Reports of an active shooter at Maryland’s Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon stemmed from drill preparation gone wrong, according to the Navy.
People inside the hospital were unaware of this mistake, as Walter Reed went into lockdown for at least an hour.
The U.S. Navy confirmed on Twitter that the active shooter response was the result of the “improper use of a mass notification system” but did not specify where the alarm was set off or by whom. Read More...
Amit Kumar Sinha is managing director and CEO of Mahindra Lifespaces, the real estate and infrastructure development arm of Indian conglomerate company Mahindra Group. Incomes are projected to rise, and India could see 400 million new urban dwellers by 2050, a shift that will require massive growth in new building stock. This will increase pressure to develop sustainably—a challenge Sinha is rising to meet. Since 2013, Mahindra Lifespaces says it has had an entirely green portfolio, prioritizing water efficiency, passive energy design, renewables, and more. Read More...
Nothing could sound more universal than the Style, or de Stijl as its Dutch founders dubbed it in 1917. That was precisely what they wanted: a pure, pristine art that pierced beyond the world of appearances and individuals. In achieving it, de Stijl changed and unified the appearance of the world.
The staggered buildings of city planning, the glass boxes of much modern architecture, advertising layouts, type faces, furniture, all stem from the taste of de Stijl and other geometrically influenced art isms of the 20th century. Read More...
