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Q: Converting Minimax to Negamax (python) I'm making an Othello player, and implemented a minimax algorithm with alpha-beta pruning. Then I did a bunch of research on the best ones online and keep hearing about a "negamax" algorithm that they all use. It seems like most people think negamax is faster than minimax (i think because it doesn't switch between min and max player?), so I'd like to turn my minimax algorithm into negamax if that's not too difficult.
I was wondering if people had any insight on how much faster using negamax is, and any tips or code on how to turn my minimax code into a negamax algorithm that'd be appreciated!
Here's my minimax algorithm:
def minimax(Board, maximizingPlayer, depth, count):
     # maximizing player has 'B' and minimizing 'W'
     if maximizingPlayer: player, opp = Board.player, Board.opp
     else: player, opp = Board.opp, Board.player

     moves_list = Board.get_moves_list(player, opp)
     best_move = (-1,-1)

     # base case
     if ( depth==0 or moves_list == [] ):
         best_score, parity, mobility, stability = Board.evaluate()
         best_move = (-1, -1)
         return best_score, best_move, count

     # maximizing player
     if maximizingPlayer:
           best_score = float("-inf")
           for move in moves_list:
                new_board = deepcopy(Board)
                new_board.play_legal_move(move[0], move[1], player, opp, flip=True)
                the_score, the_move, count = minimax(new_board, False, depth-1, count+1)
                best_score = max(best_score, the_score)
                if (the_score == best_score):
                    best_move = move

           return best_score, best_move, count
     # minimzing player
     else:
           best_score = float("inf")
           for move in moves_list:
                new_board = deepcopy(Board)
                new_board.play_legal_move(move[0], move[1], player, opp, flip=True)
                the_score, the_move, count = minimax(new_board, True, depth-1, count+1)
                best_score = min(best_score, the_score)
                if (the_score == best_score):
                    best_move = move

           return best_score, best_move, count

Since I got a response asking about my Alpha-beta pruning, here is that:
def alphabeta(Board, maximizingPlayer, depth, count, alpha, beta):
     # maximizing player has 'B' and minimizing 'W'
     if maximizingPlayer: player, opp = Board.player, Board.opp
     else: player, opp = Board.opp, Board.player

     moves_list = Board.get_moves_list(player, opp)
     best_move = (-1,-1)

     # base case
     if ( depth==0 or moves_list == [] ):
         best_score, parity, mobility, stability = Board.evaluate()
         best_move = (-1, -1)
         return best_score, best_move, count

     # maximizing player
     if maximizingPlayer:
           best_score = float("-inf")
           for move in moves_list:
                new_board = deepcopy(Board)
                new_board.play_legal_move(move[0], move[1], player, opp, flip=True)
                the_score, the_move, count = alphabeta(new_board, False, depth-1, count+1, alpha, beta)
                if (the_score > alpha):
                    alpha = the_score
                    best_move = move
                if beta <= alpha: break

           return alpha, best_move, count
     # minimzing player
     else:
           best_score = float("inf")
           for move in moves_list:
                new_board = deepcopy(Board)
                new_board.play_legal_move(move[0], move[1], player, opp, flip=True)
                the_score, the_move, count = alphabeta(new_board, True, depth-1, count+1, alpha, beta)
                if (the_score < beta):
                    beta = the_score
                    best_move = move
                if beta <= alpha: break

           return beta, best_move, count

A: I think now that you have implemented minimax it is good enough but you need to implement the most important optimization in minimax that is alpha-beta pruning which would be a simple change to your code with very significant improvement in speed.
EDIT:-
Noticed that you have used alpha-beta so you can implement negamax but your notion that it doesnt switch is not correct but it reduces the code for minimax ( i doubt significant improvement in speed) . The idea here is that the points for a move for one player is always -ve of the other player but same magnitude that allows you to calculate max(a,b) = -min(-a,-b).
Simple translation here is :-
score = -negamax(depth-1,-player)
best = max(score,best)

These are only lines to evaluate minimax using negamax
Here you dont need to evaluate min and max alternatively but the fact that the scores given to minplayer are always negative of positive player is sufficient so that you can always evaluate max to get correct score.
Note:-
This is not significant optimization in terms of speed but makes code simple and readable so its worth it but unfortunately you need erase alot of code to convert your code to negamax so i advice not to.

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LA County Sheriff Will No Longer Order Closure Of Firearms Shops
Published March 31, 2020 at 11:00 AM MDT
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva tried to shut down gun shops, saying they were nonessential during California's statewide coronavirus stay at home order. He has now reversed course on that stance.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department now says that gun shops are essential business and can remain open during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, a reversal of an effort to shutter firearms and accessories stores during the "Safer at Home" order enacted by county and state officials.
It also comes days after the Department of Homeland Security issued new guidelines labeling those that work in the firearms industry as essential critical infrastructure workers.
Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who has attempted to shut down gun stores in LA County twice, confirmed the development in a statement posted to Twitter citing "further input from the federal government."
"Although explicitly advisory in nature, nonetheless the federal memorandum is persuasive given its national scope," Villanueva said.
"Based on this further input from the federal government, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will not order or recommend closure of businesses that sell or repair firearms or sell ammunition," Villanueva's statement read.
Please see my statement regarding clarification on essential businesses during the #Covid19 Crisis: #LASD #FlattenTheCurve #SheriffV pic.twitter.com/tJSMyQrGDo
— Alex Villanueva (@LACoSheriff) March 31, 2020
This about-face comes as firearms and ammunition sales have spiked nationwide.
Various municipalities across the country have offered different interpretations about whether gun shops are essential businesses as the coronavirus epidemic in the U.S. has caused thousands of companies to halt operations.
Confusion on the gun matter was seemingly clarified over the weekend when the DHS's updated its guidelines on what industries should be deemed part of the essential critical infrastructure workforce.
The CISA statement lists "workers supporting the operation of firearm or ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors, and shooting ranges."
Villanueva announced last week that gun shops were not critical businesses and ordered them to close immediately. He added he was not advocating for a ban on firearm sales, but said the coronavirus pandemic was not an excuse to "panic gun buy."
"That is not a license, then, for everyone to do a panic gun buy and [rush] to stores, which is now what we're seeing," he said. "That violates the whole issue of social distancing, and it's creating its own attractive nuisance."
Two days later, on March 26, Villanueva said he was complying with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's stay-at-home order and mandated gun stores in the county "will cease to sell to the general public."
That stance drew an immediate rebuke from second amendment activists, including the National Rifle Association, which filed a federal lawsuit against Villanueva last week.

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Historian's new book examines how Japanese tourists helped to create and sustain the Japanese Empire
By Amy Bentley
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As Japan sought to expand and maintain its colonial empire in Korea, Manchuria and Taiwan, the government discovered a successful way to make these foreign lands seem more "Japanese" and acceptable to its own citizens: educational tourist trips to the colonies.
In fact, tourism was essential to establishing and maintaining the Japanese empire from the 1800s to the 1940s. That's according to a new book, "Placing Empire: Travel and the Social Imagination in Imperial Japan" (UC Press, 2017) by Kate McDonald, an assistant professor of modern Japanese history at UC Santa Barbara.
While "Placing Empire" focuses on Japan and its colonies, McDonald said her book sends a greater message about the need to re-examine the morality and effects of colonialism as people visit places once dominated by another nation or culture. "This book is less about Japan than the world we live in today," McDonald said. "Colonialism is alive and well.
"When you are touring California's mission system, for example, think about how the stories you are learning through this process are justifying the ongoing colonization of California," she continued. "Think about how these narratives are making colonialism part of the dead past rather than the living present. Tourism is not just a story about the Japanese empire. It's a story of the 20th and 21st centuries."
In her research, McDonald studied accounts of Japanese travelers and also government tour guidebooks from the late 1800s to the 1960s. In "Placing Empire" she explores what Japanese travelers saw when they went to colonized Korea, Manchuria and Taiwan, and how Japanese travelers in the early 1900s remembered the transformation of these lands to Japanese colonies. Taiwan became part of the Japanese empire in 1895; Korea became a formal part of Japan in 1910; and Manchuria was an informal colony of Japan until 1932, when members of the Japanese military created a puppet state of Japan called Manchukuo.
Hundreds of thousands of Japanese were encouraged to visit the colonies as their government sought to expand its empire and influence its people to accept those areas as a part of Japan. Travel was expensive at the time, McDonald noted, and the trips were associated more with education than leisure. The standard itinerary offered by the Japan Tourist Bureau took people to locales such as ports, soybean oil factories, sugar plantations and government buildings, all of which Japanese tourists viewed as markers of progress in colonies becoming more like Japan.
For students looking to improve their employment prospects, government-discounted tours sometimes resulted in job offers in Seoul or Taipei, McDonald added.
Initially, Japanese travelers were pleased to see the changes taking place in the colonies; but they denigrated the local people. "They figured the lands would modernize and colonized people would either come along or die off," McDonald continued.
After World War I, as anti-colonial movements emerged in the global political consciousness, attitudes shifted and people began to question the morality of Japan being a colonial empire, she explained . "You start to see people focus on appreciating cultural diversity, talking about going to Korea to see authentic culture, going to Taiwan to see indigenous people in the jungle," McDonald said. "This was also a way of making colonialism safe for this new world order. The tourism industry started talking about these places as the national exotic rather than the colonial frontier."
Ultimately, the Japanese Empire and its colonial tourism industry ended in 1945 when Japan's defeat in World War II resulted in the allies severing Japan's control over Taiwan, Korea and Manchuria.
"Placing Empire" is available as a free, open access e-book through UC Press.
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Why Use A VPN In Canada
When we think of online surveillance, the first image that comes to mind is probably an American one. The US is prominent in this debate because it got caught and because its a big country with a lot of economic and military power. But its far from the only country to employ the sorts of surveillance that toeand sometimes crossthe line between national security and overreach into the lives of ordinary citizens a la 1984s Big Brother. One of those countries is Canada, thanks in large part to the 2015 Anti-Terrorism Act that allowed intelligence agencies to gather and share information in much the same way as the NSA.
The underlying problem with these laws and surveillance programs is that they gather information on people regardless of whether that person is a criminal or not, and they disproportionately affect certain groups of people such as reporters, activists, and immigrants.
All of the options in our list of the best VPNs for Canada will also protect your data when connected to public wi-fi. Unsecured wifi hotspots can allow hackers to intercept your internet traffic and carry out attacks. A VPNs encryption will prevent this from happening.
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Top 5 Best Streaming VPN
Once the VPN is installed, open the app to create an account and subscribe to a plan. After logging in, connect to a server in a country where the TV show or movie is being broadcast or distributed. Some shows are only allowed to be broadcast in certain countries due to limitations on the TV networks coverage area. Additionally, to avoid legal and copyright problems, many streaming services are limited to only a handful of countries. Through the internet, the coverage of the TV shows can be streamed as long as the location is not blocked by the provider. This is why VPN services are designed to bridge those boundaries without restriction.
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What Is Throttling And Why Does It Happen
When it comes to accessing online content, the faster the internet, the smoother your streams and downloads would be. But what if you are not getting the speeds you are paying for? Chances are you are being throttled.
Repeated buffering and sudden speed drops are the main signs of bandwidth throttling, which is something ISPs do to slow down the internet connection of their users. Throttling can occur at any time and any place between your device and the service or website that youre using.
Will a VPN stop buffering? It will if its your ISP messing with your connection. But if the problems on the other end , theres not much you or any VPN can do.
Can You Trust Your VPN Service
If you're using a service to route all your internet traffic through its servers, you have to be able to trust that service. It's easier to trust companies that have been around longer, simply because their reputation is likely to be known. The trouble is that the VPN industry is very young, and some VPN companies have been playing dirty. In this environment, figuring out who to trust is very difficult.
At PCMag, we give special attention to the privacy practices of VPN companies and not just the technology they provide. In our testing, we read through the privacy policies and discuss company practices with VPN company representatives. We look for a commitment to protecting user information, and practices that gather and retain as little user information as possible.
As part of our research, we also make sure to find out where the company is based and under what legal framework it operates. Some countries don't have data-retention laws, making it easier to keep a promise of "We don't keep any logs." It's also useful to know under what circumstances a VPN company will hand over information to law enforcement and what information it would have to provide if that should happen.
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December 2, 2021 by Morris
Back in 1996, the blast of online club betting cleared the world. The United States had been an enormous piece of this, and numerous card sharks had gone to online gambling clubs for the entirety of their gaming. For a long time, these club kept on being played unabated. Sadly, back in 2006, enactment was passed that made it somewhat hard for online club to keep on working. This enactment, sneaked in by piggyback through the Safe Port Act, would be named the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, and it turned into a thistle in the side of the web based player, the web-based club, and all installment processors there in.
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement mega888 Act of 2006, or the UIGEA, had, more or less, disallowed banks and installment processors from handling exchanges that would relate to web based betting. This has confounded stacking accounts, yet in addition pulling out. While USA online club have kept on working, they have needed to utilize installment processors that would evade these limitations. Tragically, the UIGEA was not set to come full circle until December of 2009, thought the ramifications of the enactment had drop out that would be downright disastrous for some, web based betting organizations, particularly those that depended intensely on the United States market.
The UIGEA had hamstrung a considerable lot of the tasks all over the planet that used the American market to remain ahead in benefits, meanwhile holding misfortunes to a low. The ramifications ran profound, harming many organizations working these club. Not just had a portion of the bigger, public internet based club endured a significant shot to the cost per share, which thusly hurt the investors of those organizations, yet in addition cost the organizations benefits from the United States Market. PartyGaming strikes a chord explicitly, however other enormous betting firms had endured a shot. Moreover, numerous chiefs accountable for a few of the web-based club, including Anurag Dikshit, one of the early originators of PartyGaming, had been prosecuted and fined for their association in web based betting – in spite of the way that these organizations had been based outside of the United States. Installment processors had additionally been altogether affected, as a large number of these monetary organizations had taken a blow from government oppression, which, now and again, added up to countless dollars in seizures. Tragically, the UIGEA had not been summoned in a large number of these seizures. Rather, the Wire Act of 1961, a law that had been spent a long time before the Internet was in any event, starting to form into what we see today.
In spite of the laws that had started to hinder online club betting, numerous web-based club kept on tolerating USA players. While a few of the bigger brands of online gambling club had been taken from the United States market, numerous others had stayed immovable in their commitment to conveying club gaming to the American market. However there are online club actually working in the USA, the decision has become restricted. To zero in on a negligible market, online gambling clubs tolerating American players needed to offer a support of better caliber. That having been said, those internet based gambling clubs have needed to beat the more established types of club programming that had taken out themselves from the American market.
There are at present three significant brands of club programming that still can't seem to stop working inside the United States. These brands have no goal on leaving the American market, and still out play out those that have as of now left USA players helpless. Ongoing Gaming, or RTG, Rival Gaming, or essentially Rival, and Odds On, otherwise called Vegas Technology, are the three sorts of gambling club programming actually tolerating Americans. Each conveys its own remarkable highlights, however they generally out play out the people who have abandoned the United states, including Microgaming, Playtech, and others. While a portion of the singular gambling clubs working under these brands have chosen not to content with the dispute of the United States government, virtually every one of them keep on providing USA players with top notch club gaming.
Gambling clubs fueled by RTG are one of the prevalent three. Constant gaming has carried excellent gaming to players all through the United States. Their predominance gets through the computerized expert articulation of their games. Rather than conveying drained, tasteless tables games and openings, they have found a way ways to guarantee that every player will partake in the smooth illustrations and game play of their club. Continuous Gaming gambling clubs supply their players with enough variety to stay engaging, just as enormous rewards for their players. Gambling clubs outside of the United States, especially Microgaming gambling clubs, will quite often miss the mark as far as rewards. Through coordinated security, these gambling clubs under the RTG brand likewise stay the most reliable.
The second brand of gambling club gaming comes through Rival Gaming. Rival Gaming has made and along these lines conveyed a remarkable series of games. These games, the Interactive Slots, have brought an unheard of level of amusement to opening games. Rather than the standard turning of the reels, Rival has increased present expectations to the apex of gambling club gaming. Their table games have additionally been a tremendous hit, getting players who look for essentially to play a card game, dice, or other table based club games. However players outside of the United States might partake in the Interactive Slot, there is no worldwide internet based gambling club that blocks American IP tends to that offers anything somewhat like the power and assortment of the I-Slot.
At long last we come to Odds On. With Odds On Casinos, players are qualified for utilize one of the first kinds of online club programming. Chances On has reformed the manner in which games are played, especially spaces. The Odds On extra openings have carried countless dollars to their champs. Also, these extra openings are upheld by the enormous, multiplayer space competitions that have turned into a staple for some gamers all over the planet. The size and prevalence of these competitions are practically elite to Odds On. Opening competitions give players the capacity to appreciate space gaming without a staggering monetary danger, while giving more straightforward admittance to huge rewards. However different kinds of club programming will intermittently give players the opportunity to appreciate space competitions, none will be just about as adaptable or typical as those saw as through Odds On – demonstrating by and by online club tolerating USA players are better than those saw as open just to European players.
However gambling clubs tolerating Americans have had a rough street, especially in 2009, trust lies not too far off. The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, which held a cutoff time of December of 2009, has been deferred. This defer delayed, a half year to be accurate, that would empower officials to reevaluate the law's passing. A few officials, especially Congressman Barney Frank, have been pushing for an adjustment of enactment. To help with the push for directed Internet club betting, any individual might contact their congresspersons and delegates to offer their viewpoint. There are likewise political activity advisory groups, for example, the Poker Player's Alliance, that are attempting to bring club gaming into the homes of players all through the United States. In spite of these laws, the gambling clubs actually working for American players are positioned far over the individuals who have ruled against proceeded with activity Stateside.


Laughing Jackal have announced that a major update for Hungry Giraffe on iPhone has been released. Version 1.2 of Hungry Giraffe has more festive features than you could shake a mince pie at, including a new Christmas icon, Christmas lights, festive food and Santa hats. A friend for our giraffe has also been added - the appropriately Christmassy Reindeer skin.
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A 20 foot tall, 1200kg giraffe needs a ton of food each day just to survive. But, oh no! All the tastiest leaves have been eaten, while up in the sky endless streams of snacks, fruit and junk food hover just out of reach!
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Only 150 "Metal & Beer" Tickets Remain for Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly w/ Triptykon, Baroness & More! – Music World!
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We've tried to warn you. The 2019 edition Decibel Metal & Beer Fest: Philly—featuring rare performances from Baroness, Triptykon, Enslaved (special Frost set), Obituary (special Cause of Death set), Deafheaven, Exhorder and tons more—is fast approaching. We have a lot more exciting announcements to share over the next three months, but here's one you need to know right now: "Metal & Beer" tickets—the ones that grant you access to pours from 19 craft breweries from around the country—are moving fast. Only 150 remain, so if you want to enjoy the metal part and the beer part, bust a move. Plenty of "just metal" tickets remain. Ticket links and daily line-ups are below.
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Llyn Parc Mawr at Newborough Forest (NRW)
This is a lovely quiet picnic spot in sheltered woodland and an easily accessible lake rich in birdlife just 100 meters from the car park OS Grid Ref: SH413669
In or near Newborough (19 miles, 31 km)
www.naturalresources.wales/newborough
Picnic Site
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
The Ffestiniog Railway is the oldest independent railway company in the world, established in 1832.
Rail Route: Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog.
In or near Porthmadog (13 miles, 21 km)
www.festrail.co.uk
Plas yn Rhiw
Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th-century Manor House in North Wales. The estate consists of a small perfectly formed house of Tudor/Georgian style as well as an ornamental garden superb views of Hell's Mouth Bay and the Llyn Peninsula.
In or near Pwllheli (9 miles, 15 km)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/plas-yn-rhiw
Mermaid Spa Portmeirion
A haven of tranquillity overlooking the Dwyryd Estuary
In or near Portmeirion (14 miles, 22 km)
portmeirion.wales/spa
Fishing at Abermaw | Barmouth
Sea fishing trips depart from Barmouth harbour daily, tides and weather permitting. Local boats cater for parties and details can be obtained from Barmouth TIC. For more information contact the local secretary 01341 422706
In or near Barmouth (19 miles, 30 km)
www.showmewales.co.uk/cardiganbaycoast
Portmeirion Village
This unique village is set on its own private peninsula on the southern shores of Snowdonia. It was created by Welsh architect Clough Williams-Ellis to demonstrate how a naturally beautiful place could be developed without spoiling it.
In or near Minffordd (14 miles, 22 km)
portmeirion.wales/visit/explore/the-village
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway
The Welsh Highland Heritage Railway is a small, friendly railway where the train ride is just part of the experience. Free guided tours at the heritage centre. Vintage train.
www.whr.co.uk
Welsh Highland Railway
The Welsh Highland Railway is the UK's longest heritage railway and runs for 25 miles from Caernarfon where trains start from beneath the castle walls for the journey to Porthmadog.
Rail Route: Caernarfon to Porthmadog.
In or near Caernarfon (19 miles, 30 km)
Porth y Swnt
This exciting interpretation centre showcases the special qualities which make the Llyn Peninsula so unique in terms of history, culture and environment.
In or near Aberdaron (13 miles, 21 km)
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/porth-y-swnt
Fairbourne Golf Club
The Golf Club is a Community Project with a 1,000 yard hole par 3 course set in an idyllic location and open to the general public. It is challenging enough for the old hands, but not too daunting for beginners.
In or near Fairbourne (20 miles, 32 km)
www.visitmidwales.co.uk/Fairbourne-Fairbourne-Golf-Club/details/?dms=3&venue=1021328
Golf - 9 hole
Morfa Dyffryn Nature Reserve (NRW)
The spectacular Morfa Dyffryn Reserve stretches for about 4.5 miles along the coast of Cardigan Bay from Afon Ysgethin in the south to Afon Artro in the north.
In or near Dyffryn Ardudwy (14 miles, 23 km)
www.naturalresources.wales
The Snowdonia National Park is a special part of the country where people come to relax and enjoy a wide range of leisure activities in spectacular surroundings. It is recognised as an International Dark Sky Reserve.
www.snowdonia.gov.wales/visiting
Morfa Harlech Nature Reserve (NRW)
Morfa Harlech is one of two extensive sand dune systems which make up much of the Meirionnydd coastline, extending from the Mawddach estuary in the south to Black Rock Sands in the north west.
In or near Harlech (13 miles, 21 km)
naturalresources.wales/morfaharlech?lang=en
Gwaith Powdwr Reserve
Gwaith Powdwr is a decommissioned explosive works, which was taken over by the North Wales Wildlife Trust in the late 1990's and is now a flourishing nature reserve.
In or near Penrhyndeudraeth (16 miles, 26 km)
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk
Coed Crafnant Reserve
The joy of the 120 acre Crafnant Nature Reserve is its atmosphere. You sense the antiquity of the ancient oaks at the northern (Crafnant) end, encrusted in the greys and greens of lichens, mosses, liverworts and the epiphytic ferns.
In or near Llanbedr (14 miles, 22 km)
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/coed-crafnant
Neuadd Dwyfor
With 354 seats and a creative schedule including film, productions by local and national touring companies, ballet, opera, plays, pantomimes and concerts. Neuadd Dwyfor has so much to offer local people and visitors to the area.
In or near Pwllheli (1 miles, 1 km)
Plas Heli
Situated on the southern coast on the Llyn Peninsula in North West Wales is Plas Heli, the Welsh National Sailing Academy.
Caernarfon Castle (Cadw)
Royal fortress-palace built on legends and bitter medieval conflict


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Havelock City, the premier mixed-use development project in Sri Lanka, ceremoniously conducted the ground-breaking and inauguration of its commercial development project under the auspices of Overseas Realty Chairman and visionary businessman S.P. Tao.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mangala Samaraweera graced the event as the chief guest along with many other distinguished dignitaries.
The Havelock City Commercial Development, a US $ 166 million Board of Investments (BOI)-approved project, comprises a 46-storeyed, 600,000-square feet office tower and a 200,000 square feet shopping mall built to international standards, which will be a landmark in the vicinity and transform the skyline of Colombo.
Havelock City, the brainchild of S.P. Tao, is developed by Mireka Capital Land, a joint venture between Overseas Realty Ceylon, the owner, developer and manager of the iconic World Trade Centre Colombo, and Bank of Ceylon, Sri Lanka's largest commercial bank.
"We are delighted to be gathered here today to witness a symbolic ground-breaking for the US $ 166 million Havelock City Commercial Development. On completion, in 2020, it will boast an iconic 46-storeyed, 600,000-square feet office building and a 200,000-square feet shopping mall, which will visually anchor the Havelock City residence," stated Tao.
Tao, a naturalized citizen of Singapore of Chinese origin, has extensive worldwide business experience and is widely regarded as a visionary entrepreneur in the commodities, shipping and real estate sectors.
"My first business foray in Sri Lanka was when I assisted the government of Sri Lanka in 1970 to set up Ceylon Shipping Corporation through the sale of my ship Mv Lanka Rani. I was convinced then, 46 years ago, that Sri Lanka will be a vital distribution maritime container transshipment hub for the Gulf and South Asia. Today, with China's development of its one road one belt strategy, Sri Lanka's importance as a maritime centre is secured," commented Tao.
The office tower housing grade 'A' premium office space is designed to be a LEED GOLD certified building and is built to highest standards that enable efficient space planning through column-free, wide floor plates.
A smart functioning infrastructure with computerized car park, elevator and building management systems along with the overall design and appearance facilitates businesses an unparalleled competitive advantage.
The shopping centre is developed as a community level shopping mall serving the lifestyle needs of the catchment. A miniature heaven for the ardent shopaholic, the mega mall comprises six floors of the world's leading brands and retail stores, dining and entertainment experiences amidst a state-of-the-art multiplex cinema, a welcoming treat to anyone who craves an undivided shopping experience.
Additionally, the two basement levels of parking with ample space to park over 900 vehicles complements the convenience and vibrancy offered by the Havelock City Commercial Development.
"I am a fervent believer that the property market is the biggest enterprise in any leading city in the world and its development tracks a country's social and economic success. Having achieved my great age of 100 years and witnessed considerable changes regionally and globally, I am even more bullish on the growth prospects of Sri Lanka. My family and I are extremely proud to be part of the growth as long-term investors in Overseas Realty (Ceylon) PLC, the premier listed property company in Sri Lanka," remarked Tao.
SL should award him the Deshamanya or Sri Lankabhimanya title.


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Who's Up and Down After the Niners Game
The Vikings lost an entirely forgettable preseason game to the 49ers 17-7, due in part to sloppy play at times, but primarily due to poor quarterback performance. This time more of that goes to Kellen Mond, who wiped away any good vibes from the Raiders game with a remarkably poor performance against the 49ers.
But that aside, this was a pre-season game to evaluate depth players, and Kevin O'Connell mentioned that even his play-calling was geared toward seeing more of the players in position groups that are still up in the air. So he called more passes because he doesn't need to see the running backs anymore, while there are a lot of questions on the back end of the wide receiver (and tight-end) depth chart. There are also questions on the back end of both the offensive and defensive line depth chart too.
So, with roster competition in mind, let's look at who helped their chances, and who hurt their chances to make the roster based on their performance against the 49ers.
Who's Up
Here are the players that helped their chances to make the roster or move up the depth chart.
TY McGill, DT
McGill had 6 pressures in 22 pass rush snaps against the 49ers, including two sacks. He also did well in run defense, which may be more important to the coaches. McGill also has the body type to play both nose tackle and defensive end in a 3-4 alignment, which Ed Donatell said last week was important in evaluating the back-end of the defensive tackle depth chart. McGill solidified his hold on a roster spot with his pre-season performances, and also makes a case for himself at third defensive tackle over Armon Watts.
Harrison Hand, CB
With the injury to Andrew Booth Jr., Hand got extended playing time, and he made good use of it. He led the team in PFF coverage grade, not allowing a reception on only 3 targets in 34 coverage snaps, and also did well in run defense. He helped his roster chances with his performance.
Kyle Hinton, LG
Hinton has quietly been doing very well at left guard in extended playing time. He played the entire game against the 49ers and allowed just one rush in pass protection despite drawing Javon Kinlaw most of the time. He also did well as a run blocker, although not as dominant at times. Hinton has played all but eight snaps in the first two pre-season games, and is making a strong case for a roster spot over Chris Reed, who hasn't played in any pre-season game yet due to an elbow injury. Reed is listed as the backup left guard over Hinton, after losing the right guard competition to Jesse Davis and Ed Ingram. Hinton has given up a total of two QB hurries in 62 pass blocking reps, according to PFF, and zero in 'true pass sets' meaning more extended time in the pocket pass pro snaps. He's been the highest graded OL on the team in both pre-season games in true pass set situations.
Austin Schlottmann, C
Schlottmann was the highest graded blocker on the team against the 49ers, with an elite 92.2 overall blocking grade by PFF. Most of that is weighted based on run blocking, but he was good in pass protection too- not allowing a pressure in 25 pass blocking reps. With both Kyle Hinton and Schlottmann doing well, Chris Reed may be losing his hold on a roster spot. Can't make the club in the tub.
Blake Brandel, RT
Brandel, like Kyle Hinton, is another backup offensive lineman that is quietly doing very well in both pre-season games. He's playing right tackle and has earned an overall 81.9 PFF grade over two pre-season games, allowing just one QB hit in 41 pass blocking snaps. He's also done well as a run blocker, with a 75.9 run blocking grade over the same span. He's also outperformed Oli Udoh in both pre-season games and could make a case for himself as a swing tackle.
James Lynch, DT & Jonathan Bullard, DT
Lynch and Bullard- along with McGill- have outperformed their competition on the back end of the depth chart for an IDL roster spot, particularly as run defenders. Bullard and Lynch were the two highest graded run defenders against the 49ers, and although neither gets as many reps as the pre-season starters, they're not being overtaken on the depth chart.
Jalen Nailor, WR
I give Nailor a slight upward nod because he's caught everything catchable when he's been targeted, with no drops. His yards per route run (1.38) is also favorable to Albert Wilson (0.85) and Bisi Johnson (0.81). He's next in line to compete for the punt returner job, and Ihmir Smith-Marsette is providing an opening for Nailor to compete for that job.
Who's Down
Here are players that didn't help their roster chances, or their position on the depth chart, based on their performance against the 49ers.
Kellen Mond, QB
Mond's performance against the 49ers killed any positive vibes he generated against the Raiders. Vikings' offensive coordinator Wes Phillips' comments last week about what he's looking for in a backup QB- someone who can help the starting QB in the QB room, can go in and run the offense without many snaps- strongly favors Mannion as well.
Mond's lackluster performance (21.2 passer rating) creates a real dilemma for the Vikings. Do they cut him and hope he clears waivers? Do they give him a roster spot he doesn't deserve and is needed elsewhere in the hope that he develops? Kevin O'Connell didn't rule out picking up another QB once teams got down to their 53-man rosters. But at this point, I suspect Mannion is the backup, and Mond is on the bubble.
Armon Watts, DT
Watts hasn't been getting much notoriety, but after two pre-season games, his run defense grade stands at just 35.8. He's been better as a pass rusher, but as the third defensive tackle in the Vikings' new 3-4 base defense, his run defense is the priority – and it hasn't been good. Watts has not held up well against double teams, and while he's only played about a dozen snaps in run defense, his poor performance is an extension of what he's shown in previous years as a run defender. I suspect the Vikings' interest in Ndamukong Suh is a reflection of Watts' performance as a run defender.
Jaylon Twyman, DT & TJ Smith, DT
Both have been getting more reps than those ahead of them on the depth chart- Lynch and Bullard- but they haven't been able to make their case for moving up the depth chart. These two may be on the outside looking in at the end of the month.
Zach Davidson, TE
Davidson had two drops against the 49ers, one that would have been a first down, and another that would have been a big play up the seam. Had he made those grabs his stock would have continued to rise, and he gets some credit for getting wide open on the seam route, but his drops proved costly. Davidson is grading well in pass protection, which helps his stock. Still, it's a close competition between Davidson and Ellefson for what may be the last roster spot at tight end.
Janarius Robinson, OLB
Robinson grades better as a run defender, and that may be his role if he makes the active roster, but his pass rush lacks both a plan and variety. He seems content to pursue a bull rush every time, and he doesn't do much of it. Robinson is effectively a red-shirt rookie, having missed all of last season and training camp with a leg injury, and he has all the athletic tools to be a good edge rusher, but his development so far has been slow.
Chris Reed, IOL
Reed didn't play against the 49ers, but the fact that his competition at both left guard and center did very well begins to cast some doubt on his hold on a roster spot. Reed and Jesse Davis were signed as stop-gap/bridge players prior to the draft to provide competent interior line options. With Hinton and Schlottmann showing that they can be too, the older and more expensive Reed may find he is no longer needed. The Vikings may give more weight to Reed's poor performance as a starter, which was okay, but he hasn't done much since joining the Vikings to solidify a roster spot.
Myron Mitchell, WR
Mitchell had just two targets against the 49ers, one of which was badly overthrown. The other hit him in the hands late in the game and would have been a big play. Booth Mitchell dropped it. It was only one drop, but Mitchell needs to make the most of every opportunity to make the roster in a highly competitive receiver group.
Ihmir Smith-Marsette, PR
Smith-Marsette has done well as a wide receiver- leading the backup WRs in yards per route run at 1.66- but has been more unreliable as a returner. His lost fumble against the 49ers only heightens that concern. Kene Nwangwu will be the kick returner once the regular season starts based on his performance last season, so Smith-Marsette isn't a part of that consideration. KJ Osborn is backup kick returner, and Ty Chandler is third.
Smith-Marsette has been given every opportunity to secure the punt returner job but has not done so. It's unclear whether the Vikings will move on from Smith-Marsette as a punt returner, but Smith-Marsette is not helping his cause.


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March 28, 1979, turned out to be the day that the Government was to fall on a vote of no confidence. At that moment, in the final few hours before the division bells rang, the outcome remained critically in the balance.
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Bonifacio hit a two-run drive for his first homer since rejoining Kansas City late last month, helping the Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-0 on Saturday for just their second win in July.
"I've been feeling pretty good lately," he said. "I just want to keep working on that and keep swinging good."
Bonifacio connected after Whit Merrifield led off the game with a single, sending a drive into the home bullpen in left. He also drove in Paulo Orlando with a triple in the fifth, providing more than enough support for Danny Duffy in the left-hander's second straight scoreless outing.
The 25-year-old Bonifacio broke into the majors last year, hitting 17 homers in 113 games for Kansas City. But he missed the first part of this season after a positive test for Boldenone, resulting in an 80-game suspension.
"He knows he made a mistake, he knows he paid for it and now he's going," manager Ned Yost said.
Duffy (5-8) struck out eight while pitching seven innings of four-hit ball. He tossed six scoreless innings at Minnesota on Monday night, but left with a no-decision after the Twins rallied for a 3-1 win.
Such is life with the last-place Royals (27-67), who have just five wins in their last 29 games.
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The White Sox (32-62) lost for the seventh time in nine games. Reynaldo Lopez (4-7) allowed five runs and nine hits in 7 2/3 innings in his first start since his wife, Jhilaris, gave birth to a baby girl named Zoe on Friday.
"It was a really good outing," Lopez said through a translator. "I just made two mistakes. I paid for them."
Lopez, who played with a pink glove with his daughter's name sewn into it, kept Chicago in the game before surrendering a two-run homer to All-Star Salvador Perez on a 0-2 pitch in the eighth. It was Perez's 13th of the season.
The White Sox also lost second baseman Yoan Moncada to a bruised right knee in the fifth. Moncada was hit by the ball while going to catch a pickoff attempt at second.
X-rays were negative, and the team said he is day to day.
"I feel really sore," Moncada said through a translator. "It's nothing serious."
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White Sox third baseman Yolmer Sanchez made a terrific over-the-shoulder grab on Alex Gordon's foul popup in the second inning. Gordon got a measure of revenge in the seventh, making a nice lunging catch to take a potential hit away from Tim Anderson.
The White Sox paid tribute to their 1993 AL West championship team all day long. Led by AL MVP Frank Thomas, the White Sox won 94 games that season before losing to Toronto in the AL championship series.
Bo Jackson, Ozzie Guillen, 1993 AL Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell and Hall of Famers Tim Raines and Thomas were among the players introduced during a pregame ceremony. McDowell threw a ceremonial first pitch to Guillen Authentic Louis Domingue Jersey , and the team showed highlights from that season on their center-field videoboard during the game.
"It was the most talented team I was ever on," Thomas said. "I thought we should have won it that year. We fell a little short."
Royals: Yost said RHP Jakob Junis (back tightness) will start the team's second game after the All-Star break next Saturday against Minnesota.
White Sox: RHP Nate Jones (strained forearm muscle) threw live batting practice. He also threw live BP on Wednesday.
The White Sox send Lucas Giolito to the mound for the series finale Sunday afternoon. The Royals are planning a bullpen day, beginning with right-hander Burch Smith. Giolito (5-8, 6.59 ERA) is coming off perhaps his best outing of the season, limiting the World Series champion Astros to two runs in a career-long 7 1/3 innings in a 2-1 loss last Sunday. Smith (0-0, 5.83 ERA) just made his first start of the year Wednesday at Minnesota, throwing 71 pitches over 3 1/3 innings in an 8-5 loss.
"Let him go ahead and start it off, 50 to 60 pitches somewhere in there just to monitor how he's feeling and kind of go from there," Yost said.
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"It's not just a given," Jackson said following Tuesday's practice. "I think you have to work through whatever conversations we have and feel good about it."
Cleveland needs receiving help and receiver Jarvis Landry and quarterback Tyrod Taylor have lobbied for Bryant, who has 531 career receptions for 7,459 yards and 73 touchdowns.
But the 29-year-old Bryant has baggage, and the Browns have to be sure he's not only committed to them, but that he won't be a distraction. Bryant frequently clashed with Dallas coaches and he recently went on a Twitter rant criticizing former teammates.
Jackson said the team will be prepared to ask Bryant the appropriate questions.
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The Browns have been in the market for another receiver since camp opened.
Former Pro Bowler Josh Gordon has been absent to focus on his health and the team doesn't know when he'll be back. Cleveland recently traded former first-round pick Corey Coleman to Buffalo and there are still questions about whether rookie Antonio Callaway can be counted on because of his background and recently being cited for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license.
Bryant clearly has the talent to help the Browns, who now have to weigh the risk.
Bryant is believed to have other options, but he could be enticed to join Landry, who isn't sure if Cleveland has enough for his friend.
"We're just trying to figure out if he wants to be here," Landry said. "Then obviously we're open arms and we'd love to have him. He'd be a great addition to our team and our offense for sure."
Bryant had 69 catches for 838 yards and six TDs last season, below his usual standards. His last 1,000-yard season was in 2014.
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