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Drive Bender: Drive extender technology for all
By David Hartsock / October 21, 2011 November 12, 2015 / 3 Comments	/ News, Software, WHS 2011
One of the killer features of WHS V1 was named Drive Extender. Drive extender technology allowed multiple drives to be added to a computer, but they were viewed by the OS as a pool of storage or one large drive. Drive extender also included the ability to automatically duplicate folders for redundancy through a feature called folder duplication. In WHS V1 if you had two drives, or more, in your computer folder duplication could store two copies of a folder, and the files within, on two separate physical drives. This was done seamlessly and in the background with no user intervention other than enabling the option. Normally a drive failure would result in loss of data, but with Drive Extender and the folder duplication feature the data would be duplicated on a second drive preventing data loss. You could think of this as a poor man's RAID solution, and many referred to it as such.
Fast forward to 2010… Microsoft announced the second version of WHS, code named Vail (released as Windows Home Server 2011), based on Server 2008 R2 and some new additions to the line targeting small businesses based on the WHS code. Drive Extender was expected to continue to live inside WHS Vail and find its' way into the new business line with possible inclusion in other Windows versions. Unfortunately, later in 2011, Microsoft announced they experienced issues when using Drive Extender with certain business software. Based on the shared code between WHS and the new small business line they made the decision to drop Drive Extender from WHS completely. The internet uproar among enthusiasts was great. Many complained that Drive Extender was the core reason to run WHS while others stated they would flat out not upgrade to the new WHS without it. I understand Microsoft's decision and there are other methods to achieve the same end result, but having Drive Extender built into WHS was a simple and straight forward solution for many that was built into the OS.
As a result of Microsoft's decision and urged on by the internet grumblings regarding the lack of Drive Extender a company named Division-M from Australia began working on their own solution. A solution that would make Windows Home Server "whole" again with the added bonus of not being tied to any one particular Microsoft OS.
Drive Bender
Fast forward to 2011… After much testing within the Windows Home Server enthusiast community Division-M has released their answer to Microsoft's Drive extender technology, Drive Bender!
And more good news – Drive Bender is available for any Windows version from XP to Windows 7 and including the server versions such as: Windows Home Server 2011, Small Business Server 2011, and Storage Server 2011.
Here's what Division-M has to say about Drive Bender:
Drive Bender is state of the art, single point storage pool technology for Microsoft Windows. Drive Bender presents multiple hard drives as a single pool of data storage, either as one or more drive letters, or a network shared drive. Drive Bender is able to do this with any drive recognized by Windows, including external drive such as USB, Firewire etc.
Drive Bender also provides the user with the ability to seamless expand their storage pool by simply adding a new drive. Adding a new drive expands the pool by the size of the new drive. Existing data within the pool is redistributed to the new drive to ensure the pool remain balanced.
Drive merging and converting
Drive Bender also offers a merge capability, allowing users to take a drive that contains data, and merge that drive (and data) into the pool. In addition there is also a drive conversion feature. This can take and existing drive letter (mounted against a physical drive) and convert this into a pooled drive. Once completed, new hard drives can be added to expand the once fixed drive.
Data redundancy
To further ensure data safety, Drive Bender can automatically duplicate any file added to a Drive Bender pool. File duplication is determined at the folder level and occurs on the fly as data is being written to the pool. More importantly, files are only duplicated across physical drives ensuring maximum safety and data redundancy.
Non-destructive
One of the key Drive Bender features is its non-destructive file system technology. In short, this means that all drives within a Drive Bender pool are utilizing standard NTFS format and file structures. This is to such an extent that a drive can be pulled from the pool and read on any machine capable of reading an NTFS formatted drive. More over, drives attached to the pool can be done so without modification, if a drive is added (not merged) that contains existing data, that data will remain untouched.
Ease to try
Because of our non-destructive file system, taking Drive Bender for a test drive is easy. Simply specify the drives to be included in the pool, and you are ready go. The drives are not formatted (unless specified), the only change made to the drive is the addition of a folder that holds the contents of the pool and a small number of configuration files.
Drive Bender employs existing, proven kernel mode file system technology. Having spent many years developing kernel mode drivers, we are able to use this experience to great extent. The end result is a product whose performance will closely match that of the underlying drive.
Drive Bender doesn't come without a price, but it is surprisingly reasonable at $40 with life time support and maintenance. This is well worth it for the Windows Home Server crowd and anyone else looking for an easy to expand storage solution with "set it and forget it" redundancy!
So what do you think? Is this worthwhile on the desktop? Will this level the playing field for WHS users waiting to upgrade to WHS 2011?
Executive Editor/Owner/Admin of Daves Computer Tips and all-around good guy - Dave's interest in computers began in the early 1980's during the Apple II era. In the early 1990's the PC began to replace proprietary and mainframe devices in Dave's industry so he began to learn and experiment with the PC. Through DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, and now Windows 10. Dave became the "go to" guy for friends, family, and coworkers with computer problems. Daves Computer Tips was born in 2006 in an effort to share these experiences with others in an easy to understand, plain English, form.
3 thoughts on "Drive Bender: Drive extender technology for all"
We're a pretty clever lot us Aussies!! 🙂
I think it's extremely viable for desktop deployment, especially among home professionals and enthusiastic hobbyists. 'Average' home users I'm not so sure about, the price tag would certainly be a deterrent for many.
JohnBick
I believe the $40 will not be a show-stopper IF PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THE ADVANTAGE. I am a long-time WHS V1 user and have not upgraded to WHS V2. I have long hoped that Drive Extender would move to the mainstream Windows systems for those folks who do not want to configure RAID and do not want to have a separate backup unit. The cost is trivial for small/tiny businesses compared to the potential for data loss. It is, frankly, minor these days for even home users. I like this approach.
But aren't there rumors that this functionality, or something very much like it, be in Windows 8? That's where it belongs and it would be a killer for the Drive Bender team…
Dave Hartsock
It does look as if similar functionality is coming to Windows 8, but I'm not holding my breath until the beta(s) are released!


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La Casa De Los Leones
La Casa De Los Leones is a HUD Section 8 Elderly independent living apartment complex conveniently located in Northwest Tucson, Arizona, minutes from Interstate 10 and downtown Tucson.
The building is two levels with easy access to an elevator and stairwell, all units are only accessible through interior entrance doors. The units are non-furnished utilities included with 26 one-bedrooms of 505 square feet and 10 efficiency units of 415 square feet with 2 being wheelchair accessible.
Kitchen is vinyl flooring furnished with refrigerator, electric stove/oven, cabinets and small pantry area. The large bathrooms are vinyl flooring with tub/shower. Living room and bedroom are wall to wall carpet. For convenience, a laundry facility is available in the upper level.
In the lower level a community room with television, small kitchen, soda vending machine is available for tenant activities. The property is desert landscaped with covered patios and chairs including non-covered parking spaces for tenant and visitors use.
We have an on site manager and maintenance technician during business hours, but are available for maintenance emergencies only by pager. The complex has a monitored alarm system in case of a fire. Nearby is the Northwest Tucson City police substation, Jacobs Park (Jacobs YMCA Center), Tucson Mall, grocery store, Walgreens and bus stop to name just a few.
La Casa De Los Leones management agent is The Lions Foundation of Arizona, Inc. The management agent and staff strive to ensure that the tenants are in a clean, secure and friendly environment including providing casual monthly activities.
La Casa De Los Leones location and business hours:
3150 N. Flowing Wells
Site Manager is available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. Maintenance Technician is available from 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Note: For maintenance emergency only the staff carries pagers and can respond to calls.
The Lions Foundation of Arizona, Inc. is the management agent for La Casa De Los Leones and is located in Phx, AZ
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Your Big Gay Guide to Thanksgiving Week in Philly
By Bryan Buttler· 11/24/2014, 9:00 a.m.
If you're a vegetarian, like me, you don't really look forward to the centerpiece on the big ole' Turkey Day meal (but, I'd be willing to bet that you do overload on mashed potatoes and that green bean casserole thingie). Instead, you're plotting out your Thanksgiving week, which is notorious for parties, events, and festivities that you simply can't pass up (just like that cranberry sauce in a can). We here at G Philly came up with our best bets of everything going on in gay Philly during the week of Thanksgiving, broken up in a day-by-day, easy to follow guide. Consider it your recipe for a holiday well-done.
A Gay Cabaret: It's not a gay holiday unless there's some Broadway show tunes thrown in for good measure, and that's what you'll find when Light the Lights! presents "Hey Mama, Hey Mama! Welcome to the 80's" at L'etage. Hosted by Donald Harrison and R. Eric Thomas, the evening will feature the talents of Rachel Pinkstone, Ryan Wyrofsky, Chris Newcomer, Frankie Rowles, and Chad Parsons. With a cover of only $5, it'll save you some dollars that you'll be able to put towards that Black Friday shopping. (7:30PM, L'etage, 624 S 6th St, Philadelphia)
Princess For One Night: It's one of those shows that is so iconic, even your mama knows it: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, the musical that you grew up watching on television (forget that pretty sad Brandy/Whitney version from a few years ago, okay), is coming to Philly. Join the fun as the National Broadway tour opens at the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening, and be wowed by the Tony Award-winning costumes, the gorgeous music, and all the lovely chorus boys. Who knows? Maybe you'll magically turn into a pumpkin, too! (7:30PM, Academy of Music, 240 S. Broad St., Philadelphia)
All-Night Pub Party: Unless you've been hiding under a big old gay Philly rock, you most likely know that former boybander and out singer Lance Bass will be co-hosting this year's Pink Pub Crawl with Brittany Lynn. The all-night bender starts off at Tabu, makes it way to The Field House, and ends up at the Trocadero, where superstar DJs Chus & Ceballos will be spinning sick beats for the rest of the evening. Tickets for the event can be purchased here. (Starts at 8:00PM, Tabu, 200 S 12th St, Philadelphia)
Pulse On The Dance Floor: It's one of the biggest party nights of the year; why not do it up with a slamming dance floor for the ladies (and anyone else who likes to have a good time)? Pulse Events presents it's annual Thanksgiving Eve Party at Voyeur, featuring the beats of DJ Trish. Cover is only $5 if you show up before 11:00PM, and there's great drink specials all night long. (8:00PM, Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 Saint James St., Philadelphia)
Way Gay Potluck: Philadelphia's legendary William Way LGBT Community Center is holding a "come as you are" Thanksgiving feast to celebrate friends, family, and community. The only admission requirement? Bring your favorite dish to share with your fellow queer diners. It is sure to be an afternoon filled with laughs, good food, and plenty of new friends. (3:00PM, William Way Community Center, 1315 Spruce St., Philadelphia)
Very Gay Thanksgiving; If you're looking for a non-traditional gay way to spend your turkey day (that was an unintentional rhyme…), head on up to New Hope's iconic The Raven for a dinner that you won't forget. They'll be serving a traditional feast from 1PM-8PM in their dining room, and starting at 5PM, Russell Eiffert will be entertaining guests on the piano. Of course, there's an all-male revue starting at 10:30PM hosted by Larry E from HBO's Real Sex. Now that sounds like a better dessert than another slice of pumpkin pie. (The Raven, 385 W Bridge St, New Hope)
A Bitching Variety Show: Bev is back, and if you think you bitched earlier in the day because you waited hours to purchase that $100 TV at Best Buy, you ain't seen nothing yet! Tabu is transforming into Bev's Black Friday Bitchfest, a holiday variety show featuring the talents of Marti Gould Cummings II, Mistor Fahrenheit, Connor Michalchuk, Eric Jaffe, Luke Grooms, and many, many more. Your mistress of ceremonies, Bev, promises a night of debauchery…and plenty of complaining. (9:00PM, Tabu, 200 S 12th St, Philadelphia)
Black Friday Barbie Dream House Birthday: After a long day of shopping, why not kick back and listen to the beats of Princess Nokia and K Rizz as The Factory Girls celebrate their three-year anniversary at Voyeur. Resident DJs Gun$ Garcia, Kirex, Suga Shay, and Yolo Ono will be spinning all night long. You can expect all kinds of nails, drag, cotton candy, and photos, according to the promoters, and if you arrive before midnight, cover is only $7. (10:00PM, Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 Saint James St., Philadelphia)
Cirque Du So GAY: The Cirque Manikk troupe, which comprises musicians, dancers, acrobats, burlesque performers, and belly dancers, is coming to Tabu for an evening that defies definition. Join the awe-inspiring show and stay for the sexy after party that will include gogo dancers and aerialists performing their signature moves. If party guests wear a holiday-themed costume, it's only a $5 cover to get in. Dig out that Santa hat and your jingle bells! (9:00PM, Tabu, 200 S 12th St, Philadelphia)
Party With a Purpose: Join over 30 drag queens on the stage at Voyeur Nightclub for Code Red 2014, a one-night only special event that benefits MANNA, Mazzoni Center, and the AIDS Fund. Billed as the World AIDS Day charity event of the year, the party aims to raise $5,000 towards the fight against HIV/AIDS. As RuPaul would say, sashay away…to Voyeur. Tickets can be purchased here. (9:00PM, Voyeur Nightclub, 1221 Saint James St., Philadelphia)
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Four Menswear Trends For Fall 2018
DIY Fashion Fashion Featured Trends
by The Editors Of The Fox Magazine
Are you someone who prides themselves on looking the part every time they leave the house? Some guys take fashion seriously.
If you want to dress to impress, you'll need to stay on top of the latest industry trends. That's where we come in.
Here are four autumn trends to keep in mind for the coming months:
1. Leather Trench Coats
Remember when leather trench coats were the go-to look for slightly emotional teens? Things have changed a lot from the days of the late noughties, with the leather look – particularly coats – returning to most stores this autumn.
In truth, the journey from military regalia to fashionwear has been something very few soldiers from the start of the 20th century could have ever predicted. These days, you're more likely to need one when hitting Sainsbury's than the Somme.
2. Brown Tan
Another trend with its roots in the military. Brown tan is a shade which can't be overlooked in the post-summer months. A recent line from Kim jones at a Louis Vuitton show saw her release a series of overcoats, bomber jackets and deconstructed blazers in the colour.
The line was a rousing success – highlighting a move towards the look in the near future. An ever-reliable staple, tan is no longer a "safe" option, but rather a bold, trendy look for anyone looking to stay one step ahead of the curve.
3. Checkers
Checks are back in a big way. Have they ever really gone away? A favourite of many for a long time, this lumberjack-esque look seems set to become the norm on the high street once again.
Even Burberry are set to reclaim their fallen glory, with their latest range proving a hit with their original target market – rather than the troubled youths who adopted it at the turn of the century. I'm sure we're all partial to a Burberry baseball cap every now and then.
4. Nineties Retro
Fashion always comes around. Except mullets. Mullets must never be a thing again.
If you were fortunate enough to grow up in the wild era that was the 90s, you'll be pleased to hear they're on their way back. Baggy t-shirts, side curtains, high jeans, and FILA tops are on the rebound.
If you've ever watched The Fresh Prince of Belair or Friends and thought, "Wow, I'd really like to give that look a try", you're in luck. Channel your inner Chandler and try out a style that you never knew you could pull off.
Have these autumn 2018 trends inspired you? Be sure to keep them in mind for the coming months. Nobody wants to be the guy who looks like he's just walked out of 2010. Don't get left behind.
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#ifndef MemoryInstrumentation_h
#define MemoryInstrumentation_h

#include <wtf/OwnPtr.h>
#include <wtf/PassOwnPtr.h>
#include <wtf/RefPtr.h>

#define DEBUG_POINTER_INSTRUMENTATION 0

namespace WTF {

class MemoryClassInfo;
class MemoryObjectInfo;
class MemoryInstrumentation;

typedef const char* MemoryObjectType;

enum MemoryOwningType {
    byPointer,
    byReference
};

template<typename T> void reportMemoryUsage(const T* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class MemoryInstrumentationClient {
public:
    virtual ~MemoryInstrumentationClient() { }
    virtual void countObjectSize(const void*, MemoryObjectType, size_t) = 0;
    virtual bool visited(const void*) = 0;
    virtual bool checkCountedObject(const void*) = 0;
};

class MemoryInstrumentation {
public:
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE explicit MemoryInstrumentation(MemoryInstrumentationClient*);
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE virtual ~MemoryInstrumentation();

    template <typename T> void addRootObject(const T& t)
    {
        addObject(t, m_rootObjectInfo.get());
        processDeferredInstrumentedPointers();
    }

protected:
    class InstrumentedPointerBase {
    public:
        WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE explicit InstrumentedPointerBase(MemoryObjectInfo*);
        virtual ~InstrumentedPointerBase() { }
        WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void process(MemoryInstrumentation*);

    protected:
        virtual const void* callReportMemoryUsage(MemoryObjectInfo*) = 0;

    private:
        const MemoryObjectType m_ownerObjectType;
#if DEBUG_POINTER_INSTRUMENTATION
        static const int s_maxCallStackSize = 32;
        void* m_callStack[s_maxCallStackSize];
        int m_callStackSize;
#endif
    };

private:
    void countObjectSize(const void* object, MemoryObjectType objectType, size_t size) { m_client->countObjectSize(object, objectType, size); }
    bool visited(const void* pointer) { return m_client->visited(pointer); }
    bool checkCountedObject(const void* pointer) { return m_client->checkCountedObject(pointer); }

    virtual void deferInstrumentedPointer(PassOwnPtr<InstrumentedPointerBase>) = 0;
    virtual void processDeferredInstrumentedPointers() = 0;

    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE static MemoryObjectType getObjectType(MemoryObjectInfo*);

    friend class MemoryClassInfo;
    template<typename T> friend void reportMemoryUsage(const T* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

    template<typename T> static void selectInstrumentationMethod(const T* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo)
    {
        // If there is reportMemoryUsage method on the object, call it.
        // Otherwise count only object's self size.
        reportObjectMemoryUsage<T, void (T::*)(MemoryObjectInfo*) const>(object, memoryObjectInfo, 0);
    }

    template<typename Type, Type Ptr> struct MemberHelperStruct;
    template<typename T, typename Type>
    static void reportObjectMemoryUsage(const T* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo,  MemberHelperStruct<Type, &T::reportMemoryUsage>*)
    {
        object->reportMemoryUsage(memoryObjectInfo);
    }

    template<typename T, typename Type>
    static void reportObjectMemoryUsage(const T* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo, ...)
    {
        callReportObjectInfo(memoryObjectInfo, object, 0, sizeof(T));
    }
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE static void callReportObjectInfo(MemoryObjectInfo*, const void* pointer, MemoryObjectType, size_t objectSize);

    template<typename T> class InstrumentedPointer : public InstrumentedPointerBase {
    public:
        InstrumentedPointer(const T* pointer, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo);

    protected:
        virtual const void* callReportMemoryUsage(MemoryObjectInfo*) OVERRIDE;

    private:
        const T* m_pointer;
    };

    template<typename T> void addObject(const T& t, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo) { OwningTraits<T>::addObject(this, t, ownerObjectInfo); }
    void addRawBuffer(const void* const& buffer, MemoryObjectType ownerObjectType, size_t size)
    {
        if (!buffer || visited(buffer))
            return;
        countObjectSize(buffer, ownerObjectType, size);
    }

    template<typename T>
    struct OwningTraits { // Default byReference implementation.
        static void addObject(MemoryInstrumentation* instrumentation, const T& t, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo)
        {
            instrumentation->addObjectImpl(&t, ownerObjectInfo, byReference);
        }
    };

    template<typename T>
    struct OwningTraits<T*> { // Custom byPointer implementation.
        static void addObject(MemoryInstrumentation* instrumentation, const T* const& t, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo)
        {
            instrumentation->addObjectImpl(t, ownerObjectInfo, byPointer);
        }
    };

    template<typename T> void addObjectImpl(const T* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*, MemoryOwningType);
    template<typename T> void addObjectImpl(const OwnPtr<T>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*, MemoryOwningType);
    template<typename T> void addObjectImpl(const RefPtr<T>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*, MemoryOwningType);

    MemoryInstrumentationClient* m_client;
    OwnPtr<MemoryObjectInfo> m_rootObjectInfo;
};

class MemoryClassInfo {
public:
    template<typename T>
    MemoryClassInfo(MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo, const T* pointer, MemoryObjectType objectType = 0, size_t actualSize = sizeof(T))
        : m_memoryObjectInfo(memoryObjectInfo)
        , m_memoryInstrumentation(0)
        , m_objectType(0)
    {
        init(pointer, objectType, actualSize);
    }

    template<typename M> void addMember(const M& member) { m_memoryInstrumentation->addObject(member, m_memoryObjectInfo); }
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void addRawBuffer(const void* const& buffer, size_t);
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void addPrivateBuffer(size_t, MemoryObjectType ownerObjectType = 0);

    void addWeakPointer(void*) { }

private:
    WTF_EXPORT_PRIVATE void init(const void* pointer, MemoryObjectType, size_t actualSize);

    MemoryObjectInfo* m_memoryObjectInfo;
    MemoryInstrumentation* m_memoryInstrumentation;
    MemoryObjectType m_objectType;
};

template<typename T>
void reportMemoryUsage(const T* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo)
{
    MemoryInstrumentation::selectInstrumentationMethod<T>(object, memoryObjectInfo);
}

template<typename T>
void MemoryInstrumentation::addObjectImpl(const T* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo, MemoryOwningType owningType)
{
    if (owningType == byReference)
        reportMemoryUsage(object, ownerObjectInfo);
    else {
        if (!object || visited(object))
            return;
        deferInstrumentedPointer(adoptPtr(new InstrumentedPointer<T>(object, ownerObjectInfo)));
    }
}

template<typename T>
void MemoryInstrumentation::addObjectImpl(const OwnPtr<T>* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo, MemoryOwningType owningType)
{
    if (owningType == byPointer && !visited(object))
        countObjectSize(object, getObjectType(ownerObjectInfo), sizeof(*object));
    addObjectImpl(object->get(), ownerObjectInfo, byPointer);
}

template<typename T>
void MemoryInstrumentation::addObjectImpl(const RefPtr<T>* const& object, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo, MemoryOwningType owningType)
{
    if (owningType == byPointer && !visited(object))
        countObjectSize(object, getObjectType(ownerObjectInfo), sizeof(*object));
    addObjectImpl(object->get(), ownerObjectInfo, byPointer);
}

template<typename T>
MemoryInstrumentation::InstrumentedPointer<T>::InstrumentedPointer(const T* pointer, MemoryObjectInfo* ownerObjectInfo)
    : InstrumentedPointerBase(ownerObjectInfo)
    , m_pointer(pointer)
{
}

template<typename T>
const void* MemoryInstrumentation::InstrumentedPointer<T>::callReportMemoryUsage(MemoryObjectInfo* memoryObjectInfo)
{
    reportMemoryUsage(m_pointer, memoryObjectInfo);
    return m_pointer;
}

// Link time guard for classes with external memory instrumentation.
template<typename T, size_t inlineCapacity> class Vector;
template<typename T, size_t inlineCapacity> void reportMemoryUsage(const Vector<T, inlineCapacity>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

template<typename KeyArg, typename MappedArg, typename HashArg, typename KeyTraitsArg, typename MappedTraitsArg> class HashMap;
template<typename KeyArg, typename MappedArg, typename HashArg, typename KeyTraitsArg, typename MappedTraitsArg> void reportMemoryUsage(const HashMap<KeyArg, MappedArg, HashArg, KeyTraitsArg, MappedTraitsArg>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

template<typename ValueArg, typename HashArg, typename TraitsArg> class HashCountedSet;
template<typename ValueArg, typename HashArg, typename TraitsArg> void reportMemoryUsage(const HashCountedSet<ValueArg, HashArg, TraitsArg>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

template<typename ValueArg, size_t inlineCapacity, typename HashArg> class ListHashSet;
template<typename ValueArg, size_t inlineCapacity, typename HashArg> void reportMemoryUsage(const ListHashSet<ValueArg, inlineCapacity, HashArg>* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class String;
void reportMemoryUsage(const String* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class StringImpl;
void reportMemoryUsage(const StringImpl* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class AtomicString;
void reportMemoryUsage(const AtomicString* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class CString;
void reportMemoryUsage(const CString* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class CStringBuffer;
void reportMemoryUsage(const CStringBuffer* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class ParsedURL;
void reportMemoryUsage(const ParsedURL* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

class URLString;
void reportMemoryUsage(const URLString* const&, MemoryObjectInfo*);

} // namespace WTF

#endif // !defined(MemoryInstrumentation_h)

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HQ Army Group B – 1944
Alfred Gause (right), with Erwin Rommel (left) and Gerd von Rundstedt. Bodo Zimmermann is in the background
The detailed organisation of Rommel's Head-quarters, i.e., the Offizierstellenbesetzung des Oberkommandos der Heeresgruppe B. Here are details of the list of the members of the Headquarters, prepared by the HQ adjutant on 15 May 1944. There were changes after that date, one of the most major alterations being the dissolution of the Quartermaster Division (Oberquartiermeister Abteilung) under Colonel Heckel at the end of May 1944, just a few days before the invasion. But probably the most important happening among the staff was the arrival of General Hans Speidel, to take over from Alfred Gause as Chief of Staff on 15 April 1944. As has already been mentioned this was basically because of domestic problems which had occurred between Lucie Rommel and Gause and his wife who had been staying with her after their own house had been bombed. Matters came to a head when Gause gave the faithful old Captain Hermann Aldinger a dressing-down for arriving late for work in the garden – Rommel had given his adjutant the task of directing the landscaping of the new garden – while Frau Gause had got more and more on Frau Rommel's nerves. Eventually she could stand it no longer and wrote to Rommel demanding that he replace Gause. Uncharacteristically Rommel, to quote historian David Irving, who says in Trail of the Fox that he ' … meekly complied, writing to her on 17 March: "Let's draw a line underneath it all… I am going to … Of course, it's a tough decision for me to have to change my chief at a time like this."'
Chief of Staff. The new Chief of Staff was in fact the perfect man for the job. A bespectacled academic, his aesthetic, almost professorial, exterior belied his undoubted ability as a fighting soldier of some experience, although, as we shall see, this was not a view held by everyone. General Dr Hans Speidel was born on 28 October 1897 in Metzingen, Württemberg, so he was a Swabian like Rommel which gave them an instant rapport. He had joined the army on 30 November 1914, seen active service during the Great War in the same brigade as Rommel and had been accepted into the Reichsheer post-war. In 1932 he had taken 'leave of absence' from soldiering to become a Doctor of Philosophy and then a teacher and professor at Göttingen University. In 1933 he was Assistant Military Attaché in Paris. In September 1939 he had been the la of 33rd Infantry Division, then la of IX Army Corps. He then served on von Küchler's staff in Eighteenth Army during the invasion of the Low Countries. He became COS to Otto von Stülpnagel in Paris 1940-1, then served on Fifth Army's Staff in 1942 and was COS of Eighth Army in Russia in 1943 as a Major-General. It was while he was serving in Russia during Eighth Army's difficult and heroic withdrawal, that Hitler had personally presented him with the Knight's Cross. He became Rommel's Chief of Staff in April 1944 and the two men quickly established a harmonious working relationship – despite the fact that Jodl (at OKW) had warned Speidel prior to his joining Army Group B to beware of Rommel's pessimism which he described as his 'African sickness' (Afrikanische Krankheit)\ Speidel was also one of the most hard-working German officers as far as trying to arrange an armistice with the West. He knew of, and was in touch with, many of the leaders of the conspiracy to over-throw Hitler, but was not actually involved in any of the murder plots. He also involved Rommel in a very minor way in the subterfuge. Arrested on 7 September 1944, after refusing to destroy Paris, and accused of being implicated in the plot against Hitler, he was brought before a Court of Honour on 4 October, but managed to baffle even the most searching Gestapo questioning despite the fact that he had actually been involved. Speidel not only successfully protested his innocence, but also managed not to betray anyone, so despite everything – including Keitel's saying that Hitler believed Speidel to be guilty – he was declared innocent and released after some seven months in custody. So after the war he was able to tell the Allies exactly what happened. Also a holder of the German Cross in Gold, Speidel was made a Lieutenant-General in the Bundeswehr in 1955 and promoted to full General two years later to become C-in-C NATO Ground Forces.
Rommel's Staff
Aides. At the start of this period of Rommel's career, he had a new young personal aide, one Lieutenant Hammermann – David Irving describes him as being 'much-decorated and one-eyed', but he was soon replaced by Captain Helmuth Lang on Colonel Rudolf Schmundt's advice. Schmundt, who was Hitler's senior Wehrmacht Adjutant, is reported to have said that Rommel needed an ADC who was a major, a highly decorated panzer officer and a Swabian. Elderly, mild and bespectacled, Lang was all these (except that he was only a captain), having won a Knight's Cross on the Eastern Front as a tank commander. He would remain with Rommel to the bitter end, keeping the Field Marshal's personal diary in which Rommel entered his private thoughts, as well as the official record (Tagesberichte des Oberbefelshabers), which concerned not only Rommel's activities, but also the day to day work of the Headquarters, details of visitors, etc. Unlike Rommel's headquarters in North Africa or France 1940, there was no Nazi liaison officer at HQ Army Group B.
Staff Officers. The la was Colonel Hans-Georg von Tempelhoff, suave, handsome, fair-haired, with an English wife. In his mid-thirties, a veteran of the Eastern Front, he had known Rommel since before the war and was a trusted friend from their days in Italy, when he had often talked about peace. Von Tempelhoff usually accompanied the Field Marshal on his tours and was with him immediately before and after his visits to the Führer. In Knight's Cross David Fraser explains how von Tempelhoff witnessed Rommel's '… alternations of ebullience and depressed return to reality after his meetings with Hitler', and even the nationality of von Tempelhoff's wife (she was English) would count against Rommel in Hitler's suspicious mind. His deputy was Major Winrich 'Teddy' Behr, whom Ruge describes as being: 'an excellent type of younger officer of the general staff'. He had served in both Russia and North Africa, winning the Knight's Cross whilst commanding the 3rd Company of 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion of the DAK, on 15 May 1941. His company knocked out the very first enemy armoured car to be destroyed by German forces in North Africa. Later, von Tempelhoff would have both Major Eberhardt Wolfram and Major Neuhaus on his staff. Wolfram would accompany Rommel on some of his last car journeys, but it would be Neuhaus who would be with Rommel and the faithful Lang, on 17 July 1944, when their car was strafed. In addition, as far as personnel work was concerned, von Tempelhoff was assisted by a Colonel Freyberg.
The Ic was Colonel Anton Staubwasser, who had been serving in the 'Foreign Armies West' in OKH before joining Army Group B, being so assigned because he was an expert on the British forces. He had been a student of Rommel's at Dresden and David Irving describes him as being 'honest and mild-mannered'. He laboured under difficulties because, apart from a few clerks and two interpreters, he had to rely on OKH for data, who were of course being fed the 'Fortitude' deception plan. He often accompanied Rommel on his walks with his dogs in the woods around La Roche-Guyon. Artillery. Colonel Hans Lattmann was another old family friend who had the greatest admiration for the 'Desert Fox'. Rommel would do his best to help him when his family later got into serious trouble with the Nazi authorities – his brother, Major-General Martin Lattmann, holder of the German Cross in Gold, had deserted to the Russians at Stalingrad. This family skeleton in the cupboard was also going to be held as another black mark against Rommel by the ever-suspicious Gestapo.
Engineer. 'Bushy-browed' Lieutenant-General Dr Wilhelm Meise, holder of the German Cross in Silver, was an extremely able engineer, who had a great admiration for Rommel's own abilities in the field of engineering. David Fraser describes him as being 'indefatigable'. Meise wrote about Rommel later saying that in his opinion Rommel was '… the greatest engineer of the Second World War. There was nothing I could teach him. He was my mas-ter.' He also often went hunting with Rommel.
Signals. Chief Signals Officer was 54-year-old Lieutenant-General Ernst Gerke who had also served in North Africa as Chief Signals Officer of Panzerarmee Afrika in early 1943.
Air. Just as the Kriegsmarine was represented by Vice-Admiral Ruge, so there was a Luftwaffe Liaison Officer at La Roche-Guyon – Lieutenant-Colonel Wolfgang Queisner. Although Rommel often had harsh words for the Luftwaffe (reflecting his dislike of Goring), he approved of Queisner who fitted in well with the army officers.
Rommel's staff car. The Field Marshal spent a great deal of time in his staff car, touring his Army Group area. The car was normally the powerful Horch and it was while travelling in it that he was strafed. It was being driven by his personal driver Oberfeldwebel Daniel, with Feldwebel Holke as air sentry (known as the 'Observer'), riding in the back. Ruge comments that Rommel often drove the car himself and then Ruge's own driver (Leading Seaman Hatzinger) had trouble keeping up with him on the flat, straight roads and only managed to catch up on the hills!
Rommel's dogs. Rommel had always had a fondness for dogs – not just for hunting with, although he normally chose terriers – but also as companions. While in France he was given a year-old terrier named Ajax, by the Todt Organisation, which he then took home to Herrlingen as it was a good watchdog and barked loudly. Sadly it was run over in May 1944. He also had another terrier called Elbo, which he kept at the château.
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Yahul Wagoni on June 23, 2019 at 2:17 am said:
As Rommel left the house for the last time, Elbo started barking and making a fuss. Rommel ordered the dog put in a room and the door close, but the dog kept barking. Probably one of the last domestic sounds Rommel ever heard. Peace to the Feldmarschall's ashes.


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Q: How do I make a figure that spans a spread of two pages?
Possible Duplicate:
How to include a picture over two pages, left part on left side, right on right (for books)?

I have a huge TikZ graphic inside a figure environment. I would like it to cover a spread so that the figure is cut in half, and the left half goes on an even (left-hand) page and the right half goes on the next (odd/right-hand) page. I want the regular page margins to apply, and all the rest of the document layout, too. I need to use the IEEE two-column paper format.
I know I could just manually remake the TikZ graphic into two parts and place each part in a new figure environment, and then resort to trickery to force the figures onto the pages I want. But it would be much cleaner and easier to update the graphic if I could make it independently of how it is positioned on the page. Also, if I decide to replace the TikZ graphic with, say, an EPS or PDF (or encounter the same issue another time when I have such an image), I'd like the solution to be independent of what I happen to have inside the figure.
So, how can I make a figure that spans a spread of two pages?

A: You can use the solution I posted for How to include a picture over two pages, left part on left side, right on right (for books)? and then exchange any \includegraphics[<options>]{<image file>} with \adjustbox{<some options>}{<your tikzpicture or similar>} from the adjustbox package instead. It builds on the option keys provided by graphicx and is fully compatible with it, but applies them to text or picture environments instead of graphicx.
What you basically have to do is:
Split the tikzpicture using \clipbox or \adjustbox{clip=...} from the adjustbox package. You need to insert it twice and clip first the left part and then the right part. For this you should store the image first into a box register and then use the register twice. Even better, use my storebox package and the \storebox\mystore{<your image>} and \usestorebox macro which only stores the whole picture once in the PDF, while \savebox / \usebox stores it twice. I actually already wrote a \splitbox macro as part of adjustbox for this kind of thing, but it isn't released yet.
The figure environment makes things a little more tricky. You need to make sure that both are either on top or bottom and do not fall on one figure-only page which will happen if you don't have enough text around it.

Here the code from How to include a picture over two pages, left part on left side, right on right (for books)? modified for picture environments. If you use several of these close to each other you need to use different box registers to hold them.
\documentclass[twoside]{book}

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{afterpage}
\usepackage{placeins}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[disable]{storebox}
\newstorebox\twopagestorebox

% For the `memoir` class remove the following two packages.
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\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage[strict]{changepage}
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Note that there is a bug in the current version of storebox (v1.0) caused by the update of collectbox. I already fixed it and uploaded v1.1 to CTAN. Please remove the disabled option from it once you have the new version. So far it runs in fallback mode and actually uses saveboxes instead.

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Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari
Report: Iraq, Russia, Iran and Syria in cohorts against ISIS
Iran's increasing influence and Russia's concern over thousands of terrorists working with ISIS main factors in this pact.
Ynetnews|Published: 09.27.15 , 11:57
Even as US officials face new challenges posed by a quickly changing political landscape in the Middle East, Iraq claimed Saturday to have entered into intelligence and security cooperation with Russia, Iran and Syria, according to an Al Jazeera report.
The agreement was revealed by the Iraqi military's joint operations command who said the cooperation had come "with increased Russian concern about the presence of thousands of terrorists from Russia undertaking criminal acts with ISIS."
Russia has increased its military presence in Syria in recent weeks and pushed for Damascus to be involved in resolving the crisis, a demand which is frowned upon by the Americans.
Iraqi Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (Photo: Reuters)
The new development also shows just how much Iran has increased its leverage in Iraq just four years after the US withdrawal.
According to the report, Russian news agency Interfax quoted a military diplomatic source in Moscow as saying that the Baghdad coordination centre would be led on a rotating basis by officers of the four countries, starting with Iraq.
Iraqi officials rejected claims of the above-mentioned coordination center on Friday.
CNN also reported that the Iraqi army confirmed an agreement was reached with Russia, Iran and Syria regarding sharing intelligence information against ISIS.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari denied in New York on Friday that Iraq has received help from Russia advisers. He did call for the US-led coalition to escalate its attacks on ISIS.
According to Western officials, US Secretary of State John Kerry is trying to initiate a new attempt to find a political solution to the Syrian crisis at the UN this week.
The Al Jazeera report cites a Russian foreign ministry official who told Interfax on Friday that Moscow could "theoretically" join the US-led coalition if Damascus were included in efforts to fight ISIS and any international effort in Syria had a UN mandate.


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#1. Who is known as the Father of the Indian Space Program?
Homi Bhabha
C V Raman
Vikram Sarabhai
#2. ISRO comes under which one of the following departments?
Department of Space
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Science and Technology
#3. In which year Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was founded?
#4. Where is the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) located?
Sriharikota
#5. What is the full form of IIRS located in Dehradun?
Indian Institute of Remote Scaling
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Indian Institute of Remote Sensitivity
Indian Institute of Regional Sensing
#6. Who is the present Chairperson of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?
S. Somanath
K. Sivan
A. S. Kiran Kumar
Shailesh Nayak
#7. Where is the Headquarters of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) located?
#8. What is the Full Form of PSLV?
Public Satellite Launch Vehicle
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Polar Service Launch Vehicle
Public Service Launch Vehicle
#9. Which one of the following ISRO Military Satellite used by Indian Navy?
Cartosat-2A
Cartosat-2
GSAT-7
#10. Who is known as the Missile Man of India?
Satyendra Nath Bose
C.V. Raman
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Introduction to Public Librarianship, Third Edition
Kathleen de la Pena McCookJenny S. BossallerFelton Thomas Jr.
ALA Neal-Schuman
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Put simply, there is no text about public librarianship more rigorous or comprehensive than McCook's survey. Now, the REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning author has teamed up with noted public library scholar and advocate Bossaller to update and expand her work to incorporate the field's renewed emphasis on outcomes and transformation. This "essential tool" (Library Journal) remains the definitive handbook on this branch of the profession. It covers every aspect of the public library, from its earliest history through its current incarnation on the cutting edge of the information environment, including
statistics, standards, planning, evaluations, and results;
legal issues, funding, and politics;
organization, administration, and staffing;
all aspects of library technology, from structure and infrastructure to websites and makerspaces;
adult services, youth services, and children's services;
associations, state library agencies, and other professional organizations;
global perspectives on public libraries; and
advocacy, outreach, and human rights.
Exhaustively researched and expansive in its scope, this benchmark text continues to serve both LIS students and working professionals.
Examination copies are available for instructors who are interested in adopting this title for course use.
Foreword, by Felton Thomas, Jr.
Preface, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Jenny S. Bossaller
Chapter 1 The American Public Library, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
The Community's Commons: Heart, Anchor, Safe Haven
Chapter 2 Development of the Public Library in America, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Colonial Times to 1852
1852 to the Great War (World War I)
State Library Commissions
World War I (1918) to the Public Library Inquiry (1952)
After World War II: The Public Library Inquiry
From LSA to LSCA (1956 to 1966)
Chapter 3 People, Not Institutions: Toward Equity of Access: 1960s—Today, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Civil Rights and the Role of Public Libraries
People and Community Focused Librarianship: Equity of Access Becomes a Core Value for America's Public Libraries
A Strategy for Public Library Change: A Major Transformation of the Philosophy of Public Librarianship
Steps toward Transformation: Roles, Responses, Outcomes
Thirty Years of the Library Services and Construction Act: 1966 to 1996
Transformation and Strategic Planning: 1996 to 2015
The New Outcome Era: 2015 to the Present
The Public Library in the Twenty-First Century: Core Values and Trends
Chapter 4 The Public Library Journey to Accountability, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Measuring the Outcomes of Library Programs
How Do We Convey the Importance of Public Libraries?
Planning for Library Service: 1966 to 2014
State Public Library Standards
The National Medal for Museum and Library Service
Quality of Life and Human Development
Chapter 5 "More and Better Libraries," by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
The Library in the Government
State Library Administrative Agencies and the Institute of Museums and Library Services
The Library Services and Technology Act
Advocacy and Federal Legislation
Funding the Public Library
Transforming the Perception of Libraries
Chapter 6 The Public Library's People, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
How Libraries Are Organized
The Library Board of Trustees
Trustee Organizations
The Library Director
The Library Staff
Union Impact on Salaries and Working Conditions
Friends of Libraries
Overarching Issues Relating to Staffing
Continuing Education and Staff Development
Recognizing Excellence in Staff and Trustee Development
Chapter 7 The Public Library Building, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook
Civic Memory and Identity
The Beginning of the Public Library Building
Funds for Public Library Construction: Priming the Pump with LSCA
Building Showcases
Chapter 8 Youth Services in Public Libraries, by Alicia K. Long
From Core Services to Civic Engagement and Innovation
Youth Media Book Awards
Key Books and Media Awards for Children and Young Adults in the United States
The Future of Youth Services: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 9 Reader and Adult Services, by Kathleen de la Peña McCook and Katharine Phenix
Inclusion and Accessibility
Adult Services during the Planning Era (1966 to 2015): Public Library Roles to Services Responses
Chapter 10 Collaboration and Consortia, by Jenny S. Bossaller
Cooperating With Each Other: Consortia, State Libraries, and Cooperatives
Local History: Cooperating with The Community and with Other Libraries
Community Outreach: Cooperating with Other Groups
Public Library Leadership
Chapter 11 Technology in Public Libraries: An Overview of the Past, Present, and Future, by Richard J. Austin and Diane Austin
Information Technology in Public Libraries: A Brief History
Public Librarianship and Technology Skills
Information Technology in Public Libraries Today
Kinds of Technology
Connections: Library 2.0 and 3.0
Electronic Resources and Digital Libraries
Chapter 12 Global Perspectives on Public Libraries, by Clara M. Chu and Barbara J. Ford
History and Purpose of Public Libraries: A World View
Worldwide Snapshot
IFLA: A Global Voice for Public Libraries
Implementing the Manifesto
Impact and Advocacy
Community Outreach and Services
The Road Ahead for Public Libraries Worldwide
Afterword, by Katharine Phenix
About the Contributors
Kathleen de la Pena McCook
Kathleen de la Pena McCook is Distinguished University Professor, School of Information, University of South Florida in Tampa. The Chicago Public Library recognized McCook as a "Scholar in Residence" where she did a system wide series of events on the role of the public library in building communities in 2003. Author of numerous articles, she has also contributed to many books on librarianship, including Service Learning, Libraries & Democracy: The Cornerstones of Liberty, and The Portable MLIS. She is member of the editorial boards of the journals Progressive Librarian and The Library Quarterly. She was the Dr. Jean E. Coleman Library Outreach Lecturer at the 2010 ALA Annual Conference and spoke on "Librarians and Human Rights." She was the recipient of REFORMA's Elizabeth Martinez Lifetime Achievement (LAA) Award in 2016 and the Joseph W. Lippincott Award in 2019.
Jenny S. Bossaller
Jenny S. Bossaller is Associate Professor at the University of Missouri's School of Information Science and Learning Technologies. She earned her MA in Library Science in 2005, worked at the MOBIUS consortium from 2005 - 2008, and earned a PhD in Information Science and Learning Technologies in 2010. She has been active in state, national and international conferences and committees, including Missouri Library Association (MLA), ALA, ALISE, ASISandT, and IFLA. She has served on the editorial board of RUSQ for the past four years. Her scholarship covers a wide range of topics, such as free speech, public librarians' role in the Affordable Care Act, library management, equity, education, indigenous knowledge, and reference work. Her teaching focuses on information access, public libraries, and intellectual freedom. She is the co-PI on the Public Library Leadership (PuLL) project, which aims to develop new public librarian leaders with an awareness of community needs, and which involves work with many public librarians across Missouri.
Felton Thomas Jr.
Felton Thomas Jr., is Director, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, Ohio. He was President of PLA from 2016-2017.
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Q: JUnit: Ignore method call I know using JUnit that it is possible to ignore a test using the @Ignore annotation but is it possible to ignore a method call from all JUnit tests if the method is called from another method?
In the example below i want to be able to test the createPerson(...) method but i want my test to ignore the createAddress(...) method
Quick Example : Person.java
public void createPerson(...){
    createAddress(...);
    createBankAccount(...);
    ...
}

@IgnoreByTests
public void createAddress(...){
... creates address ...
}

public void createBankAccount(...)[
... creates bank account ...
}

A: In your testing class:
Person p = Mockito.spy(new Person());

Spying in Mockito
How does that work:

You can create spies of real objects. When you use the spy then the
  real methods are called (unless a method was stubbed). Real spies
  should be used carefully and occasionally, for example when dealing
  with legacy code.
Spying on real objects can be associated with "partial mocking"
  concept. Before the release 1.8, Mockito spies were not real partial
  mocks. The reason was we thought partial mock is a code smell. At some
  point we found legitimate use cases for partial mocks (3rd party
  interfaces, interim refactoring of legacy code, the full article is
  here)

   List list = new LinkedList();
   List spy = spy(list);

   //optionally, you can stub out some methods:
   when(spy.size()).thenReturn(100);

   //using the spy calls real methods
   spy.add("one");
   spy.add("two");

   //prints "one" - the first element of a list
   System.out.println(spy.get(0));

   //size() method was stubbed - 100 is printed
   System.out.println(spy.size());

   //optionally, you can verify
   verify(spy).add("one");
   verify(spy).add("two");

A: This is when mocking comes into the picture. For example, Mockito:
class Tests {
 private Mock<MyClass> mockedClass;
 @Setup
 void Setup(){
  mockedClass = new Mock<MyClass>();
 }

 @Test
 void MyMockedTest(){
  Mockito.when(mockedClass.createAddress()).thenReturn("Some address 15, USA");
 }
}


There are over 300 research papers that document that expressive writing is effective for improving both your mental and physical health. I have been adamant for a long time that you should write down just negative thoughts – not positive ones. That has also been the general feeling of many papers. Interestingly enough, I ran across several papers that documented that writing down positive thoughts is equally effective. It appears that expressing thoughts and emotions works. The debate is how and why it is effective. One theory is that it switches your thinking into a slower, more rational mode, than automatic fast thinking. For me, writing was the first and only effective strategy that pulled me out of a 15-year tailspin. I had been in psychotherapy for 13 years and continued to spiral downward. I am an advocate of psychological interventions but they have to be combined with some other tool that helps to calm and re-route the nervous system.
Much of the DOC program is based on neuroplasticity, which is the term for your brain's capacity to physically change. It can grow new nerve cells, lay down myelin and form new circuits and connections at any stage of your life. In fact, it has been demonstrated that your brain physically shrinks in the presence of chronic pain and re-expands when the pain resolves. The basic steps of the reprogramming process is: 1) awareness 2) separation 3) reprogramming. I feel that the expressive writing accomplishes the awareness and detachment steps simultaneously. There is now a space between you and your thoughts that is connected with the physical sensations of vision and feel. Somehow the brain processes this separation.
The reprogramming process begins the day you begin to write. Write anything – positive or negative. It is important to immediately destroy them so that you can write with complete freedom. I encourage people to write for 10 or 15 minutes a couple of times per day. I do not encourage writing throughout the day. What I do suggest is to combine the writing with active meditation. You choose a physical sensation to place your mind on for 15-20 seconds as many times a day as you can. You have now shifted your nervous system off of unpleasant pathways to neutral or pleasant ones. I would like to do it more but I probably am successful 20 – 30 times per day. Instead of doing battle with unsolvable circuits you simply shifting your attention to other sensations.
Each these associations creates new neurological pathways. With writing, thoughts are connected to vision and feel, which creates new circuits. It clarifies your thinking and it is also the staring point. The writing exercise is not the solution for your pain. You will discover your own solution as the process unfolds.
1) A new neurological pathway is created by associating thoughts with vision and feel.
2) A "space" is created between you and your thoughts.
3) These spinning circuits will slow down.
For instance, if you write down, "My daughter is lazy," then you have slowed your thinking down. You might notice that you have labeled her. In addition, your eyes read those words and the thought goes back into your brain on a different circuit. You have also felt your pen write the words, so it is also associated with a sense of feel. You now can see the effect this thought my be having on you and your relationship with your daughter. You now have the choice of creating an an alternative response and a new neurological circuit.
BTW, when people write they notice that "issues" come up. They are not issues to be solved. They are just thoughts and the only goal of the writing is separation. If you elect to analyze and solve them your attention is still on these disruptive pathways. Your brain will develop exactly where you place your attention. If you try to engage with this powerful pathways you might as well be placing your hand into a hornet's nest. Reprogramming is analogous to diverting a river into a different channel.
Instead of writing just saying the thought in private is also effective. You have still created a space between you and the thoughts and it is re-entering your nervous system through the auditory nerve. David Burns, in his book "Feeling Good," suggests an exercise where you stand in front of a mirror and talk to yourself with the voices that are in your head. You would never talk to another human being the way you talk to yourself. (Check on David Burn's comments on this.) I recall that this exercise was one of the first ones that really began my journey out of the hole. It quickly become apparent how irrational the voices in my head were.
There may be an initial increase in your anxiety and pain. I then know my patients are actually writing. Although you may realize that the "issues" that arise are just thoughts you have reacted or suppressed them for so long that they will still seem like your reality. They are real thoughts with a significant chemical reaction from your body. But they are not reality and also not solvable. Within a couple of weeks, the initial discomfort writing down thoughts will diminish. Then the energy spent in trying to deal with these permanent pathways will be available for you to live your life on your terms. I have probably 200-300% more energy than I did in high school. The effects of this simple tool are powerful and consistent.
Warning: Please note that some people may experience an early decrease in mood and sense of well-being. Pain may also initially increase. This is not a bad prognosis for a long-term beneficial effect. It is recommended that you limit the writing to about 20 minutes per time until you are feeling better. If you feel too uncomfortable, stop the writing immediately and contact your physician or mental health professional.
Do this once or twice a day for 5 to 15 minutes.
Combine it with active meditation, which you should do as often as you think about it.
There is research that suggests the writing at bedtime decrease the time it takes for you to fall asleep.
If your mood plummets, you should stop and consult with your doctor.
Consider this a lifetime practice similar to brushing your teeth. There is no beginning or end point.
Listen to the Back in Control Radio podcast Write and Don't Stop!


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package org.apache.causeway.applib.services.user;

import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.util.Optional;

import lombok.NonNull;

/**
 * Stores the user's current {@link ZoneId} with session scope.
 * <p>
 * eg. on application login
 *
 * @since 2.0 {@index}
 */
public interface UserCurrentSessionTimeZoneHolder {

    /**
     * Sets the user's current {@link ZoneId}
     * within the context of the current session.
     */
    void setUserTimeZone(@NonNull ZoneId zoneId);

    /**
     * Optionally returns the user's current {@link ZoneId},
     * based on whether it was set before,
     * within the context of the current session.
     *
     * @apiNote not meant to fallback to system defaults,
     * instead return {@link Optional#empty()},
     * if there is no specific time-zone information available
     */
    Optional<ZoneId> getUserTimeZone();

    /**
     * Clears the user's current {@link ZoneId}
     * within the context of the current session.
     */
    void clearUserTimeZone();

}


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A well decorated hotel, not near famous attractions; has nothing special, specifically compared with well known boutique hotels; but good services compared with its price.
Hotel location is very good just 2 min. walk to Naqsh-e Jahan Square. Excellent Wi-Fi Internet in-room. Hotel staff is very welcoming, helpful with any information we need. Room is clean, bigger than we expected. Water supply is no problem, hot and cold. Breakfast is good. Overall, recommended stay in Esfahan.
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EPCT-12. NATIONAL MULTICENTERED RETROSPECTIVE REVIEW OF DEMOGRAPHIC, TUMOUR AND INTRAOPERATIVE FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CEREBELLAR MUTISM AFTER PEDIATRIC POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMOUR RESECTION Academic Article
Cerebellar mutism (CM) is a condition characterized by a significant lack or loss of speech in children following posterior fossa (PF) surgery. The biological origin of CM remains largely unclear and remains the subject of ongoing debate. Despite multidisciplinary rehabilitative interventions, the outcome is less favorable than initially described. Given the treatment refractory nature of CM, central to its management is prevention.
A national multi-centered retrospective review of all the children undergoing posterior fossa resection at 4 Canadian academic pediatric institutions was undertaken. Patient, tumour, surgical features suggested to be associated with the post-operative development of CM were reviewed to identify pre-operative and intra-operative factors that may predict post-operative CM occurrence.
258 pediatric patients were identified after posterior fossa lesion resection. Mean age at surgery was 6.74 years (SD 4.60) and 42.2% were female. Frozen section was available in 90.3% of cases. The majority of final tumour histology was medulloblastoma (35.7%), pilocytic astrocytoma (32.6%), ependymoma (17.1%) and exophytic glioma (1.2%). Intra-operative impression of adherence to the floor of the 4th ventricle was negative in 47.7%, positive in 36.8% of cases. The extent of resection assessed intraoperatively as gross total resection was 69.8% of cases. Intra-operative abrupt changes in blood pressure and/or heart rate was identified in 19.4% and 17.8% of cases. CM was experienced in 19.5% of patients (N=50), with the majority of cases identified by post-operative day 7. The clinical resolution of CM as mainly assessed by a neurosurgeon (86%) and was complete, significantly resolved, slight improvement, no improvement or deterioration in 56.0%, 8.0%, 20.0%, 14.0%, 2.0% respectively.
As a devastating surgical complication, identifying and understanding the biological origin of CM is the first step to complication avoidance. Maximal safe resection irrespective of intra-operative pathology remains the goal to avoid the devastating complication of CM.
Elliott, Cameron
Moore, Hannna
Sader, Nicholas
Tso, Michael
Alsuwaihel, Mosaab
Dakson, Ayoub
Mehta, Vivek
Yikilmaz, Ali
Stein, Nina


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Les relations entre le Bangladesh et la Libye désignent les relations bilatérales de la république populaire du Bangladesh et de l'État de Libye.

Histoire
La Libye fait partie de la région du Maghreb. Le voyageur du , Ibn Battûta, mentionne dans son livre la présence des Maghrébins au Bengale à cette époque, principalement en tant que commerçants. Il parle d'un certain Muhammad al-Masmudi, qui y vivait avec sa femme et son serviteur.

Pendant la guerre de libération du Bangladesh en 1971, des F-5 libyens ont été déployés sur la base aérienne de Sargodha, peut-être comme unité d'entraînement potentielle pour préparer les pilotes pakistanais. Mouammar Kadhafi a personnellement adressé une lettre très ferme au Premier ministre indien Indira Gandhi, un allié du Mukti Bahini du Bangladesh, l'accusant d'agression contre le Pakistan.

Relations actuelles
Le Bangladesh a un ambassadeur résident en Libye. La Libye a une ambassade résidente à Dacca, au Bangladesh. En , le gouvernement du Bangladesh a reconnu le Conseil national de transition libyen. L'ambassade du Bangladesh a été attaquée à Tripoli en . En ,  bangladais ont été assassinés par des trafiquants d'êtres humains lors du .

Relations économiques
Depuis 1974, la Libye recrute des travailleurs migrants du Bangladesh. Le Bangladesh a signé un accord pour envoyer un million de travailleurs en Libye en 2009. En , la Libye a interdit les travailleurs migrants du Bangladesh, craignant qu'ils n'émigrent illégalement vers l'Europe en passant par la Libye. En , la communauté bangladaise en Libye était estimée à . En , ce nombre était tombé à . En , le Bangladesh est devenu la plus grande source de migrants vers l'Europe via la Libye. Khalifa Haftar, de l'armée nationale libyenne, a interdit l'arrivée de Bangladais et de ressortissant de cinq autres pays en 2017.

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 Politique étrangère du Bangladesh

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