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The Olympics Are Taking Place During a Soft Coup
News reports have focused on crime, Zika, and polluted swimming venues, but equally troubling is the 'coup' returning power to Brazil's elite.
Gabrielle Glaser
Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:08PM ET / Published Aug. 01, 2016 1:00AM ET
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There may not be tanks on the street and no one shuttering the media or jailing opposition intellectuals, but don't let the seemingly tranquil pictures from Rio fool you. The 31st Olympic Games, which open later this week, are taking place in a country embroiled in extraordinary political turmoil that some observers say amounts to a "soft coup."
The Brazilian leader who will welcome the world's Olympic delegations, Michel Temer, holds the unimposing title of "interim president.'' (He is officially still the vice president.) He came to power in May after Brazil's Senate impeached President Dilma Rousseff, the elected president and head of the left-wing Worker's Party, or PT. For the moment, Temer's ascension is a victory for the country's business elite and his pledges to slash spending on government programs, which has reassured investors. But his administration and centrist Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, or PMDB, face a fractious and divided Congress that may well not follow his lead.
Temer has plenty of critics. He appointed an all-male, all-white cabinet in a country in which more than half the population identifies as mixed race or black. And to the great consternation of Brazilian researchers, his first pick for science minister was a creationist.
Rousseff, the country's first female president, was accused of doing something that has been widely seen as standard procedure for her and her predecessors: shuffling budget money to fund popular social programs before her 2014 reelection bid. (She denies the charges.)
After her impeachment in May, evidence surfaced that pointed to a more compelling reason the opposition wanted her gone as fast as possible. Temer's political allies were recorded discussing plans to push Rousseff out of office so they could take power and shut down an Olympic-sized inquiry into corruption in Petrobras, the partially state-owned oil company.
A raft of politicians, including Temer himself and many in Rousseff's Worker's Party, are accused of taking bribes from Petrobras, whose board Rousseff chaired before she became president in 2011.
Rousseff has not been linked to the scandal.
"I consider this a soft coup," said Richard Graham, professor emeritus of history at the University of Texas at Austin whose specialty is Brazil. "Legally they have the authority to remove her from office but the charges are ridiculous," Graham said.
Not everyone agrees. Rosental Alves, founder and director of the Knight Center of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, said that while the pretext may have been flimsy, Rousseff's removal followed the procedures set by Brazilian law.
"We are Latin Americans, and we know what a coup is. A coup, like the last real one in Honduras, was when the military storms the presidential palace in the middle of the night, puts a gun to the president's head and takes him off in his pajamas," said Alves, a Rio native, or carioca. "You can say what has happened is unfair and unjust, and that the crimes she are being accused of are very weak. But they are all done within the legal framework created by the Constitution."
Brazil's politics have long been a source of consternation in a country that has struggled to build democratic traditions. A professional clown ran for Parliament several years ago and garnered a near-record number of votes with a platform that declared: "What does a federal deputy do? Truly, I don't know. But vote for me and I will find out for you.''
To understand what's happened to Rousseff, you need to go back to 2002, when Brazilians elected Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, known simply as Lula, as president. Lula, who will now stand trial in the Petrobras case, was a unique figure in Brazilian history, a self-made man from the desperately poor Northeast region who learned to read at 10. He had enormous popular appeal and charisma and he took office at what turned out to be a propitious moment. The country was just beginning to exploit oil reserves, the world economy was beginning to boom, and the Chinese were buying up massive quantities of soy beans.
Investors spoke glowing of the BRICs, the emerging nations whose economies would dominate the world in the 21st century. (Yes, that actually stood for Brazil, Russia, India, and China.)
In 2009, when Rio won the bid to host the Games – an effort Lula spearheaded, and to which Rousseff, his protégée, dedicated her presidency—Brazil seemed full of promise. It was a moment "when everything seemed possible… It was Brazil's turn," wrote Juliana Barbassa, a Brazilian-born journalist and the author of Dancing with the Devil in the City of God: Rio de Janeiro and the Olympic Dream.
The country's economy was booming due in part to economic policies Lula implemented, and in 2010, the country's gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.5 percent. Five years later, Brazil's GDP had plummeted by -3.8 percent in large part because of the collapse of the fossil fuel industry. Rousseff, Lula's handpicked successor, began her second term in 2015, just as the worst recession in 80 years took hold. Her difficulties were compounded by the Zika virus epidemic and the international spectacle of a city seemingly unprepared to host the Olympics later this week.
Rousseff's impeachment trial appears likely to be under way during the Olympics, with a verdict expected by September. Brazilian observers don't expect her to last: "She's out," said Bryan McCann, a professor of Latin American history at Georgetown University.
Many in Brazil remain hopeful that Games themselves will go smoothly but the months leading up to the game have featured a steady drip of negative stories. One involved cariocas' particular brand of irreverent humor. After the Australian delegation complained in late July that its athletes' apartments in the Olympic Village had leaky plumbing, blocked toilets and exposed wires, Rio's mayor Eduardo Paes cracked that he would import a kangaroo to the quarters to make the athletes feel more at home. Within a few days, the structural problems were repaired, and to patch things up, Kitty Chiller, the Australian delegation leader, presented Paes with a stuffed kangaroo. (It happened to be wearing boxing gloves.)
"Big spectacles? Rio can do that, even in strained circumstances," said McCann. After all, it manages the extravagance of Carnival every year. The real losers in these Games, McCann said, are likely to be ordinary cariocas. Tens of thousands of poor families were relocated in order to make room for Olympic venues, and so far the improvements promised for the Games have not materialized. The world has seen endless images of untreated sewage, old TV sets, and dead bodies float in the putrid Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing and rowing events. Delays have plagued the extension of subway lines. Urban violence remains problematic.
"It's a lost opportunity for the people of Rio," McCann said.
And Brazilians, who typically unite over sports, are feeling pessimistic about being under the world's spotlight. In July, the polling firm Datafolha (PDF link in Portuguese) found that half feared the chaos of the Games will make them feel more national shame than pride. (Two years ago, the vast majority said they looked forward to them.)
But Alves, the journalism professor, expects those feelings to change once Games get underway. It's not for nothing that Rio is called "The City of God": views of its sweeping coastline, rugged Mantiqueira mountains, and endless supply of caipirinhas, the cachaça, sugar, and lime concoction that is the national drink, will likely ease many of the inevitable challenges. "The city," said Alves, speaking from Rio, "is just so beautiful. And you can say this much about us: We know how to party."


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Need to put some research in this, as I have the idea that under some circumstances embedding Office interop assemblies not always works.
via: CLR and DLR and BCL, oh my! – Whirlwind Tour around .NET 4 (and Visual Studio 2010) Beta 1 – Scott Hanselman.
The methods I described in via: Extracting MSI files didn't work for the MSI installer for the Office 2003 Primary Interop Assemblies (which you get through here, or directly download the O2003PIA.exe installer).
This MSI is designed to contain all of the PIA's which shipped with Microsoft Office System 2003. The product PIA's will only install if the parent product is installed on the machine.
Leave the PIA redistributable on the machine once it's installed. Because this product is redistributable, many add-ins could ship it. The MSI will only install once and then subsequent installs would just see that it's already on the machine. Removing it via Setup logic will remove it for everyone. The current recommendation is to leave uninstallation of the PIA Redistributable to the end user through Add/Remove Programs.
the build server does not have Office installed at all.
In none of those scenarios, the PIAs are installed.
So I needed a way to extract all the PIA binaries with the official long filenames from the O2003PIA.MSI that is inside the O2003PIA.EXE installer.
Extracting the installer was simple: just install it, and it decompresses to a directory of choice. Or use your decompression tool of choice.


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Now that you and my beloved wife have all the time in the universe to get acquainted, I hope the two of you can see how much I cared for you both.
Both of you taught me lessons about courage and honesty – and how they're inextricably linked. You both taught me about love and honor – and how one can't flourish without the other… and how they transform your life when both are present in large measure.
I'm a better man for having had you in my life. It wasn't always easy, but the uphill path never is. The altitude you helped me achieve has given me the persepective to see the arc of my life up to now and informed my choices going forward.
Of all the gifts I've received in my life, that is truly the most precious.
I wish you were here Dad… and the wishing tears at me.
I hope you're happy wherever you are and I'm trying to be happy here without you.
The sun's shining from a clear blue sky as I sit here in a maelstrom of voices and clattering dishes.
Life goes on, just like a river. It's paddle or be paddled.


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Futures League has future to consider, plus other items of interest
tking@nashuatelegraph.com
There's a lot going on behind the scenes this summer so let's give you some tids and bits to keep you up to date:
—We may have jumped the gun late last month when we said the Futures Collegiate League was in the clear in terms of possibly losing the strong Worcester franchise to a possible move to that city by the Pawtucket Red Sox. Logically, you figure state approval of some $85 million in funds to build a new stadium in Pawtucket would definitely keep them the PawSox instead of the WooSox. But we forget that the shrewd Larry Lucchino is running the show down there and that Worcester will likely offer $100 million to build a new park and doesn't need state approval. There are those who are almost certain Lucchino would rather take the Worcester deal – which has yet to be made public, by the way — but won't tip his hand because he doesn't want to lose the current gate. This probably wouldn't be a reality for three years or so, but it certainly would cripple the FCBL, which isn't in the greatest of shape with just seven teams as it is.
— Still on the FCBL, it's becoming more and more apparent that it has an umpiring problem. Bad enough that it still goes with just two umpires – the NECBL just went to three recently – but the two who are working a lot of the games just aren't getting things right. OK, sure, it's foolish to keep whining about officiating in any sport, but when Silver Knights manager B.J. Neverett doesn't go out to argue a call,lately it's been the exception rather than the rule.
How bad a year for these umps? They were late for the start of Thursday's twinbill vs. Martha's Vineyard, the start delayed for nearly 15 minutes. Not good, and in the off-season the issue needs to be addressed. Many other things do, too, which is why one team exec said that when the league has its annual off-season meeting in the fall, "This will be the most important off-season meeting in the history of the league."
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"Take a year off, and come back with a good clean slate," he said. "We'll look at what we can do to make it better and come back strong."
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Sexuella minoriteter kallas de grupper av människor vars sexualitet skiljer sig ifrån de rådande sexuella normerna. Homosexuella och bisexuella torde vara de talrikaste sexuella minoriteterna. Vid sidan av dessa stora minoriteter finns en rad mindre vanligt förekommande sexuella minoriteter. Frasen myntades troligen under sent 60-tal efter påverkan av Lars Ullerstams bok De erotiska minoriteterna, som argumenterade för tolerans. Frasen användes analogt med etnisk minoritet. En mindre tolerant term som täcker ungefär samma områden är sexuella avvikelser.

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Bán Zsófia (Rio de Janeiro, Brazília, 1957. szeptember 23. –) magyar író, irodalomtörténész, kritikus. Az Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar Angol–Amerikai Intézet oktatója.

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Rio de Janeiróban született; magyarul 12 évesen tanult meg, az angol és portugál után. Édesapja a külkereskedelmi kirendeltség vezetője volt, édesanyja holokauszt-túlélő. 1976–1981 között az ELTE BTK angol–francia–portugál szakos hallgatója. 1981–1985 között a Mafilm munkatársa, mint rendezőaszisztens. 1985–1989 között a Magyar Tudományos Akadémia aspiránsa. 1985–1990 között az ELTE Bölcsészettudományi Kar angol tanszékének tanársegédje volt. 1992 óta az ELTE BTK amerikanisztika tanszékének adjunktusa, 2001 óta docense.

Művei
 Desire and De-Scription: Words and Images of Postmodernism in the Late Poetry of William Carlos Williams (1999)
 Amerikáner (esszék, 2000) Magvető
 Esti Iskola. Olvasókönyv felnőtteknek (novellák, 2007; németül: 2012)
 Exponált emlék. Családi fényképek a magán- és történelmi emlékezetben (tanulmányok, 2008)
 Próbacsomagolás (esszé, útirajz, memoár, 2009)
 Amikor még csak az állatok éltek (2012; németül 2014) Magvető
 Turul és dínó. Jelenetek a képek életéből. Esszék, tanulmányok, kritikák; Magvető, Bp., 2016
Bán Zsófia–Forgács Péter: Méreg; Magvető, Bp., 2017
Lehet lélegezni!; Magvető, Bp., 2018
Vagánybagoly és a harmadik Á, avagy Mindenki lehet más; Pozsonyi Pagony, Bp., 2019

Díjai
 Balassa Péter-díj (2007)
 József Attila-díj (2008)
 Palládium díj (2009)
 Mozgó Világ-díja (2009)
 Déry Tibor-díj (2012)
 Üveggolyó-díj (2013)

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One of the key components of the day, and what truly makes your day special, are the vows that you share. It's the one time during the ceremony where people really will be listening intently as you say those heartfelt words to your partner.
I, Name, take you, Name, to be my wife, my partner in life and my soul mate. I will treasure our friendship and love you today, tomorrow, and forever. I will trust you and respect you. I will laugh with you and cry with you. I will love you faithfully and unconditionally through the best and the worst, the difficult and the easy. Whatever may come, I promise I will always be there for you.
• Promises – what you will do in the marriage.
• Something personal about your bride / groom along the lines of – "Life wouldn't be so fun and interesting if it wasn't for you" .
• Humour into the promises – "I promise to always put the toilet seat down".
The key is to make sure your vows are concise, hold meaning and are personal.
Do I have to memorise my vows?
No, it's not a great idea. In my years of experience as a celebrant, there has only been one bride who successfully memorised her vows. If you are confident speaking, then I recommed you say your vows to each other holding one another's hand; the other hand holds a cue card with the vows on, to refer to if you need to. The alternative would be to repeat your vows after the celebrant. However, I only recommend this to those who are not confident as it can sound repetitive, especially if the same vow is written by the bride as the groom.
The majority of couples I meet with want to write their own with guidance. There are a plethora of research avenues on bridal websites and blogs. Additionally, your celebrant will provide a few ideas or samples to get you started with writing your own. I always collaborate with my couples as to how they want to approach their vows.
Do we say the same vows or write them in secret?
This is your one opportunity to share your vows and promises with your partner in your own words. That said, it is important to chat to your partner about the key promises that you want to make to each other in marriage. You need to both be on the same page! You may decide to write the bulk of the vows together, with a few personal lines separately; or to completely write them on your own and send them to your celebrant separately to be shared with each other on the day for the first time.
Your vows are an important aspect of your day, as well as of your life together as husband and wife. Take the time to make them words to live by!
1 What structure works best?
2 Do I have to memorise my vows?
3 Should I write my own vows?
4 Do we say the same vows or write them in secret?


Burn-in: You may have heard that plasma has a couple of drawbacks. One such downside is burn-in, which occurs when an image--such as a stock ticker, a network logo, or letterbox bars--gets etched permanently onto the screen because it sits in one place too long. In our experience, the danger of burn-in has been greatly exaggerated, and people with normal viewing habits have nothing to worry about. The potential for burn-in is greatest during the first 100 or so hours of use, during which time you should keep contrast low (less than 50 percent) and avoid showing static images or letterbox bars on the screen for hours at a time. After this initial phase, plasma should be as durable as any television technology. Many models also have burn-in-reduction features, such as screensavers and pixel orbiting, or settings to treat burn-in once it occurs, such as causing the screen to go all white. Check out our guide to burn-in for more details.
Plasma life span: The life span of plasma TVs is another area that's improved dramatically with the last few generations of the technology. Partly in response to claims made by LCD TV makers, plasma manufacturers now claim their panels last an extremely long time. Most plasma makers today claim a life span of 60,000 hours before the panel fades to half brightness. That's more than 20 years if the TV is on for 8 hours per day.
Available in a range of sizes; matte screens generally reflect less light; no danger of burn-in.
Home-theater image quality generally not as good as on plasma models; relatively narrow viewing angle.
Flat-panel LCDs will continue to be the most popular HDTV technology, thanks to falling prices and plenty of choices.
The Samsung LN52A650 is a 52-inch LCD with deep black levels, accurate color, 120Hz processing and a shiny screen.
Flat LCDs are extremely popular in all screen sizes these days, thanks to competitive pricing and the fact they can fit just about anywhere. Larger LCDs--as big as 65 inches--remain more expensive than plasma and rear-projection models, but in the popular 40- to 42-inch size range, LCD prices have dropped precipitously. As of fall 2008, flat-panel LCDs in this size range can be had for as little as $750, just a bit more than plasmas.
The picture quality of LCD TVs has historically suffered from poor black levels, but the latest versions are often much-improved. The best plasmas still surpass the best LCD in terms of delivering a deep black, however, and in general LCD still lags behind. That's because LCDs use a backlight to provide illumination, and there's almost always some light leaking through the pixels. Color saturation is also generally inferior to plasma's, again as a result of the inability to completely blacken (turn off) the pixels. New LCD technologies, including LED backlights, are helping even the playing field, but they're still extremely expensive.
Viewing angle is another weakness of LCD compared with plasma. On every LCD we've reviewed, we witnessed some brightness and color shift visible when we watched from an angle that's more or less removed from the sweet spot right in front of the TV (to either side, and especially above or below). Plasmas look equally good from very wide angles. In addition, LCDs are much more likely to exhibit uniformity problems than plasmas, which can appear as lighter areas on dark screens, clouding, or even color banding on some models. These can be more or less severe from model to model, so check the individual reviews for comments.


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Q: Add multiple member - score values not supported in Redis Booksleeve I'm trying to store multiple member-score values using Redis Booksleeve but the Booksleeve api doesn't seem to support this functionality.
conn.SortedSets.Add overload supports only single pairs of value - scores.
Do i miss something or this is on purpose or something that you forgot to implement?
Currently i'm updating my sorted set in a transaction loop like this:
foreach (ForumMessage message in messages)
{
    trans.SortedSets.Add(db, redisKey, message.id.ToString(), message.id);
}
trans.Execute();

Is the above the same as doing a ZADD with multiple member-score values from performance perspective?

A: It won't be quite as efficient:

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*it'll send the command and key multiple times

*there is a good chance of emptying the output buffer repeatedly, which can cause packet fragmentation

But... it'll still be pretty fast.
There are hacky ways around the latter, including:

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*batching

*suspend/resume flush (be very careful to use try/finally if you do this!)

However, you might want to know that StackExchange.Redis has a multi key/value SortedSetAdd method that does exactly what you want.

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A small group of activists has recently tried to stimulate interest in natural processes as preferred alternatives to developing technical means of reducing the addition of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
Their plea could be much stronger if ecological differences between major ecosystem types were clarified. So, for example, the storage of carbon in tropical forest is largely in the biomass of the plants, mainly the trees, themselves, not in soil organic matter. In contrast, the majority of carbon storage in the boreal forest is in the organic matter of the soil and peat, not in the tree tissues. Clearing of trees changes drainage and oxidation of soil organic matter.
The total area of boreal forest exceeds the area of tropical rain forest and the carbon storage per square metre in the boreal can be twice that in the tropical forest.
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It can be easy to get stuck in a rut when it comes to HIIT, churning through the same set of sprints every session until you dread it more than a foam rolling session after leg day.
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StuG III A
Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A
GermanyI Rank
2.3/2.3/2.3BR
Tank destroyerClass
4 peopleCrew
67 %Visibility
front / side / backArmour
50 / 30 / 30Hull
50 / 30 / 30Turret
19.6 tWeight
572 hp300 hpEngine power
29 hp/t15 hp/tSurface density
46 km/h forward
10 km/h back42 km/h forward
9 km/h backSpeed
75 mm StuK37 cannonMain weapon
44 roundsAmmunition
3.3 / 4.3 sReload
-10° / 20°Vertical guidance
-9° / 5°Horizontal guidance
5 900 Research
6 300 Purchase
640 / 839/510 / 668/410 / 537Repair
1 800 Crew training
6 300 Experts
80 Aces
106 % Reward for battle
2.1 Survivability and armour
2.2 Mobility
3 Armaments
3.1 Main armament
3.1.1 Ammunition
3.1.2 Ammo racks
4 Usage in the battles
4.1 Modules
4.2 Pros and cons
5.2 Design
5.3 Combat usage
5.4 In-game description
7 Read also
The Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A (StuG III A) is a rank I German tank destroyer with a battle rating of 2.3 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced during the Closed Beta Test for Ground Forces before Update 1.41. The StuG III A is the beginning of the StuG III line and the first enclosed tank destroyer for the German tree. It presents the same 75 mm gun as on the early Panzer IVs.
This tank destroyer was originally built as an assault gun, designed to fling low-velocity high explosive shells in the assistance of attacking infantry. Against armoured vehicles, however, the StuG III A should be used for frontal assaults on objectives or ambushes, due to poor accuracy at range and the high shell arc. In both roles, its low profile and excellent short-range firepower provide a distinct advantage. You should get into cover when reloading. Due to the sloped armour on the top, shots will bounce more if you are on the same elevation as the tank you are fighting or if your gun is facing the tank at 0° elevation. If you are raising your gun to shoot at an enemy, they can pierce your armour easily below the gun.
The StuG III A will build up momentum slowly, allowing it to effectively charge capture points. The recommended method of attacking points in this machine is to keep a building between you and the enemy tanks in the objective while approaching at high speed. Once you have arrived, you should round the corner, quickly aim, shoot, and immediately reverse to take cover behind the corner you just rounded. Be careful not to expose too much of your tank during the reversing turn.
Survivability and armour
Armour type:
Rolled homogeneous armour
Cast homogeneous armour (Gun mantlet)
Front (Slope angle)
Hull 26 mm (86°) Front glacis
50 mm (23°) Lower glacis 30 mm 30 mm 17 mm
Superstructure 50 mm (11°) Front plate 30 mm 30 mm 11 mm
Suspension wheels are 15 mm thick.
Tracks are 20 mm thick.
Mobility characteristic
Weight (tons)
Add-on Armor
19.6 N/A 47 (AB)
43 (RB/SB)
Engine power (horsepower)
Arcade 426 525
Realistic/Simulator 265 300
Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
Arcade 21.73 26.78
Realistic/Simulator 13.52 15.31
Main armament
Main article: StuK 37 (75 mm)
75 mm StuK 37
44 -10°/+20° -9°/+5° N/A
Turret rotation speed (°/s)
Prior + Full crew
Prior + Expert qualif.
Prior + Ace qualif.
Arcade 7.04 9.75 11.84 13.09 13.93
Realistic 4.76 5.60 6.80 7.52 8.00
Reloading rate (seconds)
Penetration statistics
Penetration in mm @ 90°
K.Gr.rot Pz. APCBC 52 50 45 39 34 30
Hl.Gr. 38B HEAT 80 80 80 80 80 80
Hl.Gr. 38C HEAT 100 100 100 100 100 100
Sprgr. 34 HE 10 10 10 10 10 10
Shell details
in m/s
Mass in kg
Fuse delay
in m:
Fuse sensitivity
in mm:
Explosive Mass in g
(TNT equivalent):
Normalization At 30°
from horizontal:
Ricochet:
K.Gr.rot Pz. APCBC 385 6.8 1.3 15.0 80 +4° 48° 63° 71°
Hl.Gr. 38B HEAT 450 4.6 0.0 0.1 872.1 +0° 62° 69° 73°
Hl.Gr. 38C HEAT 450 4.8 0.0 0.1 875.5 +0° 62° 69° 73°
Sprgr. 34 HE 420 5.7 0.1 0.1 686 +0° 79° 80° 81°
Ammo racks
Ammo racks for the StuG III A.
rack empty
44 30 (+14) 15 (+29) 1 (+43) No
Left side empty: 30 (+14)
Usage in the battles
The StuGs AP shell can deal with many opponents at its rank. It has devastating when used on the many light tanks at Rank 1, whilst your frontal armour can hold a lot of their shells. DO NOT USE HE. It lacks the penetration of the HEAT and AP, and the explosive force of higher rank howitzers, such as the Sturmhaubitze and KV-2 have. The Heat is an excellent tool for sniping whilst even more important, cracking British Heavies, with both the Valentines and the Matilda not having enough armour to hold a Heat. Aim for their turrets, and you can easily destroy them in one shot, both being too slow and cumbersome to make use of your low-velocity cannon. HEAT should be your main shells once you have it researched.
Due to the StuG III being made from the Panzer III chassis, this tank destroyer inherited its brilliant speed and mobility. This either makes it perfect at 'Shoot and Scoot' tactics (I.e. Destroying a tank then changing position) or flanking/head-on attacks, where your mobility can make you a hard target to hit. While the StuG series lacks a turret, it can turn on the spot very fast and has a decent gun arc, providing you have cover or able teammates which can negate the lack of a turret with the track traverse.
One of the huge disadvantages of the StuG III A is the lack of a turret that can traverse and unsloped side armour. The limited field of fire severely hampers the StuG's urban capabilities. The flank of the StuG is also unsloped and thin, making it extremely easy to penetrate if exposed. However, the StuG has a very low profile and good frontal sloping, affording it excellent protection when shooting from a gap in rocks or obstacles.
If you have a side shot on this vehicle, attempt to disable its tracks; this will make accurate aiming more difficult for the StuG driver as well as make the turning time of the tank destroyer increase, giving you more time to shoot the StuG without receiving shots in return. The StuG III A is weak in the sides, giving you prime shots at the particularly frail engine and ammo rack. The armour is unsloped on the sides and therefore offers little protection.
Overall, the StuG III A is an early devastating tank to face, with its pros outweigh its cons. The lack of turret is over looked when the combination of HEAT, fast mobility, quick reload, and decent armour come in to play.
Recommended research path:
Parts, then whatever from rank I
Usual "Fire Prevention Environment" (FPE = fire extinguisher) and Adjustment of Fire
Both HEAT shells, to be able to deal with more heavily armoured threats, and Elevation Mechanism
Upgrades that improve mobility - Engine, Transmission, Filters
Remaining upgrades
Possesses a powerful gun against its opponents
Low profile due to casemate structure
HEAT options are very effective in dealing with heavily armoured vehicles
Good handling and mobility, quick turning response
Fast loading speed
Good frontal armour of 50 mm
Difficult to penetrate from upper frontal armour due to the various sloping areas, where most inexperienced players will fire
Stock APCBC ammo has low penetration, ~50 mm at close range
Limited fire arc due to the gun mount
High shell arc due to slow shell velocity
Flat weak spots in the front superstructure, that crew and ammunition are right behind
Sides are extremely vulnerable as they are unsloped and thin
3 crew can be knocked out with a well-placed shot through the driver's port
The role of a self-propelled gun came from combat experiences in World War I. During the German offensives on the Allied front, infantry lacked artillery support against fortifications in places out-ranged by their heavy artillery behind the lines. A need for a mobile artillery piece was necessary to keep up with the German infantry and fight enemy fortifications with a direct-fire assault role. The father of this concept was German General Erich von Manstein and was coined as the Sturmartillerie (assault artillery), and these units were to be embedded in infantry divisions.
On June 15, 1936, Daimler-Benz AG was ordered to develop a support vehicle mounting the 75 mm howitzer as its armament in a casemate structure with a traverse of 25 degrees. The vehicle was to provide full protection for its crew and be no taller than an average soldier. Daimler-Benz repurposed the chassis and running gear of their Panzer III design for the role. These new vehicles were named the Sturmgeschütz III (assault gun), or the shortened StuG III and the finished designs were sent to Alkett for prototype production and five were produced in 1937. These prototypes were made of mild steel and had the 75 mm StuK 37 L/24 cannon, an adaption of the original 75 mm KwK 37 cannon on the Panzer IV. This gun would be featured on the StuG III variants Ausf. A to Ausf. E. The StuG III entered production from January 1940 to the end of the war on April 1945 due to the many upgrades done on the vehicle to increase serviceability and its low cost. At about a total production of 11,300 StuG III and its variants, the StuG III design was the most produced armoured fighting vehicle in German service. However, only about 36 vehicles of the Ausf. A variant was produced from January to May in 1940 before it was upgraded.
The StuG III had a fully enclosed armoured structure, keeping the crew safe within the vehicle. As a casemate structure, it has a limited traverse range for its front view, and the whole vehicle must be turned if a target is outside its traverse range. The StuG III featured about 50 mm of armour on the front, but about 30 mm of armour everywhere else. The suspension system is identical to the Panzer III's, a torsion bar system. The StuG III had a crew of four, the commander, driver, loader, and gunner. Initial variants lack machine guns, so the StuG was required to work with support units to ensure it does not get overrun by infantry. It wasn't until December 1942 when a machine gun could be accommodated for the loader to use. Initial variants also did not have a commander's cupola so his view was quite restricted. However, models after September 1943 had them installed.
Combat usage
The StuG III was placed in the artillery branch of the Wehrmacht Heer as neither the infantry nor Panzer forces could accept the StuG vehicle. The StuGs were organized into battalions with 18 vehicles organized into three batteries of six vehicles each. The intent of the vehicle was to provide close support for infantry and so it was meant to destroy lightly-armoured targets and fortifications, not tanks. The vehicle served well in its intended role in the early parts of World War II in Poland and France Campaigns, proving highly successful. One prominent commander of the StuG III is Michael Wittman, who would eventually become the most popular tank ace in German service. However, during the German campaigns in World War II, they encounter more heavily armoured and armed tanks in the Allied sides, such as the French heavy tank Char B1, but it was the Soviets T-34 and KV-1 tanks that made the Germans rearm their vehicles to be better able to combat these tanks. Thus, the StuG III Ausf. A was upgraded with a 75 mm StuK 40 L/43 gun on the Ausf. F and the 75 mm StuK 40 L/48 gun on the Ausf. G, effectively turning these assault guns into a dual-purpose role as a tank destroyer as well. Also, go for hills for sniping when there is a lot of enemies (Ash's river south base capture when play on the left side)
The StuG III design was also made into different variants with different armaments, such as a 105 mm howitzer on the StuH 42 , a flamethrower on the StuG III (Flamm), and even a 150 mm sIG 33 infantry gun on the Sturm-Infanteriegeschütz 33B.
The StuG III was a widely-exported design to Germany's allies, such as Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Spain, and Finland. The StuG III would continue serving in various countries past World War II in conflicts in the 1960s, such as the Six Days War in Syria's service that was donated by the Soviet Union. Today, some are still serving as static pillboxes on the Golan Heights.
Designs and samples of a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun built from a Pz. III began to be produced by the company Daimler-Benz AG in 1938. But only after the Polish campaign, which exposed the acute shortage of mobile field artillery in parts of the Wehrmacht, was the first production batch of machines launched, designated Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A (abbreviated StuG III Ausf. A) in February 1940. The basis for the new machines was the Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. F tank, which had a conning tower installed instead of the hull's superstructure and turret. The assault vehicle was armed with a short-barreled 75 mm StuK37 L/24 gun with 44 shells. The armor for the hull and the turret was increased by adding additional 20 mm armor plates. This resulted in a maximum armor thickness of 50 mm.
From January to May 1940, 30 StuG III Ausf. A vehicles were produced. The new assault guns joined the 640th, 659th, 660th, and 665th artillery assault divisions and participated in combat in France, where they had a very successful combat debut. The Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A also took part in the attack on the USSR. The most popular tank ace of World War II, Michael Wittmann, began his combat career in this vehicle. The assault guns were supplied to Germany's allies: Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Italy, Hungary, and Spain. In the 1950, the assault guns served in Romania, Spain, Egypt, and Syria.
The StuG III became the most widespread specimen of German armored vehicles from World Wad II and proved itself well in battle. The vehicle's major drawback was its lack of a machine gun and the low muzzle velocity of its projectiles. As a result, the self-propelled gun was defenseless in close combat and against well-armored tanks. Therefore, the StuG III was only rarely deployed without supporting forces.
An excellent addition to the article will be video guides, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.
Official War Thunder forum article: [Vehicle Profile] Sturmgeschütz III Ausf. A
Paste links to sources and external resources, such as:
topic on the official game forum;
other literature.
Germany tank destroyers
Based on Pz.38(t) Marder III · PaK40/3 auf Sfl.38 Ausf. H · Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer
Based on Pz.I 4,7 cm Pak(t) auf Pz.I Ausf.B
Based on Pz.II 15cm sIG 33 B Sfl
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Increased feed demand to supplement drought-stricken grazing isn't just limiting availability for the rest of the summer, warns KW nutritionist Samuel Wellock. With winter supplies of key forage replacers also selling out fast, quick decisions are needed if contracts on the best value feeds – some of which could actually improve margins this winter – are to be secured.
"For a typical 200-cow herd fed a base ration supporting maintenance-plus-25 litres, feeding 4kg FW/cow of Traffordgold wheat gluten-moist feed can cut grass silage requirements by 6kg FW/cow," Mr Wellock explains. "Over a full six month winter, that frees up around 219 tonnes of extra silage, enough for another 37 days on the same ration.
A KW custom blend can be tailored to match nutrient requirements.
Other feeds to consider include draff and brewers' grains, with a custom blend probably one of the best options for those not able to handle moist feeds, advises Mr Wellock.


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Q: Source code of default Android 4 Apps (Clock Alarm Timer) I can't find sources of android native apps for Android 4. I know about git hub repo but I have found only Alarm Clock app for Android 2. Please give me a link to source code of Clock app for Android 4.
I would be very grateful for any help.

A: I do not know what "Clock app for Android 4" means. There are two "clock" apps in the AOSP set of Git repositories, in terms of the project name having "clock" in it. DeskClock is tagged for Android 4.x, while AlarmClock is not.


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Q: Exported shapefile from ArcGIS won't open in QGIS I exported a shapefile from ArcGIS and wanted to load it into QGIS. However, the following error occurs:
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When I check the files in the folder, the icons to the left seem white. The other shapefiles have a black icon, originate from QGIS itself and can be loaded correctly. What is the problem here?


A unique look at divorce from the perspective of men who have lost their families and everything they once held dear.
How do they rebuild their lives? By becoming cynical users of women who can no longer cope with someone saying they love them? By holding onto what they can no longer have? By denying it's all happening even as their world is collapsing around them?
And can a belief in true love survive such trauma? How do these broken men deal with young love in their midst, what advice do they give a young men trying to learn from them?
What about the women in their lives, how do they react to these men and who they have become?
At times funny, at times tragic, at times as complex as the issues with which it deals, Boys in the Basement is the one play you should see this year if you've ever believed in the power of love, whether you're married, divorced, or simply still searching for your true love.


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Transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) variant is associated with familial breast cancer risk: a case-control study
Barbara Burwinkel1,2,
Kalai S Shanmugam1,2,
Kari Hemminki2,3,
Alfons Meindl4,
Rita K Schmutzler5,6,
Christian Sutter7,
Barbara Wappenschmidt5,6,
Marion Kiechle4,
Claus R Bartram7 &
Bernd Frank1,2
The transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2) is a critical component of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway. Aberrant TCF7L2 expression modifies Wnt signaling and mediates oncogenic effects through the upregulation of c-MYC and cyclin D. Genetic alterations in TCF7L2 may therefore affect cancer risk. Recently, TCF7L2 variants, including the microsatellite marker DG10S478 and the nearly perfectly linked SNP rs12233372, were identified to associate with type 2 diabetes.
We investigated the effect of the TCF7L2 rs12255372 variant on familial breast cancer (BC) risk by means of TaqMan allelic discrimination, analyzing BRCA1/2 mutation-negative index patients of 592 German BC families and 735 control individuals.
The T allele of rs12255372 showed an association with borderline significance (OR = 1.19, 95% C.I. = 1.01-1.42, P = 0.04), and the Cochran-Armitage test for trend revealed an allele dose-dependent association of rs12255372 with BC risk (P trend = 0.04).
Our results suggest a possible influence of TCF7L2 rs12255372 on the risk of familial BC.
The transcription factor 7-like 2 (TCF7L2 alias TCF-4) gene product, a HMG box transcription factor, is part of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling cascade, one of the key mechanisms of development and growth regulation in the cell [1]. Grant et al. [2] have identified TCF7L2 as a novel candidate gene for type 2 diabetes and reported an association of the microsatellite marker DG10S478 within intron 3. The associated tetranucleotid repeat was shown to have six alleles, namely alleles 0, 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20. The combined non-zero alleles of DG10S478 (referred to as X) were associated with an increased risk in three independent populations (Danish, Icelandic and US). The composite at-risk allele X was nearly perfectly correlated with the T allele of the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs12255372, while the G allele was linked to allele 0. Consequently, the rs12255372 T allele showed association with type 2 diabetes as well [2]. Recent studies have confirmed these findings, revealing strong association between rs12255372 and type 2 diabetes in Dutch and US cohorts [3, 4].
There is accumulating evidence that aberrant activation of the Wnt/β-catenin pathway has oncogenic effects [5, 6]. Wnt signaling results in increased cytosolic levels of β-catenin which is released from the APC/Axin/GSK3β degradation complex and translocated into the nucleus to bind TCF7L2 [1, 2, 6]. The transcriptionally competent β-catenin/TCF7L2 complexes provoke an excessive expression of TCF7L2 target genes, such as the cyclin D and c-MYC oncogenes, which is a common feature in human cancers, including breast cancer (BC). This supports the biological significance and clinical relevance of the Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway in carcinogenesis [7–9].
Given these facts, we investigated the effect of the rs12255372 polymorphism on familial BC risk.
We analyzed TCF7L2 rs12255372 in 592 German familial BC cases and 735 control individuals. The BC cases comprised unrelated female index patients (19 to 87 years of age, median age 45) without mutations in the high-penetrance genes BRCA1 and BRCA2. Mutations in the open reading frame of BRCA1 and BRCA2 were excluded by applying denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) on all exons, followed by direct sequencing of conspicuous exons. Cases were collected during the years 1996–2005 through the Institute of Human Genetics (Heidelberg, Germany), the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics (Cologne, Germany) and the Department of Medical Genetics (Munich, Germany). According to the German Consortium for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, BC cases were divided into six categories based on family history: (A1) families with two or more breast cancer cases including at least two cases with onset below the age of 50 years (39.0%); (A2) families with at least one male breast cancer case (0.7%); (B) families with at least one breast cancer and one ovarian cancer case (18.1%); (C) families with at least two breast cancer cases including one case diagnosed before the age of 50 years (25.5%); (D) families with at least two breast cancer cases diagnosed after the age of 50 years (8.4%) and (E) single cases of breast cancer diagnosed before the age of 35 years (8.3%) [10, 11]. The TCF7L2 rs12255372 analysis comprised one index case per family. DNA of further family members to evaluate segregation of the variant with BC risk was not available.
The corresponding control series consisted of healthy, unrelated and ethnically matched blood donors (26 to 68 years of age, median age 49) sharing the ethnic background with the patients. They were recruited in 2004 and 2005 by the Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immunology (Mannheim, Germany). The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the University of Heidelberg (Heidelberg, Germany), and written informed consent was obtained from all individuals.
SNP selection
Grant et al. investigated five SNPs located within a 92.1 kb linkage disequilibrium (LD) block, encompassing parts of introns 3 and 4 and the whole of exon 4 [2]. We selected rs12255372 which was the most highly correlated SNP to the associated microsatellite marker DG10S478 (r2 = 0.95) for genotyping.
Detection of TCF7L2 rs12255372 genotypes
Genotyping of TCF7L2 rs12255372 was performed by TaqMan allelic discrimination as described before [12]. Primers and probes were provided by the assay-by-design service (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA). The corresponding sequences are available upon request. Genotyping errors were excluded by re-genotyping ≥ 10% of the samples with a concordance rate of 100%.
Genotype-specific odds ratios (OR), 95% confidence intervals (95% C.I.) and P values were computed by unconditional logistic regression using the Statistical Analysis System software (Version 9.1.; SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC). Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test was undertaken using Pearson's goodness-of-fit chi-square test with one degree of freedom. Power calculation was carried out with the power and sample size software PS [13]. With the present sample size, we had a power of 80% at a significance level of 0.05 to detect an OR of ≥ 1.38.
The TCF7L2 rs12255372 T allele frequency of the controls (German Caucasians) was in accordance with those published in previous studies (Danish, Dutch, Icelandic and US Caucasians) [2–4], and the frequencies of rs12255372 genotypes were consistent with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (P = 0.64, Table 1). The minor T allele of rs12255372 was significantly overrepresented in cases, and we found an allelic association with an increased familial BC risk (OR = 1.19, 95% C.I. = 1.01-1.42, P = 0.04, Table 1). Given the borderline significance, a finding by chance cannot be excluded. However, according to the Cochran-Armitage test for trend the association was allele dose-dependent (P trend = 0.04, Table 1), adding consistency to our data.
Table 1 Genotype and allele frequencies of rs12255372 in unrelated female German BRCA1/2 mutation-negative familial breast cancer (BC) patients and healthy, unrelated female control subjects
The strengths of the present study on BC risk are based on a large sample size and a homogeneous study cohort of a single ethnic group. Only BRCA1/2 mutation-negative familial BC cases were included in order to avoid effects caused by these high-penetrance susceptibility genes. Our study comprised individuals selected for familial BC, since the power of an association study based on cases with a family history of the disease is considerably higher compared to a study using unselected cases [14, 15].
This is the first study to investigate TCF7L2 as a candidate gene for cancer susceptibility, suggesting a prominent role of TCF7L2 variants in human cancers, especially in BC. According to Duval et al. [16], mutant TCF7L2 stimulates its transcriptional activity synergistically with APC/β-catenin gene alterations. Moreover, it is predicted to show a reduced binding of the C-terminal binding protein (CtBP) which hence loses its capability to repress TCF7L2 activity [17]. Both hypotheses involve an increase of TCF7L2 transcriptional activation, leading to uncontrolled target gene expression. Along the lines of Grant et al. [2] who have ruled out exonic mutations, we assume that the linked repeat polymorphism DG10S478 is causative itself or that DG10S478 and rs12255372 are in strong LD with a functional variant affecting transcription, splicing or message stability.
In summary, our data suggest that TCF7L2 variants may contribute to the risk of familial BC. Regarding the borderline significance level of our results, confirmation in an independent BC cohort is essential. Moreover, it would be of interest to estimate their impact on further types of human cancer.
Our data suggest a possible influence of the TCF7L2 rs12255372 variant on the risk of familial BC.
CtBP:
C-terminal binding protein
DHPLC:
denaturing high performance liquid chromatography
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transcription factor 7-like 2
TCF-4:
HMG box transcription factor 4
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We wish to thank all participants who joined the study and are grateful to Kerstin Wagner and Justo Lorenzo Bermejo for their helpful comments. The German breast cancer samples were collected within a project funded by the Deutsche Krebshilfe. It was supported by the Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC) and the EU, LSHC-CT-2004-503465.
Helmholtz-University Group Molecular Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Barbara Burwinkel
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& Bernd Frank
Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
, Kari Hemminki
Center for Family Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge, Sweden
Kari Hemminki
Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Klinikum rechts der Isar at the Technical University, Munich, Germany
Alfons Meindl
& Marion Kiechle
Division of Molecular Gynaeco-Oncology, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Center University of Cologne, Germany
Rita K Schmutzler
& Barbara Wappenschmidt
Center of Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
Institute of Human Genetics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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BB designed and coordinated the study and reviewed the manuscript. KSS participated in SNP genotyping. KH participated in the study coordination and revised the manuscript. AM, RKS, CS, BW, MK and CRB collected DNA samples and were responsible for the BRCA1/2 mutation screening. BF conducted the experiments, performed data acquisition and interpretation, and drafted the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final version of the submitted manuscript.
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Srinagar, Apr 04: Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was arrested by the authorities as soon as he defied his house arrest to move towards Shopian to express condolences with the bereaved families and solidarity with the people of Shopian as part of the Joint Hurriyat program.
According to the statement, Hurriyat (M) strongly condemned the arrest of Mirwaiz along with Hurriyat leader Engineer Hilal Ahmad War, AAC leaders Ghulam Qadir Beigh, Advocate Yasir Dalal, Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, Farooq Ahmed and others and said that claims of authorities regarding freedom of leadership to move stand exposed.
Before his arrest, Mirwaiz addressed the people and media gathered outside his residence.
Mirwaiz said that it is sad but a telling reality that not even a whimper of concern or protest is expressed at the brutal killing of Kashmiri's by any among India's humanists, rights activists, civil society members or writers.
"They have closed their eyes and ears to the injustices and atrocities being committed here and no one among them wants to question it," Mirwaiz said.
Mirwaiz said more than 18 people have been killed in the last few days as the killing continues. "And most among them young boys .These young boys are the future of this land. It is extremely painful that these bright kids leave their studies and dreams as they see oppression and injustice perpetuated as a consequence of the status quo maintained over the Kashmir disputed and New Delh is rejection to acknowledge and engage with the dispute to resolve it. What they see since childhood is Kashmir converted into a large military garrison and battle ground with lakhs of troops stationed here and where every form of expressing dissent is choked by might and repression," he said.
"When these boys who are barely even trained in combat are killed by blowing up the houses where they trapped and their charred bodies retrieved, people cannot control their emotions and in their love for them they come out in lakhs to pay homage to them and here again military might is put into place and these civilian protestors are shot at with live bullets and pellets leading to their brutal death and severe injury. People are maimed and Pellets guns used to blind them. What kind of inhumanity is this," Mirwaiz asked?, adding that how can India claim to be a democracy? Is this the way to respond to peoples' dissent and demand for the resolution of dispute? That you decide to wipe out entire generation of young.
"New Delhi repeatedly says Kashmir is integral part of India. It's the land of Kashmir that they want to keep grabbed by forcible control while the people of Kashmir are the impediment to them," he said.
"Let me tell them that Kashmir is no one's integral part it belongs to the people of Kashmir and it is our fundamental right to decide our future and destiny and people of Kashmir are giving supreme scarifies for this cause. No amount of might will break our resolve. Nor will propaganda lies and fake narratives. Kashmir was and is a dispute that has to be resolved through Right to Self Determination," Mirwaiz added.
"While our current condition is a result of New Delhi's obstinacy local quislings in the form of PDP and NC are equally responsible. Their lust for power has made them repeatedly compromise the interests of Kashmiris and today we have come to a stage where our fourth generation from 1947 is paying the price of their lust with its blood," he stated.


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Losing a Park: Southampton Town Trustees Bargain Half of It Away to a Neighbor
The spot is on Rose Hill Road facing out onto Mecox Bay.
Dan Rattiner August 4, 2018
The changing park on Rose Hill Road, Cartoon by Dan Rattiner
In 1928, a farmer named David Halsey donated a .61 acre piece of waterfront to the Town of Southampton as a park for residents.
The park, or what is left of it, is located on the eastern side of Rose Hill Road facing out onto Mecox Bay. It used to be a rectangle. Now, without any sale of the property, it has become a flag lot about half the size it used to be. You go down a narrow driveway flanked by tall evergreens to a small patch of land about 100' x 100', just large enough for three boat trailers to park side-by-side, from which boats can be slid down the ramp into the water.
If you wanted to have a picnic and throw a Frisbee around where the lawn was, it's gone. It's now cut off by an impenetrable wall of evergreens, behind which is the circular driveway of a large and gracious private home.
As I said, no property has been sold. It's the same half-acre on paper. But the Town Trustees signed a deal with the neighbor, Randy Frankel, that allows the property line to be moved temporarily in his favor so he can have a circular driveway. It's on what was the park lawn.
It's a 15-year agreement, signed, sealed and delivered after being looked over by the Town attorney. It automatically renews for an additional 15 years if each side agrees and abides by its rules. And it appears either party can only cancel it if the other doesn't abide by these rules.
Mr. Frankel has to agree to maintain the asphalt launching ramp. He must dredge the boat ramp at least twice a year, and obtain and pay for permits to arrange that. He needs to mow and fertilize the lawn (there does not seem to be much lawn anymore) and trim the bushes, plow the snow so boat owners can still get a boat out, pay for required insurance, and comply with federal, state and local laws and regulations.
He would not be in compliance with if he abandons the property set by the boundary line agreements, or fails to comply with any of the other provisions set forth in the agreement.
As for the Town Trustees, they must agree not to take back the quarter acre they just gave up.
That this arrangement took place came up at a Town Board meeting a few weeks ago. It was signed in February. Trustee Bruce Stafford, one of those who signed off on the arrangement, declared it was a good deal. The Trustees get to not have to pay to maintain the park and the ramp. Trustee Scott Horowitz said if Mr. Frankel puts new planting even one inch across the new agreed-upon line, they could have it torn out.
The Town Board, which works in coordination with the Town Trustees, seemed amazed that the Trustees had given away half the property so they wouldn't have to pay to take care of it. The Town said all the Trustees had to do was ask for the funding. They would have it.
A trip down to this park shows no sign on Rose Hill Road about it being a park. It isn't even identified as a boat ramp. There used to be a sign there indicating it was for public use. Now, a small sign, like a No Parking sign, reads "No entry without a Town Boat Launch permit." So if you just want to enjoy this waterfront park, you can't even go down the flag lot driveway anymore without getting a ticket.
Cheers are in order for Mr. Frankel, it appears. He's got a bigger front lawn with a turn-around now. And no noisy park-goers anywhere. Just an occasional boat launcher.
There is such a thing as property takeover by "Adverse Possession." In the State of New York, if you flagrantly and hostilely "possess" another person's property so he can clearly see it and he doesn't object to it for at least 10 years, you can, under further other circumstances, claim it as your own.
It's suspect that this agreement is for more than 10 years. I wonder if the day before the 15 years agreed upon Mr. Kaplan will announce he's ending it because of such and such, and in its place is invoking "adverse possession." So now he'd own it. He would no longer be obliged to take care of the remaining launch ramp on the other side anymore.
It does seem that it's one thing to adversely possess property from your neighbor like this, but quite another to do it to a public park. Right?
Well, there's plenty of smart corporate lawyers who might want to tackle that issue should the time ever come.
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A three stack "lawyer's" bookcase is signed by famous maker "Wernicke of Grand Rapids, Michigan," with the latest patent date "1897."
Quarter sawn oak retains its original finish with later repolishing that is in very fine condition with a little "crazing" to show its age.
The upper door has a later hand leaded glass window, lower glass is original and wavy on this American made antique library furniture.
The base and top are also separate stacking modules. Books up to 8" wide and 9 1/2" tall fit. Coppery fittings are original. A later merger resulted in the prominent maker, Globe Wernicke.
Size is 34" wide, 11" deep and 45" tall.