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One-hundred years ago, thousands of Massachusetts National Guardsmen landed in France, an ocean away from their homes and loved ones.
One-hundred years ago, thousands of Massachusetts National Guardsmen landed in France, an ocean away from their homes and loved ones.
They would soon face brutal fighting conditions and horrific new weapons of war, serving with valor and proving themselves a vital cog in the U.S. war effort.
The 26th Infantry, nicknamed the Yankee Division, was the first full U.S. unit to deploy overseas after the United States entered World War I on April 6, 1917. The unit was nearly entirely composed of guardsmen from Massachusetts and the the other New England states.
"It was the Guard's finest hour," said Brigadier Gen. Leonid Kondratiuk, chairman of the Massachusetts World War I Centennial Commission and official historian for the Massachusetts National Guard. "They were available, organized quickly and went over there quickly."
The war was nearly three years old when the United States joined its French and British allies, and the conflict was mired in a bloody stalemate. Locked in trench warfare across much of Western Europe, opposing forces suffered huge casualties for minimal territorial gains.
In declaring war on Germany, the United States cited German submarine attacks on merchant and passenger ships in the North Atlantic as well as an intercepted telegram from the German foreign minister to Germany's ambassador in Mexico City. Known as the Zimmerman Telegram, the message outlined a secret German plan to help Mexico recover territory in the Southwestern United States in exchange for Mexican support in the war.
"With the declaration of war, the state mobilized the National Guard, some 14,000 men and they became the 26th Division, the Yankee Division," Kondratiuk said.
U.S. entry into the war provided a significant boost to the Allies, both in troop numbers and morale.
After training for months under experienced French troops, the soldiers of the Yankee Division were sent in April 1918 to Apremont, a French town close to the fighting at nearby St. Mihiel.
The guardsmen would soon distinguish themselves for the first of many times, said Dan Leclerc, a Yankee Division researcher who teaches adult education courses on World War I at UMass Boston and Tufts University.
Facing U.S. troops for one of the first times, the German forces at Apremont hoped to deal a major blow, breaking the Americans' spirits.
"The Germans wanted to trash the American boys, embarrass them," Leclerc said. "But that's not what happened."
The 104th regiment of the Yankee Division repelled wave after wave of German attacks, holding their ground in one of the first major battles of the war involving American troops.
"They fought like hell, then basically did not yield their positions," Leclerc said. "The Germans could not push them away. It was not a huge battle, but it was an early indicator where all of a sudden the Germans were realizing, 'If Americans are all as tough as these guys, we're going to have a problem.'"
The whole regiment went on to receive the rare distinction of being awarded the French Croix de Guerre medal.
The legacy of the Yankee Division continues to live on in many ways. Leclerc recalled a trip he made to visit the battlefields of Apremont in the late 1990s.
After seeing a group of old-timers chatting outside a small general store, Leclerc decided to approach and introduce himself.
When they found out where he was visiting from, the men became excited.
"Massachusetts? D'Holyoke?" they eagerly asked him.
They then led him to a square, Place d'Holyoke, where there was a granite monument saluting the soldiers of Holyoke for driving the German troops from the town in 1918. In the town, Leclerc would soon learn, there was a widespread misconception that the 104th regiment came entirely from Holyoke, Mass. In reality, the unit drew troops from across the state.
When they saw combat, troops in World War I were exposed to the latest military technology of the day. They faced new weapons such as tanks, airplanes, machine guns, heavy artillery and poison gas.
In July 1918, the Yankee Division distinguished itself again at the Battle of Belleau Wood, one of the final German offensives of the war.
"The Germans are just launching everything at the Yankee Division," Kondratiuk said. "They're in the heat of battle, dead lying over them, gas coming at them, heavy artillery over them, and they hold. The next day, the Yankee Division goes on the attack and pushes the Germans back nine miles, which is amazing."
When Massachusetts troops joined other Army units, they were typically dispersed, mixing in with soldiers from all over the country.
Another notable Massachusetts unit in World War I was Company L of the National Guard's 372nd Infantry Regiment, which was comprised entirely of black soldiers from Cambridge and Boston. The U.S. military at that time was segregated along racial lines.
The troops of Company L were broken up and drawn into other units, making it virtually impossible to track the group's actions and contributions, Kondratiuk said.
"Because of the prejudice against black troops, the unit was broken up and fought under French command," he said. "They were excellent troops and earned high honors."
Additionally, all the major hospitals in Boston organized medical units that deployed to Europe in 1917. Kondratiuk estimates several hundred Massachusetts nurses served in the American Expeditionary Force. Another 1,000 Massachusetts natives likely joined the American Field Service Corps, running ambulance units for the French and British armies.
In total, more than 189,000 Massachusetts residents served in World War I, with 5,775 dying in service.
The soldiers of the Yankee Division were by no means the only Massachusetts troops in World War I, but because they remained together in a single National Guard unit, their actions are the easiest to track.
"The Yankee Division came from pre-existing National Guard units or militias, pulled from local communities," Leclerc said. "That made it our division. That gave it an identity."
Medal of Honor recipients from Massachusetts
Of the 119 World War I servicemen who were given the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, four were from Massachusetts.
The text of their Medal of Honor citations, maintained and archived by the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, describes their valorous acts.
Boston native Michael Perkins, who served in the Yankee Division, earned the citation for his actions at Belleau Wood. Using a grenade to blast his way into a fortified German machine gun emplacement, he drew his trench knife and rushed in, killing or wounding several German soldiers and capturing 25 as prisoners.
Born in Gloucester, trained dentist Alexander Gordon Lyle served in the Marines during World War I. Facing heavy shellfire in a battle in France, he rushed to the aid of a wounded Marine and administered life-saving surgical aid as the bombardment continued. He went on to attain the rank of vice admiral and retired from the service in 1948.
Enlisting in the Navy out of Springfield, John MacKenzie left the service in 1907, but re-enlisted when the United States entered World War I. Serving on the U.S.S. Remlik, MacKenzie found a depth charge adrift on the deck. To prevent the explosive from blowing up in the heavy winds, he risked his own life to secure it by sitting down on top of it until the weather calmed. He survived the incident and is credited with saving his crew.
Charles Whittlesey, who served in the Army's 77th Division, joined the service in Pittsfield. During the Battle of Argonne, he commanded a squad of 46 men who were cut off from the rest of the unit for five days without any rations or supplies. Facing superior German numbers, his troops held their position and refused to surrender.


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This Saturday, come check out our very spooky Really Really Free Market. Autonomous free marketeers are planning a haunted gazebo, a ballot box piñata, and some Halloween themed games.
Everyone is welcome at this free event, where all are encouraged to give, receive, and create on their own terms. This free and open market will be a celebration of the cooperation and gift-giving that make life possible beyond the constraints of capitalist markets. The event is self-organized by everyone who participates. No authority rules over the RRFM. As at previous events, we trust that people sharing rather than competing will be able to find their own ways to cooperate with each other and function smoothly.
Everyone is invited to arrive at 2pm with goods, services, skills, performances, stories, crafts, food, games, music, clothing, furniture, plants, and resources to give and share with others in the community. There is no buying, selling or exchanging involved—in this market, everything is strictly free. Better than a yard sale, the Really Really Free Market has no price tags! (more…)

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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. — First came the health problems. Then, unable to work, Ada Noda watched the bills pile up. And then, suffocating in debt, the 80-year-old did something she never thought she'd be forced to do.
She declared bankruptcy.
While the bankruptcy filing rate for those under 55 has fallen, it has soared for older Americans, according to a new analysis from the Consumer Bankruptcy Project, which examined a sampling of noncommercial bankruptcies filed between 1991 and 2007.
The older the age group, the worse it got — people 65 and up became more than twice as likely to file during that period, and the filing rate for those 75 and older more than quadrupled.
"Older Americans are hit by a one-two punch of jobs and medical problems and the two are often intertwined," said Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law School professor who was one of the authors of the study. "They discover that they must work to keep some form of economic balance and when they can't, they're lost."
That's precisely what happened to Noda. She worked all her life, on a hospital's housekeeping staff, and later selling boat tickets to tourists. She cut corners when she needed to but always paid the bills she neatly logged in a ledger.
"I was born during the Depression," she said. "I paid the bills whether I ate or didn't, whether I went to the doctor or not."
It all worked fine for Noda, a widow for 23 years, until she was forced to undergo double-bypass surgery and deal with respiratory problems. She started using two credit cards more frequently for food and bills. Before long, she was $8,000 in debt and behind on car payments.
"I'd go to bed and all I had on my mind was bankruptcy," she said. "I had nothing left."
Noda's car was repossessed, but her trailer home wasn't in jeopardy because her daughter owns it. While she's covered by Medicare and receives $968 in Social Security each month, she relied on her job for other expenses. She had no choice but to get help from Jacksonville Legal Aid and declare bankruptcy.
Most bankruptcies are still filed by people far younger than Noda, but the percentage the younger filers make up has fallen over the 16-year period, according to the Consumer Bankruptcy Project analysis, which will be published in the Harvard Law and Policy Review in January.
In 1991, the 55-plus age group accounted for about 8 percent of bankruptcy filers, according to the study, which looked at more than 6,000 cases filed in 1991, 2001 or 2007. By last year, filers 55 and over accounted for 22 percent.
Each age group under 55 saw double-digit percentage drops in their bankruptcy filing rates over the survey period, older Americans saw remarkable increases. The filing rate per thousand people ages 55-64 was up 40 percent; among 65- to 74-year-olds it increased 125 percent; and among the 75-to-84-year-old set, it was up 433 percent.
A number of factors are contributing to the increase. Higher prices for ordinary consumer goods have hit seniors on fixed budgets. For older Americans living below the poverty level, or not far above, a safety net likely doesn't exist for economic setbacks such as medical problems. And some fall prey to scams that cripple their finances.
Warren noted increasing numbers of Americans are entering their retirement years with significant debt and are still paying off mortgages. She said it was wrong to assume that lives of luxury are bankrupting seniors; rather, they're incurring debts to meet needs such as medical treatment.
"There's no evidence that the problem is consumerism," the professor said.
Nor is there a significant aging trend to blame. While the country is set to experience a notable age shift in the coming years, no major one took place between 1991, when the average age was 33, and 2007, when it was 36.
Frank and Hazel Peters lived frugally their entire 53-year marriage. They always rented a home but decided after the husband's retirement from a factory job that they would cash in his 401(k) and buy a manufactured home down a gravel road in tiny Hastings, a town of cornfields and potato farms.
But they fell victim to fraud when they tried to fix a plumbing problem that had black, sulphur-smelling water coming through the pipes of their new home without enough funds to fall back on. They declared bankruptcy.
"We knew we had no other option," 73-year-old Hazel Peters said. "We'd probably be out on the street."
Bankruptcy, tough no matter a person's age, is especially hard when you don't have many years left to recover. Warren said some seniors fear telling their families because they're afraid they'll be put in a nursing home if they're seen as unable to take care of their affairs.
Many who file also express a sense of relief.
Wilona Harris, 71, filed bankruptcy two years ago because of medical bills she and her husband accrued.
"This phone rang all the time. It made you not even want to pick up. Sometimes you think, 'Let me go jump off a bridge somewhere,'" Harris said at her Jacksonville home. "You have to cry and try and figure out what in the world could I do."
At least now, Harris says, she can fall asleep without crying.
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New Lacy Waves Sock Pattern
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So I've been working on a sock of my own creation this week. I plan on writing up the pattern because I like the lace waves but before I do, I'll knit up a second pair to work out any kinks. When I wrote the pattern, I thought I'd rather knit a toe-up pair but frankly, I much prefer cuff-down socks. I'll probably include both top-down and toe-up instructions in the pattern but I'll stick to my cuff-down patterns, thank you very much. I've tried so many toe-up heels and I just don't find them as durable as any top-down heel. Here are some previews. I apologize for the lame pictures. It was dark outside and I couldn't get great light:
I used Knit Picks Essential sock yarn for this one. You can't really argue with KP prices but I find the quality lacking with this particular line. The yarn is awfully splitty. The fabric feels nice but I didn't really enjoy knitting with Essential. Unfortunately, I have four more balls to use – two in dark green and two in burgundy. My other complaint about Essential is that the color, Gulfstream, looks electric blue on the website but when it arrived, it looked more blue-green. I was going for the electric effect. Maybe I'll dye my own to get the eye-searing blue I crave. When I showed Aaron the Gulfstream ball and explained it would be for socks, he asked if they would be socks to wear outside. Yes, Mr. Neutral Tones, socks to wear in public, thank you very much.
I am somewhat amazed that I am getting so much knitting done. My graduate work is not progressing as well as I would like. I attribute this to the fact that I cannot write while nursing, but I can knit. That's just how it's going to be for a little while longer. You can imagine how disappointed I am about this, right?


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When Emily discovers she has no ending for her documentary, she sets out to interview the couples. It's a one year later look how great it all turned out sort of thing. But what she discovers is no happy ending.
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In the remote mountains of Dark Holler, North Carolina in 1922, a girl is born to a bitter mother who vows to keep her last child all to herself. Least, as the girl is called, grows up with very little affection from her mother and few interactions with others. Neighbors are told that she is a simple child, and she learns neither to read nor to write.
When Granny Beck, her maternal grandmother, comes to live with Least and her mother, light is cast upon Dark Holler. Granny Beck secretly teaches her skills to the girl and captivates her with old mountain stories and Cherokee legends. Granny Beck tells Least that she has magical "Gifts and Powers" to save herself and to protect others. As Least matures, she feels a kinship to the Little People (Yunwi Tsunsdi). However, some people are suspicious of her Gifts and Powers; they see them as contrary to Christianity. Luther Gentry, Least's sweetheart, is one of those doubters. When the two marry, Least promises to part with her old life, which includes her magic as well as her cheerless name. She becomes Birdie Gentry and, for once, lives in a home of unconditional love.
When she is an elderly woman of eighty-five, she is faced with a difficult choice. A relative is in trouble, and her Gifts and Powers are needed – fast. Miss Birdie must weigh the promise she made to her husband and to herself so many years ago against the safety of a young boy.
Interspersed throughout the novel are images of artifacts from Birdie's life, including hymns and advertisements.
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Angelina Jolie on 'Unbroken' Story: The Strength of the Human Spirit is Extraordinary
Angelina Jolie gives a sweet hug to her Unbroken inspiration Louis Zamperini as they sit down for a pre-taped interview on the Today show, which aired today (February 25).
"I imagine that for the last 10-something years, he has been sitting there having a coffee in the morning and wondering who's going to make this movie," the 38-year-old actress and director said about World War II hero Louis. "And I've been sitting in my room laying there thinking, 'What am I supposed to be doing with my life? I wanna do something important. I need some help. I need some guidance. Where is it?' And it was right outside my window."
"(The world) can seem hopeless and it can seem very overwhelming," Angelina added. "But the resilience and the strength of the human spirit is an extraordinary thing."
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Paul Ryan owns today's top Dow and S&P 500 stocksAugust 14, 2012: 10:37 AM ET
The Paul Ryan stock portfolio continues to shine. Two stocks that the Republican vice presidential candidate owns - Home Depot (HD) and Estee Lauder (EL) -- spiked Tuesday after both companies reported better-than-expected quarterly results.
As of mid-morning Home Depot was up 3%, making it the best performer in the Dow. And Estee Lauder's shares shot nearly 8% higher, making them the top gainer in the S&P 500.
Ryan seems to have a knack for picking winners. While Home Depot is up nearly 30% this year, Ryan didn't buy into Home Depot's competitor Lowe's (LOW). And that stock is up just 5% in 2012.
Related: Paul Ryan ... expert stock picker?
Other stocks among Ryan's holdings with more than 20% gains in 2012: Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Priceline (PCLN) and banking giant Wells Fargo (WFC).
But Estee Lauder, despite Tuesday's pop, has been a laggard. Shares of the cosmetics giant are up about 6% so far in 2012. Still, Estee Lauder is one of just a small number of stocks owned by Ryan that isn't far ahead of the S&P 500 for the year.
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Neuschwanstein Castle remains the biggest tourist magnet in Bavaria
With almost 1.5 million guests in 2018
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Neuschwanstein Castle, built by King Ludwig II, remains the biggest tourist magnet in Bavaria. The shy king had built the castle in order to withdraw from public life – now vast numbers of people came to view his private refuge. Today, with almost 1.5 million guests, Neuschwanstein Castle was once again Bavaria's most popular tourist destination in 2018 and it is one of the most popular of all the palaces and castles in Europe. In the summer around 6,000 visitors a day stream through rooms that were intended for a single inhabitant. Last year, a total of more than five million visitors flocked to the state's castles, palaces and residences.
September 5, 2019 will mark the 150th anniversary since the foundation stone of Neuschwanstein Castle was laid. To commemorate the occasion, some 20 million Euros will be invested to carry out extensive restoration work on Bavaria's most popular tourist attraction. But fret not, about two-thirds of the castle will still remain open to visitor groups which will be ushered though the edifice in five minute intervals.
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People may not think or relate to creating an opportunity through a blog comment. If you are in the New Media sector you know this is part of your arsenal in creating a growing brand. But what does this have to do with your job search and how can it help?
Through Kevin Donlin's Blog, on his website, The simple job search. I wound up meeting him in Detroit, getting interviewed for a podcast about how I got my New Media internship with LLS and then he referred me to a reporter at the Christian Science Monitor. Though she did not use my interview in her newspaper. It was a chance I would not have had, had I not commented in the first place.
Through his website, he noted another person named A. Harrison Barnes. He is a great writer and has really useful stuff. But his blogs are way too long and if it were up to me, and I had a chance to really talk to him about it, I would really shorten them. They average about 1000 or more words and by the end you probably have to take a break or two. They are just way too long. But I digress. I connected to him on Facebook because I had been the only one commenting.
This led to a possible job opportunity. He liked my blog and things but things just weren't going to work out between us. As much as I liked the opportunity it just wasn't a great fit.
The moral of the story is in a down economy there are different ways to find a job. Plus, you need to know your worth, don't sound desperate and to not take the first opportunity which comes around. You could wind up working in a place which you hate and you could be miserable. When you stick to your passion and you find a way to combine it to make an income. Then you probably won't ever want to leave work.


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Your choices in this flooring category are endless in colour, texture, patterns and sizes. Tile works well in areas that are prone to water such as entry ways, kitchens, bathrooms & shower stalls, laundry rooms, and mud rooms and can be used in other living areas of your home as well. Tile is used on floors, walls, backsplashes, shower stalls and sometimes on counters.
There are 3 types of man-made tiles: Porcelain (glazed/unglazed), Ceramic (glazed/unglazed) and Glass:
Porcelain: This is the hardest/densest tile available. Choose a through body coloured porcelain tile (the colour is the same throughout) thereby making small chips less noticeable. (Some tiles may have only a ceramic glaze fired over the body; if chipped, the white, tan, or red-clay base is exposed.) Porcelain tiles are stain resistant due to it is non-porous nature. Trending these days are wood grain porcelain tiles that look like wood flooring but offer moisture resistance in areas of your home that need this quality. Porcelain tile is more expensive then glazed/unglazed ceramic tile. Some porcelain tile is rated for use outdoors.
Ceramic Glazed: This type of tile has a coating of glass applied to its surface making it smooth and preventing it from scratches. This protects the tile from water. Available in glossy or matte finishes. However, chip a ceramic tile and you find a different colour underneath the top glaze. Chip a porcelain tile and the colour keeps on going–the chip is nearly invisible. Ceramic tile is less expensive then porcelain.
Ceramic Unglazed: This type of tile is very hard/dense and is often used for outdoor applications. These tiles do not offer stain protection like glazed tiles, and require sealing to resist staining. Very slip resistant.
Glass: This is a popular and stunning choice, but you must be careful where you install it. Most glass tile applications are for backsplashes, showers, walls and accents. Most are not recommended for floor traffic. Installation of glass tile is not recommended for a DYI, as it requires a special skill set. Glass tiles tend to be more pricey than other tile options.
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Periodic table
The Periodic Table of Elements (also called the "Sometimes Table" or "Occasional Table") can refer to any piece of furniture containing all 118 elements as long as it is periodically a table. Since 118 is such a large number, many scientists and other individuals pride themselves in memorizing every element in a periodic table, though few people find this impressive at all.
Memorizing the periodic table[edit]
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One method of memorizing the periodic table involves first taking all the elements' atomic symbols and arranging them in order based on atomic number. Next, simply create a mnemonic with each word containing an atomic symbol (For example, hydrogen's atomic symbol is H, so the first word in the mnemonic could be Harold). A classic example of this method containing all 118 elements is provided below:
Beryllium, Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Fluorine, Neon, Sodium (Na), Magnesium, Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Sulfur, Chlorine, Argon, Potassium (K), Calcium, Scandium, Titanium, Vanadium, Chromium, Manganese, Iron (Fe), Cobalt, Nickel, Copper (Cu), Zinc, Gallium, Germanium, Arsenic, Selenium, Bromine, Krypton, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Molybdenum, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Silver (Ag), Cadmium, Indium, Tin (Sn), Antimony (Sb), Tellurium, Iodine, Xenon, Cesium, Barium, Lanthanum, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Hafnium, Tantalum, Tungsten (W), Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold (Au), Mercury (Hg), Thallium, Lead (Pb), Bismuth, Polonium, Astatine, Radon, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium, Lawrencium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Ununtrium, Ununquadium, Ununpentium, Ununhexium, Ununseptium, and Ununoctium
Recite this phrase a few times, and you'll find yourself learning the periodic table in no time.
Method 2[edit]
Songs. They're how we learn our ABCs (the alphabet song), our Do, Re, Mi's (Do, a deer), and the various mechanical parts included in modern buses and the unique onomatopoeic sounds produced by them (The Wheels on the Bus). Thus, Tom Leher decided to create a song about the elements to help people remember the periodic table. Just click on the video below and start singing along. The song's slow pace and easy to remember lyrics will have you spitting out the elements in no time.


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GE announced today that it has agreed to purchase the aviation business of Avio S.p.A., an Italy-based manufacturer of aviation propulsion components and systems for civil and military aircraft, for $4.3 billion U.S. (€3.3 billion).
The announcement was made in Milan, Italy, by David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation, and Nani Beccalli, president and CEO of GE Europe.
GE plans to acquire Avio's aviation business from Cinven, a leading European private equity firm that has owned Avio since 2006, and Finmeccanica, the Italian aerospace group. The transaction is subject to regulatory and governmental approvals. GE will not be purchasing Avio's space unit.
The acquisition of Avio's aviation business, which provides components for GE Aviation and other engine companies, would further GE's participation in jet propulsion, one of the most attractive sectors of the aviation industry.
Avio will strengthen GE's global supply chain capabilities as its engine production rates continue to rise to meet growing customer demand. Avio and its customers will benefit from GE's planned investment in expanding Avio's products and services. Additionally, GE sees excellent opportunity in the acquisition of Avio related to margin expansion.
Founded in 1908 and headquartered in Turin, Italy, Avio operates in four continents and employs about 5,300 people, 4,500 of whom are in Italy, including approximately 800 in the space unit. In the jet propulsion industry, Avio is a provider of low-pressure turbine systems, accessory gearboxes, geared systems, combustors and other components. Avio's 2011 revenues in the aviation sector were €1.7 billion ($2.4 billion U.S. dollars) with more than 50 percent of that revenue derived from components for GE and GE joint venture engines.
The purchase price to be paid by GE for Avio's aviation business represents a multiple of approximately 8.5x based on 2012 estimated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.
Avio has supplied components to GE Aviation since 1984 and has content on engines ranging from the large GE90 and GEnx turbofan engines for the commercial aircraft sector, to the smaller CT7/T700 turboshaft engine family for civil and military helicopters. These GE engines are among the best-selling in aviation and are expected to provide a profitable, long-term revenue stream for the company.
This acquisition will create additional opportunities to offer Avio's products and services beyond the aviation industry. GE plans to pursue new opportunities for Avio in power-generation, oil, and marine products. For example, Avio's capabilities in transmission systems present potential growth opportunities in multiple sectors.
"We look forward to Avio joining the GE family," said David Joyce, president and CEO of GE Aviation. "We have worked closely with Avio for decades, and we anticipate a bright future together. This acquisition is a great strategic fit with our existing portfolio. Avio has technologies, capabilities and outstanding engineers to help grow our business. GE is an excellent corporate citizen in Italy, and we are very excited to grow the relationship."
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In this hadoop tutorial we will have a look at the modification to our previous program wordcount with our own custom mapper and reducer by implementing a concept called as custom record reader. Before we attack the problem let us look at some theory required to understand the topic.
So far in the series of articles we have seen how to create a mapreduce program without writing explicit mapper or reducer also in the second part we wrote the wordcount with our own custom mapper and reducer
(Input format theory information reference from yahoo tutorial )
The InputFormat defines how to read data from a file into the Mapper instances. Hadoop comes with several implementations of InputFormat; some work with text files and describe different ways in which the text files can be interpreted. Others, like SequenceFileInputFormat, are purpose-built for reading particular binary file formats.
More powerfully, you can define your own InputFormat implementations to format the input to your programs however you want. For example, the default TextInputFormat reads lines of text files. The key it emits for each record is the byte offset of the line read (as a LongWritable), and the value is the contents of the line up to the terminating '\n' character (as a Text object). If you have multi-line records each separated by a $ character, you could write your own InputFormat that parses files into records split on this character instead.
Another important job of the InputFormat is to divide the input data sources (e.g., input files) into fragments that make up the inputs to individual map tasks. These fragments are called "splits" and are encapsulated in instances of the InputSplit interface. Most files, for example, are split up on the boundaries of the underlying blocks in HDFS, and are represented by instances of the FileInputSplitclass. Other files may be unsplittable, depending on application-specific data. Dividing up other data sources (e.g., tables from a database) into splits would be performed in a different, application-specific fashion. When dividing the data into input splits, it is important that this process be quick and cheap. The data itself should not need to be accessed to perform this process (as it is all done by a single machine at the start of the MapReduce job).
So in nutshell InputFormat does 2 tasks :
- Divide the data source ( the data files ) into fragments or blocks which are sent to a mapper. These are called splits.
- These splits are further divided into records and these records are provided one at a time to the mapper for processing. This is achieved through a class called as Record Reader
We will concentrate on customizing #2 above customizing #1 will be left for one of the next articles. By customizing record reader as in #2 above we get immense power of sending any kind of records / xml sections / JSON objects to the mapper after reading it from the source text files
Okey. Now that we understand how mapper is fed data from source files lets look at what we will try to achieve in the example program in this article.
Problem : We want our mapper to receive 3 records ( 3 lines ) from the source file at a time instead on 1 line as provided by default by the TextInputFormat.
Approach :
- We will extend from TextInputFormat class to create our own NLinesInputFormat .
- We will also create our own RecordReader class called NLinesRecordReader where we will implement the logic of feeding 3 lines/records at a time.
- We will make a change in our driver program to use our new NLinesInputFormat class.
- To prove that we are really getting 3 lines at a time, instead of actually counting words ( which we already know now how to do ) , we will emit out number of lines we get in the input at a time as a key and 1 as a value , which after going through reducer will give us frequency of each unique number of lines to the mappers.
Example :
Step 1 : Creating NLinesInputFormat class as a custom inputformat class.
This is really straightforward, we will inherit our class from TextInputFormat and override createInputFormat( ) function to use our custom record reader class NLinesRecordReader which we will soon write. The sourcelisting for this follows :
public class NLinesInputFormat extends TextInputFormat{ @Override public RecordReader<LongWritable, Text> createRecordReader(InputSplit split, TaskAttemptContext context) { return new NLinesRecordReader(); } }
Now that we have our new inputformat ready lets look at creating custom record reader. This is little complicated and the source code is a modified version of hadoop's own LineInputFormat.
Step 2: Creating NLinesRecordReader class as a custom RecordReader class.
We will inherit from RecordReader class. RecordReader has 6 abstract methods which we will have to implement.
- close ( )
- getCurrentKey ( )
- getCurrentValue ( )
- getProgress ( )
- initialize ( )
- nextKeyValue ( )
The most important ones for our discussion are the initialize and nextKeyvalue functions which we will override. The initialize function will be called only once for each split so we will do setup in this function and the nextKeyValue function is called for providing records, here we will write logic so that we send 3 records in the value instead of default 1. Here is the source listing for the class :
public class NLinesRecordReader extends RecordReader<LongWritable, Text>{ private final int NLINESTOPROCESS = 3; private LineReader in; private LongWritable key; private Text value = new Text(); private long start =0; private long end =0; private long pos =0; private int maxLineLength; @Override public void close() throws IOException { if (in != null) { in.close(); } } @Override public LongWritable getCurrentKey() throws IOException,InterruptedException { return key; } @Override public Text getCurrentValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException { return value; } @Override public float getProgress() throws IOException, InterruptedException { if (start == end) { return 0.0f; } else { return Math.min(1.0f, (pos - start) / (float)(end - start)); } } @Override public void initialize(InputSplit genericSplit, TaskAttemptContext context)throws IOException, InterruptedException { FileSplit split = (FileSplit) genericSplit; final Path file = split.getPath(); Configuration conf = context.getConfiguration(); this.maxLineLength = conf.getInt("mapred.linerecordreader.maxlength",Integer.MAX_VALUE); FileSystem fs = file.getFileSystem(conf); start = split.getStart(); end= start + split.getLength(); boolean skipFirstLine = false; FSDataInputStream filein = fs.open(split.getPath()); if (start != 0){ skipFirstLine = true; --start; filein.seek(start); } in = new LineReader(filein,conf); if(skipFirstLine){ start += in.readLine(new Text(),0,(int)Math.min((long)Integer.MAX_VALUE, end - start)); } this.pos = start; } @Override public boolean nextKeyValue() throws IOException, InterruptedException { if (key == null) { key = new LongWritable(); } key.set(pos); if (value == null) { value = new Text(); } value.clear(); final Text endline = new Text("\n"); int newSize = 0; for(int i=0;i<NLINESTOPROCESS;i++){ Text v = new Text(); while (pos < end) { newSize = in.readLine(v, maxLineLength,Math.max((int)Math.min(Integer.MAX_VALUE, end-pos),maxLineLength)); value.append(v.getBytes(),0, v.getLength()); value.append(endline.getBytes(),0, endline.getLength()); if (newSize == 0) { break; } pos += newSize; if (newSize < maxLineLength) { break; } } } if (newSize == 0) { key = null; value = null; return false; } else { return true; } } }
Step 3 : Change in driver to use new Inputformat
Now that we have the custom record reader ready lets modify our driver to use the new input format by adding following line of code
Step 4 : Change the mapper to emit number of lines it gets each time
Here is the listing; its pretty self explanatory. I am only putting listing of map function here for the listing here.
public void map(LongWritable key, Text value,Context context) throws java.io.IOException ,InterruptedException { String lines = value.toString(); String []lineArr = lines.split("\n"); int lcount = lineArr.length; context.write(new Text(new Integer(lcount).toString()),new IntWritable(1)); }
Sample Data Input :
I have used sample data input files of 10000 lines of following format
Shantanu , Deo
Suruchi, Bhide
Shamika, Deo
Mujtaba, Ahmed
Sample Output from Reducer:
1 1
3 3333
This is because our mapper got 3333 records of 3 lines each and 1 last record of 1 line.
I hope you understood the article. If you liked it please feel free to share this . Also comment.
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There area few programs that could throw another round of conference realignment in motion. It appears Hawaii hopes to be that program. Yes, Hawaii.
Hawaii Athletic Director Ben Jay along with other members of the University of Hawaii addressed a number of stakeholders and financial supporters to lay out what is referred to by the Honolulu Star Advertiser as a game plan to improve Hawaii athletics in hopes of attracting a potentially wandering eye from the Pac 12. You know, just in case the Pac 12 is interested in another round of expansion at some point.
Friday is a big day. The future of Hawaii Athletics is at stake. I will be speaking to many stakeholders at the Athletics Summit at noon.
— Ben Jay (@HawaiiManoaAD) September 27, 2013
Hawaii has long been interested in exploring a potential move to the Pac 12, and it makes sense from Hawaii's point of view. Currently a member of the Mountain West Conference, the only realistic possibility for Hawaii to move up in competition (and compensation) would be the Pac 12. The Big 12 would never give Hawaii a call and the SEC, ACC, Big Ten and American (and others) would be beyond the point of ridiculousness when it comes to realignment. The Pac 12 may still be a dream scenario for Hawaii but the school may be a last option for the Pac 12.
If there is one thing we know about realignment it is that if the money doesn't make sense to make a move, no move is better than making a move for the benefit of expansion. In this case, it is all about television markets and potential TV viewers. Honolulu is ranked 72nd among the top 100 TV markets, which is not exactly the most attractive to a conference like the Pac 12.
Hawaii may have some benefits to Pac 12 commissioner Larry Scott's grand vision for the growth of the conference though. The Pac 12 is working on plans to expand the conference's brand in to Asia. Adding Hawaii could help further that promotional cause but how much more would the mission expand by adding Hawaii compared to what it would have without the university in the islands?
This could all be an effort by Hawaii to have the university ready with a back-up plan in the event the Mountain West Conference loses any more members. Having already raided the WAC, the Mountain West managed to keep Boise State and San Diego State in the conference despite the two already committing to join the Big East. The decision to leave the Mountain West showed those schools are ready to weigh their options if they are available, so it is wise for other MWC schools to be prepared for any such realignment changes.
Hawaii may never receive an invitation to the Pac 12. Keep in mind if the Pac 12 did choose to expand, it would be likely they would prefer to do so in even numbers, which means another program would have to be worth adding as well. BYU? That ship seems to have sailed, although the Cougars remain an independent and the Pac 12 already has Utah. Although the goal may be unreachable for Hawaii, far be it form anyone to hold them back in doing what they can to put forth their best effort. Even if Pac 12 membership never comes through, any efforts made to improve the athletics department in trying to get there can go a long way in all sports, not just football.
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The acceptability, knowledge and perceptions of pregnant women toward HIV Testing in pregnancy at Ilembe District
FN DubeI; ZZ NkosiII
IM Cur; University of KwaZulu-Natal
IIPhD candidate, M Cur, Lecturer; School of Nursing, University of KwaZulu- Natal
This research study aimed to investigate the acceptability, knowledge and perceptions of pregnant women toward HIV testing in pregnancy in Ilembe District. An exploratory research design guided the study. A systematic random sampling was used to select pregnant women who were attending the ante-natal clinic for the first time in their current pregnancy.
Self-administered questionnaires with close-ended questions were used in the collection of data. The questions included the women's demographic details, their views of HIV testing, knowledge and as well as their acceptability of HIV testing. Forty questionnaires were distributed and they were all returned. A quantitative method was used to analyse the data. The findings of the study revealed that 45 % of the women in the sample were relatively young ( 18-25 years) and most of them (90%) were unmarried .The majority of women (92.5%) said testing was a good idea and 85% said it was necessary. However only 52.5% said they would opt for HIV testing. The uptake of HIV testing was found to be low.
Eighty-seven and a half percent (87.5%) of the women in the sample were of the opinion that HIV testing in pregnancy was of benefit to the mother and her baby. Women in the study were generally found to have a good understanding and good perceptions towards HIV testing in pregnancy, but this was not consistent with their behaviour.
Key Words: Acceptability, Knowledge, Perceptions, Pregnant women, HIV Testing
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in an old factory
Do you follow Nena's blog? If you don't, you should. She has a beautiful place in an empty factory building and I love it. Lots of consistent black, white and grey, it's tidy and modern and beautiful. I love that she even does some DIY's, check out this light. Easily one of my favorite stops.
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10 comments:
rad! new cool blog to check out! thanks!ReplyDelete
beautiful!!!! i could live in a place like this!!! ;) hopping to her blog!!! twiggsReplyDelete
Oh you are good at hooking me onto new blogs. As if I need any.ReplyDelete
But yeah, hers looks great. I need a studio like yesterday.
that´s so pretty :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 03, 2011
That philosophy is the best,make tacos.ReplyDelete
I'm with nosoymachine... tacos for peace :)ReplyDelete
thank you for the tip, i will follow her blog now, it's lovely (like yours)ReplyDelete
ahaha! love that make tacos not war! will have to check her blog out!ReplyDelete
This place is so lovely! I love the little details that pop up fron the black and white scenery, such as the mixer, or the kitchen towel.ReplyDelete
will check out her blog, thanks!!
you can check my newborn blog if you like...
Ah yes, I love Nena's blog...followed it from the start. Her home is amazing, and I love her photos!ReplyDelete
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