I was going to write a post today about how Valentines comes around every year and I only really had someone to share it with once, and now that's long over. I was going to get all deep and philosophical. But in light of certain events, I'm not going to. Instead I want to talk about Venus.
I bet I'm one of a small few people, if not the only one, who actually know Venus by the name Venus. Most people call her Rosi. Today, she's fourteen years, two months, and two days old. Today, she's going to die.
Rosi has one brown eye and one blue eye. It makes her an absolutely beautiful dog. I'm told it's a trait that is common in her breed, Australian Cattle Dog.
There's something to be said about a boy and his dog. I was only ten when we got Rosi and other than fish and a couple of rabbits we nursed back to health, I had no memory of any pets. She quickly became my best friend. I kept up with her and she kept up with me.
When she was younger, she had a lot of energy. She liked to play rough. It's in her nature to bite because that's how she would have herded the cattle. There was no cattle, only my arms. I can only imagine what my teachers thought when I'd come to school with big welts on my arms and thin red lines of blood. I didn't care.
There was one summer where Rosi and I spent most of our days together. She loved to run and I had a pair of roller-blades. We'd circle the block and she'd always make a mad dash for home on the last straightaway.
I'd take her running with me and later when she started to slow down, I'd take walks with her.
One year, for Christmas, I got my dad our second dog, Mabel. Rosi didn't like that. Mabel liked Rosi. Now they're old friends.
Rosi has always been loyal to our family. She's been an intimidating 70 pounds of dog with a mean bark. We had friends who wouldn't come in the house because Rosi scared them. But deep down, she's a sweetheart.
Before I left for the Peace Corps, I wrote One Week Goodbyes. In a paragraph, I talked about how I knew I would be saying goodbye to some people, possibly forever. Rosi was in mind. I wasn't kidding myself when I left that she'd certainly be around when I got home. She's old.
I was lucky, however, because I had a chance to see her again when I went home last September for our brother's wedding. She was a bit older, a bit weaker, and a bit quieter but she was still puttering around.
In my weekly phone calls with my parents, I always asked how Rosi was doing because I wanted to make this moment easier by being ready for it. In recent months Rosi has had trouble with stairs and the cold and sleeping at night. I've heard her bark in the background of the calls and it's lost its forcefulness. Her health has been on and off for months now, off more and more often.
Rosi, you'll forever be my first love and my best friend. I hope when you're at peace you get to bark at the mailman and run in the warm summer sun, feeling the grass on your paws. When I make my way to you at the end of my life, greet me as the family member I am without the barking meant for a stranger.
Beautiful! I must share through the tears. She loved you too!
Thank you for sharing your love for Venus, the Goddess of Love. I enjoyed reading about your adventures. It's so beautiful that you had such a bond with her. Blessings to you, Venus/Rosi. Blessings to you, D.
Thanks for your kind words Bunny.
Beautiful, Danny. I can relate to your situation as my family's dog was put down during PST, also at a ripe old age (but that didn't make it any easier).
Thanks Tammela. Even though we both might have expected it, it only became real (for me at least) when it was happening.
I have read this several times in the past two days. Every time it brings tears to my eyes. Even though it was one of the hardest things I have had to do, I know in my heart that our beautiful Rosi is no longer suffering. She is at peace.
A touching entry. Thank you for coming by my blog recently and sharing a few links. Australian Cattle Dogs make for great companions. Your story about roller-blades was particularly nostalgic for me. Bandit and I used to skateboard in a similar way when he was a pup.
I never could brave the skateboard even without a dog pulling, I can only imagine I would have fallen and skinned my chin.


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Once known mainly as a major commuting pathway from Northern Virginia to Washington, DC, Columbia Pike has developed into one of Arlington's most vibrant neighborhoods. As commercial space along the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor became more expensive over the past decades, many of the funky businesses that made those neighborhoods so special headed to the Columbia Pike area in search of more space and lower costs. With the plethora of parks, schools, restaurants, nightlife and shops, it's easy to see why Columbia Pike is attracting so much attention from investors and residents alike.
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The 200-year-old community of Columbia Pike begins just about a mile south of Route 50, bordering Alcova Heights to the northwest and Penrose to the northeast. Columbia Pike is centered on its namesake, also known as Route 244, a major artery of Arlington and Northern Virginia that runs from Annandale all the way to The Pentagon. Beginning on the west end of the neighborhood, Columbia Pike starts at the intersection of Columbia Pike and S Oakland Street, continues north up S Oakland Street, east on 9th Street S, south on S Wayne Street, down Columbia Pike again to S Cleveland Street, then back west on 12thStreet S at the intersection of Columbia Pike and S Monroe Street.
Similar to many of the urban villages of Arlington, Columbia Pike's housing stock consists mainly of condominiums and townhomes, with a diverse combination of older homes and brand new developments. The Barkley is one of the older condo buildings in the community, but still has all the amenities that condo buyers look for, including an outdoor pool. Columbia Place is a new boutique development constructed by Evergreene Homes that has a mix of 22 stylish townhomes and condominiums. Another exciting new development is Pike 3400. This community includes 15,000 square feet of retail and 44 luxury 4-level townhomes with tons of outdoor space, including private roofdecks. There are also some single-family homes dotted on the southern edge of what's considered Columbia Pike. 1940s Cape Cods and mid-2000s to recently built single-family-style townhomes are the main types of homes in the area.
Things to Do in Columbia Pike
Take a stroll down Columbia Pike and you'll be able to see how the community has taken shape over the years, with older favorites like the Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse and Bob and Edith's mixed in newcomers like William Jeffrey's. The Arlington Cinema 'N' Drafthouse has long been an entertainment spot for Columbia Pike residents. This historic cinema plays both recent films and the classics, hosts comedians and provides full restaurant service to its patrons.
Just steps outside of Columbia Pike are many parks and recreation options. Walter Reed Community Center and Park is just two-and-a-half blocks south of the community and has basketball courts, a playground, tennis courts, and a Capital Bikeshare hub. Another huge perk of the community is its proximity to the brand-new Arlington Mill Community & Senior Center, which has basketball courts, a fitness facility, playground and a game room.
The community gets residents involved with events and happenings, including a weekly farmers market, summer movie screenings,and live concerts. Events like Restaurant Week, the Columbia Pike Blues festival, and Hike the Pike mean that Columbia Pike residents always have something cool to check out.
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Columbia Pike is undergoing an exciting transformation. Pricing is competitive, but more and more homebuyers are taking notice of this Arlington gem. This area is sure to be the next popular urban village in Arlington and has all the makings of a great investment.
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Olivier Duong has written an article titled "the shocking truth about what it takes to succeed in photography". His point-of-view may seem slanted, but it matches my experience in other industries. It's sad to see that business acumen is more important that one's craft. Those I know who professionally work in an arts field are very business oriented. The ones who are the happiest in their work tend to do just enough business development and marketing to keep a comfortable level of revenue coming in. Myself, I would love to understand just how to get this balance right.


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News Jan 28th 2020 - 11pm
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WATCH: After a fight with cancer, Fargo ER nurse couple to run half-marathon
Written By: Kevin Wallevand | May 7th 2019 - 11pm.
Nicole and Nathan Parrett pictured with their 3-year-old daughter and 1-year-old son. Special to WDAY News
FARGO — Fargo-Moorhead is just two weeks away from welcoming thousands to town for the Fargo Marathon, and for one local couple the difficult process of training for the race has been a healing one.
After finishing cancer treatments, a Fargo emergency room nurse and mother of two is training with her husband — who is also an ER nurse — to run a half-marathon.
Nicole and Nathan Parrett promised each other one thing: both will start and finish the race together on Marathon Day.
Training is a family event. The couple's 3-year-old daughter Norah and 1-year-old son Nolan go along for the ride.
But preparing for the half-marathon was not even close to being on their minds a few months ago.
"I don't like running, to be honest with you, not my thing," Nathan explained.
At the end of 2017, Nicole was seven months pregnant and working in the Sanford Medical Center emergency room when she became short of breath.
Doctors ran a few tests, and they came back with a jaw-dropping result.
"I was sitting there, waiting for the doctor thinking: 'I need to get back to work.' And he came in and said, 'we think it is Hodgkin's lymphoma,' " Nicole said.
Nicole went through surgery and chemotherapy with lots of support from fellow nurses and medical staff who work with her and her husband at the hospital.
"We deal with cancer patients every day and never thought this would happen to me, ever," Nicole said.
Now on the other side of treatment, the couple has a new view on life. Neither makes running a daily habit, but their decision to enter the half-marathon has nothing to do with running.
"Being late to an appointment, or rough day at work, it puts things in perspective, it has been a positive experience in that way . . . we have both grown up a lot," Nathan said.
For the couple it's about finishing the race. While the cancer battle was Nicole's, it was a family journey and now they celebrate how it changed them.
"Before, I would be driving in traffic and a car would cut me off, I would get so mad at them,' " Nicole said. "Now I am like: go ahead cut me off, I don't even care . . . I have bigger fish to fry. You just know what matters in life."
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LHSAA Prep Classic: A look at the nine state football championship games
LaMar Gafford
Alexandria Town Talk
The LHSAA Prep Classic will start Sunday at Northwestern State's Turpin Stadium in Natchitoches with state championship games through Wednesday.
Here's a look at every game.
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No. 1 Many (11-0) vs. No. 6 Kinder (9-2)
When: 1 p.m., Sunday.
Last meeting: Many won 22-15 (2014 Class 2A finals). Many leads series 2-1 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: Many: 33rd playoff appearance (5 title game appearances - 1988, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020; 1 title - 2014). Kinder: 36th playoff appearance (7 title game appearances - 1964, 1967, 1978, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020; 4 titles – 1967, 1978, 2013, 2015).
2020 playoff results: Many def. No. 32 Varnado 2-0 (forfeit), def. No. 16 South Plaquemines 2-0 (forfeit), def. No. 9 Amite 34-30, def. No. 12 General Trass 83-36. Kinder def. No. 27 Delcambre 55-0, def. No. 11 Avoyelles 28-22, def. No. 6 Loreauville 21-14, def. No. 2 Mangham 19-13.
More:Many scores 86 points in 2A state semifinal win vs General Trass
More:Many QB Zequarrius 'Cadillac' Rhone ready to 'shine when it's time to shine'
No. 3 Byrd (10-0) vs. No. 4 Catholic-BR (8-2)
Last meeting: Byrd won 24-7 (2002 Class 5A regionals). Byrd leads series 1-0 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: Byrd: 39th playoff appearance (13 title game appearances – 1926, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1943, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1962, 2013; 7 titles – 1926, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1949). Catholic-BR: 38th playoff appearance (7 title game appearances - 1964, 1967, 1978, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2020; 2 titles – 2015, 2017).
2020 playoff results: Byrd def. No. 6 St. Augustine 31-14, def. No. 7 John Curtis 14-13. Catholic-BR def. No. 5 Rummel 42-35, def. No. 1 Brother Martin 49-31.
More:Byrd uses a 'Little' magic to get past John Curtis
More:Byrd, Huntington, Logansport, Shreve athletes ready to sign with colleges
No. 1 Oak Grove (10-0) vs. No. 3 Grand Lake (8-1)
When: 11 a.m., Monday.
Last meeting: none.
State playoffs/championship history: Oak Grove: 47th playoff appearance (11 title game appearances – 1964, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2018, 2019, 2020; 5 titles – 1989, 1991, 1999, 2001, 2019). Grand Lake: 7th playoff appearance (1 title game appearance - 2020; no titles).
2020 playoff results: Oak Grove def. No. 16 East Beauregard 55-6, def. No. 8 Logansport 67-14, def. No. 5 Homer 59-12. Grand Lake def. No. 19 Delhi 36-6, def. No. 11 Centerville 27-6, def. No. 2 East Iberville 13-8.
More:Oak Grove humbles Homer, advances to Class 1A finals
More:How social media helped Oak Grove's Dalton Allen on the recruiting trail
No. 2 St. Charles (7-2) vs. No. 5 Lafayette Christian (8-1)
When: 3 p.m., Monday
Last meeting: LCA won 41-14 (2019 Division III finals). LCA leads series 1-0 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: St. Charles: 34th playoff appearance (6 title game appearances – 2005, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2019, 2020; 1 title - 2011). LCA: 6th playoff appearance (3 title game appearances – 2017, 2018, 2019; 3 titles – 2017, 2018, 2019).
2020 playoff results: St. Charles def. Dunham 31-7, def. Notre Dame 24-22. LCA def. Episcopal 14-12, def. Newman 21-7.
More:Acadiana high school football roundup: LCA, STM advance to state championship games
More:Challenging childhood prepared LCA freshman quarterback for the spotlight
No. 1 De La Salle (9-0) vs. No. 2 St. Thomas More (9-0)
When: 7:30 p.m., Monday
Last meeting: STM won 58-10 (2019 Division II finals). Series tied 1-1 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: De La Salle: 16th playoff appearance (3 title game appearances – 2017, 2019, 2020; no titles). STM: 33rd playoff appearance (5 title game appearances – 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020; 2 titles – 2016, 2019).
2020 playoff results: De La Salle def. No. 8 Teurlings Catholic 28-17, def. No. 5 E.D. White 42-2. St. Thomas More def. No. 7 Parkview Baptist 35-0, def. No. 3 University Lab 31-23.
More:'Newest Cougar fan': Jim Cantore gets St. Thomas More T-shirt from Breaux Bridge parent
More:LSU commit Walker Howard is having fun, and scoring lots of touchdowns
No. 1 Calvary (8-2) vs. No. 3 Ouachita Christian (9-1)
Last meeting: OCS won 49-47 (2019 Division IV quarterfinals). Calvary leads series 3-2 since 2000.
When: 1 p.m., Tuesday.
State playoffs/championship history: Calvary: 16th playoff appearance (3 title game appearances – 2013, 2014, 2020; 2 titles – 2013, 2014). OCS: 35th playoff appearance (10 title game appearances – 1985, 1987, 1997, 2000, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2020; 7 titles – 1985, 1997, 2000, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2019).
2020 playoff results: Calvary def. St. Martin 45-7, def. Catholic-PC 48-16, def. Southern Lab 24-14. OCS def. Hamilton Christian 2-0 (forfeit), def. Metairie Park Country Day 34-14, def. Vermilion Catholic 36-34.
More:Calvary's Joseph Wilson afraid of roaches, not Southern Lab Kittens
More:How prayer, basketball has inspired Calvary player Tyler Marshall
More:Long on toughness and heart, OCS senior class reestablishes championship standard
More:How Hunter Herring went from ULM baseball commit to Ragin' Cajuns football signee
No. 1 Carencro (11-1) vs. No. 2 Edna Karr (10-1)
Last meeting: No meetings in last 20 years.
State playoffs/championship history: Carencro: 32nd playoff appearance (4 title game appearances – 1992, 1996, 2011, 2020; 1 title - 1992). Karr: 26th playoff appearance (13 title game appearances – 1993, 1995, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020; 6 titles – 1993, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
2020 playoff results: Carencro def. No. 32 Woodlawn-Shreveport 2-0 (forfeit), def. No. 16 DeRidder 42-7, def. No. 8 Plaquemine 81-14, def. No. 4 Neville 49-7. Karr def. No. 31 A.J. Ellender 42-0, def. No. 15 Istrouma 70-19, def. No. 10 Eunice 40-7, def. No. 6 Warren Easton 35-13.
More:Carencro defeats Neville to advance to 4A state championship game
More:How a chainsaw became a rallying cry for Carencro football
No. 2 Union Parish (11-0) vs. No. 9 Madison Prep (9-2)
When: 1 p.m., Wednesday.
Last meeting: Union Parish won 35-26 (2019 Class 3A quarterfinals). Union Parish leads series 1-0 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: Union Parish: 25th playoff appearance (3 title game appearances – 2001, 2013, 2020; 2 titles – 2001, 2013). Madison Prep: 8th playoff appearance (2 title game appearances - 2016, 2020; no titles).
2020 playoff results: Union Parish def. No. 31 North Webster 47-16, def. No. 18 Booker T. Washington-NO 53-21, def. No. 10 St. Martinville 47-6, def. No. 3 Lake Charles College Prep 43-42. Madison Prep def. No. 24 Bogalusa 46-8, def. No. 8 Donaldsonville 41-18, def. No. 1 Jennings 27-20, def. No. 4 Church Point 22-16.
More:Union Parish's 2-point conversion holds off Lake Charles College Prep in 3A semifinals
More:How Union Parish, Oak Grove, OCS plan to prepare for Prep Classic
No. 1 Acadiana (10-1) vs. No. 6 Alexandria (7-1)
Last meeting: Acadiana won 52-0 (2016 Class 5A first round). Acadiana leads series 1-0 since 2000.
State playoffs/championship history: Acadiana: 37th playoff appearance (5 title game appearances – 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020; 5 titles – 2006, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019). ASH: 29th playoff appearance (1 title game appearance - 2020; no titles).
2020 playoff results: Acadiana def. No. 32 Covington 44-7, def. No. 16 East Ascension 42-14, def. No. 8 Mandeville 21-0, def. No. 5 Destrehan 23-0. ASH def. No. 27 Slidell 35-0, def. No. 11 Haughton 38-6, def. No. 3 Zachary 31-28, def. No. 10 West Monroe 33-17.
More:Acadiana advances to second straight state championship game
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More:ASH to play in first state championship football game in school history
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Boom, bust - what's next for bitcoin?
The price of bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster journey since the start of the year. Dominic Frisby explains where we are in the cycle now.
by: Dominic Frisby
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It seems a long time ago now, but at the start of 2021, bitcoin was at $29,000.
In my annual forecasts piece, my outlook was that:
"Bitcoin goes north of $50,000... But 2021 also sees one of bitcoin's triennial, monster 50%+ corrections."
The first target – $50,000 – was hit by February. The second – the triennial, monster 50%+ correction – by May.
Bitcoin moves fast, but an overall pattern to its cycles is becoming clear
Such is the speed at which this space moves, what gold does in a decade, bitcoin does in a couple of months.
And when I started out as an investor, people said gold was volatile. It looks positively docile in comparison.
So where is bitcoin now in the grand scheme of things?
The digital asset seems to go through four obvious phases in a cycle.
It creeps up quietly. Few outside of the bubble of ardent bitcoiners take notice. We'll call this the quiet accumulation phase.
Those quiet steps up get noisy as the price starts moving up quickly. There is a rush to buy. The media is all over it. There's a huge row about whether bitcoin is in a bubble or not. I get invited onto the BBC to talk about it. Bitcoin has one of its blow-off tops.
We get a monster correction and bitcoin loses over 50% of its value. Nocoiners all go on telly and declare they were right, ignoring the fact that the price to which bitcoin corrected to is several hundred percent above where the quiet accumulation phase began. Earlier in bitcoin's evolution these corrections could be 90% or more. Now they have "scaled back" to more like 60%.
Bitcoin goes into a period of range trading, consolidating the gains of the previous bull market. This is a period of relative quiet, at least by bitcoin standards. There are rallies that get many excited, but prove to be false dawns. Investors get frustrated by the grinding action. The media loses interest. Many forget about it, and so we gradually drift into another quiet accumulation phase.
Let's give those phases some titles: The Quiet Accumulation; The Frenzy and Blow-Off Top; The Monster Correction; The Frustrating Consolidation.
Now let's consider bitcoin's price action over the last few years in the context of this cycle.
Where are we now in the bitcoin cycle?
We'll start with the bubble that ended at the end of 2017 with the Frenzy and Blow-Off top. The Monster Correction followed and the price collapsed 85% to the $3,000 area. We were then in The Frustrating Consolidation.
The key thing to note about Frustrating Consolidations is that they are frustrating. Forget rule of law, this is rule of Sod's Law. Whatever outcome is the most frustrating will be the outcome, chief among them being the fact that this period of frustrating consolidation will go on for much longer than anyone really wants, especially those hoping for fast gains.
In this instance the Frustrating Consolidation lasted almost two years – from early 2018 with bitcoin around $5,500, through to March 2020 with bitcoin at $3,000. There were rallies along the way. At one point bitcoin went to $13,000, but it also went as low at $3,000 – twice.
We got two Quiet Accumulation phases – the months around the turn of 2019 with bitcoin around $3,000. And then a textbook quiet accumulation amidst the Corona panic of spring 2020 – from March through to July.
In around October, we transitioned from Quiet Accumulation to Frenzy and Blow-Off Top. That's when bitcoin launched. $64,000 was the peak of the blow-off.
Then in April of this year our Monster Correction kicked in and the price more than halved.
And guess where we are now? Yup. Frustrating Consolidation.
We have seen bitcoin retest the $29-30,000 area several times. There would seem to be support there. Those nocoiners who declared it a bubble that will go nowhere, are all congratulating themselves. "Look, bitcoin has had a 55% correction," they are saying.
They're also ignoring the fact that bitcoin is bottoming at $30,000 which is ten times higher than where it bottomed in the previous cycle.
Now bitcoin has had a bit of a rally to $50,000. It's looking good.
The bears have gone quiet. The bulls are all saying we're going to $100,000. Heck, why not, it's going to a million dollars!
Remember the golden rule of Frustrating Consolidations. If it can frustrate it will frustrate. The Rule of Sod is at play.
This rally to $50,000 might be the real deal. I suspect not, however.
You have to own some bitcoin. Its potential is too great not to have some exposure. The risk is not owning it. I've said that many times.
But such is the nature of Frustrating Consolidations I don't think we are going to the moon just yet.
This is one of those Money Mornings where I'll be glad to be wrong. But I rather suspect we have many more months of grind, before the next Quiet Accumulation and Frenzy and Blow-Off Top.
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Q: Cloning and manipulating nested object using forEach, map, or filter without modifying original object I'm trying to get a handle on using .map, .filter to clone and modify a big nested JSON object based on a deeply nested property. With the below code, the original data and the filtered data both end up getting modified, but I'm trying to leave the original data intact. What I'm hoping to do is have the deeply nested concerns array emptied in the final filtered object for a given id, leaving the original data as the original complete data set.
var data {...};

var dataFilter = function dataBuild(data) {
  var newData = data;

  newData.service_requests = newData.service_requests.map((request) => {
    request.concerns = request.concerns.filter((concern) => {
      return concern.building_id == 2
    });
    return request;
  });

    return newData;
};

var filtered = dataFilter(data);

Here's a fiddle with what I'm trying to do with the full object in there.
http://jsbin.com/doyoqinoxo/edit?js,console

A: When you do:
var newData = data;

you are simply making a second reference to the same object, so:
newData.service_requests = ...

overwrites the value in data.service_requests.
It seems you want newData to be a copy of data, not a reference to the same object. There are plenty of posts here on how to copy a nested object (a so–called deep copy), e.g. What is the most efficient way to clone an object?, but please ignore the accepted answer unless you are using jQuery. Use one of the other answers, like this one.

A: JSIterator .map() creates the new array with the same number of elements or does not change the original array. There might be the problem with referencing if there is object inside the array as it copies the same reference, so, when you are making any changes on the property of the object it will change the original value of the element which holds the same reference.
The solution would be to copy the object, well, array.Splice() and [...array](spread Operator) would not help in this case, you can use JavaScript Utility library like Loadash or just use below mention code:
const newList = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(orinalArr))

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If you've ever toured around the UK on a bike then you've probably used parts of the National Cycle Network. NCN roads often provide quiet routes across spectacular scenery.
However, they do have a habit of also running you along tarmac roads that degenerate into cart-tracks, bridleways, sand & gravel drags and even the odd ploughed field or two. With some pretty steep slopes thrown in for good measure.
This bike is designed to take all of that in its stride.
A Columbus fillet brazed frame with a Whisky No7 CX fork. Paragon Low Mount disc dropouts keep the rear brake tucked away. They are eyeleted for mudguards and a rack.
TRP Spyres are matched to Shimano Ultegra running a wide ratio cassette. Hope headsets and hubs give excellent long-term reliability, plus sheep get plenty of warning when you freewheel downhill.
The cables are routed externally with full housing. This keeps the dirt out, and enables a simple swap to hydraulic brakes in future.


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Mubarakization watch: Egypt referendum results
January 22, 2014 Kevin Lees 3 Comments
For the record, the results of last week's constitutional referendum are in — voters approved Egypt's new constitution by a margin of 98.13% to 1.87%, though on a turnout of just 38.6%.
With the opponents of the new constitution boycotting the vote, including the supporters of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the lopsided margin makes some sense. The turnout was higher than the 32.9% recorded for the December 2012 constitutional referendum hastily organized to approve the Islamist-friendly constitution promulgated by former president Mohammed Morsi, and it's only a little lower than the 41.9% turnout in the March 2011 constitutional referendum when optimism ran highest after the collapse of the regime of former president Hosni Mubarak.
But it's not a great sign for Egyptian democracy that such wide majorities endorsed two very contradictory visions for Egypt's constitution within the same 13-month period. It's also not a great sign that the 'July 3' regime, the military government that ousted Morsi last summer and headed by interim president Adly Mansour and defense minister and armed forces chief Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, dispersed and harassed opponents of the new constitution in the days leading up to the vote. By most accounts, the current government hasn't been as heavy-handed as the Mubarak regime in the 2005 and 2010 votes, which amounted to show elections, but that's setting the standard for Mansour and El-Sisi fairly low.
Amnesty International on Wednesday harshly condemned the military regime's use of force and the infringement of human rights since taking power seven months ago. The interim government has repeatedly used lethal force to break up protests, largely in support of the Morsi regime. In a world where the government continues to refuse to allow the Muslim Brotherhood to compete freely and fairly, though, a cloud of doubt will hang over not only the constitutional referendum, but the next two sets of elections.
It's worth noting that the new constitution marks an improvement in some areas over the 2012 constitution that Morsi pushed through (after initially trying to take dictatorial powers in November 2012) — it theoretically holds Egypt to the standard of international treaties on human rights, takes a zero-tolerance approach to torture, reduces the role of Islam in governance, and improves women's rights and the rights of religious minorities.
So what comes next? Continue reading Mubarakization watch: Egypt referendum results →
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El-Mursi Hegazy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Egyptian Economy
January 9, 2013 Kevin Lees 2 Comments
While most of the attention on Egypt in the past couple of months has been over constitutional battles — president Mohammed Morsi's decree asserting extraordinary powers and a hastily called referendum on what's now become Egypt's constitution — it's easy to lose sight of the fact that the Egyptian economy has gone from bad to worse.
Indeed, since the initial Tahrir Square revolts began two years ago that ultimately pushed former president Hosni Mubarak out of office, the Egyptian economy has taken a backseat to more philosophical arguments about Egypt's future and its governance.
But Egypt's sclerotic economy remains, perhaps, a key ingredient in determining how Egypt's political and constitutional debate will ultimately be resolved, and it's probably one of the most important issues that U.S. and international policymakers should be watching as they try to discern what's happening in Egypt and in the Middle East more broadly.
So with the third round of parliamentary elections in two years set for this spring, which will certainly feature another round of debate about the weighty issues of the role of Islamism in government, the relationship between the presidency and the Egyptian army, the separation of powers in Egyptian government, and the freedoms and rights that should be granted to Egyptians, Morsi's cabinet reshuffle over the weekend is an opportunity to remember that Egypt's economic condition will feature prominently as well.
Morsi replaced 10 of the cabinet members (retaining the current prime minister Hisham Qandil, a former minister for of water resources and irrigation), but the most important appointment was a new Egyptian finance minister after what's been seen as a disappointing six months for Morsi and the Egyptian economy.
Al-Mursi Al-Sayed Hegazy, a professor of economics at Alexandria University and an expert on Islamic finance, will replace Momtaz El-Saeed, who had served as Egypt's top financial officer since December 2011 and who had served as a budget undersecretary in the finance ministry during the Mubarak era. We don't know much more about him other than that, although any change is probably a good sign, given the horrific state of Morsi's economic policy.
Although Hegazy doesn't have ties to the old Mubarak regime, and he is seen as much closer to the Muslim Brotherhood (جماعة الاخوان المسلمين) than his predecessor, his selection is curious, because he's not incredibly well-known, and certainly, not someone who would have immediately reassured international investors or the International Monetary Fund (in the way that, say, the appointment of Mohamed El-Erian, the chief executive of investment manager PIMCO would be).
At the top of Hegazy's to-do list will be to secure a postponed IMF package for up to $4.8 billion in loans — the package was signed in November, but later postponed in December amid the political tumult surrounding the constitutional referendum.
That gives IMF managing director Christine Lagarde (pictured above in Egypt) incredible influence over the Egyptian economy, and it means that the tax increases that Morsi had been preparing before December, not to mention additional austerity measures, are all but certain to be enacted. With parliamentary elections expected in April, I'm not sure we can really depend on austerity measures being implemented too soon.
On the other hand, if the IMF deal isn't sealed shortly, Egypt's economy could face a meltdown that would also harm Morsi and the Brotherhood, which will contest the upcoming elections through its Freedom and Justice Party (حزب الحرية والعدال). With the country's foreign reserves rapidly declining, Qatar provided a $2 billion loan to Egypt on Tuesday, with an additional grant of $500 million in immediate aid. Qatar has taken the most active role in keeping Egypt afloat since the end of the Mubarak era — last September, it committed $8 billion for power, iron and steel investments at the northern end of the Suez Canal and $10 billion for additional tourism infrastructure.
For Morsi, the sweet spot is securing the IMF deal ASAP, with austerity measures expected to begin very shortly after the spring elections — he gets the institutional benefits of stabilizing Egypt's economy without taking the politically painful steps that the IMF may ultimately require under the deal.
That timing may be fine with the IMF, though, so long as Morsi commits to raising additional revenue and other structural reforms shortly after the April elections. Certainly, the IMF must realize that a deal will boost the chances for a more stable Egypt. Continue reading El-Mursi Hegazy and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Egyptian Economy →
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Anthony Joshua and Andy Ruiz to Battle It Out as Saudi Soft Power Focuses on Sport
Anthony Joshua described the venue for Saturday's fight - a hastily put-together arena in Diriyah, on the outskirts of Riyadh - as the "Mecca of boxing" during a final press conference on Wednesday, 4 December.
The choice of words may have offended Muslims and Las Vegas but Joshua was clearly trying to please his hosts, who have stumped up around £40 million to put on his rematch with Ruiz in the Saudi desert.
It is part of a campaign by the Saudi government, headed by Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, to use sport to push Saudi soft power internationally.
In February the kingdom hosted a first European Tour golf event, zand next month the famous Dakar Rally will be hosted by the Saudis and four of Spain's top football clubs, including Barcelona and Real Madrid will come to Jeddah for the Spanish Super Cup tournament.
Boxing is another sport which has seen plenty of Saudi money thrown at it - last year Britain's Callum Smith beat George Groves in the World Super Series final in Jeddah and earlier this year Amir Khan defeated Australia's Billy Dib in the same city.
But the world heavyweight championship is on an altogether different scale and the "Clash on the Dunes" will be shown live on television in Britain, the United States and all over the world on Saturday night.
The fight may also help to improve the image of Saudi Arabia, which has been damaged after the killing of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Joshua and Ruiz also said they were happy to fight in the kingdom.
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French President Emmanuel Macron, right, poses with Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Tuesday, April 10, 2018.
Crown Prince Mohammed, who may attend the fight, has masterminded an economic overhaul programme, called Vision 2030, which aims to make Saudi Arabia less reliant on oil. He has also relaxed rules to allow women to drive and to join the security forces.
Although Las Vegas is considered the real "Mecca of boxing", the world heavyweight championship has a history of globe-trotting.
In the 1970s Muhammad Ali famously beat George Foreman in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in the 'Rumble in the Jungle', after dictator Joseph Mobutu stumped up the money.
Ali also fought Joe Frazier in the Philippines in the 'Thrilla in Manila' while Foreman and Frazier fought in Kingston, Jamaica and Mike Tyson suffered a shocking defeat to Buster Douglas in Tokyo in 1990.
The shock loss to Ruiz was a serious blow to Joshua, 30, who was already thinking of a unification fight with WBC title holder Deontay Wilder.
Wilder is set to fight Britain's Tyson Fury in a rematch in February and if Joshua can overcome Ruiz it could set up a mouthwatering clash between the winners next summer.
But Joshua knows he was beaten fair and square by Ruiz, who was under-estimated by many boxing pundits because of his slightly chubby appearance.
Joshua said he was "hungry, determined and focused" and added: "I am not here to put on a show, I am here to win."
He said: "When I regain those belts... I am going to keep calm, stay focused. It's not a time to celebrate. It's a time to keep that challenger mindset and move on to the next target."
Ruiz, who has only lost once before - to New Zealand's Joseph Parker - said: "There's no way that I'm going to let these belts go. I am going to die trying and do anything that's possible. It's been a long journey and a long rollercoaster in my life, and now that my dream has come true I will never let this go."
He said of Joshua: "I know he is going to come with a different game plan, I know he's prepared and I know he's motivated. I know he's lost weight and will try to box me around, but it's just may job to prevent that. I'm ready for whatever comes my way."


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Diversified Indian conglomerate ITC is reportedly looking to expand its dairy segment and is planning to launch new products pan-India. As per trusted sources, the company has already forayed into the fresh dairy segment in Bihar and West Bengal with the unveiling of its milk and curd products.
Divisional Chief Executive of Food at ITC Limited, Hemant Malik was reportedly quoted stating that the company would launch paneer shortly and foray into the milkshake category over the next couple of months. ITC has narrowed down on the categories of milkshake and paneer and its teams are currently working on cheese and Tetra Pak milk categories, Malik further added.
Even though the earlier launches in the dairy segment have been under the Aashirvaad brand, the milkshake is slated to be unveiled with a different identity, cite sources. For the record, the milkshake (flavored milk) category in India is currently valued at INR 15 billion and ITC is planning to launch new fruit and kesar badam variants in the milkshake.
Reportedly, the new variants would be manufactured at the Kapurthala facility of ITC in Punjab where it has already poured in INR 8 to 10 billion. Spread over 65 acres of land, the facility also manufactures noodles, snacks, atta, and other products.
The launch of new variants would be pan-India and ITC is most likely to focus on markets where it has core procurements and distribution strengths as it scales up the dairy business across the country. Sources familiar with the development claim that the said markets are in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
However, the company stated that it would focus on Bengal and Bihar in terms of fresh dairy segment over the next six months. According to a report published by The Indian Express, milk would initially be procured from Bihar and later from a local producer in West Bengal for which a tie-up has been already formed.
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The Blinde Rot, also called the Adelmannsfelder Rot, is a river in the Ellwangen Hills in the north of the German state of Baden-Württemberg, that rises in the municipality Frankenhardt and discharges into the Kocher in the municipality of Abtsgmünd.

Geography
The Blinde Rot rises on the gravel sandstone plateau on the northern foothills of the Ellwangen Hills, flows shortly thereafter through the lake of Fleckenbachsee and then meanders southwards through river meadows, before swinging abruptly west in front of the Hornberg hill, about 2 km before emptying into the Kocher near Schäufele.

The whole length of its valley lies on the Middle Keuper rocks. Its neighbouring rivers, which run through valleys roughly parallel to the Blinde Rot to the west as east, the Bühler and the Jagst, both flow in the opposite direction, i.e. to the north.

Tributaries
The tributaries of the Blinde Rot from source to mouth are:

Environment and protected areas
The Blinde Rot initially flows through a very shallow depression, but from about Willa it cut more deeply and nowhere exceeds a maximum width of 150 metres. Mostly enclosed on both sides by wooded slopes, a small-scale, natural river landscape has survived on the valley floor. Pastures and meadows alternate here with woods, including elsewhere rare carrs. The river winds freely through both in natural meanders with steep and gently banks, accompanied by sandbanks, oxbow lakes and pools that are slowly silting up.
The upper reaches the valley from the village of Bühlerzell to the hamlet of Grafenhof are designated as a protected landscape. This reserve was formed by a local act issued by the Ostalbkreis district office on 5 May 1994 and covers an area of 358 hectares.
Immediately thereafter until the Burghardmühle mill below Adelmannsfelden is the protected landscape known as the "Valley of the Blinde Rot". It covers 84.5 hectares and was established on 20 December 1968.

Fauna
The nature reserve of the Valley of the Blinde Rot (Naturschutzgebiet Tal der Blinde Rot) is a habitat rich in fauna.
In the valley, 28 breeding bird species have been observed, including the white-throated dipper, the common kingfisher, the Eurasian woodcock and the marsh warbler.
Two reptiles are native here: the viviparous lizard and slowworm, and the 7 species of amphibian include the fire salamander and yellow-bellied toad.
In the waters of the Blinde Rot live the rare river trout and the endangered brook lamprey, and on the floodplain are numerous species of butterfly and dragonfly.

Flora
Along the shore of the blind red are Alnus glutinosa and willows. In the extensively farmed wetlands still growing Trollius europaeus. In the wetlands to find the source bulrush and various sedges like the Yellow, the tassel visible, the felt and the fox sedge. An orchid that come Broad, the meat red and the rare green-winged orchid in the valley before, else the yellow aconite and the forest-Columbine.

Water quality
The blind was red with 2004 levels detected over her for this run from about the inflow of Geißbachs lightly loaded (class I-II).

History
In the catchment area, which is more than half covered by forests, forestry was formerly predominantly characterised by charcoal burning, resins,  and especially the extraction of timber. It was processed in sawmills into sawn timber, but most of it was used as fuel, turned into firewood for those living in the valley. Most of the timber from the forests was transported along the Blinde Rot and Kocher to Schwäbisch Hall where the saltworks had a great demand for firewood.

Sights and structures
Fleckenbachsee lake and Fleckenbach Sawmill
Middle reaches of the river with oxbow lakes, sandstone rocks and several steep side valleys
St. James' pilgrimage church in Hohenberg in Rosenberg about 3 km east of the river at a height of 568 metres on the Zeugenberg
Adelmannsfelden Castle

Economy
Waterpower used to be used in the valley of the Blinde Rot to drive several sawmills, paper and oil mills. There is still a small sawmill at Betzenhof. On the Ludwigsmühle below Willa is a medium-sized woodmill. Hydropower is still used today at four locations in the valley.

Importance as a transport route
In the valley, there are hardly any roads along the river. Apart from, the L 1060 at Willa and the L 1073 in Adelmannsfelden are no maintained roads of more than local significance.

See also
List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg

References

Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Ellwangen Hills
Rivers of Germany

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Arpin graduates from 4-H
Madeline Lilak Willing Workers 4-H Club
Shaylee Arpin, of Salina, recently graduated from the Central Kansas District Willing Workers 4-H Club.
She has been a longtime member of Willing Workers 4-H Club for 12 years, beginning at age 7, but she was involved with her siblings before she could start officially.
Her favorite projects have been photography, communications, leadership and citizenship.
She attended Citizenship Washington Focus one recent summer. Her group took a charter bus to Washington, D.C., and stayed over the Fourth of July. Her favorite experience was sitting on the lawn of the Iwo Jima Memorial with her CWF family, she said.
Shaylee attended the 4-H camp at Rock Springs for six years and has been a counselor for three years. This year, she attended Campference, a second 4-H camp, as a counselor. She said she has always loved attending campfire and has led it since she became a counselor. Her favorite part about leading the campfires is making it special for the campers.
Shaylee said that if one year were to stick out from her years in 4-H, it would be this past year because she represented Kansas 4-H as a national conference delegate, where she gave a presentation to different departments of the U.S. government on the subject "Our thoughts as youth."
Shaylee is also part of the Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council, made up of youths from across the state. The council plans four state events throughout the year without being able to meet often. Shaylee said the challenge is to communicate without having nonverbal signals from others.
"As a result, all of us have learned to say what we mean and be outspoken, because if we don't, our opinions will not get heard and we could miss a key part of an event," she said.
Shaylee said her favorite 4-H fair memory was crowning the Tri-Rivers Fair king and queen when she was young. Her sister, Kaitlyn, was selected for fair queen.
"When I saw her as a queen," she said, "I knew someday I wanted to be that and become a role model for younger youth. She has inspired me to become the best 4-H'er I could so that I could inspire others."
And this past week, Shaylee was named queen of the fair.
Shaylee will attend Kansas State University in the fall to study agricultural communications and journalism, with a minor in leadership studies. She is a graduate of Salina South High School.


Gambia Football Federation (GFF) has appointed former Gambian international Modou Jagne as its competitions manager with effect from February1.
Mr. Jagne did his Undergraduate studies in Liberal Arts at the Wabash College, United States of America between 1997 and 2000 where he majored Political Science and minored International Relations.
He also secured certificate in Computer Programming from The Gambia Technical Training Institute (GTTI) and O'Levels from Gambia High School.
Mr. Jagne, one of the most skillful strikers to don The Gambia National Team jersey was capped 12 times by the Scorpions and scored four goals, providing three assists. He spent most of his professional playing career in Austria and played in the Austrian Bundesliga with Sportclub Rheindorf Altach for four and a half seasons where he scored 9 goals in 67 league matches.
He came through the ranks at Hawks Football Club and represented clubs in Vietnam and Bangladesh before hanging up his boots in 2015. He served as a reporter for the national broadcaster, GRTS, until his GFF appointment.
He possess an excellent sporting background both as a former professional player as well as a student athlete that has put in a distinct position of knowing, seeing, and living the life of sport and being in the media. He has decent skills as a sports commentator, pundit, producer and presenter. He is currently the Director of Football at Hawks Football.
With his abundance of football experience and technical knowhow, Jagne's appointment at Football House is expected to add more impetus to enhance the output of the ever demanding work of football administration.
He will be primarily responsible for managing and coordinating logistics for the successful match schedules and would be assisted by three competition assistants from within the Unit to provide in statistics, logistics and administration.


The Battle of Algiers is one of the most critically celebrated films of all time. Made in 1966 it documented Algeria's war for independence. Returning to the roots of the production and the personalities involved, this documentary explores what made The Battle of Algiers so profound and also some of the controversies. Was the truth it was intent on recounting warped by the proximity of the filmmakers to the subject?
In the late 1950s Italian filmmakers Gillo Pontecorvo and Franco Solinas embarked on a project that was to become The Battle of Algiers. "At first their film concept was based on the battle of Algiers, but the main characters were the [French] paratroopers," remembers Bernardo Valli, who served as a war correspondent in Algiers during that period. "The Italian film producers thought the image of a paratrooper would sell better… I tried to explain, which they later accepted, that things were more complex… It was 'Free France' that suppressed Algerian resistance." Buoyed by Valli's directive to go beneath the surface, Pontecorvo and Solinas travelled to Algiers in 1959; there they developed an admiration for the Algerian Liberation Army as they witnessed the period leading up to Algeria's declaration of independence from France in 1962.
At the same time as the Italian filmmakers contemplated a film about the battle, key members of the National Liberation Front (FLN) sought an outlet for their version of the story. "Independence came at the same time as a major crisis, and there was lot of scepticism among the population as to the ability of the FLN to rule Algeria," says Mohamed Harbi, former counsellor of Ahmed Ben Bella. "So we had to raise the troops' spirits, to begin with by creating war legends." Yacef Saadi, one of the leading lights of the FLN, wrote a screenplay based on the experiences of the Algerian liberation forces. Uninterested in what he saw as "a tract praising the rebellion," Pontecorvo offered to work with Saadi to write a more nuanced film that examined the struggle against colonialism in Algeria.
From the film's inception, the team faced several challenges. Despite Algeria's dire economic situation, President Ahmed Ben Bella was persuaded to give 400 million Algerian francs to the film. "Algeria had no money, no money at all. It was an enormous amount," says Mohamed Harbi. "But then again Yacef Saadi was the chief of the armed groups, he had to be given something for the sake of peace." And the production found itself in the middle of a crisis when the tanks of Houari Boumédiène took advantage of the confusion caused by filming to carry out a successful coup.
Read about Gillo Pontecorvo's ground-breaking The Battle of Algiers here.
Malek Bensmaïl was born in Constantine, Algeria in 1966. Early in his youth, he shot films in Super 8. Since completing his film studies in Paris and training at Lenfilm studios in Saint Petersburg, he has devoted his filmmaking efforts to the documentary genre. All of his films relate to the history of his country. His signature cinematography depicts the complex, sensitive contours of humanity. His aim is to use film as a medium for cultural reflection and comparison. His films have received critical acclaim and have won awards at a number of festivals worldwide.
Director Malek Bensmail says, "The Battle of Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo is a film that has marked my life and my work as a filmmaker. I have a special relationship with this film. I was born the year it was presented in Venice. Throughout my childhood in Constantine I would watch the film we called then "The Battle" or "Ali la Pointe", the nickname of the hero of the film. The One, as we called the Algerian television, would broadcast this fiction every 1st November thus commemorating the start of the Algerian War for Independence.
So, as the years went by, Ali la Pointe and also Kader, the two protagonists of the film had become for us, kids, exceptional characters, the heroes of a war that we hadn't known, the heroes of urban guerrilla warfare. On the day after, we would play the important scenes of the film as a game, in our schoolyard or in the streets of our neighbourhood. Role plays: FLN commandos against French paratroopers reciting the dialogues of the film that we knew by heart. For us, young Algerians, then later for everyone, the film became a must see, a mythical film as we all know.
On 19th June 1965 at dawn tanks were brought to different strategic points in the city. It didn't raise any suspicion among the population who thought it was part of the shooting of the film The Battle of Algiers. Military units occupied the radio and the television and the staff arrested the president elect. Colonel Boumediene, who had financed the film and authorized the shooting, set up his Revolutionary Council, which would lead him to presidency. The Battle of Algiers became the scene of different events that all in all were to shape a major part of Algeria's contemporary history and political future."


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Airport City Manchester launches £15m Enterprise Way link road
Airport City Manchester has hosted a community cycling event to mark the completion of the new £15m Enterprise Way link road in conjunction with British Cycling.
The construction of Enterprise Way began in March 2017 and was delivered by main contractor and Airport City JV partner, Beijing Construction Engineering Group International (BCEGI).
The new link road, on the site adjacent to Manchester Airport, will connect new development plots to the rest of the £1bn site and the wider transport network.
Lynda Shillaw, CEO of MAG Property and Airport City JV partner, said: "We're creating a vibrant community at Airport City Manchester and we're focused on promoting lively and engaging ways to bring different people together. We're delighted to work in partnership with British Cycling to host the Airport City Community Ride to officially launch the opening of the new £15m Enterprise Way in a fun and healthy way."
Joel Lavery, head of partnerships at British Cycling, said: "We were delighted to team up with Airport City Manchester for the fantastic community cycling event on the new Enterprise Way. We're incredibly excited about the enormous opportunities here in our home city of Manchester as a result of the Airport City project, and it's great that we're able to help engage local communities and businesses through cycling from the very beginning."
Airport City Manchester has already seen the creation of around 3,000 new jobs and attracted substantial investment, including high-profile global companies including Amazon and DHL.
Airport City Manchester is set to generate more economic benefits to Greater Manchester and the wider northern region, through the creation of up to 16,000 jobs over the next 10-15 years.
This latest project is part of the £30m investment that has been committed by the Airport City Manchester JV partners into the development so far.
Dongwen Yu, lead director at BCEGI said: "I am pleased we have delivered the building of Enterprise Way on time and on budget. It is a very important milestone as we work with our partners to unlock the full potential of Airport City."
Simon Eastwood, managing director at Carillion Developments and Airport City JV partner, said: "It's been a really important year at Airport City Manchester, which has included the delivery of our first buildings, major infrastructure and a significant 45-acre land sale at Global Logistics, which has set the pace for what will be delivered in future. The opening of Enterprise Way highlights the scale and opportunity across this unique site and brings the range of development opportunities to life."
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HomeSmart MobilityColorado Department of Transportation Partners with Arrivo On Hyperloop
Colorado Department of Transportation Partners with Arrivo On Hyperloop
December 4, 2017 Smart Cities Connect Smart Mobility
The State of Colorado's Department of Transportation and the E-470 Public Highway Authority are partnering with Arrivo to examine ways to use vacuum tubes to reduce traffic congestion and create a high-speed transportation system. The proposed system would be comprised of a series of vacuum tubes installed in the median strip of highways, with cars entering at designated locations. Sitting on a levitating sled, the vehicles would then be propelled across distances at a speed of 200 miles an hour. The hyperloop system could also be used to ship cargo containers and passenger shuttles.
"Colorado's rapidly growing population and booming economy makes for the ideal location for the development of an Arrivo system," said governor John Hickenlooper. "Arrivo's additional decision to locate their test facilities, adding up to 200 employees by 2020 and $10 to $15 million to our economy in 2018, is a testament to the culture of innovation that drives our economic engine."
The autonomous network is engineered as a seamless layer of transportation that integrates with existing roadways, city metros, and automobiles. The system uses only electric power to propel the vehicles and magnetic levitation to float the vehicles at high speeds. The project plans to test its concept by building a full-system test track running alongside the E-470 toll road which connects the city to Denver International Airport.
"Twenty-first century transportation technology is finally arriving, and Denver is positioned to be the early benefactor," said Brogan BamBrogan, co-founder of Arrivo. "Everyone is a winner with our technology. Passengers and cargo arrive quickly and efficiently at extremely low cost. The whole region also wins as our high-throughput enables more total miles traveled to support growth and economic firepower. Arrivo will end traffic and future-proof regional mobility. Now that's a big win."
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Supergirl – Season 3 Episode 6
Supergirl deals with the Alex/Maggie break-up with a return to the girls' childhood home in Midvale to relive their youth and work through their issues.
Post break-up episodes are often a slog, especially on CW shows as characters are regularly depicted as being unrealistically broken and the whole experience can be frustratingly consumed by angst. Readers of this site will know that I am not a fan of melodrama so personally would struggle with an episode like that.
The young ones
In some ways the writers managed to find a unique way to deal with the recent upheaval in Alex's life through flashing back to the shared youth of Alex and Kara. The whole concept of returning home to refocus priorities before rejoining the real world has merit as well. On a symbolic level returning to your childhood home is returning to a safe, happy and uncomplicated place where the focus can be on recovery.
The episode works really well on that score. Midvale is characterised as a warm and welcoming place and Eliza Danvers' motherly demeanour is a natural source of strength and sympathy for all the Danvers sisters have been through. Helen Slater does a really good job this episode playing up the maternal rapport she has with Melissa Benoist in particular. In theory this episode is about Alex though Eliza's focus is on making sure that Kara is actually alright rather simply pretending to be. The scene on the porch is a good reminder that Kara might be a superhero but she's also a person and there's no shame in admitting that things are getting on top of her. It isn't the focus of the episode but it serves as a reminder that she isn't handling things as well as she pretends she is.
It also serves another important purpose. Eliza helping Kara to realise that she has a long way to go before she gets over the loss of Mon'El also shows that she isn't in the right place emotionally to help Alex through her heartbreak. Alex doesn't respond well to Kara's platitudes and reminds her that all she says is pretty hypocritical considering Kara spent 6 months cutting herself off from everyone closest to her. It strikes a nerve for Kara and she gives up attempting to make Kara feel better. It's such a small scene but it shows the emotional anguish being experienced by both of them.
Somebody Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaave Me!
Having this all but resolved by the end of the episode feels somewhat cheap as nothing has really happened to resolve the issue other than a good night's sleep though it could be seen as Alex gaining a little perspective and realises that the only way they'll get through their collective heartbreak is together. If that's the intention then it doesn't really come across but the post wake up scene is very strong with excellent performances from both Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh. Similarly the end scene of them driving home singing along to cheesy music is a really nice character moment highlighting the sisterly bond that is now stronger than ever.
Despite me spending so much of this review talking about Alex and Kara's return to Midvale it's actually a really small part of the episode. These scenes only serve as bookends to the real story of a teenage Alex and Kara attending Midvale High School. I suspect that this was a production decision to free Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh up for filming the crossover but I don't know for sure. Whatever the reason is it makes for a fun departure from the norm that shows how the sisterly bond began.
The handling of this flashback narrative was a little clumsy as it doesn't really feed into the present day scenes. Arrow had flashbacks as part of its episode structure and tied them to the present day events either on a plot level or a thematic level. At their best they were relevant and the connections felt deliberate but here it's feels like an episode of a different TV show within this one. If I didn't know better I'd believe that this was a back door pilot for a young Kara TV show.
Despite the lack of relevance to the present day events I enjoyed this an awful lot. Izabela Vidovic makes for a great young Kara and Olivia Nikkanen is an excellent young Alex. They have a natural chemistry with one another and create a relationship that feels confrontational in a familial sort of way.
There are lots of nice little touches that deliver more insight into what life was like for both of them growing up. Kara is still struggling to fit in as human at this point in her life because the adjustment to hiding her powers is difficult for her. School is far too easy because Kryptonian education is so much more advanced for those her age and she feels that it's all pointless. Its mentioned that the events of this flashback are how she became Kara Danvers which suggests that this experience encouraged her to work at being more human.
It's established that she isn't having the best time at Midvale High as she has very few friends, is ostracised for being weird and actively ignored by her own sister who sits at her table as part of the "in crowd". Alex is clearly still resentful of the fact that Kara has been adopted and is taking a lot of the attention away from her which rings true to what has been established prior to this. Kara resents the situation entirely as I've mentioned above as she feels that school is beneath her. It's a very different side to character and it was interesting to see her with a little more attitude than we're used to even if she was played by a different actress.
Somebody Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaved her!
There is an exception to Kara's resentment in the form of Kenny (Ivan Mok) who Kara calls her only friend. There's an obvious connection between them shown wonderfully during the scene where he invites her stargazing and they almost kiss. It quickly does enough to establish Kenny's importance to Kara and makes his death more impactful than it otherwise would have been. The fact that it happens just after they were together helps motivate Kara because she feels a measure of responsibility since she didn't stick around long enough to be able to stop it.
This is where the Smallville connection comes in. Characters working together to solve a crime was very much a staple of high school era Smallville and it works well here. It's obvious that the format of the episode is a deliberate reference considering the off screen input from Clark's friend Chloe who sends some plot furthering e-mails.
Kara and Alex working together to find the guilty party creates a lot of fun moments for them. The jump from them being at odds with one another to working together is very swift but in context it really works. They make a good team just as we have always seen and the investigation moves along at a reasonable clip though there are far too many elements thrown in to complicate it.
J'Onn has made better decisions…
The murder mystery was more than enough to carry the episode without the addition of secret love affairs between teachers and students and drug smuggling operations in Midvale. This is a good way to add depth but since this is just one story it would have been better to focus on one thing. I will give praise for calling a spade a spade and making reference to statutory rape when it comes to the teacher/student relationship. It's also a reasonably effective red herring as Kara and Alex both assume that the teacher is guilty when he actually isn't showing that refinement is required in their investigation skills.
Young Kara's journey is about finding a balance between living a human life and using her powers to help people. Her desire to help seems to be innate as repeated reference is made to it throughout the episode but Eliza tries to temper this with warnings that it's dangerous to use her powers in public. She reinforces that by bringing in Agent Noel Neill -J'Onn in disguise- (Erica Durance) who tries to offer emotional support while encouraging Kara to keep her abilities hidden. As scenes go this one was baffling as I found it difficult to accept that J'Onn would go through with deceiving Kara in such a way. Assuming the form of her birth mother and using that to throw her off balance is really low and definitely not in keeping with his character.
I also question the scenario itself; is it common for Eliza to invite DEO Agents over to give Kara a stern talking to? The episode plays it as if it's a fairly common thing but I can't imagine why that would be. Despite that Erica Durance gave a good performance and Kara getting to sort of tell her mother that she loves her was a nice moment.
The ending of the episode seems to suggest that this is Kara's flashback though only in a TV sense as events are seen that she isn't present to witness. It's a conceit common to these types of stories and doesn't bring it down too much. The reason I say that it seems to be Kara's flashback is because she makes reference to Kenny being the first person she lost on Earth so the connective tissues comes from her thinking about the loss of Kevin. Perhaps reliving the events was Kara's dream as she brings out the telescope when she wakes up. As I've said it's a loose connection that the episode could have made a lot clearer.
A fun off format adventure that references early Smallville in the best way. The episode fails to establish a solid connection between the two narratives though the present day only bookends the story for what I suspect is crossover scheduling related. The present day sections establish that Kara is only pretending to be handling her break-up well and isn't really in the right emotional place to help Alex through hers. By the end of the episode they mutually realise that they will need to help each other cope and the sisterly bond is stronger than ever.
The flashback story is a lot of fun with really talented actors playing the younger versions of Kara and Alex. It's almost a fun back door pilot for a show that we will probably never see that shows the beginnings of Kara and Alex's close sisterly bond as well as the events that made Kara embrace her humanity. The murder mystery plot works well though is a little overstuffed and it's great to see a version of Kara with more attitude. Any attempt to connect it to the present day conflict doesn't quite work but it's a really fun diversion all the same.
Midvale - 8/10
the casting of young Kara and young Alex
a fun off format adventure
seeing a different side to Kara
impressive scenes featuring Melissa Benoist and Chyler Leigh
the two narratives not quite connecting as seamlessly as they should
J'Onn taking the form of Kara's mother at J'Onn's instruction
Tags: Andrew Kreisberg, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Erica Durance, Greg Berlanti, Helen Slater, Ivan Mok, Izabella Vidovik, Jeremy Jordan, Katie McGrath, Mehcad Brooks, Melissa Benoist, Odette Annable, Olivia Nikkanen, Supergirl, Supergirl Season 3, TV Show (2017)
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Celebrate World Heritage Day with a special lecture by Richard Annis, showcasing all the exciting findings during Durham University's refurbishment of the Exchequer Building.
As part of the celebrations, this lecture is being hosted by Durham Cathedral in one of their hidden gems, the Priors Hall, and will also give you an opportunity to hear more about the Cathedral's exciting Foundation 2020 appeal, which aims to build an endowment of £10 million by 2020 to support the annual cycle of planned maintenance and repair of the Cathedral's buildings to ensure they are safeguarded for future generations to enjoy.
The refurbishment of a "hidden gem" between two World Heritage Site landmarks is nearing conclusion. Specialist restoration teams have been putting the finishing touches to the overhaul of the former Exchequer and Chancery, a Grade I-listed building on Palace Green, Durham. The last surviving administrative building used by the Prince Bishops from medieval times, since the 1850s it has been used as part of the university library. Skilled trades people have revealed some unknown features of the building along the way and Richard's talk will give us a taster of the beautiful medieval features of the Exchequer building that have been restored and revealed during the work.
A drinks reception will follow the lecture on site.
This lecture is free but places are limited so booking is essential. Please do write an email to raffaella.aliprandi@durham.ac.uk to confirm your attendance.
Richard Annis is Senior Archaeologist in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University. In the past 30 years he has worked on a wide variety of archaeological projects throughout the north-east of England and in Cumbria, Humberside, Yorkshire and Gloucestershire. Richard's specialist interests include the archaeology of buildings and he has studied structures ranging in size and complexity from castles to cow byres. Most recently Richard led the excavation and managed the process of post-excavation processing, examination and analysis of the skeletons of the Scottish soldiers from the 1650 Battle of Dunbar and worked on the major refurbishment of the Exchequer Building.


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Renato Bialetti's father may have invented the Moka pot, but he was the one who turned the awesome stove-top coffeemaker into a worldwide icon with more than 300 million units sold. When the late caffeine king passed away last week at the age of 93, it was only natural that his children, apparently in accordance with his wishes, had his ashes interred in a giant Moka pot. Fittingly, they saw his wishes through completely, as the coffeemaker was proudly on display and attended to by a priest during Bialetti's funeral mass. Obviously, there was no other way for this guy, who has brought new meaning to the phrase "in death as in life," to go out.