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DOUG TAYLOR - former officer in the Canadian Forces (36 years) and manager at Osgoode Hall (7 years), retired to the Comox Valley in 2004. Can be found in my NDK Explorer HV, when not having a coffee at Rhodos or hanging out at Comox Valley Kayaks where I teach Paddle Canada courses.
JONATHAN REGGLER - Ex-British Army medical officer, became a civilian GP in the United Kingdom for 11 years then immigrated to the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC, in 2003. Sea kayaking since 2004. Family physician in Courtenay.
Click on the link to maps.google.com in the latest post and follow our progress.
A message sent in the evening means we have been paddling and have reached a new place. A message sent in the morning means we are staying put.
If there is no SPOT message for a few days do not panic! SPOT is new technology and a glitch or two may happen. We have loads of back-up with VHF radios and EPIRB.
Doug and Jonathan love the fact that so many of you are following their progress but they also enjoy reading your comments when they have access to the internet. The links are at the end of the Spot message for the day. To read the comments: click on the Comment link. To leave a comment: click on the Envelope. They even answer some of them!!
Departed Sooke Friday, June 27th on the last leg. Next update from the Comox Valley in about two weeks!!
When Don Lockwood, the owner of Comox Valley Kayaks, a fine kayaking emporium stuffed with goodies, learned of my plan for a solo circumnavigation of Vancouver Island (I did not imagine I would find anyone willing to join me) he put me in touch with Doug Taylor. We met, gelled, and the trip was on.
We leave on May 4th, weather permitting. Vancouver Island is a fantastic kayaking destination and we both feel extremely lucky to live here and to be able to undertake this expedition. We are not racing around the island. We want to be able to make safe decisions each day and to stay on dry land when that is the sensible thing to do. We also want to take the time to nose into inlets and thoroughly explore some of the more remote parts of the island.
We have lots of safety equipment. Doug and I will be wearing dry suits. We will have incendiary flares, laser flares and GPS. Both of us carry VHF radios. We each have a personal locator beacon which allows us to alert the emergency services in case of disaster, via satellite.
- Doug lost Spot on the beach.
Both of us will be paddling Explorer HV kayaks designed by Nigel Dennis in Wales. Explorers are small by the standards of kayaks designed in North America. They are narrow of beam and low in profile but this makes them extremely easy to control in water that is bouncy. In common with almost all British kayaks Explorers do not have rudders, which means the paddler steers by means of differences in paddle stroke power, good (hopefully) paddle stroke technique and by setting the boat on its edge. There is a drop-down fin near the stern, called a skeg, but this is to help with straight line tracking in wind - it is not for steering. In case of capsize Explorers are also easier to right using the "eskimo roll". We absolutely love them. Anyone on the Island who is interested in Explorers or one of the other Nigel Dennis boats can try them out at Comox Valley Kayaks. No one else on the Island has them.


Thanks to everyone who took time out of their Saturday to hang out with us - it was great to work with such talented people, and we're grateful for the feedback received!
We're now hard at work putting together tutorials and some more examples for you. Until next month's Jam, download Spacebrew from GitHub, or play around on the public Spacebrew cloud.
We'd love to see what you're up to - send any feedback or documentation of successful projects to lab@rockwellgroup.com. Jam on!
While NYC recovers from Hurricane Sandy, we've decided to reschedule the November Jam Session for the following weekend: Saturday, November 10. Snacks and drinks are still on us, but we're counting on you for fun hacks and good storm stories. Until then - stay dry and be safe!
• Heart-rate LED light (brightness based on pulse).
• Motorized monitor flag that can be raised remotely (for getting a headphone-wearing coworker's attention).
• Motorized laundry line messenger system (clip a note to the line deliver to the other side of the room).
Heart rate monitor and LEDs talking through Spacebrew - the faster your pulse, the brighter the LEDs.
A monitor flag that can be raised remotely through Spacebrew. Helps you get your coworker's attention no matter how loud their headphones are.


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Thawing Permafrost
Air Date: 03/25/2011
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Because of a warming atmosphere, permafrost -- the frozen ground that covers the top of the world -- has been thawing rapidly over the last three decades. But there is cause for concern beyond the far north, because the carbon released from thawing permafrost could raise global temeratures even higher. "Changing Planet" is produced in partnership with the National Science Foundation.
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ANNE THOMPSON, reporting:
You can't see it, but it's here. In Alaska, in Greenland, and in Siberia. Permafrost: frozen ground that's so cold, it stays frozen even during the summer.
Dr. VLADIMIR ROMANOVSKY (University of Alaska Fairbanks): Permafrost is any earth material under ground surface, which at or below zero degrees Celsius for two or more consecutive years.
JOHN DANCY (in 1975 NBC News Clip): Approximately fifty percent of the Soviet Union is on permafrost, ground that never thaws completely.
THOMPSON: Some permafrost has been frozen solid for thousands of years. But not anymore. Because of a warming climate, permafrost is warming, too, challenging the people who build on it and live on it, and accelerating global warming even more.
[MAP] Permafrost makes up nearly a quarter of all the land in the northern hemisphere, about 8.8 million square miles. In some places, like Siberia, the ground is frozen a thousand feet deep or more. In Interior Alaska, the permafrost dates back to the last glacial cycle.
Dr. MATTHEW STURM (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers CRREL): We're at least 30,000 years here.
THOMPSON: Ten miles north of Fairbanks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab operates a tunnel where scientists can research permafrost: its geological properties and the fossils frozen in its walls. Dr. Matthew Sturm is their chief scientist in Alaska.
STURM: The permafrost tunnel was built in the 1960s. The reasons at the time were to see how do you dig permafrost? But with time, the tunnel – I like to think of it as a phoenix, it keeps rejuvenating itself. There's other new questions we can investigate. So modern questions now have to do with climate change, changes in environmental systems. But we're also interested in how to deal with permafrost, 'cause it's still a big issue in Alaska.
THOMPSON: Alaskans have known for years all about the shifting nature of permafrost. Large parts of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline had to be built above ground on stilts, to prevent the permafrost below from thawing. And Fairbanks, Alaska's second-largest city, is dotted with pockets of permafrost. The sinkholes, collapsed roads and tipping houses are clues to places where it has warmed. But now measurements around Fairbanks show that in many places, permafrost temperatures have risen so much that it is only one degree below freezing. At the University of Alaska's main campus, geophysics professor Vladimir Romanovsky runs the permafrost laboratory. He uses a Russian word to describe thawing permafrost: "Talik."
ROMANOVSKY: And talik, it means "not frozen" in Russian, just simply "not frozen." So it's very important now, because these taliks start to develop because of warming in climate, and the development and growing of taliks is really an indication of permafrost degradation.
THOMPSON: Romanovsky has planted forty-five boreholes deep in the permafrost all over Alaska. The results show that permafrost temperatures have warmed as much as two degrees Celsius in the last 20 to 30 years.
[GRAPHIC] Normally, because of the heat emanating from the center of the Earth, permafrost should be warm at the bottom, and get colder as it reaches the surface. But exactly the opposite is happening. Romanovsky's data show that since the mid-1980s, the temperatures in permafrost have gotten warmer as they creep towards the surface.
ROMANOVSKY: And this warming is a hundred percent effect of changing climate, warming in air temperature.
THOMPSON: Thawing permafrost can take a toll on buildings and even force entire communities to relocate. But an even bigger cause for concern is the powerful greenhouse gas that gets released from thawing permafrost. Katey Walter Anthony was a young assistant professor when she made the discovery that permafrost thawing under lakes in Siberia and Alaska releases high levels of methane into the air. Methane is a greenhouse gas that's 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide.
KATEY WALTER ANTHONY (University of Alaska Fairbanks): If you look at the shore, you can see that there are lots of trees that are falling in the lake, and they're dying. What's happening is the permafrost is thawing, and the ice that was in the ground, when it melts, causes the ground surface to collapse. Then the forest falls in, and the organic, matter – dead plant and animal remains that were in the permafrost – thaw out in the bottom of the lake. Microbes decompose it, and it generates methane. And methane doesn't like to stay in the water, in solution. It forms bubbles, and those bubbles make their way to the surface.
CLIP: Katey Walter Anthony sets methane on fire, she and students cry, "Whoa!"
THOMPSON: Katie's dramatic videos of methane being released from frozen lakes have gotten her – and methane – a lot of attention.
WALTER ANTHONY: So I have seen now hundreds of lakes, thousands of lakes. And some lakes can release hundreds to thousands of times more methane than other lakes. And the most important factor is permafrost. If permafrost is around the lake and thawing beneath the lake, the lake will emit a lot of methane.
THOMPSON: Even small releases of methane from the soil under these frozen lakes can make permafrost thaw more. That can help form more lakes that will release more methane, and so on and so on. Back in Vladimir Romanovsky's lab, his models predict permafrost warming all over Alaska in the near future.
ROMANOVSKY: By the end of the century, only the permafrost on the North Slope and maybe in Brooks Range will be stable. Rest of it will be pretty much thawing by the end of the century.
THOMPSON: Scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Colorado estimate that if global warming continues at current rates, up to two-thirds of the earth's permafrost could be gone by the year 2200, vastly increasing the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
There's little chance that all the world's permafrost will thaw at once, and an even smaller chance that deep permafrost can thaw rapidly. But just ask someone living in the far north if permafrost is warming, and they'll show you. All they have to do is look down.
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Qatar orphanage Dreama responds to complaints of negligence
Complaints emerging from Qatar's only orphanage were once left unheard, but have now prompted a response from Dreama.
Months ago, Doha News released a report on the state of Qatar's only orphanage, Dreama. The reported illustrated negligence within the centre's walls, and months later, sources shared that little had been done to improve conditions.
Sources at the time confirmed orphans who reach their 18th birthday were no longer provided allowances as per new rules by Dreama's new head Nour Al-Hor.
However, Dreama has refuted these claims in a statement to Doha News.
Dreama, which falls under the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, said no financial aid has been withdrawn for any orphan who has not yet secured a full-time job.
"Once an employment opportunity has been found and the Dreama Center has ensured the orphan is receiving a regular salary, the financial aid provided will stop as the orphan is now deemed to be financially independent" read the statement.
Read also: 'Nothing has changed' despite damning Dreama negligence claims
According to the statement, the centre even provides guidance and advice during orphans' university studies, professional training, and personal lives once the orphans turn 18.
"Our support procedures are long established and aim to empower orphans into adulthood."
Data provided by Dreama showed more than 300 orphans at the centre have found jobs and are stable in their work, the statement said, noting the provision of financial support is subject to careful consideration and local consultation to ensure the best long-term futures for the orphans.
However, the statement failed to address complaints shared by sources at the centre about the scrapping of entertainment and companionship initiatives, as well as food related concerns. Dreama has not clarified if it has taken, or will take action to improve these concerns.
The statement also confirmed that the centre, as well as the Qatar Foundation for Social Work, holds transparency in very high regards and adopts an open-door policy.
"The Foundation invites anyone who has a comment, opinion, suggestion, or criticism to communicate through one of our confidential channels, such as apps, emails, hotlines, phones, or in person appointments."
Follow Doha News on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Youtube
Qatar's amir replaces finance minister amid ongoing corruption probe
Asmahan Qarjouli
Qatar's amir says committed to halting Israeli attacks on Palestinians


Called Le Rouje de Paris, the collection is due out Nov. 30.
The influencer will come out with a lipstick line — called Le Rouje de Paris, a play on the French word "rouge" for lipstick and for red — on Nov. 30. Damas already has a clothing collection named Rouje, too.
The winter color-cosmetics line is to include four lipsticks riffing on red, each with a moniker including a hashtag and a woman's name. #Jeanne is a bright red — bien sûr — while #Emilie has more of a pinkish tinge, for instance.


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Queens Park Rangers FC
Former Tottenham and QPR player of the year reveals what playing at The Dripping Pan did for him
Grant Hall believes sometimes going back a couple of steps allows you to spring forward as the Rs player of the year proved after a spell in the lower leagues
Paul Warburton
You put your right leg in: Grant Hall tackles Burnley's Scott Arfield
Just four years ago Grant Hall was playing in front of four men and their dog.
However, the QPR defender believes a backward step to Lewes FC in the Ryman League, and their wonderfully named Dripping Pan ground did him a power of good.
It made him all the hungrier to play in front of 14,000 and no dogs at Loftus Road. as well as scoring against Reading (above).
Rangers' supporters player of the year is one of a number of Hoops who started out big and then found themselves in more humble surrounds.
One of the few successes of a mediocre season joined Rangers last season as a makeweight from Tottenham, but forced himself into the team where he made 41, mostly excellent performances, scoring once.
But after he was bombed out at Brighton, Hall was back at Lewes where he started his career and then got his big break.
He was signed by Tottenham, and even though chances were thin on the ground at White Hart Lane, it paved the way eventually for another seemingly reverse move to Rangers, where he has come good again.
He's not alone at Loftus Road.
Grass roots: Lewes FC's Dripping Pan
Jamie Mackie was a Championship player with the old Wimbledon FC before ending up at Exeter City. Nasser El Khayati started in the Dutch top flight before being rescued from amateur football by Rs boss Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Massimo Luongo was also with Spurs, but had to go to Swindon for games, and even Karl Henry was loaned out to lowly Cheltenham Town before getting a second wind with Stoke and Wolves before arriving at Rangers in 2013.
Hall believes a setback is a great spur, sorry, to better things.
"I had the hunger when I came to the club (QPR) as a back-up player and thankfully have gone from strength to strength.
"The manager has shown a lot of faith in me, and yes I agree. Going backwards to go forwards can be good.
"It happened to me before. Lewes from Brighton did me a lot of good in the end."
QPR defender breathes sigh of relief and plots to join Spurs pal Harry Kane in the Premier League with Rs


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Methemoglobinemia-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
Amir H. Qureshi1, Daniel J. Soberon1, Arif Asif2, Tushar Vachharajani3, Ali Nayer* , 1
1 Division of Nephrology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA
2 Division of Nephrology, Albany Medical College, Albany, NY, USA
3 Division of Nephrology, W.G. (Bill) Hefner Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, NC, USA
First Page: 36
Last Page: 41
Publisher ID: TOUNJ-6-36
DOI: 10.2174/1874303X01306010036
Received Date: 8/4/2013
Revision Received Date: 14/5/2013
Acceptance Date: 17/5/2013
Electronic publication date: 8/4/2013
Ali Nayer (Eds.) All rights reserved-© 2014 Bentham Science Publishers
* Address correspondence to this author at the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of Miami, Clinical Research Building, Suite 825, 1120 NW 14th St., Miami, FL 33136, USA; Tel: 305.243.8491; Fax: 305.243.3506; E-mail: ANayer@med.miami.edu
Methemoglobinemia refers to the presence of increased levels of methemoglobin (Fe3+) in the blood. Methemoglobinemia can cause cyanosis, dyspnea, fatigue, seizure, arrhythmia, coma, and even death. Although methemoglobinemia is shown to cause acute kidney injury in experimental settings, human case reports are exceedingly rare. In addition, morphological features of methemoglobinemia-induced renal disease in humans remain undefined.
A 76-year-old man with a history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease underwent bronchoscopy following local anesthesia with a benzocaine spray. The patient developed benzocaine-induced methemoglobinemia and acute renal failure. Urinalysis disclosed numerous dysmorphic erythrocytes, erythrocyte casts, and granular casts. Urine protein excretion was approximately 1.1 g/day. Serologic tests were negative. Renal biopsy demonstrated minor glomerular abnormalities, severe acute tubular necrosis, and numerous erythrocyte casts in the tubules. Despite supportive care, renal function deteriorated necessitating hemodialysis. Four months later, the patient remained on hemodialysis. To exclude a superimposed pathology, renal biopsy was repeated and showed numerous erythrocyte casts in the tubules and severe tubular damage.
Methemoglobinemia can cause acute kidney injury in humans. Morphological features resemble those observed in methemoglobin-induced acute kidney injury in experimental settings. This case calls for a heightened awareness of potential adverse effects of methemoglobinemia on renal function.
Keywords: Methemoglobin, acute kidney injury, benzocaine, heme proteins.
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chalkboard-viewer: OpenGL based viewer for chalkboard rendered images.
Chalkboard is a Haskell hosted Domain Specific Language (DSL) for image generation and processing. The basic structure is a chalk board, a two-dimensional canvas of values, typically colors. Chalkboard provides the usual image processing functions (masking, overlaying, function mapping, cropping, warping, rotating) as well as a few more unusual ones.
Chalkboard Viewer is a portal into a dynamically updatable Board, via an OpenGL window.


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Human Rights, Justice, Violence
UN Chief Guterres Has Disappointed on Human Rights
Kenneth Roth – HRW ( in Público, Lisbon)
New Strategy Needed for Second Half of Term
When former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was elected United Nations secretary-general in 2016, many human rights activists welcomed the announcement. They hoped he would bring to UN headquarters the same passion for defending human rights that he showed during 10 years as the UN high commissioner for refugees.
But Guterres has been virtually silent on even the most egregious rights violations. Whether it was the Saudi government murdering the journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Trump administrationseparating migrant children from their parents, or Russian-Syrian forces bombing Syrian hospitals, Guterres has steered clear of pointed criticism of those responsible. He speaks almost invariably in broad generalities.
It's time to ditch this approach. It has only emboldened the world's autocrats. Guterres should remind abusive states that the UN is not just a tool to promote economic development or a forum to talk about security, but a guardian of human rights. The UN has to work with member states but it needs to set clear red lines – publicly and privately – when governments bomb civilians or jail, torture and murder their critics. Guterres should make clear he is ready and willing to call out individual governments and their leaders.
Guterres inherited a difficult situation. Days after Donald Trump took office following his surprise victory, the media reported on a draft executive order to dramatically cut UN funding. This would severely hamper its ability to deliver humanitarian aid, vaccinate children, and protect civilians in war zones.
Thankfully that executive order never saw the light of day. The Trump administration has continued to target UN programs it dislikes, but Congress has neutralized its attempts to gut UN funding.
Yet Guterres continues to walk on eggshells around the US and other major powers. For example, he has been unwilling to publicly condemn China's mass detention of one million Turkic Muslims in "political education" camps while praising Beijing's rights-free "Belt and Road Initiative." The victims of this mass arbitrary detention have reason to feel abandoned by the UN chief, as do victims of severe repression elsewhere.
Guterres has also disowned his office's power to conduct fact-finding into serious abuses. Whether it's the murder of two UN investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the use of chemical weapons in Syria, or Khashoggi's murder, Guterres and his team seem readily equipped with arguments to justify further inaction.
Guterres doubtlessly believes this is the best way to protect the UN at a difficult time. But relinquishing his authority is no answer. UN officials insist that Guterres discusses human rights behind closed doors. Private conversations could work if he could show that something of importance would be on the line if the government didn't change its ways, but the UN secretary-general lacks the leverage governments possess, such as targeted sanctions. His only real leverage is the voice he declines to use in public. As a result, abusive governments in Syria, Saudi Arabia, or China pay no reputational price from his non-existent condemnation.
Guterres should use his term's remaining two and a half years to exercise fully his authority under the UN Charter. He should authorize fact-finding missions to shed light on responsibility for serious abuse. And he should bring urgent issues to the Security Council's attention. He did that only once—when the Myanmar army was ethnically cleansing Rohingya Muslims —but he did little to follow up. Such agenda setting should be part of his tool kit.
Most crucially, he should speak out whenever issues are of sufficient importance that his voice would add significant weight to the UN human rights commissioner's. He should recognize that generic statements do no good because no one feels the heat to change. Rather, he should boldly and explicitly criticize member states for abusive actions.
Guterres need not abandon quiet diplomacy, but private conversations would be more persuasive if governments recognized that they could be followed by pointed public criticisms. A more outspoken approach undoubtedly will rankle some states, but it will help restore the credibility of the secretary-general as a world leader willing to fulfill his responsibility to defend people at greatest risk of abuse.
*Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch. Go to the original versión in portuguese: https://www.publico.pt/2019/07/22/mundo/opiniao/antonio-guterres-secretariogeral-onu-desilude-direitos-humanos-1880366
Trump's 'go back' racism is crude, but may be dangerously effective
The Precipitous Barbarisation of Our Times


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"""Tests for the play plugin"""

from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function

import os

from mock import patch, ANY

from test._common import unittest
from test.helper import TestHelper, control_stdin

from beets.ui import UserError
from beets.util import open_anything

class PlayPluginTest(unittest.TestCase, TestHelper):
    def setUp(self):
        self.setup_beets()
        self.load_plugins('play')
        self.item = self.add_item(album=u'a nice älbum', title=u'aNiceTitle')
        self.lib.add_album([self.item])
        self.open_patcher = patch('beetsplug.play.util.interactive_open')
        self.open_mock = self.open_patcher.start()
        self.config['play']['command'] = 'echo'

    def tearDown(self):
        self.open_patcher.stop()
        self.teardown_beets()
        self.unload_plugins()

    def do_test(self, args=('title:aNiceTitle',), expected_cmd='echo',
                expected_playlist=u'{}\n'):
        self.run_command('play', *args)

        self.open_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, expected_cmd)
        exp_playlist = expected_playlist.format(self.item.path.decode('utf-8'))
        with open(self.open_mock.call_args[0][0][0], 'r') as playlist:
            self.assertEqual(exp_playlist, playlist.read().decode('utf-8'))

    def test_basic(self):
        self.do_test()

    def test_album_option(self):
        self.do_test([u'-a', u'nice'])

    def test_args_option(self):
        self.do_test([u'-A', u'foo', u'title:aNiceTitle'], u'echo foo')

    def test_args_option_in_middle(self):
        self.config['play']['command'] = 'echo $args other'

        self.do_test([u'-A', u'foo', u'title:aNiceTitle'], u'echo foo other')

    def test_relative_to(self):
        self.config['play']['command'] = 'echo'
        self.config['play']['relative_to'] = '/something'

        self.do_test(expected_cmd='echo', expected_playlist=u'..{}\n')

    def test_use_folders(self):
        self.config['play']['command'] = None
        self.config['play']['use_folders'] = True
        self.run_command('play', '-a', 'nice')

        self.open_mock.assert_called_once_with(ANY, open_anything())
        playlist = open(self.open_mock.call_args[0][0][0], 'r')
        self.assertEqual(u'{}\n'.format(
            os.path.dirname(self.item.path.decode('utf-8'))),
            playlist.read().decode('utf-8'))

    def test_raw(self):
        self.config['play']['raw'] = True

        self.run_command(u'play', u'nice')

        self.open_mock.assert_called_once_with([self.item.path], 'echo')

    def test_not_found(self):
        self.run_command(u'play', u'not found')

        self.open_mock.assert_not_called()

    def test_warning_threshold(self):
        self.config['play']['warning_threshold'] = 1
        self.add_item(title='another NiceTitle')

        with control_stdin("a"):
            self.run_command(u'play', u'nice')

        self.open_mock.assert_not_called()

    def test_warning_threshold_backwards_compat(self):
        self.config['play']['warning_treshold'] = 1
        self.add_item(title=u'another NiceTitle')

        with control_stdin("a"):
            self.run_command(u'play', u'nice')

        self.open_mock.assert_not_called()

    def test_command_failed(self):
        self.open_mock.side_effect = OSError(u"some reason")

        with self.assertRaises(UserError):
            self.run_command(u'play', u'title:aNiceTitle')

def suite():
    return unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromName(__name__)

if __name__ == b'__main__':
    unittest.main(defaultTest='suite')


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John Bendel
The high point of my LTL driving career was delivering a shipment of brass Empire State Building souvenirs to the observatory gift shop on the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. It was still the world's tallest building in 1970. It isn't even in the top 20 now. Half a dozen buildings in China alone are taller. But it was tall. Believe me.
Driving local LTL pickup and delivery in Manhattan was not trucking as most OOIDA members think of it. It was a straight truck, few miles, and workdays were spent climbing onto and jumping down from the tailgate – about as far from truckload driving as you can get. But you encountered the same absurdities dealing with shippers, consignees and dispatchers – just on a smaller scale.
Back then, LTLs delivered many of the shipments UPS handles today – lots more store deliveries, many on downtown commercial streets. The carrier was obligated to deliver to the door. There was a surcharge for inside delivery. Store owners almost always wanted it inside, but they weren't about to pay extra. Many retail shipments were sent freight collect. The consignee paid the freight charge, often in cash out of the register – but not the evil inside delivery charge. You could argue with them while traffic backed up behind your double-parked truck, but it was better to just put the stuff inside and move on. That's what I did. It wasn't a big deal.
I said almost always. One time at a precious little toy store in the precious little town of New Canaan, Conn., I hand-trucked the cartons inside without a thought and asked for a signature. The freight was paid by the shipper. The proprietor huffed at me impatiently.
"They don't go here. They go outside," she said.
Who knew? I hand-trucked them back outside, then came back in for a signature. The store lady's back was to me as she talked with a customer whose face went blank when she saw me. The proprietor was complaining to her about my stupidity. I never forgot her words.
"They have no mentality. That's why they drive trucks," she said.
Anyhow, back to the Empire State Building. I was amazed and happy to find out the big building on 34th Street had a genuine loading dock on 33rd. Most New York buildings only had a receiving door on the sidewalk. In another miracle, a slot was open. I backed in. That's where my luck ended.
The receiving guy called upstairs. The gift shop guy said to bring the stuff up. Seven cartons of brass Empire State Buildings were one carton too many for my classic, two-handled hand truck, but there was no way I was going to make two trips. So, I wheeled the hand truck with one hand while holding the seventh carton on the top of the stack with the other. It was going to be a long, awkward walk.
From the loading dock at street level, the elevators only went down to a corridor under the lobby. You had to walk almost half a block to the freight elevators that went upstairs.
OK, I get to the freight elevators with my balancing act, but the freight elevators only go to the 70th floor or so. To go higher, you have to take a regular passenger elevator. Fine. But the passenger elevators won't take you all the way to the gift shop. There's a dedicated observation-deck elevator for the last level or two. I finally got there.
The door opened and, voila, there was the gift shop.
So I hand the guy the freight bill and tell him the inside delivery would cost an extra $5 or whatever. He looks at me and says, "Inside delivery? No way."
What? Twenty minutes and four elevator rides from the street to the top of the tallest building in the world, and this guy won't pay for inside delivery? He wasn't kidding.
Wheeling a few cartons into a ground-level store was one thing. Escorting them to the top of the tallest building in the world was something else. This guy wasn't going to get his little brass Empire State Buildings unless he paid. I wasn't kidding either. I would rather wrestle the damn things all the way back down. I tilted the hand truck back with one hand holding the seventh carton in place with the other and turned for the elevator. He stopped me. Making out the check, he muttered about piracy and union rules.
Of course, it had nothing to do with the union. It was an accessorial charge published in the tariff by the carriers. I didn't bother to explain. I just took the check. The trip back down with an empty hand-truck was almost fun. LL
John Bendel is Land Line's contributing editor-at-large. A former trucker, former editor at National Lampoon and two trucking magazines, John is an author, photographer, and freelancer. His work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and many U.S. newspapers.
Annual program provides gifts to children of deceased truck drivers.
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This edition of Mafia Secrets takes a look at one of the latest trucks from Fleenor Bros., out of Carthage, Mo.
By Bryan "Boss Man" Martin | December 2020/January 2021
OOIDA's tour trailer is scheduled for stops in the Southwest, introducing OOIDA to drivers and keeping in touch with members stopping by.


ECHUCA and district children could get a special behind-the-scenes look at the Victoria Police Mounted Branch as part of a colouring competition.
Victoria Police is once again running the Chief Commissioner's Colouring Competition, with kids having the choice of bringing three police-inspired designs to life.
The designs include a police motorcycle and officer, protective services officers on patrol at a train station and a police officer with a police dog.
The grand prize this year is a tour of the Victoria Police Mounted Branch headquarters with Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton and the chance to meet a handler from the Dog Squad and their dog.
At least one winner will be picked from three age groups.
The colouring competition aims to foster the creative talents of young people while also prompting discussion about issues such as personal safety and the role that police play in keeping the community safe.
Entries close on April 26.


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AQUINAS vs RONCALLI (03/15/07 at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin)
1st Half Box Score
2ndHalf Box
AQUINAS vs RONCALLI
03/15/07 9:05AM at Kohl Center - Madison, Wisconsin
VISITORS: AQUINAS 26-0
21 Papke, Steve........ f  4-9    0-1    0-0    4  3  7   4   8  1  2  2  0  21
10 Morrissey, Lucas.... g  1-2    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   1   2  3  1  1  1  31
12 Fahey, Ryan......... g  0-1    0-1    0-0    1  5  6   4   0  2  1  0  0  25
32 Christopherson, Scot g 10-25   2-8    6-6    1  4  5   0  28  0  5  1  2  30
33 Umberger, Luke...... g  5-9    0-0    1-3    4  1  5   1  11  0  2  0  3  23
11 Reinhart, Bobbie....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   0   0  0  1  0  0  10
20 Pederson, Sam.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
22 Ruff, John..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
23 Nicklaus, Kirk......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
24 Brose, Andrew.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
30 Rickaway, Zach......    0-1    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   2   0  0  0  0  0   7
41 Charles, Tristan....    1-1    0-0    0-1    0  2  2   2   2  0  1  0  0  13
52 Thimis, Nick........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
Totals..............   21-48   2-10   7-10  13 18 31  14  51  6 13  4  6 160
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%   2nd Half: 11-21 52.4%   Game: 43.8%  DEADB
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-4  50.0%   2nd Half:  5-6  83.3%   Game: 70.0%   1,1
HOME TEAM: RONCALLI 25-1
24 Thorne, Kendall..... f  1-1    0-0    0-0    1  4  5   3   2  2  2  0  0  27
55 Dudek, Stephen...... c  3-3    0-0    0-0    1  3  4   0   6  0  0  1  0  13
03 Lassila, Cody....... g  4-11   3-9    0-0    1  0  1   3  11  2  2  0  3  27
05 Wettstein, Christoph g  2-4    0-1    1-2    0  3  3   5   5  2  1  0  1  31
20 Schrimpf, Greg...... g  5-15   2-10   1-3    1  2  3   3  13  7  4  0  0  32
04 Klingeisen, Jared...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
23 Franz, Noah.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
32 Schrimpf, Mark......    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  1  1   3   0  0  1  0  0  10
33 Oswald, Sean-Patrick    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
44 Allen, Ryan.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
50 Koss, Adam..........    2-4    0-0    0-1    1  2  3   0   4  0  2  1  0  20
51 Lockington, Patrick.    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0  0+
TEAM................                                             1
Totals..............   17-39   5-21   2-6    5 15 20  17  41 13 13  2  4 160
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-10 30.0%   2nd Half:  2-11 18.2%   Game: 23.8%   REBS
Officials: Wayne Prom, Pete Reinders, Mark Sorensen
Technical fouls: AQUINAS-None. RONCALLI-None.
AQUINAS.......................   11   13   10   17  -   51
RONCALLI......................   15    9    4   13  -   41
Points in the paint-AQUINAS 30,RONCALLI 22. Points off turnovers-AQUINAS 14,RONCALLI 8.
2nd chance points-AQUINAS 16,RONCALLI 4. Fast break points-AQUINAS 4,RONCALLI 4.
Bench points-AQUINAS 2,RONCALLI 4. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times.
Last FG-AQUINAS 4th-00:19, RONCALLI 4th-00:56.
Largest lead-AQUINAS by 10 4th-00:06, RONCALLI by 9 2nd-05:39.
HOME TEAM: RONCALLI                             TIME   SCORE  MAR  VISITORS: AQUINAS
07:38              MISSED JUMPER by Christopherson, Scot
07:35              MISSED JUMPER by Papke, Steve
07:31   0-2   V 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Umberger, Luke
GOOD! 3 PTR by Lassila, Cody                    07:11   3-2   H 1
06:51              MISSED 3 PTR by Christopherson, Scot
GOOD! LAYUP by Dudek, Stephen [PNT]             06:10   5-2   H 3
06:02   5-4   H 1  GOOD! JUMPER by Christopherson, Scot [PNT]
GOOD! JUMPER by Schrimpf, Greg                  05:45   7-4   H 3
FOUL by Wettstein, Christoph (P1T1)             05:37
MISSED 3 PTR by Lassila, Cody                   04:50
04:42              MISSED LAYUP by Christopherson, Scot
MISSED 3 PTR by Schrimpf, Greg                  04:32
04:25              MISSED JUMPER by Umberger, Luke
FOUL by Thorne, Kendall (P1T2)                  04:22
04:21              MISSED 3 PTR by Papke, Steve
GOOD! LAYUP by Dudek, Stephen [FB/PNT]          04:14   9-4   H 5
04:08   9-7   H 2  GOOD! 3 PTR by Christopherson, Scot
GOOD! LAYUP by Dudek, Stephen [PNT]             03:34  11-7   H 4
MISSED JUMPER by Schrimpf, Greg                 03:12
02:54  11-9   H 2  GOOD! LAYUP by Morrissey, Lucas [PNT]
02:16              FOUL by Charles, Tristan (P1T1)
GOOD! LAYUP by Koss, Adam [FB/PNT]              02:08  13-9   H 4
01:54  13-11  H 2  GOOD! LAYUP by Christopherson, Scot [PNT]
GOOD! LAYUP by Schrimpf, Greg [PNT]             01:11  15-11  H 4
00:51              MISSED LAYUP by Rickaway, Zach
MISSED 3 PTR by Wettstein, Christoph            00:01
RONCALLI 15, AQUINAS 11
AQUINAS                 6       2       4       0       0      0     0
RONCALLI               10       4       0       4       2      0     1
GOOD! 3 PTR by Schrimpf, Greg                   07:32  18-11  H 7
FOUL by Lassila, Cody (P1T3)                    06:50
06:43              MISSED 3 PTR by Fahey, Ryan
06:38              FOUL by Fahey, Ryan (P1T2)
MISSED FT SHOT by Wettstein, Christoph          06:36
GOOD! FT SHOT by Wettstein, Christoph           06:36  19-11  H 8
06:17  19-13  H 6  GOOD! LAYUP by Charles, Tristan [PNT]
FOUL by Schrimpf, Mark (P1T4)                   06:17              MISSED FT SHOT by Charles, Tristan
05:25  22-16  H 6  GOOD! 3 PTR by Christopherson, Scot
04:29  22-18  H 4  GOOD! JUMPER by Christopherson, Scot
GOOD! JUMPER by Lassila, Cody [PNT]             03:54  24-18  H 6
03:10              FOUL by Rickaway, Zach (P1T5)
FOUL by Schrimpf, Greg (P1T6)                   02:05
FOUL by Schrimpf, Mark (P2T7)                   01:29              MISSED FT SHOT by Umberger, Luke
01:29  24-20  H 4  GOOD! TIP-IN by Papke, Steve [PNT]
01:03  24-22  H 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Umberger, Luke
MISSED LAYUP by Schrimpf, Greg                  00:47
FOUL by Wettstein, Christoph (P2T8)             00:43  24-23  H 1  GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
00:43  24-24  T 1  GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
RONCALLI                2       0       0       0       0      0     0
07:52              MISSED JUMPER by Morrissey, Lucas
07:50  24-26  V 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Umberger, Luke [PNT]
07:32              FOUL by Umberger, Luke (P1T1)
06:34              MISSED LAYUP by Papke, Steve
06:32  24-28  V 4  GOOD! LAYUP by Papke, Steve [PNT]
06:16              FOUL by Papke, Steve (P1T2)
GOOD! LAYUP by Thorne, Kendall [PNT]            05:32  26-28  V 2
MISSED 3 PTR by Schrimpf, Mark                  04:12
GOOD! LAYUP by Wettstein, Christoph [PNT]       04:00  28-28  T 2
03:39  28-30  V 2  GOOD! JUMPER by Papke, Steve
MISSED JUMPER by Koss, Adam                     02:49
02:27  28-32  V 4  GOOD! LAYUP by Christopherson, Scot [PNT]
MISSED LAYUP by Wettstein, Christoph            01:42
00:10  28-34  V 6  GOOD! JUMPER by Christopherson, Scot [PNT]
AQUINAS 34, RONCALLI 28
MISSED FT SHOT by Schrimpf, Greg                06:35              FOUL by Morrissey, Lucas (P1T5)
MISSED FT SHOT by Schrimpf, Greg                06:35
GOOD! LAYUP by Wettstein, Christoph [PNT]       06:04  30-36  V 6
GOOD! LAYUP by Schrimpf, Greg [PNT]             04:20  32-38  V 6
GOOD! FT SHOT by Schrimpf, Greg                 04:20  33-38  V 5  FOUL by Papke, Steve (P4T7)
04:02  33-40  V 7  GOOD! LAYUP by Umberger, Luke [FB/PNT]
GOOD! 3 PTR by Lassila, Cody                    03:49  36-40  V 4
FOUL by Lassila, Cody (P2T4)                    03:36              MISSED FT SHOT by Umberger, Luke
03:36  36-41  V 5  GOOD! FT SHOT by Umberger, Luke
MISSED FT SHOT by Koss, Adam                    03:02
MISSED LAYUP by Lassila, Cody                   01:15
MISSED LAYUP by Koss, Adam                      01:12
GOOD! LAYUP by Koss, Adam [PNT]                 00:56  41-45  V 4
FOUL by Lassila, Cody (P3T7)                    00:33  41-46  V 5  GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
00:33  41-47  V 6  GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
00:19  41-49  V 8  GOOD! DUNK by Christopherson, Scot [FB/PNT]
FOUL by Schrimpf, Mark (P3T8)                   00:06  41-50  V 9  GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
00:06  41-51  V 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by Christopherson, Scot
AQUINAS                12       4       4       4       0      0     0
Official Basketball Box Score -- 1st Half
32 Christopherson, Scot g  5-14   2-5    2-2    1  2  3   0  14  0  3  0  0  15
33 Umberger, Luke...... g  2-5    0-0    0-1    2  1  3   0   4  0  0  0  1  11
11 Reinhart, Bobbie....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  1  0  0   5
20 Pederson, Sam.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
22 Ruff, John..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
23 Nicklaus, Kirk......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
24 Brose, Andrew.......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
41 Charles, Tristan....    1-1    0-0    0-1    0  1  1   2   2  0  1  0  0   6
52 Thimis, Nick........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
Totals..............   10-27   2-7    2-4    7  9 16   6  24  3  6  1  1  80
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-4  50.0%
55 Dudek, Stephen...... c  3-3    0-0    0-0    0  3  3   0   6  0  0  1  0   9
03 Lassila, Cody....... g  2-5    1-4    0-0    0  0  0   1   5  1  1  0  3  15
20 Schrimpf, Greg...... g  4-9    2-5    0-0    0  2  2   2  10  5  3  0  0  16
04 Klingeisen, Jared...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
23 Franz, Noah.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
32 Schrimpf, Mark......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  1  1   2   0  0  1  0  0   5
33 Oswald, Sean-Patrick    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
44 Allen, Ryan.........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
50 Koss, Adam..........    1-1    0-0    0-0    0  2  2   0   2  0  1  0  0   8
51 Lockington, Patrick.    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   0
Totals..............   10-19   3-10   1-2    0 11 11   9  24  8  8  1  3  80
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-10 30.0%
Score by Periods                1st  2nd
AQUINAS.......................   11   13
RONCALLI......................   15    9
Points in the paint-AQUINAS 6,RONCALLI 10. Points off turnovers-AQUINAS 2,RONCALLI 4.
2nd chance points-AQUINAS 4,RONCALLI 0. Fast break points-AQUINAS 0,RONCALLI 4.
Bench points-AQUINAS 0,RONCALLI 2. Score tied-0 times. Lead changed-1 time.
Official Basketball Box Score -- 2nd Half
TEAM................                         1     1
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%   2nd Half: 11-21 52.4%   Game: 43.8%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-7  28.6%   2nd Half:  0-3   0.0%   Game: 20.0%
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-4  50.0%   2nd Half:  5-6  83.3%   Game: 70.0%
20 Schrimpf, Greg...... g  1-6    0-5    1-3    1  0  1   1   3  2  1  0  0  16
TEAM................
Totals..............    7-20   2-11   1-4    5  4  9   8  17  5  5  1  1  80
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-19 52.6%   2nd Half:  7-20 35.0%   Game: 43.6%
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3-10 30.0%   2nd Half:  2-11 18.2%   Game: 23.8%
Score by Periods                1st  2nd  3rd  4th
AQUINAS.......................   11   13   10   17
RONCALLI......................   15    9    4   13
Points in the paint-AQUINAS 10,RONCALLI 12. Points off turnovers-AQUINAS 8,RONCALLI 4.
Bench points-AQUINAS 2,RONCALLI 2. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.


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DocDigital: the innovative platform that will enable progress toward Zero Paper and save more than US$6.4 million this year
The DocDigital platform seeks to move paperwork and communications between public organizations online, enabling government services to gradually eliminate paper in official communications with the objective of modernizing and increasing operational efficiency.
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The Ministry Secretary General of the Presidency has launched the DocDigital platform as part of the Digital Government program. The platform aims to move processes and communications between public organizations online. The pilot program this year alone is expected to generate savings of US$6.4 million. The idea is that the platform will enable government services to gradually eliminate paper in official communications with the objective of modernizing and increasing operational efficiency and thereby implementing the Zero Paper policy.
In essence, the DocDigital tool lets public administration converse digitally, enabling a digital document to be approved, signed and distributed digitally. The Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Felipe Ward, highlighted, "we want to be a State that improves people's quality of life, where bureaucracy and paperwork are not obstacles to Chileans interacting with government entities." He added that "the US$6.4 million in savings from the DocDigital pilot plan are a very good starting point, especially considering that it only involves 8 services of the 258 institutions set to adopt the Zero Paper policy. Once all these institutions are using the new platform, we expect savings to multiply exponentially, resulting in more resources for policies that benefit the people."
Likewise, he explained that in line with the Presidential Instructions on Digital Transformation, all administrative procedures must be digital within five years. Paper will only be used "minimally" and under exceptional circumstances.
This is a fundamental change considering that, according to data from Chile's public procurement directorate ChileCompra, the State spends more than US$108 million annually on paper for printing and photocopying documents, in addition to folders, binders and document storage. Moreover, a 2016 Microsystem report commissioned by the Treasury Ministry showed that public employees spend between 12% and 50% of their working day managing documents, e.g., looking for, classifying, moving and processing papers, which costs Chile US$1 billion a year.
It is worth noting that the DocDigital pilot plan was launched on January 2 and involves eight institutions that will only interface with each other digitally: the Treasury Undersecretary's Office, ChileCompra, the Budget Directorate (Dipres), the General Treasury of the Republic, the Internal Revenue Service (SII), the Civil Service, the Ministry Secretary General of the Presidency itself and the Presidency of the Republic of Chile.
The rest of the 258 central government bodies must be trained to receive digital communications from the eight aforementioned institutions as of January 31.
Ministry of the Interior and Public SecurityMinistry of Labor and Social SecurityMinistry of Economy, Development and TourismMinistry of the EnvironmentScience, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation MinistryMinistry of Housing and Urban Planning
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Polycom SoundPoint IP 330 review
VoIP phones could bring significant cost savings and flexibility to your business. We take a look at one of the latest enterprise calls SIP handsets from Polycom.
by: Jonathan Bray
2. Polycom SoundPoint IP 330 review
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Those benefits include the ability to change location and retain numbers at the drop of a hat, and to add site offices and teleworker locations without complex setup procedures and all without the sort of large initial investment or engineering support on the ground required by traditional PBX-based systems.
But is this phone the one to choose for your company's big push into VOIP? Well it certainly ticks all the boxes in terms of its core abilities. It's robust, well, made and easy to use, so most users should be able to take full advantage of its advanced capabilities without recourse to a manual or instruction sheet. Sound quality is superb too, both in standard and speakerphone mode, and it boasts a number of genuinely useful features. We'd perhaps have liked to see support for more SIP accounts for the ultimate in flexibility, and the price is a little on the high side, but other than that there's very little to complain about. The PolyCom SoundPoint IP 330 is a top quality bit of kit.
Display: LCD 102 x 33 pixels GUI Audio features: Hands-free Full-duplex, voice activity detection, Individual visual volume settings, comfort noise fill, acoustic echo cancellation Frequency response: 300Hz-3300Hz Coec support: G.711 u/A and G.729A (Annex B) networks connectivity: IEEE 802.3af PoE, dual-port Ethernet, DHCP compatibility, QoS, NAT support Compatibility: Microsoft LCD 2005 Security: Transport Layer Security (TLS), IEEE 802.1p/Q tagging (VLAN), Layer 3 TOS, and DSCP
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Lonnie Wheatley, DODGE CITY, Kan. (October 16, 2018) – It's just about time for the "Boot Hill Showdown" in Dodge City.
This Saturday night, the World of Outlaws Sprint Car series makes its return to the state-of-the-art Dodge City Raceway Park for the "Boot Hill Showdown". It will marks the series first outing atop the 3/8-mile clay oval since July of 2015.
While tickets are going fast, many are still available at http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=52711&agency=WRG_SNG&pid=8584156.
Nine-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz of North Dakota and Memphis-shoe Jason Sides split victory honors when the World of Outlaws last competed at Dodge City in 2015.
Already with 19 series wins to his credit this year, Schatz is closing in on a tenth series championship with only a handful of events remaining after Saturday's "Boot Hill Showdown".
Schatz carries a 262-point lead over Knoxville Nationals champion Brad Sweet of Grass Valley, CA, into this weekend with Connecticut's David Gravel and the Oklahoma duo of Daryn Pittman and Shane Stewart rounding out the current top five in World of Outlaws points.
Others among the top ten in series points include Logan Schuchart, Sheldon Haudenschild, Ian Madsen, Brent Marks and Kraig Kinser.
Ten different drivers have reached DCRP victory lane in 21 World of Outlaws feature events dating back to 2004 with Joey Saldana atop the overall win charts with three triumphs. Saldana's most recent "Boot Hill Showdown" triumph occurred on June 14, 2010. Saldana will be aboard the Jason Johnson Racing No. 41 entry for Saturday's tilt.


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The opening paragraph makes a clear point—undifferentiated text is difficult to read. It slows the reading and can even turn potential readers into nonreaders! Today's readers have a low tolerance for undifferentiated text.
Fortunately, we have moved beyond the Level-1ancient type of writing, and most people now create text at Level 2—which includes punctuation marks, capital letters at the beginning of sentences, and spaces between words. But even long passages of Level 2 writing can appear gray and uninviting. It is now time to move to Level 3. As featured on the Purdue OWL site and in my article in Business Communication Quarterly, the following HATS framework (Headings, Art, Typography, and Spacing) will help you reach this higher level.
Headings are to a written message like city signs are to a highway. They announce upcoming text and keep the audience apprised of their location in the message. They also enable the audience to skim a message and drop in for more detailed reading where they have the most interest.
How many headings should you include? That depends on such factors as message length, the number of sections in the message, and the message structure. Generally, the longer the message, the more headings you should have, but do include at least one for each major section.
Headings should also reveal the structure and hierarchy of the message. First-level headings show the major sections, and second-level headings show the subdivisions of those major sections, as shown below.
In the HATS framework, art refers to any visual treatment that makes information easier to find and process. Humans are primarily visual creatures, not primarily textual creatures. Even a three-year-old can "read" visual messages.
As you compose a message, constantly ask yourself if there is a way to convey information visually. Sometimes a standard paragraph is the worst way to convey a thought. At a very basic level you can use a numbered or bulleted list.
In the following three examples, notice the difference in communicating the information in a standard paragraph, a table, and a bar graph.
In 2014 there were 960,000 people with B.S. degrees, and their projected work-life earnings were $2,288,000. Approximately 420,000 held M.S. degrees, with projected work-life earning of $2,757,000. Roughly 455,000 had earned a professional degree, with a projected work-life earning of $5,435,000. And with 255,000 holding doctorate degrees, their projected work-life earnings amounted to $3,511,000, over 50 percent above those with just a B.S. degree.
Quantitative information in paragraph format is difficult for the human brain to process. With a table format, mental processing is easier, but still difficult. With the bar chart, however, the variances among the bars are immediately visible. In a sense, text and tables enable the audience to read the data, but charts enable the audience to see the data! Often the best option is a combination of text and visuals.
Reading text is demanding work, and typographic enhancement can help. The most important aspects of typography are reflected on the tool bar of your software, including the font, size, style, and alignment.
Font recommendations are different for paper documents and electronic documents. For paper documents, serif fonts (such as Times New Roman) are often preferred for body text because the serifs (the little finishing marks at the end of their strokes) make each letter more unique and easy to recognize (see illustration below). Sans serif fonts (such as Arial) are sans (without) little marks at the ends of their strokes. Sans serif fonts are often used for headings because they usually have a thicker and bolder stroke.
For electronic documents, the font recommendations are different. Sans serif is usually the recommended font for body text. Because visual resolution (clarity) is lower for screens than for paper, serifs can get in the way of visual clarity. Thus, Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, and Tahoma fonts are used often for electronic documents.
Professional designers recommend the use of only two primary fonts (typefaces) for most documents, one serif and one sans serif. For example, a paper document could use a serif font for body text and a sans serif font for headings, and an electronic document could use a sans serif font for body text and a serif font for headings.
The height of printed characters is measured in points, with 72 points equaling one inch. Normally, for paper and computer screen, use 10–12 point type for general audiences. For an elderly audience, increase the type size. For text on mobile devices, you might have to make the font larger to ensure readability.
Type can be enhanced in several ways to make it more noticeable. Bold and italic treatments are two of the most common. You can also put white type on a black background, called reverse type.
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Type can be aligned on the left, center, or right. It can also be aligned on both left and right sides, called full justification. For most paper and electronic business documents, use left alignment. Left-aligned type is easier to read than fully justified type.
In addition to alignment concerns, readability can be improved by reducing the length of text lines. To achieve a shorter line length for text-heavy messages, you can increase the width of the side margins, slightly increase the text size, or use a two-column format.
Pages with many lines of text without a visual break look gray and uninviting. White space gives visual relief, prevents reader fatigue, and enhances reader friendliness. Space also divides and frames elements on a page or screen. For instance, white space placed around a block of text or a graphic visually separates it from neighboring elements.
Check two aspects of spacing in your documents: external and internal. External spacing refers to the margins around the edges of the page. For most routine documents, a one-inch margin is standard, but don't be afraid to create margins of more than an inch for text-heavy documents.
Internal spacing is the space within sentences and paragraphs. A simple way to avoid gray pages is to keep paragraphs short and leave one line of space between paragraphs. You may also try increasing the line spacing, or the space between lines.
Using headings, art and graphics, typography, and spacing (HATS) will turn your gray-text messages into visually inviting documents that will attract, rather than repel, your audience. Consider this blog that you're reading. See how it uses headings, art/graphics, typographic enhancements, and spacing. Imagine what it would be like to read this piece without all these enhancements.
Take a bit of extra time to visually enhance your messages with HATS. Your audience will appreciate it if you do.


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i live in Manitoba, Canada and was wondering does anyone know where there is dog obedience schools? and is there any in the interlake of Manitoba?
Oh, and you may get more help if you ask in Yahoo Answers Canada. Just a thought.
When I was looking for a trainer with classes and was looking to pursue agility, I contacted our local agility club. Because a good foundation in obedience is such a good thing with agility, they were able to refer me to a great obedience instructor.
I would suggest that you contact your local obedience, agility, or training club, if there is one in your area and ask for trainer referrals there. The advantage to asking at a club like this is that these folks take their training very seriously and will refer you to people they have used themselves and know to be good. Also, now that I am a member of our local obedience club, I have found there are several members who offer some kind of training classes. It's a good place to start looking for a good trainer.


I n certain circumstances based on the length of the claim and the use to which the land has been put, it is possible to upgrade these land claims (to N.S.3. or Chanott title). The steps involved in such an application and the number of government department required to approve such an application (where such approval is often discretionary) is however quite daunting and most definitely not recommended to anyone with out the best of connections at the district, provincial and (in many cases) national level.
The recently issued Sor. Bor Kor. titles about which there has been such a political scandal are a very different to the above claims. These are true title deeds, accurately survey and pegged (like a Chanott). They may be mortgaged, planning permission for development may be sought and granted. The one significant thing that may not happen with a Sor. Bor Kor, is that it may not be sold or transferred (except under last will and testament). Many of those who claimed and received (and in a few notable cases - had them rescinded) these titles, expect that this limitation will change in time or that the titles can be quickly upgraded to a full Chanott . This is not my interpretation of the intention of the new titles and with it's current status as a political hot potato, I can't see that happening any time soon.
A condominium title (first established under the condominium act of 1979) is a title to a part of a building or buildings with multiple owners, and a fractional interest in the land (always a Chanott) and other common assets (such as a swimming pool) and common parts of the building (such as the stair well or lobby). The title will state the floor area of the private apartment, the ground area of the common land and the percentage interest which that apartment has in the common property. This then also represents the value of the voting interest in the condominium company or owners association.
Subsequent to an amendment to the condominium act five years ago, aliens may also own (subject to certain important qualifications) up to 40%, by floor area, of the units in a registered condominium.
The qualification most likely to enable an alien to purchase a freehold condominium is providing evidence that the funds used for the purchase of the unit have come from abroad. Before making any large transfer relating to a condo purchase be sure to check with the vendor, your lawyer or a local bank the correct procedure for remitting funds or you may not qualify for foreign freehold.
Buildings other than condominiums do not have any form of title document, but their sale or long lease can be registered at the Ampher (district) land office. Proof of ownership, must be established either from proof of construction or document showing previous sale-purchase (do not confuse this with the House License document, which is only a register of the houses occupants). Transfer of a building as distinct from it's land requires the posting of 30 days public notice (to see if anyone wishes to contest the ownership). Foreign nationals (aliens) may own a building (as distinct from it's land) and may register such transfer of ownership into their names at the local district office.


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Camera IconCowaramup furniture designer Adrian van den Ouweland and Margaret River watercolour artist Peter Little.
Margaret River Region Open Studio artists Adrian van den Ouweland and Peter Little have teamed up to create a jarrah wine cabinet in celebration of 50 years of winemaking in the Margaret River region.
The cabinet includes four watercolour paintings on the doors of the cabinet, which represent the seasons of the grape and reflect the process in transforming sunlight into wine.
The pair began working on the collaboration in October and finished the piece just in time to be displayed during this year's Margaret River Region Open Studios.
The Cowaramup furniture designer and Margaret River watercolour artist have worked together previously but van den Ouweland said this collaboration was particularly challenging.
"It was a pretty long process," van den Ouweland said.
"My contribution was the woodwork but Peter is a watercolour artist so trying to get his head around how to incorporate that into a wooden cabinet — because watercolours are traditionally displayed behind glass — was hard. We had to investigate how his images would be directly printed on timber.
"So it was quite a bit of a process to go through but we are happy with the end result."
Van den Ouweland said they both enjoyed the challenge of the collaboration and the pair would continue to work together in the future.
The piece is on display at van den Ouweland's Treeton Fine Wood Studios in Cowaramup and Little's original watercolour paintings of the four seasons can be viewed at his Margaret River studio.


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He's locked himself away…Can she find the key to his heart?
Working with Jemma Harrison on his novel is the last thing millionaire Nate Thornton wants. After his time as a war reporter, Nate prefers to be alone. But soon, Nate can't deny the light Jemma brings to his life. Could she be the one?


Garrett and Ben met with us early this year to discuss their wedding plans at the Kyle House in Fincastle. We hit it off immediately with the two of them, laid-back, funny, lots of smiles, we were excited to be working with these two. As the summer approached we setup an early engagement session in downtown Roanoke. This serves two purposes: 1. to create some beautiful images for the couple, and 2. (possibly more importantly) we create a rapport with the couple so that by the day of the wedding we're like old friends (only they're the ones with the funny stories about me, climbing on unstable stuff, almost falling, etc.)!
We found a dark alley to play around in, and Garrett worked it!
Ben gripped his fiance in a tight embrace and dipped her, check out that smile!
See, more hugs, more smiles, I think there's a pattern here!
Happiness filled the air that day!
A super-attractive couple dodging traffic downtown!
They will be wed this Saturday the 19th, lotsa love, family and friends!
PS: a little bonus reel!
I have been a little behind on my blogging lately as we have gotten into the busy season of the year for us. Designing sample albums, meeting with couples, scouting locations, all in addition to the shoots that are the meat and potatoes of our business.


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Use a couple vinyl tarps to cover plants and grass that are located next to the garage so that the cleaning solution does not drip on them as you are cleaning the roof. Set up a ladder next to the garage and make sure that it is sturdy before you climb it. Remove debris and dirt from the roof with a broom. Rinse the roof off with a water hose.
Add equal parts of bleach and water to a garden sprayer's tank. Apply the cleaning solution to the black streaks. Wait a few minutes for the cleaning solution to penetrate the algae stains. Use a roof brush to scrub each of the stains until they are no longer visible. Rinse the roof off well with a water hose.
Keep the roof clean on a regular basis to reduce the amount of time that it will take you to remove stains in the future. If you would like to prevent algae stains from forming altogether, install zinc strips across the top of the roof. The zinc in the strips will drip down onto the rest of the roof when it rains and form a protective barrier that will prevent algae from developing.
Measure the length of the roof to determine how many strips you will need. Use a putty knife to gently lift up the bottom edge of the shingles that run across the top of the roof. Slide the top of each zinc strip underneath the shingles.
Use a hammer or nail gun to drive roofing nails through the top corners of each strip. After the zinc strips cover the length of the roof, place additional strips across the other side. The zinc strips will last for years. They are not only useful for preventing algae, they are also effective in preventing moss growth, too.
After cleaning the algae stains and protecting it from future stains, your garage will look neat and well maintained. If the algae problem proves to be more than you can handle, contact a professional roofing contractor, such as those at Acoma Roofing, to handle the problem for you.


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