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Implications of the Bad Channel in Michelle
Following a warm up and cool down cycle of Michelle around the start of 2008, which was required to improve the contact between the detector and the cold finger, it was found that one of the 16 channels in Michelle was no longer functioning properly. The signal from that channel appears to scale directly with the frame time, such that it is saturated for any exposure time that is used on the sky. The channel is therefore useless for any Michelle observations. This page discusses the implications of this for the various observing modes of Michelle. An example of how a raw frame looks with the bad channel is shown below.
The channel that is bad is the second channel from the left on the array, columns 21 to 40. As a result the effective area of the array for imaging is now 280 by 240 pixels, or about 28 by 24 arc-seconds on the sky. This does not have any practical impact for most of the imaging observations that are done with Michelle, especially in view of the limitation of the chop throw to 15 arc-seconds or less. If any Michelle user wishes to observe objects that are larger than 28 arc-seconds they should contact one of the Michelle support astronomers (James Radomski & Rachel Mason) to access how the observations will be affected by the bad channel. For observations of objects that are smaller than 15 arc-seconds in diameter the observations can be arranged so that the bad channel does not affect the data.
For low resolution N-band spectroscopy the bad channel can be avoided by changing the central wavelength from 10.5 microns to 9.5 microns. This is now the default value in the Michelle OT library. When this is done the full available wavelength coverage across the N-band window falls in columns 41 to 240 on the array. Therefore low-N spectroscopy mode is not impacted by the bad channel.
For the the low resolution Q-band spectroscopy mode a similar change of the central wavelength may be required, but this will depend on what features are of interest in any particular program. For the current default central wavelength of 20.5 microns the bad channel will affect the spectrum between 16.5 and 17.2 microns. If the spectrum is shifted 40 pixels on the array to avoid the bad channel this will eliminate the spectral coverage beyond about 24.5 microns. As there have been no low-Q programs in the queue recently we have not taken the time to investigate exactly how the central wavelength would need to be changed in this mode to produce the maximum effective spectral coverage.
In the higher resolution medN1, medN2, and echelle spectral modes the bad channel will obviously affect the wavelength coverage of a single setting. For users that want continuous spectral coverage this means that the wavelength settings will need to give roughly 1/16 overlap between adjacent settings. In the N-band medN2 mode a wavelength spacing of 0.4 microns between exposures produces the required overlap. For the medN1 mode a wavelength spacing of 1.0 microns will provide complete spectral coverage. For the echelle mode the bad channel will be an issue if the velocity range that is needed is larger than ~800 km/s, in which case two wavelength settings would be needed for complete coverage.


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Look, Bowser, we all know that plumber-killing and princess-snatching can take a lot out of you, but come on. If you're going to buy an expensive clown helicopter, at least get your wife's permission first.
We finally get to meet Mrs. Bowser in this Dorkly comedy video, and she's basically what you'd expect out of a lizard-dragon-turtle thing.

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A record 1,162 St. John's University students packed Taffner Field House for the annual Academic Internship Fair. Co-sponsored by St. John's College of Professional Studies (CPS) and the Career Center, the event was created to introduce students to prospective employers from across the New York metropolitan area.
"I was delighted to see the excitement on the students' faces when they met with representatives from so many prestigious companies," said Kathleen Vouté MacDonald, Ed.D., Dean of the College of Professional Studies. "Our students displayed a fine level of professionalism and excitement with the possibility of securing an internship in their desired fields."
This year, more than 100 employers attended the fair, including representatives from Clear Channel Communications, Winthrop-University Hospital, The New York Mets, the Office of Senator Charles E. Schumer and the Queens Economic Development Corporation. "The event had so many great companies in one place," said Khanh Nguyen '15C. "It gave me a great opportunity to explore so many different areas for my career development."
Exhibitors at the event gave high marks to the students in attendance. "They are very professional and well-prepared," said Terrence Buckley, Police Officer with the Suffolk County Police Department. "They ask pertinent questions, and they've all been incredibly polite, which is nice to see."
BET Networks was so impressed with St. John's undergraduates that they hired four writing interns for a new show on the spot. "Talk about instant gratification," said April Merenda, Director of External Affairs for CPS and organizer of the Academic Internship Fair since 2007.
Approximately 50 students from the Staten Island campus came to the Queens campus for the fair, and, for the first time, freshmen and sophomores were invited to participate, too. "It's important that all undergraduate students be given the opportunity to begin their academic internship search early on," said Ms. Merenda. "The magnitude of student opportunities like this truly sets the University apart from other institutions."
According to Vincent Accardi '05CPS, Director of Corporate Sales and Ticket Operations for Stony Brook University Intercollegiate Athletics, the professionalism of St. John's students is the primary reason he looks to his alma mater for interns. "I always try to bring St. John's students out to Stony Brook, even though the two schools are not in close proximity to each other. They always give that extra effort, no matter what is asked of them."


text: Like most pros in her field, Nurse Jackie spends more time at work than at home. The idea of glamming up her sterile New York City ER and the dingy waiting lounge may seem like one of her drug-induced fantasies, but Matthew Berman, Andrew Kotchen, Christopher Coleman and Angel Sanchez have made it a beautiful reality. Jackie can now retreat to a room where happy pills pour from the ceiling and couture linens swaddle her while she sleeps. When she wakes, her waiting room is calm and its decor is soothing and sophisticated. See the spaces and watch Jackie get the treatment she deserves.


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The Bilingual Program is based upon our Early Childhood Program but with an emphasis on the Spanish language. Both the lead and assistant teachers are fluent in Spanish. Students are spoken to in Spanish and are taught Spanish vocabulary. Students do not need to be familiar with the Spanish language in order to be in this class; this class serves as an introduction to the Spanish language and culture.
This Bilingual program is offered from 12:00 to 3:00 pm 3-days (Monday, Wednesday, Friday). It is available to all 5 and 6-year-olds and to 3 and 4-year-olds who no longer take a nap in the afternoon.
Enrollment is limited to just 24 students per class.
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Cemal Nadir Güler was a pioneer in Turkish cartoon art, and the creator of 'Amcabey', one of Turkey's first cartoon characters. He was born in Bursa on 13 July 1902 into a family of Bulgarian immigrants. He shared his artistic ambitions with his father, who was a calligraphy artist. He failed at his exam at the School of Fine Arts in Istanbul however, and started out as a mechanic's apprentice. He continued to make paintings, and eventually worked as an art teacher.
He published his first cartoons in the humor magazine Diken in 1920. He worked for the evening newspaper Akşam Gazetesi from 1928 until 1941. During World War II, he published in the Republican newspaper, as well as a humor magazine based on his longtime character 'Amcabey' (1942-1944), that he had created in 1929. Among his other comic characters are 'Efruz Bey', 'Dalkavuk', 'Akla Kara', 'Yeni Zengin'. Güler's work was collected in books like 'Amcabey'e Göre' (1932), 'Karikatür Albümü' (1939), 'Akla Kara' (1940), 'Dalkavuk Karikatür Albümü' (1946) and 'Amcabey Albümü' (1946).
In the last years of the Ottoman Empire and during the first years of the newly established Republic of Turkey (1923), cartoon art was introduced in the country. This art form originally appealed more to the elite and well educated people, but thanks to the understandable drawing style of the young cartoonist Cemal Nadır Güler cartoons gained popularity among common people. The interest of Turkish people in cartoon art increased, but unfortunately the much beloved Cemal Nadır Güler deceased because of an illness at a young age.


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Find everything you need to know for your journey into the medieval gateways of York, including prices, opening times and how to find us.
Monk Bar, the home of the Richard III Experience, is hosting a series of special installations commemorating the re-interment of the last Plantagenet King of England in 2015.
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The first Tudor King of England ruled for twenty-four years after defeating Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth. His early reign was made unstable by rebellion & pretenders to the throne but he established one of the most celebrated royal dynasties.


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Louis van Gaal said Manchester United's confidence was "smashed" following a 2-1 home defeat to Swansea City in his first match as manager.
Van Gaal said the defeat, which laid bare the scale of the task he faces after succeeding David Moyes, was the worst possible start to his reign. He and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward will now face renewed pressure to improve the club's squad before the transfer window closes, although the manager insisted his side could still contend for the title.
He said: "We never played as a team. That's our error. It is of course very disappointing. For the players, the fans, for me, for my staff. When you have preparation time and you win everything [in pre-season, with five victories] and your first match you lose, it cannot be worse, I believe.
"And also in the process it is not good because we have built up a lot of confidence and it shall be smashed down because of this result. But we have to know it is only one game of many games and you shall be not the champions at this moment. You shall be the champion in May. "
He added: "In the first-half I have seen a lot of players very nervous and making the wrong choices and that is a pity. These players have to use that expectation because that is Manchester United. You have to cope with that pressure."
United retain an interest in signing Real Madrid's Angel Di Maria, Sporting Lisbon's Marcelo Rojo, plus the Roma centre-half Mehdi Benatia and Ajax's versatile Daley Blind. Van Gaal said the result had not affected his desire to buy players. "Yes, but I have thought that before the match also. That [defeat] is not the difference. I know in what positions we need better players but you have to buy only when the player can fulfil the way of playing that I ask. We have to wait and see."
Moves for Di Maria and Benatia are still possible but both are complicated, as is the Rojo deal. United have been encouraged to bid for Di Maria after Paris St Germain's attempts to sign him stalled but sources insist that "the numbers do not work" at this point, with a fee in excess of £50 million being asked for. United are being quoted around £30million for Benatia, which they are unlikely to agree to.
United remain interested in Rojo, who is keen to move to Old Trafford, but the £15million deal has been stalled because of a row between his club and agent. Another option is the Dutch international Blind who was in Van Gaal's team for the World Cup and can play anywhere in defence or as a holding midfielder.
Moyes, who was a television analyst yesterday and who oversaw a 4-1 win over Swansea in his first game at United, had sympathy with his successor.
"Everybody knew it was going to take time," he said. "Taking over from Sir Alex Ferguson for anybody, it would take time. Van Gaal will need the time to do the job as well. He'll need to have that opportunity to change things and get a team he wants. What happened [against Swansea] happened to me in other games."
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Say you have a disk image that contains one or more NTFS partitions, and you need to run Windows chkdsk to fix the filesystem. QEMU let's you use a raw dd or ddrescue image as a real hard disk inside a virtual machine.
Say you have a disk image that contains one or more NTFS partitions, and you need to run Windows chkdsk to fix the filesystem. QEMU let's you use a raw dd or ddrescue image as a real hard disk inside a virtual machine.
# qemu -hda /path/to/primary.img -hdb /path/to/damagedDisk.img
# qemu -hda /path/to/primary.img -hdb /path/to/damagedDisk.img
Revision as of 14:03, 10 August 2010
- 1 Preface/Introduction
- 2 Foremost
- 3 Extundelete
- 4 Photorec
- 5 Testdisk
- 6 e2fsck
- 7 Working with Raw Disk Images
- 8 External Links
Page Overview
This article is meant to capture several file recovery or undelete options for Arch Linux. Please contribute to this page using the general format below and keeping it brief.
Special Notes
Failing Drives
In the arena of data recovery, it is best to work on images of disks rather than the physical disks themselves. Generally, a failing drive's condition worsens over time. The goal ought to be to copy as much data as possible as early as possible, and to then abandon the disk. The dd_rescue utility (ddrescue in repos), unlike dd will repeatedly try to recover from errors, and will read the drive front to back, then back to front, attempting to salvage data. It keeps a log file so that you can pause and resume recovery without losing your progress.
See Disk Cloning.
The image files created from a utility like ddrescue can then be mounted like a physical device and can be worked on safely. Always make a copy of the original image so that you can revert if things go sour!
A tried and true method of improving failing drive reads is to keep it cold. A bit of time in the freezer is appropriate, but be careful to avoid bringing the drive from cold to warm too quickly, as condensation will form. Keeping the drive in the freezer with cables connected to the recovering PC works great.
Do not attempt a filesystem check on a failing drive, as this will likely make the problem worse. Keep it read-only.
Backup Flash Media/Small Partitions
As an alternative to working with a 'live' partition (mounted or not), it is often preferable to work with an image provided that the filesystem in question isn't too large and that you have sufficient free HDD space to accommodate the image file. For example, flash memory devices like, thumb drives, digital cameras, portable music players, cellular phones, etc.
Be sure to read the man pages for the utilities listed below to verify that they are capable of working with an image file.
To make an image, one can use dd as follows:
# dd if=/dev/target_partition of=/home/user/partition.image
Working with Digital Cameras
In order for some of the utils listed in the next section to work with flash media, one needs to have the device in question mounted as a block device (i.e. it is listed under /dev). Digital cameras operating in PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol) mode will not work in this regard. PTP cameras are transparently handled by libgphoto and/or libptp. Transparently as in, they don't get a block device. The alternative to PTP mode is USB Mass Storage (UMS) mode which may or may not be supported by your camera. Some cameras will have a menu item allowing the user to switch between the two modes; refer to your camera's user manual. If your camera does not support UMS mode and therefore cannot be accessed as a block device, your only alternative is to use a flash media reader and physically remove the media from your camera.
Foremost is a console program to recover files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures. This process is commonly referred to as data carving. Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. The headers and footers can be specified by a configuration file or you can use command line switches to specify built-in file types. These built-in types look at the data structures of a given file format allowing for a more reliable and faster recovery.
Foremost is available from the AUR in this page.
External Links
- Wiki:
- Homepage: http://foremost.sourceforge.net
Extundelete is a console program that can recover deleted files from ext3 and ext4 partitions.It can recover all the recently deleted files from a partition and/or a specific file(s) given by relative path or inode information.Note that it works only when the partition is unmounted. The recovered files are saved in the current directory under the folder named RECOVERED_FILES.
Extundelete is available in AUR in this page
Photorec is a complementary utility to TestDisk; both open-source data recovery utilities licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). Photorec is file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom and lost pictures (thus, its 'Photo Recovery' name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's filesystem has been severely damaged or re-formatted.
Both TestDisk and Photorec are available for Arch i686 and x64_86 in the same package.
# pacman -S testdisk
External Links
- Wiki (Photorec): http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec
- Homepage: http://www.cgsecurity.org/
TestDisk, like Photorec are both open-source data recovery utilities licensed under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL). TestDisk is primarily designed to help recover lost partitions and/or make non-booting disks bootable again when these symptoms are caused by faulty software, certain types of viruses or human error (such as accidentally deleting a Partition Table).
Both TestDisk and Photorec are available for Arch i686 and x64_86 in the same package.
# pacman -S testdisk
External Links
- Wiki (TestDisk): http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
- Homepage: http://www.cgsecurity.org/
e2fsck, is the ext2/ext3 filesystem checker included in the base install of Arch. e2fsck relies on a valid superblock. A superblock is a description of the entire filesystem's parameters. Because this data is so important, several copies of the superblock are distributed amongst the partition data. e2fsck can take an alternate superblock argument if the main (first) superblock is damaged (use the -b option).
To determine where the superblocks are, run dumpe2fs -h on the affected, unmounted partition. Superblocks are spaced differently depending on the blocksize specified when the ext2/ext3 filesystem was created.
An alternate method to determine superblocks is to use the -n option with mke2fs. Be sure to use the -n flag, which "causes mke2fs to not actually create a filesystem, but display what it would do if it were to create a filesystem. This can be used to determine the location of the backup superblocks for a particular filesystem."
e2fsck and dumpe2fs are included in the base Arch i686 and x64_86 install.
External Links
- e2fsck man page: http://phpunixman.sourceforge.net/index.php/man/e2fsck/8
- dumpe2fs man page: http://phpunixman.sourceforge.net/index.php?parameter=dumpe2fs&mode=man
Working with Raw Disk Images
If you backed up a drive using ddrescue or dd, and you need to mount this image as a physical drive, then look no further!
Mount the Entire Disk
In progress.
Mounting Partitions
Before you can work with the partitions and filesystems in a raw disk image, you must know where things are inside the image. See the next section for this.
Getting Disk Geometry
After mounting the entire disk image as a loopback device, you can inspect it for it's drive layout.
Using QEMU to Repair NTFS
Say you have a disk image that contains one or more NTFS partitions, and you need to run Windows chkdsk to fix the filesystem. QEMU let's you use a raw dd or ddrescue image as a real hard disk inside a virtual machine.
# qemu -hda /path/to/primary.img -hdb /path/to/damagedDisk.img


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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. Finally, a normal holiday picture from the Keatley's, right? I'll admit last years holiday photo was a little strange, what with the accident and everything. But the show must go on. This year we have a couple of new introductions. Our daughter Isla, and our yeti who is holding her. We did look into more "traditional" forms of childcare, but everything is so expensive these days.
I had a lot of fun planning this shoot out. I have been thinking about it, and planning for about 5 months, so seeing it finally come to life like this is a mix of pure excitement and a little relief. Although, I am already starting to think about next year. I just can't help myself. It's a blessing and a curse. I just think it will be so awesome to look back 10, 15, or 20 years from now and see all of the different holiday photos we have taken. Not to mention, how many 6-month-olds get to say they had their picture taken with a yeti? Isla is either going to think we are the coolest parents ever, or she won't be able to get far enough away from us when she is older. I'm hoping for the first, but only time will tell.
This has been a wonderful year for me, and I am very grateful for all of your continued support and interest in my work. Thank you for reading my blog, and for coming out to hear me speak on occasion. That is definitely something I hope to do more of this next year. The next blog post you see from me will probably be me announcing my new website which I am very excited to share. As much as I like my current one, and it was selected in the 2010 PDN Annual, I feel like there is always room for improvement. Stay tuned.


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TCT conical scoring saw blade for beam saw
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TCT conical scoring saw blade for beam saw
Industrial adjustable scoring blade for long-lasting performance! For chip-free scoring of the plastic-laminate panels. To be inserted on horizontal and vertical panel sizingmachines equipped with scoring device. Cut One-sided or two-sided plastic-laminate panels, MDF. Special carbide tipped cutting edges to guarantee great performance, anti-vibration design and expansion slots to reduce noise.This tool is also produced by following precise procedures and techniques to confer greater value and allow for higher performance: tri-metal brazing, balancing and laser-cutting for the steel plate.
Kerf thickness from 0.110 to 0.141, 15° flat grind, 12+12 teeth.
For chip-free scoring of the plastic-laminate panels, two-sided plastic-laminated panels, MDF.
Use on horizontal and vertical panel sizing machines equipped with scoring device.
High quality carbide cutting edges to guarantee long-lasting performance.


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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Pelf! King of the One Liners!
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- AnonymousAugust 14, 2011 at 7:37 PM
should have hit him in the mouth. if he pitched as well as he talked s**t, maybe we'd be in a better position in the standings.ReplyDelete
After this recent string of losses I knew there was a place I could come to (in regards to the Mets) and get a laugh.
Cheered me up.
TY Joe.
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Watched 'White Christmas' during supper with the family tonight! Love the classics! First Christmas show of the year
"Long lay the world in sin and error pining,
Till He appeared and the soul felt its worth..."
been watching 3 Hallmark Christmas movies in a row on the Hallmark channel
Watched The Elf on the Shelf again last night
I love Outdoor Christmas Lights!!
Christmas Vacation!
can't access The Hallmark Channel here in the Philippines!
for God loved the world so much, that He gave His only begotten Son.......
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. funny movie, but I can do without some of the language
Watched Elf again yesterday and today my daughter wants to watch The Polar Express
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas


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This fixture stands away from the wall as an island with customer access to both sides.The ISLAND combines double-deep bottle storage with a 24 bottle angle top display facing. There are three (3) different configuration sizes: 144, 168 and 192 bottles. At the top 24 bottles are tilted upward (12 on each side) for retail display.
In the wine and spirits industry, labels must look pristine from the labeling lines to consumers' hands, especially at the most critical performance time, when the bottles are chilled in ice bucket prior to serving. ...
FOR PRISE DE MOUSSE With its technical characteristics, SafÅ'noâ"¢ BC S103 can be used in secondary fermentation whether in bottle under the classic method or in tank (in this ...
Racking with No Top-off Wine can be stored indefinitely without risk of oxidation. No need for "topping off". The single use liner eliminates barrel cleaning and potential contamination. Micro-oxygenation is possible using liners ...
WGits for QuickBooks is set up once, and then every night, week, or month (your choice) it automatically uploads all new orders. WGits for QuickBooks comes with phone, email, and chat support by WineGlass Marketing.
Other integration tools offer a solution that only saves you a few seconds to download and upload. WGits for Mailchimp goes far beyond a simple data sync to allow full integration between your Commerce7 account and Mailchimp.
For our members who are buyers or sellers and whose primary business is bulk wine & grape deals. Learn more at: https://grapeconnect.com/pricing
For our members who are buyers or sellers and regularly active in the bulk wine & grape market. Learn more at: https://grapeconnect.com/pricing
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These are exquisite Champagne Sabers made in Italy. These unsharpened sabers are designs reminiscent of the Napoleonic Age. Each of the models is 18-1/2" long overall and weigh just over one pound each. (Solid Wood Box). See more at Franmara.com.
This fixture backs up to a wall or other vertical surface such as aisle ends. The END DISPLAY UNIT lets you utilize aisle ends and other limited spaces for single-deep bottle storage with a 12 bottle angle top display facing. There are three (3) different configuration sizes: 72, 84 and96 bottles.


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What is duplicate content and how can I avoid being penalized for it on my site?
I have a nature photography site with multiple types of photo galleries. Each photo and associated caption on my site appears in several galleries. For instance, a photo of a goldfinch that was taken on a trip to New Mexico in 2008 will appear in the "goldfinch.php" gallery, in the "finches.php" gallery, and in the "New_Mexico_2008.php" gallery. This duplication is useful for my site visitors - User A may want to see goldfinch photos, whereas User B wants to see photos from New Mexico - but I am concerned about the SEO implications.
The typical suggestions to deal with duplicate content, such as 301 redirects and canonical tags, probably won't work in this case, because the page content is substantially different (ranging from ~1% to ~90% duplication, depending on the specific example chosen).
The obvious solution to me would be to edit robots.txt to only allow search engines to crawl one type of gallery - for instance, if they crawled only the galleries organized by species(e.g. goldfinch.php), all the photos on my site would be found exactly once. However, the Google content guidelines recommend against blocking crawler access to duplicate information.
Should I go ahead and use robots.txt anyway? Or is there a better solution?


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Self pity is not an option for me. When it comes to AIDS, I accept it and then I do whatever's in my power to control and defeat it.
-- Shirlene Cooper, 51
HIV/AIDS housing activist
Diagnosed with HIV in 1997
Older folks with HIV are at higher risk for various cancers. But there is a lot you can do to prevent that, or to cope if you're diagnosed.
Shirlene Cooper, 51, is a never-give-up longtime AIDS survivor. Diagnosed near death in 1997 with HIV, syphilis, cervical cancer, and TB, this Brooklyner spent eight months in the hospital before stabilizing. Once she got out, she kicked drugs and went on to become a major New York activist for decent housing for folks with HIV/AIDS. "Self-pity is not an option for me," she says. "When it comes to AIDS, I accept it and then I do whatever's in my power to control and defeat it."
That includes defeating cancer. Since 1997, Cooper's had cancer of the cervix, vulva, rectum, skin, and mouth. She's been treated for these cancers multiple times. "I say to my doctors, 'How many times are you going to tell me I'm cancer-free?'" she laughs. But right now, she's cancer-free once again, and that's a good thing.
Cooper's cancer history is unusually tough, but she reflects a truth: aging HIV-positive men and women, even those on effective HIV treatment, are at a significantly higher risk for various cancers than their HIV-negative peers, and while we've seen a decline in the HIV-cocktail era of "old-fashioned" AIDS cancers like Kaposi's sarcoma in people with HIV, we've also seen an increase in cancers of the lungs, liver, kidneys, anus, head and neck, and skin cancers, in addition to Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Many of these cancers are rooted in the human papilloma virus (HPV), which is passed through sexual contact -- like pregnancy and other STIs including HIV, it only takes one time to get it. It also causes genital warts and is more common, causing more problems, in HIV-positive folks than in the general population. There's a preventive vaccine for it now, but it's often not covered by insurers for people over 26 because, by that age, most people have already been exposed to HPV. "I've particularly seen higher rates of cancer in patients of mine whose T-cells were under 200 for a sustained period of time," says Dr. Jeannine Bookhardt-Murray, chief medical officer at New York's Harlem United, which cares for hundreds of HIV-positive patients. "I think it all goes back to the toll that HIV and aging together take on the body."
As with other health issues, there's much you can do to prevent cancer or to fight it aggressively if you have it, but this is an area where your local quality of health care matters a lot, and where you might have to do some extra investigating, pushing, and even traveling to get the treatment you need. Take these steps:
Get checked regularly. Talk to your primary HIV doctor about getting screened at least once a year for various cancers. A dermatologist should check you for skin cancers. Make dental visits regularly, and ask your dentist if s/he's checking for oral cancer. If you're 40 to 50, talk to your doctor about colorectal screening, and, if you're a man, about prostate screening.
Whether you're a woman or a man (straight or gay), talk to your doctor about cervical and/or anal Pap smears, or even coloscopic or anoscopic (imagery from a probe) screening for HPV-related pre-cancerous lesions, which are dramatically more common in HIV-positive people. HPV-related cancers, such as cervical and anal, can be prevented with regular screening and treatment (via cryotherapy, laser therapy, and surgery), which is why it's so important. Unfortunately, some HIV doctors are behind the curve regarding this serious area of cancer in HIV-positive folks, which is why you might have to take the initiative, make some calls, and even travel to a different city to find a provider trained in screening and treating this. University of California-San Francisco keeps a national database of providers here. You can also call them at (415) 353-7100.
Additionally, a study is being planned in 15 cities to see if regular screening and treatment of pre-cancerous lesions can help prevent anal cancer. You and your doctor can watch for enrollment at anchorstudy.org.
You might want to talk to your doctor about getting the HPV vaccine, if your insurance will cover it. There's some evidence that it may protect against HPV-related pre-cancers and cancers in HIV-positive people.
Some cancers are more likely if you have special risk factors, such as lung cancer if you smoke or recently quit, or liver cancer if you are co-infected with hepatitis B or C, and/or have cirrhosis of the liver.
Quit smoking. Please! People with HIV who smoke not only have higher rates of lung cancer but of many cancers, including anal cancer.
If you're diagnosed with cancer, get connected. The single best thing you can do if diagnosed with a cancer is to get connected, via local groups or online forums, chats, and sites, with other folks, regardless of HIV status, who are going through it or who've been there. Start at TheBody.com and click on "Ask the Experts," forums.poz.com, or join the Yahoo group PozHealth. For anal cancer specifically, you can find resources at analcancerfoundation.org/resources/patient-support/.
For the latest clinical trials for cancers in HIV-positive people, check out the AIDS Malignancy Consortium. It's written for medical pros so you might want your doctor to look at it with you.
As for Shirlene Cooper, she's made a lot of lifestyle changes. "Now I eat more fish, brown rice, and salads, and stay away from greasy foods," she says. "I quit smoking the day I found out I had oral cancer," she says proudly.
Finally, she just takes it in stride. "When I found out I had HIV in 1997 and went through near-death, I asked God to give me a second chance," she says. "He did, and I really cherish that." "He did, and I really cherish that."
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Shirlene Cooper, 51
You have to catch it in time. Make sure you go to your doctor appointments regularly. I get screened for everything every three months. Work to find the best hospitals you can, even if you have to travel. It's worth it.
Treat the pain responsibly. I needed morphine after some cancer treatments. But I was honest with my providers that I was a recovering addict. They helped me manage my pain. I learned to get up and move around with pain. Before long I wasn't even feeling it!
Walk. I walk to my doctor and other appointments as much as possible instead of taking trains, buses, or vans. I make myself take the stairs when I could take an elevator. When I come out of doctor visits uptown, I take a long walk in Central Park. That clears my mind.
Keep living your life. I haven't let cancer stop me. The last 15 years, I've been to 46 states and 23 countries working on HIV/AIDS issues. I'm planning on going to the International AIDS Conference in Melbourne, Australia, in 2014. I love spending time with my daughter and grandkids. And I love to cook. You should taste my lasagna!


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Sri Lanka: Risk Assessment
Country Risk Rating
Business Climate Rating
- Diversified agricultural production (tea, rice, coconut, rubber)
- Strategic location at the centre of trade routes between Asia and the Middle East
- Indian, Chinese and Japanese interests
- Strong growth of tourism
- Agricultural production vulnerable to climate disasters
- Low levels of capital public spending due to debt servicing burden
- Reliant on short-term external financing
- Lack of infrastructure
Current Trends
Stronger Growth in 2018
After a particularly weak 2017, growth is expected to be more dynamic in 2018. A recovery is likely in the agricultural sector, which was heavily affected by the droughts and floods that hit the country in the first half of 2017. These episodes weighed on household consumption during the year, as the shortage caused a temporary rise in inflation. This inflation is expected to slow down in 2018 against the backdrop of tighter monetary policy by the central bank, which cut its main interest in April 2018 in response to the gradual rise in the US Federal Reserve System's key interest rates and 2017's weak economic results. Tourism should also benefit from better weather conditions.
Industrial activity growth is set to be strong, stimulated by the reinstatement of the generalised system of preferences with the European Union since May 2017. The removal of tariffs for nearly 1,200 Sri Lankan products (including tea and other agricultural products, as well as various textile products) should greatly benefit the manufacturing sector, for which the EU is the largest export market. However, uncertainties about Brexit conditions and its implications for UK growth are expected to affect the sector, as the United Kingdom accounts for 30% of Sri Lanka's exports to the EU. Meanwhile, the construction sector will likely be boosted by government support for infrastructure projects and the positive impact of Chinese company CMPort's takeover of the Hambantoa port in July 2017. This major investment project – combined with the government-led fiscal consolidation reforms under the auspices of the IMF and the relatively stable political climate – should reassure foreign investors, and stimulate investment.
Public Finances Still Fragile Despite Gradual Improvement
Engaged in a process of fiscal consolidation with support from the IMF, the Sri Lankan government is continuing its efforts to reduce the deficit and debt, despite the constraints caused by 2017 climatic disasters. The priority of the reforms is to improve tax collection. Foreign investments, such as those related to the Hambatoa port, make it possible to generate revenues that are then used to reduce debt. Nevertheless, the large share of some hard-to-reduce fixed costs, such as the salaries of civil servants (representing 25% of government expenditure), will prevent the government from reversing this trend in the immediate future. The government should, however, be able to meet its debt payment deadlines, thanks to the fifth disbursement of the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF) in June 2018, as well as the sovereign bond issuances conducted at the start of 2018, which allowed for a greater access to international markets. Foreign reserves, equal to USD 9.9 billion in May 2018, should approach but stay below the IMF's target that is required to cover foreign exchange claims falling due in 2018.
In terms of external accounts, the current account balance is expected to remain in deficit in 2018, with remittances from expatriate workers and tourism revenue only partially offsetting the trade balance deficit. The latter should widen, as the rise in exports remains lower than the increase in imports driven by higher oil prices. In addition, despite expected growth, FDI will likely remain low compared to neighbouring countries. As a result, the rupee is likely to remain under pressure.
Persisting Destabilizing Factors
While the country's political stability seemed assured after the 2015 elections, political tensions within the governing coalition formed by President Maithripala Srisena (Freedom Party) and his prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe (United National Party), have been mounting since the coalition's setback in the February 2018 local elections. Capitalising on his victory, the leader of the main opposition party Mahinda Rajapaksa (Sri Lanka Popular Front) introduced a no-confidence vote against the government in Parliament. Although rejected, the motion led to the defection of 16 deputies within the presidential party, some of whom were members of the government. As a result, the governmental coalition lost the absolute majority in Congress. On the back of such internal divisions, the vote of the constitutional reform project launched in March 2016 is unlikely.
Furthermore, tensions remain between the Buddhist majority and the Muslim minority (9% of the population). Violent inter-ethnic clashes across the country in March 2018 led to the temporary implementation of a state of emergency. In addition, Sri Lanka faces international pressure from the United Nations Council, pending the government's recognition of human rights violations, and the adoption of recommendations to sustain reconciliation between the Tamils and Sinhalese.
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We are unique among San Bernardino modeling photographers in that we have championed the uncontrived, action-packed, shooting style known as performance photography. This form of model & talent photography allows clients to show off their own unique talents, creativity and personality in a way that more traditional forms of photography simply can't. The performance photography that we use can make your commercial headshots or modeling portfolio come alive with expressions and movements that appear to jump off the page. Such a photo can truly make a modeling portfolio stand out to prospective agents.


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1. Run all Windows Updates and make sure the server has been restarted.
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3. Alert users that the portal will be inaccessible when applying the framework update. In most instances, the portal is still accessible when updates are being applied but they may experience intermittent latency or errors that are resolved upon refreshing the browser. Normally the portal will only be down for 15-20 seconds. Alerting the users prior to the updates will assist in keeping your internal help desks from being cluttered with portal issues, especially if the Framework update requires a server reboot.
Installing or Updating to PFW v4.12.1 using Expressway
1. Log on to the application server using the Portal's identity account (domain user, local admin on server) or another server administrator account.
2. Run Internet Explorer as an administrator (right click on Internet Explorer from Start Menu > Run as administrator).
3. Log into the My Software Website from the server- https://mysoftware.passageways.com
4. Click on the "Run Expressway" link and follow the prompts. If you are unsure of how to proceed, please review the Expressway Installation Guide, which can assist you in installing/updating your portal or contact Technical Support for assistance (firstname.lastname@example.com or 765-535-1880 opt.1).
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From his later years, he ruled the roost from his big, oversized recliner next to the woodstove. I'm afraid of what I might find if I looked in the crack where the seat meets the armrest on that recliner. For years, we've been in on a conspiracy with Grandaddy. My Granny is a health nut. If it has fat in it, or salt or butter, or any of those other things that make food taste so good, then it didn't come in her house. But Grandaddy had a sweet tooth like nobody I'd ever seen. The whole family would sneak him candy and goodies any time we could and more than once, I'd see him shove the candy down the crack of his chair to keep Granny from finding it. If anybody ever went to the beach, you better believe that Grandaddy would need a box of salt water taffy. And on holidays, you better believe that we kept Grandaddy stocked in chocolate covered cherries. And he'd just chew and chew on candy and when Granny would walk in the room, he'd sit there, cheeks puffed out on both sides, full of sugar, with the most guilty smile on his face. My Granny always called my Grandaddy "Lover". When I was little it would embarrass me to death, but I love that that is what she called him. She'd walk in the room and see those full cheeks and that big grin on his face and she'd say, "Lover! What've you got over there?" And he'd say, "What?" all innocent, like he had no idea what she was talking about. Then he'd give a little chuckle and be satisfied with himself that he'd pulled one over on old Granny.
Grandaddy was a quiet and softspoken man. Maybe that's because my Granny is a chatterbox. They were a great compliment to one another. Married 54 years. Blows my mind. There are few things that Grandaddy needed in life to be happy: his Bible (which he read everyday), good books, a well stocked pond and a fishing pole, sports (especially University of KY) on TV and his family. And his family loved him. And respected him. And treasured him. And will forever.
I am so sad that Grandaddy will never get to meet Miles. My brother and I are sad that our sons won't be able to know and remember him and know him for the wonderful man that he was. I do know now, though, that Miles has an angel looking over him, keeping him safe until we can bring him home.
While it is so hard to let go, it is comforting knowing that my Grandaddy Willard has a new body that does what he wants it to do. That he no longer has any pain. I bet that he's probably made some great plays in some heavenly football games and has probably taken Jesus on a few fishing trips already. He may even be able to show the master fisherman a thing or two. Because if there is anything that I've learned from my Grandaddy, it's that there is no problem so big that can't be cured with a little prayer and some quiet time at the pond.
Love you, Grandaddy! You will be so missed.
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.
My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!
My sin, not in part but the whole,
Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!
For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live:
If Jordan above me shall roll,
No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life
Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul.
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Generally it was a fantastic trip in Au. We had a great time. We traveled with our friends and their children. Every body was happy. Although some people were old they enjoyed the trip. Children had a good time enjoying the pools and having fun with other friends. We knew that we would know at least 1 couple on this cruise because we told them about it and they booked too. But then we met so many wonderful. our cruise was very enjoyable and very memorable, the food was fantastic the entertainment was great and the crew were very helpful. I had lots of different trips before. A clean ship built for 700 pax. max. and because of the low number of passengers on board a friendly atmosphere develops and one gets to know the different nationalities and passengers meet on the same tables in the restaurants and get to know one another. The itinerary mentions equator and dateline crossings, which hides the fact of many days at sea and which are not really destinations but at least the King Neptune party breaks up the days at sea. Pitcairn was not a destination but was truthfully advertised as a cruise past and islanders came on board to sell honey, souvenirs and stamps and one could meet relatives of the mutineer Fletcher Christian. But what nearly led to mutiny amongst the passengers was the disaster of not getting off the ship at the mysterious Easter Islands. This led to far too many days at sea between Lima and Papeete (Tahiti). One must assume many bookings on this Pacific Princess world cruise were due to the magic that Easter Island evokes. But it is a fact that only one in four ships can berth due to swell (Source: National Geographic) and had that fact been made available in the Princess literature, then passengers would have been more understanding of the possibility of disappointment. A suggestion would be to nominate an alternative, like Bora Bora to break the many sea days. Those of us craning our necks to see the Moais (stone statues) of Easter Island at the railings on deck 9 also missed the commentary from the bridge, which apparently pointed out the locations and names of the various platforms (Ahus). As compensation the ship steamed around the island. There must have been communication problems with the outside speakers close to the railings. And to add salt to the wounds we all missed out on the Tapati Rapa Nui festival, which lasts for 14 days on the island at the beginning of February when we were there. If one does not mind non-working air-conditioning and older busses, then independent travel can make the excursion costs drop by half compared to what Princess charges and shuttle busses from Princess from the ship sometimes drop passengers off nowhere near tourist bureaus, where further excursions can be booked. The entertainment on Pacific Princess was commendable, the library well-stocked, the staff courteous and helpful, cooking and dancing classes, trivia challenges, films, lectures by experts, like the talk about the Concorde by a retired Concorde pilot Captain Les Evans filled the sea days. Every interest is catered for and Christian and Jewish mass is conducted. The food was simply overwhelming in its variety, especially during Sunday brunch at sea. Prepared by internationally well-known chefs the food included all known sea foods plus escargot, pheasant, etc. and international themes ensured every nationality did not have to miss out on their favourite foods. The patisserie section with its specialities like Sacher Torte and Linzer Torte was just too tempting.Read more
- Cruise Name: Pacific Princess
- Destination: Australia
- Sailed: January 2013
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At The Fan Cave we treat every customer like family. You get the benefits of dealing with a small Ma and Pa Canadian based sports shop, well having the inventory selection that the big box chain store would have. You get the best of both worlds and that's what we pride ourselves on.
We provide the best customer service possible. We try to stock items for all major sports teams and we will be updating the website with new items on a regular basis. We carry NHL, NFL, MLB, NBA and more. Please send us a message if you can't find the item you are looking for, thanks!


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Who's your Daddy? … Reviewing Bioshock 2
Remember the last genuinely scary movie you saw?
Yeah, me neither.
But I can now recount the last scary video game I played. Bioshock 2, from the 2K Games family, is just that. An interactive horror movie.
Obviously, any game that merits a sequel brings something to the table, but because I never had a chance to play the original, I was limited to the second offering.
Portrayed in the game as "Big Daddy," I have to battle my way through the usual maze of challenges associated with a first-person shooter, constantly chasing and attempting to reunite with my "Little Sister" (who always conveniently seems out of reach) while battling every crazy imaginable along the way.
OK, not exactly an original story line. What makes this game appealing is it really is scary. When something comes at you, it REALLY comes and a gamer will find themselves frantically using every option in their arsenal to save their own behind.
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Also, despite a stored map, the constantly changing environment set in an under-water city hinders your sense of direction, putting you even more on edge.
Fun times, huh?
Often, I tend to plow through a game, but not this one. I found myself creeping along at a ridiculously slow pace just to avoid having the bejesus scared out of me. This game is rated mature, and for good reason. It really should not be considered for gamers of a younger genre. But at the same time, herein lies the appeal.
I assume most that try this game will have played the original, but don't feel that is a requirement. I found the play refreshing, and was grateful not to feel a yearning to backtrack to the first offering.
Pros: Original story line. Action is realistic enough to keep you engaged and stimulated. Large number of game options are easy to grasp on controller.
Cons: Cut scenes. Can't stand them. I don't play video games to watch short features, I play for action. Graphic nature will keep this game on the top-shelf away from youngsters.
Overall: For me the appeal of this game was the surprising action. Playing it in a dark room with surround-sound turned up had me jumping out of my seat.


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The difference between the cheapest and most expensive pint of beer in the country is now more that £1.
The average cost of a pint now stands at £3.60 - up by 13p on last year. Cheapest places ot grab a beer are Herefordshire and Yorkshire where it's £3.31, while if you're in Surrey, expect to stump up £4.40. Research for the new edition of the Good Pub Guide showed it was the first time in its history that the capital was not the most expensive place to drink beer.


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When you've spent the time designing your own shape for use with your silhouette, it's nice to use it more than one way. Here's a great example of applying that principle using the FREE shape file (subscribe to the right if you want it!) from last week's Wooden Chalkboard Plant Markers. I love these turquoise […]View Post


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The board meets on the third Monday of each month, as needed, or on call of the Chairperson if a special meeting is necessary. The meetings are held in the council chambers at City Hall, 1900 NW 114th Street and are open to the public.
The seven board members, all residents of the City, each serve three year terms. Members are appointed by the mayor, with the approval of the City Council.
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Relational Data, Document Databases and Schema Design
05 July 2010 by Mathias Meyer
By now it should be obvious that I'm quite fond of alternatives data stores (call them NoSQL if you must). I've given quite a few talks on the subjects recently, and had the honor of being a guest on the (German) heise Developer Podcast on NoSQL.
There's some comments and questions that pop up every time alternative databases are being talked about, especially by people deeply rooted in relational thinking. I've been there, and I know it requires some rethinking, and also am quite aware that there are some controversial things that basically are the exact opposite of everything you learned in university.
I'd like to address a couple of those with some commentary and my personal experience (Disclaimer: my experience is not the universal truth, it's simply that: my experience, your mileage may vary). When I speak of things done in practice, I'm talking about how I witnessed things getting done in Real Life™, and how I've done them myself, both good and bad. I'm focussing on document databases, but in general everything below holds true for any other kind of non-relational database.
It's easy to say that all the nice features document databases offer are just aiming for one thing, to scale up. While that may or may not be true, it just doesn't matter for a lot of people. Scaling is awesome, and it's a problem everyone wants to solve, but in reality it's not the main issue, at least not for most people. Also, it's not an impossible thing to do even with MySQL, I've had my fun doing so, and it sure was an experience, but it can be done.
It's about getting stuff done. There's a lot more to alternative databases in general, and document databases in particular, that I like, not just the ability to scale up. They simply can make my life easier, if I let them. If I can gain productivity while still being aware of the potential risks and pitfalls, it's a big win in my book.
What you'll find, when you really think about it, is that everything below holds true no matter what database you're using. Depending on your use case, it can even apply to relational databases.
Relational Databases are all about the Data
Yes, they are. They are about trying to fit your data into a constrained schema, constrained in length, type, and other things if you see fit. They're about building relationships between your data in a strongly coupled way, think foreign key constraints. Whenever you need to add data, you need to migrate your schema. That's what they do. They're good at enforcing a set of ground rules on your data.
See where I'm going with this? Even though relational databases tried to be a perfect fit for data, they ended up being a pain once that data needed to evolve. If you haven't felt that pain yet, good for you. I certainly have. Tabular data sounds nice in theory, and is pretty easy to handle in Excel, but in practice, it causes some pain. A lot of that pain stemmed from people using MySQL, yes, but take that argument to the guy who wrote it and sold it to people as the nicest and simplest SQL database out there.
It's easy to get your data into a schema once, but it gets a lot harder to change the schema and the data into a different schema at a later point in time. While data sticks around, the schema evolves constantly. Something relational databases aren't very good at supporting.
Relational Databases Enforce Data Consistency
They sure do, that's what they were built for. Constraints, foreign keys, all the magic tricks. Take Rails as a counter-example. It fostered the idea that all that stuff is supposed to be part of the application, not the database. Does it have trade-offs? Sure, but it's part of your application. In practice, that was correct, for the most part, although I can hear a thousand Postgres users scream. There's always an area that requires constraints on the database level, otherwise they wouldn't have been created in the first place.
But most web applications can live fine without it, they benefit from being free about their data, to shape it in whichever way they like, adding consistency on the application level. The consistency suddenly lies in your hands, a responsibility not everyone is comfortable with. You're suddenly forced to think more about edge cases. But you sure as hell don't have to live without consistent data, quite the opposite. The difference is that you're taking care of the consistency yourself, in terms of your use case, not using a generic one-fits-all solution.
Relationships between data aren't always strict. They can be loosely linked, what's the point of enforcing consistency when you don't care if a piece of data still exists or not? You handle it gracefully in your application code if you do.
SQL is a Standard
The basics of SQL are similar, if not the same, but under the hood, there's subtle differences. Why? Because under the hood, every relational database works differently. Which is exactly what document databases acknowledge. Every database is different, trying to put a common language on top will only get you so far. If you want to get the best out of it, you're going to specialize.
Thinking in Map/Reduce as CouchDB or Riak force you to is no piece of cake. It takes a while to get used to the ideas around it and what implications it has for you and your data. It's worth it either way, but sometimes SQL is just a must, no question. Business reporting can be a big issue, if your company relies on supporting standard tools, you're out of luck.
While standards are important, in the end it's important what you need to do with your data. If a standard gets in your way, how is that helpful? Don't expect a standard query language for document databases any time soon. They all solve different types of problems in different ways, and they don't intend to hide that from you with a standard query language. If on the other hand, all you need is a dynamic language for doing ad-hoc queries, check out MongoDB.
Normalized Data is a Myth
I learned a lot in uni about all the different kinds of normalization. It just sounded so nice in theory. Model your data upfront, then normalize the hell out of it, until it's as DRY as the desert.
So far so good. I noticed one thing in practice: Normalized data almost never worked out. Why? Because you need to duplicate data, even in e-commerce applications, an area that's traditionally mentioned as an example where relational databases are going strong.
Denormalizing data is simply a natural step. Going back to the e-commerce example, you need to store a lot of things separately when someone places an order: Shipping and billing address, payment data used, product price and taxes, and so on. Should you do it all over the place? Of course not, not even in a document database. Even they encourage storing similar data to a certain extent, and with some of them, it's simply a must. But you're free to make these decisions on your own. They're not implying you need to stop normalizing, it still makes sense, even in a document database.
Schemaless is not Schemaless
But there's one important thing denormalization is not about, something that's being brought up quite frequently and misunderstood easily. Denormalization doesn't mean you're not thinking about any kind of schema. While the word schemaless is brought up regularly, schemaless is simply not schemaless.
Of course you'll end up with having documents of the same type, with a similar set of attributes. Some tools, for instance MongoDB, even encourage (if not force) you to store different types of documents in different collections. But here's the kicker, I deliberately used the word similar. They don't need to be all the same across all documents. One document can have a specific attribute, the other doesn't. If it doesn't, just assume it's empty, it's that easy. If it needs to be filled at some point, write data lazily, so that your schema eventually is complete again. It's evolving naturally, which does sound easy, but in practice requires more logic in your application to catch these corner cases.
So instead of running migrations that add new tables and columns, and in the end pushing around your data, you migrate the data on the next access, whether that's a read or a write is up to your particular use case. In the end you simply migrate data, not your schema. The schema will evolve eventually, but first and foremost, it's about the data, not the constraints they live in. The funny thing: In larger projects, I ended up doing the same thing with a relational database. It's just easier to do and gentler on the load than running a huge batch job on a production database.
No Joins, No Dice
No document database supports joins, simple like that. If you need joins, you have two options: Use a database that supports joins, or adapt your documents so that they remove the need for joins.
Documents have one powerful advantage: It's easy to embed other documents. If there's data you'd usually fetch using a join, and that'd be suitable for embedding (and therefore oftentimes: denormalizing), there's your second option. Going back to the e-commerce example: Whereas in a relational database you'd need a lot of extra tables to keep that data around (unless you're serializing it into single column), in a document database you just add it as embedded data to the order document. You have all the important data one in place, and you're able to fetch it in one go. Someone said that relational databases are a perfect fit for e-commerce. Funny, I've worked on a market platform, and I've found that to be a ludicrous statement. I'd have benefited from a loser data storage several times, joins be damned.
It's not always viable, sure, and it'd be foolish to stick with a document database if that's an important criterion for your particular use case, then no dice. It's relational data storage or bust.
Of course there's secret option number three, which is to just ignore the problem until it's a problem, just by going with a document database and see how you go, but obviously that doesn't come without risks. It's worth noticing though that Riak supports links between documents, and even fetching linked documents together with the parent in one request. In CouchDB on the other hand, you can emit linked documents in views. You can't be fully selective about the document data you're interested in, but if all you want is fetch linked documents, there is one or two ways to do that. Also, graph databases have made it their main focus to make traversal of associated documents an incredibly cheap operation. Something your relational database is pretty bad at.
Documents killed my Model
There's this myth that you just stop thinking about how to model your data with document databases or key-value storage. That myth is downright wrong. Just because you're using schemaless storage doesn't mean you stop thinking about your data, quite the opposite, you think even more about it, and in different ways, because you simply have more options to model and store it. Embedding documents is a nice luxury to have, but isn't always the right way to go, just like normalizing the crap out of a schema isn't always the way to go.
It's a matter of discipline, but so is relational modelling. You can make a mess of a document database just like you can make a mess of a relational database. When you migrate data on the fly in a document database, there's more responsibility in your hands, and it requires good care with regards to testing. The same is true for keeping track of data consistency. It's been moved from the database into your application's code. Is that a bad thing? No, it's a sign of the times. You're in charge of your data, it's not your database's task anymore to ensure it's correct and valid, it's yours. With great power comes great responsibility, but I sure like that fact about document databases. It's something I've been missing a lot when working with relational databases: The freedom to do whatever the heck I want with my data.
Read vs. Write Patterns
I just like including this simply because it always holds true, no matter what kind of database you're using. If you're not thinking about how you're going to access your data with both reads and writes, you should do something about that. In the end, your schema should reflect your business use case, but what good is that when it's awkward to access the data, when it takes joins across several tables to fetch the data you're interested in?
If you need to denormalize to improve read access, go for it, but be aware of the consequences. A schema is easy to build up, migrating on the go, but if document databases force you to do one thing, and one thing only, it's to think about how you're reading and writing your data. It's safe to say that you're not going to figure it all out upfront, but you're encouraged to put as much effort into it as you can. When you find out you're wrong down the line, you might be surprised to find that they make it even easier to change paths.
Do your Homework
Someone recently wrote a blog post on why he went back to MySQL from MongoDB, and one of his reasons was that it doesn't support transactions. While this is a stupid argument to bring up in hindsight, it makes one thing clear: You need to do research yourself, noone's going to do it for you. If you don't want to live up to that, use the tools you're familiar with, no harm done.
It should be pretty clear up front what your business use case requires, and what tools may or may not support you in fulfilling these requirements. Not all tool providers are upfront about all the downsides, but hey, neither was MySQL. Read up, try and learn. That's the only thing you can do, and noone will do it for you. Nothing has changed here, it's simply becoming more obvious, because you suddenly have a lot more options to work with.
Polyglot Data Storage
Which brings me to the most important part of them all: Document databases (and alternative, non-relational data stores in general) are not here to replace relational databases. They're living alongside of them, with both sides hopefully somewhat learning from each other. Your projects won't be about just one database any more, it's not unlikely you're going to end up using two or more, for different use cases.
Polyglot persistence is the future. If there's one thing I'm certain of, this is it. Don't let anyone fool you into thinking that their database is the only one you'll need, they all have their place. The hard part is to figure out what place that is. Again, that's up to you to find out. People ask me for particular use cases for non-relational databases, but honestly, there is no real distinction. Without knowing the tools, you'll never find out what the use cases are. Other people can just give you ideas, or talk about how they're using the tools, they can't draw the line for you.
Back to the Future
You shouldn't think of it as something totally new, document databases just don't hide these things from you. Lots of the things I mentioned here are things you should be doing anyway, no matter if you're using a relational or a non-relational data store. They should be common sense really. We're not trying to repeat what went wrong in history, we're learning from it.
If there's one thing you should do, it's to start playing with one of the new tools immediately. I shouldn't even be telling you this, since you should hone your craft all the time, and that includes playing the field and broadening your personal and professional horizon. Only then will you be able to judge what use case is a good fit for e.g. a document database. I'd highly suggest starting to play with e.g. CouchDB, MongoDB, Riak or Redis.


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by Adina Silberstein
Adina Silberstein is the owner of Queenie's Pets, a Mt. Airy-based dog-walking business. For more information, call 215-248-9999 or visit www.queeniespets.com.
It is with a heavy heart that we have to inform pet owners in Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Wyndmoor, etc., that our favorite poet and resident belly rubber, "Uncle" Noah Hudson, will be singing his swan song with Queenie's Pets come Jan. 5, 2011.
Noah, 27, of West Mt. Airy, has been a beloved caregiver with us since the coldest, most rainy day in February, 2008. His absolute dedication and love for animals has come through for so many of you over the last three years. We've been thrilled to have him as part of our team, and I know so many of you feel that he has become part of your family.
Noah is a true treasure to us all and to this community. The good news is that Noah isn't leaving us just to leave. He has great things in store! As a member in the jazz band The Whiskeyhickon Boys, Noah and his bandmates are buying a van and will be heading off to play shows all across the country beginning in Miami and going to many other cities such as Nashville, New Orleans, Denver and several locations in California.
Noah reports that "Once we get to California … we'll figure out the rest." He plans to travel as much as possible. ("We're definitely making a stop at the Grand Canyon. I don't know if we'll get to play there, but we're stopping.") He has no idea when his great pursuit of becoming a musician will end. Currently, Noah's band plays every Tuesday night at 9 p.m. at the Pickering Creek Inn in Phoenixville.
Queenie's is excited to report that although Noah's shoes are big to fill, we are proud to welcome three new additions to our team: Kristin, Kristen (yep, two different people) and Rachel. Noah, Will, Michelle, Dave and I will all be diligently training them in your respective households over the next few weeks, before Noah actually departs. Your pets will be getting just as many kisses, ear scratches, tummy rubs and great exercise as they always have!
Noah will be greatly missed by all of us — human, canine and feline alike — but we wish him well (and we told him that when he's "over" the musician thing, we'll still be here looking out the window for him. He insisted it wouldn't be right to part without just one more poem:
What I will miss are their furry faces
Smelling around strange and interesting places.
Walking in the woods always brought me joy,
Especially when they found a slimy toy,
A game of fetch or a sneaky pounce.
I loved them all by the pound or the ounce
in both light and dark with a purr and a bark.
"I'll miss you all" is my last remark.