Costly Drug for Fatal Muscular Disease Wins F.D.A. Approval

Spinraza, a “life-changing” drug for spinal muscular atrophy, will cost as much as $750,000 for the first year of treatment and $375,000 annually after that.

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The Weekly Health Quiz: Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and Year-End Hazards

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

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How to Nurse Your Hangover (and Head One Off)

Despite the claims of some commercial products, experts say no elixir exists to cure a hangover. But there are steps you can take to minimize its effects.

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Why I Talk About My Daughter’s Body

I struggle with bulimia, and I want my 11-year-old to grow up with a healthier body image than my own.

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In the New Year, More Cuddling

A single woman in need of physical connection pledged to attend a cuddle party.

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Brand Identity for Flygl & Bille by Kind“Kind is behind the...

Brand Identity for Flygl & Bille by Kind

“Kind is behind the concept development, name and visual identity for ‘Flygl & Bille’, an exclusive brand of cream, coffee and aquavit-based liqueur that is both medicine and nectar for refined palates. 'Flygl & Bille’ combines the best Norway has to offer as regards coffee and aquavit. The cream of Norwegian aquavit and coffee are brought together in F&B’s exquisite coffee aquavit.”

Kind is a large and diverse group of individuals who together create unique identities and concepts. Their creative team has wide-ranging experience of the design and advertising industry, and over the years its members have created and managed brands and concepts for several big Norwegian and international clients. Their work shall be differentiated and One of a Kind.


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A Gut Makeover for the New Year

What you eat can affect the microbes in your gut — and your long-term health.

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Learn to Draw with Shantell Martin and SkillshareSkillshare is...

Learn to Draw with Shantell Martin and Skillshare

Skillshare is an online learning community for creative skills that works just like Netflix. Students anywhere in the world pay $10 a month for access to thousands of online classes, on-demand. Anyone can teach for free on Skillshare, which means students have access to the most relevant, up-to-date creative skills.

Students learn everything from design, to business to photography, film, crafts, culinary, music, writing, technology and more, from the world’s best teachers. Skillshare classes are designed to be bite-sized with short video lessons to fit your schedule. You can learn at your own pace and on the go with their free mobile apps on both Apple and Android phones.

For a limited time only, you can get your first 3 months for just $0.99 to get unlimited access to thousands of classes.

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Artwork Series for Adidas by Albert Trulls“Artwork series for...

Artwork Series for Adidas by Albert Trulls

“Artwork series for Adidas inspired by the Olympic Games. The series focuses on promoting the Olympic values (excellence, respect and friendship) despite the sports’ results. Each value is illustrated with characteristic Olympic elements forming timeless still lives.”

Albert Trulls is a designer, illustrator and letterer based in Barcelona, Spain. Since 2009 he has worked in many design studios and advertisement agencies, developing different kinds of projects for clients around the world. His work is driven by an intuitive approach where illustration and lettering are used as the main visual language through detailed compositions. During the years he has been invited as a speaker in several events and his work has been shown and issued in numerous exhibitions and publications.

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Times Staffer Gets All Choked Up

“Five dollars to anyone who can tell me who that is,” wrote Eric Bishop, an assistant editor on the news desk.

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For Heart Health, the Most Dangerous Time of the Year

A disproportionate number of heart-related deaths occur during the holidays, from Dec. 25 to Jan. 7. And it’s not just because of the cold.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Buy

These cool new products and collections will make sticking to your resolutions a little less daunting.

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Branding for Deluca Coffee by Christopher Doyle & Co“We...

Branding for Deluca Coffee by Christopher Doyle & Co

“We created a unique logomark based around the D and L letterforms found within Deluca, that also references the silhouette of a coffee cup on the machine tray, and the barista’s tools. This mark was then abstracted and used to create a series of supporting illustrations that are applied to product bags, collateral and in-store artwork. To coincide with the rebrand, the cafe underwent a full renovation to complement the new identity.”

Christopher Doyle & Co. is a creative company led by Creative Director, Christopher Doyle. An internationally recognised designer with over 15 years experience, Chris has worked at some of Australia’s leading brand and design agencies. At CD&Co, they work with a diverse range of companies, brands and partners across multiple platforms. They specialise in brand identity including naming and verbal identity, creative direction and digital design.

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The Restless Quest for a Good Night’s Sleep

Entrepreneurs are applying technology to the age-old problem of insomnia, some of it caused in recent times by an overabundance of technology.

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Work. Walk 5 Minutes. Work.

Standing up and walking around for five minutes every hour during the workday could lift your mood, combat lethargy and even dull hunger pangs.

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11 Ways to Be a Better Person in 2017

Live like Bill, pay attention and learn how to iron a shirt.

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Seller-Financed Deals Are Putting Poor People in Lead-Tainted Homes

The contracts relieve the true owner of the home of the responsibility for fixing it, and the result is more children with dangerous lead poisoning.

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7 Tips for Making It Through the Winter

How to winterize your body, your wardrobe, your home and your car.

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Study Tied to Food Industry Tries to Discredit Sugar Guidelines

Critics say the review, a scathing attack on recommendations to eat less sugar, is the latest in a series of efforts by the food industry to shape global nutrition advice.

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Bored, Isolated and Retired Young

Early retirement and a life of leisure may sound like the stuff of daydreams, but the reality can be jarring for people used to being busy and important.

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Happy Holidays!

Posts will resume the first week of January.

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The Weekly Health Quiz: Winter, the Brain and Drinking on Antidepressants

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

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Top 5 of 2016, 5/5: Favorite Books

To wrap up this calendar year, I'm doing a week of posts that look back at other posts during 2016. This last one lists my six (five was too difficult) favorite books that I reviewed or "briefed" in 2016. Note that while these books were featured on my blog this year, they weren't necessarily published in 2016.



Adjaye Africa Architecture by David Adjaye, edited by Peter Allison

Aldo van Eyck: Seventeen Playgrounds by Anna van Lingen, Denisa Kollarova

Austere Gardens: Thoughts on Landscape, Restraint, & Attending by Marc Treib

A Field Guide to American Houses, The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture by Virginia Savage McAlester

Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston by Mark Pasnik, Michael Kubo, Chris Grimley

Manual of Section by Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis



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When the Sun Sets Early, It’s a Race to Prepare for Shabbat

The Sabbath puts chaos on pause, but short winter days require making all the preparations in half as much time.

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Working Through Divorce With Mary and Joseph

My daughter used the nativity figures to play out arguments similar to the ones she’d witnessed between her dad and me.

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The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy

For a sleep-disordered woman who works all night and sleeps all day, dating presents challenges.

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Should I Stay Silent During One Child’s Populist Taunt of Another?

Also, grappling with the Christmas blues? A few ideas from Social Q’s. And an adult son’s holiday plans.

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Top 5 of 2016, 4/5: Favorite Exhibitions

To wrap up this calendar year, I'm doing a week of posts that look back at other posts during 2016. Here are the five best exhibitions (all, it happens, in New York City) that I saw and wrote about in 2016.

GARDEN CITY | MEGA CITY at the Skyscraper Museum


Global Citizen: The Architecture of Moshe Safdie at the National Academy Museum


A Japanese Constellation: Toyo Ito, SANAA, and Beyond at the Museum of Modern Art


Manus x Machina at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (exhibition design by OMA)


Pierre Chareau: Modern Architecture and Design at the Jewish Museum (exhibition design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro)


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What Doctors Can Learn From Looking at Art

Art can help physicians become more thoughtful and meticulous observers — a skill that lays the foundation for good medicine.

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Becoming a Pack Leader of Dogs and Donkeys

My friend Luis worked with shelter dogs and I had a neglected donkey. How do you make a damaged animal a willing partner? Cesar Millan arrived to help.

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Out of Sorts Around the Holidays? It Could Be Family Jet Lag

Many people describe their family jet lag and holiday stress as an overwhelming, pit-of-the-stomach sense of dread and avoidance.

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Statin Drugs Tied to Better Surgery Outcomes

The widely used cholesterol-lowering drugs may make surgery safer, a new analysis suggests.

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Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Two days after Xmas architect Eero Saarinen is getting the American Masters treatment, when PBS premieres Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future. If Wikipedia is accurate, this is the sixth time the series has profiled an architect; he follows episodes on Charles and Ray Eames (2011), R. Buckminster Fuller (1996), Frank Gehry (2006), Philip Johnson (2003), and I.M. Pei (2010). With such masterpieces as the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the TWA Terminal in New York, and Dulles Airport in DC from his short career (he died in 1961 at the age of 51), Eero Saarinen is definitely worthy of being added to the show's small number of architects.

A trailer for the documentary:


I got a peek at the one-hour documentary and would definitely recommend it, particularly for those who only have a rudimentary understanding of Saarinen's life and buildings. Even for those well versed in Saarinen, The Architect Who Saw the Future has a number of surprises, most of them coming from archival footage and new interviews. Although directed by Peter Rosen, the documentary can be seen as the product of Eric Saarinen, the descendent of two great architects (son of Eero and grandson of Eero's father Eliel) and the doc's cinematographer. Much of the narration is provided by Eric, but when it comes to the words of Eero those are narrated by Finnish actor Peter Franzén (Aline Saarinen is voiced by Blythe Danner). Unfortunately, Franzén's readings border on the robotic, making them a distraction from Saarinen's words. A further distraction comes from the Moby soundtrack, since at times it adds all-too-familiar sounds to the mix. These three figures – Eric Saarinen, Peter Franzeén, and Moby – overlap at times, as when Eric's drone footage of the Gateway Arch is accompanied by a reading from Saarinen and Moby's oft-used "God Moving Over the Face of the Waters" (evident in the below clip on the competition for the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial).



Over the course of the documentary's hour we see just over ten Saarinen buildings. Combined with the exploration of Eero's personal life interspersed between the buildings, the documentary cannot go into the depth his architecture deserves; perhaps a 90-minute length would have been better. Nevertheless, the combination of Eric's footage, archival materials, and interviews with Kevin Roche, César Pelli, Rafael Viñoly, Robert A. M. Stern, Paul Goldberger, and others is effective, since it greatly emphasizes the firsthand experience of both his buildings and his working methods (Roche and Pelli worked in Saarinen's office). Saarinen was a master with form, structure, and materials, though it's clear that the experience of people moving through his buildings was of the utmost importance. How many other architects, after all, have been able to design iconic chairs – where the human body interfaces directly with design – as well as iconic buildings?

American Masters -- Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future premieres nationwide on Tuesday, December 27 at 8 p.m. on PBS (check local listings), with the DVD available on January 3, 2017 from PBS Distribution.

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Top 5 of 2016, 3/5: Most Popular W-A Posts

To wrap up this calendar year, I'm doing a week of posts that look back at other posts during 2016. Here are the five most visited posts at the World-Architects Daily News, where I'm editor in chief.

'XXX' in Times Square


Tower with Photovoltaic Facade Wins Building of the Year


Remembering Hadid Through Her Paintings


Zumthor Selected for Beyeler Expansion


Alejandro Aravena and the Future of the Pritzker Prize


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The Weekly Health Quiz: ‘Zombie’ Drugs, Failing Diets and Restroom Lines

Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.

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Are Saunas Good for the Brain?

Using a sauna may reduce the risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests.

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Remembering My Doctor Who Let Me Walk Again

A freak mountain accident was the beginning of a remarkable four decade relationship between Dr. Philip Wilson Jr. and me.

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Savings, Longevity and the Year in Fitness

Two numbers are particularly emblematic of what science had to tell us abut fitness this year: 42 percent and $2,500.

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How to Be Mindful Wrapping Presents

Take a moment for yourself as you package gifts for others.

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An App Combats Bullying, One Anonymous Compliment at a Time

Brighten, a creation of Austin Kevitch, has one million users, many in high school and college.

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Pregnancy Changes the Brain in Ways That May Help Mothering

The changes affect areas used in perceiving the feelings and perspectives of others, according to a new study, and may aid in recognizing an infant’s needs.

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Top 5 of 2016, 2/5: Most Popular Photo Posts

To wrap up this calendar year, I'm doing a week of posts that look back at other posts during 2016. Here are the five most visited "Today's archidose" posts. Click the links to see more photos of each project and for photographer credits.

#912, Casa Borgo by Carlo Scarpa:


#916, Vienna DC Towers by Dominique Perrault Architecture:


#914, James Corner Field Operations' ICEBERGS installation at the National Building Museum:


#909, Hal Ingberg Architecte's Chromazone installation inside the New Cultural Centre in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce:


#926, Drieburcht Multi Sport by VenhoevenCS architecture+urbanism, with drawings by Jean-Luc Moerman:


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Seeing Santa in Black and White

Would my mixed-race son feel that he was represented by a black Santa or a white one?

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Drinking on Antidepressants

Is it risky to have a drink or two if you’re taking drugs for depression? Doctors don’t really know.

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Top 5 of 2016, 1/5: Most Popular Posts

To wrap up this calendar year, I'm doing a week of posts that look back at other posts. To start, here are the five most visited posts in 2016.

My 18 Favorite Instagrammers - June 18 - 6,065 clicks

Apple's Big Curved Glass - March 11 - 5,383 clicks

10 Homes that Changed America - April 6 - 5,105 clicks

10 Towns that Changed America - April 22 - 4,922 clicks

Architects Choosing Biz Cards? - September 6 - 4,419 clicks

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Kering’s Latest Luxury: A Generous Parental Leave Policy

The luxury goods company announced a minimum of 14 weeks of paid maternity or adoptive leave — across all brands and all locations.

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Beware: Winter Is Coming

An international study found that cold weather is responsible, directly or indirectly, for 20 times more deaths than hot weather.

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The Cough that Doesn’t Go Away

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends against using over-the-counter cough medications in young children.

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Israel, a Medical Marijuana Pioneer, Is Eager to Capitalize

The government has made prescriptions more accessible as business has rapidly grown, and it may even support exports as a source of revenue.

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Six Ways to Give the Gift of Generosity to Children and Teenagers

Here is a guide to help you teach young people about philanthropy and offer them the tools to give.

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Wishing Away the Wish List

Some part of me still has a child’s desire to wake up, starry-eyed, and find surprises chosen with love and obtained in secret.

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A Year In, and Still Trying to Say the ‘L’ Word

They had been together for 12 months. She realized that she loved him. Should she say so?

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A Manhattan Yoga Studio for Bad Backs

Samamkaya Yoga in the Flatiron district caters to practitioners with aches and pains, focusing on therapeutic movements that strengthen alignment.

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Are Foreclosures Necessarily Good Value in Vancouver?

by Jon Lumer

Everyone in Vancouver is looking for a deal. Rental rates are jumping to catch up with the sharp increase in property values and many tenants (as always) are looking at home ownership as a way to avoid paying rent to their landlord and start paying it to themselves, or at least their lender. Meanwhile, investors made dizzy by the capital appreciation they’ve witnessed in Vancouver over the last three years are desperate for a piece of the action or hope to expand their current holdings.

Many of these potential buyers, be they first-time home owners or investors, believe that picking up a foreclosed property could be their ticket to good value and an otherwise unachievable square footage in the neighbourhood of their choosing.

Is this a reasonable strategy? What are the potential pitfalls? What exactly is a foreclosure anyway?

A foreclosure usually occurs when an owner defaults on the mortgage payments to their lender and the lender decides their best option is to seize the asset that was mortgaged (the house or strata unit), sell it under the authority and supervision of the courts, and pay themselves out from the proceeds of that sale. The owner of the property is still entitled to whatever is left once all claims against the property have been settled.

Does this make foreclosed properties vulnerable to low bids? Not necessarily. In fact, the system is set up precisely in order to ensure that fair market value is paid for the property and the owner is not getting less for the home than what they should reasonably expect.

Once the court has authorized the lender that has foreclosed on the property to place it on market, a REALTOR©, acting for that lender and not the owner, will market the property while keeping good records of her efforts, market conditions and comparative market analyses, as well as any showings that result from the marketing.

If a bid is received that the lender accepts, a court date will be set. The lender will not accept a bid far below market value for the property, as they know the court is unlikely to allow such a sale to proceed, and the court has final say on the matter. This first bidder may negotiate with the lender and may submit a “subject offer,” but the terms of the contract are destined to be largely unfavourable to the buyer.

Why is that?

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Foreclosed properties are sold “as is, where is.” That means the buyer has no recourse if they are unsatisfied with the state of the property on possession. There will be no guarantees regarding any chattels, or even fixtures, the buyer may have seen while viewing the property. The danger of receiving the property in a sorry state is particularly acute if it is not vacant. This is quite different from the scenario most buyers will face when negotiating (through their agent) directly with the owner of a property.

The first accepted offer price will become public knowledge. Any interested buyers may now inform themselves of the value of that initial offer and present themselves at the court date to present their own offer. They must bring a bank draft for deposit if they are hoping to have their offer accepted. If their offer is selected and they do not have a bank draft, the offer will be rejected and another chosen. The court selects the best offer after having received all the sealed bids. There are no second opportunities once a winning offer is selected. The offers must all be subject-free. The person who made the initial offer which triggered the court date is also entitled to better their own offer at the same time other offers are being submitted. The values of all non-winning offers will remain undisclosed.

As with any multiple offer situation, the presence of many buyers encourages all buyers to increase their bids. This increases the likelihood that someone will pay at least market value for the property and quite possibly above-market value. The fact that everyone is physically present in a jam-packed courtroom should likely reinforce this tendency to increase one’s bid in the presence of competing offers.

What if there is only one offer?

In the case that there is only one offer, necessarily the initial accepted offer, a buyer may feel he is entitled to acquire the property even if his bid seemed quite low and he was surprised the lender accepted it. Not so fast. The court will still need to authorize the sale. In order to determine whether the sale is permissible, a few questions will be considered. How long had the property been marketed? The longer the marketing period, the less likely it is that higher bids will be forthcoming if the court does not authorize the existing contract. How many times was the property shown? If dozens of people have seen the property and only one has made an offer, it increases the likelihood that this is the best offer the owner could expect. How far off is the sale price from the assessed value? If the sale price is well below assessed value, this will appear suspicious, and further justifications may be necessary before the court consents.

This demonstrates that foreclosures are not necessarily quick or easy routes to acquiring property affordably in Vancouver. Some aspects of the process actually make it less likely that a buyer will find a true bargain in foreclosures.

Naturally, there is a great deal more to be said about foreclosures and I invite you to contact me if you have questions about these types of transactions or any other real estate related inquiry.

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Never Too Old to Be an Organ Donor

A kidney transplanted from a deceased 79-year-old can be as effective as one from a person 30 years younger, a new study found.

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Can I Stay at a Hotel When Visiting My Crowded Family Home?

Also: When you realize you didn’t get an invitation to a holiday party you’ve gone to for years; the complexities of gift giving, and more.

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When Your Holiday Is Chrisnukkah

The conjunction of Christmas and Hanukkah this year gives me an occasion to marvel at the miracles of medical science that have extended my life.

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Lidocaine Numbs the Pain of Infant Shots

A lidocaine swab can be an easy and effective way to ease the pain of childhood injections.

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Nine Ways to Improve Your Love Life

A guide for having better relationships, culled from 2016’s most popular Modern Love columns.

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Today's archidose #935

Here are some photos of the Peanuts Hut (2016) at the Setouchi Triennale 2016 in Shodoshima, Japan, by Nagisa Kidosaki Semminer. (Photographed by Ken Lee)






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Tiger Woods Signs Multi-year Deal with Bridgestone Golf

Former No. 1 in World Golf Rankings to Play Bridgestone Tour B330-S Golf Ball

COVINGTON, Ga. (December 15, 2016) – Bridgestone Golf, a leading manufacturer of premium golf balls, clubs and accessories – announced today that it has signed Tiger Woods to a multi-year agreement to exclusively play and promote its high-performance golf balls.

Woods, whose decorated career includes a record run of 683 weeks as the top-ranked golfer in the world, selected the Bridgestone Tour B330-S ball after thoroughly testing it against competing models from all major brands. Through his personal research, Woods determined the Bridgestone ball provided superior distance and accuracy off the tee for him, as well as optimal spin on shots into and around the green.

“Finding the right golf ball is extremely important. It’s an essential part of my equipment, and the Bridgestone B330-S ball is hands-down the best for my game,” said Woods. “Controlling launch and trajectory is critical, and with this ball I feel I have total control to hit all shots accurately. I’m not just here to play – I’m here to win, and the innovative breakthroughs of the Bridgestone B330-S ball can help me do that.”

Woods’ findings align with what Bridgestone ball-fitting sessions with amateurs have proven. Data from these sessions show the B330-S flies six yards longer* and is more accurate than the leading competitors. Bridgestone golf balls have a record of success for Tour players, as well. FedEx Cup champion Brandt Snedeker, Olympic bronze medalist Matt Kuchar, Masters winner Fred Couples, three-time major champion Nick Price and rising star Bryson DeChambeau are Bridgestone Golf ambassadors, while scores of fellow professionals – including 2016 winners on the PGA and LPGA Tours – choose to use Bridgestone balls without compensation.

“No one spends more time perfecting their equipment than Tiger Woods, and no one holds their equipment to a higher standard,” says Angel Ilagan, President and CEO, Bridgestone Golf. “His choice of Bridgestone sends a clear message that our golf balls are superior to all others.”

As part of the partnership, Woods will be featured in digital, social, print and broadcast marketing globally as a Bridgestone Golf ambassador. The winner of 14 major championships and 79 PGA Tour events is also excited to support the popular Bridgestone ball-fitting program, which he believes can stimulate a new generation of golfers and increase enjoyment for all players.

“Bridgestone wants to make golf easier for everyone,” said Woods. “Knowing that every golfer’s game and swing is unique, it works to match each individual with the best ball for his or her game. If you’re not switching to Bridgestone, you’re missing out on better scores and a better experience.”

Bridgestone introduced the Tour B330-S in early 2016 after more than four years of research and development. The catalyst for distance and accuracy gains over leading competitors is the patented TOURcore. Now six percent larger than the prior model, it produces even faster speed and less spin off the driver via Bridgestone’s gradational core formulation. For increased greenside control, the B330-S wears the breakthrough SlipRes cover, which increases stopping power without the usual negative effects of added driver spin.

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*Based on 1,622 ball fitting sessions between February, 2015 and September, 2016.

About Bridgestone Golf

Headquartered in Covington, GA, Bridgestone Golf USA manufactures premium golf balls, clubs and accessories under Bridgestone and Precept brands. The company started making golf balls in 1935 and, as the world’s largest tire manufacturer, leverages its 900 rubber polymer science engineers worldwide to produce high-performing products. The pioneer of ball fitting since 2007, Bridgestone has conducted more than 300,000 in-person sessions using launch monitors and one million-plus online. The data informs continuous innovation and advancement of ball technology. Bridgestone Golf USA is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo.

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The Modern Love Podcast: Haydn Gwynne Reads ‘Two Decembers: Loss and Redemption’

Hear the actress read the story of how a teenage girl’s gruesome discovery changes the trajectory of her life.

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Pain Relievers Tied to Hearing Loss

Regular use of drugs like Advil or Tylenol for six years or longer may slightly increase the risk for hearing loss.

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The Galleria, a POPS Oddity

Yesterday, in preparation for a new walking tour I'll be giving in the spring, I stopped by the Galleria, a residential tower from the 1970s on East 57th Street, between Park and Lexington Avenues. Specifically I went to see the thru-block POPS (Privately Owned Public Space) that Jerold Kayden describes in his 2000 guide to POPS as "easy to miss" yet "subdued."

Here is a plan of the enclosed space, which spans from 57th Street to 58th Street, taken from the APOPS website:


I was coming from the 59th/Lexington subway stop, so I accessed the Galleria from 58th Street on the north. In either case, the POPS is reached by walking down some steps, a fact that creates some vistas across the zigzag space when seen from the entrance doors. The 57th Street side is more open (photo at left, below), while the 58th Street side is blocked by a couple bridges lined in wood (photo at right, below). The red-tile pattern in the floor is a consistent motif that draws one to the center.


Before moving to the center, a sidebar. One piece that makes this POPS an oddity is found to the side of the 57th Street entrance, with its own odd stripe of green and pink glass. Suspended behind angled panes of clear glass are cylindrical planters that are supported by angled arms; they step up and back to follow the angled glass. Filled with succulents rather than, say, hanging plants, these planters appear way too heavy for the green effect they produce:


Moving forward toward the central space, a small sushi restaurant has been tucked into the western edge of the space behind some glass walls and between some columns (photo at right, below). The restaurant was installed since 2000, when Kayden foreshadowed: "As with the installation of open air cafés in outdoor spaces, it may be sensible at times to permit, even encourage, the private use of a portion of interior public space if it improves the overall environment of the space and in the end enhances overall public use." Although the public seating opposite the restaurant was nearly full, I'd agree that this addition to the POPS enhances the space.


Note in the above-left photo how the dark horizontal joints in the walls turn ninety degrees and then disappear at the top of the photo. This gesture is a subtle hint to look up, where the interior space rises eight floors, meeting the angled glass walls first encountered at the 57th Street entrance:


This atrium is the POPS's biggest surprise, but also one of the elements that make it such an oddity. The heavy walls, the concrete structure, the glass walls (angled and otherwise), the colorful floor pattern, the wood soffits – all of these elements congeal into a privately owned public space that is certainly interesting but a bit chaotic and jumbled. Outside of the sushi place, it is hardly a cozy, inviting place to stay a while. Instead it is a way for people to cut through the middle of the block, get out of the elements, and peer up at the atrium before continuing on their merry way.

from A Daily Dose of Architecture http://ift.tt/2htFZCL