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Re: HBase PutMohit Anchlia 2012-08-22, 18:08
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Pamecha, Abhishek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So then a GET query means one needs to look in every HFile where key falls > within the min/max range of the file. > > From another parallel thread, I gather, HFile comprise of blocks which, I > think, is an atomic unit of persisted data in HDFS.(please correct if not). > > And that each block for a HFile has a range of keys. My key can satisfy > the range for the block and yet may not be present. So, all the blocks that > match the range for my key, will need to be scanned. There is one block > index per HFile which sorts blocks by key ranges. This index help in > reducing the number of blocks to scan by extracting only those blocks whose > ranges satisfy the key. > > In this case, if puts are random wrt order, each block may have similar > range and it may turn out that Hbase needs to scan every block for the > File. This may not be good for performance. > > I just want to validate my understanding. > > If you have such a use case I think best practice is to use bloom filters. I think in generaly it's a good idea to atleast enable bloom filter at row level. > Thanks, > Abhishek > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lars hofhansl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 5:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HBase Put > > That is correct. > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Pamecha, Abhishek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; lars hofhansl < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:45 PM > Subject: RE: HBase Put > > Hi Lars, > > Thanks for the explanation. I still have a little doubt: > > Based on your description, given gets do a merge sort, the data on disk is > not kept sorted across files, but just sorted within a file. > > So, basically if on two separate days, say these keys get inserted: > > Day1: File1: A B J M > Day2: File2: C D K P > > Then each file is sorted within itself, but scanning both files will > require Hbase to use merge sort to produce a sorted result. Right? > > Also, File 1 and File2 are immutable, and during compactions, File 1 and > File2 are compacted and sorted using merge sort to a bigger File3. Is that > correct too? > > Thanks, > Abhishek > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lars hofhansl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: HBase Put > > In a nutshell: > - Puts are collected in memory (in a sorted data structure) > - When the collected data reaches a certain size it is flushed to a new > file (which is sorted) > - Gets do a merge sort between the various files that have been created > - to contain the number of files they are periodically compacted into > fewer, larger files > > > So the data files (HFiles) are immutable once written, changes are batched > in memory first. > > -- Lars > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Pamecha, Abhishek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 4:00 PM > Subject: HBase Put > > Hi > > I had a question on Hbase Put call. In the scenario, where data is > inserted without any order to column qualifiers, how does Hbase maintain > sortedness wrt column qualifiers in its store files/blocks? > > I checked the code base and I can see checks< > https://github.com/apache/hbase/blob/trunk/hbase-server/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/HFileWriterV2.java#L319> > being made for lexicographic insertions for Key value pairs. But I cant > seem to find out how the key-offset is calculated in the first place? > > Also, given HDFS is by nature, append only, how do randomly ordered keys > make their way to sorted order. Is it only during minor/major compactions, > that this sortedness gets applied and that there is a small window during > which data is not sorted? > > > Thanks, > Abhishek > |

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June-September 2003 Bridge-building, solidarity and witness are the focus for this diverse group of people. As Israel announces that it will bar peace activists from entry and deport them, those who have responded to the call to advocate for justice are finding their place in an increasingly hostile environment of unabated assassinations, home demolitions, siege and suicide bombings. |


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Tunis — A multi-disciplinary commission made up of doctors, judges and experts in medical ethics will be set up to follow up cases of hunger strike in prisons. This has been decided at the end of a working session held on Tuesday in the premises of the Health Ministry and attended by consultant physicians in teaching hospitals as well as delegates of the Interior and Justice ministries.
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What happens during and after treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in children?
During and after treatment for lymphoma, the main concerns for most families are the immediate and long-term effects of the lymphoma and its treatment, and concerns about possible recurrence of the cancer.
It is certainly normal to want to put the lymphoma and its treatment behind you and to get back to a life that doesn't revolve around the cancer. But it's important to realize that follow-up care is a central part of this process that offers your child the best chance for recovery and long-term survival.
Follow-up exams
It is very important for your child to have regular follow-up exams with the cancer care team for several years after treatment. The doctors will continue to watch for possible signs of lymphoma, as well as for short-term and long-term side effects of treatment. Doctor visits will be more frequent at first, but the time between visits may be extended as time goes on.
Checkups after treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma typically include careful physical exams, lab tests, and sometimes imaging tests such as CT scans. If the lymphoma recurs (comes back), it is usually while the child is still getting treatment or just after. It is unusual for childhood lymphoma to return if there are no signs of the disease within a year after treatment.
A benefit of follow-up care is that it gives you a chance to discuss questions and concerns that arise during and after your child's recovery. For example, almost any cancer treatment can have side effects. Some may last for a few weeks to several months, but others can be permanent. It is important to report any new symptoms to the doctor right away so that the cause can be found and treated, if needed.
It is also important to keep medical insurance. Even though no one wants to think of the cancer coming back, it is a possibility. If it happens, the last thing you want is to have to worry about paying for treatment.
Social, emotional, and other issues in treating non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Emotional issues may arise both during and after treatment. Factors such as the child's age at diagnosis and the extent of treatment may play a role here.
During treatment, families tend to focus on the daily aspects of getting through it and beating the lymphoma. Some common family concerns include financial stresses, transportation to the cancer center, the possible loss of a job, and the need for home schooling. Many experts recommend that school-aged patients attend school as much as possible. This helps them maintain important social connections and gives them a chance to keep their friends informed about what is happening.
Friends can be a great source of support, but patients and parents should know that some people have misunderstandings and fears about cancer. Some cancer centers have a school re-entry program that can help in these situations. In this program, health educators visit the school and tell students about the diagnosis, treatment, and changes that the cancer patient may go through. They also answer any questions from teachers and classmates.
Centers that treat many children with lymphoma may have programs to introduce new patients to children or teens who have finished their treatment. This can give patients and their families an idea of what to expect during and after treatment, which is very important. Seeing another patient with lymphoma doing well after treatment is often helpful. Support groups also might be helpful.
During and after treatment, a number of emotional concerns may arise. Some of these may last a long time. They can include things like:
- Dealing with physical changes that result from the treatment
- Worries about the lymphoma returning or new health problems developing
- Feelings of resentment for having had lymphoma or having to go through treatment when others do not
- Concerns about being treated differently or discriminated against (by friends, classmates, coworkers, employers, etc.)
- Concerns about dating, marrying, and having a family later in life
No one would choose to have lymphoma, but for many childhood lymphoma survivors, the experience can eventually be positive, helping to establish strong self-values. Other survivors may have a harder time recovering, adjusting to life after cancer, and moving on. It is normal to have some anxiety or other emotional reactions after treatment, but feeling overly worried, depressed, or angry can affect many aspects of a young person's growth. It can get in the way of relationships, school, work, and other aspects of life.
With support from family, friends, other survivors, mental health professionals, and others, many people who have survived cancer can thrive in spite of the challenges they've had to face. If needed, doctors and other members of the health care team can often recommend special support programs and services to help children after cancer treatment.
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Boztug K, Schmidt M, Schwarzer A, et al. Stem-cell gene therapy for the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2010;202:1918-1927.
An international team headed by Dr. Christoph Klein in Germany has reported clinical improvement after gene therapy in two children with Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome (WAS), a disease caused by mutation of the gene encoding Wiskott Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp). In patients with this condition, the lack of functional WASp, which plays a critical role in actin polymerization in blood cells, leads to thrombocytopenia as well as immunodeficiency with recurrent infections and a tendency toward development of autoimmune diseases. WAS is a promising candidate disease for gene therapy, because the mutated gene is expressed uniquely in hematopoietic cells, and previous animal studies have shown that WASp-corrected cells have a survival advantage over non-corrected cells. Thus, even low levels of corrected cells may produce clinical benefit.
The study included patients over one year of age with documented severe WAS. After receiving a nonmyeloablative dose of busulfan (4 x 4 mg/kg), the children underwent autologous transplantation of gene-corrected cells. Prior to transplantation, CD34+ G-CSF mobilized peripheral blood stem cells were infected in vitro with a retrovirus encoding the normal WASp gene, with a five-fold multiplicity of infection (number of virus particles per cell), such that some cells would likely be infected with more than one copy of the retrovirus. The final CD34+ dose in these patients was 13 and 18 million CD34/Kg, with approximately 50 percent transduction efficiency.
Both patients in the study showed functional immune reconstitution and significant increases in platelet counts from below 20,000 to 80,000-200,000 per microliter. Within six months of transplantation, both children had significant levels of WASp+ blood cells with 80 to 90 percent of their T cells (CD4, CD8, and Treg) expressing WASp, and these increases were maintained for the length of follow-up (three years). Clinically, both patients experienced fewer and less severe infections and bleeding episodes. Both had decreased autoimmunity (autoimmune anemia and eczema, respectively) and normalized immunoglobulin levels, and after immunization each developed effective titers against tetanus, diphtheria, and H. flu.
With retroviral gene therapy, retroviral DNA permanently inserts into the genome, usually near promoters of active genes. The biggest safety concern in these WAS patients is that permanent insertion may occur in or near an oncogene to promote leukemia. Retroviral insertion into the LMO2 locus in children with X-SCID severe combined immunodeficiency was associated with development of leukemia after gene therapy.1 The investigators therefore performed extensive insertion site analyses in the bone marrow cells and found increased representation of cells having insertions near genes critical for cell proliferation, including LMO2.
In this published report, there were no adverse effects and the clinical benefits persisted. At the 2010 ASH annual meeting, Dr. Klein reported on results from 10 children treated with this protocol. Of these patients, nine (including the two published) showed clinical improvement after gene therapy. One patient failed treatment due to low CD34+ cell counts and instead underwent haploidentical transplantation. One patient developed acute lymphocytic leukemia; this patient, like those patients with X-SCID who developed leukemia after gene therapy, had a leukemia clone with retroviral insertion near the LMO2 gene.
This work accentuates the need for safer gene therapy vectors that will not activate oncogenes. Ongoing efforts to make gene therapy safer include: 1) assuring that the inserted virus does not activate adjacent genes by removing all promoter activity except for that which drives expression of the therapeutic gene; 2) insulating expression of the transgene from the surrounding genomic DNA; and 3) targeting integration to "safe" genomic regions – meaning that they lack genes that could promote cancer either by activating (oncogenes) or inactivating (tumor suppressor) adjacent genes.
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New Norwich manager Chris Hughton has made it his first mission to keep hold of wantaway captain Grant Holt.
The former Birmingham boss was appointed as Paul Lambert's replace at Carrow Road after agreeing a three-year contract with the Canaries. The 53-year-old takes charge of the club days after Holt had a transfer request rejected by the board, who are determined to retain their top goalscorer.
"He is a quality player, no doubt about that," Hughton said of the 31-year-old, who scored 17 goals in the top flight last term. "With his record - to score the goals he did last season - there wouldn't be any manager coming in who wouldn't want to keep a player of that quality."
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The first gift came in just after midnight Tuesday: $10 to the Omaha Street School.
Within five minutes, donations reached $5,000. By the end of the first hour, the tally was almost $20,000.
And it just kept getting bigger.
By the time Omaha Gives! ended at midnight Wednesday, the 24-hour online fundraiser, organized by the Omaha Community Foundation, gathered $3,075,643.57 for about 320 nonprofit groups. See the totals for each group.
The numbers are in and these are the top five nonprofits by funds raised and by number of donations.
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Kaneko | $250,180 |
Creighton University | $102,435 |
Abide Network | $84,799 |
Heart Ministry Center | $78,660 |
Methodist Hospital Foundation | $78,314 |
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Nebraska Humane Society | 741 |
Hear Nebraska | 456 |
Chabad Lubavitch of Nebraska INC | 435 |
Maha Music Festival / YFC, Inc. | 352 |
Food Bank for the Heartland | 309 |
"This is far beyond our expectations," said Kali Baker, communications director for the foundation, which is providing $500,000 in matching funds.
It was certainly a day unlike any other for Omaha philanthropy, as organizations of all shapes and sizes rallied their supporters to contribute gifts of $10 or more. More than 50 organizations raised at least $10,000. A dozen groups netted $40,000. The day's biggest winner, the Kaneko arts and cultural center, brought in more than $250,000.
"This magnitude of giving exceeded our expectations but is not surprising given the nature of the people who live in Omaha," said Kaneko board Chairman Jim Linder.
Not bad for a day's work — though in truth, many organizations had been planning for weeks in order to take full advantage of a fundraising opportunity outside their usual efforts.
"Every organization has a budget, and we spend the whole year raising funds to meet those budgets," said Brigitte McQueen, executive director of the Union for Contemporary Art. "This is really helping us make those ends meet."
Like many others, McQueen didn't know what to expect heading into the day. She thought her organization, a relatively new nonprofit in north Omaha, might raise $1,000 overall.
She woke up to a pleasant surprise. Not only had the group raised $500 in the first 15 minutes alone, it also received the first $1,000 prize awarded hourly to a random organization.
"It was huge," McQueen said. "That really helped us build momentum."
By 4 p.m. Wednesday, online contributions to Omaha Gives! reached $1 million. At that point, the Omaha Community Foundation added funds contributed through its donor accounts, bringing the total to more than $2�million with several hours to go.
One of the early success stories was the Abide Network, a community development organization that raised more than $75,000.
The group, run by Ron Dotzler and his son, former Creighton University basketball player Josh Dotzler, received the day's biggest social media boost when fellow Bluejay and NBA veteran Kyle Korver endorsed the group on Facebook and Twitter.
In addition to the funds raised online and the $500,000 in matching funds, the Omaha Community Foundation will distribute an additional $65,000 in prize money to the organizations that attracted the greatest number of donors.
In all likelihood, that will bring several thousand dollars more to the Nebraska Humane Society, which drew more than 500 individual gifts and more than $45,000 overall.
"We didn't know what to expect," said Elizabeth Hilpipre, communications specialist for the Humane Society. "We had a number in mind, but it wasn't anywhere near what we've currently raised."
While the group certainly relied on existing supporters, Hilpipre said, Omaha Gives! provided an opportunity to build new relationships.
"To have a first-time event like this, it helps us get our mission out to people we might not have reached otherwise," she said. "It also helps us reach a younger audience of donors."
At Love's Jazz & Arts Center, where a 12-hour marathon of live music was underway to celebrate the day, Executive Director Tim Clark and board member Ernest White agreed that the opportunity to engage new supporters, regardless of how much money they gave, was the real benefit.
"That's more important than one person who donates $1,000 and we never hear from again," White said.
Clark was one of several nonprofit leaders who expressed gratitude to the Omaha Community Foundation for providing a new fundraising platform.
"It means a whole lot to have that infrastructure piece taken care of so we can do what we do best," he said.
Earlier in the day, Amanda Brewer, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Omaha, presided over the demolition of a condemned house — a longtime eyesore in a north Omaha neighborhood. She, too, didn't know what to expect from the day, but she hoped her organization might collect enough funds, about $6,000, to put down a new foundation.
It raised more than four times that much.
"It's rallying the whole community," she said of the Omaha Gives! event. "Everyone can be a change agent."
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We're 1.5 games out of the playoffs. If we can handle Iguodala and Dalembert tonight AT HOME then we should easily get a win.
Unfortunately theres no TV for tonight's game.
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I think we will win all of our next 4 games.
I'm thinking they will also. Or at least they better!Originally Posted by ammofan
channelsurfing looks like it has a link for the game. Hopefully it works better than yesterdays game, where they only showed the last quarter and before that it was a college girls game.
Thank you Miami Heat! They knocked off Pacers today. That means if we win tonight vs Sixers, we are within .5 of a game of the 8th spot!
Yes channelsurfing.net looks to be up, and playing the pregame. Lets go Cats!
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maybe my night can at least get a little better with a win
We should win this one tonight, I hope JRich and Felts have a better night tonight....
......Go Bobcats!!!!! (Hornets) ..
wait are u seeing this shit? felton isn't starting
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UNI Likely To Stay FCS School, Despite Big Ten ChangesBy Scott Dochterman, Reporter
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Big Ten's decision to eliminate future schedules with Football Championship Subdivision schools has no bearing on whether Northern Iowa will leap to the bowl subdivision.
Northern Iowa Athletics Director Troy Dannen told The Gazette his school is unlikely to move beyond the FCS for one simple reason. "It comes down to economics," he said. "That discussion has never been about the competitive part of it, although it is a lot easier to have that discussion if you are competitive. It's always been a fiscal discussion. If you can sustain a budget necessary not just to play at the FBS but to be competitive at the FBS level. "Frankly as things sit today, our budget would have to increase by about $6-7 million to be a median level Sun Belt or Mid-American Conference budget. I think that answers a lot questions right there, whether it's feasible today financially or whether it's feasible one, five, 10 years down the line. If you look at the numbers today, I don't know you can put your athletic department in that kind of position fiscally." According to numbers provided to the U.S. Department of Education, UNI's football expenses totaled nearly $3.33 million in fiscal year 2011. Every football program in the MAC, a potential destination if UNI committed to the FBS, spent at least $5.12 million that year. Much of Northern Iowa's athletics department revenue comes from games at FBS programs. Last year the school took in $950,000 with games at Wisconsin and Iowa. The Big Ten announced a policy Sunday — and Commissioner Jim Delany reiterated Wednesday — that league schools must schedule games against schools that regularly carry 85 scholarships. That prevents Iowa from continuing games against Missouri Valley Conference schools Missouri State (2013), Northern Iowa (2014, 2018), Illinois State (2015) and North Dakota State (2016). Big Ten schools will be allowed to play those games only if they cannot reach a contract settlement. The Panthers were competitive in last year's games at Big Ten venues, losing only 26-21 to eventual Big Ten champion Wisconsin and 27-16 at Iowa. "I feel disappointed for future players of the University of Northern Iowa because it was a great stage and environment and a great opportunity," UNI Coach Mark Farley said Monday. "I know the reasons, but really it's too bad for some of the players that will come through the future who won't be able to experience that." Northern Iowa will continue to regularly play FBS opponents, despite the Big Ten policy. UNI has games scheduled against Iowa State this year, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. Along with playing at Iowa in 2014, the Panthers will travel to Hawaii. "Our preference would be always to play somebody who is a bus ride away," Dannen said. "Now, in the next year, we're playing Hawaii as a second game. Well, we cut the bus game, but Hawaii pays for team transportation. So it's a little bit of a different animal with that type of trip." Conversation GuidelinesBe KindDon't use abusive, offensive, threatening, racist, vulgar or sexually-oriented language. Share KnowledgeBe truthful. Share what you know and what you are passionate about. Stay focusedPromote lively and healthy debate. Stay on topic. Ask questions and give feedback on the story's topic. Report TroubleHelp us maintain a quality comment section by reporting comments that are offensive. If you see a comment that is offensive, or you feel violates our guidelines, simply click on the "x" to the far right of the comment to report it. read the full guidelines here » Commenting will be disabled on stories dealing with the following subject matter: Crime, sexual abuse, property fires, automobile accidents, Amber Alerts, Operation Quickfinds and suicides. |
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- NBA basketball is (kinda sorta) back! The Bucks kick off their six game preseason schedule tonight in Canton, OH against the Cavs, who opened their preseason on Monday night with a 91-85 win against Italian team Siena.
- As usual, don't expect FS WIsconsin TV coverage of any preseason games, though Ted Davis will be calling the game on WSSP 1250. If you are after a video feed, FS Ohio is carrying the game in HD and it should be carried as part of Directv's free preseason League Pass offering.
JS | Harris a starter in preseason opener? Looks like it
It's not worth stressing too much about the lineups in preseason games--I always think back to Dan Gadzuric starting next to Andrew Bogut a few years back--but based on Charles Gardner's latest it does sound like Tobias Harris will get the starting nod tonight. Cue Scott Skiles keeping him humble:"He's trying to go from a poor defender to a mediocre defender to a good defender," Skiles said of the 6-foot-8 Harris. "Those things take time. The 3 men (small forwards) at this level are moving at all times, they're coming off screens. They're on the board. They're doing all kinds of things.
"He's gotten better at it. Hopefully in these exhibition games he can get some minutes and get better at it."
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Speaking of defense, Ryan Kartje (who's churning out good stuff left and right, btw) reports that the coaching staff has been pleased with Brandon Jennings defense in camp so far, though it's probably not worth breaking out the jump-to-conclusions mat quite yet."He's got to compete and keep his man in front of him," Skiles said. "On our team defensive things, he's always been pretty good. It's just a matter of kind of competing. … Obviously, every night, he's got a pretty tough cover. There's some of the best players in the game at his position. If you want to be known as one of the best players in the game, you've got to out-compete those guys. That's just the way it is."
Bouncing back to the JS, Gardner writes that Jennings is trying to do his part:
"I'm containing more, being more aggressive and just bringing it every day in practice on the defensive end. That's why I'm doing it, so I can carry it onto the court in the real game."
Talk is of course cheap, though without any games that's basically all we've had until now. Time to start proving it on the court, eh Brandon?


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Children can find their valentine in the form of a creative make and take craft at the Newcastle Public Library.
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Oklahoma City Thunder Sweep Dallas Mavericks
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James Harden scored 15 of his 29 points in the fourth quarter as Oklahoma City rallied for a 103-97 victory Saturday night to sweep the defending NBA champion Dallas Mavericks out of the playoffs
The Thunder trailed by 13 points with 9:44 left before Harden scored seven in a row, and nine in a 12-0 run over the next 3 minutes.
Oklahoma City finally took the lead, and kept it, after Russell Westbrook stole the ball from Dirk Nowitzki and passed to Serge Ibaka for a two-handed slam that made it 92-91 with 5:17 left.
Dallas is the second defending champion in five years to be swept in the first round. After beating the Mavericks in the 2006 NBA Finals, Miami lost in four games to Chicago the next year.
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I almost wish there won't be a Season 2. I liked where it ended. And as much as I enjoyed playing it, it takes a decent bit of emotional investment to sit down and play an episode, haha. Yes I already know Season 2 is in development. And I'll probably pick it up eventually, as a season pack. But I can't imagine a better place to end than Season 1's finale.
I understand and mostly agree... but I do want more. I just hope they don't continue the story of the first one, and don't put Clementine in it. She's a great character, but I feel like her story is done.
...OR DOES SHE? Maybe he was referring to zombie Clementine. I'm still logging in for my daily heroics in WoW, but I figure Dead Space will take some of my time now. Not super happy with the lack of an FOV slider for the port, but trust the NeoGAF people to solve that pretty much immediately.
I read the gamespy article about Dead Space for the PC. Micro transactions in the middle of the game sets it off for me. I don't care if you need them or not I don't want to buy into that. SSX had them and it did effect how well you could play online. It was more fun without using real money, but it was still cheesy bullshit.
You got that right. I think I set a personal record for "fastest returned-game ever." Though, one that's always an exception to the rule is Conduit. I've rather enjoyed that one. NOW PLAYING: Fist of the North Star The Bard's Tale (Xbox classic) I rather like Fist of the North Star. It was a spectacular failure in every dimension, but I find it quite good. I even like the story - which reviews say the game had nothing of. It's fun, playing a game based on the principle you can punch someone so hard, they'll swell up and explode.
If you haven't tried Red Steel 2, I recommend that. It's more of a brawler than a pure shooter, and it's quite linear and barren, but I loved the controls and cel shading. It's a pretty divisive game overall, but definitely worth a rental to check it out. EDIT: The Goldeneye remake was pretty good too. And Metroid Prime 3.
16 Witch 10 Templar Still amazed at the quality and scop of Path of Exile. I do have some gripes but I stand by my statement that this could very well be the best the genre has ever seen. The TQ guys have one angle: I don't think their new game is fantasy. It might be Cyber punk. A sweet RPG in this genre but set in a cyber or steam punk universe would be such a nice mix up.
I am in the third act now, getting tougher. I regret decisions I made on the skill tree, but I guess that is to be expected on the first playthrough of a game like this...
demos (best at top) Oniken Fire Emblem: Awakening Etrian Odyssey IV Brain Age: Concentration Training Sly Thieves in Time Definitely getting Oniken if it ever gets on Steam, probably wait until a sale for Fire Emblem
Thinking about getting into free to play MMO. Maybe. In the meantime: Mark of the Ninja Persona 4 Golden
I actually just downloaded TERA: Rising because I liked the way combat looked. Haven't tried it yet. It'll be my first MMO.
I have my eye on Tera too, simply because combat seems to fit my twitch-factor playstyle more. I hated combat in WoW where I could never dodge anything unless the virtual dice said so.
I'm playing modded Torchlight 2. I used a respec potion on my Berserker (my favorite character) and put the skills my hindsight always wanted. It's a riot.
I didn't realize that was still live. How do you get a copy of the client? I may not play it, but I am curious for nostalgia's sake. I was in the beta and played it for a year.
cool beans, what server were you on do you remember? so i can get you to the right forum for help nm go here: http://www.postcount.net/forum/forumdisplay.php?74-AC-Server-Boards make a post and they can get you up and running.
Cool. Thanks. I am in law school at the moment, so I don't have a lot of time to game. When I get a chance, I will head over there, though. I will be sure to bookmark this page. As for what server I was on, I think it was called Morningthaw.
Ps, head over to acf, link in my profile where posts are. You might see some names of ppl you played with or heard of.
I tried the Crysis 3 multiplayer beta for a bit. It's not bad. I could describe it as an unpolished less-fun brother of Halo 4. You have four classes to choose from. Their scout class makes sense, and the shotgun kills people in 1-2 shots up close. Good. Their sniper class is all messed up though. I shouldn't have to shoot someone 4-5 times with a SNIPER rifle for them to go down. It should also be 1-2 shots. The mechs in the game are boring to use. Slow, clunky, relatively easy to kill. I like that you can hold a shield, though it doesn't help much to block incoming attacks. My favorite kill was throwing the shield at someone long distance and smacking them in the head. I was like Captain America. I also tried Everquest 2 a few weeks ago, just to see how it compared to WoW. EQ sucks. I can see why WoW easily dethroned it as top MMO.
I wouldn't mind seeing her age a bit. Like episode 2 having 13 year old Clementine in it, the show has done pretty well by taking advantage of Carl's aging.
Limbo: I wonder how an arachnophobe would even deal with this game. It really gets all the mileage you can out of stylings. It's really an incredibly simple game. A to jump, Y to grab onto stuff but it somehow has a great feel to it. Also I love the brutal ways to die.
I'd be OK with that approach, but I'd rather see a whole new cast. I've never actually seen the TV show. One of these days I'll get to it, since it's streaming on Netflix.
They've added a few scenarios with the 5.1 patch, but no new five-mans yet. So we only have nine heroics to run now. And they've said there won't be any new five-mans in 5.2, so that's annoying. Hopefully 5.3 will have some new ones, but they definitely seem to be emphasizing LFR as a way to gear up for non-raiders. Which is too bad; since I'm a tank, I can run heroics quickly and easily, but LFRs wind up being a lot more stressful on the tanks than they do on anyone else.
That really bums me out as LFR is something I find quite unpleasant. It's like raiding less all the good parts.
I struggle with it, especially the first time I attempt to tank something. You either wind up taking it slow and talking things over with the other tank and do things right, or you gogogo and rush into boss battles and wipe the group. Either way people are going to bitch at you, so I'm leaning towards just closing raid chat entirely and relying on tanktalk whispers to set the pace.
Went on an Indie game kick, today. Downloaded all the old Indie games I had for my Xbox. Funny thing is, about 98% of them are zombie-based games.
Even I got sick of zombies. Mostly because every game misses the mark. Either by a lot or a little were still waiting for the ultimate zombie game,
Yeah, I got my fill. I like what I have, and have no intentions to expand that, anymore. Though, I think the big draw for me with indie games is seeing extremely low-res blood and gore. Never saw that on the Atari 2600 aside from "Bloody Human Freeway."
My friends got me a 3DS Fire Emblem Edition which comes with Fire Emblem Awakening and a special Fire Emblem design on the 3DS. Looks very nice. Haven't owned a handheld in 10 years.
Almost nothing for the last month+. I practically forced myself to load up something last night, and I was actually enjoying Painkiller: Overdose, but the game frustrates me with the insufficient ammo it provides you to blast the hordes of bad guys it throws at you constantly.
Playing World of Warcraft again, after over a year out. Will play a month or two, get my characters through the pandaland stuff and drop off again.
Happy birthday! I started playing Awesomenauts last night. Played for 3-4 hours. Very fun, easy to get into. Also has split-screen co-op on a PC game, which is rare and convenient.
After I retire my Wii, that is on my Steam account waiting to be played. T-Minus 160 hours and counting.
Today a played a little of each Path of Exile Tyrian 2000 Don't Starve System Shock 2 ... I started sounding like Bonemeal!
Really? The little bit of the demo I played indicated it was crap. Is the demo a misrepresentation of the full game, or is it a situation where the PC title is good whilst the console version is not?


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Sorry if I got a little bent out of shape. We're all here because we love OS X, and we want to share what we've learned. Like I said earlier, if you have concerns about your hints not being published, please contact robg and let him know. If you had stated all of this at the outset instead of seemingly lashing out in a snit, I'm sure a lot of misunderstandings could have been avoided. As it is, please accept my apologies for anything insulting I may have said to you.
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Apologize? I deserved it! Your reply to me probably ticked me off about as much as my reply had ticked you off. Neither one of us deserves to be treated with disrespect, after all, there is a war going on right now!
I have not been stating my case properly, instead, I have been lashing out at everyone. Even those who have nothing to do with why I'm upset. How do you recommend I go about contacting robg (as you so boldly put it, pun intended)? I would like to figure out why the "Submit" button is working differently for me than others. Thanx in advance for any info on how to resolve this matter and no hard feelings, just learning and moving on ;-)
No hard feelings.
I'm sorry for sniping at you like that. You can try email@example.com to contact our fearless editor. He's usually very good about responding to messages, so I'm surprised to hear that your queries have been ignored. Cheers, pal.
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Katie M. Bottner: "Kristin Chenoweth… No need to explain why." Chenoweth, who took home a Tony Award for her performance in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, is a Broadway favorite. Besides her soaring soprano and her bubbly energy, the actress loves to interact with her fans (visit her Twitter page). In a one-woman show featuring Chenoweth, audiences would receive the perfect balance of song, dance and comic one-liners. The actress also knows how to take things down with a tender moment — check out "Fathers and Daughters" from her "Some Lessons Learned" album. (There is, in fact, some talk that her recent concert may actually play Broadway one day! For now, she's recovering from injuries she received on the set of "The Good Wife.")
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Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Callicat An amazing wedding weekend
My husband and I decided to elope in Austin very last minute and booked the Stephen after scouring downtown for romantic, conveniently located hotel. We were so incredibly impressed with the service we received there from the concierge staff to the valets. We were recognized and remembered throughout our stay and our room was amazing. I would recommend this hotel to anyone staying in the Austin area. It is well worth every penny!
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Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by APAUS2014 A Happy Event Planner
Everything about my stay was excellent! I am a very busy corporate events planner and I was in town to host an intense one day workshop, which made for two very long days for me! Everything I needed was available to me and the staff was very attentive. All very important when I just want to rest. We have considered Austin for some of our week long events and I will certainly be suggesting this property as our partner hotel!
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Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by Goodexperience123 Very nice!
The room was clean, comfortable, and welcoming. The bathroom was large and fancy. Room service was expensive (of course), but it was delicious. Overall, it was a great experience.
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Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by SigmaKappa I would stay here again
I was very pleased with my stay. I would stay here again and would most definitely recommend this hotel to others. The location is AWESOME and the staff was very attentive.
12 February 2014
Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 by Duke DeVille Business Center Needs Improvement
Your hotel is nice with a beautiful lobby. Our meeting room was nice and staff attentive. You need to pay a little more attention to your business center. The copier did not function properly and the printer that prints out boarding passess jammed. Your staff could not fix it.
The room was fine except for a malfunctioning bathroom door. It was on permanent lock so you had to make sure not to shut it. I reported the broken lock upon checkout. The energy saving lightbulbs cast a somewhat harsh light. I am not sure if there is a solution to this but attention to this would make for a nicer room environment.
12 February 2014
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by TedK616 A short stay in Austin
My wife & I just got back home after three delightful days in Austin, TX ay the Stephen F. Austin Hotel. Although it is an older hotel, they made up for that with good walking locations, great staff along with legendary Texas hospitality. We had an opportunity to visit a newer, larger hotel but we preferred the warm friendly feeling that the Intercontinental exudes. We had breakfast there on two occasions, it was quite nice. When we asked for recommendations for dinner, there was competition from the staff regarding their favorite place. We never had a bad meal. On our next trip to Austin, we surely will stay there.
What a city & a hotel to go along with it.
02 February 2014
Rated 5.0 out of 5.0 by CAW18 Quiet, clean, comfortable, attentive
I've stayed in a lot of hotels over the years, all over the world. This hotel stood out for me for so many reasons. The staff was incredibly attentive, respectful, and eager to help. The bed was clean, firm, comfortable and made me feel like I was home. The room itself was great in terms of size, amenities, and temperature (it is often overlooked and only remembered when it doesn't work or the service is loud). Fantastic. Thank you.
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Rated 4.0 out of 5.0 Great location and a Warm Welcome
everything was great. my only disappointment was the terrace restaurant bar was not open as advertised. I was told at check in the change was due to a private party, but it would have been nice to know in advance so I could have searched for other options sooner.
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Potomac barricade ends peacefully; armed man in custody
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A 23-year-old man is in custody after barricading himself in a Potomac home.
Montgomery County Police say he fired at least one shot during the four-hour standoff at the home, located in the 8100 block of Coach Street, which began around 8:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The standoff ended peacefully, and the suspect was taken into custody around 12:40 a.m. Wednesday.
The motive remains unclear. No further details were immediately available.
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The FAA plans an audit of all light sport manufacturers, including those overseas, and any new aircraft those companies might produce, said Dan Johnson, chairman and president of the Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association. Johnson said the information of the planned audits was confirmed in a phone call from an FAA official. It was first announced in 2010.
"We are planning on auditing existing LSA manufacturers. Also, any new make or model aircraft being produced will be first inspected by an FAA team along with an assessment of their system prior to issuance of the first Special Light-Sport Airworthiness (SLSA) certificate. Post FAA approval, [FAA] designees may issue subsequent SLSA certificates," said a spokesman at FAA headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Professor of Aerospace Engineering Richard P. Anderson, a party to the same FAA phone call as Johnson, confirmed Johnson's report.
The FAA's concerns about quality assurance show FAA officials remain uncomfortable with self-certification of LSAs, even though the safety record for such aircraft is good. Those concerns were expressed in an FAA assessment report in May 2010.
The new audit, aimed to assure a company is complying with industry agreed-upon standards, and the new-model aircraft inspection would be conducted by FAA personnel, not designated inspectors. The inspections could start this summer, Johnson said.
At present, manufacturers simply declare that their LSA meets ASTM industry standards, and an FAA representative then examines the paperwork and aircraft. Usually the examination is done after the aircraft has reached a dealer, and there is no factory inspection required. For foreign manufacturers, the aircraft would not be permitted for sale in the United States until the inspections are complete. The inspections would be handled by FAA headquarters, not by field representatives.
"The FAA believes many companies could not demonstrate with all the required documentation that they were in full compliance. Therefore, it is in a manufacturer's best interest to review compliance with ASTM standards. While FAA's initial plan appears to be a review of any new SLSA, it is possible the FAA will also review existing SLSA," Johnson said.
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Vogue models hit Piccadilly screens
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