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I am hoping and praying that American presence and diplomatic activities in Tibet can be greatly expanded.
[…] Virtual Presence in Lhasa, Tibet is a good start Like the proverbial tree falling in the woods, if the U.S. announces a diplomatic presence in Tibet and no one can see it, does it exist? A few weeks ago, a flurry of interest among Tibetans and Tibet supporters focused on the webpage, lhasa.usvpp.gov. It is a website for the U.S. State Department's "Virtual Presence Post in Lhasa, China." An exciting discovery? Maybe. For more on Todd Stein's analysis, read the full article here. […]
A US Consulate in Lhasa would be really something!
Thanks for the update, Todd!
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CALAGRY, ALABAMA -- The following email I sent to the manager. Never got a reply. I usually get taken care of from all national location. Except.... read below. And if you go to Calgary downtown national location, just be keep quiet, otherwise you could face life threat.
My name is **. I am a customer of National Car Rental for over 3 years. My Club number for national is: **. I was in one of your location on 24th November 2012. I just wanted to give you some feedback about the service I got on that day from your employee.
I booked a car online for a week on 24th November around 4:15pm. I usually book and pick up car from your airport location in Calgary. As that day your location was closer to me I choose to select your location for my rental. I called your location around 4:35 to make sure they are still open and have a car available for me as I understand I booked it last minute. When I went there the lady told me I am getting a KIA SUV even though I booked a mid-size car. They were doing a free upgrade as they didn't have any mid size car available. I personally owned a KIA before and did not had any good experience.
I thanked her and asked: "will it be possible for me to get either a ford edge instead as I see there are 2 parked in the lot." She told me one for oil change and one need to cleaned. I asked her again that what if I don't need a clean car. I am OK with a returned one. She asked me to wait and she said she will talk to the manager and went in to the lot. I came out and I see her talking to the manager. I asked the manager that, there were over 10 ford (edge, explorer, escape) were parked and if I can get any of them doesn't really matter as I just don't like KIA.
She told me all were sold out, and I should be happy because even I booked at last minute and she is giving me a car. She also mentioned I am getting double upgrade as she was offering me the KIA full size SUV. I requested her that "you have the other cars available. Please give me any of them." She told me again all those car were sold out. I asked her again that cars are usually sold by the size. Never by make or model. And someone will be happy too by getting a full size KIA rather than a escape. She replied: "this is your only choice I am giving you, you take it or not, I DON'T CARE. If you don't take it you can leave. I need to go."
I was kind of surprised with her behavior and I request her one more time that other cars are available I can see, is there a reason I can't get it? She asked for the keys back for KIA and I was happy by thinking that she is going to give me a different car. I asked her "so which car am I getting?" The reply was nothing. I told her I need a car, I have a reservation and you have to give me a car! She said: "no I don't." Then I asked her who was the station manager? I was shocked by her answer that it was her.
I then went inside with her asking for her card. She went inside the room and swearing (I could hear by standing beside the counter). She came back with your card and said "I don't have my card at this point. This is the person I report to, and I will write down my name." Name: **. She also replied that she manage both location in downtown!! Then I asked her one more time for the car. As I need the car. I didn't made any other reservation. She then asked me to leave very rudely and said she will call the cops if I don't leave? I asked her to call the cops and then she went to the main door turned of the light and swearing all the way. She also tried to lock me.
The main surprise was still waiting for me, that she came back to me and pushed me from the desk to the door. I was just thinking where am I? I was trying to select the record option in my Blackberry as she was swearing and she just didn't gave me any time. I asked her if she could give me one moment, just tried to buy some time for her. She kept pushing me and swearing and saying "try to get me fired if you can" and kept swearing. On my way out I asked the name for the other lady and she said "I am not giving you my name." I believe you have surveillance and you can look through it.
I got out of your station and I was shaking and thinking about the customer service experience. Now **, I am a manager in a customer service business too. And sometime I have to deal with some customer opportunity. But this is the first time I got such experience where the customer (myself) didn't swear or raise the voice but the employee was yelling and swearing. In some bad situation I had to ask some customer to leave, but that was when the customer were swearing to me or my staff and there were some sort of threat.
Now my question to you **, what have I done wrong? As a customer asking for a different car was it my fault? Or making the reservation in 11th hour was not expected by you guys? What was the actual reason that ** had to push me out of the location? What would be the reason that she turned off the light me being inside. Was there any valid reason that she was swearing at me? I would like to apologize if I have done something wrong, but I personally believe that either ** was tired or stressed out for whatever reason and she was totally out of her mind. There is no way she can push me without letting me know.
If I didn't leave she could call the cop but when she pushed me and when she turned the light off I was really scared. And her searing words are non describable. **, I am not trying to get anything out of this. I could took that KIA SUV and went to the airport and they would be more than happy to change the car for me. It's not about the car, it's the behavior I got. I am not a person who will complain. You can look through my rental history and National always did above and beyond for me and I do appreciate this.
All employees in Toronto airport Calgary airport they always says: "don't worry we will take care of you, you are one of our elite member." But that day I just asked for something very small and she could easily take care of that. If she couldn't she just can swear or push me, neither try to scare me by turning off the light. I believe this kind of behavior should be corrected. If you need any further info or if you like to discuss anything about the situation feel free to contact me.
Did I mention 24th November (the incident day) was my birthday and I was trying to take my wife and kid for a surprise dinner? Thanks.
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, MEXICO -- Charging previous bumps: I traveled to Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. When I first rented the car, they filled a paper with marks where previous bumps and scratches were before I took it off. When I returned from my trip, they wanted me to pay a new scratch that according to them was not in the paper. We show them it was marked in the paper they filled in the beginning. They brought up the manager and first he told us it was not there... when he could not deny the obvious he told us it was there, but now we made it bigger (so.. I managed to hit the car again exactly in the previous scratch!). We were losing our vacation time, so we had to pay the scratch and leave.
Awful international customer service: I first placed my complaint to Mexico's customer service office. I had not received an answer for a month so I tried international customer service. I sent all the papers that proved the scratch was there previously. They answered again almost a month and a half later (and because I asked them again if they had news) when they told me I would receive answers in 8 days. Their answer was everything looked all right... and guess what? They sent me again the original paper where you can see clearly the scratch was marked before I took the car. They just don't even read what they are sending.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -- Two weeks ago, I returned the rental car (2013 Chevy Malibu) after a 4 day rental at National Car Rental at LAX. After a minute of wait, a representative walked towards me from the far side of the (vacant) lot came towards the car, walked around it and told me that there was a damage to the car. I asked her where the damage was. She said something like "front...". I couldn't get the second half of what she said. I walked to the front of the driver side and couldn't see any damage. She ducked down and showed me the damage to the bottom of (rather under) the side skirt below the driver side.
Standing about 2 feet away from the car and looking down, I couldn't see it. I had to duck down to see it. My trip was a normal Monday through Thursday normal rental which I do several times a year (I rent from National for at least 100 days a year for the last 3 years). There was nothing unusual about this trip nor I hit any object on the road. I do walk around the car to look for any damages. But, this damage wouldn't be visible if you stand in-between cars parked in the emerald club aisle and walk around it. Yet, the representative claimed that it was my responsibility and started writing a pink ticket.
I subsequently called the Damage Recovery Unit (DRU) and spoke to a representative about this incident. I explained her how walking around the car wouldn't help finding this damage as it was in the bottom and one has to duck down or walk several feet away and look at the bottom to see the damage.
The DRU representative told me: The damage was not reported during any previous rental (if the damage is not visible in plain sight, how anybody can find and report it?). The branch manager at LAX location determined that it was my responsibility (on what basis? Walk-around the car without ducking down will not reveal the damage. There is also no video/picture record of "before and after" condition of the car). There is no way to override the manager's decision. She also told me that there is no further means to escalate or contest this. (Unbelievable!)
First they (themselves) determine that it is my responsibility without any proof that the car was damaged during my rental and then there is no way for me to contest this! I'll update this post as things progress in this case.
Update: 11/22/2013 - Early this week, received a letter from National Car DRU an estimate of the damages. Also today, I've written to the email address provided by the National Car Rep.
Update: 11/22/2013 - After posting my first update for the day today, I noticed something in the picture of the damage in the claim report sent by DRU. (I'm unable to attach it to this review for some reason.) There are 2 pictures showing the damage and they clearly show the reflection of the person (on the car door) taking the picture, ducking down to take the picture of the damage. This makes it evident that the damage wouldn't be visible if we walk-around standing next to it. I've sent another email to the National Car care email ID mentioned above with that picture.
Update: 12/3/2013 - I got a call last week from the National Car rep. She was very professional and went through my case details with me. Based on the information I provided and that the damage was less (total of about $430), she would close the claim and not pursue me for any damages. I subsequently also received a letter from National DRU confirming this. I'm glad there is somebody to whom I could escalate and resolve the issue. Thanks National!
One lesson learnt is to take picture/video of the condition of the car before leaving the lot. Not just walking around but to duck down and check the fender etc! Also, to do it when returning the rental, I've started doing it in more detail! I know the looks I get for doing it. But, I know what I've been through! So, I don't care!
National car rental closed the claim
ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA -- I rented a small economy car for a week to visit my children. I'm 43 and was expecting my 1st grandchild. I get to the airport AEX and all they have is a luxury Tahoe. At first I thought wow... an upgrade for no extra money but the thought of the gas cost made me hesitate. It was a bad thunderstorm when I flew in and I decided to go with it. The manager told me to come back in 2 days and he should have something to switch out. I was okay with that.
After one day of driving, I spent over $60 in gas and realized that by the time I would go back and switch the vehicle I would have probably put $200 in my gas tank! So I called customer service, which was a nightmare, hoping I could find a location to switch out vehicles sooner than my original plan with the AEX location. Well after hours, the customer service line rolls over to people that have a hard time understanding me and vice versa.
They gave me names of Enterprise locations near the town I had driven to which was about 2 hours from my original pick up location. I felt like as an Emerald Club member I should have gotten a better level of service. I would have thought that customer service would have arranged the switch for me. I didn't even know Enterprise and National were affiliated. So I did all the legwork on my own trying to switch out this car and save my gas allowance for the trip.
I finally got an answer from the Enterprise in Opelousas. ** was the associate who helped me. She acted as if I was bothering her. I tried to be polite but it was a challenge. I was so frustrated. Multiple phone calls, no resolution, and the customer service line hung up on me repeatedly. It was beyond frustrating. I switched the Tahoe out for a VW Jetta. It was filthy, only had 1/4 tank of gas and nobody mentioned that. If I had not questioned it, I could have been on the hook for an entire tank as that is what my original paperwork stated. ** at Enterprise handwrote a note on my original agreement.
I was so sick of all of this that I just left. Well, 2 minutes down the road and the car dies. I recrank it and decide to go back and get the Tahoe because a gas guzzler is better than a broke down beater any day. I go back, and they are closed. So I spend the rest of the evening trying to get from place to place. My nerves were shot. The next day, I call the original place I rented from. They did not have another car but told me to head that way and they would work it out. So I did that.
The entire staff and manager were awesome. They apologized for everything, gave me a gorgeous Malibu and one day credit on my rental. It was a great resolve to my dilemma. I still spent way more on gas than I wanted to but I felt respected and I appreciated ** helping me so much. I don't feel like there is an issue at the National Rental Car location. There is an issue with the Emerald Club customer service you receive via telephone and there is an issue entrusting your customers to Enterprise because they do not treat you like a valued client but rather an inconvenience.
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DENVER, COLORADO -- National Rental Car, I have just about had it with your company. I rent from you every single and for the past 4 weeks I have had issue after issue with you. Over the past couple of weeks I have called almost every department and received very little support or constructive feedback back on various issue so I am now forced to put up negative reviews on your company all over the web.
Issue #1: you rented me a car about 4 weeks ago that was not fueled up and I didn't realize it until I was 90 minutes away from the airport. I talked with your rental agent when I returned the car and was basically told I nothing could be done. Level 5 out 10 in frustration.
Issue #2: I returned a car to the Denver airport and when I rented it I did not take a close enough look at every single part of it to verify no damage was present. I partly blame myself as I am now forced to spend over 10 minutes now looking over every little aspect of your cars as you want to charge me $500 for the tiniest little dent which I did not do but you hold me responsible for. Level 9 out 10 in frustration. I have talked to several of your insurance adjusters and they are determined to stick me with the charge.
Issue #3: I rented a car from Austin, TX and went through 3 tolls which I paid in cash. WELL you charged me $16.60 for tolls. REALLY it was $1.50 a toll, how do you get $16.60??? I like how you can just charge whatever you want on my credit card!!! I never went through a toll and this just had me beyond mad. I called the Austin airport and he basically gave me the number for the toll roads and hung up the phone. Really nice!
I spend over $1000 dollars a month with National Rental Car and this is how I get treated. I will be making a switch soon and I will make sure not to give one more penny to any of your companies including Enterprise and Alamo.
ANYWHERE -- I am an Emerald Card member and rented National many times. Most of my travel was at regular times and I had no issue. In fact enjoyed the free upgrade you receive when you select a type of car. However, most rental companies offer all these services. What makes a company distinguishing in this industry is customer service and able to take care of customer any time or at least be courteous.
I booked a car at Vancouver airport for 1:30am pickup. Website never said anything about not able to pick up that time or when the location is going to be closed. It wasn't mentioned in the reservation receipt either. Flight got delayed and the location was closed. We took a cab to the hotel and I called customer support next day.
The call center service was so poor. I asked her if they can drop off the car at the hotel, as if I go again I would encounter $70 two way to the airport and hotel and that's more than 50% of my rental fee. The woman was so rude and telling me ridiculously that I should have called if I am going to be delayed and there is nothing they can do. I told her if any other location and I am delayed I would have called but it's airport location and delays are expected, how am I supposed to call from the flight when there was half hour delay? They even asked for your flight no. for that purpose to see if they can keep the reservation in case the flight gets delayed.
She lacked any courteousness and ignoring my concern kept asking me if I want to keep the reservation anymore or not. I told her fine but I am not happy with this service. I told her I rented with them many times but what I experienced this time is really bad in a strange city in the middle of the night and may consider discontinuing my membership. She said that is fine.
Then I was getting ready to go to the airport again to pick up and I got a cancellation email. She purposely cancelled my reservation. I thought it could be a mistake, went on to the site and rebooked. Few minutes later she cancelled it again. I just went to the airport to the counter, they said they have no record of who took that call. I ended up going with another car rental service. Will never rent National again.
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA -- Went to return a car with people I know who were from another country on 12/29/11 at approximately 9:00 P.M. They were confused by some of the charges on the receipt. Went to National customer service and was "helped" by **. I explained the situation telling him that they didn't realize they signed up for a lot of extras because of the language barrier. He told me "If you don't speak English, then don't rent a car". I felt that statement was very rude and discriminatory. Why should someone not be able to rent a car in America just because they can't speak fluent English.
After some arguing back and forth he told me "don't be smart with me". After a while the manager came. I told the manager what happened and all I wanted was an apology from ** for the statement he had made. The manager said he understand the situation and he will have a talk with **. The manager then helped us out with a refund. He went to the back for a while and left us with **. My boyfriend who was with me at the time asked ** if he really was not going to apologize and explained all we wanted was for him to admit he shouldn't have said what he said. At that time I told my boyfriend "just let it go, he's not going to apologize".
Right after I said that ** imitated me and said "YEAH JUST LET IT GO" in a high pitched voiced. ** WAS BEYOND RUDE! I called corporate that night but it wouldn't go through so I called again the next morning and filed a complaint. The lady on the line said I would hear back from them in about 10 days. It's been over a month and no one bother to follow up on the complaint. I guess it was just not important to the company how badly their customers were treated. So I write this review to vent a little and to warn anyone who might have relatives coming from another country to go to another car rental company.
TAMPA, FLORIDA -- I was at a red light in my rental when a car made a left at the cross street and hit me head on. FL state troopers very helpful - National Car Rental something else. I called several different numbers (given to me by employees) as I called the wrong department apparently. After 2 hours with being on hold, I finally did reach the correct department "roadside assistance" who I did speak with on call #2, but was told not their issue and gave me someone else to call. At no time did anyone offer to transfer me. I was told the replacement car would arrive within 2 hours.At 5pm when I heard nothing, I called and was told ETA was 10 minutes. Now at 6:30 pm - still no car, another call to National I was told driver just got to airport. I then heard how busy they are etc... Guess what?? I am the customer don't tell me how busy you are. I stayed put to be able to receive the vehicle. What a waste of my first day of vacation. No I do not want a coupon for my next car rental! NEVER AGAIN will I rent from National. I will pay the extra $$ and go with Avis or Hertz, at least they know what good customer service is.
WASHINGTON DULLES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA -- Letter I sent to national:
I give you my emerald number so you can see I rent from this company, a lot. Not that even a one time renter should experience this type of service.
I have rented from National Car Rental in Dulles for over 2 years pretty steady. For about a year- all seemed OK. Then, I began to notice when I returned a car, and did not wait for an attendant to check gas and give me a receipt- I would receive a extra fuel charge. I ALWAYS fill the tank. The gas station in 1/2 mile from the rental place.
So my last rental (4-23-14 # 7########) had about 3 gallon charge added! I only went 99 miles, AND, I filled up around 4 gallons.
I'm being cheated- pure and simple. Or, lets say, they are trying to cheat. I call every time and I get the extra charge reversed. This time the customer service person Michelle wanted me to send my gas receipt. Are you kidding me? I told her to look at how often I rent- but in any case, sure I'll send it. Finally she relented and said she would refund 'as a courtesy' to me. I am so disgusted with your company it's palatable.
So get a handle on the way this business is ran. I will post this letter far and wide in hopes that someone can fix this atrocity.
I would like to discuss this further with you. Please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com with your contact information, reference #150427-003286, rental/reservation number and any other details. -Tatiana
EVERYWHERE, CALIFORNIA -- National Car Rental is the WORST car rental company in this country. If you rent from them, when you receive your bill you will be subject to all kinds of hidden fees that they do not tell you about.
They told me that my rental was to cost $220.00, but they charged me $770.00! It was until I called back for the fifth time did they actually admit they over charged me and would refund the difference but when they gave me my refund they only gave me $250 back instead of the $550 they actually owed. When I called again they came up with all of these hidden fees that were never a part of the original agreement and magically appeared after they realized they were essentially trying to steal hundreds of dollars from me. On top of this, they forced me to pay for insurance on the car even after I clearly stated that I did not want protection on the car.
Needless to say, National Car Rental is a corrupt, deceitful, greedy company that will take advantage of you as they have me and if you are reading this PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE for your own benefit, do not rent from them and enable such avarice to continue. If for some reason you do and when you do get overcharged PLEASE call them to notify them and when they try to delay it or deny it as I guarantee they will, keep moving forward because they can not continue to get away with this thievery of the American people. National Car Rental is the WORST car rental company in this country.


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Last weekend, we went to Redondo Beach to celebrate my friend's birthday. Redondo Beach is probably one of my favorite places to go to in the Los Angeles area, not because of the spectacular views and the nice beaches, but for the seafood. If you are a local or have visited Redondo Beach, you will know that locals and tourists alike flock there because it offers (to me) the freshest seafood in the area, with many seafood shacks selling everything from fresh oysters to steamed Dungeness crab or lobster, and more.
One of the most popular seafood shacks is Quality Seafood, which always has a beeline of patrons lining up for its seafood. I LOVE Quality Seafood—there are all sorts of shellfish waiting for me. I think by now, everybody who reads Rasa Malaysia knows my penchant for shellfish, so Redondo Beach is practically my seafood paradise.
One of the shellfish that I absolutely love but can't get easily is soft shell clams or New England steamers. They have thin and fragile white-color shells, with siphon sticking out. Quality Seafood is the only place I know that carries this delicious clam. So I didn't hesitate to load up a few pounds to bring home with me.
Soft shell clams are extremely briny and sweet in taste, and the flesh is very tender and juicy. All I did was steaming them with a little garlic and butter, with some white wine. I would always "drink" the delicious clam juice/broth until not a single drop left. I introduced my friends these steamers and they absolutely loved them, too. You don't even need a proper recipe to enjoy these clams, you can just steam them and serve with some melted butter, as seen on Simply Recipes.
If you can't find steamers where you are, you can certainly use any clams you can find in your area. There are also similar recipes that you can try: Thai steamed clams, ginger and clam soup, Taiwanese-style clams, and steamed Asari clams.


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by Rosalind
December 2nd, 2014
Holiday Shipping Dates for Domestic Orders
Well dreamers, the international order dates we posted last month are slowly dwindling away, but there's still plenty of time for all of our friends here in the USA to receive their socks (and winter stickers — just request one in an order note!) in time for the December holidays! Just check out this handy chart:
And while you're wrapping up your holiday shopping (get it? Wrapping?) be sure to pop over to the Sock Journal for Brenna's round up of all of the pertinent ordering information: gift notes, wishlists, measurements, last minute gifts cards — it's all there! Professional Dreamers are standing by to fill your orders and answer your questions, so don't hesitate to ask!
by Rae
November 25th, 2014
Fall Into Winter Finalists!
In our second edition of our Dreamer Dress Up competition we saw a lot of ingenuity in the way our dreamers took warm weather clothes and changed them into cold weather outfits with Sock Dreams socks and accessories. Here is a peak at our ten favorites, and what they had to say about their outfits.
These first two finalists were very nearly winners. We loved Jennifer's bright colors during this sometimes drab season. Not only did she turn a summer party dress into a great fall outfit, but she kept a little hint of sunshine with her Extraordinary Radiant Rainbows. Lindsay's autumn color choices were a big hit here at Sock Dreams. She kept warm in her spring mini dress with Signature Cotton Tights, O Dreamy Stockings (in a gorgeous color that we, unfortunately, no longer carry), and Harajuku Arm Warmers.
Our next set of finalists had fun with indoor shots. Han had this to say about her outfit, "I love layers and was laying around the house, desperately not wanting to put on outdoor clothes to go get food when the idea struck me: don't change the leggings and tank you are wearing–just throw more stuff on top! This was the result." She knocked it out of the park with Chevron Sleeves and Super Long Ribbed Leg Warmers. Alana was one of our first entries. She made her lace summer dress fall-ready with a long sleeved t-shirt and Long Cuffable Scrunchable Socks. We loved what Whitney had to say about her outfit. "From keeping cool *eating ice cream* to staying cozy *dressed like a sundae*! I bundled up with layered long sleeves & hopped into Sock Dreams' Neapolitan Stripes to keep my legs cozy."
Jessica was used to staying warm in Alabama, when a cold wet spell hit. She couldn't walk her dog in her usual clothing. Her solution? Extraordinary Striped Thigh Highs. Megan says, "Sweet lolita pastels are more commonly associated with Spring, but I like to be able to wear my whole lolita wardrobe year round! " She used our Blue Knees in Pink to coordinate and keep her legs from getting chilled.
And here are our winners! Holly is loving the autumn in her Classic Tie Dyed Striped Knees and Basic Fingerless Gloves. Phoebe is looking cool while staying warm with her Chevron Sleeves and Floral Tights. Candis took her babies Magnolia and Camellia out to enjoy their first snow in her Tie-dye Bamboo OTKs and Bamboo Cable Tights. She kept their tiny toes warm with Picnic Plaid Baby Socks.
All of our finalists received a 10% off coupon code, and our three winners each received a $30 gift code. If you want a chance to win make sure you enter next month's competition. The theme is "Snow Day!" Show us how you bundle up for a wild winter. Click here for a complete set of rules and instructions on how to enter. And don't forget to check out our Newsletter for more details about why we chose our top three. If you haven't signed up for our Newsletter, now's the perfect time to do it!
by Rosalind
November 11th, 2014
Free International Shipping and Stickers for Winter!
We're just three weeks in to autumn, but we're already preparing for the December holidays! Why? Because we're offering free USPS First Class International Shipping until the end of November! This way our friends overseas can order holiday socks in time for them to travel and make it through customs, while enjoying the same free shipping that US residents enjoy all year round!
Of course, this means we've released our winter logo stickers early this year, for inclusion with holiday orders!
Our holiday logo lady is enjoying some hot cocoa while getting cozy in Peppermint Spiral Cotton OTKs to match the candy border, with Long Cuffable Leg Warmers layered over them for even more coziness!
Our winter logo sticker is sporting the same sock and legwarmer combo, only in different colors. She holds a snowglobe, and inside of that snowglobe is another logo lady, who is holding another snowglobe…. perhaps containing another logo lady?
To obtain a sticker of your very own, just leave an order note requesting either a holiday or winter logo sticker when you place your order!
by Rosalind
November 5th, 2014
Fun With Shipping
One of the things we're known for here at Sock Dreams is our super-fast shipping: people are most often surprised by the speed of our free domestic option. It does help that we ship all of your orders –with a few exceptions– within 24 hours, but if we're being completely honest with you, USPS deserves most of the credit for getting your socks across the country (and sometimes to the bottom of the Grand Canyon via mule), usually within two or three days! As we're heading into our busiest season, I interviewed Shipper Ryan, who specializes in our domestic shipping, but knows quite a bit about all of it. Because he is both hilarious and paranoid about being misquoted, we present you with his responses, verbatim:
Rosalind: I know that USPS really goes above and beyond with some of the more remote locations that they deliver to… can you give us some interesting examples of this?
Ryan: USPS certainly does deliver mail to some faraway places, but to give our most exciting examples of the remote reaches our packages can go, we have to bring up the US Military. Working in partnership with USPS, military mail going to APO, FPO, and DPO addresses can end up in some off the wall places. We've sent packages to Forward Operating Bases in Afghanistan (near zones of conflict), and to Aircraft Carriers in the middle of an ocean, but if I were to choose the most remote place our socks have been worn, that's a no brainer. We have sent a number of orders over the years to McMurdo Station on the Northern edge of Antarctica. I know, I know, all edges of Antarctica are Northern. McMurdo happens to be nearest Tasmania and New Zealand on a Map. And the best part of these locations is that they are technically Domestic Addresses and, as such, qualify for our free shipping. So there is no reason you shouldn't send socks to personnel that are overseas!
Rosalind: What is the most exciting (domestic or otherwise) location we've shipped to, in your opinion?
Ryan: There is one street that comes to mind, here in America, and that is "1 Infinite Loop". We have a couple of customers who order from there and we always give an excited Whoop of jealousy whenever one comes, as we're all big nerds who wish we were cool enough to live on "1 Infinite Loop". Tech heads will recognize the address as the street that encircles Apple's HQ.
Rosalind: Here in the states we pretty much have a number and a street for an address. Can you explain some of the different ways that other countries do addresses?
Ryan: Almost every country we ship to has similar address elements to what we do in the states, though they may be arranged differently. Many European countries, for instance, put there Postal Code before the City. Some stand out exceptions off of the top of my head would be Spain and Puerto Rico, which have similar addressing styles that include a dearth of information when compared to domestic addresses. Though we can verify the addresses as properly formatted for the country they are going to, we usually have to move information around so USPS recognizes them as addresses they can ship to. Ireland is another standout, as most [addresses] do not have postal codes, instead using the destination county, and some do not have street addresses. These last always give us a chuckle, as we cannot be certain if the package is going to a business or a landmark. We just assume that the destinations are small enough or the mail carriers are so awesome, that they just know where these packages are intended to be delivered. But I like to think that a certain percentage of Magic is used for the delivery of our Ireland-bound orders.
Rosalind: What is the funniest thing about shipping? Are there even funny things about it?
Ryan: Answering unexpected interview questions. Oh, and all of the Puns!
And there we have it! From Antarctica to puns, our shipping department has seen it all. While we're on the subject, you might have noticed that we're offering free airmail international shipping until the end of November, so even if your friends overseas aren't in the military or conducting research in Antarctica, there's no reason not to send them some socks this month!
by Rae
October 28th, 2014
Dreamer Dress Up Finalists
Last month we announced our new monthly contest, Dreamer Dress Up. Our first challenge to you was to create a Halloween costume which featured some of our socks, or accessories. We had a lot of amazing entries. They were so good, in fact, that we had to share our ten finalists with all of you!
These first three finalists are looking spectacular in shades of red. Malia McCollister, a former ballet dancer, used the Puffy Chiffon Mini Petticoat to give her Firebird costume the right flare. Elizabeth Hedrick used tons of layers to make her pirate queen costume come alive, including a Mid-Length Petticoat, Ruffle Striped OTKs, and Flapper Buttoned Sock Garters. Yoko Mizuhara, our next finalist, modified her Solid Opaque Thigh Highs for her Bombshell Harley Quinn costume, and is a huge advocate of It Stays! Body Adhesive.
Our next two finalists are rocking the steam-punk look. Brianna Clarke is ready for a Victorian Air Ship ride in her Solid Over the Knee Stockings and her Extra Long Simply Adjustable Sock Garters. Amy Robinson made some creative edits to her Solid Opaque Thigh Highs, which she keeps held high with her Double Grip Clips.
We loved Cindy Dulay's portrayal of Mary Sanderson, the middle sister from the movie Hocus Pocus. She is using the plus sized Striped Over the Knee stockings to keep her witchy legs warm. And speaking of needing to stay warm, our next entrant, known only as Pixi Faery, is staying snuggley by layering rust colored Long Cuffable Scrunchable Socks and Dark Brown Knees.
And now for our three winners, who will each receive a $30 Sock Dreams Gift Card!
In her portrayal of the Queen of the Rainbow Goblins, Joyce Churchia created her own sleeves using Rainbow Knee High socks and Cotton Overknees, and completed her outfit with Vertical Rainbow Fishnet Tights. Kathleen Weaver is clearly excited about her Peter Pan costume, and so were we! She is wearing the ever popular Long Cuffable Scrunchable Socks in olive. Our final winner, and perhaps our favorite, is Sara Bielaczyc. How adorable is she in her purple Chevron Sleeves and green and plum Super Stripe Knee Highs?
We want to congratulate all of our finalists. And to do that, we decided to throw in a bonus. We are giving each of them 10% off their next purchase! Feeling a bit jealous? Click here to find out how you can enter November's Dreamer Dress Up contest. And don't forget to sign up for our Newsletter to see who will win next time!
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Foster mother of 40 thankful for her new home
Glennis Durham settles into a new Marysville home from Habitat for Humanity
Dan Bates / The Herald
Glennis Durham is excited about the covered back porch. It is perfect size for a swinging porch chair.
Dan Bates / The Herald
A very happy Glennis Durham, 73, greets visitors Wednesday from the temporary plywood walkway in front of her new home in Marysville.
Dan Bates / The Herald
Glennis Durham loves the light from the ample windows in her new home.
Dan Bates / The Herald
Eyes sparkling, Glennis Durham gazes around her nearly-ready home and blesses the people who kindly said she could have the chandelier. The kitchen and dining area will be the center of her home, she said.
"It's not so much a matter of me giving, but more that the Lord put me in the right place at the right time," she says frequently.
Over the years, Durham, 73, has cared for at least 40 foster children. Two of those foster kids are her now-adopted son, Elias, 12, and daughter, Olivia, 10, who she's raised from infancy. Her oldest five children were reared in Durham's home state of Virginia. She also helped raise some of her 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. In addition, she counts a son's friend, a man of 50, as her third adopted child.
"That's a lot of kids, isn't it?" Her eyes twinkle as she straightens her dress and her French-braided white hair.
Durham now cares for her 48-year-old daughter, Virginia Oien, who is fighting breast cancer. They share a two-bedroom home in Marysville. The women sleep on the couch or the recliner so that the Durhams' children and Oien's daughter can have beds.
Soon, Durham plans to move into a new 1,100-square-foot house provided by Habitat for Humanity of Snohomish County.
Like all Habitat home owners, Durham helped build the house, logging 500 hours of "sweat equity" as a down payment, said Mary Fears, executive director of Habitat in Everett.
"Glennis is very deserving," Fears said.
On April 20, an open house celebrated the completion of Durham's home. More than 100 people showed up for the party at her cute, blue house.
"The next day at church, I had people coming up to me telling me how nice the party was," Durham said. "I asked them, 'Were you there?' It had been such an overwhelming event that I didn't even see all the people."
The view from her new house is of the valley of farmland between 67th Avenue and Highway 9 in northeast Marysville. It reminds her of home in Virginia.
One of 10 children, Durham remembers her father working in the coal mines to buy land for her grandfather, who had been a sharecropper.
"Then he worked to buy our land and build our house," Durham said. "I am so thankful for my new house, but I think my favorite place was the one my daddy built."
Durham moved to Washington in 1989. One of her sons was serving overseas in the Navy and his wife asked Durham to come help with their children.
"My daughter-in-law needed to finish graduate school, so I came West," she said. "I was needed."
Durham is waiting for her concrete driveway and walkway to be poured before she moves to the new house.
She has her rose garden planned out. She'll put her rocker on the front porch and a porch swing on the back. Her long, antique dining room table will dominate the great room, which includes the kitchen and living area.
"The house is such a blessing for me," Durham said. "It's like a dream. I can't even begin to say thank you to everybody."
Her children are excited to move in, too. They'll have their own bedrooms.
"Olivia and Elias are my little blessings. My pride and joy," Durham said. "In the case of each, I was asked to take them just for the night soon after they were born. I'm a little crazy, but of course I was going to do it. I would not trade my kids for the whole world. They are good kids. I am very strict with them and I have always taught all my children to care about other people."
With that thought, Durham gazes around the empty house and talks about all the young people who volunteered their time to help build it.
"It's just so amazing all the people who worked on this house," she said. "And it's so nice to say I walked across my own doorsill for the first time. Having a house gives you a sense of security. And it's something I can leave for my kids."
The house will be a gathering place, said Habitat's Bruce Richards, one of three project managers on Durham's house.
"Glennis is the matriarch of a big family," he said. "She is very special."
Durham hopes her new home is a place her daughter, Virginia, and her son, Victor, who lives in Lynnwood, and their families will visit often.
"I want everybody to visit," Durham said. "My door is always open."
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About Habitat
Habitat homeowners pay a no-interest mortgage carried by Habitat, which has built 20 homes in Snohomish County and repaired 22 more. Habitat's out-of-pocket costs for the Durham house were $115,000. Whirlpool donates appliances, Ferguson Enterprises gives the toilets. Other donations came from Yale Locks, Hunter Douglas Blinds, Square D Electrical, Larson Storm Doors, Ramaeu Landscaping and Owens Corning roofs. Volunteers donated 6,200 hours to build the house with the help of a HUD grant administered by Snohomish County. All the other funding is from faith groups, community organizations, corporations and individuals. Project Linus also gave blankets to the Durham family. More info: www.habitatsnohomish.org.
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Thread: SOTD Saturay 19th January 2013
Good morning everyone. Have all a very happy day
For me today is
Have I told you about the scent of jasmine? Have I spoken about the smell of the sea? The earth is scented. And I perfume myself to enhance what I am. That's why I can not wear a perfume that bothers me. Perfuming is an instinctive wisdom. And like all art, it requires some knowledge of yourself..."
Clarice Lispector ( 1920-1977) - Perfumes da Terra / Earth Perfumes
.........Good morning! Enjoy your weekend!
........... Lolita Lempicka
Good Morning Everyone,
I hope you've all been well this past week. I've missed you.
So, I arrived back late last night to snow and cold. Think I preferred the sunshine and warmth of Gujarat.
Slow day today, methinks. Tired and jetlagged.
Tabac Blond it is.
Have a lovely weekend, gang.
Can't get enough of Cristalle eau de parfume by Chanel
Welcome back G! You seem nice and cheery this morning Roberto. Alegria!
Cloon Keen Atelier Terre De L'Encens. I was introduced to thus by galwaygirl001 and very pleased I am too!
Morning all! Good to see you back safe gandhajala, have a good rest.
l'll be braving the snow & ice to walk to work soon, wearing Sheer Obsession to keep me warm.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
Welcome back G! Coldest day so far with -18 C and though a bit too cold for my taste it is a glorious day - sunny, clear sky and everything covered in snow. Wearing Cuir Ottoman.
I looked up Gujarat on a map. That is a long distance to fly. No wonder you need to recuperate, G.
Boucheron for our Saturday morning garden, nature, home-improvement shows on PBS.
Hello all. Caron Montaigne.
Welcome back G !
I imagine the weather is a shock to the system after India, but it certainly casts a new perspective on things. We only live 10 minutes walk from St Albans Abbey - looks pretty impressive this morning IMO.
SotD is Tom Ford Extreme.
Good morning, nice smelling family. I owe everyone an apology for missing many a musings of yours but sometimes real life interferes, unapologetically and harshly. With me it is almost always Mr.T, like in 2003, 2005 and 2008. And now again, 2013. I am staying positive and strong, he is in a hospital almost 4 hours away getting better. That will pass too, they said? People in our village have been treating me with kindness.
I will have to mail out two packages, one to bookwyrm and another one to Glisten, I remember.
Fragrances have been on the back burner of sorts, I wore FM Iris Poudre and E.Coudray Fetiche. Craving light-hearted vanilla these days, can't find anything that hits the right spot: instead of being comforting, most of the fragrances with vanilla are making statements, somehow. And about 2/3 of them are either musk-based or too heavy on woods/spices/roots. Neither am I keen on simple straightforward vanilla. There were some suggestions, can't wait to try them.
SotD is Ellen Tracy.
Welcome back and be sure to rest well, Gandhajala.
Jon, what beautiful photos.
SOTD is the wonderful Roberto Cavalli Oro
Stay warm and safe, all of you dealing with the cold and snow and a good day to all.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
I have been testing La Petite Robe Noire 2012 version today.
It starts off very nicely - a rich, sweet blackcherry/ dark rose/ black tea note but on
my skin it fades within a couple of hours to a non-descript vanilla/
patchouli. The top notes are what it is all about
A woman without perfume is like a flower without a scent.
((Twolf)) You and Mr. T have been much in our thoughts. I wish I could mail you a flying carpet -- 4 hours away is a real problem for visiting.
Winter cold is with us, appropriate enough weather for January but I am no fan of it.
SotD is Creed FdTRB to remind me that Spring is coming.
Join us in discussing Penhaligon's newest feminine, Ostara, a daffodil soliflore by Bertrand Duchafour
We also still have room in our Penhaligon's Trade Routes Sample Pass--sign up now!
Racer by Pacoma Parfums
(((((Wolfie))))) I missed your post first time around; we must have posted simultaneously. Wishing Mr T a speedy and full recovery. You are both in my thoughts.
"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume." - Jacques Guerlain
(((Twolfie))), so sorry to hear. We've been missing and asking for you. I hope Mr.T will be home very soon; glad to hear they say it will pass. I'll be wishing the very best for you both and you can rest assured, you'll be in my thoughts often.
So nice to have our gandhajala home with us! Smothering you with hugs right now!
Gorgeous pics, Jon! I have no use for winter and even I cannot deny that is one beautiful scene. Just lovely.
Blue_Eyez, you smell wonderful! Have had a lot of Cristalle EDP cravings myself this winter.
In Gap Smooth Sandalwood today, from jujy's pass. I have really taken my time exploring these jasmines and sandalwoods; hope to wrap it up this weekend!
The nose wants what it wants!
So happy to see you (((Twolf))) and Gandhajala.
Weather today is just plain nasty. Windy and blowing snow right now, -7 F
wind chills. This time tomorrow it will be -15F with a -31 wind chill. A good
weekend to stay inside!
Trying a sample of Etat Libre d'Orange Afternoon of a Faun, with notes of
bergamot, pepper, cinnamon, incense, rose, immortal flower, orris, jasmine,
myrrh of Namibia, moss, leather and benzoin. I like the myrrh, incense and
leather vibe.
Have a nice Saturday!
I'm recuperating in a few drops of essential oils of peppermint and lavender today. I am, as a friend used to say, hanging like a bat in a cave: over! Several cups of tea and aromatherapy seem to be helping.
I must be feeling better, Jon, because I'm now thinking of your venison (drool). And those are beautiful photos!
Sending get well wishes to Mr. Twolf. Love to everybody. ♥
SotD - 1 spray to the chest of Musc Ravageur by Frederic Malle (from a sample)
Hello Every One, today I am wearing:
Good Evening,
Thanks so much for the welcome back, folks. So nice to be in the fragrant fold once again.
Very best wishes to the ((Twolves)).
Jon - those are stunning pics of the abbey. You do live in a lovely part of the world.
Thankful Plaisir is keeping those -18 temps to herself !
Staying cosy with one of PL's virtual hugs (ooh la la !) tonight, and wearing some Cuir de Russie (vintage EdT).
Best to all.
Love's Soft Jasmin cologne.
I send thee this sweet perfume a fragrance to the fragrant, as one would offer wine to the god of wine.
Good evening all, welcome back G and hugs to T and MrT.
A shy snow is attempting to cover Milan, though always on the point of turning to rain....
No snow clad abbeys, here, alas!
SotD has been Chambre Noire, comfortably smoky and plummy.
Have a nice evening
"Your fragrance with a fume of iodine" L. Cohen
I see you tried that Ellen Tracy after all, guess it was a like?
More Ambra Di Luna for me.
I was craving a really kick-azz amber today ... Ambre Sultan it is! Took my mom shopping for a new tv for her bedroom and now it's off to watch some Jayhawk basketball!
G, welcome home ... Twolf, sending my best get-well wishes to Mr T and hugs for you.
I've trademarked the color bleu
Good evening all, & best wishes to Mr & Mrs T.
Just walked home (very carefully) from work; the main roads are mostly clear now, but the pavements & the little cul-de-sac where l live are treacherous sheets of ice. Still lots of pretty snow in the parks & gardens, though.
SOTE is vintage Shalimar PDT.
"What is this secret connection between the soul, and sea, clouds and perfumes? The soul itself appears to be sea, cloud and perfume..." - from Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.
hehe good evening teardrop , you smell gorgeous
welcome back Gandhajala, i was wearing Cuir de Russie EDT, modern one yesterday too, and was thinking that you waer this often! its lovely! for me works best on cold winter days!
and lovely to see Twolf back again! wish you all the best in these not so pleasant moments of life, oh you know what i will allways recommend the one and only, light vanilla-yilang modern scent- Vanilia , it matches what you ask for, but you somehow dont like it
oh Jon , you hardly have any snow on roofs hehe, lovely pictures!!!
i was wearing Visa, just a spray on hand of Coromandel, and now Shalimar EDT vintage....,
forgot to mention Tabac too
Last edited by iivanita; 19th January 2013 at 08:14 PM.
Dont know Mr. T, but wishing the best...
Got some samples, trying Grossmith Hasu-no-Hana. Very vintage Guerlain to me so far. I'm liking it.
MPG Secrete Datura for a wonderful spring-like day in STL.
Current Top Five:
1. Bois des Iles--Chanel
2. George Sand--Maitre Parfumeur et Gantier
3. L'Ame Soeur--Divine
4. Violet Blonde--Tom Ford
5. Santal Blush--Tom Ford
Good evening, goodsmellingpersons, and best wishes for a speedy recovery for mister Twolf, glad he is getting the care he needs and I hope you are holding up ok, ms Twolf.
I just smell of henna today, having a day of beauty so of course look awful, plastic bag on my head, only needs a green face cream to complete the look....which reminds me I did get a small tube of henna flower attar from the hennaforhair site, I don't think it smells like perfume but perhaps will start a pass, it's a big whompin' sample so would go pretty far I think, and probably something not many of us have smelled.
Thank you for the improvement wishes for Mr.T, I saw him today and he is doing way better than this same time last week or two weeks ago. Still not very stable, but he is funny as they come.
kalli, no, have not had a chance to try Bronze yet, the one I am wearing today is the new original Ellen Tracy 2000 -- peaches, irises, sandalwood with a touch of cinnamon.
iivanita -- I will politely disagree: Vanilia is dryer and has got more spices than I would care for. There is also musk in it, too much for my liking. I want it sweet, simple, moist.
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Today I didn't have a SOTD. I have been sampling today instead! There are some lovely scents out there!
I'm not OLD...I'm VINTAGE!
Donna Karan Fuel for Men tonight
These things cannot be long hidden: the Sun, the Moon, the Truth--Buddha


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From Brown University Robotics
The HBase Server
To Start Hbase on maria
If you need to restart Hbase on maria, follow these instructions. Currently Hbase is installed in bkorel's home directory. The start scripts are have global read and execute permissions, so anyone should be able to restart Hbase.
cd /home/bkorel/HBase/src/hbase-0.20.3
Start the Hbase server with the below command. You will be prompted twice for your password to localhost.
Start the thrift server:
bin/hbase-daemon.sh start thrift --port=9091
If you do not specify the port via the command line, the thrift server will use the default port of 9090. However if you get the error "Could not create ServerSocket on address /192.168.0.1:9090" when starting the thrift server, you need to specify a different port number as in the above command. Note: if the thrift server is started using a different port, 9091 is currently hard coded in the Hbase ros node (bin/record) and should be changed.
To start the Hbase shell:
bin/bhase shell
Example Hbase shell usage:
hbase> # Type "help" to see shell help screen hbase> help hbase> # To create a table named "mylittletable" with a column family of "mylittlecolumnfamily", type hbase> create "mylittletable", "mylittlecolumnfamily" hbase> # To see the schema for you just created "mylittletable" table and its single "mylittlecolumnfamily", type hbase> describe "mylittletable" hbase> # To add a row whose id is "myrow", to the column "mylittlecolumnfamily:x" with a value of 'v', do hbase> put "mylittletable", "myrow", "mylittlecolumnfamily:x", "v" hbase> # To get the cell just added, do hbase> get "mylittletable", "myrow"
In case the logging table is deleted or inaccessible, run the following command to create the appropriate table and column families for storing data using the Hbase ros node:
hbase> create "session_table", "timestamp", "msg", "topic"
To Stop Hbase
Hbase needs to be properly shut down; currently there are problems accessing previously stored data otherwise. Run the following two commands to stop the thrift and Hbase servers:
bin/hbase-daemon.sh stop thrift bin/stop-hbase.sh
Instructions to Install Hbase on maria
Note: root permissions are required (for installing Thrift).
Hbase is currently run in standalone, non-distributed mode.
Install ZooKeeper
ZooKeeper is a high-performance coordination service for distributed applications. HBase depends on ZooKeeper because HBase keeps the location of its root table, who the current master is, and what regions are currently participating in the cluster in ZooKeeper. By default HBase manages a single ZooKeeper instance for you. In standalone and pseudo-distributed modes this is usually enough, but for fully-distributed mode you should configure a ZooKeeper quorum.
Download and unpack a stable ZooKeeper release. Currently 3.2.2 is installed.
bkorel: determine if writing a conf file is necessary for standalone mode.
If you run into problems, follow ZooKeeper Getting Started.
Install Hadoop
Hadoop is a distributed computing platform. If running in standalone mode, you will not need to install/configure or run Hadoop because HBase by default uses the local filesystem. Distributed modes require an instance of the Hadoop Distributed File System (DFS).
Download and unpack a stable Hadoop release.
Follow the Hadoop Quick Start instructions.
See the Hadoop requirements and instructions for how to set up a DFS. Before starting HBase you need to start the Hadoop DFS daemons and stop the daemons after HBase has shut down.
Install Hbase
HBase provides Bigtable-like structured storage. The following are instructions for standalone mode. For pseudo- or fully-distributed modes, following the HBase Getting Started instructions.
Download and unpack a stable HBase release. Currently 0.20.3 is installed.
cd to the HBase root directory and open conf/hbase-env.sh. Edit this file to set JAVA_HOME to point at the root of the Java installation:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr
Test HBase by starting the server and shell. Be sure to stop HBase when done.
bin/start-hbase.sh bin/hbase shell bin/stop-hbase.sh
Install Thrift
Thrift is a software framework for cross-language services development. Since the HBase API is in Java, and we would like to write ros nodes in Python, thrift is necessary to interface Python clients to HBase.
Download and unpack a stable Thrift release. Currently 0.2.0 is installed.
Requirements: Ruby 1.8+
sudo apt-get install ruby1.8-dev
If installing on maria again, you will not need to run this. However if installing on a new machine and compiling thrift gives an "extconf.rb:20:in `require': no such file to load -- mkmf (LoadError)" error, the mkmf.rb library file is missing. This can be obtained from the ruby1.8-dev package by running the above command.
From the root thrift directory, configure thrift:
Compile thrift:
sudo make install
After installing thrift, there should be a system-wide "thrift" command available, which should provide some usage information.
Export the python path so it can find the directory where the thrift packages are installed. Add the following line to your .bashrc file:
export PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages"
If problems occur during installation, follow the Thrift Installation instructions.
Test Thrift
Let's write a python client to test thrift.
The HBase Thrift API is described in the following file: [hbase-root]/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift/Hbase.thrift
Generate a thrift client package:
cd [hbase-root]/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/thrift thrift --gen py Hbase.thrift
This will produce a directory called gen-py which contains a set of generated Python classes which will allow communication with the HBase thrift server automatically. Copy the hbase directory contained in the gen-py directory to a project directory of your choosing.
Create a client.py file in the same directory:
#!/usr/bin/env python import sys from thrift import Thrift from thrift.transport import TSocket from thrift.transport import TTransport from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol from hbase import Hbase from hbase.ttypes import * host = 'localhost' port = 9091 # default thrift port is 9090 # Make socket transport = TSocket.TSocket(host, port) # Buffering is critical. Raw sockets are very slow transport = TTransport.TBufferedTransport(transport) # Wrap in a protocol protocol = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocol(transport) client = Hbase.Client(protocol) transport.open() print client.getTableNames()
The host is simply localhost, and the port should be whatever port the thrift server is started on.
Start HBase and thrift:
bin/start-hbase.sh bin/hbase-daemon.sh start thrift --port=9091
Run the client:
python client.py
This client will simply print a blank list ([]), unless tables have been created in HBase.
As an additional resource, follow this helpful tutorial
Logging in HBase
If logging data for the first time, add the following line to your .bashrc file:
export PYTHONPATH="/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages"
Otherwise you will get the following error when running the Hbase ros node: "ImportError: No module named thrift"
Logging ROS messages in HBase is very easy. Check out the hbase ros node currently in the experimental section of brown-ros-pkg. In the bin directory is a script called record which takes two or more arguments. The first id is a session-id which is simply a string used to retrieve your session later. The session-id must be unique, if not you will be prompted to enter a new session-id. The subsequent arguments are the names of the topics you wish to record. It searches for the exact topic, so be careful with capitalization and remember all topic names start with /. When you're finished recording simply hit Ctrl-C, and your data is logged in the repository. Currently there can be issues with data loss if the server is shut down improperly, so be careful.
The following command logs the four topics /headF /cmd_Larm /cmd_Rarm /blobs under the session-id 3simplex1.
./record 3simplex1 /headF /cmd_Larm /cmd_Rarm /blobs
Retrieving Data from HBase
Browsing the Table
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(Editor's Note: The short scene above from Downton Abbey, part of PBS's Masterpiece, though an English period drama, is set only weeks after the trial in Newport News and is a great example of a couple dancing the Grizzly Bear to "Everybody's Doing It Now.")
If you've ever heard "America The Beautiful" or "White Christmas" then you know the music of Irving Berlin. Considered by many critics to be the country's greatest songwriter, many of his songs are American classics. It was very strange indeed then when one of our archivists discovered the sheet music to one of Berlin's songs entered as evidence in an obscenity trial in Virginia.
On the evening of 3 April 1912, Newport News police arrested Olympic Theater owner E. T. Crall, song-and-dance troupe leader Palmer Hines, and his six dancing girls. That night's act, judged too hot for the public good by police, combined Palmer singing the suggestively titled Berlin song "Everybody's Doing It Now" with the girls dancing the Turkey Trot, the racy and very latest "animal" dance to sweep the nation.
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MISENHEIMER, N.C. - Trailing 2-0 in the best of five match, host Pfeiffer University battled back to force Queens into a fourth set during a 3-1 (25-17, 26-24, 23-25, 25-21) loss in Conference Carolinas women's volleyball on Saturday. The Royals move to 10-6 overall, 5-1 in league play while the Lady Falcons drop to 2-12, 1-5.
Keri Kemp led the Royals with a match-high 16 kills on the day, twice as many as her next closest teammate with Anna Gibbs picking up eight. McKenzie Martin assisted 37 times while posting the double-double adding a team-high 20 kills. Brittney Barren followed closely with 19 digs as Queens put four in double-figures on defense.
Pfeiffer saw Kelly Lancellot, Brianna Jones and Amber Wooten each register 10 kills in the match. Emily Wall recorded 21 assists while Meghan Davis chipped in with 18. Libero Cate Glendenning had a match-high 24 digs as one of three Lady Falcons with double-figures.
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Please establish a forum to discuss The Moral Landscape
Samharris.org is mentioned in The Moral Landscape's dust jacket, but Harris' current Project Reason has a forum, as well. You may want to see what's up there, Parable. The two forums are somehow linked, and I think you're already signed on there just because you're signed on here. Maybe we'll get lucky and see both you and Arrogathor here:
Philosophy may in no way interfere with the actual use of language; it can in the end only describe it. For it cannot give it any foundations either. It leaves everything as it is.
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I think this book deserves a position of prominence on the forum comparable to The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation, at the top, under "The Books".


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