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\section{Introduction}
The allocation and deallocation of system resources is performed by portion of the operating system known as scheduler and this mechanism is referred as CPU Scheduling \cite{b1}. Priority of the process is identified by a Scheduler, among multiple executable processes which are waiting for allocation of CPU for execution. CPU Scheduling are of two types, mainly, non pre-emptive, or pre-emptive. There exists various CPU scheduling algorithms like First Come First Serve (FCFS), Shortest Job First (SJF) as non pre-emptive and Shortest Remaining Time First (SRTF), priority scheduling as pre-emptive algorithm.

In Priority Scheduling, processes with higher priority are carried out first, the process with lower one is paused and the higher one is completely executed \cite{b2}. Further, Round Robin is the most common pre-emptive Scheduling Algorithm, which is widely used due to its simple proof of work that provides equal chance to all processes and the expansive theory which can be further modified according to the user's need, and not being much competitive \cite{b3}\cite{b4}. Here, RR is much simpler to implement and has much lower runtime overhead \cite{b5}. The efficiency of the Round Robin varies on the time quantum i.e., while the time quantum is small, a greater number of context switches takes place, whereas a large time quantum makes, the algorithm to work like FCFS causing starvation occurring to processes \cite{b6}.

In this paper, we have devised an algorithm, which mainly focusses on the reduction of different scheduling criteria, such as average turnaround time, average waiting time and number of context switches. Median of all the burst times is used as the time quantum for fulfilling the dynamic needs of the algorithm. Even the problem of priority which arises due to the large amount of time spent in ready queue is solved with the priority method of the algorithm. It is based on the difference of arrival time and time spent by the process in the ready queue. A threshold condition is also implemented to check whether the process is on the verge of completion and exit the queue. Terminating shorter processes early in the cycle to avoid the problem of starvation.

Many objectives are needed to be fulfilled for the better implementation of the algorithm. These objectives determine the overall performance of the algorithm over existing algorithms.
\begin{itemize}
\item  Reduces waiting time, which is the total time a process was in ready queue.
\item Reduces turnaround time, which is the total time between the arrival and completion of a process.
\item Reduces number of context switches, which refers to transition from one process to another due to expiring of time quantum, the process got interrupted, etc.
\item Overheads of added context switches which results from choosing small time quantum, and starvation which results from choosing large time quantum should be exempted.
\end{itemize}
Scheduling of processes is one of the important tasks. There have been many algorithms over the course of time, but Round Robin is the most simple and effective of all. The efficiency of algorithm based on RR depends on time quantum, whereas the accurate time quantum is which minimizes the number of context switches and avoids starvation. The proposed algorithm focussed on achieving many objectives for improved results over the existing algorithms. The performance of the algorithm largely varies upon different scheduling states which inspects the algorithm in different criteria. Fig. 1 represents the process of scheduling.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Figure1.png}}
\caption{Representation of Scheduling Process.}
\label{fig1}
\end{figure}

\section{Related Work}
SRR Algorithm is widely administered in majority of the OS for better CPU performance. The search of an algorithm which improves and optimizes the performance of CPU by maximizing utilization and minimizing average waiting time and turnaround time, led to the proposal of many variants of SRR.

\subsection{Dynamic Time Quantum techniques}

In \cite{b1}, Mostafa and Amano have proposed a version of Standard Round Robin (SRR) by using clustering techniques to group similar processes in clusters. The clustering metrics are Burst Time (BT), Process Weight (PW), and Number of Context Switches (NCS). In subsequent rounds, the time slice of each cluster is calculated using the weight of each cluster with a threshold condition in consideration. If a new process arrives, it is added to the end of the queue. In \cite{b10}, Tithi et al. have implemented a dynamic version of SRR which focuses on progressive time quantum which needs to be consistently adjusted according to the remaining burst time of currently running processes. Like Lipika's and Sulalah's \cite{b7} \cite{b11} algorithm, processes are sorted in ascending order in this algorithm too. In \cite{b8} Alsheikhy et al. have proposed a dynamic way to keep the time quantum comparatively smaller than the value where the algorithm acts as FCFS by computing average of two highest burst times and later the average of two lowest arrival times which were estimated value for single use only; later, the average of arrival time for only lowest process are subtracted. In \cite{b12}, Tajwar and  Nuruddin  have presented a version of Round Robin in which time quantum is dynamically adjusted in the starting of subsequent rounds which is equal to the mean of remaining burst times of processes in every round. In \cite{b13}, Samir and Shahenda  have proposed a SRR and SJF based mix scheduling algorithm known as SJF and RR based dynamic time quantum (SRDQ). In their approach, two separate queues Q1 and Q2 have been divided from the major ready queue; for processes shorter than the median and for processes longer than the median, respectively. Further, in subsequent rounds allocations of new time quantum is done depending on the burst time and median to the processes. This algorithm is a combination based algorithm with a basis of dynamic time quantum.

\subsection{Threshold based techniques}
In \cite{b11}, Samkit and Sulalah have presented a version of SRR where "Smart Time Quantum" and "Delta" are introduced and computed. These criteria let processes with less burst time to terminate rather than to wait for an entire round to execute. Thus, these two provide flexibility to the processes and reduce waiting time by providing extra CPU time. In \cite{b9}, Samih and Hirofumi have suggested a better version of SRR to tackle the low-scheduling cost and short processes known as Adjustable Round Robin (ARR). A threshold condition is checked for determination of interruption of the running process due to completion of its time slice considered under SRR or execution until termination.

\subsection{Priority based techniques}

In \cite{b7}, Lipika came up with dynamic scheduled round robin algorithm by reinitialising the time quantum at the beginning of every round. The time slice is calculated using the remaining burst times in the following rounds. Precedence factor is the ratio of the remaining CPU burst of a process and the relative waiting time which is calculated for every process in the starting of each round. It is therefore, used in determining the priority order of processes for that particular round. In \cite{b14}, Pawan et al. have proposed a variant of Pre-emptive scheduling to avoid starvation by prioritising processes with short burst time or remaining burst time over processes with long burst time. Initially priority is given according to the inverse of burst time. Afterwards priority is directly proportional to waiting time and inversely proportional to remaining burst time.

\section{Problem Formulation}
In FCFS, there arises the problem of starvation due to the first come first serve nature of the priority queue as for the completion of a process, it runs for the complete burst time till that time all the processes wait in the queue, whereas, in SRR, the process can only run for a number of time quantum till a process with higher priority arrives, even time quantum cannot adjust according to the processes. Therefore, when the time quantum is too small, then context switches count increases which lead to starvation and if it is too long, the algorithm works like FCFS.

If we have n processes

The completion time for the $n^{th}$  process in FCFS = $\sum_{n=1}^{n} (BT_{n})$

whereas that in Round Robin = $\sum_{n=1}^{n-1} (TQ)$

and,

Turnaround time for $n^{th}$ process in FCFS = $\sum_{n=1}^{n} [(BT_{n})-(AT_{n})]$

whereas in Round Robin = X$\sum_{n=1}^{n-1} [(y_{n})-(AT_{n})]$

where X is dynamic number of rounds and $y_{n} = TQ_{n} \forall TQ$ if $RBT_{n}>TQ$ or $TQ_{n} = RBT_{n}$ if $RBT_{n}<TQ$

It is analysed that FCFS is poor in terms of performance criteria, whereas RR performs better when there is accurate time quantum. Accurate time quantum can result in reduced completion time and turnaround time.

\section{Proposed Approach}
The proposed work is an advanced interpretation of the RR scheduling algorithm. Focusing on enhancement of time quantum and priority of processes entering the ready queue leads to better scheduling states, which are calculated in the following subsection. The proposed technique consists of two steps: Calculation of Dynamic Time Quantum and finally a priority order for the processes.

\subsection{Calculation of Dynamic Time Quantum}
Time Quantum for the $i^{th}$ round, $TQ_{i}$, is calculated from \eqref{eq1}:
\begin{equation}
TQ_{i}=Med(BT_{n})=\begin{cases}
			BT \left[ \frac{n}{2} \right], & \text{if $n$ even}\\
            BT \left[n + \frac{1}{2} \right], & \text{if $n$ odd}
		 \end{cases}\label{eq1}
\end{equation}

where $BT_{n}$ is the burst time of the $n^{th}$ process, and [X] is the greatest integer function which represents the largest integer value smaller than or equal to X. Median is preferred over any other measure of central tendency, as the value of median does not depend on all the values of the dataset. Thus, when the data is skewed, the effect on the median is smaller as it is not affected by unsymmetrical values.

\subsection{Calculation of Priority Order}
In the second step, priority order of processes, the time spent in ready queue by a process, $TRQ_{n}$, is calculated from \eqref{eq2}:
\begin{equation}
TRQ_{n}=\sum_{i=1}^{i-1} (TQ)_{i}(k-1)_{i}\label{eq2}
\end{equation}

where, $TQ_{i}$ is the Time Quantum for $i^{th}$ round, and $k_{i}$ is equivalent to number of processes in ready queue in $i^{th}$ round. The priority to processes in the $i^{th}$ round, $P_{i}$, is calculated using \eqref{eq3}:
\begin{equation}
P_{i}=\begin{cases}
			\uparrow AT_{n}, & \text{if $i$=1 \& $k$}<{n/2}\\
            \uparrow \left[TRQ_{n}-AT_{n} \right], & \text{if $i$}\neq{1}
		 \end{cases}\label{eq3}
\end{equation}

where, $AT_{n}$ and $TRQ_{n}$ are the Arrival Time and Time spent by the $n^{th}$ process in the ready queue, respectively. Priority order of processes is reinitialized at the beginning of every round for the exit of smaller processes accordingly.

Each process in the queue executes for $TQ_{i}$. It is dynamically calculated at the beginning of each cycle using (1), on the basis of remaining burst time till the current round. Moreover, there is an opportunity for the processes which are on the verge of completion to get advanced in the queue to conclude and exit the queue. Threshold value is computed to permit the processes with remaining burst time equal to or less than 4\% of the original burst time to resume execution and terminate. As a result, the number of processes will reduce within the ready queue with the termination of short processes fairly faster, which might result in comparatively less average TAT and WT. The remaining burst time of the $n^{th}$ process, $RBT_{n}$, is computed by \eqref{eq4}:
\begin{equation}
RBT_{n}=BT_{n}-Med(BT_{n})\label{eq4}
\end{equation}

When $RBT_{n}$ is equal to zero or the threshold condition is satisfied, the process exits the queue. Arrival of new processes is marked by them being placed at the tail of the queue to be scheduled and execute in subsequent rounds. Here, Fig. 2 represents the flowchart of the proposed algorithm.
\begin{figure}[H]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.45\textwidth, height=0.8\textwidth]{Figure2.png}}
\caption{Representation of Scheduling Process.}
\label{fig2}
\end{figure}

\subsection{Illustration}
For understanding the better functioning of the proposed algorithm, let's consider and example as per Table 1. Further, to demonstrate the concept consider the dataset used in the experimental implementation and consist of 6 processes with constant time quantum of 3tu.
\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Dataset}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{\textit{ID}}& \textbf{\textit{Arrival Time}}& \textbf{\textit{Burst Time}} \\
\hline
P1 & 5 & 5 \\ \hline
P2 & 4 & 6 \\ \hline
P3 & 3 & 7 \\ \hline
P4 & 1 & 9 \\ \hline
P5 & 2 & 2 \\ \hline
P6 & 6 & 3 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab1}
\end{center}
\end{table}

The Gantt chart as shown in Fig. 3, represents when the processes are scheduled according to the SRR.

\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Chart1.png}}
\caption{Representation of SRR \cite{b2}.}
\label{chart1}
\end{figure}

The waiting time for the 6 processes are 19tu, 17tu, 23tu, 22tu, 2tu and 9tu, respectively. Thus, resulting in average waiting time of 15.34tu, and average turnaround time of 20.67tu. On the contrast, suppose TQ and Priority are calculated according to \eqref{eq1} and \eqref{eq3} mentioned.
\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Dynamic Time Quantum for each subsequent cycle}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
\hline
& \textbf{\textit{CYCLE 1}}& \textbf{\textit{CYCLE 2}} \\
\cline{2-3}
\textbf{ID} & \textbf{\textit{TQ = 6tu}}& \textbf{\textit{TQ = 3tu}} \\
\cline{2-3}
& \textbf{\textit{BT}}& \textbf{\textit{RBT}} \\
\hline
P1 & 5 & - \\ \hline
P2 & 6 & - \\ \hline
P3 & 7 & 1 \\ \hline
P4 & 9 & 3 \\ \hline
P5 & 2 & - \\ \hline
P6 & 1 & - \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab2}
\end{center}
\end{table}

The Gantt chart as shown in Fig. 4 has been prepared for the proposed algorithm as per following:
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth]{Chart2.png}}
\caption{Representation of Proposed Algorithm.}
\label{chart2}
\end{figure}

The waiting time for the 6 processes are 7tu, 14tu, 23tu, 0tu, 30tu and 10tu, respectively. Thus, resulting in average waiting time of 12.84tu, and average turnaround time of 18.17tu. The subsequent cycles are shown in Table 2.

\section{Experimentation}
\begin{table}[htbp]
\caption{Testbed for Performance Evaluation}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
Processor & Intel core i5-8250U (1.60 GHz) \\ \hline
RAM & 8GB \\ \hline
Memory & 256GB SSD, 2TB HDD \\ \hline
Operating System & Windows 10 \\ \hline
Simulation & Python 3.9.7 (Google Colab) \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab3}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\subsection{Dataset}
Simulated dataset as shown in Table 4 is used for the experimental purposes and to test the performance of proposed algorithm. Even for the one with which comparison is to be made. Each dataset contains randomly generated processes with separate arrival time and burst time. Therefore, the dataset distinguish all the factors.

\begin{table}[!ht]
\caption{Dataset vs. Number of Processes.}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{\textit{Dataset ID}}& \textbf{\textit{Number of Processes}} \\
\hline
1 & 4 \\ \hline
2 & 5 \\ \hline
3 & 5 \\ \hline
4 & 6 \\ \hline
5 & 6 \\ \hline
6 & 10 \\ \hline
7 & 10 \\ \hline
8 & 15 \\ \hline
9 & 15 \\ \hline
10 & 20 \\ \hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab4}
\end{center}
\end{table}

\begin{table*}[!ht]
\caption{Percentage Evaluation of the Proposed Algorithm with  SRR \cite{b2}}
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
\textbf{Dataset}&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\textbf{Proposed}}&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\textbf{SRR}}&\multicolumn{3}{|c|}{\textbf{\% Improvement}} \\
\cline{2-10}
\textbf{ID}& \textbf{\textit{TAT}}& \textbf{\textit{WT}}& \textbf{\textit{NCS}}& \textbf{\textit{TAT}}& \textbf{\textit{WT}}& \textbf{\textit{NCS}}& \textbf{\textit{TAT}}& \textbf{\textit{WT}}& \textbf{\textit{NCS}} \\
\hline
1& 6& 3& 4& 7.25& 4.25& 6& 17.24& 29.41& 33.33 \\ \hline
2& 8.2& 4& 6& 9.4& 5.2& 10& 10.63& 23.07& 40\\ \hline
3& 14& 7.4& 6& 18.4& 11.8& 17& 23.91& 37.16& 64.7\\ \hline
4& 41.5& 28.58& 7& 42.33& 29.41& 12& 1.96& 2.83& 41.66\\ \hline
5& 18.17& 12.84& 9& 20.67& 15.34& 13& 14.86& 19.81& 46.15\\ \hline
6& 493.3& 353.1& 17& 664.5& 529.5& 72& 25.76& 33.31& 76.38\\ \hline
7& 235.7& 196& 15& 275.8& 236.1& 50& 14.53& 16.98& 70\\ \hline
8& 1929.67& 1706.47& 26& 2424.2& 2204& 167& 20.39& 22.57& 84.43\\ \hline
9& 2076.2& 1827.87& 23& 2799.6& 5249.6& 187& 25.84& 28.3& 89.61\\ \hline
10& 1951.6& 1758.05& 3& 2908.75& 2699.5& 165& 32.9& 34.48& 81.21\\ \hline
\hline
Average& 677.43& 589.73& 14.4& 917.09& 828.47& 69.9& 18.80& 24.79& 62.74\\ \hline
\hline
\end{tabular}
\label{tab5}
\end{center}
\end{table*}

\subsection{Performance Evaluation}
The algorithm is performed using the multiple set of randomly generated dataset on a system with specifications mentioned in Table 3. The authors compared the proposed algorithm with SRR for the compilations of accurate results. For the efficiency of results, dataset with varying, number of processes, arrival time and burst time are used. The resulting criteria depends upon the number of processes, therefore, number of processes vary from as small as 4 to as large as 20, so that there is no discrepancy in results. More number of processes in ready queue results in increase in total runtime of processes thus, affecting the average turnaround and waiting time in a negative way. Runtime is also affected by long burst times and delayed arrival of processes. Here, Table 5 represents the comparison of the proposed approach and the Standard Round Robin in terms of Average TAT, Average WT and NCS. Fig. 5 and Fig. 6 are pointing towards the supremacy for proposed approach over Standard Round Robin. Whereas, Fig. 7 manifest the percentage improvement in the all the scheduling states in every dataset.

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth, height=0.4\textwidth]{Figure3.png}}
\caption{Comparison of Algorithms on the basis of Average Turnaround Time and Average Waiting Time.}
\label{fig3}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth, height=0.5\textwidth]{Figure4.png}}
\caption{Comparing Algorithm's NCS.}
\label{fig4}
\end{figure}

\begin{figure}[!ht]
\centerline{\includegraphics[width=0.5\textwidth, height=0.5\textwidth]{Figure5.png}}
\caption{Percentage Improvement of different Scheduling States.}
\label{fig5}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusion}
The paper proposes a variant of Dynamic Round Robin for multiprocessing and time-sharing machines. Reduction of scheduling duration and increase the processing speed is the main purpose of these machines. This algorithm works on dynamic time quantum, as compared to SRR which has a fixed time quantum till the scheduling continues. The proposed algorithm benefits from the method of calculating time quantum and calculating priority for the processes. The features are updated after every subsequent round till all the processes terminate and exit the queue. The processes which are close to termination are even given a chance to exit in that particular round instead of the next round, this in turn reduces the processes in the queue thus, affecting the scheduling states.

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GDPR 100 day countdown: 74% of UK business confident
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AI Back to Home
If we're going to benefit from AI, then we need to consider how best to harness it first
By Melissa Di Donato, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP Cloud ERP
James Nunns Editor James Nunns 15th February 2018
Once you accept the fact that AI is here to stay, you can begin to consider how it should work for us.
At the beginning of every year, the world's press descend on the small mountain town of Davos in Switzerland. They're there, of course, to listen in on the conversations of the world's elite in attendance at the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum.
Melissa Di Donato, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP Cloud ERP
More than 3,000 delegates spend the week moving between talks, workshops, dinners and networking sessions, discussing the pressing issues of the day. Climate change, diversity, and blockchain all received plenty of airtime this year, but one topic in particular was an agenda mainstay throughout: artificial intelligence.
This year's conference seemed to present something of a tipping point for the technology. Both the UK's Theresa May and France's Emmanuel Macron announced new funding for innovation within, and ethical regulation of, AI technologies. Elsewhere at the meet, Alibaba founder Jack Ma suggested that AI – and the disruption it will bring to the job market – could start a third world war.
But the race to the headlines was arguably won by Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai, who declared that AI's impact will be comparable to humanity's harnessing of fire and electricity. Given the bearing that Google – and indeed many of the products that Pichai himself has helped develop – has had on society over the past fifteen years, these words, despite their bluster, come with an ample dose of authority. And he does have a point.
While I won't commit myself to a comparison as outlandish as Pichai's, I believe strongly that AI will have a huge influence on the future of society (and not just because its intangible form makes for an invitingly bombastic headline). In fact, I'd argue that it's already having an impact – being used, as it is, for everything from personalised product recommendations to cancer detection. The difference currently, is how that impact is being characterised.
That AI was on so many Davos attendees' lips is evidence of at least one thing: everyone is vying to come out as the pack leader when it comes to this core component of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution. Both companies and whole countries.
The cynic in me would suggest that this is driven at least in part by a desire to take a share in the AI money pot. PwC predicts that the technology will contribute as much as $15.7 trillion – that's trillion – to the global economy by 2030, and Deloitte has reported that by 2020 almost 9 in 10 businesses will be making their own AI investments. And when you add in the various governmental finance offerings – including UK Chancellor Phillip Hammond's £75m fund for AI start-ups and PhD students – things start to look even more attractive.
The technologist in me, meanwhile, can see beyond the bank notes. And, if anything, enjoys a more attractive view.
Once you accept the fact that AI is here to stay, you can begin to consider how it should work for us. As with any powerful new technology, it's important to recognise (and mitigate) the risks that will inevitably emerge. But to focus on these risks is short-sighted. To take Sundar Pinchai's analogy as an example: if we'd been attentive only to the bite of an electric shock or the burn of an uncontrolled flame then we might never have learned how to light a bulb or boil a kettle. Understanding the negative side-effects of these elements is key to safely harnessing their power – but we'll only reap the benefits of that power by taking control and aiming it in a positive direction.
And steadying that aim, it's clear to me, requires a human hand. That is to say that we'll only see the full potential of AI if we employ it in combination with an existing human workforce. Far from existing in unassailable competition, the two should be viewed as complementary. Deloitte's Digital Disruption Index reported that a mere 8% of business leaders believe AI solutions will present a like-for-like replacement for human intelligence. Its real value comes when the technology is used to improve the human decision-making process making it faster and more accurate.
When presented in this way, we can start to develop AI solutions with the foremost purpose of augmenting and thereby expanding a person's role in their job. Why have an employee spend hours clawing through and categorising datasets when AI can take minutes over the same task and, as a result, free up those hours for the person to spend on complex analysis instead? It's a basic example, but apply the principle to pretty much any sector and the benefits become clear: your retail staff, freed from manual stock taking, now have more time to spend making meaningful shopper interactions and secure invaluable return custom; the brain surgeon can operate sooner, thanks to a faster diagnosis based on years of accumulated, anonymised patient data; and so on.
The question, then, surely mustn't be 'how can a machine do this job for me?' but rather 'how can this machine help me do this job better?'
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RESERVATION: A signed contract and retainer fee are required to reserve the dates and times of the EVENT(S). If the EVENT(S) are rescheduled, postponed, or cancelled; or if there is a breach of contract by the CLIENT, the retainer fee is non-refundable and shall be liquidated damages to The COMPANY. The CLIENT shall also be responsible for payment for any of the COMPANY's materials charges incurred up to time of cancellation.
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We're always thankful for our crew here at ComputerCare. At this time of the year, we especially appreciate everything that they do each and every day to keep our customers' devices in tip-top shape.
This month, we have the pleasure of putting the spotlight on Bill Castillo. Bill works at our headquarters in Santa Clara. He joined ComputerCare as a technician back in October 2015, and has proven to be a wonderful asset to the team.
Bill stands out thanks to his willingness to step up and complete any task at hand. He is our Thunderbolt display master, and always completes those repairs with ease. Bill also lends a hand to other members of the team whenever needed. He is the comedian of the group, and always keeps people laughing and smiling.
BC: I'm a Computer Technician, and my main role is to diagnose and fix the devices and laptops that come in for repair.
BC: One of the most challenging things about being a computer technician is the pace of change. We see new systems with new requirements all the time, so keeping up with that can be difficult.
CC: What do you appreciate most about your work?
BC: My co-workers, and the support we give each other. It's a very friendly and cooperative atmosphere that we all appreciate.
CC: What's the most rewarding part of your work?
BC: It's a great feeling whenever I find out what's wrong with a system and get it up and running again. It's really a sense of accomplishment.
CC: What was the best gift you ever gave someone?
BC: One of the best (and possibly the weirdest) gifts I've ever given was what you could call a Murder Bag. It was a duffle bag full of things like duct tape, a hacksaw, gas can, and bleach. On a side note, it was when Dexter was big, so that might help you understand a bit of the background to that story.
BC: Something people definitely don't know is that I was ordained by the Universal Life Church of Modesto California to perform weddings. If you're ever in need, you know where to come.
Congratulations, Bill. We're really thankful for everything you do!
Summer is definitely here, and it's time to introduce you all to our Employee of the Month for July, Kshitiz Joshi, more commonly known by our team as Joshi.
Joshi joined ComputerCare in February 2015, and is one of the company's computer technicians, based at our headquarters in Santa Clara. All of our technicians are experts when it comes to getting important devices up and running again, but Joshi stands out from the crowd for his positive attitude and reliability. In his two years at ComputerCare he has adapted to new tasks quickly and has always been willing and ready to help out whenever and wherever needed. This extends to our new hires, who quickly learn that they can turn to Joshi for help or advice.
CC: Are you a Mac guy or a PC guy away from work?
Joshi: I prefer using Macs because of the integration between the hardware and software. I like the build quality and performance, too. Having said that, when it comes to phones, I've been using Android for more than six years.
CC: What's your favorite TV show?
CC: What's the best gift you've ever given someone?
Joshi: I surprised my sister once with an Apple laptop and an iPad. She was very surprised and happy.
Congratulations, Joshi. Welcome to the Employee of the Month club!


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TRACS is an ultra-portable and complete analysis counting system for the detection and assessment of samples for gamma radiation contamination. The Genie-FieldPro counting interface and TRACS hardware are designed to work dynamically, bringing laboratory-quality measurements directly to the sample site. Samples can be placed inside the shielded counting chamber, counted and analyzed with a few quick steps, and cleared for the next step in the production process. In addition, quality assurance is guaranteed with several quality control features, traceability aspects, and ability to facilitate remote analysis by experts.
The TRACS Cart and Shield is the ultimate in portability and ease of assembly. With each piece weighing less than 20 lbs (9kg), the TRACS Cart can be fully assembled in less than 10 minutes without the use of handtools (click here to check out the video). Once assembled, the unit provides a minimum of 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) of stainless steel shielding in the detector sample chamber, a shelf for the laptop computer, and locking wheels for rolling into the counting or local storage location. Included also are a set of disposable shield liners in case of spillage or contamination in the sample counting cavity.
TRACS is designed for use with CANBERRA's 2x2 inch room-temperature scintillator probes and the Osprey digital tube base MCA. The optimum detector is a temperature-stabilized 2x2 CeBr3 detector, which offers resolution of ~4% FWHM at 662 keV. Alternately, a stabilized 2x2 NaI or non-stabilized NaI or LaBr3 detector can be substituted (more about scintillators detectors). The system includes a camera for capturing the image fill height of sample contents about to be assayed as well as a GPS device to record the location of the sample and the TRACS Cart at the time of measurement. A fully-charged laptop is capable of powering the entire system (included detector and electronics) for hours of continuous counting, eliminating the need for an external power supply.


Vignette build quirkyness on Windows resolved so vignette reinstated.
Documentation updated showing correct use of anydate (and not anytime) on input like '2016010' following the 0.3.0 release heuristic change.
Set #define for Boost to make compilation more quiet.
Added a new vignette introducing the anytime package. Seemingly it cannot be compiled on Windows so included prebuilt.
Some more tests for anydate were added along with so code coverage tags.
The C++ code was robustified in two places to not trigger rchk warnings (#79).
Three unit test files which fail on Solaris are now skipping this os as we cannot reproduce or test on this OS (#80).
Numeric input is now preserved rather than silently cast to the return object type (#69 fixing #68).
New assertion function assertDate() and assertTime().
Unit tests were expanded for the new functions, for conversion from integer as well as for yyyymmdd().
Test scripts like 'simpleTests.R' have as also been strengthened (#41); on Windows and in one file two tests need to be skipped.
Both anydate() and utcdate() no longer attempt to convert an input value that is already of type Date.
The string splitter (needed for the 'all-digits' formats extending Boost Date_time) is now more defensive about the input argument and more robust. Thanks to Bob Jansen for the heads-up (PR #30 closing issue #29).
Code coverage reporting has been added (PR #31).
Extended functionality to support 'HHMMSS[.ffffff]' following other date formats.
The testFormat (and testOutput) functions cannot be called under RStudio (PR #27 fixing issue #25).
More robust initialization and timezone information gathering.
Refactored to use a simple class wrapped around two vector with (string) formats and locales; this allow for adding formats; also adds accessor for formats (#4, closes #1 and #3).
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Relaxed one tests which showed problems on some platforms.
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In Black & White: The Women (Pt 2)
Written by Kathleen Murphy December 13, 2015
[Originally published in Movietone News 33, July 1974]
POPCORN VENUS: Women, Movies & the American Dream. By Marjorie Rosen. Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. 416 Pages. $9.95.
Marjorie Rosen begins her fat (416 pages) study of women, movies and the American Dream by simultaneously putting down the cinema's penchant for illusion and setting up the silver screen as a mirror in which "society's porous [sic] face" may be exposed—thereby illustrating the main premise of Popcorn Venus, that movies can do anything and everything, but are admirable for practically nothing. Predictably, Rosen exhibits her critical credentials by nostalgia-tripping, sharing in a manner mostly maudlin her cherished cinematic memories and illusions, all couched in the confessional style of an ex–closet (or ex-prom) queen. But Rosen's seen the light, so to speak, and has written a book which, more than anything else, seems to represent an attempt to exorcize all those seductive dreams spun out of movie-theater darkness by means of a holy war on behalf of cinematically wronged womankind.
Rosen's weaponry includes a familiar array of selfrighteous clichés and stylistic ploys, the usual arsena1 of the writer who's got a Cause but hasn't a clue as to what constitutes good writing or critical fair play, and lacks sufficient knowledge of the enemy to even pitch a significant battle. Fundamentally, her pathetic (and self-aggrandizing) fallacy centers on the notion that Hollywood, movie moguls, men have engaged in an ongoing, conscious conspiracy against women since movies were first invented. Time after time, Rosen conjures up images of smoke-filled backrooms in which sinister plots were hatched by "Hollywood" to further subjugate or degrade women. That Hollywood (a place, not a person), at any given time, consisted of diverse elements, conforming and dissenting modes of direction, acting, even production, never seems to occur to her, in much the same way a freshman English student never seems to wonder about the real identity of that convenient scapegoat "Society." Thus:
"For the men making movies in the twenties, ridicule (ergo, humor) shielded them and their masculine audiences from inevitable feminine demands for equality, social and otherwise. It squelched a treacherous usurping of their positions in the boudoirs and boardrooms, in the factories and on the campuses. Since the female uprising had to be put down, what a pleasant discovery that humor was at least as effective a method as pious moralizing." (page 127)
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MUMBAI - Attacking the Narendra Modi government on the JNU imbroglio, Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar said on Saturday that the BJP was "staring at defeat" in the upcoming elections in five states. "The BJP is staring at defeat in its face. That is why seeds of Hindutva and sedition are being sown before it goes to the elections," Pawar said, addressing a meeting of state party leaders here.
He said that the JNU issue was purely a "political conspiracy" and it is being propagated that only the BJP are nationalists while all others are anti-nationals. "Nobody supports such anti-India posters. Police must probe this complex issue. There are barely two percent Maoist sympathizers in JNU. The student panel which defeated the ABVP in the JNU elections is now being branded as anti-national and its leaders are jailed," Pawar asserted.
He said Bharatiya Janata Party and its loyalists are deemed as patriots whereas others are labeled as anti-nationals and predicted that in wake of all this, the BJP will bite the dust in the ensuing elections in five states across India. Pawar added that by pitching Hindus against Muslims and Dalits against non-Dalits, the BJP government is trying to divert attention from other issues, like farmers.
NCP state president Sunil Tatkare warned of attempts being made to "suppress" the party and called upon its workers to be prepared for any challenges and confrontation with the government.


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The World War II generation of my parishioners seemed the most enthusiastic about their new American pastor. Sadly, the youth were most familiar with recent American military adventures, especially the war in Iraq. Their view of America and Americans was much more skeptical, even hostile. But the elders remembered when America had rescued them. "If it weren't for the Americans, we'd all be Germans," was one's opinion. Born in 1944, the last year of the occupation of France, he grew up in the villages of the parish, and knew the privations of post-war Europe.
There were many of the World War II generation who were still involved in parish life. Louis Guerity, the cabinetmaker at Luze, ill, stooped and in the last months of his life, was one of them. He was a deeply intelligent man, very well read. To visit his home was to enter a world of antique tools, rusted equipment, books and dishes and old newspapers. He pulled out his Bible once to ask me about a verse, and it was underlined and highlighted, the pages stained and dog-eared. It was the most well used, well-thumbed Bible I think I've ever seen. The dark dining room was full of old newspapers, boxes and imposing furniture. Louis had made and carved the furniture with his own hands, and it was exquisite. The dining table and sideboard were fashioned in dark wood, with flowers carved in relief. Louis himself was dying of cancer and, almost bent double by an arthritic spine. His eyes were bright, though, and his wit and intelligence shone out above his pain.
Apprenticed to a cabinetmaker, he had excelled at his work. Although he had been of the age to be taken by the Germans, he had escaped deportation to the work camps, while others from Luze had been taken. Louis remembered what he called "meetings" that he attended with other young men during the war. He'd smile and say a few of them would get together for a meeting and, what a coincidence, the electrical lines to Couthenans would be destroyed. To hear him speak of those meetings began to open my eyes to how deeply involved my parishioners had been in defying the Germans while they waited for liberation.


Earlier this week, Minnesota lawmakers proposed new legislation in both chambers of the state legislator that would push for the legalize use and sale of recreational marijuana by 2022. By planting the seeds to the new era of cannabis in the state, it will allow adults over 21 to possess, grow and purchase a certain limit of marijuana. The state would license and regulate businesses to cultivate, process, test and sell weed to adults; it would also create and mandate health and safety regulations for testing and labeling, including restrictions against marketing to teenagers.
If the bill is passed, it will allow Minnesota's Department of Health to regulate marijuana clinics and direct regulators to establish a "seed-to-sale" system. It would also allow for the expungement of certain cannabis-related crimes from arrest records. Along with rerouting $10 million annually toward impoverished communities that have been particularly affected by prohibition and fund millions of dollars towards the improvement of mental health services.
According to the reports The Marijuana Policy Project, the country's largest organization for marijuana policy reform, estimates that regulated sales could be in between $200 million and $300 million in annual tax revenue for the state of Minnesota alone.
As of today, there are 10 U.S. states which include Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, and Washington D.C. that have legalized recreational marijuana, however medical marijuana is legal in 33 states and growing.


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Q: ASP.NET code to receive IM using lync SDK 2013 (c#) I am a beginner in this field and learning how to send and receive IM using lync SDK 2013.
i have gone through and understood how to send IM using lync SDK 2013.
Now I want to learn how to receive IM using the same.
can anyone help me with the code ?

A: There are plenty resources in the internet which can be helpful:

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*Learn Skype Web SDK Day 15 : Receiving Instant Messages

*Send and receive text in a conversation

*Receive an Incoming IM Call

*Skype Web SDK Sending an Instant Message
However it totally depends on your needs and what you wish to build, so its not that easy to answer (e.g. Error Handling if the user is offline or not, and such stuff).

A: Unfortunately, the Lync 2013 client SDK has a hard dependency on the Lync 2013 client application. That is, you app can only run on a computer where the Lync 2013 client is installed and can run. This is because the SDK depends on the SIP protocol stack that lives in the client.
If you want to send and receive IM in an ASP.NET app, you'll need to use our Skype Web SDK, as was indicated in the first answer.


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Q: Kakfa fails to start with Fatal error "Duplicate log directories found" Kafka fails to start with below error:
Fatal error during KafkaServer startup. Prepare to shutdown
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Duplicate log directories found: /node5/kafka/data/logs-47, /node7/kafka/data/logs-47!
    at kafka.log.LogManager$$anonfun$loadLogs$2$$anonfun$3$$anonfun$apply$10$$anonfun$apply$1.apply$mcV$sp(LogManager.scala:155)
    at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$$anon$1.run(CoreUtils.scala:56)
    at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
    at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Kafka 0.9.0.1 is deployed as part of Cloudera.
What does the issue mean?
Is there a workaround or solution to this problem? Couldn't find it.
I reached this error after restart the broker following underreplicated partitions issue in some topic partition.
There were below errors in the broker's log before the restart
    java.lang.IllegalStateException: Compaction for partition [logs,47] cannot be aborted and paused since it is in LogCleaningPaused state.
        at kafka.log.LogCleanerManager$$anonfun$abortAndPauseCleaning$1.apply$mcV$sp(LogCleanerManager.scala:149)
        at kafka.log.LogCleanerManager$$anonfun$abortAndPauseCleaning$1.apply(LogCleanerManager.scala:140)
        at kafka.log.LogCleanerManager$$anonfun$abortAndPauseCleaning$1.apply(LogCleanerManager.scala:140)
        at kafka.utils.CoreUtils$.inLock(CoreUtils.scala:231)
...

Cloudera Data Directories configuration:
/node/kafka/data
/node2/kafka/data
...
/node8/kafka/data

UPDATE
I've inspected duplicate directories contents and found that the newest directory seems to have empty log segments:
ls -l /node5/kafka/data/logs-47

-rw-r--r-- 1 kafka kafka 10485760 Mar  9 05:35 00000000000000000000.index
-rw-r--r-- 1 kafka kafka        0 Mar  8 13:12 00000000000000000000.log

While older folder is not:
ls /node7/kafka/data/logs-47

-rw-r--r-- 1 kafka kafka 10485760 Mar  9 05:35 00000000000000366115.index
-rw-r--r-- 1 kafka kafka        0 Nov 25 10:13 00000000000000366115.log

A: Your error is saying that you have more than one directory on a single broker that contains data from a topic named logs with at least 47 partitions.
The LogCleaner cannot continue to delete that data until it knows which one is the correct directory
If you have some idea about what should be in the topic, you can dump the log segments and inspect messages
If you don't know what data should be there, and the partitions are replicated to other brokers that are healthy, then delete all of the faulty partition directories and restart the broker, letting replication heal the missing data


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Home News Breaking News Suspect nabbed after armed holdup at Dallas Center drug store
Suspect nabbed after armed holdup at Dallas Center drug store
Jim Caufield
Charges are pending Friday morning after a woman with a gun robbed the Medicap Pharmacy in Dallas Center about 7 a.m. and fled westward in a car on Iowa Highway 44.
The suspect abandoned the vehicle in the 25200 block of U.S. Highway 169 and fled on foot into some nearby woods, where she was taken into custody without incident by Dallas County Deputy Sheriffs about 7:40 a.m.
The Dallas County Sheriff's office and Iowa State patrol responded to the reported armed robbery, and an investigation is ongoing at this hour.
According to radio traffic, a thin-built white woman in her 50s and dressed in black clothes and wearing sunglasses entered the drug store at 504 14th St. in Dallas Center and brandished a firearm. It is unknown at this time what goods the robber got away with, if any.
The armed robber then fled in a black Hyundai Sonata with tinted windows. Radio traffic indicated "a bag of pills" was found on the floorboard of the vehicle where it was abandoned in the driveway of the residence at 25289 N Ave.
The suspect fled across a field and into timber on the west side of U.S. Highway 169 and just north of the Dallas County Human Services Campus, the former county home, where she was taken into custody after a brief foot chase.
The suspect was taken to the Dallas County Jail, and the Dallas County EMS was paged in order to provide medical assistance.
The Medicap Pharmacy at 504 14th St. in Dallas Center was robbed Friday morning by a gun-wielding woman.
Dallas County Deputy Sheriffs talked to the drug store employees in the investigation of the Friday morning armed robbery.
Law enforcement officers caught the armed-robbery suspect in woods north of the Dallas County Human Services Campus on U.S. Highway 169.
The suspect in the armed robbery abandoned her vehicle in the 25200 block of N Avenue and fled on foot.
Law enforcement investigates a Friday morning armed robbery of a Dallas Center drug store.
john patrick (perdue) April 28, 2017 At 8:40 pm
Theperrynews.com was the only media source reporting this event all day long. Nothing yet on our local radio station website as of this writing at 8:30 p.m. Makes one know who really reports the news first, fast, and accurately…
john patrick (perdue) April 29, 2017 At 11:40 am
It's 11:30 Saturday morning and still nothing on our local radio station about this event. Yes, there are stories from a week ago. Maybe they will report this next week.


In a message from South bend Superintendent Jon Tienhaara, leaders in both districts met recently to discuss upcoming Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) rule changes and some of the challenges associated with declining turnout for football.
The districts are considering having a "combine", or a "cooperative" high school football program, beginning in the 2020 season.
The WIAA recently decided to allow districts bigger than the 2B classification to use their free and reduced lunch percentages to justify competing with smaller schools. They say this potentially puts 2B school districts (such as South Bend and Raymond) against much larger rivals.
If the two districts request to play as a combine, they could remain much more competitive at the 2B level.
Raymond Athletic Director Mike Tully spoke about the competitive advantage a combine would bring.


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Quick and Responsive, and a whale of a ride.
By Carol Nickle and Bryan Gooderham
We opened our 1984 Lake Ontario sailing season in early April with a test ride on a J /22- the new, small planning keelboat from J Boats, Inc. of Newport, Rhode Island. We discovered a fun, spritely yacht packed with performance.
Launched in the United States for the 1983 season, the J/22 has been an instant success, with more than 360 boats sold south of the border in less than a year. Marketing in Canada commenced in July, 1983 through dealers located in Halifax, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto and Vancouver.
Rod Johnstone, with the benefit of Bob Johnstone's marketing savvy and input from the company's large dealer network, has drawn a scaled down version of the stripped out J /29 and J / 35, designed to appeal to the (perhaps novice) sailor who wants a day sailing keelboat.
The J /22 is light and trailer able. Its design has a number of typical "J" characteristics most notably a fine entry and a relatively narrow waterline beam flaring to a full eight feet of maximum beam at deck level. Like the J/29, it has an abbreviated cabin trunk and a long expanse of cockpit.
Flat midsections encouraging easy planning taper gently back to an upright transom and outboard rudder assembly. These features produce a boat with the liveliness of a racing dinghy, yet with some emphasis on dryness and comfort. The J /22 is rated to race both MORC and PHRF, but it seems that the greatest opportunity for keen racing fun is in a one design fleet. J Boats hopes to encourage the same broad penetration that made the J /24 one of the largest and most successful classes in the world.
To this end, a strong class association is being actively promoted for one design racing, including arrangements for North American Championships to be held in Marblehead, Massachusetts, this year. Angus Sail craft, the Toronto dealer for the J / 22 and other members of the J Boats family, launched and rigged its demonstration model for us virtually as soon as the ice cleared Toronto Harbor.
We actually sailed the J /22 around the harbor on two occasions at the beginning of April. The first afternoon's blustery winds gusting from 20 to 30 knots revealed more about the ability of the boat and its gear to withstand heavy weather than about sailing performance.
Even under reefed mainsail alone we were heavily overpowered in the gusts. With the working jib drawing as well, we established an important fact the self- bailing cockpit drains large amounts of water quite quickly! Several days later, with the wind a mild mannered 12 to 18 knots and flat water, we had a whale of a ride. The J /22's helm is quick and responsive distinctly dinghy like. The boat is fitted with the same rudder assembly as the larger J /24, which results in most positive steering, but the helm is not heavy or difficult, even in heavy weather. Because the helm is so light, the boat accelerates well and scorches along downwind. On the other hand, with full main and working jib, we did find the boat a little tender going to windward, with a habit of heeling quickly in the puffs.
Under these circumstances, an alert crew shifting weight to the outer edge of the deck helped significantly. The lightness of the yacht itself (only 1,750 pounds) and the unusually wide beam (eight feet) mean that distribution of several hundred pounds of crew can make a difference. For those willing to sacrifice maximum speed, shortening the generous sail area would also restore stability.
We also observed that as the hull heels, leeway increases noticeably. In our opinion, to maximize upwind racing performance it is important to keep the J /22 fairly flat. Class rules permit hiking straps for the helmsman, a useful addition in helping to keep the hull on its feet.
The roomy, seven-foot-long cockpit is comfortable. Crew members can sit on the recessed seats or the deck surround. There's plenty of room behind the mainsheet traveler bridge for the helmsman to steer comfortably, and several crew members can fit in the forward section of the cockpit. Interestingly, the class rules limit crew to a total (unclothed) weight of 550 pounds; the number of crew members is optional! Nevertheless, most J/22s apparently sail with three or four crew members.
Generally, we were highly impressed with the standard of fitting and the deck layout. Most of the hardware s made by recognized suppliers of high quality racing gear. The deck stepped mast is particularly well designed and executed by Hall Spars. It is firmly supported below-deck by sturdy aluminum column flanked by longitudinal stiffeners in the hull floor.
The chain plates are through bolted into transverse bulkheads, but we observed evidence of a little leaking around the fastenings. The mast hast internal halyards with sheaves built into the butt to lead halyards back to the cockpit. Halyards are secured on the cabin top by standing clam cleats that we thought might better be replaced by small throw-action stoppers.
Two winches at the aft end of the cabin house efficiently handle halyards, jib sheets and spinnaker sheets. For heavy-weather sailing we discovered that it is preferable to cross-haul the jib sheet to the weather winch so that the crew can trim the jib and prepare to tack while staying well up on the high side.
By taking it out for the first sail in winds up to 30 knots (certainly too much for comfortable sailing in what is still essentially a small boat) we learned that the J /22 lives up to its claims of toughness. We had no gear failures of any sort. We did have a little difficulty with the traveler choking up on its control lines at each end where it is recessed into the cockpit seats, and occasional trouble releasing the cleat on the main sheet at high angles of heel.
Since the J/22 takes on goodly amounts of water when well-heeled and the manufacturer warns that the boat may sink if filled with water, we had to be especially vigilant of the mainsheet and traveler tackle to ensure the ability to spill the mainsail quickly. To be fair, the vast majority of sailors will sensibly stay ashore in such weather conditions, but minor adjustments could easily be made to the hardware to eliminate potential problems.
About 15 J/22s have been sold since its introduction to the Canadian market in July last year. Until its numbers grow sufficiently to constitute a one-design fleet, boats in the Toronto area have been racing under both the MORC and PHRF rating systems. The J/22 has performed well in Lake Ontario regattas, including the MORC Internationals in Toronto last year in which a slightly modified model, Banjo, finished 2nd. Alan Adelkind of Angus Sail-craft is optimistic that the pace of growth in the local fleet will soon justify onedesign racing in the Toronto area and he tells us that plans are afoot for a Canadian national J /22 series.
For the racing sailor looking to move up to a small keelboat, the J/22 offers spirited performance and competitive action. Although we didn't have the opportunity to see it launched from a trailer, we are assured that with practice it can be put in the water and rigged in 25 minutes.
The boat comes equipped with a lifting eye in case there's a crane handy. We expect that the J / 22, light enough to be hauled easily and small enough to be trailered conveniently, could appeal to a growing number of young Canadian sailors who are looking for competitive excitement but are ready to graduate from a dinghy.
J Boats is also promoting the J /22 as a good choice for the inexperienced sailor, especially for the family that's learning to sail. The company points to the combination of sailing comfort, ease of handling, performance and safety. We would certainly concur that the J /22 provides a substantially drier, more comfortable ride than a small dinghy while still being small enough to be responsive and easy to maneuver.
The sails and rigging are small enough to be managed by the inexperienced. Nonetheless, the J /22 is a fairly high-performance machine with an above average sail area-to-displacement ratio. We advise the novice to be careful and reduce sail in heavy weather.
The basic interior of the J /22 is designed with a double V berth atop the forward buoyancy compartment and two fore and aft benches either side of the keel. The interior is clean and bright, with two low windows in the cabin trunk and a cream-colored gelcoat finish.
There's also plenty of room for general stowage aft under the cockpit seats and decks. One or two optional quarter berths can replace the benches and extend aft. To accommodate larger crew members, the optional quarter berth is recommended, as the V berth would not comfortably sleep two adults of above average size.
The accommodation provides the same service as a good tent; no plumbing, no galley and no wiring, but a place to shelter the crew and their gear overnight and during inclement weather. Because of its simple, uncluttered interior and practical fiberglass construction with modest use of teak trim on both interior and exterior, maintenance should be quick and easy.
The same flat-finish gel-coat used on the interior of the hull and deck continues throughout the bilge. Obviously on a boat this size there are economies in spraying the complete interior with only one type of paint, however, a high-gloss finish in the bilge would make cleaning easier.
The base price quoted for the J /22 is $14,850, not including a mainsail and 100 per cent jib valued at $1,200. However, a number of features that a prospective owner, whether a keen racer or daysailor, will likely desire are optional. For a boat that appeals to sailors with a variety of skill levels and interests it makes sense to have the flexibility to outfit the boat according to individual needs, but that can significantly increase its price.
For example, with the addition of a sternrail, bow pulpit, lifelines, bottom paint, V-berth cushions, a quarterberth and an engine, together with the necessary transportation and commissioning, the J / 22 will cost the day or overnight sailor nearly $19,000.
The racing sailor who eschews all creature comforts but chooses a trailer, a spinnaker and associated gear, and a compass will run up a comparable bill. Admittedly, the trailer accounts for nearly $2,000 of the additional cost, but for the competitive racer we believe the ability to haul the boat frequently and trailer it to regattas is one of the attractive features of the J /22.
It's certainly not the cheapest boat in this size range; but at J Boats the emphasis is on quality and performance, not merely price. You can be sure that the J /22 does deliver lots of sailing excitement-and fun.
Originally published in Canadians Yachting's June 1984 issue.
Photo Captions: The roomy, seven foot long cockpit is comfortable. Crew members can sit on the recessed seats or the deck surround.
The basic interior is designed is designed with a double V berth atop the forward buoyancy compartment and two force and aft benches either side of the keel.
The mast has internal halyards with sheaves built into the butt and lead to the cockpit.
Carol Nickle is an independent financial consultant. Bryan Gooderham is the owner of Bryan Gooderham Yacht Services and a member of the crew of the Sorc and Admiral's Cup Racer, Amazing Grace.
LOA.......................22ft 6in
Waterline................19ft
Beam.....................8ft
Displacement..........1,750lbs
Ballast....................700lbs
Draft.......................3ft 8in
Sail Area.................223ft2
(Main + 100%)
MORC....................20-21
PHRF.....................170-180
Base Price..............$14,850(in 1984)


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Q: IIS Windows Integrated Auth, not passing domain\user I have two servers. both running IIS7.5.
they both run the same version of a web based application which occupies several app pools (it runs as lots of little services and the like).
i have an excel plugin which connects to that application and can draw data out.
the only difference i know of between the two machines is that the working one runs all its app pools with the standard accounts, localsystem, apppoolidentity etc.
the failing one uses specific service accounts for most of its app pools (mainly the ones used by the web application).
the crux of the issue seems to be that on the working machine the exchange is as follows -
POST /Service/Hierarchy.svc - 80 - 10.100.69.49 - 200 0 0 0
GET /Application/login/login.dll - 80 DOM\Account 10.100.69.49 - 200 0 0 140

and on the failing server -
POST /Service/Hierarchy.svc - 80 - 10.100.69.49 - 200 0 0 0
GET /Application/login/login.dll - 80 - 10.100.69.49 - 401 2 5 358

note the account doesnt get passed.
all other settings that i can see, are the same except.... on that application/login/login.dll authentication settings, on the working server it is Negotiate then NTLM, on the failing server if I put it that way round then other parts of the application stop working with 401 challenges wanting credentials.
can anyone offer any advice on how to debug this?
thanks
edit:
here's a trimmed down wireshark capture of the failed attempt.
GET /Application/login/login.dll HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Negotiate YIILwgYGKwYBBQUCoIILtjCCC7KgM...etc
Host: MachineName

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: text/html
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate oYGNMIGKoAMKAQGhC...etc
WWW-Authenticate: NTLM
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:42:58 GMT
Content-Length: 1293

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
...html
<title>401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.</title>
...html

Server Error

401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.

You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

...html

GET /Application/login/login.dll HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Negotiate oYILiTCCC4WgAwoBAa...etc
Host: MachineName

HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
Content-Type: text/html
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
WWW-Authenticate: Negotiate oX8wfaADCgEBonYEdGByBgk...etc
WWW-Authenticate: NTLM
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2016 05:42:58 GMT
Content-Length: 1293

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
...html
<title>401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.</title>
...html

Server Error

...html

401 - Unauthorized: Access is denied due to invalid credentials.

You do not have permission to view this directory or page using the credentials that you supplied.

...html

i know that the user in question has access to the urls in the requests, so i can call /Application/login/login.dll manually.
is
GET /Application/login/login.dll HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Negotiate YIILwgYGKwYBBQUCoIILtjCCC7KgM...etc
Host: MachineName

where it tries to pass the username? could this be failing and that's why I don't see the user being passed?
thanks again
edit:
i'm seeing KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED in Wireshark which wasn't there before, also in the details it is listing the ServiceAccount which runs the AppPool.
so i'm thinking it might be related to this - Windows Authentication KRB5KRB_AP_ERR_MODIFIED

A: Ayyy, fixed it :)
just needed to check Enable Kernel-mode authentication in the Authentication setting for Windows Authentication in the Application/login/ site.
i noticed it said to keep it enabled if using custom identities for the app pool.


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The signal hypothesis in bacteria.
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Q: Function composition of methods, functions, and partially applied functions in Scala Somewhat similar to Stack Overflow question Compose and andThen methods, I've been working through Twitter's Scala School tutorial and quickly ran into the same problem that a commenter had (which was great, because I went to bed thinking my problem was solved).
In the tutorial, it defines two methods as such:
def addUmm(x: String) = x + " umm"
def addAhem(x: String) = x + " ahem"

and while in newer versions of Scala, you can't call compose on them as such: addUmm(_).compose(addAhem(_)), the accepted answer (and some of the other answers seem to hinge upon the fact that addUmm and addAhem are methods, not functions, which creates an issue when trying to call compose. I went to bed satisfied, having successfully run:
scala> ((s: String) => s + " umm").compose((s: String) => s + " ahem")
res0: String => java.lang.String = <function1>

Cool. The issue is that while not being able to compose methods makes some sense, when I the same thing with values I know evaluate to Function1:
val a = (s: String) => s + " umm"
val b = (s: String) => s + " ahem"
val c = a(_).compose(b(_))

Well, that last line coughs up the same error that the original question did, even though they're partial applications of functions this time, not methods. One of the answers in the original question (highly-ranked, but not the accepted answer) seems to hint that it has to do with how the partial application is expanded, what is the explanation?
For a Scala newbie, the fact that the inferencer gets a(_).compose(b(_)) wrong no matter if you explicitly specify _: String both places, but a.compose(b) does is somewhat confusing.

A: You can use simply 'a compose b'.
scala> val c = a compose b
c: String => java.lang.String = <function1>

A: a(_).compose(b(_)) expands to x => { a(x).compose(y => b(y) }. Hence the error. What you want is (x => a(x)).compose(y => b(y)). Adding a pair of parentheses fixes this.
scala> (a(_)).compose(b(_: String))
res56: String => java.lang.String = <function1>

scala> res56("hello")
res57: java.lang.String = helloahemumm

But since a and b are functions, you can avoid all this cruft and simply do a compose b.


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Ironbark Zinc Limited is proposing a zinc mine at about 82.5 degrees north latitude in Greenland, making it the most northerly mining project.
The Citronen Zinc-Lead Project represents one of the world's largest undeveloped zinc-lead resources (7th in size) with a resource in excess of 13 billion pounds of contained zinc and lead metal. The project is located in northern Greenland, a self-governed part of the Kingdom of Denmark and has a low level of sovereign risk. To date in excess of 67,000m of diamond drilling has been completed at the Citronen Project. The current resource estimate for Citronen is 70 B metric tonnes of ore, with a 3.5% cut-off, yielding more than 13 B lbs of zinc.
The minesite is close to tidewater. Ironbark has a strategic partnership with China Nonferrous Metal Industry's Foreign Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd (NFC) with access to Chinese debt finance. The company is finalizing a feasibility study and targeting production between 140,000 and 220,000 tpa zinc metal and ~10,000 tpa lead metal over a mine life of at least 14 years. Ironbark contemplates a $500M CAPEX project later in the decade.
There is a mine on Spitsbergen, the largest island in the geographically isolated Svalbard archipelago, situated at 78° north, but this project is further north yet.
The company, Ironbark, is proposing to mine zinc, not iron.
The company's URL is ironbarkgold, rather than ironbarkzinc. I am confused.
The project Citronen has nothing to do with a French car Citroen.
The miners are Australians, people who inhabit the hottest continent of blazing +50 C summer heat. Yes they are coming to mine in northern Greenland where -40 C is normal.


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Just wondering everyone's thoughts and experiences on this?
I would be surprised to learn of the existence of nonphenomenal greyish blue chrysoberyl. If it is chrysoberyl it is probably juat showing an underwhelming shift.


Solitude teaches us how to be present.
Silence teaches us how to listen.
Stillness teaches us how to act.
Phileena taught us that centering prayer is rooted in the doctrine of the divine indwelling and is a process of interior purification. And, if and when we consent, a union with God. How beautiful. One of the key teachings for me was that centering prayer is really not about listening for God's voice or seeking an experience with him that we can talk about later. Rather, it is to rest in his presence. The evidence of God's movement and presence in our time of centering prayer will be seen in the life that we live. Over time, we will become more grace-filled, more at peace, less angry, more like Christ.
The eight minutes of centering prayer was about what I expected. The first couple minutes were, well, excruciating. I couldn't settle in and my thoughts flooded the space. But then I said my phrase, "Here I am." More thoughts came. As Phileena said, "the mind has thoughts like the heart has beats." So true. I must have said, "Here I am" at least 250 times during that eight minutes. Nothing magical happened in those moments, at least not that I felt. I have a sense though, that God was at work. I trust that he was.
one. Sit in an upright, attentive posture and place your hands in your lap.
two. Close your eyes and bring to mind your sacred word or image as your way of consenting to the presence and action of God within you. Choose a name for God, a characteristic of God, or a word that symbolizes consent.
three. With your eyes closed, recall your sacred word or image to begin. As you notice your thoughts, gently return to your sacred word. Do this each time your notice your thoughts.
four. When your prayer time is over, transition slowly from your prayer practice to your active life.
If you want to know more about centering prayer, check out the many resources at Gravity Center's website. Thomas Keating's book Open Mind, Open Heart, is also a must-have.
Last thing, Phileena reminded me that she just started a new blog series that will explore the themes in her book, Pilgrimage of the Soul, so take a look at that to follow along.
I think this was the most difficult practice for me yet. I am unashamedly comfortable with the rational approach – studying, reading, thinking, figure it out (whatever it happens to be a the moment) so I can understand and explain it. This practice seems to take me away from that – from doing – and into just being with God where I don't need to do or even think anything, but rather to just be and become present to the One who is already there. As I talked about this with my wife last evening she calmly 'encouraged' me with the idea that my difficulty and discomfort with this practice mean it's probably just the practice I need engage in right now. We'll see.
I began a practice of sitting in silence, in the dark early morning hours, when my mom passed away back in 1999. It helped me to get through the grief created by her death and then the death of my dad a few years later.
Eventually, sitting in prayerful silence became a regular, and very enjoyable part of my life. Each morning I would look forward to a time of silence in our peaceful unlit family room.
My wife just passed away in February, and I truly believe that this practice has kept me from giving up and taking my own life. I honestly have felt the presence of God, during these quiet times, reassuring me that he is here and that he will take care of me. This has been incredibly comforting and healing. I thank God that he prompted me to adopt this habit all those years ago.


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Swimwear. Clothing is among the important things that you should carry in a travel bag. Beach clothes can be purchased in various designs and sizes according to body shape. Bikinis is a type of public swimwear that comes in various colors and styles.
Glasses and Surf Wear. Glasses are extremely important to transport once you visit the beach. Cat-eye glasses are very common these days. If you genuinely wish to protect your eyes, it's better to wear big glasses or wear eyes that could protect your eyes. When packing your bag, remember to hold the glasses inside.
Surfing is one of many important sports you can try on the beach, but it's not possible to wear normal pants when surfing. You can bring surf or buy clothes from a beach front shop. It's better to bring clothes from famous brands.
Bring Sunscreen Lotion and Cream. One of many worst things about a beach vacation is tanning. Sunlight falls on your skin, increasing the rate of melanin production. You may bring a sunscreen lotion from a good brand that will reduce tanning and keep your skin layer in good condition.
The full time when more sunlight strikes and more damage done by UV light is between 11:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. We recommend your stop by at the beach with your baby is obviously outside this time around and never extend the beach time more than 80-90 minutes.
When you plan your first trip to the beach along with your baby, the essential kit that you've to take includes these elements: Ropita, backup towels and diapers, Cream for abrasions and irritation, Sunscreen with fission filter, Baby bottle with milk, Water and pieces of fruit in thermal bags, toys and pacifiers and small carts.
Umbrellas and Chairs. Umbrellas and chairs are very common on the beach. It's impossible to bring a couch in a journey bag. You can get one from the beach front shop to take pleasure from the sun. Umbrella is a significant item for holidays on the beach.