I miss these phones and operating systems... my childhood.
Man, back in the day, we had amazing smartphones like these. That was around the time iGoogle was still alive.
I bet iGoogle was on the very first Android smartphone before Google created Docs and other apps.
Apple is not good, Aplle is dumb and just that you know android is way better, Apple ist dumb!!!!!!!!!!!
iPhone: I am the best iPhone ever!
Android Phone: *Walks back embarrassed* "Hey iPhone can I have my beer back".
I like the android phone's design more but the iphone interface looked way better back then, but android phone was technologically more advanced and wayyy more customisable, I'm an android user and always will be.


Congrats on your UFL admit. Best of luck for Cornell . You have excellent chances there.
Congratulations on your admit friend.
I am a straightforward guy so please don't take my comments on your heart but i hope you will take it as constructive criticism on university.
I hate USC like anything.I have seen studnets with dismal GRE[900,850,1000] scorers and poor profiles getting in there.Eventhough USC is a ranked university but in my honest opinion it's not ranks that matters ..i am least concerned about them. You have such a good profile and credentials , I really liked them.Frankly, you don't deserve to be at USC because you are just too good for them.Terminal MS is just flop there.
I am posting few replies of seniors which i collected from various friends of mine on yahoo groups and other forums.
I interviewed at USC for my PhD and my observation was that for a PhD student it is a fantastic school with great research and funding opportunities but they don't have much in the way of financial aid at all for MS students.
As for your question about whether is worth the money, it depends a lot on what you want. If you just want to go on to a job, then it is almost as difficult as getting a job after MS in any other part of the country, except being in the bay area helps a little bit. Of course, it has one of the highest number of international students in its EE and CS programs and therefore you will have a lot of competition as well.
Therefore, in my opinion, I don't think that getting into USC and paying all that money is worth it if you just want to do an MS. There are better schools that do offer financial aid and you are better off applying to them. USC is a well-respected school but I don't think their MS grads have some sort of an edge over the grads from other top 15-20 schools.
However, if money is of no concern to you at all (which makes your question moot, BTW) then USC is a great place to go to school, meet new people and, of course, live in one of the most beautiful parts of the country.
I have noticed that all of my friends and acquaintances who have graduated from NCSU have quickly been snapped up by Dell, Intel and AMD. I think they all recruit from there regularly.
I am not familiar with USC's placements. Of course, you cannot generalize this to mean that USC placements are not as good as NCSU's. Just FYI.
1) The living expenses are much much higher in southern California.
2) The chances of getting a job are almost the same.
3) The competition with your fellow graduates is not as high.
Following is the reply from a CS studnet at USC.
Dudes i was under the same apprenhension before I joined USC. And in my opinion whoever says that USC MS program is not atpar with any other top 10-20 ranked colleges, is a big Fool. I dont understand why and how ppl assumes this.
USC is well respected not only in CA but in whole US.
Now about BAY area talks. Yess its close to Bay area. I guess 4-5 hours drive is a short distance. And many companies prefer to call students from all over CA.
I have friends just joined USC from different parts of US. And the only reason they have joined this school is becoz of its infrastructure and faculty, importance of which u guys are gonna realize soon.
USC receives 2.7 LAC applications every year and gives acceptance to only 8000 students..........so thts kinda good ratio.( this fig includes all majors)...........One more thing, gettin into PhD program of USC is extremely difficult.
So my suggestion to u all is start contacting ppl in ur prospective colleges and get the real info about everything.
As a student of USC, I can firmly say that every PENNY spent here is worth. This is not a biased opinion but a known fact.
Following is the comment from CS studnet from USC.
About class strength.......it might be around 300-400. And by the way i think 50% must be indian.
About per credit fee- 1129$ per credit......You have to finish 27 credits. Either totally by courses or by intern and DR(directed research). DR can be from 1 credit to 6 credit( gettin nething above 2-3 credit in MS is though very difficult) and Intern is of 1 credit.
Courses are generally of 3 credits but there r courses which are of 4 credits too. So basically once u r done with all formalities I can tell you in detail what courses n all to take depending upon ur interest and major.
Anyway about fees.....I think there is already one thread which gives detail info about USC fee structure. Just search tht link and post it here. i think now i can make some correction in that since I just paid my first semester Tuition fees.
One last and most imp. point I would like to mention is that gettin Oncampus Job in USC is very easy. Almost everyone gets it. This is very imp. for those who are gonna work here part time to cover their living expnses.
Almost everyone gets around minimum 6.75$ to 8 or 9$. This is a very imp. factor while considering colleges coz bigger the campus better the chances of gettin Oncampus jobs.
just for the information.....there is another rule among seniors here..."during the week work as hard as u can...and during the weekends party as hard as u can!!"
Following gives you management of fees at USC.
27 * 1129 = 13,41,252.....taking the conversion to 44 Rs = 1 Dollar.
Another USC guy advised to follow the lin k to decide on POST MS.
The link i have given below is a survey of present/past students of various colleges. U can also compare various colleges by creating tables.
1. USC is home to a very large number of students across several courses. Therefore it is quite probable that the average may be lower, while if u compare only CS or EE engineering courses, the average would be higher than the university average.
2. Even universities like UMR ranked in 80s, have a higher starting salary. Obvious, as they accomodate only 1/10 the students USC accomodates. They do not offer the variety of courses USC offers, some of which may not have high salaries.
I'm applying to the MBA program at USC now. Who knows, I might see you there. Good to make contacts early, right?


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Fears rise that families who returned to their homes will be expelled again; they call on Netanyahu not to 'add sin' of making IDF do it.
There are heavy concerns that the families who returned to Sa-Nur in northern Samaria during the early pre-dawn hours of Tuesday morning will be expelled by security forces in the coming hours on Tuesday night.
The dozens of families, together with 200 supporters from all around Israel, returned to their abandoned homes in the town to mark ten years since it was forcibly evacuated along with three other northern Samaria towns and Gush Katif in Gaza as part of the 2005 Disengagement plan.
On arriving in the evacuated town, the families set to preparing it once again for human habitation, and declared they had returned to stay.
In a letter sent to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (Likud) on Tuesday morning, the families wrote "this is the time to stop the talking about the injustice (of the Disengagement - ed.) and to move to action."
"We returned to our homes to stay," wrote the families. "We call on you to join the process of return and to approve our return."
The call comes on the heels of a bill currently gaining steam which aims to repeal the Disengagement and return the expelled Jews to their homes.
The families urged Netanyahu and Ya'alon not to have IDF soldiers take part in expelling them from their homes again.
"IDF soldiers are our beloved brothers, flesh of our flesh. We demand not to repeat the trauma of the expulsion, and not to force IDF soldiers to expel us again from our homes."
"Placing the soldiers against their settler brothers is the addition of sin to a crime," they warned. "Even if the government wants to expel Jews from their homes and their land, that should be done by police officers, and not by soldiers and Border Patrol soldiers who give the best of their years for the security of Israel."


Transfer Talk: Rose sees England future at Marseille?
Can Marseille bring home the Europa League?
As a professional footballer, there are a few different ways to end your career. The most common method is to play one final game after many years as a pro.
Some are lucky to finish on a high with a trophy like Philipp Lahm or Xabi Alonso winning the Bundesliga with Bayern Munich last season, or Dirk Kuyt helping Feyenoord to their first league title in 17 years before retiring last summer as well.
For some, their bodies say "stop" and they never really get the farewell they deserve. Others leave the pitch for the final time in huge controversy. Zinedine Zidane is the obvious example. He was sent off in his last game, the 2006 World Cup final, after head-butting Marco Materazzi.
At 36, Patrice Evra has perhaps ended his career in the worst way possible. The Marseille defender lost the plot away at Guimaraes in the Europa League on Thursday. During the warm-up he was involved in an argument with some of Marseille's travelling fans and aimed a high kick over the advertising boards towards a fan standing on the other side. He was sent off by the referee before the game had even begun.
Marseille have launched an internal inquiry and have condemned Evra's actions. Coach Rudi Garcia has criticised his player too.
"Pat has experience and he must not react, it's obvious. Patrice is a more than experienced player and we cannot respond to insults so low and so incredible because they come from one of our supporters," the Marseille manager said after the game on Thursday.
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings over the incident and will surely ban him heavily, in addition to the automatic one-match suspension for the red card. It is uncertain whether he will play for Marseille again, with his contract up at the end of the season.
Marseille defender Patrice Evra faces disciplinary action from UEFA following Thursday's incident.
The incident happened after a tough few weeks for Evra. First, he lost his place in the team to Jordan Amavi. Then, Evra was really poor in the rare matches he played after becoming second choice. He has been heavily criticised by the media and by the fans for his poor performances. The way he was insulted by his own supporters is unacceptable, though, and the club has also condemned the attitude of some of their Ultras.
In Marseille, football is everything and the passion and love for a player can quickly transform into hatred. Even if you can understand his anger and frustration, Evra should not have responded and his attitude is disgraceful.
He is a father of two, supposed to be a role model and an example for the younger generation. He is a very experienced player who has competed for the biggest clubs in the world, won trophies, played in five Champions League finals and in a European Championship final.
He has been abused and insulted before. He is one of the toughest characters in football, whose mental strength has enabled him to bounce back after tough times.
However, he is also a very uncompromising individual who speaks his mind and acts before he thinks. Which means he has often been at the heart of controversy. He led the disgraceful French players' strike at the 2010 World Cup, shaming the country. He insulted pundits and ex-pros in a television interview in 2013 and again earlier this year. And now this.
There is no way back and why would there be? Evra, more than ever, is now a burden for Marseille. He has been their worst player so far this season and this kick creates a terrible image for the club.
In an interview with La Provence newspaper in September, he said about joining l'OM: "I decided to join Marseille because a lot of people were telling me not to come here. Me, I like it where there is s---. That's me, I need it. Nothing will change me."


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Bhajan S. Saluja, P.E.
B.S. Civil and Municipal Engineering, B.H.U., Varanasi, India
M.S. Civil Engineering, West Virginia University
Charleston, Kanawha County
Garth E. Thomas, Jr., P.E.
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B.S. Chemical Engineering, West Virginia Institute of Technology
M.S. Chemical Engineering, West Virginia University
Larry C. Nottingham, Ph.D., P.E.
B.S. Civil Engineering, West Virginia Institute of Technology
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Florida
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B.S. Business Administration, West Virginia University
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Origine
Figlio del re di Pamplona, García I Sánchez e della contessa di Aragona, Andregoto Galíndez, figlia del conte di Aragona, Galindo III Aznárez.

Biografia
Nel 940 il califfo, Abd al-Rahman III, dopo la cocente sconfitta dell'anno prima (939, Battaglia di Simancas), intervenne sul re di Pamplona, García I Sánchez di Navarra, affinché ripudiasse la moglie, la contessa d'Aragona, Andregoto Galíndez, per non avere troppo stretti legami tra i vari regni e contee cristiane, per cui il re di Pamplona, García I Sánchez, in quello stesso anno, ottenne l'annullamento del matrimonio da Andregoto che rinunciò al titolo di contessa di Aragona, in favore del figlio Sancho, che, in teoria gli subentrò nel titolo, ma in pratica la contea continuò ad essere governata dal padre, García, che continuò a governare la contea anche quando Sancho divenne maggiorenne.

Nel 962 sposò la cugina Urraca di Castiglia, figlia del conte di Castiglia, Fernan Gonzalez e di Sancha di Pamplona, sorella di suo padre Garcia. Urraca era vedova per la seconda volta, prima del re di León, Ordoño III, nel 956, e poi, in quello stesso anno, di un altro re di León, Ordoño IV il Cattivo dal quale, nel 960, era stata abbandonata a Burgos, per fuggire in al-Andalus, nella guerra civile contro Sanzio I il Grosso.

Nel 970 alla morte del padre, gli subentrò come re di Pamplona ed entrò in possesso della contea di Aragona.

Nel 975, approfittando della malattia che, l'anno prima, aveva colpito il califfo, al-Ḥakam II ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Sancho, alleatosi con il re di León, Ramiro III, attaccò al-Andalus, ma fu sconfitto, a San Esteban de Gormaz, dal generale Galib, appena rientrato dal Nordafrica.

Nel 976, alla morte del califfo al-Ḥakam II ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, in sintonia con il regno del León e con la contea di Castiglia, con cui era stata sviluppata una politica matrimoniale, che aveva portato ad un coordinamento tra i vari sovrani, i regni cristiani cercarono di trarre profitto dall'avvicendamento in al-Andalus, in quanto il nuovo califfo, Hisham II era solo undicenne. Però il potere, a Cordova, finì nelle mani di Almanzor, che si rivelò ottimo governante ed ottimo generale.

Dopo aver subito due sconfitte ad opera di Almanzor, il re del León Ramiro III cercò allora, insieme a García Fernández e a Sancho Abarca di creare una coalizione anti-islamica fra i regni di León, di Castiglia e di Navarra, ammassando, nel 981, truppe nella valle del Duero.

L'hajib omayyade Almanzor marciò però celermente contro di queste e le sbaragliò nella battaglia di Rueda, 40 km circa a SE di Simancas. Fu dopo questa brillante vittoria che Almanzor si fece attribuire il laqab col quale è noto: al-Mansūr bi-llāh (Colui che è reso vincitore da Dio).

Siccome con le armi non aveva ottenuto alcun risultato, Sancho, si recò a Cordova, come ambasciatore del proprio regno, portando parecchi regali per il vittorioso hajib, Almanzor, da cui riuscì ad ottenere un trattato di pace, dandogli però sua figlia illegittima, Urraca, in moglie. A Urraca fu dato un nuovo nome: Abda e diede ad Almanzor un figlio, soprannominato Abd al-Rahman, detto Sanchuelo, per la sua notevole somiglianza al nonno, Sancho.

Sembra che, nel 987, in un documento si fece riferimento per la prima volta a Sancho come re di Navarra, invece che re di Pamplona, come venivano denominati i suoi predecessori.

Sancho II Garcés, nel 990, dovette subire altri attacchi da parte delle truppe di al-Andalus, per cui, nel 992, si recò ancora una volta a Cordova, dove ottenne ancora una volta un trattato di pace.

Sancho morì, nel 994, lasciando i titoli di re di Navarra e conte di Aragona al figlio primogenito García Sánchez.

Discendenza
Sancho ed Urraca ebbero sei figli:
 García II Sánchez detto il Tremolante (964-1000), re di Navarra e conte di Aragona
 Ramiro Sánchez di Navarra (?-992), signore di Cardenas
 Gonzalo Sánchez di Navarra (?-997), da alcuni documenti sembra che governasse l'Aragona per conto del padre
 Fernando Sánchez
 Mayor Sánchez
 Jimena Sánchez

Sancho ebbe anche una figlia illegittima
 Urraca Sánchez di Navarra, che fu data in sposa ad Almanzor; a Cordova gli fu cambiato il nome e divenne Abda, detta la Vascona, e ad Almanzor diede un figlio, Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo, che nel 1008 divenne l'erede del califfo Hisham II.

Ascendenza

Note

Bibliografia
 Rafael Altamira, Il califfato occidentale, "Storia del mondo medievale", vol. II, 1999, pp. 477–515

Voci correlate
 Storia della Gallia tardo-antica e alto-medioevale
 Franchi (storia dei regni Franchi)
 Storia della Francia
 Tabella cronologica dei regni della Penisola iberica
 al-Andalus
 Re di Navarra
 Sovrani d'Aragona

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Conti d'Aragona
Re di Navarra
Sancho

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UM track athlete Skylar Suggitt. Photo by Aubrie Chastain
SportsFebruary 7, 2022
Montevallo Track Records Broken
By Aubrie Chastain
On Jan. 16, Montevallo's track team opened their 2022 season at the Emory Crossplex Showdown. Here, student athletes broke multiple school records, a new school record in the distance medley and finished in third place.
Four student athletes Skylar Suggit, Kylie Carroll, Joe Leventry and Nyla Shipman all were able to break records at the season's opening.
Skylar Suggit, a freshman marketing major, beat the school record for pole vaulting at 3.55 M. Suggit was thrilled to find out she had broken the school record. Suggit said, "Records are meant to be broken, so after finding out I had broken the indoor school record as a freshman, I was thrilled."
Suggit also mentioned that help from her team pushed her as a student athlete, saying, "Being a part of the Montevallo Track and Field Team has pushed me to become a better athlete, it has given me some of my very best friends, and has given me memories that will last a lifetime!"
Kylie Carroll, a freshman biology major, broke the school record for long jump at 5.34 M. She also broke an additional record for the 60m dash with a time of 7.85. With this accomplishment, Carroll was ecstatic to see her time and even impressed with herself after running at three meets.
Carroll also said, "Coach Barksdale, our head coach, walked up to me and told me it was a school record and gave me a hug. It's the best feeling to know you've accomplished something like that."
Joe Leventry, a senior business management major, broke the school record for the mile with a time of 4:09. Leventry also broke a record in the 3000 M with a time of 8:14. With the record broken, Leventry said, "I won by 15 seconds so you can't be too mad at a win and another school record."
Nyla Shipman, a sophomore majoring in exercise and nutrition science, also broke a school record for the weight throw at 16.07 M. Shipman has been on the track team for two years now, and upon finding out she broke the record, she said, "I broke the record last year at conference, but I knew this year I had to continue beating myself to get better and to progress."
For the school record of the distance medley relay, Drew Kilgore, Will McBride, Chaney Holder and Joe Leventry broke the record at a time of 10:22, beating the previous record by six seconds.
Overall, Montevallo's track team placed in third at the meet with 99.33 points.
With the team's success, many of the athletes credit the bond between each other that helps to push them to be better and strive for more. When asked about the team, Carroll said, "We all push each other to be better, and we have fun while doing it. We have an incredible group this year and I'm so excited to see what else we can do."
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Posted on December 13, 2017 by Piqua Daily Call
Town hall discusses opioid epidemic
By Cecilia Fox - cfox@troydailynews.com
TIPP CITY — While every county in Ohio has been hit hard by the heroin epidemic, neighboring Montgomery County is a major epicenter for opioid distribution and activity in the region.
"Right Time, Right Place," a town hall meeting hosted by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department and Montgomery County Drug-Free Coalition at Ginghamsburg Church in Tipp City, addressed the heroin epidemic and the steps being taken to combat it.
Montgomery County Sheriff Phil Plummer, Chief Deputy Rob Streck and other members of the department spoke to a full house Tuesday night.
"It has taken government a while to figure out this is a disease and we have to do more for it," Plummer said.
Plummer said the department started hosting town hall events as a way to do more than just lock up those who are struggling with addiction.
"I get tired of the revolving door. We get addicts in, we hold them for three days, we have to wait three more months to get their substance tested. They get out and three days later, they'll be back in," he said, adding that the county jail takes in about 27,000 people every year. "Us being public servants, we're here to help."
Much of the discussion focused on Montgomery County, which is the source of most heroin and other substances in the region.
"This epidemic hit us like a tornado," Streck said.
Dayton is a "source city" and a major hub for two main drug cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana Cartel, Streck said. With access to Interstates 70 and 75, Dayton is ideal for distribution.
"Source city means that's where you come to get your drugs for cheap. So if you're from Troy, if you're from Piqua, from Springfield or Richmond, Indiana, places like that, you're paying about $20 or $25 dollars for a cap of heroin," he said. "If you're not from our area, you pay $65 a cap."
People travel to the Dayton area to buy cheaper heroin, enough to feed their habit and have enough left to take home and sell, Streck said. "If they survive the night, they'll do it all over again the next day," he said.
"Caps" or capsules of heroin are a Dayton invention, Streck added. Instead of wrapping heroin in foil or plastic, someone in the Dayton area started filling empty gel caps that are available in bulk at health-food stores.
"So nationwide, if they get caps of heroin, they know it comes from our region," he said.
Mexican to U.S. drug trade brings in an estimated $64 billion annually from the sale of marijuana, heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and ecstasy, he added.
Halfway through the year, Miami County had recorded 25 drug overdose deaths, according to County Coroner William Ginn. Ginn's report stated that 10 deaths were attributed to fentanyl as of June 30. Other drugs included cocaine, fentanyl analogs, carfentanyl, hydrocodone, methamphetamine, alcohol, and heroin.
Last year, there were 1,705 overdoses in Montgomery County. As of the end of October, there were 3,284 overdoses. The death rate from overdoses in 2015 was 259; in 2016, 349; and so far this year, it is 523, according to the sheriff's office.
"It's everywhere," Streck said. "It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor, it doesn't matter your race, it doesn't matter if you're male or female."
The epidemic has its roots in the crackdown on pill mills, where people could easily obtain prescription drugs, Streck said.
"We did a good job of shutting them down. The problem is when we shut them down, we left a lot of people what? Addicted without anywhere to go," he said.
Streck also puts some of the blame on the push to legalize marijuana, which he said opened the door wider to drug cartels.
People who abuse other substances are more likely to use heroin, he said.
Bruce Langos, executive director of the Criminal Intelligence Center, also pinned some of the blame on the over-prescription of opioid pain medication. About 65 opioid pain medications are prescribed per individual in the state of Ohio, Langos said.
The United States represents about 5 percent of the world's population, but consumes 80 percent of the world's opiates.
"We need another form of pain management other than handing us pills," he said, adding that everyone responds differently to opioids. While one individual might take a full course of prescribed opiate drugs and be fine, another might become addicted, he said.
Heroin is a natural substance and is three to five times more potent than morphine. Lab-produced fentanyl — a legal medication when prescribed and which Streck described as a "nightmare" — is 100 times stronger than morphine.
"It started killing people very quickly," he said.
Carfentanil, a large animal sedative, is 10,000 times more powerful than morphine. A dose the size of a grain of salt can kill. Drug dealers often mix substances in capsules they sell, so many people don't know for sure what they're buying, Streck noted.
The impact of the epidemic is not just seen in the rise of overdose deaths, but also in the increase in associated crimes like robbery; added strain on emergency services; growing numbers of children in foster care; and in people dropping out of the job market in Ohio because they can't pass drug tests.
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Erik Blaine said he deals with heroin-related cases "every single day."
"I can tell you, the majority of my docket is drug-related," he said. In the majority of cases, children are involved, which has overloaded the foster care system, he added.
He said town hall discussions, increased awareness and combating the stigma surrounding addiction are key to overcoming the epidemic.
"Change won't happen in downtown Troy, it's going to happen in downtown Dayton, Columbus or even D.C. Change happens right here. It happens in churches and it happens with our families. Have this discussion at the dinner table so I won't have it across the bench," Blaine said.
The speakers also discussed the department's efforts to combat the epidemic.
In 2017, the department's bulk smuggling task force seized $6.5 million and drugs valued at $36 million, including 216 pounds of heroin and fentanyl, 3 tons of marijuana, 218 pounds of cocaine and thousands of prescription pills. The task force also seized 87 firearms.
In addition to cracking down on drug dealers, the department is also increasing its outreach efforts to help people access addiction services.
"We'll take the individuals who want help, we'll put them in the back of the cruiser and drive them to one of these addiction services locations," Langos said.
The event also included speaker Shaun Gardner, a recovering addict who serves at Ginghamsburg's Next Step Recovery Ministry. Gardner shared his story of addiction and recovery, which began at a very young age. His experiences with drugs began as a small child growing up in abusive situations.
Gardner called addiction a "destructive path that destroyed my relationship with my family, my children, my friends and my life."
He will celebrate nine months of sobriety in this month.
"I am proud of where I'm going and I will be a good father to my son, and that is priceless," he said.
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Alfred William WALZ
WALZ, Alfred William
Born: January 15, 1930 at Marysburg, Sask.
Passed: December 3, 2009 at Stanford Place, Parksville, BC
It is with great sadness that the Walz family announces the passing of their beloved husband and father, Alfred William Walz. He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret Walz and his five children: Rick Walz (Teena), Barb Walz (Ron Panton), Brenda Vaughan (Gord), Randy Walz (April) and Greg Walz (Nada).
Also, grandchildren: Tanis, Jeremy, Bill, Ginny, Stuart, Brittany, Kevin, Sean and great-grandchildren: Mya, Elizabeth and Victoria.
He had numerous nieces, nephews and their families who all have their own "Uncle Alf " stories to tell.
Alf leaves four brothers and three sisters to mourn: Quirin (Kay), Coquitlam; Bernard (Em), Calgary; Edward (Phyllis) Surrey; Kenneth (Lynn), Victoria; Martha Otterson, Qualicum Beach; Verna Brogden, Pitt Meadows; Alice (Bob) Little, Port Alberni. And many dear friends. He was predeceased by sisters, Rose Galinski and Margaret Kreke and by brothers, Wilfred and Isadore.
A true Renaissance man, he was raised on a Saskatchewan farm until the age of fifteen when he came to Port Alberni with his family. His mechanical aptitude later landed him a job with Chatwin Motors. This led to opening his own Esso gas station and autobody shop. He was active in baseball and hockey and attended the Catholic Youth Organization dances. He met and married Marg, and started a family before medical concerns with one of his children prompted a move to the fresh air of Qualicum.
He initially worked at the local Shell station at the foot of Memorial Ave. as a mechanic and bodyman. He was persuaded to buy land and put down roots. After purchasing 24 acres of raw land on a lonely dirt road (Garrett Road) he pushed a new road through to build a home on the cliff. In later years, he created the Belyea Rd. subdivision.
He decided to start a boat rental and charter boat business,"The Nomads", in a huge old barn-like building that had once been used for roller skating "dances". It ran for years as a family business in the days of plentiful salmon. The Sand Pebbles stands on the site today. An ingenious amphibious vehicle of Alf's creation, called "The Camel," shuttled fisherman out to their boats at low tide.
He retired to develop his subdivision and putter with his sawmill and machinery. He helped his children build houses in the area and travelled in the south, hunted birds in Alberta with Marg and the crew and spent time at their friends' lodge at Kildonan on the Alberni Canal.
Alf rejoiced in his grandchildren. He took them for greasy rides on his bulldozer and backhoe and packed them along to the airport. He was a member of the PQ Aero Club and had helped to build the airstrip. His was the first hangar on the site. He bought a Stinson plane when the kids were small, aviation having been a lifelong passion. He flew it home from Chicago and he loved taking the kids and the local parish priest up for sightseeing flights.
He was an active member of the Rotary Club and donated the old Catholic church organ to the Historical Society for the local museum. He and Marg were charter members of the Qualicum Curling Club and loved going to bonspiels. He came out of retirement to help his son-in-law with his horse logging business.
He spent many summers fishing, prawning and crabbing at China Creek in his later years. He enjoyed mushroom picking and gold panning on the Island. He also was a member of the PGOSA hockey team.
A service will be held at Yates Funeral Chapel, 1000 Allsbrook Road, Parksville on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 11:30 am, Rev. Jozef Kobos officiating, followed by a celebration of Alf's life. There will be an open forum, so please feel free to bring your funny memories and stories of your adventures with Alf. He always tried to lighten memorial services with his anecdotes and it would be so healing to share a good laugh or two.
The family would like to especially thank the staff at NRGH and Stanford Place for the kindness and care given to Alf during his stay with them. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Stanford Place Care Facility, 250 Craig Street, Parksville V9P 0A7, for the purchase of residential care equipment needs in Alf's name.
"Sadness is but a wall between two gardens"
– Kahlil Gibran


If you have't yet voted in the USBGF Board of Directors Election, please do so. The link to the voting page is: USBGF Board of Directors Ballot. All members are eligible to vote. The poll will close at 11:59 p.m. EST, Monday, December 3, 2018. Each member may submit only one ballot. A member must be logged onto the USBGF website to be able to vote.
Six candidates, including four incumbents, are vying for four seats up for election. The six candidates are: Jeb Horton, Carter Mattig, Tara Mendicino (incumbent), Bill Riles (incumbent), Marty Storer (incumbent), and Frank Talbot (incumbent). The left side of the voting page contains a ballot with the six candidate names in random order. The right side of the voting page contains an alphabetical accordion listing of the candidates. By clicking on a candidate name on the accordion file, a member may see a photograph of the candidate and an informational/biographical statement submitted by the candidate.
There are four seats up for election. A member may vote for a minimum of one to a maximum of four candidates. A candidate may not receive more than one vote from a member. A member should select every candidate for whom they are voting prior to hitting the submit button.
The four candidates receiving the most votes will be elected, provided they are named on at least 50% of the ballots. If one or more of the top four vote recipients are not named on at least 50% of the ballots, a run-off election will be held including twice the number of candidates as the number of unfilled seats. As an example, if #4 and #5 (in terms of votes received) are not named on at least 50% of the ballots then #4 and #5 will appear on the runoff ballot. There will be only one runoff. The top vote recipient will fill the remaining seat provided he/she is named on at least 50% of the ballots. If, in the runoff, a 'winning' candidate is not named on at least 50% of the ballots cast, the corresponding Board seat will remain vacant until the next election.
The Board of Directors is excited by the opportunity provided all members to participate in the Board selection process. This voting process embodies our desire for an open, transparent, democratic, and participatory membership organization. We hope all members take the time to exercise their voting rights and carefully consider each candidate.
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I have been trying to like Gazpacho for so long. Every time I order it, it is a big let down. I love tomato soup but Gazpacho left a lot to be desired, until I perfected this easy recipe, that I first stumbled upon down south. Now I LOVE it....I make a huge bowl and keep it in my fridge. The secret ingredient in this cold soup is Bloody Mary Mix!!! It gives the Gazpacho just a little bit of kick to take it from drab to fab. Enjoy!!!!
Stir ingredients together and chill before serving. YUMMMMMM!
**** If you like a spicier soup, you can add a bold and spicy mix.


After arriving in Orroroo and booking into the Orroroo pub, I enjoyed a few bundy & cokes, and a beautiful kangaroo schnitzel. This pub is a terrific little country hotel which was built in 1877. Warren & Liz Campbell are the licencees and they took on the oepration of the hotel just 18 months ago. They opened up the accommodation at the hotel, which had not been in operation for about 25-30 years.
After dinner, I decided to drive 25 kms east out of town to the Black Rock Conservation Park. Access to the park is via the Paratoo Road. The park is 170 hectares in size and has excellent examples of the flora of the area, and is dominated by the Black Oak and Bluebush. The park has several creek beds with steep banks which are perfect nesting places for Red-back Kingfishers and Rainbow Bee Eaters. Unfortunately I didn't get to see those because it was dark when I arrived. But below is a picture of what a Rainbow Bee Eater looks like. They are a spectacular bird.
I found an access gate at the south eastern end of the park, which unfortunately was locked. So I put on my headlamp and walked into the park with my gear and my deckchair. I used a permapine log fencepost to prop the radio on and set up my 40m/20m dipole on the 7m squid pole.
I tuned across 40m and could not hear any VK's at all. I could hear quite a lot of North American DX but knew that with my meager 5 watts and dipole, I would be pushing the proverbial uphill. So I booked in to the 7.130 DX Net. Unfortunately conditions were not great, but I did work Roy VK7ROY; Andy VK4TH in Kingaroy; John VK2FALL; Ian VK2IW who was qrp; and John ZL2BH.
The contact with Ian, VK2IN was particularly rewarding though. Ian was using just 6 watts and a vertical whip in the lounge room of his house. He was a good 5/4 signal and I received a 5/7 signal report back from Ian.
I also would like to thank John ZL2BH for his persistance. John and I tried about 6 times during the net to get through to each other, but to no avail until the very end. John was an excellent 5/8 signal and my signal when he first heard me was also strong. But by the time we got to call each other the band conditions had changed and we could not make it. But on our 7th attempt my signal had come back up out of the noise and we managed a good quick QSO, with 5/8 exchanged both ways.
I could hear all of the DX on the net, including William FO5JV in French Polynesia, Bill W1OW in Massachusetts, Juan YV1FPT, and ZL's.
But sadly, as is the case almost every night on this DX Net, the Indonesians were causing massive QRM. They were playing music, laughing, and burping. There is no doubt that they can hear stations on the DX Net, but they simply do not seem to care which is a real shame. Something really needs to be done to fix this ongoing problem.
At the end of the net, I headed back to Orroroo and enjoyed the rest of the evening watching the AFL and the cricket on TV before getting a good night's sleep for the next day's 2 SOTA activations.
Next time I come to this park, will be the day time, so that I can explore the park a bit.


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This article is written by Server Management Inc. IT systems administrator Timo Puistaja - 16.03.12.2017, Tartu, Estonia.
We are going to explain how Unifi AP/switch adoption on Layer2 and Layer3 works, but first let´s make clear what the those Layers mean.
Layer2 (L2) adoption: We adopt Unifi AP/switch to a Controller in the same subnet for example your "mask:/24" LAN.
Layer3 (L3) adoption: We adopt Unifi AP/switch etc. to a Controller that is situated somewhere far away - for eg. AP is in Germany but the Controller for that AP is in Poland.
The Layers come from OSI (Open System Interconnection) model. This is used to visualize computer networks. We will focus on the "Network Layers" and especially on Layer2 and Layer3 for Unifi adoption methods.
Unifi Controller: a webpage/software to centralize and manage all your wifi devices no matter where they are located. You can install Controller software to your own PC, but when it comes to larger networks its recommended to install it on any Windows/Linux server in your enviroment or buy a Unifi CloudKey (CK) that has Controller already installed on it. You can think of Unifi CloudKey as a little PC/server just for serving the Controller function for your AP´s. I wrote an article about setting up the crentralized CK Controller with my own certificates - it´s HERE.
As you can see Layer1 is Physical - it is the Layer where different physical devices (ethernet/wireless card and switches or routers) are connected.
First layer of usable data flows is Layer2 - this Layer can be explained as the Layer of your LAN network in our case.
Layer3 is the layer where different subnets and networks are connected together and thats why its called L3 adoption for Unifis - AP and Controller are in the different subnet.
L2 adoption is very staightforward. Lets assume you are in your home/office that has LAN subnet 192.168.0.0/24.
Your PC IP is: 192.168.0.10 and you have downloaded and istalled Unifi Controller software from unifi Download page.
Now you connect your new AP to local network and DHCP server gives out an IP to your AP - for example 192.168.0.20.
All you have to do now is to log into the Controller panel from your web browser and you can see your AP in the Devices menu and Adopt it - that it - L2 Adoption done.
I strongly recommend installing Controller software to any servers you already have - so you wont be messing around later with the reinstalls/resets with all the Unifi products OR buy CloudKey its only about ~100USD.
L3 adoption means that you have Controller and AP in the different subnet OR in the different county/city/building.
For L3 adoption you need access to your router/firewall and should have public static IP from your ISP.
Most of the configurations need to be done at the office where Controller is located.
Now we need to make our controller webpage and set-inform features accessible from all over the world.
So later you dont need to type in the IP - you can just use the name instead.
Note: You might neet to open up ports 8080 and 8443 in your firewall to make incoming request to access next (forward) rules.
When you have done that your Controller is accessible from anywhere in the world - also the webpage.
You need LAN access to your AP and SSH (Putty is a Windows tool to do that) into the AP - default username and password are ubnt / ubnt.
Thats it - your L3 adoption is done, you can add as many devices as you like no matter where they are located.
For the next step is to make sure port forwards are done correctly; DNS works; add your verified certificates to controller - its all here.


A pack of 8 luxury letterpress Christmas cards with a beautiful tactile feel, from designer Jacky Al-Samarraie.
Pack contains 1 each of 8 designs - Mistletoe, Mistletoe Tree, Mistletoe & Hearts, Baubles, Robin, Robin Repeat, Angels, Fairisle Trees.
Our letterpress cards are made individually on a Heidelberg platen press and are printed on a mix of cotton & paper, as it is softer than using paper on it's own.
Supplied with luxury matching envelopes and cellophane bag.


It's our big Spring Break sale this week! Get any game for 50% off while supplies last here!
Also, check out the podcast episode today featuring Billie Wildrick – she is the one who sang "The Word I couldn't Keep" from Sea of Darkness.
Great Interview! I love the song "The Word I couldn't keep"!!!!
Do you have an idea of when the next contest is? Thanks.
Hello MT! There will be a new contest soon!
Can I have a birthday shout out on April 26th? Also, I am loving the unlocked podcast!!!!
will there be beta testing for MID like previous Nancy Drew games?
I'm certain there will be lots of testing within our office, but I'm not sure about outside testers. Sorry!
Hi LJ. Would it be possible to buy the acapella version of The Word I Couldn't Keep from SEA?
Hello gamesareawesome347, we only had one singer for the song "The Word I Couldn't Keep" which was Billie Wildrick. We do offer the complete music soundtrack here, though!
Hi LJ. I know Billie Wildrick sang the song. What I meant was that if it is possible to buy the acapella version that Billie sang even though that acapella version isn't on then soundtrack list?
I'm not sure which acapella version you mean. We do not have a track of her singing acapella, sorry.
Perhaps her solo without orchestral music? Possible – but it wasn't acapella, just her single voice. If so, we wouldn't offer that since we only offer music tracks, and not character audio clips.
Any latest news coming soon about MID?
No news to share just yet, sorry! We will have more to share later.
Is the release date still Spring 2019?
Hello User, our current release news is still set for Spring. Stay tuned for more details to come.
Release news? So not the actual release, just news on the release?
So the date for current release NEWS is Spring, what about the actual product?
I was wondering if the Hardy Boy characters were created using an ipad. it appears that way on the announcement photo of them! if so that is pretty neat!
I kind of does look more like an iPad, doesn't it? I may have been misinformed.
So when's the next twitch? Can't Wait for the next stream, Can't wait, Can't wait!
Wait hold the phone! I saw it Secret of The Old Clock, Sweet! I got that game for my birthday this year!
Forgive me, I think my first comment has simply not been approved yet.
The release date for the game is set for Spring. If you look under Midnight in Salem, the release date still shows Spring 2019. I am guessing May timeframe.
Hey LJ is the actual game for MID still have a release date for spring?
Hello Ryan, the release date is still set to be this Spring, correct. I'll share more info when I can.
Hello LJ I really don't know if this the the right place to ask to but I've been in sales my whole life and studying people in college I was wondering if you guys are hireing? If you guys are interested can you email me?
Hello again, Ryan! At the moment we are not hiring, but when we do, the positions will be posted to our jobs page here.


The Knights of Columbus (O'Boyle Council) is sponsoring a Soccer Challenge. This penalty kick competition isopen to all boys and girls (ages 9-14) in the Capitol Hill and Southwest neighborhoods. Pre-registration and photo ID is required for all contestants, guardians, and visitors.
The O'Boyle Council serves the parishes of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Peter's on Capitol Hill, St. Dominic's, and St. Joseph's on Capitol Hill.


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We hope of course, that you haven't been effected in any bad way by Storm Angus this last weekend, but boy was it a powerful (literally) reminder to get your car ready for winter!
So with that, here are our top tips to get you and your car safe through winter! In a nutshell, the three key things are a healthy engine, clear vision and roadworthy tyres. Find out more in today's mechaniclondon.co.uk post.
There are obviously many more precautions you can take to drive safely through winter and lots more tips available on the internet. If you want to have real confidence that your car is ready for winter, we recommend you get it serviced. "Car servicing is better than cure" as we always say.


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Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita (Original photo by Kyodo)
Company in focus
Panasonic marks 100th anniversary by redefining itself
Home appliance maker shifts to supplying key components to regain bubble glory
KUNIO SAIJO, Nikkei senior staff writer March 30, 2018 12:35 JST
TOKYO -- It has been a long road back for Japan's storied electronics giants. Hitachi took 23 years to beat the operating profit record it set for the year ended March 1991, at the tail end of the economic bubble era. Sony needed 20 years to beat its bubble-era high, while Mitsubishi Electric did it in 17.
Panasonic? The company is still working on it.
March 7 marked 100 years since founder Konosuke Matsushita started his own business in a rented house in Osaka, alongside his wife and brother-in-law. He built the lamp socket supplier into a home appliance empire, earning the nickname "God of Management" along the way. But as Panasonic embarks on a new century, it is struggling to find its footing on a new growth path.
The company's operating profit has yet to rise above fiscal 1984's record of 575 billion yen ($5.4 billion at the current rate). That was when sales of VHS video players were booming.
By 2012, when Kazuhiro Tsuga became the company's eighth president, the red ink had swelled to a staggering degree. Panasonic posted a net loss of 772.2 billion yen for the year ended that March.
Panasonic President Kazuhiro Tsuga
Tsuga immediately launched a restructuring drive, stopping the bleeding with drastic measures like axing the plasma TV business. Yet Panasonic's projected operating profit of 350 billion yen for the fiscal year through March 2018 is still only 60% of its peak.
Although Panasonic's problems coincided with a downturn in Japan's economy, the roots of its problems seem to run deeper.
Kunio Nakamura, who became the sixth president in 2000 and is now an executive adviser, had seen the writing on the wall in 1995 while working for the group's U.S. unit.
Microsoft's release of the Windows 95 operating system came as a shock to him. Using an internet-connected computer running the OS brought Nakamura to a startling conclusion: A digital revolution would soon replace the analog TVs that had long been Panasonic's mainstay products.
Around that time, though, there was little sense of urgency at Panasonic headquarters in the western prefecture of Osaka. Managers and employees alike tended to focus only on domestic rivals. And the company's model -- centered on selling appliances to consumers, one at a time -- left it with few opportunities to accumulate knowledge about networking and digital technology.
"Honestly speaking," Nakamura recalled, "our company didn't have enough power to compete against U.S. information technology companies."
As president, Nakamura pursued drastic reforms of his own. But Panasonic's slow response to the changing business environment, combined with a stronger yen and increased competition from South Korean and Chinese rivals, have all contributed to its struggles.
Management consultant Kazuhiko Toyama, an independent Panasonic director, also pointed to the collapse of Japan's conventional "processing trade" patterns -- whereby domestic companies produce goods at low cost by processing imported raw materials, then export them.
Tsuga, the current president, is now attempting a major strategic shift. This was obvious at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. Gone were the TVs and audiovisual devices Panasonic used to display -- the company showed no consumer products.
Panasonic's concept car at its booth during CES International (Photo by Akiyoshi Inoue)
Instead, one exhibit was an electric concept car with the side cut open to let visitors peer inside. Panasonic also showed robots for industrial use, demonstrating what it can do for corporate customers.
Asked by U.S. reporters to briefly describe his company, Tsuga replied: "What kind of company Panasonic is ... To be honest, I have been asking this question myself."
Panasonic's new growth areas might be described as "backyard" businesses -- the company supports corporate clients behind the scenes. This includes supplying sensors and electric vehicle batteries to automakers, and delivering air conditioners and video conferencing systems for offices.
While Panasonic is still a prominent home appliance brand worldwide, the ratio of backyard operations in total sales has been increasing. In fact, for the current fiscal year, the automotive and industrial systems segment is expected to post 2.74 trillion yen in sales, 34% of total and beating the 2.57 trillion yen projected for appliances.
Consumers may think of Panasonic as a TV and refrigerator maker, but this perception no longer reflects its true nature. Automotive and industrial systems cover mainly in-car multimedia equipment, electrical components and lithium-ion batteries.
In another new endeavor, Panasonic is testing automatic checkout technology for retailers in partnership with Trial, a chain of discount stores based in Japan's southwestern city of Fukuoka. This is an ambitious attempt to create a Japanese version of Amazon.com's cashless convenience store concept, Amazon Go.
In a demonstration, radio frequency identification, or RFID, tags were placed on 400 items, from sweets to stationery. The tags -- which Panasonic supplies, along with other equipment -- allow customers to simply walk through the checkout lane to pay.
"The checkout process takes only five seconds on average," said Hiroyuki Aota, a Panasonic executive officer. "It would be a big help to retail stores with few employees."
Even as business-to-business operations show promise, however, there are pitfalls.
The needs of corporate customers change quickly. Panasonic's in-flight entertainment system segment is a case in point. The company boasts a global market share of over 70%, and until recently Tsuga hailed the division as a sustainable business model. But demand has plateaued in the current fiscal year.
Airlines, particularly budget carriers, are implementing "bring your own device" policies to cut costs. Passengers access entertainment from their own smartphones or tablets, rather than watching movies on seat-back screens.
Panasonic founder Konosuke Matsushita (Photo by Panasonic)
Through thick and thin, at least one aspect of Panasonic has survived for the past 100 years: the management philosophy of its founder. Matsushita's teachings continue to strike a chord. His book "The Path," first published in 1968, has been reprinted 185 times since his death in 1989. Over 5.2 million copies have been sold in Japan; it has also been translated and published abroad.
Some might argue that his "tap water philosophy" lost its luster as the economy developed. This idea is based on Matsushita's conviction that a manufacturer's mission is to make goods as plentiful and affordable as tap water, to banish poverty.
But even now, as it veers more toward business solutions, Panasonic is pursuing a modern version of the tap water approach with its home appliances. Rather than selling devices individually, the company aims to sell comfortable living spaces, filled with clusters of connected appliances.
Broadly speaking, the rise and decline of Panasonic corresponds with the country's economic expansion and contraction phases over the last century. One might even say the company is a microcosm of Japan. Where will it go from here?
Tencent chases Alibaba for cloud computing supremacy
Innovator, educator, tax objector: The life of Panasonic's founder
Japan-Update
Panasonic to double Chinese appliance sales by fiscal 2020


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Q: Class PDO not found when calling a singleton class can anyone tell me what could cause this error "Fatal error: Class PDO not found"
when I call the singleton class like this: $db = db::krijgInstantie();
I use an mvc design and this error is weird, because I use the same code for another site
public static function krijgInstantie()
    {
        if (!self::$instantie)
        {
            $config = config::krijgInstantie();
            $db_type = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_type'];
            $hostnaam = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_hostnaam'];
            $dbnaam = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_naam'];
            $db_wachtwoord = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_wachtwoord'];
            $db_gebruikersnaam = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_gebruikersnaam'];
            $db_poort = $config->config_waarden['database']['db_poort'];

        self::$instantie = new PDO("$db_type:host=$hostnaam;port=$db_poort;dbname=$dbnaam",$db_gebruikersnaam, $db_wachtwoord);
            self::$instantie-> setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
        }
        return self::$instantie;
    }

thanks, Richard

A: Your PHP installation is missing the PDO module.  Check your PHP.ini.
See also:  http://php.net/manual/en/pdo.installation.php

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Q: Can't debug Django unit tests within Visual Studio Code I want to be able to run and debug unit tests for a Django project from within Visual Studio Code. I am an experienced developer, but fairly new to both Django and Visual Studio Code.
The crux of the problem is that either the tests are undiscoverable within Visual Studio Code, or if they are discoverable, I get a ConnectionHandler exception when I run them. I provide details for both of these situations below.
I apologize for the length of this question, but I thought I should list the many solutions to the problem that I have tried unsuccessfully. I also think that it might be useful to put all of them into one place, rather than have them scattered all over StackOverflow and the rest of the Internet.
Best Solution So Far
The best solution I have found is at Problem with Django app unit tests under Visual Studio Code . It involves putting these four lines into an __init__.py file:
import os
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "my_app_project.settings")

from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()

This works in my simple tutorial projects, described below, but in a real application some of the tests fail. It looks as though either Django isn't running the database models in isolation from the other tests, or that the tests' tearDown( ) method isn't being called. Also, it's not clear which __init__.py file to put these lines in. Finally, this solution causes unit tests to fail when run from the command line.
Other Solutions Tried
The StackOverflow question at How to fix "TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable" when running a django test? seems to be similar to the ConnectionHandler aspect of my problem, but no one has proposed a solution there.
I've found a Visual Studio Code extension that is supposed to resolve these problems: Django Test Runner (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Pachwenko.django-test-runner). It currently has an issue at https://github.com/Pachwenko/VSCode-Django-Test-Runner/issues/5 which describes the problem I'm having with the extension.
This blog says you can run Django unit tests in VSC with pytest: https://technowhisp.com/django-unit-testing-in-vscode/ . But even after carefully following his steps, I can't get pytest to discover the unit tests within Visual Studio Code.
The StackOverflow question at Django Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2017 or 2019: has no answer. The code the questioner presents as a partial solution is ugly and bloated. The question is tagged as a possible duplicate of Django Unit Testing in Visual Studio 2017 or 2019: , but that question has no answer either. Other questions on StackOverflow aren't related to Django or even Python.
My Setup
The rest of this question describes my environment and the exact nature of the problems I am having. I am working with an existing application but have managed to reproduce the problem on two tutorial projects--the one provided by the Django team in their "Writing your first Django app" online tutorial at https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/intro/ , and a second tutorial offered by the Visual Studio Code team at https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/tutorial-django  . Structurally, the difference between the two projects is that the second has the manage.py script in the same directory as the project root, while the first project has the script one directory below the project root.
I am able to run the tests from the command line with no problem. I want to be able to run them from within Visual Studio Code because, sometimes, I want to run them through the debugger.
I am using python 3.7, Django 3.0.3, Visual Studio Code 1.42.1, Windows 10, the Windows Subsystem for Linux and the unittest framework.
As for my project, I will describe the setup for the first tutorial, since that is most similar to the way my real project is set up. The root directory is called mysite. Cleaned-up output from the tree command gives this:
.
└── mysite
    ├── db.sqlite3
    ├── manage.py
    ├── mysite
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── asgi.py
    │   ├── settings.py
    │   ├── urls.py
    │   └── wsgi.py
    └── polls
        ├── __init__.py
        ├── admin.py
        ├── apps.py
        ├── migrations
        ├── models.py
        ├── mydate.py
        ├── tests.py
        ├── urls.py
        └── views.py

Here is my VSC settings.json file:
{
    "python.pythonPath": "venv/bin/python",
    "python.testing.unittestArgs": [
        "-v",
        "-s",
        // "/full/path/to/mysite",
        "./mysite",
        // "mysite",
        "-p",
        "test*.py"
    ],
    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": false,
    "python.testing.nosetestsEnabled": false,
    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": true
}

The file shows two lines commented out after the "-s" argument. I get the same behavior no matter which of these three lines I use for the path.
ConnectionHandler Error within VSC
In Visual Studio Code, my polls/tests.py file looks like this:

As you can see, the "Run Test" and "Debug Test" buttons indicate the test is discoverable. With the unittest import, the test runs correctly within VSC, but with the django.test import I get a ConnectionHandler error with the following message stack:
======================================================================
ERROR: setUpClass (polls.tests.TestDjango)----------------------------------------------------------------------
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/jkurlandski/workspace/randd/djangoprojs/mysite/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 1123, in setUpClass    super().setUpClass()
File "/home/jkurlandski/workspace/randd/djangoprojs/mysite/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 197, in setUpClass    cls._add_databases_failures()
File "/home/jkurlandski/workspace/randd/djangoprojs/mysite/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 218, in _add_databases_failures    cls.databases = cls._validate_databases()  File "/home/jkurlandski/workspace/randd/djangoprojs/mysite/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/django/test/testcases.py", line 204, in _validate_databases    if alias not in connections:
TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ran 0 tests in 0.001s

Import Problems within VSC
In mysite/mysite/polls/models.py I created the same Question and Choice models described in the Django tutorial referenced above. When I try to import them, however, the tests are no longer discoverable--the "Run" and "Debug" buttons disappear in VSC, and I get a message saying they are not discoverable.
from django.test import TestCase
# from unittest import TestCase

# not discoverable:
# from .models import Choice
# not discoverable:
# from polls.models import Choice

In VSC, the use of from polls.models import Choice creates an "unresolved import 'polls.models' warning and causes the import statement to become underlined in yellow. The from .models import Choice import does not cause the warning. Since the test is not discoverable I can't run it, or debug it, within VSC. (But note, as I've said, that from the command line the test runs correctly.)
As an experiment, I created the file mydate.py in polls, the same directory as models.py, containing a function called getNow( ). I can import this file into tests.py without losing test discoverability, but running the test causes the same ConnectionHandler error described above.
from django.test import TestCase
# from unittest import TestCase

# discoverable, but TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable:
from polls.mydate import getNow
# discoverable, but TypeError: argument of type 'ConnectionHandler' is not iterable:
# from .mydate import getNow

ConnectionHandler Error from Command Line
As I've said, I can run the unit tests from the command line with python manage.py test. However, I can replicate the ConnectionHandler error by running python -m unittest from the manage.py directory.
Thanks in advance for any help you guys can give me.

A: You need to load the django configuration previous to run any test, for that reason the code in __init__.py file.
If pytest is an option for you, you have to install pytest and pytest-django
pip install pytest pytest-django

*

*create a pytest configuration (ex: pytest.ini) at the same level of manage.py file with the following content.
[pytest]
DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=mysite.settings
python_files=test*.py

The configuration DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is the import needed for the project setting (settings.py file). By default, the file tests.py is created for every app when you use python manage.py startapp app_name, but this file doesn't match with the default pytest file pattern, for that reason you have to add the python_files options if you want to use the default file name.

*Update the setting.json configuration file with:
{
    "python.pythonPath": "venv/bin/python",
    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
        "mysite",
        "-s",
        "-vv"
    ],
    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
    "python.testing.nosetestsEnabled": false,
    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false
}

About the error unresolved import 'polls.models', you need to configure the Python extension on VSCode creating a .env file in the root of your project with PYTHONPATH=source_code_folder (for more information VS Code Python Environment):
PYTHONPATH=mysite/

Finally, your project structure should be
.  <-- vs code root
├── .env  <-- file created with the PYTHONPATH entry
└── mysite
    ├── pytest.ini  <-- pytest configuration
    ├── db.sqlite3
    ├── manage.py
    ├── mysite
    │   ├── __init__.py
    │   ├── asgi.py
    │   ├── settings.py
    │   ├── urls.py
    │   └── wsgi.py
    └── polls
        ├── __init__.py
        ├── admin.py
        ├── apps.py
        ├── migrations
        ├── models.py
        ├── mydate.py
        ├── tests.py
        ├── urls.py
        └── views.py


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