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MTV is addressing alleged racial bias in the wake of the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.
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As part of its "Look Different" campaign, the network will air public service announcements during Sunday's Video Music Awards. A preview of one of the announcements features the "Hands Up. Don't Shoot" rallying cry from the protests in Ferguson.
The ad also features a quote from author James Baldwin that reads "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." MTV president Stephen Friedman tells the "Hollywood Reporter" that the quote from Baldwin is a "call to action" for people to confront their own bias. That message is reiterated in a second PSA that addresses racial bias by showing seven young people discussing stereotypes.

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Teddy Bear fund charity slams Miley Cyrus VMA Performance
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One organization is speaking out on behalf of a voiceless minority that was victimized by Miley Cyrus' Video Music Awards performance - teddy bears.
According to "TMZ," a group called the Teddy Bear Fund isn't pleased with the background dancers who were dressed up like the children's toy during her raunchy dance routine.
A rep is telling the gossip site that Miley "made a poor choice to use a universally loved children's teddy bear in an offensive way." Apparently the group didn't understand the twerking stuffed bears that appeared on stage as she sang "We Can't Stop."
Giant teddy bears are also featured in Miley's video. The Teddy Bear Fund, which is a charity that donates stuffed toys to abuse shelters, says Miley may "consider reversing this situation" by extending her fascination with teddy bears in a similarly positive way.
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Don't count on the asteroid. The Mayan calendar won't run out before the Iron Bowl has run its course.
For LSU to get into the Southeastern Conference Championship Game this season — and thus have a shot at an automatic berth in the Sugar Bowl — it will require an Auburn upset of Alabama that would make "Dewey Defeats Truman" look like a coin flip.
So don't count on that. The LSU Tigers certainly aren't.
They also aren't doing what many of the rest of us are doing and counting on LSU wins over 5-5 Ole Miss and 4-6 Arkansas to end the season. Not before the game clocks wind to zero.
College football players usually tow the party line so effectively it's hard to know what they're really thinking. Jarrett Lee trotted out so many canned responses over the years you thought there was an invisible teleprompter somewhere behind the cameras and tape recorders that only he could see.
Even in the age of social media and instant information, football players, to a large degree, live in a bubble for the four months of their season. They play, they practice, they eat, they sleep and most of them (yes, most) go to class. Former Tiger T-Bob Hebert admitted he didn't pay any attention as a player to SEC scheduling inequities, like say the jury-rigged divisional alignments designed to protect cross-divisional rivalries like Alabama-Tennessee and (supposedly) Auburn-Georgia.
But these Tigers are not so bubble-wrapped that they can't wrap their minds around the tasks before them in these final two regular-season games.
The realistic tasks: Win out, impressively if possible, and hope you've made a strong enough impression on a BCS bowl somewhere.
"We definitely take notice of that stuff," punter Brad Wing said. "We know we can still go to the SEC Championship Game, but a miracle would have to happen for Auburn to beat Alabama.
"We have no control over that. So what we're just focused on is beating Ole Miss the best we can and Arkansas the best we can. It would be a shame if Auburn did beat Alabama and we ended up losing one of these next two games."
A crying, garment-rending shame, as far as Tiger fandom is concerned.
No matter how strong the finishing kick for LSU finally is, there will be a segment of the purple and gold populace who are already dissatisfied because this season won't end in a national championship. Such are the Everest-high expectations for LSU football these days. When you start the season as a preseason No. 1 — for the first time since 1959 — there are only met expectations or disappointment.
But by any standard, a BCS bowl trip to the Sugar, Rose or Fiesta (the Orange is a miniscule possibility because LSU almost certainly wouldn't be available for the bowl to select) is a mighty nice consolation prize.
Still, consolation will be a scarce commodity if the Tigers don't win out.
"The motivation for us is to get in the best bowl we can get into," defensive end Barkevious Mingo said. "We know we have to win out to do that, so that's what we're focused on."
It'll take focus to beat Ole Miss on Saturday, something that will also be in short supply with the annual distraction of Senior Day festivities serving as this game's opening act.
The memory of Ole Miss' 52-3 dissection by LSU last year should be long past. This is a new and much improved band of Rebels under first-year coach Hugh Freeze. This is a team that pushed Alabama, Texas A&M and Georgia to their limits — briefly — before being driven back by superior firepower.
But that doesn't mean the Rebels can't catch lightning in a bottle if they catch LSU looking the other way.
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Since the April release of a House Republican report on Benghazi, Tom Pickering -- co-chairman of the State Department's Accountability Review Board on the Benghazi attacks last year -- has been interviewed only twice on major news programs.
Pickering Hosted Only Twice To Discuss Right-Wing Scandal Mongering Since April Report
Pickering Has Made Only Two Appearances Since The Release Of The House GOP Report. According to a search of the Nexis database, Tom Pickering made only two media appearances since the April 23 release of the House Republican report: on the May 8 edition of CNN International, and on the May 8 edition of MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell Reports. [Nexis search for search terms: guests(Pickering) or body(allcaps(Pickering)) conducted 5/10/13; Andrea Mitchell Reports, 5/8/13 [1]]
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Tornados Sign Shaw for 2014March 31, 2014
BREVARD, N.C.- The Brevard College cycling program is pleased to announce the signing of Walker Shaw of Hendersonville, North Carolina as part of their 2014 incoming class.
Shaw is a professional downhill mountain bike racer for the SRAM/Troy Lee Designs team, where he has competed in World Cups, US National events, and multiple World Championships.
"We are extremely excited to welcome Walker to Brevard College and our cycling team," said head coach Brad Perley. "He's another great addition to the BC community, and will play an integral part in the constant building of Tornado Cycling."
Shaw will focus primarily on mountain bike racing, but will also race cyclo-cross for the Tornados.
"I couldn't be more excited for the coming years as a member of the Brevard College community and cycling team," said Shaw. "Growing up locally, I have been well aware of the school and it's accomplishments in cycling."
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. How many people can say that about an experience in their life and actually mean it? It was the best of times because I finally got to have some quality time with my father - I was adopted at age 13 by my stepfather, and my father and I had a tumultuous relationship for 20 years. It was the worst of times because he found out in September of 2003 that he had stage four brain cancer. The hard part was that he was in Texas and I was here in Ohio. So began the journey of becoming a caregiver.
I flew to Texas to be with him during brain surgery so they could remove as much of the cancer as possible. I'm in a state where I don't know my way around and have no one to help me. I was on my own. I was never one to think about doing this. I couldn't even enter a nursing home without becoming very emotional and running out crying. I was staying in a fifth-wheel trailer that my father owned, in a bad section of Fort Worth.
While I was there, my dad told me about his whole life. We were finally bonding. I finally understood him and the way he lived his life. He had a hard life. He lived hard and fast. I wasn't bitter, mad or resentful that he wasn't there for me during my teenage years. I needed to show him that I was going to be there for him, no matter what. I was able to show him compassion from my soul, love that he felt he never experienced in his life. By the grace of God, I was able to do this.
The first few days of radiation were depressing. All the patients were sulky and sad. I had an idea. My daughter's boyfriend was working at a costume place, and was bringing different hats home. The first one was a Don King hairdo. I told my Dad to wear it to radiation. He was reluctant at first and then decided to try it. The next month was quite eventful. Every week, he would wear a different hat: Don King, reindeer antlers that played music and on and on. The patients loved it. The nurses loved it. They took a picture of every hat he wore and put it up in the hallway; it was the wall of shame. The nurses and patients couldn't wait until we came in to see what hat he would be wearing next. Before we knew it, radiation was over. The nurses called me one day and said that the patients were asking about us and if we would be coming back with those hats. I think we made an impression.
We ate out a lot. His favorite place was Red Lobster. We went there for lunch almost every day. While there, I noticed a woman. She sat in the same booth, ordered the same lunch and four glasses of wine with her meal. Her hair was quite ratty. I said to my Dad, "I wonder what her story is." Everyone has a story.
He paused for a few minutes and jokingly said, "I know what her story is. She came here with a man one day for lunch. He excused himself to go to restroom and never came back. She's here every day for lunch, hoping he'll come back." I laughed so hard I almost choked. We laughed about that for months.
Dad died on Aug. 2, a Monday evening. He was cremated. We discussed what he wanted in the end. I was able to honor that request. Trials, there were many, but all said and done, I am glad I had the chance to experience all of it. It made me who I am today. I now provide care as my career. It came naturally. Thanks, Dad, for the memories. I'll never forget you or that experience that defined my life.


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Dropbox Promotes Sujay Jaswa to Financial Chief Ahead of IPO
Online-storage startup Dropbox Inc. promoted Sujay Jaswa to chief financial officer, entrusting an insider with little executive experience in a key role at one of the likeliest candidates for an upcoming initial public offering.
Mr. Jaswa, a vice president who already ran much of Dropbox's business since joining in 2010, was named CFO last month, according to two people familiar with the move. His promotion ends a months-long search process, in which several outside candidates interviewed to become the company's first CFO, according to a person familiar with the process.
A Dropbox spokeswoman declined to comment.
Chief Executive Drew Houston has raised a war chest of capital and bolstered his management bench in recent months as he seeks to expand overseas and sell more software tools to businesses. Mr. Jaswa's promotion comes a few weeks after Dropbox poached Dennis Woodside, the former Motorola Mobility chief, as its first chief operating officer and raised $350 million from investors who value the company at $10 billion.
By elevating Mr. Jaswa to finance chief, Mr. Houston is giving up on finding a star outsider with public-company experience who might be better equipped to lead Dropbox through an IPO. Instead, he is betting on a young dealmaker who has led the business through its fastest years of growth.
Mr. Jaswa befriended Mr. Houston when the two carpooled to a Neil Young benefit concert in 2009, Mr. Jaswa said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal in February. Though he was beginning to establish himself as an up-and-coming tech investor at New Enterprise Associates, Mr. Jaswa was drawn to Mr. Houston's vision for a Web service that seamlessly stored files across all types of devices. He also saw a role for himself in figuring out how Dropbox could make money. "I was like, 'Hey, do you want to give me a job?'" Mr. Jaswa said he told Mr. Houston.
Mr. Jaswa left his career as a venture capitalist to join Dropbox when the startup was just 25 employees. The new hire quickly made an impact, helping to strike a multi-year partnership with Samsung Electronics Co. in 2011 to preinstall Dropbox software on high-end Android phones. Though the deal meant taking a financial hit by offering millions of new users 50 gigabytes of free storage each for up to two years, it helped Dropbox expand in two key areas: mobile and international.
Dropbox currently has more than 200 million users, two-thirds of whom are overseas. "Samsung has gotten us into new markets," Mr. Jaswa said.
In October 2011, Mr. Jaswa led a $250 million financing round that valued Dropbox at $4 billion and brought in a slew of new VC backers including Index Ventures and Benchmark as well as Wall Street players like Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Separately, he organized secondary share sales, where early employees and investors sold private stock in the company to Fidelity, T. Rowe Price, Morgan Stanley and Wellpoint, according to people familiar with the transactions.
The startup tallied $116 million in 2012, more than doubling its $46 million in revenue in 2011. The year before, it nearly quadrupled sales from $12 million. Dropbox expected sales of more than $200 million last year, but it isn't clear whether it hit that target, nor whether the company is profitable.
As Dropbox has grown in value, Mr. Jaswa has sought to curb the potential market for its pre-IPO shares, which he believes can get employees too focused on day-by-day changes in valuation. "When you ask people what's the worst thing about being a public company, what they tell you is the morale of the team is dictated by the stock price," said Mr. Jaswa, who previously worked as a McKinsey consultant and in corporate development at Cisco Systems Inc.
"One of the most important things as a private company is not to get yourself in that trap," he said.
In late 2013, Mr. Jaswa hired bankers from Goldman Sachs and Allen & Co. to help put together Dropbox's Series C round, which closed in mid-January. The $10 billion valuation implied by that funding made Dropbox one of the most valuable private companies in the world, along with Chinese handset maker, Xiaomi, also valued at $10 billion; and Palantir Technologies, the high-tech government data contractor valued at $9 billion.
Mr. Jaswa and his team has been making more frequent trips abroad to scout out potential new international offices. Dropbox has a European headquarters in Dublin, and plans to open at least one office in Japan or South Korea this year, he says.
When asked in February about the potential for an IPO, Mr. Jaswa said it wouldn't happen before the company hired a CFO.
"We're looking for a CFO whose experience allows the company to have a range of options," Mr. Jaswa said at the time.
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WATCH: Blue Ivy walking!
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Blue Ivy Carter is almost 16 months old, right around the age when most babies start being able to walk with confidence. And yet, so far we haven't been able to get even a hint of a toddle from the world's most famous toddler. Part of that is probably good parenting from Mr. and Mrs. Carter, preventing the paparazzi from getting too close to their child. This is understandable—admirable even!
But someone has captured Jay and Bey's precious baby girl walking around and playing with a napkin at a French restaurant! How adorable is she?!
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Often tarred as a juggernaut with a monolithic approach to separating parents from their hard-earned cash, Disney has actually spawned an interesting range of musicals over the past decade. There has been the Slavishly Faithful Theme Park Atrocity (Beauty and the Beast), the Teen-Oriented Pop Pageant (Aida), the High Concept Flop (Tarzan) and one artistic success, the Artful Ethnic Spectacle (The Lion King). Now, with Mary Poppins, comes a strange new beast for Uncle Walt's menagerie: the Integrated Musical That Adults Can Enjoy. At this rate, Disney may well generate its own Sondheim by 2076.
Based equally on the famed 1964 movie and P.L. Travers's original, darker novel, the story should be familiar: Overworked and emotionally distant parents (Jenkins, Luker) hire an efficient but odd nanny (Brown) to tame beastly brats. Said nanny turns out to be a good witch who teaches the children lessons about laboring cheerfully and obeying authority. Poppins enlists the help of chimney sweep Bert (the feather-footed Lee) and various magically animated toys and statues that may frighten the children, but turn out to be harmless.
Happily, Mary Poppins is not so benign: It's a smart, dark-hued extravaganza crisply staged by Richard Eyre and wittily choreographed by Matthew Bourne. Julian Fellowes's droll, economical book establishes surprisingly sympathetic characters and decent dramatic stakes in the family plotline. Of course, if you're tired and just want to forget about your kids for two hours, they should be mesmerized by Bob Crowley's looming, eye-popping sets and the flying effects. Hey, it's Disney: Let it take care of the tykes. — David Cote
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How do you encourage bonding between a father and his daughters?
Hello - I am the mum of three girls and I want to encourage my husband to spend more one on one time with each girl (ages 2, 6 and 9) I am looking for ideas for activities that my husband and the girls would enjoy doing together. Thanks so much for your input!
27th February 2012 11:09 PM #2
Hi duggjen,
Thank you for this post - I think this is a great topic to start as sometimes dads can sadly be overlooked.
This leaflet on dads bonding with their children has some ideas.
I find that sometimes it best for my husband to play with my little boy on his own - otherwise I can't help getting involved! One of our friends takes their little girl to dad and child swimming lessons each week. There is also a 'dad and child' morning at a soft play centre near us which I think is great for giving dads quality time to bond with their children.
Perhaps there's a hobby or skill your husband has that you don't mind not partaking in. For example, your husband could go on orienteering treasure hunts (with one of your older daughters), make a family scrap book or have a special 'daddy book' only your husband reads (perhaps to your youngest). Plus then you will get a little bit of time to do something you enjoy too. I also have very happy memories of creating menus and cooking fun meals together with my dad when I was growing up.
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Great advice thank you...my husband is the chef in the family so I thinking cooking together with the older too is a great suggestion!
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I think cooking is a great idea! My husband likes getting pedicures, so he once he brought our daughter and they had daddy/daughter pedicures. The ladies at the spa thought it was hilarious. Of course, my six year old is very small and my husband is muscular and 6'8" so I am sure they looked quite amusing getting their toes done together.
He also includes them in household projects, takes them with him to the hardware store at times, etc. My husband gets to spend a lot of time with our children since we both work at home. It is nice, we are very lucky.


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only do this via donations in the future.
If you are able to make a donation of money or hardware. Please contact
the founder of the CS, CEL and Ares projects:
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Moderator: Jonathan Moore
Note-Taker: Rachel McConnell
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Officers: XX
[edit] Agenda Items
[edit] Announcements
[edit] Introduction and Names
[edit] What Noisebridge is about
[edit] Treasurer's Report
[edit] Very brief primer on Noisebridge consensus process
[edit] What's Going On at Noisebridge
One short sentence about each of the following:
- Circuit Hacking Mondays (7PM, 2169)
- Python Mondays (6:30 PM, 2169)
- Security group - Thursdays 8PM except when 5MoF happens
- SF0's Journey to the End of the Night - A free street game across the cityscape of San Francisco (20091031 1730 at 2169)
- German is picked up again on Thursday?
- neal wants to meet saturday morning to talk about coit tower film projection and broadcast.
Need to schedule:
- New First Aid / CPR class from Michael (one time, approximately four hours)
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- Electrical
- Library
- Network
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- Membership Binder
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- News update on Frantishek's Cuba project
- Seth Schoen is approved by the NB Board to be the next secretary (consensus next week, if people agree)
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# get the code base git clone firstname.lastname@example.com:piersharding/rstudio.git cd rstudio # install dependencies and build for Debian ./dependencies/linux/install-dependencies-debian # installation target directory is the same as for the RStudio packages cmake . -DRSTUDIO_TARGET=Server -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-I/usr/share/R/include -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-I/usr/share/R/inc lude -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/lib/rstudio-server make sudo make install # now configure /etc/rstudio/rserver.conf as you would normally
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Recently, I've been involved in a project that has implemented Pentaho for an Analytics solution for Moodle . This is a large (and probably will be very large) Moodle implementation, so standard Moodle reporting is just not up to it.
One of the requirements was to be able to export student interaction and activity completion data. This can quickly become huge, and the standard Pentaho CSV exporting interfaces can't cope, but there is a good solution to this based on the WebDetails CDA and CDB work. What WebDetails have done, is provide an excellent authenticated JSON API for common Pentaho queries, whether they be Saiku Analytics or Saiku Adhoc queries. With this, a user can use the familiar tools to design a query, and then bookmark it.
To complete the loop, I've written a library for R that uses the JSON interface to access these stored queries, and import the data as a standard data.frame object - RPentaho.
It's a very easy process as document here .
This repository can be generally accessed by doing the following:
setRepositories(addURLs = c(PiersHarding = "http://piersharding.com/R"))
Or for and individual package:
install.packages('RMonet', repos=c('http://piersharding.com/R'))
This is utterly brilliant, but the problem is that I can't access it as I don't have access to a SAP HANA instance (nor would most people). It is also heavily geared to 'Big Data', when there is still an awful lot to be gained from small, and mid-range data analysis arenas (resisting the temptation about size and clichés).
This has definitely touched on my hackers itch, and in response to this I've created one more Scripting Language Connector for R - RSAP.
The idea of this is to enable RFC calls (using the SAP NW RFC SDK) where any table contents are returned as data.frames (in R parlance).
Once you have this data in R, then the world is your oyster - it is up to your imagination as to what you do with it. To give an overview of how it works, and what you can do, I'm going to step through the process of installing and using RSAP.
Firstly you need to install R. I recommend using RStudio as it is a comfortable graphical user interface - you can get it from here.
Under debian (read Ubuntu) flavoured Linux you can install R first before downloading/installing RStudio using:
sudo apt-get install r-base-core r-base-dev r-base-html r-recommended
The SDK is available from the SAP Service Market Place SWDC - this is a forum discussion on getting it http://scn.sap.com/thread/950318
If you have (like me) installed the NPL SAP Test Drive instance, then the SAP NW RFC libs exist in the /usr/sap/NPL/SYS/exe/run directory, the only problem being that it does not contain the C header files (really - SAP should make this available on SDN).
Download or clone the RSAP project source from https://github.com/piersharding/RSAP
Ensure that the R library prerequisites are installed. To do this there is a helper script in the RSAP source code directory. cd to the source directory (downloaded above) - in my case /home/piers/git/public/RSAP - and run the following:
R --no-save < install_dependencies.R
This will prompt to install the packages yaml, reshape, plotrix, and RUnit.
To build and install the RSAP package, cd to the source directory (downloaded above) - in my case /home/piers/git/public/RSAP - run the following:
R CMD INSTALL --build --preclean --clean --configure-args='--with-nwrfcsdk-include=/home/piers/code/sap/nwrfcsdk/include --with-nwrfcsdk-lib=/home/piers/code/sap/nwrfcsdk/lib' .
You must change the values for --with-nwrfcsdk-include and --with-nwrfcsdk-lib to point to the directory locations that you have downloaded the SAP NW RFC SDK to.
Under Linux, it is also likely that you need to add the lib directory to the LD cache or set the LD_LIBRARY_PATH variable.
Setting the LD Cache:
as root, edit /etc/ld.so.conf and add the lib path from above to it on it's own line. Now regenrate the cache by executiong 'sudo ldconfig'.
Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH
You must ensure that the following environment variable is set in all your shells:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/path/to/nwrfcsdk/lib
The easiest way to do this is to add the above line to your $HOME/.bashrc file so that it happens automatically for all future shells.
Once the build and install of the RSAP package is complete, now you should test to make sure it's all working.
Change to the package source code directory (you are probably still there from the above activities), and launch either R or RStudio.
From the R command line try the following:
> library(RSAP)
Loading required package: yaml
You should get the above confirmation message that the dependent yaml package has been loaded. Now we are ready to try some R wizardry.
Lets work through the general process steps for interacting with SAP.
Using RSAP we need to establish a connection to SAP. For this you need an account that has the appropriate access for RFC calls, and functionality access. Connections can be built in two ways - directly passing connection parameters:
> conn <- RSAPConnect(ashost="nplhost", sysnr="42",
client="001", user="developer",
passwd="developer", lang="EN")
Or using a YAML encoded file that contains the connection details:
> conn <- RSAPConnect("sap.yml")
The sap.yml file is structured like:
ashost: nplhost
sysnr: "42"
client: "001"
user: developer
passwd: developer
lang: EN
trace: 1
The above activates the trace functionality in NW RFC SDK. This will create trace files in the current working directory, and are invaluable for debugging connectivity problems.
Now we have the connection object, we can get connection info with it:
info <- RSAPGetInfo(conn)
Query the system with:
res <- RSAPInvoke(conn, "<RFC Function Name", parms)
Or close the connection:
RSAPInvoke() is what we are most interested in, and we need to pass the parameters as a series of nested named lists. The classic example is RFC_READ_TABLE:
parms <- list('DELIMITER' = '|',
'FIELDS' = list(FIELDNAME = list('CARRID', 'CONNID', 'PRICE',
'OPTIONS' = list(TEXT = list("CARRID = 'AA' ", " AND CONNID = 0017 ")),
res <- RSAPInvoke(conn, "RFC_READ_TABLE", parms)
The names must correspond directly to the parameter and structure (for tables) names, and use numeric and character types as appropriate.
The other thing that is really important to get your head around is that R data structures are column oriented, which means we have to think differently about tables that we get from SAP. Tables in SAP translate to lists of vectors where the outer list is a list of column names (a slightly loose analogy but it will do) and the vectors hang off these column names corresponding to all the values in that column down the rows.
In the source code package there is an example script - get_flights.R. It uses the standard demonstration data for the Flight Data system contained in table SFLIGHT2. Let's look at what this does.
Load libraries:
> library(RSAP)
Loading required package: yaml
> library(reshape)
Loading required package: plyr
Attaching package: 'reshape'
The following object(s) are masked from 'package:plyr':
rename, round_any
> library(plotrix)
We now have all the necessary libraries for the rest of the examples.
conn <- RSAPConnect("sap.yml")
parms <- list('DELIMITER' = ';',
res <- RSAPInvoke(conn, "RFC_READ_TABLE", parms)
sflight = res$DATA
flds <- sub("\\s+$", "", res$FIELDS$FIELDNAME)
sflight <- data.frame(sflight, colsplit(sflight$WA, split = ";", names = flds))
This connects to SAP, calls RFC_READ_TABLE to get the contents of SFLIGHT2, and sets the column delimiter for that table as ';'. We close the connection and copy the table data from the return parameter res$DATA (see RFC_READ_TABLE in transaction SE37) into sflight. We also grab the field names returned in table FIELDS, and remove the whitespace at the end. Next - this is where the importance of the ';' delimiter is - using the colsplit() function from the reshape package, we split return DATA into columns named by the FIELDS that RFC_READ_TABLE provided us.
Now we have a data.frame that looks a lot like the table SFLIGHT2 when viewed in transaction SE16.
sflight <- cbind(sflight, FLIGHTNO = paste(sub("\\s+$", "",
sflight$CARRID),sflight$CONNID, sep=""))
sflight$SEGMENT <- paste(sflight$AIRPFROM, sflight$AIRPTO, sep=" - ")
sflight$CARRNAME <- sub("\\s+$", "", sflight$CARRNAME)
sflight$DISTANCE <- as.numeric(lapply(sflight$DISTANCE,
FUN=function (x) {sub("\\*","", x)}))
sflight$DISTANCE <- as.numeric(lapply(sflight$DISTANCE,
FUN=function (x) {if (x == 0) NA else x}))
sflight[sflight$CARRNAME == 'Qantas Airways','DISTANCE'] <- 10258
This next chunk created new vectors (columns) FLIGHTNO combined from CARRID and CONNID, SEGMENT from AIRPFROM and AIRPTO, and cleaned vectors CARRNAME, and DISTANCE.
Now create some aggregated views, to generate visualisations from:
airline_avgocc <- aggregate(data.frame(SEATSMAX=sflight$SEATSMAX,
by=list(carrname=sflight$CARRNAME), FUN=mean, na.rm=TRUE)
airline_sumocc <- aggregate(data.frame(SEATSOCC=sflight$SEATSOCC),
by=list(carrname=sflight$CARRNAME), FUN=sum, na.rm=TRUE)
Show a pie chart - sum of airline occupancy as a share of market:
lbls <- paste(airline_sumocc$carrname, "\n", sprintf("%.2f%%",
(airline_sumocc$SEATSOCC/sum(airline_sumocc$SEATSOCC))*100), sep="")
pie3D(airline_sumocc$SEATSOCC, labels=lbls,
main="Occupancy sum share for Airlines", explode=0.1)
Create a Stacked Bar Plot with Colors and Legend showing a summary of occupancy by segment and carrier - to do this we need to generate a summary (aggregate), and fill in the missing combinations of the grid, and then switch the orientation of rows for columns to present to the plotting funcitons:
d <- aggregate(SEATSOCC ~ CARRNAME:SEGMENT, data=sflight, FUN=sum, na.rm=FALSE)
d2 <- with(d, expand.grid(CARRNAME = unique(d$CARRNAME), SEGMENT = unique(d$SEGMENT)))
airline_sumsegocc <- merge(d, d2, all.y = TRUE)
airline_sumsegocc$SEATSOCC[is.na(airline_sumsegocc$SEATSOCC)] <- 0
# switch orientation to segment * carrier
counts <- data.frame(unique(airline_sumsegocc$CARRNAME))
for (a in unique(airline_sumsegocc$SEGMENT))
{counts <- cbind(counts,
airline_sumsegocc$SEATSOCC[which(airline_sumsegocc$SEGMENT == a)]);}
counts[,1] <- NULL
colnames(counts) <- unique(airline_sumsegocc$SEGMENT);
rownames(counts) <- unique(airline_sumsegocc$CARRNAME);
barplot(as.matrix(counts), main="Total Occupancy by Segment and Carrier",
ylab="Number of Seats",
ylim=c(0, 15000), legend = rownames(counts))
Lastly - we create a simple performance indicator using a time series comparison of different airlines:
# performance by airline over time - dollars per customer KM
sflight$FLDATEYYMM <- substr(sflight$FLDATE, start=1, stop=6)
d <- aggregate(data.frame(PAYMENTSUM=sflight$PAYMENTSUM,
PERFORMANCE=(sflight$PAYMENTSUM/(sflight$SEATSOCC *
FUN=sum, na.rm=TRUE)
d2 <- with(d, expand.grid(carrname = unique(d$carrname),
fldateyymm = unique(d$fldateyymm)))
agg_perf <- merge(d, d2, all.y = TRUE)
agg_perf <- agg_perf[order(agg_perf$carrname, agg_perf$fldateyymm),]
agg_perf$PERFORMANCE[is.na(agg_perf$PERFORMANCE)] <- 0
# create time series and plot comparison
perf_series <- data.frame(1:length(unique(agg_perf$fldateyymm)))
for (a in unique(agg_perf$carrname))
{perf_series <- cbind(perf_series,
agg_perf$PERFORMANCE[which(agg_perf$carrname == a)]);}
perf_series[,1] <- NULL
colnames(perf_series) <- unique(agg_perf$carrname);
# convert all to time series
for (a in length(unique(agg_perf$carrname)))
{perf_series[[a]] <- ts(perf_series[,a], start=c(2011,5), frequency=12)}
# plot the first and line the rest
ts.plot(ts(perf_series, start=c(2011,5), frequency=12),
gpars=list(main="Performance: dollar per customer KM",
col=rainbow(dim(perf_series)[2]), xy.labels=TRUE))
legend(2012.05, 3.2, legend=colnames(perf_series),
col=rainbow(dim(perf_series)[2]), lty=1, seg.len=1)
Hopefully, I've shown that there is a lot that can be done with R - especially in the area of adHoc advanced business intelligence and data analysis. I have not really even scratched the surface in terms of what R can offer for advanced statistical analysis and modelling - that is where the true wizards live.
I would love to hear back from anyone who tries RSAP out - issues and user experiences alike.
Basic R Tutorials
> library(rmr) Loading required package: RJSONIO Loading required package: itertools Loading required package: iterators Loading required package: digest > small.ints = to.dfs(1:10) Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. 12/04/28 19:17:45 INFO util.NativeCodeLoader: Loaded the native-hadoop library 12/04/28 19:17:45 INFO zlib.ZlibFactory: Successfully loaded & initialized native-zlib library 12/04/28 19:17:45 INFO compress.CodecPool: Got brand-new compressor > out = mapreduce(input = small.ints, map = function(k,v) keyval(v, v^2)) Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. packageJobJar: [/tmp/RtmpXlELmY/rmr-local-env, /tmp/RtmpXlELmY/rmr-global-env, /tmp/RtmpXlELmY/rhstr.map2cf71bf8a3a9, /home/piers/hadoop/tmp/hadoop-unjar1509588906818235502/] [] /tmp/streamjob912555254031649512.jar tmpDir=null 12/04/28 19:18:04 INFO mapred.FileInputFormat: Total input paths to process : 1 12/04/28 19:18:05 INFO streaming.StreamJob: getLocalDirs(): [/home/piers/hadoop/tmp/mapred/local] 12/04/28 19:18:05 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Running job: job_201204281916_0001 12/04/28 19:18:05 INFO streaming.StreamJob: To kill this job, run: 12/04/28 19:18:05 INFO streaming.StreamJob: /usr/libexec/../bin/hadoop job -Dmapred.job.tracker=192.168.1.3:9001 -kill job_201204281916_0001 12/04/28 19:18:15 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Tracking URL: http://192.168.1.3:50030/jobdetails.jsp?jobid=job_201204281916_0001 12/04/28 19:18:16 INFO streaming.StreamJob: map 0% reduce 0% 12/04/28 19:18:45 INFO streaming.StreamJob: map 100% reduce 0% 12/04/28 19:18:54 INFO streaming.StreamJob: map 100% reduce 17% 12/04/28 19:18:57 INFO streaming.StreamJob: map 100% reduce 67% 12/04/28 19:19:06 INFO streaming.StreamJob: map 100% reduce 100% 12/04/28 19:19:21 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Job complete: job_201204281916_0001 12/04/28 19:19:21 INFO streaming.StreamJob: Output: /tmp/RtmpXlELmY/file2cf7546b881b > from.dfs('/tmp/RtmpXlELmY/file2cf7546b881b') Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. Warning: $HADOOP_HOME is deprecated. [[1]] [[1]]$key [1] 1 [[1]]$val [1] 1 attr(,"rmr.keyval") [1] TRUE [[2]] [[2]]$key [1] 2 [[2]]$val [1] 4 ...]]>
The key things that people want (from an administration point of view) are to manage people and courses. Often these activities are a tiresome bulk process at set times of the year with a relatively minor tweaking type of activity in between. For managing users - create/update/delete, and enrolments - we already have the built in functionality to do bulk user upload. I have added to this for Courses and for Course categories.
The course upload admin tool can be used to create and manage course outlines, but it can also populate courses using either a nominated course as a template (copies the course contents using the Moodle backup/restore facility), or populate the course from a Moodle backup file.
diff --git a/dumbo/util.py b/dumbo/util.py index a57166d..cd35df3 100644 --- a/dumbo/util.py +++ b/dumbo/util.py @@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ def findjar(hadoop, name): hadoop home directory and component base name (e.g 'streaming')""" jardir_candidates = filter(os.path.exists, [ + os.path.join(hadoop, 'share', 'hadoop', 'contrib', name), os.path.join(hadoop, 'mapred', 'build', 'contrib', name), os.path.join(hadoop, 'build', 'contrib', name), os.path.join(hadoop, 'mapred', 'contrib', name, 'lib'),
hadoop fs -copyFromLocal /var/log/apache2/access.log /user/hduser/access.log hadoop fs -ls /user/hduser/ dumbo start ipcount.py -hadoop /usr -input /user/hduser/access.log -output ipcounts dumbo cat ipcounts/part* -hadoop /usr | sort -k2,2nr | head -n 5]]>
0970518767|"DJ Adams"and then pump this through Gource:
|firstname.lastname@example.com ...
gource --start-position 0.28 --stop-position 0.29 --title 'Communication sphere since 1996' -s 1 --log-format custom email-log.txt
You can record it as a video too:
gource --start-position 0.28 --stop-position 0.29 --title 'Communication sphere since 1996' -s 1 \ --log-format custom email-log.txt -1280x720 -o - | ffmpeg -y -r 60 \ -f image2pipe -vcodec ppm -i - -vcodec libx264 -preset ultrafast -crf 1 -threads 0 -bf 0 gource-video-of-email.mp4And this is what it looks like:
I have found that, in particular at the beginning, it is often harder to think of basic data munging concepts in R - typical tasks like sorting, grouping, data type conversion - often your language of choice (Perl, Python, or even bash) is just quicker for doing these things in the first instance when I'm paring the data down into what I want to apply some form of statistical analysis or charting too.
With this in mind - I basically wanted to be able to perform SQL against a CSV file, without the hassle of loading it into a database first. Enter a clever tool written in Haskell called txt-sushi. This enables you to do interesting things like:
cat test.csv | tssql -table x - 'select a,b, sum(hours) AS hours_sum from x group by a,b'
However, for my purposes tssql is too strict on handling data types, and is dependent on Haskell, so I've built my own simple CSV SQL processor - csvtable in Python using SQLite as a backend. This is surprisingly easy to do, and let's you have the benefit of the convenience and power of SQLite syntax:
python csvtable.py \ --where="system_code != 'LEAVE'" \ --convert='date_epoch:date,hours:int' \ --list="*, sum(hours) AS hours_sum, min(date_epoch) AS date_epoch_min, max(date_epoch) AS date_epoch_max, count(*) AS days, ROUND(AVG(hours), 2) AS avg_time, MIN(hours) AS hours_min, MAX(hours) AS hours_max" \ --group='organisation_code, system_code, request_id' \ --file=test1.csv | \ python csvtable.py --list='*, ROUND(((date_epoch_max - date_epoch_min) / (60 * 60 * 24)) + 1, 2) AS duration' > test2.csv]]>
This presented another problem - in Python, how do you access the HDFS API? There are two existing integrations that I can find - https://github.com/traviscrawford/python-hdfs, and http://code.google.com/p/libpyhdfs/. Travis Crawfords' is easy to get going, but as it uses a JNI binding I didn't relish the prospect of trying to make sure CLASSPATHs etc are right across all my Hadoop nodes (which for my purposes are any machine that I can beg, borrow or steal), in light of this I created my own cheap and cheerful library that uses subprocess to call the 'hadoop' executable for 'fs' - hdfsio .
I admit this isn't the height of efficiency (or possibly elegance), but it is surprisingly robust and very simple.
Hadoop is a big thing, and takes (to my mind) quite a lot of effort to get going, and to understand how you can bend it to your will. Par of this learning process has been about finding a comfortable installation pattern for Linux - in particular Ubuntu, and the best help I've found so far has been from Michael Noll. Things that I had to be careful about were getting ssh working, and name resolution exactly right on all nodes that you put in your cluster, as you distribute things like /etc/hadoop/masters and the *-site.xml config files.
The next stage was to find a development pattern that enabled me to avoid Java. The answer to this for me is Hadoop Streaming. This basically allows you to pipe IO in and out of programs written in your favourite language - and in this case Michael does brilliantly again with Python and MapReduce.
As part of some work for the Ministry of Education for LMS -> myPortfolio (Mahara) integration, it became apparent that we needed a Web Services stack. This is not particularly interesting in it's self, but it is something that an interconnected service needs, in order to participate in a Socially Networked world.
Building a WS framework is not a difficult thing, but it is relatively time consuming (anything that takes more than a few weeks is considered expensive here), so the problem was, how to develop an unexciting feature that in itself does not deliver any great new user experience quickly and cheaply. At this point it occurred to me that there might be a solution in what Moodle has achieved with it's Web Services Framework - after all, Mahara is (in a previous life) based on Moodle.
It turned out, that the way that Peta Skoda has developed the Moodle WSF is fundamentally based on Zend data services, and is quite portable.
To this end, I have ported it as an auth plugin which can be downloaded here, and the documentation is here.
This gives the basic features of token, and user based auth, with SOAP, XML-RPC and JSON emitting REST based services. There are a number of other things that I'd like to add to this, the most important being OAuth based authentication, and JSON based import parameter consumption.
Edit: JSON based import parameter consumption, has been done, but I want to add replacing MNet to the list of things to do.
I've looked at a few BI (well SAP, Business Objects, and Pentaho) implementations over the years, and one of the things that I have always found frustrating/off putting is what I consider the huge startup costs for such implementations. This has usually been characterised by expensive infrastructure implementations in both hardware and software coupled with the difficulty that most businesses have in visualising what data they need to have access to, and how it should be most effectively presented.
I've found this dilemma more accute in the Moodle world, as the so many of the customers involved are on a very tight to non-existent budget, yet their requirement to analyse Learning Managment System performance data is still there.
A year ago, I concluded that Pentaho was my first choice, for the twin reasons that it's OpenSource (specifically no license fees), and that it has sufficiently good data modelling tools to enable a suite of reports customised to Moodle to be delivered. While this reduces the cost of delivering a flexible reporting solution for Moodle, it still falls short on a couple of points:
(1) Most people who implement Moodle are not Data Warehousing, or Modelling experts so they are unlikely to be able to sufficiently accurately determine what their requirements are in advance (actually a common business problem, not unique to the Moodle community).
(2) Pentaho, while reasonably straight forward to install, is still another complex piece of software to host - a major barrier to entry for most Moodle implementations.
What I started looking for then, was a set of visualisation tools that could be integrated with Moodles PHP environment - atleast users would then be able to do more complex reporting and analysis. What I found exceeded my expectations, in the form of a Labs project from Google called Fusion Tables.
Fusion Tables is shaping up to be Business Intelligence reporting with the twist of collaborative, and Geo encoding capabilities. The basic mode is that CSV files of data can be uploaded into a flexible storage engine, datasets can be joined and merged, automatically Geo encoded, and then consumed through a good set of graphical presentation tools. Datasets can be shared and collaboratively edited.
As Luck would have it that this service is firstly free, and secondly exposed via an SQL-like API integrated with the standard Google OAuth mechanism. This makes it attractive as a generic data analysis and reporting tool for a low cost operating environment like Moodle and the education sector.
To test out the theory of all this, I've implemented 3 things:
* OAuth integration for Moodle including a site, and secret registry
* A generic Fusion Tables data proxy for Moodle
* A Gradebook export module that enables the export of the standard gradebook data to Fusion Tables
For the curious, this can be found at Gitorious -moodle-local_oauth.]]>


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Ruth Altamura-ROll, MA, NCC, LCP
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That's strange and also unusual for you to engage me and openly put me down for all my spiritual failings than fail to discuss yours! :SmileyWink: Come come, don't be such a coward. Let's talk about your beliefs too. We should talk about Thich Nhat Hanh then, for it is undeniable that he's both a brilliant man as well as a devout spiritual man. Regardless even that system recognizes some sense of spiritual attainment in which people evolve into a bodhisattva or higher. So you're denying the existence of God per se. Some Christians. My gosh there are a billion of us. You're making a really huge dishonest stereotype.[b] I don't know any two that are the same,[/b] not many but the extreme sort of fundamentalists who spend a ton of time on Satan's presence. The problem with only love is that it isn't defineable and is so loose as to be almost meaningless. It's a bland idea discussing universal love, and unattainable. It's like saying, "See if everyone would just love each other, then everything would be perfect...." which is admirable and noble and hopelessly naive too. [/quote] It might have been a good idea to leave that line out. Talk about meaningless drivel. You are ALL exactly the same. Not a shred of difference. I can pick a "Christian" out in two seconds flat, and it isn't because they are so spiritual and good either. Some of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard come from the mouths of most Christians. I should know, I was a devout Christian for 25 years and left because you people are ALL, yes every single one of you, the same. The endless contradictions and hypocrisy were two other reasons. That book and subsequent religion is full of SHIT! [/quote] Well that's just your subjective opinion, isn't it? You don't offer any intellectual discourse whatsoever. It's very lazy writing. Why not write instead about what YOU think, rather than resort to puerile slander like "That book and subsequent religion is full of SHIT!"? That's not how rational people talk, but how fundamentalists talk. So you've simply exchanged your probably once balanced spirituality for some domgmaitic kneejerk response. How is that better? [/quote] Funny how you picked that one line out amongst everything that was said in that post. You're a Christian, aren't you? See how easy that was? See ya. :hi: [/quote] Note unlike you I didn't say something equally perverse. It's not the mark of an intelligent person, [b]only a jerk. [/b]It's pathetic, and not the way to debate, but rather the actions of a spoiled child. [/quote] Or, well studied in "Christianity". Name calling, how Christian-like. See? You're all the same. Hypocrites, every one of ya. [/quote] HA! I scoff at your remark. Calling you a jerk is so tame and mild versus saying that Christianity and the Bible are full of SHIT! Come now, that's no comparison! Are you saying it's fine to call a billion people, their religion, and their beliefs, and their sacred text full of excrement? You're absurd and too sensitive....and a JERK of the 1st magnitude! [/quote] I'm the sensitive one? :lmao: Mirrors suck, eh? [/quote] Hahahahah I'm laughing at you. [b]The comparison of a billion souls covered in excrement because you're a sad little man and unhappy with Christians it too much. You got upset with being called a jerk. Talk about oversensitive![/b] :rofl: [/quote] That doesn't sound like the words of someone who is having a good time to me. No, those are the words of butthurt. [/quote] See that precisely what I mentioned. It's the sign of a total lack of decorum. If I use baby words like butthurt x 3, do I win? Huh huh? Pathetic loser. Be the intellectual you claim to be, if you dare. [b]I am totally mocking you and laughing. [/b]Not because you are brilliant, but because you're so weak. [/quote] I've already won. [/quote] That's the sad part. I've discussed multiple angles to having a dialogue with a rational person about their belief system, followed that from a Christian perspective to other Christians on why quoting the Bible won't persuade any nonbelievers. Discussed how they might better witness effectively. Then discussed a real philosophical proof of God, one that NO ONE has yet bothered to analyze or rebut. Followed a second famous proof on the status of Jesus Christ, which no one has bothered to rebut either. The only thing you have "butted in" about is excrement and pejoratives....which is extremely low class. [/quote]
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Let's get right to it.
No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is real.
No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is NOT real.
All arguments are moot without assuming a "given".
How can I say all this with certainty?
BECAUSE NO ONE CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT DREAMING RIGHT NOW, with fabricated memories and all.
No matter what, FAITH is required just to participate in whatever you think is reality.
Both atheists and God-believers base their beliefs on FAITH in experiential data.
A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are.
SO--is there a GOD?
My experiential data (a near-death experience that was seemingly as "real" as anything else I've experienced) says YES.
That's why I believe in God.
But I'd be a liar if I said that my NDE provides "proof"--even to myself. After all, my dreams are as "real" as anything even when I'm walking on the ceiling and lightsaber fighting and flying a MIG--all with a head full of outlandish memories.
So...all of you know-it-alls arguing FOR or AGAINST the concept of "God" need to
because your arguments ARE DEMONSTRABLY FLAWED.
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"Few people understand this idea as well as Melody Beattie, an author recovering successfully from a variety of addictive disorders and entanglements." (AudioFile)
"Bettie understands being overboard, which helps her throw best-selling lifelines to those still adrift." (Time)
"So Applicable"
Book started off slow, began to think I didn't relate and this may not be the book for me. But.... as the book goes on into the 2nd hour, I realize this book is TOTALLY for me, and is applicable to everyone I know! Just finished it and excited to start listening again. So much to absorb and apply to everyday life. Felt way too many times that the author was finishing my thoughts. The $15 - $20 spent is not even worth thinking about, if you are willing to listen and think about what this book that applies to all speaks of.
For anyone wondering why they are always worn out emotionally and feel the need to "make everyone better and fix everything." This is the book for you. Although Beattie focuses on alcoholism, Codepencency is about more than having an alcoholic spouse. Codependency is about how you cope with dysfunctional relationships where one individual carries the load and doesn't allow the other to face their responsibilities. Excellent listen! Excellent Read as I bought the hard copy as well.
"very helpful"
down to earth, hopeful and positive, good for people struggling with these issues.
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This book changed my life. Best buy ever! Wish I had read it before!!! Its so conforting findiing yourself through its pages. It helped me understand myself and letting go. 100% positive ratings!
"Good Book/complex subject matter"
I purchased both the hard copy and the Audible version. I am listining to the audible version first and if I need to review anything I can go back to the book and think about it. This is a complex subject matter that can be difficult to understand. The writers does her best to make it digestable for us.
Otherwise it is well read and the speaker is easy to listen to.
"What an eye-opener"
This book will change the way that you look at relationships. It blew me away and helped to shed light on a subject that I had no idea existed until recently. How utterly clarifying!
"Hits on all cylinders"
This is a calming audiobook, and gives clear insight into copdenency and how to manage it.
"This book has saved my life!"
Next to the Bible, no book has ever had such a great impact on my life. I read it yearly, and in some seasons, daily.
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You will love Melody Beattie ... this book opened so many doors to me as well as helped me resolve so much of my problems ... i began to view things differently ... this book changed my life ... highly recommended
"Every mother, wife, woman should own a copy"
This book was recommended to me by a counselor while I was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. It is one woman's manual to overcoming struggles and although the book has a heavy emphasis on dealing with alcoholics, and people with dependency issues, something that was not necessarily true for me, it taught me a massive amount about my own thought process and really how I bet myself up way too much mentally.It genuinely changed me for the better and made me feel understood and more aware of my strengths.I purchased the audio version as I really did not feel like reading some "self help" crap, if I'm honest. However I think I made the right choice, the narrator is perfect and I have listened to some chapters over and over.I recommend this if you ever feel your kindness is taken advantage of, you feel under appreciated, you say yes to things because you feel guilty saying no or you have any sort of hurtful, or dysfunctional relationships in your life,You will finally understand everything,
It is written in a non-preachy way, it is not condescending and unlike other self help books, this can sometimes make you mad, but at yourself. It took me on a journey I will never forget.
Christina Moore is excellent. It feels like a chat rather than someone reading to you, I cannot recommend her highly enough
No, but it is a book you will ALWAYS go back to
If your in doubt, but other books are telling you the same old positive thinking diatribe..I cant emphasize enough, this book is a massive seller for a reason, and its one you will pass on
"Very good for recovery"
For me, personally, this (audio)book is one of the best I have listened to (read) recently. It not only points out to eventual causes of the disfunction but also to possible ways of recovering from it.
Very good reading style.
Many moments: couple of them are "feel what you feel", about anger, grief, 12 Step work and other
Genuinly, "high" on my priority list.
"eye opener"
this is an eye opening piece, in that, it points out how one gets used to a constant pressing of harmful attitudes. why do I always attract these sorts? because I open the door and they walk in and I dont even think to stop them. this book is helping me put the latch on.
"Sound volume varies"
Towards the end of the book the volume goes down in parts and then back up again.
It is excellent though, very informative and enlightening.
"if you are codependent, thisnis for you"
The kindest and most compassionate map to freedom for those of us embroiled in another person's chaos.
Whether you think you need this book or not, YOU NEED IT!! Very insightful and understandable. I can't recommend it enough.
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Covers everything. I didn't even know I was codependent. I just kept attracting the same relationships
I thought that this book was to over published, she does not have a PHD IN PSYCHOLOGY AND FOUND SOME SENTENCES REPEATABLE . ITS OKAY FOR THE LIGHT READER . BUT ITS NOT FOR EVERYONE. SURE IT WILL HELP PEOPLE IN SIMULATIVE CIRCUMSTANCES. ONLY GOT A LITTLE OUT OF IT MYSELF. SORRY....
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In January, children and families across the country tuned in to CPTV for the premiere of "Odd Squad Saves the World," a special one-hour event from the new PBS KIDS live-action math series, ODD SQUAD. Nationally, more than 3.7 million viewers* watched the ODD SQUAD kid agents save the day in the new special, which premiered locally on CPTV, January 19 at 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. That week, "Odd Squad Saves the World" was the country's top-rated special across all kids' demographics*.
ODD SQUAD airs weekdays on CPTV and is also available on various digital platforms**. During the "Odd Squad Saves the World" special event, there were over 44.5 million*** video streams spanning these multiple platforms, while over 1.7 million*** users visited the ODD SQUAD website (pbskids.org/oddsquad).
ODD SQUAD joins the multiple Emmy Award-winning series, PEG + CAT, as part of PBS KIDS' ongoing commitment to helping kids build the math skills they need to succeed in school and in life. ODD SQUAD is a live-action series designed to help kids 5-8 build math, problem-solving and collaboration skills. The series focuses on two young agents, Olive and Otto, who are part of Odd Squad, an agency whose mission is to investigate unusual occurrences. A math concept is embedded in each of their cases, as Olive and Otto work together to problem-solve and set things right. ODD SQUAD premiered on CPTV in November 2014 and airs weekdays at 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
"In just a few months since it has premiered, ODD SQUAD has provided our CPTV Kids viewers with rich, educational multimedia content," said Carol Sisco, V.P. of Corporate Communications, CPTV. "ODD SQUAD is a perfect example of the holistic and integrated approach we take to engaging children across multiple platforms. Kids are able to tune in to ODD SQUAD on CPTV and continue the adventure online, learning valuable math and collaboration skills to support lessons gained during the on-air broadcast."
ODD SQUAD is created by Tim McKeon (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Adventure Time, The Electric Company) and Adam Peltzman (The Electric Company, The Backyardigans, Wallykazam!) and produced by Sinking Ship Entertainment and The Fred Rogers Company.
ODD SQUAD is funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the U.S. Department of Education through the CPB-PBS Ready To Learn Initiative, a program that supports the development of innovative educational television and digital media targeted to preschool and early elementary school children and their families, especially those from low-income communities.
* Source: NTI Nielsen NPower Live+7 Persons 2+ Reach (000) for Odd Squad Saves The World, 75% unification with a 6 minute qualifier, week of January 19, 2015.
** pbskids.org, PBS KIDS Video App, PBS KIDS on Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast and Amazon Fire TV
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The Books section of the site is intended to be a comprehensive resource of all relevant books published since 1861 on the Irish experience of the Civil War. It has now grown to 146 titles, and is, as far as I am aware, the most complete listing of books on the Irish in the war available on the internet. It is divided into sections, namely 'Regimental & Brigade Histories', 'Biography', 'Edited/Personal Accounts', 'General Works' and 'Other'. Some of the titles are well known, while others are more obscure and harder to come by. 24 of the books, mainly personal memoirs, are linked directly to full text versions on archive.org, so it is possible to read these titles online. The books listed cover all aspects of the war, North and South, so be sure to check it out if you are researching the Irish in the American Civil War or interested in learning more. As ever, if you are aware of any potential additions to the list please let me know, and you will be fully acknowledged for your contribution.
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Damian, you have an excellent list and have done us all a good service by compiling it. I didn't know of several of the books on your list. I only own one that I was certain should be added. It is:Jolly, Ellen Ryan, LLD. 1927.Nuns of the Battlefield. I assume it will be listed under "general works."
I am not certain whether you are including personal accounts of soldiers of Irish extraction, but who were not themselves born in Ireland. If you are, you might consider: McMahon, John T. (edited by John Michael Priest) 1993. John T. McMahon's Diary of the 136th New York 1861-1864. Mr. McMahon's father was apparently born in Ireland.
Another soldier whose name suggests he is Irish is:Patrick, Robert (edited by F. Jay Taylor) 1996. The Secret Diary of Robert Patrick 1861-1865 (paperback). This soldier was from Louisiana, but I'm not aware of his family's relationship to Ireland.
Again, thanks for doing this. I have found the list useful for considering the status of my own collection. Best. Jim Swan


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ATLANTA (AP) — The State Board of Regents has approved of aligning the Skidaway Institute of Oceanography with the University of Georgia.
The Skidaway Institute of Oceanography is a multidisciplinary research institution created in 1967 that conducts research in all fields of oceanography and marine sciences. The facility is housed on a 700-acre campus on Skidaway Island near Savannah. The institute recently received a federal grant of nearly $700,000 to study the chemistry of salt marshes in coastal Georgia.
In a statement Tuesday, the University System's Chief Academic Officer, Houston Davis, said the alignment will help streamline operations and enhance research efforts for both Skidaway and UGA's marine and coastal programs.
The alignment became effective Tuesday after the board of regents voted.


text: Company cited in fatal Taylor gas well explosion By Ken Ward Jr. August 16, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal regulators have cited the employer of a worker who was killed earlier this year in explosion at a natural gas production site in Taylor County, records show.The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued one serious citation to Central Environmental Services LLC following its investigation of the Feb. 15 death at a site near Flemington.Brian Hopkins, of Little Hocking, Ohio, died in the explosion, which occurred at an EQT Corp. well site, according to records from OSHA and the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection.DEP officials said at the time that the incident appeared to have occurred while Hopkins was attempting to transfer briny wastewater from an onsite tank to a truck that would haul the material to a disposal site. Central Environmental, a contractor for EQT, employed Hopkins.OSHA issued a serious citation that alleged Central Environmental had employees using headlamps that were not "intrinsically safe" to prevent sparks, fires or explosions.The citation included a proposed fine of $4,500. An official from Central Environmental did not immediately return a call seeking comment on the OSHA citation.OSHA lists violations as serious if "there is substantial probability that death or serious physical harm could result from a hazard about which the employer knew or should have known." Records indicate that officials could not conclusively determine the source of the ignition that led to the explosion.But OSHA said Central Environmental used improper headlamps "for illumination during hours of darkness when checking brine tank levels." Nearby residents said the explosion that killed Hopkins occurred about 6:45 p.m. DEP inspectors arrived onsite about 8:45 a.m., records show.OSHA also issued two "other than serious" citations that involved not having proper employee training on the use of fire extinguishers and having an electrical receptacle without a faceplate. Those carried no proposed penalties.EQT calls itself "a major player in the Appalachian Basin," with more than 3.5 million acres of drilling rights in Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.Parkersburg-based Central Environmental says it is "a leading provider of a comprehensive suite of environmental, transportation, energy and industrial services," including the management of gas industry wastewater."Between 2003 and 2011, the most recent figures available, at least 17 workers in West Virginia's oil and gas industry were killed on the job, according to an analysis by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics.Reach Ken Ward Jr. at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1702. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Capito votes to proceed on Obamacare repeal 2 Rob Byers: Trump's babble puts a stain on Scouting (Gazette) 3 DEP orders halt to Rover Pipeline construction 4 Trump addresses Boy Scouts at National Jamboree in WV 5 WV's first known victim of snake fungal disease found Forum to focus on benefits of state coal exports Previous Story Holy heartstrings, Batman: Caped Crusader visits sick kids in Charleston (photos) Next Story


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Crutchfield at CES 2013
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Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
Crutchfield goes to the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas to meet with the companies whose products we carry, and to see what's going to be hot in 2013. We brought our video team along to share some of the things we saw and experienced. We'll post a photo or two each day. Find all our team's photos on our CES 2013 Pinterest board.
January 12
We headed back for home today. It was a great show, and we saw quite a bit. We return with footage for over 100 CES-related videos. So there's more to see from Crutchfield at CES. Below are a few odds and ends we couldn't let go without a mention.
The Sony RX1 is the smallest full-frame camera made to date.
An exploded view of the Sony RX1.
The Sony full-frame VEG900 camcorder. We were ready to upgrade on the spot.
The Kenwood DNN receiver brings the Cloud into your car.
The Alpine ICS-X7HD runs apps and is Mirrorlink-compatible with a Galaxy S3 Android™ smartphone. Very smart.
January 11
A full day of seeing some of the game-changing technologies and products coming out this year. We visited Definitive Tech, Samsung, Sony, LG, NAD, and PSB.
Kudos to Sony for winning a CES Best of Innovations award for their XAV-701HD receiver with MirrorLink.
Check out this Definitive Tech soundbar for your iPad
The Samsung Series 8 plasma TV has astounding picture quality. This photo really doesn't do it justice.
January 10
For us, it was Car Audio day at CES 2013. We checked out the latest gear from Kenwood, Alpine, Pioneer, Kicker, JVC, and Clarion. Saw some amazing products and eye-popping showcars. Later in the evening we dropped by to chat with our friends at Peachtree Audio.
We finished our working day with an in-depth conversation with Peachtree Audio.
No, that's not a real car. It's just the setting for Pioneer's demo of MIXTRAX, which is real killer.
Alpine showed off an app that lets you tune your car audio system with your smartphone.
How about this Kenwood heads-up display? I'm thinking it would be right at home in a flying car.
One of the Kicker showcars. This is a seriously cool piece of machinery -- with a Kicker sound system to match!
January 9
We visited our friends at Olympus, Polk Audio, Sanus, AKG, and JBL today.
AKG K619 headphones were designed for the DJ -- and others serious about their music.
This JBL portable system can recharge a connected iPhone three times while it's playing.
These Polk Audio UltraFocus 8000 noise-canceling headphones were sweet. They even canceled out the din of the CES floor!
Sanus has teamed up with Safe Kiids to encourage folks to stabilize their flat-panel TVs. It doesn't take much to secure your TV and keep your little ones safe.Check out TVSafety.org to find out more info.
Normally cameras and water don't mix. But Olympus demonstrated otherwise for their products in a dramatic fashion.
January 8
The show hadn't officially started, but there was still a lot to see.
Awesome show car from Monster Cable
A low-light shot taken outside our hotel with a Fuji X-E1 camera.


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"Frigatebirds are designed for an aerial life" writes a group of French scientists in Nature, vol 421, p333, 23 Jan 2003. Using altimeters and satellite tracking technology the scientists analysed the flight patterns of frigatebirds and found they spend their lives soaring and gliding using thermals to give them uplift to heights of 2,500m. They even spend the night flying, an unusual characteristic of birds previously observed only in Swifts. Frigate birds have the lowest wing loading of any bird, i.e. a large wing span area for a low body mass, and the scientists concluded frigatebirds evolved this, and their ability to fly for long periods of time as "extreme adaptations for finding food in poorly provisioned tropical waters."
Editorial Comment: We certainly agree frigatebirds were "designed" for an aerial life, but they didn't get that way by adaptation. It makes more sense to believe frigatebirds with their superb aerodynamics were created to soar. As the world's oceans degenerated following Noah's flood, these birds have been able to exploit a food source that birds less aerodynamically advantaged could not exploit. "Survival of the fittest" is a real phenomenon, but it doesn't produce evolution. It simply enables the already fit to survive. The rest move on or die. (Ref. frigatebirds, flight)


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The Levy County Sheriff's Office reports the following arrests:
n Juan Vianney Huerta-Alonso, 29, Bronson, arrested Sept. 18, no driver's license. Released on own recognizance.
n Jena Marie Hindsley, 22, Old Town, arrested Sept. 17, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving while license suspended or revoked (DWLSR). Released on own recognizance.
n Shannon Evelyn White, 34, Fanning Springs, arrested Sept. 17, Violation of Probation (VOP) larceny, VOP criminal mischief and VOP resisting without violence. Bond $3,000.
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