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A Love Letter to Games
During pitches, I have to give a short blurb about my background. This is the story I wish I could tell.
Act I: Video Games
Like many kids, I learned how to code through video games. On February 11th, 2005, I sat in our kitchen while my parents cooked dinner. My dad was watching a show called The Screen Savers on a small CRT TV, the kind that tickled your fingers if you touched the screen after turning it off. That day, they talked about a game called Blockland.
A big Lego fan myself, I jumped to install this game and immediately got addicted. I fell in love with the infinite creativity of a building sandbox and the ability to talk with complete strangers who were all excited by building. We'd spend hours making jokes with each other, building skyscrapers, and coming up with puzzles. The same way Lego captivates my imagination, Blockland did so without burning a hole in my parent's wallet. Blockland predated Minecraft by about six years, but I think many kids fall in love with Minecraft for the same reasons.
Blockland also had a community forum: a place where people would post their creations and talk about life, but most importantly for me, talk about how to modify the game. You see, when people love something, they want to make it better. I wanted to make Blockland better.
One day I discovered a guide to modifying the game.
The first beginnings were simple. Windows Notepad, manual indentation. Hours of syntax errors, asking my dad what a variable was. Boundless frustration, but all worth it for that dopamine rush when it actually works and the new Lego bow I had imagined was working on the screen in front of me. And more importantly, because it was a game, I could share with everyone else who loved it.
Turns out, seven years later those mods still stood the test of time, long after the era of CRT TVs.
My favorite mod that I wrote was called Custom Shifting. Blockland operated in a discretized three-dimensional world, but the Torque Game Engine it was built on was a fully-featured 3D engine. Some modders realized this and added a feature that allowed setting the exact orientation of a block. I took this mod one step further and allowed players to scale, transform, and rotate with their keyboard, effectively turning Blockland into a rudimentary 3D modeling program.
This mod was also the best geometry lesson I had ever gotten. I actually asked my geometry teacher how to do rotations about an arbitrary point via matrix multiplication in rectangular coordinates. He told me that I should convert everything to polar, do the transformation, then convert it back to rectangular. I don't remember much else from that class (sorry Mr Stuckey) but I definitely remember that conversation. Turns out I had invented something similar to features in real 3D modeling programs like Blender.
I wish I had the foresight to screenshot the insanely creative structures people made. Everything from racecars to roller coasters, statues to skyscrapers. People began twisting and turning blocks, shaping and molding them to fit their imaginations. I remember after releasing the mod, suddenly the bar for creativity skyrocketed as everyone had millimeter-grained control over their Lego bricks' positions.
I'm still proud of the code I wrote because it was my first taste of seeing how I could impact a community with just an idea. Video games taught me that I could create anything I wanted to with the right logic.
Act II: Web Games
Blockland's community was small though. It wasn't until Neopets, Runescape, and Maplestory that I'd realize how much games influenced larger communities. The botting communities behind these games were huge! Hundreds of thousands of kids coming together to figure out how to automate their games to gain an advantage. Auto-chat spammers, auto-clickers, boss battle winners, you name it. And the platforms kept trying to detect us too. It was sort of an arms race between kids who barely knew what HTML was and actual, established engineers.
I'd hack together some AutoHotKey scripts with some basic image detection and let them run overnight or while I was at school. I'd actually publish some of these bots and others would constantly try to improve them with more fervor than any GitHub pull request I've seen. It was really like trying to build software without having ever learned how to code, but crazily it worked! Whatever crazy ideas I had to save myself from having to manually level up were just a few lines of code away.
Web games were also where I managed to start my first actual business. From these scripts, I grew to about $500k in annualized revenue at the peak. Sometimes I miss the simpler days of hacking scripts together and shipping them out. I never wrote tests: I didn't even know what they were. I just implemented whatever idea landed in front of me.
Web games taught me that I had the ability to influence a lot of people with the right choices. My code didn't even have to be good, it just had to be useful.
Act III: Alternate Reality Games
When I moved to college, I started to outgrow the online games I played. But gaming always stuck with me. I quickly became the creator of UChicago's Humans vs Zombies game, an alternate reality game played on campus. You can find a more detailed account of the game's history and structure over at this post, but not that much differently from video and web games, I really had no idea how to run the game and just dove right in.
Our team made it work, however. We strove to focus on individual players and try to make the experience amazing for everyone. Over the course of my tenure running the game, we grew the game from zero to 400 players, which was about 10% of the undergraduate population at the time. Some of our events had way better turnout than I could've ever imagined when I matriculated, with hundreds of students running across the quad chasing each other in a chaotic version of tag. It was exciting to see that I was just trying to have some fun and in the process, I found others having fun with me.
But what struck me the most was the impact that HvZ had on some of the players. Some players said that HvZ was how they found friends. Others said that HvZ helped them get through depression. We had built a game that got even the most anti-social UChicagoans to have a bit of social life. The key was in figuring out how to structure the game so they could build the social life that they wanted, not the frat parties imposed on them by society.
I hope you read this and other stories of HvZ players and understand that it has helped a lot of people be happy in a school that struggles with depression. --anonymous player
Alternate reality games taught me that focusing on game design and incentives instead of just telling people what to do can catalyze some truly magical moments in the community. I'm really proud of HvZ and to this day strive to have the same impact on people that I did in college.
Act IV: Formal Games
Besides HvZ, while at UChicago one of my favorite classes was introductory game theory. From Prisoner's dilemma to Bayesian games, the idea that interactions between players could be modeled and analyzed was astounding. Suddenly, so many of the interactions I saw, emergent behaviors and choices that people made, could be justified from the simple framework of a game.
It was also right about the time when I was at UChicago that Dr Richard Thaler's nudge theory started to gain traction. To me, this theory was revolutionary. All the economics I had learned before suggested that the best way to influence behavior was through direct incentives: taxes and subsidies. But here, behavioral economics was saying that another way to influence behavior was through small structural changes.
Nudge theory gave credibility our theory for why HvZ worked so well. It wasn't just that the game was entertaining: that in itself wouldn't have made people socialize. Humans vs Zombies helped people socialize because it changed their underlying perception of the world just slightly. It nudged them towards cooperating with others to make it to their next class alive. It gave them a subtle cues via a colorful bandana to help people find others who also cared about avoiding zombies. It enabled conversation topics around heroic rescues and daring escapes.
if you want to get somebody to do something, make it easy --Dr Richard Thaler
Formal game theory showed me that the impact I had with games wasn't a fluke or luck, it was actually something structural and could be studied. It showed me that with a bit of study and care about the structures of the games, then games like Humans vs Zombies can be designed, engineered, and improved. That the unfortunate Nash equilibria could be mitigated by nudging prior beliefs.
Act V: Social Games
These days, I spend my time on Huddle. I'm captivated by the idea that technology can connect people and I believe that video is a medium that far outclasses any other text-based or image-based forum we've seen. Video has a way of humanizing and connecting people in a way that is only rivaled by meeting them in person. The only reason I think video can offer something unique compared to an in-person meeting comes down to a nudge: it's easier to hop on video.
So then the question comes down to: how can we build a video platform that emulates meeting people as close as possible? I don't want to build a platform that offers artificial connections or tries to be the only place to connect, I want video to simply nudge people in the right direction to enable them to build those connections on their own.
I spend a lot of my time thinking about my experiences with both playing and building games. I see the potential of platforms like Twitch to catalyze the same feelings of connection that I saw with HvZ. I think the right approach to a successful platform will involve a bit of game theory and a bit of luck to keep incentives aligned. Otherwise, we're just shooting in the dark and hoping to be successful.
Szélesy says he grew up feeling isolated, largely spending time in front of the glow of a computer. "[I streamed to] escape loneliness and depression," he said. While he has mostly been streaming without an audience, every so often an errant person will drop by and stick around. Even if this person never comes back — and they often don't — the small spark is enough to keep Szélesy going. --The Verge
Hopefully, I'll find that building these social games works. I'd love to see game theory take a more prominent role in our decision making and I'm out to prove that it works. With the tech industry grappling with AI and its ramifications, I believe the right answer towards a better world is just a small, engineered nudge away.
Act VI: The End Game
Games have always played a special role in my life. They've captivated my imagination, influenced how I see the world, and formalized the changes I want to make. The ways that games can bring people together, both directly and indirectly, remains an area that I wish were better understood.
And despite thinking more about structuring games, I still play games. As of writing, I've been playing Valorant, loving the sports-like strategy and communication involved with a team.
After all these years, I've discovered my love for studying incentives and probabilistic game theory and finding new ways to build games to foster community and connection. I haven't found a formalism yet for why games work so well, but there's always time for another act. Wanna play?
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Milan Meliš (* 25. listopadu 1963) je bývalý slovenský fotbalista.

Fotbalová kariéra
V československé lize hrál za ZVL Považská Bystrica. Nastoupil v 6 ligových utkáních. Ve druhé nejvyšší soutěži hrál i za Spartak ZŤS Dubnica nad Váhom.

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Literatura
 JEŘÁBEK, Luboš: Český a československý fotbal: lexikon osobností a klubů 1906-2006, Praha, Grada 2007.
 Ľubomír Dávid, Ladislav Grünner, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Jindřich Pejchar: Futbal 82/83 - ročenka
 Ľubomír Dávid, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Slavomír Ondrejička a Jindřich Pejchar: Futbal 83/84 - ročenka
 Ľubomír Dávid, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Slavomír Ondrejička a Jindřich Pejchar: Futbal 84/85 - ročenka
 Ľubomír Dávid, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Slavomír Ondrejička a Stanislav Sigmund: Futbal 85/86 - ročenka
 Ľubomír Dávid, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Slavomír Ondrejička a Stanislav Sigmund: Futbal 86/87 - ročenka
 Ľubomír Dávid, Juraj Hrivnák, Jozef Kšiňan, Slavomír Ondrejička, Stanislav Sigmund a Peter Šurin: Futbal 88/89
 Luboš Jeřábek: Československý fotbal v číslech a faktech - Olympia 1991

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Dear ex-schoolmates whom I haven't met in a long time, we really don't have to
Soft truths to keep Singapore from stalling.
Joshua Lee | November 16, 2019 @ 11:59 am
Friend 1: "Anyone going for the NTU alumni thing next week?"
Me: "I'm not"
Friend 2: "What's that? (Not free but want to kaypoh)"
Friend 3: "Don't think I'll be going"
Friend 4: "Don't think so"
Friend 5: "Don't think I'll be going too!"
The other eight participants in the chat opted to blue-tick our friend and with that, our WhatsApp group died, languishing at the bottom of my chat list over the past year.
Since then, except for a couple of close(r) friends, I have not seen my university course mates — people that I spent the better part of four years eating, talking, b*tching about professors (oops), and in general, going through life with thinking we would be friends forever and meeting up with one another till we were old and grey.
We went from hanging out every day to blue-ticking one another
I must admit I didn't quite expect this to happen — these were people I saw every other day, and over our years in university, grew to know quite well.
I was there when two of them started a relationship, and like everyone else in our group, experienced the awkwardness of our group outings when the couple broke up.
I was also there when another friend's father passed away. The outpouring of comfort from the group is something I'll remember and cherish for a long time.
And then there were lunches at the South Spine, late nights at McDonald's, and almost-weekly group meals at Jurong Point.
We even visited one another over Chinese New Year and Hari Raya, getting to know one another's families.
But fast forward to 2019 and the deafening silence between us is a sharp change from four years ago, when we were all graduates fresh out of school looking to take on the world together.
It got me thinking: Can we still call ourselves friends if we don't talk, or meet one another?
And my conclusion is: ehhhh yes and no, I guess.
The group of us, post-graduation. Image credit: Author's own.
We do move on in life without our school friends and that's OK
Here's one thing I learned quite early on: the ideal of being able to keep up with every single person in my group like we did in school is naïveté. Trying to make that happen in practice will inevitably result in a very exhausted and very unemployed me.
Maintaining friendships requires time, and since I don't have an unending supply of it, some friendships have to be sacrificed, and sometimes the ending of these friendships happens naturally, and mutually.
I might refer to it as a type of unspoken mutual neglect, where both parties kind of know we've moved on in our lives, are going through different things, and accept it.
And that's one thing I appreciate about technology: I'm able to keep in touch with these friends online. Scrolling their Instagram feeds or Facebook albums takes far less effort, energy and time than having to think of things to talk to them about in person.
But is it bad of us to not want to meet one another, or not really want to make an effort to catch up in person over that big group dinner? Personally, I don't think it is at all.
Our priorities have changed
People say that if you really treasure your friends, you'll make the time to keep in touch with them, to meet up with them regularly, blah blah blah.
But let's be honest. Nobody can make that kind of time when work/family/romantic relationships demand so much of us.
How many times have you tried to jio your ex-school friends out to a reunion dinner, only to be met with:
"Sorry guys I can't make it! Really busy with work!"
"I'm celebrating my kid's birthday. You guys go ahead."
"I'll be overseas in Thailand. Have fun~"
Or having successfully set a dinner date only to have most of your friends pangseh on the actual day.
In fact, if I were completely honest, I would choose working overtime over meeting my ex-schoolmates in a heartbeat (Editor's note: Great!!!).
I mean, keeping the guy who pays my salary satisfied with my work performance (please notice me, boss) is for me, at least, more important than ensuring a group of people I rarely meet are not upset with me by turning up.
Even if we do make that group dinner happen, I'm probably not going to be able to exchange that many words with more than two of them throughout the evening anyway.
Certainly, when marriage and kids come along, those take top priority — and that's perfectly fine. So my point is, our priorities change. And so it's entirely understandable if having perfect attendance at group gatherings isn't top of our list.
Even if we met, things may be awkward
And even if all of us really put in the effort to meet, what would we talk about?
There's this romantic notion that true friends can pick up from wherever they leave off, even after years of silence. But I can tell you now that from my experience at least, that doesn't necessarily hold true.
Not too long ago, I met up with A, one of my closest university friends, after she had given birth to a beautiful baby boy.
Being unfamiliar with matters of child-raising, there wasn't much conversation I could initiate beyond "So cute!" and "Awww, look at his little fingers".
Reminiscing the old times seemed like a pointless waste of breath given what must occupy her mind these days — her son, obviously — and there just weren't enough common topics between us to maintain the friendship we once had, which I think both of us know was between two different people — she, and I, had moved on. Unspoken mutual neglect.
That was the only time I met up with A and her baby. We still stay in contact on Instagram and WhatsApp, but I've accepted — and I'm pretty sure she has, too — that we have both moved on from each other.
Truth is, your brain just can't handle that many friends
Here's another thing about maintaining friendships: as marvellous as our brains can be, this pile of grey matter we possess can only maintain about 150 meaningful connections at any time, according to evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar (those of you with over a thousand Facebook friends, don't kid yourself).
If we were to talk about close, intimate relationships (close enough to, say, help bury a body perhaps), that number plummets to a measly five.
I have two close friends, Z and C, whom I have known for almost a decade.
They might not help me bury a body — the most they will do is lend me a car and a shovel — but they are kindred spirits who have been with me through ups and downs through the years.
Aside from them, I had schoolmates — friends whom I called my BFFs — who subsequently drifted away, and now, I doubt they will be able to remember my favourite ice cream (I know I don't remember theirs).
Am I a terrible friend? Maybe.
But is it a bad thing for friends to drift apart? Not to me.
And it's led me to conclude that the people in our lives generally do not and cannot follow you throughout your entire life, and that's fine.
This phenomenon — call it unspoken mutual neglect, moving on, or any other term you'd like — doesn't discount and definitely doesn't take away from you the meaningful connections you and your friends formed in your life at the particular point that you were close.
It makes sense that as we move on to different stages of our lives, the people who were part of them also move on to theirs. You'll meet new people, so will they. It's fine and dandy, nothing to feel sad about.
Your junior college friends probably won't follow you to university and your university friends aren't likely to follow you to work — if they do, you've either found yourself a soulmate, or you need to take out a protection order.
But ultimately, what I'm saying is, the next time a longtime friend you haven't seen pops in to wish you a happy birthday, or a "Hey! It's been a long time, let's meet up soon!", instead of replying with "Yeah! How about next Tuesday?" it's ok to just say, "Yeah, totally!" so both of you can move on and feel good about yourselves that just for those fleeting seconds, you showed that you still care about each other.
And it'll be just fine. Really.
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Rainbow Six Siege reaches 50 million players around the world
More than 50 million people have tried the multiplayer shooter from Ubisoft for pc, Playstation 4 and Xbox One.
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Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, the shooter of tactical action from Ubisoft for the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, has exceeded the 50 million players around the world.
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In fact, the last one was quite recent: in between the August 28, and September 4 could be play on all three platforms for free.
The history of the evolution of Rainbow Six Siege is representative of the market's current video games: the game you buy in a box or in a digital format can change a lot, for better or worse, when we try it in a few years.
The title that concerns us is presented at E3 2014 with a party that filled the auditorium of the conference of Ubisoft of cheers and applause.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMyorqmzk00
When the R6S came to the shops in December 2015 was a game very different and that did not meet the expectations of many. In our analysis said that it is a game with lights and shadows," and we praise his stake in the cooperative game, at the same time that we criticized its shortage of content.
Nearly four years later, Rainbow Six Siege has evolved at the technical level, at the level of gameplay and above all at the level of content: it is a huge gambling that has even made a significant dent in the difficult scene of e-sports.
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Phoneia.com (September 6, 2019). Rainbow Six Siege reaches 50 million players around the world. Recovered from https://phoneia.com/en/rainbow-six-siege-reaches-50-million-players-around-the-world/
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Q: Can I skip O365 email checkin when first joining sharepoint site? So whenever I open a Google Chrome with my company's intranet, the dialog windows from Office shows up and want me to log with my company email:

Can I somehow set to remember me or skip it? When you have to fill it for the 20th time in a same day, it gets quite annoying. Thanks.

A: You can use this extension:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/my-apps-secure-sign-in-ex/ggjhpefgjjfobnfoldnjipclpcfbgbhl
In addition, it will depend on Azure AD policies and if they have a session timeout.

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Sixty-seven rings were donated to the Ring Melt for the Class of 2024, spanning 1924-2006.
Class of 2024 Ring Donor Biography Book
The West Point Association of Graduates and the United States Corps of Cadets extend their profound gratitude to the Class of 1966 for its generous gift, ensuring that the Class Ring Memorial Program will continue in perpetuity for future generations of the Long Gray Line. This significant legacy endowment, created in Memory of the Fallen Brothers of the Class of 1966, serves to honor their service, sacrifice and valor.
Program Origin
In 1999, LTC (Ret.) Ron Turner '58 submitted an article to Assembly magazine that contained the following suggestion: "We, as graduates of West Point, should establish a Memorial Class Ring Program… whereby graduates may bequeath (or graduates' descendants may donate) West Point class rings for the specific purpose of incorporating the gold into the class rings of future graduates." In November of 2000, Turner's idea became a reality as 31 rings were melted at the Herff Jones company in Providence, RI, and the Class of 2002 became the first to receive the gold from this historic undertaking in their rings. By 2022, a total of 740 rings have been donated to the Class Ring Memorial Program. These donated rings are a tangible sign of the enduring bonds of the Long Gray Line. May the service and sacrifice of the ring donors remain physically and symbolically with each future West Point graduating class as they proudly wear their class rings. See complete listings of ring donors organized by donor class year or alphabetically or cadet class list.
We are now accepting ring donations for the West Point Class of 2025's Ring Melt. The cut-off to donate a ring for their Ring Melt is October 1, 2023.
To read about the different Ring Melt ceremonies and each donor's biography, please click the links below. To donate a ring to the Class Ring Memorial Program, contact Class Services at 845.446.1614, or send an email to RingMemorialProgram@wpaog.org. Please send in this donation form along with your ring donation.
Stones are not included in the melt. If you do not have the stones removed before mailing, your ring our local jeweler will remove the stone. We will return the stones to the donor or donor family either at the melt or following the melt. If you desire an appraisal on the ring for tax purposes, please do so before mailing in the ring. The attached donation form has additional information. Please send a completed donation form along with your ring donation.
You may also use this form if you wish to will your class ring to the Memorial Class Ring Program (questions about tax deductibility should be posed to a tax attorney; WPAOG is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization).
Class Ring Memorial Program - Class Year Archive
Program Founder | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023
Ring Melt FAQ's
Gold: (Special Events: Individual Events) Ring Melt – Tangible Connection Between Cadets and West Point Graduates
Silver: (General Information) West Point Cadets Receive Their Class Rings Video
Silver: Circle of Excellence for the Promotional Video. View the Video that aided the Judges in deciding to choose WPAOG for this award.
Honorable Mention: Telling the Story of the West Point Ring Melt


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Quebec pass controversial bill banning face coverings
Quebec lawmakers have passed a religious neutrality bill banning face coverings
Calling it a North American first, the Quebec government passed legislation Wednesday forbidding anyone from receiving or giving a public service with their face covered — and even while riding the bus.
The opposition said the law doesn't go far enough, while members of the province's Islamic community said it targets Muslim women and violates their fundamental right to express their religion as they see fit.
"This has been a debate that's been tearing Quebec apart for the past few years," Premier Philippe Couillard told reporters. "We need to hail this exercise. We need to remind people we are the only jurisdiction in North America to have legislated on this issue."
Bill 62 is the Liberal government's attempt to enshrine into law what is considered to be a fundamental Quebec value that the state should not promote religion of any kind.
Due to the historical omnipresence of the Roman Catholic Church in the lives of Quebecers, some activists in the province see the movement for secularism — including laws banning religious expression in public institutions — as the natural evolution of modern Quebec.
The Liberals' bill is not as strict as the values charter tabled by the Parti Quebecois but which did not become law because the Liberals swept the sovereigntist party from power in 2014.
Bill 62 has two basic components: it bans the wearing of face coverings for people giving or receiving a service from the state and it offers a framework outlining how authorities should grant accommodation requests based on religious beliefs.
Couillard said he expects some people to challenge the law, but he defended the legislation as necessary for reasons related to communication, identification and security.
"The principle to which I think a vast majority of Canadians by the way, not only Quebecers, would agree upon is that public services should be given and received with an open face," he said.
"I speak to you, you speak to me. I see your face. You see mine. As simple as that."
Related: Islamophobia on rise in Canada, Muslim leader tells vigil in Victoria
In Ottawa, the Bloc Quebecois asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Commons whether he could categorically state his government would not challenge the law.
Trudeau responded by saying he would "continue to work to make sure Canadians are protected by the charter (federal Charter of Rights and Freedoms) while at the same time respecting the choices made by various parliamentarians at different levels."
"But here, at the federal level, we defend the rights of all Canadians."
Trudeau later tweeted a link to a speech he gave in 2015 condemning face-covering bans, adding that his position hasn't changed.
"It is a cruel joke to claim you are liberating people from oppression by dictating in law what they can and cannot wear," he said in the speech.
How the new law will be enforced is still unclear, particularly for bus drivers who fear becoming the fashion police.
Quebec Justice Minister Stephanie Vallee, who tabled the bill, said guidelines on how the law would be enforced would be phased in by next June 30, after consultations.
She told reporters the law also affects women who choose to use public transit while wearing Islamic face coverings, such as the niqab or burka.
"The obligation to uncover your face is for duration of the public service rendered," she said. "Not just for the veiled woman, but think also of hoods or tinted glasses."
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said he remains uncomfortable with the legislation, especially as it applies to the city's public transit.
"What does it mean? We have niqab police as bus drivers?" Coderre asked. "Will we refuse to provide them (women wearing face coverings) services if they are freezing with their children?"
A spokesman for the union representing Montreal bus drivers, ticket takers and subway employees says it isn't interested in enforcing the law.
"Bus drivers don't want to have the responsibility of applying Bill 62 at this time," Ronald Boisrond of the Canadian Union of Public Employees said in an interview.
Andre Lamoureux, political scientist and spokesman for a Quebec-based movement for secularism, said the niqab or burka "has no place — not even on the bus."
His group was one of many who testified during the legislative hearings into Bill 62.
"(The niqab) is not a religious sign," Lamoureux said. "It's a political symbol of the enslavement and de-empowerment of women that is supported by the most repressive regimes on the planet."
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Eve Torres, a spokeswoman for the National Council of Canadian Muslims, said the face veil itself is not the issue.
"Whether it pleases Mr. Lamoureux or me — that's not the question," she said. "The Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms allows women to express their way of interpreting their religion.
"Whether I'm OK with it or not is not the point."
Lamoureux said the majority of Quebecers are against the niqab and the burka due to historical considerations.
"Before the 1960s there was terrible social pressure on women, on couples," he said. "The church was against abortion, controlled women's bodies. When women went to the confessional, the priest would demand they get pregnant. The church was everywhere, in the schools. Even my hockey coach was a Jesuit."
Related: Protesters clash with Quebec city police
He said Quebecers don't care if people practise their religion in private, but they are sensitive to signs that religiosity is re-entering public institutions.
Torres said the government has switched roles with the church.
"The government has passed a law forcing women to uncover a part of their body against their will," she said.
"I am aware of the past, but the past also tells us that women have come a long way but there is still a lot of work to do. This law does not add anything to the advancement of women in society."
Another spokesman with the National Council of Canadian Muslims said the organization is "looking at its options" with regards to a possible court challenge.
Fo Niemi of the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations said the law could eventually be challenged in front of the United Nations.
"It is foreseeable…the law will end up before the UN because it can be deemed to be a violation of certain rights protected by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women," Niemi said.
Vallee said she believes her bill passes the legal test.
"In every piece of legislation, there's a risk of it being contested by those who don't agree with it," Vallee said. "We consider that this bill is solid, it's strong, it's a bill that's respectful of civil rights."
Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press
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I have run in 4 pairs of Inov-8 shoes prior to the Roclite 305, the F-Lite195, Road F-Lite 155, Race Ultra 270 and the TrailRoc-245. I wanted to like them, but they were all way too minimal for my liking, with the exception of the Race Ultra 270, but unfortunately that one just did not work for my feet.
The Roclite 305 thankfully has a lot more to it than some of the past models I have tested and on paper is a good fit for the mountainous terrain that I run daily.
The Adapterweb system is a series of nylon lace loops integrated with the 4 mid foot overlays, providing an excellent locked down feel, while maintaining great comfort. The toe bumper is semi flexible rubber that integrates nicely, is non obtrusive, protective and reminds me somewhat of an approach shoe.
The heel collar is a perfect height, has moderate padding and is comfortable. The heel counter is semi flexible, yet holds the heel in place nicely, aided by the X-Lock system to further add stability, heel lock and protection.
The tongue is gusseted all the way to the very top lace eyelet, making for a nice booty like fit/feel and effectively keeps out dirt and debris.
Fit is true to size and should accommodate a wide range of feet. The toe box rides a nice line of performance oriented lock down, with enough room for swelling, a little bit of splay and hours of comfort.
The Powerflow midsole provides a very nice blend of cushioning and response, which, after some of the Inov-8 models I have tested in the past, is a very welcome relief. Cushioning is moderate and adequate for 4+ hours of running on moderate terrain, but perhaps a bit thin if running for that duration on really rocky terrain. The Meta Shank rock plate provides a reasonable combination of protection and flexibility, giving the Roclite 305 a very good sense of ground feel.
The Roclite outsole with Tri C (3 rubber compounds) is probably my favorite aspect of the 305. The 6mm multi directional claw shaped cleats are aggressive and hook up very well on just about any surface, wet, dry, snow, off trail, mud, dirt, scree, talus, rock hopping, light scrambling, you name it. If you were running in mud more frequently however, a shoe with more pointed lugs, like the X-Talon would likely be more appropriate.
The claws are directionally arranged back/forth for maximum traction. Below you can see the Meta-Flex groove across the center of the mid foot, which greatly aids in the flexibility of the 305.
The Metashank adds great rock protection without being overly stiff. Torsional flexibility is appropriate for contouring over rocky terrain, without getting too worked over.
Overall, I found the Roclite 305 to be a well rounded shoe for a wide variety of off road terrain, from smooth single-track, fire roads, technical trails, off trail, rocks, scree, mud, wet or dry. The lugs, though deep, are broad enough to handle a bit of pavement, but it is not a door to trail type of shoe. Though not the lightest shoe out there, I find the weight to be reasonable for all that the 305 offers and feels lighter on the foot than the weight would suggest. The 305 is quick and responsive and feels stable and secure on just about any terrain at moderate paces, but felt like when pushing fast in technical terrain, I was not completely confident. Though foothold is good, I noticed a bit of foot sliding (particularly the heel) inside the shoe when running fast on moderately steep trails and especially on steeper trails. I did not get any blistering, but my heel did get pretty hot and I kept this in mind for my daily shoe choice depending on terrain/distance.
I would recommend the Roclite 305 for those Inov-8 aficionados looking for more protection and cushion on a wide variety of terrain, for those looking to train or race up to 50k, or perhaps even 50 miles if you don't necessarily prefer a maximal shoe.
-.3 for weight. Though protective, there are other shoes out there with more cushion and protection in a lighter package.
-.3 for foothold. Despite the X-Lock and Adapterweb, when pushed hard, my foot will slide some and I worry about blistering on steeper terrain.
-.3 for flex on rocky terrain. I prefer torsional flex on rocky terrain, but the 305 has slightly too much in my opinion for prolonged use on rocks.
Inov-8 Roclite 305 vs. La Sportiva Mutant (RTR review here): Very similar weight and performance, but the Mutant has a more secure upper resulting in better foothold and slightly better traction, particularly in the wet.
Inov-8 Roclite 305 vs. La Sportiva Akasha (RTR review here): The Akasha has a softer, more cushioned ride for longer distances and better foothold security than the Roclite 305. The Akasha has better wet traction, but the Roclite 305 has the edge in mud, snow and looser terrain.
Inov-8 Roclite 305 vs. Saucony Peregrine 7 (RTR review here): The Peregrine 7 is lighter, more responsive, agile and has a more secure upper. The Peregrine also has and edge when it comes to traction on dry hardpack, but the 305 perhaps has a bit better all around and wet traction, as well as durability.
Inov-8 Roclite 305 vs. adidas Terrex X King (RTR review here): The X King has better traction in any circumstance with one of the best outsoles of any shoe on the market, but the Roclite 305 is more breathable and has a more comfortable and compliant upper. The X King weighs a bit more, mostly due to the very thick and durable upper and feels a little less cushioned and less responsive than the 305.
Inov-8 Roclite 305 vs. adidas Terrex Trailmaker (RTR review here): Very comparable in weight and cushion, but the Trailmaker has a bit better underfoot protection and an edge on traction. The Trailmaker is also a bit more quick and agile.
The Roclite 305 was provided at no charge. The opinions herein are entirely the author's.
I am a very big fan of this shoe. I agree that it could be improved in a few different areas - the shoe felt a little flat footed to me on my initial run which caused some initial calf soreness. Also, I've seen a little more wear on the outsole on my first few runs than I might have expected, though not a concerning amount. And finally,the shoes do seem a to be a little slow drying. I completely submerged mine in a creek crossing and it took several hours on an upper 80's day for them to completely dry out. However, I would rather have a more durable upper that is slower drying than a thin upper that could rip before the shoe wore out.
The fit is not nearly as form fitting as I had anticipated based on what I had read. However, that is a positive for me as I've had to return more than one model of Salomons because of excessive narrowness, and I have not felt the sloppiness in the heel that you experienced, even with sizing up a full size, but I did use the extra lace hole to help lock my heel in.
The midsole hits the sweet spot for me - responsive without being harsh, and the metashank rockplate works wonders on rough terrain. I would like to see this shoe lightened as well, but I feel like it's still a respectable weight overall for the amount of protection the shoe offers and I agree that it feels lighter on the foot than the specs would indicate. I would rather the shoe weigh what it weighs with the durable upper it has and rock plate, than have a thinner upper and no rockplate to reach the ~ 9 oz weight.
You guys do a fantastic job with the reviews - I enjoy both the diversity of shoe brands and types reviewed along with the gear reviews. I always look forward to seeing a new review in my news feed.
After a 1000 kilometres of trailrunning on the INOV-8 Roclite 305 I wrote my experiences down on my weblog (www.dutchtrailrunner.com).The trails I enjoyed where very much what I would call multi-terrain: ranging from easy going dry forest, wet grassland, muddy fields, scree slopes to challenging large boulder fields. So besides distance I can also say something about the best terrain for these shoes.


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Q: How to get the original version of overriden builtin method on builtins module? At some arbitrary place in code, this exists:
builtins.open = my_open

I cannot change that code, but it's broken. I need to make sure any open calls, including those from other builtin libraries use the original open. What I need is something like:
orig_open = get_original_method("open")
builtins.open = orig_open

In Javascript, I typically solved that issue by creating new window frame and getting the methods from there. How to do it in python?

A: If the issue here is simply the open function, you can always grab io.open which is an alias for it:
import io
builtins.open = io.open

I am not aware of any generic solutions to this even though I would not be surprised if one existed.

A: I'm not exactly sure what you want, but you can use the __builtins__ magic variable to grab the "original" open function:
>>> builtins.open = __builtins__.open

The "magic variable" is simply an alias for the builtins module:
>>> __builtins__
<module 'builtins' (built-in)>
>>>

You should note however that this is an implementation detail, and other versions of the Python interpreter might not support it. From the Python 3 documentation on the builtins module.

As an implementation detail, most modules have the name __builtins__ made available as part of their globals. [...] Since this is an implementation detail, it may not be used by alternate implementations of Python.


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Epic tale staged in Hà Nội to celebrate Women's Day
National treasure: A scene in the The Tale of Kiều, performed by artists of the Việt Nam National Drama Theatre. — VNS Photo Bạch Liên
HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese writer Nguyễn Du's classic Tale of Kiều will be performed at the Việt Nam National Drama Theater until March 10 to celebrate International Women's Day, which falls today.
The theatre, located at 1 Tràng Tiền Street, is staging the play from March 1-10 at 8pm.
National symbol: The image of lotus-national flower of Việt Nam is present in the play from the beginning to the end. It represents different steps in the life of a person: first it opens, then fully flourishes and finally dies out. But it also represents the beauty, the sacrifices for the love and the life. — VNS Photo Bạch Liên
The play - directed by People's Artist Anh Tú - tells the Tale of Kiều in a new way, combining singing, dancing and body art. However, he respects the story's original content: the injustice of Vietnamese feudal society and the emotional suffering of people, especially women. The work, which debuted November of last year, celebrates kindness, filial piety, and loyalty.
The Tale of Kiều, an epic poem written by Nguyễn Du (1765–1820), is widely regarded as the most significant work of Vietnamese literature. It depicts the arduous life of Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman who had to sell herself into prostitution to save her father from prison. Nguyễn Du overcame harsh social prejudice to praise Kiều's physical and soulful beauty, as well as her talents and personality.—VNS
Nguyen Du
Tale of Kiều
Việt Nam National Drama Theater


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Is It Possible to Win at a Slot game?
Walter Bitner
About the nature of slot games and whether or not one can genuinely make money from them, there are many hypotheses and urban legends. The slot game's reputation is deteriorating as more people become aware of gambling addiction. Only 3.2% of Canadians who gamble have a gambling issue, according to research from the Ontario Problem Gambling Research Centre. A Statistics Canada study from August 2010 estimates that the nation's overall gambling income in 2009 was $13.75 billion. The 3.2% of Canadians who have gambling problems are incredibly insignificant when measured against the country's total gaming revenue.
Since 1891, when the greatest poker hand was rewarded with beer and cigars, there have been slot game. In Brooklyn, New York, Sittman and Pitt popularized this game trend. Soon after, the legendary Charles Fey created the first game that was readily available in stores; it was dubbed "The One Arm Bandit" at the time.
Fey's slot game had three reels and five symbols, and the top reward was worth ten nickels. As a result, the phrase's meaning was altered. Before a jackpot combination is hit, there could be 1000 further number combinations, per Frey's idea. Players frequently lost large sums of money trying to obtain the combination because it was so challenging to achieve. Because it was so challenging to actually hit the jackpot, the players referred to the game as a "bandit" who had been stealing their money. Fey struggled to meet demand as a result of how well accepted his proposal was. The first judi slot made completely of electronics, called Money Honey, was developed in 1964.
Slot games have long been popular among gamblers, despite the fact that they were once considered the common man's bet in many taverns across North America. Since the introduction of Microgaming and Random Number Generation Technology, the popularity of slots has surged (RNG). Determining the amount to be won. A player is now able to make money and save it thanks to the RNG's leveling impact. As fresh players make deposits and then leave to use another game, the casino continues to gain money over time.
Sources claim that the pre-programmed payout rates and percentages for contemporary slot games from Micro gaming range from 80 to 98%. Since it is difficult and expensive to change a chip, most casinos decide against changing the payout rate of their game, even though they have the opportunity to. There are times when the payout percentages of slot game that accept bets between a penny and a quarter are lower than those that don't. For five dollar game, the astounding payout percentage of 98% is typical.
With chip technology as the deciding factor nowadays, is it still possible to make money playing slots? Absolutely! Understanding RNG technology and how slot game use it is crucial. It is quite possible to develop a modest but steady income stream from slot game using core ideas and methods. Slot games sometimes commit the error of keeping a game stocked with massive amounts of money in the hope of winning a significant jackpot. The potential of developing a sizable and reliable revenue flow is significantly higher than the likelihood of hitting a single, enormous jackpot if a player uses low-risk betting tactics and is aware about RNG.
Consider using RNG the next time you play at an actual or online casino to avoid having to wait for a sizable payout. Move on to the next game to start the game over after each minor success. Effective money management is the secret to winning at the slots. Please get in touch with me if you enjoyed this essay and want to learn more about the technology behind slot game.
Changes are anticipated as the use of slot game grows internationally. This is a product of people's capacity for cultural adaptation. Japan's slot game serve as a good illustration of these changes. In Japan, these gaming gadgets are referred to as "pachislo" or "pachisuro." Its earliest roots are the words "pachislo" and "slot game".
Pachinko employs an entirely distinct gaming system even though it superficially resembles a slot game. Pachinko is a very well-liked game in Japan. Pachinko uses a pinball to determine your winnings, unlike slot game like Wheel of Fortune and Elvis Slots are played as they were intended to be played.
In casinos and arcades, popular slot game come with a number of eye-catching characteristics. The majority of these strategies include sizable payments and prompt payouts. The gimmicks in these games are luring more and more gamers.
The term "bandit" is still in use despite the prevalence of new methods to spice up games. Because they frequently lose everything after playing the slots, players are referred to as "bandits." Even if a player asserts to have developed efficient winning strategies, gambling is still a game of chance because the results are unpredictable.
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The 119th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Red Army, formed three times.

It was originally raised at Krasnoyarsk in 1939 as a motor rifle division until the following year when it was reorganized as a standard Red Army rifle division, and served for the duration of the Great Patriotic War in that role. It saw very limited service in the Winter War against Finland. Following the German invasion in 1941 the first two formations of the division distinguished themselves on the battlefield, and were raised to the status of Guards Rifle divisions: the 17th Guards following the Battle of Moscow; and the 54th Guards for its successes in Operation Uranus. The division was formed for a third time in early 1943 and served for the duration of the war in the north-central sectors of the front, taking part in the offensive that drove the Nazi forces out of the Baltic States and winning a decoration for the liberation of Riga. The division was moved to the Odessa Military District soon after the end of the war, and was disbanded in the next few months.

1st Formation
The division was organized at Krasnoyarsk in the Siberian Military District in 1939 as a motor rifle division, as part of the pre-war expansion of the Red Army. It was moved to the Finnish front from January to March 1940, but only its artillery took part in the fighting. After returning to the Siberian Military District it was reorganized as a regular rifle division in April. As of June 22, 1941, it comprised:
 365th Rifle Regiment
 421st Rifle Regiment
 634th Rifle Regiment
 349th Light Artillery Regiment
 224th Sapper Battalion
 143rd Reconnaissance Company
Maj. Gen. Aleksandr Dmitrievich Berezin commanded the division through the existence of this formation. Following the onset of Barbarossa the division was rushed to the front, being assigned to 24th Army and then 31st Army in Reserve Front in August 1941. Unlike the newer divisions being formed at that time, the 119th had the pre-war organization and as of September 20 was actually over strength, with 1,142 officers, 14,804 NCOs and men, 13 tankettes, 4 armored cars, 166 heavy machine guns, 408 light machine guns, 54 45mm antitank guns, 85 artillery pieces, 109 mortars and 4 antiaircraft guns.

With the launch of the German Operation Typhoon, the division was involved in heavy fighting west of Rzhev in the first week of October. On October 6 the 365th Rifle Regiment was transferred to the 18th Rifle Division, which had escaped from encirclement with significant casualties. In exchange the 119th received the 920th Rifle Regiment from the 247th Rifle Division, a unit made up from a cadre of NKVD troops. At about this time the division was transferred to 29th Army, in Kalinin Front, and after the battle for Kalinin, back to 31st Army. By late November, even after this heavy fighting, the division still had a strength of 7,200 men, higher than average for Kalinin and Western Fronts at this time.

The men and women of the division fought well during the rest of the Battle of Moscow, and in the following counteroffensive. Beginning on January 8, 1942, 31st Army took part in the Sychevka-Vyasma Offensive Operation, which was planned "to encircle, and then capture or destroy the enemy's entire Mozhaisk - Gzhatsk - Vyasma grouping", that is, what later became known as the Rzhev salient. The 119th was one of the spearheads of this thrust behind the German lines, reaching the area near Bely by mid-January. The division was recognized for its achievements in this counteroffensive on March 17 when it became the 17th Guards Rifle Division.

2nd Formation
A new 119th Rifle Division was formed on April 21, 1942, in the Kalinin Oblast of the Moscow Military District, based on the 51st Rifle Brigade.

51st Rifle Brigade
This brigade began forming in October 1941, from military students and training units in the Volga Military District. It was moved west in December and was assigned to the reserves of Northwestern Front. It was then moved to the 4th Shock Army, and it was one of the second echelon units of that army when the Toropets-Kholm Offensive began on January 9, 1942. Through the rest of the winter the brigade fought in 4th Shock, deep in the Toropets salient behind the German-held Rzhev salient, until it was pulled out in April and sent back to Kalinin.

1942 Campaign
The new division's order of battle remained the same as that of the first formation, except the 349th was now a standard divisional artillery regiment. Col. Ivan Yakovlevich Kulagin was appointed to command on the day the division formed. The 51st Brigade was a well-experienced unit so the new division needed only about three months to form up and train. It remained in the Moscow defenses until July when it was moved south to join 3rd Tank Army in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. On August 30, still in reserve, it was reassigned to 5th Tank Army, fighting in Bryansk Front during the autumn.

During October, the 5th Tank Army was moved to Southwestern Front, under the command of Lt. Gen. N. F. Vatutin. At this time the 119th was noted as having 50 percent Russian personnel, with the remaining half being primarily Ukrainian and Asian. On November 19, the opening day of Operation Uranus, the division was deep within the Red Army's Serafimovich bridgehead across the Don River, at the village of Kalmykovskii, facing the Romanian 14th Infantry Division. At 0730 hrs., 3,500 guns, mortars and rocket launchers opened an 80-minute preparation along the penetration sectors of Southwestern and Don Fronts. Before this was completed, forward elements of the 119th, supported by sappers, pushed to within 200 - 300 metres of the forward edge of the Romanian defenses. Before the artillery was finished, the infantry assault began.

Operation Uranus
Together the four rifle divisions in the bridgehead were backed by 138 tanks. On the 119th's left the 50th Guards and its supporting armor tore a gaping hole in the defenses on the left flank of Romanian 5th Infantry Division by 1100 hrs.; this leveraged the 119th's thrust due south, with all three rifle regiments in the first echelon, smashing the enemy's first defensive positions and approaching the village of Blinovskii by the same hour. This was an advance of 2-3km, less than anticipated in the offensive plan. By noon the division had helped to crack open the lines held by Romanian II Army Corps sufficiently to create an opening for the armor of 5th Tank to exploit. 1st Tank Corps deployed its three tank brigades in a line and at 1400 hrs. began advancing through the 119th and the adjacent 154th Rifle Division, (which was re-designated as the 47th Guards Rifle Division the next day.) in an attack that obliterated the remaining defenses of the Romanian 14th Infantry; the surviving Romanian troops caught "tank fright" and were routed. Later in the afternoon, the 634th Rifle Regiment cooperated with roughly 45 vehicles of 26th Tank Corps' 157th Tank Brigade to destroy the Romanian 14th's remaining strongpoint at Klinovoi, after which the armor continued to advance up to 22km against light resistance. The remainder of the division made slower progress.

On November 20, Colonel Kulagin left command of the division; he would take command of the 35th Guards Rifle Division a few weeks later. He was replaced the following day by Col. Mikhail Matveevich Danilov, who had been the commander of the 437th Rifle Regiment of 154th Rifle Division, and would hold command for the duration of this formation. During the day most of the 119th continued to support the 157th Tank Brigade to overcome or bypass Romanian strongpoints and other obstacles, with the goal of reaching the towns of Zhirkovskii and Perelazovskii deep in the enemy rear, while the 365th Rifle Regiment, along with the 50th Guards and supporting armor, fought to contain Romanian forces being encircled east of the Tsaritsa River. The 365th seized Hill 208.0, then pushed on eastward with the tanks to the west bank of the river by midday, beginning the process of encircling the 1st Romanian Armored Division and other Romanian forces to the east. The Romanian tanks attempted to break out southwest to link up with German XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, but were unsuccessful, and lost 25 vehicles in the process.

The following day, Colonel Danilov "castled" his regiments southwards along the Tsaritsa, then attacked eastwards against the remnants of the Romanian armor, advancing up to 5km. The goal was to link up with the 277th Rifle Division of 21st Army and complete the encirclement of the remaining eastern forces of Romanian Third Army, now known as Group Lascar. At 2000 hrs. the leading elements of the two rifle divisions joined hands west of Verkhne-Cherenskii, completing the first major encirclement of Axis forces in Operation Uranus. Early on November 22 the division joined with the 50th Guards, 216th Tank Brigade, and one regiment of the 346th Rifle Division to attack Group Lascar's defenses along and east of the Tsaritsa. The division attacked eastward and northeastward, captured Korotkovskii, and then got into a fight to capture Zhirkovskii against strong resistance. At this point the 1st Romanian Armored made an attempt to break out of the pocket, with roughly 20 R-2 tanks and 220 trucks and other vehicles. This force pushed through the 119th's defenses, after which it fought a running battle with Soviet cavalry and tanks to the rear. The division's forces ignored the breakout as best they could, before lunging with the 50th Guards east towards the town of Golovskii, 10km to the east, which was the headquarters of Group Lascar. While the Romanian group made plans to break out, in defiance of orders from the German high command, the two Soviet divisions engaged the Romanian 6th Infantry Division in a running fight that lasted from 1600 to 2100 hrs., while Group Lascar was also being severely pressed by 21st Army. Golovskii fell to 50th Guards at 2100 hrs., completely disrupting the Romanian command.

November 23 saw the rifle forces of 5th Tank Army attempting to destroy the encircled Romanian group. The 119th captured the Romanian strongpoint at Zhirkovskii early in the morning, then dispatched one of its rifle regiments southward to intercept a Romanian column from escaping, while the remaining regiments drove eastwards into the center of the shrinking pocket. These captured Verkhne-Cherenskii at 1400 hrs. and linked up with the 333rd Rifle Division of 21st Army. At the same time, the left-flank regiment joined hands with that Army's 96th and 63rd Rifle Divisions, further sub-dividing the pocket. Overnight many Romanians were taken prisoner, including General Lascar. It fell to Brig. Gen. Trajan Stanescu, Lascar's deputy, to seek a formal surrender of Third Army, which went into effect at 0230 hrs. on November 24. The remaining Romanians surrendered over the next 12 hours, a total of 27,000 officers and men, including 5,000 from the escaping column intercepted by the regiment of the 119th and other Soviet forces. Following this, the division got a brief rest while it prepared to exploit to the Oblivskaya area on the Chir River.

Battle for Surovikino
On November 25 the 119th was tasked with the liberation of Surovikino, relieving 1st Tank Corps, and then with a drive across the lower Chir. This town proved a tough nut to crack, and the German defenders were still holding out in the evening of November 27, when the division was joined by the 333rd Rifle. 24 hours later Surovikino continued to hold out. On the morning of the 30th the division penetrated into the town's northern outskirts, where it entered into street fighting with the defenders of composite Group Schmidt, while the 333rd carved out a bridgehead over the Chir to the east. The fighting for Surovikino continued through the first three days of December, while 5th Tank Army prepared for a new offensive towards Tormosin, based from the 333rd's bridgehead. The goal of the offensive was to disrupt any German offensive from the lower Chir to relieve their forces surrounded at Stalingrad; the 119th's goal was to complete the liberation of Surovikino and then to attack across the river with two regiments, along with two regiments of the 321st Rifle Division. When the offensive began on December 9, the advance battalions of the two divisions encountered intense small arms and artillery fire from a very mixed group of Axis forces that forced them to go to ground. The full offensive was then postponed to the next day.

The sporadic fighting for Surovikino continued over the next several days. Finally, owing to the expansion of Soviet bridgeheads over the Chir to the east and west, despite the efforts of 11th Panzer Division to throw them back, the German position in the town became untenable, and it was evacuated overnight on December 14–15, with the 119th taking possession. As a result of this success and those earlier in the campaign, the division was one of the first of the Stalingrad divisions raised to Guards status, becoming the 54th Guards Rifle Division on December 16.

3rd Formation
The final 119th Rifle Division began forming at Aleksin in the Moscow Military District, based on the 161st Rifle Brigade, in March 1943.

161st Rifle Brigade
This rifle brigade was formed in February - March 1942 in the Moscow Military District. It was immediately assigned to the Moscow Defence Zone. In April it was moved to the 11th Army in Northwestern Front, on the north flank of the Soviet forces besieging the Demyansk Pocket. It was moved to 34th Army during this battle, and was there when the German forces evacuated in February 1943. Following this, the brigade became part of the 12th Guards Rifle Corps in the 27th Army in the area of Staraya Russa. In April the brigade was moved back to the Moscow Military District for rebuilding.

Into Belarus and the Baltic States
The division completed forming on April 19, when it was assigned to 3rd Reserve Army in the Reserve of the Supreme High Command. The order of battle remained the same as that of the second formation. It was under the command of Col. Ivan Dmitrievich Panov, but he was replaced on July 27 by Maj. Gen. Iosif Ivanovich Khorun. The division was assigned to 21st Army in Western Front before the Smolensk Offensive Operation in August, and two months later reassigned to 60th Rifle Corps in Kalinin Front reserves. Shortly thereafter this Front was renamed 1st Baltic, and the division and its corps became part of 4th Shock Army.

4th Shock began a new offensive on November 2 in the directions of Polotsk and Vitebsk. 60th Corps, supported by the 143rd Tank Brigade, struck the defenses of the 87th Infantry Division and the much-depleted 2nd Luftwaffe Field Division on a 10km-wide front centered 16km south of Nevel. By November 6 the Corps had penetrated the enemy defenses to a depth of about 10km, at which point the 2nd Guards Rifle Corps was committed into the sector from the second echelon, with the mission "to widen the mouth to the south and destroy the defending enemy". Once a breakthrough was achieved, 4th Shock regrouped its forces to exploit; the 119th and the 357th Rifle Divisions were sent southwestwards towards Polotsk. Third Panzer Army's IX Army Corps scrambled to assemble several small combat groups to block the advance in this direction. By November 20 the division was on both sides of the Nevel - Polotsk railway in the area near Dretun, just 26km short of its objective, brought to a halt by an unexpected thaw and the resistance of German Group von Gottberg and the 211th Infantry Division. Due to the extended front held by 4th Shock, 60th Corps held these general positions into the new year.

In February 1944, the 119th was moved to 83rd Rifle Corps, where it remained for the duration of the war. Apart from a short reassignment to 1st Shock Army in March, the division was in 4th Shock Army until January 1945. At the start of the Soviet summer offensive the division was facing the German Panther Line defenses on the Drissa River, north of Polotsk. On July 18, following the breakthrough of these defenses and the exploitation to the west, General Khorun handed command of the division to Col. Ivan Mikhailovich Toropchin. By the beginning of August 4 Shock had reached the eastern outskirts of Daugavpils in Latvia. The advance continued until by mid-September it had arrived in the area of Biržai in northern Lithuania. The 119th's final change of command took place on October 18, when Colonel Toropchin was replaced by Col. Mikhail Lavrentevich Dudarenko. On October 22, the division was awarded the Order of Suvorov, 2nd Class, for its services in the liberation of Riga. In the new year the division and its corps were shifted to 42nd Army in 2nd Baltic Front, then to 10th Guards Army on the coast of the Baltic in March, guarding the cut-off German forces in the Courland Pocket. In mid-April the 83rd Corps went into the Reserve of the Supreme High Command in the 22nd Army, ending the war out of the front lines.

It appears the entire 83rd Rifle Corps, including the 119th Rifle Division, was disbanded in the Odessa Military District in 1945-46.

References

Citations

Bibliography

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Aleksandr Dmitrievich Berezin
Ivan Yakovlevich Kulagin
Mikhail Matveevich Danilov
Iosif Ivanovich Khorun

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Military units and formations disestablished in 1946


Hamilton's 1,350-acre campus is situated on College Hill overlooking the picturesque New England-style village of Clinton, N.Y. We are 10 minutes from Utica to the northeast, 45 minutes from Syracuse to the west and 90 minutes from Albany to the east. The Adirondack Park is a favorite nearby destination for outdoor activities.
Chose from charming bed and breakfasts to national chain hotels when visiting Hamilton.
Whether you're an arts aficionado, a sports fanatic or a history buff, our region has a venue you won't want to miss.
The Utica area is known for its great restaurants and variety of ethnic cuisine. You'll also find the standard national chains.
Founded in 1787, the village is named for New York's first governor, George Clinton. The world famous Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. was founded here by two Hamilton alumni in the late 1800s.
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Powder is a 1995 American science fiction drama film written and directed by Victor Salva and starring Sean Patrick Flanery in the title role, with Jeff Goldblum, Mary Steenburgen, Bradford Tatum, and Lance Henriksen in supporting roles.

The film is about Jeremy "Powder" Reed, who has an incredible intellect, as well as telepathy and paranormal powers like controlling lightning and magnetism. It questions the limits of the human mind and body while also displaying society's capacity for cruelty, and raises hope that humanity will advance to a state of better understanding. Its filming locations were around suburbs of Houston, San Antonio, and Austin, Texas.

The film was a financial success, but critical reviews were mixed and the film's release dogged with controversy due to Salva's prior conviction for child sex abuse.

Plot
Jeremy "Powder" Reed is a young albino man who has incredible intellect and is able to sense the thoughts of the people around him. Jeremy's brain possesses a powerful electromagnetic charge, which causes electrical objects to function abnormally when he is around them, particularly when he becomes emotional. The electromagnetic charge also prevents hair from growing on his body.

Jeremy's mother was struck by lightning while pregnant with him; she died shortly after the strike, but Jeremy survived. His father disowned him shortly after his premature birth, and he was raised by his grandparents. Jeremy lived in the basement and worked on their farm, never leaving their property and learning everything he knew from books. He is taken from his home when his grandfather is found dead of natural causes. Jessie Caldwell, a child services psychologist, takes him to a boys' home because he is now effectively a ward of the state.

Jessie enrolls him in high school, where Jeremy meets physics teacher Donald Ripley. Donald finds out that Jeremy has supernatural powers as well as the highest IQ in history. While his abilities mark him as special, they also make him an outcast.

On a hunting trip with his schoolmates, Jeremy is threatened with a gun by John Box, an aggressive student who views him as a freak. Before John can fire, a gun goes off in the distance, and everyone rushes to see that Harley Duncan, a Sheriff's deputy, has shot a doe. Anguished by the animal's death, Jeremy touches both the deer and Harley at the same time, inducing in Harley what the students assume is a seizure. Harley later admits that Jeremy had actually caused him to feel the pain and fear of the dying deer. Because of the experience, Harley removes all of his guns from his house, although Sheriff Doug Barnum allows him to remain as a sheriff's deputy without a sidearm.

Doug enlists Jeremy to help speak to his dying wife through telepathy. Through Jeremy, the sheriff learns that his wife clings onto life because she did not want to die while not wearing her wedding ring and without him reconciling with his estranged son, Steven. She tells him that Steven found the ring and that it has been sitting in a silver box on her nightstand the entire time. Doug then places the ring on his wife's finger and reconciles with Steven, letting his wife die peacefully.

Jeremy meets Lindsey Kelloway, a romantic interest, but their relationship is broken by Lindsey's father. Before the interruption, he tells Lindsey that he can see the truth about people: that they are scared and feel disconnected from the rest of the world but in truth are all connected to everything that exists.

Jeremy goes back to the juvenile facility and packs away his belongings, planning to run away to his farm. He pauses in the gym to stare at a male student washing, noticing the latter's luxurious head of hair as well as body hair which he himself lacks, and is caught at it by John Box, who accuses him of homosexuality. John steals Jeremy's hat and taunts him, but Jeremy reveals that John's words mimic what his stepfather said before beating him when he was 12, infuriating him. John and the other boys humiliate Jeremy, stripping him naked and taunting him. His powers begin to manifest by pulling at their metal buttons and any piercings. Eventually, a large spherical electromagnetic pulse erupts throwing Jeremy into a mud puddle and everyone else to the ground. John is found still, with his heart stopped. Jeremy uses an electric shock to revive him.

Jeremy returns to the farm where he grew up, now in procession of probate with the bank, and finds that all of his possessions have been removed. He is joined by Jessie, Donald, and Doug, who persuade Jeremy to come with them to find a place where he will not be feared and misunderstood. Instead, he runs into a field where a lightning bolt strikes him, and he disappears in a blinding flash of light. The electrical jolt hits Jessie, Donald, Doug, and Harley.

Cast

Music
The film's score was written by Jerry Goldsmith. Salva personally wanted Goldsmith to score the music of the film because he had been "an enormous fan" of the composer's work.

Reception
Powder received generally mixed reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes it has a rating of 50% based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.

Caryn James of The New York Times described the film as "lethally dull" with Goldblum's dry humor offering the only tolerable moments in the film. "This intensely self-important film has no idea how absurd and unconvincing it is."

Leonard Maltin wrote in his Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide: "Earnest, but doesn't add up to much."

Roger Ebert gave the film 2 stars out of a possible 4. He criticized numerous plot holes as well as Flanery's makeup, which resembled a mime more than an albino. He wrote: "'Powder' has all of the elements of a successful fantasy, and none of the insights. It's a movie where intriguing ideas lie there on the screen, jumbled and unrealized. It leads up to bathos, not pathos, because not enough attention was paid to the underlying truth of the characters. They're all just pawns for the plot gimmicks."

Controversy
The film's production by Disney resulted in a controversy over the choice of writer-director Victor Salva, who had been convicted of molesting a 12-year-old child actor during the production of his previous film, Clownhouse (1988). He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and released after 15 months. Disney officials reported that they learned of Salva's crime only after production of Powder had begun, and stressed that there were no minors on the set for the film. When Powder was released, the victim, Nathan Forrest Winters, came forward again in an attempt to get others to boycott the film in protest at Disney's hiring Salva.

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1995 films
Hollywood Pictures films
Caravan Pictures films
1995 drama films
American science fiction films
Disney controversies
Film controversies in the United States
Sexual-related controversies in film
Films set in Houston
Films shot in Houston
Albinism in popular culture
Films directed by Victor Salva
Films scored by Jerry Goldsmith
Films produced by Roger Birnbaum
1990s English-language films
1990s American films


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Q: How do I suppress an unwanted 'return' character after very simple AHK (AutoHotKey) macro? I've redefined all the keys on the numeric keypad to automate programming tasks, including 'cut, 'paste' and 'copy'.   But this macro ('paste') fails:
;=====  NumpadDot or  NumpadDel paste
NumpadDot::
NumpadDel::
  Send,^v
Return

Surprisingly this sends a control-v  but followed (slightly later) by a 'return/enter' keystroke.  What causes AHK to send an extra keystroke and how do I prevent it?  – None of my other macros have any problems.

A: Finally discover the issue.  I had comments before each macro like this:
;=====  NumpadPgDn  3 / NumpadPgDn  paste
Numpad3::
NumpadPgDn::
SetKeyDelay (150)
 Send,^v
Return
;===== Numpad0 / NumpadIns  to Copy
Numpad0::
NumpadIns::
  Send,^c
Return

Unfortunately in one of the comments I had a ':' (colon) in place of a ';' (semicolon). This alters the behavior of the preceding macro in the file and adds a enter keystroke after its execution.


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NO. I IN REGION I: Lansdowne Bhoys' Friel named coach of the year
Feb 9, 2018 | Amateur, Cosmopolitan Soccer League |
ORLANDO — Lansdowne Bhoys head coach Austin Friel was named coach of the year by Region I of the U.S. Adult Soccer Association Friday.
Friel guided the Cosmopolitan Soccer League power to a pair of national titles in 2017.
On Aug. 5, the Yonkers, N.Y.-based side overcame six-time national champions Bavaria SC 9-8 on penalties in Milwaukee, Wis., to become the first Irish club to be crowned the Fritz Marth U.S. Amateur Cup champions.
The teams played to a 2-2 draw in regulation and then went through 30 scoreless minutes of extratime. Momodou Sawaneh converted the winning penalty kick in the shootout.
It was fitting Lansdowne captured the Fritz Marth Cup because Marth was an important official with the Cosmopolitan Soccer League for many years. Lansdowne is one of the leading CSL First Division sides.
On Aug. 19, Lansdowne rolled to a 5-0 victory over Louisiana's State CD Montague, 5-0, to take home the Fricker Cup.
The team also won the Dr. Manning Cup as Eastern New York State Soccer Association champions, giving Lansdowne a treble.
"Only two other teams have ever won the national amateur, national open and their state cup in the same year," Bhoys president William McGrory said at the time. "Now there's three as Lansdowne join the elite group. [The] Bhoys are now the undisputed best amateur soccer team in the USA. This is a marvelous achievement for the team and took an enormous amount of work on and off the field. Thanks to the board, players and coach Austin Friel."
Lansdowne will have another challenge in 2018 as the team will participate in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
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Q: How to make a dataframe calculating bounded mean and identifying its number of data in R I have this dataset:
Data <- tribble(~Name,  ~Age,   ~Gender,
             "Cristian",    74, "Male",
             "Ana", 19, "Female",
             "Luis",    20, "Male",
             "Jaime",   21, "Male",
             "Jennifer",    18, "Female")

Making a data frame calculating for age variable I get this outcome:

Gender
AgeMean
Total
Trimmed

Female
18.5
2
0

Male
38.3
3
0

But I would want to calculate a bounded mean for age variable at 40% and my expected outcome would be this:

Gender
AgeMean
Total
Trimmed

Female
18.5
2
0.4

Male
21
2
0.4

Any suggestion?
Thank you very much for your help.
Greetings!

A: The mean also have a trim argument.  We can use that to get the bounded mean, along with 'Total' calculated based on the same formula used in mean.default for trimming
library(dplyr)
Data %>%
  group_by(Gender) %>%
  mutate(lo = floor(n() * 0.4) + 1) %>%
  summarise(AgeMean = mean(Age, trim = 0.4),
     Total = length(first(lo):(n() + 1 - first(lo))),
    Trimmed = 0.4, .groups = 'drop')


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These Are The Best Rappers In India That Are Revolutionizing The Indian Rap Scene
Team Rapid
1 Best Rappers In India
1.1 1. Kr$na
1.2 2. Raftaar
1.3 3. Divine – Best Rappers Of India
1.3.1 4. Emiway Bantai
1.3.2 5. K.A.R.M.A
Rap or rap music is one of the most consumed genres in the world. This genre which originated in the streets is now on the playlist of every music lover. While the scene was always prevalent in India, after "Gullyboy" became a massive hit, it brought the scene to the forefront. There are some very talented and best rappers in India that have been in the business for a long-long time and are consistently opening new doors for budding artists.
Best Rappers In India
So, let's jump right into the list of some of the best rappers in India that have exploded in the scene in recent years. These rappers are not only spitting fire for money, but also for the love of music and fans which is why they're continuously active and releasing something new every now and then.
1. Kr$na
Krishna Kaul a.k.a Kr$na is an Indian rapper, songwriter, and music producer. This Kashmiri Pandit boy came into the Indian rap scene in the mid-2000s under the name "Prozpekt" and he was just 14 when he started rapping.
He was among the first bunch to gain popularity through YouTube, when one of the first songs that he uploaded on YouTube – "kaisa mera desh", became viral overnight. It was one of the most viewed videos in India at that time and he was trending all over the charts.
©instagram.com/realkrsna
Since then, kr$na has never looked back. He started rapping in English at a time when the scene was not even alive in India let alone rapping in English, and he also got signed by Universal label for that.
Currently, he is signed with Kalamkaar, the label owned by Raftaar.
2. Raftaar
Dilin Nair a.k.a Raftaar is one of the first underground rappers who came into the commercial rapping scene and can easily be hailed as one of the best rappers in India.
This Hip Hop artist first started his career as a dancer in 2008 with the stage name Dilin. After this, he started teaching kids how to dance.
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During his initial research phase on YouTube, he started to merge different songs to make a medley. That's when his musical and rap journey started.
He started writing songs in Punjabi as Dilin, but soon became the Raftaar we all know now – the one who raps about his life stories. In 2019 he was one of the minds behind "HUSTLE" India's first rap reality show. He is currently working under Sony Music and is the co-owner of Kalamkaar.
3. Divine – Best Rappers Of India
Vivian Fernandez or better know by his stage name "Divine" is not an unknown face for any rap enthusiast. Starting off at a very young age, Divine's story is no different than any rapper of today, except for the fact that his genre of rap parallels with what the colored rappers from the western rap that is to write songs on their very own past.
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Often called the "Voice of the Street", Divine is an only child with a mother who was working abroad and his father was a drunkard. In one of his songs, he tells how he always wanted to bring his mother from abroad and live with her.
He didn't want her to work anymore, because he always wanted to live with her and spend time with her. Some of his past has been associated with selling illegal drugs and substances, which he accepts wholeheartedly as being one of the darkest times in his life.
4. Emiway Bantai
Bilal Sheikh or better known by his stage name "Emiway Bantai". His name is a mixture of Eminem and Lil Wayne, as the rapper admitted in an interview.
This rapper hails from the street of Mumbai and struggled a lot during his mumble rap days. Initially, he got some traction on YouTube when he dissed Raftaar in his track "Giraftaar". But his original "Machayenge" was the track that established him as an independent commercial artist which he claims to be.
©instagram.com/emiway_bantai
5. K.A.R.M.A
"Dehradun ka ladka" Vivek Arora is also known as KARMA. Imagine someone having a problem of stammering while he raps so fast and fluently, well that's exactly what KARMA is.
He started his journey by working in a call center in Delhi. When his parents were happy that he was doing something with life, karma had different plans for him.
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Soon he started writing poetry and singing it with a flow, which eventually led him from point A to B and he got a song with Zee Music.
He still stammers while talking. Currently, this rapper is working with Kalamkaar, with the other aces of his trade, and has been making gems.
Also Check: The Best Rappers In The World Currently Who Can Rap Like Nobody's Business
Well, these were some of the best rappers in India. There are other names like Borda V, King Rocco, Kaambhaari, Prabh Deep, and others in the Indian hip-hop scene these are currently holding the best rappers in India title.


It has been 15 years since the monumental Olmstead decision by the Supreme Court, which found that individuals with disabilities have a right to receive services outside of institutions, and to be fully integrated into their communities. The finding was sparked by the case of two women, Lois Curtis and Elaine Wilson, who ended up being confined for an extended period of time after they had been voluntarily admitted into a state-run psychiatric unit for treatment. Even after the mental health professionals said they were ready for release, they remained stuck in the institution. In a first-of-its-kind use of the ADA, the two filed a lawsuit. The result was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court, which found that confining individuals "greatly diminishes the everyday life activities of individuals, including family relations, social contacts, work options, economic independence, educational advancement, and cultural enrichment." To mark 15 years since the ruling, the Department of Justice, which enforces the ADA, has posted two videos detailing the magnitude of the decision and its tangible effects on the lives of people with disabilities.
It is shocking to me that it has been only 15 years since a decision that now seems like common sense. Fifteen years ago, I would have been one such individual that might have been in an institution, without control over my own life. In the first video, "The Promise of Olmstead: 15 Years Later," Ricardo Thornton, an advocate who used to live in an institution, says he felt like he was "doing time for a crime I didn't commit." The mere fact that he had a disability meant that he was somehow not worthy or capable enough to be living or working independently in his community. Thus was the mindset at the time. The videos then go on to reveal more advocates' stories and how their lives are completely different because of Olmstead. The people featured explain that they are no longer segregated but instead are active participants in their communities, contributing as citizens, and enhancing the pool of diverse perspectives where they live. It's important for people with and without disabilities to recognize how much things have changed in our society. As clearly illustrated in the videos, the Olmstead decision has paved the way for people with disabilities to continue the fight for liberty, equality and integration into the world.


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Not a lot of talk from me this week, as I have been beat with all the Bro Fest announcements and related matters. Already booking into APRIL/MAY!
This entry was posted on January 13, 2011 at 4:56 pm, filed under News and tagged playlist.


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