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Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on South Africa and Burundi and the International Criminal Court
The European Union deeply regrets the Republic of South Africa's decision to initiate its withdrawal from the Rome Statute. We equally note with deep concern that Burundi has formalised steps to withdraw from the Rome Statute. Until now, no State has ever withdrawn from the Rome Statute. South Africa played a significant role in the establishment of the ICC and was one of the first signatories of the Rome Statue. We will continue to engage with both countries on how they can remain partners to the Rome Statute. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a key institution to assist citizens achieve justice when confronted with the most serious crimes, where this is not possible at the national level. A majority of African situations were submitted by the national authorities concerned. The Court is also involved in situations all over the world. We all have a shared interest in strengthening the rule of law and working together with the ICC, including along the lines suggested by the President of the Rome Statute's Assembly of States Parties. The EU and its Member States remain staunch supporters of the ICC and are committed to full co-operation on the prevention of serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court. Where concerns are raised within the framework of the Rome Statute, we remain open for constructive discussion.Distributed by APO on behalf of Council of the European Union.Media filesDownload logo
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The European Union deeply regrets the Republic of South Africa's decision to initiate its withdrawal from the Rome Statute. We equally note with deep concern that Burundi has formalised steps to withdraw from the Rome Statute. Until now, no State has ever withdrawn from the Rome Statute.
South Africa played a significant role in the establishment of the ICC and was one of the first signatories of the Rome Statue. We will continue to engage with both countries on how they can remain partners to the Rome Statute.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a key institution to assist citizens achieve justice when confronted with the most serious crimes, where this is not possible at the national level. A majority of African situations were submitted by the national authorities concerned. The Court is also involved in situations all over the world.
We all have a shared interest in strengthening the rule of law and working together with the ICC, including along the lines suggested by the President of the Rome Statute's Assembly of States Parties.
The EU and its Member States remain staunch supporters of the ICC and are committed to full co-operation on the prevention of serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court. Where concerns are raised within the framework of the Rome Statute, we remain open for constructive discussion.
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Reviews set out UK vision for an open, modern development system
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Horné Pršany () é um município da Eslováquia localizado no distrito de Banská Bystrica, região de Banská Bystrica.

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 Site de Horné Pršany

Municípios de Banská Bystrica (distrito)

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Over a twenty-five year period Parter International has worked for HKTDC on numberous assignments to promote trade between Hong Kong and the US. These initiatives included trade promotion activities relating to the financial and design industry sectors and government relations work relating to award winning recognition of HKTDC by the US Department of Commerce, communications (advertising and PR) initiatives, and event development and implementation.
Parter International was retained by Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to plan, develop, and execute a strategic communications programs centered on publicizing the "Think Asia, Think Hong Kong" (TATHK) symposia held in New York City and Los Angeles in June, 2013, and Toronto and Chicago in June, 2015. TATHK events, the largest-ever initiatives organized by HKTDC to promote business opportunities for U.S. companies with Asia, especially mainland China, focused on industry sectors. The objective was to attract US (2013 and 2015) and Canadian (2015) business and government leaders to the events and to educate the business public about the value of doing business in and through Hong Kong.
Parter International designed and implemented a multifaceted, carefully crafted, and coordinated communications program, employing both online and traditional media. We researched and developed messaging to be used for press releases, pitch letters, verbal communications, advertising, and other outreach materials; developed strategy and offered advice on activities regarding supporting organizations, corporate partners, and government officials; wrote speeches, coordinated press conferences; scheduled interviews for members of the Hong Kong delegation; and handled on-site media relations. In addition, we designed online media strategy; developed a tailored contact database of online influencers (bloggers, social networking groups, newsletters, etc.); managed social media profiles (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+); and coordinated social media advertising.
The strategic plan and close cooperation between our team and HKTDC resulted in over 3,000 attendees at each of the TATHK events. In 2013 two press luncheons with 80+ participants were held; more than 1,100 articles placed across a wide range of media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Bloomberg, Reuters, LA Daily News, Fox, CBS, and others; 17 interviews scheduled with renowned national and local media; and the creation of an online community of more than 21,000 like-minded professionals across different social media platforms discussing Hong Kong related issues. In 2015 the events drew coverage from Hong Kong and North America generating around 900 media clippings, the social media drew a remarkable 14,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Linked In. Over 30 Canadian journalists from 19 media organizations attended the Toronto event, representing i.e. Bloomberg News. Over 20 US journalists from 16 media organizations attended Chicago event, representing i.e. Chicago Tribune, Huffington Post, TATV, Via Times.
For the Hong Kong: America's Bridge to Asian Growth Event at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Parter International was responsible for developing and executing a public relations program to help HKTDC publicize its assistance to the US Commerce Department relating to the administration's new Pacific Bridge Initiative and to promote Hong Kong as a center for finance in Asia. We designed the online media strategy, developed a tailored contact database of 230 online media publishers (bloggers, social networking groups, newsletters, etc.), and obtained placements at a large number of those new media outlets. In addition, we conducted a traditional PR campaign targeted to mainstream media. We developed storylines, pitch letters, press releases, and media advisories; conducted media outreach to disseminate HKTDC messages to US business media and multipliers; and obtained interviews at important publications and media outlets, including the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, American Banker and others for Hong Kong's high ranking officials.
For the Hong Kong Design Centre Event at Sothebys Auction House, we worked with the New York office of HKTDC to orchestrate all publicity and handle media relations and audience attraction to a one-week showcase of products by Hong Kong designers, "Creative Hong Kong in New York." Despite the fact that neither publicity nor invitations could be managed until two weeks before the show's opening, due to holiday and other factors, we succeeded in attracting a dozen journalists to a Monday morning briefing, attracting more than two dozen confirmed attendees to an afternoon seminar, and obtaining coverage of the show on more than two dozen web sites, magazines, and television. Articles appeared in Accessories Magazine, Housewares Magazine, Watch & Jewelry Review, unbeige.com, Design Addict, Little Views, Going.com, zvents, Greenwich Citizen and The Record Online Edition, to name a few.
Parter International conceived of the idea and managed the process of having the prestigious "US Department of Commerce "E" Award" presented to HKTDC, the first time it had ever been awarded to a non US based entity. This high profile recognition for Hong Kong was important because it proved, in a difficult political and trade climate, that Hong Kong had been providing valuable assistance in helping US companies export. We researched various awards to find the most appropriate one and then proceeded to conduct the necessary research, collect supporting documentation, prepare the extensive application, and convince key opinion leaders to provide testimonials on HKTDC's behalf. Once the application was completed and the appropriate references acquired, Alan Parter worked with his US government contacts to convince them of the wisdom of choosing HKTDC as the award recipient. We then planned an award ceremony held in Washington DC at which then Commerce Secretary William Verity personally presented the award to HKTDC's chairman. We developed numerous press materials and arranged for considerable media coverage.
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La viuda del paraíso (Vidua paradisaea) es una especie de ave paseriforme perteneciente a la familia Viduidae. Es pequeña y de color café, y habita en África Oriental, desde el este de Sudán hasta el sur de Angola. Durante la temporada de cría el macho luce un pecho color café dorado con un abdomen blanco amarillento y una larga cola negra que puede llegar a medir 36 cm de largo, es decir tres veces el largo de su cuerpo.

Es un parásito del pinzón melba. Las crías de la viuda son más bulliciosas que las crías del pinzón, por lo que los padres adoptivos le dan más atención que a sus propias crías. Su estatus de conservación según la Lista Roja se ha evaluado como de baja preocupación (LC).

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 Viuda del Paraíso en BirdLife (en inglés)
 Lista Roja de la IUCN

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Q: Can't remember a number theory problem (from Hofstadter?) I'm thinking of a problem in number theory in which one applies a recurrence that's something like doubling $n$ if it's even and taking it over $3$ if it's odd...but with some ceilings or additions added in. The conjecture is that every number's orbit eventually gets down to $1$, and I believe this is unproven. I think there's about a 60% chance I encountered this problem first in Godel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter, where there might also be some quote about this problem being far beyond the resources of contemporary mathematics. It also seems like Hofstadter calls numbers that eventually come down to $1$ "marvelous," "miraculous," or some such, but Googling such terms got my nowhere.
Does anybody have any idea what problem I'm talking about?

A: You're talking about the Collatz conjecture, a.k.a. the $3x+1$ problem.

A: That would be the Collatz conjecture/hailstone sequence.

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French-Muslim activist denies tweet featuring Jews was a hit list
https://www.meforum.org/islamist-watch/55993/french-muslim-activist-denies-tweet-featuring
A French-Muslim activist denied that a list she posted on social media featuring Jewish groups and individuals was a "hit list" and said it did not specifically target Jews.
Sihame Assbague posted the list in a series of tweets last week, accompanied by a picture of a "Game of Thrones" character from a scene in the series in which the character lists the people she intends to kill.
Among those listed were prominent individuals and groups with Jewish ties — including the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities; the Socialist Jewish politician Julien Dray; and former Prime Minister Manuel Valls, a supporter of Israel whose ex-wife and children are Jewish — as well as people without Jewish ties, such as the non-Jewish radical left-wing politician Jean-Luc Melenchon. A staffer at a prominent French Muslim news site, Al Kanz, responded to Assbague's list adding nine additional names, including several Jews.

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Q: Modelview & Projection Matrix Might be a weird question, but I'm fairly unexperienced with OpenGL's 3D, so can somebody please tell me how to draw a simple 2D box (C++ preferred) when:
  GL_PROJECTION_MATRIX = [1.125, 0.00, 0.00, 0.0]
                         [0.000, 2.00, 0.00, 0.0]
                         [0.000, 0.00, -1.0, 0.0]
                         [0.000, -1.0, 0.00, 1.0]

  GL_MODELVIEW_MATRIX  = [1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0]
                         [0.0, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0]
                         [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0]
                         [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0]

Changing these two is not possible due to external code.

A: What fixed function  GL will do is multiply each vertex first by modelview, then by the projection matrix and finally divide by the (clip space) w component to reach NDC space. In NDC space, the viewing volume is represented by the cube [-1,1] along all 3 dimensions.
So, in general, knowing the matrices that are used, you can project the viewing volume back into eye or object space by inverting that chaing of transformations and trasforming back the corner points of the NDC cube (assuming the matrices can be inverted, what usually is the case).
Assuming the typical matrix storage order of fixed function GL, this prjection matrix is some sort of orthogonal projection, so there is no perspectivic distortion and the viewing volume will be a cuboid in eye space/object space.
If one uses the matrices you did specify, then everything drawing in x in [-0,8889, 0.8889] (left, right), y in [0,1] (bottom/top) and z in [-1,1] (far!, near) should be visible.


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Virtual Teams Research: 10 Years, 10 Themes, and 10 Opportunities
Lucy L. Gilson, M. Travis Maynard*, Nicole C. Jones Young, Matti Vartiainen, Marko Hakonen
Management and Organisation, Helsinki
Ten years ago, Martins, Gilson, and Maynard reviewed the emerging virtual team (VT) literature. Given the proliferation of new communication technologies and the increased usage of work teams, it is hardly surprising that the last decade has seen an influx of VT research. In this review, we organize the last 10 years of empirical work around 10 main themes: research design, team inputs, team virtuality, technology, globalization, leadership, mediators and moderators, trust, outcomes, and ways to enhance VT success. These themes emerged inductively because they either represent areas with consistent results, a large proliferation of studies, or a grouping of studies and results that differed from where the literature stood a decade ago. Following the review section, we turn our attention toward 10 opportunities for future research: study setting, generational impacts, methodological considerations, new and emerging technologies, member mobility, subgroups, team adaptation, transition processes and planning, creativity, and team member well-being. Some of these opportunities emerged from our review of the extant VT literature; others are grounded in the broader team literature, are unresolved theoretical issues, or were linked to insights discussed within the VT practitioner literature. Within the domain of VTs, technological innovation continues to advance the way team members interact and enable individuals who previously could not be connected to work together as a team. Accordingly, VTs provide great promise to organizations, and the field continues to be rich with research opportunities for the coming decade(s).
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Journal of Management
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512 Business and Management
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Gilson, L. L., Maynard, M. T., Jones Young, N. C., Vartiainen, M., & Hakonen, M. (2015). Virtual Teams Research: 10 Years, 10 Themes, and 10 Opportunities. Journal of Management, 41(5), 1313–1337. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206314559946
Gilson, Lucy L. ; Maynard, M. Travis ; Jones Young, Nicole C. ; Vartiainen, Matti ; Hakonen, Marko. / Virtual Teams Research: 10 Years, 10 Themes, and 10 Opportunities. In: Journal of Management. 2015 ; Vol. 41, No. 5. pp. 1313–1337.
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7 Best Cars in Australia Under $40,000
written by Cartopia | 25/08/21
Looking for a car that delivers everything you need for under $40,000?
Budget is almost always a consideration when it comes to purchasing a vehicle - a key challenge for prospective drivers is discovering a car that ticks all the right boxes, without also possessing an extortionate price tag. Here we take a look at seven of the best cars currently on the market in Australia. All are available for less than $40,000 in 2021.
1. Hyundai i30
South Korean manufacturers are now an excellent alternative to some of the more traditional favourites. The Hyundai i30 is characterised as a "warm" hatch, particularly if you opt for one of the N-line versions. A sporty vibe at the same time as being fuel-efficient and spacious, it's a versatile option that has plenty to offer.
- N-line series provides sporty aesthetics, handling and performance.
- Excellent warranty (five years, unlimited distance).
- Fuel-efficient.
- Problems with reliability.
- Relatively low re-sale value.
Who should buy the i30?
For drivers who want an affordable vehicle that's punchy enough to deserve the title "sporty" but which also functions well as a sensible commuting option, the i30 is a great choice. It's probably less suitable for people looking for a good ROI when reselling.
See Our Complete Review of The 2021 Hyundai i30
2. Toyota Corolla
Toyota dominates the Australian car market, so it's little surprise that the Corolla ranks number one as Australia's best-selling passenger car. Attractive, great to drive, fuel-efficient and with an excellent resale value, there are plenty of reasons why people can't get enough of this vehicle.
- Excellent handling and a joy to drive.
- Good reliability.
- Good resale value.
- Relatively cramped back seats.
- Much smaller boot than others in its class.
Who Should Drive The Corolla?
The Corolla is a versatile choice that is going to suit the vast majority of people. It's not the cheapest option in its class, but its dependability and all-around value mean it's worth every cent. Due to its relatively small rear space and cramped boot, it's probably not the best for a family with teenage children and/or those who regularly need to carry a large amount of luggage.
Find Out How The Toyota Corolla Compares to The Mazda 3
With a reputation for creating high-performance, good-looking vehicles, it's little surprise that the CX-30 is an aspirational choice. Whilst there may be others in the class that offer more space or comfort, if you're a driver who enjoys being behind the wheel of a fast, attractive car (and let's face it, who doesn't?) the CX-30 could be for you.
- Fresh SkyActiv-X ignition technology, which creates a mild hybrid.
- Beautifully styled interior and exterior.
- Extremely safe.
- Reviewers mention the seating is uncomfortable on longer trips.
- There are also suggestions that engine noise is an issue.
Who should drive the CX-30?
Anyone who likes to drive will want to be in possession of the Mazda CX-30. It offers an excellent driving experience.
The interior is also a great place to spend time, with an up-market feel that enables the CX-30 to compete successfully with prestige brands such as Audi and Mercedes.
The high-end upholstery and fittings mean considerable interior upkeep is needed, so families with younger children may prefer a car that can cope with sticky fingers and the odd dropped piece of food!
Read Cartopia's Review of The Mazda CX-30
Great cars at budget prices are a key characteristic of cars from South Korea, which is probably why Hyundai features twice in a "best for less" feature. The Kona is a small SUV that's got plenty under the bonnet.
Hailed by reviewers as a worthy competitor to the CX-30 and the Toyota CH-R, drivers can select from the N-line (aimed at drivers who like plenty of performance and a sporty vibe), or additional features that complement the base-spec model (but which also bring additional weight, which can detract from overall performance).
- Excellent handling and performance.
- Good fuel efficiency.
- Excellent value.
- Cramped rear.
- Some drivers may not like the additional weight add-on features bring.
Who should drive the Hyundai Kona?
If you're on a budget and looking for a high-powered vehicle that looks the part, handles well and comes with all the tech, safety features and add-ons that you'd expect from a premium small SUV, the Kona is a great choice. It's a viable alternative to pricier models, offering excellent value. It probably isn't the best for drivers that need plenty of room in the rear, or those who plan on buying as an investment to resell. For everyone else, it could be a great choice.
See How The Hyundai Kona Compares to The Mazda CX-3
5. Kia Cerato
Kia, like Hyundai, is a South Korean manufacturer that's receiving plenty of praise for its offerings. The Cerato has been a popular choice with Australians since way back in 2004 when the model was first introduced into the market. A combination of impeccable handling, the option of a turbo-engine and a strong suite of tech make the Cerato an attractive choice for almost any driver.
- Really good handling and plenty of power, particularly if you opt for the 1.6l turbo.
- Reviewers praise the comfort of the ride.
- Identified as having the lowest running costs of any small hatchback.
- The S and the Sport variants only have a 4-star ANCAP rating (the other variants are all 5-star rated).
- It's not featured in the top ten most reliable manufacturers.
Who should buy the Cerato?
The Cerato is a versatile car that's equally appealing to drivers and passengers. There really isn't that much to fault about it, although obviously drivers with families and those who want the added assurance of 5-star ANCAP safety will want to steer clear of the S or the Sport, or buy the add-on pack that brings the safety up to 5-star standard.
Full Review of The 2021 Kia Cerato
6. Toyota CH-R
Achieving a good deal of notoriety (possibly for the wrong reasons) for its restyled exterior, the CH-R is rated highly by reviewers. Commentators rave about its premium driving experience, generous suite of autonomous driving features and funky interior.
- Striking exterior and a relaxed vibe in the interior.
- Reviewers love its handling and performance.
- Cramped rear seats
- "Love it or hate it" styling.
Who Should Drive The CH-R?
Nobody would ever feel ashamed of owning a CH-R - it's a seriously good vehicle. The striking appearance probably means it's not for the faint-hearted. Drivers who regularly carry passengers may want to look elsewhere due to the small rear space.
Read Our Review of The Toyota CH-R
7. Mazda MX-5
The MX-5 is the world's best-selling sports car, so Mazda is clearly doing something right! The MX-5 is a driver's car that's got track-spec handling and performance. What's not to like?
- Great performance and handling.
- Sporty good looks.
- Roomy driver and front passenger area.
- Limited interior storage and a small boot.
Who Should Drive The MX-5?
If you want a performance car that looks the part, you can't beat the MX-5. As a practical, day-to-day car, however, it's probably not the best choice.
Read Our Complete 2021 Review of The Mazda MX-5
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Q: How to implement convenient initialization? For example
#include <array>

class Range
{
public:
    Range(std::array<float, 2> ends) : m_ends(ends) {}

private:
    std::array<float, 2> m_ends;
};

and I can
Range r({1, 2});

Now I have another class
class Box
{
public:
    Box(std::array<Range, 3> ranges) : m_ranges(ranges) {}

private:
    std::array<Range, 3> m_ranges;
};

And I hope I can do the following
Box b({{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}});

But I cannot. How can I change the code to make it possible.

A: std::array is a bit strange.  It doesn't have a user-defined constructor, so it is a lot like a plain struct.  So std::array<float,2> is much like
struct two_floats {
   float array[2];
};

Because of this, if you initialize one, you would logically do it like this:
two_floats          x = {{1,2}};
std::array<float,2> y = {{1,2}};

The outer braces are for the struct itself, and the inner braces are for the contents of the struct.
It happens to work to only provide one set of braces:
two_floats x = {1,2};

But this is due to a special rule in C++ that allows braces to be omitted in certain cases.  Similar to how you can initialize a two-dimensional array with only one set of braces:
float x[2][2] = {1,2,3,4};

And this is what is happening when you initialize your range like this:
Range r({1, 2});

Which is equivalent to
std::array<float,2> arg = {1,2}; // one set of braces omittted
Range r(arg);

But which would more explicitly be written as:
std::array<float,2> arg = {{1,2}};
Range r(arg);

A similar thing happens when initializing the Box.  If we explicitly write out the initialization it would look like this:
std::array<float,2> box_arg1 = {{1,2}};
std::array<float,2> box_arg2 = {{3,4}};
std::array<float,2> box_arg3 = {{5,6}};
std::array<Range,3> box_args = {{box_arg1,box_arg2,box_arg3}};
Box b(box_args);

So if we substitute the initializers, we get:
Box b({{{{1,2}},{{3,4}},{{5,6}}}});

and that works.  But it is pretty ugly.  This initialization is too complex to allow the extra braces to be omitted here, which is the problem you are running into.
One way to work around this to provide additional constructors which take the individual array elements.
class Range
{
public:
    Range(float x,float y) : m_ends{x,y} { }
    Range(std::array<float, 2> ends) : m_ends(ends) {}

private:
    std::array<float, 2> m_ends;
};

class Box
{
public:
    Box(Range x,Range y,Range z) : m_ranges{x,y,z} {}
    Box(std::array<Range, 3> ranges) : m_ranges(ranges) {}

private:
    std::array<Range, 3> m_ranges;
};

And you can now initialize your Box like you originally wanted:
Box b({{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}});

A: I would just drop the arrays and use the usual fields. You can always add an operator[] overload if you really need it. Just change the field names to whatever it is you're actually modelling.
class Range
{
public:
    Range(float x, float y) : m_x{x}, m_y{y}
    {}
private:
    float m_x, m_y;
};

class Box
{
public:
    Box(Range w, Range h, Range d) : m_w{w}, m_h{h}, m_d{d}
    {}
private:
    Range m_w, m_h, m_d;
};

Live Demo

A: Problem
This code: Box b({{1,2}, {3,4}, {5,6}}); is trying to aggregate initialize instances of Range even though Range is not an aggregate.

Aggregate initialization is a form of list-initialization, which
  initializes aggregates
An aggregate is one of the following types:
array type
class type (typically, struct or union), that has
no
  private or protected non-static data members
no user-provided constructors , including those inherited from public bases
  (sinceC++17) (explicitly defaulted or deleted constructors are allowed)
(since C++11) no virtual, private, or protected (since C++17) base
  classes
no virtual member functions

Solution
Invoke the constructor of Range explicitcly and only aggregate-initialize the std::array:
Box b({Range({1,2}), Range({3,4}), Range({5,6})});

A: You could maybe use initializer lists:
class Range
{
public:
  Range(std::initializer_list<float> ends) : m_ends(ends) {}
  float a() {
    return m_ends[0];
  }
  float b() {
    return m_ends[1];
  }

private:
  std::vector<float> m_ends;
};

class Box
{
public:
  Box(std::initializer_list<Range> ranges) : m_ranges(ranges) {}

  void print()
  {
    for (auto& i : m_ranges)
    {
      std::cout << i.a() << "," << i.b() << std::endl;
    }
  }

private:
  std::vector<Range> m_ranges;
};

  Range r({ 1,2 });
  Box b({ {1,2},{3,4},{5,6} });
  b.print();

gives
1,2
3,4
5,6

A: AFAIK it cannot be done with array, you have to resort to basic types
struct Range
{
    float m_ends[2] ;
};

Range r = {1.0f, 2.0f};

struct Box
{
    Range m_ranges[3];
};

Box b = {{{1.0f, 2.0f}, {1.0f, 2.0f}, {1.0f, 2.0f}}};

A: To get a correct initialize list, first list its full form:
Box b{
    array<Range, 3>{{  // std::array needs aggregate-initialize,
                       // and have to initialize a inner array
                       // without a addition '{', C++ is unable to
                       // know that the inner element is Range
        Range{
            {1, 2}  // short-hand for array<float>{{3, 4}}
        },
        Range{
            {3, 4}
        },
        Range{
            {5, 6}
        }
    }}
}

Remove all the types except the Box, we got:
Box b{ {{ {{1, 2}}, {{3, 4}}, {{5, 6}} }} }


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Category Archives: Reports
Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi is an 18-year-old Baluch citizen from Zahedan. He was arrested during the nationwide protests, on October 5, 2022, and since the Iranian Judiciary sentenced him to Moharebeh (War on God) he is at risk of execution.
Shoaib Mir Baluchzehi Rigi, son of Sharif, was born on February 7, 2004, and is a third-year high school student. He left his home on Wednesday, October 5, 2022, to purchase medicine. He was ill and had gone to the pharmacy to have his doctor's prescription provided. The pharmacy is located on Madani Street near the Makki Mosque of Zahedan. Intelligence forces who were situated in the area arrested him outside the pharmacy. He was taken to an undisclosed location in a private car.
Filed under News, Reports
Tagged as #BloodyFriday, baloch, Baloch Hanging, Balochistan, Baluchistan, Bloody Friday, Iran, Shoaib Mirbaluchzehi, Zahedan Massacre
BLF Pay Rich Tribute to Martyrs Of Gwarkop
Major Gwahram Baloch, spokesman of Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), while paying tribute to the martyrs of Gwarkop, said that four Sarmachars (freedom Fighters) were martyred in the clash with the Pakistani army. They fought the enemy very bravely even though the occupying Pakistan army received air support during the clash with Baloch freedom fighters.
Major Gwahram Baloch said that on January 16, 2023, Pakistan Army's spy and drone aircrafts began an aerial surveillance of the eastern hills of Gwarkop in Kech district. Absorbing the situation, Sarmachar immediately moved away from their location which was being watched by the spy aircrafts. A drone fired three missiles there before sunset the same day, but before that the Sarmachars had left the site.
Tagged as baloch, baloch sarmachar, Balochistan, Baluchistan, BLF, Shaheed Amir Khan, Shaheed Mumtaz, Shaheed Raza, Shaheed Yahya Jan
Iran's Rulers Step Up Use Of Death Penalty Against Baluch
Iranian courts have handed down death sentences against at least four ethnic Baluch men over the past few days, activists say, as the Islamic republic tries to suppress an anti-government protest movement that has swept the country for nearly four months.
According to the latest information available, the authorities have executed 151 Baluch citizens in 2022, compared to 70 the previous year. At least 81 were hanged over the last four months of 2022, amid a brutal state crackdown on the nationwide protests demanding more freedoms and women's rights.
Ebrahim Narouei
Kambiz Kharoot
Mansour Dehmordeh
Shoaib Mirbaluchzehi
Tagged as baloch, Balochistan, Baluchistan, Ebrahim Narouei, Iran, Kambiz Kharoot, Mansour Dehmordeh, Shoaib Mirbaluchzehi
Qambar Chakar: A Man and a Myth
by: Baloch Students Action Committee, BUITEMS
Birth of a Leader
In Shahi Tump, a far-flung town of Balochistan in Kech (Turbat) district, the house of Chakar Baloch was overflowed with merriness and gleaming lights over the birth of the first son, Qambar. The boy was to become an inspriational leader for the Baloch people soon after entering his teen ages. One day, some ill-fated soldiers of darkness would walk, take this light away to the shadow of torture and death. His was a story of celebrations in unison. When he was born, the whole family, even the entire town cheered up with uncontrollable delight. When he was killed, the whole of Balochistan wept. His was a song of happiness and a melancholy.
Filed under Reports
Tagged as baloch family, Baloch student, Baloch Student Organization, Balochistan, Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, BSAC, BSO, BSO Azaad, BUITEMS, Kech, Qambar Chakar
Iran's IRGC Quds Force Attack on Baloch Compatriots in Dozap (Zahedan), Sistan and Baluchestan Face Strong Retaliation
This article is being republished on the first martyrdom anniversary of the brave sons of Baloch nation Gholam Shahbakhsh, Malik Shahbakhsh, Mehrab Shahbakhsh, Hameed Hasanzahi and Mohammad Jan.
By : Zaffar Baloch
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) multiple attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan's Dozap (Zahedan) region that took place between November 17, 2021, and January 1, 2022, were strategic implications of the regime's policies to contain the rebellious uprisings of February 2021 in Saravan and the capture of the IRGC's base in Korin, Dozap (Zahedan). As a result, the battles between the Baloch fuel traders and IRGC have progressed into the present conflict almost a year later.
دوزاب (زاہدان)، سيستان و بلوچستان میں ایرانی آئی آر جی سی قدس فورس کو مقامی بلوچوں پر حملے پر سخت جوابی کاروائی کا سامنا
Tagged as baloch, Baloch fuel porters, Baluchistan, Iran, IRGC, Korin-Sarjangal, Saravan massacre, Western Balochistan, Zahedan
Iran: Authorities covering up their crimes of child killings – AI Report
Over 60% of the children killed were from Iran's oppressed Baluchi and Kurdish minorities
The Iranian authorities' arbitrary arrest, intimidation and harassment of relatives of children, unlawfully gunned down or beaten to death by security forces in connection with protests, exposes their inconceivable cruelty and sinister attempt to cover up their crimes, said Amnesty International today.
In updated research, Amnesty International has documented how the unlawful killings of children by Iran's security forces continue unabated, detailing the names and details of at least 44 children and the heartless violence inflicted upon their families.
Tagged as Balochistan, baloch, Iran, Baluchistan, Amnesty International, Kurdish, Kurds, Bloody Friday, #BloodyFriday
Shaheed Lala Hameed Baloch
Shaheed Lala Hameed Baloch was born in Haji Hayatan's home on 8th February of 1985. He got his early education in Govt Modal High school Gwadar. He hailed to a political family. The Shaheed was involved in politics in his school days. He started his political career from BSO (Aman). He was elected as student leader in his college days. He was also elected as member of Public Safety Commission introduced in Musharaf's era.
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Tagged as BNM, BNM Gwadar, BSO Azaad, Eid Day, Eid Mubarak, Gwadar, Hameed baloch, Hameed Hayatan Baloch, Iran, lala Hameed Baloch, Pakistan, Shaheed Lala Hameed Baloch, Turbat
The Revolt In Iran Is An Ethnic Minorities-Led Uprising
By Himdad Mustafa
The ongoing protests against the Iranian regime can be defined not only as a women-led uprising, but also an ethnic minorities-led one. In fact, for the ethnic minorities that comprise almost half of Iran's population (e.g., Ahwazi Arabs, Kurds, and Balochis), this is a "revolution" for liberty and basic ethnic and human rights of which they have been deprived not only by the Islamic Republic of Iran, but also by the former Persian regimes (e.g., under the Pahlavi dynasty) for almost a century. For this reason, this is as sensitive topic for the Iranian regime as it is for the Persian diaspora itself.
It is worth noting that the protests were sparked all over Iran following the murder of Jina Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who was beaten to death by the Iranian "morality" police. As Kurdish women's rights defenders in Iran often say: "We are both women and Kurds; so, in the Islamic Republic of Iran, we are doubly accused." In fact, Jina Amini was arrested, tortured, and murdered not only because she was wearing her hijab too "loosely," but also because she was Kurdish.[1]
Filed under Interviews and Articles, Reports
Iran's Balochistan Under Lockdown, Blackout In Wake Of 'Bloody Friday'
(RFE/RL) — As scattered anti-government and anti-hijab protests continue across Iran, members of one beleaguered ethnic and religious minority who joined in the demonstrations are still assessing the toll from "Bloody Friday."
Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, was the scene of the violent crackdown carried out by security forces on September 30 that observers say left more than 90 people dead — and possibly scores more.
The victims were overwhelmingly Baloch — a mostly Sunni ethnic group that makes up the majority in the impoverished region, and who have long faced disproportionate discrimination at the hands of the Iranian authorities.
Tagged as #BloodyFriday, baloch, Balochistan, Baluchistan, Bloody Friday, Iran
Pakistan: An Eye For An Eye In Balochistan – Analysis
By Tushar Ranjan Mohanty*
On September 30, 2022, three Military Intelligence (MI) and two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were killed while several others were injured in an explosion at a sweet shop in the main market of Kohlu town (Kohlu District) in Balochistan. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), through social media, claimed responsibility for the incident, claiming that it had targeted a 'secret agency hideout'.
On September 25, 2022, six Pakistan Army officials, including two majors, were killed after a helicopter 'crashed' during a rescue mission near Khost in the Harnai District of Balochistan. BLA 'spokesperson' 'Jeehand Baloch' claimed responsibility, asserting that the helicopter had been shot down by rocket launchers, and that two 'enemy personnel', identified as Naib Subaidaar Kaleem Ullah of FC 114 Wing Loralai Scouts and personnel of secretive agency Mohammad Faisal r/o Qasoor Punjab, had been 'arrested'.
Tagged as baloch, Balochistan, Pakistan


What does the error message mean in english?
When exactly does that happen? If it is when installing the server the host should still work and you could try installing the server manually by downloading it and installing it separately. Would at least explain the shell in error message.


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This is a list of Spanish television related events in 2000.

Events
 23 April: Telecinco premieres Big Brother, a true mass phenomenon, which will open a debate on the ethical limits of television. Reality shows will become the most viewed TV shows for the next two decades.
 12 May: Javier González Ferrari is appointed General Director of RTVE.

Debuts

Television shows

Ending this year

Foreign series debuts in Spain

Births
 19 March - Carlota García, actress.

Deaths
 28 April - Miguel Armario, actor, 84.
 24 May - Arturo López, actor, 66.
 5 July - Blanca Álvarez, hostess, 70.
 7 July - Felipe Mellizo, journalist, 67.
 16 October - Antonio Ferrandis, actor, 79.
 26 October - Jesús Puente, actor and host, 69.

See also
2000 in Spain
List of Spanish films of 2000

References

2000 in Spanish television


One of the most common refrains repeated by President Obama and other western leaders since the beginning of Israel's massive military offensive against Gaza is, "Israel has the right to defend itself." This refrain is not new and has been declared so often, it has become a cliché. Some leaders parrot it without even thinking. Israel has used such clichés as a justification for its actions as well as an excuse to further its carnage. As of July 29, the death toll in Gaza is over 1100 people, mostly civilians, and includes 243 children. In addition, around 53 Israeli soldiers and 3 Israeli civilians have died.
1. The international community needs to empower the UN to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine. We have been caught in a destructive cycle. Every few years the situation reaches its boiling point, warfare begins, and thousands of Palestinians are killed and injured, mainly civilians – women, children, elderly, and disabled. The international community has been lethargic, impotent, and unwilling to implement its own resolutions on Palestine. The international community has the responsibility to resolve this seemingly intractable conflict. The UN needs to be empowered to do its work.
2. International law unequivocally gives occupied people the right to shake off the yoke of the occupier through various means including the armed struggle. While this is true and needs to be remembered in considering this situation, Sabeel has always stood for the moral right of liberation through nonviolent means.
3. The Palestinian rockets from Gaza have an important message that Israel refuses to understand and the western powers, especially the United States, are unwilling to comprehend. The message of the rockets addresses the core issues and the root causes of the problem – STOP THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION AND FREE PALESTINE. If this does not happen, the war will occur again and again and again, and the casualties will be mainly women and children. This conflict will continue to flare up, despite anyone's best efforts to contain it, unless the systemic injustice of occupation is dismantled. A recent statement from Israeli academics cuts straight to the point: "Israel must agree to an immediate cease-fire and start negotiating in good faith for the end of the occupation and settlements, through a just peace agreement).
4. Our plea is to all people of conscience in Israel. You need to become engaged. The present political course is driving Israelis and Palestinians further apart and is leading us to an impending disaster worse than we are witnessing today. We all must stop nurturing extremism. Israelis and Palestinians have to live together in this land. God has put us here, we need to share it. The alternative is untenable.
5. A stable peace can only be realized when justice, in accordance with international law, is achieved for both Israel and Palestine.
Let anyone with ears to hear, listen!
– The Rev. Dr. Naim Ateek is the founder of Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center, Jerusalem.
WONDERFUL ARTICLE!! Thank you Naim for writing this. It sounded like it came right from your heart! I echo your cry at the end…."Let anyone with ears to hear…listen!
I remember your visit here to Everett with a great deal of fondness. You even visited my husband in the hospital and prayed with him while you were on your way to the next venue. I continue to work as hard as I can to tell anyone who will listen what is REALLY going on in that land we call "Holy".
We have Alex Awad coming to Everett on Saturday, August 16th. Keep us in your prayers. Also heard Alison Weir speak this week and bought her book, "Against Our Better Judgment." Excellent!!
I'm a long time supporter of the United Nations. Unfortunately it created a monster state called Israel. Someone please write an article telling us how ordinary folks can influence the UN.


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Public Law and Constitutional Economics: a research programme
The first iron law of economics is that we live in a world of scarcity. Because of this, economics puts constraints on our utopias. Rinse and repeat. This is how we discern between good and disastrous policies.
A feature of the research program conducted by Prof. Angelini on public law is the focus on the applications of the public choice theory and the ordo-liberalism perspective in the field of constitutional and administrative law.
The public choice theory of the Virginia School is the application of economics to the study of politics. It looks at the incentives and costs of political activity and makes predictions about what will emerge from the political process. In particular, public choice suggests that there may be predictable "market failures" in politics—for example, laws that favor well-organized special interests with stronger incentives to influence the law than the public. Even though the public has more votes, each person has less incentive to monitor and participate in the political system, so special interests have a leg up.
The ordo-liberalism of the Freiburg School starts from the very premise that the market order is a constitutional order, that it is defined by its institutional framework and, as such, subject to (explicit or implicit) constitutional choice. It assumes that the working properties of market processes depend on the nature of the legal-institutional frameworks within which they take place, and that the issue of which rules are and which are not desirable elements of such frameworks ought to be judged as a constitutional issue, i.e. in terms of the relative desirability of relevant constitutional alternatives. Its constitutional outlook at the market order places the research tradition of the Freiburg School in close proximity to the more recent research program of constitutional political economy that takes its main inspiration from the work of James Buchanan.
The significant contribution that both these research programs, the Buchanan's constitutional economics and the ordo-liberalism of the Freiburg School, have made to the classical liberal tradition is that they have sharpened our awareness of the constitutional dimension of the liberal paradigm, an awareness that is conspiciously absent in much of the libertarian doctrine with its emphasis on the 'unhampered market.' The research program of the Freiburg School has drawn attention to the fact that the liberal ideal of a free society and market com- petition is a constitutional ideal, that it has to be specified in constitutional terms, i.e. in terms of the specific rules of the game that it advocates, and that it has to be argued for in terms of its attractiveness as a constitutional regime. This insight implies that, in advancing his pro- posals for the constitutional order of a free society, the liberal must ultimately appeal to people's constitutional interests, and his arguments for a 'liberal order' amount, in the final analysis, to nothing other than the claim that people's common constitutional interests are better served by such an order than by feasible alternative regimes.
The particular significance of Buchanan's constitutional liberalism must be seen in the special emphasis that it adds to the constitutional theme, namely its insistence that a consistent liberalism cannot confine its normative principles of individual freedom of choice and voluntary contract to the sub-constitutional level of market transactions, but must extend them to the level of constitutional choice and constitutional contracting as well. It is Buchanan's singular merit to have generalized the liberal ideal of voluntary cooperation from market choices to constitutional choices, from exchange contracts to social contracts, and to have shown thereby how the classical liberal paradigm can be generalized from its traditional emphasis on voluntary exchange and freedom of choice in markets to the level of constitutional choices, thus supplementing in an important respect the earlier arguments of the Freiburg School.


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Ireland welcome the visitors Georgia in the Euro Qualification – Round 2. The match will be held on Tuesday, March, 26th, at the Aviva Stadium (Dublin).
In the first Euro 2020 qualifier, Ireland featured a workmanlike win over Gibraltar away. Indeed, they were superior throughout the match and could, actually, have netted more, but they might have missed either. They allowed the frugal opponents to make eight shots on target. The Ireland outfit are staffed with players competing in English clubs. Mostly, they come from the Championship, but there are Premiere League performers either: Long and Brady fight for Burnley, Arter for Cardiff City, Doherty for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and the team's captain Coleman plays for Everton. Not the top clubs, but English ones, which is worth a lot.
Georgia conceded to Switzerland in their first qualifier held at home. They managed to withhold the opponents in the first half-time. After the break, the visitors then found out how to convert the fashioned the opportunities, and did so twice, keeping their goal locked at that. The Georgian team do not boast such performers as the homeside do. The guests are also staffed with foreign players, but they compete in humble clubs in Poland, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Austria, and even Cyprus. We may single out only Khocholava from Shakhtar Donetsk, Kvirkvelia from Lokomotiv Moscow, and the goalkeeper Makaridze from the Portuguese Vitoria Setubal.
As we see, the class difference favors the hosts. Same as the players' expertise. Though not often, the Irelanders qualified to World Cups, they progressed to the World Cup 1990 quarter-final held in Italy; also, they competed in the European Championships, both in 2012 and in the last one held in France wherein they advanced to 1/8 finals. The Georgians do not hold this record, and they will hardly do soon – rather skilled performers do not present anything when they play as a team and draw against Belarus, Moldova, Andorra, and concede to Luxemburg. Georgia will probably lose in Dublin. The Tuesday opponents met five times. In the last encounter, Georgia succeeded to take their first point in the clashes with Irelanders, but the match was held on their soil. Before, they registered four losses. The fifth one is in the air.
Prediction for the match: Ireland to win home.


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In a set of recommendations for the European Commission, TNO proposes to store additional information in the event data recorders (EDRs) of self-driving cars. According to the Dutch knowledge institution, the extra info is instrumental in assessing the full chain of events in the aftermath of a crash, including observation, processing, performance and context. This, in turn, can help answer liability issues and, more importantly, help avoid accidents in the future.
EDRs, popularly known as "black boxes", are already commonly used in self-driving vehicles. However, in most cases, they only store basic sensory data. From this data, it's impossible to tell how the car used the observations to make a decision and whether the chosen action has been performed correctly.
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As part of a European study on the safety of non-embedded software, TNO analyzed the legal and business landscape related to new advanced technologies associated with digitization and artificial intelligence. Among others, the knowledge institution provided recommendations for which information to store in EDRs for road vehicles and other AI-based systems in fields such as industrial robots and autonomous shipping. The recorded data can be used for multiple purposes, eg training, safety assessment, surveillance, causation, vehicle diagnostics, testing and development.
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Given the amount of negative press the city of Chicago has gotten over the past few months, it's refreshing to highlight those making a concerted effort to make positive strides in the community. Earlier today, the Chicago Park District hosted Mayor Rahm Emanuel alongside local hero and NBA Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas to announce the expansion of Windy City Hoops. In addition to keeping kids off the street and focusing their energy into fitness, the community basketball program provides at-risk youth with jobs, training, and mentoring.
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"This Has Depth" is an amazing track by Glasgow, UK based singer "RONA MAIRI" to all the amazing audiences out there with a great vibe. "RONA MAIRI" is brilliantly showing her colors by producing the same as usual. It's a great track, a stunning bit of music, really creatively compiled to give off a unique ambience, and then the artist's vocal performance and melody line really just fill in any remaining space around the sound with great skill.
The artist has a beautiful voice. What's interesting about it is that the sound has a lot of character – it's not your typical pop voice or style, there's something fresh and true to the singer in the sound, and this one really does this more than anything else. This song stands out among its industry peers.
The voice appears quickly, but it fits perfectly, and the atmosphere continues to grow and evolve. Instrumentally everything is fantastic, the production is top-notch, and the beat has a sweet and almost tribal sound to it, so everything you can choose to focus on really shines brightly.
Instrumentally, the sound is big, stylish and clever. From the soundscape that blends better with the vocals, and the artist's voice has a strength and confidence that carries that melodic line brilliantly. The female vocals add a really nice dynamic to the track, further filling the space left, so you just get a massive soundtrack; Good energy, and something that's likely to make for a fantastic live experience if you're lucky enough to catch one.
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This study investigates the impact of value chain on the performance of Agro Allied SMEs in Sokoto State. The concept of value chain is too board and some managers are confused on the right value chain activities to choose and apply in their business. Using point time data collected from primary source with the used of questionnaire and applying Ordinary Least Square (OLS) finding reveals that there is significant relation between value chain and performance of Agro Allied SMEs in Sokoto State. Other findings primary activities of value chain contribute significantly to the performance of Agro SMEs in Sokoto State and secondary activities of value chain contribute significantly to the performance of Agro SMEs in Niger State. Results recommends that Agro SMEs in Sokoto State should continue to improve on primary and secondary activities of value chain since it contributes significantly to the performance of Agro SMEs in Sokoto State.
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North Carolina redo election is the last race of 2018 — and the first of 2020
Democrat Dan McCready faces a new Republican opponent in September special election
Dan McCready, Democratic candidate for North Carolina's 9th District, talks with a young supporter Friday during a fish fry at the Scotland County Democratic Party headquarters in Laurinburg, N.C. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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Posted August 13, 2019 at 5:00am
LAURINBURG, N.C. — Dan McCready is used to this.
"Y'all know this isn't an easy race for a Democrat," the candidate for North Carolina's 9th District said, swatting away an army of gnats swarming attendees at a fish fry Friday night.
Having been on the campaign trail for two years, McCready has met many of these people before. He doesn't look twice at the opposition tracker filming him from across the street, and he's even perfected a line about just how long this campaign has been.
"I had three kids when this started, and now I've got four," he said.
McCready lost this district, which President Donald Trump carried by 11 points in 2016, by less than a thousand votes last fall. But because of alleged election fraud tied to his 2018 GOP opponent's campaign, he's still at it, running against a different Republican in a redo election to be held Sept. 10.
It's a special election with unique factors, but as the only competitive federal race in 2019, the contest is also a test of the messages Democrats and Republicans will use in 2020 — especially in a crucial battleground state.
Just as Democrats were in 2018, McCready is focused on health care. His Republican opponent, state Sen. Dan Bishop, who won a 10-way primary earlier this year, is trying to tie him to socialism and "the squad" — four freshman House Democrats who have become the new GOP boogeywomen.
"I represent your values; he does not," Bishop, the sponsor of North Carolina's controversial "bathroom bill," told supporters Saturday.
The question that McCready's first race posed — could a moderate Democrat win a "Trump district"? — has largely been answered by last year's historic Democratic gains in the House.
But this year is different. Special elections are normally low-turnout affairs, so this race largely hinges on who can get their base to show up.
"The moveable middle is really small," said North Carolina-based Democratic consultant Morgan Jackson, who's helping McCready's team.
The state GOP chairman, Michael Whatley, would not disagree.
"If we can get numbers to turn out that are fairly close to normal, or as close to normal as you can get in a special, then we think that the district will come home with Dan," he said of the Republican nominee.
Base voters
At a series of town halls over the weekend, McCready had a standard rhetorical question: "Anyone know how long it's been since a Democrat held this seat?"
Fifty-six years, he told the largely sympathetic crowds.
McCready, whose slogan is "Country over party," has to motivate his base, especially African American and Native American voters in the rural eastern part of the district, which stretches along the border with South Carolina. At the district's western end, in the Charlotte suburbs, he has to appeal to affluent and well-educated voters of all affiliations who are turned off by Trump.
McCready has criticized Bishop for opposing Medicaid expansion in the state Legislature, but he's staying away from the "Medicare for All" proposals coming from his party's presidential candidates.
"We don't need to do all this crazy stuff that they're doing on the debate stage," he told voters at a town hall in Pembroke.
Voters in Pembroke, N.C., home of the Lumbee tribe, listen to McCready on Saturday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
McCready has kept those town halls largely focused on education and health care, but other national topics — recent mass shootings, the president's rhetoric and immigration raids — come up often.
"We are in the grips of fascism," an elderly man said Saturday afternoon at McCready's campaign office in Bladen County, referring to last week's immigration raids in Mississippi. He then made a comparison to Adolf Hitler, which drew nods and "uh-huhs" across the room.
McCready stayed relentlessly on message, using the remarks as an opportunity to talk about his military background and how he's trying to bring people together.
"In terms of the hate, you've probably seen state Sen. Bishop's clown ad," the candidate said, referring to a spot in which McCready and other prominent Democratic lawmakers' heads are superimposed on clowns' bodies. "I just think people are tired of that."
In an interview that evening, McCready — who does not support impeaching Trump — wouldn't directly answer whether he thinks the president is a racist.
"His comments are inciting hate and encouraging white nationalists and folks to be showing their faces in ways that we wouldn't have seen under a different president," he told CQ Roll Call.
Some Democrats think the president's recent rhetoric and the immigration raids might boost turnout for McCready.
But that may only go so far in a district that backed the president with 54 percent of the vote in 2016.
State Sen. Dan Bishop, the GOP nominee for North Carolina's 9th District, talks with Sherry-Lynn Womack at a diner in Hope Mills, N.C., on Saturday. Womack, the director of Women for Trump North Carolina, came to the 9th District for a day of canvassing. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
'An attempted coup'
Bishop is running as a strong supporter of Trump. He appeared at a rally with the president earlier this summer, and his TV ads condemn Democrats for hating the president more than they love America.
"I do have moments and points of disagreement, but I think they're minor," Bishop said in an interview. He praised the president for withstanding the "Russia hoax" and said Trump was right to call it a "witch hunt."
"Actually, I think it's worse than that. I think it's an attempted coup," Bishop said.
Crisscrossing a subdivision of modest homes with tidy yards in Parkton on Saturday, Bishop and Whatley, the state party chairman, finally met a woman who not only came out of her house, but seemed to want to talk politics.
"Republican? Yes, that's me. I'm a Trump supporter all the way," she said.
"The president is 100 percent on board," Whatley told her.
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The most recently released poll in this race, conducted in mid-July, came from McCready's campaign. It showed the race tied, with each candidate at 46 percent.
"You gotta realize, being tied in this district is like being 12 points up," McCready told the town hall crowd in Pembroke. A big difference from 2018 is that he is trying to link his policy messages to the reason there's another election — the effort by a consultant for his prior opponent to divert absentee ballots from who he suspected were Democratic voters.
"This is a race about voters whose voices were stolen," McCready said.
His supporters hope the ballot fraud scandal will motivate turnout, especially among minorities.
"Our country is jacked up," Rev. Brian R. Thompson told worshippers Sunday at Simon Temple AME Zion church in Fayetteville that McCready had come to address. "This election on Sept. 10 is the people's chance to get justice."
Also working to McCready's advantage is the fact he's been campaigning nonstop for two years, and he has the name recognition and fundraising to prove it. He ended the second quarter of the year with $1.8 million in the bank to Bishop's $344,000.
Bishop knocks on doors Saturday in Parkton, N.C., with Michael Whatley, right, chairman of the North Carolina GOP. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
Bishop thinks that's changing, though.
Speaking to supporters over the weekend, he championed the combined $4 million in investments from the National Republican Congressional Committee and Congressional Leadership Fund.
"[That] goes a long way toward leveling the playing field," he said. National Democrats, meanwhile, are intentionally keeping a low profile to avoid nationalizing the race.
Bishop dismissed the idea that national GOP groups invested because they're worried.
"Their resources are pretty precious, so I don't think they would have ventured in with substantial resources unless they saw it is likely that we're going to win," he told CQ Roll Call.
Both sides expect the race to be tight, and whichever way it goes, each party will use the outcome to shape its 2020 narrative about North Carolina, which, besides hosting the Republican National Convention in Charlotte next summer, will also be a key presidential and Senate battleground.


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