Southern Research has broken ground on a new biotechnology center on its Birmingham headquarters campus. The building, located on Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard and Ninth Avenue South on the city’s south side, will double the organization’s laboratory space for infectious disease research and increase its focus on developing new treatments against cancer and other serious diseases.

“We’re planting a flag,” said Josh Carpenter, Ph.D., president and CEO of Southern Research, at the May 16 groundbreaking. “Birmingham is set to be the biotech hub in the South East. This project represents a major investment in Birmingham and Jefferson County that will benefit this community and the State of Alabama for generations to come.

The new biotechnology center is expected to create 150 new jobs at Southern Research, while doubling the institute’s annual economic impact to $300 million. It is the flagship initiative to improve research capabilities, create jobs and generate new investment, and propel Birmingham and Alabama to the forefront of discovery-based innovation, especially those that contribute to the advancement of public health.

“This is going to be a game-changer for Alabama,” Governor Kay Ivey said, celebrating the $45 million investment in the biotech center she approved after it was passed by the Alabama Legislature . This is the state’s first-ever investment in the nonprofit Southern Research, founded in 1941.

“We are proud of our investment,” she said. “This is going to help Alabamians and help change the world.”

In addition to expanding research space for infectious diseases like COVID-19, the new facility will allow Southern Research to scale up its efforts to target common diseases that have a profound impact on the well-being of Alabamians and communities. The construction phase alone will create over 1,100 project-related jobs and generate over $190 million in economic activity.

The benefits of the center go beyond its economic impact, said Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin. He said the focus on finding and treating the underlying health conditions faced by many people in Birmingham indicates Southern Research’s commitment to diversity as part of a growth strategy that will will benefit the whole community.

“There can’t be growth without creating opportunity for everyone,” Woodfin said. “The vision to invest in public health is more than just a building. This is the kind of investment and growth that will continue to drive us forward. »

Jefferson County Commission Chairman Jimmie Stephens said the start of work on the center reflected a new normal in intergovernmental relations, a willingness to “work together to make things happen.” Making Birmingham a top biotech destination, he said, is a consequence of that prospect.

“We are intentional about creating an environment conducive to success,” Stephens said.

Greg Reed, acting president of the Alabama Senate, hailed the senses. Jabo Wagoner and Rodger Smitherman for their combined 97 years of public service. For this and their roles in obtaining legislative approval of funds for the Southern Research project, Wagoner and Smitherman will be honored with the placement of plaques at the new center.

The new Biotechnology Center is the first new facility built on the Southern Research campus in over 30 years. University of Alabama System Chancellor Finis St. John IV made note of this in his groundbreaking remarks, saying it reflected the energy that is building in Birmingham.

“There is new leadership and a new vision at Southern Research,” said St. John, who sits on the institute’s board of directors. “It’s part of a real energy that pervades Birmingham, which can take it to new heights.”

Over the past two years, Southern Research has conducted more than $30 million in coronavirus research. This includes collaboration on a COVID-19 vaccine currently in clinical trial. Together with the UAB campus, Southern Research forms a 40-block area in which $750 million of biomedical research was conducted in 2021. This figure includes more than $300 million from the National Institutes of Health, ranking Birmingham eighth national rank per capita in NIH funding. .

Ray Watts, MD, president of UAB and chairman of the board of directors of Southern Research, said the new facility will help him achieve his vision of creating a world-class biotechnology corridor that stretches from the campus of the ‘UAB at Southern Research and Ascension St. Vincent Hospital. .

“Between UAB and Southern Research, we are working to ensure that Birmingham and Alabama become the biotech commercialization hub of the Southeast,” Watts said. “This new facility will help us incubate new biotech entrepreneurs and attract top talent in this field. Southern Research and its vision for this center are intimately linked to the future success of Birmingham.

Founded in Birmingham in 1941, Southern Research is a non-profit scientific research organization employing 250 scientists and professionals. He helped shape modern cancer treatment practices, including developing seven FDA-approved cancer drugs and testing more than half of active chemotherapies in the United States.

HIGH POINT – Textile manufacturers are gearing up for a packed house at the upcoming Interwoven, the biannual trade show of the International Textile Alliance, formerly known as Showtime, taking place in High Point from May 22-25.

“The show has an exciting new name, and based on appointments to our Regal and Kindred showrooms, we expect full attendance, something we haven’t seen since before the pandemic,” said Anne Hood, director of merchandising for Regal Fabrics.

Regal Fabrics is launching six new collections, including a new lush cotton print quality and low-priced blend of body fabrics, marketed with coordinating jacquards, prints, embroidery and velvets.

Thick textures

After two years of limited travel and an increased reliance on technology, there is a vast world waiting to be explored, according to Milliken Textiles.

The company presents its new collection, Discover, at Interwoven. It features fabrics inspired by chunky textures designed to bring the adventures of the world home. The collection includes 202 SKUs of performance fabrics with a PFAS-free water-repellent finish in 23 patterns.

“Consumers are increasingly experimenting with texture by pairing fabrics like flat weaves with bouclés to bring more dimension to a space,” said Greg Voorhis, executive director of design at Sunbrella. “We’re constantly expanding our yarn bank to incorporate innovative new textures that encourage layering techniques like these, which are becoming increasingly popular and can make a space feel vibrant.”

Sunbrella is also seeing an increase in plush ribbed fabrics and corduroy-like textures, an idea that’s emphasized in its Roving pattern, which has a very subtle streak in the ground, as well as the ribbed texture of its Burton pattern.

Sattler Outdura, a division of the Sattler Group, presents its new Virage collection at Interwoven which features solution-dyed acrylic fabrics punctuated with four distinct fabric statements. Virage offers 176 selections of jacquards, textured dobbies and stripes ideal for outdoors or indoors.

“The Outdura Virage collection communicates creativity, courage, success, individuality and the positive changes we have all gone through over the past two years,” said Mariia Elizarova, senior designer at Sattler Corp. for the casual furniture division. “The four fabric statements offer a wide range of base fabrics and accent fabrics, providing designers, retailers and consumers with diverse and well-coordinated color palettes and fabric groupings, while also providing the ability to combine their selections to present their own unique personalized style.”

The four new fabric statements include: Be Bold, which plays with confident yet calm color contrasts with passionate and ambitious shades of brick, gold and brown found in earth, fire and animal prints; Escape, which celebrates the neutral and more subtle colors of nature, building on the idea of ​​escaping from a modern, tech-driven world to a restful and peaceful sanctuary; Digital, vibrant and upbeat, sparking energy and joy while communicating a meaningful positive message through vibrant colors and modern patterns; and Tranquil, which offers modern, minimalist yet refreshing color solutions inspired by patterns found in global waters, from vast oceans to rivers and streams.

Revolution Mills/STI launches its biggest launch in a long time between residential and outdoor products.

“We’ve developed our heaviest loop to date,” said Revolution Mills/STI signature designer Glen Read. “We continue to mix the lines between the exterior and the interior. Looking ahead, we believe performance will be a check mark with textures that can be poolside for years to come.

“We really have a nice synergy between the outdoors and the indoors that has expanded our yarn palette and the offerings we have, which now include 300 SKUs and colors plus strings.”

Global Patterns, Natural Influences

When it comes to global influence, Covington introduces a new combination of prints, weaves and embroideries inspired by a decades-long resurgence in artistic expression. The company also offers a wide assortment of fabrics and textures, with multicolored textures and sculpted chenilles.

Some key designs include Wow, a digital print inspired by the retro “pop” style of the 1980s Memphis design movement; Flourish, a floral print damask with a William Morris influence; and Bickleigh, a tone-on-tone printed design that can be made from 75% cotton and 25% linen, which adds surface interest to the sophistication of the pattern.

“This season, Richloom’s Platinum Collection is inspired by our collective desire to seek comfort and inspiration from nature,” said Sara Thomas, Marketing Director of Richloom. “In Frances Hodgson Burnett’s famous children’s book Secret Garden, a spoiled young orphan is sent to a mansion in the English countryside, where her discovery and rebirth of a secret garden triggers her transformation into a happy, compassionate, happy soul. . .”

Thomas said the romance that inspires the new collection provides a place of retreat and inspiration where creative seekers open quiet avenues to explore their art and reconnect with the natural world.

Ultrasuede introduces a new geometric pattern most commonly found in cotton or wool fabrications.

Ultrasuede HP’s small-scale twill pattern is created with dye printing using rotating screens. Available in five colourways, the pattern evokes a classic ‘zigzag’ textile weave used in the production of denim garments, suits or the iconic woolen overcoats produced in Scotland.

Sunbrella’s new Interwoven collection offers a fresh palette with fabrics in earth tones and sun-kissed colors that showcase modern graphic geos, artisan and block print-inspired techniques and updated interpretations of stripes classics.

Central to this collection are Roving, a new chenille body fabric, and Ascher, which features a slub yarn and linen texture.

“Our design team seeks inspiration from around the world to create fabrics that go beyond trends and complement all design aesthetics,” said Sunbrella’s Voorhis. “In terms of color, we see a continued preference for earthy hues and sunny shades, as they bring feelings of warmth, familiarity and comfort to a space.

“From traditional botanical prints to updated stripes and block print-inspired patterns, our new collection has been designed to include diverse jacquards in an equally soft and dusty palette while remaining fresh and contemporary.”

The environment in mind

Composed of a combination of recycled polyester, recycled acrylic and virgin acrylic, Sunbrella ReFlections by Richard Frinier will be presented for the first time at Interwoven.

Sunbrella has also expanded its ReCycle fabric offering and will introduce seven new designs, two of which feature a new bouclé yarn called Lengthen and Enhance. All Sunbrella ReCycle fabrics contain at least 50% recycled polyester and include the company’s non-PFAS Assure technology.

With greens, corals, deep blues and soft neutrals, this collection incorporates a range of colors, textures and patterns that can be layered to enhance any space, according to the company. Like all Sunbrella fabrics, these textiles are designed to perform and manufactured with respect for the environment.

Culp’s new Earth collection features some of the company’s latest introductions of its LiveSmart Evolve recycled fabrics.

“The Earth collection is both elegant and refined, and it invokes the simplistic Scandinavian lifestyle and aesthetic,” according to the company. “The muted, weathered tones of Earth ensure a soothing environment filled with beautiful materials, natural finishes, and clean design. Our durable product keeps furniture and home accessories looking and looking great while helping to deflect plastics landfills, oceans and waterways to create a more sustainable future for all.

To date, the company’s Evolve fabrics have recycled over 86 million water bottles and counting.

Valdese Weavers will have eight new presentations of its eco-friendly InsideOut Performance Fabrics + Seaqual Initiative collection, centered around several sophisticated chenille and bouclé textures. This group also includes a classic cut velvet effect stripe and a graphic mini ladder chair.

The company will also offer a new collection of 20 fabrics using yarns made from recycled T-shirts.

Performance qualities

Building on the signature softness, performance capabilities and cutting-edge durable properties of its inaugural launch, Supreen’s new menswear-inspired designs will debut at Interwoven and “offer a fresh yet decidedly classic upholstery option for commercial spaces, from healthcare to hospitality,” according to the company.

The three new wool-inspired textures are reminiscent of men’s suits in houndstooth, heathered flannel and tweed, the patterns combine Supreen’s original and revolutionary liquid barrier and stain resistance with an element of luxury.

“Replicating the regal tones and classic textures often seen in the world of menswear, the new Supreen designs evoke a warm feeling rarely associated with performance fabrics,” said Debbye Lustig, Vice President of Design at Supreen.

“Like any fine costume, we designed these designs with comfort and luxury in mind,” she added. “We wanted the new textures to do more than just feel good, and by pairing bold neutral colorways with the recognizable timelessness of the three wool-like patterns, we were able to strike a balance between modern and traditional design, in a very understated yet eye-catching way.

Neutrals Stay Strong

The new collection of American Leather introduced in this market is called Leather Symphony, which presents a harmonious complexity of leathers.

“This season’s introductions include lightweight finishes that celebrate the natural characteristics of hides, with very elegant color palettes, comfortable textures and the superb hand that our leathers are known for,” said Luisa L. Delmaso, coordinator of the American Leather upholstery leather. “We have created this magnificent range with the intention of meeting all of our customers’ needs, ranging from beautiful premium aniline leathers, specialist looks for accent frames, and all the way to economical options for fabricators to high volume who are looking for quality.”

For its part, Ultrafabrics plans to launch Hush, a curated selection of 14 white and off-white fabrics that “express the full power of this soothing and oft-overlooked neutral,” according to the company.

Hush introduces three new whites to the Lino, Impasto and Montage ranges, while celebrating collections like Brisa, Coast, Promessa and Ultraleather. The new lines balance visual appeal and comfort with flexible functionality, designed to eliminate the fear factor of using this pale shade.

Solutions available for the new fabrics include breathability, outdoor-specific attributes, and ink and stain protection.

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Text description provided by the architects. Located on the banks of a river in Mampully, the Banyan tree house is intended for a young couple and their two children. The land constitutes an area of ​​630 m² and has an interesting L-shaped site profile. The spatial planning of the house follows the profile of the site and is anchored around an existing banyan tree to the west of the site. An 11 foot buffer radius is maintained around the banyan tree for building security, this shaded area houses garden seating. BTH’s ground plates branch out across the site in an angular grid to form a series of interaction spaces and green niches. The spaces are positioned to establish a visual connection between them and the landscape without compromising privacy.

The three-bedroom home is a one-story structure with a Mezzanine floor and has a built-up area of ​​2000 square feet. The district faces rising waters during peak monsoons due to its proximity to the river. Thus, as a precaution, the built spaces are positioned on the highest point of the raised site. This helped create a large sloping front yard, a buffer zone with native vegetation bearing fruit and flowers to shield house noise and dust from road traffic.

Geometric shapes are carefully rendered in various elements of the design, creating a distinct design language. This visual continuity is established in aspects of the flooring, joinery, interior furnishings, skylights and overall building form. The house envelope with its pilings, slopes, dynamic geometry, and projecting structural slabs lend a sculptural appeal to the home. Slabs projecting to varying degrees from the facade provide shade during summers and rain protection during monsoons. Custom design is the central ideology of BTH, it is reflected on the built-in furniture, the front door handle, the railings, the wall decoration, the artworks and the handcrafted concrete bird. handmade ground cover.

Doors, windows, jali bricks, porotherm air vents and skylights are strategically placed to enhance interior comfort levels through cross ventilation, chimney effect and natural lighting. Natural airflow and lighting help reduce household energy consumption. The interior courtyard becomes part of the dining room and is an additional attraction because the dining room is the circulation core of the house. Space-saving built-in niches are used to house shelves, cabinets and hand washing. The south side of the house has fewer openings and high threshold windows to counter solar heat gain. The full-height windows are mostly north-facing to get more indirect natural light into the interiors.

The rail industry aspires to build safer, smarter, more convenient, more efficient and greener urban rail, which places higher demands on the networks. However, today’s urban rail networks suffer from low Wi-Fi bandwidth for backhaul of train-to-ground service, frequent loss of real-time data, and low installation efficiency and of deployment. This makes it impossible to achieve real-time linking of all typical bandwidth-intensive services such as the Passenger Information System (PIS).

Xiang Xi, Vice President of Global Transportation Business Unit, Enterprise Business Group of Huawei, shed light on Huawei’s innovative Wi-Fi 6 solution for train-to-ground communications in his keynote speech titled “Driving Digitalization in Future Rail to Create New Value Together”.

“Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 train-to-ground communications solution leverages numerous technological innovations to achieve up to 1.4 Gbps bandwidth for real-time service transmission when trains are running at a speed of 160 km/h,” Xiang Xi said. . “It also ensures zero service interruptions by reducing network forwarding latency for train-to-ground communications to less than 30ms. Beyond that, the all-in-one integrated chassis is easy to deploy , which shortens the installation period by 67%. Ultimately, it results in stable operations of city rail.”

Huawei’s Wi-Fi 6 train-to-ground communications solution has proven to be very useful in Shenzhen Metro line 20. Equipped with Huawei’s solution, Shenzhen Metro Line 20 builds state-of-the-art commercial Wi-Fi 6 connectivity for train-to-ground communications, and boasts an always-on, high-bandwidth, low-latency backhaul of all the services needed for autonomous rail driving urban. This, in turn, provides a whole new safe travel experience for passengers through smart city rail.

Huawei showcased a full suite of innovative rail transportation solutions and flagship products at Huawei Global Rail Summit 2022. In particular, Huawei’s innovative low-carbon intelligent campus network solution for station campuses was highlighted. in the spotlight. This groundbreaking solution features an all-new simplified network architecture, out-of-the-box remote units (RUs), and an energy-efficient, green design. Such powerful capabilities allow the network to stay a step ahead in the sustainable development of station services.

The indisputable advantages of this solution include:

• Simplified architecture with “one device, one network”: The innovative simplified network architecture consists of the central switch and the RUs, with the RUs serving as extended ports of the central switch and deployed on the desktops. This ensures that all terminals can access the network through nearby EFs, minimizing cabling between the Extra Low Voltage (ELV) room and the terminals.
• Always-on services and seamless network evolution: Leveraging state-of-the-art optical-electrical PoE technology, the core switch can deliver PoE++ (60W) to RUs at ultra-long distances from 300 meters. This eliminates the need for ELV enclosures and cabinets and effectively solves the difficulty of obtaining local power supply. Additionally, the hybrid cable offers ultra-high bandwidth and enables single cabling to support network evolution for the next 15 years.
• Green, low carbon and energy efficient results: In the simplified architecture, RUs require no planning, configuration, or management, which reduces the number of managed nodes by more than 80%. Additionally, the RUs adopt an energy-efficient, fanless design to achieve exceptional quietness and power savings, with typical power consumption of less than 7W for one RU and less than 1W per port on average.

With unparalleled technical expertise and experience in digital transformation, Huawei will continue to delve into more urban rail use cases and work closely with more customers and partners to jointly explore innovative solutions. . In this way, Huawei will help accelerate the digital transformation of smart city rail.

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NEW YORK, May 11, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Global SRAM and ROM Design IP Market Size is Expected to Grow by $24.08 million from 2021 to 2026 to a CAGR of 1.51% according to Technavio’s latest market report. 39% of market growth will come from North America during the forecast period. The United States is the key market for the SRAM and ROM design IP market in North America. Market growth in this region will be faster than market growth in other regions. Another key region offering significant growth opportunities for APAC suppliers. Technological change in regional businesses will facilitate the growth of the SRAM and ROM Design IP market in North America over the forecast period.

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the faster processing speed is one of the major drivers for the growth of the SRAM and ROM design IP market. The speed at which a computer central processing unit (CPU) fetches and interprets instructions is determined by the clock speed of the processor. This allows your computer to perform more tasks in less time. SRAM is faster than DRAM because it does not need to be refreshed as frequently as DRAM. It has access periods of 60 nanoseconds in terms of seconds. In 10 nanoseconds, SRAM accomplishes the same task. It does not require an electric charge to be recharged. Since the CPU does not have to wait for data from SRAM, it is faster than DRAM. The most typical application of SRAM is to act as a processor cache. These growing applications are driving the growth of the market.

However, the SRAM scaling problem is one of the factors hindering the growth of the SRAM and ROM Design IP Market. SRAM scaling challenges are dual cell stability and physical area. SRAM Vmin is a function of the Vt mismatch of the transistor, which is composed of two parts which include structural and random dopant fluctuation (RDF). At first order, the Vt mismatch is inversely proportional to the device/cell size. Therefore, the larger the cell, the more stable it is. For example, SRAM cell size scaling is constrained by a few key ground rules in terms of physical area difficulties,” said Subramani Kengeri, vice president of advanced technology architecture at Global Foundries. However, to solve the SRAM scaling problem, chip makers are facing challenges Process and design choices These challenges faced by chip makers will negatively impact the market growth during of the forecast period.

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Construction of the new DLR Group-designed Compton High School in California has officially begun. Designers, dignitaries, school district leaders, staff, students and community members gathered on May 7 to celebrate the groundbreaking.

The 126-year-old school has a rich history, well known for producing music and sporting prodigies. The design of DLR Group celebrates this heritage through a new campus with a dynamic learning environment that aims to enhance the education of students and educators. The design solution is centered around learning suites that promote project-based learning, student exploration, general education, and relationship building. In addition, the learning suites will allow for cross-departmental collaboration. They are designed as separate suites that can be linked together by movable walls that open and close, allowing students and faculty to customize their spaces to support a variety of learning activities.

“This school represents another important step in Compton Unified’s efforts to improve student achievement and ensure that our schools offer relevant and future-oriented courses and activities,” said the chairman of the board of trustees of Compton Unified. Compton, Micah Ali. “I am grateful to our construction partners who bring the very best in facility design and construction to our Compton Fellows.”

The school is organized around what is known as Academic Boulevard, a large diagonal pedestrian thoroughfare that connects to Compton’s existing civic core. The boulevard connects the community’s civic center to the northeast of campus and a public park and regional bike path to the southwest, inviting the community into the school.

Each end of the boulevard is anchored by major civic and educational programs such as a new state-of-the-art performing arts complex at the southwest corner. Legendary Compton-born producer and entrepreneur Andre Young, or “Dr. Dre,” donated $10 million to the performing arts center, which will be called “Andre ‘Dr. Dre’Young Performing Arts Center. At the other end of the axis, there will be new fitness and athletics venues, including facilities for soccer, baseball, soccer, swimming, tennis, and more.

“The design of the DLR group provides various applied learning environments to engage students in real-world experiences. The learning will be on full display,” said Alenoush Aghajanians, Senior Design Manager, DLR Group.

“The educational spaces that open onto common areas, galleries and academic boulevard will spark interest and curiosity about what is happening at the new Compton High School,” added Aghajanians.

The new campus is expected to open for the 2024-2025 academic year.

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Henri Matisse’s large painting “L’Atelier rouge” (1911) is such a familiar icon of modern art that one wonders what there is left to say – or even notice – about it. A lot, as evidenced by a case for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition surrounds the eponymous rendering of the artist’s studio with most of his eleven previous works which, in freehand copy, dot the uniform background of the painting in a powerful Venetian red. (Some of the original pieces are on loan from institutions in Europe and North America.) In addition, there are related later paintings, drawings and prints, as well as extensive documentary material. The whole, eloquently edited by curators Ann Temkin, of MOMAand Dorthe Aagesen, from the National Gallery of Denmark, immerse the viewer in the wonders of an artistic revolution that still resonates today.

Magnificent? Oh yeah. Aesthetic bliss saturates – radically, to a degree always likely to surprise when you stop to think about it – the means, the ends and the very soul of a style that was so ahead of its time that its full influence put decades to manifest. He did this decisively in the paintings of Mark Rothko and other American Abstract Expressionists in the years that followed. MOMAthe mid-century acquisition of “The Red Studio”, which had, until then, languished in obscurity. The works visually cited in the work – seven paintings, three sculptures and a decorated ceramic plate – cohabit with furniture and still life elements. Outlines tend to be sketchily indicated by thin yellow lines. Part of a pale blue window stands out. But nothing disturbs the essential harmony of the composition, the details strike the eye at once, with a concerted crash.

There is no possibility of entering the corner space depicted, even by imagination. Only certain subtle contrasts of warm and cold hues, pushing and pulling the viewer’s gaze, suggest anything like painterly depth. Not for Matisse the retention of visually forward and backward forms, as in the contemporary Cubism of his towering enemy Picasso. (Who earns their agon for life? The question is moot. They are like boxing champions who cannot identify themselves because they are in separate rings.) in a grassy landscape – one of the paintings of “The Red Studio” whose original is on hand for the show – reads democratically. Rapid strokes jostle in a single, albeit crumpled, optical plane. See if not, as your gaze glides smoothly over black outlines among greenery, blue water and sky, and orange flesh.

In 1907, when Picasso painted his insurrectionary touchstone “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”, the Spaniard commented acerbically on Matisse’s revolutionary painting of the same year, “Nu bleu (Souvenir de Biskra)”: “If he wants make a wife, let him make her a wife. If he wants to draw a picture, let him draw a picture. In truth, Matisse did both at the same time, integrating the two primary functions of painting: illustration and decoration. “Blue Nude” is absent from “The Red Studio” and from this exhibition, but its spirit persists in the three sculptures presented, which extend, in the round, the pictorial touch of Matisse’s flat pictorial figuration. They almost equal, for me, the 20th century exploits in three dimensions of Brancusi and Giacometti.

The creation of “The Red Studio” came from a decorative commission from Moscow textile magnate Sergei Ivanovich Shchukin, a preeminent collector of European innovations, from Impressionist to Post-Impressionist to some on which the paint was barely dry. . His holdings, seized by the Bolsheviks in 1918, are today the glories of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg and the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. They include an absolute stunner by Matisse, “The Conversation” (1908-12), which I encountered at the Hermitage in 1989. An ironic air of domestic comedy bends the dominant intense blue and ravishing floral view of the work. . The artist, looking meek and upright in pajamas, confronts his seated wife, the fearsome Amélie, whom I can’t help but imagine telling her to have breakfast. (Matisse is almost never witty, but a sort of spectral humor, evoking sheer audacity, runs through just about everything with his hand.) This image is also not in the current show, but she is tattooed in my memory.

Shchukin’s lavish patronage of Matisse, which began in 1906, relieved the artist and his family of years of penury. It enabled a move to a comfortable house in Issy-les-Moulineaux, six kilometers from Paris, and the construction there, in 1909, of the spacious studio which became the site and often the subject of almost all of the works of Matisse until he decamped to Nice. , in 1917. In January 1911, the collector requested a trio of paintings of the same size, each about six by seven feet, leaving their subject matter to Matisse. Shchukin acquired the first, the relatively quiet ‘Pink Studio’, but, after receiving a watercolor copy of what Matisse titled ‘Red Panel’, he politely declined the design.

Shchukin explained that he preferred pictures with people, ignoring the presence of many figures in the visual quotation of previous works, such as the very attractive “Young Sailor II” (1906), the original of which is loaned for the show from the Metropolitan Museum, and the violently audacious “Nude with White Scarf” (1909), provided by the National Gallery of Denmark. Or did even the indulgent and carefree Russian, though too tactful to say, balk at the molten energy of the image? Matisse remained singularly controversial in artistic circles at this time, even as Picasso’s supernatural drawing disarmed many.

Always called “Red Panel”, the work appeared in 1912 at the Second Post-Impressionist Exhibition, in London, and the following year at the Armory Show, in New York and Chicago, but neither it nor anything another by Matisse has been sold. (In a Time interview with the artist in France, March 1913, critic Clara T. MacChesney bristles with condescending resistance to Matisse’s gracious comments, who strive to convey that he is a “normal” family man rather than the shaggy holy terror she had anticipated.) The painting then remained in the artist’s possession and out of public view until it was purchased, in 1927, as a posh trinket for a club Classy members-only social in London. After a period of private ownership, it was enthusiastically purchased by MOMAin 1949, just in time for its charismatic relevance to artists in New York and ultimately around the world.

In my opinion, there are three differently instructive failures among the works in this exhibition. “Le Luxe II” (1907-08) depicts three monumental nudes by the sea, strangely rendered in tempera (rabbit skin glue) rather than sensual oil, to a dryly static effect. But it was clearly worth a try for Matisse and takes his place in “The Red Studio”. Nostalgia may have motivated him to incorporate a small tacot, “La Corse, le vieux moulin”, painted in 1898, when he was twenty-eight, fresh out of art school and newly married. . Its conventional motif displays an unresolved mix of Post-Impressionist and nascent Fauvist techniques – a ticking time bomb, as it would turn out.

It took me a while to calm down on the impressive ‘Large Red Interior’ (1948), which closes the show as a bookend for ‘The Red Studio’. Lauded wildly at the time by formalist critic Clement Greenberg, it is masterful, admittedly, with virtuosic depictions of earlier images and numerous flowers in vases. But I find the work to be flawed by a quality – good taste – that Matisse sometimes risked but reliably avoided for most of his career. He feels involuntary— without passion, strictly professional. Shortly after completing this work, Matisse, still self-aware, put down his brushes, picked up a pair of scissors and began the sensational improvisations in cut-out colored paper that absorbed him until his death in 1954. Again, he found his way to an inner imperative that, with typical nonchalance, precipitated immortal outer consequences. ♦

One of the big challenges in Gil Hanse’s career as a golf course architect is still over a year from the time the shovels hit the ground, and he knows there is no room for error or disaster.

Almost as soon as the last putt falls at the 2023 Charles Schwab Invitational, work will begin on a major renovation to the Colonial Country Club course. Hanse calls this a historical restoration.

The greens will be torn. Bermuda grass in the fairways and roughs will be killed off and eventually replaced with turf. Trees will be felled and others pruned. New irrigation and drainage pipes will be dug. Much of what currently exists will be replaced.

If the golf course was a house, it would be like demolishing everything down to the tenons.

“The hardest part of the project is that we can’t get started – more or less – until June 1,” said Hanse, one of the hottest names in golf course architecture. “It’s a very tight deadline.

“It’s a very, very narrow window, and we hope Mother Nature is kind to us.”

Hanse spoke by phone last week from Frisco, where he was visiting the site of the PGA Frisco course he designed and which is set to host the 2027 PGA Championship. Other recent work includes the course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which hosted the 2016 Olympics, a renovation of the Southern Hill Country Club in Tulsa, which will host the PGA Championship next week, and a renovation of the Country Club in Brookline, Mass. , which will host the US Open in June.

“Even though we have a year,” he said, “we really only have six months of good growing weather.”

The catering, which was announced on the eve of the Schwab Challenge 2021, was due to begin at the end of this year’s tournament, which begins on May 26. It was pushed back a year when it became clear that supply chain issues could lead to disastrous delays. .

“We had to make sure we would have the gear we needed when we needed it,” said Frank Cordeiro, Colonial Country Club’s general manager and general manager. “We have a very well-defined schedule, which does not allow for delays.”

The decision to delay the project by more than $20 million was the right thing to do, he added.

“Having a definite and inflexible plan forces us to do certain things. Our plan is to have the course ready for the event. If you don’t know you can do it, you don’t.

If the Schwab Challenge continues to occupy the Memorial Day weekend dates, the 2023 event will end on May 28, and the next tournament will begin on May 22, 2024.

Some of the changes above ground will be subtle. Tournament regulars of the last three quarters of a century will recognize Hanse’s touch.

The project required his team to do extensive research on the course founded in 1936.

“We searched a lot to find the true Colonial design,” Hanse said. “There are so many iterations of Colonial over the years.”

Early prominent architects include John Bredemus, Ralph Plummer and Perry Maxwell.

In their research, Hanse’s team discovered that issues 3-5, the Horrible Horseshoe, were Maxwell’s main contribution and did not originally include all of the bunkers that currently exist.

Hanse plans to remove one fairway bunker and two green bunkers on par-3 No. 3. The green bunkers on par-3 No. 4 would also be removed, as would the green bunkers to the left of par-4 No. 5 Smaller trees have already been removed on the right side of No 5 to bring the Trinity River into view, if not also into play.

“It’s a win-win for PGA Tour members and players,” Hanse said of the bunker removal because it makes it more playable for members and bunkers don’t normally come into play for Tour players.

“We’re trying to bring it back to something that feels like it’s been there forever,” he said.

Catering balances member needs with the challenge of testing PGA Tour pros who visit for a week each year.

“Because we focus so much on the story, I think it’s usually members first,” Hanse said. “At the end of the day, we work for the members. But Colonial’s identity is tied to the tournament.

Although the work will not begin for more than a year, a schedule has been established for the completion of the tasks. First on the list are green complexes, Hanse said. It takes about a week to set up the underground cooling and heating system, shape a green and plant the grass for each green. If all goes as planned, this work should be completed by August.

Colonial took a bit of a lead. The pumping station of the underground system is already installed. Hydronic units control the temperature and humidity level and will create ideal conditions for the health and growth of bentgrass greens.

Colonial hired Rich McIntosh as Director of Agronomy in December 2021. He was at Torrey Pines in San Diego. He has experience in organizing major professional tournaments and PGA Tour events. And he participated in major construction projects.

The most dramatic changes will be to the par 3 holes, particularly numbers 8 and 13. Number 8 originally played with the Trinity River on its right hand side. Hanse will create a mirror image of the original design by bringing the green closer to the stream and the barranca on the left. The tee box will be moved forward into a valley, creating an uphill hole.

No. 13 originally played with a Trinity River rainbow up front. This look will be restored. The green will move away from the pond. The wall that currently separates the water from the green will be removed. A bunker will be added at the water’s edge.

“The evolution of the golf course was a more formalized landscape,” Hanse said of the improvements made over the years. “We restore the rustic patina. We’ll give it more of a sense of place, a riverside, a Texas landscape.

If all goes as planned, it will debut in 2024.

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NEENAH, Wis. – For over a century, ThedaCare has proudly provided care to individuals and families in Northeastern and Central Wisconsin. In October 2021, system leaders announced a major project, a $100 million investment to modernize the ThedaCare-Neenah Regional Medical Center campus, while improving and expanding services. the inspired past; A healthier future the modernization will transform healthcare for everyone who lives in the area and allow ThedaCare to continue its commitment to keeping care local.

ThedaCare is pleased to celebrate the grand opening of its Emergency Department to expand, redesign and create additional care space.

“This milestone in investment in ThedaCare-Neenah Regional Medical Center comes as our healthcare system reinvents healthcare,” said Imran A. Andrabi, MD, President and CEO of ThedaCare. “ThedaCare prides itself on being a proactive partner in healthcare, enriching everyone’s life and creating value in everything we do. Through investments like this, at our flagship hospital in Neenah, we can continue to prepare and meet the needs of the communities we serve, keeping our patients and families safe and healthy, now and in the future.

Improvements to the Emergency Department (ED) at ThedaCare-Neenah Regional Medical Center will advance coordinated care across the ThedaCare Service Area, including critical access hospitals, providing patients with better access to innovative and specialized care . The project’s advancements will be welcome additions to the campus which currently provides critical care services, such as the region’s only Level II trauma center, certified stroke center and emergency department.

Coordinated emergency care during construction

The inauguration of the works highlights the first major phase of construction. Teams will work to expand the emergency room, doubling the current care space. When complete, there will be 20 exam rooms, including specialized trauma and behavioral health rooms, with the latest technology, equipment and spaces to provide patients with the best care experience.

To ensure the ability to adapt quickly and plan for future healthcare needs, the design plan also includes an increased number of negative pressure rooms, also known as isolation rooms, which provide a safe space for care for people with an infectious disease.

The layout of the emergency department focuses on patient safety and quality of care. The care team workstation will be located in the center of the area, with care rooms around the perimeter, providing teams with a direct line of sight into every room. Through the commitment to understanding the unique needs of the communities served, leaders recognized the growing demand for behavioral health support in the emergency department. The new space includes designated rooms for behavioral health services, with patient and team member safety in mind.

Current services, including emergency care, will remain open during the construction process. “Our patients and their families were our priority when we planned our intentional building phases, allowing them to continue to have easy access to essential services,” said Lynn Detterman, senior vice president of ThedaCare South Region. “We appreciate the community’s understanding as we work to build the Neenah campus. Our team members are committed to helping patients and visitors manage the changes they may experience during this time.

Additionally, during this construction phase, the ThedaStar Air Medical Program heliport will be relocated to be adjacent to the entrance to the emergency department. The move will allow patients to be quickly transferred to trauma services as soon as they arrive, when time is critical. There will also be a separate hallway for trauma patients, allowing them the privacy and dignity they deserve.

Modernization made possible thanks to the generosity of the community

Improvements to Improve Patient Experience at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-

Neenah was funded in part by generous donors who support ThedaCare Foundation-Neenah. Donors have already graciously donated over $15 million to date and continue to work with our community to provide everyone with the opportunity to invest in this historic campaign.

“We have a rich history of compassionate care for people in this community, and we are extremely fortunate to have caring and generous community members who support our health and wellness mission,” Dr. Andrabi said. “This project was made possible in part by their kind donations, and we are grateful to them for joining us in building a healthier future for all.”

Inauguration linked to the overall modernization

The design of the improvements aims to reduce costs, improve capacity, create sustained operational efficiency with more efficient work areas for healthcare teams, and ultimately deliver an exceptional patient experience. The design was created in partnership with physicians, clinicians and staff.

Other modernization highlights include:

• Improve the specialized space to care for stroke patients as the only comprehensive stroke center in the region, a designation given to hospitals that have specific capabilities to care for the most complex stroke cases.
• Updated operating rooms to include advanced robotic surgical equipment and created four dedicated robotic suites to support better patient outcomes and develop an exceptional teaching environment as leaders in robotic surgery.
• Modernization of the Family Birth Home, allowing families to welcome the little ones into the world in a modern, comfortable and soothing environment.
• Creation of a new environment for the Women’s Center, which includes mammography, diagnostic and imaging, and bone density testing. The space will establish a comfortable space where women can feel confident in their personalized and proactive healthcare decisions.
• Improve and expand access to behavioral health services by redesigning the hospitalization space.
• Creation of the “main street”, where the main ambulatory diagnostic services will be located on the first floor of the hospital to ensure easier access for patients.
• Design of a new dining room on the ground floor for the comfort of visitors and team members.

Inside the hospital, some offices and services have been relocated in order to begin work on the creation of the “main street”, where the main ambulatory diagnostic services will be located on the first floor of the hospital to ensure easy access. easier for patients.

The next phase of construction, which will include work to create the “main street”, is scheduled to begin in fall 2022. Full modernization is expected to be completed in fall 2023.

The town of Friendswood is expected to experience unprecedented development over the next five to 10 years, Friendswood Mayor Mike Foreman said, with the majority occurring downtown.

Downtown will have three new developments completed by 2024: one started in April, a second will start this year and a third will start in 2023. One of the developments is a 30-room boutique hotel, named the 161 project , which will be the first hotel within the city limits of Friendswood and will operate as its own community with apartments, offices and retail space, said Brett Banfield, co-owner of Banfield Properties, which is developing the 161 project.

“That’s always been the vision for downtown,” said Friendswood City Manager Morad Kabiri. “You can’t have a robust, vibrant downtown without residential units nearby.”

Along with downtown developments, the city is also putting the finishing touches on downtown revitalization and planning for the city’s future by updating its master plan. Developers are also building three new planned communities that will contribute to residential growth in the city.

Bringing the city center to life

Development at Friendswood has not always been on the rise. According to Banfield, downtown Friendswood was in decline in the 1980s.

“In the late 90s and early 2000s, downtown Friendswood looked so bad that investors and lenders started turning away,” Banfield said.

Downtown development, which is anchored by South Friendswood Drive, began to take off around 2015, Banfield said. It was then that Banfield, then head of the town’s Community and Economic Development Committee, presented his findings on the town center to Friendswood Town Council, noting the amount of undeveloped land on which the city ​​was seated.

According to the presentation, there were 25 vacant lots and buildings across the city, including 734,225 square feet of vacant commercial property within a 1-mile radius of Friendswood Drive. The city generated $21,403 in property tax revenue from these properties in 2014. Since the presentation, 10 of the 17 acres of land have been redeveloped and added $23.6 million to the property tax base commercial, Banfield said via email.

City officials expect the three ongoing developments to generate a large amount of sales taxes, and they said they hope to reduce the amount of property taxes residents must pay.

“Over the last 20 years or so we’ve been focused on diversifying that tax base beyond just residential, so there’s been a big push to get commercial growth,” Kabiri said. The three incoming town center developments are the Albritton, Project 1715 and Project 161 – the first two being developed by Tannos Development Group.

The Albritton, located at 408 S. Friendswood Drive, will be a $31 million mixed-use development comprising apartments and retail, and construction will begin later this year. The $20 million 1715 project, located at 1715 S. Friendswood Drive, is a medical office building that began in April, Tannos Development Group President Louis Tannos said. The projects will be completed in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Meanwhile, Banfield Properties’ Project 161 will include 30 hotel rooms, retail space, offices and 30 multi-family units. The estimated $20 million development will be located at 161 W. Shadowbend Ave. Project 161 is in design, and Banfield said he hopes to start in early 2023 and open by the end of 2024.

One of the main reasons for building the hotel is so that Friendswood residents can put their families somewhere for graduations, weddings and reunions, Foreman said.

Several downtown revitalization projects are also underway. A $3 million project funded by the Texas Department of Transportation is nearing completion and involves improving sidewalks, ramps, crosswalks and traffic lights on S. Friendswood Drive between FM 2351 and Whispering Pines Ave. The project, which began on June 14, is expected to wrap up at the end of May, according to Aubrey Harbin, director of community development at Friendswood.

The city is also securing uniform street lighting and wayfinding signage to help tie it all together, but won’t know more about costs and timelines until late summer, officials said.

“It’s amazing that when you make improvements to your downtown in this way, businesses also start to come in and add to the look of downtown, and it’s kind of a snowball effect. “, Foreman said.

To look forward

Along with the three downtown developments, city officials are also considering developments outside the downtown core.

The city updated its previous land use map from 2008 at the end of 2021.

“The future land use map is a guide that the commission and the city council should use to make future zoning decisions,” Harbin said.

The future land use map is part of the overall plan, last updated in 1998, which is considered a living document that tells the story of Friendswood, according to Harbin. The new plan will include updates to community facilities, drainage, and the parks and recreation master plan.

In addition, the city has three planned communities in the works. The three planned communities are the Avalon in Friendswood; Friendswood trails; and Georgetown, which is still in the planning phase. They are expected to bring a combined 995 lots to the city, but the city still has at least 25% land mass to develop, Kabiri said.

“While these projects are monumental for Friendswood given our history, there are still projects to undertake,” Kabiri said.

The first one T-7A Red Falcon trainer aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport.

It is the first of 351 aircraft to be delivered to the Air Force under a $9.2 billion contract awarded to Boeing in September 2018.

“Today, we honor the heroes of our past, while looking to our future as an Air Force at an incredible rate of change, innovation and progress,” said Lieutenant General Richard Clarksuperintendent of the US Air Force Academy.

The production aircraft features the iconic “Red Tail” symbol of the famous Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. The name Red Hawk is derived from Curtiss P-40 Warhawkone of the aircraft flown by the 99th Fighter Squadron, the United States Air Force’s first African-American fighter squadron.

Attending the ceremony was retired Lt. Col. George Hardy, an Airman from Tuskegee, with Yvonne and Ron McGee, children of the late Brig. General Charles McGee.

“With this deployment, we honor our history and the heroes who wrote the chapters,” Clark said, “and we usher in an exciting new era of aviation and a new generation of heroes who will write the chapters to come.”

The aircraft, along with simulators and associated ground equipment, will replace Air Education and Training Commandaging fleet of Heel T-38C airplane.

“Quality has always been and remains Air Education and Training Command’s top priority,” Lieutenant General Brad Webb, commander of the AETC, said. “The T-7A aircraft and accompanying ground systems will help us fulfill the Air Force mission and prepare aircrews to combat future threats. Putting the T-7A in the hands of our instructors, students and maintainers is important to our pilot training transformation initiatives to ensure that the most qualified pilots are ready for future conflicts.

The Red Hawk, a joint effort between Boeing and Saab, is the first Air Force plane to use digital design tools to take it from computer screen to first flight in 36 months.

“The T-7 was designed using model-based systems engineering and 3D tools,” said Colonel Kirt Cassell, T-7 program manager. “This allowed for faster assembly and improved quality to provide a safe and efficient training system for Air Education and Training Command.”

Going forward, the aircraft will carry out a series of ground checks and taxi tests before making its first flights in the coming weeks. Later this year it will fly to Edwards AFBCalifornia to begin flight testing.

“The T-38 is a true workhorse training Air Force fighter and bomber pilots for Air Education and Training Command, but the T-7 Red Hawk is a game changer, providing mission systems advanced features, a glass touchscreen cockpit, stadium seating and integrated training capability,” Cassell said.

A $400 million Lawrence office tower is set to open, as the first development of Chicago-based Riverside Investment & Development Co. in Denver, Colorado. Developers say the 30-story building at 1900 Lawrence will include more than 700,000 square feet of office space and 10,000 square feet of ground floor retail, with a delivery date scheduled for the second quarter of 2024.

Vice President Chris Payne of Riverside, mentioned that the Lawrence office tower project in Denver was designed with a focus on next-generation innovations in health and wellness, sustainability, technology and accreditation programs.

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Payne also pointed out that despite the challenges various businesses were facing amid the pandemic, this office tower project had the potential to create huge opportunities for existing and new tenants (businesses) in the market. He explained that the new office building would be developed as a flexible speculative space, with the aim of enhancing workers’ creativity, collaboration and teamwork, which is unattainable in a remote environment.

Design plans for the Lawrence office tower project

The Lawrence office tower designs will include private tenant terraces, floor-to-ceiling glass, multi-purpose conference rooms, a fitness center, tenant lounge, and tenants will have direct access to a landscaped outdoor terrace of 10,000 square feet. Additionally, the building also offers post-pandemic features such as hospital-grade ventilation systems and touchless elevators.

According to Payne, none of the other office buildings in the area have private outdoor spaces and this new office tower in Lawrence would also provide tenants with minimum fresh air requirements well above code. He said the design and technology used for the building ensures that there will be no recirculation of air between floors and only dedicated fresh air will be introduced at any time.

Jamie Roupp, the managing director of JLL, which is responsible for managing rental agreements for the Lawrence office tower, also pointed out that the office building would be in high demand by top employers, due to its proximity to LoDo, building size, scale, and views offered.

Other companies involved in the development of the Lawrence office tower project include Convexity Properties and Canyon Partners Real Estate LLC, the partner companies working with the developers on the project; Goettsch Partners, as architect; and Hensel Phelps, as general contractor.

When asked why the company incorporates green space and retail into its plans, Matt Johnson, President and COO of Summit, replied, “The answer lies in our desire to elevate our community and to try to improve the quality of life of our friends and neighbours. .”

He added: “Summit Petroleum needed a new office building and we could have only built that, but just another office building is not going to entice people to come here and call it home. “

Instead, Summit has begun construction of the Summit Center at 3200 Mockingbird Lane, a 20-acre site that will include a 4-acre park, retail stores and restaurants, and offices.

“The Permian Basin is a special place and for too long we’ve seen people take jobs in Austin, San Antonio and DFW because the amenities that those communities provide weren’t available here,” Johnson said. “With Summit Center, we hope to create a wonderful place for people to come and have fun with their friends and family and we also want to raise the bar on future construction projects in West Texas.”

The project was launched in December and the Summit Center is expected to open in the spring of 2024.

“We hope this will be the next step in setting a standard of vision and creativity for the built environment in Midland and Odessa,” Johnson said.

Summit Center LLC owns the project with Summit Petroleum as anchor tenant. Kristina Leigh is also an owner and design consultant. Rhotenberry Wellen is an architect, Dunaway Associates is a civil and landscape engineer, and Teinert Construction is a general contractor.

A new $11 million building housing state environmental management departments and funded primarily by oil spill settlement funds will be constructed along a redeveloped Broad Street.

On Friday, a grand opening of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s 15,000 square foot field office in Mobile took place. The event kicked off a construction project that will continue until the building’s scheduled completion date in May 2023.

The majority of the project, $7.9 million, was approved by the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council (AGCRC) with settlement money from the BP oil spill in 2010. The Alabama legislature approved An additional $3 million this year for the project.

The new building will bring together under one roof around thirty ADEM agents who currently work in two buildings with almost 10 km of apartments. The new building will replace what ADEM describes as an outdated facility. It will also reduce duplication of resources, according to the agency.

“Very few places on Earth, if any, have the ecological riches of the mobile delta,” said ADEM director Lance LeFleur. “ADEM has played and will continue to play an important role in the protection of these natural assets, just as it did in the response to the oil spill. The new field office will allow our staff to do this more efficiently by bringing all of our resources and services together in one building.

The project architect is Nic Gray of Watermark Design Group LLC and the contractor is Lance Wyatt of JT Harrison Construction Company, Inc.

LeFleur, in a press release, said the architectural rendering of the building shows design related to the region.

“The curved facade will produce a changing effect as the sunlight and shadows move throughout the day,” he said. “The design seeks to reflect the dynamics of the hydrological cycle.”

The location of the building is also noteworthy, as it is being constructed on Broad Street. The street, which wraps around downtown Mobile, has undergone a multi-year, more than $20 million reconstruction that includes replacing uneven cement pavement, adding pedestrian and bike paths, and other characteristics.

The Broad Street project began in 2019 and is expected to be completed by fall 2023. It is primarily funded by a $16 million federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant that the city ​​received in 2016.

“We are thrilled to settle here and be part of Mobile’s major redevelopment of Broad Street, which is the main link between the city and the planned major airport expansion,” LeFleur said, referring to the upcoming construction. of a new commercial airport terminal at the Brookley Aeroplex. “This contemporary institutional facility will help make a favorable first impression for those flying to Mobile.”

Two pilots will parachute from plane to plane in the skies of Arizona this weekend and the stunt has strong ties to the Central Coast.

The Central Coast served as the training ground for this Sunday’s Red Bull aircraft swap, with flights taking off from San Luis Obispo and Oceano airports.

“The plane swap is finally here, we’re gearing up to make it happen and it’s been so much work and such a great group of people,” said paratrooper Luke Aikins. “You want to do it for yourself but you don’t want to let anyone down either.”

Aikins and his cousin, Andy Farrington, plan to intentionally put their planes in a dive at 14,000 feet. They will then hop and jump into the other plane, all plummeting midair and nosedown towards the ground at 140 miles per hour.

“When it’s time for the real Sunday, to leave the plane all alone and come back in another, it’s going to be one of the most surreal experiences,” Farrington said. “When you walk up to that plane and you see there’s no one in it, it’s going to be pretty wild.”

The two then plan to regain control of each plane before landing safely on the ground.

The stunt was made possible through the expertise of a Cal Poly professor. KSBY met with Paulo Iscold, who is the main aeronautical engineer for the aircraft exchange.

“It’s a challenge, it’s a difficult project but it’s what I love to do, it’s what drives my professional life,” said Iscold.

Iscold developed the Speed ​​Brake which will prevent aircraft from reaching uncontrollable speed and disintegrating in the air.

He also developed the autopilot system which had its own set of challenges.

“There’s no autopilot in the world that can fly planes that descend directly, so we had to develop the whole system,” Iscold said.

Aikins described the role that physics and engineering played in the project.

“We test it, we design it on the ground and we have to go up and prove it in the air,” he said. “To have an engineer on the project get his hands dirty, he didn’t just design the system, he built it and it’s amazing, the information and the knowledge that I learned.”

Learning by doing now leaves a lasting impression on two world famous skydivers.

“I think a bit of that is starting to rub off on Luke, it’s the joke here that Luke likes zeros and ones a little more now and all the computer graphics and stuff,” Farrington said. “Before, Luke was looking at a computer and walking pretty much the other way.”

Aikins hopes the stunt will inspire young people to pursue science and engineering fields.

The plane swap will be broadcast live on Hulu and Red Bull TV on Sunday at four o’clock in the afternoon.

POPLAR — A local engineer has spent the past two years designing a prototype jetpack.

Strapping his SkyPak V1 to his back on April 8, Daniel Gant pulled the door of his studio in the village of Poplar. It was for a photo shoot, but not for a flight.

The current electrical design involves 30 pounds of drone batteries to power the 12 blades. They’re noisy, a problem that could be reduced by replacing the 20-inch blades with 40-inch blades, Gant said.

The battery array provides 112 horsepower, enough to power a small car. In the air, where every ounce matters, that translates to about two minutes of flight time and a maximum pilot weight limit of 100 pounds, he said.

Replacing the current, 55-pound aluminum frame with carbon nanofibers could reduce weight and increase flight time. Another option is to swap battery power for a lightweight, powerful gas engine and generator to provide more thrust and longer flight time.

Although the current proof-of-concept design uses hobby-grade parts, the next step will involve more sophisticated, more expensive pieces that inch Gant closer to manned flight.

The engineer plans to add cowling and guards around the fan blades, GPS and positioning sensors and the ability to fly the plane from either the ground or manually. He envisions an ultralight aircraft that flies much like a drone, with a patent-pending design that keeps the blades behind the pilot.

Jed Carlson / Upper Telegram

The SkyPak could be used for many applications, from search and rescue to flying a worker up to changing light bulbs or performing other maintenance on tall structures. It’s years away from that time, he says, but the design works.

Jed Carlson / Upper Telegram

An artist’s concept of a flying machine backpack inspired Gant’s quest to create one. The dream started with a doll-sized model to see if the design could work. The Poplar man, 35, said his finest moment in the process was the first time a small-scale prototype took flight.

“It didn’t fly very well. It needed some tweaking, but it flew,” he said.

One of the toughest moments was when the full-scale prototype flew, sporting a wooden frame and a Gant named Mitchell mannequin store. The test flight took place in the Church Covenant Mission in Poplar.

“It didn’t fly like I thought it would. He seemed to really struggle,” almost fighting to fly, Gant said.

Every step forward brings new challenges to overcome, a process Gant said he enjoys.

“I’m really an ideas person, maybe more than an engineer,” Gant said. “That kind of attitude” I have that idea. Wondering if I can make it work” has been on my mind, basically, ever since I graduated. … And yeah, it’s been a huge blessing to get to work on a dream, if you will.

His wife, friends and family members have been extremely supportive, from turning a key to shooting a YouTube video on the project. The neighbors were also very understanding, he said.

Gant’s company, Ascend Dynamics LLC, released a video and information about the SkyPak in early April.

His passion for flying started at the age of 13 when he started flying model airplanes. Gant earned his pilot’s license at Superior while attending the University of Minnesota at Duluth. He earned a degree in mechanical engineering in 2012.

Gant spent five years working for Cirrus Aircraft in Duluth before turning to designing a new jetpack. Now he is at the crossroads. If funding can be obtained, Gant plans to pursue full-time research and development on the jetpack. Otherwise it can become a part-time job.

Visit the Ascend Dynamics LLC website at ascenddynamics.com or its Facebook page for more information on the project.

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A REVOLUTIONARY career scheme which aims to raise the aspirations of primary school pupils in the East Midlands has been hailed by teachers for its inclusiveness.

The core Our Future project is designed to improve social mobility, challenge gender stereotypes and expand opportunities for elementary school children with a range of fun and hands-on activities from experts at Learn By Design.

It has been specially adapted to make it accessible to all, as the government announces much appreciated changes following the revision of support for children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND).

And pupils at a special school in Nottinghamshire were among the first to try out the project, which saw them learn about a variety of activities including a wooden cow – nicknamed Buttercup – which pupils were able to ‘milk’.

The session was called “Farm to Fork” and followed the process of the food chain from agricultural production to consumption – in this case, how milk from a dairy cow in a field is turned into cheese which is found in our sandwiches.

Laura Whyatt, Deputy Head of Oak Field School, Bilborough, said: “I have nothing but praise for the sessions that have been delivered by Learn By Design. We had wonderful feedback from the children and teachers who participated in the sessions.

“The workshop was practical, interactive and our children – who have special educational needs – engaged in activities tailored to their needs.

“The ‘cow’ was a huge hit with the kids. Career programs tend to be aimed at young people in secondary education, mostly in mainstream schools, so this session was refreshing for its inclusiveness. »

St Clare’s School, Mickleover, Derby, also took part in the project.

Richard Jackson, Deputy Headmaster, said: “The sessions were delivered to pupils in Years 7, 8 and 9 – those aged 11 to 14 – working at primary school level.

“I have received so many great comments from students and staff. One of the classes built a huge tower out of cardboard; they were engaged throughout and Paige, Beth and Charlotte, who facilitated the sessions on behalf of Learn By Design, were brilliant.

“Both Beth and Paige have a background in teaching and their expertise came through during the sessions.”

Over the past two years, the Our Future project – carried out by a consortium of experts including Learn By Design, a market-leading education outreach company, dmh associates, who are policy specialists career, research and practice, and a national charity Education and Employers – has helped broaden the horizons of primary school students.

And, after a successful pilot in Derby, it is now deployed in the East Midlands.

Last year, 1.4 million pupils in England were identified as having special educational needs or disabilities. This figure has been increasing since 2017.

Dr Deirdre Hughes, of dmh Associates, said: “It is essential to improve narrow views of children and young people’s abilities by broadening horizons and raising aspirations for students, especially for those with educational needs. special needs and/or disabilities.

“A key point to consider is whether career-related learning needs to be adapted or modified in SEND schools. Drawing on her extensive experience of working and creating frameworks for SEN schools, expert Yolande Burgess of London Councils argued in a TeachFirst report (2019) that any training framework or curriculum should be designed in a way that does not have to be tailored for SEN schools.

“In other words, she notes that if a career-related learning framework is designed well enough, it should work for any child. She pointed out that because the outcomes are similar enough for children attending SEN and mainstream schools, that programs should broaden aspirations and improve life and work skills, any career framework should embrace all children, in all schools.

Lauren Croll, from Learn by Design, said: “The idea of ​​Our Future sessions is to educate kids about future career opportunities they never even considered.

“We do this by having career volunteers tour schools and, for St Clares and the other SEND schools we work with, we have tailored the sessions to suit everyone.”

It is hoped that the Our Future project, funded until August 2022, will leave a lasting legacy and that schools in the East Midlands will be able to tap into a resource ‘bank’ and database of volunteers.

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Silicon Valley doesn’t need a beach or the energy of a big city to be a destination. Home to tech giants like Facebook and Google and conveniently located near the San Francisco Bay, the area – where a number of mid-sized cities come together like an intricate jigsaw – has seen an unprecedented design hotel boom, with appearances by big names and small chain stores. As work-related travel slowly picks up, we’re taking a closer look at Silicon Valley’s latest openings. Inspired by innovation and boundary-pushing creativity, these new Silicon Valley hotels showcase what it takes to create hospitality experiences for the sophisticated tech crowd.

The Ameswell, mountain view

Steps from Google, Facebook, and NASA, the brand new Ameswell has 225 rooms, a pool, and plenty of outdoor space to get lost in. Designed by San Francisco-based BAMO, the hotel pays homage to its surroundings by incorporating touchless technology throughout and offering an innovative perception of space. “The design of the hotel was originally inspired by German artist Kurt Schwitters, whose permanent exhibition I saw years ago at the Sprengel Museum in Hannover, Germany,” says Michael Booth, director of BAMO . “I was drawn to the idea of ​​this kinetic relationship between horizontal and vertical surfaces, and the layout of our building attributed itself well to this concept.”

On the floor, this means floating panels suspended in the hotel restaurant, exposed ceilings and textured walls. Smart fitness mirrors in rooms and space-themed exhibits in common areas remind guests they’re in tech territory.

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Hotel Citrine, Palo Alto

The latest addition to the Silicon Valley hotel roster, Citrine is the talk of the town. Created by Los Angeles-based Beleco Design, Citrine is airy and sleek, aiming to tick all the boxes of the current trend. Curvy armchairs all in curves? To verify. Clever lighting? To verify. “There was no built history that would have inspired a lifestyle hotel in the immediate vicinity,” says Christian Schnyder, director of Beleco, referring to the curious challenge facing Silicon Valley hotel designers. inevitably confronted. “Instead, the design brief focused on the sustainability and socially responsible aspects of the building and its programming.” The design team did not want the hotel to be “high tech” for the innovation itself, but rather to provide functionality and comfort. The result, Schnyder says, is “a clean, modern design” that “doesn’t take itself too seriously” — think whimsical art, printed pillows, and the occasional burst of bright green and orange.