travels are done solo, most globetrotters will agree that even a single traveller is never truly alone. I have met so many spectacular people along the way. These folks help make the journey what it is!
How often do you fly? I prefer overland travel, so months may go by without a single flight, followed by months of continuous jet-setting.
Earliest travel memory: As children, my brother and I frequently flew together to various corners of the United States to visit family members. The first trip I remember was to Texas to visit our dad. On the flight, we were invited to meet the plane's pilots and given those classic plastic airplane wings to pin on our backpacks. We felt like superstars!
downtown, or biking to yoga classes in the middle of winter. Everyone is there for a different reason, but with an equal goal in mind: to find balance, enjoy nature's splendor and escape from the traditional rat race without going too far off the grid.
Favorite international city: Bangkok, Thailand blew my mind. In three words: color, chaoticness (yes, chaoticness), culture.
Least favorite country: Kuwait—only said after living there for nine months! After a string of unfortunate events there, it is the only place I actively dissuade others, especially females, from visiting.
Friendliest people in the world: Hands down, the residents of Lumbini, Nepal were the friendliest people I've met. From young to old, everyone greets each other with a bow and "Namaste." A young boy in charge of his family's bicycle shop there told me it was the first word he learned.
Favorite World Heritage Site: Meteora, Greece. The peacefulness and serenity envelops you as you walk around sky-high cliffs and perfectly balanced monasteries. Greeks traditionally travel there three times in their lifetime: Once as children, once as parents, and once as grandparents. When you visit, you wonder why they don't find more reasons to return!
jamun? Scores of Bollywood films at your fingertips? Yes please!
Favorite international airport: Amsterdam: stands selling fresh tulip throughout the terminal are only the beginning. Just wait until you find the yoga studio!
Favorite cruise line: St. Peter Line—They'll take you from Helsinki, Finland to Saint Petersburg, Russia visa-free. They arrange hotel and transportation for you at a very reasonable cost. On board, options include Finnish Saunas, classical pianists, children's shows with pirates, and eccentric dance troupes. Food selections are plentiful with a wide range meant to satisfy pocketbooks of budgetconscious and luxurious travelers. The views aren't so bad, either. I was able to travel with them this past May, and spent my 29th birthday in Russia with three friends I'd met during my travels. Quite possibly the best birthday to date!
Favorite hole-in-the-wall: The Tap in El Paso, Texas. The jukebox runs all night with locals' favorites, and the bar staff is the most consistent I've (be prepared to speak in Spanish). A single order of the nachos will leave a party of five ready to be rolled out the door. Other than these loaded chips, cold drinks and a ratty old pool table are the dive's main attractions.
Favorite food: It's a tie between cevapcici of Bosnia and Herzegovina and borsch of Ukraine and Russia. (Note: Though next door neighbors, Croatia's cevapcici is drastically different and disappointing in comparison to B and H's. Save your tastebuds and try the real thing!).
Drink of choice (in the air and on the ground): I have three staples: water, black coffee, red wine.
Favorite travel show(s): An Idiot Abroad—Karl Pilkington will help you remember that we're not all perfect, and neither is every moment of travel. It reminds you to keep a light heart and laugh even in the least idilic situations.
Favorite travel book(s): "The Alchemist" by Paolo Coelho inspired me to search for the unknown with confidence and an open mind. I frequently look to Coelho and his books for continued inspiration.
Right now I am reading: Emma Larkin's "Finding George Orwell in Burma." It has taught me a shocking amount about the history of the region, something I'm invested in learning more about as I'm currently based in Burma (Myanmar).
in my travels and in my blogging career.
5 things you bring on a plane: Book, notebook, pen, scarf to wrap up in, and earphones.
What do you like least about travel? Adapting to new toilets. Now, when I find a clean, odorless toilet with paper and a proper dry seat, I feel like a queen on her throne. Otherwise, it's squatty potties, plugged noses, or my other favorite: Mother Nature.
country and/or region you're visiting. When you arrive, you'll have data-free, Wi-Fi-free access to the maps. They are astoundingly accurate and often offer routes for pedestrians, cars, and public transportation.
Favorite travel charity: A friend I met briefly while in France runs the non-profit The Wandering Samaritan. The idea is that when its travel ambassadors meet someone in need, they will the organization for donations to cover the cost of that item, and help provide it in a timely manner. He's helped people all over the world obtain goods and services they otherwise wouldn't have had access to.
Best travel tip: "Go Do"—Jonsi.


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Underpaid postmen from SingPost have been posting letters and deliveries late as a silent protest. The government-owned postal service company was fined S$100,000 yesterday (Feb 7) by the regulator Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) for failing to meet delivery standards in 2017.
The underlying cause behind the late deliveries is low salaries, that has a median data of S$1,540 according to the government's official figures.
According to a former SingPost postman who left his job in 2018, SingPost has been actively depressing postmen wages since 2014 when they started hiring cheap foreign labour from China, India and Malaysia.
Local Singaporean postmen have not seen a pay rise for over 10 years and the mail room is always short of manpower. Poor employee benefits like having insufficient break time and excessive overtime work resulted in high labour turnover and unproductive amateur postmen.
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Uniting the Sea of Islands
by Nick Coulson (聶克) on Friday, 30 August 2013 Comments
Epeli Hao'Ofa, the most significant Pacific scholar of his age, wrote a momentous paper Rediscovering our sea of islands, in which he laid out an indigenous vision of the Pacific, one in which the people were united by their "sea of islands" rather than constrained by the seas, the passport system implemented by the colonial powers and acquired linguistic differences. I experienced these words in all their emotional and symbolic power during the six weeks that my newly discovered siblings, Fijian Ledua Setaraki (Seta) and ethnic Samoan New Zealander Tupe Lualua, spent in Taiwan, where they had been invited to engage in exchange with Taiwanese aborigines to explore with one another their common Austronesian heritage through the mediums of dance and navigation, both revived traditional forms of indigenous wisdom which they had employed to re-engage with the contemporary world. Indeed, Seta had been a part of a navigation team which had put into practice 'uniting the sea of islands' by sailing the breadth of the Pacific using the traditional navigational methods of their forefathers.
Pacific scholar Vilsoni Hereniko once told me in this 2010 interview that the important point was that indigenous communities were empowered with 'cultural autonomy' rather than them to be perceived as 'culturally authentic'. From then on I always maintained some doubts when participating in or researching cultural projects commissioned by the government that are inevitably imbued with a self-congratulatory character and language and often have a superficial focus on supposedly authentic regalia, song and dance that seem detached from the real everyday lives and struggles of the participants, who are nonetheless often obliging due to the pride that cultural recognition furnishes them with and the jobs provided by the indigenous cultural revival industry. I often find these projects like to blow their own trumpets in terms of the diversity that they supposedly foster and their focus on praising Taiwan as the source of migration to the Pacific, a claim that is underlain with domestic political and geopolitical functions. I had heard too often indigenous peoples adopting and internalising the Han Chinese trope of the "indigenous person with the great sense of humor", or what one could term a "stage aborigine", commonly found in different media representations of the indigenous community. The tendency to focus on rediscovery of lost cultural traditions I feel often clouds contemporary social justice issues between the ethnicities in Taiwan and within the individual tribal groups. For example no cultural exchange group has ever received government funding to come and see the urban indigenous communities such as the Sanying tribal village or the Sao'wac Amis who suffered the full violence of the state machinery with the demolition of their riverside communities.
Another doubt I have harboured relates to the ethnic and racial historical burden. Although I generally try not to think in racial terms, having experienced being marked as a clear and obvious racial group, in a relatively racially homogenous island, being viewed sometimes in both an unfairly positive and unfairly negative light, in the context of this trip, I couldn't help having a discomforting nagging feeling that led me to question my very role in this trip. What was I, an English national, the very same English who had once been colonial masters and profiteers over both the Fijian and Samoan peoples, doing assisting in this project, translating between one colonially-received (or acquired?) language to another colonially-received (or acquired?) language forced on the local indigenous populations during their centuries of Han Chinese domination and marginalisation, for a project which was commissioned by the same ROC government (albeit from the Council of Indigenous Peoples) and being implemented by the Ricci Institute in which the main organizers were Han Chinese? Was this empowerment?
Primarily serving as a translator and guide for the visiting Pacific guests, our entourage spent much of our time dining, drinking, singing, dancing, swimming, capsizing, crashing and generally living together as a swiftly improvised family and support network. In the host of parties and welcomings we were jovial partners in celebration. On a personal level, Seta shared with me some of his local knowledge, helping to reignite a passion for re-immersing myself in nature and all the daily survival struggles in the age of pre-convenience, as he taught me how to make my first sling spear, to ferment coconut and pineapple based alcohol which bared an uncanny resemblance in taste to indigenous Taiwan's infamous millet wines and finally to prepare and serve Kava, a tree root based powder mix, in the traditional way they drink the mix in his native island of Fiji. "Ta-kii" Seta called, and he clapped twice before I handed him the coconut half-shell cup, which he drank and clapped once more before handing the cup back to be passed on to the next person. And in that moment I felt a tingle of belonging and my own status doubts were somewhat resolved, as I realised that to live together in a globalized world, we are filled with both a need for universal fraternity in the goals of peace, love, unity and respect, and also a sense of belonging in a community of familial love and understanding.
Indeed on the trip certain doubts were assuaged, especially after seeing the reaction of the children in the schools where Tupe's energetic and inclusive singing and dancing, such as the mosquito swatting dance, brought smiles to the faces of all the school children and the tales and video footage of Seta's two year boating trip left the children staring in awe, filling the kids with a sense of adventure and a sense of their own potential to achieve their dreams. THIS was empowerment. That some of Tupe's works bring up contemporary social issues was also enlightening, and people did question to what extent Tupe's dances were similar to the dances of old, to what extent had they overturned the thorough religious, linguistic, cultural and artistic colonization and to what extent their revival had a positive effect on society. Furthermore Seta's talks and demonstrations always contained a strong environmental message, "my grandpa used to say, every second breath that you take in comes from the ocean", he went on to build awareness of the state of the ocean, with his gripping tale of his experience saving a huge sea turtle that had been dying, stranded on the masses of plastic waste irresponsibly left there from humanity's excesses. These children of Formosa, and Orchid Island, I believe will never forget that the stewardship of the oceans is one of their great missions and perhaps a generation later they will be the ones leading the fight to clean the Pacific.
I still had some doubts, however. For example, while Tupe often mentioned how some of her dance works could also function as a critical art medium to express social problems in marginalised communities, in general it seemed to draw little attention from the audience, with still too much attention on selling an 'authentic look' to improve their economic benefits. Furthermore as expected the group did not visit the controversial settlements mentioned above, and barring the unavoidable exposure to Orchid Island's nuclear waste dump, these politically sensitive aspects still tended to be glossed over in the sea of dance and cultural display. I would hope that in addition to cultural renaissance, future projects could also put more emphasis on ocean wide Austronesian land rights and community inequalities. The Pacific, must be 'united as a sea of islands' facing a common set of environmental and social struggles.
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I was born in sunny Torbay on the south western coast of England's green and pleasant lands. I'm prowling the streets, parks and ruins of Taiwan hunting for absurdities and studying the sociology of the underground. Furthermore with our nomadic arts and action space "The Hole" we attempt to challenge rigid and alienating structures.
出生於英國西南部,海邊的天堂為Torbay。目前在台灣的街上,公園,廢墟尋找世界之荒謬與世界之美,努力盡量在各方面跳脫框框。透過我們的游牧空間「洞」我們不斷地用藝術與行動來挑戰早已僵化的體制。
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Boogie Down Productions (BDP) est un groupe de hip-hop américain, originaire du Bronx, New York.

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Le nom du groupe, Boogie Down, provient d'un surnom du Bronx, l'une des cinq circonscriptions de New York. Le groupe a été l'un des pionniers de la fusion du reggae dancehall et du hip-hop. Leur premier album, Criminal Minded, contient des descriptions directes de la vie dans le sud du Bronx à la fin des années 1980, posant une partie des bases du gangsta rap. DJ Scott La Rock a été assassiné le , quelques mois après la sortie de Criminal Minded.

Le groupe fut l'un des principaux acteurs de la .

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Albums studio
 1987 : Criminal Minded
 1988 : By All Means Necessary
 1989 : Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop
 1990 : Edutainment
 1992 : Sex and Violence

Album live
 1991 : Live Hardcore Worldwide

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 1997 : Man & His Music (Remixes from Around the World)
 2001 : Best of B-Boy Records

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Groupe de rap politique
Groupe de hip-hop de New York
Groupe musical formé en 1985
Groupe musical américain des années 1980
Groupe musical américain des années 1990
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The word mascot has been traced back to a dialectal use in Provence and Gascony in France, where it was used to describe anything which brought luck to a household.[3] The French word "mascotte" (Provençal version: "mascoto") means talisman, charm, and is derivative of the word "masco" meaning sorceress.
The word was first popularized in 1880, when French composer Edmond Audran wrote a popular comic operetta titled La Mascotte. However, it had been in use in France long before this, as French slang among gamblers, derived from the Occitan word masco, meaning "witch" (perhaps from Portuguese mascotto, meaning "witchcraft"), and also mascoto, meaning "spell".
Audran's operetta was so popular that it was translated into English as The Mascot, introducing into the English language a word for any animal, person, or object that brings good luck. The word with this definition was then incorporated into many other languages, although often in the French form mascotte.
Choices and identities
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Mascot of the Borregos Salvajes and student at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City.
Often the choice of mascot reflects a desired quality; a common example of this is the "fighting spirit," in which a competitive nature is personified by warriors or predatory animals.
Mascots may also symbolize a local or regional trait, such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers' mascot, Herbie Husker: a stylized version of a farmer, owing to the agricultural traditions of the area in which the university is located. Another example, Pittsburg State University uses Gus the Gorilla as its mascot due to "gorilla" being an old colloquial term for coal miners in the Southeast Kansas area in which the university was established.[4]
In the United States, controversy[5] surrounds some mascot choices, especially those using human likenesses. Mascots based on Native American tribes are particularly contentious, as many argue that they constitute offensive exploitations of an oppressed culture.[6] However several Indian tribes have actually come out in support of keeping the names. For example, the Utah Utes and the Central Michigan Chippewas are sanctioned by local tribes. Similarly, the Florida State Seminoles are supported by the Seminole Tribe of Florida in their use of Osceola and Renegade as symbols. FSU chooses not to refer to them as mascots because of the offensive connotation.[7] This has not, however, prevented fans from engaging in "Redface"–dressing up in stereotypical, Plains Indian outfits during games or creating offensive banners saying "Scalp 'em" as was seen at the 2014 Rose Bowl.[8]
Some sports teams have "unofficial" mascots: individual supporters or fans that have become identified with the team. The New York Yankees have such an individual in fan Freddy Sez. Former Toronto Blue Jays mascot BJ Birdie was a costumed character created by a Blue Jays fan, ultimately hired by the team to perform at their home games. USC Trojans mascot is Tommy Trojan who rides on his horse (and the official mascot of the school) Traveler.
Sports mascots
File:ThunderII.jpg
Thunder II, live animal mascot for the Denver Broncos.
See also: Lists of sports mascots: Australian sports, Brazilian football, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, Olympics and Paralympics, U.S. colleges (post-secondary)
See also: Native American mascot controversy, List of sports team names and mascots derived from indigenous peoples
See also: Religious symbolism in U.S. sports team names and mascots
Many sports teams in the United States (U.S.) have official mascots, sometimes enacted by costumed humans or even live animals. One of the earliest was a taxidermy mount for the Chicago Cubs, in 1908, and later a live animal used in 1916 by the same team. They abandoned the concept shortly thereafter and remained without an official "cub" until 2014, when they introduced a version that was a person wearing a costume.[9]
In the United Kingdom some teams have young fans become "mascots". These representatives sometimes have medical issues, and the appearance is a wish grant,[10] the winner of a contest,[11] or under other circumstances. Unlike the anonymous performers of costumed characters, however, their actions can be associated with the club later on.[12] Mascots also include older people such as Mr England, who are invited by national sports associations to be mascots for the representative teams.[13]
See also: Lists of advertising characters
File:NBC Peacock mascot costume.tif
NBC Peacock mascot costume
Mascots or advertising characters are very common in the corporate world. Recognizable mascots such as Chester Cheetah, Keebler Elf, Fruit of the Loom Guys, Pizza Pizza Guy for Little Caesars, Rocky the Elf, Coca Cola Bear, and the NBC Peacock. These characters are typically known without even having to refer to the company or brand. This is an example of corporate branding, and soft selling a company. Mascots are able to act as brand ambassadors where advertising is not allowed. For example many corporate mascots can attend non-profit events, or sports and promote their brand while entertaining the crowd. Some mascots are simply cartoons or virtual mascots, others are characters in commercials, and others are actually created as costumes and will appear in person in front of the public at tradeshows or events.
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Auntie Annes Pretzel Mascots
School mascots
Most American schools have a mascot. High schools, colleges, and even middle and elementary schools typically have mascots. Most of them have their mascot created as a costume, and use this costume at sports or social events. Examples of School mascots include University of NC Ram, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's Scrappy the Mocking Bird, Temple Owl, Villanova Wildcat, MIT Beaver, Boston University Terrier, and St. Joes Hawk.
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Revised version of the St. Joes Hawk
International mascots - Olympics and World Expositions
Sam (Olympic mascot), 1984 US Summer Olympics and Seymore D. Fair, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition are examples of international mascots.
NASA mascot
Camilla Corona SDO is the mission mascot for NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and assists the mission with Education and Public Outreach (EPO).
Military mascots
Main article: Military mascot
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The goat mascot and Goat Major of the Royal Regiment of Wales.
Mascots are also popular in military units. For example, the United States Marine Corps uses the bald eagle as a formal emblem; the bulldog is also popularly associated with the U.S. Marines.
The goat in the Royal Welsh is officially not a mascot but a ranking soldier. Lance Corporal William Windsor retired on 20 May 2009, and a replacement is expected in June.[14] Several regiments of the British Army have a live animal mascot which appear on parades. The Parachute Regiment and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders have a Shetland pony as their mascot, a ram for The Mercian Regiment; an Irish Wolfhound for the Irish Guards and the Royal Irish Regiment; a drum horse for the Queen's Royal Hussars and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; an antelope for the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; and a goat for the Royal Welsh. Other British military mascots include a Staffordshire Bull Terrier and a pair of ferrets.
The Norwegian Royal Guard adopted a king penguin named Nils Olav as its mascot on the occasion of a visit to Edinburgh by its regimental band. The (very large) penguin remains resident at Edinburgh Zoo and has been formally promoted by one rank on the occasion of each subsequent visit to Britain by the band or other detachments of the Guard. Regimental Sergeant Major Olav was awarded the Norwegian Army's Long Service and Good Conduct medal at a ceremony in 2005.
Mascots in music
Some bands, particularly in the heavy metal genre use band mascots to promote their music. The mascots are usually found on album covers or merchandise such as band T-shirts, but can also make appearances in live shows or music videos. A famous example of a band mascot is Eddie the Head of the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Eddie is a zombie-like creature which is personified in different forms on all of the band's albums, most of its singles and some of its promotional merchandise. Eddie is also known to make live appearances, especially during the song "Iron Maiden". Another notable example of a mascot in music is Skeleton Sam of The Grateful Dead. South Korean hip hop band B.A.P uses rabbits named Matoki as their mascot, each bunny a different color representing each member, Yongguk, Himchan, Daehyun, Youngjae, Jongup, and Zelo. Although rabbits have an innocent image, BAP gives off a tough image. Hip hop artist Kanye West used to use a teddy bear named Dropout Bear as his mascot; Dropout Bear has appeared on the cover of West's first three studio albums, and serveed as the main character of West's music video, "Good Morning".
Fursuit
List of mascots (college, computing, commercial, sports, public-service, television and movie, computer and video games, political parties)
Mascot Hall of Fame
National emblem, National personification, National animals
↑ mascot - Definitions from Dictionary.com
↑ Marc's Collection of Mascots: Introduction
↑ Online Etymology Dictionary
↑ http://www.pittstategorillas.com/sports/2012/4/23/GEN_0423125254.aspx?path=general&tab=2
↑ ESPN.com - Dick Vitale - NCAA mascot, nickname ban is confusing
↑ Native American Mascots: Racial Slur or Cherished Tradition?
↑ Time to Rethink Native American Imagery
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↑ Brown, David (27 January 2012). "Photo: 1908 Cubs protect their mascot's back". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
↑ Halewood, Simon (6 July 2011). "Wimboldsley couple celebrate after grandson walks tall with England heroes". Crewe Chronicle. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ "Brazil Mascot Competition". The Scottish Football Association. Glasgow UK: The Scottish Football Association Ltd,. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ McDermott, Nick (14 July 2011). "Ex-England mascot stabbed to death on last day of Greek holiday with friends was attacked in row over laser pens shone at motorists". The Daily Mail (London UK). Retrieved 14 July 2011.
↑ BBC Sport - Six Nations: Scrum V meets England's biggest fan - their mascot. Bbc.co.uk (2013-02-24). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
↑ "Retiring army goat's new zoo home". BBC News. 20 May 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
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AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
"""
# pylint: disable=invalid-name,too-many-public-methods,missing-docstring
from cahoots.parsers.location import StreetSuffixEntity
from cahoots.parsers.location.address import AddressParser
from cahoots.parsers.name import NameParser
from cahoots.result import ParseResult
from tests.config import TestConfig
from tests.parsers.location import SQLite3Mock
from SereneRegistry import registry
import unittest
import mock
import sqlite3

class AddressParserTests(unittest.TestCase):

    ap = None

    def setUp(self):
        NameParser.bootstrap(TestConfig())
        AddressParser.bootstrap(TestConfig())
        self.ap = AddressParser(TestConfig())

    def tearDown(self):
        SQLite3Mock.reset()
        registry.flush()
        self.ap = None

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_get_street_suffix(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [('street',)]

        working_data = ['look', 'a', 'street']

        result = self.ap.get_street_suffix(working_data)

        self.assertIsInstance(result, StreetSuffixEntity)
        self.assertEqual(result.suffix_name, 'street')

        sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('look', 'a', 'street')),
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_get_street_suffix_handles_errors_properly(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [sqlite3.Error("Error")]

        working_data = ['look', 'a', 'street']

        result = self.ap.get_street_suffix(working_data)

        self.assertIsNone(result)

        sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('look', 'a', 'street')),
            ]
        )

    def test_separate_suspected_name(self):
        working_data = [
            'Barack',
            'and',
            'Michelle',
            'Obama',
            '1600'
        ]

        result = self.ap.separate_suspected_name(working_data)

        self.assertEqual((['1600'], 'Barack Michelle Obama'), result)

    def test_is_address_name(self):
        result = self.ap.is_address_name('Barack Michelle Obama')
        self.assertTrue(result)

        result = self.ap.is_address_name('not a name')
        self.assertFalse(result)

    def test_is_invalid_int(self):
        result = self.ap.is_invalid_int('123')
        self.assertTrue(result)
        result = self.ap.is_invalid_int('abc')
        self.assertFalse(result)
        result = self.ap.is_invalid_int('123456')
        self.assertFalse(result)

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_find_address_tokens(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [
            (0,),
            (20,),
            (0,)
        ]

        working_data = ['str1', 'str2']

        result = self.ap.find_address_tokens(
            working_data,
            {
                'street_suffix': None,
                'addressed_to': None,
                'address_tokens': []
            }
        )

        self.assertEqual(
            result,
            (
                1,
                {
                    'street_suffix': None,
                    'addressed_to': None,
                    'address_tokens': [
                        {
                            'token': 'str2',
                            'matches': 20
                        }
                    ]
                }
            )
        )

        sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM city WHERE country = ? OR ' +\
              'postal_code = ? OR city = ? OR state1 = ? OR state2 = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('str1', 'str1', 'str1', 'str1', 'str1')),
                (sql, ('str2', 'str2', 'str2', 'str2', 'str2')),
                (sql, (
                    'str1 str2',
                    'str1 str2',
                    'str1 str2',
                    'str1 str2',
                    'str1 str2'
                )),
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_find_address_tokens_handles_errors_properly(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [
            sqlite3.Error('Error'),
        ]

        working_data = ['str1']

        result = self.ap.find_address_tokens(working_data, [])

        self.assertEqual(result, (0, []))

        sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM city WHERE country = ? OR ' +\
              'postal_code = ? OR city = ? OR state1 = ? OR state2 = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('str1', 'str1', 'str1', 'str1', 'str1'))
            ]
        )

    def test_parse_with_data_too_long(self):
        result = self.ap.parse(
            'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing' +
            ' elit. Curabitur dignissim feugiat quam, ut tempus nisi'
        )

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

    def test_parse_with_no_digits_in_data(self):
        result = self.ap.parse(
            'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing' +
            'elit. Curabitur dignissim feugiat quam, ut'
        )

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

    def test_parse_with_too_few_words(self):
        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem 123, dolor')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

    def test_parse_with_no_word_starting_with_digit(self):
        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem a123, dolor sit')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_parse_with_no_street_suffix(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [None]

        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem 123, dolor sit')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

        sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE suffix_name = ? or ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('Lorem', '123', 'dolor', 'sit')),
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_parse_with_impossible_suffix_return(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [('street',)]

        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem 123, dolor sit')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

        sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE suffix_name = ? or ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('Lorem', '123', 'dolor', 'sit')),
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_parse_with_invalid_name_prefix(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [('street',)]

        result = self.ap.parse('lorem ipsum 123, dolor street')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

        sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE suffix_name = ? or ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or ' +\
              'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (sql, ('lorem', 'ipsum', '123', 'dolor', 'street')),
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_parse_with_no_address_tokens_found(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [
            (0,),
            (0,),
            ('street',)
        ]

        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem Ipsum 123, dolor street')

        count = 0
        for _ in result:
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(0, count)

        ss_sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE suffix_name = ? or ' +\
                 'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or ' +\
                 'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        city_sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM city WHERE country = ? OR ' +\
                   'postal_code = ? OR city = ? OR state1 = ? OR state2 = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (ss_sql, ('Lorem', 'Ipsum', '123', 'dolor', 'street')),
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (city_sql, ('dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor')),
                (city_sql, (
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor'
                ))
            ]
        )

    @mock.patch('sqlite3.connect', SQLite3Mock.connect)
    def test_parse_yields_expected_result(self):
        SQLite3Mock.fetchall_returns = [
            (0,),
            (1,),
            ('street',)
        ]

        result = self.ap.parse('Lorem Ipsum 123, dolor street')

        count = 0
        for res in result:
            self.assertIsInstance(res, ParseResult)
            self.assertEqual(res.subtype, 'With Addressee')
            self.assertEqual(res.confidence, 40)
            self.assertEqual(
                res.result_value,
                {
                    'street_suffix': 'street',
                    'addressed_to': 'Lorem Ipsum',
                    'address_tokens': [
                        {
                            'token': 'dolor',
                            'matches': 1
                        }
                    ]
                }
            )
            count += 1

        self.assertEqual(1, count)

        ss_sql = 'SELECT * FROM street_suffix WHERE suffix_name = ? or ' +\
                 'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ? or ' +\
                 'suffix_name = ? or suffix_name = ?'

        city_sql = 'SELECT count(*) FROM city WHERE country = ? OR ' +\
                   'postal_code = ? OR city = ? OR state1 = ? OR state2 = ?'

        self.assertEqual(
            SQLite3Mock.execute_calls,
            [
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (ss_sql, ('Lorem', 'Ipsum', '123', 'dolor', 'street')),
                ('PRAGMA temp_store = 2', None),
                (city_sql, ('dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor', 'dolor')),
                (city_sql, (
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor',
                    '123 dolor'
                ))
            ]
        )

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Editorial: Obama's V.P. selection inspires confidence
Aug 26, 2008 at 12:01 AM Aug 26, 2008 at 10:47 PM
A couple of different theories have been expressed regarding soon-to-be Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's choice of Joe Biden to join him on the ballot, their owners largely determined by their respective political persuasions.
Some have argued that the selection of the 65-year-old, longtime U.S. senator from Delaware amounts to an attempted correction of the defects on Obama's resume, compensating for his youth and lack of experience, especially in foreign policy. As such it's a sign of the top of the ticket's weakness, like the selection of Dick Cheney eight years ago to accompany George W. Bush.
Others have argued that Obama's preference for Biden is indicative of a certain strength and confidence on Obama's part. Only those lacking in such surround themselves with "yes" men, and Biden is anything but. He will speak truth to power.
In any event, none of that really matters so much as this: In the event that the president is incapacitated, can the vice president step in during that crisis and not only lead the nation but help guide the free world?
In Biden's case - given his long experience, substantial intellect, esteem with which he's held here and abroad regarding his knowledge of national security issues, his generally scrappy nature - the answer is yes. Joe Biden is no Dan Quayle.
There has been some criticism of the pick already, with Republicans noting immediately in campaign commercials for GOP standard-bearer John McCain that Biden was critical of Obama, his policies and his readiness - and complimentary of McCain - on the primary stump this past spring.
Our response to that would be: So what? Why the vice president must march in lockstep with the commander in chief on every conceivable issue is beyond us. Again, any leader worth the title should invite challenge around his center table. We trust, and hope, that McCain won't choose a "Mr. Milquetoast," either, when he gets around to naming his running mate in the next week or so.
Oh, Biden is not perfect. He'd be well-advised to put the brakes on his mouth on occasion. Apparently it's news to some that we elect human beings to public office. Still, his strengths outnumber his weaknesses. His success is self-made, not inherited. That should help the ticket with working-class Democrats.
It hasn't been easy for him, as he's had to overcome many challenges: ridicule as a child because of a persistent stutter; personal tragedy in the loss of a wife and a child in an auto accident shortly after being elected to the Senate; single parenthood after that; a near-fatal brain aneurysm. Such experiences forge character.
Meanwhile, Biden is a native of Pennsylvania, a swing state in this election. He has learned the legislative process as few others have. A roadblock Congress has damaged many an administration, no matter how well-intentioned. Biden's long and generally respected tenure there should help. Those who know him have stressed his fundamental decency.
Obama made note of that in introducing Biden in front of Springfield's Old State Capitol on Saturday. Anybody who saw the two of them there - and let us say Obama certainly has a flair for timing, freezing the throng that traveled to Springfield for his unveiling in February, sweating the faithful out in August - should appreciate that this is a formidable ticket.
That said, while Americans may very well vote for a team when they choose the residents of the White House, it's that first name, the candidate for president, who matters most. This is still Obama's race to win or lose.
Nonetheless, as a reflection of Obama's judgment, his pick of Biden is reassuring. On with the convention.


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The Steven Davis Role
The first encounter between Liverpool and Southampton in the 2013-14 English Premier League season happened at Anfield in September, and Southampton won 1-0 with a Dejan Lovren goal from a set piece. So when the two sides met again at St. Mary's in the latter half of the season, with Liverpool chasing the title, it was known that it would be a tough game for Liverpool.
Southampton dominated the first half, playing a front four of Steven Davis, Adam Lallana, Jay Rodrigues and Rickie Lambert. However, it was Liverpool who scored in that half, and led 1-0 at the break. Here is a picture I found on twitter that was uploaded at half time:
Southampton manager Mauricio Pochettino decided to change things for the second half. He took off his most unspectacular forward player Steven Davis and replaced him with Gaston Ramirez, the promising Uruguayan. Soon, Southampton unravelled and Liverpool completely dominated the second half as they won 3-0.
Now, there is no doubt that Ramirez is more talented than Davis and is definitely a better player in general. However, in the context of the rest of Southampton's team, Ramirez's introduction proved to be a disaster and there was little cohesion in their attacking play from the time he came on. Southampton became a disjointed team and went out of the game.
This has led me to define what I have come to call the "Steven Davis role". It is basically a player who is not individually the best, but provides some kind of a glue that holds the team together. The player's key skill, rather than looking at it from traditional axes such as passing or shooting or tackling or intercepting, is to change position, and to make sure that the team holds its shape at all times. It is to make sure that any players who are out of position are covered for, and that the attack retains its shape and focus.
Now, it must be remembered that last season Southampton's attacking play was primarily based on strong movement and interplay between their front four. They had nominal positions defined, but they hardly stuck to those as they moved around in attack. Thus, Lambert who would start upfront would sometimes appear on the wing, with the nominal "number ten" Lallana going forward, for example.
And key to this system was Davis, who wasn't particularly talented, but who would move in a way that would balance the attack. If the other three would move left to attack, he would take up a position slightly to the right – not too far away from the attack but providing a kind of counterbalance. He never led attacks himself, but he was always available to support the others' attacks. And this is what made Southampton dangerous.
Once Davis had gone off, Southampton had no one to play this role. The kind of interplay they had in the first half disappeared. And their attacks became toothless and each attack had only one dimension which was easy to cover even for Liverpool's normally shaky defence, as they kept a clean sheet.
It was a similar case I saw last night at the Camp Nou, with Barcelona's Pedro Rodriguez playing in a "Steven Davis" role. Messi started in the middle and Neymar wide on the left. Pedro nominally started on the right. But soon it became clear that he was a kind of a "wide support striker" – his job was to appear in positions that complemented the rest of the attack rather than being in positions where he led the attack (though he did lead one glorious counterattack where he hit the post). It was like a kind of balance that he offered the team, and ensured their attacks had coherence (of course this being Barcelona they had Iniesta and Rakitic just behind to offer more "focal points").
Last night was the last game of Luis Suarez's ban, and it will be interesting what Barcelona do with him when he gets back this weekend. The instinct will be to remove Pedro in his favour, but it is not clear if an attack of Messi-Neymar-Suarez will be able to offer the same kind of coherence as an attack of Messi-Neymar-Pedro. That said, Suarez is an extremely intelligent player and showed in his Liverpool days that he is capable of being a "fighter", so he might as well be played. But that will mean that Neymar will have to occasionally play the Davis/Pedro role, and it is not clear if he is capable of doing that.
We are in for interesting times.
The post has so far focussed on football but it is evident that his kind of a role is necessary in other team situations, including corporate teamwork, also. Sometimes you need that one guy who need not be individually spectacular, but is versatile and mobile enough that he can do several things, fill in for different people and make sure that any team he is part of will be "complete". And in the absence of one such guy, the team can lose coherence and fail in its task.
Author SKPosted on October 22, 2014 Categories business, football, sportTags barcelona, liverpool, pedro, southampton, steven davis, suarezLeave a comment on The Steven Davis Role


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Net Loss of Schneider Electric Infrastructure reported to Rs 6.30 crore in the quarter ended December 2018 as against net loss of Rs 7.30 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2017. Sales declined 7.04% to Rs 437.35 crore in the quarter ended December 2018 as against Rs 470.46 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2017.
Schneider Electric Infrastructure will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 13 February 2019.
Net Loss of Schneider Electric Infrastructure reported to Rs 27.19 crore in the quarter ended September 2018 as against net loss of Rs 10.92 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2017. Sales rose 18.32% to Rs 319.15 crore in the quarter ended September 2018 as against Rs 269.73 crore during the previous quarter ended September 2017.
Schneider Electric Infrastructure will hold a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company on 31 October 2018.


Evan Blass, the famous Android phone leakster tweeted an image of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy J7 (2017). The design of the phone looks refreshed with new design cues. If you don't know who Evan Blass is, you should know that he is one of the most reliable and trusted sources. He is also known as evleaks, also his Twitter handles @evleaks.
The design of the Galaxy J7 (2017) looks similar to the Galaxy J3 Emerge that was released earlier this year in the USA. The front of the phone looks very much unchanged, however, the main refresh is on the back.
The back of the phone now houses a brushed strip on which the camera and the flash sit on. Gone is the speaker on the back from the previous Galaxy J series. The speaker may have been shifted to the bottom of the phone like the Galaxy S-series and Galaxy A-series.
According to various leaks, the phone will run on Samsung's own Exynos 7870 chip* which will be clocked at 1.5 GHz, along with 2 Gigabytes of RAM. The front of the phone will house a 5.5-inch display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 which is pretty low in 2017.
The front camera is speculated to be using a 2MP sensor whereas the back is expected to be using an 8MP sensor. Unlike the S-series that is expected to ditch the home button, the J-series will still house the front home button and set of a capacitive button at least the next year. It makes sense, the company wants its flagship to stand out.
*leaks suggest that a different model will be running on Snapdragon's 625 chip.


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