Meet the men who seem unable to win the battle against those extra five to 15 pounds.
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Monday, July 31, 2017
Is This Dog Dangerous? Shelters Struggle With Live-or-Die Tests
A standard method for evaluating shelter dogs’ behavior — the results often meant the difference between adoption and euthanasia — is under scrutiny.
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Sending Sons Off to College, and Finding Solace in a Big Box Store
As a parent who has survived the (expensive) trauma of letting go, let me to tell you what you really need to buy for a new freshman’s dorm room: nothing.
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No Crying Over Dry Eyes
Evolving knowledge of the nature of tears helps experts understand and treat dry eye disease.
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What ‘Back to School’ Looks Like to Our Readers
We are asking readers to send us pictures that represented their experiences with this time of transition.
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Binge Drinking Drops Among Teenagers
Frequent binges are declining, but not as rapidly among black adolescents, lower-income groups and girls.
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Sunday, July 30, 2017
Free Lunch at the Library
Children who get free lunches during the school year often go hungry in the summer. Libraries are helping to fill the gap.
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Finding Fay: Cooper Chapel
Like E. Fay Jones's famous Thorncrown Chapel from 1980, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel is fairly easy to find, given that the building has its own website with directions, the state has historical-marker signs along the roads leading to Bella Vista, Arkansas, and the chapel has even more signs pointing people in the right direction once visitors get closer. Completed in 1988, the Cooper Chapel is tucked behind a strip mall in a wooded area above the shores of Lake Norwood.
[The approach to Cooper Chapel at 504 Memorial Drive | Photo: Google Maps]
Comparisons to Jones's Thorncrown Chapel, his masterpiece completed in 1980, are bound to happen, especially with a building of almost the same size, serving a similar function, also located in Northwest Arkansas, and expressing many of the same formal characteristics (delicate structure, pitched roof, framing of wooded surrounding through glass walls, etc.). As at Thorncrown Chapel, one passes an office building before arriving at the Cooper Chapel, and like there I'm not sure if it was designed by Jones or not.
[The office | All photos from here on out by John Hill]
The Cooper Chapel also sits at the end of a path gently winding its way through the trees, though it is much more open in its setting than Thorncrown Chapel. Where Thorncrown Chapel's wood structure almost dissolves into the woods, the solidity of the Cooper Chapel's front makes it more classically religious and architectural: This is clearly a facade, one that expresses its purpose and is meant to be appreciated.
Another notable difference out front is the outdoor vestibule, a relatively deep sheltered space that invites visitors inside.
The view upwards in this outdoor space is especially captivating.
Of course, what really sets Cooper Chapel apart from Thorncrown Chapel is the steel structure, which is expressed most overtly in its curves overhead. These curves seem to be generated by the rose window that fronts the chapel
The rose window – simply an opening, free of color or any other ornament – is repeated inside the chapel, a symbolic shape in the vein of the diamonds repeated in Thorncrown Chapel.
The stone walls aligned with the pews and serving as a base for the delicate steel and wood structure above is a detail consistent with Thorncrown Chapel, one that accentuates the view of the trees outside. Yet with a deeply layered structure found at the sides, the lights happen near the base, pointing upwards to highlight the structure after sundown.
Patterns of sunlight inside the chapel are a result of the surrounding trees and the building's structure interacting with each other.
My favorite views of the chapel are of the curved structure overhead, Gothic arches in steel that recall French buildings from the 19th century.
As at Thorncrown Chapel, visits cannot circumnavigate Cooper Chapel outside, but views of the side elevations are pleasing, with dense verticals rising above the stone base and curving out to support the roof's deep overhang.
Although not as well known as Jones's Thorncrown Chapel, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel (built by her family in her honor) is every bit as exhilarating and calming as his earlier masterpiece.
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[The approach to Cooper Chapel at 504 Memorial Drive | Photo: Google Maps]
Comparisons to Jones's Thorncrown Chapel, his masterpiece completed in 1980, are bound to happen, especially with a building of almost the same size, serving a similar function, also located in Northwest Arkansas, and expressing many of the same formal characteristics (delicate structure, pitched roof, framing of wooded surrounding through glass walls, etc.). As at Thorncrown Chapel, one passes an office building before arriving at the Cooper Chapel, and like there I'm not sure if it was designed by Jones or not.
[The office | All photos from here on out by John Hill]
The Cooper Chapel also sits at the end of a path gently winding its way through the trees, though it is much more open in its setting than Thorncrown Chapel. Where Thorncrown Chapel's wood structure almost dissolves into the woods, the solidity of the Cooper Chapel's front makes it more classically religious and architectural: This is clearly a facade, one that expresses its purpose and is meant to be appreciated.
Another notable difference out front is the outdoor vestibule, a relatively deep sheltered space that invites visitors inside.
The view upwards in this outdoor space is especially captivating.
Of course, what really sets Cooper Chapel apart from Thorncrown Chapel is the steel structure, which is expressed most overtly in its curves overhead. These curves seem to be generated by the rose window that fronts the chapel
The rose window – simply an opening, free of color or any other ornament – is repeated inside the chapel, a symbolic shape in the vein of the diamonds repeated in Thorncrown Chapel.
The stone walls aligned with the pews and serving as a base for the delicate steel and wood structure above is a detail consistent with Thorncrown Chapel, one that accentuates the view of the trees outside. Yet with a deeply layered structure found at the sides, the lights happen near the base, pointing upwards to highlight the structure after sundown.
Patterns of sunlight inside the chapel are a result of the surrounding trees and the building's structure interacting with each other.
My favorite views of the chapel are of the curved structure overhead, Gothic arches in steel that recall French buildings from the 19th century.
As at Thorncrown Chapel, visits cannot circumnavigate Cooper Chapel outside, but views of the side elevations are pleasing, with dense verticals rising above the stone base and curving out to support the roof's deep overhang.
Although not as well known as Jones's Thorncrown Chapel, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel (built by her family in her honor) is every bit as exhilarating and calming as his earlier masterpiece.
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Saturday, July 29, 2017
Finding Fay: Thorncrown Chapel
Posts have been a little slim lately, owing to being on a family vacation. This week I managed to drag a few non-architects to see two renowned chapels by Arkansan E. Fay Jones, one completed in 1980 and one in 1988. The first is, obviously, Thorncrown Chapel, located in Eureka Springs, Arkansas (the second, Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel, will be the subject my next post). It's a building I included last year's 100 Years, 100 Buildings, but I didn't get the chance to see it in person until just the other day.
[Spread from 100 Years, 100 Buildings]
Finding the chapel is pretty easy, given that the building has its own website and there explains that "Thorncrown Chapel is located a mile and a half west of Eureka Springs on Hwy 62 West. GPS often does not show the correct location of the chapel. For an accurate map click here." With a smartphone, that Google Maps link makes navigation easy, as do the historical-marker signs along 62. I'll admit the winding drive through dense forests is an often breathtaking one – with glimpses of misty foothills and rivers I wasn't able to catch on camera – and an important part of experiencing the remote chapel.
[The unassuming yet fairly clear entrance to Thorncrown Chapel | Photo: Google Street View]
Before arriving at the chapel, one comes across two other buildings on the property. First is the Worship Center, which Jones designed later with his partner Maurice Jennings. This building, which looks more like a traditional church, was completed in 1989 due to the high demand to use the chapel for weddings and worship services. It is located to the left of the entrance drive and is reached via a small bridge. (Note: Photos from here on out are my own.)
Second is a small office that sits by the parking lot, adjacent to the walkway leading to the chapel. I'm not sure if Jones designed it, but the expressive structure certainly fits with Jones's Wright-inspired yet clearly personal style of architecture. (Note: the foggy effect is due to mist forming on the lens after getting out of the car and stepping into the humidity.)
The chapel sits at the end of a slightly winding stone path, a postcard view that is that much better in person.
The rain that preceded our visit left some streaks on the glass, making the building a little less transparent than ideal conditions, but my favorite detail still stood out. I'm referring to the hollow steel joints that connect the two halves of the trusses and cross-braces down the middle of the space. In 100 Years, 100 Buildings, I wrote: "[These] smaller diamond-shaped openings are a symbol of the infinite or perhaps the beyond."
Once inside, visitors are asked to be seated, from where they can take photos. This seemed odd at first, but I appreciated it, since people weren't walking up and down the aisle snapping photos as they glanced up at the lattice-like structure of standard timber.
In my short stay inside the chapel, my mind seemed to bounce back and forth between calm – just enjoying being in the space – and honing in on the structure's myriad details. The alignment of the stone base with the pews was one such detail, one that seemed to accentuate the framing of the thick forest through the glass panes above the base.
And of course there were the light fixtures mounted to the wood frame, a Wrightian detail that fits with the chapel but doesn't overwhelm it.
There's no path to circumnavigate the chapel, but it's still possible to get a glance at the side elevations, where the repetitious verticals almost converge into a solid wall.
Heading on our way, we tried to access the Worship Center, but it was closed – one volunteer was in the chapel, so I'm guessing a second would have been needed to give access to both structures.
Nevertheless, we could traverse the bridge and peek in the gap between the doors. From even this smallest of glimpses, it was possible to ascertain how this building's glazed view is about a vista rather than the intimacy of the forest, as in the chapel. In this sense, the two buildings capture these polar qualities of the Ozark landscape that were partly grasped during the drive.
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[Spread from 100 Years, 100 Buildings]
Finding the chapel is pretty easy, given that the building has its own website and there explains that "Thorncrown Chapel is located a mile and a half west of Eureka Springs on Hwy 62 West. GPS often does not show the correct location of the chapel. For an accurate map click here." With a smartphone, that Google Maps link makes navigation easy, as do the historical-marker signs along 62. I'll admit the winding drive through dense forests is an often breathtaking one – with glimpses of misty foothills and rivers I wasn't able to catch on camera – and an important part of experiencing the remote chapel.
[The unassuming yet fairly clear entrance to Thorncrown Chapel | Photo: Google Street View]
Before arriving at the chapel, one comes across two other buildings on the property. First is the Worship Center, which Jones designed later with his partner Maurice Jennings. This building, which looks more like a traditional church, was completed in 1989 due to the high demand to use the chapel for weddings and worship services. It is located to the left of the entrance drive and is reached via a small bridge. (Note: Photos from here on out are my own.)
Second is a small office that sits by the parking lot, adjacent to the walkway leading to the chapel. I'm not sure if Jones designed it, but the expressive structure certainly fits with Jones's Wright-inspired yet clearly personal style of architecture. (Note: the foggy effect is due to mist forming on the lens after getting out of the car and stepping into the humidity.)
The chapel sits at the end of a slightly winding stone path, a postcard view that is that much better in person.
The rain that preceded our visit left some streaks on the glass, making the building a little less transparent than ideal conditions, but my favorite detail still stood out. I'm referring to the hollow steel joints that connect the two halves of the trusses and cross-braces down the middle of the space. In 100 Years, 100 Buildings, I wrote: "[These] smaller diamond-shaped openings are a symbol of the infinite or perhaps the beyond."
Once inside, visitors are asked to be seated, from where they can take photos. This seemed odd at first, but I appreciated it, since people weren't walking up and down the aisle snapping photos as they glanced up at the lattice-like structure of standard timber.
In my short stay inside the chapel, my mind seemed to bounce back and forth between calm – just enjoying being in the space – and honing in on the structure's myriad details. The alignment of the stone base with the pews was one such detail, one that seemed to accentuate the framing of the thick forest through the glass panes above the base.
And of course there were the light fixtures mounted to the wood frame, a Wrightian detail that fits with the chapel but doesn't overwhelm it.
There's no path to circumnavigate the chapel, but it's still possible to get a glance at the side elevations, where the repetitious verticals almost converge into a solid wall.
Heading on our way, we tried to access the Worship Center, but it was closed – one volunteer was in the chapel, so I'm guessing a second would have been needed to give access to both structures.
Nevertheless, we could traverse the bridge and peek in the gap between the doors. From even this smallest of glimpses, it was possible to ascertain how this building's glazed view is about a vista rather than the intimacy of the forest, as in the chapel. In this sense, the two buildings capture these polar qualities of the Ozark landscape that were partly grasped during the drive.
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A Doctor Gives Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop a Pelvic Exam
Dr. Jen Gunter was already skeptical of “snake oil” products meant to improve women’s sex lives. Now she is a detractor of the movie star’s website.
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Friday, July 28, 2017
Second + Main – Plans, Prices, Availability
At a Glance
- located at the gateway to Mount Pleasant
- 12-storey mixed-use concrete building
- 226 residences
- 13,000 sq ft commercial space
- 3,500 sq ft artist production space
- 226 residences
- public plaza & cultural space
- walking distance to Olympic Village
- numerous nearby craft breweries
Where Life Intersects
Create Properties brings you 226 smartly-crafted homes, where vibrant culture and community connect at the centre of the City.
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Floor Plans for Second + Main
Finalized floor plans have not yet been released for this development’s 226 residential units. A mix of 23 studios, 145 1-bedrooms, and 58 2-bedrooms has been proposed. Interested buyers should contact me to discuss plans, prices, and availability.
Amenities at Second + Main
Second + Main has been designed around an outdoor public plaza to give it a maximum amount of sunlight throughout the year. A 3,500 sq ft artist production space fronting East 3rd Avenue is also linked to the courtyard to offer opportunities for cultural programming. A fitness room with an adjoining outdoor patio is located on Level 8. Level 12 features an amenity space with a large outdoor patio that includes two communal tables and a children’s play area. A green roof will also provide residents with garden plots and storage for gardening supplies.
Parking and Storage
Second + Main will provide 297 underground parking spaces, including 48 with electric vehicle charging stations, 19 for visitors, nine handicap, 35 commercial stalls, and four for artist studios. Two Class A loading bays are located underground, while three Class B loading bays are located at grade for residential, artist studio, and retail uses. Secure underground bicycle storage will be available with 329 Class A stalls. Another 12 Class B bicycle stalls are at grade.
Maintenance Fees at Second + Main
Details included with final pricing information.
Developer Team for Second + Main
Create Properties is a Vancouver-based development company dedicated to building exciting places to live, work, and play. By bringing their international finance, development, and construction management expertise together with the finest consultants and partners Vancouver has to offer, they work with the best to Create the best.
Expected Completion for Second + Main
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Charlie Gard Dies, Leaving Legacy of Thorny Ethics Questions
The plight of the incurably ill British infant, who was just shy of one year old, led to a protracted and emotional legal battle.
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Jacket Required
This July, a selection of nearly 300 like-minded contemporary & streetwear brands showcased their Spring/Summer 2018 offerings within the beautiful warehouse space of the Old Truman Brewery on Brick Lane, London, at the Jacket Required trade show. The show has now evolved from 30 exhibitors to an established must-go for discovering new and prominent labels. […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2uFlDMv
The Weekly Health Quiz: Tattoos, Zika and Thyroid Problems
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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Losing an Heirloom as a Family Tradition
My father drew comfort not from booze or sports, but from twisting this splendid band. It was a 24-karat fidget spinner.
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Thursday, July 27, 2017
During a Night of Casual Sex, Urgent Messages Go Unanswered
On one of the most consequential evenings of his life, a young man still finding himself wishes he had answered the phone.
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Whooping Cough Cases Double in Indiana in One Year
There were 136 confirmed cases of whooping cough in the state in the first half of 2017, compared with 66 in the first half of 2016, but an expert was not alarmed.
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Whooping Cough Cases Double in Indiana in One Year
There were 136 confirmed cases of whooping cough in the state in the first half of 2017, compared with 66 in the first half of 2016, but an expert was not alarmed.
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Overweight at 17? Your Colon Cancer Risk Rises
Teens who were overweight were at significantly increased risk for developing colon cancer as adults.
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Pure London
Our team attended the Spring/Summer 2018 edition of Pure London, held at Kensington Olympia. Over 700 brands previewed their latest collections at the show. Alongside the exhibitor stands there was many other events taking place including daily catwalk shows featuring some of the most exciting and innovative designs for the Spring Summer season, inspiring talks […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2v1pmFt
My Friend Uses Too Much Botox. May I Tell Her?
Also: outrage at a baby shower hosted by a mother-to-be; the case of the missing blender; and a forgotten salad order arouses suspicions of dementia.
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Good News on Headphones and Hearing Loss
A reassuring new study found that hearing impairment rates among teens have dropped since an alarming spike in hearing loss was reported a decade ago.
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Secret Garden Party
Secret Garden Party has established itself as the biggest party on the UK festival scene. A ‘world apart from reality’, the festival has continued to push boundaries since its launch in 2004 by bringing an otherworldly experience to the fields of Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire. Along with its annual fancy dress theme, Secret Garden enhances […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2h5Pp8x
Want to Be Happy? Find Ways to Buy Time (Maybe Get More Takeout or a Maid)
A study says that spending money to save time actually makes people happier.
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For Kids With Cancer, Focusing on Quality of Life
Paying attention to the concerns of patients and their families from the time of diagnosis throughout treatment.
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
The Year of the Goat
This lowly farm animal has become the hot new pet, not to mention a ubiquitous presence on Instagram.
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Modern Love Podcast: Alex Karpovsky Reads ‘Uh, Honey, That’s Not Your Line’
On this week’s podcast, the “Girls” actor reads Matteson Perry’s story of trying to turn his love life into an indie movie.
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Quantifying the Benefits of Owning a Dog
Dog owners spent 30 fewer minutes a day being sedentary than those who didn’t own a dog.
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How an American in London Learned to Fear the ASBO
Unruly pets, vocal sex, Fleetwood Mac turned up loud: In Britain, any of these can get you tagged as a public nuisance.
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Today's archidose #972
Here are some photos of the Jan Michalski Foundation Library in Montricher, Switzerland, by Mangeat Wahlen Architectes Associés. (Photographs: Trevor Patt)
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How to Be Mindful When It’s Hot Outside
Meeting steamy conditions with mindfulness may help us discover that peace and joy are always possible.
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How Tattoos Might Affect Your Workout
The amount and saltiness of sweat changed in skin areas that had been dyed.
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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
How to Boost Resilience in Midlife
There are active steps you can take during and after a crisis to speed your emotional recovery.
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I Was Abused as a Child. How Do I Deal With This as a Parent?
The lesson to unlearn: a family refusal to talk about all the most important stuff. Please discuss, though it will feel uncomfortable at first.
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Traces of Controversial Herbicide Are Found in Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
The ice cream brand joins the list of food companies that are grappling with trace amounts of glyphosate in their products.
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Patient Voices: AIDS and H.I.V.
What is it like to live with H.I.V.? Does the stigma associated with AIDS still exist? Six men and women living with H.I.V. speak about their experiences.
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Cutting Out the Bris
For parents who choose not to circumcise, can a son still be Jewish?
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Monday, July 24, 2017
A Nonprofit That Produces More Than Just Olive Oils
Sindyanna of Galilee employs Palestinians and Israelis to make its cold-pressed extra-virgin olive oils.
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How to Be Better at Stress
Stress is unavoidable in modern life, but it doesn’t have to get you down. Here are ways to deal with stress, reduce its harm and even use your daily stress to make you stronger.
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The Subtle Signs of a Thyroid Disorder
Routine blood tests may fail to detect insufficient thyroid hormone, leaving patients without an accurate explanation for their symptoms.
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Instead of Dumbing Down Shakespeare, Smarten Up the Kids
Children can appreciate adults’ plays and movies if you explain the references, the complex ironies, the double entendres.
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Friday, July 21, 2017
Vegan Ice Cream Enters a Golden Age
With a huge variety of plant-based milks now available on the market, nondairy ice creams are getting better than ever.
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Today's archidose #971
Here are some of my photos of Jenny Sabin Studio's Lumen at MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, on display until September 4, 2017.
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Lovebox Festival
The brainchild of Groove Armada and Jools, Lovebox festival hit the London music scene with a bang back in 2002. Beginning as a simple record box, the concept evolved from there into an album, before hitting the club scene as a one-stop party destination. The combination of its ever-growing reputation and solid musical line-up saw […]from Trendstop http://ift.tt/2vsgDti
The Weekly Health Quiz: Carbs, Cancer Screening and Rhabdo
Test your knowledge of this week’s health news.
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How My Son Picked Out My New ‘Best Friend’
I didn’t have a ride-or-die BFF, so my 4-year-old played matchmaker.
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Thursday, July 20, 2017
The 12-Hour Goodbye That Started Everything
A spurned woman confronts the question: When you lose love, should you even try to get over it?
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Codependent No More ... Yet Wanting Back In
Also, boycotting a former boss’s baby shower, requesting a family visit, and wondering whether sexual fantasies are cheating.
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Book Review: Thirtyfour Campgrounds
Thirtyfour Campgrounds by Martin Hogue
MIT Press, 2016
Hardcover, 266 pages
It's summer, which means – deer ticks be damned – it's time to get outdoors. For many, getting outside equates with camping, which in the United States most likely means heading to one of the thousands of campgrounds run by KOA (Kampgrounds of America) or some other private or government operator. Catered to people with as little as a car and a tent or as much as an RV with all its trimmings, campgrounds are places that most people take for granted; they provide a number of home-like amenities but also act as starting points for venturing into more untamed nature via hiking, fishing, and other activities. As depicted in Martin Hogue's clinically artistic Thirtyfour Campgrounds, they are places of potential, of "civilization" interfacing with "nature" so people can get away from the former and explore the latter.
One of the most telling photographs in the introduction to Hogue's book is Bruce Davidson's "The Trip West. Camp Ground no. 4.", taken in Yosemite National Park in 1966. Eight people (a family? four couples?) sit in lawn chairs facing the camera, with a backdrop of cars and campers extending their conveniences (grill, scooter, high chair, Ritz crackers, televisions) deep into the rest of the campground. It's evident that nature is not a setting for new activities; it is merely a backdrop for the same old domesticated activities. Considering how much our lives – now fifty years later – are spent indoors, part of me likes this idea, that being outdoors in any guise is healthier for us than being indoors. But the rest of me sees the obvious philosophical quandary here: Shouldn't nature be a place to escape from our commodified existence? Or have our lives become so intertwined with our belongings that our belongings must extend into nature as far as possible via campgrounds and other settings?
[Bruce Davidson, USA. 1966. The Trip West. Camp Ground no.4. Yosemite National Park. © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos]
Most of Hogue's book resembles the cover, which depicts Duck Creek (Utah), one of the 34 campgrounds documented through photographs of individual campsites from reserveamerica.com and recreation.gov. In the case of Duck Creek there are 58 campsites, while other campgrounds have more – as many as 501 campsites, at Cheney State Park in Kansas. Given that the nearly 6,500 photos in the book are culled from online resources that serve to give campers a sense of what each campsite offers, there is a consistency – mind-numbing at times – within each campground. Branched Oak State Recreational Area (Nebraska), for instance, just shows one patch of asphalt driveway after another, while Seawall in Maine's Acadia National Park is littered with colorful tents and some RVs – but, oddly, no humans. Although I can't imagine anybody outside of the author examining each photo in Thirtyfour Campgrounds one by one, the differences between one campground and the next are obvious from just a quick scan of the book.
Before delving into the presentation of the campgrounds, which recalls Ed Ruscha's Thirtyfour Parking Lots in name and the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher in format, Hogue lays out his analysis through diagrams, photographs, and texts that touch upon the history of the campground and the geography of camping. These give the campground photographs that follow a strong theoretical footing, while the admitted influence of Ruscha and the Bechers lend the project its artistic bent. Ruscha's documentation of parking lots is particularly relevant, considering that campsites are basically parking spaces that campers use for a few days. That Walmart opened up its parking lots to RVs in 2001 (a fact mentioned by Hogue more than once), it's clear that campgrounds are the story of automobiles colliding with the American landscape. With wireless access standard at most campsites, we're now witnessing the collision of communications technology with campgrounds. While this might mean campers don't need to haul as much stuff as in decades past, it also means we leave even less of our daily lives behind when we get out into nature – or what's left of it.
from A Daily Dose of Architecture http://ift.tt/2tum7Gl
MIT Press, 2016
Hardcover, 266 pages
It's summer, which means – deer ticks be damned – it's time to get outdoors. For many, getting outside equates with camping, which in the United States most likely means heading to one of the thousands of campgrounds run by KOA (Kampgrounds of America) or some other private or government operator. Catered to people with as little as a car and a tent or as much as an RV with all its trimmings, campgrounds are places that most people take for granted; they provide a number of home-like amenities but also act as starting points for venturing into more untamed nature via hiking, fishing, and other activities. As depicted in Martin Hogue's clinically artistic Thirtyfour Campgrounds, they are places of potential, of "civilization" interfacing with "nature" so people can get away from the former and explore the latter.
One of the most telling photographs in the introduction to Hogue's book is Bruce Davidson's "The Trip West. Camp Ground no. 4.", taken in Yosemite National Park in 1966. Eight people (a family? four couples?) sit in lawn chairs facing the camera, with a backdrop of cars and campers extending their conveniences (grill, scooter, high chair, Ritz crackers, televisions) deep into the rest of the campground. It's evident that nature is not a setting for new activities; it is merely a backdrop for the same old domesticated activities. Considering how much our lives – now fifty years later – are spent indoors, part of me likes this idea, that being outdoors in any guise is healthier for us than being indoors. But the rest of me sees the obvious philosophical quandary here: Shouldn't nature be a place to escape from our commodified existence? Or have our lives become so intertwined with our belongings that our belongings must extend into nature as far as possible via campgrounds and other settings?
[Bruce Davidson, USA. 1966. The Trip West. Camp Ground no.4. Yosemite National Park. © Bruce Davidson/Magnum Photos]
Most of Hogue's book resembles the cover, which depicts Duck Creek (Utah), one of the 34 campgrounds documented through photographs of individual campsites from reserveamerica.com and recreation.gov. In the case of Duck Creek there are 58 campsites, while other campgrounds have more – as many as 501 campsites, at Cheney State Park in Kansas. Given that the nearly 6,500 photos in the book are culled from online resources that serve to give campers a sense of what each campsite offers, there is a consistency – mind-numbing at times – within each campground. Branched Oak State Recreational Area (Nebraska), for instance, just shows one patch of asphalt driveway after another, while Seawall in Maine's Acadia National Park is littered with colorful tents and some RVs – but, oddly, no humans. Although I can't imagine anybody outside of the author examining each photo in Thirtyfour Campgrounds one by one, the differences between one campground and the next are obvious from just a quick scan of the book.
Before delving into the presentation of the campgrounds, which recalls Ed Ruscha's Thirtyfour Parking Lots in name and the work of Bernd and Hilla Becher in format, Hogue lays out his analysis through diagrams, photographs, and texts that touch upon the history of the campground and the geography of camping. These give the campground photographs that follow a strong theoretical footing, while the admitted influence of Ruscha and the Bechers lend the project its artistic bent. Ruscha's documentation of parking lots is particularly relevant, considering that campsites are basically parking spaces that campers use for a few days. That Walmart opened up its parking lots to RVs in 2001 (a fact mentioned by Hogue more than once), it's clear that campgrounds are the story of automobiles colliding with the American landscape. With wireless access standard at most campsites, we're now witnessing the collision of communications technology with campgrounds. While this might mean campers don't need to haul as much stuff as in decades past, it also means we leave even less of our daily lives behind when we get out into nature – or what's left of it.
from A Daily Dose of Architecture http://ift.tt/2tum7Gl
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