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Extreme Weather Threatens Labor Day Travel Across the US

The data is in, and AAA reports a rise in domestic travel over the Labor Day weekend.

Well, that went by quickly. The unofficial end of summer is just days away, and millions of Americans are gearing up to hit the road this Labor Day weekend. But will extreme weather derail those end-of-season travel plans?

According to the latest data from AAA, domestic travel is on the rise for the holiday weekend.

"It feels like the same story every year," said FOX Weather Meteorologist Ari Sarsalari. "Travel numbers just keep climbing."

So, who can look forward to a stress-free beach getaway, and who should have backup plans ready, just in case?

For now, the weather forecast for the Labor Day weekend appears generally favorable, but that could change as we approach the long weekend.

The western U.S. is expected to experience hot and dry conditions, while cool and dry weather is forecast for parts of the Midwest, Great Lakes, and even sections of the Northeast.

However, potential issues could arise in the southern U.S., from Texas to the Southeast, as well as along the East Coast's Interstate 95 corridor, extending up to New England.

Labor Day Weekend Weather: Saturday Forecast

This weekend brings pleasant temperatures to many major U.S. cities, offering a refreshing break from the intense late-summer heat and humidity that sparked severe thunderstorms in the Midwest on Monday.

Climate and Average Weather Year Round in 23509 - Norfolk VA:

In the West, temperatures are expected to stay in the lower 80s in cities like Seattle and Los Angeles, while Denver and Atlanta could see highs in the lower 90s.

While much of the country can expect plenty of sunshine, there's a chance of rain and severe weather in the southern and eastern regions, which could impact travel.

If you're among the millions hitting the road, be sure to drive carefully on wet roads.

For those flying to major airports in places like Houston, Miami, and New York City, rain and potential thunderstorms may cause flight delays or cancellations.

Labor Day Weekend Weather: Sunday Forecast

Travel issues could develop from the Southwest to the Northeast on Sunday, although the FOX Forecast Center doesn't anticipate major storm systems in those regions.

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"When it comes to precipitation, these aren't large storm systems with continuous rain sweeping across the country," said Sarsalari. "We'll see a lot of scattered showers and thunderstorms."

Despite this, airports from the Midwest to the Northeast could face disruptions due to these pop-up showers and storms, potentially leading to more travel challenges.

Even if skies are clear and temperatures are warm at your departure airport, remember that extreme weather hundreds of miles away can still affect your travel plans.

"The thing about Atlanta is that the airport is so large that when delays occur there, it can impact flights across the entire country, especially on the East Coast," Sarsalari added.

Labor Day Weekend Weather: Monday Forecast

As the holiday weekend wraps up and it's time to head back home, travelers may face delays on the roads and in the skies due to additional rain and thunderstorms affecting both southern and northern parts of the U.S.

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Rain is expected in the southern Plains and Texas, as well as across the Mississippi Valley.

Florida's beaches could also see some rain, so beachgoers should be prepared. And if you're in the Northeast planning a trip to a local lake or pond, it’s a good idea to bring an umbrella in case a shower or two passes through.

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Missing NY college student: $10K reward offered after Niagara Falls searches turn up empty

Missing NY college student: $10K reward offered after Niagara Falls searches turn up empty

Family is offering a $10,000 reward for information about missing 19-year-old Buffalo State College student Saniyya Dennis, as searches conducted near Niagara Falls in upstate New York over the weekend turned up empty more than one week after her disappearance. The college sophomore was last seen around 11 p.m. on April 24 in surveillance footage leaving her residence hall. Family said she handed…

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Al Sharpton gets $1M in pay from his own charity, tax filings show

Al Sharpton gets $1M in pay from his own charity, tax filings show

He’s the million-dollar minister.

The Rev. Al Sharpton raked in $1,046,948 from his own charity last year, according to National Action Network’s latest tax filings obtained by The Post.

Sharpton got a $324,000 salary — 32% higher than his 2017 pay — in addition to a $159,596 bonus and $563,352 in “other compensation.”

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Protesters in NYC rip ICE, Trump's immigration policies; counter-protesters say Dems to blame for border crisis

Protesters in NYC rip ICE, Trump’s immigration policies; counter-protesters say Dems to blame for border crisis

Hundreds of protesters gathered in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal on Thursday night to protest the Trump administration’s immigration policies.

Meanwhile, counter protestors slammed Democrats, citing what they viewed as the party’s inaction on the nation’s border crisis and demanding that personnel from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) be respected.

The hour-long event was…

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Outgoing US envoy to Syria James Jeffrey stated in a recent interview with Defense One that US officials have been “playing shell games” about the number of troops in the region to deceive the Trump administration into thinking there has been a military withdrawal. Here are some excerpts: 

“We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there,” Jeffrey said in an interview. The actual number of troops in northeast Syria is “a lot more than” the two hundred troops Trump agreed to leave there in 2019. … “What Syria withdrawal? There was never a Syria withdrawal,” Jeffrey said. “When the situation in northeast Syria had been fairly stable after we defeated ISIS, [Trump] was inclined to pull out. In each case, we then decided to come up with five better arguments for why we needed to stay. And we succeeded both times. That’s the story.” … Officially, Trump last year agreed to keep about 200 U.S. troops stationed in northeast Syria to “secure” oil fields held by the United States’ Kurdish allies in the fight against ISIS. It is generally accepted that the actual number is now higher than that — anonymous officials put the number at about 900 today — but the precise figure is classified and remains unknown even, it appears, to members of Trump’s administration keen to end the so-called “forever wars.” 

Some mass media propagandists find it hilarious that the US war machine used deceit to thwart the president’s attempts to withdraw from its illegal occupation of Syria: [twitter picture]

This would not be the first time that Jeffrey, a foreign policy insider with the past three presidential administrations, has admitted to deceiving the public about what’s happening in Syria. Earlier this year he admitted at a Hudson Institute video event (these Beltway insiders always get extra honest in the company of fellow think tank denizens) that, contrary to the official public narrative of the US military being in Syria to fight terrorism, it’s actually there to create “a quagmire for the Russians”.

This would also not be the first time we’ve heard reports of the US war machine hiding the facts from the elected commander-in-chief of the most powerful military force ever assembled. Last year The New York Times cited anonymous US officials in a report on cyber intrusion operations against the Russian government that the US military had deliberately kept Trump in the dark about.

“Two administration officials said they believed Mr. Trump had not been briefed in any detail about the steps to place ‘implants’ — software code that can be used for surveillance or attack — inside the Russian grid,” NYT reports. “Pentagon and intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction — and the possibility that he might countermand it or discuss it with foreign officials.”

Mainstream liberal US discourse has accomplished an amazing feat of Orwellian doublethink with regard to the notion that unelected power structures are running things without the consent of the nation’s official elected government. On the one hand there’s been a nonstop deluge of Daily Beast articles since Trump’s election saying anyone who dares to suggest the existence of a “deep state” in America is a conspiracy kook, but on the other hand there’s also been constant praise for the insider “adults in the room” who ensure from within the administration that Trump doesn’t demolish America’s precious norms while in office.

This cognitive two-step became even more reified after comments from the likes of Iraq war architect Bill Kristol tweeting that he’d “prefer the deep state to the Trump state”, and the famous anonymous New York Times op-ed authored by a “senior official in the Trump administration” (now known to have been former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security Miles Taylor) saying administration officials are working together against Trump to “thwart parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations”.

The understanding of a deep state in America has become even more obfuscated by the other side of America’s fake partisan divide, with Trump supporters now using that term to essentially mean “anyone who doesn’t like Donald Trump”. That erroneous understanding has now become so prevalently associated with the term “deep state” that it has lost all use in meaningful discourse and is better off being avoided altogether if you want to point at something real.

In reality the term deep state is meant to refer not to anyone who opposes Trump, nor to a secret cabal of baby-eating Satanists, but simply to the tendency among government agencies and plutocrats to form loose alliances with each other and collaborate toward common agendas. It’s a term used for political analysis to describe large-scale power agendas that are largely playing out right out in the open, hidden in plain sight.

It doesn’t take a ton of investigative reporting and WikiLeaks drops to understand that there’s been a collective of operatives mostly running the Trump administration while the actual elected president yells at the talking heads on Fox News and tweets. It’s also not hard to brush away the insubstantial narrative fluff and see that US policies have remained more or less unbroken regardless of which elected officials have been in office, and it doesn’t take a Nostradamus to predict that that will continue to be the case after Trump is replaced by the next empty husk in the White House.

The US government simply is not what Americans were taught it is in school, and it is not what they tell you it is in the news. It’s a mostly unelected power establishment which operates in the interests of imperialist expansionism and oligarchic control, with the official elected government operating sort of like the unplugged video game controller you hand your kid brother to keep him from whining for a chance to play.

All this fuss over who really won the election is missing the point. People are bickering over which oligarchic puppet should be sworn in on January 20th when all the evidence we’ve been given shows that nobody gets to become president if they inconvenience real power in any way, and if they do inconvenience real power they are simply ignored.

That is the direction we should all be looking. Not at who’s president, but why things stay the same no matter who’s president.

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Anti-Trump protests outside White House, in Times Square decry DC 'corruption'

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Anti-Trump protests outside White House, in Times Square decry DC 'corruption'

Demonstrators protesting President Trump and his administration gathered at rallies in cities across the country on Wednesday with a goal to “confront corruption and demand democracy.” ...

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Giant brood of billions of insects set to emerge in US in mass synchronized event

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Giant brood of billions of insects set to emerge in US in mass synchronized event

A big event in the insect world is approaching. Starting sometime in April or May, depending on latitude, one of the largest broods of 17-year cicadas will emerge from underground in a dozen states, from New York west to Illinois and south into northern Georgia. This group is known as Brood X, as in the Roman numeral for 10.

For about four weeks, wooded and suburban areas will ring with cicadas’ whistling and buzzing mating calls. After mating, each female will lay hundreds of eggs in pencil-sized tree branches.

Then the adult cicadas will die. Once the eggs hatch, new cicada nymphs fall from the trees and burrow back underground, starting the cycle again.

There are perhaps 3,000 to 4,000 species of cicadas around the world, but the 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas of the eastern US appear to be unique in combining long juvenile development times with synchronized, mass adult emergences.

These events raise many questions for entomologists and the public alike. What do cicadas do underground for 13 or 17 years? What do they eat? Why are their life cycles so long? Why are they synchronized? And is climate change affecting this wonder of the insect world?

We study periodical cicadas to understand questions about biodiversity, biogeography, behavior and ecology – the evolution, natural history and geographic distribution of life. We’ve learned many surprising things about these insects: For example, they can travel through time by changing their life cycles in four-year increments. It’s no accident that the scientific name for periodical 13- and 17-year cicadas is Magicicada, shortened from “magic cicada”.

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Natural history

As species, periodical cicadas are older than the forests that they inhabit. Molecular analysis has shown that about 4 million years ago, the ancestor of the current Magicicada species split into two lineages. Some 1.5 million years later, one of those lineages split again. The resulting three lineages are the basis of the modern periodical cicada species groups, Decim, Cassini, and Decula.

Early American colonists first encountered periodical cicadas in Massachusetts. The sudden appearance of so many insects reminded them of biblical plagues of locusts, which are a type of grasshopper. That’s how the name “locust” became incorrectly associated with cicadas in North America.

During the 19th century, notable entomologists such as Benjamin Walsh, CV Riley, and Charles Marlatt worked out the astonishing biology of periodical cicadas. They established that unlike locusts or other grasshoppers, cicadas don’t chew leaves, decimate crops, or fly in swarms.

Instead, these insects spend most of their lives out of sight, growing underground and feeding on plant roots as they pass through five juvenile stages. Their synchronized emergences are predictable, occurring on a clockwork schedule of 17 years in the North and 13 years in the South and Mississippi Valley. There are multiple, regional year classes, known as broods.

(Chris Simon/CC BY-ND)

IMAGE: The five stages of the periodical cicada underground juveniles. Between each stage the juvenile cicada molts so that it can become larger. Actual size of the fifth-stage nymph is 0.83 inches.

Safety in numbers

The key feature of Magicicada biology is that these insects emerge in huge numbers. This increases their chances of accomplishing their key mission above ground: finding mates.

Dense emergences also provide what scientists call a predator-satiation defense. Any predator that feeds on cicadas, whether it’s a fox, squirrel, bat or bird, will eat its fill long before it consumes all of the insects in the area, leaving many survivors behind.

While periodical cicadas largely come out on schedule every 17 or 13 years, often a small group emerges four years early or late. Early-emerging cicadas may be faster-growing individuals who had access to abundant food, and the laggards may be individuals that subsisted with less.

If growing conditions change over time, having the ability to make this kind of life cycle switch and come out either four years early in favorable times or four years late in more difficult times becomes important.

If a sudden warm or cold phase causes a large number of cicadas to make a one-time mistake and come out off-schedule by four years, the insects can emerge in sufficient numbers to satiate predators and shift to a new schedule.

Broods of cicadas, identified by Roman numerals, emerge on 13- or 17-year cycles. (University of Connecticut, CC BY-ND)

Census time for Brood X

As glaciers retreated from what is now the US some 10,000 to 20,000 years ago, periodical cicadas filled eastern forests. Temporary life cycle switching has formed a complex mosaic of broods.

Today there are 12 broods of 17-year periodical cicadas in northeastern deciduous forests, where trees drop leaves in winter. These groups are numbered sequentially and fit together like a giant jigsaw puzzle. In the Southeast and the Mississippi Valley there are three broods of 13-year cicadas.

Because periodical cicadas are sensitive to climate, the patterns of their broods and species reflect climatic shifts. For example, genetic and other data from our work indicate that the 13-year species Magicicada neotredecim, which is found in the upper Mississippi Valley, formed shortly after the last glaciation.

As the environment warmed, 17-year cicadas in the area emerged successively, generation after generation, after 13 years underground until they were permanently shifted to a 13-year cycle.

But it’s not clear whether cicadas can continue to evolve as quickly as humans alter their environment. Although periodical cicadas prefer forest edges and thrive in suburban areas, they cannot survive deforestation or reproduce in areas without trees.

Indeed, some broods have already become extinct. In the late 19th century, one brood (XXI) disappeared from north Florida and Georgia. Another (XI) has been extinct in northeast Connecticut since around 1954, and a third (VII) in upstate New York has shrunk from eight counties to one since mapping first began in the mid-1800s.

Climate change could also have far-reaching effects. As the US climate warms, longer growing seasons may provide a larger food supply. This may eventually change more 17-year cicadas into 13-year cicadas, just as past warming altered Magicicada neotredecim.

Large-scale early emergences occurred in 2017 in Cincinnati and the Baltimore-Washington metro area, and in 1969, 2003, and 2020 in the Chicago metro area – potential harbingers of this kind of change.

Researchers need detailed high-quality information to track cicada distributions over time. Citizen scientists play a key role in this effort because periodical cicada populations are so large and their adult emergences only last a few weeks.

Volunteers who want to help document Brood X’s emergence this spring can download the Cicada Safari mobile phone app, provide snapshots, and follow our research in real time online at www.cicadas.uconn.edu. Don’t miss out – the next opportunity won’t come until Broods XIII and XIX emerge in 2024.

John Cooley, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut and Chris Simon, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut.

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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American Architecture Awards 2020 Winners

American Architecture Awards 2020 Results, Architects, Chicago Athenaeum News, US Buildings

American Architecture Awards 2020

Nov 7, 2020

2020 American Architecture Awards

American Architecture Awards 2019 News

Greek Architects Select Over 130 Designs For New Buildings And Urban Planning Projects In The United States And Abroad For The 2020 American Architecture Awards

The Nation’s Highest Public Award for New Architecture and Urban Planning by the Most Prominent Architecture Firms in the United States Are Honored by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies

November 1st 2020 – A new skyscraper and transportation center in San Francisco by Cesar Pelli; a stunning restoration of an historic Washington D.C. library by Norman Foster; a Cadillac Showroom in Shanghai by Gensler; a visionary ‘cloudscape’ San Francisco tower by orm4Architecture; the rehabilitation of an old Domino Sugar Refinery in Brooklyn by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism; a minimalist house in Connecticut by Roger Ferris + Partners; a sleek Conrad Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C. by Herzog & de Meuron/ Rottet Studio; a new Chicago zoo building by Ross Barney Architects; two new vineyards in California and Umbria, Italy by Piechota Architecture and Hughes Umbanhowar Architects; new affordable housing in Los Angeles by Eric Owen Moss; and two New York skyscrapers by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. head an impressive list of awarded buildings and urban planning projects in the United States and abroad for 2020.

Over 130 buildings and urban plans from a shortlist of over 400 projects have won the prestigious 2020 American Architecture Awards® for the best new architecture designed and constructed by American architects and by international architects with offices in the United States.

Now in its 26th year, The American Architecture Awards are organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—jointly presenting this annual, prestigious program for Design Excellence and for the best and next contributions to innovative contemporary American architecture.

The American Architecture Awards are the nation’s highest public awards given by a non-commercial, non-trade affiliated, public arts, culture, and educational institution.

This year’s American Architecture Awards went to exceptional buildings designed for every stage of our lives: skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, governmental buildings, science and technology centers, transportation centers, airports, hotels, parks, pavilions, restorations and renovations, retail facilities, housing projects, private homes, schools, universities, art, cultural and health buildings, urban planning and landscape architecture, interiors, and other humanitarian and educational initiatives.

“For 26 years, The American Architecture Awards have recognized the best new American architecture by the nation’s leading architects for their approach, research, innovation, and vision by design practitioners, developers, and their clients,” states Christian Narkiewicz-Laine, Architecture Critic and Museum President, The Chicago Athenaeum.

“In a matter of 26 years, this program has become the single, most important recognition for Design Excellence in the United States, honoring known and celebrated firms, as well as young upstart offices for their smaller scaled, more challenging projects.”

“This year, the selected firms for these awards again celebrate the value of architecture to communities across the country and reaffirm American architects’ commitment to the highest standards of design.”

“Land developers, builders, architects, and engineers have dissected the most brilliant deliveries of single buildings and master planned communities, evaluating the challenges ahead and discussing solutions that will shape tomorrow’s communities well into the future,” continues Narkiewicz-Laine.

“For 2020, The American Architecture Awards recognize the visionary work of several hundred architecture offices, associate architects, landscape architects, and urban planners for projects in every region of the United States, as well as aboard in Italy, China, Lithuania, Switzerland, South Korea, Latvia, New Zealand, Uganda, Mexico, and Brazil.”

“Also, it is interesting to note that this year, there were a record number of awards given for restoration, renovation, and historic preservation of old buildings, thereby reaffirming the importance to conserve American history and heritage, a well as heralding the prominent conservation position that handsomely recycled buildings are the best sustainable Green examples of what can be made revitalized and renewed again for contemporary use.”

“The Chicago Athenaeum champions better buildings, communities, and the environment through which architecture can flourish. The Museum’s awards provide one of the most powerful ways of promoting architecture and the work of architects to the public. I am delighted with this year’s selection, which shows a great variety of imagination and ingenuity,” Narkiewicz-Laine concludes.

This year, the 400 shortlisted entries were selected by a smaller, restricted jury because of the Corona Virus Pandemic and composed of the following Thessaloniki-based Greek architects and educators:

• Eleanna Makridou, Architect, P. Makridis + Associates S.A.

• Ifigeneia Konstantinidou, Communications Expert, Responsive

• Maria Tsaftari, Architect, Urban Soul Project

• Simos Antoniadis, Architect, Urban Soul Project

“The over 130 Awarded American Architecture projects for 2020 are:

BRIDGES

inFORM studio + Buro Happold – Providence Pedestrian Bridge, Providence, Rhode Island

LMN Architects – University District Gateway Bridge, Spokane, Washington

Cordogan, Clark & Associates, Inc. – 41st Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois

CIVIC AND COMMUNITY

Overland Partners – ChildSafe Harvey E. Najim Children and Family Center, San Antonio, Texas

COMMERCIAL

Belzberg Architects – Aurora, México City, México

Piechota Architecture – Silver Oak Winery, Healdsburg, California

Hughes Umbanhowar Architects – Tasting Room, Umbria, Italy

HOK – Consumers Credit Union Headquarters, Kalamazoo, Michigan

Adjaye Associates – The Webster, Los Angeles, California

Skylab – Sideyard, Portland, Oregon

CORPORATE

LEVER Architecture – Redfox Commons, Portland, Oregon

SmithGroup – Guangshun University Labs, Guiyang, China

CULTURE AND MUSEUMS

Johnsen Schmaling Architects – OS Gallery and Studio, Racine, Wisconsin

Belzberg Architects – USC Shoah Foundation-Institute for Visual History and Education, Los Angeles, California

HGA – Boise State University Center for the Visual Arts, Boise, Idaho

OSA Open Source Architecture – Tautos Namai, Lithuanian National Concert Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania

archimania – Ballet Memphis, Memphis, Tennesse

Michielli + Wyetzner Architects – The Lehman Center for the Performing Arts, Bronx, New York

Form4 Architecture – The Museum of No Spectators, Black Rock City, Nevada

Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Inc. – MuseumLab, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP. – LMCC’s Arts Center at Governors Island, New York, New York

Deborah Berke Partners – 122 Community Arts Center, New York, New York

Adjaye Associates – Ruby City Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio, Texas

DISPLAY/INSTALLATIONS

Studio Joseph – New Glass Now, Corning, New York

ENTERTAINMENT

Marvel Architects – TheatreSquared, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Ross Barney Architects – Searle Visitor Center Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois

EXPOSITION

Lake|Flato Architects – Marine Education Center at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs, Mississippi

HOK – Kentucky International Convention Center, Louisville, Kentucky

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill/ Mark Cavagnero Associates – Moscone Center Expansion and Improvement, San Francisco, California

GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS

Roth Sheppard Architects – Montezuma County Combined Courts

HEALTH CARE/HOSPITALS

Trahan Architects – The Ochsner Center for Innovation, New Orleans, Louisiana

ikon.5 architects – Health and Wellness Center, Suffolk County Community College, Riverhead, New York

Paul Lukez Architecture – Uganda Dental and Vision Clinic, Bwindi, Uganda

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP. – David H. Koch Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York

HIGH RISES/SKYSCRAPERS

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC.– 55 Hudson Yards, New York, New York

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC.– 390 Madison, New York, New York

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects – Salesforce Tower, San Francisco, California

FitzGerald Associates Architects – 727 West Madison, Chicago, Illinois

Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP. – One Dalton: Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences, Boston, Massachusetts

Solomon Cordwell Buenz – Park Tower at Transbay, San Francisco, California

Pininfarina – Yachthouse by Pininfarina, Balneário Camboriú, Brazil

HOTELS/HOSPITALITY

Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design – Kimpton Hotel Palomar South Beach, Miami, Florida

Montalba Architects, Inc. – Whitepod, Les Cerniers, Switzerland

UNITEDLAB Associates LLC. – Round Retreat, Kurzeme, Latvia

Herzog & de Meuron/ Rottet Studio – Conrad Washington, DC., Washington, D.C.

INDUSTRIAL

Arch11 – DynaEnergetics, Blum, Texas

Tryba Architects – The Glass Lab, Portland, Oregon

LIBRARIES

JRA Architects – Louisville Free Public Library Northeast Regional Branch, Louisville, Kentucky

MONUMENTS

Handel Architects – Emanuel Nine Memorial, Charleston, South Carolina

MIXED-USE

Jonathan Segal FAIA – The Continental, San Diego, California

Form4 Architecture – Cloudscape, San Francisco, California

Ennead Architects – Taopu HERO Innovation Hub, Shanghai, China

HOK – 4th and Harrison Mixed-use Development, San Francisco, California

Belzberg Architects – West Olympic Science Hub, Los Angeles, California

Eric Owen Moss Architects – Reese Davidson Community, Los Angeles, California

MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING

University of Arkansas Community Design Center – 7Hills Day Center Complex, Fayetteville, Arkansas

University of Arkansas Community Design Center – New Beginnings Homeless Transition Village Prototype, Fayetteville, Arkansas

SHoP Architects – PIER 4 Project, Boston, Massachusetts

DLR Group – The Triumph – Community-Based Short Term Family Housing, Washington, District of Columbia

PRIVATE HOUSES

Messana O’Rorke Architects – The Jewel Box, New York, New York

Engelking Architect – Wuehrer House, East Hampton, New York

Belzberg Architects – Camelback Residence, Paradise Valley, Arizona

CCY Architects – Meadow House, Aspen, Colorado

MINARC – Mildred Residence, Venice, California

Aidlin Darling Design – High Desert Retreat, Palm Desert, California

David Jameson Architect – Manifold House, Arlington, Virginia

Alterstudio – Highland Park Residence, Austin, Texas

ISA – Interface Studio Architects – XS House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

David Jameson Architect – Wildcat Mountain Residence, The Plains, Virginia

Snow Kreilich Architects – X House, Minneapolis Minnesota

XTEN Architecture – Skyhouse, Los Angeles, California

Abramson Architects – The Palisades House, Pacific Palisades, California

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects – Ridge Mountain, Palm Springs, California

Roger Ferris + Partners – Pool House, Westport, Connecticut

Swatt | Miers Architects – Cheng-Brier House, Tiburon, California

Lake|Flato Architects – Aegean Pool House, Mineola, Texas

Lake|Flato Architects – Ishawooa Mesa Ranch, Cody, Wyoming

Charles Rose Architects – Bluff House, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, New York

SsD – Simgok Place, Seoul, South Korea

PUBLIC SPACE

designLAB architects – Worcester Blackstone Visitors Center, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney Architects – The Culver Steps, Culver City, California

Metcalfe Architecture & Design, LLC. – Whiting Forest of Dow Gardens, Midland, Michigan

Lake|Flato Architects + Matsys – Confluence Park. San Antonio, Texas

Stack + Co. – Warp House, Boston, Massachusetts

UNITEDLAB Associates – Cloud Forestsm Pavilion for Children’s Play, Hwaseong, South Korea

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS

Archimania – Garden Chapel Pavilion, Memphis, Tennesse

Mark Cavagnero Associates – Saint Mary’s College High School Student Chapel, Albany, California

BNIM – Lutheran Church of Hope-Grimes, Grimes, Iowa

RETAIL/SHOWROOMS

Dake Wells Architecture – Sunshine and National Retail Center, Springfield, Missouri

David Jameson Architect – Sherber + Rad, Washington, DC

atelierRISTING llc. – Glass Cabin, Fairbank, Iowa

Gensler – Cadillac House in Shanghai, Shanghai, China

Montalba Architects, Inc. – BLDWN, Los Angeles, California

Desai Chia Architecture – AFNY Project 6 Showroom, New York, New York

RESTORATION/RENOVATION

Woofter Architecture – PSU Stott Center Renovation + Viking Pavilion, Portland, Oregon

Aidlin Darling Design – Terrace House, San Francisco, California

Spectorgroup/ Perkins Eastman Architects – Audible Innovation Cathedral, Newark, New Jersey

Foster + Partners – Apple Carnegie Library, Washington D.C.

Alexander Gorlin Architects – Bell Works, Holmdel, New Jersey

Hughes Umbanhowar – Mashta, Key Biscayne, Florida

Roth Sheppard Architects – Rabbit House, Denver, Colorado

Practice for Architecture and Urbanism – Domino Sugar Refinery, Brooklyn, New York

Bone / Levine Architects – Anthology Film Archives Completion Project, New York, New York

Touloukian Touloukian Inc. – Terminal B, Boston, Massachusetts

SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES

Centerbrook Architects and Planners – Karsh Alumni and Visitors Center, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Mitchell Giurgola – 370 Jay Street, New York University, Brooklyn, New York

Gensler – Columbia College Student Center, Chicago, Illinois

Payette – Amherst College New Science Center, Amherst, Massachusetts

KieranTimberland – Brown University, Engineering Research Center, Providence, Rhode Island\

Ennead Architects – Stanford University, Denning House, Stanford, California

William Rawn Associates, Architects, Inc. with Arrowstreet Architecture & Design – King Open Elementary / Cambridge Street Upper Schools and Community Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Weiss/Manfredi Architects – Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut

CO Architects – University of Arizona Health Sciences Innovation Building, Tucson, Arizona

BVH Architecture – Nebraska Center for Advanced Professional Studies, Fairfield, Nebraska

Montalba Architects, Inc. – Headspace SM Campus, Santa Monica, California

The Miller Hull Partnership, LLP. in collaboration with Lord Aeck Sargent, a Ketterra Company – Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, Georgia Institute of Technology

SPORTS AND LEISURE

FGP Atelier/ Taller ADG – Centro Deportivo Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, México City, México

Elkus Manfredi Architects – The Auerbach Center, Boston, Massachusetts

BVH Architecture – Niobrara River Valley Preserve Center, Johnstown, Nebraska

BLUR Workshop – Colorado Active Sports Entertainment Facility, Centennial, Colorado

TRANSPORTATION

Dake Wells Architecture – Springfield Underground Command Station, Springfield, Missouri

Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects – Salesforce Transit Center, San Francisco, California

URBAN PLANNING/LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates PC. – NYCHA Red Hook Houses Sandy Resiliency and Renewal Program, Brooklyn, New York

W Architecture and Landscape Architecture LLC. – The Edge Park, Brooklyn, New York

SurfaceDesign, Inc. – The Auckland International Airport Landscape, Auckland, New Zealand

PWP Landscape Architecture – Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland

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Members of the Wisconsin National Guard test residents for the coronavirus at a temporary test facility.Credit…Scott Olson/Getty Images

As coronavirus cases across the United States climb toward a third peak, the country surpassed a total of eight million total known cases on Thursday afternoon, according to a New York Times database.

Epidemiologists warned of a new, worrisome phase as 17 states are seeing surges unlike anything they experienced earlier in the pandemic. States including Alaska, Minnesota, Montana and Wisconsin reported more new cases during the seven-day stretch that ended on Wednesday than in any other week since the virus arrived in the country.

Reports of new cases are trending upward in 41 states over the last two weeks, while nine states are holding case numbers roughly steady. No state in the country is seeing a sustained decline.

Many of the 17 states seeing more new cases than ever — located mostly in the Midwest or in the Mountain West — had relatively few cases until recently. But cases are now steadily climbing. Intensive care unit beds in hospitals are few and far between in some rural communities, experts said, raising concerns about crowded facilities.

“What’s happening in the Upper Midwest is just a harbinger of things to come in the rest of the country,” said Michael Osterholm, an infectious-diseases expert at the University of Minnesota.

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Already, signs of the uptick are appearing beyond the nation’s middle. In the Northeast, where cases have been relatively low since a spring surge, reports of new infections have started ticking upward again. In the South, where infections spiked this summer, the picture varies from state to state, with sustained progress in Florida and Georgia but worrisome trends in Arkansas and Kentucky.

The number of cases alone is not a full measure of the nation’s outbreak — it is difficult to compare the current numbers with earlier points in the U.S. outbreak when testing was less widespread — and deaths from the virus have been relatively flat in recent weeks, with an average of about 700 per day. But “we are headed in the wrong direction,” said Caitlin Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University.

“That’s reflected not only in the number of new cases but also in test positivity and the number of hospitalizations,” said Dr. Rivers, an epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University. “Together, I think these three indicators give a very clear picture that we are seeing increased transmission in communities across the country.”

High levels of infection in colleges and universities, Dr. Osterholm said, are serving as one source of the spread. Transmission also has been prevalent at events such as funerals, family barbecues and birthday parties, he said, adding that the comeback of sporting events and dining has also added to the spread this fall.

“Pandemic fatigue has clearly set in for large segments of the population,” he said. “This is not even an uptick, this is a major surge of cases that is happening.”

He added, “It’s only going to get worse, we have to be prepared for that.”

Even as cases increased, President Trump continued to downplay the resurgence of this virus this fall during an appearance on Fox Business on Thursday morning. He added he did not support strictest restrictions by local officials to limit its spread. “We’re not doing any more lockdowns, we’re doing fine,” he said.

But Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, also warned on Thursday morning that the increase in cases across multiple regions of the country could have dire consequences over the coming months.

“The issue is that as we enter, as we are now, the cooler season of the fall, and ultimately the coldest season of the winter, you don’t want to be in that compromised position where your baseline daily infection is high, and you’re increasing as opposed to going in the other direction,” he said on “Good Morning America.” “So we’ve really got to double down on the fundamental public health measures that we talk about every single day, because they can make a difference.”

France’s health minister, Olivier Véran, this month. He was one of several officials whose home and office were searched by the authorities.Credit…Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Prime Minister Jean Castex of France on Thursday extended to the entire country health restrictions that had so far been imposed only in areas hard-hit by the virus. The new rules were announced shortly after the French police searched the homes and offices of several current and former officials as part of an inquiry into the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Starting Saturday, all restaurants will have to follow a strict health protocol that includes keeping registers of customers for contact-tracing and keeping seating to no more than six per table. Private parties will be forbidden in public spaces, and rules to encourage social distancing, such as limiting the number of spectators or visitors in cultural venues or customers in shopping centers, will be enforced throughout the country.

The rules are part of the renewed state of emergency announced by President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. Other measures include a nightly curfew around Paris and eight other major cities, for at least four weeks.

Residents of affected areas will be barred from leaving their homes between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. and will have to carry a form explaining the reasons for travel during that time slot, Mr. Castex said. Permitted outings include work, dog-walking, trips for health reasons, and travel to and from train stations and airports.

Some 12,000 police officers will be deployed throughout the country to enforce the curfew, said Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin.

The move is expected to deal a fresh blow to France’s restaurant and tourism industries, which make up nearly 10 percent of economic activity. The government said it would grant up to 1 billion euros in financial aid to businesses and extend an offer of cheap, state-backed loans. Officials will also direct money to theaters and other culture operations that can’t function under the new measures, and are encouraging people to continue taking vacations and patronizing hotels.

Mr. Macron highlighted the tension between economic and health concerns as he announced the curfew. A new lockdown for an already reeling economy would have been “disproportionate,” he said, yet the pressure on hospitals was intolerable. “Our caregivers are exhausted,” he said.

The seven-day average of new cases over the past week was 17,936 on Wednesday, and intensive care units were rapidly filling with virus patients. Mr. Castex said that slowing down the spread of the virus with targeted curfews was the “only real possible strategy.”

The police searches on Thursday included the homes and offices of France’s health minister, Olivier Véran, and Jérome Salomon, a top official at the health ministry, as well as the homes of former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, the former health minister Agnès Buzyn and a former government spokeswoman, Sibeth Ndiaye.

The inquiry was launched in July by the French Court of Justice, a special court that hears accusations of government mismanagement. Over the past few months, more than 90 complaints had been filed, accusing several government officials of willfully failing to take appropriate action to combat the virus, endangering people’s lives.

The French Court of Justice examined all of the complaints but finally decided to accept only nine of them, with the charge of failing from fighting a disaster. This offense is punishable by two years of imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros.

The French government has been harshly criticized for its handling of the first wave of the virus, from March to May, which resulted in about 30,000 deaths. A critical shortage of masks and testing kits led to the virus’s rapid spread and prompted France to impose one of the world’s strictest nationwide lockdowns.

Workers preparing boxes of free food for distribution in Chelsea, Mass.Credit…Brian Snyder/Reuters

After an ambitious expansion of the safety net in the spring saved millions of people in the United States from poverty, the aid is now largely exhausted and poverty has returned to levels higher than before the coronavirus crisis, two new studies have found.

The number of poor people has grown by eight million since May, according to researchers at Columbia University, after falling by four million at the pandemic’s start as a result of a $2 trillion emergency package known as the Cares Act.

Using a different definition of poverty, researchers from the University of Chicago and Notre Dame found that poverty has grown by six million people in the past three months, with circumstances worsening most for Black people and children.

“These numbers are very concerning,” said Bruce D. Meyer, an economist at the University of Chicago and an author of the study. “They tell us people are having a lot more trouble paying their bills, paying their rent, putting food on the table.”

Significantly, the studies differ on the most recent month: While the Columbia model shows an improvement in September, the Chicago and Notre Dame analysts found poverty continued to grow.

The recent rise in poverty has occurred despite an improving job market, an indiction that the economy has been rebounding too slowly to offset the lost benefits.

The Democratic-controlled House has twice passed multitrillion-dollar packages to provide more help and to stimulate the economy, but members of a divided Republican-led Senate, questioning the cost and necessity, have proposed smaller plans. President Trump has demanded that Congress “go big” before the elections and canceled negotiations.

While the job market may have gotten better since hitting bottom in April, it recently flattened and is now declining again. American employers continue to shed workers at a staggering rate as a resurgent virus and the absence of new federal aid take their tolls.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that 885,000 Americans filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, an increase from the previous week. That figure is not adjusted for seasonal variations.

Over the past month, large employers including United Airlines, Disney and Allstate announced tens of thousands of layoffs, and more are expected as sectors like leisure and hospitality struggle. In some states, restaurants have salvaged some business by serving diners outside, but many will lose that option as temperatures fall.

The Soho area of London on Thursday. Matt Hancock, the British health secretary, announced tightened virus restrictions for the city and other areas of England.Credit…John Sibley/Reuters

London will join other big cities in Europe, including Paris and Berlin, in tightening restrictions to stem a rapidly rising second wave of coronavirus cases in the region.

Within London, the average number of cases now stands at 97 per 100,000 people, near the threshold for negotiating a move from medium to high risk alert level. Virus-related hospital admissions and deaths are on the rise.

People from different households will be barred from meeting indoors starting Saturday as the city shifts into England’s second-highest alert level, health secretary Matt Hancock announced in Parliament on Thursday. People will also be discouraged from using public transportation.

The increased measures will also apply to the city of York in northern England, as well as the Essex region and parts of central England.

The weekly number of new coronavirus cases in Europe is now at its highest point since the start of the pandemic, a top World Health Organization official said on Thursday, urging governments to impose tighter, targeted controls on social gatherings.

“We’re at a critical moment in our fight against Covid-19,” London’s mayor, Sadiq Khan, said during a meeting at City Hall on Thursday.

He sharply criticized the government’s virus testing program in a statement a short while later.

“I know these further restrictions will require Londoners to make yet more sacrifices, but the disastrous failure of the test, trace and isolate system leaves us with little choice,” he said in the statement.

While Mr. Hancock on Thursday said that testing capacity was up, the government’s test and trace system has been plagued with issues. In Birmingham, a local council was found to have distributed about 25 used swab-test kits to households by mistake.

Jonathan Ashworth, the opposition Labour Party’s lead lawmaker on health issues, also criticized the testing program, arguing that the measures announced Thursday would be insufficient to halt the spread of the virus. He reiterated his call for the government to impose a national lockdown — and to provide more financial support to mitigate the impact of virus restrictions.

Hospitality and travel industries were hit particularly hard by the impact of the new rules. Shares in Marston’s, a large chain of bars and pubs in Britain, fell as much as 8 percent and the company said it was looking to cut 2,150 jobs that are currently furloughed.

The announcement came after the government published data that showed the country’s jobless rate had already climbed to a three-year high and there were a record number of layoffs in August, adding to concerns that Britain will experience a sharp rise in unemployment this winter.

The head of the World Health Organization’s Europe office, Hans Kluge, said Thursday that restrictions on social gatherings were “absolutely necessary” and that more drastic action might be needed. The number of confirmed cases in Europe rose by a million to seven million in just 10 days, Dr. Kluge warned, and the number of daily deaths has passed 1,000.

British scientists have proposed that the government schedule a temporary “circuit breaker” lockdown for the last week of October and first week of November, when schools are closed for midterm break, to make it less disruptive. But Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resisted the idea, maintaining his position that targeted measures are best.

Senator Kamala Harris was scheduled to hold three events in North Carolina on Thursday but has canceled them.Credit…Hilary Swift for The New York Times

The Biden campaign announced Thursday that it was suspending Senator Kamala Harris’s campaign travel through Sunday after two people who had traveled with her tested positive for the coronavirus. Hours later, the campaign said a person who had been aboard Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s plane had also tested positive.

The announcements were the Biden campaign’s closest known brush with the virus. The two people who had traveled with Ms. Harris — her campaign communications director, Liz Allen, and a flight crew member — flew with her last Thursday, when Ms. Harris campaigned with Mr. Biden in Arizona.

The person on Mr. Biden’s flights who tested positive, an employee of the company that charters the plane, was aboard for trips to Ohio on Monday and to Florida on Tuesday, but was a great distance from Mr. Biden, the campaign said.

“Our campaign’s contact tracing remains ongoing, and my team will continue to share any significant developments with the American people,” Mr. Biden wrote on Twitter. “If anything, let this serve as an example of the importance of wearing masks and keeping a safe, social distance.”

Ms. Harris had been scheduled to campaign in North Carolina on Thursday and in Ohio on Friday. She will now return to the campaign trail on Monday. The campaign said she had tested negative for the virus on Wednesday and again on Thursday.

Mr. Biden’s campaign manager, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, said in a statement that Ms. Harris “was not in close contact, as defined by the C.D.C., with either of these individuals during the two days prior to their positive tests; as such, there is no requirement for quarantine.”

But Ms. O’Malley Dillon said Ms. Harris’s travel through Sunday was being canceled “out of an abundance of caution and in line with our campaign’s commitment to the highest levels of precaution.”

During a virtual fund-raiser on Thursday, Ms. Harris addressed the positive tests and the campaign’s response, and drew a comparison with President Trump. “We wanted to make sure that we were adhering to what has been, I think, a very appropriate and strict level of seriousness around the caution that we are exercising to make sure everyone is safe,” she said. “Obviously, it’s been in stark contrast to you-know-who.”

On Thursday afternoon, the campaign said that the person aboard Mr. Biden’s plane, an administrative employee with the charter company who had been contacted during contact tracing for the crew member who traveled with Ms. Harris, had also tested positive.

The employee was seated in the last row of Mr. Biden’s plane, a Boeing 737, on Monday and Tuesday, and was more than 50 feet away from Mr. Biden at all times, Ms. O’Malley Dillon said. “We have been advised by the vice president’s doctor and the campaign’s medical advisers that there is no need for the vice president to quarantine,” she said.

Mr. Biden will appear at an ABC News town hall event in Philadelphia on Thursday night. The campaign said that Mr. Biden had tested negative for the virus on Wednesday night.

On Monday, the Vatican said four guards were infected with the virus and showing symptoms. Now, seven more have tested positive, according to The A.P.Credit…Andrew Medichini/Associated Press

Eleven members of the Swiss Guard have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to a report in The Associated Press, prompting fears of an outbreak within the small corps charged with protecting the pope.

On Monday, the Vatican said four guards were infected with the virus and showing symptoms. Now, seven more have tested positive, according to The A.P.

The brightly clad Swiss Guards provide ceremonial guard duty during papal Masses and stand at the Vatican gates. They also serve as personal guards for the pope. Established in the early 16th century by Pope Julius II, the guard is considered the world’s oldest standing army.

Pope Francis, who is 83, is known for his relatively informal, friendly relationship with the guards. He has made a custom of shaking hands with them as he leaves his suite in the morning.

The Italian daily Corriere della Sera reported on Oct. 12 that Matteo Bruni, a spokesman for the Holy See, said “all the guards, on duty and not, wear masks — outdoors and indoors — and observe prescribed health measures.”

The pope has criticized priests who resist pandemic protection measures as “adolescent.” But Vatican observers have expressed concerns about his own habit of forgoing a mask in public settings.

Last week, Francis was photographed maskless at a large indoor gathering at the Vatican, speaking closely with attendees and kissing the hands of newly ordained priests.

Surgery in his early 20s left Francis missing part of one lung, a “pulmonary deficiency,” as one biographer put it, that might make it difficult to breath through a mask.

An early center of the pandemic, Italy kept the virus mostly under control through the summer. But the country has seen a sharp rise in new cases lately, with recent daily infection rates matching the country’s peak in April, according to a Times database.

Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council, boasted in February that the coronavirus was contained in the United States and that “it’s pretty close to airtight.” His private message was more ambiguous.Credit…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times

On the afternoon of Feb. 24, President Trump declared on Twitter that the coronavirus was “very much under control” in the United States, but hours earlier, senior members of the president’s economic team, privately addressing board members of the conservative Hoover Institution, were less confident.

Tomas J. Philipson, a senior economic adviser to the president, told the group he could not yet estimate the effects of the virus on the American economy. To some in the group, the implication was that an outbreak could prove worse than Mr. Philipson and other Trump administration advisers were signaling in public at the time.

The next day, board members — many of them Republican donors — got another taste of government uncertainty from Larry Kudlow, the director of the National Economic Council. Hours after he had boasted on CNBC that the virus was contained in the United States and “it’s pretty close to airtight,” Mr. Kudlow delivered a more ambiguous private message. He asserted that the virus was “contained in the U.S., to date, but now we just don’t know,” according to a document describing the sessions obtained by The New York Times.

The document, written by a hedge fund consultant who attended the three-day gathering of Hoover’s board, was stark. “What struck me,” the consultant wrote, was that nearly every official he heard from raised the virus ��as a point of concern, totally unprovoked.”

The consultant’s assessment quickly spread through parts of the investment world. U.S. stocks were already spiraling because of a warning from a federal public health official that the virus was likely to spread, but traders spotted the immediate significance: The president’s aides appeared to be giving wealthy party donors an early warning of a potentially impactful contagion at a time when Mr. Trump was publicly insisting that the threat was nonexistent.

Interviews with eight people who either received copies of the memo or were briefed on aspects of it as it spread among investors in New York and elsewhere provide a glimpse of how elite traders had access to information from the administration that helped them gain financial advantage during a chaotic three days when global markets were teetering.

To many of the investors who received or heard about the memo, it was the first significant sign of skepticism among Trump administration officials about their ability to contain the virus. It also provided a hint of the fallout that was to come, said one major investor who was briefed on it: the upending of daily life for the entire country.

“Short everything,” was the reaction of the investor, using the Wall Street term for betting on the idea that the stock prices of companies would soon fall.

A coronavirus testing site in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park.Credit…Spencer Platt/Getty Images

A week after New York officials debated and then imposed new restrictions on areas with rising coronavirus positivity rates, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo again seemed a bit at odds over whether the strategy to contain the virus had yet proven effective.

On Thursday morning, Mr. de Blasio said at a news conference that the efforts to contain the virus in hot-spot neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn seemed to be working, without providing specific information about positivity rates in those areas.

“We are seeing a plateauing now of the test results, and that is a very, very good sign,” Mr. de Blasio said, though he also acknowledged that “we’ve got more to do.”

Not long afterward, Mr. Cuomo said it was “too early to tell” whether enough progress had been made containing the virus in the so-called red zones — the parts of the state with the highest positivity rates and the most severe restrictions on gatherings and businesses.

The governor also emphasized that any decision to lift virus-related restrictions in New York City would fall to him, not the mayor.

Mr. Cuomo said that the daily rate of positive test results in the state’s red zones was 4.84 percent; statewide, the rate was 1.09 percent. Hospitalizations also fell in the state to 897, a decrease of 41 that followed several days of increases.

In New York City, Mr. de Blasio said that the city’s seven-day average positive test rate was 1.49 percent and noted that the city had conducted 17,000 tests in hot-spot neighborhoods since Sept. 30.

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But the mayor said it was difficult for him to present accurate information about positivity rates in the hot spots in part because of discrepancies between the way the state and city measure data. (State data showed that the positivity rate was 4.75 percent across the red zones in Brooklyn and 2.15 percent in those in Queens.)

Mr. de Blasio also said that it was a bad time to grow complacent about the virus.

“There is the possibility that maybe people are discounting the second wave, and what it could mean,” Mr. de Blasio said. “Look no further than some states in this country, or to countries in Europe. You do not want to experience a second wave.”

Mr. de Blasio said that the city and state would continue working together despite their perceived differences.

“In a crisis, you try and obviously minimize differences, get on the same page, but you’re still going to have some inherent differences of views,” Mr. de Blasio said. “It’s just, the state does a different thing than the city does, but we ultimately get to a lot of agreement, move forward together.”

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The $1.8 trillion package that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has proposed has proven to be a non-starter with Senate Republicans, making President Trump’s call for a bigger bill a complication.Credit…Pool photo by Chris Kleponis/EPA, via Shutterstock

President Trump, struggling to gain traction among voters just weeks before the election, called on Thursday for a bigger stimulus package than he had previously offered, and the White House signaled it was willing to make concessions to Democrats. But the proposals were unlikely to win the necessary backing from Senate Republicans who are preparing a far smaller bill of their own.

White House negotiators have proposed a $1.8 trillion relief package. Mr. Trump said that he wanted one that was even bigger and suggested, without explanation, that China would pay for it.

“I would go higher,” Mr. Trump said during an interview with the Fox Business Network. “Go big or go home.”

The comments came after Mr. Mnuchin said that the White House was willing to make additional concessions to Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California in hopes of rekindling a stimulus deal before the election. But the $1.8 trillion package that he has proposed has already proven to be a non-starter with Senate Republicans who have panned it as too costly, making Mr. Trump’s call for a more expensive bill another complication in the already fraught negotiations.

Investors, who have been following the stimulus talks closely, seemed unmoved by statements from Mr. Trump and Mr. Mnuchin on Thursday, with stocks on Wall Street dropping for a third consecutive day.

The president suggested that Ms. Pelosi’s $2.2 trillion proposal was littered with Democratic priorities that his “pride” would not allow him to accept. However, he also undercut his own Treasury secretary for not being able to secure a larger agreement.

“So far he hasn’t come home with the bacon,” Mr. Trump said of Mr. Mnuchin.

The negotiations between the White House and Congress are expected to continue on Thursday, when Mr. Mnuchin and Ms. Pelosi are scheduled to speak.

Speaking on CNBC, the Treasury secretary said that he would agree to the language that Democrats had insisted on when it came to a coronavirus testing program and noted that the two sides had already agreed to spend an additional $75 billion on testing and contact tracing. The specifics of such a program have been an obstacle in the talks.

“We’ll fundamentally agree with their testing language, subject to some minor issues,” Mr. Mnuchin said. “We need to get money to the American public now.”

Mr. Mnuchin’s remarks came after the Labor Department reported that the number of new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to 886,000 last week.

But on Wednesday, Mr. Mnuchin acknowledged it would be difficult to pass and enact a deal in the next three weeks.

In the interview on CNBC, Mr. Mnuchin did not directly address the lack of support for a bill by Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, suggesting that he has been briefed on negotiations between the White House and House Democrats while acknowledging that Senate Republicans prefer a more “targeted” relief bill.

But Mr. McConnell downplayed the prospects of a larger bill on Thursday.

“He’s talking about a much larger amount than I can sell to my members,” Mr. McConnell said about the president’s comments.

Negotiators have been locked in fruitless talks for months. On Thursday, Mr. Mnuchin assailed Democrats for letting politics get in the way of reaching agreement before the election, though Mr. Trump scuttled the talks himself when he said in a tweet last week that he had called off stimulus negotiations until after the election.

Mr. Mnuchin also called on Congress to give him the authority to repurpose approximately $300 billion in unused relief money from the legislation that was passed in March. He said he could begin getting that money into the economy this week.

Tel Aviv on Wednesday.Credit…Oded Balilty/Associated Press

The Israeli government voted Thursday to lift some elements of its lockdown as the number of new coronavirus cases continued to decline.

The decision, which will go into effect on Sunday, will permit Israelis to go more than 1,000 meters beyond their homes without the need for a special reason, order takeout from restaurants, visit beaches, send their children to day care centers and kindergartens, and reopen some businesses.

But other restrictions will remain in place, including bans on the opening of bars, restaurants, malls, and event halls. Elementary, middle and high schools will also remain closed.

At a news conference, Yuli Edelstein, the health minister, pointed to “encouraging data” on the spread of the virus, but he said Israelis still had “a long road” ahead of them

When the lockdown began on Sept. 18 at the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the country’s seven-day rolling average was about 4,300 new cases, according to Our World in Data. As of Thursday, the number had fallen to about 2,500 cases.

Israel moved quickly to reopen the country in May after an earlier lockdown, throwing open the doors of schools, restaurants, bars and other gathering places. But experts say the government moved too hastily, allowing the virus to spread out of control.

On Thursday, Mr. Edelstein stressed that Israel would be reopened with “careful and calculated steps” in the hopes of avoiding a third lockdown.

While the latest closings appear to have helped stem the spread of the virus, they have taken a major toll on the economy. The central bank has estimated that it has cost the economy more than $2 billion per week.

Many business owners have also said that the government has failed to provide them with sufficient financial support as their companies teeter on the brink of bankruptcy.

Many first-time gun buyers say they are looking to arm themselves in anticipation of unrest.Credit…Mario Tama/Getty Images

Fears of instability in the United States, stoked by street-level clashes over public health measures and the upcoming election, are fueling apparently record gun sales.

According to the F.B.I, the nearly 29 million background checks conducted through September of this year have already surpassed the total conducted in 2019, which was, at the time, higher than in any previous year.

Still, Precisely measuring the extent of the surge is difficult, as neither gun companies nor the government provide comprehensive national data on gun sales. However, anecdotal reports of gun and ammo shortages have been widespread for months.

Many first-time buyers say they are looking to arm themselves in anticipation of unrest. They cite heated rhetoric surrounding the election, as supporters of both President Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. have said they expect a protracted fight over the election results.

But other first-time buyers and some of those buying again have said that their decision reflects general unease about growing discontent in the United States — where millions of people face permanent job losses because of the pandemic — as well as anger about public health restrictions, which has inspired armed protests in several states with open-carry laws.

Angst about the national mood has been exacerbated by several instances of actual violence during recent months, as several people have been shot and killed by fellow demonstrators during protests over policing and police violence.

Members of the intelligence community have warned of a growing threat of far-right extremism, which they said could become a greater problem closer to the election. On Tuesday, the F.B.I. revealed that a ring of 13 men had plotted to kidnap the Democratic governors of Michigan and Virginia over stay-at-home measures to control coronavirus outbreaks in those states, and that two of them were among a crowd of armed protesters who had effectively occupied the Michigan statehouse in April while the Legislature was in session.

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In Hong Kong on Thursday.Credit…Kin Cheung/Associated Press

Officials in Singapore and Hong Kong said Thursday that they had reached a preliminary agreement to establish a travel bubble between the two Asian financial centers, allowing travelers of all kinds to bypass quarantine.

Under the agreement, travelers must test negative for the virus and fly only on designated flights. Officials did not say when the bubble, which was first reported by The South China Morning Post, would begin.

Travelers from Singapore would be the first allowed to enter Hong Kong since the semiautonomous Chinese territory barred all nonresidents in March; residents returning to Hong Kong are required to quarantine for 14 days. Singapore currently requires travelers from Hong Kong to quarantine for seven days after arrival.

“Both our cities have low incidence of Covid-19 cases and have put in place robust mechanisms to manage and control Covid-19,” Singapore’s travel minister, Ong Ye Kung, said in a statement.

Hong Kong’s secretary for commerce and economic development, Edward Yau, called the agreement “a milestone in our efforts to resume normalcy while fighting against the long-drawn battle of Covid-19.”

Singapore and Hong Kong have both been reporting daily new cases in the single or double digits since late August.

Efforts to establish reciprocal travel bubbles in Asia and other parts of the world have been halting as case numbers fluctuate and new outbreaks emerge. Starting Friday, Australia will waive quarantine requirements for travelers from New Zealand, which recently stamped out the virus for a second time, though New Zealand will still require quarantine for travelers arriving from Australia.

Singapore has also lifted restrictions on general visitors from Brunei, Vietnam, New Zealand and Australia except for the state of Victoria, the center of the outbreak there. But all four of those countries are still closed to almost all foreigners, and in the case of Brunei and Australia residents must apply for permission to leave the country as well.

In other global developments:

The European Parliament announced on Thursday that it would cancel a meeting scheduled to be held next week in Strasbourg, in northern France, as the outbreak widens. The meeting would have been its first in-person session in Strasbourg since the start of the pandemic. Belgium, where most parliamentary staff and members are based, is also seeing a sharp rise in cases.

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, went into quarantine for a second time in two weeks after being exposed to the virus. She tweeted on Thursday that she had tested negative, but a member of her office had tested positive. She wrote that she was leaving a European Council meeting in Brussels that was being held with strict social-distancing measures.

Portugal announced new virus restrictions on Thursday, including a five-person limit on public gatherings, after a rise in new cases. In Spain, which is seeing an even sharper increase, the city of Salamanca, famous for its 12th-century university, became the latest area to be cut off from the rest of the country, under new lockdown restrictions imposed by the regional government. The restrictions take effect on Saturday.

Two officials in Qingdao, China, have been fired amid a new virus outbreak there, the city government said on Thursday. The director of the health commission and the president of the Qingdao Chest Hospital are under investigation after six confirmed infections and six asymptomatic cases were linked to the hospital. The new cases are the first local transmissions China had reported in almost two months.

The weekly number of new cases in Europe is now at its highest point since the start of the pandemic, Hans Kluge, the W.H.O.’s director for Europe, said on Thursday. The number of confirmed cases rose by one million to seven million in just 10 days, and the number of daily deaths passed 1,000 for the first time in months. Many European countries are adopting stricter controls, which Dr. Kluge called “absolutely necessary,” as increased caseloads are raising fears of another surge as winter approaches.

India is now struggling with two major health challenges that are both assaulting the respiratory system and peaking at the same time. Coronavirus cases are spreading, putting the country on track to have the largest reported caseload in the world in the coming weeks. It’s also the start of the fall pollution season, and doctors say that if the ambient air suddenly becomes more toxic, as it does every year around this time in northern India, then more people who become infected by the virus might end up in the hospital or die.

After recovering from Covid-19, President Trump said he was now immune to the disease caused by the coronavirus.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump might want to wait a bit before he puts on a Superman T-shirt.

After recovering from Covid-19, Mr. Trump declared that he was now immune to the disease caused by the coronavirus and was said to have talked about wearing a superhero shirt under his dress shirt.

But if Mr. Trump is in fact now immune to the virus, he may not remain so, scientists warn. While reinfection is generally rare, the treatment Mr. Trump received may have prevented his body from making the antibodies necessary for long-term protection. The experimental monoclonal antibodies from the biotech firm Regeneron that Mr. Trump was given are synthetic, and they will most likely wane in a matter of weeks. Unless they are replenished, Mr. Trump may be left more susceptible to the virus than most patients who had Covid-19 and recovered, several experts warned.

There is another wrinkle for the president.

In addition to the monoclonal antibodies he was given, Mr. Trump also received the steroid dexamethasone. That suppresses the body’s natural immune response — including the production of antibodies of its own. (He was also given the antiviral remdesivir.)

“He may be not protected the second time around, especially because he didn’t develop his own antibodies,” said Akiko Iwasaki, an immunologist at Yale University.

During an appearance on Fox Business on Thursday morning, Mr. Trump sounded hoarse and could be heard drinking a beverage between questions.

Asked if he was tested every day, he replied, “I’m not tested, not every day, but I’m tested a lot,” he said.

Given the results of the tests the White House has made available, Mr. Trump, who is appearing — probably maskless — at a town-hall-style event Thursday night, is not likely to transmit the virus to others, experts have said.

Mr. Trump praised the antibody therapy he received, falsely, as being “a cure” — then mused that maybe he would have been better “without taking anything.”

It is impossible to know whether the antibody cocktail or another treatment improved his condition. Although trials for Regeneron’s cocktail are still underway, its early data suggest the treatment can lower hospitalization rates in people who are in the early stages of the disease.

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Multiple people have been injured after a car slammed into a New York City restaurant’s outdoor dining area in the Astoria-Ditmars section of Queens Thursday evening, police said. The NYPD urged people to avoid the intersection of Ditmars Boulevard and 35th Street as first responders worked through the chaos. Video from the scene shared to Twitter shows people being treated on stretchers and…

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Concrete is getting an entire lot better, with the prospective to make construction faster and structures more habitable. Below are the leading 5 concrete advancements to watch: New products are reducing drying out times, decreasing the danger of excess moisture. One of these products is called Aridus, the initial ready-mix concrete remedy that avoids moisture-related flooring covering failings.

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This insulation permits builders to place concrete during all kinds of climate and causes a power efficient framework. One more technique, thermal insulation systems (offered under the ThermaEZE brand), add panels of broadened polystyrene foam within wall surface forms prior to the concrete put. The kinds are eliminated once the concrete treatments, leading to a totally insulated wall surface area.

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It's also made to enhance the efficiency features of concrete. The concrete mix makes use of a high percentage of recycled products. It was used in the construction of One World Trade Center in New York City. Tradical Hemcrete is a light concrete product constructed from hemp binder and hemp items. Its vital functions include breathability and also vapor leaks in the structure, and also it provides excellent insulation.

Light-transmitting concrete has countless optical fiber hairs that are positioned in concrete made up of fine products. These strands transfer all-natural or artificial light right into the area enclosed by the transparent concrete which is reduced right into panels or blocks following the spreading. Luccon is one maker for this product that not just has design charm but likewise can be made use of to improve safety for dark pathways as well as metro stations.

Concrete residences are understood for their longevity and also cost-saving attributes. In today's building and construction change, there is great need to build high-performance houses. With ICF building and construction, property owners can create a concrete house to look much like a wood-frame house, yet they garner lots of various other included benefits by selecting to construct with concrete.

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The taking off rate of interest in "green," or ecologically pleasant, building items and also methods has accelerated the demand for lasting home building. Environment-friendly structure entails developing and also building a residence throughout to optimize performance and also save sources. A green residence eats much less energy, water as well as natural sources; develops much less waste; and also is healthier and extra comfortable for the occupantsall qualities that are quickly achieved by making use of concrete and ICFs.

Concrete conserves natural resources, makes use of recycled products as well as is produced locally. ICFs decrease waste and can be reused as insulation fill on the jobsite or recycled. ICFs improve interior environmental high quality by minimizing direct exposure to mold and mildew, mildew and also other interior toxic substances. Concrete builds sturdy frameworks. Making use of ICFs to build your residence can help: Boost the HERS (Residence Power Rating System) score Achieve Power Star qualification from the federal government Make factors in the direction of LEED for Houses qualification See even more Eco-Friendly Benefits of Structure with Concrete.

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A number of these homes are custom-made built, however more building contractors are beginning to put up whole communities of concrete houses. According to the Insulating Concrete Form Organization (ICFA), ICF homes are being constructed all across North America, in basically every U.S. state and Canadian district. In the Northeast, top Midwest as well as Canada, ICF residences are permitting house owners to attain greater power efficiency as well as get rid of chilly drafts.

In the Southwest, ICF houses maintain their owners a lot cooler in the summertime. And also on the West Coastline, ICF homes give security from earthquakes and fires. In Canada, the growth rate of ICF residences is going beyond even that of the U.S., stimulated by federal government programs to encourage the construction of even more energy-efficient housing.

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ICF building and construction also transcends all price degrees, from modest starter residences to deluxe estates. In many neighborhoods, neighborhood ready-mix concrete organizations and also ICF suppliers are partnering with Habitat for Mankind to give away both types and also labor to construct economical ICF residences. Fox Blocks, for instance, contributes its kinds or offers special programs offered for distributors who desire to participate in Environment projects in their areas.

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If you currently have prepare for a traditional wood-framed home, don't worry, they can be converted to ICF building and construction. Talk with your architect, builder or designer about what this requires. ICFs are not the only means to develop a concrete residence, below are the other options. A precast concrete home is a great option if you're wanting to get in on the tiny residence movement.

Tilt-up construction is widely utilized for industrial and also industrial buildings. Nonetheless, some homebuilders are starting to use this method for household homes also.

If you're like the majority of people, you've most likely never believed long as well as hard concerning concrete. Sure, its gray existence is throughout us-- in our roads, bridges, car park and also driveways-- but there can't be that much to it, right? A vehicle brings up, dumps it in a specified area, as well as it sets.

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A walkway is birthed. Yet you may be shocked how many means boring-old-concrete can be blended and also actors, even for use in your own home. In fact, one "dish" has actually ended up being so popular in the last half century that you'll discover it in whatever from kitchen counter tops to China's Three Gorges Dam, the biggest hydroelectric task worldwide.

All concrete begins as a blend of water, concrete as well as some sort of accumulation (like sand and also crushed rock) and also hardens thanks to a chemical reaction that happens between the water and the cement (which we'll go over on the next web page). Preferably, concrete needs to have simply enough water in it to respond totally with the cement-- any kind of more or much less water will certainly deteriorate the end item.

While concrete with a low depression produces strong solidified concrete, it's hard to collaborate with when it's damp because it's not thin adequate to exude into limited rooms. Fortunately there are admixtures, or chemical ingredients, that can slim the concrete without deteriorating it (the means adding much more water to the blend would certainly).

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The superplasticizer's superpower is that it offers concrete a high slump without stealing its strength. Concrete with superplasticizers in it is really fluid when wet as well as really strong when set. While natural concrete has actually been around for 7,000 years and also modern-day portland cement concrete has been made use of for about 200 years, fluid concrete is a much more recent development.

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Service providers enjoy the reality that it pumps conveniently, completes slim areas, and also needs little or no compaction to get rid of air bubbles, all while keeping its high toughness. Yet naturally they have scientific research to give thanks to for these miracle advantages. How do superplasticizers do their task?.

Concrete is the brand-new workhorse of residence renovation jobs. Although it's been around a long period of time, it's handled a new life inside houses due to the fact that of its special homes: It's durable, sustainable, fire-resistant, as well as budget friendly. It can be formed to fit any kind of room and shape. It can be dyed, marked, embossed, as well as polished to match your residence's style.

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It has an unique, unique look. Where does concrete suit your residence? Have a look at these possibilities: A concrete counter top ($ 65-135/ sq. ft.) is made in one pour, indicating it's smooth-- no stress over water seeping in splits and also joints. You're not stuck with a stiff rectangle, either pour concrete into a custom-made mold and mildew to make any kind of form you can picture.

A concrete kitchen sink (from $200) is long-wearing, low-maintenance, and mixes well with almost every dcor. Strong concrete sinks keep warmth as well as wet the noise of trash disposals.: A concrete fire place hearth or mantel can be marked to resemble block or stone, or left as a strong http://www.imagery.co.il/ piece and discolored a dramatic color.

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Expenses vary commonly as well as depend on style, dimension, and coating, yet figure concerning $110/sq. ft. Concrete floors are extremely resilient and also useful. They're super-easy to clean, needing just regular cleaning as well as a wet mop, and they stand up to scuffs and also scrapes. Colored dyes and embedded products include refined colors, appearances, and also patterns that make each floor distinct.

ft. for a basic discolored floor; $4-10/ sq. ft. with a stamped pattern and also greater than one shade; $6-12 for a polished flooring; and also $18/sq. ft. for an engraved or hand-stained surface. A concrete restroom tub can be tiny-- in the Japanese soaking design that needs little floor space-- or it can be large enough for two.

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Prices vary, but normally begin around $3,000. Care! A large bathtub could need beefier floor framework seek advice from an engineer or architectural designer. A concrete shower indicates no grout to scrub! Troweled-on concrete creates smooth, waterproof shower wall surfaces and containers. Number you'll spend $1,200-$ 2,400 for a 36-by-36-inch show stall. Do not spend a penny till you consider these cheap-and-easy options.

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New York City driver rams vehicle into father, son, in shocking incident caught on video

New York City driver rams vehicle into father, son, in shocking incident caught on video

New York City police were on the hunt Friday for two men caught on camera ramming their car into a father and his 8-year-old son.

The attack, which police believe was deliberate and directed at the father, happened in broad daylight on Nov. 6 in Manhattan.

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AOC mocks Trump over tweet calling Electoral College a ‘disaster’: ‘I agree!’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., found some common ground with President Trump on Tuesday after she came across an old tweet where he referred to the Electoral College as a “disaster.”

During the 2012 election between President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney, Trump took to Twitter to express his frustration with the Electoral College.

“The electoral college is a disaster for a…

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Concrete is obtaining a lot much better, with the prospective to make construction faster and also buildings much more habitable. Right here are the leading 5 concrete developments to view: New products are cutting down on drying out times, minimizing the danger of excess dampness. Among these products is called Aridus, the initial ready-mix concrete solution that avoids moisture-related flooring covering failings.

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Using materials from providers such as Covestro, these layers can be used in both high-humidity as well as temperatures listed below 50F. Along with treating much faster, their finishings are durable as well as can avoid damages from ultraviolet light, chemical spills, as well as abrasions. Protecting Concrete Kinds (ICF) are created to remain in place as component of the long-term wall surface structure and be available in two standard types: blocks or slabs.

This insulation enables home builders to position concrete during all sorts of climate as well as causes an energy reliable structure. Another strategy, thermal insulation systems (marketed under the ThermaEZE brand), add panels of broadened polystyrene foam within wall surface forms before the concrete pour. The forms are removed once the concrete remedies, leading to a completely protected wall surface.

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It's likewise made to boost the performance attributes of concrete. The concrete mix utilizes a high percent of recycled products. It was made use of in the construction of One World Trade Center in New York City. Tradical Hemcrete is a light concrete item made of hemp binder and hemp products. Its vital attributes include breathability and also vapor leaks in the structure, as well as it uses excellent insulation.

Light-transmitting concrete consists of countless fiber optics hairs that are positioned in concrete made up of great materials. These hairs transmit natural or artificial light into the area confined by the clear concrete which is cut right into panels or blocks following the spreading. Luccon is one maker for this product that not only has layout charm yet additionally can be utilized to improve safety for dark pathways as well as metro stations.

Concrete houses are recognized for their sturdiness and also cost-saving attributes. In today's construction revolution, there is wonderful demand to build high-performance residences. With ICF construction, house owners can make a concrete home to look simply like a wood-frame house, however they gather numerous other added advantages by choosing to construct with concrete.

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The taking off rate of interest in "green," or eco friendly, building products and techniques has actually sped up the need for sustainable home building and construction. Environment-friendly building involves developing and constructing a home inside and out to take full advantage of performance as well as save sources. A green house eats less energy, water and also natural deposits; produces much less waste; and is healthier and also extra comfortable for the occupantsall qualities that are quickly achieved by utilizing concrete and ICFs.

Concrete conserves natural resources, uses recycled products as well as is made in your area. ICFs decrease waste and also can be recycled as insulation fill on the jobsite or reused. ICFs enhance interior environmental high quality by reducing direct exposure to mold, mildew as well as other interior toxins. Concrete builds durable structures. Using ICFs to construct your residence can help: Boost the HERS (House Power Score System) rack up Achieve Energy Celebrity certification from the federal government Make points in the direction of LEED for Houses qualification See even more Eco-Friendly Advantages of Building with Concrete.

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A lot of these houses are custom-made built, yet much more building contractors are beginning to set up entire subdivisions of concrete houses. According to the Insulating Concrete Type Organization (ICFA), ICF residences are being constructed all throughout The United States and Canada, in basically every U.S. state and Canadian district. In the Northeast, top Midwest and also Canada, ICF residences are permitting property owners to achieve better power performance as well as get rid of cool drafts.

In the Southwest, ICF residences maintain their residents much cooler in the summertime. As well as on the West Shore, ICF houses supply safety and security from earthquakes and also fires. In Canada, the development rate of ICF houses is exceeding also that of the U.S., spurred by federal government programs to urge the construction of even more energy-efficient housing.

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ICF building and construction likewise goes beyond all price levels, from moderate starter homes to deluxe estates. In many communities, local ready-mix concrete organizations as well as ICF suppliers are partnering with Habitat for Humankind to donate both kinds and labor to build cost effective ICF houses. Fox Blocks, for instance, contributes its forms or deals special programs offered for distributors that desire to take part in Environment jobs in their areas.

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If you currently have plans for a conventional wood-framed house, don't worry, they can be transformed to ICF building and construction. Consult with your architect, home builder or designer regarding what this involves. ICFs are not the only way to construct a concrete home, right here are the other choices. A precast concrete residence is a terrific option if you're seeking to participate the little residence motion.

Tilt-up building is commonly utilized for commercial and industrial buildings. Nevertheless, some homebuilders are beginning to use this technique for residential houses too.

If you're like the majority of people, you have actually most likely never ever thought long and also hard about concrete. Sure, its grey presence is all over us-- in our roads, bridges, car parking great deals as well as driveways-- but there can not be that much to it, right? A truck draws up, unloads it in a defined area, and also it hardens.

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A sidewalk is birthed. Yet you could be shocked the number of ways boring-old-concrete can be mixed http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch/?action=click&contentCollection&region=TopBar&WT.nav=searchWidget&module=SearchSubmit&pgtype=Homepage#/concrete work and concrete cladding services and also cast, even for use in your own residence. Actually, one "dish" has become so popular in the last half century that you'll find it in whatever from kitchen area countertops to China's 3 Gorges Dam, the biggest hydroelectric job on the planet.

All concrete begins out as a blend of water, concrete and also some kind of aggregate (like sand and crushed rock) and also sets thanks to a chain reaction that happens between the water and also the concrete (which we'll discuss on the next web page). Preferably, concrete must have just sufficient water in it to respond totally with the concrete-- anymore or much less water will certainly weaken the end item.

While concrete with a reduced slump makes for solid hardened concrete, it's tough to work with when it's wet because it's not slim adequate to exude into tight rooms. Thankfully there are admixtures, or chemical additives, that can slim the concrete without weakening it (the way adding a lot more water to the combination would certainly).

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The superplasticizer's superpower is that it lends concrete a high slump without taking its stamina. Concrete with superplasticizers in it is really fluid when damp and also extremely solid when hardened. While all-natural concrete has actually been around for 7,000 years as well as modern rose city cement concrete has actually been used for around 200 years, fluid concrete is a much newer creation.

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Service providers enjoy the truth that it pumps conveniently, fills in slim areas, and also needs little or no compaction to eliminate air bubbles, all while keeping its high toughness. But of course they have scientific research to give thanks to for these wonder advantages. Just how do superplasticizers do their task?.

Concrete is the brand-new workhorse of house renovation jobs. Although it's been around a very long time, it's tackled a brand-new life inside houses as a result of its unique homes: It's long lasting, lasting, fire-resistant, as well as affordable. It can be built to fit any room and shape. It can be colored, stamped, embossed, and also polished to match your home's design.

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It has a special, one-of-a-kind appearance. Where does concrete fit into your house? Take a look at these opportunities: A concrete countertop ($ 65-135/ sq. ft.) is made in one put, implying it's seamless-- no concerns concerning water seeping in cracks and joints. You're not stuck to a stiff rectangle, either pour concrete into a personalized mold to make any form you can envision.

A concrete kitchen sink (from $200) is long-wearing, low-maintenance, and also mixes well with nearly every dcor. Solid concrete sinks retain warm as well as moisten the sound of garbage disposals.: A concrete fire place hearth or mantel can be stamped to look like block or stone, or left as a strong piece as well as discolored a dramatic shade.

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Prices differ widely as well as depend upon style, dimension, and also coating, however number regarding $110/sq. ft. Concrete floorings are extremely sturdy and also useful. They're super-easy to tidy, needing only regular dusting and also a damp wipe, as well as they stand up to scuffs and scrapes. Colored dyes and ingrained materials add refined shades, textures, as well as patterns that make each floor one-of-a-kind.

ft. for a standard tarnished floor; $4-10/ sq. ft. with a stamped pattern and also greater than one shade; $6-12 for a sleek floor; and $18/sq. ft. for an etched or hand-stained surface. A concrete washroom bathtub can be small-- in the Japanese saturating design that calls for little flooring room-- or it can be large enough for two.

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Ex-New York state Sen. Dean Skelos, son convicted of extortion, bribery

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Ex-New York state Sen. Dean Skelos, son convicted of extortion, bribery

A former New York state Senate leader and his son were convicted on Tuesday of extortion, wire fraud and bribery charges of pressuring businesses to give the son no-show jobs or else risk losing the powerful Republican’s political support. ...