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These are your special and unique talents, the things very few other people can do as well as you.
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How many extreme weather records did York County break in 2012?
Teresa Boeckel
Extreme weather shattered 3,527 monthly records across the county last year, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an international, nonprofit environmental organization.
And that's up from the 3,251 monthly records broken in 2011, the organization reported Tuesday.
In Pennsylvania, at least 62 monthly records were broken in 2012, according to a news release. Here's the breakdown:
* Twelve counties reported record-breaking heat with 21 new records.
* Twenty-one counties, including York, recorded record-breaking rainfall. A total of 36 records were set.
* Five counties reported record-breaking snow with five records shattered.
* Five large wildfires also were reported.
The rainfall was the only monthly record broken in York County. According to the report, 5.2 inches of rain fell on Oct. 30. That broke the previous monthly record of 3.66 inches on Oct. 5, 1962.
"That's a lot of rain," said Kim Knowlton, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council.
The report points to a growing concern about climate change.
Knowlton says communities can take action on two fronts: prevention and preparedness.
People can reduce carbon pollution through limiting the use of fossil fuels and buying energy-efficient products. Steps also can be taken to reduce emissions from power plants, Knowlton said.
On the preparedness side, communities can add climate change to their hazard mitigation plans. Some communities, such as Philadelphia, have invested in heatwave early warning systems. It not only helps to save lives but also money, she said.
To see the interactive weather map of the broken records, click here.
What do you think of this report?

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A neat idea combining Rebecca and Ex Machina among other things – but by playing its hand very early on, Elizabeth Harvest loses its way before the end.
Elizabeth Harvest opens with an open top car ride featuring ageing genius Henry (Ciarán Hinds) and youthful new wife Elizabeth (Abbey Lee) – who also provides the opening voice-over.
Within 30 minutes Elizabeth has disobeyed her controlling husband's commands, entered the one room she was not supposed to, and ends up in very perilous circumstances.
Also present is a Mrs Danvers-type character Claire – played by Carla Gugino – and a young house servant Oliver (Matthew Beard), both of whom are distant and just a little bit spooky as a result.
The thing about Elizabeth Harvest is that it does a Michael Bolton – it goes in hard and high right from the start, and finds itself with nowhere to go very early on. In an attempt to flesh out the original story once it has peaked, Elizabeth begins to read a journal written by the housekeeper character, in which Gugino takes on the voice over and proceeds to explain in way too much detail how we got to where we came in. This unfortunately renders the remainder of the storytelling somewhat clumsy. By the time the tale has finished unwinding itself, it all feels a little predictable – and yet the idea remains an interesting one.
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Accompanied by a range of vivid lighting which suggests Argento on more than one occasion, Elizabeth Harvest is a great idea that just fizzles out. Interesting, to a point though, and Ciarán Hinds is always worth watching.
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Home Nigerian Football News Open Letter To Ifeanyi George Family
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Open Letter To Ifeanyi George Family
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Enugu Rangers forward emerges Eunisell Boot Award winner
CIV 3-2 Nigeria: Golden Eaglets lose WAFU U-17 final
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By Ayoola Adeleke
Unfortunate is an understatement for families who have cried out to government and Football administrators in the country calling for their intervention on what alone they can do themselves without calling on any second party.
I'm not inking to the family on a bitter note, rather I'm advising on how they can set the pace for other families of athletes in the country. No doubt, the untimely death of Ifeanyi George on that black Sunday is nothing good for anyone to dwell on, but the good thing we can be proud of is the Insurance scheme put in place which has earned the family a sum of twenty million Naira.
Kudos to the club under the chairmanship of Mr Davidson Owumi for putting up with time by insuring the life of their players. Though nobody would have prayed for the collection of such compensation for the untimely death of a footballer but this shows that our clubs can become good if we are ready to follow the right steps.
The presentation of the #20,000,000 to the family is commendable, moreso sharing the money on the equal ground especially the trust fund opened for the late player's kid, but what next?
In as much as I'm not a member of the family and not entitled or privy to how the money will be spent, however, I will like to drop my cent on how things should be done properly and not come cap in hand in the nearest future begging the Enugu state government, Rangers International management or the NFF to come to their rescue.
What to be Considered.
Ifeanyi George is not the only child of his family and now that he is gone, it is the responsibility of his brethren to take care of his family he left behind, as such, I want to believe that they are capable to maintain the good legacy of their late brother
The Wife: I'm not in a position to tell you what to do, but I believe the two million Naira given to you will never in any way be what you will live on for the rest of your life, Never! Ifeanyi George was under 30 years of age when he passed on, meaning you are also and have got a long time to leave thus, you can restart a new life somewhere else and stand up to taking care of your daughter and other fruits that will be coming out of you. I believe you are wise enough to understand this half statement, hence build on it.
The Kid
Yes, your father is no more, he has gone and will never return to even be part of your growth and development in life even your achievement and other greater things to achieve, but no doubts he will be engraved somewhere in your heart. Eight million Naira is more than enough to see you through the pursuit of your academic to PhD level. There are schools where you can spend #50,000 in a term and you will come out the well-trained and hot brain in this country as there are other kids who will never have access to private schools, yet will still become great in life so you have gotten more than enough to excel.
@rangersint retires jersey number 15 in honour of the late Ifeanyi George. The honour was done by his daughter Abigail George and team manager @mobisezeaku #RIPIfeayiGeorge@mekus102 @mitchokonta @CalvinEmeka @ralphcgeorge @phemmytula pic.twitter.com/wSRu65X8aE
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If fifty thousand naira is spent termly, you will be spending #5,400,000 till your Secondary school education. #2,600,000 is enough to see you through university education in a government-owned institution, and I believe at that age, you would have become a woman and need no man's help than Divine.
Having said that, how do we then achieve this? That will be the responsibility of the financial institution where the education trust fund account has been opened to do thorough follow up and ensure that money is only withdrawn when for its purpose. The welfare department of Enugu state government or Enugu Rangers can also help in this regard.
Ten million Naira given, fine! But the money is enough for greater things to be achieved than merely been shared for the fun of it. Dear parents of Ifeanyi George, though the dead is gone, but as Africans, we believe that the dead will not be happy if things left behind are not well managed, so please make sure that this money is utilised like the five talents given to the servant according to the scripture, do not bury it in frivolities. It will be shameful to hear that things are not going fine for the little kid left behind by our dear Ifeanyi.
Think about these words. Thank you as I await seeing my little baby at the top in twenty years from now.
Ayoola Adeleke is a Broadcast Journalist with a bias for football and tourism. Currently works at Rhythm FM Benin City as a Sports presenter and as well writes for other media. Doing things the right way is his idea of government. @Adelekeayoola1 on Twitter.
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Fallout 76 Hackers Are Robbing Player-Inventories
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The festive season has brought no joy to Fallout 76. The berated installment was already riddled with a number of issues, many of which have gone unnoticed by Bethesda Softworks. You can now add another one to the ever-growing list.
According to a new post on Reddit earlier today, Fallout 76 has been invaded by a new kind of hack that allows players to rob others of their inventory items and that too on public servers. Your weapons, armor, consumables, and just about any other items are at a risk of being stolen. The only things that are safe from the hack are caps, scrip, and items kept in a stash box.
It has been theorized that this nasty Fallout 76 hack works remotely, which means that the hacker only needs to be present in your vicinity to clean out your inventory. Reportedly, even if the hacker is within render distance, they can access to all available player-inventories within range.
The most frustrating part about this ordeal is that there's no way to identify the hackers. Anyone you meet in the wasteland could potentially have injected the hack on their systems, making it scary to go out there. The only solution is not to play on the public servers. Those with active subscriptions to Fallout 1st can stick to private servers for the time being to protect their wares. Fallout 76 is indeed under attack. Unfortunately, with the holidays around the corner, a fix will most probably arrive after.
Earlier this month, Fallout 76 received a new update that immediately broke all endgame builds. What players discovered was that reloading your weapons may cause your legendary armor effects to break. A legendary armor with a defensive value of 519 at the start gets dropped down to 414 after the player finishes reloading, for example.
Saying that Fallout 76 has had issues since launch would be an understatement. The game has been riddled with issues from day one and every second update has more or less broken the game even further. It almost seems like for every problem that Bethesda Softworks fixes, two new bugs get birthed.
Last month, the Australian Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (ACCC) made sure that Bethesda Softworks honors refunds for Fallout 76. That being said, only purchases made between November 24, 2018 and June 1, 2019 will be taken into consideration. Anyone in the country who purchased Fallout 76 afterwards won't be eligible for a refund.


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Games of the decade: Metroid Prime
Part of a series of subjective looks at my favorite games of the decade.
(2002, Nintendo GameCube)
Depending on how you want to look at it, I've either played through Metroid Prime twice, or I haven't played through it at all. See, twice I played a borrowed copy all the way through to the climactic battle against the Metroid Prime itself. Both times, circumstances intervened to prevent me from beating it. Yet I can't imagine having been more satisfied with the game, even if I had polished off that boss.
The first time I played it was due to pure charity. A kid in my dorm had hooked up his GameCube in the common room, and decided to leave it there so others could enjoy. I took full advantage of this. Frankly, it probably bugged him that every time he came in to play, I was in there, usually on the ass end of a several-hour play session, and well deeper into the game than he was. But he was nice about it, probably because he was a freshman and I was a senior and that was the natural order of things, dammit.
Besides, it was hard not to play Metroid Prime at every available opportunity. Super Metroid is one of my top two games of all time, and when I played Prime I thought that I'd never played such a skillful 3D translation of a sidescroller. Everything that made Super Metroid great, Prime did, too. The powerups, the exploration, the sense of delving deeper and deeper into an actual, physical location -- they were all there. You get a real sense of adventure playing Metroid Prime, not just the thrill of action. Samus is a swashbuckler.
And it was more than that. The difficulty was exactly as I remembered it, with most enemies merely giving you something to do on your travels, while bosses were huge, imposing, and tough without seeming cheap. The developers at Retro Studios made the morph ball even more fun than it had been in the slower, 16-bit era. Lock-on targeting did away with some of the more frustrating aspects of console first-person shooters, and did so in a way that made complete sense within the story, and within series tradition. Graphically, the game was stunning, even at a time when the GameCube was earning a reputation for being less powerful than the PS2 and Xbox (this would be a recurring, and unfair, accusation).
So why didn't I finish it? Because some douchebag stole the GameCube out of the common room. This was probably the most important lesson the freshman victim would learn at college: never do anything nice for anybody, ever.
The second, less interesting time I failed to get through Metroid Prime, I needed to give it back to the person who loaned it to me because semester break was over. I know, that's not exciting at all. But the game was just as good the second time! And surely I didn't miss anything by not technically beating it, right?
Posted by Mitch Krpata at 9:00 AM
Labels: GameCube, Games of the Decade, Metroid Prime
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the game was pretty hot when it came out. unless you want to follow the complete Prime storyline. you might want to see the ending.
Bad Horse said...
From Super Metroid being one of your top 2 games of all time, I'd guess it is your 2nd favorite. What's number one? Or is it a tie?
Callahan said...
It's been many years, yet I can still vividly remember the glow of Magmoor caverns, the bleak landscape of the snowdrifts, the awe and adventure when encountering anything Chozo...
And that final boss fight really was a piece of work. I'm sad for you that you missed it.
Overall, Prime is one of the last games I played through with a great sense of adventure and awe.
I don't think it's any coincidence that my introduction to the series also ended up being my favourite game in it, but Metroid Prime is more than that to me. It is my favourite game of all time, for all of the reasons you mention and so much more.
From the art direction to the difficulty curve, everything about it just seems so right. Vague description maybe, but an apt one. I will never forget the time I saw Samus land on that space frigate, or when she first arrived on Tallon IV, or Phendrana Drifts, or... Yeah you get the picture.
I'm actually playing it again now thanks to the Metroid Prime Trilogy and it is just as good as it ever was. Maybe that's my bias talking, maybe not, but it has been fun to play through it again and that fun will continue when I start writing about it in an attempt to get to the core of why it is my favourite game out there. And then again for its two sequels.
Nice post and nice series Mitch, you've inspired me to start Bully and Far Cry 2 earlier than I was intending to, so kudos for that.
GregT said...
I love the 2D Metroid games to death but I've never been able to get into the 3D ones. Probably because they demand console-style attention spans and investment whereas the 2D Metroids have that pick-up-and-play philosophy going on. I simply don't buy that the Metroid universe has "characters" or "story" or "lore" and to the extent that the 3D titles try to sell me on those concepts I get frustrated. I just wants to find me some missile pods and get 100% map completion, consarn it.
So glad to see this here. It remains one of my favorite games of all-time, and I'm an advocate against console FPS.
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FelixIncauto said...
It's amazing the number of times this game has been mentioned in the lists of the top 10 games of the decade. Retro studios made a fantastic job, and it's a shame that they wont produce the next metroid. I have my doubts about team ninja, but time will tell.
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Billie Eilish is really intentional. There are hardly any wasted movements when it comes to what she shares with the public. She makes videos the way she wants to because it means something. She releases the songs she chooses to because there is a meaning behind them. She speaks up on topics that are important to her. One of those topics is about body image. For a while, you would only see Billie in baggy clothes. Partially because that's just her style, but also she didn't want to be judged on her body. Lately, she's taken control of the narrative, most notably when she released a video of her stripping down to protest body shaming.
Now she's done an interview with British Vogue where she talked about body positivity, her new album, and more! In the interview, she said, "My thing is I can do whatever I want. It's all about what makes you feel good." And in her Instagram post, she thanked British Vogue for "respecting my vision and making this come to life."


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Weed edibles: How they'll be regulated in CT
Jordan Nathaniel Fenster
Flowers and edibles are seen on display at Posh Green Cannabis Boutique on Thursday, April 01, 2021, in San Francisco, Calif.
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Drawers full of edible products at medical cannabis dispensary The Apothecarium in San Francisco, CA, on Wednesday November 22, 2017.
Marijuana is not just for smoking anymore.
Cannabis will be legal to possess for recreational use as of July 1 in Connecticut. The law specifies how much weed one person may legally possess, but it's not just the actual plant material, colloquially called "flower."
Many users eat or drink their cannabis, in the form of THC-infused seltzer, gummy candies, chocolate bars or cookies, all sold in legal dispensaries in other states, including Massachusetts.
Here are some details about THC-infused edibles, and how Connecticut's newly signed law regulates them:
Are there limits to how many edibles I can legally possess?
Yes. In terms of flower, what the law calls "cannabis plant material," people of legal age can possess 1.5 ounces, plus "five ounces of such material in a locked container in the person's residence or locked glove box or trunk in the person's motor vehicle."
The amount of edibles that are legal to own is based on that limit. According to an Office of Legislative Research analysis, "1.5 ounces of cannabis plant material is equivalent to 7.5 grams of cannabis concentrate or any other cannabis products with up to 750 milligrams of THC."
The bill specifies that 5 ounces is "equivalent to 25 grams of cannabis concentrate," with a limit of 2,500 milligrams of THC in any cannabis product.
How much THC can be in each individual edible?
Every serving of a cannabis edible product must be clearly marked with the dosage of THC. With some exceptions, most notably marijuana for medical use, each individual serving of edible cannabis product may contain no more than 5 milligrams of THC.
Some states allow for more THC in each single serving — California, for example, allows for 10 milligrams of THC per serving — but the Massachusetts limit is similar to the one in Connecticut.
Massachusetts allows for a limit of 5 milligrams of THC per serving, but specifies there may be no more than 20 servings per package.
Are edibles taxed differently?
Yes. Sales of cannabis plant material will be taxed at a rate of 0.625 cents per milligram of total THC. Edibles are taxed at a much higher rate, 2.75 cents per milligram of total THC.
Both flower and edibles are also subject to an additional 3 percent municipal cannabis sales tax, which is in addition to the state's existing 6.35 percent sales tax and the cannabis tax.
What about packaging?
The law specifies that all cannabis products sold in the state must be clearly identified, and be in a child-proof package.
The amounts of all active ingredients, including THC and cannabidiol (called CBD) must be clearly marked. Packages must also clearly show "product tracking information sufficient to determine where and when the cannabis was grown and manufactured so that a product recall could be effectuated," the OLR report says.
All cannabis packaging must also be opaque and display a recommended expiration date.
Jordan Nathaniel Fenster is a reporter with Hearst Connecticut Media Group. He is an award-winning reporter, podcaster and children's book author. He serves as senior enterprise reporter and lives in Stamford with his dog, cat and three daughters.


A walk-off victory ended a real nail-bitter Friday night as a single from Plainview's Zoey Reynolds scored the winning run in a 3-2 contest against Amarillo High.
The Lady Dogs softball improved to a 5-5 district record with the win as they look to secure a playoff spot in the next few weeks.
Going into the final inning, Amarillo thought they had the victory sealed after an error allowed them to score a run and break a long 1-1 tie against the Lady Dogs.
But after an Amarillo error allowed Mikayla Carrillo to reach first base and a stolen base moved her into scoring position, Jenna Sepeda tied the game with a line-drive double to center field.
A passed ball allowed Sepeda to reach third base, setting up Reynolds to end the game with a single up the middle.
In the contest, Reynolds contributed two of Plainview's total six hits in the game.
Sepeda went 3-for-4 at the plate and earned two RBIs.
But, Friday's district game was a pitching battle throughout the night as Esmeralda Lucio recorded a stunning 11 strikeouts.
However, Amarillo's Bethany Noble did the same, sitting down 11 of the Lady Dogs during the game.
In seven innings, Lucio allowed only three hits and threw 65 strikes out of 96 pitches.
Plainview scored first in the bottom of the third after catcher's interference allowed the Lady Dog Aaleah Rodriguez to reach first base.
After a single from Carrillo, Rodriguez was able to move to third.
A single from Sepeda brought in the opening run of the game.
After Saturday's game against Monterey, the Lady Dogs return to action at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday as they host Randall.


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Besides did the two discover more about on their own each additional during those 40 times, but their authentically sincere and intimate diary entries behave as inspiration to thousands of people.
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Having already been friends for over four years, Walsh and Goodman always found it entertaining they encountered the opposite relationship dilemmas and approached their own love resides with totally different designs.
With that in mind, they took on the 40 days as a bit of a personal obstacle, a means to break terrible designs and turn into more self-aware.
"We wished to explore the routines and concerns and learn more about the nature of connections and love," Walsh mentioned. "In addition, as innovative people, we like the procedure of making anything provocative, therefore we had been really excited about that aspect, also."
So just how carry out a couple change from platonic to romantic? You initially put some boundaries, including:
From day spa nights and 1920s-themed times, to basketball games and a week-end day at Disney, Walsh and Goodman did what most couples carry out. Yes, that also includes holding hands, kissing as well as sex.
The duo separately kept a record of every go out, feeling, fight and much more in journal entries, films and drawings. After the experiment was actually over, Walsh and Goodman browse the other's records and published all of them side by side in the 40 Days blog site.
"We were attracted to various perspectives for a passing fancy circumstances," Walsh stated.
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While the enchanting facet of the research don't work-out for two, their own relationship is more powerful than previously.
Walsh said those 40 times assisted them are more cognizant of these individual and combined dirty online chat rooms dating actions, but that point together also has produced a substantial impact on their own existing and possible interactions. (Walsh is engaged and Goodman is actually unmarried and looking for a meaningful relationship.)
But it's not merely their particular resides the experiment changed.
Since their launch, 40 Days of Dating has had more than 10 million visitors, with Walsh and Goodman obtaining thousands upon tens of thousands of emails from people all over the world saying their story made a direct effect on the resides.
"many people state our very own story has forced these to think on their particular connections possesses already been a catalyst to manufacture good change. Other people reveal how they discovered convenience in relating to all of our emotions or how it's helped all of them comprehend the male/female point of view much better," Walsh stated. "Others inform us it provided them the nerve to find treatment or provided them closing on previous breakups. Other individuals say it aided all of them pause in an active world and reflect on their actions and patterns."
"one of many objectives I got would be to reach people in some way through might work, very receiving this comments has been amazing and humbling," she proceeded. "It's exactly why we look at it a success, and that I have to do even more work which involves a personal angle in the future."
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After reading the 40 Days of Dating stories, it is obvious Walsh and Goodman, who happen to be at this time dealing with an innovative new personal test that'll be out the coming year, are a couple of enthusiastic and compassionate men and women whose work will usually begin a conversation, get individuals thinking and link people in some surprising methods.
"In my opinion frequently everyone get swept up within everyday programs and designs and don't prevent to matter why we are trying to do whatever you are doing," Walsh said. "therefore while I am not yes i would suggest somebody undertaking the 40 days test precisely, we undoubtedly believe its fantastic to test and mirror and try to expand as an individual."
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Replacing section 6056 employee statements with Form W-2 reporting.
Eliminating the need to determine whether particular employees are full-time if adequate coverage is offered to all potentially full-time employees.
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In March 2014, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released final rules to implement the information reporting provisions for insurers and certain employers under the ACA that take effect in 2015.
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Loffensiva di Vienna fu una battaglia combattuta tra l'Armata rossa e la Wehrmacht sul fronte orientale della seconda guerra mondiale. Lo scontro iniziò il 2 aprile 1945 e si concluse pochi giorni dopo (il 13 aprile) con la sconfitta tedesca e la conquista sovietica di Vienna.

Premessa
Gli accordi intercorsi tra Alleati ed Unione sovietica a Jalta, nel febbraio del 1945, avevano iniziato a stabilire alcuni indirizzi di fondo circa le sfere di influenza delle potenze vincitrici nell'Europa centro-orientale dopo la fine del conflitto. In quella sede, tuttavia, la questione del posizionamento dell'Austria negli equilibri del mondo post-bellico non venne risolta. Stalin decise così di giocare d'anticipo, avviando un'azione militare che portasse all'occupazione del suolo austriaco; ciò gli avrebbe permesso di poter successivamente rivendicare nelle future trattative politiche con gli Alleati l'appartenenza dell'Austria alla sfera d'influenza sovietica.

Da un punto di vista puramente militare, inoltre, una puntata su Vienna avrebbe consentito ai sovietici di consolidare il settore meridionale del loro dispositivo di attacco, evitando così di scoprire eccessivamente il fianco durante la già progettata offensiva finale su Berlino. L'Armata rossa decise, pertanto, di avviare dapprima l'assalto su Vienna, rimandando per il momento l'avvio delle operazioni contro la capitale del Terzo Reich.

Ad opporsi all'attacco sovietico contro Vienna si trovavano reparti della Wehrmacht già in enorme difficoltà: la città era difesa da elementi della VI Armata corazzata SS del Generale Sepp Dietrich, duramente provati dagli scontri della fallimentare Operazione Frühlingserwachen. Già alla fine di marzo le truppe sovietiche del 3º Fronte ucraino), al comando del Generale Fëdor Tolbuchin, compirono importanti progressi nel loro avvicinamento alla capitale austriaca: superarono rapidamente i fiumi Hron e Nitra, nonché le città di Sopron e Nagykanizsa sul confine tra Austria e Ungheria. Tutto era pronto per l'assalto su Vienna.

La battaglia
Il piano dell'Alto comando sovietico prevedeva che le truppe del 3º Fronte ucraino avvolgessero Vienna in una classica manovra a tenaglia. Le unità coinvolte in quest'operazione furono:
 4ª Armata delle guardie
 9ª Armata delle guardie
 6ª Armata corazzata delle guardie
 46ª Armata.

Il 2 aprile fu confermato via radio che Vienna non sarebbe stata dichiarata città aperta: i viennesi dovevano pertanto prepararsi a scontri armati nelle strade. Nello stesso giorno le truppe sovietiche iniziarono il loro attacco verso Vienna marciando da sud: in pochi giorni conquistarono Wiener Neustadt, Eisenstadt, Neunkirchen, Gloggnitz, Baden e Bratislava, minacciando di chiudere rapidamente la morsa attorno alla città.

Quando i sovietici lanciarono la loro offensiva, i gruppi organizzati della resistenza austriaca, guidati da Carl Szokoll, entrarono in azione a supporto degli attaccanti. Essi operarono attivamente nelle retrovie del fronte tedesco, attraverso opere di sabotaggio alle strutture logistiche e di difesa della Wehrmacht. A fronteggiare l'attacco sovietico a Vienna era il II. SS-Panzer-korps, inquadrato nella VI Armata corazzata SS, sotto il comando del Generale Wilhelm Bittrich. Comandante della difesa della città fu nominato il Generale Rudolf von Bünau.

Questa era la dislocazione delle unità tedesche a Vienna al momento dell'attacco: a difesa del Prater era posta la 6. Panzer-Division; la 2. e la 3. SS-Panzer-Division proteggevano il fronte sud; la Führer-Grenadier-Division proteggeva infine il settore nord. Queste unità disponevano di soli 20-25 carri ciascuna, poco più di un decimo dell'organico. La IV e la IX Armata delle guardie sovietica assalirono i sobborghi di Vienna da sud-est. Inizialmente le difese tedesche riuscirono a respingere gli assalti fino al 7 aprile, quando la pressione sovietica divenne insostenibile.

Una volta ottenuto il controllo di importanti posizioni nei sobborghi meridionali della città, la VI Armata corazzata delle guardie e il grosso della IX Armata delle guardie furono lanciate all'assalto della periferia ovest di Vienna. La conquista di questa zona aveva per i sovietici un'importanza tattica assolutamente fondamentale, poiché includeva la principale stazione ferroviaria della città. Già l'8 aprile la stazione ferroviaria cadde in mani sovietiche. Nel frattempo, a nord del Danubio, la XLVI Armata attaccò vittoriosamente le difese tedesche nella periferia nord, chiudendo così l'accerchiamento di Vienna.

Il 9 aprile le truppe sovietiche iniziarono la loro avanzata verso il centro della città; iniziarono così violenti scontri urbani, che si protrassero per alcuni giorni. Nel tentativo di ostacolare le operazioni degli attaccanti, i tedeschi fecero saltare in aria diversi ponti sul Danubio; pertanto l'11 aprile 4ª Armata delle guardie si lanciò all'assalto attraverso i canali del Danubio il XX Corpo d'armata delle guardie e il I Corpo d'armata meccanizzato, con l'obiettivo di conquistare l'importante ponte Reichsbrücke. Il 13 aprile l'80ª Divisione fanteria e la 7ª Divisione aviotrasportata sbarcarono a entrambi i lati del ponte, impedendo ai tedeschi di farlo saltare in aria. La conquista del ponte Reichsbrücke aprì la strada al successo sovietico: Vienna fu infatti conquistata proprio il 13 aprile. Il II. SS-Panzer-korps di Bittrich abbandonò la città proprio quella sera, cercando via di scampo verso occidente.

Conclusioni

Il 15 aprile 1945 gran parte dell'Austria, oltre alla sua capitale, erano già in mano sovietica. La VI Armata corazzata Waffen SS cercò riparo verso nord, nell'area tra Linz e Vienna, assieme al resto del Gruppo d'armate Ostmark.

Le unità tedesche non avevano alcuna possibilità di resistere alle forze sovietiche, pertanto ben presto cercarono una fuga verso nord, per ricongiungersi con il Gruppo d'armate Centro che difendeva Praga. La XLVI Armata sovietica e la IX Armata delle guardie cercarono così di accerchiare il Gruppo d'armate Ostmark, muovendosi sul suo fianco sinistro.
Buona parte del Gruppo d'armate Ostmark riuscì comunque a resistere all'assalto sovietico e a partecipare alla successiva Offensiva di Praga.

Il prezzo che Vienna pagò per questi giorni di guerra tra le strade fu molto alto: la città fu devastata, con molti dei suoi più importanti monumenti ridotti in macerie. Alla fine degli scontri mancavano acqua, gas ed elettricità, mentre bande di violenti assaltavano e saccheggiavano la popolazione civile inerme. Per cercare di ristabilire l'ordine in Austria, Karl Renner fu incaricato dai sovietici di costituire un governo provvisorio, che come primo atto dichiarò l'uscita del nuovo Stato dal Terzo Reich.

Nello stesso anno in Schwarzenbergplatz venne eretto il Monumento agli Eroi dell'Armata Rossa per commemorare i caduti sovietici durante l'occupazione della città.

Letteratura

 Manfried Rauchsteiner: The war in Austria 1945. Scritti del Museo di storia militare di Vienna (Istituto di scienze militari), Austria. Bundesverlag, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-215-01672-9 .
 Wilhelm Weiß: La lotta per Vienna: dal lago Balaton al Danubio. Helios Verlag, Aquisgrana 2013, ISBN 978-3-86933-096-9 .

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Bibliografia
 Laffin, John, Brassey's Dictionary of Battles, New York: Barnes and Noble, 1995. ISBN 0-7607-0767-7.
 Dollinger, Hans, Jacobsen, Hans Adolf, The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, New York: Crown, 1968.
 Gosztony, Peter, Endkampf an der Donau 1944/45, Wien: Molden Taschenbuch Verlag, 1978. ISBN 3-217-05126-2.
 Ustinov, D. F., et al., Geschichte des Zweiten Welt Krieges (German translation of official Soviet history of World War II), Volume 10, Berlin: Militärverlag der DDR, 1982.
 Toland, John, The Last 100 Days, New York: Random House, 1965.
 Glantz, David, The Soviet‐German War 1941–45 (essay)

Voci correlate
 Fronte orientale (1941-1945)
 Offensiva di Praga
 Gruppo d'armate Ostmark

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Guerra nel 1945
Vienna
Battaglie della seconda guerra mondiale che coinvolgono la Germania
Battaglie della seconda guerra mondiale che coinvolgono l'Unione Sovietica

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The move will mean developers will be legally required to install high-quality digital infrastructure from the outset; make it a development priority; and ensure broadband companies are on board before the first brick is laid.
Building regulations will be overhauled to guarantee gigabit broadband in new homes. Housing developers will be expected to work with network operators to install internet speeds of over 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps) up to a cost cap of £2,000 per dwelling.
"This legislation means every new home will be built fit for the future and give people access to world-class broadband speeds from the moment they move in," said Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden. "It's all part of our plan to deliver on our commitment to give everyone in the UK access to gigabit broadband, as we connect and level up the country."
Rules were also put in place earlier this year to force landlords to cooperate with telecoms firms in order to improve their access to buildings to carry out infrastructure works.
Legislation will be put before MPs as soon as parliamentary time allows, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) said.
With building regulations under the control of devolved governments, legislative amendments to the Building Regulations 2010 will apply to England only.However, the Government said it would work with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to ensure similar implementations of the bill across the UK.
"We are building more new homes than at any time in the last 30 years and helping more people to get on to the ladder," said Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. "We want to ensure those new homes are high quality and fit for the future."
"Today's announcement will deliver internet speeds 200 times faster than you would need to watch an HD film on Netflix."
To make sure developers are incentivised to follow the plans, the government has worked with operators to secure significant new commitments that they will contribute to the costs of installing gigabit broadband in new-build homes.
Virgin Media will contribute at least £500, up to £1,000 on some larger sites. Openreach has committed to a combined contribution with developers of £3,400, with a maximum developer contribution of £2,000.
The government expects to have agreement from other operators in the coming weeks. "We welcome the Government's announcement that all new-build homes will be required to have the infrastructure to support gigabit-capable connections, and we will work closely with government and housebuilders on the best way to deliver this," said Clive Selley, chief executive of Openreach.
Lutz Schuler, chief executive of Virgin Media, said: "By busting these broadband barriers, Government and industry can work together and ensure new homes are no longer left behind in the gigabit broadband revolution."
In January Openreach said it would expand its full-fibre network out to include an additional 250,000 UK homes and businesses by March next year.
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Carolina Panthers sign former Denver Broncos RB C.J. Anderson
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Former Denver Broncos running back C.J. Anderson (22) runs the ball against the Washington Redskins on October 27, 2013 at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver. File photo by Gary C. Caskey/UPI | License Photo
The Carolina Panthers signed free agent running back C.J. Anderson to a one-year contract, the team announced Monday.
Anderson previously played five seasons with the Denver Broncos before being released in April.
Anderson rushed for a career-high 1,007 yards in 2017, when he started all 16 games for the Broncos. He also had 40 receptions for 224 yards.
With the Panthers, he is expected to provide a complement to Christian McCaffrey, who has varied skills but may not be an every-down back.
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The Panthers released Jonathan Stewart, leaving them with Cameron Artis-Payne and Fozzy Whittaker as their other running backs.
"As far as ground and pound, the Keep Pounding slogan that Carolina likes to [use], the ground and pound game I think fits [me] well," Anderson said Monday, per the Charlotte Observer. "Breaking tackles and finding ways to use that to make long runs and bigger plays, also catching the ball out of the backfield, too.
"But having a guy like McCaffrey, who's super shifty and also can do some of the same things, it can be a great complementary [relationship] with each other."
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Panthers general manager Marty Hurney pointed out after the draft that the team had not addressed its need for a power back.
"Not so far," Hurney said then, according to Bill Voth on the Panthers' website. "Again, that's something that we keep looking at and we'll continue to look at."
During his five-year NFL career, Anderson, 27, has 3,051 rushing yards, 20 rushing touchdowns, 103 receptions, 559 receiving yards and four touchdown catches.
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He has also rushed for 323 yards in five postseason games.
He was named to the Pro Bowl in 2014 when he had 849 rushing yards and 324 receiving yards.
Anderson was signed by the Broncos as a free agent out of Cal in 2013.
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This week, an affordable game engine is Unreal, Microsoft shuts down an internal leak of its code and as magically as it disappeared, 200,000 Bitcoin has reappeared.
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Former Microsoft Employee Arrested for Years of Code Leaks
Over the last few generations of Windows software, there has been a scenario that most of us were surprised by: constant, up-to-date leaks of development builds. During the lead-up to Windows 7 and Windows 8, it seemed like every time the development team hit build, the installer was available online. While none of us knew exactly where the builds were coming from, it was clear someone inside the company, and someone inside the team, was responsible.
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Unreal Engine No Longer Just for AAA Titles
If you have been a serious gamer for a long time, you will certainly know the name Unreal Engine. If you have been around even longer, you will probably remember the games Unreal and Unreal Tournament, for which the engine was named and developed by Epic. You probably are also aware that the engine is one of the most popular for many AAA titles for Windows, Xbox, PlayStation and mobile.
Mt. Gox Claims to Have 'Found' $116 Million
Bitcoin is the story that won't die lately. Between the disaster that is Mt. Gox and Newsweek's editorial blunder, the tech industry seems to be unable to avoid Bitcoin this year. This week has not changed this fact, as Mt. Gox is back in the news following an incredibly weird revelation.
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Sony Lays Off Hundreds of Employees in Media Division
After Sony's rejection of spinning off the media division in order to possibly save the company, CEO Kaz Hirai then had to cut $250 million from the media budget, which meant a reduction in movie releases for the year. Now, after another grueling loss in profits and revenue, Sony is laying off hundreds of employees in the division.


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It takes years to perfect a smile. The white so pure, It makes innocence look guilty, Pressed up, Against those passionate red lips, That long to be kissed. That wedding dress white, Gripped by your gums, Like a mother clasps the hand of her child, A memory clung onto in despair. But misshapen teeth, Take years to correct. After years of neglect, Those train tracks are maps, Guiding you to normality. It takes years to perfect a smile.
SWIMMING POOL- 2012 You can drown on dry land, But today you are bandaged in a costume, Crawling through blue, The water betrays you. Your chest a sunken ship, Your sails, flailing, cannot catch wind. The hurricane of breath, Of strangers that once were friends. 'DO IT AGAIN!' she wailed. But the land moves farther away from you, The shore an unobtainable cushion. The water rises above you, consumes you, As you fail to comprehend, These ghosts, Of comrades.. Of friends. The wind whistles its familiar tune, Eerily holding your heart, Its song fading, replaced by the sounds of sirens.
REACH You are reaching for some hope, A silence. It is a star so far away, it is, Your mother.
Your reaching hand too weak, To carry its own weight, Yet can carry the world. You are trapped within the chains, Of power, of money, The boa constrictor of chains tighten. The silence, a quicksand, That envelopes your fight. You fingernails, bordered by dirt, That becomes the cage surrounding you. Eyelashes that trap your eyes, Those hidden tunnels, retired, Sunken, only their whites of terror, Are an escape from the dark. White eyes speak to backs, Whose eyes hold an abyss, That holds the importance of you. You being nothing. But you being everything.
I sit in a room so agonized, It echoes lost dreams. Where spirits are abandoned masterpieces. A room that feeds ghosts. My discordant mobile sofa is a cocoon, Saving me. While the devil is in my ear, Whispering corrupt tales of my past, Its breath blowing insults like kisses. A tortured shoulder is the blanket, That insulates my heart, The tissue absorbing my heart, But that shoulder is aching, It's weary mind, helplessly hurting. I sit in a room with its clinical smell, So cynical, It is tar in my lungs. The sound of children crying, Piercing a hole in my gut. My name mispronounced, But my familiar face means it's learnt, Uttered by cleaners who pass, Their words a disorientating hug, A memorable mug of tea, Soothing my inner musings.
A room made to fix me, But a room that breaks me.


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