#nita reyes

[incorrectmarketofmonstersquotes]

Kovit: (after killing Reyes) That lady didn’t pass the vibe check.  Nita:…she died. Because you slammed her head against a wall.   Kovit: Yeah, that’s how we check for vibes. 

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

♾️ Books for World Autism Month + Neurodiversity Celebration Week

♾️ The last week of March was Neurodiversity Celebration Week. My post is (obviously) late, but April is also World Autism Month (beginning with World Autism Awareness Day on April 2). To generate additional awareness, here are a few books by autistic authors and/or about autistic characters. On the last slide, you'll also find books with additional neurodiversity rep (including characters with ADHD, dyslexia, and OCD).

✨ The Bride Test - Helen Hoang ✨ Daniel, Deconstructed - James Ramos ✨ Tonight We Rule the World - Zack Smedley ✨ Paige Not Found - Jen Wilde ✨ Something More - Jackie Khalilieh ✨ Uncomfortable Labels - Laura Kate Dale ✨ The Luis Ortega Survival Club - Sonora Reyes ✨ Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl - Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum ✨ The Spirit Bares Its Teeth - Andrew Joseph White ✨ The Brightsiders - Jen Wilde ✨ The Boys in the Back Row - Mike Jung ✨ Hating Jesse Harmon - Robin Mimna

✨ Queens of Geek - Jen Wilde ✨ The Maid - Nita Prose ✨ The Heart Principle - Helen Hoang ✨ The Girl Who Played with Fire - Stieg Larsson ✨ Even If We Break - Marieke Nijkamp ✨ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon ✨ Unseelie - Ivelisse Housman ✨ This Could Be Us - Kennedy Ryan ✨ Act Your Age, Eve Brown - Talia Hibbert ✨ The Kiss Quotient - Helen Hoang ✨ On the Edge of Gone - Corinne Duyvis ✨ Against the Stars - Christopher Hartland

✨ Tell Me How It Ends - Quinton Li ✨ Izzy at the End of the World - K.A. Reynolds ✨ Late Bloomer - Mazey Eddings ✨ Fake It Till You Bake It - Jamie Wesley ✨ Whatever Happens - Micalea Smeltzer ✨ Gimmicks and Glamour - Lauren Melissa Ellzey ✨ Last Call at the Local - Sarah Grunder Ruiz ✨ Reggie and Delilah's Year of Falling - Elise Bryant ✨ The Charm Offensive - Alison Cochrun ✨ A Prayer for Vengeance - Leanne Schwartz ✨ Tilly in Technicolor - Mazey Eddings ✨ If Only You - Chloe Liese

[jxrm]

book log - 2022

his last wife by gia pere

a very merry bromance by lyssa kay adams

behind the messages by ella-may williams

the wife upstairs by rachel hawkins

pride, prejudice, & turkish delight by k.c. mccormick ciftci

the long way to a small, angry planet by becky chambers

honeymoon for one by rachel bowdier

let it snow by beth moran

resting scrooge face by meghan quinn

window shopping by tessa bailey

the family upstairs by lisa jewell

poster girl by veronica roth

x by sue grafton

queen bee by nina manning

the vibrant years by sonali dev

untamed by glennon doyle

book lovers by emily henry

the zookeeper's wife by diane ackerman

daisy darker by alice feeney

mating in captivity by esther perel

miss meteor by tehlor kay mejia

carrie soto is back by taylor jenkins reid

a good girl's guide to murder by holly jackson

the lesbiana's guide to catholic school by sonora reyes

fat chance, charlie vega by crystal maldonado

lakelore by anne-marie mclemore

you love me by caroline kepnes

happiness for beginners by katherine center

not my daughter by barbara delinsky

last tang standing by lauren ho

no filter and other lies by crystal maldonado

the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires by grady hendrix

does my body offend you? by mayra cuevas

i'm the girl by courtney summers

the expatriates by janice y.k. lee

emily, gone by bette lee crosby

after hours on milagro street by angelina m. lopez

i'm glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy

my best friend's exorcism by grady hendrix

#murderfunding by gretchen mcneil

looking for jane by heather marshall

midwife murders by james patterson

final cut by s.j. watson

darling rose gold by stephanie wrobel

all the pretty people by barbara freethy

when i was you by minka kent

been there, married that by gigi levangie

malibu rising by taylor jenkins reid

covery story by susan rigetti

the paris apartment by lucy foley

stiletto sisterhood by fallon demornay

her perfect secret by t.j. brearton

take a chance on me by beth moran

the watcher girl by minka kent

no conscience by phil m. williams

reminders of him by colleen hoover

her last move by john marrs

we were dreamers by simu liu

the book of cold cases by simone st. james

all i stole from you by ava bellows

violeta by isabel allende

once of us is next - karen m. mcmanus

just the way you are by beth moran

the latecomer by jean hanff jorelitz

klara and the sun by kazuo ishiguro

the sorority murder by allison brennan

one italian summer by rebecca serle

what lies between us by john marrs

the maid by nita prose

sex and vanity by kevin kwan

funny you should ask by elissa sussman

the seven day switch by kelly harms

three perfect liars by heidi perks

everything must go by camille pagan

no ex before marriage by portia macintosh

the other mother by carol goodman

california girls by susan mallery

one little secret by cate holahan

apples never fall by liane moriarty

the promise by teresa driscoll

ghost boy by martin pistorius

close to you by ana jolene

oona out of order by margarita montimore

the stepson by jane renshaw

all adults here by emma straub

his & hers by alice feeney

mexican gothic by silvia moreno-garcia

anatomy by dana schwartz

the resting place by camilla sten

will by will smith

good me, bad me by ali land

while we were dating by jasmine guillory

the lion's den by katherine st. john

when we left cuba by chanel cleeton

left neglected by lisa genova

the suspect by fiona barton

park avenue summer by renee rosen

group therapy by b.b. easton

the half sister by sandie jones

shipped by angie hockman

when we were sisters by emilie richards

the chain by adrian mckintu

not a happy family by shari lapena

clap when you land by elizabeth acevedo

if the shoe fits by julie murphy

the girlfriend by michelle frances

let me hear a rhyme by tiffany d. jackson

death by dumpling by vivien chien

yoga pant nation by laurie gelman

the cousins by karen m. mcmanus

in a holidaze by christina lauren

people we meet on vacation by emily henry

the candy house by jennifer egan

you've been volunteered by laurie gelman

broken by jenny lawson

you can't be serious by kal penn

the final girl support group by grady hendrix

home before dark by riley sager

one of us is lying by kate m. mcmanus

the vanishing half by brit bennett

the cross and the switchblade by david wilkerson

the henna wars by adiba jaigridar

the fashion orphans by randy susan meyers

the good girl by mary kubica

the comeback by ella berman

the magician's nephew by c.s. lewis

the bright lands by john fram

[likeafolkssong]

Books Read in 2023

1. The Last Thing He Told Me - Laura Dave

2. No Further Questions - Gillian McAllister

3. The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

4. The Two Lives of Lydia Bird - Josie Silver

5. The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist - Debbie Mirza

6. Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus

7. Killers of a Certain Age - Deanna Raybourn

8. We Were Never Here - Andrea Bartz

9. We Should All be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche

10. The Paris Library - Janet Skeslien Charles

11. The House in the Pines - Ana Reyes

12. The Rose Code - Kate Quinn

13. To Raise a Boy - Emma Brown

14. Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney

15. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing - Matthew Perry

16. One Night on the Island - Josie Silver

17. Mad Honey - Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan

18. The Marlow Murder Club - Robert Thorogood

19. The Invisible Husband of Frick Island - Colleen Oakley

20. I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist - Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek

21. The Cliff House - Chris Brookmyre

22. The It Girl - Ruth Ware

23. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now - Jaron Lanier

24. The Grace Year - Kim Liggett

25. The Better Sister - Alafair Burke

26. Blood Sugar - Sascha Rothchild

27. You Were There Too - Colleen Oakley

28. Meet Me at the Lake - Carley Fortune

29. The Bondage Breaker - Neil T. Anderson

30. The Maid - Nita Prose

31. The Magician’s Nephew - C.S. Lewis (reread)

32. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis (reread)

33. The Horse and His Boy - C.S. Lewis (reread)

34. Prince Caspian - C.S. Lewis (reread)

35. The Christmas Murder Game - Alexandra Benedict

36. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader - C.S. Lewis (reread)

[crownshattered]

@diverse-hearts inquired: "Have you ever known anyone that didn't hurt you?" - Kovit / Monica

⁕| Stuff From The Old Blog |⁕

The woman's words caused him to pause. Normally, he wouldn't even bat an eye at the comments of a stranger, but some reason...this stuck with him. He actually considered her question, and once he did, he didn't like the result. He couldn't find a single person in his memory who hasn't hurt him before.

Henry was obvious, he used him for years and didn't actually care for him at all. Gold had been a pain in his ass for a long time before he realized she was May, and that realization struck him to his core. All his online friends kicked him out once they learned the truth about him, and honestly, he couldn't blame them. His mother harmed his friends. Reyes treated him like a dog. Even Matt, who didn't explicitly do anything to harm Kovit directly, was always dragging the zannie into his shit and putting him in danger with the Family.

And then, there was Nita... Kovit followed her willingly and was happy to do whatever she asked--as long as it was in the confines of his rules--but he would be lying if he said she never hurt him. He knew she was afraid of him at times, and that hurt him. The only times she wasn't disgusted by him was when he tortured whoever she wanted him to... So in the end, the only person in his life who never hurt him was Patchaya, but Kovit was afraid of hurting her. But he guessed being hurt by so many people was what it means to be a zannie. He hurt people, so people hurt him.

"Why?" he questioned, his brows furrowing as he stared at the woman before him. Something about her put him on edge... It wasn't like him to feel like the prey for once. "What does that have to do with you?"

[marveling-cg]

A Bit of Beyond Series Fic (that no one asked for)

Maricela cried between the ceremony and reception. It’s not that she regretted what she’d done. 

Marrying Alexei had been the best shot that either of them had at freedom. 

It was just that she’d always hoped to be able to marry for the sort of passionate love that everyone worshiped in Sector One. But the granddaughter of the prophet had other responsibilities. And, as long as she remained unwed, scheming mothers and ambitious sons would constantly be conspiring to keep her from the duties that truly mattered. 

No, marrying Alexei had been the right thing to do. He’d only confirmed it when he’d stumbled upon her in the gardens before their reception, pulling a handkerchief out of his pocket to carefully wipe away her tears before using it to dry his own eyes.

“This isn’t the end of love,” he’d sniffed as he turned his face toward the setting sun. 

“No. Especially not for you. You know I won’t stand between you and Hugo.” “No, I know that. It’s just a matter of getting to him to believe me. Or look me in the eye.” His jaw had clenched, but he’d cleared his throat, straightened his shoulders, and curled his mouth into his wry smile. “But for now, we should dance. The whole Sector waits.”

And so they danced.

“You’re either an asshole or you greatly undervalue your own worth. I’ve been having trouble deciding.” The man before her jumped and turned. When he saw her face, he bowed lowly. “Princess, I’m sorry - whatever I’ve done --” “It’s more what you haven’t done.” “I’m sorry, your--” “He loves you.”

Broad shoulders snapped back and a brow previously furrowed in concern smooths into a darkly shuttered expression.

“With all due respect, Your Highness --” “It’s not my business, I know. Not really, but --” “As Alexei’s wife, it’s certainly your business, but it’s no longer mine.” “Which is a shame. Because it breaks my heart to know that my friend’s happy ending is actually possible, but he won’t get it anyway.” “I may only be a gardener, but that doesn’t mean I want to sit at the edge of the table begging for scraps. I won’t be a dirty secret.”

At that, Maricela reached out. Hugo was as large as Alexei had said he was. But, he stopped at Maricela’s touch.

“No one’s asking you to be. He did this for you.” “Because the husband of a Rios is even more attainable than a minor noble’s son? Right.”

“Because my grandfather taught that love was above all - above class and wealth and power. The nobles in this Sector may have forgotten that, but I haven’t. And neither has Alexei. Just. Just talk to him.”

It took a couple of weeks, but Hugo did reach out. 

Which Maricela found out only after inquiring with the palace guards when Alexei missed dinner two nights in a row.

“Marry me, Nita.”

“What?”

The temple gardens were uncommonly quiet. In the distance, Alexei sat on a bench, book in hand, as Hugo bent to his work. Alexei laughed at some something on his page and called out to share it with Hugo. Nita and Maricela were too far away to hear the specifics, but Hugo blushed prettily, and Alexei’s smile softened into something unbearably gentle.

“Marry me, Nita.”

“Maricela--”

“No, you’ve waited for -- you’ve waited long enough Nita. And I know your mom’s been coming down on you harder.” “I’m not looking for your pity, Maricela.”

“I’m not looking to give you any. I just want to see you happy again. You used to smile. I used to smile. Maybe not like that,” she pointed toward Hugo and Alexei, “but it’d make me happy to see you free to help your siblings.”

“But bound in a marriage.”

“That look bound to you? Nita, you know he --” Maricela catches herself. They have a code, a sacred code, that one’s impossible love isn’t talked about. “If you ever -- I wouldn’t stop you.”

Nita paused, seemed to take a moment to actually think about the offer on the table.

“I hate to give my mom a victory,” she laughed finally. “Marrying a damned Rios.” Maricela chuckled. “Sure, but you’ll only be my second spouse. And, if I want my new baby sisters and brothers to become little designers and gardeners or marry their kitchen staff, she’ll hardly be able to argue.”

“Oh man, who could argue with a damned Rios!” Nita laughed. “Okay, honey, let’s get married.”

They married quietly, another message to Estela Reyes that Nita’s life would no longer be hers to control. She’d exchanged vows with Nita as Hugo exchanged vows with Alexei. 

Nita’d signed the papers after Hugo making her Maricela’s third. The smile on her face when she did so, it made it all worth it. 

As a concession to the powerful Reyes family, though, they’d scheduled the wedding for the week before the Reyes’ annual party. They kept the nuptials quiet until they arrived at the Reyes compound and gave her the opportunity to announce to the world that the Reyes and Rios families were combined at last. 

Of course, Hunter decided to get his head out of his ass after Maricela had gotten Nita to marry her. 

It was fine. Her vision of sharing quiet morning with Nita in bed, huddled together against the cool air, even if it was just as friends, wouldn’t come to pass.

But, she wouldn’t trade Nita’s smile for anything.

Marrying Hunter in an unseemly spectacle at the Reyes’ party the next year was the gift that finally seemed to earn Estela Reyes’s forgiveness, even if the woman couldn’t quite bring herself to say Hunter’s name without the creases around her eyes tightening.

The night was warm, and the press of the crowd had become unbearable. She’d normally find her way to Nita when she needed a moment away, but, tonight, Nita belonged to no one but Hunter.

She glowed in his arms, and he’d hardly let her go save for an obligatory dance with his other new spouses. She’d been sure to keep her dance with him short and to talk only of Nita’s beauty. He’d picked up on it shortly before the music came to an end and was clearly embarrassed.

“Forgive me, little Mari,” he’d whispered, pressing a kiss to her forehead. 

“For what? She’s glorious.” 

And then she’d made her way to the gardens. For a breath. For a moment away from her glowing spouses. A moment to wrestle her wretched heart into place.

“Princess.”

Maricela gasped, and then relaxed as Ivan stepped forward hands raised in silent apology.

“I didn’t mean to startle you.” “Which is why you approached without sound from the shadowed maze,” she huffed.

His lips tilted in the whisper of a smile.

“It’s hard to break training.”

“I wouldn’t know. I’ve been consciously resisting training since I was a little girl.”

“Which is why you’ve dutifully married not once, not twice, but four times.”

“One a gardener, the other a Rider. I’m a walking scandal.”

“And for all that rebellion, you never smile.”

“Of course I do.”

He shook his head. In the moonlight, his hair shown silver, and his blue eyes were dark. He looked as she imagined a knight would, one from the tales of old about a round table served by faithful warriors.

It hurt to look at him.

“I’ve beautiful spouses, kind ones. My people flourish, and I’ve finally been able to renovate and expand our refugee housing. I’ve got everything to smile about.”

“Like I said: you’ve been dutiful.”

“I don’t serve my people out of duty.”

“That’s not - I didn’t mean - just because it’s your duty doesn’t mean it’s wrong. And it doesn’t mean you didn’t do it because you cared. I just meant.” He paused, clearly at a loss. 

And in all the years that Maricela had known Ivan, in all the years she’d quietly watched him and tried not to watch him, this was the most he’d ever said to her at one time.

His sincerity was clear.

“I just meant that you spend so much of yourself serving others. But, who serves you?”

“Ivan. I have more than enough of people looking to serve the Prophet’s granddaughter. I don’t--”

“I’m not talking about serving Maricela Rios. Who takes care of you, Mari?”

There were any number of correct answers that come to mind:

She and Alexei share breakfast together every morning, no matter how late a night he has. She and Hugo have exchanged books every week for the last year and a half. Nita, as ever, has remained her best friend and partner in work and fun. Even Hunter had become a friend.

But there was no room in Ivan’s gaze for anything less than complete honesty.

“I don’t know,” she shrugged. “It wasn’t in our terns & agreements.”

“You weren’t supposed to have contracts when you married.”

“Oh no?”

“No. No, I --”

“You what, Ivan?”

“I stayed away, so you could have something real, something forever.”

“Well, I’ve got that, friendships and contracts, and I’m sure kids that will come.”

“And what about passion?”

“Dammit, Ivan, what do you want me to say? You stayed away!” It comes out more of a sob than she intended, but it’d been so long. 

She’d spent years second guessing whether the heat between them had been one-sided, whether the intensity in his gaze was hers alone or just the wishful longing of an infatuated mind. Whether the quiet glimpses into his life were shared intentionally in a show of trust or were merely the work of convenient timing and fatigue.

“I didn’t think it would matter.”

“Why wouldn’t it matter? Why wouldn’t you matter?”

“I’m just a Rider.”

“A servant to your people just like me.”

She hadn’t intentionally moved closer. She wasn’t sure if she had or if it was he who moved. But he was there, pushing hair away from her face all the same.

“And it’s exhausting sometimes isn’t it.”

The look in his eyes was tender and kind, and Maricela leaned into the broad expanse of his chest.

“Let me take care of you, Mari.”

“Please.”

[misguidedmalfoy]

please enjoy my divergent pronoun and sexual orientation headcanons

it's extensive so i'll just go ahead and drop the page break so your timeline isn't clogged. also op who posted this same concept, thanks for the inspiration!!

tl;dr: they're mostly bi

Tris Prior: she/they, demisexual

Caleb Prior: he/him, gay but with some comphet

Natalie Prior: she/her, bisexual

Andrew Prior: he/him, bisexual

Tobias Eaton: he/they?? maybe??, bisexual but kinda repressed so female pref

Marcus Eaton: he/him, poster child of straight men

Evelyn Johnson-Eaton: she/her, bisexual with a female preference

Jeanine Matthews: she/her, lesbian but also kinda aro/ace

Johanna Reyes: all pronouns, pansexual

Jack Kang: he/him, gay

Max: he/him, straight

Will: he/they, bisexual

Christina: she/they, aggressively bisexual

Peter Hayes: he/him, bisexual

Al: he/him, bisexual (just as repressed as Four) also i'm getting ace vibes

Uriah: he/they, pansexual

Molly: she/her, lesbian with a splash of comphet in there

Nita: she/they, bisexual

Drew: he/him, gay

Zoe: she/they, pansexual

Matthew: he/him, straight

David: he/him, poster child of straight men outside chicago

Tori: they/she, lesbian

Eric: he/him, bisexual

Shauna: she/her, pansexual

Marlene: she/they, pansexual

Lynn: they/she, bisexual

Cara: she/her, lesbian (we are choosing to ignore her and matthew!)

Edward: he/him, bisexual

[fouriis]

“Things I don’t think everyone remember about the divergent trilogy or just stuff i wish we mentioned a little more ” PART 2

In the same initiates group of Tris’s year there was also an Amity transfer but he wasn’t brave enough to jump off the train

There was also another Erudite transfer but he didn’t make it to the train

16 years old Tobias thought the Prior family is the perfect Abnegation family

Christina jumped right after Tris

When Jeanine invented the fear serum she was only 16

That’s when Andrew Prior decided he wants to leave Erudite

Tori and Jeanine were classmates

Tobias has wrinkles near his eyebrows and mouth and on his chin when he smiles

Tobias is scared of Zeke and Uriah’s mom

Johanna Reyes doesn’t like Tris

Johanna was born in Candor

Caleb and Peter were friends in Allegiant

Tris knows how to knit

Will was also scared of heights

Tobias always sleeps on his stomach

Al had a spider tattoo on his arm

Tris was Veronica’s favorite character out of the trilogy

Tobias doesn’t like the winter

When Nita and Reggie tried to convince Tobias and Tris to act against the Bureau with them, Reggie showed them images of WW2

Tris used to be clumsy

Matthew exists

And his favorite faction is Erudite

Also he gets his hair to look messy on purpose

Tris has a fandom in the Bureau

Nita has a tattoo of shattered glass on her back

Uriah had a drinking problem

Zeke was also injected with the truth serum (and he was still funny)

The characters didn’t know about the existence of the outer space

Nor about air transport

Tori had a tattoo of a river on her right arm

Tris included Fernando as one of the best people she has ever met (Will and Cara are in that list too)

Apparently the Bureau also has access to the recording of people’s fear landscapes, Nita knew all about Tobias’s

Lynn doesn’t think being Divergent means there’s something different about someone’s brain, she believes it has something to do with the government distracting people from bigger issues

Caleb has long hair (I think people remember that but prefer to ignore it lol)

Cara and Jeanine worked together on the simulation serum before Jeanine became a leader

The fear serum shows you your worst nightmares therefore Tris’s worst fear is losing Tobias

Will wanted to be a Dauntless leader

So did Peter

Tobias smells like wind

Tris smells like apples

Christina smells like coconut oil

Tris died on a Saturday

Peter’s dad died when the Factionless and Dauntless attacked Erudite

Peter’s mom is a redhead

Natalie has dimples 

Tris likes to run

But hates stairs

Christina and Will got out of their fear landscapes faster than Peter

The crows in Tris’s fear landscape resemble the fear of being powerless (aka her difficulties in Insurgent)

The water tank resembles the fear of the inability to escape (Agoraphobia) (aka her difficulties in Allegiant)

Since there are no big bodies of water in dystopian Chicago no one there knows how to swim

Four to Tris - “Divergent” chapter 24

Tris to Peter - “Divergent” chapter 37

[incorrectmarketofmonstersquotes]

Nita: Can you keep a secret? Fabricio: (already texting Reyes) oh my god. not really, but go. 

[steviemadis]

archives

Stephanie “Stevie” Madison

Gina Crawford

Clarissa Rhodes

Jane Fitzgerald

Dylan Morris

Elliot Lyons

Anita “Nita” Howard

Margaret Johnson

Zeta Reyes

Marcine “Mercy” Day

Benjamin Roy

Sophie Klein

[booksandrandomfandoms]

Book photo challenge day 24

Better than revenge

I can’t wait to see what Nita does to the person who sold her to Reyes 😈

[architectnews]

Karl Miller Center PSU, Portland Oregon

Karl Miller Center PSU, Portland, Oregon Building Project, Design, USA Architecture Photos

Karl Miller Center PSU in Portland

Apr 14, 2021

Karl Miller Center PSU, Portland Oregon

Design: SRG Partnership in collaboration with Behnisch Architekten

Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

The Karl Miller Center, the LEED Platinum new home of the School of Business at Portland State University (PSU), establishes a powerful identity for this business program, reflecting its aspirations and international prominence in sustainability while providing students, faculty, and the community with a much needed place to hang out, study, and collaborate. Located in downtown Portland, the Center—a renovation and a major addition—promotes active learning and enlivens the streetscape and public realm with connections to the city’s rich network of public spaces.

Enhancing the Pedestrian Realm Three primary elements comprise the building: a renovated ’70s-era structure, a major addition, and an atrium that links the two. The atrium’s circulation—with diagonal ramps connecting the floors above—creates a dynamic, active hub. To the atrium’s west, the renovated, 100,000sf structure is retrofitted with a corrugated metal panel facade system, punctuated by square, punched windows of different sizes. To its east, regionally sourced, FSC-certified Alaskan Yellow Cedar clads the 45,000sf addition, which reads as a composition of four stacked boxes, some larger than others. One cantilevered box, poised en pilotis—with concrete columns as high as 40 feet—frames the entry plaza beneath it.

While the addition’s moves take cues from the International Style, it displaces that rationality with a shifting composition, regional materials, and a dramatically angular juxtaposition: the building’s canted glazing encloses the transition between the old building and the new and features the Center’s main entry.

The project also reconsiders the 200’x200’ cadence of Portland’s city blocks with a building that reads as two distinct structures; the metal-clad renovation that abuts the site’s perimeter sits alongside the wood-clad series of stacked, sliding boxes. This approach presents a more diverse streetscape and reinvigorates existing links between the urban center, pedestrians, transportation, and parks.

Fostering Active Learning and Collaboration The building not only provides an active gathering place for business school students, but a destination for the campus-at-large and Portland. Benefiting from a diverse program, activities animate the five-story atrium as the heart of the building. A variety of spaces are arranged strategically to maximize connection and communication, including informal meeting and study areas, gardens, classrooms, business incubators, student spaces, faculty and administrative offices, and retail. They encourage community-building for the School, the University, and its neighborhood.

Activating the Plaza and Atrium A one-story grade differential between 6th Avenue and Broadway creates two ground levels, further heightening the activity within and around the building. These ground levels are populated with public-oriented spaces to activate an exterior plaza and the central, interior daylit gathering space, a new home for civic and University events.

Sustainability Leveraging Portland’s temperate climate, all new construction is designed without mechanical cooling equipment. Passive sustainable strategies minimize environmental impact, enhance human comfort and well-being, and reduce the total site EUI of the new building to less than half the original, pre-renovated structure. The LEED Platinum status advances PSU’s dedication to social, economic, and environmental sustainability.

Karl Miller Center PSU in Portland, Oregon – Building Information

Project Team Architecture : Designed by SRG Partnership in collaboration with Behnisch Architekten Contractor: Skanska USA Civil Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers Structural Engineer: Catena Consulting Engineers Mechanical Engineer: PAE Engineers Electrical Engineer: PAE Engineers Geotechnical Engineer: NW Geotech Landscape: Mayer/Reed Lighting: Littlefish & Luma Acoustical Engineer: Listen Acoustics Climate Engineer: Transsolar Survey: Dave Mills IT/Telecom/Security: Reyes Engineering LEED: Green Building Services Space Utilization: Biddison Hier

SRG Design Team: Jon Wiener, AIA – Principal-in-Charge Kent Duffy, FAIA – Design Principal Sam Stadler, AIA – Project Manager Louise Foster, AIA – Project Architect Mark Kogut, AIA – Project Architect Emily Wright, IIDA – Interior Designer Nita Posada, IIDA – Interior Designer Jim Wilson, AIA – Specifications David McCarthy, AIA- Construction Administration Rebecca Bompiani – Project Designer

Photography: Brad Feinknopf

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Location: Portland, Oregon, USA

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NITA STRAUSS To Guest On Debut Album From OVER IT ALL Feat. LAMB OF GOD, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, SWORN ENEMY Members

NITA STRAUSS To Guest On Debut Album From OVER IT ALL Feat. LAMB OF GOD, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, SWORN ENEMY Members

NITA STRAUSS To Guest On Debut Album From OVER IT ALL Feat. LAMB OF GOD, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, SWORN ENEMY Members Nita Strauss, the Los Angeles-based guitar shredder for the ALICE COOPER band, has recorded a guest solo for the upcoming debut album from OVER IT ALL.

OVER IT ALL consists of LAMB OF GOD frontman Randy Blythe, ANIMALS AS LEADERS guitarist Javier Reyes, SWORN ENEMY guitarist Lorenzo…

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Continúa el crecimiento económico en Villa de Reyes

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Villa de Reyes SL- “2019 es un año clave para el desarrollo de San Luis Luis Potosí y de Villa de Reyes, con el trabajo conjunto con aliados como Nita Moore” expresó la alcaldesa Érika Briones Pérez, al participar en el evento de reinauguración de la planta de origen japonés.

En ese sentido, el presidente mundial de la empresa, Motonobu Nitta, reiteró su confianza en el trabajo de manos mexicanas…

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(Nita is getting Reyes' arm while Kovit is stalling Jorge and Lorenzo)  Kovit: Good news. I was able to get dolphin girl's arm.  Lorenzo: Is it actually a cactus?  Kovit: I don't understand.  Lorenzo: I need dolphin girl's arm. Is that what you have, or do you have a cactus?  Kovit: I have the arm.  Lorenzo: You're sure? You have the arm and not a cactus?  Kovit: That is correct. I have dolphin girl's arm. I do not have a cactus.  Lorenzo: Great, give me the arm.  Kovit: Here you go.  (Kovit hands Lorenzo a cactus)

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“Hola Daddy,” Nita chirped as she picked up her phone. She swiveled in her chair in her room at college, the sunlight shining through the Montana clouds.

“Mi corazón, how are you?” came her father’s reply, but he sounded strained.

“Papa, what is it?” She asked, suddenly serious. Her black hair had begun to slip out of her ponytail, making beautiful strands whisping down her back. She flicked them back, squaring her shoulders.

“They know about Erica,” she heard him say, sounding gruff and worried. She could imagine her father, in his work boots stomping around the porch at their ranch.

“My cousin,” she questioned, leaning forward on her desk, worrying her lip. “It took them long enough, but how?”

“Blanche escaped, and they are coming after her, I think,” David contemplated, sounding weary before he let out a tired sigh. “I need you to go there and protect them, I can’t make it right now. If you get into trouble, I’ll send you one of your brothers.”

“I’ll be fine, daddy, I promise,” she assured, standing up quickly. “Where am I going?”

“Beacon Hills, mi niñita,” He mumbled haggardly. She could hear the scruff of his feet against the wood.

“I’m not so little anymore, but I love you, daddy,” she promised, before he returned the sentiment. “Tell mama I love her, and my brothers, too. Yes, I will call, yes I will try not to kill them,” she sighed as she hung up, rummaging through her dorm room for her duffle bag.

She glanced at herself in the mirror, grabbing some necessities, like her lipstick, and flashed her golden eyes at herself.

There was much the Reyes’ did not know about themselves.