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using namespace PlayFabComboSdk;
using namespace rapidjson;

enum PlayFabApiTestActiveState
{
    PENDING, // Not started
    ACTIVE, // Currently testing
    READY, // An answer is sent by the http thread, but the main thread hasn't finalized the test yet
    COMPLETE, // Test is finalized and recorded
    ABORTED // todo
};

enum PlayFabApiTestFinishState
{
    PASSED,
    FAILED,
    SKIPPED,
    TIMEDOUT
};

struct PfTestContext
{
    PfTestContext(AZStd::string name, void(*func)(PfTestContext& context)) :
        testName(name),
        activeState(PENDING),
        finishState(TIMEDOUT),
        testResultMsg(),
        testFunc(func),
        startTime(0),
        endTime(0)
    {
    };

    const AZStd::string testName;
    PlayFabApiTestActiveState activeState;
    PlayFabApiTestFinishState finishState;
    AZStd::string testResultMsg;
    void(*testFunc)(PfTestContext& context);
    time_t startTime;
    time_t endTime;

    AZStd::string GenerateTestSummary(time_t now)
    {
        time_t tempEndTime = (activeState == COMPLETE) ? endTime : now;
        time_t tempStartTime = (startTime != 0) ? startTime : now;

        AZStd::string temp;
        temp = std::to_string(tempEndTime - tempStartTime).c_str();
        while (temp.length() < 12)
            temp = " " + temp;
        temp += " ms, ";
        switch (finishState)
        {
        case PASSED: temp += "pass: "; break;
        case FAILED: temp += "FAILED: "; break;
        case SKIPPED: temp += "SKIPPED: "; break;
        case TIMEDOUT: temp += "TIMED OUT: "; break;
        }
        temp += testName;
        if (testResultMsg.length() > 0)
        {
            temp += " - ";
            temp += testResultMsg;
        }
        return temp;
    }
};

class PlayFabApiTests
{
public:
    static void InitializeTestSuite()
    {
        bool setupSuccessful = ClassSetup();

        // Reset testContexts if this has already been run (The results are kept for later viewing)
        for (auto it = testContexts.begin(); it != testContexts.end(); ++it)
            delete *it;
        testContexts.clear();

        if (setupSuccessful)
        {
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("InvalidLogin", InvalidLogin));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("InvalidRegistration", InvalidRegistration));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("LoginOrRegister", LoginOrRegister));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("LoginWithAdvertisingId", LoginWithAdvertisingId));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("UserDataApi", UserDataApi));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("UserStatisticsApi", PlayerStatisticsApi));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("UserCharacter", UserCharacter));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("LeaderBoard", LeaderBoard));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("AccountInfo", AccountInfo));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("CloudScript", CloudScript));
            testContexts.insert(testContexts.end(), new PfTestContext("WriteEvent", WriteEvent));
        }
    }

    static bool TickTestSuite()
    {
        int numPending;
        PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus::BroadcastResult(numPending, &PlayFabCombo_ClientRequests::GetPendingCalls);
        if (numPending > 0)
            return false;

        int unfinishedTests = 0;
        PfTestContext* nextTest = nullptr;
        for (auto it = testContexts.begin(); it != testContexts.end(); ++it)
        {
            auto eachState = (*it)->activeState;

            if (eachState != COMPLETE && eachState != ABORTED)
                unfinishedTests++;

            if (eachState == ACTIVE || eachState == READY) // Find the active test, and prioritize it
                nextTest = *it;
            else if (eachState == PENDING && nextTest == nullptr) // Or find a test to start
                nextTest = *it;
        }

        if (nextTest != nullptr && nextTest->activeState == PENDING)
            StartTest(*nextTest);
        else if (nextTest != nullptr)
            TickTest(*nextTest);

        bool result = unfinishedTests == 0; // Return whether tests are complete
        return result;
    }

    static AZStd::string GenerateTestSummary()
    {
        _outputSummary.clear();

        time_t now = clock();
        int numPassed = 0;
        int numFailed = 0;
        for (auto it = testContexts.begin(); it != testContexts.end(); ++it)
        {
            if (_outputSummary.length() != 0)
                _outputSummary += "\n";
            _outputSummary += (*it)->GenerateTestSummary(now);
            if ((*it)->finishState == PASSED) numPassed++;
            else if ((*it)->finishState == FAILED) numFailed++;
        }

        AZStd::string testCountLine = "\nTotal tests: ";
        testCountLine += AZStd::string(std::to_string(testContexts.size()).c_str());
        testCountLine += ", Passed: ";
        testCountLine += AZStd::string(std::to_string(numPassed).c_str());
        testCountLine += ", Failed: ";
        testCountLine += AZStd::string(std::to_string(numFailed).c_str());

        _outputSummary += testCountLine.c_str();
        return _outputSummary;
    }

private:
    static AZStd::string _outputSummary; // Basically a temp variable so I don't reallocate this constantly

    // A bunch of constants loaded from testTitleData.json
    static std::string TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC;
    static AZStd::string buildIdentifier;
    static AZStd::string userEmail;
    const static AZStd::string TEST_DATA_KEY;
    const static AZStd::string TEST_STAT_NAME;
    static AZStd::string playFabId;
    static int testMessageInt;
    static time_t testMessageTime;
    static std::list<PfTestContext*> testContexts;

    static bool ClassSetup()
    {
        // README:
        // modify the TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC to a location of a testTitleData.json file
        // The format of this file is described in the sdk readme
        //  - OR -
        // Comment the "return false;" below, and
        //   Fill in all the variables under: POPULATE THIS SECTION WITH REAL INFORMATION

        // Prefer to load path from environment variable, if present
        char* envPath = nullptr;
        size_t envPathStrLen;
        errno_t err = _dupenv_s(&envPath, &envPathStrLen, "PF_TEST_TITLE_DATA_JSON");
        if (err == 0 && envPath != nullptr)
            TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC = envPath;
        if (envPath != nullptr)
            free(envPath);

        std::ifstream titleInput;
        if (TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC.length() > 0)
            titleInput.open(TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC, std::ios::binary | std::ios::in);
        if (titleInput)
        {
            int begin = titleInput.tellg();
            titleInput.seekg(0, std::ios::end);
            int end = titleInput.tellg();
            char* titleData = new char[end - begin];
            titleInput.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
            titleInput.read(titleData, end - begin);
            titleData[end - begin] = '\0';

            Document testInputs;
            testInputs.Parse<0>(titleData);
            SetTitleInfo(testInputs);

            titleInput.close();
        }
        else
        {
            return false;
            // TODO: Put the info for your title here (Fallback in case it can't read from the file)

            // POPULATE THIS SECTION WITH REAL INFORMATION
            PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequestBus::Broadcast(&PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequests::SetTitleId, ""); // The titleId for your title, found in the "Settings" section of PlayFab Game Manager
            PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequestBus::Broadcast(&PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequests::SetDevSecretKey, ""); // The titleId for your title, found in the "Settings" section of PlayFab Game Manager
            userEmail = ""; // This is an email for any registered user (just so we can deliberately fail to log into it)
        }

        PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequestBus::BroadcastResult(buildIdentifier, &PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequests::GetBuildIdentifier);

        // Verify all the inputs won't cause crashes in the tests
        return static_cast<bool>(titleInput)
            // && !playFabSettings->titleId.empty()
            // && !playFabSettings->developerSecretKey.empty()
            && !buildIdentifier.empty()
            && !userEmail.empty();
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// PlayFab Title cannot be created from SDK tests, so you must provide your titleId to run unit tests.
    /// (Also, we don't want lots of excess unused titles)
    /// </summary>
    static void SetTitleInfo(Document &testInputs)
    {
        // Parse all the inputs
        auto end = testInputs.MemberEnd();
        auto each = testInputs.FindMember("titleId");
        if (each != end) PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequestBus::Broadcast(&PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequests::SetTitleId, each->value.GetString());
        each = testInputs.FindMember("developerSecretKey");
        if (each != end) PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequestBus::Broadcast(&PlayFabCombo_SettingsRequests::SetDevSecretKey, each->value.GetString());

        each = testInputs.FindMember("userEmail");
        if (each != end) userEmail = each->value.GetString();
    }
    // Start a test, and block until the threaded response arrives
    static void StartTest(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        testContext.activeState = ACTIVE;
        testContext.startTime = clock();
        testContext.testFunc(testContext);
        // Async tests can't resolve this tick, so just return
    }

    static void TickTest(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        time_t now = clock();
        if (testContext.activeState != READY // Not finished
            && (now - testContext.startTime) < 15000) // Not timed out
            return;

        testContext.endTime = now;
        testContext.activeState = COMPLETE;
    }

    // This should be called in the api-responses, which are threaded.  This will allow TickTest to finalize the test
    static void EndTest(PfTestContext& testContext, PlayFabApiTestFinishState finishState, AZStd::string resultMsg)
    {
        testContext.testResultMsg = resultMsg;
        testContext.finishState = finishState;
        testContext.activeState = READY;
    }

    static void OnSharedError(const PlayFabError& error, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Unexpected error: " + error.ErrorMessage);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Try to deliberately log in with an inappropriate password,
    ///   and verify that the error displays as expected.
    /// </summary>
    static void InvalidLogin(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::LoginWithEmailAddressRequest request;
        request.Email = userEmail;
        request.Password = "INVALID";
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, LoginWithEmailAddress, request, InvalidLoginSuccess, InvalidLoginFail, &testContext);
    }
    static void InvalidLoginSuccess(const ClientModels::LoginResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Expected login to fail");
    }
    static void InvalidLoginFail(const PlayFabError& error, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (error.ErrorMessage.find("password") != -1)
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Password error message not found: " + error.ErrorMessage);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Try to deliberately register a user with an invalid email and password
    ///   Verify that errorDetails are populated correctly.
    /// </summary>
    static void InvalidRegistration(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::RegisterPlayFabUserRequest request;
        request.Username = "X";
        request.Email = "x";
        request.Password = "x";
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, RegisterPlayFabUser, request, InvalidRegistrationSuccess, InvalidRegistrationFail, &testContext);
    }
    static void InvalidRegistrationSuccess(const ClientModels::RegisterPlayFabUserResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Expected registration to fail");
    }
    static void InvalidRegistrationFail(const PlayFabError& error, void* customData)
    {
        bool foundEmailMsg, foundPasswordMsg;
        AZStd::string expectedEmailMsg = "Email address is not valid.";
        AZStd::string expectedPasswordMsg = "Password must be between";
        AZStd::string errorConcat;

        for (auto it = error.ErrorDetails.begin(); it != error.ErrorDetails.end(); ++it)
            errorConcat += it->second;
        foundEmailMsg = (errorConcat.find(expectedEmailMsg) != -1);
        foundPasswordMsg = (errorConcat.find(expectedPasswordMsg) != -1);

        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (foundEmailMsg && foundPasswordMsg)
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "All error details: " + errorConcat);
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test a sequence of calls that modifies saved data,
    ///   and verifies that the next sequential API call contains updated data.
    /// Verify that the data is correctly modified on the next call.
    /// Parameter types tested: string, Dictionary<string, string>, DateTime
    /// </summary>
    static void LoginOrRegister(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::LoginWithCustomIDRequest request;
        request.CustomId = buildIdentifier;
        request.CreateAccount = true;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, LoginWithCustomID, request, OnLoginOrRegister, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnLoginOrRegister(const ClientModels::LoginResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        playFabId = result.PlayFabId;
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test that the login call sequence sends the AdvertisingId when set
    /// </summary>
    static void LoginWithAdvertisingId(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        // playFabSettings->advertisingIdType = playFabSettings->AD_TYPE_ANDROID_ID;
        // playFabSettings->advertisingIdValue = "PlayFabTestId";

        ClientModels::LoginWithCustomIDRequest request;
        request.CustomId = buildIdentifier;
        request.CreateAccount = true;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, LoginWithCustomID, request, OnLoginWithAdvertisingId, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnLoginWithAdvertisingId(const ClientModels::LoginResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        // TODO: Need to wait for the NEXT api call to complete, and then test PlayFabSettings::advertisingIdType
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test a sequence of calls that modifies saved data,
    ///   and verifies that the next sequential API call contains updated data.
    /// Verify that the data is correctly modified on the next call.
    /// Parameter types tested: string, Dictionary<string, string>, DateTime
    /// </summary>
    static void UserDataApi(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        bool isLoggedIn = false;
        PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus::BroadcastResult(isLoggedIn, &PlayFabCombo_ClientRequests::IsClientLoggedIn);
        if (!isLoggedIn)
        {
            EndTest(testContext, SKIPPED, "Earlier tests failed to log in");
            return;
        }

        ClientModels::GetUserDataRequest request;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetUserData, request, OnUserDataApiGet1, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnUserDataApiGet1(const ClientModels::GetUserDataResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        auto it = result.Data.find(TEST_DATA_KEY);
        testMessageInt = (it == result.Data.end()) ? 1 : atoi(it->second.Value.c_str());
        // testMessageTime = it->second.LastUpdated; // Don't need the first time

        testMessageInt = (testMessageInt + 1) % 100;
        ClientModels::UpdateUserDataRequest updateRequest;

        // itoa is not avaialable in android
        char buffer[16];
        AZStd::string temp;
        sprintf(buffer, "%d", testMessageInt);
        temp.append(buffer);

        updateRequest.Data[TEST_DATA_KEY] = temp;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, UpdateUserData, updateRequest, OnUserDataApiUpdate, OnSharedError, customData);
    }
    static void OnUserDataApiUpdate(const ClientModels::UpdateUserDataResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        ClientModels::GetUserDataRequest request;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetUserData, request, OnUserDataApiGet2, OnSharedError, customData);
    }
    static void OnUserDataApiGet2(const ClientModels::GetUserDataResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        auto it = result.Data.find(TEST_DATA_KEY);
        int actualDataValue = (it == result.Data.end()) ? -1 : atoi(it->second.Value.c_str());
        testMessageTime = (it == result.Data.end()) ? 0 : it->second.LastUpdated;

        time_t now = time(nullptr);
        now = mktime(gmtime(&now));
        time_t minTime = now - (60 * 5);
        time_t maxTime = now + (60 * 5);

        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (it == result.Data.end())
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Expected user data not found.");
        else if (testMessageInt != actualDataValue)
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "User data not updated as expected.");
        else if (!(minTime <= testMessageTime && testMessageTime <= maxTime))
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "DateTime not parsed correctly.");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test a sequence of calls that modifies saved data,
    ///   and verifies that the next sequential API call contains updated data.
    /// Verify that the data is saved correctly, and that specific types are tested
    /// Parameter types tested: Dictionary<string, int>
    /// </summary>
    static void PlayerStatisticsApi(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        bool isLoggedIn = false;
        PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus::BroadcastResult(isLoggedIn, &PlayFabCombo_ClientRequests::IsClientLoggedIn);
        if (!isLoggedIn)
        {
            EndTest(testContext, SKIPPED, "Earlier tests failed to log in");
            return;
        }

        ClientModels::GetPlayerStatisticsRequest getRequest;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetPlayerStatistics, getRequest, OnPlayerStatisticsApiGet1, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnPlayerStatisticsApiGet1(const ClientModels::GetPlayerStatisticsResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        for (auto it = result.Statistics.begin(); it != result.Statistics.end(); ++it)
            if (it->StatisticName == TEST_STAT_NAME)
                testMessageInt = (it == result.Statistics.end()) ? 1 : it->Value;
        // testMessageTime = it->second.LastUpdated; // Don't need the first time

        testMessageInt = (testMessageInt + 1) % 100;
        ClientModels::UpdatePlayerStatisticsRequest updateRequest;

        ClientModels::StatisticUpdate newStat;
        newStat.StatisticName = TEST_STAT_NAME;
        newStat.Value = testMessageInt;
        updateRequest.Statistics.push_back(newStat);
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, UpdatePlayerStatistics, updateRequest, OnPlayerStatisticsApiUpdate, OnSharedError, customData);
    }
    static void OnPlayerStatisticsApiUpdate(const ClientModels::UpdatePlayerStatisticsResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        ClientModels::GetPlayerStatisticsRequest getRequest;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetPlayerStatistics, getRequest, OnPlayerStatisticsApiGet2, OnSharedError, customData);
    }
    static void OnPlayerStatisticsApiGet2(const ClientModels::GetPlayerStatisticsResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        int actualStatValue = -1;
        for (auto it = result.Statistics.begin(); it != result.Statistics.end(); ++it)
            if (it->StatisticName == TEST_STAT_NAME)
                actualStatValue = (it == result.Statistics.end()) ? 1 : it->Value;

        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (actualStatValue == -1)
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Expected Player statistic not found.");
        else if (testMessageInt != actualStatValue)
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Player statistic not updated as expected.");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Get or create the given test character for the given user
    /// Parameter types tested: Contained-Classes, string
    /// </summary>
    static void UserCharacter(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::ListUsersCharactersRequest request;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetAllUsersCharacters, request, OnUserCharacter, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnUserCharacter(const ClientModels::ListUsersCharactersResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT AND SERVER API
    /// Test that leaderboard results can be requested
    /// Parameter types tested: List of contained-classes
    /// </summary>
    static void LeaderBoard(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        testMessageInt = 0;
        ClientModels::GetLeaderboardRequest clientRequest;
        clientRequest.MaxResultsCount = 3;
        clientRequest.StatisticName = TEST_STAT_NAME;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetLeaderboard, clientRequest, OnClientLeaderBoard, OnSharedError, &testContext);
        ServerModels::GetLeaderboardRequest serverRequest;
        serverRequest.MaxResultsCount = 3;
        serverRequest.StatisticName = TEST_STAT_NAME;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ServerRequestBus, GetLeaderboard, serverRequest, OnServerLeaderBoard, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnClientLeaderBoard(const ClientModels::GetLeaderboardResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (result.Leaderboard.size() > 0)
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Leaderboard entry not found.");
    }
    static void OnServerLeaderBoard(const ServerModels::GetLeaderboardResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (result.Leaderboard.size() > 0)
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "Leaderboard entry not found.");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test that AccountInfo can be requested
    /// Parameter types tested: List of enum-as-strings converted to list of enums
    /// </summary>
    static void AccountInfo(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::GetAccountInfoRequest request;
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, GetAccountInfo, request, OnAccountInfo, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnAccountInfo(const ClientModels::GetAccountInfoResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        // Enums-by-name can't really be tested in C++, the way they can in other languages
        if (result.AccountInfo == nullptr || result.AccountInfo->TitleInfo == nullptr || result.AccountInfo->TitleInfo->Origination.isNull())
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, "The Origination data is not present to test");
        else // Received data-format as expected
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test that CloudScript can be properly set up and invoked
    /// </summary>
    static void CloudScript(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::ExecuteCloudScriptRequest request;
        request.FunctionName = "helloWorld";
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, ExecuteCloudScript, request, OnHelloWorldCloudScript, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnHelloWorldCloudScript(const ClientModels::ExecuteCloudScriptResult& result, void* customData)
    {
        auto strResult = (AZStd::string)result.FunctionResult;
        bool success = (strResult.find("Hello " + playFabId + "!") != -1);
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        if (!success)
            EndTest(*testContext, FAILED, strResult);
        else
            EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }

    /// <summary>
    /// CLIENT API
    /// Test that the client can publish custom PlayStream events
    /// </summary>
    static void WriteEvent(PfTestContext& testContext)
    {
        ClientModels::WriteClientPlayerEventRequest request;
        request.EventName = "ForumPostEvent";
        request.Timestamp = time(nullptr);
        request.Body["Subject"] = "My First Post";
        request.Body["Body"] = "My awesome post.";
        EBUS_EVENT(PlayFabCombo_ClientRequestBus, WritePlayerEvent, request, OnWritePlayerEvent, OnSharedError, &testContext);
    }
    static void OnWritePlayerEvent(const ClientModels::WriteEventResponse& result, void* customData)
    {
        PfTestContext* testContext = reinterpret_cast<PfTestContext*>(customData);
        EndTest(*testContext, PASSED, "");
    }
};
// C++ Static vars
std::string PlayFabApiTests::TEST_TITLE_DATA_LOC = "testTitleData.json";
AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::_outputSummary;
AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::buildIdentifier;
AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::userEmail;
const AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::TEST_DATA_KEY = "testCounter";
const AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::TEST_STAT_NAME = "str";
std::list<PfTestContext*> PlayFabApiTests::testContexts;
AZStd::string PlayFabApiTests::playFabId;
int PlayFabApiTests::testMessageInt;
time_t PlayFabApiTests::testMessageTime;

class CFlowNode_PlayFabComboApiTests : public CFlowBaseNode<eNCT_Instanced>
{
public:
    CFlowNode_PlayFabComboApiTests(SActivationInfo* pActInfo)
    {
    }

    IFlowNodePtr Clone(SActivationInfo *pActInfo) override
    {
        return new CFlowNode_PlayFabComboApiTests(pActInfo);
    }

    void GetMemoryUsage(ICrySizer* s) const override
    {
        s->Add(*this);
    }

    void GetConfiguration(SFlowNodeConfig& config) override
    {
        static const SInputPortConfig in_config[] = {
            InputPortConfig<SFlowSystemVoid>("Activate", _HELP("Run the PlayFabApiTests")),
            { 0 }
        };
        static const SOutputPortConfig out_config[] = {
            // Could probably put real api types here
            OutputPortConfig<AZStd::string>("Summary", _HELP("A summary of the tests (once complete)")),
            { 0 }
        };
        config.sDescription = _HELP("PlayFab Combo gem test node");
        config.pInputPorts = in_config;
        config.pOutputPorts = out_config;
        config.SetCategory(EFLN_APPROVED);
    }

    void ProcessEvent(EFlowEvent event, SActivationInfo* pActInfo) override
    {
        switch (event)
        {
        case eFE_Update:
            if (PlayFabApiTests::TickTestSuite())
            {
                pActInfo->pGraph->SetRegularlyUpdated(pActInfo->myID, false);
                auto outputSummary = PlayFabApiTests::GenerateTestSummary();
                AZ_TracePrintf("PlayFab", outputSummary.c_str());
                ActivateOutput(pActInfo, 0, string(outputSummary.c_str()));
            }
            break;
        case eFE_Activate:
            pActInfo->pGraph->SetRegularlyUpdated(pActInfo->myID, true);
            PlayFabApiTests::InitializeTestSuite();
            break;
            //case eFE_FinalActivate:
        }
        auto lastDebugMessage = PlayFabApiTests::GenerateTestSummary();
    }
};

REGISTER_FLOW_NODE("PlayFab:PlayFabComboApiTests", CFlowNode_PlayFabComboApiTests);

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6) Management reports, including the 2017 revised workplan in month 3.
Coordination and management [lead CMCC]; Scoping of adaptation actions to develop services [lead CMCC & INRA]; Socioeconomic assessment of adaptation actions [lead CMCC]; and Business model [lead IBIMET].


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The report, which is in its 7th iteration, identifies the fastest-growing and most dynamic small and medium-sized enterprises from across the country. This includes companies that have not only grown their own revenue, but have also consistently outperformed industry peers. Unlike other reports, 1000 Companies to Inspire Britain is compiled based on factual information as opposed to nominations.
A CORPORATE GIFT TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR HOPE HOUSE CHILDREN'S HOSPICES
GM Fundraising is offering framed prints of a beautifully designed rainbow – the symbol of 2020 – to raise funds for Hope House Children's Hospices this Christmas. Each print is framed to order, featuring the company's logo and will make a superb corporate 2020 Christmas gift and help support the charity too.
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Approved Spectus fabricator Sidey has recently manufactured and installed over 200 flush tilt and turn windows for a low-rise, contemporary new apartment block in Edinburgh. The block forms part of Places for People's Waterfront 3 development which embraces the best in modern architecture.
Designed by Reiach and Hall Architects, the contemporary project provided 34 homes for affordable rent built using a mix of traditional and timber-framed modular construction.
65 EVANDER APPRENTICES SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC QUALIFICATIONS THANKS TO MRG SERVICES
The two learners in the picture are (R) Chris Mcloughlin (L) Stephen Woodcock
Sixty-five apprentices at Evander, the UK's leading provider of responsive, pre-planned and emergency home services, have just successfully completed their Level 2 and 3 programmes in Fenestration Installation, Glazing, and Fenestration Surveying. The programmes were delivered by industry training experts, MRG.
Paul Gray of MRG, said: "We are proud of our long-standing partnership with Evander. Together we've ensured that these latest 65 Apprentices have successfully completed their qualifications."
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A new design hotel in the Polish capital is making its mark with extraordinary architecture that combines the Art Deco style of the 1920s with the modern era: the Nobu Hotel Warsaw. Established by Oscar prize winner Robert De Niro, the Japanese chef Nobu Matsuhisa and the entrepreneur Meir Teper, the exclusive 5-star hotel with 117 rooms...
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Trade fabricator, Fentrade Limited has been confirmed as a finalist at this year's National Fenestration Awards in the category of Fabricator/Manufacturer 2020. Having picked up the NFA award for New Company of the Year 2019, Director of Fentrade, Chris Reeks, is hoping to secure a second win. Chris said: "Winning the 2019 New Company of the Year was a huge...
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Specialist fabricator, Mercury Glazing Supplies, has been named a finalist in the category of Vertical Sliding Window Company at the National Fenestration Awards, 2020. Steve Cross, Director at Mercury Glazing said: "We are delighted to have been nominated for this award and would like to thank everyone who has voted for us. It means so much to everyone at Mercury."
Since 2002, Gloucester-based Mercury has been manufacturing a range of quality vertical sliders and the business has grown to become one of the UK's largest specialist VS fabricators. The 50-strong team manufactures a range of standard and mechanically jointed vertical sliding...
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ACCESS FUNDED TRAINING TO UPSKILL YOUR WORKFORCE AND STAY AHEAD
Leading training and development provider MRG Services is highlighting the opportunities available to employers to access funded training programmes for their employees. Paul Gray, Operations Director at MRG says: "There has never been a better time to strengthen your business by upskilling your employees.
FINALIST STATUS FOR LEKA SYSTEMS
Conservatory roof innovators, Leka Systems, has been confirmed as a finalist at this year's National Fenestration Awards in the category of Conservatory Roof Manufacturer. Rhys Hoddinott, Director of Leka Systems, said: "The Leka team are delighted to have been shortlisted for this award. This nomination celebrates the dedication and innovation behind our roofing systems and the fact the industry has nominated us, makes it very special."
The National Fenestration Awards was launched in 2013 and has become the industry's fastest growing, independent awards event. The all-inclusive fenestration event rewards the very best in the sector and is voted by the participation...
SOLARFRAME INVESTS IN EMPLOYEE EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE CREATING A CULTURE FOR IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH
Rotherham based Solarframe Holdings Ltd has teamed up with Kate Ashley-Norman of Positive Mind Management to integrate a long term approach to its employee mental health. The initiative will ensure its 100 employees take a proactive approach...
ODL EUROPE EXHIBITING AT FENEX
ODL Europe have signed up to FENEX, the new industry virtual exhibition which kicks off on in November with the Doors, Windows and Hardware mini Expo. Nathan Barr, Managing Director of ODL Europe said: "We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to our virtual stand and showing them what ODL Europe has to offer. We are launching some exciting new products this year, including our new Guardsman FD Fire Door, which has the ability to revolutionise this sector and...
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In a time where hygiene and cleanliness are of the utmost importance, Yale has partnered with market leading antimicrobial additives provider, BioCote, to launch the Quartus combi door handle range with a coating that will reduce up to 99.99% of microbes on its surface.
Proven effective against many common microbes including bacteria, mould and fungi; this technology will protect the Quartus door handle from colonisation, and significantly reduce the risk of cross-contamination.
Earl Tate Joins VBH
Leading hardware company VBH has recently appointed Earl Tate to the position of Area Sales Manager for South East England.
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LINIAR STAYS AHEAD OF FOIL DEMAND WITH INVESTMENT IN LAMINATION TECHNOLOGY
Innovative PVCu systems company Liniar is ramping up its capacity for foiled profiles, with the purchase of one of the most technically advanced lamination machines on the market.
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44 Stellar aluminium Flush Casement Windows and a Stellar French Door in anthracite grey have been fitted in a substantial residential property in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The job was carried out by local Leeds installer Abbey Windows who has been fitting Stellar products for a few months and is delighted with the products' aesthetics and ease of fitting.
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Pablo Vigil
January 31, 2013 March 13, 2013 / runningincolorado
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Pablo Vigil may be called the greatest mountain runner in the world. He is the only man to have won four straight 32-kilometer Sierre-Zinal Mountain race titles (1979-82), setting a race record that lasted for a decade. He also won the Cleveland Marathon three times and competed in three U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials (1980, 1984 & 1988) and was a member of the United States World Cross Country Championship Team in 1978 and the World Mountain Running Championship Team in 1980. He boasts a 1989 win in the Super Marathon de Hoggar, a 100-mile stage race in Tamanrasset, Algeria and was a National 25k Masters Champion in the Old Kent River Run in 1995. Pablo continues to run cross country and mountain races around the world. He lives in Loveland and teaches literacy in both English and Spanish at Harris Bilingual Elementary School.
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Cricket Depth: Why are West Indies not the Test side they once were?
Why are West Indies not the Test side they once were?
Beaches, sun and laid back locals. All are characteristics of the West Indian islands. But what is it that really defines this area of the world? In my opinion it is the way they play cricket. The carefree, natural way they play has always been something I respected and wanted to replicate however it seems only they can pull it off. So why when they have so much talent and natural ability do they not prosper in the international format and especially test cricket?
Since the golden era of West Indian cricket through the 70's and 80's where players such as Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Marshall, Roberts, Garner(the list goes on and on) were able to flourish and dominate the world cricketing scene, they have slowly fallen from grace almost. It would be hard for these legends to picture a West Indies team lingering towards the bottom of the test rankings without much prospect of changing however sadly that is the state of this team now. They currently lie 7th in the test rankings only managing to be rated higher than New Zealand and Bangladesh, but why when I have seen first hand the raw talent that this place has to offer?
In 2009 I went on a tour of Barbados where we played an assortment of clubs all differing in levels and leagues. We played five and lost five and it's fair to say we were completely outclassed even though we weren't too bad an outfit. However it wasn't the results that amazed us, it was the way they went about playing. They didn't bat from a textbook; they had no fear and played with such a sense of joy and fun. No matter where you bowled to some of the top order batsmen I came across, it would be dispatched. Bowl a good length on off stump; they'd clip you through mid wicket for four, with nearly every ball destined for the boundary. The bowlers bowled with such intensity all wanting to knock your head off with every ball and never bowling that half volley I so desperately craved. So with youngsters that show so much promise and like for like are better than the youngsters from a country which is number one in the test rankings, do they show no signs of being the team they once were?
One possible reason could be the impact of the USA on these tiny islands with many promising youngsters favouring baseball or basketball over cricket now due to the media influence. Or also the impact of British media with some players I met who had outstanding talent favouring to go into football so that they can follow players like Dwight Yorke. Or finally go into athletics and try and emulate Usain Bolt or Asafa Powell. All of these influences contribute to the downfall of not only the West Indian game but also the test game in general as we all know that we would prefer a scene with a high flying West Indies team around. Unfortunately though it seems that there is far more of a financial gain for these players though in other sports as cricket simply can't offer the kind of money they can. It also can't offer the immediacy that other sports offers as it is obviously carried out over 5 days compared to the end to end excitement of basketball or the craze that surrounds football. Therefore it seems as though West Indies may be a common feature of the bottom half the rankings table.
There is obviously though some motivation for West Indians to choose cricket over other sports with household names like Gayle and Pollard still dominating the shorter formats however it seems that promising players aren't as worried about test cricket when they do emerge as the IPL and international T20's offer both better pay and better audiences and so a mediocre test team is the result.
So will test cricket in the West Indies ever rise out of this spell of anomie? It is hard to say however it can be said that it isn't from a lack of talent, it is from a lack of funding. While test cricket attracts such minimal crowds and T20 and other sports are so appealing, it seems as though the future doesn't seem as bright as the sunshine that immerses the beautiful landscapes that this wonderful place has to offer.


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"Fake News" – Washington Post Promotes a Blacklist
fake news, propaganda, PropOrNot, Washington Post
"…this Post story ended up illustrating and spreading far more fake news than it exposed."
Washington Post Disgracefully Promotes a McCarthyite Blacklist
From a New, Hidden, and Very Shady Group
By Glenn Greenwald and Ben Norton – November 26 2016 – The Intercept
The Washington Post on Thursday night promoted the claims of a new, shadowy organization that smears dozens of U.S. news sites that are critical of U.S. foreign policy as being "routine peddlers of Russian propaganda." The article by reporter Craig Timberg — headlined "Russian propaganda effort helped spread 'fake news' during election, experts say" — cites a report by an anonymous website calling itself PropOrNot, which claims that millions of Americans have been deceived this year in a massive Russian "misinformation campaign."
The group's list of Russian disinformation outlets includes WikiLeaks and the Drudge Report, as well as Clinton-critical left-wing websites such as Truthout, Black Agenda Report, Truthdig, and Naked Capitalism, as well as libertarian venues such as Antiwar.com and the Ron Paul Institute.
This Post report was one of the most widely circulated political news articles on social media over the last 48 hours, with dozens, perhaps hundreds, of U.S. journalists and pundits with large platforms hailing it as an earth-shattering exposé. It was the most-read piece on the entire Post website on Friday after it was published.
Yet the article is rife with obviously reckless and unproven allegations, and fundamentally shaped by shoddy, slothful journalistic tactics. It was not surprising to learn that, as BuzzFeed's Sheera Frenkel noted, "a lot of reporters passed on this story." Its huge flaws are self-evident. But the Post gleefully ran with it and then promoted it aggressively, led by its Executive Editor Marty Baron.
In casting the group behind this website as "experts," the Post described PropOrNot simply as "a nonpartisan collection of researchers with foreign policy, military and technology backgrounds." Not one individual at the organization is named. The executive director is quoted, but only on the condition of anonymity, which the Post said it was providing the group "to avoid being targeted by Russia's legions of skilled hackers."
In other words, the individuals behind this newly created group are publicly branding journalists and news outlets as tools of Russian propaganda — even calling on the FBI to investigate them for espionage — while cowardly hiding their own identities. The group promoted by the Post thus embodies the toxic essence of Joseph McCarthy, but without the courage to attach individual names to the blacklist. Echoing the Wisconsin senator, the group refers to its lengthy collection of sites spouting Russian propaganda as "The List."
The Washington Post should be very proud: It staked a major part of its news story on the unverified, untestable assertions of this laughable organization.
One of the core functions of PropOrNot appears to be its compilation of a lengthy blacklist of news and political websites that it smears as peddlers of "Russian propaganda." Included on this blacklist of supposed propaganda outlets are prominent independent left-wing news sites such as Truthout, Naked Capitalism, Black Agenda Report, Consortium News, and Truthdig.
Also included are popular libertarian hubs such as Zero Hedge, Antiwar.com, and the Ron Paul Institute, along with the hugely influential right-wing website the Drudge Report and the publishing site WikiLeaks. Far-right, virulently anti-Muslim blogs such as Bare Naked Islam are likewise dubbed Kremlin mouthpieces. Basically, everyone who isn't comfortably within the centrist Hillary Clinton/Jeb Bush spectrum is guilty. On its Twitter account, the group announced a new "plugin" that automatically alerts the user that a visited website has been designated by the group to be a Russian propaganda outlet.
The group commits outright defamation by slandering obviously legitimate news sites as propaganda tools of the Kremlin.
One of the most egregious examples is the group's inclusion of Naked Capitalism, the widely respected left-wing site run by Wall Street critic Yves Smith. That site was named by Time magazine as one of the best 25 Best Financial Blogs in 2011 and by Wired magazine as a crucial site to follow for finance, and Smith has been featured as a guest on programs such as PBS's Bill Moyers Show. Yet this cowardly group of anonymous smear artists, promoted by the Washington Post, has now placed them on a blacklist of Russian disinformation.
The Post itself — now posing as a warrior against "fake news" — published an article in September that treated with great seriousness the claim that Hillary Clinton collapsed on 9/11 Day because she was poisoned by Putin. And that's to say nothing of the paper's disgraceful history of convincing Americans that Saddam was building non-existent nuclear weapons and had cultivated a vibrant alliance with al Qaeda. As is so often the case, those who mostly loudly warn of "fake news" from others are themselves the most aggressive disseminators of it.
Indeed, what happened here is the essence of fake news. The Post story served the agendas of many factions: those who want to believe Putin stole the election from Hillary Clinton; those who want to believe that the internet and social media are a grave menace that needs to be controlled, in contrast to the objective truth that reliable old media outlets once issued; those who want a resurrection of the Cold War. So those who saw tweets and Facebook posts promoting this Post story instantly clicked and shared and promoted the story without an iota of critical thought or examination of whether the claims were true, because they wanted the claims to be true. That behavior included countless journalists.
So the story spread in a flash, like wildfire. Tens of thousands of people, perhaps hundreds of thousands or even millions, consumed it, believing that it was true because of how many journalists and experts told them it was. Virtually none of the people who told them this spent a minute of time or ounce of energy determining if it was true. It pleased them to believe it was, knowing it advanced their interests, and so they endorsed it. That is the essence of how fake news functions, and it is the ultimate irony that this Post story ended up illustrating and spreading far more fake news than it exposed.
Read more at The Intercept
SPLC Report Omits Inconvenient DetailsA General Mattis Christmas Story
Yet this shows what the "mainstream" media lies/fakes/etc about – well, some of it, a small portion of it.
http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-fake-news-mainstream-media-use-fake-videos-and-images/5557580
Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Cal almost all of the news, both "mainstream" and "alternative" media are fabrications. Truth doesn't even reside in video or photo anymore.
Funny how the worm turns.
Former Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black wrote passionately, also in Rosenblatt v. Baer, that no law meant no law and that, as such, all libel laws violate the First Amendment:
"The only sure way to protect speech and press against these threats is to recognize that libel laws are abridgments of speech and press and therefore are barred in both federal and state courts by the First and Fourteenth Amendments. I repeat what I said in the New York Times case that 'An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.' "
And the "media" was hell bent on free speech behind the skirts of the 1st Amendment. Today, as the MSM is in perish mode, drowning in their own excrement, they suddenly don't like free speech and have a label for it now known and spread about as "false news." MSM can't perish fast enough, their hypocrisy is so hugely bloated.
Agree 100%. I can't wait to dance on the grave of the MSM (figuratively speaking). But we can count on there always being some well funded "wormtongues" out there parroting and spreading the globalist message. They just change form and come back, but now people know to look for them. The Wikileaks revelations of complicit corrupt "journalist" whores put the final nail in the coffin of their credibility, and they will have a much harder time in the future fooling anyone with half a brain. The curtain has been pulled back, and the people are paying attention to that little man.


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est le troisième single issu du deuxième album de Maroon 5 sorti en 2007, It Won't Be Soon Before Long.

Genèse de la chanson

Musique
La basse de la guitare est basée sur la célèbre chanson du groupe Police, le single Every Breath You Take, ce qui rend le moment à la fin du clip vidéo où Levine regarde le personnage féminin un peu surprenant.

Paroles

Clip vidéo
Le , Maroon 5 a posté un avis sur leur site officiel pour demander à ses fans d'envoyer des vidéos faites maison pour aider le groupe à faire de la vidéo de cette chanson. Cependant, en , une autre vidéo a été publiée en Europe et en Australie. La vidéo officielle a été diffusée pour la première fois sur le VH1 Top 20 le . Le clip a été réalisé par Sophie Muller.

Le vidéoclip de la chanson commence avec des flashbacks où le chanteur Adam Levine ainsi qu'un personnage féminin (interprété par Tania Raymonde) semblent avoir une discussion sur la décision que Levine vient de prendre. La vidéo coupe alors à Levine assis sur une chaise en réfléchissant avec les autres membres du groupe en arrière-plan. Adam se rend compte qu'il «  », se référant à la femme avec qui il était. Levine semble savoir où celle-ci est en ce moment et décide de la retrouver. Après avoir serpenté à travers la ville quelques heures, Levine finit par entrer dans un restaurant où il trouve la femme, mais à sa grande déception, elle est avec un autre homme. Cette vidéo met en scène Jesse Carmichael jouant du piano et de la guitare.

Liste des pistes
Version Australienne (Itunes)
  Won't Go Home Without You (version radio)
 Miss You Love You (version alternative)
 Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (reprise de John Lennon)

Version Italienne (Itunes)
 Won't Go Home Without You (version acoustique)

Classements

Notes et références

Chanson interprétée par Maroon 5
Single musical sorti en 2007
Single publié par A&M Records
Chanson écrite par Adam Levine

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The holiday season is in full bloom. All the sounds and sights of the holidays are all around. Holiday music is playing and car horns are blaring at the increased traffic around the grocery and toy stores.
In this season of peace, love, family, and a little madness, I have a list of holiday wishes for you.
May all your projects close on time and on budget.
May your employees treat each other with dignity and respect.
May all your candidates have wonderful experience.
May all Performance Improvement Plans result in improved performance.
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Heading into this season, the sprints should prove to be a really a strong suit for the girls track and field team as their season.
The Whitehall baseball team did its damage early, and that was enough to defeat Peters Township High School in their season opener.
The Zephyrs blanked the Indians 2-0, riding the effective arms of starter Andrew Snyder and reliever Shane Fillman for the victory at the Ripken Experience in Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The Zephs left last Wednesday, participating in a couple of scrimmages, one of which wasn't over until midnight with the game against Peters Township the following morning.


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Sheryl Kennedy - 48th State House
So many questions, and a little bit of hope…
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So many questions, and a little bit of hope… As you may know, before becoming elected to the State House, I dedicated my life to public education. I worked in K-12, then as an administrator, and also I teach a few classes at the UM-Flint. I have negotiated contracts from both sides of the...
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State Representative Dr. Sheryl Y. Kennedy is the newly elected State Representative from Genesee County's 48th District. Sheryl grew up and raised her family in the Davison/Richfield area of Genesee County. Previously, Rep. Kennedy was a public school teacher and administrator, and was actively involved as a volunteer for many elections on behalf of...
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***MEDIA ADVISORY*** Contact: Rep. Sheldon Neeley Phone: (517) 373-8808 Rep. Neeley Invites Residents to Annual Golden Egg Hunt FLINT — State Rep. Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) encourages Flint residents to attend his 14th annual Golden Egg Hunt at two separate times on Saturday, March 31, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Bethel United Methodist...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Progressive Women's Caucus Protects Access to Contraception
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 Contact: Samantha Hart Phone: (260) 413-4882 Progressive Women's Caucus Protects Access to Contraception Bills would promise access to birth control free of employer, government interference LANSING — Members of the Progressive Women's Caucus' Women's Health Task Force introduced legislation today to protect access to contraceptive methods, free...
State Rep. Tim Sneller Introduces House Resolution for White Shirt Day
State Rep. Tim Sneller Introduces House Resolution to Declare February 11, 2018 as White Shirt Day in the State of Michigan This year marks the 81st anniversary of the United Auto Workers (UAW) famous Flint Sit-Down Strike that ended in 1937, resulting in the first contract with General Motors. The strike was one of...
Legislative Update: Encouraging the PGA to Tour in Michigan
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Guest Blogger, State Representative Tim Sneller, represents the 50th House District, which includes the cities of Grand Blanc and Burton, as well as Grand Blanc and Mundy townships. State Representative Sneller is a life long resident of Genesee County. I have introduced House Bill 5190 to expand the Michigan Liquor Control Code to include...


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Cyclone: Brutal Destruction (remaster)
It wasn't until I unwrapped this puppy and took a gander at the band photo on the back of the booklet that I realized that I had the LP of Brutal Destruction back in the 80's. This was the debut from Belgian thrash band Cyclone, who hit the scene with this metal platter in 1986 care of Roadrunner Records, and it was to be their only widespread release (they did put out a follow-up in 1990 in limited scope) before breaking up a few years later. It's a real shame, as much of the music on Brutal Destruction is quite serviceable thrash, complete with crushing riffs, pounding drums, and high pitched screaming vocals. Fans of Overkill, Metallica, Sacrifice, Sanctuary, and Exodus should have a good time with tunes like "Long to Hell", "The Call of Steel", and "In the Grip of Evil", all mini-thrash anthems with more than competent guitar riffs that never seem to slow down, and plenty of histrionic vocals. "Fighting the Fatal" owes more than a nod to early Metallica, and the final cut on the album "Incest Love" is a speed metal gem featuring manic drum work and dizzying thrash riffs. Production wise, I remembered the original album being somewhat rough, with the vocals being a bit too loud in the mix, and while this remaster from Metal Mind sort of cleans up the mud a bit, the vocals are still a tad overwhelming at times. Still, for a fine example of 80's thrash, you can't go wrong with this little release from these lads from Belgium.
1. Prelude To The End
2. Long To Hell
3. Fall Under His Command
4. The Call Of Steel
5. Fighting The Fatal
6. In The Grip Of Evil
7. Take Thy Breath
8. Incest Love
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"Trattoria" documents restaurant employees' struggle with finding a work/life balance.
"Growing Cities" includes a scene with a mobile educational garden and public art piece in Portland, Ore.
Chef Eric Skokan, who operates Black Cat and Bramble & Hare restaurants and Black Cat Farm, agrees with the premise of the film "Seeds of Time" that society is moving away from agricultural sustainability.
Alexander Figuera, who spent time at Frasca Food and Wine, has firsthand experience with the subjects of the film "El Somni."
Brothers Jordi, Josep and Joan Roca, whose restaurant, El Celler de Can Roca, is featured in the film "El Somni."
• 7 p.m.: BRU Craft Beer-Pairing Dinner, $50, 5290 Arapahoe Ave.
• 9:30 p.m.: Craft After-Party, free, West Flanders Brewing, 1125 Pearl St.
• 11 a.m.: Balancing Work & Life Panel Discussion and Lunch, $30, Jax Fish House, 928 Pearl St.
• 10:30 a.m.: Sustainable Agriculture, Aquaponics Tour, free, 63rd Street Farm, 3796 63rd St.
• 11:45 a.m.: Farm-to-Table Feast, Talk and Cookbook Signing, $29, Bramble & Hare, 1970 13th St.
The event formerly known as the International Film Series Food Film Festival, or more informally as Chow Down, is back for its second year. It has a different moniker, Flatirons Food Film Festival, but the mission is the same.
"We wanted a new name that provided a more immediate sense of our identity, the locale being a major factor," said Julia Joun, organizer of the Flatirons Food Film Festival.
The event, which runs Wednesday through Oct. 19, is retaining its affiliation with the University of Colorado's International Film Series. But the new Flatirons appellation for this festival's second year firmly grounds it in a sense of place.
Certainly locale plays a significant role in this year's menu of films, which have a direct connection to the Front Range or address issues of local concern.
"The complexion of the films is going to change each year," Joun said.
Feedback from last year's audiences helped her fine-tune this year's festival.
Kicking off the festivities Wednesday is a five-course beer dinner at Boulder's BRU Handbuilt Ales and Eats. This repast will spotlight a farmhouse ale specially crafted for the festival by Post Brewing Co.'s Brain Selders and Bru's Ian Clark.
All of this makes for an appropriate lead-in for the festival's Oct. 17 opening documentary, Craig Noble's "Craft." Tracking the rise of North American artisan beer in North America, "Craft" includes profiles of Fort Collins brewers Odell Brewing and Funkwerks.
Chef Jason Rogers of Longmont-based Oskar Blues will lead a beer cooking and demonstration and tasting before the film, and West Flanders Brewing Co. will host an after-party.
"We've gone all in on craft beer," Joun said.
Characters in Jason Wolos' dramedy "Trattoria," screening Oct. 18, struggle with finding a work/life equilibrium in the the hectic restaurant environment. This film intersperses plot with interviews of real-life chefs from the San Francisco Bay area. Its theme of finding balance also will be addressed in a Saturday panel at Jax Fish House, and Dave Query of Big Red F Restaurant Group will introduce the film. Similar to the dilemmas faced by the protagonist in "Trattoria," Joun seeks balance in the festival's programming, which addresses social and environmental impacts of food, as well as sheer epicurean pleasure.
On one hand, the festival's films tackle such weighty topics as community economics and species sustainability. Dan Susman's documentary, "Growing Cities," focuses on urban farming and its role in civic renewal. Director Sandy McLeod's "Seeds of Time" examines agricultural crisis through the lens of climate change and disease-based threats to species diversity. "Seeds of Time" details these challenges while following the efforts of agricultural scientist Cary Fowler to safeguard future food supplies by developing a global seed vault in Norway.
"Seeds of Time" argues many plants are falling by the wayside in favor of crops that better lend themselves to large-scale farming, which doesn't bode well for agricultural sustainability.
Chef Eric Skokan, operator of the Black Cat and Bramble & Hare restaurants, as well as Black Cat Farm, agrees.
"We've gotten convenience in exchange for loss of biodiversity," he said.
"There's no great market for seeds that matter like an amazing carrot or a wheat full of flavor," Skokan said.
He acknowledged he would be playing a less active role in the Flatirons Food Film Festival, although he will host a Farm-to-Table Talk, Meal and Cookbook Signing at Bramble & Hare on Oct. 19.
In contrast to the cautionary tale presented by "Seeds of Time," director Franc Aleu's "El Somni," unabashedly celebrates the sensuality of food. Combining visuals worthy of Dali with original music and molecular gastronomy, this documentary focuses on the Roca brothers. The three siblings operate Spain's El Celler de Can Roca, a three-star Michelin eatery proclaimed by Restaurant magazine to be the best in the world in 2013.
"El Somni" provides a glimpse at haute cuisine's cutting edge, although one local chef can provide firsthand knowledge of the kitchen behind the event.
An alum of Boulder's Frasca Food and Wine, Figuera said the restaurant's covering all the bases included commissioning custom plates for each specific dish. Once an item rotates off the menu, the plates are then retired to a warehouse. Figuera also said the wine cellar is divided into geographic sections and that video screens play in each to showcase the specific sights and sounds associated with that environment. Diners touring the cellars then can get a full picture of the origins of the wine they are drinking.
"It's really simple but focused on tweaking that simplicity," Figuera said of the Rocas' culinary style, which he said has influenced his cooking at Lower 48. Relying heavily on pork and seafood, the Rocas' cuisine focuses on "pure essence, pure flavors" drawn out through the use of such tools as dehydrators and liquid nitrogen. This approach becomes evident in the film by way of such dishes as sea cucumber with sea anemone sauce or an Indian-influenced melange of lamb, spices and flowers.
In a year in which foodie films such as "Chef and "The Hundred-Foot Journey" have become popular hits, the Flatirons Food Film Festival chose to bypass such mainstream fare.
Instead, Joun opted to dig deeper into ecological concerns around food, as well as celebrate the apex of culinary artistry.


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As politics moves to the centre-stage in India, the stakes are high at home and abroad
by Manoj Ladwa
The Indian General Election may still be months away but as the political scene hots up, India Inc. Founder & CEO Manoj Ladwa does a deeper dive on what may be in store for 2019.
I meet people of all walks of life on my frequent visits to India – politicians, bureaucrats, business people, analysts and ordinary citizens. Over the years, I have come to consider the last group of people the best indicator of the political mood in the country. I guess it's a bit like the proverbial 'man on the Clapham omnibus' test that English courts use where they seek out what a reasonable assessment of any given situation could be.
On my last couple of visits, I have found that Indians are spending a disproportionate amount of time on predicting the winner of the Lok Sabha elections, which are still eight months away. This has given me the firm impression that the political scene is certainly hotting up. And politicians are clearly reacting to that mood of anticipation.
An overwhelmingly large number of the people I have met tell me they expect Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return to power in 2019. The reasons vary – some are obviously voicing their own political choice; others try to be objective and offer various reasons why they feel the electorate will retain faith in the incumbent government, and some simply because they know my preference, and would like to stimulate further discussion.
Though the General Election in India are still some time away, I thought a deeper dive into this issue would be of interest to foreign investors and global policy experts. This group, incidentally, forms the core readership of 'India Global Business'.
My team have over the past month been examining every issue from the perspective of international India-watchers who may or may not agree with my politics or the editorial line of this magazine.
Our research led to the finding that most people – though not necessarily the ones who write columns in English language newspapers – give the Modi government high marks on the following issues: Leadership, combating corruption, economic and administrative reforms, handling of the economy, war on poverty and foreign policy.
These issues critically affect investment decisions, especially of foreign investors, so we have analysed the performance of the Modi government on each of these parameters, juxtaposing them against the situation prevailing before he stormed to power in 2014 to arrive at our conclusions.
We realise that in a vast, complex and diverse country such as India, it is not only performance but also electoral arithmetic – the preference for one's own caste and clan – that influence peoples' choices. So, we have also highlighted the challenges that Modi and his government face from the likely coming together of caste warriors such as Mayawati of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP) in the politically crucial north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which account for more than a quarter of the BJP's 282 members in the present Lok Sabha.
Will the electorate prove us right? We will have to wait a while to find out. But what is certain, is that the Indian General Election of 2019 will be the most widely watched globally of any democratic process in the world. The stakes domestically for Indians are of course very high, but given India's rapid march to globalisation, and the current flux in regions and markets around the world, the stakes on whether Modi wins or not are also high for the rest world.
Meanwhile, the Cover Story of the latest edition of 'India Global Business' – titled "Can Modi return to power in 2019?" – digs deeper into this building election fervour.
Manoj Ladwa is the founder of India Inc. and chief executive of MLS Chase Group @manojladwa
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About the Author: Manoj Ladwa


With a master's degree in commercial law from Deakin University, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne and more than 40 years of experience as a practicing lawyer, Mr. O'Donnell has utilized his knowledge to publish his works and develop ideas for new stories. To date, he has published two books, and hopes to publish three or four more. When Mr. O'Donnell is not creating plots for new stories, he is often writing articles for a newspaper and catching up with friends.


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Liz Bennett is an American politician, and a member of the Iowa Senate from the 39th District. She initially served in the Iowa House of Representatives for the 65th District after being elected in the 2014 elections.
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She is the first out LGBT woman to serve in Iowa's state legislature.

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Run. walk. or march your way through the 3rd Annual Band On The Run 5K fundraiser for the New Smyrna Beach High School Barracuda Band! Funds from this event will support the Band & Color Guard students in the NSBHS Barracuda Band. RACE INFO February 24. 2018 Start time: 8am 1000 Live Oak Street. New Smyrna Beach. FL Beautiful "out & back" course through New Smyrna Beach & Edgewater. FL Packet Pick-up will be February 23. 2018 from 5pm-7pm at the NSB City Gym (1000 Live Oak St. NSB). Race day Registrations will start at 7am on February 24th RACE TIMING/SCORING The race will be professionally timed and scored by Red Pointer Productions. In order to get the best results possible you need to wear your bib number unaltered on the front of your shirt pinned at all four corners. Do not have any clothing covering your bib number. Results will be posted onsite of the race and also online concluding the event at: www.redpointerrunning.com ENTRY FEES Adult- By midnight 12/31/17 - $20 Adult- 1/1/18 - 2/14/18 - $25 Adult- 2/15/18 - 2/24/18 - $30 Student Rate- $15 (no rate increase for students 18 & under) AWARDS Top Overall Male & Female Top Masters & Grandmasters (M/F) Top 3 in Each Age Group (M/F) 0-9 10-11 12-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85+ TEAM AWARDS Top 3 teams will win place awards. Teams will be ranked by scoring the top three people from each team and their total times combined. Teams must be comprised of 3 or more participants. T-shirts guaranteed to all runners/walkers who are registered by Feb. 14. 2018. Come out & join us on a great course. while helping to support the Superior Rated NSB High School Barracuda Band!


This year, the UK and Germany both introduced laws requiring businesses to introduce mandatory gender pay gap reporting for employers, with the results published in the public domain. "Other people's salaries are still taboo in Germany," explained Acting Women's Affairs Minister Katarina Barley.
The first set of UK results(1) were predictable: almost eight out of ten employers pay men more on average than women, and the median gap across all employers was a meaty 9.8 per cent.
Naturally, the global impact of the gender pay gap is huge. A report by the World Bank(2) in May revealed that the gender pay gap costs the global economy $160tn each year. "Equal pay, equal hours and equal participation in the workforce could lead to a global wealth jump of $23,620 a person, as well as creating knock-on benefits such as lower malnutrition and child mortality rates," the report said.
Productivity power boost: When women win, we all win. Closing the gender pay gap increases productivity because it increases the talent pool and boosts diversity – something that's proven(3) to have an impact on a business's bottom line.
Forget a plant on your desk – 2018 marked the start of the wholesale adoption of greenery in the office, with the joint goals of wellness and productivity in mind.
When ApplePark, Apple's new HQ in Cupertino, California, completed construction and landscaping in February 2018 it included apricot orchards and more than 9,000 newly planted trees. Google's new London HQ, due to start construction in 2018, will have a 300-metre-long rooftop garden, with ponds, greens and shrubberies.
A new two-tower development by Make Architects in London has the City of London's biggest new garden since the Barbican was built in 1982, and there's also a growing trend for companies to sponsor vegetable gardens for employees(4).
Productivity power boost: There are tangible benefits to a company's bottom line from enriching the workspace with plants or other elements, says Dr Craig Knight at the University of Exeter(5). When his researchers introduced £10,000 worth of plants into the offices of one of London's big four accountancy practices, productivity increased by around 15 per cent.
The days of strict dress codes and rules on employee appearance seem to be on the way out. A survey by UK hotel group Travelodge found that only one in ten British office workers now wears a suit.
Even 'business casual', popularised by Silicon Valley in the 1980s is being replaced by 'casual casual'. On both sides of the Atlantic, yoga pants in the office are now, genuinely, a 'thing', with skin-tight leggings in leather or inspired by the equestrian lifestyle both green-lighted by the fashion press(6) as wholly office-appropriate.
But it's not just workwear. In terms of embracing a more relaxed ethos, the 2018 World Cup saw companies around the world give workers time off to watch in June and July. While further evidence of the global breakdown of office formality came with news that an Indian version of satirical TV show, The Office, is in the works – confronting that country's rigidly hierarchical workplace.
Productivity power boost: A relaxed workplace is a happy workplace. Research from the University of Warwick(8) found that happiness led to a 12 per cent spike in productivity, while unhappy workers proved to be 10 per cent less productive.
A report by Cushman & Wakefield, Coworking 2018(9), found that flexible workplaces now account for almost 20 per cent of new office lets in London, while the provision of flexible spaces is booming across the UK's regions.
Globally, the market is growing fast and by the end of 2018 some 1.7 million people around the world will work in co-working spaces, according to deskmag's Global Coworking Survey(10).
Productivity power boost: There's plenty of evidence to support the link between productivity and the flexible workspace(12), not least the numerous studies(13) that show that people who like their workspace are more productive.
OK, so the robot revolution may not be here just yet, but new products and prototypes are starting to change the way we carry out simple tasks in the office.
Chatbots are becoming increasingly pervasive, especially in marketing and customer services. AlterEgo, a new interface(14) developed by researchers at MIT, can take dictation without you even having to speak out loud.
The system consists of a wearable device and machine-learning software. Electrodes pick up neuromuscular signals in the jaw and face that are triggered by saying words "in your head". This could even mean you "talk" to your computer, in the quietest office environments, or even during a meeting.
Google's Pixel Buds(15) earphones, meanwhile, allow you to translate your conversation from 40 different languages in real time. The Buds, which shipped at the beginning of 2018, are "like having a personal translator by your side", says Google.
Productivity power boost: With AI able to handle mundane and repetitive tasks across an organisation, this frees up people to exercise creativity, solve complex problems, and otherwise focus on getting impactful work done, according to intelligent service desk Spoke(16).