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T-shirt fundraiser supports Local Covid Relief Fund
Mayor Bernadette Clement
A desire to show community spirit during a difficult time has morphed into a new collaborative t-shirt fundraiser initiative.
A new series of 'Together we Stand Apart' t-shirts are being produced to foster a sense of community while also raising funds for the local front-line workers, volunteers and non-profits battling the Covid-19 pandemic.
"Our community has done a tremendous job in adhering to public safety measures and supporting one another during this extremely challenging time," said Mayor Bernadette Clement. "The t-shirts are a great symbol of our terrific community spirit and they're also helping to support our local heroes."
The grey and yellow shirts feature original artwork by Cornwall native Robbie Lariviere of Fall Down Gallery, whose work can also be seen in a number of Downtown Cornwall storefront windows.
"It sends a message that even though we can't gather at this time, we're still connected because we're all in the same boat and we're staying apart for each other," said City of Cornwall Tourism Coordinator Amy Malyon, who helped bring the concept to life.
Mike Petrynka of Mike's Printing & Apparel has stepped forward to print the shirts and he has prepared a distribution plan to ensure safe and effective delivery. The t-shirts can be purchased via the Mike's Printing & Apparel Facebook Page for $20 all-inclusive and $5 from each t-shirt sale will be donated to the Local Covid Relief Fund.
"I'm happy to be able to provide these shirts and hopefully help people feel a little more together in this time of isolation," said Mr. Petrynka.
The Fund is overseen by a council of 20 different local not-for-profit organizations including the hospital, the food banks and other organizations providing or supporting front-line workers. The fund will be distributed to organizations and individuals who are in immediate need because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
"The United Way/Centraide of SDG is incredibly humbled by the decision made by Mike's Printing and Apparel to donate 5$ from each t-shirt to the Local Covid Relief Fund," said Juliette Labossière, Executive Director of United Way/Centraide SD&G. "I can't imagine a better way to give back to our community in a time of need then to buy a t-shirt and show our solidarity as a community while making a donation to a great initiative at the same time. Thank you to the partners behind this initiative, and thank you to the community for their ongoing and relentless support."
Amy Malyon with the Together we Stand Apart T-shirt
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About the Local Covid Relief Fund
The Local Covid Relief Fund is being managed by the United Way and the members of the Regional Emergency Response Council (SDGCA). This Council is comprised of over 20 individuals representing a variety of sectors within the region and has representatives from SDG Counties, Cornwall and Akwesasne.
This Council works collaboratively to identify the growing needs emerging during the crisis and outline clear actionable items to assist the frontline workers, the tireless volunteers, and the amazing nonprofits who are fearlessly fighting for our community.
For more information on the Fund and to donate directly, please visit: https://unitedwaysdg.com/local-covid-relief-fund/
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COVID-19 cases in Kingston increase to 46
Alan S. Hale
Apr 01, 2020 • April 1, 2020 • 1 minute read
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Kingston increased slightly to 46 on Wednesday, up from 43.
Kingston's medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said the fact that cases are increasing is expected and, so far, there have been very few surprises for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health officials.
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"The numbers are not increasing drastically. They are at a steady rate of three to five cases per day, and many of them are still close contacts of returning travellers or known areas where we had social gatherings occur," Moore said.
"Out of all of the positive cases, there are only a handful that we can't explain, as of yet, from either a travel or contact history.
"It is to be expected that we will get some local transmission, but as long as we maintain our social and physical distancing, we can limit that and thus decrease the impact on the health-care system."
As of Wednesday, there are currently three people currently at Kingston General Hospital being treated for COVID-19. That is the largest number of coronavirus patients to be admitted at one time so far.
To help keep the number that low, Moore is asking residents to forgo any Easter celebrations that require leaving home or being with groups. He notes that his own family has cancelled its traditional Easter dinner.
"We are not going to go to any religious meetings, either. It's just not the time," Moore said.
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In CONSUMER/RETAIL-RELATED NEWS, credit card borrowing costs are expected to rise and we're spending money on Domino's and AO World but not at Boots. Marston's faces reality, the EG Group brothers face scrutiny and LVMH offers hope
In FINANCIALS NEWS, Stripe buys into Africa, Morgan Stanley sees profits jump and more fund raising looks likely
In TECH NEWS, Google Chrome comes under the spotlight and Twitter goes down
In INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEWS, Ford leans on rivals, Ryanair makes tough choices and Big Hit Entertainment looks vulnerable
AND FINALLY I bring you a VERY weird tattoo and some expensive underpants…
BANKS NEWS
So credit card borrowing costs look like rising, Domino's gets a slice of the action, AO World triumphs, Boots doesn't, Marston's makes tough choices, the EG Group brothers face scrutiny and LVMH offers hope…
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Credit card borrowing costs to rise by Christmas (The Guardian, Phillip Inman) cites findings by the Bank of England which show that banks raised the cost of credit cards in Q3 and look to continue to do the same in Q4. The majority of lenders are also likely to restrict loan products during the final quarter. * SO WHAT? * This will increase fears that the UK's poorest households will have much more restricted access to credit as the furlough scheme ends and unemployment starts to rise. On the other hand, lenders are keen to limit their downside and potential exposure to customers defaulting. Tough times.
Meanwhile, consumers are spending on pizza – as per Domino's sales figures served cold (The Times, Dominic Walsh), which highlights like-for-like sales growth of 17.5% in Q3 although orders are now falling due to more rivals opening up and some students delaying a return to university – and on electrical goods in Sales boom at AO World puts rivals in shade (The Times, Ashley Armstrong) where the online retailer announced a hike in sales in the six months to September of a whopping 57%. Chief exec John Roberts said that "The last six months of trading have been like no other during my two decades in the business" and the company's share price shot up by 30.1% following this bullish update, pushing its valuation above that of Dixons Carphone. This is an incredible performance when you consider that AO's share price has gone from 85p at the beginning of this year to 302.5p!
On the other hand, Boots is problem child for US parent as stores suffer (The Times, Ashley Armstrong) shows that
Boots posted a rather disappointing 29.2% fall in like-for-like sales in the three months to the end of August as footfall continues to drop. This poor performance will prompt action by the company's American parent Walgreens Boots Alliance to turn things around. On the plus side, Boots' online sales shot up by 155% over the quarter and it has managed to win back market share in the beauty sector. * SO WHAT? * This doesn't sound particularly great and usually, when a parent says that it will be focusing on a turnaround, it usually means more closures and more job losses. The other thing I would mention is that Next is busy trying to put together a format that will be a new source of competition as per First look at the new Next Beauty and Home stores (Marie Claire, Fiona Embleton). I bet you never expected me to quote from Marie Claire, now did you!
Meanwhile, Pub and brewer Martson's to cut 2,150 furloughed jobs (The Guardian, Rob Davies and Kalyeena Makortoff) highlights yet more misery in the hospitality sector as it reacts to the latest government covid restrictions. The company traded strongly over the summer but the 10pm curfew, requirement for full table service and now a three-tier system just all combined to push the company to make tough decisions. The British Beer and Pubs Association has warned that up to 300,000 jobs could disappear in the hospitality sector unless the government steps in. * SO WHAT? * Unfortunately, this was bound to happen given the circumstances. It is likely to continue.
I thought I'd mention Billionaire brothers need to account for themselves (Daily Telegraph, Ben Marlow) because it highlights a potential fly-in-the-ointment for the recently-announced Asda deal. Brothers Mohsin and Zuber Issa built up EG Group, which recently announced it was to buy a majority stake in Asda from current owner Walmart. However, it's all gone a bit pear-shaped as the company's auditors, Deloitte, resigned because of disputes on governance – just days after the brothers received their MBE's from the Queen! * SO WHAT? * The article suggests that this is great publicity for Deloitte in a way, because many of the Big Four accountants have come under a lot of criticism over the last few years for signing off on dodgy accounts. It also suggests that the Competition and Markets Authority are now much more likely to investigate the pending deal much more closely as a result of Deloitte's actions. Asda really seems to be a problem child!
FINANCIALS NEWS
Stripe buys into Africa, Morgan Stanley announces strong profits and more fund raising looks likely going into the end of the year…
Stripe moves into Africa with Paystack deal (Financial Times, Tim Bradshaw, Miles Kruppa and Neil Munshi) heralds an interesting move into Africa with its acquisition of Lagos-based payments company Paystack for an undisclosed amount. Paystack is among a group of companies that has made Lagos a hotbed of fintech on the continent. It now processes about half of all online payments in Nigeria. * SO WHAT? * It's fascinating to see this move given that Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square, had planned to spend a number of months in Africa this year before coronavirus scuppered his plans. There is clearly massive potential upside in this market given that about 95% of transactions are still carried out in cash. On the other hand, there are big risks as the region has a long history of money laundering. Things could certainly get interesting!
Then in Morgan Stanley profits jump 25% on Wall Street trading bonanza (Financial Times, Laura Noonan) we see that Morgan Stanley has reflected the success of its peers JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs, who also benefited from higher trading volumes during lockdown. Its investment and loans portfolio also performed well as a result of strong market conditions. It'll be interesting to see whether Morgan Stanley is able to keep the party going.
Winter nerves in boardrooms could trigger second round of fundraising (The Times, Tom Howard) shows that there is an expectation in the City that companies will try to tap markets for more money via equity placements (where the companies create new shares and sell them) going into the end of the year and many big institutions are ready to invest. * SO WHAT? * Companies who wanted quick money during lockdown turned to the markets. It seems that the underlying demand to raise money to shore up their balance sheets continues to bubble away and many would deem it prudent to raise money ahead of another lockdown "just in case". Investment banking fees are likely to rise as a result, I would have thought…
Google warrants a closer look and Twitter has a hiccup…
Google's Chrome now looks a little tarnished (Daily Telegraph, Margi Murphy) shows that members of the US Department of Justice who are investigating Google for alleged antitrust violations are considering whether Google should be forced to sell Chrome, the world's most popular browser. * SO WHAT? * Given that this is the engine that drives its massive $162bn digital advertising revenues, such a separation could potentially be quite painful, depending on how it was structured. Pressure to force Chrome out of Google continues to build but DoJ bods are
considering other options such as separating it from Android, advertising tech or YouTube. This sort of talk is fine – but if they ACTUALLY decided to do something like this I think the execution would be a nightmare. Have a read of this article if you can, though – it is fascinating.
Then in Twitter suffered widespread service disruption, says there is no evidence of security breach or hack (Wall Street Journal, Sarah E. Needleman) we see that Twitter suffered a two-hour disruption of its services yesterday as some users were unable to send or receive tweets. * SO WHAT? * Twitter dismissed it as problems with internal systems. Mind you, given that earlier on this year it suffered its worst ever hack that allowed access to thousands of accounts to hackers this will be raising eyebrows, especially in the run-up to the presidential election where the spread of false information is a key area of concern.
INDIVIDUAL COMPANY NEWS
Ford looks to rivals, Ryanair makes tough choices and Big Hit Entertainment looks vulnerable…
In a quick look at some of the other news stories doing the rounds today, Ford to pair with rivals to avoid EU fines over emissions (Financial Times, Peter Campbell and Joe Miller) signals a massive cop-out for the American car manufacturer as it has had to team up with rivals to meet its European emissions goals as a recall of its hybrid cars meant that it would fall foul of the new tighter restrictions (see what this is about HERE). It said that it had to buy carbon credits from rivals who have sold more electric or hybrid vehicles. * SO WHAT? * This is a short term fix to a longer term problem. Ford needs to pull its finger out on the EV front otherwise it will risk massive fines from Brussels.
Elsewhere, Ryanair cuts one in three winter flights and warns of more job losses (The Guardian, Kalyeena Makortoff and Gwyn Topham) highlights yet more misery for the airline industry as Ryanair makes even more cuts to flights, increasing the likelihood of yet more job losses.
Then in Big Hit/BTS: liable to pop (Financial Times, Lex) we see that although BTS' management company Big Hit Entertainment is surfing a massive wave at the moment, there is a danger that its investors will be tempted to sell quickly in order to crystallise the massive gains since its flotation this week. I would say that this is a tricky company given its massive reliance on BTS and the fact that investors may be attracted to cheaper rival companies.
...AND FINALLY...
OMG. Just get a load of this: Man's 'insane optical illusion' tattoo looks like giant hole in his head (The Mirror, Paige Holland). Incredible 😱! If you find that discombobulating (and it is!), why not check out the politician who thought he could stuff money down his pants in Politician stuffed £4,500 in the underpants he was wearing during raid by anti-corruption police (SkyNews). What??? Quick thinking or just plain stupid?!?
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A: Assuming that you've correctly implemented a CheckableLayout (for single selection or multiple selection) you could tweak your code like below to achieve what you may want to
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A: I'm giving you this answer on basis what I understand from your question...May be your looking for this type of solution...
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Holly Hendry
21 Sep 2019 — 19 Apr 2020 at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in West Bretton, United Kingdom
Holly Hendry, Wrot, 2017. Photo © Mark Pinder
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) presents a new site-specific commission by artist Holly Hendry in The Weston Gallery. One of Britain's most exciting young sculptors, Hendry has created The Dump is Full of Images, which incorporates a revolutionary, rotating band of 'skin'.
In developing her YSP project, Hendry has drawn from the expertise of Parik Goswami, Professor in Technical Textiles at the University of Huddersfield's School of Applied Science. Professor Goswami is also in the management group of the university's Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention. Professor Goswami's research includes bringing new materials into existence, such as synthetic skins, and others that can save lives.
The new material – made from artificial skin substances mixed with aggregates of reused plastics which used to be objects – that Hendry has developed is conveyed relentlessly around a steel structure within the gallery space, being pulled, stretched and squeezed to reveal images and objects embedded within it. The imagery and textures refer to the underneath: anatomy, food and detritus. The things that humans process and fill the world with, from the ever-growing body of used plastic to our own bodies, the relics of lives lived. Hendry's interest in skin embodies her exploration into containers – the physical properties of different materials, but also their non-physical associations. This is most evident in her research around the reliquary (container of holy body parts) as the definition of bodily fragments – from Saint Lucy's eyes to St Thomas' finger – they represent a grisly recycling of parts which represents the ultimate hierarchy of materials – what is rubbish and what is venerated?
"I want to examine the way material things can speak of hidden forms and higher realms – about a specific history or about the immaterial through sheer stuff. I would like to create a continual, rotational autopsy where body and spirit, organs and rubbish, coalesce through the architecture of the space." The ghostless machine that animates the inanimate in perpetual movement creates a moving sculptural form, like an ever-changing mural, that travels low along the ground then sweeps up into the vaulted roof space in a steady, regurgitating metaphor for the perpetual loop of life.
YSP is committed to supporting artists at every stage of their career to develop their practice. In 2018, Hendry became the first artist commissioned to create work for Selfridges' Art Block, a permanent destination for sculpture within the London store, co-curated by YSP's Head of Curatorial Programme, Dr Helen Pheby.
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Holly Hendry, GUM SOULS, 2018-2019. Courtesy of Frutta Gallery
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28 June 2012 30 January 2014 leecalisti2012 Housing Awards, AIA, American Institute of Architects, April Record Houses, architect, house, Huffington Post, Modernism, Residential, Sustainable design, think
Okay, I promised myself I would leave this alone. But I can't help myself, so pardon my sarcasm and generalization ahead. Glossy magazine awards and AIA award programs showcase amazing unique houses each year. We love them, yet hate them. These edgy projects are part of a self-perpetuating cycle where the juries choose their favorites each year rather than consider the broader public's opinion. It's an architectural equivalent to Amish friendship bread that never ends.
Let's think a bit deeper here about the criticism from architects about these awards. What is the real issue here? Why are we agitated by this? One issue is custom "traditional" houses are commonly overlooked. I'm not trying to tackle that issue today except to say that unique contemporary houses getting all of the attention is getting architects in a dither. It's also accepting that the honored selections are not intended to be prototypical for mass public consumption but something else entirely.
After the release of the American Institute of Architects 10 recipients of the 2012 Housing Awards as published in the Huffington Post we find an outcry of comments on the AIA's HKC discussion panel. Similar discussions are brewing related to Residential Architect Magazine's Design Awards 2012. Why can't a magazine hold an awards program however they wish? Why can't AR publish their April Record Houses issue and select odd or avant-garde houses each year? We know these awards go to unusual modern houses that are commissioned by wealthy people. Is that criminal or may I say pernicious? Wouldn't all of us architects take on these commissions with enthusiasm? I'm willing to say I would for the most part. Again, the lack of 'style-blind' is probably at the heart of many criticisms. That is an important issue, but how much time do you really have to read this?
I have seen the terms progressive, innovative, creative, and unique show up either in the awards brief of in the editorials that follows. That may or may not be true, but I'd really be impressed if they just admitted they were looking for cool houses and ended it. Spare me the rhetoric otherwise. Now, not to vacillate on this issue, but just because these houses may not fit the profile of what an ordinary person may be or want to live in, we shouldn't stop making and celebrating the vision that goes into them. Think back through architectural history and consider how many remarkable buildings wouldn't exist if we were mere pragmatists in our approach. What kind of nut-case needs a pyramid that's almost 500 feet tall and over 700 feet wide as a burial tomb? Ms. Farnsworth and Mr. Kauffmann didn't really want to spend that much and could have done without the temperamental attitudes. Now we all gush at the houses that resulted from the tumultuous relationships and excessive expenditures.
Let's accept for a moment that the magazines are showcasing architecture that may stand the test of time and tell future generations something important about our times, and then the opportunity of having a client allowing us to create something new and extraordinary should be acknowledged somewhere. But let's be honest about our intentions. If we are merely recognizing expensive and elitist boxes that are sculptural, engaging and eye-catching, then fair enough. They may be thought-provoking and even polemic. However, when we try to promote them as functional, energy-efficient and practical, then we can see the Emperor has no clothes.
Some liken the winning houses to unusual fashion; it grabs attention on a runway and gets awarded by those in the industry. However, the average person would not wear these clothes let alone afford them. Many lack practicality and comfort in the minds of the general public. I actually had a friend ask me recently about the AR Record House issue. She made the fashion analogy which is a good way to begin to describe it. I've used this analogy myself, but I find it breaks down because architecture has to deal with more issues. Safety is a good one that comes to mind. Fashion comes and goes and we change our wardrobes. However, architecture should last for centuries and we are stewards of the built environment for such a small portion of its life.
Another issue that comes up with awards is sustainability. Most if not all awards programs state that the buildings should demonstrate sustainable concepts and features. Well, what does that mean? It seems that some of these use a "sledge-hammer to drive a finish nail." In other words, if we have to overcompensate for the un-insulated walls of glass and over use of resources to build double stud walls, double glass walls, and other tacked on features, how is that really being sustainable? The gizmo green features cost more to "fix" designs that are inherently un-sustainable. What happened to common sense and smart design principles…even if they don't get LEED points? I'm all for the cool looking house, but if it's a stretch to call many of them environmentally friendly; let's not kid ourselves anymore. Let's just call it a cool house and appreciate it for what it is.
The last side of this issue is dealing with the average, the common, and Joe the Plumber. Can design finally reach them; should it? If so should it receive awards?
We didn't seem to do much complaining as architects while we were fat, dumb and happy during rich times. Now that the bottom fell out and we can't find a paying job, we're all crying the blues that we have no part in the housing market. The speculative housing market is poorly designed with "lick-and-stick" features made of vinyl and other fake materials. Appraisers won't take our "good design" principles into consideration for the worth of the house, so the home-owner can't justify paying more for design or a designer. The mass production/pre-fabrication housing industry is still as much a mystery as Big Foot so trying to go down that avenue is still years away. However, I think it has much merit. The housing industry is being run by people with a different motive and different set of skills (to use the term lightly). Houses are out of scale and out of touch with their neighbors and with being human. However we ivory tower architects swoop down and offer white flat roof boxes that are adored as much as a bad rash. At least "plan-book-America" feels more familiar to the public despite my utter disdain for it. Can we find a balance here?
If it is our job to create the future or at least lead the way, what is the answer? How do we present ourselves and our value to a public that sees us as an enigma? Do we ignore it and remain the black clothing donned intellectuals touting our polemic of an ignorant world that doesn't appreciate us? Is the media or the AIA to blame? Should they lead the charge?
Let those that do unique houses continue. Let them alone and let their clients alone. It is America after all right? If I design some of them, so be it. If you don't like their awards programs ignore them, boycott them if it makes you happy. However, don't sit and stew over it. Do something. Start a new awards program. Lobby your local AIA or state AIA and demand a broader spectrum of awards in order to get the public to see that we can design anything and everything. Otherwise, we're just whiny oddballs and it's getting on my nerves.
photo 1 is © Iwan Baan for UN Studio
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Reblogged this on r | one studio architecture and commented:
This has always been a hot topic in the architecture community. I've been on both sides of the fence myself. I once won 4th place in a design competition for "Most Liveable Design" in which the winning design was to be built as a spec home and then sold. It always rubbed me funny that if my design was the "most liveable" why would such a design not be the winning entry for a competition intending to build a home that someone would eventually live in?
But I digress. Award competitions, the likes of which discussed here, take into consideration only those that are the highest profile, the highest budgets and, yes, the most shiny photo spreads. Personally, I would like to see these competitions broken into cost categories. Most notably a category for most innovative design for single family homes under $250,000.00. Now THAT would be a sweet competition in my book.
Awesome post, as always, by my buddy Lee.
28 June 2012 at 3:40 PM	 Reply
Architect Octavian Ungureanu says:
Cost categories? And exclude the luxury homes.
Just Great Affordable Design!
1 August 2012 at 11:04 AM	 Reply
Perhaps…at least add a few categories to show people that design is not limited to large budgets.
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14 July 2012 at 3:15 PM	 Reply
Well, i have to admit you are right.
During the modern era, most of the architects were modernists. In my country, many modernist architects designed many beautiful, modern houses that are still appreciated (well, mostly by the architects). They managed somehow to develop an architecture for the masses.
I think that right now, the sculptural architecture is a form of mannerism similar with the classical mannerism. But if during that period they actually just over interpreted the classical alphabet, now, the the starting point was the modern architecture who did not emphasized in any way the style, reducing most of the architecture to functionalism.
As the classical period mannerism ended, this period will end the same way. The turning point will be most likely a new philosophic approach.
1 August 2012 at 5:11 AM	 Reply
I like the mannerism analogy.
I think the classic – mannerism is a creational pattern that can be seen trough all the architecture history, but not only with the architecture: the same way that the masculine suits changes with wider or thinner lapels, 5 or 2 buttons, it is a continue back and forward move of the same elements.
The same phenomenon happened to the Gothic architecture: after the first forms were refined, the flamboyant Gothic architecture appeared. They just loved the rubs of the vaults and arches and they started to play with them. The new ribs had no structural meaning, they were just decorative.
The baroque and mannerism used the classical elements: columns, orders, architraves and they played with them, creating tensioned facades, curved walls, explosive decorations.


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Here's what my Gamsol and oil medium containers look like. Very small so that I can travel easily with them.
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Creating an underpainting helps to establish the main shapes and values so you don't start painting with a blank, white canvas.
When squeezing out color, use only a tiny dollop. You don't need much. I then add my skies to my painting. This is usually my first step when adding color.
Next I add in my darkest darks and move on to the more mid tone areas. You can see I only need a small area to mix my paint.
I continue painting, building up the layers and adding final details at the end. I can complete a painting in probably 15 minutes. When starting out, my best advice is to start small and paint often. Using a tiny paint palette and substrates definitely helps to work small. If you'd like to see my 100 Meadows Project, visit my Instagram page at: mishwooderson. I took on 100 meadows in 4 months on 4 x 6 oil paper to get my oil painting jump started.
For my inspiration, I used some previous paintings, sketches and photographs. You can certainly work outside in nature, which is called plein air painting. It's my favorite way to paint.
Here's a sample of my miniature artwork. I believe art can be made on anything and any size. These tiny paintings are perfect for sharing with friends and relatives, other artists....or just place them in little vignettes around your home for decoration.
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AMES — Iowa State football fans, students in particular, have "proved it" once again that they'll answer a call to action.
The Cyclones have broken their football season ticket sales record nearly a month prior to the first game. The current total of 43,570 season tickets sold betters the mark of 43,165 set in 2013.
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Bio: Mark Hayter is currently a visitor from industry with the Computer Architecture team in the Computer Lab. He is Sr Engineering Director in the Chrome OS Hardware team at Google. The team is responsible for reference implementations and developing new technologies for Chromebooks. Prior to that he was involved in systems architecture at several semiconductor companies, being VP of Systems Engineering at P.A. Semi, Inc. (acquired by Apple Inc.), Senior Manager of Hardware Systems Engineering at Broadcom Corporation and System Architect at SiByte, Inc. Earlier, he was at the Digital Equipment Corporation Systems Research Center. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory.
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Assembling the 2010-11 Nashville Predators
By Dirk Hoag@Forechecker May 5, 2010, 5:10pm EDT
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The Nashville Predators have said all the right things lately about remaining competitive on a limited budget, while wanting to push further into the playoffs in the years ahead. But given the number of players already under contract for next season, how much room do they really have to improve the team?
Follow after the jump as we examine the roster situation, and prospects for making personnel changes for the 2010-11 season...
Don't Expect Much Change In The Budget
To set the financial parameters for the team, we'll start with NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's recent statement that he expects the salary cap to remain basically the same for next season. That implies a range from salary cap to floor of roughly $56.8 million to $40.8 million. The Nashville Predators, as a team that relies upon revenue sharing, have generally targeted a player budget of $4-5 million above the floor in recent years (CapGeek has them at $44.8M for 2009-10).
There was some discussion that if the team had made a deep playoff run, they could have used the profits to potentially re-sign defenseman Dan Hamhuis, but bowing out in the first round probably doesn't make enough of a difference there. Based on gate receipts during the regular season, I'd make an educated guess that the team earned somewhere between $0.75 million and $1.5 million from those playoff games. Interestingly, under the CBA, as playoff participants the Preds contributed 30% of the gate sales to league revenue sharing. You're welcome, Columbus.
Bottom line, I'm going to project a 2% bump in player salary budget, due to what I'm guessing will be a small rise in the salary cap (TV ratings for the playoffs have been strong so far, and it's a good bet that Bettman erred conservatively in his statement above, allowing for more "surprising good news" this summer). That would put next year's player budget at $45.7 million.
What's Already On The Books
The figures after each player represent 2010-11 salary, with bonuses included (per CapGeek).
Forwards: Martin Erat ($5.25M), Jason Arnott ($4.5M), David Legwand ($4.5M), J.P. Dumont ($4M), Steve Sullivan ($3.75M), Colin Wilson ($1.72M), Joel Ward ($1.5M), Jordin Tootoo ($1.15M), Nick Spaling ($875K), Marcel Goc ($775K), Jerred Smithson ($775K), Wade Belak ($575K), Cal O'Reilly ($575K).
Defense: Shea Weber ($4.5M), Ryan Suter ($3.5M), Kevin Klein ($1.35M), Alexander Sulzer ($700K)
Goal: Pekka Rinne ($2.8M)
That's 18 players at a total hit of $42.8 million, leaving $2.9 million to work with, and 4-5 spots left to fill.
Hmm....
Filling Out The Roster, On The Cheap
So here's GM David Poile's task: sign a backup goaltender, three defensemen, and a forward for less than $3 million. Far less than $3 million, actually, if you want to have any room to add talent at the Trade Deadline (like the acquisition of Denis Grebeshkov this year).
The opportunities to move salary off the roster in order to clear up room are few. The 5 highest-paid forwards all have No Trade Clauses, and moving Weber, Suter or Rinne is unthinkable at this point. That leaves the guys making less than $2 million each, so even if you moved them, you're not freeing up much salary.
Let's start with a couple moves we can probably agree on:
Sign Francis Bouillon to a new contract. He made $750K last season, so could hopefully be retained for something close to that (let's say $850K).
Sign Cody Franson - coming off his first season (albeit a pretty productive one), he'll probably cost $1M or more per year.
Oh yeah, and we can't forget Patric Hornqvist, can we? The only problem is that we're only up to 19 skaters and one goalie, with only $900K or so left to spend! It's going cost more than $2 million per season, and possibly something around $3 million (what Kris Versteeg got last summer from Chicago).
As mentioned above, all the high-price forwards have No Trade Clauses, so the only way one of those guys would be moved is if he himself wanted a fresh start somewhere else. Out of that bunch, the only guy I could even conceive of doing such a thing might be J.P. Dumont (due to his decreased role on the team), and I strongly emphasize the word might. By all appearances, J.P. genuinely likes living in Nashville (and who wouldn't?), making his home here with his young family year-round, and being one of the more active Preds when it comes to community activities.
There's no indication that Arnott or Sullivan are considering retirement this summer (nor should they), and let's face it, no team in the league would trade for Legwand's or Erat's contracts.
Once you get past the NTC's, I don't see much salary that could be moved without seriously impacting the effectiveness of the team, either. Joel Ward? Colin Wilson? Forget about it, the Preds can't let either of them go...
Outside of hoping for a larger boost to the NHL salary cap (every 2% could add roughly $1 million to the Preds' budget target), I think we're looking at the following:
Neither Dan Hamhuis or Denis Grebeshkov will be retained. Hopefully they can be dealt prior to July 1 for draft picks, as happened in the past with Kimmo Timonen and Scott Hartnell.
The backup goaltender will be a sub-$1 million guy who is either lacking NHL experience, or at the very end of his career.
A rotation of guys like Teemu Laakso, Nolan Yonkman, and maybe Jonathan Blum will get occasional work as the 7th d-man.
Is this good news? Bad news? It's hard to say at this point. The continuing development of Hornqvist and Wilson is probably the best hope for this team up front, but losing both Hamhuis and Grebeshkov on the blueline would present a major void to fill. With those two, Nashville had one of the deepest and most talented defense corps in the NHL (albeit only for a few games due to Grebs' injury). Without them, you're looking at relatively young players stepping into their roles. I was thrilled with Franson's rookie year, but taking on a larger role next season will be a challenge.
So, too, will be fitting Hornqvist's new salary into the budget without making another move.


Campbelltown's more senior film buffs can enjoy a free Valentine's Day screening of popular Australian movie The Sapphires during this year's Seniors Festival.
The award-winning 2012 film, set in the 1960s, about an Aboriginal all-girl group is being shown for free at the Campbelltown Arts Centre during the two week program.
This year's Senior's Festival focuses on people over 60, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders over 50 and people with a lifelong disability over 50, with the theme: Love Your Life.
"There's a lot to love in Campbelltown and a great heart-warming film like The Sapphires is just right for our diverse community," says Mayor George Brticevic.
Light refreshments, a candy bar, popcorn and fruit platters will be put on at both The Sapphires night screening and a free lunchtime showing of the Doris Day classic, Calamity Jane.
Calamity Jane screens at 1.30pm on Wednesday, February 13, and The Sapphires at 7.30pm on Thursday, February 14, at Campbelltown Arts Centre.
Both sessions are free but space is limited so bookings are essential and can be made by contacting the Campbelltown Arts Centre on 4645 4100.
The Dumaresq Street Cinemas will also provide a complimentary popcorn, choc top or small drink with a ticket purchase and valid Seniors Card during Seniors Movie Week screenings from 10am-12pm, February 11-15.
The Seniors Festival runs from 13-24 February and includes concerts, drawing and tech workshops, art tours, socials and therapy groups.


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This is the first SSL model that can work across various domains making it one of the biggest breakthroughs in the space. — I recently started an AI-focused educational newsletter, that already has over 100,000 subscribers. TheSequence is a no-BS (meaning no hype, no news etc) ML-oriented newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read. The goal is to keep you up to date with machine learning projects, research papers and concepts. …
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Symmetry, information completeness, cooperative models are some of the game theory omnipresent in DeFi protocols. — Game theory is an intrinsic component of the crypto ecosystem and has been particularly relevant in DeFi. From incentives models to governance voting dynamics, game theory is at the center of many of the protocol design aspects of DeFi. However, within the DeFi community, there is very little coverage about…
Most software in the world is going to be rewritten with ML as a core component and, within ML, NLP is influencing the direction of the entire space. — I recently started an AI-focused educational newsletter, that already has over 100,000 subscribers. TheSequence is a no-BS (meaning no hype, no news etc) ML-oriented newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read. The goal is to keep you up to date with machine learning projects, research papers and concepts. …
OED enables the scoring and optimization experiments using Pyro's probabilistic programming model. — I recently started an AI-focused educational newsletter, that already has over 100,000 subscribers. TheSequence is a no-BS (meaning no hype, no news etc) ML-oriented newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read. The goal is to keep you up to date with machine learning projects, research papers and concepts. …
Weekly newsletter with over 100,000 subscribers that discusses impactful ML research papers, cool tech releases, the money in AI, and real-life implementations. — TheSequence Subscribe to stay up-to-date with the most relevant projects and research papers in the AI world. Trusted by 110,000+…thesequence.substack.com 📝 Editorial: Uber Continues its Open-Source ML Traction When we think about active contributors to open-source machine learning (ML), we immediately gravitate towards big tech platforms providers like Google, Facebook, and Microsoft. We do not immediately associate companies like Uber with open-source ML contributions. However, the transportation giant has quietly become one of the most active sources of…
Some cognitive capabilities of the human brain are inspiring deep learning research. — I recently started an AI-focused educational newsletter, that already has over 100,000 subscribers. TheSequence is a no-BS (meaning no hype, no news etc) ML-oriented newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read. The goal is to keep you up to date with machine learning projects, research papers and concepts. …
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Hidden Agenda is a social behavior game optimized for enabling cooperative behavior in reinforcement learning models. — I recently started an AI-focused educational newsletter, that already has over 100,000 subscribers. TheSequence is a no-BS (meaning no hype, no news etc) ML-oriented newsletter that takes 5 minutes to read. The goal is to keep you up to date with machine learning projects, research papers and concepts. …
Weekly newsletter with over 100,000 subscribers that discusses impactful ML research papers, cool tech releases, the money in AI, and real-life implementations. — TheSequence | Substack Subscribe to stay up-to-date with the most relevant projects and research papers in the AI world. Trusted by 110,000+…thesequence.substack.com 📝 Editorial: Multi-Modal Learning is Becoming Real One of the cognitive marvels of the human brain is its ability to simultaneously process information from different sensorial inputs such as speech, touch, or vision in order to accomplish a specific task. Since we are babies, we learn to develop representations of the world based on many different modalities…
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Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David
Read more: Bill Clinton, trilateral statement, Camp David, peace process, Oslo accords, Yasser Arafat, Ehud Barak, resolution 242, resolution 338
Summary: The Trilateral Statement on the Middle East Peace Summit states that, under the auspices of President Clinton, Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat met at Camp David to try to reach an agreement on permanent status. They were not able to reach an agreement, but they agreed on some principles to guide their negotiations. These are outlined in the Trilateral Statement.
"I take full responsibility," Barak tells Gaza flotilla probe
Abbas awaits US clarification over peace talks offer
Al-Jazeera Int: PLO agrees to peace talks
al-Jazeera Int: Riz Khan with Gideon Levy
Riz Khan: Is one state solution viable?
Palestinian leaders agree to indirect talks with Israel
Camp David Accords (1978)
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Addresses a Joint Session of the US Congress, May 24, 2011
Foreign Aid and Development in Palestine - Phase I Report
il-Istaytan Tahadi il-Salaam
The Stone and the Olive Branch: Four Years of the Intifada, from Jabalia to Madrid
Solutions for Israeli-Palestinian conflict
"After Annapolis," Bitterlemons Dec. 3, 2007
"Netanyahu: economics not politics is the key to peace," Haaretz
"Netanyahu's economic peace," Bitterlemons, Nov. 24, 2008
President William J. Clinton
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak
Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat
Between July 11 and 24, under the auspices of President Clinton, Prime Minister Barak and Chairman Arafat met at Camp David in an effort to reach an agreement on permanent status. While they were not able to bridge the gaps and reach an agreement, their negotiations were unprecedented in both scope and detail. Building on the progress achieved at Camp David, the two leaders agreed on the following principles to guide their negotiations:
1) The two sides agreed that the aim of their negotiations is to put an end to decades of conflict and achieve a just and lasting peace.
2) The two sides commit themselves to continue their efforts to conclude an agreement on all permanent status issues as soon as possible.
3) Both sides agree that negotiations based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 are the only way to achieve such an agreement and they undertake to create an environment for negotiations free from pressure, intimidation and threats of violence.
4) The two sides understand the importance of avoiding unilateral actions that prejudge the outcome of negotiations and that their differences will be resolved only by good faith negotiations.
5) Both sides agree that the United States remains a vital partner in the search for peace and will continue to consult closely with President Clinton and Secretary Albright in the period ahead.


Josh Hough, Managing Director of CareLineLive, explains why they are sponsoring this year's Great British Care Awards.
"CareLineLive are proud to be sponsoring the Home Care Worker award at the Great British Care Awards this year. As a leading cloud-based Care Management System provider, we work with Home Care agencies every day and understand the importance of providing high quality care to those living independently in their own homes. People are at the heart of successful at-home care and having a fabulous Home Care worker who loves what they do can be life changing and have a hugely positive impact on those receiving care on a regular basis.
Through supporting and working with Home Care workers with our Carer Mobile App, we appreciate, on a day-to-day basis, the hard work and continuous dedication that Home Care workers undertake within their roles. We understand the demands of the job and the flexible approach that Home Care workers must take as no two days are ever the same. We value that Home Care workers at times have to use their initiative as situations can present challenges, however a Home Care worker's role is also rewarding as they get to bring a smile to someone's day and make sure they are okay.
We at CareLineLive, are pleased that the Home Care Worker award offers a fantastic opportunity to celebrate those who have provided excellent service to people living in their own homes. This award offers recognition to those who treat their clients as individuals, have gone above and beyond their duty, used their initiative, and have continually improved their skill set through self-learning and training.


This solution has skyrocketed in popularity, providing substantial growth for businesses that have adopted it.
Xero's success keeps growing, as the company reports a global partnership with TSheets, a specialist time tracking and software scheduling company.
Commvault and Cisco have partnered up to launch its new Reference Architecture and added support for Cisco's HyperFlex hyper-convergence system.
"I will be anxious to see what the IBM/Cisco/Bell partnership announcement yields in terms of integrated offerings or solutions & new customer wins."
"This partnership with FileBound Australia allows us to deliver our products into the Asia Pacific region leveraging their strong experience."
"This new joint venture partnership will now allow us to hone our strategic focus on advanced services within the data center."
Today's malicious cyber environment has seen the recent technology partnership between Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) and LGS Innovations.
ESET began life as a pioneer of antivirus protection - if you don't believe it, the ESET COO for the APAC recommends having a gander on Wikipedia.
"Our vision is a strategically aligned family of businesses that brings together customers' entire infrastructure, from the edge to the cloud."
"Privileged account security has become increasingly critical, since compromised account credentials are a common denominator of many attacks."
"Vietnam could be a gold mine for New Zealand. What makes NZ one of the better choices is that we are one of the most innovative western countries."
"The partnership will enable visibility and situational awareness across connected devices and help keep the IoT from becoming a security nightmare."
"Mutually beneficial and collaborative agreements such as this one promote innovation and lead to better products and experiences for consumers."
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) roadshow is soon to go on tour to outline the future of IT to Kiwi customers and partners for 2016 and beyond.
This year will see some big changes taking place in the world of IT as vendors and customers work to stay ahead against stiff competition.
Ericsson-Cisco partnership: what are the implications?
On November 9 2015, Ericsson and Cisco announced a Global Strategic Partnership to provide end-to-end CSP product and service offerings.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Microsoft have deepened their partnership on Windows 10 with new Cloud Productivity and Mobility Solution Offerings.
In the digital age, strategic partnerships are far superior to internal research and development (R&D) or acquisitions, according to new research.
Huawei has completed the industry's first multi-vendor Wireless Transport SDN Proof of Concept (PoC) with the Open Networking Foundation (ONF).
SimpliVity has grown sales bookings by 50% – and puts this down to significant customer wins, expanded partnerships and extensive hiring.


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Q: Git - Automatically fast forward all tracking branches on pull I've set up tracking branches with the --track option, and when I do a git pull on master, it fetches all branches to origin/branchname but doesn't merge with the local tracking branches. This is extra annoying, because if I later do a git push on master, it says that non-fast-forward updates were rejected on the tracking branches, since they weren't fast-forwarded on the initial git pull.
My question is: How do I make it so that git pull with fetch all branches and automatically fast-forward all the tracking branches?
Note: git pull used to fast-forward all my tracking branches with my GitHub repos, but now that I've set up my own repos using Gitolite, this problem is cropping up.

A: If you really want to fast forward all local branches that are tracking remote branches you might want to consider adding this as an alias to your ~/.gitconfig:
[alias]
    pull-all = !"for b in $(git for-each-ref refs/heads --format='%(refname)') ; do git checkout ${b#refs/heads/} ; git pull --ff-only ; done"

You can then run git pull-all, it will iterate through your local branches and run a git pull --ff-only on each.

A: But wait:

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*Git won't merge (the second step of git pull after the fetch part) files unless the branch is checked out first. See "Can "git pull --all" update all my local branches?"

*git pull on master will merge files on master, meaning the next push will be a fast-forward one. A non fast-forward can only occur if a push to the remote master from another repo has been done prior to your push.

Note: I suppose you have tracked all your remote branches as in "Track all remote git branches as local branches."

Note: Git 2.0 (Q2 2014) will introduce with commit b814da8 a config pull.ff:

pull.ff::

By default, Git does not create an extra merge commit when merging a commit that is a descendant of the current commit. Instead, the tip of the current branch is fast-forwarded.

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*When set to false, this variable tells Git to create an extra merge commit in such a case (equivalent to giving the --no-ff option from the command line).

*When set to only, only such fast-forward merges are allowed (equivalent to giving the --ff-only option from the command line).

A: The following one-liner fast-forwards all branches that have an upstream branch if possible, and prints an error otherwise:
git branch \
  --format "%(if)%(upstream:short)%(then)git push . %(upstream:short):%(refname:short)%(end)" |
  sh

How does it work?
It uses a custom format with the git branch command. For each branch that has an upstream branch, it prints a line with the following pattern:
git push . <remote-ref>:<branch>

This can be piped directly into sh (assuming that the branch names are well-formed). Omit the | sh to see what it's doing.
Caveat
The currently checked-out branch will not be updated with a message like
! [remote rejected] origin/master -> master (branch is currently checked out)

For this, you can resort to regular git pull --ff-only .
Alias
Add the following to your .gitconfig so that git fft performs this command:
[alias]
        fft = !sh -c 'git branch --format \"%(if)%(upstream:short)%(then)git push . %(upstream:short):%(refname:short)%(end)\" | sh' -

The alias is a shorthand to "fast-forward tracking (branches)".

A: Shell script that fast-forwards all branches that have their upstream branch set to the matching origin/ branch without doing any checkouts

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*it doesn't change your current branch at any time, no need to deal with working copy changes and time lost checking out

*it only does fast-forwards, branches that cannot be fast-forwarded will show an error message and will be skipped
Make sure all your branches' upstream branches are set correctly by running git branch -vv. Set the upstream branch with git branch -u origin/yourbanchname
Copy-paste into a file and chmod 755:
#!/bin/sh

curbranch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

for branch in $(git for-each-ref refs/heads --format="%(refname:short)"); do
        upbranch=$(git config --get branch.$branch.merge | sed 's:refs/heads/::');
        if [ "$branch" = "$upbranch" ]; then
                if [ "$branch" = "$curbranch" ]; then
                        echo Fast forwarding current branch $curbranch
                        git merge --ff-only origin/$upbranch
                else
                        echo Fast forwarding $branch with origin/$upbranch
                        git fetch . origin/$upbranch:$branch
                fi
        fi
done;

A: I just wrote a small tool to do so. https://github.com/changyuheng/git-fast-forward-all
Advantages of this tool:

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*Supports multiple remotes in one repository. (hub sync doesn't support multiple remotes at the moment.)

*Supports having different names on the local branch and the corresponding remote tracking branche.

*Much faster than other scripts that fetches remote for every single branch.

*No error-prone regex parsing/editing.

A: SmartGit, for example, has an option to automatically merge changes from the tracked branch if you switch to a branch. This should do what you want to achieve.


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Seminar on 'CSR, Social Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion- UK and India in London
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LONDON: UK based non-profit development organization – Choice International in partnership with The New Global Indian (NGI) and Indo-European Business Forum (IEBF) is hosting a seminar on 'CSR, Social Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion- UK and India, being held on June 6, 2013 at Pennington's LLP in London, Manoj Soma, CEO, Choice International informed INDIACSR.
Manoj Somasundaram
The purpose of the seminar is to explore opportunities for promoting social innovation, CSR, diversity and inclusion in the UK and in India and create a platform for businesses, professionals, social entrepreneurs and passionate individuals to collaborate and share learning across these four areas among UK and India. Aim of the event is to empower individuals to raise their concerns and offer their own insights into the issues that are important to them from personal experience.
Keynote speakers at the seminar include Ms Purnima Voria- Founder/ CEO National US India Chamber of Commerce (NUICC); Baroness Verma, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change; David Raine, Chief Executive, Penningtons Solicitors; Richard Heald, Chief Executive, UK India Business Council; Subhash V Thakrar, Chairman, London Chamber of Commerce; Kalyani Gandhi-Rhodes, UK South Asia Engagement Manager, Oxfam; Jaspal Dhani CEO, UKDPC; Amanda Feldman, Engagement Manager, Volans and others.


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Allen Welsh Dulles (AFI / ˈdʌləs/) (7 d'abril de 1893 - 29 de gener de 1969) fou un diplomàtic i advocat estatunidenc que es va convertir en el primer civil a esdevenir director de la CIA, i la persona que més temps ha romàs en el càrrec fins a la data. Com a cap de l'Agència Central d'Intel·ligència durant el primers anys de la Guerra Freda, va supervisar el Cop d'estat a Guatemala de 1954, l'Operació Ajax (enderrocament del govern electe de l'Iran), el programa Lockheed U-2 i la Invasió de Bahía de Cochinos. Després de l'assassinat de John F. Kennedy, Dulles fou un dels membres de la Comissió Warren. Entre els seus períodes de servei al govern, Dulles fou advocat corporatiu i soci de la firma Sullivan & Cromwell.

Família
Dulles fou el germà menor de John Foster Dulles, Secretari d'Estat de Dwight Eisenhower, membre del consell de Sullivan & Cromwell i net de John W. Foster, un altre secretari d'estat dels Estats Units i germà de la diplomàtica Eleanor Lansing Dulles. El seu oncle polític Robert Lansing va ser també secretari d'estat. El seu nebot, Avery Dulles, fou cardenal de l'Església Catòlica i sacerdot jesuïta que residí i impartí classes a la Universitat de Fordham, al Bronx, a Nova York.

Allen Dulles es va graduar a la Universitat de Princeton, i el 1916 va entrar al servei diplomàtic. El seu únic fill, Allen Dulles Macy Jr., va ser ferit a la Guerra de Corea, i quedà discapacitat de forma permanent quan un fragment de morter va penetrar en el seu cervell.

El 1921, mentre es trobava a l'ambaixada dels Estats Units a Istanbul, Dulles podria haver ajudat a fer evident que els infames Protocols dels savis de Sió eren una falsificació ordida per Philip Graves, un periodista a sou del diari The Times de Londres. L'article fou reimprès a The New York Times.

Inicis professionals
Inicialment assignat a Viena, va ser traslladat a Berna (Suïssa) juntament amb la resta del personal de l'ambaixada, poc abans que els EUA entressin a la Primera Guerra Mundial. Més tard Dulles va afirmar que li havia trucat per telèfon el llavors desconegut Vladimir Lenin, a la recerca d'una reunió amb l'ambaixada dels Estats Units, el 8 d'abril de 1917.Després de recuperar-se de la pandèmia de grip de 1918 va ser assignat a la delegació nord-americana a la Conferència de Pau de París, juntament amb el seu germà gran Foster. En el període comprès entre 1922 i 1926, va servir cinc anys com a cap de la divisió al Pròxim Orient del Departament d'Estat.

El 1926 va obtenir el títol d'advocat a la Universitat George Washington i va prendre un treball a Sullivan i Cromwell, la firma de Nova York, on el seu germà, John Foster Dulles, era soci. Es va convertir en un director del Consell de Relacions Exteriors (Council on Foreign Affairs) el 1927, el primer nou director des de la fundació del Consell el 1921. Fou secretari del Consell des de 1933 a 1944.

Durant la dècada de 1920 i principis de 1930, va exercir com a assessor legal de les delegacions sobre limitació d'armaments a la Societat de les Nacions, on va tenir l'oportunitat de reunir-se amb Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Maksim Litvínov, i els líders de Gran Bretanya i França. El 1935 Dulles va tornar d'un viatge de negocis a Alemanya horroritzat pel tractament nazi als jueus alemanys i, malgrat les objeccions del seu germà, va liderar un moviment dins de la firma d'advocats Sullivan i Cromwell per tancar la seva oficina de Berlín. Com a resultat dels esforços de Dulles, l'oficina de Berlín va ser tancada i l'empresa va deixar de fer negocis a l'Alemanya nazi.

A mesura que el Partit Republicà va començar a dividir-se en faccions aïllacionistes i intervencionistes, Dulles es va convertir obertament en intervencionista, presentant-se sense èxit el 1938 a la nominació republicana al Congrés pel districte XVI de Nova York, amb una plataforma que abogava per l'enfortiment de les defenses nord-americanes. Dulles va col·laborar amb Hamilton Fish Armstrong, el director de la revista Foreign Affairs, en dos llibres: Can We Be Neutral? (1936) i Can America Stay Neutral? (1939). La seva conclusió era que l'aïllament diplomàtic, militar i econòmic, en un sentit tradicional, ja no eren possibles en un sistema internacional que cada vegada era més interdependent. Dulles va ajudar alguns jueus alemanys, com el banquer Paul Kemper, a escapar-se cap als Estats Units des de l'Alemanya Nazi.

Després de l'esclat de la Segona Guerra Mundial, Dulles fou reclutat per l'Oficina de Serveis Estratègics (Office of Strategic Services) i es va traslladar a Berna (Suïssa), on va viure a Herrengasse 23 durant tota la guerra. Com a director a Suïssa de l'OSS, Dulles va treballar en la intel·ligència sobre els plans i activitats alemanyes, i va establir amplis contactes amb emigrats alemanys, figures de la resistència, i els oficials d'intel·ligència anti-nazis. Va ser assistit en les activitats de recollida d'informació per Gero von Schulze-Gaevernitz, un emigrant alemany. Dulles també va rebre informació valuosa de Fritz Kolbe, un diplomàtic alemany. Kolbe subministra documents secrets pel que fa als espies alemanys actius i plans pel que fa a l'avió de combat Messerschmitt Em 262.

Encara que Washington va prohibir Dulles d'establir compromisos ferms amb els conspiradors de l'intent d'assassinat de Hitler del 20 juliol de 1944, els conspiradors, però, li van donar informes sobre l'evolució d'Alemanya, incloent advertències incompletes però precises dels plans dels míssils V-1 i V-2.

Dulles va estar involucrat en l'Operació Alba, les negociacions secretes de març de 1945 per organitzar una rendició local de les forces alemanyes al nord d'Itàlia. Després de la guerra a Europa, Dulles va servir durant sis mesos com a cap de l'estació de Berlín i més tard com a cap de l'estació a Berna de l'Oficina de Serveis Estratègics. L'Oficina de Serveis Estratègics es va dissoldre a l'octubre de 1945 i les seves funcions transferides als departaments d'Estat i de Guerra.

En les eleccions presidencials de 1948, Dulles va ser, juntament amb el seu germà, assessor del candidat republicà Thomas E. Dewey. Els germans Dulles i James Forrestal van ajudar a formar l'Oficina de Coordinació de Polítiques. Durant 1949 va ser coautor de la Informe Dulles-Jackson-Correa, que era molt crític amb l'Agència Central d'Intel·ligència, que havia estat establerta per la Llei de Seguretat Nacional de 1947. En part com a resultat de l'informe, Truman va nomenar un nou director de la CIA, el tinent general Bedell Smith.

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Origo shopping centre and Riga Central Railway Station have become the capital's principal hub of transportation and a highly popular shopping quarter, attracting a large number of visitors and presenting new development opportunities for the surrounding area.
In the summer 2017, the expansion project of Origo shopping centre was started in Stacijas laukums 1. It involves a substantial increase in commercial areas and also construction of Origo One – class A offices.
On the first three floors of the new building a variety of shops, restaurants and service providers will be located, whereas on the upper three floors of the building class A business space Origo One will be located, equipped with the latest technological solutions. The offices are designed according to tenants' individual needs. A larger and more convenient underground parking is planned for the convenience of the visitors.
The new Origo complex has been designed as an energy efficient building that qualifies for the BREEAM (British Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) certificate for sustainable buildings.
The intersection of Elizabetes and Satekles Streets will be reconstructed, to become more comfortable and safer for all participants of the traffic, thereby contributing to the improvement of the city infrastructure.