In what is now possibly being considered the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil since the September 11 attacks, an armed gunman broke into an Orlando gay bar and opened fire on the guests, killing and wounding numerous victims and taking the rest hostage for a tense several hours before being shot dead by police.
CNN.com reported that the suspect, 29-year- old Omar Mir Seddique Mateen, an Afghan-American Muslim born of immigrant parents in New York, entered the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando around 2 AM Sunday with an assault rifle and pistol, and fired indiscriminately into the more than 300 patros gathered there for the Pulse's Saturday "Latin Night" special event. A total of 50 people were killed, some on the scene and others after being taken to hospital. Another 53 were wounded. The Pulse management was able to send a message on its Facebook account 9 minutes after the beginning of the carnage, warning customers inside the expansive building to flee.
After the initial attack, Mateen kept 30 survivors hostage in the club and called 911, informing them of the situation and identifying himself as pledging allegiance to the terrorist organization ISIS and its leader Abu-Bakr al-Baghdadi. A standoff between the hostage taker and police lasted some 3 hours according to FoxNews.com, ending when SWAT teams finally broke into the Pulse and killed Mateen, who was clearly heard shouting "Allah Akbar" while exchanging fire with law enforcement.
There are fears that the death toll will yet rise with some of the more gravely injured partygoers.
Reuters.com adds that 9 SWAT operators were involved in the final confrontation with Mateen. One of them suffered a minor eye injury after a bullet struck his Kevlar helmet, but is in no worse Omar Mateen, who was last reported living in Fort Pierce, FL, worked as a security officer at global private security company G4S Secure Solutions since 2007. His parents recall him being outraged after seeing two men kiss once in Miami, but did not consider him to be fervently religious and could see no means by which he would have gotten connections to ISIS. His brief wife of four months in 2009 (he only formally filed for divorce in 2011) agrees that he was not particularly devout as a Muslim, but he did have a history of steroid use and struck her as having slight bipolar tendencies.
ISIS itself was quick to claim responsibility for Mateen's actions through its news agency Amaq, describing him as an Islamic State fighter, although CNN specialist correspondent Salma Abdelaziz expressed doubts on its veracity, as the message only stated the shooting after the fact, not actually stating that they ordered Mateen to do so. Nonetheless, ISIS had been calling on its supporters on Amaq over the past few days to perform acts of terrorism during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and the resulting shootout at the Pulse nightclub may have likely been inspired by these calls.
President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton have both condemned the event as an act of terror, while 2016 Presidential Candidate Donald Trump saw it as justifying his proposal to temporarily ban all Muslims from entering the US. If confirmed as a genuine act of terrorism, the Orlando Pulse shootout will be the deadliest such attack on America since the destruction of the World Trade Center in 2001.


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Warakirri believes that investment strategies should differ when managing Australian equities for tax-exempt investors. As such, the Fund invests with high quality Australian equities investment managers that, drawing from experience, Warakirri has identified as having the ability to manage tax-exempt investments. The fund typically holds 100+ companies. All fund income is distributed quarterly to investors.
The WAEPCF has returned +13.6% p.a. (net of fees, after franking credits) since its 2008 inception.
*After-tax benchmark is based on the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index.
Intensive ongoing monitoring – onsite discussions with each manager at least twice per quarter.


You Auto Donate is a program that allows you to donate the proceeds from unwanted vehicles to your favorite charitable organization. YAD's old website was built in the late 1990's and no longer worked on most devices or computers. It was also difficult for visitors to navigate and difficult to maintain.
The new website streamlines the vehicle donation process. It's simple—fill out the online form, select the organization you choose to benefit, and that's it! A representative from YAD will contact you to arrange pick up and provide you with a tax-deductible receipt.
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import config, copy
import errors, mk
import finalize

class Configuration:
    """Configuration description class."""
    def __init__(self):
        self.values = {}

def makeConfigs():
    """Returns list of configurations."""

    def expandCfgs(cfgs, option):
        if option.values == None:
            if option.default == None:
                raise errors.Error("can't flatten makefile: option '%s' does not have default value or list of possible values" % option.name)
            else:
                # the option is irrelevant because we can simply substitute
                # default value:
                if config.verbose:
                    print "using default value '%s' for option '%s'" % \
                          (option.default, option.name)
                return cfgs
        out = []
        name = option.name
        for c in cfgs:
            for v in option.values:
                x = copy.deepcopy(c)
                x.values[name] = v
                out.append(x)
        return out

    cfgs = []
    for o in mk.options.values():
        if len(cfgs) == 0:
            cfgs = expandCfgs([Configuration()], o)
        else:
            cfgs = expandCfgs(cfgs, o)
    return cfgs

configDefs = {}

def __cfg2str(c):
    list = []
    for x in mk.options:
        if x in c:
            v = mk.options[x].values_desc[c[x]]
            if v != '': list.append(v)
    if len(list) == 0:
        return 'Default'
    else:
        return ' '.join(list)

def flattenConfig(cfg):
    # make copy of mk.vars, we'll need to restore it later:
    orig_vars = mk.vars
    mk.vars = copy.deepcopy(mk.vars)
    orig_targets = mk.targets
    mk.targets = copy.deepcopy(mk.targets)
    orig_make_vars = mk.make_vars
    mk.make_vars = {}
    orig_cond_vars = mk.cond_vars
    mk.cond_vars = {}

    if 'configs' in mk.vars: del mk.vars['configs']
    for t in mk.targets.values():
        if 'configs' in t.vars: del t.vars['configs']

    # add option values in this configuration:
    for opt in cfg:
        mk.vars[opt] = cfg[opt]

    # add conditional variables:
    for cv in orig_cond_vars.values():
        mk.vars[cv.name] = ''
        for val in cv.values:
            ok = 1
            for e in val.cond.exprs:
                if e.option.values == None and e.option.default != e.value:
                    ok = 0
                    break
                if cfg[e.option.name] != e.value:
                    ok = 0
                    break
            if not ok: continue
            mk.vars[cv.name] = val.value
            break

    finalize.finalEvaluation()

    # Remove targets that are not part of this configuration:
    toDel = []
    for t in mk.targets:
        tar = mk.targets[t]
        if tar.cond == None:
            use = '1'
        else:
            use = mk.evalCondition(tar.cond.tostr())
        assert use != None
        if use == '0':
            toDel.append(t)
        else:
            orig_targets[t].vars['configs'][__cfg2str(cfg)] = tar.vars

    for t in toDel:
        del mk.targets[t]

    finalize.replaceEscapeSequences()

    myvars = mk.vars
    mytgt = mk.targets

    mk.vars = orig_vars
    mk.targets = orig_targets
    mk.cond_vars = orig_cond_vars
    mk.make_vars = orig_make_vars

    return (myvars, mytgt)

def findDistinctConfigs(t):
    """Fills t.distinctConfigs which is subset of t.configs where any two
       configs are different. E.g. if there are two configs "Debug ANSI"
       and "Debug Unicode" that have identical variables, they are merged
       into single distinct config "Debug"."""
    configs = t.vars['configs']
    options = configDefs[configs.keys()[0]].keys()

    # try to remove every option and see if it has any effect:
    notNeeded = []
    for o in options:
        if t.cond != None and o in [e.option.name for e in t.cond.exprs]:
            # don't remove option that is part of target's condition - it is
            # present with only one value anyway and we want it to show in
            # config name
            continue

        newConfigs = {}
        ok = 1
        for c in configs:
            cdef = copy.copy(configDefs[c])
            del cdef[o]
            name = __cfg2str(cdef)
            if name in newConfigs:
                if newConfigs[name] != configs[c]:
                    ok = 0
                    break
            else:
                newConfigs[name] = configs[c]
        if ok:
            notNeeded.append(o)

    dc = {}
    if len(notNeeded) > 0:
        for c in configs:
            cdef = copy.copy(configDefs[c])
            for o in notNeeded:
                del cdef[o]
            dc[__cfg2str(cdef)] = c
    else:
        for c in configs: dc[c] = c
    t.vars['distinctConfigs'] = dc

def flatten():
    def __configCompare(c1, c2):
        for x in mk.options:
            if x not in c1: continue
            i1 = mk.options[x].values.index(c1[x])
            i2 = mk.options[x].values.index(c2[x])
            if i1 != i2:
                return i1-i2
        return 0
    cfgs = [x.values for x in makeConfigs()]
    cfgs.sort(__configCompare)
    if len(cfgs) == 0:
        cfgs = [{}]

    if config.verbose:
        print '%i configurations' % len(cfgs)
        if config.debug:
            for c in cfgs: print '[dbg] %s' % c

    # remove options and conditional variables:
    mk.__vars_opt = {}
    for opt in mk.options.values():
        if opt.values == None:
            mk.vars[opt.name] = opt.default

    # add target.configs dictionary:
    for t in mk.targets.values():
        t.vars['configs'] = {}

    # expand or configurations:
    configs = {}
    configs_order = []
    for c in cfgs:
        name = __cfg2str(c)
        configDefs[name] = c
        configs[name] = flattenConfig(c)
        configs_order.append(name)
    mk.vars['configs'] = configs
    mk.vars['configs_order'] = configs_order

    # reduce number of configurations on targets:
    for t in mk.targets.values():
        findDistinctConfigs(t)

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Each day we go out around 11am for our first meal... it is neither breakfast nor lunch. Too late to take breakfast and too early for lunch thus the word "brunch" is invented just nice for late "wakers" like us. More or less we save a meal each day, instead of taking three meals, we take only two main meals and in between, we take our CNY cookies... alright, correction... not "we" cos the only one taking all these snackies is Me, the one and only who is very *wai sik* for food!
Oh, about the pricing... it is around RM5 for a bowl..
I guess it is justified.... after all, the meal will last us till dinner!
I have very bad sense of direction too, cant rely on me.. I prefer to just sit at the back and let the driver drive.. hehe.. Kam ngam, I had wanton noodles yesterday too, with some curry sauce, yummzzz..
Some really have a good memory on directions!
We've several Pontian Noodle outlets here in SG too & I love their deep-fried wontons! I want some now!!
hahaha.. So it went to Singapore too.. or is it vice versa?
The pickled chilli looks good to eat with the dry wanton noodles.
Looks like a nice place, neat and clean. The dry wanton noodle do look nice and tasty.
If the soup is nice, then I also like it!
This looks like a very fun place!! We love our GPS, it is one of the best inventions!
Pontian IS in Johore, right? You went to Pontian or you had it in JB, like having Kuching laksa in Sibu? Looks good - not swimming in the oily black sauce like in some places.
The wanton noodle looks good. I love such adventure. Relax and just follow the flow. No need rush here and there.
Yes me too.. and venture out for new food!
Yes, you are busy in your activities! hahaha..
The dry wanton noodles look pretty good. That would be my choice!


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Architecture in Black: A Selection of The Best Dark Interiors
© Daici Ano
The use of light and shadow in architecture can have several nuances. The traditional Japanese culture stands out for working with spaces of dim light, kind of dull. On the other hand, modern architecture and minimalism work along with illuminating spaces through the use of white spaces and reflection of light as a recurring resource.
Even so, black, dark spaces and minimalism also converse in the same language that provides new possibilities for lighting design and use of new materials. We now present you a selection of the best contemporary interior spaces that use black as the protagonist element, generating introspective but dramatic environments at the same time.
https://www.archdaily.com/903684/architecture-in-black-a-selection-of-the-best-dark-interiors Fernanda Castro
Tsukiji Room H / Yuichi Yoshida & associates
© Katsumi Hirabayashi
Architects: Yuichi Yoshida & associates
Area Area of this architecture project Area: 47.0 m²
https://www.archdaily.com/573317/tsukiji-room-h-yuichi-yoshida-and-associates Karen Valenzuela
NOVA ISKRA Design Incubator in Belgrade / Studio Petokraka
© Relja Ivanić
Architects: Studio Petokraka
https://www.archdaily.com/316913/nova-iskra-design-incubator-in-belgrade-studio-petokraka Nico Saieh
Open Source Furniture: Download, Print And Build Online
Cortesia de Opendesk
Let's suppose you need a bookcase. Years ago, you would probably search the furniture stores or antique shops in your town. Today you are more likely to open dozens of tabs on your web browser to compare prices and models. But there is another option that is becoming increasingly popular: open source furniture.
It's simple; you download the design of a piece of furniture and send it to a CNC machine (a mill that cuts wood from a digital file). It's more or less like sending a PDF to print. With the pieces cut, you just assemble it. We used a bookcase for example, but it could be a chair, a table, a cupboard, a bench. Opendesk, one of the current open source furniture platforms, brings together about 30 pieces of furniture available for download. There the user can download a project and cut the furniture in a FabLab or personal workshop, or use the site to connect with a joiner who makes the cuts.
https://www.archdaily.com/914166/open-source-furniture-download-print-and-build-online Eduardo Souza
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Architects: Núcleo de Arquitetura Experimental
Area Area of this architecture project Area: 1227.09 ft²
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Four Stunning Renovated Apartments in Oscar Niemeyer-Designed Buildings
Apartamento P.R. / pianca+urano. Image © Manuel Sá
To live in a residence designed by a renowned architect is a dream for many, however, a dream that will most likely never come true. But, there is an alternative. Many architecture enthusiasts have rented or even bought apartments in iconic buildings designed by their favorite architects.
In regards to the work of Oscar Niemeyer, fluidity and flexibility may best express his plans and typologies.
Below, we've selected four apartments in buildings designed by Neimeyer that reinterpret his original plans.
https://www.archdaily.com/909202/four-stunning-renovated-apartments-in-oscar-niemeyer-designed-buildings Matheus Pereira
Rios Clementi Hale Studios Address Gentrification Through New L.A. Office
Courtesy of Rios Clementi Hale Studios
The Los Angeles-based firm, Rios Clementi Hale Studios, a transdisciplinary practice engaging in design from urban planning to product design, opened their new offices in the city's Crenshaw neighborhood. A recent article by Metropolis Magazine outlines the firm's design process in creating their new office layout to emphasize their aspirations as an established practice.
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The 13 Best Plants for Your Apartment... And How To Keep Them Alive
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Plants are excellent elements to add in architecture and built spaces. However, when it comes to indoor environments, which usually receive less natural light and ventilation, certain species are resistant to adaptation.
Therefore, when thinking about species for indoors – be it a home, apartment or commercial space – some species are better than others. We have selected the best 13 indoor plants for your home.
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Good Taste and the Transformation of McDonald's
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This article was originally published on Metropolis Magazine as "Will the Culture of Good Taste Devour McDonald's?"
At a new corporate headquarters in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, there's a double-height lobby filled with green walls and massive art installations. Travel to its top floor roof deck and you'll find a cozy fire pit next to a fitness center and bar (happy hours are on Thursday). Elsewhere, stair-seating terraces face floor-to-ceiling windows with views of the Chicago skyline. This vertical campus settles in peaceably among its tony Randolph Street neighbors—Michelin stars, tech giants, and boutique hotels. At first glance, it's refined and tasteful enough to be any one of these.
https://www.archdaily.com/900541/good-taste-and-the-transformation-of-mcdonalds Zach Mortice
Apartment in Le Corbusier's Unité d'Habitation Renovated to Original Design by Philipp Mohr
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Architect Philipp Mohr has led the renovation of an apartment at Le Corbusier's iconic Unite d'Habitation in Berlin, carried out to the architect's original design. Over the course of two years, Mohr's team engaged with archival research, antique shopping, and the surveying of the Unite d'Habitation Marseille in France.
Mohr purchased the apartment in 2016 and embarked on a journey of demolition, measurement, and extensive renovation including lowering ceilings and moving walls in order to recreate the interior likely envisioned by Le Corbusier.
https://www.archdaily.com/896624/apartment-in-le-corbusiers-unite-dhabitation-renovated-to-original-design-by-philipp-mohr Niall Patrick Walsh
New Renderings Reveal the Penthouse Interiors at Tadao Ando's NYC Residential Building
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New renderings have been revealed of Tadao Ando's first project in New York City, a luxury residential building known as 152 Elizabeth Street, that show the interiors of its exclusive multi-story penthouse for the first time.
https://www.archdaily.com/883304/new-renderings-reveal-the-penthouse-interiors-at-tadao-andos-nyc-residential-building Patrick Lynch
12 Plants That Thrive Indoors
Adding a plant makes any space instantly cozier. No need to have a large balcony to grow them, there are many species that develop well in living rooms, kitchens, and even bathrooms, with little maintenance as well as space efficient. The vases used also add to the composition of well-decorated environments. Flowers add color and diversity to all environments, but it is worth mentioning that species that do not produce flowers do less photosynthesis and therefore require smaller amounts of sunshine and are therefore more suitable for indoor cultivation. It is also important to note that popular names can be quite different, so you should always pay attention to its scientific names when choosing your species.
Below, we selected 12 ornamental plants ideal for indoor cultivation.
https://www.archdaily.com/878750/12-plants-that-thrive-indoors Gabriel Pedrotti
Restaurant ENIGMA Offers a Glimpse Into the Future of Gastronomy
Courtesy of RCR Arquitectes/Pau Llimona
Neolith has unveiled their most ambitious project to date: the ENIGMA restaurant design in collaboration with RCR Arquitectes and P.Llimona. The conceptual restaurant space began with the vision of celebrated Catalan chef Albert Adrià, who wanted to create an "enigmatic" restaurant project reflecting his gastronomy and his career. Albert, together with his sibling Ferran Adrià have transformed the iconic El Bulli restaurant into a culinary research foundation and embarked on more projects since, including tapas bar Tickets and Bar 41 in Barcelona. ENIGMA, described as a "culinary amusement park" represents the new brainchild of the brothers' dialogue exploring the intersection of food and design.
https://www.archdaily.com/877587/restaurant-enigma-offers-a-glimpse-into-the-future-of-gastronomy Piedad Rojas
Instagram Is Changing How We Design Spaces (And Creating Incredibly Lucrative Businesses)
"This place is really Instagrammable, you'll see what I mean."
Walking into a tiled entryway and catching a glimpse of the cocoon-shaped swings, I saw fast. Planta, located on a busy street in Downtown Toronto is an Instagram magnet. And they know it. Opened last fall, Planta's geotagged posts grow daily, with several of the restaurants' key spaces photographed again and again. With jungle-inspired wallpaper, graphic tiling and a solid 14k following on their own account, the plant-based eatery means business.
Instagram's parent-company Facebook announced it made $9.1 billion in earnings this quarter on advertising, retaining its longstanding rule over digital advertising alongside with Google's Alphabet ($26 billion). With Instagram absorbing competitor Snapchat's story features and increasing the number of sponsored posts it shows this year (yeah, we noticed), it's not a stretch to say that the social media giant sits at the center of food and beverage trends. But what happens to interior spaces when restaurants set out to be "Instagrammable"?
https://www.archdaily.com/876903/instagram-is-changing-how-we-design-spaces-and-creating-incredibly-lucrative-businesses Sabrina Syed
New Space for Rosatom 2017
The second stage of the creative competition of the state Corporation Rosatom.
State Corporation for atomic energy Rosatom with the assistance of the communications ProjectNext agency and OfficeNext portal offers to take part in the second stage of the international creative competition for the development of the concept design the workspace of Rosatom for architects, designers, graphic designers, specialists in computer graphics and visual design.
https://www.archdaily.com/870923/new-space-for-rosatom-2017 Rene Submissions
Understanding the "Public Interior," From the Palace to the Garden
Courtesy of Jap Sam Books
In this article, which originally appeared on BD, Nicholas de Klerk (a London-based Associate Architect at Aukett Swanke) reviews The Public Interior as Idea and Project – a new publication by the Netherlands-based Canadian artist, architectural historian and educator Mark Pimlott.
Mark Pimlott's new book, The Public Interior as Idea and Project (2016), expands on prior publications, notably Without and Within (2007). In this earlier book, Pimlott explored the concept of a 'continuous interior'—examining repetitive spaces which share characteristics—for example, shopping malls and airports, and which, collectively, set about the urbanisation of the American territory.
https://www.archdaily.com/804164/understanding-the-public-interior-from-the-palace-to-the-garden-mark-pimlott Nicholas de Klerk
Explore Budapest's Art Deco and Bauhaus Staircases Through This Photo Series
Fine arts and commercial photographer Balint Alovits has released Time Machine, his latest photo series documenting Art Deco and Bauhaus staircases throughout Budapest, Hungary.
Shown from the same central perspective, the photographs "create a new dimension by splitting space and time, staying within the visual limits of the project's concept, while the perception of the architectural details evokes the idea of infinity."
"I have always liked Art Deco and Bauhaus buildings," said Alovits. "Whenever I step into one of these caracoles, I feel a certain pulling energy looking up from the bottom or down from the top. I wanted to collect and showcase all the different shapes and colors that these stairways feature."
https://www.archdaily.com/804148/explore-budapests-art-deco-and-bauhaus-staircases-through-this-photo-series Sabrina Santos
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