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        public static ValidationResult EscapedAmpersand(string sampleStr)
        {
            Regex specChar = new Regex(@"&(?!(?:apos|quot|[A-Za-z0-1!?.,\ -]|amp);|#)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            MatchCollection matches = specChar.Matches(sampleStr);

            if (matches.Count > 0)
            {
                return new ValidationResult("Message cannot contain special characters.");
            }
            return ValidationResult.Success;

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        public static ValidationResult ContainsSpecChar(string sampleStr)
        {
            Regex specChar = new Regex(@"[^A-Za-z0-9!?.&,\ -]", RegexOptions.IgnorePatternWhitespace);
            MatchCollection matches = specChar.Matches(sampleStr);

            if (matches.Count > 0)
            {
                return new ValidationResult("Message cannot contain special characters.");
            }
            return ValidationResult.Success;

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        public static ValidationResult ContainsUrl(string sampleStr)
        {

            if(Uri.IsWellFormedUriString(sampleStr, UriKind.Absolute))
            {
                return new ValidationResult("Message Contains a URL.");
            }

            Regex urlRx = new Regex(@"(?<url>(http:[/][/]|www.)([a-z]|[A-Z]|[0-9]|[/.]|[~])*)", RegexOptions.IgnoreCase);
            MatchCollection matches = urlRx.Matches(sampleStr);

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        private string ConvertDatabaseToXML(DataTable dt)
        {
            System.IO.MemoryStream memory = new System.IO.MemoryStream();
            dt.WriteXml(memory, true);
            memory.Seek(0, System.IO.SeekOrigin.Begin);
            System.IO.StreamReader memReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(memory);
            string xmlResults;
            xmlResults = memReader.ReadToEnd();
            return xmlResults;

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       private static void datatableEnforceNulls(DataTable resultTable)
        {

            List<string> removeList = new List<string>();

            foreach (DataColumn column in resultTable.Columns)
            {

                if (resultTable.Rows.OfType<DataRow>().All(r => r.IsNull(column)))
                {

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               //parse the XML, might as well use Xpath to avoid dupe root nodes.... ughhhhh
                System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument xmlResults = new System.Xml.XPath.XPathDocument(customObjectThatHasXmlData.Data.InnerXml.ToString());
                System.Xml.XPath.XPathNavigator xmlResultsNav = xmlResults.CreateNavigator();

                System.Xml.XPath.XPathExpression xmlResultsExpression;
                xmlResultsExpression = xmlResultsNav.Compile(@"/Data/result xmlns=""/time_stamp"); //in this case was trying to get the Tstamp
                System.Xml.XPath.XPathNodeIterator xmlResultsNavIterator = xmlResultsNav.Select(xmlResultsExpression);

                while(xmlResultsNavIterator.MoveNext())
                {

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        private DateTime RoundUp(DateTime dt, TimeSpan d)
        {
            return new DateTime(((dt.Ticks + d.Ticks - 1) / d.Ticks) * d.Ticks);
        }

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        class genericObjectCompareClass : IEqualityComparer<objectType>
        {
            #region IEqualityComparer<objectType> Members

            public bool Equals(Object1 x, Object2 y)
            {
                return x.Attribute1.Equals(y.Attribute1);
            }

            public int GetHashCode(vipFlip obj)