DSST's Mission: DSST Public Schools transforms urban public education by eliminating educational inequity and preparing all students for college and the 21st Century.
Educational inequity extends from societal inequity, and thus we have created our Policy on Dress in an effort to help prepare all students to understand, identify and combat inequity. We recognize that a dress code is by its nature inequitable in that it is created by those with influence and intentionally restricts choice. However, we feel the only two truly equitable dress codes would be to have a uniform or to allow students to wear whatever they want. We believe a uniform goes too far in restricting a student's ability to be valued for who they are as an individual. But we also feel that full choice in dress is counter to our Mission in that it does not adequately prepare students to live in or to transform our society.
Respect: We are proud that our Mission leads us to create integrated schools. Integrated schools benefit by having students and families from diverse cultures. We want to celebrate this diversity, while recognizing that each culture and each individual has a different view on how students should dress. We have crafted a Policy on Dress that we believe allows students to express their individuality while still respecting the diverse beliefs and values of everyone in our community.
Community: Our Dress Code gives us a commonality that allows students to identify as members of this community while still expressing their individuality. It is our belief that this dress code will allow people inside and outside of the community to recognize our commonalities while celebrating our differences.
Transparency Regarding Influence and Privilege: Some in our society (including those in positions of influence) make assumptions about people based on what those people are wearing. The DSST Dress Code gives students the opportunity give a favorable first impression to those with influence while the Guidelines for Intentional Dress teach students how those with influence expect them to dress for specific situations (such as a college interview) and to give them practice dressing intentionally for these situations. With this transparency, knowledge and practice, students will be able to choose how they dress intentionally for each situation.
It is the intention of our community to lift each other up and celebrate our differences and cultures. We strive to honor who you are without tearing others down.
Shirts that meet dress code must be worn at all times while on campus or at a school event, even during athletic events. For all students, shirts must cover shoulders/torsos/backs/midriffs. Similarly, tops that button or zip up, must be buttoned or zipped unless the shirt underneath meets all of the above requirements. Tops should not have any rips or tears, and no "See-through" or sheer shirts. Shirts must meet all the above requirements. Sports jerseys are not permitted under this dress code.
Bottoms/dresses that meet dress code must be worn at all times while on campus or at a school event. For all students, skirts or dresses may not expose any skin higher than 2 inches or a credit width above the knee while standing (regardless of whether it is in the front or the back of the leg). Pants must be of a length to reach mid-calf or lower. Ripped jeans are allowed, as long as skin is not exposed underneath of the rips. Leggings may only be worn beneath skirts or dresses that meet the length requirements. Leggings or tights are defined as tights that do not have back pockets. Bottoms that are intended for athletic activities or for sleeping are not permitted. This includes, but is not limited to pajama pants, sweatpants, joggers, and yoga pants. "See-through" bottoms/dresses must "see through" to a bottom/dress that meets all the above requirements.
Shoes must be worn at all times. Shoes must be closed-toed and hard-soled and permit students to move quickly in the case of an emergency.
Light jackets/hoodies may be worn in school on top of a shirt that meets the expectations of Daily Dress Code. Jackets must not restrict necessary movements of students or be able to conceal anything dangerous or inappropriate for a school setting. This determination will be made at the discretion of staff members. If a jacket does have a hood, the hood may not be worn at any time on campus or at a school event.
All piercings in the ear are allowed as well as in the nose. Other facial and visible body piercings are excluded. Piercings must not restrict necessary activities/movements of students. This determination will be made at the discretion of staff members.
Hats, hoods, bandanas, and do-rags are not allowed to be worn or carried in school at any time.
Students who do not meet the guidelines of this dress code will be required to wear a school uniform shirt for the day. When they change into a uniform, they are required to leave their shirt at the front office to be picked up at the end of the day, in exchange for the dress code shirt.
The Dress Code outlined above is incomplete without transparent and consistent education and conversations regarding expectations and assumptions of those with influence. The guidelines below outline our plan to join with families in teaching students how to dress intentionally for each situation so they can make fully informed choices on what to wear and so they can be aware of the potential consequences of each choice.
We recognize the list below is not an exhaustive list of situations one can intentionally dress for and will remain open to identifying other situations to add to these guidelines in the future.
At least monthly, we will have an Intentional Dress Day where we ask students to dress intentionally for a specific situation. We will treat the first of these days as an educational opportunity where students try to meet the outlined expectations. If students do not meet the expectations, their advisor will talk with them to determine why and help the student get to a place where she or he can meet expectations the next time. For each of these days after the first day, students who do not meet expectations will be required to wear a uniform (unless there are extenuating circumstances as determined by the Dean).
College representatives will often base their impression of applicants on how seriously the students prepare for the meeting. Dressing intentionally to meet the representative's expectations can be a major factor in the impression they get of you for their school. Therefore, at a minimum when there is a possibility of meeting a college representative, students should meet the daily dress code AND ALSO wear dress pants, a skirt or a dress instead of jeans, they should wear dress shoes instead of athletic or casual shoes and they should not wear a hooded jacket.
We want students to be able to raise awareness, spirit and support on the days when they have an athletic competition. Therefore, on days where students have an athletic competition, they may wear their athletic jersey to school while still wearing pants and shoes that meet the other aspects of our Daily Dress Code.
When giving a presentation to others, it is important to dress intentionally. Therefore, if a student has a presentation in class, morning meeting, internship or otherwise, they are expected to dress in accordance with the expectations of the organizer of the presentation. For instance, if their presentation is in their Civics class, they are expected to meet the specific dress code given to them by their Civics teacher. At a minimum, when presenting, students should meet the daily dress code AND ALSO wear dress pants, a skirt or a dress instead of jeans, should wear dress shoes instead of athletic or casual shoes and should not wear a hooded jacket.
While we believe our Daily Dress Code is the right one for most school days, we will at least monthly offer dress down days where students are welcome to wear T-Shirts as long as the T-Shirts meet the community expectation of content.
At least once per year, we will have a Fun Day where we will participate in a variety of activities outside. On these days students will be allowed to wear shorts that meet the length expectations (2 inches above the knee or lower) as well as t-shirts. Shoes must still be closed-toed and hard-soled.
Misión de DSST: Las Escuelas Públicas de DSST transforman la educación pública urbana eliminando la desigualdad educativa, y preparando a todos los estudiantes para la universidad y el siglo XXI.
La inequidad educativa se extiende desde la desigualdad social y, por lo tanto, hemos creado nuestro código de vestimenta en un esfuerzo por ayudar a preparar a todos los estudiantes a comprender, identificar y combatir la inequidad. Reconocemos que un código de vestimenta es por su naturaleza inequitativo en que es creado por aquellos con influencia y restringe intencionalmente la elección personal. Sin embargo, sentimos que los dos únicos códigos de vestimenta verdaderamente equitativos serían tener un uniforme, o permitir que los estudiantes usen lo que quieran. Creemos que un uniforme va demasiado lejos en la restricción de la capacidad de un estudiante para ser valorado por lo que son como individuos. Pero también sentimos que la libertad completa de la vestimenta es contraria a nuestra Misión en que no prepara adecuadamente a los estudiantes para vivir o para transformar nuestra sociedad.
1. Respeto: Estamos orgullosos de que nuestra Misión nos conduzca a crear escuelas integradas. Las escuelas integradas se benefician al tener estudiantes y familias de diversas culturas. Queremos celebrar esta diversidad, al mismo tiempo reconocemos que cada cultura y cada individuo tienen una visión diferente sobre cómo deben vestirse los estudiantes. Hemos elaborado una código de vestimenta sobre que creemos permite a los estudiantes a expresar su individualidad, sin dejar de respetar las diversas creencias y valores de todos en nuestra comunidad.
2. Comunidad: Nuestro código de vestimenta nos da una comunidad que permite a los estudiantes a identificarse como miembros de esta comunidad, mientras que todavía expresan su individualidad. Es nuestra creencia que este código de vestimenta permitirá a las personas dentro y fuera de la comunidad a reconocer nuestros puntos comunes, mientras que celebramos nuestras diferencias.
3. Transparencia respecto a la influencia y el privilegio: Algunas personas en nuestra sociedad (incluyendo aquellos en posiciones de influencia) hacen suposiciones sobre la gente basándose en lo que llevan puesto otras personas. El Código de Vestimenta de DSST da a los estudiantes la oportunidad de dar una primera impresión favorable a los que tienen influencia, mientras que el código de vestimenta intencional enseñan a los estudiantes como a los que tienen influencia esperan que se visten para situaciones específicas (como una entrevista en la universidad) para estas situaciones. Con esta transparencia, conocimiento y práctica, los estudiantes podrán elegir cómo se visten intencionalmente para cada situación u ocasión.
4. Seguridad: Estamos comprometidos con la seguridad de los estudiantes y hemos elaborado un código de vestimenta que refleja ese compromiso.
Es la intención de nuestra comunidad levantarse unos a otros y celebrar nuestras diferencias y culturas. Nos esforzamos por honrar quien eres sin derribar a otros.
Las camisas que cumplan con el código de vestimenta deben usarse en todo momento mientras estén en el campus o en un evento escolar, incluso para asistir a eventos atléticos. Para todos los estudiantes, las camisas deben cubrir los hombros / torsos / espaldas / medias / escote. Del mismo modo, las camisas de cierre o botones, deben ser abotonadas o cerradas a menos que la camisa por debajo de esta cumpla con todos los requisitos anteriores. Las camisas/Tops no deben tener rompeduras o rasgones, y no ser transparentes. Las camisas deben cumplir con todos los requisitos anteriores. Jerseys y todas la camisetas deportivas, incluyendo equipos deportivos no están permitidos bajo este código de vestimenta.
Los pantalones / vestidos que cumplan con el código de vestimenta deben ser usados en todo momento mientras estén en el campus o en un evento escolar. Para todos los estudiantes, las faldas o los vestidos no pueden exponer ninguna piel más alta que 2 pulgadas sobre la rodilla (sin importar si está en el frente o la parte posterior de la pierna). Los pantalones deben ser de una longitud para llegar a la mitad de la pantorrilla o más abajo. Los pantalones rasgados si son permitidos, siempre y cuando la piel no se exponga debajo de los rasgones. Las medias (leggings) sólo se pueden usar debajo de faldas o vestidos que cumplan los requisitos de longitud. Leggings o medias se definen como medias que no tienen bolsillos traseros. Las que están diseñadas para actividades deportivas o para dormir no están permitidas. Esto incluye, pero no se limita a pantalones de pijama, pantalones de correr, y pantalones de yoga. Los pantalones o vestidos transparentes tienen que tener algo debajo o un fondo que cumpla con todos los requisitos anteriores.
Los zapatos deben ser usados en todo momento. Los zapatos deben estar cerrados y con suela dura y permitir a los estudiantes moverse rápidamente en caso de una emergencia.
Las sudaderas ligeras con capucha se pueden usar en la escuela encima de una camisa que reúna las expectativas del código de vestimenta. Las chamarras no deben restringir los movimientos necesarios de los estudiantes ni ser capaces de ocultar nada peligroso o inapropiado para un ambiente escolar. Esta determinación se hará a discreción de los miembros del personal. Si una chamarra tiene una capucha, la capucha no se puede usar en ningún momento en la escuela o en un evento escolar.
Se permiten todos los piercings en el oído, así como en la nariz. Se excluyen otros piercings corporales faciales y visibles. Las perforaciones no deben restringir las actividades / movimientos necesarios de los estudiantes. Esta determinación se hará a discreción de los miembros del personal.
Tatuajes pueden ser visibles siempre y cuando se adhieren a la expectativa de la comunidad y de buen contenido.
No se permite el uso de sombreros, capuchas, pañuelos o bandanas en la escuela en ningún momento.
Los estudiantes que no cumplan con las reglas de este código de vestimenta serán requeridos a usar una camisa prestada de uniforme escolar para el día. Cuando se cambian de su ropa personal a un uniforme, se les pide que dejen su camisa en la oficina para ser recogidos al final del día, a cambio de la camisa del uniforme.
El Código de Vestir descrito anteriormente es incompleto sin educación transparente y consistente y conversaciones con respecto a las expectativas y suposiciones de aquellos con influencia. Las reglas a continuación describen nuestro plan de unirnos con las familias para enseñar a los estudiantes cómo vestirse intencionalmente para cada situación para que puedan tomar decisiones bien informadas sobre qué ponerse y así poder estar al tanto de las posibles consecuencias de cada opción.
Con este fin, tendremos ciertos días en los que pedimos a todos los estudiantes que se vistan para situaciones específicas.
Por lo menos un par de pantalones de vestir no jeans/mezclilla, o una falda o vestido elegante de algodón para satisfacer las expectativas de ciertos días de la vestimenta intencional.
Si no puede obtener estos artículos a principios de septiembre, comuníquese con el consejero de su estudiante.
Reconocemos que la siguiente lista no es una lista exhaustiva de las situaciones que uno puede vestir intencionalmente y que permanecerán abiertas a otras situaciones que se añadirán a estas reglas en el futuro.
Consejeros comparten sus experiencias sobre cómo se vistieron para entrevistas universitarias, entrevistas de trabajo, presentaciones, etc.
Al menos una vez al mes, tendremos un Día de Vestimenta intencional, donde pediremos a los estudiantes que se vistan intencionalmente para una situación específica. Vamos a tratar el primer dia de escuela como una oportunidad educativa donde los estudiantes tratan de cumplir con las expectativas. Si los estudiantes no cumplen con las expectativas, su consejero hablará con ellos para determinar por qué y ayudar al estudiante a llegar a un lugar donde pueda cumplir con las expectativas la próxima vez. Para cada uno de estos días después del primer día, los estudiantes que no cumplan con las expectativas deberán usar un uniforme prestado (a menos que existan circunstancias determinadas por el consejero).
Los representantes de la universidad a menudo basan su impresión de los solicitantes sobre la seriedad con que los estudiantes se preparan para la reunión. Vestir intencionalmente para satisfacer las expectativas del representante puede ser un factor importante en la impresión que obtienen de usted para su escuela. Por lo tanto, como mínimo cuando existe la posibilidad de reunirse con un representante de la universidad, los estudiantes deben cumplir con el código de vestimenta del diario y también usar pantalones de vestir, una falda o un vestido en lugar de jeans/mezclilla, deben usar zapatos de vestir en lugar de zapatos deportivos o casuales y no deben usar una chamarra con capucha.
La práctica profesional de un estudiante tiene la intención de prepararlos para la fuerza de trabajo. Por lo tanto, se espera que los estudiantes cumplan con las expectativas de su mentor de prácticas todos los días. Algunas prácticas pueden ser un uniforme específico y para otros que pueden ser un código de vestimenta similar a nuestro código de vestimenta diario.
Queremos que los estudiantes sean capaces de aumentar la conciencia, el espíritu y el apoyo en los días en que tienen una competencia atlética. Por lo tanto, en los días donde los estudiantes tienen una competición atlética, pueden llevar su camiseta atlética a la escuela mientras que todavía usa los pantalones y los zapatos que resuelven los otros aspectos de nuestro código de vestimenta.
Al dar una presentación a otros, es importante vestirse intencionalmente. Por lo tanto, si un estudiante tiene una presentación en clase, reunión, práctica profesional o no, se espera que se vistan de acuerdo con las expectativas del organizador de la presentación. Por ejemplo, si su presentación es en su clase de Cívica, se espera que cumplan con el código de vestimenta específica que les ha dado su profesor de Cívica. Como mínimo, al presentar, los estudiantes deben cumplir con el código de vestimenta del diario Y TAMBIÉN usar pantalones de vestir, una falda o un vestido en lugar de jeans/mezclilla, deben usar zapatos de vestir en lugar de zapatos deportivos o casuales y no deben usar una chamarra con capucha.
creemos que nuestro Código de Vestimenta diario es el correcto para la mayoría de los días escolares, por lo menos ofrecemos días mensuales de vestimenta donde los estudiantes pueden usar camisetas, mientras las camisetas cumplan con las expectativas de contenido de la comunidad.
Al menos una vez al año, tendremos un Día de Diversión donde participaremos en una variedad de actividades al aire libre. En estos días los estudiantes se les permitirá usar pantalones cortos que cumplan las expectativas de longitud (2 pulgadas por encima de la rodilla o más abajo), así como camisetas. Los zapatos deben ser cerrados y duros.


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Marsh, James H.. "Churchill River (Manitoba)". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 30 September 2021, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/churchill-river-manitoba. Accessed 29 January 2023.
Marsh, J. (2021). Churchill River (Manitoba). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/churchill-river-manitoba
Marsh, James H.. "Churchill River (Manitoba)." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 06, 2006; Last Edited September 30, 2021.
The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Churchill River (Manitoba)," by James H. Marsh, Accessed January 29, 2023, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/churchill-river-manitoba
Churchill River (Manitoba)
Article by James H. Marsh
Published Online February 6, 2006
Last Edited September 30, 2021
Churchill River, 1,609 km long, issues from Churchill Lake in northwestern Saskatchewan and flows southeast, east and northeast across the lowlands of northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba to Hudson Bay at Churchill, Manitoba. The name — for John Churchill, first duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691 — was applied to the river as early as 1686. The Cree called it Missinipi, meaning "great waters" or "big water." (See also Longest Rivers in Canada.)
Along the Churchill River's course are rapids, falls, narrow chutes, long placid stretches of smooth water, and — typical of rivers of the Canadian Shield — a chain of interconnected lakes. Many of the lakes are elongated in the dominant direction of the flow of the last continental ice sheet. The largest of these lakes are Southern Indian Lake (2,247 km 2), Peter Pond Lake (778 km2), Churchill Lake (559 km2), Granville Lake (490 km2) and Lac Île-à-la-Crosse (391 km2), where the river takes in its main tributary, the Beaver River (491 km).
Fur Trade
The river was travelled by Cree and Denesuline, and Jens Munk wintered at its mouth in 1619–20. The Hudson's Bay Company built a post near its mouth in 1717. It was called Churchill River, Churchill, and Churchill Factory until 1719, when the name was changed to Prince of Wales Fort. In 1782, the post was destroyed; Samuel Hearne re-established it some 8 km upriver. The North West Company began using the Churchill River after Joseph Frobisher established a trade link between it and the Montreal route via the Saskatchewan and Sturgeon Weir rivers and Frog Portage. He built a fur-trade post on Lac Île-à-la-Crosse in 1776, and soon many small competing posts were built along the river.
A hydroelectric station at Island Falls, Saskatchewan, was built in 1929 to supply power to the mining region of Flin Flon, Manitoba. And, at the north end of Southern Indian Lake, an artificial diversion channel routes much of the river's flow to the Nelson River for hydroelectric power generation. This last project was completed in 1976 after much political wrangling. One result of the much-reduced flow of the Churchill has been the large-scale environmental impact on fur-bearing animals, shorebirds, waterfowl and fish populations. In the late 1990s, the construction of a weir some 13 km from the river's mouth raised the water level of a section of the river below Southern Indian Lake.
Longest Rivers in Canada
Geography of Manitoba
Geography of Saskatchewan
Geography of Alberta
The Fur Trade

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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package net.openid.appauth;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
import static org.junit.Assert.fail;

import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONObject;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RobolectricGradleTestRunner;
import org.robolectric.annotation.Config;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

@RunWith(RobolectricGradleTestRunner.class)
@Config(constants = BuildConfig.class)
public class AuthorizationServiceDiscoveryTest {
    // ToDo: add more tests for remaining getters
    private static final String TEST_ISSUER = "test_issuer";
    private static final String TEST_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT = "http://test.openid.com/o/oauth/auth";
    private static final String TEST_TOKEN_ENDPOINT = "http://test.openid.com/o/oauth/token";
    private static final String TEST_USERINFO_ENDPOINT = "http://test.openid.com/o/oauth/userinfo";
    private static final String TEST_JWKS_URI = "http://test.openid.com/o/oauth/jwks";
    private static final List<String> TEST_RESPONSE_TYPE_SUPPORTED = Arrays.asList("code", "token");
    private static final List<String> TEST_SUBJECT_TYPES_SUPPORTED = Arrays.asList("public");
    private static final List<String> TEST_ID_TOKEN_SIGNING_ALG_VALUES = Arrays.asList("RS256");
    private static final List<String> TEST_SCOPES_SUPPORTED = Arrays.asList("openid", "profile");
    private static final List<String> TEST_TOKEN_ENDPOINT_AUTH_METHODS
            = Arrays.asList("client_secret_post", "client_secret_basic");
    private static final List<String> TEST_CLAIMS_SUPPORTED = Arrays.asList("aud", "exp");

    private static final String TEST_JSON = "{\n"
            + " \"issuer\": \"" + TEST_ISSUER + "\",\n"
            + " \"authorization_endpoint\": \"" + TEST_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT + "\",\n"
            + " \"token_endpoint\": \"" + TEST_TOKEN_ENDPOINT + "\",\n"
            + " \"userinfo_endpoint\": \"" + TEST_USERINFO_ENDPOINT + "\",\n"
            + " \"jwks_uri\": \"" + TEST_JWKS_URI + "\",\n"
            + " \"response_types_supported\": " + toJson(TEST_RESPONSE_TYPE_SUPPORTED) + ",\n"
            + " \"subject_types_supported\": " + toJson(TEST_SUBJECT_TYPES_SUPPORTED) + ",\n"
            + " \"id_token_signing_alg_values_supported\": "
            + toJson(TEST_ID_TOKEN_SIGNING_ALG_VALUES) + ",\n"
            + " \"scopes_supported\": " + toJson(TEST_SCOPES_SUPPORTED) + ",\n"
            + " \"token_endpoint_auth_methods_supported\": "
            + toJson(TEST_TOKEN_ENDPOINT_AUTH_METHODS) + ",\n"
            + " \"claims_supported\": " + toJson(TEST_CLAIMS_SUPPORTED) + "\n"
            + "}";

    JSONObject mJson;
    AuthorizationServiceDiscovery mDiscovery;

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        mJson = new JSONObject(TEST_JSON);
        mDiscovery = new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingAuthorizationEndpoint() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingIssuer() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.ISSUER.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.ISSUER.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingJwksUri() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.JWKS_URI.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.JWKS_URI.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingSubjectTypesSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.SUBJECT_TYPES_SUPPORTED.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.SUBJECT_TYPES_SUPPORTED.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingResponseTypesSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.RESPONSE_TYPES_SUPPORTED.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.RESPONSE_TYPES_SUPPORTED.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testMissingIdTokenSigningAlgValuesSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.ID_TOKEN_SIGNING_ALG_VALUES_SUPPORTED.key);
        try {
            new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson);
            fail("Expected MissingArgumentException not thrown.");
        } catch (AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.MissingArgumentException e) {
            assertEquals(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.ID_TOKEN_SIGNING_ALG_VALUES_SUPPORTED.key,
                    e.getMissingField());
        }
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultValueClaimsParametersSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.CLAIMS_PARAMETER_SUPPORTED.key);
        assertFalse(new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson).isClaimsParameterSupported());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultValueRequestParameterSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.REQUEST_PARAMETER_SUPPORTED.key);
        assertFalse(new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson).isRequestParameterSupported());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultValueRequestUriParameterSupported() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.REQUEST_URI_PARAMETER_SUPPORTED.key);
        assertTrue(new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson).isRequestUriParameterSupported());
    }

    @Test
    public void testDefaultValueRequireRequestUriRegistration() throws Exception {
        mJson.remove(AuthorizationServiceDiscovery.REQUIRE_REQUEST_URI_REGISTRATION.key);
        assertFalse(new AuthorizationServiceDiscovery(mJson).requireRequestUriRegistration());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetIssuer() {
        assertEquals(TEST_ISSUER, mDiscovery.getIssuer());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetAuthorizationEndpoint() {
        assertEquals(TEST_AUTHORIZATION_ENDPOINT, mDiscovery.getAuthorizationEndpoint().toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetTokenEndpoint() {
        assertEquals(TEST_TOKEN_ENDPOINT, mDiscovery.getTokenEndpoint().toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetUserinfoEndpoint() {
        assertEquals(TEST_USERINFO_ENDPOINT, mDiscovery.getUserinfoEndpoint().toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetJwksUri() {
        assertEquals(TEST_JWKS_URI, mDiscovery.getJwksUri().toString());
    }

    @Test
    public void testGetResponseTypeSupported() {
        assertEquals(TEST_RESPONSE_TYPE_SUPPORTED, mDiscovery.getResponseTypesSupported());
    }

    @Test
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Home Performing Arts NYC-World Premiere of The Vice Guide to Everything.
NYC-World Premiere of The Vice Guide to Everything.
Cody Ross: About author bio at bottom of article.
strayed far from the orthodox paddock of investigative reporting in search of interesting stuff, from how to pull veiled muslim girls in Yemen, simulating a Mexican migrant's dangerous journey across the US border to spending the day with a former Russian gangster-turned-TV-producer. It's visceral content, to be sure, and on many occasions the creators are successful at overturning conventional wisdom and confirming hearsay (for instance, Yemenis seem fairly keen on America despite their reputation asal-Qaeda sympathizers and North Korea is, in fact, properly bonkers!).
On the whole, Smith shows unsettling originality (and lots of guts!) in depicting globalization in all its curious, cantankerous manifestations. Despite the ridiculous/serious nature of the subject matter, the Vice guys do their best to select cool topics and educate viewers. Of course, given the twisted, cynical thrust of Vice Mag at play here, the pedagogic element is done in the true half-assed MTV way. However, The Vice Guide to Everything is a must-watch for its taboo topics, colorful cast of characters and places and broad range of entertaining antics.


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'Malicious propaganda' against Maryam rejected
Amir WasimUpdated December 09, 2019
The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has dismissed the "malicious propaganda" against Maryam Nawaz, alleging that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its spokespersons are "desperately trying to influence the outcome of the sub judice cases". — AFP/File
ISLAMABAD: The main opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has dismissed the "malicious propaganda" against Maryam Nawaz, alleging that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its spokespersons are "desperately trying to influence the outcome of the sub judice cases".
In a statement issued from London, PML-N information secretary Marriyum Aurangzeb said the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) was being used like a tool against the Sharif family and the government was obsessed with persecuting them instead of focusing on addressing the crisis created by their incompetence.
The statement from the PML-N came in the wake of statements issued by a number of government ministers on the petition submitted by Maryam Nawaz, the daughter of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in the Lahore High Court, seeking removal of her name from the Exit Control List (ECL) so that she could leave for London to inquire after the health of her ailing father.
Ms Aurangzeb asked as to why was there stigma attached to Maryam Nawaz's visit abroad when she had not been convicted in any case while her bail had been granted on merit. She said the only case Maryam Nawaz was facing now too had been filed on the ridiculous premise of why did she receive her ancestral asset.
Ms Aurangzeb said Prime Minister Imran Khan's hysteria of Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Marriyum Nawaz and Hamza Shahbaz had consumed him to the point that he had nothing else on his mind but ways to accuse the Sharif family with new lies.
She said the government's "army of rented mouthpieces" were maligning Maryam and were trying to influence the proceedings of the sub judice cases against her, although she was kept in NAB custody for three months while the anti-graft watchdog could not prove a dime of corruption against her.
She said the "selected PM" should be the first one to be placed on the ECL over the attack on parliament and PTV and the Malam Jabba case.
NAB challenges Maryam's bail in Supreme Court
Accountability court in Lahore grants Nawaz, Maryam exemption from appearance in CSM case
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Aamir Lucky
All the best Maryam!
Ahsan Gul
There is no malicious propaganda against Maryam Nawaz But the real truth. She is a member of the most corrupt family. You, Ms. Aurangzeb should also be questioned for.
Victoria Gardezi
Alleging that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf and its spokespersons are desperately trying to influence the outcome of the sub judice cases because the PML-N no longer have influence.
Maryam Safdar should be in jail. The world has not forgotten the font gate and assets beyond means.
Let political vendetta stop and Maryam go to London where her heart is..
Tarique Paul
Own up to the corruption, Return the loot and apologise to the Nation. Then get out of the country and stay out.
We have not forgotten the Calibri Font forgery by Maryam Nawaz! She can just check up on her father via video chat.
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F.S. Aijazuddin
Is the rancour of these paragraphs an exaggeration?
Power and pageantry
Khurram Husain
Special interests, whether in bureaucracy or the private sector, devour the country and its wealth up like termites.
The five capital curses
I.A. Rehman
The intolerance displayed by the Multan Bar office-bearers has been manifesting itself in various forms.
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As long as clocks have ticked, people have complained about overwork and lack of time. But employees of the modern downsized, digitized, and driven corporation feel the pain and drain of work — and express their longing for leisure — more than ever, even as they enjoy more perks and protections than their predecessors.
In the business environment of "24/7," global competition, and always-on-call connectivity, all hours are fair game for work. Sure, people can choose to unplug, but it is getting harder to resist the temptation to always be on call. When you can work anytime from anywhere, the long-standing culture of "presenteeism" — a kind of workaholic converse of absenteeism in which people feel compelled to be seen as working even when they're not productive — is magnified.
It is certainly debatable whether time-related stress or life balance problems are really tougher for the corporate knowledge worker in the year 2005 than they were for the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit in the 1950s, or for a mill foreman in the 1850s. Undeniably, though, today's employees, across generations, are looking for more meaning in their work lives and more choices in how they spend the time of their whole lives. This is especially true of women. Recent research shows that seasoned, successful women are opting out of corporate life in ever-greater numbers because they don't want to make the trade-offs their employers demand.
Corporations are trying to respond with so-called work–life balance programs, but these only seem to scratch the surface of the frustration and exhaustion employees are feeling. Perhaps this is because piecemeal measures don't tackle the larger strategic issue: the tension between the financial demands of an enterprise and the need to develop a social contract that recognizes each employee's whole life as valuable. This is a management challenge for both employees and employers. As individuals, employees bear some responsibility for overworking and being overwhelmed. Still, there's plenty of room for improvement in the way corporations set the tone, pace, and expectations for workers — both for outstanding performers who are disinclined, or unable, to have their jobs subsume their lives, and for those people whose contributions are diminished by overwork.
Four good books, published in 2004 and 2005, address the problem by raising a deeper set of questions. First, what is the best possible way to love, work, think, and grow old? Second, for those of us who must work for a living, how can our employers best support satisfying ways of living and still remain competitive?
From a variety of perspectives, each book examines the way we live when we aren't working and how this affects what we accomplish when we are. The first — The Time Divide: Work, Family, and Gender Inequality (Harvard University Press, 2004), by sociologists Jerry A. Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson — presents insightful, data-rich research on stress in the American workplace and how corporations contribute to it. The other three represent more personal approaches to the work–life conundrum. Journalist Carl Honoré's In Praise of Slowness: How a Worldwide Movement Is Challenging the Cult of Speed (Harper San Francisco, 2004) looks at the pleasures that pass us by, and the unhealthy traps we fall into, when life is too hectic. Mary Lou Quinlan, author of Time Off for Good Behavior: How Hardworking Women Can Take a Break and Change Their Lives (Broadway Books, 2005), is a CEO who nearly burned out; her book focuses on the frustrations and aspirations of highly effective female professionals. Creating the Good Life: Applying Aristotle's Wisdom to Find Meaning and Happiness (Rodale, 2005), by organizational behavior expert James O'Toole, seeks answers in Aristotelian philosophy. As unalike as these books are, each leads to a common set of messages: Labor and leisure are symbiotic, happiness and productivity are linked, and workaholism doesn't necessarily benefit the bottom line.
In The Time Divide, Jerry Jacobs and Kathleen Gerson, professors of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University, respectively, bust myths about time-deprived families and time-greedy workplaces, and add fresh analysis to the debate about the overworked American. Whereas most researchers measure how people use their time — by either asking them or observing them — this book studies how workers feel about their time commitments, and how the particular cultures and structures of their workplaces affect them.
Drawing heavily on analysis of the National Study of the Changing Workforce conducted in 1992 and 1997 by the New York–based research nonprofit Families and Work Institute, the authors reveal the frustration of highly paid knowledge workers who are experiencing a gap between their actual and ideal division of time for work, family, and self. The employees who feel the most time-deprived are dual-income couples and single parents in demanding corporate jobs — none of whom have the support at home of a nonworking partner. Surveys show both men and women believe work demands cause them to shortchange their families and themselves. Parents with children under 18 say they feel significantly more stress than people without children, and 40 percent of all parents say they feel stress from work–family conflicts.
Among the books reviewed here, this one is densest, but it is worth the slog through the data and research methodologies to get to the authors' conclusions. For example, without using the label, the authors point the finger at "presenteeism" as a factor that undermines the goals of family-friendly programs. "As long as the culture of the workplace and the message from bosses and supervisors equate work commitment with overwork," they write, "workers face a 'damned if you do, damned if you don't' set of alternatives that exact considerable costs no matter what the choice." Corporations can counter this by making their own choice to recognize that increases in family time, downtime, and self-managed time lead to much higher levels of corporate productivity, commitment, and engagement. With such options as flexible hours and sabbaticals, people feel refreshed, renewed, and motivated to work.
Even though business leaders complain that the 35-hour workweek has made France less internationally competitive, Professors Jacobs and Gerson strongly advocate this change in the U.S. to lend support to working parents. It's not clear that a 35-hour workweek law would solve the problem, but even an open-minded debate on the subject — counterintuitive though it may seem to those who preach about the incessant pressure of global competition — would be a symbolic reminder of the importance of downtime to the productivity of a company and a nation.
Carl Honoré's In Praise of Slowness was inspired by a personal quest to get a life. In the opening pages, the author recalls the joy he experienced on a "sun-bleached" afternoon in 1985 as a teenager on a summer tour of Europe. Waiting for a bus near the outskirts of Rome, he lies down on a bench and turns up his Sony Walkman to the sounds of Simon and Garfunkel, soaking up a simple scene that, he writes, is "engraved" on his memory: two small boys kicking a soccer ball around a medieval fountain, tree branches scraping against an old stone wall, an elderly widow carrying her vegetables home in a bag.
Although Americans are the first to be criticized for obsessive work habits, Mr. Honoré shows how time sickness has infected Europe (respondents to a recent survey in Britain said they would prefer working fewer hours to winning the lottery), and Asia, too. The Japanese have a word for the "work till you drop" culture, karoshi, which means "death by overwork." In 2001, the Japanese government reported a record 143 victims of karoshi.
The 2004 survey by the Center for Work–Life Policy at Columbia University of 2,443 American women between the ages of 28 and 55 revealed that more than a third had stopped working for some period of time. Twenty-five percent had chosen flexible or reduced-hour options. Almost 60 percent described their careers as "nonlinear." Twenty-four percent had left their jobs for childcare- and eldercare-related reasons.
Mary Lou Quinlan's Time Off for Good Behavior is about these women, for them, and for the corporations who employ them. Ms. Quinlan tells the stories of more than 40 women who, like her, are accomplished Type A personalities. Most are currently or were previously high-ranking executives, living and working in East Coast and West Coast cities for the most time-demanding U.S. corporations.
Ms. Quinlan, founder and CEO of the New York–based marketing company Just Ask a Woman, got to the happy place she is in life today by coming back from the brink of burnout. In 1994, at age 39, she was asked to be president of N.W. Ayer, the oldest advertising agency in the United States, and became CEO a year later. But while all was well on the work front, her personal life was falling apart.
It wasn't until more than a year later, however, that a concerned friend suggested a sabbatical. When Ms. Quinlan finally took some time off, she had no particular plan in mind. "I sat there in the sunshine and asked myself, 'What do I want to do today?' I asked myself that every day for five weeks." Her happiest moments during those five weeks were the "simplest ones," she writes — eating breakfast in a neighborhood diner, taking Latin dancing lessons in a studio, ice skating in the middle of the afternoon for the fun of it. She saw a movie alone for the first time in years. She took a kickboxing class with her niece.
Time Off for Good Behavior offers a heavy dose of female honesty for those male-dominated corporations that want to know why their highest-performing women are leaving, and how they can get them to stay or come back. "Self-directed and company-endorsed time off is a new concept for companies and for women," Ms. Quinlan says. Sometimes, however, there is nothing a company can do. Writes Ms. Quinlan: "A good friend of mine said that when it comes time to leave a job, it's not that you are wrong or that the company is wrong. For many years, your goals were aligned. But at some point, your paths diverge. You each move on as individual entities, glad for the time you had together." Indeed, when Ms. Quinlan returned to her post at Ayer in New York, she knew immediately she did not want to continue as its CEO. Within a few weeks, she resigned to start the company that became Just Ask a Woman. By "a stroke of luck" (and no doubt because of her talent, as well), her boss, Roy Bostock, who was chairman of the MacManus Group, the global communications holding company that owned Ayer, saw her idea as a business opportunity and helped her fund it.
Seeking guidance, he delved into Aristotle's insights on "planning a life," and the result is an elegant, original book that anyone, but especially executives, could benefit from reading. It is my choice as the year's best book on work and life. "Happiness, in the Aristotelian view, demonstrates what good people do; it is the sum of the best activities of which human beings are capable," explains Professor O'Toole. (For more on Aristotle, see "The Realist's Guide to Moral Purpose," by Nikos Mourkogiannis, s+b, Winter 2005.) Some of the hottest ideas in economics and psychology today validate this thinking. For example, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes how people experience "flow" or are "in the zone" when they're doing what they love to do. "I know I have been in the zone when I look at the clock and discover I have been at work for many hours," writes Professor O'Toole, who says he experienced flow often while writing his book.
These books all argue that the ongoing struggle to lead a balanced life is getting harder. It's not just that competition is more intense in the workplace, it's that the modern workplace makes us feel its effects more intensely. But the more important message for corporations is that human-capital strategy can counter this trend only by seriously taking into account the effect of our mental, emotional, and physical state on our ability to achieve good results at work.
Ann Graham (ann.graham@mac.com), a contributing editor to strategy+business, was this magazine's deputy editor from 2000 to 2005. She is currently the editorial director and a coauthor of a forthcoming book (with Peter Senge and others) that applies organizational learning and systems theories to the creation of sustainable businesses. The book will be published by Doubleday in 2007.


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2016 NFL Power Rankings - Week Six!
ESPN and Sports Illustrated can eat it - these are the only pro football power rankings anybody needs.
"All Hail Our (Former)Respective Glories!"
Yes, for one week at least, the goddamn Buffalo Bills are indeed the best team in pro football. In their 45-16 destruction of the Niners, you saw just about everything that makes a modern NFL team playoff-ready - a solid quarterback (T-Mobile had 178 yards and two TD passes), a stellar run game (how about LeSean McCoy's three touchdown, 140-yard day?) and a dynamite defense that looks great against the pass and the rush. The big question now is, can the Buffalo Bills sustain this phenomenal play throughout the remainder of the season (and punch their tickets to the post-season for the first time since 2000) or will they ... well, play more like the Buffalo Bills we're used to watching?
The Pats were never in any distress in their 35-17 win over the rumbling, stumbling, fumbling Bengals. Tom Terrific looked, well, himself, throwing three touchdown passes and collecting 376 yards on 29 completions. And Gronk had a monster day as well, racking up 162 yards and an end zone visitation on just seven catches.
Hey, remember a couple of weeks back when everybody was talking about Carson Wentz as if he was the second coming of Joe Montana duck-taped to Peyton Manning, with arms made out of Tom Brady and Drew Brees, Voltron-style? Well, his play has taken a noticeable hit in quality the last two weeks. The rookie QB had an especially lackluster outing in the Eagles' 27-20 loss to the Redskins, in which Wentz went just 11 for 22 on passes for 179 yards and no touchdowns. Oh, and him getting sacked five times for a good 30-lost yards of offensive real estate isn't exactly a beacon of hope, neither.
The Vikes took week six off, as they re-emerge this Sunday to go toe-to-toe with the Philadelphia Eagles in what many are considering a preview of the NFC Championship (well, some people, anyway.) Re: the last remaining unbeaten team in pro football - averaging 302.6 yards per game, their offense ranks 30th overall, while their defense, allowing an average of 287.6 yards per game, ranks second overall.
No Romo, no problem! The Cowboys bested the Packers at Lambeau 30-16 in a game that, more so than any other this season, demonstrates why Dak Prescott ought to be the starter for "America's Team." The rookie sensation went 18 for 27 for 247 yards and three touchdown passes, and really, his wasn't event he most impressive offensive performance for the Boys that evening, seeing as how Ezekiel Elliot recorded 157 rushing yards on 28 carries against a loaded defense considered one of the best against the run in all of pro football.
Arizona Cardinals (3-3)
The Cardinals have had a very up and down season, but to their credit, when they are up, they are VERY, VERY up. Case in point? The Cards' 28-3 throttling of the Jets on Monday Night, which saw David Johnson pound the pigskin for 111 yards and three rushing touchdowns. And defensively, it was pretty much a second bye week for the team, as they easily held the nose-diving Jets to 197 passing yards and only 33 rushing yards - which, as evident by the final tally, resulted in nothing even remotely resembling points on the scoreboard.
Do you think Falcons' fans will ever get over that fourth down no-call against Richard Sherman? Aye, the blatant-but-ignored pass interference likely would have given the Falcons enough real estate to try for a game-winning field goal in the waning moments of the fourth quarter. Alas, the refs, doing their best clueless WWE official routine, conveniently looked the other way, thus allowing the Seahawks to hold on to a narrow 26-24 win. Needless to say, it's going to take a lot of Falcons sandwiches from Publix to cope with this one...
Well, that's two back-to-back losses for the reigning, defending Super Bowl champions. In a tough, divisional road loss to the Chargers, Trevor Siemian was decent (230 yards and a TD on 30 completions), but the run game just couldn't get cranked up, producing an anemic 84 yards in the 21-13 loss. Still, the defense held up very well, holding Philip Rivers to 178 yards and the Chargers potent rushing attack to just 99.
The Fins beating the Steelers 30-15 last Sunday HAS to be the biggest upset of the season so far. Even more upsetting for the Pittsburgh faithful, however? Big Ben is hurt yet again, and there's no timetable in place for when he will return. And even with arguably the best receiver and the best running back in pro football, just how optimistic can you be about the rest of the season with Landry motherfucking Jones calling signals?
Seattle Seahawks (4-1)
Talk about a gift-wrapped win! In one of the most obvious, outcome-shaping fuck-ups in recent NFL history, the officials pretty much allowed Richard Sherman to commit blatant pass interference against Julio Jones - an extremely significant no-call that gave the ball back to Seattle in the dying moments of the fourth quarter. Seattle faithful should consider themselves very, very fortunate to escape from this one with the 26-24 victory, that's for damned sure.
After a long series of improbable losses mathematicians have determined to be a one-in-30-million fluke, San Diego finally got on the favorable side of Lady Luck via a 21-13 win over the Broncos. But perhaps the most surprising thing about the win? Just how well the Chargers' defense played, which, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, had held the Broncos to only three points, with their own offense ahead by 21.
The Chiefs definitely put a hurting on the Raiders in a rain-soaked contest Sunday, besting the still No. 1 ranked AFC West team 26-10. Alex Smith may have had outstanding passing numbers (although, despite going 19 for 22, he recorded no touchdowns), but it was clearly the Chiefs' rushing attack that won 'em this one - at the final horn, they had recorded 183 rushing yards and three ground-based scores, with Spencer Ware leading the herd with 131 yards on 24 carries.
In a rematch of Super Bowl XXXV (well, not really), the New York Giants exacted 15-year-late revenge against the Ravens, winning a close contest 27-23 at the Meadowlands. You really can't fault Joe Flacco's overall stats (he did finish the game with 300-plus yards, after all), but when none of those passes are connecting with receivers in enemy end zone, who gives a shit? Well, besides the millions of people out there who play fantasy football, I guess...
The Pack just couldn't stop the Dallas offensive onslaught, as Green Bay fell to the Cowboys 30-16 last Sunday. A-Rod had decent stats (294 yards and a TD on 31 completions), but they just couldn't get their run game (which chalked up a puny 78 yards throughout the contest) going. And the defense - which allowed three aerial touchdowns and nearly 200 rushing yards - looked just as lethargic.
Washington Redskins (4-2)
Season Point Differential: 0
Don't look now, but the Skins are slowly but surely transforming into something that may very well resemble a kind of offensive juggernaut. Ye jest? Look no further than Washington's win over the Eagles last Sunday, when Kirk Cousins threw the pigskin for 263 yards and two touchdowns while Matt Jones chewed up the field for 135 rushing yards. And defensively, these kids ain't too shabby: after all, they did hold one of the League's most touted offenses to just 179 yards passing and just 94 rushing, didn't they?
Matt Stafford's excellent (statistical) season continued Sunday with a very close 31-28 win over the Rams. The former UGA gunslinger lobbed the rock for four touchdowns in the victory, ultimately collecting 270 yards on 23 completions. Leading the parade was receiver Golden Tate, who finished the contest with 165 yards and one TD on only eight receptions.
The Titans' up-and-down season swung up last weekend, via a close fought 28-26 win over the hapless, helpless Browns. Marcus Mariota lobbed three touchdown passes in the winning effort, concluding the game with 284 yards on 17 completions, while receiver Kendell Wright wrapped up the contest with 133 yards and a solo trip to the end zone on eight catches.
The Raiders put in their worst offensive and defensive showing of the season in last Sunday's 26-10 loss to divisional foes Kansas City (and, as always, the coroner's report can be read in full right here.) For another week, however, the Raiders still hold on to the best overall record in the AFC West ... although with K.C. and S.D. both slowly coming alive (while Denver appears to be slipping up a tad), things could get very chaotic in the rankings much sooner than later.
New Orleans Saints (2-3)
Drew Brees and company narrowly survived a scare from the Panthers, but even after squandering a big lead, the Saints nonetheless managed to stave off their divisional foes en route to a 41-38 win. As that sum would lead you to believe, yes, Drew Brees did indeed air the shit out of the ball last weekend - he finished the contest with four touchdowns and 465 yards on 23 completions, with receiver Brandin Cooks leading the corps with 173 yards on seven catches.
The Colts dropped another tough one last Sunday night, falling 26-23 to divisional rivals Houston. All in all, you really can't complain about the Colts' overall offensive numbers - Andrew Luck bowed out with 252 yards on 21 completions while Frank Gore called it a day with 106 rushing yards on 22 carries.
OBJ is back (for one game, at least), ya'll. In the Giants' 27-23 win over Baltimore, the League's most polarizing receiver put in a hell of a performance, registering 222 yards and two touchdowns on just eight catches. Is it time to circle the wagons on the G-Men, then? Well, seeing as how Eli Manning (despite his 400-yard plus day) is still lobbing interceptions left and right, I'd probably hold off on declaring this a truly resurrected playoff contender just yet.
Yeah, I suppose by now, it is MORE than safe to say the Super Bowl Slump is in full effect for the Panthers. The really sad thing about their 41-38 loss to New Orleans? Not only did they fall short on a late comeback attempt, the team's overall stats were downright great, with Cam Newton collecting 322 passing yards and the combined Panthers rushing corps accumulating 103 yards and three touchdowns on the ground. Aye, it sucks big time being second to last in a last possession game, don't it?
That's right - the Dolphins didn't even need Ryan Tannehill (24 for 32 for 252 yards) to lob a single touchdown pass to lead his time to an unbelievable 15-point win over the Steelers. Running back Jay Ayaji deserves a lot of credit for the shocking victory - after all, the dude did collect 204 rushing yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries, didn't he?
Well, it wasn't easy, but the Texans nonetheless escaped from their showdown against the Colts last Sunday night with a W. In the 26-23 O.T. win, Brock Os. went 25 for 39 for 269 yards, two TDs and one INT while Lamar Miller tore up the field for 149 rushing yards and one score on 24 carries. And leading Houston in receiving yards? Not DeAndre Hopkins, but C.J. Fiedorowicz, who clocked out with 85 yards and a TD on six catches.
The Jags just barely got past Chicago over the weekend, squeaking by with a razor thin 17-16 win. Blake Bortles wrapped up the game with 271 yards and a one-to-one TD-to-INT ratio on 20 completions, with receiver Allen Hurns leading the field with 74 yards on five catches. Alas, the run game was a non-factor, as the Jags could only muster a puny 54 rushing yards all afternoon.
The Rams dropped a tough one to the Lions last Sunday, winding up on the losing end of a 31-28 contest. Case Keenum had a solid showing overall with 321 yards and three touchdowns on 27 completions, but the run game was conspicuously absent - indeed, at the final horn, Todd Gurley and pals had only collected 76 yards on the ground, with the only rushing touchdown punched in by Keenum himself.
Cincinnati Bengals (2-4)
The Bengals, at this point, have to be the most surprising underperforming team in the League. While Andy Dalton showed some slivers of flare in Cincy's 35-17 loss to the Patriots (he went 21 for 31 for 254 yards and a TD pass), the team just couldn't get their engines cranked, offensively or defensively. The looked especially lethargic in the second half, when they allowed New England to post 25 points over the course of 30 minutes of play.
Brian Hoyer's 300-plus yard throwing day wasn't enough to propel the Bears to victory, as they dropped a tough one to Jacksonville 17-16. Receiver Cameron Meredith had a very strong showing, finishing the game with 113 yards on 11 carries, but he nor anyone else wearing a "C" on the side of their helmets seemed to be able to find enemy end zone throughout the affair.
If last weekend felt strangely devoid of Jameis Winston, you're not hallucinating - the Bucs had a bye. Averaging 335.8 yards per game, Tampa Bay possesses the League's 23rd ranked offense and are ranked 20th overall in defense, allowing opposing teams to record an average of 366.2 yards per contest. They return to the gridiron this Sunday to play the 49ers, in what should be ... well, to be honest, a pretty shitty game.
After all of the controversy and the criticisms and the crude t-shirts and the politicization of sports radio and the strangely under-discussed contract extension, how did Colin Kaepernick actually perform under center? As it turns out, about as poorly as Blaine Gabbert, finishing the game 13 for 29 for 187 yards and a solo TD pass (and getting sacked three times for a net loss of 20 yards) in a 45-16 walloping from the Bills.
Cleveland Browns (0-6)
The Browns just keep on finding ways to lose tight games, and their 28-26 loss to the Titans is especially heartbreaking. While Cody Kessler had a really good showing (he got 336 yards and two touchdowns on 26 completions), the Browns run game sputtered out. At the final horn, the team collectively ran the ball for only 40 yards - a sum Tennessee more than tripled on the other side of the turf.
Without question, the Jets' disastrous 2016 campaign has been the biggest dumpster fire in all of pro football - yes, even worse than the Browns, because heading into this season, people actually had halfway decent expectations for them. In the latest installment in the League's best tragicomedy, the Jets got their asses handed to them by the Cardinals, 28-3 on a live, nationally televised broadcast. Hold on to your hats, folks ... this thing is going to get a whole lot worse before it gets any better.
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When storage space is at a premium, consider transforming the open space above parked cars into a convenient storage area. WireCrafters Garage Lockers turn this previously overlooked space into useful storage areas.
Single-tier, walk-in style lockers are perfect for storing tenants' out-of-season belongings. Double-tier lockers are ideal for buildings with limited space but a large number of residents.
Eliminate clutter and allow for proper aisle space throughout common storage areas.
Rent storage lockers to tenants at typical rates & you may recoup the cost of storage lockers and installation in under one year!
We're happy to provide free design and layout assistance!
WireCrafters RapidWire line of all steel welded wire tenant storage lockers are an ideal way to secure resident's personal items in multi-family building common storage areas.
WireCrafters welded mesh locker construction is strong and secure, and gives installers more flexibility to custom fit and professionally finish storage areas, while eliminating clutter and efficiently utilizing available space. Most condominium buildings can recoup the project cost in under twelve months by renting storage lockers to tenants at typical rates.
WireCrafters tenant storage lockers are made of 10 gauge wire in a 2" x 2" square welded wire mesh. This mesh is welded into a 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 13 gauge rolled formed angle. The storage locker's open but secure design allows existing lighting, ventilation, and fire suppression systems to function effectively throughout the secured storage areas.
Recoup the project cost in under 12 months by renting storage lockers to tenants at typical rates.
WireCrafters tenant storage lockers are available in two basic styles; single tier walk-in, and double tier. The most common configuration is the single tier walk-in type with a 3'-0" or 4'-0" wide door, and depth of 3'-0", 4'-0", or 5'-0". The standard height is 7'-6" high. The single tier storage locker gives the tenant plenty of storage space for their out-of-season belongings.
The double tier lockers are typically used when the building has limited space but a large number of tenants who require additional storage. The width and depth of the double tier storage lockers are the same as single tier, but the height of each individual locker is 3'-9", for a combined total height of 7'-6".
RapidWire tenant storage lockers come standard with a simple padlock lug and the tenant provides their own padlock. A three point lock with a built-in keyed cylinder is also available.
The standard storage locker consists of the front door panel and side walls. There are other components that may be required.
Ceiling panels are available if the locker is more than 6" away from the existing ceiling. These welded wire ceiling panels allow light and ventilation to come through while providing additional security for the lockers.
Back panels made of solid 16 gauge sheet metal or welded wire are also available for those lockers that are back to back in the middle of a room or away from a wall. You may also require a back panel when your existing wall is not level or has obstructions on it.
Full and half shelves made of 16 gauge solid sheet metal can be added to lockers for keeping smaller items that need to be stored off the floor.
Bottom or floor panels can also be added to the lockers. A solid 16 gauge sheet metal bottom panel can keep items 3" above the floor for those areas where water could be a potential problem.
RapidWire tenant storage lockers with their modular design make it easy to layout and install your storage locker project. Doors are pre-hung, hinges are already welded in place, and it takes just four bolts to connect a wall panel to a door panel. This assures easy installation and provides for the lowest total cost of ownership. Welded wire may be modified in the field; making installations around obstructions like electrical conduits, heating ducts, and water pipes easy. Because the wire is welded at every intersection, field modification does not affect the structural integrity of the storage locker panels.
Welded mesh allows field modifications for unforseen obstructions.
Two basic styles, single or double tier.
Stock sizes: 7'-6" tall, 3' or 4' wide, 3', 4', or 5' deep.
Pad lock lugs, with door strikes standard.
Three point lock or recessed key lock available.
Constructed of industrial grade materials.
May be used individually or in a group.
Styles may be mixed within a group.
Easy installation-just two sections per locker, wall panel and door panel.
Free Layout service-sketch the room, and tell us the desired number of lockers.
Approval and Erection drawings supplied with your order.
Single Tier - Convenient walk in single tier lockers are ideal for most storage areas. Almost like adding a new closet for your user.
Double Tier - Creates two storage areas in one unit, the double tier locker makes most efficient use of available space. Individual storage areas are accessed through 3'-9" high by 3' or 4' wide doors. Upper and lower storage cubes are separated by a reinforced 16 gauge steel divider.
Starter Unit - The three sided Starter Unit consists of one front panel and two wall panels. Starter Units may be used alone, or to start a run of lockers.
Add-On Unit - The two sided Add-On Unit consists of one front panel and one wall panel. May be used alone next to existing building walls or to add on to a run of lockers.
All frames, dividers, and angle supports shall be punched with slotted holes for anchoring and assembly. Welded wire mesh shall be securely welded to all frames.
Shall be framed in 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 13 gauge angle with doors pre-hung at the factory. Single tier doors constructed with one horizontal stiffener of 1/4" x 3/4" flat bar behind mesh securely welded into a 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 13 gauge steel angle frame. All doors supplied with door strikes, padlock lugs, and 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" spun-pin hinges welded in place.
Shall be framed on three sides with 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 13 gauge steel angle, with double border wires on the remaining side.
Shall be made of 10 gauge carbon steel wire welded in a 2" x 2" (center to center) pattern.
Shall be formed16 gauge galvanized sheet metal fastened to a 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 1/8" angle support. Divider provided with double tier units; optional on single tier units.
Shall be 16 gauge galvanized sheet metal.
Sized to cover one or more lockers, shall be a sheet of 2" x 2" x 10 gauge welded wire mesh securely fastened to locker.
Shall be formed 16 gauge galvanized sheet metal.
Shall be 3/8" standard thread grade two plated nuts and bolts; 3/8" mechanical anchors for wall and floor mount provided.


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A Macabre Tussle Over a Historic Slab
By Steven Yaccino
ROSCOE, Ill. — The original tombstone of Lee Harvey Oswald may not rest here in peace much longer.
Not that it has rested anywhere for very long.
In the nearly 50 years since Mr. Oswald, the presumed assassin of President John F. Kennedy, was buried in Texas, the grave marker has been stolen from a cemetery, recovered by the police, hidden away for safekeeping, and passed around among distant relatives of the family that bought the home of Mr. Oswald's mother after she died.
Now one of those family members is determined to pursue whatever legal action it takes to get it back from its current home, an automotive museum in this rural Illinois town.
"Look, they screwed us out of it," said David Card, 72, a music club owner from Dallas who said that his step-cousin's wife did not own the stone when she sold it two years ago.
The 130-pound slab of history — engraved with Mr. Oswald's name, dates (Oct. 18, 1939 - Nov. 24, 1963) and a cross — now sits encased and on display at the Historic Automotive Attractions museum in Roscoe, a small town 90 miles northwest of Chicago near the Wisconsin border.
The museum opened in 2001 showcasing a collection of race cars, but it has since expanded into a quirky montage of history, politics and Hollywood. Its collection of Kennedy memorabilia is set between the limousines of other American presidents and three Batmobiles.
There, among objects that call up political factoids and fictional plotlines, is the black Secret Service Cadillac that drove behind Kennedy's vehicle when he was shot during a Dallas motorcade in 1963, the Checker taxi Oswald hailed shortly after, a piece of the fence from the grassy knoll and other items that Mr. Kennedy at one time held, wore and bled on.
Just across from Oswald's gravestone, in a room dedicated to his own murder, sits the ambulance that rushed him to a hospital after he was shot while being escorted by the police two days after being arrested in the president's death. Wayne Lensing, the owner of the museum, considered buying Oswald's coffin as well, which was exhumed in 1981 and sold at an auction two decades later for $87,468, but he thought it would be too macabre for the collection.
Mr. Lensing, 64, spent far less on the tombstone, paying a little shy of $10,000 — he would not reveal the exact amount — which he considered a bargain, to a woman named Holly Ragan, a distant relative of Mr. Card's.
The Card family first stumbled upon the gravestone some 30 years ago when an electrician found it in the crawl space under the house of Mr. Oswald's mother, Marguerite Oswald, which the family bought after she died. Ms. Oswald is said to have hidden it there after teenagers took the tombstone from her son's grave site on the fourth anniversary of Kennedy's death. It was returned days later. But fearing vandals would strike again, Ms. Oswald replaced it with a simpler stone — no first name, no dates, just "Oswald" — that remains at Shannon Rose Hill Cemetery in Fort Worth.
The family asked Mr. Card's step-aunt, who lived nearby, to take the original headstone for safekeeping sometime in the mid-1980s. Over the years, it drifted to Mr. Card's step-cousin, Johnny Ragan, who kept it until he died in 2008.
That is when Mr. Card and his siblings said they started asking for the stone back, calling Mr. Ragan's wife, Holly, at least three times to make arrangements to pick it up. "We knew it was there, and we talked about it being there," Mr. Card said, insisting that Johnny was only safeguarding it temporarily.
Yet Ms. Ragan, who could not be reached for an interview, denied knowing anything about its location, he said.
A couple of years later, Heritage Auctions of Dallas got a call from Ms. Ragan with an offer to sell the grave marker.
Heritage has been a major player in Kennedy collectibles for at least a decade, handling six figures worth of memorabilia every year, according to the auction house. Recently, it sold items like the watch Kennedy wore during the 1960 presidential campaign ($23,900) and "the last rocking chair he ever sat in" ($65,725).
But it balked at the tombstone, never asking for proof of ownership. "The ick factor was too high," said Greg Rohan, the president of the auction house. "We thought it was in poor taste to handle something like that."
Instead the dealer connected Ms. Ragan with Mr. Lensing, who recently purchased a decoration in the form of a presidential seal that adorned the side of the cake presented to Kennedy at Madison Square Garden when Marilyn Monroe sang her seductive rendition of "Happy Birthday" in 1962 ($6,573). Mr. Lensing plans to put it on display soon.
The Cards, who noticed the gravestone on the Historic Auto Attractions Web site last year, are now preparing to file a lawsuit against Ms. Ragan and Mr. Lensing in the coming months to regain possession of the tombstone.
Insisting that money is not his motivation, Mr. Card said he would like to donate the item to the Sixth Floor Museum in Dallas, which chronicles the Kennedy assassination. A spokeswoman for the museum, which is in the former Texas School Book Depository where Oswald worked and from which the shots were fired at the Kennedy motorcade, said it had no interest in displaying the tombstone at this time.
"What's wrong with having it here?" argued Mr. Lensing, who said he was blindsided by the family feud and is willing to spend whatever is necessary to keep the item in his museum. "All I did was get a phone call. How would I know all this dickering was going on?"


We created these surprise birthday party invitations for my mom, Caroline's 70th birthday. Growing up, Neil Diamond's "Sweet Caroline," has always been her anthem of sorts. Naturally, we had to go with a Neil Diamond theme for the invitations.
The design was modern and fun. We used both bold and feminine fonts which paired well with the bright color palette and the soft pinks. The invitation itself was printed double sided with 1947, the year of her birth on the back. The secondary cards included a reply card and an additional details card. Everything was held together with twine and a tag with the image of Neil belting out "Sweet Caroline." Beautiful marbled paper that lined both the mailing envelope and the response envelope, along with color coordinated vintage postage completed this suite.
We got to do some fun accessories for the event itself. Cute drink stirrers with an image of my mom from her younger days, colorful cocktail napkins and bar menus.
Presenting these Detroit wedding invitations created for our bride and groom for their Detroit wedding. It features a modern design layout, a monochromatic color palette, gold foil details and gorgeous, marbled paper envelope liners.
We love designing maps around here and this one was one of my favorite pieces in this suite. We were able to include many of our couples favorite destinations in the city, as well as all of the important wedding day locations.
On the day our clients were engaged they celebrated by going to a Detroit Tigers game at Comerica Park. The party continued with friends and family for dinner at Fishbones in Greektown. When it became time to plan the wedding it was only natural that their wedding should be in Detroit. All of their guests stayed at the Atheneum Suite Hotel. The reception was at Fishbones and their guests could also hit the Greektown Casino right next door.
When Sarah asked me to work with her on her stationery needs, I was thrilled. I loved her theme, which was rustic chic wedding invitations. They wanted their wedding to be a relaxed, fun environment, but still a pretty wedding and not just a backyard camp out. Sarah's overall decor was very airy and romantic with lots of whites in the decor and flower scheme. Their invitations were inspired by it and we were so pleased with the results. It was a true reflection of both Sarah and Trevor. Sarah and Trevor are outdoor enthusiasts which is why they were drawn to Settlers Creek Farmstead. It is a 100 year old farmstead next to the mountains and river in Coeur d' Alene, IA.
Some of the details in her wedding stationery included, a vellum wrap, that was sealed with white twine and a custom designed wax seal with their custom designed wedding logo. The gorgeous calligraphy on the envelopes was done by the oh-so-talented Mandy Curtis of Myrtle and Lloyd.
Sarah has a passion for outdoor photography as well and we were able to include some of her pictures in their suite. It was a surprise element that we printed on the back of the invitation and on the back of the response card. We then overlaid two different quotes that were meaningful to her and Trevor. It was a really cool, personal detail that we were able to include in her rustic chic wedding invitations.
We would love to hear your ideas for a rustic chic wedding!
This Spanish style wedding invitation has been one of my most inquired about and requested invitations I have done to date. The very first one was created back in 2007 for a destination wedding in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. You can see the original featured here on Oh so beautiful paper.
This latest version of the invitation was for the reception only, being held at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. The museum, located at the heart of Santa Barbara's historic district, it is a venue that evokes the romance of early Spanish California. This wedding invitation sets the tone perfectly for these types of venues.
The suite included the same beautiful laser cut gate fold, invitation and reception card. Everything was held together with a gold ribbon and wax seal.
Earlier this summer we teamed up with Diana and Nick to bring their version of a camp wedding invitation to life. Each piece incorporates whimsical, hand-drawn details, with a rich fall color palette of deep reds, burnt orange and a touch of powder blue. We have done our fair share of wedding day timelines over the years, but this one was the most elaborate and full of personal details. We were able to showcase their love of the outdoors, Carolina BBQ and blue grass music.
Calligraphy by The Lettered Life.


Typing with telepathy? Hearing through your skin? An augmented reality developer platform? These are just a few of the launches and demos Facebook showed off at the social network's big F8 conference. Here's an updated breakdown of each major announcement from both days of F8 and why they're important to you and Facebook.


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Former locksmith sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for central Ohio break-ins
Dean Narciso
A former locksmith, safe-cracker and career criminal has been sentenced to at least a decade in prison by a Union County judge.
Andrew K. Foster, 52, had pleaded guilty earlier this year to committing break-ins in Union, Franklin, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Morrow, Perry and Madison counties.
Foster's sentence can range from 10 1/2 years to 14 1/2 years, depending on factors such as his behavior in prison. He also must repay victims more than $25,000 in restitution.
A grand jury indicted Foster earlier this year on 15 counts of breaking and entering, theft, grand theft and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
Foster was the apparent leader of a criminal "crew," some of whom are currently under indictment, which broke into gas stations, stole at least $29,000 worth of cigarettes and then either sold or traded them for crack cocaine and cash, according to Union County Prosecutor David Phillips.
Foster was a former locksmith, "adept at defeating the door locks securing the businesses. Once inside, Foster and his accomplices used trash bags and cans to carry the stolen merchandise from the stores," Phillips said in a release.
"Certainly we didn't catch him every time," said Phillips, referring to a lengthy trail of break-ins, only one of which in Union County led to his conviction.
Detectives from the Union County Sheriff's office, working with Columbus police and other law enforcement agencies, developed evidence that led to the most serious of the charges: engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, a second-degree felony,
Foster was one of the defendants in a 2006 appeal case before the Ohio Supreme Court, which struck down a portion of the state's sentencing laws. Foster had been indicted in Licking County and sentenced to nine years in prison for multiple counts of breaking and entering, safecracking, forgery, possession of cocaine and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
But he appealed to the state's high court, which struck down several provisions of Ohio law related to fact-finding by judges versus juries during sentencing.
Foster's Nov. 24 sentencing was delayed for several hours after he became ill with COVID-19 while in the Tri-County Regional Jail.
After a brief hospital stay, he was placed on oxygen, refused to waive his personal appearance at the hearing. When he was brought before Fraser, Foster tried to withdraw his guilty plea, which Fraser denied.
Foster then reported shortness of breath and a panic attack after running out of oxygen.
Medics were called and Foster was transported to Memorial Hospital in Marysville. He was sentenced later that afternoon, following a fully day of setbacks.
Foster, who had at least 22 prior felony convictions beginning at age 33, showed no remorse and was likely to reoffend, Fraser concluded.
dnarciso@gannett.com
@DeanNarciso


Lamp post men carrying bins as backpacks. It sounds weird but that is the latest street intervention to hit Vila Madalena, São Paulo.
The project was started up by Mentalgassi, a Berlin-based art collective, and Muntano a Brazilian street artist. It has bins being reimagined as rucksacks and a pasted on photo of the carrier going on the lamp post.
It is supposed to be a tribute to the catadores of São Paulo, unofficial wastecollectors who scour the streets for recyclable rubbish in order to earn a few cents per kilo through the recycling centres. The message is indirect but it is supposed to "increase the visibility" of catadores, as well as call "attention to purchases and donation bins for recyclable materials"


Consider The Lillies by Ian Anderson - 10.000" x 6.875"
Consider The Lillies wood print by Ian Anderson. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
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Consider the Lilies. THE STORY: I was inspired to do a series of impressionist like works of floral arrangements, quickly, efficiently and cheaply as a challenge to my perfectionism in detail. Numerous works were produced, many of which I have lost track of in my years of functional and personal depression. Seeing this with my new mind made me realize I am gifted so I should use what I have for others to enjoy. I now you let you decide its appeal for my economic gain. I love much about the Cala Lily, the beautiful lines, the flesh of the petal, the colors and the biology. Hence the subtitle, "From the hand of a master craftsman". He deserves praise for the glory seen everywhere in creation and I still remember the pleasure in creating this series.