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WARREN, Michigan—General Motors has gone through a major transformation since emerging from bankruptcy three years ago. Now cashflow-positive, the company is in the midst of a different transformation—a three-year effort to reclaims its own IT after 20 years of outsourcing.
The first physical manifestation of that transformation is here at Warren, where GM has built the first of two enterprise data centers. The $150 million Warren Enterprise Data Center will cut the company's energy consumption for its enterprise IT infrastructure by 70 percent, according to GM's CIO Randy Mott. If those numbers hold up, the center will pay for itself with that and other savings from construction within three years.
Mott recently announced that GM's efforts to make the Warren data center's construction eco-friendly—including its energy-saving measures, solar-powered electric car charging stations in the parking lot, and recycling of 99 percent of construction waste—have earned the center a LEED "gold" certification from the US Green Building Council. Less than five percent of data centers have LEED certification.
The data center is part of a much larger "digital transformation" at the company, Mott said. GM is consolidating its IT operations from 23 data centers scattered around the globe (most of them leased) and hiring its own system engineers and developers for the first time since 1996. Within the next three to five years, GM expects to hire 8,500 new IT employees with 1,600 of them in Warren. "We're already at about the 7,000 mark for internal IT from our start point of about 1,700," Mott said.
On September 5, Jeff Liedel, GM's Executive Director and CIO for Infrastructure Engineering, gave Ars a personal tour of the Warren data center. While GM's needs are far different from that of big Internet companies such as Amazon, Facebook, or Google, it's clear that the automaker has cribbed from their notes on how to build data centers and how to create spaces that drive collaboration.
While it will be years before GM reaches the capacity of the Warren data center, the company has already begun construction on another data center at the company's Milford proving grounds. Mott reiterated the expectation that the Warren site will pay for itself within three years. The savings won't just come from the 70 percent reduction in energy consumption, but there's a "holistic" effect of closing the 23 data centers around the world from GM's days of IT outsourcing.
"In the IT business, you only get to build a data center once every 20 years or so," Liedel said. "We needed to get this right."
Building a cloud, under one roof
The first step in that transformation, Liedel said, was converting everyone running its IT operations to GM employees. Next came centralizing control over the company's widely-scattered IT assets.
So far, three of the company's 23 legacy data centers have been rolled into the new Warren data center. That's eliminated a significant chunk of the company's wide-area network costs. "We have 8,000 engineers at (Vehicle Engineering Center) here," Liedel said. And those engineers are pushing around big chunks of data—the "math" for computer-aided design, computer aided manufacturing, and a wide range of high-performance computing simulations
"Now with the data center on the same campus, we're not paying for the WAN bandwidth we had before," Liedel explained. "We've got dark fiber here on the campus, and the other major concentration of engineers is at Milford at the Proving Ground." Milford and Warren are connected over fiber via dens wave division multiplexing, providing 10 channels of 10-gigabit-per-second bandwidth.
GM has also centralized control of all of its data centers at Warren in a new 180,000 square foot IT Operations and Command Center adjacent to the data center. From the OCC, GM's IT operations team oversees the entire GM global network—including the growing cloud infrastructure within the Warren data center itself.
"Cloud is an integral part of the data center," Liedel said. "We offer compute infrastructure as a service to the developers in the IT organization. I've been in IT for 25 years now, and I think 'We're waiting for a server' is a really lame excuse for being late with an IT rollout. The long pole should be the requirements, code or testing."
For GM, cloud means automated provisioning of virtual servers within its existing computing hardware (which is largely made up of Hewlett-Packard blade servers in HP C7000 enclosures), using tools from HP, IBM, and VMware. The automated provisioning system GM has put in place allows Liedel's team to turn around requests for new servers in about two hours. That's not as fast as Amazon, but GM has some needs that require a bit more time to handle.
"We build firewall rules, set which what protocol ports are open, and configure load balancers and do an active-active replication between data centers," Liedel explained. "And we perform security scans and signoffs. There are things you need to handle with applications, like 'do you need sticky bits on the load balancer, so it hits the same server every time you ask for something in a session' and 'do you need SSL setups?' Some of those things, the tools don't do that yet. But a lot of what we do is automated."
There are currently about 2,500 virtual servers running in the Enterprise Data Center, 88 percent of which run on GM's two standard provisioned operating systems: SUSE Linux and Microsoft Windows 2008 R2. Where the cloud provisioning system breaks, said Liedel, is in that other 12 percent "where they leave the cloud and we have to build custom infrastructure."
GM isn't using software-defined networking as part of its cloud. "We use a lot of VPNs and a lot of LAN segments on the same hardware for traffic control as well as security," Leidy said. That's particularly true for a group of systems Liedel showed me racked up alongside each other in one of the data center's thermally isolated "pods"—GM's Enterprise Data Warehouse.
GM's data warehouse consists of a cluster of IBM servers running a Hadoop cluster, a Teradata analytics "appliance," and another rack of HP compute servers running visualization and reporting tools on VMware virtual server instances. (That includes server software from Cognos.) Liedel said that GM uses Hadoop to normalize its masses of data and then uses the Teradata analytical engine to perform deep analysis on it.
Keeping it cool
Aside from shedding the leases and leased lines, one of the biggest sources of savings at Warren is expected to be its energy efficiency. Part of that comes from the design of the data center itself, and part of it comes from being in Michigan.
"We take advantage of the cold weather we have eight to nine months a year," Liedel explained. The data center's cooling system includes three "waterfall" evaporation chillers, with three monster-sized refrigerating chillers as backup that sometimes heat the water up. "Sometimes when it's colder, we have to heat the water to 53 degrees," Liedel said—because at lower temperatures, the water would cause moisture in the data center's air to form condensation.
Two chillers are enough to handle the current capacity of the data center, but there are three for redundancy. There's also infrastructure in place to add more chillers as the capacity of the data center expands. Alongside the evaporative waterfalls, there are huge "thermal storage" tanks. The tanks hold a reserve of 30 minutes worth of cooling water in the event the cooling system loses power—it can take up to 30 minutes to get cooling water back to the right temperature if the system goes offline, Liedel said.
Another part of the data center's cooling efficiency comes from the "in-row" coolers. Six of these coolers—essentially chill-water cooled air conditioning units—are installed in each of the data center's thermal containment pods. These pods are groups of racks arranged in a rectangular block with a common "hot aisle" behind them. Each pod has a heat containment "roof," a retractable plastic sheet that covers the hot aisle.
"Servers will adjust their current draw and their cooling fans based on their load," said Liedel. In data centers with central HVAC, that can play havoc with cooling, since some areas will be hotter than others. But with individual in-row coolers only three racks at most away from a set of servers, it's easier to deliver cooling just to the areas where it's needed and run the HVAC for the whole facility much more efficiently. If cooling fails in one of the data center's pods, its roof automatically retracts to allow the general HVAC to pick up the load.
Almost no batteries required
Aside from its energy efficiency, GM's Warren Data Center picks up green cred in the way it handles its emergency power. Instead of using an array of lead-acid batteries to provide current in the event of an interruption of power, the data center is equipped with uninterruptible power supplies from Piller that use 15,000 pound flywheels spinning at 3,300 revolutions per minute.
The stored momentum in the flywheels can turn an emergency generator in order to provide power for up to 15 seconds while the data center's two giant 5,800 horsepower diesel generators come online. There are also two 6,400-gallon diesel fuel tanks—enough for the generators to produce three megawatts of power for up to 48 hours. These tanks can be continuously refueled to keep the data center up and running indefinitely.
All of the energy coming into the data center, both from the utility lines and from the backup generators, is used to power "motor generators." Rather than being passed directly into the power grid of the data center, the outside power is used to run these internal generators, mostly to prevent outside spikes or variations from being passed on to the power distribution system.


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If you have been an advisor for more than, say, the last five years, then you probably remember "the good old days"—new business development was answering the phone! When a prospect did come see you, for the most part you were the only advisor they were meeting with and it was pretty easy to land them as clients.
With the slowdown in wealth creation and the tremendous increase in competition, those days are gone forever. Potential clients are more cautious than ever in the wake of large-scale instances of fraud (Madoff) and market and economic volatility (the financial crisis), so they now interview several firms before choosing one to manage their future and build their legacy.
To stay competitive, a firm needs the right reputation, credentials and ongoing marketing efforts to drive new business. But the tiebreaker, and still the best way to differentiate your firm, is to go above and beyond with a curated client experience that begins the moment a prospect walks through your door.
It's hard to believe that only 20 years ago the independent advisor field was relatively new. That meant competition was sparse and marketing for most firms meant asking for referrals and then answering the phone.
As the market has matured and the financial industry morphed into a powerhouse, quality and standards went way up and credentials and experience became vital as clients became more discerning and cautious with their options. Times changed in what seemed like a blink of the eye, and the RIAs that rose to the occasion developed a sixth sense about where the market was turning.
Today, the firms that continue to succeed embrace change as if their lives depend on it—because they do. Building new business today means having the right combination of evolving talent, technology, social media prowess and a firm-wide sales-focused mindset. The secret sauce? Providing impeccable, consistent, personalized client service that not only runs like clockwork, but is also so inimitable that it functions as a fool-proof client retention strategy.
Why They Should Pick You: Making Initial Prospect Meetings Count
Your true first impression starts with the initial meeting with a potential client, and make no mistake—this is a beauty contest.
No matter how much preparation you put into a presentation, there will simply not be enough time to explain all of the benefits of working with your firm. Your number one goal for that first meeting should be two-fold: (1) to get a clear picture of the client's situation, and (2) leave them a bit unsettled about something personal and important to them, and convinced that you can help them with that issue.
I always recommend the interview-style meeting. You can begin with the expected presentation in which you provide your credentials, speak about the high level of services you provide, and so forth. But I wouldn't do that! I start by just talking with them and asking questions, starting with "What brings you here today?" By focusing on the prospect right from the start you accomplish what is critical for success: you begin to build trust.
So how do you begin to build trust? By listening. This first meeting should be less about you, and more about the client. Ask questions; lots of them. Why are they here? What are their concerns? Their needs? I find that most potential clients initially hold back but then realize quickly that we are here to help them. And what better way to help than to discuss all of their issues?
Getting these clients to talk is what guides the rest of your initial meeting. In 20 minutes of discussion you will have gathered information about their personalities, their general financial situation, their issues, fears and why they're shopping for an advisor.
From there your presentation takes a very personal turn. Based on their personality, you know the right people in your firm who can help them. You know from their expressed concerns which services you offer that will make the most impact on them.
Every point, every topic and every question you ask from that point on should relate back to what you've learned about the prospect so far. Demonstrate the nature of your plan for them and they will experience a deep, personal interaction with you peppered with thoughtful inquiries. Don't necessarily go into the weeds about the technical issues they might not have considered; there will be time for that in another meeting.
The quality of this first meeting determines your future relationship with this prospect. They may still interview other firms, but by now you've planted a healthy seed that lets them know that you've listened to them, that you understand them and that you most definitely can take care of them.
That lasting impression—and the trust that you've already begun to establish—is what will bring those prospects back to your door, asking the ultimate question: "What are our next steps?"


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Angels, In and Out of Focus this Season + Final Thoughts on the San Diego Trip
Focus. It's essential, both for winning the game at hand and for reaching the post season. Completely out of sorts after the last three games, on Tuesday morning I was going to argue that Angels had hopelessly lost all focus.
Fortunately, I'm a moody writer in the reverse of tradition – I hate writing when I'm in a bad mood – so I had Tuesday's gem to remind me that the prognosis is far from hopeless before I posted. The Angels have lost focus, it's true, and for several seasons now if we're being honest. But, they are working to regain their focus and we saw some of the fruits of that effort last night. Still, I think that Mike Scioscia's comments after Monday's game are correct. When you get mired in problems this deep, you aren't going to fix them overnight. And, while my out of focus image is a pun-ny visual I also think it's an apt analogy. As you focus the lens on a camera, your view bounces from terrible, to good, to blurry again, and back through good directly to bad a few more times until finally it's just right.
The Angels aren't fully focused yet and, while I hope Tuesday was the beginning of a fun winning streak, especially with Weaver on the mound today, I also imagine we're in for a few more shifts through frustrating play before they do achieve complete focus. Batting averages are going up, or starting to go up again as the case may be. The bullpen's been looking downright good lately. Situational hitting…is still a work in progress. Even when we win, LOBster is still far too much in season for anyone's tastes. But the team's overall record is improving – three steps forward, two steps back but, still, improvement. Much like focusing the camera, some of the interim results may give you a headache watching them, but ultimately we seem to be headed in a better direction.
And, once the Angels have finished focusing, what will the picture look like for late September? I know what we all want it to be but, honestly, I don't think you can ever have more than a hopeful idea until you actually get there even in seasons where the team is doing well. Besides, I think focusing so hard on the end of the season before it even really began is the underlying reason the Angels got so very out of focus to begin with. Focus on the end of May first and then worry about June and so on. Although the end of the season is no longer as far away as any of us would like, it still really is a long way off yet.
The Hopefully Annual Baseball Extravaganza San Diego Edition: Part 2
After Sunday's all too costly game – wishing both Vernon Wells and Ryan Langerhans full and speedy recoveries! – I didn't have the heart to post about the end of our San Diego trip. But a one hit shutout does a lot to improve one's outlook on things and scanning through my photos I was reminded of all of the positive things we fans can focus on right now while the team is getting it together. Hey, last season I was the unrepentant Pollyanna of Angels Baseball, best get back to it, right?
1) Starting Pitching, of course. So there have been a few issues getting started, but ultimately the staff is strong top to bottom as they reminded us this week – Weaver more than bounced back from Texas on Friday. Haren looked much healthier and definitely pitched to win, as did Santana and Williams. (And can you believe we have a guy this good as our 5th starter? The more I watch his calm presence on the mound, the more I adore him). And then there was C.J. last night. 'Nuff said. If the rest of the team is willing, clearly our starters can get us there.
2) The kids. I simply can't say enough good things about what Mark Trumbo and Mike Trout bring to this team – and Trout especially was on fire at the plate throughout this series. While I absolutely did not want it to come about because of injuries, especially injuries like these, I am eager to see if, with playing time, Peter Bourjos can bounce back to last season's batting average. If he can, having the combined dynamic speed and talent of Trout and Bourjos in the outfield and terrorizing the base paths is certainly cause for celebration, no Pollyannas required.
3) Kudos to the Bullpen. They've been looking pretty darned good lately, no? I think the shifts and changes have ultimately been good for the team. I'm thrilled with the addition of Ernesto Frieri to the pen. To a man, the relievers appear to be making whatever adjustments and corrections they can to help keep us in the game and the improvement has not gone unnoticed.
As for the game itself, it was a tough loss, but largely because leading up to that point the game was so good – a two run tie until the bottom of the 7th and the Angels fought hard to get on top again. There were frustrating wasted opportunities at the plate – though certainly not from Eric Aybar! What a game he had! But defensively the team was amazing and that catch of Trout's to keep us in the game? Wow! I just wish it had ended differently.
And, a few more words about Petco itself – our seats were in the club section right behind home plate with a fantastic view of one gorgeous ballpark. A lot of the photos I've included in this post are warm up photos and that is largely because at Petco Park all of BP and the warm up sessions are easily viewable from the concourses at all levels and, for the most part, fans are allowed easy field section access until the end of batting practice, something that is only possible with the more open designs of the newer stadiums. I am absolutely against all of this moving to L.A. talk, but I certainly wouldn't mind a few modernizing upgrades to the Big A in Anaheim.
Something else I would like to point out is that I love the Padre's sense of community. It was heartwarming to enjoy National Anthems played by a local school band on Friday and to have a local military color guard on Saturday.
Suffice to say it was a great a trip and I will jump at any chance I get to catch a game at Petco Park again.


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Our Second Annual North Pole Party.
It took a little work. And yesterday, I snapped at Brett, had an attitude talk with Lainey after school, cleaned up messes and threw dirty dishes in places they shouldn't go fifteen minutes before the party.
But then the kids came and the rest was, truly, magic.
Last night's memories, preserved:
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Songs: Sufjan Stevens Lo, How Arose 'Er Blooming, Judy Garland Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Chris Botti The First Noel
Thank you to our neighbor and dear friend, Nana Kate, who helped so much with the magic and mothering; and to my friend, Nici, for her help in getting Santa to call in.
Lots of North Pole Party details in last year's post, if you're interested in recreating.
My friends at Darlybird–and I can truly say friends, not just sponsors–are back with sweet, meaningful gifts for your family this holday.
Discovering Darlybird is discovering a little secret–a site full of artsy treasures, whimsical gifts, home goods full of character–and all at such fair prices.
New additions to the Darlybird shop include these beautiful cozy friends, made from 100% organic cotton and wool felt. Nella loves hers.
And this folksy wood mobile, hand carved by native craftsmen. It hangs over Nella's high chair.
And finally, a colorful new line of wood art prints:
Loving the Christmas tree light reflection in the glass
Darlybird offers such a great collection of holiday help: vintage-inspired earrings and girly hair bows (stocking stuffers!), unique art and party goods, and fun decorative washi tape and fancy trim for wrapping presents. Use code 'darlyenjoy' for 15% off your order! So proud to have one of my very favorite sites back with us again!
My girl is begging to go jump in puddles. Happy weekending.


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Be Truthful:
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DENVER, Colo. -- Thirteen-year old Serenity Williams-Fregia loves school, but dreads the start of it. Like seven million other children in the U.S., Serenity has asthma, and shortly after classes start, so do her breathing problems.
"It happens every year, I always get sick. Very sick, actually, and I feel like just as school begins, I'm already falling behind," she said.
Serenity is not alone. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children with asthma miss a combined 14.4 million school days a year, which is about 80,000 a day. Many of those occur just after school begins when conditions are at their worst.
"This time of year, it's a perfect storm to set many kids up for asthma attacks," said Kirstin Carel, MD, a pediatric allergist at National Jewish Health in Denver. "You've got this triple whammy of conditions, with the viruses going around, because the kids have all gone back to school and they're sharing them, then there are allergens feeding into their asthma, and they may not have been as consistent with their medications over the summer as they should have been," she said.
Over the summer months, some children quit taking their asthma medication. "For those who can, it's nice to have a break from the medications over the summer," said Dr. Carel, but if they don't get into the routine of taking it before school starts, they can quickly get into trouble.
"I always want them to re-start taking medications at least two weeks before going back to school," said Dr. Carel. "Fortunately, we have great medications that can help keep their inflammation down as much as possible, but it's a matter of them having the medicine in their system when it needs to be in their system," she said.
If you have a child with asthma, doctors recommend these tips to keep them healthy when heading back to school.
- Just like shopping for school supplies or new clothes, make back-to-school asthma planning an annual routine.
- Check all your child's medications to make sure they are not expired, especially if using less medication during the summer months.
- Make an appointment with your child's school nurse to fill out all necessary paperwork before school starts and make sure rescue medication is at the school in case of emergencies.
- Teach your child good hygiene. During the school day your child will interact with dozens of other children, touching and using the same supplies and equipment. Make sure they wash their hands often or carry hand sanitizer to use throughout the day, especially before eating.
"A little planning can go a long way in making sure your child is safe, especially at a time of year when the conditions are most likely to cause problems," said Dr. Carel.
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The production of Chrysler Plymouth's began in 1928, and facing stiff competition, the Plymouth marque was still able to establish Chrysler as one of the top three automakers in the United States. Their cars were sturdy and dependable and soon became a style leader. The most advanced car in its price class was the 1932 Plymouth PB series, which introduced a combination of features not be offered on competing models for nearly a decade. The PBs were fitted with contemporary one-piece front fenders and free-standing chrome headlamps. An upgraded frame now used a rigid 'X' construction. The 112-inch wheelbase utilized semi-elliptic springs and a floating rear axle. The 196 cubic-inch four cylinder engines were improved and produced 65 horsepower, utilizing full-pressure engine lubrication with an oil filter as standard equipment, as well as aluminum alloy pistons. Engine power was transferred through a sliding gear three-speed manual transmission. Freewheeling" was another feature, and once turned on via a dash mounted pull switch, the car would coast without the transmission engaged or without experiencing engine braking. While Plymouths competitors were still using cable actuated mechanical brakes, the PBs utilized Lockheed four-wheel hydraulic drums, now fitted with centrifuse (steel drums with a fused cast iron friction surface). An independent hand brake was also featured. Plymouths patented Floating Power rubber engine mount system was an advancement that reduced vibration and noise. Compared to the less expensive PB roadster models, the PB Convertible Coupe was fitted with roll up windows and taller doors, along with a larger, more finished and robust convertible top. This PB Convertible Coupe is in excellent all-around condition, having been displayed at the Saratoga Automobile Museum, and last year it was shown at the Muckenthaler Concours dElegance. The cream/green paint shines better than new. Chrome and bright-work show very well. The prominent stately grille has recently been re-chromed and the radiator shell gleams like it should, set off on top by the Plymouth flying lady mascot radiator cap and ceramic Mayflower ship emblem. The tan convertible top fabric and related chrome plated hardware appear as nearly new. All the spoke wheels have recently been sand blasted and repainted in the correct black finish. There are new wide whitewall tires as well. The 65 hp four-cylinder engine is correct and properly painted, with the engine bay and accessories detailed appropriately. Looking inside, the interior is fitted with the appropriate and original type rubber mats, tan upholstery and door panels, painted dash, with matching upholstery in the rumble seat. The rear mounted spare is fitted with a cover to match the tan convertible top. In an expensive process, a new gas tank was custom fabricated using the old tank as a pattern, with a wooden plug formed to make an exact replica of the original. She fires up easily via the foot actuated starter, utilizing the operational choke if necessary. Her engine runs smoothly, with steering, brakes, suspension and transmission operating as they should. All fluids have been recently changed, the suspension greased and carburetor serviced. A new 8-volt battery was custom made and fitted, allowing for more cranking power at start-up, while remaining compatible with the original 6-volt electrical system. Lights and gauges function properly as well, except for the speedometer, which likely only needs a new cable. This PB Convertible Coupe can be driven and enjoyed right away. Put the top down, have some friends or family hop in (the rumble seat is always favored by the kids), and hit the road. This is a rare piece of pre-war American history, with very few of the 4853 PB Convertible Coupes produced for 1932 still in existence.
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1Man born of woman
is short-lived and full of trouble,* a
2Like a flower that springs up and fades,b
swift as a shadow that does not abide.
3Upon such a one will you set your eyes,
bringing me into judgment before you?
4Can anyone make the unclean clean?c
No one can.
5Since his days are determined—
you know the number of his months;
you have fixed the limit which he cannot pass—
6Look away from him and let him be,
while, like a hireling, he completes his day.
7For a tree there is hope;
if it is cut down, it will sprout again,
its tender shoots will not cease.
8Even though its root grow old in the earth
and its stump die in the dust,
9Yet at the first whiff of water it sprouts
and puts forth branches like a young plant.
10But when a man dies, all vigor leaves him;d
when a mortal expires, where then is he?
11As when the waters of a lake fail,
or a stream shrivels and dries up,
12So mortals lie down, never to rise.
Until the heavens are no more, they shall not awake,
nor be roused out of their sleep.e
13Oh, that you would hide me in Sheol,
shelter me till your wrath is past,
fix a time to remember me!
14If a man were to die, and live again,
all the days of my drudgery I would waitf
for my relief to come.
15You would call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the work of your hands.
16Surely then you would count my steps,g
and not keep watch for sin in me.
17My misdeeds would be sealed up in a pouch,*
and you would cover over my guilt.
18Mountains fall and crumble,
rocks move from their place,
19And water wears away stone,
and floods wash away the soil of the land—
so you destroy the hope of mortals!
20You prevail once for all against them and they pass on;
you dismiss them with changed appearance.
21If their children are honored, they are not aware of it;
or if disgraced, they do not know about them.
22Only for themselves, their pain;
only for themselves, their mourning.
* [14:1] The sorrowful lament of Job is that God should relent in view of the limited life of human beings. When compared to plant life, which dies but can revive, the death of human beings is final. Job's wild and "unthinkable" wish in vv. 13–17 is a bold stroke of imagination and desire: if only in Sheol he were protected till God would remember him! Were he to live again (v. 14), things would be different, but alas, God destroys "the hope of mortals" (v. 19).
* [14:17] Sealed up in a pouch: hidden away and forgotten.
a. [14:1] Jb 10:20; 15:14; Ps 39:5–6; 89:46; Wis 2:1.
b. [14:2] Jb 8:9; Ps 90:6; 102:12; 103:15; 109:23; 144:4; Is 40:6–7; Jas 1:10.
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Dr. Doesntrefertome: "Hi! I need you to do a spinal tap on one of my patients. Urgently, like, this afternoon."
Dr Grumpy: "What's going on?"
Dr. Doesntrefertome: "I think she has meningitis."
Dr. Grumpy: "That's serious. You need to send her to ER."
Dr. Doesntrefertome:: "I don't want to send her to ER. Can't you do it in your office?"
Dr. Grumpy: "I don't do them in my office. I haven't had a spinal tray here for years. She needs to go to ER."
Dr. Doesntrefertome: "That's ridiculous! What kind of neurologist doesn't do taps?."
Dr. Grumpy: "I do them, I just don't do them in the office. I don't have the space or equipment."
Dr. Doesntrefertome: "This lady is SICK, dammit! You need to get a tray and do one. TODAY!"
Dr. Grumpy: "Then she needs to go to ER. If she really has meningitis, this is an emergency. She needs urgent evaluation and treatment. Send her to local ER. I can consult on her there. But this sort of thing shouldn't be worked up in the office."
Dr. Doesntrefertome: "This lazy attitude is why I don't refer to you." (hangs up phone)


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Much has been made in the past several years about SQL versus NoSQL and which model is better suited to modern, scale-out deployments. Lost in many of these arguments is the raison d'être for SQL and the difference between model and implementation. As new architectures emerge, the question is why SQL endures and why there is such a renewed interest in it today.
In 1970, Edgar Codd captured his thoughts on relational logic in a paper that laid out rules for structuring and querying data. A decade later, the Structured Query Language (SQL) began to emerge. While not entirely faithful to Codd's original rules, it provided relational capabilities through a mostly declarative language and helped solve the problem of how to manage growing quantities of data.
Over the next 30 years, SQL evolved into the canonical data-management language, thanks largely to the clarity and power of its underlying model and transactional guarantees. For much of that time, deployments were dominated by scale-up or "vertical" architectures, in which increased capacity comes from upgrading to bigger, individual systems. Unsurprisingly, this is also the design path that most SQL implementations followed.
The term "NoSQL" was coined in 1998 by a database that provided relational logic but eschewed SQL. It wasn't until 2009 that this term took on its current, non-ACID meaning. By then, typical deployments had already shifted to scale-out or "horizontal" models. The perception was that SQL could not provide scale-out capability, and so new non-SQL programming models gained popularity.
Fast-forward to 2013 and after a period of decline, SQL is regaining popularity in the form of NewSQL implementations. Arguably, SQL never really lost popularity (the market is estimated at $30 billion and growing), it just went out of style. Either way, this new generation of systems is stepping back to look at the last 40 years and understand what that tells us about future design by applying the power of relational logic to the requirements of scale-out deployments.
Why SQL?
SQL evolved as a language because it solved concrete problems. The relational model was built on capturing the flow of real-world data. If a purchase is made, it relates to some customer and product. If a song is played, it relates to an artist, an album, a genre, and so on. By defining these relations, programmers know how to work with data, and the system knows how to optimize queries. Once these relations are defined, then other uses of the data (audit, governance, etc.) are much easier.
Layered on top of this model are transactions. Transactions are boundaries guaranteeing the programmer a consistent view of the database, independent execution relative to other transactions, and clear behavior when two transactions try to make conflicting changes. That's the A (atomicity), C (consistency), and I (isolation) in ACID. To say a transaction has committed means that these rules were met, and that any changes were made Durable (the D in ACID). Either everything succeeds or nothing is changed.
Transactions were introduced as a simplification. They free developers from having to think about concurrent access, locking, or whether their changes are recorded. In this model, a multithreaded service can be programmed as if there were only a single thread. Such programming simplification is extremely useful on a single server. When scaling across a distributed environment, it becomes critical.
With these features in place, developers building on SQL were able to be more productive and focus on their applications. Of particular importance is consistency. Many NoSQL systems sacrifice consistency for scalability, putting the burden back on application developers. This trade-off makes it easier to build a scale-out database, but typically leaves developers choosing between scale and transactional consistency.
Why Not SQL?
It's natural to ask why SQL is seen as a mismatch for scale-out architectures, and there are a few key answers. The first is that traditional SQL implementations have trouble scaling horizontally. This has led to approaches like sharding, passive replication, and shared-disk clustering. The limitations are functions of designing around direct disk interaction and limited main memory, however, and not inherent in SQL.
A second issue is structure. Many NoSQL systems tout the benefit of having no (or a limited) schema. In practice, developers still need some contract with their data to be effective. It's flexibility that's needed an easy and efficient way to change structure and types as an application evolves. The common perception is that SQL cannot provide this flexibility, but again, this is a function of implementation. When table structure is tied to on-disk representation, making changes to that structure is very expensive; whereas nothing in Codd's logic makes adding or renaming a column expensive.
Finally, some argue that SQL itself is too complicated a language for today's programmers. The arguments on both sides are somewhat subjective, but the reality is that SQL is a widely used language with a large community of programmers and a deep base of tools for tasks like authoring, backup, or analysis. Many NewSQL systems are layering simpler languages on top of full SQL support to help bridge the gap between NoSQL and SQL systems. Both have their utility and their uses in modern environments. To many developers, however, being able to reuse tools and experience in the context of a scale-out database means not having to compromise on scale versus consistency.
Where Are We Heading?
The last few years have seen renewed excitement around SQL. NewSQL systems have emerged that support transactional SQL, built on original architectures that address scale-out requirements. These systems are demonstrating that transactions and SQL can scale when built on the right design. Google, for instance, developed F1 because it viewed SQL as the right way to address concurrency, consistency, and durability requirements. F1 is specific to the Google infrastructure but is proof that SQL can scale and that the programming model still solves critical problems in today's data centers.
Increasingly, NewSQL systems are showing scale, schema flexibility, and ease of use. Interestingly, many NoSQL and analytic systems are now putting limited transactional support or richer query languages into their roadmaps in a move to fill in the gaps around ACID and declarative programming. What that means for the evolution of these systems is yet to be seen, but clearly, the appeal of Codd's model is as strong as ever 43 years later.
Seth Proctor serves as Chief Technology Officer of NuoDB Inc. and has more than 15 years of experience in the research, design, and implementation of scalable systems. His previous work includes contributions to the Java security framework, the Solaris operating system, and several open-source projects.


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Concert movies come and go, and though there have been plenty of solid ones � �Monterey Pop� and �The Last Waltz� quickly come to mind � nothing is going to top the rock splendor of �Woodstock,� at least not for this old hippie who attended that great gathering.
But the newest entry in the genre, �Metallica: Through the Never,� is right up there with the good ones. Premiering on IMAX screens, in 3-D, then moving out into general release, the film features an outstanding performance by the decades-old thrash metal rock band, shot by who knows how many cameras that sometimes catch the whole spectacle of the show and sometimes get right up close to the band members and their instruments. There�s also plenty of action, as singer-guitarist James Hetfield and company are not a band that likes to stand still, and their movements all over the massive and impressively designed stage are fluidly followed by those similarly moving cameras.
Truth be told, this boy is no Metallica fan (I go more for Deep Purple), but these guys have earned my respect for their success, their longevity and for their ability to whip an arena-ful of fans into a frenzy. Yeah, the powerful smash-you-over-the-head songs begin to sound alike, and the power ballads often tend to turn into smash-you-over-the-head songs. But Hetfield exudes an amazing bigger-than-life presence, and drummer Lars Ulrich�s endless energy hints that he might be part drum machine.
This is exciting stuff, from the moment the band breaks into its opener, �Creeping Death� (about the holiday of Passover, I kid you not), right through a generous panoply of fierce and fiery pieces from their catalog, including �Ride the Lightning,� �Cyanide,� �Master of Puppets� and �Hit the Lights.�
It�s clear that the band is having a great time, and they know that they�re hitting all the right marks in this show, and it�s equally clear � just look at all of those fists pumping up and down in unison � that the crowd is absolutely caught up in everything. On top of that, there�s no doubt that director Nimrod Antal (who is responsible for one of my favorite ever opening shots: of Adrien Brody waking up while falling through the sky in the film �Predators�) is a big fan of the band. They sound great on their own, but he also makes them look great.
Alas, as cool as this film is for its spot-on capturing of a live concert experience, it�s marred by what someone thought was a good idea but instead goes terribly wrong. Between some of the songs, there�s also a narrative story happening. Up-and-coming actor Dane DeHaan plays a practically silent loner (he doesn�t have even one full line of dialogue, just a couple of shouts) who works for the band as a gofer. Just after the show begins, he�s pulled from the arena and told to jump in a van, deliver gasoline to a trucker who�s run out of fuel, pick up a package and bring it back.
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But the concert stands tall, and having finally seen Metallica play live, or as live as I�m likely to see them, it may be time for me to grab a copy of �Ride the Lightning� and learn what they�re really all about.
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Sunday, September 20, 2009
Zucchini Cornbread
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Have you ever tried a dessert that purported to be better than sex and found it not to be? Today's bread falls into that category. It's nice, but I it won't make your world stand still - at least it didn't mine. It was so popular at a zucchini festival that event cookbooks sold out and had to be reprinted because everyone wanted the recipe. For better or worse, I have the recipe. Before I go any further, you probably should know I'm a harsh critic. Over the past year, I tested a couple of dozen recipes that never made it to the blog. They weren't popular recipes that were bad, they were risky recipes that didn't work out. There was no reason to needlessly hurt feelings so they hit the circular file rather than the computer. I cussed a little and moved on. Having said that, I must add that this is not a bad recipe, it's simply not a great one. It is, however, enough outside the mainstream to merit some attention, especially if you are looking for ways to use an over abundant crop of zucchini. It is high and moist and the zucchini makes the use of shortening unnecessary. It's strongly flavored. If you love basil that will not be a problem, but I thought the basil overwhelmed the corn flavor of the bread. If I make this again, and I might, I would lose the basil and use red and green peppers to provide heat and color instead. Here's the recipe for inquiring minds to do with as they please.
Zucchini Cornbread...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite
6 cups grated zucchini
2 cups coarse yellow cornmeal
1 cup all-purpose flour
3 large eggs, beaten
1-1/2 cups milk
2 teaspoons salt, divided use
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
2 tablespoons minced fresh basil (or 2 teaspoons dried basil)
1) Place zucchini in a a colander. Toss with 1 teaspoon salt. Place a plate and a heavy can on top of zucchini to weigh it down. Let it sit for 30 minutes. Rinse and squeeze dry. Set aside.
2) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease an 8 x 8 x 2-inch pan. Line bottom with parchment or waxed paper; grease. Set aside.
3) In a large bowl, whisk or sift together cornmeal, flour, sugar, baking powder and reserved 1 teaspoon salt. In a small bowl, beat eggs, milk and basil together. Add to flour mixture and stir just until combined. Stir in drained zucchini. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
4) Bake on lower shelf of oven until golden brown, about 40 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes in pan. Invert onto a serving platter. Remove paper, slice and serve. This is best served warm. Yield: 16 servings.
32 comments :
- Dee said...
well thats a shame it was a bit disappointing! it looks fantastic. i really love corn bread, its one of my weaknesses Lo
- September 20, 2009 at 1:14 AM
- KathyB. said...
I like your comments about this recipe . I am not a big eater of corn bread anyway...and when I do make it , I like it fairly simple and moist. I like the idea of zucchini in it but like you, would tone down the basil even though I like it. So, I might give this a try, it is the season for corn bread with soups and chilies.
- September 20, 2009 at 3:46 AM
- Unknown said...
I wonder if some grated cheese mixed in would turn it into a great recipe? I might try and see.
- September 20, 2009 at 4:06 AM
- My Little Space said...
How I wish I could try this! It's difficult to get cornmeal over here...so I can juz taste it through the screen...he he!
- September 20, 2009 at 4:09 AM
- oneordinaryday said...
Too bad it didn't meet your expectations. It sounds like a great idea though....maybe w/ a little tweaking?
- September 20, 2009 at 6:13 AM
- Hootin' Anni said...
I've made zucchini brownies before and they turned out so rich and luscious...I bet these are the same.
- September 20, 2009 at 7:32 AM
- Ann said...
This looks PERFECT!! Makes me hungry.
- September 20, 2009 at 8:56 AM
- black eyed susans kitchen said...
This post made me laugh, because something similar happened to me. I saw a show on the food network that made an upside down fruit cocktail corn bread. It was sweet..fuit, brown sugar, butter in pan...corn bread mix on top and bake in cast iron skillet. In theory, it should have been good, but in reality it did not work for me...looked pretty though. I think, like yours, this recipe was just not up my alley.
♥, Susan
- September 20, 2009 at 9:55 AM
- Sasha said...
Yum. It looks delicious - and very moist. Sorry it was disappointing : /
- September 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM
- The Old Parsonage said...
Ohhh I just made pineapple zucchini bread. I'll have to make this one too - my DH loves corn bread.
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- September 20, 2009 at 11:53 AM
- Abatevintage said...
Oh that looks absolutely delicious. Wonderful job.
Have a magical Sunday.
- September 20, 2009 at 1:23 PM
- Karen said...
Well, it certainly looks good! I would have to leave out the basil. Although I like it, I too find that it can overwhelm other flavors.
- September 20, 2009 at 1:46 PM
- Screamin' Mama said...
I love cornbread. What a fantastic way to make it interesting.
- September 20, 2009 at 2:53 PM
- Madam Chow said...
I've been so busy, that I'm just catching up on all the wonderful things you've posted about. The red pepper hummus a couple posts back looks particularly delicious!
- September 20, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- Kristin said...
I was just looking for some zucchini inspiration, I have some in the fridge that I have to use up. I think I'll try this later in the week- thanks!
- September 20, 2009 at 4:34 PM
- Inspired by eRecipeCards said...
Thanks for the honest review
- September 20, 2009 at 6:22 PM
- Jane F from Atticmag said...
I don't have a recipe for Zucchini Cornbread so it looks good to me.
- September 20, 2009 at 7:10 PM
- theUngourmet said...
This looks nice! I do think the peppers would be a terrific replacement for the basil. I haven't used my zucchini this way yet. Thanks for the idea!
- September 20, 2009 at 7:21 PM
- Pauline said...
That's cool that the zucchini makes shortening less of a necessity. I love how high your cornbread is and that it looks like it wouldn't fall apart. That's the problem with my cornbread. Mmm, you are making me crave cornbread, even more than I usually do.
- September 20, 2009 at 8:12 PM
- The Desperate Cook said...
I really like the sounds of that cornbread...maybe without the basil, I am not big on basil except in my sauces.
- September 20, 2009 at 8:20 PM
what a yummy twist! I love both things you combined. YUM!
- September 20, 2009 at 10:29 PM
- Pam said...
It looks so moist and delicious - love the color too.
- September 20, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Did you intend to leave out butter or oil from the recipe? Maybe with a little butter to carry the flavor, your corn bread would work fine. Try using fine ground cornmeal instead of coarse which will help too.
- September 20, 2009 at 11:37 PM
- Mary Bergfeld said...
Anonymous, the recipe I have doesn't call for any type of butter or shortening. I'm not sure there would be any traceable meal texture if a finer grind corn was used, but if I make it again I'll certainly give it a try. If you make it, let me know how the recipe worked for you. I really appreciate your input.
- September 20, 2009 at 11:58 PM
- Katy ~ said...
Unique use of zucchini. I can see where some folks would find it interesting.
- September 21, 2009 at 5:12 AM
- Lisa said...
Sounds interesting, but I'm with you on substituting peppers for the basil. It looks good! At the very least I think it is a great point of departure at this time of year.
- September 21, 2009 at 1:11 PM
- Kate said...
I appreciate that kind of candor. I'm much like you. So much "hyped stuff" leaves me wondering what the fuss was all about, and yet, at other times, I can be a huge fan of something others find not compelling in any way. I suppose we are all that way to a certain degree. Your bread does look wonderful, I must say.
- September 21, 2009 at 6:05 PM
- Naoko said...
This looks so delicious, I try definitely try this corn bread.
- September 21, 2009 at 11:49 PM
- Carrie said...
Wow, cornbread with zucchini...sounds delicious and nutritious!
- September 22, 2009 at 10:58 AM
- AlizaEss said...
This recipe was the first I found that does not have *packaged cornbread mix* in the ingredients. Thank you!
- August 9, 2010 at 2:41 PM
- Seedplanter Designs said...
This looks so moist and good! Question: Does cornbread freeze well?
- November 1, 2010 at 6:11 PM
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Un pan de aspecto inmejorable!!!
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IrishEyes wrote:I can't even.... oh my God.
Exactly. Op looking at Jax at the end will stick with me for awhile.
[Ryan Hurst's tweets regarding the episode were both funny and touching. If you haven't seen them already---check out @RamboDonkeyKong.]
I think Jax is legitimately done with Tig.
Can't wait to see what happens to the prison guard.