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	Invoke-OctopusOperation.Tests

.SYNOPSIS
	Pester tests for Invoke-OctopusOperation.
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Set-StrictMode -Version Latest

$here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
$sut = (Split-Path -Leaf $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path) -replace '\.Tests\.', '.'
. "$here\$sut"
. "$here\Test-OctopusConnectivity.ps1"
. "$here\Convert-ToOctopusJson.ps1"
. "$here\Get-Cache.ps1"

Describe "Invoke-OctopusOperation" {
    Mock Invoke-WebRequest {}
    $Env:OctopusUri = "http://example.local"
    $Env:OctopusApiKey = "secret"
    Mock Get-Cache { @{} }

    It "Should call Test-OctopusConnectivity" {
        Mock Test-OctopusConnectivity {} -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Get -ObjectType UserDefined

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
    }

    It "Should construct the uri based on the object type" {
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/LibraryVariableSets" } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/ActionTemplates" } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/custom" } -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action New -ObjectType LibraryVariableSets
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action New -ObjectType ActionTemplates
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action New -ObjectType UserDefined -ApiUri "custom"

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
    }

    It "Should include the id in get or update requests" {
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/LibraryVariableSets/1" } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/ActionTemplates/2" } -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Get -ObjectType LibraryVariableSets -ObjectId "1"
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Update -ObjectType ActionTemplates -ObjectId "2"

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
    }

    It "Should use the appropriate http method based on the type of request" {
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/LibraryVariableSets/1" -and $Method -eq "GET" } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/ActionTemplates/2" -and $Method -eq "PUT" } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/custom" -and $Method -eq "POST" } -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Get -ObjectType LibraryVariableSets -ObjectId "1"
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Update -ObjectType ActionTemplates -ObjectId "2"
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action New -ObjectType UserDefined -ApiUri "custom"

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
    }

    It "Should add the object to the body of the request as JSON" {
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Body -eq "1" } -Verifiable
        Mock Convert-ToOctopusJson { "1" } -ParameterFilter { $InputObject -eq 1 } -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action New -ObjectType UserDefined -ApiUri "custom" -Object 1

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
    }

    It "Should use the cache if 'UseCache' is specified" {
        $cache = @{}
        Mock Get-Cache { $cache } -Verifiable
        Mock Invoke-WebRequest {} -ParameterFilter { $Uri -eq "http://example.local/api/LibraryVariableSets/1" } -Verifiable

        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Get -ObjectType LibraryVariableSets -ObjectId "1" -UseCache
        Invoke-OctopusOperation -Action Get -ObjectType LibraryVariableSets -ObjectId "1" -UseCache

        Assert-VerifiableMocks
        $cache.Count | Should Be 1
        Assert-MockCalled Invoke-WebRequest -Exactly 1 -Scope It
    }
}


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- Full hole results include: 141m at 2.30 g/t gold from 177m downhole including 12m @ 9.05g/t gold from 209m, 7m @ 9.47g/t gold from 257m, 3m at 13.51g/t gold from 268m, 4m at 2.76g/t gold from 297m, and 3m at 5.83g/t gold from 306m; and 50m at 2.71g/t gold from 321m.
Troy Resources NL ("Troy") (TSX:TRY)(ASX:TRY) is pleased to advise it has received the balance of the assay results for its first deep diamond drill hole (Hole, TDD034) at the Two Mile Hill Prospect located 2.7 kilometres northeast of the Sandstone Mill.
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- 44m grading 0.92g/t gold from 374m including 2m at 2.27g/t gold from 374m, 1m at 4.98g/t gold from 382m, 1m at 4.29g/t gold from 398m and 4m at 3.21g/t gold from 414m.
- 26.7m at 0.74g/t gold from 424m including 1m at 10.6g/t gold from 444m.
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The hole targeted an open stockwork of flat lying quartz veins hosted in a tonalite intrusive and was drilled to 450.7 metres depth. The hole remained within the tonalite over its entire length.
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A second hole, TRCD727 located 80 metres south and 100 metres east of the first hole was drilled to test the projected intersection of a Banded Iron Formation ("BIF") near the intrusive contact on the eastern margin of the tonalite, and the tonalite itself. The hole passed through highly silica, carbonate and pyrite altered basalt to a downhole depth of 258 metres before intersecting contorted, siliceous, pyrite and magnetite bearing BIF to a depth of 306 metres where the tonalite stock was intersected. The hole was terminated at 402.6 metres within the tonalite and 11 occurrences of visible gold were noted within quartz veins in the tonalite. The core has been cut, sampled and submitted for assay, with results expected in the near future.
Troy's CEO Paul Benson commented, "Obviously its pleasing to see the continuation of mineralisation in the remainder of the first deep diamond drill hole at the Two Mile prospect. We hope to have assays from the second diamond drill hole, which intersected the Banded Iron Formation near the igneous contact, within the next couple of weeks. Once we have that data we can determine what additional work should be completed to understand the full potential of this zone."
A copy of this announcement with Drill Hole Cross Section and Location Plan can be found on the Company's website at: www.try.com.au.


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Press Briefing by Jake Siewert (11/22/00)
For Immediate Release               November 22, 2000
PRESS BRIEFING BY
JAKE SIEWERT
The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room
11:25 A.M. EST
MR. SIEWERT:  Quick announcements, and then we'll go -- we'll try
to make this quick, so everyone can go home and enjoy the holiday.
The President will be sending a delegation to the inauguration of
Vincente Fox in Mexico, headed by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and
including Senior White House Representative Maria Echaveste, the Deputy
Chief of Staff.  He will not, himself, be attending that, although be
sending the highest level delegation possible.
And the President this morning signed the District of Columbia
appropriations bill for fiscal year 2001.  He was pleased that we were able
to work out a good-faith compromise on this, under the leadership of
Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton.  That bill will provide roughly $446
million in federal funds that are central for District courts, correction
facilities and the rest.  It also provides $17 million to fully fund the
D.C. College Access Act.  That's something the President has championed
that provides tuition assistance for District residents, a bill that the
President signed into law last year.  It also fully funds the New York
Avenue Metro Station, and provides a strong start for brownfields work in
Anacostia, and economic development there.
The entire bill builds on the economic development program that
the President has championed in the District, which includes the tax
legislation he signed in 1997 that provides tax relief for D.C. residents
and businesses, and some projects that were also provided for last year to
revitalize the Nation's Capital.
There were some riders in the bill that we didn't like, as there
have been other years.  But in general, this was a bill that needed to be
signed and does a lot of good for the District.
And that is all I have.  He is signing about 2 dozen other bills.
If you need details on those, check with Nanda or Sarah.  Most of them are
relatively small measures, although there is one that he is having a
ceremony on now, called the Health Care Fairness Act, a small private
ceremony.
Q    Jake, what does the President think of Secretary Baker's
statements last night that no one should be surprised if the Florida
legislature involves itself in this election and seeks to turn back the
decision that the Supreme Court of Florida made?
MR. SIEWERT:  I have been reluctant from this podium to say much
on the comments of both sides about the proceedings in Florida.  I think
we'll try to stay out of it again today.  I'll do my best.  The President
-- this is a matter that's before the courts in Florida, and the President
expects both sides to make their case as forcefully as possible and
litigate that matter in the courts.  I don't know that he has any view on
whether the legislature should or should not get involved.  I'll check.
Q    Do you know if he sees that as circumventing the
constitutional process, which is what sources inside the Gore campaign are
saying?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't know.  I haven't discussed it with him.
Q    Any comments on the illness of Dick Cheney?
MR. SIEWERT:  I talked to the President about that this morning.
He saw that news and wishes Mr. Cheney well and a speedy recovery.
Q    Jake, you said you expect the President will expect the two
sides to fight this out as aggressively as they can.  But how about some of
the rhetoric that's now there, statements today from members of the
Congress who are Republican saying this election is being stolen?  I mean,
not alleging that, stating that as their point of view.  As far as the
President is concerned, how damaging does he think statements like that
from members of Congress are to the entire public's confidence in the way
elections are run in this country?
MR. SIEWERT:  Well, there's a lot at stake here and I expect that
you'll hear a lot of rhetoric.  We already have heard a lot of rhetoric.
But I think what's important is that we get past the rhetoric and let the
American people have the confidence that this will be worked out in a way
that follows the rule of law and that we get the fullest and most accurate
count possible, as the President said before.
Q    Does the President feel that the Republicans are not
following his earlier advice, to take two aspirin and --
MR. SIEWERT:  That was not advice for Republicans, it was advice
for the American public at large to relax and let the process play itself
out.  It is playing itself out.  It's understandable I think that there
would be quite an emotional period for a lot of different people, that
there be some heated rhetoric.  But what's important is that everyone let
this process play out in a way that's fair and equitable.
There are plenty of lawyers, plenty of advocates on each side to
make the case, and we expect that they'll continue to do so forcefully.
But I think the President said that the American people expect this to be
worked out in a way that reflects the will of the people of Florida, and
let's let the courts and those who are responsible in the state figure out
exactly how that should proceed, and not get involved ourselves.
Q    Gore said last night that both sides ought to start getting
going on their transition.  Does that change anything about the White House
policy that nothing would be done until there's an apparent winner?
MR. SIEWERT:  Well, I think that we -- as I said yesterday, we're
prepared to help the winner of this election move as quickly as possible to
establish a transition team, and we'll provide them with whatever
assistance we can, as soon as possible.
I don't think our plans have changed, other than, understandably,
we've lost a couple weeks of planning.  I don't think that's an enormous
problem, as I said yesterday.  But I think we'll probably take the
opportunity next week to remind the Cabinet of the importance of having
everything available, reminding the White House agencies the importance of
having everything available for the winner when the election is resolved.
And I think the President actually has a Cabinet meeting which will focus
on a host of other topics, as well, but that will probably come up on
Monday when the President meets with his Cabinet.
Q    Jake, realistically, by law, until one of these candidates
is declared President-elect, just how far down the road to transition can
they go?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't think there's much we can do -- there's
some, but there's not a lot we can do in terms of providing assistance
directly to a transition team, because there isn't one yet that we can work
with.  But we can get everything ready so that we have -- typically, I
think what happens -- I worked on the '92 transition -- typically, what
happens is that you prepare materials after consulting with the transition
team of the President-elect.
I think in this case we can begin preparing some of that
material, getting that material ready.  Maybe it will need to be
reformatted or rejiggered a little bit when you've consulted with the
winner, but there's no reason why some of that work can't be started now
and some of that work can't be ready when there is a designate.  But it
shouldn't be an enormous problem.  Some of that work can get done now.  We
know the rough -- roughly, what the Cabinets expect, and as I said
yesterday, we'll be ready to move quickly when there is a clear winner.
Q    Jake, based on your experience on the '92 transition, which
some have observed did not go as smoothly as it might have, and yet you had
all the available time, why don't you believe that whoever wins would be
hamstrung by losing three, maybe four weeks, of that vital transition time?
MR. SIEWERT:  Well, I probably don't have enough time to rehash
the entire experience of the '92-'93 transition, but I'll be happy to spend
time with you if you'd like later on that one.  I don't know that -- I
think some of the -- I'm not sure the length of time was the problem that
we experienced in '92.  It's a little more difficult than some expect to
put together some of these teams, but there's no reason why it can't be
done in relatively short order.  And there's no reason why we can't do what
we need to do to help the new President and his team get ready quickly.  We
can begin that work now; we have begun some of the work and there's no
reason why we can't accelerate that, given that we're looking at a so much
shorter time frame for that team to work in.
Q    Jake, the President is on his way to the food bank to
volunteer this afternoon, on the day before Thanksgiving.  I wonder if you
could tell us what he's learned over the years doing these kinds of
volunteer activities, and also what, if any, volunteer activity he has
planned for after he leaves office?
MR. SIEWERT:  I haven't talked to him about what he's planning on
doing after he leaves, although I expect in between supporting his family
he'll find time to do a lot of work that probably is not reimbursed.  And
he's already indicated an interest in helping people around the world who
are disadvantaged build better lives, better opportunities for themselves.
He thinks that service is critically important.  He'll be joined
today by Harris Wofford, who heads the Corporation for National Service.
This is something he's worked on with members of both parties, with General
Powell and the Service Summit, to encourage community activism, to
encourage volunteerism, and it's something that obviously we'll be
highlighting a little bit today and I expect he'll continue to do so after
he leaves office.
Q    Anything he's learned from these experiences?
MR. SIEWERT:  That it's richly rewarding to help others.
Q    When does he go to Camp David?
MR. SIEWERT:  Sometime this afternoon.  I don't have a precise
time yet.
Q    Jake, has the President spoken with the Vice President since
the court ruling was announced?
MR. SIEWERT:  I checked this morning.  Not that I'm aware of.
I'll double-check that, but I don't think he's spoken to him since he
returned from Vietnam.
Q    While this election drama, circus, you call it -- has the
President received any call or has spoken with any world leaders privately
or -- what they feel, how they feel?
MR. SIEWERT:  No, I don't -- nothing specifically on this topic
at any length.  It did come up around the APEC meeting a little bit, but
not in any serious way.  I think foreign leaders understand that this is a
-- that we have a constitutional process and a legal process to work this
out, and most of them seem relatively unperturbed by that.
Q    Jake, how is it that President Clinton has talked to the
Vice President since he's been back from Vietnam?  We know that during the
campaign, before the election, that he was talking to Daley, the President
was talking Daley.  But wouldn't you think now that he and the Vice
President would --
MR. SIEWERT:  He has talked to him a couple times since the
election, but I think the Vice President has been -- obviously been working
pretty hard on this effort, probably working --
Q    Well, even as moral support.  I mean, he was --
MR. SIEWERT:  Yes, he's had a couple conversations like that.  I
think I've detailed them from the podium here.
Q    Yes, but lately, in the midst of all --
MR. SIEWERT:  I'll check.  I don't know.  Obviously, he was out
of the country for a great deal of time, and then he got back and we put
him to work again.  He's been working pretty hard today.  But I'll check
and see.  I'm sure he'll talk to him sometime in the near future.
Q    On a separate note, completely different note, are we coming
out with final rules any time soon on these -- that would ban companies
that violate labor and tax laws from getting government contracts?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't know that specific issue.  I can check on
it.  Companies that violate --
Q    Yes, these proposals came out I think in June, and we got --
there's a report that these rules --
MR. SIEWERT:  Oh, the final rules coming.  I'll check.  I don't
know the timing of the final rule on that.  But I can check with -- you may
want to check with OMB.
Q    Jake, does the White House have any concern that the
atmosphere that's around the election becoming more poisonous could
undermine efforts to reach agreements with Congress when it comes back in
this lame duck session on a lot of the pending business you're going to try
to get done?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't see why that should have any impact really.
I mean, we've worked with Congress through some pretty contentious times,
and we were able actually to agree on a great deal of important work.  In
the middle of some pretty serious wrangling over whether the President
should be removed from office or not, we were able to strike budget accords
that funded the President's priorities on education, on health care,
welfare to work, on the environment, at a time when many of the members
that were voting to fund the President's initiatives were also trying to
remove him from office.
So I don't see any reason why we can't work together in a lame
duck session to fund education, to take care of some of these other
priorities that the President has mentioned.  It doesn't seem to me that
that's an insurmountable task.  We've certainly been through more difficult
periods.
Q    Does that mean the President would reject any continuing
resolution through the end of his term?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't see any real reason for that.  The
President spoke to the Majority Leader and the Speaker before they left
town.  They said they wanted to come back December 5th and go to work, so I
don't think there's any real reason to push this off until January.
Q    Has the President spoken to any of the leaders in the Middle
East today, or will he before he departs?  And is there any reaction to
today's shooting or car bomb?
MR. SIEWERT:  We strongly condemn the latest violence there.  The
President hasn't spoken to anyone yet; he's actually been in an event since
that happened.  But it's very unclear so far what the facts are and who's
responsible, so I think we'll probably leave it at that for now.
Q    Will he make a comment before he --
MR. SIEWERT:  No, I don't expect so.  But I think, if anything,
this latest incident, the latest violence underscores the importance of all
sides who share an interest in seeing peace and breaking the cycle of
violence, working to implement the arrangements we agreed to at Sharm
el-Sheikh.
Q    Will he speak to them before he departs for Camp David?
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't think we have anything planned.
Q    Has a date been set for the departure of the fact-finding
commission?
MR. SIEWERT:  I think Secretary Albright is meeting with Mr.
Mitchell, former Senator, Ambassador Mitchell, sometime today.  But I don't
think that we have anything to announce.
Q    Is the Vice President going to be with the President at the
food bank this afternoon?
MR. SIEWERT:  No, the President will be there by himself.
Q    Does he have any comments about the Prime Minister of India
announced cease-fire in Kashmir, and also he has invited all the parties,
delegation now -- if President has spoken with him recently, in the last
week or so?
MR. SIEWERT:  With the Prime Minister?
Q    Yes.
MR. SIEWERT:  No, I don't think he has.  But we welcome the Prime
Minister's announcement.  We have been saying for some time now, the
President said that for the Kashmir dispute to be resolved that it's
important that there be restraint by both sides and respect for the line of
control, and that both sides reject violence and work towards a renewal of
dialogue.
The Prime Minister's statement was fully consistent with those
principles and we hope it represents an opening toward a process of
dialogue that's needed to bring about a lasting settlement in Kashmir.
Q    Any word from Pakistan, if the President is in touch, or
anybody from the administration --
MR. SIEWERT:  I don't think we've -- I think that, yes,
Ambassador Inderfurth has been in touch with the Pakistani government.  And
we certainly -- we saw the statement that was issued by the Pakistanis and
we know it does not reject the Indian announcement.  It says that it will
closely watch the developments in the region.  And we certainly urge the
government of Pakistan to respond to the Prime Minister's announcement in a
positive fashion.
Q    Jake, has the President been kept abreast of the situation
in Peru?
MR. SIEWERT:  Yes, he has.  We noted yesterday and I'll note
today that there is a constitutional process underway there. We don't back
a particular party or person, but we are working with the Organization of
American States to ensure that there is a democratic transition in Peru.
Q    Jake, who is joining the President at Camp David tomorrow,
and what's on the menu?
MR. SIEWERT:  Turkey.
Q    We know it's not Jerry.  (Laughter.)
MR. SIEWERT:  Not Jerry.  Jerry's safe.  I think he will be
joined by Mrs. Clinton and Chelsea and some other members of his family,
and some friends, as well.  We'll try to get you a full list and menu later
today -- excellent -- according to Nanda.
Q    Is there any word from Chuck Ruff's family as to plans for a
service or a memorial or anything?
MR. SIEWERT:  I think that they will hold a private service this
weekend, and then they will hold some sort of a memorial service early next
month.  I expect that we should have a date for that pretty soon.  And
that's where you would probably see the President attend.
Q    Do you have a week ahead for next week, Jake?
MR. SIEWERT:  No, other than -- since it's a little early to put
together next week, other than the Cabinet meeting on Monday, I don't have
anything else yet for you.
Q    Do you have a time for that, Jake?
MR. SIEWERT:  It will be late afternoon.  We're working on the
Q    Is Clinton coming back Monday or Sunday?
MR. SIEWERT:  Hasn't decided yet.  Either Sunday night or Monday
All right.  Happy Thanksgiving.
END      11:46 A.M. EST

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Curated Life Review
PATRICK MCCARTHY is a performer, director and playwright who has worked on stage, regionally, nationally, internationally, on TV and film. From the Wisconsin Shakespeare Festival, to Chicago's Free Shakespeare Co, to Instant Shakespeare, and Actor's Shakespeare Company, he has trod the Bardic boards. At the Little Theatre on the Square in Sullivan, Illinois, he received his AEA card, and has acted, directed and been commissioned as a playwright as well. Most fitfully, since he has played old men since he was first on stage at 17, he has appeared as Scrooge in A Christmas Carol, countless times, in the U.S. and Europe. Besides his "seat of the pants" training in community theatre, he studied at the Valley Studio in Spring Green, WIS with Reid Gilbert, Tom Leabhart, William Burdick, Carlo Mazzone Clementi, Mamako Yoneyama, Hovey Burgess, Judy Burgess, Barbara Leigh & Rosalie Jones; in Chicago with James O'Reilly, Victor D'Altorio and Vince Lonergan, as well as Eloise Watts' Shakespeare Workout at Michael Howard Studios in NYC. Shakespearean roles include Parolles in All's Well That Ends Well; Cornwall in King Lear; Antonios in Much Ado [3x] and Twelfth Night; Friar Laurence in Romeo & Juliet [2x]; Quince in Midsummer Night's Dream; Polonius in Hamlet; Aragon, the Duke, Old Gobbo in The Merchant of Venice; Francisco in The Tempest; and Canterbury / FrenchKing / Bardolph / Erpingham in Henry V. Other featured roles include Leslie in Seascape; Jack in The Weir; Meadle in Quartermaine's Terms; Dad in The Sum of Us; Cladwell in URINETOWN; Ruth in PIRATES of PENZANCE; Pickering in MY FAIR LADY [2x] ; Whitney in ANYTHING GOES [2x]; Doctor Colonel in GRAND HOTEL; Crisparkle in DROOD; Cocky in ROAR of the GREASEPAINT; and Male Authority Figure in HAIRSPRAY. He has written over a dozen plays and musicals as ptmc, taught high school English and theatre, was cast as Artistic Director of Waukesha [WIS] Civic Theatre and Chicago's HealthWorks Theater. He also serves as participating co-founder & consultant to Killington [Vermont] Shakespeare Retreat [2000-2020+] and as an award winning playwright, he recently secured a Vermont Studio Center writing fellowship. He is an active member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA, & Dramatists Guild. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of DO40, Dancers Over 40, and as Literary Manager, ALL OUT ARTS, Curator, Developmental Reading Series.
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DID YOU KNOW: College graduates live on average five years longer than people who haven't finished high school, and two years longer than those who didn't finish college.


Borderland Feed Yard is located in Clint, Texas and is categorized under Agriculture, Forestry, And Fishing, Agricultural Production - Livestock And Animal Specialties, and Beef Cattle, Except Feedlots. This company has an estimated 5 employees and an average revenue of $230,000.
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Coronation Street legend, Kevin Kennedy, is to star as in the critically acclaimed musical The Commitments when it hits Leeds this December.
The UK tour features many of the cast from the record-breaking show's two year run at London's Palace Theatre, including Brian Gilligan who will reprise his starring role of Deco and Andrew Linnie who will star as Jimmy Rabbitte.
Kevin takes the role of Jimmy Rabbitte's Da in the show that is written by Roddy Doyle, the author of the best-selling novel of the same name.
Andrew Linnie was originally part of the West End production's ensemble, but saved the day when the actor playing Jimmy Rabbitte damaged his knee and both of the understudies were unavailable. Despite not having performed the role before on stage, Andrew stepped up to the plate to take over that the role that evening, and received a standing ovation after just a few hours rehearsals. He then carried on playing the role for the rest of the week getting great reviews for his performances. After performing the role in the West End, Andrew will now play Jimmy Rabbitte on the UK tour.


Wow. This was a pretty deep article. I think I learned a fair bit about our political system. The last paragraph sums it up and I agree with all of it.
Thanks. Bokhari did all the research, I just summarized his findings.
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Q: Split an NSString into an array in Objective-C How can I split the string @"Hello" to either:

*

*a C array of 'H', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'
or:

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*an Objective-C array of @[@"H", @"e", @"l", @"l", @"o"]

A: Try this :
- (void) testCode
{
    NSString *tempDigit = @"12345abcd" ;
    NSMutableArray *tempArray = [NSMutableArray array];
    [tempDigit enumerateSubstringsInRange:[tempDigit rangeOfString:tempDigit]
                                  options:NSStringEnumerationByComposedCharacterSequences
                               usingBlock:^(NSString *substring, NSRange substringRange, NSRange enclosingRange, BOOL *stop) {
            [tempArray addObject:substring] ;
        }] ;

    NSLog(@"tempArray = %@" , tempArray);
}

A: You can use - (unichar)characterAtIndex:(NSUInteger)index to access the string characters at each index.
So,
NSString* stringie = @"astring";
NSUInteger length = [stringie length];
unichar stringieChars[length];
for( unsigned int pos = 0 ; pos < length ; ++pos )
{
    stringieChars[pos] = [stringie characterAtIndex:pos];
}
// replace the 4th element of stringieChars with an 'a' character
stringieChars[3] = 'a';
// print the modified array you produced from the NSString*
NSLog(@"%@",[NSString stringWithCharacters:stringieChars length:length]);

A: If you're satisfied with a C array of chars, try:
const char *array = [@"Hello" UTF8String];

If you need an NSArray, try:
NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array];
NSString *str = @"Hello";
for (int i = 0; i < [str length]; i++) {
    NSString *ch = [str substringWithRange:NSMakeRange(i, 1)];
    [array addObject:ch];
}

And array will contain each character as an element of it.

A: A user529758 mentions, split your string - the C way - like:
const char *array = [@"Hello" UTF8String];

But then loop it using:
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(array); i++) {
  doSomethingWithCharacter(array[i]);
}

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drink lifestyle product photographyHotdogs cokes cheese mince meat and chillis all placed on and around farmhouse kitchen table. Advertising food & drink photography and lifestyle photography with drink products in kitchen setting. Coke cola drink product use for web marketing and online. Drink photography created in london studios.
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Arschgesicht Knorkator 03:08
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Ich Hasse Musik
Ich bin der Boss
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Known for their explicit lyrics and wild live performances, Knorkator is a Berlin-based German band that combines industrial heavy metal music with satirical humor. Self-dubbed as the "most German band in the world," their name is inspired by the old-fashioned Berliner slang "knorke," which means "great" or "fabulous." Even though they began playing together in 1994, Knorkator did not perform outside of Berlin/Brandenburg until 1998. With just two albums under their belt—The Schlechtst of Knorkator (1998) and Hasenchartbreaker (1999)—the group rose to both national and European fame with their song "Ick wer zun Schwein" (German for "I'm Turning Into a Pig"), which placed fourth on the German pre-selection for the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest. Later that year, their third full-length Tribute to Uns Selbst reached Number 27 on the German charts. Subsequently, Knorkator continued to indulge fans with their campy brand of metal music on albums like High Mud Leader (2002), Ich Hasse Musik (2003), and Das Nächste Album Aller Zeiten (2007), before announcing their dissolution in 2008. In 2011, the group returned with a renewed lineup consisting of vocalist Stumpen, guitarist Buzz Dee, keyboardist Alf Ator, bassist Rajko Gohlke, and drummer Nick Aragua, as well as a new LP titled Es Werde Nicht. Following the warm reception of the LPs We Want Mohr (2014), Ich Bin der Boss (2016), and Widerstand Ist Zwecklos (2019), a reissue of Knorkator's studio debut The Schlechtst of Knorkator entered the German charts for the first time in 2022, placing at Number 80.


A special session on the latest results from Planck and other key experiments from additional speakers will be announced in the next circular.
This school comes at a unique time in cosmology.
Our understanding of the universe has been revolutionized by observations of the cosmic microwave background (in particular Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe), the large-scale structure of the universe (Two-degree-Field Galaxy Redshift Survey and Sloan Digital Sky Survey), and distant supernovae.
These studies have conclusively shown that we are living in a strange universe: 96% of the present-day energy density of the universe is dominated by the so-called dark matter and dark energy. However, we do not know what dark matter and dark energy actually are. The data also suggest that it is likely that the universe underwent a rapid accelerating expansion phase in the very early universe called the inflationary phase. However, we still do not know how inflation happened.
Now, we are about to have another revolution in cosmology because, during the next couple of years, we expect to see a further qualitative jump in our knowledge of the universe.
- What is the nature of dark energy and dark matter?
- What powered the Big Bang?
- Did inflation occur? If it did, how did it occur?
- What is the mass of neutrinos?
- When and how were the first stars and galaxies formed?
The School is hosted by The Enrico Fermi International School of Physics, one of the most significant cultural activities of the Italian Physical Society, founded in 1953 by SIF President, Prof. Giovanni Polvani. The Enrico Fermi School has its istitutional seat in the Villa Monastero in Varenna, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful and characteristic towns on the eastern shore of Lake Como. The mild climate and the picturesque surroundings provide a relaxing and peaceful stay. Villa Monastero, one of the most ancient and famous villas of the region with its impressive botanic garden, is a world renowned attraction.
The application procedure will be described in the next bulletin.
Limited scholarships will be available as grants to deserving PhD students.
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'm an incomer to Suffolk, lured here in the mid-1970s by the county's fledgling wine-growing scene. Having worked my passage around the wineries and cellars of France and Germany, I set my sights on English vineyards or – more precisely – those of Suffolk. Eight brilliant years were to follow, during which I fought a rearguard action against rabbits, hares, partridge (they adore young vine shoots), the ravages of various mildews (due to inappropriate weather), ravenous birds at harvest-time (thrushes, blackbirds and starlings could munch their way through an inordinate number of bunches in pretty short order), and the unequalled competition from established wine-producing countries the world over, with more suitable climates, fewer pests and more competitive prices. Eventually – along with my fellow English winemakers – I started to reap the rewards, as over the next three decades English wine at last began to hold its own on the world stage. Progress hasn't been without its setbacks, of course, the most dramatic recent example being the washout summer of 2012. English producers are well used to dodgy weather and have usually found a way to muddle through, but we are now witnessing a much more professional approach to the actual art and science of winemaking. Full marks in this respect to one of the largest and best-known producers of sparkling wines, Nyetimber in Hampshire, who made the decision to write off their entire rain-damaged crop rather than jeopardise their growing international reputation by making substandard wine from rubbish grapes. However, if you thought that English fizz would be a nice cheap option to Champagne, think again. Although made in the same way and with the same grape varieties, the quantities produced are minute in comparison to the mass-production of its counterparts around Rheims and Epernay, while still being subject to the same iniquitous taxes. So if twentyfive quid seems too much to spend on a bottle of really exceptional sparkling wine – English or otherwise – stick to Prosecco or Cava for the time being and put patriotism on hold.
The grape which I believe will help to cement the reputation of English wine once and for all, is a variety called Bacchus. As California trades on its 'signature' variety of wines made from Zinfandel, Argentina on Malbec and New Zealand on Sauvignon Blanc, so I believe will English wine and Bacchus become inextricably linked. If you should be in any doubt, search out the eponymous wine from your local vineyard at Lavenham Brook (available also from the Adnams Cellar & Kitchen Store in Hadleigh). It has some of the ethereal aromatics of Sauvignon Blanc, but with a twist of Englishness about it – just the qualities I feel it needs to become 'England's' wine.
Whilst nearly every wine-producing country has its signature variety, it is not always the single varietal that garners the plaudits. It certainly helped open the sluice gates in terms of UK wine consumption in the early 1980s (who could resist a bottle of Bulgarian Merlot or an Australian Chardonnay?) and thanks to the clear labelling of New World wines we are much better able to identify individual grapes. But to me, the greatest joy is indulging in wines which have been made with more than just the one grape variety. I liken it to an artist on the end of Southwold pier, with just a daub of blue paint on his palette; I wager that his picture will be predictably boring. Give him some white paint and some green, and suddenly you have a sky, sea, waves, gulls etc – something on which to feast your eyes. Bordeaux and Rioja are two classic examples of blended wines, both being greater than the sum of their component parts. Bordeaux, for instance, is generally blended from three grape varieties, namely Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc, with the occasional inclusion of Petit Verdot or Malbec (a native variety to south west France). On their own, these can all be quite dull, but when carefully combined – in whatever proportions the winemaker considers suits his château's style – the result can be overwhelmingly delicious. Rioja made solely from Tempranillo can be predictably dull but, thankfully, most of them contain a little Garnacha, the occasional splash of Merlot and sometimes two other local varieties – Mazeulo and Graciano. Suddenly your glass is choc-a-bloc with aromas, nuances and a depth of flavour which otherwise would not be there. Like a decent claret, it has become a mini work of art, comparable to the signature dish of a top chef, where the exact ingredients may only ever be known to its creator.
Playing devil's advocate, one could likewise suggest that a single varietal wine can be simply spectacular. Red Burgundy made from Pinot Noir is arguably the greatest wine of them all, when produced by a great grower in a great vintage. Some might say that White Burgundy, made from Chardonnay, is the apogee of greatness – be it a simple Chablis, a radically expensive Montrachet or a user-friendly Mâcon. Sancerre and Pouilly-Fumé are stunning examples of Sauvignon Blanc, and Barolo -the king of Italian wines (and said to be the wine of kings) is made solely from the Nebbiolo grape. To every rule there must be exceptions, and the proof of the pudding is in the tasting of many bottles.
Rob has worked in vineyards and cellars across France and Germany, and has travelled extensively as a member of the Adnams wine-buying team. His other daytime job is selling fine wine, and he is never happier than when he has the opportunity to de-mystify the subject, through tastings and wine lectures, to anyone who might be foolish enough to stop and listen!
Adnams have agreed to offer CSCA Members 10% discount at their Hadleigh store.
The Adnams White Burgundy is a favourite of mine.


Natural abundance is the measure of the average amount of a given isotope naturally occurring on Earth. The abbreviation for natural abundance is NA. The atomic weight listed for each element on the periodic table is the natural abundance on Earth. Sometimes the value changes as scientists obtain more data about the isotope ratio of samples. The natural abundance of elements on the periodic table is not the same everywhere in the universe. The ratio of isotopes in the Sun or on Mars, for example, might be different.
There are two natural isotopes of boron: 10B and 11B. The natural abundance is 19.9% of 10B and 80.1% of 11B. Put another way, if you took a 100 gram sample of boron from anywhere on the planet, you could expect 19.9 grams to consist of boron-10 and 80.1 grams to consist of boron-11.
The natural abundance is a global mean, so if you sample an element at one location, you won't get exactly the average ratio of elements. Why is this so? Scientists believe the chemical composition of the solar system was isotopically homogeneous during its formation, but that deviations began to occur when fusion started in the Sun. Also, radioactive decay leads to differences in isotope ratios. This is because decay is a random process.
Clayton, Robert N. (1978). "Isotopic anomalies in the early solar system". Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science. 28: 501–522.
Lide, D. R., ed. (2002). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (83rd ed.). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0483-0.
Zinner, Ernst (2003). "An isotopic view of the early solar system". Science. 300 (5617): 265–267.