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+"""
+In some places, we need to access the database, public_store, queue_store
+"""
+
+import gettext
+import pkg_resources
+
+#############################
+# General mediagoblin globals
+#############################
+
+# mongokit.Connection
+db_connection = None
+
+# mongokit.Connection
+database = None
+
+# should be the same as the 
+public_store = None
+queue_store = None
+
+# Dump mail to stdout instead of sending it:
+email_debug_mode = False
+
+# Address for sending out mails
+email_sender_address = None
+
+# A WorkBenchManager
+workbench_manager = None
+
+# gettext
+translations = gettext.find(
+    'mediagoblin',
+    pkg_resources.resource_filename(
+    'mediagoblin', 'translations'), ['en'])
+
+
+def setup_globals(**kwargs):
+    from mediagoblin import mg_globals
+
+    for key, value in kwargs.iteritems():
+        if not hasattr(mg_globals, key):
+            raise AssertionError("Global %s not known" % key)
+        setattr(mg_globals, key, value)