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Secure Firmware and Software Updates a Matter of Trust
2020-02-20 Marco Blume
A lot has been written recently about the increasing network connectivity of embedded devices found in a wide array of smart applications and platforms, including automobiles, household appliances, industrial systems and medical equipment, and the subsequent expansion of the cyberattack surface now available to nefarious actors. Recent examples of such attacks include the infamous Stuxnet virus in 2010 that compromised Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) used in the Iranian nuclear program and a similar attack against the Ukranian power grid in 2015 that took out power for more than 225,000 people. Both of these attacks exploited weak software update mechanisms to install malicious code into embedded systems.
Frequent and timely software and firmware updates are critical to preserving the security and integrity of these connected systems. This criticality was illustrated by the more recent WannaCry ransomware attack that locked out file and data access on unpatched systems until a ransom was payed to the attacker. Although a patch was available for many of the affected systems, they were not updated in a timely fashion and devices with older operating systems no longer had available support and were susceptible to the attack.
To protect against such attacks, the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) recently published TCG Guidance for Secure Update of Software and Firmware on Embedded Systems. The reference document provides a comprehensive overview of the current threat landscape and in-depth guidance on how to mitigate risks and take the necessary steps to securely and regularly perform updates that reduce threats and attempt to validate the current execution state of the system.
The document identifies and delves further into the main phases and recommended practices in the secure software and firmware update lifecycle including secure firmware and software development, secure update signing, robust distribution to those systems needing updates, secure update installation, post-update verification and attestation and associated threats and countermeasures.
The reference document also provides assessments of the benefits associated with employing Trusted Platform Modules (TPM), Device Identifier Composition Engine (DICE) architecture and other Trusted Computing technologies in securing software and firmware updates for embedded systems.
Wibu-Systems has already developed use cases in conjunction with TCG and its technology to secure the devices, data and networks of the Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded systems. At the upcoming Embedded World 2020 meeting in Nuremberg, Wibu-Systems and Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology will demonstrate solutions for Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and embedded security based on the TCG specifications in the TCG exhibit, hall 1, booth 500.
Another good example of the collaboration of security-minded vendors was a demonstration that Wibu-Systems has previously completed with Infineon, using TPM technology to protect application code and intellectual property on a microcontroller.
An increasing number of connected systems are managed by microcontrollers. These units use sophisticated algorithms and are likely to need firmware updates during their lifetime. The firmware of today's microcontrollers is generally loaded onto controllers as a compiled hex image using a serial connection, without any protection against reverse engineering or fraudulent manipulation. This leaves the file vulnerable in its transfer from the build system to the controller and jeopardizes the trustworthiness of the end-to-end production process.
Even if the manufacturer trusts his own build process, the microcontroller is no longer located in a controlled environment after it has left the production site. Vendors thus face a double threat: product know-how stolen by competitors and tampering attacks during updates and upgrades of the firmware. Either can occur in any insecure and unpredictable environment regulated by end users.
To achieve a comprehensive solution that meets the goals of know-how protection, integrity protection, and license-based monetization, the firmware of the Infineon XMC™ microcontroller was encrypted by Wibu-Systems CodeMeter µEmbedded technology with symmetric and asymmetric (AES and ECC) algorithms, digitally signed as part of the build process in the DAVE™ (Digital Application Virtual Engineer) toolchain and uniquely bound to the microcontroller via a secure TPM element.
During the third-party production of a XMC4500-based device, the secure firmware is loaded into the controller. When powering up for the first time, the loader communicates with the production system, generates a fingerprint of the device and is injected with a license. From then on, only encrypted, licensed and signed firmware can be loaded into the XMC microcontroller. If needed, the firmware can also use the license information for custom behaviors. The firmware cannot be extracted from the XMC and it is read-protected by internal XMC mechanisms.
You can read more about Wibu-Systems security technology collaborations with organizations like TCG here.
Marco Blume
Product R&D Manager Embedded at WIBU-SYSTEMS AG
Since 2013, Marco Blume has been with WIBU-SYSTEMS AG as Product Manager/R&D Manager Embedded. His work covers the range of protection concerns for embedded systems and includes the development of custom concepts for manufacturers and contributions to active research ventures. He has spent his entire career with different embedded systems, including 11 years as product manager for the security of ATMs and checkout systems and previous responsibilities as embedded specialist for video systems and industrial automation.


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Get To Know The 5 Boxers Who Defeated The Great Manny Pacquiao
No other Filipino athlete has attained or even came close to reaching the status and influence that Manny Pacquiao has built for himself during his boxing career which as of this writing has run for nearly nineteen years. Pacquiao's career as a professional boxer is still running and this coming May 2 at the historic MGM Grand, he will once again step into the squared ring to face his most dangerous opponent to date, the extremely talented and yet to be defeated Floyd Mayweather Jr.
In most of his 64 previous fights, Pacquaio had been a favorite to win. In his upcoming encounter with Mayweather, Pacquiao is an underdog. More people subscribe to the idea that Mayweather's defense and ring-savvy will lead him to an easy victory. This is not the first time that Pacquiao is installed as an underdog going into a fight. In some of his previous bouts, he was an underdog but he proceeded to dispose of his opponents quite easily. But then again, these opponents were not Floyd Mayweather Jr. You could say that their skills combined can't even equal those of Mayweather.
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In the instance that Mayweather will defeat Pacquiao, he won't be the first to do so. Pacquiao have been defeated five times by five different boxers. Three of these five losses were via brutal knockouts. Let's take a look into these five men and what happened to them after defeating the great Manny Pacquiao.
1) Rustico Torrecampo (knocked Pacquiao with a punch to the jaw)
Rustico Torrecampo will always be known as the first man to ever defeat Pacquiao. And he did it in a brutal fashion by crumpling Pacquiao in the third round with a straight punch to the face. Pacquiao just turned pro the year before and has notched 11 straight wins. With his confidence high, he got into the ring with Torrecampo and immediately engaged him in a slugfest.
It was a wild fight. Torrecampo and Pacquiao were throwing wild punches and not thinking even for a little about defense. In the exchanges, Pacquiao was landing more meaningful shots. The end came in the third round when Torrecampo caught Pacquiao flush in the jaw as the latter lunged in to attack.
The win over Pacquiao was a meaningful victory but Torrecampo's career sort of tanked after it. He lost most of his fights then retired in 1997. He made a successful comeback in 2011 by knocking out Jovanie Bualan. He stopped fighting after that. Rumors has it that Torrecampo is now running a mamihan business.
2) Medgoen Singsurat (knocked Pacquiao with a nasty body shot)
After the loss to Torrecampo, Pacquiao got back on the right track and blazed his way through 15 opponents. He knocked out most of them and in the process winning several belts including the OPBF flyweight belt and the WBC flyweight belt.
For his second defense of his WBC flyweight title, Pacquiao flew all the way to Thailand to fight his challenger - an undefeated and heavy-punching Thai named Medgoen Singsurat. It turned out to be a disaster as Pacquiao got flattened by a body shot in the third round.
It was an uneventful fight as Pacquiao, looking frail and weak, backtracked most of the fight. Then the body shot landed and it was all over. Pacquiao's team said that their fighter wasn't 100% during the fight as he struggled to make weight. He lost his WBC belt at the scales because he went over the 112 pounds weight limit.
Singsurat's career after the Pacquiao victory was a very colorful one. He went on to win several world championship belts in his weight division. He retired in 2011 leaving a fight record of 74 wins and only 6 losses. 51 of his victories came by knockouts.
3) Erik Morales (schooled Pacquiao with his technical boxing skills)
Photo from boxing.com.
When Erik Morales and Pacquiao met in 2005 in front of a raucous crowd at the MGM Grand, Morales has slid a bit from his peak while Pacquiao was starting to get there. Both fighters have two losses in their records but Morales has lost to a single man - Marco Antonio Barrera.
Pacquiao was a slight favorite to win the fight but when fight night came and ended, it was the underdog who had his hands raised. Morales boxed his way towards a unanimous decision victory. It was a very clear win. Morales schooled Pacquiao, period.
Morales and Pacquiao went on to fight each other two more times to complete a memorable trilogy. The outcomes were very different from the first. In the second and third fights, Pacquiao handily won via knockouts.
After the back-to-back losses to Pacquiao, it was downhill from there for Morales. He won a few fights but lost to higher-level fighters like David Diaz and Marcos Rene Maidana. He finally retired in 2012 after losing twice to Danny Garcia who currently reigns as the king of the light welterweight division.
4) Timothy Bradley (humbled Pacquiao with a split decision victory)
Photo from bigstickcombat.com.
After redeeming his loss to Erik Morales, Pacquiao went on to break world records by easily moving from division to division knocking out high-level boxers in the process. He beat the likes of Oscar dela Hoya, Ricky Hatton, David Diaz, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley.
When the undefeated Timothy Bradley signed on to fight Pacquiao in 2012, not many people gave him the chance to win. Yes, he was undefeated. Yes, he has beat great fighters like Devon Alexander, Junior Witter, Lamont Peterson, and Kendall Holt. However, most people believed he didn't have the quickness and punching power of Pacquiao.
When fight night came, it was more competitive than what most people expected. Bradley and Pacquiao engaged in a technical battle for the whole twelve rounds. Although most observers thought Pacquiao won, Bradley was awarded the victory via a split decision verdict.
Bradley may have gotten a gift decision during the first Pacquiao fight but he proved that he was a true champion by winning his next fights against Ruslan Provodnikov and Juan Manuel Marquez. The irony here is that Bradley handily defeated Marquez, a fighter whom Pacquiao never decisively defeated. As everyone knows, Bradley and Pacquiao fought in a rematch which Pacquiao won this time via unanimous decision.
5) Juan Manuel Marquez (knocked Pacquiao cold with a counter punch)
Photo by Chris Farina of Top Rank.
Juan Manuel Marquez will always be remembered as the Mexican warrior who fought Pacquiao four times. Maybe five times if the two decide to fight again. When they first fought in 2004, Marquez survived three knockdowns in the first round in a fight that ended up as a draw. In their second and third fights, Pacquiao was given decision victories but there are a lot of people contesting said decisions including Marquez himself.
The first three fights were all very close. The victories could've gone to either fighter. When Marquez and Pacquiao fought for the fourth time in 2012, the outcome was clear and no controversy was needed. Marquez knocked Pacquiao cold.
It was a very competitive fight and for six rounds, the two fighters battled like they always do. Marquez took control of the early rounds and even scored a flash knockdown. However, Pacquiao got more aggressive and turned the fight to his favor. He bloodied Marquez, broke his nose, and got him wobbling in the ring. But it was the same aggressiveness that caused his downfall. Marquez timed a perfect counter punch which landed flush on the jaw of the rushing Pacquiao. Kenny Bayless waved off the fight when he realized that Pacquiao was unconscious and unfit to continue.
Will Mayweather be the sixth man to defeat Pacquiao?
We will find out when the two finally meet in the ring come May 2. There are five Manny Pacquiao losses and if there's anyone who can increase that number, that would be Floyd Mayweather Jr.
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Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine and Diet Plan
By Yogesh Suryawanshi | December 1, 2021
Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine and Diet Plan: Ji Chang -Wook is an extremely versatile and talented actor. But oh boy! He has been blessed with an amazing body as well. From being in Action movies like 'Fabricated City' to romcoms like 'Melting me softly'; the actor has repeatedly proved his mettle as a performer. Not just that but his body has been an inspiration to a lot of fitness enthusiasts as well.
So, if you too want to know everything about Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine and Ji Chang Wook Diet Plan then follow along.
Ji Chang Wook Body Stats
Height 6'0 feets
Age 34years
Chest 42 inches
Biceps 15 inches
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Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine
Ji Chang-wook may not be an extreme fitness freak but he maintains the shape of his body pretty well. Here is a list of workouts that he has included in his workout routine over the years-:
Ji Chang-wook Workout Includes:
Ji Chang-wook plays Soccer for an official football team called F C MEN. This is a subset of the professional Suwon Bluewings soccer team. He plays as a striker in the team. It is said that he always wanted to pursue Football as a professional but he somehow could not. Yet, even now he has maintained his love for football by including it into his workout regime.
You should also play any of the team games of your liking. This will not only help in toning your body but will be a form of Aerobic exercise and improve cardiovascular health. Thus it is a go-to cardio workout if you don't enjoy machines much for workouts.
The action drama K2 has been the toughest for the actor. In this series, he flaunted his perfectly chiseled physique and even had to lose a lot of weight. For the action sequences, he also had to learn Martial Arts and perform his stunts without a body double. In fact, videos of his tough training are being surfaced on the internet and he is being widely praised.
Martial Arts is an excellent body toner and promotor of strength and flexibility. It trains the reflexes and improves stability, providing fantastic overall physical wellbeing.
Stamina Training
The actor has trained very hard for his role in K2 and he had to pay special focus to Stamina training. This he did through various exercises;
Some of them are listed below-:
A quick Google search will tell you the amazing benefits of rope jumping. Chang Wook took to rope jumping in order to gain endurance and stamina for his role on K2. Even in his real-life fitness, Ji Chang Wook is often seen involved in endurance activities like hiking and camping.
The gain in endurance means a better capacity to exercise longer which results in more fat loss. So endurance sports of your liking must also be added to your workout and you will definitely see better health overall.
Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine [Source: Instagram]
Ji Chang Wook has often talked about his soccer love and soccer involves a lot of running. Similarly, during his practices for the stunts, Wook took to Running for his stamina training.
Running has been an important part of Ji Chang Wook's weight loss plan too, which he did for Five Fingers.
According to some information on the website, Ji Chang Wook lost about 10 kgs for his character in Five Fingers. And Running was an important part of this. Ji Chang Wook considers exercise as a way of dealing with stress. So it suggests that we must regularly exercise to remain mentally sound and strong.
This is all about Ji Chang-wook Workout Routine.
Also Read: Lee Min-ho Workout Routine and Diet Plan
Ji Chang Wook Diet Plan
Ji Chang Wook has been a symbol of active masculinity with a highly fascinating and handsome personality. But one thing that's soo endearing about him is his not-so-strict and freaky attitude towards a so-called 'perfect body.' In a recent youtube video of his normal daily life, he is seen sneaking a loaded meal in the midst of his diet and later on regretting the same.
In fact, he has often said that he does not follow any strict workout and eats what he pleases once in a while. Still, we would suggest you a diet that will help you in getting a body like Ji Chang Wook and you don't have to ruffle all through the web.
Is Ji Chang-wook a vegan?
No, Ji Chang-wook is not a vegan.
Add the following to your diet
Seed smoothie
Tuna /Shrimp
So you must not freak about fitness and find your own unique way that suits you and your body comfortably.
That's all about the Ji Chang Wook Diet Plan.
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NHL returns to Seattle. Well, in 2021
It's been roughly a century since Seattle last had a hockey team, and sports fans will have to wait a little longer.
Art Thiel
Workers place temporary KeyArena under construction signage on the facade of the building in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood, Dec. 4, 2018. (Photo by Matt M. McKnight/Crosscut)
Someone in charge of explaining the Seattle arena construction timeline to NHL officials recently said that in order to make the deadline of an opening by October 2020, all construction, legal and political matters would have to go perfectly.
"The NHL said, 'Perfection? No. Let's do 2021,' " according to a project insider, summarizing the exchange.
So the Los Angeles-based Oak View Group developers, who are investing $800 million — the latest figure confirmed Tuesday, up from the original $650 million — to tart up KeyArena, after consulting with their political partners in city government, came to a conclusion:
After waiting more than 100 years for another shot at repeating the Seattle Metropolitans' Stanley Cup victory in 1917, what's one more year?
Because even National Hockey League owners know, based on the experience of their NBA brethren, when it comes to pro sports and Seattle public works, expecting perfection is an impossibility. Best to plan for mayhem, then dig out.
The calendar was bumped to October 2021. Team owners, meeting at a resort in Sea Island, Georgia, voted 31-0 Tuesday to make Seattle their 32nd franchise, a milestone event in a sordid civic saga.
The marketplace was the largest in North America without either the NHL or NBA. All it took to solve for that was $1.45 billion — the arena cost, plus the expansion franchise fee of $650 million, $100 million of which was paid Tuesday — and a city government willing to say yes to free private money to fix a public building in a public park.
In a word, it is astonishing.
The official grant of the franchise Tuesday puts largely to rest about a century of caterwauling, finagling, duplicitousness, mendacity, grandstanding, errors of fact and fiction, temporary successes and abject failures regarding major league hockey — and major league basketball — and Seattle.
A building plan, a league, a team and ownership are all set to light the hockey lamps. NHL Hockey Partners CEO Tod Leiweke, the former Seahawks boss (2002-10), came back to town exactly for this moment.
"Today is a dream come true for an entire city," Leiweke said after NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement in the Georgia resort's ballroom. "I'm holding in a lot of emotions. But today I think about the fans. I woke up today thinking about the fans and what did they feel on March 1, when they put down season-ticket deposits not knowing anything."
More than 10,000 online deposits rolled in during the first 12 minutes, 32,000 in 12 hours. They didn't know anything, but apparently were eager to learn.
Also on a learning curve was Oak View Group's CEO, Tim Leiweke, Tod's brother. He learned that appeasing all the stakeholders at Seattle Center and the surrounding urban village, already inundated by newcomers and construction from Seattle's skyrocketing economy, was going to be difficult and expensive.
Long experienced in pro sports and arena building, Tim Leiweke had never been through The Seattle Process.
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, center, cheers the announcement of a new NHL hockey team in Seattle with two investors in the franchise, brothers Ted Ackerley, left, and Chris Ackerley, at a celebratory party Tuesday in Seattle. The NHL Board of Governors unanimously approved adding Seattle as the league's 32nd franchise on Tuesday, with play set to begin in 2021 to allow enough time for arena renovations. (Photo by AP/Elaine Thompson)
"The most complicated project I've been involved with," he said recently. As a result, it is already over budget and no longer on time, and demolition hasn't even started. The landmark arena roof must be kept in place, the arena floor must be 15 feet lower to accommodate an expanded footprint, the city's labor contracts must be honored, and the price of steel soared because of tariffs.
On its own, OVG added a $70 million training facility on the grounds of Northgate Mall, which needs to be ready in the summer ahead of when the team begins to train.
OVG planners began talking about needing more time, suggesting perhaps having the team play its first month entirely on the road. That's when the NHL intervened.
"It was clear that this team wants to start in the absolute best right way,'' the NHL's Bettman said. "And the certainty over the construction timeline — or the lack of certainty — led us to believe that making the start of the '20-21 season would be speculative at best and unlikely at worst. And we all agreed that it was better to get the building done right.''
According to one hockey source, the date of the opener was less important than affirming the 32nd team's eventual existence. Player contracts need to be done with an expansion draft in mind, so the iffiness around the Seattle's building readiness in 2020 — including the potential for myriad problems at a site the builder does not own — prompted a pumping of the brakes.
One potential benefit of delay is avoidance of a potential labor standoff with the players union that could cast a pall over a start in 2020. The current collective bargaining agreement expires after the 2021-22 season, but the NHL can opt out next Sept. 1. The union can do so 18 days later.
The belief at the moment is that the arena will be ready to open for concerts and the WNBA Storm in the spring of 2021, starting the revenue stream that must pay off construction debt over the 39-year length of the lease.
Music fans did not seem to be around Tuesday to cheer the giving of the word.
Almost 200 people, many in hockey regalia, jammed into Henry's Tavern in South Lake Union to watch live the NHL press conference that confirmed what had been a given known since the surprising ticket-deposit largesse in March.
One of the most exuberant fans there was Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, a big sports fan.
"No city has ever gotten a deal like this," she said. "The amount (OVG) is paying for the arena, and the expansion fee — they're invested in Seattle.
"I grew up here and lost two teams, the Pilots and the Sonics," she said. "We're going to have hockey for my kids and their kids."
The tradition of municipal extortion by pro sports teams is long, aggravating and persistent. But with 1.45 billion in bucks from the private sector, perhaps the buck stops here.
NHL gives Seattle a real shot at a team
Does Seattle have an almost-sure shot at a National Hockey League franchise?
/ December 7
The story behind KeyArena, and how it could be reborn
KeyArena deal needs a bit of Seattle skepticism
Proponents of the new arena pose with 'Cool Bird' ahead of a City Council meeting at Seattle City Hall on Monday, September 18, 2017. Photo by Matt Mills McKnight/Crosscut
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Art Thiel is co-founder of Sportspressnw.com and a former sports columnist for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.


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Home Sports No. 16 Baylor volleyball upsets defending national champs No. 3 Wisconsin
No. 16 Baylor volleyball upsets defending national champs No. 3 Wisconsin
No. 16 Baylor volleyball snuck past No. 3 Wisconsin in the final set for its first win of the season. Photo courtesy of Baylor Athletics.
After falling to fifth-ranked Minnesota on Friday, No. 16 Baylor volleyball upset No. 3 Wisconsin, the defending national champions, 3-2 Saturday afternoon at the Schollmaier Arena in Fort Worth. The match went the distance, as the Bears found their first win of the season after five sets: 21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 15-12.
The Bears are the first squad to defeat the reigning national champion within a season's first three matches since Stanford University went 0-3 in 2020 after winning in 2019.
"I'm extremely proud of the team," head coach Ryan McGuyre said. "We grew up very fast tonight all the way around."
Senior outside hitter Lauren Harrison led the way with 18 kills for the match, followed closely by redshirt freshman Riley Simpson, who had 16. Senior middle blockers Kara McGhee and Mallory Talbert threw a block party, recording eight and six blocks, respectively, while also adding a combined 17 kills. In the second match of her collegiate career, freshman setter Averi Carlson piled in 38 assists, seven digs and a well-timed ace.
Harrison combined for 36 kills between Friday and Saturday's contests.
"It feels amazing," Harrison said. "Honestly, being down yesterday and coming back and growing up really quickly feels amazing. Our energy from the get-go was E7."
Baylor (1-1) was able to take an early lead thanks to multiple kills from Talbert. The McGhee sisters were active to help the Bears keep things close, but Wisconsin (1-1) managed to take a close first set.
Before the Badgers could get comfortable, the Bears bounced back in a big way. They were able to capture two consecutive sets to take a 2-1 lead, assisted by a breakout performance from Simpson. Alongside her was the veteran Harrison, who consistently executed on thunderous kills and several blocks.
"Riley Simpson did a great job," McGuyre said. "As a freshman learning how to manage swings, get big kills at the right time. It was great to see Lauren Harrison really step up for us and carry us down the road to finish. Our coaching staff really did some exceptional things that helped our front row and also helped our back row. It's a great team, a great program."
Despite solid play, Baylor dropped the fourth set in a four-point loss. However, they held onto momentum going into the final set. In a game of inches, both teams scrapped to keep the score tight. Carlson's quick dump to jump to a 11-10 lead ended up being the dagger. After Harrison brought the Bears into match-point, they were able to close things out and finish taking down the defending champs.
"I'm looking out there and we've got two freshmen and a sophomore as our primary passers, playing in a big atmosphere with a big crowd doing really good things," McGuyre said. "Averi Carlson was stead for us. Our blocking and digging got a little bit better as the night came along."
Up next, the Bears head to Malibu, Calif., to face Pepperdine University at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Firestone Fieldhouse. The match comes as part of the annual Pepperdine Asics Classic.
Although the upset win over the Badgers, McGuyre said this team has lots to improve on. As each day goes by, he said the team's mentality is to continue getting better.
"I still feel we're going to be way better at the end of the year than where we are now. Our goal each day is to get better. We've said it for a while, but the best team wins the second night. It was good for us to adapt, especially after being down in the second set, and go make some plays."
Harrison said the Fort Worth venue "felt like a home game" thanks to the Baylor fans in attendance. In her eyes, that support allowed the team to be able to execute to its fullest.
"We were firing on all cylinders and that really kept us over the edge and then blocking was amazing," Harrison said. "It honestly felt like a home game, so shout out to the Baylor family."
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Sheriff: Calif. burglar was using sauna
SAN ANDREAS, Calif. (AP) -- Authorities in Northern California say a man arrested in nothing but a trench coat and socks after a break-in told investigators he had been using the homeowner's sauna.
Calaveras County sheriff's deputies arrested 49-year-old Robert London this week after they responded to a report of a burglary at a home in San Andreas. He pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of burglary and possession of stolen property.
Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Hewitt says arriving deputies found the homeowner on top of a nearly naked London on the driveway.
The homeowner said he discovered London going through his kitchen cabinets and chased him out the door.
Hewitt says London told investigators he thought the house was vacant, and he had used the sauna there in the past.


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REVIEW: Mtn Dew Major Melon
January 6, 2021 January 5, 2021 Marvo	Leave a comment
Watermelon is known as a summer fruit because it grows best when the weather is warm. So the season is also when we see watermelon-flavored products hit the shelves and then disappear when it gets cold. But I don't restrict the showing of my legs to just the summer months, so the same should be said for watermelon-flavored products.
But some brands have moved away from summer releases. Last year, we saw Red Bull Watermelon in February and Monster Ultra Watermelon in September. So here we are in winter, and there's a new, season-be-damned watermelon-flavored beverage — Mtn Dew Major Melon. It's a permanent variety, so it'll be available year-round, like the viewing of my legs.
Its aroma evokes memories of sitting under the hot sun, sweat rolling down every inch of my body, wondering if I should reapply sunscreen, and taking a whiff of a previous Dew flavor that smells just like Major Melon. I can't quite put my nose on which of the gazillion Dew varieties it is, though.
However, while it smells similar to another, its flavor is definitely a different Dew, and it's fabulous. My tongue notices the citrus first, and then the watermelon follows soon after. It's pleasantly sweet, but, and this might just be me, it's not as cloying as other Dew varieties. There aren't any artificial sweeteners in it, only HFCS, so I'm not sure why it tastes that way to me. The soda also has a mild tartness, so don't think of it having a bold sour watermelon taste.
My first sip of Major Melon was like the initial swigs I had of Mountain Dew Code Red and Maui Burst, which left me thinking, "I'm definitely going to overDEW it with this Dew." Although, if I'm ranking flavors, this would be slightly below Code Red and Maui Burst.
Major Melon is also available in a Zero Sugar version, but I'm less enamored with it. It's okay, but its watermelon flavor mixed with the artificial sweeteners makes it taste a bit floral. The sugar-free soda's flavor also reminds me of non-carbonated, sugar-free watermelon beverages I've had.
Overall, the HFCS-sweetened version of Mtn Dew Major Melon is a major success, but not so much with the Zero Sugar one.
Purchased Price: More than one should pay on eBay
Size: 20 oz bottle and 12 oz cans
Purchased at: eBay
Rating: 8 out of 10 (Regular), 6 out of 10 (Zero Sugar)
Nutrition Facts: (12 ounces) Major Melon – 160 calories, 0 grams of fat, 50 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 44 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein. Zero Sugar – 0 calories, 0 grams of fat, 50 milligrams of sodium, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.
REVIEW: Limited Edition 2020 Mtn Dew VooDEW
September 1, 2020 August 31, 2020 Marvo	49 Comments
SPOILER ALERT!!!
If you don't want to know what the 2020 edition of Mtn Dew VooDEW tastes like, since it's a mystery flavor, I'd suggest you do not scroll down. Although, there's an excellent chance what my taste buds think is absolutely wrong. Because last year's Mtn Dew VooDEW mystery was revealed to be candy corn, which many drinkers didn't guess correctly.
But if you still want to know what this year's Mtn Dew VooDEW could be, follow the list of Mtn Dew VooDEW's ingredients, which give no hints to what it could be.
Carbonated water.
High fructose corn syrup.
Citric acid.
Natural and artificial flavor.
Sodium benzoate.
Gum arabic.
Caffeine.
Sodium citrate.
Glycerol ester of rosin.
Calcium disodium EDTA.
Sucrose.
Acetate isobutyrate.
So I understand VooDEW's opaque white color helps with the mysteriousness. Kind of a hint when there's color involved. I also think the cloud-like hue makes it look like there's a ghost in a glass. Though, a clear DEW would've been even more mystery-like. That's something PepsiCo should look into next year. Let me know what you think, PepsiCo. Even though I'm pretty sure no one there will read this. So that's what this year's VooDEW tastes like to me.
Oh, I didn't share my guess, you say? As I've done with previous mystery flavors, it's hidden in the paragraph above using the simplest cryptography.
Even though I think it tastes (and smells) like what I've hidden in the paragraph above, I'm probably wrong. Because some folks believed last year's VooDEW flavor was what I think this year's is. Since 2019's version ended up being candy corn, I imagine this one is also supposed to be something sweet related to the fall season. Maybe it's Candied Yams Dew, Pumpkin Pie Dew, or Caramel Apple Dew, and my taste buds are completely broken.
Whatever the flavor ends up being, it's wonderful. Although, if this was in a blank can, I wouldn't be able to tell it's a Mountain Dew variety. It's definitely worth trying if you love mysteries or the particular food item I believe it tastes like.
Purchased Price: More than anyone should pay for a can of soda
Size: 12 oz can
Nutrition Facts: (1 can) 160 calories, 0 grams of fat, 55 milligrams of sodium, 44 grams of carbohydrates, 44 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.
REVIEW: Limited Edition Mtn Dew Spark
August 18, 2020 August 16, 2020 Marvo	5 Comments
What is Limited Edition Mtn Dew Spark?
It's a Dew with a burst of raspberry lemonade flavor, and it's an exclusive Speedway flavor. The label features a drawing of a crazed race car. It's a fitting image for a convenience store named Speedway, which is what car racing tracks are called. I also imagine that a crazed race car with a mouth is also something someone who takes speed way too much would hallucinate.
How is it?
Its aroma reminds me of a pack of Starburst, and its flavor brings another Mtn Dew to mind — Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero Charged Raspberry Lemonade. (And maybe Voltage?)
In my Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero review, I wrote, "…for some reason, my taste buds and brain occasionally think they're drinking a raspberry iced tea. Maybe it's because the berry flavor reminds me of the Lipton Brisk Raspberry and the lemon flavor, which doesn't really pop that much, makes me think of lemon iced tea."
With Mtn Dew Spark, the berry part still reminds me of Lipton Brisk Raspberry Iced Tea, but the flavor and tang of the lemonade stand out much more. There's also a little bit of an added non-lemonade citrus taste, but it didn't confuse me into thinking this was anything other than raspberry lemonade-flavored. It's tasty, but I'm a little disappointed it's kind of a recycled flavor.
Anything else you need to know?
Some of you might be wondering, "What's a Speedway?" Well, **puts on reading glasses** it's a chain of convenience stores with a few thousand locations mostly in the Midwest and East Coast. Just this month, it was purchased by the parent company that owns 7-Eleven. For more brick-and-mortar retail chain news, don't depend on this site.
Also, there doesn't appear to be a diet version. But if you want a beverage that tastes somewhat similar and with zero sugar, there's Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero Charged Raspberry Lemonade.
Mtn Dew Spark is another solid Dew offering. If you live near a Speedway store, it's worth a purchase.
Purchased Price: More than anyone should pay
Size: 20 fl oz bottle
Nutrition Facts: (1 bottle) 290 calories, 0 grams of fat, 85 milligrams of sodium, 77 grams of carbohydrates, 77 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.
REVIEW: Doritos Mountain Dew (Australia)
August 14, 2020 August 11, 2020 Rachel	5 Comments
What are Doritos Mountain Dew?
Mountain-Dew-flavored Doritos from Australia – the land of megabats, and well, mega everything. Now they're doing America in a big way, rolling an iconic snack combo into one product best enjoyed wearing a sleeveless flannel and cutoff shorts, in a monster truck speeding down a 2-lane road surrounded by wheat fields.
How are they?
These were far better than I expected. I figured the citrus would work – there's already lime-flavored chips in stores that are excellent. The sweetness was the question mark – Mountain Dew is SO sweet – could they pull off the right sweet/savory combo?
It ended up working really well because of the lemon-lime, I think. It gives it the tang and mouth-puckering quality that keeps it from being ALL sweet. It also gave it a bit of the sparkle of a carbonated beverage. Not exactly the bubbly sensation, but the light, bright citric acid that's in nearly every soda.
These were just as addictive as any chip, but the novelty of the sweet are tart flavors was extra and I loved it.
I've been told these chips DID exist in the US, back in 2008 as "Doritos Quest" mystery flavor. I completely missed those, but I would've paid more attention if they were called Doritos Mountain Dew. My head whipped right around this time, but "Doritos Quest" does nothing for me.
Apparently, there was also Doritos-flavored Mountain Dew called DEWitos in 2014 – tested in select colleges in the country. Comment below if you tried it!
WHY has no one here in the US of A thought to release a combo pack of Doritos Mountain Dew AND Dewitos? COME ON, AMERICA! Let's get our heads in the junk food game here!
Try them! They're fun, they're weird, they taste good, and they're AMERICA. Frito-Lay, we need these in every store here in the US!
Purchased Price: $25.00 plus shipping
Size: 80g bag
Purchased at: Desert Drinks & Exotics
Nutrition Facts: (27g) 139 calories, 6.9 grams of fat, 0.7grams of saturated fat, 0.1 gram of trans fat, 41 milligrams of sodium, 16.9 grams of carbohydrates, 2.1 grams of sugar, and 2 grams of protein.
REVIEW: Mtn Dew Frost Bite
March 31, 2020 March 29, 2020 Louis	3 Comments
What is Mtn Dew Frost Bite?
Given the bottle's ferocious imagery of an open-mouth great white shark on the label, I was hoping this would be Mtn Dew's entry into a revolutionary fish-flavored soda game, but, instead, it's just a "burst of icy refreshment and cool melon." So, I guess melon.
Like most nouveau Mtn Dew flavors, this too has a taste reminiscent of a liquefied Now and Later, which, at least in my opinion, is never a bad thing. And while there is a slight taste of melon — don't ask me what kind of melon, though — the "blue ice" flavor is extremely prevalent, even if "blue ice" isn't a flavor found in nature.
But, still, Frost Bite has got a deeply sweet seafaring edge to it that, like the chompers on the non-mountainous mascot, will cut deeply to the bone. Or, given the soda's oh-so high added sugar content, it might shear the white enamel off with each seriously addictive gulp. If you ever wonder what Powerade Mountain Berry Blast would taste like with a testicular death-grip, look no further.
Is there anything else you need to know?
Available for a limited time, this Mtn Dew flavor is an exclusive flavor to Walmart stores across the country. I bought it instead of toilet paper, mostly because my store was still sold out of it and probably will be for a while.
Mtn Dew Frost Bite is a downright tawdry yet delicately tasty concoction for landlubbing tongues.
Purchased Price: $1.80
Size: 20 oz. bottle
Purchased at: Walmart
Nutrition Facts: 290 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 95 milligrams of sodium, 76 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 76 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.
REVIEW: Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero
February 21, 2020 February 20, 2020 Marvo	2 Comments
Playing video games and writing have similarities.
Both involve a deep focus while staring into a screen and mashing multiple buttons in quick succession. Gaming and writing also include throwing across the room in frustration the thing that has the buttons.
Wait…that's only me?
Last year, Mountain Dew rolled out Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel to help gamers with alertness and accuracy. This year, the brand is offering Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero, a zero sugar, zero calorie, and zero carb version of the caffeinated drink. I'm not a gamer, but I am a writer, and since I made the argument they're alike and I love caffeine, I believe I'm qualified to review them.
There are two flavors, Watermelon and Raspberry Lemonade, and both come in cans with the same resealable tab as the original Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel. Sorry, I've just been told I'm legally required to use their full names — Charged Watermelon Shock and Charged Raspberry Lemonade.
If you're going to choose just one, might I suggest the latter over the former, unless you REALLY love artificial watermelon flavor. I mean, it's a perfectly fine flavor, it's not as sweet as candy, and it smells better than Charged Raspberry Lemonade, but it's not the flavor I'd drink again.
That honor goes to, obviously since it's the only other flavor I'm writing about in this review, Charged Raspberry Lemonade. Although, for some reason, my taste buds and brain occasionally think they're drinking a raspberry iced tea. Maybe it's because the berry flavor reminds me of the Lipton Brisk Raspberry and the lemon flavor, which doesn't really pop that much, makes me think of lemon iced tea. Well, whatever it tastes like – raspberry lemonade or raspberry iced tea – I prefer it over the watermelon one.
In order to make this zero sugar, zero calorie, and zero carb version, an artificial sweetener arsenal of sucralose, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium is used. It's noticeable in the watermelon one, but significantly less so with the other one.
Both flavors provide 90 milligrams of sweet caffeine, which isn't a lot in today's world that has energy drinks of the same size that offer over 200 milligrams. But I found myself getting a boost from them. Your results may vary.
Both Mtn Dew Amp Game Fuel Zero flavors are decent zero sugar energy drinks, but, unlike gaming and writing, it's hard to equally compare them with the recent zero sugar energy drinks from Monster and Rockstar. Those tickle my taste buds with better flavors that don't really taste like they're sugar free, plus they have more caffeine.
Purchased Price: $1.79 each
Size: 16 fl. oz. cans
Purchased at: Target
Rating: 6 out of 10 (Charged Watermelon Shock), 7 out of 10 (Charged Raspberry Lemonade)
Nutrition Facts: (1 can) 0 calories, 0 grams of fat, 75 milligrams of sodium, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of sugar, 0 grams of protein, 20% vitamin A, 40% niacin, 40% vitamin B6, and 40% pantothenic acid.
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Escape tactics used by bluegills and fathead minnows to avoid predation by tiger muskellunge
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Moody, Robert C.
Helland, John M.
Stein, Roy A.
esocid predation
tiger muskellunge
bluegills
fathead minnows
prey escape tactics
Moody, Robert C.; Helland, John M.; Stein, Roy A. "Escape tactics used by bluegills and fathead minnows to avoid predation by tiger muskellunge," Environmental Biology of Fishes, v. 8, no. 1, 1983, pp. 61-65.
To explain why esocids prefer cylindrical, soft-rayed prey over compressed, spiny-rayed prey, we quantified behavioral interaction between tiger muskellunge (F1 hybrid of male northern pike Esox lucius and female muskellunge E. masquinongy) and fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) and bluegills (Lepomis macrochirus). Tiger muskellunge required four times as many strikes and longer pursuits to capture bluegills than fathead minnows. Tiger muskellunge attacked each prey species differently; fathead minnows were grasped at midbody and bluegills were attacked in the caudal area. Each prey species exhibited different escape tactics. Fathead minnows remained in open water and consistently schooled; bluegills dispersed throughout the tank and sought cover by moving to corners and edges. Due to their antipredatory behavior (dispersing, cover seeking, and remaining motionless) and morphology (deep body and spines), bluegills were less susceptible to capture by tiger muskellunge than were fathead minnows.
Funding for this project was provided by the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act under Dingell-Johnson Project F-57-R.


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This Epic Chipwich-Inspired Cake Makes Up for Every Time You Missed the Ice Cream Truck
The only thing better than a Chipwich is a hubcap-sized one.
By Candace Braun Davison
Back in the day, when you could barely see up to the ice cream truck's window, sherbet-y pops shaped like your favorite cartoon characters—or, at least, looked like a grotesque, Picasso-meets-98-degree-heat version of them—ruled your world. Tweety Bird, Spider-Man, Hello Kitty—they were your go-to treats. Until one day, when you looked up and discovered the glorious, chocolate chip-studded wonder that is the Chipwich.
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The treat's a guaranteed crowd-pleaser—a thick slab of vanilla ice cream, served between two chewy (not crispy) chocolate chip cookies, and every millimeter of exposed filling is covered in mini semisweet chocolate chips. It's so memorable that Time named it one of the top 10 most iconic junk foods. Richard LaMotta, its inventor, created it to appeal to an older, more sophisticated audience, slapping on double the price tag of other frozen treats (a whopping $2, back in 1981). Clearly, people didn't mind paying more for what's essentially two treats—cookies and ice cream—but there's always been one limitation to it: It's palm-sized, and not so easy to share.
Ethan Calabrese
This dinner-plate-sized Chipwich takes care of that problem, making one monstrous dessert that can feed 10—if you're willing to share. Serve it by the slice, like you would a regular cake (tip: dip the knife in warm water before cutting into it, for easier slicing). Make sure that whatever you do, don't use slow-churned or extra smooth ice cream; it melts almost immediately, making it hard to enjoy slices of this cake. Or even have it look like a cake.
The idea came to us in a flash of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids-inspired brilliance. We thought we were breaking the Internet with such an original idea. "Hey, we'll pay homage to the Chipwich with a super-sized version!" But, before we could even cue up DJ Khaled's "All I Do Is Win," the Internet, as it's been known to do, immediately humbled us with one Google search. It's been done a hundred times before, in dozens of different ways. Cookies and Cups' use of a springform pan was particularly inspired, as are the legions of people baking cookies from scratch. You could totally do that, but we're lazy, and didn't want to bother with springform pans.
In our method, we piled about 15 scoops of vanilla ice cream onto a frozen chocolate chip cookie, then pressed another frozen cookie on top, letting it smooth things out. For that fresh-from-the-manufacturing-line sense of uniformity, we baked the cookies in two 9-inch round cake pans, letting them cool and then freezing them for 20 minutes so they'd be easy to work with without crumbling or breaking.
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You may not be able to buy the Chipwich anymore (Nestlé discontinued it after buying the brand, since it already sold the very similar Chocolate Chip Sandwich Cookie), but you can own every party you go to with this epic tribute to the original.
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Tummy Tuck for Stretch Marks & Rectus Diastasis. DrTim demonstrates a tummy tuck for the removal of stretch marks and repair of rectus diastasis (muscle separation). The before & after photos at 3 months show a nice flat and contoured abdomen.


It takes guts and an unshakable belief in yourself to announce to the world in February that you will break a world record in July.
Those who have broken the Iron distance record before have never made bold outspoken claims ahead of time – as so many factors need to work in harmony to go really fast.
But, Jan Frodeno is not like all those who have gone before. What's more, Frodeno carries through with his promise in the most emphatic way possible.


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"Customs Pangolin Scales Seizures Are In Safe Hands" – Babajide, Federal Ministry Of Environment
October 4, 2021 October 5, 2021 Stephen UbannaUncategorizedNo Comment on "Customs Pangolin Scales Seizures Are In Safe Hands" – Babajide, Federal Ministry Of Environment
For years, there have been rumours making the rounds that the Hameed Ali, a retired army Colonel, led Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Pangolin Scales and Elephants Tusks seizures had entered into the wrong hands. The rumour became pronounced because nothing have been heard about the Wild Life Items after the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Environment Agency, NESREA, took delivery of it from the Customs Authorities.
But Oluyemi Babajide, Coordinator, of the National Action Plan, of The Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species and Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, in the Federal ministry of Environment who was at the Headquarters Strike Force, Team A, under the close watch of Ahmad Shuaibu, a Deputy Comptroller, at its Operational base at the Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos, the nation's Commercial nerve centre, on October, 3, 2021, to witness the display of yet, another Pangolin Scales and Pangolin Claws seizures by the Customs adhoc Team, had said that'' the Pangolin seizures are in safe hands''.
He had said that Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar, minister of Environment, has written Letters to NESREA, to make all the necessary arrangement for the destruction of the Pangolin Scales and Elephant Tusks that had been handed over to it by NCS. However, he disclosed that the destruction of the wild Life Pangolin Scales and Elephant Tusks would not be a closely guided secret as it would be made public, with the involvement of the Media , to Cover it.
Pangolin Scales Seized By Headquarters Strike Force
Ali, the Customs Comptroller General, who was represented by Joseph Attah, a Deputy Comptroller and the Service National Public Relations Officer, to showcase the seized Pangolin scales , which came in different sizes of between 35Kg, 50Kg, 60Kg , to 1,009.5 Kg and Pangolin Claws which came in 5Kg, size, with a Cumulative Duty Paid Value of N1,728,788,750.00, was said to have been intercepted along Kudiract Abiola Way, Oregun, Ikeja, Lagos.
Given an insider information how the sacks of Pangolin Scales and Pangolin Claws were intercepted, Attah, disclosed that the Customs had acted on credible intelligence , provided by its international partners.It is instructive to note that ''the NCS, has been in robust Collaboration with the Embassies of the United Kingdom, UK, the North American country of the United States, US, Germany and other Credible International Organisations already indicating interest to join in their quarterly meetings and provide platform for shared experiences''.
The Collaboration may have become possible because Nigeria is a Signatory to CITES. Many believe that the extensive Collaboration may have triggered the same Customs International partners and Wild Life Justice Commission to encourage the Customs Authorities to deploy its Intelligence Operatives and the Shuaibu , led Headquarters Strike Force Team, A, to arrest members of the gang, using Nigeria , as a transit for the illegal trade. This may have resulted to the interception of a Mercedes Bus with Registration Number BGT 256 Lg, loaded with the 15 sacks of various sizes Pangolin Scales and a sack of Pangolin Claws, early last month.
DC.Attah, National PRO, Of Customs Displays Headquarters Strike Force, Team A, Pangolin Scales Seizures To The Media In Lagos, Onbehalf Col.Hameed Ali, rtd, CG, Customs, In Lagos
Attah may have spoken the mind of the Customs Comptroller General when he'' Commended the Wild Life Justice Commission for their continued strong Commitment ''to this crackdown on the illegal wild Life trade through provision of credible and actionable intelligence, including technical aids'' to the NCS, in order to do their job. He may have gladdened the heart of the officials of the Embassies and other International Partners when he unbareed his mind that ''the NCS appreciates the working synergy and looks forward for more of such Collaborations in the future''.
Informed sources told The Value News that the jumbo sacks of Pangolin Scales and the one Sack of Pangolin Claws were sourced by the Foreign buyers from different countries in Africa The CITES, experts, according to an insider , were on ground to conduct a DNA, on the Wild Life Pangolin Scales and Pangolin Claws, to know where they had originated from the African Continent and the country of export. Unconfirmed reports had it that the sacks of Pangolin Scales and Pangolin Claws, were earmarked for the Asian country of Chiana market for production of Pharmaceutical drugs.
Headquarters Strike Force Pangolin Scales Seizures In The Month Of August, 2021
Deputy Comptroller, Shuaibu , the Coordinator, of the Headquarters Strike Force Team A, may have sent a message to the Foreign Pangolin buyers and their Nigerian Collaborators that it is no longer going to be business as usual with ''the arrest of two suspects in connection with the sacks of Pangolin Scales and Pangolin Claws seizures, who according to Attah, the Customs spokesperson would be charged to Court ''to answer for their Crime''.
Recall that last August, the Headquarters Strike Force Team, A, had intercepted and seized around the Lekki axis, a high brown area of Lagos Metropolis, nine sacks of Pangolin Scales and Elephant Tusks ,valued at about N22 billion. The Customs adhoc , Team, and Customs Intelligence Unit, CIU, Operatives, who had gone for the Operation, had arrested three Non-Nigerian suspects .
The arrested members of the gang included one Traore Dkomba, Isiak Musa and Mohhammed Bereta. But the Leader, one Berete Morybinet, had escaped arrest forcing Ali, the Customs Comptroller General, to send out messages to security agencies personnel at the nation's Land borders, across the country to tighten up security at the borders to ensure that he did not leave the country.
The Customs Comptroller General was said to have done everything within his powers to catch the run- away Leader of the illicit Wild Life trade gang, using his military intelligence but that was how far, he could go.The arrested three suspects who are already in Police custody, were said to have charged to Court for trial were said to have appeared twice in Court with full Media Coverage. That much was confirmed by Attah, the Customs Image maker.
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Elder Park provides a valuable greenspace for the people of Govan.
The park has been a key feature of the area since its public opening on 27 June 1885 after it's donation to the people of Govan by Isabella Elder.
The park contains a lot to see and do so why not follow the Elder Park Heritage Trail taking in features such as the John Elder statue, Category 'A' listed Elder Park library, George Wyllie statue in the middle of the pond and the ornamental Isabella Elder Rose Garden.
There really is a variety of things to see in this 37 acre park.
If you would like to include the park in a wider explore of the area why not follow the Entertaining Govan Walking Tour from the Govan's Hidden Histories Project which features not only the park but also the surrounding area.
Elder Park was given to the people in Govan in 1885. We take care of that gift.
Check out the groups active Facebook page to offer your support.
Here at MyParkScotland we would love to hear about your memories of Elder Park so if you have a personal story to tell about Elder Park let us know through our Park Stories and we will share it with other park users.
Does anyone know who is responsible or should I say responsible for neglecting elder park gardens! Would love to regenerate!


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Start spreading the news: statistically speaking, motherhood can't always wait
By lisacullen April 22, 2008
I had lunch the other day with a colleague who told me something totally alarming: that after age 40, the chances of a woman conceiving using natural methods is 5%. Five percent! Her point is that women suffer a great disservice when we're told, over and over, that motherhood can wait. Go ahead, grind out the hours at the office; gun for the fast-track projects; raise your hand for the business trips on which you'll never meet a guy who isn't hiding his wedding ring in his suit pocket. Career first; kids later. Right?
In researching this, I came upon this article on PregnancyandBaby.com that outlines your medical likelihood of conception at various age groups. Helpful, but not definitive. Here's an illuminating Q&A on WebMD with a Dr. Amos Grunebaum, medical director of the WebMD Fertility Center.
But the most thought-provoking story I found on this topic is Nancy Gibbs' 2002 piece in TIME, titled "Making Time for a Baby." She writes,
Baby specialists can do a lot to help a 29-year-old whose tubes are blocked or a 32-year-old whose husband has a low sperm count. But for all the headlines about 45-year-old actresses giving birth, the fact is that "there's no promising therapy for age-related infertility," says Dr. Michael Soules, a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and past president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM). "There's certainly nothing on the horizon."
In her article, Nancy discusses Sylvia Ann Hewlett's book, Creating a Life: Professional Women and the Quest for Children, which was at the time stirring up a big fuss: would Hewlett's argument that young women must change their approach to having families and careers derail the gains of the feminist movement in the workplace?
Five years later, I'm not sure of the answer—at least for my generation. On the one hand, I look around at my own workplace and see two of my colleagues return from maternity leave and immediately receive well-deserved promotions. But in my current role squatting in middle management at TIME, I can tell you it's not a sane job for parents of young 'uns. I can name a number of talented, high-performing peers—male and female—who actively avoid promotions in order to keep a schedule that allows us time with our little people. By doing so, am I undermining hard-fought feminist gains? Or just doing the best I can to stoke a reasonably satisfying career while raising a family?


Many theatregoers, and play Directors, have mentioned to me that although productions are well covered at the time of performance, previews are confined to often cursory summaries in brief advance publicity material. As a consequence, punters can find themselves making decisions to attend, or not attend, productions on fairly skimpy information, and Directors can find that by the time positive reviews bite, valuable performances have come and gone. This is an attempt to redress that.
The following is neither a comprehensive, nor exhaustive, list of upcoming shows, simply ones that have caught my eye. My assessments of the proposed productions are wholly subjective, and cannot anticipate how they will shape up on opening nights. Fine plays can be mangled, indifferent material made to shine by inspired acting and direction – that's showbiz! But you will have a little more to go on in deciding which shows to back with your hard earned cash.
A Streetcar Named Desire, 9/3 – 18/3. – A home banker of a choice. It won a Pulitzer prize, is rightly regarded as being Tennessee Williams best work, and often features in lists of the finest plays written in the 20th Century. Its mixture of taut family tension, conflicting social standing, sexual desire, and domestic violence cannot leave you bored.
Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh have played parts in the past, this will have had local amateur thespians desperate to be involved. Sutton Arts tends to be able to pull the best actors for the best productions. Claire Armstrong- Mills was directing, Debbie "Dial M for Murder" Loweth replaces her. . I am looking forwards to this – and so should you.
Anyone For Breakfast? 4/5- 13/5 A Derek Benfield farce. If you like doors opening and closing, women in their underwear and men without their trousers, people hiding and narrowly missing each other, and a funny foreigner, this should not disappoint. Benfield was directed by Brian Rix as a young actor whose style he emulated. If you like Rix, you will like this.
This style of fare was hugely popular in the 1970's, and has carried that audience with it ever since. Elena Serafinas directs.
Hello Dolly 15/6-24/6 Another home banker for Sutton Arts who consistently overcome the limitations of a modest stage by finding a way of putting on a big musical production anyway. Matchmaker socialite Dolly finds pairing couples in hometown New York, but hits problems when she becomes inadvertently embroiled in the process. Some great music and songs in addition to the eponymous showstopper. Expect big dresses, and a show with a warm heart. Premiered in 1964, it was based on a successful 1938 farce, so expect an above average libretto.
Husband and wife Directing team Mr and Mrs Whitehead are becoming old hands at musicals. This will be well worth seeing.
Ladies in Lavender 15/3- 28/3 from a short story by William Locke and screenplay by Charles Dance, adapted for stage by Shaun McKenna. This is a drama/romance, set in 1930's Cornwall as two elderly sisters find a mysterious man washed up on the beach. Amongst his qualities are those of a gifted violinist.
Although the film dates from 2004, the play premiered in 2012. Not established in amateur rep, this will be new to most people, and offers lead roles to two older women. Expect a gentle, fey evening, and it will be interesting to see how Director Rosemary Manjunath manages the pivotal musical demands of the show.
Heroes, 17/5- 27/5 A gentle comedy, written in French by Gerald Sybleyras in 2003, but translated by Tom Stoppard, and premiered in 2005 starring Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott. Its lineage is strong. My old school friend, Ranjit Bolt OBE, is the leading contemporary translator of French to English drama, and rates the script very highly. The title was an arbitrary choice after the French title, directly translated as "Wind in the Poplars" was deemed too close to "Wind in the Willows". Ratty is nowhere to be seen here.
Seldom performed, this will be new to pretty much everyone. With three male leads, anticipate character studies rather than a linear narrative. The three WW1 veterans are seeing out their time within a French Military hospital. Expect a "Last of the Summer Wine" ambience. Rosemary Manjunath and Dexter Whitehead co-direct an intriguing left field choice.
Touch and Go 12/7-22/7 A Derek Benfield farce, see my comments on "Anyone for Breakfast" for a flavour of what that entails. Benfield is a versatile talent, he starred in Coronation St for eight years as Walter Greenhalgh, and found fame as Riley in "The Brothers" drama serial. Touch and Go itself was translated into French by Marc Camoletti and ran for a year in his theatre in Paris. My view is that the French, particularly Feydeau, are better at farce than we are, so that was quite a coup.
Of course trousers come off, and there is a running gag in this five hander as Brian uses jogging as a pretext to get out of the house from his wife Hillary for extra marital trysts with Wendy, courtesy of Brian's friend George, who is having an affair with Hillary. Brian's pretence of jogging is not the only thing which exhausts him. The reliable Louise Farmer directs. It will be interesting to see whether she injects any Gallic flair into this archetypal British fare.
The Thrill of Love 14/3-25/3 Amanda Whittington's play on the life, and death, of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. It premiered as recently as 2013 at the New Vic, Newcastle under Lyme and has not been widely performed, despite receiving very positive press.
Whittington is an ex journalist, and is quite prolific having written fourteen stage plays and five radio plays in nineteen years. Expect a tight script, and a tale of contrasts, the dowdy Ellis chasing the bright lights, and her relationship with her perfidious boyfriend juxtaposed with her friendship with the club char lady. Expect also a tale of love, obsession and betrayal, from dreams of Hollywood to the condemned cell of Holloway.
Although a little known play, I am anticipating much from this production.
Dangerous Corner 2/5 13/5 By JB Priestley, this is their home banker of the first half of the year. The phenomena that is "An Inspector Calls" carries an audience with it. But this is his first play, and is not as well- crafted as those that followed.
The plot is sound enough; the Caplan's are entertaining guests at their country retreat. A chance remark by one of the guests ignites a series of devastating revelations, revealing a hitherto undiscovered tangle of clandestine relationships and dark secrets, the disclosures of which have tragic consequences. The play ends with time slipping back to the beginning of the evening and the chance remark not being made, the secrets remaining hidden and the "dangerous corner" avoided.
It is the mix of a gay relationship, drug abuse , adultery, firearms and death which sustained its uncertain opening production. Now, the play works best hammed up, and with the melodrama quotient turned to ten.
Lilies on the Land 20/6 – 1/7 A recently premiered (2010), so comparatively new, play about the Land Girls of WW2. Compiled from contemporaneous reminiscences, it focusses on the lives of four land girls in a feel-good exploration of girl power which will evoke warm nostalgia from the elderly, and admiration from the young in a show of cross-generational appeal.
Expect frank, humorous and inspiring tales and an evocation of the British Spirit, so often casually alluded to in contemporary writing, but here it is given some substance. It is written so that four women, doubling, can present it, or offer parts to as many as eleven. Will the production go small or large?
Made in Dagenham – SCMTC, 28/3- 1/4 A bold choice. The 2010 film was fabulous, the 2014 musical stage show lasted only six months, closing in 2015, despite generally positive critical feedback. SCMTC will be hoping that the memories of the hugely satisfying film will be enough to lure the punters, despite the absence of a familiar score. The very limited number of previous nights also ensures that very few people will already have seen the show giving minimal opportunity for comparison with the professional production.
As far as I am aware this may be only the fourth run of this show beyond the opening at the Adelphi in London, after Ipswich and Hornchurch last year, and Oxford this year. The bad news is that it has a named cast of some thirty, the good news is that SCMTC have even more performing members! There are also two interesting character parts, Harold Wilson and Barbara Castle. Will they use newsreel footage or cast them?
The stage show does differ from the film with characters omitted and added. What remains is its humour, Englishness, "girl power", women's and worker's rights themes, as the women of the Ford Dagenham car factory strike for equal pay with the men.. The company will be hoping that the closing number "Stand Up" will compel the audience to do just that. SCMTC have the members, loyal audience, expertise, and enthusiasm to pull this off. It will be worth checking out to see how they fare.
Annie – Lichfield Operatic. 18/4- 22/4 Their choice of show could not be greater in contrast with that of the SCMTC. Annie will be a cast iron, guaranteed, copper bottomed box office success. Like the other AmOpsoc favourite "The King and I", it has lots of children, requiring teams of children with lots of friends, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles who invariably take a chunk of tickets with multiple visits. The ticket manager's dream show.
LO have performed this before, and have the money, and expertise, to match the expectations of the most demanding theatre goer with a pro class production. Expect loads of oohs and aahs as Annie belts out "Tomorrow" and perhaps a few boos for Miss Hannigan and her evil brother Rooster mid show before the cheers at the end. But it won't be all plain sailing. "Hard Knock Life" is a fiendishly difficult song musically and vocally, with complex choreography for a young cast. Can they pull it off? This will be well worth a visit to find out.
Legally Blonde – Lichfield Garrick Youth Theatre 25/4 -29/4 Based on the hugely successful 2001 film, the 2007 stage premiere in America received mixed critical reviews, but quickly became a fan favourite enjoying runs on Broadway and the West End.
It is a girl power story of Elle Woods, a sorority girl who enrolls at Harvard Law School to win back her ex-boyfriend Warner. She discovers how her knowledge of the law can help others, and successfully defends exercise queen Brooke Wyndham in a murder trial. Throughout the show, no one has faith in Elle Woods, but she manages to surprise them when she defies expectations while staying true to herself.
Teenage girls love it, the show is fun, packed with song and dance and has an upbeat, uplifting message which is hard to deny. Julie Mallaband, one of the best directors around, is in charge and will have bought in plenty of stocks of peroxide blonde hair dye. As with "Annie", it is really impossible for this show to go wrong in this company's hands.


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5 Touch Next→General Settings and fill in the information for account name, real name, and e-mail address in the appropriate fields. In the Account Name field, type a name so that you can recognize the account, such as Comcast Email or AOL Email.


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Keeping antennas at peak performance
Sensitive detection of partial faults in antenna systems could prevent performance degradation in wireless networks.
Detection of partial faults in antenna array systems could prevent inconspicuous performance degradation in wireless networks.
Advanced statistical techniques developed by Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) researchers have enabled an efficient method for detecting the partial antenna failures that can inconspicuously degrade mobile communications [1].
Modern antenna systems in mobile devices and transmission towers are increasingly being set up as arrays of antenna elements to increase performance, directionality, bandwidth and safety. For example, by adjusting the phase of individual antenna elements, the radiation pattern from an antenna array in a mobile phone can be directed away from the user for safety, while the radiation pattern from a transmission tower can be concentrated on a specific area for improved coverage.
Major faults in such systems are easily identified due to the sudden loss of wireless connection, but a fault in one element of an array system can be much more difficult to detect. Such partial failures, however, can significantly change the radiation pattern from the array, potentially seriously degrading network performance.
Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics and Computational Science Ying Sun and her postdoc Fouzi Harrou from the University's Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division have now developed an efficient statistical technique to detect individual faults in antenna arrays.
"There is a demand for high-performance antenna array systems in numerous applications, such as radar surveillance, biomedical imaging, remote sensing, radio astronomy and satellite communications," said Sun. "However, individual antenna elements can develop faults due to the settling of dust particles, poor design, electronic failure, improper use or a shift in the position of the array element during installation. We want to be able to monitor arrays efficiently to identify anomalies that could degrade the performance and reliability of the antenna system."
Rather than monitoring the elements individually, which would require the integration of additional and complex electronics into an already complex system, Sun and Harrou's method detects faults based on the change in the radiation pattern. Harrou explained by saying "We use what is called a generalized-likelihood ratio test to construct a control chart that can then be used as a reference to detect variations from the desired radiation pattern."
"The advantage of our approach is that it requires only one design parameter, making it easy to implement in real time due to its low-computational cost," said Harrou.
The researchers successfully demonstrated the sensitivity of their approach in a number of simulated scenarios, proving its potential for commercial application.
https://discovery.kaust.edu.sa/en/article/315/keeping-antennas-at-peak-p... Original article from KAUST
[1] Harrou, F. Sun, Y. Statistical monitoring of linear antenna arrays. Engineering Science and Technology 19, 1781–1787 (2016).


In the modern world the problem of the reliable water supply is extremely important because the water resources are widely exploited and water is used in different fields of human activities. In fact, the life of human beings is impossible without water but nowadays water is used not only simply to provide people with the essential substance they consume to survive but it is also widely used in agriculture and different industries. As a result, the water, being widely used, is naturally deteriorating in quality and decreasing in quantity because the water used in agriculture and industries is often impossible to recycle or filter to make it drinkable. In such a situation, the problem of scarcity of water as the vitally important product seems to be quite real. In this respect, it is necessary to underline that the US undertake various steps to improve the current situation and one of the strategic directions in the development of the federal and state policy is the effective treatment of wastewater. Despite the exiting differences in the water supply and water quality in different states, the high level of standards is equally important in all of the states.
First of all, it should be said that the water quality is extremely important to human health. It is not a secret that the current problem of the water pollution is a serious threat to the health of the entire nation since if the existing standards were lower the national health would be under a threat. The reason is quite obvious since nowadays it is practically impossible to consume water without any artificial treatment being applied (Anon 1998). What is meant here is the fact that nowadays water cannot be used in its original form as it is taken from the nature. In stark contrast, water needs to undergo various stages of special treatment that make it really pure and prepared for the consumption by people without any harm to their health.
Nowadays, due to the development of modern technologies, water undergoes various treatment that make the water purer and closer to its natural and practically ideal consistency. However, the latter is quite difficult to achieve because of the current environmental situation since the development of industries and water pollution undermine the natural potential of the effective water treatment so that the wastewater needs to be specifically treated to avoid the further pollution of natural water (Anon 1998). At this point, it should be said that various states may have different standards concerning the quality of water but, nonetheless, these standards should guarantee the safety of water consumed by people. This means that all states need to supply water which is really safe to human health and is close to its natural consistency without any pollutants.
By the way, it should be said that the water supply is another serious problem since it is getting to be more and more difficult to provide a permanent and ample supply of water to the population. In fact, in the result of the pollution and the increasing costs of its treatment the supply of water may vary depending on states (Bartram 2005). For instance, the states with larger natural resources of water and lower level of pollution could supply more water to consumers compared to the states where the water is naturally scarce and the situation is deteriorated by the high level of the pollution of water.
As a result, the states which are in a disadvantageous position in relation to the water supply need to invest more in the effective treatment of the wastewater and the reliable supply it to consumers. At the same time, these states face a serious problem of the lack of water. In such a situation, the water supply is really a great challenge since it is necessary to provide population with water of possibly higher quality regardless the resources of water and its initial quality. However, the state with larger water resources also need to pay a particular attention to the quality of water since it is the major condition of the supply of water to consumers.
Thus, taking into consideration all above mentioned, it is possible to conclude that nowadays states are in different positions since some states have larger resources of water and have better environmental situation, while others have scarce resources of water and the level of pollution is dangerously high. Nevertheless, regardless all these factors, the states need to provide population with the sufficient amount of water which should be of a high quality in order to guarantee the national health since the low quality of water or its insufficient supply threatens to the health of people and may provoke infectious diseases. This is why the quality of water and high standards remain the major factors that unite all the states in relation to the water supply.
Anon. (1998, Jun). Use of reclaimed water in municipal drinking-water supplies. Journal of Environmental Health. 60(10):39-41.
Bartram, J, Lewis, K, Lentron R. et al. (2005, Feb.-Mar.). Focusing on improved water and sanitation for health. The Lancet. 365(9461): 810-812.


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Fish, photos and fun – the everyday of maths
Access Science: Maths Week encourages us to become more comfortable with how we use maths in our day-to-day lives
Thu, Oct 11, 2018, 00:00
Claire O'Connell
From left: Dr Sheila Donegan, co-founder of Maths Week, Margie McCarthy, head of Education and Public Engagement, Science Foundation Ireland, and Aislinn Bueno (11) from Scoil Chaoimhín Primary School, Marlborough Street, Dublin, at the launch of Maths Week 2018. Photograph: Shane O'Neill, SON Photographic
Maths is everywhere, and this year's Maths Week (commencing on Saturday, October 13th) will encourage us all to become more comfortable with its everydayness, whether through counting fish in the aquarium, taking photos of the maths all around us or playing puzzles while out shopping.
"Maths is in everything, it is not just something we do in school, we use it every day in our lives," says Dr Sheila Donegan, who co-founded Maths Week and is now overseeing its 13th year. "In everyday life, we use maths when we plan holidays, working out the timetables, and on a day-to-day basis we are constantly budgeting, seeing what the best value is."
Donegan, who is a lecturer in chemistry at Waterford Institute of Technology and director of the Calmast STEM Outreach Centre, was inspired to set up Maths Week through a shared experience with her engineering colleague Eoin Gill.
"I was promoting chemistry careers to school students and Eoin was promoting engineering as a career," she recalls. "We realised that while we were promoting science, technology and engineering, one of the fundamental problems was that people were shying away from studying science and engineering because of a fear of maths."
The duo initially set up a pilot day in Waterford IT to encourage secondary-school students to have fun with the challenges of maths, and that soon had the support of Trinity College Dublin and Maynooth University.
It continued to snowball, and today Maths Week is an all-island event, notes Donegan. "It's the largest festival of its kind in the world, and we have universities, institutes of technology, libraries and schools involved. We are in our 13th year of it now and around 300,000 people took part in it last year."
Snapshots of maths week
One of the Maths Week regulars is a "maths in the city" initiative that encourages members of the public to play games and solve puzzles – this year the team will be around Grafton Street and in Stephen's Green in Dublin on Saturday, October 13th and at Victoria Square Shopping Centre in Belfast on Saturday, October 20th.
"We see it's a good way to get people thinking about maths," explains Donegan. "People might not specifically choose to go to a maths event, but if they are out shopping or off to have some lunch they might just start playing with these puzzles and find themselves having fun with maths."
Aquaria are getting in on the game too – the National Aquarium of Ireland at Galway Atlantaquaria will encourage young visitors to count out animals, measure tanks, monitor temperature and estimate animal sizes, and Dingle Oceanworld Aquarium will have maths trials for kids with questions, puzzles and equations.
As well as going to events and talks around the country, you can take part in Maths Week by putting on your "maths eyes" and taking pictures of maths in your surroundings, notes Donegan. You can find out more and check out previous competition winners at http://www.haveyougotmathseyes.com
Hamilton Walk
Another Maths Week regular is the Hamilton Walk, which will take place on Tuesday, October 16th. The three-mile stroll along the Royal Canal commemorates Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton's inspiration at Broome Bridge in Cabra on October 16th, 1843, to create a new number system called Quaternions. To book your place, call Dr Fiacre Ó Cairbre at Maynooth University 01-708 3763.
Maths Week runs from October 13th to October 21st. For more details of events and competitions and to book places where needed, see: mathsweek.ie/2018/
Claire O Connell
Eoin Gill
Sheila Donegan
William Rowan Hamilton
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