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I have written a UDF and have registered it. This UDF is written in C++
and when it runs, it tries to open a text-file which is kept on host using C++'s fopen() internal function.
When I run a select query which is using this UDF, the query runs on
SPUs and as this text-file is on host-machine, so UDF can't access this
text-file even if it has proper read permissions. I have done google
search and have found out a location /nz/export/ae/, this is the
location which is a network shared disk space and all UDFs running on SPUs have access
to this directory. If I keep the text-file in this directory then my
UDF is able to access it. But, the issue is that it is a directory
which is 'nz' user specific, I want a location which is specific to my
user-id, for example, suppose my user is nz123 then I want a location
in /nz123/ directory which is network-shared-diskspace so that it can
be accessed by UDF running on SPU. Could anyone help me here.
Making a mount-point won't solve problem. If we keep the file on any mount area then from SPU we would be able to access it but we won't be able to access that file from a UDF which is running on SPU.
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how to access a text file kept on host machine from a UDF running on SPU
Abhishek Sharma 310000NQ0E firstname.lastname@example.com 26 Visits
I have written a UDF and have registered it. This UDF is written in C++
50 PureData Nuggets #32 : Logs needed to investigate a typical (blade|host) hardware issue
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Here is a list of logs and ways to get them :
50 PureData Nuggets #31: IBM Blue Diamond Enhanced Secure Support
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Recent changes to US Federal laws mandate a substantial increase in due diligence be applied when dealing with all HIPPA-regulated healthcare clients in the U.S. As a result, IBM is providing a significant enrichment to standard software support data handling environment called Blue Diamond. All HIPPA-regulated clients are required to use this new environment when sending data to IBM Support.
A Blue Diamond controlled environment provides increased security for data handling, including protected health information ("PHI"). Blue Diamond processes are designed to even more securely handle and shield customer data, while complying with government directed HIPPA audit requirements.
In order for IBM to offer this level of security, notable changes had to be made to the site through which support information is sent to IBM.
Please immediately review the document, IBM Blue Diamond Enhanced Secure Support, register for Blue Diamond, and follow the upload instructions when sending IBM support files needed to work your PMRs.
1. Requesting a User ID:
1.Upload files to - https://msciftpgw.im-ies.ibm.com (22.214.171.124)
50 PureData Nuggets #30 :Repairing/Resolving SSH login issues with AMM
Ravi Gaur 310000DP9B email@example.com 39 Visits
Repairing/Resolving SSH login issues with AMM :
50 PureData Nuggets #29 : Host backup and restore using EMC Networker
Nagaraju Gosu 2700052PKA firstname.lastname@example.com 50 Visits
50 PureData Nuggets #28 : How to manage IBM PureData for Analytics HA Systems ?
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HA solution uses Linux-HA and Distributed Replicated Block Device (DRBD) as the foundation for cluster management and data mirroring. The Linux-HA and DRBD applications are commonly used, established, open source projects for creating HA clusters in various environments.
50 PureData Nuggets #27: How to enable callHome service
Vijay Sonawane 270004GD9X email@example.com 62 Visits
The callhome service is an automated notification process that detects problem conditions on the IBM PureData System for Analytics appliances and reports them to IBM PureData Support.
The callhome service is an optional feature that improves and simplifies the work to report the most common types of problems on the appliance. If you enable callhome, the service watches your system for issues such as failed SPUs/S-Blades or disks, host failovers, unexpected system state changes, or SPU core files. When it detects a problem, the callhome service automatically gathers the basic information for the problem and sends an email with log files or other diagnostics for the failure condition.
The callhome service is supported on the following appliance models:
Set up callHome.txt
You use the callHome.txt file to specify important contact and service information about your IBM PureData system.
As nz user on active host:
1) cd /nz/data/config
2) Using a text editor such as vi, edit the callHome.txt file.
To enable callhome support, you must specify values for the customer.company, customer.address1, and customer.ICN fields; at least one complete customer contact block with name, phone, and email; and the system block including model, MTM and serial and CC.
3) Save your changes to the callHome.txt file and close the file.
An example of a completed callHome.txt file follows.
To support the callhome service, the sendMail.cfg file must include a mail server name and port number, and the email sender name and address for the automated emails that are sent to IBM Netezza Support.
1) cd /nz/data/config
2) Using a text editor such as vi, edit the callHome.txt file.
You must specify information for your mailServer.name and mailServer.port, and the sender.name and sender.address.
3) Save your changes to the sendMail.cfg file and close the file.
An example of a completed sendMail.cfg file is as follows.
Enable the callhome service
As nz user on active host:
nzOpenPmr --on
Incase of any assistance required, please contact IBM PureData Support.
50 PureData Nuggets #26: How to change history user password
kaustubh pendke 2700066M3F email@example.com 79 Visits
1. Determine the name of the existing Query History configuration. The configuration name is the first field returned:
$ nzsql -c "show history configuration;"
Say its giving output as below -
(1 row))
2. Create a configuration(if not already exist...please check using command nzsql -c "show history configuration;") in which you disable query history (with the HISTTYPE argument).
$ nzsql -c "CREATE HISTORY CONFIGURATION hist_disabled HISTTYPE NONE;"
3. Update the system to use the hist_disabled configuration.
$ nzsql -c "SET HISTORY CONFIGURATION hist_disabled;"
4. Changes you make to a configuration only take effect after you restart the database.
5. Verify that the disabled Query History configuration is now active:
[nz1 ~]$ nzsql -c "SHOW HISTORY CONFIGURATION"
(1 row))
6. Make the required password changes in the original query history configuration (nz_hist).
$ nzsql -c "ALTER HISTORY CONFIGURATION nz_hist USER qryhist PASSWORD new_password'"
7. Configure the system to use the initial configuration (nz_hist), which now has the changed password.
$ nzsql -c "SET HISTORY CONFIGURATION nz_hist"
8. Stop and restart the database so that the system loads the original query history configuration (nzstop/nzstart commands).
9. Verify that the correct Query History configuration is once again active with the SHOW HISTORY CONFIGURATION command.
50 PureData Nuggets #25: Host backup and restore process
Deepak Dongre 2700063F7Y firstname.lastname@example.com 62 Visits
In the rare situations when a Netezza host server or disk fails, but the SPUs and their disks are still intact, you can restore the /nz/data directory (or the directory you use for the Netezza data directory) from the host backup without the additional time to restore all of the databases. This option works best when you have a host backup that is current with the latest database content and access settings.
Create a host backup :
You use the nzhostbackup command to back up the files in the IBM® Netezza® data directory.
The nzhostbackup command pauses the system while it runs; this allows it to checkpoint and archive the current /nz/data directory. The command resumes the system when it completes. The command typically takes only a few minutes to complete. Run database and host backups during a time when the Netezza system is least busy with queries and users.
Important: Keep the host backups synchronized with the current database and database backups. After you change the catalog information, such as by adding new user accounts, new objects such as synonyms or tables, altering objects, dropping objects, truncating tables, or grooming tables, use the nzhostbackup command to capture the latest catalog information. Also, update your database backups.
The following is an example:nzhostbackup /backups/nzhost_latest.tar.gz
Restore the host data directory and catalog :
You use the nzhostbackup and nzhostrestore commands to back up and restore the files in the IBM® Netezza® data directory.
The nzhostrestore command synchronizes the SPUs with the restored catalog on the host; as a result, it rolls back any transactions that occurred after the host backup. The host restore operation cannot roll back changes such as drop table, truncate table, or groom operations. If these changes occurred after the host backup was made, the host restore might cause those affected tables to be in an inconsistent state. Inspect the data in those tables, and if necessary, reload the tables to match the time of the host backup.
The following is an example:nzhostrestore /backups/nzhost_latest.tar.gz
Stopping the system ...
After you use the nzhostrestore command, you cannot run an incremental backup on the database; you must run a full backup first.
After the restore, the hardware IDs for the SPUs and disks typically change; however, their location and roles remain the same as they were before the host restore. A failed SPU can become active again after a host restore.
If any tables were created after the host backup, the nzhostrestore command marks these tables as "orphans," which means that they are inaccessible but they consume disk space. The nzhostrestore command checks for orphaned tables and creates a script that you can use to drop orphaned user tables. The nzhostrestore command also rolls back the data on the SPUs to match the transaction point of the catalog in the host backup.
50 PureData Nuggets #24 ERROR: _I_USROBJ_PRIV_OID: Cannot create unique index. Table contains non-unique values.
kaustubh pendke 2700066M3F firstname.lastname@example.com 65 Visits
Steps to remove ERROR: _I_USROBJ_PRIV_OID: Cannot create unique index. Table contains non-unique values.during NPS upgrade.
1 > Stop the system.
2 > Go to postgres backend
cd /nz/kit/sbin
3 > On backend prompt check the duplicacy in system tables _t_usrobj_priv,_t_grpobj_priv
backend> select count(*) cnt, OID from _t_usrobj_priv group by OID having cnt > 1;
backend> select count(*) cnt, OID from _t_grpobj_priv group by OID having cnt > 1;
4 > Remove the duplicate entries
backend> copy _t_grpobj_priv to '/tmp/groupobj_priv';
backend> delete from _t_grpobj_priv;
backend> copy _t_grpobj_priv from '/tmp/groupobj_priv';
backend> copy _t_usrobj_priv to '/tmp/userobj_priv';
backend> delete from _t_usrobj_priv;
backend> copy _t_usrobj_priv from '/tmp/userobj_priv';
5 > Come out of backend prompt
Press Cntr + d
6 > Start the system
7 > Retry the upgrade
50 PureData Nuggets #23 : Is the IBM PureData System for Analytics appliance affected by the leap second change on June 30, 2015?
Vijay Deore 2700071URT email@example.com 103 Visits
On June 30, 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC, a leap second will be inserted to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to keep its time of day close to the mean solar time. The vendor for the operating system (OS) used on the appliance has noted some possible effects that could occur in the OS after the leap second is added.
For the PureData Systems for Analytics appliances, testing has shown that most appliances are unaffected by a leap second change.
Appliances with older Red Hat releases, or appliances that do not use time synchronization protocols such as network time protocol (NTP) or Precision Time Protocol (PTP), could see some reported effects. IBM is providing tzdata package updates and IBM OS upgrades that can help to mitigate the leap second effects.
The IBM Netezza Host Management 184.108.40.206 bundle includes a leap_vulnerability.sh script that you can run to evaluate whether your system might be vulnerable to leap second change effects. To run the script, you must download and install the Host Management 188.8.131.52 Red Hat update bundle (disk4 for RHEL 5.x or disk5 for RHEL 6.x) on your appliance.
Go to:
Direct Link to Fix Central Page:
The installed tzdata package is not at the recommended level for the leap second change. If your system does not use NTP or PTP, you should
Reference Link
50 PureData Nuggets #22 - How Disk Regeneration works in IBM PureData System for Analytics Appliance?
Sachin Shinde 270004XFKQ firstname.lastname@example.com 72 Visits
If a disk encounters problems or fails, you perform a data slice regeneration to create a copy of the primary and mirror data slices on an available spare disk. During regeneration, the regular system processing continues for the bulk of the regeneration.
Note: In the IBM® PureData™ System for Analytics N1001 or IBM Netezza® 1000 and later models, the system does not change states during a regeneration; that is, the system remains online while the regeneration is in progress. There is no synchronization state change and no interruption to active jobs during this process. If the regeneration process fails or stops for any reason, the system transitions to the Discovering state to establish the topology of the system.
You can use the nzspupart regen command or the NzAdmin interface to regenerate a disk. If you do not specify any options, the system manager checks for any degraded partitions and if found, starts a regeneration to the appropriate spare disk automatically and in some circumstances when the disk regen is not kicked automatically, the manual regen is needed, which can be handled by support.
You can then use the nzspupart show -regenstatus or the nzds show -regenstatus command to display the progress and details of the regeneration. Sample command output follows for the nzds command, which shows the status for the data slices :
[nz@nzhost ~]$ nzds -regenstatus
Data Slice Status SPU Partition Size (GiB) % Used Supporting Disks
Start Time % Done
---------- --------- ---- --------- ---------- ------ ----------------
---------- ------
19 Repairing 1057 3 356 5.80 1040,1052
0 0
20 Repairing 1057 2 356 5.81 1040,1052
0 0
Note: Regeneration can take several hours to complete. If the system is idle and has no other activity except the regeneration, or if the user data partitions are not very full, the regeneration takes less time to complete. You can review the status of the regeneration by using the nzspupart show -regenStatus command. During the regeneration, user query performance can be impacted while the system is busy processing the regeneration. Likewise, user query activity can increase the time that is required for the regeneration.
A regeneration setup failure could occur if the system manager cannot remove the failed disk from the RAID array, or if it cannot add the spare disk to the RAID array. If a regeneration failure occurs, or if a spare disk is not available for the regeneration, the system continues processing jobs. The data slices that lost their mirror continue to operate in an un-mirrored or Degraded state; however, you should replace your spare disks as soon as possible and ensure that all data slices are mirrored. If an un-mirrored disk should fail, the system will be brought to a down state.
Overview - Disk Regeneration :
nzds – dataslice stats
-> -show : display information about dataslices (default)
-> -detail : includes Spu Location, Primary Storage Location, Mirror Storage Location & Size
-> -issues : shows any issues with dataslice regen
-> -regenStatus : show the status on disk regen
Characteristics :
- No state transition when a disk fails over
- No interruption to service when the failover happens
- No interruption to service when the regenerated disk comes back into service
- Remembers where it left off after clean shutdown
- After a crash or power cycle will start over from the beginning
Data Slice States :
Healthy :
The data slice is operating normally and the data is protected in a redundant configuration; that is, the data is mirrored (for Netezza 100, Netezza 1000, or N1001 systems), or redundant (for Netezza C1000 systems).
Repairing :
The data slice is in the process of being regenerated to a spare disk because of a disk failure.
Degraded :
The data slice is not protected in a redundant configuration.
Another disk failure could result in loss of a data slice, and the degraded condition impacts system performance.
For Regen stuck issues, please contact support for immediate resolution.
50 PureData Nuggets #21 - Manage PDA Proactively with Event Rules
Shiju Paul 270005X2B5 email@example.com Tags:  rule disk80percentfull hardwarerestarted template netezza event hwpathdown deleting nzevent nps disabling pda manage npsnolongeronline 202 Visits
The Netezza event manager monitors the health, status, and activity of the Netezza system operation and can take action when a specific event occurs. Event monitoring is a proactive way to manage the system without continuous human observation. You can configure theevent manager to continually watch for specific conditions such as machine state changes,hardware restarts, faults, or failures. In addition, the event manager can watch for conditionssuch as reaching a certain percentage of full disk space, queries that have beenrunning for longer than expected, and other Netezza system behaviors.
Command to check default template in the system
nzevent show -template
Few of the template list are as below
Disk80PercentFull - Notifies you when a disk's space is more than 80 percent full.
Copying a Template Event to Create an Event Rule
nzevent copy -u admin -pw password -useTemplate -name NPSNoLongerOnline -newName NPSNoLongerOnline -on yes -dst firstname.lastname@example.com
Copying and Modifying a User-Defined Event Rule
nzevent copy -u admin -pw password -name NPSNoLongerOnline -newName MyModNPSNoLongerOnline -on yes -dst email@example.com -ccDst email@example.com -callhome yes
Generating an Event for testing
nzevent generate -eventType sysStateChanged -eventArgs 'previousState=online, currentState=paused'
Deleting an Event Rule
nzevent delete -u admin -pw password -name <rule_name>
Disabling an Event Rule
nzevent modify -u admin -pw password -name <rule_name> -on no
More information can be found in Admin Guide(Direct link).
Explicit zero before decimal point external table unload
Tayyib ahmed 310000N8MJ firstname.lastname@example.com 1 Comment 120 Visits
Hi ,
I am unloading the data into external table ('|' delimited) the problem I am facing that I am not able to see zero explicitly before decimal point.
Example:- 0.34 appear as .34 in the unloaded file(On netezza server path /nzdata/unloads).
Please let me know how to get the value as 0.34 only
50 PureData Nuggets #19 - How to check performance of Netezza Appliance
Shiju Paul 270005X2B5 firstname.lastname@example.com Tags:  test disk striper netezza maintenance regens performance speed appliance on phy mako nps topology dataslice sysmgr off 299 Visits
How to check performance of Netezza Appliance
(Not all appliance types have sasswitches expect a ping reply from the applicable ones like the STRIPER N200x and MAKO N300x)


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Aurora's tourism efforts got a big boost Friday, when the state's Economic Development Commission approved $81 million in Regional Tourism Act incentives for the hotel/resort/convention complex planned by Gaylord Entertainment Co. The project could open by 2016 -- which means Aurora has a few years to roll out a real welcome mat for visitors.
The Aurora History Museum has an entertaining permanent exhibit describing the town's past as well as some worthwhile visiting shows and an always impressive price tag: It's free, which earned the spot our Best Free Entertainment award in the Best of Denver 2012.
So wouldn't it be nice if, when visitors stopped by to see one of those exhibits, the show was actually open? We hurried over yesterday afternoon to catch the last day of My Colorado Vacation, a collection of 130 postcards from the collection of the Aurora History Museum as well as the Denver Postcard Club, only to find that the gallery where the show was located was hosting a baby shower...two hours before the scheduled 4 p.m. closing time.
There were no warning signs on the Aurora website or in the museum itself...just a lot of balloons and potluck dishes where we'd hoped to see a collection of postcards promoting Colorado tourism.
Welcome to Aurora.
Good luck, Gaylord.
Aurora isn't putting all of its economic eggs in the Gaylord basket. For more on the city's marketing efforts, read Melanie Asmar's March cover story, "Wish You Were Here."
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Rasheed Wallace may be back after All-Star break but not at 100 percent
Feb 5, 2013, 11:50 AM EDT
Rasheed Wallace has been out since Dec. 15 with a stress fracture in his foot. Of course, the Knicks have listed him as day-to-day that entire time, because they are the Knicks, but this was a long-term injury.
One he should start practicing with the team again after the All-Star break, reports ESPNNewYork.com. Just don't expect him to be 100 percent, Knicks coach Mike Woodson said.
"I think he'll be good enough to give us some productive minutes but he'll never play real big minutes," the coach said. "That's the beauty of having he and (Marcus) Camby. You can play him 9, 10 minutes and as long as they're productive, that helps us."
Before his injury Wallace was giving the Knicks more than 14 minutes a night and 7.2 points a game. He was shooting just 38.8 percent overall but he gave them a three point threat, rebounds and defense in the paint, and he gave them good minutes. The Knicks miss those minutes and would love to get them back.
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Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio Airport
Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio Airport
Hotel Guest Rating: 7.0/10
1111 Northeast Loop 410
San Antonio, TX 78209
Hotel Freebies Available*
• Added Value - Breakfast for up to two adults - value limit may apply. show dates
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Welcome to the Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio Airport
Catch the free airport shuttle, enjoy Southwestern cuisine at the hotel restaurant, swim in the outdoor pool and relax in your well-appointed room with free Wi-Fi at the Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio Airport.
Hotel Features
The 224 rooms at the 10-story Crowne Plaza have 37-inch flat-panel cable TVs, free Wi-Fi, desks, microwaves, mini-fridges and coffeemakers. Non-smoking rooms can be requested. The hotel's restaurant, Cilantro Oven, offers a menu of Southwestern cuisine, steaks and regional favorites, and serves three meals daily. In the evening, enjoy light hors d'oeuvres and cocktails at the Cilantro Bar off the lobby. Stay active with a visit to the 24-hour fitness center, basketball court or outdoor heated pool. The free shuttle makes airport transfers a breeze, and the coin laundry is a great convenience for travelers.
Hotel Location
Located off Loop 410 East, the hotel is a 16-minute drive from Trinity University. Pick up the perfect souvenir at North Star Mall, two-and-a-half miles away, or travel 20 miles to see marine life up close and personal at SeaWorld San Antonio. The shops and restaurants of San Antonio's famous Riverwalk are nine miles away. San Antonio International Airport is just a mile away.
Guest Favorites
Priceline guests are "impressed" with the "comfy beds" and "excellent" shuttle service of the Crowne Plaza, whose staff "make you feel welcome."
Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio Airport Amenities
- Accessible facilities
- Air conditioning individually controlled in room
- ATM/Cash machine
- Bathtub
- Bell staff/porter
- Business center
- Cocktail lounge
- Coffee/Tea maker
- Color television
- Concierge desk
- Cribs
- Desk with lamp
- Direct dial telephone
- Dry cleaning
- Evening reception
- Executive floor
- Exterior corridors
- Fitness center on-site
- Free newspaper
- Free parking
- Hairdryer
- High speed internet connection
- Housekeeping - daily
- Housekeeping - weekly
- Ice machine
- Interior corridors
- Ironing board
- Late check-out available
- Microwave
- Mini-refrigerator
- On-site business center
- On-Site parking
- Onsite laundry
- Outdoor pool
- Parking
- Private bathroom
- Public area air conditioned
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Safe deposit box
- Satellite television
- Separate closet
- Sofa bed
- Speaker phone
- Stereo
- Storage space
- Transportation services - local area
- Valet same day dry cleaning
- Voice mail
- Wireless connectivity
- Wireless internet connection
- Wireless internet connection in public areas
Hotel Information
You must show a valid photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all special requests cannot be guaranteed and are subject to availability upon check-in. Additional charges may apply.Please note: Room rates including breakfast offer a meal for up to 2 guests per day. Guests are required to show a photo identification and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
Hotel Guest Reviews of the Crowne Plaza Hotel San Antonio AirportOur hotel ratings and reviews are from real hotel guests. Priceline.com ensures that its reviews are guests-only by proactively sending hotel surveys to customers after they've completed their hotel stays. In the post-stay surveys, priceline.com hotel customers are asked a number of questions about their stay and the hotel. On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the best, the survey asks guests to rate their overall experience and specifically rate the hotel's cleanliness, staff and location. Priceline.com does not allow site visitors to post unsolicited hotel reviews.
Sort by: All Travelers | Business Traveler(27) | Solo Traveler(24) | Traveling as Couple(66) | Family with Young Children(50) | Family with Teens(14) | Senior Traveler(2) | Group Traveler(8)
Foster from Uvalde, TX
July 28, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
July 28, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Daniel from Houston, TX
July 17, 2015
Business Traveler
July 17, 2015
Business Traveler
Terrible parking,No coffee during the day. Limited coffee options at breakfast. Breakfast options were bad (and I am being kind saying bad)Front desk did not know anything about internet access.
Mary from Manvel, TX
July 13, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
July 13, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
Beautiful room
A little expensive
Jesse from Cibolo, TX
July 12, 2015
Solo Traveler
July 12, 2015
Solo Traveler
The room was really nice
The location
Yesenia from Laredo, TX
July 8, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
July 8, 2015
Family Traveling with Teens
Baby crying all night next to my room ... Didn't sleep that well. Manager wasn't available.....electric outlet in bath wasn't working.
Verified Hotel Guest from Mckinney, TX
July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015
None. I would never ever ever stay in this hotel.
Very dirty. Seems like the room hasn't been cleaned for a long time. I found some bug body on the floor and 3 alive bugs. The sheet had stains on it, and also a big stain on mattress. Shower was awful. The water either very hot or extremely cold.
Alvenia from El Paso, TX
June 30, 2015
June 30, 2015
Lona from Highland, CA
June 26, 2015
Business Traveler
June 26, 2015
Business Traveler
Nice staff and very clean.
Charging station and left table lamp in the room did not work at night but worked in the morning.
Joey from Portland, TX
June 25, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
June 25, 2015
Family Traveling with Young Children
Huge rooms. Extremely clean. Lots of extras
The refridge was unplugged so we didn't get to use that. I asked the front desk for a crib. They said housekeeping would bring one up. Housekeeping came up and gave me towels. I told them I needed a crib and they brought me little lotions. No english.
Verified Hotel Guest from Laredo, TX
June 24, 2015
June 24, 2015
The staff was helpful and polite. This was a great experience especially the front desk chack in, she was great.
no complaints
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Plans for secret justice left in turmoil after ministers 'fail to win the argument' to justify more hearings being held behind closed doors
- Government has failed to persuade committee
- Justice and Security Bill in turmoil after report
Plans for a major extension of 'secret justice' are in fresh turmoil today as MPs and peers insist ministers have still failed to justify such a 'serious departure' from Britain's constitutional traditions.
An influential cross-party committee said that despite a string of concessions, the Government has not made a convincing case for new powers to allow more court hearings to take place behind closed doors.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights said all the evidence it had received - apart from that of the Government - suggested the proposals would mean a 'radical departure' from ancient principles of 'open justice and fairness'.
Open: The Daily Mail has led criticism of Government plans to allow civil hearings to be conducted in private
In a report published today, it suggests the Government will have difficulty getting the legislation through the House of Lords and will lead to calls for it to be dropped altogether.
The report on the Justice and Security Bill, which would allow judges to listen to more civil cases in secret without claimants being able to hear the evidence against them, raised concerns about the potential for the reforms to be used by the state to avoid 'embarrassing situations'.
Committee chairman Hywel Francis said: 'We were disappointed that the Government failed to prove to us a pressing need to extend the use of secret evidence into civil proceedings generally.
'The Bill represents a very significant shift away from historic common law principles and Parliament should only accept such a departure when the necessity for it has been properly and persuasively justified.'
The Daily Mail has led criticism of Government plans to allow so-called 'closed material procedures', in which cases are conducted entirely in private, in any civil hearing.
Defendants or claimants will not allowed to be present, know or challenge the case against them and must be represented by a security-cleared special advocate, rather than their own lawyer.
Currently, such procedures are used in tiny numbers of immigration and deportation hearings, but the Government wants to extend them across the civil courts.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has forced the Government to make a number of concessions, including abandoning the idea of extending secret justice to inquest hearings.
Pressure: Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has forced the Government to abandon extending secret justice to inquest hearings
But critics say the proposals still represent a fundamental breach of traditional principles of open justice, and accuse the Government of allowing the security services to dictate the legislation.
Spy chiefs were deeply embarrassed by civil court claims against them by terror suspects, which had to be settled out of court rather than having sensitive intelligence material discussed in open hearings.
Ministers claim they are wasting millions of pounds of taxpayers' money on settling claims, some of which may have no merit, because it is unable to contest them as the evidence it would wish to produce is so secret that it cannot be revealed in an open court.
Sixteen terrorism suspects, including former Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, received payouts last November after they claimed they were mistreated by US and British security and intelligence officials.
But critics and civil rights campaigners say the proposed reforms will create a 'secret justice system straight from the pages of a Kafka novel'.
'The Bill represents a very significant shift away from historic common law principles and Parliament should only accept such a departure when the necessity for it has been properly and persuasively justified.'
Committee chairman Hywel Francis
The committee criticised Home Secretary Theresa May for refusing to allow even special advocates - security cleared lawyers who can work in secret courts - to have access to information so they could assess whether secret trials were necessary.
That would have provided the 'best evidence' available to Parliament about whether there 'really exists a practical need for the provisions', the report said.
MPs and peers said it was 'unsatisfactory' ministers had not told them how many civil damages claims involving sensitive national security information were pending.
They 'remain unpersuaded' the Government has shown there is a significant and growing number of cases in which a closed material procedure was 'essential', the report added.
The committee raised concerns about what information would be classified as 'sensitive', warning it could be used to avoid 'difficult or embarrassing situations'.
It said only UK intelligence material that could reveal the identity or techniques of UK intelligence officers or foreign intelligence material provided by another country on a strict promise of confidentiality should be deemed sensitive.
The committee called on ministers to revise the Bill to give courts a 'genuine discretion' on whether a closed material application may be made and if a claim for public interest immunity could have been made.
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City-center hotel within easy reach of Patpong Night Market
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- 26 smoke-free guestrooms
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- In Silom
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Sawt al-Iraq (Voice of Iraq) reports that during the past two days, Saudi, UAE and American fighter jets attack small oil refineries originally built for Syria by Turkey, which had been run by IS in Deir Ezzor.
By Mike Luckovich —
It turns out that the Damascus press is giving President Obama an uncomfortable embrace.
Israel shot down a Syrian MiG fighter jet Tuesday, saying it had penetrated into Israeli airspace over the Golan Heights.
By Nick Anderson —
The London pan-Arab daily Hayat reports Tuesday morning on the airstrikes conducted on Islamic State positions in Raqqah, Syria, by the United States and several Arab allies.
By Clay Bennett —
Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that Iran has a role to play in defeating Islamic State.
By Mark Fiore —
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The pan-Arab, London-based daily Al-Sharq al-Awsat (The Middle East) reports that the major Shiite militias of Iraq are denouncing Prime Minister Haydar al-Abadi for welcoming U.S. air support in the fight against the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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President Obama's Sept. 10 speech was a strange mixture of counterterrorism and warmaking.
In a recent episode of "The Trews" titled "Will Obama's Bombs Stop Beheadings?" comedian Russell Brand ponders what President Obama really means when he says the U.S. is attacking Islamic State in Syria and Iraq in order to protect "America's core interests."
During the recent war in the Gaza Strip, a controversy broke out in Turkey about whether Turkish Jews were required to condemn Israel's actions, as some pro-Palestinian Turks suggested.
In the past week, Secretary of State John Kerry has marshaled support of some sort from European nations and from countries in the Middle East for the U.S. push against Islamic State.
Ever since George W. Bush invaded Iraq and created the circumstances under which al-Qaida could take root and flourish there from 2003 forward, al-Qaida in Mesopotamia (which later styled itself the "Islamic State of Iraq") has taken captives and has beheaded them on film.
By Signe Wilkinson —
Russia on Thursday pushed back against President Obama's plans for taking on the Islamic State in Syria.
Steve Sack, Cagle Cartoons, The Minneapolis Star Tribune —
President Obama's speech launching his war on ISIS avoided the qualifications that he had earlier made, which had produced caviling inside the Beltway from politicians who confuse careless belligerency with decisiveness.
Al-Qaida has a thing or two to learn from ISIS about social media. Meanwhile, the efforts to squash ISIS have created some strange bedfellows. Luckily, Jon Stewart has returned from promoting his film "Rosewater" at festivals and has gotten back on "network anchor war footing" to tell us all about the new plagiarist terrorists in town.
At a Monday evening dinner at the White House attended by foreign policy experts, President Obama expressed confidence that he had the authority to bomb ISIS positions in Syria.
In what is hopefully not one of the seven signs of imminent apocalypse, former Vice President Dick Cheney once again darkened the halls of Congress on Tuesday, huddling with House Republicans to strategize about the simmering war zone that is Iraq. Yes, it is 2014 and not 2004.
The Iraqi parliament finally voted in the government of new Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday, in what U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called a "turning point."
U.S. airstrikes on ISIS in Iraq have alternated with Iranian airstrikes on ISIS positions. It seems likely to me that the two air forces are coordinating in at least a minimal way, otherwise there would be a danger of them hitting each other rather than ISIS.
All the governments in the Arab League are afraid of ISIL.
The NATO summit in Wales was supposed to be all about getting out of Afghanistan. Instead, two new issues dominated it—Ukraine and ISIL in Iraq and Syria.
Milt Priggee, Cagle Cartoons, http://www.miltpriggee.com —
A series of bombings and shootings left some 35 dead in Iraq on Saturday, after a massacre of 68 worshippers Friday at a Sunni mosque in mixed Diyala Province.
Iraq's former oil minister, Ibrahim Bahr al-Ulum, warned Thursday that the so-called Islamic State terrorist organization could hit the Iraqi oil fields in the south around Basra.
Former British ambassador to the United States Sir Christopher Meyer is advocating that the U.S. and Western Europe stop advocating the overthrow of the Baath regime of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad and instead coordinate with it to move against the so-called Islamic State.
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If prime minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi in Iraq is to hope to defeat the so-called Islamic State (actually a kind of mafia made up of serial murderers and marauders), he must find a way to reincorporate Iraq's Sunni Arabs into the government.
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As the Iraqi military made a push on Tikrit north of Baghdad on Tuesday, a video briefly surfaced purporting to show the IS beheading an American journalist, James Foley, a freelancer for GlobalPost who had been missing in Syria for two years.
Arguably, the so-called Islamic State (actually a vicious gang of serial killers) could never have taken over northern and western Iraq if the largely Sunni Arab populations there had not been deeply alienated from the government in Baghdad by the openly sectarian politics of former Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Did Nouri al-Maliki's policies help create the country's current impasse?
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Walkers, weep no more. The YHA is fitting mod cons. By Rachelle Thackray
Sunday 22 March 1998
The installation of modern conveniences such as a telephone and electricity - provided by solar panels and a wind turbine - at the remote, 16-bed hostel is part of an initiative to bring the smaller of the Youth Hostels Association's 240 British properties into the modern age.
YHA business development director Liz Lloyd conceded that the Black Sail hostel, a former shepherd's hut near Buttermere in the Lake District, which reopens for business at the end of the month, had been in a time- warp. "Having no telephone was something that we were concerned about. The light was provided by bottled gas, as were cooking facilities. We wanted to find a way of providing a limited electricity supply, because, if there had been an accident, we couldn't get in touch with the outside world. But it's a very atmospheric place, and we didn't want to destroy that."
YHA managers consulted the Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth, Wales, and decided to go for a pounds 6,000 photo-voltaic system, which stores several hours'-worth of electricity in batteries, providing power for the kitchen, phone and fax (the latter are restricted to emergency use). Other appliances will still run on bottled gas.
"We recognised that the Lake District probably isn't the sunniest place, but there is also a small, unobtrusive wind turbine," said Ms Lloyd. She admits that even the wardens are ready for a change after 12 months at Black Sail. "It's one of the jobs we put our young hopefuls into. They enjoy it for a year, they wouldn't want to stay longer."
Much of the cash for the refurbishments came from the YHA's 265,000 members following an appeal two years ago. Now, most of the small rural hostels have indoor loos, and a 24-bedder at Litton Cheney in Dorset, once a cheese factory, now boasts a state-of-the-art self-catering suite and a flower-bed.
Prices have risen to start at pounds 5.85 (pounds 4 for under-18s); the most expensive hostels, mainly in cities, cost pounds 20 a night and include breakfast. Meanwhile, compulsory hostel chores, such as cleaning and weeding, have been phased out. "People are less socially inclined to do that kind of thing. Also, because of health and safety requirements, you can't ask people to use chemicals. But in small hostels, people want to help," said Ms Lloyd.
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How America plotted to stop Kyoto deal
Thursday 08 December 2005
A detailed and disturbing strategy document has revealed an extraordinary American plan to destroy Europe's support for the Kyoto treaty on climate change.
The ambitious, behind-the-scenes plan was passed to The Independent this week, just as 189 countries are painfully trying to agree the second stage of Kyoto at the UN climate conference in Montreal. It was pitched to companies such as Ford Europe, Lufthansa and the German utility giant RWE.
Put together by a lobbyist who is a senior official at a group partly funded by ExxonMobil, the world's biggest oil company and a fierce opponent of anti-global warming measures, the plan seeks to draw together major international companies, academics, think-tanks, commentators, journalists and lobbyists from across Europe into a powerful grouping to destroy further EU support for the treaty.
It details just how the so-called "European Sound Climate Policy Coalition" would work. Based in Brussels, the plan would have anti-Kyoto position papers, expert spokesmen, detailed advice and networking instantly available to any politician or company who wanted to question the wisdom of proceeding with Kyoto and its demanding cuts in carbon dioxide emissions.
It has been drawn up by Chris Horner, a senior official with the Washington-based Competitive Enterprise Institute and a veteran campaigner against Kyoto and against the evidence of climate change. One of his colleagues who describes himself as an adviser to President George Bush was the subject of a censure motion by the Commons last year after he attacked the Government's chief scientist.
Mr Horner, whose CEI group has received almost $1.5m (£865,000) from ExxonMobil, is convinced that Europe could be successfully influenced by such a policy coalition just as the US government has been.
He thinks Europe's weakening economies are likely to be increasingly ill at ease with the costs of meeting Kyoto. And in particular, he has spotted something he thinks most of Europe has not yet woken up to. Most of the original 15 EU Kyoto signatories Britain is an exception are on course to miss their 2010 CO2 reduction targets. But under the terms of the treaty, they will face large fines for doing so, in terms of much bigger reduction targets in any second phase.
These will prove unacceptably costly to their economies, Mr Horner believes, even if they try to buy their way out by buying up "spare" emissions for cash from countries such as Russia. Mr Horner believes the moment for his coalition is at hand and has been seeking support for it from multinational companies. In his pitch to one major company, he wrote: " In the US an informal coalition has helped successfully to avert adoption of a Kyoto-style programme by maintaining a rational voice for civil society and ensuring a legitimate debate over climate economics, science and politics. This model should be emulated... to guide similar efforts in Europe."
Elsewhere he claimed: "A coalition addressing the economic and social impacts of the EU climate agenda must be broad-based (cross industry) and rooted in the member states. Other companies (including Lufthansa, Exxon, Ford) have already indicated their interest!"
Last night green groups hit out. Kert Davies, Greenpeace's climate campaign co-ordinator, which initially obtained the documents, said: "These are the hitmen for the Bush administration and the likes of Exxon. They are behind the scenes doing the dirty work. They are extending efforts to Europe where they are trying to undermine the momentum to solve global warming."
While there is nothing illegal about the lobbying, the documents reveal a rare insight into the well-funded efforts within the US to influence opinion at senior levels of European corporations. Campaigners say the campaign is similar to a notorious lobbying effort carried out during the 1990s to undermine support for Kyoto within the US.
The revelation comes as international negotiators in Montreal are discussing the next step within Kyoto and the possibility of introducing new emissions targets. The Bush administration which has rejected the treaty has insisted it will not agree to any measures that legally bind it to reduce emissions. Mr Horner has been present this week in Montreal.
When contacted by The Independent, Mr Horner confirmed the strategy document was the draft of a presentation he sent to RWE. He defended his lobbying effort saying "that is what I do". He said he simply promoted a point of view, as did Greenpeace. "I don't begrudge them what they do [but] they begrudge me what I do," he said.
Asked if he thought it was appropriate for a major American oil company to be funding a lobbyist targeting European companies, he replied: " Everybody else does." But Mr Horner, who is also a senior figure within the Cool Heads Coalition, a group that questions the evidence of global warming and opposes any policies to "ration" energy, claimed his efforts to influence opinion in Europe had been unsuccessful. He said RWE had not taken up the suggestions contained within his presentation, and that other companies had also rejected his ideas.
"I don't know why it's surprising [I have lobbied European companies]," he said. "What is surprising to me is why it's not working." Ford and RWE confirmed that they and other companies had met Mr Horner and other advocates in Brussels last February. He had not been paid any fee nor had they contributed to his expenses. Mr Horner apparently travelled to Europe at the request of the European Enterprise Industry, a fledgling group hoping to emulate the CEI.
Bill McAndrews, a spokesman for RWE, said: "He met with [us and] other German companies in Brussels. Brussels is the EU capital, there are a lot of people who come to meet. We have not approached him since then." He added: "RWE talks to all sorts of people. We talk with Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund. We discuss matters with all opinions. It's important to hear everybody's side on such a global issue. It does not mean that RWE shares that opinion."
In a statement, ExxonMobil, said: "The notion adopted by some groups ... that only their views and only their funding and lobbying are acceptable is, in our opinion, not helpful to the debates vital to developing good public policy."
Adrian Schmitt, a spokesman for Ford Europe, said Mr Horner had met with company representatives on one occasion "at a Brussels level". He insisted that Ford had not supported Mr Horner's opinions. "Exactly the opposite. Our position is that climate change is a serious issue and appropriate steps need to be taken now."
He said that the company had been one of the first companies to withdraw its support for the Global Climate Coalition a now-defunct lobbying effort that worked to oppose US reductions in greenhouse gas emissions during the late Nineties.
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The trip runs for a month, from early March to early April. In addition to plenty of U.S. shows, the outing includes stops in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Notably, ex-Emeralds member Mark McGuire is on the bill in Vancouver (among other dates), while a couple of the U.S. shows are with Mondanile's Real Estate bandmate Alex Bleeker and his group the Freaks. See the schedule below.
To mark this tour announcement, Ducktails has shared a remix of The Flower Lane's "Letter of Intent" by DJ Sprinkles. Scroll past the tour dates below to hear that nine-minute thumper. Expect remixes by Mark McGuire and Heatsick to arrive this spring.
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3/6 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter
3/7 Raleigh, NC - King's Barcade *
3/8 Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover Festival
3/9 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
3/10 Oxford, MS - Lamar Lounge
3/12 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington
3/17 Dallas, TX - Spillover Fest
3/20 San Diego, CA The Void ^
3/21 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo ^#
3/22 San Francisco, CA - The Chapel ^
3/24 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios ^
3/26 Vancouver, BC - Electric Owl ^~
3/27 Seattle, WA - Barboza ^~
3/30 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club ~
3/31 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin ~
4/1 Iowa City, IA - Mission Creek Festival @ The Mill ~
4/2 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle ~
4/3 Toronto, ON - Garrison ~
4/4 Montreal, QC - II Motore ~
4/5 Boston, MA - Brandeis University ~
* with Alex Bleeker and the Freaks
^ with Mark McGuire
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2 bedroom flat to rent 18, Vicarage Place, Ashbourne Rd, Derby, DE22 3TUManor house! Vicarage Place is situated in Friar Gate and only a five minute walk to the City Centre of Derby. Situated in a secure gated development, built in the style of the Georgian vicarage, this two double bedroom-two bathroom apartment is to a high specification and has an allocated parki... More details ›
£510 pcm
2 bedroom flat to rent RHUDDLAN PLACE, High Peak, SK23ROWCLIFFES CHAPEL - A well presented first floor flat located in a cul de sac position. Comprising TWO bedrooms, lounge diner, study as well as a wonderful fitted kitchen and bathroom. Located only a short walk from the local shops and the Manchester/Sheffield train line. Viewing is essential. More details ›
Added on 20/07/2015 by Rowcliffes, Chapel-En-Le-Frith. Call: 01298 445029 Local call rate
£550 pcm
2 bedroom flat to rent Baseball Drive, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23Fantastic 2 bedroom flat that gives easy access to the Derby City Centre & Rolls Royce. The property briefly comprises 2 double bedrooms, lounge, kitchen & bathroom. The property also benefits from having 2 designated parking spots. DSS NOT ACCEPTED! More details ›
£114 pw
2 bedroom flat to rent Birches Terrace, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6This is two bedroom first floor flat. No deposit required, all we require is two weeks rent at the sign up should you accept the property. Property was only built in 2010 so fairly modern. More details ›
Added on 20/07/2015 by Derwent Living, Derwent Living. Call: 01332 448089 Local call rate
£475 pcm
2 bedroom apartment to rent Charnos Street, IlkestonA self contained two bedroom ground floor flat comprises of:- entrance hall, open plan living room kitchen, two bedrooms and family bathroom with shower over bath. The property benefits from enclosed rear garden and two allocated parking spaces. More details ›
£800 pcm
2 bedroom flat to rent William Street, Derby, DE1Bright 2 bedroom apartment in DE1. No agency fees No pets, no smokers Excellent location, 10 minutes walk to the University of Derby, Close to bars, restaurants, shops, Good transport links Reference code: 5874... More details ›
£400 pcm
2 bedroom apartment to rent Beaufort Gardens,Chaddesden,Derby,DE21A spacious apartment with 2 bedrooms, lounge, kitchen & bathroom with full suite and shower over. This first floor property would ideally suit a working or retired professional couple or single person wishing to be close to good local amenities, bus & road links. A garage is included More details ›
Added on 20/07/2015 by Cathedral Lettings, Derby. Call: 01332 340545 Local call rate
£575 pcm
2 bedroom house to rent Taylor Court, Bradley Mews, Struston RoadPurpose built Two Bedroom Apartment having the benefit of Entrnace Hall, Modern Kitchen/Diner with built in appliances, Utility, Lounge, Master Bedroom with En suite Shower Room, Bedorom Two, Bathroom. Garage. Viewing highly recommended More details ›
Added on 20/07/2015 by Bagshaws Residential - Lettings, Derby Lettings. Call: 01332 448088 Local call rate
£595 pcm
2 bedroom apartment to rent Great Northern Road, Derby, DE1 1LTNicholas Humphreys are delighted to bring to the market this two bedroom ground floor furnished apartment conveniently situated close to the city centre, Derby Royal Hospital and major roadlinks. The apartment comprises entrance hallway, open plan living area with fully fitted ktichen area with f... More details ›
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