Keri Blakinger Dec. 7, 2016 Updated: Dec. 7, 2016 9:59 p.m.
A gang of gun-toting robbers thought they had an armored truck filled with cash in their sights at a far north Houston bank Wednesday, but discovered too late it was full of Houston police, who arrested four of them and killed a fifth in a shootout.
The carefully planned operation - which involved multiple law enforcement agencies, including the FBI - was part of a broader effort to combat a rash of armored car heists plaguing the Bayou City area in recent months.
"Houston's known to be … the armored car (robbery) capital of the world," newly minted Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo told reporters at the scene.
Eight armored cars have been robbed this year in the Houston area, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said, and three guards have been fatally wounded in robberies in the past two years.
Acevedo said there's a "high probability" the crew involved in the latest heist is connected to those deaths.
The drama unfolded before 11 a.m. at an Amegy Bank on North Sam Houston Parkway, when one of the attackers approached the armored vehicle.
"Unfortunately for that suspect that armored car was being driven by members of the Houston Police Department who were hopeful that today we'd be able to take these violent criminals into custody and make Houston safer," Acevedo said.
Three men were arrested at the scene, and a fourth fled but was later arrested.
Another gunman was at an apartment complex with an assault rifle, ready to shoot at armored car personnel. Instead, he opened fire when the SWAT team drew near, the chief said.
Police returned fire, hitting the man multiple times in the brief shoot-out. He was rushed to Ben Taub Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. No officers were wounded.
"It is important for our community to know that our officers tried to save the life of the suspect who just tried to kill members of the Houston Police Department," Acevedo said.
Arrested at the scene were Marc Anthony Hill, 46; Trayvees Duncan-Bush, 29; and Nelson Alexander Polk, 37. John Edward Scott, 40, fled and was taken into custody later. The man who died was not immediately identified.
If convicted, they could face up to 20 years in prison on the robbery charges and at least five years on the firearms charge.
The robbery ring had conspired for weeks to rob the armored car when it made the scheduled stop, and planned to kill the courier, federal officials said in a statement.
Armored car robberies in the Houston area have more than doubled over last year but have not yet reached the 11 heists that drew national attention in 2013. There were eight in 2014 and four in 2015.
"Typically we respond to three to four per year," Dunlap said. "However, in recent years we have responded to armored car robberies in the double digits."
In the first heist of the year, attackers made off with an undisclosed amount of money from a Brink's truck just north of Denver Harbor.
Then in March, a Loomis guard was murdered while servicing a drive-through ATM on Airline. The shooter sped away in a four-door sedan - but didn't make off with any money.
In May, a Brink's guard was robbed - but not hurt - in southeast Houston. In July, the same thing happened to a Dunbar guard in Gulfton.
Just over a month later, a money-truck guard was killed in a brazen early evening ambush at a Wells Fargo drive-through ATM on Northwest Freeway, west of Hollister.
Then in October, a guard was shot during one of two armored truck robberies on the same day.
Dunlap said that the string of crimes is well above the city average.
"That's why we're aggressively pursuing these cases," she said. "One of these types of robberies is too many."
In February of last year, three masked men ambushed a Brink's truck outside of the Galleria area's Capital One Plaza on Westheimer and started shooting, killing a guard.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the HPD Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS (8477).
Dale Lezon and Dane Schiller contributed to this report.


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2014 NBA All-Star Starters: Paul George earns first All-Star start for Eastern Conference
The Pacers young star took the league by storm early in the season to earn the second-most votes in the Eastern Conference.
By Tom Lewis@IndyCornrows Jan 23, 2014, 8:54pm EST
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Indiana Pacers forward Paul George officially earned his first NBA All-Star game start when the NBA announced the starters for the Western and Eastern Conference teams on Thursday night.
Last year, rival coaches gave PG the nod to the league's showcase game but this year fans across the took note of George's elevated level of play which turned the 23-year-old into a trendy pick among NBA All-Star voters. PG is averaging over 23 points per game to go along with his devastating defensive disposition which usually has him covering every opponent's top threat from point guards to power forwards.
According to the Pacers official release, PG is happy, humbled and aware of the honor of having the fans give him the nod this time around which means they are paying attention to the Pacers' success.
"It's huge. It's special, it's a blessing, especially coming from where I come from," said George. "Gaining votes through the fans to be a starter...A lot of guys come into the league and they already have a name and an image, and fans already are following them and already know about their game coming into the league. For me to have nothing really, it's love to the true fans that I have so I think it's special."
George continued, "It means a lot because that means the fans are really watching us as a team. For us to have the number one record in the league, and playing at a high level, I think the fans are starting to follow us as a whole and I think that's the biggest thing with me being a starter. Now, we have additional fans who are pulling for us."
Not only was PG selected by the fans but he finished third overall in the voting with more than 1.2 million votes, behind LeBron James (1.41 millions votes) and Kevin Durant (1.39 million votes). That's some pretty sweet company at the top of the heap.
Of course, Frank Vogel and staff will coach PG and the rest of the Eastern Conference All-Stars. The rest of the starting unit includes LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Kyrie Irving. I assume Wade won't play since he regularly rests his knee as it is, but it should still be an interesting dynamic between the Heat and Pacers participants who will take a break from fighting it out in the East to come together and represent the East.
The Western Conference Starters should have a decided size advantage with Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Kevin Love in the frontcourt. Stephen Curry and Kobe Bryant were selected to start in the backcourt for the West, although Bryant will be there for show since his latest injury won't allow him to play.
Coaches will select the All-Star reserves which will be announced next week.
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The Mainichi Shimbun paper reported on Monday that the Japanese publisher Shogakukan is considering ending its Weekly Young Sunday magazine. The seinen magazine premiered in April of 1987 as a biweekly publication, but moved to a weekly schedule in November of 1995. In the past, it published Rumiko Takahashi's One-Pound Gospel, Hideo Yamamoto's Ichi the Killer, and Shuho Sato's Umizaru. It currently publishes Masami Yuuki's Birdy the Mighty, Takatoshi Yamada's Dr. Koto's Clinic, Kuromaru's Kurosagi, and other popular titles. According to Mainichi , Shogakukan's public relations staff confirmed that the magazine's fate is under review, but also emphasized that absolutely no final decision has been made.
The Japan Magazine Publishing Association reported that Young Sunday had a verified circulation of 202,541 copies in 2007. Two of its rivals, Kodansha's Young Magazine and Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump , had verified circulations of 981,229 and 967,250 during the same time.
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Have you ever participated in a blog swap? I mean, not an actual swapping of blogs, I don't know the proper term. It's when a blogger hosts a swap, people sign up, those participating get paired off or randomly assigned someone, then you send your person something and you get something in return. Kind of like that.
Well, I joined in on my first swap and it was put together by the fabulous Danielle over at Take Heart. She hosted a "Scarfament Swap" this past month. You were to spend no more than $20 on a scarf and ornament for another blogger and mail them their goods by Dec. 1st and you would get an ornament and scarf from someone else. Buy it, make it, whatever, just get it there by the 1st.
Clearly I went with the color teal. I hope she likes a little red because I felt it made it Christmas-y. I made the ornament and found that scarf while I was out and about one day. I kind of wanted to keep it. I liked the little sparkle in it - I hope Nicole did. It didn't say anything about liking sparkle, but, it didn't say anything about not liking it either!
And, based on my super helpful comments on my favorite colors (pink, orange, teal, red, black, purple) this is what Nicole came up with for me!
I love them (sorry about the poor photo). The ornament is awesome and is already up on the tree and I can't wait to wear my new fun scarf!
Anyway, all that to say, thanks Danielle for hosting the swap and I had a blast.
would love to know how you made the ornament? Love it!
Oh my gosh, the ornament you made her is so cute! And I love the scarf you got!
Thanks for the compliments ladies!
Jill, I'll email you but here's the short of it: glued some paper to the inner circle of a wooden embroidery hoop, decoupaged a doily down then a little scallop circle, covered it all with more decoupage and then added a fabric rosette with some little fuzzy balls. I lightly wrote the word JOY on it then stitched it with some red thread. Put the outer hoop on and painted it with glitter.
Glad you liked it! It was fun to make.
love, love, love! i am blogging about the scarfament on friday - so be sure to link up friend! ps: i miss you.
You both totally scored! I just took part in my first blog exchange "cold hands, warm hearts." We swapped mittens/gloves and an extra little pretty. So fun getting them in the mail. And I've made a new bloggy friend down in Texas! Thanks for sharing. Your ornament is cuuuuuute.
What a pretty scarf! And a lovely blog too! So glad I stumbled upon it through Danielle's blog.


So hey guys welcome to post number #14 of Technocurrent. In this post, we will be discussing various methods on How to get titles in PUBG Mobile. As we know that PUBG Mobile is a complete gaming package for every age group. We can see various people or specifically a group of up to 4 people playing PUBG Mobile at various places. PUBG Mobile has this much addiction on people nowadays.
So coming to the main topic of today's article that is how you can get a title for yourself. Titles are what we see when a player name comes when a player is in the plane. For instance like Weapon master, Well-liked or Deadeye etc.
These all are titles earned by players while playing according to guidelines given by PUBG Mobile. So in this post, I will be discussing various methods by which you can complete the achievement and earn a title for yourself.
So this title is all about your skills and playing lots of solo classic matches. As it becomes very difficult to win matches if you are a starter or has a low-end smartphone.
So for achieving this title, a player must be in the Platinum tier or above.
Use Assault Rifle to deal final blow and win a match.
Use SMG to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Sniper rifles to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Shotguns to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Light Machine Gun to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Pistol to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Crossbow to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Melee Weapon to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Throwable to deal final blow and win a match.
Use Vehicles to deal final blow and win a match.
This achievement requires a whole of practice and concentration as it is only possible to achieve in Solo mode. And solo matches are very hard to win. As there are no teammates to revive and cover you. So you have to be very patient and play according to gameplay. This achievement requires survival technique as you need to be alive till last and then go for the achievement. You can choose a weak server for this like KRJP as there are lots of bots and weak players in it. This way you will have more chances of winning the game and complete achievement.
It is one of the toughest achievements to achieve in PUBG Mobile. As its requirements are to not equip any vest, helmet, and backpack. Hence it becomes very difficult to complete this achievement. As you have to win 50 matches like this in solo classic mode with the Platinum tier or above.
How to complete: For completing your game strategy must be hit the enemy at last. Or when he is vulnerable without showing yourself. As it will be more easy for you to get killed without any armored protection. So always try to hide from enemies and hit at last when the enemies are in your sight. Go for the best weapons which have most damage in PUBG Mobile.
For knowing which are the strongest weapons in PUBG Mobile refer to this article.
BEST GUNS IN PUBG MOBILE.
It is one of the easiest achievement to get but sometimes toughest. As you have to kill 3 enemy players by a headshot from a distance of more than 50 meters. Also without missing any shot in a row. Also, you must be playing a solo classic match in the Platinum tier or above.
Always jump at last and see how many inactive players (or AFK) are flying with you.
Mark the location where they are going to land.
It will straight below you and they are flying downwards.
Then fly towards houses and get guns mainly Assault rifles or any sniper rifle if available.
Then either go for a scope if you are within the zone and find it fast.
If you get a scoper mainly a 4x or more than that then you are getting your achievement.
Also, go for the achievement if there are more than 3 players who are AFK.
Then open scope and tap on enemies ahead from chat.
it will show how much far are you from the enemies.
If the distance is more than 50 meters then go for the kills.
If the distance is less than 50 meters adjust your distance.
And then aim for the head and shoot.
That's all you will get your achievement and title when match completes. Another way for completing this achievement is to kill three players at last with a sniper rifle if the situation is in your favor. And you can spot enemies easily.
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It is one of the easiest to achieve the title. You just need to ask your squad to give you a like after every match. It is one of the most easily achievableTitles in PUBG Mobile.
If you get 3 likes after every match then you can get this achievement in about 300+ matches. So always ask your teammates to give you a thumbs up after every match.
This achievement is very difficult to get as you must be a level 100 player in PUBG Mobile. For that, you have to play a lot of PUBG which is a long time taking task.
Just play PUBG Mobile and try to be in Top 10 and win more matches as it gives more experience. Also, complete daily missions as they also help to increase your rank.
In this title, your achievement points must be higher than 2800. It is also a long time taking task as to get to 2800 achievement points is tough work.
Play your games according to the achievements menu. And complete more and more achievements as possible.
ALSO CHECK: How to get flare gun fastest in PUBG Mobile.
This achievement is based on how much skins and weapon finishes you have unlocked in PUBG Mobile.
For this, you can Upgrade your Royale Pass. As there are more skins when completing Elite Royale Pass missions. Also, you can complete various achievements which can provide you with guns skins or finishes.
It is one of the most loved Titles in PUBG Mobile. As it makes other players feel that this person is a good player with all type of weapons. For achieving it you have to complete a set of 6 type of kills in a match. You must be in the platinum tier or above and can be completed in any classic mode.
Kill an enemy with Assault Rifle.
Kill an enemy player with SMG.
Kill an enemy player with Sniper Rifles.
Kill an enemy with shotguns.
Kill an enemy with Throwables.
Kill an enemy with vehicles.
For completing this achievement you can take help of your teammates. As it will be more easy to kill enemy players when you are in a team. So for this either you can jump at last when the inactive players or AFK gets out of the plane. Then you can get two or three easy kills for yourself. It is best Titles in PUBG Mobile to get. Then you can get the help of your teammates who can provide you with various guns. Also go for kills with shotguns, vehicles and throwable first as they are most difficult kills to get. You can ask a teammate to get you a vehicle and others to get other specified guns. So it becomes easy for you to get Titles in PUBG Mobile.
Another trick to complete this Titles in PUBG Mobile is to jump into a high loot area location. For this, you can land in areas like crates in Novorepnoye or Georgopol. As these are high loot areas so there more chances of finding bots and other enemy players to kill. You can ask your teammates to find and spot these bots and weak enemy players for you. So that you can kill them and complete your Titles in PUBG Mobile.
This title means that you haven't killed any enemy in a solo classic match. It is very difficult to achieve as at some point you might need to kill an enemy player. This title is only possible if the last enemy player died outside play zone. Or either he gets killed by himself like bombing himself or falling from a building or vehicle.
For this Titles in PUBG Mobile, you should play survival safe game. It means you shouldn't be facing any enemy and hide always. And place yourself well in the last circle, so that last enemy might get killed outside the zone.
So that was all about how you can get different Titles in PUBG Mobile. And can show them to other players.
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Some resources evaporate when using gold enchantments. It starts feeling a bit of a non-go, if you ponder on that too much.
Pol wrote: If they not changed anything recently, then it's 1-3.
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For manual replaying, it probably can be 2+2, but it's just an estimation. I would need to create a better teams first, due to diff count of healing, ress.
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Nice to have optimal teams but really not necessary in my experience. Was afraid of the black quest because black just hits hard! Also I'm relying on white units a lot, but am out of QBC so am playing that one manually now.
IIRC emperor gives you 1 colour ankh and 1 divine or 2 colour ankhs.
100% always gives you +1 ankh (so it can be 1c+1 and 1d+1 or 2c+1).
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Noticeably on LVL380 you can finally have 300 speed pts.
Something that just happened that I didn't know it worked that way, and still not sure if it should work that way either: yellow unit Malicious Boggart has an awakening ability that says that 'debuffs splash on adjacent units'. As this ability seemed tied to the Special because it is not labeled as 'passive', I always thought only Specials would trigger that. However, as I'm playing at BT, I attacked with the Boggart, and the adjacent unit got affected by a random debuff (the Boggart has an enchantment that randomly debuffs enemies). So, it seems that this awakening ties enchantments as well? That's nice to know, actually. I always thought only Specials would be affected by that awakening perk. Can someone confirm that?
What Enchantments and Tome do you have on him?
I never encountered such behaviour. With secondary it's ok, primary may do that only with appropriate enchantment.
Haven't used debuff enchants yet. Would be quite powerful.
I did find a different bug with enchants. Where +dmg while at full health IS applied to colour immune bosses. E.g. sword base damage is not applied to sorceress at BT51, but she is hit for the +17% silver enchant.
A silver enchantment with something like +17% chance to inflict a random debuff. It happened a couple of times, now that I'm paying close attention to it. Any tome I use, regardless. First noticed when I was using Warlock tome.
Yes, that enchantment works Use it myself on some other creatures.
BT - can grant you diamonds again BT5 - 25D, BT13 - 50D, BT25- 100D, BT37-150D but we have lost Idols here.
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Got 3Ankhs with 98% performance on Empire. Definitively another small thing changed.
I tried buying one Blue Legendary, hoping for those great damage dealers, such as the shark of the alien-like ones ... then it comes, again, the Marid.
Marid is a great unit!
In other words, blue def supporter non plus ultra!
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All genies are good tactical units.
100% agree that if you keep getting a creature and start to have many dupes... Well why not give it a try? You get free awakenings for it.
And one of the other great things about Guild Wars... Every single one of your legendaries become useful, even the ones you never planned to use.
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I think Baroness has the strongest mend in the game, and her crit is good too. Squishy and not easy to play with though, but when used right is pretty awesome.
Her only real downside is that she's a weak dungeon defender.
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COVID-19 demands attention, testing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – When it comes to social justice, criminal justice, economics – you name it, the black race lags behind.
Today, while the nation is at a defining moment with the worst pandemic in our lifetime, the black race is yet again left behind. The coronavirus, we have learned, hits people of color the hardest and kills blacks more often. Yes, COVID-19 disproportionately affects black and brown people in the worst way.
Dr. Sherita Hill Golden, M.S., M.H.S., vice-president and chief diversity officer for Johns Hopkins Medicine, says in addition to health disparities, there's social injustice, employment, living arrangements, stress, lack of insurance and more at play. All these factors together lead to a lethal dose of COVID-19 – taking us out in horrifying numbers.
In Louisiana, where blacks make up only 33 percent of the population, they account for 70 percent of the COVID19 deaths, according to a New York Times report. It is nearly the same in state-after-state. Even in Florida COVID-19 deaths are higher among blacks. According to the Florida Department of Health, Miami-Dade and Broward counties are trending far more COVID-19 deaths among blacks than any other group.
According to the data, in Broward County blacks make up 28 percent of the population but 37 percent of COVID deaths. In Miami-Dade county, blacks make up less than 18 percent of the population but 27 percent of the dead from the virus. Although Palm Beach doesn't show such numbers, leaders are highly alarmed at the possibility of growing numbers there.
Eric Kelly, president of the Quantum Foundation, which has funded testing sites in underserved communities, along with Federally Qualified Health Centers, says his organization conducted their own research to determine which areas needed most help fighting COVID and the results were eye-opening. They are not surprised the communities were black communities; it's how these people landed in this position that is startling.
"We learned COVID would hit hardest in certain communities and the system pointed out these communities were historically disinvested communities. Historically these communities were constructed by design. The system pointed us to seven communities, and these were all black communities. These communities are historically disinvested communities, and because of a lack of investment in these communities it takes the (onus) off of the individual and puts it on the historical structure of these communities. These people are not equipped to fight off these conditions," said Kelly, explaining why he and his team sprung into action. No one else provided pop-up testing in these communities.
"Our strategic plan is that we will address the root causes of health inequalities that are economic, educational, social, and racial in nature. COVID-19 highlighted long-standing racial inequities and disparities," he stressed.
Kelly solicited his friend and former NFL superstar Anquan Boldin, a South Florida resident, who gladly joined him in this effort. Boldin was tested at one of Kelly's pop-up sites in the inner city in Delray Beach, allowing television cameras to film his test, underscoring the importance of testing. Both men indicated the need for the testing to come to the people rather than trying to get the people to faraway testing sites.
West Palm Beach Mayor Keith James is passionate about the issue and several weeks ago during a televised news conference he was adamant there needed to be more focus and testing in the black community. He blasted his own county, which he says now "gets it." He too, has partnered with Quantum Foundation and Foundcare to bring testing to the inner City. "Many people don't have the ability to get to these remote testing sites, so we have to bring the testing to them." The Healthcare District is now bringing a mobile testing bus to various underserved communities as well, a response to his outrage. When asked if he's now pleased with the various efforts, he was measured. "I'll never be pleased, but I'm feeling much, much better."
The locals seem to be doing their part to address the virus, but on the national level, there's been much criticism. Recently former President Barack Obama criticized President Donald Trump's handling of the pandemic as "chaotic." And the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr, Jerome Adams, who is black, came under fire when he admonished black folks to stop drinking, smoking, and doing drugs in order to contain it. And Trump said it's "very sad" that the virus is hitting the Black community so hard. But he offered no solutions.
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Die Gemeinde Alastaro hatte eine Fläche von 258,12 km² und zuletzt 2910 Einwohner (Stand 31. Dezember 2008). Zu ihr gehörten die Dörfer Ämmäinen, Auvainen, Hennijoki, Hintsala, Ilola, Kankare, Kojo, Koski, Lauroinen, Mälläinen, Männistö, Mökköinen, Niinijoensuu, Pispala, Reitola, Sikilä, Suutarla, Tammiainen, Vahvala, Vammala, Virtsanoja (Virttaa), Vännilä und Ylhäinen. Das ehemalige Gemeindegebiet ist landwirtschaftlich geprägt; die Tonböden der Gegend eignen sich gut zum Ackerbau.

Alastaro ist in Finnland vor allem für seine rund 2,7 km lange Rennstrecke Alastaro Circuit bekannt, auf der ganzjährig diverse Motorsportwettbewerbe ausgetragen werden. Die Holzkirche von Alastaro hat eine recht bewegte Geschichte: Sie wurde ursprünglich 1754 in Loimaa errichtet. Als in Loimaa eine neue Kirche erbaut wurde, erwarb die Kapellengemeinde Alastaro 1837 die alte Kirche. Sie wurde abgetragen und 1840–41 an ihrer jetzigen Stelle wieder aufgebaut. Ihre heutige Form erhielt die Kirche 1896–97 als sie unter der Ägide von Josef Stenbäck restauriert und umgebaut wurde. Eine zweite Kirche befindet sich im Dorf Virttaa. Sie ist ebenfalls in Holzbauweise errichtet und wurde 1845 fertiggestellt.

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https://www.propertyhunter.com.my/news/2018/06/5037/sabah/tanjung-aru-eco-development-may-not-be-shelved-but-modified
Tanjung Aru Eco Development May Not Be Shelved but Modified
The State Government is looking seriously into the Tanjung Aru Eco Development (TAED) project, said Deputy Chief Minister Christina Liew.
Liew, who is also the Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, said the State Government has yet to decide who to take over following the resignation of TAED project's executive director Datuk Seri Victor Paul and how to proceed with the project.
Personally, she believed that the development of Tanjung Aru Beach on land would create jobs but insisted that the sea should remain untouched.
"This is a beautiful beachfront. Why do we need to reclaim the sea? We can develop over this side (land). This is my proposal which I will bring up to the State Government."
Liew also stressed that she wanted the beach to be accessible to the people without going through expensive hotels due to development.
She said the development should be balanced to maintain the natural beauty of the beach.
She added that many Sabahans grew up with memories of playing at the beach and they felt sad that the beach had to be closed down and reclaimed.
"I hope the original TAED development plan can be modified. I would like to raise this to the State Government" she said to the media following her visit to Tanjung Aru Beach with Save Open Space Kota Kinabalu conservation group spokesman, SM Muthu here yesterday after receiving numerous complaints on the appalling state of the beach.
The 345 ha TAED project is currently put on hold by DBKK pending a directive from the new State Government.
According to Liew, the land at Tanjung Aru Beach had belonged to DBKK before the previous state government allocated the land for the Tanjung Aru beachfront development project under TAED.
Liew has said that she would instruct Environmental Protection Department officers to discuss with the Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) on cleaning up the beach and removing the dilapidated food stalls left behind by previous hawkers after inspecting the beach.
Apart from the cleaning up work, she said the State Government would make a decision whether to take back the TAED development or proceed with the project with the amended plan.
She said the then opposition, herself included, has advocated strongly that the TAED project should not go on during the elections.
"We are not against development. Development is alright but do not compromise the interest of the public.
"The ability to enjoy the beachfront and the beach is a privilege for the people of Sabah."
Asked whether the State Government would take back the land belonging to TAED, Liew said the administration was looking into the matter very seriously.
"It is only an issue of changing the head. Datuk Seri Victor Paul has resigned. Who will be taking over (his position) and what will the State Government do with this plan has yet to be seen."
Meanwhile, Save Open Space Kota Kinabalu conservation group spokesman, SM Muthu said Parti Warisan Sabah (Warisan) has won the election, particularly in Tanjung Aru, with the promise they would stop the TAED project.
"I hope they stop TAED completely and do something new at the back of Jalan Selangor, a development that not only caters for tourists, but locals."
He said any development redrawn for Tanjung Aru must not touch the natural beach.
"The beach is a heritage of the Sabahans.
"If they do touch and reclaim, it is a betrayal of trust by Sabahans they put into the new government."
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Q: Why p-value / 2 for one-tailed ttest is correct? i have a specific question about case with one-tailed ttest in Python.
In many articles i can read the statement like this:

In scipy there is no direct way to indicate that we want to run a
one-tailed variant of the test. However, to obtain the desired results
we adjust the output ourselves. In the case of this setting, we simply
need to divide the p-value by 2 (the test statistic stays the same).

F.e. here https://towardsdatascience.com/one-tailed-or-two-tailed-test-that-is-the-question-1283387f631c
And i totally don't understand, why division by 2 works correctly?
Lets see the hist for one-tailed/two-tailed: here
There is just the same area under curve but from one side. And after z-transform we have not the same std distance (this is 1.645, not 1.96).
So, finally question is: Why if we check the same area under curve and the std distance not the same division by 2 is correct?
p.s. if you have some math proof, gonna be very thankful!

A: By definition, p-value is some area under the pdf of the test statistic under the null hypothesis.
Suppose we got a t statistic of 1.96.
For two-sided test, the p-value is by definition the area further than this statistic in both directions, i.e., the area of "less than -1.96 or more than 1.96", which happens to be 0.05; this is the p-value when we do a two-sided test.
On the other hand, for one-sided test, the p-value is by definition the area further than this statistic, in the direction of the statistic, i.e., the area of "more than 1.96". Since the distribution of the test statistics under the null is symmetric (around 0), this is exactly half of the p-value of the corresponding two-sided test.


This FAQ about alt.support.diet topics was compiled and written by Claudia McCreary cookignnewsletter@chef.net with numerous contributions by others.
Obligatory disclaimer: The information contained in this posting is in no way guaranteed. This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list is based largely on the personal experiences of the members of alt.support.diet, most of whom are not health-care professionals. As such, it should not be regarded as a complete or definitive manual on weight loss or maintenance, but rather as a concise collection of practical information and suggestions that you may find useful in your quest to achieve a healthier lifestyle. Before beginning a weight loss program, you may wish to first consult your physician to rule out the possibility of medical problems or conditions which should be factored into your diet and exercise plans (e.g., pregnancy, thyroid disorders, diabetes, hypoglycemia, heart disease, etc.).
01 What is the purpose of alt.support.diet?
02 Are advertisements allowed on a.s.d?
04 Am I Overweight? What do the terms "overweight" and "obese" mean?
05 Is using a standard height/weight chart a good way to tell whether I'm overweight?
06 I've decided to start a weight loss plan. How should I determine what weight I want to reach?
07 How often should I weigh myself?
08 Is using body fat percentage a good way to tell whether I'm overweight?
09 What's the best way to measure body fat percentage?
10 Are there any other ways to find out whether I'm overweight/overfat?
12 I keep hearing that a low-fat diet is supposed to be good for me. Why should I eat a low-fat diet, and how low is "low"?
13 Should I eliminate all fat from my diet?
14 How can I tell how much fat is in the foods I eat?
15 How do the new nutrition labels on processed foods differ from the old labels?
16 What is fiber? Is it important?
17 Is sugar a no-no?
18 What about artificial sweeteners?
19 What is the new "Food Pyramid" I've heard about? Is it similar to the "Four Basic Food Groups"?
20 Is Promise Ultra Fat-free Margarine really fat-free?
21 Are there any computer programs that will help me plan my diet or keep track of the foods I eat?
22 How many calories per day do I need?
23 Can I lose weight faster by consuming fewer calories?
24 Is it really necessary to drink 8 glasses of water per day while dieting?
25 Is skipping a meal a day an effective way to lose weight?
26 I'm afraid that I'll have to give up all my favorite foods in order to lose weight. Is this true?
27 Can I lose weight without dieting?
28 Are surgical procedures like liposuction or stomach stapling a good way to lose weight?
29 How many pounds a week should I lose?
30 Why do men seem to lose weight faster/more easily than women?
31 Some weeks into my diet, my weight loss just stopped, even though I followed the diet plan to the letter. What did I do wrong?
32 Once I've lost the weight, how can I keep from regaining it?
33 Are liquid diets a good way to lose weight?
34 Is fasting a good way to lose weight?
35 How does Weight Watchers work?
36 How does Jenny Craig work?
37 How does Nutri/System work?
38 How does Overeaters Anonymous work?
39 How does TOPS work?
40 How does "Stop the Insanity" work?
41 What is the Carbohydrates Addict's diet?
42 What is Dr. Atkins' diet?
43 What is the Zone diet?
44 What is the "TJ Soup diet" (a.k.a. "The Sacred Heart Hospital Diet" or "Cabbage Soup Diet")?
45 I've heard about several weight loss aids like herbal teas, "fat-burning" pills, etc. Do any of these work?
46 What about prescription drugs (phentermine, fenfluramine)?
47 Do I need to take a supplement (vitamin/mineral pill) while dieting?
48 What is chromium? Can taking a chromium supplement help me lose or maintain weight?
49 I need to lose weight, but I really hate to exercise. Can I lose weight by eating a low-calorie diet without exercising?
50 What are the most effective types of exercise for losing fat/weight?
51 How hard do I need to exercise?
52 What is anaerobic exercise?
53 How often and how long do I need to exercise?
54 How many calories do different types of exercise burn?
55 Does "passive exercise" (e.g., toning tables) work?
56 I move around a lot during the day; I try to use stairs instead of elevators, park my car on the far side of the parking lot, etc. Would I qualify as a "moderately active" person?
57 I've started a diet and exercise program, but I'm finding it really hard to stay on track. Any suggestions?


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The Chief Executive, Mr Ho Iat Seng, meets with member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Party Affairs Advisor of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, Mr Tam Yiu Chung, at the Government Headquarters in Macao.
Transport and communications statistics for December 2022
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Tap Siac Craft Market in spring calls for stall operators and creative handicraft workshops
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Hush presents contemporary depictions of traditional portrait and figurative imagery through an inventive mix of seemingly incompatible themes and aesthetics. His street and gallery work offsets graffiti flourishes in futuristic silvers and blacks with a colorful chaotic collage, inspired by layers of flyposting and other urban detritus. He places historical female figures into this sensual blizzard, emphasizing the transient nature of modern life in comparison to the timeless forces of passion and desire.


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Photo: eCommerce North: Showcasing the skillsets of one of Europe's key digital hubs.
E-commerce: The curse of the High Street or harbinger of a retail renaissance?
Multi-platform branding from CTI Digital.
eCommerce North: Showcasing the skillsets of one of Europe's key digital hubs.
While the Northwest of England may be emerging as one of Europe's key digital hubs, the region is not immune from the looming challenges of Brexit nor the forced upgrades to the architecture of certain essential e-commerce platforms.
E-commerce is something of a booming sector in the North of England, with many of the companies exhibiting at eCommerce North 2018 based in and around Manchester, the region's undoubted capital. Indeed, such is the scale of the local industry that both dedicated niche players and those with a more general remit seem well able to flourish.
Very much in the latter category is Mosquito Digital, a brand-communications specialist operating out of Manchester's Northern Quarter, the city's emerging creative hub. Outlining just what brand communications entail in the digital age, Laura Summers, the company's Senior Projects and Media Co-ordinator, said: "What we do extends across website design, social media, email marketing, web builds, B2B and B2C. We're attending this particular event to promote all the different aspect of our business, as not everyone is aware of just everything we can bring to the table.
"For us, it's all about making sure that whatever content we create is actually getting to the right audience and is not just adrift in a sea of social-media activity. It's really a case of making sure you're speaking to the required bespoke audience and making sure you're addressing them in the right way."
Focusing on the importance of creating usable website content, her colleague – Account Director Chris Webber – said: "It's not just about building a website for the sake of building a website – it's about building a website that will create a buzz, one that people will use, re-visit and recommend to their friends.
"Another major issue here is the increasing sophistication of search engine optimisation [SEO]. Despite that, though, any content still needs to be useful and interesting to a human audience rather than just being designed to have the maximum appeal to search algorithms. You have to do more than simply try to trick search engines into optimising your site's ranking. The current generation of search engines are smart. They measure engagement and dwell time, both of which will be miniscule if you fail to provide genuinely useful content."
At present, Mosquito's client roster includes Zoflora (disinfectants), Marigold (household rubber gloves) and the Manchester Airport Group.
Equally at home in the city centre – but far more of a niche player – was Pimberly, a three-year-old business that pitches itself as the purveyor of "the most powerful product information management platform on the planet". As keen to promote Manchester as a digital hub as he was to promote his own business, Chief Executive Martin Balaam said: "We're exhibiting at eCommerce North to support Manchester and to shout loudly about its achievements. We've always had great retailers here, but now there's also a great tech sector too, with the two supporting one another.
"Increasingly, you can find everything digital here, with a lot of the companies complementary to one another rather than just being competitors. We all talk to each other and even help each other out on occasion. It's all helping the sector – and the entire region – to spiral upwards."
According to Balaam, Pimberly's focus on product information management has seen it develop quite a unique offering. Outlining its USP, he said: "We're all about the product and all about giving it a voice and a sensibility.
"While a lot of e-commerce providers major on customer experience and customer intimacy, we take quite a different approach. We see it as our mission to make sure products find the right user and that they have all the ancillary products they need to get the best use out of the product in question."
Balaam was also notably upbeat about a number of issues other exhibitors clearly saw as looming threats, saying: "The are two big changes on the horizon that some genuinely regard as problematic. The biggest challenge is the ongoing paradigm shift from bricks and mortar to online. Both retailers and manufacturers are seeing their traditional supply chains changing beyond recognition and at an increasingly rapid pace. Many of them are yet to put strategies in place to deal with that. Those that fail to do so will just be squeezed out of the market by the likes of Amazon.
"Then, obviously, there's Brexit. That's something, though, that I see as an opportunity. Anything that makes life more complex for brands and businesses means they have a greater need for someone like us."
Not every exhibitor, however, was quite as sanguine about the prospects for the UK business community once the country transitions out of the European Union. Sharing the concerns of many, Ian Cassidy, the E-Commerce Director CTI Digital, a Manchester-based web development and digital marketing agency, said: "If the politicians have yet to come to grips with just what Brexit means, I'm not sure what the business community is meant to do.
"There are, however, certain steps that e-commerce operators can take in order to ensure they are ready. In particular, they need to be on the kind of platform that allows them to move quickly. For example, if someone wants to shut down their German operation and open in the US, we can help with that. We can set up a new website very quickly and configure the appropriate currency and payment options. Until the eventual outcome becomes clear, ensuring you have a degree of flexibility is the only sensible option."
While, even as the deadline for departure draws close, Brexit remains a nebulous and uncertain issue, a far more defined problem for the industry is the looming obsolescence of Magento 1, the world's most popular e-commerce architecture. Explaining just how big a concern this is for the operators of many digital market places, Cassidy said: "Technology is evolving at quite a rate of knots right now. This has led a number of platforms to take quite an aggressive approach to upgrades. Magento, for instance, has thrown its whole weight behind Magento 2, with Magento 1 set to be phased out by the end of next year. Basically, if you're reliant on Magento 1, you have no choice but to upgrade."
eCommerce North 2018 took place from 6-7 November at Manchester's Event City.


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Republican attack on voting rights restoration amendment faces lawsuit
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MDC launching cutting-edge Cloud Computing Center
Back to school drive supports students and teachers
From interns to first-gen university students
1st black woman joins DAR board
Sudanese hold mass marches to protest military dominance
America: Land of racism, misogyny and toxicity
Antonia Williams-Gary, July 12, 2019
Fake racism used as a weapon
Barbara Howard, July 12, 2019
Florida Republicans perpetuate racism with ex-felon voting bill
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Bayside Foundation backs FMU students with $200K
Robert Beatty— June 5, 2012
MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Bayside Foundation has announced a $200,000 gift to Florida Memorial University to support access to higher education for City of Miami residents.
A portion of the funds, $10,000, will be immediately used for student scholarships during the upcoming 2012-2013 year, while the remaining will support the establishment of an endowment for students interested in business and entrepreneurship from the city.
Founded in 1988, the Miami Bayside Foundation aims to stimulate economic development in the city and provide educational opportunities. As part of that mission, the donation will provide talented students within the city with the resources needed to pursue their academic and professional goals at FMU.
"We are grateful to have this opportunity to partner with the Miami Bayside Foundation to give minority students from the City of Miami greater access to a high-quality education at Florida Memorial University," said Adriene B. Wright, vice president for Institutional Advancement. "At Florida Memorial, we take pride in producing the highest return on investment for our supporters and the highest quality education for our students."
As South Florida's only historically black college or university (HBCU), FMU is also the third oldest institution of higher learning in the state. Nearly 90 percent of all undergraduate students at FMU are minority students, while the campus also serves many commuting city residents.
"With such a culturally diverse student body, Florida Memorial University embodies and reflects our organization's mission by continuing to advance our community," said Nathan Kurland, chairman of the Foundation's education committee.
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GOA Victory in the U.S. Supreme Court! -- Decision is a win for private property and the Second Amendment
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"In protecting an individual right to keep and bear arms, the Second Amendment secures a right of private property in those arms that are protected by the Amendment." -- GOA brief in Henderson v. United States, (p. 19)
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday decided Henderson v. United States -- a case where Gun Owners of America and its foundation have been very active.
The Court's unanimous (9-0) ruling further protects Second Amendment rights and erects a higher barrier against the confiscation of firearms.
The case involved Tony Henderson, a former Border Patrol agent with a previous pot conviction. Because of his felony, the government tried to take his firearms collection, which totaled more than $3,500.
Gun Owners of America went to bat for Mr. Henderson and argued he should be able to sell his guns, which at the time, were in the FBI's possession.
Oregon: Governor Brown Signs Egregious "Universal" Background Check Bill
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Oregon: Governor Brown Signs Egregious "Universal" Background Check BillIn unfortunate news for gun owners in Oregon, Governor Kate Brown (D) signed into law Senate Bill 941 today, legislation that expands background checks to private transfers. The background check portion of this bill will go into effect in 90 days.
Universal Registration Bill Signed by Brown
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Today, unelected Democrat Governor Kate Brown, who replaced disgraced Democrat Governor John Kitzhaber, ignored the will of the people, the counties, and the sheriffs and signed into law SB 941, the universal gun owner registration bill.
Today we also received an email from another sheriff who said he will not enforce it.
As you know, the bill contains so many dangerous provisions, we cannot possibly list them all. The parts of the bill outlawing the private transfer of guns, storing firearms for friends, neighbors or persons in need of safekeeping, along with the prohibition on providing firearms to persons who are in danger, take effect immediately.
CYSSA Youth Open
CYSSA would like to once again extend an invitation for you and any local youth clay target teams to attend the US Open Nation Youth Clay Shooting Championships.
This year the program will be held July 7-11, 2015 at the beautiful Clark County Shooting Complex in No. Las Vegas, NV.


When Mohandas Gandhi can be quoted in favor of an armed citizenry, I'd reckon the issue should be closed, once and for all, but of course, it's probably not. This essay is my attempt to put another log on that fire.
Now, as a dyed-in-the-wool anarchist, I could really care less about what a specific document declares regarding my rights, but nevertheless, whenever one talks about rights in the United States , the Constitution is bound to come up. At that point, the debate will most often descend into a rabbit-hole, debating the point-of-view of the Founders, what they really meant, what they believed, how they really lived, and probably where they shopped as well. Who cares?
For the record, I think the Constitution is a fine document; however, one absolute fact about the Constitution should preclude any such discussion for our purposes here. That fact is: the portion of the U.S. Constitution referred to as The Bill of Rights is an exposition, not a bestowal. Whatever 'well-organized militia' meant to someone in 1776 or to anyone this week is irrelevant since the clause is explaining what exists already, not what the document provides to a lucky citizen. One of two things is true: a human being has the right to protect and defend himself or he does not.
I am generally not a person who spends time lamenting the existence of 'bad people' in society. Life is too short. I don't figure there are enough of them about which to worry that much anyway. As for the supposition that we all are bad, that too strikes me as largely irrelevant for this discussion. For our purposes here, let us draw one unassailable conclusion: bad people exist. That is, there exist people who would infringe upon you directly, violently if given the chance, and who won't experience a blip of conscience larger than a burp while doing so. Let's call that Assumption One.
Whether there are many or few of these bad people is simply a detail, a statistical anomaly from which no substantive modification to that assumption can be made. Either way, no rule or regulation can be expected to selectively arm a segment of society, while disarming another. As such, attempting to arm only a specific cadre of people'the police for example'cannot generate peace and tranquility. Why not? Those who care little about life and liberty care even less about rules. Ergo, there is no scenario under which the police [or place name for special gun-toting folks here] will be the only armed people in a society. None. Not close to one. Let's call that Assumption Two.
The police'and the army, and the Secret Service, and whomever else'carry arms for one primary reason: personal protection. (One might also argue that they carry arms so that they have a substantial advantage in armament over the governed as well, but that's probably another essay.) They expect that at some point someone they encounter in the routine administering of their supposed duties will respond with violence. They want to be ready. Guess what? I do too. Sure, if a law-giver happens to be around at the exact moment when someone is infringing upon me, they could help, but seriously, what's the chance of that? That chance is low, for reasons I'll examine below.
Carrying a weapon also provides a prophylactic effect on those who might wish to infringe or act out violently. Police know this. When is the last time anyone heard of a madman entering a police station with plans of killing a bunch of people like [place name of psycho here] did at [place name of ostensible gun-free zone here]? People who are known-to-be, or even possibly might be, armed tend to scare psychos away, or at least give them a reason to rethink their lunacy. Let's call that Assumption Three.
Have you ever met a bully? Almost everyone can remember that kid back in high school who took advantage of the nerds and/or the weaker kids. Generally, he was bigger, but not surprisingly'if you understand his pathology'this guy never accosted the kids who could readily defend themselves. Why? Bullies are cowards. This is a corollary to Assumption Three. Gun-free zones, and any other places where people are known to be less able (or less willing) to defend themselves tend to attract bullies and/or psychos. Let's call that Assumption Four.
No offense to any policemen in our studio audience, but we all know that policemen are just people doing a specific job. They applied. They were accepted. They got trained. They got strapped. End of story. The likelihood is therefore high, nearing 100% actually, that you and I can be similarly trained and just as deservedly strapped thereafter. In other words, there is nothing about being a citizen or a policeman that means one is destined to be armed and the other is not. Let's call that Assumption Five.
Now, before anyone strains a ligament jumping to chime in, certainly there exist aptitude differences between people. Division of labor is alive and well too. Everyone isn't cut out for brain surgery, nor is everyone only a class or two away from expert marksman. The point is that there is ample space between 'career choice' and 'working knowledge' that lends itself to the typical citizen being trained in a number of fields. Firearms use is absolutely one of them. In fact, it is a relatively recent development that people believe that firearms usage is not a basic life skill, or that massive citizen disarmament, combined with massive police presence will lead to a safe environment. One only need examine Washington, DC to see that such a point-of-view ain't exactly data-driven. If that examination is unconvincing, one can review what has happened in Great Britain.
Assumption 1: Rights infringers exist.
Assumption 2: There is no realistic way to preclude unauthorized (or psychotic) people from being armed.
Assumption 3: People who are known to be armed tend to discourage rights infringers, even (shockingly!) the supposedly psychotic ones.
Assumption 4: Bullies tend to be cowards and therefore seek to attack people over whom they have a substantial known advantage.
Assumption 5: There is nothing morally different about a person supposedly authorized to carry a gun, e.g., a policeman, and a regular citizen.
Assumption One is a tautology. Assumption Two is obvious, and explains why waiting periods cannot preclude shooting sprees on college campuses. Assumption Three explains why violent and/or property crime is so relatively low in places like Kennesaw, GA , and most police stations. Assumption Four explains why crime is so high in the inner city. (The only people in most inner cities who are armed are the cops and the robbers, and both groups know it. Now, the proximity of people and property leads to an increased benefit for violence in densely-populated areas. That caveat notwithstanding, rights infringers seek both a benefit to immoral action and an advantage over their victims.) Assumption Five is simply a restatement of the Argument from Morality.
Bottom Line: Arm and train the citizens in [place name of violent place here] on Wednesday and I bet violent crime will plummet to unheard of levels by Friday. Disarm every citizen on Wednesday and not only will every psycho within shouting distance be ready to take advantage of him by Friday, but his government will also be much more likely to infringe upon him as well.
I'm not sure which one is worse, but I certainly don't want to experience both!


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Pat Connaughton NBA Tracker: Jan. 3-9
Geoffrey Clark
With the omicron variant causing COVID-19 to be reported at record numbers, it seemed inevitable that Pat Connaughton would get swept up. Sure enough, that's exactly what happened over the past week. Connaughton played only one game this past week before he and Milwaukee Bucks teammate Grayson Allen were placed in the NBA's health and safety protocols. As a result, Connaughton was knocked out of game action for the first time since early last season.
Connaughton's lone recent contest was played Jan. 3 as the Detroit Pistons snapped the Bucks' six-game winning streak. In 22 minutes, he managed only one 3-pointer while also grabbing three rebounds and dishing out one assist.
As of this writing, Connaughton is listed as questionable for the Bucks' Monday road game against the Charlotte Hornets. However, there is reason to believe he is at least reuniting with his team because he tweeted this:
— Pat Connaughton (@pconnaughton) January 10, 2022
Let's hope that next week, there will be a lot more to write about here.
Rookie Wire
Andrew Wiggins explains how Jonathan Kuminga can be unstoppable
Wiggins explained what has changed with Kuminga after a recent uptick in playing time with the Warriors.
NBA Rumors: Celtics acquiring Bol Bol, P.J. Dozier in three-team trade
The Celtics reportedly are adding two injured bench players as part of a three-way trade. So, what's Brad Stevens' motive here? Our Chris Forsberg explains how the move benefits Boston.
Kings actually considering trade for Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris?
Sam Amick: The Kings I do believe are actually pondering the idea of doing (Ben) Simmons and (Tobias) Harris. I don't think that's off the table. Source: Spotify What's the buzz on Twitter? Mark Medina @ MarkG_Medina NBA Mailbag: What's next for Ben ...
Kareem vs. Wilt: The rivalry of legendary big men became one of the great subplots of early-70s Bucks basketball
As he ascended into the dominant force in the NBA, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar matched up regularly with the previous face of the league, Wilt Chamberlain.
Why Festus Ezeli likes Kawhi Leonard comparison for Jonathan Kuminga
The sky is the limit for Jonathan Kuminga.
Lonzo Wire
Bulls vs. Cavs: Lineups, injuries, and broadcast info for Wednesday
All you need to know ahead of Wednesday's Bulls vs. Cavaliers game.
Celtics exploring Al Horford trades
After spending the 16th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft to acquire Al Horford in the offseason, the Boston Celtics are exploring trading him as they pursue another center, league sources told The Athletic. Source: Jared Weiss @ The Athletic What's the ...
Warriors' Andrew Wiggins: Jonathan Kuminga's first double-double was 'dope'
Andrew Wiggins praised Warriors rookie Jonathan Kuminga after his performance of 12 points and 10 rebounds against Detroit on Tuesday.


Little Brother wanted to make a fun treat the other day and there is hardly anything easier to make (especially for little helpers in the kitchen) than a fun Chex mix! With the popularity of the "Christmas Crack" & then our patriotic red, white, & blue Chex mix, I decided that we should try a fun Halloween inspired version! It's the sweet & salty goodness of the other versions, but with some fun candy corn & Halloween colors!
1. In a large bowl, combine all dry ingredients. We dumped in all of our ingredients and then I let me little helped stir to his little heart's content.
2. Melt the vanilla almond bark. I personally think this sets up a little better than true "white chocolate", but I'm sure white chocolate would be fine. I always just use the microwave, but you can get a smoother melt by going with the fancier double boiler method! Do whatever you have time for!
3. Pour melted "white chocolate" over the dry ingredients in the bowl and gently combine (you don't want to break all the cereal). Everything should be coated–how well coated is totally up to your discretion. I'm not a fan of being too sweet, so I tend to use a little less. If it's not coated to your liking, then just melt some more and add it in. 4. Pour mixture on to a large cookie sheet(s) lined with wax paper. While it's drying, repeat step 2 with the colored candy melts. Then drizzle the colored melts over the top.
5. Once it's all dry, then you can just mix it back together in a large bowl! I opted for something black and a little "Halloween-ish" for this one! The combination of the salty from the peanuts & mixed nuts is great with the candy corn and sweet coating. If you'd like it a little more salty, adding in pretzels to this mix is always good. I was just opting to keep it gluten free. And, I think it's still super good just as is this way!
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This looks yummy! Coated candy corn would be delicious!


International Baccalaureate K-12 » West High » How Do I Enroll?
 Students interested in pursuing the Diploma Programme (DP) should consider enrolling at West High School their freshman year. Why? West has a small school atmosphere where students receive individual attention and truly get to know their teachers and classmates. Being a Wildcat provides a lot of athletic and academic co-curricular opportunities to meet every interest. School spirit runs high, and we have the best homecoming in the area. Our students are proud to be a part of a more than 100-yearWildcat tradition.
Call your school main office for an Open Enrollment form or print one off from our website.
If you are an athlete, if you transfer into another high school AFTER your sophomore year without a change in residence, the WIAA will not allow you to participate in varsity athletics for one full calendar year.
If you are entering your junior year, you can take individual IB classes for a certificate and still be part of your home school.
Students must Open Enroll into West High School. You may enroll online, pick up an Open Enrollment form in your home school main office, or call West High School at 492-2600 for a form.
The Open Enrollment period runs from February through April. State law mandates that if you apply after that time period, you will have to pay tuition.
We'd love to have you check us out because we feel that West is Best! Feel free to call us at (920) 492-2600 or contact us online to schedule an appointment to visit Green Bay West High School.


Our 2018 Hyundai Elantra GT GLS Hatchback looks great in Marine Blue Metallic! Powered by a 2.0 Litre 4 Cylinder that offers 161hp for easy passing while perfectly matched to a 6 Speed Automatic transmission. This Front Wheel Drive combination allows you exceptional road feel, brisk acceleration, and near 7.1L/100km on the highway. Elantra GT GLS serves up a sleek signature style and European flair with its sporty contours, chrome accents, and beautiful alloy wheels.
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Fizz will be available in the coming weeks in 22-ounce bottles and on draft. Fizz it up while you can.
Fizz, the third beer in Widmer Brothers Brewing's 30th Anniversary Collaboration Series, was announced this week. This unique, bubbly spritzer-style ale was brewed in collaboration with the brewing team at 10 Barrel Brewing Co. in Bend, Ore.
Fizz is brewed with Meyer lemons and fresh ginger — giving it a bright citrus character and subtle hints of ginger spice — and finished with champagne yeast to really make it pop. This beer is great for the summer months, offering beer drinkers a refreshing respite from the heat.
Fizz is the third of six limited release collaboration beers with Oregon breweries to be released this year as part of a series that commemorates Widmer Brothers' 30-year history. The 30th Anniversary Collaboration Series is a celebration of the Oregon brewing community and the unique camaraderie among craft brewers.
Fizz will be available in the coming weeks in 22-ounce bottles and on draft, with limited distribution in select markets, including Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Minneapolis, New York City, Boston and Philadelphia.
The next beer in the 30th Anniversary Collaboration Series will be brewed with Portland's Gigantic Brewing and will be available in mid-August.


We're proud to announce we've won the Go Marketing Award at the Go North Wales Tourism Awards.
The award evening was held on 15 November 2018 at Venue Cymru in Llandudno, where we joined around 400 other industry representatives. There were 13 awards on the evening, and we were shortlisted along with the Great Little Trains of Wales and Aber Falls Distillery.
Some of our marketing achievements this year include our new mobile friendly website, our three new webcams, and two professional videos produced with a local filmmaker – incorporating land-based and drone footage, and even a unique view – 'shovelcam'! The first of the films, released in April has been seen by over 96,000 people.
Stuart, Lel, Lorraine and Dan with the Go Marketing Award. Photo by Anthony Woodhouse Photography.


Cold fog spilling over black velvet illustrates a relaminarizing wall jet.
Steam rising above a pot of boiling water, post-processed with false color. The white bar is the light above the stove.
Canola oil in a dish, squirted with colored Mio drops, a caffeine/vitamin mixture, illustrates immiscible fluids.
Food dye in milk, driven by a drop of soap in a Marangoni flow, color-reversed.
Food dye in milk shows Marangoni driven flow when drops of soap are applied.
A touch of dish soap changes the surface tension of milk, moving food dye on the surface in a Marangoni flow.
Water gel beads (hydrophilic polymer) soaked in food dye are placed in milk. Flow is induced by soap (Marangoni flow) and by direct manipulation.
Blue food dye in almond milk shows effects of surface tension and mixing.
A drop of dish soap into dyed milk results in Marangoni flow.
Milk poured into liquid detergent exhibits Marangoni flow as it mixes.


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Q: Javascript random text on refresh and button
I've got a (I hope) simple request. I've got a script that choose a random text under a title each time you refresh the page. Is it possible to edit that script so that the title is a button (With transparent background) and you can press it to change the text under it (But you're still able to change it by refreshing the page)?
For reference, here's the code.
    Title

Thank you!

A: Put the code into a function that writes via direct interaction with an element (not document.write), and bind the function to a button.
HTML:
<button onclick="newTitle()">Make new title</button>

JS:
var target = document.getElementById('target');
var titles = [
    'Title 1',
    'Title 2',
    'Title 3',
    'Title 4',
    'Title 5'
];

function newTitle () {
    var i = (Math.random() * titles.length) | 0;
    target.innerText = titles[i];
}

newTitle();

See JSFiddle

A:

var randomText = [];
randomText[0] = 'Text1';
randomText[1] = 'Text2';
randomText[2] = 'Text3';

var shuffleTitle = function() {
  var id = Math.round(Math.random() * (randomText.length - 1));
  document.getElementById('randTitle').innerHTML = randomText[id];
}
#randTitle {
  background: none;
  border: none;
}

  <button id="randTitle" onclick="shuffleTitle()">Title</button>

A: Instead of doing document.write(random[id]) you need to add an input element of type button with a specific id.
Then you create a click handler for that button that changes the button's text.
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Be alerted when Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (200G 45RPM Vinyl 2LP) is back in stock.
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Muddy Waters' legendary 1964 Chess release Folk Singer is hands-down the most deliberated 'true audiophile' blues recording in existence. With outstanding support from Buddy Guy on second guitar, Otis Spann on piano, Willie Dixon at the upright bass, and contributions from drummer Clifton James, its reputation is not surprising, and the fact that Folk Singer stands as Waters' only acoustic album just adds to its significance in the blues canon.
Ranked #280 by Rolling Stone on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Folk Singer is not just a great blues album but an audiophile standard, arguably the only "classic" blues record to achieve such a prestigious standing. Mastered from the original master tapes and pressed on 180g LP, with its grooves widened for 45RPM, this Chicago blues affair has never been better in any incarnation. Whether or not you already own this in a previous edition, consider Analogue Productions' new reissue an absolute must.


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Polygrammodes nigropunctalis is een vlinder uit de familie van de grasmotten (Crambidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1956 door Dognin, Marion & Viette.

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Insight, News
July 19, 2021 rachel_eaton
By Ryan Witton
According to the International Energy Agency's 2019 Africa Energy Outlook, some 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to electricity (that's 75% of the global total), and around 900 million lack access to clean cooking. Despite this, the population without electricity access is in fact falling thanks mostly to the speedy energy transitions of a small number of leading countries, particularly Kenya, Senegal, Rwanda, Ghana and Ethiopia. Electrification in these countries has been implemented through grid connections and a rapid rise in off-grid systems such as the solutions provided by Bboxx.
At the turn of the century, Africa's installed renewable energy capacity was around 22 gigawatts (GW) – a sharp contrast to the 189GW capacity in Europe the same year (a continent with 85 million fewer people). In the two decades since, Africa's installed generation has more than doubled to over 53GW and is continuing with strong momentum. Just take a look at recent officially launched projects like Kipeto's 100MW wind farm in Kenya or AMEA Power's 50MW solar PV power plant in Togo.
We all know that access to electricity brings a host of economic and social benefits to high-growth nations, but the full worth of providing these clean sources of energy in rural communities across sub-Saharan Africa has yet to be realised. While the physical health challenges of traditional fuels for generators and cooking is widely examined, the strain on mental health is granted much less consideration.
Let us look at the case of Teresia Olotai, a Maasai mother of six and senior 'Mama' of Lobulu, a tiny rural enclosure (or "boma") in Tanzania. Like the other women in Lobulu, life without electricity for Teresia was challenging. In the darkest hours of the night, she risked falling on stones or unwittingly stepping on venomous snakes. She has had to deliver babies in the dark, and when her children woke at night, she fed and changed them by touch. Candles and kerosene lamps posed a potential fire hazard in her wooden hut. This was until Teresia and her boma became part of a USAID Power Africa Project to install rural solar micro-grids.
For rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, the introduction of access to clean electricity has undoubtedly led to positive impacts in physical wellbeing. Electrified health centres are able to offer extended service hours, laboratory testing and vaccine refrigeration. In the home, there is less illness from indoor smoke inhalation and fewer burns from traditional cookstoves. The physical strain attached to carrying heavy loads of wood or kerosene, along with a danger of physical assault during collection (especially for young girls) is also diminished. Increased access to health and hygiene information via TV, radio, and the internet can be greatly beneficial. But let us also consider the psychological traumas arising from these same situations.
The concept of wellbeing runs far deeper than what can be ostensibly observed at a purely physical level. Studies in renewable energy interventions, predominantly solar and hydro pico-, micro-, and mini-grids, have revealed positive mental impacts for rural people that emanate from a lower perceived risk of injury or illness. Examples of these risk reductions are increased security inside and outside the home from thieves or wild animals with improved lighting, or a lower chance of illness, injury and property damage from burning kerosene indoors.
Women have reported better sleep at night knowing that they had safe lighting for emergency situations, especially involving their children. Connectivity through improved access to mobile phones is a huge boon to mental health, and communities are able to celebrate their new-found ability to stay connected to loved ones, friends, and family when they are able to charge phones at home, rather than walk and bus to town and pay a vendor.
Lighting facilitates communal and family gatherings, extended study hours and has been revealed to reduce the risk of domestic violence because households are generally happier with increased light. Regions where public services have been improved and street lighting has been provided offer the greatest community wellbeing benefits, with increased safety outdoors and more opportunities for communal gatherings and entertainment after hours. And of course all of this has an impact on economic growth.
The worry or stress felt from the risk of injury, sickness, or lack of sleep can in many ways be more ubiquitous than the physical harm itself. It is therefore crucial that these implicit, as-yet-unquantifiable impacts to mental wellbeing be given just as much focus as physical impacts when planning renewable energy projects and micro-grids in rural sub-Saharan communities.
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Reinforcing North-South Trade
At a time when South-South trade is becoming a force to be reckoned with, the North is jumping into action. Is it too late? In this global and growing world, there might just be room for everyone, and I expect that both the US and the EU will regain some footing in Africa in the years to come.
Power Africa, President Obama's initiative to increase access to low cost energy, and Trade Africa, the initiative to boost trade with and within Africa, have both been written about extensively since Obama's visit to the continent recently.
President Clinton's African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) however seems to have been ignored somewhat. And yet, the 2012 Presidential Directive on Sub Saharan Africa, talks about a new and enhanced AGOA, with the potential of making the U.S./Africa trade relationship as significant as the one between the U.S. and the European Union. (The Africa-EU Partnership has also announced that they are entering into "a new phase" with an increase in Trade agreements).
Next month, Washington D.C. will host the 2013 U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum in Addis Ababa. Trade and investment-related issues are top of the agenda and it is expected that the "new and improved" AGOA will finally be revealed in all its glory.
I guess we should therefore expect extensive (although belated) coverage soon.
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, also pronounced "tō-in", are Japanese kanji readings imported from China by Zen monks and merchants during and after the Song dynasty. This period roughly corresponds with the mid-Heian to Edo periods of Japan.  During the Muromachi period, they were referred to as .  Together, they are collectively known as .

Scholars divide tō-on into two groups: those that are based on Zen of the Middle Ages, and those based on the Ōbaku school of Buddhism of the Middle Ages.  The latter are the readings sometimes referred to as "sō-on".

Tō-on readings are not systematic, as they were introduced piecemeal from China, often along with very specialized terminology.

Examples of words and characters using tō-on readings include: , , ,  and .

The Ōbaku Zen school of Buddhism uses Tō-on exclusively for liturgy.

See also
 Go-on
 Kan-on

Zen
Buddhism in the Kamakura period
Buddhism in the Muromachi period
Buddhism in the Edo period
Kanji


Dubai - UAE 2017: Next week at Intersec, the leading international meeting platform for the Security and Safety industry, Avaya will highlight its foundational approach to network security that can help reduce breaches that compromise data integrity and privacy. Along with technology partner Axis Communications, Avaya will showcase how it is helping regional organizations protect their networks and achieve their digital security objectives.
While emerging technology trends such as mobility, the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing promise incalculable opportunities, they also make it almost impossible to determine an organization's boundaries. In today's everywhere perimeter, it is critical that security is an end-to-end component of a network architecture that extends from any potential access point – be that in the cloud, a mobile device or a sensor unit to the core and back again.
Avaya's networking solutions enable organizations to create stealth, hyper-segments within their networks that are invisible to hackers and provide the elasticity needed to protect the everywhere perimeter. Avaya SDNFx and identity technologies eliminate the tradeoff between security and complexity by automating the onboarding and access of devices, users, switches and servers to make protecting and managing everywhere access effortless.
Intersec is taking place from January 22-24 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Avaya will have a presence on the Axis Communications stand S1-H12.