August, to most of us in the Western World, is the 8th month on the Gregorian calendar. Formerly called Sextilis in Latin, it was renamed August, in honour of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus Caesar – Augustus actually named the month after himself. Sextilis was the sixth month on the Roman calendar, which started the year in March. Those of you whose birthdays are in August, your flower is the poppy; your birthstone is the peridot.
Those of you who have read the March issue of KaTsZoNe and therefore, recall my "Irish roots" will hopefully indulge me when I say that on the Irish calendar, August is known as Lunasa and August 1st is regarded as the first day of Autumn.
Your birthdays/anniversary – What happened on that day in history?
I love finding out what happened on a particular day in history and famous people born on the day when I was born or when someone I know was born. Since I know the most people born in August, I thought this might be cool to list.
If you wind up being a contestant on "Jeopardy", remembering these facts could come in handy! So, check out the birthdates of your friends and family.
So much more famous birthdays, of course. So, check out the website at: http://www.famousbirthdays.com/.
Interestingly, when I type in my full name, it reveals that my number is 3 – which has always been my favourite and rather lucky number. How accurate is this? Well, it says that the characteristics of #3 include expression, verbalization, socialization, the arts, the joy of living. An expression of #3 produces a quest for destiny with words along a variety of lines that may include writing, speaking, singing, acting or teaching; entertainers, writers, litigators, teachers, salesmen, and composers. So, how accurate is this? Well, the only thing I haven't tried is acting. I'm not a litigator, but, I do work with one (does that count?).
Out of curiosity, I also tried typing in a name which I was first given at birth, which was "Elizabeth". Well, my number would have been #9. Characteristics of #9 include humanitarian, giving nature, selflessness, obligations and creative expression. My destiny would be to be like a "big sister" – work well with people with potential to inspire. Hmm… that's interesting.
So, "What's in a name?" Try typing Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague; or, maybe, the names from which it was based, Mariotto and Gianozza. Hmmm….
I just love Winnie-the-Pooh. Since his birthday is in August, I'd like to share some stuff about Pooh and his friends.
Owl: The Wolery, 100 Aker Wood S.W.
Make some Pooh Sandwiches, Rabbit's Burgers, Piglet's Cakes and more simple recipes.
In this Winnie-the-Pooh guide, try the "Poohsonality Test" and see which character you resemble most. Guess I hang out with Pooh so much, that's why I resemble him the most! Aw…my Pooh!!!
At this year's "Summerlicious" (in July), I had the opportunity to experience great looking, great tasting food at some fine restaurants in the GTA. Of course, "Summerlicious" is not the only time to experience fine dining. Sometimes, even on my "date zeroes", I will be wined and dined, okay, so, maybe I will eat and tell.
Picture yourself going out on a relatively formal first date. Your hair is clean and neat. Your make-up is done just right. You may be wearing a colourful dress (or nice blouse and skirt). Your shoes are clean and polished. Gosh, you look good enough to eat! LOL….Well, if you are a "see food" lover (and I don't mean lobsters, shrimps and fish), then, you will appreciate fine dining at the lovely Rosewater Supper Club where stars have hung out. Perhaps, the waterfall in the restaurant, or the glass wall of roses will impress you – different indeed! And, that's not all. My lunch time Summerlicious experience started with a very nicely put together salad with petit greens, marinated asparagus, mushrooms and pinenut vinaigrette. My food journey then brought me to a delicious lemon & thyme rubbed veal loin with fingerling potato & smoked bacon hash, salad of summer beans & young fennel with Zinfandel reduction & mustard drizzle. Someone, take a picture please! And, don't' forget to include the finale, a mouthwatering chocolate & navel orange mousse with hazelnut & caramel drizzle. Having 20/20 vision is great for this "see food" lover and I think my taste buds also became 20/20!
Since I work in the Eaton Tower, City Grill has been a favourite for years. But, it has been a while since I had been there, so, my friend and I tried their Summerlicious dinner menu. The baby greens with raspberry vinaigrette is one of my past favourites. And, I lost count the number of times I ranted and raved about the bacon wrapped filet mignon with garlic mash potatoes and vegetables. Finally, the fresh berry eton mess – it may be called a "mess", but it is nothing short of amazingly deeelicious! Woohoo!! My past experience with desserts at City Grill is, frankly, speechless – your mouth will be too full of that mousse cake or cheese cake – they are simply "to die for"!!! City Grill is popular with those who work in the area, tourists, and theatre-goers. In the summer, diners can relax and eat out on their spacious patio. And, to my friend, M.S., yes, there are booths!!
I'm not sure what you generally expect at an Italian restaurant. For my third Summerlicious meal this year, I was pleasantly surprised with the different breads and lentil chip acoompanied with some hummous with a kick. My shrimp salad with fresh papaya, served with champagne horseradish aioli – very nice – but, and not what I expected at an Italian restaurant either. The main course of veal tenderloin rotolo with honey mushrooms & hazelnuts, with a sheaf of Swiss chard, finished with a Frangelico demi glaze was breathless -- think I'm in love! But, save room for dessert. Place that French vanilla ice cream tightly wrapped in the crepe with a raspberry coulis drizzled on top….that's sweet! And, as I thanked and said good-bye to the owner of the restaurant, I told him, "I'll be back"! I wish all of you can experience Assaggio Ristorante too. I would not wait for a special occasion. If I went there on a "date zero", guess how impressed I'd be!
Some of you have asked me about various restaurants I have tried – i.e. Japanese, Chinese, etc. and, you may have faced my reaction, such as, "Unless you're my enemy, I would not recommend it." So, here's a list of six reasons why I would only recommend such restaurants to my enemies.
1. I (or someone I know) got food poisoning there and you might too. Once is just one time too many.
2. I (or someone I know) have discovered food moving when it's not supposed to (and it's not exactly as pretty as jiggling jello in your bowl) or perhaps, there there were creepy crawlers (i.e. cockroaches) being dinner guests, I'll say "Adios" and there will be no next time!
3. My server made me see red. Why go out to eat and be subjected to rudeness unless I am asking for a bad day? I'll make that a definite recommendation to my enemies.
4. The supposedly hot food is lukewarm by the time it gets to my table. Generally, this has been some of my buffet experiences and, I do not go to buffets often. However, one can learn to just be more selective.
5. The "meat" tastes like chicken and you think you hear a possible meowing or barking (no, it's not the "singing chicken"), you might not be too keen on "camouflaged" meat. I'd rather take the imitation crab meat any day.
6. The restaurant does not have what is supposed to be on the menu. I had one such experience at a café which soon shut down after that – gee, I wonder why. If I have to say, "So, what do you have?" then, it's thumbs down!
Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay West, T.O.) From Hot & Spicy Food Festival to East Coast culture to dance dance dance! Check out these events in August at Harbourfront.
Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) – Aug. 19 – Sept. 5, 2005 It used to be an annual tradition for my parents and I to go to the Ex. Can't tell you how many great memories I've had – incl. shopping (of course). So, bring your kids (or your parents), go with friends, or go and make new friends (you never know).
I love hearing from all of you about what you liked about any episode of KaTsZoNe. If you would like to share your ideas or make recommendations, please let me know.


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Flaunt it Friday 200! and a Giveaway!!
Whoopee!! It's Flaunt it Friday #200!!!
That's pretty huge in blogging years, isn't it? I think so.
To thank you guys for partying with me 200 times here at Flaunt it Friday I am giving one of you a gift card to my favorite store... TJ Maxx!
Extra entries, find these links in my sidebar near the top. Please let me know in your comment which extra entries you did.
Winner will be chosen randomly and announced next week at Flaunt it Friday 201.
Now, let's party for the 200th time!
wow! congratulations on the 200th..
Congrats on party 200! I would buy a maxi skirt if they had one, I have wanted on forever! Thanks for the party!
Hi Kate, thanks for hosting -- and now its the 200th. Congratulations. Have a great week.
Love TJ Maxx - I would buy some fun kitchen toys, like something for baking yummy treats!
Excited to be following you now of Google+, Facebook & Pinterest.
So nice to be partying with you on your 200th celebration! Thanks so much for hosting these wonderful linky parties and congrats on your achievement!
Nice celebration and congrats on 200th! I would buy something cute for the house in the housewares department with my $25 win!
Thank you for the fun party. I would love to buy more exercise gear! Thanks for the giveaway!!!
Love TJ! I would buy shoes or towels.
fairly new to your site and wished I had more time to follow what's going on!! Looks fun and interesting!! I am following you on "pinterest" of course ....lol LOVE LOVE TJ and (HomeGoods) I would have to say I visit one or both at least once weekly!!!
Hi!! TJ's ALWAYS has something I want. Right now I could use some new guest towels.
HAPPY 200TH FLAUNT, Kate! It's bee fabulous linking up every week! Here's to many more! Thanks for hosting and have a wonderful weekend!
Happy 200th Flaunt!!!! What a great accomplishment and it shows how committed you are to your followers!
Thanks for the giveaway. I would buy a lined basket from TJ.
I LOOOOVE TJ MAX and I saw a pair of awesome royal blue chairs last week. Would probably have to get them.
Hi Kate! I'd like picture frames or another glass cloche. See you at TJ's!


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Bakuman. 2 – 01
Everything picks up where the first season left off, with Mashiro and Takagi getting serialized. Hattori hands them over to a new supervisor, who immediately delves into the logistics of serializing a manga. He hires three assistants for them, sets the deadlines, salaries, and expenses of the enterprise. They are also treated to VIP service as they attend Yoeisha's New Year's party, where they meet rivals Hiramaru and Niizuma as well as Mr. Torishima, board of directors. Mashiro sets high goals that impress both him and the Editor-in-chief.
This was a great continuation of the story we'd left last fall, and introduced a lot of new characters and challenges for Ashirogi Muto. It cleverly begins with the OP of Detective Trap, as seen in Mashiro's head. None of the trials he and Takagi have gone through have jaded him from his ultimate goal. "Hard work, confidence (or conceit) and luck" are the weapons of any successful mangaka, and so confident is he (at least on the surface), Mashrio promises the editor-and-chief and (a very subtly hilarious) Mr. Torishima that he'll do what his uncle couldn't – make a living off manga – and do what he left undone – winning first place in the Jack survey.
Lofty goals, but after witnessing the professionalism of his new team – Editor Miura, Chief Assistant Ogawa, Kato the Girl, and Takahama the Quiet – he has cause to strive for them. The party is the perfect vehicle to introduce Kazuya Hiramaru, who some have claimed is even more of a genius than Niizuma – but when they meet him he insists he'd rather be a NEET. The charisma at the party is palpable, as is the cautious optimism. I love how this show doesn't merely have course enemies as the leads' rivals; their relationships are often more complicated. Punctuating the episode with a brief cut to Azuki getting Mashiro's vow via text was also well done.
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Sun, 2 Oct 2011 Wed, 5 Oct 2011 Categories Anime Reviews, Bakuman 2, Fall 2011Tags 2, ashirugi muto, assistants, azuki, Bakuman, Bakuman 2, charisma, detective trap, hattori, hiramaru, kato, manga, mashiro, miura, neet, new years, niizuma, ogawa, party, takagi, takahama, torishima
Dantalian no Shoka 12 (Fin)
Huey and Dalian encounter a phantom book in a batch of newspapers that give rise to zombies. When they investigate, they meet The Professor and the Red Biblioprincess, who plot to distribute the papers and unleash a zombie army that will destroy London. The Professor shoots Huey, who then escapes out a window with Dalian. He unlocks Dalian and convenes with the "Inner Dalian", tries to release her, and acquires the phantom book that eliminates the zombies. Hal and Flamberge burn the remaining papers, and the Professor flees. Huey and Dalian continue their quest to hunt down phantom books.
"I go on to tomorows unknown," says Huey. Well, he won't be going alone. He'll have a sweet-toothed biblioprincess talking down to him all the way while barely concealing her deep affection for him and everything he's done for her. She can no longer pretend that there isn't a part of her inside – one with pale pink hair. After all, that Inner Dalian even speaks to her when Huey is close to death's door. She and Huey have been a good team, and will continue to be as they go on to tomorrow. The other two keykeeper/biblioprincess duos were almost afterthoughts by comparison, relegated to examples that Huey/Dalian weren't unique in their relationship. But it isn't like they needed to be anything more.
Gainax has a tendency to be all over the place with its series. The last I'd seen was Panty & Stocking, which couldn't have been any different from this. But both were good. Shikabane Hime? Not so good. With only one hiccup to its name, Dantalian no Shoka was consistently fun to watch, its mysteries and themes were suitably clever and eclectic, it's settings were pretty and often gorgeous, and the core duo and their verbal duelling grew on me as much as they grew on each other.
Author rabujoistaffPosted on Sun, 2 Oct 2011 Mon, 3 Oct 2011 Categories Anime Reviews, Summer 2011Tags 12, atonement, biblioprincess, dalian, Dantalian no Shoka, fin, flamberge, GAINAX, hal, high anthony disward, huey, inner, keykeeper, library, libricide, newspaper, phantom book, professor, zombies2 Comments on Dantalian no Shoka 12 (Fin)

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Q: .vbs script to change Connection Specific DNS suffix I'm looking for a way to have this .vbs file add a connection specific DNS suffix for an Ethernet Adaptor with the known name of LAN
The code forms past of a small shell script that:

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*Changes the primary DNS Suffix

*Flushes the DNS

*Checks the IP details  to make sure everything had held

*Changes a startup type or a service

*Starts said service

*Pings a know server to ensure network connectivity

Cant seem to find any code thats viable to make the first step work. currently I have :
 'add dns

Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strComputer = "."
Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")

strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT\DNSClient"
oReg.CreateKey HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath
strValueName = "AppendToMultiLabelName"
'Enabled
strValue = "mysuffix.com"
oReg.SetStringValue HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,strKeyPath,strValueName,strValue

'flush dns

set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run("ipconfig /flushdns")
Wscript.echo "DNS Flushed."

'check DNS

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objScriptExec = objShell.Exec("ipconfig /all")
strIpConfig = objScriptExec.StdOut.ReadAll
WScript.Echo strIpConfig

'start McAfee

strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colServiceList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_Service where Name = 'enterceptAgent'")

For Each objService in colServiceList
    If objService.State = "Stopped" Then
        objService.StartService()
        Wscript.Sleep 5000
        Wscript.Echo "McAfee Started"
    Else
        Wscript.Echo "McAfee already running"
        Wscript.Sleep 5000
    End If
    errReturnCode = objService.ChangeStartMode("automatic")
Next

'network test

set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")
shell.run("ping pmo2 -t")

Cheers

A: Try this (configures to the correct GUID, see objNetCard.SettingID property):
option explicit
'On Error Resume Next
On Error GoTo 0
Dim strResult: strResult = Wscript.ScriptName

Dim strComputer, objWMIService, colNetCards, objNetCard
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
    & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")

Set colNetCards = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * From Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration Where IPEnabled = True")

For Each objNetCard in colNetCards
  strResult = strResult _
    & vbNewLine & objNetCard.Caption & vbTab & "'" & objNetCard.DNSDomain & "'" & vbTab & CBool( IsEmpty( objNetCard.DNSDomain)) & vbTab & CBool( IsNull( objNetCard.DNSDomain))
  strResult = strResult _
    & vbNewLine & objNetCard.SetDNSDomain("mysuffix.com")
''    strResult = strResult & vbNewLine & objNetCard.SetDNSSuffixSearchOrder("mysuffix.com")

Next
'strResult = strResult & vbNewLine

Wscript.Echo strResult

See SetDNSDomain method return codes

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Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf (Irish: Cath Chluain Tarbh) took place on 23 April 1014 at Clontarf, near Dublin, on the east coast of Ireland. It pitted an army led by Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, against a Norse-Irish alliance comprising the forces of Sigtrygg Silkbeard, King of Dublin; Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster; and a Viking army from abroad led by Sigurd of Orkney and Brodir of Mann. It lasted from sunrise to sunset, and ended in a rout of the Viking and Leinster armies.
Part of the Viking Invasions of Ireland
Battle of Clontarf, oil on canvas painting by Hugh Frazer, 1826
23 April 1014[1]
Clontarf, Dublin
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Irish victory
Viking power in Ireland broken
Death of Brian Boru
Forces of the High King of Ireland Kingdom of Dublin
Kingdom of Leinster
Earldom of Orkney
Kingdom of the Isles
Commanders and leaders
Brian Boru †
Murchad MacBrian † Sigtrygg Silkbeard
Malachy MacMurrough †
Sigurd the Stout †
Brodir †
5,000 men ~7,000 men
Casualties and losses
4,000 dead ~6,000 dead
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Location within Dublin
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Battle of Clontarf (island of Ireland)
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It is estimated that between 7,000 and 10,000 men were killed in the battle, including most of the leaders. Although Brian's forces were victorious, Brian himself was killed, as were his son Murchad and his grandson Toirdelbach. Leinster king Máel Mórda and Viking leaders Sigurd and Brodir were also slain. After the battle, the power of the Vikings and the Kingdom of Dublin was largely broken.
The battle was an important event in Irish history and is recorded in both Irish and Norse chronicles. In Ireland, the battle came to be seen as an event that freed the Irish from foreign domination, and Brian was hailed as a national hero. This view was especially popular during English rule in Ireland. Although the battle has come to be viewed in a more critical light, it still has a hold on the popular imagination.[2]
2 Revolt of Dublin and Leinster
3 Battle
5 Historical debate
BackgroundEdit
Map of the larger Irish kingdoms in 1014
The Vikings (or Norsemen) began carrying out raids on Gaelic Ireland in the late eighth century, and over the following few decades they founded a number of settlements along the coast. Vikings first established themselves in Dublin in 838 when they built a fortified area, or longphort, there.[3] During the tenth century, Viking Dublin developed into the Kingdom of Dublin—a thriving town and a large area of the surrounding countryside, whose rulers controlled extensive territories in the Irish Sea and, at one time, York.[4] Over time, many Vikings were assimilated into Gaelic society and became the Norse-Gaels. Dublin was closely involved in the affairs of the Kingdom of the Isles, which included the Isle of Man and the Hebrides, and when the Dublin king Amlaíb Cuarán was defeated by Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill at the Battle of Tara in 980, he was supported by the men of the Isles.[5][6] Amlaíb's son, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, who was King of Dublin from 990, allied himself with his uncle Máel Mórda mac Murchada, King of Leinster. They met Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill and Brian Boru at the Battle of Glenmama in 999, where they were defeated.[7]
From the time of the seventh century and the reign of Domnall mac Áedo, the kingship of Tara was a title which was strongly associated with the high kingship of Ireland and was held by members of the Uí Néill dynasty, who controlled the northern half of Ireland.[8] In the tenth century, the Dál gCais, until then a small kingdom in what is now County Clare, began to expand. By the time of his death in 951, Cennétig mac Lorcáin had become King of Thomond. His son, Mathgamain mac Cennétig, was King of Munster when he died in 976.[9] Mathgamain's brother, Brian Boru, quickly asserted his claim to the kingship of Munster, then invaded Leinster and gained its submission.[10] In 998 he attacked the Uí Néill stronghold of Meath. Máel Sechnaill responded by attacking Munster in 999, and over the following years the two kings struggled for supremacy in Ireland. In 997, Brian and Máel Sechnaill met in Clonfert and reached an agreement where they recognised each other's reign over their respective halves of the country—Máel Sechnaill in the north and Brian in the south. Brian received the hostages of Leinster and Dublin from Máel Seachnaill, and surrendered the hostages of Connacht to him.[10] The peace was short-lived. After they had jointly defeated the Vikings at Glenmama, Brian resumed his attacks on Máel Seachnaill.[11] He marched on Tara in 1000 with the combined armies of Munster, Osraige, Leinster, and Dublin, but after an advance party consisting of the latter two groups was destroyed by Máel Sechnaill, Brian Boru withdrew from the area without giving battle.[12] In 1002 he marched with the same army to Athlone, and took the hostages of Connacht and Meath. He was now the undisputed High King of Ireland.[13]
Revolt of Dublin and LeinsterEdit
Brian consolidated his hold on Ireland by eventually obtaining the submission of the northern territories of Cenél nEógain, Cenél Conaill, and Ulaid, following a series of circuits of the northern part of the island. He completed the task when, following "a great hosting...by land and sea" into the Uí Néill territory of Cenél Conaill in 1011, the King was brought south to Dál gCais territory to submit to Brian Boru in person at his royal site of Cenn Corad.[14] It was not long, however, before fighting was renewed. Flaithbertach Ua Néill, King of the Cenél nEógain, resented the rise of Brian Boru. Had the old political order persisted, Flaithbertach would have been in line to succeed to the high-kingship. He attacked his Cenél Conaill neighbours in 1012 but, while doing so, Máel Seachnaill attacked the Cenél nEógain inauguration site of Tullahoge. Flaithbertach in turn raided Meath the following year and Máel Sechnaill was forced to back down.[15] Sigtrygg and Máel Mórda took advantage, and themselves raided Meath. Máel Sechnaill sent his army to raid the hinterland north of Dublin as far as Howth but he was defeated. He lost two hundred men including his son Flann. Sigtrygg then sent a fleet along the coast to attack the Munster town of Cork, but that was defeated, and Sigtrygg's nephew was killed.[16] A full-scale conflict was inevitable. Brian brought his army to Leinster in 1013, and camped outside Dublin from September until the end of the year.[17]
Sigtrygg went overseas in search of Viking support and enlisted the help of Sigurd Hlodvirsson, the Earl of Orkney and Brodir, a warrior of the Isle of Man. According to the Icelandic Njáls saga, Sigtrygg promised both men the kingship of Ireland if they defeated Brian.[17] In early 1014, Sveinn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, had invaded and become the first Norse king of England.
The Viking fleets of Orkney and Mann sailed into Dublin in Holy Week 1014.[17] Brian mustered the army of Munster, which was joined by Máel Sechnaill and two Connacht kings, Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin, King of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh, King of Uí Maine, and they marched on Dublin.[18][19]
BattleEdit
1. Clondalkin and Kilmainham were plundered, Brian's son Donnchad (Donough) sacked Leinster (1014); 2. Brian's forces began war, camped near Kilmainham; 3. Finegall and Howth were plundered; 4. Vikings left Dublin to engage Brian; 5. Overseas Viking fleet arrived; 6. Battle of Clontarf; 7. Retreat of Vikings, some drowned in the sea, some forced through Dubgall's Bridge and were attacked again, a few returned to Dublin; 8. Brodar's possible route, killed Brian and was killed himself; 9. Brian's remains to Swords, then to Armagh.
No order of battle is given in the contemporary sources; the only leaders named are those who died in the battle. The nearest contemporary accounts are the Annals of Inisfallen and the Annals of Ulster. Among the fallen on Brian's side, they name the High King himself, his son Murchad, and his grandson Toirdelbach, as well as his nephew Conaing, Domnall mac Diarmata of Corcu Baiscind (County Clare), Mac Bethad mac Muiredaig of Ciarraige Luachra (County Kerry), Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin of Uí Fiachrach Aidhne, and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh of Uí Maine (both in south Connacht).[20] On the opposing side are named Máel Morda, Dubgall mac Amlaíb (brother of Sigtrygg), Gilla Ciaráin mac Glún Iairn (probably a nephew of Sigtrygg), Sigurd Hlodvirsson of Orkney, and Brodir, commander of the Viking fleet.[21] No notables from Meath are recorded among the slain; leading to the suggestion that, if present, Máel Sechnaill kept himself and his forces out of harm's way. But the Annals of Ulster say that Máel Sechnaill and Brian rode together to Dublin, and the Annals of the Four Masters go so far as to say that it was Máel Sechnaill who won the day, and completed the rout after the death of Brian.[22] On the other hand, Cogad Gáedel re Gallaib ("The War of the Irish with the Foreigners"), says that the men of Meath came to the muster with Brian, but "were not faithful to him".[23]
According to the Cogad, after his arrival at Dublin, Brian sent his forces north across the river to plunder the area known as Fine Gall, and they torched the country as far as Howth. Brian, now in his seventies, did not go with them but stayed behind to pray. The Dublin forces set out by land, and were joined at Clontarf at high tide by the Viking fleet that was in Dublin Bay.[24]
The front line of the Dublin-Leinster forces were the foreign Vikings, led by Brodir, Sigurd, and a man called Plait, described as "the bravest knight of all the foreigners".[25] Behind them were the men of Dublin, commanded by Dubgall mac Amlaíb and Gilla Ciaráin mac Glún Iairn. Behind them again came the Leinstermen, headed by Máel Mórda.[25] Sigtrygg remained in Dublin with enough men to defend it should the battle go against them. He watched the battle from the walls with his wife Sláine, the daughter of Brian.[26]
At the front of Brian's forces were the Dál gCais, led by Brian's son Murchad, Murchad's fifteen-year-old son Toirdelbach, Brian's brother Cudulligh, and Domnall mac Diarmata of Corcu Baiscind. Behind them were the other forces of Munster, commanded by Mothla mac Domnaill mic Fáeláin, King of the Déisi Muman, and Magnus mac Amchada, King of Uí Liatháin. Next came the Connachta, led by Mael Ruanaidh Ua hEidhin and Tadhg Ua Cellaigh. Also alongside was Ó Fearghail lords of Annaly. To one side of them were Brian's Viking allies; Fergal ua Ruairc, with the Uí Briúin and the Conmhaícne was placed on the left flank. After the Connachta came Máel Sechnaill and the men of Meath, but (the Cogad says) he had made an agreement with the men of Dublin that if he would not attack them, they would not attack him.[27]
The battle opened with Plait taunting Domnall mac Eimín, a Scottish ally of Brian. The two men marched out into the middle of the field and fought, and both died, "with the sword of each through the heart of the other, and the hair of each in the clenched hand of the other."[27]
Then the battle proper got under way. It is described in the Cogad as remarkably loud and bloody. The men of Connacht fought the men of Dublin, and the fighting was so fierce that only 100 Connachtmen and twenty Dublinmen survived. The last casualties occurred at "Dubgall's Bridge", which Seán Duffy suggests was a bridge over the River Tolka, on the road back to Dublin.[28] Brian's son Murchad, at the head of the Dál gCais army, took on the foreign Vikings and, according to the Cogad, he himself killed 100 of the enemy—fifty with the sword in his right hand and fifty with the sword in his left.[29] The Vikings wore mail; the Irish did not. Yet the Irish gained the advantage, partly through the use of small spears, which they hurled at the enemy, and partly through numerical superiority.[30]
The battle, which had begun at first light, lasted all day. Eventually, the Dublin-Leinster forces broke, and some withdrew towards their ships, while others made for a nearby wood. However, the tide had come in again, cutting off the passage to the wood, but also carrying off the Viking ships. With no way out, they were killed in large numbers, many of them by drowning.[31] Samuel Haughton, in 1860, calculated that the tide at Clontarf would have been high at 5:30 am and again at 5:55 pm, which is consistent with the account in the Cogad.[32] It was at this point that Brian's grandson Toirdelbach was killed. He pursued the enemy into the sea, but was hit by a wave and thrown up against the weir, and drowned.[33] Murchad killed Sigurd, the earl of Orkney, but shortly afterwards he himself was killed.[33] Brian was in his tent praying when Brodir found him, and killed him. Brodir himself was then killed,[34] possibly by Ulf the Quarrelsome.
AftermathEdit
Viking re-enactors from all over the world at the Battle of Clontarf millennium commemoration in Saint Anne's Park, Dublin (lining up before charging at the opposition). 19 April 2014.
Brian's body was brought to Swords, north of Dublin. There it was met by the coarb of Patrick, the traditional head of the church in Ireland, who brought the body back with him to Armagh, where it was interred after twelve days of mourning. Along with Brian were the body of Murchad and the heads of Conaing, Brian's nephew, and Mothla, King of the Déisi Muman.[35] Máel Sechnaill was restored as High King of Ireland, and remained secure in his position until his death in 1022.[36]
Though the Annals imply that life was not much changed after the death of Brian Boru, it created a succession crisis, as Brian's son and heir Murchad had died as well. Brian had two remaining sons who could challenge for the kingship: Donnchad mac Briain, his son with Gormflaith and Tadc mac Briain, his son with Echrad. According to the annals, Donnchad rallied the forces of the Dál gCais at Clontarf and led them home to Cenn Corad.[37]
Within weeks the Dál gCais, under the new leadership of Donnchad, were battling their old masters in Munster, the Eóganacht Raithlind. Tadc initially joined his brother against the Eóganacht, but Donnchad ordered his killing in 1023.[37]
Sigtrygg remained King of Dublin until 1036, and was apparently secure enough to go on pilgrimage to Rome in 1028.[38] However, after Clontarf, Dublin had been reduced to a lesser power. In 1052, Diarmait mac Máel na mBó, King of Leinster, captured Dublin and Fine Gall, for the first time asserting Irish overlordship over the Norse of Ireland.[39]
Historical debateEdit
Illustration of the Battle of Clontarf, from a 1905 book
In modern times there has been a long-running debate among historians, which is now 250 years old, about Ireland's Viking age and the Battle of Clontarf. The standard view, and the "popular" view, is that the battle ended a war between the Irish and Vikings by which Brian Boru broke Viking power in Ireland. However revisionist historians see it as an Irish civil war in which Brian Boru's Munster and its allies defeated Leinster and Dublin, and that there were Vikings fighting on both sides.[40][41] In January 2018, researchers from the Universities of Coventry, Oxford and Sheffield, led by Coventry University theoretical physicist Professor Ralph Kenna, published a paper[42] in the journal Royal Society Open Science, that used network science to mathematically analyse a medieval text, Cogadh Gáedhel re Gallaibh (The War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill, meaning invasions of Ireland by the Danes and other Norsemen), that listed over 1000 relationships between about 300 characters, and concluded that the standard and popular view was broadly correct, but that the picture was nevertheless more complex than "a fully 'clear-cut' Irish versus Viking conflict".[40][41] However one of the paper's co-authors,[42] PhD student Joseph Yose, added that "Our statistical analysis ... cannot decisively resolve the debate".[41]
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Battle of Tara
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^ a b c Kevin O'Sullivan (24 January 2018). "Battle of Clontarf: It's a mathematical question". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 January 2018. Centuries-old debate continues as social media analysis used to explore Viking-Irish strife ... The debate has carried on for the past 250 years.
^ a b Yose, Joseph; Kenna, Ralph; MacCarron, Máirín; MacCarron, Pádraig (2018). "Network analysis of the Viking Age in Ireland as portrayed in Cogadh Gaedhel re Gallaibh". Royal Society Open Science. 5 (1): 171024. doi:10.1098/rsos.171024. PMC 5792891. PMID 29410814. This delivers a picture that lies between antipodal traditional and revisionist extremes; hostilities recorded in the text are mostly between Irish and Viking—but internal conflict forms a significant proportion of the negative interactions too.
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# faceting in iNEXT
library(iNEXT)
data(ant)
adat<-iNEXT(ant, datatype = "incidence_freq")

# if you look in Anne Chao's github, you can see the source code for ggiNEXT
# it generates a df with fortify.iNEXT, which is what ggiNEXT plots

plotdf<-fortify.iNEXT(adat, type=1)

#manually relevel the factor
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A good web designer in Toronto will provide structure into their plan and let you in on it. You should expect them to give you timelines on when things will be completed as well as demonstrate how they will meet your expectations. If you're a business owner, every day of not having a website up costs you money.
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Every website comes with ongoing costs. Even if you're just managing your own site with WordPress, you still have to pay for hosting and your domain name. The best website design agency Toronto offers will have a long-term partnership plan to work with you.
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Q: Unable to deploy to google app engine through eclipse I am following
https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/java/gettingstarted/uploading
this tutorial.
I have created application as mentioned in tutorial.
But when I try to deploy I get following error
"Could not sign in. Make sure that you entered the correct verification code."
and in error logs I get following things.
"
java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:351)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:213)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:200)
at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:366)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:529)
at com.sun.net.ssl.internal.ssl.SSLSocketImpl.connect(SSLSocketImpl.java:564)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:158)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:395)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:530)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.<init>(HttpsClient.java:272)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsClient.New(HttpsClient.java:329)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:180)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:925)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.connect(AbstractDelegateHttpsURLConnection.java:158)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getOutputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1014)
at sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.getOutputStream(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:230)
at com.google.api.client.http.javanet.NetHttpRequest.execute(NetHttpRequest.java:84)
at com.google.api.client.http.HttpRequest.execute(HttpRequest.java:991)
at com.google.api.client.auth.oauth2.TokenRequest.executeUnparsed(TokenRequest.java:299)
at com.google.api.client.googleapis.auth.oauth2.GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest.execute(GoogleAuthorizationCodeTokenRequest.java:147)
at com.google.gdt.eclipse.login.GoogleLogin.logIn(GoogleLogin.java:378)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.deploy.ui.DeployProjectHandler.execute(DeployProjectHandler.java:52)
at com.google.appengine.eclipse.core.deploy.ui.DeployProjectAction.run(DeployProjectAction.java:27)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.PluginAction.runWithEvent(PluginAction.java:251)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.handleWidgetSelection(ActionContributionItem.java:584)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem.access$2(ActionContributionItem.java:501)
at org.eclipse.jface.action.ActionContributionItem$5.handleEvent(ActionContributionItem.java:411)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1053)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runDeferredEvents(Display.java:4066)
at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3657)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2640)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2604)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2438)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:671)
at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:664)
at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:115)
at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:369)
at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:619)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:574)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1407)"

I tried modifying network setting in eclipse but still unable to deploy..

A: If you are using company network then maybe, you have yo set proxy parameters

A: I had a similar problem--I could sign into Google through Eclipse, but was still getting the SocketTimeout issue. Restarting Eclipse solved the problem.


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Kosovo Serbs Urged To Drop Referendum
January 24, 2012 SETimes 1 Comment
By SETimes
By Igor Jovanovic
Serbia says the decision of Kosovo Serbs to hold a referendum in mid-February on their attitude toward Kosovo institutions will greatly reduce Belgrade's chances of obtaining EU candidate status.
The Serbs in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo are scheduled to vote on February 14th and 15th, on whether to accept or reject Kosovo institutions in the country's north — a region over which Pristina currently has no control.
"The referendum will not contribute to solving the problem in northern Kosovo and will only make the Serbian side's position worse. Holding the referendum is contrary to the interests of Serbia and Serbs in Kosovo," Serbian government spokesman Milivoje Mihajlovic told SETimes.
Though the heads of northern Kosovo municipalities – who are predominantly members of opposition parties in the Serbian parliament — did not pay much attention to Belgrade's calls, they had a slightly different tone after meeting with Minister for Kosovo and Metohija Goran Bogdanovic in Belgrade on Thursday (January 19th).
Bogdanovic had previously said it was unnecessary to hold a referendum in the north at this time.
The municipality heads have said that full co-operation and joint action with the state leadership of Serbia on the issue is needed in order to achieve the most acceptable solution.
Mitrovica Mayor Krstimir Pantic told reporters that the Serbs in northern Kosovo "do not wish to make decisions contrary to state interests".
"If it turns out the postponing of the referendum will improve or facilitate the position of the government and President Boris Tadic, we are ready to discuss a delay," he said.
However, after the meeting, Pantic told SETimes the decision on the referendum would be made by the municipal assemblies in the north, and that only they could change it.
"No one has given the [Kosovo] Serbs convincing arguments as to why the referendum is against the interests of Serbia," he said.
Mihajlovic said this was only the first of a number of meetings in which the government and representatives of municipalities would try to harmonise their policies.
Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences Professor Predrag Simic told SETimes that Belgrade's efforts could be in vain. "The barricades and incidents in the north cost Belgrade its EU candidacy, and now Brussels is not looking kindly upon the announced referendum. Belgrade has no control over the Serbs in northern Kosovo and it is uncertain whether it can convince them to postpone the referendum," Simic said.
On the other hand, Kosovo Compromise project director Aleksandar Mitic believes the referendum can in no way damage Serbia's interests.
"A referendum, as any other expression of public will, clearly states that no agreement reached in the negotiations between Belgrade and Pristina can be imposed without the consent of the people living in the north," Mitic told SETimes.
"We wish all the best for Serbia and we want Serbia to gain EU candidate status. But Serbs from North should not suffer because of it. We just want to be the part of Serbia, and we will clearly say it during the plebiscite. I can not see how it could damage Serbia's chances [for EU accession]," Mitrovica resident Branko Savic, 25, told SETimes.
Meanwhile, Serbian President Boris Tadic has launched a diplomatic initiative directed towards Western countries in a bid to find a lasting solution for Kosovo.
Reportedly, the initiative comprises four points: a special solution for Serb monasteries and control of monastery facilities, special guarantees for the Serbs in enclaves, addressing the issues regarding the property of Serbia and its citizens, and a special solution for northern Kosovo.
"There are many models, from the example of two Germanies to South Tyrol, Aland Islands to the Irish model, from which we should take what is good and applicable to Kosovo," said Mitic.
However, Mitic said that Tadic's offer was only a reworked version of the plan by UN envoy Martti Ahtisaari, which Serbia had previously rejected and was not adopted in the UN Security Council.
"The goal of that would probably be the inclusion of Serbs from northern Kosovo into the Pristina government system. That initiative would stand a chance of success if the Kosovo Serbs trusted Tadic, which apparently isn't the case," Mitic said.
"It is clear there is a stalemate in Kosovo and the talks in Brussels cannot solve everything," Simic said, praising the Serbia president's move.
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SETimes
The Southeast European Times Web site is a central source of news and information about Southeastern Europe in ten languages: Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Greek, Macedonian, Romanian, Serbian and Turkish. The Southeast European Times is sponsored by the US European Command, the joint military command responsible for US operations in 52 countries. EUCOM is committed to promoting stability, co-operation and prosperity in the region.
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The European Union is habitually against referenda – WHY? Is it that they fear this most fundamental expression of democracy?


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package com.signalcollect.triplerush

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger

import scala.language.implicitConversions

import com.signalcollect.triplerush.EfficientIndexPattern._
import com.signalcollect.triplerush.sparql.VariableEncoding
import QueryParticle._

object ParticleDebug {
  def apply(p: Array[Int]): ParticleDebug = {
    val particle = new QueryParticle(p)
    ParticleDebug(
      particle.queryId,
      particle.tickets,
      (-1 to -particle.bindings.length by -1).zip(particle.bindings).filter(_._2 != 0).toMap,
      particle.patterns.toList.reverse,
      particle.numberOfBindings,
      particle.r.length - 4)
  }

  def validate(p: Array[Int], msg: String): Unit = {
    if (p != null) {
      val validTotalLength = (p.length - 4 - p.numberOfBindings) % 3 == 0
      val validNumberOfBindingsLength = (p.length - 4 - p.numberOfBindings) >= 0
      if (!validTotalLength) {
        val debug = ParticleDebug(p)
        throw new Exception(s"$msg remaining length after numberofbindings not divisible by 3 (cannot represent TP): $debug")
      }
      if (!validNumberOfBindingsLength) {
        val debug = ParticleDebug(p)
        throw new Exception(s"$msg array too short to accomodate bindings $debug")
      }
    } else {
      throw new Exception(s"$msg validate particle was null")
    }
  }
}

case class ParticleDebug(
  id: Int,
  tickets: Long,
  bindings: Map[Int, Int],
  unmatched: List[TriplePattern],
  numberOfBindings: Int,
  intsForBindingsAndUnmatched: Int)

object QueryParticle {

  implicit def arrayToParticle(a: Array[Int]): QueryParticle = new QueryParticle(a)

  def apply(
    patterns: Seq[TriplePattern],
    queryId: Int,
    numberOfSelectVariables: Int,
    tickets: Long = Long.MaxValue): Array[Int] = {
    val ints = 4 + numberOfSelectVariables + 3 * patterns.length
    val r = new Array[Int](ints)
    r.writeQueryId(queryId)
    r.writeNumberOfBindings(numberOfSelectVariables)
    r.writeTickets(tickets)
    r.writePatterns(patterns)
    r
  }

  val failed: Array[Int] = null.asInstanceOf[Array[Int]]

}

/**
 * The array packs:
 * 0 int:    queryId,
 * 1-2 long:   tickets (long encoded as 2 ints)
 * 3 int:    numberOfBindings
 * 4-? ints:   bindings
 * ? ?*3 ints: triple patterns in reverse matching order (last one
 * gets matched first).
 */
class QueryParticle(val r: Array[Int]) extends AnyVal {

  def validate(msg: String): Unit = ParticleDebug.validate(r, msg)

  def isBindingQuery: Boolean = queryId > 0

  def copy: Array[Int] = {
    val c = new Array[Int](r.length)
    System.arraycopy(r, 0, c, 0, r.length)
    c
  }

  def bindSubject(
    toMatchS: Int,
    toMatchP: Int,
    toMatchO: Int,
    toBindS: Int,
    toBindP: Int,
    toBindO: Int,
    copyBeforeWrite: Boolean): Array[Int] = {
    // Subject is conflicting constant. No binding possible.
    if (toMatchS > 0) {
      return QueryParticle.failed
    }

    // Subject is a variable that needs to be bound to the constant in the triple pattern.
    // Bind value to variable.
    val variable = toMatchS
    val boundValue = toBindS

    if (isBindingIncompatible(toMatchP, toBindP, variable, boundValue)
      || isBindingIncompatible(toMatchO, toBindO, variable, boundValue)) {
      return QueryParticle.failed
    }

    // No conflicts, we bind the value to the variable.
    val currentParticle: Array[Int] = {
      if (copyBeforeWrite) {
        copyWithoutLastPattern
      } else {
        r
      }
    }

    if (isBindingQuery) {
      val variableIndex = VariableEncoding.variableIdToDecodingIndex(variable)
      currentParticle.writeBinding(variableIndex, boundValue)
    }

    currentParticle.bindVariablesInPatterns(variable, boundValue)
    val result = currentParticle.bindPredicate(toMatchP, toMatchO, toBindP, toBindO, false)
    result
  }

  def bindPredicate(
    toMatchP: Int,
    toMatchO: Int,
    toBindP: Int,
    toBindO: Int,
    copyBeforeWrite: Boolean): Array[Int] = {
    if (toMatchP == toBindP) {
      // Predicate is compatible constant. No binding necessary.
      return bindObject(toMatchO, toBindO, copyBeforeWrite)
    }

    // Predicate is conflicting constant. No binding possible.
    if (toMatchP > 0) {
      return QueryParticle.failed
    }

    // Predicate is a variable that needs to be bound to the constant in the triple pattern.
    // Bind value to variable.
    val variable = toMatchP
    val boundValue = toBindP

    if (isBindingIncompatible(toMatchO, toBindO, variable, boundValue)) {
      return QueryParticle.failed
    }

    // No conflicts, we bind the value to the variable.
    val currentParticle = {
      if (copyBeforeWrite) {
        copyWithoutLastPattern
      } else {
        r
      }
    }
    if (isBindingQuery) {
      val variableIndex = -(variable + 1)
      currentParticle.writeBinding(variableIndex, boundValue)
    }
    currentParticle.bindVariablesInPatterns(variable, boundValue)
    val result = currentParticle.bindObject(toMatchO, toBindO, false)
    result
  }

  def bindObject(
    toMatchO: Int,
    toBindO: Int,
    copyBeforeWrite: Boolean): Array[Int] = {
    if (toMatchO == toBindO) {
      // Object is compatible constant. No binding necessary.
      //      val result = {
      //        if (copyBeforeWrite) {
      //          // We need to cut off the last pattern, even if we never write.
      //          particle.copyWithoutLastPattern
      //        } else {
      //          particle
      //        }
      //      }
      // In theory the check above would be necessary. In practice this
      // execution path is only reached if a particle copy was made before.
      return r
    }

    // Object is conflicting constant. No binding possible.
    if (toMatchO > 0) {
      return QueryParticle.failed
    }

    // Object is a variable that needs to be bound to the constant in the triple pattern.
    // Bind value to variable.
    val variable = toMatchO
    val boundValue = toBindO

    // No conflicts, we bind the value to the variable.
    val currentParticle = {
      if (copyBeforeWrite) {
        copyWithoutLastPattern
      } else {
        r
      }
    }
    if (isBindingQuery) {
      val variableIndex = -(variable + 1)
      currentParticle.writeBinding(variableIndex, boundValue)
    }
    currentParticle.bindVariablesInPatterns(variable, boundValue)
    currentParticle
  }

  // If the variable appears multiple times in the same pattern, then all the bindings have to be compatible.
  @inline private[this] def isBindingIncompatible(otherAttribute: Int, tpAttribute: Int, variable: Int, boundValue: Int): Boolean = {
    (otherAttribute == variable && tpAttribute != boundValue)
  }

  // Updates an attribute with a new binding.
  @inline private[this] def updatedAttribute(attribute: Int, variable: Int, boundValue: Int): Int = {
    if (attribute == variable) boundValue else attribute
  }

  def bindings: Array[Int] = {
    val numBindings = numberOfBindings
    val b = new Array[Int](numBindings)
    System.arraycopy(r, 4, b, 0, numBindings)
    b
  }

  def isResult: Boolean = r.length == 4 + numberOfBindings

  def queryId: Int = r(0)

  def writeQueryId(id: Int): Unit = r(0) = id

  def tickets: Long = {
    ((r(1) | 0L) << 32) | (r(2) & 0x00000000FFFFFFFFL)
  }

  def writeTickets(t: Long) = {
    r(1) = (t >> 32).toInt
    r(2) = t.toInt
  }

  def numberOfBindings: Int = r(3)

  def writeNumberOfBindings(numberOfBindings: Int): Unit = {
    r(3) = numberOfBindings
  }

  def writeBindings(bindings: Seq[Int]): Unit = {
    r(3) = bindings.length
    var i = 0
    while (i < bindings.length) {
      writeBinding(i, bindings(i))
      i += 1
    }
  }

  def writeBinding(bindingIndex: Int, boundValue: Int): Unit = {
    val numBindings = numberOfBindings
    if (bindingIndex < numBindings) {
      val baseBindingIndex = 4
      r(baseBindingIndex + bindingIndex) = boundValue
    }
  }

  def binding(bindingIndex: Int): Int = {
    val contentIntIndex = bindingIndex + 4
    r(contentIntIndex)
  }

  def writePatterns(unmatched: Seq[TriplePattern]): Unit = {
    var i = 0
    var tpByteIndex = r.length - 3 // index of subject of last pattern
    while (i < unmatched.length) {
      writePattern(tpByteIndex, unmatched(i))
      tpByteIndex -= 3
      i += 1
    }
  }

  /**
   * Requires the index where the subject will be written.
   * Pattern is written in spo order.
   */
  def writePattern(subjectIndex: Int, p: TriplePattern): Unit = {
    r(subjectIndex) = p.s
    r(subjectIndex + 1) = p.p
    r(subjectIndex + 2) = p.o
  }

  def copyWithTickets(t: Long, complete: Boolean): Array[Int] = {
    // It seems that for small arrays arraycopy is faster than clone:
    // http://www.javaspecialists.co.za/archive/Issue124.html
    val rLength = r.length
    val newR = new Array[Int](rLength)
    System.arraycopy(r, 0, newR, 0, rLength)
    if (complete) {
      newR.writeTickets(t)
    } else {
      newR.writeTickets(-t)
    }
    newR
  }

  def patterns: IndexedSeq[TriplePattern] = {
    for {i <- numberOfPatterns - 1 to 0 by -1} yield pattern(i)
  }

  def numberOfPatterns: Int = (r.length - 4 - numberOfBindings) / 3

  def pattern(index: Int): TriplePattern = {
    val sIndex = 3 * index + 4 + numberOfBindings
    val pIndex = sIndex + 1
    val oIndex = sIndex + 2
    TriplePattern(r(sIndex), r(pIndex), r(oIndex))
  }

  def lastPattern: TriplePattern = {
    val sIndex = r.length - 3
    val pIndex = r.length - 2
    val oIndex = r.length - 1
    TriplePattern(
      r(sIndex),
      r(pIndex),
      r(oIndex))
  }

  def copyWithoutLastPattern: Array[Int] = {
    val copyLength = r.length - 3
    val rCopy = new Array[Int](copyLength)
    System.arraycopy(r, 0, rCopy, 0, copyLength)
    rCopy
  }

  // Update all patterns with this new binding.
  def bindVariablesInPatterns(
    variable: Int,
    boundValue: Int): Unit = {
    // Index of first subject of first TP.
    var i = numberOfBindings + 4
    while (i < r.length) {
      if (r(i) == variable) {
        r(i) = boundValue
      }
      i += 1
    }
  }

  /**
   * Routing address for this query.
   */
  def routingAddress: Long = {
    if (isResult) {
      OperationIds.embedInLong(queryId)
    } else {
      // Query not complete yet, route onwards.
      val s = lastPatternS
      val p = lastPatternP
      val o = lastPatternO
      if (s > 0 && p > 0 && o > 0) {
        EfficientIndexPattern(s, 0, o)
      } else {
        EfficientIndexPattern(math.max(s, 0), math.max(p, 0), math.max(o, 0))
      }
    }
  }

  /**
   * Checks that the last pattern is not fully bound and that no variable appears multiple times in the last pattern.
   * The same variable appearing multiple times might cause a binding to fail.
   */
  def isSimpleToBind: Boolean = {
    val s = lastPatternS
    val p = lastPatternP
    val o = lastPatternO
    !(s > 0 && p > 0 && o > 0) &&
      (s > 0 || (s != p && s != o)) &&
      (o > 0 || (o != p))
  }

  @inline def lastPatternS: Int = r(r.length - 3)

  @inline def lastPatternP: Int = r(r.length - 2)

  @inline def lastPatternO: Int = r(r.length - 1)

  /**
   * Assumption: TP has all constants.
   */
  def bind(toBindS: Int, toBindP: Int, toBindO: Int): Array[Int] = {
    val patternS = lastPatternS
    val patternP = lastPatternP
    val patternO = lastPatternO
    if (toBindS == patternS) {
      // Subject is compatible constant. No binding necessary.
      if (toBindP == patternP) {
        // Predicate is compatible constant. No binding necessary.
        if (toBindO == patternO) {
          // Object is compatible constant. No binding necessary.
          return copyWithoutLastPattern
        }
        return bindObject(patternO, toBindO, true)
      }
      return bindPredicate(patternP, patternO, toBindP, toBindO, true)
    }
    bindSubject(patternS, patternP, patternO, toBindS, toBindP, toBindO, true)
  }
}

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