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MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) The Latest from the third round of the U.S. Open, golf's second major of the year (all times local):

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2:05 p.m.

Alex Noren showed the leaders that low scores can be had at Winged Foot in the third round of the U.S. Open.

Teeing off early, the Swedish golfer shot a 3-under 67 to reach 3 over for the tournament.

Noren nearly drove the green at the 332-yard sixth hole for a birdie and had three more birdies to offset a bogey on No. 8. He shot 72-74 the first two rounds and is seven shots behind leader Patrick Reed.

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The leaders at the U.S. Open are still two hours away from teeing off and already have a pretty good idea of what to expect at Winged Foot if they're watching on TV.

Alex Noren is the only player through nine holes who is under par. Temperatures were in the upper 40s when the third round began and are only expected to nudge past 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 Celsius). The wind isn't strong, but it's enough. The scores? Typical for a U.S. Open at Winged Foot.

Troy Merritt was wrapping up his third round with one birdie on his card and plenty of bogeys or worse.

Patrick Cantlay isn't faring much better. And if a tough course wasn't enough, he might have received the worst break of the week. Cantlay was playing a lofted pitch to the 15th when it struck the pin, rolled down the slope and kept going. He had to walk backward 20 yards to play his next shot. He did well to make bogey.

Patrick Reed was leading at 4 under by one shot over Bryson DeChambeau. They were among six players still under par. That number was likely to shrink.

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These days, NFL running backs are, to some extent, viewed as expendable. Teams no longer build their offense around one, bruising ball-carrier; its simply easier to build a talented unit and plug a new running back in as necessary. Frank Gore, however, is a survivor from a bygone era.

Now in his 16th NFL season, the veteran running back is still going strong; he signed a one-year contract with the New York Jets in May, and, with LeVeon Bell injured, he should see plenty of work. Despite those current commitments, though, Frank Gore recently revealed his plans for leaving pro football behind.

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At this point in his career, Frank Gore simply seems like part of the NFL landscape; its impossible to imagine a time when he wasnt hitting the gridiron each Sunday. That perception, though, shouldnt overshadow his impressive career.

Gore played his college ball at Miami, where he burst onto the scene as a true freshman. While his time on campus wasnt always easyhe suffered multiple ACL injuries, missing most of two seasonshe still piled up 1,975 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns in 28 NCAA appearances.

The running back then entered into the 2005 NFL draft and joined the San Francisco 49ers as a second-round pick. While Gore didnt make much of an impact during his rookie campaign, that wasnt a sign of things to come. Once the 2006 season rolled around, the sophomore seized the starting job; he promptly broke off a 1,695-yard year.

In total, Frank Gore spent 10 seasons in the Bay Area, piling up just over 11,000 rushing yards and 64 touchdowns. He then headed to Indianapolis, spending three campaigns with the Colts, before joining the Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills on two-straight one-year contracts.

In May 2020, Gore signed another one-year deal, this time with the New York Jets. Even at age 37, the running back has no intention of leaving pro football behind.

At this point, its not clear when Frank Gore plans to retire. Whenever that moment comes, though, he has one specific plan: to ride off into the sunset as a member of the San Francisco 49ers.

According to Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports, Gore and Niners CEO Jed York have already discussed a return to San Francisco. Even if its only on a ceremonial one-day contract, the veteran running back wants to end his career where it began.

I got to. Thats the team that gave me the opportunity to do something I always wanted to do when I was a kid, play NFL ball, Gore explained. I was there for 10 great years. Been on bad teams and been on great teams. I love it out there.

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Under ordinary circumstances, fans and pundits might not look too kindly on a player discussing his retirement plans during the season. Frank Gore, however, has earned the right to retire however he wants.

While you could call Gore a compilerits easy to pile up rushing yards if you play for more than a decadethat shouldnt devalue the running backs accomplishments. Hes been remarkably durable, never appearing in fewer than 11 games per season for the entirety of his career, and currently sits third on the NFLs all-time rushing list. Even if hes accumulated his stats over a longer time period, 15,371 is impressive, no matter how you achieve it.

On Sunday, Frank Gore will face the San Francisco 49ers as a member of the New York Jets. When it comes time to retire, though, hell pull on that red jersey one final time.

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Judy Terry, Green Thumb Published 7:30 a.m. CT Sept. 19, 2020

It has been a week of incredible sunshine and great temperatures that we hope will continue now that fall is just about here. Soon, we will be doing garden clean up, but now is the time to skip ahead several months to think about spring.

I have always thought planting bulbs in the fall is an act of faith. Sliding large bulbs into the still-warm earth, knowing a couple of seasons will pass before you see any results, is optimism. Yet, we plant, and we are quite sure they will bloom and bring warm weather with them.

This week, I visited the Ashton house on the bend of Park Road and Rocky Shore Drive. There are eight acres around the house with a view of the Iowa River. Each Monday, Project GREEN members, led by Diane Allen, arrive to spend a couple of hours making this landscape not just beautiful, but outstanding.

One announcement that met with cheerswas that a friend of Project GREEN would be donating up to a 1,000 bulbs to the project. Lots of work, but typically they are excited about it and looking forward to the happy planting times.

This the back side of the Aston House. Infront, you'll see turned over ground ready to be planted. Imagine it with a mass of daffodils.(Photo: Diane Allen / For the Press-Citizen)

Besides doing weeding and clean-up, many in the group were planting bulbs. That day, Grape Hyacinth or Muscari, an early spring purple/blue flower, small, but resembling a bunch of grapes, was being tucked in the ground in several different flower beds.

Next will come daffodils and maybe tulips, though the deer population is large and hungry and tulips are irresistible to them. Not so the daffodils. Not to their taste.

Luckily, they are favored by many gardeners, giving us a spring show that is hard to beat.

Linda Bergquist, Project GREEN volunteer is ready to plant spring bulbs in her chosen area at the Ashton House.(Photo: Judy Terry / Special to the Press-Citizen)

There are few rules as to planting spring bulbs, but it doesnt hurt to remember them. This is a down on your knees kind of job. Notice the pad Linda has in the picture above.

Daffodils are one of the largest bulbs to plant. When buying, look for big ones, nice and plump without any soft spots, as they will give you the largest flower. You will need to plant them two-and-a-half times their size, which makes a hole anywhere from 6-9 inches deep.

Find a place in your yard that gets lots of suna minimum of 6 hours in the spring. Grouping bulbs together always makes for a good show. Compost is a nice addition to the soil if sand or clay is present. Do cover well with soil and perhaps a few inches of mulch; this will help keep the squirrels from feasting on your bulbs.

Daffodil blooming in several shapes with white and yellow contrasting cups.(Photo: Judy Terry / Special to the Press-Citizen)

Spring bulbs are best planted in September and October, when the ground is cooler and the weather is nice. Like me, though, you may buy some and forget to plant them. Perhaps as you look around for Christmas paper and boxes you discover them. It may not be too late. In a column nearer cold weather, I will give you some advice as to planting them, even if there is snow on the ground.

Be Safe. Wear a Mask. Enjoy Gardening.

Do you have garden survival stories you want to share? Email me at judyaterry@gmail.com.

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When LeSean McCoy went to the Chiefs in 2019, he earned the elusive ring he missed after leaving the Eagles before their victory. Now, hes trying to do it again in Tampa Bay. WhenTom Brady joined the Bucsin the offseason, he changed the landscape. Now, with Rob Gronkowski unretired and McCoy at running back, is Tampaa Super Bowl threat?

McCoy, who fans lovingly call Shady,came into the NFLas the 53rd overall pick of the 2009 NBA Draft. After playing for Pittsburghs legendary football program, he was one of the best running backs in the country. But as a second-round pick, his place in the NFL was far from clinched. After spending much of his rookie season coming off the Eagles bench, McCoy was ready to take the league by storm in 2010.

In his first full-time season as a starter, he did not disappoint. McCoy rushed for over 1,000 yards and seven touchdowns. It was his 2011 season that changed it all, however. That year, McCoy became the teams primary option. Before long, he was not only the Eagles leader but also one of the best running backs in the league. He finished 2011 with over 1,300 yards and 17 touchdowns, securing his first All-Pro honor.

Injuries brought him back to earth in 2012. Then, in 2013, McCoy returned with an equally impressive 1,600-yard, nine-touchdown season. He was one of the leagues premier players. At just 25 years old, he still had a lot to give. McCoy lasted one more year in Philadelphiabefore the team traded him toBuffalo to cut costs and try something new, according to NBC Sports.

Although his All-Pro days were behind him, McCoy showed that he had a lot left in the tank, particularly in the 2016 season. His final season in Buffalo, however, left lots to be desired. By the time he got to Kansas City, he was a role player providing valuable offenses off the bench, earning him his first Super Bowl ring.Now, hes taken his talents to Tampa.

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Well aware that hes no longer theAll-Pro player he once was, details CBS Sports, McCoy is joiningBrady and Gronkowski in Tampa Bayas he hopes to revitalize his career and offer similar gifts that he showed last year. McCoy will join Ronald Jones, Dare Ogunbowale, and Ke Shawn Vaughn on the Tampa Bay offense. While McCoy will not be the primary option on running, he will likely be a significant part of the teams offense, albeit as a role player.

On top of that, McCoy already had a good resume for his new teammates to look up to before his Super Bowl, but adding that ring adds a certain amount of pedigree to an already impressive resume. This is the role that McCoy most looks forward to filling.

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McCoy is looking forward to joining Tom Bradyand the rest of the team. His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, confirmed as much when the deal happened. Furthermore, McCoy is looking to make a difference in the lives of younger players.

I think the biggest thing is to find the right fit. Find the right fit for me, McCoy said per NFL.com. At the point in my career I want to play for the right team. I want to be able to contribute. I want to be able to win another championship. You cant go from playing with the Chiefs with all that talent and winning a championship to now just trying to play.

McCoy knows that actions speak louder than words, and hes willing to put his money where his mouth is if it means competing for another ring.

Im the type of guy, I want to come in a room, challenge the running backs, get them better. Be a veteran leader. All the type of things I want to bring to a team. So, just got to find the right fit for me, he said (per NFL.com)

Whether or not age will be a fact for the Buccaneers remains to be seen. However, whether the team reaches Super Bowl glory or not, the Buccaneers can look forward to a season filled with teammates who have been there and know what it takes to win. That in itself might be worth the excitement of the new season.

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Born & Raised Hospitality, the Phoenix-based restaurateurs behind Clever Koi, Fellow Osteria & Pizzeria, and Across the Pond, announced their latest creation coming later this fall to SkySong in Scottsdale. Named Broth & Bao, this innovative counter-service, build-your-own ramen and bao restaurant is now under construction right next door to Fellow at 1455 N. Scottsdale Rd., #101. Housed inside a soaring 2,500 sq. ft. space seating approximately 50, Broth & Bao will be open daily from 10:45 am to 9 pm. Plus, enjoy convenient online ordering, as well as the full food & drink menus available to-go, including craft cocktails.

Stepping inside the bright, lively space, guests will be greeted by a wavy wooden ceiling installation that extends from the counter right out to the door, and changes and shifts as you walk into the space until the stylized planks resemble giant ramen noodles. The walls will be equally eye-catching thanks to a series of vibrant yellow geometric patterns, while both the indoor and outdoor dining rooms are decked with warm woods, white metallics and see-through concrete breeze block, and feature a mix of banquettes and tabletop seating with plenty of room for social distancing.

The real star at Broth & Bao is the gleaming service counter and prep kitchen brimming with sizzling skillets and fiery stovetops, where guests can watch the chefs whip up each ramen bowl to order. Choose between three different noodles (handmade traditional ramen, vegan & gluten free ramen and udon), then pick your tare (a sauce made with pork or vegan cashew nuts), pick your stock (tonkotsu, a slow roasted pork stock; tori paitan, a creamy chicken stock; or an earthy veggie stock). Then top your ramen with your choice of hot proteins such as braised pork belly, steak, chicken, grilled tofu; cold veggies such as watermelon radish and house-made kimchi; and supplements such as scallion oil and fried shallots.

But be sure to save room to the full selection of steamed bao buns (pork belly, hot chicken, kimchi cauliflower), and crave-worthy sides such as togarashi fries with Szechuan peppercorn, or garlic and kimchi cheese fries. Broth & Bao also tempts with an extensive selection of craft beers and wines in cans, plus craft cocktails including several favorites from Clever Koi. Even tastier, everything at Broth & Bao is served in to-go packages, so if you cant finish your ramen, just grab a lid.

Although we started planning Broth & Bao long before the COVID crisis, its perfect for these socially distanced times says co-owner, Joshua James. Everything on the menu travels well and its comfort food for the soul. Its great for both socially distanced dine-in, as well as grabbing it to eat at home.

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Construction has been progressing steadily at555 West 38th Street, a 570-foot-tall residential skyscraper in Hudson Yards.Designed byPelli Clarke Pelli Architectsand developed byRockrosewithSLCE as the architect of record, the reinforced concrete structure will rise 52 floors and contain 598 rental units. The property is located along Eleventh Avenue between West 38th Street and West 39th Street, directly across from the Jacob K. Javits Center.

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

Recent photos show the superstructure gaining prominence as the curtain wall installation progresses. The reflective glass exterior now clads the entire multi-story podium as well as several floors above. The faade incorporates dark blue vertical and horizontal bands that overlay the grid of floor-to-ceiling glass and operable windows, most notably on the southern elevation and the western face on the northern half of the building. As illustrated in the main rendering, the outline of the subtly sloped massing of the split-tower design is becoming apparent and will be further accentuated as vertical construction progresses. At the current pace of work, it wont be long before the superstructure surpasses the first and only setback, which is located around the midpoint on the northern side of the skyscraper. From there, work should speed up with the reduction in the size of the floor plates.

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Street. Photo by Michael Young

555 West 38th Streets prominent height and relatively isolated position near the waterfront will make the structure stand out in the skyline from across the Hudson River and will provide residents with panoramic views.The site is a short walk from the supertall skyscrapers of Relateds first phase of Hudson Yards. Pellis building will soon be joined by a number of structures planned to rise from the empty and or underdeveloped parcels in the surrounding area.

YIMBY last reported that 555 West 38th Street is expected to be finished in the fall of 2022.

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The Houston Texans wont have fans in the stands at NRG Stadium when they take on the Baltimore Ravens Sunday, but they could have the Texans faithful back in the building for Week 4.

Team president Jamey Rootes is monitoring the NFL teams that will be having a limited number of fans in the stands for Week 2, such as the Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts.

One critical factor is COVID-19 trends in the greater Houston area. If city officials or Harris County health officials believe the novel coronavirus is on an upward tick, it could nix any plans to have fans in the stands. Nevertheless, the Texans will need their approval. Should they get it, Rootes outlined what a home game in the new normal would look like.

In terms of the capacity, weve had to go from 71,500 to 15,000 as kind of the ceiling for us because thats all we can do and still be able to maintain social distancing, Rootes said. Theyre social distanced not from individuals, but in pods two, four, six. Groups of tickets that theyre together and then in all directions theres six feet away from them, so that as theyre at the game, theyre together in their pod, but theyre socially distanced from everyone else.

All of the seats in NRG Stadium are marked, and seats that are unavailable for fans will have zip ties around them so that they cannot be accessed. The team will also have personnel conducting sanitizing before, during, and after the event.

Another way the Texans are ensuring a clean, sanitary experience is with the installation of 500 sanitizing stations throughout NRG Stadium. Fans will be required to wear a mask and are encouraged to be socially distant and wash their hands.

If we do those things, weve proven, at least here in Texas, that we can do a great job containing the virus, said Rootes.

Another way the Texans are going to increase sanitary practices is by implementing touchless and cashless transactions; the Texans are doing away with cash for 2020.

Rootes thinks fans will appreciate the swiftness of the cashless transactions.

Said Rootes: The cool thing is when you do that, the speed of your transactions is going to go up dramatically. If people ever had a concern about standing in line at NRG Stadium, I think we wont have any of that.

All tickets will be mobile tickets, and arrival times will be staggered to comply with social distance guidelines.

We will have a very significant staffing level, probably comparable to what youd see for a sell-out environment just because we want to make sure this goes right, Rootes said. We know its not just about a football game. This has got to go well for our community to feel comfortable that we can get back to some sense of normalcy. We do feel an incredible responsibility to get it right.

If the Texans can get it right, they may serve as another example to the sports world that humanity can safely adapt its pastimes amid a pandemic.

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Steel erection work was split between Aristeo, Ideal Contracting and Indiana Bridge Inc., a Muncie, Ind.-based steel fabrication company that worked on Little Caesar's Pizza's downtown Detroit headquarters and the paint shop at FCA's Sterling Heights assembly plant.

"We had two concrete contractors, we had three excavation contractors, we had two different roofers," Haller said.

Schreiber Corp. in Warren rebuilt the roof on Mack I for the general assembly shop and Toledo-based Fred Christen & Sons Co. did roofing work on Mack II for the body shop.

"We did that so that enough craft labor and craft supervision was available to complete the job," Haller said.

Skilled trade labor unions were given monthly projections of man-hours by trade to help union leaders plan and organize labor in a "superheated" construction labor market, Haller said.

The coronavirus shutdown in the spring required additional shifts and workers, particularly millwrights for the assembly of the tooling inside the new plant, said Mike Barnwell, president of the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights.

"The timeline was extremely tight to begin and then with COVID thrown in it really didn't change the end dates much, it just changed the amount of hours that our men and women had to work out there and the amount of people it took to do it," Barnwell said.Approximately 14 percent of the dollar value of contracts and subcontracts for the general assembly and body shops was awarded to minority-, veteran- or women-owned businesses, Haller said.

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BENTONVILLE There is freedom in anonymity.

Artist Nick Cave understands that by submerging your presented self your gender, racial and generational and class identities in a costume that obliterates all these observable details, you become less inhibited and more inscrutable. To the eyes of others, you cease to be your traits.

He was thinking of Rodney King, who in 1991 was beaten before cameras by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed chase. The sirens and helicopters woke up a man who lived nearby, who had the month before acquired a video camera.

When he got out of bed to see what the commotion was about, he grabbed his new toy, stood out on his balcony, and filmed King's arrest. When no one at the police department was interested in viewing his footage, he took it to a local television station, which cut the first 10 blurry seconds of the nine-minute tape and aired it.

Everyone saw four cops beat King who had taser wires attached to his body with batons and kick him with their boots while perhaps a dozen others stood around kibitzing. Everyone saw them hit him at least 56 times with what was, in LAPD parlance, "power strokes."

It was horrible. Even police chief Daryl Gates a man infamous for his hard-line paramilitary approach to policing said he wanted his men to stand trial for the beating.

They did. And their acquittal touched off five days of rioting in Los Angeles.

Some people still argue what happened in that street was a reasonable expression of police control. That those first 10 seconds were crucial to understanding why the officers might not have simply been highly irritated with the intoxicated King but in authentic fear of him. Some people still argue it made no difference that three of the four officers who beat King were white men, while the fourth was Mexican-American. Some people still argue it didn't matter that King is Black.

When King and his attorney filed suit against the city, they wanted to downplay the racial angle. A lot of people remember King pleading during the riots, asking if we could all just get along. Fewer people remember that he also said that, as a Black man, he was constantly intimidated by the police, who he did not believe had his interests in mind. King said the police were a family and he was from another family.

Cave though he is sometimes mistaken for the Australian singer-songwriter-band leader of the same name is a Black man, and so also part of that other family. In the wake of the King verdict, he felt the sting of being discarded, of loving a country that did not love him back. He found a lonely twig, discarded, unnoticed a thing totally without value. You could say he identified with it. He took it back to his studio.

He collected other sticks and twigs and fashioned them into a wearable sculpture he called a Soundsuit because of the noises the sticks produced when he climbed into it and began to dance. (Cave was trained as a dancer; he studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.)

After that, Cave went on to create more than 500 other Soundsuits, sewing together sisal, dyed human hair, beads, plastic buttons, wire, feathers, toys, sequins, tchotchkes and other found and ordinary objects into elaborate and strange bubbles into which he or anybody else might climb and disappear. Most of them are bright, exuberant and funny, as reminiscent of sport teams mascots like the Philadelphia Flyers' Gritty as they are of African ceremonial costumes or haute couture.

In art circles, Cave is well-known famous for these Soundsuits. They are an important part of his practice as a performance artist. You could say they are one of his identities the identity that obscures the others and that they level the field by presenting the audience with something unique, new and possibly terrifying, something about which they could hold no pre-existing expectations. Something with which they will have to engage if they are going to even begin to understand.

You should not be disappointed that there are no Soundsuits on display in glass cases or anywhere else in Cave's exhibition at the Momentary, where you can climb into his latest work, the experiential "Until." This might frustrate some people, particularly those who know Cave as an art world figure and like to tick off the famous and important works to which they have been proximate.

But there are probably far fewer of those people than there are people who have a vague notion that Australian pop singer Nick Cave has some kind of art show at the Momentary.

About the best I can do in describing "Until," which further elaborates on Cave's recurrent themes of social justice and the ways we confront (or fail to confront) the "isms" that divide humanity into ruthlessly competing tribes (other families), is to say it is like a Soundsuit turned inside out. That the exhibit takes its title from the first principle "innocent until proven guilty" and its counter-thesis "guilty until proven innocent," is like climbing into the artist's head.

Here we can walk through Cave's subconscious, experience the irrational details that swarm up unbidden handguns amid kitschy lawn ornaments like spinners, repurposed lawn jockeys poised to snag dreams from the ether of Cave's imagined heaven, where (he hopes) there is no racism.

It is beautiful and weird and untranslatable into words. Cave's mode is more evocative than provocative; his images don't directly challenge or provoke so much as bemuse and mystify. To walk through these installations is to tour an alien civilization with a dream logic markedly different from our familiar practical world. Cave's interior has been realized in these spaces, and the Momentary space itself an old cheese factory has become an integral part of his cosmos.

While "Until" has been erected before in 2017 at MASSMoCA (the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art) in North Adams, Mass., and in 2018 at Carriageworks in Sydney its character is necessarily different from what it might have been were it it installed in a hermetic shoe box of a gallery.

While I've only seen photographs of the other "Until" iterations, it would seem to have been drastically adapted if not completely re-imagined for the Momentary's less regular spaces. Whether or not "Until" benefits from the way the architecture directs both installation and perception is hard to say. But the Momentary certainly benefits from the timeliness and scale of Cave's new work, which seamlessly incorporates the industrial multi-purpose feel of the building.

You can sit and have lunch at a counter overlooking Cave's "Kinetic Spinner Forest," which consists of about 16,000 shiny metallic mobiles of various hues, glinting as they spin in and out of focus.

It's playful and ambiguous one's initial reaction to "Kinetic Spinner Forest" is likely to be an almost infantile delight. You might want to reach out and grasp the shimmering objects (please don't touch the art) to check their weight and quality. Literally dazzling, it might take a moment before the embedded terror shows itself.

Next door, the ceiling rises and the walls are covered by "Beaded Cliff Wall," an installation of millions of barrel-shaped plastic pony beads of various colors strung by hand on shoelaces by Cave and 12 assistants over the course of 18 months. Positioned in the middle of the room is "Crystal Cloudscape," a raised installation of considerable weight (reportedly more than five tons) that might be regarded as "Until's" centerpiece.

"Cloudscape," when viewed from ground level, appears to be a cheeky approximation of a heavenly realm, with banks of angled chandeliers casting beneficent vanilla-colored light on observers.

But climb one of the industrial rolling ladders and peer over the world atop a crowded visual cacophony of repurposed objects, including dream-catching lawn jockeys. These objects were sourced from flea markets and thrift stores by Cave and his artistic collaborator and life partner Bob Faust, and can be seen as parodic of such works as Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights." Like a lot of work by the Dutch masters, there's a sense of something turned and rotting in his jumbled images.

"Flow/Blow," a double bank of 14 tilt drum fans rippling a curtain of shimmering Mylar filaments, is sequestered in its own dim room, lending it a monstrous quality as it hums away. It feels implacable, not unlike one of those low-budget monsters from drive-in horror movies of the '50s and early '60s. You might want to keep a little distance from this shape-shifting and breathing appliance. (Once again, you're not supposed to touch the art; but is it all right to let the art touch you?)

Elsewhere Cave has mounted a window from MASSMoCA through which a hawk crashed while they were setting up the exhibit there. For hours the bird flew around the gallery, and after he escaped Cave took down the window.

There is both wit and dread in "Until," a sardonic undertone that reveals itself gradually. Cave began the project as a site-built installation for MASSMoCA, but its roots are in the shooting death of Black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., less than 100 miles from where the artist was born in Fulton, Mo., in 1959. Like the beating of Rodney King, Brown's killing set off a wave of riots, as once again the police and the community being policed were revealed as different families.

Outside a Soundsuit, Cave felt his Blackness made him a target. Outside the gallery space, Blackness becomes his signal identity, the one perceived instantly and most directly by strangers. His Soundsuits provide a way for Cave to remove the artist from the equation, forcing the audience to consider the work without thinking much about the person who created it.

"Until" reverses this strategy, putting us deep in the belly of the beast to feel the discomfiture of the marginalized. Here he's not trying to erase the various identities of the artist but to make us all complicit in both the art-making process and the society we have built.

"How do I create art that is of service?" Cave asked last week in a video call designed to preview the exhibit for journalists. Normally that's the sort of remark that's dismissed as simply filler, the kind of thing one says when one wants to project humility and seem less ego-driven than one suspects oneself of being.

But in this instance this moment as the United States goes through yet another season of racial reckoning, allowing us to share his specific head space does feel generous.

The best way to receive "Until" is as an invitation to empathy. Cave is inviting us inside, showing us the world as it seems to him. Things can be both ordinary and freighted with deep meaning; there is nothing that does not have some psychic heft. There are no innocent symbols or gestures and even in heaven there might be decay and ruin.

While there is freedom in anonymity, an anonymous life is no life at all. Names should be said, injustices should be called out, platitudes and euphemisms should be understood as the unhelpful prettifiers that they are. You can't live your life in a Soundsuit, allowing the observer to project whatever wishful notion they might harbor upon your form.

People talk a lot about artists growing. Usually that's just code for becoming bored with the old work and wanting to try something new. But here we see actual and inarguable progress.

A Soundsuit is a form of armor, a shell to protect you from the world. "Until" is a kind of surrender, an offering of the artist's neck. It's a brave thing, and all the braver for being so delectably strange, so other than the usual cant.

We all contain multitudes; on the inside, we are all warm and vulnerable.

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The recent research report namely Global Smart Vent Market Growth (Status and Outlook) 2020-2025 available at MarketandResearch.biz offers a widespread assessment of market size, market share, and profit estimations to provide an ensemble prediction about this business. The report aims to predict a future picture of the market scenario with respect to the various growth indicators, hindrances, and opportunities that determine the industry expansion. The report contains an assessment of market segmentation, prominent manufacturers, market drivers, and opportunities. It gives an in-depth analysis of the latest trends, present, and future business scenarios over the coming years from 2020 to 2025. The global market report demonstrates the functioning of the main market players, suppliers, and dealers in detail.

Report Overview:

Product types, applications, geographies, and end-user industries are the key market segments that are comprised in this study. The report includes an evaluation of market share with respect to each application and forecast growth rate during the analysis period is given. The study highlights the competition trends, along with a detailed analytical review of the industry supply chain. It also reveals the prevalent growth prospects of each region over the forecast duration.

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Market Players & Competitor Analysis: The report covers the key players of the global Smart Vent industry including company profiles, product specifications, production capacity/sales, revenue, price, and gross margin 2015-2020 & sales by product types. Company overview, manufacturing facilities, regions served, and market share of the major contenders are profiled in the report. It also elaborates on the pricing models followed by each company and the returns amassed.

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The report delves into the competitive landscape by identifying and assessing the leading players, namely: CSR Electrical, San Mao Technology, DCI Products, Enerbee, Flair, Ecovent Systems, Nest Labs, IPS Roofing Products, Rowan Dron Electrical, Keen Home,

Glimpses of The Report:

Segment by product type, this report focuses on consumption, market share, and growth rate of the market in each product type and can be divided into: Floor Installation, Ceiling Installation, Wall Installation,

Segment by application, this report focuses on consumption, market share, and growth rate of the market in each application and can be divided into: Residential, Commercial,

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Regional segment analysis displaying regional production volume, consumption volume, revenue, and growth rate from 2020-2025 covers: Americas (United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil), APAC (China, Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Australia), Europe (Germany, France, UK, Italy, Russia), Middle East & Africa (Egypt, South Africa, Israel, Turkey, GCC Countries)

Moreover, the report enlists customer, distributor, market value chain, and sales channel analysis. It presents production and production value forecast, key producers forecast by type, application, and regions. The report uses both top-down and bottom-up approaches that have been used to estimate and validate the global Smart Vent market, to estimate the size of various other dependent submarkets in the overall market.

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