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Smog In Singapore From Indonesia Fires Could Last for Weeks
Published 7:44 PM ET Thu, 20 June 2013 Updated 8:43 PM ET Thu, 20 June 2013 Reuters
Haze from fires in Indonesia blanketing Singapore could persist for weeks or longer, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday, as the smoke drove air quality to "hazardous" levels and disrupted business and travel in the region.
Illegal burning of forests and other land on Indonesia's Sumatra island to clear space for palm oil plantations is a chronic problem during the June to September dry season.
One Indonesian minister accused Singaporeans of acting like children, but pollution levels in the normally pristine city-state have shattered records set in 1997, raising diplomatic tensions and concerns about the economic impact.
"It can easily last for several weeks and quite possibly longer until the dry season ends in Sumatra," Lee told a news conference, warning of action if Singapore-linked companies were behind the burning. "On the scale of it, it's unlikely to be just small stakeholders slashing and burning."
(Read More: Face Masks, Anyone? Singapore Struggle With Haze)
On the fourth day of heavy smog, the smell of burned wood filled the air, skyscrapers were barely visible and haze hung in the tunnels that link Singapore's metro stations and shopping malls in the central core. Some residents wore surgical masks or covered their faces with hankerchiefs when they walked outside.
Singapore will suffer "an immediate hit to tourism", investment bank Barclays Plc said, noting that retailers, hotels, restaurants, gaming and other tourism-related sectors make up about 5-6 percent of the city-state's economy.
"We think arrivals will recover quickly when the haze dissipates," it said in a report. "But the situation is fluid - prolonged hazardous conditions could affect Singapore's international reputation."
An Australian couple on holiday said they cancelled a visit to the zoo and would probably stay indoors.
"I'm never coming back to Singapore at this time of the year again," said the husband, who identified himself only as Rob.
Singapore, a major financial centre, sent officials to an emergency haze meeting in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
(Read More: Singapore Faces Choppy Recovery: Central Bank)
"We will insist on definitive action," Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said on his Facebook page. "No country or corporation has the right to pollute the air at the expense of Singaporeans' health and well-being."
As Singapore put pressure on Jakarta to act, the Indonesian minister leading the response efforts hit back.
"Singapore shouldn't be like children, in such a tizzy," Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Agung Laksono told reporters, adding the government was investigating whether large companies were behind the fires.
"If there are, some are owned by Indonesians, Malaysians, Singaporeans," he said. "We will take action if they are found responsible. But there must be a process."
To identify the culprits, Singapore has provided satellite data to Indonesia and will publish high-resolution photographs of the hotspots with the geographical coordinates to help interest groups such as Greenpeace pinpoint the sites.
Singapore's Haze Hits Hazardous Levels 1:50 AM ET Thu, 20 June 2013
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Singapore, which usually enjoys clear skies, saw its air quality deteriorate sharply on Monday. Its pollution standards index soared to a record of 371 at 1 p.m. on Thursday and then swung between the "very unhealthy" and "hazardous" levels.
The pollution readings in Singapore have exceeded the peak of 226 hit in 1997 when smog from Indonesian fires disrupted shipping and air travel across Southeast Asia.
In Malaysia, the southern state of Johor was the worst affected. Air quality in the coastal town of Muar worsened in the "hazardous" category, forcing 211 schools to close.
Air traffic controllers in Singapore gave more time for aircraft between taking off and landing at Changi Airport, a major aviation hub, because of poor visibility.
"It's disgusting, terrible," Dennis Wong, an information technology professional at a foreign bank, said as he smoked a cigarette in the business district. "It feels very uncomfortable when you walk on the street. Better to stay at home."
(Read More: Singapore's Air Turns 'Hazardous')
Work at several Singapore construction sites slowed with few workers seen outdoors. Fast-food operator McDonald's suspended its delivery service across the city-state.
Singapore's drug stores have run short of face masks and residents have taken to social media to complain about their giant neighbor and the ineffectiveness of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to tackle the haze issue.
Indonesia's Forestry Minister, Zulkifli Hasan, said there were more than 100 hotspots - 80 percent of them on agricultural and plantation land and the rest in forests.
Singapore-based palm oil companies with land concessions in Indonesia include Wilmar International Ltd, Golden Agri-Resources Ltd and First Resources Ltd.
All three said on Wednesday they had "zero burning" policies and used only mechanical means to clear land. Cargill, whose Asia-Pacific hub is in Singapore, said there were no fires on its plantations in South Sumatra and West Kalimantan.
While companies may ban burning, those rules were hard for them and the central government to enforce with farmers and local officials, researcher Jackson Ewing told Reuters.
"The lack of actual control on the ground is a real issue," said Ewing, a fellow at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies at Singapore's Nanyang Technological University, who has done studies at the plantations. The small-scale farmers, he said, were often "contracted by corporate entities".
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Hudson, Sheri (2008) The Influence of program theory-based evaluation on the use of evaluation information: A longitudinal study. Professional Doctorate thesis, Murdoch University.
Theory-based evaluation studies have long been promoted as increasing stakeholder knowledge of the program and improving decision-making (Bickman, 1987; Chen, 2004; Suchman, 1967; Weiss, 1998), but such advocacy has little empirical research support. This paper helps to redress this deficiency by reporting on an empirical study which investigated the relationship between the use of program theory as the basis for an evaluation study and the nature of the evaluation information generated and its utility.
The investigation followed three program evaluation studies through their term and focused on the extent of theory use and the nature and influence of the information from each evaluation. A model of factors which it has been suggested influence the use of program evaluation information was developed and investigated (Alkin, 1985; Cousins & Leithwood, 1986, 1993; Cummings, 1997; Leviton & Hughes, 1981; Hudson-Mabbs, 1993; Pawson & Tilley, 1997; Preskill & Torres, 1997). Structural equation modeling was used to test and further explore the model, while qualitative data were used to gain further insight into the study findings.
The investigation was not able to confirm that a greater use of program theory in an evaluation study improves the usefulness of evaluation findings. The study does, however, identify interactions between program theory and other predictor variables, such as the characteristics of the evaluation study, related to increased information use. It also provides further evidence regarding the importance of stakeholder involvement in an evaluation study on the extent to which they use and are influenced by evaluation information. Furthermore, this research provides insight into perceptions developed by many evaluators through experience and practice, such as the vulnerability of an evaluation study to contextual factors which typically are outside the control of the evaluation team.


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A few companies have focused on this vehicle style with the goal of providing transportation that is both electric and eye-catching. Among the cars that fit this description are offerings from Renault, Tesla, Fisker Karma and a handful of others.
There are even some reliable plans for converting a Porsche to electric power, if you are into doing it yourself or having a professional conversion company do the work for you.
The Renault DeZir is designed to travel more than 100 miles per hour using an electric motor and lithium-ion batteries. It's a two-seat coupe that promises to have a quick recharge time. Public release is still some time in the future though the car will be shown in Paris soon. The company has plans to produce half a million electric cars annually.
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Tesla already has an electric vehicle that is being driven by about 1,000 individuals. The Roadster from this company has been road-tested by industry engineers and major media. Reports show the car delivers 248 horsepower, 211 pound-feet of torque and weight/torque ratios comparable to cars like the Lotus.
A charging system has been integrated into the Tesla Roadster and it works in the power train. But there are also connectors for 120 volts and 240 volts. Automotive news indicates that Tesla will focus on a sedan model after 2011.
These are not the first cars that could be listed under the electric sports car is the Lightning Car presented at the British International Motor Show in 2008. At that time Peter Ward talked about as being an "inspired" design that has electric motors in each of its four wheels. Ward once directed the Royce and Bentley auto directions, so there were plenty of interested listeners.
In 2009 the company was still working on a 700-horsepower rival for the Tesla Roadster, with hopes of putting the car into production in 2010. Media reports show information about the company and its high-powered electric sports car is still scarce. Lightning Car Company has a complex, active Web site that offers plenty of information. News includes a partnership with Applus Idiada, a Spanish engineering group.
They're Not the First
If you think Tesla, Lightning and Renault are leading the pack in the electric sports car field, think again. Reports from the Electric Vehicles Symposium in Monte Carlo in 2005 presented the Venturi Fetish as the first production electric sports car. The price tag was set at $450,000 Euro, well above the expected price of the Lightning and the Tesla.
The Fetish was produced with very good acceleration and a range of close to 300 miles on a full charge. Delivery time on these early vehicles was about one year. They did not meet United States standard for highway use when first produce. A few years later the company was presenting as a positive step the collaboration between Venturi and Michelin. This concept car, the Volage, was presented in Paris in 2008. The Fetish is hand-made in very limited numbers at this time.
There was a Dodge electric car called the Circuit EV. A great deal of marketing effort and press hoopla went into the introduction of this concept car in 2008. However, the news turned about 180 degrees in the next year, as industry observers were saying Chrysler was "pulling the plug" on the project.
And Now...?
Current work in the world of electric sports cars includes the efforts of French automaker Citroen, which took the wraps off its Survolt sports car. This concept vehicle is fully powered by batteries and has been tested at Le Mans. Some of the numbers on the Survolt: 300 horsepower; top speed – 162 mph; 0 to 60 acceleration under five seconds; and range of 124 miles on full charge. Media reports indicate Citroen does not have plans for production at this time.
It's also possible to get an SSI Racing 65 Coupe with a 0-60 time of 3.4 seconds and a top speed of 140 mph. Reports from the company show that less than a dozen have been sold at the $120,000 price.
In the last year or so the deep pockets of the U.S. Department of Energy have been opened to the benefit of car makers that have new ideas. Ford, Tesla, Fisker and Nissan have been recipients of this financial aid. General Motors and Chrysler have not been so fortunate until now. The news (rumor) seems to be more positive for those two traditional U.S. car makers. Some of this money may well go to producing sport vehicles, though it would be safer to bet on family sedans and tiny, efficient cars.
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Entries are now open for the Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2016 and already entrants are flooding in. If the initial burst is any indicator of what to expect, it appears this year's regatta will be rather special. In fact, almost 40 yachts representative of the sport's diverse cross section have already nominated for the 33rd staging of the series. If this momentum continues, entries will soon surge well beyond 50, a milestone which would suggest a final fleet of approximately 200 is likely for the event.
Scheduled from August 20 to 27, Hamilton Island Race Week is considered the premier offshore regatta in Australia and is ranked among the best in the world for its excellent race courses which weave around tropical islands. The event is also renowned for its unique party environment onshore, quality island accommodation as well as the exceptional camaraderie displayed among its participants.
The famous regatta caters for the full gamete of sailboats and includes everything from small trailable yachts to superyachts and multihulls of all sizes. This cross section is already being reflected in the entry list for this year, with four yachts exceeding 20m in length, eight multihulls, cruiser-racers and a broad range of Grand Prix level racers.
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The Audi Hamilton Island Race Week 2016 Notice of Race and entry forms are now available on the Race Week website. The regatta is the largest offshore sailing series in Australia and entry is open to a wide range of sailboats including trailer sailors, sportboats, maxi yachts, Grand Prix level keelboats, multihulls and cruising yachts of all configurations and sizes.


In June 2008 the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports celebrates its 10th anniversary. The EU Code is a Council declaration under which EU member states have committed themselves to set 'high common standards which should be regarded as the minimum for the management of, and restraint in, conventional arms transfers' and 'to reinforce cooperation and to promote convergence in the field of conventional arms exports' within the framework of the Common Foreign and Security Policy.
During its lifetime, the EU Code of Conduct has had an eventful and, at times, controversial history. While big advances have been made in the field of information exchange, and participation has expanded from 15 to 27 as EU membership has increased, critics have contested that impact has either been too weak or too inconsistent. On the one hand non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and parliamentarians have contested that the mechanism has done little to genuinely raise standards by preventing transfers to human rights abusers and conflict hotspots. On the other, defence companies have complained that their government is interpreting the Code more restrictively than others, placing them at a commercial disadvantage.
The picture that emerges is of a dynamic agreement in which smaller member states have played a strong hand in pushing developments forward. Meanwhile, states value the EU Code because it helps to support and inform decision making at the national level on the granting and denying of export licences. The example provided by other member states arms exports often helps to bolter positions in inter-ministry debates or discussions with NGOs, industry and parliament. Meanwhile, the EU Code's mechanisms of information exchange and consultation provide a crucial input on national decision making on export licensing. However, officials are unwilling to acknowledge that the EU Code is pushing them towards more harmonized or more restrictive exports, the original aim of the agreement.
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A volunteer with Citymeals on Wheels prepares a Christmas meal on Dec. 25, 2021, in New York City
Volunteers deliver thousands of holiday meals to homebound seniors
By Arnold Davick New York City
PUBLISHED 7:00 PM ET Dec. 25, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:00 PM EST Dec. 25, 2021
NEW YORK — Hundreds of volunteers turned out on Christmas morning to make sure thousands of elderly New Yorkers had a festive meal for the holiday.
Citymeals on Wheels was set to deliver nearly 20,000 meals to homebound seniors across the five boroughs on Saturday. The holiday effort came as the organization celebrated a milestone.
Hundreds of volunteers helped Citymeals on Wheels deliver meals to homebound seniors on Christmas morning
The organization is celebrating its 40th anniversary
It partnered with local organizations including the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center to distribute the meals
"[We're] celebrating our 40th anniversary, because Christmas Day is when Citymeals on Wheels was born," said Vivienne O'Neill, the organization's senior director of volunteer programs and corporate engagement. "And we're feeding 20,000 homebound seniors who otherwise would not receive a meal today."
Citymeals on Wheels partnered with local organizations, including the Stanley M. Isaacs Neighborhood Center, to distribute the meals. On Saturday, more than 200 volunteers were on hand preparing meals and packing boxes to be delivered to seniors on the Upper East Side.
"We do this year round, but in the holiday season, it's a special, special day," said Gregory Morris, the president and executive director of the Neighborhood Center. "We want to make sure that on Christmas we're doing an extra set of delivery, an extra special box coming to everyone's door of a healthy warm nutritious meal."
Thanks to our 300 caring volunteers, who are spending the holiday delivering meals to their isolated, older neighbors – reminding them they are not forgotten on this special day. pic.twitter.com/WzPaNof0FM
— Citymeals on Wheels (@Citymeals) December 25, 2021
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Following up on last year's promise to build a standardized SDK for creating Smart TV apps, LG and TP Vision (the new owner of Philips' TV business) have announced the creation of the Smart TV Alliance. Its goal is to create a "non-proprietary ecosystem" to encourage developers to make platform-independent apps based on standards like HTML5. One of the main problems currently for the Smart TV market is that there's many different platforms, some manufacturer specific while others like Google TV and Yahoo! Widgets play across differently branded devices. Curiously, Sharp was included in the previous announcement at IFA last fall and is not mentioned by name this time around, although the press release hints at "other Japanese manufacturers" in the process of joining that will be announced accordingly. The current plan is to release SDK 2.0 by the end of this year, until then interested devs are asked to register on the group's website for more info.
SEOUL, KOREA / AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS / SAN RAMON, (CALIF.) USA, June 20, 2012 -– Founding members LG Electronics and TP Vision (for Philips TVs) today officially established Smart TV Alliance with other Japanese TV manufacturers in the process of joining. The Alliance forms a cooperation that aims at enhancing the Smart TV experience by creating a non-proprietary ecosystem for application developers to create attractive, platform-independent services. The foundation of the Smart TV Alliance comes after the collaboration announcement of the mentioned TV makers at IFA 2011 in Berlin. The names of other players that are joining the Alliance will be announced accordingly on the Alliance's website.
"Before today, the Smart TV industry was a very difficult market for both TV manufacturers and application developers as TV's from different brands used different platforms and technologies," said Bong-seok Kwon of LG Electronics, President of Smart TV Alliance. "Smart TV Alliance creates a larger playing field which encourages developers to create more and better TV applications at the same time giving manufacturers and consumers the richest source of movies-on-demand, music services, games, social networking and more."
Alain Perrot, a Smart TV Alliance Executive board member from TP Vision, is convinced that reduced application development time and costs will be beneficial for all: "Instead of spending valuable time on porting and testing on different platforms, developers can focus their creativity solely on realising apps that consumers will enjoy. Now we can really make it interesting and fun for everybody."
To make it easy for new partners to join in this effort and to facilitate effective discussions, the founding Smart TV makers have established Smart TV Alliance Consortium (www.SmartTV-Alliance.org). One of the primary objectives of this consortium is to help define technical specifications which will enable application developers to create their applications once and run them on multiple TVs regardless of the platform.
To enable this kind of development process, Smart TV Alliance will make the first version of its software development kit (SDK) available on its website which developers can download at no cost and use to develop their applications. The SDK is based on open web technologies such as HTML5 and allows for developed web applications to run on Smart TV's from participating members regardless of the underlying platform.
Smart TV Alliance plans to build on this first version and announce specifications of SDK 2.0 followed by the actual SDK 2.0 software release at the end of this year. With SDK 2.0, developers will be able to create applications for 2013 TV sets from participating Alliance members.
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Taylor Swift, TV journalist Gayle King and soccer star Mohamed Salah are among the six famous faces featured on the covers of Time's annual "100 Most Influential People in the World" issue.
Beyoncé penned an essay on former first lady Michelle Obama. President Donald Trump and Special Counsel Robert Mueller were also on this year's list.
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DHCP is an abbreviation for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is an application layer protocol used by hosts for obtaining network setup information. The DHCP is controlled by DHCP server that dynamically distributes network configuration parameters such as IP addresses, subnet mask and gateway address.
What is Dynamic host configuration protocol?
Summing up, a DHCP server dynamically configures a host in a network.
Disadvantage of manually Configuring the host: Configuring a host when it is connected to the network can be done either manually i.e., by the network administrator or by the DHCP server. In case of home networks, manual configuration is quite easy. Whereas in the large networks, the network administrator might face many problems.
Also, the manual configuration is prone to mistakes. Say a Network administrator might assign an IP address which was already assigned. Thus, causing difficulty for both administrator as well as neighbors on network.
So, here comes the use of DHCP server. Before discussing about how DHCP server works, lets go through the DHCP entities.
Leased IP address – IP address to a host which lasts for a particular duration which goes for a few hours,few days or few weeks.
Subnet Mask – The host can know on which network it is on.
Gateway address – The Gateway is the Internet Service Provider that connects user to the internet.The Gateway address lets the host know where the gateway is to connect to the internet.
DHCP server: It automatically provides network information(IPaddress, subnet mask, gateway address) on lease. Once the duration is expired, that network information can be assigned to other machine. It also maintains the data storage which stores the available IP addresses.
DHCP client: Any node which request an IP address allocation to a network is considered as DHCP client.
DHCP Relay Agent: In case, we have only one DHCP server for multiple LAN's then this Agent which presents in every network forwards the DHCP request to DHCP server. So, using DHCP Relay Agent we can configure multiple LAN's with single server.
How DHCP server assigns IP address to a host?
DHCPDISCOVER: When a new node is connected to the network, it broadcasts the DHCPDISCOVER message which contains the source address as 0.0.0.0 to every node on the network including server. DHCP server on receiving the message, returns the DHCPOFFER message to the requested host which contains the server address and new IP address to the node.
DHCPOFFER: If there are multiple servers on the network, host receives multiple DHCPOFFER messages. It is up to the host to select a particular message.
DHCPREQUEST: The requested host on receiving the offer message, it again broadcasts the DHCPREQUEST message on the network with the address of the server whose offer message is accepted by the host. The server which pertains to that server address sent by the host checks whether the address to be assigned to the node is available in the data storage.
DHCPACK : If the address is assigned , it marks the IP address in the storage as unavailable to ensure consistency. Now, the server sends DHCPACK packet to the requested host which contains network information(IP address, subnet mask, gateway address). In case, if the address is assigned to other machine meanwhile, then the server sends the packet DHCPNAK to the requested host indicating that the IP address is assigned to some other machine.
DHCPRELEASE : And finally, If the host wants to move to other network or if it has finished its work, it sends the DHCPRELEASE packet to the server indicating that it wants to disconnect. Then the server marks the IP address as available in the storage so that it can be assigned to other machine.
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What will personal computers look like in 20 years' time?
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Chief strategy and science officer, Affectiva "Our devices will have an emotion chip, much like a GPS location chip. It will use optical sensors, and perhaps other sensors, to read your emotions - your facial expressions, tone of voice, your physiology. This chip will also drive actions in response to your emotions. My mirror could sense I am stressed, and communicate this to my social robot, car and wearable phone-watch-health device, so that these adjust the way they interact with me. In this mood-aware internet of things, the emotion chip - always activated with our permission - will make our technology interactions more genuine and human."
"With the speed of wireless internet increasing, the location of the actual data processing will not be on your personal device, but on a distant, more powerful machine connected via the cloud. Such computers may belong to the general extremely powerful quantum class that will be developed in ten to 20 years. These technologies will, in just a few milliseconds, crack problems which would take the fastest conventional computer millions of years. Everything from breaking codes to searching data sets to the creation of new materials."
"Personal computing has come to be defined first by an individual's unique social access to the internet, and then by the device they use. It follows that, ten years from now, personal computing devices won't be singular and personal. They'll be more distributed as points of access: screens, sensors, data, processes and platforms. It will not be the watch on your wrist or the phone in your pocket. Your 'device' will be your digital identity, used like a key to enter the system from any number of screens and actions."
"Personal computing will become very, very personal. Currently, our interface is through the peripheral nervous system - input by touch and voice; output to eyes and ears. In a very personal future, we would work directly from our brains, integrating 3D nanoelectronics with our neural networks. We have already created the blueprint for 'innervated' or cyborg tissue and recently shown how electronics can be injected into and intermingled with the brain. To modify Descartes's 'cogito ergo sum', my future of computing is, 'I think, therefore it happens'."
"Personal computing will become intra-personal and intra-cellular. Each human neuron will be hijacked by a self-growing, self-repairing, molecular network. Computers will be networks of polymer filaments growing inside and together with a human. 'Seeds' of the networks will be injected into embryos in the first month of their development. They will form a gigantic network inside the brain. Computers will be inside us. They will span all living creatures in a united computing network."


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Q: Unidentified mistake in usage of Stack I am trying to implement BinaryTree using pointers and than I have to create a new binary tree from postfix expression (and print it) using Stack.
The function "create" should be doing that but every time it gets to StTop or StPop the program stops working.
My function gets string and than for every char c does as follows:
If c is a letter than it creates a binary tree whose root is c and its children are NULL, and puts it on top of Stack "niz".
Else using Stack it pops out last and second to last value from the Stack and creates new tree where char c is the root, last value is the right child, second to last is the left child and puts it back on top of the Stack.
I don't know what I am doing wrong. Every hint or suggestion will be greatly appreciated!
#include<stdio.h>
#include<stdlib.h>

#define LAMBDA NULL
#define MAXLENGHT 10000

typedef char labeltype;

typedef struct celltag{
    labeltype label;
    struct celltag *leftchild;
    struct celltag *rightchild;
} celltype;

typedef celltype *node; //ovo ti je cvor
typedef celltype *BinaryTree;

void BiMakeNull(BinaryTree *Tp)
{
    *Tp=NULL;
}

int BiEmpty(BinaryTree T)
{
    if(T==NULL) return 0;
    return 1;
}

void BiCreate(labeltype l, BinaryTree TL, BinaryTree TR, BinaryTree *Tp)
{
    (*Tp)=(celltype*)malloc(sizeof(celltype));
    (*Tp)->label= l;
    (*Tp)->leftchild=TL;
    (*Tp)->leftchild=TR;
}

void BiLeftSubtree(BinaryTree T, BinaryTree *TLp)
{
    (*TLp)=T->leftchild;
}

void BiRightSubtree(BinaryTree T, BinaryTree *TRp)
{
    (*TRp)=T->rightchild;
}

node BiInsertLeftChild(labeltype l, node i, BinaryTree *Tp)
{
    if(i==NULL) exit(1);
    if(i->leftchild != NULL) exit(2);

    i->leftchild->label=l;
    i->leftchild->leftchild=NULL;
    i->leftchild->rightchild=NULL;

    return i->leftchild;
}

 node BiInsertRightChild(labeltype l, node i, BinaryTree *Tp)
 {
    if(i==NULL) exit(1);
    if(i->rightchild != NULL) exit(2);

    i->rightchild->label=l;
    i->rightchild->rightchild=NULL;
    i->rightchild->rightchild=NULL;

    return i->rightchild;
 }

 void BiDelete(node i, BinaryTree *Tp)
 {
     if(i==NULL) exit(3);
     if(i->leftchild!=NULL || i->rightchild!= NULL) exit(4);

     i=NULL;
 }

 node BiRoot(BinaryTree T)
 {
     if(T==NULL) return LAMBDA;
     return T;
 }

 node BiLeftChild(node i, BinaryTree T)
 {
     if(i==NULL) exit(5);
     if(i->leftchild==NULL) return LAMBDA;
     return i->leftchild;
 }

 node BiRightChild(node i, BinaryTree T)
 {
     if(i==NULL) exit(5);
     if(i->rightchild==NULL) return LAMBDA;
     return i->rightchild;
 }

 node nadiRoditelja(node i, node root)
 {
     if(root->leftchild==i || root->rightchild==i) return root;

     if(root->leftchild!=NULL) {nadiRoditelja(i, root->leftchild);}
     if(root->rightchild!=NULL) {nadiRoditelja(i, root->rightchild);}

 }

 node BiParent(node i, BinaryTree T)
 {
     if(i==NULL) exit(6);
     if(i==T) return LAMBDA;

     node parent;
     parent=nadiRoditelja(i, BiRoot(T));
     return parent;
 }

 labeltype BiLabel(node i, BinaryTree T)
 {
     if(i==NULL) exit(7);
     return i->label;
 }

void BiChangeLabel(labeltype l, node i, BinaryTree *Tp)
{
    if(i==NULL) exit(8);
    i->label=l;
}

//implementacija stoga pomocu polja

typedef struct {
    int top;
    BinaryTree elementi[MAXLENGHT];
} Stack;

void StMakeNull(Stack *St)
{
    St->top=MAXLENGHT;
}

int StEmpty(Stack S)
{
    if(S.top>=MAXLENGHT) return 1;
    return 0;
}

void StPush(BinaryTree x, Stack *Sp)
{
    if(Sp->top==0) exit(101);
    else{
        Sp->top--;
        Sp->elementi[Sp->top]=x;
    }
}

void StPop(Stack *Sp)
{
    if(StEmpty(*Sp)){exit(212);}
    else{
            Sp->top++;
    }

}

BinaryTree StTop(Stack S)
{
    if(StEmpty(S)) {exit(202);}
    else{
        return (S.elementi[S.top]);
    }
}

void Postorder(node i, BinaryTree T)
{
    if(i)
    {
        Postorder(BiLeftChild(i,T), T);
        Postorder(BiRightChild(i, T), T);
        printf(" %c", BiLabel(i, T));
    }
}

void printajdrvo(BinaryTree T, node root)
{
    printf(" %c ", BiLabel(root, T));
    if(BiLabel(BiLeftChild(root, T), T)== 0) {printf(" NULL ");return;}
    else{printf(" %c ", BiLabel(BiLeftChild(root, T), T) );}

    if(BiLabel(BiRightChild(root, T), T)== 0) {printf(" NULL\n"); return;}
    else{printf(" %c\n", BiLabel(BiRightChild(root, T), T) );}

    printajdrvo(T, BiLeftChild(root, T));
    printajdrvo(T, BiRightChild(root, T));

}

BinaryTree create(char string[100])
{
    Stack niz;
    StMakeNull(&niz);
    BinaryTree pom, poml, pomr;
    BiMakeNull(&pom);
    BiMakeNull(&poml);
    BiMakeNull(&pomr);
    BinaryTree newroot;

    int i=0;
    while(string[i]!='\0')
    {
        BiCreate(string[i], poml, pomr, &pom);

        if(string[i]>='A' && string[i]<='z')
        {
            StPush(pom, &niz);
        }
        else{

            BinaryTree l,d;
            BiMakeNull(&l);
            BiMakeNull(&d);
            BiMakeNull(&newroot);
            newroot=pom;

            d=StTop(niz);

            StPop(&niz);

            l=StTop(niz);

            StPop(&niz);

            BiCreate(string[i],l,d,&newroot);
            StPush(newroot, &niz);

        }
        BiMakeNull(&pom);
      i++;
    }
    return newroot;
}

int main()
{

    char string[100];
    printf("Enter postfix: \n");
    scanf(" %s", string);
    BinaryTree T;
    BiMakeNull(&T);
    T = create(string);
    printajdrvo(T, BiRoot(T));
    Postorder(BiRoot(T), T);
    return 0;
}

A: printajdrvo never exits, it will recurse forever
vs says
Severity    Code    Description Project File    Line    Suppression State
Warning C4717   'printajdrvo': recursive on all control paths, function will cause runtime stack overflow   ConsoleApplication3 C:\work\ConsoleApplication3\ConsoleApplication3.cpp 205


The culture of a city is best described through its street food and this statement is extremely true when it comes to street food in Bangalore. The city boasts a number of restaurants and pubs that serve anything from the humble idli to a more elaborate sashimi platter. But food in the city goes beyond glitzy and quirky restaurants. It's the street food in Bangalore brings out the city's soul.
Bangalore is called home by people from all over the world and of course, being human many of these people brought their culture and food to share with the rest of the city. Some of the best street food in Bangalore can be found in tiny little carts or a little hole in the wall. Here are our picks for the most famous food in Bangalore and where to find them.
Ask any South Indian what would be their ideal breakfast and they'll probably say dosa or idli and vada. Made from rice flour and urad dal, these delicacies can be found all over the city from your run-of-the-mill restaurant chains to local vendors in their carts. But forget the restaurants and head to those carts. Just spare anything from INR 25 to 50 and you'll get a plate of steaming idlis or crisp masala dosas with a side of coconut chutney, red tomato and chilli chutney and Karnataka's popular sweet sambar.
Where to go: Brahmin's Coffee Bar in Basavanagudi, Veena Stores and Brahmin's Thatte Idli in Malleswaram (actually any place in Malleswaram works for hot idlis and crisp vadas and dosas) For a filling dosa, try the dosas from any 99 Variety Dosa Cart in Bangalore. Find a dosa camp anywhere in the city and you'll thank me later.
As the sun sets, the streets of Bangalore come alive with exciting food stalls across the city. Though chaat isn't native to Bangalore, the city loves it. Right from khatta-meetha pani puri to crispy bhel puri, you'll find these delicious treats in stalls all around the city on cool evenings. A few chaat varieties to try are dahi puri, aloo chaat, and samosa chaat.
"Why have abs when you can have kebabs" is something every Bangalorean seems to follow. The city's numerous kebab joints will have you spoiled for choice. Right from whole grilled chicken to sheek kebabs and delicious Shawarma rolls, you can have it all.
Where to try: Shivaji Nagar, Johnson Market and Frazer town are great places to try kebabs and rolls, especially during Eid.
A favourite breakfast and tea-time treat from the Dakshina Kannada region, Mangalore buns are fluffy buns are made from a mix of wheat flour and bananas and are deep fried to a light golden-brown. These slightly sweet delicacies are often served with spicy coconut chutney or sambar for a balance of flavour.
Obbattu or Holige is a flatbread dessert like none other. Made from maida and stuffed with a mix of peanuts, sugar, ghee and lentils, this dish is normally made around festivals like Maha Sankranti. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy this sweetmeat all around the year. You can pick up these treats in roti shops and tiny joints around the city.
No other city seems to love fresh fruit juice as much as Bangalore, especially during summer. Anything from sweet watermelon juice to thick avocado shakes, you'll find it here. It all started off with Sri Ganesh Fruit Juice about 70 years ago and the craze has taken over the city. You'll see everyone from school kids to guys who've just finished a workout heading here.
Where to go: Any Sri Ganesh Fruit Juice stall, Cool Joint in Jayanagar, Juice Junction in Koramangala and Lassi Shop anywhere.
The bhaji is the best tea-time snack to grab during Bangalore's famous rainy evenings. Whether it's a classic potato filled bonda or a spicy chilli bhaji, you'll certainly find these crispy in a number of roadside stalls. They're normally served with a side of chutney and you can always get a hot cup of chai or coffee to accompany this treat.
Where to go: Sri Guru Kottureshwara Davangere Benne Dosa in Basvangudi, Bugle Rock, Shivraj Bhajji Cart in Vijaynagar, and Basavaraj Bajji Bandi in JP Nagar.
Momos are a delicacy that has made their way to the city all the way from the misty North East and Bangaloreans can't seem to get enough of it. These soft dumplings are either served with juicy meat or vegetable fillings and side of spicy red chilly chutney or peanut chutney. And don't worry about them burning a hole in your pocket, you'd be able to get a plate of 8 to 10 momos ranging from anywhere from INR 50 to 100.
Karnataka loves flavoured rice! Right from bisi bele bath with a crunchy mixture to aromatic chitranna (lemon rice) people in Karnataka will enjoy these dishes for every meal. If you're running low on cash, this category would work for you. You'll get a plate of curd rice or tangy puliyogare (tamarind rice) dish from street carts and tiny eateries anywhere in the city from morning to night.
Corn is a worldwide favourite and whether you like it off the cob or as popcorn, you'll find your favourite on the streets of Bangalore. Wherever you go, you'll find corn carts selling boiled corn combined with butter, chilli, tomato, cheese and so much more. Just choose a flavour and you can enjoy a steaming bowl on a rainy evening.
So there you have, the next time you're craving a crispy dosa or juicy kebab, head to the streets. Sample all the food you can and you'll never run out of choices in the city.


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