NinchFest is a community focused music festival held on the Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. We are committed to nurturing our local talent by giving them opportunity to perform at our grassroots festival. We also aim to bring select bands and musicians from beyond the peninsula to perform and experience the great crowds and scene we have to offer. We care a lot about our environment and want to keep on enjoying it with you. Our beautiful site, the St Andrews Beach Recreation Club is very special to us and the perfect place to celebrate art and musical culture together.
The gates are open at 10am on Saturday 12 January 2019, and you will be required to leave at 10pm that night. The live music from our exquisite lineup of bands local and beyond will kick off shortly after the gates open so be sure to get in early and find a nice spot on the hill to view it all and indulge in the beautiful surrounds of our festival site. The bars and food vans will be serving delicious alcoholic beverages and a great range of tasty foods at reasonable prices from 11am onward.
NinchFest is held at St Andrews Beach Recreation Club, 99 Bass Meadows Blvd, St Andrews Beach Victoria. We suggest you plan ahead and carpool where possible as we have limited parking space. It's also a great way to cut on carbon emissions and save yourself fuel money where it'd be better spent on a beer at the Ninch bar.
We will have a first aid tent on site, so please take note of it on entry so you know where to go should you or your friends need any medical assistance. We also have sunscreen and water here for you.
There will be many toilets located across our festival grounds, just look for the signs!
There will also be water stations at key points where you can fill up water bottles or drink from the taps. It can get very hot dancing at NinchFest in the middle of summer, so do your best to stay hydrated so you can enjoy yourself for the duration of the festival.
We are pleased to present you with an even bigger and better listening experience than before! The live music will run until 9pm as per sound restrictions and then we all must depart the site in a respectful and happy manner. Respect our neighbours as they are so good to us allowing the festival to happen so close by. We love them - you should too!
Kids are of course more than welcome to our community festival, but please be a responsible parent and make sure yours are fully supervised at all times. Please do not let your under 18s drink alcohol at the festival, this can put us at risk of closure and breaches our commitment to the authorities to have a nurturing and safe festival for all. Kids 13yo and under will be admitted for free!
Fires and naked flames are not allowed. No portable barbeques or gas bottles, however we will have plenty of hot food options available for purchase from the food vans.
Please ensure your cigarette butts are properly extinguished and dispose of them correctly. DO NOT throw them on the ground, put them in the bin!
Tickets are $60+b/f, kids 13yo and below get in for free. All children and teenagers 17 years and under MUST be accompanied by a parent/guardian. For all other ticketing questions please see the FAQs page.
Once NinchFest last band plays the very last note, you'll be required to leave the site at that point so our team can begin to clean up the festival safely. Drive safely, keep an eye out for each other, look after the little ones and make a plan before the festival starts on how you're getting home.
Just show your ID, we'll give you a 18+ or an underage wristband, and away you go. The wristband will give you access to the bar if you're over 18 years of age and also acts as a passout if you to leave the site. Strap it on tight enough and don't lose it as there will not be replacements and without it your won't be allowed back into the festival grounds.
We pride ourselves on offering outstanding meals and snacks throughout the event to enhance your NinchFest experience. There's a whole range of delicious options this year, take a stroll around and see what you like!
NinchFest is committed to reducing our footprint on the environment as much as possible so we recycle all waste where we can. Please do your bit by disposing your rubbish in the correct bins. Bring your waste from the festival grounds to the many bins around the perimeter of the festival. Please don't leave broken furniture when you leave, if you brought it in we ask you to kindly take it with you. Thanks for your help in keeping our festival site clean.


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theNEWDEAL has released "Quattro" – a new single from their forthcoming Mercury Switch EP, as they kick off their first major US tour since returning to the circuit last year. The recently completed Mercury Switch will be the band's first studio release in over a decade.
With over 1400 legendary late nights, sold-out clubs and triumphant festivals under their belts, theNEWDEAL returns with a passion in 2015. "Quattro" — along with recently released tracks "Mercury Switch" and "Sabotage the System," offer a preview of their upcoming 2016 studio release which bassist Dan Kurtz describes as their "most creative" endeavor to date. "In the last few months we've been pushing ourselves to work with new sounds, new styles, new ways of arranging jams, and the stuff we've come up with has felt great and exciting to us as a result. We're listening back to the board tapes of all the shows and finding the parts, even if they're just a couple of seconds long, that sound the most inspiring and then building studio recordings around them. In some cases we'll glue a bit from one show in one city to another completely unrelated piece from another town, and create something we'd never have come up with in either just a live or just a studio setting."
Keyboardist Jamie Shields agrees: "I think we've come up with a way to take the best from both the live and studio worlds and make something that's going to have the energy of a live show, but shaped in a way we could only do in the studio. theNEWDEAL has always been about development. When we're performing on stage our goal is always to create a fresh musical idea and see in real-time how we can develop it – melodically, harmonically and structurally. Because we approach every show with an improvisational mindset, we know that every night brings a different concert, a different vibe and a different audience experience. Even with all those variables, it always ends up sounding like a New Deal show; exciting, driving and incredibly danceable!"
theNEWDEAL first began in Toronto in 1999, quickly gaining support from Toronto's underground club scene as pioneers in electronica, recreating the DJ experience with live, improvised music. Soon the band brought their interpretation of Electro House, Trance, Breakbeat and Drum & Bass to the US, where they were embraced by the crowds at NYC's Wetlands Preserve and cultivated a loyal following in the American jam scene.
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Nate Milton's short film Eli is a personal tale of mental illness, racoons and alien abduction
For Nate, he started making Eli to plug a gap in his portfolio as well as to deal with the trauma of his manic episode. In the past he's created a lot of narrative work such as directing many episodes of a Facebook show he created with friend Rob Bohn and developing a non-fiction work for the likes NPR. He's also made some experimental personal work like short Feelings, but was yet to work on a project where he could direct both the narrative and the animation style. "Eli is like all of that stuff combined," says Nate. "It's a personal, narrative, experimental film that I both wrote and directed. It's sort of my mission statement of where I'm at as an artist."
Part of what is so incredible about Eli is its tight and believable writing. A lot of the plot is drawn from life – Nate grew up in an area with very magnetic rock and once woke up with an ear infection so severe that he had to have surgery to rebuild some of his jaw and mastoid – and his insight into the experience of mania makes the film feel both magical and deeply grounded. "The process itself was insane, I must have written ten fully independent takes before landing on this one – it really took two years to write. There's animatics and radio-plays with seven other characters: there was a mother character, he had older siblings, younger siblings, neighbours. But it kept landing at like a 45-minute runtime and I knew I wanted it at around 10 to 12 minutes. So I just kept cutting it down and taking characters out until there was just the two human characters: Eli and Dr Harper and then a handful of aliens." The writing process took Nate two years and was easily the most challenging part of the project.
The key to unlocking the film's narrative was deciding on a "Forrest Gump structure", which allowed Nate to time-travel through Eli's story and cherry-pick the most meaningful parts. "I could talk all day about the writing process though, it was a huge pain in the ass. I did a ton of research too, and it's spooky how many similarities my life has with people who claim to have been abducted or visited by aliens. There's a lot of parts that were strictly written down and some that were more stream of consciousness responses to my research and life experiences. There were more than a few nights that I had to sleep with the light on, I'll leave it at that." Eli's quirky animation style was dictated by Nate's own natural drawing style, which he is unfairly self-deprecating about. "I pretty much can only draw this one way. What you see in Eli or Feelings is all I got," he laughs.
Despite its surreal subject matter, what's so powerful about the film is how empathetic Eli is as a character. It humanises the reasons why some people might feel they've been abducted by aliens – something that is often laughed at in mainstream culture. "I've gotten a few responses from people who are struggling with bipolar disorder or mental illness and they've all said, in so many words, that Eli just fits right in their hearts, even though each of them has their own takes," says Nate. Most of all Nate made the film for his 15-year-old self – you can even spot Eli's age on his hospital bracelets. "In general, it's become my mission statement to talk openly about mental illness and to hopefully get the conversation started earlier," Nate adds. "I got diagnosed when I was thirty and it opened up this whole third person view of myself. If that happened when I was seventeen, it would have answered a lot of questions."
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Gravity Man is a Robot Master created by Dr. Wily. He was first seen in Mega Man 5 as one of the games Eight Robot Masters.
He constantly shifts up and down. When he charge down is gravity, Mega Man needs the Mega Bust or Star Crash to defeat him.
Gravity Man only appeared in Master of Disaster in the animated series.
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This ruling comes amidst growing concern that the Department of Education is refusing to take actions required by law and its own regulations designed to wipe out student loan debts that are the product of fraud and illegal activity by predatory schools. Tens of thousands of applications for relief based on the fraud of Corinthian and other for-profit schools have been pending with the Department for months and even years. "Today's ruling confirms that student loan borrowers have rights that exist independently of political winds and caprices. It is inexcusable to delay and thereby deny Sarah and other borrowers in similar positions their contractual and statutory rights," said Toby Merrill, director of the Project on Predatory Student Lending and one of the lawyers representing Sarah.
Ms. Dieffenbacher is also represented by Alec Harris, Eileen Connor, and Deanne Loonin of the Project on Predatory Student Lending of the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School, as well as Robyn Smith of the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles.
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If you're sick at heart about the way this country is becoming so angry and divided-about the widening gap between black Americans and white Americans, between wealthy Americans and impoverished Americans-and if you truly believe that people of good will can overcome this sad set of circumstances, then today's column offers a good place to start.
One of the finest programs in the Chicago area is run by the Fourth Presbyterian Church. The church. which sits on one of the most elegant blocks in Chicago-on North Michigan Avenue, between Delaware Place and Chestnut Street-for more than 30 years has run a tutoring program offered for free to children from the Cabrini-Green housing project. This year, for the first time, children from the Henry Horner Homes are also participating in the tutoring sessions.
Three nights a week, 504 of those children come to the church. Waiting for the children are volunteer adult tutors-one for each boy and girl. Some of the tutors are church members, but many are not. Many of the adult tutors are professional men and women who live in a world far removed from the public housing projects.
The adults have made a commitment-to be at the church each week for the child assigned to them, to help the child with basic learning skills in reading, writing and math. The goal is simple: for each adult tutor to help each child have a better chance for success in the world.
And the children are just as serious as the adults. The children come to the church on the coldest, snowiest nights of the winter. They come because they are desperate to better themselves-to learn. And they know that the adult volunteers are waiting each week, armed with knowledge and love.
A program like this one doesn't get as much attention as all the raised voices telling all of us that black people and white people are destined to distrust each other, that wealthy people and poor people have nothing in common. A program like this one doesn't get the attention because it does its good work quietly, and diligently, week after week, night after night.
The adult tutors all, of course, offer their help to the children for free. But money is needed to keep the program going-to buy books for the children, to provide bus service to get the children to and from the evening sessions, to purchase school supplies. The tutoring program does not ask for donations. But the children do design Christmas cards, which they offer for sale each holiday season.
This year the cards come in four designs. A smiling snowman was drawn by Tarnisha Brown, 12. Her Christmas wish, she said, is that "I would like people to be able to get along better and not walk down the street scared to go to school."
A Christmas tree with bright stars above it and beautifully wrapped presents underneath was drawn by Roslyn Orr, 10. Twelve-year-old Iris Branch wrote an inscription featured on the inside of the card: "I want to wish you the merriest Christmas ever with the jingle bells ringing and the birds singing as you see every little snow flake fall on Christmas day."
Kimberly Hemphill, 8, designed a card with a drawing of Santa Claus on the front. Rasheedah Jackson, 10, composed the inside inscription for the card: "The meaning of Christmas is to give to one another."
Simone Woods, 11, drew a colorful Nativity scene that is featured on the fourth card.
The cards sell for $10 for an assorted box of 12. Every cent goes to the tutoring program. The companies that helped to print the cards, and the stores that sell them, are not keeping any of the proceeds.
There are only a few places where you may purchase the children's cards. You may buy them at the church itself, at 126 E. Chestnut St. in Chicago; phone orders are accepted at the church office: 312-787-2729, extension 221.
Waterstone's Books and Music, near the church at the corner of North Michigan Avenue and Chestnut Street in Chicago; Seminary Co-Op Bookstore, 5757 S. University Ave., Chicago; 57th Street Books, 1301 E. 57th St., Chicago; and the Briar Patch, 600 Green Bay Rd., Kenilworth.
What these children, and the adults who tutor them, represent is hope and caring in the midst of allegedly cold and cynical times. The children will be thrilled and honored if the holiday cards you decide to send this year are theirs.


London's Trafalgar Square was closed off yesterday morning (November 25) for Tom Cruise and his new movie.
The iconic landmark was completely cleared so that the actor could touch down in an RAF Helicopter. He was shooting a scene for his new movie All You Need Is Kill.
Cruise emerged from the helicopter dressed in full military uniform and filmed further scenes marching round the square. He was joined by the film's crew, a large cast of extras and several army tanks.
All You Need Is Kill is a sci-fi film based on an acclaimed Japanese novel of the same name. It stars Cruise as a soldier fighting in a war with aliens who becomes caught in a time loop, which dooms him to relive the battle's final day over and over again. Emily Blunt and Bill Paxton co-star.
All You Need Is Kill has been scheduled for release on March 14, 2014. Before then, Cruise will be seen in eagerly-anticipated action thriller Jack Reacher, which opens in cinemas on December 21, 2012. Scroll down to watch the trailer.


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Football legends including Ronaldinho turn up for World Cup of Teqball
It's been a while since Ronaldinho was strutting his stuff with the best in the world but the Brazilian's skills are still sharp.
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Brazil and Barcelona legend Ronaldinho has a new passion: Teqball. A sport that can only be described as a mixture of table tennis, volleyball and football.
Teqball, which is the brainchild of former professional soccer player Gabor Borsanyi and computer scientist Viktor Huszar, is played on a downward-sloping, knee-high table and involves spectacular long kicks, dribbles and explosive headers.
Hungary's dominance of the third world championships (played this weekend in front of an enthusiastic crowd of about 2,000 at second division club Vasas) comes as little surprise as the country invented the sport, which had its first tournament five years ago.
Adam Blazsovics easily won the singles title and teamed up with Csaba Banyik to take home the doubles gold in Budapest, while Brazil won the mixed doubles in the first staging of the mixed gender event as their footvolley world champion Natalia Guitler teamed up with Marcos Viera to edge Hungary in a tight final.
Brazil, who should be pretty good given their country's background in the Samba style of beach soccer, then put out Ronaldinho for an All-Star match which also involved Carlos Puyol of Spain, William Gallas of France, plus Nuno Gomes and Simao Sabrosa of Portugal.
Wales also participated in the main event with former Bristol City winger David Cotterill representing alongside former international teammate Simon Church, and they drew attention with a new flag, possibly designed to encourage Gareth Bale's participation in next year's event.
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Nakatsu Heizaburo (中津平三郎) was born on May 1, 1894 in Ikeda (池田町) in the Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island. He was a direct student of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu master Takeda Sokaku, with whom he studied for three years. Nakatsu Sensei is the teacher at the origin of the lineage of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu of Shikoku, which is represented today by Chiba Tsugutaka Sensei. During a recent visit to Chiba Sensei's house accompanied by Olivier Gaurin, Sensei showed us a number of documents that we had never seen. Let's study those together and look back on Nakatsu Sensei's life and his place in the history of the Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu.
During the Taisho era (大正時代 Japanese historical period ranging from 1912 to 1926), Nakatsu Sensei served as a police officer at the Sonezaki Police Station in Osaka. At the beginning of the Showa era (昭和 時代, 1926 to 1989), he was also active as a judo teacher, 5th dan from the Kodokan (dojo of Jigoro Kano, the founder of judo) and a as a competitor recognized throughout Japan. His strongman reputation led to his appointment in 1930 to the security service of the Asahi Journal (朝日新聞社, Asahi Shimbun) in Osaka.
Around 1933, Ueshiba Morihei was summoned by Mitsujiro Ishii, a former minister in the Japanese government and a founder of the Liberal Democratic Party, to strengthen security in Osaka's Asahi Journal, which had been the target of attacks by lobbyists and right-wing extremists because of an editorial error dating from March 1928 regarding the death of an imperial prince.
The Director of Corporate Affairs in charge of sports activities at the newspaper was Hisa Takuma. Nakatsu, Hisa and a handful of others, began to study the techniques of Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu from Ueshiba Morihei at the newspaper's dojo under the leadership of Ishii in 1934. When Ueshiba was absent, some of his students from Tokyo ensured the teaching at the newspaper, particularly Yonekawa Shigemi and Tsutomu Yukawa. After each class, students took advantage of the facilities and photographic material available to replicate the techniques and record them under the form of a large number of photographic plates that today are known as a collection called Soden (総伝, you can read a full analysis in an article I wrote about Soden for Aikido Journal). Nakatsu Heizaburo appears as tori from volumes 6 through 9, which contain the advanced teachings of Ueshiba, and Takeda Sokaku's Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu techniques in their purest form.
Instruction with Ueshiba Morihei ended in June 1936 with the arrival to Osaka of his own teacher, Sokaku Takeda, who took over the dojo from there on until 1939. Sokaku Takeda announced to the group that given that he had not taught everything to Ueshiba, it would be he who would undertake to complete the training of the Asahi students.
The Asahi Shinbun group around Takeda Sokaku. First row, left to right: Yoshimura Yoshiteru, Takeda Sokaku, Tonedate Masao; second row: unknown, Takeda Tokimune, Nakatsu Heizaburo.
In 1937, Takeda handed Nakatsu and his colleagues the certficate of kyoju dairi (教授代理, representing instructor).
This is the same certificate that Takeda had awarded to Morihei Ueshiba after he had taught his art to him in Ayabe in 1922. According to Takeda Tokimune, the son of Takeda Sokaku, the kyoju dairi certificate was only issued once the student had mastered the 118 shoden basic techniques (equivalent to today's 5th dan) and the 53 aiki no jutsu techniques (omote and ura), the 36 hiden ogi techniques (omote and ura), the Daito-ryu aiki nito-ryu hiden techniques, and and the 86 goshinyo no te techniques. It therefore represents a very high standard of instruction and at the time he gave it to O Sensei, this certificate was the highest grade to be awarded by Takeda Sokaku.
Later, in 1939, Hisa Takuma received the menkyo kaiden certificate (免許皆伝, total transmission) from Takeda Sokaku. Takeda awarded only two of these throughout his entire life (the second was given to Tonedate Masao but evidence suggests that it was a largely honorary reward for his administrative role as part of the Asahi newspaper's dojo).
Interestingly, Takeda Tokimune is reported to have said about Nakatsu Heizaburo that he was likely the most proficient of the students of the time.
There was a man named Heizaburo Nakatsu who practiced with Hisa Sensei in those days. According to Tokimune Takeda Sensei he was the most skilled technically among those who practiced at the dojo and was even better than Hisa Sensei.
In 1943, following a mild stroke that left him temporarily paraplegic, Nakatsu left the Asahi Journal and returned to live in Ikeda. He established a chiropractic office and taught Daito-ryu to a handful of students, among which were Toshikatsu Imai, Chiba Tsugutaka (read his interview here), Makita Kan'ichi (故蒔田 完一), Onishi Masahito, and Okitsu Hirofumi.
Nakatsu Heizaburo surrounded by his students. Chiba Tsugutaka is at the second row on the right.
Subsequently, many students of Hisa Takuma regularly traveled from Osaka to learn the Shikoku techniques and both groups retained close ties. Nakatsu Heizaburo was awarded the 6th dan by the Kodokan in January 1960. He died in December of the same year, at the age of 66. In 1975, the two study groups decided to come together to formalize the transmission of the techniques taught by Hisa Takuma and Nakatsu Heizaburo, and Chiba Tsugutaka proposed to call the group the Takumakai (琢磨会, gathering for Takuma). Today, practitioners of Shikoku and Osaka still meet twice a year in Wakimachi (Mima prefecture in Shikoku) around Chiba Sensei Tsugutaka during courses to learn the techniques of Shikoku (read a report of that seminar).
For more information on Shikoku's Daito-ryu aiki-jujtsu, visit the website of the Daito-ryu Aiki-jujutsu Shikoku Hombu Dojo.


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Get your soft claps ready because men's golf season is upon us.
After earning the opportunity to attend the NCAA Division III Golf Championship last season, the Cal Lutheran men's golf team is looking for a repeat in 2013.
With a mix of experienced seniors alongside talented underclassmen, the team is looking and feeling stronger than ever.
As the new season commences, the focus is on the seniors to bring strong leadership to the table.
"The way I plan on leading the team is by encouraging everyone to work really hard at reaching their personal goals for the spring season," said senior captain Parker Colvin. "By leading my team to strive for their personal best, we will perform at our best as a whole."
Colvin, who was second on the team last year after shooting an average of 75.78 in 2012, has a personal goal of continuing on with a great season and leading his team to the D III Championship this year.
Senior co-captain Chad Kimmelshue, a 2012 Second Team All-SCIAC honoree, gives credit to his coach, Jeff Lindgren, on his strategic contribution to the team's overall success the past few years.
"Coach Lindgren has allowed us to compete against the best players in the nation. Not only top D III teams, but D II and D I teams as well," said Kimmelshue. "With our coach taking us to great tournaments to play against some of the best players in the nation, we learn what it takes to compete at high levels, which eventually helps us develop to become some of the best players in the nation."
Each player has heart for the game of golf and believes choosing the Cal Lutheran golf team was a decision that helped them develop as players.
"After competing on this golf team for four years, I've grown as an athlete mentally, physically and emotionally," said senior Cody Price. "I've come a long way in my mental golf course management. Physically, I have become stronger every season, and emotionally, I am a more balanced athlete, thanks to my teammates and coach."
2012 Ping All-West Region and First Team All-SCIAC selection, junior Mikey McGinn, hopes his love and growth throughout his years playing golf will contribute in the garnering of a championship title for him and his team.
"My favorite thing about golf is that it is a sport that cannot be mastered. There is always room for improvement, no matter who you are or how good you are," said McGinn. "I think the key for us this season is consistency. If we are able to stay consistent throughout each round, we will have a great chance of winning the conference."
Junior Derek Field and sophomores Barret McGinnis and Bobby Griffin are hoping to collaborate with the effort of their senior teammates to bring consistency and confidence to the course.
"I have all the shots in my bag. It just comes down to believing in myself that I can accomplish anything I set my mind to," said Griffin. "That goes for my teammates as well."
Freshman Jesse Rydalch reflected on the start of his first university golf season.
"I'm nervous about playing in my first tournament because I really don't want to choke on the first tee," said Rydalch. "I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do in the Division III National Championship this year. We have a really great opportunity."
The 2013 SCIAC schedule features two, two-day tournaments followed by a two-round SCIAC Championship Tournament in April.
Cal Lutheran has been chosen to host the second SCIAC tournament. It will be held at La Purisima Golf Club in Lompoc, Calif., on April 6 and 7. With familiarity of the course, the Kingsmen have a chance to take home a championship.
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The Counts of Villafranca and later the Counts of Villafranca-Soissons are legitimate male line descendants of Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano the founder of the Carignano line of the House of Savoy. The title was created in 1778 for Prince Eugenio of Savoy (1753–1785). The third count Prince Eugenio Emanuele married in 1863 to Felicita Crosio (1844–1911) in what was a morganatic marriage. His wife was created Countess of Villafranca-Soissons in 1888 so the descendants of the marriage bear the title Count/Countess of Villafranca-Soissons. The current head of the Villafranca-Soissons line is Count Edoardo Emanuele Filiberto (born 1945) the grandson of the first count of Villafranca-Soissons via his second son Count Giuseppe Carlo (1904–1971).

Counts of Villafranca (1778-1888)
Prince Eugenio, Count of Villafranca (1778–1785)
Prince Giuseppe Maria, Count of Villafranca (1785–1825)
Prince Eugenio Emanuele, Count of Villafranca (1816–1888)

Counts of Villafranca-Soissons (1888-present)
Emanuele Filiberto, Count of Villafranca-Soissons (1888–1933)
Eugenio Giuseppe, Count of Villafranca-Soissons (1933–1974)
Edoardo Emanuele Filiberto, Count of Villafranca-Soissons (1974–present)
First Heir presumptive: Leonardo Andrea of Villafranca-Soissons
Second Heir presumptive: Emanuele Filiberto of Villafranca-Soissons
Third Heir presumptive: Gabriele Emilio Filiberto of Villafranca-Soissons
Fourth Heir presumptive: Leopoldo Francesco of Villafranca-Soissons
Fifth Heir presumptive: Daniel Alexis Eugenio Maria of Villafranca-Soissons
Sixth Heir presumptive: Rolando of Villafranca-Soissons
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Q: ImageResizing.Net behind WCF I've been evaluating Nathanael Jones  amazing imaging library and plugins for some image processing services my company is building on Azure. Before acquiring a license we are testing them fully to ensure they fit in within our scenario. Do yourself a favor and check them out Here.
I'm having great success with the plugins when using them in an ASP.NET MVC web application. I'm using the Image Server functionality within a Controller that I post to from the UI. Cropping, Resizing and Simple/Advanced filters are working as expected.
The problems I am having is when I move this functionality to a WCF service as a class library within that application. The cropping and resizing work exactly as expected, however all the filtering instructions (brightness, contrast, sepia, etc...) are either being ignored or fail silently. Here is the image processing code:
var instructions = new ImageResizer.Instructions();

//All of these instructions work
instructions.Width = 300;
instructions.Height = 300;
instructions.Mode = ImageResizer.FitMode.Crop;
instructions.OutputFormat = ImageResizer.OutputFormat.Jpeg;
instructions.JpegQuality = 90;
double[] cropCoordinates = {0,100,0,100};
instructions.CropRectangle = cropCoordinates;
instructions.Mode = ImageResizer.FitMode.Crop;

//These instructions are ignored, or fail silently
instructions.Invert = true;
instructions.Saturation = -1;
instructions.Sepia = true;

var imageJob = new ImageResizer.ImageJob();

imageJob.Instructions  = instructions;
imageJob.Source = bmpSource;
imageJob.Dest = typeof(Bitmap);

imageJob.Build();

I've duplicated the Web.Config settings that my MVC application used to the App.Config of the class library that is using the ImageResizing packages (from Nuget).
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <section name="resizer" type="ImageResizer.ResizerSection" requirePermission="false" />
    </configSections>

    <resizer>
        <plugins>
            <add name="SimpleFilters" />
            <add name="AdvancedFilters" />
        </plugins>
    </resizer>

</configuration>

And just to be sure, I've also included using statements for the main library as well as for the plugins:
using ImageResizer;
using ImageResizer.Plugins.AdvancedFilters;
using ImageResizer.Plugins.SimpleFilters;

As I mentioned, the cropping and resizing work perfectly when moved to a class library with a WCF service, but the filters are failing silently. The images are cropped and sized as instructed, but the filters are not applied to the images. I've tried several variations on installing the libraries (even including the packages on every project within my solution).
Could the fact that my WCF service is hosted as a NET.TCP Endpoint? Should I consider updating my architecture to have the imaging services powered via a Web API that the WCF service posts to?
Updated
I'm bypassing Web.Config/App.Config by installing plugins in code like so:
ImageResizer.Configuration.Config.Current.Plugins.Install(new ImageResizer.Plugins.SimpleFilters.SimpleFilters());
ImageResizer.Configuration.Config.Current.Plugins.Install(new ImageResizer.Plugins.AdvancedFilters.AdvancedFilters());

I've verified that plugins are now loaded within:
ImageResizer.Configuration.Config.Current.Plugins

Am now getting the following error when imageJob.Build(); is called:

Could not load file or assembly 'AForge.Imaging, Version=2.2.5.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ba8ddea9676ca48b' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Hoping this was another issue with configuration I've added the following using statements to the top of the class that uses ImageResizer:
using AForge;
using AForge.Imaging;
using AForge.Imaging.Filters;
using AForge.Imaging.ColorReduction;
using AForge.Imaging.ComplexFilters;
using AForge.Imaging.Textures;

The configuration issues are resolved but I am still getting the same error for the AForge libraries. Have opened a new question for this specific issue Here

A: I suspect that the configuration is not being loaded. Can you access the diagnostics page by debugging and inspecting the ImageResizer.Configuration.Config.Current instance?
You might consider configuring the software by code - creating a new Config instance and installing plugins on it, then using that for each image job.
Overall, I would definitely suggest using it as an HttpModule, the way it was intended - particularly if you want to levergage disk caching.


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Q: How to fix hive box already open error in flutter? I am trying to use hive to store data on a local machine using hive but each time when I compile the code it gives the error "The box "notebook" is already open and of type Box."
Can someone help me to resolve the issue as I am new to it? Thanks
I am just trying to add data to the database in this app without any change to the state of the app interface. I have tried to change the main method to void but no luck on this.
All the code is located in the main file
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:hive/hive.dart';
import 'package:hive_flutter/hive_flutter.dart';

import 'notes.dart';
import 'notesStoring.dart';
Future main() async{
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  await Hive.initFlutter();
  Hive.registerAdapter(NotesAdapter());
  await Hive.openBox<NotesAdapter>('noteBook');
  runApp(const MyApp());
}

class MyApp extends StatelessWidget {
  const MyApp({Key? key}) : super(key: key);

  // This widget is the root of your application.
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return MaterialApp(
      title: 'Flutter Demo',
      theme: ThemeData(

        primarySwatch: Colors.blue,
      ),
      home: const MyHomePage(title: 'Flutter Demo Home Page'),
    );
  }
}

class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
  const MyHomePage({Key? key, required this.title}) : super(key: key);

  final String title;

  @override
  State<MyHomePage> createState() => _MyHomePageState();
}

class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
  int _counter = 0;

  @override
  void dispose() {
    Hive.close();
    // TODO: implement dispose
    super.dispose();
  }
  @override

  Future incrementCounter(String title) async {
    final notes = Notes()
      ..title = title;
    final box =Boxes.getNotesValues();
    box.add(notes);
  }
  final titleForNotes=TextEditingController();
  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    return Scaffold(
      appBar: AppBar(

        title: Text(widget.title),
      ),
      body:

      Center(

        child: Column(

          mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
          children: <Widget>[
            const Text(
              'You have pushed the button this many times:',
            ),
            TextField(
              controller: titleForNotes,
              cursorColor: Colors.pink,
            ),
            ValueListenableBuilder<Box<Notes>>(valueListenable: Boxes.getNotesValues().listenable(), builder: (context,box,_){
              final noteBook =box.values.toList().cast<Notes>();
              return buildContent(noteBook);
            })
          ],

        ),

      ),
      floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
        onPressed: (){
          incrementCounter(titleForNotes.text);
        },
        tooltip: 'Increment',
        child:  Icon(Icons.add),
      ), // This trailing comma makes auto-formatting nicer for build methods.
    );
  }
}

class Boxes {
  static Box<Notes> getNotesValues()=>Hive.box<Notes>('noteBook');
}
Widget buildContent(List<Notes> noteBook){
  return Column(
    children: [
      Expanded(child:
      ListView.builder(
          padding: EdgeInsets.all(8),
          itemCount: noteBook.length,
          itemBuilder: (BuildContext context, int index){
            final notes= noteBook[index];
            return buildTransaction(context, notes);
          }

      )

      )

    ],
  );

}

Widget buildTransaction(
    BuildContext context,
    Notes notes,
    ){
  return Card(
    color: Colors.green,
    child: Text(notes.title),
  );
}

A: 1.You can open your notebook Box in the main method of your app:
 Future<void> main() async {
   ...

    final appDocumentDirectory = await
     path_provider.getApplicationDocumentsDirectory();
     Hive.init(appDocumentDirectory.path);
     Hive.registerAdapter(UserAdapter());
         // open the user box
       await Hive.openBox('notebook');

        _setUpLogging();

       runApp(MultiProvider(providers: providers, child:
        StartupApplication()));
 }

2 Access the previously opened box like below:
class MyHomePage extends StatefulWidget {
    const MyHomePage({Key key}) : super(key: key);

    @override
     _MyHomePageState createState() => _MyHomePageState();
     }

      class _MyHomePageState extends State<MyHomePage> {
       // user box
         Box notebookBox;

 @override
   void initState() {
   super.initState();
   // get the previously opened user box
    notebookBox = Hive.box('notebook');
  }

          @override
      Widget build(BuildContext context) {
   // check for your conditions
    return (notebookBox.values.isNotEmpty && notebookBox.get(0).active == 1)
     ? HomeView()
    : Intro();
     }
    }


Refactor of Coprocessor API for hbase2. Purged methods that exposed too much of our internals. Other hooks were recast so they no longer took or returned internal classes; instead we pass Interfaces or read-only versions of implementations.
As discussed in HBASE-18038. In RegionServerServices, Region and StoreFile interfaces we expose too many unnecessary methods. We need to find a way to not expose these methods to CP.


The average man IS selfish," the Bishop affirmed valiantly.
So the holy men came to the church; the Bishop and the Prior jesting and laughing between themselves about certain fair dames, their words more befitting the lips of laymen, methinks, than holy clerks.
Truly, good Lord Bishop, many a knight and burgher, clerk and layman, have danced to my music, willy-nilly, and most times greatly against their will; such is the magic of my harping.
At which words the Duke, disdaining not a little, answered the Bishop and said that he would keep such mastery there though he said 'Nay.


I hear a lot of rant from friends trying to cut some belly fats or achieving some six-pack. Well, weight loss is a long tedious process. It requires heroic effort and a ton of patience, plus a dozen of discipline.
But whilst difficult, we can make it a bit, or a lot, easier. There are 'cheats' that can speed up weight loss; one such way is with weight loss drinks. So, try these 15 fat burning drinks, if you want to lose weight faster.
Water is the best drink to speed up metabolism and induce weight loss. Aside from that fact that water is cheap, it's really your best buddy. Word of caution though, avoid adding flavoured syrups or powder to water, as it adds calories to the water.
Pineapple Squash – Crush pineapple pieces and mint leaves together, add ice cubes and water. Mint is cooling, cleanses the blood, flushes the toxins, and is good for digestion. Pineapple, on the other hand, is rich in vitamin A and C, fights cold, nourishes the bones and improves digestion. See? Not only did you spice up your water, you made it extra healthy.
Lime water – Good old lime water or nimbu paani is an all-time favourite accompaniment with food in a restaurant. Nimbu paani is beneficial for skin care, stomach problems, digestive problems, purifying blood, improving oral health, reducing high blood pressure, fighting infections and reducing your chances of arthritis and rheumatism.
Ginger – Soak some slices of ginger in hot water and then add ice cubes. So, while you're into your weight loss quest, this ginger water can can fight colds, improve appetite and digestion, alleviate constipation and increase energy.
Lemongrass (tanglad in Filipino) – You may have tried lemongrass in tea or in soups, but you can take a sprig and immerse it in water for few hours. Lemongrass has many health benefits such curing colds, reducing cholesterol, cleansing the body, improving circulation, and even enhancing the health condition of your skin. So, while you're busy achieving your dream body, you can go the extra mile at improving your skin tone, too.


The recent fire which devastated Tim Shea Wetlands was an exercise in island co-operation. I'll take a bow on behalf of our own Rural Fire Brigade who worked day and night to save houses and protect property. We could not have done this without the help of our fellow fire fighters from Russell, Lamb and Karagara, who all came over to help during the lengthy task of extinguishing the flames. Our thanks also go to Redland Bay and Cleveland Urban Brigades who assisted and especially to the Air Attack helicopters. Without them, it might well have been a different story.
Can't forget our Support Members either. These ladies kept us fuelled on the fire ground with wonderful food and soft drinks. It takes a lot of energy to fight a fire and these wonder women kept us going all week.
Most of all, I'd like to thank Macleay Islanders. So many people helped in many different ways. The Bowls Club loaned their bus to courier inter-island fire fighters to our base in High Central Road, M&K Plant Hire used their equipment to great effect … the list is endless. Everyone on Macleay has been amazing over the last few days. So a big thank you to each and every one of you.
Want to help the Fire Brigade even more? ADOPT A HYDRANT.
You might have one outside your house, next door or across the road. There should be a white or yellow post with a black H on it. (sometimes these are missing). About a metre in front of the post is a yellow metal hydrant cover on the ground.
If you want to help us, please clear around the hydrant cover.
You could also lift the cover and check inside. Watch out for spiders and ants. If you can keep the interior clear of dirt it would save us so much time. When it's full of dirt, it can take us ten-fifteen minutes to clear it out and that's time we are not getting water on that fire.
If you need further information on this, call me on 0408813130 or ask a friend who is a firie on the island.
« Why not join the Progress Association?


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public interface ConfigurationService {

	public abstract String get(String key);

}

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Visualization of ligand-induced Gi protein activation in chemotaxing cells.
Kazuyuki Masuda, Jun-ichi Kitakami, Tohru Kozasa, Tatsuhiko Kodama, Sigeo Ihara and Takao Hamakubo.
FASEB J.Published online before print November 23, 2016.


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They accept cables from 4.0mm to 7.0mm diameter, and have precision-machined one-piece contacts. They are available with nickel or gold plated contacts and nickel or black housings.
Coloured glands (BPX series) and coloured coding rings (PXR series) are available as accessories.
Type codes with no suffix denote nickel plated shell, with nickel-plated contacts (standard type). Type codes with BAG suffix denote black shell, with silver-plated contacts. Type codes with B suffix denote black shell, with gold plated contacts.
Some types are also available in bulk packs of 100, for speed of assembly.


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Q: How to fix "PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found" error? I have Ubuntu 13.10 32 bit system. Recently when I try to to compile by running ./autogen.sh and ./configure I get
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found

error. I have libtool installed. I have three aclocal files in usr/share/ like alocal, aclocal-1.13 and aclocal-1.4
How can I fix that alocal error?
EDIT:
Some time ago I compiled latest version of automake from source and installed it because a source code needed recent version of automake to run configure process.
Since then whenever I run standard ./autogen and /configure commands in source directory to generate makefile I get
  PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found

error
  find /usr -name "pkg.m4"

gives me
  /usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4

and
  aclocal --print-ac-dir

gives me
  /usr/local/share/aclocal

A: The PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG variable refers to a macro pkg.m4 that is provided as part of the pkg-config package, so the first thing to check is that pkg-config is installed and that the macro file is in the default location (and is readable, of course)
dpkg -l pkg-config

ls -l /usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4

If that checks out, then the question becomes why is aclocal not finding it? You can check where aclocal is configured to look for third-party m4 files using the --print-ac-dir switch i.e.
aclocal --print-ac-dir

If that's not the same as the location above, it suggests there is a non-standard version of automake on your system - if you can't resolve that, then a possible workaround is to set or export the ACLOCAL_PATH environment variable before running the autogen.sh script e.g.
ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal ./autogen.sh

or
export ACLOCAL_PATH=/usr/share/aclocal
./autogen.sh
./configure

See the macro search path section of the GNU automake manual.


Have you noticed how many little Bietou plants are emerging on the burnt hillsides? They are particularly noticeable along the road from Belvedere to Brenton. This strong evergreen shrub with its cheerful yellow flowers followed by little black berries can grow into a small tree, and is important as a pioneer plant. It has the ability to stabilize dunes and hillsides and grows into dense bushes which make good wind-breaks. It was this stabilizing ability which led to its exportation to Australia, where it is now regarded as an invasive weed. This reminds me of how we imported the Australian Port Jackson willow (Acacia saligna) to stabilize sand dunes round Port Elizabeth and the Cape Flats – and now it is an invasive alien here! How ironic that both countries had their own indigenous plants that could stabilize dunes but for some reason felt that plants from another country would be more effective.
The Bietou bush was originally named Osteospermum moniliferum by Linnaeus in 1754. Osteospermum means 'bone seed' in Greek after the hard fruit. Moniliferum means 'bearing a necklace' in Latin – also referring to the fruit arranged in a ring on the margins of the flowers. Sometime later the name was changed to Chrysanthemoides monilifera referring to the chrysanthemum-like yellow flowers. However it is now back to being called by its original name. Nevertheless most people know it by its Khoi name 'Bietou'.
The shrub can flower all year round but is at its best in late autumn and winter when its bright yellow flowers brighten the winter landscape. Bees love the flowers and birds (and children) love the sweet fruit which follows the flowers. The fruits used to be a staple diet of the indigenous people, who also used an infusion of the leaves to treat fevers. It grows easily, is hardy and relatively pest free as well as wind and drought resistant and well worth planting in gardens that are being re-established, particularly coastal gardens. It is quick growing and can always be pruned or removed once slower-growing plants have established themselves.


You are invited to the photography launch event - Empowering Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide at Gallery@oxo, London on Wednesday 28 February, 6.30-8.30pm. This exhibition is part of CARE International's wider #March4Women campaign, a month of action for gender equality.
The photographs on display, which have been commissioned and curated by arts social enterprise FotoDocument, showcase the work of CARE International UK's Women's Economic Empowerment work through our micro-lending platform, Lendwithcare.org. The work features inspiring women from five of the countries where Lendwithcare operates, visually illustrating how access to finance can provide lasting social and economic impact and change.
Lendwithcare is an innovative way to provide business skills training and microloans to entrepreneurs in developing countries as a means for people, especially women, to work their way out of poverty with dignity. UK individuals and businesses can become lenders through Lendwithcare and once the loans have been repaid, they can be reinvested or reclaimed by the lender.
At the launch, you will have the chance to view and purchase the framed photographs on display, listen to our inspirational speakers, including Nilufar Verjee, Director Women's Economic Empowerment at CARE International UK and one of the photographers, Shai Chisty who photographed the women in Pakistan. You will also have the opportunity to network with our guests, including our corporate partners who actively engage in and support our Women's Economic Empowerment work.
FotoDocument will also be announcing the launch of their Year 2 FotoAward for women documentary photographers supported by Olympus.
In addition, all those who lend through Lendwithcare on the night will be entered into a competition to win a beautiful framed print from the exhibition!
Photographers commissioned include: Ana Caroline de Lima, Cynthia Matonhodze, Shai Chishty (speaker), Veejay Villafranca and Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi.
The exhibition has been made possible by the support of global law firm, Hogan Lovells.


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Discussion in 'Freshwater Beginners' started by melovefish, Dec 20, 2012.
tell me if you like or if its wrong!
What you have to do is add one to two hardy fish, hardy meaning that there not as delicate other fish. After 2-4 weeks test your to make sure you have cycled your tank. If your aquarium hasen't cycled any fish you add will most likly die the first night.
the first 1-2 fish aren't going to die because they were in there first?, and you should be testing once per day NOT after 2-4 weeks. sigh, some people.
and also the goldfish comment, other than the heater everything seems to be fine with me.
okay, explain to me whats wrong i said nothing about goldfish. and are you saying that you dont need a heater?
and the testing its my opinion i think when cycling its not needed to test daily, i think it should be down like twice a week. im sorry im trying be mean or start somthing its just thats my opinoin and maybye it should be daily. but thats my opinoin> sorry my last comment shouldnt of been said sorry. i didnt mean anything by it.
When doing fish in cycling, water needs to be checked daily and 50% changed daily to keep ammonia down. All new water needs to be treated with Prime. Just my opinion though.
- Spelling and grammar needs improvement.
- There are contradictory statements about air pumps. IMO air pumps are not required in any setup.
- If you shop smart, kits are actually more expensive, and often the filters are under-rated and harder to customise later. But, they are generally more pleasing aesthetically.
- All fish need something special..... proper maintenance and water quality. Neon Tetras and Cory's can be particularly sensitive to parameters.
- Cycling. IMO - Wherever possible, one should aspire to cycle their tank fishless. Knowingly subjecting fish to a cycle is not a responsible way to cycle a tank. If one is too impatient to cycle fishlessly, then a bacteria supplement such as Tetra Safe Start should be used.
- Testing while cycling, IMO, should be performed daily, especially if doing a fish-in cycle. Along with daily water changes. Once cycled, testing once a week or every other week is a good regime.
- Add to the list for a basic setup.... a test kit, preferably liquid.
- Water change equipment (siphon/gravel vac, buckets)?
And if I'm being particularly critical, I'd credit the source of the image used. Too, a 20G would be a better option. 10G stocking options are somewhat limited.
I think it fails to mention what fish a tank can hold. For instance if you had a 10 gallon tank you wouldn't go out and get gold fish and a Oscar.
It needs to mention that a cycled tank is most important but researching what fish can go in to what x gallon tank and compatibility issues. There are a lot of first timers that will buy a fish that doesn't necessary go with the other fish, like a gold fish and an Oscar.
The blog starts at buying materials and cycling but than it stops with a recommendation. People are going to think well what happens now?
you are completely right. i was at school, i was probably reading it kinda faster than normal. my apologies. when i said some people i was not directing it at you, what i was aiming at was some people do not know about the way to fishless cycle (i know i didn't). you may not want to say ''what you need to do is'', but, instead explain both ways and explain why many people are fishlessly cycling. also maybe put some links to more specific articles by you or someone else about stocking, combatibility, etc.
again, my apologies, it is a good article for the beginner.


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Husqvarna Had a Good Year
Jan 20, 2016 at 10:19am ET
By: RideApart Staff
Husqvarna sold a total of 21,513 motorcycles in 2015 which is an over all increase compared to the 16,337 units they sold in 2014.
Husqvarna Had a Good Year in 2015
When KTM acquired Husqvarna back in 2013 many were left wondering what the heck KTM was going to do with a competitive brand of dirt bikes. While older dirt bike enthusiasts wont associate Husky's with Steve McQueen, how was the brand going to play with the the younger set who may not even know who McQueen was, let alone care? According to recently released figures, it appears that KTM is taking the heritage brand in the right direction.
Husqvarna ended 2015 with 32 percent more bikes sold compared to the previous 12-month period, which resulted in a 41 percent increase in annual turnover. On the figures side, Husqvarna sold a total of 21,513 motorcycles in 2015, which is an over all increase compared to the 16,337 units they sold in 2014.
Husqvarna attributes its growing success to a few milestone achievements, including the introduction of the revolutionary motocross line-up, which became available to the public in September 2014 and it increased buyer base among US and Canadian motorcyclists.
During the last twelve months, Husqvarna Motorcycles returned to the street and dual-purpose motorcycle sectors with the launch of the 701 SUPERMOTO and 701 ENDURO, and both models have been warmly received.
Husqvarna Motorcycles says it remains committed to strengthening its position as a key player in the off-road segment while further expanding its street model range, which we are most excited to see come to fruition after Husky execs teased us at EICMA with the Svartpilen 401 and Vitpilen 701 concepts.
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The concept bikes seemed to reveal the direction that KTM is taking the old brand. The new Husky's are beginning to show some divergence from KTM's "Ready to Race" place in the market while bringing younger riders some unique and exciting machines.
The positive news about Husqvarna is good for motorcycle enthusiasts of all stripes. Old-timers will be happy to see the "gun sites" logo still on the road while the kids will have more buying choices and some hot looking machines to rip around on. We're certainly looking forward to what the future holds for Husqvarna.
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There is a variety of roofing options available for flat or low sloping roofs to commercial or residential properties. These include TPO single-ply membrane (Thermoplastic Polyolefin), EPDM, PVC single-ply, mastic asphalt and felt. Deciding which is most appropriate for the project can be based on a number of criteria such as price, appearance, durability, flexibility, longevity and suitability for roof style.
EPDM (Ethylene propylene diene monomer) is a type of synthetic rubber roofing membrane which lends itself well to low-slope and flat roofs. EPDM is an elastomeric compound that is manufactured from ethylene, propylene, and a small amount of diene monomer. These ingredients are synthesised to produce a product that presents a high degree of resistance to the ozone, ultraviolet rays, weathering and abrasion. It also offers flexibility at low temperatures. The ingredients that go in to make EPDM rubber roofing membrane also contribute to it's resistance to acids, alkalis, and oxygenated solvents.
EPDM is one of the most sustainable materials used in the construction industry. It offers excellent performance and has less impact on the environment.
The first EPDM rubber membrane roofs were laid on commercial buildings in the late 1960's. This type of roofing material has been successfully used with outstanding results to the flat roofing industry. EPDM's resistance to UV rays and adverse weather conditions as well as it's low temperature flexibility has led to the increasing popularity in the flat roof industry - and now also being used to weatherproof roofs to residential properties. The cost is also favourable compared to many other roofing types.
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Q: R Hive Thrift Client I'm working on adding HiveServer2 support to my company's R data-access package. I'm curious what the best way of generating an R Thrift client would be. I'm considering writing an R wrapper around the Java Thrift client, similar to what rhbase does, but I'd prefer a pure R solution, if possible.
Things to note:

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*HiveServer2 thrift server is different from the original Hive Thrift server.

*I've looked at and used the RHive package. Among other issues I have with it, it requires a system-install of Hadoop and Hive, which will not always be available on R client machines.

*My somewhat horrible - but currently sufficient - workaround is to wrap the beeline client in some R goodness.

A: The exact scope of this question may be too broad for Stackoverflow and the asker confirmed he abandoned this quest, but for future readers this is probably the thing to look for:
From R you can connect to Hive with JDBC.
This is not exactly what the asker came for, but it should serve the purpose in most cases.

The key part in the solution for this would be the RJDBC package, here is some example code found on the Cloudera Community
library(DBI)
library(rJava)
library(RJDBC)
hadoop.class.path = list.files(path=c("/usr/hdp/2.4.0.0-169/hadoop"),pattern="jar", full.names=T);
hive.class.path = list.files(path=c("/usr/hdp/current/hive-client/lib"),pattern="jar", full.names=T);
hadoop.lib.path = list.files(path=c("/usr/hdp/current/hive-client/lib"),pattern="jar",full.names=T);
mapred.class.path = list.files(path=c("/usr/hdp/current/hadoop-mapreduce-client/lib"),pattern="jar",full.names=T);
cp = c(hive.class.path,hadoop.lib.path,mapred.class.path,hadoop.class.path)
drv <- JDBC("org.apache.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver","hive-jdbc.jar",identifier.quote="`")
conn <- dbConnect(drv, "jdbc:hive2://ixxx:10000/default", "hive", "hive")
show_databases <- dbGetQuery(conn, "show databases")

Full disclosure: I am an employee of cloudera.


By common consent, Thomas M. Gatch stands at the head of the list of men who have devoted their lives to the upbuilding of the cause of education in Oregon. This estimate of him will, I am sure, be endorsed without exception by all his co-workers in this State during the past half-century. He came here in 1860, after spending a short time in the California mines and occupying the chair of mathematics in the University of the Pacific at Santa Clara, to become professor of Greek and Latin in the Willamette University. The next year he was chosen president of that institution to fill a vacancy, and held that position until 1865, when he resigned to return to California. A few years later, however, he returned to Oregon and served as president of the Portland Academy until 1870, when he was again elected to the presidency of "Old Willamette." After another incumbency of nine years, he resigned to accept a position at the State University at Eugene, after which he was elected principal of the Wasco Academy at The Dalles. He subsequently moved to Seattle, where he became president of the University of Washington, which post he held for ten years.
In 1896, Professor Gatch was elected president of the Oregon State Agricultural College at Corvallis, which latter position he filled with marked ability until his advancing years suggested that he permanently rest from his long service in the cause of education, which had covered fifty years of his life and a field co-extensive with the three Pacific Coast States.
Thomas M. Gatch was born in Clermont County, Ohio on January 28, 1833. His grandfather, Philip Gatch, of Prussian extraction, was one of the first three ministers ordained in America in the Methodist Church. He was a chaplain in the Revolutionary War and served under [George] Washington, afterwards moving to Ohio, where he became a member of the first constitutional convention of that State.
The father of Professor Gatch was a prominent man in Ohio, an officer in its militia, and had served several terms in the State Legislature, which, it is sincerely hoped, was more of a badge of respectability and honor than it has been in that State in recent years, notably the present one.
One of the first men I met upon entering the Institute was Professor Gatch, who kindly asked me my name and where I had attended school before. I especially recall his kindly manner, for, finding myself actually a pupil in the building toward which I had been longingly gazing for a couple of years, while realizing how improbable it was that my ambition to attend it would ever be attained, I felt some misgiving as to the outcome of the wild adventure. I had the impression that all the other boys and girls had always been pupils there, as they appeared to know one another and to be engaged in lively banterings and greetings, while I was a lone pilgrim without a friend or acquaintance. I am sure now, as I look back to that first hour at the Institute, that I regretted I had not, after all, returned to the old Central.
But this feeling did not last long. I soon became impressed with the fact, or what appeared to be a fact, that the superiority which had been generally conceded to the Institute students was wholly imaginary, and that Tom and Fred and Charlie were not different in their outward, or other, make-up from Bill and Jerome and Jo.
I had precisely the same feeling after the first week that United States Senator Nesmith experienced upon entering, as a member, the upper house of Congress. Nesmith was one of the earliest of the Oregon pioneers, coming here in 1843, then a young man, from Maine, where he had been born and reared. A man of great natural ability and force, he took an active interest in affairs in the new country at once, and being very companionable in his manner and the very best storyteller Oregon has ever known, became a general favorite.
In 1860, after a protracted contest in the State Legislature over the election of two United States Senators, a compromise was effected between the Republican and Union Democratic members by the election of Nesmith, a "war Democrat," and Colonel Edward D. Baker, a Republican. Nesmith had been several times a member of the territorial Legislature, Superintendent of Indian Affairs and a colonel in the Indian wars, but he was a large landowner in Polk County, and farming had always been his vocation. His home was at "Pixie," a country Post Office, but he was for much of the time in the public service in some capacity. Upon the approach of the Civil War, however, he broke with his political associates who sympathized with the South and supported Breckinridge for President, and with most of the Douglas Democrats openly supported the cause of the Union. In the Senatorial contest referred to, the Breckinridge Democrats insisted upon the election of Delazon Smith as one of the Senators, but the Douglas men would not accept him under any circumstances, and finally made a combination with the Republicans which resulted in the election of Nesmith and Colonel Baker.
"Well, I must tell you. After my election in October I had several months to think it over before going to Washington, and I often wondered if I hadn't overstepped myself in pushing my ambition. I had always been a common clodhopper, as you all know, had slept in my blankets all over the Northwest, lived for weeks on sowbelly and beans while chasing Indians, worn buckskin trousers and gone barefooted, – and here I was, elected to a seat in the United States Senate, the greatest lawmaking body in the world! Often, when I was out looking after the cattle or harnessing the horses, I would debate the situation with myself and wonder if, after all, I hadn't made a mistake, – whether it wouldn't be better to resign, giving an opportunity for the selection of some man who was competent to hold his own with the big men whom a Senator is compelled to meet.
As I was saying, however, Professor Gatch himself came to my rescue, and with his reassuring words, I began to feel at home at the Institute and soon had a bunch of chums who were original enough and mischievous enough to make life worth living. Many of these I meet frequently in these days, so far removed from the joyous time when it required a mighty solid obstacle to form a real shadow across our pathways.
Professor Gatch lived in an "L" which projected to the south from the main Institute building, and which had been occupied by former presidents of the school. He was universally liked, though he seemed to be devoid of humor – due to the fact, probably, that his time was so valuable and so completely taken up that he found his only recreation in added application to his work.
In 1877, after having lived in eastern Oregon for ten years, I returned to the Waldo Hills to resume my permanent residence there, taking with me a certificate of membership in the Cove Lodge I.O.O.F. I desired to transfer my membership to the Olive Lodge in Salem and gave the certificate to Professor Gatch for presentation. I found he had again become president of the University and was himself a member of Olive Lodge. I shall never forget the warmth with which he greeted me. I had not seen him since my school days, twelve years before, and he always regarded one of his old pupils as a member of his family.
Professor Gatch undoubtedly occupies an exalted place in the esteem of more people than any other man in the Northwest, since his great work has covered so much territory. There are many thousands of men and women on the Pacific Coast now who owe him a direct debt of gratitude for his splendid example, his helpful advice, and his invariable insistence up on having the right thing done. At the age of seventy-eight years, he is resting from his labors and enjoying the fruits of a long life well spent in the interest of his fellows.
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I am looking for information on my Great Great Grandfather Simon Dehaerne. Marriage and death records from Ypres Belgium have his birth as 20 April 1808 in Belluno Italy. Parents are listed as Joannes Baptiste Ignatius Dehaerne and Constantia Victoria Dignant (Digemon,Digmon). Any information on this family would be greatly appreciated.


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By Kevin Komiega
The Storage Networking World conference last month played host to the long-awaited launch of Microsoft's Windows Storage Server 2003 R2, the second incarnation of the company's popular storage operating platform, which includes a long list of new storage management features.
Storage Server 2003 R2 is a file and print server platform aimed at making storage management easier. The platform includes features such as single-instance storage, full text search and built-in document collaboration with Windows SharePoint Services, identity and access management, virtualization, and new iSCSI SAN management options.
Dr. Claude Lorenson, group product manager for Microsoft's Storage Division, says that Microsoft's partners were a big motivator for the development of new storage management features. "Partners have asked Microsoft for further differentiation between the Storage Server platform and the regular version of Windows Server 2003," he says.
Microsoft says it can now reduce the complexity of branch deployments because the Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS) eases the complexity of replicating files over a WAN. Storage Server 2003 R2 has also been optimized to speed the capabilities of general-purpose file servers.
Since Storage Server 2003 R2 has been tweaked for optimal performance on filers, it is available through Microsoft's bevy of NAS OEM partners.
Examples of products that are, or soon will be, available with Windows Storage Server 2003 R2 are Dell's PowerEdge storage servers, HP's ProLiant servers, IBM's xSeries, LeftHand Networks' SAN Filer 150, and Tacit Networks' Ishared "Branch Office in a Box" platform. Brocade, Bull, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Iomega are among the more than 50 software/hardware/solutions vendors that have also committed to supporting the operating system in the near future.
Although many of the details of Storage Server 2003 R2 have been reported for months, Microsoft threw in a last-minute twist: the availability of software-enabled SAN boot of Windows Server 2003 using the iSCSI protocol.
Microsoft worked with IBM to develop support for software-based remote SAN boot of Windows using Microsoft's iSCSI software initiator and standard network interface cards (NICs). Microsoft has published the technical details of the implementation for its partners.
The software provides the ability to boot Windows-based servers and desktops from an iSCSI target remotely over an IP network without the use of specialized hardware devices.
However, this feature isn't for users to cobble together. "This is not a solution that can be put together by end users themselves, but by server vendors or independent software vendors," explains Microsoft's Lorenson.
Lorenson says the remote SAN boot capability can only be implemented in one of two ways: It requires either a change in the server BIOS or a change in the NIC card's firmware.
The one catch is that each server will still require its own separate LUN to take advantage of the remote boot capability, but Lorenson says the LUN does not have to be large and that Microsoft is investigating ways to provide single-image boot capabilities in the future.
Examples of Microsoft partners that are implementing iSCSI software-enabled SAN boot in their products include Alacritech, Broadcom, emBoot, IBM, Intel, Fujitsu-Siemens, and Neterion. Additional partners that have signed on to support Microsoft's iSCSI software-enabled SAN boot implementation include Atto Technology, Azaleos, Brocade, Cisco, Compellent, Crossroads, Dell, EqualLogic, FalconStor, Fujitsu Ltd., Hitachi, HP, Intransa, LeftHand, NEC, Network Appliance, Nimbus Data Systems, QLogic, Sanrad, and Sun.
Microsoft also elaborated on its plans for the iSCSI target technology it acquired from String Bean Software in February. The target software can enable a hybrid storage mode on Windows Storage Server, giving users the ability to serve both block-level (SAN) and file-level (NAS) data on one box.
The iSCSI target software will be offered through OEMs as a feature pack on a Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition license of Windows Storage Server 2003 R2. Microsoft says the target software will include an integrated snapshot agent, providers for Virtual Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS), and an integrated Multi-path IO (MPIO) "Snap-In" for management.
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