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Rogue Robot is a repeatable quest in the Fallout 4 add-on Automatron.
Although Isabel Cruz (a.k.a. The Mechanist) was convinced to stand down, some her robots are still terrorizing the Commonwealth and need to be neutralized before they bring more harm.
Talk to Isabel Cruz in the Mechanist's Lair about any rogue robots she has detected.
Travel to the location she designates, which will change every time she detects other rogue robots.
Destroy the robot(s) in that location.
Destroy the rogue robot Isabel has located more of her rogue robots.
This page was last edited on 31 March 2016, at 00:55.


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The Racist History of Tipping
Posted: July 18, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: racism, tipping
By REV. DR. WILLIAM J. BARBER II
This week, the House of Representatives will have a chance to end a pernicious legacy of slavery. Lawmakers will vote on the Raise the Wage Act, which would boost the minimum wage across the country to $15 an hour by 2024. This would be a crucial step toward the first federal minimum wage increase in more than a decade.
A just-released Congressional Budget Office report finds that a $15 minimum wage would have tremendous benefits for low-wage workers of all races and ethnicities. Yet the stakes are particularly high for black workers. The share who would benefit from the Raise the Wage Act is far larger than the share of white workers who would benefit—38 percent compared with 23 percent.
There's another provision in the legislation—eliminating the subminimum tipped wage—that corrects a wrong that goes much further back than the previous federal minimum wage increase. For workers regularly making more than $30 a month in tips, employers can currently pay as little as $2.13 an hour. That subminimum wage has been frozen at this level for decades. Should the Raise the Wage Act pass the House, it will mark the first time that either chamber of Congress has moved to eliminate the subminimum wage, which not only deepens economic inequalities but also happens to be a relic of slavery.
You might not think of tipping as a legacy of slavery, but it has a far more racialized history than most Americans realize. Tipping originated in feudal Europe and was imported back to the United States by American travelers eager to seem sophisticated. The practice spread throughout the country after the Civil War as U.S. employers, largely in the hospitality sector, looked for ways to avoid paying formerly enslaved workers.
One of the most notorious examples comes from the Pullman Company, which hired newly freed African American men as porters. Rather than paying them a real wage, Pullman provided the black porters with just a meager pittance, forcing them to rely on tips from their white clientele for most of their pay.
Tipping further entrenched a unique and often racialized class structure in service jobs, in which workers must please both customer and employer to earn anything at all. A journalist quoted in Kerry Segrave's 2009 book, Tipping: An American Social History of Gratuities, wrote in 1902 that he was embarrassed to offer a tip to a white man. "Negroes take tips, of course; one expects that of them—it is a token of their inferiority," he wrote. "Tips go with servility, and no man who is a voter in this country is in the least justified in being in service."
The immorality of paying an insufficient wage to workers, who then were forced to rely on tips, was acknowledged at the time. In his popular 1916 anti-tipping study, The Itching Palm, writer William Scott described tipping as an aristocratic custom that went against American ideals. "The relation of a man giving a tip and a man accepting it is as undemocratic as the relation of master and slave," Scott wrote. "A citizen in a republic ought to stand shoulder to shoulder with every other citizen, with no thought of cringing, without an assumption of superiority or an acknowledgment of inferiority."
Several states sought to end the practice in the early 1900s, often in recognition of its racist roots. But the restaurant industry fought back and was powerful enough to roll back local bans on tipping. And tipped workers—along with most others, as the act applied to industries that together made up only one-fifth of the labor force—were excluded from the first, limited federal minimum wage law passed in 1938.
It took until 1966 for advocates to win a base wage for tipped workers, and that amounted to only 50 percent of the minimum wage already guaranteed to other workers. Congress continued to raise the subminimum tipped wage until 1996, when Herman Cain, who headed the National Restaurant Association at the time, offered legislators a bargain: The industry would accept a small increase in the minimum wage as long as the tipped wage was frozen at $2.13 an hour.
Congress agreed to the deal, and the tipped minimum wage remains just $2.13 to this day. Employers are supposed to pay the difference if tips don't bring workers to the full regular minimum wage. But too often that law is not enforced. When the Department of Labor conducted an unusual compliance sweep of 9,000 full-service restaurants between 2010 and 2012, they found that 84 percent had violated the subminimum wage system.
A century later, the industry lobby continues its fight to uphold this two-tiered pay system. Where social movements have gotten cities to pass minimum wage hikes, the lobby has pressured state legislatures to ban local wage increases altogether. The industry also fought to overturn voter-approved initiatives in Maine and Washington, D.C., that would have ended the subminimum tipped wage, while they lobbied legislators in Michigan to keep the issue from reaching the ballot in the first place.
That's why national action to finally reverse this particular vestige of slavery is so vital. No one can live on $2.13 an hour—a poverty wage.
We may live in a very different society from 150 years ago, but the subminimum tipped wage still exacerbates the inequalities passed down from that time. Workers in the restaurant industry are far more likely to be poor or near-poor than the general population. Sure, upscale restaurants where wealthy patrons offer servers good tips on expensive menu items can provide a good living, but those jobs are few and far between—and dominated by white men.
Research also shows that tipping itself has a racial component: Customers generally give white workers bigger tips than black workers, regardless of service quality. Thanks in part to segregation within the industry and discrimination from patrons, restaurant worker poverty rates are highest for women and people of color.
Ending the subminimum wage would right one of the historical wrongs keeping certain groups of workers from receiving the full protections they are due, but ultimately, low wages driven by racism hurt workers of all races. Three times as many white workers as black workers stand to get a raise if the federal minimum wage hike passes. Undoing systemic racism opens up opportunities for all people.
With a Republican Senate and president, the Raise the Wage Act might not become national law in the immediate future. But a vote by the House to end the subminimum tipped wage would send an unmistakable signal to the several states considering similar legislation: The days of these racist tiered wage systems are coming to an end.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/17/william-barber-tipping-racist-past-227361
Study suggests neuronal origin of 'they all look alike'
Posted: July 5, 2019 in Uncategorized
Tags: Bob Yirka, brain, neuroscience, racism
by Bob Yirka
A team of researchers from the University of California and Stanford University has found that the tendency to see people from different racial groups as interchangeable has a neuronal basis. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes studies they conducted with volunteers and what they found.
One often-heard phrase connected with racial profiling is "they all look the same to me," a phrase usually perceived as racist. It implies that people of one race have difficulty discerning the facial characteristics of people of another race. In this new effort, the researchers conducted experiments to find out if this is valid—at least among one small group of young, white men.
In the first experiment, young, white male volunteers looked at photographs of human faces, some depicting black people, others white, while undergoing an fMRI scan. Afterward, the researchers found that the part of the brain involved in facial recognition activated more for white faces than it did for black faces.
In the second experiment, the same volunteers looked at photographs of faces that had been doctored to make the subjects appear more alike, regardless of skin color. The researchers report that the brains of the volunteers activated when dissimilarities were spotted, regardless of skin color, though it was more pronounced when the photo was of a white face.
In a third series of experiments, the volunteers rated how different they found faces in a series of photographs or whether they had seen a given face before. The researchers report that the volunteers had a tendency to rate the black faces as more similar to one another than the white faces. And they found it easier to tell if they had seen a particular white face before.
The researchers suggest that the results of their experiments indicate a neural basis that makes it more difficult for people to see differences between individuals of other races. They note that they did account for social contexts such as whether the volunteers had friends and/or associates of other races. They suggest that more work is required to determine if such neuronal biases can be changed based on social behavior.
Brent L. Hughes et al. Neural adaptation to faces reveals racial outgroup homogeneity effects in early perception, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1822084116
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-07-neuronal-alike.html
There's a predictable pattern to a fatal police shooting in America. But not in the case of Justine Ruszczyk.
Tags: David Love, Doug Criss, Freddie Gray, murder, police, racism, violence
By Doug Criss
There's a predictable pattern to the aftermath of too many deadly police shootings: Neighbors and anti-police brutality groups take to the streets. Groups supporting the officers stand up for them. Social media lights up over whether the victim "did something" to provoke the officer.
But none of that holds true in the case of Justine Ruszczyk, a white Australian bride-to-be who was killed by Mohamed Noor, a Somali-American black police officer in Minneapolis.
And that, say experts, speaks volumes about the state of America today.
What didn't happen the days after the shooting
Ruszczyk was shot to death on Saturday after she called 911 to report a possible sex assault in an alley near her home.
A vigil was held for Ruszczyk, but there weren't widespread protest marches, like the ones Black Lives Matter held last year after Philando Castile's shooting death at the hands of an officer in nearby Falcon Heights.
When one pro-police Blue Lives Matter website had a story about the shooting, it only offered a theory on why the officers' body cams were off.
Why the reaction is different this time
David Love, a Philadelphia journalist who's written about race issues for CNN and others, has a theory why.
Because the race and nationality of the victim and police officer aren't what has typically garnered headlines, people who normally speak up aren't saying much.
There is no centralized structure for the Black Lives Matter movement, which results in non-uniform response.
New York Daily News writer Shaun King wrote a column in which he said "Police brutality jumped a racial fence." Otherwise, Love says he hasn't seen too many people from the movement express any anger or outrage about the shooting. That's surprising, because in some past cases, Black Lives Matter has spoken up when the victim was white.
As for those who "back the blue," Love says he hasn't seen a lot of pro-police groups rally to Noor's side, either.
"It seems very often that their response is in the lens of 'black vs. blue,' which is unfortunate because life is a little more complicated than that," he told CNN.
What we're likely to see
Love theorizes a different group of people may take the lead in rallying for the victim in this case: "people who may not have emphathized with the victims (in police shootings in the past) because the victims have been mostly black."
Love compares it to media coverage of murders during the civil rights era. Killings of black people in the South during that period often received scant national attention. But if the violence took the life of a white person — such as the "Mississippi Burning" case — more people across America paid attention.
What else accounts for the different response
Pro-police groups are often quick to speak out when an officer is accused in a fatal shooting. But Noor isn't white and that has made a difference, says Marcia Chatelain, a fellow at the New America Foundation and co-host of a podcast on the death of Freddie Gray.
"Because it's an officer of color who, so far, is the only one accused of something here, it has shaped the response from pro-police groups like Blue Lives Matter, which usually has a very defensive response to officer-involved shootings," she told CNN.
Chatelain feels the media response has been different, too.
"I'm pretty sure reporters haven't been digging into (Ruszczyk's) background, trying to find narratives to justify the shooting," she said.
Too often in cases involving unarmed black men, Chatelain says, information on the victim's criminal history or prior arrests makes its way into stories — even when they are irrelevant to the case.
What it says about America
So what does this say about America in 2017, where the race, gender or national identity of a victim or police officer can affect the public's reaction to a shooting?
"It says despite the rhetoric about the US being a melting pot or whatever, people have different experiences based on their racial background," Love said. "Those experiences give us, sometimes, a different set of lenses and a different view of reality. And we have to find some way of bridging that divide … to help people understand the experiences of other people."
The different reaction to the shooting also proves that America is still learning how to deal with its tortured racial past, said Phillip Atiba Goff, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and president of the Center for Policing Equity.
"We haven't reckoned with our history," Goff told CNN, "so it shouldn't surprise us to see a different reaction."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/19/us/minneapolis-shooting-upended-outrage-trnd/index.html
Jay Z: For Father's Day, I'm Taking On the Exploitative Bail Industry
Posted: June 18, 2017 in Uncategorized
Tags: bail, Father's Day, Jay Z, Kalied Browder, poverty, racism, Sandra Bland, Shawn Carter
by Shawn Carter, a.k.a. Jay Z
Seventeen years ago I made a song, "Guilty Until Proven Innocent." I flipped the Latin phrase that is considered the bedrock principle of our criminal justice system, ei incumbit probatio qui dicit (the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on one who denies). If you're from neighborhoods like the Brooklyn one I grew up in, if you're unable to afford a private attorney, then you can be disappeared into our jail system simply because you can't afford bail. Millions of people are separated from their families for months at a time — not because they are convicted of committing a crime, but because they are accused of committing a crime.
Scholars like Ruthie Gilmore, filmmakers like Ava Duvernay, and formerly incarcerated people like Glenn Martin have all done work to expose the many injustices of the industry of our prison system. Gilmore's pioneering book, The Golden Gulag, Duvernay's documentary 13th and Martin's campaign to close Rikers focus on the socioeconomic, constitutional and racially driven practices and polices that make the U.S. the most incarcerated nation in the world.
But when I helped produce this year's docuseries, Time: The Kalief Browder Story, I became obsessed with the injustice of the profitable bail bond industry. Kalief's family was too poor to post bond when he was accused of stealing a backpack. He was sentenced to a kind of purgatory before he ever went to trial. The three years he spent in solitary confinement on Rikers ultimately created irreversible damage that lead to his death at 22.
Sandra Bland was also forced to post bail after her minor traffic infraction in Prairie View, Texas, led to a false charge of assaulting a public servant (the officer who arrested her was later charged with perjury regarding the arrest). She was placed in a local jail in a pre-incarcerated state. Again, she was never convicted of a crime. On any given day over 400,000 people, convicted of no crime, are held in jail because they cannot afford to buy their freedom.
When black and brown people are over-policed and arrested and accused of crimes at higher rates than others, and then forced to pay for their freedom before they ever see trial, big bail companies prosper. This pre-incarceration conundrum is devastating to families. One in 9 black children has an incarcerated parent. Families are forced to take on more debt, often in predatory lending schemes created by bail bond insurers. Or their loved ones linger in jails, sometimes for months—a consequence of nationwide backlogs.
Every year $9 billion dollars are wasted incarcerating people who've not been convicted of a crime, and insurance companies, who have taken over our bail system, go to the bank. Last month for Mother's Day, organizations like Southerners on New Ground and Color of Change did a major fundraising drive to bail out 100 mothers for Mother's Day. Color of Change's exposè on the for-profit bail industry provides deeper strategy behind this smart and inspiring action. This Father's Day, I'm supporting those same organizations to bail out fathers who can't afford the due process our democracy promises. As a father with a growing family, it's the least I can do, but philanthropy is not a long fix, we have to get rid of these inhumane practices altogether. We can't fix our broken criminal justice system until we take on the exploitative bail industry.
http://time.com/4821547/jay-z-racism-bail-bonds/
U.S. Patent Office has canceled trademarks belonging to the Redskins football team, saying they are offensive to Native Americans
Posted: June 18, 2014 in Dan Snyder, Dr. Lutter, Native American, NFL, patent, Pete Cuomo, racism, redskin, Redskins Nation, Washington D.C., Washington Redskins
Tags: Appeal Board, Dan Snyder, Native American, Native Americans, racism, redksin, Redskins, The Patent Office, Washington DC, Washington Redskins
In a decision released Wednesday, the office's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that "these registrations must be canceled because they were disparaging to Native Americans."
The Patent Office said it will continue to treat the patents as though they are valid while the team appeals the decision. The team has two months to do that, and the whole process could take years.
In the meantime, the Redskins can continue using the logos.
But the decision, if upheld, would make it harder for the team to claim ownership of its brand. If it wants to go to court against a counterfeiter making T-shirts with the team's logo, for instance, it will be harder to show that the organization owns the brand. The team will have to illustrate that they have always used the logos, rather than relying official trademark registrations.
The decision came in response to a suit brought by five Native Americans.
"We are extraordinarily gratified to have prevailed in this case," said Alfred W. Putnam, Jr., Chairman of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, which represented the five men and women.
The board also canceled the registrations in 1999, but a federal judge overturned that decision in 2003, saying there was no proof that the name was disparaging at the time of registration. Some of the patents date back to the 1960s.
Thanks to Pete Cuomo and Dr. Lutter for bringing this to the attention of the It's Interesting community.
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/18/news/companies/patent-office-redskins/index.html

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News — Feed. Teach. Hope.
God has been so faithful. When we first visited Christlike Academy, we counted nearly 80 children. Now, at the start of 2018, we have 374 children coming to Christlike Academy!
The most wonderful part of this news is, although the numbers are increasing, the cost to support those children is not increasing as exponentially as it should. This is because there are a large number of parents in the Misiri Slums who are working to provide some financial support for their children to be able to attend Christlike.
Partners, not only are you partnering with Feed.Teach.Hope., you are partnering with parents, as they begin to see the difference Christlike is making and as they come alongside you and Feed.Teach.Hope. to help their children gain an education, nutrition, and an opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ!
Your support continues to provide the love of Christ to real people, with real difficulties. Medrine Njeri Ndichu, a 9 year old girl attending Christlike Academy, lives with a hole in her heart. She is extremely weak and cannot afford to undergo reparative surgery. She came to Christlike on January 3, 2018 after the death of her mom, Muthoni. Her father is paralyzed in one leg and cannot work and her grandma is also poor and unconcerned with her granddaughter.
Little girls like Medrine are hearing the gospel for the first time, receiving nutrition and affection they otherwise wouldn't, and are obtaining an education - all because you are faithfully stewarding what God is giving you.
Partners, Thank you so much.
We thank God for you and for your faithfulness to Him.
This can be such a strange time of year. Surrounding us are types of activities, opportunities, and moments where we could have such wonderful family and life experiences. In fact, many of our favorite movies about the Christmas season have to do with family experiences - both good and bad and extremely comical. Yet is seems like even with all the opportunity around us, we're often scurrying around focused on something else.
While remembering a savior that left His place of glory in order to condescend to earth, live a human life, be crucified and raised, should be something we remember every moment of every day of every season; it is during this season that we remember in a special way.
It's during this season that everything else should be put on hold.
Because nothing else should matter much. Least of all the presents, the photos, the cards, the decorations, and all the busyness that comes this season.
It's about a Savior. It's about who we are, how we are loved and pursued by a relentless God despite our mistakes.
This season is about failure, rescue, redemption, and restoration.
It's about the greatest gift ever given.
Turn off the noise. Be still.
Bring your family and friends near and spend time recounting the wonderful things that God has done. Not only those very tangible realities, but what it means for you to be rescued by Christ.
Because that's what this season is really about - it's about a Savior.
I wrote a personal letter to our partners, and felt led to share it with the public and those interested in joining us. I hope it helps you see what your partnership can do.
In 2014 I was invited on a trip to Kenya. I didn't know it would change my life and begin something larger than I ever could have imagined.
During that trip, while working on a school in the slums of Africa, I met a little girl named Beth. She hung around as we worked and kept us entertained with hugs, smiles, and quiet company. As we prepared to leave for the evening, she waved goodbye and walked out of the gates of the school, alone.
As a Dad, all I could see was my little girl walking down the streets of a slum area, with no one to protect her, no one to guide her, and no one being sure she made it home safely. I asked what would happen to her. "She always walks home like that.", was the answer.
That answer wasn't good enough for me. I knew something needed to be done.
At that time, Christlike Academy was a small two story building surrounded by a dirt yard, and they offered a standard Kenyan education and two meals of porridge and rice to 70 children. Children just like Beth, whose parents had either abandoned them, left them on their own, or left them with relatives.
Today, three years later, Christlike Academy sees 180 children a day. The children are provided two meals with rice and vegetables. We have added four classrooms and two playgrounds. The school is fully accredited and is a certified testing center with students who consistently score in the top percentage with their peers in Kenya. It has a fully functioning scouts and physical education program. Not only are the children being educated, but hearts are being turned towards God as children are supported, cared for, and ministered to.
Additionally, for three years we have funded the work that Linus is doing in his home church in Misiri and through training church planters across East Africa. In 2017, Linus was able to travel to the United States and receive a Masters Degree, and is now working with an international church planting network, Acts 29, for admittance, training, and networking with other pastors.
This wouldn't have been possible without God's mercy, and without a lovely little girl named Beth capturing my heart.
And it wouldn't have been possible without each of you, our partners. THANK YOU.
You have brought us so far - and we still have so far to go!
We are asking for you, our partners, to share everything you can about Feed.Teach.Hope.
We will be posting news throughout the month of December that you can share.
As you share, please do so not only on social media, but pick out a few close friends to sit down with and show our video to, to tell our story to.
We believe YOU are our best advocates.
We could spend to create large advertising campaigns, but we know that God creates and builds beautiful relationships between our partners and those they know.
We want to be good stewards of the gospel message God has given us, and we want to help you be good stewards of it also.
Identify 25 friends to share Feed.Teach.Hope. with. Share on social media, in person, through email, and in any other way you want.
Point them to our website: www.feedteachhope.org/25for25-18in18, where they can sign up to partner with us.
Ask them to share with 25 people they know.
We are so thankful to be alongside you in what God is doing in East Africa.Thank You so much for your help and for your support!
November 2017 | What Story Is It?
Whether we have noticed it or not, our lives are dominated by narratives. We are who we are and we behave as we do because of the narratives of our upbringing. Some of us may believe and buy into those narratives, and they may be positive for us, others of us may see those narratives as lies, we may run from them, and we may live our lives contrary to the stories they tell.
Not only do our past narratives shape us, so do our current ones. If we pause to look and listen to the stories we are being told, we can almost see them unfolding before us - page by page. Fictional stories like the prosperity narrative, that obtaining financial stability and material goods will make us whole. There are others, like the image narrative, that we are who we portray ourselves to be, and our likes and followers establish our identity. Finally, one we all so quickly begin to believe, the narrative that the world is broken, and we are so small we can't do a thing to change it.
Friends, the world is broken.
But praise God that he uses us as His tools to change it.
Be cautious of the fictional narratives that you believe, and be even more aware of the narrative you are telling.
If someone were to read your life, your actions, your words, as a story - what would they see?
The true story, that sin broke the world and now all men have fallen short, that God stepped into that darkness with a light to draw all men to Him, the light and life of Jesus Christ - are you telling that story?
In Kenya, Pastor Linus, his wonderful wife Liz, and the other Pastors he trains, are telling that story over and over. They are telling it to the children at Christlike Academy, to the people in the Misiri Slums, and to tribes and people groups that have never heard it before.
It's not just a story.
It's the story - the story that offers the greatest hope.
Thank you for helping us tell this story to East Africa, our prayer is that you continue to tell this same story in your life.
Since 2009 I have been working with and attending churches who are part of a church planting network called Acts 29. What started as a small movement of church planters seeking to support and train other church planters in a couple of states, has now grown into an international church planting movement and an organization who seeks to take the story of the gospel to the ends of the earth and to foster a family network of men and women who are called to do that same thing.
Last year, Feed.Teach.Hope. and Hamoreh (a partner organization in East Africa) began sharing with Acts 29 about the work that Linus was doing in East Africa with Christlike Academy and with training church planters.
Over the past year we have worked with Acts 29 and with Linus to have him go through the rigorous assessment process that pastors with Acts 29 walk through.
Because of your help, Feed.Teach.Hope. was able to fly Linus and Liz to South Africa last month to have a personal meeting with representatives of Acts 29.
Because of God's grace and providence, I am proud to report that Linus has achieved Candidate status with Acts 29. This means he will work through several activities over the next year with Acts 29 to become a Member.
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Wesley is the middle of my three sons. He is 5 years old and started his first year of school this month. He is spirited, loud, sweet and loving. He has taught me so much about hope and being stronger than I thought I ever could be. He makes us laugh everyday and is a great blessing upon this family!
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Attach the bottom of your crate. Ask someone to hold the pieces up and the board side out as you nail the bottom. Attach this to the back and the front ends.
Flip your crate. Beginning at the bottom end, nail the pieces together.
Attach your iron wheels at each side of the crate. The wheel should be mounted in the middle of every end. Your crate should have four wheels: two on each side and two for preventing the crate from digging into the earth.


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Q: Minimum OS partition size I have a refurbished Dell Power edge R710 with PERS 6 running a new install of Server 2008 R2 with all current updates installed.  The server manager shows a reserved 100mb partition and a 2047 GB partition as C: with 1676 GB unallocated. I have seen posts where 15 to 25 GB is left in C Drive for the OS, but the server manager on this system shows 47GB as smallest value after shrink. I also realize there will be growth as updates are installed.
What is a reasonable size for C: drive for the OS?  I plan to take the remaining space and combine it with the unallocated area for a D: drive for files.  This is to be a file server only.

A: There is no right answer here. You should estimate how much space you will need for growth and plan accordingly. For example, you're deploying 2008 R2, which is already 7 years old. So you should factor in enough space for an in-place upgrade to a more modern OS. Also, you'll want to factor in the page file size and whether or not you want full crash dumps.
Personally, I wouldn't deploy anything smaller than a 120GB OS volume. Storage is cheap, your time to shuffle data around when you unexpectedly run full-disk is not.


As I type this out, there are genuinely no words I can convey to express how ecstatic I am with the purchase of my LS6090. Whilst you may not know this, for the last three years we have been using Chinese lasers purchased from eBay and I have always said to my business partner that owning a HPC Laser would be the day I realised we made it as a company. Today that realisation has kicked in and it's somewhat fair to say it's an emotional one.
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Fortunately I have some very decent (and strong) friends that grabbed their tools and completely removed the bannisters and posts from the stairs which made for an interesting sight. During this time Simon did all he could to make life easier for everyone by stripping down as much of the laser as he possibly could, such as removing door panels etc.
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Windows & Network Administrator Portal: SUBNETTING COOL WAY!!!!
192.168.1.0 -->This is the network address.
/24 or 255.255.255.0 -->This is the Subnet mask of the above network address.
Let me elaborate more on this.
In same way /16 means 16 bits in networks & 16 bits remaining in hosts.
/8 means 8 bits in networks & 24 bits in hosts.
Subnetting is the process of breaking down an IP network into smaller sub-networks called "subnets."
Subnetting totally depends on requirement from a company.
We have a 192.168.2.0 /24 as given IP network range.
So we have | | | | | | | | bits….now lets see how many numbers or hosts can we get from this 8 bits….
I Hope you all understood till here, if yes then let's move ahead.
Lets play now in 4th octet subnetting which I call.
So lets subnet, we have a requirement which states that we need 26 users or hosts per floor of our building.
In subnet mask, 24 bits are in networks and 8 bits in host, this means or I can say that subnetting is always done using host bits…Remember that!!!!
So we have, | | | | | | | | --> 8 bits of last octet..
Lets subnet, YOU HAVE TO USE THOSE NUMBER OF BITS FROM HOST PORTIONS WHICH WILL MAKE WHEN MULTPLYING AS 2 x 2 x 2 x 2..etc …. WHICH WILL GIVE US 26 OR MORE HOSTS OR NUMBER…….
So out of | | | | | | | | ---> 8 bits of last octet.
/24 was given mask, we subnetted and increased its mask by /27 by subnetting..
Now the real parts defining block size and ips.
Block size the number you get after multiplying the bits for your requirement, in this case 32 we got.
So the block size will be 32 each till we reach 254 i.e max an ip address can be.
Breaking and understanding each subnet now.
Always remember a catch now, the answer when we get multiplying with 2 is always the second subnet of our network space as we got 32 hosts here..
32 here was the second subnet , pls refer above 32 I mean in 4th octet….
Remember each subnet has its own network ip address and broadcast ip address, remaining ips between these are usable ip address of that subnet block!!
Hope you know how to remove network ip address, broadcast ip address and Usable ip addresses of each block…..
Thanks for reading. Let me if any mistakes or typos!!!!
You can post queries at Comments..


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I keep seeing posts that claim UBCD supports the grub2 loopback iso feature, i.e. the iso is simply on the hard disk's file system, and it boots out of the iso directly. I am having a heck of a time figuring out how to do this. Is it actually true that UBCD supports this feature?
I have a pile of live cd iso images that I am booting, and would like to throw UBCD into the list.
It is never stated that UBCD supports the grub2 loopback iso feature.
UBCD supports grub4dos and MEMDISK iso booting (uses INT13h for accessing the iso). The grub2 loopback device works different. It can only read some files inside the iso and boot them. This is only useful for linux ISO's, where you can read the kernel and initrd from the iso image and boot it.
linux16 /grub.exe --config-file="map (rd) (hd32); map --hook; root (hd32); chainloader (hd32);"
Icecube wrote: It is never stated that UBCD supports the grub2 loopback iso feature.
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And then the process halts.
BTW in the above code, it shows '/memdisk' and '/ubcd502.iso' . what is the location of the files? How does grub find 'memdisk'?


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Alison Fullagar specialises in stormwater assessment and management, water quality, hydrological and hydraulic assessment and modelling and environmental engineering. Since joining Gilbert & Sutherland in 2006 Alison has become renown for her exacting work as an integral part of the G&S team.
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Fujifilm camera reviews
Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR
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The Fujifilm HS50EXR irons out most of the issues its predecessor had while squeezing in a considerable new lens and plenty of other decent tech. It's a quality superzoom camera, but up against the likes of the (now cheaper) Canon SX50 HS the Fujifilm is just a whisker behind in our book.
Performance improvements compared to predecessor
No longer "freezes" when acquiring longer focal lengths
Manual zoom/focus rings
Decent image quality
Raw capture option
Close-up macro mode
Focus-type switch on body
Vari-angle screen
EXR mode can be useful
Not best image quality in class
Overexposure can still be an issue
Feels a little plasticky compared to some other competitors
Price rise makes it among the priciest superzooms
Big zoom cameras are on a headstrong charge to cram as versatile a zoom range as possible into the latest models, as the Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR's 24-1000mm equivalent zoom is more than testament to.
This 42x optical zoom may be the first time we've seen such a lens from Fujifilm, but it's not the first time we've seen such an extensive range in a bridge camera - the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS's 24-1200mm equivalent has already smashed that figure.
READ: Canon PowerShot SX50 HS review
The HS50EXR is Fuji's latest bash at showing the world it's not on the back foot when it comes to superzoom cameras. This latest model lumps in optical image stabilisation that was lacking in its predecessors and also adds in a brand new 16-megapixel EXR-CMOS II sensor with a hybrid autofocus system to boot.
Extra tech comes at extra cost, however, and the £469 initial price makes the HS50EXR closer - if not more expensive - than its equivalent competitors. Is it worth the extra cash and can its new sensor bring a new image quality high to the superzoom market?
Design-wise there aren't huge cosmetic changes compared to the HS30EXR model despite the new and longer lens - but we think that's a good thing. We like that the lens is controlled manually just as before, much like a DSLR lens. A twist of the lens barrel extends to the zoom rather than using the more compact-camera-like zoom rocker of some competitor models. There's also a manual focus ring tucked behind the extendable lens barrel.
But there are clear differences compared to before, some of which may sound small but collectively add up to a far more advanced camera overall.
The HS50EXR's LCD screen is mounted on a vari-angle bracket which allows it to be rotated through any number of angles beyond its predecessors vertical-only tilt-angle bracket. There's also a resolution increase: now with 920k-dots compared to the 460k-dots of before. That 50 per cent jump in resolution does carry through into real world viewing too, and the vari-angle bracket is of genuine use too.
But with the new screen's bracket to the side of the body means there's no room for the usual array of buttons to the rear left, and therefore the HS50EXR does embody a new layout. To its side there's a focus type selector - with single, continuous and manual options - complete with centre function button which can be used to adjust focus point position or magnify the zoom when manual autofocus is selected.
A new "Q" button acts as a quick selection menu that brings up all manner of options in a grid formation on the LCD screen too. It's easy to hop about and adjust the likes of ISO, white balance, exposure type, and even more detailed settings such as image quality right down to individual noise reduction, tone, colour and sharpness levels.
So it's not just that stonkin' great lens, optical image stabilisation system and new sensor that's new: there are plenty of little extras tucked away into the HS50EXR that make it all the more shiny and attractive than its predecessors.
Performance tweaks
One thing that's always riled us about the Fujifilm HS-series is the way that at longer focal lengths the preview feedback "freezes" while the camera thinks its way through autofocus. It means at those longer focal lengths a half depression of the shutter can result in visual silence and the subject may have wandered off before there's the chance to shoot it. Finally the HS50EXR means that's no longer the case - it sees performance tweaks from the EXR-CMOS II sensor's implementation which means it's far easier to continue tracking a subject at those longer focal distances.
The camera's autofocus system is still fairly typical of a current superzoom camera despite the inclusion of sensor-level pixels for phase-detection autofocus on the new sensor. Think fast at the widest-angle setting and you're on the money, but such speed isn't maintained: it dips incrementally as the zoom extends. At the 1000mm setting, for example, you may find many conditions mean that the camera drifts into focus with a more casual lean on proceedings - it's not the near-instantaneous results at the 24mm equivalent - but it still delivers results in a decent time frame.
Although the HS50EXR may look a lot like a DSLR, don't mistake it for one. This is quite apparent with the autofocus system's layout and versatility: we're happy with the camera's response for this class, but it doesn't offer up multiple positioned focus points on the screen as per a DSLR for example.
That's not to say that there aren't a variety of focus option of course, and the HS50EXR does include a multi-area option, albeit one where the camera will automatically decide where to focus rather than the ability to group by area. Much the same can be said about the continuous autofocus mode which lacks the kind of pep to keep up with fast-moving subjects - it's reasonable, but unquestionably falters.
However we found the the combination of both centre point or the user-positionable area focus types to be more than sufficient to deal with the majority of shooting situations. It's the aforementioned side-positioned function button that makes it even quicker to make adjustments within this latest model and, considering that it is a superzoom camera and nothing more, it really does deliver.
Close-up focus is also a gem, as at its widest angle setting the macro mode means it's possible to get right up to the point a subject is almost touched by the lens while maintaining focus. This isn't sustainable as the zoom extends, but the HS50EXR is still capable of impressively close focus distances as the zoom extends. It's a definite high point that's made shooting blossoming trees a treat.
The camera's built-in electronic viewfinder (EVF) is another decent slice of tech, even if it bares no improvements compared to the HS30EXR predecessor. The 920k-dot panel is just as resolute as the camera's rear LCD screen, which is about as good as things get at this price point - only, now a little later in its life span, the higher-end Fujifilm X-S1 does offer a better EVF option alongside a larger sensor size at a similar-to-cheaper price point. That, at least to some degree, does throw the HS50EXR's high price point into some confusion, even if the X-S1 can't match up to the extensive zoom equivalent.
READ: Fujifilm X-S1 review
It's the HS50EXR's mega lens that's among one of the biggest reasons to consider the camera above other superzooms. But it's all just a bit plasticky. Using the manual focus ring doesn't deliver as silky smooth a user experience as we'd like, but we love the presence of the ring-driven focus. If the camera wasn't on the approach to the £500 price point this would be less of a criticism.
Still, for the money, there's plenty of extra tech packed in here. The inclusion of optical image stabilisation is something we've been banging on about for an age and the HS50EXR finally invests in such tech. Previously it was sensor-based which meant no advantage to what was seen in preview - a real bum note when zooming in to those high triple figures. In the HS50EXR it's an essential that works well, though at a 1000mm equivalent you'll need a steady hand and firm hold to make the best of it.
Elsewhere there are only a couple of foibles that grind our gears: the EVF on/off sensitivity is hyper which can cause excessive screen cut ins and outs when a stray finger gets in the way during button presses; and the camera goes into an irretrievable hibernation mode when left on for too long - it'll need a full off and on motion to fire it back up rather than a quick press of the shutter.
Superzoom image quality is one of those unavoidable areas of compromises. And that's the case whichever camera happens to be on the table. The sheer fact that a small-bodied camera such as the HS50EXR can deliver a 24-1000mm equivalent zoom range is a minor miracle in itself, but it means a variety of limiting optical factors that, by and large, affect the widest-angle and longest-zoom output to some degree.
Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR - 1000mm equivalent sample image
Keeping the physical size down also often means a balance between sensor size and available aperture values. In the case of the HS50EXR that means a 1/2-inch sensor - a teeny bit larger than that found in most average compact cameras - coupled with an f/2.8-5.6 maximum aperture range is on show. That's pretty good going: it means f/2.8 can be used at the widest-angle 24mm setting, decreasing to f/5.6 at the longest 1000mm equivalent, which means two stops less light are available between the widest and longest settings.
Fujifilm does have some "secret" tech up its sleeve though: the latest EXR-CMOS II sensor and EXR processor II make for the the sequel but, you know, one of those sequels that's genuinely better than before.
Fuji's not pushed the resolution, but instead focused on the EXR Auto modes which can utilise the sensor in different ways depending on the shooting conditions. This breaks down into three outcomes: 16-megapixel high resolution which uses individual sensor pixels; wide dynamic range which snaps two pictures to output as a single 8MP image with better shadow and highlight detail in the one image; and high sensitivity low noise mode which uses neighbouring pixels to deliver more data to offset against image noise for a cleaner 8MP output image.
Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR - 24mm equivalent sample image
For the most part these options work well, although when the camera requests a steady hold is maintained as it snaps away multiple images it's not uncommon for the resulting image to lack any critical sharpness whatsoever. But you needn't use EXR if you don't want to - and, indeed, can't if you want to capture raw files - as there are all the usual manual controls on the mode dial as well as the EXR setting too.
Image quality itself is good but, again, don't expect DSLR-rivalling results. The thing that holds the HS50EXR back from greater things is just how well its top competitor, the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS, manages to perform.
With the HX50EXR the 1/2-inch sensor can capture images from ISO 100 through to ISO 3200, with half-resolution ISO 6400-12,800 options also available.
Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR - ISO 160 sample image (100 per cent crop)
We found that the lowest sensitivity shots were full of detail and colour throughout much of the range, including plenty of detail in close-up flower shots that we took. There's some fall-off in sharpness towards the longer end of the zoom, but that's the be expected from such a camera.
However, the JPEG files do produce occasionally "mottled" results from around ISO 400 and above where fine details lack. Beyond this results fairly quickly dive into noisy results from ISO 1600 and above. However, even some colourful ISO 800 shots did come out looking decent at full resolution in our tests.
Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR - ISO 800 sample image
The HS50EXR is definitely a step forward in image quality terms compared to its predecessors, but less of a leap compared to some of the outsider competition, in our view. Have realistic expectations and that's impressive overall: up to to the level of the Panasonic Lumix FZ200, albeit minus the maximum f/2.8 aperture throughout.
READ: Panasonic Lumix FZ200 review
Of all issues the biggest qualm that we have is slight overexposure, which isn't uncommon in a variety of shooting situations irrelevant of metering type.
Movie mode also sees a push forward - at 50fps or 60fps it's now able to resolve double the frames per second compared to the HS30EXR. An obvious improvement.
The Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR represents a definite step forward for the series, at times pushing towards a giant leap. The positives are clear: there's a more responsive autofocus system than before that's now always engaged even at the longest of focal lengths, alongside improved image quality and the eminently usable design.
The only thing that's really holding this latest superzoom back is what else is out there in the market: the likes of the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS stills wins on the image quality front, while the Panasonic Lumix FZ200, despite its shorter zoom capacity, has a constant f/2.8 aperture throughout its range. The Fujifilm FinePix HS50EXR does muster f/2.8 at the widest-angle setting and offers up a 1000mm equivalent, but at its £469 price point it's not got that single trump card nor the undercutting value to be deemed as the best of the bunch. Even the higher-spec Fujifilm X-S1 is more affordable at that price and that's not the plasticky fare of the HS50EXR.
We like the FinePix HS50EXR a lot: it's an accomplished superzoom that's put Fujifilm right back up there and in the mix and shown just what this brand can do. It can hold its head up side by side with the levels of its nearest competitors, it just ought to be a touch more cost effective by comparison.
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Some companies desire to pursue fixed-price contracts with a goal to minimize and control the expenditure. Now pursue some of the hidden negative side-effects that many clients have observed with a fixed-price contract.
The primary goal of the consultant organization is to perform as little work as necessary to successfully call the job complete.
The primary goal of the client is to contribute as little effort as possible to the project because the consultants, not the client, have the responsibility to deliver.
Sure, everyone will give lip service that these two dynamics will not apply to her. Everyone can be a clever salesperson and say the right things before the project begins. People can genuinely convince themselves that this approach is the best idea. The bottom line is that the previously mentioned dynamics are human nature and affect the business tendencies of both clients and consultants alike.
With fixed-price contracts, there is generally a sharp reduction in user involvement. The client does not have the ultimate responsibility for delivery in this case. The consultants do. Even when the client attempts to have its users involved in the data gathering and other related processes, problems arise. In any business, operational emergencies arise that require employees to address these issues. Time spent addressing these emergency issues takes time away from the implementation project. Because of the fixed-price contract, there is less incentive for the client's users to hurry back to the implementation project. If the consultants are working on a time and materials basis, the client will have a greater incentive to hurry back to the project because time away from the project costs money.
With fixed-price contracts, there is a tendency to staff with lesser-qualified consultants. The best consultants are usually staffed on a Time and Materials contract.
Philosophically, consider an example where you are a consulting firm with two projects, each requiring five consultants. One project is fixed-price, and one is time & materials (T&M). Now assume that you have six heavily experienced consultants and four junior consultants at your disposal. You will likely assign five of your best consultants to the T&M project, leaving the fixed-price project with one of your best consultants. Thus, the fixed-price project will contain four junior consultants.
If you were a T&M client who was selecting individual consultants through the interview process (see interview recommendations earlier in this chapter), you would select five of the six available experienced consultants. The T&M client will not accept the junior consultants because you share in the risk of the project implementation. The Fixed-Price client will desire five of the top consultants but will probably only receive one of them. This is because if you are paying a fixed price, you have agreed that the consulting organization is taking the risk. You have trusted that it will supply sufficient resources to complete the job. If it can't complete the job on time, it incurs the additional expense.
In this example, the reason the consulting organization will take the risk of overloading your fixed-price project with junior consultants is simple. The junior consultants are lower cost, plus they are harder to sell to other clients who will pay time and materials. If these lesser-experienced consultants are out of work and on the consulting firm's bench, these consultants will make the company zero dollars in revenue. Even if the junior consultants prolong the fixed-price project duration, they have still generated some revenue. Some revenue is better than the zero revenue of sitting on the bench. The fixed-price project has become a research and development project for the consulting organization. When the consultants have made enough mistakes at your long-term expense and gained a little experience, they are ready to work on a time and materials basis, and the process starts over. The consulting firm can now hire and train some new kids and provide them to the next fixed-price project.
The medium-term maintenance costs are hidden when you go live with your new system. These can prove to be enormous. For example, consider a new Oracle Payroll system that has been "correctly" producing paychecks. The client might have signed off on this implementation and not realized that there are employees who are currently being taxed in wrong tax jurisdictions or not even being taxed at all. Sure, detailed payroll testing should have identified these types of issues. However, if the consulting firm provided less-experienced consultants, the consultants might not have even recognized the problems.
The client cost is now more expensive than if they had implemented it correctly the first time. Not only do you now have to pay for the correction to ensure proper future calculations, you now need to perform tax balance adjustments to correct past incorrect calculations.
There is a long-term opportunity cost that is lost due to non-optimal, long-term project decisions. First, without knowledge of more efficient and more powerful solutions, the client will not recognize the better solutions that could have been chosen. If a better solution is truly more efficient, it involves a truly lower cost each time the solution is processed. Secondly, some project setup and configuration decisions are binding. If you observe a future fabulous idea that can save the company money but you find out that the system has been set up and configured without appropriate flexibility, you will now lose the opportunity of your new cost savings idea. Alternatively, you could re-implement the system at a huge cost to design in the system flexibility that will allow your "cost saving" idea to be implemented.
A few people might read this section and conclude that you can outsmart the system by purchasing a fixed-price implementation but demanding only the best consultants. Nothing is impossible. But buyer beware, you have probably outsmarted yourself. Of course, if a higher level of management does not give you a vote in this decision, do not lose your job! Just remember that the human nature of the consulting organization's staffing decisions is not a fictitious item. Besides, if it takes 6 or 12 months after the new system goes live to finally conclude that the implementation was a disaster, you will have plenty of time to find a new job!


According to the Central Brain Tumor Registry of the United States.
An estimated 14,930 deaths will be attributed to primary malignant brain and central nervous system tumors in the United States in 2013.
Total 40,000 deaths expected from breast cancer in 2014.
National Cancer Institute reports a 5 year survival of 33.4% for brain cancer versus a 89.2% survival for breast cancer between the years 2004-2010. Brain cancer is responsible for 2.4% while breast cancer is responsible for 6.8% of all cancer deaths.
second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in children (males and females) under age 20 (leukemia is the first).
second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in males ages 20-39 (leukemia is the first).
fifth leading cause of cancer-related deaths in females ages 20-39.
See the American Brain Tumor Association website for more information on brain tumors and brain cancer.
Give the brain a thought.
Yes, pink is important too but without a brain, breasts are useless!


Bryan is Vice President of Hailey Realty Company in the land brokerage division. He attended The Lovett School in Atlanta prior to graduating from the University of Georgia in 1979.
Bryan began his real estate career in 1981, specializing in land brokerage, with Monarch Properties which was acquired by Southmark Corporation in 1984.
In 1987, Bryan joined Ashford Developments, Inc. as Vice President of land development and was involved in all facets of subdivision development.
In 1991, Hamilton Development, Inc. was founded by Bryan as President and owner. In his development career, he was instrumental in the conception, development, marketing and management of 650 lots in 22 subdivisions across the metro Atlanta market.
Bryan joined Hailey Realty Company in November, 2013 to concentrate on land sales, representing both sellers and purchasers.
Bryan is a volunteer for the Boy Scouts of America, the American Red Cross and is a member and volunteer at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church. He and his wife Mary are the parents of 4 children and live in Atlanta.


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Q: How do I get rid of [Object: null prototype] in Node.js? Is there a way to get rid of the [Object: null prototype] in the terminal so it will only display {title: 'book'} ?
I was doing console.log(req.body); in node/express.js

A: This sounds like you're using {extended: false} within .urlencoded() when you're parsing the body. Try removing it or changing to true.
Go back a few steps and edit which may look something like this
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({extended: true}));
or just simply
app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded());
To find out more about the extended option, read the docs or someone here has answered it well -  What does 'extended' mean in express 4.0?

A: Try this it worked with me
let payLoad = [];
Reflect.ownKeys(req.body).forEach(key => {
          payLoad = JSON.parse(key);
        });

A: This additional [Object: null prototype] problem occurs in Node when we console.log some object which has null prototype...
which simply means that the object won't have it's inbuilt methods... like => .toString() or .hasOwnProperty() etc...
const obj1 = Object.create(null);
obj1['key'] = 'SomeValue' ;
console.log(obj1);
>> [Object: null prototype] { 'key' : 'SomeValue' }

const obj2 = {};
obj2['key'] = 'SomeValue' ;
console.log(obj2);
>> { 'key' : 'SomeValue' }

when we set extended in app.use(urlencoded{ ... }) option to true => the URL encoded data is parsed by qs library ,
when we set it to false , it's parsed by query-string library...
in query-string library ( https://nodejs.org/api/querystring.html#querystring_querystring_parse_str_sep_eq_options )
it clearly states that
The object returned by the querystring.parse() method does not prototypically inherit from the JavaScript Object. This means that typicalObject methods such as obj.toString(), obj.hasOwnProperty(), and others are not defined and will not work.
or in other words , they have null prototype...
that's why in case of {extended:false} when we console.log(req.body) => output contains additional [Object: null prototype] in the beginning...
For other differences , use
what the difference between qs and querystring

A: You can use the following:
console.log(JSON.stringify(req.body, null, 2));

The last argument controls the number of spaces used for indentation.

A: You can use something like this:
Reflect.ownKeys(obj).forEach(key => {
  console.log(key + ":" + obj[key]);
});

A: This should help resolve the issue JSON.stringify(Object)


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'''
This case can not execute parallelly
@author: Youyk
'''
import os
import time
import zstackwoodpecker.test_util as test_util
import zstackwoodpecker.test_lib as test_lib
import zstackwoodpecker.test_state as test_state
import zstackwoodpecker.operations.host_operations as host_ops
import zstackwoodpecker.operations.resource_operations as res_ops
import zstackwoodpecker.operations.vm_operations as vm_ops
import zstackwoodpecker.operations.volume_operations as vol_ops
import zstacklib.utils.sizeunit as sizeunit

_config_ = {
        'timeout' : 1000,
        'noparallel' : True
        }

test_stub = test_lib.lib_get_test_stub()
test_obj_dict = test_state.TestStateDict()
original_rate = None

def test():
    global res
    global original_rate
    test_util.test_dsc('Test storage over provision method')
    primary_storage_list = res_ops.query_resource(res_ops.PRIMARY_STORAGE)
    for ps in primary_storage_list:
#         if ps.type == "SharedBlock":
        if ps.type in ["SharedBlock", "AliyunNAS"]:
            test_util.test_skip('SharedBlock primary storage does not support overProvision')

    test_lib.lib_skip_if_ps_num_is_not_eq_number(1)
    zone_uuid = res_ops.query_resource(res_ops.ZONE)[0].uuid
    cond = res_ops.gen_query_conditions('state', '=', 'Enabled')
    cond = res_ops.gen_query_conditions('status', '=', 'Connected', cond)
    host = res_ops.query_resource_with_num(res_ops.HOST, cond, limit = 1)
    if not host:
        test_util.test_skip('No Enabled/Connected host was found, skip test.' )
        return True

    ps = res_ops.query_resource_with_num(res_ops.PRIMARY_STORAGE, cond, limit = 1)
    if not ps:
        test_util.test_skip('No Enabled/Connected primary storage was found, skip test.' )
        return True

    host = host[0]
    ps = ps[0]
    ps_type = ps.type
    #TODO: Fix ceph testing
    if ps_type == 'Ceph' or ps_type == 'SharedMountPoint':
        test_util.test_skip('skip test for ceph and smp.')

    over_provision_rate = 2.5
    target_volume_num = 12
    kept_disk_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024

    vm = test_stub.create_vm(vm_name = 'storage_over_prs_vm_1', \
                    host_uuid = host.uuid)
    test_obj_dict.add_vm(vm)
    vm.check()

    avail_cap = get_storage_capacity(ps_type, host.uuid, ps.uuid)
    if avail_cap < kept_disk_size:
        test_util.test_skip('available disk capacity:%d is too small, skip test.' % avail_cap)
        return True
    res = sizeunit.get_size(test_lib.lib_get_reserved_primary_storage())
    original_rate = test_lib.lib_set_provision_storage_rate(over_provision_rate)
    #data_volume_size = int(over_provision_rate * (avail_cap - kept_disk_size) / target_volume_num)
    data_volume_size = int(over_provision_rate * (avail_cap - res )/ target_volume_num)
    #will change the rate back to check if available capacity is same with original one. This was a bug, that only happened when system create 1 vm.
    test_lib.lib_set_provision_storage_rate(original_rate)
    avail_cap_tmp = get_storage_capacity(ps_type, host.uuid, ps.uuid)
    if avail_cap != avail_cap_tmp:
        test_util.test_fail('disk size is not same, between 2 times provision. Before change over rate, 1st cap: %d; 2nd cap: %d' % (avail_cap, avail_cap_tmp))

    test_lib.lib_set_provision_storage_rate(over_provision_rate)
    test_util.test_logger('Will create a serial of volume. Each of them will have %d size.' % data_volume_size)
    disk_offering_option = test_util.DiskOfferingOption()
    disk_offering_option.set_name('storage-over-ps-test')
    disk_offering_option.set_diskSize(data_volume_size)
    data_volume_offering = vol_ops.create_volume_offering(disk_offering_option)
    test_obj_dict.add_disk_offering(data_volume_offering)

    volume_creation_option = test_util.VolumeOption()
    volume_creation_option.set_disk_offering_uuid(data_volume_offering.uuid)

    times = 1
    while (times <= target_volume_num):
        try:
            volume_creation_option.set_name('volume-%d' % times)
            volume = test_stub.create_volume(volume_creation_option)
            test_obj_dict.add_volume(volume)
            test_util.test_logger('Current available storage size: %d' % get_storage_capacity(ps_type, host.uuid, ps.uuid))
            volume.attach(vm)
        except Exception as e:
            test_util.test_logger("Unexpected volume Creation Failure in storage over provision test. ")
            raise e

        times += 1

    time.sleep(2)
    avail_cap2 = (get_storage_capacity(ps_type, host.uuid, ps.uuid)-res)
    if avail_cap2 > data_volume_size:
        test_util.test_fail('Available disk size: %d is still bigger than offering disk size: %d , after creating %d volumes.' % (avail_cap2, data_volume_size, target_volume_num))

    try:
        volume_creation_option.set_name('volume-%d' % (times + 1))
        volume = test_stub.create_volume(volume_creation_option)
        test_obj_dict.add_volume(volume)
        volume.attach(vm)
    except:
        test_util.test_logger("Expected Volume Creation Failure in storage over provision test. ")
    else:
        test_util.test_fail("The %dth Volume is still attachable, which is wrong"% (target_volume_num + 1))

    test_lib.lib_set_provision_storage_rate(original_rate)
    test_lib.lib_robot_cleanup(test_obj_dict)

    test_util.test_pass('Memory Over Provision Test Pass')

def get_storage_capacity(ps_type, host_uuid, ps_uuid):
    if ps_type == 'LocalStorage':
        host_res = vol_ops.get_local_storage_capacity(host_uuid, ps_uuid)[0]
    else:
        host_res = test_lib.lib_get_storage_capacity(ps_uuids=[ps_uuid])
    return host_res.availableCapacity

#Will be called only if exception happens in test().
def error_cleanup():
    test_lib.lib_error_cleanup(test_obj_dict)
    if original_rate:
        test_lib.lib_set_provision_storage_rate(original_rate)


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The exterior of the Dr. Tom Pashby Play Safely Rink at dusk. Staff photo.
New rink at Leaside Gardens to be named for Doc Pashby
"Rink A" at Leaside Gardens will be renamed the "Dr. Tom Pashby Play Safely Rink," arena board chair Ray White has announced.
An agreement between the arena board, the East York Foundation and the Dr. Tom Pashby Sports Safety Fund was signed on December 21st. A special event will be held early in the new year.
"We are grateful to the Pashby Board of Directors and Bill, Bob and Jane Pashby for making this extraordinary gift possible," said White in an email; "it will be a lasting legacy to Doc Pashby, his community spirit and important work in sports safety."
Dr. Pashby (1915 – 2005) was a lifelong Leaside resident and an advocate for mandatory helmets and face guards for minor hockey players; and for penalties for cross-checking. For his pioneering efforts he was awarded the Order of Canada, inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, and was an inaugural inductee into the Leaside Sports Hall of Fame in 2013.
Listen up! AM640's latest on-air talent is Leasider Matt Gurney
A former columnist and editor for the National Post, Matt Gurney is part of AM640's new lineup of hosts. He is co-hosting the morning show with Supriya Dwivedi and Jeff McArthur. Tune in to hear Gurney offer his always-interesting opinions and analysis beyond the headlines.
There's a good dog owner
And while we're on the subject of breaking the rules, a concerned citizen who prefers to remain anonymous contacted us recently to complain about Leasiders walking their dogs off-leash on Bayview and many of the side streets – one man doing so while riding on a speeding bike.
The rules for dogs in the city are straightforward. They're allowed off-leash on an owner's property and in the 57 leash-free parks across the city. At all other times, dogs must be on a leash. The fine for failing to comply is $360.
The city encourages residents to contact 311 to submit a service request if you have a complaint about a dog at large or dogs off-leash outside a designated off-leash area. Woof. Woof.
Leaside Select Invitational Tournament, Feb 2-5, 2017
This is one great weekend of hockey! The entire Leaside community is invited to come out to the Leaside Memorial Gardens Arena to celebrate the opening ceremonies for the 27th Annual Leaside Select Invitational hockey tournament. The tournament kicks off with four games hosted by the Novice division teams (5:45 -7:45 p.m. on Friday).
Games continue all weekend with the Championship games taking place on Sunday afternoon. The Opening Puck Drop Ceremony dignitary will be confirmed. The tournament is organized primarily by the Novice team parents and volunteers, and features 116 teams from Ontario, more than 2,000 athletes participating, ages 6-17.
There's a terrific silent auction, as well as food by Grill Time in the William Lea Room all weekend and coffee by Kicking Horse (brewed on site). Organizing committee co-chairs are Jennifer Peel & Tavia McLachlan, Amy Joliat.
Elsewhere in Leaside sports…
For artist Gaël Patino Leaside is his muse
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February 1, 2016 Staff Curious Idler, Staff
Wanna buy Second Cup? The Second Cup on Bayview, just south of Fleming, is for "sale". The surprise announcement was made recently via a simple card propped on the counter that read: "Enjoy the experience? …more
December 1, 2016 Staff Curious Idler, Staff
Big, BIG buildings The almost $7 billion Eglinton Crosstown project, the 19 km light rail line running from Mount Dennis in the west to Kennedy station in the east, is now well underway. With an …more
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May 1, 2016 Staff Curious Idler, Staff
Storm sends St. Anselm steeple flapping Powerful winds badly damaged St. Anselm's towering church steeple – a Leaside landmark – on Easter Monday. Copper plates ominously sprang loose on the 52-year-old spire, and noisily flapped …more


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Joan Murray Cleary, 92, of Pittsfield
Joan was an educator and junior high math teacher for Pittsfield Public Schools for many years, retiring in 1986. After retirement she worked part time at Hillcrest Hospital.
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Joan Murray Cleary, 92, died Monday evening at Hillcrest Commons Nursing Care Center in Pittsfield.
Born in Pittsfield on November 27, 1930, the eldest daughter of Edward M. and Mary Griffin Cleary, she was a 1948 graduate of St. Joseph High School and later earned her BA degree in biology and chemistry from Our Lady of the Elms College of Chicopee and Masters in Education from North Adams State College in 1958. Joan was an educator and junior high math teacher for Pittsfield Public Schools for many years, retiring in 1986. After retirement she worked part time at Hillcrest Hospital. She enjoyed being a volunteer at Hancock Shaker Village; chair caning; weaving; needlepoint; crossword puzzles; traveling; was an avid reader; and enjoyed playing Bingo, Sudoku, and caring for her many cats over the years. She was a faithful friend of Bill W. for the past 48 years.
Joan is survived by one sister, Mona Guidi (Raymond) of Dalton; her brother-in-law, Justin Davis of Pittsfield; and several nieces and nephews. Besides her parents, she was predeceased by her sister Patricia Davis of Pittsfield.
The family would like to thank Gerry Rollinger for her many years of helping Joan. A Liturgy of Christian Burial for Joan M. Cleary will be celebrated Monday, December 12 at 10 a.m. at St. Ann's Church in Lenox by the Rev. Monsignor John J. Bonzagni, Pastor. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery in Great Barrington. The Roche Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. To share memories and stories, please visit the funeral home's website.
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