#uc migration

[unity-launcher]

Best Practices for Unity Catalog Migration Using Unity Launcher

Unity Catalog migration can be a complex process, but it can be made easier by following a few best practices. This article will discuss some of the most important things to keep in mind when migrating your Unity Catalog using Unity Launcher.

Best practices to follow during Unity Catalog migration

Plan your migration carefully. Before you begin your migration, you need to have a clear plan in place. This plan should include your migration goals, the scope of your migration, and the resources that you will need.

Use Unity Launcher. Unity Launcher is a powerful tool that can help you automate and simplify your Unity Catalog migration. It can also help you avoid common pitfalls.

Back up your data. It is important to back up your data before you begin your migration. This will help you protect your data in case something goes wrong.

Test your migration. Once you have completed your migration, it is important to test it thoroughly. This will help you ensure that your data has been migrated correctly.

Monitor your migration. After your migration is complete, you should continue to monitor it. This will help you identify and resolve any issues that may arise.

Common pitfalls and how Unity Launcher helps avoid them

There are a number of common pitfalls that can occur during Unity Catalog migration. Some of these pitfalls include:

Data loss. Data loss can occur if your migration is not performed correctly.

Data corruption. Data corruption can occur if your migration is not performed correctly.

Migration errors. Migration errors can occur if your migration is not performed correctly.

Unity Launcher can help you avoid these pitfalls by automating and simplifying your migration process. It can also help you identify and resolve any issues that may arise.

Conclusion

Unity Catalog migration can be a complex process, but it can be made easier by following a few best practices. By using Unity Launcher and following the tips in this article, you can help ensure a successful migration.

Celebal Technologies is a leading provider of Unity Catalog migration services. We can help you plan, execute, and monitor your migration. Contact us today to learn more.

[sparksinthenight]

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[kaxtwenty]

I feel like UC Gundam really doesn't go into how, as presented in larger narrative of the saga, the Spacenoids are a people haunted by generational trauma caused by their forced migration to the space colonies. And I feel like it should. We get bits of it here and there, but that small detail goes to explain so much of the good, the bad and the ugly of Spacenoid culture and the stuff that leads to Zeon and it's barely acknowledged past the first few episodes of 0079 and one moment in Zeta. I don't know if it was ever brought up in ZZ.

[balrogballs]

re. prayers wank - ngl am very curious to know about your ambivalence/not too much love for arundhati roy's novel + covenant of water. i haven't read the latter, but i have ambivalent feelings about the former (esp. re. the question of caste) & would love to hear yr thoughts if you'd like to share (feel free not to as well)

oooh what a delicious question! i’ve put most of it under the cut btw…

So with Covenant of Water my gripe is mainly that I just don’t like it hahaha, nothing particularly academic. I think it goes too ham on the exoticised exceptionalism re: ✨ the backwaters ✨ but instead of making a point with it (eg. Roy does the exceptionalism stuff too but imo with her it works pretty well for the most part bc she’s clearly conscious of it) even if about the individual story, not even a national point or whatever, it’s just very… travelogue.

Which is fine because it was clearly written for an audience unfamiliar with Kerala and I know that’s a difficult one, but when the whole book is just that sort of thing, navel-gazing to the point of nursery rhyming, it got grating. And that plus the overly melancholic migratory trajectory tracing, except instead of doing something interesting and looking at, say, Kerala-Gulf migration and the various shades of it, it does the same tired UK/US medical-professional thing… it actually had a really interesting narrative with the “medical issue” plotline but it was just, er, coated in wank.

With Roy, I’m honestly a fan of her stylistically speaking, I really love maximalist prose (too much I’d say…), she did some deliciously nasty things with language… but yes the casteist elements of what is ostensibly an anticaste novel was eyetwitchy to me. Mainly how Velutha is written, actually, that explicit fetishisation, writing of him like the divine incarnate, he and his family’s privileged, primal “understanding” of nature, the “noble savage” etc — and while it would have been perfectly fine and effective to describe him like that when viewed through Ammu’s perspective to show the impact of caste on her own gaze, it’s just a constant refrain presented either through omnescient or child-Rahel’s perspective… had it even been adult Rahel, I’d be like yeah totally fair, but it wasn’t, so it just sounds uncomfortably like the authorial voice doing it rather than narratorial.

The “god of small things” is, of course, Ammu’s view of him, but it is also present in descriptions of him that has nothing to do with Ammu or her gaze. It’s definitely not a purely-Roy problem ofc, most UC writers writing Dalit characters fall into the same hole… Roy does have a general tendency to do this though, especially with Dalit men of a certain age, even beyond GoST - if it didn’t rear its head so blatantly in Walking With the Comrades as well, I’d not have been so icked about its presence here, especially as she was quite young when GoST was published, but alas…

Other thing is obviously the police’s treatment of Velutha showcased purely through the impact it has on the Ayemenem family. This too, presented uncritically aside from the “bad” or explicitly casteist characters being dicks about it. The extreme level of brutality is not my issue of course, it’s relatively realistic, but rather that being used as a not-very-effective literary tool to showcase the arm of the state acting as per the wishes of a regionally powerful family + in the aftermath of the death of a young white girl. All these elements just had me thinking about Velutha as a figure nakedly brutalised for the sake of showcasing brutality — trying to do too many things at once and so doing very little at the end. I guess the most straightforward way I’d put it would be that I felt like the novel would have ended and read very similarly had the death-in-custody not happened (but all the other “transgressions”, including Sophie’s death, had).

I think again about the real life case that most literary depictions of anti-left police brutality in Kerala, including this one, tends to reference in some way or the other (hell my fic has a direct reference) because it was so stark in cultural memory - as in Comrade Rajan’s torture and death in the custody of the Kerala Police during the Emergency. Rajan’s case, however, was so memorable and tragic not because of what the police did to him (for there were Rajans in every police station across the country) but rather because of how his father went all the way to the President to find out what happened to his son, etc.

And what I thought Roy did badly by choosing to parallel elements of said case and transpose it directly into a caste context + 1969 context without changing any other details, was that it simply becomes about this rootless, free-flying forgotten figure spurned by even his family, who after his “transgression” had no connection to the land except through Ammu’s family, and the “he leaves no footprints” thing to me seemed a bit overdone halfway through the novel when it starts to become a little “he leaves no footprints anywhere EXCEPT IN MY BOOK”.

Because the thing with the Rajan case was that Rajan was very upper caste and his family very educated even if not wealthy, he was a college/student activist at one of the best colleges in the state at the time — those elements are removed entirely when it comes to adapting his story for Velutha’s, and again presents anti-caste brutality in isolation, viewed solely through the lens of an upper caste family’s experience of it…

My last issue is honestly an unfair nitpick because I’m certain Roy had no idea re: how globally popular the book would end up being when she wrote it, but it’s mainly the lack of contextualisation of the national political theatre. Everything she says about the CPIM of the 1960s is absolutely right, as is everything she says about the state’s ideological superiority complex, same with everything she says about the mindset of Old Syrian Christian Families who are Communist “in name but not nature”. But the hyperlocal setting meant that the Party and its people were not showcased as a part of what was in its entirety a rotting national fabric, but rather a problem specific to the Kerala context and the Communist context — her understandable and correct derision towards the CPIM of the period I think would have been more effective when placed in a national framework for the reader not familiar with South Indian politics…

however again, I don’t fault her for this as the book obviously was a very surprise win on the Booker stage and was not exactly written with that global audience in mind. But yes in general I think it lessens the effectiveness of her Kerala-exceptionalism, which she uses as a tool very well in general, to present it as so exceptionalist that the Indira-shadow on the arms of the state that was incredibly present in 1969 to be bypassed almost entirely…

I’m being a bit wanky here ngl, I’ve met her a couple times and she’s very nice, and I do genuinely like her style and work in general, I just think there are Certain Issues however where she’s treated as somewhat of an authority figure when she very much isn’t. And a lot of that’s less to do with her tbh and more her being put on that Mouthpiece of India pedestal by the Anglophone lit world for a while, because other than the Booker judges irritation/controversy about her win, she was very palatable to that specific group in several ways, many of which were beyond her control, eg the way she’d looked, the way she spoke, her Hindi+Bengali upbringing and fluency meaning she was appealing to that crowd as well…

I am so sure this sounds SUPER incoherent 😭😭😭 but hopefully it makes a little sense? I think this also (and I am in no means calling my silly little fic a work of Literature, it’s honestly more of a fever dream plus diary from hell) goes some way to explaining some of the choices in said story as well

but yes haha I have too many thoughts on the matter i think

[tofueatingwokerati]

Forced Migration: ESA-UC

ESA-UC forced migration (or managed as they to call it) is not a migration, it is a new claim being dressed as migration with the same parameters of a new claim, i.e. paid in arrears with a period of weeks with no income.

The ‘reasonable adjustment’ is advance payment, the same as able bodied claimants making a new claim are offered with the snag of leaving the claimant in debt with forced deductions and reduced income for up to 24months. 

Out of the five weeks of no income the government are paying ESA two weeks ‘overpayment’, still leaving very vulnerable people with zero income for three out of the five weeks.

Disabled people are at a material disadvantage burdened with the disability price tag that an able bodied person doesn’t have to contend with.

This is a one size that has been tinkered with to give the appearance of reasonable adjustments. 

Additionally, an able bodied person has the capacity for work and plug the gap of lost income and remain on some form of UC, where as people being migrated from ESA-IR Support Group have no capacity to work it’s why they’re in the support group.

Disabled have no independent means and at a material disadvantage on disability grounds. 

The court already stipulated there should be no loss of income to the claimant, clearly there is. Even with transitional payment protection there is a semi-permanent cap that prevents any inflation increase in award income that every other benefit will receive. 

This is because the UC equivalent award doesn’t have the ESA component of severe disability premium, this no longer exists and at a loss of approx. £5000 a year. Until UC catch’s up with ESA, people migrating with transitional payment protection will have a fixed income for years despite the yearly increase in cost of living.

No matter which way you look at this disabled people are the butt of punishing policy for being disabled and unable to work. 

It is discriminatory and I believe illegal before you get to there being no risk or impact assessment. 

Labour were in chorus with the UN report over the disproportionate poverty inflicted on the disabled by government policy, when they were in opposition. Yet now they’re carrying on the Tory torch of punitive policy aimed at doing the most harm to the most vulnerable in contravention of the very UN report they said they agreed with. 

While in opposition Labour promised to scrap UC and are now back peddling on that. Instead they are looking to treat disabled people as having more capacity to work than they do by forcing them into the same benefit system as able bodied. It is discriminatory every which way and places disabled people at risk of injury or death.

It is concisions cruelty to save a few quid instead of making tax evaders pay their share.

[spacetimewithstuartgary]

This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 billion years from now

Existence of Earth-like planet around dead sun offers hope for our planet's ultimate survival

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate for our planet billions of years in the future, when the sun has turned into a white dwarf, and a blasted and frozen Earth has migrated beyond the orbit of Mars.

This distant planetary system, identified by University of California, Berkeley, astronomers after observations with the Keck 10-meter telescope in Hawaii, looks very similar to expectations for the sun-Earth system: it consists of a white dwarf about half the mass of the sun and an Earth-size companion in an orbit twice as large as Earth’s today.

That is likely to be Earth’s fate. The sun will eventually inflate like a balloon larger than Earth's orbit today, engulfing Mercury and Venus in the process. As the star expands to become a red giant, its decreasing mass will force planets to migrate to more distant orbits, offering Earth a slim opportunity to survive farther from the sun. Eventually, the outer layers of the red giant will be blown away to leave behind a dense white dwarf no larger than a planet, but with the mass of a star. If Earth has survived by then, it will probably end up in an orbit twice its current size.

The discovery, to be published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy, tells scientists about the evolution of main sequence stars, like the sun, through the red giant phase to a white dwarf, and how it affects the planets around them. Some studies suggest that for the sun, this process could begin in about 1 billion years, eventually vaporizing Earth's oceans and doubling Earth's orbital radius — if the expanding star doesn't engulf our planet first.

Eventually, about 8 billion years from now, the sun's outer layers will have dispersed to leave behind a dense, glowing ball — a white dwarf — that is about half the mass of the sun, but smaller in size than Earth.

"We do not currently have a consensus whether Earth could avoid being engulfed by the red giant sun in 6 billion years," said study leader Keming Zhang, a former doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley, who is now an Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral fellow at UC San Diego. "In any case, planet Earth will only be habitable for around another billion years, at which point Earth's oceans would be vaporized by runaway greenhouse effect — long before the risk of getting swallowed by the red giant."

The planetary system provides one example of a planet that did survive, though it is far outside the habitable zone of the dim white dwarf and unlikely to harbor life. It may have had habitable conditions at some point, when its host was still a sun-like star.

"Whether life can survive on Earth through that (red giant) period is unknown. But certainly the most important thing is that Earth isn't swallowed by the sun when it becomes a red giant," said Jessica Lu, associate professor and chair of astronomy at UC Berkeley. “This system that Keming's found is an example of a planet — probably an Earth-like planet originally on a similar orbit to Earth — that survived its host star's red giant phase.”

Microlensing makes star brighten a thousandfold

The far-away planetary system, located near the bulge at the center of our galaxy, came to astronomers' attention in 2020 when it passed in front of a more distant star and magnified that star's light by a factor of 1,000. The gravity of the system acted like a lens to focus and amplify the light from the background star.

The team that discovered this "microlensing event" dubbed it KMT-2020-BLG-0414 because it was detected by the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network in the Southern Hemisphere. The magnification of the background star — also in the Milky Way, but about 25,000 light years from Earth — was still only a pinprick of light. Nevertheless, its variation in intensity over about two months allowed the team to estimate that the system included a star about half the mass of the sun, a planet about the mass of Earth and a very large planet about 17 times the mass of Jupiter — likely a brown dwarf. Brown dwarfs are failed stars, with a mass just shy of that required to ignite fusion in the core.

The analysis also concluded that the Earth-like planet was between 1 and 2 astronomical units from the star — that is, about twice the distance between the Earth and sun. It was unclear what kind of star the host was because its light was lost in the glare of the magnified background star and a few nearby stars.

To identify the type of star, Zhang and his colleagues, including UC Berkeley astronomers Jessica Lu and Joshua Bloom, looked more closely at the lensing system in 2023 using the Keck II 10-meter telescope in Hawaii, which is outfitted with adaptive optics to eliminate blur from the atmosphere. Because they observed the system three years after the lensing event, the background star that had once been magnified 1,000 times had become faint enough that the lensing star should have been visible if it was a typical main-sequence star like the sun, Lu said.

But Zhang detected nothing in two separate Keck images.

"Our conclusions are based on ruling out the alternative scenarios, since a normal star would have been easily seen," Zhang said. "Because the lens is both dark and low mass, we concluded that it can only be a white dwarf."

"This is a case of where seeing nothing is actually more interesting than seeing something," said Lu, who looks for microlensing events caused by free-floating stellar-mass black holes in the Milky Way.

Finding exoplanets through microlensing

The discovery is part of a project by Zhang to more closely study microlensing events that show the presence of a planet, in order to understand what types of stars exoplanets live around.

"There is some luck involved, because you'd expect fewer than one in 10 microlensing stars with planets to be white dwarfs," Zhang said.

The new observations also allowed Zhang and colleagues to resolve an ambiguity regarding the location of the brown dwarf.

“The original analysis showed that the brown dwarf is either in a very wide orbit, like Neptune's, or well within Mercury’s orbit. Giant planets on very small orbits are actually quite common outside the solar system,” Zhang said, referring to a class of planets called hot Jupiters. “But since we now know it is orbiting a stellar remnant, this is unlikely, as it would have been engulfed.”

The modeling ambiguity is caused by so-called microlensing degeneracy, where two distinct lensing configurations can give rise to the same lensing effect. This degeneracy is related to the one Zhang and Bloom discovered in 2022 using an AI method to analyze microlensing simulations. Zhang also applied the same AI technique to rule out alternative models for KMT-2020-BLG-0414 that may have been missed.

"Microlensing has turned into a very interesting way of studying other star systems that can't be observed and detected by the conventional means, i.e. the transit method or the radial velocity method," Bloom said. "There is a whole set of worlds that are now opening up to us through the microlensing channel, and what's exciting is that we're on the precipice of finding exotic configurations like this."

One purpose of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, scheduled for launch in 2027, is to measure light curves from microlensing events to find exoplanets, many of which will need follow up using other telescopes to identify the types of stars hosting the exoplanets.

"What is required is careful follow up with the world's best facilities, i.e. adaptive optics and the Keck Observatory, not just a day or a month later, but many, many years into the future, after the lens has moved away from the background star so you can start disambiguating what you're seeing," Bloom said.

Zhang noted that even if Earth gets engulfed during the sun's red giant phase in a billion or so years, humanity may find a refuge in the outer solar system. Several moons of Jupiter, such as Europa, Callisto and Ganymede, and Enceladus around Saturn, appear to have frozen water oceans that will likely thaw as the outer layers of the red giant expand.

"As the sun becomes a red giant, the habitable zone will move to around Jupiter and Saturn's orbit, and many of these moons will become ocean planets," Zhang said. "I think, in that case, humanity could migrate out there."

IMAGE: Images of the area of the microlensing event, indicated by perpendicular white lines, years before the event (a), shortly after peak magnification of the background star in 2020 (b) and in 2023 after its disappearance (c). The planetary system with a white dwarf, an Earth-like planet and a brown dwarf cannot be seen; the point of light in (c) is from the background source star that is no longer magnified. Credit OGLE, CFHT, Keck Observatory

[joselialopes]

“And when I first showed him my scar, he said it was interesting. He used the word ‘textured’. He said ‘smooth’ is boring but ‘textured’ was interesting, and the scar meant that I was stronger than whatever it was that had tried to hurt me.”

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Name: Joselia “Jo” Lopes Silva Faceclaim: Bruna Marquezine Gender & Pronouns: Cis woman & she/her Sexuality: Pansexual Age: 30 Birthday: June 3, 1993 Zodiac: Gemini sun, Leo moon, Virgo rising Education: BSW, UC-Riverside Occupation: Addiction Counselor (Social Worker) Neighborhood: Bighorn Hills + open-minded, adaptable, passionate - hot-headed, flaky, impulsive

BIOGRAPHY

tw: drug mention, alcoholism, abortion

also tw I say “daddy” one billion times and I’m so sorry that’s just what Joselia would say

Daddy was always a free spirit. He and Mama married young– him 17 and her 16– and he promised her the world. He painted a beautiful picture of a long, successful career as a football player, a big move to America, and a life where she seldom had to lift a finger. But Gisele Lopes Silva was always more grounded than her husband. She didn’t want all of that, really, just a man who loved her and happy kids. Still, Daddy was determined to shoot for the stars and, in the end, he landed pretty close. Roberto Silva qualified for the Campeonato Brasileiro Series at 19 and he swore up and down it was a straight shot to US Nationals from there. Mama got pregnant with Roberto Jr. that winter, 1984, and five years later in 1989 they had Miguel. With two babies, Mama’s asking Daddy to retire and get a real job graduated from passing remarks to deadpan questions to begging. 

They were doing okay, what with Grandma helping with the boys while Mama worked, but Gisele was wise. She knew it wouldn’t last long. Besides, she’d rather have Daddy around the kids than him be some big, international soccer star. It was a fight she didn’t have the energy for but every now and then, and Daddy became an expert at weasling out of it– bringing home expensive gifts, magazines about life in America, VHS tapes of sitcoms. Money was tight, though, and it was Daddy’s magic-making that made the room dividers in the living room that hid Jr.’s cot feel enchanted, like a portal to another world instead of a family bursting at the seams. In retrospect, Jr. says Mama resented him even then. She was caught in the trap of working all day in the factory and coming home to cook and clean, all the while the boys tugged on Daddy’s pant legs and clamored on top of him and asked to hear the story of his trip to San Fransisco for the hundredth time. 

Mama says that having Joselia in 1993 changed everything. She was finally getting somewhere with Daddy– touting the baby, the only girl, as the reason why he should quit chasing this crazy dream and get a real job. Settle down and give them all the life they deserved. Of course, the very next year was the beginning of the San Jose soccer club. The Earthquakes wanted Daddy on their inaugural team, and Daddy leaped at the chance to move to California– the land of opportunity. According to Daddy, getting recruited to the U.S. was the best thing that ever happened to him. Mama was just grateful that he finally got a kick in the ass to make something of himself. In 1994, the family migrated to San Jose to start their new life. 

Daddy always talked about those first few years like they were something out of a fairytale– all blue skies and palm trees and balmy breezes. Long days of doing what he loved, coming home to a slice of Brazil in Mama’s cooking and Jr.’s singing and the artifacts they’d managed to bring with them. Mama isn’t so romantic about it all. Sure, it was nice to not be so strapped for cash. But it was lonely, she says– hardly anybody else spoke Portuguese, and Daddy was alright with his English but Mama struggled. She could hardly make it through trips to the grocery without aid, and she missed her mother. But, Daddy was happy, which had been the point all along, right?

Daddy’s first season with the Earthquakes was a building year– at least, that’s what all the players would say when they would crowd around the kitchen table, drinking and talking and making messes that Mama stayed up well into the night cleaning up. But the kids loved it, crowding around the table with wide eyes and hanging on every word they said. It was this way that Joselia learned English; When her kindergarten teacher wrote home and asked where she’d learned to say “damn it all to hell!”, Daddy just laughed and laughed and laughed. 

Season two was better. By the end of it, everybody was talking about the Earthquakes, and Daddy was even named in a couple articles as a player to watch. That was 1996, a year he still calls the best of his life. Joselia remembers the whole family travelling to LA and Washington, DC and Dallas to see Daddy play. It was exactly what Daddy always promised– traveling the world, staying in fancy hotels, a balanced diet of stadium hot dogs and room service. Even Mama loosened up on their trips, had a glass or two of champagne and got giggly. It was like they were really in love, then. Life should’ve been like that forever– and it would’ve been, if Daddy hadn’t gotten injured.

Three games before the end of the 1997 season, an ill-timed slide tackle caused Daddy’s leg to break in two places. Mama, Jr., Miguel, and Joselia were watching from home, and everything instantly devolved into chaos. Mama screamed and immediately called the neighbor to come watch the kids while she rushed to the hospital. The three kids planted themselves in front of the TV, watching any and all coverage they could find on the local channels, and praying to every saint they knew. 

Daddy put on a brave face, at first. He had high hopes, unreasonable expectations that he’d be as good as new after surgery. But then came the minimum two years of physical therapy, and by the time he was in any condition to run again, they were so far behind with medical bills that Mama put her foot down. He had to get a job– they had to get back on their feet before he started his crazy training regimen. His old teammates still came around back then, and one of them even pulled some strings and got Daddy a job as a daytime bartender at a pub near the training facility. 

But there’s always a point in time where the sympathy runs out. People can’t hold pity forever. The guys stopped coming around, Coach stopped inviting him to closed practices. Mama was never gentle with him– she said that was that, it was time to move on. Find a new dream. Joselia wouldn’t know until much later, but underneath all of his bravado, Daddy was incredibly sensitive. He didn’t take to normal life well, and started mixing his pain meds with a few too many drinks. At first, it was an inconvenience. He would get too drunk and forget to pick up Jr. from school, he would leave Miguel an hour or two longer after school than he meant to. Most nights would end in whispered arguments behind Mama and Daddy’s door– Jr. learned to press a glass to the wood young, but he’d never tell Miguel and Joselia what was said unless it was really bad.

It got really bad when Joselia was in middle school. Jr. was twenty-one and still home, fulfilling the role of oldest child and peacekeeper while he saved up for college. Plus, the income he brought in from his grocery store job helped keep them afloat when Daddy overslept and missed his shifts, which was becoming more and more frequent. Jr. kept them together, with Miguel’s help– they would divide and conquer, Jr. going to Daddy and Miguel going to Mama. But when Daddy started gambling and they lost the apartment, Mama was done. 

Joselia was thirteen when Mama moved them into a new apartment and refused to give Daddy the key. Jr. had to drag her, kicking and screaming, refusing to leave Daddy behind. She’d let him in at night, and Mama would wake her up yelling every morning that she woke up to discover him on the couch. He can’t be trusted! she would say, pleading with Joselia to keep him out. Everybody else had enough of his broken promises, except Jo. She loved him so much that she moved with him to Philly at fifteen, pledged the next decade of her life to following Daddy around, dreaming big dreams with him and picking him up when he fell.

It was difficult leaving Mama and her brothers behind, but Joselia was so hurt that they could be so cruel to Daddy that she buried the grief under anger. Life with him was the same as always– high highs and low lows. On good days, they’d catch a game in the city and share a hotdog and Daddy would tell Jo-Jo all about how he was gonna become a soccer coach. If you can’t do, you teach, he said, and she believed him. She always believed him, and that belief carried her through the bad days, when he would stumble home angry at four a.m., cursing her Mama and her Grandma and the world, vomit dribbling down his chin and too-heavy footsteps.

It took an extra year, but Joselia graduated high school. Her part-time waitressing job became full-time, and her steady paycheck made up for the weeks and months that Daddy was out of work. Mama sent money every couple months with express instructions not to let Daddy touch it– but she always did, and he always blew it on a scratch-off or a round for all his friends. He was chaos personified, but Joselia wasn’t afraid of his self-destruction. Mostly, she was afraid of who she’d be without his fantastical tales and his believing the best in her and his promises that he’d take care of her, one day. 

Joselia met Matthew Foster in Philly, at a show for some grungy band she was just drunk enough to enjoy. Their whirlwind romance felt like home– the ups and downs, the unbridled passion and the teeming rage felt like what Joselia reckoned love was supposed to be. Daddy wasn’t consistent or stable, and he loved her more than anybody in the world– So must Foster. Midnight screaming matches faded into afternoon picnics and so on. He never said so, but Joselia knew he loved her– he showed it dozens of ways, whether by making the best food she’d ever eaten in her life (aside from stadium hotdogs, of course) or by buffing out the same dent in her car over and over from the damn apartment gate. 

They were young and dumb and it felt like everything. Daddy hated him and loved him, depending on the day– and when things were going right for everybody and the three of them drank and watched Daddy’s old matches, well, that was the best feeling in the world. It was after one of those days and a couple of Foster’s custom-made cocktails that they decided to get married at the courthouse. They didn’t have a ring or a dress or a care in the world, and somewhere in a box covered in a thin layer of dust, Joselia has a picture from that day: her in one of Foster’s button downs and a Dodgers hat, him in his usual tshirt and jeans combo, all bright smiles hanging off one another.

Being married didn’t stave off the fighting at all. If anything, it made it worse– gave them each more ammunition to launch at each other, and made it a hell of a lot harder to untangle from the mess. They fell into a familiar pattern– a couple of good days, maybe a week, a fight where they swore they were broken up for good this time, and a couple days later they’d make up. Anything was fair game on these breaks– and it’s not like Joselia had a ring or anything to stop her from seeing other people, so she did. Nothing that stuck, but a couple one or two night flings before she surrendered to Foster’s gravitational pull again.

When Joselia found out she was pregnant after a week “off”, she panicked. She wasn’t going to tell Foster, she was just going to take care of it on her own– but they had such a good day, and she was half convinced they could make it work. They were perfect, they only fought so hard because they loved each other so much. He bolted after that, and in retrospect, she couldn’t blame him. Joselia still harbors that hurt on especially lonely nights, revisits the feeling of waking up and seeing his shit gone, the days-late realization that she’d never see him again.

But it was okay, because there was always Daddy to take care of, and with no Foster and no baby to distract her, Joselia poured all of her energy into him. She was twenty-five and working the same waitressing job she’d had since graduation, spending her weekends taking care of her drunk father– and with nothing else in Philly, reality stung. She started to resent Daddy the same way Mama always had– she resented being the stable one, she resented not being able to fall apart because it’d hurt them both when that’s all she really wanted to do.

A decade late, Joselia’s breaking point finally came when Daddy wrapped her truck around a streetlight. He survived, thank God, but he had a broken arm and a couple of years in jail and mandated therapy. With no other choice, Joselia made her way back to California and turned up on Mama’s doorstep, tail between her legs. The rush of apologies for years of hating her, of thinking Mama was selfish and wrong for abandoning Daddy, was crushed in her mother’s arms. She was home, for real this time, and reconnecting with Mama and Jr. and Miguel helped Joselia figure some things out.

It wasn’t perfect, and she still felt an unreasonable degree of protectiveness over Daddy– they kept in touch, between letters and phone calls– but Jo decided to enroll in college. Better late than never. She started at UC-Riverside and declared Social Work as her major, staying home with Mama until she graduated at 29. It was a big deal, because Jr. had enlisted at 22 and Miguel had gone to trade school. Joselia was the first in their family to graduate college, a fact that Daddy cried about on the phone the morning of her graduation– a fact she still holds with pride.

Her fresh start extended to Colorado Springs, where Joselia took her very first “real” job a year ago as an Addiction Counselor for a nonprofit serving unhoused and at-risk individuals. It was Jr.’s idea, originally, and Joselia ended up loving it– finally her life experience was helpful with something, and the tough love she always should’ve given to Daddy was a requirement. It’s such the perfect fit, in fact, that she was promoted after only a year and transferred to the Providence Peak location. Joselia was hesitant at first to leave Colorado Springs and the comfort of Jr. right down the street, but it was high time for her to forge her own path. She made it up to Philly one more time, to visit Daddy and to clear out the rest of her shit from a storage unit, and is now settling into her new routine.

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[illkeepthelightsoninthisplace]

Ask game~ 31 ...btw you seem so kind,please protect yourself ,don't let people play with your heart , you deserve all the best :)🌸

some songs for your playlist 💫:wye oak -civilian,jome cinnamon and jorge ben jor -chove chuva

31. Something you did and you are proud of?

Im really proud of that time i stood up for a UC (unaccompanied child) after he was struck by the at risk UC i was assigned under my care that day the incident transpired.

Quick backstory: a couple weeks ago we received this UC that migrated from Nicaragua, which is not unusual, we receive UC from a variety of countries down from the South America regions. However, this UC at the time was the youngest (five years old) and would not listen to instructions, run away from classes, and aggressive towards others and himself, which immediately marked him as an at-risk UC, meaning 1 on 1 supervision only.

Oh, almost forgot, the UC had an brother as well who was there (seven years old) whom was also placed on a 1 on 1 care for the same reason, heck i even accompanied that UC to the hospital when he was put to sleep due to destroying his room and attacking the other Youth Care Workers. I worked from 2pm to 4am that day ugh because we got released (kicked out) of the hospital after he was visited by a mental health specialist and we waited in the visitor room till one of the directors came.

Agh- back to the point. Supervisors realized that both UC respinded well to me so they started placing them under my care.

However, kids are unpredictable, especially an at-risk one so it's difficult to prepare for the mood swings. I'm so sorry for all of this but if you're still reading this, thank you for your patience.

The at-risk UC attacked an another UC, but i was able to lessen the blow by grabbing the UC arms as he strucked the other UC.

Qhat ended up happening was that the supervisors, did not let me write an IR (Incident Report) right away, which is a must in the protocol/policy, and where trying to aggressively admit that i coached the kid into thinking he was hit which was extremely disrespectful to me because right away i knew they just didn't want to document the incident and where being irresponsible. I ended up standing my ground, called them out, and told them "if im wrong, the video, (which there was a camera outside when ot happened) will prove that, but we're going to agree to disagree here." And they just left it as it was.

The next day, i spoke to the director who oversees the supervisors and ycw and she told me that i did everything right and that i should have been allowed to submit the IR immediately.

Before work started, the supervisors reiterated that and they definitely got in trouble. I was really proud of myself because i stood up against them in defense of a UC who was attacked but they didn't want to acknowledge it.

Its a rollercoaster but there you go.

Hopefully i made sense.

*****

Thank you so much for saying that ♥️ I'll do my best in protecting my heart and not allowing those who don't care about my friendship or effort continuing to be a part of my life.

Also, NEW MUSIC!!!?! yay!! I'll be sure to write them down and give them a shot 😊😊

Again, I appreciate this ask, thank you.

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Send me a number!!

[ravindrabalajiputtewar]

Telecom Network Upgrades During Rapid Business Growth

By RAVINDRA BALAJI PUTTEWAR

It’s an exciting place to be—when your business is growing fast. More clients, new offices, a swelling workforce, and expanding services. But behind the celebration often lies a silent pressure: is your telecom infrastructure keeping up?

At ADITI IT SERVICES PVT LTD, based in India, we’ve helped businesses navigate exactly this challenge. What starts as a few dropped calls or sluggish video meetings can quickly balloon into full-blown outages, security gaps, or dissatisfied customers—if the telecom backbone doesn’t scale with the business.

In this article, I’ll walk you through what businesses typically overlook during periods of rapid growth, and how we help fix it—without ripping everything apart or causing major downtime.

The Telecom Challenge of Scaling Up

When companies grow, they usually focus on hiring, new markets, product development—understandably so. But telecom often gets sidelined.

Here’s what tends to happen:

A startup with 20 people using a basic VoIP system suddenly has 200 people across 3 locations—and the same system.

A growing warehouse doubles in size, but the old routers and switches haven’t changed.

A regional office opens, but there’s no VPN in place to connect it securely to HQ.

Remote staff grows, but mobile device policies and bandwidth allocation stay stuck in pre-growth mode.

And suddenly, what once “just worked” starts to feel fragile.

When Should You Upgrade?

It’s tempting to wait until something breaks. But the smarter move is to treat telecom like a living system—something you tune as you grow.

Here are the signs it’s time to upgrade:

Frequent dropped calls or poor call quality

Sluggish video conferencing or collaboration tools

Employees reporting slow network access

Lack of visibility into who’s using bandwidth—and how

New office or branch rollouts

Plans to add remote teams, cloud apps, or real-time services

Waiting until after a crisis costs more—time, money, reputation. Upgrading proactively avoids all of that.

What a Scalable Telecom Upgrade Looks Like

At ADITI IT SERVICES PVT LTD, we never suggest upgrades just for the sake of it. We look at what’s actually needed, what’s future-proof, and what can be done with minimal disruption.

Here’s our typical roadmap:

1. Assessment of Current Infrastructure

We start by analyzing current call flow, bandwidth utilization, device logs, firewall rules, and more. Often, we find legacy equipment choking performance—especially cheap routers or unmanaged switches from earlier days.

2. Unified Communications (UC) Planning

We help migrate teams to modern UC platforms—voice, chat, video, file sharing—all under one secure, manageable umbrella. This streamlines costs and improves communication.

One of our clients, growing rapidly in e-commerce, moved to a cloud-hosted VoIP + messaging system that scaled as they opened new fulfillment centers. The move slashed their telecom costs by 27% while doubling reliability.

3. Network Optimization

We redesign internal networks (LAN/WAN) to ensure traffic prioritization. Video calls don’t lag. File uploads don’t crawl. And critical business apps don’t freeze during peak hours.

SD-WAN solutions also come into play for multi-branch companies, giving them dynamic routing and better uptime.

4. Security Enhancements

Growth often invites risk. More endpoints, more data, more exposure. So we incorporate:

Secure VPNs for branch and remote staff

Bandwidth control and QoS policies

Firewall upgrades and threat monitoring

Centralized device and policy management

5. Scalability & Cloud Integration

Need to add a team in another state next month? With cloud-based telecom, that’s a few clicks—not a two-week cabling project.

We help businesses build flexible systems that grow as they do—without delays or vendor lock-ins.

Case in Point: Scaling Without Stalling

A BPO client of ours recently expanded from 150 to 500 agents in under 9 months. Their legacy IP telephony setup couldn’t handle the load—call drops, echo, even office-wide blackouts.

We migrated them to a cloud PBX with dynamic load balancing and implemented call recording, analytics, and role-based access—all without disrupting operations. Their onboarding time dropped by half. And client SLAs? Back on track.

Global Recognition for Smart Infrastructure

As we continue to support fast-growing companies through strategic telecom and IT upgrades, we’re also proud to share that ADITI IT SERVICES PVT LTD has been nominated for the 2025 Go Global Awards, hosted by the International Trade Council this November in London.

This global platform brings together business leaders solving real-world challenges—from infrastructure to innovation. It’s more than an awards ceremony—it’s a summit for bold thinkers building the systems that drive progress. We’re proud to represent India at this important forum.

Final Thought

Growth should be a gift—not a burden. But when your telecom systems lag behind, every new client, every new office, and every new hire becomes a strain.

With the right architecture in place, your network can empower growth—not hinder it. And at ADITI IT SERVICES PVT LTD, we believe in building that empowerment into every project we touch.

[cybersecurityict]

Server Market Enabling Business Agility Through High-Speed Computing

Server Market was valued at USD 111.60 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach USD 224.90 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 8.14% from 2024-2032. 

Server Market continues to experience significant momentum as enterprises worldwide accelerate digital transformation. The demand for robust, scalable, and energy-efficient server infrastructure is growing rapidly across data centers, cloud providers, and enterprise IT environments. Enterprises are increasingly adopting hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, fueling further demand for high-performance server solutions.

U.S. Market Leading Global Demand for High-Performance Server Infrastructure

Server Market is being reshaped by advancements in AI workloads, edge computing, and virtualization technologies. The integration of next-gen processors and energy-optimized architectures is pushing the boundaries of computing, storage, and networking capabilities.

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Market Keyplayers:

ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ESC8000 G4, RS720A-E11-RS24U)

Cisco Systems, Inc. (UCS C220 M6 Rack Server, UCS X210c M6 Compute Node)

Dell Inc. (PowerEdge R760, PowerEdge T550)

FUJITSU (PRIMERGY RX2540 M7, PRIMERGY TX1330 M5)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (ProLiant DL380 Gen11, Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus)

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (FusionServer Pro 2298 V5, TaiShan 2280)

Inspur (NF5280M6, NF5468A5)

Intel Corporation (Server System M50CYP, Server Board S2600WF)

International Business Machines Corporation (Power S1022, z15 T02)

Lenovo (ThinkSystem SR650 V3, ThinkSystem ST650 V2)

NEC Corporation (Express5800 R120f-2E, Express5800 T120h)

Oracle Corporation (Server X9-2, SPARC T8-1)

Quanta Computer Inc. (QuantaGrid D52BQ-2U, QuantaPlex T42SP-2U)

SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (Altus XE2112, Tundra AP)

Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SuperServer 620P-TRT, BigTwin SYS-220BT-HNTR)

Nvidia Corporation (DGX H100, HGX H100)

Hitachi Vantara, LLC (Advanced Server DS220, Compute Blade 2500)

Market Analysis

The server market is undergoing a transformative phase, driven by rising enterprise data workloads, growing cloud adoption, and the expansion of AI-driven applications. Businesses in sectors like finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and e-commerce are investing in scalable server solutions to ensure reliability, speed, and security. In the U.S., hyperscale data centers and government digitization initiatives continue to stimulate demand, while Europe is focusing on green server technologies and data sovereignty frameworks.

Market Trends

Increasing deployment of AI-optimized and GPU-accelerated servers

Shift toward edge servers for latency-sensitive applications

Demand for ARM-based processors due to energy efficiency

Growth of modular and rack-scale architectures

Rise in server virtualization and containerization technologies

Integration of cybersecurity features at the hardware level

Expansion of data center capacity in tier 2 cities and rural regions

Market Scope

The server market is not just about computing power—it's about enabling digital ecosystems. With organizations prioritizing performance, uptime, and sustainability, the server ecosystem is evolving to meet dynamic business demands.

Enterprise-grade cloud and on-premise deployments

AI and ML-ready server configurations

Edge computing solutions for decentralized networks

Environmentally optimized servers with low power consumption

High-performance computing for research and scientific workloads

Scalable architectures supporting rapid data expansion

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Forecast Outlook

The server market is expected to see robust expansion, driven by technological innovation, rising data consumption, and strategic cloud migrations. The U.S. is set to maintain its leadership position due to continuous investments in hyperscale infrastructure, while Europe’s focus on sovereign cloud and carbon-neutral data centers will fuel regional growth. The market outlook remains strong, with increased adoption of AI, edge, and green IT accelerating future demand.

Conclusion

In today’s hyperconnected world, the server market stands at the core of digital innovation. As businesses across the U.S. and Europe race to enhance operational efficiency and computing agility, servers are evolving into strategic enablers of growth. From supporting mission-critical workloads to powering AI, the next generation of servers is redefining enterprise IT—faster, greener, and more intelligent than ever before.

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Why IT Consulting Services in Davis Are Essential for Modern Businesses

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, businesses need to keep up with evolving technology to remain competitive and secure. Whether you're a startup, a growing small business, or an established enterprise in Davis, California, having the right IT support is not a luxury—it's a necessity. That’s where IT consulting services in Davis come into play, offering strategic guidance, cost-effective solutions, and reliable support that help businesses thrive in the digital era.

What Are IT Consulting Services?

IT consulting services involve expert guidance provided to businesses to help them leverage technology efficiently. These services cover a wide range of IT areas including infrastructure management, cybersecurity, cloud solutions, data analytics, software integration, and digital transformation. The goal is to align a company's IT strategies with its overall business objectives.

When businesses in Davis choose a reputable IT consulting firm, they gain access to experienced professionals who understand the technical landscape and can recommend and implement the best solutions tailored to their needs.

Why Choose IT Consulting Services in Davis?

1. Local Expertise with Global Vision

Davis is a growing city known for innovation, technology, and education—especially with institutions like UC Davis driving research and entrepreneurship. Local IT consultants understand the unique needs of businesses in Davis, whether it's a biotech startup, an agricultural tech company, or a retail business.

Partnering with a Davis-based IT consulting firm means you get personalized service with the added benefit of professionals who understand your market and are readily available for onsite visits or urgent support when needed.

2. Cost-Efficiency and Resource Optimization

Hiring and maintaining a full-time IT team can be costly, especially for small and medium-sized businesses. IT consulting services allow you to access specialized skills on-demand, helping you avoid the overhead costs of full-time staff. Consultants assess your needs and provide solutions that reduce waste, improve performance, and offer a better return on investment.

3. Enhanced Cybersecurity Measures

Cyber threats are growing more sophisticated every day. From ransomware attacks to phishing scams, your business faces many potential risks. IT consultants in Davis are well-versed in implementing strong cybersecurity frameworks. They conduct risk assessments, install firewalls, monitor network traffic, and offer staff training to prevent breaches and ensure data protection.

4. Cloud Strategy and Migration

Cloud technology has become a cornerstone of modern business operations. Whether it’s migrating to Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Amazon Web Services (AWS), IT consultants help design and implement seamless cloud strategies. They also ensure compliance with data regulations and improve scalability so your business can grow without infrastructure limitations.

5. Support for Digital Transformation

Digital transformation is more than just upgrading hardware—it's about rethinking your entire business model. IT consulting services in Davis provide valuable support in integrating new technologies like automation, AI, and IoT into your daily operations. With the right roadmap, your business can streamline workflows, improve customer experience, and open new revenue streams.

Core Services Offered by IT Consultants in Davis

Here’s a breakdown of common IT consulting services in Davis that are driving business growth:

1. IT Infrastructure Management

Consultants analyze your current IT setup and suggest upgrades, replacements, or enhancements. This includes everything from server management and storage solutions to network architecture.

2. Managed IT Services

For companies looking for continuous support, managed services offer 24/7 monitoring, help desk support, data backup, and proactive maintenance.

3. Cybersecurity Solutions

Implementing secure networks, multi-factor authentication, endpoint protection, and compliance management (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR) are all part of comprehensive cybersecurity services.

4. Cloud Services

Cloud readiness assessment, migration support, backup solutions, and ongoing cloud optimization are commonly offered to make businesses more agile and scalable.

5. IT Strategy and Roadmapping

Experienced consultants evaluate business goals and build an IT strategy aligned with growth objectives, budget constraints, and industry trends.

6. Software Integration and Development

Need to connect your CRM with accounting software? Or develop a custom application? IT consultants help integrate and develop tools that improve your operational efficiency.

Industries That Benefit Most from IT Consulting in Davis

While every business can benefit from IT consulting, some industries in Davis have specific demands:

Healthcare: With the need for HIPAA compliance and secure patient data management, IT consultants play a crucial role.

Education: Schools and universities require safe networks and cloud-based learning tools.

Biotech and Research: High-performance computing and secure data storage are essential for labs and research institutions.

Retail & E-Commerce: Consultants help manage POS systems, online transactions, and customer data securely and efficiently.

Agriculture & AgTech: From precision farming to data analytics, IT plays a vital role in the agricultural landscape of Davis.

How to Choose the Right IT Consulting Firm in Davis

Selecting the right IT consultant can make a significant difference. Here are some tips to guide your decision:

Experience and Expertise: Look for firms with a strong portfolio and proven track record in your industry.

Local Presence: A consultant based in Davis can provide faster response times and more personalized service.

Security Practices: Ensure the firm prioritizes cybersecurity and has protocols in place for disaster recovery.

Scalability: Choose a consultant who can support your business as it grows.

Client Testimonials: Reviews and case studies provide insight into the company’s credibility and client satisfaction.

Final Thoughts

Technology is not just a support system; it’s a growth engine. Investing in IT consulting services in Davis gives your business the technological advantage it needs to operate efficiently, remain secure, and stay competitive in a digital-first world.

[tofueatingwokerati]

I am so sick and tired of the DWP

I really do not want to be writing this post but equally feel compelled to, simply to raise awareness.

Like so many disabled people I am being forced off of ESA onto UC and the process is a minefield.

For one it’s not a migration at all, it’s a new claim and a messy patchwork of concessions.  There is a five week gap in income buffered only by a two week overpayment of ESA. Except that two week overpayment itself is a ‘new claim’.

But why?

The majority of people being moved are in the Support Group and this comes with a disability premium as a lone disabled person who has additional care costs that a person with a live in carer doesn’t have. In my case I pay for home assistance at £20 an hour (the going rate for a micro provider). 

This is called Extra ESA (EESA) and it’s income related. But what the DWP have done as part of this ‘migration’ process is to end your existing ESA on the date your UC claim is in the system, and the two week overpayment comes from a brand new ESA claim called contribution based. Why do they do this? To pay you less. 

If 1.2 million people are all moved by the March 2026 deadline and there is a £100 saving from every one of those claimants that totals £120,000,000. The two week adjustment is not a clean overpayment of your existing award at all it’s yet another cost cutting exercise to deprive disabled people of a vital lifeline. 

So I made a complaint as this was not what I was told by the Complex Case Coach. In fact I have been misled on pretty much everything as part of this process and in front of a witness, an advocate from MIND. This is not my word against theirs and I have a paper trail of emails as well. 

I got a response today from DWP and it’s shameful. They gave me a virtual wrap on the knuckles for daring to email the complex case coach even though their job is ESA-UC migration and this was exactly why I contacted them.

I was told to contact the UC helpline about an ESA matter. I had already contacted UC through the journal prior and they themselves stated this is not their department and also everything I do is text based, in this case through email because it is on record that calls pose a significant barrier for me. 

So instead of helping me, making reasonable adjustments or answering my queries DWP have forced my hand and I have had no choice but to make a formal complaint, yet again.

For the record I loathe making complaints, they take so much out of me, ruin my day and leave me with lasting anxiety as well as being out of pocket from this entire process.

I would rather the DWP did their jobs and not give me cause to complain to begin with. I am tired of being patronised by them because of their procedural failures, tired of being scapegoated for their incompetence and sick of their failure to make reasonable adjustments when it is on my record in an age of instant digital access. 

I hate the word lazy but my goodness they make a compelling case to use it!

[dreamingofawolf]

During the recent move, I also had to do a benefit migration to Universal Credit, and I'm still physically recovering from the house move and now UC is just fucking me over.

The whole system is a fucking nightmare and I am exhausted.

Please send spoons, anti-inflammatories, and chocolate...

[brewingspirits-ghost-hunters]

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