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Jennie Bailey, the longtime football administrative assistant who spent over 28 years with the program, passed away Thursday after a battle with cancer. She was 55.
Texas Tech Athletics mourns the loss of football administrative assistant Jennie Bailey on Thursday.
Texas Tech senior offensive lineman Le'Raven Clark added a third Preseason All-America honor as he was recognized as a third team All-American by Athlon Sports on Tuesday.
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The Big 12 Conference released its annual Academic All-Big 12 Team on Thursday with 32 Red Raiders making the list.


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Civil trial against Greg Davis concludes without ruling
JACKSON, Miss. — Testimony concluded Wednesday in a civil lawsuit against former Southaven Mayor Greg Davis, but a ruling isn't likely until next year.
Davis, 47, is being sued by Mississippi Auditor Stacey Pickering for allegedly misusing more than $170,000 in city funds for trips, expensive dinners and clothing.
Davis has repaid $96,000 but still owes Southaven taxpayers $73,915.17, including interest and penalties.
Wednesday's testimony marked resumption of a trial that recessed five months ago in Hinds County Chancery Court. Davis, the first witness of the day Wednesday, described himself as a workaholic.
Davis, who is gay, said he felt investigators for the auditor's office were trying to out him because they kept asking questions about his trip to Toronto in 2010.
"I can tell you that throughout this process my attorney and I were questioned about Sputini's. Auditor's mentioned Sputini's on a Toronto trip and mentioned it was a gay establishment," Davis replied. "I pulled up Sputini's online. It was a restaurant that I attended and took some people to and submitted that to the state auditor."
He said the Toronto trip was a city business trip with developers.
He added that two to three days after he was questioned by auditors about Toronto, he was asked by The Commercial Appeal in December 2011 about a charge for $67 at Priape, a store in Toronto that is described by its website as "Canada's premiere gay lifestyle store and sex shop."
"It was listed on the Excel spreadsheet accidentally," Davis said of the charge, which was mixed in with his city-related expenses for the trip. "We said that from the beginning. I bought some underwear on sale at the store, and it should not have been on the sheet."
Things got heated when Melissa Patterson, the lead attorney representing the auditor's office, challenged Davis about the expenses he claimed were for city business.
"If I was abusing the city, why did I pay $35,000 out of my pocket for my credit cards?" Davis asked.
"That is your personal credit card, and most people have to pay their credit cards each month," she replied.
Patterson called as a rebuttal witness Karen Swain, an investigator for the auditor's office who spent seven months going through the documents Davis submitted to the state.
Swain was the only other witness besides Davis called to testify Wednesday.
Swain said she tried to make sense out of the documents that Davis submitted to prove his expenses were legitimate city business, but when she compared a spreadsheet that Davis prepared with a spreadsheet she created based on his vague invoices and expenses, she said there were some inconsistencies.
Hinds County Chancellor Dewayne Thomas told attorneys to submit "findings of fact and conclusions of law" to the court to help legally prove their positions in the case.
Thomas gave the state to Dec. 18 to submit the findings to support their position of why Davis should pay back the money and not be allowed to reclaim the $96,000 he has already repaid.
The defense has until Jan. 20 to submit its position that Davis did nothing wrong and that all his expenses were legitimate and approved by the Board of Aldermen. The state then has until Feb. 3 to submit their rebuttal. The court will then review the findings, along with the testimony from the trial in which 2,000 documents submitted since it began in January.
Davis, who served as mayor for 16 years until losing his re-election bid in June, said he is now working for a as director of operations for a company that operates several businesses. He declined to identify the company.
But online records list him as the director of operations for First Medical Supply, a medical supply company that sells urinary catheters and other medical supplies and services.
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Philip Glass' THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Opens Chicago Opera Season, 2/23
Philip Glass' The Fall of the House of Usher, a gothic horror story which blurs the line between the real world and the supernatural, opens Chicago Opera Theater's 2013 Season, titled "Power of Love, Love of Power."
This is Andreas Mitisek's inaugural season as General Director of Chicago Opera Theater since assuming the position in June 2012. Glass' haunting 1987 score for Edgar Allan Poe's macabre masterpiece, with lyrics by Arthur Yorinks, provides the perfect backdrop for this nightmarish journey to The Edge of madness. The Fall of the House of Usher, taking place at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. Randolph Drive, runs for four performances only: Saturday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, February 24 at 3 p.m., Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Friday, March 1 at 7:30 p.m. Single tickets go on sale Monday, January 21.
The Fall of the House of Usher is a co-production with Long Beach Opera (LBO), whose production opens January 27. An opera in two acts, The Fall of the House of Usher takes the audience deep into the eerie realm of the House of Usher. When William receives a letter from his long lost friend Roderick Usher, apparently suffering from illness and requesting William's presence, he journeys to the sinister mansion where Roderick and his twin sister Madeline live as the last of the Usher bloodline. At first William tries to aid his friend by reminding Roderick of his passion for art, music and literature, but William soon becomes swallowed up in a world where the border separating real and supernatural is blurred, and paranoia then takes control. Taken from one of Edgar Allan Poe's most popular tales, this unsettling story explores the line between truth and imagination, all set against Glass' haunting and suspenseful music. COT has also performed Glass' opera Akhnaten in 2000.
"Our 2013 Season emphasizes the tension between the power of love and the love of power," explains Mitisek, who conducts both the COT and LBO performances. "The Fall of the House of Usher is about internal and external collapsing worlds. Glass' music suspends reality and time, hypnotizing us on this journey to The Edge of sanity. It's a 90-minute psychological roller coaster ride."
Ken Cazan returns to COT to direct Usher after directing the acclaimed Death in Venice (2004), Bluebeard's Castle (2007), Erwartung (2007) and Shining Brow (1997). He is the Resident Stage Director for the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California. One of America's most sought-after directors, he has directed more than 100 productions for more than 40 opera companies, including the Santa Fe Opera, Central City Opera, Atlanta Opera, and Seattle Opera, among others. Of Usher, Cazan says, "Things are rarely what they seem in Gothic horror tales. What on the surface feels like a tragic and spooky story (which it is), instinctively, upon the first hearing and reading of Glass' opera, felt like something very different to me. William feels an unusual sense of passion for Roderick, whom he hasn't seen since childhood. William very forcefully speaks of taking Roderick away, of saving him. And what of Madeleine, Roderick's ailing 'identical' twin sister? In the opera, William hears her without seeing her. Does she really exist?"
The Fall of the House of Usher runs for four performances February 23, 24, 27, and March 1 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park. Individual tickets to are on sale January 21 and range from $45 - $125. Tickets may be purchased through Chicago Opera Theater at www.chicagooperatheater.org, by phone at 312-704-8414, or through the Harris Theater at www.harristheaterhicago.org and 312-334-7777. COT offers half-off tickets to students in sections A, B, C and D.
Subscriptions to all three operas in Chicago Opera Theater's 2013 season are available through March 1 and prices range from $95 - $356. Subscriptions include The Fall of the House of Usher, Astor Piazzolla's María de Buenos Aires (April 20, 24, 26 and 28) and Giuseppe Verdi's Joan of Arc (Giovanna d'Arco)(September 21, 25, 27 and 29). New subscribers received 50% off in sections A, B and C.
COT DEBUT: Suzan Hanson (Madeline Usher) is a multi-faceted artist who combines work in opera and music-theater. Her recent performances of Poulenc's La Voix Humane was described as "fresh and forceful...[with] blazing dramatic fervor..." by The San Francisco Chronicle. Hanson has performed with companies such as Arena di Verona, Arizona Opera, Carnegie Hall, Edinburgh, Long Beach Opera, Maggio Musicale (Florence), New Israeli Opera, Pittsburgh Opera Theater, and San Francisco Opera. Often sought for new works, Hanson has originated many roles, including Hanako in Sound of a Voice. She is a regular with LBO and has sung Pat Nixon in Nixon in China, Medea in Meda by Cherubini and Margarita in Ainadamar by O. Golijov. Hanson originated the role of Madeline in The Fall of the House of Usher in the World Premiere production by American Repertory Theater.
COT DEBUT: Lee Gregory (William) hails from Houston, Texas. His recent performances include Silvio in I Pagliacci with Arizona Opera Company, Richard Nixon in Nixon in China with Eugene Opera, Schaunard in La bohème with Michigan Opera Theatre, and the title role in IL Barbiere di Siviglia with Opera Theatre of the Rockies. He reprises the role of William in COT's production, having sung it with Nashville Opera.
COT DEBUT: Jonathan Mack (Physician) has performed over fifty roles during his eighteen seasons with the Los Angeles Opera, including Ferrando in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Kudrjas in Janacek's Katya Kabanova, Quint in Britten's Turn of the Screw, and Orpheus in Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld. He has also worked with Netherlands Opera, Kentucky Opera, Vancouver Opera and Opera Columbus.
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The Red Bulls Player Development System consists of three (3) main levels which ultimately feed players into the Red Bulls 1st team. Level four (4) is at the base of the pyramid, and consists of our grassroots training programs, providing valuable services to many local youth soccer organizations. Level three (3) of the pyramid represents our Regional Development Schools (RDS) which consists of a number of satellite locations, strategically spread throughout NY and NJ. The RDS is supplementary, advanced, individual training, accessible by tryout only. Level two (2) is the academy, which consists of a number of elite teams between the ages of U14 to U19, all of whom play US Club Academy.
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The vast majority of our seasonal coaching staff will work with players within our grassroots training programs. This will involve working with player's aged 4 – 16 years, all of whom are of mixed ability. Skill levels will range from working with complete beginners to players who need to be challenged at an advanced level. There will be opportunities for coaches who show a high level of ability and experience to progress through the player development system and work within the Regional Development School programs. These opportunities are typically only available after working within the grassroots training programs.
The level of play within youth soccer organizations is typically categorized into two levels. 'Recreational' players are beginners, whilst 'travel team' players are considered a more serious level of player. Coaches will work with both levels, and in general the major focus is spent on teaching the basic fundamental skills of the game. We always attempt to place coaches with the level of players that they prefer to work with, however it must be stressed that all coaches at some point will be required to spend time working with our younger players, who are complete beginners to the game. Typically coaches will work with beginner level players for at least 4-5 hours per week.
The vast majority of work is coaching. Additional job requirements include administration tasks and coach education meetings.
Three different levels of part-time SEASONAL employment exist and have different responsibilities:
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(1) Full Availability
Step 1 - Online Application
Prospective coach or prospective junior coach goes online at redbullsacademy.com and completes the online application form
Step 2 - Phone Interview
Based on review of your online application a phone interview will be scheduled. These are typically scheduled to take place on Fridays in September and October or March and April. Please be mindful that due to a large number of applications we are only able to schedule phone interviews on set days. Please do your utmost to accommodate us on our initial time and date.
Step 3 - Coaching Practical and Theory Interview
Based on the successful completion of a phone interview candidates will be invited to an interview day. Applicants are responsible for the costs of travel and/or accommodation for the interview.
Each interview date is either a full or half day commitment. All attendants are required to stay for the duration of the day so please plan accordingly. If you can not commit to this time line please DO NOT accept your place to interview.
The interview day is made up of three important stages:
No. For this position RBNY Academy do not provide visa sponsorship or support immigration applications. Applicants must show proof of U.S. Citizenship or provide appropriate documentation to establish that he/she is legally entitled to reside and work in the United States. Proof of valid documentation, as outlined in the Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9) must be provided at the time of hire.
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Yes, due to the need to drive to a number of different training locations we require all employees to be over the age of 18, and have a valid driving license and personal vehicle for transportation.
Yes, we like to ensure that all coaching staff has the opportunity to relax and rejuvenate after a long season. Therefore we always look to provide staff with a 1 week unpaid vacation between seasons.
Vacation time may vary from program to program, and will be communicated at the start of the employment contract. All vacations are unpaid and must be approved prior to any arrangements being made.
Yes, every employee will get a comprehensive Adidas coaching uniform and all relevant coaching resources. The coaching uniform is yours to keep, although the resources need to be returned at the end of the employment contract. If an employee leaves prior to the end of their contract they must return all items.
Yes. One of the main differences in working for a professional soccer team is that everything you do will connect to the bigger picture. Here are some of the areas that you will be involved in:
Game day clinics:
For each home game selected staff will be involved in running pre-game youth clinics and also be involved in the operation of the soccer interactive zone and stretcher crew.
Attendance at home games:
All coaching staff will be offered the opportunity to attend each home game. It is important that all coaches analyze each game and use it as a tool to give examples in subsequent coaching sessions.
Game tickets:
Each coach will also act as an ambassador within the local community, and will have the opportunity to promote and support ticket promotions within the club they are working.
Camp reunion events:
Every player that attends a Red Bulls camp will have the opportunity to attend a game day camp reunion ceremony. Selected coaching staff will have the opportunity to work at these events.
Professional development:
As part of our continued professional development program, trainers will have exposure to first team training sessions, question and answer forums with the head coach and the opportunity to learn from sessions delivered by Academy and Regional Development School coaching staff.
Yes, in addition to our continued professional development program we also strongly believe in coaching staff gaining further experience and qualifications. Subject to vacation time, coaches have the opportunity to undertake residential coaching licensing programs offered by US Soccer or the NSCAA at the coaches own expense.
Red Bull New York makes the commitment to its soccer partners to employ the best youth soccer coaches. Performance is assessed throughout the duration of each of our seasonal trainers' employment with the view to retaining these staff on a seasonal basis.
Each of our seasonal coaches is provided an opportunity to demonstrate their skills and talents and prove their worth to our organization.
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Aug 31, 2013 at 11:12 AM
Really enjoyed reading some of these stories,,,a couple of the older ones caught my eye, and saved/copied to share ~ the one on Roy Rogers reminded me of my childhood; and the one on the Seven Stages of Aging on a Horse,,,well,that one rang true! LOL...
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Dec 25, 2013 at 8:32 PM
Been awhile since I posted a poem here. Here's my Christmas 2013 poem:
"Good and Ready"
The old rancher stood on his front porch and looked out across the pasture to the mountains beyond his land.
He wondered how much time he had left 'fore the Lord would call him home and what that'd be like for a simple, cowboyin' man.
He thought to himself," I wonder if there's fences to build or cows to tend to or any green grass at all…
'cause that's all I know'd since I was a button and no more than a couple a feet tall.
"And it would seem such a shame to never have rain or to watch the clouds roll in from the southwest.
But, I guess that ain't for me to say and I know I can't stay, so I'll just trust the Lord with the rest.
Now, he read the book of Revelations and much to his elation, he read where the Lord was comin' back for us on a horse.
So, he rubbed his scratchy chin and started to grin and thought out loud, "Well that makes a lotta sense, of course.
'Cause there's no nobler beast God put on this earth than that four legged runnin' machine. That blows smoke from its nostrils on a cool, misty morning and drinks from the clear mountain springs."
"I wonder if He'll let me saddle 'em up or maybe round pen 'em for a spell 'fore he rides. Or maybe…just maybe…He's got another saddle pony I could "borrie" and take a spot right there by His side!"
"Now, that'd shore be heaven to me" he thought. "Ridin' across the blue sky. And all I gotta do to have all that fun is finish up my work here…then die".
Well, he wasn't too fond of that last part. 'Cause after all, his life hadn't been that bad. Livin' in God's creation and all the adventures he'd had.
And Christmas was just around the corner and he knew the kids would be comin' to stay. So he sent up a little prayer to heaven and summed it all up in this way.
"Lord, I'm ready when you are, but I'm fine down here where I am. Each day is gettin' a little tougher, but I'm doin' the best that I can".
"Now I know you're birthday's a comin' up and what a celebration there's gonna be. There'll be kids a laughin' and playin' and food and lotsa presents under the tree".
"But with all that good livin', Lord, let us give you the thanks for all that you have given. Especially for takin' the cross for our sins, so all of us can be forgiven".
"So leave me here as long as you will, Lord and I'll keep takin' it slow and steady".
"I just want a chance to ride heaven's trails with Ya, but only when You're good and ready".
R. Atkinson
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Dec 27, 2013 at 7:37 AM
Love that. May I save it to share next year?
Thinkin' would be a good lesson for my T3C3
church group.
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Dec 28, 2013 at 10:40 AM
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Stargazer. You certainly may use it. I recited it last Sunday at the Cowboy church I attend.
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Dec 28, 2013 at 3:10 PM
Dear Texaslawman,
I love your 2013 Christmas poem. Since you don't mind me sharing it, I certainly will.
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Mar 28, 2014 at 10:02 PM
new song.
There was fresh snow this morning, there are tracks down the lane
She held me close to say good bye, now she's driving away
She told me one evening, she hopes she won't break my heart
If I thought she could stay gone, this would be a good start
We shared laughter and dancing in my living room,
We shared sweet, sweet romancing and talking till two
The fire place glowed like the flame in our hearts
There's not a thing in this world that will keep us apart
I'll be seeing you soon love though you're driving away
Well be dancing together, it will be a sweet day
You can go anywhere and you won't break my heart
There's a life that we could have, It's one that we should have
Hold onto our dream and it will seem we're not really apart
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Texas attitude
Posted: Jul 1, 2014 at 12:40 PM
(Another Texas Veteran sent me this, I enjoyed it.)
One day, a very gentle Texas lady was driving across a high bridge in Austin. As she neared the top of the bridge, she noticed a young man fixin' to jump. ("fixin to" in Texas means getting ready to)
She stopped her car, rolled down the window and said, "Please don't jump! Think of your dear mother and father."
He replied, "My mom and dad are both dead; I'm going to jump."
She said, "Well, think of your sweet wife and precious children."
He replied, "I'm not married, and I don't have any kids."
She said, "Well, then you just remember the Alamo."
He replied, ''What's the Alamo?''
She replied, ''Well, bless your heart! - You just go ahead and jump.... you little Yankee Democrat Basterd.... You're holding up traffic"
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Re: Update: New Story - Miscl Poems & Stories
Posted: Dec 23, 2014 at 7:43 PM
My Christmas poem for 2014...
Christmas Soldier
The young man came out onto the front porch with a cup of coffee in his hand
And he watched the sun come up over the mountain and lay a blanket of gold across the land.
He stood there for a while. Then he stretched and yawned just a bit.
Then he walked out to the hay barn and found him a good place to sit.
He took off the hat he was wearin' and sat it on a bale of hay.
Then with his head bowed and his eyes closed, the young man began to pray.
He said, "Lord, I just want to thank you for this wonderful life I have.
Whether it's fixin' the fenceline or plowin' a field or bottle feedin' a calf.
I get to go to work in the greatest office of them all.
That bein' Your great outdoors, Lord…with your creatures great and small.
I know our country's got its share of problems, Lord, and some folks don't understand the cost to be free.
But, if it becomes necessary, Lord…I love it here…you know you can count on me.
'Cause when I have a family, Lord, I want them to have what I've had.
Bein' able to worship You as we wish and livin' free like I've been taught by my Mom and Dad.
So, I'm ready, Lord...if you call on me…you know I'll do my part.
To protect our way of life out here and keep You in our hearts.
But, for now, I'll just say thank You, Lord and ask You to forgive me when I sin.
Bless this beautiful day, Father. I love You and Amen."
Now, about that time, he heard a blast and opened up his eyes.
He seen the smoke and heard the sound of bullets whizzing by.
Seems he had fallen asleep and he'd been dreamin'…he wasn't on his land.
But, behind a pile of rock and rubble in a place called Afghanistan.
He started to remember, between rounds exchanged, that he had gotten the call
To protect those freedoms he loved so much and wanted for us all.
So while we enjoy our Christmas this year, with presents under the tree
Take the time to pray for those who sacrifice so much to keep us free.
R. Atkinson, 2014
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Posted: Jan 11, 2015 at 11:22 AM
Thoughts for the new year
Some thoughts as we gain another year on our lives!
Wouldn't it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for ten minutes, come out wrinkle-free and three sizes smaller?
Last year I joined a support group for procrastinators. We haven't met yet...
I don't trip over things, I do random gravity checks!
I don't need anger management. I need people to stop pissing me off!
Old age is coming at a really bad time!
When I was a child I thought Nap Time was a punishment... now, as a grown up, it just feels like a small vacation!
The biggest lie I tell myself is... "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."
Lord grant me the strength to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can & the friends to post my bail when I finally snap!
I don't have gray hair. I have "wisdom highlights". I'm just very wise.
My people skills are just fine. It's my tolerance to idiots that needs work.
Teach your daughter how to shoot, because a restraining order is just a piece of paper.
If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would've put them on my knees.
The kids text me "plz" which is shorter than please. I text back "no" which is shorter than "yes".
I'm going to retire and live off of my savings. Not sure what I'll do that second week.
When did it change from "We the people" to "screw the people"?
Even duct tape can't fix stupid... but it can muffle the sound!
Why do I have to press one for English when you're just gonna transfer me to someone I can't understand anyway?
Of course I talk to myself, sometimes I need expert advice.
At my age "Getting lucky" means walking into a room and remembering what I came in there for.
Chocolate comes from cocoa which is a tree... that makes it a plant which means... chocolate is Salad!!!
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Greenplum was a big data analytics company headquartered in San Mateo, California.[1][2] Greenplum's products include its Unified Analytics Platform, Data Computing Appliance, Analytics Lab, Database, HD and Chorus. Greenplum was acquired by EMC Corporation in July 2010,[3] and then became part of Pivotal Software in 2012.[4]
Greenplum was founded in September 2003 by Scott Yara and Luke Lonergan.[5] It was a merger of two smaller companies Metapa in Los Angeles and Didera in Fairfax, Virginia.[6] Investors included SoundView Ventures, Hudson Ventures and Royal Wulff Ventures. A total of $20 million in funding was announced at the merger.[7] Greenplum, based in in San Mateo, California, released its database management system software in April 2005 calling it Bizgres.[8] In July 2006 a partnership with Sun Microsystems was announced.[9] Greenplum was acquired by EMC Corporation in July 2010,[3] becoming the foundation of EMC's Big Data Division. Its computer appliance was announced in October 2010. In 2011 Greenplum announced more products and services. In May 2012 Greenplum released its Analytics Workbench, and in October 2012 Chorus.[9] In December 2012 it became part of a joint venture of VMware and parent company EMC Corporation which took the name Pivotal Software in March 2013.[10][4]
Features [11][edit]
- A Platform for Advanced Analytics on Any (and All) Data
- A Flexible, Enterprise-Ready Platform
- Deploy a Foundation for the Future
- Quickly Enhance Data Science Capabilities
The Greenplum Database builds on the foundations of open source database PostgreSQL.[12] It primarily functions as a data warehouse and utilizes a shared-nothing, massively parallel (MPP) architecture. In this architecture, data is partitioned across multiple segment servers, and each segment owns and manages a distinct portion of the overall data; there is no disk-level sharing nor data contention among segments.
Greenplum Database's parallel query optimizer converts each query into a physical execution plan.[13] Greenplum's optimizer uses a cost-based algorithm to evaluate potential execution plans, takes a global view of execution across the computer cluster, and factors in the cost of moving data between nodes. [13] The resulting query plans contain traditional relational database operations as well as parallel "motion" operations that describe when and how data should be transferred between nodes during query execution.[14] Commodity Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology is used for the transfer between nodes. During execution of each node in the plan, multiple relational operations are processed by pipelining: the ability to begin a task before its predecessor task has completed, to increase effective parallelism. For example, while a table scan is taking place, rows selected can be pipelined into a join process.[15]
Internally, the Greenplum system utilizes log shipping and segment-level replication and provides automated failover. At the storage level, RAID techniques can mask disk failures. At the system level, Greenplum replicates segment and master data to other nodes to ensure that the loss of a machine will not impact the overall database availability.[16] In 2009 technology was announced to use parallel streams of data for extract, transform and load operations. This technology is exposed to customers via a programmable "external table" interface and a traditional command-line loading interface.[17]
In addition to traditional Structured Query Language (SQL), in 2008 support was announced for MapReduce queries within a parallel dataflow engine, to run analytics against datasets stored in and outside of the Greenplum Database.[18][19]
For each table (or partition of a table), database administrators can select the storage, execution and compression settings that suit the way that table will be accessed. Greenplum DB transparently abstracts the details of any table or partition, allowing a variety of underlying models: traditional row-oriented tables, optimized for read-mostly scans and bulk append loads, or column-oriented.[20] Database administrators also can tune the storage types and compression settings of different partitions within the same table.[21]
Greenplum HD is a supported version of Apache Hadoop. It includes Hadoop's Distributed File System (HDFS), Hive, Pig, HBase, and ZooKeeper.[22] Greenplum Chorus is a social network portal for data science teams.[23]
The Greenplum Data Computing Appliance (DCA) is a physical computer appliance to integrate structured data, unstructured data, and partner applications such as business intelligence.[24] A special version of DCA integrated with SAS software was released in April 2011.[25]
Greenplum Command Center software displays interactive dashboards to collect performance metrics and manage system health for Greenplum products. Monitored data is also stored for historical reporting.[26] Greenplum Analytics Lab was a data science consultation service, renamed Pivotal Data Labs in 2013.[27]
Greenplum Database was supported for production use on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10.2 (64-bit), Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x (64-bit), CentOS Linux 5.x (64-bit) and Sun Solaris 10U5+ (64-bit). Greenplum Database was supported on server hardware from a range of vendors including HP, Dell, Sun and IBM.[14] Greenplum Database was supported for non-production (development and evaluation) use on Mac OS X 10.5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 or higher (32-bit) and CentOS Linux 5.2 or higher (32-bit).[28]
Greenplum had customers in vertical markets from financial services, telecommunications, Internet, retail, transportation and pharmaceuticals industries.[29] They included Silver Spring Networks, Zions Bancorporation, Reliance Communications, NYSE Euronext, Orbitz, Havas Digital, China Unicom, and Tagged.[30]
Greenplum provided a community edition of its database, and community forums. But both have been discontinued. [31]
In the earlier version, Greenplum DB has a limitation on indexing: Unique index and primary key index cannot be used at same time on a table.[32]
Partnerships included Impetus Technologies,[33] Cisco, Brocade Communications Systems, SAS (software), Factual, MicroStrategy, and Informatica.[34]
Competitors include Oracle Exadata, Teradata, Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, Aster Data Systems, IBM Netezza, SAP, and Vertica.[35]
Notable Customers[edit]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Paul Maritz To Lead New Group At EMC That Merges Greenplum With VMware's Cloud Foundry, SpringSource, And Gemstome". Tech Crunch. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ "EMC to Hadoop competition: "See ya, wouldn't wanna be ya."". Gigaom. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
- ^ a b "EMC to Acquire Greenplum". Press release. July 6, 2010. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ^ a b Cromwell Schubarth (December 4, 2012). "Paul Maritz to run EMC's new Greenplum, Pivotal Labs mashup". Silicon Valley Business Journal. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Management Team". Old company web site. Archived from the original on August 13, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Maureen O'Gara (September 26, 2003). "Metapa Buys Didera". Linux Business News. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Metapa Acquires Didera and Closes Additional Funding; Industry Pioneers in High-Performance Computing Combine to Create Breakthrough Linux Database Clustering Solution for Decision Support". Press release. September 23, 2003. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Greenplum Unveils the Bizgres Project". Press release. April 18, 2005. Archived from the original on November 3, 2005. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ a b "About Greenplum: History". Company website. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Barb Darrow (March 13, 2013). "The Pivotal Initiative, in case you were wondering, is now official". GigaOm VMware blog. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Pivotal Greenplum Database".
- ^ Gonsalves, Antone (February 22, 2008). "Greenplum Updates Open-Source Based Database".
- ^ a b "Understanding Greenplum". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ a b "Greenplum Database Release 184.108.40.206 Administrator's Guide" (PDF). February 17, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "gNet Software Interconnect". Company web page. Archived from the original on April 15, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Multi-Level Fault Tolerance". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Dana Gardner (March 18, 2009). "Greenplum aims to eliminate massive data load 'choke points' with Scatter/Gather technology". Briefings Direct blog. ZDNet. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Greenplum Brings MapReduce to the Enterprise". Press release. August 25, 2008. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Dana Gardner (September 29, 2008). "Greenplum pushes envelope with MapReduce and parallelism enhancements to its extreme-scale data offering". Briefings Direct blog. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Greenplum is going hybrid columnar as well". DBMS2. October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Greenplum Adds Column-Oriented Table Feature to Greenplum Database". Press release. October 14, 2009. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "EMC Marries Isilon with Greenplum Hadoop Distribution". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "EMC Marries Social Networking And Big Data". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ Timothy Prickett Morgan (September 21, 2011). "Greenplum appliances swing both ways: Spinning up data warehouses and Hadoop". The Register. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Larry Dignan (April 5, 2011). "EMC Greenplum inks SAS partnership, launches new appliances". Between the lines blog. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ Timothy Prickett Morgan (March 1, 2012). "EMC cranks Greenplum database to 4.2: Goosing Hadoop links and warehouse backups". The Register. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Pivotal Data Labs: Becoming a Predictive Enterprise". Company web site. Retrieved November 18, 2013.
- ^ "Greenplum Database: Community Edition". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "ebay's two enormous data warehouses". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "Our Customers". Retrieved August 7, 2012.
- ^ "Greenplum Communities".
- ^ "Greenplum db - may not be as ready as you think".
- ^ "Technology Partners".
- ^ "Greenplum Partners". Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "Magic Quadrant for Data Warehouse Database Management Systems". February 6, 2012. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2013.


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Mike Fichter, chairman of Indiana Right to Life's political action committee, said the organization decided to endorse Warrick County Democratic Chairman Terry White in his race against incumbent state Sen. Vaneta Becker, R-Evansville, in state Senate District 50. The district includes portions of Vanderburgh and Warrick counties.
"Terry White's pro-life values will provide a stark contrast in this race, giving voters a clear choice on election day," Fichter said.
White said he is honored to have the support, and does not see abortion issues as either a Democrat or a Republican problem.
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The very existence of the group was the ostensible reason the Senate Budget Committee had not yet voted on a FY2012 budget, even while the statutory deadline of April 15 has long since passed and the Republican House passed its own budget over a month ago. The Senate Democrats decided not to bring President Obama's own budget proposal to a vote, and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is unlikely to bring either the House budget or Pat Toomey's (R-Penn.) proposal to the Senate floor.
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Conrad hasn't been able to move forward because, on the closely divided Budget Committee, he'll need all 12 Democratic votes to pass any budget. A Republican aide tells me that Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent who caucuses with the Democrats and who sits on the Budget Committee, is likely holding up Conrad's bill. Sanders was reportedly unsatisfied with Conrad's original draft proposal because of its emphasis on spending cuts over tax increases. On the flip side, Conrad could risk losing the support of more moderate Democrats, such as Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), who are both facing reelection next year. (Ben Nelson told Roll Call today that he doesn't support any tax hikes.)
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Kenya Bell, a former Miss Michigan USA and current star of the top-rated reality show, BASKETBALL WIVES, on VH1 has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Bungalo Records under the direction of Universal Music Group for her label C3K Records.
Season four of the wildly popular show, "Basketball Wives," introduced Kenya Bell to viewing audiences as an up-and-coming recording artist in the midst of finalizing a major marital chapter in her life. Kenya Bell's ambitious story line was explosive, making her debut season on the show the most watched in franchise history. Much more than a reality show star-on-the-rise, Kenya Bell is in the studio working on her R&B album debut.
"I am excited to work with Bungalo Records on this distribution deal and can't wait for the world to hear my music," said Kenya Bell. "It has been a lifelong dream to record an album and share my passion of singing with the world."
The distribution deal is unprecedented: No other reality television personality associated with a franchise of its kind, has successfully signed a major deal to release music.
"Kenya Bell is a talented artist and we are proud to partner with her on this one-of-a-kind deal, said Paul Ring, President of Bungalo Records. "Our record label has had a successful history of breaking talent into mainstream music platforms and look forward to continuing this momentum with Kenya Bell."
The first single under the distribution deal, "Hate Me" by Kenya Bell will be released worldwide on December 11, 2012 with her debut album to follow in 2013. The Jazze Pha produced track will be available on iTunes following the release date.
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It's been awhile since fans heard something about Kelly Clarkson, and the baby girl she's set to deliver sometime very soon. On Wednesday the singer filled fans in on the latest, and it isn't all good.
Meet Danielle - a single, loving mom of four boys. Seven years ago she was blessed with a spontaneous triplet pregnancy with her babies being born too soon. Two of the three boys have Cerebral Palsy and are wheelchair bound with one being legally blind
Singer Holly Williams announced she's pregnant with a photo loaded to her Twitter page on Mother's Day. The daughter of Hank Williams Jr. is expecting her first child in October.
Louisiana ranks near the top when it comes to high rates of teen pregnancy and teens contracting sexually transmitted diseases.
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If you are looking for a great burger Applebee's is a great place to take the whole family. We sometime crave some gringo type food and we have not been disappointed!
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A Skokie, Ill. police officer has been charged with felony aggravated battery and official misconduct after he was captured pushing a female arrestee into a jail cell, resulting in the woman sustaining multiple serious facial injuries.
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there was another thread on this...absolutely unnecessary use of force...i hope the cop get thrown in jail and treated the same way
Someone post that pricks home address...all over the web.
But you are better than that, aren't you?
Not condoning violence though.
But you are better than that, aren't you?
Being "better" than them is what has caused this sh*t-storm to begin with. I say being the nice guy, turn the other cheek time has gone out the _ Fight fire with fire.
Not condoning violence though. But start making examples of rouge cops.edit on 31-10-2013 by HandyDandy because: (no reason given)
Contrary to making the police as a whole look worse than they do already, It reflects positively on them that they are willing to bring justice to their own when they are caught doing these crimes.
Good for the police that arrested him.
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If posting names and address is so wrong, then why are civilians names and addresses posted? Anyone can look up anyone's police record and get their name and address.
What about the sex offender list? Do you care for their family too? Or just cops?
Hence the fight fire with fire comment. The posting of the addresses is the fire. Not the violence.
But of course, a cop or a cop lover would only resort to violence........
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Recently, the NFL has put domestic violence in the media spotlight. When a video showing Baltimore Ravens running back, Ray Rice, punching his fiancé became public, he was suspended indefinitely from the NFL.-1 More stories and debate about domestic violence continue to surface, raising questions about what kind of consequences athletes should face for physically abusing their family members. The NFL's problems show that domestic violence cuts across all segments of society; even wealthy athletes can perpetuate the cycle of domestic violence.
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It was 8:30 p.m. when I received a call from Durga Garcia. She was hanging photographs of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by Adam Stoltman for the "Olympix 2012" exhibit currently hosted by the Palm Beach Photographic Centre (PBPC). I asked the West Palm Beach resident if she could be at a photo shoot the next day with Olympian Danell Levya in southwest Miami. Recognizing the irony, she eagerly agreed to make the trip down.
The 55-year-old volunteer is the installation curator for the center's museum and community gallery exhibitions. Previously an art appraiser, Garcia began a new career five years ago as a freelance photographer, which is also when she began volunteering at the PBPC. At the volunteer-dominant organization, she was initially placed in the office. Six months after she'd started there was an issue hanging one of the pieces in the gallery. Garcia had experience doing this, so she stepped in to help. She's hung every show since.
"Once you find your niche, it becomes your little spot," Garcia says of her role as the installation curator.
Interested in the arts, dogs, military families and children, Garcia also volunteers as a photographer for nonprofits and trains guide dogs.
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In July 1995 William Sorrell, administration secretary for Gov. Howard Dean, released a list of 59 "cost-shrinking ideas" for state government, to meet that year's fiscal crunch. The great majority of them proved to be pious hopes unsupported by analysis, schemes for reshuffling bureaucracies, and earnest entreaties to "promote efficiencies." Few if any were ever implemented, but somehow Vermont made it through 1996.
Now, 14 years later, the governor and legislators are facing a total of $66 million in general fund reductions to meet expected revenue shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2009, with upwards of $176 million more necessary for FY 2010.
On Dec. 17 the Joint Fiscal Office released a "master list of reduction ideas," culled from proposals emanating from both the legislature and the administration.
Most of the 140 proposals are predictable: freeze spending on vehicles and space leases; impose reductions in force (layoffs); leave vacant positions unfilled; deplete special funds with unused balances, reorganize bureaus, scrap non-productive boards and commissions, increase fees, premiums and co-payments; reduce or eliminate tax exemptions; and plead for more federal assistance.
Suppose a politically painful but ultimately agreed-to collection of such proposals is adopted by the new legislature. Suppose further that the state can emerge from the hard times, say in 2011, and ride the wave of the Obama economic boom. Then what?
Then as new revenues become available, almost all of next spring's hard-nosed decisions will one by one be reversed. And as soon as the next downturn materializes, governor and legislators will start the same revenue raising and spending reduction exercise that they went through in 1996 and 2009.
There is a way to get off this roller coaster: change the way state government operates. To do that requires investment in a performance review.
Performance review is a careful and deliberate study by knowledgeable and disinterested people of what state government has agreed to do, how it does it, and how what the people want done can be done better and more efficiently. The goal is to balance over the long term the cost of state government's programs and the revenue from taxpayers, without raising taxes that would kill future economic growth.
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Repeated Estradiol Treatment Prevents MPTP-Induced Dopamine Depletion in Male MiceRamirez A.D. · Liu X. · Menniti F.S.
CNS Discovery, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Groton, Conn., USA
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Number of Print Pages: 9
Number of Figures: 6
Number of Tables: 1
ISSN: 0028-3835 (Print)
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Epidemiological data suggest that the steroid hormone 17β-estradiol plays an important role in protecting the brain from neurodegenerative processes, including that causing the loss of dopamine (DA) neurons in Parkinson's disease. Determining the mechanisms of neuroprotection in experimental systems may facilitate the development of estrogenic therapies for these diseases. The present study sought to further investigate the mechanism of the neuroprotective effect of 17β-estradiol in a murine model of Parkinson's disease, i.e. 1-methyl- 4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-induced striatal DA depletion. Consistent with previous findings, 17β-estradiol was found to inhibit MPTP-induced DA depletion under a dosing regimen (repeated daily administration) that mimicked physiological levels of the steroid. However, high doses of the steroid administered repeatedly or acutely failed to inhibit toxicity, as did 17α- estradiol. These data suggest that the neuroprotective effect of 17β-estradiol was mediated through an interaction with one of the nuclear estrogen receptors, and is not the result of an antioxidant action. In order to realize the therapeutic potential of the neuroprotective effect of 17β-estradiol for Parkinson's disease, it will be necessary to identify synthetic estrogen receptor modulators that lack the activity of the steroid on peripheral tissue. In this study, raloxifene failed to mimic the neuroprotective effect of 17β-estradiol against MPTP toxicity. Thus, exploration of new compounds with different pharmacological and/or physiochemical properties is warranted.
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"I say spell of darkness!"
"Darkness spells are USELESS at NIGHT."
Also dat AJ AoT cosplay
From the Mod: Sorry to steal your post, but if you haven't seen yesterday I created a post for Roleplaying here.
From now on when you click through into a post to look at comments there will be an orange bar at the top that highlights posts. I am going to keep the fourth section of the bar static so that you will always be able to get to the Roleplay post easily.
Let me know in the comments if you have any other ideas.
insert Final Fantasy fanfare here