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Database Replication with Slony-I
We first create the database we will replicate. This database contains a single table and sequence. Let's create a user contactuser, the contactdb database and activate the plpgsql programming language to this newly created PostgreSQL database by proceeding with the following commands:
% su - postgres % createuser --pwprompt contactuser Enter password for user "contactuser": (specify a password) Enter it again: Shall the new user be allowed to create databases? (y/ n) y Shall the new user be allowed to create more new users? (y/ n) n % createdb -O contactuser contactdb % createlang -U postgres -h localhost plpgsql \ contactdb
Then, we create the sequence and the table in the database we will replicate and insert some information in the table:
% psql -U contactuser contactdb contactdb=> create sequence contact_seq start with 1; contactdb=> create table contact ( cid int4 primary key, name varchar(50), address varchar(255), phonenumber varchar(15) ); contactdb=> insert into contact (cid, name, address, phonenumber) values ((select nextval('contact_seq')), 'Joe', '1 Foo Street', '(592) 471-8271'); contactdb=> insert into contact (cid, name, address, phonenumber) values ((select nextval('contact_seq')), 'Robert', '4 Bar Roard', '(515) 821-3831'); contactdb=> \q
For the sake of simplicity, let's create a second database on the same system in which we will replicate the information from the contactdb database. Proceed with the following commands to create the database, add plpgsql programming language support and import the schema without any data from the contactdb database:
% su - postgres % createdb -O contactuser contactdb_slave % createlang -U postgres -h localhost plpgsql \ contactdb_slave % pg_dump -s -U postgres -h localhost contactdb | \ psql -U postgres -h localhost contactdb_slave
Once the databases are created, we are ready to create our database cluster containing a master and a single slave. Create the Slonik cluster_setup.sh script and execute it. Listing 1 shows the content of the cluster_setup.sh script.
Listing 1. cluster_setup.sh
#!/bin/sh CLUSTER=sql_cluster DB1=contactdb DB2=contactdb_slave H1=localhost H2=localhost U=postgres slonik <<_EOF_ cluster name = $CLUSTER; node 1 admin conninfo = 'dbname=$DB1 host=$H1 user=$U'; node 2 admin conninfo = 'dbname=$DB2 host=$H2 user=$U'; init cluster (id = 1, comment = 'Node 1'); create set (id = 1, origin = 1, comment = 'contact table'); set add table (set id = 1, origin = 1, id = 1, full qualified name = 'public.contact', comment = 'Table contact'); set add sequence (set id = 1, origin = 1, id = 2, full qualified name = 'public.contact_seq', comment = 'Sequence contact_seq'); store node (id = 2, comment = 'Node 2'); store path (server = 1, client = 2, conninfo = 'dbname=$DB1 host=$H1 user=$U'); store path (server = 2, client = 1, conninfo = 'dbname=$DB2 host=$H2 user=$U'); store listen (origin = 1, provider = 1, receiver = 2); store listen (origin = 2, provider = 2, receiver = 1);
The first slonik command (cluster name) of Listing 1 defines the namespace where all Slony-I-specific functions, procedures, tables and sequences are defined. In Slony-I, a node is a collection of a database and a slon process, and a cluster is a collection of nodes, connected using paths between each other. Then, the connection information for node 1 and 2 is specified, and the first node is initialized (init cluster). Once completed, the script creates a new set to replicate, which is essentially a collection containing the public.contact table and the public.contact_seq sequence. After the creation of the set, the script adds the contact table to it and the contact_seq sequence. The store node command is used to initialize the second node (id = 2) and add it to the cluster (sql_cluster). Once completed, the scripts define how the replication system of node 2 connects to node 1 and how node 1 connects to node 2. Finally, the script tells both nodes to listen for events (store listen) for every other node in the system.
Once the script has been executed, start the slon replication processes. A slon process is needed on the master and slave nodes. For our example, we start the two required processes on the same system. The slon processes must always be running in order for the replication to take place. If for some reason they must be stopped, simply restarting allows them to continue where they left off. To start the replication engines, proceed with the following commands:
% slon sql_cluster "dbname=contactdb user=postgres" & % slon sql_cluster "dbname=contactdb_slave user=postgres" &
Next, we need to subscribe to the newly created set. Subscribing to the set causes the second node, the subscriber, to start replicating the information of the contact table and contact_seq sequence from the first node. Listing 2 shows the content of the subscription script.
I was running 'subscribe.sh'
I was running 'subscribe.sh' I got the error message below:
[root@ny0138 script]# ./subscribe.sh
:7: NOTICE: subscribe set: omit_copy=f
:7: NOTICE: subscribe set: omit_copy=f
CONTEXT: SQL statement "SELECT "_sql_cluster".subscribeSet_int( $1 , $2 , $3 , $4 , $5 )"
PL/pgSQL function "subscribeset" line 68 at PERFORM
Can you help me ?
Postgres 8.4 changes
Postgres 8.4
1)you need to change cluster_setup.sh script to include the parameter 'event note' as below.
store node (id = 2, comment = 'Node 2', event node = 1);
2) supply the parameter password= for 'node' and 'store path' lines
Hi everyone would like to
Hi everyone would like to know how to make Failback. I do the failover, I would like to add the node failure but get an error.
After running the failover script, run on the master (node 2) the following script to add the failed node (node 1) as a slave:
where to keep cluster_setup.sh and run?
Hi all,
I have tried the above steps and created the db's but i got struck in creating the cluster_setup.sh and running. When i run this shell script, it says: ./cluster_setup.sh: line 10: slonik: command not found. i installed slony.
Can anyone plz help me. i'm in need of this help urget!!!! Plz!plz!!!
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whatever locaion...just make sure the script has proper permissi
whatever location...just make sure the script has proper permissions.
cd to the location where the script is and issue the slonik command.
If slonik is fine then there is no problem with running the script from there.
Do so as the "postgres" user.
Are you sure the slonik command is in the same bin directory
Hi Santosh,
Make sure the slony command is in the same directory as your postgres binaries like
psql, pg_dump..etc.
Are you running the cluster_setup.sh as a postgres user or rootuser?
Thanks & Regards,
Aziz Sharief
Detect DB synchronize
i have been looking for answer to question of how do i know the db are synchronize without dumping the db data to do a comparison? Is there anyway other means which can be done?
If not for the "diff" solution then you may have to compare each
If not for the "diff" solution then you may have to compare each
table in masters DB with the corresponding table in slave db.
One hint is use EXISTS to do the comparison.
select * from mastertable as a where not exists ( select 1 from slavetable as b where
a.columnname = b.columnname and .....so on);
If you get zero results that indicates that the two tables are similar.
One disadvantage is you somehow have to get the tables you are comparing
into the same DB which ivolves some work to be done(like rename one table, its constarinst ..indexes) etc.
slony-I relication
Dear Sir,
We are using PostgreSQL and Slony-I from last 4 years.
Slony-I 1.1.5 is implemented with 1 master + 4 slaves on PostgreSQL 8.1 databases.
This is working fine from last one year.
Now we want to increase Slaves from 4 to 10.
Is it possible with Slony-I 1.1.5 to replicate One Master with 10 slaves.
Thanks & Regards
Ch Venu Madhav
Problems with Failing Over
Hi, i have problems with Failing Over script in heart beat, someone can tell me how implement promote.sh in heartbeat.
Excellent Article
Good job at breaking things down and keeping it simple. This review of Slony-I should be link of their main website for people looking for a quick yet structured walk-through.
Keep up the good work ;)
nice tutorial
In my case i have both master and slave on different machine so is it necessary to execute the script files and to start the slon engine on both the systems?
plz help me
In case of two database server
In case of two database server. Do I need to run both cluster_setup.sh and subscribe.sh tobe executed on both database?
Also artical specifies that in node defination host=FQDN. Can we give IP address in this case?
Hi guys!
exelent tutorial Ludovic!
i try follow all steps, and i thnik all is ok but dont see in my replicating base any rows from master, i see two process slon (well is two diferent pc's) i run cluster.sh and suscribe.sh scripts in two pc's, whit out errors. and i see the mensajes for slon
( i open in console see this --------------------
2007-03-29 12:02:18 CDT CONFIG storeListen: li_origin=2 li_receiver=1 li_provider=2
2007-03-29 12:07:01 CDT DEBUG1 cleanupThread: 0.001 seconds for cleanupEvent()
2007-03-29 12:07:01 CDT DEBUG1 cleanupThread: 0.004 seconds for delete logs
but dont start the sync process.
do you have any idea?
thanks very much.
The article is well descriptive, and helped a lot for me to setup the secondary server for postgres
Do i Have to install SLONY in the Master and in the Slave server
Hi, i am from Chiapas Mexico, actually i have a Postgre Database installed in a CENTOS Linux Distro(In my Principal Office), but i need to stablish a 7 Servers with the same database and with CENTOS in every Branch of my company, my big question is: Do i have to Install SLONY in every Server in every branch of my company with the same configuration of the Master database?
I readed Database Replication with Slony-I, but i never saw something about the slaves configurations.
and sorry 4 My English
Hiber Tadeo Moreno (IcebergDelphi)
timestamp problem
I've tried
cluster_setup.sh above and get this error:
ERROR: invalid input syntax for type timestamp: "Tue Jun 27 14:06:04.735468 2006 WIT"
I've tried suggestion from http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/bugs/bugupdate.php?1300 but still didn't work. Any help will be appreciated.
I change the U variable from
postgres to my account with superuser privilege and add P variable for password. The default postgres user keep being asked for password. I'm using postgres and slony1 from debian package.
reply timestamp problem
find this line in postgresql.conf and change
Automated failover Considered Harmful
The decision to failover (including accepting the potential loss of committed transactions) is not usually one you want software making for you. Typically in the event of a failure, it would make more sense to attempt to get the failed master up and stumbling along enough to perform a move set (the controlled, non-lossy alternative to failover). Failover is a last resort with async replication systems.
Also, it's worth at least mentioning the _excellent_ slony mailing list:
I followed the exact same ste
I followed the exact same steps but when I was running 'subscribe.sh' I got the error message below:
:4: NOTICE: subscribeSet:: set 1 has no tables - risk of problems - see bug 1226
:4: NOTICE: http://gborg.postgresql.org/project/slony1/bugs/bugupdate.php?1226
Please help me solve this. Thanks.
It's normal. it's a NOTICE me
It's normal. it's a NOTICE message, not ERROR message. Everything work like a charm (like async charm ;D)
U rock!!
I followed your stuff and I got it to work just one time!! u rock thanx!!
idle process
We are running slony to check for changes every 10 seconds but we observe that process are overlapping and tends to become idle thus using up all of 4GB of memory what can we do?
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My boyfriend uses a online video game trading site called www.replaygamez.com. They check the games before you trade it to make sure it works.
Gridman 7 years
I agree with kitkatherine. Check out www.Myzwap.com its the fastest most convenient way to trade video games. Goozex is a peer to peer site with all the hassles associated with trading with strangers. At Myzwap you trade direct with the company. Instant trade confirmation and 100% safe. Just thought I would mention a nicer alternative to Goozex
kitkatherine 7 years
interesting. i'd just be worried that people would be dumb and not send it to you or send you the wrong game or a really scratched up one. i guess i just don't trust people too much.... sigh
kitkatherine 7 years
interesting.i'd just be worried that people would be dumb and not send it to you or send you the wrong game or a really scratched up one.i guess i just don't trust people too much.... sigh
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This is trading for keeps, right? I'm forwarding this link to my boyfriend. He was just about to ebay some games, but maybe he can trade them instead. There was this website a few years back (before the dot com bust) that you could trade in DVD's and games all in one spot. They provided the shipping boxes and everything was free. It was great. I miss it so much.
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Hmm, cool.
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Hmm, cool.
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2. "Your Father's Team" questions centered between 1967 and 1985.
3. "Your Grandfather's Team Trivia" generally questions from 1966 and earlier.
Questions will be a combination of short answer, multiple choice, and true and false. The book will also feature a points system so readers can rate their Beantown sports knowledge and see where they rank in the world of sports trivia.


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Esteemed Psychotherapist and writer Susie Orbach diagnoses the crisis in our relationship to our bodies and points the way toward a process of healing.Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe that general dissatisfaction can be relieved by some change in their bodies. Here Susie Orbach explains the origins of this condition, and examines its implications for all of us. Challenging
Fifty years after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink? In this volume, fifty women young and old - writers, politicians, actors, scientists, mothers - reflect on the shades that inspired them and what being woman means
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What colour paint with turquoise bedding?
I have chosen turquoise bedding for my guest room. Black iron bed, white furniture.
What colour for walls? Is white the best option?
Here is a link that might be useful: Bedding
I'm not picturing it with white. My first reaction is a warm gray. That's very lively bedding so I would do calm walls and get the rest of my pop through accents (deep orange is lovely with turqooise). I think white walls make most spaces too harsh, especially bedrooms.
That's my backsplash pattern!!! Arabesques!!
I think a nice gray would work too. But beware, grays were almost the death of me. Make sure to bring home samples because they really do change depending on your light. They can look green, they can look blue, and even purple.
What about a light "orange sherbet" type color? Several years ago, someone painted a lovely master bedroom that color.
I have a color in my house that is a dusty orange and love it--Duron 'Basque Brown'. However, I don't think it's "playful" enough for your happy turquoise. It's "dusty" instead of "bright"--if that makes sense.
How about a light aqua/turquoise since the bedding is more vibrant? Colors I like are BM Paladian Blue or BM Jamacian Aqua. A lime would also work as well. While I like the suggestion for coral accents, I would steer clear of painting the room that color. I had painted my DD's room that color once and it look awful--esp. in the afternoon sun and with hardwood floors.


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Markets were already contending with negative earnings growth, high valuations, and the Fed's interest rate hike ahead of Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.» Read More
It was widely noted yesterday that the NASDAQ has been up 10 days in a row, but several other indicators seem a bit stretched as well.
By "stretched" I mean many big indices are far above their 50-day moving averages. Typically, when these indices get too far from that average, there is a reversion to the mean, and the index corrects or at the very least stops rising.
For example, the NASDAQ 100 ETF, at 109, is well above its 50-day moving average of roughly 103.
Read MoreBillionaire Jeff Vinik: No bubble in tech stocks
The Russell 2000 ETF has hit new highs seven days in a row. At nearly 123, it is several points above its 50-day moving average of 118.6, historically stretched.
Several sectors are also stretched and arguably overbought, particularly technology. For example, the Technology Select ETF, a proxy for the technology sector of the S&P 500, is also up 10 days in a row. It's gone from 39 to 43 this month and is well above its 50-day moving average of 41.
The CBOE Volatility Index hit another low for the year.
The key sentence in Janet Yellen's written testimony before the Senate this morning is here: "The FOMC's assessment that it can be patient in beginning to normalize policy means that the Committee considers it unlikely that economic conditions will warrant an increase in the target range for the federal funds rate for at least the next couple of FOMC meetings."
When will they raise rates? Providing the job market keeps improving, only when the Fed is "reasonably confident that inflation will move back over the medium term toward our 2 percent objective."
But Yellen has used this "next couple meetings" line before. In December, when the Fed changed its line that it would keep rates low for a "considerable time" to simply assuring everyone they would be "patient" as to when rates might rise, Yellen made a point of saying that this did not represent a change in policy, and then said, "In particular, the committee considers it unlikely to begin the normalization process for at least the next couple of meetings."
That was December. At that time, everyone said that meant no hike at the January or March meeting, but there could be in April.
Now there is no rate hike in March or April, but there could be one in June.
Say what you will about the Fed being behind the curve, Yellen has mastered the art of managing expectations. Her goal seems to be to be: go slow, very slow, and no surprises.
She has come a long way from her debut in March of last year, when at her first press conference, she said the Fed would start raising short-term rates about six months after they end their stimulus program.
You're not hearing those kinds of time-specific comments any more.
The Fed is not just agonizing over whether they should raise rates; they are agonizing over when they should remove the word "patient."
Art Cashin noted that Yellen has hewed careful to the Hippocratic Oath: first, do no harm. He is referring to doing no harm to markets.
If that is indeed her goal, she is accomplishing that.
The major powers seem to be giving positive signals to the Greek package of economic reforms submitted last night. Greek bond yields are down for a fifth consecutive day, and the Greek stock market is up 8 percent to its highest level since early December.
With Janet Yellen testifying in the Senate at 10 a.m. EDT, the market is obsessed with gauging her intent on raising rates this year. My own feeling is Yellen will do very little to show her hand, and will instead reiterate that the Fed remains "data dependent."
All indications are that Yellen learned her lesson about making future predictions with the now-famous "six months" comment she made during her first press conference in March of last year, when she said the Fed would start raising short-term rates about six months after they end their stimulus program.
Read MoreJust in time! Greece submits reform proposals
More than likely any fireworks will come from Chairman Richard Shelby's well-known dislike of the Fed, quantitative easing, and even Yellen herself (he voted against her), as well as those supporting the current version of the "audit the Fed" bill.
Speaking of QE, it certainly seems to be helping the stock markets of those countries where central banks are employing it.
World Stock Markets YTD:
Probably not a coincidence that both the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan are engaged in QE programs, while the U.S. has wound down its program.
President Barack Obama announced that he is directing the Department of Labor to draft new rules to rein in potential conflicts of interest among Wall Street brokers who provide financial advice.
The change does not sound very big, but it is. It would require brokers to follow a "fiduciary" standard when brokers giving investment advice to clients.
What's that mean? It means brokers have to place their clients' interest over their own interests.
Don't they have to do that now? Well, no, not exactly.
Right now the requirement is that advisors place their clients in investments that are "suitable." That's all well and good, but that's a very wide term that allows investors to potentially overcharge for services.
For example, suppose a broker wants to put a client into, say, midcap stocks. Suppose he has three potential midcap funds he could use...two are actively managed midcap funds with substantially the same performance, and the third is an ETF that is indexed to a midcap index. In the former case, the broker collects a commission from the mutual fund (paid by the client); in the latter, he also collects a commission which is half of the first fund, and in the case of an ETF would not get paid at all.
Which fund does he choose? Under the "suitability" requirement that currently prevails, he can put them in any of the three, because they are all "suitable" even though one is clearly less expensive and will save the investor money over time.
However, under a "fiduciary" standard, the broker would have some obligation to consider the cost of the fund and to advise the client it may be better to use the cheaper fund.
Mind you, it does not require that the cheapest fund is the one that should always prevail, only that a fiduciary would naturally have to consider that.
This sounds perfectly reasonable: do what a prudent investor would do.
So why does the industry oppose this? There are two reasons:
1) They can be sued more easily. They don't want clients coming to them and saying, "Tell me why you have me in a 2 percent fund when I could be in a 1 percent fund with the same performance?"
2) They don't want to see their profits (and margins) compressed. They phrase this differently: they don't want to see advice get more watered down. In a sense, there is something to this. You do get what you pay for. The less worthwhile it is for firms to pay attention to you, the less they will pay attention. It will force the business to move more toward the kind of "robo-advisors" that have been springing up.
But that's no reason to oppose a fiduciary standard. There will be more robo-advice, and you will pay more for hand-holding, as well you should. But you should have a fiduciary standard attached to any advice that is given.
In its heart, the industry knows this. That's why many brokers have now moved away from commissions and toward flat fees, usually called "wrap" fees, of, say, 1 percent, where there are no conflicts.
These are brokers, by the way. Registered investment advisors (RIAs) already have a fiduciary obligation. They get paid a flat fee by the client.
The Labor Department tried to pass a similar rule several years ago, but opposition from the financial industry and some lawmakers effectively killed it. They're trying again.
The proposal will be published some time in the next several months, during which there will be a comment period.
Bottom line: commission based, non-fiduciary standards are a dying breed. The sooner it goes away, the better.
The markets are waiting for signs later this week from the Federal Reserve on when it will raise interest rates, but in the meantime, the S&P 500, Dow Industrials, S&P Midcap, Russell 2000 and Wilshire 5000 hit all-time highs on Friday.
83 stocks in the S&P 500 hit 52-week highs on Friday, according to Credit Suisse.
The only thing missing is the Dow Transports, which has not yet confirmed the new highs the Dow Industrials hit.
While everyone is hopeful Janet Yellen will provide some guidance for the pace of rate hikes during her Congressional testimony this week, the stock market isn't acting like it's nervous. The CBOE Volatility Index closed Friday its lowest level of the year. Volatility in Treasury yields has been more volatile, however.
U.S. crude oil is below $50, with energy stocks down again. I'm sure the U.S. refinery strike is not helping.
Read More U.S. refinery strike widens to include country's largest refinery
But there are also historic rallies overseas. In the UK, the FTSE 100 hit an all-time intraday high today. We will see if it closes at a new high. Germany's DAX also at an historic high.
In Japan, the Nikkei is at a 15-year high. Hong Kong's Hang Seng was up fractionally when it re-opened following the New Year holiday closing. Mainland China is still closed.
Piper Jaffray has an interesting report out this morning on the effects of the port slowdown in Los Angeles. While much of the discussion has been about the impact on perishable goods, as the dispute drags on, it is now impacting apparel and footwear.
Piper's concern is that even if the dispute is resolved in the next week, it will take six to eight weeks to smooth out the supply chain. This means Easter deliveries will be disrupted, impacting first-half margins.
The firm notes the biggest risks are in furniture, branded footwear, apparel and toys.
Read More US manufacturers feel the pain of port dispute
Branded footwear companies like Steve Madden, Wolverine World Wide, and Crocs are at risk because seasonal offerings move distinctly from boots to spring goods.
Toy companies like Mattel and Hasbro and household and beauty products makers such as Newell Rubbermaid, Jarden, and Williams Sonoma could also get hit. Piper estimates 50 percent of all these inbound products go through the L.A. ports.
Some companies with large order commitments for Easter in early April and licensed movie goods are electing to use air freight, which will produce margin pressures. Coupled with foreign exchange headwinds, the expectation is that guidance will be coming in on the light side.
Not everyone is so exposed, however. PVH Group already ships from the East Coast and is thus more immune to the slowdown.
Read MorePort fight costing us $400,000 a day: CEO
Some companies have been trying to react proactively. Piper notes that while Target is one of the most exposed retailers, the company "has been bringing in inventory early to help offset these potential slowdowns." As evidence, it notes that the inventory was up 7 percent on the company's last earnings call, well ahead of sales growth of 2 percent.
One potential beneficiary is close-out retailers, like Ross Stores. Piper notes that off-price retailers "are already starting to reduce first-season goods for 2H deliveries in anticipation that they will be the recipient of a lot of excess inventory when the product finally is discharged from the ports."
We've seen a notable breakout, but still no signs of profit taking. It's been one heck of a month for equities. Not only do we have historic highs in the S&P 500, S&P Midcap, and Russell 2000, but every major index is up 5 percent or so.
Major Indices in February:
Not surprisingly, market breadth has been improving as well.
Given these moves up, I kept waiting Tuesday for some modest correction to materialize, particularly given the conflicting headlines on Greece. But nothing happened, and we eked out modest gains again.
Read MoreI may get out of US stocks: Nobel-winner Shiller
Volume wasn't strong, so buying interest wasn't particularly heavy, either.
But the lack of any profit taking is notable. There doesn't appear to be any major concern that: 1) markets are overvalued, or 2) the situations in Greece and Ukraine are any imminent threat to stocks.
This certainly would argue that the trend remains to the upside.
It's been a strange day. There has been little reaction in Europe or the U.S. on word the Eurogroup failed to reach an agreement with Greece. At the same time, there was only a modest reaction midday following a Dow Jones headline, citing an unnamed "official" reporting Greece intends to ask for a bailout extension on Wednesday. Italian and Spanish bond yields are also barely moving.
Why such muted reactions? Because there is an assumption that a deal will be struck and that the politicians will figure a way out.
Alternatively, a surprisingly large proportion of the trading community does not care and do not think it will make a difference if Greece leaves or stays in the euro.
Why assume a deal will be struck? Because the outlines of a deal are so obvious. What the Greeks want most is some kind of relief from austerity. What the Germans want most is not to write off any of the debt, because they can't sell that to the German taxpayers.
The deal is to offer some austerity, lower the coupons and extend the maturities of the debt—to infinity and beyond. A permanent, or at least continuously rolling, bailout.
Simple, right? It's either that or leave the euro.
And that's what worries me: everyone has convinced themselves that a Greece exit is no big deal.
Partly, it's just because the idea of Greece leaving has lost its shock value. he whole world has had four years to think about this, and the shock of an extreme move is a lot more tolerable when we have had four or five years to get used to it. The violent, knock on effects have been fixed, to a certain extent. By that, I mean the banks that owned the debt originally have successfully transferred much of the risk...to governments and taxpayers.
More troublesome is the idea that a lot of people have discounted the domino theory: that Greece leaving will not create a systemic crisis in the eurozone because Greece is not the same as Portugal, Ireland, or Spain.
The other countries are different, traders say. Ireland is a banking problem. Italy is about inflation and bureaucracy.
And the analogy between Greece and Lehman, that was so potent a few years ago? It all sounds a bit, well, stale. Stop worrying, traders argue: there's a counterparty. The ECB is willing to supply almost infinite liquidity should there be any shocks to the system.
Never mind we heard these same arguments in 2008. And the one thing all of us learned then is that stuff is connected in ways none of us ever thought about.
Look, I get it. The argument is that when countries grow at dramatically unequal rates, as Greece and Germany have done, something needs to be done to relieve that pressure. The Greeks are demonstrating that one method—austerity—is not going to work much longer, and the Germans are trying to keep a straightjacket on them.
So the best option, the thinking goes, may be an exit.
Finally, an additional factor working in favor of a Greek exit may be the twisted world of European politics.
Over the weekend, some traders noted media reports that Span's Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, was opposed to having Greece get cuts in its debt obligations. The thinking is that if Syriza wins concessions, that will strengthen the opposition parties in Spain, and weaken Rajoy's grip on power. The failure of Syriza in Greece would help Rajoy's conservative party.
And you thought it was hard to understand U.S. politics.
Trend followers are happy, despite plenty of problems.
Lousy weather in the Midwest and Northeast, a port slowdown in California, a cease-fire that never was in Ukraine and protracted negotiating difficulties between Greece and the European Union.
You'd never think it, but despite these problems we are at new highs on big caps (S&P 500), midcaps (S&P Midcap) and small caps (Russell 2000). Even the broadest measure of the market—the Wilshire 5000—set a record on Friday.
Read More El-Erian: Worst-case scenario may spark correction
Following relative strength is a time-honored tradition on Wall Street, but as the fundamentals have gotten more confusing since the financial crisis many more have turned to technical analysis to try to figure out when to get in and out of the market.
Piper Jaffray wrote, "The wait for a directional move seems to be over," noting not just new highs in the major indexes but also the recent improvement in breadth.
Even Europe is looking better. The Europe STOXX 600, a basket of the 600 largest stocks traded on the major exchanges of 18 European countries, is sitting near its highest levels since 2007.
I have no problem with trend following, as long as there is something fundamental behind it. But I have been troubled by the trend in earnings for several months, and it is spilling over into Q1 2015 from Q4 2014.
Do any stocks move around Valentine's Day? It may be a cliche, but chocolate sales, which spike around Valentine's, are good news for chocolate giant Hershey's.
Since 1999, in the three days before and the seven days after Valentine's, Hershey's has traded up 94 percent of the time, according to our partners at Kensho. The average return was 3.9 percent. This is significant since the S&P 500 rose merely 0.3 percent on average during the same period.
It's also the time when the stock goes ex-dividend, so this may also be a factor in the stock rise.
Unfortunately, the relationship with other obvious Valentine plays is not very strong. My first guess was that jewelry plays like Tiffany and Zale would outperform in the days before and after Valentine's, but it turns out the performance of the jewelers is more random and often a function of the state of the economy.
Zale, for example, which was bought last year by Signet, was up only 37 percent of the time and exhibited no particular trading pattern.
Tiffany was better and rose 68 percent of the time but had only modest average gains of 0.9 percent. It was down 11 percent in the 10-day period in 2000 and down another 9 percent in 2009, which were also both difficult periods of time for the market.
Swiss Re's report called the impact of low-rate dollar-cheapening policies "indisputable."
Oil has "probably bottomed," but that could hurt stocks, investor Dennis Gartman tells CNBC.
Markets were already contending with negative earnings growth, high valuations, and the Fed's interest rate hike ahead of Saudi airstrikes on Yemen.


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Why was "tantrum" trending last week?
late 14c., ele, "lateral division of a church (usually separated by a row of pillars), from Old French ele "wing (of a bird or an army), side of a ship" (12c., Modern French aile), from Latin ala, related to axilla "wing, upper arm, armpit; wing of an army," from PIE *aks- "axis" (see axis), via a suffixed form *aks-la-. The root meaning in "turning" connects it with axle and axis.
Confused 15c. with unrelated ile "island" (perhaps from notion of a "detached" part of a church), and so it took an -s- when isle did, c.1700; by 1750 it had acquired an a-, on the model of French cognate aile. The word also was confused with alley, which gave it the sense of "passage between rows of pews or seats" (1731), which was thence extended to railway cars, theaters, etc.


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We're a group that appreciates all things gin through regular member meetings, blind tastings, and other special events. There are presently chapters in Seattle, Vancouver and New York. Upcoming North West events are listed below.
Join us by becoming a member! Annual membership costs $25 and payment is processed via Paypal.
In SEATTLE: 4th Annual Holiday Punch Competition and Toy Drive Fundraiser!
Taking place at LIBERTY BAR (517 15th Ave E, Seattle, Washington 98112)
Thursday, December 11th, at 7pm
The holidays are approaching and 'tis the season for drinking! Why not drink for a good cause? Better yet, make it a holiday punch competition and give toys to children!
Join The Rum Collective and Seattle Gin Society for a special evening of holiday punch to provide a special gift to a child this holiday season. Two rum-based punches, two gin-based punches. You will decide who should win. All gifts will be donated to Toys for Tots Foundation.
Admission fee: $25 cash or new, unwrapped toys of equal value.
Includes: 1 glass of each rum and gin punch (that's 4 cups of punch folks!)
There will also be raffles and silent auctions with some amazing prizes!
In Vancouver: Annual Gin Vs Rum Holiday Punch Contest
Wednesday, December 10th, at 7pm
Shameful Tiki Room
4362 Main St
Last year the Gins pulled through taking the trophy for best punch.
In the same fashion, two Gins will compete in punches against two Rums. Members and guests vote for their favorite drink and the winning punch gets bragging rights for the next year.
Members pay $10
Guests $15.
Memberships $25 (This event is included with membership purchase)
Tickets are CASH at the door
As we did last year, the Holiday Punch Up is a charitable event with all entrance money going to help PADS pups and their training this winter. Book the night off, there will be some cute dogs. #cutedogalert
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Release DateJuly 29, 2011 (Limited)
MPAA RatingR
Duration98 min.
StudioMagnolia Pictures
Official Siteclick here
REVIEWS RATE: Critics Readers Be the 1st!
Cast and Crew
DirectorJacob Tierney
ProducerKevin Tierney
ScreenwriterJacob Tierney
- Scott Speedman as Spencer
- Jay Baruchel as Victor
- Emily Hampshire
- Xavier Dolan
- Kaniehtiio Horn
- Gary Farmer
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Neighbors Spencer (Scott Speedman) and Louise (Emily Hampshire) have bonded over their fascination with a recent string of murders terrorizing their community. When a new tenant named Victor (Jay Baruchel) arrives in the building, all three quickly hit it off. But as they soon discover, each of them has their own dark secret. As the violence outside mounts, the city retreats indoors for safety. But the more time these three spend together in their apartment building, the clearer it becomes that what they once thought of as a safe haven is as dangerous as any outside terrors they could imagine. Smart dialogue, strong performances and jarring thrills give this film all the elements of a great mystery.


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The Boys seeing what the Specialized Stumpjumper FSR is capable of at the You Yangs Bike Park, Melbourne, Australia
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Jim Michaelian, President/CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach, will be the guest on the next edition of Straight Talk. He joins host Art Levine to provide an update on this year's race and some of the exciting new additions. Also, Steve Goodling, President/CEO of the Long Beach Convention & Visitos Bureau will outline the value of the race in attracting new convention business.
The show will air in Long Beach and 70 surrounding cities on Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29 at 9am and 7pm on LBTV 3 and FiOS 21 and at 10am and 8pm on Charter Channel 188. It will be repeated the following weekend at the same times.
Straight Talk is Viewable on Demand at this website and on YouTube and can be heard on iTunes.
The 41st Annual Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is coming to town Friday through Sunday, April 17-19. The race is Long Beach's annual "Spring Break" party and is expected to attract more than 170,000 fans over the 3-day weekend.
Straight Talk will have a Straight Talk Night honoring the Toyota Grand Prix on Wednesday, April 8 from 6- 8pm at Phil Trani's Restaurant, 3490 Long Beach Blvd. Special guests will be Jim Michaelian, President/CEO of the Grand Prix Association of Long Beach and Steve Goodling, President/CEO of the Long Beach Convention & Visitors Bureau. Jim will provide an update on this year's race and Steve will discuss the enormous economic impact of the race on the City and its value in attracting convention business.
Also present will be C300 Members (the "Red Coats") who provide such a welcoming environment to race fans. The Pace Car will be on display.
Enjoy hosted appetizers. No-host bar. Free on-site parking. Please plan to join us for a fun evening.
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1995 Isuzu Truck • 150,700 miles
Truck starts and runs fine while its cold (has not been run) once started and driven so far (usually only on warm days no problems when cold weather) it starts to stall, right before stalling the check engine light comes on. I have run the engine codes and replace the issues that were listed but with no real progress because the problem is still there. I just recently replaced the ignition control module and still no progress, Please help!
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It could be the idling speed is too low. Try cleaning the throttle body and IAC. What trouble codes are you getting and is the code still present?
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It is now throwing up a code 44 which is the o2 running lean, I guess I will try to change that and see if I have any more luck than I have been
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You might have a vacuum leak causing the lean running condition and stalling.
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Here is a 4 pic panoramic of the mural in south Minneapolis that I found last week. I got off the Greenway at 29th street & 17th avenue and found this awesome mural on the back of a nondescript building on 29th street.
The mural is done by artist Jordan Malcolm Hamilton as part of his work with organizations with youth based programs.
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