function isSpellUp(sources,minCount,minDuration,minPoints,modify)
  if type(sources) == "string" then sources = { sources } end -- if sources is a string make it a table...
  if cnl_util.checkMSDP(report) then

    local spell_up = false
    for k, v in pairs(msdp.CHARACTER_AFFECTS) do
      for _k, _v in pairs(sources) do
        if (v.SOURCE or "") == _v then
          if
            (minCount and v.COUNT and minCount <= tonumber(v.COUNT)) or
            (minDuration and v.DURATION and minDuration <= tonumber(v.DURATION)) or
            (minPoints and v.POINTS and minPoints <= tonumber(v.POINTS)) or
            (modify and v.MODIFY and modify == v.MODIFY) or
            not (minCount or minDuration or minPoints or modify)
          then
            spell_up = true
          end
        end
      end
    end
    return spell_up
  else
    error("isSpellUp cannot read msdp.CHARACTER_AFFECTS")
  end
end