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[(Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed, Inactivated Poliovirus and Haemophilus b Conjugate (Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate)] Intramuscular Injection
Pentacel vaccine consists of a Diphtheria and Tetanus Toxoids and Acellular Pertussis Adsorbed and Inactivated Poliovirus (DTaP-IPV) component and an ActHIB® vaccine component combined through reconstitution for intramuscular injection. ActHIB vaccine (Haemophilus b Conjugate Vaccine [Tetanus Toxoid Conjugate]), consists of H influenzae type b capsular polysaccharide (polyribosyl-ribitol-phosphate [PRP]) covalently bound to tetanus toxoid (PRP-T). The DTaP-IPV component is supplied as a sterile liquid used to reconstitute the lyophilized ActHIB vaccine component to form Pentacel vaccine. Pentacel vaccine is a uniform, cloudy, white to off-white (yellow tinge) suspension.
Each 0.5 mL dose contains 15 Lf diphtheria toxoid, 5 Lf tetanus toxoid, acellular pertussis antigens [20 mcg detoxified pertussis toxin (PT), 20 mcg filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA), mcg pertactin (PRN), 5 mcg fimbriae types 2 and 3 (FIM)], inactivated polioviruses [40 D-antigen units (DU) Type 1 (Mahoney), 8 DU Type 2 (MEF-1), 32 DU Type 3 (Saukett)] and 10 mcg PRP of H influenzae type b covalently bound to 24 mcg of tetanus toxoid (PRP-T).
Other ingredients per 0.5 mL dose include 1.5 mg aluminum phosphate (0.33 mg aluminum) as the adjuvant, polysorbate 80 (approximately 10 ppm by calculation), 42.5 mg sucrose, < 5 mcg residual formaldehyde, < 50 ng residual glutaraldehyde, ≤ 50 ng residual bovine serum albumin, 3.3 mg (0.6% v/v) 2-phenoxyethanol (not as a preservative), < 4 pg of neomycin and < 4 pg polymyxin B sulfate.
Corynebacterium diphtheriae is grown in modified Mueller's growth medium.6 After purification by ammonium sulfate fractionation, the diphtheria toxin is detoxified with formaldehyde and diafiltered.
Clostridium tetani is grown in modified Mueller-Miller casamino acid medium without beef heart infusion.7 Tetanus toxin is detoxified with formaldehyde and purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation and diafiltration. Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids are individually adsorbed onto aluminum phosphate.
The acellular pertussis vaccine antigens are produced from Bordetella pertussis cultures grown in Stainer-Scholte medium8 modified by the addition of casamino acids and dimethyl-beta- cyclodextrin. PT, FHA and PRN are isolated separately from the supernatant culture medium.
FIM are extracted and copurified from the bacterial cells. The pertussis antigens are purified by sequential filtration, salt-precipitation, ultrafiltration and chromatography. PT is detoxified with glutaraldehyde. FHA is treated with formaldehyde and the residual aldehydes are removed by ultrafiltration. The individual antigens are adsorbed separately onto aluminum phosphate.
Poliovirus Type 1, Type 2 and Type 3 are each grown in separate cultures of MRC-5 cells, a line of normal human diploid cells, by the microcarrier method.9,10 The cells are grown in CMRL (Connaught Medical Research Laboratories) 1969 medium, supplemented with calf serum. For viral growth, the culture medium is replaced by Medium 199, without calf serum. After clarification and filtration, the viral suspensions are concentrated by ultrafiltration, and purified by liquid chromatography steps. The monovalent viral suspensions are inactivated with formaldehyde. Monovalent concentrates of each inactivated poliovirus are combined to produce a trivalent poliovirus concentrate.
The adsorbed diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis antigens are combined with aluminum phosphate (as adjuvant), 2-phenoxyethanol (not as a preservative) and water for injection, into an intermediate concentrate. The trivalent poliovirus concentrate is added and the DTaP-IPV component is diluted to its final concentration. The DTaP-IPV component does not contain a preservative.
Both diphtheria and tetanus toxoids induce at least 2 neutralizing units per mL in the guinea pig potency test. The potency of the acellular pertussis antigens is evaluated by the antibody response of immunized mice to detoxified PT, FHA, PRN and FIM as measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The immunogenicity of the inactivated polioviruses is evaluated by the antibody response in monkeys measured by virus neutralization.
PRP, a high molecular weight polymer, is prepared from the Haemophilus influenzae type b strain 1482 grown in a semi-synthetic medium.11 The tetanus toxoid for conjugation to PRP is prepared by ammonium sulfate purification, and formalin inactivation of the toxin from cultures of Clostridium tetani (Harvard strain) grown in a modified Mueller and Miller medium.12 The toxoid is filter sterilized prior to the conjugation process. The ActHIB vaccine component does not contain a preservative. Potency of the ActHIB vaccine component is specified on each lot by limits on the content of PRP polysaccharide and protein per dose and the proportion of polysaccharide and protein that is characterized as high molecular weight conjugate.
The vial stoppers for the DTaP-IPV and ActHIB vaccine components of Pentacel vaccine are not made with natural rubber latex.
6. Stainer DW. Production of diphtheria toxin. In: Manclark CR, editor. Proceedings of an informal consultation on the World Health Organization requirements for diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis and combined vaccines. United States Public Health Service, Bethesda, MD. DHHS 91-1174. 1991. p. 7-11.
7. Mueller JH, Miller PA. Variable factors influencing the production of tetanus toxin. J Bacteriol 1954;67(3):271-7.
8. Stainer DW, et al. A simple chemically defined medium for the production of phase 1 Bordetella pertussis. J Gen Microbiol 1971;63:211-20.
9. van Wezel AL, et al. Inactivated poliovirus vaccine: current production methods and new developments. Rev Infect Dis 1984;6 (Suppl 2):S335-40.
10. Montagnon BJ et al. Industrial scale production of inactivated poliovirus vaccine prepared by culture of vero cells on microcarrier. Rev Infect Dis 1984;6 (Suppl 2):S341-4.
11. Chu CY, et al. Further studies on the immunogenicity of Haemophilus influenzae type b and pneumococcal type 6A polysaccharide-protein conjugates. Infect Immun 1983;40:245-56.
12. Mueller JH, et al. Production of diphtheria toxin of high potency (100 Lf) on a reproducible medium. J Immunol 1941;40:21-32.
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This is my first year as a beek. End of July I harvested two combs of honey. A couple days ago I checked in the hive to see if they had rebuilt the combs. They had and were full of capped honey. They have been attaching comb everywhere in the hive, including the sides and bottom. My concern is that they started to attach to the follower board I keep at the back of the hive and once they do this I won't be able to access the hive anymore without breaking the comb. I want to leave them the honey for the winter so am reluctant to harvest any more, but I also don't want them to continue attaching comb to the back board. What to do??
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- The Great American beach town is democratic, conscious that the sand belongs to all
- Sunset Beach, Hawaii is the capital of surfing, but becomes idle during the summer
- The former Roosevelt summer home on Campobello Island is now an international park
- Gulf Shores, Alabama beaches are known for nights when seafood flops up on the beach.
Nightlife-driven souls looking for Floridian action point their convertibles toward the likes of Fort Lauderdale and Key West. But a certain quieter, off-the-radar destination on the state's Gulf Coast holds a different kind of allure.
The cult-fave town of Boca Grande is a throwback, an Old Florida time warp that defies the clichés of Florida beach towns -- all the sloppy, party-hearty aspects -- while embodying the best of what the state has to offer.
In the free and easy days of summer, the quest for a great American beach town like Boca Grande is a national passion. Beach towns are a mainstay of the hot months, a beacon for countless citizens looking for a reprieve from the daily grind. The Great American Beach Town, apart from being idle as all get out, is also resolutely democratic, conscious that the sand belongs to all. These spots serve as emblems of our God-given right to get too much sun and to eat tasty -- if nutritionally unfortunate -- fried food.
So get that beach chair and cooler ready -- and prepare for the simple pleasures of summer at one of these classic retreats.
Sunset Beach is the world capital of surfing. But in summer, all the wave-riding frenzy ebbs, and this town on the North Shore of Oahu becomes resolutely and wonderfully idle.
Stay: The oceanfront Ke Iki Beach Bungalows, a quick drive from the commercial district along the Kamehameha Highway, are all about easy atmosphere and the sounds of the North Shore's endless surf.
Eat: Ted's Bakery, down the road from the mythical Pipeline, is a casual center of surfer life known for bento-box lunches, garlic shrimp, and mahi mahi sandwiches. Finish it off with a slice of decadent Haupia chocolate pie.
This small, serene island just off the Virginia coast is the gateway to the 37-mile-long Assateague Island National Seashore -- a nature refuge that's home to wild ponies, herons, woodpeckers, and foxes. It's accessible to boaters and via car over the Route 175 bridge.
Stay: A Victorian-era home has been turned into Miss Molly's Inn, a seven-room B&B that offers high tea in the afternoons.
Eat: The Chincoteague Diner is a welcome destination after a long day on the beach. Fill up on baskets of fried seafood (flounder, scallops, shrimp) or barbequed baby back ribs.
This Edenic escape on the Gulf of Mexico is a real slice of Old Florida, with a much-photographed lighthouse watching over Gasparilla Island State Park, tree-lined streets without traffic lights, and long, quiet beaches touched by gentle surf.
Stay: The Gasparilla Inn, a member of the Historic Hotels of America and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, is the classic resort and comes complete with a golf course. It's closed during the hottest months, though; the best alternative is its sister property, the Innlet, which features a waterside restaurant and a relaxed vibe.
Eat: A funky Florida spot with character, Temptation -- think murals of leaping tarpon and a neon martini sign -- serves local grouper, pompano, and soft-shell crabs.
Lubec is all the way Down East, right near the border with New Brunswick, Canada. Its assets include an elegant Victorian/Greek Revival -- style downtown, 97 miles of shoreline, two lighthouses, and easy access to the former Roosevelt summer home on Campobello Island, which is now an international park.
Stay: The Peacock House Bed & Breakfast, installed in an 1860 Federal-style residence, has ocean views, an eclectic library and manicured gardens.
Eat: Stop by the Water Street Tavern for hearty bowls of haddock chowder, lobster "mac n cheese," and views of the bay islands.
With its antiques shops and picturesque hiking trails, Gearhart -- just north of the renowned, more-bustling Cannon Beach -- is an in-the-know haven for Portland hipsters like Paige Powell and Gus Van Sant. In the evenings, people drive onto the hard-packed sand for wine and stargazing parties.
Stay: The 12 attached cottages of the Gearhart Ocean Inn, constructed in 1941, are an easy walk to the beach and the owners will furnish a "clam gun" for scooping up clams from the sand.
Eat: The nicely refined Pacific Way Bakery & Café serves top-notch muffins and coffee in the morning, and later a menu that includes bay shrimp, designer pizzas and flawless crab cakes.
Thrill-seekers flock to the Giant Dipper roller coaster at the Beach Boardwalk amusement park, but Santa Cruz has a surfeit of other attractions: Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, surfers at Pleasure Point (and the Santa Cruz Surfing Museum) and frolicsome seals at Natural Bridges State Beach.
Stay: At the Casablanca Inn, most rooms have ocean views (and a handful have fireplaces, for when those NoCal nights get chilly). The restaurant looks out on the awesome expanse of the Pacific.
Eat: Center Street Grill is the go-to restaurant for salads, pastas, homemade hollandaise sauce, ahi tuna and freshly squeezed lemonade and orange juice on the outdoor patio.
An all-American classic -- saltwater taffy and ice cream on the boardwalk, days of baking in the sun on Dewey Beach -- with a lively art gallery scene and such august institutions as the Biggs Museum of American Art within an hour's drive. In the evenings, visitors dance at places like the Rusty Rudder or Shag, or just stroll the boardwalk.
Stay: The Hotel Rehoboth, a plush boutique lodging, has a welcoming fireplace and a mod cottage-furnishings store off the lobby.
Eat: Eden, a high-end restaurant that often lives up to its name, features such dishes as a lobster and crab tower and a coffee-hazelnut rubbed pork tenderloin.
A beach staple of the Midwest, this strip along Lake Michigan -- encompassing the towns of Hart, Mears, and Pentwater -- has no shortage of massive sand dunes, beach buggies, and farmers' markets along with over-the-top July 4th fireworks.
Stay: A simple affair overlooking the lake and a spread of sand, Dunes Waterfront Resort is not a bad way to get lost on a summer weekend.
Eat: That Place Restaurant, a 1950s and '60s theme joint with posters of James Dean and Elvis, is, well, the place to get a hamburger and shake.
This is nature Texas-style, big and ready to roll, with an enormous flock of whooping cranes in the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, stunning beaches along nearby Matagorda Island and a 1,000-year-old oak known simply as "the Big Tree."
Stay: A funky little place with classic beach lodgings, the Fulton Beach Bungalows overlook Aransas Bay.
Eat: Steve Lew's BBQ Kitchen will take you way down home, with pulled pork and Texas-style sausage.
Gulf Shores is near miles of splendid beaches along Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge and is a mainstay of the American seafood industry. Apart from the National Shrimp Festival every fall, the beaches are known for the strange occurrence of "jubilees," random nights when crabs, fish and shrimp flop up on the beach and make for easy pickings.
Stay: Magnolia Springs Bed and Breakfast is a charmer with stained glass in the den, elaborate woodwork in the great hall and hearty three-course breakfasts.
Eat: Set in a circa 1897 building surrounded by Spanish moss and live oak trees, the Wash House Restaurant serves fried oyster lettuce wraps and beef spring rolls.
If the days seem brighter in this Central Coast town, just north of Pismo Beach -- well, they are. Avila's bay location gives it less fog than its neighboring towns, making it all the better for strolling its boardwalk pier and taking a dip in the waters. You're also a short hop from Paso Robles and wine country.
Stay: The nautical-theme Avila Beach Lighthouse Suites may not be old -- the whole pier area was rebuilt after an oil spill in the 1990s -- but it's old-school, with Ping-Pong, putting greens, and a life-size chessboard.
Eat: Start your day with churro-style French toast or the Machaca -- eggs with beef barbacoa, queso fresco, beans, and hash browns -- at the local favorite, the Old Custom House.
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"Todd's going fishing today and is taking two cases of Coors Light. He'll be Hamster Hand Drunk by noon."
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Greetings everyone. Im going to start a thread to document my progress on my Mauldelorian the Mandalorian Supercommando Captain.
Yeah, this guy&
Ive sourced out all the parts.
Helmet WCA
Armor WCA/PROPS
Jetpack WCA/PROPS
Flightsuit - Dickies
Vest and Waistrap Homemade (marine vinyl / leather)
Belt Homemade (Sintra)
Boots Palladium Mens Pampa Hi Canvas
Compad - EA
Blasters EA
Progress so far:
Ive had the armor for a few weeks, so Ive taken my time cutting, sanding, and getting it to *look* right. After some trial and error, I finished the horns on the shoulder pieces. 2 pieces of 3mm sintra glued together, cut out, sanded, and beveled to give that *sharp* edge look. 2 screws hold each horn in from the underside.
Helmet: Ive mocked up most of the horns with paper, cut them out of sintra (2 pieces of 3mm), sanded and smoothed the edges,
Since taking that pic, Ive contoured the bottom edge so it fits better on the curve of the helmet, and attached each horn with some screws. Ive only done the 6 large horns still need to do the 4 smaller ones around the middle of his helmet.
Im still working on attaching the armor to the vest. My Jango uses snaps, but Im experimenting with Chicago screws. I picked up a pack of 100 here: Results for chicago screw - MyBinding.com - Binding Machine GBC Laminator Ibico Book Binding
I used 1/4 screws, but I think that 3/8 might give better closure when going through thicker stuff. To attach them to the armor, I took a piece of sintra, and used my heat gun to give it the right curve to match the armor. After that, I drilled a hole for the post, and sanded down (countersunk) the backside of the sintra. This way, the post comes through the hole, and the sintra can still sit flush with the backside of the armor piece. After using some PVC cement to glue it in, viola! Chicago screw post attached to the back of your armor!
I lined up the armor on the vest where I wanted it, and marked where the holes should be to allow the Chicago screw to pass through. I cut a small hole, and then added a grommet to ensure that the hole doesn't tear anymore. When Im ready to attach the armor, I slide the post of the Chicago screw through the grommet, and secure on the other side with either a washer, or another piece of curved sintra, and then the screw end of the Chicago screw.
Flightsuit I started with a short sleeve Dickies coverall, and a long sleeve shirt (of matching colors):
Coverall: Short Sleeve Coverall | Mens Coveralls | Dickies.com
Shirt: Slim Fit Long Sleeve Work Shirt | Men's Shirts | Dickies.com
I removed the long sleeves from the shirt, and sewed them inside the shoulder under the short sleeves of the coverall. This way, you still get the double sleeve look without too much extra work. I also had to remove the posterior pockets, and adjust the collar so it closes more like a crewman or pilot collar does.
Leather waist wrap that secures with clips, and then has a flap over it to cover. Mine is black, but this is the same process:
Belt and boxes: Im hand-making these out of sintra. I took a piece of sintra 3in x 24in, and used my heat gun to give it a large curve so it would wrap around my body. I used a 5-gallon bucket from a local hardware store as a form to keep it straight. I cut out the individual boxes out of sintra, and have given most of them (not the half inch or quarter inch ones) the same curve using the heat gun and bucket. The center box and 1 on either side have holes cut in them. After finding the center of the larger piece, I started gluing on the boxes using superglue. After a few boxes, I added holes to secure it to the waist wrap using Chicago screws, grommets, and washers. I made sure to line up the bottom holes accordingly so they could hold my cod piece on as well. Once I test fit the screws to make sure they line up, I put a little dab of super glue on the post end to secure it from spinning, then its covered by the remaining belt boxes, and is out of sight.
The edges of the boxes are a little rough. Once this piece is complete, I'm going to sand / fill so that the tops and bottoms of the belt boxes are more even. This piece will cover the front half of the waist wrap, and be secured by 8 Chicago screws. As soon as this piece is completed, I will make 2 more to cover the back half.
Blasters - Sanded and primed. Working on the first coat of silver.
More updates to come!!!


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Japanese Route 66 Website Shows International Love for the Mother Road
Here's a letter our Association received from Japanese Route 66 Enthusiast, Hiroshi Hanamura, with news of a new Japanese Route 66 website. Isn't it great to know that the Mother Road's appeal stretches all the way around the globe? Please do give Hiro's site a visit to see how they do Route 66, Japanese style!
Dear my friends,
Finally my new Route 66 website has just been launched and I'm so happy to let you know about it. Actually the site is built for letting japanese visitors jump over there to travel on the real highway.
Not only my Route-66 photography but a special program of a Japanese FM radio station called J-Wave which is taped on June 6, 1994 will sure to make you fun.
Who's on air? Well, get visit my "Route 66 On the Table" and figure them out.
Let me allow to express my thanks to Jeff Meyer, Ramona Lehman, Michael Wallis, Jim Ross, Frank Kocevar and David knudson to join "Our Friend" page. They can give the Japanese visitors great advice to travel...
If I have many comments, I can make this site in English so feel free to send them to me.
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First, I want to apologize for the length of this post. It has been a heck of a night!
Cafall and I were at the pet store tonight picking up a few items. We were second in the check-out line with Cafall sitting at my feet when a woman and her chihuahua walked up in line behind us. Immediately the chihuahua starts barking and jumping at Cafall. Cafall stood and turned to face/watch the chihuahua but looked at me for direction.
I moved as far forward as possible to get away from the angry lil beast and put Cafall back into a sit. Well the lady just moved forward too and as soon as it gained some ground her chihuahua went full nuclear. Ears back, snarling, jumping forward barking. I looked at the lady and she just laughed, "He thinks he so big."
I told her, "He's actually being kinda aggressive." Before she could even say her dog wasn't aggressive it leaped forward, attacked and bit my shoe. While it didn't pierce my shoe, it startled me. I jumped back, dropped one of the bags of treats I was holding and nearly tripped over Cafall.
Cafall went on alert and not in a friendly way. The hair on his back stood up, twitching lip curls, he was staring down the chihuahua, and wouldn't budge from being between me and the little dog. During this time the person ahead of us finished checking out and left. I moved forward with Cafall while the lady pulled the chihuahua behind her and started talking to it. "That mean lady with her big dog call you a bad name?" :eek: :mad:
I turned back, stepped around Cafall, and reached for the bag of treats I had dropped. The chihuahua bolted around the lady's legs and launched at my face. It bit through my lower lip, scratched my left cheek and chin. The next minute was just blurred chaos.
I reeled back clutching at my mouth. Cafall lunged forward on the offensive. The lady tried to yank the chihuahua's leash back. The fur flew. When we each got our dogs pulled back Cafall had bites and scratches on his nose and lips and the chihuahua was limping and whining.
The cashier called a manager over and started handing me kleenex for my bleeding lip and cheek. The chihuahua's owner was screaming at me that my dangerous dog that almost killed hers. Cafall stood braced by my side ready for the next round.
The last hour and half has been spent retelling this story over and over. First to the store manager, then to the cops (apparently the chihuahua owner called them), and finally writing it all down in a written report. Thankfully the cashier has totally backed up my claim that Cafall and I are not the instigators and that Cafall did nothing but attempt to protect me. To be honest, the officers seemed way more interested in how old Cafall is, what breeder I got him from, even complimented his sable coat. It was actually one of them that had the manager fetch some disinfectant cream to put on Cafall's nose. Clearly they know a lil something about how awesome GSDs are. :cool:
Initially, the chihuahua lady wanted me to pay for whatever vet bills her dog is going to have. Via police proxy I suggested she could then pay for any human medical bills I was going to incur. Long story short we both agreed to leave without pressing charges and each take care of our own medical expenses. I don't want to see the dog euthanized, but it could def use a solid round or two of training. Or at the very least better management.
I will be fine and don't need any stitches. All the bloody kleenexes though certainly made her think twice about forcing the payment issue. Cafall has been checked over by an off duty vet tech friend who gave me some advice about things to watch for. Otherwise he seems to feel fine. I'm actually more worried it might have set back the progress Cafall and I have made in regards to him not reacting to other dogs. We have made so much headway since he was bitten by an Akita this past fall and I'd hate to see one mean little out of control chihuahua mess it all up.
We're home now. My husky has been licking Cafall's ears and generally playing nursemaid to both of us. I've got nothing planned but lots of cuddles for the rest of the evening. Talk about a crazy Saturday night. :(
I'm glad everything worked out, people think just because their dog isn't 50 pounds, it's allowed to be an a**
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What a donut hole, sorry you had to deal with that! Hopefully no lasting effect on Cafall.
Wretched I completely agree. Those who know me well know I have a special lil soapbox speech about the antics toy breeds get away with that would land large dogs in hot water.
Thanks Nigel. I've got me fingers crossed that Cafall does okay.
I'm already trying to plan what our next outing should be. I'm thinking an on leash public park so that if we do see other dogs they will be far enough away that I can better gage his reaction. I am totally open to any suggestions anyone has though too!
OK- I work at petco- and I can tell you I see things like this ALL THE TIME, I don't mean to rant but I haaaaate that just because a dog is small it's behavior is excusable. That because its under 10lbs they don't put time in to training it. I can't stand to see things like this. Reading it I can very clearly see the entire thing happen it really makes me mad.... If you aren't intelligent you shouldn't be allowed to be responsible for another living thing...
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Can you disinfect your lip? I know a couple of people who have been bitten, thought nothing of it and then ended up in the ER.
OMG so sorry to hear that happened. Hope you and your dog feel better soon. That lady & her dog sound horrible.
The Chi is probably lucky to be alive.
Agree with the suggestion that you go to a doc or at least a walk in clinic, please.
So sorry this happened :( what an idiot that dog owner was and what a disservice she is doing to her dog. Hope you both heal quickly and it doesn't set your pup back, but it sounds like it ended as well as could be hoped for. Really do not understand why people like that have dogs at all.
Thanks BowWowMeow, no worries, I have absolutely disinfected my lip, cheek, and chin. I appreciate the concern though. :)
Liz&Anna, I can only imagine the interactions you must see. It's disheartening to hear it happens so often. Here I thought we were just special :crazy:
KathrynApril pretty sure Cafall is feeling fine if not beginning to try and milk a bit more attention/ministrations from my husky. Poor Finder is just as much a sucker for the GSD sad eyes as I am. :rolleyes:
Gwenhwyfair I had the same thought. It sounds mean of me, but I was beyond relieved the chihuahua left with only a limp and not in pieces.
Sookie I agree. Not only a disservice to her dog, but to the whole breed by allowing her dog to act so poorly. Although, I'm sure we probably ruined any good thought she ever had about GSDs now too.
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Received a call today from a lady asking if I did honeybee "cutouts". I told her I do pick up swarms but have never done a cutout. I asked her if she had a cutout to do or a swarm to catch. She said "I don't know. They are on a pine tree branch." I confirmed it was a swarm and took off work early, grabbed my equipment and went to the swarm.
There it was, two feet off of the ground - one swarm at least the size of a football on several branches. I got the hive underneath (it just fit) and shook the branch. Instantly, there were bees in the air - flying everywhere. (I've seen the video's of swarms that one or two shakes and the whole clump falls into the box and stays there.) Why is there a cloud of bees everywhere?!?
I pulled the hive from under the branch, quickly put in the frames I had taken out, put the inner cover on (noticing that bees were fanning) and put the lid on. Wasn't sure if the bees were fanning because the queen was in the box, or because they smelled the lemon grass oil. (I had to take my one swarm trap apart to steal this box, frames, and foundation.) Bees were fanning at the entrance - so things are looking better.
I talked to the couple that lived there and found out originally bees lived in a camp across the street. Several years ago, the owner of the camp did a cutout, but before he did, they swarmed and it went into a hollow tree on these people's property. Apparently that is where this swarm came from. As we talked, the cloud got smaller and smaller, and finally, no bees were flying around at all, except a few right in front of the entrance.
I'll go back tonight, block the entrance, bring them home, put another hive body on so they have lots of room, and open the entrance.
So, first swarm pickup today - from Worthville, PA 15784 which is in Northwest PA.


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EL PASO, Texas - Specialist Brandon Prescott was born on 18 July 1988, in West Covina, California.
Specialist Prescott enlisted in the Army on 19 April 2010 in Portland, Oregon.
He attended the fourteen-week long Infantry Training Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.
Specialist Prescott's first duty assignment was Fort Bliss, Texas, where he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 36th Infantry Regiment as a member of the Reconnaissance Platoon.
Shortly after arriving to Fort Bliss, he set himself apart from his peers in the platoon and was assigned as the Assistant Team Leader. He deployed to Afghanistan on 12 December 2012 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Specialist Prescott's awards include the Bronze Star Medal, the Purple Heart, the Army Commendation Medal with Valor, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Afghan Campaign Medal with a Campaign Star, the NATO Medal, and the Combat Infantryman Badge.
Specialist Prescott is survived by his parents.
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Decorated with care, the apartment offers a large and private veranda ideal for eating and leisure purposes. A parking space in a closed garage is provided underneath the building.
The nicely furnished apartment includes a comfortable double bedroom with a large wardrobe. Extra sleeping space for 2 can be found in the living/dining room. A fully-equipped kitchen can be used to prepare home cooked meals.
Lagos and its fabulous marina are reachable in 5 minutes by car. Several golf courses are also situated here. Drive for 20 minutes to Sagres. The most western point of Europe, it boasts unspoiled beaches and sporting activities including surfing and wind surfing.
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We really recommend this appartement! Joao is a great host. He is helpful, easy to reach and knows a lot about the region because he lived there (almost) all his life. The appartement is fully equipped indeed, this is done with great detail. We found the appartement better than the pictures suggests, it is a lovely place.
Burgau is a romantic, small fisherstown. Because of the small size everything is at a walking distance from the appartement. We advise car rental when going to Burgau, bustransport requires switch-overs for a lot of places, which can be bit of a puzzle because of limited bus rides to/from Burgau.
Lovely appartment had all that we needed. We were there in march and it was quite cold in early Morning and evenings - so the fact that there was heating in the rooms was an added bonus. Pool area and gardens well maintained. Owner easily acessible and helpfull. The appartment lies in a small village, all was open even in March. Literally outside the block you have access to wonderfull cliff walks. Near to Lagos and serveral other small villages of interest. Plus for the free wi-fi .
Joao ist ein sehr netter Gastgeber, uns hat es an nichts gefehlt. Die Wohnung ist sauber und top in Schuss, auch der Pool ist in sehr gutem Zustand.
Die Lage ist ruhig und angenehm, zu Fuß ist man schnell am Supermarkt oder in der "kleinen" Einkaufsstraße. Auch das Meer ist schnell erreicht.
Hemos pasado 10 días maravillosos en Burgau en el precioso apartamento de Joao. Cuando llegamos la casa estaba limpísima y todo está nuevo. Tiene todo lo necesario para poder cocinar en la casa y está a un paso de la playa del pueblo. Hemos viajado con un bebé de un año y nos facilitaron una cuna para la niña. La piscina es estupenda y la niña la disfrutó mucho. Obrigado Joao por el recibimiento con vino y fruta. Un día tal vez repitamos!
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Your Gasthouse was very nice, we enjoyed our stay pretty much. We where very pleased, because u piked us up from the Trainstation and dropped us at the end of our hollidays at the Busstation. We´ll definataly think about visiting you again.
It was a pleasure to stay in this beautiful guesthouse! João and his wife were very friendly! We felt really welcome. The interieur Design was modern and new. There are many nice beaches in the near. And you can reach the Historic Town in 10 Minutes by feed. We will surely come back!
We had a lovely stay here for two weeks. The studio is a lot bigger than it looks like on the website and Joao is very kind and helpfull. Check the road to the studio on Google Earth before you go, if we did not do that we would not have found it ourselves. We used the bikes every day and could park the car (for free) in front of the house. We loved the sunbeds on the terrace and the location (5 min walk to the beach, 10 minute walk - 3 minute by bike to the city) is fantastic. Joao is the neighbour but we almost did not see him. Great studio for a very good price in great location with beautiful beaches and a lovely city.
We had a wonderful time in Lagos, it felt like being home in Joao's beautiful Casa da Mo!! Everything worked perfectly fine, this is one of the best places we've ever been. Joao and his wife made this place to an awesome oasis, you won't miss anything! Located close to the beach and the city, good restaurants nearby with fresh fish, nice people and absolutely no stress around. We will come back!!
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We had a wonderful time in the beautiful and inspiring house of Mr. Joao in Lagos.
The house was situated in a beautiful spot nearby the sea and near the lively center of Lagos with its beautiful harbour. Mr. Joao did everything to make us feel welcome and comfortable. This house certainly deserves 5 stars
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This painting represents a component of the Wagilag Sisters epic creation story. The upper-left corner of the work shows Wititj the sacred python emerging from its home, Mirarrmina waterhole. Wititj has already swallowed and regurgitated the sisters and their child, and the child is drinking the Mirarrmina water from a mungulk (a paperbark water vessel).
The rarrk roundels in the work are djamundurr or gunda, which are stones. The stones are found surrounding Mirarrmina waterhole and the sisters use the stones for killing goannas to eat.
'How much goanna? one, two, three, four…buduk (wait)…five. Five goanna.' The goannas are djarrka(the Mertens' water goanna) who live in hollow logs around the waterhole. This goanna is painted as a body design on initiates in high-order ceremonies such as Ngulmarrk and Djungguwan. Not all men make it to this level of ceremonial initiation as it is reserved for the (potentially) more powerful leaders and lawmen.
The triangular shapes are ngambi (stone spearheads) collected from Ngilipitji, a quarry in the region. The women have used their fingernails to prise the rocks from the quarry.
There is a spear under the arm of the sister on the left. The Wagilag Sisters used spears in their time until other people were made and born, when men took over the use of spears for hunting. In the lower right quadrant of the painting there is rinytjangu (yam or bush tucker) next to a stone spearhead, between the legs of the sister on the right.
Both of the Wagilag Sisters are of the Dhuwa moiety. Reputedly the younger sister had fornicated with her brother, giving rise to the child. The child is the first Yirritja moiety person. Hence the creation of the Yirritja moiety.
The Wagilag Sisters are central to the four important ceremonies of the Dhuwa moiety: Djungguwan, Gunabibi, Ngulmarrk, Mandaialla. The story is primarily an account of how, in the distant past, the two Wagilag Sisters came out of the southern interior and came across the countryside to the Liyagalawumirr waterhole at Mirramina. There, the younger sister profaned the pool of the great python by accidentally allowing her blood to fall into the waterhole. Because of this the women and the child were swallowed by the python amid thunderstorms and rain – the first wet season. The great flood covered the land and all the other sacred pythons stood up with their heads in the clouds and talked to each other with voices like thunder. The python from Guruwana was one of those. He lives in a rocky mud bank where there are many oyster beds. The pythons discovered that they had different languages and skins. The Mirramina python confessed to eating the two women – his own moiety – and fell to earth, making a big depression in the ground. The big wind blew across the land and caused the first dry season. The python vomited the women up, but swallowed them again before going back into the waterhole.


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To the Dallas Cowboys ?
By the end of the first quarter, we should know how Dallas's patchwork o line is able to stand up to the Giants strong D front.
If Dallas O line holds it's own, Giants are in for a long night. Real long. Not homering on ya in any way......but thats the matchup you absolutely have to win. We have too many healthy options for Romo to throw and hand off too. We all know what Romo does when he has linemen in his face...... but if he has even a little time to read plant and throw, their passing game is going to do big things.....against any team.
Regardless of Dallas's D line injuries, I like the balance that we have between pass rush/ Lb'er's and the secondary. I think the Giants are more tilted toward their D line strength then their secondary. (I'm sure you'll let me know if I'm wrong there.) which is why, in my book, the pressure is on the Giants D line to have an impact ......... or else.
If you are a Giants fan, you hope that the Bengal 1's on their O and D lines were sandbagging pretty good in the pre-season game the other week. Their lines are absolutely the strenght of that team (and they are tops in the league on those lines)......and Dallas's 1's whooped em pretty good despite our issues.
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Clowney will be the number one pick. This guy is a freak of nature. Giants should trade up no matter what and get him!!!!Purifoy is decent. I have seen him at lot at UF but his has some off field baggage issues.
In terms of classics you also have guys like Derrick Thomas (27 sacks in a season, 52 for a career), Bruce smith (22 sacks as a junior), reggie white (still holds the Tennessee record for sacks in a game, season and career) and LT who was about as animalist and physically gifted player that the NFL has ever seen...Clowney has a long, long way to go before matching any of those guys.
Assuming Clowney stays healthy, hes going to have 30+ sacks this season.
And as freaky as Mario and Peppers are, they arent as freaky as clowney. Clowney is going to come in at 280 pounds and run a 4.5 something.
Barring injury or some unforseen character issue, he is a lock for the #1 overall pick.
Peppers was not the #1 overall and Mario was kind of s surprise #1, most felt it was Bush's to lose. I would even put Suh over those 2 and LT gets honorable mention but since his skillset was not in high demand by the NFL at that time.
Clowney is the best defensive prospect I have ever seen. I dunno about the whole 30 sacks thing, but he is still the best prospect.
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Clowney is by far the best defensive prospect coming out in a long time. Asking is he the best? That's up for debate, the best I have ever seen was LT, Reggie White, Bruce Smith and Derrick Thomas.
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Just another example of too many damn laws.
Montana Could Legalize Road Kill Consumption
Montana could allow people to eat their road kill, according to ABC news.
A bill passed Montanas House of Representatives allows game animals, fur-bearing animals, migratory game birds and upland game birds hit by a car to be collected. Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, and Georgia all have similar bills.
State Rep. Steve Lavin introduced the bill.Lavin and food safety specialist Benjamin Chapman gave some practical advice to families using road kill for dinner.Lavin said that in his day job as a state trooper he sees a ton of animals hit on Montanas roadways that could potentially be repurposed to provide meat for people in need. State troopers already alert food banks to viable bumper banquets. This bill would simply make the practice legal.
If passed, Lavin said the law would explicitly exclude species such as big horn sheep and bear over concerns there would be profiteering from horns, claws and other body parts collectors covet. He added that it certainly wouldnt apply to situations like finding a dead squirrel in the middle of the road either.Its like any other meatif you leave it outside the refrigerator for a couple of hours, you arent going to want to eat it, Lavin said.Chapman advised using a meat thermometer and cooking large game to a temperature of at least 160 degrees Fahrenheit. When dressing the carcass, keep it away from other foods, scrub work surfaces with bleach afterward, and wash hands thoroughly.
Montana Could Legalize Road Kill Consumption | Washington Free Beacon
Black Blade: And it's tenderized already! Okay, seriously though - I see many dead game animals that are left to rot because it's illegal. We kill more deer on our roads in Wyoming than hunters harvest during hunting season. That's a lot of wasted meat. I knew an old Arkie who used to drive his pickup with push bar fast up and down mountain roads hoping to "bag" a deer for his family. Odd old boy but he was good people.
When you're born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you're born in America , you get a front row seat. - George Carlin
Just another example of too many damn laws.
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
Nothing wrong with it as long as it's fresh and wasn't ran over a bunch. I always carry and have had to finish off animals a few times after someone hit one. I was tempted on a couple of those occasions to cut out the back straps because that takes 5 minutes tops to do.
welcome to the new Obamma economy--
now were eating road kill--what is next?
MMMMMM.....Possum stew!!
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
Law about road kill?? Happens here all the time. Think it's always been legal. Seen lots of folks picking up road killed deer. People just call the police and they come and give you a possession tag. Done it myself, but then I saw it get hit and it just caught it's head on the front bumper of the car. Broke it's neck. Zero meat lose and as fresh as you can get.
If a man speaks in the forest and no woman is there to hear him, is he still wrong??
After some damned deer has just done $3000 worth of damage on a $2500 deductible, it's only fair that you should be able to eat it.
Those road rats are a menace to transportation.
Took kids to a state Park for a Sunday drive and stoped when we saw a fresh roadkill deer.Another driver stoped to look and asked if he could have it.I helped him put it in his trunk.Saw him later at the Ranger station doing paper work just to play it safe.
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Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has downplayed suggestions her party is in chaos over its leadership, saying planning a changeover at the top was a healthy necessity for any party.
Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell mounted a leadership challenge against Pita Sharples at a party meeting at Ratana this week, which the party yesterday effectively put on ice for up to two months before it meets again to resolve the issue.
Mrs Turia - who is stepping down next year and is likely to hand over her leadership role before then - defended the decision to defer the discussion, saying it was not something that should be rushed.
"They are significant and serious issues and we want to give it the gravitas that is required. I feel good about it - we need to be brave enough and courageous enough to work it through."
Her own replacement as co-leader is also under discussion but Mrs Turia said it was not her place to say who should take the role. "I'm not prepared to endorse anybody."


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In the fifties and sixties this annual event was a forerunner of what later became the Honors Convocation. It was an I.U. Center event the purpose of which was to provide an opportunity for students, parents and faculty members to meet together and recognize scholastic achievements and individual services to the Center.
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Bad companions For the typical sailor, the bad companions on the water are not shipmates, but other skippers who get in the way. Many of these intruders seem to be at the helm of the noisy, often too speedy vessels that sailors smugly call "stinkpots." Some of the most annoying and frightening of these are whiny, little personal watercraft (like the Jet Ski) and roaring pseudo raceboats (like the Cigarette). Their operators often appear to be oblivious to everything in the neighborhood, including each other. Marine police report that when a PWC collides with another boat, the odds are that the victim is another PWC.
We all have our stories about rude powerboats. The best comment I've heard was shouted at a speedboat blasting through a race fleet on Long Island Sound. "It's our Sound, too, you know!" my friend yelled. She was correct, but we sailors have no right to be sanctimonious. We can be pretty rude companions, too. We misread situations, ignore the rules of the road, blunder into the path of other vessels, and, in general, forget that it's also their Sound, too.
Sometimes the sailor tunes out the situation. When underway it's important, for instance, to know if your boat's relationship to another boat's position is changing . A good habit is to take regular bearings on a nearby boat to see if you're pulling ahead or behind. If the bearing doesn't change, you'll probably collide.
Sailors may also be ignorant of how powerboats handle. For every powerboater unaware that a sailboat makes leeway and turns slowly, there's a sailor who doesn't know how easily a powerboat at low speed can be pushed around by the wind. "We always expect other boats to be as maneuverable as ours," says Sheila McCurdy Brown "and sometimes they're not." That's why the Navigation Rules lay out specific priorities when different types of vessels are near each other. The logic is simple and can be summarized this way:
More maneuverable boats give way to less maneuverable ones. In wide open, deep water a powerboat gives way to a sailboat, and any moving boat gives way to a stopped boat (for instance, one that has fishing lines out). But in a narrow channel or traffic separation zone, smaller boats (under sail or power) give way to ships, ferry boats, and other large vessels that have little room to maneuver.
The challenge is to recognize the scenario.
Here's another rule with its own sound logic:
Any boat overtaking another boat must give way to the leader. If you can easily see the other boat's stern, it means that you're overtaking and also that her crew can't easily see you. You may pass, but you must keep your distance. This rule applies even to sailboats overtaking a powerboat.
When similar boats are near each other, the rules assign priorities according to arbitrary rules, including:
When sailboats under sail are near each other, a boat on port tack must give way to one on starboard, and a windward boat must give way to a leeward one.
Those rules sound simple, but in the heat of the action even the best of us can momentarily misread a situation. I've known good racing boats that have the following reminder written in large, red letters on the port side of the boom: "You're now on port tack! STAY CLEAR!!"
Another example of an established rule governing similar boats is the crossing rule for powerboats (which, again, include sailboats under power). We are frequently tempted to cut across another boat's bow in channels and harbors, for example, to reach the slip. The rule that helps makes that action seamanlike can be summarized this way:
The boat on the right IS right. When boats under power are crossing, the stand-on vessel (the one that does not alter course) is the one on the other vessel's starboard side and the give-way vessel is the one on the other boat's port side. The give-way vessel must cross astern of the other, not ahead.
Finally, there are two informal, but helpful rules of thumb (not rules of the road) that have saved many skippers from embarrassment or worse:
The clear visibility rule: If you don't think the crew of the other vessel is able to see you, give way regardless of who is technically correct.
The gross tonnage rule: Give way to vessels much larger than yours, for the same reason.
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Analysis of data warehousing giant Teradata. Related subjects include:
Are analytic RDBMS and data warehouse appliances obsolete?
I used to spend most of my time — blogging and consulting alike — on data warehouse appliances and analytic DBMS. Now I'm barely involved with them. The most obvious reason is that there have been drastic changes in industry structure:
- Many of the independent vendors were swooped up by acquisition.
- None of those acquisitions was a big success.
- Microsoft did little with DATAllegro.
- Netezza struggled with R&D after being bought by IBM. An IBMer recently told me that their main analytic RDBMS engine was BLU.
- I hear about Vertica more as a technology to be replaced than as a significant ongoing market player.
- Pivotal open-sourced Greenplum. I have detected few people who care.
- Ditto for Actian's offerings.
- Teradata claimed a few large Aster accounts, but I never hear of Aster as something to compete or partner with.
- Smaller vendors fizzled too. Hadapt and Kickfire went to Teradata as more-or-less acquihires. InfiniDB folded. Etc.
- Impala and other Hadoop-based alternatives are technology options.
- Oracle, Microsoft, IBM and to some extent SAP/Sybase are still pedaling along … but I rarely talk with companies that big.
Simply reciting all that, however, begs the question of whether one should still care about analytic RDBMS at all.
My answer, in a nutshell, is:
Analytic RDBMS — whether on premises in software, in the form of data warehouse appliances, or in the cloud – are still great for hard-core business intelligence, where "hard-core" can refer to ad-hoc query complexity, reporting/dashboard concurrency, or both. But they aren't good for much else.
BI and quasi-DBMS
I'm on two overlapping posting kicks, namely "lessons from the past" and "stuff I keep saying so might as well also write down". My recent piece on Oracle as the new IBM is an example of both themes. In this post, another example, I'd like to memorialize some points I keep making about business intelligence and other analytics. In particular:
- BI relies on strong data access capabilities. This is always true. Duh.
- Therefore, BI and other analytics vendors commonly reinvent the data management wheel. This trend ebbs and flows with technology cycles.
Similarly, BI has often been tied to data integration/ETL (Extract/Transform/Load) functionality.* But I won't address that subject further at this time.
*In the Hadoop/Spark era, that's even truer of other analytics than it is of BI.
My top historical examples include:
- The 1970s analytic fourth-generation languages (RAMIS, NOMAD, FOCUS, et al.) commonly combined reporting and data management.
- The best BI visualization technology of the 1980s, Executive Information Systems (EIS), was generally unsuccessful. The core reason was a lack of what we'd now call drilldown. Not coincidentally, EIS vendors — notably leader Comshare — didn't do well at DBMS-like technology.
- Business Objects, one of the pioneers of the modern BI product category, rose in large part on the strength of its "semantic layer" technology. (If you don't know what that is, you can imagine it as a kind of virtual data warehouse modest enough in its ambitions to actually be workable.)
- Cognos, the other pioneer of modern BI, depending on capabilities for which it needed a bundled MOLAP (Multidimensional OnLine Analytic Processing) engine.
- But Cognos later stopped needing that engine, which underscores my point about technology ebbing and flowing.
|Categories: Business intelligence, Business Objects, Cognos, Databricks, Spark and BDAS, EAI, EII, ETL, ELT, ETLT, Hadoop, Information Builders, MicroStrategy, Software as a Service (SaaS), Teradata
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Teradata will support Presto
At the highest level:
- Presto is, roughly speaking, Facebook's replacement for Hive, at least for queries that are supposed to run at interactive speeds.
- Teradata is announcing support for Presto with a classic open source pricing model.
- Presto will also become, roughly speaking, Teradata's replacement for Hive.
- Teradata's Presto efforts are being conducted by the former Hadapt.
Now let's make that all a little more precise.
Regarding Presto (and I got most of this from Teradata)::
- To a first approximation, Presto is just another way to write SQL queries against HDFS (Hadoop Distributed File System). However …
- … Presto queries other data stores too, such as various kinds of RDBMS, and federates query results.
- Facebook at various points in time created both Hive and now Presto.
- Facebook started the Presto project in 2012 and now has 10 engineers on it.
- Teradata has named 16 engineers – all from Hadapt – who will be contributing to Presto.
- Known serious users of Presto include Facebook, Netflix, Groupon and Airbnb. Airbnb likes Presto well enough to have 1/3 of its employees using it, via an Airbnb-developed tool called Airpal.
- Facebook is known to have a cluster cited at 300 petabytes and 4000 users where Presto is presumed to be a principal part of the workload.
Daniel Abadi said that Presto satisfies what he sees as some core architectural requirements for a modern parallel analytic RDBMS project: Read more
Notes on the Hortonworks IPO S-1 filing
Given my stock research experience, perhaps I should post about Hortonworks' initial public offering S-1 filing. For starters, let me say:
- Hortonworks' subscription revenues for the 9 months ended last September 30 appear to be:
- $11.7 million from everybody but Microsoft, …
- … plus $7.5 million from Microsoft, …
- … for a total of $19.2 million.
- Hortonworks states subscription customer counts (as per Page 55 this includes multiple "customers" within the same organization) of:
- 2 on April 30, 2012.
- 9 on December 31, 2012.
- 25 on April 30, 2013.
- 54 on September 30, 2013.
- 95 on December 31, 2013.
- 233 on September 30, 2014.
- Per Page 70, Hortonworks' total September 30, 2014 customer count was 292, including professional services customers.
- Non-Microsoft subscription revenue in the quarter ended September 30, 2014 seems to have been $5.6 million, or $22.5 million annualized. This suggests Hortonworks' average subscription revenue per non-Microsoft customer is a little over $100K/year.
- This IPO looks to be a sharply "down round" vs. Hortonworks' Series D financing earlier this year.
- In March and June, 2014, Hortonworks sold stock that subsequently was converted into 1/2 a Hortonworks share each at $12.1871 per share.
- The tentative top of the offering's price range is $14/share.
- That's also slightly down from the Series C price in mid-2013.
And, perhaps of interest only to me — there are approximately 50 references to YARN in the Hortonworks S-1, but only 1 mention of Tez.
|Categories: Hadoop, Hortonworks, HP and Neoview, Market share and customer counts, Microsoft and SQL*Server, Pricing, Teradata, Yahoo
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Technical differentiation
I commonly write about real or apparent technical differentiation, in a broad variety of domains. But actually, computers only do a couple of kinds of things:
- Accept instructions.
- Execute them.
And hence almost all IT product differentiation fits into two buckets:
- Easier instruction-giving, whether that's in the form of a user interface, a language, or an API.
- Better execution, where "better" usually boils down to "faster", "more reliable" or "more reliably fast".
As examples of this reductionism, please consider:
- Application development is of course a matter of giving instructions to a computer.
- Database management systems accept and execute data manipulation instructions.
- Data integration tools accept and execute data integration instructions.
- System management software accepts and executes system management instructions.
- Business intelligence tools accept and execute instructions for data retrieval, navigation, aggregation and display.
Similar stories are true about application software, or about anything that has an API (Application Programming Interface) or SDK (Software Development Kit).
Yes, all my examples are in software. That's what I focus on. If I wanted to be more balanced in including hardware or data centers, I might phrase the discussion a little differently — but the core points would still remain true.
What I've said so far should make more sense if we combine it with the observation that differentiation is usually restricted to particular domains. Read more
|Categories: Business intelligence, Data warehousing, Hadoop, Teradata
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An idealized log management and analysis system — from whom?
I've talked with many companies recently that believe they are:
- Focused on building a great data management and analytic stack for log management …
- … unlike all the other companies that might be saying the same thing …
- … and certainly unlike expensive, poorly-scalable Splunk …
- … and also unlike less-focused vendors of analytic RDBMS (which are also expensive) and/or Hadoop distributions.
At best, I think such competitive claims are overwrought. Still, it's a genuinely important subject and opportunity, so let's consider what a great log management and analysis system might look like.
Much of this discussion could apply to machine-generated data in general. But right now I think more players are doing product management with an explicit conception either of log management or event-series analytics, so for this post I'll share that focus too.
A short answer might be "Splunk, but with more analytic functionality and more scalable performance, at lower cost, plus numerous coupons for free pizza." A more constructive and bottoms-up approach might start with: Read more
Notes from a visit to Teradata
I spent a day with Teradata in Rancho Bernardo last week. Most of what we discussed is confidential, but I think the non-confidential parts and my general impressions add up to enough for a post.
First, let's catch up with some personnel gossip. So far as I can tell:
- Scott Gnau runs most of Teradata's development, product management, and product marketing, the big exception being that …
- … Darryl McDonald run the apps part (Aprimo and so on), and no longer is head of marketing.
- Oliver Ratzesberger runs Teradata's software development.
- Jeff Carter has returned to his roots and runs the hardware part, in place of Carson Schmidt.
- Aster founders Mayank Bawa and Tasso Argyros have left Teradata (perhaps some earn-out period ended).
- Carson is temporarily running Aster development (in place of Mayank), and has some sort of evangelism role waiting after that.
- With the acquisition of Hadapt, Teradata gets some attention from Dan Abadi. Also, they're retaining Justin Borgman.
The biggest change in my general impressions about Teradata is that they're having smart thoughts about the cloud. At least, Oliver is. All details are confidential, and I wouldn't necessarily expect them to become clear even in October (which once again is the month for Teradata's user conference). My main concern about all that is whether Teradata's engineering team can successfully execute on Oliver's directives. I'm optimistic, but I don't have a lot of detail to support my good feelings.
In some quick-and-dirty positioning and sales qualification notes, which crystallize what we already knew before:
- The Teradata 1xxx series is focused on cost-per-bit.
- The Teradata 2xxx series is focused on cost-per-query. It is commonly Teradata's "lead" product, at least for new customers.
- The Teradata 6xxx series is supposed to be able to do "everything".
- The Teradata Aster "Discovery Analytics" platform is sold mainly to customers who have a specific high-value problem to solve. (Randy Lea gave me a nice round dollar number, but I won't share it.) I like that approach, as it obviates much of the concern about "Wait — is this strategic for us long-term, given that we also have both Teradata database and Hadoop clusters?"
Also: Read more
|Categories: Aster Data, Data warehouse appliances, Data warehousing, Hadapt, Hadoop, MapReduce, Solid-state memory, Teradata
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Teradata bought Hadapt and Revelytix
My client Teradata bought my (former) clients Revelytix and Hadapt.* Obviously, I'm in confidentiality up to my eyeballs. That said — Teradata truly doesn't know what it's going to do with those acquisitions yet. Indeed, the acquisitions are too new for Teradata to have fully reviewed the code and so on, let alone made strategic decisions informed by that review. So while this is just a guess, I conjecture Teradata won't say anything concrete until at least September, although I do expect some kind of stated direction in time for its October user conference.
*I love my business, but it does have one distressing aspect, namely the combination of subscription pricing and customer churn. When your customers transform really quickly, or even go out of existence, so sometimes does their reliance on you.
I've written extensively about Hadapt, but to review:
- The HadoopDB project was started by Dan Abadi and two grad students.
- HadoopDB tied a bunch of PostgreSQL instances together with Hadoop MapReduce. Lab benchmarks suggested it was more performant than the coyly named DBx (where x=2), but not necessarily competitive with top analytic RDBMS.
- Hadapt was formed to commercialize HadoopDB.
- After some fits and starts, Hadapt was a Cambridge-based company. Former Vertica CEO Chris Lynch invested even before he was a VC, and became an active chairman. Not coincidentally, Hadapt had a bunch of Vertica folks.
- Hadapt decided to stick with row-based PostgreSQL, Dan Abadi's previous columnar enthusiasm notwithstanding. Not coincidentally, Hadapt's performance never blew anyone away.
- Especially after the announcement of Cloudera Impala, Hadapt's SQL-on-Hadoop positioning didn't work out. Indeed, Hadapt laid off most or all of its sales and marketing folks. Hadapt pivoted to emphasize its schema-on-need story.
- Chris Lynch, who generally seems to think that IT vendors are created to be sold, shopped Hadapt aggressively.
As for what Teradata should do with Hadapt: Read more
|Categories: Aster Data, Citus Data, Cloudera, Columnar database management, Data warehousing, Hadapt, Hadoop, MapReduce, Oracle, SQL/Hadoop integration, Teradata
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21st Century DBMS success and failure
As part of my series on the keys to and likelihood of success, I outlined some examples from the DBMS industry. The list turned out too long for a single post, so I split it up by millennia. The part on 20th Century DBMS success and failure went up Friday; in this one I'll cover more recent events, organized in line with the original overview post. Categories addressed will include analytic RDBMS (including data warehouse appliances), NoSQL/non-SQL short-request DBMS, MySQL, PostgreSQL, NewSQL and Hadoop.
DBMS rarely have trouble with the criterion "Is there an identifiable buying process?" If an enterprise is doing application development projects, a DBMS is generally chosen for each one. And so the organization will generally have a process in place for buying DBMS, or accepting them for free. Central IT, departments, and — at least in the case of free open source stuff — developers all commonly have the capacity for DBMS acquisition.
In particular, at many enterprises either departments have the ability to buy their own analytic technology, or else IT will willingly buy and administer things for a single department. This dynamic fueled much of the early rise of analytic RDBMS.
Buyer inertia is a greater concern.
- A significant minority of enterprises are highly committed to their enterprise DBMS standards.
- Another significant minority aren't quite as committed, but set pretty high bars for new DBMS products to cross nonetheless.
- FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt) about new DBMS is often justifiable, about stability and consistent performance alike.
A particularly complex version of this dynamic has played out in the market for analytic RDBMS/appliances.
- First the newer products (from Netezza onwards) were sold to organizations who knew they wanted great performance or price/performance.
- Then it became more about selling "business value" to organizations who needed more convincing about the benefits of great price/performance.
- Then the behemoth vendors became more competitive, as Teradata introduced lower-price models, Oracle introduced Exadata, Sybase got more aggressive with Sybase IQ, IBM bought Netezza, EMC bought Greenplum, HP bought Vertica and so on. It is now hard for a non-behemoth analytic RDBMS vendor to make headway at large enterprise accounts.
- Meanwhile, Hadoop has emerged as serious competitor for at least some analytic data management, especially but not only at internet companies.
Otherwise I'd say: Read more
Using multiple data stores
I'm commonly asked to assess vendor claims of the kind:
- "Our system lets you do multiple kinds of processing against one database."
- "Otherwise you'd need two or more data managers to get the job done, which would be a catastrophe of unthinkable proportion."
So I thought it might be useful to quickly review some of the many ways organizations put multiple data stores to work. As usual, my bottom line is:
- The most extreme vendor marketing claims are false.
- There are many different choices that make sense in at least some use cases each.
Horses for courses
It's now widely accepted that different data managers are better for different use cases, based on distinctions such as:
- Short-request vs. analytic.
- SQL vs. non-SQL (NoSQL or otherwise).
- Expensive/heavy-duty vs. cheap/easy-to-support.
Vendors are part of this consensus; already in 2005 I observed
For all practical purposes, there are no DBMS vendors left advocating single-server strategies.
Vendor agreement has become even stronger in the interim, as evidenced by Oracle/MySQL, IBM/Netezza, Oracle's NoSQL dabblings, and various companies' Hadoop offerings.
Multiple data stores for a single application
We commonly think of one data manager managing one or more databases, each in support of one or more applications. But the other way around works too; it's normal for a single application to invoke multiple data stores. Indeed, all but the strictest relational bigots would likely agree: Read more