Dog-Friendly: We Tried out Dog Agility at Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena!
I was scrolling through Leo's Instagram feed when I noticed other dog owners sharing videos and pictures taken at the same location.
A big green field with happy sprinting dogs jumping over obstacles. That's right, it's the Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena.
Opened in February 2017, Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena provides a place to enhance the bond between you and your dog through a fun activity that is dog agility.
As both Leo and I are new to it, I signed up for their Dog Agility Seminar & Workshop, which acts as a basic introductory guide to dog agility for first-timers.
Here's how it went for us at Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena!
Located at the Marina Country Club, the Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena is one of its kind in Singapore.
When we first arrived, a spacious obstacle course, spanning 10,000 square feet greeted us. Andrew, the husband of the owner, gave us a short introduction to dog agility before the tryout.
All their equipment are of international standards and cost at least S$100 dollars each. Andrew told us that professional dog agility trainers would even rent the equipment from them.
Thinking that it is the easiest obstacle out of the whole lot, we went to the tunnel first. It turned out to be a bad choice. Some dogs have a natural fear towards dark and enclosed areas because they make them feel confined. Leo was one of them.
We tried encouraging him with treats, balls and coaxing but he was not convinced at all. He would put a paw in, get the treat, and retreat out of the tunnel immediately.
Andrew shared with us that dogs have an incredible memory and forcing them to go into the tunnel would cause them to have a negative association towards it. So, we decided to skip it for now.
Next, we went on to try the bar jump. We decided to take it slow and steady after our not-so-successful attempt at the tunnel. Andrew suggested that we de-attach the bar from the stand and place it on the floor for Leo to step over first. Luckily, Leo did it with ease.
After seeing how comfortable he was, we attached the bar back to the stand at the lowest height. He jumped over the bar easily and that's how he first conquered an obstacle!
Lazy Leo decided to crawl under the bar instead to reach his treats! That was a sign to move on to the next obstacle as we could see that he was getting bored.
At last, Leo had a go at the dog walk. Surprisingly, he did super well on it and just needed a little motivation when walking up. Good job, Leo!
Before we know it, our session with Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena ended. Leo was exhausted and couldn't wait to rest for the day.
Overall, the arena provided both mental and physical stimulation for Leo. He only tried three out of the thirty equipment displayed and there are 50% more in the storage!
Dog owners are usually discouraged from leashing their dogs during agility as it may act as a hindrance and cause accidents. Leo was leashed because he needed some guidance.
Dogs are also not allowed to pee and poo on the field. So, remember to let your dog relief herself before entering. As it's understandable that accidents happen, if you clean up after your dog properly using the pee pads and cleaning agent provided, you will not be fined.
Dog agility may not be for all dogs but I feel that it is a good experience for dog owners to try it with their dogs at least once. You never know, the results may surprise you.
Bring your dog's favourite treats or toys, remember to stay hydrated, and enjoy overcoming the obstacles as a pair!
At the time of writing, Singapore Indoor Dog Agility Arena's Seminar & Workshop costs S$38 per dog per one-hour session. It is available on weekends and public holidays. It costs S$28 for the second dog if you register at the same time.


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program (or are learning to program) in C.
One caution... read through the source, as I added a few comments.
drive and really screwing things up!!!
the function, getpass, only accepts 8 characters!
against those who don't have a "need to know"!
doesn't get too angry! I'll try to get back with as soon as I can.
BASIC and PASCAL!! I found C a new, exciting way to take up disk space!
I've learned a lot from it!!!


What to Expect When You Go to Trial for DUI | The Law Offices of Richard J. Fuschino Jr.
All states are cracking down on driving under the influence, and when you're arrested for a DUI, you may be unsure of your options for how to proceed. You'll be thinking how you can save your license from being suspended, as well as what the penalties will be in the justice system and at work.
For most people that get pulled over for drunk driving, the case won't make it to trial. Most DUI cases are resolved through a plea agreement early in the criminal justice process. Depending on the case file and the charges you face (most DUI cases involve multiple tickets), there are different ways a DUI case will proceed.
Rely on the advice of your attorney, who examines the facts of the case, looks at the arresting process and whether the officers involved followed all proceedings correctly, and determines if there's an issue with the breathalyzer that could have misread the blood alcohol content. If the case is solid from a prosecution standpoint and you're facing a suspended license or jail time, you may elect to go to trial.
With your fate decided at trial, there are high stakes because your DUI lawyer in Philly, as well as the prosecuting attorney believe they have the upper hand. The outcome of trials depends on the presentation of your case by the opposing attorneys.
As your arrested, you could stay in holding, get released on your own recognizance, or have to put up bail money depending on the extent of intoxication or a multiple offense. Your first appearance in court is the arraignment where the magistrate will inform you of the charges against you and your rights as a defendant. At this point, depending on individual circumstances, it's best to have representation from a DUI lawyer who will provide the advice of whether to plead guilty or not guilty.
When issuing a not guilty plea, a preliminary hearing is scheduled where the prosecutor will have to prove there is sufficient evidence tying you to the crime. The prosecutor at this point can offer you a chance for a plea agreement where you can plead guilty at this stage in exchange for a lesser punishment or more lenient sentence. Most of the time, a lesser crime would be reckless driving.
Having the right representation at this hearing is your opportunity to challenge these charges, making pretrial motions to ask the court to take action. Action could be ordering police to produce the personnel file of arresting officers, rejecting illegally obtained evidence, or dismissing the charges if there is evidence of police wrongdoing.
By taking a plea deal, defendants will save court fees and further attorney costs. Cooperating and listening to your lawyer can help you make the right decision. While most cases don't proceed to trial, your plea deal will vary depending on the case against you and whether you're a first-time offender or have a prior record with other arrests. Most first-time offenders are left with a lesser conviction, perhaps a shortened suspended license, the opportunity to avoid installing and paying for a car breathalyzer when your license is restored. The alternatives will vary on your specific case, so contact a criminal defense attorney in Philadelphia to go over your case file and the best options for you.
For most Pennsylvania DUI cases, there is no right to a jury trial. The reason for this is that DUI is a petty offense and Pennsylvania only guarantees jury trials for serious crimes (although the penalties for a DUI are severe). If you haven't hurt or killed anyone while drunk driving, the case will be decided by a judge. It will proceed much like other trials, with the prosecution and defendant presenting evidence, calling witnesses, and establishment reasonable doubt. After hearing both sides, the judge will either accept your defense and you'll be acquitted or won't accept the defense and you'll be convicted and sentenced.
When you've been charged, get in touch with a defense attorney as quickly as possible to prepare for your arraignment. Obtaining a legal professional will greatly enhance the chance you'll be able to obtain a better outcome than if you defended yourself. If you need a DUI attorney, contact The Law Offices of Richard J. Fuschino, Jr. today.


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Q: Why I have to access JSON in a special way in Angular? I'm working on AngularJs tutorial and I would like to access JSON. I do not understand why in tutorial they use [] to access JSON. When user click on the "a tag" it will put airport.code into setAirport function and get the currentAirport.name back
Here is the code:
HTML:

    <title>Demo</title>

AngulAir

                {{airport.code}} - {{airport.city}}

Current Airport : {{currentAirport.name}}

and this is the JS code:
function AppCtrl ($scope) {
  $scope.airports = {
    "PDX": {
      "code": "PDX",
      "name": "Portland International Airport",
      "city": "Portland",
      "destinations": [
        "LAX",
        "SFO"
      ]
    },
    "STL": {
      "code": "STL",
      "name": "Lambert-St. Louis International Airport",
      "city": "St. Louis",
      "destinations": [
        "LAX",
        "MKE"
      ]
    }
  };
  $scope.currentAirport = null;

  $scope.setAirport = function (code){
    $scope.currentAirport = $scope.airports[code];
  };
}

you can see in the last statement ---> $scope.currentAirport = $scope.airports[code]; it use [] to access the JSON. I do not understand why it is used this way. I tried to experiment in another situation and it seems to work differently, here is my experiment:
HTML:

    <title>hello world</title>

JS file:
airports = {
    "PDX": {
      "code": "PDX",
      "name": "Portland International Airport",
      "city": "Portland",
      "destinations": [
        "LAX",
        "SFO"
      ]
    },
    "STL": {
      "code": "STL",
      "name": "Lambert-St. Louis International Airport",
      "city": "St. Louis",
      "destinations": [
        "LAX",
        "MKE"
      ]
    }
};

and I get this on my browser "ReferenceError: Can't find variable: code" WHY? the JSON access way of this statement -----> $scope.currentAirport = $scope.airports[code]; is not equal to this statement ----->  alert(airports[code]); ?????
why in the second case I can't use [] ? anyone knows please tell me

A: In the first example:
$scope.setAirport = function (code){
    $scope.currentAirport = $scope.airports[code];
};

code is passed to the function and they use it reference the airport code in the airport object.
In your example:
alert(airports[code]);

code is undefined.
You need to define code, or manually pass an airport code to it.

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It's Monday, but that doesn't mean the fun has to end. Here are five things to do in Victoria today, Monday, January 28.
Are you the biggest Potter fan in Victoria? Need to defend that crown? Or are you a secret Muggle, wanting to learn more of the secrets of the wizarding world?
Your host with be Amy Culliford, so expect mini-games, fan thrown downs and a little bit of costume fun – bring your robes and wands! Over 19 only – it's a pub quiz, with real beer on offer.
Alt-rock band Mother Mother will be performing at the Royal Theatre Monday and Tuesday as part of their Dance and Cry tour.
Showcase your talent, whether it's music, comedy, dance, spoken word or poetry… you name it! Registration begins at 7:30 p.m. with the showcase starting at 8 p.m. and continuing until 11 p.m. Pete and Mo will be bringing some instruments to get some jams going!
Victoria Autism's Mom's night out at 1550's burger night! Come hang out with other mom's and caregivers!
When: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.


They managed to escape a hellish warzone, but are now trapped in purgatory.
RASHIDIN, Syria — Samira Sabagh was sitting on the ground when I met her, and the first thing I noticed was that her hands and face were almost black. She was wearing a traditional green dress that smelled of smoke. She was about 65, just one of more than 100,000 former residents of eastern Aleppo forced to leave the rebel-held area under threat of annihilation by the Syrian regime and its Russian and Iranian allies.
Sabagh was disoriented. Her children and all her family had been killed in Aleppo, with the exception of a daughter living in Idlib, not far from here. "I don't know how to go to Idlib," she said, referring to the rebel-held northwestern Syrian province where many of the displaced Syrians were fleeing.
I asked her about the soot on her face. It's bitterly cold in Aleppo now, she explained, and people were living in the streets for a week waiting for the evacuation to begin. So everyone had to burn shoes, plastics — anything they could get to stay warm, and that left her face and hands covered in soot. She told me the story through tears.
Rashidin, the town on the western edge of Aleppo city where the buses arrived with the newly displaced, is the last place on the Aleppo-Damascus highway that one can reach from rebel territory. Rebels call it point zero. Every exiled Syrian brought here had soot on their hands and faces. Their clothes reeked. Their bodies smelled as if they hadn't bathed for a month. Almost everyone said they had burned their furniture, automobile tires, even clothes and blankets, for heat. And some burned their possessions rather than let them fall into the hands of the pro-government militias.
I had driven here with a cameraman from the news bureau I manage in Idlib, a journey of a little more than an hour. In the gas station parking lot where the buses arrived, I heard tale after tale of what residents of eastern Aleppo endured during the devastating bombing campaign and starvation siege of the rebel-held enclave — traumas that were exacerbated by the mocking of pro-regime militiamen as they abandoned their city. And now they were stranded in the bitter cold with no idea what comes next, forced to rebuild their shattered lives once more.
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross had organized the buses after rebels reached a deal with the government to withdraw from eastern Aleppo in exchange for safe passage for their families and other civilians who feared the revenge of the militias. When they came off the buses, everyone was shivering from the cold. They were hungry, and local charities handed out fruit and small food packages. They looked tired and depressed as they sat on the ground, eating them. The best organized were the rebel groups, which sent buses and minibuses to fetch the families of fighters and transport them to secure lodging.
But most had no idea where to go and sat on the ground debating their next move. "I hear Atarib is a good town to stay in. I will go and look for an apartment," one man told me, speaking of a town close to the Turkish border that is often the target for regime airstrikes.
The only joyful sound came from some of the children, who acted as if they'd landed in paradise. The elders were silent and bewildered, looking as though they'd just stepped out of the grave.
I tried to start conversations by offering congratulations to the internally displaced people on reaching safety. But the stories they told were beyond my imagination. For a while, I forgot I was a journalist; I was so affected that I wanted to reach out and hug them.
Samer al-Najjar was wearing two leather jackets, on top of three sweaters, when I met him. Aleppo, he said, was like hell: He had been expecting to die at any moment.
He told a story of a woman who had nowhere to live giving birth in the street shortly before the buses arrived. "It happened after three days of waiting. People carried her to the back of a truck and put up a nylon tent over her," he said. A SARC volunteer helped deliver the baby. Tears welled up as he spoke of her. He didn't know her fate or that of the infant.
Ahmad Hamido was about 65. He had a white beard and wore a woolen hat, and his right hand shook as he spoke to another reporter. I saw tears in his eyes and felt he needed someone to talk to rather than another interview. So I stopped playing the journalist, put down my camera and microphone, and placed my hand on his shoulder to comfort him.
He started to tell me what happened when his fourth-floor apartment was destroyed and he had to flee from one neighborhood to another to escape the bombing. I tried to console him. "You're alive and sound, and that makes up for everything," I said.
Ahmad said none of his close relatives survived the siege. Some of his cousins were killed by snipers when they unknowingly wandered into the vicinity of the militia-held checkpoints. His suffering hadn't stopped even after the arrival of the buses. He said the Syrian militias insulted them before they departed. He said a pro-regime militiaman went on the bus and threatened the passengers, demanding they surrender. No one responded.
Nearly all the children I talked to were traumatized. They told stories of bombing and death. Most everyone with whom I spoke had lost at least one family member in the bombing.
I saw a rebel fighter waiting for a family he hadn't seen for four years. When they arrived, he took his wife in his arms and cried. He picked up his two boys, ages 5 and 7, and hugged his wife. When I looked at him, he hid his face, as if to say, a man in uniform carrying a rifle should not be seen crying.
Nearly everyone I met there was poor. You could see it from the clothes they wore and the simple things they were carrying. The rich had left Aleppo long ago. Those who stayed behind had nowhere to go or no means to leave.
But even those who were lucky enough to find lodging after the fall of eastern Aleppo are still destitute.
The "widow's house" in Idlib city is a second-floor apartment with 10 people living in it. There's no furniture — only two threadbare rugs, two mattresses, and some blankets on the floor, along with a very old stove.
Wafaa al-Zein, 44, now the head of the family, greeted us by apologizing that she couldn't offer us anything to drink or eat. The family has a gentle manner, suggesting they had lived well in eastern Aleppo but now have no money and have to rely on charity for food, blankets — everything. The apartment itself was a donation from another family. Umm Ali, as Wafaa likes to be called, has four children, ages 9 to 24, and three grandchildren.
They have gone through an immense tragedy. A little more than one month ago, on Nov. 28, Umm Ali's husband and the husband of her 24-year-old daughter, Amina, were killed by a missile while sitting in front of their temporary home in eastern Aleppo. The son-in-law's body was torn in so many pieces that Amina was unable to bury him.
"I only could find small pieces of him. I kept looking for his body parts for many days," she said. Two days after the bombing, she found his foot on the roof of a neighbor's house.
Ali, at 19, is now the man of the family. He and his father had a business selling vegetables from a cart in eastern Aleppo until the siege made it impossible for them to replenish their stocks. But he was wounded in the war and is now unemployed — he begged for my help in finding a job.
Like so many others, the whole family had waited in the cold for three days for the buses to take them out of government-held eastern Aleppo. Staying was not an option for Umm Ali. She said she didn't fear death but wanted to preserve her honor and that of her daughter. Without saying the word, her fear was being raped.
Roy Gutman contributed to this article from Istanbul.
Akram al-Ahmad is a Syrian journalist based in Idlib Province.


To say my life over the past few years has been a roller-coaster is no understatement, yet how many people would say differently about their own lives? It's true, that for periods of time, life seems to just amble along through the familiar landscape of work, family life and sleep. But there is always something, just over the horizon or round the next bend, a new vista that breaks either the monotony or comfort zone of our semi-concious meandering through life. There is a mountain on the horizon we want to climb to gain a better perspective of life or, just around the bend, we know of a valley we want to descend to enjoy it's tranquillity.
Of course not all new vistas turn out to be welcome. A different kind of mountain can unexpectedly appear and we find the path of life suddenly steep, rocky and so foggy we can't see a clear way to the top and we wonder if we will ever reach the summit and find an easier path back to less troublesome times. Or that lush valley we see lying before us with it's promise of plenty, it's steadily flowing river offering to guide us and the sweet song of love filling the air and our hearts as birds fly all around, turning into a dark, tangled jungle of treachery that we fight through just to survive.
And yet survive we do. We reach that mountain's peak and see before us new possibilities, we clear the tangled jungle that our once orderly lives were thrust into and we find ourselves upon a new path that we can, once again, amble along in contentment or mediocrity until a new vista opens up before us and we continue on a journey that is only in part our choosing.
My own life has been very much like this. There have been mountains I wanted to climb and mountains I have had to climb, There have been valleys I wanted to walk and jungles I have had to fight through. There is nothing new in this. We may use different metaphors to describe the roller-coaster of our lives (I am a hiker so mountains and valleys are intrinsic in my thought processes), but I think most of us walk similar paths. However, maybe the REASONS we walk our various paths are different?
I have struggled for a long time to find a reason WHY I am walking any path let alone the path I currently walk. Sure I choose some mountains to climb. some valleys to explore to add colour, texture, some variety to my otherwise familiar meanderings, but WHY am I on the path I am on? What is it's purpose? Over the years there have been many mountains and valleys on my journey through life, each one giving purpose for my walk at the time I climbed or descended and yet none offered a reason as to WHY I am walking in the first place. School, relationships, marriage, children, divorce, careers, births and deaths – all are examples of the mountains and valleys we experience on our life's path. Some we choose to experience, others are not, and no mountain lasts and no valley endures, but the path continues.
I don't know the purpose of my journey, the reason why I am walking this path through life. My faith offers some clues as to preparing for the Long Walk of eternity, yet trying to reconcile the everlasting path that my belief offers with the short path my mortality guarantees is difficult. One thing I do know is that no mountain path or valley walk, whether chosen or not, is THE path, they are simply vistas along the way, side trails giving respite or purpose before we continue once again on our personal path of life. The high peaks and low passes, the side trails we encounter, all offer opportunities to see different vistas, to encounter other walkers as they climb their own mountains and walk their own valleys and sometimes we climb and descend with others we meet along the way. But the path is ours alone no matter who may walk awhile with us along its course.
Lately I have stopped looking for the reason I am walking my path, stopped trying to find its purpose. Instead I am content to put one foot in front of the other, to accept whatever the trail offers and simply enjoy the hike. As a long distance walker it has always been the actual walking that appeals to me with mountains, valleys, rivers and passes being interesting things to experience along the way, but the actual WALKING is my passion. I am happy to hike 30+ mile days with only brief rest stops before darkness descends and I pitch for the night. I am happy taking in the scenery as I walk – only stopping when a vista is so breathtaking it demands a brief respite (and coffee!) before I continue to eat the miles. I am happy simply walking the path.
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City Room | Will Cupcakes Be the Next Krispy Kreme?
Will Cupcakes Be the Next Krispy Kreme?
New York City may well be the cupcake capital of America. Magnolia Bakery of Greenwich Village has produced a list of progeny very Old Testament in length: Magnolia begat Billy's and Buttercup, and Buttercup in turn begat Sugar Sweet Sunshine.
Many of the cupcake shops have started to clone themselves. Magnolia opened a second spot on the Upper West Side in addition to its Village location. It plans a third store in Rockefeller Center this month. Buttercup Bake Shop now has two places on the East and West Sides of Manhattan. Within the last several years, Cupcake Cafe also now has two locations. Even with expansions, these places have retained their boutique appeal.
This kind of growth brings to mind the tale of Krispy Kreme, another sweet phenomenon that went national very fast. It, too, offered a nostalgic dessert at premium prices, with lines around the block and fawning press coverage. Krispy Kreme went public in 2000 and was a high-flying stock that confounded analysts with its market appeal, rising even as the dot-com bubble burst.
Krispy Kreme quickly came down to earth, through dilution of the brand and mismanagement. And finally, another indignity — the glazed donuts were transformed into Krispy Kreme bacon cheeseburgers.
There are now several Crumbs shops in New York and two in Los Angeles.
Even now, the cupcake appears to be at a tipping point. There are signs of a cupcake backlash — both from schools concerned about childhood obesity and from foodies who can only maintain nostalgia for so long.
Let us not leave out, Molly's Cupcakes in Chicago, yes the Second City, Hog Butcher to the World, The Windy City, ChiTown, That Toddling Town.
Molly's offers a cupcake which has taken the cupcake world by storm. "Ron Bennington's I've Got My Own Cupcake" has been bestowed with numerous honors and accolades.
If crumbs intends to make it in NY at additional locations they should sell coffee that is as good or better than dunkin donuts, Krispy Kreme made the mistake of selling lousy coffee to go with their excellent donuts.
What and where are the best cupcakes west of the Mississippi? Cupcake Royale / Seattle, WA. The Huskies are heading for another tough year, the Sonics slipped off to OKC but one can always count on CupCake Royale to LIFT one's spirits and caloric intake. Try the Pumpkin and Red Velvet.
Why does everyone gotta be hatin'? I love these like a fat kid loves, well…cupcakes.
And for regular updates on all the latest cupcake news, readers can check out CupcakesTakeTheCake.blogspot.com. Surprised that The Times didn't contact the authors for this article as The Martha Stewart Show found them important enough to have on to inaugurate Cupcake Week.
I have tasted cupcakes from all the places listed in this blog entry, and here's the place that beats ALL of them. No joke. Tonnie's on W. 3rd and Macdougal. Those cupcakes are frickin' amazing. Better frosting than most and moist cake.
The best cupcakes I have ever had are to be found at Party Favors in Brookline, Mass. The Buttercream icing is good enough to make me unashamed to walk around with a tickle me Emo cupcake in hand and the yellow cake is even better.
Magnolia was never very good and the line of fawning tourists and buses out front made even the thought of eating there unappetizing.
All the cupcake stores make very good donuts but it seems like it will be a fad overall. How many people can eat Cupcakes every day? Every good idea eventually gets overdone and then the fad fades. A few areas may be able to support a Cupcake store but not to many I would suspect. Remember when there were sock stores on every block.
I was in London this past May, and at the end of a farewell party in a trendy restaurant someone brought in boxes of several dozen cupcakes from a local bake shop. It was all just too American. I was a very disappointed Yank who hoped for something more original from these charming Brits. Well, I did eat the icing … that's what it's for.
Sugar Sweet Sunshine downtown!!! So great.
Magnolia is awesome, always my favorite. I find the UWS location to be less touristy.
Save us from the cupcake police!!!
I'm going to have to start my own backlash by buying more cupcakes.
God I could go for a cupcake.
I don't know. A small cupcake shop has opened up near me and they seem to be doing great business – especially with the teenage/college/young mom crowd. I think so long as people enjoy sugar and small hip looking places in which to consume said sugar, these types of places will be around.
I'm proud to say I was into cupcakes back in the 1960s. Just west of Chicago, there were several bakeries with the Charles Fingerhut name. Their specialty was Bohemian baked goods — rye bread, kolache, a kind of croissant/roll sprinkled with salt and caraway seeds, etc. — and they had chocolate cupcakes that were square instead of round with amazingly tasty icing. It was the one indelible treat of child memory.
I really hope Magnolia doesn't make the mistakes Krispy Kreme did. Magnolia is the best, hands down. My wife runs into the city every year to get me those for my birthday!
Let's not forget about Saint Cupcake in Portland OR 97210. Rip city cupcakes taste better when your ripped.
I moved to Spain from NYC 6 years ago.
There are no cupcakes in Madrid.
Can you imagine what that is like….
Funny that the Georgetown Voice just quoted me today in article about cupcake.
"Cupcakes are neither a fad or trend. They are here to stay, and they actually never went away! It is just that more generations of people are loving them," Nichelle Stephens, one of the creators and writers of the cupcake blog, Cupcakes Take the Cake, wrote in an e-mail message.
What about Sprinkles in L.A.? The red velvet!!
Nichelle, you are nuts. The first sign of a fad is people running around saying "it's not a fad!" If it isn't a fad, where were all these cupcake stores five years ago? 10 years ago?
Next year it will be blow pops or Otter Pops or who knows what.
Geeze hipsters are annoying. Listen to music that their indie magazines tell them to, buy clothing as long as everyone else in the village is wearing the same thing, and now eating cupcakes because it's the "in" thing. Well, now it might not be in is the point of this article I guess. I've always wondered how they can maintain the 3% body fat required by hipster law when they also eat cupcakes–or is that all they eat for the day so they can still fit into their extra small ironic t-shirts?


Day Two at Daytona went uneventfully for Danica Patrick, who got her first taste of the NASCAR draft, and learned that 'close' isn't close enough in stock car racing.
"I guess you can run a lot closer than what I thought," Patrick said after posting the 19th quickest speed in Saturday's ARCA 200 drafting sessions for the Feb. 6th race, including one 40-lap run.
"'Two car lengths' up above from my spotter is like 'on him' for me. That's 'on him:' you are 'on him' in Indy-car."
But that's not close enough in NASCAR. And she has yet to get a touch of bump-drafting or push-drafting.
"It was a little bit more challenging to get that last car length, or get 'up on him,'" Patrick said.
"We even got to the point where they're like 'Give him a little bump down the straight.' I was trying...but I couldn't catch him.
"It's getting into that mode -- that you need to be right on him to take advantage of the situation and stay with the draft.
"It's different than driving the cars that I drive. You can run so much closer (in NASCAR stockers), and you can cross-over each other.
"But you need to run really close...so, like there's no room for error if someone makes a mistake. That's going to be the challenge.
"But it was a productive day. I learned a lot, and I feel really comfortable in the car."
Patrick's fast lap in the draft was 181.554 mph.
Tony Eury Jr., Patrick's crew chief and long-time crew chief for Dale Earnhardt Jr., points out "drafting is not something you learn overnight.
"She has done really good learning how to stay in a pack, learning what the car does in different aero situations."
Patrick isn't the only woman testing at Daytona. Alli Owens, on the ARCA pole last year, is also testing, along with Leilani Munter, Milka Duno, Jennifer Jo Cobb, Michelle Theriault, Jill George, Ashley Parlett and Amber and Angela Cope, nieces of 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope.


I would have posted this yesterday after I got home, but I was watching the Dodgers beat the Astro's in the World Series game 1.
About a week ago, Yuki and I planned a trip to the Secret Lake. After looking at my journal, Fall was the time where most of the fish were caught there so it was time to go.
Since my truck is in the repair shop (my wife had a yellow post, you know the kind in a parking lot, jump out and hit the truck one day when she was driving it) so Yuki drove.
Keep in mind that the road to the Secret Lake is one of those mountain roads that is straight up on one side and straight down on the other. Kind of scary for one who doesn't drive those kind of roads very often. Now, I didn't hold Yuki's hand (he had both tightly on the steering wheel), but gave him words of encouragement like "Don't be a weenie", "It's not the fall, but the sudden stop at the bottom". Words to keep him focused. I think he'll make me drive the next time.
We got to the lake about 10:30 and started floating crickets at the inlet.
The first shock of the day was a small (about 9") Rainbow. I didn't know there were Rainbows in this lake. I always thought it was strictly Browns, but one must have come through the tube from Salt Springs Reservoir. It was such a shock that I didn't even take a picture.
The second shock was the Brown in the picture below.
It doesn't look very big in the photo, but my guess was about 16" and maybe a couple pounds.
Then yours truly continued to swing crickets with several additional hits, but no hook-ups.
When we finally ran out of crickets, I decided to see if a Kastmaster, which in the past produced nothing, would get any interest. Then the third shock of the day came. I put on a brand new 1/8 oz. gold and threw it toward the inlet tube. The second cast and the fish below was on. Turned out to be (my guess was a female with eggs) because it was a 'football" and no hooked jaw like the first one.
Carefully released and sent home.
Then I proceeded to get that brand new gold Kastmaster stuck in the rocks and break the line.
So goes a $5.00 lure.
After that, no interest in any other color of Kastmaster, Power Egg, Mice Tail, or nightcrawler.
Hey Mark I'm glad you were able to get out. That brown is a fine fish.
Great news that you guys got out Mark. Back before I fly fished, the Kastmaster was my favorite lure. Good going buddy!
I'll take those 16" anytime, beautiful lake you guys were fishing.


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Badgerys Creek airport: Why the building of Sydney's second airport has fallen to the Government
By business reporter Andrew Robertson
Updated May 03, 2017 00:40:49
Photo: Airports create tens of thousands of jobs, not just at the airport itself, but in the businesses that support the airport. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin)
Related Story: Government steps in to build second Sydney airport at Badgerys Creek
Map: Badgerys Creek 2171
The decision by Sydney Airport to walk away from its first right of refusal on building the Badgerys Creek airport comes as no real surprise.
As anyone who has used Sydney Airport knows, it's in the business of making money — big time.
Thanks to the monopoly granted to it by the Howard government, Sydney Airport is one of the most expensive airports in the world for both airlines and passengers.
For example, for every $1 it receives at its very expensive car parks, 73 cents is profit.
Not bad if you can get it, and it's the prospect of not getting it that prompted Sydney Airport to decline the opportunity to own and run multiple airports.
"The risks associated with the development and operation of Western Sydney Airport (Badgerys Creek) are considerable and endure for many decades without commensurate returns for our investors," Sydney Airport boss Kerrie Mather said in a statement to the Securities Exchange.
And that's the rub.
External Link: Badgerys Creek map
Building airports is a long-term, capital-intensive business, which can take many years to become profitable.
Sydney Airport was formerly owned by Macquarie Bank, which knows all about big infrastructure development having held stakes in a number of airports and toll roads around the world.
In Australia, toll roads have been the poster child for greenfield infrastructure development gone wrong.
Brisbane's Airport Link, as well as Sydney's Cross City Tunnel and Lane Cove Tunnel, all struggled financially in their early years as revenue fell well short of traffic predictions.
There are no such concerns at Sydney Airport, where earnings were up 13 per cent last year to $321 million — $100 million of that profit came from those very expensive car parks.
Why would it want to saddle itself with the $5 billion cost of building Badgerys Creek Airport, when it doesn't know how long the new airport will be losing money and what its eventual profits may be?
Analysts at Citi Group have done a detailed study of the financials around Sydney's second airport and they share that view.
"We expect the second airport would have significant greenfield development risk given the high capital expenditure requirement and also the uncertainty in the demand profile during the initial 10 to 15 years of operation," they say in their report.
"We think any business should refrain from investing for the sake of growth at compromised returns."
If Canberra won't build it, no-one else will
Other potential private sector builders and operators of Badgerys Creek will be having the same thoughts, which brings us back to the Federal Government.
For Canberra, the metrics are different. An airport is a piece of nation building infrastructure with a big multiplier effect.
Photo: A draft design of the Western Sydney Airport at Badgerys Creek. (Supplied: Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development)
Politicians are not concerned about short-term returns to shareholders. Their worry is jobs for voters, which helps them keep their job.
Airports create tens of thousands of jobs, not just at the airport itself, but in the businesses that support the airport — for example, hotels, car hire, freight, shops, restaurants, etc., just to name a few.
"Through 10 years or so, what started out as a $5 billion investment by the Government can easily turn into a $50 billion economy," explained Perpetual Head of Investment Strategy, Matt Sherwood, when he appeared on ABC's The Business program last year.
Citi Group estimates Badgerys Creek Airport has a negative net present value of up to $2 billion.
In the context of the federal budget, that's not a large amount of money for the potential monetary and social returns.
The Government will get most of its money back in the tax paid by people whose jobs are created by the airport.
And of course, there'll be the big pay day when Badgerys Creek Airport, like Sydney Airport, eventually is privatised.
So, while Badgerys Creek doesn't add up for the private sector, for the Government, it's a different kettle of fish.
After Monday's decision by Sydney Airport, the reality appears to be that if Canberra doesn't build it, no-one else will.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, air-transport, industry, business-economics-and-finance, badgerys-creek-2171
First posted May 02, 2017 13:58:07
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Police say a New York couple vacationing in the Dominican Republic lost control of their vehicle on their way to the airport and plunged into the Caribbean Sea. Ray Villeda reports.
Police in the Dominican Republic say alcohol, high speed and dark roads may have been factors in the deaths of a couple from Mount Vernon who apparently crashed their rental car on their way to the airport after a romantic getaway in the Caribbean.
Orlando Moore, 41, and Portia Ravenelle, 52, flew out of Newark Liberty International Airport on March 23 for a getaway in the Dominican Republic. They were supposed to return home to Mount Vernon on March 27.
Police on Friday said they believe the Moore and Ravenelle were on their way to the airport when Moore, who was driving, lost control of their rental car and crashed into the Caribbean Sea.
Dominican Republic National Police Col. Frank Felix Duran Mejia told News 4 Moore — who had been seen drinking before the two left for the airport — was last seen on surveillance video at tolls minutes from the airport.
Police believe high speed and alcohol may have been factors in a crash that's believed to have killed a New York couple in the Dominican Republic. Ray Villeda reports.
The two were running late and may have been speeding on a dark road when they lost control of the car, he said.
Police believe the two had made a wrong turn and had reversed course when the crash happened.
Investigators believe Ravenelle was able to get out just as the car careened into the sea. Dominican police do not believe foul play was involved.
New video on Friday showed the couple's rental car being pulled from the Caribbean Sea.
A body found on the side of a highway in the Dominican Republic was identified as Ravenelle's earlier this week.
A body thought to be Moore's was found in the Caribbean Sea on March 31 inside of the vehicle Dominican officials believe was the car they had rented. That body has yet to be identified because of its condition, officials have said.
Photos of tattoos were sent to Moore's brother in the U.S. in hopes of expediting an identification.
Two U.S. representatives from New York have called for an FBI investigation into the couple's deaths.


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Jones Day loses two more partners in succession
February 13, 2018 Jones Day is experiencing a trend of departing City partners, as two more partners leave for other firms. Corporate partner Dan Coppel was recruited by Morrison & Foerster, six years after joining Jones Day from the
Ashurst's Frankfurt office acquires DLA office head
February 5, 2018 Ashurst has hired Michael Holzhäuser to join the firm's competition team in Germany. Holzhäuser currently works as the Frankfurt managing partner for DLA Piper, after having left Dewey & LeBoeuf in 2012. At DLA,
Clifford Chance brings on two partners in New York
June 19, 2017 Clifford Chance has hired two partners in its New York location, expanding its insurance and corporate practices. Joseph Cosentino re-joins the firm from Greenberg Traurig, where he has served as a partner since
Hogan Lovells to vote on Weil Gotshal team hire in Silicon Valley
March 29, 2017 Hogan Lovells is preparing for a partnership vote in which the firm is expected to hire a team of corporate partners from Weil, Gotshal & Manges. The team previously worked at Dewey & LeBoeuf prior to departing amid the
New managing partner in London for Morgan Lewis
October 15, 2016 Morgan Lewis & Bockius has confirmed that current London managing partner Peter Sharp will be replaced by Frances Murphy, who currently serves as the firm's competition head. Sharp has held his role as managing partner
Dentons private equity leaders jump to Akin Gump and Proskauer
August 31, 2016 Dentons saw two leaders depart from its City private equity practice, with Igor Krivoshekov heading to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Eleanor Shanks departing for Proskauer Rose. Both Akin Gump and Proskauer are
Jones Day picks up energy pair from KWM
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Baker & McKenzie launch SA employment practice
November 12, 2015 Baker & McKenzie has hired Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr's director of employment, Johan Botes, to launch an employment practice for the firm in South Africa. Botes will join the firm in its Johannesburg office as a partner and
Greenberg Traurig scoops up two Clifford Chance partners
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{-
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Russell O'Connor

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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THE SOFTWARE.
-}
-- |Datatypes for representing the human perception of colour.
-- Includes common operations for blending and compositing colours.
-- The most common way of creating colours is either by name
-- (see "Data.Colour.Names") or by giving an sRGB triple
-- (see "Data.Colour.SRGB").
--
-- Methods of specifying Colours can be found in
--
-- - "Data.Colour.SRGB"
--
-- - "Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear"
--
-- - "Data.Colour.CIE"
--
-- Colours can be specified in a generic 'Data.Colour.RGBSpace.RGBSpace'
-- by using
--
-- - "Data.Colour.RGBSpace"

--TODO
-- - "Data.Colour.HDTV"
--
-- - "Data.Colour.SDTV"

module Data.Colour
 (
-- *Interfacing with Other Libraries\' Colour Spaces
--
-- |Executive summary: Always use "Data.Colour.SRGB" when interfacing with
-- other libraries.
-- Use 'Data.Colour.SRGB.toSRGB24' \/ 'Data.Colour.SRGB.sRGB24' when
-- interfacing with libraries wanting 'Data.Word.Word8' per channel.
-- Use 'Data.Colour.SRGB.toSRGB' \/ 'Data.Colour.SRGB.sRGB' when
-- interfacing with libraries wanting 'Double' or 'Float' per channel.
--
-- Interfacing with the colour for other libraries, such as cairo
-- (<http://www.haskell.org/gtk2hs/archives/category/cairo/>) and OpenGL
-- (<http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/OpenGL>),
-- can be a challenge because these libraries often do not use colour spaces
-- in a consistent way.
-- The problem is that these libraries work in a device dependent colour
-- space and give no indication what the colour space is.
-- For most devices this colours space is implicitly the non-linear sRGB
-- space.
-- However, to make matters worse, these libraries also do their
-- compositing and blending in the device colour space.
-- Blending and compositing ought to be done in a linear colour space,
-- but since the device space is typically non-linear sRGB, these libraries
-- typically produce colour blends that are too dark.
--
-- (Note that "Data.Colour" is a device /independent/ colour space, and
-- produces correct blends.
-- e.g. compare @toSRGB (blend 0.5 lime red)@ with @RGB 0.5 0.5 0@)
--
-- Because these other colour libraries can only blend in device colour
-- spaces, they are fundamentally broken and there is no \"right\" way
-- to interface with them.
-- For most libraries, the best one can do is assume they are working
-- with an sRGB colour space and doing incorrect blends.
-- In these cases use "Data.Colour.SRGB" to convert to and from the
-- colour coordinates.  This is the best advice for interfacing with cairo.
--
-- When using OpenGL, the choice is less clear.
-- Again, OpenGL usually does blending in the device colour space.
-- However, because blending is an important part of proper shading, one
-- may want to consider that OpenGL is working in a linear colour space,
-- and the resulting rasters are improperly displayed.
-- This is born out by the fact that OpenGL extensions that support
-- sRGB do so by converting sRGB input\/output to linear colour coordinates
-- for processing by OpenGL.
--
-- The best way to use OpenGL, is to use proper sRGB surfaces for textures
-- and rendering.
-- These surfaces will automatically convert to and from OpenGL's linear
-- colour space.
-- In this case, use "Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear" to interface OpenGL's linear
-- colour space.
--
-- If not using proper surfaces with OpenGL, then you have a choice between
-- having OpenGL do improper blending or improper display
-- If you are using OpenGL for 3D shading, I recommend using
-- "Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear" (thus choosing improper OpenGL display).
-- If you are not using OpenGL for 3D shading, I recommend using
-- "Data.Colour.SRGB" (thus choosing improper OpenGL blending).

-- *Colour type
  Colour
 ,colourConvert
 ,black

 ,AlphaColour
 ,opaque, withOpacity
 ,transparent
 ,alphaColourConvert
 ,alphaChannel

 -- *Colour operations
 -- |These operations allow combine and modify existing colours
 ,AffineSpace(..), blend

 ,ColourOps(..)
 ,dissolve, atop
 )
where

import Data.Char
import Data.Colour.Internal
import qualified Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear
import Data.Colour.CIE.Chromaticity (app_prec, infix_prec)

instance (Fractional a, Show a) => Show (Colour a) where
  showsPrec d c = showParen (d > app_prec) showStr
   where
    showStr = showString linearConstructorQualifiedName
            . showString " " . (showsPrec (app_prec+1) r)
            . showString " " . (showsPrec (app_prec+1) g)
            . showString " " . (showsPrec (app_prec+1) b)
    Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear.RGB r g b = Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear.toRGB c

instance (Fractional a, Read a) => Read (Colour a) where
  readsPrec d r = readParen (d > app_prec)
                  (\r -> [(Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear.rgb r0 g0 b0,t)
                         |(name,s) <- mylex r
                         ,name `elem` [linearConstructorName
                                      ,linearConstructorQualifiedName]
                         ,(r0,s0) <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s
                         ,(g0,s1) <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s0
                         ,(b0,t)  <- readsPrec (app_prec+1) s1]) r
   where
    mylex = return
          . span (\c -> isAlphaNum c || c `elem` "._'")
          . dropWhile isSpace

linearConstructorQualifiedName = "Data.Colour.SRGB.Linear.rgb"
linearConstructorName = "rgb"

instance (Fractional a, Show a, Eq a) => Show (AlphaColour a) where
  showsPrec d ac | a == 0 = showString "transparent"
                 | otherwise = showParen (d > infix_prec) showStr
   where
    showStr = showsPrec (infix_prec+1) c
            . showString " `withOpacity` "
            . showsPrec (infix_prec+1) a
    a = alphaChannel ac
    c = colourChannel ac

instance (Fractional a, Read a) => Read (AlphaColour a) where
  readsPrec d r = [(transparent,s)|("transparent",s) <- lex r]
               ++ readParen (d > infix_prec)
                  (\r -> [(c `withOpacity` o,s)
                         |(c,r0) <- readsPrec (infix_prec+1) r
                         ,("`",r1) <- lex r0
                         ,("withOpacity",r2) <- lex r1
                         ,("`",r3) <- lex r2
                         ,(o,s)  <- readsPrec (infix_prec+1) r3]) r

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Construction to close westbound traffic on 10th Avenue South
Written by Haley Herfurth
Beginning Oct. 10, 10th Avenue South between 16th and 17th streets will be closed to westbound traffic.Beginning Oct. 10, 10th Avenue South between 16th and 17th streets will be closed to westbound traffic as part of utility work and repair projects that began in December 2017, according to James Gilliam, project field manager in UAB Facilities Division Planning Design and Construction. The area affected includes the stretch of 10th Avenue South between the Smolian International House and Lot 15U.
"Construction is expected to continue until further notice as we work to expand the steam and chilled water systems on campus," Boyd said. "We will continue to update the UAB community as we have more information."
In August, new bike lanes were added on 10th Avenue South between Eighth and 12th streets, and later this fall, the section of 10th Avenue South from 12th Street to 18th Street will be restriped to extend the bike lanes. A portion of 16th Street South between 10th Avenue South and University Boulevard — the stretch of 16th that runs from Camp Hall to Campus Recreation along the east side of the Campus Green — also will be restriped to enhance the existing bike lanes.
Visit uab.edu/facilities for updates.
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Message from the Angels ~ What's it like to be God?
This week, the angels guide us through an exercise to understand the true nature of God… and ourselves!
I'll share a few ideas about how you can experience that love more often. Enjoy a loving Valentine's gift to yourself!
As I grew and started to understand the mystical nature of life, the very first thing that happened was that my ego resisted the notion that I was one of God's beautiful dreams. "No way! I don't live inside of anything! I'm real! Not made up!" …As if being dreamed up and loved by the creator of universes wasn't enough, my ego rebelled in a mighty way! I wanted to be important! I wanted to be special! I didn't want to be some puppet inside the Divine mind who was going to be jerked around if I didn't do what God wanted!" I never consciously thought those thoughts, I just witnessed the stirring of ego's illusions and resistance.
It felt delicious to know I wasn't and could never ever be alone. I felt surrounded in love, grounded in love, swimming in love. In my most foul mood and loneliest moments, I realized I was simply lost in illusions… Love is and was always there, waiting for me to acknowledge it. I felt more "myself," not less, when I surrendered to this Presence. Life became so much easier.
Now my first go-to solution to all of life's challenges is to sit quietly, relax, and remind myself that I am enveloped in a love more powerful and vast that I can possibly imagine. I literally sit, breathe, and start to think about how magnificent it is to be embraced, created, and filled by a love so vast and magnificent that it moves oceans, creates stars, turns galaxies, and inhabits everything in the known and unknown universe.
Some say it takes years of meditation to reach this point. I have never meditated consistently. Some say it takes self sacrifice, special diets, certain disciplines, etc. to reconnect with the Creator's love. I say all it takes is the ability to bring yourself into the present moment, however you do that, and to connect with the energy of love, and then choose to keep focusing on it while it amplifies.
1. Imagine three versions of yourself all living amazing lives – anything you like. Then ask them what they would like to do next.
For example as I write this, I imagine one of me living in a beautiful dream home I've seen online near nature with views that expand my heart, doing more online classes and gazing, writing books, and teaching more. She wants to write more books and share all she knows.
There is another version living on the beach somewhere remote, eating mangoes, practicing mental mastery, and simply relaxing as I quietly meditate on the world's behalf… She tells me that what is up next is simply a nice walk in the jungle followed by hours of quiet explorations out of body and some painting… Painting? Really? That was unexpected!
3. Now, sit quietly and feel God's love for you.
Sitting inside of this Presence that dreams us into being and dreams entire universes might make you feel small at first… until you realize that this presence of love that lives within all things is You! Amazing, yes? Enjoy your magnificence!


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Hamas swallows Israel's "poison pawn"
As the world community watches images of Hamas rockets falling on southern Israel and the greater Tel-Aviv area, I seriously doubt if they bother to consider that if Hamas had the ability to murder thousands of Jews, they would. And that if Israel didn't have a strong army, Hamas would continue attacking Israel and murder Jews unabated. Yet for the past 64 years, Jews have been fighting back, and the truth is, we've become pretty good at it. This has shocked our enemies and yes, also our Jewish brethren the limousine liberals who find it impossible to identify with strong and tenacious Jews who fight back having been transformed from weak cowering Holocaust type Jews to fighting Jewish warriors.
For our enemies, the success of Israel in fighting off the combined efforts of the whole Arab nation who have never ever stopped their efforts even for one moment in trying destroy the state of Israel has been a source of immense frustration, the Arabs have been unable to understand why "they" the Arabs, the true chosen nation, with Allah on their side, have never been able to defeat the Jewish infidels, no matter how hard they have tried. For our Jewish brethren, the limousine liberals. this success has created a lot of hand wringing and intellectual agony: What shall we do with all this power? Are we using it responsibly? Will it corrupt us? Can we remain on a high moral ground, will we be able to continue with our true purpose in this world, Tikkun Olam. The notion of a strong Jewish nation, fighting back with courageous Jewish soldiers using leading edge technology "Made in Israel" is the common thread that ties together much of the noise being heard today against Israel and the demand that Israel stop defending herself from Palestinian Arab aggression so vividly depicted by rocket and missile attacks by Hamas. So as the Jews have fought back, signally a new era in the Jewish narrative, why does Israel tolerate Hamas? Israel is currently assembling the I.D.F.'s mass military machine, calling up over 75,000 reserve combat soldiers, being able to make Gaza one big rubble, so why stop? The Gaza Strip could be taken over in a number of days and Hamas totally destroyed, yet Israel refrains from doing this, why?
Israel's strategic decision not to destroy Hamas once and for all is simply a response to the changing geopolitical circumstances. Hamas doesn't want a peaceful solution and only wants to keep the conflict going forever until somehow in their dreams they will have all of Israel, Israel's political and military echelon have abandoned the illusion that a Jewish state will ever be broadly accepted by the Arabs. That means previously unquestioned strategic policies such as "land for piece", and the "two state solution" have been proven impossible to implement, meaning there is no possible solution in the foreseeable future. In response to this emerging reality, and as Israel moves away from discredited policies mentioned above, Israel has adopted an operative metaphor that is often described as "cutting the grass", meaning that a task must be performed regularly and has no end. There is no solution to Israel's security challenges, only delays and being tougher in pursuit of deterrence. Periodically attacking Hamas, destroying her infrastructure, limiting her ability to attack Israeli cities in the next three or four years is probably the most that can be achieved currently. This is also why the idea of one day attacking Iranian nuclear facilities, even though such an attack would set the nuclear program back only a few years, is widely discussed as a reasonable option.
For Israel, allowing Hamas to continue to exist serves an additional strategic goal based on the idea of what's known in the game of Chess as a "poison pawn" strategy. The poison pawn invites a willing opponent into an avoidable trap, the opponent grabs the poisoned pawn in favor of quick gains, yet leads to a much worse position and losing the chess match. Hamas is Israel's "poison pawn", this is how it works.
Israel enabled Hamas to come into existence upon disengaging from Gush Katif in 2005 and withdrawing to the 1967 international border between Israel and the Gaza Strip; withdrawing all civilians, soldiers, and settlements. Since Hamas's inception, the leaders of Hamas have claimed to be the true leaders of the Palestinian Arabs and have done all they can to discredit and weaken Abu Mazen, the leader of the Palestinian Authority. This rivalry between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority has weakened the Palestinian Arab movement to such an extent that today the Middle East has delegated the Palestinian issue to the back burner, dealing with more pressing issues such as Syria. Basically Israel has no negotiating partner; the Palestinians are two busy attacking one another and preventing any kind of negotiations on Judea and Samaria. Israel is able to claim rightly so that her presence in Judea and Samaria will prevent Hamas from taking over the Palestinian Authority and threaten Israel from the Samarian hills overlooking all of central Israel. Israel's continued presence in Judea and Samaria will ensure the continued existence of the state of Israel. Hamas and the Arab world swallowed the "poison pawn" enabling Israel to strengthen her position by surpassing 700,000 Jewish residents who live in Judea and Samaria.
Hamas's role as Israel's "poison pawn" will continue to weaken the Palestinian movement, prevent a forced negotiation process of concessions and forfeiting land by Israel and most importantly will enable the population in Judea and Samaria to reach one million Jewish residents within the coming decade,
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Quaint stall popular for their authentic Thai Milk Tea and pocket-friendly food. This restaurant is also a Zomato Gold partner that gives complimentary dish for (1) food order of the same or lesser value. Tried the Catfish Salad, Chicken Pad Thai, and Milk Tea for only P240. Food is nothing but commendable.
Serves vietnamese cuisine. Ordered Bành Mi and Fresh Spring Rolls and availed the 1+1 promotion of Zomato app. Had a hard time what to choose on the menu. Wall counter is designed with potted herbs where diners can pick fresh basil leaves. They also provide delivery service through the grab app.
Ended the work week with a glass of wine. This is located in Sct Lozano near Tomas Morato. There is a carpark building across Vitto's. They add handwritten notes in every glass to personalize the experience. The ambiance matches the great selection of wine they offer. Service is good and the food menu is interesting too.
This hotpot restaurant has been existing for so long but it's my first in the EDSA centris branch. We went on a weekday lunch and only 3 tables were occupied during this visit. Rate is at Php545/head and the last call for lunch buffet is at 2:30pm.
Tried the Satay and Sinigang soup base. On the onset, I can say that there is a major difference in taste. It is not as flavorful as it used to be.
There is a varied option of vegetables, meat, and seafood for grill or hotpot. There is a counter for asian food and a few racks of sushi. Selection for dessert includes Ice Cream, cake slices, fruits, buco pandan, and you can make your own halo-halo.
The long overdue visit to Mendokoro Ramenba finally happened. Tried the branch in Icon Building and it imbibed the feeling of being transported to Japan from its set-up to its taste.
There's a counter upon entry where the order is placed. A number is given upon payment. They follow a system and diners will have to wait for their turn to be seated in long lane of chairs surrounding the kitchen. The menu can be really overwhelming. We tried 4 different options: first is the off-menu but highly popular Super Chasu, then we varied our choices to TanTanMen, Tonkotsu Tsukemen, and Karai Tokusei Tsukemen. We added a plate of 5-piece Gyoza. A Php400 bowl of noodles in this economy is honestly expensive but really, the flavorful soup base justifies the hype. I particularly love the spicy and creamy TanTanMen which also uses Sesame Seeds to achieve its authentic flavor. It's worth the long drive from QC to BGC.
This chic clothing line launched an upscale glasshouse that serves comfort food in Rockwell Makati.
Ordered the cowboy steak(usda prime) for dinner. Paired it with mashed potato and it is definitely worth the splurge. Meat is as tender and well prepared. A 750g plate costs Php3680.
Undeniably one of the most popular coffee spot in the area. Great drinks selection from coffee cups to wine glasses. Tried the Hokkaido Cheesecake paired with blended drinks. The staff is efficient and warm to all the customers.


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Bizet, Seiji Ozawa, Orchestre National – Carmen / L'Arlésienne Suites
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This week's Vinyl's Revenge is one of many available couplings of Georges Bizet's most popular suites from his stage works, notably his two suites from the incidental music he wrote for Alphonse Daudet's play L'Arlésienne and musical selections from his final opera, Carmen.
The incidental music Bizet composed for L'Arlésienne consists of 27 numbers (some only a few bars) for voice, chorus, and small orchestra, ranging from short solos to longer entr'actes. Bizet himself played the harmonium backstage at the premiere performance, which took place 1 October 1872 at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris.
The play itself was not successful, closing after only 21 performances. The incidental music has survived and flourished, however. It is most often heard in the form of two suites for orchestra. Assembled by Bizet himself, L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 uses a full symphony orchestra but without the chorus. The first performance was at a Pasdeloup concert on 10 November 1872. L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2, also written for full orchestra, was arranged and published in 1879, four years after Bizet's death, by Ernest Guiraud, using Bizet's original themes.
Ernest Guiraud, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, is also responsible for the remaining music on this Ozawa recording; Guiraud arranged twelve numbers from Bizet's opera Carmen into two orchestral Suites. Guiraud is perhaps most famous for constructing the recitatives—both beloved and criticized—that replaced the spoken dialogue in performances of Carmen for more than a century.
The original jacket notes suggest that the numbers from the Carmen suite were assembled by Mr. Ozawa himself.
Georges BIZET (1838-1875)
L' Arlésienne Suite No.1 (from the incidental music), op. 23bis
L' Arlésienne Suite No.2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard, 1879), GB 121b
Carmen Suites for orchestra No.1 and 2 (assembled by Ernest Guirard, 1885-86) Selections
Les Toréadors - Act I, Prélude (bars 1-119)
Prélude - Act I, Prélude (bars 121–48)
Aragonaise - Entr'acte before Act IV
Intermezzo - Entr'acte before Act III
Habanera - Act I, Aria (Carmen): L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
Danse Bohème - Act II, Gypsy Dance: Les tringles des sistres tintaient
Seiji Ozawa, conducting
Label: Angel Records – DS-538096
Format: Vinyl, LP
Recorded: 25 & 26 June 1983, Salle Wagram, Paris
Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/release/3989...Suites-Nos-1-2
YouTube - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OL...kMzVsargDxEUsc
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Modern Estonia
Gallery: Churches of Tallinn
by Peter Kessler, 15 November 2009
Part 10: Vanalinn & Kesklinn
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The Ukrainian Greek-Orthodox Church of the Blessed Virgin with Three Hands lies along the narrow route immediately inside the old city walls, on Laboratooriumi street. Despite the age of the building, the church itself is a newcomer in the Old Town, though the Ukrainian congregation has been active in Tallinn since the seventeenth century. The building is medieval, but during its long history it has always served a secular purpose.
A wooden box with a letterbox slit is built into the wall of the church. The hand-painted script around it reads (in Estonian, Russian, Greek, and English): 'Church of the Blessed Virgin with Three Hands. She is the protector of the innocent who have been wrongly convicted, deceived and sinned against. You can describe your problem and put a letter into the box. The priest will pray for [a] settlement [of] your question'.
The Ukrainian congregation acquired the building only a few years ago, and by carrying out thorough renovation work on it they have turned the old merchants building into a very pleasant church building. A small convent operates alongside the congregation, where nuns of the St Familia Order work. The church is also the cultural centre for Tallinn's Ukrainian community, and a small museum on Ukrainian religious art and handicraft is located here.
The First Advent Church is situated very centrally on Mere puiestee (Sea Avenue), and overlooks Viru square and its popular shopping area and the Narva mantee thoroughfare which heads out of the city towards the east of Estonia. Unfortunately the area is usually packed with traffic, and cars are parked in front of the church seven days a week. The building was constructed in 1923, overlooking the old market area which used to be situated here.
The church holds one service on a Sunday, one on Fridays, and three on Saturdays. Designs for the building were drawn up by an architect named Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby (1885-1941). He was an Estonian of Baltic German descent who, in 1905-1907, studied at the Leibniz University of Hannover. In 1913 he graduated from Riga Technical University and went to Germany in 1939 during the exodus of Baltic Germans. His work remains as a testament to him.
The Church of St Simeon and the Prophetess Hanna is situated on the corner of the busy Ahtri road which runs parallel to the main passenger harbour, and Paadi street, which is an access road to the harbour and shopping mall beloved of so many Finnish visitors. St Simeon is the second Orthodox church to have developed in the suburbs after the Great Northern War (1700-1721). It was built in 1752-1755 on the initiative of recently arrived Russian seamen.
Since the Russian empire had only conquered Estonia in 1710, there were very few Orthodox churches available to the new masters of Tallinn, hence the need for this one. The coastline was considerably closer to the city in those days, before the modern port was built, so the church was practically on the edge of the water, and the foundations required some landfill to be added. According to legend, the rubble from shipwrecks was used for this purpose.
Nicknamed the 'Admiralty church', it was handed over to an Estonian congregation in the 1920s. The wooden building was seriously damaged during the Soviet period, when it was turned into a sports hall. The church also lost its bell tower and its onion dome. The Soviets cared little for churches, even those of their ancestors. However, since 2001, an Estonian Orthodox congregation has once again been active in the church and it has been fully and lovingly restored.
Tallinn Methodist Church is a startlingly eye-catching construction of the modern period. It is located on the corner of Narva mantee (avenue) and Uus-Sadama street, with the nearby Tallinn port just a little way to the north (in the direction of the dark clouds), with a constant stream of heavy traffic thundering past it which includes everything from cars to trams and trolleybuses. The building is also known in some source material as the United Methodist Church.
At the time of writing it was the biggest modern church centre in Estonia. The architects behind the project were Vilen Künnapu (born in 1948), one of Estonia's most important architects and a professor at the University of Tartu, and Ain Padrik (born in 1947), while interior design was carried out by Katrin and Argo Vaikla. The church hall is reputed to have wonderful acoustics, while the centre also houses the Theological Seminary of the Estonian Methodist Church.
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What is Glass Rebar and Why Can't You Use GPR to Detect It?
Traditional rebar is easy for GPR to pick up, but glass rebar isn't as easy to find.
If you are looking into GPR, you probably have numerous questions about its capabilities. You probably want to know what it can offer your endeavors. What can it do, how well can it do it, and what are the limitations of it? Can it be used to detect numerous materials, and how well does it do with rebar detection? Read on to have all of your burning questions about GPR and rebar detection answered so you can make smart and informed decisions.
GPR, or ground penetrating radar, is used to create a 3D image of the materials in or beneath a concrete surface. It allows you to identify a wide range of underlying issues without doing excessive invasive damage to the concrete itself. It is effective at locating post tension cables, wire mesh, conduits, dowel bars, tie in bars, radiant heat tubes, and more. However it can not always be used for rebar detection.
Glass reinforced polymers are a clever alternative to steel, which can reinforce concrete structures without posing the numerous problems that steel does. Rebar is non-toxic, stronger than steel, has a low carbon footprint, does not conduct electricity and heat, and is easy to install. They have a long lifespan and are corrosion resistant, unlike steel. Steel gets bigger and bigger as it corrodes, which puts unnatural pressure on the concrete structures it supports and can cause them to break within over time. In fact, the corrosion of steel supports within structures is one of the biggest causes of infrastructure degradation. While rebar solves this problem, it also cannot be detected by GPR because of its makeup. Non-metallic objects are tricky to locate via GPR.
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using System;
using Bonobo.Git.Server.Data;
using Bonobo.Git.Server.Models;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;

namespace Bonobo.Git.Server.Test.MembershipTests.ADTests
{
    [TestClass]
    public class ADRepositoryRepositoryServiceTest : RepositoryRepositoryTestBase
    {
        private ADTestSupport _testSupport;

        [TestInitialize]
        public void Initialize()
        {
            _testSupport = new ADTestSupport();
            _repo = new ADRepositoryRepository();
        }

        [TestCleanup]
        public void Cleanup()
        {
            _testSupport.Dispose();
        }

        protected override UserModel AddUserFred()
        {
            return _testSupport.CreateUser("fred", "letmein", "Fred", "Blogs", "fred@aol", Guid.NewGuid());
        }

        protected override TeamModel AddTeam()
        {
            var newTeam = new TeamModel { Name = "Team1"};
            ADBackend.Instance.Teams.Add(newTeam);
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EIB opens regional representation for Central and East Africa
New offices for the European Investment Bank's Regional Representation for Central and East Africa were today officially inaugurated by the Minister for Finance, the Hon. David Mwiraria and the President of the EIB, Mr. Philippe Maystadt. The new representation office is the first to be opened by the EIB in sub-Saharan Africa. It is to play a key role in the EIB's commitment to build closer ties with its customers and expand operations in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP), within the framework of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, signed in Cotonou in June 2000, and of the Investment Facility, a risk taking facility for the private and the commercially run public sector, created under the Agreement and managed by the EIB.
The Nairobi-based Regional Representation intends to increase the effectiveness of EIB activities, in particular in the private sector, and to reinforce its identity with the ACP countries in East and Central Africa. As EIB President Philippe Maystadt said: The new Representation Office underlines the EIB's commitment as the European Union's development financing institution to supporting economic development in Africa under the Cotonou Agreement. Kenya being our host underlines its commitment for the same goal. Both the Bank and the ACP realise that implementation of the Cotonou Agreement's challenging mandate requires a permanent presence in Africa.
The EIB representations in Nairobi will add value in terms of operations and flexibility and European Development Finance in the whole region . Local investors will have a point of contact and for advice on European Investment Bank finance of projects through:
Mr. Carmelo Cocuzza
Mr. Philippe Brown
Tel (+254) 20 273 52 60
Fax (+254) 20 271 32 78
Africa Re Centre, Hospital Road, 5th floor, PO Box 40193, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya
Within the private sector, EIB Nairobi will also work with the network of local antennae of the CDE, Center for the Development of Enterprise in the region and with Pro€invest, both set up as independently managed private sector support instruments under the Cotonou Agreement and its predecessor treaties, the Lomé Conventions.
The EIB Nairobi will also help to improve co-ordination with the European Commission's grant aid in support of governance, regulatory and judicial improvements through the national indicative programmes (NIP) in the region. In addition it will strengthen synergies with the EIB's partners in the European Development Financing Institutions group, the EDFI, and with the World Bank group and other peer institutions.
EIB lending under the first full year of the Investment Facility (2004) reached sixteen operations for a total of EUR 337 million. In Kenya, loans of a total of 27 M USD were extended under the Investment Facility to the Magadi Soda Company, to part-finance the construction of its pure ash plant in co-financing with IFC and FMO, and two new loans of a total of 75.5 M EUR were recently approved to support the extension by KenGen of the Olkaria II geothermal power plant and the upgrading of KPLC's power distribution network.
Two other Regional Representations will shortly be officially openend in Dakar, Senegal, for Western Africa, and Tshwane/Pretoria, South Africa, for the Southern Africa region and Indian Ocean. The respective host-Governments and the Bank will officially inaugurate new office venues in Dakar and in Pretoria in June and in July.
The EIB, established in 1958 by the Treaty of Rome, finances capital investment projects that further the European Union (EU) policy objectives. It also participates in the implementation of the EU's co-operation policy towards third countries that have co-operation or association agreements with the Union. Currently, the Bank's financing in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) is carried out under the provisions of the Investment Facility, set up by the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, signed in Cotonou in June 2000. Under the Cotonou agreement the total financial aid available amounts to + EUR 15 billion for 2002-2006, of which EUR 11.3 billion is grant aid from the EU member states, + EUR 2 billion is managed by the EIB under the Investment Facility and up to EUR 1.7 billion is in the form of loans from the EIB's own resources. The Investment Facility is a revolving facility (loan amortizations will be invested in new operations), aiming at supporting technically, environmentally, financially and economically sound projects in the private or the commercially run public sector.
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