#indiana

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

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#Jupiter
Taken by #MikeBorman on December 5, 2024 @ Evansville, #Indiana, #USA
TODAY IS JUPITER'S CLOSEST APPROACH: Today, Dec. 6th, Jupiter is making its closest approach to #Earth for 2024-2025. Extra-big and extra-bright, the giant planet rises in the east at sunset and soars overhead at midnight, #outshining every #star in the night #sky. Look for it between the horns of #Taurus the Bull

X-ray Solar Flares
6-hr max: M2 1308 UT Dec07

https://spaceweather.com/

psychmesu@diaspora.glasswings.com

https://mastodon.online/@KCNolanINDelCo/112943634023448996 KCNolanINDelCo@mastodon.online - #Indiana is once again making national news for the wrong reasons: #BookBanning & targeting marginalized identities. Thanks to @NewsHour, I learned about @loudmouthindy. A brick&mortar book store that focuses on banned books. I am going to support this venture & hope you will 2.
https://loudmouthindy.com/https://loudmouthindy.com/
212 E. 16th Street
Indianapolis, IN
USA 46202

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US: Indiana University, the alma mater of renowned Palestinian artist Samia Halaby, unexpectedly canceled her first U.S. retrospective. The cancellation was reportedly linked to Halaby's criticism of Israel and its actions in Gaza.

Halaby expressed disappointment in the university's decision, emphasizing that it reflects a failure in fulfilling its educational role for students.

Video shared on telegram channel.

#Cebsorship #Politics #Gaza #CancelCulture #Indiana #Israel #Gaza #Palestine

anonymiss@despora.de

A 20-year-old #Amazon employee #died at #work. #Indiana issued a $7,000 #fine.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/26/amazon-warehouse-death-7000-fine/

After an 11-week investigation, Indiana #safety officials found that Amazon failed to ensure a #workplace “free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause #death” and issued a serious safety citation.

The #penalty? A $7,000 fine, the maximum in Indiana.

This is what happens when you deregulate everything and rely on the self-regulation of the market.

#job #security #economy #politics #fail #humanRights #business #problem #usa

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opensciencedaily@diasp.org

Duke Energy Could Power Purdue with Nuclear Project


Small modular reactors (SMRs) are widely considered the best technology to increase the use of nuclear power worldwide, with advocates touting their zero-emission production of electricity, smaller land footprint, and scalability. SMRs also offer a cost savings over construction of new utility-scale nuclear reactors.
https://www.powermag.com/duke-energy-could-power-purdue-with-nuclear-project/
#indiana, #research, #coal, #smr, #modular, #small, #nuclear, #duke, #reactor


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Rediscovered Mies van der Rohe design completes in Indiana

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A glass building designed in 1952 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has completed at Indiana University in Bloomington, more than 50 years after the German-American architect's death.

Now known as the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design, the design was adapted for contemporary use from the rediscovered plans by New York architecture studio Thomas Phifer and Partners.

Mies van der Rohe design completed 70 years after dead Eskenazi school exteriorThe Eskenazi School was completed using Mies van der Rohe designs more than 70 years old

It was originally commissioned by the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity at the same time Mies van der Rohe was working on the Farnsworth House.

The 60-foot-wide (18-metre) and 140-foot-long (43-metre) building is two storeys with a profile of white steel, characteristic of the 20th-century architect.

Eskanzi School Mies van der Rohe white steel detailWhite structural steel exteriors were part of the original plans

The top level is wrapped completely in glass and projects out over the concrete walls of the recessed ground-floor structure. The lower level is mostly open, with a central atrium that extends up through the second storey.

Partitioned interiors have both stark white and wooden walls, with floors of grey limestone and white epoxy terrazzo. Select furnishings by Mies van der Rohe and Florence Knoll were included.

Eskenazi school Mies van der Rohe design atriumA courtyard sits at the building's centre

Some aspects of the original Mies van der Rohe design were updated to conform to code. These include the addition of a staircase, hydraulic elevator, and expanded mechanical room.

To comply with environmental standards, Thomas Phifer and Partners replaced the single-pane glass with insulated, high-performance glass.

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"There can be no greater inspiration for us than to learn and work in a masterpiece by this titan of 20th-century architecture," said Peg Faimon, dean of the Eskenazi School.

The original project was abandoned due to lack of funds, and the designs were forgotten.

Eskenazi School Mies van der Rohe interior Partitions divide the interior into educational spaces

In 2013, an alumnus and former fraternity member Sidney Eskenazi — for whom the building is named — alerted Pi Lambda Phi of the existence of the original plans, which were among the Mies van der Rohe collection at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

Mies van der Rohe Indiana University detail glass The design was updated with insulated glass

Indiana University plans to host a panel discussion later in 2022 to celebrate the completion of the school, and the work of Mies van der Rohe – one of the best-known architects of the 20th century and the last director of the Bauhaus school.

The photographs are byHadley Fruits, courtesy of the Eskenazi School of Art, Architecture + Design.

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