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Article 1-2 Constitution of Singapore 1963
Table of Contents
ToggleArticle 1 and 2 of the Constitution of Singapore 1963 are under Part I of the Constitution. Part I is titled Preliminary.
Article 1 Singapore Constitution 1963
This Constitution may be cited as the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore.
Article 2 Singapore Constitution 1963
(1) In this Constitution, unless it is otherwise provided or the context otherwise requires —
"Cabinet" means the Cabinet constituted under this Constitution;
"Civil List" means the provision made under Article 22J for the maintenance of the President;
"citizen of Singapore" means any person who, under the provisions of this Constitution, has the status of a citizen of Singapore;
"commencement", used with reference to this Constitution, means 9 August 1965;
"Consolidated Fund" means the Consolidated Fund established by this Constitution;
"Council of Presidential Advisers" means the Council of Presidential Advisers constituted under Part 5A;
"existing law" means any law having effect as part of the law of Singapore immediately before the commencement of this Constitution;
"Government" means the Government of Singapore;
"high judicial office" means the office of the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division, a Judge of the High Court, a Judicial Commissioner, a Senior Judge or an International Judge, and "person holding high judicial office" has a corresponding meaning;
"Judicial Service Commission" means the Judicial Service Commission constituted under this Constitution;
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"law" includes written law and any legislation of the United Kingdom or other enactment or instrument whatsoever which is in operation in Singapore and the common law in so far as it is in operation in Singapore and any custom or usage having the force of law in Singapore;
"Legal Service Commission" means the Legal Service Commission constituted under this Constitution;
"Legislature" means the Legislature of Singapore;
"Minister" means a Minister appointed under this Constitution;
"office of profit" means, subject to clause (5), any whole time office in the public service;
"Parliament" means the Parliament of Singapore;
"President" means the President of Singapore elected under this Constitution and includes any person for the time being exercising the functions of the office of President;
"Presidential Elections Committee" means the Presidential Elections Committee constituted under Article 18;
"Prime Minister" means the Prime Minister of Singapore appointed under this Constitution;
"public office" means, subject to clause (5), an office of emolument in the public service;
"public officer" means the holder of any public office;
"public seal" means the public seal of Singapore;
"public service" means service under the Government;
"Public Service Commission" means the Public Service Commission constituted under this Constitution;
"register of electors" means any register of electors prepared under the provisions of any written law for the time being in force relating to Parliamentary elections;
"remuneration", in respect of any public officer, means only the emoluments of that officer, the whole or any part of which count for pension or gratuity in accordance with the provisions of any law relating to the grant of pensions or gratuities in respect of the public service;
"reserves", in relation to the Government, a statutory board or Government company, means the excess of assets over liabilities of the Government, statutory board or Government company, as the case may be;
"session" means the sittings of Parliament commencing when it first meets after being constituted, or after its prorogation or dissolution at any time, and terminating when Parliament is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued;
"Singapore" means the Republic of Singapore;
"sitting" means a period during which Parliament is sitting continuously without adjournment, including any period during which Parliament is in committee;
"Speaker" and "Deputy Speaker" mean, respectively, the Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of Parliament;
"Supreme Court Judge" means the Chief Justice, a Justice of the Court of Appeal, a Judge of the Appellate Division or a Judge of the High Court;
"term of office", in relation to the Government, means the period —
(a) commencing on the date the Prime Minister and Ministers first take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance in accordance with Article 27 after a general election; and
(b) ending after the next general election on the date immediately before the Prime Minister and Ministers first take and subscribe the Oath of Allegiance in accordance with Article 27;
"terms of service", in respect of any officer, includes the remuneration to which that officer is entitled by virtue of his office, and any pension, gratuity or other like allowance payable to or in respect of that officer;
"written law" means this Constitution and all Acts and Ordinances and subsidiary legislation for the time being in force in Singapore.
(2) Except where this Constitution otherwise provides or where the context otherwise requires —
(a) the person or authority having power to make substantive appointments to any public office may appoint a person to perform the functions of that office during any period when it is vacant or when the holder thereof is unable (whether by reason of absence or infirmity of body or mind or any other cause) to perform those functions;
(b) every appointment to perform the functions of an office made under paragraph (a) shall be made in the same manner as and subject to the same conditions as apply to a substantive appointment to that office;
(c) any reference in this Constitution to the holder of any office by the term designating his office shall be construed as including a reference to any person for the time being lawfully performing the functions of that office; and
(d) any reference in this Constitution to an appointment to any office shall be construed as including a reference to an appointment to perform the functions of that office.
(3) Where in this Constitution power is conferred on any person or authority to appoint a person to perform the functions of any office if the holder thereof is unable himself to perform its functions, any such appointment shall not be called in question on the ground that the holder of that office was not unable to perform those functions.
(4) For the purposes of this Constitution, the resignation of a member of any body or the holder of any office constituted by this Constitution that is required to be addressed to any person shall be deemed to have effect from the time that it is received by that person:
Provided that, in the case of a resignation that is required to be addressed to the Speaker, the resignation shall, if the office of Speaker is vacant or the Speaker is absent from Singapore, be deemed to have effect from the time that it is received by a Deputy Speaker on behalf of the Speaker.
(5) For the purposes of this Constitution, a person shall not be considered as holding a public office or an office of profit by reason of the fact that he is in receipt of any remuneration or allowances (including a pension or other like allowance) in respect of his tenure of the office of President, Prime Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker, Deputy Speaker, Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Political Secretary, Member of Parliament, Ambassador, High Commissioner or such other office as the President may, from time to time, by order, prescribe.
(6) (a) Without prejudice to clause (2) when the holder of any public office is on leave of absence pending relinquishment of that office, the person or authority having power to make appointments to that office may appoint another person thereto.
(b) Where 2 or more persons are holding the same office by reason of an appointment made pursuant to paragraph (a), the person last appointed shall, in respect of any function conferred on the holder of that office, be deemed to be the sole holder of that office.
(7) Where a person is required by this Constitution to take an oath, he shall be permitted, if he so desires, to comply with that requirement by making an affirmation.
(8) References in this Constitution to any period shall, so far as the context admits, be construed as including references to a period beginning before the commencement of this Constitution.
(9) Subject to this Article, the Interpretation Act 1965 shall apply for the purpose of interpreting this Constitution and otherwise in relation thereto as it applies for the purpose of interpreting and otherwise in relation to any written law within the meaning of that Act.
(10) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Constitution to a specified Part, Article or Schedule is a reference to that Part or Article of, or that Schedule to, this Constitution; any reference to a specified chapter, clause, section or paragraph is a reference to that chapter of the Part, that clause of the Article, that section of the Schedule, or that paragraph of the clause or section, in which the reference occurs; and any reference to a group of Articles, sections or divisions of Articles or sections shall be construed as including both the first and the last member of the group referred to.


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Mirror's Edge released exclusively on Xbox Live for Lumia Windows Phones
Mirror's Edge exclusive for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones
The Windows Phone Xbox Live title Mirror's Edge, from EA Games, is a 2D platformer with interesting gameplay taken from the 2010 console version. The player takes on the role of Faith and has to help her avoid corrupt authorities by performing a number of acrobatic stunts to bypass obstacles and other elements.
But before we continue with this excitement, be sure to note that Mirror's Edge is exclusive for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones for the time being.
The graphics are impressive for mobile gaming and the menu system is intuitive (and actually works) compared to some titles available for Windows Phone. On starting the game, the player is somewhat humorlessly greeted by a loading screen with scrolling text that is similar to the lore display in Star Wars films.
The actual gameplay is as you'd expect should you have played the console version. But for those who haven't had the luxury, the controls are natural and easy to grasp, but to master the timing is challenging to begin with. A number of achievements are available to give more incentive to play, and it'll definitely provide much motivation for those mobile achievement hunters.
The music is up-beat and energising, which is what you need when being chased by a helicopter with armed personnel firing live rounds at your rear-end. As well as single player mode, players can also play 'Speed Run', which puts Xbox Live users up against one another to score the fastest times.
You can download Mirror's Edge from the Marketplace (Nokia Lumia Windows Phones only), which will set you back £2.29 ($2.99 USD). A free trial is available, but is restricted to two levels. [Edit: Marketplace links and QR code are now fixed, sorry!]
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Research by fund market analysts Canaccord Genuity gave Apple, Inc. stock (AAPL) a "buy" rating and a price target of $356 per share. What's more interesting, though is the details behind the recommendation.
The Cupertino, California-based electronics maker has an impressive profit margin compared to its competitors. While this was a pretty commonly known fact, the analysts offer some intriguing numbers that reveal just how amazing Apple's profit margin is.
Apple in the first half of 2010 sold 17 million mobile handsets. Samsung, LG, and Nokia sold 400 million handsets (this figure includes all phones, not just smartphones). And other manufacturers sold 190 million handsets. That means Apple produced roughly 2.8 percent of the mobile units sold in the first half of the year.
However, it made 39 percent of the mobile handset industry's total profit, while Samsung, Nokia, and LG posted a 32 percent cut of the total profit, and the remaining companies made a 29 percent cut.
Producing only roughly 3 percent of your industry's products, but making close to 40 percent of your industry's profit is virtually unheard of in any business. But that's precisely what Apple is doing with the iPhone.
So why is the iPhone so profitable? The answer is complex. To start, because many customers are so enamored with the phone, AT&T has reportedly given Apple an extremely lucrative contract to grow its subscribers numbers. Thus Apple makes much more pure profit per phone.
Apple also tends to feature slightly inferior hardware to its top-of-the line Android competitors. For example, it tends to have a smaller screen, lacks a microSD expansion slot, etc. And Apple is extremely aggressive in negotiating its manufacturing prices, pushing companies like Foxconn to deliver higher volumes at lower prices.
At the end of the day, Apple may make as much as $400 USD in profit — or more — off each iPhone. By contrast Android smartphones tend to have much smaller margins.
What that means is that Apple should have plenty of cash on hand to invest in growing its business and improving its hardware to bring the fight to Android. On the flip side, Google has a similarly lucrative market — internet advertising – in which it remains virtually unchallenged. Thus Google, too has a vast cash flow and the resources to make the fight in the smartphone operating system market a fierce one for the foreseeable future.
Of course, if these numbers are true, what they also mean is that Apple doesn't really need to win the smartphone war. It merely needs to hang onto its current market share and keep raking in cash from its loyal customers.


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A clean house is the first preference of many homeowners, even the ones who don't believe in everyday cleaning. However, what's shocking here is that even people who believe in thorough cleaning of their house often neglect cleaning the roof of their homes.
There are different types of issues that can emerge from having an unclean rooftop and some of these end up in having your whole rooftop replaced which can cause you to lose lots of money.
Alright, if you don't believe in the importance of cleaning the rooftop regularly, then have a look at these top 5 reasons that will explain you how crucial it is to get the cleaning done on a regular basis.
Check out the top 5 reasons on why you need to hire professional cleaners to get your roof cleaned.
- Roof Cleaning Reason #1
Do you have a property that you need to lease at a decent cost and you require your rooftop cleaned to make it look great? Regardless of whether you have a small apartment, a house or just a housing structure, when a potential renter sees that condition of the property, then they consequently have an estimate in their mind of the amount they need to pay.
Remember, the cleaner the property the more they will pay, with a spotless rooftop you can hope to increase your rent increase. However, by hiring professional cleaners you can ensure that no problem arises and the job is done in the right manner.
- Roof Cleaning Reason #2
You choose to complete a spring clean of your home or office and since you're cleaning everything else, you may consider to get the rooftop cleaned as well. The leaves and branches of trees are everywhere after spring season, especially on the rooftops, so you can get them cleaned ASAP.
- Roof Cleaning Reason #3
If you wish to sell your property at a decent value, then you have to get your rooftop cleaned. Just like the investment property reason, when your home looks clean, the purchaser will see a higher value for your property and will pay a lot more money.
- Roof Cleaning Reason #4
If you see issues have begun to come up, like the rooftop is leaking. The harsh factors such as wind, rain, sun, hail and snow damage your rooftop. They are gradually worn down the rooftop best and the tiles split or crack, allowing water to enter your home. If this is the cases in your house as well, hire professional cleaners.
- Roof Cleaning Reason #5
If you're having guests over, you tidy up the house and prepare everything. At the front of the house you see that your rooftop has algae, moss and debris on it, and it just looks embarrassing & humiliating. Don't you think that's a worthy reason to get your rooftop cleaned? So, don't just sit there and do something about it!


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DotA 6.68 Changelogs:
Added Io the Guardian Wisp
Added Thrall the Far Seer
Added Eredar the Shadow Demon
Added Aurel Vlaicu the Gyrocopter
- Unstable Concoction manacost from 90 to 120
- Unstable Concoction damage rescaled from 150/200/250/300 to 120/180/240/300
- Spell Shield increased from 10/20/30/40 to 15/25/35/45
- Battle Hunger now slows the target by 8% until it runs out or kills another unit
Bane Elemental
- Brain Sap cooldown from 20 to 16
- Fiend's Grip Scepter upgrade now drains 10% mana per second instead of 5%
Blood Seeker
- Agility gain increased from 2.6 to 3.0
Bounty Hunter
- Jinada cooldown from 21/16/11/6 to 15/12/9/6
- Track now gives 50 bonus bounty to all units affected by the track aura of that target
- Track bonus gold is treated as Reliable Gold
- Armor decreased by 2
Chaos Knight
- Reality Rift manacost increased from 50 to 70
- Starting str decreased by 4 and increased base damage by 4 to keep it constant
- Armor increased by 1
- Battery Assault damage increased from 10/30/50/70 to 15/35/55/75
- Hookshot cooldown rescaled from 80/60/40 to 70/55/40
- Tombstone cast range increased from 250 to 600
Doom Bringer
- LVL? Death mana cost rescaled from 85/105/125/145 to 110
- Scorched Earth mana cost increased from 60 to 60/65/70/75
- Scorched Earth movement speed bonus reduced from 20% to 16%
- Starting intelligence reduced from 16 to 13
Drow Ranger
- No longer has full night vision (same as the other heroes now, 800)
- Strength gain increased from 1.4 to 1.7
- Macropyre travel range from 600/750/900 to 900
- Healing Ward manacost rescaled from 140 to 80/100/120/140
- Healing Ward regeneration increased from 1/2/3/4% to 1/2/4/5%
- Armor reduced by 1
- Ice Blast cooldown from 44/32/20 to 45
- Carrion Swarm cooldown decreased from 9 base to 8 base (5->4 when fully upgraded)
- Psi Blades spill range from 320 to 320/340/360/380
- Vampiric Aura lifesteal improved from 10/16/22/28% to 15/20/25/30%
- Reincarnation manacost increased from 100 to 140
- Reworked Hellfire Blast
Old Hellfire Blast:
Stun Duration: 2
Damage: 100/150/200/250
Cooldown: 8
Manacost: 140
New Hellfire Blast:
Ignites the target on fire, dealing damage over time. Stuns the target for a brief period followed by a movement speed reduction.
Stun Duration: 2
Slow Duration: 2
Slow Amount: 15%
Damage per second: 30/45/60/75
Cooldown: 8
Manacost: 140
Note: The dps duration is the full 4 seconds.
Ability Code: AHtb (same as before)
- Split Earth stun duration increased from 1.25/1.5/1.75/2 to a constant 2
- Movement speed increased by 10
- Starting damage rescaled from 37-56 to 42-51
Lina Inverse
- Laguna Blade level 1 cooldown from 150 to 120
- Light Strike Array cooldown from 8 to 7
- Eclipse now turns day into night for 10 seconds
- Lunar Blessing bonus damage increased from 6/12/18/24 to 8/16/24/32
- Lunar Blessing now always provides full night vision
- Movement speed decreased from 300 to 290
- Strength gain decreased from 1.85 to 1.65
- Teleport now has a tp scroll style indicator displayed for your allies
- Agility increased from 15 + 1.5 to 18 + 1.9
- Movement speed increased from 300 to 305
- Poof manacost from 140/120/100/80 to 80
- Base damage improved by 5
- Casting Open Wounds no longer loses attack focus
Nerubian Weaver
- Shukuchi now has a 0.25 second fade time
- The Swarm manacost increased from 75 to 100
- The Swarm vision reduced from to 500 to 250
- Base damage increased by 10
- Crippling Fear's miss chance from 10/20/30/40% to 40%
Ogre Magi
- Int gain increased from 1.9 to 2.4
- Fireblast rescaled from 75/125/175/275 to 80/145/210/275 (146745)
- Multi Cost manacost increase for Firebalst rescaled from 30/80/110 to 30/70/110 (146745)
Obsidian Destroyer
- Astral Imprisonment no longer causes the target to lose vision over that area
- Added Aghanim's Scepter to Obsidian Destroyer (along with a new visual effect)
Damage Multiplier from 8/9/10 to 9/10/11 and cast range from 600/650/700 to 700/750/800
Ability Code: A1VW
Omni Knight
- Movement speed increased by 5
Pandarean Brewmaster
- Drunken Haze slow increased from 10/14/18/22 to 14/18/22/26
Priestess of the Moon
- Moonlight Shadow's cooldown rescaled from 160 to 180/160/140,
- Moonlight Shadow's duration rescaled from 7/9/11 to 11.
- Illusory Orb cooldown decreased from 15 to 13
- Flesh Heap is now retroactive (Meaning it keeps track of your kills and is always updating your str based on your current level of flesh heap)
- Reduced Flesh Heap aoe from 525 to 450
- Meat Hook damage type changed from physical to pure
- Meet Hook damage adjusted from 100/200/300/400 to 90/180/270/360
Queen of Pain
- Scream of Pain manacost rescaled from 140 to 110/120/130/140
- Static Link cooldown decreased from 45/40/35/30 to 35/30/25/20
- Added Aghanim's Scepter to Razor (along with a new visual effect)
Increases striking speed from 0.85/0.75/0.60 to 0.7/0.6/0.5 and can target structures. Does not reduce structure's armor.
Ability Code: A1UV
Sand King
- Armor increased by 1
- Assassinate kills now give XP even if you are outside of range (208147)
- Night vision increased from 800 to 1000 (197918)
- Desolate damage increased from 15/25/35/45 to 20/30/40/50
- Dispersion reflection increased from 5/10/15/20 to 10/14/18/22
Spirit Breaker
- Empowering haste from 4/6/8/10 to 6/8/10/12
- Aghanim's Scepter Nether Strike now also increases cast range (400/550/700->550/700/850)
- Charge of Darkness speed boost updates at smoother 0.5 intervals and displays a counter above your head (267094)
- Added a button to make it more obvious how to initiate the charge earlier. You can still use the old move method though. (193994)
Stealth Assassin
- Base agility increased by 10
Base damage and armor decreased to remain the same overall after the extra agility
Tauren Chieftain
- Natural Order aoe from 250 to 275
- Remote mines now detonate when killed (145024)
- Soul Steal's secondary ability is now in the same position as the primary ability with the same hotkey (210124)
- Armor increased by 1
- Avalanche cooldown decreased from 20 to 17
- Toss cast range from 500/700/900/1100 to 700/900/1100/1300
- Added Aghanim's Scepter to Tiny
Can target trees to pick them up as weapons (same as Stone Giant from ladder). Makes your attack range longer, gives you bonus damage against buildings and 50% splash in a 300 aoe for 3 attacks. Adds an extra level of upgrade to your toss damage that your ultimate normally does.
Ability Code: A1VH
Vengeful Spirit
- Magic Missile manacost rescaled from 95/110/125/140 to 110/120/130/140
- Poison Sting slow from 10 to 11/12/13/14
- Added Aghanim's Scepter to Viper
Cast Range increased from 500 to 800 and cooldown from 80/50/30 to 12
Ability Code: A1UZ
- Gravekeeper's Cloak armor bonus rescaled from 2/3/4/5 armor per layer to 1/2/4/5 per layer
- Gravekeeper's Cloak magic resistance rescaled from 4/8/12/16% reduction per layer to 3/6/12/16 per layer
- Familiars maximum damage rescaled from 84/105/126 to 56/98/154
- Familiars cooldown from 160 to 180/160/140
- Soul Assumption's mana cost increased from 100 to 150
- Fatal Bonds cooldown decreased from 30 to 25
- Added Aghanim's Scepter to Warlock
With Aghanim's Warlock calls down two golems. HP, Attack and Bounty of each is halved to be roughly the same total as before. Deals twice the impact damage and lands 0.3 seconds apart.
Ability Code: S00U
- Arc Lightning cooldown from 2.5 to 2.25 seconds
* Added a new recipe item (Arcane Boots)
This item replaces Arcane Ring.
Arcane Boots:
500 - Boots of Speed
1000 - Energy Booster
+65 Movement Speed
+250 Mana
Replenish Mana (Restores 135 mana to allies in 600 aoe, 45 cd, 25 manacost)
Can be Disassembled
Original Idea from: 245602
* Added new basic item (Orb of Venom)
Located at the secret shops and side shops
- Costs 600 Gold.
- Adds a poison effect to your attacks. Deals 3dps and lasts 3 seconds. 4% slow for ranged, 12% slow for melee.
Assault Cuirass
- Attack Speed decreased from 40% to 35%
- Aura Attack Speed increased from 15% to 20%
Animal Courier
- Price decreased from 200 to 170
Blade Mail
- Damage Return's duration increased from 3.5 to 4 seconds
- Heal on wielder's death increased from 25 per charge to 30
- Now only loses a third of its charges on death (reduced from a half)
Buriza Do Kyanon
- Damage increased by 6 (to equal the total of crystalys and demon edge)
Cranium Basher
- Removed 25% chance to do 25 bonus damage (stun is still the same)
- Cranium Basher bonus damage increased from 30 to 40
Dust of Appearance
- Reduced AOE from 1250 to 1050
Ethereal Blade
- Removed Wraith Band from recipe (same bonuses still though)
- You can now target yourself
Eul's Scepter of Divinity
- Cast range increased from 600 to 700
- Added double click support for Euls (174341)
Eye of Skadi
- Orb of Venom added as a component. Final bonuses are the same as before.
- Recipe price decreased from 750 to 300
Heart of the Tarrasque
- Delay on regeneration reduced from 8 to 6 seconds
- Recipe cost decreased from 900 to 800
- AoE of Restore increased from 450 to 750
- HP aura regen increased from 3 to 4
Quelling Blade
- Tree Chop cooldown decreased from 15 to 10
Sentry Wards
- Increased truesight vision from 800 to 950
- Reduced natural vision to just around itself
Urn of Shadows
- Heal no longer dispels from neutral creep damage
- Added a team notice when someone buys Urn of Shadows recipe
- HP bonus from 300 to 275
* Added a new gold mechanic to the game
"Reliable Gold" - Any bounty you get from hero kills or from the extra "aoe kill gold" bonus (feature from few patches ago) is added to your Reliable Gold pool.
"Unreliable Gold" - It is everything else (creep kills, neutrals, etc).
Dying can only take away gold from your Unreliable Gold pool and not from your Reliable Gold. Buying items uses up your Unreliable Gold first before using your Reliable Gold.
An example: You have 910 total gold (500 Unreliable, 410 Reliable). If you buy Boots of Speed, you'll have 410 total gold left (0 Unreliable, 410 Reliable). However, if you bought Chainmail, you would have 360 Reliable Gold left.
The process is seamless to the user, you won't have to do anything extra to make it work. Your total gold is still displayed in the same place. Your Reliable Gold is displayed in your scoreboard title.
This is a new experimental idea that may be adjusted and tweaked over time depending on feedback and results after it is released. As always, let me know anything you want to see in future versions.
Buyback uses reliable gold first. There are some other plans and ideas for buyback adjustments in the future but I would like to see these changes stabilize first before considering further stuff. There may also be some other changes related to the aoe bounty in the future but I want to take it slow one step at a time and see how this change is reflected in games first.
* Support gold bounty gained for kills is now displayed ontop of each hero (not a change to bounty, but revealing the "extra" area bounty that was added a few patches ago, 16775)
* Minor adjustment (+50) to the extra aoe XP bounty
* Lane creeps vision from 1400/800 to 1100/800
* Day-Night now cycles at 25% faster rate
* The autozoom restore function in -zm is increased to give extra time to temporarily zoom in
* Game now displays a message to your allies if you buy back
* Added a -ub (-Unban) game mode to override the default -cm changed hero restrictions. You use this in combination with cm, -ubcm
Instead of 4 bans and then 5 picks, now it is 3 bans and then 3 picks followed by 2 bans and 2 picks.
Old CM:
Summary: 4 bans then 5 picks.
Ban Phase: Each team bans 4 heroes. 40 Seconds for each step.
Process: 1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1
Pick Phase: Each team then picks 5 heroes. 60 Seconds for each step.
Process: 1-2-2-2-2-1
60 seconds of extra time is provided in each team's time bank.
New CM:
Summary: 3 bans then 3 picks then 2 bans then 2 picks.
Ban Phase #1: Each team bans 3 heroes. 30 seconds for each step
Process: 1-1-1-1-1-1
Pick Phase #1: Each team then picks 3 heroes. 50 seconds for each step.
Process: 1-2-2-1
Ban Phase #2: Each team then bans 2 heroes. 50 seconds for each step
Process: 1-1-1-1
Ban Phase #2: Each team then picks 2 heroes. 50 seconds for each step
Process: 1-1-1-1
90 seconds of extra time is provided in each team's time bank.
* Added death animation for Throne (82594)
* 4 new Courier models (222933)
* Added a Flying Courier morph ability (175819)
* Added Mini Viper and Snow Owl flying courier models (175819)
* Added a mini-goblin zeppelin flying courier model
* Added a new ability to the courier that drops all the items that do not belong to you to their respective CoPs and then gathers all items that are yours onto the courier.
* Changed the courier morph hotkey to G to avoid conflicts with the new ability
* Game now displays a message when an ally purchases Dust, Observer Wards, Sentry Wards or Gem
* Added -il as a shortcut for -invokelist (43834)
* Increased Anti-Backdoor regeneration rate
* Fixed some visual issues with ground textures of some scourge buildings (217304)
* Fixed some buff icon inconsistencies (218840)
* Added Hook and Arrow Accuracy information to replay data
* New visual effect for Vengeful Spirit's scepter
* New visual effect for Witch Doctor's Aghanim Scepter
* New visual effect Puck's Scepter (206094)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Axe (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Pudge (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Spiritbreaker (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Sand King (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Jakiro (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Night Stalker (264503)
* Added an Aghanim's visual effect for Earthshaker (166075)
* New Tidehunter hero story (244461)
* Added flavor text for Phase Boots (19010)
* Reworked when the visual effect is shown for Berserker's Blood (268354)
* Improved Chaos Bolt animation (247368)
* New Earthbind visual effect
* Added an extra visual effect for Nether Swap
* Added a visual damage indicator for Ethereal Blade (204930)
* Added a Burst visual effect for flying courier (21388)
* Added an aura visual for Leoric's Vampiric Aura (14145)
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Monday, September 29, 2008
Going to the Dogs
Monday, September 29, 2008
For example, here's the picture you order from:
And here's what you get:
Niiice. See, you can tell it's the exact same cake you ordered, 'cuz it has that red loopy bow sticking out of its head. I particularly like the oozing eye. Plus, that red "collar" looks a lot more like a gushing cranial wound - ditto for the "tongue".
I guess this one's a little better:
But it still looks more like a dirty mop-head with a face drawn on than a dog. Where are the legs? The ears? The neck? Also, if you're going to have a cake like this, why oh why would you stick candles in the poor pooch's back? He looks like he's been the target of sky-diving archers.
Also in vogue are the tiny cupcake pups, ala Miss Love-You-1.000-Time. These are already wrecktastic in concept, given that there are only 2 cupcakes underneath the deluge of frosting, but the execution just makes 'em that much better. Check back tomorrow for those; this post is officially "to be continued"!
Many thanks to Fawn R. & Monique R. for submitting the "dogs".
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- The Dutchess of Kickball said...
Ack, and the candles coming out of it's back make it look so tortured.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:12 AM
The other day I ran into a dog-cake video in youtube:
It might be just me, but I would find it creepy to eat a cake that looks just like my dog. - September 29, 2008 at 9:17 AM
I'm a big fan of the phrase "gushing cranial wound." Rolls right off the tongue.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:20 AM
- Kameron said...
Oh, how I look forward to your witty banter every morning. I looked at the first picture, and while I didn't like it all that much, thought it wasn't a bad rendition of a dog. Then I saw what the cakes actually looked like (and of course, your description of them) and I had to cup my hand over my mouth as I laughed out loud in my cubicle!
- September 29, 2008 at 9:21 AM
- Ros said...
Maybe that first guy was just struggling because someone had hidden his airbrush? But still - having the dog spitting blood from which you write the text? Not good.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:23 AM
- Unknown said...
The second cake reminds me of the trash heap from Fraggle Rock that lived in the backyard of The Gorgs.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM
- ElizabethC said...
is it just me or does the first cake wreck after the "good" one look like a disturbing cross between a persian cat and a small terrier? *shudder*
- September 29, 2008 at 9:28 AM
I'm at a loss for words today.
Woof. Woof.
~Amy B - September 29, 2008 at 9:29 AM
- nixtress said...
I think I'd say dusty mop more than dog. Yuck!
- September 29, 2008 at 9:30 AM
- Garret said...
Your blog is awesome. The pictures aren't as funny (more like scary)as your commentary on them. You rock, like the hand of one of these cake decorators.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:34 AM
- Kelli said...
Seriously, it's right up there with eating the baby! I refuse to make one, it's just not right! Especially when done so wrong!
- September 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Michelle said...
OK, that first one there looks like the poor pup is vomiting the words 'Happy Birthday' in blood. That is one unhealthy pooch! The second one? Well, if you're a cake decorator, and it's going that badly, why, oh why, would you bust out the air brush!!! Oh LORD! Just so you know, viewing the daily wreck has become an event for my entire laboratory! Science breaks for Cake Wrecks! Great blog!
- September 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Deborah Godin said...
These remind me of one of my fave childhood movies, The Wizard of Oz. No, not because they remind me of Toto. When I saw them I distinctly heard a cackly voice going, "Ahhhh, look what you've done, I'm melting, ahhhhh"
- September 29, 2008 at 9:41 AM
Anyone who would order this cake based on the "model" photo deserves what they get. It looks like it's growing mold.
- September 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Kopperhead said...
When I scrolled down to the wreck, I thought it was a cat, and thought they totally had it so wrong. Well, they did. I know I am rather judgmental on these types of cakes even if well executed; I just don't think I like cakes to try to look like the real thing they are depicting. Cartoon dogs, okay; realistic, not okay.
Can't wait for tomorrows presentation! - September 29, 2008 at 9:43 AM
I've got to say the original dog cake kind of freaks me out too just because the hair looks so...hair like? I have no urge to eat a fuzzy cake.
But yeah that third cake looks EXACTLY like the nasty old kitchen mop I found left in one of the apartments I lived in in college. Same shade of gray, same dubious contents. - September 29, 2008 at 9:47 AM
- Aubrey Kinnaman said...
And now i'm bummed i didn't order this cake from Publix. I must admit i was surprised to see it in their book. Maybe i'll have to order it just to see what i get for the next party I throw.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:03 AM
- Kat Mortensen said...
*sharp intake of breath* That first one (if you'll pardon the pun) takes the cake!
As for the second one - why not a big mop-handle candle in the middle?
Made my day, as usual!
Kat - September 29, 2008 at 10:35 AM
- *Michelle said...
I think the second one only looks better because its a little more abstract and doesnt appear to be bleeding!
I think the original (while well done) is creepy!! - September 29, 2008 at 10:37 AM
I don't think these are all that bad as renditions of the "model." Not great, but only just barely wrecks. Especially if you give the first one the benefit of the doubt and assume they don't have an airbrush there -- the plain brown icing was a better option than trying to match the airbrushed version in that case. And its shape and fur texture are better than on the second one. The eyes are scary though.
Really I think the source of the problem with these is the model. It just isn't a very attractive cake to begin with, so even well-done copies are guaranteed not to be too attractive.
And the bow bothers me because it's probably on a pick. It is too reminiscent of... you know, I'm not even going there. Instead I'll go the second place it reminds me of, which is the alien-ice-pick-killings in The X-Files. Not an image I want in the cake context.
How the heck do they do that "fur" texture? - September 29, 2008 at 10:39 AM
I think that first one is a "Deepest Condolences For Backing Over Mr. Snuffles" cake.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:40 AM
- Dea said...
Yeah, that seems like something a boutique type bakery would have in catalog, rather than a grocery store bakery....yeesh, the example picture is creepy enough...
- September 29, 2008 at 10:40 AM
It looks like the tongue is spelling "Happy Birthday." Ew.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:48 AM
- jennifer#6 said...
I think this is halarious!!! The doggy cake picture that you ordered from was really good. I don't see how you could expect anyone to make it that way anyways. You are right in the fact that the red collar and the tounge look like ozing wombs. This blog is so funny. Good descritions!
- September 29, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Oh, bless your heart. I discovered this blog a few weeks ago and use the RSS feed as a certified morning laugh. Today definitely did not disappoint.
Do they have a SPCA – Society for the Prevention of Cake Abuse? - September 29, 2008 at 10:55 AM
- writtenwyrdd said...
Your blog has convinced me I must try to decorate a cake with fondant. After all, it cannot be as bad as some of the ones shown!
- September 29, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Wow those are BAD! What's odd is I saw a few of the first pic cakes done exactly the same at the bakery in Walmart. If they could do it...
- September 29, 2008 at 11:07 AM
I have issues with people wanting to eat replicated pets. There is something just so wrong about cutting up and serving Fluffy to all your friends.
- September 29, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- Bob said...
That original picture looks very much like a computer rendering - not an actual photograph of a cake. Talk about misleading.
- September 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM
The first one looks like something my dog barfed up...
But I agree, unless you're ordering something like this from Duff (Ace of Cakes) or someone like him, you're asking for trouble
and having just had a b'day cake from Sam's (I think), the sight of all that frosting is just making me sick - September 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- gratefulsned said...
I can't bear to think of eating any cake that looks like an animal. There have been so many times that I have been jonesing for a cupcake but all they have are cupcakes with dog heads on them. It is a major turn-off.
You really have a knack for description. I sit at work and read your blog, and crack up, and people walk by and are like, why are you laughing at pictures of cakes?
They don't understand us.
-Steph - September 29, 2008 at 11:43 AM
It should also be noted that the blood oozing from wreck #1's mouth actually spells "Happy Birthay"
:sigh: The cake tasted great but we had to dig it out from underneath about a gallon of icing! - September 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Persnickety Ticker said...
OMG!! RecoveringActor! Get out of my head! That is exactly what I was thinking! Not many people would automatically go to Fraggles when looking at those cakes.
- September 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM
I feel like that first cake is "unique" to where there's no way someone could actually replica that.
And I think someone is wrong with the asker to actually ask a grocery store bakery to make a cake like that and expect it to look exactly like the original. - September 29, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Normally you notice all the tiny details that go into the complete wreckitude of a cake, but methinks you missed something in the first one. That, or someone changed the spelling of "birthday" without telling me :).
- September 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Ugh. I bought one of the puppy cupcakes for my kids from the grocery store. Covered in frosting, but the left the paper on the cupcake!!! My kid totally bit into it, and why wouldn't she? It was covered in frosting!
- September 29, 2008 at 12:47 PM
You know, I recently saw an episode of Ace of Cakes where Chef Duff and friends had been contracted to make a cake of the client's Dachshound (sp?) on a hot dog bun with hot dog condiments on it (mustard, relish, etc.). I thought it was a truly unappetizing idea for a cake, but I had to admit that as much as I wouldn't want a piece, they did a good job with it. Thankfully, they made it a little cartoony, too, so that it didn't really look like 'hey, we're eating our friend's dog with mustard.'
All in all, I thought it was the cake I'd least want to eat in the world...until I saw these poor, pathetic pups. - September 29, 2008 at 12:49 PM
- Laylabean said...
Ugh! Horrible. Even if they were made better, do you really want to carve up a dog and eat it? It's icky.
- September 29, 2008 at 1:02 PM
"Check back tomorrow"...as if it's possible not to check for a new post each day.
- September 29, 2008 at 2:22 PM
- Lynellen said...
I would much rather eat the wreck cakes because they do NOT look realistic like dogs. I would find it grusome to eat the realistic model dog.
- September 29, 2008 at 2:35 PM
- JH said...
This isn't really specific, but a friend of mine introduced me to your blog and I LOVE IT! Now when I go grocery shopping I always make my way over to the bakery counter HOPING that there is some godawful tumor of a cake waiting to be photographed and emailed to you by me. Keep up the good work.
- September 29, 2008 at 2:36 PM
- Nerdy Cyberchick said...
It looks like he's been stuck by a porcupine!
- September 29, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- --Rebecca said...
Oh, I can so see myself trying to replicate that original cake for my daughter, and ending up with one of the ones below! Ouch!
- September 29, 2008 at 2:55 PM
- Kaye Prince said...
At least each of them used the same cake board as in the original...
I know, I'm reaching. So bad!! - September 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM
- Emily said...
New to the blog - love it! I agree with other posters; the *original* cake is hideous enough, why would you even want to reproduce it? Maybe you need a new category: "Good" Cake Originals. (You could even include those "good" CCCs haha).
- September 29, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Trevor said...
In all honesty, these dog cakes are hard! I don't think I'm ready to do one yet. That being said, I KNOW I can't do one and would never agree to it to begin with. Maybe these bakeries need to learn the same.
- September 29, 2008 at 3:43 PM
- Michele said...
Okay, that is really sad! Who would think those were even CLOSE to the original??? Looks like they just plopped a whole lotta icing over a mound of cake. What in the world?? lol You call those dogs?? hehehe
- September 29, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- rsynnott said...
I've got to say, I think the middle one is by far the least disturbing...
- September 29, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- Blanca said...
Somehow these wrecks make me feel so sad. I feel ashamed for whoever made them. :( Just... so... ugly!!!
Anyway: lol! - September 29, 2008 at 4:13 PM
- Etiquette Bitch said...
oh, my i laughed so hard this morning. what does that yellow tag say on that first pathetic doggie? "[something] Bear"?
- September 29, 2008 at 4:57 PM
- Alexa B. said...
So before I finished reading and scrolled down, I thought the order form pooch was the wreck!
- September 29, 2008 at 5:26 PM
I loooove the site..but today I am a little disappointed! I am a little skeptical that the first wreck really was ordered from that first poochy..the tag? on the cake says something bear! Plus the claws look a little bearish. what do you think?
- September 29, 2008 at 5:30 PM
- Jennifer Good said...
I think all three of them are pretty bad. The model isn't bad, but not something I'd want to hack into. The other two are just awful.
- September 29, 2008 at 5:47 PM
- Quinn said...
After the first photo, I was afraid to scroll down. Actually hesitated. Then I remembered: I have a good strong drink at hand.
(whew.) - September 29, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Yes, the tag does say "Moma Bear", but that doesn't look like any bear I ever saw, any more than it looks like a dog. And I agree, eating a good or bad rendition of a dog doesn't seem appetizing to me. Wreck in concept and execution.
I don't get anonymous @ 5:30, "disappointment" seems unwarranted. Those cakes are wrecks regardless of what the "model" was.
Thanks, Jen, for the daily dose of humor! - September 29, 2008 at 6:50 PM
- CrazyMom said...
Shouldn't that read, "Yappy Birthday?"
- September 29, 2008 at 7:22 PM
- The Courteous Chihuahua said...
I think Tammy Faye Baker has been reincarnated as a Cake Wreck.
- September 29, 2008 at 8:04 PM
- V.Streit said...
- September 29, 2008 at 8:17 PM
Serving and eating dogs reminds me of the Bleeding Armadillo Cake in Steel Magnolias :)
- September 29, 2008 at 9:43 PM
That first wreck - what's up with the cutesy cartoon eyes? I think Guy #1 should have taken a leaf outta Guy #2's book and just done little black blobs for eyes.
- September 29, 2008 at 10:30 PM
- Miz Dinah said...
Ahhhhh! Those pup-cakes are fugly! That being said, I'll take the piece under the tail. I hear it's chocolate. ;)
- September 29, 2008 at 11:20 PM
I'm kind of against the idea of cake being too realistic looking in the first place, which is why a semi-realistic dog does not appeal to me.
But what gets me laughing is that the first "replica" was actually given to someone. Like, the person who ordered saw the original and they were expecting... not a pile of frosting oozing out of every conceivable shape... yikes. And what would the conversation have been like?
"Yeah, I know you ordered this out of the picture book, but this is what it's really supposed to look like."
Wow. Yet another fantastic entry! - September 30, 2008 at 12:34 AM
- Adilah said...
amazing what the orders translate into.. you're very funny, you make me laugh everytime!
- September 30, 2008 at 2:18 AM
- kiwimusume said...
I am aware that I am a horrible, horrible person, but my first thought when I saw that first dog wreck was "Did someone throw up on the plate?" And now I have images from "A Child Called It" in my head. Thanks a lot.
- September 30, 2008 at 4:21 AM
- Pixel said...
Aww poor doggies never had a chance, talk about aiming too high! How are you meant to make strands of dog hair out of icing?? This should only be attempted by black-belt bakers.
- September 30, 2008 at 6:39 AM
Wow, these are just plain freaky! There isn't much cake I would turn down, but I'd have to draw the line here.
- September 30, 2008 at 6:51 AM
- Unknown said...
EEEEWwwwwwwww! That's just creepy. I don't think I would be caught taking a bite of fido. What a horrible job they did too. Ugh. Great blog, I can't stop laughing at the oozing brain comment.
- September 30, 2008 at 7:31 AM
- Kat Mortensen said...
I just had to come back and take a look at that first one again.
I admire the way the decorator tried to capture the reality of the eyes with those two white dots. That was very conscientious!
Kat - September 30, 2008 at 12:09 PM
- Karyn said...
- September 30, 2008 at 5:00 PM
- Rookie Bebe said...
I don't know if this has already been said, but the "professional" one looks moldy. GREEN whisker spots? More like mold on refried beans.
- September 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM
- LindaBudz said...
OK, that made me laugh out loud. I'm thinking it belongs in favorites.
- September 30, 2008 at 10:35 PM
- Jayne Neverow said...
I can't be the only one that thinks the second wreck strongly resembles Stephen King's rabid Cujo. Scary stuff...
- October 1, 2008 at 6:41 AM
- Unknown said...
that is just so horrendous! Last Easter my uncle got a cake that was supposed to say Happy Easter ...but it came out Happy Eastes.
- October 1, 2008 at 1:56 PM
- Maddy said...
Oh dear. I hope they didn't have to pay!
Cheers - October 5, 2008 at 5:06 PM
- niagaragirl said...
The top one looks like one of those very bad fuzzy dog houseslippers they came out with several years ago.
Funny stuff here - please continue. ANd if I have a disaster of my own I'll send you a pic ;- - November 14, 2008 at 11:22 PM
- Denise said...
OMG - I got this cake for my daughter's 10th birthday. It looked NOTHING like the picture in the book. It was horrible. And mostly frosting and no cake. She loved it though.
Denise - January 28, 2009 at 10:07 PM
- Linda Ward said...
That first cake looks like the dog in The Fly II that got turned inside out... The second one looks as if it's recently been on fire!
- April 8, 2009 at 10:08 AM
- Max said...
I can't imagine why a grocery store would use a picture of a cake that even a well-trained, experienced baker would have trouble duplicating. On the other hand, I don't know why anyone would order this cake from a grocery store (or ANY cake from a grocery store) and expect it to look like the picture.
- June 15, 2009 at 7:06 AM
- Anne said...
One time my Grandmother bought me & my sister an adorable dog cake. It was cute, but once we ate it, it turned out to be made mostly of a mini-pound cake and flavorless icing. It was delicious .
- February 20, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Shay Neary said...
LMAO.. ok those cakes are bad.. but i make those cakes all the time at weis they never look like those bottom examples.. lol they can be really cute.. I ask them what type of dog they want lol.
- March 13, 2010 at 11:39 PM
It reminds me of the cake in "Steel Magnolias." http://kitchenattempts.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/armadillo-cake-steel-magnolias-2896946-400-300.jpg
- April 15, 2010 at 5:14 PM
- Cupcakes Lady said...
Woof. Woof. Not sure that thing could even make a dog sound...lol xx
- October 7, 2010 at 4:30 PM
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- Promises, Promises
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