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Airbnb teams up with the IOC to provide Games accommodation
LONDON: Short-term home rental company Airbnb Inc has joined the ranks of leading Olympic sponsors in a deal that will run from the Games next year in Tokyo until 2028 and is designed to help cut the costs associated with hosting the event.
Airbnb said the partnership with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) would cover five Olympics and Paralympics over the next nine years. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.
That period also covers the Summer Games in Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028, as well as the Winter Olympics in Beijing in 2022 and one centred on Milan four years later.
IOC President Thomas Bach said that the partnership would not replace the traditional Olympic village where athletes stay but would be based on a guarantee of accommodation for visitors, families of athletes, and officials, and would reduce the need to build new hotels.
"One of the goals of (our) agenda is to make the Olympic Games more feasible and more sustainable," Bach said at an event in London to announce the partnership.
"There, this partnership will greatly help, because it will provide accommodation that will reduce the costs for the Olympic Games organisers and all the stakeholders."
The agreement should help local residents to enjoy more of the benefits of hosting Olympics and reduce the resistance that has seen a number of cities pull out of the bidding process for Games in recent years.
"Our Olympic partnership will ensure that the Games are the most inclusive, accessible and sustainable yet, and leave a lasting positive legacy for athletes and host communities," said Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia.
Locals staged protests at the last summer games in Rio de Janeiro because of the cost of hosting the event while Brazil was mired in recession.
(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by Michael Holden)


Water master plan to guard against drought in South Africa
by Nicolette Pombo-van ZylLindiwe Sisulu, South Africa's human settlements, water and sanitation minister, has unveiled the country's National Water and Sanitation Master Plan to ensure water security.
Launched on Thursday (28 November) at the CSIR Conventional Centre in Pretoria, the plan outlines a series of urgent steps to be taken and implemented in order to address systematic and infrastructural challenges to secure continuous and uninterrupted water supply for both community and business use.
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It also sets out the critical priorities to be addressed by the water sector in the period from 2018 – 2030. The priorities are clustered into two sections, namely Water and Sanitation Management and Enabling Environment.
Speaking on Thursday, Sisulu said that as the water and sanitation sector their job is to guarantee - not only for the short term but also for the very long term - the availability of water and to assure investors that South Africa is open for business.
“We also have to provide the same guarantee for our local businesses big and small, and our farmers. It is for that reason that we are launching this Master Plan,” Sisulu said.
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Inequality addressed in water master plan
While significant progress has been made in reducing the inequalities in the water sector, the country still has significant and unacceptable levels of inequality and poverty.
The Minister warned that the inequitable access to water and sanitation services, and the deteriorating safety and reliability of these services, is threatening South Africa’s ability to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6, which is ensuring water and sanitation for all.
“There is not enough water for a country that is industrialised with high population growth. The demand simply outweighs the supply [and] these shortcomings are impacting negatively on job creation, economic growth and on the well-being of everyone in South Africa.
“To date, there are still over three million people without access to basic water supply services, while only 64% of households have access to a reliable water supply. With respect to the bulk water resources, on which the country depends, it is projected that demand will grow by 17% in 2030,” Sisulu said.
This demand will only be met if the planned infrastructure is timeously completed and demand growth constrained by appropriate policy interventions coupled with a mixed development approach, she said.
Maintenance of ageing water infrastructure
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister, Patricia de Lille, stressed the need to maintain ageing infrastructure while at the same time building new infrastructure.
“We need to look at the water leaks all over the country so that we don’t waste the resource,” De Lille said.
She said the government will be investing in a number of water resource infrastructure projects, including, among others, the Lesotho Highland Water Project phase two, De Hoop Dam in Limpopo and Clanwilliam Dam.
Water Research Commission CEO, Dhesigen Naidoo, encouraged citizens to take advantage of the opportunities around the digitisation of the way the country manages water.
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is very real and it is already with us,” Naidoo said.
Source: South African Government News Agency


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| void | drive-changed | Run Last |
| void | drive-connected | Run Last |
| void | drive-disconnected | Run Last |
| void | drive-eject-button | Run Last |
| void | drive-stop-button | Run Last |
| void | mount-added | Run Last |
| void | mount-changed | Run Last |
| void | mount-pre-unmount | Run Last |
| void | mount-removed | Run Last |
| void | volume-added | Run Last |
| void | volume-changed | Run Last |
| void | volume-removed | Run Last |
GVolumeMonitor is for listing the user interesting devices and volumes on the computer. In other words, what a file selector or file manager would show in a sidebar.
GVolumeMonitor is not thread-default-context aware, and so should not be used other than from the main thread, with no thread-default-context active.
GVolumeMonitor *
g_volume_monitor_get (void
);
Gets the volume monitor used by gio.
a reference to the GVolumeMonitor used by gio. Call
g_object_unref()
when done with it.
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GList *
g_volume_monitor_get_connected_drives (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor
);
Gets a list of drives connected to the system.
The returned list should be freed with g_list_free()
, after
its elements have been unreffed with g_object_unref()
.
GList *
g_volume_monitor_get_volumes (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor
);
Gets a list of the volumes on the system.
The returned list should be freed with g_list_free()
, after
its elements have been unreffed with g_object_unref()
.
GList *
g_volume_monitor_get_mounts (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor
);
Gets a list of the mounts on the system.
The returned list should be freed with g_list_free()
, after
its elements have been unreffed with g_object_unref()
.
GVolume *
g_volume_monitor_adopt_orphan_mount (GMount *mount
);
g_volume_monitor_adopt_orphan_mount
has been deprecated since version 2.20 and should not be used in newly-written code.
Instead of using this function, GVolumeMonitor
implementations should instead create shadow mounts with the URI of
the mount they intend to adopt. See the proxy volume monitor in
gvfs for an example of this. Also see g_mount_is_shadowed()
,
g_mount_shadow()
and g_mount_unshadow()
functions.
This function should be called by any GVolumeMonitor
implementation when a new GMount object is created that is not
associated with a GVolume object. It must be called just before
emitting the mount_added
signal.
If the return value is not NULL
, the caller must associate the
returned GVolume object with the GMount. This involves returning
it in its g_mount_get_volume()
implementation. The caller must
also listen for the "removed" signal on the returned object
and give up its reference when handling that signal
Similary, if implementing g_volume_monitor_adopt_orphan_mount()
,
the implementor must take a reference to mount
and return it in
its g_volume_get_mount()
implemented. Also, the implementor must
listen for the "unmounted" signal on mount
and give up its
reference upon handling that signal.
There are two main use cases for this function.
One is when implementing a user space file system driver that reads blocks of a block device that is already represented by the native volume monitor (for example a CD Audio file system driver). Such a driver will generate its own GMount object that needs to be associated with the GVolume object that represents the volume.
The other is for implementing a GVolumeMonitor whose sole purpose is to return GVolume objects representing entries in the users "favorite servers" list or similar.
GMount * g_volume_monitor_get_mount_for_uuid (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor
,const char *uuid
);
Finds a GMount object by its UUID (see g_mount_get_uuid()
)
a GMount or NULL
if no such mount is available.
Free the returned object with g_object_unref()
.
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GVolume * g_volume_monitor_get_volume_for_uuid (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor
,const char *uuid
);
Finds a GVolume object by its UUID (see g_volume_get_uuid()
)
a GVolume or NULL
if no such volume is available.
Free the returned object with g_object_unref()
.
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typedef struct _GVolumeMonitor GVolumeMonitor;
A Volume Monitor that watches for volume events.
“drive-changed”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GDrive *drive, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a drive changes.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
drive |
the drive that changed |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“drive-connected”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GDrive *drive, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a drive is connected to the system.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
drive |
a GDrive that was connected. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“drive-disconnected”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GDrive *drive, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a drive is disconnected from the system.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
drive |
a GDrive that was disconnected. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“drive-eject-button”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GDrive *drive, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when the eject button is pressed on drive
.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
drive |
the drive where the eject button was pressed |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
Since 2.18
“drive-stop-button”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GDrive *drive, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when the stop button is pressed on drive
.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
drive |
the drive where the stop button was pressed |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
Since 2.22
“mount-added”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GMount *mount, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mount is added.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
mount |
a GMount that was added. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“mount-changed”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GMount *mount, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mount changes.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
mount |
a GMount that changed. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“mount-pre-unmount”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GMount *mount, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mount is about to be removed.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
mount |
a GMount that is being unmounted. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“mount-removed”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GMount *mount, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mount is removed.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
mount |
a GMount that was removed. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“volume-added”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GVolume *volume, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mountable volume is added to the system.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
volume |
a GVolume that was added. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“volume-changed”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GVolume *volume, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when mountable volume is changed.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
volume |
a GVolume that changed. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last
“volume-removed”
signalvoid user_function (GVolumeMonitor *volume_monitor, GVolume *volume, gpointer user_data)
Emitted when a mountable volume is removed from the system.
volume_monitor |
The volume monitor emitting the signal. |
|
volume |
a GVolume that was removed. |
|
user_data |
user data set when the signal handler was connected. |
Flags: Run Last


Class
VerificationManager
public class VerificationManager<InvocationType, ReturnType>
An intermediate object used for verifying declarations returned by verify
.
Methods
wasCalled(_:)
public func wasCalled(_ countMatcher: CountMatcher)
Verify that the mock received the invocation some number of times using a count matcher.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| countMatcher | CountMatcher |
A count matcher defining the number of invocations to verify. |
wasCalled(_:)
public func wasCalled(_ times: Int = once)
Verify that the mock received the invocation an exact number of times.
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| times | Int |
The exact number of invocations expected. |
returning(_:)
public func returning(_ type: ReturnType.Type = ReturnType.self) -> Self
Disambiguate methods overloaded by return type.
Declarations for methods overloaded by return type cannot type inference and should be disambiguated.
protocol Bird {
func getMessage<T>() throws -> T // Overloaded generically
func getMessage() throws -> String // Overloaded explicitly
func getMessage() throws -> Data
}
verify(bird.send(any()))
.returning(String.self)
.wasCalled()
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| type | ReturnType.Type |
The return type of the declaration to verify. |