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Q: ExoPlayer не может найти файл На устройстве есть файлы с названиями myaudio1622886261.mp3 и т.д. Пытаюсь реализовать воспроизведение их через ExoPlayer. Передаю в активити путь к файлу и проигрываю следующим образом:
private void songPlay(String songPath) {

    Uri uri = Uri.parse(songPath);

    SimpleExoPlayer simpleExoPlayer = new SimpleExoPlayer.Builder(this).build();

    DataSource.Factory factory = new FileDataSource.Factory();

    DefaultTrackSelector trackSelector = new DefaultTrackSelector(this);

    simpleExoPlayer = new SimpleExoPlayer.Builder(this).setTrackSelector(trackSelector).build();

    MediaSource mediaSource = new ProgressiveMediaSource.Factory(factory).createMediaSource(uri);
    simpleExoPlayer.prepare(mediaSource);

    simpleExoPlayer.setPlayWhenReady(true);
}

Сам файл лежит по такому пути: /storage/emulated/0/Music/myaudio/myaudio1622886261.mp3
Но при попытке воспроизвести выдает ошибку, хотя разрешение к хранилищу есть:
com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource$FileDataSourceException: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource$FileDataSourceException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Music/myaudio/myaudio1622886261.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource.open(FileDataSource.java:97)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:83)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ProgressiveMediaPeriod$ExtractingLoadable.load(ProgressiveMediaPeriod.java:961)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:391)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
Caused by: com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource$FileDataSourceException: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Music/myaudio/myaudio1622886261.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource.openLocalFile(FileDataSource.java:119)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource.open(FileDataSource.java:88)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:83)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ProgressiveMediaPeriod$ExtractingLoadable.load(ProgressiveMediaPeriod.java:961)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:391)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/Music/myaudio/myaudio1622886261.mp3: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:496)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:289)
at java.io.RandomAccessFile.<init>(RandomAccessFile.java:152)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource.openLocalFile(FileDataSource.java:108)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.FileDataSource.open(FileDataSource.java:88)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.StatsDataSource.open(StatsDataSource.java:83)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.source.ProgressiveMediaPeriod$ExtractingLoadable.load(ProgressiveMediaPeriod.java:961)
at com.google.android.exoplayer2.upstream.Loader$LoadTask.run(Loader.java:391)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:919)
Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

A: failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

говорит о том у не предоставлен доступ к файлу
во первых вам нужно в манифесте предоставить доступ
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - для чтения и
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE - для записи (если нужно)
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

так же для андоид 6 и выше вам нужно вручную разрешать доступ - пример
String[] perms = {"android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE,
    Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"};

int permsRequestCode = 200;

requestPermissions(perms, permsRequestCode);

так же вы можете проверить есть ли этот файл на самом деле
File file = new File(uri.getPath());
if(file.exists()) //TODO дальнейшие действия

В Android Q появилась новая функция Google : фильтр для внешнего хранилища. Быстрое решение этой проблемы - добавить этот код в файл AndroidManifest.xml:
<manifest ... >
  <!-- This attribute is "false" by default on apps targeting
       Android 10 or higher. -->
  <application android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" ... >
    ...
  </application>
</manifest>

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Not the most radical of upgrades, but the Switch's success will bring Splatoon 2 to the major audience it deserves.
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Vastly improved single-player campaign
Has more credible e-sports credentials
Co-op Salmon Run mode is a delight
Not massively different to the original
Could possibly do with another multiplayer mode
The Wii U may have been an unmitigated flop, but at least one good game came out of it: Splatoon. The clever, third-person ink-shooting platformer seemed to emerge fully formed, and somehow managed to establish itself as a sort of starter e-sport, even though pitiful amounts of Wii Us were sold.
Now that Splatoon 2 has arrived for the infinitely more popular - and of course massively superior - Nintendo Switch, the franchise's splashy joys stand a chance of reaching the mass audience they deserve.
Splatoon 2 review: More of the same?
Splatoon 2 very much adheres to the "if it ain't broke" approach. You play as an Inkling - a half-way human, half-way squid being - who can spray surfaces with their coloured ink using guns, brushes and other tools to swim through and access certain areas. In this regard it's much the same as the original game – so if you're seeking some sort of massive reinvention, you'll end up disappointed.
However, Splatoon in no way needed a reinvention, and Splatoon 2 contains plenty of new elements which impress, plus countless tweaks and balance-readjustments which should leave those who were devoted to the original more than satisfied.
The most obvious upgrade Splatoon 2 has received is in the graphics department. Sure, the Switch isn't the most powerful of consoles, but it has appreciably more graphics-processing grunt than the Wii U, so Splatoon 2 runs in higher resolution than the original game, with better textures – and the latter are important, given the tactile nature of the game.
The ink you spray now has little bits of glitter in, and looks wondrous. If you're the sort of person who enjoyed making a royal mess as a kid (or indeed are still a messy kid), then you'll love the way you can splurge ink around in Splatoon 2.
Splatoon 2 review: Single player splat-a-thon
Splatoon 2's single-player game is also much improved over that of the original. It's pretty meaty, with 25 levels and five boss battles, and possesses a brilliant difficulty curve which starts off gently, then becomes fiercely challenging once you get to the end of the third of five worlds.
Its gameplay is fundamentally unchanged from the original, so it's all about laying down patches of your colour of ink, through which you can speed when transformed into a squid, taking out different enemies (which requires some tactical nous) and working out how to get to seemingly inaccessible areas by swimming up ink-covered sheer surfaces, while carefully timing your avoidance of incoming objects that will squash you (like giant bowling balls containing Octarian enemies).
This time around, the single-player game works hard to force you to play with all the game's weapons, which are more or less the same as in the original game – albeit with the addition of twin-shooters – although some have been tweaked.
Even the weapons can get you smiling – one, for example, is just a bucket, which you use to chuck ink around. It's still surprisingly effective, and the default control system, in which you move with the left stick and use the various Switch controllers' motion-sensing abilities to aim, works a treat.
The single-player game introduces some clever new objects, like rolled-up inflatables that spring out temporarily into flat surfaces when you ink them, and rotating targets which cause platforms to ratchet out.
Sometimes, you might have to climb one set of platforms, then hit the target once again – avoiding panic when the levels reshape themselves or clusters of enemies appear is a key element of the single-player campaign.
Although it contains plenty of shooting, the single-player game majors on the platforming element, which feels quite unlike that of any other game.
Splatoon 2 review: Online multiplayer
But the real beating heart of Splatoon 2 is its online side. Once you go online to play, it pays to fine-tune the sensitivity of the motion-sensing – which, by default, errs on the insensitive side.
At first, online play is pretty familiar for those who played the first game: until you reach level 10 online you can only play the Turf War mode, which involves two teams of four players vying to cover as much of each map as possible in their colour of ink.
Once you reach level 10, you can enter the Ranked Battle arena, which brings the additional, more sophisticated modes Rainmaker (essentially capture-the-flag), Splat Zones (where you try to control specific areas) and Tower Control (where you capture a tower and escort it to a target position at your opponents' end of the map).
In those modes, proper e-sports-style teamwork is required, and in Splatoon 2, unlike its predecessor, you can jump into co-operative play from the start, albeit only in local multiplayer. That's thanks to a new mode called Salmon Run, which is hilariously surreal. You and your team must battle giant salmon emerging from the ocean, capture their huge eggs and carry them to a basket, while taking on some very bizarre mini-bosses.
Salmon Run is great, and illustrates an advantage that the Switch's unique capabilities bring to Splatoon 2: you can jump into online play anywhere that has Wi-Fi thanks to the Switch's portability, or battle your friends or play Salmon Run via a local connection.
There's also League Battle, a new multiplayer mode, which illustrates Splatoon 2's ambition to enter the ranks of fully fledged e-sports – there simply weren't enough Wii Us out there for its predecessor to quite make that jump. This mode opens up when you've done well enough in Ranked Battle to achieve a B-minus ranking and reckon that you possess the skills to take on the big beasts.
Judicious rebalancing of weapons has taken place in order to give Splatoon 2 the e-sports credentials it craves – the special weapons, in particular, have been rejigged, and the invincibility some conferred in Splatoon has been abandoned.
Overall, while Splatoon 2 doesn't feel massively different to its predecessor, it also feels better in just about every department. It looks prettier, the single-player game is vastly superior, and it makes a better fist of subliminally teaching you the skills you require to go online.
It also now possesses everything it needs – especially the balance – to join the ranks of top e-sports, which it can deliver with a deliciously tactile air to its play.
In general, Splatoon still feels fresh, innovative and clever – despite the obvious similarities to the original. If you never owned a Wii U then, well, here's your chance to catch a great, unique slice of Nintendo on the Switch.
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Heston Blumenthal, of the three Michelin starred The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire, has won international acclaim for his unique, multi-sensory approach to cooking. Dinner by Heston Blumenthal is his first London restaurant and features the Chef's inimitable style of culinary alchemy with a menu heavily influenced by his ongoing research and discovery of historic British gastronomy. We are recruiting a Chef de Partie for Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. As an experienced Chef de Partie, you will be assisting the Sous Chefs and the team in the production of dishes to the highest standards in Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. You are talented, creative and passionate? This role is for you We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who possess the right attitude and wow our guests. This would be an exciting new challenge for anyone who has a desire to develop further his/her knowledge and skills. Previous experience in a Michelin Star or 3AA Rosettes is essential. Please note this is a full time permanent position Benefits: We provide a comprehensive Benefits Package which includes : meals whilst on duty, discounts in Rooms and F&B Outlets, healthcare provisions, company pension scheme, 28 paid holidays including bank & public holidays, colleague recognition and reward programmes, exciting range of learning and development programmes, opportunities for promotion and transfer across the group. Eligibility: In line with the requirements of the Asylum & Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process. Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is an equal opportunity employer Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park, 66 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LA, United Kingdom See description
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Presidential visit to Milwaukee: What it means to the race for governor
Milwaukee prepares for a presidential visit
MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- The biggest name in American politics will make a key stop in Milwaukee on Monday, September 1st -- against the backdrop of a contentious campaign. Pres. Barack Obama will be the headline speaker at this year's Laborfest.
The president's job performance is low in Wisconsin. In fact, 50 percent of registered voters disapprove of it, according to the latest Marquette University Law School poll. Still, the president's visit is intended to bolster a labor movement in this state that has taken some big hits during Gov. Scott Walker's tenure.
Pres. Obama last spoke at Milwaukee's Laborfest in 2010 -- before Gov. Walker's election and while the country was still feeling the recession.
"I am going to keep fighting every single day, every single hour, every single day to turn this economy around and put people back to work," the president said in 2010.
This year, the visit is an "official" White House event, not a campaign stop. Because of that, the Mary Burke campaign said in a statement, "Her participation in the public portion of events would not be appropriate. Mary will meet privately with the President during his visit, and hopes to have him back in Wisconsin for a campaign event before Election Day."
That brought immediate criticism from Gov. Walker's campaign in the following statement: "Mary Burke is willing to meet with President Obama in private but she refuses to campaign with him in public? Burke can offer up excuses and try to hide from President Obama and his rotten approval ratings, but she can't hide from the fact that her and the president's failed economic policies are one and the same."
The presidential visit again puts the spotlight on tensions between labor and the governor -- which flared in 2011.
The latest Marquette University Law School poll shows the state is still split over Act 10 -- with 46 percent saying the law should stay as is -- and 44 percent saying collective bargaining should be returned to public workers.
Burke did not attend the president's last visit to the area, claiming she had a full schedule. But the president's visit to Laborfest underscores the focus on the gubernatorial campaign's top issue: jobs.
"I can lead us to have a top ten thriving economy and right now we're dead last in the Midwest in terms of jobs," said Burke.
"People are better off, and they'll be much better off on jobs and the economy," said Gov. Walker.
The president's brief stop in Wisconsin will be brief. He's scheduled to land in Milwaukee Monday afternoon and be back on his plane in less than two hours.


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No More Crystal Serenity in the Northwest Passage
Crystal Serenity, pictured here in Antarctica, was the first of its kind to sail through the Northwest Passage in 2016. (Photo: Courtesy of Crystal Cruises)
Published at: Dec 13 2017 - 12:23 / Updated at: Dec 13 2017 - 12:23
In 2016, with much fanfare, the Crystal Serenity spent 32 days sailing through the Northwest Passage. Now, with much less fanfare, Crystal Cruise has cancelled the route.
From Mieke Coppes
Two years ago, history was made when the Crystal Serenity passed through the Northwest Passage with more than 1,000 people on board. This luxury cruise liner returned in the summer of 2017 for a second run of the voyage. However, it seems the 2017 voyage was also the final trip for the Crystal Serenity in these northern waters. Crystal Cruise Vice President of Land Programs, John Stoll, answered questions regarding this change via e-mail correspondence with the High North News.
Crystal Cruise in the Arctic
Although the Crystal Serenity, which comes in at 820 feet and 68,870 gross tons, will no longer be heading through the Northwest Passage, there remains questions around if Crystal Cruises will be sending other ships along the route. Mr. Stoll commented that "We are always looking to expand the experiences we offer our guests and the Arctic region is in consideration." This leaves open the change that Crystal Cruises will continue trips in the region, although likely in a different capacity.
Mr. Stoll further commented that "In the future, we [Crystal Cruises] are looking to offer guests a more intimate experience in the Arctic perhaps through our new expedition ship the world's first purpose-built Polar Code-compliant yacht but nothing has been confirmed at this time." With the Crystal Endeavor advertised on Crystal's website as a "polar-class megayacht" debuting in 2019, it seems a fair assumption that this ship will be heading to the Arctic passages in the future.
The northern voyage of the Serenity, although a success, was not without backlash. Many experts pointed out that rescuing passengers on such a ship would cost millions, not to mention the impact such a ship, with more than a 1,000 people on it, would have on the delicate environment, and of course the impacts on communities in the region. It would also be remiss not to mention the impacts that an oil spill from such a ship would have in remote northern waters, where clean-up would not only be costly but drawn out. Yet, the 2016 sailing was sold out.
Engagement with Local Communities
The challenges of such a large luxurious trip are not only tied to the environment but also the people living in the Arctic. However, Mr. Stoll assured that Crystal Cruise tried to provide services to the communities while they were in town. During the 2017 sailing, "we're especially pleased to be of service to the people of Pond Inlet, who purchased much needed solar panels months ago, but who, due to the massive shipping costs, had planned to wait for delivery until funds could be raised. Crystal transported the panels to Pond." The cruise company also donated school supplies, benches and clothes to communities throughout their passage.
There are also economic benefits of having cruise ships travel to remote communities who might otherwise not get such an influx in tourists. The impact of losing potentially a thousand customers will hit some communities hard. As Robert Hafner, the executive director of the Commerce Chamber of Nome said to the Alaska Public Media, "A lot of our businesses, they ramp up for it. They buy extra gear getting ready to supply those customers. That kind of money that's not flowing through our community, even if it's just one day, we need. And that's too bad that at this time they are not intending to come back." If Crystal Cruises does bring a much smaller ships such as the Crystal Endeavor to the north, communities such as Nome will not benefit nearly as much.
The Crystal Serenity sailed into history in the summer of 2016, but the long-term impacts of opening the Northwest Passage to cruise liners and other luxury ships has yet to be determined. Although the press surrounding the 2016 trip was impressive, Crystal is no longer sailing in the Northwest Passage, raising the question: What now?
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Port Alfred
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho.
It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, as well as the eastern portion of the Cape Province. Landing place and home of the 1820 settlers. It is partly the traditional home of the Xhosa, and the birthplace of many prominent South Africans, such as Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Steve Biko and Charles Coghlan.
Mpuma-Koloni (Xhosa)
Oos-Kaap (Afrikaans)
— Province of South Africa —
The Province of the Eastern Cape, Motto: Development through Unity
Country - South Africa
Established - 27 April 1994
Capital - Bhisho
Area - 168,966 km2 (65,475.2 sq mi)
Highest elevation - 3,019 m (9,905 ft)
Lowest elevation - 0 m (0 ft)
Population (2011) - Total 6,562 million - Density 38.5/km2 (99.7/sq mi)
Website - www.ecprov.gov.za
The Eastern Cape as a South African Province came into being in 1994 and incorporated areas from the former homelands of the Transkei and Ciskei as well as what was then the Cape Province. This resulted in several anomalies including the fact that the Province has four High Courts (at Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Bhisho and Mthatha) and enclaves of Kwa-Zulu Natal in the province. The latter anomaly has fallen away with the amendments to municipal and provincial boundaries.
The Eastern Cape gets progressively wetter from west to east. The west is mostly semi-arid Karoo, except in the far south, which is temperate rainforest in the Tsitsikamma region. The coast is generally rugged with interspersed beaches. Most of the province is hilly to very mountainous between Graaff-Reinet and Rhodes including the Sneeuberge (Snow Mountains), Stormberge, Winterberge and Drakensberg (Dragon Mountains). The highest point in the province is Ben Macdhui at 3001m. The east, from East London towards the Kwa-Zulu Natal border is lush grassland with intermittent forest. This region, Transkei, is rolling hills punctuated by deep gorges.
Eastern Cape has a shoreline in the south on the South Indian Ocean. In the northeast, it borders the following districts of Lesotho:
Mohale's Hoek - west of Quthing
Quthing - between Mohale and Qacha's Nek
Qacha's Nek - east of Quthing
Domestically, it borders the following provinces:
Western Cape - west
Northern Cape - northwest
Free State - north
KwaZulu-Natal - far northeast
Climate is highly varied. The west is dry with scarse rain during winter and summer, with frosty winters and hot summers. The Tsitsikamma to Grahamstown receives more precipitation, which is also relatively evenly distributed and temperatures are mild. Further east, rainfall becomes more plentiful and humidity increases, becoming more subtropical along the coast with summer rainfall. The interior can become very cold during winter, with heavy snowfalls occurring at times in the mountainous regions between Molteno and Rhodes.
Port Elizabeth: Jan Max: 25°C, Min: 18°C; Jul Max: 20°C, Min: 9°C
Molteno & Barkly East: Jan Max 28°C, Min 11°C; Jul Max: 14°C, Min: -7°C
The landscape is extremely diverse. The western interior is largely arid Karoo, while the east is well-watered and green. The Eastern Cape offers a wide array of attractions, including 800 km of untouched and pristine coastline along with some particularly splendid beaches, and " big-five" viewing in a malaria-free environment.
The Addo Elephant National Park, situated 73 km from Port Elizabeth, was proclaimed in 1931. Its 743 km² offers sanctuary to 600 elephants, about 280 Cape buffalo and black rhino of the very scarce Kenyan sub-species. The original park has subsequently been expanded to include the Woody Cape Nature reserve that extends from the Sundays River mouth towards Alexandria and a marine reserve, which includes St Croix Island and Bird Island. Both are important breeding habitat for Cape Gannet birds and Penguins.
The province is the location of South Africa's only ski resort, Tiffindell, which is situated near the hamlet of Rhodes in the Southern Drakensberg on the slopes of the highest mountain peak in the Eastern Cape (3001 m).
The National Arts Festival, held in Grahamstown is Africa's largest and most colourful cultural event, offering a choice of the very best of both indigenous and imported talent. Every year for 11 days the town's population almost doubles, as over 50,000 people flock to the region for a feast of arts, crafts and sheer entertainment.
The Tsitsikamma National Park is an 80 km long coastal strip between Nature's Valley and the mouth of the Storms River. In the park the visitor finds an almost untouched natural landscape. Near the park is the Bloukrans Bridge, which is the world's highest bungee jump.
Jeffreys Bay is an area with some of the country's wildest coastline, which is backed by some of Africa's most spectacular sub-tropical rainforest. Famous for its "supertubes", probably South Africa's longest and most consistently good wave, it's charged with a surf vibe as relaxed as it is friendly, and this tends to soften the effect of the wealthy set who have made this part of the coast their own.
Aliwal North, lying on a splendid agricultural plateau on the southern bank of the Orange River, is one of the country's most popular inland resorts and is famous for its hot springs.
The rugged and unspoilt Wild Coast is a place of spectacular scenery, and a graveyard for many vessels.
The Eastern Cape remains one of the poorest provinces in South Africa. This is largely due to the extreme poverty found in the former homelands, where subsistence agriculture predominates.
There is much fertile land in the Eastern Cape, and agriculture is important. The fertile Langkloof Valley in the southwest has enormous deciduous fruit orchards, while sheep farming predominates in the Karoo. The Alexandria-Grahamstown area produces pineapples, chicory and dairy products, while coffee and tea are cultivated at Magwa. People in the former Transkei region are dependent on cattle, maize and sorghum-farming. An olive nursery has been developed in collaboration with the University of Fort Hare to form a nucleus of olive production in the Eastern Cape.
The basis of the province's fishing industry is squid, some recreational and commercial fishing for line fish, the collection of marine resources, and access to line-catches of hake.
The two major industrial centres, Port Elizabeth and East London have well-developed economies, based on the automotive industry. General Motors and Volkswagen both have major assembly lines in the Port Elizabeth area, while East London is dominated by the large DaimlerChrysler plant. The largest construction project in Africawas at Coega, about 20 km north of Port Elizabeth, where a new harbour was built. It is expected that this development will give the province a major economic boost.
With two harbours and three airports offering direct flights to the main centres, and an excellent road and rail infrastructure, the province has been earmarked as a key area for growth and economic development. Environmentally friendly projects include the Fish River Spatial Development Initiative, the Wild Coast SDI, and two industrial development zones, the West Bank in East London and, near Port Elizabeth, Coega - the largest infrastructure development in post-apartheid South Africa. Plans for the development of the area as an export-orientated zone include the construction of the deepwater Port of Ngqura as an export orientated harbour.
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ALEA soars into America's Best-Looking Cruiser Contest featuring legacy of Tuskegee Airmen
By: ALEA
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Each year the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) joins fellow highway patrol and state police organizations across the nation to vie for the top spot in the American Association of State Trooper's (AAST) "Best-Looking Cruiser" contest. Photos are chosen through popular vote and placed in the AAST's calendar. Each year the Association develops a new calendar in which proceeds are utilized to fund educational scholarships for members' dependents. While this contest is always a fun way to showcase the Agency's newest vehicle on a state and national level, this year, ALEA took the opportunity to highlight an iconic symbol that represents not just the state's rich history, but the nation's as well.
This year's photo submission features ALEA's 2022 Chevrolet Tahoe, placed with the iconic F- 16C Fighting Falcon "Red Tails" fighter aircraft, which is stationed at Dannelly Field in Montgomery, home of the 100th Fighter Squadron (FS), a unit within the Alabama Air National Guard's 187th Fighter Wing.
The history of the 100th FS charts back to 1942 when it was activated at Tuskegee Army Airfield, approximately 40 miles east of Montgomery. The mission of the unit was to train African American cadets in combat flying, preparing them for missions during World War II. As the first African American fighter pilots within the U.S. Army Air Force, they would mark their place in history and become known around the world as the Tuskegee Airmen. Their aircraft were recognizable by the distinctive red tail which was used for identification purposes in the chaos of battle and is easily noticed in the backdrop of this year's Cruiser photo.
ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said, "As the story goes, the color red was also chosen for the boldness and pride which was exuberated by these brave heroes when protecting bomber pilots and when serving as an escort on dangerous missions during the war. We are honored to represent the state of Alabama in this national contest which features the famous 'Red Tails' and pay homage to the men who helped carve the way toward racial equality in the armed forces."
You can help ALEA soar to the cover of the calendar by casting your vote HERE (www.surveymonkey.com/r/QHXV8ZS)! Please be advised that this year's contest will be tabulated through the SurveyMonkey website and is the official voting site for all states. You may also access this link on the AAST's Facebook page.
Voting for America's Best-Looking Cruiser began Monday, Aug. 8, at 11 a.m. CST and will end on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at 4 p.m. CST.
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Although getting scorched early in his incipient efforts to straighten out an inherited accounting mess wasn't a lot of fun, it didn't exactly faze the rookie financial manager. "It made me even more determined to run the office as professionally as I possibly could," Pyers says.
Which is what the 51-year-old finance director has been doing ever since. In fact, the visit to the state auditor's woodshed was pretty much the last time in his 25 years as Wooster's finance director that Pyers would be dressed down for anything. In the intervening years, he has developed a national reputation as one of the most forward-thinking, activist and effective municipal money managers anywhere in the country—a position that hasn't always made him popular.
Most notably, Pyers has pushed Wooster way out in front in adopting the Governmental Accounting Standards Board's recent overhaul of financial accounting and reporting practices. GASB, which sets financial accounting and reporting rules for state and local governments, has developed guidelines aimed at making government financial reports both more reflective of actual overall fiscal health and easier for non-accountants to understand. In supporting the new standards, Pyers has embraced new accounting rules that call for much tighter monitoring and reporting of the cost of the upkeep—or neglect—of infrastructure, a position that has put Pyers at odds with most of his colleagues around the country. Indeed, Pyers' position is so lonely that Wooster will be in compliance with the new GASB rules four years ahead of just about everybody else.
"He's always doing things before we require them," says Jay Fountain, director of research for GASB. And Pyers is always willing to lend a hand, says Fountain, adding that Pyers is a regular on GASB task forces looking into various areas of public accounting practice. A member of the governing board of the Government Finance Officers Association, Pyers has been an activist at the state level, as well. He was instrumental in starting a statewide association of municipal financial managers—a move that got him tossed out as a member of the state municipal league's board. Local elected officials, it turned out, were not enthusiastic about such a show of independence on the part of their hired money managers.


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Töpfer (582 m n. m.) je výrazný kopec s řadou pozoruhodných skalních útvarů na území Chráněné krajinné oblasti Žitavské hory, součásti Přírodního parku Žitavské hory (Naturpark Zittauer Gebirge) v zemském okrese Zhořelec v Sasku. Vrch se nachází na katastrálním území obce Oybin, známého letoviska s pozůstatky skalního hradu a kláštera, který leží poblíž česko-německé státní hranice zhruba 1,5 km  jihozápadně od Töpferu. Z geografického hlediska toto území přináleží do geomorfologického celku Lužické hory, v severní saské části označovaných jako Žitavské hory (Zittauer Gebirge). Hraniční přechod Petrovice / Lückendorf je od Töpferu vzdálen po místních komunikacích asi 4,5 km směrem na jih.

Původ názvu
V doslovném překladu z  němčiny slovo "Töpfer" znamená "hrnčíř", ovšem tento význam nemá s původním názvem hory mnoho společného. Podle vlastivědných pramenů je jméno hory odvozeno od výrazu "tepr", kterým v dávné minulosti místní slovanské obyvatelstvo označovalo seníky. Důkazem toho může být i skutečnost, že když v roce 1369 císař a král Karel IV. věnoval kopec mnichům z oybinského kláštera celestinů, v klášterních zápisech je vrch jmenován jako "Tepper".

Historie
V pověstech se traduje, že kopec byl kultovním místem již v době bronzové a skalní mísy na vrcholu byly mylně považovány za součást předpokládaného obětiště. Podle jiných úvah mohla být hora jedním ze signálních míst, na němž se při hrozícím nebezpečí zapalovaly ohně.
Kopec byl v majetku oybinského kláštera od druhé poloviny 14. století až do roku 1574, kdy jej získalo město Žitava. V roce 1831 chtěli žitavští měšťané na vrcholu postavit tzv. Konstituční sloup na památku přijetí saské ústavy, tento pískovcový sloup byl ale nakonec vztyčen přímo ve městě.
V 19. století s rozvojem turistiky a rostoucím zájmem o romantická místa se Töpferu dostávalo stále více pozornosti ze strany veřejnosti. Dne 15. července 1860 byla na kopci slavnostně vysvěcena první horská chatka, kterou u místních vyhlídek postavil Ernst Adolf Nentwig z Oybinu. Již brzy přestala stačit zájmu turistů, v roce 1876 byla proto rozšířena a v roce 1881 k ní byl přistavěn taneční sál. Již v roce 1878 upravili členové žitavského horského spolku Globus vyhlídku na vrcholové skále Felsentor (Skalní brána), nazývané také Krone (Koruna). Po úderu blesku horská chata v roce 1904 zčásti vyhořela, avšak již o rok později byl její provoz obnoven. V druhé polovině 20. století "Töpferbaude" postupně chátrala a v roce 1996 musela být uzavřena. Po celkové rekonstrukci byla chata znovu otevřena 18. května 1997. Dne 17. září 2003 byl na vrcholových skalách vztyčen kříž, označený jako Europakreuz.

Popis
Töpfer je mohutný kopec s poměrně plochým zalesněným vrcholem. Na jeho severní straně je asi sto metrů vysoký skalnatý sráz. Tento terénní stupeň je důsledkem geologické poruchy Lužického zlomu, tektonické linie, která tvoří rozhraní mezi žulovým lužickým plutonem v podloží Žitavské pánve a pískovci české křídové pánve. Na kopci, včetně jeho o vrcholu, je celá řada zajímavých skalních útvarů, které zde vznikly selektivním zvětráváním pískovce. Mezi nejpopulárnější skalní útvary na Töpferu patří Felsentor (Skalní brána), Papagei (Papoušek), Schildkröte (Želva), Wackelstein (Viklan), Brütende Henne (Kvočna), Küken (Kuře) nebo Gratzer Höhle (jeskyně). Ve vrcholových partiích Töpferu je také několik skalních vyhlídek. Mezi nejznámější patří Böhmische Aussicht (Česká vyhlídka) s výhledem na Ještěd a Jizerské hory a Oybinaussicht (Oybinská vyhlídka). Útvary Skalní brána na vrcholu hory, Želva a Kvočna jsou chráněny jako přírodní památky.

Horolezectví
Pískovcový masív Töpferu je také důležitou horolezeckou lokalitou. Jména horolezecky využívaných skal jsou Ernst-Schulze-Stein, Sphinx, Gratzer Steine, Gratzer Höhle, Krumme Tante, Saurier, Töpfertürme, Echse, Brütende Henne, Rübezahlwand a Zackenkrone. Lezecké cesty na nich vyznačené mají obtížnost od stupně III až po stupeň IX UIAA (nejtěžší výstupy jsou v až 27 metrů vysokém masívu Töpfertürme).

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Žitavské hory
Hory a kopce v Lužických horách
Lužický zlom
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Q: Adding a  to an Excel add-in project I recently had to take over an Excel plugin project and one of the issue I'm getting is that a customer can't use the plugin because their Trust center only allows COM add-ins signed by Trusted publishers. (And they are not able to disable it)
I'm quite new and don't really understand this signing issue so I self-signed the code.
But the add-in has its publisher set to None. Here's how it's showing.

I believe that's not what I need to do, right? As a self signing will not be trusted by the customer Trust Center.
I saw this post but I was quite unsure about what was going on.
Does that mean there is no possible workaround or am I getting this wrong?
One thing I was wondering but I needed some help over is that if the add-in needs to be signed by a Trusted publisher.. Would that do the trick if the client is generating .pfx and I use it to sign the add-in?

A: AFAIK, there are no "tricks" you can do from the DEV side. This is a security feature. You need to sign your add-in with a valid certificate to get rid of "unknown publisher". You can do that by selecting that certificate on "Sign" tab in Project settings in Visual Studio.
If you are a public company/developer and don't really have any assumptions about your users, then you can obtain the code signing certificate from one of the public code signing certificate providers. The main ones are listed here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/dashboard/get-a-code-signing-certificate
It is not free, and you'll need to prove your identity to the certificate issuing authority (like, provide them your passport/company registration details/etc).
If you are developing an add-in for a specific organization and you can negotiate with it's admins, or your users have admin rights on their computers and are allowed to mess with security, then you can create a self-signed certificate, sign your code with it (select it on "Signature" tab), and then ask your users (or user's admin) to add this self-signed certificate to "trusted root" for their organization/on their PC.
Please note that self-signed certificate usually work only on the PC where the certificate was created, and used for testing or development purposes. In your case, this means that your self-signed certificate is considered valid on your PC, but not on the customer's PC. If you want a certificate created by you on your PC to also work on customer's PC, then you'll have to ask the customer to add your certificate as "trusted root", i.e. to treat your signature the same way as one of those "worldwide trusted certification authorities" from the list above.
The normal practice is to buy a certificate from the certification authorities though.


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Legendary official Walt Gorneau, of Wiscasset, has been pounding the hardwood for 46 years as a basketball official. He has equally impressive numbers officiating soccer and baseball games.
He joined the Knox-Lincoln-Waldo Baseball Board of Officials in 1971. He later transferred to the Central Maine board. He umpired baseball games with the Knox-Lincoln-Waldo board for 33 years and has done so with the Central Maine board the past 14 years. This spring will mark the beginning of his 48th year as an umpire.
Last fall, Gorneau surpassed the half-century mark as a soccer official. He has officiated high school soccer for 51 years and was on the collegiate soccer board for 47 years.
In 2015, the Mid-Coast Board of Approved Soccer Officials presented him with the second annual Bob White Award. Gorneau was a state evaluator of class one officials for many years.
A hip replacement in 2009 has not slowed him down.
Gorneau is one of the oldest basketball referees in the state still officiating at the varsity level.
"The problem is, there are no young guys coming in to take our place," he said. "You will never be able to replace old-time officials who will go anywhere, anytime.
Gorneau was born in Fort Fairfield in 1942. He grew up in Gardiner and attended Hallowell High School, graduating in 1960. He played on Hallowell's co-state champion football team in 1959 alongside his two brothers, Jerry and Aurele.
He graduated from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in 1964 with a degree in physical education, health, and recreation. In 1973, he earned a master's degree in secondary school administration from the University of Maine at Portland-Gorham.
His first teaching job was in Lubec in 1964, where he also coached varsity basketball. A year later, the Gray-New Gloucester school opened and Gorneau took the health and physical education job. He coached varsity basketball and baseball there for three years.
While at Gray-New Gloucester, he met his wife of 51 years, Marilyn.
He started teaching driver education at Gray-New Gloucester during the summer months. After a stint at Boothbay Region High School, he took a full-time driver's ed job at Wiscasset in 1981, "thanks to Maine Yankee." He taught driver's ed for 32 years, including 19 in Wiscasset.
At Gray-New Gloucester, he followed legend Roger Pepin, who went on to win state championships in basketball at Pennel Institute in Gray and more state championships at Rumford.
Gorneau then followed another legend, Keith Mahaney, at Boothbay. Mahaney would go on to coach and serve as athletic director at Husson College.
"I was very fortunate to get that job at Boothbay," Gorneau said. He was athletic director at Boothbay for 12 years, coached varsity basketball for five years (1968-1973), and also coached golf.
"We went to the tournament every year," Gorneau said. The tourney was held at Edward Little High School at the time.
Among his favorite coaching memories is his eighth seed Boothbay team almost knocking off undefeated top seed Mt. Abram in the quarterfinals. "We lost in the last minute," he said.
Another favorite memory was taking on undefeated top seed Falmouth in 1985.
"We stalled the ball for the whole game and we lost 26-24 on a last-second shot," he said. "We had them. They were too good, so we had to stall them." Fans booed him throughout the game.
Gorneau launched his officiating career after he stopped coaching at Boothbay. He and Principal Joe Testa hired I.J. Pinkham, who still coaches the team today.
"I had a chance to coach against I.J. when he coached at Buckfield. He never beat me," Gorneau said.
He followed legendary basketball coach Loren Sibley in Wiscasset. Sibley went on to coach Mattanawcook Academy in Lincoln to state titles. Sibley was replaced by Chuck Shea. Gorneau served as JV coach under Shea for seven years.
Gorneau taught driver's ed during the day at Wiscasset, coached a JV game after school, then officiated varsity basketball games at night.
"Two years after I got done coaching, Tim Flanagan took over and took my team to a state championship," Gorneau said.
Gorneau retired from teaching in 2000, after 35 years, and dedicated himself to officiating full-time.
Gorneau didn't know Gardiner was playing Lawrence until he walked onto the court. His refereeing partner gave Lawrence's coach, Bruce Cooper, his second technical foul, which meant Cooper did not see Blodgett break the record. "We did let him come out and watch Blodgett give her mother the ball," Gorneau said.
Another special event in his career was officiating Division I Duke University coach Joanne Palombo McCallie when she played junior high and high school sports in Brunswick.
He has developed a good relationship with "the old boys," referees like Walt White, Wilder Hunt, and Tom Mellor. Gorneau treasures his time working with fellow officiating legends of the game.
On Vinalhaven, officials often stayed at Raymond Alley's mother's rental house. Alley was a legendary player for Vinalhaven. Blodgett broke his state record, of more than 2,000 points in a career. "I used to referee him. He is Walt White's nephew," Gorneau said.
Gorneau officiates year-round, which keeps him physically fit. For the past 30 years he has officiated men's league soccer and basketball in Brunswick, Auburn, and Wiscasset.
"A lot of officials do not like to do rec games. I just love refereeing. It is my fix for the day. If I don't have a game, I get ugly," Gorneau said.
"Earl Purington gave a clinic once. He said he got put on this Earth for one reason, to umpire softball," Gorneau said.
"Not everyone is born to be a referee," Gorneau added.
While Gorneau shows no signs of slowing down, he said he does want to take more time to go camping, hunting, and fishing, which ranks second to the thing he likes to do best, referee.


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Thousands take to Hong Kong streets to protest new extradition laws
By JESSIE PANG, Greg Torode
HONG KONG, April 28 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched on Hong Kong's parliament on Sunday to demand the scrapping of proposed extradition rules that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial - a move which some fear puts the city's core freedoms at risk.
Opponents of the proposal fear further erosion of rights and legal protections in the free-wheeling financial hub - freedoms which were guaranteed under the city's handover from British colonial rule to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
Ranks of marchers snaked peacefully for more than three hours through the shopping and business districts of Causeway Bay and Wanchai, with thousands staying on into the evening outside the Legislative Council and government headquarters.
Police said 22,800 people marched at the peak of the procession, but organizers estimated 130,000 turned out - making it one of the largest street protests in the city for several years.
Observers said the turnout dwarved an earlier protest against the plan last month.
Veteran activist and former legislator Leung Kwok-hung said the government's move risked removing Hong Kongers' "freedom from fear".
"Hong Kong people and visitors passing by Hong Kong will lose their right not to be extradited into mainland China," he said. "They would need to face an unjust legal system on the mainland."
Some younger marchers said they were worried about traveling to the mainland after the move, which comes just as the government encourages young people to deepen ties with the mainland and promotes Hong Kong's links with southern China.
Law clerk Edward Wen, 45, said the difference in human rights standards between Hong Kong and the mainland was too great to bridge.
"You will be screwed as long as they put up a crime on your behalf," he said.
The marchers' chanted demands for Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam to step down echoed through the high-rise streets, with some protesters saying she had "betrayed" Hong Kong.
Some sported yellow umbrellas - the symbol of the Occupy pro-democracy movement that paralyzed parts of Hong Kong for 11 weeks in 2014.
The proposed changes have sparked an unusually broad chorus of concern from international business elites to lawyers and rights' groups and even some pro-establishment figures.
Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong who handed the city back to Chinese rule in 1997, on Saturday described the move as "an assault on Hong Kong's values, stability and security", government-funded broadcaster RTHK reported.
Chief Executive Lam and other government officials are standing fast by their proposals, calling them vital to plug long-standing loopholes.
Under the changes, the Hong Kong leader would have the right to order the extradition of wanted offenders to China, Macau and Taiwan as well as other countries not covered by Hong Kong's existing extradition treaties.
As a safeguard, such orders, to be issued case-by-case, could be challenged and appealed through the city's vaunted legal system.
Government officials have said no one at risk of the death penalty or torture or facing a political charge could be sent from Hong Kong. Under pressure from local business groups, they earlier exempted nine commercial crimes from the new provisions.
The proposals could be passed into law later in the year, with the city's pro-democratic camp no longer holding enough seats to block the move.
The government has justified the swift introduction of the changes by saying they are needed so a young Hong Kong man suspected of murdering his girlfriend in Taiwan can be extradited to face charges there.
The government's assurances are not enough for Lam Wing-kee, a former Hong Kong political bookseller who said in 2016 he was abducted by mainland agents in the city.
Lam left Hong Kong for Taiwan last week, saying he feared being sent back to the mainland under the new laws and his experience showed he could have no trust in China's legal system.
A group of 33 followers of Falun Gong, a religious sect banned in China, flew from Taiwan to Hong Kong on Saturday to join the march but were refused entry to Hong Kong, RTHK reported.
Sunday's march comes amid renewed calls for deeper electoral reforms stalled five years ago after Occupy protests.
Four leaders of the movement were last week sentenced to jail terms ranging from eight to 16 months, part of a group of nine activists found guilty after a near month-long trial.
Reporting By Jessie Pang and Greg Torode; Additional reporting by Aleksander Solum and Clare Jim, Editing by Michael Perry, Richard Pullin and Dale Hudson


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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II was the tenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II, the second level of the men's European under-21 field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 16 to 22 July 2017 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

France won their first EuroHockey Junior Championship II title and were promoted to the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship together with the other finalists Poland.

Qualified teams
The participating teams have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2014 competition.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final standings

See also
2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

References

Junior 2
Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
EuroHockey Junior Championship II
International field hockey competitions hosted by Russia
EuroHockey Junior Championship II
Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
Sports competitions in Saint Petersburg


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La Batalla de Tolmillán fue un conflicto armado , parte de la Guerra de Arauco, desarrollada en la ribera oriental del río Itata, en el actual sector de Santa Cruz de Cuca de la comuna de Chillán de Chile.

Los contendientes fueron la tropa española mandada por el gobernador Pedro de Villagra, compuesta de 150 soldados y 700 indios de guerra, y las fuerzas araucanas comandadas por el cacique Loble, que acudía a auxiliar a los indios de Reinogüelén, sin saber que habían sido derrotados. Ambos contendientes se encontraron de sorpresa. Los indios se escondieron en los matorrales para poder atacar a los españoles. Estos arremetieron y Loble, cercado, envió un parlamentario a Villagra, para que le perdonara la vida. Villagra aceptó y los indios se rindieron.

Bibliografía
 Jordi Fuentes, Lía Cortés, Fernando Castillo Infante & Arturo Valdés Phillips (1984). Diccionario Histórico de Chile. Octava Edición. Santiago de Chile: Editorial Zig Zag.

Tolmillán
Batallas de España en el reinado de Felipe II (1556-1598)
Conflictos en 1565
España en 1565
Historia de la Región de Ñuble


You must have permission to install and execute a CGI binary on the target.
Ask you system administrator or provider if you are unsure if this is possible.
In order to be able to search fast and efficient, doxysearch does not search the generated documentation directly. Instead, it uses an index file, that should be generated with doxytag. The index file is extracted from the generated HTML files and contains all words and substrings of words present in the HTML files, in a compact form, together with their frequencies and links. Although I tried to store all information as compactly as possible, the size of the index is still quite large. Usually it is about the same size as the original HTML files.
Generate a configuration file with doxygen using the -g option, if you haven't done this already.
Edit the search engine section (see section Search engine options of the configuration file). Make sure the SEARCHENGINE tag is set to YES and that all paths are correct.
A small shell script. the name of the script is determined by the CGI_NAME tag in the configuration file. The script is a small wrapper that calls doxysearch with the correct parameters. Using this script allows multiple search engines for different projects to be present in one directory.
search.cfg: this file is a small configuration file for the search engine. It contains two lines of text. The first line should be the absolute URL to the documentation. The second line should be the absolute URL to the CGI script. This information is taken from the configuration file.
search.gif: this is the image that is used for the search button.
On the Windows platform Unix shell scripts cannot be used. In fact the HTTP daemon that I tried (apache for Windows) only recognized .cgi files that were renamed executables (so DOS batch files do not seem to work either). Therefore, on Windows a small C program will be generated by doxygen. You should compile and link the program with your favourite compiler and change the extension of the executable from .exe to .cgi.
Copy (or move) the CGI script to the directory where the CGI binaries are located. This is usually a special directory on your system or in your home directory. Consult the manual of your HTTP daemon or your system administrator to find out where this directory resides on your system.
This will create a search index with the name search.idx. Currently the index file must be called like this.
If you change the location of the search engine or the documentation and you do not want to regenerate the HTML output, you can simply edit the generated search.cfg file and run the generated installdox script to correct the links in the documentation.
Doxytag requires quite a large amount of memory to generate the search index (about 30 Mb on my Linux box)! The resulting index file requires about 3 Mb space on your disk.
Edit the shell script search.cgi with a text editor.
in the additional information section of the index.html file.
Start your favourite web browser and click on the link. If everything is ok, you should get a page where you can enter search terms.


Founded in 1976, the Virginia Legacy Soccer Club is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization proudly serving the communities of Williamsburg, York, Poquoson, Hampton, Newport News, Smithfield and Gloucester. The Virginia Legacy is a full-service soccer club that is home to recreational, developmental and travel soccer teams, providing opportunities for youth soccer players of all ages and abilities. The staff, coaches and volunteers aim to pioneer, develop, and continuously be on the cutting edge of youth soccer in the state of Virginia.


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package raven.sqdev.util;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
import java.util.zip.ZipOutputStream;

import org.eclipse.core.resources.IFile;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.IProject;
import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Assert;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.ui.IEditorReference;
import org.eclipse.ui.IWorkbenchPage;
import org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException;
import org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI;

import raven.sqdev.exceptions.IllegalAccessStateException;
import raven.sqdev.exceptions.SQDevCoreException;
import raven.sqdev.exceptions.SQDevFileIsInvalidException;
import raven.sqdev.misc.FileUtil;
import raven.sqdev.misc.SQDevInfobox;
import raven.sqdev.misc.SQDevPreferenceUtil;
import raven.sqdev.pluginManagement.ESQDevPlugin;
import raven.sqdev.pluginManagement.ResourceManager;
import raven.sqdev.sqdevFile.ESQDevFileAttribute;
import raven.sqdev.sqdevFile.ESQDevFileType;
import raven.sqdev.sqdevFile.SQDevFile;

/**
 * A class containing general util methods
 *
 * @author Raven
 *
 */
public class Util {

	/**
	 * The name for the plugin info file
	 */
	public static final String PLUGIN_INFO_FILE_NAME = "SQDevPluginInfo.zip";

	/**
	 * Gets the export location for the given project assuming that the given
	 * project is a valid SQDev project
	 *
	 * @param project
	 *            The project the export path should be returned for
	 * @return
	 */
	public static Path getExportPathFor(IProject project) {
		// it has to be an SQDevProject
		Assert.isTrue(ProjectUtil.isSQDevProject(project));

		IFile file = project.getFile(ESQDevFileType.LINK.toString()
				+ EFileType.SQDEV.getExtension());

		IPath path = file.getRawLocation().makeAbsolute();

		SQDevFile linkFile = null;
		try {
			// create the respective SQDev file
			linkFile = new SQDevFile(path);
		} catch (FileNotFoundException | IllegalAccessStateException e) {
			throw new SQDevCoreException(e);
		}

		Path exportPath;
		try {
			// create the folder name including the map name
			String projectFolderName = project.getName() + "." + linkFile
					.parseAttribute(ESQDevFileAttribute.TERRAIN).getValue();

			// get the mission directory
			String expPath = linkFile
					.parseAttribute(ESQDevFileAttribute.EXPORTDIRECTORY)
					.getValue();

			// create the path according to the gathered path and name
			exportPath = new Path(expPath + "/" + projectFolderName);
		} catch (SQDevFileIsInvalidException e) {
			throw new SQDevCoreException(e);
		}

		return exportPath;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets all available user profiles
	 */
	public static ArrayList<String> getProfiles() {
		ArrayList<String> profiles = new ArrayList<String>();

		// add the default profile that is always present
		profiles.add(System.getProperty("user.name"));

		File profileDir = new File(
				SQDevPreferenceUtil.getProfilesDocumentDirectory());

		if (!profileDir.exists() || !profileDir.isDirectory()) {
			return profiles;
		}

		// find the other profile names
		for (File currentFile : profileDir.listFiles()) {
			profiles.add(currentFile.getName());
		}

		return profiles;
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the path to the mission directory for the given profile
	 *
	 * @param profile
	 *            The profile whose missions directory should be obtained.
	 *            <b>Has to exist!</b>
	 * @return The path to the respective missions directory
	 */
	public static Path getMissionsDirectory(String profile) {
		// make sure the profile exists
		if (!getProfiles().contains(profile)) {
			String message = "The requested profile \"" + profile
					+ "\" does not exist!";

			SQDevInfobox info = new SQDevInfobox(message, SWT.ICON_ERROR);

			info.open(false);

			throw new SQDevCoreException(message);
		}

		Path requestedPath = null;

		if (isSystemUserProfile(profile)) {
			// make sure the path leads to the correct folder
			requestedPath = new Path(
					SQDevPreferenceUtil.getDefaultDocumentsDirectory());

			if (requestedPath.lastSegment().contains("-")) {
				String lastSegment = requestedPath.lastSegment();

				requestedPath = (Path) requestedPath.removeLastSegments(1);

				lastSegment = lastSegment.substring(0, lastSegment.indexOf("-"))
						.trim();

				// append the necessary segments
				requestedPath = (Path) requestedPath.append(lastSegment)
						.append("missions");
			}
		} else {
			File profilesDir = new File(
					SQDevPreferenceUtil.getProfilesDocumentDirectory());

			if (!profilesDir.exists()) {
				String message = "Unable to locate profile \"" + profile + "\"";

				SQDevInfobox info = new SQDevInfobox(message, SWT.ICON_ERROR);

				info.open(false);

				throw new SQDevCoreException(message);
			}

			for (File current : profilesDir.listFiles()) {
				if (current.isDirectory()
						&& current.getName().equals(profile)) {
					requestedPath = new Path(current.getAbsolutePath());

					requestedPath = (Path) requestedPath.append("missions");
				}
			}
		}

		if (requestedPath == null || !requestedPath.toFile().exists()) {
			String message = "The missions directory for the profile \""
					+ profile + "\" could not be found!";

			SQDevInfobox info = new SQDevInfobox(message, SWT.ICON_ERROR);

			info.open(false);

			throw new SQDevCoreException(message);
		}

		return requestedPath;
	}

	/**
	 * Finds out whether the given profile is the default profile ArmA has
	 * created with the system's user name
	 *
	 * @param profile
	 *            The profile name to check
	 */
	public static boolean isSystemUserProfile(String profile) {
		return System.getProperty("user.name").equals(profile);
	}

	/**
	 * Checks whether the given file is a mission folder
	 *
	 * @param file
	 *            The file to check
	 */
	public static boolean isMissionFolder(File file) {
		Assert.isNotNull(file);

		if (!file.exists() || !file.isDirectory()
				|| !file.getName().contains(".")) {
			return false;
		}

		for (File currentFile : file.listFiles()) {
			if (currentFile.getName().toLowerCase().equals("mission.sqm")) {
				// if it contains a mission.sqm it's a mission
				return true;
			}
		}

		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Finds all available terrains
	 *
	 * @return An array of terrain names
	 */
	public static String[] getTerrains() {
		return new String[] { "Altis", "Stratis", "VR", "Tanoa" };
	}

	/**
	 * Gets some standard information about the OS and the running eclipse
	 * version
	 *
	 * @return All the information formatted into a String
	 */
	public static String getStandardInformation() {
		StringBuilder info = new StringBuilder();

		info.append("OS: " + System.getProperty("os.name") + "\n");
		info.append("Architecture: " + System.getProperty("osgi.arch") + "\n");
		info.append("Eclipse version: " + System.getProperty("eclipse.buildId")
				+ "\n");
		info.append("SQDev plugin versions:\n");
		info.append("\t" + getSQDevpluginversions().replaceAll("\n", "\n\t"));

		return info.toString();
	}

	/**
	 * Gets the versions of the currently running SQDev plugins
	 */
	public static String getSQDevpluginversions() {
		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();

		for (ESQDevPlugin plugin : ESQDevPlugin.values()) {
			builder.append(plugin.name() + ": " + plugin.getVersion() + "\n");
		}

		return builder.toString().trim();
	}

	/**
	 * Gets all necessary information about the plugin and the running eclipse
	 * version that should be provided along with an error report
	 *
	 * @return The file pointing to the zip file
	 * @throws IOException
	 */
	public static File getPluginInfoZipAsFile() throws IOException {
		String zipPath = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir") + File.separator
				+ PLUGIN_INFO_FILE_NAME;

		ZipOutputStream out = new ZipOutputStream(
				new FileOutputStream(zipPath));

		out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry("SQDevGeneralInformation.txt"));
		out.write(getStandardInformation().getBytes());
		out.closeEntry();

		IPath errorFilePath = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot()
				.getLocation();
		errorFilePath = errorFilePath
				.append(".metadata" + File.separator + ".log");

		out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry("EclipseLog.txt"));
		FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(errorFilePath.toFile());
		String logContent = FileUtil.readAll(in);
		in.close();
		out.write(logContent.getBytes());
		out.closeEntry();

		String keywords = ResourceManager.getManager()
				.getResourceContent(ResourceManager.KEYWORDS_RESOURCE);
		out.putNextEntry(new ZipEntry("SQFKeywords.txt"));
		out.write(keywords.getBytes());
		out.closeEntry();

		out.close();

		return new File(zipPath);
	}

	/**
	 * Closes and restarts all currently opened editors
	 */
	public static void restartAllEditors() {
		PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getDisplay().syncExec(new Runnable() {

			@Override
			public void run() {
				// restart all SQF editors
				IWorkbenchPage page = PlatformUI.getWorkbench()
						.getActiveWorkbenchWindow().getActivePage();

				IEditorReference[] editors = page.getEditorReferences();

				page.closeAllEditors(true);

				for (IEditorReference currentEditor : editors) {
					try {
						page.openEditor(currentEditor.getEditorInput(),
								currentEditor.getId());
					} catch (PartInitException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
			}
		});
	}

}

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I was there when the Popjustice judges shoved this into second place behind… Christ, I can't remember what won. It wasn't this. Some things are too beautiful to succeed.
If any fellow music journalists are reading, they'll like this: I never bought or owned the first 1975 album in any way; I just used to dip into PlayMPE every now and then and listen to it. So, obviously I never heard the whole record. Trying to listen to I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It is even more of a challenge, because its playing length actually exceeds its title. Still, worth it in the end, whatever age you end up.
"I like the rhythm," says Junior 2. "Yeah, the beat," clarifies big sis. Junior 2's thinking now: "Is it the man with the curly hair?" Yes, it is. They, like everyone else, were very taken with The 1975's Glastonbury performance (on the telly; I'm not a madman), providing raw proof that this is a band breaking through everywhere to mass cross-generational, and cross-taste, effect. 'Somebody Else' is simply gorgeous, straddling some unconsidered line between FM Radio 70s pop and Balearic house, and doing it while addressing an impulse we all recognise but are never particularly proud of. If you get me. By Jove, they're going to be so huge.
So, basically, Hot Chip have been heading this way. Regular readers of Jukebox Junior (hi Mum!) will know my feelings about Hot Chip – they should be right up my street, but something's always missing, at least over the course of an album – but I started to feel different this year, mainly down to a cracking Glastonbury set that was a 'moment' from start to finish. 'Huarache Lights', thumping organic rhythm, cheeky sample later repurposed, nerdy bounce, talkbox, joy of records, everything, was already my single of the year; the gig just made sure.
And it's the FIRST song on the album! That's what I call avant-garde.
This wordy addition to the TVOTR Princey-funk-rock almanac plays excellent games with layers, building up to a groovy lurch that makes you feel proud for no obvious reason. It's charismatic that way. Like singer Tunde Adebimpe. They didn't play this song at Glastonbury, but it was my favourite set of the weekend – a pick-me-up on a lagging, suffering Sunday afternoon – and I came away with a big swooning man-crush on Tunde.
In some cold sense, Lady GaGa is a fantastic pop star – all glitz and Vegas glamour, ever-changing, seemingly personality-free – yet it's those very things that make her one big nothing. In my shady day job as editor of a horrifyingly mainstream music site, GaGa is a godsend. She's full of juicy quotes, decked out in a new flesh-flashing doily every day, selling phenomenal amounts of records and it's all so… so… boring.
On the other hand, she put on a sterling if robotic show at Glastonbury and 'Just Dance', 'Poker Face' and 'Paparazzi' are the sort of ear-worms that The Saturdays, say, would kill for. I've gone with the third single here because – hey! – it's recent and we're nothing if not bleeding-edge. 'Paparazzi' is a huge great clunking metaphor for slavish empty adoration; just the kind GaGa needs for these 15 minutes.
Is Junior her biggest fan? She shuffles in her seat as she takes the standard eon to eat her cornflakes, but in the end the song merits a shrug. I try to fire some debate: "Do you know what 'Paparazzi' means?" "Morris has got one." Her friend Morris calls his dad "Papa", you see. Maybe he's seen him sneak off into the night with his Canon, in hot pursuit of a mini-Madonna in a bubble dress. It's a living.
So it's Junior's fourth birthday. It seems only three and a half years and a bit since we were reviewing Antipop Consortium records together and plumping for Kanye West over Missy Elliott in the 2005 chart. How time flies, innit.
And in those few short years, Animal Collective have gone from quirky indie electronica nerds to quirky indie electronica nerds with something approaching proper tunes. There have always been squirts of brilliance, but 2009's Merriweather Post Pavilion has pulled together more than most and set them to some full rave dynamics. The jaunty 'Summertime Clothes' isn't the best single on it – mayyybbeee we'll save one for the year-end chart – but it's a ray of hope as everything goes haywire outside the window.
Newly grown-up Junior is more interested in the flashy magic eye madness on the album sleeve, gracing the song with a mere handclap or two. She'd have loved them at Glastonbury though, where they stole the show with disco lights and hands aloft and sent all my mates packing to buy their album.
He was already well-enough-established by this point, largely thanks to forever soiling his legacy for a hit with the Little Orphan Annie-sponsored 'Hard Knock Life' back in 1998 – but now, right here, was where The Hov was riding highest: this hard-funk cut with ego on all cylinders, and The Blueprint album coming fast in the pipeline.
No diss-respect to Jay-Z's laconic flow and easy rhyming, but the heavy lifting is handled by The Neptunes, and Pharrell Williams in particular. In 2001, before the horror of N*E*R*D's second album, everything Williams touches is still turning gold and the descending, clipped riff and falsetto chorus are what makes '…Give It 2 Me'. So there.
Jokes. Junior took it easy, waiting for a good two or three minutes before clapping along to the springboard bass, bang on the rhythm. Come to think of it, I'm not sure she's ever heard any of Noel Gallagher's work – we can be pretty sure she won't find much swing there.
And you thought we'd forgotten. You try launching two websites in a month. The good news is, one's done and has for the past two days been revolutionising the way the world thinks about music channels run by corporate communications portals; as for the bad news, the other one's the work of just me and a couple of associates, and we're lazy as hell. Expect Jukebox Junior entries to come flying thick and fast while I put off doing proper work. That's a promise, by the way. The 1969 chart's taken longer than the actual year.
But here we bid it farewell, with some tastefully wrought sentiment and an arrangement that stands just as proud in 2008 as it must have done in 1969, because it's timeless, definitive and enduring. Well, it's still on the line. It's a Jimmy Webb special, strings and horns present and correct alongside a sense of vastness, of a granite-hewn cowboy standing on the verge of getting it on. I'm going all Brokeback. The song houses one of my favourite couplets ("And I need you more than want you" – Oh dear – "And I want you for all time" – Ah, I see) and pulls off ingenious capers with violins and synths, recreating the Morse code of the telegraph – all bundled together to form a peerless, romantic whole.
Junior sat in the back of the car, waving her arms, conducting the orchestra. I'm not even sure she's seen a conductor in action, so it must be instinctive. Of course she asks "Who's singing?" It's the sonorous tones of Glen Campbell, the golden teddy bear, the country and western Jack Nicklaus.
Back after Glastonbury with a seething vengeance. All you shy readers can select a new year to slice, dice and swathe with unlikely records that only a shameless pop freak of dubious taste could love. Anything except 1969, 1973, 1977, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2007. They're either here or archived over there. Think that covers it.
Wimbledon's premier rap-skiffle rodent had a big year, what with that Mercury nomination (and he really should have won – or did I say that about Bat For Lashes? Anyway, Panic Prevention was wildly inventive, clever and fun) and a packed John Peel tent singing along to this track at Glastonbury. His range is clearest on 'Calm Down Dearest', which sounds like Saint Etienne's 'Nothing Can Stop Us' sung by a particularly verbose drunkard. It's even better than I paint it.
It was greeted with stomping feet by Junior, who also chose to mirror the lyrics with a snarly face. Has she seen the lad? It was uncanny. She threw all this into the first couple of bars, missing the later subtleties of Treays' affecting semi-ballad – "racking and stacking them lines" – subtleties that fair bring a tear to a wincing eye.


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Matt Scott has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke. Picture: Ian Hitchcock
Scott stroke leaves Cowboys in shock
by Peter Badel
20th Aug 2019 6:20 PM | Updated: 6:20 PM
NORTH Queensland coach Paul Green has spoken of the club's devastation after learning that Matt Scott, the Cowboys' greatest prop, had suffered a stroke.
Green says doctors are confident Scott will make a full recovery after he suffered a mild stroke just 24 hours after the Cowboys' 42-6 loss to the Knights in Newcastle last Saturday night.
Former Queensland Origin prop Scott is currently recovering in hospital in Brisbane. Cowboys teammates were informed of the news on Tuesday morning, plunging the club into a state of shock ahead of Friday's home clash against the Panthers in Townsville.
Scott announced his retirement at season's end last month, but his Cowboys career is almost certainly over with the 34-year-old unlikely to play in the club's final two games against the Bulldogs and Melbourne.
Nicknamed 'Thumper', Scott is the most-capped forward in Cowboys history, having played 268 first-grade games, and Green said the club is reeling at the prop's health battle.
"It's pretty upsetting news, everyone is processing it at the moment," he said.
"It's tougher for Matt and his family as well. We need to make sure they are OK.
Scott has likely played his last game for the Cowboys. Photo: Michael Chambers/ AAP
"It's pretty serious, I'd be surprised if he does play again, but that's the least of his worries at this stage.
"He's in good hands, he is getting the right support and treatment, so I have confidence in the doctors.
"They are confident he will make a recovery."
Scott showed no ill-effects on Saturday, playing 36 minutes in the Cowboys' heavy loss to the Knights. Feeling his usual self, he declined an opportunity from Green to sit out the second half with the Cowboys being badly beaten.
But the following morning, Scott woke up feeling unwell. Cowboys insiders noticed Scott looking pale and tired. The former Maroons and Test prop managed to fly from Newcastle to Brisbane but upon landing, Cowboys medicos made the decision to take Scott to hospital for tests.
Doctors do not believe Scott's mild stroke is related to any football incident.
Paul Green said the players were shocked.
A stroke is a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain. Most strokes are caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain. Other strokes are caused by bleeding into brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts.
"They (Cowboys players) were pretty shocked. There were a range of emotions," Green said.
"It's not what we expected. We knew Matt was pretty crook coming off the flight but for it to be what it is, it is quite surprising and everyone is taken aback by what's happened.
"It started Sunday morning. By the time we arrived in Brisbane he was pretty crook, so we decided to send him to hospital on our stopover from Brisbane.
"You build a special relationship with your players, it's similar to family I suppose, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's uncomfortable, but it's always a strong relationship considering what you go through together.
Scott closes in on Knights halfback Mitchell Pearce during Saturday's match. (AAP Image/Darren Pateman)
"Some people at this club have known him a lot longer than I have. They are feeling just as bad, if not worse, than me."
Scott is revered as one of the toughest players of his era. The rugged bookend played 22 Origin matches for Queensland and 22 Tests for Australia and, with Johnathan Thurston, co-captained the Cowboys to their maiden premiership in 2015.
Green said he would be surprised if any Cowboys player wanted to stand down for this week's clash against Penrith.
Just three days ago, with the club languishing in second last spot, Green appealed for Cowboys players to finish off the season well as a tribute to the retiring Scott.
"I'd be surprised if anyone didn't want to play," he said.
"If you look at what Matt is all about and you only have to go back to the weekend's game (against Newcastle), he was given the option to not go back out for his second stint but that was never an option for him.
"He was almost offended when I suggested it. There was no way he wasn't going back out there so the players need to take his attitude this week.
"In my time in rugby league, which has been a long time, back to the 1980s, I've never experienced so much at the one time (in a season)."
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