Maintaining a garden can be relaxing and fun, or it can be a colossal pain in the bum. It honestly comes down to the tools you have on hand. Having high quality garden supplies (and keeping them in good working order) will make the season a lot easier and more enjoyable. Having said that, there are a lot of garden supplies you really don't need. Sure, they're nice to have on hand, but really they're just one-hit-wonders that take up space in your garden shed. Save your money and your space unless you have an abundance of one or both.
There are a few things to consider when choosing a shovel or spade. The size of the head, the length of the handle, and the types of jobs you'll be doing. If you are smaller or weaker, you don't want a large #2 blade because a full shovel will be very heavy. You may prefer a #1 or a #0. If you're a tall person, the last thing you'll want is a short, stumpy shovel. You want the handle length to match your frame. Speaking of handles, I know fiberglass is all the rage, but a well maintained wood handle will probably serve you better. They are less prone to breakage and they can be easily be replaced in the event that you do manage to break it.
Finally, consider the tasks you'll be doing. If you have a small garden, you won't want a huge shovel blade.
Stirrup hoes are perfect for removing weeds from the garden. They certainly can save your back from bending over again and again, plucking out the weeds individually. With both sides being sharp, you can push or pull to cut larger weeds at the surface and pull up tiny fragile weed seedlings.
I suggest two rakes for your garden shed. The first is specifically for the garden. Instead of spending an arm and a leg for a fancy garden rake, get a children's rake with metal tines. This will allow you to rake out between garden rows. The other rake I suggest is a big lawn rake. The bigger the better. I like my 30″ one and I prefer plastic tines. They tend to be gentler on the lawn.
Whether you're moving shrubs around the yard, hauling manure and compost, or disposing of garden debris, you need a good wheelbarrow. Steel wheelbarrows are sturdier, but more expensive. Plastic can be fragile, but they're cheaper and often deeper. Two wheels or one? Two wheels offer more stability (especially when filling the wheelbarrow). One wheel offers more maneuvering ability.
I have two wheelbarrows because I found it too hard to pick one that could handle all the things I threw at it. First, a metal 2 cubic foot wheelbarrow with a single air-filled wheel and the traditional two wooden handles for moving large, heavy items. Second, a plastic 4 cubic foot wheelbarrow with two hard plastic wheels and a metal bar handle for moving garden materials around.
Do not skimp here. I have gone through many cheap hoses and I promise you, it's not worth it. Invest in a good hose. Avoid those gimmick hoses like the expandable hoses and coil hoses (seriously, do you know how easy it is to get caught up with all those coils???). Choose a rubber or rubber blend with brass fittings. I also suggest 3/4″ over 1/2″ because the repair parts are more common and therefore less expensive.
Everyone has been going on an on about those Badger Gloves. I haven't tried them myself, but they look funky to me. Maybe they are the best thing to ever happen to gardening. I'll let you decide. Personally, I prefer a nice set of stretchy gloves that are somewhat waterproof on the palms. The lighter-weight the better.
My pail actually isn't a pail, I think it's suppose to be a bucket for putting drinks in during a party. I got it for about $5 in the RiteAid clearance section. I managed to track it down on Amazon for you (here), but I'd check out your local RiteAid if you have one because it might be cheaper. The size holds a lot of weeds, but it's not unmanageable. Plus, mine is lime green which makes it easy to spot when I've abandoned it somewhere in the garden and I can't remember where.
Some trowels come with a grippy handle and I really prefer these ones. I'm a bare handed gardener most of the time (you know, connecting with the earth and all) and the smooth handled ones can cause blisters. You'll also want a curved handle. I don't know why those flat ones are on the market. They're basically useless. You go to scoop up a mound of soil and it slides right off. It doesn't need to be a big curve, but enough to cup the dirt. Folding options and ones with teeth on the sides are a waste of money in my opinion. Keep it simple and cheaper. This one is perfect and it's only $5.
If you are like me and you love being super-organized in the garden (or maybe you need help with your garden organizational skills), The Gardening Notebook is perfect for you. It's one of those resources you purchase once and it just gets better year after year. I keep mine in a cheap 2″ binder in my garden shed so I can easily find it when needed — unlike my seed stash that I've misplaced several times this year.
I'm generally a no-dig girl because I choose to use a Back to Eden technique, but sometimes a rototiller still comes in handy. It's almost a must-have item to grow root vegetables here in Maine. If you're working in an established garden you can often go with a cheaper and more lightweight front tine tiller. If you have really hard soil or you're establishing a new garden, you may need a heavier rear tine tiller.
I'm not going to lie, I invested in a drip irrigation system and I have a love/hate relationship with it. I like that it cuts down water consumption in the garden as well as the ease of use (just turn on the spigot, wait a bit, turn it off). What I don't love is that has to be set up every spring, which requires advanced plant planning, and it needs to be pulled up every fall so water doesn't freeze in the lines during the winter. Sometimes you have a second crop going into the ground in the summer and working around the hose can be a pain.
I was gifted a wheel hoe and it sat in the shed for a few years before I finally took the time to Google it and figure out what it's used for. It's actually handy for a lot of jobs, such as creating furrows and hills for crops, loosening compacted soil, and stripping weeds around delicate plants. Sort of a Swiss Army Tool for gardens. It turns out they can be very pricey for a manual tool. Thankfully they are a common tool in New England so you might find one hiding in the back of a barn, long forgotten.
As we discussed in Composting Guide for Beginners, there are several types of composters available if you want to upgrade from a standard pile. Capacity is a big part of in the decision regarding which one to choose.
Choosing a greenhouse can be difficult. There are a lot of things to consider so the greenhouse suits your needs. It's too much to fit in here, but you can find out everything you need to know right here.
When you're going to be frequently using a tool, a simple spritz under the hose when you're done with it will suffice for maintenance. If it will be a while before you use the tool again, it's wise to hose and try the tool before putting it away or clean it off with a stiff wire brush. Mineral spirits can remove gunk that may have accumulated on your garden supplies.
Always hang your tools up when they aren't in use. Yes, if you came by my homestead you would see rakes and shovels propped up all over the place. Do as I say, not as I do. Moisture from the ground can shorten the lifespan of your supplies and it increases the risk of rust.
A whetstone can be used to sharpen pruning sheers, the edges of shovels, and the sides of trowels. I like to sharpen my tools in the spring when I get into gardening gear but ground is still frozen and again in the fall just before the big harvest happens.
With proper care, your garden supplies should last your lifetime. If you find old supplies at a yard sale or someone offers you some of their old tools, a little TLC can easily restore them. Garden supplies are a great investment for your homestead.
We open the end of our drip system and let the water drain from it. This way we don't need to physically remove it. Have you ever tried 1/4 inch drip tubing? It's much, much easier to work around.


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Hot Cross Buns have a colourful and lengthy history. Amongst the superstitions, sailors would take Hot Cross Buns baked on Good Friday with them on their voyages, as it was said to prevent shipwrecks. Located not too far from the East End docks, the associations with the Widow's Pub in Bow in East London are incredibly strong.
The legend goes that in the early 19th Century a widow lived in a cottage with her only son. Her sailor son left for the sea but promised to be back on Good Friday, 1824. Awaiting his return, his mother baked him a hot cross bun, but he never arrived. Every year until her death she baked a bun on Good Friday, hoping to welcome her son home, but she never saw him again.
In the 1840's a pub replaced the cottages called the Widow's Son and the tradition has been carried on with a Hot Cross Bun baked every Good Friday and hung in a net above the bar. A service is held in the pub and a member of the Royal Navy adds another freshly baked to the net admist singing, a few jovial drinks and a lot of goodwill.
Another story says claims the Widow was the publican of a pub already on site – but we will possibly never know.
Thanks to a tip off by the lovely Miss Regula Foodwise, we couldn't resist popping along, and chatting with the friendly locals (proper proper Cockney Sparra's) – some who have been attending the service for over 50 years and Navy members – some fresh from a 6 month voyage.
Sadly there was a fire about 15 years ago in which many of the age-old buns were burnt, but a few were saved and have been treasured with their fresher counterparts.
It's a real festival atmosphere; everyone crowded in at 3pm glasses in hand, rock music pumping and the buffet kindly laid on (over the billiard table) and such a nice atmosphere.
The legend is such a heartbreaking tale, can you imagine what the Widow would have to say if she knew that the tradition is still being carried out over 125 years later? Maybe as the MC said "Another year, another Good Friday, another bun."
We especially loved the sign hanging above the pub of the Sailor returning many years later to the pub, with the many buns hanging in their net. The old Facade can be seen here.
There are many superstitions surrounding Hot Cross Buns and Easter:
Sharing a hot cross bun with another is supposed to ensure friendship throughout the coming year, particularly if "Half for you and half for me, Between us two shall goodwill be" is said at the time.
Another encourages keeping such a bun for medicinal purposes. A piece of it given to someone who is ill is said to help them recover
If hung in the kitchen, they are said to protect against fires and ensure that all breads turn out perfectly.
Eggs laid today will not go off
If a child is born today & baptized on Easter Sunday they will have gift of healing
The Hot Cross bun has very contested origins, with Pagan claims, some claiming a connection with Eostre (a Germanic god, the namesake to Easter), some to the Ancient Greeks but the most widely accepted seem to be the Christian origins, with the cross on the buns representing the Crucifixion.
Awesome fact: the London Clerk of Markets issued a decree forbidding the sale of hot cross buns and other spiced breads, except at burials, on Good Friday, or at Christmas. The punishment for transgressing the decree was forfeiture of all the forbidden product to the poor.
If you fancy joining in next year, the pub address is The Widow's Son, 75 Devon's Road, Bow, London, E3 3PJ.
I hope you are having a lovely Good Friday!
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Во время проектов добровольного добровольческого лагеря Code Code мы используем методологию Agile Project Management. Для многих наших участников и заинтересованных сторон это их первое знакомство с Agile. Хотя вы не должны быть экспертом Agile, вот несколько терминов, которые были бы полезны для понимания:

*   **Task Board** - диаграмма, в которой перечислены все, что нужно сделать, что работает и что было выполнено. Мы используем Trello в качестве нашей панели задач.
*   **Sprint** - период развития. Обычно мы используем длительность спринта на одну неделю.
*   **Конференция Спринта** - совещание, проведенное в конце каждого спринта, чтобы обсудить достигнутый прогресс и получить обратную связь. Также обычно упоминается как обзор спринта.
*   **Заинтересованный субъект** - кто-то за пределами команды разработчиков, которая заинтересована в проекте и его развитии.
*   **User Story** - Требование или функция, с которой продукт должен соответствовать / включать.

Для получения дополнительной информации о Agile вы можете проверить [гибкую](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_management) страницу [управления](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_management) в Википедии или взглянуть на [Agile Project Management for Dummies Cheat Sheet](http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/agile-project-management-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html) .

## Инструменты, которые мы используем

[GoToMeeting](http://www.gotomeeting.com) - Мы используем GoToMeeting для проведения онлайн-конференций по управлению проектами.

[When2Meet](http://www.when2meet.com) - мы используем When2Meet, чтобы поделиться нашей информацией с командой.

[Trello](http://www.trello.com) - Мы используем Trello для отслеживания наших проектов по разработке веб-проектов добровольцев.

[Календарь Google.](https://www.google.com/calendar) Мы используем Календарь Google для отслеживания наших проектных конференций.

## Стандартная компоновка платы Trello

При настройке платы Trello для вашего проекта создайте следующие списки (в этом порядке слева направо).

*   **Общая информация.** Этот список будет содержать общую информацию, которая может быть полезной для команды, например ссылки на текущие сайты, описание текущего или предлагаемого рабочего процесса или любую другую информацию, которая может быть полезной для команды разработчиков.
*   **Сфера действия проекта** - этот список содержит общее описание того, что должен выполнить проект.
*   **Истории пользователей** - Эти _специфические_ особенности , что развитие должно включать в себя.
*   **In Progress** - это истории пользователей, над которыми работает команда.
*   **Недавно завершенные** - это истории пользователей, которые команда завершила со времени последней конференции по проекту.
*   **Demo'd** - это рассказы пользователей, которые были демонтированы и приняты клиентом.

## Организация вызова области

В ходе выполнения.

## Контрольный список вызовов Sprint

### За 1-2 дня до конференции

*   Проверьте событие Календаря Google и обратитесь к тем, кто не ответил.

### День и во время Конференции

1.  Отправляйте приглашение на конференцию и детали за 10 минут до начала разговора.
2.  Присоединяйтесь к встрече как минимум на 5 минут раньше. Вы должны быть отключены и доступны для общения с кемпирами и заинтересованными сторонами.
3.  Показывать и сообщать время. Спросите отдыхающих: «Так что вы делали на этой неделе? Не могли бы вы поделиться своим экраном и демонстрацией?»
4.  Спросите у туристов: «На этой неделе вы столкнулись с какими-либо проблемами?»
5.  Пройдите через каждую карту в списке «Недавно завершенный» и убедитесь, что пользовательская история была адресована.
6.  Спросите у заинтересованной стороны, есть ли у них какие-либо вопросы о недавно выполненных пользовательских историях.
7.  После обсуждения каждой недавно завершенной карты перетащите ее в список Demo'd.
8.  Спросите отдыхающих «Что вы планируете работать на этой неделе?»
9.  Перетащите выбранную карту User Stories в список In Progress.
10.  Запланируйте следующую конференцию спринта. «То же самое время на следующей неделе?» обычно работает хорошо. Не забудьте отправить приглашения с помощью Календаря Google.

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Natural childbirth can cause pelvic injuries that typically resolve. But up to 15% of women sustain pelvic injuries that do not heal, according to a study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor are using musculoskeletal magnetic resonance imaging (MSK-MRI) fluid sensitive sequences to identify pelvic injuries and to follow a patient's recovery.
Over the past ten years, special sequences in MSK-MRI have been shown to offer advantages over other types of imaging techniques for the study of deep bony and soft-tissue changes. Because fluid-sensitive sequences have the best combined specificity and sensitivity for revealing areas of injury and edema, they are the recommended diagnostic imaging procedure for stress injuries, such as those sustained from sports-related activities.
matched linear signal changes in bone that indicate a fracture, and/ Increased signal that indicates edema in muscle. It is also easier to identify detection of tears and their magnitude with the use of fluid sensitive sequences.
Because MSK-MRI fluid sensitive sequences are not commonly used for childbirth related injuries, lead author Janis Miller, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Nursing, and colleagues conducted a retrospective study to describe the occurrence, recovery, and consequences of musculoskeletal (MSK) injuries in women at risk for childbirth-related pelvic floor injury at first vaginal birth. They wanted to identify and report on the occurrence and severity of bony and levator ani (LA) injuries observed in high risk patients, and how the magnitude of tissue trauma relates to clinical consequences in the first eight months postpartum.
Their research was a subset of the Evaluating Maternal Recovery from Labor and Delivery (EMRLD) study, a longitudinal cohort study following up primiparous women with a recent history of childhood. Data was collected from participants approximately seven weeks after a first vaginal birth and eight months later. The analysis of this study was based on a cohort of 68 high risk women who had MRI scans at these follow-up times. However, nine of the women did not have fluid-sensitive sequences during their eight month scan, leaving a total of 59 women who had complete scans each time.
The MRIs were reviewed by two board-certified fellowship-trained MSK radiologists who were blinded to details of an individual woman's birth data and risk category. Standard MSK-MRI radiology grading categories were used to evaluate edema and fractures in bone and muscle injuries. Bone marrow edema, pubic bone fractures in the cortical or trabecular bone, LA edema, and LA discontinuity of muscle observed as loss if visible muscle (indicating muscle tear) were evaluated.
The findings showed that seven weeks' postpartum, 90% of the 59 women had LA muscle edema, 66% had pubic bone marrow edema, 41% had low-grade or greater LA tear, and 29% had subcortical fracture. The researchers reported that the magnitude of LA muscle tear did not substantially change by eight months postpartum, with 89% having the same magnitude of levator injury. However, LA muscle edema and bone injuries showed total or near total resolution.
"We cannot rely on clinical examination to intuit the full spectrum of MSK issues associated with higher-risk birth. In select women, MSK-MRI may be warranted clinically, since MSK-MRI can provide the full spectrum of MSK injuries….The role of MSK-MRI in evaluation of postpartum women could be expanded into situations of unexplained or prolonged pain after delivery, nonrecoverable ability to contract the LA, or non-resolving postpartum pelvic organ descent," the authors wrote.
Miller, JM, Low LK, Zielinsk R, et al. Evaluating maternal recovery from labor and delivery: bone and levator ani injuries. 2015 Am J Obstet Gynecol. 213;2:188.e1-188.e11.
MSK- MRI detects lingering bone and levator ani injuries from vaginal childbirth delivery. Appl Radiol.


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Republicans who voted for Trump's impeachment face uncertain future in midterm
FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, photo, Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Wash., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington. Newhouse was maintaining his lead Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, among other Republicans in Washington state's primary, but fellow Republican Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler saw her lead against an opponent endorsed by former President Donald Trump shrink in recent vote updates. (House Television via AP, File)
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Ten House Republicans voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump in early 2021 following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Of those, just two stand for reelection next week as the other eight representatives either opted not to run for another term or lost in a primary.
Reps. Dan Newhouse of Washington and David Valadao of California won their respective midterm primaries this year. Four others, including Rep. Liz Cheney, lost in a primary.
Newhouse ran in Washington in a primary where Democrats, Republicans and independents appear on the same primary ballot, with the top two candidates advancing to the general election. Newhouse came in first, just ahead of Democrat Doug White. But Newhouse faced steep competition from Republican Loren Culp.
Newhouse is running in a district that has not elected a Democrat since 1993 and has voted for every Republican presidential candidate since 1968. According to Dave's Redistricting, even with tweaks to the boundaries following redistricting, the district gives Republicans a 59-39 edge in the seat.
But reporting out of Washington seems to suggest that Democratic challenger Doug White could use Newhouse's vote to his advantage. Republicans believe some conservatives won't vote in the election, allowing White an upset win.
"For a district this red, it's an opportunity for Democrats," Mike Massey, chair of the Benton County Republican Party, told the Seattle Times. "If enough conservatives don't vote, Doug White could pull out a win."
Valadao, on the otherhand, is coming from a swing district that voted him out in 2018, only for him to regain the seat two years later. Even though Valadao won in 2020, President Joe Biden carried the district by double digits, indicating many voters put both Valadao and Biden on their ballots.
Like in Newhouse's race, Valadao participated in a jungle primary where the top two candidates advanced. While Democrat Rudy Salas had no trouble moving to next week's general election, Valadao edged out fellow Republican Chris Mathys to earn the second spot on the midterm ballot.
Dave's Redistricting suggests the district is more Democratic than before, giving the party a 58-40 edge over Republicans.
Meanwhile, just one of the seven Senate Republicans who voted to convict Trump is on next week's ballot. Alaska's Lisa Murkowski is up for reelection. While Alaska is expected to elect a Republican, it's not a guarantee that the Republican will be her.
Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, meaning voters will be asked for their favorite candidate among four listed. If no candidate gets a majority in the first round, the lowest-ranked candidate is eliminated until a majority is reached.
Murkowski's top opponent is Kelly Tshibaka, who has Trump's backing. Given the nature of ranked-choice voting, it's not entirely clear how likely Murkowski will hold onto one of Alaska's two Senate seats.


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Four weeks after its first title run in eight years, Barangay Ginebra makes its keenly awaited return Sunday, taking on TNT KaTropa to kick off its campaign in the 2016-17 PBA Philippine Cup before an expected good crowd at Smart Araneta Coliseum.
Coach Tim Cone hopes they get over first-game jitters early as he expects a tough grind against a TNT side playing its second game in the season.
"TNT didn't shoot the ball well the last time out, but we expect them to shoot the ball a lot better against us," said Cone.
"Hopefully, we get going right away as you can't bear TNT without your 'A' game. I think we're all looking forward to getting this thing started," Cone added.
From their Governors Cup championship, the Gin Kings are coming back with a lineup souped up by new acquisitions Kevin Ferrer, Jericho de Guzman, Raymon Jamito and Paolo Taha.
Ferrer and Taha provide added firepower and instability at the backcourt while De Guzman and Jamito supply added ceiling and muscles at the paint on the continued absence of 7-foot-1 center Greg Slaughter.
LA Tenorio, Mark Caguioa, Jayjay Helterbrand, Scottie Thompson, Sol Mercado, Joe Devance, Jervy Cruz and Dave Marcelo, vital cogs in their conquest of Meralco in the Governors Cup finale, are all coming back to help Ginebra in a quest for a rare successive title runs.
The franchise has achieved back-to-back championships in the 2004 Fiesta Conference and 2004 Philippine Cup under coach Siot Tanquingcen.
Cone is nothing new either to winning successive crowns, having achieved nothing less than grand slam championships with Alaska and B-Meg/Star.
The initial goal is to get a triumphant season start versus the KaTropa.
Minus Jayson Castro who's still in the process of getting into shape, the Texters suffered an 87-101 beating at the hands of the Rain or Shine Elasto Painters Wednesday.


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let me detail one of the many questions which come in from time to time.
"Cluster Enabler failed over the cluster groups"
Lets start with a statement: Cluster Enabler will not make any decisions (one exception to this), and will not cause the cluster groups to failover (one exception to this), nor will it actually actively failover any cluster groups.
Besides the exceptions noted, which I will come back to further down. Cluster Enabler is merely a resource in the cluster, and will follow the groups and cluster where they want to "go".
Microsoft Windows Server Failover Cluster is in control, all the normal rules for cluster failover are honoured, and cluster will determine the failover based on the set error detecting properties of cluster itself.
Network error detecting; this is what we used to call the "heartbeat", it will detect if a node is up or down in the cluster, it will cause a revote (regroup) for quorum and it will take appropriate action.
Resource error detecting; through the methods of "Looksalive" and "IsAlive" the cluster checks the health of each and any resources in the cluster groups, and will detect failures.
User mode Hang detection; based on a "heartbeat" between the NetFT.sys network driver and the Clussvc.exe Cluster service, it can detect if the node is hanging or not.
do we need to failover ?
where do we need to failover to ?
Per Resource: "Persistent State" property; if the resource was brought offline manually, and if the group is failing over to another node, the resource will not come online on the other node, as it was already offline (and therefore persistent) to begin with.
Per Resource: "Possible Owners"; prior to failing over to a node, cluster will enumerate all resources in the group and determines if all resources are "possible" to come online on that node, if one (or more) resources are not able to come online due to this "Possible Owners" setting, then cluster will not move the group to that node.
All this is done, the error detecting, the decision to failover (or not), and where to move to, by cluster.
Cluster Enabler does not come into play in this logic, it is merely a resource in the cluster.
Hope this clears up the situation of "Cluster Enabler failed over the group", the answer for that is: Cluster detected an error, and Cluster failed over the group. That will give you a good start when looking at those situations.
Cluster Enabler does not cause a cluster to failover; the one exception is that Cluster Enabler is a resource in the cluster, therefore has an "LooksAlive" and "IsAlive" check. While the checks we are doing are quite basic (just checking connectivity to the frame) it is possible that this is detecting a failure and the resource fails. While this fails, you probably notice that other resources will be failing the same time, as you will have a connectivity problem; so disk resources will be failing as well at this point.
And there you have it, failover of cluster in a multi-site cluster using Cluster Enabler.
It is basically and not much more than any other cluster !
My question is on SRDF / CE with a (old/er) DMX and new VMAX arrays. With a disk expansion for a disk that is already SRDF-ed, I think the question of active/ passive comes in here, especially with the DMX (if i remember correctly), that the cluster needs to be brought down on one node - then the disk expanded (and BCV/ etc if its striped meta) and then re-presented during which the cluster is failed over, resources brought up, etc.
Is the setup still considered active/ passive since the node needs to be brought down?
Also curious to know if this case still persists with the VMAX (has been some time that I worked on SRDF/CE on the VMAX) and any improvements on the same.
To extend an volume in a SRDF/CE cluster, it is a quite a simple process, and this process is not different if you are running on VMAX or the older DMX.
Open the Cluster Enabler GUI and select the group that contains the device you wish to expand. Choose More Actions > Deconfigure CE Group. This is done to avoid potential issues while the mirrors are being updated.
Expand both metas (R1 and R2).
Full establish the RDF pair.
Open Cluster Enabler and run the Configure CE wizard. This should successfully convert the group back to an SRDF/CE configuration.
After the above processes, the cluster should pick up the extended device, after which you need to extend the partition and NTFS volume in the host.
If the Windows OS is not picking up the larger space on the devices, the nodes of the cluster might require a reboot.
Need some urgent help with a SAN migration for windows 2008 clusters that use the EMC cluster enabler plugin. We're migrating SAN disks for W2k8 clusters (clusters use file share witness) from EMC CX4 to VNX using SAN copy. The EMC components we're running on the cluster nodes are listed below.
There's 2 sites that use a stretched VLAN - both sites are in the same location. 2 node W2k8 cluster with 1 node in each site, each site has a CX4 and VNX array using mirrorview/s replication.
Would appreciate if you could help with the SAN disk migration procedure - more from the EMC cluster enabler perspective. Thank you.
Here's the high Level steps we plan to follow however for the EMC cluster enabler - I think we only need to add the new LUN in the existing resource group for the service (cluster resource group for DHCP for example) in cluster enabler manager console, delete the old LUN from enabler Manager and make sure the EMC enabler resource in cluster management console is added as a dependency for the new disk.
I am new to SRDF/ CE and we have cluster enabler in our environment. 2 weeks back we had DR testing and CE did not failover few of the devices and they write disabled.
After checking we got to know that those devices were not added to cluster group. Now that we need to add those devices to the cluster group and would like to know the procedure. I was given below kb article but that is light confusing.
Since they are existing devices and mount point are already created and I want to know if we can add the disks without un-mounting the drives. Since critical application is running we don't get long outage window. Please help me with this.
We have windows 2008 server.


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Tosca Musk, Elon's sister, has a business venture of her own -- and it's all about romance and female sexuality
By Faith Karimi, CNN Photographs by Austin Steele, CNNUpdated: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 08:04:03 GMTSource: CNNTosca Musk strides onto the red carpet at a Regal Cinemas, statuesque in a white pant suit and gl
By Faith Karimi, CNN Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN
Tosca Musk strides onto the red carpet at a Regal Cinemas, statuesque in a white pant suit and glistening burgundy silk top.
A hush comes over a group gathered outside the theater's doors. Some whip out cell phones and start recording her every move.
It's a chilly October night in Atlanta, and the fans are here for the premiere of "Torn," the second in a trilogy of romantic fantasy movies based on books by author Jennifer Armentrout. The group of mostly female fans range in age from their twenties to their seventies, and some flew in from Boston, Detroit and other cities.
This is a big night for Musk and her five-year-old streaming service Passionflix, the backer of the movie. It's their first public film premiere since the pandemic started.
She floats from one group to another, chatting effortlessly with Passionflix's superfans, known as Passionistas. Her older brother, Elon Musk, may be the most famous sibling in the family, but he's not the only one who's founded a company.
Musk, 48, is the force behind Passionflix, which adapts romance novels into movies and streams them to a devoted niche audience. Romance novels are the most popular genre of books in the United States, and Musk is tapping into that market with stories about sultry, powerful female leads and handsome men with chiseled abs. She directs some of the films herself.
"Passionflix focuses on adapting romance novels exactly as the fan and the author envision it," Musk says in a separate CNN interview. "We focus on connection, communication and compromise -- and remove the shame from sexuality, specifically for women, because it empowers women to both acknowledge and ask for pleasure."
Her passion for romantic movies goes way back
Days earlier, on the set of a Passionflix movie, "The Secret Life of Amy Bensen," Musk provides a few glimpses into life with her famous family.
Perched on a navy blue couch in a room tucked inside a warehouse in suburban Atlanta, she chooses her words carefully when asked about her older brother, who was on the verge of his Twitter acquisition.
The Musk children -- Elon, Tosca and another brother, middle child Kimbal -- were born in South Africa and spent time in Canada before coming to the United States. Their father, Errol, is an engineer and property developer, while their glamorous mother, Maye, is a model.
Tosca Musk attended film school at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and moved to California after graduation. For three months, she worked for one of Elon Musk's companies, Zip2.
"I realized every time I stepped out of the film world, I was just not happy," she says. "It just wasn't my thing."
After a brief stint at the Los Angeles office of Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis, she began directing and producing films while still in her twenties.
Musk produced romance films for the Lifetime and Hallmark channels and in 2005 launched a comic web series, Tiki Bar TV, which was hailed by Apple CEO Steve Jobs as ahead of its time in the emerging field of vodcasts -- or video podcasting.
She doesn't ask for advice from Elon -- unless she really needs it
Then came Passionflix. Its origin story is a classic tale of when one door closes, another one opens.
About five years ago, Musk got an email from a woman who wanted her to turn her script into a movie. Musk loved the script, but there wasn't much interest from production companies.
"People weren't really that interested because it was too risque ... It was an adult movie with a little bit of reincarnation, things like that," she says. "It just wasn't one of those things that regular network television wanted to do."
But Musk met the woman, Joany Kane, in Los Angeles, and they bonded over their shared passion for romance novels. During that conversation, Kane brought up the idea of turning romance novels into movies and creating a streaming platform for them.
And with that, Passionflix was born -- with Musk at the helm and Kane as a co-founder.
"We had no investors. We had to go out and find every investor. So it was a matter of going out and pitching every single person," Musk says. "We pitched every friend, every family member, everybody just for that small bit of angel investment. It was hard. The first money in is always the hardest money."
Musk declines to say whether her brother Elon was one of her original investors. But she says she can always count on her two brothers, including restaurateur Kimbal Musk, to give her advice on her business ventures. She tries not to ask unless she really needs to.
"I get advice from them to a certain degree when I ask for it. But no unsolicited advice," she says. "If I ask for advice, I have no doubt that he (Elon) will give it to me. And then I have to take it, because he's going to be right. So you have to really want to know what you want to ask. But most of the time when I'm with my family, we talk about family things."
So what does she think about her brother's new role as CEO of Twitter -- and the flurry of headlines surrounding it?
Passionflix has carved out a niche in the crowded streaming market
Passionflix's first film was "Hollywood Dirt," based on a best-selling novel by Alessandra Torre about a Southern woman who finds romance with a Hollywood star when he comes to her small town to film a movie.
"During that shooting of that movie, we were struggling," Musk says. "Are we going to get money? Are we going to be able to finish it? We were not really sure. We basically were just sort of piecing the dollars together."
In May 2017, Musk played a trailer of the movie at a romance novel convention and asked attendees to prepay $100, as founding members, for a two-year Passionflix subscription. About 4,000 people signed up, Musk says, and she and Kane used that to show potential investors they were onto something.
"Trying to raise money for a female-driven platform on romance was just not high on anybody's priority list at the time," she says. "But as soon as we showed there was that many people that would come on board, the investors just started flying in."
Passionflix has since produced more than two dozen feature-length and short films, according to the Internet Movie Database.
The company remains lean -- it has a core team of seven people who each wear a lot of hats. In addition to producing its own content, Passionflix also licenses films for its platform.
"I think the biggest challenge for Passionflix is we can't produce enough content to satiate the fans," Musk says. "It's a struggle with so many streaming platforms, when people want original content all the time."
With more than 200 streaming services now competing for viewers, such niche markets face a myriad of challenges, says Dan Rayburn, a streaming media expert and consultant.
Creating, licensing and marketing content is very costly, he said. And while romance is the biggest-selling genre of books in the US, that doesn't necessarily mean its popularity translates to movies.
"That's comparing apples to oranges. Books are different," Rayburn says. "This business is beyond tough. It's highly competitive and requires an absolute large sum of money."
Passionflix charges a subscription fee of $5.99 a month. The company does not disclose its subscriber numbers. Musk says subscribers are in the "six figures," but declines to offer specifics.
Rayburn says it's hard to determine the company's profitability without knowing its expenses, including production and licensing costs.
"OK, if you don't have subscriber numbers, what's the usage? How many hours per month do people watch it? How much are you spending on content licensing?"
Its movies are rated on a 'barometer of naughtiness'
A deep dive into Passionflix's online movie catalog reveals a mix of contemporary romance, fantasy romance, paranormal romance, erotic fan fiction and related sub-genres.
The films, which stream on the Passionflix site and on Amazon Prime Video, are rated on an escalating steaminess scale Musk calls a "barometer of naughtiness."
The five categories: Oh So Vanilla, for wholesome romcoms; Mildly Titillating; Passion and Romance; Toe Curling Yumminess; and NSFW (Not Safe for Work). The latter category has risque plot lines and more sex -- think "Fifty Shades of Grey."
But Musk says that even the naughtiest Passionflix movies don't reach the soft-core porn threshold.
"When we first started Passionflix, somebody asked us if we're going to rate using MPAA," she says, referring to the Motion Picture Association of America's movie ratings such as PG-13, R, etc. "I don't actually like any of those ratings. They're not specific to women. I wanted something that could rate our shows and create more of a tongue-in-cheek conversation."
Musk says she's a romantic at heart and is a big fan of the genre.
"Love is amazing, it's incredibly powerful. I love to tell stories of love, all kinds of love," she says. "So parental love, friend love, family love, and love between any kind of couple."
That broad range of romantic genres, and its sexy content, are what sets Passionflix apart from channels such as Hallmark and Lifetime Movie Network, says romance novelist Tamara Lush. She believes the romance genre has been especially popular during the pandemic because people seek comfort in stories with happy-ever-after endings.
"Hallmark is romance-centered but the stories are very, very sweet. Passionflix tells a wider range of stories, and the ones romance readers want to watch," Lush says.
"The popularity of 'Bridgerton,' 'After' and '365 Days' on Netflix should tell streaming services all they need to know: that romance is a lucrative and sure bet for viewers."
Passionflix fans say the movies empower women
Passionflix's original subscribers, known as founding members, get access to movie premieres and filming sets.
Last month in Atlanta, about four dozen of them piled into the Regal theater for the premiere of "Torn." Following the movie, Musk hosted a question-and-answer session with the lead actors, followed by an after-party at a bar across the street. Fans and actors mingled over drinks.
Debbie Parziale, 67, says she flew in from Boston for the event. One of the founding members, she says she spent the pandemic years curled up on her couch, watching Passionflix movies.
"I love Tosca's premise of empowering women and making sex not such a taboo subject," she says. "She's so true to the romance novels. When you read a book and watch one of her movies, it's the book you read."
Amanda Cromer, 32, says she signed up for Passionflix at a romance book convention. She loves the camaraderie that comes with being part of the Passionistas. The group has a virtual book club, called Passion Squad.
As one of the original members, Cromer can visit sets and interact with the actors. Cromer, who lives in a suburb of Atlanta, says that during a visit to the set of "Torn" she became an extra in a cafe scene.
"I love the empowerment the movies bring," says Cromer, who attended last month's "Torn" premiere with her mother.
"They choose books with strong female leads. They've done such a good job of portraying the female persona as a strong independent female, and not a timid person."
Musk hopes Passionflix will change the film industry's mindset
Back on the set of her latest romance movie, Tosca Musk moves from one sparsely furnished room to another.
Musk lives in suburban Atlanta with her two children, 9-year-old twins who were conceived through in vitro fertilization using an anonymous sperm donor.
She's getting ready to fly to Italy with the twins to film "Gabriel's Redemption," the third book in a series by Sylvain Reynard about a Dante scholar and his passionate affair with a younger graduate student. She says they plan to enjoy lots of gelato in Florence and visit Oxford, England, so the kids can see some of the locations where the Harry Potter movies were filmed.
As a single mother, Musk says she marvels at the path that led her to a job she loves.
She hopes Passionflix will help convince the film industry's big names that adopting romance novels into movies is a worthy investment.
"The entertainment world is controlled mostly by men. At the end of the day, the decisions tend to sway toward the male audience as opposed to the female audience," she says. "They also tend to be more about the victimization of women than they are about sexually free or sexually empowered stories about women."
And for Musk, there's also a simpler reason for her filmmaking ventures.
"I'm a storyteller at heart," she says. "I just want to be able to tell stories."
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"To Luis, who died for love," Rowling's note read. "You will never be forgotten."
Luis Vielma, a North Texas man living in the Orlando area, worked at NBC Universal's Universal Theme Park and was among those killed in the Orlando massacre.
J.K. Rowling sent a message to one of the Orlando massacre victims that he will not be forgotten.
As 22-year-old student and Universal Orlando Resort employee Luis Vielma was laid to rest this weekend, the best-selling author decided to send a special message to his family.
According to social media, Rowling sent a floral wreath and handwritten note which were proudly displayed near the altar.
"To Luis, who died for love," her note read. "You will never be forgotten."
The thoughtful gesture came just a few days after Rowling learned one of the victims of the attack at Pulse nightclub in Florida worked at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
"Luis Vielma worked on the Harry Potter ride at Universal," she tweeted. "He was 22 years old. I can't stop crying. #Orlando."
Many stars continue to step up and honor the victims who were injured or lost their lives.
While performing at Tampa's MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre, Keith Urban stopped to pay tribute to the victims with a performance of U2's "One."
"Although I didn't know anybody in that horrific incident, I did, because they're just guys and girls, brothers and sisters," he shared with the sold-out crowd. "They had dreams, hopes, plans, just like every one of us."
Glenn Close recently announced she would be donating $75,000 to the Mental Health Association of Central Florida. The generous contribution will help fund counseling services for those impacted by the tragic events in Florida.
If you would like to help the Orlando shooting victims and their families, visit Equality Florida's official GoFundMe page.


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Mexican Social Security Deal Gets Another Look
February 12, 2013 DAN MCCUE
(CN) – The State Department must explain the secrecy surrounding its plans to give Mexican nationals Social Security benefits, a federal judge ruled, siding with a group of senior citizens.
Mexico and the United States reached a "totalization agreement" on Social Security benefits in 2004, but the U.S. Senate must still ratify it.
The Social Security Administration says such international agreements have been around since the 1970s, and that they aim to coordinate the U.S. Social Security program with the comparable programs of other countries.
An agreement with Mexico saves U.S. workers and their employers about $140 million in Mexican social security and health insurance taxes over the first five years of the agreement, according to a statement from the agency.
While the agreement with Canada came at a cost of $197 million to the U.S. system in 2002, the agency says that the Mexico agreement will cost the U.S. system about $105 million per year over the first five years.
Trying to learn more, TREA Senior Citizens League filed a Freedom of information Act request in July 2008 for 19 specific categories of records on the Mexico agreement created since 2001.
The nonprofit takes its name from The Retired Enlisted Association that established it as a special project in 1992.
Having waited nearly a year for the State Department to even acknowledge receipt of its request, TREA filed an administrative appeal in February 2010 because the agency still given a final determination about what it would produce.
Since it had not effectively denied the request, however, the State Department said that TREA's sole recourse was to file a federal complaint.
TREA did just that in August 2010. By March 2012, meanwhile, the State Department had sent the group nine letters about its search, which identified 124 unique, responsive documents.
The agency claimed withheld 21 records from this trove pursuant to FOIA exemptions, and 19 documents withheld either in whole or in part remained contested by the time it renewed a motion for summary judgment in 2012.
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell refused Thursday to review the 19 documents in camera, but sided with the government as to its explanation for withholding just three of those records.
"Should the defendant continue to withhold these sixteen documents, the defendant will be required to submit supplementary declarations that address the deficiencies discussed above," he wrote. "Accordingly, if the defendant elects to continue to withhold these sixteen documents, it shall file jointly with the plaintiff, within twenty days, a proposed scheduling order to govern the timing of further proceedings in this action, including the filing of any further dispositive motions."
As opposed to an in camera review, a public agency explanation of its reasons for withholding would "foment government transparency," the decision states.
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So, take some time to brainstorm the steps that will bring you from where you are now to where you want to be breaks everything up into manageable chunks. And if you are someone with a lot of different goals and a lot of different projects all in play, drawing a tree of possible courses of action can be really helpful in visualizing what steps you need to take to arrive at your aims. Then, you can choose which "branch" you want to focus some time on, take specific actions, and see measurable results. And whenever necessary, you can re-assess. Perhaps you're a violinist, and you know you want to get more work playing the violin. One possibility branch for getting more work would involve networking with other musicians at parties or at the symphony… Another possibility branch would involve building a website, posting examples of your work online, and attracting customers through internet searches. Yet another possibility branch could be learning new pieces of music and auditioning in different cities. Of course, the knowledge of your tree branches will evolve as you grow, but you will create a great picture of how to achieve your goals. And then you can build a treehouse.
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The Welcome Cake – A Vintage Crushed Pineapple Cake with Fluffy Boiled Frosting and a Sweet Smother Sauce | Bake This Cake!
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Sing into your turkey drumstick microphone and give a hearty welcome to The Welcome Cake! The very retro Crushed Pineapple Cake, meant as a symbol of friendship, is frosted with old-fashioned Fluffy Boiled Frosting and dolloped with a bit of Sweet Smother Sauce made from sour cream and an exotic honey-like flower syrup. We're talkin' old-fashioned homemade holiday cake here. Oh yeah!
Pineapple as a Symbol: Did you know that the pineapple is a universal symbol of friendship and hospitality?
Okay, some folks also consider the pineapple a symbol of fertility — but that's friendly too, right? 😀 The feng shui fruit folks look to the pineapple for the energy of fruition — as in wealth, fortune and prosperity. It looks like a pine cone — only bigger, of course, hence the original name of pina, and if you see a pineapple motif out front of your historic home or at the top of the gate posts at your local museum or park, you can be sure someone meant to welcome visitors in the old days.
Food writers gather-up! In the spirit of friendship I'm heading for a meet-up. But not just any old meet-up. It's a food sharing and discussion in Santa Monica. Actually, it's a Thanksgiving potluck buffet meet-up with food writers. Food bloggers, that is. Food Bloggers Los Angeles (FBLA) to be precise. And the ever-gracious Andrew Wilder of Eating Rules has opened his lovely home to us and brought out a skedaddle of retro folding chairs to sit a crowd in his hip and cool sunken living room.
And here they come! The most passionate group of food bloggers in Los Angeles — sitting down together to share their love of the food arts and to showcase their amazing recipe selections for holiday gatherings.
I've been asked by the co-founder of FBLA, Erika Penzer Kerekes of In Erika's Kitchen, to bring a vintage birthday cake 'cause it's also time to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the founding of this amazing food writers group.
Did I mention that you'll find ALL the recipes here for each and every amazing dish on our little buffet table?
And you'll also find the recipes for every sumptuous dessert!
On to the Vintage Crushed Pineapple Cake!
I Have a Thing for Church Cook Books! Lots of lovely old-fashioned delicacies are hiding in fundraiser pamphlets from every decade that showcase cherished family foods and favorite recipes being passed along to the community to help raise money for a good cause.
The cake recipe (and many others) in the church recipe pamphlet call for the use of Spry, which I've come to learn was a vegetable shortening used prior to the 50's. It has garnered some acclaim for being included in James Lileks' 2001 book "The Gallery of Regrettable Food". Here's a nice discussion about the history of Spry in America. Well, we tried using a modern-day vegetable shortening in one of our test cakes, and, regrettably, it did not prove to be a winner — so we substituted butter (and also added some vegetable oil to give the cake extra moisture). Sorry Spry.
1) Prep the pan. I used 2 different tube pans: my grandma's copper 10-cup bundt pan and a large aluminum salad mold tube pan (13″ diameter x 3-1/2″ high with a 6″ center tube hole) — for a double-layered large party cake. BUT the recipe below is for just ONE 10-cup bundt pan recipe that will serve 10 to 20 people depending on the size of your slices. If you want to duplicate exactly what I did for the double-double cake, just double this recipe and fill each of the pans about 2/3 full for a brimming double cake.
Butter a 10-cup 10″ bundt pan and dust it with a tablespoon or 2 of flour or spray it well with unsalted cooking spray that contains flour.
2) Prep the dry ingredients.
3) Prep the wet ingredients.
Tip: I creamed the butter alone first for a few minutes and then I added in the sugar for a few more minutes (but you don't have to do this).
4) Put it in the pan and bake it.
Load the batter into the prepared cake pan 2/3 full (you may have a little leftover batter for cupcakes if you don't want a really full cake as show in the below photos). If you want a full brimming cake similar to the one I baked, use all the batter as I did, a little past the 2/3 mark for a larger bundt cake.
Bake in prepared pan in pre-heated 350 degree oven for 40 to 55 minutes or until the top is golden and cracked and the sides of the cake separate slightly from the edges and a toothpick inserted dead center tests clean (to an internal temperature of about 200 degrees).
Old-fashioned Fluffy Boiled Frosting: There are many versions of this old-style frosting recipe. This one is from the 1933 Pillsbury "Balanced Recipes" cook book. It starts with a very hot simple sugar syrup that is slowly drizzled into whipped egg whites while the mixer is on low-speed. Then it is whipped on high-speed to make a light marshmallow-type frosting that hold a nice peak. We added a little pineapple juice to the recipe at the very end for flavoring.
Place all ingredients except egg whites in a medium pot and bring to a boil over medium heat until the temperature probe or candy thermometer reaches 248 degrees.
Beat the egg whites until stiff and immediately and slowly drizzle the hot syrup into the egg whites while the electric mixer is on low-speed until all the syrup is used (taking care not to touch the hot syrup or dribble it onto the sides of the mixing bowl or onto the mixing blades).
Add the pineapple juice and increase the speed of the mixer to high-speed and beat about 5 minutes until light and fluffy. If it gets too thick, you may add a little hot water to desired consistency.
Tip: If you want a glazed look for some of the frosting and fluffy peaks for the rest, beat in a half cube of room temperature butter to half of the finished frosting. The half with the butter will pour over the cake like a creamy ganache.
Your end-result homemade frosting will be light and lovely and a little sticky — but perfect for use in a pastry bag (or quart sized plastic bag with a snipped corner cut) to pipe out in large stripes over the cake.
You may use star tips inserted into the end of the pastry bag for making decorations.
Sweet Smother Sauce: In the country, folks like to dollop a creamy sauce on their cake slices made with a simple fork-mixed combo of 1 cup of sour cream and 1/3 cup of honey plus a teaspoon of pineapple juice. I prepared the Smother Sauce, substituting an exotic flower confiture in place of the honey and it was really fun and sumptuous. If you don't happen to have an exotic flower jam to flavor up your dollop, the honey and pineapple juice mixed with the sour cream will do just fine. Dollop a tablespoon over each cake slice and you're good to go!
I decorated the cake with fresh sunflowers between the layers and set a pretty crystal bowl filled with Smother Sauce next to the cake. Organic edible nasturtiums would be a nice choice to layer around the cake edges.
After the food blogger event, I took some cake over to my mother and served her a little slice to see what she thought of it. She gave it a thumbs up (whew!) and she christened it "The Welcome Cake".
Old-fashioned Tin Can Baking: If you want to try this cake as part of a tin-can baking project, try baking this cake in coffee cans lined with aluminum foil in the oven for a highly moist version of this cake. I used great-grandma's tins that close up very tight but you can seal the top of your cake using aluminum foil. Fill the batter about 2/3 full and bake at 350 until a temperature probe shows a temperature of about 210 at the middle center point. Cut circle slices and serve with homemade vanilla ice cream.
Thank you for joining me on this little vintage cake baking adventure. I hope you're following us on Facebook where we share cake photos of vintage cakes in progress towards their final finished recipes. You might also have fun pinning with us on Pinterest or following us on Twitter (@BakeThisCakecom).
Your cake looks so beautiful! I grew up baking from those church fundraiser cookbooks. They were the staple of the day. Although I have to say, Spry was before my time. Good old fashion lard was used for pretty much everything. Thanks for using butter!
Absolutely amazing! What more can I say!! So creative too!


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? |With its extreme maneuverability and reasonably good gun, the T-50 has switched roles from a lightning-fast scout that can turn the tide of a battle into one of the most versatile flankers at Tier IV. Its previously infamous turning has been buffed to even higher levels. However, it is much slower and accelerates sluggishly, similar to the [[AMX 12t]]. The end result is a DPM flanker, much like the [[M4A3E8 Sherman]]. +
? |InTheGame_pros= +
? * Excellent maneuverability and traverse +
? * Very good rate of fire +
? * Good turret traverse speed and elevation arc +
? * Large ammo capacity +
? * Great signal range +
? * Rather good camo. When parked behind a bush thick enough to conceal the whole tank, and equipped with a Camo Net, it can be real hard to spot +
? * Sloped armor will bounce shots relatively often +
? |InTheGame_cons= +
? * Low alpha damage +
? * Somewhat slow aim time +
? * Poor view range +
? * Treads made of glass +
? * Special scout matching means it will occasionally find itself in tier 7 matches +
? |InTheGame_performance= +
? Since the introduction of Patch 8.7, the 440HP and 500HP engines have been removed, considerably slowing down this tank. In fact, this tank now suffers from being unable to attain its top speed easily, being nearly as slow as the infamous AMX 12t. However, not all hope is lost. The originally ridiculous traverse speed of the T-50 has been buffed even FURTHER, making it extremely maneuverable, and terrain resistance has been reduced, helping it attain its former glory. The 57mm ZiS-8 gun has been removed, replaced by the 45mm VT-43, a much better version of the VT-42 with enhanced accuracy, reduced aimtime and an even higher constant rate of fire that exceeds most automatic loaders. +
? With that said, the T-50 now receives better matchmaking, now no longer meeting tier IX enemies. +
? These changes radically alter the playstyle of the T-50. The T-50 used to be a high-speed, quick-turning active scout that accelerated faster than even the legendary T-50-2 and BT-2. It is no longer the case. The T-50 plays very similarly to the Covenanter except accelerating slower and having a superior gun. +
? Use the T-50 like a support medium. Due to the accuracy of your gun, snipe in the early game, picking off suicide scouts and lightly armored medium tanks and scouts. Track enemies with your insane rate of fire to gain tracking bonuses, but do not get into the thick of the battle due to your low hitpoint pool. As the battle progresses and enemy numbers dwindle, find a lone enemy heavy tank and attack it by circling it. You should have no problem circling him, as the M4A3E8 Sherman has even lower speed than you and is considered one of the best circling tanks available. You could also hunt artillery by taking advantage of distracted enemies. Your "piddly" gun will make sure that you are not prioritized by heavier enemies with larger guns, allowing you to take advantage of their concentration and penetrate through enemy lines. Once finding an artillery piece, destroy it with impunity. However, do NOT sit in front of the SPG and plink away at its armor. Your armor is thin, and no amount of sloping can help you against 155mm caliber high-explosive shells, which will consistently one-shot your tank even with splash damage. +
? The new changes to the T-50 force a change of playstyles, which is not entirely a bad thing. Persevere with the new T-50, and you might enjoy the new playstyle that gives it an arguably higher value in battles than before. +
? |InTheGame_research= +
? * '''All in-tank EXP has been transferred to the KV-1S. The T-50 's previously researched modules stay, but the 57mm ZiS-8, M-5-400F Bis engine and the M-17E engine has been removed. EXP on the KV-1S can be used to unlock the KV-1S'es modules or the MT-25''' +
? * The 45mm VT-42 cannon and 37mm Automatic SH-37 carries over from the T-46. It cannot be installed without suspension upgrades. +
? * Research the suspension to increase the already crazy traverse speed and to allow mounting of more advanced modules. +
? * Install the 45mm VT-42 to enhance penetration and damage, giving you a large role in battles as a flanker +
? * Research the V-4 engine, giving you a 50HP boost for only 800XP and improving your extremely sluggish acceleration +
? * Unlock the 45mm VT-43 to improve your aimtime, rate of fire and damage even further. +
? * Research the KRSTB radio set to allow you to receive enemy positions from much more distant locations. +
? |InTheGame_equipment= +
? Vents, Coated Optics, Enhanced Suspension, Camouflage Net +
? |History= +
? [[image:T50.jpg|thumb|200px|left|T-50]] +
? The T-50 light infantry tank was built by the Soviet Union at the beginning of World War II. The design for this vehicle had some advanced features, but was complicated and expensive, and only a short production run of 69 tanks was completed. Furthermore, even before it was ready for mass production wartime experience invalidated the underlying concept of light tanks. +
? ==Design== +
? The T-50 was an advanced design for its time, with torsion-bar suspension, diesel engine (in common with all the new Soviet tanks) and well-sloped, all-welded armor. An excellent feature was the three-man turret with commander's cupola, which would not appear on other Soviet tanks until 1942. Most Soviet tanks of the 1939-43 era had either one-man or two-man turrets, which are far less efficient in combat than three-man turrets. Additionally, all T-50s had radios, a feature only found on the commander's vehicle in earlier models. However, the T-50 had several weaknesses; to begin with, like many Soviet tanks, it was very cramped inside. The main problems, however, were related to the new V-4 engine developed specifically for this tank, unlike other Soviet light AFVs, which used standard truck engines. The T-60 and T-70 light tanks and the SU-76 self-propelled gun used standard GAZ truck engines. Specialized tank engines, more expensive to produce, were reserved for higher-performance AFVs. The very mobile BT-8 fast tank, the T-34 medium tank, KV-1, the IS-2 heavy tanks, and their derivatives all used variants of the same standard 12-cylinder model V-2 diesel engine. The V-4 engine was extremely unreliable, and the design flaws could not be worked out. The engine's low reliability and high cost contributed to the demise of the T-50. +
? ==Production history== +
? [[image:T-50 with Finnish markings at Parola tank museum.jpg|thumb|200px|right|T-50 with Finnish markings at Parola tank museum]] +
? The T-50 was a light tank developed on the eve of World War II for the Red Army. The experience of the Spanish Civil War led to an effort to upgrade or replace the large Soviet tank fleet. Prior to 1939, most tanks in Red Army service were improved versions of foreign designs. For example, the most numerous tank, the T-26 light infantry tank, was a copy of the British Vickers 6-Ton tank with a Soviet-designed turret and 45 mm gun. However, just prior to and during the war, the USSR developed new light, medium and heavy tanks of wholly indigenous design. The T-50 light tank was intended to replace the T-26 infantry tank; in prewar planning, the T-50 was intended to become the most numerous Soviet tank, operating alongside the BT fast tank. +
? Development of the T-50 started as the SP project (Soprovzhdeniya Pekhoty, 'Infantry Support') in 1939 at the OKMO design bureau in the S.M. Kirov Factory Number 185 in Leningrad, under the direction of S. Ginzburg and L. Troyanov. Initial prototypes, called T-126 and T-127, were not much improved over the T-46-5 project which had been abandoned earlier that year, but the heavier T-126 was selected for further development. The design bureau was gutted during the Great Purge, and was unable to continue the project, so it was transferred to the K.E. Voroshilov Factory Number 174 in May 1940. Troyanov completed the T-50 design in January 1941 and production was authorized, but due to technical problems, it was unable to proceed. In the meantime, a replacement for the BT fast tanks was developed and built at the KhPZ factory in Ukraine, which exceeded its original programme. The result was the very capable and economical T-34 medium tank. +
? After the German invasion, Operation Barbarossa in June, tank factories were ordered to be transferred to the Urals. Part of OKMO was moved to Omsk after September, and production was finally begun. The T-50 was of an excellent design, but still suffered from technical problems, and at that time was found to be as expensive to produce as the more capable T-34. Much simpler T-60 light tanks were already being mass-produced. A total of 69 T-50 tanks were built (only 48 of them armed), before production ended in January 1942.Some further infantry tank design work on a prototype, called the T-45, continued at Factory Number 174 and the Kirovskiy Factory Number 100. But faced with the need to accelerate T-34 production, and due to a lack of interest from troops in the field, the Soviet infantry tank concept was abandoned. +
? ==Combat history== +
? The few T-50s available were deployed on the Leningrad front. Few in-service photos survived and not much is known of their combat record. One uparmored T-50 was captured by Finnish forces and was used by them in 1944. This unit survived the war and is now on display in Finland.On paper, the T-50 should have been easily able to hold its own against any early-war German tank, however, paper specifications cannot always predict real-world performance. +
? Most light tank production in 1941–43 consisted of the less advanced but simpler T-60 and T-70 light tanks. By 1943, the infantry tank role was considered obsolete, and cheaper SU-76 self-propelled guns took over the light infantry support role. Light tanks in tank regiments were being replaced by T-34 medium tanks. The liaison and reconnaissance roles of light tanks were assumed by cheaper armoured cars and Lend-Leasesupplies of Canadian and British Valentine tanks and U.S. M3 Stuart light tanks. +
? '''Variants''' +
? There were two variants; a basic model and an up-armored model. Just prior to the German invasion of the USSR, many Soviet tanks had their armor reinforced with welded or bolted add-on plates. Some Kliment Voroshilov heavy tanks, T-28 medium tanks and T-26 light tanks received add-on armor fittings. A few T-50s also received these add-ons. This up-armored variant is recognizable by the bolt heads that hold the armor added to the turret sides and hull front. The normal T-50 is a very 'clean' looking vehicle by comparison. Ironically, the armor add-ons were in response to erroneous reports of powerful German antitank and tank guns. The uparmored T-50 had 57 mm of armor at its thickest points. +
? '''Surviving vehicles''' +
? Today, at least two T-50s survive. One is at the Finnish tank museum at Parola. This is a later model with bolted-on appliqué armour. A standard T-50 is on display at the Kubinka armor collection outside Moscow. +
? |HistoricalGallery= +
? image:T50 at Kubinka tank museum.jpg{{!}}T-50 at Kubinka tank museum +
? image:T50_with_dtiver_hatch_open.jpg{{!}}T-50 with driver standing out through the open driver hatch +
? image:One unit was captured from the Soviets and remained on Finnish inventory until 1955.jpg{{!}}One T-50 was captured from the Soviets and remained on Finnish inventory until 1955. It was used as a command tank +
? image:T50 1.jpg{{!}}A destroyed T-50 +
? |Ref_references= +
? |Ref_sources= +
? https://www.flickr.com/photos/peer_gynt/3702578860/ +
? |Ref_links= +
? * [https://english.battlefield.ru/t-50.html '''T-50 Light Tank'''] at battlefield.ru. +
? * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-50_tank +
? }} +
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Baseball	 March 25, 2019 March 26, 2019
To Substantiate Claims He's the Next Babe Ruth, Prospect Picks Up Alcoholism, Smoking Habit
Chicago White Sox top prospect Eloy Jimenez has a lot of hype to his name. The Associated Press reported that fellow minor-league teammate Michael Kopech has referred to the outfielder as "the Babe Ruth of our generation." In order to support this claim, Jimenez has opted to become a raging alcoholic, smoker and womanizer.
"Obviously, there's a big part of me that wants to live up to the hype," Jimenez explains. "So I started driving really fast on the highway and drinking a bottle of whiskey every day. I don't want to let my teammates down."
Jimenez, a Dominican-born right-fielder who signed with the Chicago Cubs in 2013, has lived life on the straight and narrow, but realized that he needed to up his game at the next level. He arrived at White Sox spring training camp in Glendale, Arizona with a cigar in his mouth and an added 30 pounds of fat.
"I've seen the progress he's made over the winter," White Sox manager Rick Renteria says. "I couldn't be more proud of him. He's really been working hard, it takes a lot of effort to be in that kind of shape."
Recently, Jimenez has also been missing practice about three times a week for nefarious purposes in order to more realistically channel his idol.
"Whenever I'm having sex, drunk out of my mind in a random hotel room, I know I'm getting closer to the Bambino," the 22-year-old phenom says. "If this doesn't lead to 60 home runs a year, I don't know what will."
Jimenez has also expressed plans to die in his early 50s of cancer probably caused by his horrific lifestyle. The 2019 Rookie of the Year candidate expresses his gratitude for Kopech for putting him on this path.
"Really, I couldn't have done it without Mike's encouragement," Jimenez says of the flamethrowing pitcher. "But it's important to remember I think he's the Nolan Ryan of our generation."
Kopech has also taken steps to live up to this comparison: the 22-year-old pitcher recently broke into the home of former third-baseman Robin Ventura, put him in a headlock and punched him repeatedly until umpires dragged them apart.
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