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First Reading: Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 Gospel Reading: Luke 1:39-56
A Protestant clergyman was once visiting an orphanage, and the children were each reciting their prayers for him to hear. One little boy who had previously been to a Catholic school, after finishing the 'Our Father,' began the 'Hail Mary.'
"No, no!" the clergyman vehemently protested. "We don't want to hear about her – go on to the 'Creed.'"
The little boy did so, but stopped suddenly when he came to 'born of the ….' and said, "Here she comes again – what shall I do now, sir?"
Indeed, we cannot have Jesus without Mary – they can never be separated. Today, we solemnly celebrate the feast of "the Assumption of the Virgin Mary." Because it signifies the Virgin Mary's passing into eternal life, it is the most important of all Marian feasts and is a 'Holy Day of Obligation.' Celebrated every year on August 15, the feast commemorates that at the end of her earthly existence the Virgin Mary was taken up (assumed) body and soul into heaven, before her body could begin to decay - a foretaste of our own bodily resurrection at the end of time. "The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold!"
There is a legend about the Assumption of the Virgin Mary - The tradition holds that Blessed Virgin Mary died in Jerusalem (or Ephesus?) and during the last moments of her earthly life all surviving Apostles were present there except St. Thomas, who was then preaching in India. He then was miraculously brought there and he insisted to see the dead body of the Blessed Virgin Mary. But to everyone's surprise, her tomb was found empty, excepting her clothes.
The Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a 'Dogma.' On November 1, 1950, in his Apostolic Constitution 'Munificentissimus Deus,' Pope Pius XII promulgated as a dogma revealed by God that: "Mary, the immaculate perpetually Virgin Mother of God, after the completion of her earthly life, was assumed, body and soul, into the glory of heaven." "The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold!"
The dogma of the Assumption of Mary is based, according to the Fathers of the Church, on four arguments:
Firstly, Mary is 'the Immaculate Conception' – she did not incur the general curse of sin and so her body was exempted from the general law of dissolution and immediately assumed into the glory of heaven, in accordance with God's original plan for mankind.
Secondly, she is 'the Mother of God' – there is likeness to her Son, in body and soul.
Thirdly, her 'perpetual virginity' – her body was preserved in unimpaired virginal integrity.
And fourthly, she is 'co-redemptorist;' i.e. she participated in the redemptive work of Christ; therefore, she enjoys the full fruit of the Redemption, which consists in the glorification of soul and body.
Also, the doctrine of the Assumption says that at the end of her life on earth Mary was assumed, body and soul, into heaven, just as Enoch, Elijah, and perhaps others had been before her. It's also necessary to keep in mind what the Assumption is not. Some people think Catholics believe Mary 'ascended' into heaven. That's not correct. Christ, by his own power, ascended into heaven. Mary was 'assumed' or taken up into heaven by God. She didn't do it under her own power.
Today's First Reading from the Book of Revelation and the Gospel Reading from St. Luke both present Virgin Mary as 'the Ark of the Covenant' of the New Testament:
Now, the First Reading begins with the sentence, "God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple." The ark of the covenant is then compared with a woman who is with child and is clothed with the sun, with the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She gives birth to a son, a male child, destined to rule all the nations with iron rod, who was caught up to God and his throne and the woman herself flies into the desert where she has a place prepared by God. This woman for sure symbolizes the Virgin Mary, who is the ark of the new covenant.
Again, in the Gospel Reading we hear about Mary who now is pregnant, visiting her cousin Elizabeth who is also pregnant, soon after the Annunciation, and there is an agreeing parallelism with the event mentioned in the 2nd Book of Samuel (6:1-23), where King David goes and brings the Ark of the Covenant. In the Gospel we find – (1) John the Baptist leaping out of joy in his mother's womb, (2) Seeing Mary, Elizabeth exclaims, "How can the mother of my Lord come to my house?" and (3) Mary remained with her cousin for three months. Similarly, in 2nd Book of Samuel we see – (1) David dancing out of joy, (2) David also exclaims, "How can the Ark of the Covenant come to my house?" and (3) the Ark of the Covenant was kept in the house of Obededom for three months. Comparing the two events it is evident that the Virgin Mary is the Ark of the Covenant in the New Testament.
Finally, in the Old Testament, the Ark of the covenant contained three things: (1) The two stone tablets received by Moses from God, in which were written the Ten Commandments, (2) Manna, the food the people of Israel received from God during their journey through the desert & (3) Aaron's (the high priest) rod that bloomed. In the New Testament, Mary is the Ark of the Covenant who carried Jesus: (1) whose law of love is encrypted in human hearts, (2) who is the 'Manna' of the NT – the Bread of Life and (3) who is 'Aaron' of the NT– the High Priest.
In the Second Reading of today from the 1st Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians, St. Paul speaks about the story of the Fall and Redemption - "For as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ." That is why we call Christ the new Adam. But as soon as we say that, we become aware of a missing link. The story of the Fall is not only the story of Adam but the story of Adam and Eve. If Jesus is the new Adam, who then is the new Eve? Mary is the new Eve. Just as the full story of our Fall cannot be told without Eve, so also the full story of our Redemption cannot be told without Mary. There is a contrasting parallelism between the old Adam & Eve on the one hand and the new Adam & Eve; viz. Jesus & Mary, on the other:
- In the OT, the woman (Eve) was created out of the man (Adam), but in the NT the man (Jesus) is born of the woman (Mary).
- In the OT, the woman (Eve) first disobeyed God and led the man (Adam) to do the same, in the NT the woman (Mary) first said "Yes" to God and raised her son Jesus to do likewise.
- In the OT Adam & Eve had a fine time together disobeying God, but in the NT Jesus & Mary suffered together doing God's will. The sword of sorrow pierced their hearts equally.
- In the OT Adam & Eve shared immediately in the resulting consequences and punishments of the Fall; i.e. sin and death. In the new order, in the same way, both Jesus and Mary share immediately in the resulting consequences and blessings of the Redemption; i. e. the fullness of life with God - Jesus through the Ascension and Mary through the Assumption. "The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold!"
To conclude, the Scripture Readings of today present the Virgin Mary as 'the New Eve' and 'the Ark of the New Covenant,' who through her obedience to God's will, brought forth the Savior to the world and became co-redemtorist by participating in God's saving work; and she was finally rewarded for this by being assumed into heaven.
So, the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a 'DIVINE GIFT' to her, for her holy and immaculate life. It is her 'GLORIFICATION' by God for her humility, her belief, her acceptance, her hope, her love and her self surrender. It is also the hope of our glorification that if we follow her footsteps, then we too will be glorified like her and be there where she and her son Jesus are. Surely, she is there to help us, to intercede for us and to guide us. On this day when we honor our Blessed mother - May our lives magnify the Lord; May our spirits rejoice in God our Savior, for - "The queen stands at your right hand, arrayed in gold!" And this is the Good News of today.


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Friends, Collegians, countrymen (and women)! Lend the Fullerton College Theatre Arts Department your ears!
The department's latest musical comedy, staged by Gary Krinke and John Vaughan, "A ·Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum;' promises an enjoyable, lighthearted theatrical experience.
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The production follows Pseudolus, a Roman slave, after he strikes a bargain with his love-struck young master.
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Unlike the past two spring musical productions of "Sideshow" and "Cabaret," "Forum" does not take itself seriously, Krinke said.
If you're a fan of Tootsie and devotedly Tivo M*A*S*H, then you'll probably feel right at home in the Campus Theatre watching "Forum" as it was written by the same guy that did both.
A little politically incorrect at times and really fun, fast and colorful, Krinke stated that "Forum" is not for those that want to think too hard at the theatre.
The story is merely a frame for the relentless series of one old vaudevillian joke after another, and has everything that has been making farces raucously comic for the past 2000< years - mistaken identities, masquerades, lecherous old duffers chasing pretty girls, and young· lovers panting to get married.
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by Rev. Dale Azevedo, Sr. Minister – February 20, 2020
As I have walked these last few weeks of February, I'm finding my eyes looking forward to March and my thoughts beginning to look past the cold of winter toward the promise of sunshine and the coming spring: growing warmth, budding flowers, new life springing all around us. It is no mistake the celebration of Easter comes at the very height of this spectacular season. Easter is, after all, the celebration of new life. Yet, before we can run out and uncover our flowerbeds, we must first wait for the season to take hold and the earth to prepare itself for this rebirth. Likewise, before we as Christians can welcome Easter and the coming Resurrection, we must first follow Christ through his passion and into the empty grave. Before one can have new life, the old must pass away. Before we can have Spring, we must have Autumn and Winter. (Perhaps this bigger picture is what separates those who celebrate the resurrected Christ from those who celebrate the Easter Bunny.) For us, the time to remember Christ's sacrifice is concentrated in the recognition of Holy Week and the broader season of Lent in which it is found. This year, Lent begins next week on Wednesday, Feb 26th.
One of the great themes of the season of Lent is repentance, literally translated as "turning toward a new direction". This turning direction can be either away from sinful behavior or toward helpful behavior. Lent is not intended to drag us down into despair or self-loathing but is instead intended to free us from our burdens of guilt and self-defeating behavior. Remember, the ultimate message of the season is forgiveness and resurrection, not condemnation and death.
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First, you can always choose to "give something up" or "take something on." These are traditional ways of incorporating the themes of Lent into our daily lives. Think, "What are you giving up for Lent?" Here people give up chocolate, booze, swearing, etc. The inverse of this behavior is taking something on. People take on a new daily prayer routine, reading the Bible, do a good deed each day, etc. These are two ways you can make Lent more meaningful this year.
Additionally, you can join Linda for her Lenten Learning Series on Spiritual Gifts. This group is meeting each Thursday for five (5) weeks beginning on March 5th. The group runs from 7:00-8:15pm and will gather in the church library. This is a wonderful way to explore how you might serve God in a more meaningful way.
There are also a number of service opportunities this season that you can join. Our confirmation class is collecting items to be made into hygiene kits for Church World Service. Our Puerto Rico mission team is hosting a dinner and silent auction on March 22nd to support our relief efforts this June. And we will be collecting for the One Great Hour of Sharing national offering to help those in need around our country and throughout the world.
And, of course, there is always worship to participate in. Consider committing to join us each Sunday through Lent as Linda and I speak on the theme of covenant, and the various covenants God establishes with folks all throughout the Bible. We have an Ash Wednesday service on February 26 and a Maundy Thursday service on April 9, both of these at 7pm in the sanctuary. And finally, we will once again be holding our Holy Week early morning prayer and meditation time (April 6-10).
There are honestly a limitless number of ways you can engage your faith this Lenten season. And, if you find ways to make Lent a more meaningful journey, you might just find the Easter resurrection a more meaningful experience, as well.


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By: Klaus Kaldemorgen
Monetary and fiscal packages are driving the markets, but their valuation leaves little room for economic disappointment.
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What can you do about Flight Cancellations Due to Weather?
According to the Bureau of Transportation, over 1 billion people traveled by air in 2018, up 4.8% from the year before. This equates to 2,740,000 travelers around the world on over 102,000 flights every single day. Every single day. Of those flights, 20% of them will be delayed and 4% canceled, more during the winter months. With a little planning and these ten tips, you will get to your destination faster and with minimal inconvenience, and be prepared for whatever the airlines throw at you without losing your cool.
Previously, I offered a few tips about airline responsibility and passenger rights for flight delays and cancellations here, but the reality is that most flights are canceled due to weather conditions, and circumstances are a bit different. When a flight is canceled due to weather, the airline is responsible for getting you on another flight when the weather improves, but contrary to popular opinion, they are not responsible for getting you on the next flight, nor are they responsible for providing overnight accommodations and/or meals to passengers who are stranded. Sometimes they will accommodate passengers with an overnight stay and a meal voucher, but more and more, airlines do not. You can't get mad at the airline, the weather is beyond their control, but you can be prepared and do a little due diligence of your own. There is nothing worse than being stranded in an unfamiliar city, especially during the holidays, but with a little preparation, you will know what to do.
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Here's a scenario: You have a flight from Point A to Point C, with a change of plane at Point B. Your flight from Point A to B is fine, but the flight from Point B to C is delayed several hours because of bad weather. After waiting at the gate for three hours, the crew times out. Damn!
It does not benefit the airline to bring in a new crew right away because the weather is still bad, so they cancel the flight. Now you have to wait on (a long) line to have the airline help you get on a new flight. After waiting forty minutes to get to the counter, they tell you there are no flights available tomorrow, so you are stuck at Point B for 24 hours or more.
Are you having fun yet? What do you do now? Hunker at a drafty airline gate in an uncomfortable plastic airline chair until your next flight to save money, or try to find an inexpensive hotel nearby so you can get some shut-eye? Forget getting a bite to eat, all the restaurants in the airport are closed and you don't have a car. This sounds like a nightmare, right? Especially if you are traveling with kids. For many travelers, flight cancellations are a reality, but there are a few pro-active things you can do to prepare for these circumstances. The following apps will help you save time, money, and sanity.
Note: Most of these tips require you to do something in advance of your flight, so be prepared ahead of time.
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I know, I know, you can book travel all by yourself, you don't need a travel agent. Plus, travel agents are no longer a thing, right? Wrong. The stories about travel agents (now commonly referred to as advisors) being a thing of the past are wrong. Today most people have crazy busy lives and do not have the time to spend on managing their travel needs, so they depend on a trusted travel advisor to help them with their travel plans. Plus, a travel advisor has tools you don't have access to help you if a flight is canceled due to weather. As a travel advisor who has been in this business for almost 30 years, I can attest that while travel agents had a lull in the early 2000s, more people than ever are turning to travel agents to handle their travel needs.
Why work with a travel agent? They already know you and your travel needs and have all your personal information on file, including flight preferences and frequent flier information. They have knowledge and experience to work on unusual travel circumstances such as travel delays and cancellations, and they have contacts to get travel waiver codes and inside availability. Also, If you booked your original flight with them, they already have all your flight data, so they can get in the airline system to find a comparable flight for you, and even get a seat assignment if possible. If you are stranded overnight somewhere, you can give them a quick call and they can find and help arrange hotel accommodations for you, all with minimal stress.
Be careful, though, because not all travel agents are created equal. You want to work with someone who has affiliation with an IATA (International Air Transport Association) agency because they are specifically trained to work with airline reservations and have airline reservation (GDS) access. Also, make certain you work with a full-service ASTA (American Society of Travel Advisors) agency. An independent/outside agent of an IATA/ASTA agency is fine, as long as they have the ability to rebook airline reservations on their own, can see real-time flight status, and have access to airline waiver codes for flight cancellations, so you do not have to pay additional fees when changing flights related to weather.
Also, let me say this loud for the people in the back. When you purchase airline tickets from an online travel agency (you know the ones) they will not assist you with flight delays and cancellations, you are on your own and will be one of those people waiting in the mile-long airport line to get re-booked. Work with an experienced travel agent who knows you personally and is invested in keeping you happy as a client. In my agency, I have a program that monitors my client's flights and alerts me if they are canceled so I can immediately assist in rebooking them. I also have an itinerary program that alerts my clients of any flight delays and cancellations. A travel agent is a valuable partner for your travel needs, especially when things go wrong.
Purchase Travel Insurance
When you purchase an airline ticket, the airline will ask you if you want to purchase insurance. If you work with a travel agent, they will offer insurance as well. Most people decline insurance, but you should not as the extra $15-20 you spend is worth every penny if your flight is delayed or canceled. Why? The insurance reimburses you for any expenses you may incur because of that cancellation, including overnight hotel stay and meals.
I'll be honest, I never used to purchase insurance even for my own family travel, but 20 years ago everything changed, so now I purchase it for every trip.
We were living in Richmond, Virginia and traveling from Albany, New York back to Richmond with a connection in Philadelphia. It was January and were traveling with our son, 10-months-old at the time. I had a diaper bag with a few supplies, but certainly not for an overnight stay. Our flight was later in the day (rookie mistake). Our flight from Albany to Philadelphia was fine, but by the time we got into Philadelphia, the weather was bad and not letting up anytime soon. They delayed our flight for a few hours, then finally canceled it at about 10 pm that night, and we did not get out for another 24 hours. The airport was bitter cold, we had not eaten in hours, and had three diapers left. Fortunately, we were able to get a room at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott in-terminal. Room service was still open, so we were able to get a bite to eat, and the hotel found us two diapers, but that overnight stay was an expense we did not expect and cost us an extra $380. We did not have insurance for that trip.
Fast forward 18 years. My husband and I were on a flight from Albany to Phoenix, with a stop in Philadelphia. Once again, we were stranded in Philadelphia overnight, but this time we had travel insurance. That insurance cost us $18 per person but later reimbursed our $260 hotel + meal bill and we received reimbursement quickly, within 10 days.
Over the years, we've had situations where we had to come back early from a trip because of family illness, flight changes because of work, lost baggage by the airline, etc. and travel insurance covered it all. As a travel agent, I recommend travel insurance to all my clients, and as a private traveler, I purchase it every time my family travels. Travel insurance offers peace of mind and the nominal fee you pay is worth the time, money, and stress saved.
Note: If you do not want to purchase travel insurance, at least get yourself a credit card with good travel insurance benefits such as the Chase Sapphire Reserve or American Express Platinum cards.
Use Flight View
Flight View is a flight tracker app you can download to your mobile device that will update you on the status of flights. I use it for my own flights and also anyone I might be picking up at the airport. Flight VIew will let you know if your flight is on-time or delayed, and shows data on the flight's origination, so you can see any delays that happen before your flight even gets to your date. It also advises the type of plane you will travel on, the flight duration, and the terminal and gate assignments for the flight. Sometimes I get a notification from Flight View regarding an airline delay even before the airline contacts me! If your flight looks like it may be delayed, use Flight View to monitor for up-to-the-minute status.
Join Airline Frequent Flier Programs
Even if you do not fly often, sign up for airline frequent flier programs. Not only will you earn mileage toward free travel, but you will gain "status" with the airline and they may reward that loyalty by offering better assistance should your flight be canceled. Plus, once you have an account with the airline, you can use their airline app (see below) to get free in-flight WiFi, better seats, and upgrades. Here are a few US-based airlines to join.
- American Airlines Advantage
- Delta Airlines SkyMiles
- United Airlines Mileage Plus
- Southwest Air Rapid Rewards
- Alaska Airlines Mileage Plan
- Jet Blue True Blue
- Hawaiian Air Hawaiian Miles
Download Airline Apps
Before you travel, download the app for the airline(s) you will be traveling on and make sure you are logged into your account. When the airline or Flight View alerts you that your flight has been canceled, you can go into the airline app and re-book yourself on a new flight. Some airlines, like American Airlines, will even offer you new flights to choose from in the app.
Keep Airline Customer Service Numbers Handy
Keep the customer service number for your airline handy if you need to contact them for any flight changes. Below is the customer service numbers for all the major US airlines:
- Alaska Air: 800-654-5669
- Allegiant Air: 702-505-8888
- American Air: 800-433-7300
- Delta Air: 800-221-1212
- Hawaiian Air: 877-426-4537
- Frontier Air: 801-401-9000
- Jet Blue Air: 800-538-2583
- Southwest Air: 800-435-9792
- United Air: 800-864-8331
You can also print out this handy guide for your wallet!
Download Hotel Apps
Download hotel apps for your three favorite hotel chains and make sure you are signed up for their frequent traveler programs. When your flight gets canceled, you can immediately go into the app and book yourself a hotel room for the night. The app will also tell you the closest hotels to your location, so you may not have to travel far from the airport.
Bonus? Many airports have hotels located right in the terminal, so you don't have to go far to find a nice pillow to rest on. The following are a few US airports with hotels located in-terminal.
San Francisco: Grant Hyatt San Francisco Airport
Dallas: Grand Hyatt DFW
Orlando: Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport
Philadelphia: Marriott Philadelphia Airport
Tampa: Marriott Tampa Airport
Denver: Westin Denver Airport
Download A Ride Share App
You found a hotel with availability but no way to get there. Or you have 24 hours in a city you did not expect to be in but want to explore. Don't rent a car, use Uber or Lyft to get around! Download and sign up for one of the rideshare programs and you will have easy access to transportation to get where you need to go, on your schedule. If you are a woman traveling alone, be sure to use one of these rideshare programs for women only such as Go Safr.
Download Food Delivery Apps
You expected your flight to depart at 5:30 p.m, it was canceled at 9:30, and you finally got into your hotel room at 10:30 p.m. and room service is done for the night. A food delivery service like Door Dash or GrubHub will be a lifesaver when you limited transportation or access to restaurants. Most food delivery services will deliver to a hotel and many offer late-night delivery services, especially in larger cities.
Pack For Cancellations
Always pack a few extra items in your carry-on bag to be prepared for flight cancellations. Things like a travel toothbrush, extra snacks, diapers and toys for the kids, a warm pair of socks, and an extra sweater will help if you have to stay overnight.
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Joseph and Mary sojourned as strangers in lands wherein they had no family or friends during the most critical time of their married life—the first four years. From the time of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem to their fleeing to Egypt to escape Herod's massacre was about two years. Then, they were in Egypt until news of Herod's death reached them, which was about another two years' time. Imagine the loneliness and yearning to be back with their own people, if for nothing else, to celebrate specials days together with loved ones. Nonetheless, I can also imagine that there was special grace during special days as they realized it was their obedience to their heavenly Father's perfect will that had brought them to where they were.
Mary expressed in Luke 1:38: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." Knowing that their lives were not their own, and that there was a grander picture and greater decree than that of their own lives, they would have glorified God through their loneliness!
This kind of scenario parallels, to some degree, the feelings of loneliness which our missionaries oftentimes feel as they serve in hostile foreign lands during the Holiday season. They have laid down their lives for Christ sake and the Gospel choosing to focus on the grander picture and greater decree than that of their own lives. Both husband and wife have legitimately said like Mary—whatever your plans are for us in this place: "be it unto [us] according to thy word!"
Let remember them throughout the holiday season trusting that the forsaking of personal solace will indeed lead to the furthering of a priceless message! Pray that they will be sustained by grace during times of loneliness that those who sit in darkness might see that glorious light!
Weeping & Rejoicing
Rodney Myers
General Director


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Received very compassionate and skilled care from 99% of staff. They were very attentive to my needs right up to me leaving. The food was not so great, needed choices and better communication. As don't care for fish 4 xs a week. Lunch was usually best meal but food always cold. Other than that and up until I was well enough to care, all was great.


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Need ideas for power on buttons for VMs
naughty beatle replied to bobbintb's topic in VM Engine (KVM)Thanks for sharing @mtongnz. Here's my script I guess I'll share as well. This has more special haling built in for 1 GPU/multiple VM configurations to check and shutdown other VMs. In a way I like your simplified approach better but if you need to check for other running VMs you can steal from some of my functions below. Use at your own risk, I'm not a coder and I don't have much bash scripting experience. Hopefully the experts on this forum can give me some feedback on what I can improve, I would really appreciate that! Particularly, I'm calling this script from Home-Assistant and the only way I know how to is via SSH as the root user, would prefer a more secure solution if anybody has any suggestions. Here's the User Script: #!/bin/bash # Script for starting stopping VMs via homeassitant # Takes two arguments, a command (start or stop) and a VM name. # If a start command issued, the script checks for any running VMs and shuts them down as I have a 1 GPU configuration at home # Personally, I have this script run at array start up so it's loaded into RAM and can be called from the tmp folder by HASS, or manually ## Script includes a function to check for empty arguments or empty space and exits for the above reason (User Scripts provides an empty space as the first argument for some reason) comm="$1" vm_given="$2" #List OSX VMs for special handling osx_vm0="MacinaboxHighSierra" function get_vm_names { readarray -t vm_list < <(virsh list --all --name) unset vm_list[-1] } function get_vm_state { state=$(virsh domstate "$1") } # This function is not currently invoked, but can be usedful for debugging function get_vm_info { info=$(virsh dominfo "$1") echo -e "$info \n\n" } function check_vm_name { get_vm_names for vm in "${vm_list[@]}" do if [[ "$vm" = "$vm_given" ]]; then echo "$vm_given is a valid VM name, proceding" return 1 else : fi done echo "$vm_given is not a valid VM name, go home" exit } ## Haven't finished writting this part yet, script will just exit at this point for OSX ## Reason for special handling is OSX doesn't shutdown when asked to by qemu function check_if_OSX { if [[ "$vm_given" == "$osx_vm0" ]] || [[ "$vm_given" == "$osx_vm1" ]] || [[ "$vm_given" == "$osx_vm2" ]]; then echo "VM is one of listed OSX VMs, initiating special handling" exit else return 1 fi } function start_vm { echo "Starting $vm_given" virsh start "$vm_given" } function shut_down_vm { echo -e "Sending Shutdown signal to $vm" virsh shutdown "$vm" get_vm_state "$vm" while [ "$state" != "shut off" ]; do vm_down_poll "$vm" done } function vm_down_poll { get_vm_state "$vm" echo "$vm is still running" sleep 1 } function loop_vms_for_shutdown { for vm in "${vm_list[@]}" do get_vm_state "$vm" if [ "$state" == "shut off" ] then echo -e "$vm is $state" else echo -e "$vm is $state, initiaing shutdown" shut_down_vm "$vm" fi #Leaving this here for de-bugging purposes if needed #get_vm_info "$vm" done } ## Checking if arguments were supplied, otherwise exit (or shuttdown all VMs if the flag is enabled to do so) ## Arguments will be provided by HASS automation (or you can manually invoke this via command line). ## Example of how to call this script from the terminal: /tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/00_start_stop_VMs/script start "Ubuntu" if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] || [[ "$1" == "" ]]; then if [[ shutdown_all == "enabled" ]]; then echo "No arguments supplied, shutting down all running VMs"; loop_vms_for_shutdown; else echo "No arguments provided"; fi elif [[ "$1" == "start" ]]; then echo "Starting $2 VM, shutting down other running VMs first" check_vm_name "$2" loop_vms_for_shutdown sleep 5 start_vm elif [[ "$1" == "stop" ]]; then echo "Shutting down $2 VM" check_vm_name "$2" shut_down_vm "$2" else echo "Ok I don't what you're trying to do here, $1 doesn't mean anything to me" fi Here's the switch configured in Home-Assistant (in configuration.yaml). Once it's an entity in HASS there are endless possibilities for adding buttons or starting/stopping VMs via automation. switch: - platform: command_line switches: win10_vm: command_on: "ssh email@example.com '/tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/00_start_stop_VMs/script start \"Windows 10\"'" command_off: "ssh firstname.lastname@example.com '/tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/00_start_stop_VMs/script stop \"Windows 10\"'" command_state: "ssh firstname.lastname@example.com 'if [[ $(virsh domstate \"Windows 10\") == \"shut off\" ]]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi'"" value_template: '{{ value == "0" }}' friendly_name: Windows 10 VM ubuntu_vm: command_on: "ssh firstname.lastname@example.com '/tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/00_start_stop_VMs/script start \"Ubuntu\"'" command_off: "ssh email@example.com '/tmp/user.scripts/tmpScripts/00_start_stop_VMs/script stop \"Ubuntu\"'" command_state: "ssh email@example.com 'if [[ $(virsh domstate \"Ubuntu\") == \"shut off\" ]]; then echo 1; else echo 0; fi'" value_template: '{{ value == "0" }}' friendly_name: Ubuntu VM
Plugin idea - Plex "Now Showing" on Dashboard
naughty beatle replied to zwolfinger's topic in Plugin SystemCan't help with this project but one suggestion is to add tautulli as a custom tab, that's how I quickly check if it's ok to reboot.
Ubuntu VM Nvidia Sound crackling
naughty beatle replied to alturismo's topic in VM Engine (KVM)Thank you! This fixed not only audio issue but also video playback (video was pausing in sync with audio at least while testing youtube). Still getting weird screen artifacts on the top right of my primary and top left of my secondary monitor, any clue as to what that could be? I've got ryzen 1600x, ASUS Prime B350-PLUS mb, GTX 1060 3GB (only GPU) passed through and running Ubuntu 19.04. In the Ubuntu software updater I've enable use of the nvidia-driver-418 as Nouveau was extremely unstable (although I haven't tested that with MSI enabled). Please let me know if more info would be helpful!
Case icon requests
naughty beatle replied to Mex's topic in User CustomizationsThank you Mex for creating these icons for the community! My request is simple, as I am a simple man: a potato.
[6.8rc1][Docker] will not accept --net=container:<name> on 6.8rc1
naughty beatle commented on Xaero's report in PrereleasesAny chance you could share this script? Currently I just manually force update all of my containers with the "--net=container:nordvpn" parameter whenever the nordvpn container update.
New here needing some advice
naughty beatle replied to Taza's topic in LoungeI'm by no means an expert but I've heard a few times 2GB is enough for Plex. I have 16GB total, 12GB for Win VM and I let unRAID OS manage the remaining 4GB between Plex, 5-6 other docker containers and it's own needs. Personally I find this is more than enough for my needs. Just my two cents if you're looking to save a little money on your build, you can always throw in extra sticks of RAM later if you have the slots.
Identify source of disk access?
naughty beatle replied to nfwolfpryde's topic in General SupportYou should also check out the "File Activity" plugin, it shows you a log of file access on your array
[FS][UK] Unraid 'starter kit' (used hardware)
naughty beatle replied to TomAsh's topic in Buy, Sell, TradeToo bad, it's a great starting point for a backup solution!
[FS][UK] Unraid 'starter kit' (used hardware)
naughty beatle replied to TomAsh's topic in Buy, Sell, TradeUK only? I imagine shipping this to Florida wouldn't be cheap.
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Win10 VM graphics pass-through broke after AMD BIOS update
naughty beatle replied to mattz's topic in VM Engine (KVM)Great just after I finish the roll back after a lot of anxiety lol. Thank you for posting this! This worked for me on an Asus PRIME B350-PLUS downgrading BIOS from 5204 to 3806. I can pass through my GPU again to Windows 10 VM! I used the link provided in the OP edit and followed the instructions, with the added step of downloading the 5204 & 3806 CAP files from Asus and extracting the body of 3806 into a rom file with UEFITool.exe to put on the flash drive.


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The ECJ rules on questions referred on the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU)
Sanoma Media Finland Oy - Nelonen Media v Viestintävirasto, Case C-314/14, 17 February 2016
The questions referred in this case to the ECJ by the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland were in relation to the interpretation of the Audiovisual Media Services Directive (2010/13/EU) the "Directive", in particular Articles 19(1): separation of television advertising and programmes and Article 23(1) and (2): limit of 20% per clock hour on the broadcasting time for television advertising spots.
Advertising requirements
Under EU Law
Article 19(1) of the Directive provides: "Television advertising and teleshopping shall be readily recognisable and distinguishable from editorial content. Without prejudice to the use of new advertising techniques, television advertising and teleshopping shall be kept quite distinct from other parts of the programme by optical and/or acoustic and/or spatial means".
Article 23(1) and (2) of the Directive provides: "The proportion of television advertising spots and teleshopping spots within a given clock hour shall not exceed 20%".
Under Finnish Law
Television advertising and teleshopping broadcasts must be distinguished from programmes by an acoustic or optical signal or by screen splitting; a sponsor's name or logo must appear clearly at the beginning or the end of sponsored programmes; and advertising and teleshopping must not exceed 12 minutes per clock hour (this does not apply to sponsorship announcements).
A request for a preliminary ruling was made by the Supreme Administrative Court of Finland in proceedings between Sanoma Media Finland Oy - Nelonen Media ("Sanoma") and Viestintävirasto (Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, the "Regulatory Authority").
Sanoma is a supplier of audiovisual media services including the broadcast of programmes together with advertising and sponsored programmes. The Regulatory Authority found that Sanoma had infringed Finnish Law relating to television advertising as follows:
Separation of television advertising and editorial content
Sanoma uses a 'split screen' technique whereby the screen is divided into two parts after a programme's closing credits begin, with a list presenting upcoming programmes in the other part of the screen. The Regulatory Authority took the view that this technique did not adequately separate the programme from the advertising break.
Duration of advertising per clock hour
The Regulatory Authority found that Sanoma was broadcasting 12 minutes and seven seconds of advertising per clock hour which was in breach of the Finnish hourly maximum duration of 12 minutes. It reached this conclusion by counting as advertising time a) the presence of signs referring to a programme sponsor outside of the sponsored programme itself and b) the 'black seconds' during the advertising break and separating the programme from the advertising break.
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland referred the following questions:
- Whether Article 19(1) precludes national legislation under which a split screen to separate advertising and editorial content would not necessarily have to be combined with or followed by an acoustic or optical signal.
- Whether Article 23(2) precludes sponsorship signs shown in programmes other than the sponsored programme from being included in the maximum time for advertising per clock hour set out in Article 23(1).
- Whether Article 23(1) precludes 'black seconds' inserted during the advertising break and separating the programme from the advertising break from being included in the maximum time for advertising per clock hour.
Separation of advertising
The Directive did not preclude national legislation under which a split screen technique did not necessarily have to be combined with an acoustic or optical signal, provided that the minimum method of separation required by the national legislation met the requirements of Article 19(1) i.e. ensuring that television advertising and teleshopping is readily recognisable and distinguishable from editorial content.
Sponsorship signs outside of sponsored programmes
The maximum advertising per clock hour in Article 23(1) does not apply to 'sponsorship announcements' as defined in the Directive. Sponsorship announcements should be placed before, during or after the programme to which they are strictly linked. Where sponsorship signs are not placed within the 'framework of the sponsored programme' but instead are shown in programmes other than the sponsored programme, the ECJ ruled they would not be covered by the exception and would have to be included in the calculation of advertising per clock hour.
'Black seconds' in advertising per clock hour
The Directive does not preclude 'black seconds' from being included in the maximum advertising per clock hour. Further, it was concluded that where national legislation has not laid down stricter rules than established by Article 23(1), the Directive should be interpreted to require the inclusion of 'black seconds' in the calculation of advertising per clock hour in order not to reduce the clock time reserved (by implication) for the broadcasting of editorial content.
Under the Directive, Member States remain free to impose more detailed or stricter rules in the areas covered by the Directive and the UK has done just that in relation to the advertising per clock hour. Further, the UK has not implemented the above provisions in the exact way that Finland has and so the case is not directly comparable. The judgment is however of interest as to how these particular Articles of the Directive should be construed.
This article was written by Tanya Wilkie. For more information, please contact Tanya on +44 (0)20 7203 5058 or at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Bennett takes the helm
When Martha Bennett was hired back in June as the next city manager of the City of Lake Oswego, she commented that what attracted her to Lake Oswego was its quality of life, the passion of its residents and the high caliber of its staff.
The City Council and Mayor Kent Studebaker lauded Bennett as the consensus pick, not only among themselves as elected leaders, but also within the two advisory committees made up of community members and City staff who were tasked with interviewing the candidate as well.
Outgoing City Manager Scott Lazenby, who retired after five years as LO's chief executive, said that Bennett would be able to propel the City forward as a regional leader and transition into the role with ease.
Bennett stepped into the job Aug. 19, and as she promised back in June, she's using these first couple of months to meet key players in the community, get caught up on the various projects LO has underway and settle into her role. She attended her first City Council meeting last week, which included a joint session with the Lake Oswego School Board to continue dialogue around the building of a new community pool and shared need for more athletic fields within the city.
In what has been an admittedly murky saga for both the City and the Lake Oswego School District, Bennett's voice proved to be a clear and pragmatic addition to the conversation. She instructed the council to get serious about wrapping their heads around how big of a piece of the pie they're willing to give to the school district out of their $30 million park bond.
Bennett is the type of person who calls it like she sees it, and she has years of experience doing that at almost every level of government. She's described as a consummate professional who genuinely cares about the people whom she serves and the staff that works with her; a charismatic leader who understands and enjoys the hard work it takes to make the wheels of government bureaucracy move.
Martha Bennett was born for public service, and she's excited about her latest opportunity: to carry Lake Oswego from "good" to "great."
A civically engaged youth
Born to Carol and Rodger Bennett in Pontiac, Michigan, Bennett wasn't the type who knew exactly what she wanted to be growing up.
"My mom was an accountant. Her mom was an accountant. Two of her brothers were accountants. The only thing I really knew was that I did not want to be an accountant," she said.
Her father even had a degree in accounting, but that wasn't his profession. Rodger Bennett served for many years as a city manager in towns from the coast of Lake Michigan to the deserts of Arizona and eastern Oregon.
By the time Bennett graduated high school, her family had lived in five different locations. From Arizona she moved back to Oregon to attend Willamette University in Salem. Originally thinking she wanted to be a lawyer or a journalist, Bennett earned her undergraduate degree in history and political science.
"For a variety of reasons, my senior year I knew I didn't want to do either of those things," she said.
Upon graduating from Willamette University in 1989, Bennett took an internship with the League of Oregon Cities. In addition to living in a household where local government issues were points of discussion at the dinner table, the experience was formative in her decision to become a public servant.
Growing up, Bennett was immersed in the operations of local government and civic engagement. She remembers that when her father was city manager of Scottville, Michigan, he once took the family to tour a wastewater treatment plant that had an intriguing new technology while they were on vacation. She would tag along to community events and to volunteer at the public library.
"My whole childhood was like that: discussions about what was in the community interests," she said. "When I took the internship at the League of Oregon Cities, it was a little bit like going home."
When the internship ended, Bennett was interviewed for the organization's monthly newsletter. She told the interviewer the experience illuminated a great deal in regards to the way government works, and that it inspired her to work in parks and recreation.
Steve Bauer, who was formerly the executive director of the LOC, saw the interview and reached out to Bennett to offer her a job at the City of Portland working as an assistant project manager on the City's first community-based strategic plan called "Portland Future Focus."
The project was driven by a massive, 55-member citizen task force.
"It was incredibly eye opening for a lot of reasons, first of all just what it's like to manage a citizen group that size," Bennett said. "Every one of those people was deeply passionate about Portland. I learned to be very politically neutral, and yet pretty politically astute at the same time."
She had a blast working for the City of Portland and with then-Mayors Bud Clark and Vera Katz
Seeing how talented she was, Bauer made Bennett promise she would only stay in the position for two years. She left in 1991 to earn her master's in public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, where she met her future husband, Jeff Allen. The couple moved to Washington, D.C. together where she worked as a Jacob K. Javits Legislative Fellow.
Bringing passions together
Wanting to work for a legislator who had a robust urban agenda, Bennett hadn't considered approaching Republican Oregon Sen.Mark Hatfield to work in his office, but at the recommendation of a trusted colleague at the City of Portland she interviewed with Hatfield's office and fell in love with the work they were doing there.
"Instead of working (explicitly) on urban policy, I worked on timber dependent communities, which was the most illuminating thing because at the time I was young and sort of fire breathing and you never could've got me to say I worked for a Republican on timber policy," she said. "I ended up working on economic recovery for timber dependent communities. It wasn't urban policy, but it was straight up my alley."
Working with Hatfield showed Bennett how rewarding it was to work with a politician whose actions were consistent with their values. While she didn't necessarily agree with Hatfield on a lot of issues, she had a deep respect for the fact that he was unwavering in his respect for others and his moral conviction.
She remembers him hauling the entire staff into his conference room one day to tell them he only gets things done by the passion of his staff, and while he did have things he personally wanted to do, his biggest accomplishments were the product of partnering with people who cared deeply about an issue.
"When you have an elected official who you're aligned with, you can bring your passions together and get so much done," Bennett said. "That's been completely motivating to me."
Learning to lead
Bennett returned to Oregon to take a job as assistant to the city manager for the City of Albany, where she served for four years. The work she'd done while at Hatfield's office around timber dependent communities was relevant to the area and set her up for success working there. According to Bennett, the "assistant-to" title is the ultimate jack-of-all-trades gig.
"The 'assistant-to' title is the best job and worst title of all time in local government," she said. "A lot of people in the community think you're the city manager's secretary, but it's really the job that if the task didn't fit neatly into anybody's department, I did it."
While in Albany, Bennett did work in the areas of government relations, public information, community service, public art, planning, transportation and more.
She used those four years as a springboard to advance her career and took an assistant city manager job — not "assistant-to" — with the City of Milwaukie, where she was in charge of all community development. The City had just reorganized its departments, and Bennett got the exciting opportunity of coming into a job where she got to blaze her own trail and fix a somewhat unstable situation.
"I learned more about myself as a leader (in Milwaukie) than anywhere else. Like, what kind of leader do I want to be? What's the job of a leader? What do people need from their leaders?" she said. "From there, I knew I wanted to be in charge."
From Milwaukie she moved on to become the executive director of the Columbia River Gorge Commission, which manages the federally recognized national scenic area that stretches roughly from the Sandy River to the Deschutes on both sides of the Columbia.
It proved to be a tough assignment, and if she wasn't just 33 at the time, she's unsure if she would have taken the job. But when she applied, Bennett had this magic moment where she saw that her skills were actually the perfect match to lead the commission through a turbulent time.
In 2006, Bennett became the city administrator — similar to the city manager role — for the City of Ashland, where she spent nearly eight years before returning to the Portland area to serve as chief operating officer of Metro from 2011 until she retired in April 2019. She was hired by Lake Oswego on June 28.
Providing the horsepower
Over the past two months, Bennett and her family — including husband Jeff and two kids, Sam, 17 and Edith, 15 — moved to Lake Oswego to begin the next chapter of their lives. Edith recently started school at Lakeridge High School while her son Sam is finishing his senior year at the recently renovated Grant High School after being bussed to Marshall in deep southeast during the construction.
Bennett is thrilled to be in Lake Oswego, and she's hoping to meet a lot of passionate people who share her excitement about taking this community to even greater heights.
Most of all, she's ready to get down to business in helping the City Council and mayor execute their vision, as well as to bring a little of her own to Lake Oswego.
"I think that we have a group of elected officials who want to get some stuff done on behalf of the community," Bennett said, "and I can provide the horsepower."
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