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Raitenau ist der Name eines süddeutschen Adelsgeschlechts, das vom 14. bis ins 17. Jahrhundert im Bodenseeraum angesiedelt war.

Geschichte der Herren und Grafen von Raitenau
Die Raitenauer sollen ursprünglich in der Herrschaft Lenzburg auf einer Burg mit ihrem Namen sowie in Chur angesiedelt gewesen sein. Seit 1325 sind die Raitenaus in Vorder-Raitenau (auch: Unter-Raitenau) im Allgäu in der Nähe von Lindau nachgewiesen.

Die Raitenaus verkauften 1376 ihre Wasserburg Unter-Raitenau an Hans Hübschlin, einen Patrizier aus Ravensburg. In der Folge sind Raitenauer in Diensten der Klöster St. Gallen und Lindau, der Grafen von Montfort und der Habsburger. Seit dem 15. Jahrhundert besaßen sie die Burg Ober-Lochau und auch die alte Burg Hofen. Ihr Erbbegräbnis hatte die Familie seit 1380 im Kloster Langnau bei Tettnang. Ohne dass die Stammfolge abgesichert ist, sind im 15. und frühen 16. Jahrhundert weitere Raitenauer berühmt: Werner war 1416–1435 Abt der Benediktinerabtei Pfäfers im Kanton St. Gallen, Friedrich 1445–1478 in gleicher Funktion. Vier Familienangehörige waren Äbtissinnen im Kloster Cazis im Hinterrheintal: Hildegard, ca. 1400–1438, Margareta, 1486–1508, Clara, 1508–1525, Scholastica, 1525–1537.

Hans Werner I.  war Mitglied der Rittervereinigung zum St. Jörgenschild im Hegau, Allgäu und Bodensee und Vogt zu Hohentann bei Kempten. Sein Sohn Hans Jakob, in Chur gesessen (1534), war vermutlich Bürgermeister von Chur. Hans Rudolf von Raitenau war von 1507 bis 1523 Fürstabt des Klosters Kempten. Hans Werner II. war ebenfalls Vogt zu Hohentann, dann auch zu Neuburg am Rhein, 1530 wurde er durch König Ferdinand I. mit der Burg Hofen belehnt.

Hans Gaudenz von Raitenau erhielt 1562 die Burg Hofen als Österreichisches Lehen und ließ an dieser Stelle in den Jahren 1584/85 das Schloss Hofen in Lochau bauen. Hans Gaudenz war Rat und Vogt zu Augsburg, Vogt der Herrschaften Bregenz und Hohenegg, Bregenzer Oberstadthauptmann, Oberst über das Tirolerische Regiment, Kaiserlicher Rat und Oberhofmeister. Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1559–1617), der spätere Erzbischof von Salzburg (1587–1612), wurde vermutlich auf Schloss Hofen geboren.

Der Sohn des Hans Gaudenz, Hans Werner V., war Obervogt zu Bregenz und ließ die Burg erweitern. Dessen älterer Bruder, Hans Werner III., hatte bei der Erbteilung den Hof zu Lochau u. a. m. als St. Gallisches Lehen bekommen. Durch seine Heirat 1558 mit Helena von Hohenems schuf er die Voraussetzungen für den gesellschaftlichen Aufstieg seiner Familie. Die Hohenemser waren mit den Medici von Mailand verschwägert und konnten in ihrer Familie einen Papst, und zwar Gian Angelo, der spätere Papst Pius IV., aufweisen. Durch diesen finanziellen Rückhalt konnte Hans Werner III. 1568 das Schloss Langenstein mit dem Dorf Orsingen dem Hans Wilhelm von Knöringen abkaufen. Das alte Schloss wurde tiefgreifend umgebaut, sodass nur der alte Bergfried stehen blieb. Helena von Hohenems leitete den Umbau, da ihr Mann sein Leben auf diplomatischen Missionen und im Kriegsdienst fernab der Familie führte. Hans Werner III. wurde Kaiserlicher Rat und Oberst über zehn Fähnlein deutscher Knecht (1569), die Kaiser Maximilian II. mit der Schicklichkeit, Kriegserfahrenheit und den treuen Diensten des Hans Werner begründete.
Dieses Regiment bestand aus 3- bis 4 000 Mann mit zehn Hauptleuten. 1584 nahm er Abschied von kaiserlichen Diensten und erhielt 1589 als Geschenk eine goldene Kette durch Erzherzog Ferdinand. Nach der Wahl seines ältesten Sohnes zum Fürsterzbischof von Salzburg wird sich Hans Werner zumeist in Salzburg aufgehalten haben, bei der Inthronisation am 19. Oktober 1587 war er anwesend.
Im Herbst 1592 zog er mit seinen Söhnen Jakob Hannibal und Hans Ullrich II. gegen die Türken in den Krieg. Sein Sohn Jakob Hannibal führte das Kommando über ein vom Erzbistum Salzburg aufgestelltes Regiment. 1593 starb der nun 68-jährige Hans Werner in Szombor in Kroatien; sein Leichnam wurde nach Salzburg überführt und in der Stiftskirche St. Peter begraben.

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau zahlte die übrigen an der Herrschaft Langenstein Erbberechtigten aus; im Jahre 1594 kaufte er noch das Dorf Volkertshausen und 1595 Schloss und Dorf Eigeltingen. Den Besitz ließ er seinen Bruder Jakob Hannibal verwalten bzw. er schenkte ihm später diese Besitzungen mit der Auflage einer Primogenitur. Jakob Hannibal lebte zuerst in Salzburg und zog erst 1600 nach Langenstein um. Durch seinen aufwändigen Lebensstil, den er sich eigentlich nicht leisten konnte, häufte er einen Schuldenberg von 40- bis 58-Tausend Gulden auf, den dann seine Nachfolger abtragen mussten. Neben der Herrschaft Langenstein erwarb Jakob Hannibal die Burg Hohenkrähen mit den Dörfern Duchtlingen und Schlatt unter Krähen, und für kurze Zeit auch das Dorf Mauenheim. Schlatt hatte er als freies Eigen von Hans Ludwig von Bodmann erworben. Nach seinem Tod († 13. Juli 1611) wurde er in der Kirche von Orsingen begraben.

Da er ohne Kinder verstarb, ging das Erbe an seine drei Brüder, Hans Ulrich II., Hans Werner IV. und Hans Rudolf. 1615 wurde Hans Rudolf die Herrschaft Langenstein von seinen Brüdern, die als Johanniterordenskomtur bzw. als Deutschordenskomtur keine Familien gründen konnten, übertragen. Bereits 1600 wurde er von Fürsterzbischof Wolf Dietrich zum Vicedom von Friesach ernannt, Wolf Dietrich unterstützte ihn auch beim Erwerb der Kärntner Herrschaft Gmünd.
Da Hans Werner IV. sich sehr häufig in Langenstein aufhielt, übertrug ihm Hans Rudolf die Verwaltung der schwäbischen Besitzungen der Familie Raitenau.

1632 wurden die von Raitenau von Kaiser Ferdinand II. in den Grafenstand erhoben. Hans Rudolf verstarb mit 58 Jahren am 3. Mai 1633 und wurde zu Gmünd begraben. Hans Werner IV. wollte schon 1636 die Verwaltung von Langenstein aufgeben, musste sie aber bis zu seinem Tod am 25. Januar 1647 wahrnehmen. Er starb in seinem Haus in Konstanz, dem sogenannten Bündrichshof oder Lanzenhof, und wurde zu Orsingen begraben.
Wolf Dietrich II. blieb nach dem Tod seiner Onkel und Brüder der einzige Erbe. 1637 verfasste er sein Testament und wenige Monate vor seinem Tod bereitete er den Verkauf der Herrschaft Gmünd an Paris Lodron vor. Am 6. Juni 1639 verstarb Wolf Dietrich II. auf seinem Kärntner Wohnsitz, dem Schloss Rosegg; er wurde in der Pfarrkirche zu Gmünd bestattet.

Der letzte Nachkömmling im Mannesstamm war Rudolf Hannibal. Dieser war beim Tod seines Vaters noch nicht volljährig. Er heiratete am 6. Oktober 1652 Benigna Freiin von Herberstein und lebte auf Schloss Rosegg. Am 19. Januar 1671 erlosch schließlich das Geschlecht der Raitenauer mit dem Tod von Rudolf Hannibal Graf von Raitenau, verstorben zu Langenstein und begraben in der Pfarrkirche von Orsingen.

Das Erbe ging an die Schwester des Rudolf Hannibal, Maria Anna Katharina von Raitenau, verheiratet mit Freiherrn Christoph von Welsperg und Primör. Der älteste Sohn aus dieser Verbindung übernahm 1677 die Herrschaft Langenstein. Die seit 1693 in den Grafenstand erhobenen von Welsperg verkauften Langenstein erst 1826 an Großherzog Ludwig von Baden. Von diesem gelangten die Besitzungen zuerst an seinen Sohn, Graf Ludwig von Langenstein, und 1872 an dessen Neffen, Graf Wilhelm Douglas. Mitglieder dieser ursprünglich aus Schottland stammenden Familie sind heute noch im Besitz dieser ehemaligen Güter der Raitenauer.

Berühmte Familienmitglieder
 Johann Rudolf von Raitenau, Fürstabt des Klosters Kempten (1507–1523)
 Hans Ulrich I., erzogen in den Klöstern Kempten und Ottobeuren, studierte in Freiburg und Dillingen und wurde Abt im Kloster St. Maximin bei Trier, 1560 Koadjutor und 1570 Fürstabt der Fürstabtei Murbach im Elsass, das mit dem burgundischen Kloster Lüders vereint war († 1587)
 Hans Gaudenz von Raitenau, erhält 1562 die Burg Hofen als österreichisches Lehen und lässt an derselben Stelle in den Jahren 1584/85 das noch heute bestehende Schloss Hofen bei Lochau bauen.
 Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau (1559–1617), Erzbischof von Salzburg (1587–1612)

Stammliste der Herren und Grafen von Raitenau
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 Hans Werner I. † vor 1525, ⚭ Gertrude von Stadion, ⚭ Elisabeth Rink von Baldenstein
 Hans Jakob, 1534 zu Chur
 Johann Rudolf, 1507–1523 Fürstabt zu Kempten
 Hans Werner II. 1548 oder 1549, ⚭ Margarethe von Sirgenstein
 Hans Ulrich I. † 1587, Koadjutor (1560), Fürstabt zu Murbach und Lüders (1570–1587)
 Veronika
 Christine
 Anna
 Amalie
 Hans Gaudenz, Begründer der Hofener Linie, † 1608, ⚭ Agnes Vogt von Castell und Wartenfels
 Hans Werner V., † 1636, ⚭ Veronika Speth von Zwiefalten
 Franz Andreas, * 1602, † 1658, ⚭ Dorothea Gräfin von Hohenems
 Hans Werner III., * um 1525, † 1593, kauft Schloss Langenstein, ⚭ 1558 Helena von Hohenems, † 1586
 Wolf Dietrich, * 1559, † 1617, Erzbischof von Salzburg (1587–1612), ⚭ in einer vermutlich nicht rechtsgültigen Ehe mit Salome Alt (ab 1600 von Altenau), * 1568, † 1633
 Hannibal, *1593, † 1616
 Helena,
 Euphemia, † 1638 ⚭ ⚭ Max Richtersperger, Gegenschreiber zu Wels
 Maria Salome, * 1595, † 1605, im Stift Nonnberg mit einem Portraitgrabstein begraben,
 Eusebia, † 1624
 Cäcilie, am 3. Juni 1620 ⚭ Georg Constantin Grundemann von Falkenberg, † 1662
 Georg Constantin,
 Adam Anton ⚭ Susanna Katharina Grüber von Grübegg,
 Franz Fortunat, Benediktinermönch zu Stift Kremsmünster
 Johann Erasmus, † unvermählt in kaiserlichen Kriegsdiensten,
 Ferdinand Wilhelm, in einem Donauarm bei Linz ertrunken, 13 Jahre alt,
 Ferdinand Adam Rudolf, † als Kind
 Anton,
 Wolf Dietrich,
 Viktor, † 1638 im Freihaus zu Wels, ⚭ am 20. Februar 1634 im Salzburger Dom mit Katharina Götz, Tochter des kurbayerischen Kanzlers zu Burghausen, Dr. Johann Götz
 Johann Georg Eberhard,* 1605,† 1675 unter dem Namen Ägidius Benediktinermönch im Stift Kremsmünster,
 Susanna
 Hans Jakob, * 1562, † 1587, Domherr zu Augsburg und Eichstätt
 Jakob Hannibal, * 1563, † 1611, ⚭ 1588 Kunigunde Gremlich von Jungingen, zieht 1600 nach Langenstein
 Maria Jakobea, † 1663, ⚭ 1611 Graf Ernst Georg von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, † 1625, ⚭ Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau II., ihren Vetter
 Maria Renata, aus 2. Ehe, * 1612, ⚭ Hans Christoph von Schellenberg
 Polyxenia, Stiftsdame zu Buchenau, † 1635 in Überlingen
 Maria Helena, † 1626, ⚭ 1616 Kaspar Bernhard Freiherr und Graf von Rechberg und Rothenlöwen zu Hohenrechberg und Illereichen
 acht Kinder, darunter zwei Nonnen im Kloster St. Katharinenthal bei Dießenhofen
 zwei früh verstorbene Töchter
 Clara, † 1612, ⚭ 1584 Hans Wilhelm Freiherr von Schwendi (Sohn des Lazarus von Schwendi)
 Hans Ulrich II., * 1567, † 1622, Deutschordenskomtur
 Anna Margareta, 1577, Nonne
 Hans Werner IV., * 1571, † Johanniterkomtur
 Cäcilie, † 1592, ⚭ 1587 Freiherr Kuen von Belasy zu Lichtenberg und Gartenau
 zwei früh verstorbene Söhne namens Marquart
 Hans Lienhart, unehelich, 1627 geadelt "von Raitenau", † 1643
 Hans Wilhelm
 1668 vier Kinder genannt
 Hans Jakob, + 1591, unehelich, 1627 geadelt "von Raitenau", Geistlicher
 Hans Rudolf, * 1575, † 1633, ⚭ 1599 Maria Sidonia Freiin von Welsperg, † 1646
 Wolf Dietrich II., * 1601, † 1639, ⚭ 1627 seine Cousine Maria Jakobea, Witwe des Grafen Georg Ernst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, † 1625
 Maria Anna Katharina, * 1631, † 1658, ⚭ 1648 Freiherr Christoph von Welsperg, * 1625, † 1675
 1671: ihre Kinder, insbesondere Guidobald von Welsperg, erben die Herrschaft Langenstein
 Rudolf Hannibal, * 1632, † 1671, ⚭ 1652 Benigna Freiin von Herberstein, letzter männlicher Nachfahre der Grafen von Raitenau

Literatur
 Franz Götz: Die Familie von Raitenau im Bodenseeraum und die Herrschaft Langenstein. In Salzburger Landesregierung Kulturabteilung (Hrsg.), 4. Salzburger Landesausstellung – Fürsterzbischof Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau – Gründer des barocken Salzburgs, S. 12–25. Salzburg: 1987.
 Alois Beck: Die Familie von Raitenau in den Inventaren von Welsberg. In Salzburger Landesregierung, Kulturabteilung (Hrsg.), 4. Salzburger Landesausstellung – Fürsterzbischof Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau – Gründer des barocken Salzburgs, S. 26–31. Salzburg: 1987.

Siehe auch
 Liste deutscher Adelsgeschlechter

Weblinks

 Stammbaum der Familie Raitenau
 Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau auf aeiou.at

Einzelnachweise

Schwäbisches Adelsgeschlecht
Geschichte (Bodenseeregion)
Stammliste

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Q: ImageMagick 'import' tool for MIPS Architecture Have a digital media device that I'd like to get the ImageMagick command-line tool 'import' working on. Trying to run binaries from other systems gives a "cannot execute binary" error since the architecture differs (I'm guessing).
How would I get this tool functioning on this MIPS architecture - there is no compiler or package manager on the device.
End goal is to use import to take screen-shots of what is on the attached display at any given time.
uname -a
Linux 4310 2.6.22.19-27-sigma #2 PREEMPT Mon May 16 01:03:35 PDT 2011 mips GNU/Linux

more /proc/cpuinfo
system type                : Sigma Designs TangoX
processor                : 0
cpu model                : MIPS 74K V4.9  FPU V0.0
Initial BogoMIPS        : 330.13
wait instruction        : yes
microsecond timers        : yes
tlb_entries                : 32
extra interrupt vector        : yes
hardware watchpoint        : yes
ASEs implemented        : mips16 dsp
shadow register sets        : 1
VCED exceptions                : not available
VCEI exceptions                : not available
System bus frequency        : 330750000 Hz
CPU frequency                : 661500000 Hz
DSP frequency                : 330750000 Hz

A: Yes, the Mips has an entirely different instruction set.
Your best bet is to use a cross compiler and compile the program on a normal Linux or Windows development system. You can build gcc from scratch as a cross compiler for Mips, or you probably find downloadable pre-compiled compilers for Mips.
This would let you compile the sources on your development system. Of course you'll get the "cannot execute binary" if you try to run the binary there.
You can compare Mips and x86 compiles and look at the assembly language differences at http://ellcc.org/demo

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Dick Smith (aka Uncle Dick) entered fandom in Wisconsin during the late 1970s, but has been most active from Chicago. He has been a prominent apahack, convention fan, fanzine publisher, traveling jiant and curmudgeon.
Formally Richard H. E. Smith II, his middle names are Hilbert Edwin. (He was named for his father, and by some customs should be a "Jr.," but the Smiths — who all have two middle names — believe in the dynastic system.) Smtih, his Cultish nickname, is based on a typo, possibly in his own apazine.
Dick and his wife, Leah Zeldes Smith, were the 1993 winners of the Down Under Fan Fund and delegates to Swancon 18, the Australian National Science Fiction Convention in Perth, Western Australia, as well as to fan centers throughout the country. He is a frequent speaker and panelist on subjects related to fandom, fan publishing, science fiction and technology. He was toastmaster at Genuine ConFusion in 1984.
The Smiths' fanzine STET was a three-time Hugo Award nominee. In the 1980s, Smith published the Hogu Award-winning title Uncle Dick's Little Thing.
Dick was extensively active in numerous amateur press associations during the 1970s and '80s, including the Fantasy Amateur Press Association; The Cult, where he was a recipient of the Peter J. Vorzimer Award; ApaTech; MISHAP; SLANapa; TAPS; ANZAPA; and APA-H. He co-founded Windyapa and currently belongs to Milwapa, where he and his wife have contributed an apazine called Unsettled since 2011. He was OE of WOOF from 1981–84.
He created FEN, Inc., and for a number of years ran a service that mailed out fanzines for other faneds at educational bulk rates and consolidated them for overseas M-bag shipping. He and Leah pubbed Postal Pointers to explain the process.
Smith and his wife organized an unnamed relaxacon (sometimes referred to as Old Phart Con) in 1989 and 1990; Ditto, a fanzine convention, in 1990 and 2001 (the latter held jointly with FanHistoriCon); and Operacon in 2015. He has worked on the concoms of many Worldcons and other science fiction conventions and bids. The Smiths were the U.S. agents who spearheaded bidding efforts for Aussiecon Three, and Dick was appointed Ausssiecon's representative to the World Science Fiction Society's Mark Protection Committee.
Smith is a member of the Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society, the Cincinnati Fantasy Group and General Technics, and was a regular at Thursday.
Smith is known within fandom for his interest in antique printing techniques and collection of devices, such as hectographs, letterpresses, spirit duplicators, mimeographs and obsolete computers. People have been known to leave orphaned Gestetners on his front porch in the middle of the night.
A computer consultant in mundane life, he has also been a computer guru to many fans and pros, including Mike Resnick and Frederik Pohl. Fred dedicated his 2011 novel, All the Lives He Led, to Dick.
After graduating from the University of Wisconsin, Dick moved to the Chicago area in 1979 (in time for the blizzard) and became active in both local fandom and around the U.S., since he traveled extensively for his job. He met Leah Zeldes at a con neither of them can remember. After several years of a long-distance relationship, they married in 1985.
Fanzines and Apazines:
Uncle Dick's Little Thing
Evanston's Not Chicago (for Windyapa)
Wordsmiths (with Leah Smith for Anzapa)
DUFFacto (with Leah Smith)
Postal Pointers (with Leah Smith)
Spirits in the Night (with Leah Smith)
Dick & Leah's Skiffy Calendar [late 1990s]
Spirits of Things Past (including Contact!, with Leah Smith)
STET (with Leah Smith)
Smithereens (with Leah Smith for FLAP)
Unsettled (with Leah Smith for MilwAPA)
1984 -- Genuine ConFusion toastmaster
1985 -- Whatcon III
1991 -- Corflu Ocho
1993 -- DUFF winner (with Leah Smith), Best Fanzine Hugo nominee for STET (with Leah Smith)
1994 -- Best Fanzine Hugo nominee for STET (with Leah Smith)
1995 -- ArmadilloCon 17 (with Leah Smith), WindyCon XXII (with Leah Smith)
1998 -- First Contact 5 (with Leah Smith)
2000 -- ConQuesT 31 (with Leah Smith)
Person Reasonator MYOB—
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Outdoor Living by Belgard
Belgard Paves the Way with Ideas, Tips & How-To's for Outdoor Design & Entertaining
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Posted on November 15, 2019 November 15, 2019 by Outdoor Living By Belgard
CONTRACTOR'S CORNER:
Inside the 2019 HNA Installer Championship
Hardscape contractors from across the country competed regionally throughout the year to win travel packages to Hardscape North America in Louisville, KY to battle against the best of the best. Competing for over $15,000 in prizes, regional winners were pitted against one another — along with walk-on hopefuls — to race against the clock in a test of craftsmanship at the seventh annual HNA Installer Championship held on Oct. 17-18.
Highlight reel from the regional and national HNA Installer Championship series.
When the masonry dust settled, the Belgard Master Craftsman team from Segmental Systems Inc. of Spokane, WA emerged victorious for the second consecutive year. The team received a prize package valued at approximately $11,600. The package included a cash prize of $2,550, an iQMS362 16.5″ Masonry Saw with a diamond blade, a Weber MT CF3 forward plate compactor, their name engraved on the HNA Installer Championship Cup, and a return trip to HNA 2020 to defend their title yet again.
"I'm thrilled," said Dan Hughes, owner of Segmental Systems and member of the winning three-man team. "It solidifies that we excel in our craft. No one has ever won two years in a row. No one thought we could do it. Now, no one has won it three years in a row. Let's what happens."
The Segmental Systems Inc. three-man team of Josh Brownlee, Dan Hughes and Jason Mucciaccio receive their first place award, presented by ICPI Director of Engineering, Robert Bowers.
The two-time national champion team of Hughes, Josh Brownlee and Jason Mucciaccio have been competing together in the HNA Installer Championship program for several years, winning the Northwest Region title every year since 2016. That title came with travel expenses and free entry into the national competition, where they competed strongly each year.
"The first year, we missed the championship round by one point. The second year, we missed it by three points. The third year (2018), we won with an exclamation point, setting a record high score in the preliminary round and beating the competition by more than 50 points," Hughes said.
ICPI judges score an installation during one of the preliminary rounds on Oct. 17. Teams were all given the same design and were scored on speed, safety, quality and craftsmanship.
For the preliminary round of each competition, teams are all given the same design, which they don't see until the day of the competition. However, teams have creative control in the final round, which is where Segmental Systems shines due to strategy that begins months before the actual competition.
"Josh is a really good artist, so he creates the design," Hughes said. "While we're at work all day long together, we talk about what will set us apart. He understands pavers and can draw in CAD and freehand. He knows how many cuts we can get done in the amount of time we have. In his design, he makes sure we're using the other half of that cut somewhere. Our paver scraps won't fill up a one-gallon bucket. He plans so well, there's very little waste."
The team is a well-oiled machine, having worked together on a near daily basis for the last eight years. Collectively, they have about 60 years of installation experience, with Hughes having been in the industry for 30 years, Mucciaccio for 18 and Brownlee for 12.
Jason Mucciaccio of Segmental Systems makes paver cuts during the preliminary round.
"Cumulatively, we're the oldest team there," Hughes said. "We have a lot of experience doing what we do and know how to work smoothly as a team. Before they say go, we have a good game plan."
Each member of the Segmental Systems team has a specific role. Hughes handles much of the heavy lifting while Mucciaccio focuses on making cuts and Brownlee focuses on safety, design and managing the team.
"Josh is our eyes and the voice of our team, like a director," said Hughes, who believes that strategy is a large factor in their success. "A lot of people don't utilize their third man like they should."
Segmental Systems Inc.'s winning hardscape design from the final round featured a large fleur-de-lis, the symbol of King Louis XVI of France, the namesake for Louisville, KY.
The final round was held on Oct. 18. In a nod to the hosting city, Segmental Systems' winning design included a large inlaid fleur-de-lis in the paver field, with a seat wall flanked by two spiral columns. Although the team did not practice installing the inlay, they did do a practice run on the columns before heading to HNA to determine which degree of twist to use at each level.
"Fleur-de-lis are everywhere in Louisville — street signs, cops badges — it's a symbol of Kentucky that's very recognizable. Plus, it photos well," Hughes said about the team's inspiration for the design. "No one else has come close to doing anything like this. We figured, if we could pull it off, we stood a great chance of winning: go big or go home."
Brownlee, who Hughes notes is passionate about art in many forms, has already begun formulating ideas for next year's competition.
"Josh was sketching ideas on the plane ride home. He started the fleur-de-lis on the ride home last year," Hughes said.
It remains to be seen whether any of this year's finalists will return for a rematch with Segmental Systems in 2020. However, event organizers did note that this year's competition was the closest scoring in HNA Installer Championship history. Although Segmental Systems had a healthy 15-point buffer with a score of 423, the race between second, third and fourth was extremely tight. General Pavers AOJ finished in second place with a score of 408, garnering a cash prize of $1,300 and an iQ 360XR 14″ masonry saw with fully-integrated dust collection plus accessories. General Pavers took third place with 405 and was awarded a cash prize of $650. First-time competitors, fellow Belgard Master Craftsman WaterQuest of Albuquerque, NM placed fourth with a score of 403.
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Q: WinAPI saving results from multiple processes to one file I tried to search for similar questions but not found any.
As the issue is complicated to understand, will try to explain it again as easy as possible.
Basically, I have 3 c++ source file:
1.MainProcess3args.cpp - is executing 2 processes synchronized with mutex, second and third file is ran with CreateProcess() function. Process2 should always run first, and that part works ok. This file is receiving 3 arguments - 1st is how many numbers needs to be generated, second one is time distance between running processes and third one argument defines, how many times processes has to be excecuted. As example MainProcess.exe 2 5 2 ,
first argument 2 -how many number generate,
second argument 5- time distance in seconds between next number generating and caclulating average,minimum,maximum
third argument 2 - how many times we will generate numbers and calculate average,min and max.
2.Random.cpp is generating N random values given as parameter and saving them to a RandomValues.txt file.
3.ReadingRandoms.cpp has 3 Threads- to calculate average, find minimum and maximum of numbers stored in a RandomValues.txt file.
I want to save to a new txt file information about given arguments to the file and system info and to save each results of average value, minimum and maximum, the file should look as following:
Total numbers: 2 | Version:Multithreads | Machine: OEM ID: 9 Processor Type: 8664 | Replies: 2 | Pause: 5
AVG     MIN    MAX
value1 value2 value3
values from next numbers generating...

I have 3 source files, tried with many combinations with loops for(int i=0;i<argument2;i++) to synchronize that element, but it never worked as it should. When each process is executed once, everything works fine.
MainProcess3args.cpp
#include <windows.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <pthread.h>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <mutex>
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <fstream>
HANDLE hMutex; //used mutex object to implement spinlock
using namespace std;
SYSTEM_INFO siSysInfo;
int main(int argc, TCHAR *argv[])
{
   STARTUPINFO si1 = { 0 }, si2 = { 0 };
    si1.cb = sizeof si1;
    si2.cb = sizeof si2;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi1 = { 0 }, pi2 = { 0 };
    const TCHAR* target1 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\Random3args.exe");
    const TCHAR* target2 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\ReadingRandoms3args.exe");

    fstream Results;
    Results.open("Results.txt", ios::in | ios::out);
    if (!Results.is_open())
    cerr << "failed to open file\n";
    GetSystemInfo(&siSysInfo);
    int n = 0;//first argument, defines, how many files needs to be generated
    int times=0;//second argument,defines time distance beetween generating numbers
    int repeat = 0;//third argument
    n=_tstoi(argv[1]);
    times=_tstoi(argv[2]);
    repeat=_tstoi(argv[3]);
    Results<<"Total numbers: "<<n<<" | Version:Multithreads | Machine: OEM ID: "<<siSysInfo.dwOemId<<" Processor Type: "<<siSysInfo.dwProcessorType<<" | Replies: "<<repeat<<" | Pause: "<<times;
    times=times/0.001;

    hMutex = CreateMutex(NULL,0,NULL);
    //for(int i=0;i<repeat;i++){
   if (!CreateProcess(target1, GetCommandLine(), 0, FALSE, 0, CREATE_SUSPENDED, 0, 0, &si1, &pi1)) //CREATE_SUSPENDED argument makes process 1 hanging and waiting until process 2 excecute
    {
        cerr << "CreateProcess failed (" << GetLastError() << ").\n";
    }
    else
    {

         WaitForSingleObject(hMutex,INFINITE);  // process2 call WaitForSingleObject(hmutex) first to get mutex

        if (!CreateProcess(target2, 0, 0, FALSE, 0, 0, 0, 0, &si2, &pi2))//Process 2 is created and excecuted ...
        {
            cerr << "CreateProcess failed (" << GetLastError() << ").\n";
        }
        else
        {
            WaitForSingleObject(pi2.hProcess, INFINITE);

            CloseHandle(pi2.hProcess); //process2 closes
            CloseHandle(pi2.hThread);
        }

        ReleaseMutex(hMutex);//mutex released, process1 unlocked
        ResumeThread(pi1.hThread); //Process 1 is resumed and executed
        WaitForSingleObject(pi1.hProcess, INFINITE);

        CloseHandle(hMutex);
        CloseHandle(pi1.hProcess);//process 1 closes
        CloseHandle(pi1.hThread);

    }
    LARGE_INTEGER li;
    double PCFreq = 0.0;
    __int64 CounterStart = 0;
    if(!QueryPerformanceFrequency(&li))
    cout << "QueryPerformanceFrequency failed!\n";

    PCFreq = double(li.QuadPart)/1000.0;

    QueryPerformanceCounter(&li);
    CounterStart = li.QuadPart;
    QueryPerformanceCounter(&li);
    double c= (li.QuadPart - CounterStart)/PCFreq;
    cout<<"Performance time: "<<c<< " miliseconds";

    Results.close();
    cin.sync();
    cin.ignore();
    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

First process - Random3args.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;
SYSTEM_INFO siSysInfo;
int main( int argc, TCHAR *argv[] )
{
    fstream File;
    File.open("RandomValues.txt", ios::in | ios::out);
    if (!File.is_open())
    cerr << "failed to open file\n";
    srand( time( NULL ) );

    int n = 0;//first argument, defines, how many files needs to be generated
    int times=0;//second argument,defines time distance beetween generating numbers
    int repeat = 0;//third argument
    n=_tstoi(argv[1]);
    times=_tstoi(argv[2]);
    repeat=_tstoi(argv[3]);
    times=times/0.001;

    int r=0;
    cout<<endl;
    for(int j=0;j<repeat;j++)
    {
        for(int i=0;i<n;i++)
    {
        r=rand() % 100;
        File<<r<<" ";
        cout<<r<<"values "; //checking if values are read correctly

    }
    cout<<endl;
     Sleep(times);
    }

    File.close();

    return 0;
}

Second Process - ReadingRandoms3args.cpp
#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <string>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <ctime>
#include <fstream>
#include <vector>
//this program calculates average value of numbers in file, finds minimum and maximum in the file using 3 threads
#define THREADCOUNT 3
using namespace std;
HANDLE hSemaphore; // using semaphore object to synchronize threads
vector<int> Values;
double Average,MIN,MAX;

DWORD Averages(LPVOID* arg)
{

      WaitForSingleObject(hSemaphore, INFINITE);
      Average = 0;
      double Sum = 0;
      //for(int j=0;j<repeat;j++)

      for (unsigned int i = 0; i < Values.size(); i++) {
    //cout << Values[i] << " "; checking, if the values from the file are being read correctly
       Sum+=Values[i];
       }
      Average = Sum/Values.size();
    cout<<"The average of given values is: "<<Average<<endl;

    ReleaseSemaphore(hSemaphore,1,NULL);
    return 0;
}
DWORD Minimum(LPVOID* arg)
{

     WaitForSingleObject(hSemaphore, INFINITE);
     MIN=Values[0];
     for(unsigned int j=0;j<Values.size();j++)
     {
        if(MIN>Values[j])
        {
        MIN=Values[j];
        }
}
cout<<endl;
cout<<"Minimum value is "<<MIN<<endl;
      ReleaseSemaphore(hSemaphore,1,NULL);
    return 0;
}
DWORD Maximum(LPVOID* arg)
{

    WaitForSingleObject(hSemaphore, INFINITE);
     MAX=Values[0];
     for(unsigned int k=0;k<Values.size();k++)
    {
       if(MAX<Values[k])
        {
        MAX=Values[k];
        }
    }
cout<<endl;
cout<<"Maximum value is "<<MAX<<endl;
      ReleaseSemaphore(hSemaphore,1,NULL);
    return 0;
}
int main( int argc, TCHAR *argv[] )
{
// open the file
ifstream File("RandomValues.txt", ios::in);
if (!File.is_open())
    cerr << "failed to open file\n";

// read the values
int val;

while (File >> val){
    Values.push_back(val);

   }
fstream Results;
Results.open("Results.txt", ios::in | ios::out);
if (!Results.is_open())
    cerr << "failed to open file\n";
int repeat = _tstoi(argv[3]) ;
//cout<<repeat;
Results<<"AVG  "<<"MIN  "<<"MAX  "<<endl;

hSemaphore=CreateSemaphore(NULL,0,3,NULL);
HANDLE hThreads[3];
DWORD threadID1,threadID2,threadID3;

for(int i=0;i<repeat;i++){
        // calculate average of values-first thread
hThreads[0]=CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Averages, &hSemaphore,0, &threadID1);

// finding minimum - second thread
hThreads[1]=CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Minimum, &hSemaphore, 0, &threadID2);
// finding maximum - third thread
hThreads[2]=CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Maximum, &hSemaphore, 0, &threadID3);
}

ReleaseSemaphore(hSemaphore,1,NULL);
WaitForMultipleObjects(THREADCOUNT, hThreads, TRUE, INFINITE);
for( int i=0; i < THREADCOUNT; i++ ){

        CloseHandle(hThreads[i]);
    }
CloseHandle(hSemaphore);
Results<<Average<<"  "<<MIN<<"  "<<MAX<<endl;
File.close();
Results.close();

return 0;
}

A: Process2 should always run first, and that part works ok.
There is an error here. When you suspend Process1 in MainProcess3args.cpp and execute Process2 first, Process2 cannot read any data, so you should execute Process1 first, and then read through Process1.
The following code:
const TCHAR* target1 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\Random3args.exe");
const TCHAR* target2 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\ReadingRandoms3args.exe");
...
CreateProcess(target1, GetCommandLine(), 0, FALSE, 0, CREATE_SUSPENDED, 0, 0, &si1, &pi1);
...
CreateProcess(target2, GetCommandLine(), 0, FALSE, 0, 0, 0, 0, &si2, &pi2);
...

Just modify to:
const TCHAR* target1 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\ReadingRandoms3args.exe");
const TCHAR* target2 = _T("C:\\USERS\\Admin\\Documents\\Random3args.exe");
...
CreateProcess(target1, GetCommandLine(), 0, FALSE, 0, CREATE_SUSPENDED, 0, 0, &si1, &pi1);
...
CreateProcess(target2, GetCommandLine(), 0, FALSE, 0, 0, 0, 0, &si2, &pi2);
...

This ensures that Process2 that reads data is suspended first, and the process of generating random data is executed first.
There are some minor problems in the source code. In MainProcess3args.cpp, when you finish writing:
Results << "Total numbers: " << n << " | Version:Multithreads | Machine: OEM ID: " << siSysInfo.dwOemId << " Processor Type: " << siSysInfo.dwProcessorType << " | Replies: " << repeat << " | Pause: " << times;

After this, you did not write to the file, but your Process2 needs to open the file handle to write the result. At this time, you have not closed the file handle (you closed it at the end of the main process).
So you need to close the file handle after the main process writes and before creating Process2. Such as the following code:
Results << "Total numbers: " << n << " | Version:Multithreads | Machine: OEM ID: " << siSysInfo.dwOemId << " Processor Type: " << siSysInfo.dwProcessorType << " | Replies: " << repeat << " | Pause: " << times;
Results.close();

Finally it works for me:

Edit:
Both CreateProcess need to pass GetCommandLine() parameter, otherwise the program will cras when calling argv[3].I have changed my code.
Else, you can use the following code to output:
ofstream Results;
Results.open("Results.txt", std::ofstream::out | std::ofstream::app);
if (!Results.is_open())
    cerr << "failed to open file\n";
int repeat = _tstoi(argv[3]);
//cout<<repeat;
Results << endl;
Results << "AVG  " << "MIN  " << "MAX  " << endl;

In this way, the output content can be appended to Result.txt instead of overwriting the original content.
There are also some resource leakage issues:
for (int i = 0; i < repeat; i++) {
// calculate average of values-first thread
hThreads[0] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Averages, &hSemaphore, 0, &threadID1);
// finding minimum - second thread
hThreads[1] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Minimum, &hSemaphore, 0, &threadID2);
// finding maximum - third thread
hThreads[2] = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)Maximum, &hSemaphore, 0, &threadID3);
}

When repeat is greater than 1, running the above code will cause the previous hThreadshandle to be overwritten, and save the last created thread handle. It is necessary to ensure that the thread handle is closed normally after each loop.


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From a real estate perspective, college towns are booming markets. Everyone needs housing including students, faculty and campus employees. But the high amount of traffic also brings its own concerns, like parking and potentially irresponsible renters.
So the question is, should you own investment properties in a college town? Let's dig into the pros and cons of investing in this type of neighborhood and how to make it work.
Of course, the top benefit is you won't have to worry about filling a vacancy. There's always a steady flow of people looking for a rental property, and an area with high demand means you can ask for more in rent. Win-win.
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Well done to the following dancers who did us proud at the Talent Africa Finals this weekend. The floor was like an ice rink, but you all kept your cool.
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Congratulations to all our Jeffreys Bay dancers who took part in Stulting's Kunsfees on Friday the 20th of April 2018.
You all did us proud.
Here are some gorgeous photos of the girls.
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An exciting ballet boot camp was hosted during the April holidays by Robin van Wyk and Janet Lindup from Cape Town City Ballet.
Well done to all our students who attended.
Pictured are Chloe Domingo, Marie Louise Strydom, Karla van Rooyen and Einon Doubel.
Mikayla Lombard and Ashleigh Maling Nel also attended.
The children all enjoyed themselves thoroughly and we hope to see more of you there next time.
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Best Warrior Competition tests physical, mental endurance
SMA Kenneth O. Preston, USA Ret
Greetings from the Association of the United States Army (AUSA), our Army's association for education and professional development, and a major supporter of the Army's Soldier for Life efforts.
One of the highlights of this year's Annual Meeting was the opportunity to recognize and celebrate the selection of our Army's Best Warriors, the Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year for 2017-2018.
The 16th annual Best Warrior Competition began at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., on Oct. 1.
Competing in this year's competition for the coveted Sergeant Major of the Army Jack L. Tilley award were 11 NCOs and 11 soldiers representing 11 major commands and their assigned organizations.
This year's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year is Staff Sgt. Ryan McCarthy representing the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command; and the Soldier of the Year is Spec. Hazen D. Ham representing the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, U. S. Army Pacific Command.
NCO Ham.jpg
Spc. Hazen Ham, 25th Infantry Division, prepares to fire an M302 grenade launcher during the Pacific Theater Best Warrior Competition. Ham would go on to become the Army's Soldier of the Year. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Moore)
Starting on day one until the announcement by the Sergeant Major of the Army Daniel Dailey during the SMA Awards Luncheon at the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, none of the competitors knew where they ranked in the competition or how they performed in any of the competitive events.
McCarthy, the noncommissioned officer of the year said the toughest part for him was the uncertainty of how he did in the competition from event to event, he said, "This competition was a great training event for me."
Adding, "Everyone in the competition was a proven winner and a true professional. You couldn't gauge where you stood with your competitors."
NCO McCarthy.jpg
Staff. Sgt. Ryan McCarthy, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is the Army's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year after winning the Best Warrior Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va. (U.S. Army photo)
Ham, the Army's Soldier of the Year, also said he never thought at any point in the four-day competition that he was winning because his fellow competitors were just as good.
"Just the caliber of the soldiers I've competed and trained with, I really feel like we competed with each other and not against each other," said Ham.
Ham said the toughest part of the competition for him was the cumulative stress from event to event over the four-day period.
All the competitors competed as individuals throughout the competition consisting of phase one at Fort A.P. Hill and phase two at the Pentagon.
Adding to the isolation of the competition, all the human interaction during the competitive events were directly related to the role players who served as evaluators.
Starting on the first day with a situational briefing that placed the competitors in a fictional country as military advisors, assigned to provide their military expertise in a series of challenging covert operations to take place over the four-day period.
First, the competitors had to demonstrate to the "embassy" leadership that they had the fitness and endurance to complete the covert patrols and operations as individuals.
Going far beyond the standard three-event Army physical fitness test, these competitors faced a multi-event physical fitness assessments that included pushups, sit-ups and a 2-mile run coupled with lifting, carrying, climbing, rolling and sprinting their way to the completion of this initial task.
As all the competitors finished this physical challenge, they carefully selected the equipment they would need for the next several days, packed their rucksack and moved 15 miles to their basecamp for continued operations.
Arriving in the basecamp by late afternoon, each competitor was given a written examination of general military topics to complete before preparing for the next phase of the competition.
Over the next three days, the competitors navigated through a series of situational training exercises, as individuals, navigating to their first point, accomplishing the mission assigned and gaining the information needed to navigate to their next location.
Sgt. Maj. of the Army Daniel Dailey said, "The rigors of this year's Best Warrior Competition went even further [than before] by stressing the characteristics of leadership required to be the Army's Best Warrior."
He added, "We bypassed the traditional format of competition, not in an effort to meet the marks on a checklist, but to think as a strong leader would in a true combat environment."
Dailey noted, "They endured hunger, fatigue, lack of sleep and a myriad of mental and physical trials in their quest to be the NCO and Soldier of the Year."
Embedded in the competition, competitors completed a graded essay on an assigned topic, conducted media interviews, reacted to and engaged the "enemy" with weapons, and demonstrated knowledge of numerous Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills during the exercises.
Additionally, the competitors faced a series of mystery events on the last day to test their leadership skills and resourcefulness.
All the competitors completed phase one of the competition at Fort A.P. Hill to advance to the second phase; the dreaded appearance at the Pentagon before a panel of the most senior sergeants major from across the Army testing their knowledge, appearance and military bearing.
Finishing in second place was Sgt. First Class Brenden C. Shannon representing the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis McCord, U.S. Army Forces Command; and Pvt. 1st Class Rowan Lovell representing A Company, 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga., U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
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Sgt. 1st Class Brendon Shannon, U.S. Army Forces Command, and second-place noncommissioned officer in the Best Warrior Competition, fires an M500 12-gauge shotgun during the event. (Photo by Sgt. Steven L. Galimore)
Finishing in third place was Sgt. 1st Class Benjamin S. Garcia representing the 2nd Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, U.S. Army Pacific Command; and Sgt. Grant M. Reimers representing the 1st Platoon, 1859th Light-Medium Transportation Company, Nevada Army National Guard.
Noncommissioned officers and soldiers across the Army are now competing at the company, troop and battery levels, gaining the expertise to compete in next year's Best Warrior Competition.
These competitions across the Army promote self-development, fitness and professionalism among our junior leaders and noncommissioned officers.
These professional development events are occurring every day around the Army; across the nation and around the world.
If you are interested in any of our professional discussions, this publication, social media, or our webpage, then join the team and be a member of the Army's professional association.
There is no substitute for the knowledge and wisdom gained through experience, and when you are a young up-and-coming Army professional, associating with other members of your profession with varied experiences creates a unique opportunity to learn through the eyes of others.
Now more than ever America's Army needs AUSA, and AUSA needs your membership support.
Membership is the volume knob to ensure your voice is amplified many times over and heard throughout the halls of Congress, from sea to shining sea across this country, and throughout every small town and community in-between.
Keep America's Army Strong! Take a Stand!
Still Serving, Still Saluting!
Sergeant Major of the Army Kenneth O. Preston served as the 13th Sergeant Major of the Army from January 15, 2004 to March 1, 2011.
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County Planning in the 1940s and 50s: Roxburghshire County Council
Roxburghshire County Council established its Planning Advisory Committee in February 1944 to deal with the first applications for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development) (Scotland) Act 1943. The Duke of Buccleuch was elected its first Chairman, with the committee advised by the County Clerk and County Architect. John A.W. Grant, Architect/Planner of Edinburgh was engaged to prepare a planning scheme for the county. Under the 1943 Act, the Department of Health expected planning applications to be dealt with within 14 days; there was no such thing as neighbour notification or public consultation of any kind, except that town councils (Hawick, Jedburgh and Kelso) were consulted on applications within their areas. During the 1940s, large-scale housing schemes proposed by the town councils, such as at Silverbuthall and Burnfoot in Hawick and at Headrig in Jedburgh, were approved with little fuss, and with little planning advice other than that obtained from the County Surveyor, County Architect and County Sanitary Inspector.
A major issue for Roxburgh County Council was the future of the Charlesfield Bomb Factory site, near St. Boswells, built in 1942. It was one of only two factories in Britain producing incendiary bombs and at its peak employed 1,300 people and produced over 1 million bombs a month. Production ceased in 1945 and it became a Royal Navy Armaments Depot to store small arms and guns. In 1947, it still employed over 170 male workers but both the Hawick and Galashiels Trades Councils were concerned about its future and campaigned to secure it as an industrial site. However, it continued to be used as a storage, maintenance and repair facility for the Admiralty, employing about 100 workers (male and female), until the 1960s.
The Regional Survey and Plan for Central and South-East Scotland prepared by Sir Frank Mears, and published in 1946, recommended the establishment of a joint committee of local authorities based in a new regional hub at St. Boswells/Newtown St. Boswells where offices, a new hospital, an agricultural college, student accommodation and housing would be developed. Industrial development would be concentrated in the existing burghs but the Charlesfield munitions depot was identified as a potential site for an assembly plant for the hundreds of pre-fabricated houses required after the war. However, the idea of a regional centre at Newtown St. Boswells did not go down well with the four Border county councils; it was considered that the centralisation of authority in one location did not take due account of the historic pattern of development in the Scottish Borders and local politics.
Nevertheless, following the enactment of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947, which introduced wide-ranging planning powers to control development, including the requirement to prepare development plans, discussions were held between the four Border county councils regarding the co-ordination of town and country planning across the region. Although Peeblesshire County Council did not consider there would be any benefit to its area from such co-ordination, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Berwickshire County Councils decided to form a joint planning advisory committee for such purpose and in July 1947 approached architect/planner F.W.B. Charles, who had been the lead professional in the Central and South-East Scotland Study, to explore the practicalities of preparing a joint development plan for the three counties. However, after providing estimated costs for his appointment to prepare a development plan for the three counties, and further deliberation on the practicalities of employing a consultant, the joint planning advisory committee, on the recommendation of the three county clerks, decided in October 1947 not to proceed with a joint development plan. The reason provided in the minutes is the progress that had been made by Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire County Councils on the preparatory surveys of their areas, although it has to be said that the progress made by these two councils was not exceptional. Indeed, work on the survey of Roxburghshire County continued throughout the next two years and it was December 1949 before an interim survey report was produced by John A.W. Grant.
At the end of 1949, Roxburghshire County Council still had no planning staff of its own, advice on planning applications being provided by the County Architect. John A.W. Grant was engaged to prepare the development plan. However, progress was slow; much time was spent on up-dating the out-dated 1:2500 scale OS Maps for the burghs (1921 editions for Hawick, Jedburgh and Kelso). The 1947 Act required planning authorities to prepare a development plan within 3 years of the commencement date, 1 July 1948, and in 1951 the Department of Health for Scotland suggested that the council should employ its own planning staff but the council was not persuaded. However, as the years passed by and the Planning Advisory Committee became increasingly dis-satisfied with progress on the development plan, the council decided in October 1952 to appoint additional staff in the County Architects Department to assist with the preparation of the development plan. The services of John A.W. Grant were dispensed with.
The County Architect, Alastair M. Milne, was appointed County Architect and Planning Officer in March 1953 and the Planning Advisory Committee was re-named the Planning Committee. George B. Ovens, who would rise to become Depute County Planning Officer in 1968 and would be appointed Depute Director of Planning and Development for the Borders Regional Council in 1975, was poached from Selkirkshire County Council and was appointed Town Planning Draughtsman. In November 1953, a planning assistant was appointed to provide further assistance with development control matters.
During the 1950s, there was a proliferation of advertisements, on hotels, public houses, garages and petrol filling stations, and advanced signs in the countryside. The council designated the whole of the county as an Area of Special Control for Advertisements, except for the burgh of Hawick, parts of the burghs of Jedburgh and Kelso and parts of Melrose, Lilliesleaf, Newstead and St. Boswells. The Committee agreed to the retention of advanced signs such as that for the Peebles Hydro located on the A68 at Newtown St. Boswells (one of a number of such signs sited throughout the Borders area) but requested the removal of others, such as a similar sign advertising the Peebles Hydro on the A68 south of Jedburgh and signs for the Dryburgh Abbey Hotel on the A68. Mindful of the growing attraction of caravanning and camping, caravan sites were granted planning permission on the A68 south of Jedburgh and on the A7 south of Teviothead and north of Galashiels; planning permission was granted for a motel and petrol filling station on the A7 at Groundistone Heights between Ashkirk and Hawick (which was never implemented).
Extensive consultations and discussions took place with the town councils over various allocations and proposals for Hawick, Jedburgh and Kelso, and it would be May 1957 before a draft development plan comprising the Survey Report and Written Statement, County Map, Town Maps for Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso, Melrose, Newtown St. Boswells and St. Boswells, and a Programme Map, was completed and submitted to the Department of Health for Scotland for informal comments.
The development plan was based on an estimated county population of 44,560 in 1972, a decrease of about 1,000 persons on the 1951 Census figure. Clearly, the county council was not optimistic about the future. No definite industrial proposals were included in the Plan other than in Jedburgh, where the collapse of the rayon industry in 1956 had resulted in the loss of some 500 jobs. The policy on residential development was concentrated on replacing over-crowded and unfit houses and meeting general needs through local authority housing. Road proposals dominated with major road improvements proposed for the A7 and A68 trunk roads and improvements to the A698. Road widening schemes in Hawick, Kelso and Melrose required the demolition of large numbers of properties and major changes to the historic street patterns in these towns that would cause consternation in later years and would be dropped from subsequent development plans.
It would be December 1961, partly due to the delay in the response from the Department of Health on the draft development plan, before the finalised development plan was submitted to the Secretary of State; the last of the four county development plans in the Scottish Borders to be prepared. The next post on planning in Roxburghshire will examine the approved development plan in some detail and will also look at the impact of the Government's White Paper on the Scottish Economy 1965-1970 and the subsequent Central Borders Study: A Plan for Expansion, published in 1968.
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The 68th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, assigned to the 433d Operations Group, stationed at Kelly Field Annex, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The squadron operates Lockheed C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft providing global airlift. If mobilized, the wing is gained by Air Mobility Command.

History

World War II
The 68th flew troop carrier missions in New Guinea, Philippines, and the western Pacific from 1943 to 1945 and participated in the airborne assault at Aparri, Luzon, 23 June 1945.

Activation in the reserve and Korean War mobilization
The squadron was activated in the reserve in 1947 and conducted flying training until it was mobilized in 1950. It served on active duty until 1952, moving to Germany in 1951.

Reserve airlift operation
Between 1955 and 1985, the squadron trained for and flew tactical airlift missions at home and abroad, often taking part in joint exercises, humanitarian airlift operations, and firefighting missions.

In 1985, it converted to strategic airlift missions. The 68th took part in Operation Just Cause in 1989-1990, flying medical supplies, tanks, and field rations to Panama. The squadron also took part in the defense of Saudi Arabia and liberation of Kuwait in 1990 and 1991, airlifting men and materiel destined for southwestern Asia.

Lineage
 Constituted as the 68th Troop Carrier Squadron on 22 January 1943
 Activated on 9 February 1943
 Inactivated on 15 January 1946
 Activated in the reserve on 3 August 1947
 Redesignated 68th Troop Carrier Squadron, Medium on 27 June 1949
 Ordered into active service on 15 October 1950
 Inactivated on 14 July 1952
 Activated in the reserve on 18 May 1955
 Redesignated 68th Tactical Airlift Squadron on 1 July 1967
 Redesignated 68th Military Airlift Squadron on 1 April 1985
 Redesignated 68th Airlift Squadron''' on 1 February 1992

Assignments
 433d Troop Carrier Group, 9 February 1943 – 15 January 1946
 433d Troop Carrier Group, 3 August 1947 – 14 Jul 1952
 433d Troop Carrier Group, 18 May 1955
 433d Troop Carrier Wing, 14 April 1959
 922d Troop Carrier Group (later 922d Tactical Airlift Group), 17 January 1963
 921st Tactical Airlift Group, 30 June 1974
 433d Tactical Airlift Wing (later 433d Military Airlift Wing, 433d Airlift Wing), 1 November 1974
 433d Operations Group, 1 August – present

Stations

 Florence Army Air Field, South Carolina, 9 February 1943
 Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, 19 March 1943
 Laurinburg–Maxton Army Air Base, North Carolina, 9 June 1943
 Baer Field, Indiana, 1-15 August 1943
 Port Moresby Airfield Complex, New Guinea, c. 1 September 1943
 Nadzab Airfield Complex, New Guinea, c. 15 November 1943 (detachment operated from Tadji, New Guinea, 18 May-4 June 1944)
 Biak, Netherlands East Indies, 15 November 1944 (detachment operated from Nadzab, New Guinea until 5 January 1945)
 Tanauan, Leyte, Philippines, c. 15 February 1945
 Clark Field, Luzon, Philippines, c. 15 June 1945
 Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, 25 August 1945
 Ie Shima, Ryuku Islands, c. 10 September 1945
 Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, c. 30 September 1945 – 15 January 1946
 Cleveland Municipal Airport, Ohio, 3 August 1947
 Greenville AFB (later Donaldson Air Force Base), South Carolina, 16 October 1950 – 20 July 1951
 Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, 6 August 1951 – 14 July 1952
 Brooks Air Force Base, Texas, 18 May 1955
 Kelly Air Force Base (later Kelly Field Annex, Lackland Air Force Base, Joint Base Lackland-San antonio), Texas, 21 May 1960 – present

Aircraft

 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (1943–1945)
 Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (1944)
 Curtiss C-46 Commando (1944–1945, 1949–1950, 1955–1958)
 Beechcraft T-11 Kansan (1948–1951)
 Beechcraft T-7 Navigator (1949–1951)
 Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar (1950–1952, 1958–1971)
 North American T-28 Trojan (1955)
 Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor (1955–1958)
 Lockheed C-130 Hercules (1971–1985)
 Lockheed C-5 Galaxy (1985–present)

References

Notes

Bibliography

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Board index » Classroom Gossip » Alien 9 Manga
What happened to Yuri's borg?
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Draco Mutation
Post subject: What happened to Yuri's borg?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:57 pm
Ultimate Symbiote
Now this is something I wonder, now that I have read the manga I have got to ask, after the sunflower incident, what happened to Yuri's borg? I mean, did he just die? He saved Yuri but it seems they don't even acknowledge him for it, sure her memories of Kumi played a roll, but her borg did a lot and looked really hurt at the end, and he's just...tossed aside, not even mentioned again afterwards.
Seriously, what the heck!? Does anyone else see anything wrong with this?
AmazonLeopard
Post subject: Re: What happened to Yuri's borg?
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:19 pm
Fused Borg
Yeah, it's sad that they never said what happened to him. Yuri got a new Borg in Emulators, but even though its body was the same color, its personality was totally different and Megumi said it was never able to fuse so that wasn't him.
Remember in the beginning of school in the first volume when Yuri's Borg overgrows and kills all the Borgs? Well, they brought them back when the girls came back from vacation, so I'm sure he could have survived. My guess is that Megumi gave him to another kid who joined the Alien Party next year, someone who might actually want to fuse, but we never saw this because Yuri and her friends all graduated.
PostPosted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 10:51 pm
Well that just bugs me, the borgs were not really treated like characters half the time, despite having personalities, the most characterization Yuri's borg, or as I like to call him, Ray got was when he tried to fuse with Yuri, that quote of his "Together forever" just sticks in your mind.
GaijinOtaku215
Borg Wearer
Location: Washington, USA
I feel sorry for borgs. (is that the correct plural?) They obviously have personalities, and feeling for their humans, but they get treated like tools and tossed away when they're done with. It's really sad.
It would be interesting to have a character who's really bonded with their borg and sees them as an equal.
Actually I think Megumi qualifies as that, she actually cried when her borg was killed.
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 11:44 pm
This is a little off-topic, but since we're talking about Borgs, don't you think Kasumi's Borg got ripped off too? He didn't say much, but he never got to fuse with her. She was stolen by another alien. And did you remember in the manga where she was tearing at his skin? It looked like she was torturing him. I felt sorry for him.
Kasumi's Borg had little personality and lines, he just did whatever she ordered.
The, "Together Forever," moment is sort of creepy yet sad.
So, do you really think Ray is dead for good?
Ya, I see what you mean about Kasumi's borg(or Leo, if we're going to use Ray might as well use Leo and Watt(Kumi's borg) too) did not get a good end, Kasumi was nice to him at first but it seemed like she turned him into a tool, or maybe that was Slew(mights as well use my name for Kasumi's Yellowknife too) controling Kasumi's body, still Slew did not have full controll of Kasumi so if that is it then she let it happen.
As for Ray, I really don't know, it was shown that borg's can be revived but if he was was not shown, I geuss it's up to the fanfiction writers at this point.
I was going to make a fan comic starring Ray showing what happened to him sort of, but that comic is being delayed due to my...troubled drawing skills and lack of a scanner, but a script for chapter one is written.


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Tottenham's highest unemployment rate in London and more than 8 in the UK. It has some of the highest rates of poverty in the country. There was also considerable tension between the Afro-Caribbean and the police since (and before) 1985 Broadwater Farm riots in response to the serious problems of racism and police brutality.
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I have deiced to sell my Hasbro softie MLP .
the photos are the first two in the album thanks.
1. a Dakin fun farm plush of a lion about 13 inches tall he is bran new with no rips stains or tears.
2. Cabbage patch kid koosias cat I do not now the name and this is in like new condition but has not tags.
I am hoping some one can give any of these toys a new home I am purging my collections and really do not want to donate these .
Since I have no offer on my sofftie I will keep here but my lion and cabbage patch doll still need homes thanks.


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David Hosp (* in New York City) ist ein US-amerikanischer Autor von Kriminalromanen.

Er studierte am Dartmouth College und an der London School of Economics. Danach ging er an die George Washington University Law School. Nach seinem Abschluss arbeitete er als Rechtsanwalt in einer Kanzlei in Boston. In seiner Freizeit begann er mit dem Schreiben von Kriminalromanen. Bereits mit seiner ersten Veröffentlichung Dark Harbor schaffte er 2005 den internationalen Durchbruch. Das Buch wurde für den Barry Award als bestes Erstlingswerk nominiert. David Hosp ist verheiratet und hat zwei Kinder.

Werke
 2005 Dark Harbor – (2007 Die Tote im Wasser)
 2006 The Betrayed – (2008 Pakt des Schweigens)
 2007 Innocence  – (2009 Tod in Boston)
 2010 Among Thieves

Weblinks
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Autor
Literatur (Englisch)
Literatur (Vereinigte Staaten)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Roman, Epik
Kriminalliteratur
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
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What is it about hotel buffets that keeps people coming back?
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There's nothing quite like the sight of a group of holidaymakers let loose on their hotel's evening buffet. Head off to the sun somewhere in mainland Europe courtesy of a full- or half-board package holiday this summer and you can be certain that wherever you go – from Croatia to the Costa del Sol – rarely will you see pork chops and boiled potatoes piled on plates with such enthusiasm.
My most recent experience of the hotel buffet was in Mallorca and, based on previous experience, it was an entirely typical one. Across the seven nights I was there, the food was a stodgy best of British circa 1978: chicken, mashed potato, assorted cold meats and cheeses, halves of jacket potatoes dripping in butter, burgers. Even on a day that reached 30C there was beef stew on offer, and to reassure diners that they had not strayed far gastronomically (even if they were 1,200 miles from home), there was plenty of tomato ketchup and HP sauce among the condiments.
Hotel promotional photos of customers enjoying its buffet in Mallorca. Photo courtesy Motel Mac Paradiso.
I'm as much a fan of retro-tinged comfort food as the next short-hauler and I've probably never eaten so many outsize meals in a single week; buffets are, by their very nature, an invitation to gluttony. I saw the most bizarre combinations of food and the most indulgent selection of courses – although that was often just by looking at my own plate.
It wasn't only the occasional appearance of barely palatable items that mimicked the experience of a school dinner, albeit one with a bottle of house wine on the side. The cavernous dining hall with its dubious decor, the queuing and, as Oliver Thring has previously pointed out, jostling which characterise school meals are equally central to the buffet.
To be fair, producing an extensive buffet seven days a week for several hundred people with perceived conservative tastes is something of a no-win situation. That said, given how high many people's plates were stacked with food, most diners seemed to be enjoying it – so hotels geared towards the British package holiday market must be doing something right.
After all, the point of the food on these holidays is not to undertake a culinary adventure which challenges and delights diners with exciting dishes characteristic of the region, but simply an opportunity to indulge in extra-large helpings of reassuringly familiar meals. When it comes to tourists' eating habits, the staff have seen it all before and don't pay the slightest bit of attention to how many repeat visits you make to the serving stations. So, like a moth to a heat lamp, there really is nothing else for it but to keep going back for more. I know I do.


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La ciutadella de Bistrița, comtat de Bistrița-Năsăud, Romania, data del segle XIII, tot i que va ser reconstruïda durant els segles XV-XVI.

Història
La primera fortalesa de Bistrița es va construir al turó Cetății (turó ˝Burg˝ a altres 681 m) al segle XIII, fet que es va descobrir en les prospeccions arqueològiques de 1967 (St. Dănilă, a File de Istorie, 2, 1972, pàgs. 70-77). En una excabació s'hi va descobrir una moneda d'Esteve V (1272). La datació dels descobriments arqueològics d'aquell període és possible amb precisió.

L'any 1464 la ciutat fortificada tenia 18 torres, dedicades als artesans de la ciutat, agrupats en gremis. Cada gremi estava custodiat per una torre de defensa. Durant aquest període, Bistrița es va convertir en una de les ciutats més importants de Transsilvània juntament amb Brașov, Sighișoara i Sibiu.

La ciutadella de Bistrița va ser una de les fortificacions més fortes de Transsilvània i va ser al llarg de la història un dels 7 burgs al voltant dels quals es va organitzar l'existència de les altres comunitats saxones a Romania, Siebenburgen.

Galeria d'imatges

Bibliografia
 Otto Dahinten, Beiträge zur Baugeschichte det Stadt Bistritz, a Archiv des Vereins fűr Siebenbűrgische Landeskunde, Sibiu, 50, 1944, pàg. 313-452.
 Paul Niedermeier, Desenvolupament urbà i arquitectònic d'algunes ciutats de Transylvania del segle XII al segle XVI, a Estudis sobre la història de les nacionalitats que cohabitan a Romania i el seu agermanament amb la nació romanesa. Nacionalitat alemanya, Bucarest, 1976, pàgs. 115-201.

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Informació sobre la fortalesa de Bistrița

Ciutadelles
Edificis de Romania