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Describe $($PSCommandPath -Replace '.Tests.ps1') {

    BeforeAll {
        #Get Current Directory
        $Here = Split-Path -Parent $PSCommandPath

        #Assume ModuleName from Repository Root folder
        $ModuleName = Split-Path (Split-Path $Here -Parent) -Leaf

        #Resolve Path to Module Directory
        $ModulePath = Resolve-Path "$Here\..\$ModuleName"

        #Define Path to Module Manifest
        $ManifestPath = Join-Path "$ModulePath" "$ModuleName.psd1"

        if ( -not (Get-Module -Name $ModuleName -All)) {

            Import-Module -Name "$ManifestPath" -ArgumentList $true -Force -ErrorAction Stop

        }

        $Script:RequestBody = $null
        $Script:BaseURI = 'https://SomeURL/SomeApp'
        $Script:ExternalVersion = '0.0'
        $Script:WebSession = New-Object Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WebRequestSession

    }

    AfterAll {

        $Script:RequestBody = $null

    }

    InModuleScope $(Split-Path (Split-Path (Split-Path -Parent $PSCommandPath) -Parent) -Leaf ) {

        Context 'Input' {

            BeforeEach {

                Mock Invoke-PASRestMethod -MockWith { }

                $InputObject = [PSCustomObject]@{
                    id              = '66_6'
                    PlatformID      = 'SomePlatform'
                    safeName        = 'SomeSafe'
                    defaultPassword = $('SomePassword' | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force)
                }

            }

            It 'sends request' {
                $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount
                Assert-MockCalled Invoke-PASRestMethod -Times 1 -Exactly -Scope It

            }

            It 'sends request to expected endpoint' {
                $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount
                Assert-MockCalled Invoke-PASRestMethod -ParameterFilter {

                    $URI -eq "$($Script:BaseURI)/api/DiscoveredAccounts/66_6/Onboard"

                } -Times 1 -Exactly -Scope It

            }

            It 'uses expected method' {
                $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount
                Assert-MockCalled Invoke-PASRestMethod -ParameterFilter { $Method -match 'POST' } -Times 1 -Exactly -Scope It

            }

            It 'sends request with expected body' {
                $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount
                Assert-MockCalled Invoke-PASRestMethod -ParameterFilter {

                    $Body -ne $null

                } -Times 1 -Exactly -Scope It

            }

            It 'throws error if version requirement not met' {
                $Script:ExternalVersion = '1.2'

                { $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount } | Should -Throw

                $Script:ExternalVersion = '0.0'

            }

        }

        Context 'Output' {

            BeforeEach {

                $InputObject = [PSCustomObject]@{
                    id              = '66_6'
                    PlatformID      = 'SomePlatform'
                    safeName        = 'SomeSafe'
                    defaultPassword = $('SomePassword' | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force)
                }

                Mock Invoke-PASRestMethod -MockWith { }

            }

            It 'provides output' {

                $response = $InputObject | Publish-PASDiscoveredAccount
                $response | Should -BeNullOrEmpty

            }

        }

    }

}


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Zurich Bog is a 490-acre (2.0 km2) sphagnum bog in Arcadia, New York.  Lyman Stuart and the Newark School District donated the land on December 10, 1957 to the Bergen Swamp Preservation Society which had been created in 1935 to preserve the similar Bergen-Byron Swamp. The bog has been the focus of scientific interest since the 19th century, and was declared a National Natural Landmark in May 1973.
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Nature preserve in Wayne County, New York
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Space Available for Meetings, Classes, Club Meetings and More!
Goodtime Chinese School is seeking to lend our space at the education center from 8:30am-11:30am and 6:30pm-8:30pm daily.
Our Mission: To provide a space for community members, tutors, club organizers, and teachers.
Details: Teachers and community members may use spaces within our building from 6:30pm-8:30pm daily at a reasonable rate of $3.00 per attendee per hour (including organizing persons).
-Rooms range in size from 200-1000 square feet.
-Rooms come with tables, chairs, and desks.
-Building equipped with code to keep the building secure.
Interested users may contact us by email to set up an appointment to tour the space. Goodtime Chinese School does not provide users with materials or storage for materials. An application for a time bracket and payment will be made available upon agreement between an interested user and our school. Our school reserves the right to refuse services.
To best promote the school's safe and orderly school environment, any item that causes an interruption to the atmosphere or proves to be a safety hazard will not be allowed on the grounds. If users bring such items to the grounds, the user will be prohibited from using the space until the item is taken off school grounds. Users who continue to violate the prohibitions may have their use of the space terminated completely.
-Tobacco products, alcohol, drugs, etc.
This list is not intended to be all-inclusive.


Older vines and a fine site in the central Wairau Valley are part of the successful Stoneburn recipe. The outcome in the glass is a tight package, offering delicate herb and citrus notes and textural finesse. It also offers exceptional value.


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Living with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC)
I am a 31 year old Sergeant in the Army Air Corps and until recently was a Lynx Helicopter pilot and aircraft commander operating in Northern Ireland. I joined the Army at 18 and have spent the past 12 years living an active, healthy lifestyle as a soldier.
I passed the Army Pilots Course in 2001 and have enjoyed the challenge of flying the Lynx MK7 and MK9 Helicopter. I have served in Germany, Bosnia, Canada, Poland, Cyprus and Northern Ireland.
I am a keen sportsman and have represented my Corps at rugby and windsurfing. I cycled approx 10 miles a day to and from work and considered myself as one of the fittest amongst my work colleagues.
It was Saturday 26th September 2006. I'd been out for a run with my dog Amber in the morning and was heading out for a few beers with the boys that evening. On our return from the club in the car, I found myself sweating and out of breath, it was about 2am. I got home and remember my partner giving me grief for the state I was in. I could feel my heart racing and decided to call an ambulance as I was struggling to remain conscious.
The paramedics arrived in what seemed like minutes and diagnosed me as being in VT (ventricular tachycardia), with a sustained heart rate of 240 bpm. I was rushed to Antrim hospital and was defibrillated back into normal sinus rhythm.
I spent a week in hospital connected to an ECG and showed no further symptoms. I then had an ECHO scan on my heart and exercise stress test on a tread mill and still showed no symptoms of VT. My consultant, Dr Tom Trouton, discharged me with suspected arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and I was to return at a later date for an angiogram and EP studies. These were both carried out and I was still un-diagnosed. The next step was for me to have a cardiac MRI scan which I would have to wait for 4 months. Luckily the Army paid for my MRI privately at St Georges, which confirmed that I had ARVC.
I was shocked, I considered myself as a healthy and fit guy, with a promising future as a pilot and until that night in September, I'd had no symptoms at all.
On 19th January 2007 I was admitted to the Royal Victoria hospital in Belfast to have my implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted, which will protect me from abnormally fast heart rhythms. I was discharged the same day and am currently on 2 weeks sick leave to recover.
I am slowly coming to terms with the fact I'll never fly again, or do all the things I've enjoyed as a soldier. I am lucky though, I very nearly didn't make it. I've had a lot of help from my friends and family and the Army have re-employed me as an instructor.
I'm already planning a fund raising sponsored walk for the summer to help support CRY. I think their national screening programme is invaluable as most people with my condition are diagnosed when its too late.
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Q: Stored Procedure returns multiple tables but EF only creates single resultset with the only First datatable result I have SP SPGetEmployeeDetails which returns two datatables like
select * from employee
select * from employeecompletedtraining

And I included the SP in the EF edmx. It creates result set which only returns the properties of first datatable i.e (select * from employee).
But, I want both result sets using EF.
We can easily achieve in using ADO connection which gives both results in dataset. I want to achieve using EF database first approach.
Any assistance will be highly appriciated.

A: I had a same requirement and was able to solve the by changing the function Import section in ef xml. Initially there is only one set of return type, you need to override the return type of the function import which will return two sets of record type.
Please go through the link below:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/675933/Returning-Multiple-Result-Sets-from-an-Entity-Fram

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Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 Trailer Released With New Poster
By Chris Burns/Sept. 16, 2015 12:24 pm EST
This morning the first full trailer for The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2 was released. This trailer was joined by a new poster for the film, one featuring Kaniss Everdeen looking away to the future with the mockingjay on her shoulder. Expect much propaganda. Expect much confusion on which side of the battle the good people are on. This film is going to have more blood than the previous films.
This spot got by the name "For Prim" – and really doesn't show much more than you've already seen before. This trailer wasn't meant to show you the new movie, but to remind you what Katniss is fighting for. Those of you hoping for spoilers won't be satisfied.
This film will be released on November 20th, 2015, in theaters everywhere. You can expect a full IMAX experience across the United States as well. This film will have full DTS-X and Dolby Atmos sound where available.
Above – at a tap – you'll see the full sized (web sized, at least) poster for the film. Fully wallpaper-ready. Below you'll see another teaser for this film – a better trailer if you're all about the actual viewing of the film.
Hit the timeline below for more Hunger Games history. Also have a peek at our extended Hunger Games tag portal.


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Fifteen Questions with Tim Diagram
Instinctive approach
Tim Diagram finds it hard to talk about his own creative processes. But where words might fail him, music certainly never has. With a tendency to avoid compositional systems and pigeonholes, Diagram follows his instinct right from start, letting the personality of the project find itself and lead the way. Since his debut on Pause_2 in 2001 under the moniker Maps and Diagrams, Diagram, also known as Tim Martin, has featured in many incarnations, been released on many labels and has appeared on John Peel's iconic radio show. But music isn't the only outlet for Tim Diagram, his photography has been shown globally as part of the CityLab art collective, he curated the Citygenetic project, dabbles in audio visual comms and runs the Handstitched record label.
I started experimenting with music in the mid-nineties, messing around with four-tracks and sequencers, samplers, old keyboards and anything I could get my hands on to record music. I was influenced by a lot of early Hip Hop, Electro and '80s electronic bands through to new wave and punk and then onto labels like Warp Records and Detroit techno in the early nineties. I found these particular eras of music to be ground-breaking in style and innovation, they captured the imaginations of generations, myself included.
What do you personally consider to be the incisive moments in your artistic work and/or career?
The ever-changing progress of technology from the old to the new - together with the developmental shift in software and music-making instruments, which allows for a more flexible approach to composing and arranging music. Alongside the technical side of things, to work with other artists can be very enlightening. It can change the course of how you see and hear things in music. Some pivotal moments for me have been my recent collaborations with Karst, Hessien, Black Elk and Bluhm.
What are currently your main compositional- and production-challenges?
I go through phases of ups and downs, like most artists. Finding inspiration can be hard sometimes but composing never seems to be a major issue. The production challenges depend on the project I am involved in. If, for example, I was making something that was out of my comfort zone, like music for a client, then I do need to broaden the sound and shift the style I work with into other genres, which I find challenging.
I am constantly moving forward with my own work, collaborating with other musicians, most recently with Genoveva Kachurkova who is a good friend and vocalist. She sings in the Sv.Zlata Meglenska choir in Macedonia. The Bluhm project has opened up the way I work with vocals and she has been a joy to work with. The music hasn't been so much of a challenge in compositional or production terms but more of an extension of my previous work with an added human element which really lifts the sound into another level.
The electro-acoustic work I am involved in as Hessien together with Charles Sage is similar. Both projects allow more flexibility and they both happen naturally. The end results are worth the time and effort spent during the musical process.
A previous project I have been involved in is Black Elk and this was more from a production point of view, working with Ian Hawgood, Danny Norbury and Clem Leek. It was pretty challenging as I was working with Clem's piano and Danny's cello pieces alongside Ian's textured work. The music is so effortless and after many months of late nights on the project it came together and is something we are all very proud of.
What do you usually start with when working on a new piece?
It depends on the project; if I'm working on Maps and Diagrams I base the general notion on something that will sound dense, layered and textured. I'd start with some pad and/or synth parts first and build things up from there.
For Atlantis, I would begin with a more synthesised, automated sound, maybe get a rhythmic flow going and see what happens. This is usually a more incomprehensible and randomly generated style of music, compared to Maps and Diagrams. I really have no formula when it comes to sound and composition. Things happen, sometimes by accident and I follow those routes, whichever way it may take me.
How strictly do you separate improvising and composing?
I don't separate either, I just let the intensity that I get from the music be the factor that will dictate the flow of the piece. If I feel that improvisation is the best thing for that time then I'll generally follow those vibes, and vice versa. Composing can play an important role too. I generally combine the two and don't get drawn into thinking about anything too technical.
How do you see the relationship between sound, space and composition?
I think it's important for the sound-space aspect to be present in certain styles of music but I do like to have an element of density in my music. I want it to be wide-sounding and full but somehow I think I do keep some space in the compositions, I'm not sure how I do that though.
The later Maps and Diagrams material has more space within the material than the Atlantis project for example. The composition side of things falls nicely with the sound and space aspect. For me, it's not about trying to understand the technicalities in music - it's about communication and what feels right at that particular moment and time.
Do you feel it important that an audience is able to deduct the processes and ideas behind a work purely on the basis of the music? If so, how do you make them transparent?
No. For me, I don't think it's important for anyone to decipher anything in my music. I'd like to think they hear what they want to hear, respond and enjoy the music for what it is. If they want to dissect the working process it's up to them. I get asked a lot about technique and process but I really have no formula that I follow in music and wouldn't know where to start to explain what I do!
In how much, do you feel, are creative decisions shaped by cultural differences – and in how much, vice versa, is the perception of sound influenced by cultural differences?
I have no reference to my music being shaped, formed or existing for cultural differences, this doesn't impact on any of my musical output.
The relationship between music and other forms of art – painting, video art and cinema most importantly - has become increasingly important. How do you see this relationship yourself and in how far, do you feel, does music relate to other senses than hearing alone?
All art forms are in their own rights their own separate entities. The difference comes when the crossover of multimedia and other creative outputs bring those works to another level. Music can be visual and visualised and it can be felt by the audience with the marrying of cinematic pieces or artwork. These art-forms become one when they're well executed and they can relate to many senses if the audience is open to that.
Crossing over
Things happen, sometimes by accident and I follow those routes, whichever way it may take me.


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In 2017, global feminine hygiene brand Libresse – maker of Bodyform products —recognized a huge issue: there's virtually no mention of menstruation in popular culture, period. A simple fact of life for half the people on Earth, menstrual periods are ignored by mainstream media and absent in the depiction of female characters in TV and film. (And in the rare occasions it is mentioned, it's usually to humiliate women). The silence and shaming of periods has allowed cultural stigmas about periods to perpetuate, leaving women feeling disgusting and men disgusted. Libresse wanted to challenge the silence on behalf of women everywhere. Controversy comes naturally for a brand whose motto is "Live Fearless." The Libresse/Bodyform attitude encourages women to be true to themselves and overcome self-doubt and insecurities. The brand's communication goal was equally ambitious: to boost brand equity levels, positive perceptions, and affinity/loyalty to the brand among women.
The absence and shaming of periods in culture fuels the taboo. Our idea believes that the opposite is also true: the visible and positive portrayal of periods and period blood in culture normalizes them and therefore begins the process of ending the taboo.It's encapsulated in Bloodnormal's campaign line: periods are normal, showing them should be too. Our campaign aimed to show a world where periods were completely normal, where women openly ask for pads in mixed company, where boys unashamedly bought pads, where period pain wasn't euphemised and the sight of period blood is treated as something beautiful and normal. However, as the ban shows, this world doesn't exist. But if a mainstream brand is prepared to be brave enough to show periods for what they are, it could have a massive effect on this stubborn taboo that is so damaging to women's mental and physical well being.
Murder, fights and surgical operations, in all their bloody glory, are allowed on entertainment screens in nearly every channel and medium. Yet when it comes to period blood, censorship is in order. Even feminine hygiene brands use an artificial blue liquid in product demonstrations. These restrictions have allowed taboos to thrive. 90% of women attempt to hide their period; 42% of women have been period-shamed; and 56% of global teens say they'd rather be bullied than talk to their parents about their periods. Enough was enough. The only way you make periods normal is by showing them as normal. Through an online film we would boldly show period blood for the first time. We'd end the era of the "blue liquid," and show period pain, intimacy, and even include men in the conversation. Each scene would provide a springboard for a PR activation that would continue spreading the message.
Libresse sells products used during the menstrual cycle, so it is appropriate that the brand lead by example. A company ashamed of the biology it profits from will become a relic as young women question the unjust stigmas of the world they've inherited. Conversely, the power of a mainstream brand to challenge these taboos — to acknowledge that periods are normal and show them in action — could have a hugely positive effect on women and young girls. To reach women and girls, we decided to defy broadcaster bans, ignore hate, and redefine the feminine care products category. The bans themselves became a strategic weapon for our campaign. Using a provocative film to demonstrate the menstrual blood taboo, we could prove our point while generating massive earned media headlines. More importantly, we would begin to "normalize periods" by visibly injecting their discussion into mainstream media and social conversation.
Empathy kills shame. Libresse collaborated with fashion bloggers, models, artists, dancers, comedians and other cultural influencers to incorporate menstrual periods into their work. They became part of "#BloodNormal," a short film depicting periods with unprecedented candor and honesty. In a taboo-busting first, we turned the infamous blue liquid into period-blood red and showed period blood on film. Just as the film makes a compelling case for "normal," it becomes pixilated, an abrupt reminder of current broadcast restrictions. PR carefully crafted and tested messaging ensuring the sensitive topic was well received. Media toolkits anticipated press questions and drove coverage and views of the film. Key stakeholders were approached, including potentially unreceptive male journalists. Media exclusives and branded social platforms were synchronized for the global media launch. Post-launch PR activations used designer underwear, a graphic novel, playful GIFs, school workshops and even hate mail to drive conversation and coverage.
Bloodnormal is working. Empathy is killing shame. The campaign launched in four countries and reached over 32. Emboldened by the success, more and more Essity markets are preparing official launches in their territories. The US is next.To date we have a PR reach of over 4.5 billion. Love is drowning out hate with a 72% positive reaction to the campaign. Fans and consumers took up the debate on our behalf articulating and arguing for our period positive message on news forums and social sites. During launch the campaign trended on twitter and our share of social voice rose from 37% to 90%.Influencers and collaborations have spread our bloodnormal message through campaign to people we've never spoken to before. And perhaps best of all, by becoming news and a piece of culture, we found our way onto the television stations we were originally banned from.


In the game, you can use "prefer the game" feature or invite the friend(s) who is not using the game. Then you can send friends the SMS with game information.
- sendMultipleSMS() - for sending SMS to multiple recipients.
This functions will open the default native SMS app with pre-filled recipient mobile number(s) & body massage, which we passed from the method.
This code will be useful for Android & iOS game.
Also, see the attachments for APK & Project sample.


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Q: get parameter from url in Angular Js I want to get parameter from url in angularjs. for that i have did following.
1. in my app.js
var app = angular.module("testApp",
    ["ngRoute"]);
app.config(['$routeProvider',
function ($routeProvider) {
    $routeProvider
            .when('/subscribe/:statusResponse', {
                templateUrl: "client/subscription/statusResponse.html",
                controller: "testController"
            })
            .otherwise({
                redirectTo: "/"
            });

    // use the HTML5 History API
   // $locationProvider.html5Mode(true);
}]);

2 in controller file:
app.controller("testController",['$routeParams',function($routeParams){
    console.log($routeParams.statusResponse);}]);

*in html file right now i have added simple text with define testApp.

The problem is that
when i hit url in browser
app.dev/demoapp/#/subscribe/test
it automatically grab
app.dev/demoapp/#/subscribe/:statusResponse
so what should be the problem i am not able to find that?


The Lakes Region's year round destination resort. Summer excitement in our Adventure Park-one of the longest ziplines in the US, 9 acre treetop courses, off-road Segway tours, our Discover play areas and the Mountain Coaster. Closest major Ski resort to Boston, 55 groomed runs; family friendly, ski, ride, tube, and 50k of Nordic trails. Events and corporate outings. 270 wooded campsites.


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Newsboys Live In Concert: God's Not Dead is the second live album from Australian Christian rock band Newsboys. It was recorded in July 2012 at Sonshine Festival and Lifest and released through Sparrow Records on 22 October 2012 and features songs from their albums Born Again (2010), God's Not Dead (2011), and live recordings of Michael Tait singing "He Reigns" and "Something Beautiful".

Track listing

Personnel
 Michael Tait – lead vocals
 Jody Davis – lead guitar, background vocals
 Jeff Frankenstein – keyboards, key vocals
 Duncan Phillips – drums, percussion
 George Moss – rap on "Jesus Freak"

References

2012 live albums
Newsboys albums
Sparrow Records live albums

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University: Stenden University of Applied Sciences. In September 2018 it officially becomes known as NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, following a merger.
Course: International Leisure Management. In September 2018 it is changing to 'Leisure and Events Management' (easier for people to find the study).
There are many reasons why I ended up choosing to study abroad, but in actual fact studying abroad was not my first idea when I was beginning to think about universities, I even applied and was accepted for some UK ones with Lincoln Events Management as first choice. My choice was a lot more focused on the course than it was the place, and I always knew I had an interest in the events industry, particularly since working in it part-time from the age of 16.
I always knew I had the 'travel bug' always wanting to go abroad and see what the world has to offer, but I did not even consider going abroad until my dad mentioned it one day. Countries outside Europe were too financially ambitious for me, so I focused closer to home and found a 'Study Abroad Fair' in London. Looking around all the stands from universities across the world, I cam across a small one from Stenden. I read the brochure and found Leisure Management and automatically fell in love. I liked the fact that it was focused on both events and tourism and everything else in the leisure sector, thus i could study it all and get a broader understanding and then specialise in my third and fourth year of study.
Accommodation was very difficult and not made simple. No one had told us about if there was student accommodation like halls, as there are in England. Only found studentstay online. Stressful for my parents cause they were obviously unsure about it.
International open day was very helpful. They allowed us to stay in the university's own hotel for a discounted price and then spent the whole day looking after us, showing us around the uni AND the city. Knew from this day that it was definitely the place and study for me.
Sorting out finance, they helped us a lot more when I was there rather than beforehand. Upon arrival, I noticed a bank at the uni and easily enrolled.
I first was not able to enrol because they did not accept my A-Level certificates. I was not told beforehand that I would need to have them certified by a solicitor. At the time, I was glad my parents were still there on the day of enrolment because my dad managed to solve it by getting in contact with my sixth-form and organising it so it was possible to enrol but bring official copies of my certificates when I received them in November. Annoying that England does not deliver certificates until nearly 6 months after the exams when they have already given you your grades.
Rather than chill at a pub on a warm afternoon, this is not such a thing in Leeuwarden/Holland à parks and terraces (in front of cafes) are instead where you would chill.
The bikes were quite surprising. I knew that people in the Netherlands cycled a lot, but the extent is crazy, everyone does!!
The use of 24hour clock, I now always write afternoon times like 13,14,15, for example.
Compulsory freshers week, known as 'Study Start Week', was a great idea for bonding with the people on your course.
Particularly with my study we have a great, comfortable learning environment, even calling ourselves the 'Leisure Family'. We consider ourselves a family as many of us are from other countries, including two in my year from Asia, so to make us feel comfortable we often do stuff together. All teachers are extremely easy to talk to and you actually feel valued rather than just another number of the many students.
All my teachers have English as a second language and some are better than others, but everything I have been taught has been in good English and understandable – this should NOT put people off.
Make the leap, it is the best decision you could do. I was the shyest, least confident girl ever, and I have grown so much, and become someone I really do not feel like I would have if I had stayed in England and gone to uni there. You get to have so many more life experiences, and learn so much about yourself, as well as learn to be much more interculturally sensitive.
The culture is more comfortable to not live in halls but shared houses. I was too scared/young at the time and I didn't know anyone, I didn't want to move into a house with random people. Therefore, I chose studentstay and had a year contract but I absolutely hated it and found it a waste of money, so wish I had only signed a six-month contract, as after this I had made friends that I could've moved in with.
Many people think that about studentstay so I wish I had somehow been informed not to do it.
I do know that some people from big cities find it too small, as it is only a town and much smaller than English universities, so I would recommend visiting one of the open days if you are able to, to get a feel of the place.


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Q: How to monitor Spring-data-redis pool metrics? I want to monitor the pool metrics in Spring-data-redis. JedisConnectionFactory's pool is private. How can I get it? I search google but I cannot find good way to do this.

A: Though Redis client use connection pool, most of time client use one connection to get/set of the data. Also, redis is single threaded application.  You may not need connection pool information.


"Go with your gut" and "trust your intuition" are probably two of the most commonly doled out pieces of advice. It's what our friends, family, and coworkers — bless them — tell us when faced with any form of difficult decision or situation. And as a chronic overthinker (seriously, chro-nic), this is what I fall back on every single time I just don't know what to do (which is a lot of the time).
But obviously, being an overthinker, I am also prone to overanalyzing my own thinking. Is that really what my gut is telling me though? Am I sure that's not my head? Which one is it? So, I made it an early 2018 mission of mine to learn to tell the difference in order to become less of an overthinker. To do so, I looked to Dr. John Demartini, an internationally renowned human behavioral specialist, for advice. Turns out, we've all been plagued by a misunderstanding that prevents us from being more mindful: gut instincts and intuition are actually two separate things.
What are gut instincts and impulses?
In simple evolutionary terms, gut instincts and impulses are the physiological responses we have to predators or prey, respectively. They are polarized emotions that make us run from what is frightening and seek that which is pleasurable.
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You know when you're with a love interest who seems to tick all the boxes, but a little voice in your head is telling you that this is too good to be true? That's your intuition showing you the potential downside. Or when we're seriously annoyed at somebody, but keep questioning why? There it is again — this time, trying to show you the upside.
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Q: Schedule reminder for recurring event I'm working with a web application that allows users to create events (one-off or recurring) on a calendar, and shortly before an event starts the system will notify its participants. I'm having trouble with designing the flow for such notification, particularly for recurring events.
Things to consider:

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*The architecture of the web application made it so that there are many databases of the same structure, each keeps its own set of users and events. Thus any query against one database needs to be made against several thousand others.

*A recurring event may have excluded dates (similar to RRULE and EXDATE combination).

*Users can update event's time / recurring rule.

*The application is written in Python and already using Celery 3.1 with Redis broker. Solutions work with this setting would be nice, though anything will do. From what I have found, it is hard to add periodic task dynamically with Celery currently.
A solution I'm attempting:

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*A periodic task runs once a day, scanning every database and add tasks to do notification at appropriate time for each event that has a recurrence that day.

*Each task generated as above has its id saved temporarily in Redis. In case users change event time for that day after its notification task is scheduled, the task will be revoked and replaced with new one.
Sample code for above solution:

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*In tasks.py, all the tasks to run:
from celery.task import task as celery_task
from celery.result import AsyncResult
from datetime import datetime

# ...

@celery_task
def create_notify_task():
    for account in system.query(Account):
        db_session = account.get_session()    # get sql alchemy session
        for event in db_session.query(Event):
            schedule_notify_event(account, partial_event)

@celery_task(name='notify_event_users')
def notify_event_users(account_id, event_id):
    # do notification for every event participant
    pass

def schedule_notify_event(account, event):
    partial_event = event.get_partial_on(datetime.today())
    if partial_event:
        result = notify_event_users.apply_async(
                args = (account.id, event.id),
                eta = partial_event.start)
        replace_task_id(account.id, event.id, result.id)
    else:
        replace_task_id(account.id, event.id, None)

def replace_task_id(account_id, event_id, result_id):
    key = '{}:event'.format(account_id)
    client = redis.get_client()
    old_result_id = client.hget(key, event_id)
    if old_result_id:
        AsyncResult(old_result_id).revoke()
    client.hset(key, event_id, result_id)

*In event.py:
# when a user change event's time
def update_event(event, data):
    # ...
    # update event
    # ...
    schedule_notify_event(account, event)

*Celery setup file:
from celery.schedules import crontab

CELERYBEAT_SCHEDULE = {
    'create-notify-every-day': {
        'task': 'tasks.create_notify_task',
        'schedule': crontab(minute=0, hour=0),
        'args': (,)
    },
}

Some downsides of the above are:

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*The daily task can take a long time to run. Events in databases processed last have to wait and might be missed. Scheduling that task earlier (e.g. 2 hours before next day) may alleviate this, however first run setup (or after a server restart) is a little awkward.

*Care must be taken so that notify task doesn't get scheduled twice for the same event (e.g. because create_notify_task is run more than once a day...).
Is there a more sensible approach to this?
Related questions:

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*Efficient recurring tasks in celery?

A: It's been a long time without any answer, and I forgot about this question. Anyway, at the time I went with the following solution. I outline it here in case someone is interested.

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*When an event is created, a task is scheduled to run shortly before its next occurrence (i.e. next notification time). The scheduled time is calculated with all recurring and exception rules applied, so it's just a simple scheduled one-time task for celery.

*When the task runs, it do the notification job, and schedule a new task at the next notification time (again, with all recurring and exception rules considered). If there is no next event occurrence, no new task is scheduled.

*The task's id is saved together with the event in database. If event's time is changed, the task is cancelled and a new task is scheduled at new next notification time. When the task runs and schedules a new task, the new task's id is saved in database.

Some pros and cons that I could think of:

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*Pros:

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*No need for complicated recurring rule in celery, since tasks are only schedule for a single run.

*Each task is fairly small and quick, as it only has to care about a single event notification.

*Cons:

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*At any time, there are a lot of celery timed tasks waiting for execution, probably on the order of hundreds of thousands. I'm not sure how this affects celery's performance, so it may or may not be an actual con. So far the system appears to run just fine.


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2 Colorado deputies have been fired and indicted for the fatal shooting of a 22-year-old armed with a knife who called 911 for help
By Jeremy Harlan and Chris Boyette, CNNUpdated: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 07:50:40 GMTSource: CNNTwo Colorado deputies have been indicted and fired following investigations into the June fatal police shooting
By Jeremy Harlan and Chris Boyette, CNN
Updated: Thu, 24 Nov 2022 07:50:40 GMT
Two Colorado deputies have been indicted and fired following investigations into the June fatal police shooting of Christian Glass, a 22-year-old man who was armed with a knife and had called 911 for roadside assistance, officials and family attorneys say.
A grand jury Wednesday delivered an indictment against Clear Creek County Sheriff's deputies Andrew Buen, 29, and Kyle Gould, 36, according to Fifth Judicial District Attorney Heidi McCollum's office.
Buen is charged with 2nd degree murder, official misconduct and reckless endangerment, while Gould is charged with criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment, according to online court records.
The charges stem from the killing of Glass, who was shot in the early morning of June 11 -- more than an hour after police first arrived -- and pronounced dead on scene, according to the sheriff's office. The autopsy report showed Glass' injuries were fatal and included five gunshot wounds to the torso and one to his right arm.
The Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office received a "motorist assist" call on June 10 at 11:21 p.m. for what appeared to be a vehicle accident, the office said, but said its driver, Glass, "immediately became argumentative and uncooperative with the Deputies and had armed himself with a knife."
The family of Glass have disputed this characterization, saying in September that their son didn't carry weapons and the knives were rock tools used for carving rocks as a form of art.
Bond for Buen was set at $50,000 and for Gould set at $2,500. No attorney is listed for either, and both men are listed as in custody at the Gilpin County Detention Facility, according to online records.
CNN is working to obtain copies of the indictments.
Following the indictment, both deputies were fired, according to a statement from the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office.
The statement called the indictment "part of a painful but necessary process," and "policy and procedural failures" were found in an ongoing internal investigation parallel to the criminal investigation.
"While the investigation is still underway, preliminary findings show there were policy and procedural failures, and the initial news release about the shooting, based on the information available at the time of the incident, does not reflect the entirety of what happened on that terrible night," the statement said.
A statement from Glass' family attorneys said, "Nothing will bring Christian back to his family," but noted they were relieved by the charges.
"However, justice for Christian will require all those involved being held accountable. Christian's death is a stain on every officer who was present and failed to prevent the escalation and unnecessary uses of force," the statement said.
Encounter seen on body camera video
In 911 call audio released by Glass' family in September, he tells the dispatcher, "I have a weapon on me. I will throw them out the window as soon as an officer gets here" and continues to describe having two knives, a hammer and a rubber mallet.
Body camera video of the incident released by the family shows Glass offering to throw the weapons out of the car and a responding officer telling him not to do so.
"He actually offered to throw his rock knives and his tools out of the window so they wouldn't be worried. But they told him no and he obeyed," Glass' mother, Sally Glass, said at a news conference in September.
In the body camera video, responding deputies can be heard asking Glass to exit the vehicle several times.
One responding officer asks Glass if he had taken any drugs, to which Glass responds "I smoked, I've been ..." before becoming distracted by an officer placing what attorneys for the family said were tack strips behind his car, the video shows.
The autopsy report released by attorneys for the Glass family stated that Glass had both THC and amphetamine in his system.
Deputies were able to break out the car's windows and remove one of the knives, but Glass re-armed himself with a rock and a second knife, according to the sheriff's office. In the video, deputies can be heard repeatedly asking Glass to drop the knife.
Deputies deployed bean bags and a taser "with negative results" before Glass "eventually tried to stab an officer," according to the sheriff's office.
Body camera video shows law enforcement then shot Glass with a stun gun before he can be seen twisting and then seemingly thrusting a knife toward an officer before police fired multiple gun shots. The video then shows Glass apparently stabbing himself.
The body camera video released by the attorneys for the family has been edited to blur Glass' body.
"The only thing we have edited from the videos is after Christian is removed from the car. We blur the screen where his body is on the ground and medical treatment is being provided to his body. We felt it wasn't appropriate to have Christian's naked body out there in the world," attorney Siddhartha Rathod said.
CNN has requested an unedited copy of the body camera footage from the Clear Creek County Sheriff's Office.
In a statement in September, Glass' family and attorneys said he was having a mental health episode.
"There was no need to threaten him with force; to draw guns; to break his car window; to fire beanbag rounds from a close distance; to tase him; to shoot him dead. From beginning to end, the officers on scene acted unconscionably and inhumanely," Glass' parents and attorneys said.
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Universities' disciplinary procedures need to evolve in light of new guidance on handling alleged serious misconduct by students, says expert Universities' disciplinary procedures need to evolve in light of new guidance on handling alleged serious misconduct by students, says expert
Universities' disciplinary procedures need to evolve in light of new guidance on handling alleged serious misconduct by students, says expert
Out-Law Analysis | 21 Oct 2016 | 5:02 pm | 3 min. read
FOCUS: Universities should adapt the way they handle alleged student misconduct that might constitute a criminal offence in light of new guidance that has been issued.
The non-statutory guidance (23-page / 4.26MB PDF), drafted by Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com, and published by Universities UK, represents a significant departure from existing guidelines set out in the 1994 Zellick report, which had been criticised by some as being outdated in places.
Together with the help of a steering group, which contained representatives from institutions and sector bodies, and colleagues at Pinsent Masons, I worked with Universities UK to draft replacement guidelines which are designed to assist universities to appropriately manage the most serious cases of alleged student misconduct. In particular it contains specific recommendations in relation to alleged sexual misconduct.
The Zellick report recommended that universities should not undertake any disciplinary action in relation to alleged misconduct which could also constitute a serious criminal offence. The view taken was that such matters could only be dealt with by the police and so if the victim decided not to report the incident to the police or if the police decided to take no action then that would be an end to the matter.
In liaising with a broad range of stakeholders, including specialist agencies which advocate on behalf of survivors of sexual violence, we have sought to ensure that the new guidelines provide a framework to assist universities to handle these sensitive and complex cases, whilst ensuring that the rights of the reporting students and the accused students are protected and upheld.
There are several key recommendations in the guidance:
Universities should publish a code of conduct which sets out the types of behaviours that are unacceptable
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The guidance is designed to act as a framework. It should be considered to be a starting point for universities and not an exhaustive approach to the handling of what are very sensitive and complex issues.
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Nicola Bradfield is a legal expert in the universities and higher education sector at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com.


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By Michael Calderone • 04/10/06 12:00am
When Tina Brown turned down a five-year deal to stay on as editor of The New Yorker in 1998, she was reportedly living in a $4 million East 57th Street maisonette with four bedrooms, a library, six baths, three maids' rooms and a large garden—all bought with help from her employer, Condé Nast, which put up their mortgage on the place.
If you want to employ the "Queen of Buzz," you have to give her a good salary—something Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse is famous for. And you have to give her something Condé Nast is less famous for: a castle.
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"More important, I understand the studio will pick up the paper on the $3 million East Side townhouse Newhouse financed for Brown and her husband, Harry Evans, when Harry was running Si's Random House."
And that's still nothing.
"Miramax will also cover a parcel of other loans and advances Newhouse made over the years when Brown was his magazine star. (Remember, the studio's parent company paid Mike Ovitz something like $130 million to go away after one year on the job—in comparison, Brown's deal is pocket change.)"
When her new magazine debuted, it was called Talk. Who wants to talk in a mangy two-bedroom on West End Avenue?
And as anyone who has perused the real-estate sections in recent years knows all too well, that's very likely where you might live on a million a year.
It happens all over the company. Over 20 Condé Nast executives, editors and even a couple of writers have either been loaned money directly by the company (sometimes listed as the overarching corporation, Advance Publications) or had the media giant secure mortgages in order to purchase properties, according to city records. With Condé Nast acting as the secured party, buyers can potentially get far better rates than going through the process as an individual.
And it speaks volumes about the differences between Condé Nast and its closest competitors that no other Manhattan media company seems to do as much to thrust its editors into whatever social milieu they are meant to be writing for and about.
Last week, The Observer reported that Ariel Foxman, the former editor of the recently defunct men's shopping magazine, Cargo, got some help from Condé Nast in securing a loan to purchase a West Village co-op apartment. Indeed, in February 2005, about a year and a half after the magazine launched, Mr. Foxman bought an oversized one-bedroom spread that had listed for $625,000. That sounds about right for Cargo!
As one of the largest privately held companies in the country, Condé Nast does not have to justify real-estate loans to a roomful of nitpicky shareholders, like those who might fill a board meeting over at Time Warner. In addition, Condé Nast has no fiduciary duty to even turn a profit, leaving their (notoriously secretive) company practices their own business.
And they are unwilling to explain things to the press either.
"As a privately held company, we do not discuss our policy," said Condé Nast spokeswoman Maurie Perl. (On a personal level, Ms. Perl did not feel obliged to discuss her own policy, including the purchase of a West End Avenue co-op in 2001, where Advance served as the secured party).
The practice stretches back at least as far as Alexander Lieberman, the renowned art director of Vogue who later became editorial director. His mortgage on an East 70th Street home was secured by the company.
Whether it goes much further back, into the era when magazines really were a gentleman's profession, populated with people rich enough and influential enough to cover the spheres they lived in, rather than be moved into the spheres they were covering, is hard to tell: Records are spotty before the early 1990's.
Back then, when James Truman—who quit his position as editorial director after not being given an art magazine to run (and subsequently fled to Andalucía)—purchased his West Village loft, the company secured the loan.
At the time of the purchase, Mr. Truman was still the editor in chief at Details; however, Condé Nast promoted him shortly after to editorial director (and Mr. Newhouse reportedly gave him a silver Porsche as a token of his affection).
Located in a prewar building, Mr. Truman's 2,000-square-foot apartment includes three bedrooms and two baths, and was purchased for $715,000. Thankfully, Mr. Truman didn't end up selling it when he left for Spain, because the 47-year-old editor is now back in New York working for the Canadian über-publisher of the art world, Louise T. Blouin MacBain.
Although Vogue editor Anna Wintour reportedly makes $2 million per year—and enjoys a clothing allowance, chauffeur and ritzy hotel stays—it costs a lot more to maintain a luxurious Manhattan lifestyle.
In 1983, Ms. Wintour and her future husband, Dr. David Shaffer, purchased a MacDougal Street townhouse. That same year, Ms. Wintour made the leap from senior editor of New York magazine to creative director of American Vogue.
After a stint in England editing the British edition, she returned to the States in 1988 to assume the helm of the American edition. That year, the couple took out a $200,000 mortgage on the Greenwich Village townhouse, with Condé Nast lending the money, according to city records.
A few years later, Ms. Wintour left MacDougal Street but stayed in the neighborhood.
In May 1992, Ms. Wintour purchased a four-story townhouse on Sullivan Street for $1.4 million. But the 22-foot-wide townhouse also provides; Ms. Wintour with access to the lush private garden that borders MacDougal and Sullivan streets.
In February 1993, Ms. Wintour took out a $1.64 million mortgage, with Condé Nast serving as the lender. To date, there's no record of a mortgage being paid off, according to city records. (When the couple separated in 1999, after 15 years of marriage, the renowned doctor dropped $1.7 million on a four-story townhouse on Downing Street.)
Of course, while Ms. Wintour has a reputation for not partying late into the night, she has hosted a number of stylish soirées in the Sullivan Street home. Among the countless boldface names attending were Bill Clinton, David Bowie, André Balazs, Oscar de la Renta, Sarah Jessica Parker, Barry Diller, Diane von Furstenberg and Richard Gere.
Despite the luxurious digs and famous faces chomping on hors d'oeuvres, things haven't always gone smoothly on Sullivan Street.
In October 2004, Ms. Wintour's former nanny, Lori Feldt, was awarded $2.2 million in a settlement over the inhalation of toxic fumes. The nanny was rendered unconscious due to fumes from the paint thinner used to remove red paint doused on the sidewalk and steps by animal-rights activists (who have hounded the fur-wearing editor for years).
According to city records, a top Vogue staffer also received loans from Condé Nast. Creative director Grace Coddington borrowed over $400,000 toward her West Village apartment.
For Graydon Carter, who ascended to the editorship of Vanity Fair in 1992, the Newhouse family has always been especially generous.
Through two loans, Mr. Carter and his wife Cynthia were reportedly able to live in a first-floor apartment in the Dakota, the legendary Upper West Side co-op whose most famous resident, John Lennon, was murdered outside of it in 1980.
But in February 1999, the couple gave up apartment living and headed downtown. They purchased a four-story townhouse on Bank Street for $2 million. At the time, the sprawling home had been listed for $2.5 million and had lingered on the market for about half a year.
Built in 1844, the Greek Revival townhouse includes six bedrooms, double parlor, sitting room, terrace and several fireplaces.
Shortly thereafter, the couple took out a $3.841 million mortgage, with Advance lending the money, according to city records.
But the good life didn't last too long; in the summer of 2000, the couple separated. However, it took almost five years to figure out who would get the house.
In February 2005, Mr. Carter—who remarried a few months later—purchased the townhouse from his estranged wife for $3,018,076. And his dealings in the West Village have continued: In December 2005, it was reported that Mr. Carter is investing in a new restaurant, located at the now-closed Ye Waverly Inn.
In July 1998, Pulitzer Prize–winning author David Remnick—who had been penning New Yorker features for the previous six years—took over the helm of the magazine after Ms. Brown left (and Michael Kinsley didn't accept the job fast enough, according to a widely circulated e-mail at the time).
While Mr. Remnick and his wife, Esther Fein, were already living in an Upper West Side co-op, the couple decided to upgrade to a prewar building 14 blocks uptown.
Almost two years after taking over as the fifth editor in The New Yorker's storied history, Mr. Remnick signed a contract for a West 86th Street duplex that had been listed at $3.25 million, according to a database shared by real-estate brokers. And Advance secured the loan, according to city records.
Built in 1905, the 14-story building includes a full-time doorman and concierge and a roof deck with exceptional views. Mr. Remnick's 2,500-square-foot apartment features four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a wood-burning fireplace.
But Mr. Remnick is not the only New Yorker editor who has been helped by Si and Co.: Deputy editor Pamela Maffei McCarthy was lent $180,000 by Advance toward the mortgage on her Brooklyn home.
And when Adam Gopnik—best known for writing about bohemian life in Paris—purchased an Upper East Side co-op apartment, the company secured the mortgage.
While things haven't worked out as well for Mr. Foxman, Lucky editor and company "It" girl Kim France continues to rule the magalog world.
Ms. France—who covered music and pop culture for the much-lamented Sassy and later at Spin—was first asked to create a prototype shopping magazine in the late 1990's. By February 2001, Lucky became a monthly and started raking in the advertising dollars.
A little over a year later, Ms. France and her former husband, Michael Morse, purchased a three-story townhouse in Carroll Gardens. The 16-foot-wide home includes 2,960 square feet of interior space, according to city records.
Shortly after the deed was filed, the couple took out a $1.351 million mortgage, with Advance lending the money.
After splitting up, Ms. France and Mr. Morse sold the house in December 2004 for $1.793 million. On the same day, they paid off the mortgage.
In the summer of 2005, Ms. France—who has now moved back to Manhattan, on lower Fifth Avenue—discussed the divorce in her Lucky editor's letter.
In 2003, Jim Nelson, who was then executive editor of GQ, took over the position of editor that was filled for years by the legendary Art Cooper.
About a year after taking over as editor, Mr. Nelson moved into a co-op apartment in a Chelsea brownstone, with Advance serving as the secured party, according to city records.
The five-story, 22-foot-wide building includes 10 residential units.
—additional reporting by Riva Froymovich
Filed Under: Home, Manhattan Transfers, Anna Wintour, Conde Nast Publications Inc., S. I. Newhouse, Miramax Film Corp.


We were honored to be a part of ECS Season 3 Finals games in London, England, on June 23-26 at the SSE Wembley Arena and we proudly present the infographic for the tournament.
Just last week G2 Esports CS:GO squad was taking part in ECS Season 3 Finals games in London. Our team has landed in a action-packed Group A and despite the hard-fought games fell short of advancing out of the Groups. Nonetheless it was an amazing tournament and a huge learning experience for us. The games against finalists FaZe Clan and SK Gaming taught us a lot and we must admit that we can't wait to show our improvement!
While CS:GO fans are waiting with excitement for G2's next games, we couldn't skip our great tradition of presenting you one of our colourful infographics. So scroll down, get to know who were the best players of the tournament and enjoy!


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package errormessages

import "fmt"

var (
	// GenericInternalError is a generic error message. Typically used when we don't
	// want to reveal what exactly went wrong, like confusing implementation details.
	//
	// This is the same as GenericInternalError, but without a customizable message,
	// hence the "NoMsg".
	GenericInternalErrorNoMsg = "Error: Encountered an internal error."

	// InvalidCLIOption is a generic message to print when two options cannot be
	// used together.
	InvalidCLIOption = "Invalid Option: %s cannot be used with UseSync"

	// FishDefaultPathMissing is used when the installation path for fish autocomplete
	// cannot be found, and was not supplied.
	FishDefaultPathMissing = `Error: Unable to find where to install file autocompete.
Please use --fish-dir=your/dir to install fish.`

	// FishDirFailed is used when creating the bash completion directory fails.
	FishDirFailed = `Error: Unable to create fish autocompletion directory.`

	// FishWriteFailed is used when writing the actual fish autocomplete file failed.
	FishWriteFailed = `Error: Unable to write fish autocompletion file.`

	// BashDirFailed is used when creating the bash completion directory fails.
	BashDirFailed = `Error: Unable to create bash autocompletion directory.`

	// BashWriteFailed is used when writing the actual bash autocomplete file failed.
	BashWriteFailed = `Error: Unable to write bash autocompletion file.`

	// BashPermissionError is used when user op fails with perm denied.
	BashPermissionError = `Error: You do not have sufficient permissions to install
bash autocompletions. Please run this command with sudo.`

	// FailedToGetCurrentUser is used when we're unable to get the user.
	FailedToGetCurrentUser = `Error: Unable to get current user`

	// FailedToAppendBashrc is used when we're unable to append to bashrc file.
	FailedToAppendBashrc = `Error: Unable to append to bashrc file.`

	// FailedToChown is used if a chown fails.
	FailedToChown = `Error: Unable to change file ownership to current user.`

	// SyncDirectionRequired is used when the user does not specify a sync direction.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	SyncDirectionRequired = `Error: Sync direction is a required argument.`

	// InvalidSyncDirection is used when the user specifies an option that is not
	// a supported sync direction.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	InvalidSyncDirection = `Error: Invalid sync direction %q.`

	// MachineNotFound is a generic machine not found message.
	MachineNotFound = "Error: Machine not found. Please enter a valid machine name as shown in kd list."

	// MountNotFound is a generic mount not found message.
	MountNotFound = "Error: Mount not found."

	// FailedGetSSHKey is used when we fail to get the ssh key
	FailedGetSSHKey = fmt.Sprintf("Error: Failed to get ssh key.\n")

	// FailedPrefetchFolder is used when remote.cacheFolder fails.
	FailedPrefetchFolder = fmt.Sprintf(
		"Error: Failed to prefetch the requested folder.\n",
	)

	// MachineNotValidYet occurs when the kontrol has not yet returned a client
	// for the given machine. Likely meaning the machine has not been online
	// since klient has last restarted.
	//
	// Since the above DialingRemote error is generic enough, we're just using that
	// for now.
	MachineNotValidYet = fmt.Sprintf(
		`Error: Unable to communicate with the remote machine. Please ensure that the
remote machine is running & accessible and try again.`,
	)

	// CannotFindSSHUser is used when kd ssh cannot find the user on the remote
	// machine.
	CannotFindSSHUser = `Error: Cannot find ssh username on the remote machine.`

	// RemoteProcessFailed is used when a command was run on the remote, but the
	// process itself failed to execute properly. *Not* an exit code, but more like
	// a no memory.
	//
	// The %s arg is intended to be the full error.
	RemoteProcessFailed = `A requested process on the remote Machine was unable to run properly,
and exited with the following issue:

%s`

	// RemotePathDoesNotExist is printed when the user supplies a directory to mount,
	// that does not exist on the remote side.
	RemotePathDoesNotExist = fmt.Sprintf(
		`Error: The given remote path does not exist on the remote machine.`,
	)

	// FailedToSync is used when remote.cacheFolder fails during kd sync.
	FailedSyncFolder = fmt.Sprintf(
		"Error: Failed to sync the requested folder.",
	)

	// SourceAndDestAreRemote is used when the user entered two remote paths to kd cp.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	SourceAndDestAreRemote = `Error: Both Source and Destination are Remote.
Please provide a remote and a local path.`

	// SourceAndDestAreLocal is used when the user entered two local paths to kd cp.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	SourceAndDestAreLocal = `Error: Both Source and Destination are Local.
Please provide a remote and a local path.`

	// SourceRequired is used when the user does not specify a sync direction.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	SourceRequired = `Error: Copy Source is a required argument.`

	// DestinationRequired is used when the user does not specify a sync direction.
	//
	// Note that Help is also printed after this.
	DestinationRequired = `Error: Copy Destination is a required argument.`
)

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Activists declare war on gun violence
CYRIL JOSH BARKER Amsterdam News Staff and NAYABA ARINDE Amsterdam News Editor | 6/6/2019, 12:06 p.m.
National Action Network Peace in the Streets March National Action Network photo/Twitter
June is Gun Violence Awareness Month and activists around the city continue their annual call out for a cease fire, even in the wake of recent shootings in the city in the backdrop.
News broke Wednesday afternoon, June 5, that a 7-year-old boy was grazed in the knee when shots rang out in the Bronx. Reports indicate that the boy and his grandmother were talking in Mott Haven in the courtyard of NYCHA's Mill Brook Houses when a suspected man in his mid-20s open fired.
No arrests have been made and the boy was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive.
On Sunday, June 2, reports indicate that a man was found shot in the head behind the Linden Plaza Apartment complex in East New York, Brooklyn. The man, who is reportedly 29-years-old, has not been identified and police have not made any arrests.
Also in Brooklyn, police are looking for four young men wanted for their suspected involvement in the shooting of a man in Bed-Stuy. Reports indicate the men came from behind the victim while he was walking on Franklin Avenue before shooting him in the back.
The victim remains in the hospital in stable condition. Police have not made any arrests but have released surveillance footage of the suspects.
While the city experienced its first set of shootings over the first few days of June, they are sticking to their commitment and the streets to stop the bloodshed.
On June 1, the Chris S. Owens Foundation kicked off Gun Violence Awareness Month with a rally. This year marks 10 years since Owen's murder when he was shot and killed by a stray bullet in Harlem on April 26, 2009. His father, Chris Foye, started the foundation to honor his son and seek community-based solutions for safer streets.
"Like any other social issue, gun violence affects millions of people," Foye said to the AmNews. "I think that Gun Violence Awareness Month brings awareness to people who didn't know about the multiple shooting that happened in urban communities every day."
Foye added that the solution to eliminating violence on city streets is to take a holistic approach and get more resources.
"Gun violence is such a complex issue," he said. "The solution has to start with education. We really have to rebrand the culture of gun violence. I'm really hoping there are no shootings this summer and that everyone can be part of the work to eradicate the problem."
Also on Saturday, June 1, the National Action Network and several anti-violence groups kicked off Gun Violence Awareness Month with the "Peace in The Streets March." Members of the NAN Youth Huddle, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton's daughter Ashley Sharpton, held a prayer lie-in and march on the streets of Harlem.
Participants gathered at 110th Street and Malcolm X Boulevard and marched from 112th Street near the Foster Houses NYCHA building to 151st Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard.
Activist Robert Jackson urged people to "Join us to take action against gun violence...a call to action for peace, unity and anti-gun violence as the weather gets warmer, school is out, and the streets get busier and more dangerous, especially for the youth. This also serves as a response to the Nipsey Hussle shooting, countless shootings and acts of violence in the streets of our community, and the continuation of our anti violence efforts. We must set the tone in and to our community that we are not normalizing violence, it is NOT OKAY that so many children, men, and women have shed innocent blood and/or lost their lives in result of gun violence or senseless violence. At the march, we will share several ways to take action against gun violence throughout the month and year."
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Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
Top New Year's Eve 2015 Concerts In PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia has a ton of events happening around the city to help you ring in 2016 with style and many of them feature bands that'll have you dancing your way into the start of the new year.
Philly Pops Plans Free Christmas Concert For Military, First RespondersThis year, for the first time ever, the first concert of the series will be free for military personnel, police, and firefighters.
Spirits Are Sunny Even As Iffy Weather Forces Philly Pops Holiday Concert IndoorsThanks to Mother Nature, the Philly Pops orchestra held its traditional Fourth of July holiday concert indoors at the Kimmel Center last night, instead of the usual spot outside Independence Hall.
Positively Philadelphia: A Student-Professional Collaboration For PIFA Some plays start with a script. For others, you make it up as you go along.
History-Based Presidential Detective Story Gets Previews At Kimmel CenterPresident U.S. Grant is welcoming people to the nation's centennial at Memorial Hall in 1876 when he slips on a banana. But since the banana is new to America, he doesn't recognize the fruit, and launches a historical quest to identify it.
Group Of Women Dressed As Nuns Promote Musical Rocky-StyleThe musical "Sister Act" is coming to Philadelphia next week and word was getting out Thursday in ways that would make Rocky Balboa proud.
Philadelphia Holiday Concert PreviewThe wonderful thing about Philadelphia is that there is always such a wide array of concerts to choose from. These are the must-see holiday performances this year.
With $6 Million Renovation, Kimmel Center Boosts Roof Garden's Usability"Last year, we set the record up here -- it was 125 degrees," recalls Kimmel Center vice president of operations David Thiele.
Homegrown Star Kevin Bacon Pays a Return Visit to PhiladelphiaLocal fans, especially students, have an opportunity to get closer to actor Kevin Bacon on Wednesday night.
Kimmel Center Presents <i>In The Heights</i>"In the Heights", the winner of four Tony awards in 2008, comes to the Academy of Music; January 18th-23rd.
Top Things To See In Philadelphia's Center CityFrom parks and restaurants to theaters, historic buildings and shopping, both residents and tourists alike will find a lot to do when visiting the City of Brotherly Love.
Philadelphia Postpones COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For City Workers Once Again


In observance of Constitution Day, Sept. 17, Judge John Danaher III spoke to eighth-graders at the Lee H. Kellogg School about the role the judicial branch plays in safeguarding the freedoms outlined in the U.S. Constitution. Danaher, a justice in the Connecticut Superior Court, served as the commissioner of the state Department of Public Safety and as a prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office. Students Gina Rocha and Kyler Hall-Stevenson are at right.
FALLS VILLAGE — Michael Hodgkins wants people to know the Crossroads Deli is open for business — just not for gasoline.
On Monday, Sept. 19, crews were at work at the deli, located at the junction of routes 7 and 63, repairing a broken vapor recovery line.
The line broke last Thursday, which was unfortunate timing for Hodgkins, as Lime Rock Park was hosting a NASCAR event over the weekend.
Hodgkins said he had to send track customers to North Canaan for fuel, and lost a lot of business.
And the gas pumps won't be fixed until Monday, Sept. 26.
The Lakeville Journal congratulates honorees of the student of the week program at Housatonic Valley Regional High School. This week's photo was taken by 11th-grader Caroline Sullivan.
FALLS VILLAGE — Some students at Housatonic Valley Regional High School must be operating on a 26-hour day, because there is no way that a normal teenager should be able to accomplish so much.