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2009 was a good year...
I have rarely made a resolution for the New Year and this time is no different. I live my life each day with no regrets of the past and eternal hope for the future. When we turn the calendar page, it is just another day…
I hear so many people ready to kick 2009 to the curb and I might be tempted to jump on the bandwagon as they have many reasons to feel this way.
Millions of Americans lost their jobs and homes and are witnessing the patriotism of our nation decompose. The threat of nuclear war became real, the sanctity of marriage was trampled and a comedian was voted into the Senate. Just before the year ends, more of our rights are being taken away with national healthcare being voted in. It is enough to make most Americans want to throw the baby out with the bath water, but hold on…
Sure we could look back and claim it as one of the worst years ever, and searching online for 'the best of 2009' is slim pickings. Dare I ask…when did we become so cynical? I look back and see an amazing year, despite what the world might want you to believe.
2009 was a year more people fell to their knees, when there seemed to be no way out… they looked up. It was the year many Americans realized they are not defined by what they do or what they own. People came to the aid of their neighbors and friend. Families pulled in tighter, cherishing precious moments with new eyes. It was the year of the comeback kid. Losing jobs and homes invigorated this generation to pull up their bootstraps and fight back. 2009 saw the rebirth of the patriot and the emergent of the voice of the people through social networking.
Even the news media seems to find it hard to look at 2009 with rose colored glasses, but I believe in the finding the silver lining in all things. It was the year we crossed a racial barrier and marked history in America, inaugurating its first black president.
2009 was the year of Susan Boyle, Carrie Prejean and the birth of Smart Phones. Heroes Capt Sully and Capt Phillips saved many lives. Facebook and Twitter and Skype brought together millions of old friends and long lost family. NASA found water on the moon and Ford said no to the bailout, which may have proved to be the best move of the year.
Personally, I look back and see my life filled with more people I cherish than ever before. Our home was filled to overflowing on many occasions all year long, brought an abundance of love and laughter with friends and family. We were blessed beyond measure in 2009, by the thoughtfulness and kindness of people we didn't even know. Then there was the rekindling of friendships from 30 years ago. I even and met a sister, I never knew I had… it all happened in 2009.
I have watched my daughter flourish into a young lady and be blessed in all areas of her life, musically, athletically and spiritually. I have been able to proudly watch my son succeed with his career and celebrate the first year of marriage to his wife. I've walked hand in hand through the toughest of times with my husband, never allowing him to give in or give up, only to witness the glory of his full reliance of God.
For our family…it was a good year.
I kept my eyes focused through the lens of Him who created me, and not from the view of the world. Sure we had to overcome a lot this year, but to look back with regret or disdain would only be slapping God in the face for all he did for all of us in 2009.
I guess it is all just a matter of perspective...
SIDENOTE: God's timing is interesting...within an hour of writing this post, my husband came home and shared the news...he was fired! Wow...has my opinion changed? Not one bit...if anything, it has just become stronger!


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Title: Hunter x Hunter - Set 4
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Running time: 350
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Release date: 2009-12-01
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Mito gives Gon an iron box that Gon's father, Ging, left to him. But instead of providing clues to his father's whereabouts, what's inside only leads to more mysteries. While Gon and Killua head to Yorknew City, Kurapika gets a job with the mafia that soon brings him into conflict with the powerful Phantom Troupe at the underground auction. When Gon and Killua witness the members' overwhelming strength, they decide to shadow them to find out more, but the Phantom Troupe is one step ahead.
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Tea party challenge puts Sen. Richard Lugar in the fight of his political life
Sen. Richard Lugar is a six-term incumbent, highly regarded for his work on national security issues. But tea party-backed challenger Richard Mourdock says Lugar has lost touch with his Indiana constituents. In the run-up to Tuesday's GOP primary, Mourdock leads in the polls.
Sen. Richard Lugar has many fans in Washington and abroad.
The six-term Republican from Indiana – Eagle Scout, Rhodes scholar, US Navy veteran, former mayor of Indianapolis – also seems to represent the values all Hoosiers are proud of. He's conservative without making a fetish of it, willing to work with Democrats when necessary, successfully tackling some of the toughest issues – especially reductions in the world's arsenal of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
But my, how things have changed, and Senator Lugar now finds himself in the political fight of his life.
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Lugar has handily won every election since he ousted incumbent Democrat Vance Hartke in 1976. Last time around, Democrats didn't even challenge his reelection (which he won with 87 percent of the vote).
What's happened in the intervening years? The tea party movement. And like other Republicans tarred with the brush of perceived moderation, Lugar – an energetic 80 year-old – could find himself involuntarily retired this Tuesday when Indiana holds it primary election.
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The 22-year-old, a Wales international, has been at Welsh Spinal Injuries and Neurological Rehabilitation Unit since July as he continues his long road towards recovery.
A Blues statement read: "Owen is now tolerating periods of time sitting up in a wheelchair, allowing him the chance to spend short periods of time outside the hospital.
"He is also starting to use the gym at the hospital for early upper limb rehabilitation.
"It remains very early in his recovery, but support for the #StayStrongForOws campaign worldwide has been a huge inspiration for Owen, his family and friends.
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The Dutch Royals were in Zeeland today, to celebrate the 2010 edition of Koninginnedag (Queen's Day). This year's festivities were also used to mark Queen Beatrix's 30th anniversary on the throne.
The entire family was present (minus Prince Maurits and Princess Marilène, who were attending the funeral of Hereditary Prince Carl Friedrich zu Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg in Bavaria – Princess Margriet and Prof. Pieter van Vollenhoven left half way through the day to attend both events), and the rainy day could not dampen their spirits as they mingled with the locals and played traditional Dutch games.
Princess Máxima and Prince Friso took part in a game of shuffle board using pitchers of beer as the puck, while Prince Pieter-Christiaan went rock-climbing (Pieter-Christiaan and his brother, Prince Bernhard, later skipped part of the celebrations in Middelburg due to the involvement of horses as to not flare up their allergies). And Prince Willem-Alexander ended up looking like a drowned frog when he decided to forego the protection of an umbrella to shield him from the weather.
Folk dancing was Princess Mabel's preferred choice of activity, before some soccer in her platform heels. Prince Constantijn also played some soccer too (minus the heels of course). His wife, Princess Laurentien, played some hockey with school children.
Later, in Middelburg, the royal family appeared on the balcony of the Middelburg City Hall, where Queen Beatrix made a speech to the crowd which gathered. She thanked the Dutch people for "giving us our Queen's Day back," in reference to last year's terrible tragedy.
This year's Queen's Day had an increased number of security, with extra security staff hired on top of the 1400 police present.
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KIAWAH ISLAND, SC -- This the PGA Championship, a showcase of the best the PGA of America has to offer. But where are all of the PGA professionals that this tournament was supposed to be about? Out of 156 players in the field, there are only 20 considered PGA club professionals.
That's not enough.
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I understand the difference between the tour pro and the club pro, and so does the PGA of America. They saw the gap between the two as early as 1968 when they created a separate national championship just for the guys who are out on the ranges across the country teaching the masses the game of golf.
This year, Matt Dobyns won the PGA Professional National Championship. He's the head pro from Fresh Meadow Country Club in Lake Success, N.Y. (I couldn't make that name up if I wanted to.) Dobyns' victory came at the Bayonet and Black Horse Golf Courses in Seaside, Calif. The Walter Hagen Cup, given out to the club pro champion, has names like Sam Snead, Bob Rosburg, Bruce Fleisher and Larry Gilbert attached to it.
So why didn't you know that and why hadn't you ever heard of Matt Dobyns?
Since the PGA Championship and the PGA professional championship became two separate events more than four decades ago, the best a PGA professional has ever finished in this major is third. That happened twice: Tommy Bolt in 1971 at PGA National and Snead in 1974 at Tanglewood GC in North Carolina. Neither was considered "touring pros" by that stage in their careers.
Since 2000, the best finish by a PGA club pro was a tie for 31st, in 2004. Chip Sullivan achieved that feat.
In 2003 and 2008, no PGA club pro made the cut, and since 2006 no one has finished better than 68th. That being said, I am a fan of Cinderella. I like the guys who have to sell the shirts and set up the outings, getting a chance to play against the guys they once dreamed of being next to on the driving range.
When I asked Bob Sowards, head professional at New Albany (Ohio) Country Club, which job was harder -- being a tour pro or a club pro -- he answered with no hesitation.
"Club pro by far," said Sowards, who tees off Thursday in Round 1 of the PGA Championship with PGA Tour pros Bryce Molder and Matt Every. "As a tour pro, you see the hard work pay off. As a club pro, that's not always the case."
Telling words from a guy who's been on both sides of the counter. Sowards played in 35 career PGA Tour events and made 11 cuts. That includes 22 starts in 2008, with nine cuts made.
Just because club pros haven't achieved any great finishes doesn't mean there aren't flashes of greatness there.
In 1969, Don Bies dropped a 64 in the second round at NCR Country Club in Ohio. That same year, Jimmy Wright shot 279 over four rounds and finished fourth, still the lowest four-round total ever shot by a PGA pro. Jay Overton fired a 66 in Round 2 back in 1988 at Oak Tree Golf Club in Oklahoma. Maybe not something you talk about every day in the golf media, but I bet at their home courses it's mentioned at the 19th hole.
It's hypocritical to continue to say we need to grow the game of golf, yet on one of golf's four biggest stages we shrink the number of people actually bringing this game to the public. The U.S. Open and the Open Championship give anyone with a low enough handicap the opportunity to play their way into the fairy tale, so why not the PGA?
Yes, the chance of a guy winning a major who on Monday or Tuesday will be back setting up a best-ball shotgun tournament for the one-foot-in-the-ground-retirement-community's over-85 group is slim. But taking away more of those Cinderella opportunities won't grow the game. It will shrink it.
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Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD[P]H: Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) by a Phenolic Antioxidant, Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Its Metabolite, tert-Butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) in Primary-Cultured Human and Rat Hepatocytes
- Young-Sam Keum,
- Yong-Hae Han,
- Celine Liew,
- Jung-Hwan Kim,
- Changjiang Xu,
- Xiaoling Yuan,
- Michael P. Shakarjian,
- Saeho Chong,
- Ah-Ng Kong
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This study was aimed to investigate the effects of a phenolic antioxidant, butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA) and its metabolite, tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) on the induction of HO-1, NQO1 and Nrf2 proteins and their regulatory mechanisms in primary-cultured hepatocytes.
After exposure of BHA and tBHQ to primary-cultured rat and human hepatocytes and mouse neonatal fibroblasts (MFs), Western blot, semi-quantitative RT-PCR and microarray analysis were conducted.
Induction of HO-1, NQO1 and Nrf2 proteins and activation of ERK1/2 and JNK1/2 were observed after BHA and tBHQ treatments in primary-cultured rat and human hepatocytes. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR study and microarray analysis revealed that HO-1 and NQO1 were transcriptionally activated in primary-cultured rat hepatocytes and a substantial transcriptional activation, including HO-1 occurred in primary-cultured human hepatocytes after BHA treatment. Whereas BHA failed to induce HO-1 in wild-type and Nrf2 knock-out MFs, tBHQ strongly induced HO-1 in wild-type, but not in Nrf2 knock-out MFs.
Our data demonstrate that both BHA and tBHQ are strong chemical inducers of HO-1, NQO1 and Nrf2 proteins in primary-cultured human and rat hepatocytes with the activation of MAPK ERK1/2 and JNK1/2. However, in MFs, BHA failed to induce HO-1, whereas tBHQ strongly induced HO-1 in Nrf2 wild-type but not in Nrf2 knock-out, suggesting that Nrf2 is indispensable for tBHQ-induced HO-1 in MF.
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- Title
- Induction of Heme Oxygenase-1 (HO-1) and NAD[P]H: Quinone Oxidoreductase 1 (NQO1) by a Phenolic Antioxidant, Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) and Its Metabolite, tert-Butylhydroquinone (tBHQ) in Primary-Cultured Human and Rat Hepatocytes
- Journal
Pharmaceutical Research
Volume 23, Issue 11 , pp 2586-2594
- Cover Date
- 2006-11-01
- 10.1007/s11095-006-9094-2
- Print ISSN
- 0724-8741
- Online ISSN
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Keywords
- butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA)
- mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs)
- Nrf2
- tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ)
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Young-Sam Keum (1)
- Yong-Hae Han (2)
- Celine Liew (3)
- Jung-Hwan Kim (1)
- Changjiang Xu (1)
- Xiaoling Yuan (1)
- Michael P. Shakarjian (4)
- Saeho Chong (2)
- Ah-Ng Kong (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Pharmaceutics, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 160 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway, New Jersey, 08854, USA
- 2. Department of Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, Bristol Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- 3. Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore, s117543, Singapore
- 4. Department of Medicine, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 675 Hoes Lane, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA


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Docker/Neo4j: Port forwarding on Mac OS X not working
Prompted by Ognjen Bubalo's excellent blog post I thought it was about time I tried running Neo4j on a docker container on my Mac Book Pro to make it easier to play around with different data sets.
I got the container up and running by following Ognien's instructions and had the following ports forwarded to my host machine:
$ docker ps CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES c62f8601e557 tpires/neo4j:latest "/bin/bash -c /launc About an hour ago Up About an hour 0.0.0.0:49153->1337/tcp, 0.0.0.0:49154->7474/tcp neo4j |
This should allow me to access Neo4j on port 49154 but when I tried to access that host:port pair I got a connection refused message:
$ curl -v http://localhost:49154 * Adding handle: conn: 0x7ff369803a00 * Adding handle: send: 0 * Adding handle: recv: 0 * Curl_addHandleToPipeline: length: 1 * - Conn 0 (0x7ff369803a00) send_pipe: 1, recv_pipe: 0 * About to connect() to localhost port 49154 (#0) * Trying ::1... * Trying 127.0.0.1... * Trying fe80::1... * Failed connect to localhost:49154; Connection refused * Closing connection 0 curl: (7) Failed connect to localhost:49154; Connection refused |
My first thought was the maybe Neo4j hadn't started up correctly inside the container so I checked the logs:
$ docker logs --tail=10 c62f8601e557 10:59:12.994 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@2edfbe28{/webadmin,jar:file:/usr/share/neo4j/system/lib/neo4j-server-2.1.5-static-web.jar!/webadmin-html,AVAILABLE} 10:59:13.449 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@192efb4e{/db/manage,null,AVAILABLE} 10:59:13.699 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@7e94c035{/db/data,null,AVAILABLE} 10:59:13.714 [main] INFO o.e.j.w.StandardDescriptorProcessor - NO JSP Support for /browser, did not find org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet 10:59:13.715 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.w.WebAppContext@3e84ae71{/browser,jar:file:/usr/share/neo4j/system/lib/neo4j-browser-2.1.5.jar!/browser,AVAILABLE} 10:59:13.807 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@4b6690b1{/,null,AVAILABLE} 10:59:13.819 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.ServerConnector - Started ServerConnector@495350f0{HTTP/1.1}{c62f8601e557:7474} 10:59:13.900 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.ServerConnector - Started ServerConnector@23ad0c5a{SSL-HTTP/1.1}{c62f8601e557:7473} 2014-11-27 10:59:13.901+0000 INFO [API] Server started on: http://c62f8601e557:7474/ 2014-11-27 10:59:13.902+0000 INFO [API] Remote interface ready and available at [http://c62f8601e557:7474/] |
Nope! It's up and running perfectly fine which suggested the problemw was with port forwarding.
I eventually found my way to Chris Jones' 'How to use Docker on OS X: The Missing Guide' which explained the problem:
The Problem: Docker forwards ports from the container to the host, which is boot2docker, not OS X.
The Solution: Use the VM's IP address.
So to access Neo4j on my machine I need to use the VM's IP address rather than localhost. We can get the VM's IP address like so:
$ boot2docker ip The VM's Host only interface IP address is: 192.168.59.103 |
Let's strip out that surrounding text though:
$ boot2docker ip 2> /dev/null 192.168.59.103 |
Now if we cURL using that IP instead:
$ curl -v http://192.168.59.103:49154 * About to connect() to 192.168.59.103 port 49154 (#0) * Trying 192.168.59.103... * Adding handle: conn: 0x7fd794003a00 * Adding handle: send: 0 * Adding handle: recv: 0 * Curl_addHandleToPipeline: length: 1 * - Conn 0 (0x7fd794003a00) send_pipe: 1, recv_pipe: 0 * Connected to 192.168.59.103 (192.168.59.103) port 49154 (#0) > GET / HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.30.0 > Host: 192.168.59.103:49154 > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8 < Access-Control-Allow-Origin: * < Content-Length: 112 * Server Jetty(9.0.5.v20130815) is not blacklisted < Server: Jetty(9.0.5.v20130815) < { "management" : "http://192.168.59.103:49154/db/manage/", "data" : "http://192.168.59.103:49154/db/data/" * Connection #0 to host 192.168.59.103 left intact |
Happy days!
Chris has solutions to lots of other common problems people come across when using Docker with Mac OS X so it's worth having a flick through his post.
hdiutil: could not access / create failed – Operation canceled
Earlier in the year I wrote a blog post showing how to build a Mac OS X DMG file for a Java application and I recently revisited this script to update it to a new version and ran into a frustrating error message.
I tried to run the following command to create a new DMG file from a source folder…
$ hdiutil create -volname "DemoBench" -size 100m -srcfolder dmg/ -ov -format UDZO pack.temp.dmg |
…but was met with the following error message:
...could not access /Volumes/DemoBench/DemoBench.app/Contents/Resources/app/database-agent.jar - Operation canceled hdiutil: create failed - Operation canceled |
I was initially a bit stumped and thought maybe the flags to hdiutil had changed but a quick look at the man page suggested that wasn't the issue.
I decided to go back to my pre command line approach for creating a DMG – DiskUtility – and see if I could create it that way. This helped reveal the actual problem:
I increased the volume size to 150 MB…
$ hdiutil create -volname "DemoBench" -size 100m -srcfolder dmg/ -ov -format UDZO pack.temp.dmg |
and all was well:
.................................................................................................... .......................................................................... created: /Users/markneedham/projects/neo-technology/quality-tasks/park-bench/database-agent-desktop/target/pack.temp.dmg |
And this post will serve as documentation to stop it catching me out next time!
Data Modelling: The Thin Model
About a third of the way through Mastering Data Modeling the authors describe common data modelling mistakes and one in particular resonated with me – 'Thin LDS, Lost Users'.
LDS stands for 'Logical Data Structure' which is a diagram depicting what kinds of data some person or group wants to remember. In other words, a tool to help derive the conceptual model for our domain.
They describe the problem that a thin model can cause as follows:
[…] within 30 minutes [of the modelling session] the users were lost…we determined that the model was too thin. That is, many entities had just identifying descriptors.
While this is syntactically okay, when we revisited those entities asking, What else is memorable here? the users had lots to say.
When there was flesh on the bones, the uncertainty abated and the session took a positive course.
I found myself making the same mistake a couple of weeks ago during a graph modelling session. I tend to spend the majority of the time focused on the relationships between the bits of data and treat the meta data or attributes almost as an after thought.
The nice thing about the graph model is that it encourages an iterative approach so I was quickly able to bring the model to life and the domain experts back onside.
We can see a simple example of adding flesh to a model with a subset of the movies graph.
We might start out with the model on the right hand side which just describes the structure of the graph but doesn't give us very much information about the entities.
I tend to sketch out the structure of all the data before adding any attributes but I think some people find it easier to follow if you add at least some flesh before moving on to the next part of the model.
In our next iteration of the movie graph we can add attributes to the actor and movie:
We can then go on to evolve the model further but the lesson for me is value the attributes more, it's not all about the structure.
Neo4j: LOAD CSV – The sneaky null character
I spent some time earlier in the week trying to import a CSV file extracted from Hadoop into Neo4j using Cypher's LOAD CSV command and initially struggled due to some rogue characters.
The CSV file looked like this:
$ cat foo.csv foo,bar,baz 1,2,3 |
I wrote the following LOAD CSV query to extract some of the fields and compare others:
load csv with headers from "file:/Users/markneedham/Downloads/foo.csv" AS line RETURN line.foo, line.bar, line.bar = "2" |
==> +--------------------------------------+ ==> | line.foo | line.bar | line.bar = "2" | ==> +--------------------------------------+ ==> | <null> | "2" | false | ==> +--------------------------------------+ ==> 1 row |
I had expect to see a "1" in the first column and a 'true' in the third column, neither of which happened.
I initially didn't have a text editor with hexcode mode available so I tried checking the length of the entry in the 'bar' field:
load csv with headers from "file:/Users/markneedham/Downloads/foo.csv" AS line RETURN line.foo, line.bar, line.bar = "2", length(line.bar) |
==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | line.foo | line.bar | line.bar = "2" | length(line.bar) | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | <null> | "2" | false | 2 | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> 1 row |
The length of that value is 2 when we'd expect it to be 1 given it's a single character.
I tried trimming the field to see if that made any difference…
load csv with headers from "file:/Users/markneedham/Downloads/foo.csv" AS line RETURN line.foo, trim(line.bar), trim(line.bar) = "2", length(line.bar) |
==> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | line.foo | trim(line.bar) | trim(line.bar) = "2" | length(line.bar) | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | <null> | "2" | true | 2 | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ ==> 1 row |
…and it did! I thought there was probably a trailing whitespace character after the "2" which trim had removed and that 'foo' column in the header row had the same issue.
I was able to see that this was the case by extracting the JSON dump of the query via the Neo4j browser:
{ "table":{ "_response":{ "columns":[ "line" ], "data":[ { "row":[ { "foo\u0000":"1\u0000", "bar":"2\u0000", "baz":"3" } ], "graph":{ "nodes":[ ], "relationships":[ ] } } ], ... } |
It turns out there were null characters scattered around the file so I needed to pre process the file to get rid of them:
$ tr < foo.csv -d '\000' > bar.csv |
Now if we process bar.csv it's a much smoother process:
load csv with headers from "file:/Users/markneedham/Downloads/bar.csv" AS line RETURN line.foo, line.bar, line.bar = "2", length(line.bar) |
==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | line.foo | line.bar | line.bar = "2" | length(line.bar) | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> | "1" | "2" | true | 1 | ==> +---------------------------------------------------------+ ==> 1 row |
Note to self: don't expect data to be clean, inspect it first!
PostgreSQL: ERROR: column does not exist
I've been playing around with PostgreSQL recently and in particular the Northwind dataset typically used as an introductory data set for relational databases.
Having imported the data I wanted to take a quick look at the employees table:
postgres=# SELECT * FROM employees LIMIT 1; EmployeeID | LastName | FirstName | Title | TitleOfCourtesy | BirthDate | HireDate | Address | City | Region | PostalCode | Country | HomePhone | Extension | Photo | Notes | ReportsTo | PhotoPath ------------+----------+-----------+----------------------+-----------------+------------+------------+-----------------------------+---------+--------+------------+---------+----------------+-----------+-------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------+-------------------------------------- 1 | Davolio | Nancy | Sales Representative | Ms. | 1948-12-08 | 1992-05-01 | 507 - 20th Ave. E.\nApt. 2A | Seattle | WA | 98122 | USA | (206) 555-9857 | 5467 | \x | Education includes a BA IN psychology FROM Colorado State University IN 1970. She also completed "The Art of the Cold Call." Nancy IS a member OF Toastmasters International. | 2 | http://accweb/emmployees/davolio.bmp (1 ROW) |
That works fine but what if I only want to return the 'EmployeeID' field?
postgres=# SELECT EmployeeID FROM employees LIMIT 1; ERROR: COLUMN "employeeid" does NOT exist LINE 1: SELECT EmployeeID FROM employees LIMIT 1; |
I hadn't realised (or had forgotten) that field names get lower cased so we need to quote the name if it's been stored in mixed case:
postgres=# SELECT "EmployeeID" FROM employees LIMIT 1; EmployeeID ------------ 1 (1 ROW) |
From my reading the suggestion seems to be to have your field names lower cased to avoid this problem but since it's just a dummy data set I guess I'll just put up with the quoting overhead for now.
4 types of user
I've been working with Neo4j full time for slightly more than a year now and from interacting with the community I've noticed that while using different features of the product people fall into 4 categories.
These are as follows:
On one axis we have 'loudness' i.e. how vocal somebody is either on twitter, StackOverflow or by email and on the other we have 'success' which is how well a product feature is working for them.
The people in the top half of the diagram will get the most attention because they're the most visible.
Of those people we'll tend to spend more time on the people who are unhappy and vocal to try and help them solve the problems their having.
When working with the people in the top left it's difficult to understand how representative they are for the whole user base.
It could be the case that they aren't representative at all and actually there is a quiet majority who the product is working for and are just getting on with it with no fuss.
However, it could equally be the case that they are absolutely representative and there are a lot of users quietly suffering / giving up using the product.
I haven't come up with a good way to come across the less vocal users but in my experience they'll often be passive users of the user group or Stack Overflow i.e. they'll read existing issues but not post anything themselves.
Given this uncertainty I think it makes sense to assume that the silent majority suffer the same problems as the more vocal minority.
Another interesting thing I've noticed about this quadrant is that the people in the top right are often the best people in the community to help those who are struggling.
It'd be interesting to know whether anyone has noticed a similar thing with the products they worked on, and if so what approach do you take to unveiling the silent majority?
Thoughts on meetups
I recently came across an interesting blog post by Zach Tellman in which he explains a new approach that he's been trialling at The Bay Area Clojure User Group.
Zach explains that a lecture based approach isn't necessarily the most effective way for people to learn and that half of the people attending the meetup are likely to be novices and would struggle to follow more advanced content.
He then goes on to explain an alternative approach:
We've been experimenting with a Clojure meetup modelled on a different academic tradition: office hours.
At a university, students who have questions about the lecture content or coursework can visit the professor and have a one-on-one conversation.
At the beginning of every meetup, we give everyone a name tag, and provide a whiteboard with two columns, "teachers" and "students".
Attendees are encouraged to put their name and interests in both columns. From there, everyone can […] go in search of someone from the opposite column who shares their interests.
While running Neo4j meetups we've had similar observations and my colleagues Stefan and Cedric actually ran a meetup in Paris a few months ago which sounds very similar to Zach's 'office hours' style one.
However, we've also been experimenting with the idea that one size doesn't need to fit all by running different styles of meetups aimed at different people.
For example, we have:
- An introductory meetup which aims to get people to the point where they can follow talks about more advanced topics.
- A more hands on session for people who want to learn how to write queries in cypher, Neo4j's query language.
- An advanced session for people who want to learn how to model a problem as a graph and import data into a graph.
I'm also thinking of running something similar to the Clojure Dojo but focused on data and graphs where groups of people could work together and build an app.
I noticed that Nick Manning has been doing a similar thing with the New York City Neo4j meetup as well, which is cool.
I'd be interested in hearing about different / better approaches that other people have come across so if you know of any let me know in the comments.
install4j and AppleScript: Creating a Mac OS X Application Bundle for a Java application
We have a few internal applications at Neo which can be launched using 'java -jar
My favourite installation pattern is the one where when you double click the dmg it shows you a window where you can drag the application into the 'Applications' folder, like this:
I'm not a fan of the installation wizards and the installation process here is so simple that a wizard seems overkill.
I started out learning about the structure of an application bundle which is well described in the Apple Bundle Programming guide. I then worked my way through a video which walks you through bundling a JAR file in a Mac application.
I figured that bundling a JAR was probably a solved problem and had a look at App Bundler, JAR Bundler and Iceberg before settling on Install4j which we used for Neo4j desktop.
I started out by creating an installer using Install4j and then manually copying the launcher it created into an Application bundle template but it was incredibly fiddly and I ended up with a variety of indecipherable messages in the system error log.
Eventually I realised that I didn't need to create an installer and that what I actually wanted was a Mac OS X single bundle archive media file.
After I'd got install4j creating that for me I just needed to figure out how to create the background image telling the user to drag the application into their 'Applications' folder.
Luckily I came across this StackOverflow post which provided some AppleScript to do just that and with a bit of tweaking I ended up with the following shell script which seems to do the job:
#!/bin/bash rm target/DBench_macos_1_0_0.tgz /Applications/install4j\ 5/bin/install4jc TestBench.install4j title="DemoBench" backgroundPictureName="graphs.png" applicationName="DemoBench" finalDMGName="DemoBench.dmg" rm -rf target/dmg && mkdir -p target/dmg tar -C target/dmg -xvf target/DBench_macos_1_0_0.tgz cp -r src/packaging/.background target/dmg ln -s /Applications target/dmg cd target rm "${finalDMGName}" umount -f /Volumes/"${title}" hdiutil create -volname ${title} -size 100m -srcfolder dmg/ -ov -format UDRW pack.temp.dmg device=$(hdiutil attach -readwrite -noverify -noautoopen "pack.temp.dmg" | egrep '^/dev/' | sed 1q | awk '{print $1}') sleep 5 echo ' tell application "Finder" tell disk "'${title}'" open set current view of container window to icon view set toolbar visible of container window to false set statusbar visible of container window to false set the bounds of container window to {400, 100, 885, 430} set theViewOptions to the icon view options of container window set arrangement of theViewOptions to not arranged set icon size of theViewOptions to 72 set background picture of theViewOptions to file ".background:'${backgroundPictureName}'" set position of item "'${applicationName}'" of container window to {100, 100} set position of item "Applications" of container window to {375, 100} update without registering applications delay 5 eject end tell end tell ' | osascript hdiutil detach ${device} hdiutil convert "pack.temp.dmg" -format UDZO -imagekey zlib-level=9 -o "${finalDMGName}" rm -f pack.temp.dmg cd .. |
To summarise, this script creates a symlink to 'Applications', puts a background image in a directory titled '.background', sets that as the background of the window and positions the symlink and application appropriately.
Et voila:
The Firefox guys wrote a couple of blog posts detailing their experiences writing an installer which were quite an interesting read as well.
Soulver: For all your random calculations
I often find myself doing random calculations and I used to do so part manually and part using Alfred's calculator until Alistair pointed me at Soulver, a desktop/iPhone/iPad app, which is even better.
I thought I'd write some examples of calculations I use it for, partly so I'll remember the syntax in future!
Calculating how much memory Neo4j memory mapping will take up
800 mb + 2660mb + 6600mb + 9500mb + 40mb in GB = 19.6 GB |
How long would it take to cover 20,000 km at 100 km / day?
20,000 km / 100 km/day in months = 6.57097681677241832481 months |
How long did an import of some data using the Neo4j shell take?
4550855 ms in minutes = 75.84758333333333333333 minutes |
Bit shift 1 by 32 places
1 << 32 = 4,294,967,296 |
Translating into easier to digest units
32381KB / second in MB per minute = 1,942.86 MB/minute 500,000 / 3 years in per hour = 19.01324310408685857874 per hour^2 |
How long would it take to process a chunk of data?
100 GB / (32381KB / second in MB per minute) = 51.47051254336390681778 minutes |
Hexadecimal to base 10
0x1111 = 4,369 1 + 16 + 16^2 + 16^3 = 4,369 |
I'm sure there's much more that you can do that I haven't figured out yet but even for these simple examples it saves me a bunch of time.
Automating Skype's 'This message has been removed'
One of the stranger features of Skype is that that it allows you to delete the contents of a message that you've already sent to someone – something I haven't seen on any other messaging system I've used.
For example if I wrote a message in Skype and wanted to edit it I would press the 'up' arrow:
Once I've deleted the message I'd see this in the space where the message used to be:
I almost certainly am too obsessed with this but I find it quite amusing when I see people posting and retracting messages so I wanted to see if it could be automated.
Alistair showed me Automator, a built in tool on the Mac for automating work flows.
Automator allows you to execute Applescript so we wrote the following code which selects the current chat in Skype, writes a message and then deletes it one character at a time:
on run {input, parameters} tell application "Skype" activate end tell tell application "System Events" set message to "now you see me, now you don't" keystroke message keystroke return keystroke (ASCII character 30) --up arrow repeat length of message times keystroke (ASCII character 8) --backspace end repeat keystroke return end tell return input end run |
We wired up the Applescript via the Utilities > Run Applescript menu option in Automator:
We can then go further and wire that up to a keyboard shortcut if we want by saving the workflow as a service in Automator but for my messing around purposes clicking the 'Run' button from Automator didn't seem too much of a hardship!


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drkaje wrote:
You can request the thread be deleted.
We won't tell, for a small fee payable in beer.
Hmmmm...how much beer can I buy & comfortably PIF before my next statement...hmmmmmm.
A simple 6 pack of Shiner Bock will shut me up and get a non-disclosure statement signed.
drkaje wrote:A simple 6 pack of Shiner Bock will shut me up and get a non-disclosure statement signed.
Words every lawyer would love to hear.
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If he had any question about 'WHY WOULD YOU POST THAT??" I would simply reply that first the forums are anonymous and even though we may reveal some personal information no one from here is going to track him down and laugh at his situation and secondly I know that when I was running on my own ideas without advice my credit was not in good shape and I made poor decisions. Since reading and participating in these forums I have amended my ways and made progress. Like you I was able to become a homeowner in 2011 and I give a huge amount of credit to following advice from these forums for both repair and strengthening my credit files.
Edit to add: And I fully agree with your decision to let him do it for himself and not accept personal responsibility by putting the utilities in your name.
Only right response!? Just be glad it didn't read "Just broke up with BF due to raggedy credit!".
Or that it didn't read "He didn't pay utility bills, how do I PFD this?"
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FrugalRican wrote:Or that it didn't read "He didn't pay utility bills, how do I PFD this?"
^^This would be worse. I wouldn't use a credit score as an overall barometer of a relationship...but mama didn't raise no fool, either.
FrugalRican wrote:Or that it didn't read "He didn't pay utility bills, how do I PFD this?"
Wouldn't be the first post of its kind.
Stand by your man, but stand by your credit first.
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Dont be no fool, he will survive
You can always find another man. It takes 7 years for a late payment to fall off, LOL!
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TABLE 3.1 Estimate of Dominant Systematic Errors Sources in Measuring Global Mean Sea Level Rise from Space-based Altimeters
Altimeter Global Mean Sea Level Measurement Error Budget |
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0.1 mm/y |
Altimeter drift error (predominantly radiometer drift) |
0.4 mm/y |
Altimeter bias errors (the ability to link overlapping missions) |
0.4 mm/y |
Reference frame origin error (affects the satellite orbits) |
0.2 mm/y |
Systematic vertical motion error (affects the altimeter calibration) |
0.4 mm/y |
Total error (root-sum-squared) |
0.6 mm/y |
models (see recommendations of the 2009 OCEANOBS workshop; Cazenave et al., 2010). All of the space-based techniques rely on an accurate reference frame, so maintaining and improving the accuracy of the terrestrial reference frame is of paramount importance for the study and for understanding global sea level rise. Ongoing research on altimeter drift and bias errors can be expected to reduce those uncertainties. The reference frame errors, however, are outside of the control of the altimeter data analysts and must be addressed by the geodetic community through improvements in the geodetic networks and the analysis of the data provided by those networks.
One of the most dramatic effects of global change is the melting of ice from continental glaciers and polar ice sheets. Mountain glaciers around the globe have been in fast retreat for the past few decades, and observations indicate that the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are beginning to lose mass at alarming rates (Lemke et al., 2007). The acceleration of ice loss in Greenland and Antarctica was not widely anticipated before it was observed, and explanations to account for this acceleration are still incomplete. Only through careful monitoring of the ice sheets—using techniques that rely heavily on geodetic infrastructure—was the acceleration noticed and quantified. The continued application of current and future geodetic techniques is required for the scientific community to be able to monitor the ice sheet mass balance at the accuracy needed to understand what is happening today and to develop models for predicting future ice sheet mass changes. Of particular importance is the systematic application of geodetic imaging techniques that use radar and LiDAR to produce images of the Earth's surface wherein the location each pixel is known with geodetic precision, so that the difference between two pictures of the same area can be interpreted geologically and physically.
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Big River Train LyricsArtist: Porter WagonerAlbum: Soul Of A Convict Known as the Big River Train Just before she disappears into the forset she passes by a prison Where many-a convicts has dreamed of riding her rails to freedom I'd like to tel you a story as it was told to me It's called The Legend Of The Big River Train Keep that 8-wheel drive a rollin' let her lonesome whistle whine For it tells the world a story as it whistles through the pines In the death car lies a convict with a number for his name And he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train Well they brought him to this prison twenty years ago this date Changed his name into a number then he became my prison mate Somehow I knew he wasn't guilty from the very day he came Yet they brought him to this prison on that old Big River Train We became the best of buddies side by side through thick and thin Then one night he told his story how he have framed by evil men Men who bought and bribed the jury seekin' only selfish gain Yes they sent an honest man to prison condemned him to a life of shame Many many times I've heard him tell me when he'd hear that whistle blow That same old train that brought me here pal is gonna take me home I know I'll ride it back to my home country and there I'll clear my honest name Well they shipped him back this morning on that old Big River Train But he's gone to meek his Maker in a land that's bright and new Gone to claim a peace of freedom that heaven knows was overdue Of a crime he wasn't guilty just a victim of a frame Yes he came and now he's leavin' on that old Big River Train And he's going home this morning on that old Big River Train
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- Air conditioning
- Climate control
- Minibar
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Bidet
- Rainfall showerhead
- Bathtub or shower
- In-room safe
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Satellite TV service
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Wired high-speed Internet access (surcharge)
- Soundproofed rooms
- Room service (limited hours)
- Individually furnished
- WiFi (surcharge)
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM.
RISTORANTINO MAJESTIC - This restaurant specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Nearby Things to Do
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- Accessible path of travel
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at noon
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Pets allowed, Pet maximum weight in kg is
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No cribs (infant beds) available
We should mention
Cash transactions at this property cannot exceed EUR 999.99, due to national regulations. For further details, please contact the property using information in the booking confirmation. This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. One child 6 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding.


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October 10, 2008, 3:49 pm
hi has any one done a engine convertion on a escort 55 TD van im hopeing to have a 2L engine ,can any one trll me what i need to git like engine,gear box,ecu,and tank,
October 10, 2008, 5:33 pm
What 2l engine do you want to fit?
Few details of what one you want and i may be able to help
October 10, 2008, 8:31 pm
rs 200 more than likey is that a good one to go for
October 11, 2008, 2:36 am
Take it you mean RS2000 then. If your van is a mk6 and you get the mk6 RS2000 lump it shouldn't be too bad but i hear you'll need all the suspension set up too.
Would be a very quick van if ya can do it but remember these engines in good nick are getting quite rare now.
Good luck mate.
August 3, 2009, 8:46 pm
Hi mate, im currently going through the plans for converting my MK6 55D escort van to a RS2000 engine rocket lol.. if you could give me some more informatuon about doing it that would be great thanks matey.
P.S im a mechanic so technical talk is ok lol
August 3, 2009, 11:01 pm
FWD RS2000 or 4x4?
If 4x4 it would be easier to go sierra running gear as the wheelbase dimensions are the same as the van.
FWD. You would need the front suspension, engine, wiring loom, etc etc.
But remember, you will also have to change the fuel tank and fuel lines etc etc.
August 3, 2009, 11:51 pm
thanks 4 reply.
im goin with FWD and i knw abt the work involved i dnt mind at all.. the suspesion components would it be straight swop from car to van i.e no makin new holes or re adjustin of bits just a straight swop from car to van??
is there any chance that you have a list of all the parts needed so that i can work with n use as a templte of my buying at moment.
August 4, 2009, 10:00 am
If you can get a full car as a donor car, it will be a LOT easier.
Just a quick list off the top of my head.
Wiring loom
Ignition and key (may be easier)
Front suspension uprights
All lower suspension
Engine/Gearbox mounts
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Ancilleries (ie Starter motor/Alternator)
Exhaust down pipe
And probably some more.
Not the easiest job in the world as fuel tank and fuel lines can become an issue.
The only adjustment you may have to make, is the holes for the top of the suspension to mount into the body. Some are different. But its not a major problem
August 4, 2009, 1:13 pm
thanks for the reply...
As for the fuel tank and lines what sort of job is it to change them?
What sort of issues we talkin about?
August 4, 2009, 2:10 pm
Well the petrol lump, needs a pump from the tank to the engine, where as the diesel only uses a pump engine side.
The tank and lines will have to be fully cleaned out and replaced, or, do as most do, and fit a new tank and pipes from the older mk5 1.4 petrol vans. Although these are very hard to come by.
The other option, would be to fit a custom made tank, wether you fit it underneath like the original, or in the back with a firewall.
My old zetec converted van, has a custom made tank fitted underneath.
Hope this helps
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