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package jef.http.client.ntlm;

import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintStream;
import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
import java.util.Properties;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

import jef.tools.Exceptions;

/**
 * This class uses a static {@link java.util.Properties} to act as a cental
 * repository for all jCIFS configuration properties. It cannot be instantiated.
 * Similar to System properties the namespace is global therefore
 * property names should be unique. Before use, the load method
 * should be called with the name of a Properties file (or
 * null indicating no file) to initialize the Config.
 * The System properties will then populate the Config
 * as well potentially overwriting properties from the file. Thus properties
 * provided on the commandline with the -Dproperty.name=value VM
 * parameter will override properties from the configuration file.
 *

 * There are several ways to set jCIFS properties. See the overview page of the API
 * documentation for details.
 */

public class Config {

	public static int socketCount = 0;

	/**
	 * The static Properties.
	 */

	private static Properties prp = new Properties();
	public static String DEFAULT_OEM_ENCODING = "Cp850";

	static {
		String filename;
		FileInputStream in = null;

		try {
			filename = System.getProperty("jcifs.properties");
			if (filename != null && filename.length() > 1) {
				in = new FileInputStream(filename);
			}
			Config.load(in);
			if (in != null)
				in.close();
		} catch (IOException ioe) {
			Exceptions.log(ioe);
		}

		try {
			"".getBytes(DEFAULT_OEM_ENCODING);
		} catch (UnsupportedEncodingException uee) {
			Exceptions.log(uee);
			DEFAULT_OEM_ENCODING = "US-ASCII";
		}
	}

	/**
	 * This static method registers the SMB URL protocol handler which is
	 * required to use SMB URLs with the <tt>java.net.URL</tt> class. If this
	 * method is not called before attempting to create an SMB URL with the URL
	 * class the following exception will occur:

	 *
	 *

	 * Exception MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: smb
	 *     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:480)
	 *     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:376)
	 *     at java.net.URL.<init>(URL.java:330)
	 *     at jcifs.smb.SmbFile.<init>(SmbFile.java:355)
	 *     ...
	 *

	 *
	 *

	 */

	public static void registerSmbURLHandler() {
		String ver, pkgs;

		ver = System.getProperty("java.version");
		if (ver.startsWith("1.1.") || ver.startsWith("1.2.")) {
			throw new RuntimeException("jcifs-0.7.0b4+ requires Java 1.3 or above. You are running " + ver);
		}
		pkgs = System.getProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs");
		if (pkgs == null) {
			System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", "jcifs");
		} else if (pkgs.indexOf("jcifs") == -1) {
			pkgs += "|jcifs";
			System.setProperty("java.protocol.handler.pkgs", pkgs);
		}
	}

	// supress javadoc constructor summary by removing 'protected'
	Config() {
	}

	/**
	 * Set the default properties of the static Properties used by
	 * <tt>Config</tt>. This permits a different Properties object/file to be
	 * used as the source of properties for use by the jCIFS library. The
	 * Properties must be set before jCIFS classes are accessed as most
	 * jCIFS classes load properties statically once. Using this method will
	 * also override properties loaded using the <tt>-Djcifs.properties=</tt>
	 * commandline parameter.
	 */

	public static void setProperties(Properties prp) {
		Config.prp = new Properties(prp);
		try {
			Config.prp.putAll(System.getProperties());
		} catch (SecurityException se) {
			Exceptions.log(se);
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Load the Config with properties from the stream
	 * in from a Properties file.
	 */

	public static void load(InputStream in) throws IOException {
		if (in != null) {
			prp.load(in);
		}
		try {
			prp.putAll(System.getProperties());
		} catch (SecurityException se) {
			Exceptions.log(se);
		}
	}

	public static void store(OutputStream out, String header) throws IOException {
		prp.store(out, header);
	}

	/**
	 * List the properties in the Code.
	 */

	public static void list(PrintStream out) throws IOException {
		prp.list(out);
	}

	/**
	 * Add a property.
	 */

	public static Object setProperty(String key, String value) {
		return prp.setProperty(key, value);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a property as an Object.
	 */

	public static Object get(String key) {
		return prp.get(key);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a String. If the key cannot be found, the provided
	 * def default parameter will be returned.
	 */

	public static String getProperty(String key, String def) {
		return prp.getProperty(key, def);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a String. If the property is not found,
	 * null is returned.
	 */

	public static String getProperty(String key) {
		return prp.getProperty(key);
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve an int. If the key does not exist or cannot be
	 * converted to an int, the provided default argument will be
	 * returned.
	 */

	public static int getInt(String key, int def) {
		String s = prp.getProperty(key);
		if (s != null) {
			try {
				def = Integer.parseInt(s);
			} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
				Exceptions.log(nfe);
			}
		}
		return def;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve an int. If the property is not found,
	 * -1 is returned.
	 */

	public static int getInt(String key) {
		String s = prp.getProperty(key);
		int result = -1;
		if (s != null) {
			try {
				result = Integer.parseInt(s);
			} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
				Exceptions.log(nfe);
			}
		}
		return result;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a long. If the key does not exist or cannot be
	 * converted to a long, the provided default argument will be
	 * returned.
	 */

	public static long getLong(String key, long def) {
		String s = prp.getProperty(key);
		if (s != null) {
			try {
				def = Long.parseLong(s);
			} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
				Exceptions.log(nfe);
			}
		}
		return def;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve an InetAddress. If the address is not an IP address
	 * and cannot be resolved null will be returned.
	 */

	public static InetAddress getInetAddress(String key, InetAddress def) {
		String addr = prp.getProperty(key);
		if (addr != null) {
			try {
				def = InetAddress.getByName(addr);
			} catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
				Exceptions.log(uhe);
			}
		}
		return def;
	}

	public static InetAddress getLocalHost() {
		String addr = prp.getProperty("jcifs.smb.client.laddr");

		if (addr != null) {
			try {
				return InetAddress.getByName(addr);
			} catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
				Exceptions.log(uhe);
			}
		}

		return null;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve a boolean value. If the property is not found, the value of
	 * def is returned.
	 */

	public static boolean getBoolean(String key, boolean defaultValue) {
		String b = getProperty(key);
		if (b != null) {
			defaultValue = b.toLowerCase().equals("true");
		}
		return defaultValue;
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve an array of <tt>InetAddress</tt> created from a property value
	 * containting a <tt>delim</tt> separated list of hostnames and/or
	 * ipaddresses.
	 */

	public static InetAddress[] getInetAddressArray(String key, String delim, InetAddress[] def) {
		String p = getProperty(key);
		if (p != null) {
			StringTokenizer tok = new StringTokenizer(p, delim);
			int len = tok.countTokens();
			InetAddress[] arr = new InetAddress[len];
			for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) {
				String addr = tok.nextToken();
				try {
					arr[i] = InetAddress.getByName(addr);
				} catch (UnknownHostException uhe) {
					Exceptions.log(uhe);
					return def;
				}
			}
			return arr;
		}
		return def;
	}
}


Rail tour arriving at the heritage railway East Somerset Railway at Cranmore. This is the first time for many years that an loco or train has been past this point. In fact the line had to be cleared for about 100 yds of undergrowth and small trees to get the train to the station.


Seasons - Photos & Info.
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Lost in Space Continues
Netflix's LOST IN SPACE Season 2 Score By Christopher Lennertz Launches Digitally
Ahead of the LOST IN SPACE Season 2 premiere on Netflix, Lakeshore Records releases Christopher Lennertz's score on all major digital music services worldwide. The track, "Will Wakes," which premiered at Forbes, is "perfectly orchestrated" and "builds with a delicately hopeful atmosphere before bursting into an adventurous swell of epic excitement." In 2018, the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) awarded Christopher Lennertz the Best Original Score for a Television Series for his LOST IN SPACE score! Are you ready for more? See full album links, the final season 2 series trailer and more below.
Produced by Legendary Television, is a Netflix Original based on Irwin Allen's classic 1960s science fiction series. In this modern update, the Robinson family—part of a highly trained mission to establish a new colony in space—is unexpectedly pulled off course forcing them to crash land on a lost planet.
LOST IN SPACE SEASON 2 launches Tuesday, December 24, 2019 on Netflix
Soundtrack Available Now: Download/Listen
Or sample some of the tracks and/or purchase the download at Bandcamp
Watch the Season 2 trailer:

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Biden for a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine: We do not consider the use of force
Russian Army PHOTO by Pavel "KoraxDC" Kazachkov
US President Joe Biden made it clear on Wednesday that because Ukraine has not joined NATO, the United States will not send troops to defend it in the event of a Russian invasion.
Russian Fighter Jets (Shooting flairs) Photo by Alan Wilson
According to US President Biden, the possibility of the United States using force to fight a possible Russian invasion in Ukraine is not currently being considered as he stated:
"According to Article 5 of the NATO Charter, we owe a duty to defend our friends in NATO. It is a sacred duty to do so. "Ukraine is not part of NATO, however."
Joe Biden said he had warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that if his country invaded Ukraine, it would have "economic consequences that have not been done before."
In the event of a Russian invasion, Biden said, the United States should "increase its military presence in NATO countries on the east side of the alliance."
Ukraine Army Photo by 7th Army Training Command
In addition, Biden stressed to Vladimir Putin that the United States will provide Ukraine with military defense systems.
Despite the fact that Ukraine is not a member of NATO, it has been seeking membership for many years and has received assistance from NATO member states.
For Russia, this cooperation of Ukraine with NATO forces is something prohibitive and according to his statements, NATO does not respect the red lines of Moscow.
In this article:BIDEN, CRIMEA, GEOPOLITIKI, INVASION, MILITARY, NEWS, PUTIN, RUSSIA, UKRAINE
NEW FRIENDS: French RAFALE & MIRAGE met with a Russian SU-27
TOGETHER WE ARE STRONGER – Israel PM welcomes Greek & Cypriot PM in Jerusalem


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Volunteers needed to help vulnerable and isolated people
The volunteers will help vulnerable and isolated people Credit: PA
Kind-hearted people who are keen to make a difference by volunteering to help vulnerable and isolated people are being sought from the Durham City and Chester-le-Street areas.
The Community Peer Mentor scheme is expanding across more towns and villages throughout County Durham and Darlington.
The Police, Crime and Victims' Commissioner says it has proven to be extremely rewarding for existing volunteers who have helped to change people's lives.
The free-of-charge training will take place in August, giving volunteers the opportunity to gain new skills, interests and qualifications.
This project is expanding rapidly which is fantastic news for the people of County Durham and Darlington. We already have nearly 80 volunteers who are now trained as Mentors.
This is unique opportunity is available for people from all walks of life, to learn new skills and be part of a great team, whilst making a real difference to those who feel vulnerable and isolated in our communities."
– Ron Hogg, Durham Police, Crime and Victims' Commissioner
Once trained, Community Peer Mentors work with individuals in pairs to find the reasons behind their behaviour or why they feel the way they do, and encourage them to find ways to get the help and support they need.
Existing volunteer mentors within this unique project have found it a rewarding experience to help others when they need it most.
No previous experience in volunteering or supporting people is needed, as training is provided.
There is no upper age restriction and relevant travel expenses will be paid when engaging with a client.
Last updated Mon 31 Jul 2017
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George L. Barone, Jr.
It's hard to find a man who loved baseball and youth more than Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductee George L. Barone, Jr. By his count, he has coached 2,291 games and 1,473 players over 64 years.
Barone was born in 1942 and is a life-long resident of the area. He is a 1962 graduate of Southwestern Central School where he played on the baseball squad. He also attended Jamestown Community College.
Barone began his coaching odyssey as a 13-year-old assistant in the former Cub League in Lakewood. He subsequently managed Lakewood 3, Lakewood Indians and Lakewood Cardinals in the Lion League. The Cardinals had a 52-game win streak under Barone.
He managed in the Southwestern area for 33 years. Among his teams were the Southwestern Expos in the East Lake 13-15-Year-Old Babe Ruth League. He also led the East Lake Babe Ruth All-Star teams on many occasions and served as President of the East Lake BR league.
During his 31 years as part of the Jamestown Babe Ruth League, he managed TRW, Thule Lodge, Vikings, Hills and Jock Shop as well as multiple 13, 14 and 15-Year-Old All-Star squads. He served as a Vice-President in the Jamestown BR League, too.
In the Chautauqua County Babe Ruth League, he mentored the 16-18-year-old Lakewood Sox, the Chautauqua County 16-18-year-old All-Stars and the Chautauqua County Travel Team. A major highlight was to lead the Chautauqua County entry in the 1984 16-18-Year-Old Babe Ruth World Series at College Stadium.
All told, he won 8 District Babe Ruth titles, 4 New York State Babe Ruth titles, and went to the Regionals twice.
In the recent past, Barone was the organizer and manager of the Chautauqua County Travelers 15-18-year-old team that competed at Winter Haven and Orlando, FL and Fullerton, CA among other sites. He also spent time with a Cal Ripkin League 11-12-year old team.
Other coaching and managerial stops for Barone were at Southwestern Central High School, Jamestown Community College, OH-PA Fall Baseball League, and the Chautauqua County Men's Baseball League. He coached female ballplayers at Southwestern Central Softball and the Southwestern Area Girls Hardball League.
Barone was founder of Busti-Lakewood Youth Center and chairman of the LaGrega Baseball Field project in Lakewood. He held leadership positions in the Lake Shore Midget Football League, the Busti-Lakewood Recreation Commission, Lake Shore Small-Fry Basketball League, Southwestern Trojans Sports Boosters, and the Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame.
On January 17, 2004, former players, parents and colleagues organized "A Night of Memories" honoring George Barone for his years of dedication to youth.
more about George L. Barone, Jr.
A Night of Memories program. January 17, 2004.
Tom Marra letter. January 17, 2004.
Dayton Moore letter. July 1, 2014.
East Lake Babe Ruth All-Stars. 1979.
Chautauqua County Travelers. 1998.
George Barone coaching.
Babe Ruth World Series host team. 1984.
George Barone. 2003.
Babe Ruth World Series host team, 2005.
George Barone.
George Barone's grave marker.
Johnson, Delie. "Lakewood Youth Center." Post-Journal (Jamestown), February 11, 1967.
Lisciandro, Judy. "Babe Ruth Wives." Post-Journal (Jamestown), August 1984.
"Banquet Planned To Honor Area Baseball Coach." Post-Journal (Jamestown), January 7, 2004.
"George Barone Baseball Reunion Is July 5." Post-Journal (Jamestown), May 11, 2014.
"Letter To Sports." Post-Journal (Jamestown), July 23, 2014.
"Letter To Sports." Post-Journal (Jamestown), April 25, 2016.
"Lakewood-Busti Golden Agers Celebrate 50 Years." Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 22, 2018.
"Bound For Orlando." Post-Journal (Jamestown), August 27, 2018.
"Local Legend." Post-Journal (Jamestown), August 17, 2020.
Kindberg, Scott. "Special Guest." Post-Journal (Jamestown), September 8, 2020.
Kindberg, Scott. "Honoring A HOF Coach And Friend." Post-Journal (Jamestown), January 15, 2021.
"George L. Barone Jr. "Coach Barone" (obituary)." Post-Journal (Jamestown), January 23, 2021.
Problem of Director Easily Solved. 1967.
Nearly 600 At SWCS Sports Fete. Post-Journal (Jamestown), June 5, 1969.
Barone Will Head Cancer Crusade. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 1970.
Trojan Boosters At Work. Post-Journal (Jamestown), October 19, 1972.
George Barone Named 16-18 All-Star Manager. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 1984.
George Barone, his wife Vickie and daughter Brooke. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 1984.
Hall Of Fame Officers. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 1986.
Honoring Barone. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 2004.
Babe Ruth World Series Roster, Coaches Named. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 2005.
Dear Sports Editor. Post-Journal (Jamestown), 2005.
Jersey For Former Player. Post-Journal (Jamestown), June 12, 2013.
Plaque Celebrates 50 Years Of Junior Miss. Post-Journal (Jamestown), March 20, 2016.
George L "Coach" Barone Jr. Find a Grave. Accessed July 2, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/221719179/george-l-barone.


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Diamondbacks 2 - 0 Padres
Arroyo dazzles as D-backs shut out Padres
May 3, 2014 - 5:11 AM San Diego, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Bronson Arroyo hurled seven innings of shutout ball and the Arizona Diamondbacks blanked the San Diego Padres, 2-0, on Friday in the opener of a three-game set.
Arroyo (2-2) was stellar to earn the win, striking out six over seven innings and allowing just three hits. The right-hander went 4 1/3 innings before allowing his first hit.
Arroyo entered the game with a 3-0 record and a 2.18 ERA over his previous five starts versus San Diego.
"It's the best stuff he's had all year tonight," Arizona manager Kirk Gibson said of Arroyo. "You get in this park, it's hard to score anyway. Two runs was enough tonight."
Brad Ziegler pitched a perfect eighth and Addison Reed closed the door in the ninth to pick up his seventh save.
Aaron Hill had two hits and two RBI for the Diamondbacks, who have won two straight.
Andrew Cashner (2-4) was charged with the loss after surrendering two runs on four hits over six innings on the bump for San Diego, which has lost three straight.
"It was a well pitched game by both sides," said Padres manager Bud Black. "(Cashner) just had that one bad inning. Arroyo settled in from the start. It was a pretty simple game, well pitched."
San Diego was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position, left four on base and saw just two runners reach third in the setback.
Paul Goldschmidt singled to put runners at the corners with two outs in the third, then Miguel Montero walked to load the bases.
Hill slapped a single into left-center that plated Parra and Goldschmidt to give the Diamondbacks a 2-0 lead.
The win marked Gibson's 300th of his managerial career (all with the D-backs). When asked how he felt about the feat, he responded jokingly, "I would have liked to have 330 by now."
Game time 2:24 ... Arizona was 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left seven men on base ... The Diamondbacks' Brandon McCarthy will oppose San Diego's Ian Kennedy in the middle game of the set on Saturday.
ARIZONA: 2
SAN DIEGO: 0
May 3 12:35 AM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 Bot 8, 1 OutMay 3 12:13 AM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 Top 8, 2 OutsMay 3 12:07 AM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 End 7May 3 12:02 AM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 Bot 7, 2 OutsMay 3 12:00 AM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 Bot 7, 1 OutMay 2 11:56 PM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 Top 7, 2 OutsMay 2 11:50 PM
Diamondbacks 2, Padres 0 End 6May 2 11:45 PM
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Aaron Hill singled to left scored Gerardo Parra and Paul Goldschmidt. On the play, Miguel Montero advances to second. Runners on first and second with two outs and Cody Ross due up.
May 2 10:11 PM
Diamondbacks vs. PadresMay 2 8:48 AM
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Brewers, RHP Chacin agree to two-year deal Dec 20
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Once popular Ganoga Bridge now lightly used York County landmark
This is a creekside view of Ganoga Bridge over the Conewago Creek, near Strinestown. The once-stately bridge connects Newberry and Conewago townships and carries the old Susquehanna Trail over the creek. The name Ganoga, according to local history book, comes from the Indian words "By the water." Update: The old bridge came down in 2012 and was replaced by a new span. Background posts: Big Conewago serves as physical, symbolic divider of York County culture, York County still home to unvarnished beauty and Wago Club prez: 'You've gotta respect the (snapping) turtles'.
The worn, lightly traveled Ganoga Bridge today is far from the crisp cement structure of the 1920s to 1950s that carried thousands of vehicles daily over the Conewago Creek.
In fact, sometimes the bridge failed to carry Susquehanna Trail traffic all the way across. Its approaches are oddly banked leading to accidents those living near the Strinestown-area structure remember years later. One resident remembers a crash on or near the bridge involved a large Greyhound Bus.
A Greyhound Bus out there in the middle of nowhere?… .
This photo shows one of two plaques, originally installed on either end of the Ganoga bridge across the Codorus Creek. Prominent York artist Charles Rudy designed the plaques. One is now at Boy Scout Camp Tuckahoe. The other is with the York County Heritage Trust. (Photo courtesy of York County Heritage Trust.)
The road was once part of the Susquehanna Trail, touted as a smooth connector between Harrisburg and Baltimore and even between Niagara Falls, N.Y., and Washington D.C.
When it opened in 1926, it split Boy Scout Camp Ganoga into two.
The book "On My Honor" says the bridge bore bronze plaques of an Indian profile, later moved to Camp Tuckahoe.
It contained 12 light standards representing the 12 Scout laws.
Interstate 83 replaced it as the main north-south thoroughfare through the county, and the bridge appears largely deserted today.
About a third of those light fixtures remain, and they're broken almost beyond recognition.
The scouts outgrew the camp, and it closed in 1945.
A private residence covers at least part of the camp's former 84-acre expanse.
A motorist can try to enter the old camp by passing under the old bridge.
But a sign warns visitors against venturing very far onto the ground where the Scouts once roamed.
Check out Yorkblogger's Stephen H. Smith's post on Good Roads, of which the Susquehanna Trail was one!
Edited, 2/8/15.
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The name Zagoria originates from Slavic and means the area behind the mountains (Za-gora). It is a translation of the old name of the area (Paroraia) which a Slavic tribe, who lived here in the sixth century, used.
The Zagoria consist of 46 villages with 3,000 permanent inhabitants in the Pindus mountains in Northwest Greece. The natural borders are in the South formed by the Mitsikeli mountain, in the North by the river Aoos, in the East by the Lingos mountainrange and in the West by the mountain Timfi.
The Zagoria are geographically separated into three areas: Central, West and North with respectively twenty, ten and sixteen villages.
The Zagoria villages have a unique architectural style which was based on the presence of natural stone and wood in the nearby area. The old stone houses, built by first class stone workers, had to face difficult weather conditions and attacks from outside. In all the Zagoria villages, the village square is the center of the village. The largest church and the village school are located in the immediate vicinity of the little square and all the cobbled alleys and streets meet here. The churches and monasteries have their own style and take us back in time. The entrance has often a low ceiling so that in former times conquerors could not enter on horseback into the holy place as was used to.
The national park Vikos-Aoos-Drimos was founded in 1973 with the aim of protecting the rich flora and fauna. It stretches from the Vikos gorge down to the banks of the river Aoos and the nearby area of the mountain Timfis. Drimos is a natural phenomenon of geological forms that has to be seen to be believed. Like the abyss Provatina, the second in the world with a depth of 407 metres.
The rich fauna of the Drimopark includes even today many types of amphibians, snakes, birds and mammals for example the brown bear (Ursus Arctos), wild boar (Sus Crofa), the wolf (Canis Lupus), the wild gems (Rupicarpa Balanika) and the otter (Lutra Lutra).The Drimos park is also rich in flora. With the awakening of spring the forests, rocks and slopes are filled with beautiful colors and scents of wild flowers. More than 1,700 species are found in this park. Five endemic species cannot be found else in the world and a large number is important for scientific purposes.
The Vikos gorge is one of the deepest canyons in the world, which reaches a depth of 900 metres in several places.


Last September, shortly after Equifax disclosed a massive data breach, regulatory agencies moved quickly to adopt regulations intended to better protect consumers from data breaches. Last week, Congress took a first step toward codifying such protections.
Effective as of July 12, 2016, the European Union has implemented the new US-EU Privacy Shield (the "Privacy Shield"). The Privacy Shield permits US organizations to self-certify that they meet the requirements for protecting Europeans' personal data ("EU Data"), allowing them to receive such data from EU organizations. The Privacy Shield is designed to replace the former US-EU Safe Harbor (the "Safe Harbor"), which was invalidated in a case decided by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") in October of last year.


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World's Northernmost Coral Reef Discovered in Japan
By Crystal Gammon 30 July 2012
Coral reefs discovered off the coast of Japan's Tsushima Island are the northernmost coral reef ever found on Earth. The discovery was announced in July 2012.
(Image: © Kaoru Sugihara)
When you think of coral reefs, you probably picture scuba divers gliding through warm, crystal-clear waters. And for the most part, you'd be right: more than 90 percent of the world's coral reefs are located in the tropics.
Now researchers in Japan have found what is — so far — the world's northernmost coral reef. Located off the coast of Tsushima Island at 34 degrees north latitude, the newly discovered reef is far different from other coral reefs and is 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of most others in the region.
"Coral reefs have been believed to develop under warm-water settings — at least 18 degrees Celsius [64 degrees Fahrenheit] in winter. This setting is 13 degrees Celsius in winter [55 degrees Fahrenheit], which is unbelievably low," Hiroya Yamano, a researcher at Japan's National Institute for Environmental Studies, told OurAmazingPlanet. "The species, and thus seascape, is completely different from normal reefs."
Unfriendly waters
A team led by Yamano found a similar reef off the coast of Japan's Iki Island in 2001, and until now, that reef was the planet's northernmost. The newfound Tsushima Island reef is 43 miles (70 km) north of the Iki Island reef. [Images: Dazzling World of Coral, Unveiled]
Yamano's team tracked down this reef after poring over old manuscripts and interviewing local residents. Their sleuthing paid off, and they eventually found the 4,300-year old reef in one of Tsushima's murky inner bays.
"The water in this bay is basically turbid" — cloudy with lots of suspended particles — "and water temperatures are low, especially in winter," Yamano said.
Both of those qualities make life difficult for most corals. But this reef is composed of a genus of corals called Favia, a massive brown coral type. Most reefs are made up of corals from the genus Acropora, which can be a variety of colors and grow in branching or platelike polyps. Favia species tend to tolerate cold, turbid waters better than Acropora do, Yamano said.
So why did this reef start building itself in such an unfriendly environment? The team isn't sure, but Yamano thinks the Tsushima Warm Current, a stream of warm water flowing along the northwestern coast of Japan, probably helped transport coral larvae northward into the turbid inner bays of Iki and Tsushima islands. Yamano thinks there may be many more undiscovered reefs in similar settings throughout the region.
Changing species, changing climate?
Reefs like this one might help researchers measure ecosystem changes in warming oceans.
Although the Tsushima and Iki reefs both formed in very cold waters and predominantly house Favia coral species, Acropora corals have begun settling near the reefs over the last 20 years. Comparing coral species in older parts of the reef to newly arrived corals might help scientists determine how climate change and warming waters are affecting these reef ecosystems, Yamano said.
His team's findings were published online July 12 in the journal Geology.
This story was provided by OurAmazingPlanet, a sister site to LiveScience. Follow OurAmazingPlanet on Twitter @OAPlanet. We're also on Facebook and Google+.
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when I'm sleeping, and even then, is always on the run.
laid back me to come in and save her from time to time.
me is that sweet kid. And I am telling her later.
that brief half hour, I was both mes. Two for one.
Don't call a shrink. You don't fool me for a minute.
just plain did not work, and then I kept working.
also not finished, but I think I'll do another one.
Labels: split personality. working very hard. happy as a tick.
Love this post! I know exactly what you mean about being "other" selves. I have finally come into a peaceful existence with all 4 of mine.
I did not know that Stephen was your boyfriend. But in any case this "man" cannot possibly be him -- can he?
Days of clarity it seems to me follow a good sleep, not always possible when you're excited out of your trees.
It seems today I've actually had enough sleep to have a head on my shoulders. A comforting condition.
First, a great drawing; like a courtroom study.
Second, I DO know exactly what you're talking about; you could have written it about me (And we may still have to call in a shrink).
Lastly, that 'real me' is working on an answer to your yesterday's question...but "later sweetie, after I just get this one thing done."
LOVE this drawing. And so love your writing!
You're lucky to have the reunion of noggin and shoulders. I've had "find brain" on my list a long time now.
explanations of how to do things for all of us luddites.
paintbrush is in the middle of something big, and not resolved enough to display. Here's to the good old pen.
hard to find. I should put that on my list. But I know it's right under the skull, because I urge my students not to bungie jump, because it hurts that thing -- G force of a car accident. In my brain the two halves are in concert on occasion. Very happy days result. I think sleep is a huge factor.
Stop whirring brain, and sleep.


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Q: How to create a single login service to use it in multiple sites ? (similar to Google, Microsoft Account) I want to implement login system where same user account can be used to login in different web applications. How can I achieve this ? I want to make a similar architecture to Google and Microsoft Account where different services can be used using the same account.
I will be working in ASP.NET MVC for this.

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Have a look here, there's lots of documentation for various scenarios.
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ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR)-- Two local moms celebrated the premiere of their new show on Nickelodeon last night. The show, "MFF: Mom Friends Forever", follows the lives of Judi Diamond and Kate Frisina-White as they juggle their work, kids and relationships.
The premiere was held last night at Copia on Washington Avenue and Fox 2's Randi Naughton, who makes appearances in a couple of episodes, caught up with the ladies on their big night.
The show is being produced by St. Louis' own "Coolfire Originals"; the same company that produces the "Welcome to Sweetie Pies" show on Oprah's 'OWN Network'. Be on the lookout, "MFF: Mom Friends Forever" premieres on Nickelodeon Jr. on October 1st.


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All change again - The Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure Bill
Michelle Perring
Following a swathe of political ping pong, the much anticipated Housing And Planning Bill received Royal Assent on 12 May 2016.
On receiving Royal Assent, Housing and Planning Minister Brandon Lewis said:
"Our landmark Housing and Planning Act will help anyone who aspires to own their own home achieve their dream. It will increase housing supply alongside home ownership building on the biggest affordable house building program since the 1970s. The act will contribute to transforming generation rent into generation buy, helping us towards achieving our ambition of delivering 1 million new homes."
To a certain degree we will have to wait and see how the Act will operate in reality and this will become apparent in the publication of the regulations. It is anticipated that the regulations will be published over the summer.
After the excitement of the Housing and Planning Act we could be forgiven for thinking that matters relating to planning may have settled for a little while, but this is not the case. Less than a week after the Housing and Planning bill gained Royal Assent, the government are continuing their quest to "reform planning and give local communities more power and control to shape their own area so that we build more houses" through the introduction of the Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure bill. The Neighbourhood Planning and Infrastructure bill was unveiled in the Queen's Speech on 18 May 2016. A summary of the key proposals set out in the bill are set out below:
1. Neighbourhood planning
The proposals seek to strengthen neighbourhood planning by making local government duty to support groups more transparent, and improving the process for reviewing and updating plans.
The proposals have been welcomed by the British Property Federation; Chief executive Melanie Leech said: "We are very pleased to see this included in the bill, as neighbourhood planning has proved to be an extremely effective tool for ensuring that development is brought about in a way that is supported by local communities and meets their needs."
The briefing note issued in support of the bill discussed the overuse of pre-commencement conditions which are seen to slow down the planning process. The briefing note suggests that planning conditions will only be used where they are "absolutely necessary". Whilst this amendment will be welcomed by many, it will be interesting to see how this operates in practice.
3. Compulsory purchase
The bill would make the compulsory order process "clearer, fairer and faster for all those involved". The focus is on creating a new statutory framework for agreeing compensation, with the "fundamental principle that compensation should be based on the market value of the land".
4. National Infrastructure Commission
The Bill has introduced proposals to establish the National Infrastructure Commission "on a statutory basis"
Commission Chair of the National Infrastructure Commission, Lord Adonis said:
"I strongly welcome the government's announcement that it will make the National Infrastructure Commission statutory and independent. This is a major advance for infrastructure planning in Britain and will give the commission the power it needs to do its work."
The proposals are intended to create a statutory body that can provide government with expert, independent advice on infrastructure issues to unlock economic potential and increase growth across the country.
We will follow the progress of the Bill and wait to see if the political 'ping pong' that we saw throughout the Housing and Planning Act's passage through the Houses of Lords and Commons happens again.
Inheritance Tax and Estate Planning
Protecting the family business from life changes
Being in business is not easy, but when the impact of a relationship breakup or death is thrown into the mix, it can put the business at risk.
No will - so what for businesses?
There is a fairly widespread, misplaced belief that it's unnecessary to go to the trouble and expense of preparing a Will.
Inheritance Tax – Time for Change?
The UK Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) has currently turned its attention to inheritance tax (IHT).


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Vanessa and Jazz (Shadowpins Jazz Marazz) remained #1 in Miniature Pinscher rankings for AKC agility, year ending June 30, 2018. They competed at the 2018 AKC Agility Invitationals in Orlando again and remain #1 in Agility in Miniature Pinscher Club of America rankings.
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> > "using" into C#.
> references to it have disappeared?
I never had such a desire.
> > wouldn't blame a wrong (read: C++) context as a cause for that).
> finaliser, what problems do people have?
Referencing other objects from a finalizer.


Richmond Book Signing Friday November 2, 2012 – Jonathan Wakefield's 'Saving America' | Virginia Right!
I have had the privilege of meeting Jonathan Wakefield on numerous occasions. He is an important ally in the fight for the survival of America. Jon is a Christian first, a family man and all 'round nice guy.
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Stop in and he will be glad to sign a book for you.
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Pay and benefits: It's right there in black and white
By Phil Piemonte
| October 4, 2011
The general press sure gets a lot of mileage out of federal pay and benefits.
Over the years, the general press has gotten a lot of mileage out of federal pay and benefits -- and helped turn fed-bashing into a national sport.
Take USA Today, for example. Back at the end of 2009, it ran the headline: "For feds, more get 6-figure salaries."
A couple of months later, it published this story: "Federal pay ahead of private industry."
Five months after that: "Federal workers earning double their private counterparts,"
Over succeeding months, as more media and politicians bellied up to the news trough, the publication occasionally stoked the fire: "More federal workers' pay tops $150,000," and "Some federal workers more likely to die than lose jobs."
The most recent headline from their pages, if you have not seen it, summarizes the findings of USA Today's latest analysis: "Federal retirement plans almost as costly as Social Security."
The story furnishes numbers to support its case. But as a professor of our acquaintance once said: "Anyone can come up with a number. The question is: What does it mean?"
For example, this latest article lays federal retirement costs up against Social Security costs: "In all, the government committed more money to the 10 million former public servants last year than the $690 billion it paid to 54 million Social Security beneficiaries."
That's a lot of numbers to parse out. But in this case, before even asking what the numbers mean, one might ask: What does "committed" mean? Does it mean allocated? Paid? Spent? Invested? A combination? Was the entire amount expended? Does the amount "committed to" feds include/not include Social Security (for FERS retirees) and Medicare?
In short, it's not entirely clear. At the same time, the subtext of stories like these seems entirely clear: Feds are the "haves" and the rest of the folks out there are the "have nots."
Unfortunately, average consumers of news—if there are such people—usually haven't had their brains crammed full of seminars on advanced statistics and communications analysis by professors like the one mentioned above. On the other hand, their knees jerk quite readily when they see information like this.
But there might be a trace of good news. While stories about "overpaid" feds continue to pop up in the media (to be amplified by some politicians), from our perch here it seems that each new story raises a bit less public indignation than the one before.
Maybe the story has run its course for most members of the public, who probably have little real concern about what your pay or benefits are. After all, their real worries pertain to their own pay and benefits, not yours.
Regrettably for feds, some members of Congress are determined to hang onto that story line long after the headlines fade.
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Vinnie is joined by singers Ed Terry (Rage And Beyond, American Mafia), Keith Slack (MSG, Mother Road), Mike DiMeo (Riot) and Brian Stephenson (Old James) on this half vocal half instrumental album. This is his first solo release that features vocals. Band members include Richie Monica (Billy Cox, Papa Chubby, Tantric) on drums, Michael Bean and Pete Griffin (Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa) on Bass, John Cassidy on Keyboards, and John Pessoni on Drums.. I knew right away that I wanted to collaborate with a few different vocalists I have known or worked with over the years. Keith Slack and Mike DiMeo quickly came to mind. I have known Keith for more than 20 years and we have always talked about working together. Mike has toured with me in the past as vocalist and keyboardist, so he was an obvious choice. Brian Stephenson opened for me on a tour in 2016 with his band Old James, I liked his voice and lyrics and knew he would be a good guy to collaborate with. Ed Terry and I were on a track together a couple years back. I really dug his voice and ideas and knew I wanted to work with him. The only good thing about the world being shut down for months is that it gave me the time I needed to put this thing all together. It was a big undertaking. In between recording guitars, I would shift gears and go into phases where I sang and sketched out lyrics. It took some thought to decide which singer I wanted to be on which song. After that, I sent out the recordings with and without vocals and told everyone to be creative whether that meant totally following their own inspiration or using any of my ideas. In the end both things happened."
Double Exposure (Uk)
Artist: Vinnie Moore
1. Vertical Horizon
3. Still Waters Run Deep
4. Paid My Dues
5. River Flow
6. Hummingbird
7. Astro Man
8. Breaking Through
9. In Too Deep
10. Rocket
11. One Day
12. Southern Highway


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Wine Grape Cheat Sheets: Grenache
The Soundbyte: Grenache (technically Grenache Noir) might just be the most popular "wing man" in the world of wine. By that I mean that while Grenache is certainly capable of starring in varietal wines, it is one of the world's most popular partners in a red wine blend.
In Spain, Grenache is often blended with Tempranillo, Cinsault, and a host of other grapes. Grenache is one of the three amigos (Grenache-Syrah- Mourvèdre) of the Rhône Blend (otherwise known as G-S-M), while also playing a part in some of the more complex (ie., 13-grapes-or-even-more) wines of the Rhône. Grenache is also made into dessert and fortified wines, and makes a world-class rosé.
Typical Attributes of a Grenache-based Wine:
A typical varietal wine made with Grenache might be described as soft on the palate, relatively high in alcohol and with aromas of spice and berries.
The texture of Grenache has been described as "rustic" or "fleshy".
The grape tends to be thin-skinned and low in both color and tannin, however, these factors can vary depending on vineyard conditions and winemaking; some Grenache packs a powerful tannic punch.
In addition to varietals, Grenache is used in fortified wines, dessert wines, and delightful rosés; but its most common incarnation is as the backbone of hearty red blends.
Typical Aromas of a Grenache Based Wine:
Fruity: Blackberry, Blueberry, Strawberry, Cranberry, Currant, Cherry, Raisin, Plum
Spicy: Black Pepper, Menthol, Licorice
Earthy: Wet Earth, Leather, Forest Floor, Bramble, Tobacco, Smoke, Leather
Floral: Roses, Dried Rose Petals, Violet
Oak-Derived: Chocolate, Mocha, Cocoa, Vanilla, Sweet Wood
Where The Best Grenache is Grown:
In France's Rhône Valley, especially the Southern Rhône, where it is the super star grape of Châteauneuf-du-Pape , Gigondas, and Rasteau. Typically, it plays a leading role in the blended red wines of the Southern Rhône.
The grape is part of the blend that is used to produce many delightful rosés throughout the Southern Rhône, including Lirac and Tavel.
Also in France, Grenache is grown in Provence, Rouissillon, Languedoc, Minervois, Fitou, and Corbières. It is also the leading variety of certain fortified wines in produced in Banyuls and Maury.
In Spain, where it is among the most widely planted red grapes in the country, the grape is called "Garnacha". Garnacha is main variety in Pirorat and Campo de Borja; and plays a role in the wines of Rioja, Navarra, Somontano, Catalonia, and La Mancha.
Australia, where it makes some awesome varietals, including my favorite, d'Arenberg's McLaren Vale "The Custodian" Grenache.
California, where it has historically been grown in San Joaquin Valley and is now produced in many other regions such as Santa Barbara and Paso Robles.
Washington State is also getting into Grenache.
Several regions throughout the south of Italy, particularly Sardinia, where it stars in the wine known as Cannonau di Sardegna.
Beef, Lamb, Veal, Venison, Pork, Hard Cheeses
Simple, rustic dishes, Grilled Foods
Tomatoes, Sun-dried Tomatoes, Tomato Sauces
Onions, Garlic, Mushrooms, Eggplant, Fennel, Roasted Bell Peppers
Green Olives, Black Olives, Capers, Green Peppercorns, Black Pepper
Rosemary, Thyme, Bay Leaf
Note: When it comes to food pairings, by all means—drink what you like!
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Vulnerabilities / Threats
Ericka Chickowski
Don't Underestimate Directory Traversal Attacks
Are attackers dot-dot-slashing their way into your data?
About as simple to fix as they are to exploit, directory traversal vulnerabilities stand as a persistent threat in the application environment. Yet it is one that many developers and even security teams are unaware can lead attackers to gain valuable information about how a system is organized, to get access to sensitive files on the application server, or even to easily leverage to start other attacks on that server or the rest of the network.
Perhaps not as favored as SQL injection, directory traversal attacks can wreak a lot of damage by taking advantage of the way applications access files not really meant to be accessed by that application.
"What a directory traversal attack is is an attempt to circumvent a URL or a request to a website by trying to get the application to point in the wrong direction," says Barry Shteiman, senior security strategist for Imperva, explaining that often all it takes is a well-placed "../" expression in a user-input field or, even within URLs in the case of RESTful Web services, for attackers to get a vulnerable app to allow them to climb the directory for unauthorized access. "A ../ to the server means, 'Let's go back a directory on the back-end server structure.' Every time you do that, the application climbs higher to a previous state."
[Did you miss Black Hat USA? See Dark Reading's Black Hat coverage to catch up the highlights from talks and research presented at the show.]
Using a directory traversal attack, which is also frequently referred to as path traversal, it's often possible for an attacker to go as far back as the C drive of the server. From there, the world is an attacker's oyster -- they can frequently steal information directly from there or use information they've gained to launch other attacks.
"When an app is vulnerable to this, it is commonly because it is not validating inputs or has a very old version of [Web server software] which does not enforce a bounded file system root location," says Scott Parcel, CTO of Cenzic. "Also it is easier to accept file names for some selections than to present a choice of mapped names. If accepting and using actual file names, different names and paths can be forced into the input and thus cause operations on files not indented to be referenced in this way."
According to Imperva's most recent "Web Application Attack Report," released last month, directory traversal attacks against retail Web applications made up 31 percent of the attacks compared to the eight most prevalent types of attacks, and they made up 36 percent of attacks against all other industries' Web apps. In retail, that number lagged behind a whopping 53 percent of SQL injection attacks, but in other verticals it even led SQLi, which only made 27 percent of attacks. Meanwhile, secure hosting firm FireHost also reported last month in its Superfecta attack statistics about four major attacks it commonly blocks -- XSS, directory traversal, cross-site request forgery, and SQL injection -- directory traversal ranked second behind XSS, making up 23 percent of the 9.8 million attacks blocked from these four major categories using its IP Reputation Management system.
And according to Chris Wysopal, CTO and co-founder of Veracode, three years of data from more than 20,000 applications the firm has tested have found that applications with one or more directory flaws is at 49 percent and has been steady during those years.
"Directory traversal is actually the vulnerability developers fix the least, even when they know it is in their app," Wysopal says. "Developers either don't understand the risks of directory traversal or don't see much risk in it. On the contrary, directory traversal vulnerabilities that can be used to access files that should remain confidential can also be used to modify files on the application server."
As organizations seek to mitigate the threat of these attacks, input validation is crucial, says Parcel.
"Validation should check not only for prefix characters, such as "../..", but for a limited enumeration of indirect names," he says. "In general, accepting actual file names from Web inputs should be avoided unless that part of the application is intentionally presenting the concept of files as entities that users are manipulating, such as would be the case for Google Drive Web pages."
Meanwhile, Web application firewalls can be used to catch common phrases used, but organizations have to be careful they don't break apps because coders frequently hard-wire directory traversal right into their apps, Shteiman says.
"A lot of developers in the world, just for means of convenience, embed directory traversal into their code," he says, explaining that they may use coding shortcuts to avoid having to do painstaking changes to file names when application or system versions change. "It makes mitigation just a little bit harder because you can't really do a signature on it. If the application is written this way, you're going to have a false positive, and then you just kept your application from working."
Have a comment on this story? Please click "Add Your Comment" below. If you'd like to contact Dark Reading's editors directly, send us a message. Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading. View Full Bio


I'm on MMO hiatus, recovering from burnout, but LoTRO is the one game that tempts me. It's mostly for the crafting, and farming particularly.
All Hobbits, and me, share a love of things that grow.
Wow. How long does it take for those to grow?
The crops grow at the ultra-realistic speed of instantly.
I'd buy on for a $.
I haven't even started growing pipeweed, let alone getting into the cross-breeding involved. I really enjoy the farming, I just wish it was more involved. I'd love to clear stones from the field, pick weeds, have the crops take a little longer to grow, etc.
Just what we need, a more robust farming simulation. I don't know whether to applaud or cry at this suggestion.
I should have used "a little" in there. I'm not looking for a farm sim, just a little more than the current instant crop system. I enjoy it as is, maybe I should just be happy.
IIRC, there is a special crop you can plant during the summer festival which you won't be able to harvest until the autumn festival.
@Thosel: That's right. You can plant black mushrooms in summer, then get a Black Mushroom Pot (to decorate your house with) in autumn.
Farming in LotRO is a lot of fun. Cross-breeding can be a little slow at first, but it does make the experience more interesting. The only downside to the who process is that it is rather costly.
You people are nuts. Awesomely, charmingly nuts. But clearly nuts.


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The RCG held our customary 'open mic', with an impromptu speakout on Waterloo Bridge after Class War and others broke through police cordons to protest against a car from the yuppie estate agent Foxtons. From then on the march spilled out over the whole road, temporarily bringing traffic to a halt.
There was a justifiable anger against the vicious, greedy conservative government over the Bill amongst all those on the march – many of them social housing tenants drawn into political action for the first time. However, as the speakers from the RCG, and from Architects for Social Housing pointed out at the opening rally, the Housing and Planning Bill is just one part of the sustained assault on social housing. As those of us who have been involved in campaigns over housing in Labour boroughs such as Newham, Southwark and Lambeth know to our cost, much of the destruction of working class estates is already being carried out under Labour council 'regeneration' plans. That is why the RCG carried a placard denouncing Labour's social cleansing in London, and why Class War handed out posters of the many many Labour councils involved in social cleansing in London.
So we have to ask: will the Labour supporters who carried banners on the march and the Labour MPs such as Diane Abbott and John McDonnell who spoke at the rally at the end actually stand up for social housing and against the sell-off of working class estates? Will they call for non-implementation of all aspects of the Bill? And will they support the local campaigns from Focus E15 in Newham to Save Cressingham Gardens in Lambeth in their stance against their own local councils? The fight against the Housing and Planning Bill is a vital one, but it is just one battle in the war to defend secure, affordable and decent housing for all.


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Q: SqlCommand doesn't UPDATE and DELETE database when used in ASP.NET I am having trouble with UPDATE and DELETE data in database when working with ASP.NET web form, the code work well with Windows form so I don't know what I did wrong. The code is suppose to update the Gridview with new edited data but when I click edit button, nothing happen to the gridview as well as the datatable.
This is just an exercise that there is no security requirement so I just want to know how to make it work first.
protected void Edit_btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
        if (sqlCon.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
        {
            sqlCon.Open();
        }

        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
        command.Connection = sqlCon;

        command.CommandText = ("UPDATE WareHouse SET [Name] = '" + Name_Field.Text + "' WHERE [Number] = '" + selectedName + "'");
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        command.CommandText = ("UPDATE WareHouse SET [Number] = '" + Number_Field.Text + "' WHERE [Number] = '" + selectedName + "'");
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        command.CommandText = ("UPDATE WareHouse SET [Storage] = '" + Storage_Field.Text + "' WHERE [Number] = '" + selectedName + "'");
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        command.CommandText = ("UPDATE WareHouse SET [Shelf] = '" + Shelf_Field.Text + "' WHERE [Number] = '" + selectedName + "'");
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        command.CommandText = ("UPDATE WareHouse SET [Brand] = '" + Brand_Field.Text + "' WHERE [Number] = '" + selectedName + "'");
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        SqlDataAdapter ad = new SqlDataAdapter("SELECT * FROM WareHouse", sqlCon);
        DataTable ds = new DataTable();
        ad.Fill(ds);                    // Fill t with data from Adapter a

        GridView1.DataSource = ds; // Get data from Source t
        GridView1.DataBind();
    }

and for delete data
    protected void Remove_btn_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (sqlCon.State == ConnectionState.Closed)
        {
            sqlCon.Open();
        }

        SqlCommand command = new SqlCommand();
        command.Connection = sqlCon;
        command.CommandText = "DELETE FROM WareHouse WHERE [Name] = '" + Name_Field.Text + "' AND [Number] = '" + selectedNumber + "' AND [Storage] = '" + selectedStorage + "' AND [Shelf] = '" + selectedShelf + "' AND [Brand] = '" + selectedBrand + "'";
        command.ExecuteNonQuery();

        clear();
        showData();
    }

Aside these 2 function, there are other two that do adding and searching from database which also use SqlCommand and they work fine without problem. Is there any problem with my query?

A: Storage, Shelf and Brand wouldn't be updated since you are updating [Number] to have the value of Number_Field.Text and then comparing with selectedName in where clause.
It will help you a great deal to put all this SQL code in SP with parameters and call it from ASP.Net code.

A: Ok.I also faced this issue back when I was learning ASP.NET.
But i had a little different env.
I had a datagrid to play with and any updates in datagrid content should reflect back in DB table upon clicking update button.
So I had below query to populate the grid.
Try
        Dim UpperCase As String = UCase(HostnameTextBox.Text)

        Dim sql As String = "select * from HOST_DETAILS where upper(HOSTNAME) like '%" + UpperCase + "%'"
        da = New OracleDataAdapter(sql, conn)
        ds.Clear()
        da.Fill(ds, "TEST")
        DataGridView1.DataSource = ds.Tables(0)
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString())
    End Try

And the below one to update the table on the Update button click.
conn.Open()

    Try
        Dim ocb As New OracleCommandBuilder
        ocb = New OracleCommandBuilder(da)
        da.Update(ds, "TEST")
        MessageBox.Show("Information Updated")
    Catch ex As Exception
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message.ToString())

    End Try
    conn.Close()

Also make sure DataAdapter da is global and is defined right after public class so it can be accessed from both.
   Dim da As New OracleDataAdapter

Hope this helps.


Increasingly Internet Service Providers (ISP's) are relying upon IP netblock filtering for access to their STMP server. For mobile device users, roaming away from high speed home DSL connections, or forced onto a different dial-up service while on the road. The SMTP filtering renders Pocket Outlook Inbox unable to transmit email onto the SMTP system. This guide outlined how to manually change the SMTP settings for Inbox account using the registry.
The impetus of this article is to suggest using importable .reg files to toggle between different ISP's and / or unauthenticated SMTP servers. The registry changes can be made ad-hoc using a registry editor if required, however for convenience the article assumes that the use is creating .reg files for import into the registry viewer.
Please note that the formatting for the .reg files used in this article is designed for use with Tascal RegEdit (TRE). The header line used by other Windows CE registry editors may differ.
The following example outlines a .reg file prepared for use with a dial-up ISP and two email accounts. The values printed in italics must be substituted with the exact configuration names for the E-mail accounts configured in Inbox, and for the Dial-up profile configured through Remote Networking.
Copy the template information below into a text editor and save as a .reg file. Once you have populated the field information, import the data via your Handheld PC's registry editor and test the SMTP relay capabilities through Inbox.
With thanks to Pavel Žampach for working with us on this article.


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Q: Why are Pokémon stacked on top of each other whenever I start?
I have installed the game recently, and in the start, this happens. Due to this, I can't choose my starter. Why is this happening and how can I fix it?

A: You need to activate the GPS position.


On Franz Kline: Black & White, 1950–1961 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Forty-odd years since the triumph of American painting (to borrow Irving Sandler's stirring phrase), Abstract Expressionism has been going through something of a reappraisal. Within the past few months there have been significant gallery and museum exhibitions devoted to artists linked with what is probably the most influential movement in twentieth-century American art. What is interesting about the cumulative impact of these shows is not that they constitute a critical re-evaluation—far from it. Rather, they serve as a confirmation of New York's one-time artistic pre-eminence. Such ego-boosting seems inevitable, and is it any wonder? The art world, having become accustomed to a cultural fatigue fueled by novelty and narcissism, may well be pining for—dare it be said?—art of substance.


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Ninove is een stad in de Belgische provincie Oost-Vlaanderen. De stad ligt aan de Dender in de Denderstreek en telt ongeveer 40.000 inwoners, die Ninovieters worden genoemd. De plaatselijke benaming van Ninove luidt Nienof.

Geschiedenis
Aan de site Doorn Noord werden resten van prehistorische grafheuvels gevonden . Er werden in Ninove ook Romeinse vondsten gedaan en Merovingische graven blootgelegd (Niepersveld). In 1137 vestigde de Abdij van Sint-Cornelius en Sint-Cyprianus er zich. In 2022 werden bij archeologische opgravingen de resten blootgelegd van de 12de-eeuwse romaanse kerk. Er werd ook een zegelstempel gevonden van broeder Balduinus.  In de 11de eeuw ontsond er tussen de twee Denderarmen ook een versterkt mottekasteel. Ninove behoorde toe aan de heren van Ninove-Herlinkhove en was onafhankelijk van Graafschap Vlaanderen tot in 1295 toen het werd verkocht aan graaf Gwijde van Dampierre (pas in 1794 werd het bij het Land van Aalst gevoegd). Hendrik van Vlaanderen, kleinzoon van Gwijde en heer van Ninove, verhief de plaats in 1339 tot stad en voorzag haar van een eigen schepenbank. De heerlijkheid van Ninove bleef echter aan het huis van Vlaanderen en daarna aan dat van Bourgondië. In 1452 belegerde Filips de Goede de stad, in 1483 Maximiliaan van Oostenrijk. Filips II van Spanje, titulaire graaf van Vlaanderen, verpandde Ninove in 1558 aan de hertog van Brunswijk en daarna aan de familie van Egmont. In 1580 namen de calvinistische geuzen onder leiding van François de La Noue de stad in tijdens de Nederlandse Opstand en namen er Filips van Egmont gevangen. Tijdens de Negenjarige Oorlog werd in 1692 en 1693 een militair kamp van de Grote Alliantie opgeslagen in Ninove met zo'n 60.000 soldaten. Tijdens de Oostenrijkse Successieoorlog in 1745 sloegen Franse soldaten een kamp op in Doorn-Noord. In de achttiende eeuw loste aartshertog Karel van Lorreinen, landvoogd van de Nederlanden, de pandschuld ten bedrage van 400.000 gulden in; bij zijn dood in 1780 werd de heerlijkheid en haar landerijen geërfd door zijn beide nichten, de abdis van Remiremont en de prinses-douairière van Espinoy. In de 19de eeuw werd Ninove een industriecentrum met onder andere luciferfabrieken.

Wortelkrabbers
De bewoners van Ninove kregen de bijnaam wortelkrabbers omdat, toen Aalst Ninove wilde binnenvallen, ze in plaats van de onvindbare sleutel een wortel gebruikt zouden hebben om de stadspoort af te sluiten. Er was echter een ezel ontsnapt die de wortel uit het slot wist te trekken en vervolgens heeft opgegeten en zo de stad prijsgaf aan de Aalstenaars. Sindsdien is de wortel het symbool van de stad en kan men hem onder meer in het logo van carnaval terugvinden en bij het gebruik van de wortelworp.

De Oudste, de Stoutste en de Wijste der Steden
Ninove werd door Antonius Sanderus beschreven als "de Oudste, de Stoutste en de Wijste der Steden". Hij schreef in zijn Flandria Illustrata: Ninive quattor habet portas. Hae portae, quamvis possint, vix umquam clauduntur: unde vulgari loco Ninove dicitur antiquissima, audaccissima, sapientissima. [Zoals Ninive heeft het vier poorten. Deze poorten, hoewel ze zouden kunnen, worden nauwelijks ooit gesloten: er wordt gezegd door het volk van Ninove, het oudste, stoutste en wijste te zijn.]

De stad werd de "oudste" genoemd omdat de naam Ninove sterk lijkt op die van de Assyrische en Bijbelse stad Ninive. Ze werd de "stoutste" genoemd omdat ze de aanvallende Aalstenaars met open poorten te lijf ging. Ze werd de "wijste" genoemd omdat het een der enige steden was die geen stadsnar had of betaalde. De tekst is ook terug te vinden op de borden aan de ingangen van Ninove.

Kernen
Ninove bestaat naast het stadscentrum nog uit de deelgemeenten Appelterre-Eichem, Aspelare, Denderwindeke, Lieferinge, Meerbeke, Nederhasselt, Neigem, Okegem, Outer, Pollare en Voorde. De wijk Lebeke heeft een eigen kerk op de grens van Outer en Denderhoutem. Herlinkhove is een verdwenen gemeente tussen Ninove en Outer.

Bron: ninove.be

Demografie

Demografische evolutie voor de fusie

Bron:NIS - Opm:1831 t/m 1970=volkstellingen op 31 december; 1976= inwonertal per 31 december

Demografische ontwikkeling van de fusiegemeente

Alle historische gegevens hebben betrekking op de huidige gemeente, inclusief deelgemeenten, zoals ontstaan na de fusie van 1 januari 1977.

Bronnen:NIS, Opm:1831 tot en met 1981=volkstellingen; 1990 en later= inwonertal op 1 januari

Bezienswaardigheden

 De decanale barokke Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Hemelvaartkerk is een beschermd monument
 De archeologische site achter de Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk (de grondvesten van de Premonstratenzer- of Norbertijnenabdij van Sint-Cyprianus en Sint-Cornelius die hier stond van 1137 tot 1823-1825)
 De Sint-Corneliuspoort (beschermd monument)
 De dekenij (beschermd monument)
 De gotische Koepoort (beschermd monument) is een restant van de middeleeuwse stadswallen en dateert uit de 14e eeuw
 De abdijpoort maakte eveneens deel uit van de stadswallen
 Het neoclassicistische Oud-Stadhuis (beschermd monument)
 Het Stadsmuseum
 Heemkundig Museum Pollare
Het beeld 'de lange weg' voor het oud stadhuis
 De kapel van het Onze-Lieve-Vrouwehospitaal, de 'hospitaalkerk' (beschermd monument)
 Het Huis Doremont op de Graanmarkt (beschermd monument)
 Het beeld van de Twijnster aan de Graanmarkt
 Het beeld van het 'Wortelmanneken' op de Centrumlaan voor winkelcentrum Ninia naar het ontwerp van Wilfried Willems
 het beeld van de marathonlopers op het plein voor het winkelcentrum Ninia
 Het Neigembos, natuurgebied Dendervallei Ninove en natuurgebied Beverbeekvallei
 De Dender en de ijzeren voetgangersbrug over de Dender, tussen Pollare en Eichem
 De 19e-eeuwse molen Ter Zeven Wegen
 Dingsken, een monument voor een overleden carnavalist aan de Koepoort

Vervoer
Op 1 december 1855 werd de spoorlijn Denderleeuw - Aat geopend met een station in Ninove. Hiermee was echter de hoofdstad Brussel vanuit Ninove alleen via een omweg en met overstap te bereiken. De buurtspoorwegen legden een rechtstreekse tramlijn van Brussel naar Ninove langs de huidige N8, vanaf 3 november 1898 tot de Burchtdam en vanaf 19 februari 1913 uitgebreid tot de Denderkaai. De tramlijn werd geëlektrificeerd tot aan de Burchtdam op 16 april 1927 en tot de Denderkaai op 31 december 1933. Vanaf 22 mei 1907 was er een tramlijn naar Leerbeek. Op 28 juni 1968 reed de elektrische tram voor het laatst naar Ninove en werd deze vervangen door een busdienst. De dieseltram naar Leerbeek reed op het laatst op 28 maart 1959. De plannen om een nieuwe tramlijn aan te leggen tussen Brussel en Ninove, langs de N8, zijn opgeborgen.

Ninove ligt ook aan de volgende gewestwegen

 N28 Ninove-Halle-Nijvel
 N8 Koksijde-Oudenaarde-Ninove-Brussel
 N405 Ninove-Denderleeuw-Aalst
 N45 Aalst-Ninove-Geraardsbergen (Idegem)
 N460 Aalst-Aspelare-Schendelbeke
 N255 Ninove-Herne-Edingen
 N207 Ninove-Roosdaal-Liedekerke

In Ninove stoppen verschillende buslijnen naar omliggende gemeenten en naar Brussel. Hieronder de buslijnen in Oost-Vlaanderen. Alle buslijnen passeren de halte Ninove-Centrum (nabij het Ninia Shopping Centrum). De meeste hebben hier hun eindhalte. Enkele lijnen eindigen aan het station.

Hieronder de buslijnen naar Vlaams-Brabant en Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest.

Gezondheidszorg

In Ninove ligt een van de drie campussen van het Onze-Lieve-Vrouwziekenhuis: het Medisch Centrum Onze-Lieve-Vrouw Ninove. Voor de fusie op 31 december 2001 was het al, samen met de campus Asse, het Fusieziekenhuis Heilig Hart Asse/Ninove. Daarvoor was dit het aparte Nieuw Ziekenhuis Ninove. Sinds de fusie in 2001 is de campus Ninove geen algemeen ziekenhuis meer. In het Medisch Centrum Ninove zijn er wel nog steeds raadplegingen, een dagziekenhuis, een operatiekwartier, een revalidatiecentrum, een dialysecentrum en een dienst voor medische beeldvorming.

Toerisme
Door de stad loopt onder meer de Denderroute zuid en Denderende steden.

Media
 Het regionale radiostation MIG zendt sinds 2018 via 106,2 MHz ook hits en regionale informatie uit ten behoeve van de inwoners van Ninove.
 Ninofmedia is een digitale krant waar regionaal nieuws wordt geplaatst.

Evenementen
 De zondag na Aswoensdag: Carnaval
 De maandag na Aswoensdag: Wettelmonjdag
 Eind november: plechtige intrede van Sinterklaas met de stoomboot

Carnaval
Het carnaval in Ninove werd gesticht in 1960. In Ninove zijn verschillende carnavalsinstanties zoals de Koninklijke Karnavalraad VZW, De Stedelijke Feestcommissie, De Prinsencaemere en de Ridders in de Wortelorde. Opvallend is ook dat de jongensscouts van Ninove "De Skoeten"  het meeste aantal carnavalsdeelnames heeft (sinds 1963). Deze jeugdbeweging heeft ook een eigen officiële prins VT en start reeds op vrijdag met Carnaval, vandaar de bijnaam "De Vrijdagstarters".

Politiek

Structuur
De gemeente Ninove ligt in het kieskanton Ninove in het provinciedistrict Geraardsbergen, het kiesarrondissement Aalst-Oudenaarde en de kieskring Oost-Vlaanderen.

College van burgemeester en schepenen

Burgemeesters

Gemeenteraad
In 2019 vormen Open Vld, Samen en 1 onafhankelijk lid een bestuursmeerderheid met 17 van de 33 zetels.

De huidige zetelverdeling (tot 31/12/2024):
 Forza Ninove (Vlaams Belang): 15 zetels
 Open VLD: 9 zetels
 Samen (CD&V, Vooruit en Groen): 7 zetels
 N-VA: 1 zetel
 1 onafhankelijke

Ninove was bij de lokale verkiezingen van 2012 een vreemde eend in de bijt, omdat de lijst van Vlaams Belanger Guy D'haeseleer hier de grootste werd. Overal elders in Vlaanderen verloor deze partij sterk.
Op 17 december 2012 verklaarde de Kiescommissie de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van de stad ongeldig. Aanleiding was een Facebookbericht van Guy D'haeseleer waarin hij zijn kiezers opriep om hem een foto te zenden van elke uitgebrachte stem op zijn naam. Elke foto zou dan vergoed worden door een bierconsumptie. Op 14 februari 2013 oordeelde de Raad van State echter dat herverkiezingen niet nodig waren.
Ook bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 2018 werd Forza Ninove de grootste partij, nu met ruim 40% van de stemmen. Dit bemoeilijkt de coalitievorming omdat de andere partijen weigeren met Guy D'Haeseleer samen te werken. Tegenover de 15 zetels van Forza Ninove was er een verdeelde oppositie van 18 zetels. Als die oppositie besluit samen te werken vormt zij de meerderheid. De N-VA wachtte nog af waar ze mee de meerderheid ging vormen, maar raakte verdeeld. Joost Arents van de N-VA besloot mee te stappen in een monsterverbond van 17 zetels meerderheid tegen een minderheid van 16 zetels waaronder de 15 zetels van Forza Ninove en de overblijvende zetel van de verdeelde N-VA.

Resultaten gemeenteraadsverkiezingen sinds 1976
De zetels die de meerderheidscoalitie vormen zijn vetjes afgedrukt. De grootste partij is in kleur.Bronnen: 1976-2000: Verkiezingsdatabase Binnenlandse Zaken2006-2012: www.nieuwsblad.be: Verkiezingsuitslagen 2012 en www.vlaanderenkiest.be: Gegevens 2012(*) 1976: PVDA / 1988: KPB / 2012: Wij-Partij voor gehandicapten / 2018: Uw Alternatief (1,4%), Anders+PVG (0,8%)(**) De zetelverdeling voor dit jaar ontbreekt of is onvolledig op de verkiezingsdatabase.

Onderstaande grafiek toont de evolutie van de zetelaantallen binnen de Ninoofse gemeenteraad.

Sport
Voetbalclub KVK Ninove is aangesloten bij de KBVB en speelde er meer dan drie decennia in de nationale reeksen, waaronder tien jaar in Derde Klasse. Verder spelen ook K Eendracht Appelterre-Eichem, SK Lebeke-Aalst, VC Osta Meerbeke, VK Nederhasselt, VK Jong Neigem, FC Panters Okegem, SV Voorde en KV Eendracht Winnik in de Ninoofse deelgemeenten.

Ninove heeft ook een rijk volleybalverleden. Momenteel kan je hiervoor nog terecht bij volleybalclub Mevoc Meerbeke, beachvolleybalclub NinoBeach en volleybalclub Vokajap.

Dender Hockey is de enige actieve hockeyclub in Ninove en is de grootste sportclub van Ninove.

Stedenbanden
  Deszk (Hongarije), sinds 2003

Bekende Ninovieters

Geboren en/of opgegroeid in Ninove

 Johannes Despauterius (1480-1520), schreef een Latijnse grammatica
 Léon Moeremans (1861-1937), componist en muziekpedagoog
 Paul de Mont (1895-1950), toneelschrijver (staatsprijswinnaar), politicus en journalist
 Frans Hemerijckx (1902-1969), geneesheer, 'dokter der melaatsen'
 Luc De Decker (1907-1982), kunstschilder
 Gustaaf De Ville (1914-1979), politicus
 Fernand De Mont (1926-1991), dirigent
 Arthur Luysterman (1932), 29e bisschop van het bisdom Gent (1991-2003)
 Willy Roggeman (1934), schrijver (staatsprijswinnaar) en jazzmusicus
 Harold Van de Perre (1937), kunstenaar en kunsthistoricus
 Theo Vanderpoorten (1941-2016), componist en dirigent
 Jan Van Der Smissen (1944-1995), kunstschilder
 Rudi Simon (1945), atleet
Jacques Timmermans (1945-2021), politicus
 Jean Dufaux (1949), stripscenarist
 Marijn Devalck (1951), zanger, presentator, acteur
 Herman Mignon (1951), atleet
 Hilde Nijs (1951), beeldend kunstenares
 Roel Richelieu Van Londersele (1952), auteur
 Rudy De Leeuw (1953), syndicalist
 Marc De Blander (1959), atleet
 Jo Van Damme (1959), tv-presentator en schrijver
 Franky Van Der Elst (1961), voetballer
 Johan Evenepoel (1965), componist
 Bart Maris (1965), jazzmuzikant, trompettist
 Annemie Turtelboom (1967), politica
 Catherine De Bolle (Aalst, 1970), sedert 2 mei 2018 Directeur van Europol ( voorheen:Commissaris-generaal van de Federale Politie van 1 maart 2012)
 Werner De Smedt (1970), acteur
 Barbara De Jonge (1974), actrice
 Christoff De Bolle (1976), charmezanger en radiopresentator
 Lindsay De Bolle (1978), charmezangeres
 Wesley Sonck (1978), voetballer
 Kevin Van der Perren (1982), kunstschaatser
 Laurens De Plus (1995), wielrenner
 Siebe Van der Heyden (1998), voetballer

Ereburgers

 Frans Hemerijckx (1902-1969), geneesheer, ereburger sinds 28 augustus 1953
 Arthur Luysterman (1932), bisschop van Gent, ereburger sinds 24 november 1990
 August Liessens (1894-1954), componist en musicus, ereburger sinds 28 augustus 1953
 Hendrik Vangassen (1896-1968), taalkundige en auteur, beschreef de geschiedenis van Ninove, ereburger sinds 14 februari 1960
 Rudy Van Snick (1956), bergbeklimmer, ereburger sinds 28 juni 1990
 Hans Van Laethem (1960), belleman van de stad Ninove, ereburger sinds 27 oktober 2005, nadat hij werd verkozen tot wereldbelleman
 Catherine De Bolle (Aalst, 1970), Ex-korpchef van de stad Ninove, ereburger sinds 28 april 2018, nadat ze verkozen werd tot topvrouw van Europol
 Wesley Sonck
Kevin Van der Perren

Foto's

Zie ook
 Station Ninove
 Lijst van onroerend erfgoed in Ninove

Bibliografie
 , Geschiedenis van Ninove, Ninove, Uitgeverij De Toren/ Drukkerij Anneessens, 1949.

Externe links
 Website van de stad
 Dender Hockey
 KVK Ninove
 Ninofmedia

Plaats in Oost-Vlaanderen

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