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UPDATED: Guterres condemns armed attack against UN peacekeepers in Mali
MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko
MINUSMA troops based in Kidal in the extreme north of Mali, ensure the security of the camp, and also the safety of the civilian population.
20 May 2019 Peace and Security
A violent attack against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) that left one peacekeeper dead on Saturday, drew strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres.
Mr. Guterres is "deeply saddened at the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper who succumbed to his wounds following the armed attack by unidentified assailants in Timbuktu", said his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, in a statement issued that evening.
The UN chief expressed his "heartfelt condolences" to the bereaved family and the Government of Nigeria and "wished a speedy recovery to another Nigerian peacekeeper who was wounded in the same attack".
He also wished a "swift recovery to three Chadian peacekeepers", who were wounded when their mine-protected vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in Tessalit, Kidal region.
The Secretary-General recalled that "attacks targeting United Nations peacekeepers may constitute war crimes under international law" and called on the Malian authorities to "take swift action to identify the perpetrators of these attacks and promptly bring them to justice".
"The Secretary-General reaffirms the solidarity of United Nations with the people and the Government of Mali and its support to their quest for peace and stability", Mr. Dujarric concluded.
Grounds for sanctions
For its part, the Security Council condemned "in the strongest terms" the attacks while also expressing their "deepest condolences and sympathy" to the victim's family, to Nigeria and to MINUSMA.
In a statement issued on Sunday, the Security Council members cited resolutions and stressed that any "involvement in planning, directing, sponsoring or conducting attacks" against MINUSMA peacekeepers "constitutes a basis for sanctions".
The Security Council reaffirmed that "terrorism in all its forms and manifestations constitutes one of the most serious threats to international peace and security" and underlined that the "perpetrators, organizers, financiers and sponsors of these reprehensible acts of terrorism" be brought to justice.
Stating that those responsible "should be held accountable", the Council urged all States, in accordance with their obligations under international law and relevant Security Council resolutions, "to cooperate actively with all relevant authorities in this regard".
Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable Security Council
"Any acts of terrorism are criminal and unjustifiable, regardless of their motivation, wherever, whenever and by whomsoever committed" they spelled out.
All States must combat "by all means", threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts, the statement continued.
The Security Council said it fully supported Mahamat Saleh Annadif, Special Representative for Mali and Head of MINUSMA, the peacekeeping mission and the other security presences "in Mali and in the Sahel region".
Expressing concern over the country's security situation and "the transnational dimension of the terrorist threat in the Sahel region", the Council urged the nation's parties to "fully implement the Agreement on Peace and Reconciliation in Mali without further delay"
"The full implementation of the Agreement and the intensification of efforts to overcome asymmetric threats can contribute to improving the security situation across Mali" they said, underlining that the efforts of the Cross-Border Joint Force to counter the activities of terrorist groups and other organized criminal groups will "contribute to create a more secure environment in the Sahel region".
The Council members further stressed "he importance that MINUSMA has "the necessary capacities to fulfil its mandate and promote the safety and security of the United Nations peacekeepers, pursuant to Security Council resolution 2423 (2018)".
"These heinous acts" will not undermine the Council's determination "to continue to support the peace and reconciliation process in Mali" the statement concluded.
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'The time for action is now' senior UN peacekeeping official says, urging support for regional force combating Sahel terrorism
The five-year-old force working to stabilize Africa's Sahel has shown great potential, but needs more support from the international community to reach full operational capacity, a top UN peacekeeping official said on Thursday, calling for enhanced political and economic solutions to help tackle the strife-torn region's myriad challenges.


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Hikaru Genji is the leading role in Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji. The son of the Emperor and Kiritsubo and the narrative's hero, Genji was born in 11th century Japan. Kiritsubo, the Emperor's real love, is of inferior position of court. The malign and trivial envy of the other Emperor's wives add to the psychological torment, which leads to her untimely demise, at a time when Genji is just three.
From the beginning, Genji astounds everyone with his unmatched good looks. In the narrative, he is depicted as the most fine-looking gentleman in the planet and he appeals to every woman. He is outstanding in all ways. He grew up in the court. In spite of his father's undaunted dedication, in fact owing to it, the youngster is named Genji, which categorizes him as a commoner. The Emperor is aware that devoid of the powerful motherly relatives, Genji's place as a crown prince (or the son chosen to take the reins as the next Emperor) would be uncertain, particularly after his demise. Genji is the second son of Emperor but he is assigned a commoners life on political basis and commences a profession as a royal officer since the Kokiden section will most surely cause him problems.
Genji is a conjured up person but it is imagined that the writer was motivated by some past personalities like Minamoto no Toru, a grandson of Emperor Saga thus a member of the Saga Genji clan. Hikaru Genji is seen from the starting volume known as "Kiritsubo" to the 40th one called "Illusion". Genji was awarded the designation Hikaru no Kimi in his formative years. He is also called, in the novel, "Rokujo no In" at times truncated as "In". His name is not at all mentioned throughout the narrative.
Maybe we get a clue of what kind of a protagonist he really is when he is illustrated as if he were dedicated to romances to the same time as he conducts himself in a serious way. This portrayal is related in fact to two conflicting kinds of fictional characters: the amorous or the artistic versus the serious or the loyal character. Genji embodies both these characters, and as such, he can be described as a new sort of the narratives character.
The technique of using skewed, nonetheless wide-ranging angles is one of the means by which the author makes her central character less "guarded" and thus more reasonably depicted. He is depicted in circumstances with Koremitsu, Y–gao, and when alone. Owing to all these different images of the Genji form in diverse circumstances and from diverse individuals' point of view on him, he is surely more revealed. His traits are depicted, apart from the storyteller's remarks and other characters' view on him, by ways of conversation, soliloquy, poetry, account of nature (directly and otherwise). He thus can be said to be a "round" character considering that sense that he is seen from a range of points of view.


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Warrior God Ogun Folklore and Symbolism
There are many myths and legends about the origin of Ogun. Much of the knowledge about him is based on the fact that he is one of the earliest gods.
In Haitian Vodou and New Orleans Voodoo, God Ogun is the warrior Orisha related to forging and the creation of iron tools and weapons.
It is responsible for guarding sacred temples and political power and for protecting Vodou followers. In Yoruba, this spirit is called Ogoun.
Legend says that if you carefully read the traditional religious history of Africa, you will find that the Iron Spirit has a very ancient, extensive, and cross-cultural reverence.
Who is Warrior God Ogun?
Ogun (or Ogun Onire) is the god of war and iron of the Yoruba people in West Africa. In the legend of Yoruba, the Ogouns and other gods crawled the world via spider webs.
Warrior God Ogun
After the creation was completed, the gods realized that people needed to clear more land in the forest they lived in.
Unfortunately, the only tool available is made of soft metal, which is not suitable for cutting trees.
However, Orunmila, the son of the Supreme God Oloren, gave him an iron secret, and he cleared the forest with an iron axe.
Warrior God Ogun later shared the iron secret with other gods and humans. He also showed them the steps to convert a soldering iron into a weapon.
What is the Origin of Iron God Ogoun?
Like many orisha and loa, God Ogun originated in Africa. In the Yoruba belief, he was the first orisha who came to the world as a hunter called Tobe Ode.
The Origin of Ogoun
He led other orishas into the mortal world. He holds axe and sword and is known as the god of warrior, blacksmith, and hunter.
In Nigeria, he used a machete and axe to open a path through the forest, so he was called the Orissa, and opened the way when it was blocked.
As a patron of metalworkers who often serve as medical workers and spiritual leaders, God Ogun monitors people who work in metal in any capacity.
He shared his talents in iron making and taught humans how to perform magic and the art of hunting and war.
Although he is not an agricultural Orisha, he does have a connection with sowing and harvesting because he was the first to make agricultural tools (such as the head and sickle).
In Candomblé (a fusion of Afro-Brazilian religions), he is associated with Saint George. In some forms of Candomblé, he plays the role of Saint Anthony or San Sebastian.
The existence of traditions is not uncommon with Catholic saints, because the overlap of African religion and Christianity occurred when slaves were brought to North America.
For preachers of Haitian Vodou, Ogun is called Ogou and has many forms, all of which protect the community.
He is known for his dislike of liars and thieves, and he is often asked to be fair to those who defraud, steal or violate oaths, especially if oaths were sworn with his iron bars.
Why is Ogun referred to as the Spirit of Iron?
When we think of Warrior God Ogun, we think of blacksmiths and tool makers.
This is limited because it shows that someone has figured out how to use iron technology, and now we are explaining the process.
If we do this, we will miss his early performance as a natural force.
God Ogun is called "the spirit of iron", but even such a translation is limited because he is a spirit respected by tool manufacturers, not the methodology of tool manufacturing itself.
What is the folklore of The Warrior God Ogun?
God Ogun loved hunting and is called "Osin-Imole", that is, the chief of the gods.
Folklore of Warrior God Ogun
When he came from heaven to own the earth, he used iron to remove the insurmountable hard way for other gods.
As a ruthless deity, he hides on the top of mountain where he goes hunting.
Tired of living in seclusion, he decided to live a life of the settlement, which he had rejected earlier.
He was dressed in fire, blood and came down from the top of the mountain, but he could not find a place in any community.
Therefore, he borrowed some leaves from the palm tree and then went to Ire to become his king. Therefore, he was named Ogoun Onire (Augu, the king of blood).
What is the symbolism of God Ogun?
Ogoun is usually described as a tall, manly, handsome man, the epitome of a strong blacksmith and warrior.
Symbolism of Ogun
Cauldrons are wrapped with heavy iron chains and filled with tools, nails, and knives. His colors are red, black, and green, and a knife inserted into the fertile soil symbolizes him.
By observing the existence of symbolism, we can understand the origin of God Ogun.
In Ogoun's pot, we have a three-legged iron pot wrapped with iron chains and spikes. Usually, there is a knife in the pot, and maybe some tools.
So, we looked at it and thought what did it stand for? With the pot, we have the symbolic meaning of the womb.
And we have the idea of three legs. The third is the symbol of Mother Earth.
Ifá said that whenever two Awo meets, there will always be three, and the third is Earth itself. The three represent the relationship with the earth itself.
This provides us with the uterus symbol and is supported by the earth symbol.
What is the Ogoun festival of Ondo?
Every year from August to September, Ogoun Festival is celebrated in Ondo.
God Ogun festival of Ondo
According to Olupona, the preparations for the festival began seventeen days before the actual Ogoun Day, where the new moon appeared.
At an early morning ceremony in the house of Ayadi, a ceremonial expert at Ogoun Public Worship, a harp (a traditional trumpet made of gourds) sounded to inform people of the upcoming festival.
Throughout the seven days of the festival, creepy voices became common.
The voice of the hair is very important because the message it conveys is sometimes complementary and sometimes it is an insult from one young man to another.
During the seventeen-day interval, the believers of God Ogun gathered to praise the gods and other cultural heroes of the past, such as Jomun Ila.
On the main market day nine days before the festival, the king's envoy announces the official announcement of the ceremony.
Many activities are usually carried out in preparation for the festival, including public road cleaning and repair of bridges and other footpaths.
The festival was held for five days, and some families held a ceremony called aleho.
The ceremony is usually divided into three parts: Odeon Ogoun (Night Watch), Ogle Strong Beer (Night Watcher), and Ogoun Uho (Celebrate Morning Ogun).
The parade involves all traditional and modern professionals and guilds.
Every possible professional group on Ondo including blacksmiths, men and women medicine, drivers, hunters, tailors, hairdressers, to name a few, participates in this voodoo celebration.
The only exception may be civil servants and white-collar workers.
Most of them usually wear rags, palm leaves, and blue dye, white powder, or charcoal on their faces and bodies.
However, some people wear rich and noble in that period wearing unusually beautiful colored clothes.
How is the God Ogun Worshiped?
Due to his use of various forms of iron, God Ogun has become a patron of the truck and taxi drivers as well as surgeons and mechanics.
His altar usually includes a three-legged iron pan to help strengthen his strength.
In her book Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African the author Lilith Dorsey mentions that the Ogoun Shrine is usually located outdoors, at the bottom of the tree or near the furnace.
The sacred temple may also be located on the floor behind the front door. It all depends on the tradition people respect.
The forced migration of the middle channel is perhaps the most important explanation for the multiple incarnations of the spirit.
In terms of his role as Ogou Feray, he is sometimes portrayed as riding a white horse into battle and is related to the magical healing ability of the magnet.
The Ogou la Flambo variant of it has high military strength and is inspiring in bloodshed and combat.
In violent anger, he killed the enemy and wiped out those who perpetuated injustice and tyranny.
During the voodoo rituals, the Ogouns have often been born since the Civil War in Haiti.
He likes cigars and beautiful women, especially the goddess of love and beauty, Erzulie.
How is Ogoun praised by its Worshipers?
It should also be highlighted that Ogun festival serves as an occasion whereby the memory of deceased ancestors and cultural heroes are remembered.
You can recite this prayer anytime when you seek help from the holy god. The worshipers proclaim Ogoun's praise names as follows:
Ogun onile kangunkangun orun
O pon omi s'ile f'eje we
Ogun awon l'eyin ju, egbe lehin omo orukan
Ogun m'eje l'ogun mi
Ogun Alara ni igba'ja
Ogun Onire a gba' gbo
Ogun ikola a gba' gbin
Ogun Elemona nii gba esun 'su
Ogun a ki'run ni iwo agbo
Ogun gbena gbena eran awun nii je
Ogun Makinde ti d'ogun l'ehin odi
Nje nibo l'ati pade Ogun?
A pade ogun nibi ija
A Pade Ogun nibi ita
A pade re nibi agbara eje naa
A gbara eje ti i de ni l'orun bi omi ago
Orisa t'o ni t'ogun ko to nkan
A f'owo je'su re nigba aimoye
E ma b'ogun fi ija sere
Ara Ogun kan go-go-go
What are the offerings made to God Ogun?
God Ogun who is also known as the famous warrior God of Orisha accepts the following things as the offerings which are given by his followers.
White Rum and Spicy Foods
Meat of Rat
Meat of Snake
Tortoise Meat
Although Dog Meat is the traditional meat offered to him and that is his favorite food, he is also offered meat of the rooster.
Pleased with the offerings made by their followers, He blesses his followers as they enter into a frenzied trance-like state and all their wishes come true.
Conclusion – The Warrior and Iron God Ogun
Ogun's Job here on earth is Agbede (Ag-beh-deh) the Blacksmith, one who forges Iron. Ogun works without rest, he is constantly working.
It is ruler over these elements of nature, Iron/Steel, it is this realm where Ogun is from and so are his children, people who are his archetypes.
Though a fierce god, Ogun is not evil and will help those who pray to him.
I hope the information would have helped you to know more about him and have better information about this warrior god of Orisha.
What does Ogun eat?
For offerings, God Ogun eats gin, rum, nuts, snail, cola nuts, orogbo, corn, roasted yam, and cooked beans with hot peppers. He loves palm oil and palm wine. Some of Ogun's herbs (used for cooling him down) are odundun and rinrin.
What is Ogun the god of?
In Yoruba religion, Ogun is a primordial Orisha who first appeared as a hunter named Tobe Ode. To commemorate this, one of his praise names, or oriki, is Osin Imole or the "first of the primordial Orisha to come to Earth". He is the god of war and metals.
Who is Ogun in voodoo?
In Haitian Vodou Ogun is known as Ogou, and consists of an array of manifestations; most carry the aspect of iron smithing and tools from the Yoruba tradition. The Ogou guard the badji, the sacred altar of the Vodou temple. He carries an iron saber and wears a red sash.
What is the spirit of Ogun?
Ogun or Ogoun (Yoruba: Ògún, Portuguese: Ogum, Gu; also spelled Oggun or Ogou; known as Ogún or Ogum in Latin America) is an Orisha, Loa, and Vodun. He is a warrior and a powerful spirit of metalwork, as well as rum and rum-making. He is also known as the 'god of Iron'.
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Uber's self-driving venture might not be doomed after all.
Many have weighed in on Uber's alleged intellectual property theft case, predicting that the upshot of this legal turmoil might be Uber retracting its self-driving efforts altogether.
For those who don't know, here's a brief backgrounder of the situation: Google's self-driving division, Waymo, accused Uber late February of stealing thousands of documents that it claims Uber used to build its self-driving technology with. It's a long, strained battle, but those are the basics.
Self-driving technology is crucial for Uber's business because it could help it become significantly more profitable. Work-related ethical questions related aside, a ride-hailing service made up of self-driving cars will deduct driver salary costs, lending Uber more cash in its coffers.
Now, the legal battle might be pivoting in Uber's favor. A U.S. judge said Wednesday, May 3, that he had not seen any clear evidence that Uber had conspired with an engineer to steal Waymo's trade secrets and use that to build a self-driving car program of its own.
Furthermore, the judge said that he was contemplating on whether he should issue Uber an injunction or not.
William Alsup, the U.S. judge in question, said in a San Francisco court that Anthony Levandowski did download about 14,000 documents shortly before abandoning Waymo.
Industry and legal experts predict appalling impacts on Uber's business should the court prove that Uber and Levandowski deliberately worked together to take Waymo's trade secrets and leverage that for its own gain.
Alsup, however, isn't sure if Uber had actually used Waymo's trade secrets.
"I've given you lots of discovery, and so far you don't have any smoking gun," said Alsup, referring to whether Uber actually knew Levandowski had said trade secrets in hand.
Charles Verhoeven, attorney for Waymo, said the company suspects that evidence to prove as such exists. Levandowski, on the other hand, has so far been tight-lipped about the whole affair, having previously cited his constitutional rights against self-incrimination and, most recently, stepping down from LiDAR-related work at Uber.
The judge didn't make a ruling during the court hearing. His skepticism over Uber's knowledge of files Levandowski reportedly stole is the latest development in a legal battle pitting Google and Uber head-to-head, each intent to win the race to autonomous technology.
Market analysts believe that self-driving tech stands to become a tenfold billion dollar industry. Tesla, Apple, and Intel are among the other companies developing their individual self-driving tech. Uber and Google warring over a trade secret theft case is a touchstone moment for the quickly rising self-driving industry, because whichever wins stands to have a leg up in that race.
As always, expect due coverage of the ongoing legal battle as we find out more. For now, if you have any thoughts regarding Uber and Google's intellectual property theft case, feel free to sound off in the comments section below!


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Logged in as Peter Pan

I would like to just remove the hyperlink form the above, so that is still displays "Logged in as Peter Pan" but just without Peter Pan linking to anywhere.
Thanks

A: Assuming YUI 3: node.set('innerHTML', node.get('innerHTML').replace(/<[^>]+>/g, ''));
Note that this doesn't require YUI as much as plain regexp :)

A: Use the Node.removeAttribute method to remove the anchor's href.
Take a look at its documentation in the YUI API:
http://yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/api/classes/Node.html#method_removeAttribute
Y.one('some selector for the anchor here').removeAttribute('href');


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Lock in a great price for Madarian – rated 9.1 by recent guests!
Location was a good homebase if you want a peaceful place to stay with good access to Bilbao. Quiet, pastoral setting just a short drive to the train station with inexpensive trains into the city. The owner was helpful and congenial. Bedding and pillows were very nice. Enjoyed relazing on the covered patio.
This was the second time for us to stay at Madarian, having stayed some 5 years earlier when we were first doing the Camino Norte. Madarian again met our (high) expectations. Yvonne, the hostess, is very helpful and hospitable and has a very good command of English (Unfortunately , we had little or no Spanish!). The bedroom accommodation was perfect and we enjoyed our breakfast. Everything at Madarian is at a high standard and, in my opinion, it deserves its continuously high ratings from guests.
- excellent accommodation in a new, energy efficient house within a green environment - could get to Bilbao by train (the station at only 7 minutes from the property) in about 40 minutes - the owner (Ibone) was extremely helpful and nice. She helped us with useful infos about getting to Bilbao and even gave us a travel card. She is a warmhearted and helpful person/ owner - the breakfast included good quality, fresh products (coffee/ tea, butter and jam, and croissants) for 6 euros - the owner understands and can communicate in English (which is quite rare in Spain Basque) It is recommended to have car, at least to reach the property in the first instance.
The owner was so nice and helpful. She provided us with all the information necessary in order to visit the best of Bilbao and soroundings. Really nice and quiet. Public transport to Bilbao center right beside the hotel and short travel distance to it. Better than to try to park in such a busy town. Highly convenient. If I come back definitely I'll be back in this hotel. Hardly you can find better relationships between price and quality.
Very comfortable rooms, excellent welcome and service, would recommend to all kinds of travellers. We were walking the Camino del Norte and were delighted with our stay. Perfect location, beautiful views, and were able to order great quality take away which was delivered to the terrace.
Comfortable and warm after a very wet day on the Camino. Plenty of space to dry wet gear. Yvonne offered to order food for delivery and she served a decent a bottle of chilled wine for €5!
Charming house and very friendly host, rustic countryside location.
A very modern and airy hotel. Wonderful views from the window. The owner (and her mother next door) were very helpful and friendly.
Madarian offers accommodations with attractive décor and wooden floors. All heated rooms have a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom.
Breakfast is served in the Madarian's dining room, which opens onto a terrace.
The guest house has a picturesque setting ideal for hiking and horse riding. The Camino de Santiago Pilgrimage Route is less than 0.6 mi away, while Bilbao and its airport can be reached in 15 minutes by car.
This property also has one of the top-rated locations in Lezama! Guests are happier about it compared to other properties in the area.
This property is also rated for the best value in Lezama! Guests are getting more for their money when compared to other properties in this city.
When would you like to stay at Madarian?
This room has attractive décor and wooden floors. It features heating, free Wi-Fi, a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom.
House Rules Madarian takes special requests – add in the next step!
Madarian accepts these cards and reserves the right to temporarily hold an amount prior to arrival.
Please let Madarian know your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking or contact the property.
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An earlier check in time could possibly be recommended. 4 pm is a little late when you have opted to shorten the Camino stage and you arrive in Lezama, your stage destination, at lunchtime. However, we did discover a restaurant that served a Meu del Dia at lunchtime and we had our dinner then. We later discovered that this restaurant was closed at night. So I would suggest that Camino walkers take the opportunity to grab the Menu del Dia early, as we had done, before going to the guesthouse! Please note that this is a minor comment with some advice to Camino walkers!
The bed and the pillows were very uncomfortable. The breakfast was mediocre. As this was agro tourism I expected some fresh local produce. The setting was agricultural but the produce was not. No evening meal was offered and the local bar provided a Pellegrino meal that was not good.
Lovely house, just 10 minutes off the Camino. Nice welcome and good breakfast.


In advance of tomorrows A Home For All Event, Martin and Tony sit down with CEO and Co Founder of Inner City Helping Homeless Anthony Flynn. Anthony is a tireless activist for protecting the most vulnerable in our society and along with his dedicated team are on the front line of what is the single biggest issue facing Ireland today as a country.
The heartbreaking fact that 39% of our homeless people are Children.
The inability of the government to get a grip with the issue.
The battle to beat the normalisation of this societal crisis.
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Just a week after two deadly church bombings in Egypt rocked the Christian community in the Middle East, believers gathered across the region to celebrate Jesus' triumph over death and the cross. Added security measures were put in place for Coptic churches in Egypt, while believers in Iraq returned to churches in towns previously ransacked and controlled by ISIS.
The two sites bombed in Egypt on Palm Sunday, Saint Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria and St. George's in Tanta, were open for Easter services, with ramped up security. Worshippers were searched and required to pass through a metal detector on their way to the sanctuaries. The mood was slightly fearful, according to Associated Press, but also resolute. Coptic Christians on Twitter, including Issam Smeir, whose tweets are featured below, shared images from the celebrations across the Middle East (one from a friend in Syria and one in Egypt).
Believers showing up for Easter Sunday is "a clear message to the whole world that we are not afraid," Rafiq Bishry, head of the Saint Mark's organizational committee, told Reuters Television.
The U.S. embassy in Egypt advised citizens to avoid "identifiable places of worship," according to the DailyBeast. Unfortunately, to be Christian and Egyptian comes with the expectation of being targeted for terrorism, however, this expectation didn't deter worshipers.
The Preemptive Love Coalition shared a video to their Facebook page showing the scene in Batnaya, Iraq, on Easter Sunday. A crowd can be heard in the courtyard below the narrator, Jeremy Courtney, eagerly gathering together in the still-desolated town just north of Mosul to worship in the church building they had to flee previously.
The narrator is quick to point out that even though these people are here to celebrate, some of them are seeing the extent of the devastation to their town for the first time. ISIS left several spray-painted phrases around the city, including "The cross will fall" and "God is great." The narrator on the video asks "What does it mean that God is great" in the midst of all this destruction? What good is it if God is so great and all-powerful if it makes you want to be all-powerful and great at the expense of other people?
"Isis is clearly offended by the cross," Courtney explains. Wherever they go, they spray paint X-es over it or shoot it up with their guns.
By way of explanation, Courtney tells us the cross stands in stark contrast to the belief that God's greatness is wrapped up in him being all-powerful. The cross tells us that an all-powerful, all-knowing God chose to lay himself down for us and endure a death he didn't deserve. It tells us, by example, that we must also give our lives away.
Despite the chaos they have wreaked, though, ISIS has clearly failed, in Batnaya and other places, because the people who believe in the cross and the people who believe in an all-powerful, all-knowing and yet merciful, God, are still here. The fact that they gather to celebrate Jesus' triumphant resurrection from the dead is proof that their lives, too, can be resurrected. Open Doors published an article about a group of Christians returning to their town in Bartella, Iraq, for the first time in three years, in order to celebrate Easter.
This year, in light of the conflicts in Egypt and Iraq and all over the world, we are reminded that we can be killed and we can go through a horribly dark period where we don't know what awaits us on the other side, and God will take care of us.
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Association of Children's Mode of School Instruction with Child and Parent Experiences and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic — COVID Experiences Survey, United States, October 8–November 13, 2020
Minimal SARS-CoV-2 Transmission After Implementation of a Comprehensive Mitigation Strategy at a School — New Jersey, August 20–November 27, 2020
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Incidence by Age, Sex, and Period Among Persons Aged <25 Years — 16 U.S. Jurisdictions, January 1–December 31, 2020 (Early Release March 10, 2021)
COVID-19 Vaccine Second-Dose Completion and Interval Between First and Second Doses Among Vaccinated Persons — United States, December 14, 2020−February 14, 2021 (Early Release March 15, 2021)
Effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Among Residents of Two Skilled Nursing Facilities Experiencing COVID-19 Outbreaks — Connecticut, December 2020–February 2021 (Early Release March 15, 2021)
Malaria Surveillance—United States, 2017
Students and families may need more support to deal with stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and stress that may be associated with virtual schooling. In March 2020, U.S. schools began closing buildings to slow the spread of COVID-19. A CDC survey of parents of children aged 5-12 found that parents of children receiving in-person only instruction were less likely to report poor outcomes for indicators of child and parent stress and well-being, compared with parents of children receiving virtual-only or combined instruction. Virtual instruction was also more commonly reported by Hispanic parents (65.9%), non-Hispanic other/multiracial parents (64.0%), and non-Hispanic Black parents (54.9%) than by non-Hispanic White parents (31.9%). Further research is needed to understand whether virtual instruction has disproportionately negative impacts on child and parent health outcomes among racial and ethnic minority populations. These findings show that students and families may need additional support to reduce stress, including connections to social and mental health services and opportunities for safe physical activity to reduce risks associated with depression, anxiety, and chronic health conditions. Efforts to limit spread of COVID-19 in the community and to support prevention strategies in schools are critically important to enable students' return to in-person learning.
Jessica Welsh, Lawrenceville School Communications Director
Email Address: jwelsh@lawrenceville.org
A comprehensive mitigation strategy, including frequent facility-wide COVID-19 testing, in a high school with both residential and commuter students likely reduced in-school spread of COVID-19 while allowing significant daily on- and off-campus movement. In a New Jersey school with almost 1,200 students and staff, testing identified 19 cases in faculty/staff and eight cases in students during August 20-November 27, 2020. Two of these infections were likely a result of on-campus spread. Comprehensive prevention strategies including frequent testing, and high level of adherence to wearing masks and physical distancing, can help prevent outbreaks at in-person high school settings, even when there is ongoing spread in the surrounding community. In 2020, many K-12 schools in the U.S. closed their campuses and turned to remote learning to limit in-school spread of COVID-19. A New Jersey school with almost 1,200 students and staff, including residential and commuter students in grades 9 through 12, remained open and implemented a comprehensive strategy to reduce the spread of COVID-19 among students, faculty, and staff members. This strategy included universal mask use, staying 6 feet apart, testing, upgrading equipment to improve ventilation, contact tracing, and quarantine/isolation. During August–November 2020, the school required mandatory screening using real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing of all students and staff members twice a week. Nineteen (5%) of 405 faculty and staff members and 8 (1%) of 775 students received positive test results. Two of these cases were likely a result of on-campus spread. Secondary schools can implement a combination of testing and prevention strategies to help reduce spread of COVID-19 in a campus community and support in-person learning. All contacts quarantined for 14 days, and none received a positive test result during quarantine, suggesting that the risk mitigation strategies put into place were effective in preventing transmission from cases to their contacts.
Malaria is a deadly disease that can be prevented by taking medications before, during, and after traveling. Almost all cases of malaria in the U.S. were in travelers that did not take preventive measures. The majority of malaria infections in the United States occur among people who have traveled to regions with malaria. There were 2,161 confirmed malaria cases in 2017. The number of malaria cases diagnosed in the United States has been increasing since the mid-1970s.I In 2017, the number of cases reported was the highest in 45 years, surpassing the previous peak of 2,078 confirmed cases in 2016. Because malaria can progress rapidly to severe illness and death, health care providers should ask for a travel history from all patients who present with a fever and test them for malaria if they traveled to a place where the disease occurs.
SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Associated with High School Football Team Members — Florida, September–October 2020
A COVID-19 outbreak among members of a high school football team resulted in the loss of more than 2,000 in-person learning days for students with COVID-19 and their contacts since they had to isolate and quarantine. Spread among the team likely occurred during practice and was caused by infrequent mask use; inadequate physical distancing and ventilation; and insufficient cleaning, disinfecting, and sanitizing practices. To prevent spread of COVID-19 in school and lost in-person school days, school sports teams should implement recommended CDC strategies. On September 23, 2020, school administrators at a Florida high school learned of a confirmed COVID-19 case in a player on the school's football team. Administrators informed the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), which determined that all other team members should be quarantined because of close contact with this patient. By September 26, 2020, the health department was notified of six additional team members with COVID-19 who were linked to the initial patient. Because of potential close contact between team members with COVID-19 and their classmates, 267 students at the football team's school were quarantined, resulting in more than 2,000 days of lost in-person learning. An investigation found that the spread likely occurred during practice. Factors that likely contributed to spread among the team included infrequent mask use in the weight room and during practice; inadequate physical distancing and ventilation on team buses; infrequent cleaning and disinfection of locker rooms, weight room equipment, and other shared spaces; and insufficient sanitizing of drinking nozzles on a shared hydration system. The health department recommended that the school address the factors likely contributing to the spread of COVID-19 and that the football team conduct non-physical activities virtually such as play reviews. These findings reinforce why it's important for school sports teams to implement recommended CDC prevention strategies, including keeping students at least 6 feet apart, wearing masks consistently during practice, and testing players and staff members. To maintain in-person learning by limiting COVID-19 spread, schools should also limit extracurricular activities – including in-person sports – according to CDC guidelines.
Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Motor Vehicle Traffic Injury — United States, 2019
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Trevor Dance (born 31 July 1958) is an English former football goalkeeper who played 84 league games in the Football League for Port Vale between 1975 and 1980. He also played for non-league sides Stafford Rangers, Altrincham, and Telford United, and also played for American club Cleveland Cobras.

Career
Dance joined Port Vale as an apprentice in August 1975, signing his first professional forms in July 1976, and making his debut in a 2–1 defeat at Mansfield Town on 28 December 1976. An understudy to John Connaughton, he made a highly impressive Vale Park debut on 10 January 1977, his saves were a key part of a 3–1 victory over Second Division Hull City in the FA Cup third round replay game. He finished the 1976–77 campaign with 12 appearances to his name, and featured eight times in 1977–78, as manager Roy Sproson was replaced by Bobby Smith, and the "Valiants" were relegated out of the Third Division. He was sent on loan to local rivals Stoke City in May 1978 and American Soccer League outfit Cleveland Cobras the next month, returning in August 1978. He became the regular Vale keeper in January 1979 under new boss Dennis Butler, and made 27 Fourth Division appearances in 1978–79. He played 40 games in 1979–80, and retained his first team place under new manager John McGrath. However he lost his first team place in August 1980, and was loaned out to non-league Stafford Rangers in September 1980, and signed a permanent deal the next month, Rangers paying Vale £10,000. He later played for non-league clubs Altrincham and Telford United.

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Living people
People from South Hetton
Footballers from County Durham
English footballers
Association football goalkeepers
Port Vale F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
English expatriate footballers
English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Expatriate soccer players in the United States
Cleveland Cobras players
Stafford Rangers F.C. players
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Chesapeake Energy terminates naming rights deal with Thunder
April 20, 2021 GMT
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, rear, shoots in front of Oklahoma City Thunder guard Ty Jerome (16) and forward Jaylen Hoard (8) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma City Thunder said Tuesday that Chesapeake Energy Corp. has terminated its arena naming rights agreement.
The move was effective immediately, though the team said the name will remain until a new partner is found. The original 12-year agreement was announced in 2011, but the Thunder said the company had made its decision as part of a restructuring.
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All things Albion, then and now.
Category: EFL
Royal Visit to Smethwick
Albion's first midweek league fixture of the long Championship season sees The Baggies host a new-look Reading side aiming for promotion, but tipped for relegation. The Royals travel to The Hawthorns in search of a first league win there since 1988, a record older than any of the 11 players who have started each of Albion's first three games. However records are made to be broken, see Luton Town's home form.
You may ask yourself, how is it that a team can be in the conversation for both promotion and relegation? That, however, is absolutely the case for Reading. The former Premier League club have recorded just one anomalous top 6 finish since their relegation from the top flight in 2012/13, occupying 20th position for the last two seasons. This season, there is an air of optimism around the Madjeski following a busy end to the summer transfer window, with the apparent model being: Sign people with class names and the lad who scored against us on Saturday. That's exactly what Reading managed to do between their first and second fixtures of the season.
Following a 3-1 defeat to Sheffield Wednesday in which Lucas Joao found the Royals' net, they signed the Portuguese international for an undisclosed fee. Eyebrows were raised, though, when Pele and Puscas (not those ones) were signed from Monaco and Inter Milan respectively. The jury is very much still out on a Reading side who started the campaign with two losses, before putting Neil Warnock and Cardiff to the sword on Sunday afternoon, but there was more than enough to send Reading fans on Twitter berking mad during the 3-0 win. Ovie Ejaria and John Swift were impressive, with the latter creating a Championship season high 7 chances for his teammates, before getting on the scoresheet himself. The real danger man in this Reading team, however, is undoubtedly George Puscas, who scored a goal worthy of nomination for the award which honours his namesake. The Romanian would have capped a near-perfect performance with a hattrick too, had he not inexplicably scuppered a one-on-one just seconds before leaving the pitch to a royal standing ovation.
While Reading recorded their first win of the season, Albion, registered another 2-1 win away from home to start the season with 7 points from 9. Albion got one over on Graeme Jones in a quintessential game of two halves. A football cliché, I know. However in terms of scoreline, tactical approach, personnel, and attacking intent it was exactly that. Albion turned the game on its head in 6 second half minutes with a higher press and intensity that the first half was lacking following the introduction of debutant Grady Diangana. The on-loan West Ham youngster helped himself to a brace and entertained just over 1000 Albion fans at Kenilworth Road throughout the second half.
Both Albion goals came about through the combination of Sawyers-Krovinovic-Diangana, in that order. This will have delighted the travelling support, given that for the first 225 minutes of the season nobody has been on the same wavelength as the prodigal baggie or the Croatian Koumas. Replays of the Luton goal neither acquit nor condemn Semi Ajayi, who was left in a heap in the build up as Harry Cornick headed past a stranded Sam Johnstone from 12 yards. Whether Ajayi was tripped or fell over his own feet, it was a cheap goal to concede, the like of which Albion have to cut out if they wish to continue their good start to the season.
So, what can we expect on Wednesday night? Up to this point, Slaven Bilic has named an unchanged XI in all 3 league fixtures, with Kyle Edwards and Semi Ajayi also starting the Carabao cup exit against Milwall. This may signify changes for Albion as the workload starts to pile up, with match winner Grady Diangana almost certain to take the place of Kyle Edwards, who struggled to make an impact during his 45 minutes at Luton. Once again, expect to see both Zohore and Austin involved, with the Dane possibly getting the nod once again after an encouraging display on his third league start.
The game promises to be an interesting match up. Albion will look to continue their sustained-possession approach which has allowed them to record a league-best 701 passes in the opposition half this season; but with Reading looking electric on the counter attack against Cardiff, transition is key for West Brom. Joao and Puscas let chances go begging on the counter as the game became stretched on Sunday before John Swift put the final nail in the Cardiff coffin. It will be a challenging night for both full backs and Albion's midfield, who will have to recover very quickly when the ball is given away. Consequently, it would not be surprising if Rekeem Harper plays some part at The Hawthorns to provide fresh legs. Although the academy product who was linked with a number of European giants in the summer is sometimes guilty of losing his man, so he will have to be alert to Ejaria, Joao, Puscas and Swift looking to exploit space during transition. Given his injury record in recent seasons, it would not be a surprise to see Matt Phillips start on the bench, with Matheus Pereira coming in for a first league start.
I think the first goal is massive, as this is a game that Albion will not want to go chasing. If Albion score first then it could test the confidence of a Reading side who are still trying to piece together their ambitions for the season. Conversely, if Reading make the breakthrough then Ejaria and Puscas could be free to express themselves like on Sunday, with John Swift serving up a conveyor belt of chances once more. Johnstone, who has been under fire from certain sections of the Albion fan base, will be desperate to keep a first clean sheet of the season. That said, Reading, like Albion, have found the net in all games in all competitions this season, so expect goals.
With Leeds hosting Brentford and Bristol City travelling to Derby, this could be a chance for Albion to pick up points while some of the other promotion favourites battle it out. BTTS looks nailed on once again and my score prediction is 2-1 Albion.
Possible starting XI for Wednesday night. Don't be surprised if Austin or Harper start, though.
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Enjoy Luton away…
A trip to Kenilworth Road beckons for Bilic's baggies this Saturday, a day out which is used to tease Championship fans on social media, with many a tiresome exchange between local rivals featuring the title of this piece. This being the first league meeting in 12 years between the sides means that this will be the first visit to Luton's historical ground for much of a generation of Albion fans. The last time Albion faced off against Luton was in the 2006/07 season, the thought of which sends a shiver down the spine of anyone who travelled to Wembley in the May of that season. Albion picked themselves up, dusted themselves down and eventually found Premier League security for 9 seasons (after further customary yo-yoing in the coming years). For Luton Town, however, the 2006/07 season signified the start of a disastrous downward spiral. Three consecutive relegations saw Luton drop out of the Football League for the first time since the 1920s, with three consecutive play-off defeats rubbing salt in the wounds of the former First Division club. This rapid fall from grace, accelerated by off the field problems, appears to be the driving force behind the notion that fuels the social media jibes at whoever happens to have Luton Town away on their fixture list.
However the current reality is this is a Luton side that have created a winning mentality and atmosphere around the club. The League One champions racked up an impressive 94 points in their first season back at the level, completing a double promotion which started with an 88 point haul under Nathan Jones in League Two in 2017-18. Although not really the point of the social media trope, nobody tends to enjoy Luton Town away on the pitch – with the Hatters currently boasting a 23 game unbeaten home run. The biggest challenge facing Luton in the coming season, however is the lottery of a new managerial appointment. The Hatters appointed chief recruitment officer Mick Harford to act as caretaker manager last season, presumably so as to rock the boat as little as possible after Nathan Jones was headhunted by Stoke City. Jones' namesake and former Albion assistant head coach Graeme Jones is now in the hotseat.
The former Everton and Belgium number 2, who arrived at the Hawthorns following Belgium's World Cup semi-final defeat to France is a controversial figure with certain sections of the baggies fan base. Many argued that it was clear to see the negative effect that Jones' expansive, risk-taking approach had on the team and on Darren Moore, while others saw it as a perfect tonic after the dinosaur years under Tony Pulis. It is difficult to truly know the level of control Jones exerted during Moore's fatefully short tenure at the Albion, but the 3-5-2 model which entertained and frustrated in equal measure last season was the same system Belgium used in the World Cup and has been seen in the early stages of Jones' Luton side. Any Albion fans who saw the EFL curtain raiser between Luton Town and Middlesbrough will have shuddered at the sight of Luton gifting goals to the Teeside outfit, with Jones' approach telling an all-too-familiar story for the Albion faithful.
The question on every Albion fan's mind heading into our third league outing of the season is which striker will face up against Graeme Jones' inevitable back three? There was a pretty telling statistic doing the rounds following Albion's frustrating 1-1 draw with Milwall last Saturday: Kenneth Zohore had the fewest amount of touches of all the players who started a match in Gameweek 2 of the Championship. The not-so-great Dane managed just 12 touches in his 58 minutes of the Lions' first visit to the Hawthorns last week, one of which was a guilt-edge chance to put Albion 1-0 up in the first half. Every Albion fan had to fight the overwhelming urge to say "Charlie Austin would never miss that!", but quite frankly, Austin, who represents 25% of Albion's deadline day quartet who will be chomping at the bit to make an impact this weekend, does not miss sitters. The former Southampton striker attested to this theory during Milwall's second visit to the Hawthorns in 4 days, during the 2-1 reverse which saw Albion crash out of the League Cup at the first hurdle. Chances don't tend to come much easier than the one Zohore squandered in the league fixture, but the Danish international must have been cursing his luck when he saw an unmarked Austin nod into an empty net from one yard out just 9 minutes into his Albion career.
So, what can Albion fans expect from the trip to Luton? West Brom travel to Kenilworth Road boasting the league highest average possession figures from the opening two matches of the Championship season and will -obviously- be up against a side who like to play their way out from the back. Expect Albion to buzz around with intensity against a Luton side who will look to beat the press in the shape of Krovinovic, Edwards, Phillips and probably league debutant Charlie Austin. Much like with the chance Zohore missed against Milwall, if Krovinovic wins the ball high up the pitch, he could thread a killer pass to Austin, who will be looking to get up and running for the season. At the other end of the pitch, Semi Ajayi and Kyle Bartley, who has made more passes than any other player in the league in the first two games (no, seriously), will have their work cut out keeping Luton's James Collins quiet, something League One defences struggled to do last season as Collins netted 25 times for the Hatters. Add to this the fact that Luton have already scored a league-best 3 goals from set pieces and it looks certain to be a sterner defensive test than against a toothless Nottingham Forest and a resolute Milwall side, where lapses in concentration led to goals in both games. BTTS would have landed in each of Albion and Luton's first two games this season, so that looks a safe bet to me. I'll optimistically predict a 2-1 win for Albion and a goal for new boy Charlie Austin. No doubt the guarantee of goals and a reunion with Graeme Jones will ensure the travelling Baggies enjoy Luton away…


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Q: How to efficiently remove all null elements from a ArrayList or String Array? I try with a loop like that
// ArrayList tourists

for (Tourist t : tourists) {
    if (t != null) {
        t.setId(idForm);
    }
}

But it isn't nice. Can anyone suggest me a better solution?

Some useful benchmarks to make better decision:
While loop, For loop and Iterator Performance Test

A:  for (Iterator<Tourist> itr = tourists.iterator(); itr.hasNext();) {
      if (itr.next() == null) { itr.remove(); }
 }

A: Pre-Java 8 you should use:
tourists.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));

Post-Java 8 use:
tourists.removeIf(Objects::isNull);

The reason here is time complexity. The problem with arrays is that a remove operation can take O(n) time to complete. Really in Java this is an array copy of the remaining elements being moved to replace the empty spot. Many other solutions offered here will trigger this issue. The former is technically O(n*m) where m is 1 because it's a singleton null: so O(n)
You should removeAll of the singleton, internally it does a batchRemove() which has a read position and a write position. And iterates the list. When it hits a null, it simply iterates the read position by 1. When they are the same it passes, when they are different it keeps moving along copying the values. Then at the end it trims to size.
It effectively does this internally:
public static <E> void removeNulls(ArrayList<E> list) {
    int size = list.size();
    int read = 0;
    int write = 0;
    for (; read < size; read++) {
        E element = list.get(read);
        if (element == null) continue;
        if (read != write) list.set(write, element);
        write++;
    }
    if (write != size) {
        list.subList(write, size).clear();
    }
}

Which you can explicitly see is an O(n) operation.
The only thing that could ever be faster is if you iterated the list from both ends, and when you found a null, you set its value equal to the value you found at the end, and decremented that value. And iterated until the two values matched. You'd mess up the order, but would vastly reduce the number of values
you set vs. ones you left alone. Which is a good method to know but won't help much here as .set() is basically free, but that form of delete is a useful tool for your belt.

for (Iterator<Tourist> itr = tourists.iterator(); itr.hasNext();) {
      if (itr.next() == null) { itr.remove(); }
 }

While this seems reasonable enough, the .remove() on the iterator internally calls:
ArrayList.this.remove(lastRet);

Which is again the O(n) operation within the remove. It does an System.arraycopy() which is again not what you want, if you care about speed. This makes it n^2.
There's also:
while(tourists.remove(null));

Which is O(m*n^2). Here we not only iterate the list. We reiterate the entire list, each time we match the null. Then we do n/2 (average) operations to do the System.arraycopy() to perform the remove.
You could quite literally, sort the entire collection between items with values and items with null values and trim the ending in less time. In fact, that's true for all the broken ones. At least in theory, the actual system.arraycopy isn't actually an N operation in practice. In theory, theory and practice are the same thing; in practice they aren't.

A: Mainly I'm using this:
list.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));

But after I learned Java 8, I switched to this:
List.removeIf(Objects::isNull);

A: list.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));

It will Throws UnsupportedException if you use it on Arrays.asList because it give you Immutable copy so it can not be modified. See below the code. It creates Mutable copy and will not throw any exception.

public static String[] clean(final String[] v) {
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(v));
    list.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));
    return list.toArray(new String[list.size()]);
}

A: The Objects class has a nonNull Predicate that can be used with filter.
For example:
tourists.stream().filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(Collectors.toList());

A: Using Java 8, you can do this using stream() and filter()
tourists = tourists.stream().filter(t -> t != null).collect(Collectors.toList())

or
tourists = tourists.stream().filter(Objects::nonNull).collect(Collectors.toList())

For more info : Java 8 - Streams

A: Try:
tourists.removeAll(Collections.singleton(null));

Read the Java API. The code will throw java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException for immutable lists (such as created with Arrays.asList); see this answer for more details.

A: There is an easy way of removing all the null values from collection.You have to pass a collection containing null as a parameter to removeAll() method
List s1=new ArrayList();
s1.add(null);

yourCollection.removeAll(s1);

A: This is easy way to remove default null values from arraylist
     tourists.removeAll(Arrays.asList(null));

otherwise String value "null" remove from arraylist
       tourists.removeAll(Arrays.asList("null"));

A: Not efficient, but short
while(tourists.remove(null));

A: If you prefer immutable data objects, or if you just dont want to be destructive to the input list, you can use Guava's predicates.
ImmutableList.copyOf(Iterables.filter(tourists, Predicates.notNull()))

A: As of 2015, this is the best way (Java 8):
tourists.removeIf(Objects::isNull);

Note: This code will throw java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException for fixed-size lists (such as created with Arrays.asList), including immutable lists.

A: I played around with this and found out that trimToSize() seems to work. I am working on the Android platform so it might be different.

A: We can use iterator for the same to remove all the null values.
Iterator<Tourist> itr= tourists.iterator();
while(itr.hasNext()){
    if(itr.next() == null){
        itr.remove();
    }
}

A: I used the stream interface together with the stream operation collect and a helper-method to generate an new list.
tourists.stream().filter(this::isNotNull).collect(Collectors.toList());

private <T> boolean isNotNull(final T item) {
    return  item != null;
}

A: Using Java 8 this can be performed in various ways using streams, parallel streams and removeIf method:
List<String> stringList = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(null, "A", "B", null, "C", null));
List<String> listWithoutNulls1 = stringList.stream()
                .filter(Objects::nonNull)
                .collect(Collectors.toList()); //[A,B,C]
List<String> listWithoutNulls2 = stringList.parallelStream()
                .filter(Objects::nonNull)
                .collect(Collectors.toList()); //[A,B,C]
stringList.removeIf(Objects::isNull); //[A,B,C]

The parallel stream will make use of available processors and will speed up the process for reasonable sized lists. It is always advisable to benchmark before using streams.

A: Similar to @Lithium answer but does not throw a "List may not contain type null" error:
   list.removeAll(Collections.<T>singleton(null));

A: List<String> colors = new ArrayList<>(
Arrays.asList("RED", null, "BLUE", null, "GREEN"));
// using removeIf() + Objects.isNull()
colors.removeIf(Objects::isNull);


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Helena High volleyball sweeps Helena Capital in comeback fashion
HELENA — In a crosstown thriller that featured several ups and downs, the Helena High Bengals volleyball team was able to pull out the victory with a five-set victory over the Helena Capital Bruins 25-14, 23-25, 11-25, 25-20, 17-15.
When asked, Helena High head volleyball coach Linsdey Day said she had no idea how long it's been since Helena High was able to accomplish a regular-season sweep of their crosstown rival.
"No clue. That long ago," said Day with a laugh.
The match played out in a similar fashion to the first meeting of the season between the two teams with the Bengals taking the first set with little resistance from the Bruins with Lauren Heuiser ending the set with one of her game-high 19 kills.
The Bruins were able to find their footing in the second set narrowly edging out the Bengals, before dominating the third set behind an 8-0 run to open the frame and a 7-0 run to jump out to a 15-3 lead before taking a 2-1 match lead. Racheal Stacey recorded both set-ending kills in the second and third for two of her team-high 16 kills. Kayla Almquist led the match with 27 of the Bruins' 31 assists.
Though the Bruins were looking to shut the match quickly in the fourth set to stave off the sweep, the Bengals were able to find some momentum and lead nearly the entire way through the fourth set to knot the match up on a Sydney Mattfeldt kill.
The fifth set was a nail-biter that needed some extra time to wrap up. Neither team was able to truly jump out in front to the point where both teams were tied at 15-15, before Alex Bullock was able to seal the match with two straight kills.
"I was kind of in shock. I didn't think it was going to be over yet. I thought we were still going to keep fighting, but once it was over, it was over," said Mattfeldt." It felt so good."
Bullock said the only thing on her mind with the match in the balance, was to be on the attack.
"Usually in tight scenes, some teams tense up and tend to make an easy move, but I wanted to have that killer instinct to put it down and make my team proud," said Bullock. "I was getting pretty tired at the end. My hands were shaking — they're still shaking — it's just crazy adrenaline from the crowd screaming."
With the win, the Bengals move to 7-3 in conference play and 11-9 overall and the Bruins fall to 5-5, 9-11 overall.
The Helena's and Capital's next tests will come on Thursday when they welcome in Kalispell Glacier and Kalispell Flathead, respectively.


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