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Installation art: See it now, or don't see it at all. Beckett Fest: options for your Beckett fix. The library pops up. Bike In for free films.

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CASCADE: Installation by Ian McMahon *

If youre reading this and you havent yet seen this site-specific work well, youve only got a few more days before it is magnificently destroyed. Two theater curtains made out of plaster have taken hold of the gallery, a pair of architectural sentinels extending floor to ceiling that you can examine ever so closely, every crinkle and fold. Ian McMahons sculptures address the notion of time and permanence both of art and of space. The show closes Friday then, two days later, one of the curtains will come crashing down. The demolition event is open to Suyama Space Friends; in other words, make a donation to the gallery and witness something special. How special? Take a look at a previous demolition below.

A Momentary event with a Sculpture: Bringing down the curtain Phone Clip from Ian McMahon on Vimeo.

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Life=Play: An Evening of Short Works and Rarities by Samuel Beckett

Seattle Shakespeare Company and Theater Puget Sound along with 15 let me say that again 15! organizations are celebrating the Irish multi-hyphenated Samuel Beckett playwright-novelist-theater director-poet over the next three months. Which means you can get your Beckett fix in myriad ways: radio plays, poetry readings, even European clown movement. The Seattle Beckett Fest kicks off with Life=Play: An Evening of Short Works and Rarities, which features some of my very favorite thespians (Carol Roscoe, Ray Tagavilla and Rachel Delmar). You can keep tabs on the entire festival by goinghere.

If you go:Life=Play: An Evening of Short Works and Rarities by Samuel Beckett,West of Lenin Theatre, through Aug. 24 ($20). The Seattle Beckett Fest continues at various venues in Seattle through November.F.D.

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AKRON, Ohio -- Ken Merunski has seen home construction mistakes that make him shudder.

He's seen floor joists notched to a dangerous extent to make room for plumbing. He's seen bearing walls that don't align with support beams. He's seen joists butted against ceiling beams instead of overlapping to handle the weight of the roof.

"You'd think the building inspectors would catch it," he said, "and quite often they don't."

Merunski is an architect who sometimes testifies as an expert witness in lawsuits involving residential construction. Between that work and visits to construction sites related to his own architectural practice, he's seen faulty construction that can result in leaks, wall cracks and worse.

Sometimes the builder and the inspector just aren't up to date on requirements for the way materials should be installed, he said. Sometimes they don't know enough about structural engineering to recognize a problem in the making. Sometimes, he said, the builders are taking shortcuts to save money.

That's why Merunski, who owns M.E. Architecture in Seven Hills, Ohio, counsels homeowners to stay vigilant when their homes are being built.

Here are his recommendations.

Show up daily

You've probably already heard the advice that you should visit your home's construction site every day the workers are there. But Merunski takes that recommendation a step further.

Take pictures, he advises. Lots of pictures.

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NEW YORK Asdrubal Cabrera hit his first home run for Washington and tumbled over a retaining wall to make a terrific catch, leading the Nationals past the New York Mets 3-2 Wednesday night for their 10th straight victory at Citi Field.

Rafael Soriano held on in the ninth inning following Travis d'Arnaud's leadoff homer, getting the final two outs after the Mets put a pair of runners in scoring position.

Matt den Dekker was thrown out at home on pinch-hitter Eric Campbell's grounder to shortstop. Curtis Granderson hit a comebacker on the next pitch, giving Soriano his 27th save in 31 tries.

Bryce Harper and Kevin Frandsen each hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh to make a winner of Jordan Zimmermann (8-5). Drew Storen pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the bottom half, and the NL East leaders overcame three errors to win for the 24th time in their last 28 road games against the Mets dating to 2011. They haven't lost in Queens since June 29 last year.

The winning streak at Citi Field ties a franchise record for the longest at one venue away from home. The Montreal Expos won 10 road games in a row against the Chicago Cubs from 1982-83.

Coming off his 200th career win last Friday, Mets starter Bartolo Colon (11-10) allowed two runs one earned in seven innings.

Leading 1-0, Colon gave up a leadoff double in the seventh to Adam LaRoche. He stopped at third on a single to center by Ian Desmond, who advanced to second when Juan Lagares' high throw ticked off the glove of cutoff man Lucas Duda for an error.

That ended up hurting the Mets. Harper tied it with a sacrifice fly, Ramos singled and Frandsen put the Nationals ahead with another sacrifice fly.

Cabrera connected in the eighth off Jeurys Familia. The two-time All-Star hit nine home runs for Cleveland this season before he was dealt to Washington at the July 31 trade deadline.

In the bottom half, Cabrera bolted from his spot at second base and made a running catch of Granderson's foul pop just before hitting a retaining wall and going head over heels.

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By MIKE FITZPATRICK

AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) Despite three untimely errors, the Washington Nationals found a way to win at Citi Field. They always do.

Asdrubal Cabrera hit his first home run for Washington and tumbled over a retaining wall to make a terrific catch, leading the Nationals past the New York Mets 3-2 Wednesday night for their 10th straight victory in Queens.

"We're going to have games like this every once in a while. The fact that we were able to overcome it is key," manager Matt Williams said. "We were fortunate tonight."

Rafael Soriano held on in the ninth following Travis d'Arnaud's leadoff homer, getting the final two outs after the Mets put a pair of runners in scoring position.

Matt den Dekker was thrown out at home on pinch-hitter Eric Campbell's grounder to shortstop - and the call was upheld after a replay review to determine whether catcher Wilson Ramos blocked the plate illegally. Curtis Granderson hit a comebacker on the next pitch, giving Soriano his 27th save in 31 tries.

"We've got the best bullpen in the game," starter Jordan Zimmermann said.

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Contractors work to build a retaining wall after flooding last year brought down a 100-year-old wall in Brown St, Dunedin. Photo by Peter McIntosh

The June 2013 flooding caused slips around the city and closed dozens of roads across the region, including State Highway 1 to the north.

Dunedin City Council project engineer Evan Matheson said yesterday the council had worked with the Earthquake Commission and private insurers on the slip.

It had also spent significant time doing geotechnical assessments to understand why the wall had failed, so the new wall could be designed appropriately.

Mr Matheson said the previous wall, built about 100 years ago, was not a retaining wall, as such.

As well, old drains behind the wall had become blocked over the decades.

The new wall would be made from pre-cast concrete panels, anchored deep into the ground to make it ''nice and strong''.

The work was ''predominantly a council job'', as it was responsible for the wall, although about half of the cost would be paid by the New Zealand Transport Agency.

A house near the slip was ''quite stable'', Mr Matheson said.

Work began last week and was expected to be finished in October,

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The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadavs ambitious road project, the Agra-Lucknow access-controlled Greenfield Expressway will be developed in five separate packages. The Government on Wednesday completed the bidding process which has paved the way for the construction of the 301.3 kilometre long expressway which will traverse through Agra, Firozabad, Mainpuri, Etawah, Auraiya, Kannauj, Kanpur Nagar, Hardoi, Unnao and Lucknow districts. The estimated cost of the road project is about Rs. 10,000 crore.

An official spokesman said while PNC Infratech was selected for developing the Agra-Firozabad stretch, or package, of about 55.3 kilometre of the proposed expressway, the stretch from Firozabad to Etawah (62 kilometre) would be developed by Ifcons Infrastructure. The Etawah to Kannauj (57 kilometre) package by Nagarjuna Construction Company, the Kannauj to Unnao (64 kilometre) package by Ifcons Infrastructure and the UnnaoLucknow stretch (63 kilometre) has been awarded to Larsen and Toubro, the spokesman added.

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For the first time since Fidel Castros rebel army overthrew the government of Fulgencio Batista in 1959, Cuba will see the construction of a new Catholic church.

In the ambitious project slated to start in the eastern Cuban city of Santiago, 25 tons of scrap metal used to construct the stage for Pope Benedict XVIs 2012 visit to the island will be recycled and used to build the new church.

"Reusing the metal means keeping alive the memory of something good for us Catholics. It gives it new life, so it can serve future generations," Fausto Vlez, the engineer in charge of the project told the BBC.

While the church hopes to start raising the metal beams soon to start construction, it first must raise the money needed to fund the project. So far the church's main backer is Tampa's St. Lawrence parish, which consists mostly of the members who are either descendants of Cuban exiles or exiles themselves.

Though once-atheist Cuba has loosened its law against religion secret baptisms are gone and even some Communist party members worship freely the now secular state still has a dearth of churches. The Catholic Church has only been able to renovate existing structures or rebuild ones that had collapsed.

With only one more building permit pending, Catholics in Santiago are hopeful that their new church will soon herald more construction in the city, badly damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Along with leaving 11 people dead, the hurricane destroyed Santiagos wooden church of San Pedrito. The 93-year-old church is now little more than a concrete floor and an outline of its foundation, with whatever surviving remains candlesticks, a wooden lectern and two chipped figurines from the nativity scene stored at an elderly womans house across the street.

The rest [of artifacts] were carried off by thieves," said Marta Prez, who gathers with other parishioners in the Churchs ruins whenever a priest visits the area. "We really need our church back."

While parishioners of the San Pedrito Church hope to have their place of worship rebuilt, not far from there, in a neighborhood built after the revolution, the site of the new church is already lined up. It will take the space of a former parking lot, and according to the architectural drawing, the metal beams from 2102's stage will feature prominently in the new house of worship.

The permit still needs to be issued and $250,000 to finance the project most from parishes abroad like Tampa's St. Lawrence still needs to be raised, but Church officials are optimistic about the future of their new home and about the warming of relations between church and the Cuban state.

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