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The Cohen family loved the redevelopment of Carmels bustling Midtown area so much they decided to build a new home in the heart of it.

But only months after the home on 2nd St. SW was complete, The GOAT tavern opened next door, replacing what had been breakfast and lunch spot Bubs Cafe until its closure in October 2019. It soon became clear that the Cohens new neighbor wasnt at all like the previous one.

In addition to frequently finding trash strewn about their property and hearing noisy patrons until 3 a.m. and later, the familys security cameras captured customers urinating, vomiting, passing out and even hooking up on the side of their yard adjacent to The GOAT. On one weekend in October, the cameras caught approximately 60 separate incidents, they said.

But perhaps most frustrating to the Cohen family is the fact that The GOAT is operating in a residentially zoned area. A variance approved in 2007 for Bubs Cafe to operate a restaurant on the site expired when the use changed, a fact that city officials admit they overlooked when reviewing initial plans for The GOAT, which stands for Greatest of All Taverns. The Cohens and others who live nearby are trying to figure out how that happened.

Its obvious that (The GOAT) never shouldve been able to open, Alan Cohen said. We have been pounding and pounding and pounding the table with everybody that this is not right. Shut (The GOAT) down and make him do like any other business would do. File a petition requesting a new variance or new zoning and give us our rights and our opportunity as residents to come forward and remonstrate.

When a rezone or variance is requested, the law requires that neighbors be notified and given the opportunity to express their opinions on the change. That didnt happen with The GOAT, which opened as a much different establishment from what neighbors and many city officials were expecting.

Ive had nothing but complaints from the day it opened, said Carmel City Councilor Bruce Kimball, whose district includes The GOAT. Its just unbelievable. Theyve turned Midtown into Broad Ripple. From 1 oclock to 3 or 4 oclock in the morning theres all sorts of deviant behavior, urinating, defecation and even finding condoms on the sidewalks around The GOAT.

The situation has gotten so bad, Kimball said, that he is sponsoring an ordinance that will go before the city council on Dec. 7 prohibiting urinating and defecating in public.

Its a shame that we have to have an ordinance like this, Kimball said. It seems like its a common sense-type thing.

Kevin Paul, who owns The GOAT with his wife, Megan, acknowledges that the tavern got off to a rough start in its first few weeks, but he said hes done everything he can to be a good neighbor, including installing a fence, hiring security, modifying hours and more. He believes the crowds and clientele have been largely driven by pandemic restrictions in Marion County and that the atmosphere at The GOAT will be different in the long term.

What were experiencing right now is not what this business is going to be in June. Its a 100-percent COVID event, Paul said. Weve got a bunch of 20-somethings and early 30s who have nowhere to go. The place happens to be new and trendy and cool, and thats why theyre going there.

Photos captured on a security camera at the Cohen residence show patrons of The GOAT urinating, vomting and hooking up on the Cohens private property. (Submitted photo)

The Cohens, whose primary home is elsewhere in Carmel, arent the only nearby residents with complaints about The GOAT. Property management firm Barrett & Stokely opened The Railyard at Midtown apartments just south of the tavern in February, but as soon as The GOAT opened six months later, apartment management began hearing complaints about the noise.

As much as I want successful restaurants and businesses around here for our residents to visit, the noise concerns became apparent almost immediately and have not stopped since August, said Rachel Baldwin, property manager of The Railyard at Midtown. I have to be an advocate for our residents and try to find solutions to their problems, and this is a problem they continue to report to me, being woken up until 2 or 3 in the morning consistently on the weekends. Its not conducive to the lifestyle they were anticipating when they leased here.

Baldwin helped one resident who lived near The GOAT relocate to the other side of the building, and shes received frequent noise complaints from several others who live on the north side of the property. Shes encouraged residents to call the Carmel Police Dept.s nonemergency line to report problems as her attempts to work with The GOATs management and city officials to resolve the problem havent been successful.

Tom Willson moved into The Railyard in May but was at his home in Florida when The GOAT opened this summer. He was shocked by the changes when he returned in October.

Willsons unit is about halfway down the block from The GOAT, so noise directly from the tavern isnt his biggest problem. Rather, he is often disturbed by customers walking past his home after 3 a.m. when The GOAT closes.

There are people right outside our window. Theyre yelling and screaming, and theyre obviously drunk, he said. Theyre revving their engines and speeding up 2nd Avenue.

Willson doesnt necessarily want to see The GOAT shut down, but he would like to see modifications, such as reduced hours or alcohol stopped being served at midnight.

Paul, who said hes already taken a large revenue hit by making changes to address concerns, said he welcomes feedback from neighbors and that he expects the situation to continue improving.

All Im asking for is a little bit of time and patience and continued recommendations as to resolve and fix some problems, he said.

The GOAT co-owners Kevin and Megan Paul pause near the tavern in August. (Submitted photo)

When city councilor Jeff Worrell began hearing repeated complaints about The GOATs late-night crowd, he stopped by for a look. He had previously been a patron of The GOAT during dinner hours and was surprised by the change in clientele after midnight, both during the week and on weekends.

This is not a family friendly environment. This is not what I envisioned for Midtown, said Worrell, an at-large councilor. After 1 oclock, (the atmosphere) is totally different, and therefore I believe we need to take some action to protect the investment that the taxpayer has made, the investment of other businesses and certainly, ultimately, the residents around that area who did not bargain for a Broad Ripple-esque environment at 3 oclock in the morning.

Worrell and fellow at-large council member Kevin Woody Rider co-sponsored an amendment to the citys noise ordinance introduced at the Nov. 16 council meeting that prohibits machines that emit sounds, such as radios and loudspeakers, from being used between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. If approved, Worrell said its only one piece of what he sees as a multifaceted approach to addressing the problem.

Another proposed step is rezoning the property and through that process restricting the taverns operating hours. The Carmel Plan Commission is set to review a rezone request submitted by Carmels Dept. of Community Services at its Dec. 15 meeting that would convert The GOAT and the Carmel Clay Historical Societys property to the north from residential to mixed-use zoning. If the rezone request isnt approved, The GOAT likely will not be permitted to continue operating.

Cohen who considered pursuing variances for his own Midtown home before building it said he doesnt understand why the city is petitioning for the rezone rather than Paul. Willson said the situation doesnt make much sense to him, either.

Its disappointing that there would be any sort of effort to try to match the zoning to the way the restaurant is operating instead of forcing the restaurant to operate to the requirements of the zoning, Willson said. That is kind of head-scratching to me in this city where things are so well-run normally.

The Carmel City Council will have the final vote on whether or not a rezone is approved for The GOAT, but Kimball said he believes several councilors would vote with him against it.

A number of my colleagues are not in favor of changing the zoning because of the bad behavior (at The GOAT), Kimball said. Jeff Worrell and I, earlier in the summer, had a long talk with the owner, who said he would control it, and he hasnt. All we got was lip service.

Cohen questions how the city could have overlooked the zoning requirements for The GOAT. His son, Nathan, emailed the Dept. of Community Services on May 22, asking if the new restaurant in the Bubs Cafe site would need any variances to operate. Four days later, a planning administrator wrote back stating that she did not know if variances would be required.

Carmel Director of Community Services Mike Hollibaugh said the citys planning department was not aware of the zoning mistake until then.

By the time the zoning issue was fully realized, the construction was near completion, Hollibaugh said. The initial response by DOCS was not to stop construction but rather to work with the owner on the zoning issue, believing it could be fixed over the coming months.

Construction continued, and whenThe GOAT opened, the Cohens were shocked at what was allowed to transpire without a rezone or variance of any kind.

Hollibaugh said that the zoning proposed for The GOAT and the Carmel Clay Historical Societys site to the north have been the intention for the area for years.

Regardless of the technical mistake made by city staff, the plan has always been for restaurants, housing, retail and office to coexist all along Monon Boulevard, Hollibaugh said. This rezone is to get the zoning into compliance with the plan not only for this particular parcel of land but a larger area along Monon Boulevard.

Cohen said he was prepared to live next to a vibrant urban center, but thats not what the experience has turned out to be, he said.

We were all here before The GOAT. The GOAT is the last thing thats been developed in this area, he said. We did not expect this to happen. Nobody couldve expected this to happen.

Complaints stemming from customers of The GOAT may have the most impact on the taverns immediate neighbors, but some believe the problem has ripple effects on the entire community because of the police resources being devoted to the area.

Carmel Police Dept. Lt. James Semester declined to provide details on arrests or calls generated by The GOAT. Current has filed a public information request to obtain this data.

There are instances when we bring in more officers to patrol the Midtown area. Generally, those are evenings/nights where we expect larger community attendance in that district, he said. On-duty officers are not being pulled off of regular responsibilities to keep an eye on The GOAT.

Carmel City Councilor Bruce Kimball said hes heard of several incidents stemming from The GOAT that led to police involvement and witnessed some of it firsthand when he visited the area at 3 a.m. on a weekend and saw four police cars nearby.

That takes resources away from other parts of the city, he said.

According to Kimball, many of the problems occur after other bars and restaurants in the area close.

They all come up to The GOAT, and theyre arriving drunk, Kimball said. Weve had numerous police calls. Weve had people injured getting out of their cars drunk to go to The GOAT. Weve spent hundreds of millions of dollars to create this great environment, and we dont want one establishment to ruin that.

In June 2019, the Carmel City Council voted to give one of four new alcohol permits it received from the state to a restaurant called Smoken Barrel proposed as a partnership between restaurateur Kevin Paul and the owners of Bubs Cafe on the site that now houses The GOAT.

According to documents filed with the city to obtain the alcohol permit, Smoken Barrel was to provide an open-air setting for small batch bourbons and spirits, artisanal cocktails, craft beers and smoked foods. It was to be in a beautiful newly renovated building and feature high-quality furnishings and decor with a beer garden.

The building and interior will reinforce the quality brand that Carmel residents have come to expect, the document states.

City councilor Jeff Worrell said when he voted in favor of approving the alcohol permit in 2019, his impression was the restaurant would be more in line with others in the area, such as Fork & Ale and Sun King. Both are closed by 1 a.m. at the latest.

I think most people felt like (The GOAT) was going to be like what was already there and doesnt bother anybody, Worrell said. I didnt anticipate that this could become something that it has, but Im prepared now to work to try to bring it in line with the vision for Midtown.

Kimball agreed that The GOAT has not turned out to be what he expected when voting in favor of the alcohol permit.

Many of the neighbors that I talked to, myself included, were given the impression this was going to be a quiet, bourbon and cigar bar, not a 3 oclock in the morning (establishment), he said. Theyre not leaving at 3. Theyre sometimes still around the firepit at 3:30, 4 in the morning. Drunks are pounding on residents doors. Its just a real mess.

Paul said he removed the cigar bar concept at the recommendation of city officials but that The GOAT is mostly in line with what was presented to the council in 2019.

I didnt spend half a million in renovations to have people come in and use (The GOAT) as a dive bar, said Kevin Paul, owner of The GOAT. That is absolutely not what this place is designed to be.

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If theres one thing everyone in the world has in common, its sleep. At some point during each 24-hour period, we shut our eyes, quiet our minds, and recharge our bodies. While scientists are still researching the ins and outs of how sleep works, we know this core function brings about a slew of benefits for our mental and physical health.

Research shows that sleep impacts stress hormones and growth, bolsters the immune system, helps regulate our breathing and blood pressure, and improves our cardiovascular health. A long-term lack of sleep may mean missing out on these benefits, and can put you at greater risk for serious medical conditions ranging from stroke to seizuresnot to mention shortening your life expectancy.

Beyond the health benefits and the essential nature of sleep for all humans, catching some zs can look very different from person to person and culture to culture. At bedtime, American millennials might tuck themselves into a set of bamboo sheets atop a memory-foam mattress they ordered online. Their Japanese counterparts, however, may roll out a traditional tatami matand pile it up with a shikibuton (a kind of thin cotton mattress) and kakefuton (duvet stuffed with silk fibers)before resting their heads on a buckwheat hull pillow.

To learn more about sleep habits from around the world, Sunday Citizen took a look at scientific research on how sleep duration, quality, and other factors vary by country. We also read reports from news outlets including Fodors, The New York Times, NPR, Healthline, Thrillist, Refinery29, and the BBC, searching out all the ways people get their 40 winks.

Keep reading to discover 30 sleep habits from around the world, from midday siestas and napping at the office to elevating beds with bricks and drifting off in a hammock.

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The Jenks Center continues to remain closed to promote public safety resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Check our website for updates. Staff are operating with minimal coverage to support older adults in Winchester. Please call 781-721-7136 if you need assistance.

Upcoming events

Virtual: FINANCIAL FRAUDS-TARGETING SENIORS IN RETIREMENT: 1 p.m. Dec. 7. Join Michael Livingood, special agent from the Boston FBI, for an overview of financial fraud schemes targeting senior Americans. Special Agent Livingood has investigated a wide range of criminal conduct, including crimes against children, drugs, money laundering, economic/white collar crime, business email compromise, and frauds targeting seniors. The presentation will include how to avoid becoming a victim of various scams, and what to do if you are or have been a victim. Register at http://www.jenkscenter.org to get the zoom link.

Virtual: EXPLORING YOUR SENIOR LIVING OPTIONS: 10:30 a.m. Dec. 8. Is your current home designed to benefit you as you age? Explore housing options that may better accommodate our needs 5 or 10 years from now to ensure a safe and smooth transition into our later years. Do I need Assisted Living, or will Independent Living be more appropriate? What should I expect from an Assisted Living Community? Is there a difference between a Nursing Home and Assisted Living? How much does it cost and what happens if I run out of money? What is a Continuing Care Retirement Community? Join us to learn the answers to these questions and more. Register at http://www.jenkscenter.org to get the zoom link.

Virtual: FASCINATING TRUTHS ABOUT CREATIVITY AND THE OLDER BRAIN: 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8. We welcome back speaker Jeanette Leardi for this two-part presentation, titled Stars Invisible by Day: Fascinating Truths About Creativity and the Older Brain Do you believe you can still be creative as you get older? What is creativity all about, anyway? Is it a skill that remains the same for every generation, or does its nature change with age? Will you eventually lose your creative powers, or can you increase them with the passing of time? And if so, how? Join Jeanette for this engaging two-part presentation based on the latest neuroscientific research to learn fascinating truths about the forms and styles of creativity as well as what happens in your brain during the processes of inspiration and invention. Discover surprising productive advantages of the older adult brain and ways to maintain/increase your powers of imagination. Jeanette Leardi, a social gerontologist, writer, editor and community educator, has a masters degree in English from Rutgers University and graduate certificate in gerontology from University of North Carolina, Charlotte. Register at our website, http://jenkscenter.org, to obtain the Zoom link. Sponsored by a grant from the John and Mary Murphy Educational Foundation.

Inside: BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC: 10 a.m.-noon Dec. 9. The Jenks nurse will provide blood pressure checks with an appointment. To comply with state COVID-19 guidelines and regulations, masks are required, and 10 feet social distancing must be maintained if waiting. The nurse will disinfect between patrons and use disposable arm sleeves for blood pressures to ensure everyones safety. Register at https://jenkscenter.org and a Jenks staff person will respond with your appointment time.

Outside: FESTIVAL OF LIFE DRIVE-BY: 1-3 p.m. Dec. 9. The Festival of Life celebration started decades ago as a partnership with the Winchester Cooperative Bank, the Winchester High School and the McCall Middle School students chorus. Working creatively while maintaining public health restrictions, we are recreating our annual Festival of Life for 2020. While we cannot host a luncheon at the Center, we will offer a drive-by tote filled with lots of fun and festive treats (many of which you will remember from past years) handed out at the Jenks parking lot. We have also scheduled our Winchester High School chorus students to sing while you drive by. For those of you who are homebound and cannot come to the Jenks, we will offer a drive-by service. Call the Jenks to schedule a visit if you are homebound. Generously sponsored by the Winchester Cooperative Bank.

Virtual: FENG SHUI YOUR SPACE: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9. In partnership with The Chinese Culture Connection, join Mei Hung as she introduces us to Feng Shui, discussing the history of this ancient Chinese practice, the concept of Qi/chi (energy), and the effect it may have on our wellbeing. Ms. Hung will offer general guidelines on what to watch for when buying a home, what design to avoid, and what is considered good Feng Shui for a room. This session will equip you to recognize whether your living space has a good Feng Shui and what to change to generate more positive energy, enhancing your wellbeing. Mei Hung, a native of Taiwan, is the Executive of the Chinese Culture Connection and has served on the Advisory Council, Mystic Valley Elder Services. Register to obtain the Zoom link at http://www.jenkscenter.org. Sponsored by a generous grant from the Cummings Foundation.

Virtual: Library On-Line-Warning: Low Storage Space! 1 p.m. Dec. 10. Has one of your devices (laptop, phone, or tablet) ever told you that you are running out of storage space? Learn how to view your storage space on your device and what are your options for getting more space (or clearing up the space you have). Join Theresa Maturevich, Assistant Director, from the Winchester Public Library to learn more at this informational session. Register at our website http://www.jenkscenter.org to obtain the Zoom link.

Virtual: COMPOSERS CORNER FEATURES JOSEPH BLANCHARD: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Ever wonder how composers approach writing music? Join interviewer Andrew Celentano for an interesting discussion with Joseph Blanchard, a self-taught pianist and composer. Joe, inspired by the melodies and harmonies of the Romantic 19th century classical composers, composes organically - unaware of the formal nomenclature of notes, keys, chords and theory - and yet, his music is compelling and often magical. You can find him performing in local venues including the BSO Cafe in Symphony Hall. Andrew Celentano, himself a local pianist and composer, interviews talented musicians in the Boston area that compose and perform their own pieces. Register to obtain the Zoom link at http://www.jenkscenter.org. Sponsored by a generous grant from the Cummings Foundation.

Exercise classes

This month we continue to offer weekly exercise classes. Register for your class session, pay for the month and receive the link that will be used for every class in the session. There are no drop-ins. When registering, please type in your email address correctly or you will not receive the confirmation email and link. Check for accuracy! Please call the Jenks with any questions at 781-721-7136.

Virtual: FABBS EXERCISE CLASS: 10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays starting Dec. 2. Focus on flexibility, agility, better balance and strength. Join this fun, gentle exercise class that uses chairs as needed and incorporates integrated movements and exercises drawn from bodybuilding, yoga, Taijiquan, ballet stretch and strength training. Instructor: Hilary Celentano. Registration required; 10 classes in this session. Cost: $50. Register on our website for the Zoom link.

Virtual: TAI CHI CLASS: 8:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Dec. 1. Our Tai Chi outside classes will be virtual when the weather prevents holding the class outdoors. Tai Chi promotes balance, flexibility and cardiovascular strength, while reducing pain, stress and anxiety through a combination of movement, meditation, and relaxation. Instructor: Hilary Celentano. Registration required; 7 classes in this session. Cost: $35. Register on our website for the Zoom link.

Virtual: AEROBICS CLASS: 3:15 p.m. Tuesdays starting Dec. 1. Join this class to focus on aerobic routines and other exercises for muscle conditioning, strength training, balance and stretching. Enjoy upbeat music with exercises that are challenging yet safe and easily modified for all fitness levels. Instructor: Judy Whitney. Registration required; 4 classes in this session. Cost: $20. Register on our website for the Zoom link.

Virtual: MUSCLE CLASS: 3:30 p.m. Thursdays starting Dec. 3. Join this class to focus on muscle conditioning, strength training, balance, and stretching, all while seated, standing, or on mats (optional). Enjoy upbeat music with exercises that are challenging yet safe, and easily modified for all fitness levels. Bring your weights and resistance bands. Instructor: Gail LaRocca. Registration required; 3 classes in this session. Cost: $15. Register on our website for the Zoom link.

Virtual: DANCE FEVER CLASS: 3 p.m. Fridays starting Dec. 4. Join this class for a low-impact aerobic workout timed to oldies but goodies and current day tunes. Instructor: Gail LaRocca. Registration required; 4 classes in this session. Cost: $20. Register on our website for the Zoom link.

Weekly happenings

Outside: CONVERSATIONAL FRENCH: 10:45 a.m. Wednesdays. Experienced speakers engage in conversation discussing society, politics, culture, movies. All are welcome. Call the Jenks Center to learn more.

Virtual: DROP-IN TECH HELP FROM THE LIBRARY: 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Join Theresa Maturevich, assistant director, from the Winchester Public Library to get help with your computers, devices, apps and more. Bring your questions; shell provide the answers. No Registration required; Join her via Zoom. Meeting ID: 895 0886 7107. Passcode: help.

Virtual: POETRY: 1p.m. first and third Wednesdays. Recommend, recite, share poems. Discuss poets and the many forms of this artistic and emotional literature. Register and obtain the Zoom link on our website.

Virtual: DROP-IN COFFEE HOUR: 10 a.m. Thursdays. Join our weekly Zoom Coffee Hour to see your friends, meet new people and enjoy some conversation. Bring your favorite beverage and drop in. Talk about whats on your mind or ask some questions. Zoom link available on our website: http://jenkscenter.org. Hope to see you there!

Virtual: LORINS ROUNDTABLE OF CURRENT EVENTS: 11 a.m. Thursdays. Join Lorins discussion on our news today: worldwide pandemic, struggles over civil rights, presidential election, and more. Lorin Maloney will facilitate a dialogue on a new topic each week. Learn some history, hear some facts and share your thoughts. Additional ideas welcome! Registration required at our website to get the Zoom link.

Virtual: CONVERSATIONAL GERMAN: 2 p.m. Thursdays. Whether fluent or beginning, join conversational German to practice speaking, expand your vocabulary and have fun. All are welcome. Leader: Peter Rosenberger. Register on our website to get the Zoom link.

Virtual: WILSON SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FORUM: 10:45-11:45 a.m. second and fourth Fridays. Join this enthusiastic discussion about science and technology topics ranging from climate change, to solar power, and cyber security. Our meetings include spontaneous topics as well as planned presentations offered by participants in advance. Call the Jenks Center if interested in learning more.

ONE-ON-ONE TECH HELP: Since you cannot drop in at the Jenks Center for help with your tech devices during this pandemic, our tech help team has designed a new way to serve you remotely. Send an email to techhelp@jenkscenter.org, explain what device you have (computer, tablet, phone, Apple, PC, Android), identify the problem and provide your phone number. A team member will contact you to discuss how they can help. If you cannot send an email, call the Jenks Center 781-721-7136, ask for the Tech Group, and leave your name and phone number.

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Innovative and effective lighting helps to make a home comfortable and functional

Your physical environment plays a major role in your mood and mental well-being. Having a space that reduces anxiety is especially important as we continue to work from home as we approach the end of a turbulent 2020.Now, more than ever, architects and designers are called on to design spaces that allow people to thrive.

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Here are seven suggestions from members of the design community for a home that keeps you healthy and makes you happy.

Softer neutrals with hints of color bring calm into an environment. Woods, stone, natural fibers enliven the senses, saysSuzanne Tick, Creative Director atLuum Textiles. Tactility plays an important role as well - we all want softness - but a feeling of safety and cleanability, not sterility, is also important. Natural fibers like wool offer softness, while using renewable resources that can be sanitized as needed.

Daun St. Amand AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Vice President atCallisonRTKL, adds, For 2021, color trends will reflect on wellbeing, sustainability and human connection. Natural hues such as green, blue, brown and white offer compassion, comfort and optimisma welcome addition to interior spaces during times of uncertainty and unrest.

Jared Bradley, AIA NCARB, President and Founder ofThe Bradley Projects,agrees.

Utilize authentic colors and textures through material choices. Selecting materials and keeping them in their pure state, like concrete being concrete color or wood species remaining in their natural color state, can provide familiarity and comfort with the item as well as prevent confusion visually.

We also minimize material and color palettes within spaces in order to not overwhelm the senses and allow all of the other personal, movable elements in a space to be curated and arranged in a manner to further enhance balance and comfort.

One of the most comforting qualities about a home is the lighting, saysSteve Delfino, Vice President of Corporate Marketing and Product Development atTeknion.

The ability to balance natural light, room lighting, and ambient lighting to reflect the mood or activity is essential for comfort.You can do this by layering on or shading natural light, accenting a space with room lighting, or adding ambient lighting and task lighting where needed. Our homes continue to become predominantly work settings and we need to quickly adjust between focused work, collaborative zoom calls, and periods of relaxation, reprieve and rejuvenation. Lighting provides energy, and as a building block of life, it signals mood and expectations when we enter a room.

Jared Bradley adds, Introduce natural light not only wherever possible, but in spatially interesting ways. We believe that allowing natural light to be controlled and brought deep into spaces allows a sense of freedom and creates a lightness to the structure. Natural light changes dramatically all day in color, temperature and intensities. By minimizing visual clutter and allowing the architectural expression to be clear, we can then control how we bring in natural light to create a more organic condition of light quality that humans respond to in ways we were intended to.

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Create moments of transparency from the inside to outside, drawing nature in, Bradley says. Allowing continuous views through a space to the outdoors provides continuity and a connectivity to the earth and serves as a peaceful reminder that beauty surrounds us.

"Air quality and sources of natural light will also likely be a top priority, as we continue to see the positive impacts of biophilia on human wellbeing, saysJairo Vives, Lead Architect atPininfarina of America. It is moments like the global pandemic that force us to solve challenges and find solutions, quickly."

Daun St. Amand says,What tenants want is starting to change: as opposed to that pool and sauna, tenants now want an extra level of isolation, such as a private elevator and higher security measures, as an extra layer of safety to reduce anxiety at home. Now, luxury is going to be defined as safety and security, and designers are working to implement those into luxury residences. Top requests now include germ resistant countertops and flooring, greater technology and energy efficiency, more storage for food and water, touch-free appliances and water, smart toilets, and better equipped kitchen for necessary, higher-volume cooking.

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A certain percentage of the population will continue to work from home in the wake up the pandemic, creating a need for more spacious and comfortable apartments that accommodate home office needs, St. Amand says. Designers will have to develop innovative ways to maximize space in smaller unitsfor example, bringing in light, air, and viewsas well as implementing new storage solutions to make sure this new work environment can continue to thrive.

Gala Magri, founder and principal atGalaMagriDesign, says,

I always recommend starting with reducing clutter! Clutter represents holding on to emotional baggage, which can weigh you down and prevent you from moving forward. A cluttered home doesnt reflect who you want to be or the future you want. Quick, regular purges create both physical and psychic space to welcome something new into your space and your life.

Putting furniture in the power position is an easy way to bring feng shui into your space, Magri says. Most importantly, you want your bed or desk to be facing the front door so you are not vulnerable to someone coming up behind you. Additionally, people must be aware of the mouth of chi, or entryway, where energy enters the home. Make sure this entryway is clear, so that energy isnt blocked from coming in.

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Hong Kongs first post-colonial chief executive, Tung Chee-hwa, refused to live in Government House, believing the mansion had bad feng shui. He converted his own Mid-Levels home and an adjacent rented apartment at taxpayers expense into his official residence.

Successor Donald Tsang Yam-kuen had no qualms about living in Government House. He even had a pond built for his beloved fish. I still remember him feeding and talking to his fish when he invited me to Government House.

Leung Chun-ying grew vegetables instead when he became chief executive. I was privileged to sample some of his home-grown veggies when he invited me to lunch at Government House.

The current occupant of Government House, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, is a self-confessed workaholic who loves to spend all her time working. US President Donald Trump has given her even more work to do counting money.

I would gladly become a workaholic too if it means I had lots of money to count. Sadly, journalists are overworked but underpaid. Not so for Lam. She earns over HK$400,000 a month, more than the annual salary of frontline journalists who braved police teargas during last years protests.

She admitted last week she has piles of cash at home after the US imposed sanctions on her for eroding Hong Kongs freedoms. Banks had no choice but to close her accounts or face sanctions themselves. Even China-owned banks distanced themselves from her.

That baffles me because Lam spends most of her time as a workaholic proving her patriotism to her mainland masters. What baffles me more is how the government, which keeps taxpayers money in banks, manages to pay her salary in cash.

The government department responsible for paying her salary must withdraw it from a bank and deliver the cash to her. Would that bank and the government department be violating US sanctions for dealing with a sanctioned person? Something to wonder about.

I am not sure if Government House has dismantled Tsangs fish pond and Leungs vegetable plot. If not, then Lam, as a workaholic, can supervise their dismantling to make way for her own imprint at Government House a Hong Kong-style Fort Knox.

For those who dont know, Fort Knox is a military base in the state of Kentucky adjacent to a well-guarded vault where the US government stores much of its gold reserves. With her piles of cash, Lam should seriously consider a vault at Government House.

Many Hongkongers mistakenly believe Lams piles of cash began accumulating only after the US sanctioned her in August. They forget Lam has been a highly-paid government official for four decades. Unlike many other officials, she doesnt invest in property. She told me in a TV interview she has no property in Hong Kong, only a small flat in Zhongshan.

That means she must have many millions in her bank accounts. Normally, when a bank cuts a persons account, it must return all the money to that person. Lam could have invested some savings in stocks, but if these stocks have US links, she much cash them out too.

She has a year and a half left as chief executive. The talk is she wants another term. That means six and a half years of over HK$400,000 a month. It would be folly not to have a Government House Fort Knox for such a massive pile of cash. Another option is to invest in Greater Bay Area property to prove her patriotism.

With her piles of cash, she can easily afford grand mainland mansions without bank mortgages. To further prove her patriotism, she should urge her husband and two sons to give up their British passports and live in her Greater Bay Area mansions in the same way she is encouraging Hongkongers to move to the mainland.

Patriotism can reap many rewards, including going back on your word. Lam made a 2017 campaign promise to amend Hong Kongs anti-bribery law so that the chief executive would not be exempt from it. She backtracked last week, saying Beijing would handle it if she violated bribery laws.

That sounds like rule of man to me. Lam loves to lecture Hong Kongs protesters by saying no one is above the law. Now we know that doesnt include her. Hongkongers who break the law must defend themselves in local courts. Lam only needs to defend herself to her Beijing masters who have showered praise on her.

Lam insists everything she has done is for Hong Kongs good. True leaders dont judge their performance. They let the people judge. Every poll has shown Lam is Hong Kongs worst leader.

Another sanctioned official is constitutional and mainland affairs secretary Erick Tsang Kwok-wai who proudly displays a portrait of President Xi Jinping in his office and has expressed his disdain for the West. His HK$300,000-plus a month pay means his pile of cash is less than Lams but its still a sizeable sum.

I suggest he invests in rare Xi portraits and memorabilia. It is both a patriotic and wise investment because its value, even if its only patriotic value, will definitely grow.

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The health department issued two correction orders to the Falmouth Housing Authority after tenants complained of problems in their apartments over the last two months. The orders were issued after the department inspected and found violations of state sanitary code that sets the minimum standards for human habitation.

Falmouth health agents inspected a unit for reported mold last week at the four-story Harborview building, an affordable apartment building owned by Falmouth Housing Authority. The health inspector found buildup of mildew coming from a heating ventilation unit as well as on the living room and bedroom walls. FHA Executive Director Bobbi J. Richards said in an email to the Falmouth health board that ServeProa remediation companycleaned the air vent.

In October the health department responded to another tenant who complained of faulty lighting and outlets in their unit at the Tataket building, another large apartment building owned by FHA. The health agent found the kitchen light and entrance light to the unit was not working and the light over the stove was dim. According to paperwork submitted by the housing authority, an outside electrician made the necessary repairs.

The two federally funded apartment buildings have been under scrutiny by the board of health since August when they received an anonymous letter that led to the health departments inspection of the buildings. Upon inspection, the health agents found mold, mildew, leaky pipes and water damage throughout the buildings. In the unsigned letter, tenants complained of unhealthy living conditions from years of water damage.

The board of health is requiring Ms. Richards to give updates to the board on remediation efforts and replacing all the pipes after the initial citation it issued. She was before the board on November 22, with an update on the two units and the capital project.

The two buildings were constructed using poor-quality piping material used during construction in the 1970s. The extensive undertaking to replace and repair the faulty copper pipes at Harborview was slated to begin in November, but will now start just before the Christmas holiday and last about 16 weeks, she told the board. The 80 tenants will be displaced for three to five days when the pipes in their units are being replaced. The housing authority will find temporary housing for each tenant, she said.

The repairs to the Tataket building will begin after Harborview is complete, she said. The cost for the project is $1,481,000 and will use three years worth of capital funding if the housing authority does not receive a federal grant that Ms. Richards applied for.

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