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Another summer week, another blockbuster movie. That's common enough, but two good ones in a row? Spider-Man: Homecoming and now War For the Planet of the Apes? That's unusual and next week we get Dunkirk. Could be a July trifecta.
Meanwhile, these are new in town:
War for the Planet of the Apes: 4 stars
Tanna: 3 ½
The Road Ahead: 3 ½
The Ornithologist: 3
The Little Hours: 2 ½
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES: This is what summer movies are supposed to be like. It's a popcorn flick for sure, but it goes far beyond that with serious themes, character development and fabulous craft and visuals. (Our forests here in B.C. look spectacular hosting this adventure.) It's the high point in this long series (nine films, two TV shows) and can't be dismissed as just a potboiler. Think of it like the grand epics we used to get, such as Bridge on the River Kwai, Spartacus and, with several direct allusions, Apocalypse Now.
When the series was re-booted three films ago, a genetic experiment went awry and Caesar, the head ape, developed human intelligence and started a fight for freedom. Last film, his pack swarmed over the Golden Gate Bridge. Now they're trying to live peacefully hiding out in a forest retreat. Caesar, once again played in motion-capture technique by Andy Serkis, has to mediate between the factions in his band, the fight-back fervor of Koba or the wiser advice of Maurice (again played by local actor Karin Konoval). Humans force their hand.
Woody Harrelson leads a special forces unit that attacks and drives them out. He's clearly modeled after Col. Kurtz both in his look and the intensity of his obsessions. He runs an internment camp where he's put apes to work, building a wall no less. Caesar still prefers the peaceful way and sets out to lead his pack to another secret sanctuary. We get spectacular action scenes, helicopter attacks, apes massing as an army and a final ape-to-man confrontation. Even then, the main themes of racial fear, persecution and resistance (and man-vs-animals) stay foremost. It's a terrific film by Matt Reeves who also directed the previous one (Dawn of The …) and the apocalyptic thriller Cloverfield. (Scotiabank, Marine Gateway and many suburban theatres) 4 out of 5
TANNA: It's a Romeo and Juliet story in a lush South Pacific setting. It's an anthropologically accurate peek into a remote society having to face up to modern ideas. And it's a true story told by a couple of documentarians, Bentley Dean and Martin Butler, taking their first stab at directing a drama. It's not perfect but works beautifully and was a contender for an Academy Award.
Part of the appeal is the exotic world we're taken into. It's 1987.The Yakel people in one region of the island nation of Vanuatu are almost totally cut off from the rest. They stick to the old ways. The village is defenceless without its shaman. Going into the forest is taboo. A popular children's game involves running off with a boy's "penis sheath".
Battles break out regularly with a nearby tribe called the Imedin. One of these leads to a novel peace attempt: a local girl, Wawa, is offered to be married into the enemy tribe. European royalty used to do it, and pictures of Elizabeth and Philip are brought out to support the plan. Also, Yakel girls marry who the chief tells them to marry. However what's to happen when his grandson loves that girl and hates the Imedin because they killed his parents? Personal wishes, the good of the entire community and tradition conflict, possibly tragically. Dean and Butler got the details from the people themselves and got non-actors from their village to play the parts. They're surprisingly good, not dull at all. The story is highly emotional and the culture feels authentic and looks gorgeous on screen. (VanCity Theatre) 3 ½ out of 5
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When you call 911 you'll hear an operator ask you what your emergency is. And if you tell them your elbow hurts, they have no choice but to send an EMS worker if you request it.
Captain Karen DuPont says they send out emergency crews for all sorts of non-emergency reasons.
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Fayetteville, GA – March 16, 2015 – Open Rivers Pictures (ORP), a full service film and television production company, have launched Open Rivers Film Academy, a school offering career-focused education training in Georgia's growing film and television industry. The new academy is offering its fourth installment of Production Assistant Workshops and expands workshop offerings.
"We started our first workshop in December 2014 and are pleased with the response from the students and productions that are hiring them," stated Tammy Williams, founder and CEO of Open Rivers Pictures. "The reason we started this workshop was due to our production needs as it is very hard finding qualified production assistants. When we started receiving calls from other production companies searching for good production assistants, we decided to start a production assistant-training program," continued Williams.
A Production Assistant (P.A.) is the entry-level position for the TV and film production industry – almost everyone starts out as a P.A. After working as a P.A. for three to four years to gain experience and connections, you can move up into more skilled positions in specific crew departments. One can expect long hours, physical labor, outdoor-work in all kinds of weather, while earning $100.00 to $200.00 per day.
"Taking the P.A. certification course definitely gave me the advantage over the average person entering into this field without any experience, it basically made me more marketable," stated Joseph Parker, a recent graduate of Open Rivers Film Academy (ORPFA) Production Assistant Workshop. "Open Rivers Pictures is one of the few, if not only, companies right now offering this certification course in Atlanta."
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Some of the prettiest flowers for cutting are annuals that grow and bloom fast and thrive in cool weather. Growing them is a snap. Start them in early August, and you should have lots of pretty flowers for cutting by late September or early October.
Planting Cut Flowers for Fall
If you are someone who already plants summer cut flowers, you will likely still have zinnias, tall marigolds, and purple cosmos in the garden, but these tend to lose steam towards the end of the season. Removing declining summer cut flowers and filling in the holes with fresh, cool-season bloomers will pay off. Just be sure to turn, smooth, and clean the ground before planting, and top dress with a good, moisture-holding mix that will allow your new cut flower seeds to germinate easily. Fafard Ultra Outdoor Planting Mix is a great choice.
Once your area is prepared, sprinkle your seeds of choice over the soil, and then lightly cover with some additional mix and gently pat the area down. Annuals with larger seeds, like sweet peas, will need to be planted at least an inch below the soil. Keep newly sown spots evenly moist with daily misting or watering.
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2) Bachelor's Buttons
Colorful bachelor's buttons (Centaurea cyanus, 65-75 days from seed) come in shades of richest violet-blue, pink, white, and deepest burgundy. Most agree that the blue flowers are the most remarkable and prettiest in a vase. There are lots of compact varieties, but these have short stems. Long-stemmed selections are the best for cutting, but they must be staked for reliable upright growth. 'Blue Boy' is an old-fashioned, large-flowered heirloom with tall stems that are perfect for cutting.
3) Sulfur Coreopsis
For fiery color, few cut flowers grow faster than sulfur coreopsis (Coreopsis sulphureus, 50-60 days from seed). The long-stemmed 'Towering Orange' produces billows of tangerine orange flowers that will last a long time. These look beautiful in a vase with 'Blue Boy' bachelor's buttons!
4) Love-in-a-Mist
Uniquely lacy flowers make love-in-a-mist (Nigella damascena, 63-80 days from seed) especially charming in the garden or a vase. The dried seed pots are also visually interesting, allowing them to double as dried flowers. The flowers come in shades of violet-blue, purple, white, and pink. One of the better Nigella mixes is provided by Johnny's Selected Seeds.
5) Annual Baby's Breath
No flower arrangement is complete without a frothy filler flower to add loft and interest. Annual baby's breath (Gypsophila elegans, 45-50 days from seed) is the standard choice, and 'Covent Garden Market' is a tall, airy variety that will bloom until frost. It is very easy to grow, and its small, white, cup-shaped flowers make more colorful blooms stand out in a vase.
Cut flowers brighten our gardens and homes, so consider planting some of these traditional beauties in August for fall bloom. You'll save money at the farmer's market and impress your guests.
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Accountants traditionally are very tax and compliance-driven, and don't have the time to sit down and work through clients' real issues, but Dave always seemed to find the time to do that, and that's what made him stand out.
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Nearly all personal injury lawyers work on a no win, no fee basis. This means that they only charge you their service fees if they win the case, and you pay absolutely nothing up front. This service is great if you've recently been injured in a serious accident and need to take legal action, but are worried about the costs.
Nonetheless, before taking the plunge to hire a lawyer, you may have some reservations, one of them being: "how often does a no win, no fee lawyer actually win?" After all, you only want to go through the stressful and time-intensive legal process if you win the case and receive your settlement.
Each no win, no fee lawyer has their own personal track record, but generally, these lawyers win the vast majority of their cases. This is because they will only take on a case if they're confident they'll win it. And rightly so, because if they don't win, they won't receive payment for their hard work. Taking on a new case is time intensive and stressful, and a good personal injury lawyer won't waste your time, or their own, on a case they have slim chance of winning.
Research your chance of winning
Personal injury lawyers have extensive training in cases just like yours, and are highly confident in their skills and ability to get you the settlement you deserve. However, it's important to do some research when choosing a no win, no fee lawyer to make sure your case has the best chance possible of succeeding.
Speak with a personal injury lawyer before committing
You should sit down for a conversation with your lawyer before committing to their services. Their personal track record and approach to cases is extremely important. You should also look at former customer reviews, as well as any awards or accolades they have won.
Why is this important? With no win, no fee lawyers, you'll end up paying roughly the same amount out of pocket for an experienced lawyer that you would a mediocre one. So it makes sense to spend a little extra time to find the best professional for your case.
How long does a personal injury case take?
The length and cost of your case will depend on whether or not it goes all the way to trial. In many cases, the other party will agree to a settlement in writing before the case ever goes to court. In these cases, the fees that come out of your settlement and go directly to your lawyer are less than if the case goes all the way to trial. If the case does go to trial, your lawyer will have to compile a complete argument with evidence and witnesses, which will take much longer and require a higher fee. Since all fees come out of your settlement when you win, you will never be charged directly.


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The graph provides an overview of the expenditure of Asia, Europe and the USA on entertainment between 1995 and 2000. It can be clearly seen that the greatest amount for the whole period was spent in the USA and the least in Asia.
Compared with the USA, Europe and Asia spent relatively small amounts of money on entertainment during the period. Their own growth increased gradually throughout the years with almost 40% for both, whereas the USA made a dramatic rise of approximately 70%. Television and Publishing were the most popular sources of entertainment on all the three continents; however, the sums spent on them in each one differed a great deal.
Conversely, the music market was not so well-liked in all the places, with least popularity in Asia at the beginning of the period. Video and Cinema were, as a whole, not in such a great demand with only a few billions spent on them, but their figures remained constant for all the five years.
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Practicing yoga few times per week comes with a handful benefits for both athletes and overstressed individuals who have a sedentary lifestyle. If your job requires you to sit for extended periods of time every day, this can contribute to creating a number of health issues over the course of time, such as obesity, metabolic disorders, disturbed sleep, high blood pressure, diabetes and a painful variety of back problems.
Your muscles weaken, the spine loses its precious flexibility and even the brain activity gets slowed down since it receives less blood and oxygen, and soon enough you realize that you haven't had a good night's sleep for weeks! As you can easily guess, these problems tend to get even worse if you're chronically stressed out, as most of us are. The combination of a lack of physical activity, overwhelming responsibilities and on-going rumination about finances, family and job problems is the perfect recipe for a health disaster, with the end results being an anxious, troubled mind, a weak, pain-inflicted body and many restless nights!
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Hood County, Texas has had a rash of chupacabra sightings lately. Two mysterious, mammalian corpses have been found since last week, perplexing animal control officers and raising the hopes of chupamaniacs everywhere. It's the most cryptacular time of the year!
David Hewitt shot one of the creatures on Friday after it began moseying towards his cattle. Here's his testimony:
I had no idea what it could be [...] From a distance, he looked like a hairless chihuahua, only much bigger [...] From all indications, it seemed to be a chupacabra. [...] The claws, toenails, nothing like I've seen on a coyote. Skinny, pointed tail; sure looks like a possum to me. Never seen any kind of animal that doesn't have hair on it.
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February 25th, 2003, 01:42 PM
Does anyone have any good pictures of the Sony Building? Especially shots of the arch area would be nice.
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February 25th, 2003, 05:59 PM
The last Couple pictures were taken from Wired New York!
Hope this helps you out djcomlab! :)
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February 25th, 2003, 06:12 PM
What a great building. *Such muscular verticality for a 650-footer with less than 40 stories.
February 25th, 2003, 06:20 PM
Thanks Maniac, I've seen all of those before, but its cool to see them all in one place. What I haven't seen is a street level side shot.
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Sorry I couldnt help you out...here are some more though...
I'll be willing to help you get the exact shot you want...I know your looking for a different angle...I'll keep my eyes open.
February 25th, 2003, 08:12 PM
From thecityreview.com...
February 25th, 2003, 08:30 PM
Thanks Bak! Those are the best front pics I've ever seen. That last one must be a side shot from the inside out.
February 25th, 2003, 08:34 PM
I love the lobby and arcades. *One of the best post-modern buildings anywhere because you can tell Johnson actually studied Rennaissance architecture and quoted it with integrity and rigor. *So much post-modern quotation of past styles is half-assed and insulting.
February 25th, 2003, 08:45 PM
I once remembered seeing a commercial for Mountain Dew where a skateboarder was on the rooftop catching it while other skateboarders were in the elevator.
February 25th, 2003, 09:04 PM
What is the purpose of the indoor plaza? It seems pointless to me, unless the building was constructed during the time where buildings could go against the zoning laws if it had a high enough FAR, I think it was. Correct me if I'm wrong
TLOZ Link5
February 25th, 2003, 09:13 PM
Johnson designed the building for AT&T with an open arcade at the base. *When AT&T moved to Jersey and Sony took over the building as its headquarters, it enclosed the arcade and added a large glass atrium flush with the arches to maximize street-level retail space so that more shops and such could fit in--hence, more revenue. *The City Review has lamented the change ever since, but I've been inside I think it's pretty nice.
February 25th, 2003, 11:08 PM
I didn't realise until now there's an arch on the Atrium side too.
February 26th, 2003, 12:44 AM
It was the first building Johnson did after the departure of Eli Attia as Chief of Design at Johnson/Burgee Architects. With Attia's 101 Park Avenue going up at the same time, there was what might be viewed as an honorable competition among peers between these two buildings. Did Attia's departure ultimately precipitate in Johnson's shift to post modernism? Attia was Chief of Design for both the Crystal Cathedral and Pennzoil Towers before leaving Johnson to venture out on his own.
Johnson/Burgee Architects' Crystal Cathedral with Attia:
Johnson/Burgee Architects' Pennzoil Towers with Attia:
Attia's 101 Park Avenue:
Johnson's Chippendale Building:
Personally, I've always thought Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas made the perfect companion to Johnson's Chippendale Building.
(Edited by chris at 2:04 pm on Feb. 26, 2003)
February 26th, 2003, 12:20 PM
Not quite.
February 26th, 2003, 02:04 PM
Come on, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Learning from Las Vegas (buy at Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/026272006X/qid=1046286185/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-2597356-2509524?v=glance&s=books)) has been a very influentual book within Post Modernist Circles.
Personally, I've always thought Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas made the perfect companion to Johnson's Chippendale Building:
I'm sure the Chippendale Building had an influence on Caesar's Palace... Come *on, how could it not?
February 26th, 2003, 02:58 PM
I've read Learning from Las Vegas, too. *Both buildings are likely influenced by the book, but I doubt the SONY (originally AT&T) building influenced Caesar's in any direct manner.
Caesar's Palace (which post-dates the book by decades) is an attempt at literal historicism. *It's a perfect companion to any number of turn-of-the (ninetheenth) century neo-classical buildings. *It possesses the superficiality and populism that inspired Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, but they would have shunned the literal historicism.
You might as well pair up Johnson's building with any neo-classical building, but then you would still be missing the point. *Moreover, Caesar's is (obviously) in a Roman classical style, while Johnson's isn't even classical (If you want to get technical). *It's Renaissance.
Johnson was *incorporating elements of Renaissance architecture into a modernist skyscraper, thus enlivening what seemed like a stale modernist ethos at the time. *He was not attempting to build a renaissance-style skyscraper. *
February 26th, 2003, 03:11 PM
Have a sense of humor.
February 26th, 2003, 03:54 PM
Oops. *It's hard to read sarcasm sometimes. *That's what these corny things are for: ;)
I'll quietly climb down from my high horse now.
February 26th, 2003, 04:16 PM
Don't sweat it.
I'm at least as guilty as the next guy (if not more so) for climbing up on that horse, and just as often my sense of humor get misread on these posts. I'm more than use to it... That said, I really do associate these buildings with one another, though mostly because it tickles me as much as it prickles others.
I find Johnson to be one of the most enigmatic figures in 20th century architecture. I don't even know how to qualify that... It's too complex for a forum post.
(Edited by chris at 4:22 pm on Feb. 26, 2003)
February 26th, 2003, 04:25 PM
I'm pretty sure he's evil. *But that doesn't mean he's a bad architect. *
February 26th, 2003, 04:48 PM
dbhstockton wrote:
I'm pretty sure he's evil. *But that doesn't mean he's a bad architect.
I'm pretty sure he's indespensible, but that doesn't mean he's still a good architect.
I'm also pretty sure he's not evil, though he can be ruthless and opportunistic. I think he was at one time a good architect... argueably even a great one, and is still a good showman/pitchman. I think he is without a doubt a very very shrewd businessman (a trait which I always have a lot of respect for) not to mention a mean judge of others talent. I think his design work, for the past 2 decades has been very hit or miss. I also feel that part of this may be an inclination for selectively taking credit for subordinate's best work. I really do believe he has made works of great insight early in his career, and is worthy of honor if for no other reason than almost single handedly introducing America to every major practitioner of the "International Style" (a term which he coined) when he was on the board at MoMA. Later, while he was the "jr." from a design perspective, the business savvy he brought to his partnership with Mies undoubtedly saw many of van der Rohe's visions throught to realization that Mies would not have been able to pull off without the connections that Johnson's partnership brought to his practice. His contribution cannot be underestimated, if only measured by his (non-design related) influence in the field.
I could write pages...
(Edited by chris at 4:56 pm on Feb. 26, 2003)
February 26th, 2003, 05:27 PM
I could write pages...
I wrote thirty... *My senior thesis as a history major was on the seminal MoMA International style exhibition in 1932.
Ruthless and opportunistic is correct. *He was also notoriously amoral during a time when other architects trying to save the world (maybe you can forgive him for that). *As for being a shrewd businessman, that's easy when you're independently wealthy by the time you're in your early twenties (his father bought him Alcoa shares as a child). *Through his money and connections, he was able to influence architectural tastes to a degree that cannot be underestimated -- long before he was an architect. *
You're also aware of his fascist phase in the 1930's, right?
February 26th, 2003, 06:01 PM
I'm well aware of his youthful Alcoa wealth. As for architecture "saving the world", well I'm not so sure that is or should be our goal, however well intended... maybe that makes me a little jaded.
As to your closing zinger...
Any facist phase he may have had during the 30s must be quite obscure indeed, for a quick scan of the web turned up nothing. That would be surprising as even a rumor of such connections is generally exploited in the extreme in the web's conspiritorial underbelly. I'd be interested to see the evidence of your claim. The reasons I find this accusation a stretch are as follows:
A.) He was closely affiliated with the Bauhaus architects (brought them to the US for the MoMA exhibit, studied under Gropius & Breuer, business partners with Mies, etc.) who were shut down by Hitler and fled Germany to avoid the Nazi/Facist wrath.
B.) He is openly homosexual.
C.) He employed and promoted the early career of Eli Attia, the world's foremost Israeli architect.
I've not always been known for being a Johnson booster, but nor am I a Johnson basher. Like I said, I find him an enigmatic figure. But accusing him of having facist connections in the 30s is quite a bold statement, one I've never before been presented with, and one that should only be asserted with a well qualified explanation.
(Edited by chris at 6:11 pm on Feb. 26, 2003)
TLOZ Link5
February 26th, 2003, 07:43 PM
Philip Johnson's gay? *Goodness, I had no idea.
But then again, considering that he designed buildings like The Lipstick Building...
February 26th, 2003, 09:31 PM
I thought everybody knew (about his homosexuality and fascist phase). * From a review of the respected biography Philip Johnson: Life and Work by Franz Schulz (on amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0226740587/qid=1046312608/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-7817091-0780658?v=glance&s=books) ):
"While his buildings are all about transparency, straight lines, and hard edges, his personal history is notable for its deep shadows and twists and turns. A millionaire before he even graduated from Harvard, Johnson has lived a privileged and sheltered life. Even his homosexuality, a burdensome taboo when he came of age in the 1920s, seems to have caused him little grief. But before he found his true calling in the world of architecture as a museum curator, architect, critic, and university teacher, Johnson dabbled in the lowest form of politics, becoming an open admirer of Hitler and his Nazis while in Berlin during the 1930s and, back home, of Huey Long and the anti-Semitic radio personality Father Coughlin. Schulze candidly discusses how Johnson lived this down and got on with his life, but we're left with a portrait of a cold if brilliant man attracted to architecture for its steely power and inherent sovereignty."
It's a topic Philip Johnson discusses openly, for it is something he regrets and he has definitely moved on.
February 26th, 2003, 09:40 PM
This is news to somebody?
Look here...
The world famous, gay architect, Philip Johnson has designed the John Thomas Bell Wall as part of the new Cathedral of Hope in Dallas, Texas. Said Johnson, "Everything I've loved and worked for all my life has come together here."
...or here:
About 6 months ago W magazine did a whole expose on his lover and their new beach house.
February 26th, 2003, 09:42 PM
I was replying to TLOZ Link5 at the same time you were replying to us...
February 27th, 2003, 04:44 AM
Hmmm, well.
This is the link:
I have to wonder if this wasn't all one big "Kiss of the Spider Woman" episode. Maybe he just liked the men in uniforms. Maybe it was more. His story gets more complex every time I dig a little deeper.
Maybe you're right. Maybe he is evil... or maybe he was just young and stupid. I'll look in to this more at some other time.
February 27th, 2003, 05:24 AM
I don't think that I am being out of line here, but isn't there somewhat of a major presence in the architectual community of people whom are gay, or in the least they lean in that *general direction?
February 27th, 2003, 08:45 AM
who cares?
February 27th, 2003, 08:52 AM
I think you miss the point. Nobody that I'm aware of has any problem with Johnson's homosexuality, least of all me... though I cannot truly speak for others. The point was in response to his supposed support of Hitler in the 30s. I had my doubts, and the fact that he was gay was one of the grounds for why I doubted he would have Nazi inclinations. However, I was proved incorrect. In spite of being gay, he did indeed support Hitler in the 30s.
February 27th, 2003, 10:22 AM
I just found some pictures on file of the back of Sony showing the atrium inside and out. As it turns out, there isn't an archway on the back afterall.
Perhaps it was removed when the atrium was installed?
February 27th, 2003, 05:20 PM
about the gay-hitler thing, some people, and theres some evidence for this, believe that hitler was gay and may have even been a gay prostitute in his youth. Theres some sites on the internet that say this. There is one thing that most people who care about this stuff agree on, Hitler was a caprophile, im not sure if its spelled correctly, anyway it means he likes to eat other peoples shit,feces, kaka etc. Theres also alot of talk about the inner circle of the nazis being gay. Either way he was one f*ck
ed up guy, 3 of the women he had relationships attempted suicide after being with him. What does all of this have to do with architecture? Who knows!! I like the Sony building!
TLOZ Link5
February 27th, 2003, 07:19 PM
Heh, it was news to me, I must say. *There aren't many architects whose personal lives I particularly focused on, aside from maybe Raymond Hood. *And I certainly don't have a problem with Johnson's homosexuality. *Maybe with his stint as a Nazi sympathizer, but not because he's gay.
March 2nd, 2003, 11:31 AM
I just got around to reading that article, Chris. *Thank you very much for posting that. *As a bonus, it has more reasons for me to hate Eisenman too, as if I needed more.
(Edited by dbhstockton at 11:12 pm on Mar. 2, 2003)
March 2nd, 2003, 11:11 PM
And I must retract my statment about Johnson being evil. *He has apparently read enough Neitzche to be beyond such petty concepts as good and evil. ;)
March 2nd, 2003, 11:43 PM
When AT&T moved its headquarters to 555 Madison, the 24 foot
"Golden Boy" statue was moved from the corner tower of 195 Bway to the lobby of 555. When Sony took over the building, the statue was moved to Basking Ridge NJ. The statue is anatomically correct. Unnoticed high up on top of 195, this
became a big issue with the statue on the ground, and the conservative AT&T had Golden Boy -errrr-castrated.
October 11th, 2004, 09:50 AM
There was a fabulous, in-depth article about Mr. Johnson in general, and the AT&T (now Sony) Building in particular, sometime in 1977/78 in the New York Times magazine. Worth looking up, for anyone who is interested in this building. I had the article for several years, but misplaced it.
Among the things of interest about this building:
1. It was the first stone-clad major skyscraper in many a year. The architect's use of stone was, itself, "controversial." Architects for the 20 years or so prior to the AT&T building used glass curtain walls.
2. It is an overbuilt building. Tall ceilings, massive structural steel, no expense spared, etc.
3. Exterior was made of Stony Creek (Connecticut) pink granite, the same stone used for Grand Central Terminal, the base of the Statue of Liberty, and other significant structures. In fact, as I recall, the quarry had to be reopened specifically for this building.
4. Johnson selected the stone, himself. One of the tests was to place various stone samples on the ground at the site location, and then to spray water on the samples to see how the stone would look.
5. As the building was under construction, AT&T was under de-construction.
Most of this is from memory, so if anyone has clarifications/corrections, please fill me in. Thanks.
TLOZ Link5
October 11th, 2004, 01:16 PM
I thought that GCT was built with Indiana limestone, like the Empire State Building.
January 18th, 2005, 06:35 PM
January 19th, 2005, 10:05 AM
I thought that GCT was built with Indiana limestone, like the Empire State Building.
He means the old Penn Station.
October 21st, 2007, 02:59 AM
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October 21st, 2007, 05:03 AM
Ah... the good ol' Sony building... I wish something like this would be built here in Auckland, it's look so awesome (but possibly out of place :p).
This building is in both Spider-Man 1 and 2 (the games). The number of hoursI have spent playing those games and just spending my free time sitting in the middle of the little hole in the top... good times. :D
October 21st, 2007, 08:43 AM
Correcting a reader's response to my earlier post, I did indeed mean that Stony Creek granite was used at Grand Central, not Penn Station as suggested. This is not to say Stony Creek granite was the sole choice of stone, only that it was used there...I believe you'll see it as you enter from the west side of GCT. Above a certain height the exterior reverts to limestone. Stony Creek granite is particularly attractive.
For more info on the Stony Creek quarries, check out:
February 28th, 2010, 12:24 PM
Ice Falls Into Atrium in Sony Building
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: February 28, 2010
Filed at 5:55 a.m. ET
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fire officials say ice has broken through a glass atrium at the Sony Building in New York City and 10 people have sustained minor injuries.
A spokesman for the New York City Fire Department says ice and glass fell into the lobby area of the Madison Avenue building on Saturday night.
The spokesman said no one was seriously hurt, and that the injured were taken to area hospitals. A spokeswoman at Roosevelt Hospital in Manhattan says four of the injured were taken there with minor injuries.
No other information about the incident was immediately available.
The New York Post and celebrity Web site TMZ reported Sunday that ''Jersey Shore'' cast member Nicole ''Snooki'' Polizzi was among those attending a party in the building. The Web sites reported Polizzi said on Twitter after the incident: ''Omg roof just collapsed!''
A call and e-mail to Polizzi's agent was not immediately returned.
February 28th, 2010, 12:41 PM
... the fact that he was gay was one of the grounds for why I doubted he would have Nazi inclinations. However, I was proved incorrect. In spite of being gay, he did indeed support Hitler in the 30s.
Wasn't a good part of Hitler's coterie gay, anyway? Maybe Hitler himself?
February 28th, 2010, 01:04 PM
Ernst Röhm.
February 28th, 2010, 03:46 PM
Hitler gay?
Himself argues otherwise (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InsspuvAmBs&feature=related), rather vociferously (and with a beat).
February 28th, 2010, 05:19 PM
March 1st, 2010, 02:12 AM
^ There was quite a lull in that conversation :rolleyes:.
Further to Wrightfan's post, back to the topic, sort of...
Presumably, the amount of snow/ice that caused this was never anticipated in the design? Or was there a problem all along?
'Jersey Shore's' Snooki and Chris Noth escape injury as Sony Plaza's roof collapses during party
BY Clare Trapasso, Joe Jackson and Joe Kemp
An atrium weighed down with snow and ice collapsed Saturday during a ritzy midtown party showering hundreds of revelers with glass, cops and witnesses said.
The guests, including members of MTV's reality show "Jersey Shore," were celebrating Purim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purim) inside Sony Plaza on Madison Ave. near E. 55th St. shortly after 11 p.m., police and witnesses said.
"It was scary, but I'm glad nobody got hurt," said MTV reality star Snooki, who was with her boyfriend, Emilio Masella.
About a dozen people were treated for minor injuries and some were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment, authorities said.
"It was crazy," said Vinny Guadagnino, Snooki's "Jersey Shore" castmember. "It was loud."
Other attendees of the party included Chris Noth, who played Big on "Sex and the City."
"It was a masquerade party to celebrate Purim," said Meyer Ackerman, 52, who was dressed as guitarist Jimi Hendrix.
"There was a lot of glass," said Ackerman, of Brooklyn, who helped treat many of the people before emergency crews responded. "It was very bad."
Many were surprised no one was seriously hurt.
"I was inside and I thought I was going to die," said Danny Berko, 21, of Brooklyn.
Model Daphne Segev, 23, said she was sitting in the VIP area just before the crash. "Then, a section of glass just shattered on us," she said. "Everyone ran out, some people were screaming."
After cops evacuated the building, many, including the "Jersey Shore" crew, ran for cover next door at Solo Restaurant.
But police soon had to evacuate that building as well.
"I don't care," Snooki said. "I'm with my man, it doesn't matter."
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/02/28/2010-02-28_jersey_shores_snooki_and_chris_noth_escape_inju ry_as_sony_plazas_roof_collapses_.html#ixzz0guCPAr im
March 1st, 2010, 07:26 AM
I guess when something like this happens, architects call it an Act of God. You can't anticipate acts of God ... right?
Anyway, here comes the wire glass.
March 1st, 2010, 07:57 AM
Interesting. The NJ B&T rarely makes it this far east across Manhattan. Disturbing. Hopefully not a trend.
March 1st, 2010, 01:03 PM
I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. (the ice, not Snooki)
March 1st, 2010, 04:31 PM
For whatever reason, I misread one of the lede's sentences as:
showering hundreds of revelers with glass, cops, and witnesses
I find that much more amusing.
December 26th, 2012, 02:22 AM
Future of Corporate Tower May Hinge on a New Use
By CHARLES V. BAGLI
The AT&T Building, a lavish $200 million headquarters with a seven-story arch at 550 Madison Avenue, was a symbol of a resurgent (http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/28/nyregion/no-headline-195302.html) New York when it opened in 1983 after a decade of municipal woes and corporate flight.
The 37-story rose-granite tower, now known as the Sony Building, is on the auction block for as much as $1 billion. About 20 prospective buyers submitted bids last week, hoping to turn the building into condominiums, a luxury hotel, a chic retail arcade or maybe even office space for small, high-end firms. But not a corporate headquarters.
The potential evolution says a lot about a city and a neighborhood where Calvin Klein, Armani, Hermès, Dior and Gucci are paying some of the worlds highest retail rents. On 57th Street, developers of two projects are vying to build North Americas tallest, most gilded residential tower (http://www.one57.com/), with condos selling to princes and billionaires (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/realestate/two-billionaire-buyers-revealed-at-one57.html) for tens of millions of dollars each.
The Sony Building between 55th and 56th Streets, with its wood-paneled board rooms and sweeping white marble staircase, may be more suited today for tenants like hedge funds, which do not flinch at rents above $120 a square foot.
This building has the right height and the right location to be a success, said Mitchell Moss, an urban planner at New York University. The only question is, what goes inside the building? The underlying appeal of that neighborhood has gotten so strong that its too expensive for a corporate headquarters.
Developers turning in their first-round bids included Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties, Mitsubishi Trust, Mitsui Fudosan and RXR Realty, according to prospective buyers and to real estate executives. Others bidding were Steven C. Witkoff, Harry B. Macklowe and Edward J. Minskoff, they said.
Nearly all of them have partners including Canadian pension firms, sovereign funds and foreign investors who view Manhattan as one of the safest markets in the world.
But there is no guarantee that Sony will get the price it wants. More than half the prospective buyers fell short of Sonys billion-dollar expectation, executives said. A select group of bidders will be invited to submit second bids next month.
Prospective sales this year by two other owners of large commercial properties the 47-story Worldwide Plaza on Eighth Avenue and the 30-story tower at 11 Madison Avenue fell flat when offers came in far below the $1.5 billion each had sought.
But the Sony Building may come close. The demand from the global investment community for assets like this is at the highest level Ive ever seen, said Dan Fasulo of Real Capital Analytics, a research firm. Once its shined up and brought up to 2013 standards, itll compete for some of the highest rents in Manhattan.
A Sony representative did not respond to requests for comment on the sale.
When the building was under construction in 1981, New York City was struggling to stave off an economic malaise, the loss of industrial jobs, and long-term decay. AT&Ts headquarters, like the IBM Building under construction a block away and Trump Tower around the corner on Fifth Avenue, offered signs of a renaissance.
But AT&T, which was in the midst of divesting itself of all the regional telephone operating companies, soon leased nearly half of the tower to Sony (http://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/23/business/sony-is-reportedly-near-deal-to-lease-at-t-skyscraper.html). The Japanese company eventually bought the building in 2002 for $236 million.
Sony is not the dominant force in consumer electronics that it once was. Last April, the company said it would cut 10,000 jobs (http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/business/global/sony-unveils-plans-to-revive-company.html). Soon, it put the tower up for sale.
Sonys real estate broker, Douglas Harmon of Eastdil Secured, gave prospective buyers a 216-page confidential offering memorandum, The Icon at 550 Madison Avenue. Sony plans to remain in the building for three years, before moving to a new location.
The future vacancy provides a blank canvas to maximize the propertys wide spectrum of use and pursue a myriad of office, retail, hospitality, and residential options, the offering book said.
Still, with Wall Streets emphasis on quarterly results, many big companies are no longer looking for expensive homes, so the building probably will not attract a major corporate buyer.
In 2011, Jeffrey L. Bewkes, chief executive of Time Warner, described his companys plush headquarters (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/01/business/media/time-warner-trying-to-trim-its-excesses-goes-back-to-basics.html) at the Time Warner Center as indulgent. He laid out plans to save money and consolidate company operations in more efficient, less luxurious space.
Many buyers said the Sony Building, now 30, will have to be gutted, which would cost tens of millions of dollars. They are considering a mix of uses, including hotels and high-end shops.
Mr. Witkoff confirmed that he had submitted a bid, with plans to convert the top of the tower to condominiums. Theres no way that you can make sense out of this deal if its office space, he said. In my opinion, the only way it works is if the top goes residential. Youll get the highest numbers from condominiums.
Several other bidders envision a similar mix of retail and residential. Executives said another bidder, Mr. Macklowe, favored a luxury retail arcade at the base of the building, with luxury office space for smaller firms. Mr. Macklowe built a similar building at 510 Madison but lost it to his lenders during the recent recession.
January 28th, 2013, 01:57 PM
Sold for $1.1 Billion and Chetrit will probably turn it into a residential/hotel tower.
The articles don't mention that the building sits within the Midtown East rezoning proposal. On the tower's west side closer to Fifth avenue is a small 2-3 story wing that contains the Sony Center and the loading dock entrance. Something could be built there.
How did this man buy that building?
Joseph Chetrit grabs Sony Building with $1.1B offer.
Read more: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130127/REAL_ESTATE/301279967#ixzz2JIVsfqlS
September 11th, 2013, 11:25 PM
Despite this dispute, the renovation plans for the building are moving forward. Mr. Bistricer said that he had hired Robert A.M. Stern, the architect behind the successful condo project at 15 Central Park West, to come up with designs for the building.
October 16th, 2014, 04:41 AM
Chetrit Group files first plans for Sony Building conversion
Floors 14 through 33 to become apartments
By Adam Pincus
The Chetrit Group filed its first plans with the city to convert 10 floors of the Philip Johnson-designed Midtown Sony office building to residential, city records show, in a plan designed by SLCE Architects.
Chetrit aims to convert floors 14 through 33 of 550 Madison Avenue, a 648,366-square-foot tower between 55th and 56th streets, to residential, plans filed today with the citys Department of Buildings show.
SLCEs plans call for 434,778 square feet of residential space and 213,582 square feet of commercial in the 37-story tower. The DOB website pegs the development cost at $40 million, but that figure is noted to be an estimate.
The proposal calls for 12 apartments on the 14th floor, five apartments of floors 15 through 23 and four on floors 24 through 29. Then there will be three apartments on floors 30 through 33, two each on floors 34 and 35, and finally a floor-though penthouse on the 36th floor.
The plans also call for retail on the first floor and a lower level, as well as a museum annex on the second, third and mezzanine levels, and offices on the sixth through 13th floors.
Published reports predicted the total renovation of the building would cost $500 million (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/03/14/chetrits-sony-deal-aided-by-925m-from-sl-green/%20), which as of last year was expected to include a hotel. There is no mention of a hotel in todays filing.
The developers filed plans in June (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2014/06/10/plans-filed-to-build-condos-in-portion-of-the-sony-building/) with the New York State Attorney Generals office for 96 residential units, two commercial units and one unidentified other unit. The sponsor was identified at Meyer Chetrit, a brother of Joseph Chetrit, another of the family members who lead the firm.
The Chetrit Group purchased the building (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2013/01/18/chetrit-group-to-buy-sony-hq-for-1-1b/) last year for $1.1 billion.
A representative for Chetrit said the principals were not available today to comment. SLCE did not immediately respond with a request for comment.
February 18th, 2015, 04:53 AM
The ridiculousness just got more ridiculously ridiculous.
Bonkers Sony Building Penthouse Will Ask A Record $150M
February 17, 2015, by Jessica Dailey
With prices averaging $18.75 million (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/12/thats_rather_pricey.php), the 96 condos in the soon-to-be converted Sony Building (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/10/chetrit_will_make_part_of_the_sony_building_condos _of_course.php) are going to be mindbogglingly expensive. But the penthouseoh, the penthousethat will be record-shattering-completely-inexplicable-make-you-weep-and-lose-your-mind expensive. The Real Deal reports (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/02/17/chetrit-group-to-ask-record-shattering-150m-for-sony-building-ph/) that the apartment will list for a whopping $150 million. It will measure 21,504 square feet and occupy the top three floors of the 37-story building. According to the offering plan filed with the Attorney General's office, the place will have eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and 10 powder roomsin other words, it will have 18 toilets.
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All floorplan photos courtesy of E.B. Solomont for The Real Deal (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/02/17/chetrit-group-to-ask-record-shattering-150m-for-sony-building-ph/#sthash.WWE2nagX.dpuf).
The title of the most expensive apartment ever sold in New York belongs to the penthouse of One57, which sold for $100.5 million (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2015/01/17/100_million_one57_ph_officially_closes_breaks_nyc_ record.php), and there are few future listings aiming to shatter that record. The penthouse at the Woolworth Building will list for $110 million, while the penthouse of the Zeckendorfs's will list for $130 million (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/09/23/nycs_priciest_home_will_be_a_130m_park_avenue_pent house.php). Compared to that place, where the price per square foot works out to $10,489, the penthouse of the Sony Building will be a downright steal at $6,975 per square foot.
Currently, the most expensive listing was the $118.5 million penthouse (http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/06/23/its_official_this_119m_penthouse_trio_is_nycs_pric iest_listing.php) at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park, but it appears to have been de-listed.
Chetrit to ask record-shattering $150M for Sony Building PH (http://therealdeal.com/blog/2015/02/17/chetrit-group-to-ask-record-shattering-150m-for-sony-building-ph/#sthash.WWE2nagX.dpuf) [TRD]
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Motorists in Cumbria and Lancashire have been informed of safety improvements that will take place along Highways Agency routes in the coming weeks.
The work will see the A66 Fitz roundabout in Cockermouth and the A595 in Hensingham benefit from renewed warning signs, while new notices will also be introduced at the A585 Nautical College roundabout close to Fleetwood.
Highways Agency project sponsor Peter Gee said: "We are carrying out these minor works to make the chevron signing even clearer for drivers and therefore the roundabouts safer to use.
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Mr Gee stated that drivers should exercise extra caution on the approach to the roundabouts, as they may need to use narrowed lanes.
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This would take extreme measures. Bourne dropped in on his brother, Jason, to ask how he'd handle the affliction. That's when a riot of strobe light forced his more celebrated sibling into a seizure and an Amnesiac relapse. Or maybe Jason was just pretending not to know him.
A last-chance mission ended horribly when Bourne's arrival on a penthouse ledge was announced by multicolored spotlights and the Tom Waits tune that opened "The Wire." A family of armed latchkey toddlers clubbed Bourne off their balcony into a high-speed encounter with a sidewalk.
He limped away with his booty of Hezbollah porn. How much more proof do we need that Bourne's life had gone sideways than the Dumbo the Elephant spotlight which showed his enemies a candy-colored path to his safe house.
Jacob Bourne had nowhere to turn except to the tender mercies of Dolores, a gorgeous VA psychiatrist. Here was someone who must've paid rigorous attention to Oprah's show on bras, someone who could also put a name to his ruinous condition: Melodramatic Orchestral Non-Traumatic Stress Disorder. There was no known cure.
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The next morning, Bourne was jarred awake by the coda from "The Twilight Zone" theme. Did that suggest they were becoming incompatible? Hell no.
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I styled them with a classic black-and-white outfit for an extra punch of color. I'd probably wear them with everything if I could get away with it without looking too nutty-or if I didn't need to give my eyes a rest from contacts once in awhile.
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My future's looking very bright in these. . .
Don't switch the blade on the gal in shades, oh no.
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Hello everyone! Today I'm going to share with you the third project from the June Make and Take! Each month I make sure to include one masculine card in the Make and Take projects. This helps give my guests ideas on how to create the oh-so-difficult masculine card. I really is hard to create something for a guy when you want to reach for ribbon, or rhinestones, or bright girly colors like pink! So here is the card that we made:
- Stamps: Woodgrain, Memorable Moments
- Card Stock: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Whisper White, Gumball Green
- DSP: Midnight Muse
- Ink: Midnight Muse, Gumball Green, Basic Gray
- Accessories: Bitty Banners Framelits, Labels Framelits, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Paper Piercer, Silver Brads
This card started off with a piece of Basic Gray card stock cut 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" and scored at 4-1/4". I used my all-time favorite background stamp, Woodgrain, with Basic Gray ink to add some pattern to the card base.
Next I cut a piece of Midnight Muse DSP 2" x 5-1/2" and adhered it onto a 2-1/4" x 5-1/2" piece of Basic Black card stock. I stamped the label frame from Memorable Moments onto a scrap of Whisper White card stock in Gumball Green ink. I stamped the greeting from Memorable Moments inside the frame in Midnight Muse card stock. Here is a little tip, when stamping the greeting like this where it's two individual stamps put both stamps onto the block at the same time. That way you can line up the text so the bottom word is parallel with the top word. Then you only have to worry about trying to get it straight with the label once.
I cut out the stamped label with the Labels Frameilts in the Big Shot and adhered it onto the striped DSP with a couple Stampin' Dimensionals. I cut a scrap of Gumball Green card stock with the large straight banner from the Bitty Banners Framelits. I cut the banner in half with Paper Snips and adhered the banner halves on either side of the label. Next I used my Stampin' Pierce Mat and Paper Piercer to pierce a hole at the end of each banner piece and added a Silver Brad. Then I adhered this layer onto the card front.
I always seem to reach for blue or green when creating a masculine card. Or some kind of neutral like Basic Gray or Crumb Cake. I find it harder to make a masculine card from brighter colors. I don't know why. I will have to push myself out of my comfort zone next time I create a masculine card. What do you struggle with the most when creating manly projects? Do you have any good tips?


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Todd Williams (born September 11, 1977) is an American actor who portrays vampire hunter, Connor Jordan on The Vampire Diaries. He is best known for his work on two seasons of In Plain Sight as a detective, and one season on Shawn Ryan's short-lived The Chicago Code.
Williams has made his first appearence in the second episode of Season Four.
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Born in Queens, NY, Williams began the pursuit of his acting career while attending Talent Unlimited High School in Manhattan. Concerned about having a backup plan, he chose to explore another one of his artistic passions after graduating, and applied himself to the course study of Music Business at New York University. Not satisfied, Williams subsequently left NYU to focus on his acting career goals full time.After booking several national commercial and voice-over spots, he made his film debut opposite Kerry Washington in the critically acclaimed feature Lift. Several television appearances followed on shows such as Law & Order: SVU and The Twilight Zone. In 2004, while recurring on Third Watch, Williams booked a role alongside Michael Madsen in the ESPN original series Tilt. Once he moved to Los Angeles in 2005, he secured numerous guest leads on shows such as CSI, CSI: Miami, and the CW's The Game. In addition, he landed another lead role with Anthony Anderson in the indie film, The Last Stand. In 2010, after spending two seasons on the USA Network series In Plain Sight, he landed a series regular role on the Fox series The Chicago Code[2] which premiered on February 7, 2011. In 2012, Williams was cast as the new vampire hunter in town, Connor Jordan, on The Vampire Diaries.
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This website is one of three virtual hosts, fully self hosted and managed by myself on a single, physical home server. It's hosted on a Windows 10 Pro box using WAMP. Contrary to the popular belief of Linux diehards, the server runs lean with great up time!
This isn't a headless unit. It's also a multimedia management server for encoding, decoding, and transcoding video. The unit provides local SMB & DLNA file sharing. It's a winning combination along with RDP, and the ubiquity of Windows apps. It's a "jack of all trades, master of none" kind of tinkerers dream.
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Kiddo health and wellness tracker for kids launches on Kickstarter
A children's wearable designed to monitor key biometrics and detect unusual patterns, giving parents and guardians actionable insights into their child's overall health and wellbeing, is being launched today by Good Parents Inc.
Designed for children aged 3-10 years old, Kiddo is worn on the wrist and monitors key biometrics including skin temperature, heart rate, sleep, activity and perspiration levels, all of which help you learn what is normal for your child.
This means that if the algorithm detects changes, you'll receive an app notification to let you know if your child may be getting sick, stressed, is sleeping badly or could be eating better, giving you the data to back up your parental instincts.
CJ Swamy, Co-Founder and CEO at Good Parents explains the idea for Kiddo came through a personal experience. "My son ended up with heat exhaustion and dehydration after being out playing, but being young he hadn't been able to tell me how he was feeling. It inspired me to develop something that allows parents to react faster and earlier in a situation like that."
As Kiddo is for children, it will be made from durable non-allergenic materials to withstand everyday play. It features colourful and interchangeable top covers that kids can easily swap and attach themselves, so they can pick their favourite characters and designs.
Kiddo is available to back on Kickstarter, with the limited super early bird pledge of $79. If all goes to plan, super early bird orders will be delivered from December 2017.