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|September 26, 2012 11:00 AM EDT
In the past few weeks I visited several Cloud and Big Data conferences that provided me with a lot of insight. Some people only consider the technology side of Big Data technologies like Hadoop or Cassandra. The real driver however is a different one. Business analysts have discovered Big Data technologies as a way to leverage tons of existing data and ask questions about customer behavior and all sorts relationships to drive business strategy. By doing that they are pushing their IT departments to run ever bigger Hadoop environments and ever faster real-time systems.
What's interesting from a technical side is that ad-hoc analytics on existing data is allowed to take some time. However ad-hoc implies people waiting for an answer, meaning we are talking about minutes and not hours. Another interesting insight is that Hadoop environments are never static or standalone. Most companies take in new data on a continuous basis via technologies like flume. This means Hadoop MapReduce jobs need to be able to keep up with the data flow, either by adding more hardware or by optimizing them.
There are multiple drivers to Big Data (actually there are a lot) but the two most important ones are these: Analytics and Technical Need for Speed. Let's look at some of those and the resulting takeaways.
The Value Is in the Insight Not the Volume
The value of Big Data is in the insights that the data can provide, not the sheer volume of it. The reason that more and more companies are keeping all of their log and transaction data is that they want to gain those insights. The sheer size of the data is rather an obstacle to this goal and has been for a long time. With Big Data technologies this value can be harnessed.
Don't Forget That Data Analysts Are People Too
Ad-hoc analytics doesn't have to be instant, but must not take hours either. It was interesting to see that time to result on ad-hoc analytics is considered important. This is because people are doing those queries, and people don't like to wait for hours. But even more important is that business analytics is often an iterative process. Ask a question, check the answer, refine or change the question. Hours long MapReduce jobs are prohibitive to this process.
New Data Is Coming in All the Time
Big Data environments are constantly fed new data. This is not really big news, but I was still surprised by the constant reiteration of this fact. The constant data growth means that ad-hoc queries get either slower over time or need to work on samples. To remedy this, companies are writing, scrubbing and categorizing MapReduce jobs. These jobs basically strip out all the unimportant stuff and put cleansed, streamline easy-to-access data into new files. Instead of executing analytics against raw files, the analyst works on a cleansed data set. The implications are that scrubbing jobs need to be maintained all the time (as data input is changing over time) and they need to be able to keep up with the velocity of the input. MapReduce is not allowed to run for hours, but needs to be quick and iterative.
Big Data Is Not Cheap
While it sounds obvious, it's something that's not talked about by the vendors unless specifically asked. Hadoop requires a lot of hardware and a lot of expertise. Especially the expertise is hard to come by as of yet. While hardware might be cheap (you don't need expensive boxes for Hadoop) the bigger the environment the higher the operational costs. That operational cost is the reason some Hadoop vendors exist on services alone and also why customers are demanding better monitoring and management solutions.
Data Must Be Accessible at Low Latencies to Provide Value
One very interesting fact is that most early adopters that use Hadoop for analytics use it for ad-hoc analytics and not as a traditional warehouse. They use MapReduce to do the heavy lifting that is usually reserved for ETL jobs and put the resulting dimensions in existing data warehouses or into a NoSQL solution like HBase, Cassandra or MongoDB. These solutions provide low latency access semantics and are then integrated in the transactional application world, e.g. to provide recommendations to the end users.
This does not absolve them from optimizing their Hadoop environment where they can, but it gives them the much needed real time access that Hadoop so far does not provide. This also makes for additional complexity that needs to be maintained and monitored.
NoSQL Solutions Need Management and Monitoring as Well
NoSQL solutions are most often used to provide low latency databases with failover and horizontal scaling characteristics. As expected, practitioners quickly run into new issues like distribution and wrong access patterns. Most NoSQL solutions lack sophisticated monitoring or performance analysis tools and require experts instead. Fortunately several companies are working on providing those tools and some APM vendors work hard to support NoSQL databases similar to normal databases. This is emphasized by another interesting finding: With a fast and scalable data storage, the application itself quickly becomes the response time and scaling bottleneck.
Applications Using NoSQL Technologies Are More Complex
Most NoSQL solutions surrender more complex logic like joins in order to achieve horizontally scalable data distribution. That logic is moved to the application - arguably this is where it should be anyway. NoSQL solutions require data to be stored in a query access optimized way - de-normalization is the key. The flip side of storing data multiple times and the need to keep it in sync on updates, is that the storage logic again becomes more complex. More application logic usually means less performance.
My conclusion as a performance engineer is relatively clear: Big Data requires Performance Management and Monitoring Tools to fulfill its promise in a cost effective and timely manner. Here are some suggestions on what you should think about when you start a Big Data project.
- Large Hadoop environments are hard to manage and operate. Without automation in terms of deployment, operations, monitoring and root cause analysis they quickly become unmanageable. Make sure to have a monitoring solution in place that informs you pro-actively of any infrastructure or software issues that would affect your operation. It needs to give you an easy way to pinpoint the root cause.
- The easiest way to identify new performance issues is to detect and analyze change. Adopt a life cycle and 24/7 production APM approach. It will enable you to notice changes in data and compute distribution over time. In addition a life cycle approach will allow you to immediately pin point any negative changes introduced by a new software release.
- Don't just throw more and more hardware at the problem. While you can use cheaper hardware for Hadoop, it's still cost. But more than that you have to consider the operational drag. Every node you add will make traditional log based analysis more complicated. Instead ensure that you have an APM solution in place that lets you understand and optimize MapReduce jobs at their core and reduce both the time and resources it takes to run them.
- Your Hadoop cluster is no island, but will always be connected in some form or the other to a real time or at least transactional system. Make sure that you have a monitoring solution in place that can support both.
NoSQL applications tend to have more complex logic. The very performance and scalability of the store depends on correct data access and data distribution. An good monitoring solution allows you to monitor and optimize that additional complexity with ease; it also enables you to understand how your application access the data and how that access is distributed across your NoSQL cluster in your production system. The best way to ensure a scalable and fast NoSQL store is to ensure optimal distribution and access patterns.
Big Data is still very much an emerging technology and its promises are huge. But in order to deliver on those promises it must be cost and time effective to those that harness its value - The Business and not just technology experts.
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A true hidden gem! Stay in this stylish house and walk down the private steps to swim or snorkel in what may be the most charming, tranquil and inviting tide pool in the area. Prime Kapoho location a short walk from Champagne Pond...
Honu's Hideaway is one of those hidden gems that you appreciate more with every step you take through the house and grounds. Completely remodeled in 2010, the owner spared no expense to make the house comfortable and stylish, always thinking of the guest experience. It's a perfect place to relax with the large living/dining/kitchen area under the high ceilings that are covered in beautiful tropical woods. The home has a contemporary feel with nice appliances, dishes, linens, and the most gorgeous granite countertops we've seen.
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A Big Who Presence In Broadchurch
Some new pictures of David Tennant filming Chris Chibnall's Broadchurch have come to the attention of the Internet.
Taken on location in Clevedon (that's in Somerset, geography bods!), the pictures show Tennant looking a bit dishevelled when you compare them to how he looked as the Tenth Doctor. They have previously worked together on 2011′s United, as well as all the way back in 2007, in the marmite episode 42.
For the uninitiated, Broadchurch is about a police investigation into the death of an 11 year old, whose death has shaken up the town in which he lived as each of them could be a suspect.
Also starring in the drama are Arthur Darvill and Olivia Colman, who you may remember as the female incarnation of Prisoner Zero in The Eleventh Hour.
The series will be shown on ITV1 in early 2013.
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You may want to double-check your facts, as they've worked together more recently than 2007. (Plus try to remain unbiased if posting a news story. ) Chibnall also wrote United, which David starred in the other year, which was also directed by Strong, like Broadchurch.
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Best and worst candy for a healthy smile
Halloween brings a smile to everyone's face, but all that candy may be more of a trick on your teeth than a treat. Here are five sweets you should steer clear of this October 31st and the five that will help you stay cavity-free.
Avoid: Taffy
Even if you loved sampling this saltwater treat as a kid by the sea, it's better to refrain from that trip down memory lane. This gooey indulgence will get majorly stuck in your teeth—way longer than other candy—and lead to cavities.
"The longer a food sticks to your teeth, the longer bacteria can feed on it," says Dr. Timothy Chase, a practicing partner at SmilesNY. "This will produce cavity-causing acid."
Avoid: Nuts and caramel
Snickers may satisfy, but the caramel and nuts combo is a cavity waiting to happen. Like taffy, caramel will get stuck in your teeth for long periods of time. While the nuts will get into the grooves of your teeth, often out of reach of your toothbrush and floss. Coconut has the same effect.
Avoid: Hard candy
Unlike nuts and chews, hard candies such as lollipops or jawbreakers do not get stuck in your teeth, but they can be just as detrimental. Their dental downfall is they take a long time to dissolve which causes your mouth to become more acidic and that can lead to enamel erosion.
Avoid: Sour candy
Sorry all you Sour Patch Kid lovers, these pucker-inducing sweets are also high in acidic content that breaks down tooth enamel.
Avoid: Powdery candy
"Candies such as Pixie Stix may dissolve quickly in the mouth and don't require chewing," says Dr. Chase. Sounds like a winner, right? "But since they contain nothing but sugar these types of candy can lead to cavities by changing the mouth's pH and giving the bacteria straight sugar to feed on." This, as you probably guessed, eats away at your tooth enamel.
Indulge: Chocolate
Good news chocoholics! Go ahead and grab a Hershey bar from the Halloween candy bowl. This smooth treat has no sticky fillings that linger on your teeth.
Indulge: Dark Chocolate
And if you chocolate lovers want to take the health factor up a notch, opt for a antioxidant-rich dark piece. According to some studies, this treat can be good for the heart and may even lower blood pressure.
Indulge: Non-citrus sugar free hard candy
It might be a no-brainer to go sugar-free, but also be sure to choose a non-citrus sucker. Lemony candy contains acid that is harmful to your teeth and should be avoided.
Indulge: Sugar-free gum
Having a candy craving? Pop in a piece of Dentyne Ice. Not only is sugar-free gum low-cal, it leaves no plaque-causing sticky residue. "It is sweetened with xylitol, a natural sugar that bacteria is unable to form plaque on," says Dr. Chase.


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Karlsland Gunjin Taru Mono 1 ni Erica 2 ni Erica, 3-4 mo Erica Ika-ryaku da!
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jwub4 (Sat Aug 27, 2011, 10:47 pm) +6 points
Noramil (Sat Jul 9, 2011, 5:42 am) +4 points
A reallgood read, art was fantastic. Obviously favorited.
TimelessEpic (Mon Dec 24, 2012, 2:16 am) +3 points
You learn something new everyday.
And I learned that unwashed vaginas smell like cheese.
So my future girlfriend has to fucking wash first xD
If I can get one :/
And I learned that unwashed vaginas smell like cheese.
So my future girlfriend has to fucking wash first xD
If I can get one :/
aborrozakale12 (Sat Jul 21, 2012, 7:35 pm) +1 points
Since I unload the doijishis?
aborrozakale12 (Sat Jul 21, 2012, 7:34 pm) +1 points
how download?
theMASTER044 (Tue Apr 17, 2012, 10:00 pm)
With Sexy Results (Sat Nov 26, 2011, 7:10 am) +1 points
Im sorry but if some bitches vagina smelled like cheese I would NOT go down on her lol
acer420 (Thu Oct 13, 2011, 10:23 pm) +1 points
penis=male no penis=female. think of FE as meaning no dick.
1NKD_REVY (Wed Jun 22, 2011, 9:41 am) +1 points
Brilliant. Love the art. :)
acer420 (Mon Jun 13, 2011, 2:31 am) +1 points
how can it be futa and yuri if one of them grows a dick is not all girls...
Zalmithius (Sat Oct 8, 2011, 6:25 pm) +1 points
The reason it is tagged Futa instead of Trap is the fact that it is a female with a penis, not a man who looks like a female.
tehnores (Sat May 28, 2011, 6:10 pm) +1 points
That was...oddly cute. Though I would've liked for Hartmann to be surprised by it.
arthisnovan (Wed May 18, 2011, 7:42 pm) +1 points
She made a huge magic dick, duh.
DmoxBlade (Wed May 18, 2011, 7:23 pm) +1 points
This was hot, btw where the hell did the dick come from, i read the tags so i was expecting it, but how did she hide that thing in those little panties?
robikun (Wed May 18, 2011, 5:05 pm) +1 points
nice... i like the plot >:) as it is in many others futanari
UncleBenzRize (Wed May 18, 2011, 3:12 pm) +1 points
WTH, where did that dick come from xD
TransuAnkka (Wed May 18, 2011, 8:03 am) +1 points
Ugh why isnt the download link working for me ;(
saladin92 (Wed May 18, 2011, 6:04 am) +1 points
the cover page looks splendid. good work! it is good to see fakku hauling in lots of single works done by unknown or fairly new artists
Majics_JJ (Wed May 18, 2011, 3:38 am) +1 points
Futa Win~~~~
This was oh so delicious.
Faved ^.^
This was oh so delicious.
Faved ^.^
rowanatkinson23 (Wed May 18, 2011, 3:09 am) +1 points
just be spongebob for a minute and use your "IMAGINATION" and pretend that she is wearing a realistic dildo or strapon... unless you are Touma that can cancel/break illusions
AbbaSalama (Wed May 18, 2011, 1:42 am) +1 points
dammit...hate it when it turns into futa ...makes you wanna bash your head against a wall...and no not that head.
GodofAethism (Wed May 18, 2011, 3:08 am) +1 points
Here's a tip: don't think of it as futa, think of it as the girl wearing a double-sided dildo that shoots out jello or whatever you want.
Maxiart (Wed May 18, 2011, 2:39 am) +1 points
Nothing wrong with Futa...
saladin92 (Wed May 18, 2011, 6:03 am) +1 points
Nothing "wrong" with Futa. except for the fact that it is totally fictional
Yumeko-chan (Wed May 18, 2011, 1:50 am) +1 points
Well, it's one of the tags, so don't say you weren't warned ;)
surerman (Wed May 18, 2011, 12:17 am) +1 points
I still don't understand how the hell a girl can have dick...and more importantly... find it's hot XD
Yuri is fine...bu hermaphrodite just ...too much for me
Yuri is fine...bu hermaphrodite just ...too much for me
Baccano (Tue May 17, 2011, 10:38 pm) +1 points
strike witches + yuri + futa = sheer awesomeness
rowanatkinson23 (Tue May 17, 2011, 10:25 pm) +1 points
meh... just imagine it as a realistic dildo or strapon
Khorinthian (Tue May 17, 2011, 11:57 pm) +1 points
Thank you, sir. You allowed me to get a hard-on
Total Hentai (Tue May 17, 2011, 10:20 pm) +1 points
Delicious until she pulled out the dick.


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The North Platte Community College Music Department will present their fall concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 18, in the newly renovated McDonald-Belton Theater on the South Campus of the college.
There will be a Halloween theme for the concert, with students and directors appearing in costume. Those who attend are encouraged to dress up as well.
The concert will feature the choir, select choir and jazz band.
The Choir, directed by Elizabeth Peters with Donna Pucket as accompanist, will perform selections from The Hunchback of Notre Dame including The Bells of Notre Dame, God Help the Outcasts and Out There.
The select choir, also directed by Peters, will perform You Are So Beautiful, and It Dont Mean a Thing if it Aint Got that Swing.
The jazz band, directed by Ron Daly, will perform numbers including Somewhere Out There, In the Midnight Hour, and Mamma Mia.
Members of the choir are: Alyssa Boller of Farnam; Sonie Kuhlman of Gothenburg; Baylea Faris of Laramie, Wyo.; William Bartlett of Lewellen; Nicole Nickerson of Maxwell; Charles Kramer of Mullen; Mikayla Brauer, Kaleb Christensen, Susan Conrad, Layne Dowhower, Ellen Duggan-Bailey, Daniel Goodall, Jessica Goodall, Ben Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Ben Hill, Amariah Hodgen, Hannah Hokanson, Megan Kissinger, Jacob McNeel, Stacia Nutter, Santana Polanco, Ashley Schaub, Corey Scott, Jeff Small, Dawn Tallmon, Meshka Waya, Bart Weber, Maci Wilhelm and Caroline Yank of North Platte; Courtney Ehlers and Kayla Turner of Stapleton; and Victoria Daly and Rascal Martinez of Sutherland.
Members of the jazz band are: Wesley Layton of Hershey; Walker Baird of Lewellen; Alexis Beckman, Michael Blue, Brin Brauer, Mikayla Brauer, Kaleb Christensen, Erik Geilenkirchen, Hannah Hokanson, Amanda Linderman, Joseph Peck, Zach Sanchez, Christina Slinde, Meshka Waya and Maci Wilhelm of North Platte; Bryce Iverson of Oshkosh; and Victoria Daly of Sutherland.
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A bare two weeks after the attacks of September 11, at the end of a long and emotional day at the White House, a sixty-nine-year-old politician and businessman—a midwesterner, born of modest means but grown wealthy and prominent and powerful—returned to his enormous suite of offices on the seventh floor of the flood-lit and wounded Pentagon and, as was his habit, scrawled out a memorandum on his calendar:[more inside]Interesting day— NSC mtg. with President— As [it] ended he asked to see me alone… After the meeting ended I went to Oval Office—He was alone He was at his desk— He talked about the meet Then he said I want you to develop a plan to invade Ir[aq]. Do it outside the normal channels. Do it creatively so we don't have to take so much cover [?]
It might be instructive to ask ourselves how we would be reacting if Iraqi commandos landed at George W. Bush's compound, assassinated him, and dumped his body in the Atlantic (after proper burial rites, of course). Uncontroversially, he is not a "suspect" but the "decider" who gave the orders to invade Iraq -- that is, to commit the "supreme international crime differing only from other war crimes in that it contains within itself the accumulated evil of the whole" (quoting the Nuremberg Tribunal) for which Nazi criminals were hanged: in Iraq, the hundreds of thousands of deaths, millions of refugees, destruction of much of the country and the national heritage, and the murderous sectarian conflict that has now spread to the rest of the region. Equally uncontroversially, these crimes vastly exceed anything attributed to bin Laden.There is Much More to Say by Noam Chomsky.
What is the logical consequence of noting the fact that the terrorist groups that make a difference on planet Earth—such as Hamas and Hezbollah, the PLO, Colombia's FARC—are extensions of, respectively, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, and Venezuela? It is the negation of the U.S. government's favorite axiom. It means that when George W. Bush spoke, and when Barack Obama speaks, of America being "at war" against "extremism" or "extremists" they are either being stupid or acting stupid to avoid dealing with the nasty fact that many governments wage indirect warfare.International relations professor Angelo M. Codevilla argues that Osama bin Laden is not quite influential, not quite relevant, and probably dead. (multipage version)
While the proverbial road to hell is paved with good intentions, the internal government memos collected in this publication demonstrate that the path to the purgatory that is Guantanamo Bay, or Abu Ghraib, has been paved with decidedly bad intentions. The policies that resulted in rampant abuse of detainees first in Afghanistan, then at Guantanamo Bay, and later in Iraq, were product of three pernicious purposes designed to facilitate the unilateral and unfettered detention, interrogation, abuse, judgment, and punishment of prisoners: (1) the desire to place the detainees beyond the reach of any court or law; (2) the desire to abrogate the Geneva Convention with respect to the treatment of persons seized in the context of armed hostilities; and (3) the desire to absolve those implementing the policies of any liability for war crimes under U.S. and international law.Regarding the Torture Papers, which detail Torture's Paper Trail, and, then there's Hungry for Air: Learning The Language Of Torture, and, of course, there's ( more inside)


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TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - A state investigation has found that a 67-year-old man who was left outside a Tucson long-term care home in triple-digit heat for more than an hour last month died with a core temperature of 107 degrees.
The Arizona Daily Star reports (http://bit.ly/Nin5ap) that the Arizona Department of Health Services' investigation faults Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center for inadequate supervision of Joseph Oliver.
A Tucson Police Department report says it was unclear whether Oliver was sitting in a shaded area or in the sun when he was outside.
Sabino Canyon Rehabilitation & Care Center administrator Christie Jones says her facility plans to file a response to the state report but declined to answer questions about the incident, citing patient privacy.
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The Rohingya: Roots of violence, hatred run deep
Much has been written lately, either empathetically or as a challenge, of Myanmar's "Rohingya problem". Since early June, the Rohingya have borne the brunt of communal violence, human rights violations, and an urgent humanitarian situation in Rakhine State, and face an uncertain future. But when considered more closely, is that all? What really is the problem?
The events of this year, as well as the violent events of 1978, 1992, 2001, and 2009, are attributable to systemic discrimination against the Rohingya in Myanmar. That is, to a political, social, and economic system—manifested in law, policy, and practices—designed to discriminate against this ethnic and religious minority. This system makes such direct violence against the Rohingya far more possible and likely than it would otherwise be. Further, in the eyes of the Myanmar authorities at least—as evidenced by the lack of accountability for the civilians and officials alike—discrimination also makes the violence and violations somehow justifiable. That is the problem.(...more)


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A valproic acid test measures the amount of the anticonvulsant drug valproic acid in a blood sample. Valproic acid is prescribed primarily to prevent seizures.
The seizure disorder epilepsy is a nervous system condition that causes electrical signals in the brain to misfire. These disruptions lead to temporary communication problems between nerve cells, resulting in symptoms that range from mild (blinking or staring into space) to severe (losing consciousness or thrashing violently).
Seizures may be caused by many different conditions, including infections such as meningitis or encephalitis; a congenital (present from birth) brain or blood vessel malformation; brain trauma due to an accident or lack of oxygen at birth; a metabolic or genetic disorder; brain tumor; or stroke. Frequently, the cause is unknown.
Valproic acid also may be used to treat bipolar disorder, a condition characterized by periods of intensely high and low moods, or to help prevent migraine headaches. In many cases, it's used in conjunction with other medications for maximum effectiveness.
Valproic acid blood levels must stay within a specific range for the drug to work properly. Doctors must prescribe enough to prevent symptoms, but not so much so as to cause unwanted side effects. One of the most serious side effects of valproic acid is liver damage. Because the rate at which the liver can process the drug varies from person to person, the test is often performed at regular intervals throughout treatment.
If a current dose of valproic acid seems to be working, regular blood tests can help ensure that the dose remains steady. If symptoms don't seem to be diminishing or a child is experiencing side effects, the test can be used to adjust the medication to a more effective dose. This kind of close monitoring is especially important if other medications are added to the treatment plan, since some can change the way the body processes valproic acid.
No special preparations are needed for this test. Your doctor may recommend that the test be performed at a certain time — for example, just before your child's daily dose — since valproic acid levels may fluctuate throughout the day. Also, it's important to let the doctor know about any other medications your child may be taking, as these can affect the results.
On the day of the test, it may help to have your child wear a short-sleeve shirt to allow easier access for the technician who will be drawing the blood.
A health professional will usually draw the blood from a vein. For an infant, the blood may be obtained by puncturing the heel with a small needle (lancet). If the blood is being drawn from a vein, the skin surface is cleaned with antiseptic and an elastic band (tourniquet) is placed around the upper arm to apply pressure and cause the veins to swell with blood. A needle is inserted into a vein (usually in the arm inside of the elbow or on the back of the hand) and blood is withdrawn and collected in a vial or syringe.
After the procedure, the elastic band is removed. Once the blood has been collected, the needle is removed and the area is covered with cotton or a bandage to stop the bleeding. Collecting the blood for the test will only take a few minutes.
Either method (heel or vein withdrawal) of collecting a blood sample is only temporarily uncomfortable and can feel like a quick pinprick. Afterward, there may be some mild bruising, which should go away in a day or so.
The blood sample will be processed by a machine. The results are commonly available after a few hours or the next day.
The valproic acid test is considered a safe procedure. However, as with many medical tests, some problems can occur with having blood drawn:
Having a blood test is relatively painless. Still, many children are afraid of needles. Explaining the test in terms your child can understand might help ease some of the fear.
Allow your child to ask the technician any questions he or she might have. Tell your child to try to relax and stay still during the procedure, as tensing muscles and moving can make it harder and more painful to draw blood. It also may help for your child to look away when the needle is being inserted into the skin.
If you have questions about the valproic acid test, speak with your doctor. You can also talk to the technician before the procedure.
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For real high speed event timing it's best to utilize external digital logic chips to build a high speed counter that could be clocked at say 50Mhz and have one photosensor start the counter and the second one stop the counter and then have the Arduino read the count value and reset the external counter for the next timing event. It would take just a couple of chips and a crystal oscillator to create such a critter.
The laser was the easiest way for me to experiment with the pulsein() I was reading about. I will look at building external logic on breadboard and using my UNO to control/reset the chips as you said. Endless fun with parts ;-)
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The ATmega has built-in counters and timers... Perhaps use the light sensors to trigger interrupts. On the first one, reset a timer. On the second, save the timer value.
This was what I was trying to do in the first place. But not using interrupts. In the laser example the actual first attempt had the two sensing diodes 4 INCHES apart and I was only 30 FEET from the laser (backyard) and trying to use millis() to compare the two events .. even with micros() none of the readings I got made any sense .. like I said .. there is some geometry I am forgetting about radians arc seconds etc that I didn't factor in .. but it was just an experiment to compare two sensed beams without actually haveing two transmitters aimed perfectly at two diodes. I think what I built would have worked for something as slow as a race car passing two transmitters at 400mph and breaking the beams to my breadboard. The rest was a quest for further understanding.


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Continuing on the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Porsche 911 , the German automaker is taking it to a whole new level with the introduction of a unique and Russia-exclusive 911 called the GUM Red Square Edition.
We're saying it's unique because the car doesn't only celebrate the 911's 50th anniversary. Equally important is the fact that this special edition 911 was also designed to celebrate the 120th anniversary of the GUM department store in, of course, the Red Square.
Looking at the car itself, Porsche decided to dress it up with a Pascha Red color for the body. If you're not familiar with the shade, don't feel too bad because it's a unique color that was used exclusively for this model.
In addition to the fancy color and the inclusion of a new sports exhaust system and a new set of 20-inch Carrera Classic wheels, the 911 GUM Red Square Edition also received some interior enhancements by a Luxor Beige finish. The light and classy trim is further complemented by a mahogany wood trim, a body-color key fob and stainless-steel sill plates that bear an illuminated "GUM Red Square" badge.
No performance enhancements were given to the car, so expect to see the same 3.8-liter six-cylinder engine that produces 400 horsepower and 324 pound-feet of torque. Taking all that into consideration, the 911 GUM Red Square Edition accelerates from to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds in its base setup or 3.9 seconds, if you opt for the PDK transmission.
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Grand Theft Endings
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Grand Theft Auto III
Mission Name: "The Exchange"
Difficulty level: Very high.
The Gist: Remember the woman who shoots you during the bank robbery in the game's opening moments and leaves you for dead? Well, Catalina's back to leave you for dead a second time. Women, right? She takes off in a helicopter while her henchman, gun aimed at your temple, gets ready to off you once and for all.
After a slow-motion karate move on the henchman, you hijack a car, then track down the helicopter to the top of the city dam. There you find multiple tiers of well-armed Cartel members, all quite happy to shoot you full of holes. Battered and bloodied, you finally make it to the helicopter's landing pad. Grab the rocket launcher, get Catalina's circling copter in your sites, and take it down. Game over, man. Game over!
The Crispy Take: Watching Catalina's chopper erupt in a fireball -- it takes a steady hand to keep it in your sites -- requires a borderline absurd amount of patience. The only thing worse than whiffing with the rocket launcher in the game's final moments is being informed by a Burger King manager that your coupon expired in 2004.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Mission Name: "Keep Your Friends Close?"
Difficulty Level: Moderate.
The Gist: Sonny and his Liberty City goons arrive at the front door of your Tony Montana-eque mansion. But before you can deal with Sonny, you'll have to deal with that scumbag, Lance Vance. Yes, your leisure-suit-wearing partner has sold you out. Track him down on the mansion's upper floors, grabbing guns and health along the way, and put both him and his polyester out of their misery.
Now it's Sonny's turn. Back at the mansion's entrance, it's "say hello to my little frien' " time. Keep moving, keep shooting, and eventually Sonny will go down.
The Crispy Take: With its single location and emphasis on run-and-gun gameplay -- infamously the weakest aspect of the game -- this is no doubt the least inspired final mission since the series went 3-D.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Mission Name: "End of the Line"
Difficulty Level: High.
The Gist: It's time to take out your former cohort, Big Smoke (he's the fat one in the bowler hat). Hijack a S.W.A.T. tank, then bash in the front wall of Smoke's crack factory. Shoot your way up to the fourth floor where you'll find Smoke waiting for you. He douses the lights and uses night vision goggles to gain the upper hand on you, the rat bastard. Keep auto-targeting, keep firing, and eventually you'll take him out.
But now you have a new problem. The crack factory is burning down around you. Run like hell to escape the burning warehouse.
Once outside, it's time to deal with the city's crooked cop, Officer Tenpenny. He's trying to escape in a firetruck, but C.J., your brother, has grabbed onto the truck's back ladder. You'll need to hijack a car and keep up with the truck as it rampages through the city, with Sweet dangling from the back. Get close enough, and Sweet will be able to safely drop from the truck ladder into the passenger seat of your car.
Now it's time to deal with Tenpenny. Problem is, in addition to keeping up with his runaway firetruck, you'll also have to deal with a city gone mad, including rioters and rogue cops, all hell-bent on taking you and Sweet down. Sweet will eventually take over the driving duties while you focus on shooting. Keep firing away, and keep those pursuing vehicles 'sploding. Tenpenny will eventually lose control of the truck, drive off an overpass, and die. You, you lucky bastard, reunite with your bickering family. Roll credits.
The Crispy Take: Now this is how you end a GTA game, people. This final mission takes a good half-hour to complete, so be sure to pee beforehand and have plenty of snacks nearby before attempting. With its mix of gameplay mechanics, multiple objectives and pair of bosses (Smoke and Tenpenny), this is a thrilling, over-the-top grand finale. Now, if only the game were about 80 hours shorter, some of us might actually have had a reasonable chance of ever playing this otherwise terrific mission.
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Sizing an engine's main and connecting rod bearings is relatively easy, but there's also a hard way. Of course, the hard way's more precise, but more than a few successful race engines have been assembled using the easy way. We're talking about Plastigage. But first the hard way. To size bearings appropriately, most machinists will use a dial bore gauge. The process involves using the dial bore gauge to measure the bare crankshaft bore's internal diameter. The crankshaft journal's outer diameter must also be measured and subtracted from the previous figure also taking into account the necessary clearances for bearing thicknesses. Bearings must be measured using an outside micrometer fitted with special ball-shaped anvils to fit the curvature of the bearing. An alternative method would be to install an arbitrary set of bearings into the block (or rods), torque the main caps (or rods) in place and measure the inner diameter with the dial bore gauge. For improper clearances, undersized or oversized bearings can be added and re-measured. Most manufacturers offer bearings that vary in sizes as little as 0.0002 inch from one another while most aftermarket bearings are generally offered in standard, 0.010-inch and 0.020-inch oversizes. Such large sizes require the crankshaft to be reground but allows for just about the closest tolerances you could imagine. It's important to note that's it's not at all necessary for each crankshaft journal to use the same size bearings. It's not even necessary for a single journal to use two bearings of the same size. What is important is that the final clearances are as close to one another as possible. If two different size bearings are going to be used on the same journal, just make sure they are within 0.0005 inch of one another and that the thicker bearing is placed on top for rods and on the bottom for the mains. Additionally, all measurements must be taken along the vertical axis (90 degrees from the parting line), where the brunt of the load is placed. This is especially important considering the bearings' eccentric shape once installed. The thicker area along the axis is referred to as the bearing crown; the thinner is the parting face. Despite the method chosen, before measuring bearing clearances, it's important to ensure that the block's main bore and the crankshaft journals are perfectly round and that the connecting rods are straight. To do this, you'll need a dial bore gauge.
Plastigage is not just an easier method of bearing sizing, it's also a lot cheaper. A good dial bore gauge and outside micrometer setup will set you back at least a few hundred dollars. Plastigage costs roughly two bucks and will last you through an entire eight-cylinder rebuild. Begin by cutting off a strip of the waxy string and place it on a clean crankshaft journal. Repeat the process for each journal. Make sure the bearings are already positioned in the block and on the main caps, free of contaminants and especially assembly lube. Next, install the main bearing caps and torque them to the proper specifications. Be careful not to turn the crankshaft, as it will distort any measurements. Remove the main caps. Take care when setting the caps down and when pulling them off that the Plastigage is not unnecessarily disturbed. Notice the crush process the material has undergone and compare the results with the Plastigage packaging, which features a metric scale on one side and standard measurements on the other. Note that the wider the strip, the smaller the clearance. Whether you'll be swapping bearings and re-measuring or bolting everything together for final assembly, it's important to clean off all of the excess Plastigage as it can easily disrupt oil flow across the bearings.
The perfect bearing would be a single piece encompassing the entire crankshaft journal, with the entire clearance between them occupied by a film of lubricant. The surfaces would not deflect under load conditions, and there would be no interruptions in the bearing surface such as oil holes, grooves, and irregularities. Corrosion would not be an issue and a sacrifice between embedability characteristics and strength would not have to be made. Unfortunately such a case doesn't exist. For the time being, the best engine builders can do is to ensure that the clearances are as optimal as possible and just as importantly, consistent.


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I'm Gay on Itunes.
First off, I must once again express my general dislike of Lil B's music. However, maybe he has really good ideas and...
I'm Gay on Itunes. truly the rawest rapper.
listening. I actually bought this. weird right? only on the first song, but it's really good
Reblogged because its a Dope Cover, reminds me of Camp Lo's Uptown Saturday Night (1997). The chances of me...
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Lil B's "I'm Gay (I'm Happy)," such a parenthetical cop out… -Come on, dude.
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Neoconservatism: classical loony liberalism that loves war
13 07 11 - 15:20Insightful narking on neocons:
Neoconservatism is but the most recent species of what most students of political philosophy now call âEnlightenment liberal rationalism.â That this is so is easily gotten from the causes that the neoconservative is disposed to support, especially the cause of âGlobal Democracyâ â the enterprise of toppling regimes throughout the Middle East and beyond for the sake of establishing âdemocraticâ governments in their wake.
On this account, reason is a unitary phenomenon whose capacity to supply âsolutionsâ to the worldâs problems is potentially unlimited. To realize this potential, to achieve infallibility, rational agents only have to strictly observe those relatively few fundamental principles of which reason consists. As for what these principles are, rationalists have differed among themselves. Descartes, for example, thought that as long as we didnât grasp for that which we didnât conceive âclearly and distinctlyâ â as long as the will didnât attempt to trespass the limits that reason imposed upon it â we could never go wrong. Others, like William Godwin, held that beliefs that were the fruits of prejudice, prescription, desire, custom, tradition, and, in short, any and every source that managed to escape the tribunal of the unencumbered Intellect, were species of irrationality to be stamped out. But what all rationalists seemed to share in common is the conviction that there existed one and the same rational power for all, a single standard by which all peoples in all places and at all times could be judged.
It is this belief, many now recognize, that was enlisted in the service of the colonial and imperial enterprises upon which European peoples embarked during just that period when the conception of omnipotent Reason was at its zenith. Blind to the culturally-specific character of what he took to be a universal understanding of Reason, European Man assumed that because most of the worldâs inhabitants in places such as Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and the Americas failed to satisfy his canons of rationality, they werenât rational as such. In spite of the frequency with which it is repeated, the notion that whites at this time viewed non-whites as non-persons is incorrect. Rather, failing to see his own image in this socially and historically particular conception of reason that he identified with Reason itself, European or Western man regarded the non-white peoples of the world, not literally as non-persons, but as potential persons who could actualize all of the potentialities of which their circumstances permitted only if their wills were made subservient to his. - The New American
In other words, all liberalism arose from the Enlightenment, a time when reason rose above empiricism and inner knowledge.
Not all are in favor of this Enlightenment jazz:
Long regarded as the foundation of contemporary political and intellectual culture, by way of influences ranging from the American Declaration of Independence to the scientific method as embraced from Isaac Newton on, the Enlightenment was based on the belief that all society's ills could be vanquished by the application of reason
"We cannot go on like this, just imagining that the principles of the Enlightenment still apply now. I don't believe they do. But if you challenge people who hold the Enlightenment as the ultimate answer to everything, you do really upset them."
Instead, the Prince advocated a holistic approach to the world's problems -- including housing, healthcare and agriculture -- that involved local initiatives rather than globalisation, and worked in harmony with nature rather than against it.
"I believe it is of crucial importance to work with, in harmony with nature, to rediscover how it is necessary to work with the grain of nature, as it is necessary to work with the grain of our humanity," he said."What is the point of all this clever technology if at the end of the day we lose our souls, and the soul of nature of which we are a part?" - The Times Online
In fact, there are many reasons to suspect reason itself -- rationalism -- as a giant human failing:
Rationalism is most often characterized as an epistemological position. On this view, to be a rationalist requires at least one of the following: (1) a privileging of reason and intuition over sensation and experience, (2) regarding all or most ideas as innate rather than adventitious, (3) an emphasis on certain rather than merely probable knowledge as the goal of enquiry. While all of the continental rationalists meet one or more of these criteria, this is arguably the consequence of a deeper tie that binds them together â that is, a metaphysical commitment to the reality of substance, and, in particular, to substance as an underlying principle of unity. - SEP
Reason as separate from the world is like dualism projected into science. Relying on certainty instead of approximation guarantees deconstruction in an uncertain world. Innate ideas guarantee a false universalism.
And then there is bringing the dualities -- faith/reason, tradition/logic, self/world, ego/id -- back into alignment:
Reason, conservatives from at least the time of Burke have insisted, is inseparable from tradition. That is to say, far from being the monolithic power that neoconservatives and other rationalists envision, rationality can and has been conceived in a multiplicity of ways. And since each conception varies with cultural and historical circumstances â habits and customs âwhat this in turn means is that rationality is a thing local and concrete â not universal and abstract.
Due to their tradition-centered understanding of reason and knowledge, conservatives â even during the height of the Enlightenment â have been, at the very least, reluctant to lend their support to enterprises designed to erode the traditions and customs of foreign peoples in order to coerce them into acquiescing in Western or Eurocentric ideals. - The New American
We venture forth bravely into this new era.
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Sarcastic - Nacimiento Hacia Las Alturas
http://www.mediafire.com/?jxmjmyj4wnc Big Lebowski - 13-07-'11 17:00
Sarcastic - Nacimiento Hacia Las Alturas
http://www.mediafire.com/?jxmjmyj4wnc Big Lebowski - 13-07-'11 17:00
Mexico, the land of unwashed inbreds. Main exports: cockroaches, marihuana, AIDS, shitty US designed cars. we - 13-07-'11 19:08
@ we
Glad u feel better now after burping out your bullshit. Not saying your facts are entirely wrong but totally unecessary. We get it, you're an angry idiot and need a bigger dildo.
So back to the point, that's a cool death metal album, just like many others from the same inbred country. Big Lebowski - 14-07-'11 09:55
Glad u feel better now after burping out your bullshit. Not saying your facts are entirely wrong but totally unecessary. We get it, you're an angry idiot and need a bigger dildo.
So back to the point, that's a cool death metal album, just like many others from the same inbred country. Big Lebowski - 14-07-'11 09:55
Where is the launch button, so I can nuke Mexico and vaporise all life form in that country? Oh, by the way, how ANUSIAN in your outlook: "I have the right to hate, because I am righteous, but no one else may hate something I like, because I will resort to personnal insults." says Lebowski. Bravo! Facts can be wrong and unnecessary? Care to explain? we - 14-07-'11 16:23


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Let's Dish: What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy?
Let's Dish: What's Your Favorite Halloween Candy?
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arcticpuppet 4 years
im crazy obsessed with candy corn. those little pumpkins make me so happy!
dleighl 4 years
Those little candy-corn pumpkins. OMG!! It's a good thing they're only available at Halloween because they are as addictive as crack!
king2x 4 years
Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! nam nam
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Too many to count! Obviously, candy corn!!!!! But for sure, also Baby Ruth and 100 Grands.
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French Jews making aliyah go from one conflict zone to another
At dinner at the Jerusalem Ramada, I sit with "the kids" at a long rectangular table in a corner of the dining hall. Across from me, Daniel-from-Barcelona—who traveled with our group because there is no Jewish Agency branch in Spain—peers longingly at a table of South Americans who have just arrived this afternoon. Daniel-from-Barcelona is the real-life version of the European from my teenage foreign-exchange fantasies. Eva, who sits next to me, asks Daniel what kind of girl he likes, then points to me. I blush. Looking at Eva, Daniel-from-Barcelona says it's too bad I'm going back to America. Eva asks when I'm going to make aliyah. They both stare deep into my eyes. I laugh and get up for another dinner roll.
After dinner, Nora and I walk up the spiral staircase to the hotel lobby and make our way to a lounge on the second floor across from the Internet room. The nightly Muslim call to prayer sounds as we sit down next to the bay windows over the Ramada parking lot. Nora wears billowing bohemian pants that inhale and collapse as she sits down. Her eyes are huge, communicating a bulging intelligence that bubbles up in a fidgety kind of energy. She speaks English faster than I can write.
The first time Nora came to Israel, she was 13 and hated it. "I expected a lot," she says, imagining Israel as the paradise of diaspora hype. Instead she found the people cold and unwelcoming and couldn't wait to leave. But when she returned for Passover three years ago, she discovered a different Israel among the young people on her kibbutz. "This new generation around our age is really different. They were born in this state, their parents were born in this state. They don't have this fear of uncertainty. They are not scared."
As we talk, Nora looks down at her phone distractedly, awaiting a call from a friend about a possible apartment opportunity. At 24, she moved to Israel without a job or a place to live, but listening to the command in her voice, it seems clear that she will land on her feet. She wants to use her degree in theater to import French drama to Israel's francophone community. Her goals are lofty, but she's clear-headed about her prospects. "I know it's going to be complicated," she says.
Nora wasn't raised in a religious family and doesn't share the idealism of many of her fellow olim. Before coming to Israel, she debated moving to England but was discouraged by the economic situation there. She recognizes that Israel isn't perfect and thinks it's important to offer a critical perspective. I wonder if this isn't just the guarded optimism of a younger generation, another kind of idealism.
Nora pauses to take a call from her uncle, who lives in Israel and plans to attend the ceremony tomorrow afternoon. "I don't like Paris," she says after she hangs up. "I prefer this war to the other one, because no one reacts there, no one." More than any particular form of racism or anti-Semitism, she says French society has grown cold to its own brutality. She's seen people collapse on the metro and intervened when no one else would. She's watched transit authority officers turn their eyes from dangerous subway fights. After witnessing a violent attack in a Paris park, she and her friends called out to a police officer down the street. The officer told them they were out of her district and put in a call for help before continuing on her patrol. "It's the law of the streets—they've given up there."
After the Jewish Agency delegates have distributed the new Israeli IDs, everyone hangs around to hug and take photos. Eventually, they migrate to an adjoining room, where the hotel staff has heaped their luggage into a pile. Back in the lobby, people mill about, waiting for buses to arrive and distribute them across the country. The first to go are the kids, all but one of whom are headed for Tel Aviv. They depart as a lively group, already planning a party as they load their suitcases into a large white van. I return to the lobby to sit with Maryse and Gérard.
When they leave, I'll take a city bus back into Jerusalem. I'll let street vendors lure me into overpriced jewelry shops with the promise of free coffee and mint tea. I'll visit three of the holiest sites in the world—the Wailing Wall, the Dome of the Rock, and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre—all in one day. I'll make strange new friends in dingy youth hostel kitchens. My backpack will be searched more times than I can count. I'll see the separation fence and listen to the life stories of Arab bakers who no longer bother to hope for peace. And I'll finally walk the beaches of Tel Aviv, as crisp and salty-white as in those photos.
Watching the last of the buses disappear, I know I should be excited by all of this. But I am standing alone in an empty hotel parking lot, and my mind fills with questions I can't answer. What exactly are these people running away from and what do they hope to find here? A part of me thinks they are crazy for trying this. A part of me thinks they are just plain wrong. Because I know that somewhere between 10 and 30 percent of French olim ultimately return to France, I am sure that at least one of these families will move back. The thought of such upheaval makes me queasy. And yet I feel a fondness for them I could not have anticipated. I envy their hope. I want them to succeed.
As I re-lace my tennis shoes and tighten the straps on my backpack, I watch the clouds pull apart, freeing up broad patches of blue. Mostly I'm thinking that I can't wait to get back to America, to the place where I grew up and where all of my family lives. A place that I love and hate simultaneously and feel perfectly at ease saying so. It is the only place I have ever called home, which is to say that it is not so much a country as a feeling of comfort and belonging. I feel lucky to have such a place, and I have no idea what I would do without it.
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