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Nokia and Ooredoo Group sign strategic 5-year agreement, including 5G
Multi-country deal across Middle East, North Africa and South-east Asia cover multiple technologies including RAN, Core, Optics, IP and microwave
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced that it has been selected by Ooredoo Group to bring multiple technologies and services, including 5G, to customers in Middle East, North Africa and South-east Asia as part of a multi-country, five-year deal. The deal, which builds on Nokia's global partnership with Ooredoo, will see Nokia expand Ooredoo's existing network, as well as introduce new 5G services. The deployment is already underway and is expected to be completed by 2026 in all these countries.
Under the deal, Nokia will deploy equipment from its latest AirScale RAN portfolio on sites across North Africa and Southeast Asia. Nokia's AirScale radio platform features the flexibility and capability required for delivering 5G services to consumers and enterprises across different spectrum bands. The deal also includes digital deployment services supporting a faster time to market as well as technical support services.
Nokia will also provide its cloud-native Core software to give Ooredoo zero-touch automation capabilities that will drive greater scale and reliability. Supported by Nokia Cloud Packet Core, Voice Core, Registers, Policy Controller, Signaling and Cloud Platform, Ooredoo will be able to introduce network slicing to launch and grow new services spanning health, smart cities, banking, transportation, and public safety more rapidly.
Nokia's optical solutions will ensure expansion and applications flow for Ooredoo's state-of-the-art optical network without constraint. This provides increased network flexibility and operational automation through zero-touch transparent photonic networking.
Nokia's microwave transport supports 5G microwave growth and new spectrum like E-band. The transport networks will enable seamless launching of new services where communities and businesses can rely on privacy, security, and near instant response times.
Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, Managing Director, Ooredoo Group, said: "This renewed contract is testimony to our growing partnership with Nokia to modernize and expand our network by rolling out world-class 4G and 5G services across North Africa and Southeast Asia. Thanks to Nokia's advanced technology, our customers will be able to experience faster speeds and enhanced response times as well as more bandwidth."
Pekka Lundmark, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nokia, said: "We are excited to continue delivering robust networks to Ooredoo's customers. This new five-year deal will accelerate the benefits of Nokia's technology – including 5G – for consumers in Middle East, North Africa and Southeast Asia and will enable businesses to digitalize and innovate with new services. The move to 5G will drive radical transformation across industries, communities and public services and we are proud to continue supporting Ooredoo Group on this journey."
Video: Nokia and Ooredoo Group dignitaries at the agreement signing ceremony in Ooredoo Headquarters in Doha, Qatar
Photo 1: Left to right -- Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, Managing Director, Ooredoo Group; and Pekka Lundmark, President and Chief Executive Officer at Nokia
Photo 2: Nokia and Ooredoo Group dignitaries at the agreement signing ceremony in Ooredoo Headquarters in Doha, Qatar
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13 September 2019 | Joost Krapels | Privacy
The European Data Protection Supervisor, or EDPS for short, supervises the compliance of EU Institutions and bodies to the GDPR. For this reason, most of the EDPS' publications are not that interesting for most private parties. Lately, however, the EDPS published a statement that, given the current chaos surrounding Brexit is an interesting and perhaps even useful document to read. In this article we summarize this statmentement, and explain in what ways legal transfers of personal data between EU Institutions and Private and Public UK parties may take place after a Brexit.
EU Institutions and bodies, such as the European Parliament, European Commission, European Central Bank, and Court of Justice of the EU, sometimes transfer personal data to private or public parties. This can be, for example, the case during mission trips or IT outsourcing. When this processing currently takes place by a processor in the UK, a Brexit could complicate the situation significantly.
The easiest option
By far the easiest and least-impactful way (for personal data protection) of leaving the EU would be for the UK to sign some form of withdrawal agreement. The current withdrawal agreement, which is over 600 pages long, contains a section of 5 articles on data protection law. This section, title 7, spans a whopping 5 pages, making it about 0.8% of the entire proposed Brexit deal. It focuses on a transition period between the moment the UK leaves the EU and the moment it has own data protection legislation that can be considered "adequate" by the European Commission. The chapter, in itself, is quite reasonable and will buy both the EU and UK a lot of time to "sort it out".
In the withdrawal agreement, data protection legislation is summarized to be: The GDPR, the Law Enforcement Data Protection Directive, the E-privacy Directive, and "any other provisions of Union law governing the protection of personal data.". The article that sums up Title 7 the best, would be article 73:
The problem for the UK is that Title 7 is not the only thing they agree to when signing the withdrawal agreement. At the moment of writing, it does not seem likely the full agreement will be signed. Time for EU institutions and bodies (EUI's) to look at other options for data protection.
Options in case of a no-deal Brexit
Adequacy decision
The European Commission may judge a third country (non EU/EER country) to have an adequate level of personal data protection. So far, the countries that have received the status of adequate are Andorra, Argentina, Canada Faroe Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Isreal, Jersey, New Zealand, Switzerland, Uruguay, and organizations in the United States of America that have joined the Privacy Shield initiative. Personal data exchange with the US is currently, again, under scrutiny, but that is a story for another time. Should the Commission decide the UK to have an adequate level of data protection, that can only take place once the UK has already left the EU. How much time the UK will be a third country in between is anyone's guess. The EDPS discourages EUI's to preemptively rely on an adequacy decision.
Under the GDPR, there are several other safeguards one can rely on to exchange personal data with third countries:
Exclusive EUI instruments
European Union Institutions and bodies have a trick up their sleeve that private European parties can only dream of: diplomatic agreements. In this, they have two options: legally binding and enforceable agreements, such as administrative agreements or bi/multilateral international agreements, or administrative arrangements. The difference is that the former set is legally binding by itself, and the latter only safeguards the rights of data subjects. Due to this, administrative agreements need to be greenlit by the EDPS.
Standard data protection clauses
Even for EUI's cross-border data exchange is not solely with foreign government bodies and institutions. In cases where EUI's plan to exchange personal data with a third country, standard contractual clauses drawn up by the European Comission may be used. As long as these clauses are not altered in any way (though they may be part of a larger contract), personal data is regarded to be safeguarded. The EDPS has the right to draft their own set of standard contractual clauses, which also have to be approved by the Commission, but so far they have not done this.
Large multinationals can have Binding Corporate Rules in place, which allows for free safe transfer of personal data between members of the group. EUI's may use a procesor in a third country that is part of such a group, since the BCR safeguards the protection of personal data. BCR are notoriously difficult, expensive, and time consuming to establish. Once they are in place, however, it makes the exchange of personal data a lot easier.
In theory, private and public parties may be certified to safeguard personal data, or proven adhere to certain codes of conduct. So far, no codes of conduct or certification mechanisms are approved by either the European Data Protection Board (European data protection advisory group) or Data Protection Supervisory Authorities.
Ad hoc contractual clauses
Similar to, but slightly different from, the previously mentioned standard contractual clauses, custom contractual clauses may be used for the exchange of personal data with a third country. These clauses, however, have to be approved by both the Supervisory Authority involved and the EDPB. As you can imagine, this might take a while too.
Derogations are a sort of "final escape" options, when all the previously mentioned options are not suitable. They may only be used occasionally, since the data subjects involved cannot be effectively protected by the GDPR. Data may be send to third countries when:
Explicit consent has been given by the data subject (person who's personal data is processed)
The transfer is needed to fulfill or engage in a contract with a data subject
The transfer is needed to fulfill or engage in a contract with another party than the data subject, for the latter's interest
There is a high public interest to fulfill
There is a need for the controller to establish, exercise, or defend against a legal claim
When the vital interests of a person need to be defended, and this person cannot give valid consent.
A transfer is made from a public register.
This set of derogations is, in some parts, similar to the lawfal bases for processing from article 6 GDPR. The most important difference is that derogations may only be used in case of exceptions, where the lawful bases always need to apply.
Steps advised by the EDPS
The European Supervisor concludes its information note with a list of steps EUI's should take to prepare for a possible no-deal Brexit:
Map your processing activities
Check what data transfer mechanisms best suit your different processing activities
Implement these mechanisms before November 1st
Update your internal documentation
Update your data protection notice (e.g. privacy statement)
This 5-step plan marks the end of the EDPS's information note. Should you be interested, then you can find the full note here.
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Creating The Perfect B2B Customer Experience, Putting The Customer First
Stefan Amon, Director Wholesale, Telekom Austria Group
How to create value through O2O (Operator 2 Operator) cooperation and knowledge sharing: the Telecom Italia case
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This guide is intended to inform and assist persons wishing to register a corporate or business name in Prince Edward Island. Although this guide is intended to help you select an acceptable name and have it approved, the information is general in nature and the approval of any name is at the discretion of the Director of Corporations.
Various Acts and Regulations in Prince Edward Island deal with name requirements for corporate and business names (See Business Corporations Act, Partnership Act, Limited Partnerships Act, Co-operative Associations Act, Credit Unions Act and Companies Act). Copies of Prince Edward Island legislation are available online.
Generally, names must be distinctive, descriptive and use legal elements appropriately. Names also cannot be too similar to those already registered or use certain misleading or prohibited words.
If you are unsure about the name registration requirements, it is recommended that you seek legal advice before submitting a name request.
You may also wish to search the following free databases to see if there are any conflicting or similar names to your proposed name:
PEI Corporate and Business Names Registry
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Reserving a Name
If you intend to register a corporate or business name in Prince Edward Island, you must first submit a name approval request to reserve the proposed name. Reserving a name requires you to do the following:
Complete the name approval request in the Online Corporate and Business Names Registry. This reserves the name for you but does not approve it for use.
Submit the non-refundable payment to search and reserve the name. Payments must be made online when submitting your name reservation.
The Registry Office will review your name (Typically, within 5 business days). You will receive an email if the name is approved. Registry Office staff will call or email if they have any questions. If the name is not approved you will receive an email with information on how to contact the Registry Office.
What if I want a Numbered Name?
If you want your business to have a numbered name (e.g., 1234567 P.E.I. Inc.), you must complete the approval request online and submit the applicable payment. The Registry Office will then assign a number and email this information to you.
Why is a Search Required?
The Registry Office performs a search to help ensure that proposed names are not too similar to those already registered. A name that conflicts or is liable to be confused with the registered name of a corporation or business in Prince Edward Island will not be registered unless the registered corporation or business name owner consents in writing to the use of the name.
While it may be frustrating to have a proposed name rejected for registration, it is generally to your advantage to determine if your proposed name is too similar to a name already in use.
The Registry Office considers many factors when deciding whether a proposed name will be registered. These factors include:
A name may be rejected if it is not sufficiently distinctive (e.g., if it is too general).
Business names are generally comprised of two separate elements:
The Distinctive element is the term which identifies and distinguishes your business from another business (e.g., John's).
The Descriptive element describes the type of business that you propose to carry on (e.g., Mussel Farm).
A proposed name may also be rejected it if only describes the nature of the business without a distinctive element.
e.g. Mussel Farm (non-distinctive name) / John's Mussel Farm (distinctive name)
There are varying degrees of distinctiveness in names, some being highly distinctive and others very weak. If your proposed distinctive element is weak (e.g., a common name or term) you should consider using a strong descriptive element.
Corporate names must also include a Legal element which indicates the status of the entity as a corporation. The word or expression "Limited", "Limitée", "Incorporated", "Incorporée", "Corporation" or the corresponding abbreviation "Ltd.", "Ltée", "Inc." or "Corp." must form part of and be at the end of a corporation's name.
Sole proprietorship and partnership names do not have a legal element in their name.
Misleading Words
Certain words are prohibited from being used, including:
"Amalgamated" unless a corporation is an amalgamated corporation resulting from the amalgamation of two or more corporations;
"Anne of Green Gables", or any variation, unless the Anne Licensing Authority consents in writing to the use of the name;
"Co-operative" unless the Registrar referred to in the Co-operative Associations Act, consents in writing to the use of the name; or
"Credit Union" or "caisse populaire" unless the Registrar appointed under the Credit Unions Act, consents in writing to the use of the name.
Government Connection
A name will not be approved if it suggests a connection with the Crown, members of the Royal Family, the Government of Canada, Prince Edward Island or another province or territory, or the governing authority of any city, town or other municipality, unless the appropriate government department or agency consents in writing to the use of the name.
University or College
A name cannot suggest a connection with a university, college or technical institute unless a written consent is received from the appropriate university, college or technical institute.
Names Indicating the Practice of a Profession or Occupation
If a name suggests the practice of a profession or occupation that is regulated or established by a statute, the registration must be accompanied by a written consent from the appropriate professional or occupational association.
Financial Nature
If your business will have activities of a financial nature, the name cannot suggest carrying on business of a bank, loan company, insurance company, trust company, financial intermediary, stock exchange or other financial institution, unless the appropriate federal or provincial regulator consents in writing to the use of the name.
Obscene or Otherwise Objectionable
A name cannot include a word or expression that is obscene or otherwise objectionable in the public interest.
Misdescriptive
A name cannot misdescribe the type of business, goods or services of the business (e.g., John's Mussel Farm – but the nature of the business is aerospace design).
English and French Names
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the US Department of Justice announced a settlement today with American Honda Finance Corporation to settle claims that thousands of African-American, Hispanic, and Asian and Pacific Islanders who bought Honda vehicles paid higher interest rates than white car buyers.
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Cancer Immunology Novel Prize 2018
Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity's greatest health challenges. By stimulating the inherent ability of our immune system to attack tumor cells Tasuku Honjo and James Allison have established an entirely new principle for cancer therapy. In 1992, Honjo discovered a protein on immune cells and, after careful exploration of its function, eventually revealed that it operates as a brake on the immune system. Therapies based on his discovery proved to be strikingly effective in the fight against cancer.
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Tasuku HonjoThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018<
Born: 27 January 1942, Kyoto, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Prize motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation."
Prize share: 1/2
James P. AllisonThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018Born: 7 August 1948, Alice, TX, USAAffiliation at the time of the award: University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, San Francisco, CA, USAPrize motivation: "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation."Prize share: 1/2
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has today decided to award the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation
Cancer kills millions of people every year and is one of humanity's greatest health challenges. By stimulating the inherent ability of our immune system to attack tumor cells this year's Nobel Laureates have established an entirely new principle for cancer therapy.
James P. Allison studied a known protein that functions as a brake on the immune system. He realized the potential of releasing the brake and thereby unleashing our immune cells to attack tumors. He then developed this concept into a brand new approach for treating patients.
In parallel, Tasuku Honjo discovered a protein on immune cells and, after careful exploration of its function, eventually revealed that it also operates as a brake, but with a different mechanism of action. Therapies based on his discovery proved to be strikingly effective in the fight against cancer.
Allison and Honjo showed how different strategies for inhibiting the brakes on the immune system can be used in the treatment of cancer. The seminal discoveries by the two Laureates constitute a landmark in our fight against cancer.
Can our immune defense be engaged for cancer treatment?
Cancer comprises many different diseases, all characterized by uncontrolled proliferation of abnormal cells with capacity for spread to healthy organs and tissues. A number of therapeutic approaches are available for cancer treatment, including surgery, radiation, and other strategies, some of which have been awarded previous Nobel Prizes. These include methods for hormone treatment for prostate cancer (Huggins, 1966), chemotherapy (Elion and Hitchings, 1988), and bone marrow transplantation for leukemia (Thomas 1990). However, advanced cancer remains immensely difficult to treat, and novel therapeutic strategies are desperately needed.
In the late 19th century and beginning of the 20th century the concept emerged that activation of the immune system might be a strategy for attacking tumor cells. Attempts were made to infect patients with bacteria to activate the defense. These efforts only had modest effects, but a variant of this strategy is used today in the treatment of bladder cancer. It was realized that more knowledge was needed. Many scientists engaged in intense basic research and uncovered fundamental mechanisms regulating immunity and also showed how the immune system can recognize cancer cells. Despite remarkable scientific progress, attempts to develop generalizable new strategies against cancer proved difficult.
Accelerators and brakes in our immune system
The fundamental property of our immune system is the ability to discriminate "self" from "non-self" so that invading bacteria, viruses and other dangers can be attacked and eliminated. T cells, a type of white blood cell, are key players in this defense. T cells were shown to have receptors that bind to structures recognized as non-self and such interactions trigger the immune system to engage in defense. But additional proteins acting as T-cell accelerators are also required to trigger a full-blown immune response (see Figure). Many scientists contributed to this important basic research and identified other proteins that function as brakes on the T cells, inhibiting immune activation. This intricate balance between accelerators and brakes is essential for tight control. It ensures that the immune system is sufficiently engaged in attack against foreign microorganisms while avoiding the excessive activation that can lead to autoimmune destruction of healthy cells and tissues.
A new principle for immune therapy
During the 1990s, in his laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley, James P. Allison studied the T-cell protein CTLA-4. He was one of several scientists who had made the observation that CTLA-4 functions as a brake on T cells. Other research teams exploited the mechanism as a target in the treatment of autoimmune disease. Allison, however, had an entirely different idea. He had already developed an antibody that could bind to CTLA-4 and block its function (see Figure). He now set out to investigate if CTLA-4 blockade could disengage the T-cell brake and unleash the immune system to attack cancer cells. Allison and co-workers performed a first experiment at the end of 1994, and in their excitement it was immediately repeated over the Christmas break. The results were spectacular. Mice with cancer had been cured by treatment with the antibodies that inhibit the brake and unlock antitumor T-cell activity. Despite little interest from the pharmaceutical industry, Allison continued his intense efforts to develop the strategy into a therapy for humans. Promising results soon emerged from several groups, and in 2010 an important clinical study showed striking effects in patients with advanced melanoma, a type of skin cancer. In several patients signs of remaining cancer disappeared. Such remarkable results had never been seen before in this patient group.
Figure: Upper left: Activation of T cells requires that the T-cell receptor binds to structures on other immune cells recognized as "non-self". A protein functioning as a T-cell accelerator is also required for T cell activation. CTLA- 4 functions as a brake on T cells that inhibits the function of the accelerator. Lower left: Antibodies (green) against CTLA-4 block the function of the brake leading to activation of T cells and attack on cancer cells.Upper right: PD-1 is another T-cell brake that inhibits T-cell activation. Lower right: Antibodies against PD-1 inhibit the function of the brake leading to activation of T cells and highly efficient attack on cancer cells. Illustrations: © The Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine. Illustrator: Mattias Karlén
Discovery of PD-1 and its importance for cancer therapy
In 1992, a few years before Allison's discovery, Tasuku Honjo discovered PD-1, another protein expressed on the surface of T-cells. Determined to unravel its role, he meticulously explored its function in a series of elegant experiments performed over many years in his laboratory at Kyoto University. The results showed that PD-1, similar to CTLA-4, functions as a T-cell brake, but operates by a different mechanism (see Figure). In animal experiments, PD-1 blockade was also shown to be a promising strategy in the fight against cancer, as demonstrated by Honjo and other groups. This paved the way for utilizing PD-1 as a target in the treatment of patients. Clinical development ensued, and in 2012 a key study demonstrated clear efficacy in the treatment of patients with different types of cancer. Results were dramatic, leading to long-term remission and possible cure in several patients with metastatic cancer, a condition that had previously been considered essentially untreatable.
Immune checkpoint therapy for cancer today and in the future
After the initial studies showing the effects of CTLA-4 and PD-1 blockade, the clinical development has been dramatic. We now know that the treatment, often referred to as "immune checkpoint therapy", has fundamentally changed the outcome for certain groups of patients with advanced cancer. Similar to other cancer therapies, adverse side effects are seen, which can be serious and even life threatening. They are caused by an overactive immune response leading to autoimmune reactions, but are usually manageable. Intense continuing research is focused on elucidating mechanisms of action, with the aim of improving therapies and reducing side effects. Of the two treatment strategies, checkpoint therapy against PD-1 has proven more effective and positive results are being observed in several types of cancer, including lung cancer, renal cancer, lymphoma and melanoma. New clinical studies indicate that combination therapy, targeting both CTLA-4 and PD-1, can be even more effective, as demonstrated in patients with melanoma. Thus, Allison and Honjo have inspired efforts to combine different strategies to release the brakes on the immune system with the aim of eliminating tumor cells even more efficiently. A large number of checkpoint therapy trials are currently underway against most types of cancer, and new checkpoint proteins are being tested as targets. For more than 100 years scientists attempted to engage the immune system in the fight against cancer. Until the seminal discoveries by the two laureates, progress into clinical development was modest. Checkpoint therapy has now revolutionized cancer treatment and has fundamentally changed the way we view how cancer can be managed.
Cancer Check Point
Ishida, Y., Agata, Y., Shibahara, K., & Honjo, T. (1992). Induced expression of PD-1, a novel member of the immunoglobulin gene superfamily, upon programmed cell death. EMBO J., 11(11), 3887–3895. Leach, D. R., Krummel, M. F., & Allison, J. P. (1996). Enhancement of antitumor immunity by CTLA-4 blockade. Science, 271(5256), 1734–1736. Kwon, E. D., Hurwitz, A. A., Foster, B. A., Madias, C., Feldhaus, A. L., Greenberg, N. M., Burg, M.B. & Allison, J.P. (1997). Manipulation of T cell costimulatory and inhibitory signals for immunotherapy of prostate cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 94(15), 8099–8103. Nishimura, H., Nose, M., Hiai, H., Minato, N., & Honjo, T. (1999). Development of Lupus-like Autoimmune Diseases by Disruption of the PD-1 gene encoding an ITIM motif-carrying immunoreceptor. Immunity, 11, 141–151. Freeman, G.J., Long, A.J., Iwai, Y., Bourque, K., Chernova, T., Nishimura, H., Fitz, L.J., Malenkovich, N., Okazaki, T., Byrne, M.C., Horton, H.F., Fouser, L., Carter, L., Ling, V., Bowman, M.R., Carreno, B.M., Collins, M., Wood, C.R. & Honjo, T. (2000). Engagement of the PD-1 immunoinhibitory receptor by a novel B7 family member leads to negative regulation of lymphocyte activation. J Exp Med, 192(7), 1027–1034. Hodi, F.S., Mihm, M.C., Soiffer, R.J., Haluska, F.G., Butler, M., Seiden, M.V., Davis, T., Henry-Spires, R., MacRae, S., Willman, A., Padera, R., Jaklitsch, M.T., Shankar, S., Chen, T.C., Korman, A., Allison, J.P. & Dranoff, G. (2003). Biologic activity of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 antibody blockade in previously vaccinated metastatic melanoma and ovarian carcinoma patients. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 100(8), 4712-4717. Iwai, Y., Terawaki, S., & Honjo, T. (2005). PD-1 blockade inhibits hematogenous spread of poorly immunogenic tumor cells by enhanced recruitment of effector T cells. Int Immunol, 17(2), 133–144.
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Restaurants should be gathering places—places to catch up with family and friends, commemorate special moments and make new memories. This is why we gravitate toward the cookbooks from our favorite restaurants; revisiting their recipes helps us to remember the moments we shared there. But a fine meal in a restaurant is made up of so much more than the food; how do we remember the almost imperceptible details that make our experiences unique?
Laura Cunningham, Vice President of Branding and Creative Development for the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group, sought a way to preserve these sense memories. The Napa Valley native has set the tone and presided over the aesthetics of each of Chef Thomas Keller's restaurants since The French Laundry first opened. Understanding the layers of care and attention that go into the guest experience, she pursued a partnership with someone who would capture these layers for guests to take home.
Frederick Bouchardy runs one of the finest fragrance houses in the world, Joya, based out of Brooklyn. Frederick has been making bespoke scents for designers, artists and discerning brands since 2006 and while demand is high, he only partners with select collaborators each year. Laura Cunningham and Finesse, The Store, are one of them.
In a two-year-long collaboration, Frederick and Laura worked to find a balance among more than 120 raw materials that would encapsulate the place, time, and feeling behind The French Laundry, Per Se, Ad Hoc and Bouchon. The scents were then built from scratch, without bases or accords, in a process reminiscent of fine perfume-making.
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Sahitya Academy has announced the names of 22 poets and authors who will be conferred the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2014.
This award has recognised premier works in 22 Indian languages that includes eight books of poetry, five novels, three books of essays, three of short stories, one of literary criticism and an autobiography.
Poets- Adil Jussawall (English), Utpal Kumar Basu (Bengali) , Urkhao Gwra Brahma (Bodo) , Shad Ramzan(Kashmiri)-, Gopalkrushna Rath (Odia), Jaswinder (Punjabi) , Gope Kamal (Sindhi) , Munawwar Rana (Urdu).
Novelists – Shailender Singh (Dogri), Ramesh Chandra Shah (Hindi), Subhash Chandran (Malayalam), Asha Mishra (Maithili) and Poomani (Tamil).
Short stories- Arupa Patangia Kalita (Assamese), Nanda Hankhim (Nepali) and Rampal Singh Rajpurohit (Rajasthani).
Autobiography- Eminent scientist Jayant Vishnu Naralikar (Marathi).
Literary criticism- Rachapalem Chandrashekara Reddy (Telugu).
Books of essays- Madhavi Sardesai (Konkani), G.H. Nayak (Kannada), late photographer Ashvin Mehta (Gujarati).
All 22 awardees were chosen by a distinguished jury representing 22 Indian languages and the final approval was given by the Executive Board of the Sahitya Akademi chaired by its President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari.
They will be presented with awards at a special function during the Festival of Letters – the annual function of the Akademi on 9th March 2015.
Sahitya Akademi Award (साहित्य अकादमी पुरस्कार) is conferred on writers of outstanding works in one of the following twenty-four major Indian languages.
They are- Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Konkani, Maithili, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi, Rajasthan, Sanskrit, Santhali, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.


As we look for some long-term stability in our relationships, it's crucial that we're dating the right person! In this article, Beauty and Tips takes a look at the 10 sternest signs that you guys are right for each other.
Too many of us know what it's like to date the wrong person. In fact, the dating world is so full of mismatched people that it can often feel as though we're eternally damned to always draw Mr Loser, Mr Lazy and Mr I'm Too Busy Killing Zombies. And when we're so used to dating wrong 'uns, it can be really difficult to understand if we're dating the right person.
The problem isn't helped by the fact that so many guys know how to talk a good game. Even the guys who are wrong for us can talk us into believing that they're right for us. However, actions speak louder than words, guys. Let's take a look at 10 good signs that you are dating the right person.
With Mr Wrong, there is always that sneaking suspicion that he's up to something. With Mr Right, you trust him with your life.
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When a man gives you his undivided attention, it's a strong sign that he's Mr Right. When he asks you follow-up questions, confirms things and puts his phone down, it shows that he's actively listening to you. And it's so refreshing!
Nothing can drain your energy in a relationship than a guy who refuses to give you an ounce of space to yourself. He can't understand why you'd want to do something without him.
The right guy isn't like this. He understands that space allows us to breathe. He does things he enjoys without you, and he's happy for you to spend time doing things you enjoy without him.
Ever dated Mr Scruff Bag? We'd wager that we all have. But while Mr Scruff Bag might seem cool and hip with his careless attitude, the truth is that he cares as much for you as he does for his appearance. In other words, he couldn't care less.
It really says a lot when a guy puts in the effort to look his sharpest for you. When he always dresses to impress and turns up in smart clothing, it shows that he respects himself, you and this relationship. So the next time you meet him – even just for a coffee – pay attention to his clothes. Is he dressing up? Or is he dressing down?
Mr Wrong would fight you to the death to prove he was right. And if you wouldn't back down, he'd storm out of the house and wait until you asked forgiveness.
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He cares – but not just about you, but about other people, too. This is a big one. Selfish guys who would happily bypass a stricken, crying person on a street without it hurting their conscience are not the right type of guys to date. If they can be that heartless, what does it say about them? Trouble is, these selfish guys are out there on the loose. And take it from us, they care only about themselves.
Guys who genuinely care about others radiate warmth and love. And when you soak up their warmth and love, it's a wonderful feeling. You can be sure that they'll protect you and look after you. They'll be your warrior. And you'll be proud each time they help an old lady with her groceries.
Never dated a man who feels like your best friend before? Now that you are, it means you're dating the right person.
Maybe it was cool to date Brad the anarchist when you were 17, a guy who rationalised not working and who was happy to bum around reciting poetry all day and night. But as you get older, you come to appreciate guys who work hard.
Guys don't necessarily always work hard because they love their job more than they love you. Rather, they work hard in order to make their life with you as comfortable and as magical as possible. They work hard so that you two can live somewhere nice, eat well, raise kids, and build up your savings for the future. A guy who works hard is a guy who cares about you and this relationship.
There are days where you two literally do nothing at all together. And yet it still feels so right.
Brad the anarchist had a "Bros before hoes" attitude. He was 18, and he thought it was cooler to play beer pong with his buddies than cuddle up with you on the sofa. That attitude just doesn't cut it anymore, and you deserve better. You deserve a guy who puts you first all the time.
Any time his friends ask if he's free this weekend, he asks you first if you have plans for you both. And if he does want to go out and hang with his buddies, he'll ask for your permission. You come first, and he's willing to drop everything to spend time with you.
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Skyscanner has teamed up with flight information provider OAG to provide flight status information up until the point of departure…
To ensure that passengers have access to accurate flight status information from a trusted source, Skyscanner, the world's leading travel search engine has teamed up with flight information provider OAG to provide flight status information up until the point of departure.
More than a quarter of a million Skyscanner travellers have used OAG schedules data to help plan their travels to and from UK airports in the last six months. Diving even deeper into OAG's comprehensive data set, this schedules data is now being overlaid with real-time flight status information to provide travellers departing from, or arriving into, more than 80 of the world's busiest airports.
"Enabling Skyscanner to provide their customers with flight information right up to the boarding gate, provides convenient data from a trusted source…"
Hugh Aitken, Commercial Director at Skyscanner, said: "Research from March 2014 showed that more than 20% of UK travellers checked their flight status information via mobile device or tablet – this will only have increased in the last two and a half years. OAG enables us to provide real-time flight status information on the day of travel, underpinned by the same data that our customers have come to rely on to book the best travel option."
Phil Callow, Chief Executive Officer at OAG, said, "We've been working with Skyscanner for many years to supply the schedules and connection time data used to power the flight search results. Enabling Skyscanner to provide their customers with flight information right up to the boarding gate, provides convenient data from a trusted source, adding value to the overall consumer journey."
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Daria Age: 24 Height: 166 cm Weight: 59 kg 130 lbs Country: Russia City: Moscow Eyes: brown Hair: brown straight long Occupation: sales manager Education: higher Religion: Muslim Marital Status: never been married Kids: no kids Languages spoken: English. My personality traits are: calm, smart, honest, kind, flexible, elegant, sensitive, gentle, optimistic I like these kinds of music: classical, I usually read: classics, poetry, newspapers and magazines I like to go out to/and: exhibitions, museums, meeting with friends My favorite cuisine: Russian, Italian, Mexican, Chinese I like these physical activities: different types. More about me: I'm looking for a well-educated financially independent man.Sincerity, respect, trust, are also importnat.


I feel your pain. I recently chucked my muslin for a pair of Vogue trousers that had been in the making for a year and a half. I also just completed my first muslin for the Clovers - it's not looking good. Best of luck with the Japanese pattern.
Thanks! I am stupidly crossing my fingers on this one! It doesn't help.
Me too! After all these years, they still do.
I'm sure they'll evolve into something beautiful that you'll love!
I'm glad that you people have more confidence in me than I do!


What did we do to deserve more of Rebecca Bunch's hilarious antics? Though not a Netflix original, the whole first season of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is now on the site, so you can catch up and sing along. Don't be fooled by the title of this show; Rebecca is actually one of TV's most identifiable characters. She is a smart and powerful lawyer, a flawed but caring friend, and is unabashedly herself, big personality and all. I've loved watching her friendships with Paula, Valencia, and Heather evolve, and am so looking forward to learning more about Rebecca's personal story in the upcoming seasons.
Everyone who watched the original Degrassi knows that there is some serious drama going down on Degrassi Street. Whether you're fresh out of high school or a true adult just looking to revisit the hallway gossip, check out this reboot.
Being in your early 20s isn't always the easiest. However, it's much harder when you have to fight real demons in addition to your inner ones. In this show, Amy is an unhappy bowling alley worker who joins forces with socially awkward Raquel to fight the evil they see in society. For anyone who loved the show Misfits, this series is by the same creators, and will definitely be just as exciting.
In Chelsea Handler's new documentary series Chelsea Does, each episode sees the comedian take a closer look at some controversial societal topics, like marriage and the role of Silicon Valley.
Oh, how many sick days I spent watching Mythbusters in my youth and seeing all those explosions, scientific jargon, and Kari Byron's hilarious asides. Now, White Rabbit Project brings back Mythbusters' producers and some of the cast for a show that explores modern technology through wild experiments.


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Q: Problems overriding _iterencode method on JSONEncoder that employs a generator I am trying to create my own custom encoder that mostly reuses the JSONEncoder behaviour:
BinaryJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
    def _iterencode(self, o, markers):
        sys.stderr.write("Calling custom _iterencode\n")
        try:
             return JSONEncoder._iterencode(self, o, markers)
        except UnicodeDecodeError:
             sys.stderr.write("Got exception\n")
             return ""

However, I still get an unhandled UnicodeDecodeError, because once the _iterencode method is called, it cycles through its generators before returning.  What's strange is that the exception originates from the _iterencode method, but my method is nowhere in the return stack!  But my function is being called, because the "Calling custom _iterencode" messages are coming out in the Apache error_log.  How can I work around this issue without implementing the entire method from scratch?
Here is the stack:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/www/radiator/cgi-bin/ldapsearch.py", line 108, in <module>
    res.body(json.dumps(res_data, cls=BinaryJSONEncoder))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/__init__.py", line 237, in dumps
    **kw).encode(obj)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 367, in encode
    chunks = list(self.iterencode(o))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 306, in _iterencode
    for chunk in self._iterencode_list(o, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 204, in _iterencode_list
    for chunk in self._iterencode(value, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 306, in _iterencode
    for chunk in self._iterencode_list(o, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 204, in _iterencode_list
    for chunk in self._iterencode(value, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 309, in _iterencode
    for chunk in self._iterencode_dict(o, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 275, in _iterencode_dict
    for chunk in self._iterencode(value, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 306, in _iterencode
    for chunk in self._iterencode_list(o, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 204, in _iterencode_list
    for chunk in self._iterencode(value, markers):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/json/encoder.py", line 294, in _iterencode
    yield encoder(o)
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 2: invalid continuation byte

A: It seems the only viable way to overcome this problem is to implement the whole function again, with handlers for the binary data:
from json.encoder import encode_basestring_ascii, encode_basestring
class BinaryJSONEncoder(JSONEncoder):
    def _iterencode(self, o, markers=None):
        if isinstance(o, str):
            try:
                o = unicode(o, "utf8")
            except UnicodeDecodeError:
                o = base64.b64encode(o)

        if isinstance(o, basestring):
            if self.ensure_ascii:
                encoder = encode_basestring_ascii
            else:
                encoder = encode_basestring
            _encoding = self.encoding
            if (_encoding is not None and isinstance(o, str)
                    and not (_encoding == 'utf-8')):
                o = o.decode(_encoding)
            yield encoder(o)
        elif o is None:
            yield 'null'
        elif o is True:
            yield 'true'
        elif o is False:
            yield 'false'
        elif isinstance(o, (int, long)):
            yield str(o)
        elif isinstance(o, float):
            yield floatstr(o, self.allow_nan)
        elif isinstance(o, (list, tuple)):
            for chunk in self._iterencode_list(o, markers):
                yield chunk
        elif isinstance(o, dict):
            for chunk in self._iterencode_dict(o, markers):
                yield chunk
        else:
            if markers is not None:
                markerid = id(o)
                if markerid in markers:
                    raise ValueError("Circular reference detected")
                markers[markerid] = o
            for chunk in self._iterencode_default(o, markers):
                yield chunk
            if markers is not None:
                del markers[markerid]

I understand the issue with the yields exiting when an exception is thrown, but why can't the superclass method be called there after without it then only calling the superclass methods?

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2. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one out of every five falls results in a serious injury, such as a bone fracture or head injury.
3. We're all susceptible to falls, but older adults in particular need to take special care. This is because as we age, mobility, strength, and sensory faculties can change.
4. Help your parent or grandparent stay safe at home with these fall prevention tips. You'll be just in time for Fall Prevention Awareness Week, which coincides with the first week of fall (September 22-28).
5. Lessen Risks Around the Home There's no better place to start applying fall prevention tips than around the house. Reports show that more than 75% of accident-related injuries occur in the home. Take a look around your parent's home, identify fall risks, and make changes to reduce them.
6. • Clear pathways of electrical cords, furniture, and other clutter. • Put regularly used items within easy reach, i.e. at waist or counter level. • Put night lights in bathrooms and on stairs. • Secure floor coverings with non-slip pads. • Install hand rails, grab bars, and tub mats in the bathroom. Here are a few ideas to get you started: For even more ideas to fall-proof your home, read our blog post for National Safety Month.
7. Make Self-Care a Priority Fall safety requires more than just minimizing external risks. Monitoring one's health and practicing good self-care will help lessen physical vulnerabilities that can increase the chance of fall.


The Southampton University May Festival was an event for the Student's Union to showcase the activities that it and the SU Societies are involved in.
The Wireless Society took this chance to set up G3KMI as a portable station. Both as a demonstration of the Society, and as a chance to get the club callsign on air!
GP-15 co-linear on the mast.
The location was not found to be favourable on HF and only one contact was made on SSB, attempts were made at PSK31, however the RF when transmitting was found to lock up laptop's trackpads, making completion of a QSO very difficult.
On 144MHz however several FM simplex contacts were made with much interest in the story behind the return of the Club callsign.
short mast on other side of foot path to take coax above head height ?
Mountings for other long wires ?
Mountings for other VHF/UHF antennas ?
6 sections for main 10m mast.
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A new labor deal in the NBA is on the verge of being finalized, after owners voted Wednesday to approve a proposed seven-year collective bargaining agreement that was tentatively agreed to last week.
The owners' vote was unanimous and players are expected to finish casting their ballots in the coming days, two people with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press. They spoke on condition of anonymity because neither the NBA nor the National Basketball Players Association has revealed specifics about the voting process publicly.
Teams met by teleconference on Wednesday to discuss and approve the proposed deal. Players were recently emailed information about the CBA from the union and were intending to have their ratification vote completed electronically by Friday, one of the people involved told AP.
In both cases, the voting processes are no more than formality. When the sides agreed last week, there was no question the required votes to ratify would come from both sides. And if the player vote gets done as planned, the league's showcase day — Christmas, with five games Sunday — could be even a bigger celebration than usual.
"This deal was a partnership, for both sides and is about the game overall, what it was, what it is now and its future," Chicago guard Dwyane Wade told AP on Wednesday.
The league and the union spent months working on a new deal, one that ensures labor peace for at least the next six seasons and ends any fear of a work stoppage next summer. Either side will have the ability to opt-out after the 2022-23 season, though the deal will technically extend through 2023-24.
The votes won't actually conclude the work on the new CBA, which takes effect after this season. What the sides agreed to was a term sheet, essentially the framework from which the massive document — which will likely exceed 400 pages when completed — will be drawn. Some of the language involved will be existing from the current deal, some of it changed slightly and some of it either very different or new altogether.
Salaries and revenues are expected to continue soaring, thanks in part to a new television deal that is pumping $24 billion into the league's coffers. The average player salary is expected to hit $8.5 million next season and rise to $10 million by 2020-21 under the new terms.
Maximum salaries could exceed $40 million per season soon, with Golden State's Stephen Curry — the NBA's two-time reigning MVP — potentially in line for an extension this summer that would pay him more than $205 million over the next five seasons if he stays with the Warriors.
Other details of the new proposed CBA include significant increases in values of rookie-scale contracts and minimum salaries. Preseason schedules will be capped at six games instead of eight, regular seasons will start a week earlier than usual to allow for more days off and fewer back-to-backs, and teams will be allowed to use "two-way" contracts for NBA Development League players for the first time.
A program to educate players and their families about domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse is also to be part of the new CBA, and vastly improved plans to help retired players with their medical expenses — a passion project for union president Chris Paul and fellow superstars LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony and Wade, among others — also will soon take effect.
Krawczynski reported from Minneapolis. Reynolds reported from Miami.


Sue Elliott's advice and tips about all aspects of the writing process.
There's nothing quite like opening that Jiffy bag and seeing the first copy of your new book, hot(ish) off the press.
The first thing I do is check they've spelled my name right. Yes, I've pored over proofs obsessively but the second t in Elliott sometimes inexplicably goes AWOL. Jolly good, all t's present and correct.
The cover is a strong design and says what it needs to, but the weight and feel of a book is important too. Does it feel good to handle and is the paper a decent gsi? What colour is the hard cover beneath the jacket? A nice cream with gold lettering on the spine, good choice. How has the plate section come out – are the photos hi-res and glossy and are the captions as I recall writing them? Like many book-browsers, I always turn to the photographs first to give me a flavour of a non-fiction book.
We're probably not the best judges of our own work. We can be oblivious to our blind-spots (among mine are too liberal use of commas and an annoying addiction to alliteration). It's almost as bad to be too self-critical.
Those Guardian Masterclasses look good… but do they work?
There's a debate about whether creative writing can be taught. The demand for courses is steady and the supply apparently limitless, so a lot of people must think it can.
I got a great deal from some of the writing courses I've been on. But the best weren't about the teaching-learning transaction but something much more diffuse, more involving, and ultimately more valuable.
For my money, the oldest-established and by far the best are run by the Arvon Foundation at their three retreats in beautiful places. I only ever went on one and it was years ago, but it had a lasting impact.
If you want to approach mainstream publishing houses, then probably yes.
There's nothing to stop you sending your book to as many publishers as you can think of, but the chances are that your precious manuscript will languish in a toppling slush pile to be read (if you're lucky) by a bored intern. It is unlikely to reach the attention of anyone who commissions books unless it's rescued from this pile and thought exceptional. This has been known (cf J K Rowling) but isn't usual.
The agent is your intermediary. They know the business and will more than likely have worked at a high level in publishing. They have a well-established network of commissioning editors and publishers so they know who is most likely to buy your book.
Take you on if your work is potentially saleable to a publisher.
Help you shape your book to make it more so.
Check and advise on your proposal (pitch).
Know which editors/houses to pitch your book to.
Contact them directly on your behalf.
Negotiate the best deal for you for e.g. the advance, royalties and rights.
Advise on and suggest new ideas and support you 'between books'.
For this they will take between 10% and 20% of everything you earn from the deals they negotiate for you.
Money well spent, I say.
My agent has sold four books for me so far; two ended up in modest auctions with three publishers bidding. But my chances of grabbing the attention of a single publisher without her would, I suspect, have been close to zero. I owe her a great deal more than the paltry percentages she's earned from my work over the past decade.
You don't pick an agent. They pick you.
Their job is to discover and nurture new writing talent, so they're looking for what you can offer them.
Agents work for literary agencies large and small or operate as sole traders. Each agent can deal with a limited number of clients at any one time and may take on only a handful of new ones a year. So they can afford to be choosy.
Some don't accept manuscripts unless they've been referred by, for example, an existing client. This means that the very best way to find an agent is to have a chum who's already got one, who can introduce you. This is what happened to me. The result was my first book, Love Child.


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import json
import requests
from unittest import mock

from tacker.sol_refactored.common.exceptions import OIDCAuthFailed
from tacker.sol_refactored.common import oidc_utils
from tacker.tests import base

class FakeResponse:

    def __init__(self, status_code, body, headers=None):
        self.status_code = status_code
        self.headers = headers
        self.text = body

    def json(self):
        return json.loads(self.text)

class TestOidcUtils(base.BaseTestCase):

    @mock.patch('requests.post')
    def test_get_id_token_with_password_grant(self, mock_post):
        mock_post.return_value = FakeResponse(
            200,
            '{"id_token": "id token"}',
            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
        )
        id_token = oidc_utils.get_id_token_with_password_grant(
            'oidc_token_url',
            'username',
            'password',
            'client_id',
            client_secret='client_secret',
            ssl_ca_cert='ssl_ca_cert'
        )
        self.assertEqual(id_token, 'id token')

    @mock.patch('requests.post')
    def test_get_id_token_with_password_grant_no_option_param(self, mock_post):
        mock_post.return_value = FakeResponse(
            200,
            '{"id_token": "id token"}',
            headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
        )
        id_token = oidc_utils.get_id_token_with_password_grant(
            'oidc_token_url',
            'username',
            'password',
            'client_id'
        )
        self.assertEqual(id_token, 'id token')

    def test_get_id_token_with_password_grant_required_param_is_none(self):
        exc = self.assertRaises(
            OIDCAuthFailed,
            oidc_utils.get_id_token_with_password_grant,
            'oidc_token_url',
            'username',
            'password',
            None)

        detail = ('token_endpoint, username, password,'
                  ' client_id can not be empty.')
        msg = f'OIDC authentication and authorization failed. Detail: {detail}'
        self.assertEqual(msg, exc.message % {'detail': detail})

    @mock.patch('requests.post')
    def test_get_id_token_with_password_grant_401(self, mock_post):
        mock_post.return_value = FakeResponse(
            401,
            '{"error": "invalid_grant", '
            'error_description": "Invalid user credentials"}'
        )
        exc = self.assertRaises(
            OIDCAuthFailed,
            oidc_utils.get_id_token_with_password_grant,
            'oidc_token_url',
            'username',
            'password',
            'client_id',
            client_secret='client_secret',
            ssl_ca_cert='ssl_ca_cert')

        detail = ('response code: 401, body: {"error": "invalid_grant", '
                  'error_description": "Invalid user credentials"}')
        msg = f'OIDC authentication and authorization failed. Detail: {detail}'
        self.assertEqual(msg, exc.message % {'detail': detail})

    @mock.patch('requests.post')
    def test_get_id_token_with_password_grant_request_exception(
            self, mock_post):
        mock_post.side_effect = requests.exceptions.RequestException(
            'Connection refused'
        )
        exc = self.assertRaises(
            OIDCAuthFailed,
            oidc_utils.get_id_token_with_password_grant,
            'oidc_token_url',
            'username',
            'password',
            'client_id',
            client_secret='client_secret',
            ssl_ca_cert='ssl_ca_cert')

        detail = 'Connection refused'
        msg = f'OIDC authentication and authorization failed. Detail: {detail}'
        self.assertEqual(msg, exc.message % {'detail': detail})

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Mrs. Frances C. Schultz, 74, of 555 Spring St., Bethlehem, died Sunday in St. Luke's Hospital. She was the wife of William J. Schultz. They observed their 45th wedding anniversary in November.
Born in Bethlehem, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Ana (Maucec) Czor.
Surviving with her husband are two brothers, Stephan of Bethlehem and Frank of Murska Sobota, Yugoslavia, and a sister Ana of Murska Sobota.
Services at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Connell Funeral Home, 245 E. Broad St., Bethlehem, will be followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in the church. A calling hour will precede the services.