return True
    except pywinerror as e:
        raise CommandExecutionError('Could not create {0!r} - [{1}] {2}'.format(link, e.winerror, e.strerror))


def _islink(path):
    '''
    Returns true if the path is a symlink; false otherwise
    '''
    if sys.getwindowsversion().major < 6:
        raise SaltInvocationError('Symlinks are only supported on Windows Vista or later.')

    result = win32file.GetFileAttributesW(path)

    if result == -1:
        raise SaltInvocationError('The path given is not valid, symlink or not. (does it exist?)')

    if result & 0x400:  # FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT
        return True
    else:
        return False


def readlink(path):
    '''
    Return the path that a symlink points to

    This is only supported on Windows Vista or later.

    Inline with *nix behaviour, this function will raise an error if the path is
    not a symlink, however, the error raised will be a SaltInvocationError, not
    an OSError.

    CLI Example:

   .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' file.readlink /path/to/link
    '''
    if sys.getwindowsversion().major < 6:
        raise SaltInvocationError('Symlinks are only supported on Windows Vista or later.')

    if not os.path.isabs(path):
        raise SaltInvocationError('Path to link must be absolute.')

    # ensure paths are using the right slashes
    path = os.path.normpath(path)

    if not _islink(path):
        raise SaltInvocationError('The path specified is not a symlink.')

    fileHandle = None
    try:
        fileHandle = win32file.CreateFileW(
            path,
            0x80000000,  # GENERIC_READ
            0,  # no sharing
            None,  # no inherit, default security descriptor
            3,  # OPEN_EXISTING
            0x00200000 | 0x02000000  # FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT | FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
        )

        reparseData = win32file.DeviceIoControl(
            fileHandle,
            0x900a8,  # FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT
            None,  # in buffer
            16384  # out buffer size (MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE)
        )

    finally:
        if fileHandle:
            win32file.CloseHandle(fileHandle)

    # REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER structure - see
    # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff552012.aspx

    # parse the structure header to work out which type of reparse point this is
    header_parser = struct.Struct('L')
    ReparseTag, = header_parser.unpack(reparseData[:header_parser.size])
    # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa365511.aspx
    if not ReparseTag & 0x0000FFFF == 0x0000000C:
        raise SaltInvocationError('The path specified is not a symlink, but another type of reparse point ({0:x}).'.format(ReparseTag))

    # parse as a symlink reparse point structure (the structure for other
    # reparse points is different)
    data_parser = struct.Struct('LHHHHHHL')
    ReparseTag, ReparseDataLength, Reserved, SubstituteNameOffset, \
    SubstituteNameLength, PrintNameOffset, \
    PrintNameLength, Flags = data_parser.unpack(reparseData[:data_parser.size])

    path_buffer_offset = data_parser.size
    absolute_substitute_name_offset = path_buffer_offset + SubstituteNameOffset
    target_bytes = reparseData[absolute_substitute_name_offset:absolute_substitute_name_offset+SubstituteNameLength]
    target = target_bytes.decode('UTF-16')

    if target.startswith('\\??\\'):
        target = target[4:]
    # comes out in 8.3 form; convert it to LFN to make it look nicer
    target = win32file.GetLongPathName(target)

    return target
Skoda says that their new Superb is set to once again be a highlight in its class with its elegant design. The Volkswagen-owned Czech car manufacturer claims that this underlines the uncompromising, high design standards of the brand, with great attention paid to the smallest detail.
Skoda tells us that the new Superb combines spaciousness, functionality and design in a truly unique way. We have a good picture of some of the interior detail of the third-generation Superb.
The Superb has been the flagship of the Skoda model range since 2001. To date, it has delivered more than 700,000 first- and second-generation Superbs, making it one of the most popular vehicles in its class.Here we are in the last month of the year. There's been no snow but this must have been one of the coldest on record. The last day of the year we had bone-chilling temperatures in the teens. I hope that all my beloved plants are safe and snug beneath their covering of mulch.
Chickens eat one and a half times more food in the winter so I have been adding to their diet. Feeding them cracked corn before they retire for the night helps keep them warm as their digestive system goes to work. I don't have electricity in the coop so I bring out fresh water a few times a day. The chief hen, Henrietta, is still laying huge eggs.
Above : The pecking order -Henrietta, the red star is the oldest and bossiesst, Moon, the Americana, Hei-Hei, the Buff Orpington and the most unique chicken in America -Cleopatra, the Cream Legbar.
Since I can't be outside gardening I'm spending lots of time in the studio. This coming New Year I'm planning to join the local art guild and have an open studio which is a popular art event for the entire county. I had to cease painting activities for awhile to have surgery on two "trigger " fingers on my right hand. I am able to use my fingers for a limited time but it will take a few month before they are completely recovered.
Looking forward to the New Year and the beginning of the gardening season. Right now December is the garden of my mind's eye.CHICAGO, IL, UNITED STATES, July 12, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ — Season 2 of “Caring for Caregivers: Your Life Support Podcast” began July 1, with a new episode dropping every Friday through December 2022. This podcast, hosted by Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), focuses on how leaders can create an organizational culture that best supports employee wellness and well-being during difficult times, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The podcast provides innovative strategies that organizations, leaders and employees can use to enhance workplace and personal wellness.
With the current workforce shortage, continued pandemic, workplace stress and widespread burnout — particularly in service fields — employee wellness is vital.
Clinical social worker Phil Rainer moderates the episodes, and in season 2 he explores with business leaders and wellness experts what it really means to support employee emotional well-being in the workplace. They will explore how leaders and employers can take action to transform the work environment to ensure their staff feel a sense of inclusion, value and connection.
This podcast is produced by Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), and supported through an Emergency COVID-19 grant to the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Substance Use Prevention and Recovery, from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi
ZINTAN, Libya.
In the power struggle between different militia since Gaddafi's fall, Zintan fighters have aligned themselves to tribes that once formed Gaddafi's power base, and analysts say this partly explains their benevolent attitude towards Saif al-Islam..
"We don't want money! We want those responsible for beheading people to be tried!" the crowd chanted. They also called for Saif al-Islam's trial to be moved from Zintan.
(Editing by Robin Pomeroy)
785Metamorphosis was a collaborative installation / performance event initially conceptualized in it’s entirety by Hisham Akira Bharoocha. Bharoocha was approached by Imprint Projects to organize a two day event including possible art installations and musical performers for Vans at their House of Vans warehouse in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. This project soon became a collaboration between fellow artists Santtu Mustonen plus Dave and Gabe. In the end this became a one night event which happened in January of 2016.
Bharoocha collaborated with Must