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Fantasia Releases Visual For Her New Single "Enough"
Newly independent singer Fantasia is back! After releasing a Christmas album 2 years ago, the American Idol winner is back with brand new music. This past week Fantasia teased us all when she announced her new single Enough, keeping with her Rock Soul genre Fantasia takes us back to the days of that Rock soul power ballads.
"I can't get enough 'cause I need you baby, baby, by my side/ You can give me your time/ And I'll always ask for more/ 'Cause forever just ain't long enough," she sings on the chorus. Along with debuting her new single Tasia also released the black and white Derek Blanks-directed video. Enough is the first taste of what Fantasia has in store from her highly anticipated 6th LP the follow-up to 2016's 'The Definition Of'.
Fantasia Confirms New Album Will Have A Collaboration With Jazmine Sullivan and Brandy
Three years ago Fantasia announced to her fans with a Collaboration with vocal bible Brandy and Jazmine Sullivan. Now with a new album on the way, the Grammy award winning singer will finally unleash the long awaited track.
#BREAKING #Fantasia @TasiasWord just revealed that she has a song on her new album with @jsullivanmusic and @4everBrandy‼‼‼‼ #Interview @team_fantasia pic.twitter.com/J35oMTs5uh
— FantasiaDaily (@fantasia_daily) April 30, 2019
While on IG live yesterday the Fantasia confirmed the new song will appear in her follow up to 2016's The Definition Of…. Before we can hear the new track, Tasia will release her albums first single Enough this Friday.
New Video: Fantasia – When I Met You
Fantasia goes back in time as she debuts the visual for her latest single "When I Met You" off her latest Grammy nominated studio album "The Definition Of." The former American Idol contestant, takes us all down memory lane yearbook photos and videos. telling the story of romance through the years.
In the clip we see a young Fantasia, portrayed by her daughter Zion, who tells the story of romance through the years.The clip also stars her husband, Kendall Taylor, appears as her groom in the final wedding scene. Check out how the story unfolds below.
Top Favorite 5 Albums Of 2016
We are slowly coming to the end of 2016 which was a great year for music if I don`t say it myself, we heard so many great albums and saw so many great comebacks that have uplifted and inspired people all around. Solange made a much welcomed return with arguably one of the best albums in years "A Seat On The Table" which managed to join her sister`s groundbreaking album "Lemonade" at charting at number one. Britney Spears released a gem of an album "Glory" which saw her getting back to the old Britney we grew up with, she expressed so much confidence and her vocals shined. And this year we also saw Fantasia step all the way out of her comfort zone and create a masterpiece that displayed her creativity beautifully. And we were introduced to so many great artist this year that have touched me with their creative sounds and strong voices.
The list is not numerical in order of "most favorite" as the field this year was so tight and definitely offered a variety of great albums depending on your mood.
1. Beyoncé – Lemonade
'I had my ups and downs, but I always find the inner strength to pull myself up, I was served lemons, but I made lemonade.'
What I loved about this album is the fact that she was willing to experiment and push at the boundaries of her sound and showcase different sides to her that many people can relate to as she did with her 2013 album, "Beyoncé". The visual album is both an ode to black women and a deeply personal love story dealing with all the ups and downs of a relationship – tackling urgent themes such as paranoia, anger, denial, redemption and forgiveness.
My favorite track is "Sorry" an upbeat number that sees her displaying a "sorry not sorry" attitude, as she heads to the club with her girls and is not paying her cheating ex not one bit of attention, she is over him:"Me and my baby, we gon' be alright, we gon' live a good life. Big homie better grow up, me and my whoadies 'bout to stroll up. I see them boppers in the corner, they sneaking out the back door. He only want me when I'm not there, he better call Becky with the good hair…" It`s all about taking your power back and focusing on rebuilding yourself from a bad relationship..
Also "All Night", a love ballad that samples Outkast`s "SpottieOttieDopaliscious", it finds her singing about staying committed to her man even through all the ups and downs, as the love they share will rise above anything that comes their way: "They say true love's the greatest weapon to win the war caused by pain but every diamond has imperfections. But my love's too pure to watch it chip away, Oh nothing real can be threatened. True love breathes salvation back into me with every tear came redemption and my torturer became a remedy…"
Fantasia Shares Track list For The Definition Of…,
With her album set to be released July 29th, Singer Fantasia has unleashed the official tracklising to her fifth studio album. The album will feature 11 new songs with guest appearances from singer/songwriter Stacy Barte, Aloe Blacc, and Tye Tribbett, and productions from R. Kelly, Ron Fair, Brian Kennedy, Neff-U, Jerome "J-Roc" Harmon, GRADES, and more.
So Far from the LP Fantasia has released her singles "Sleeping with the One I Love," "Ugly," "So Blue, "and "No Time for It," Check out the tracklist below.
1. "Crazy"
2. "No Time For It"
3. "So Blue"
4. "When I Met You"
5. "Sleeping With The One I Love"
6. "Stay Up" feat. Stacy Barthe
7. "Ugly"
8. "Wait For You"
9. "Roller Coasters" feat. Aloe Blacc
10. "Lonely Legend"
11. "I Made It" feat. Tye Tribbett
New Video: Fantasia – Sleeping With the One I Love
Fantasia shows off her acting skills as she plays multiple women in her latest visual for "Sleeping with the One I Love," The latest single off her upcoming album, the Definition of. In the Derek Blanks- directed video, Fantasia plays Rox, Brenda, Pauletta, who were fooled by the one they love. Fantasia's new album The Definition Of…, is set to be released July 29th. Check out the visual below.
New Music: Fantasia – Sleeping With The One I Love
With her album arriving July 29, Fantasia unleashes her brand new single "Sleeping with the One I Love," a soulful ballad about romance, affection, and disappointment.
The new single follows after her previously released songs "Ugly," "So Blue," and "No Time for It," off Fantasia fifth album The Definition Of…
Anthony Hamilton & Fantasia Announce Co-Headlining Spring Tour
Grammy Award winning recording artists, ANTHONY HAMILTON and FANTASIA are excited to announce their spring 2016 co-headlining tour. Kicking off April 21st at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, NY, the four-week tour will hit major cities including Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C, Los Angeles and more. Tickets will go on sale March 4th at Ticketmaster.com. See below for tour routing. More tour dates will be announced.
Fans can expect to hear all of their hits plus new music as each is set to release new albums this spring. On March 25th, Hamilton will release his fifth studio album, What I'm Feelin' via RCA Records, which will include the hit single, "Amen". Fantasia will release her fifth studio album this spring on 19 Entertainment/RCA Records which will include her empowering first single "No Time For It."
NTHONY HAMILTON AND FANTASIA IN CONCERT TOUR DATES:
DATE – CITY – VENUE
April 21 – Buffalo, NY – Shea's Buffalo Theatre A
April 22 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre A
April 23 – Chicago, IL – Arie Crown Theater A
April 28 – Newark, NJ – Prudential Hall F
April 29 – New York, NY – Theater at Madison Square Garden F
April 30 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion F
May 01 – Columbus, OH – Palace Theatre F
May 07 – Washington, D.C. – Constitution Hall A
May 08 – Norfolk, VA – Constant Center A
May 20 – Los Angeles, CA – Microsoft Theater F
A – Denotes Anthony Hamilton closes show.
F – Denotes Fantasia closes show.
New Music: Fantasia – No Time For It
Fantasia let's the people know she is not here for the drama and lies for 2016, in her new single "No Time For It" produced by Brian Kennedy. This new single serves as the first single from her upcoming album due out later this year. Check out the mid-tempo single below.
Fantasia Announces New Single
Yes Fantasia is still promoting her album Side Effects Of You, while being busy on the road touring the American Idol winner is not going to stop releasing a new single from her album. Earlier today Fantasia announced that her brand new single will be "Side Effects Of You" Produced by Naughty Boy and penned by Emeli Sandé. Check out the song below.
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The smile surfaced after one of those particularly tough Kansas losses, the kind every team experiences at least once or twice during the rough and rugged Big 12 Conference grind.
Bill Self's Jayhawks had just been manhandled by Baylor in Waco, Texas, back in February, an 80-64 loss that left Self lamenting his team's "average effort," and inspired the Kansas coach to spend as much time in his postgame meeting with the media talking about players not deserving to start as he did specifics of the game.
When all of the rehashing was over and most of the Jayhawks had made their way to the team bus — heads down, hoods up as they walked — Self's face lit up just outside of the visiting locker room at Baylor's Ferrell Center.
It was his granddaughter Ella's first game in person and although the outcome was not what he would have wanted her to witness, none of that mattered when Self met up with his family before hopping on the bus and took Ella from the arms of his daughter, Lauren Browning.
"Time kind of stops when you have a chance to see and hold your grandchild," Self told the Journal-World during a recent interview.
While the mere presence of his granddaughter, Ella Jane, who was born on Dec. 5, was enough to single-handedly brighten Self's mood, the whole experience of getting to know her has been doubly sweet because it has allowed him to see Lauren in an entirely new light, as well.
Like many people, Self has celebrated plenty of Mother's Days throughout his 55 years, honoring both his mother, Margaret, and wife, Cindy, many times over on the special holiday.
But he's never had one like this. And that fact was not lost on the KU coach, who recently talked with the Journal-World about becoming a grandfather, and, more specifically, watching his own daughter become a mother.
Although Lauren, who works with Young Life outside of Dallas, has given Self plenty of things to be proud of throughout her life, Self said becoming a mother, and doing it with such ease and grace, was up near the top of the list.
He also said that seeing Lauren operate during the early stages of Ella's life has taken him back to the days when his own children, Lauren and Tyler, were that age.
"It's been fun watching her and her husband, Hayden, do this," Self said. "The way that they treat Ella, following the book to a tee on all the dos and don'ts, I'm sure will be loosened a lot with child two and three if they decide to go that route. But it is fun to witness and certainly makes me very proud.
On that front, Self has been lucky so far. Spoiled, he calls it.
In fact, Self was just with Ella and her parents in Florida last weekend for the baby's first trip to the beach.
During each visit, Self sees something from Lauren that merely confirms what he already expected would be true — that she will be an excellent mother.
The early days of Ella's KU fandom started out a little rough but ended with her grandpa coaching his team back to the Final Four.
"Her first game was Washington and her second game was Arizona State and we almost got beat our third game with Nebraska," Self joked of KU's 1-2 record during that three-game stretch. "So we may have had some issues right off the bat if things didn't get turned around. But she's been great. She's been to a few games and she's handled them well, with the sound and everything. I think she may play with dolls more than she may play with a basketball, but it certainly looks like she'll grow into a pretty good fan.


Emmy nominations have finally been revealed and one show fans will be happy to see got some love for the last time ever possible: Girl Meets World. That's right, the show might be over for good after three seasons, but they're going out with a bang.
It was announced that GMW is nominated for the third time in the Outstanding Children's Program category, up against Nickelodeon's School of Rock. The official writer's account shared the big news on Twitter.
Grateful to be nominated for our 3rd Emmy in 3 years. We thank the Academy and as always our remarkably loyal audience, cast and crew.
And of course most of the cast, including Rowan Blanchard, Sabrina Carpenter, Peyton Meyer and August Maturo all shared their heartfelt messages, expressing their gratitude to those who worked so hard on the show all those years.
GMW got its 3rd Emmy nom. today, thank you to the Academy and of course our incredible audience♥ @TheEmmys congrats cast+crew!!
Can't get over how similar Row and Sabs' messages are. Precious, really. And it's clearly they're all hoping this time around will be when they bring home the prize.
So proud #GirlMeetsWorld was nominated for its 3rd #Emmy Grateful to have been part of this special show. Congrats @GMWWriters, cast & crew!
Daniele Fishel, who played the one and only Topanga Matthews, shared the news on her Instagram account, just posting a screenshot of the category, and in her caption, described an inside joke that tbh, we all wish we were in on.
"3rd time is a charm. Congrats to the hard-working cast and crew of Girl Meets World, especially our writers who tirelessly (and sometimes thanklessly) gave their all every week. Well, except that one week where we all got lazy but otherwise flawless. ? Let's go win an Emmy!!" she wrote.
This is all just too cute. The short-lived series was canceled after only three seasons and while there was hope another network like Netflix or Hulu would pick up the show, the series creator Michael Jacobs confirmed that this wasn't going to happen, although he tried really hard to make it come true.
I wasn't able to find a new venue for the show. I'm sorry. We brought our best and hope we made you think and feel. Until next time. Thanks.
Many felt the series ended far too soon so if they end up snagging this Emmy win, well that will be the sweetest victory.


Gestalt therapy integrates the body and mind factors, by stressing awareness and integration. Integration of behaving, feelings, and thinking is the main goal in Gestalt therapy. Clients are viewed as having the ability to recognize how earlier life influences may have changed their lives.
The client is made aware of personal responsibility, how to avoid problems, to finish unfinished matters, to experience things in a positive light, and in the awareness of now. It is up to the therapist to help lead the client to awareness of moment-by-moment experiencing of life. Then to challenge the client to accept the responsibility of taking care of themselves rather then expecting others to do it.
Therapists may use confrontation, dream analysis, dialogue with polarities, or role-playing to reach their goals.
Martin Kantor in his book 'Distancing'(1993, Praeger Publishing) suggests it is important to move away from individual components of avoidance, such as fear of rejection or low self-esteem, and to study and treat the avoidant "gestalt" for which the proper treatment is avoidance reduction. Components of the psychoanalytic, cognitive behavioral, interpersonal, and supportive approaches that involve "doing" or action, are emphasized.


The rationale seems almost self evident. A typical enterprise interacts with its customers across multiple channels: one or more web properties, CRM platforms, social media channels, mobile apps, third party sites, offline (e.g., POS), gadgets (e.g., watches), other Internet connected devices, and manifold other end points. A customer could have bought a product via your website, abandoned a shopping cart on your mobile app, left a comment that shows her "intention to buy" on an FB post, and so forth.
Now, if you could associate all these interactions with a single user profile, combine all that information, and then use the resulting insights to engage this customer across channels, you'd probably increase your chances of success. This is where CDPs come into picture. They let you access information form multiple data sources, integrate that into a unified repository, potentially offer insights via machine learning algorithms, and then integrate with customer-facing tools for you to engage.
Isn't That What Integration Tools Were Supposed to Be Doing?
Traditional integration approaches such as Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) and Business Process Management (BPM) hold similar objectives and might promise similar outcomes, but these tools are really complex and not marketer-friendly. You need deep resources (hardware, software, and people) and lot of time to effect even simple integrations.
CDPs on the other hand provide subset of those integration features, but add several marketing-oriented features such as connectors to common MarTech systems, and segmentation / personalization services.
Where Are the Big MarTech Vendors?
The CDP marketplace is evolving at a very rapid pace. There are dozens of vendors, mostly smallish (50-250 employees) and mostly providing SaaS-based services targeted for marketers. These vendors all have different strengths and weaknesses but they essentially offer the services I described above. The big vendors — Oracle, Adobe, IBM, Salesforce, et al. — can offer various kinds of EAI technology, but go missing when it comes to CDPs.
Yet I strongly believe it is only a matter of time before the big players start entering this marketplace. In fact, the large MarTech platform vendors may need a CDP just to integrate the potpurri of products that they have cobbled together to create their so-called marketing clouds. The fact is all of them have the necessary pieces to develop a CDP-type offering themselves if they wanted.
And that's not all. They also acquired Entropysoft, another content integration vendor, in 2013.
Oracle has also acquired several products and already sells Customer Data Management Cloud that offers some subset of CDP capabilities.
So I believe it won't be long before the big MarTech players attempt to package some of these capabilities into CDP-type, marketer-friendly offerings. Or perhaps they'll acquire one of the incumbent upstarts and go from there.
This is a rapidly evolving marketplace and we will be watching is closely. In fact, RSG is working on a brand new research stream and will soon be releasing our CDP evaluations. If you have experience with these platforms or would like to provide any feedback, please feel free to reach out to me directly, and in return, we'll share our research with you.
This post was first posted on LinkedIn.


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I want to select all the rows of source_f having similar values, like "Failed ot obtain a list of players" of Globalerrorcode101 and the second Globalerrorcode200 but refusing all the rows that in target_f have the similar values... so basically the selection i want, it must print only the IDs 2,3 and 4, but not 1 and 5...

A: What sql engine are you using?
At a theoretical level you are looking for reverse result of an intersect http://www.essentialsql.com/learn-to-use-union-intersect-and-except-clauses/.
This will be a complicated query. You may have to do
 1. sql for left outer join,
 2. sql for a right outer join
 3. and do union of the two result sets.
HTH..

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There was no one he knew. No one to care what happened to him. As he tossed and turned trying to fall asleep, his mind would suddenly begin to panic and scream out in protest, How did I get myself into this?
A pastor living in Communist Russia, Nickolai Panchuk struggled as a prisoner of the KGB to find his purpose. Persecuted for his Christian faith, Nickolai remained in a Siberian camp for eight years, refusing to sacrifice his faith and suffering the consequences. Harassed, beaten, and dejected, Nickolai found hope in the unlikeliest source: an old ox named Maksim.
With the help and strength of God, Nickolai and Maksim worked together to perform a weekly miracle—witnessing for Christ in the most disparaging of circumstances and winning souls along the way.
The Seventh-day Ox and Other Miracle Stories From Russia describes the faithfulness of Christians during times of persecution and the animals who were used by God to help them. Against all odds, each of these witnesses placed their trust in God and demonstrated unbroken commitment to their faith—no matter what the cost.
I loved this book!!!! Riveting and inspiring!!!! Buy this book! You will not be disappointed!


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Welcome to the art of small talk - a business skill used for putting people at ease and making them feel welcome across cultural boundaries. Here, students provide short 'small talk' dialogues to a range of orthodox and unorthodox situations.
3. Introduce the importance of small talking in business situations when people are strangers. Focus students' attention on the instructions and emphasise students must create examples of real language suitable for each context. Encourage students to develop these examples into conversations.
4. Allow students around ten minutes or until the conversation dies down to create examples and conversations of small talk.
5. Finally, elicit responses from some of the students (e.g. get them to perform their short role plays in front of the class) and draw to students' attention any appropriate vocabulary or serious language mistakes.


The Doepfer Dark Energy III is a fully analog, monophonic stand-alone synthesizer with USB and MIDI interface. The Doepfer Dark Energy III is a powerful synthesizer that features an improved VCO, additional triangle waveform, and a wider frequency range from its predecessor, offering huge sound shaping capabilities. It is completely analog, providing a warm, vintage synth sound. Equipped with a range of waveforms, resettable LFOs with multiple waveforms, improved ADSR, and a chunky filter, the Doepfer Dark Energy III is capable of producing everything from deep, rumbling basslines to screaming lead lines.
The Doepfer Dark Energy III offers a range of controls that allow you to create chunky dance-floor shaking basslines and huge lead lines. It offers a triangle waveform with a 10 octave frequency range for tuning. It also provides you with an FM input with selectable sources, allowing you to choose between LFO1 and ADSR for adding more harmonics to your synth sound. This allows you to create rasping basses and more. The Dark Energy III also offers pulse width modulation for thickening up your sounds. The source can be selectable between LFO2 and ADSR.
The Dark Energy III still retains the favoured filter from the Dark Energy II. The Dark Energy III features a 12dB multimode voltage controlled filter that offers continuous mode control for low-pass, notch, band-pass, and high-pass. It offers manual frequency control and FM for further shaping your sound and tone. Additionally, the module provides resonance control that also features self-oscillation.
The standalone synthesizer provides 2 resettable LFOs for adding movement to your sound. There are potentiometers for adjusting the frequency, and switching its shape, allowing you to create a range of different sounds.
The Dark Energy III features a USB/MIDI interface. The sound generation and modulation sources are all completely analog. The USB/MIDI interface is the only part that features digital components. This comes with its advantages. The USB/MIDI interface allows the synthesizer to connect up to your favourite DAW, allowing you to use the chunky, analog sound within your computer production software. It can also connect up to a modern synthesizer and MIDI keyboards as well, allowing you to play melodies and use the sounds of the synthesizer.


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[ G.R. No. 133981, September 13, 2000 ]
PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, VS. HILARION BERGONIO, JR., ACCUSED-APPELLANT.
PUNO, J.:
This is an appeal from the Decision[1] of the Regional Trial Court of Tabaco, Albay-Branch 18, the dispositive portion of which runs thus:
"WHEREFORE, with the foregoing, this Court finds accused, Hilarion Bergonio, Jr., GUILTY beyond reasonable doubt of the offense of MURDER and hereby sentences him to suffer the penalty of RECLUSION PERPETUA; to indemnify the heirs of Hilario Berango, the amount of P50,000.00; and, to pay the cost.
The period of detention that accused, Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. had undergone shall be counted to (sic) his favor.
With respect to accused, Romeo Boarao, for failure of the prosecution to prove the latter's guilt beyond any whisper of doubt, either as principal or as an accomplice, this Court hereby pronounces a judgment of ACQUITTAL in his favor; consequently, any officer of the law having custody of said accused is hereby directed to cause his immediate release, unless detained for some other lawful cause.
SO ORDERED."[2]
Romeo Boarao @ "Bodbod" and appellant Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. were charged with the crime of Murder of one Hilario Berango in an Information dated August 10, 1994, viz:
"That on or about the 21st day of December, 1993 at 9:00 o'clock in the evening, more or less, at Barangay San Pablo, Municipality of Bacacay, Province of Albay, Philippines and within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court, the above-named accused, conspiring, confederating and helping one another, with treachery, by taking advantage of nighttime and the fact that the victim was sleeping, did then and there wilfully, unlawfully and feloniously attack and hack HILARIO BERANGO Y DE MESA while sleeping inside his nipa hut hitting the latter fatally on his left neck which caused his instantaneous death, to the damage and prejudice of his heirs.
ACTS CONTRARY TO LAW."[3]
On September 16, 1994, Boarao and Bergonio pleaded "not guilty" to the charge.[4] The trial of the case[5] then ensued.
The evidence shows that on December 21, 1993 at about 9:00 o'clock in the evening, Noel de Mesa[6] and Hilario Berango were inside the latter's house at San Pablo, Bacacay, Albay. While Noel was lying beside the sleeping Berango, appellant Bergonio @ "Jr. Barrameda" suddenly came and hacked Berango with a bolo.[7] Noel ran away and was chased by the appellant and Boarao. Noel proceeded to the house of his Tiya Veronica and informed her of the incident. The two of them then broke the news to Berango's mother, Bella.[8] The lifeless body of Berango was later brought to Veronica's house.[9]
Noel and his two (2) aunts reported the matter to the police. He executed an affidavit where he positively identified the appellant as the one who hacked Berango.[10] The killing of Berango was entered in the police blotter.[11] Dr. Merlie Beltran conducted an autopsy of the victim's body and found hack wounds on Berango's neck, cutting the carotid artery, jugular vein, esophagus and trachea.[12] He testified that the wounds could have been caused by a sharp-edged instrument like a bolo.[13]
The defense presented appellant Bergonio and his co-accused Boarao who both interposed the alibi that they were in Catanduanes on the date and time when the crime was committed. Both testified that they went to Tabaco on December 18, 1993 where they spent the night at the house of Boarao's sister, Marilyn, and then proceeded to Catanduanes the following day.[14] Bergonio was allegedly invited by his friend Joel Lunas to work at a construction site in Catanduanes.[15] Boarao, on the other hand, was requested by his friend Armando to haul sand to be used in making hollow blocks.[16] They stayed in Catanduanes for six months and returned to San Pablo in June, 1994.[17] Marilyn corroborated the testimonies of Bergonio and Boarao that the two accused spent the night at her house in Tabaco on December 18, 1993 and left for Catanduanes the following day.[18]
On August 15, 1997, the trial court convicted the appellant but acquitted Boarao. In exonerating Boarao, the trial court ruled that:
"The charge is against the two accused for having allegedly killed the deceased, Hilario Berango, on December 21, 1993; let us therefore closely examine the participation of Boarao in view of Noel de Mesa's testimony that it was Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. who hacked the deceased once; there is nothing, however, on record that would indicate that the accused conspired with each other; that both accused appear to be united in its execution, thereby rendering the act of one as the act of the other, neither was Boarao's presence and company indispensable and essential to the perpetration of the murder by co-accused, Hilarion Bergonio, Jr.; also, the prosecution is wanting in evidence that accused Boarao rendered acts of aid and assistance, either prior to or simultaneous with the commission of the crime, rendered knowingly for Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. and not by mere fact of having been present at its execution, unless his presence was to encourage Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. as to apparently increase the odds against the deceased, Hilario Berango, which the prosecution failed to prove."[19]
In his appeal, appellant assigns the following errors:
THE COURT A QUO ERRED IN FINDING THE ACCUSED-APPELLANT GUILTY OF THE CRIME OF MURDER INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT HE WAS NOT POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THE PERPETRATOR OF THE KILLING.
COROLLARY TO THIS, THE COURT A QUO ERRED IN NOT ACCORDING CREDENCE AND WEIGHT TO THE ALIBI INTERPOSED BY THE ACCUSED-APPELLANT WHICH IS SUFFICIENT TO ACQUIT HIM IN THE LIGHT OF THE WEAKNESS OF THE PROSECUTION'S EVIDENCE.
THE COURT A QUO ERRED IN HOLDING THAT TREACHERY AND NIGHTTIME ATTENDED THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIME DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE PROSECUTION FAILED TO ESTABLISH THE SAME BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT."[20]
We affirm the trial court's verdict convicting the appellant.
In his first assigned error, appellant discredits the testimony of prosecution eyewitness Noel de Mesa, thus:
1. Noel admitted that he was merely told to sign his affidavit which was written in English, a language which he did not understand and that its contents were never explained to him before he affixed his signature to it;[21]
2. Noel testified that the crime happened in November, 1993 contrary to the date alleged in the Information which is December, 1993;[22]
3. Noel testified that the author of the crime is a certain "Jr. Barrameda." The appellant, allegedly, is not known by any alias;[23] and
4. Noel could not discern the features of the culprit as the prosecution failed to establish that the evening of the incident was a moonlit night.[24]
We reject the arguments. Noel's admission that he could neither read nor understand the content of his affidavit since the same was written in English is not sufficient to destroy his credibility. It is well known that an affidavit is generally not prepared by the affiant himself but by another who uses his own language in writing the affiant's statement.[25] In the case at bar, Noel testified that when he was being questioned by the police officers concerning the incident, the investigation was conducted in Bicolano, a language he understood.[26] A police officer prepared the affidavit but its content was translated to him by the administering officer, Judge Arsenio Base, Jr. of Bacacay-Malinao Municipal Court.[27]
Examining the evidence, we find that the identity of the appellant as the author of the gruesome murder was positively and clearly established by Noel's testimony in open court:
"Q:
Now, will you tell us that (sic) you were with a certain Hilario Berango sleeping at a certain place at San Pablo, Bacacay, Albay, will you tell us whether there was an unusual incident, if any?
What was the incident that happened?
Hilario Berango was hacked inside the house.
Where were you also (sic) when Hilario Berango was hacked?
I was also inside the house.
What were you doing there?
I was lying down.
How far were you from Hilario Berango when he was hacked?
We were near to each other.
Who was the one who hacked? Do you know?
Who? Tell the court who was that person?
The one in white t-shirt.
Is he the one you mentioned earlier that (sic) a certain Jr. Barrameda?
Were you able to know that it was Jr. Barrameda who hacked Hilario Berango?
I was still awake."[28] (italics supplied)
The supposed contradiction between the date of the commission of the crime as alleged in the Information which is December, 1993 and the testimony of Noel that the incident happened in November of 1993 is of de minimis importance. The testimony of a witness must be considered in its entirety.[29] A reasonable reading of Noel's testimony with respect to the date of the commission of the crime will show that he was referring to the same date as alleged in the Information. Hence, when Noel was asked as to his whereabouts at 9 p.m. of December 21, 1993, he stated that he was at the house of his Tiya Bella to sleep with Berango.[30] The alleged discrepancy in date was further clarified during cross examination when Noel was asked if he was referring to another incident when he mentioned the date as November, thus:
"ATTY. HERNANDEZ:[31]
You have also reported the said incident, the alleged hacking. By the way, when you were asked how (sic) the hacking incident happened, it was about sometime in the month of November, is that correct?
WITNESS:
I cannot remember.
But you have stated when you were asked by prosecutor here, as to when was (sic) the incident happened, then you answered during the direct-examination that it happened sometime in November, is it not?
Yes, sir. I answered.
xxx Now, considering that you have stated that the incident happened in November, then, I can simply say now that you are referring to another incident, is it not?
It is not another incident.
ATTY. HERNANDEZ:
Now, we will request that the answer given in dialect (sic) be included in the record.
Let the answer of the witness in bicol dialect (sic) be entered in the record, the phrase "BAKO MAN PO".
Now when you said "BAKO MAN PO", when we will be translating it in English it would mean 'IT WAS NOT'."[32] (italics supplied)
Noel's reference to November instead of December is a minor lapse on his part. Truthful witnesses can make mistakes, but such innocent lapses do not necessarily affect their credibility.[33] The lapse of Noel cannot affect his positive testimony that the appellant killed Berango.
Similarly, the reference of Noel to the culprit's name as "Jr. Barrameda" and not Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. does not weaken the prosecution's case. Noel unwaveringly pointed to the appellant in open court as the one who hacked Berango. He identified the appellant with nothing less than absolute certainty. "Jr. Barrameda" and Hilarion Bergonio, Jr. obviously refer to one and the same person. A person may have or be known by several aliases, irrespective of his knowledge or consent to the use thereof. In fact, appellant was called by his co-accused Boarao as "Jun Fernandez" which is also a different name. We thus find the appellant's denial that he was not known by any alias[34] too weak a reason to warrant his acquittal.
To be sure, identification of a person is not established solely through knowledge of his name. Familiarity with physical features particularly those of the face, is actually the best way to identify a person.[35] The identity of criminals should not be confused with the witness' knowledge of his real name. The weight of the eyewitness account is premised on the fact that the said witness saw the accused commit the crime, and not because he knew his name.[36] Experience shows that precisely because of the unusual acts of ferocity perpetrated before their eyes, eyewitnesses can remember with a high degree of reliability the identity of criminals whose faces would in the very nature of things, have been forcefully impinged upon and etched into their memories.[37]
Noel testified that he was able to see the appellant when the latter hacked Berango since there was a moon on that night.[38] The defense failed to rebut this testimony of Noel. We have ruled that moonlight is sufficient illumination for a person to identify another.[39] The amount of light emitted by the moon is relative. While there are evenings of pitch darkness, there are moonlit nights when the brightness of the moon is sufficient to enable one to see distinct details of objects.[40] Based on the testimony of Noel, the nipa hut where the crime was committed has no walls and was full of holes.[41] These factors, and the fact that Noel was lying beside Berango when the latter was hacked, enabled Noel to see the face of the appellant. Furthermore, Noel had an opportunity to take a second look at the appellant when Noel fled but was chased by the appellant and Boarao.
The records show that Noel has no motive to testify falsely against the appellant. When there is no evidence that the principal witness was actuated by improper motive, his testimony is entitled to full faith and credit.[42]
Positive identification cannot be defeated by alibi and denial which, if not substantiated by clear and convincing evidence, are negative and self-serving evidence undeserving of weight in law.[43] In the case at bar, the identification of the appellant as the perpetrator of the crime was unequivocally established by prosecution eyewitness Noel.
Appellant's alibi is also unworthy of belief. If it is true that Bergonio was in Catanduanes on the date when Berango was killed, he should have presented any of his co-workers from that province to corroborate his alibi. Alibi must be supported by credible corroboration from disinterested witnesses, and where the defense of alibi is not corroborated, it is fatal to the accused.[44]
In support of his claim that the qualifying circumstance of treachery cannot be appreciated in this case, appellant alleges that prosecution eyewitness Noel was not able to actually perceive how the felony was commenced or how it was committed as he was asleep at that time as stated in his Affidavit,[45] the pertinent portion of which provides:
"Q-
What was that incident you are referring to?
Last December 21, 1993, at about 9:00 o'clock in the evening while I and Hilario Berango were sleeping inside his nipa hut[46] situated at San Pablo, Bacacay, Albay I was awaken (sic) when Hilario Berango happened to touch me and immediately I saw Hilarion Bergonio Jr. who was inside the nipa hut still in the act of hacking Hilario Berango."[47]
Noel's declaration in court that he was still awake[48] when he saw the appellant hack Berango allegedly contradicts his affidavit. Discrepancies and inconsistencies between statements in an affidavit and those made on the witness stand do not necessarily discredit a witness.[49] Sworn statements taken ex parte are generally considered to be inferior to the testimony given in open court and should not affect the credibility of the witness.[50] The rationale behind such rule is aptly explained in People vs. Ramos,[51] thus:
"The evident and realistic reason is that testimonies given during trial are much more exact and elaborate than those stated in sworn statements. Ex parte affidavits are usually incomplete and often inaccurate for varied reasons, at times because of partial and innocent suggestions or for want of specific inquiries. Witnesses cannot be expected everytime, except when told, to distinguish between what may be consequential and what may be mere insignificant details. Additionally, an extrajudicial statement or affidavit is generally not prepared by the affiant himself but by another who uses his own language in writing the affiant's statement, hence, omissions and misunderstanding by the writer are not infrequent."[52]
Noel's testimony in court that he was still awake and saw the appellant when the latter hacked Berango is categorical, spontaneous and consistent. He testified in this wise:
x x x x x x
Despite the opposing counsel's cross examination, Noel remained firm in his declaration:
x x x considering that you have stated and instructed by the prosecutor here and considering that when you were given the information you were giving it in bicol dialect (sic) and you were asked in bicol (sic) and it was merely the police officer who translated this in English. So, I can simply say now that you have said that during your giving of information to the police officer was that you were sleeping together with Hilario Berango, was it not?
I was not asleep yet. I was still awake.[55]
x x x Now, as you have stated that you were merely lying (sic) together with the deceased because that was (sic) they told you and what you have stated right after the incident before the police, is it not?
I was not then asleep, I was still awake."[56] (italics supplied)
There is treachery when the offender commits any of the crimes against the person, employing means, methods, or forms in the execution thereof which tend directly and specially to insure its execution, without risk to himself arising from the defense which the offended party might make.[57] Treachery is present in this case since Berango was fast asleep when he was hacked by the appellant.[58] It has been consistently held that there is treachery where the accused killed the victim while the latter was asleep because in such cases, the victim was not in a position to put up any form of defense.[59]
The Solicitor General correctly opined that nighttime cannot be appreciated as an aggravating circumstance since it is absorbed in treachery.[60] Nighttime was evidently an integral part of the peculiarly treacherous means and manner adopted to ensure the execution of the crime, or that it facilitated the treacherous character of the attack.[61]
We further rule that the aggravating circumstance of dwelling[62] attended the commission of the crime. The appellant hacked the victim at the latter's house. The appellant's deliberate invasion of the tranquility of the victim's dwelling shows greater perversity.[63]
IN VIEW WHEREOF, the decision of the trial court finding appellant guilty of murder and sentencing him to reclusion perpetua and to pay the amount of P50,000.00 to the heirs of the victim and the cost of suit is affirmed.
Davide, Jr., C.J., (Chairman), Kapunan, and Pardo, JJ., concur.
Ynares-Santiago, J., on leave.
[1] Penned by Judge Mamerto M. Buban, Jr.
[2] Decision dated August 15, 1997, pp. 9-10; Rollo, pp. 27-28.
[4] Records, p. 32-A.
[5] Docketed as Criminal Case No. T-2558.
[6] Then a fifteen-year old minor when he testified in court.
[7] TSN, February 9, 1995, pp. 6-11.
[8] Id., pp. 14-16.
[11] As testified to by prosecution witness SPO1 Noel Vergara, TSN, February 8, 1995, pp. 4, 13-14.
[12] Exh. "A", Records, p. 4.
[13] TSN, December 15, 1994, pp. 8-9.
[14] TSN, Direct Examination of Hilarion Bergonio, Jr., October 20, 1995, pp. 6-7; TSN, Direct Examination of Romeo Boarao, May 3, 1996, pp. 5-9.
[15] TSN, October 20, 1995, p. 8.
[16] Id., May 3, 1996, pp. 9-10.
[17] Id., October 20, 1995, p. 9-10; TSN, May 3, 1996, p. 12.
[18] Id., August 23, 1996, p. 6.
[20] Brief for the Accused-Appellant, p. 1; Rollo, p. 57.
[21] Id., p. 7; Rollo, p. 63.
[23] Id., pp. 10-11; Rollo, pp. 66-67.
[24] Id., p. 11; Rollo, p. 67.
[25] People vs. Nang, 289 SCRA 16 (1998); citing People vs. Reyes, 316 Phil. 1 (1995).
[26] TSN, February 9, 1995, pp. 23-24.
[28] Id., pp. 8-10.
[29] People vs. Tanilon, 293 SCRA 220 (1998); People vs. Calegan, 233 SCRA 537 (1994).
[30] TSN, February 9, 1995, pp. 6-7.
[31] Counsel for the accused herein appellant and Boarao.
[33] People vs. Calegan, supra.
[34] TSN, October 20, 1995, pp. 12-13.
[35] People vs. Verzosa, 294 SCRA 466 (1998).
[36] People vs. Barredo, 297 SCRA 246 (1998).
[37] People vs. Teehankee, Jr., 249 SCRA 54 (1995); People vs. Campa, 230 SCRA 431 (1994).
[38] TSN, February 9, 1995, p. 45.
[39] People vs. Villaruel, 261 SCRA 386 (1996); People vs. Gamboa, Jr., 145 SCRA 289 (1986); People vs. Pueblas, 127 SCRA 746 (1984).
[40] People vs. Prades, 293 SCRA 411 (1998).
[41] Supra note 38, p. 46.
[42] People vs. Alfeche, 294 SCRA 352 (1998).
[43] People vs. Javier, 269 SCRA 181 (1997).
[44] People vs. Ligotan, 262 SCRA 602 (1996); People vs. Caguioa, Sr., 259 SCRA 403 (1996).
[45] Brief for the Accused-Appellant, p. 14; Rollo, p. 70.
[46] Exhibit "3-A-1" for the Defense; Records, p. 3.
[47] Exhibit "3" for the Defense.
[48] TSN, February 9, 1995, pp. 10, 39.
[49] People vs. Ramos, 296 SCRA 559 (1998).
[50] People vs. Ramos, supra; People vs. Lazaro, 249 SCRA 234 (1995).
[51] Supra note 49.
[52] Id., p. 570.
[53] TSN, February 9, 1995, pp. 9-10.
[54] Counsel for the accused-appellant and Boarao.
[55] Supra note 53, pp. 38-39.
[57] No. 16, Article 14 of the Revised Penal Code.
[59] People vs. Fabro, 277 SCRA 19 (1997); People vs. Maalat, 275 SCRA 206 (1997); People vs. Evangelista, 256 SCRA 611 (1996); People vs. Caringal, 176 SCRA 404 (1989); People vs. Atencio, 22 SCRA 88 (1968); People vs. Dequiña, 60 Phil 279 (1934).
[60] Brief for the Appellee, p. 10; Rollo, p. 113.
[61] People vs. Artiaga, 274 SCRA 685 (1997); People vs. Tabag, 268 SCRA 115 (1997).
[62] No. 3, Article 14 of the Revised Penal Code.
[63] People vs. Feliciano, 256 SCRA 706 (1996).

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text:
Retrofitting earthquake protection could save lives
by Inderscience
Whether or not a building collapses and claims many lives during an earthquake is a matter of structure and statistics, according to researchers in Turkey. Writing in the International Journal of Emergency Management, civil engineer Kubilay Kaptan of Istanbul Aydin University, explains how preventing total building collapse during an earthquake could be as straightforward as identifying and reinforcing those structures susceptible to serious damage.
Kaptan points out that severely damaged but non-collapsing buildings are a major hazard but the occupants often have time to escape. Most lives lost during a major earthquake are taken by those buildings that collapse quickly and completely. Reinforcing all the buildings in a city in an earthquake zone, such as Istanbul, would, Kaptan estimates, cost US$18billion and take two decades to complete. However, he has devised an analytical approach to determining in advance which buildings are most likely to collapse fully. If only the most at-risk buildings are retrofitted with earthquake-resistant reinforcements, the cost would be less than US$1billion.
The researchers suggest a two-phase approach to the problem. In the first phase, all buildings across the city, public or private, school, hospital and dwellings would be inspected visually and photographs taken. Information on ownership, plans, structural materials, load-carrying systems, walls and irregularities, such as subsidence, soil conditions etc would be recorded. Simple calculations could then reveal which are most "collapse susceptible". In the second phase, a non-linear analysis would be performed to determine which of those would most likely collapse under specific quake conditions. Kaptan adds that a building "rehabilitation" program should be implemented once such surveying and analyses have been carried out to strengthening the buildings most at risk.
This approach to risk management in city plagued by earthquakes could lead to an essentially zero loss of life risk due to total collapse of buildings. If a price is to be put on life in the city, then the costs of analysing the several million buildings would cost less than a twentieth of simply retrofitting all buildings built after the stringent earthquake building code of 1975 was first updated in 1998.
Osaka Basin map: Identifies high-rise buildings at risk from quakes
More information: "Zero loss of life during natural hazards" in Int. J. Emergency Management, 2013, 9, 37-45.
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Chicago Green Alley Handbook
The Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) authored the Green Alley Handbook to encourage the use of best management practices (BMPs) in and around Chicago alleyways and to address impacts to the city's infrastructure likely to result from projected increases in precipitation and temperature. The handbook promotes sustainable alley design and adjacent landscaping practices to help reduce flooding and manage stormwater, reduce urban heat, promote recycling, and conserve energy.
Chicago alleyways were traditionally paved in impermeable asphalt or concrete and are not typically connected to the combined sewer system, resulting in frequent alleyway flooding. Climate change projections predict that winter and spring precipitation will increase 10% by the middle of the next century and by 20-30% by the end of the next century relative to current seasonal levels. Projected increases in precipitation caused by climate change will exacerbate problems with flooding and stormwater management. The city estimates that green alley design could return up to 80% of rainwater back into the ground, reducing localized flooding, reducing the load on the city's stormwater system, and saving taxpayer money on stormwater infrastructure. The handbook promotes design features such as permeable pavements that can manage this stormwater and greatly reduce flooding.
Average annual temperature in Chicago is expected to increase by 1-1.5° F over the next few decades, and the number of very hot days (over 90° F) and extremely hot days (100° F) are expected to increase as well. The handbook addresses heat reduction by recommending building green roofs and green garage roofs atop buildings adjacent to alleyways to both manage stormwater and to reduce temperatures, and using high albedo (light solar-reflective) pavement to further reduce temperatures. New metal halide alley light fixtures are designed to conserve energy while reducing light pollution.
The guide contains four examples illustrating different combinations of BMPs. These applications contain a mix of conventional practices and more green practices, the balance depending on local site conditions. For example, although permeable pavements are preferable to impermeable surfaces, permeable pavements may not be a feasible design solution in every instance. In such an instance, the handbook suggests grading and pitching the impervious surface to a central infiltration trench that returns rainwater into the ground.
The handbook also suggests BMPs for property owners adjacent to alleys to install. These BMPs can supplement CDOT's alley improvements by further reducing urban heat and preventing additional stormwater from flooding alleyways. Suggested BMPs include: recycling; composting; planting trees; landscaping with native plants; collecting rainwater in rain gardens or rain barrels or cisterns; and using permeable pavements, green roofs, and vegetated swales. The handbook contains a FAQ and list of publications as a resource for property owners.
The handbook was developed as part of the Chicago Green Alley Program, which began as a pilot in 2006 to help make Chicago's 1,900 miles (approx. 3,500 acres) of public alleys more sustainable and more capable of accommodating projected increases in precipitation and temperature associated with climate change. As of 2012, over 175 green alleys have been installed in Chicago since the program's inception in 2006. Chicago green infrastructure, which includes green alleys, has helped divert over 70 million gallons of stormwater in 2009 from the combined sewer overflow system. Data from the Chicago Green Alley program has shown green infrastructure technologies to be an estimated 3 to 6 times more effective in managing stormwater per $1,000 invested than conventional methods.
This Adaptation Clearinghouse entry was prepared with support from the Federal Highway Administration. This entry was last updated on February 5, 2015.
Chicago Department of Transportation
City of Chicago, Illinois
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Lewis Psychology
For Sat Nav use: WV1 4TB
Lewis Psychology, Deansgate, 62-70 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV1 4TH
Access and parking (Up to 4pm Monday to Friday)
Please park in any of the spaces at the front of the building then go to the door on the left of the building signposted 'Reception'. Press the 'bell' button on the intercom and your therapist will show you into the building.
Access and parking (After 4pm and Weekends)
The front car park will be closed. Please park in the car park to the rear of the building accessed via Lower Vauxhall. If the rear car park gates are closed please press the intercom labelled 'Lewis Psychology' which is located on the right hand wall post next to the gate. A member of staff will electronically open the gates for you. Make your way to the rear entrance which is the second black door on the left, just past the car park barrier. You will be welcomed by a member of staff.
Step free access
Please park in the car park to the rear of the building accessed via Lower Vauxhall. There are several dedicated disabled parking bays and an access ramp to the building. Doorways are widened and will allow access to most manual and electric mobility scooters.
Make your way to the rear entrance which is the second black door on the left and you will be welcomed by a member of staff.
Please contact us if you require any additional assistance during your visit.
We are approximately a half a mile from Wolverhampton city centre and across the road from the Shell garage and Abbeyfield care home.
If travelling by bus then take the Tettenhall bus (number one) from Wolverhampton bus station, which leaves every 5 minutes during the day and stops directly outside Abbeyfield care home. Lewis Psychology is directly across the road.


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Q: Vertical dotted line on chart I actually use two dependancy: syncfusion flutter chart & dotted line
My chart look like this (see picture 1)

You can tap on the bullet point on the chart (or the basketball emoji) to display a dotted line and a tooltip widget.
My problem is that if there is not enough height on my chart, the displayed widget go on the bottom (which is not our goal, see picture 2).
How can i achieve to display my widget always on top of the chart ?

I searched with overflow boxes and stacks, but after some long hours, i could make it by myself.
The code for the chart is available here:
https://pastebin.com/6VX1VhRH
import 'package:dotted_line/dotted_line.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
import 'package:lifetizr/misc/utils.dart';
import 'package:lifetizr/ui/screens/homepage/homepage_viewmodel.dart';
import 'package:lifetizr/ui/widgets/activity_block_preview.dart';
import 'package:stacked/stacked.dart';
import 'package:syncfusion_flutter_charts/charts.dart';
import 'package:theme_provider/theme_provider.dart';

class ChartBlock extends StatefulWidget {
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}

class _ChartBlockState extends State<ChartBlock> {
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  @override
  void initState() {
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  }

  void loadData() async {
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        tmpData.add(_DataPoint(DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(0).toString(), 290));

        for (var item in value['allBloodglucoses']['edges']) {
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  @override
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    final controller = ThemeProvider.controllerOf(context);

    return ViewModelBuilder<HomepageViewModel>.reactive(
      viewModelBuilder: () => HomepageViewModel(),
      builder: (context, model, child) {
        return SfCartesianChart(
          trackballBehavior: TrackballBehavior(
              lineWidth: 5,
              lineColor: reverseColorGrabber(controller),
              lineType: TrackballLineType.vertical,
              enable: true,
              shouldAlwaysShow: true,
              tooltipAlignment: ChartAlignment.far,
              tooltipSettings: InteractiveTooltip(
                arrowWidth: 0,
                arrowLength: 0,
                borderColor: reverseColorGrabber(controller),
                borderRadius: 15,
                borderWidth: 15,
                connectorLineWidth: 50,
                format: 'point.y mg/dL',
                enable: true,
                color: reverseColorGrabber(controller),
              )),
          primaryXAxis: CategoryAxis(
              visibleMinimum: 0,
              visibleMaximum: graphData.length.toDouble() / 6),
          zoomPanBehavior: ZoomPanBehavior(
            enablePanning: true,
          ),
          indicators: [],
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            color: Colors.transparent,
            canShowMarker: false,
            enable: true,
            builder: (dynamic d, dynamic f, dynamic g, int i, int j) {
              if (i == 1 || i == 4 || i == 3)
                return Container(
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                  child: Column(
                    mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.end,
                    children: [
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                        padding: EdgeInsets.all(5),
                        decoration: BoxDecoration(
                          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(25),
                          color: Colors.green,
                        ),
                        child: InkWell(
                          onTap: () {
                            print("Pressed");
                          },
                          child: Container(
                              width: 80,
                              child: ActivityBlockPreview(
                                score: 18,
                                pictureUrl: "https://i.imgur.com/nlRr5vn.jpeg",
                              )),
                        ),
                      ),
                      Expanded(
                        child: DottedLine(
                          direction: Axis.vertical,
                          lineLength: double.infinity,
                          lineThickness: 1.0,
                          dashLength: 4.0,
                          dashColor: reverseColorGrabber(controller),
                          dashRadius: 0.0,
                          dashGapLength: 4.0,
                          dashGapColor: Colors.transparent,
                          dashGapRadius: 0.0,
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              else
                return null;
            },
          ),
          series: <ChartSeries<_DataPoint, String>>[
            SplineSeries<_DataPoint, String>(
              color: reverseColorGrabber(controller),
              width: 5,
              pointColorMapper: (_DataPoint data, int i) {
                if (i == 0) return Colors.transparent;
              },
              dataSource: <_DataPoint>[...graphData],
              xValueMapper: (_DataPoint point, _) =>
                  DateFormat('H:mm').format(DateTime.parse(point.timestamp)),
              yValueMapper: (_DataPoint point, _) => point.glucose,
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                isVisible: true,
                labelAlignment: ChartDataLabelAlignment.top,
                builder: (dynamic d, dynamic f, dynamic g, int i, int _) {
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                    return Container(
                      height: 20,
                      width: 20,
                      decoration: BoxDecoration(
                        borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(30),
                        border: Border.all(width: 3, color: Colors.red),
                        color: Colors.white,
                      ),
                    );
                  if (i == 3) {
                    return Text(
                      "",
                      style: TextStyle(fontSize: 20),
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                    return null;
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}

class _DataPoint {
  _DataPoint(this.timestamp, this.glucose);

  final String timestamp;
  final double glucose;
}

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  final int score;
  final String pictureUrl;
  final bool isSportActivity;
  final bool isSleepActivity;
  final String sportEmoji;

  const ActivityBlockPreview(
      {this.score,
      this.pictureUrl,
      this.isSportActivity = false,
      this.isSleepActivity = false,
      this.sportEmoji});

  @override
  _ActivityBlockPreviewState createState() => _ActivityBlockPreviewState();
}

class _ActivityBlockPreviewState extends State<ActivityBlockPreview> {
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    var controller = ThemeProvider.controllerOf(context);

    return Container(
      decoration: BoxDecoration(
          color: colorGrabber(controller),
          borderRadius: BorderRadius.circular(60)),
      child: Row(
        mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.start,
        children: [
          CircleAvatar(
            backgroundColor: colorGrabber(controller),
            backgroundImage: widget.isSportActivity == false &&
                    widget.isSleepActivity == false
                ? NetworkImage(
                    widget.pictureUrl,
                  )
                : null,
            child: widget.isSportActivity == true || widget.isSleepActivity
                ? Text(widget.sportEmoji)
                : Container(),
          ),
          if (!widget.isSportActivity)
            Padding(
              padding: const EdgeInsets.only(left: 5, right: 10),
              child: Text(
                widget.score.toString(),
                style: TextStyle(
                  fontSize: 20,
                  fontWeight: FontWeight.bold,
                ),
              ),
            )
        ],
      ),
    );
  }
}

A: Currently, when there is no space above the data point to render its custom tooltip widget, it gets shift downwards and gets rendered. This is the default behaviour. However, if you want to always render the custom tooltip widget above the respective data point, then you can set rangePadding property of the chart axis to ChartRangePadding.additional so that there additional range padding will be added at the start and end of the axis. Also, if providing rangePadding value as additional didn't solve the issue then you need to set the specific range for the chart according to you data points available by using the maximum property of the chart axis so that there is enough space for the tooltip widget builder to get render above the respective data point. Please refer the code snippets below for further reference.
Code snippet:
Setting rangePadding property value as additional:
SfCartesianChart(
          primaryYAxis: NumericAxis(
              rangePadding: ChartRangePadding.additional
          ),
          // Your configurations
)

Setting specific range for the chart's y-axis:
SfCartesianChart(
          primaryYAxis: NumericAxis(
              minimum: 0,
              maximum: 300
          ),
          // Your configurations
)

For further reference on the rangePadding property and customizing the range of the chart, please check the user guides below.

*

*https://help.syncfusion.com/flutter/cartesian-charts/axis-types#applying-padding-to-the-range

*https://help.syncfusion.com/flutter/cartesian-charts/axis-types#customizing-range


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Q: how to change text of a controll but not affect the title of the window ? (or vice versa) I've created a simple window with:
CreateWindowExW(
WS_EX_TOPMOST,
L"RichEdit20W",
L"window_text",
WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW | WS_BORDER | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL | ES_MULTILINE //...

now every time I hange "window text" parameter, both control and window title is changing, the same with SetWindowTextW() and SendMessageW(hwnd, WM_SETTEXT, ...).

A: Edit controls (and rich edit controls) are not really designed to have "titles" as such. It is quite unusual to use a control as a top-level window. Instead, you should register your own window class to use for the top-level window (which can then have its own caption text) and make the edit control a child window.


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What is Islam and Why is Ramadan so Important for Muslims?
life, love
potent_quoteworld April 26, 2020, 1:35am #1
The word "Islam" means "submission to the will of God." And the people who follow Islam are called Muslims. Followers of Islam aim to live a life of complete submission to Allah.
They believe that nothing can happen without Allah's permission, but humans have free will. Islam teaches that Allah's word was revealed to the prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel. Followers worship Allah by praying and reciting the Quran. They believe there will be a day of judgment, and life after death.
The most important Muslim practices are the Five Pillars of Islam. The Five Pillars of Islam are the five obligations that every Muslim must and should satisfy in order to live a good and responsible life according to Islam. And those Five Pillars consist of:
The Testimony of Faith: The testimony of faith is saying with conviction, "La ilaha illa Allah, Muhammadur rasoolu Allah." Which means "There is no true god (deity) but God (Allah), and Muhammad is the Messenger (Prophet) of God." The first part, "There is no true god but God," means that none has the right to be worshipped but God alone, and that God has neither partner nor son. This testimony of faith is called the Shahada, a simple formula which should be said with conviction in order to convert to Islam. The testimony of faith is the most important pillar of Islam.
Prayer: Muslims perform five prayers a day. Each prayer does not take more than a few minutes to perform. Prayer in Islam is a direct link between the worshipper and God. There are no intermediaries between God and the worshipper. In prayer, a person feels inner happiness, peace, and comfort, and that God is pleased with him or or her. The Prophet Muhammad said: {Bilal, call (the people) to prayer, let us be comforted by it.} Bilal was one of Muhammad's companions who was charged to call the people to prayers. The prayers are performed at dawn, noon, mid-afternoon, sunset, and night. A Muslim may pray almost anywhere, such as in fields, offices, factories, or universities.
Giving Zakat (Support of the Needy): All things belong to God, and wealth is therefore held by human beings in trust. The original meaning of the word zakat is both purification' and 'growth.' Giving zakat means 'giving a specified percentage on certain properties to certain classes of needy people.' The percentage which is due on gold, silver, and cash funds that have reached the amount of about 85 grams of gold and held in possession for one lunar year is two and a half percent. Our possessions are purified by setting aside a small portion for those in need, and, like the pruning of plants, this cutting back balances and encourages new growth. A person may also give as much as he or she pleases as voluntary alms or charity.
Fasting the Month of Ramadan: Every year in the month of Ramadan all Muslims fast from dawn until sundown, abstaining from food, drink, and sexual relations. Although the fast is beneficial to health, it is regarded principally as a method of spiritual self-purification. By cutting oneself off from worldly comforts, even for a short time, a fasting person gains true sympathy with those who go hungry, as well as growth in his or her spiritual life.
The Pilgrimage to Makkah:
The annual pilgrimage ( Hajj ) to Makkah is an obligation once in a lifetime for those who are physically and financially able to perform it. About two million people go to Makkah each year from every corner of the globe. Although Makkah is always filled with visitors, the annual Hajj is performed in the twelfth month of the Islamic calendar. Male pilgrims wear special simple clothes which strip away distinctions of class and culture so that all stand equal before God. The rites of the Hajj include circling the Kaaba seven times and going seven times between the hillocks of Safa and Marwa, as Hagar did during her search for water. Then the pilgrims stand together in Arafa and ask God for what they wish and for His forgiveness, in what is often thought of as a preview of the Day of Judgment.
The end of the Hajj is marked by a festival, Eid Al-Adha , which is celebrated with prayers. This, and Eid al-Fitr , a feast-day commemorating the end of Ramadan.
So, Ramadan begin one of the most important pillars of Islam. Muslims every year, around the world fast during daylight hours. It is the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar. Healthy adult Muslims fast in Ramadan from dawn until dusk. This includes abstaining from drinking, eating, immoral acts and anger. Other acts of worship such as prayer, reading the Quran and charity are also encouraged during the holy month. Muslims also believe the Quran was revealed in Ramadan.
There is also a verse in the Quran that prescribes fasting for all Muslims who are mature and healthy enough to do so for the full day. So Muslims fast as an act of worship, a chance to get closer to God, and a way to become more compassionate to those in need. Fasting is also seen as a way to learn patience and break bad habits.
Fasting is obligatory for adult Muslims. However, those that are travelling, pregnant or breastfeeding and those with severe illnesses are not required to fast. However, those who are unable to fast at the time, are required to make up the fasts that are missed later, when they can do so. In the instance of long-term medical illness, money can be given to the poor instead of fasting.
Different cultures have different traditions during Ramadan, whether it is a special food they must cook, or eating iftar with the extended family. Islamic tenets such as generosity inspired most of these traditions, including sharing food and inviting guests over for iftar.
Fasting during Ramadan is an act of worship and a way to become more compassionate to those in need, as well as for the individual to become closer to God. It is the holiest month in the Islamic calendar and is a time for more prayers, Quran readings and recitations and increased charitable acts.
It is often wrongly noted that Islam promotes violence and hatred of others. In fact, the teachings of Ramadan (and Islam) are based around love, respect and giving to others. That is why Muslims are encouraged in this month to give even more to those that are less off in the society. Being charitable to the poor and the needy is one of the most important teachings of Islam and a fixed amount must be given to the poor before Eid can be celebrated. This is known as 'Fitrana'.
Believers are also encouraged to improve their behaviour, and to avoid swearing, fighting, gossiping, and laziness, as those things lessen the spiritual reward of fasting.
Zakat is the compulsory giving of a set proportion of one's wealth to charity during the month of Ramadan and also it is the third important pillar in islam. It is regarded as a type of worship and of self-purification. Zakat does not refer to charitable gifts given out of kindness or generosity, but to the systematic giving of 2.5% of one's wealth each year to benefit the poor.
The benefits of Zakat, apart from helping the poor, are as follows:
Obeying God
Helping a person acknowledge that everything comes from [God] on loan and that we do not really own anything ourselves
And since we cannot take anything with us when we die we need not cling to it
Acknowledging that whether we are rich or poor is God's choice
So we should help those he has chosen to make poor
Learning self-discipline
Freeing oneself from the love of possessions and greed
Freeing oneself from the love of money
Freeing oneself from love of oneself
Behaving honestly
The 2.5% rate only applies to cash, gold and silver, and commercial items. There are other rates for farm and mining produce, and for animals.
Adithyan_ks April 26, 2020, 3:12am #2
@potent_quoteworld
Happy Ramadan Mubarak
unknown_soul April 26, 2020, 6:07am #3
Ramadan Mubarak.
Thank you @Adithyan_ks
Thankuuuuu @unknown_soul
Syed.javeed April 26, 2020, 8:47am #6
Happy to Read Again main Basic pillar's of islam
Islam=peace=islam:slightly_smiling_face:
potent_quoteworld April 26, 2020, 10:43am #7
Thank you for reading @Syed.javeed


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Q: android studio adding library I am adding to my project actionbarsherlock library on android studio.
I create libs folder and added actionsherlock bar library codes and other jar file for slidingmenu.
build.grandle file of my project:

buildscript {
repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}
dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.5.+'
} } apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
      mavenCentral() }
android {
      compileSdkVersion 18
      buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"
defaultConfig {
    minSdkVersion 7
    targetSdkVersion 16
} }

dependencies {
    compile files('libs/library')
    compile project(':libs:actionbarsherlock')

}

setttings.grandle file of my project

include':MyProject',':libs:actionbarsherlock'

And I am getting this error on runtime:
Gradle: A problem occurred configuring project ':MyProject'.

Failed to notify project evaluation listener.
  Configuration with name 'default' not found.

Thanks for help

A: I'm not sure if the buildfile as it appears in your question is exact or if the formatting is messed up from pasting it into the web form, but some things need to be on separate lines for the script to work. For example,
compileSdkVersion 18 buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"

will cause an error.
A couple other things I see:
Use 0.6 or later for the Gradle plugin.
Instead of downloading ActionBarSherlock as a source library, use a Maven-style dependency to have Gradle pull the AAR directly from a Maven repository. This is easier and works better. If I use this build file I don't see your error:
buildscript {
    repositories {
        mavenCentral()
    }
    dependencies {
        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:0.6.+'
    }
}

apply plugin: 'android'

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

android {
    compileSdkVersion 18
    buildToolsVersion '17.0.0'

    defaultConfig {
        minSdkVersion 7
        targetSdkVersion 16
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile files('libs/library')
    compile 'com.actionbarsherlock:actionbarsherlock:4.4.0@aar'
}

If you're still having problems, please build from the command line with the --info and --stacktrace options and paste the output into your question.

A: Replace "apply plugin: 'android'" with "apply plugin: 'com.android.library'"
and add this on top of in the gradle file.


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Homeless Memorial Day--The Bell Rang Eight Times
There were about two dozen people gathered at the historic Cheyenne Depot Plaza at noon for the brief memorial service honoring all of the homeless people that died over the past year. The first names of seven individuals were read by Pastor Rick Veit, and then he rang a bell after each name was called. Finally, the bell rang an eighth time for any of the deceased homeless of which we were unaware of their passing.
The brief ceremony was a solemn reminder of the dire circumstances that many people experience. It was thirty degrees outside with a 16 mph wind making it feel like nineteen degrees. I have stood out there for this service in much colder conditions. However, by the time I walked back to the office today (six blocks) after attending the service I was quite chilled. I was bundled up and only in the cold for thirty minutes. How would I make it if I had no shelter at all?


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The interior during the Ancien Régime
Three altarpieces
In the interior the Italian influences are much more prevalent than on the outer façade. However, in the beginning, the inside of the church was marked by modesty and simplicity as well.
In 1628 the first and most influential changes took place. The three Antwerp masters of painting each produced an altarpiece for the Saint Augustine church.
left: In the Saint Augustine chapel the north nave is closed off with the painting The passion of Saint Augustine, by Antoon van Dyck. This alter was not only dedicated to Augustinus, but also to his mother Saint Monica. Wilhelmus, Nicolas, Tolentino, and Cornelius are also honoured.
middle: For the high altar Rubens painted The mystic wedding of Saint Catharina. The high altar itself was dedicated to the patron saints of the Augustine order, Our-Dear-Lady, and all the saints.
right: Jacob Jordaens 's The martyrdom of Saint Apollonia decorated the chapel in the south nave. There, the chapel altar, aside from being dedicated to Apollonia, is also in honour of Henricus, Simeon, Lucius and Rochus.
The Augustinus cycle
Remarkably, the alter paintings were created long before the high-choir and discussed chapels were completed. First the middle section would have to be finished.
From 1650 a series of paintings depicting the life of Saint Augustinus was made to measure for the space between the windows and the crown moulding of the colonnade. This "Augustinus cycle" starting at the north end by the high-choir, still exists and will be reinstalled after the restoration is complete. Of the sixteen anonymous paintings, two are accredited to Willem van Herp and two to Cornelis De Vos. No other names are known.
Just beneath the crown moulding is a row of rosettes with underneath it decorative half elevated apostle medallions, floral garlands, and angels in between the arches of the colonnade. These authentic decorations were sculpted by Aert Coens, possibly after a design by master architect Coebergher.
In 1671-1672 the choir seating was placed behind the high altar, in the sacristy! Actually, the fathers admitted their error in this. Even before the construction of the church, the provincial officials decided that the choir had to be built behind the altar. In this manner, the fathers wouldn't be visible to the laymen in the church. They ignored these instructions, apparently in error.
In 1671 a marble table was also placed in the high altar. This showpiece by Artus Quellin would disappear after the sale of the church in the French period. The still present super structure is a creation of Hendrik Frans Verbruggen). When the baroque enclosure was constructed is unclear. This most likely occurred after 1700. In any case, the accounting records make mention of the gilding of the high altar only in 1728, exactly one hundred years after the Rubens painting was installed.
The marble altar and side bays also appeared much later than the altar paintings: in 1673 in the Augustine chapel and in 1693 in the Apollonia chapel. Few original aspects remain of the first altar built by Arnold Quellin the younger. The second one, however, has been preserved, albeit in an altered form. It was built by Hendrik Frans Verbruggen or employees of his atelier.
Even more baroque
In the end, Hendrik Frans Verbruggen contributed even more to the baroque feeling of the interior of the church than Coebergher. In fact, made by his hand were: the pulpit (1697), the missing communion rail (1705), the under the French regime destroyed portal (1712), the relic case of Nicolaas of Tolentino and Thomas of Villanova (both 1721) and- outside the church- the holy water fonts of the sacristy (1690).
In 1718, possibly the period when the high alter was constructed, the high choir was given a vaulted semi circular apse. This detail coordinates visually with the high altar. The central nave got its arch three years later.


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Ballybunion Golf Club - Old golf course - 11th
The 11th green on the Old Course at Ballybunion Golf Club sits by the beach. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor
Lahinch Golf Club - Old golf course - 12th
The remains of Castle Dough lie in the distance of the par-5 12th green on the Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor
Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland - clubhouse
The stone work on the clubhouse and other buildings make the Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland look generations old. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor
Ballybunion Golf Club - Cashen golf course - 15th
The Cashen Course at Ballybunion Golf Club is a challenging 18-hole complement to the Old Course. Courtesy of Ballybunion G.C.
Dingle Golf Links - hole 4
The fourth hole at Dingle Golf Links provides the best views of the water. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor
Dooks Golf Club - Dingle Bay
Dooks Golf Club plays along Dingle Bay, which is in view from many parts of the course. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Tralee Golf Club - 16th
The 16th hole's green at Tralee Golf Club is tucked into dunes and plays right along the sea. Brandon Tucker/GolfAdvisor
Waterville Golf Links - 18th
The 18th green at Waterville Golf Links sits steps from the clubhouse and the beach. Jason Scott Deegan/GolfAdvisor
Southwest Ireland: A parade of magical golf links line the coast
By Jason Scott Deegan
WATERVILLE, County Kerry, Ireland -- Three world top-100-caliber golf courses -- Lahinch, Ballybunion and Waterville -- elevate southwest Ireland into one of the most sought-after links golf destinations on the planet.
It's less than an hour's drive from the Shannon Airport to the newly named Trump International Golf Links & Hotel Ireland near the village of Doonbeg. This luxurious home base offers easy access to a Greg Norman design that's being re-imagined by Martin Hawtree, as well as the quirky but lovable Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club, a links replete with blind shots and the famous Dell and Klondyke holes.
A ferry ride across the River Shannon will take you to Ballybunion Golf Club. Playing the adored Old Course at Ballybunion is a must, although getting lost in the dunes of the Cashen Course can be fun, too. The Arnold Palmer-designed Tralee Golf Club and underrated Dooks Golf Club, redesigned by Hawtree in 2006, serve as gateways to the scenic Dingle Peninsula.
Going a bit off track to tour the peninsula reveals the westernmost course in Europe, the Dingle Golf Links (known by its Irish name, Ceann Sibeal). Furthest south, Waterville Golf Links tends to be the final stop, unless Old Head Golf Links in Kinsale makes the itinerary. Tom Fazio's 2006 renovation realized the full potential of Waterville's beautiful setting along the Atlantic Ocean's Ballinskelligs Bay and the River Inny Estuary.
Jason Scott Deegan
Jason Scott Deegan has reviewed more than 1,000 courses and golf destinations for some of the industry's biggest publications. His work has been honored by the Golf Writer's Association of America and the Michigan Press Association. Follow him on Instagram at @jasondeegangolfadvisor and Twitter at @WorldGolfer.
World's top links golf destinations: Where should you go?
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Fantasy golf in southwest Ireland: 10 days, nine rounds, one premier vacation destination
The links golf is so good in the Emerald Isle it's hard to pick a favorite area. But we made Jason Scott Deegan pick one, and he chose southwest Ireland. Go inside to find out why and see his 10-day dream itinerary. It will make you want to start planning your own Irish golf getaway -- today.
Ginella: Top 5 courses in southwest Ireland
Golf Channel travel expert Matt Ginella shares his top 5 courses to play in the links golf hotspot of southwest Ireland.
By Brandon Tucker
Blind shots are part of the fun of links golf
Love them or loathe them, blind shots are everywhere on links in Great Britain and Ireland. We feature some of the most notable.
Doonbeg resort: The epitome of luxury links in Ireland
Doonbeg Golf Club has matured into one of the world's greatest links courses since opening in 2002, but that's not the only reason to visit Doonbeg. Combined with the resort, named 2010 European Golf Resort of the Year by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators, this might be the best combination of links golf and on-site accommodations in the world. Doonbeg has the ability to make you feel at home, even when you're an ocean away.
Lahinch Golf Club in County Clare, Ireland, is back to its brilliant best
The Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club, located on the southwest coast of Ireland, has undergone a number of improvements and alterations over the years. Old Tom Morris and Alister MacKenzie are among the famous course designers who have put their touch on the Old Course at Lahinch, which is especially treacherous when the wind blows, Clive Agran writes.
By Clive Agran
Historic Lahinch links in Ireland boasts quirky charms
The Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club -- a historic links in County Clare, Ireland -- boasts quirky charms and beautiful surroundings. Initially designed by Old Tom Morris, it takes blind shots to a whole new level.
Historic and popular Irish links lands 2019 Irish Open
With The Open already booked at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland, the European Tour moved the Irish Open south to the Lahinch Golf Club, where the historic links will host for the first time.


David Wright did not get in the game Tuesday night, and his team was not inspired by the captain's presence in the dugout.
After activating their captain from the 60-day disabled list, the Mets coughed up an early lead and fell to the NL East champion Braves, 7-3 at Citi Field.
Pitching through periods of pouring rain, Noah Syndergaard delivered a strong outing, going six innings, allowing just three hits and no runs while striking out five. But the long-haired right hander got the Jacob deGrom treatment on Tuesday.
The Mets had a three-run lead in the sixth after RBIs by Jay Bruce and Michael Conforto in the third inning and a sacrifice fly by Tomas Nido in the sixth, but things unraveled from there.
Robert Gsellman was only able to record one out in the seventh and was charged with four runs, and Jerry Blevins gave up a two-run homer to Braves young stud Ozzie Albies in the eighth.
Wright has been sidelined since May 2016 by back, neck and shoulder injuries that required surgery.
Though there's a chance he'll get in a game before the weekend — manager Mickey Callaway has said he'd like to give Wright a couple of pinch-hit opportunities ahead of his farewell game Saturday, when the seven-time All-Star is scheduled to start at third base against Miami in what he expects to be his final big league appearance — it didn't happen Tuesday.
The Mets captain said he would need some heads up to get himself prepared to hit, but he also admitted his expectations are low when it comes to his at-bats this week.
Unlike most games in his Mets career, Wright said he will make sure to soak everything in on Saturday and remember the details.
The Mets announced the gates for Saturday's game will open at 4:30 p.m., a half hour earlier than usual, so fans can see the team captain take batting practice.
Whatever happens in his swan song, Wright knows it's going to be a different experience for him to take the field after such an arduous road back.


If you read here often, you may have pieced together the puzzle and stumbled upon a radical point of view on resistance training. I spent a lifetime of in-the-trenches experience and tedious research to reach a simple conclusion. I felt like a mad scientist, scrambling day and night for years on end to brew the right concoction, only to discover that plain water solved the problem.
I overtrained and got injured, paying my dues to discover this the hard way. Three exercises can give complete and safe results from strength training. This means that every major muscle group can improve with just three exercises.
While some will choose to perceive it as "how can this be enough," others will realize you can now devote all of your efforts to just a few basic exercises and get rapid progress.
Imagine how strong you would become in the bench, squat, and pull-up if you focus on them alone. If you can bench over 400, squat over 600, and pull with 200 in one hand, all for reps, would you look weak anywhere? If you managed to achieve these incredible figures yet kept your bodyweight low by avoiding overeating, would much fat appear anywhere on your body?
You can train more intensely and perfect form, when concentrating on only a push, pull, and squat. Imagine a great general realizing that he can focus his forces on just three fronts instead of spreading his troops too thin. With the soldiers now concentrated, he can finally punch major holes in the enemy.
A push is any upper body movement with the resistance lifted away from the body. A pull is any upper body movement with the resistance lifted toward the body. A squat involves extending at the hip, knee, and ankle.
For upper body movements, the exercises need to stay as close as possible to the horizontal plane. Vertical movements, such as an overhead press, harm the shoulder. They also involve less muscle. Some may choose to address the core through bracing. This means holding a position and resisting movement. If you choose the correct push, pull, and squat exercises, then the core may receive enough work already. I suggest the barbell bench press, the single-armed dumbbell row, and the barbell back squat as your only strength training exercises.
Most change up exercises to spur progress, when really more rest and food, along with efficient and tough training, make the real changes. Other exercises that otherwise seem good may just be redundant. Generating tension by working hard with heavy weights creates strength and size, not the diversity of exercise itself.
Variety will harm you. For the sake of variety, many include bad exercises. The joints do not handle unusual positions well. Trying to improve itself creates variation. While some range of choices for conditioning can make sense, keep it basic for lifting. Variety only seems to work because your body has to learn or relearn skills for new exercises. This creates the illusion of quick progress.
Need more work on your middle delts? Instead, view the middle deltoids as two functional units. The front half works on the push. The back half works in the pull. Avoid the overhead press and lateral raises to keep your shoulders healthy. Want thicker traps? Pull using the proper position for the exercise. Need bigger calves? Squat with your chest up to ensure plantarflexion. Want a strong core? Squatting and pulling involves plenty of stabilization at the core. You need strong forearms and hands? Pull and grip heavy weights. Need more stabilizer work? Brace intensely on the big three, and include some athletic options such as sprinting and jumping. You can do these as intervals designed to elevate your heart rate.
If you fail to feel it in the triceps on the push, use a closer grip. If you fail to feel it in the biceps on the pull, make sure you have an underhand and close enough grip. The arms can actually create more tension on these versus curls and extensions.
Strike a balance between positions, stances, and grips. You should pick the medium options and not choose widely or narrowly. You should feel as if every muscle involved contributes and no single one causes you to end your sets. This will protect your joints and stress all the muscles evenly.
Any deviation from a medium position harms a good compound movement. Compound exercises maximize compression versus shear on your joints. Your bones, tendons, and ligaments prepared to handle heavy weights through multiple joints.
You will save a lot of time practicing three movements.
With this extra time, you can add intervals, walking, training for sport, and otherwise work at your career, relax, and enjoy your life. You optimize recovery which prevents overtraining.
Push, pull, and squat. They work every major muscle group. Focus on what matters and enjoy faster and safe progress.


The NRA is spending more than it ever has on elections this year — more than $36 million at last count, with another four weeks until Election Day, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
And Trump is by far the largest beneficiary, with the NRA spending more than $21 million to help him: $9.6 million on ads and other pro-Trump materials, and another $12 million attacking Hillary Clinton, whom the organization sees as a threat to nominate a Supreme Court justice seen as unsympathetic to gun rights.
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