Background for the ongoing story, did I return from the Democratic Convention and Tokyo in time to coach when my first child Joanna was born? See Part 1: https://joelsolkoff.com/?p=604 ++++ I remember clearly that astonishing first visit to the obstetrician, the one where I saw for the first time a sonic image of my first child inside […]
Archives for January 2012
International Holocaust Remembrance Day: Robert Briscoe, the first Jewish Lord Mayor of Dublin
My father introduced Briscoe to New York City Jewish organizations. Solkoff and Briscoe both collaborated with Ben Hecht to create a highly controversial full-page advertisement on the back page of the first section of The New York Times. The year was 1943. The ad was entitled, “FOR SALE TO HUMANITY, 70,000 JEWS, GUARANTEED HUMAN BEINGS AT $50 A PIECE.”
John Bertoty co-founder of Blueroof
John Bertoty (right) is Executive Director of Blueroof Technologies, Inc. This is a position John has held for the past 10 years when he founded Blueroof with Robert Walters (left). Listen to one of the sounds you might hear after you enter the front door. burgularalarmon In 2002, John was Academic Principal, McKeesport Area High […]
3-D Model of Blueroof Cottage
John Messner at the Immersive Construction Lab
http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/faculty/messner/ John I. Messner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University 104 Engineering Unit A University Park, PA 16802 United States of America [email protected] Educational Background: 1994 Ph.D., Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option, The Pennsylvania State University 1991 B.A.E., Architectural Engineering, Construction Management Option, The Pennsylvania State University Construction Industry […]
Sonali Kumar, virtual reality modeller and designer
Sonali Kumar created this 3-D model of the Blueroof Cottage using AutoDesk’s Revit virtual reality imaging tool a Unity gaming engine. See Unity’s 3-D website: http://unity3d.com/create-games/?gclid=CPnkpYKZnK0CFVCR7QodWnKPnw. As the authoritative Wikipedia notes: ” A game engine is a system designed for the creation and development of video games. There are many game engines that are designed to […]
Richard Behr at Smart Spaces
Dr. Richard A. Behr, P.E. Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering Department of Architectural Engineering The Pennsylvania State University http://www.engr.psu.edu/ae/faculty/behr/index.asp Education B.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1974 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1975 Ph. D. in Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1982
Ferraro had charisma
Letter to the editor Centre Daily Times, published April 3, 2011. I was standing on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in 1984 counting as each of the state’s delegations went through the time honored ritual of formally endorsing Geraldine Ferraro to be vice president of the United States. Few people realize the twin significance […]