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French President To Hold Talks With Putin, Merkel, Poroshenko On Ukraine Conflict
French President Emmanuel Macron (file photo)
French President Emmanuel Macron has said he will call the leaders of Russia, Germany, and Ukraine on July 24 in a stepped-up international effort to end the fighting in eastern Ukraine.
The holding of the Normandy format talks between Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is part of a continuous effort by the four countries to resolve the conflict in which Russia-backed separatists are fighting Ukrainian troops.
More than 10,000 people have died in the conflict, which began in early 2014, with hundreds of thousands of others forced to flee their homes.
A cease-fire agreement signed in February 2015 in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, has failed to end the violence, which has recently flared up and led to at least 11 Ukrainian soldiers being killed in recent days.
The French president's announcement comes one day after the United States announced that special envoy to Ukraine Kurt Volker will travel to Kyiv for talks.
The State Department said Volker, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, will meet in Ukraine with those who "have been affected by Russian aggression."
He will also visit Brussels, France, Austria, and Britain in an effort to find a "path to restoring Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Moscow denies involvement in the conflict despite compelling evidence that Russia has supported the separatists financially and militarily.
Based on reporting by Reuters, AFP, and Interfax


TV weather weenie Al Roker called the governor of Kentucky a "nitwit" for suggesting we are wussifying our kids by keeping them home from school on cold days.
Republican Governor Matt Bevin admitted he was being "slightly facetious" in his remarks to a local radio station yesterday. But the good preacher Al took Bevin to the woodshed on MSNBC anyway.
"By the way, I just have to say this nitwit governor in Kentucky saying that, 'Oh, we're weak,' these are kids who are going to be in subzero wind chills," Roker said.
The temperature was four degrees when I got up in New Bedford this morning. The windchill was -12. I was shocked to find out that our kids had school but they did. I was glad.
Subzero wind chills are not something new. It gets cold in the winter. Sometimes it gets very cold. We learn to cope and adapt. Certainly, in locations where wind chills dropped to as low as -75 degrees, officials were right to cancel school. Parents always reserve the right to keep their kids at home anyway when the weather is an issue.
Perhaps Bevin's remarks to WHAS radio seemed a bit insensitive to some, but you've got to admit he may have a point.
"It's better to err on the side of being safe, and I'm being only slightly facetious. But it does concern me a little bit that, in America, on this and any number of other fronts, we're sending messages to our young people that if life is hard, you can curl up in the fetal position somewhere in a warm place and just wait until it stops being hard, and that isn't reality. It just isn't," Gov. Bevin said.
Al Roker ought to stick to the business of forecasting the weather and let Governor Matt Bevin deal with it when it happens.


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The Indie Showcase presents, Meredith Bond.
by Richard Dee | posted in: Guest Post, Independent Author, indie, Indie Showcase, Writing | 4
A fascinating guest this week, with a wide portfolio, including a hint of Fantasy, Historical Romance and Mystery.
Over to you, Meredith,
Writers are told, when they're trying to figure out how to market their work, to find their audience. Once they find their audience, once they know who it is who would be interested in reading their work, they'll know where and how to sell to those people.
That's great advice!
After writing for twenty years, publishing for more than ten, I definitely know who I'm writing for.
I write to please myself. I write what I love to read. The problem is that I love to read a lot of things. I read across genres. One day I'll pick up a mystery and devour it. The next day it'll be a vampire romance. On another day all I'll want to read is historical fiction. Non-fiction, yes! Classical literature, count me in! There's hardly a genre that I don't read and enjoy (horror being the only one I can think of off the top of my head).
So when I write for myself, I'm really writing a number of audiences or strange people like myself who read just about anything as long as it sparks the imagination and captures a sense of adventure.
What that means is that I write historical, romance, fantasy, and a touch of mystery—and sometimes all at once! I've never written science fiction, although I enjoy reading that too. I just don't have the science background to be able to write it believably.
So, I appeal to you Dear Reader, to expand your horizons with me.
Take a strange journey with me in this world of my creation. I won't ask very much of you, just that you open your mind and let me in for a brief time. You might be amused.
I bet you're wondering about that historical-romance-fantasy-mystery story I alluded to earlier, aren't you? How could anyone shove all that into one book? Easy!
Imagine, if you will, the Regency times in England—that would be the early 19th century when King George III was declared mad and his fun-loving son took over as Prince Regent. You know it. It was when everyone who could afford it aped the prince, his love of clothes, theatre, dancing and fantastic dinner parties. (We'll set aside our discussion of those who couldn't afford all that for another story.)
Onto this fun-loving historical background, we place a man. Well, but he's more than a man, isn't he? He's magical, or, at least he should be. But our poor hero was born the wrong sex. He was supposed to have been born female. He'll have to overcome this deficiency; his magical powers depend on it (hint, that's where our romance comes in).
Because he was born a 'he', his mother hated him from the moment he slipped from the womb (she has reasons which you would need to read the preceding book to learn—it's also a historical, fantasy romance, but there's less mystery involved). Her hatred led her to shunning the child, which meant that she never taught him who he should have been, what he was destined for (greatness, naturally, as the most powerful of his people, the Vallen). Instead, the poor boy—now a young man about to turn twenty-one—has to figure this out all on his own (and here is our mystery).
Here is the "official" book description:
Destined for power…
Prophecy foretold the coming of one who would be the most powerful of the Vallen, destined to renew their magical energies. Born male, instead of the anticipated female, Morgan Vallentyn is outcast from birth, banished to the forest by his own mother. His magic weakened and caged by unknown forces, one goal drives Morgan: if he can't harness his powers by his birthday, another will take his destined place.
Bound by convention…
Adriana Hayden paints with rare passion and vision. But Regency England is no place for such an unconventional woman. Fleeing from a proposed marriage arranged by her domineering guardian, Adriana escapes to the forest and into the arms of a mysterious man with strange powers. A man who unleashes forces she never suspected existed.
A coming storm…
As the summer solstice approaches, the electricity crackling between Morgan and Adriana is only a prelude to the building tempest crackling across the skies. There's magic in the storm they create together, but to fulfill their destinies, each must find the key to unlock the powers in the other and claim the most powerful magic of all.
So, where is my audience? Is it readers of fantasy? Readers of historical romance? Mystery lovers? Is it all three? Surely there are people who are like me and love a good historical-fantasy-romance-mystery? I live in hope because that book was incredibly fun to write. So much fun that after writing it, I went back and wrote two prequels and then a sequel, making it a four book series! I've written a number of short stories in the world I created with this series, and then yet another three book series showing the beginning of the world—The Children of Avalon.
If you love fantasy… if you love history… if you love Arthurian tales…you'll love these books because they're light and fun and filled with magic: here's the link where you can find it (it goes to my website where you can choose from different e-retailers). But also tell me where you are because I'm having trouble finding you.
About Meredith Bond
Merry grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was introduced to Regency romances at a young age by her mother, who had a secret passion for Georgette Heyer.
After graduating with a bachelor's in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania, Merry worked in fundraising for a number of non-profit organizations. When this didn't prove as fulfilling as she would have hoped, she went back to school for a master's degree in secondary education where she shared her love of history with inner-city teenagers and tried to instill the same love in them — the jury's still out on whether it worked. Marriage and the birth of two children interrupted her second attempt at a career.
In order to keep her sanity while raising her children, Merry began living in a fantasy world filled with dashing, noble heroes and beautiful heroines. Desperately searching for an excuse to put the children into daycare, Merry decided to write down her fantasies and call it "working". She was amazed when someone other than her husband actually liked her writing.
In 2002, Merry was one of the three winners of the Royal Ascot Writing Contest and was offered a two book contract with Kensington Publishers. Miss Seton's Sonata, Merry's first book, was released in January 2004 from Zebra Books. Her second book, Wooing Miss Whately, came out in June '04. The last two books of the Merry Men Quartet, Love of my Life and Dame Fortune were published in June and September 2005, with her last book having the esteemed honor of being one of the last traditional Regency romances published by Kensington. Miss Seton's Sonatawas the winner of the 2004 Golden Leaf Contest for best Regency Romance; Love of my Lifewon second place in the Write Touch Reader's Award, 2005; and Dame Fortune was a finalist in the National Reader's Choice Award, The Beacon Award and the NJ Golden Leaf.
Merry hasn't let the "death" of traditionally published Regencies affect her. Instead, she turned to self-publishing. In the past two years she has published a book on writing, Chapter One; a Regency-set paranormal romance, Magic in the Storm, a prequel novella to go with her paranormal romance, Storm on the Horizon, and a short story, "In A Beginning" which originally appeared in the anthology Tales From The Mist. She's currently working on a New Adult Medieval Fantasy series, the "Children of Avalon", set in the same world as her two Storm books.
Merry also loves helping other people attain their writing and publishing dreams. To that end, she teaches other people how to write at the Writer's Institute at Frederick Community College, formatting and self-publishing at both Frederick and on-line, and formats books for other self-published authors through her company Anessa Books.
Thanks Meredith, for a great post. I hope you all enjoyed it.
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I would love to be featured on your Showcase, Richard. I'm a newcomer to book connectors and still feeling my way.
A wonderful glimpse into the world of Meredith Bond, a world like my own, in which I skip across genres as if they were stepping stones. I am so looking forward to reading your work, Meredith. Thank you, Richard, for introducing us to this talented author.
You're very welcome, they do sound exciting


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Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and Amendments
U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - Nuclear energy - 158 pages
Atomic Energy Act of 1946_ 1
Public No 235 82nd Cong Approved Oct 30 1951
Public No 31 84th Cong Approved May 6 1955
Public No 221 84th Cong Approved Aug 4 1955
Public No 722 84th Cong Approved July 14 1956
Public No 79 85th Cong Approved July 3 1957
Public No 177 85th Cong Approved Aug 28 1957
To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 as amended
Public No 43 86th Cong Approved June 11 1959
Public No 300 86th Cong approved Sept 21 1959
68 Stat 71 Stat accordance acquire action activities addition agency amended amount application appointed appropriate Approved arrangement Atomic Energy Act Atomic Energy Commission atomic weapons Chairman CHAPTER Commission is authorized common defense compensation conduct Congress connection construction contract cooperation currently deem defense and security Department determined directed distributed effective employees enacted enter equipment established extent facilities Federal finds fissionable material funds Government granted hereby interest invention or discovery issued Joint Committee Laboratory license means ment military necessary operation otherwise patent payments period permit person plant President production Project proposed provisions provisions of section Public Law purchase pursuant reactor reasonable receive regulation relating research and development respect Restricted Data section 31 Senate session source material special nuclear material specified subsection term thereof tion transfer United utilization
Page 2 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 20 - ... subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places during the sessions, recesses, and adjourned periods of the Senate in the Seventy-fifth Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 2 - No member of the Commission shall engage in any other business, vocation, or employment than that of serving as a member of the Commission.
Page 66 - Act shall include a clause to the effect that the Comptroller General of the United States or any of his duly authorized representatives shall, until the expiration of three years after final payment, have access to and the right to examine any directly pertinent books, documents, papers, and records of the contractor or any of his subcontractors engaged in the performance of and involving transactions related to such contracts or subcontracts.
Page 17 - Circuit Court of Appeals of the United States, within any circuit wherein such person resides or has his principal place of business, or in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, by filing in such court...
Page 74 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
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Page 1 - Europe, it is declared to be the policy of the people of the United States to encourage these countries through a joint organization to exert sustained common efforts . . . which will speedily achieve that economic cooperation in Europe which is essential for lasting peace and prosperity.
Page 73 - Act, he may make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices, or for an order enforcing compliance with such provision, and upon a showing by the President that such person has engaged or is about to engage in any such acts or practices a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order, or other order with or without such injunction or restraining order, shall be granted without bond.
Title Atomic Energy Act of 1946 and Amendments
Author United States
Compiled by Gilman G. Udell


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Joy Sticca dubbed her work space "The Joyful Corner"; for 30 years the name stuck. Five years after her retirement from the Bermuda Department of Tourism, her old colleagues still shout out "Hey Joyful" whenever they pass her on the street.
"Some people called Joy don't fit the name at all," she said. "They are quiet and reserved, but my name suits me well. I am joyful and extroverted."
The 69-year-old and her four brothers, Alan, Eugene, David and Walter Lister, grew up on Heathcote Hill in Sandys. Their mother, Etoile, was a cook and their father, James, an electrician.
"I remember people bringing fridges to him in horse-drawn carts, for him to fix," she said. "We didn't have all the latest electrical fixtures in our house for a while because when he got them people would ask for them and he would sell it. They meant money."
The family attended Mangrove Bay Gospel Church where her father was a Sunday school superintendent.
She recalls it was "quite strict". As a teenager, she didn't appreciate it that much but in later years she often fell back on the doctrine she had been taught.
"There was no lipstick, no shorts, no movies, dancing or parties," said Ms Sticca, now a member of Cornerstone Bible Fellowship. "It was a good foundation."
At Southampton Glebe Primary School, teachers often described her as a "social butterfly", something that came in handy in tourism.
"On the day I started in the Activities Department in 1985, we were giving some people a tour of the island," she said. "My boss gave me a script to follow. I said I didn't want to be constricted.
"If I saw a patch of bananas, I made the driver pull over and I talked with the visitors about that. I'd talk about how water is collected on our roofs. I never looked at the script once."
Thirteen years ago, she encountered something even she had trouble staying positive about. She was at work when she started feeling chest pains.
Fearing she had a blockage in an artery leading to her heart, doctors had her on a plane to Baltimore's Johns Hopkins Hospital two days later.
"Going overseas was just a blur," she said.
The doctors in Maryland threaded an exploratory line from her groin to her heart to figure out the problem.
"That wasn't nice," Ms Sticca said. "I asked if I could be knocked out for that, but for some reason I had to be awake. I was sedated, though."
To get through the procedure, she fell back on her faith, praying hard.
In the end, doctors found she didn't have a blockage and didn't need surgery; her problems could be fixed through medication.
"They said if I hadn't come when I did, I wouldn't have lived much longer," she said.
On the flight back to Bermuda, the plane hit severe turbulence.
"There were cross winds," she said. "The turbulence surprised everyone. But then the pilot came on and said he was moving the plane up higher to get out of the way of it. Suddenly everything was calm again."
She found parallels in that experience with her heart trouble.
"That's what Jesus does," Ms Sticca said. "He sees you're in trouble and raises you up above the turbulence."
A short story about the experience, Deliverance, is included in Joyful Inspirations from God, a book that came out of a journaling experience seven years ago.
She started writing, never intending that it would become a book. Her idea was to leave a record of her life for her daughters, Nichelle and Nia.
At first, she wrote about the deaths of family members, or current events but then started writing about things that happened to her and connecting them to points of faith.
One day she read one of her stories to a friend in North Carolina. Audrey Toney was impressed, and urged her to do something with it.
"She said if I wrote 31 stories I could have a month of devotions," said Ms Sticca, who retired from tourism in 2013. "I had 20 at about that time."
As a child, she never would have imagined herself an author. She had struggled with writing and comprehension in school, and couldn't make heads or tales of pronouns and predicates.
"I did summer school at Southampton Glebe every year until I went to high school," she said. "I guess I knew I needed the help so I never protested."
As she got older, she got better, even excelling at reading, but still the feeling persisted that she wasn't a particularly good writer.
For two years she laboured over her book, finally finishing it in May of last year. She sent the manuscript to her friend, who helped format it, and then got it published.
"When I held the book in my hand for the first time, it felt like a dream come true," Ms Sticca said.
She's already put aside 100 copies for friends.
"I have one friend who wants 11 for Christmas presents, and another who wants 14," she said. "Everyone has been so supportive. It is overwhelming, sometimes. To think that wow, the little girl who struggled in school now has her first book."
It's not the only way she keeps busy. Every Tuesday she is at WindReach Bermuda, helping with a weekly seniors tea.
She also ballroom dances every Friday evening with a group of friends, and occasionally models.
She started in 2015 after a friend asked her to help with a fashion show at St Paul's Christian Education Centre.
"I wasn't nervous," she said. "When I came out and people were saying 'Woot! Woot!' and 'Go Joy!' I thought, I might as well strut my stuff."
• Joy Sticca's Joyful Inspirations from God will be available at Brown & Co, Bermuda Bookstore and Caesar's Pharmacy from November 15. Ms Sticca will sign copies of her book at Brown & Co from 12pm until 3pm on November 24.
Act of faith: Joy Sticca with her new book Joyful Inspirations from God (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Joy Sticca as a young woman (Photograph by Akil Simmons)
Published November 06, 2018 at 8:00 am (Updated November 06, 2018 at 9:06 am)


15th April 2014 – Moët & Chandon is expanding its international sports portfolio by becoming the title sponsor of one of Britain's most famous horse racing festivals of the summer.
The Moët & Chandon July Festival takes place over three days on The July Course at Newmarket Racecourses.
Newmarket Racecourses is part of The Jockey Club, which was founded in 1750, the same year in which Claude Moet exported the first bottle of Champagne to Britain.
The Maison, which holds a royal warrant to supply Champagne to The Queen, one of horse racing's greatest supporters, is famously associated with world tennis and its brand ambassador is Roger Federer.
The new involvement with the sport of horse racing in Britain builds on the Champagne house's previous involvement with Epsom Downs, Sandown Park and Goodwood Racecourses. Moët & Chandon has also sponsored at the famous New York racecourse, Belmont Park.
For many reasons, The July Festival is regarded by visitors as their favourite horse racing meeting of the year in Britain – and is sometimes styled 'East Anglia's Royal Ascot'.
It is one of Britain's most stylish summer events, with visitors to the racecourse donning their finest attire to complement the unique garden party atmosphere on The July Course.
Spectacular outfits and hats are everywhere to be seen in the grandstands, on the sun-kissed lawns and around the picturesque parade ring – especially so on the Thursday for Newmarket Racecourses' annual ladies' Day.
The crowds come in their tens of thousands and the best dressed ladies, gents and couples win an array of fantastic prizes in 'Fashion at the Festival' with The Spa at Bedford Lodge.
On the racecourse, some of the finest thoroughbreds from around the world compete for their share of generous prize-money and the ultimate glory in some of Europe's top summer races.
Thursday's races include the Princess Of Wales's Boylesports.com Stakes and the Bahrain Trophy; Friday's include the Duchess Of Cambridge Stakes and the £200,000 Group 1 Falmouth Stakes; while the £510,000 Group 1 Darley July Cup is Saturday's highlight and is always a 'mini United Nations' of top class racehorses. The 32Red Bunbury Cup is also run on Saturday. Both Group 1 races are part of the QIPCO British Champions Series.
The Moët & Chandon July Festival this year takes place between Thursday 10th and Saturday 12th July. Advance ticket prices are: £36 (Premier Enclosure); £20.70 (Grandstand & Paddock Enclosure); and £10 (Family Enclosure). Grandstand & Paddock tickets for all three days are available online at www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk for £50. Telephone tickets booking line is 0844 579 3010.
Newmarket's two magical racecourses, The Rowley Mile and The July Course, together form the greatest venue in the East of England. They offer the exhilarating excitement of world class Flat racing, pulsating music nights, great value family days, award-winning restaurants and exceptional conference & events facilities. More information is available at www.newmarketracecourses.co.uk.
Newmarket Racecourses is part of The Jockey Club, which has been at the heart of British racing for more than 260 years. Today the largest commercial group in the sport, The Jockey Club runs the largest racecourse group in the UK by turnover (2012: £142.1m), courses (15) including those at Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket, attendances (2012: 1.8m), total prize money (2012: £35.3m), contribution to prize money (2012: £16.5m) and quality racing (Group and Graded races); more than 3,000 acres of world-class training grounds in Newmarket and Lambourn; The National Stud breeding enterprise and education provider; and the charity for racing's people in need, Racing Welfare. Governed by Royal Charter, every penny The Jockey Club makes it puts back into British racing. More information is available at www.thejockeyclub.co.uk.
Moët & Chandon is the Champagne of success and glamour since 1743. Renowned for its achievements, firsts and legendary pioneering spirit, Moët & Chandon is the Maison that introduced Champagne to the world. Synonymous with the most venerable of traditions and the most modern of pleasures, Moët & Chandon has celebrated life's most triumphant moments with grandeur and generosity for nearly 270 years.
Moët & Chandon's heritage is rooted in an appreciation for shared celebratory moments, the pursuit of success and quality, and a taste for challenge. Whether celebrating personal athletic accomplishments or sponsoring the world's most glamorous athletic competitions, Moët & Chandon is an icon of victorious achievement in sports.


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Q: Linux find command doesn't seem to work Can someone please help me understand why my find command doesn't report the lib64 result like it does with the ls command (note these commands are called in makefile on Debian)
LIBXML2  = $(shell find /usr/lib* -name libxml2.so.2.*)
LIBXML2_LS = $(shell ls -1 /usr/lib*/libxml2.so.2.*)

Below is the output
@echo LIBXML2: "$(LIBXML2)"

LIBXML2: /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.8 /usr/lib32/libxml2.so.2.7.8

@echo LIBXML2_LS: "$(LIBXML2_LS)"

LIBXML2_LS: /usr/lib32/libxml2.so.2.7.8 /usr/lib64/libxml2.so.2.7.8 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.7.8

A: As identified by Stephen Harris, /usr/lib64 is probably a symbolic link on your system. When you call find /usr/lib64, find traverses /usr/lib64, sees that it isn't a directory (it's a symbolic link) and so doesn't recurse any further.
To make find look under /usr/lib64 if it's a symbolic link to a directory, add a slash — putting a slash at the end of the name of a symbolic link to a directory causes it to be interpreted as the target directory rather than the link.
Also put the pattern for -name in quotes, otherwise it'll be expanded if there happens to be a matching file in the current directory.
LIBXML2  = $(shell find /usr/lib*/ -name 'libxml2.so.2.*')

However beware that this is a bad idea. Traversing all of /usr/lib is very slow and might find private copies of libraries that you don't want to link against, or unrelated files with a resembling name (e.g. some documentation file libxml.so.2.txt).
There's rarely a reason to go looking for a library this way. If the library is in the standard system location, which is where you're looking for it, the linker will find it without you giving any explicit path, just with -lxml2. If the library is in a different location, it's typically the job of a configure script to look for it. In the case of libxml, the proper way to locate the parts is with pkg-config:
CFLAGS += $$(pkg-config --cflags libxml-2.0)
LDFLAGS += $$(pkg-config --libs libxml-2.0)

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The Incredible Hulk is technically the second theatrical release based on the Marvel Comics super-hero. However, this film, directed by Louis Leterrier (The Transporter 2, Unleashed) apparently ignores the events of 2003's adjective-free Hulk which was directed by Ang Lee. Lead actor Edward Norton plays haunted scientist Bruce Banner in addition to contributing a script draft which was conditional upon his hiring as an actor (the WGA gives Zak Penn final official credit for the screenplay).


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40K downloads of Suraksha app in two days
Bengaluru, December 04, 2019 22:16 IST
A little over 1.5 lakh people have installed the app on their phone since its launch in April 2017. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement
Police were on their toes attending to calls and responding to people who were 'testing' the app
As many as 40,000 citizens downloaded the Suraksha App in two days after Police Commissioner Bhaskar Rao appealed to them to do so on Monday after a 27-year-old veterinarian was gang-raped and murdered in Hyderabad.
Since its launch in April 2017, a little over one lakh people had installed the app on their phone. But in the last two days, the number had crossed 1.5 lakh, said a senior officer in charge of the police control room.
The surge in downloads is keeping personnel on their toes as they attended to distress calls. "Many people were pressing the red button and dialling 100 to check the response time. Even such calls are attended to with equal importance," said a senior police official.
Mr. Rao assured people of their safety and said that the police are committed to respond to an alert within seven seconds and arrive at the spot in nine minutes. "We are trying to make the service even better and on par with 911 in the US by further reducing the response time," he said. "The initiative is to ensure the safety of women, and we urge people to check the response time."
Jurisdictional station in-charge officers have been instructed to monitor Hoysalas regularly and issue necessary instructions. However, police personnel said that prank calls only diverted their attention from situations where they may actually needed to respond.
Around 270 Hoysala patrol vehicles are stationed at sensitive zones along with over 1,200 Cheetah motorcycle patrol squads who will be the first responders to such calls.
Another reason for the increasing number of app downloads is that the jurisdictional police are organising awareness sessions in sensitive areas.
"Teams have been dispatched to schools, colleges, garment factories, private firms and other workplaces to give a demo on how the app works. We've also been helping people download them," said Rohini Katoch Sepat, DCP (South division).
Sadiya Ahmed, a 26-year-old private firm employee who downloaded app recently, said that it gave her a feeling that there is backup should she need it. "In times of emergency, there is always confusion about whom to call. Friends and family members come to mind first. But if we have an easy way to alert the police first, it helps," she said.
Others highlighted the need for a quick response.
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A warm gift from the police to the homeless
Vidyaranyapura police distribute blankets to people sleeping on footpaths


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Editorial cartoons for Dec. 1, 2019: Thanksgiving, Navy SEALs, impeachment
Editorial cartoons for Dec. 1, 2019
By Marie Morelli | mmorelli@syracuse.com
Americans paused to celebrate Thanksgiving, but the news didn't take a holiday.
President Donald Trump secretly flew to Afghanistan to serve turkey dinner to the troops fighting the nation's longest war, meet Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani and announce a restart of peace talks with the Taliban.
Earlier in the week, the president intervened in the disciplinary case against Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, the Navy SEAL tried for alleged war crimes. The military jury acquitted Gallagher of murder, attempted murder and obstruction of justice, but convicted him of a relatively minor crime of posing for photographs with the body of an enemy fighter. The commander of the SEALs wanted to dismiss Gallagher from the elite fighting corps; the president stepped in and ordered that Gallagher remain a SEAL. Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer over the incident. Spencer, in an op-ed, said the president's interference undermined the good order and discipline of the military.
In impeachment news, the New York Times reported that Trump knew about the whistleblower's complaint about the president's call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy before he released U.S. military aid.
Cartoons were drawn by Bill Bramhall, Dan Wasserman, Dana Summers, Drew Sheneman, Scott Stantis, Walt Handelsman, David Horsey, Phil Hands, Joel Pett and Joey Weatherford of Tribune Content Agency; and A.F. Branco and Michael Ramirez of Creators Syndicate.
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This article is about the game. For the Age written by Gehn, see Riven.
Riven: The Sequel to Myst was the second game and the fourth chronological entry in the Myst franchise, developed by Cyan Inc. (known as Cyan Productions at the time) and published by Red Orb Entertainment. It was released on October 29th, 1997 and was met with record-breaking sales.
Taking place in 9462 DE (1807 CE), about three weeks after Myst, Atrus sends the Stranger to Riven to trap his father Gehn and rescue his wife Katran.
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Q: Texture does not fit in the square - OpenGL I am trying to create a square and put a red circle middle of it. As you can see in the simple vert I map (-1, 1) range to (0,1) range:
coord = position.xy*0.5 + vec2(0.5,0.5);

If you look at the simple.frag, there is this line:
if(abs(length(coord - vec2(0.5,0.5))) < 0.3)

Thus I am expecting red circle at the middle of square. However this happens:

The center of circle is beyond of (0.5, 0.5). If I change that line to this:
if(abs(length(coord - vec2(0.0,0.0))) < 0.3)

Output is:

The center of the circle is at the bottom-left corner as expected. However shouldn't be the top right corner (1,1)? Also the circle is not perfect circle. What am I missing?
initializations:
Shader simpleShader("simple.vert", "simple.frag");
Shader quadShader("quad.vert", "quad.frag");

GLfloat inVertices[] = {

    -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0,
    -1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0,
     1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0,

    -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0,
    1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0,
    1.0f,  1.0f, 0.0 };

GLfloat quadVertices[] = {

    -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
    -1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f,
    1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,

    -1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f,
    1.0f, -1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f,
    1.0f,  1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f
};

GLuint inVAO, inVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &inVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &inVBO);
glBindVertexArray(inVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, inVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(inVertices), &inVertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, (GLvoid*)0);
glBindVertexArray(0);

GLuint quadVAO, quadVBO;
glGenVertexArrays(1, &quadVAO);
glGenBuffers(1, &quadVBO);
glBindVertexArray(quadVAO);
glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, quadVBO);
glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, sizeof(quadVertices), &quadVertices, GL_STATIC_DRAW);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)0);
glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
glVertexAttribPointer(1, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 5 * sizeof(GLfloat), (GLvoid*)(3 * sizeof(GLfloat)));
glBindVertexArray(0);

GLuint textureColorbuffer;
glGenTextures(1, &textureColorbuffer);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureColorbuffer);
glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, 256, 256, 0, GL_RGB, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, NULL);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0);

GLuint framebuffer;
glGenFramebuffers(1, &framebuffer);
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, framebuffer);
// Create a color attachment texture
glFramebufferTexture2D(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureColorbuffer, 0);
if (glCheckFramebufferStatus(GL_FRAMEBUFFER) != GL_FRAMEBUFFER_COMPLETE)
    std::cout << "ERROR::FRAMEBUFFER:: Framebuffer is not complete!" << std::endl;
glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);

main loop;
    glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, framebuffer);
    glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);

    // Draw our first triangle
    simpleShader.Use();
    glBindVertexArray(inVAO);
    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);

    glBindVertexArray(0);
    glBindFramebuffer(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, 0);

    glClearColor(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
    glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
    quadShader.Use();
    modelLoc = glGetUniformLocation(quadShader.Program, "model");
    viewLoc = glGetUniformLocation(quadShader.Program, "view");
    projLoc = glGetUniformLocation(quadShader.Program, "projection");
    glUniformMatrix4fv(modelLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(model));
    glUniformMatrix4fv(viewLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(view));
    glUniformMatrix4fv(projLoc, 1, GL_FALSE, glm::value_ptr(projection));

    glBindVertexArray(quadVAO);
    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, textureColorbuffer);   // Use the color attachment texture as the texture of the quad plane
    glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
    glBindVertexArray(0);

    // Swap the screen buffers
    glfwSwapBuffers(window);

simple.vert:
#version 330 core

layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
out vec2 coord;
void main(){
    coord = position.xy*0.5 + vec2(0.5,0.5);
    gl_Position =  vec4(position, 1.0f);
}

simple.frag:
#version 330 core
in vec2 coord;
out vec4 color;
void main(){
    if(abs(length(coord - vec2(0.5,0.5))) < 0.3)
        color = vec4(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
    else
        color = vec4(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f);
}

quad.vert:
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
layout (location = 1) in vec2 texCoords;
uniform mat4 model;
uniform mat4 view;
uniform mat4 projection;
out vec2 TexCoords;

void main()
{
    gl_Position = projection * view *  model * vec4(position, 1.0f);
    TexCoords = texCoords;
}

quad.frag:
#version 330 core
in vec2 TexCoords;
out vec4 color;

uniform sampler2D screenTexture;

void main()
{
    color = texture(screenTexture, TexCoords);
}

A: You have to modify your viewport when drawing to the texture. If you use the viewport of the window, OpenGL assumes that the texture has the same size as the window. Therefore, only the lower left corner of the entire image will end up in the texture.
So before rendering to the texture:
glViewport(0, 0, 256, 256);

... and revert that before drawing the final scene.


I am a very cautious person. I think it might be because I am the oldest child in my family or maybe because my mother always made me think before I did anything. Whatever it is, I am always thinking of the consequences before I do anything. As a college student, especially at school, things happen spur of the moment. My roommate and I were studying when she got a text about going to a formal at the house of one of her good friends. She decided brings me, we get all dolled up and go over to the formal. I ended up meeting some of my best friends this year there and my roommate is now one of my closest dearest friends.
I think a lot about if I hadn't taken that chance. If I stayed in my dorm room and studied rather than going to the formal, my sophomore year would be so different. I wouldn't have meet JM, DM, and JF. I would not have cooked weird Indian food dishes after finals, found a love for chocolate covered peanuts or taken long walks to discover plants at the Arboretum in the cold. They have truly enriched my school experience and I love them dearly for that.
My life lesson that I need to incorporate into my life more often is to take chances. Of course, I will always have responsibilities. But if I have finished my work or am just studying for something a couple weeks away, it makes sense to let myself live a little and try something new. After all, when you look back on your life, you won't remember all of the times you spent studying or working on little things or freaking out over bills to be paid but you will remember the crazy antics, late nights out or silly study breaks you took with friends. This summer, I am planning trips to places I haven't been, trying new foods and reading books I never usually pick up. I'll keep y'all updated on my application of my lesson.


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DeSales thrives at K of C free throw contest
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K of C free throw champs from left: CJ Masters, Christopher Goyette, Carson Ransom, Cole Meller, Grant Harrer, Olivia Masters, and Henry Genewick. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTO)
TOWN OF LOCKPORT -- Twenty-five boys and girls participated in a basketball free throw challenge hosted by the Lockport Knights of Columbus Saturday at the newly refurbished DeSales Catholic School gymnasium.
All who took part went home with a certificate and a patch marking their participation. Seven were crowned champions and will compete in the district competition later this month. The champions -- all from DeSales -- received a K of C medallion.
DeSales alumnus CJ Masters from the Class of 2015 impressed the crowd, competing in the challenge with a broken left hand -- cast and all. That didn't stop him from sinking 14 out of his 15 free throws. Masters now attends Cardinal O'Hara and plays on their JV basketball team.
Other champs included Christopher Goyette, who sunk 13 free throws; Carson Ransom, who made 12; Cole Meller (11); Grant Harrer (10); Olivia Masters (10); and Henry Genewick (9).
The event was run by the Lockport Knights of Columbus and chaired by Marty Johnston and co-chaired by Grand Knight Bart Schuler, Past Grand Knight Todd Fragale, Mike Norris and Dan Rawlings.
With more than 1.9 million members, the Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic lay organization. It provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, the community, families, and young people. The Lockport Knights of Columbus was formed in 1898. For more information, visit www.kofc319.com.
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package de.terrestris.shogun2.util.interceptor;

import org.junit.Test;

public class InterceptorExceptionTest {

    private static final String EXCEPTION_MESSAGE = "Shinji!";

    @Test(expected = InterceptorException.class)
    public void throw_exception_empty() throws InterceptorException {
        throw new InterceptorException();
    }

    @Test(expected = InterceptorException.class)
    public void throw_exception_message() throws InterceptorException {
        throw new InterceptorException(EXCEPTION_MESSAGE);
    }

    @Test(expected = InterceptorException.class)
    public void throw_exception_throwable() throws InterceptorException {
        throw new InterceptorException(new Throwable());
    }

    @Test(expected = InterceptorException.class)
    public void throw_exception_message_throwable() throws InterceptorException {
        throw new InterceptorException(EXCEPTION_MESSAGE, new Throwable());
    }
}


CDSS now line fitted at Bombardier Aerospace.
Advanced CDSS System now FAA & EASA STC approved for B777 and B737NG series aricraft through ELAL Israel Airlines.
BRITAIR selected Global AirWorks CDSS System for its entire fleet of CRJ700.
Kenya Airways selected Global AirWorks Retrofit In-Flight Entertainment System for its B767-300ER.


I hate breaking in new shoes. Especially the kind that chafe the backs of your ankles.
@DialMforMara I've learned to keep moleskin in my desk drawer at work.
I assume that's not the skin of actual moles?
That sounds wonderful. Does Walgreens have it?
@DialMforMara They should. Be generous when cutting rectangles out; it should be a good deal larger than the irritated area. First time I tried it I was going for a close fit and it fell off in my sock.
@DialMforMara You do need scissors for it; the ones on a pocket multitool will do.


Right Sourcing: Enabling Collaboration is now available for ordering from the publisher (US, UK).
The book puts forward the proposal that the modern enterprise must fundamentally rethink its 'sourcing equation' to become or remain viable. By presenting perspectives on sourcing from 21 different contributors, the editors hope to enable and inspire readers to make better-informed decisions.


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20 June 2009, 17:32
Firefox 3.5 RC2 released
Only two days after the release of the first release candidate (RC1) to beta and preview users, the Mozilla developers have announced the availability of the second release candidate (RC2) of version 3.5 of the open source Firefox web browser. The release, code named "Shiretoko", includes several bug fixes, new features and performance improvements.
Like its RC1 predecessor, the second release candidate includes the new Trace Monkey JavaScript engine and is based on version 1.91 of the Gecko layout engine. Firefox 3.5 adds support for new web technologies such as the W3C Geolocation API, JavaScript query selectors, HTML5 video and audio elements and downloadable fonts. Private Browsing Mode is also included in the 3.5 branch of Firefox to let users start a web browsing session without leaving any traces on the local system.
More details about the release can be found in the release notes. Firefox 3.5 RC2 is available to download in over 70 different languages for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. Current beta, preview and RC1 users can update via the Firefox update service by selecting Help, then "Check For Updates". The final release is expected to be available by the end of June.
Firefox 3.6 may no longer support Windows 2000, a report from The H.
First release candidate of Firefox 4 is ready
Mozilla delays Firefox 3.6.4
Mozilla releases Firefox 3.6 RC2
Firefox 3.5 RC3 arrives
Firefox 3.5 preview appears


Frosh/Soph parents should have received an email regarding the formation of carpools, for the Tuesday, February 18 scrimmage at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. If you didn't receive the email, then we don't have your email address. Please send first name, last name and email address to: admin@cupertinobaseball.net This should be the address at which you would like to receive team announcements and meeting notices, schedule changes and fundraiser announcements.


It's said that life comes at you in threes. Sometimes death does too.
Death is like an ill-fitting coat you can never remove. You don't forget the day you started wearing it. A day like any other. A sunny day, perhaps. A day far too warm for a coat. But a well-intentioned friend slipped it around your shoulders before you could protest; before they themself slipped off into a silent sunset, never to re-emerge. Or maybe it was a cold day, and you put it on knowingly. You saw winter approaching. You knew the air would chill. But spring and summer have come many times since, and you've never been able to take it off. On the hottest day of the year, when the sun shows no mercy, it remains. Heavy. Stifling. Constricting. Enveloping you.
I got mine one mid-December. I was 19, and with the optimism of youth, thought I wouldn't be wearing any sort of coat that year. A misspent child of the American heartland in Saint Louis, Missouri, where winters bite you into submission, I'd since moved to California. There, each day was simply a different shade of mild. Mild, and gold. I'd seen enough afternoon skies and hill-grass rippling in the breeze in the "Golden State" to know this was no name plucked from a euphemistic void: California looked, quite literally, golden. And my experience had been living up to the gleam. I was becoming sure that a misspent childhood maybe, possibly, probably could be erased. Or if not erased, written over in gold.
I was en route to class, driving to San Francisco from my house across the Bay when the phone rang. It was Anna, one of my closest friends from high school, her voice high-pitched and on edge. The last time she'd rung in such distraught panic had been a year before. I'd missed her calls and later encountered a voice mailbox full of terrified messages laying out the realisation of a pregnancy. She wasn't one to tip over the edge for little things, and my heart sped up when I heard her tone.
Noel was Anna's best friend, and a good one of mine. We had one of those high school groups that relied on each other, for sustenance physical and emotional. Many of us came from variously broken homes and found family in each other. We spent endless hours together. We lived together. With that phone call, our family of scratched-up misfits felt its first real, untreatable wound. Noel was a soldier in the army. He was driving home from base when he saw a woman stranded on the side of the motorway, and stopped to help. As he walked back to his car, a passing driver slid on ice and struck him.
The conversation was brief. With thousands of miles between us, there wasn't much to say. I hung up and continued driving, conscious of the golden beauty around me, conscious of how jarring golden beauty was in that moment, and wondering why I wasn't crying.
Noel's funeral was in Saint Louis a few days later. An open casket just in time for the festive season, surrounded by iridescent cloth and wood and a room full of people – real, live, breathing people with real, live colour in their faces and real, live tears on their cheeks. Noel looked like a doll. All gaunt and sunken, and nothing like, well, Noel. Tributes were made. Friends spoke. Family spoke. Army buddies spoke. It all seemed to a paint a picture of someone else – a picture as contrived as the made-up Noel in the casket.
After the funeral, I wanted to be with people I understood, in places I knew. My often boyfriend, always best friend Jude had made it home from California the day before, but I hadn't heard from him yet. So instead, that freezing winter evening I rode with friends in the back of their car to my old high school to take my sister, still a student, to a theatre rehearsal.
And then that night it came. Another city, another car, another phone call from one of our scratched-up high school lot, Mack. Another voice of distraught panic. More words not minced.
Of course it was a joke.
My head became very loud. There was something in there that was very, very loud.
The loudness suddenly stopped and was replaced with a slow pulsating quiet. The world around me looked like snow suspended in a glass globe. I hung up on Mack. I called Jude's house. Someone I didn't know picked up. An uncle. Jude's uncle. And then I knew.
I dropped the phone and the silence quivered and shook. Everything was white. It was night-time – why was everything white? And then, in slow motion, the white became permeated with static. More and more and more static. The quiet turned to a raging roar. Everything was in motion now. Everything was a plane crashing. Everything was a bomb dropping. Everything was a hammer falling. It smashed the glass globe. Every colour of the rainbow in the most sickening overload and it was brown and black and everything was screaming.
No. Wait. Me. I was screaming. It was me screaming. Just me. I couldn't stop. I fell out of the car and tried to walk and failed and curled up on the black tar of the school parking lot, and screamed. I don't know for how long. Long enough that someone rang Anna and she arrived, and I was still screaming.
The following days blurred into obscurity. I suppose that's what happens when you lose the only thing in life you were certain you needed. I spent most of my time at Jude's house, with his mother and sisters. I saw friends. We talked. We talked about heroin. It was heroin that did it. I drank. I didn't have a room where I was staying, and I woke up each morning on a dark green couch, wondering how the couch was real yet Jude was not. They burned his body. I wrote a eulogy. It was about soulmates. I picked funeral music. It was Jeff Buckley. I gave the eulogy. Spat some hollow words before a crowd: "Soulmates. What is a soulmate? Jude was mine." I woke up on the dark green couch again. Christmas came. I saw more friends and drank more. During a night of this, shortly thereafter, another phone call came.
That familiar distraught panic spoke down the line.
There were no words left to mince.
This time, I didn't cry. I didn't scream. I didn't quietly ponder why the world was still so goddamn beautiful and California was still so goddamn gold when everything in grasping distance was so goddamn ugly. This time, I laughed. Nothing made sense any more. It was an absurdist play that I was somehow dropped in the middle of. I didn't know the ending. I didn't know my lines. I didn't even speak the language. So I laughed. Heroin had it in for us that winter, ey? How funny. What a comedy of errors.
The winter holidays ended, and January meant return to California. I flew back, leaving behind one dead soulmate's ashes, two dead friends' bodies, three grieving families, and a whole life I thought I'd already left when I moved away a year and half before. Now I realised I never really had. But like Jude, Noel, and Alexei, that life finally died that winter. Months passed in California. No one there knew any of my dead people. I retreated into myself. I made art. I wrote. It was all about Jude. I became obsessed with my own – with everyone's – fragile mortality. Everything was too short. Too fleeting. Too gold. California was too close to home.
By summer, I was on a train in Europe, floating alone from city to city. By the following winter, I lived in England. And that's when I was gone. Really, really gone.
Over the near-decade since, the untreatable wounds of our splinter group grew deeper. Every year or two, I discover another death. No more heroic stories of cars and ice and helpful strangers, though. Jack was cancer. Miles was drugs. Lycus was drugs. Cerise was drugs. I don't know what drugs. Maybe heroin. Maybe not.
* All names have been changed except the author's.


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Il confine tra la Bulgaria e la Macedonia del Nord divide i due paesi correndo per  in direzione nord-sud. La Bulgaria è un paese membro dell'Unione europea che non aderisce allo spazio Schengen.

Geografia
Il confine inizia a nord, nella triplice frontiera tra Serbia, Macedonia del Nord e Bulgaria. Il tracciato scorre verso sud-est tramite i passi di montagna di Velbuzhdi (1193 m) e Dewe Bair (1192 m) ad ovest del comune di Gjueszevo (Bulgaria), del picco Rujen (2256 m di altitudine) fino alla pianura di Osogovo. Arriva al passo di Delčevski (1302 m) nelle montagne di Vlatxina (ovest di Blagóevgrad), e prosegue verso sud per Czengine (1744 m) e la pianura di Maleszevska. Arriva a Ograżden, per poi attraversare il fiume Strumica e finisce nella triplice frontiera con la Grecia (monti Tomba 1880 m) di Belasica.

Storia
Il territorio macedone faceva parte dell'Impero ottomano fino all'annessione al Regno di Serbia dopo le guerre balcaniche. Malgrado le dispute con Bulgaria, dopo la Prima Guerra Mondiale il territorio macedone ha fatto parte del Regno dei Serbi, dei Croati e degli Sloveni. Durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale il Regno di Bulgaria ha occupato la Macedonia del Nord. Dopo la guerra il confine riguardava la Repubblica Popolare di Bulgaria e la Repubblica Socialista di Macedonia, che faceva parte della Repubblica Federativa Socialista di Jugoslavia. Dopo la dissoluzione della Jugoslavia nel 1991 è rimasto il confine tra la Bulgaria e la nuova Repubblica di Macedonia del Nord. Con l'entrata della Bulgaria nell'Unione Europea nel 2007, il confine è diventato uno dei confini esterni della Ue.

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BlackBerry Z10 vs. The Competition: Can it Beat the iPhone, Galaxy S III?
By Anna Attkisson, Laptop Mag & Tom's Guide Managing Editor | January 30, 2013 08:09 am
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The BlackBerry Z10 is the company's most-advanced smartphone yet, but how does it match up to the leading iOS, Android and Windows Phone handsets? To help you decide, we've broken down the key specs for the leading phones on each platform and put them next to the Z10's.
The BlackBerry Z10's 4.2-inch display is bigger than the iPhone 5, but a tad smaller than the Nokia Lumia 920 and a lot smaller than the 4.8-inch Galaxy S III. Its size and shape are comparable to the Lumia 920, but it weighs less. For computing power, the Z10 matches the Samsung Galaxy S III for CPU and RAM.
So it all comes down to the operating system and app ecosystems. During our review of the BlackBerry Z10, we liked the slick interface with multitasking fun. The BlackBerry Hub helpfully combines email messaging and social networking, and we love that BBM supports video chat and screen sharing. When it comes to apps, BlackBerry 10 has no shot of taking on Apple or Android at launch, but may be able to give Windows Phone a run for its money.
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The regular season is coming to a close and I think there are still plenty of questions as to who are the top 25 teams in the country. There could be arguments made for a number of teams to be in the poll and a number of arguments against those in the poll (or being discussed). That's because there are a lot of good teams, not a lot of great teams, and a number of teams can beat others on any given night. That also makes comparing games, like second conference matchups, more complicated.
The other complication I have noticed this season is the dramatic difference between the beginning of the season and the end. We are all used to teams improving from start to finish, but it feels this season there are a number of squads who are completely different than they were in November and December. Sometimes looking back at those games to get a sense of a team is beneficial. This season it just makes one scratch their head more. WashU is one of the strongest teams in the country right now, but they were dominated by Augustana earlier this year. Granted, Augie is no longer at full-strength, but WashU doesn't even seem to resemble that previous squad. Plattsburgh State has a player now playing who missed the first eight games that makes their squad completely different. There are plenty of other examples. The difference between the first half and second half seems more extreme this season.
Now, for those of you who are screaming I shouldn't worry about the first half when ranking the Top 25 because the poll should be about now, not cumulative, I hear you. I am not indicating I am ranking based on November. However, early season results also gives you an understanding of where this team has been, where they have come, and most importantly the type of team they are against other opposition. I may lean more on the last few weeks currently, but the entire season provides insight… usually.
The fascinating part about the ballot work this week was … this was the easiest week of the season for me. I had teams to drop and needed to find teams to replace them, that wasn't easy, however the vast majority of the ballot work was somewhat easy. I moved a few teams around, but it seemed more obvious this week. There were only seven losses amongst seven teams on my ballot this week – that is a piece of cake in comparison to the rest of the season. I know full well there will be more losses next week, but we know that most of the ballot will lose in the final week.
UW-Platteville has had a tremendous turn-around from last season.
I am a little nervous about the Tigers. Lost two in a row before pulling off a spectacular win over Wooster in the regular season finale. The loss to Hiram I worried opened up the flood gates. It was followed by a loss to Heidelberg, who has beaten some very good teams on the road this season, which seemed to show the dam coming apart. However, Witt got back on top of things against Wooster. The simple fact it was a close game made me breathe a sigh of relief. I'm still nervous that the late season losses could bring the season to a close with a thud.
I said weeks ago that the final game of the regular season at Christopher Newport would be a bell-weather for the Spartans. Unfortunately, it was even more important after a couple of additional losses in the conference season. York ended up squandering away the home-court advantage in the loss to CNU and with it I worry have put themselves in a tough spot this season. It has been a magical season and I still love what they have in their starting five – but they are exposed if they have to go to the bench.
The Vikings appear to have lost another starter for the rest of the season. I debated about moving them down further on that news, but thought it be more fair to see how they perform this week. Sadly, I am not seeing a lot of signs that a return to Salem is in the cards with this latest injury, but I do want to see how they respond.
The Statesmen finished the regular season with a loss to Union. Ok then. Not exactly a sign of strength in my opinion. The loss ended a 15 game winning streak. I realize Union is decent this year (16-8 overall), but I expected a win to finish things there. Maybe the loss will be well timed. We shall see.
I have said several times I am not in love with the Prairie Wolves schedule. Their out of conference schedule left a lot to be desired and not a lot to truly gauge. They then entered IIAC play and immediately got thumped by Buena Vista. Just when it seemed they shook that off, they have a head-scratching loss to Simpson. So why did I vote for them? I've been turning towards teams that have at least still winning late in the season. NWU returned the favor on BVU (on the road) and then handled Loras and Wartburg in their last few. I have plenty of questions still, but Nebraska Wesleyan is doing more than most right now.
Ryan Scott reminded me of the Captains when he brought them up on Hoopsville Sunday (see above). I have seen CNU in person this year and while they aren't the squad we expected, they are playing well and those who weren't going to get any experience are very seasoned now. They defeated York to finish the season and now control the CAC playoffs through southeastern Virginia. I am not sure if CNU is nearly at the same level as the last few years, but they are returning to form with new players.
I have to vote for some OAC team. The conference has been too competitive not to, but I really struggled as to who to vote for this week. I had John Carroll on my short list for a few weeks. I had been voting for Baldwin Wallace (pretty high recently) before they become unglued. I've been watching Marietta much of the season and they haven't been blowing me away, but they seem to be more consistent than others right now. Some could argue JCU is the better team and I wouldn't necessarily disagree, but the lost to Capital to finish the regular season resulted in my selection of the PIoneers and not the Blue Streaks.
The Pointers have been the talk of the WIAC the entire conference season. They have surprised all with how well they have played, but their loss to Eau Claire was maybe more surprising considering their success to date. The BluGolds were 3-10 in the conference (all in the 2018) before that game and got past the Pointers by a point. SMH Maybe UWSP comes back roaring and will be just as dangerous, but that finish had me remove them from my Top 25.
Three losses in a row and I can't keep riding the Panthers. I get that they have done this before this season, but that is the problem… this is the second time they have gone through this kind of rough spot. They went from having the NESCAC tournament come through Vermont for the very first time to losing the hosting and out of the tournament in a week's time. Now they sit for two-weeks before probably playing in the NCAA tournament. Like UWSP, this may be well timed. I'm not that confident.
There is one more poll coming before we head into the NCAA tournament (with the final poll coming after the championships are handed out). I am sure there will be a ton of different results to sift through next week. Ryan has already said he is blowing up the entire ballot (see above). I am quite sure I will do something of the same, though I will be very busy at the same time.
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At one point Saturday afternoon, York, Swarthmore, Eastern Connecticut and MIT all were losing in the second half, and No. 3 Wittenberg and No. 5 Middlebury had already lost. And that was how the day went in Division III men's basketball, with seven ranked teams losing to unranked opponents — just in the afternoon games — on a key Saturday with conference schedules winding down.
This is usually the time of the season when voters have pretty much locked down their ballots and are fine tuning things. I feel like each week I'm looking at my ballot and wondering how much time will take to completely start over … again. This is mid-February! We two weeks left in the regular season. Conference tournaments start… in days.
I am tempted to do this when I print out the Top 25 ballot information. Not sure I want to even look most weeks.
I once again took some drastic steps this week. I'm not going to go into every single thing I looked at and considered – we don't have the time – however, I did drop some teams significantly and brought in some non-ranked teams into some relatively high spots.
I want to start leaning on teams that are winning. There is always the adage that if a team continues to win, than they are proving themselves. Of course, the first problem is … who continues to win? The other problem is some of the teams that are winning aren't exactly getting tested. Those losing, are losing in tough conferences, but you can't just reward good conferences and look the other way when teams with good schedules only win half the time (that's for coaches polls in other sports).
Oh, how did my ballot do last week? Not good. 17 losses in total amongst 12 teams. Most of those losses were in my Top 15 (9 losses). If you are wondering, the D3hoops.com Top 25 took 17 losses as well … ALL in the Top 20.
As expected, the Blues had a battle on their hands in Spokane against Whitworth this past week. I went in figuring Whitman may lose. That's what happens in rivalries. However, they battled through some not-so-great play and found answers to pull off the 100-99 win. The only danger Whitman keeps showing me is allowing too many teams to hang around for too long. That could bite them at the wrong time.
The Johnnies are the first team in 12(+?) years to win the MIAC regular season not named St. Thomas. They wrapped up the conference regular season title with a week before the conference tournament. SJU looks really good.
I toyed with dropping the Tigers further for losing to Hiram. It is their first loss, but there are several others teams I would expect their first loss to come to. That said, Hiram also beat a stumbling Ohio Wesleyan squad earlier in the week and … did I mention it was Witt's first loss of the season? So, they didn't drop that far. There were also a lot of losses below Witt. There was only so far I was willing to drop Wittenberg before encountering squads that I do not consider better than Wittenberg.
The Scots are winning unlike others. They have lost once since December 2 and that loss was to Wittenberg. The rematch comes this weekend and it may be Wooster who is playing better right now.
I didn't intend to move the Spartans up after losing to Salisbury, but it wasn't like I could find a way to move them down, either! No. The loss to Salisbury this season isn't good. It also closed the race at the top of the CAC down to something a little … uncomfortable, especially if you are a YCP fan. I really like the components YCP has to use, but not being deep on the bench concerns me. They still have a game at Christopher Newport this week to close off the CAC regular season. York has put themselves in a tough spot… and I did move them up. The perfect example of how hard this has been this season.
I had the Yellow Jackets as my "Dubious" choice in this week's "Hoopsville Top 25 Double-take" (above) … and I moved them up a couple of spots. SMH Like York, it was mainly thanks to everything else happening in the poll especially in this part of the ballot. I still think they are dubious. I still am not that convinced Emory is better than what we know is very good coaching, but it isn't like anyone else's results help make that argument. Emory had two close games against good UAA opponents this week, but Emory needs to put teams away. This week's results brought back thoughts after losses to Guilford and Hampden-Sydney back to my mind.
I am constantly trying to reshuffle and lower the NESCAC (like I did the WIAC a few weeks ago), but the conference has been a cluster to hash out. Even they couldn't do it! Five teams tied for the conference regular season title. (I now have another reason I want the NESCAC to go to a double-round-robin – or something more than a single run through.) Yes, Hamilton lost to Williams, but smoked Middlebury. I moved Midd (see below) and also needed to move some teams ahead of others. How they handled Midd is why I moved the Continentals up.
I have had the Ephs all over my ballot this season. This past week, Williams beat Hamilton and lost to Amherst – who was on a Dave Hixon mission. They seem to maybe have solved the Scadlock problem – i.e. finding a solution for losing their best player. I am also seeing signs similar to last year where Kevin App was able to get the Purple Cows moving in a very good direction, so I moved them up this week. For those wondering why I didn't move them ahead of Hamilton: when considering the bigger picture, I think Hamilton is the better team despite the one outcome. We hopefully have a second game coming next week.
Hello Cardinals! Yeah. Big move here. I needed a team that appears to be playing well, not losing, and at least appears to be strong. There are also gaps where some teams feel far too high where I have them slotted. Plattsburgh may be one of the better teams no one is talking about. I have been watching Plattsburgh for a couple of weeks and they are impressive. Their last loss was Dec. 8 against Brockport and they have rolled off 15-straight wins since. The biggest reason? Jonathan Patron. He didn't play the first eight games of the season. Since his season started, he has averaged 22.4 points, 10.3 rebounds, and clearly other tangibles that have the Cardinals rolling.
I realize the Titans are going through the tougher part of the CCIW schedule than Augustana – who went through the tougher stretch to start the conference schedule, however I felt after back-to-back losses (before winning against Carroll) just needed a bit of a correction. I know Wheaton played really well against IWU, but add in the Augustana result and it just felt best to make a move.
The Bison seem to have their mojo back. After a couple of challenging weeks, the team I think may be the most dangerous in the Northeast seems to be back to showing that.
Incredible what the Blue Jays have done late this season, but especially this past week. When Bill Nelson retired, it wasn't like he had left the cupboards bare for Josh Loeffler. New coach, new ideas usually takes a little while to gel. Things are going well now. Hopkins could end up being the surprise regular season champions of the Centennial Conference.
The Garnet were one of the two victims for JHU last week. Unfortunately for Swat, it has left the chance of winning the regular season and controlling the conference tournament in jeopardy. I like a lot of things about Swarthmore, but their inconsistencies are mind-boggling. They seem tight.
I have felt the Panthers have been the best team in the NESCAC, but there have been stretches this season they have been anything but the best. I am sure if Middlebury gets things put together they could go on a spectacular run, but what concerns me is when Midd is off… they are really, really off.
The Engineers are not the same team without Bradley Jomard. He has been out for three and half games, now, due to some kind of leg injury – looked like an ankle when he got hurt against Babson. I have no idea how long Jomard is out, but I do know that this week confirmed they are not a Top 25 teams without him. He does everything for them and MIT has now lost three of four (and nearly four in a row) without him. It is too bad. MIT seemed to have something special this season.
I am not sure what has happened with the Wasps (Colin Molten seems to be out; third highest scorer), but ODAC play has taken it's toll of late. They have lost four in a row to go from undefeated in conference play to a game back of second.
I probably held on to the Warhawks a week too long. UWW is 5-6 in their last 11 and just haven't looked like the same squad the beginning of the season showed. That said, maybe I got faked out by the smoke and mirrors. Looking back at their season, there is nothing special about Whitewater's schedule. I'm chalking this up as a mis-reason on my part and one I will keep in mind and learn from.
So there you go. I am sure this blog doesn't necessarily answer any questions, but I hope at the very least it provides some insight from a single voter (of 25).


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As you can see in the next tab, the buyer reviews are also a testament of how good this padded inversion table really is.
The one minor downside to this particular table however, seems to be the ankle supports! Some mention they are not particularly comfortable to use, although this is probably something that could be improved by perhaps wearing thick socks while inverting.
Overall the Ironman 4000 is a very complete, feature packed inversion table that is considered excellent by the majority who use it.
An affordable and highly rated inversion table that should please beginners and long term inversion therapy enthusiasts.