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On her Instagram account, McGowan said "there are powerful forces at work" and pleaded for others to "be my voice"
Rose McGowan tweeted "HW raped me" on Thursday, apparently referring to Harvey Weinstein. The actress' Twitter account was reinstated after it was suspended late Wednesday.
McGowan continued her allegations against Weinstein, mentioning Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos, saying she told the head of Amazon Studios that Weinstein raped her and called on the company to "stop funding rapists, alleged pedos and sexual harassers."
Weinstein representative Sallie Hofmeister has said Weinstein "unequivocally denies" "any allegations of non-consensual contact."
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McGowan last year said that she had been raped by a "studio head." The New Yorker expose that ran Tuesday reported that Weinstein had allegedly sexually assaulted three women, though the third woman was unnamed. The New York Times earlier reported that Weinstein paid a financial settlement of $100,000 to McGowan in 1997. That settlement included provisions about speaking about the case in the future.
But McGowan appeared emboldened Thursday to describe more outright her past experience with Weinstein. Shortly before a series of tweets addressed to Amazon chief Bezos, McGowan tweeted a woman warrior picture with a "Rosearmy" hashtag and stated "It's on."
"I told the head of your studio that HW raped me," said McGowan in tweets directed to Bezos. "Over and Over I said it. He said it hadn't been proven. I said I was the proof."
In subsequent tweets, McGowan appeared to suggest that Amazon Studios, which is overseen by Roy Price, previously dropped a project penned by McGowan after she insisted Weinstein not be involved.
Twitter had suspended McGowan's account late Wednesday after the social media company said she broke its rules. The company said McGowan's account was suspended "because one of her Tweets included a private phone number, which violates our Terms of Service."
The social media site said it removed her tweet and her account was reinstated.
"Twitter is proud to empower and support the voices on our platform, especially those that speak truth to power. We stand with the brave women and men who use Twitter to share their stories, and will work hard every day to improve our processes to protect those voices." Twitter's support account continued.
On her Instagram account, McGowan said "there are powerful forces at work" and pleaded for others to "be my voice."
The New York Times earlier reported that McGowan was among the numerous women sexually harassed by Weinstein, who paid McGowan a financial settlement in 1997. McGowan on Tuesday tweeted "now I am allowed to say rapist."
McGowan also recently called Ben Affleck "a liar" on Twitter and suggested the actor knew about Weinstein's conduct. Representatives for Affleck haven't responded to messages regarding that allegation.
And now THIS? You allow Twitter freedom to our president but you silence a woman speaking out about sexual harassment? @rosemcgowan
— Jamie Lee Curtis (@jamieleecurtis) October 12, 2017
Representatives for Amazon did not immediately comment.
We have been in touch with Ms. McGowan's team. We want to explain that her account was temporarily locked because one of her Tweets included a private phone number, which violates our Terms of Service. 1/3
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Q: How to run JUnit 5 and JUnit 4 test suites in Gradle? I have two types of tests in my code, ending with UnitTest and IntegrationTest. Of course there are some legacy JUnit 4 tests and new ones supposed to be written with JUnit 5.
What I want:
UnitTestSuite and IntegrationTestSuit classes that could be run from IDE (IntelliJ IDEA) and each of them have filters by the class name ending of tests. Also I want two different gradle tasks each to run their own set of tests (based on suits ideally, or also on the class names at least).
What I've tried:
This test suite works well from IDE, and as I understand it should run both JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 tests. However, it seems that this approach is more like a workaround and not actual suites support.
@RunWith(JUnitPlatform.class)
@IncludeClassNamePatterns({ "^.*UnitTest$" })
public class UnitTestSuite {
}

Also I created this Gradle task, but it doesn't run any tests saying to me:
WARNING: Ignoring test class using JUnitPlatform runner
test { Test t ->

    useJUnitPlatform()

    include "UnitTestSuite.class"
}

So is there a solution to run both JUnit 4 and JUnit 5 tests, filtered by name (gathered into suits) from the IDE and from the Gradle task?

A: In Gradle you can configure multiple test tasks, one for JUnit 4 and one for JUnit 5.
I did exactly that in the Spring Framework build. See the testJUnitJupiter and test tasks in spring-test.gradle.
task testJUnitJupiter(type: Test) {
    description = "Runs JUnit Jupiter tests."
    useJUnitPlatform {
        includeEngines "junit-jupiter"
        excludeTags "failing-test-case"
    }
    filter {
        includeTestsMatching "org.springframework.test.context.junit.jupiter.*"
    }
    reports.junitXml.destination = file("$buildDir/test-results")
    // Java Util Logging for the JUnit Platform.
    // systemProperty("java.util.logging.manager", "org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager")
}

test {
    description = "Runs JUnit 4 tests."
    dependsOn testJUnitJupiter, testNG
    useJUnit()
    scanForTestClasses = false
    include(["**/*Tests.class", "**/*Test.class"])
    exclude(["**/testng/**/*.*", "**/jupiter/**/*.*"])
    reports.junitXml.destination = file("$buildDir/test-results")
}

You can of course name them and configure them however you want.

A: Alternative option with some caveats is to run JUnit 4 (and even 3) tests using JUnit 5. To do so you will need vintage engine on your runtime classpath, like so:
def junit5Version = "5.7.0"
dependencies {
    // other deps
    testImplementation "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:${junit5Version}"
    testRuntimeOnly "org.junit.vintage:junit-vintage-engine:${junit5Version}"
}

This also works from IntelliJ IDEA.
Source and further instructions on how to make some other JUnit 4 features work with JUnit 5 are here: https://junit.org/junit5/docs/current/user-guide/#migrating-from-junit4-running

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m6A Modifications Play a Critical Role in Viral Replication
Chemical modifications of RNA are critical for RNA metabolism, function, and localization. One of the most abundant internal RNA modifications is N6-methyladenosine (m6A). It has been previously reported that viral RNA contains internal m6A modifications. However, only recently the function of m6A began to be unraveled during virus infections of HIV, hepatitis C virus and Zika virus.
In the present study, the research groups led by Prof. GUAN Wuxiang and Prof. DENG Fei in Wuhan Institute of Virology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences demonstrated that EV71 RNA contains m6A modification and investigated its function during EV71 C4 subtype infection.
The scientists found that the expression and localization of m6A methyltransferases, demethylases, and binding proteins were affected upon virus infection. Moreover, perturbation of the expression of m6A-related proteins or mutation of the m6A modification sites altered viral replication, suggesting that the host m6A machinery is involved in viral replication.
Notably, they showed that the m6A methyltransferase METTL3 not only interacted with viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp) 3D, but also induced sumoylation and ubiquitination of the polymerase, which have been reported to facilitate its stability and boost viral replication.
Collectively, they present evidence supporting the importance of m6A modification for the replication of EV71. The expression and localization of the m6A methylation machinery were affected by EV71 virus infection. The expression of proteins in the m6A methylation machinery in turn regulated viral replication. Mutation of the m6A sites decreased viral replication.
Nevertheless, further studies are necessary to elucidate the detailed mechanisms, such as how the methyltransferases, demethylases and YTH proteins alter their localization and whether viral non-structural proteins play a role in the methylation process. In addition, their study suggests m6A modification may be a novel target for antivirals of EV71.
The Results have been published in Nucleic Acids Research entitled "N6-methyladenosine modification and METTL3 modulate enterovirus 71 replication".
The study was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
M6A modification represents an important component in the regulation of EV71 replication. (Image by GUAN Wuxiang)

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People at the Gulf Coast Version of "L.A." Are Living Their Dreams
32 miles of sugar-white beaches make the cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach a premier tourist destination.
Lucy Buffett, younger sister of Jimmy, had to first experience living in another L.A. to truly appreciate the sweet comfort of an entirely different L.A. where the Buffett family hails from. The Lower Alabama version of "L.A." is magnolia trees, crab boils, tire swings, and the dolphins of Mobile Bay. Southern hospitality has always been the way here, but after the BP oil spill threatened to put a dent in the area's tourism trade, the towns and their great people have worked hard to show the world that the beaches and the sea life were never damaged to the extent that the media portrayed it. In this L.A., you will always feel welcome and your hosts make certain to show you how much they appreciate your business.
Whether you call Los Angeles or Dallas home, a trip here gets you to thinking that Lucy and the other interesting locals know more than most of us about the way to live life. The cities of Gulf Shores and Orange Beach and the unincorporated area of Fort Morgan all play a part in making this a family-friendly destination.
Getting out on the waterways not only provide many fun activities
for the tourists, but also an opportunity to be educated about the
birds, fish and wildlife as well as the flora and fauna.
With 32 miles of sugar-white beaches and comfortable year-round temperatures, the area has been voted by Facebook fans of The Weather Channel as the best kid-friendly beach, and the National Resources Defense Council named two of its local beaches among its list of top 12 five-star vacation beach destinations for water quality. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach is a favorite area among beach-goers, fishermen, golfers, shoppers, nature-lovers, bird-watchers and Civil War history buffs, and the gulf seafood and Southern cooking alone would be reason enough to make a trip.
Bob and Patty Hallmark have pursued their dream with a small, casual yet romantic setting in the sleepy fishing village of Bon Secour. Our first taste of the Royal Reds, the sweetest of all shrimp, was here at the Tin Top Restaurant and Oyster Bar. These vibrant red shrimp live in the cold dark depths where the gently sloping bottom of the Gulf drops abruptly off the continental shelf. It takes a specialized fishing crew to harvest them from over a half mile below the surface. We dined al fresco on a Spanish-moss covered patio, sipping Bloody Mary's made with vodka infused with olives, peppers and garlic and sampled oysters prepared various ways including raw as well as baked and sautéed. The oysters and other seafood entrees prepared with a New Orleans flair were succulent, however our waiter insisted that we would be equally impressed with a steak entree, and he was right. While the wine list would have made the grade at a restaurant in the "other L.A.," sides including fresh collard greens, fried green tomatoes, gouda cheese grits and seasoned lima beans with Andouille sausage and fried okra and desserts including traditional bread pudding with a whisky sauce and key lime pie reminded us that we were still deep in the South.
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Feeding Frenzy 22 – The Great White Caper
Rivermoon1970 October 28, 2019 October 28, 2019 NCIS, NCIS: New Orleans, Warehouse 13, Pete Lattimer/Myka Bering
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Pete Lattimer/Myka Bering
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During his morning run everything that Vance and Gibbs had tried to do to him came rushing at him all at once. Feeling angry and guilty, Tony is a little at loose ends until he gets a visit from a mysterious stranger that tells him magic is real. He has serious doubts about that, even after the strange adventure he is pulled into.
Tony slammed the door to his apartment behind him after getting home from his run. He practically ripped off his sweat-soaked T-shirt making his healed arm twinge a little, but he didn't really care about the pain. Tony stormed through his apartment until he was in front of his liquor cabinet. Pouring himself a more than generous portion of some whiskey, Tony started to down it in one go. Sighing, he slammed the half-full glass down on the table and bowed his head in an attempt to get his emotions under control. Jubal's voice was in his head, admonishing him about drinking while emotional.
Grabbing the glass, Tony stood and poured the contents down the drain, not even mad that he was throwing out an expensive single barrel-aged scotch whiskey that was sent to him by Ducky. Tony still couldn't think of him as Ilya. Leaning against the counter as he watched the alcohol wash down the drain, Tony's thoughts turned dark.
An overwhelming sense of sadness crept up as he leaned forward and breathed through the panic attack he felt coming on. Walking over to his couch, Tony picked up the notebook he had been jotting down his thoughts, documenting all the offers, and putting it in stark black and white the pros and cons of each. Picking up the notebook, Tony felt a surge of anger and guilt. Vance and Gibbs had invaded Tony's mind while on his run. Dark thoughts of what they had tried to do to him made him angry all over again. He had put everything out of his mind for weeks now, but as the job hunt began to feel slightly tedious, those thoughts had plagued him, and he was pissed off once again.
"What the fuck was it all for?" Tony finally voiced out loud to an empty apartment. Slowly standing, he was tempted to say fuck it all and get blinding drunk. Knowing that wasn't going to solve anything, the next best thing was to go to the gym and beat the shit out of whatever punching bag was available.
The nightmares were inevitable. Horrific caricatures of Gibbs and Vance laughing at him morphed into Jeffrey White. Chained together, running, Tony's fear he wasn't going to get out of that situation, morphed again into Haswari and Kate's death. The nightmares became worse and more terrifying until he was locked in some kind of cell, Eli and Ziva David laughing as images of torture and pain became gruesome. Tony screamed and bolted upright in bed, his head swimming, and his eyes crusty with bad sleep and the physical evidence of his overexertion at the gym. Tony's hands ached from the epic punching bag session that did little to quell the anger that still ate at him.
Getting up, he got under a hot shower and tried to shake off the nightmares. After dressing in sweats and an old OSU t-shirt, Tony made it to his kitchen and started to make coffee.
"Well, I think I should come back at a later time, you seem to be having a rather rough morning."
Tony spun around at the voice and grabbed for a gun that wasn't there. His heart pounded, but outwardly he kept it together. Tony stared at the striking woman that looked suspiciously like a certain ME he knew and wondered how in the hell she had gotten into his apartment.
"How the fuck did you get into my apartment?" Tony growled, feeling very disingenuous. Any niceties he might have extended to a guest were out the window.
"I'm here because I think you need what I'm about to offer you."
"Look, today is not the best day to be offering me anything, especially from people who break into my home."
"I actually think this is the exact perfect moment to present my offer. I think you need a little…magic right about now, Agent DiNozzo." The woman smiled in a way that spoke of a joke that no one else understood the punchline to.
"Fuck. You. Now, I suggest you get the hell out of my home before I call the police."
"What happened, Agent DiNozzo was not your fault." The soft tone and softer expression on the woman's face made Tony fly across the room and grabbed her shirt in a tight fist. This was the last straw in the pile that had been building since he had made that first phone call to Harmon Rabb.
"You don't know anything! You don't know what they were going to do. How they were going to use me." It all came pouring out. Everything Tony had not realized he had been holding onto since Vance and Gibbs tried to coerce him into going to Israel. "They were going to sacrifice me without a single thought. I thought…I thought Gibbs was more than my boss. He was supposed to be my friend…" Tony's words died on his lips. He knew he was entitled to the sadness he felt at losing so much.
The woman's kind expression pissed Tony off even more.
"Agent DiNozzo, you couldn't have done anything different than what you did. It was what you needed to do to protect yourself, and no one can fault you for that."
Tony deflated and took a shaky breath as he wiped his hand over his face. He had not even felt the hot tears as they fell.
"You still haven't told me who the hell you are and how you got into my home."
The woman smiled again as Tony walked away to continue making the coffee he desperately needed.
"My name is Mrs. Fredericks and I have an extraordinary opportunity for you. That is if you are willing to open your mind and believe in magic."
Tony shook his head and thought the woman might be crazy, but she was right, he was mentally in a place where a little fantasy might go a long way to heal the guilt he was feeling.
Tony did not expect the heavy ball that flew at him when he stepped out of his rental car, but old reflexes kicked in, and he caught it. There was enough force behind the basketball that it almost knocked him off his feet.
"Oh. My. God!" an excited voice called out as a man Tony thought he recognized ran over to him and helped steady him. "That was an amazing catch. Hey, wait–don't I know you?"
Tony smiled as he recognized Pete Lattimer, a man who had seemingly disappeared off the face of the earth.
"Pete? What the hell?"
"DiNozzo? Wow, this is a surprise." Pete stood with his arms crossed over his chest and a huge grin on his face. "Don't tell me. You got a strange visit with an equally strange but formidable woman."
"Yeah, you could say that. She popped into my apartment, I think. She's lucky my gun was locked away in the gun safe." Tony handed Pete the basketball and looked around at the expanse of desert with almost no civilization in sight. The area felt like the dead end of South Dakota. "So, Mrs. Fredericks explained everything to me, but it all seems a bit…far fetched."
"Oh, it's all real, my friend. Come on, and I will show you wonders you'll never see anywhere else." Pete's grin and over-enthusiasm helped place a balm on Tony's battered soul. Smiling back, he followed the man towards the only building in the immediate area.
The long corridor had Tony wondering just what the hell he was getting himself into. They entered another area that was a long walkway with thick railing to keep people from falling down. Tony's mouth dropped open when he saw the expanse of the Warehouse. He honestly was not sure what he felt at that moment. This far outweighed Eureka, MI6, finding out about UNCLE, and all of the other underground secret organizations he had come across in the last few months.
"Impressive, huh?"
"So, you're telling me that everything in here is not only magical–which really?–but they are potentially dangerous."
"Yup," Pete popped the 'p,' and his eyes shone a little too bright for Tony's liking.
"This is mental, you know that, right?"
"You have no idea." A weird noise came from Pete's pocket, and Tony almost had a snarky quip on the tip of his tongue when Pete pulled a device out and flipped it open.
"Why have you not brought Agent DiNozzo to see me yet?"
"Jeez, Artie. I just walked him inside, give us a moment, will ya?"
The man named Artie let out a long-suffering sigh loud enough for Tony to hear, which made him laugh out loud.
"Fine, fine. Just get here as soon as you can. We may have a case."
"I guess we have been summoned. Follow me." Pete looked longingly out at the expanse of the Warehouse, and Tony wanted to laugh. He had a feeling that when Pete got bored, he played with the toys.
"Don't sound so down about it, Lattimer. You can show me the Arc of the Covenant later," Tony joked as he followed behind Pete.
"Do you know how many Indiana Jones jokes I've made that have gone completely over my partner's head? Finally, someone who understands." Pete wildly waved his hands as he moved towards an office with Tony still following him.
"So, what was that thing you were using? That ain't no cell phone or two-way." Tony stuck his hands in his pockets to try to quell the urge to go down to the Warehouse and touch everything. He somehow knew that was a bad idea, but he laughed to himself, knowing it would be one hell of a fun ride. That is if he believed Mrs. Fredericks in the first place.
"It's called a Farnsworth and don't even ask me how it works. Artie and Claudia could tell you, but just between you and me, when they start to geek speak, I tune them out completely. Just point me to the bad guys." Pete turned back to Tony with the biggest little boy smile on his face, which made Tony laugh. "Come on before the boss sends out the killer bunnies."
"Monty Python, I'm impressed," Tony joked as he followed Pete inside one of the strangest offices he had ever seen.
"Hi, Agent DiNozzo, there is no time for niceties. I am Arthur Nielsen, call me Artie. I'm the custodian of Warehouse 13. Don't have time to explain, we have three dead people in New Orleans under suspicious circumstances. All are fishermen working on shrimping boats along the coast. Myka has all of the files, you all need to go, like now." Tony stood there looking at Artie like the man had three heads.
"Look, I came to find out what all of this was about, and if so-called 'magic' was real. I don't know if I'm ready for a case." Tony felt like he was out on the farthest limb he could imagine.
"Yes, yes, yes. We all got that lecture from Mrs. Fredericks. Still, I am more concerned about people dying under strange circumstances that could be an artifact. Now, Myka and Pete can fill you in on the way. Now go." Artie started to make shooing motions as he began to walk towards Tony and Pete, with a beautiful brunette trying her damndest not to laugh. Tony assumed this was the aforementioned Myka.
"Come on, Pete. We can play with the new possible recruit later. Right now, case." Myka seemed just as bossy as Artie. She reminded Tony of Kate, and his heart flipped a little. Sighing, he wondered just how weird this was going to get.
Tony really should not have wondered how weird this case he had been practically dragged out on could get. He almost laughed a little hysterically as they approached the crime scene, and he saw Dr. Loretta Wade sitting there on her kit with a sad look on her face. Tony was trying to decipher what this could mean when Pete, slack-jawed for but a moment, ran up to the woman and began to sputter incoherently.
"Oh, for heaven's sake, let's go save Pete from himself." Myka sighed and shook her head as Tony and Myka approached at a slower but just as urgent pace.
"Really, Mrs. F, you didn't have to come out here to check on us. I can promise you that no apocalyptic shenanigans are at hand…"
"Pete…" Myka ground out between her teeth to try to get the man to back off. Tony just locked eyes with Loretta and sighed. He knew where Loretta was, Dwayne Pride wasn't far away. He did not need this.
"I am sorry, I think you have me mistaken for someone else."
"No." Pete shook his head, and Tony wanted to roll his eyes at the man. "No. I'm pretty sure that I know just who I'm talking to." Pete began to laugh a little. "You didn't have to be so elaborate, you know."
"Pete.." Myka tried again, but Pete just wasn't going to be persuaded.
"Pete, I take it? Well," Loretta stood and smiled a smile that had Tony wincing. "I am sure whoever you think I am, I can assure you that I am not them. I am the chief medical examiner for Jefferson Parish. Now, I should be asking you what you all are doing here?"
Tony and Myka both sighed as Pete began to ramble and stick his foot firmly in his mouth. Tony could see that Myka had enough. She put her hands on her hips and shook her head in exasperation.
"PETE…" Myka yelled.
"That is not Mrs. Fredericks." Myka and Tony said at the same time. They looked at each other and almost laughed, but Tony's attention went to Loretta, who looked like she had a million questions.
"Agent DiNozzo. I had heard you were no longer with NCIS." Tony knew Loretta was trying to deflect attention away from herself. It made Tony pause a moment and look her in the eye. She had a look like she knew a lot more about why they were there than she wanted to let on.
"I'm afraid so. This young man was an off-duty Marine. His next of kin is over there." Loretta indicated with her head towards an older man that was holding a hat and worrying it between his hands.
"Dammit." Tony sighed as he saw Pride standing there, talking to the older man.
"You know him?" Pete asked.
"Yeah. He's the SAIC of the New Orleans office of NCIS." Tony took a deep breath and knew he needed to head this off right now. He walked towards Pride and the grieving man and stood with his hands in his pockets. Pride thanked the man who turned and walked away.
"DiNozzo. Never thought I'd see you here."
"I'm not here for you. It's a long, complicated story. Look, I don't want to walk all over each other's feet here. But there are three dead civilians and now an off-duty Marine who had probably died in the same fashion."
"How do you know the particulars of this case?" Pride looked suspicious, and Tony didn't blame him.
"On a hunt for a stolen artifact with the Secret Service." Which was at least mostly true. That is if Tony actually believed that what they were looking for was some kind of weird magical mumbo jumbo. Which Tony was still having a hard time with.
"Secret Service, huh?" Which was still technically accurate. Tony learned that Myka and Pete were still considered on the payroll of the Secret Service. They were just in a department that was so classified that a person needed clearance to even get clearance to know about the Warehouse. Tony was still trying to comprehend all he was told on the plane ride from South Dakota to New Orleans.
"Yep," Tony popped the 'p' and rocked back on his heels.
"And you have a bridge to sell me, I take it?" Pride joked, but it hit a little too close to home, and thankfully, Pride realized what he said. "Look, I'm sorry. That was a low blow."
"Kinda was. But I'm serious. Pete and Myka are with the Secret Service, and we're tracking a valuable artifact."
"What does it look like, might be able to help you." Pride kept his expression neutral, which made Tony wonder what the man was thinking.
"Well, that's where it gets….murky."
Pride gave Tony a look like he didn't believe a word coming out of Tony's mouth. Tony didn't care; he walked away without explaining further and made it back to where Loretta was still talking to Myka and Pete. He could just make out the tail end of their conversation.
"Ahhh, yes. I understand now, Mr. Lattimer. But, I can assure you that I am not who you think I am."
"Wait, then you…"
"I shall neither confirm nor deny, Mr. Lattimer. Now I need to get this young man to my lab if you'll excuse me."
Pete began to sputter, but Myka just smacked his arm and told him to shut up. Their camaraderie made Tony ache a little. They reminded him of how he had been with Kate near the end. However, Tony knew there was more to Pete and Myka's relationship than they wanted to admit.
"How the hell did we get in this situation?" Tony wondered as they were out in the middle of the Gulf, the boat they were on pitching wildly from side to side, and Pete looking green enough that he was going to hurl over one side of the ship. That was if they could get themselves back up to the top where Pride and Myka were with the Unsub.
"I'll tell you," Pete ground between his teeth at an attempt to stop from emptying his stomach all over the floor in the room he and Tony were trying to escape from. "We got shanghaied, is what happened."
"Okay, buddy. You gotta hold on for me, okay? You do not have permission to hurl, you hear me?" Tony had never thought in his life that he would ever utter those words.
"I'm trying not to, Tony, but this damn boat isn't exactly stopping now, is it?" Pete pitched forward a little and leaned over, but he held it together. They were both tied to the small, yet heavy bed. Tony had been working on the knots in the rope that had him secured to the bedpost. He was almost done when he saw Pete's eyes roll back in his head.
They had chased leads for two days when they figured out who was at the center of the murders. Four people were dead. Tony had not believed it until he saw it for himself. A small quartz crystal in the shape of a shark that had once belonged to the esteemed French explorer, conservationist, and filmmaker Jaques Cousteau. They knew it was the genuine article because there was an engraving on the bottom of the crystal from the person that had given it to Cousteau.
Tony still couldn't believe his eyes when he saw what happened to the person that tried to hold onto the little shark once they were on dry dock. They all surmised that the crystal wanted to be out on the ocean. Tony scrunched up his face and was annoyed at himself that he was kidnapped once again. They tracked down the person who had been passing it around. The Unsub had hoped to cull his competition in the Shrimp Fishery industry. Katrina had hit all of them hard, then just a scant five years later, the BP spill. A good portion of fishermen had gone out of business, but more were still losing their homes, boats, and everything. The Unsub vowed to hang on by any means necessary.
"Come on, Lattimer. I'm almost done, hang on." Tony yelled over the noise of the rocking ship and the loud sounds of a storm that wasn't there. Tony grimaced as the ropes began to give way, then seconds later, he was free. The boat was listing wildly as Tony was attempting to stand up. Gripping the edge of the bed, he pulled himself up, stumbled over to Pete, and got him free. "Help me out here, buddy. We gotta get up there to find out what's happening. Think you can make it?"
Pete clung to Tony, looking greener every second they were below deck. "Yeah, yeah. I'll make it. Gotta get to Myk's, ya' know?"
Tony almost laughed. If this situation weren't so dangerous, it would almost be comical.
"We get out of this, you're telling her, right? That was the agreement?"
Pete waved his hand in lieu of talking. Tony got as good of a hold on his friend as he could and tried to haul ass out of the room and stumbled up the stairs, falling awkwardly as they both tumbled onto the deck. A shot barely registered, and it was like at that moment, Pete became a different person. He pulled himself up and, though his legs were shaky, determination lined his whole body. The storm that wasn't raged around them, pitching the boat back and forth. Pete stumbled his way towards where the Unsub was with Myka clinging to the side of the ship.
"Myka!" Pete yelled and tried to run forward. Tony had regained his balance and went running ahead of Pete. He saw Pride laid out on the deck, bleeding. Tony was furious. No matter what he thought of NCIS, Dwayne had always been a friend. Tony dived at the Unsub, who was holding the artifact, laughing wildly as the boat made another wild pitch.
Not seeing what Pete was doing behind him, Tony grappled with the Unsub, trying to get his hands on the artifact. The two men were fighting hard, but slowly through the storm-not-storm. Then Myka was just there grabbing for the object and throwing it in some kind of weird silver bag, and everything stopped all at once.
Dropping down on his hands and knees breathing hard, Tony looked at Pete and Myka, shaking his head from side to side. "No. No, no, no, no. Not in a million years. I'd rather face demented robot cats again than to go through that!"
"No. Lattimer, nothing in the world you could tell me will change my mind. No matter how fun, or Alan Quartermaine and Indiana Jones all rolled into one it might be."
Myka was looking at Tony then burst out laughing. They all started to laugh a little hysterically, then Tony remembered seeing Pride laid out, bleeding, and unconscious. Tony crawled over to Pride and breathed a sigh of relief that the man was still breathing.
"Anyone know how to drive a boat?" Tony asked and held himself up on all fours working on evening out his breathing.
Tony knew it was a little crass, but after everything they had been through, some levity was to be had as he walked into Pride's hospital room carrying a stuffed shark.
"Ah, I see you have a visitor." Loretta stood and walked over to Tony. "I'll just leave you two alone for a few moments." Loretta patted Tony's arm and started to walk away.
"So, Loretta, I know the old 'everyone has a doppleganger.' Still, Pete wasn't wrong to think you not only resemble Mrs. Fredericks."
Loretta smiled a knowing smile, "There are some things in this world, Agent DiNozzo, that sometimes don't need explaining." The woman walked out, leaving Tony just as puzzled as before.
"She knows something."
"Loretta knows a lot of things that she will never admit to." Pride scrutinized Tony for a moment. "DiNozzo, I want you to know that I don't agree with what Vance and Gibbs were going to pull."
"Pride, I didn't come for an emotional bloodletting. I've done that, and I'm done." Tony set the shark on the small table, then sat in the chair next to the bed.
"You don't have to. I just wanted to say that there was a time I wanted to lure you away from Gibbs, but he had warned everyone to back off. You're a good agent. And caring. I would have valued you for who you are."
Tony looked towards the window in the room and took a little time to gather his thoughts.
"You don't have to say anything, DiNozzo. I have a feeling you want nothing to do with NCIS, and I don't blame you. Just know I am in your corner if you ever need someone." Pride winced as he sat up further in the bed. Tony knew he pulled on the stitches in his shoulder where the bullet had gone through. There was some minor surgery, but Tony had been told that Pride would make a full recovery, and his injury wouldn't hinder him in the field.
"I don't think I could trust NCIS as a whole. Too much has happened. Enough that I know a part of me should have walked away years ago. But I'm done with what-ifs; I'm only looking ahead."
"As it should be. But–and I mean this–if you ever need anyone, you just call."
Tony stood, and even though the conversation was short, this was one last piece in his closure with NCIS. Knowing there was at least one person who stood behind him, let him let whatever little pieces he was still holding onto go. NCIS was now firmly in his past. He said a final goodbye to Pride and walked away feeling better than he had days prior. Now he just had to get back to South Dakota and tell Artie thanks, but no thanks.
Of course, Tony didn't get away as quickly as he had assumed he would. Artie wanted to do the hard sell, that meant spending a little time in the Warehouse itself. Which in hindsight, Artie should have been more careful about letting Pete lead Tony around the artifacts.
"Okay, Lattimer. You win, this stuff is pretty damn cool." Tony was laughing as Pete was trying to extricate himself from the very first can of silly string that the inventor himself had kept. It was a never-ending supply.
"Yeah, well, I think both of us on the team might be a little much. You have almost as much of a knack for getting into trouble as I do. Now, help?" Pete pleaded, which made Tony laugh even harder. He felt lighter of heart and spirit. After spending a few days at the Inn under Leena's very skilled care, Tony texted Hotch to see how the man was doing. Hotch had texted back that he was concentrating on work for now. He also checked his emails and saw the newest robot memes from Carter, which made him laugh. Tony let go of his anger over Gibbs and Vance, about the time that Pete let him play with Cecil B DeMille's very own camera to amusing effect. Vance and Gibbs no longer had a place in his mind.
Tony pulled on the silly string helping to get Pete unstuck from one of the shelving units.
"Yuck," Tony played at being annoyed as he shook the silly string off of his fingers. "I still can't believe this place exists."
"Yeah. It's pretty great."
"Which you are more than suited for, Lattimer." The two men walked towards Artie's office, still covered in the sticky stuff. "So, you going to keep your promise?"
"I don't know what to say." Pete looked and sounded uncomfortable for the first time since Tony had seen him again.
"Put on the big boy pants, Lattimer, and tell her how you feel." They opened the door to Artie's office, and Myka was there finishing up some paperwork. Instead of saying anything, Pete walked in, covered in sticky silly string, and went right up to Myka and kissed her. She yelped, and teasingly admonished Pete before smiling and kissing him back.
"Atta boy," Tony muttered under his breath. He turned to head back towards the door that took him to the Inn. He wanted to get cleaned up before he left.
"There is just one regret I have for this whole crazy adventure."
Pete had a cat that caught the canary look on his face as he turned towards Tony.
"I didn't get to say, 'We're gonna need a bigger boat.'"
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Feeding Frenzy 25 – Deep Blue Sea
Feeding Frenzy 24 – We're Going to Need a Bigger Boat
Feeding Frenzy 23 – Gentle Tides
Feeding Frenzy 21 – Sated Hunger
Feeding Frenzy 20 – Fish or Cut Bait
Feeding Frenzy 19 – Not as Many Sharks Flying Around
Feeding Frenzy 18 – One Shark, Two Shark, Red Shark, Blue Shark
Feeding Frenzy 17 – Sharks Flooding the Streets
Feeding Frenzy 16 – Old Shark Circling
Feeding Frenzy 15 – There's a Shark in My Boat
Feeding Frenzy 14 – Sharkbait
Feeding Frenzy 13 – Hidden in the Deep
Feeding Frenzy 12 – Cast a Net of Wonder
Feeding Frenzy 11 – The Meg
Feeding Frenzy 10 – That Shark
Feeding Frenzy 9 – A Boat in International Waters
Feeding Frenzy 8 – The Lone Shark
Feeding Frenzy 7 – Rattling the Cages
Feeding Frenzy 6 – Sometimes You Don't See Them Coming
Feeding Frenzy 5 – A Deep Dive
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Feeding Frenzy 3 – Enter the Ocean, Enter the Food Chain
Feeding Frenzy 2 – Chumming the Waters
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Mary Matthews
Great chapter
LOL! Great chapter! I enjoyed it!
glitchen
Puzzle, action, resolution and low comedy: just what Our Anthony needed!
annette-ella
Glad Tony made his peace with Pride and NCIS and can walk away. Funny closing Jaws line. 🙂
Good story update
Fun chapter, laughed a lot, great last line, thank you
SusanL
I haven't thought about Warehouse 13 in forever. That was fun and it was good to see Dwayne. Mrs Fredericks and Loretta, too! 😀
Having Pride, a friend and contemporary of Gibbs, reassure Tony of his goodness and skills and that he was right to protest going to Israel would have weight with Tony and help him put them behind him.
slayve2kcs
Ending with humor?
Priceless.
Diane DesAutels
When W13 is involved, casting overlaps become just one more piece of the crazy mysteriousness.
It was also good to have someone still in NCIS offer Tony their support.


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this didn't really answer the question.
are you saying that charlie didn't think he needed to play a role? wouldn't accept things that didn't say to him, "hey, you are a first liner. how would you like your milk?" that he was a pawn, being told to work corners or stand in front of the net on the pp and he should have had better opportunities that weren't presented to him here but will be up north?
which gets back to my original point about being a quitter. what was he expecting when he came to BU? not like he'd never seen or been around a college program before.
I think both apply. I'll be rooting for the U.S. obviously at the WJC but he is going to fall into the BC player category where I'm rooting for the team but not certain individual players to play well..unless it's helping Clendening rack up the assists.
No offense but this is ridiculous. You root against BC players even when they're not wearing a BC uniform and are playing for your country? Seriously get help.
Coyle just got #2 and could easily have a hat trick if not one more. Having a very good game hitting, passing and shooting. Would the morons that claim he is no big loss please stand up one more time?
No offense but this is ridiculous. You root against BC players even when they're not wearing a BC uniform and are playing for your country? Seriously get help.Seriously, even I don't do that.
??? I bought my oldest a pens orpik. Don't even have to be country to cheer for!! Geez.
Which is about half the # of goals he scored in the past 14 months at BU. What dont you get, he wasnt productive here regardless of his "upside" and even if he became productive he was leaving 3 months from now. "Moron" my name is Mav.
BU has created that atmosphere over the past 5+ years. All kids who think they are first liners and no role guys. If you have the pro mentality and or pro dreams, you find out real quick you are just a pawn.
Who are the real pawns here?
Is it the players that think they have professional futures, and are "used" for the abilities on the ice and 'discarded' when they are no longer viable contributors?
Or are the real pawns the colleges, who are being "used" by the players as a stepping stone to get to the pro ranks?
It appears that there is a lot of using going on both ways.
The "using" that the system was based on was that a student-athlete comes to school for four years, plays on the team for four years, leaves with a degree ... and then may embark on a pro career, be it in North America or Europe.
Now, there seem to be too many shortcuts that, in many cases, leaves both sides shorthanded.
The most recent BU player that I can look at that did it right was Brandon Yip. Stayed for four years, continued to improve and when it was time for the big show, he was ready with only a brief stop in the minors.
I think Colin Wilson also did it right. He left early because the money and opportunity were there for him.
Should Nick Bonino had come back for his senior year? David Warsofsky? Colby Cohen?
Would have been better served by staying for four years, professionally and personally?
Warsofsky seemed bored his junior year, and had regressed. So perhaps it was best that he left.
Cohen probably thought he had accomplished everything there was to accomplish in college, but he still could have learned some consistency on defense and perhaps made the jump after a big senior year. Same with Bonino.
Maybe college hockey, or specifically, college wasn't meant for Charlie Connolly. Or Chris Bourque.
While Parker, York, Berenson and Jackson may be the Kings of college hockey, they are also often used as pawns by 18 years looking for stepping stones.
Another one for Coyle. Hat trick. Golly gee that guy stinks. Why would BU want a kid like that? Right Jofa?
Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right?
This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right? And that means he will be a solid player and honor commitments to his next team, right?
I'm just asking questions here.
The biggest problem I see for some of the BU kids who have gone pro lately (specifically Warsofsky, Colby Cohen and Bonino) is that they have fallen in sync with the idea that they will lose mucho leverage in negotiations if they come back for their senior years. If you aren't ready, then it just isn't time to go. BU players aren't the only ones buying that as an absolute rule, either. If you aren't ready to step up to professional hockey and do well, then you are just filler for the lower leagues.
Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right? This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right? And that means he will be a solid player and honor commitments to his next team, right?
Golly gee, one standout performance makes him the best player ever right? This means he's going to score hat tricks every night, right?Wasn't he a standout player during last year's WJC too?
Wasn't he a standout player during last year's WJC too?
If he's up laying against other 19 yo kids he's great.... Against 21-24 yo kids, not much. Therefore he'll excel once he gets to mj in a couple weeks.
One thing is clear here. There are still many questions about whether Coyle is a legitimate 1st round pick. He came in as a kid who hadn't played enough against upper level competition. After a year and a half of HE play, those questions remain. I agree it was in his best interest to stay @ BU through the end of this season, then reevaluate. The handwriting was on the wall academically, so the next best place to be is where he's going (QMJHL).
One thing BU fans(or any div. 1 college hockey fans)know is when a highly touted prospect is ready for the next step. Colin Wilson, most recently was a man among boys. Krieder is now. Coyle hasn't shown that level of dominance to be considered to be at that level.
Maybe a change of scenery or system convinces the scouts. My feeling is that if they felt that strongly about the kid now, he would be heading to the AHL. He's not and there's a **** good reason for it.he's just not that good....YET?
One thing BU fans(or any div. 1 college hockey fans)know is when a highly touted prospect is ready for the next step.This made me lol.
As an aside, I've been meaning to tell you - "steakbomb" is an awesome username.


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Q: PHP Exec command - How to pass input to a series of questions I have a program on my linux server that asks the same series of questions each time it executes and then provides several lines of output.  My goal is to automate the input and output with a php script.
 The program  is not designed to accept input on the command line.  Instead, the program asks question 1 and waits for an  answer from the keyboard, then the program asks question 2 and waits for an answer from the keyboard, etc.
I know how to capture the output in an array by writing:
$out = array();
exec("my/path/program",$out);
But how do I handle the input?
Assume the program asks 3 questions and valid answers are:  left  120  n
What is the easiest way using php to pass that input to the program?
Can I do it somehow on the exec line?
I'm not a php noob but simply have never needed to do this before.
Alas, my googling is going in circles.

A: First up, just to let you know that you're trying to reinvent the wheel. What you're really looking for is expect(1), which is a command-line utility intended to do exactly what you want without involving PHP.
However, if you really want to write your own PHP code you need to use proc_open. Here are some good code examples on reading from STDOUT and writing to STDIN of the child process using proc_open:

*

*http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.proc-open.php#79665

*How to pass variables as stdin into command line from PHP

*http://camposer-techie.blogspot.com/2010/08/ejecutando-comandos-sobre-un-programa.html (this one is in Spanish, sorry, but the code is good)

Finally, there is also an Expect PECL module for PHP.
Hope this helps.

A: Just add the arguments to the exec line.
exec("/path/to/programname $arg1 $arg2 $arg3");

... but don't forget to apply escapeshellarg() on every argument! Otherwise, you're vulnerable to injected malicious code.

A: $out = array();
//add elements/parameters/input to array
string $execpath = "my/path/program ";
foreach($out as $parameter) {
  $execpath += $parameter;
  //$execpath += "-"+$execpath; use this if you need to add a '-' in front of your parameters.
}
exec($execpath);


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package com.hazelcast.concurrent.semaphore;

import com.hazelcast.core.HazelcastInstance;
import com.hazelcast.core.ISemaphore;
import com.hazelcast.test.AssertTask;
import com.hazelcast.test.HazelcastParallelClassRunner;
import com.hazelcast.test.HazelcastTestSupport;
import com.hazelcast.test.annotation.ParallelTest;
import com.hazelcast.test.annotation.QuickTest;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

@RunWith(HazelcastParallelClassRunner.class)
@Category({QuickTest.class, ParallelTest.class})
public abstract class SemaphoreBasicTest extends HazelcastTestSupport {

    protected HazelcastInstance[] instances;
    protected ISemaphore semaphore;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        instances = newInstances();
        semaphore = newInstance();
    }

    protected ISemaphore newInstance() {
        HazelcastInstance local = instances[0];
        HazelcastInstance target = instances[instances.length - 1];
        String name = generateKeyOwnedBy(target);
        return local.getSemaphore(name);
    }

    protected abstract HazelcastInstance[] newInstances();

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testAcquire() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;
        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i++) {
            assertEquals(numberOfPermits - i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            semaphore.acquire();
        }

        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testAcquire_whenNoPermits() throws InterruptedException {
        semaphore.init(0);
        final AcquireThread acquireThread = new AcquireThread(semaphore);
        acquireThread.start();
        assertTrueAllTheTime(new AssertTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() throws Exception {
                assertTrue(acquireThread.isAlive());
                assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
            }
        }, 5);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testAcquire_whenNoPermits_andSemaphoreDestroyed() throws InterruptedException {
        AcquireThread thread = new AcquireThread(semaphore);
        thread.start();

        semaphore.destroy();
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testRelease() {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i++) {
            assertEquals(i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            semaphore.release();
        }

        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), numberOfPermits);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testRelease_whenArgumentNegative() {
        try {
            semaphore.release(-5);
            fail();
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
        }
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testRelease_whenBlockedAcquireThread() throws InterruptedException {
        semaphore.init(0);

        new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    semaphore.acquire();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        }.start();
        semaphore.release();

        assertTrueEventually(new AssertTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() throws Exception {
                assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
            }
        });
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleAcquire() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i += 5) {
            assertEquals(numberOfPermits - i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            semaphore.acquire(5);
        }
        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleAcquire_whenNegative() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 10;
        semaphore.init(numberOfPermits);
        try {
            for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i += 5) {
                semaphore.acquire(-5);
                fail();
            }
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
        }
        assertEquals(10, semaphore.availablePermits());

    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleAcquire_whenNotEnoughPermits() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 5;
        semaphore.init(numberOfPermits);
        final Thread thread = new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    semaphore.acquire(6);
                    assertEquals(5, semaphore.availablePermits());
                    semaphore.acquire(6);
                    assertEquals(5, semaphore.availablePermits());
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
            }
        };
        thread.start();

        assertTrueAllTheTime(new AssertTask() {
            @Override
            public void run() throws Exception {
                assertTrue(thread.isAlive());
                assertEquals(5, semaphore.availablePermits());
            }
        }, 5);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleRelease() {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i += 5) {
            assertEquals(i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            semaphore.release(5);
        }
        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), numberOfPermits);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleRelease_whenNegative() throws InterruptedException {
        semaphore.init(0);

        try {
            semaphore.release(-5);
            fail();

        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
        }
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testMultipleRelease_whenBlockedAcquireThreads() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 10;
        semaphore.init(numberOfPermits);
        semaphore.acquire(numberOfPermits);
        CountDownLatch latch1 = new CountDownLatch(1);
        Thread thread1 = new BlockAcquireThread(semaphore, latch1);
        thread1.start();

        semaphore.release();
        assertOpenEventually(latch1);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testDrain() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        semaphore.acquire(5);
        int drainedPermits = semaphore.drainPermits();
        assertEquals(drainedPermits, numberOfPermits - 5);
        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testDrain_whenNoPermits() throws InterruptedException {
        semaphore.init(0);
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.drainPermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testReduce() {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i += 5) {
            assertEquals(numberOfPermits - i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            semaphore.reducePermits(5);
        }

        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testReduce_whenArgumentNegative() {
        try {
            semaphore.reducePermits(-5);
            fail();
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException expected) {
        }
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testTryAcquire() {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i++) {
            assertEquals(numberOfPermits - i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            assertEquals(semaphore.tryAcquire(), true);
        }
        assertFalse(semaphore.tryAcquire());
        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testTryAcquireMultiple() {
        int numberOfPermits = 20;

        assertTrue(semaphore.init(numberOfPermits));
        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfPermits; i += 5) {
            assertEquals(numberOfPermits - i, semaphore.availablePermits());
            assertEquals(semaphore.tryAcquire(5), true);
        }

        assertEquals(semaphore.availablePermits(), 0);
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testTryAcquireMultiple_whenArgumentNegative() {
        int negativePermits = -5;
        semaphore.init(0);
        try {
            semaphore.tryAcquire(negativePermits);
            fail();
        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testTryAcquire_whenNotEnoughPermits() throws InterruptedException {
        int numberOfPermits = 10;
        semaphore.init(numberOfPermits);
        semaphore.acquire(10);
        boolean result = semaphore.tryAcquire(1);

        assertFalse(result);
        assertEquals(0, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testInit_whenNotIntialized() {
        boolean result = semaphore.init(2);

        assertTrue(result);
        assertEquals(2, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    @Test(timeout = 30000)
    public void testInit_whenAlreadyIntialized() {
        semaphore.init(2);

        boolean result = semaphore.init(4);

        assertFalse(result);
        assertEquals(2, semaphore.availablePermits());
    }

    private class AcquireThread extends Thread {
        ISemaphore semaphore;

        AcquireThread(ISemaphore semaphore) {
            this.semaphore = semaphore;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                semaphore.acquire();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }

    private class BlockAcquireThread extends Thread {
        ISemaphore semaphore;
        CountDownLatch latch;

        BlockAcquireThread(ISemaphore semaphore, CountDownLatch latch) {
            this.semaphore = semaphore;
            this.latch = latch;
        }

        @Override
        public void run() {
            try {
                semaphore.acquire();
                latch.countDown();
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
}


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Home Coming Soon 'American Horror Story' Season 8 is a 'Murder House'/'Coven' Crossover!
'American Horror Story' Season 8 is a 'Murder House'/'Coven' Crossover!
Eric Panico
American Horror Story co-creator and showrunner Ryan Murphy has revealed the official theme for next season will be a crossover between the first season's Murder House and the third season's Coven! Murphy teased back in January that the crossover would be saved for the ninth season, but made a surprise tweet today that fans would be seeing it happen this year. What kind of witchcraft is this?!
Here's Murphy's tweet:
The Coven/Murder House AHS crossover season won't be happening next year…because it's happening THIS YEAR. AHS #8 WITCHES RULE THIS SEPTEMBER
— Ryan Murphy (@MrRPMurphy) June 14, 2018
The first season of AHS followed a family living in a haunted house inhabited by numerous ghosts, while the third season focused on a New Orleans coven of witches. Murphy spoke with EW several weeks ago saying there would be many familiar faces reappearing.
"You will see so many fan favorites return that you'll feel like it's The Love Boat," Murphy told EW. "It's a very high concept. It's a season unlike anything we've done because there's a big hook to it. There's a huge thing that happens in episode 5."
Murphy previously said these "fan favorites" would include Billie Lourd, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, and Kathy Bates, among others. He has also mentioned the next season would be taking place in the future, though details are still up for speculation.
It was previously reported an AHS fan twitter account found a new trademark was filed for the title American Horror Story: Radioactive. Will the next season follow a coven of witches living in a haunted house during a nuclear post-apocalypse? We can only dream.
Are you excited to hear about the Murder House/Coven crossover?! What do you think the story will be? All we know is, Halloween can't can't come soon enough this year (or any year). AHS Murder House and Coven are currently available on Netflix if fans need to refresh themselves before the eighth season casts its spell this September!
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package com.intel.analytics.bigdl.nn.ops

import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.tensor.Tensor
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.tensor.TensorNumericMath.TensorNumeric
import com.intel.analytics.bigdl.utils.Table

import scala.reflect.ClassTag

class Minimum[T: ClassTag, D: ClassTag]
(implicit ev: TensorNumeric[T], ev2: TensorNumeric[D])
  extends Operation[Table, Tensor[D], T] {

  output = Tensor[D]()

  override def updateOutput(input: Table): Tensor[D] = {
    val x = input[Tensor[D]](1)
    val y = input[Tensor[D]](2)

    require(x.size().sameElements(y.size()), "require the shape of x, y to be the same")

    output.resizeAs(x).cmin(x, y)
  }

  override def getClassTagNumerics() : (Array[ClassTag[_]], Array[TensorNumeric[_]]) = {
    (Array[ClassTag[_]](scala.reflect.classTag[T], scala.reflect.classTag[D]),
      Array[TensorNumeric[_]](ev, ev2))
  }
}

object Minimum {
  def apply[T: ClassTag, D: ClassTag]()
   (implicit ev: TensorNumeric[T], ev2: TensorNumeric[D]): Minimum[T, D] =
    new Minimum[T, D]()
}


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This is mountain country par excellence, but hundreds of kilometres of well-marked trails and a network of alpine huts make the Ecrins accessible to walkers. The highest peaks form a block at the very heart of the range, with a diverse assortment of valleys surrounding or spreading from it - Vallée de la Romanche, Vallée de la Guisane, Vallée de la Vallouise, Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey and Vallée du Vénéon. For this second edition of the guide, Kev Reynolds has chosen the best routes from each of these valley bases.


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Marktplatz 4 ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Anwesen in Reichelsheim-Beerfurth.

Das Gebäude auf Flurstück 43/2 ist ein traufständiges zweigeschossiges Fachwerkhaus auf massivem Kellersockel und mit zweiläufiger Freitreppe in den Marktplatz beherrschender Lage. Im Gebäude befand sich einst das Gasthaus "Zum Goldenen Pflug". Die schmiedeeisernen Torflügel und Treppengeländer stammen noch aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Literatur
 Denkmaltopographie Odenwaldkreis, S. 569f.

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Fachwerkhaus im Odenwaldkreis
Kulturdenkmal in Reichelsheim (Odenwald)
Bauwerk in Reichelsheim (Odenwald)

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Addendum to the President's Address at the Opening of the First Session of the 14th Parliament
PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (STRATEGY GROUP)
ADDENDUM TO THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
MR HENG SWEE KEAT
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER-IN-CHARGE OF STRATEGY GROUP
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed the gravest challenge for Singapore since independence. We are confronting an unprecedented public health as well as economic crisis, with serious social consequences. To get through the crisis and to emerge stronger and better, a concerted whole-of-society response needs to be led by the Government, with all Singaporeans playing their part. This in turn requires a well-coordinated Whole-of-Government effort, to navigate our way through the crisis, and to build back a better Singapore post-crisis. In this challenging and uncertain environment, the Strategy Group organises the Public Service to develop and implement the Government's key policy priorities, in a coherent and coordinated manner.
Organising the Whole-of-Government response to Emerge Stronger from COVID-19
The Government's management of the COVID-19 pandemic is led by the Multi-Ministry Taskforce. Beyond this, the Government also needs to adjust its policy responses to the new challenges and opportunities that have arisen from this crisis. The pandemic has exacerbated geopolitical tensions, and altered the regional and global economic landscape. A comprehensive review of the Government's medium-term policy agenda is needed, in order to tackle new challenges but also seize new opportunities, so that Singapore can manage this crisis well, and continue to thrive in a post-COVID-19 world.
In the midst of crisis, the Strategy Group will organise the cross-Ministry effort to review our policy agenda and set new ambitions for our future. Even as we support businesses and workers to cope with the severe disruption to our economy, work is underway with economic agencies to look ahead in partnership with businesses, to identify and seize new growth opportunities for businesses and create new good jobs for Singaporeans. We will work with social agencies to review our social support policies in the light of the impact of COVID-19, especially to help vulnerable groups that have been more adversely affected. This will form the basis of a refreshed social compact. Given that climate change is also a storm of great proportions, we will also review our infrastructure plans for a sustainable city, taking into consideration new industry needs and emerging new norms of working and living.
Tackling these complex challenges will require closer alignment across different policy areas, stronger sense-making capabilities, and effective implementation of the policy agenda. We will have tighter co-ordination between our economic and social policies, to ensure that Singaporeans can access jobs and opportunities in the post-COVID-19 economy, with vulnerable groups of workers receiving additional support, and social mobility continuing to be a feature of our society. To strengthen our sense-making capabilities, we are growing new capabilities in data analytics and citizen engagement to better understand the concerns of our citizens, so that we can develop better, more citizen-centric policies. Finally, we will set the pace for the effective implementation of these policies across the Whole-of-Government through close monitoring of implementation plans and outcomes, and ensuring that strategic priorities are given the support and resourcing needed to succeed.
Our Population – Supporting a Strong and Resilient Economy and Society
Singapore continues to face stark demographic realities, including low birth rates and an ageing population. Local workforce growth will slow over the next decade. COVID-19 has intensified some of these challenges, for example with couples delaying their marriage and parenthood plans.
The Government remains committed to keeping Singaporeans at the heart of our population strategies. Our population policies aim to ensure a sustainable Singapore with a cohesive society and vibrant economy that improves Singaporeans' lives. We will continue to support Singaporeans in their parenthood aspirations and support families especially in housing, preschool, parental leave, and the cost of raising children. We will also partner with employers and the community to cushion the impact of COVID-19 on the marriage and parenthood plans of young couples.
We will continue to take a calibrated approach to immigration and maintain a careful balance in our foreign worker flows. We welcome those who can contribute to our society and want to make Singapore their home, while ensuring that our policies allow Singaporeans to benefit from better jobs and opportunities. To build a cohesive society, we will strengthen efforts to integrate new members of our community and help them adapt to the Singaporean way of life.
Our Response to Climate Change – Building a Sustainable Singapore
We must manage the disruptions caused by climate change, which may be more protracted than the impact of COVID-19. We must continue with efforts to enable Singapore's transition to a sustainable, low-carbon, and climate and resource resilient future.
To do so, we will continue to actively support global climate action, as no one country can prevent climate change alone. Earlier this year, Singapore submitted our enhanced 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy (LEDS) to underscore our commitment to continued global climate action. Notwithstanding the disruptions and uncertainties brought about by COVID-19, we remain committed to achieve these goals. To enable our low-carbon transition, we are among other initiatives, studying ways to deploy technologies such as Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS), exploring the use of hydrogen, and pushing the bounds of ambition in solar deployment within our urban environment.
The fundamental shifts to a post-COVID-19 "new normal" also present new opportunities to advance our sustainability agenda. We will study green recovery pathways to rebuild our economy, in line with our long-term low-emissions aspirations, so that we not only emerge stronger but also advance our sustainability agenda. We will catalyse and generate new green growth areas for Singapore and create new jobs for Singaporeans. We will build resilience to future crises and supply shocks, such as enhancing our food security, in a resource efficient manner. We will build on the adaptations that Singaporeans have made during this period of COVID-19, to reduce transport emissions through increased telecommuting and wider use of public transport, and make a decisive move to adopt cleaner energy vehicles such as electric vehicles.
Rebuilding our Future Together
Over the years, this Government has maintained focus on serving Singaporeans well both today and in the long term. Our capability in long-term strategic planning and foresight has served us well, and will remain essential as we navigate this crisis and chart our path beyond. We have outlined the broad strategies we will adopt, including for population and climate action, and the relevant agencies have provided more details on specific plans under their charge.
But the Government cannot achieve this alone. More than ever, Government, individuals, communities, and businesses must each do our part and work together, to overcome the pandemic and build a better and stronger post-COVID-19 future. As part of the SG Together movement, we will work with Singaporeans and businesses to develop new ideas and translate them into action, through the Emerging Stronger Conversations, Singapore Together Action Networks and Alliances for Action. The Strategy Group will play its part in strengthening partnerships, especially in the areas of parenthood and climate change.
In responding to the immense challenges at hand, and shaping our plans for tomorrow, we look forward to Singaporeans partnering with the Government to realise our hopes and dreams for a better Singapore.
Strategy Group
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Five former police officers at the centre of a murder inquiry which led to an innocent man being jailed for 25 years will not be prosecuted.
Robert Brown, from Glasgow, was 19 when he was jailed for life in 1977 for the murder of Annie Walsh, 51.
The former Greater Manchester Police officers were investigated over concerns about their conduct in the investigation and trial.
However, a complaints watchdog found insufficient evidence of misconduct.
The officers were investigated by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), which succeeded the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) on 1 April.
The IPCC said it possessed a "much wider range of powers" than its predecessor, but that there was no prospect of it undertaking a fresh investigation.
A spokesman for the IPCC said: "We have conducted our investigation and find that there is insufficient evidence to consider any misconduct action against any remaining serving officer connected to Robert Brown's case.
"The IPCC has a much wider range of powers. But it's a closed door for any case which has been undertaken and concluded by the PCA. There's no possibility of it being reopened."
Five police officers were interviewed as a result of an appeal which saw Mr Brown's conviction quashed almost two years ago.
They are all retired and would, therefore, not be liable to disciplinary action under the police discipline code, but could have faced proceedings had the review uncovered criminal behaviour.
Two other officers involved in the original murder investigation have since died.
Mr Brown feels he has been let down by the justice system.
He told BBC Scotland: "I did think I could get on my feet and fight these people with the truth and let the truth be revealed and let justice prevail.
"But that's not going to happen. I've been let down and I'm disappointed but that's par for the course with miscarriages of justice.
"People like me learn to cope with it the best way we can because we know that there's no truth and justice out there."
Investigative journalist, Eamon O'Neill, who has long campaigned for Mr Brown, said officials had just added insult to injury with their decision.
He said: "He's been left in a terrible predicament.
"While he's out, the policemen who caused this whole miscarriage of justice are not behind bars, no-one has apologised and he now has been told he cannot ever pursue a prosecution against any of those policemen."
Mr Brown was jailed for the murder of Annie Walsh in 1977, who was bludgeoned to death in her home in the Hulme area of Manchester the same year.
He was released in November 2002 after having his conviction quashed on appeal by three judges in London who ruled that the verdict could not be considered "safe".
He would have been eligible for parole 10 years earlier, but instead maintained his innocence, claiming he had been bullied into signing a false confession.
The Court of Appeal heard of a "conspiracy of corruption" within Greater Manchester Police and that one of the police officers central to the case, former Detective Chief Inspector Jack Butler, was "deeply corrupt".
He was jailed in 1983 for four years for corruption and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice between 1973 and 1975.
Mr Brown met bosses at the PCA in June 2003 to call for an independent inquiry into his case.
He claimed at the time he was not happy about the review, as "the police should not be investigating the police".


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Q: Search string in NSMutableArray for showing in Table Okay, I have an Book Object Class. That has Book.name and Book.id as extensions.
Book.name being NSString. Which is what should be searchable and listed in UITableView.
NSMutableArray *matchingSymptomsArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithCapacity:50];
for(NSMutableArray *letterArray in DataArray){
        for(Book *bk in letterArray){ //Heres the ERROR
            NSLog(@"Uptil NEW");
            if([bk matchesSearchString:searchString]){
                        //I couldnt reach here, according to debugging and Logs//
                [matchingSymptomsArray addObject:bk];
            }
        }
    }

DataArray is where all the Books are held.. more than a hundred. Its the main datasource for the UITableView. I'm trying to search and match each letter of the string with the Book.name, but even before I can begin, I cant do the
for(Book *bk in LetterArray) //producing the error..
What seems to be the problem?
This is the error in console
 **** -[Book countByEnumeratingWithState:objects:count:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x55c110
2009-09-29 06:17:41.073 Smart Diagnosis[3897:20b] * Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: ' -[Book countByEnumeratingWithState:objects:count:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x55c110'
Any work arounds??
thanks for your help :)

A: Try this:
for (id bk in letterArray) {   }
Did you check that letterArray isnt nil or empty?

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Phillip Phillips' "Home" No 1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Chart
November 17, 2012 by jio-admin
Phillip Phillips, the American Idol winner for season 11 has been earning accolades for his coronation song, "Home." This week, "Home" hits No. 1 on the Adult Alternative Chart on Billboard.
Phillip Phillips rise to fame is a success story that everyone loves; from a simple band player from Leesburg, Georgia to the Double Platinum awardee that he is now.
It was a phenomenal rise to stardom that even Phillip acquiesced – up to now; he had a hard time believing all these wonderful things were happening to him.
"Home" has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide and was certified a Double Platinum record. It is also at No. 2 on the Adult Pop Songs, and has charted in other Billboards in the US.
Phillip Phillips is the most successful American Idol alumni, as far as record sales are concerned. Although, runner-up Jessica Sanchez had Glee and other advertising commitments, she trails behind Phillip Phillips in record sales.
Phillip Phillips will release his album on Monday, November 19, and his fans are thrilled about it because the album contains his compositions and his own music. He tweeted:
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