeting space for the community.
Recent Mecanoo Designs
Amsterdam University College, Netherlands
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Amsterdam University College – 23 Sep 2011
Manchester Arts & Cultural Centre, England
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Manchester Arts Centre by Mecanoo – 4 Jul 2011
Taiwan Library Architecture Competition – Mecanoo entry. 4 Nov 2010
Amphion Theatre, The Netherlands
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Amphion Theatre
La Llotja theatre, Lleida, Spain
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La Llotja theatre
Masterplan Longgang City Centre, China
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Longgang Masterplan, Shenzhen
Birmingham Library Building, England
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Birmingham Library
Student Housing Delft, The Netherlands
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Student Housing Delft
Swimming Pool het Marnix, Netherlands
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Mecanoo architecten : Amsterdam building
Montevideo, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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Montevideo Rotterdam
Taiwan National Performing Arts Centre
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Taiwan National Performing Arts Centre
Palace of Justice Córdoba, Spain
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Palace of Justice Córdoba
Da Vinci College, Dordrecht, Netherlands
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Da Vinci College
Municipal office building and Train Station, Delft, Netherlands
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Delft architecture
FiftyTwoDegrees, Jonker Bosplein 52, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2006/08 phased
86m high
semi-conductor industry knowledge centre
Mecanoo architecten : FiftyTwoDegrees Building
BBC Scotland, Glasgow, UK
Mecanoo Architects Competition entry
Foxhill Housing, Sheffield, north England, UK
Sheffield Architecture
More info on Mecanoo Architects soon
Location: Oude Delft 203, 2611 HD Delft, the Netherlands
Mecanoo – Practice Information
Mecanoo architecten
Founding director/architect : Prof. ir. Francine M.J. Houben
This Dutch architecture studio have offices in Delft (Netherlands) and Birmingham (UK).
Mecanoo architecten : Delft Architect Studio – contact details
Architecture practice founded in 1984.
Mecanoo architecten former partner – Erick van Egeraat
Mecanoo architecten : Dutch Buildings
Buildings / photos for the Mecanoo Architects page welcome
Website: www.mecanoo.com


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I had to pick a 'challenging ingredient' as part of my Noor oil recipes. And I really challenged myself when I picked pumpkin. I love pumpkin in cakes, desserts, roasted, and in soup. Here's my pumpkin loaf recipe (link) and if you are craving pumpkin in a warm soup, you will love this version.
However, the recipe I'm talking about today uses fresh pumpkin in a delicious and creamy stew.
A very unique flavor – this is not your typical stew! The vinegar adds the perfect kick, yogurt makes this devilishly creamy and the pumpkin tops it off to be the perfect vegetable.
Pumpkin & Yogurt Stew
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 45 minutes
Serves 6-8
8 cloves garlic, peeled and very thinly sliced
1 small red onion, chopped
1 tablespoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon garam masala
800g peeled, seeded and cubed pumpkin
1 fennel, sliced
500g baby potatoes
1 packet mushrooms
Noor oil
2 cups vegetable stock
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
2 tablespoons honey
1 cup Greek yogurt
Salt and pepper
- In a large saucepan, heat Noor oil.
- Gently fry the garlic, ginger, onion and garam masala.
- Add the pumpkin, potatoes and fennel. Mix the ingredients well and continue cooking.
- Add the vegetable sock, vinegar, and honey.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes – until potatoes are softened.
- Add mushrooms and cook for another 5 minutes.
- Stir in yogurt and mix well until incorporated.
- Serve.

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IFRS Based Accounting for Oil and Gas
This course is introductory to intermediate in nature and it has been designed to provide a good level of knowledge and practice across the main aspects of IFRS based accounting in the Oil & Gas industry.
During this intensive three day course, participants will be exposed to a variety of fiscal regimes, with the opportunity to discuss the fiscal regime in their own jurisdiction. The course discusses successful effort and full cost accounting techniques, with reference to IFRS and FASB accounting standards.
In addition, participants will also learn about intangible assets and their importance in the Oil & Gas industry as well as the fundamentals of Property, plant and equipment: Oil and Gas (Development and Production).
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Many Oil & Gas industry arrangements are based on Joint Arrangements: Joint venture & Joint operations and participants will explore these aspects in detail in order that they can understand apply the rules found in several IFRS once they return to work.
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Review Revenue Recognition
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Your dog is welcome at Kingston Lacy
Take time to explore the Kingston Lacy estate with your four legged friend. We have plenty of walks for you to enjoy and dogs are welcome in the Stables courtyard too when you stop for a well-earned slice of cake.
Your dog is welcome
All day, every day from 10am–6pm (10am–4pm from November to March) in the car park, woodland walks, parkland (including the Japanese garden) and the Stables courtyard. The formal garden, immediately behind the house, is a dog-free area, where families are encouraged to play games and have picnics.
We do ask that you keep your four legged friend on a lead at all times.
Whether you are a local dog walker who visits regularly or a visitor from further afield, we welcome all types of dogs. With miles of paths to explore, trees to sniff and grass to roll in we think you'll both have a great day.
Assistance dogs
Dogs assisting visitors with disabilities are welcome throughout Kingston Lacy. They can come into in the shop, restaurant, house and gardens.
Please make sure they are wearing their identity harnesses.
Doggie dos and don'ts
To help us ensure our visitors, dogs and wildlife get along, please can you:
- Keep your dog under control on a short fixed lead at all times
- Pick up your dog's mess and place it in the bins provided
- Only bring assistance dogs into our buildings
- Avoid leaving dogs in cars on hot days
- All dogs are welcome to sit outside in the Stables courtyard but not on top of chairs and tables
Enjoy a bite to eat
After your walk, sit back and relax in the Stables courtyard with a cup of tea and slice of cake. Don't forget to ask for a special doggy treat when you order.
Explore further
With 8,500 acres of estate and 72 miles of footpaths, cycle trails and bridleways there is plenty to explore with your furry friend. Discover the estate villages of Shapwick and Pamphill or uncover the history of Badbury Rings and Holt Heath.


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|70 (Tier 8)
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|How to Start
|Speak with Anda ( 1031, 164, -470 ) /waypoint 1031, 164, -470
|NOTE: A discussion page exists which may contain more information
What does this information mean?
- The Di'Zokian Language is required to complete this quest.
- Speak with Anda once again ( 1031, 164, -470 ) /waypoint 1031, 164, -470 she'll tell you where abouts the bounty hunter can be found. You can find the bounty hunter in black at Varis. This is Colonel Leevan ( -430, 119, -361 ) /waypoint -430, 119, -361.
- Speak with Colonel Leevan; the update is timed and you have to fight him. Keep talking... and make a pact. Talk with him until he stops, fight and "kill" him, then talk with him again.
- Find the Odd Bluish drolvarg that you saw leaving the Gra'al Shul Temple and talk to him. (This is Indigo at ( -1665, 85, -597 ) /waypoint -1665, 85, -597.) North of the Kunzar's Edge Bird Station, and east of the Fens Sokokar Station.
- Click on the chest at ( 1240, 427, -1170 ) /waypoint 1240, 427, -1170. This is inside the tower at Charnax, which is in the Icebound Pass.
- The chest is locked! Find the way to open chest. To get a hint and progress the quest, inspect the clipboard to the right of the entrance to the tower on the inside wall ( 1242, 427, -1170 ) /waypoint 1242, 427, -1170.
- The clipboard tells you to find the body of Warlord Fardax in the Icebound Pass. He holds the Key of Charnax. The key is found at location ( 1327, 385, -780 ) /waypoint 1327, 385, -780 in the yeti caves. It spawns on the ground, behind a rock. There is no body to be found, just the key. Maybe the yeti ate him? (Frostcoat might be sitting here).
- Return to the chest and use the key to obtain the Tablet of the Shark Hunter or Tablet of the Youth.
- Locate the second magic chest inside the Tower of Westin Rouk near the sarnak mine overlooking the Stone Wood. ( 825, 412, -1592 ) /waypoint 825, 412, -1592 This chest is also locked.
- Go to the base of the tower and talk to Seepay the frog. ( 848, 383, -1543 ) /waypoint 848, 383, -1543
- Go to the Ryjesium Mines and get the spider gem updates from the foremen. ( 514, 351, -1581 ) /waypoint 514, 351, -1581 This area is reached from the top of the tower -- follow the stairs all the way up, and then follow mine cart tracks and turn left at the fork.
- Go to the Arbor Giants' Fort, Karatun Hold, and steal the coin bladder. It can be at three alternate locations: either at Arbor King Zamont's feet ( 784, 90, -2249 ) /waypoint 784, 90, -2249 or a few feet away, on the table ( 822, 89, -2234 ) /waypoint 822, 89, -2234. It looks like a bag of flour and you have to get quite close to see it. It may also be in a nearby shed at ( 923, 77, -2305 ) /waypoint 923, 77, -2305, on the table. Note that the place crawls with wandering giants that see through invisibility.
- Return the Stolen Goods to Seepay.
- Wait for Seepay to open the chest. Talk with him and he'll ask you to follow him to the chest, which he will then open for you. Obtain Tablet of the Lost from it.
- Locate the next chest in the tower at Gwalnax near the sarnak capital (Chardok) in the Stone Wood, ( 1478, 165, -2904 ) /waypoint 1478, 165, -2904.
- Attempt to open the chest inside the tower.
- Speak to the Sarnak outside of the tower on the second floor, Historian Holdak.
- Excavate sarnak petroglyphs. These harvested items are in the Wurm Caverns in the area called Den of the Broodmother in the back left corner, ( 1718, 233, -2049 ) /waypoint 1718, 233, -2049. They appear three to five at a time, with a one to two minute respawn. After harvesting all that you need, return to the tower and speak with the Historian Holdak. He will give you Tablet of the Wizard.
- Go to the Towers of Sel'Nok and find the next chest. The chest is located at ( 2274, 197, -2622 ) /waypoint 2274, 197, -2622.
- NOTE: The Di'Zokian language is NOT given to you when you turn in "A Mysterious Red Tome". You must then speak with Emissary Glochk, found at the Monolith of Woe ( 1125, 151, -1899 ) /waypoint 1125, 151, -1899 and complete 2 quests. Glochk will then teach you the basics of Di'Zokian.
- Once you completed Emissary Glochk's quests go to the tower across the road from the tower where you found the locked chest. Read the note behind the The Vault of Sel'Nok, ( 2082, 188, -2549 ) /waypoint 2082, 188, -2549.
- Speak the words, and kill him to get the disc needed to open the chest.
- Kill Sel'Nok infiltrators nearby to get the gem updates, then open the chest to get the last tablet, Tablet of the Ruler.
- Return to Indigo ( -1665, 85, -597 ) /waypoint -1665, 85, -597. Talk to him, then kill him within a TIMED ring event (20 minutes) to receive Music Puzzle Box.
- Indigo may not be spawned if recently killed. His respawn time is 20 minutes.
- To start the ring event talk to one of the hooligans (only one of the front four are hail'able - random/different each time)
- There is a first wave of defenders (roughly level 70 double down) followed by two 68 single down defenders. They both spawn at the same time, so if you open with an AE, you'll get two groups.
- Lastly is Indigo. He is a level 69 ^ mob. You must kill him before he reaches the road. Be careful, he tries runs off the cliff behind you when he becomes attackable. If you hit him quickly enough, he'll turn back to attack in return instead of running for the road.
- Return to Colonel Leevan ( -430, 119, -361 ) /waypoint -430, 119, -361. Speak with him for your reward.
- He lastly mentions a "bounty posted at the tower just beyond the pass into the Fens" which might interest a bounty hunter such as yourself... (in front of the Rhinos on the outside of the tower)
- At least 1p 6g 7s, with some players earning as much as 3p 12g 14s
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September 24, 2010
The Holy Land is considered holy because Jesus lived here. It is also holy because most of the prophets lived around here. But it is also important because here is where it all began: Christianity was born here. Today though, 2000 years later, we equate the Middle East with Muslims. We hear about Jews and Muslims in Israel and about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and we never hear about the Christians here.
You may not know that there are Christians in the Holy Land, but there are and there have been for 2000 years (in fact, some still speak Aramaic). It is with the aim of meeting these Christians, that I joined a group of Catholic journalists on a trip to the Holy Land. We traveled here looking forward to meeting some of the people who could be direct descendants of those who heard the Good News from Peter on the very first Pentecost. We traveled to Jordan (that is also part of the Holy Land), to Palestine and Israel and visited many Christian communities of the region. I must say that it's been a wonderful experience.
I am a people person and, while visiting holy sites holds some meaning for me, it does not beat sharing a meal with someone and so even though it would have been nice for my first trip to the Holy Land to include most of the famous shrines, I am very glad that instead, we took the time to meet people – not the empty buildings, the cold, dead stones – but the living stones, the church of the Holy Land.
In the weeks to come, I hope to write in more detail about our experiences, but for today I'd like to leave you with two thoughts.
First: Christians in the Holy Land are united in ways that we'll never understand in North America. Even though there are various rites and denominations represented: Chaldeans, Coptics, Syrians, Greek Orthodox and Melkite Greek Catholics, Maronites and Roman Catholics, as well as Lutheran and Anglican, to name a few, they all consider themselves "Christian." No one cares if you are Orthodox or Latin – in fact in many villages, the communities worship together. For me, this is a lesson. Why focus on our differences (which are minor), when there are so many other things to worry about. We are all followers of Christ and that's really the only thing that matters.
Second: Many Palestinian are Christian and they are caught in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Many of them told me that they have a difficulty finding their identity: are they Palestinian? Are they Arabs? Are they Christian? Muslims may not like them because they are Christian. Jews may not like them because they are Arabs. Israelis may not like them because they are Palestinian. Other Palestinians may resent those who have Israeli citizenship. Even those Palestinians who have Israeli citizenship can't consider themselves completely Israeli because they are not Jews. We can't continue to assume that all Palestinians are Muslims or that all Arabs are Muslims. We certainly cannot continue to assume that all Arabs are terrorists. They are not. In fact, most of them want a peaceful solution. Many prefer a non-violent response to the situation. But as Christians, we need to be in solidarity with our Christian brothers and sisters in Palestine.
Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to invite two of these Christian-Palestinians to our
studio for a look at the meaning of peace. Since I am presently in the Holy Land, we felt appropriate to re-broadcast this episode with guests Fr. Samuel Barhoum, of the Anglican Diocese of Jerusalem, and his wife Susan. The question we asked was, "where does the peace process begin?" and we hoped that Fr. Samuel and Susan would be able to give us a different perspectives as Palestinian Christians from the Galilee. They most certainly did and left us with lots to think about. That episode will air tonight at 7 and 11pm ET and will repeat on Sunday and the same times.
Yesterday in Haifa, we met with Archbishop Elias Chacour, Archbishop of Akko, Haifa, Nazareth and Galilee of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church. He became well-known in North America some 20 years ago for his amazing book,
Blood Brothers
, where he describes how his family was evicted from their little village of Biram in the Galilee in 1948. After speaking with us for almost two hours, Archbishop Chacour asked us to ask of you a favour. He told us that if you have friends who are Jews or supporters of the Jewish settlements or of the establishment of a Jewish state in the Holy Land, do not stop being their friends. Do not stop supporting them. Stand beside them. But do not conclude that this means you have to be enemies of the Palestinians. If, on the other hand, you take the Palestinian side, don't take their side blindly. Be critical thinkers regarding the issues in the Holy Land. The people here do not need one-sided friendship. They don't need more cruelty and being one-sided regarding these issues, means being one more enemy. In short he is saying that it is not about taking sides – both sides have valid claims, valid fears and both sides are at fault. In some ways, both sides are victims (and there are more than just two sides). We need to be friends of both, so that we can truly help them remember how they lived in friendship before 1948.
My prayers are with you from this land of holy, living stones.
Photos: From top to bottom -- Pedro with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary who work with Iraqi refugees in Amman, Jordan; Pedro with Fr. Bendelaymoun Al-Khouri, Greek Orthodox Pastor of St. George's Parish in Madaba, Jordan and Ra'ed Bahou, Regional Coordinator for Pontifical Missions for Jordan and Iraq; Sister Lara and her students at the Ephpheta Institute for the Hearing Impaired in Bethlehem; Archbishop Elias Chacour speaks with us.
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There are few things more painful than rereading old posts.
(Major kudos to the people who struggled through some of my earliest posts on here, some of which I've had to actually remove because of their poor quality.)
Just putting a note up here to say that while a lot of my study has taken a backseat due to personal problems, I am mostly choosing to do a lot of it in my own time and privately. I think, like a lot of people, I got seduced into presuming my content and experience had some kind of default merit, which is definitely not the case. I also got schooled pretty hard from some very experienced people about what a monumental task I was undertaking with learning Japanese. And that I had enormously underestimated the amount of time and effort it would require to get anywhere close to my goals.
The fourth annual Shinsedai Cinema Festival relocates to The Revue Cinema in Roncesvalles Village
Toronto, ON – Chris MaGee, co-founder of The Shinsedai Cinema Festival announced today that the fourth annual edition of the festival will be presented at The Revue Cinema in Roncesvalles Village, fromThursday, July 12 – Sunday, July 15, 2012.
Celebrating the new generation of films from Japan, the festival has become an avenue for young Japanese filmmakers to have their work screened overseas. It is renowned for presenting: dramas, quirky comedies, hard-hitting documentaries, experimental shorts and more. The Festival has also commissioned Toronto-based musicians and sound artists to create live scores for numerous classic Japanese silent films.
One early acquisition for The Festival's 2012 line-up is the Canadian premiere of world renowned artist and animator Akino Kondoh's new animated short film KiyaKiya.
The Shinsedai Cinema Festival has established itself as a vital part of Toronto's lively and competitive film scene, representing a unique film project in the city. In 2011 the Festival received over 100 film submissions.
"One of the city's youngest and most original movie events"
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Gen Takahashi's Confessions of a Dog received its Canadian premiere in 2010, and since then, the film has secured a DVD release in Britain and invitations for screenings from numerous festivals across the globe. The music documentary Aruongaku received its world premiere at the inaugural festival in 2009. It has gone on to be an anticipated part of the international festival circuit, winning praise wherever it has screened.
"The goal of The Shinsedai Cinema Festival has been to expose the great new films being produced in Japan to as many people in the city of Toronto as we can," said MaGee. "The decision to move the Festival to the Revue, one of the city's premiere repertory theatres in 2012, allows our audiences, filmmakers and out of town special guests the opportunity to enjoy the variety of cuisine, restaurants, pubs, and retail stores in Roncesvalles Village, before, between and after our screenings."
"[Shinsedai] is wonderful! It gives young filmmakers a chance"
– Yojiro Takita, Oscar-winning director of Departures
Programming information for The Shinsedai Cinema Festival at The Revue Cinema 2012 will be announced over the coming months and available online at www.shinsedai.ca.
The Shinsedai Cinema Festival was co-founded in 2009 by Toronto native Chris MaGee, author and founder and editor of Toronto's own J-Film Pow-Wow, the premiere Japanese film blog in Canada, and Jasper Sharp, UK writer, film historian and curator. Its purpose is to bring modern, boundary-pushing and independent-Japanese cinema to Toronto audiences each year, challenging Western audiences' understanding and appreciation of what Japanese film is, now, and where it is going.
For Nihon is a compilation of electronic/ambient artists put together by Keith and Hollie Kenniff. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Japan Earthquake Relief Fund set up by New York's Japan Society.
The compilation is available to download now and to pre-order as a double CD.
This is a beautiful collection of music and a wonderful way to contribute to the massive rebuilding efforts ongoing in Japan. Also be sure to check out the other albums on unseen for some beautiful shoegazey electronica.
The following is a press release from the #quakebook website. This book is a beautiful product of technology and humanity coming together in a more intimate and immediate way than ever before.
Tokyo, Japan — In just over a week, a group of professional and citizen journalists collaborated via Twitter to create a book to raise money for Japanese Red Cross earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. The book will be available for download via Amazon's Kindle and Sony's Reader ebook platforms within several days. One hundred percent of revenues will go to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
The 98-page book, titled 2:46: Aftershocks: Stories from the Japan Earthquake and known on Twitter as "#quakebook", is the brainchild of a Briton who lives in the Tokyo area and blogs under the pseudonym "Our Man in Abiko".
それは日本の心ですね。 (via Distant land)
Courtesy of Our Man in Abiko, this brought tears to my eyes. It is a sweet moment of pause amid the flood of terrifying news stories, and I just had to pass it along.
In my self-education about Japan, I have seen so much drama regarding politics, finance, foreign policy, national history etc etc that it's easy to lose sight of why I fell in love with a country I've never even visited. This kind of post reminds me.
via Distant land
Earthquake & Tsunami message
It's impossible to get a full scale of the disaster yet – on the one side there is the devastating news footage of fires and floods, and on the other are the proofs that Japan's civil engineering has kept so many people safe. Judging by my twitter feed alone, it would seem that most people are reacting with calmness and efficiency to such a wild and destructive act of nature. An 8.9 is simply inconceivable to someone like myself who has never even felt an earthquake before.
I wanted to use this post not just to reach out to the people I've gotten to know through this blog and Twitter, but also to join in on the fundraising efforts for the aftermath of the quake and tsunami. I have always used the Red Cross for my donations, mainly because I trust them and I know that funds are shared. Either visit your country's Red Cross website or if you have a phone contract then text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a donation of $10.
However, as a pro-equality and LGBT friendly blog I want to equally promote Doctors Without Borders. As my few regulars will know, I don't use this blog as a platform for my own personal beliefs but I do reserve the right to put all the options out there. Disaster relief is never as simple and straightforward as many of us would hope, and some people have their specific preferences. It's pointless to get caught in controversy: just help out in a way that you hope other people might do for you if your world suddenly fell apart at the seams.
Needless to say that while I am talking mainly about Japan, funds like these will most certainly be needed for surrounding countries – especially the recently stricken New Zealand. My husband and I live a pretty spartan existence, but we always try to find something to give in cases of natural disaster.
If you live in Japan or have any better methods of donating, please let me know in the comments or on Twitter @katiemuffett and I will update this post to point people in the right direction.
My thoughts and wishes are with everyone affected by this disaster.
Updates (in chronological order): this set of images has been making the rounds on Twitter and seems to best illustrate the impact of the quake, especially on Sendai
Nicholas Kristof wrote this superb piece about Japan's response to crises for the NYT.
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Tobias Harris (@observingjapan) sent this link where MIT students have set up a blog about the Fukushima nuclear plants – a must see for those who are subjected to the fake diagrams and 'fallout maps' currently making the microblog rounds. No excuse for misinformation in this day and age.
New at Japan Flix: 'Three String Samurai' [review]
The fresh-faced JapanFlix has been selecting the tastiest flicks from all genres of eiga and giving them a much deserved US release. With all of them available to rent or buy through iTunes, it couldn't possibly be easier to get a flavour of what we here in the States have been missing. I was given a special treat preview of the 2005 comedy Three String Samurai (オーバードライヴ in Japan), now available through the JapanFlix website.
There has always been a special place in Japan's heart for the shamisen, both because of it's native folk music connections and the peculiarly ancestral depths that it evokes. The sound evolved around the late 1990's, with the addition of multicultural instruments an expansion of the repertoire. In particular, the focus has strongly favoured the Tsugaru-jamisen native to northerly Aomori prefecture – which just happens to be where the story of our hero takes place.


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Seville, beautiful city blend of Spanish culture with Moorish culture from Africa. Seville is one of the most beautiful old cities in Spain with so rich history. Many tourist attractions we can visit at Seville. Everywhere we go, we will find many monuments, buildings, and the magnificent old church. Architectural heritage of the Middle Ages is maintained complete with narrow streets and winding.
If Granada is famous for its Alhambra, and Cordoba is famous for its Mesquita, then visit the main places in Seville is the cathedral, La Giralda, Alcazar and complex. These three buildings are located adjacent to each other in the east of Avenida de la Constitucion and the south of the city center known as El Centro.
Here are the best tourist attractions in Seville you can visit:
1. La Giralda
Beautiful Minaret (small tower), called La Giralda. The building has a height of more than 90 meters, it is still standing strong, and can even be climbed. The tower was built of brick on the order named Almohad Caliph al-Mansur Yusuf Yacub between the years 1184-1198. At the top of the minaret there is a propeller mounted in the 16th century, when the Christians are very actively to change the impression of the mosque into a church. Until now, La Giralda and its propeller are used as a symbol of the city of Sevilla.
2. Alcazar
Alcazar, the palace of the king when Seville became the capital of Spain in the time of the Moorish kingdom of Islam. The palace is accessible at a cost of 7 euros it has a beautiful garden, and was built in 1181. Its construction lasted for 500 years. Stepping on the Alcazar, we can feel how the palace has elements of Moorish culture, Andalusian, and Christian.
3. Hospital de la Caridad
Hospital de la Caridad. Very artistic building but is not a hospital, but it is a nursing home, which still are used today. At first Don Miguel de Manara in the 17th century. At the front of the building there is the tomb of Don Miguel is on his tombstone reads "Here implanted human bones and ashes of the worst in the world".
4. Torre del Oro (Gold Tower)
Gualdarquivir river, there is a tower called the Torre del Oro (Gold Tower), which is an existing tower in a fortress that links Alcazares and the pier that is located very strategically. Torre del Oro's name comes from the presence of floor that had been made of gold. The tower was built by Governor Abul-Ula in the year 1220-1221 and is one of the last building of the Almohad dynasty. At first the building that stood right in the district of Arenal is a guard tower and fortress on the banks of the river. But this time the building was used as the Maritime museum. Together with the Giralda, the tower is also a landmark of Seville.
5. Espana Square
Espana Square designed by Anibal Gonzalez. Semicircular building 200 meters in diameter at the two ends there are two beautiful high towers. In front of the building there is a Venice-style canal that can be passed by the ship. There Esapana Square near the largest park in Seville, the Parque Maria Luisa. While waiting for sunset you can enjoy beautiful gardens that are very comfortable to relieve fatigue.


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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recentlypledged $3 billion to "cure all diseases in our children's lifetime."
Former Facebook president and multi-billionaire Sean Parker has promised $250 million to six different cancer centers to fund research on cancer's hot new field,immunotherapy_. _
Microsoft has establishedProject Hanover, a far-reaching, worldwide effort to cure cancer within 10 years.
What if the brilliant minds who've helped usher in the world's digital age turned their talents to curing cancer?
There are thousands of learned scientists who've devoted lifetimes to researching cancer in search of the elusive cure. And their efforts have borne fruit: every experiment and trial a researcher conducts is a building block for the next breakthrough.
But these researchers are only human; and there are only so many hours in a day.
Enter computer technology. Microsoft has undertaken an ambitious research project, one that could A) flop on its face as a result of arrogance and ignorance, as some in the science community would have it, or B) cure cancer within 10 years, according to Microsoft itself.
Just part of Microsoft's larger cancer effort, the goals of this project are threefold:
- To turn the world's vast quantity of medical research, currently available only as printed materials or digital documents, into a searchable database of information.
- To improve treatment for acute myeloid leukemia, one of the most stubborn cancers, by developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology to personalize drug combinations for each patient.
- To use that same AI technology to predict who might get what type of cancer, and thus to help prevent it.
Speeding up research
What if biologists could use the power of technology to bypass the long slog through multiple experiments? What if they could use computers to envision every possible experiment around a particular subject — say, various drug treatments for a patient with triple-negative breast cancer — and then have those same computers actually perform the experiments on a cellular level, before applying the "winning" combination to the patient herself?
Microsoft researchers, using technology called "machine learning," are trying to make those "what ifs" reality. By applying computers' speed to data being built around personalized medicine — treatment based on a person's own genetics — researchers hope to dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to find the most effective treatment for any type of cancer in any individual.
Cancer researchers are working all over the world on many of the same problems, but mostly in isolation. There's a certain amount of professional jealousy involved; the race to find a cancer cure is quite competitive, after all. But more than that, there simply hasn't been the infrastructure in place to allow scientists to collaborate easily on a worldwide basis.
Until now. Microsoft's Literome project focuses on genomic information, including gene mapping. Part of Project Hanover, Literome's technology scans PubMed articles and organizes their data into structured databases, searchable and available to scientists, researchers, doctors, and patients everywhere. This provides a collaborative international workplace unprecedented in the history of medical research.
More effective screening and diagnosis via computer
According to the National Cancer Institute, screening mammograms are only about 80 percent effective in identifying breast cancer. What if mammograms could become 100 percent accurate, spotting each and every "questionable" cluster of cells in a breast, and determining if they're normal or not?
Right now diagnostic mammograms, used to track an identified tumor's progress, provide a general picture at best, forcing doctors to use more expensive (yet still imperfect) MRIs to determine if a patient's treatment is working. What if those diagnostic scans were fed into a program that tracked every change in a tumor, from size and shape to speed at which it's evolving?
Scanning technology is constantly improving. Today's scans are much more complex and detailed than ever before, to the point now where no radiologist can see and recognize every single potential aberration.
Enter technology. Researchers at Microsoft are working to build computers that can interpret scans more quickly and thoroughly than humans. Radiologists, instead of using their precious time to pore over thousands of images, will instead use their knowledge and experience to recommend treatment based on information provided by computers, rather than their eyes.
For more on Microsoft's cancer-curing initiative, see How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to 'solve' cancer.
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On M's desk in SkyFall we can see a Sony ECM-Z60 sophisticated zoom microphone attached to the...
Royal Doulton Bulldog Union Jack
On M's desk in SkyFall we can spot a small statue of a dog with a british flag. This statue is a Bulldog with Union Jack created by Royal Doulton, an English company producing tableware and collectables since 1815.
After M's Jack statue was destroyed in SkyFall and handed to Bond at the end of the movie, the statue makes another appearance in SPECTRE, where we will see the Jack statue in Bond's apartment.
The statue survives the attack on M's office and appears on her desk in the new underground offices. At the end of the film, when Bond receives the bulldog statue in a box, M's real name is subtly revealed. On a tag on the black box is written: "From the Estate of Olivia Mansfield Bequeathed to James Bond".
SkyFall Edition
A reproduction of the original model seen in SkyFall was made available in October 2012. This new limited 007 SkyFall edition of the Royal Doulton Bulldog with British flag was available at the official Royal Doulton website for £50 (UK, sold out), €57 (Europe, sold out) or $70 in the USA (sold out). This edition is called 'Jack' and has a 007 backstamp and specially printed box sleeve.
You can still find it on Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk or take a look on eBay where usually some Bulldogs are available, but the price might be high.
SPECTRE Edition
In October 2015, a new SPECTRE edition of the Jack Bulldog was released, which features SPECTRE packaging and an updated design, with 'restored after explosion' look. Read more here. The SPECTRE Jack was available at Royal Doulton in the USA for $70, Canada for CA$84, UK for £50 or in the EU for €73, but currently not available in any of the Royal Doulton shops.
UPDATE 2018: The SPECTRE Jack back is now back in stock at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk or eBay (original price was $70 / £50).
The Jack and Royal Doulton Bulldogs Alfie and Patch figurines herald a new series based on the iconic Bulldog, which was originally modelled by Royal Doulton's great art director Charles Noke and launched in 1941. After World War I patriotic bulldogs draped with Union Jacks were introduced into the Royal Doulton collection, because the bulldog was a symbol for the dogged determination of British people. The statues were reintroduced during World War II. These original statues can fetch high prices (see eBay for example) but be aware of many replicas that are also circulating.
On M's desk in SkyFall an Artemide Tolomeo Basculante Tavolo table lamp and JBL On Tour XTB speakers and a Sony microphone can be spotted, while in the background we can see an Interstuhl Airpad chair.


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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. — Matthew 28:19-20
Post Resurrection we read the story of Jesus speaking to his disciples. Many doubted that he had actually risen. The gospel writer in Matthew states that the guards and the disciples doubted. Much doubt was clouding the faith of the followers and non-followers of Christ. Before the end of the book of Matthew Jesus appears before his disciples and tells them to "Go and make disciples."
When you are doubtful or fearful it can cause you to be paralyzed in your actions. In the bible, we read that Jesus insists that his disciples go! As they go he says, "make disciples" which can also be interpreted as learners. Another words, go and make disciples/learners of all nations.
If the church is going to be relevant with a voice of authority in our current culture (millennials) we must continue with what Jesus has commanded. We are in a time when a generation has lost its understanding of deep biblical truths. We have a generation of biblically illiterate Christians when it comes to the understanding of scriptures.
We have an up-and-coming generation that rejects the historical traditions and institutions of the church. Therefore, there is a temptation for preachers to proclaim a gospel that really is not gospel at all. Unfortunately, people who attend these churches regularly don't know the difference.
Could there be a time in our history where the church is positioned to retake territory from the enemy by way of strong discipleship for community transformation through a partnership between the church and the school?
Let's face it, America is one of the strongest nations in the world, yet we are one of the least educated. According to the PISA results, which measures global K-12 educational rankings, the U.S. is trailing far behind. Singapore ranks No. 1 while the U.S. ranks 24th in reading scores.
We build laws around the separation between church and state that pit great academic education against great theological truths. Ironically, the church has historically always been at the forefront of pioneering educational efforts in our country. In the early 1800s' it was the hospitality of the church in Atlanta (Friendship Baptist Church) that housed the beginnings of Morehouse and Spelman College. The Reformers in the 15-16th century were all about the educational empowerment of the masses. When Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Whittenberg church it was in protest of the establishment being the only one with access to real power, the power of reading for one's own understanding.
"The Reformation has been an extraordinary force for global education. The Middle Ages gave birth to the first European universities that trained a select cadre of scholars. But in the Protestant Reformation, the quest for universal education was unleashed. Martin Luther, a professor at the University of Wittenberg, early on called for the magistrates to establish schools so that children could learn to read the newly translated Scriptures and benefit from the learning of the ages. Later, John Calvin, in the French context, established the Academy of Geneva that became the center of Reformed theology".
Fast forward to the 21st Century and we have a huge gap. There is a gap in our public educational system where the dropout rate is alarming nationwide for children of color. If we are really going to engage our communities again we'll need to ensure that we make education a priority in our urban churches.
I believe that the church has the answer for the breaking of the school-to-prison pipeline. I believe the church has the answer to teacher retention, positive culture and climates on campuses, as well as raising up emerging leaders for the transformation of communities we serve.
My experience as a church planter/pastor and educator has brought me to a place where God has allowed me to operate in my sweet spot. 2018 will make 21 years in public education as a teacher, principal, and district administrator. 2018 also makes 17 years in ministry as a preacher, church planter, pastor and apostolic leader. These two worlds have collided not by accident but by design. God has used me in a unique way in which he has gifted me with this uncanny ability of bridging these two worlds that historically has always overlapped. Historically, the church has been invested in the education of its population. Today, I call it empowering emerging leaders for the transformation for thriving communities.
What would it look like for the church to partner with schools in our neighborhoods by way of afterschool programming, tutoring, mentorship, parent advocacy and even site based instruction?
I was a charter school principal for 5 years. I had the the opportunity to found and run a charter middle school in South Los Angeles. More specifically my school was a block away from the University of Southern California. At the same time, I had the opportunity to plant a church in Los Angeles as well. We were able to do both because we understood that the school was our mission field not for proselytizing but for discipleship for the purpose of community transformation.
In other words, our goal was not to plant a church, but to plant a transformational community. As a result our church exploded in growth and influence. The neighborhood changed. The graffiti on the buildings didn't exist anymore. The elderly in the community volunteered and the Sunday school teachers became the 6th grade teachers. My school was unique in that every employee that worked for me had a heart for their community and was committed to seeing it transformed through the gospel.
In the early days of the charter school movement in Los Angeles, the church played a vital role in its survival. As a matter of fact, I would argue that if it weren't for the black church the charter school movement would not have lasted past 5 years of it inception. It was the black church that found itself as the midwife for the birth of the educational movement we see today. When start-up educational entrepreneurs wanted to open schools they didn't have property. They went around neighborhoods looking at community centers, abandoned buildings and the local YMCA's for space. Then something interesting happened. They found that the church was present, but during the day it sat empty. These pastors opened their doors and so began the incubation for a beginning movement that today is here to stay.
I think we are still on the verge of a next wave between educational institutions and the church. I think we are going to re-engage this new generation. It will be about the church going back to its roots. The first wave of the charter movement was missing the church's meaningful involvement in the discipleship of emerging leaders. The church collected rent and made accommodations to many operators but that was it. The laws of the state prevented churches from being involved in any substantial way which lead to the lack of discipled emerging leaders for communities of color. As a result you had young people graduating from these schools, going on to college, but never returning back to their neighborhoods. What would it look like if the church had an important part to play in helping to shape the minds of young people? What would it look like if there was an integrated curriculum around the theology of social justice and liberation for the purpose of community transformation. What would it look like if the church became relevant again to this emerging generation by painting a vision for school leaders around leadership development. I believe that would compel those students who "make it out" to return back because of the deep desire and obligation to their community to be a part of transforming it.
If the urban church is going to be relevant in this 21st Century we have to be able to understand what's happening around us. Our young people are showing up to our churches not only with the inability to read Dr. Seuss but also unable to read or understand the gospel of John. They are showing up wondering what happened to the prophetic voice of the church.
This mandate and mantle is not for everyone. I believe that there is a remnant remaining who understand the call that Jesus is giving in this season which is to "make learners" of all nations, TEACHING them to obey.
Rev. Pete Watts oversees World Impact's mission for all of Los Angeles and its surrounding communities. Born and raised in Southern California, Pete holds a Masters in Communication and Education. After serving as an elementary school teacher, he opened the Thurgood Marshall Entrepreneurial Academy Charter Middle School in 2007. Pete has also felt God's calling him to preach. After being ordained by Missionary Baptist Church in Compton, he and his wife Didi launched The R.O.C.K. Church in 2008.
To find out more about Rev. Pete Watts, check out his blog.


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Three Foxx Amendments Improve 2013 Farm Bill
Imperfect Legislation is a Step in the Right Direction Toward Broader Conservative Reform Efforts
The 2013 Farm Bill is certainly imperfect, but with the inclusion of three taxpayer-centric amendments I authored, overall cost savings and long-overdue reforms to 'Soviet-style' milk subsidy programs, it is a definite improvement from the untenable status quo. This legislation finally lays the groundwork to repeal the 1949 law that has been the problematic backstop of American agriculture policy for more than sixty years. And farmers as well as taxpayers will benefit from a modernized bill that cuts spending roughly $20 billion dollars. This legislation is just one step in the right direction, not the end of conservative reform efforts to eliminate wasteful crop subsidies and restore integrity to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.Three amendments by Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), previously adopted by the House of Representatives, were included in the 2013 Farm Bill, the Federal Agriculture Reform & Risk Management Act (H.R. 2642), which passed today with Foxx's support.
"The 2013 Farm Bill is certainly imperfect, but with the inclusion of three taxpayer-centric amendments I authored, overall cost savings and long-overdue reforms to 'Soviet-style' milk subsidy programs, it is a definite improvement from the untenable status quo.
The 2013 Farm Bill reauthorization saves nearly $20 billion, eliminates or consolidates more than 100 duplicative or unnecessary federal programs, ends the indefensible direct payment system to ensure taxpayers are not subsidizing those who do not farm, and limits risk management options to only those times when farmers suffer significant loss.
Information on Foxx's three amendments to the 2013 Federal Agriculture Reform & Risk Management Act and quotes from Foxx on each are below:
Spending Safeguard Amendment
Foxx on the Spending Safeguard Amendment:
"Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay the difference whenever Congress gets its cost projections wrong, something that has been known to happen on numerous occasions. Under current law, if actual costs for the Farm Risk Management Election Program exceed Congressional Budget Office estimates, taxpayers will have to pay the full bill regardless. My Spending Safeguard Amendment that passed with bipartisan support caps mandatory spending right around CBO projection levels and thus puts a finite number on an otherwise infinite taxpayer liability."
Background and Details:
The Foxx Spending Safeguard Amendment will cap spending on the Farm Risk Management Election program at 110% of CBO-predicted levels for the first five (5) years in which payments are disbursed (FY 2016 – 2020). In the event government's cost projections prove completely wrong, this amendment will ensure taxpayers are not forced to automatically pay the difference between Washington's mistake and reality.
H.R. 2642, the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management (FARRM) Act of 2013, is slated to cost taxpayers $940 billion over 10 years. The bill repeals the indefensible direct payments system, but replaces it with the "Farm Risk Management Election" program. This program alone is predicted to cost $23.37 billion over 10 years, but could cost more…much more. The 2008 Farm Bill cost taxpayers 51% more than its drafters predicted.
In the case of the Farm Risk Management Election Program, cost estimates are based on high target prices which exceed historical averages. If these target prices fall and the program's costs increase beyond projections as a result, taxpayers will be forced to pay the difference.
This amendment will:
Sunset Discretionary Programs Amendment
Foxx on the Sunset Discretionary Programs Amendment:
"President Ronald Reagan once famously commented on the seeming eternal nature of some federal government programs. Farm Bills to date have been rife with indefinitely authorized discretionary programs which don't have to prove their mettle to continue drawing from the taxpayer dole. That is a travesty, and my Sunset Discretionary Programs Amendment will require the automatic expiration of all discretionary programs in the Farm Bill after five years unless Congress votes specifically to allow a program to continue."
Background and Details:
The Sunset Discretionary Programs Amendment will automatically end discretionary programs in the 2013 Farm Bill upon expiration of the bill's 5-year authorization period. Many programs authorized by the Farm Bill are wasteful, duplicative and ineffective, but are authorized indefinitely. This amendment will require Congress to justify a program's continued existence and funding through regular reauthorization efforts.
As our national debt approaches $17 trillion, Congress simply cannot afford to add to the number of costly federal programs on auto-pilot.
This common-sense amendment will:
Crop Insurance Transparency Amendment
Foxx on the Crop Insurance Transparency Amendment:
"It shouldn't take a FOIA request for the American people to figure out whether their leaders are personally benefiting from government farm subsidies. The Crop Insurance Transparency Amendment requires that information disclosing high-powered beneficiaries of taxpayer-funded subsidies be made available to the public without requiring a formal Freedom of Information Act request. Democrats and Republicans should all agree that requiring such transparency is commonsense."
Background and Details:
The Crop Insurance Transparency Amendment, cosponsored by Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN), will require the government to disclose the names of key persons or entities receiving federal crop insurance subsidies. Specifically, disclosure would be required for:
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April 11, 2017
As required by the NASD Rules of Practice and Procedure, the National Association of Schools of Dance provides notice that the institutions listed below are as of this date scheduled for a comprehensive NASD review during the Commission meetings of September 11-14, 2017.
The list contains only those institutions being considered for accreditation or continuation of accreditation based on a full institutional self-study and an NASD on-site visit.
As a part of the comprehensive review, NASD procedures include the opportunity for third-party comment about one issue only: an institution's qualifications with regard to NASD standards as published in the current Handbook of the Association. Please note that third-party comment is not a substitute for NASD procedures for filing complaints regarding a member institution.
The Rules and Procedures for Third-Party Comment Related to Initial or Periodic Reviews for Accreditation govern NASD third-party comment procedures and establish eligibility and other requirements for Commission and institutional reviews of third-party-comment.
Anyone wishing to file third-party comment eligible for consideration by the Commission must read and abide by these rules. All third-party comment must be filed using the NASD Official Third-Party Comment Form.
The institution will be given an opportunity to review and respond to any third-party comment eligible for Commission review under the rules and procedures cited above.
To be reviewed at the September 2017 Commission meeting, any third-party comment about any institution listed herein must be received by the NASD National Office no later than 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 23, 2017.
As of this date, the following institutions are scheduled for comprehensive review during the September 2017 meetings of the NASD Commission on Accreditation:
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|New York, NY
|Butler University
|Indianapolis, IN
|Coker College
|Hartsville, SC
|Dance Theatre of Harlem, Inc.
|New York, NY
|Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, Inc.
|New York, NY
|Loyola Marymount University
|Los Angeles, CA
|Nutmeg Ballet
|Torrington, CT
|Palm Beach Atlantic University
|West Palm Beach, FL
|Peridance Capezio Center
|New York, NY
|Point Park University
|Pittsburgh, PA
|Queensborough Community College, City University of New York
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|Southeast Missouri State University
|Cape Girardeau, MO
|Southern Methodist University
|Dallas, TX
|The Ailey School
|New York, NY
|The Community College of Baltimore County
|Baltimore, MD
|University of Cincinnati
|Cincinnati, OH
|University of Iowa
|Iowa City, IA
|University of Louisiana at Lafayette
|Lafayette, LA
|University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
|Minneapolis, MN
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|University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point
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Golf began at Frilford Heath long before the club was officially formed in 1908. In the final decade of the previous century prominent Abingdon families amused themselves after Sunday lunch with chipping and putting on their lawns.
By the turn of the century sufficient interest had been aroused to create an informal club and a rough nine-hole course was laid out onto rented fields. Within a few years the local golfers had moved to a much larger piece of land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, but the game was not to be properly established in the area until the discovery nearby of a perfect piece of golfing terrain.
Described by the club as "one of those odd stretches of land intended by nature for a golf course, but hitherto unrecognised", it had shallow sandy soil of little agricultural use where gorse and heather were indigenous and where stone and peat had been extracted. It was, in fact, a veritable golfers paradise.
The discovery of this Promised Land and its subsequent development into the original Frilford Heath Golf Course was the work of two men whose professions made them oddly suited to the task. Dr Harry Challenor was a local physician and he was joined in the venture by A.E Preston who was an accountant, barrister and historian. The third member of the group, and undoubtedly indispensable to the project, was T.S Skurray, the head of Morland Brewery. Their enthusiasm for the game of golf and their wide-ranging skills led to the acquisition of nature's natural golf course. The formal inauguration of the Frilford Heath Golf Club was in 1908 and the then three times Open Champion J.H Taylor was commissioned to put the finishing touches to natures design. It was in the following year that Taylor was to win the fourth of his five Open titles.
The company, which still owns and operates the club, was formed in 1912 under the chairmanship of Claude Rippon of the Oxford Times company. During the First World War, older members of the club and the few remaining staff kept the golf club going and membership increased greatly with the vast resurgence of interest in the game when hostilities came to an end.
In 1921, a new clubhouse was erected after the previous thatched roof clubhouse was hit by lightning and over the next few years J.H Turner, the club professional, proved himself invaluable in re-designing and improving parts of the original course. But his masterpiece was yet to come - the creation of a new nine-hole course in an area of gorse and heather. He had a real flair for using contours of the ground and he retained all the natural features in a delightful course, which was given pride of place above the 18-hole course by many members and visitors.
After the Second World War the directors of the club realised that the woods of Frilford Heath House Estate, which bordered the course, could possibly be bought for development, thus destroying the peaceful isolation, which was such an attractive part of golf at Frilford. When the estate did eventually come on the market the club quickly stepped in to acquire a further 49 acres and the fine country mansion.
A new nine holes was then designed by C.K Cotton, which, together with J.H Turner's gem, now make up Frilford Heath's second 18-hole course. The country mansion was converted into an extremely attractive and spacious clubhouse in idyllic surroundings.
In 1991 the club then acquired a further 169 acres of adjoining farmlands, still part of the "odd stretch of land intended by nature for a golf course" and therefore perfect for another 18 holes. Under the mindful eye of Simon Gidman, course architect, work started on the new 'Blue Course', combining a subtle blend of modern golf architecture with many of the traditional features associated with a heathland course. It is of a modern design and at 6,750 yards provides a serious challenge. The new course opened in 1994 and allows Frilford Heath to join a select and unique group of golf clubs throughout the British Isles to boast 54 holes of championship golf.
The clubhouse has had many modifications over the years, but manages to retain the charm and feel of the old country mansion that it originated from.
In 2017, the Yellow course was officially opened. Featuring Huxley Golf all-weather surfaces to cater for all abilities, the course is split into two loops of three holes each, with the second loop being slightly more challenging than the first. The design was a collaborative effort between Huxley Golf and our own Sid Arrowsmith. The six greens all measure 1350 sq. ft, but are all unique in shape and undulations.
Also in 2017, we opened our brand new, state-of-the-art Golf Shop and Performance Centre. Offering not only fantastic golfing equipment, but the opportunity to play on some of the world's leading courses with the help of the innovative simulator. The Golf Shop also has the latest in custom fitting technology enabling golfers to purchase tailor made equipment.
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