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From the front cover to the back page, a definite theme emerges across this issue: All the projects are renovations. The material improvement of existing conditions is at the heart of what architects and designers do: “Architects don’t invent anything; they transform reality,” Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza once said. And given our current ecological and economic crises, making do with what’s at hand is a sensible solution.
SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts
Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
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When arriving to Jones Commons, a live-work complex just off Danforth Avenue in Toronto’s Greektown, the stacked yellow glazed brick gives a hint of the building’s former life. Built in the 1950s, it was an office for a practice of four doctors who served the community.
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One of New York’s most stylish new dining destinations is a dark, cozy room hidden behind a nondescript facade at 116 West Houston Street. The address, between Soho and Greenwich Village, is the service kitchen for the Sustainable Community Kitchen from the chef-led nonprofit Rethink Food, where its teams prepare 30,000 meals weekly for communities in need.
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All too often, the pressures of life in New York City require a relief valve. This often takes the form of weekend trips: People rush out of the metropolis in all directions, eager to escape their laptops. Now, with Vipp’s newly unveiled guesthouse, there is a new high-design offering to consider.
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Yves Béhar has seemingly done it all as an industrial designer. With Fuseproject, he has designed laptops, cars, bassinets, and door hardware. His energetic sensibility, honed by decades of work for start-ups, has resulted in a range of award-winning products. His latest release is Peaks, a modular sofa produced by Moooi. Its triangular hinged foam elements can transform into a range of social terrains.
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As I write these words to you, spring is fast approaching. The blooms of my neighbor’s magnolia tree fill a back window of my apartment, and across the city budding trees stand at the ready. The thaw is welcome after an intense winter. In anticipation of summer, our features whisk readers away to five remote homes, from Mexico to Santa Fe to Saint Kitts, where architects have delivered thoughtful buildings with limited footprints that prioritize connection to their natural surroundings.
Genie9 Launches BigMind 2.0, Bringing Conversational AI to Cloud Backup Operations
BigMind Ops lets teams create backup jobs, diagnose failures, and manage compliance through natural language — all from one conversation interface. BigMind 2.0 by Genie9 — Intelligent Cloud Backup for Business BigMind Ops on WhatsApp gives administrators read-only access to backup status, file search, storage usage, and compliance monitoring from any phone.
Prediction Market Prosecutions May Be Curbed by Decades-Old Case Original
Federal prosecutors and regulators have announced their intent to police insider trading in prediction markets. But enforcement under the Commodity Exchange Act will require the government to navigate complex factual and legal issues that aren’t necessarily present in other markets.
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SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
Hunting bin Laden on 'the roof of the world'
The village of Drosh with the Hindu Kush mountains in the background. (Credit: Zahijee, via Wikimedia Commons) In September 2005, in a remote valley in Pakistan, a CIA contractor locked eyes with a man he was sure was Osama bin Laden and caught the moment on camera.
The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
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SEC Proposes Regulation Crypto Assets: A Tailored Offering Framework for Crypto Investment Contracts Crypto, Crypto Assets, investment, SEC More from: Jack Murphy, Jason Daniel, Mike Asaro , Akin Gump Jason Daniel and Mike Asaro are Partners and Jack Murphy is a Senior Counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. This post is based on an Akin Gump memorandum by Mr. Daniel, Mr. Asaro, Mr. Murphy, John Clayton, Peter Altman, and Shar Ahmed, all at Akin Gump.
Special Ops service members win big at Adaptive Games
This summer, service members in Special Operations Command's Warrior Care Program took home 111 medals in a half dozen different events. The adaptive games were held in Colorado Springs in from July 18-26, following a ten-week training program. The Warrior Care Program provides help and rehabilitation for all service members and veterans, giving them resources to aid the recovery process. One of the services it provides is adaptive sports.
Fort Bliss soldier jumps into action to help wounded motorcyclist
On July 26, motorcycle riders gathered in remembrance of U.S. Marine Corps veteran John Tobias Jr., who had been killed in an alleged hit-and-run incident. However, at the memorial motorcycle ride, there was nearly another fatality, if not for the actions of a Fort Bliss soldier. During the event, the saddlebag of the lead motorcycle came loose and created a road hazard, which led to a rider named Ryan Salisbury crashing and receiving serious head wounds.
Day in the life of Jack Murphy
Meet Jack, Business Manager – Local Government – Finance. Discover more about a day in the life of Jack Murphy – where he talks about what he talks about the most fulfilling aspects of his role, flexible working and the amazing people. My day typically begins by addressing any urgent emails and messages from candidates and clients.
The June issue of The Architect’s Newspaper is out now
As an MIT alum, I should be chuffed that Carlo Ratti has curated the 19th International Architecture Exhibition at La Biennale di Venezia. Of the three curators who have guided the show in the 2020s, two hail from MIT: Ratti, who directs its Senseable City Lab, and 2021’s Hashim Sarkis, the dean of its School of Architecture and Planning.
The May issue of The Architect’s Newspaper is out now
I’ve been thinking about art deco. The style recently turned 100, and after it arrived via the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris, its influence quickly proliferated around the world: One can see its streamline sensibility in New York’s skyline; hotels that line Miami Beach; bus stations across the U.S.; the UNESCO-designated World Heritage city of Asmara, Eritrea; in Mumbai, India; and the Kavanagh Building in Buenos Aires, among other venues.
FDIC 2025: Understanding the Vertical Challenge
One Dead, Three Injured in Fremont (CA) Apartment Fire One person was killed and three others were injured Sunday morning in a two-alarm fire at an apartment complex that left dozens of residents displaced.
A brief history of Veterans Day
With Veterans Day nearly upon us, it may be worth examining the meaning behind this holiday and how it came to be. The U.S. military continues to hold a positive place in the minds of American citizens, with recent Pew Research data showing a 60 percent level of confidence in the military. Amongst veterans themselves, 68 percent report being proud of their military service. With that in mind, it makes sense to take a look back at why America has a specific holiday to honor veterans.
Current and former CPW commissioners endorse Prop 127
We are current and former Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners, which is the body that sets wildlife policy, including a former chair, and we encourage a “YES” vote on Proposition 127. Prop 127 simply protects Colorado’s majestic mountain lions and bobcats from highly unpopular, unscientific and unwarranted abuse and exploitation that in no way contributes to our bright future of ethical outdoor recreation in our great state of Colorado. Wild cats are hunted by dogs, not humans.
We are current and former Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners, which is the body that sets wil
We are current and former Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners, which is the body that sets wildlife policy, including a former chair, and we encourage a “yes” vote on Proposition 127. Proposition 127 simply protects Colorado’s majestic mountain lions and bobcats from highly unpopular, unscientific and unwarranted abuse and exploitation that in no way contributes to our bright future of ethical outdoor recreation in our great state of Colorado. Wild cats are hunted by dogs, not humans.
Samsung Nueva Zelanda: Samsung iTest – Comparando manzanas con androides - Notiulti
La empresa de electrónica Samsung aumentó las visitas a su sitio web y obtuvo impresiones en los medios en Nueva Zelanda al dirigirse a los usuarios de iPhone con una aplicación que les brindó la experiencia de un teléfono Samsung Galaxy en su teléfono Apple.
The May issue of The Architect’s Newspaper is out now Original
Welcome, dear reader, to AN’s annual Facades issue. This effort, which follows an especially rousing Facades+ New York conference, aims to deliver a set of inspiring case studies and a bevy of products for your review. In particular, the overall issue takes up the traffic of materials as its core concern. Witness KPF’s reskinning of 660 Fifth Avenue or an interview with Daniel Marshall, who founded Re-Assembly to research how to reuse architectural glass.
Special Forces edges in on the Navy SEAL's maritime capabilities
When it comes to maritime commando operations, the Navy SEALs are certainly the best known and most well regarded force in the U.S. military. The SEALs are specially trained to conduct underwater demolitions and long range reconnaissance by launching from submarines on a SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV). That said, U.S. Special Forces has long retained a sub-surface and maritime capability, one they are now seeking to expand.
Baracco+Wright Architects realizes a light-filled back building Original
In the United States, glass blocks began appearing in patents in the 1870s as part of vaults and skylights, but it wasn’t until 1881, when a patent was filed for “glass building block and building,” that a brick-like, hollow-core glass item arrived. Its inventor, C. W. McLean, speculated that the product would be ideal for the walls, partitions, and floors of hospitals and infirmaries. The rest is history.
Gym memberships: more than half report price hikes
Price rises might be the reason you fall out of love with your gym membership this February. In a survey of nearly 2,000 gym goers in October 2023, 55% of people told Which? that their gym membership had increased in price in the last two years. And, while the average cost of membership among those surveyed typically fell into the £25-50 price bracket, 10% of respondents said they’re currently paying more than £100 a month.
The Architect’s Newspaper’s Best of 2023 issue is out now
What constitutes good architecture? Vitruvius had thoughts, as did every epoch of architects who followed. Today, the question is as relevant as ever, given the urgency of the many crises facing society at large. Knowing what we know now, perhaps good architecture, beyond widely accepted criteria of beauty or usefulness, ought to consider its participation within larger environmental flows.
Lake|Flato transforms its San Antonio office Original
In Texas and beyond, Lake|Flato is known for a portfolio of contextually sensitive homes and larger projects across hospitality, institutional, and cultural sectors. Since its founding by David Lake and Ted Flato in 1984, the firm’s designers have worked from a 1920s-era office building in downtown San Antonio, blocks from the Alamo. Previously it was home to a Black gospel radio station, a law firm, an investment banking firm, and an interior design firm.
Gaza Hostage Crisis Led To "Unprecedented" Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 Deployment
When Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer said Oct. 12 on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that the Biden administration was “not contemplating” putting troops on the ground in Gaza to rescue the dozen or so American hostages captured during Hamas’ Oct. 7 raid into southern Israel, Joint Special Operations Command was already planning a rescue operation.
Revenge on the CIF - How “The Haters” Cut Special Forces’ Last Link To JSOC
The aftershocks from the Pentagon’s 2020 decision to cut the five active-duty Special Forces groups’ main link to Joint Special Operations Command continue to reverberate, with the validation exercises for the groups’ rebranded counterterrorism companies’ new mission starting this summer. Prior to 2020, each group contained a company designed, trained and resourced to act as a back-up to JSOC’s special mission units, which conduct the United States’ most sensitive counterterrorism missions.
Zeroed Out: How JSOC’s Omega teams enabled the CIA’s Afghan militias
Thin clouds veiled the quarter moon that hung in the Afghan night sky as several dozen Toyota Hilux pickup trucks slowly ground to a halt. Doors opened and scores of armed men, members of an Afghan militia, jumped out before the drivers began turning the vehicles around in case a quick extraction became necessary. Their target was straight ahead, a cluster of compounds in Panjwai district, a hotbed of Taliban support about 18 miles southwest of Kandahar.
Panic grips Special Forces community amid investigation into drugs, human trafficking
Panic and fear spread throughout the special operations community at Fort Bragg and Fayetteville, North Carolina as CID and FBI agents investigated members of 3rd Special Forces Group and Delta Force who allegedly were involved in drug and in one instance human trafficking, according to nearly a dozen current and former military sources. The arrests began Thursday, Jan. 5 and culminated with a 100% recall and accountability formation for 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group yesterday.
Your guide to Special Forces weapons and gear
The M4 rifle is a shortened M16 carbine and is by far the most common weapon found in the hands of US forces today. Special Forces troops carry the M4 and utilize the new SOPMOD 2 package, which includes the EO Tech 553 holographic reflex site, LA-5 infrared laser, foregrip, the M3X visible bright light (tactical light) and associated accessories. Also included is the Elcan Spector telescopic sight which is adjustable from 1 power to 5 power via a throw lever on the side of the optic.
SEAL Team 6 member's suicide inspires new veterans' mental health effort
When the chain-link gate slid open on a military airfield in Virginia Beach, Va., spouses stood waiting for their husbands after yet another grueling deployment. Still clad in their camouflage uniforms, operators with SEAL Team 6 were reunited with their wives that night in the summer of 2009. Sydney Mulder came forward to embrace her husband, Bill Mulder, but immediately saw that something was wrong. “I’ll never forget it.
U.S. Army to train Ukrainians to use artillery in Germany
Since the 2014 annexation of Crimea by Russia, the United States military along with NATO partners engaged in an epic endeavor to modernize the Ukrainian military, an effort that has clearly paid huge dividends in recent months. However, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began all American troops were withdrawn from the country. The Biden administration's policy is that there are to be no "boots on the ground" as it could lead to an escalatory conflict with another nuclear power.
ANALYSIS: Def. Sec. Austin says quiet part aloud regarding Ukraine, Russia
When Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine this week with the Secretary of State, he may have said the quiet part out loud. American and NATO assistance to Ukraine has bolstered their military and helped them defend themselves from a Russian military invasion. Austin's comments spoke to something beyond defense. "We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine," Austin said during a press conference.
'By Water Beneath the Walls' tells story of America's maritime commandos
Photo credit Courtesy of Ben Milligan Many authors have attempted to tell the history of America's Special Operations Forces, some better than others. Former Navy SEAL Ben Milligan sets his sights specifically on America's maritime commando capabilities from World War II to today, and in the process tells perhaps the best contemporary historical account of how Special Operations got to where it is today.
Special Ops vision statement names Russia, China as primary threats
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has released its latest vision statement which openly names Russia and China as the command's main adversaries, a far cry from past years when military officials seemed to go out of their way to avoid mentioning China as an antagonist. The document goes on to name North Korea, Iran, and violent extremist organizations as secondary threats. China is singled out as being the biggest challenge for Special Operations Command moving forward.
Book details the serial killer working for Army's secretive intelligence service in Nazi-occupied France
Dr. Marcel Petiot is one of those curious characters that weaves their way through history; a person with a mysterious level of influence who seemed to touch everything and everyone at a certain critical time and place. In this case, that unique historical moment was in Nazi-occupied France and a peculiar doctor who served the criminal underworld of Paris, sold antiques in his free time, and invented a novel new way to cut off a human face.
Special Forces Colonel tries to have prosecutor thrown off his domestic violence case
Photo credit Courtesy of the U.S. Army A superior court in Washington is set to decide this week if Deputy Prosecuting Attorney (DPA) Coreen Schnepf will be disqualified and removed from the domestic violence trial of Special Forces Col. Owen Ray. Ray allegedly held his family hostage at gunpoint during an alcohol-fueled stand-off with police, leading to domestic violence charges. Formerly the commander of 1st Special Forces Group, Ray was serving as the Chief of Staff to Lt. Gen.
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Why fighting someone else's war ain't all it's cracked up to be
The Russian invasion of Ukraine is history unfolding before our eyes, a cataclysmic event that will reshape international politics and world order for decades to come. For many watching the war on television and social media, there is an intoxicating draw towards such a conflict.
New comic book tells the incredible story of Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker
Photo credit Courtesy of AUSA The Association of the United States Army (AUSA) has released the latest installment of their incredibly popular series of graphic novels about Medal of Honor recipients. This issue is about Vernon Baker, who single-handedly cleaned out Nazi pillboxes and bunkers in Italy. Initially turned down by the Army, he was later recruited to be an officer in the 92nd Infantry Division.
A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame? Original
Michael Froede suspected he was being followed. For weeks after he returned from a highly classified mission in Vietnam, he would see people watching him in Washington, D.C. They’d be parked outside his house or tailing him while driving. Sometimes while on the road, Froede would pull a U-turn and swing back around on the suspected surveillance team to take their pictures, to let them know that he knew they were there.
A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame?
Michael Froede suspected he was being followed. For weeks after he returned from a highly classified mission in Vietnam, he would see people watching him in Washington, D.C. They’d be parked outside his house or tailing him while driving. Sometimes while on the road, Froede would pull a U-turn and swing back around on the suspected surveillance team to take their pictures, to let them know that he knew they were there.
A clandestine Army operative concealed his mental health problems until it was too late. Is the military to blame?
Michael Froede in Afghanistan in 2011. (Courtesy of Joanne Wolff) Michael Froede suspected he was being followed. For weeks after he returned from a highly classified mission in Vietnam, he would see people watching him in Washington, D.C. They’d be parked outside his house or tailing him while driving. Sometimes while on the road, Froede would pull a U-turn and swing back around on the suspected surveillance team to take their pictures, to let them know that he knew they were there.
Controversial CIA-sponsored ‘stay behinds’ are sent to Ukraine, but what's their mission?
As tensions mount in Ukraine with the Russian military massing their forces, some 127,000 troops, on its western border in a manner that would facilitate, and signal, an imminent invasion, the United States has signaled to Moscow that they could be facing a costly insurgency should they invade. This international brinksmanship has led to a larger confrontation with the U.S. which has supported Ukrainian independence and opposed Russia's illegal territory annexation of Crimea.
No, Robin Sage is not the conspiracy theory that some people want it to be
It is unfortunate that this needs to be addressed once again, but no, the Robin Sage exercise run by U.S. Army Special Warfare Center in North Carolina to train Special Forces students is not a part of some grand conspiracy. Robin Sage is an unconventional warfare training exercise run multiple times per year in which soldiers training to be Green Berets have their skills tested in large-scale scenarios. This year's exercise will run from Jan. 22 to Feb.
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