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Churches condemn 'savage' killing of three in Nice church attack
Peter Kenny | Thursday, October 29 2020
(Photo: REUTERS / Navesh Chitrakar)A journalist draws a cartoon during a candle light vigil organised by the Federation of Nepalese Journalists to pay tribute to victims of Wednesday's shooting by gunmen at the offices of French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, in Kathmandu January 9, 2015. Armed and masked anti-terrorism police swooped on woodland villages northeast of Paris on Thursday in a manhunt for two brothers suspected of being the Islamist gunmen who killed 12 people at the French satirical weekly.
Pope Francis has expressed his sorrow and offered prayers for a "savage attack" in at a church in the French city of Nice in which three people were killed in a knife attack described as a "terrorist incident" and which was denounced by the French president.
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The attack took place in the Basilica of Notre Dame on Oct. 29 in which an elederly person's throat was slit.
It occurred in the city of on the Mediterranean coast during a time of mounting heightened tensions in France over radical Islamism, secularism and freedom of speech.
President Emmanuel Macron denounced the "Islamist terrorist attack" at the Notre-Dame basilica after visiting the scene in the southern city, the BBC reported.
World Council of Churches interim general secretary Rev. Ioan Sauca expressed solidarity with the churches and people of France, and condolences to the families of the victims,
"Following the horrific killing of teacher Samuel Paty earlier this month, these atrocities demand a renewed search for an effective response to the phenomenon of violent religious extremism, not only in France, but in the many countries around the world that continue to be afflicted by it each day."
"There can be no legitimate religious justification for this brutality, and any and all attempts to justify such attacks on religious grounds must be categorically denounced."
One elderly victim who was praying was "virtually beheaded". Another woman and a man also died. A suspect was shot and detained shortly afterwards.
The sexton, a lay member of staff responsible for the upkeep of the church, aged in his late 40s or early 50s and with two children had his throat cut while preparing for morning mass, said Gil Florini, a Catholic priest in Nice, Reuters news agency reported.
MAN BEHEADED
The main beheaded an elderly woman, and badly wounded a third woman, according to a police source.
The attack came just weeks after Samuel Paty, a high school teacher, was beheaded in a terrorist attack in Paris.
Two other attacks were carried ou on the same day in France and Saudi Arabia.
A man was shot dead in Montfavet near the southern French city of Avignon after threatening police with a handgun.
Separately, a guard was attacked outside the French consulate in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. A suspect was arrested and the guard taken to hospital.
"Informed of the savage attack that was perpetrated this morning in a church in Nice, causing the death of several innocent people, His Holiness Pope Francis joins in prayer with the suffering of the families who were affected and shares their sorrow," the pontiff said in a message to Bishop André Marceau of Nice.
"Condemning such violent acts of terror in the strongest possible way, he assures the Catholic Community of France and all the French people of his closeness and he calls for unity," said the message.
Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi spoke of "Islamo-fascism" and said the suspect had "repeated endlessly 'Allahu Akbar' (God is greatest)."
Police did not initially impute a motive for the NIce attack.
It followeed days of protests in some Muslim-majority countries triggered by President Macron's defence of the publication of cartoons that depicted the Prophet Mohammed which in turn trigged calls in some countries for a boycott of French goods.
Four years ago Nice was wracked by another terror attack, on the Frnech national dday on July 14 when a Tunisian man drove ploughed his struck into crowds, killing 86 people.
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72-year-old nun praised for intervening in stabbing of Polish priest in France
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Results in Malta
Switzerland and Malta
Living in Malta
Consulate General of Switzerland in Valletta
supports Swiss representations in safeguarding Switzerland's interests and in emergencies involving Swiss citizens abroad. In an emergency the representation responsible (embassy or consulate-general) must be contacted immediately.
Office for the implementation of the Swiss enlargement contribution
Coordinates funding and projects on the ground
All consular services and visa issues are provided by the Embassy of Switzerland in Rome/Italy.
Travel advice for Malta
Bilateral relations Switzerland–Malta
Projects in Malta
Switzerland supports three projects in Malta with its EU enlargement contribution
Bilateral Framework Agreement with Malta
Switzerland has concluded a bilateral framework agreement with Malta. Switzerland decides in consultation with Malta and independently of the EU which projects it will support
Switzerland uses its enlargement contribution to help train diplomats in the Mediterranean and enable all Maltese citizens to access modern cancer diagnostic services
All three projects were successfully completed by June 2015. The initial objectives have been achieved and in some projects even surpassed.
The Swiss contribution supports EU enlargement, which constitutes a major step towards greater security, stability and prosperity on the entire European continent. © SECO/SDC
Promoting economic growth and improving working conditions
MEDAC students visiting the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as part of a study trip to Switzerland. © SDC
Training of diplomats in the Mediterranean area
Sixty students from North Africa and the Middle East received scholarships that enabled them to undertake and successfully complete a Master's degree at the Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC). They acquired knowledge in the areas of democracy, human rights and governance which they can apply in their home countries. Feedback from the students on the quality of the course has been very positive and the demand for places from the countries of these regions has continued to increase. Cooperation between Switzerland and Malta will continue after project completion.
Improving social security
Dr Anthony Samuel, specialist in nuclear medicine and head of the Department of Radiology at Mater Dei Hospital presents the PET scanner. © SDC
Prevention and diagnosis of cancer
A positron emission tomography (PET scanner) was installed in Malta at the beginning of 2013 at the Mater Dei public hospital, providing the entire population with modern cancer diagnosis possibilities. This technology was previously only available in one private clinic, or people had to travel abroad for it. Neither of these options was possible for many patients for financial reasons. Three Maltese radiologists have enhanced their knowledge of the PET/CT scanner thanks to a transfer of knowledge and experience with the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), at the regional hospital of Bellinzona. This facility is now an important element in the Maltese healthcare system.
Project description (PDF, Number of pages 2, 193.8 kB, English)
Ein moderner Tomograph für Malta
Un tomodensitomètre moderne pour Malte
Un tomografo moderno per Malta

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Lucile Wheeler,  (born January 14, 1935) is a former alpine ski racer from Canada. She was a double world champion in 1958, the first North American to win a world title in the downhill event.

Early years
Wheeler was born in Quebec and grew up in the village of Sainte-Jovite in the Laurentian mountains. Her family was instrumental in promoting the sport of skiing and her grandfather George Wheeler built the famous Gray Rocks ski centre at Mont-Tremblant, Quebec. He had moved to Quebec from Chazy, New York in the late nineteenth century, hoping to make it rich in the lumber business, but was wiped out by a forest fire.

Taught to ski at the age of two, Wheeler's skills were such that she was soon competing against older ski racers. At age 10, she finished seventh in a downhill event at Mont Tremblant in a race that was open to participants of all ages. She won the Canadian junior ski championship in 1947 at age 12 and at 14 was selected to compete for Canada at the World Championships in 1950 in Aspen, Colorado, the first major alpine event held outside of Europe. However, her parents felt she was too young at age 15 to miss school and did not allow her to go.

Racing career
The early 1950s was still a time when resources for Canadian skiers were extremely limited. There was very little in the way of government funding to cover expenses for skiers wishing to compete on the world stage or to pay for professional training. Recognizing their daughter's gifts, her parents bore the expense for her to spend several winters training in Kitzbühel, Austria. It paid off when she became the first North American Olympic medalist in the downhill in alpine skiing, winning the bronze in 1956 at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. She followed this with a spectacular performance at the 1958 World Championships in Bad Gastein, Austria, where she won both the downhill and the giant slalom and took silver in the combined. Upon her return to Canada a month later, she received tumultuous receptions.

Wheeler's breakthrough performance resulted in an increase in government funding that enabled other Canadian skiers to compete at the international level. Her achievements were also instrumental in increasing the popularity of the sport both nationwide and in her native Quebec where what was once a remote destination in the Laurentian mountains for only a limited few became a thriving ski area with an abundance of quality facilities that attracts hundreds of thousands of skiers every winter.

World Championship results

From 1948 through 1980, the Winter Olympics were also the World Championships for alpine skiing.
Wheeler qualified for the 1950 championships, but did not attend.

Olympic results

After racing
Following her retirement from competitive racing at age 24 in 1959, Wheeler, along with Réal Charette, was a ski instructor in a film made at the Banff ski resort that won the American Library Association's award as the best educational sports film of 1960. Wheeler married CFL Hall of Fame player Kaye Vaughan of Kansas in June 1960, and the couple lived for a time in Ottawa, but in 1967 they moved to the village of Knowlton in the heart of a Quebec ski area known as the Eastern Townships. The mother of two children, she organized a ski program at Knowlton High School for children aged 14 and under.

Honours
Wheeler was voted the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's most outstanding athlete of 1958 and was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. In 1976, she was made a member of the Order of Canada, her country's highest civilian honour, and was inducted into the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. South of the border, Wheeler was inducted into the U.S. Ski Hall of Fame in 1976.

Glen Mountain, a small Quebec ski hill in West Bolton, honoured her with a trail named "The Wheeler."

See also
List of alpine skiing world champions

References

External links

 Lucile Wheeler – Lou Marsh Trophy 1958
 Lucile Wheeler at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
 Lucile Wheeler at Canadian Ski Hall of Fame
 Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame – Alpine skiing – Lucile Wheeler
 Lucile Wheeler Vaughan at U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame

1935 births
Living people
Canadian female alpine skiers
Lou Marsh Trophy winners
Olympic alpine skiers of Canada
Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
Alpine skiers at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiers at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Members of the Order of Canada
Skiers from Montreal
Olympic medalists in alpine skiing
Medalists at the 1956 Winter Olympics

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July 2, 2019July 3, 2019
From the 4th of July, film lovers will be in for one of their annual movie treats. The Cinephile Film Club of the Entertainment Society of Goa in collaboration with the Delegation of the European Union to India, Directorate of Film Festival, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Govt. of India) is organizing the 24th European Union Film Festival. It will be inaugurated on 4th July 2019 at 6 p.m. at the hands of Shri Daulat Hawaldar (Finance Secretary – Government of Goa) in the presence of Shri. Raimund Magis- Deputy Head of EEAS.
The festival which would be held from 4th July to 18th July 2019 would be an bonanza of films from all over Europe. The movies will be screened at Auditorium 1, Maquinez Palace, ESG Complex, Panaji. This festival is open to public and the seating availability would be on a first come first serve basis. A total of 23 films will be screened over a period of 15 days. To make it convenient for the general public, the films will be screened at 5.30 pm and 7.30 pm.
The opening film Diamantino is from Portugal and the film has won several laurels including two awards at the Cannes film festival in 2018. Directed by Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt, the story is about a footballer hence there couldn't have been a better opening film for the Goa edition of the EUFF.
Mr. Peter Sant from Malta, the producer and director of the film Of Time and the Sea will be present screening and a Q &A on 7th July at 5.30pm.
Several internationally acclaimed films like Styx (2018) from Austria which won the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Berlin, King of the Belgians (2016) from Belgium, the French film Hope, Bubblegum from Bulgaria will be screened.
The films to be screened at the EUFF 2019 are –.
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Q: Reading from file in Eclipse plugin I need to read the configuration details from a properties file in eclipse. I have put the  config.properties at the same level as plugin.xml and in the class file I call:
Properties properties = new Properties();
FileInputStream file;
String path = "./config.properties";
file = new FileInputStream(path);
properties.load(file);

I get a file not found exception. Is there a better way of doing this?

A: Did you remember to include it in the build?
Secondly, using the classloader resource is probably better anyway
InputStream fileStream = myClass.getResourceAsStream( "/config.properties" );

Also, there is another way of opening a resource URL in eclipse using
url = new URL("platform:/plugin/com.example.plugin/config.properties");
InputStream inputStream = url.openConnection().getInputStream();

A: Put the properties file in the root of your project.  This should be where the user.dir system property is pointing.  The FileInputStream constructor looks in this directory for the file.
You can confirm it is in the correct directory by outputting the System Property.
System.getProperty("user.dir");

A: If it is a plugin, you should tell it that your file must be included into the target. It is set in the build.properties file. Open it and look - you haven't your file mentioned there.
Open plugin.xml, go to build tab and include your file in the binary.build by checking it. Save. That will change the build.properties file correctly. Go to build.properties tab and look at the file again - now you see your file included correctly.
Of course, you could do it by hand, but plugin UI is convenient and you can be sure you haven't any problem ends of line or spaces.
For absolute addressing the files in the plugins look here

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.Specialized;
using System.Drawing;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Apex.WinForms.Interop;
using Apex.WinForms.Shell;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using SharpShell;
using SharpShell.Attributes;
using SharpShell.Interop;
using SharpShell.Registry;
using SharpShell.ServerRegistration;
using SharpShell.ServiceRegistry;
using SharpShell.SharpContextMenu;
using SharpShell.SharpDropHandler;
using SharpShell.SharpIconHandler;
using SharpShell.SharpIconOverlayHandler;
using SharpShell.SharpInfoTipHandler;
using SharpShell.SharpPreviewHandler;
using SharpShell.SharpThumbnailHandler;
using SFGAO = Apex.WinForms.Interop.SFGAO;

namespace ServerManager.TestShell
{
    /// <summary>
    /// The TestShellForm is a simple form that can be used to test SharpShell
    /// COM servers.
    /// </summary>
    public partial class TestShellForm : Form
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="TestShellForm" /> class.
        /// </summary>
        public TestShellForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            lazyBoldFont = new Lazy<Font>(() => new Font(Font, FontStyle.Bold));

            shellTreeView.OnShellItemAdded += new TreeViewEventHandler(shellTreeView_OnShellItemAdded);
            shellListView.OnShellItemAdded += new Apex.WinForms.Controls.ListViewItemEventHandler(shellListView_OnShellItemAdded);

            //  Create the ordered view menu items.
            orderedViewMenuItems.Add(largeIconsToolStripMenuItem);
            orderedViewMenuItems.Add(toolStripMenuItemSmallIcons);
            orderedViewMenuItems.Add(listToolStripMenuItem);
            orderedViewMenuItems.Add(detailsToolStripMenuItem);
            orderedViewMenuItems.Add(tileToolStripMenuItem);

            shellListView.Columns.Add(new ColumnHeader {Text = "Name"});
        }

        void shellTreeView_OnShellItemAdded(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
        {
            /*var shellItem = shellTreeView.GetShellItem(e.Node);
            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestIconHandler, shellItem))
            {
                DoTestIconHandler(e.Node);
            }*/
        }

        void shellListView_OnShellItemAdded(object sender, Apex.WinForms.Controls.ListViewItemEventArgs args)
        {
            var shellItem = shellListView.GetShellItem(args.Item);

            //  If the icon handler is associated with the the item, test it.
            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestIconHandler, shellItem))
                DoTestIconHandler(args.Item);

            //  If the info tip handler is associated with the item, test it.
            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestInfoTipHandler, shellItem))
                DoTestInfoTipHandler(args.Item);

            //  If the drop handler is associated with the item, test it.
            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestDropHandler, shellItem))
                DoTestDropHandler(args.Item);

            //  If the preview handler is associated with the item, test it.
            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestPreviewHandler, shellItem))
                DoTestPreviewHandler(args.Item);

            //  If a thumbnail handleris associated with the item, highlight it.
            if(IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestThumbnailHandler, shellItem))
                HighlightItem(args.Item);

            //  If an icon overlay handler is associated with the item, highlight it.
            if(IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestIconOverlayHandler, shellItem))
                HighlightItem(args.Item);
        }

        private void shellTreeView1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
            {
                if (shellTreeView.SelectedNode == null) return;

                //  Get the point in screen coords.
                var screenPoint = shellTreeView.PointToScreen(new Point(e.X, e.Y));

                //  Get the shell item.
                var shellItem = shellTreeView.GetShellItem(shellTreeView.SelectedNode);

                //  Test it.
                DoTestMenu(new [] {shellItem}, screenPoint.X, screenPoint.Y);
            }
        }

        private void shellListView1_MouseUp(object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.Button == MouseButtons.Right)
            {
                //  Get the highlighted items.
                var items = shellListView.SelectedItems.OfType<ListViewItem>().Select(lvi => shellListView.GetShellItem(lvi)).ToArray();

                //  Get the point in screen coords.
                var screenPoint = shellListView.PointToScreen(new Point(e.X, e.Y));

                //  Test it.
                DoTestMenu(items, screenPoint.X, screenPoint.Y);
            }
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Tests the context menu.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="items">The items.</param>
        /// <param name="x">The x.</param>
        /// <param name="y">The y.</param>
        private void DoTestMenu(ShellItem[] items, int x, int y)
        {
            //  If we don't have a context menu, we can bail now.
            if (TestContextMenu == null)
                return;

            //  Get the interfaces we need to test with.
            var shellExtInitInterface = (IShellExtInit) TestContextMenu;
            var contextMenuInterface = (IContextMenu) TestContextMenu;

            //  Try init first.
            try
            {
                //  Create the file paths.
                var filePaths = new StringCollection();
                filePaths.AddRange(items.Select(i => i.Path).ToArray());

                //  Create the data object from the file paths.
                var dataObject = new DataObject();
                dataObject.SetFileDropList(filePaths);

                //  Get the IUnknown COM interface address. Jesus .NET makes this easy.
                var dataObjectInterfacePointer = Marshal.GetIUnknownForObject(dataObject);

                //  Pass the data to the shell extension, attempt to initialise it.
                //  We must provide the data object as well as the parent folder PIDL.
                if (items.Any())
                {
                    var folderPIDL = items.First().ParentItem.PIDL;
                    shellExtInitInterface.Initialize(folderPIDL, dataObjectInterfacePointer, IntPtr.Zero);
                }
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                //  Not supported for the file
                return;
            }

            //  Create a native menu.
            var menuHandle = CreatePopupMenu();

            //  Build the menu.
            contextMenuInterface.QueryContextMenu(menuHandle, 0, 0, 1, 0);

            //  Track the menu.
            TrackPopupMenu(menuHandle,
                           0, x, y, 0, Handle, IntPtr.Zero);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The windows message pump.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="m">The Windows <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.Message" /> to process.</param>
        protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
        {
            base.WndProc(ref m);

            //  Do we have a comamnd and a shell context menu we're testing?
            if (m.Msg == WM_COMMAND && TestContextMenu != null)
            {
                var loword = LowWord(m.WParam.ToInt32());
                var hiword = HighWord(m.WParam.ToInt32());

                //  If the hiword is 0 it's a menu command.
                if (hiword == 0)
                {
                    //  Create command info.
                    var commandInfo = new CMINVOKECOMMANDINFO();
                    commandInfo.cbSize = (uint) Marshal.SizeOf(commandInfo);
                    commandInfo.verb = new IntPtr(loword);

                    //  Get a pointer to the structure.
                    var commandInfoPointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(Marshal.SizeOf(commandInfo));
                    Marshal.StructureToPtr(commandInfo, commandInfoPointer, false);

                    ((IContextMenu) TestContextMenu).InvokeCommand(commandInfoPointer);
                }
            }
        }

        public static int HighWord(int number)
        {
            return ((number & 0x80000000) == 0x80000000) ?
                                                             (number >> 16) : ((number >> 16) & 0xffff);
        }

        public static int LowWord(int number)
        {
            return number & 0xffff;
        }

        private void shellListView_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var shellItem = shellListView.SelectedItems.Count > 0 ? shellListView.GetShellItem(shellListView.SelectedItems[0]) : null;

            if (shellItem != null)
                toolStripStatusLabelAttributes.Text = "Attributes: " + shellItem.Attributes.ToString();

            propertyGridSelectedObject.SelectedObject = shellItem;

            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestPreviewHandler, shellItem))
            {
                shellPreviewHost1.SetPreviewHandler(TestPreviewHandler.ServerClsid);
                shellPreviewHost1.SetPreviewItem(shellItem.Path);
            }

            if (IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestThumbnailHandler, shellItem))
            {
                shellThumbnailHost1.SetThumbnailHandler(TestThumbnailHandler);
                shellThumbnailHost1.SetPreviewItem(shellItem);
            }

            if(IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(TestIconOverlayHandler, shellItem))
            {
                /*
                 * Icon overlays currently not tested due to exception.
                 *
                var initialString = new string(' ', 260);
                var stringPointer  = Marshal.StringToHGlobalUni(initialString);
                int iconIndex;
                ISIOI iconFlags;
                ((IShellIconOverlayIdentifier) TestIconOverlayHandler).GetOverlayInfo(stringPointer, 260, out iconIndex,
                                                                                out iconFlags);
                var path = Marshal.PtrToStringUni(stringPointer);

                //  Load the icon.
                var icon = new Icon(path);
                var iconImage = icon.ToBitmap();
                pictureBoxIconOverlay.Image = iconImage;
                 *
                 * */
            }
        }

        private void DoTestIconHandler(ListViewItem item)
        {
            //  Get the shell item.
            try
            {
                var shellItem = shellListView.GetShellItem(item);

                IntPtr iconSmall, iconLarge;
                GetIconHandlerIcons(TestIconHandler, shellItem.Path, out iconSmall, out iconLarge);

                //  We're testing the item, so make it bold.
                item.Font = lazyBoldFont.Value;

                //  Add the icons.
                var largeIcon = Icon.FromHandle(iconLarge);
                var smallIcon = Icon.FromHandle(iconSmall);
                var newIndex = shellListView.LargeImageList.Images.Count;
                shellListView.LargeImageList.Images.Add(largeIcon);
                shellListView.SmallImageList.Images.Add(smallIcon);

                //  Set the icon.
                item.ImageIndex = newIndex;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }
        }

        private void GetIconHandlerIcons(SharpIconHandler iconHandler, string path, out IntPtr iconSmall, out IntPtr iconLarge)
        {
            //  Test the persist file.
            var persistFile = (IPersistFile)iconHandler;
            persistFile.Load(path, 0);

            //  Test the icon handler.
            var extractIcon = (IExtractIconW)iconHandler;
            var size = 32 + (16 << 16);
            extractIcon.Extract(path, 0, out iconLarge, out iconSmall, (uint)size);
        }

        private void DoTestInfoTipHandler(ListViewItem item)
        {
            if (TestInfoTipHandler == null)
                return;

            //  Get the shell item.
            try
            {
                var shellItem = shellListView.GetShellItem(item);

                //  Initialise the icon handler.
                var persistFileInterface = (IPersistFile)TestInfoTipHandler;
                persistFileInterface.Load(shellItem.Path, 0);

                //  Get the info tip.
                var queryInfoInterface = (IQueryInfo)TestInfoTipHandler;
                string infoTip;
                queryInfoInterface.GetInfoTip(QITIPF.QITIPF_DEFAULT, out infoTip);

                //  Set the tooltip.
                item.Font = lazyBoldFont.Value;
                item.ToolTipText = infoTip;
            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
            }
        }

        private void DoTestDropHandler(ListViewItem item)
        {
            if (TestDropHandler == null)
                return;

                //  Add the item to the set of test drop items.
                testDropItems.Add(item);

                //  Highlight the item.
                HighlightItem(item);
        }

        private void DoTestPreviewHandler(ListViewItem item)
        {
            if (TestPreviewHandler == null)
                return;

            //  Highlight the item.
            HighlightItem(item);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Highlights a list view item.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="listViewItem">The list view item.</param>
        private void HighlightItem(ListViewItem listViewItem)
        {
            //  Set the font to bold.
            listViewItem.Font = lazyBoldFont.Value;
        }

        private readonly List<ListViewItem> testDropItems = new List<ListViewItem>();

        /// <summary>
        /// Determines whether a server is associated with a shell item.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="server">The server.</param>
        /// <param name="shellItem">The shell item.</param>
        /// <returns>
        ///   <c>true</c> if a server is associated with the shell item; otherwise, <c>false</c>.
        /// </returns>
        private bool IsServerAssociatedWithShellItem(ISharpShellServer server, ShellItem shellItem)
        {
            //  If we don't have the server, bail.
            if (server == null || shellItem == null)
                return false;

            //  Get the associations.
            var associationType = COMServerAssociationAttribute.GetAssociationType(server.GetType());
            var associations = COMServerAssociationAttribute.GetAssociations(server.GetType());

            //  TODO: This is potentially a very useful check - maybe it should be moved into the
            //  COMServerAssociationAttribute class so that it can be reused.

            //  We have a special case for icon overlays.
            if (server is SharpIconOverlayHandler && TestIconOverlayHandler != null && shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_FILESYSTEM))
                if (((IShellIconOverlayIdentifier)TestIconOverlayHandler).IsMemberOf(shellItem.Path, FILE_ATTRIBUTE.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL) == 0)
                    return true;

            //  Based on the assocation type, we can check the shell item.
            switch (associationType)
            {
                //  This is checked for backwards compatibility.
#pragma warning disable 618
                case AssociationType.FileExtension:
#pragma warning restore 618

                    //  File extensions are easy to check.
                    if (shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_FILESYSTEM))
                    {
                        return
                            associations.Any(
                                a =>
                                string.Compare(Path.GetExtension(shellItem.DisplayName), a,
                                               StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) == 0);
                    }

                    break;

                case AssociationType.ClassOfExtension:

                    //  TODO must be tested.
                    if (shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_FILESYSTEM))
                    {
                        //  Get our class.
                        var registry = ServiceRegistry.GetService<IRegistry>();
                        using (var classesRoot = registry.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.ClassesRoot, RegistryView.Default))
                        {
                            var fileClass = FileExtensionClass.Get(classesRoot, Path.GetExtension(shellItem.DisplayName), false);

                            //  Do we match it?
                            return associations.Any(a => string.Compare(fileClass, FileExtensionClass.Get(classesRoot, a, false), StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) == 0);
                        }

                    }

                    break;

                case AssociationType.Class:
                    //  TODO must be tested.
                    break;

                case AssociationType.AllFiles:

                    //  TODO must be tested.
                    return shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_FILESYSTEM) && shellItem.IsFolder == false;

                case AssociationType.Directory:

                    //  Directories are filesystem, not streams, and folder.
                    return shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_FILESYSTEM) && !shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_STREAM) && shellItem.IsFolder;

                case AssociationType.Drive:

                    //  TODO must be tested.
                    return shellItem.Attributes.HasFlag(SFGAO.SFGAO_STORAGEANCESTOR);

                case AssociationType.UnknownFiles:
                    //  TODO must be tested.
                    break;
            }

            return false;
        }

        private void toolStripMenuItemSmallIcons_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            shellListView.View = View.SmallIcon;
            SetViewIndex(1);
        }

        private void largeIconsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            shellListView.View = View.LargeIcon;
            SetViewIndex(0);
        }

        private void detailsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            shellListView.View = View.Details;
            SetViewIndex(3);
        }

        private void tileToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            shellListView.View = View.Tile;
            SetViewIndex(4);
        }

        private void listToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            shellListView.View = View.List;
            SetViewIndex(2);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The view menu items, in order.
        /// </summary>
        private List<ToolStripMenuItem> orderedViewMenuItems = new List<ToolStripMenuItem>();

        private readonly Lazy<Font> lazyBoldFont;

        private const uint WM_CONTEXTMENU = 0x007B;
        private const uint WM_COMMAND = 0x0111;

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        internal static extern IntPtr CreateMenu();

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        internal static extern IntPtr CreatePopupMenu();

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        internal static extern bool TrackPopupMenu(IntPtr hMenu,
                                                   uint uFlags, int x, int y, int nReserved, IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr pRect);

        [DllImport("User32.dll")]
        internal static extern int GetMenuItemCount(IntPtr hMenu);

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the test server.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test server.
        /// </value>
        public ISharpShellServer TestServer { get; set; }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the test context menu.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test context menu.
        /// </value>
        public SharpContextMenu TestContextMenu { get { return TestServer as SharpContextMenu; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the test icon handler.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test icon handler.
        /// </value>
        public SharpIconHandler TestIconHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpIconHandler; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the test thumbnail handler.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test thumbnail handler.
        /// </value>
        public SharpThumbnailHandler TestThumbnailHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpThumbnailHandler; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets or sets the test info tip handler.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test info tip handler.
        /// </value>
        public SharpInfoTipHandler TestInfoTipHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpInfoTipHandler; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the test drop handler.
        /// </summary>
        public SharpDropHandler TestDropHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpDropHandler; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the test preview handler.
        /// </summary>
        /// <value>
        /// The test preview handler.
        /// </value>
        public SharpPreviewHandler TestPreviewHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpPreviewHandler; } }

        /// <summary>
        /// Gets the test icon overlay handler.
        /// </summary>
        public SharpIconOverlayHandler TestIconOverlayHandler { get { return TestServer as SharpIconOverlayHandler; } }

        private void toolStripSplitButtonChangeYourView_ButtonClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
           //  Update it.
            currentViewIndex++;
            if (currentViewIndex >= orderedViewMenuItems.Count)
                currentViewIndex = 0;

            SetViewIndex(currentViewIndex);
            orderedViewMenuItems[currentViewIndex].PerformClick();
        }

        private void SetViewIndex(int index)
        {
            currentViewIndex = index;

            //  Get the menu item to change to.
            var newItem = orderedViewMenuItems[currentViewIndex];

            //  Set the icon.
            toolStripSplitButtonChangeYourView.Image = newItem.Image;
        }

        private int currentViewIndex = 0;

        private void shellListView_ItemDrag(object sender, ItemDragEventArgs e)
        {
            //dragItems.Clear();
            //dragItems.Add( shellListView.GetShellItem((ListViewItem)e.Item));
            //  Allow drags.
            //shellListView.DoDragDrop(e.Item, DragDropEffects.All);
        }

        private List<ShellItem> dragItems = new List<ShellItem>();

        private void shellListView_QueryContinueDrag(object sender, QueryContinueDragEventArgs e)
        {
            //e.Action = DragAction.Continue;
            /*var info = shellListView.HitTest(shellListView.PointToClient(System.Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position));
            if (info.Item != null && testDropItems.Contains(info.Item) && TestDropHandler != null)
            {
                //  Get the paths.
                var paths = new StringCollection();
                paths.AddRange(dragItems.Select(di => di.Path).ToArray());

                uint effect = 0;
                var dataObject = new DataObject();
                var position = new POINT() {X = Cursor.Position.X, Y = Cursor.Position.Y};
                dataObject.SetFileDropList(paths);
                ((SharpShell.Interop.IDropTarget) TestDropHandler).DragEnter(
                    dataObject, 0, position, ref effect);

                var effects = (DragDropEffects) effect;

                e.Action = effects != DragDropEffects.None ? DragAction.Drop : DragAction.Cancel;
            }*/
        }

        private void shellListView_GiveFeedback(object sender, GiveFeedbackEventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void shellListView_DragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void toolStripButtonShowProperties_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var path = shellListView.GetShellItem(shellListView.SelectedItems[0]).Path;

            const int SW_SHOW = 5;

            var shell_ex = new SHELLEXECUTEINFO
            {
                cbSize = Marshal.SizeOf(new SHELLEXECUTEINFO()),
                lpFile = path,
                nShow = SW_SHOW,
                fMask = SEE.SEE_MASK_INVOKEIDLIST,
                lpVerb = "Properties"
            };

            Shell32.ShellExecuteEx(ref shell_ex);
        }

        private void toolStripButtonShellOpenDialog_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            var openFileDialog = new OpenFileDialog();
            openFileDialog.ShowDialog(this);
        }

        private void shellTreeView_AfterSelect(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
        {
            //  Set the selected of the property grid.
            propertyGridSelectedObject.SelectedObject = e.Node != null ? shellTreeView.GetShellItem(e.Node) : null;
        }
    }
}

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New Central Coast Agricultural Order Approved and In Effect | CCOF - Organic certification, education and outreach, advocacy and leadership since 1973.
The Central Coast Water Board approved a new Agricultural Order on March 8, 2017. This is a three-year Agricultural Order which must be replaced by March 7, 2020. The new Agricultural Order is the third Agricultural Order adopted in the central coast region, so is referred to as Ag Order 3.0.
Ag Order 3.0 requires groundwater monitoring in 2017 and also expands the Total Nitrogen Applied reporting requirement. Please review the highlights of these two requirements below.
We will provide additional information soon, such as an updated compliance calendar, information about workshop opportunities, and more.
all domestic wells located on the assessor parcel numbers where the ranch is located.
Two rounds of sampling from all required wells are due in 2017. The first sample from each required well must be drawn from March-June 2017 and the second sample from September-December 2017. Groundwater samples must be collected by a qualified third party, such as a consultant, technician, or person conducting cooperative monitoring on behalf of the grower.
As in Ag Order 2.0, laboratory analysis must be conducted by a state-certified laboratory that can coordinate with the grower to submit the sampling results electronically using the Water Board's GeoTracker electronic deliverable format (known as EDF).
For more information about groundwater monitoring requirements, please see any of the Monitoring and Reporting Program documents located on our website, Part 2 A and B. Groundwater monitoring guidance documents, including a list of qualified laboratories, will be available soon on our website in the Grower Workshops and Resources section.
The Total Nitrogen Applied reporting requirement is now expanded to include all ranches that grow any crop with a high potential of loading nitrogen to groundwater. These "high risk" crops include the following: beet, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, Chinese cabbage (Napa), collard, endive, kale, leek, lettuce (leaf and head), mustard, onion (dry and green), spinach, strawberry, pepper (fruiting), and parsley. If any of these crops are grown on your ranch, then a Total Nitrogen Applied report is required for all crops grown on the ranch.
The first Total Nitrogen Applied report for Ag Order 3.0 is due on March 1, 2018. You will need to report the Total Nitrogen Applied to all crops harvested on the ranch during the 2017 calendar year. Make sure to track all nitrogen applied from fertilizers, compost, and other materials to each crop; track the total volume of irrigation water applied to the ranch; sample your irrigation water for nitrate; and sample your soil for nitrogen, so you can accurately report on March 1, 2018.
For more information on Total Nitrogen Applied reporting, please see the Monitoring and Reporting Program for Tier 2 or Tier 3 ranches located on our website, Part 2C. Total Nitrogen Applied reporting instructions and forms are available on our website in the Grower Workshops and Resources section.
Below are links to the approved Ag Order 3.0 documents. These documents can also be accessed from the Central Coast Water Board website.
This article was republished from an email by the Central Coast Water Quality Control Board.


After the succesfull delivery and roll-out of the Feadship website in 2013, we wanted to keep improving. With the new 2.0 version, we've extended the Feadship promise of perfection and also incorporated more functional elements into the Feadship experience. Users can now interact directly with charter, refit and build crews to get direct feedback on their dreams and wishes.
With reach and user experience being the most important requirements, we focussed on language adaptations an iterations of the UI.
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Dreaming of a bright future
Foundation - Friday 14 October, 2022
Interview on the future of cardiovascular medicine with Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif, Director of the Montreal Heart Institute's Research Centre.
The relationship between mental well-being and cardiovascular health
Foundation - Thursday 21 July, 2022
While most health care professionals at the Montreal Heart Institute take care of a patient's heart, Dr. Judith Brouillette, Director of the Psychiatry Department, provides care for their mental well-being.
A tradition of innovation
Foundation - Tuesday 12 July, 2022
Interview with Dr. Denis Roy, winner of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society Research Achievement Award and pillar of the Montreal Heart Institute.
Dr. Walid Ben Ali: building the interventional cardiac surgery of tomorrow
Foundation - Thursday 7 July, 2022
A cardiac surgeon with an impressive backstory, Dr. Walid Ben Ali joined the Montreal Heart Institute in April 2021. Since then, he has been actively researching, creating, and perfecting tools that could revolutionize the world of cardiac surgery in the future. An encounter with an innovation enthusiast!
A breeding ground for medical breakthroughs
Foundation - Monday 4 July, 2022
Dr. Jean-François Tanguay and Dr. Philippe Demers tell us how the Institute's teams are constantly pushing the boundaries of cardiovascular medicine.
Genetic factors and lifestyle habits: can we act in favour of our cardiovascular health despite genetics?
Foundation, in collaboration with Dr. Marie-Pierre Dubé, director of the Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute - Wednesday 15 June, 2022
It's often said that the apple doesn't fall far from the tree… But what if we could somehow make it roll a bit farther away by having a healthier lifestyle? Dr. Marie-Pierre Dubé, director of the Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Centre at the Montreal Heart Institute, demonstrates the important influence that various modifiable factors have on the genetically determined risk of heart disease.
Prevention: the key to a healthy heart and brain
Foundation - Wednesday 27 April, 2022
"Some might be asking themselves why an institution like ours, dedicated to cardiology, studies the brain. That's because the heart and brain are in fact inextricably linked. What's good for one is good for the other," said Dr. Bherer who is dedicated to finding ways to prevent conditions that affect these two key organs.
Dr. David Busseuil: towards personalized medicine with the Biobank
Foundation - Monday 28 March, 2022
When he first landed in Montreal in 2005 to complete his post-doctorate with Dr. Jean-Claude Tardif at the Montreal Heart Institute, Dr. David Busseuil was still unaware that he would never return to Dijon. Several years later, he is now director of an impressive bank of biological samples and data used for clinical research, the André and France Desmarais Hospital Cohort at the Montreal Heart Institute, also known as the Biobank.
Dr. Marquis-Gravel: a bright hope for the future of interventional cardiology
Foundation - Wednesday 12 January, 2022
Dr. Guillaume Marquis-Gravel has been working for a year and a half as a cardiologist at the Montreal Heart Institute. Passionate about research and motivated by a desire to improve people's lives, he shares his recent accomplishments and deepest aspirations with us.


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Sadly, no Richard and Judy.
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With a two week break leading up to the penultimate matches in the RBS 6 Nations England promised that after defeating France they would not be complacent going into their game against Italy. Players and coaches were quoted that it was going to be a tough game, they knew Italy would bring a determined side and they had prepared.
France went into the round three match of the RBS 6 Nations against England knowing that they needed a win to not only pull themselves off the bottom of the table but to regain the faith of their fans. They came out fighting and the first half was a 40 minute display of how determined 15 men can be, wanting so greatly to beat England.
James Haskell admits he took a massive gamble with his England career by opting out of last year's Six Nations to play a season of club rugby in Japan and New Zealand.
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'Blackfishing' Is More Than A Fake Tan and Curly Hair. Here's Why
DUK Editor Team Send an email October 16, 2021
Former Little Mix bandmate Jesy Nelson's new song, 'Boyz', has been doing the rounds this week, but arguably not for the right reasons.Since releasing the video for the track – her first solo single since leaving the girl group – Nelson, 30, has been accused of being a Blackfish.
The term might be relatively new to some, but as a week of discussion on social media has shown, it's at the centre of pop culture discourse right now – and not just what it means, but whether the word itself is even the right one to use.
Coined by Canadian journalist Wanna Thompson, Blackfishing is when a white woman trying to emulate the appearance of a Black or mixed-race woman. She might do this by adopting an extreme fake tan, lip fillers, curly hair, even a BBL (Brazillian butt lift). But being a Blackfish is about more than just appearance.
It denotes a form of cultural appropriation, especially where there is a chance of making financial gain. The way you speak and the music you make all can all add up to the impression that a white woman is trying to play at being Black.
In 'Boyz', Nelson samples P-Diddy's 'Bad Boy 4 Life', a popular hip hop song. The video is also heavily influenced by Black culture, from the clothes she is wearing to the choreography. This borrowing of Black culture feels questionable – while Little Mix make some RnB-inspired songs, they're a pop band.
Of course, Nelson is not the only musician to have been criticised for dabbling in Black music when she feels like it – others like Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande have also been accused of appropriating Black music, while contrasts have been drawn with the likes of Amy Winehouse and Adele who more openly and easily acknowledged its influence on their work from the get go.
After watching Nelson's new video this week, author Natasha Mulenga, writing for Teen Vogue, pondered what left her feeling uncomfortable.
"Was it the white guys in poorly done cornrows? Was it the concept – the mostly white neighbourhood of "Perfectville" being disrupted by people dressed as if there was a B2K reunion with a white woman from Dagenham, Essex, leading the charge?" she asked. "Or was it that the same white woman who I had seen win X-Factor in 2011 as one-quarter of Little Mix, was now the same complexion as her featured artist Nicki Minaj?"
As Mulenga reflected: "It's not just a tan." And when Minaj joined Nelson for an Instagram Live on to promote their track, things got even more complicated.
When asked about the Blackfishing accusations in an interview, Nelson told Vulture: "The whole time I was in Little Mix I never got any of that. And then I came out of [the band] and people all of a sudden were saying it." She wasn't on social media at the time, she said, so she let her team deal with it.
"But I mean, like, I love Black culture. I love Black music," she added. "That's all I know; it's what I grew up on. I'm very aware that I'm a white British woman; I've never said that I wasn't."
Wanna Thompson first created the term Blackfishing in 2018 after starting a Twitter thread of white women whom she considered to be cosplaying as Black women. That original tweet received more than 46,000 likes and around 6,300 quote tweets, with people sharing further examples of white women they deemed to have appropriated from Black women. The list included Jesy Nelson, but also major names in US culture, including Grande and Kim Kardashian.
"Black women are constantly bombarded with the promotion of European beauty standards in the media," Thompson wrote for Paper Mag, "so when our likeness is then embraced on women who have the privilege to fit traditional standards yet freely co-opt Blackness to their liking, it reaffirms the belief that people desire Blackness, just not on Black women."
The problem, Thompson pinpointed, is that "these women have the luxury of selecting which aspects they want to emulate without fully dealing with the consequences of Blackness", linking to a tweet by artist Vince Staples.
You think if I whitefish at the courthouse they'll expunge my record ? Asking for a friend.
— VINCE STAPLES (@vincestaples) November 8, 2018
Interviewed by BBC Women's Hour the same year, Thompson observed that some white women adopt hair, clothing and slang associated with Black women "just enough to hang on to racial ambiguity without fully dealing with the consequences of Blackness."
This is especially a problem, she added, when Black influencers are being "overlooked all the time" by brands and – as HuffPost UK has reported – shortchanged in comparison to their white equivalents.
So, what do Black British women make of the term Blackfishing – and the set of behaviours it describes?
Zuva Seven, a 25-year-old student from Leeds and editor-in-chief of the online magazine, An Injustice!, considers Blackfishing to be disrespectful behaviour, because it often comes from women who have done nothing to support the Black community.
"Though it's now gaining mainstream appeal, you can tell that these individuals do this because they know they can get away with it, which leaves a very bad taste in my mouth," she tells HuffPost UK.
"You can't tell me that after spending hours of getting your skin tanned and heat damaging your hair that you don't know what you're doing."
But Seven goes further, saying that Blackfishing is actively harmful, because it pushes unwelcome stereotypes of Black women and colourist preferences.
"Blackfishing sidelines genuine Black and mixed-race talent in preference to white women (who already dominate so much). It also reinforces unrealistic beauty standards," she says.
That said, increasing numbers of Black women are questioning if Blackfishing is actually the most useful term to level at white women. While anyone trying to look Black for financial gain – as Thompson set out in her theory – would be difficult to defend, are these women really trying to look Black?
In the case of Nelson, some have levelled the charge of "mixed-fishing" instead. As Natalie Morris, author of Mixed/Other: Explorations of Multiraciality in Modern Britain, reported in Metro this week: "From the shade of her tan, to the plumpness of her lips and the volume of her curls, some say the popstar appears to be tapping in to the 'trend' of racial ambiguity that is often associated with people of mixed heritage."
And when Christiana Mbakwe-Medina, a US-based Brit who writes for the Trevor Noah show, used the phrase "ethnic smudging" to describe white women appropriating a hard-to-place mix of Black, Latin and Middle Eastern aesthetics, there were choruses of recognition on Twitter.
"She's absolutely right," one writer responded. "Blackfishing' as a term definitely captured a moment and isn't invalid but ultimately none of these women *look* like Black women nor do they want to be *us* because there is very little economic gain in actually being *us*."
Leonie Mills, a 26-year-old academic based between London and Accra, agrees that while cultural appropriation of Black culture, especially Black American culture, has been around for years, the trend for Blackfishing – especially from those in the public eye – is more insidious that what has come before, as these women are taking from a wider range of trending "looks."
"It's an amalgamation of different ethnicities and cultures," Mills reflects. "Black popular culture comes through in the music, but the aesthetic is racially ambiguous. These women don't want to look Black. They want to look "exotic" and on-trend: a Mediterranean skin colour, with Middle Eastern/Asian eyes and glass skin, a "European" nose with fuller lips typically found in Black people."
Although she doesn't agree with Blackfishing as a term, Mills acknowledges that it does pinpoint a problem. "It's problematic because once again, the ethnicities and cultures where these things stem from are continually penalised. Our aesthetics are not a trend we can decide to change."
Meanwhile, social media creates its own 'sub-cultures', she says, and the roots get lost. "Younger people will attribute these aesthetics to the white people who appropriated them and not know the origins were Black," she says. "We know the difference between a white woman tanning and a white woman aligning herself with Black culture and Black aesthetics for profit and fame."
Seven echos this, expressing a belief that some white women find it more lucrative to blur the lines. "By trying to look racially ambiguous, it's harder to level critique towards them. Also, it is deemed the more 'mainstream' appealing look."
Think "Instagram face", she adds – "distinctly white but ambiguously ethnic" as the New Yorker describes it, "a National Geographic composite illustrating what Americans will look like in 2050, if every American of the future were to be a direct descendant of Kim Kardashian West, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and Kendall Jenner (who looks exactly like Emily Ratajkowski)."
Ultimately, we can debate the terms we use, but please let's acknowledge the behaviour they describe. White women appropriating the aesthetic of Black women and other women of colour is problematic. Looking like us is easy but having our experiences is not. And it's not something you can choose to have one day and remove the next.
HuffPost UK approached representatives of Jesy Nelson for comment.
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Please click on the first image and after it enlarges click on the image again to read the captions for each step and view as a slide show.
Using a soft paper towel, I "ghost" the image and indicate the top and bottom of the friendly hound mix. These are fixed points. I've also indicated a right side or "eastern" border that might move slightly and a vertical line from top to bottom that aligns with the eastern side of Buddy's nose and the point where his front paws visually touch. this is done with a darker nupastel.
I find the half point and indicate on the vertical line. Using straight lines I construct a border or "envelope". The degree of angle or "tilt" to these lines need to be as accurate as I can make them.
I will continue to use straight line construction drawing to indicate interior angles (bottom of one ear to the other), divide areas to create shapes and refine the envelope.
I continue the process and the drawing develops. I switched to a darker brown carb othello pastel pencil a step or two ago.
Constructing shapes continues. I avoid the temptation to use "expressive" line or render detail. Proper placement to ensure his likeness is key now.
Now I can start to put a little curve in my lines. I also use a kneaded eraser to clean up and lift some lights.
I've cleaned up and lightened the drawing with the kneaded eraser and refined a few shapes in Buddy's face. The drawing has also been sprayed with a few light coats of fixative and is now ready to accept paint.
The painting has begun with thin color and will develop from the face outward.
I'm often asked by students about choosing colors for the palette. I usually suggest they select a white, two yellows, two reds, two browns, two blues one green, black and maybe one dark violet or purple. A light "value" and dark "value" of each "hue" (color) and of different "chroma" (color intensity). An example for brown would be burnt sienna as the lighter value brown and burnt umber as the darker. The chroma or intensity of the burnt sienna is higher and the burnt umber lower. Variation in color temperature between two colors is also nice. Permanent alizarin crimson is a dark "cool" red whereas cadmium red light is lighter in value and warmer in temperature.


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Q: Content types understood by an application Given an application path (or NSBundle to an application, etc), is there a way to easily/efficiently determine what content types that application can open?
My initial attempt was to read the application's Info.plist file and extract the content types listed under the kUTExportedTypeDeclarationsKey key.  However, there are some flaws with this approach which I haven't been able to work around.

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*Not all applications use this key.  For example, BBEdit does not, but instead lists a whole bunch of recognized file extensions.

*UTIs are case-sensitive.  Pages, for example, lists com.apple.iWork.Pages.pages as an exported content type, yet no Pages document actually has that type listed in its content type tree.  Documents use com.apple.iwork.pages.pages, which is defined by the iWork quicklook generator (at /Library/QuickLook/iWork.qlgenerator).

In know that with some of the LaunchServices functions (LSCopyApplicationURLsForURL(), LSCopyApplicationForMIMEType(), etc), I can get the applications that can open a file (or a file type), but I'd like to do the inverse. (Perhaps I'll have to resort to parsing the output of lsregister -dump?)
Perhaps a simpler way to phrase the question would be:  Given an application, what's the easiest way to find all files that it can open?
Any suggestions?

A: Take a look at LaunchServices and the provided LSCanRefAcceptItem() API.

A: It seems using the LSItemContentTypes key is the preferred method post-10.4.
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Few things can give you the thrill of driving a convertible with the top down, and the wind in your face. We were fortunate to experience that on some warmer days here in Florida this week in the 2021 Lexus LC 500. To start with the visuals, there is no car on the road like it, and it grabs many looks for its sleek shape, and gorgeous leather interior.
It's probably the best looking Lexus, and it is a stunner that goes from soft top, to convertible in just 16 seconds. You can also drive up to 31 miles per hour and still use the convertible feature. That was a great relief for us, as Florida weather changes on a dime. Also having additional stabilization added to reinforce the top, it has a quieter cabin sound while driving, and a smooth, sturdy ride.
The cabin on the model Lexus LC 500 features optional sports bucket seats in leather that cradle you during the daredevil turns you will want to make in it. It has a clever 10.3 inch digital infotainment cluster, that is navigable through touchpad, with 2 USB ports, and analog clock. Alexa even comes along for the ride.
In performance, the 2021 Lexus LC 500 has a 5-Liter V8, that delivers a sprightly 471HP at 398 lb/ft of torque. Gas efficiency is 26/34 mpg city vs. highway. What that translates to is a rear wheel drive car that is fun, fast, and reaches 60 from 0 in just 4.5 seconds.
The features continue with 20-inch alloy wheels, adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitors, and adaptive suspension. In the Convertible model, there is a 4 layer power top, active roll bars, transparent wind deflection, and active noise control.
Getting to our favorites, and not so favorites, we love the rich sounding, 13-speaker Mark Levinson system paired with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay. It did not hurt to have a heated steering wheel, heated neckrest, climatized seats, and a head-up display either.
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Both entities have agreed to collaborate on various initiatives including exchange of information and expertise, as well as promotion of online platforms to support digital learning.
Africa has the youngest population in the world with more than 400 million young people aged between 15 to 35 years.
Almost all countries across the continent have introduced some form of nation-wide school and university closures to contain the Covid-19 virus.
This means that there are a very large number of children and young people that are not receiving any form of schooling.
At this meeting, Elisabeth Moreno, Managing Director and Vice President of HP Africa presented HP's Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurship (HP LIFE) and BeOnline programmes, two unique online learning platforms that can be utilised by ministers to support schools and educators in their distance learning endeavours.
The two online learning platforms will contribute towards H.E. Moussa Faki Mahammat's, the Chairperson of the AU, 1 Million By 2021 initiative.
The 1 Million By 2021 initiative seeks to provide opportunities to young Africans from the 55 member states in the areas of Education, Employment, Engagement and Entrepreneurship (the 4Es).
It is against this backdrop that the AU and HP are prioritizing digital learning opportunities for African youth.
"Education is a fundamental human right that should be available regardless of a person's age, class, race, gender or location," said Moreno. "To that end, HP has pledged to enable better learning outcomes for 100 million people by 2025, as well as adding 1 million users to HP LIFE between 2016-25 – a commitment that aligns with the AU's Continental Education Strategy for Africa (CESA), which aims to change Africa's education and training systems to meet the knowledge, competencies, skills, innovation and creativity required to nurture core values and promote sustainable development on a continental level."
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Today, technology can support new styles of learning. PCs and tools designed for education can offer students flexibility of time, place, and pace of learning, whether in or out of the classroom, or in a blend of environments. HP and AU joint efforts have the potential to uplift access of education and opportunities for career work and economic growth. The collaboration aims to promote innovations that hold the best potential to make lifelong learning a reality.
"The partnership with HP will accelerate our education response to Covid-19 especially and have long-term benefits. I implore AU Member States to make the most of these opportunities as this partnership means young people can access educational opportunities at no cost for the rest of this academic year. This partnership speaks directly to H.E Moussa Faki Mahamat's 1 Million by 2021 initiative by providing educational opportunities which will assist in positioning our youth to venture into the entrepreneurial sector," Commissioner of the AUC Department of Human Resources, Science and Technology, H.E Prof. Sarah Anyang Agbor said.
BeOnline is a programme that was developed by HP in partnership with Classera, the leader in Learning Management Systems and Mirai, a learning innovations group focusing on learning strategy and digital pedagogy, to assist the endeavours of the education community.
In line with the most recent regional governments' directives for distance learning, the programme aims to support schools and universities in establishing a fully-fledged virtual learning environment, by providing expertise and tools at no cost.
The HP Foundation has created its global programme HP LIFE to provide business and IT skills training free of charge to people all over the world. The online community and more than 30 self-paced courses are designed to help users develop business and IT skills in their own time and at their own pace.
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Wikileaks is all the rage right now — in two senses. The substantive rage is among those U.S. people who care about the nefarious and sometimes illegal schemes that its government has perpetrated on the U.S. and around the world for so many years; among the peoples of other countries who suffered from those schemes; and the foreign governments who were complicit on the schemes and now stand exposed. The process rage is on the part of U.S. officials and media who want to totally distract the U.S. people from the content of the leaks onto whether Mr. Assange is a spy, an unsafe modern Casanova, a terrorist, or worse. (Can't be treason, folks, because he ain't a U.S. citizen and likely never will be.) And they are surely succeeding in the U.S., although hardly abroad.
Is Julian Assange a brave fool, foolishly brave or just naive?
Of course it's unthinkable that the Empire will stand by and allow such a challenge and as more is revealed about Assange's casual encounter with a couple of babes in Sweden (who turned out to be 'honey-traps'), it tells us just as much about Assange as it does about what the Empire will do. One thing Assange isn't is a politician and it's also clear that he is more than a little naive about the enemy he has challenged so brazenly. No wonder then that he ended up in the slammer.


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Karps 21 NP-vollständige Probleme ist eine in der Komplexitätstheorie gebräuchliche Menge NP-vollständiger Rechenprobleme.

Geschichte
Eines der bedeutendsten Resultate der Komplexitätstheorie ist der von Stephen Cook im Jahr 1971 erbrachte Nachweis, dass das Erfüllbarkeitsproblem der Aussagenlogik (meist nur kurz SAT genannt) NP-vollständig ist.

Im Jahr 1972 griff Richard Karp diese Idee auf und zeigte die NP-Vollständigkeit ebenfalls für 21 weitere kombinatorische und graphentheoretische Probleme, die sich hartnäckig einer effizienten algorithmischen Lösbarkeit entzogen.

Bedeutung
Indem er aufzeigte, dass eine große Anzahl bedeutender Probleme NP-vollständig sind, motivierte Karp die weitere Erforschung der Klasse NP, der Theorie der NP-Vollständigkeit sowie der Fragestellung, ob die Klassen P und NP identisch sind oder sich unterscheiden (P-NP-Problem). Letzteres zählt heute zu den wichtigsten offenen mathematischen Fragestellungen. Unter anderem zählt es zu den sieben Millennium-Problemen des Clay Mathematics Institute, für deren Lösung Preisgelder von jeweils einer Million US-Dollar ausgelobt wurden.

Liste der Probleme

Der folgende Baum zeigt Karps 21 Probleme, einschließlich der zugehörigen Reduktion, die er zum Nachweis ihrer NP-Vollständigkeit nutzte. So wurde etwa die NP-Vollständigkeit des Rucksackproblems durch Reduzierung des Problems der exakten Überdeckung darauf gezeigt.

 SATISFIABILITY: das Erfüllbarkeitsproblem der Aussagenlogik für Formeln in konjunktiver Normalform
 CLIQUE: Cliquenproblem
 SET PACKING: Mengenpackungsproblem
 VERTEX COVER: Knotenüberdeckungsproblem
 SET COVERING: Mengenüberdeckungsproblem
 FEEDBACK ARC SET: Feedback Arc Set
 FEEDBACK NODE SET: Feedback Vertex Set
 DIRECTED HAMILTONIAN CIRCUIT: siehe Hamiltonkreisproblem
 UNDIRECTED HAMILTONIAN CIRCUIT: siehe Hamiltonkreisproblem
 0-1 INTEGER PROGRAMMING: siehe Integer Linear Programming
 3-SAT: siehe 3-SAT
 CHROMATIC NUMBER: graph coloring problem
 CLIQUE COVER
 EXACT COVER: Problem der exakten Überdeckung
 3-dimensional MATCHING: 3-dimensional matching (Stable Marriage mit drei Geschlechtern)
 STEINER TREE: Steinerbaumproblem
 HITTING SET: Hitting-Set-Problem
 KNAPSACK: Rucksackproblem
 JOB SEQUENCING: Job sequencing
 PARTITION: Partitionsproblem
 MAX-CUT: Maximaler Schnitt

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Komplexitätstheorie


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Q: Windows Phone Binding Images Is it possible to bind a collection of images AND change their Canvas.Left and Canvas.Top properties? I know how to bind them to a ListBox, however, I wish to change their location and have the images scattered about.
The following code sends the data to a ListBox and renders the images one after the other in a list effect - of course.
I am unable to use Canvas.Left/Top properties as obviously the images are in a List Box.
XML
<ListBox x:Name="listBoxItems">
        <ListBox.ItemTemplate>
            <DataTemplate>
                <StackPanel Margin="5">
                    <Image Source="{Binding ImageUri}" Stretch="None" />
                    <TextBlock Text="{Binding Room.Items.ImageUri}"></TextBlock>
                </StackPanel>
            </DataTemplate>
        </ListBox.ItemTemplate>
    </ListBox>

C#
_roomView = new RoomViewModel();
            _roomView.Room = new Room
            {
                Items = new List<Item> {
                new Item {ImageUri = "/Escape;component/Images/Items/a.jpg"},
                new Item {ImageUri = "/Escape;component/Images/Items/b.png"},
                new Item {ImageUri = "/Escape;component/Images/Items/b.png"}}
            };

            listBoxItems.ItemsSource = _roomView.Room.Items;

Does anyone know how I can achieve this?

A: If you use in the ItemTemplate Canvas insteed of the StackPanel you can use the AttachedProperty: Canvas.Top/Canvas.Left on the Image and on the TextBlock too. With that you can set the positions of the items as you wish. I hope it could help you.


Will we need IVF with ICSI?
I'm not sure which board to post my question in, so I thought I'd try here.
A couple of weeks ago my DH had his sperm tested. At first we thought his numbers were good, but upon second opinion, it was pointed out that his 2% morphology rate was a big concern.
We've been prescribed 3 different supplements to help improve the morphology numbers, and if those don't work, we may have to move to IVF with ICSI.
Has anyone experienced similar numbers to these, and if so..
- What kind of treatment was prescribed?
- Did you require IVF with ICSI?
I posted a similar question on another board, but I'm feeling so stressed right now, I thought I'd see what everyone here thought.
Re: Will we need IVF with ICSI?
I believe 4% is the minimum ideal morphology they want so 2% with that large of a number of sperm is still quite a lot of sperm. SA only show a small portion of the whole picture. Was this the first SA? They usually like to do 2-3 to have a comparison on hand.
My DH has had many over the last few years and no two have been the same.
His most recent revealed 3% morphology out of a sample of 98MIL. But we were told not to worry too much. He has been taking Zinc and Folic Acid in hopes of helping.
What kinds of supplements is your DH on?
No one has said IVF with ICSI is our only option at this point....Have you looked into IUI?
This infertility game is a lot of the times a money grab by the fertility clinics...they stand to make a lot more money if they say IVF with ICSI is your only option. I would look for a second opinion if that is an option and get a repeat SA to see if it was a fluke sample.
Yes, this was his first SA. In terms of supplements, I believe they prescribed, L-Carnitine, CoQ10 and vitamin E. They said in clinical testing is showed a 120% sperm improvement rate when taken together.
If it came down to it, I'd like to try an IUI before jumping into IVF. However, the topic of an IUI was quickly brought up at our last appointment, and the naturopath said it may not work because even if the sperm got anywhere near the egg, they still couldn't penetrate the egg because of the head defects. I always thought though that the sperm were washed before hand, and that all the defective sperm would be removed before performing an IUI. So then only the good sperm would get inserted.
How long have you been TTC? Your best chance of success is in the first 2 years so if you've only just begun there is hope!
We got pregnant the cycle we found out DH's SA was at 3% morphology and we did it naturally. It only takes one and with IUI there is a greater chance at as only the best are put in after the sperm wash.
Where do you live? In Canada at my clinic IUI is $90/try plus trigger shot which is $97 and we can walk down the street to see our doctor. IVF is $12,000+ and we would have to travel 8 hours away so it's a no brainer for us.
My hubby's sperm count was barely a fraction of your's, he had consistently really low motility and morphology and we conceived "naturally". He took similar vitamins for a while then stopped, then took clomid for 6 weeks then bam... Conceived on a cancelled IUI cycle from BDing only. Hope that's of some comfort and hope to you, hun.
I think it's worth retesting his sperm in a couple of months and if it's still not great then looking into/enquiring with your specialist about IUI.


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Male-Male Sex Behind Most Recent Surge in Monkeypox; It's Linked to Two Raves in Europe – WHO
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European nations have confirmed dozens of cases in what's become the largest outbreak of monkeypox ever on the Continent, according to the German military.
The U.S. has confirmed at least two cases and Canada has confirmed at least five so far. Belgium just introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients.
The most recent surge in cases appears to have been spread among men who have sex with other men.
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The WHO convened an emergency meeting this weekend via video conference to look at the virus, identify those most at risk and study its transmission. The organization will hold a second global meeting on monkeypox next week to more thoroughly study the risks and treatments available to fight the virus.
While the virus itself is not a sexually transmitted infection, which are generally spread through semen and vaginal fluids, the most recent surge in cases appears to have been spread among men who have sex with other men, WHO officials said, emphasizing that anyone can contract monkeypox.
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— UberFacts (@UberFacts) May 23, 2022
"Many diseases can be spread through sexual contact. You could get a cough or a cold through sexual contact, but it doesn't mean that it's a sexually transmitted disease," said Andy Seale, who advises the WHO on HIV, hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections.
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Calm down. Monkeypox is spread by having sex. You're safe. https://t.co/vy1L7oRfe7
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In an interview with the Associated Press, Dr. David Heymann, who formerly headed the WHO's emergencies department, said the leading theory to explain the spread of the disease was sexual transmission among gay and bisexual men at two raves held in Spain and Belgium. Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic in animals.
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A few months ago, I did an interview on the site with Etsy artist, Rita Ivanova, about her adorable 3D cat earrings.
Shortly afterwards, I asked her to please send me a few pairs to showcase. Here is the video of what she sent. They are too fun and how she sends them is too fun! These would make the ideal cat lover gift for sure.
Grab a pair on Etsy.
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What do you think about these earrings? Do you like accessories that feature kitties like this?
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Pierhead and Bulkhead Lines, Sparrow Point Baltimore Harbor, MD
Doyle, John S. (Baltimore: War Department, Army Corps of Engineers, 1917)
Scale 1:4,800. Selected updates to map information dated 1958.
Pierhead and Bulkhead Lines, Baltimore Harbor, MD
Set of four map sheets. Scale 1:6,000. Selected updates to maps through 1930.
Baltimore Harbor
McCay, Kent Harbor Engineer (Baltimore: Harbor Board of Baltimore, 1914)
Scale 1:6,000. Made under direction of The Harbor Board of Baltimore. 1909, Revised to 1914.
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