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This patent application is related to the following Non-Provisional U.S. Patent Applications: Ser. No. 09/919,149, entitled "Network Usage Analysis System Having Dynamic Statistical Data Distribution System and Method," Ser. No. 09/548,124, entitled "Internet Usage Analysis System and Method"; and Ser. No. 09/919,148, entitled "Network Usage Analysis System and Method for Determining Excess Usage," which are all assigned to the same assignee as the present application, and are all herein incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to a data analysis system and method, and more particularly, to a network usage analysis system and method providing updatable statistical representation of usage record events.
Network systems are utilized as communication links for everyday personal and business purposes. With the growth of network systems, particularly the Internet, and the advancement of computer hardware and software technology, network use ranges from simple communication exchanges such as electronic mail to more complex and data intensive communication sessions such as web browsing, electronic commerce, and numerous other electronic network services such as Internet voice, and Internet video-on-demand.
Network usage information does not include the actual information exchanged in a communications session between parties, but rather includes metadata (data about data) information about the communication sessions and consists of numerous usage detail records (UDRs). The types of metadata included in each UDR will vary by the type of service and network involved, but will often contain detailed pertinent information about a particular event or communications session between parties such as the session start time and stop time, source or originator of the session, destination of the session, responsible party for accounting purposes, type of data transferred, amount of data transferred, quality of service delivered, etc. In telephony networks, the UDRs that make up the usage information are referred to as a call detail records or CDRs. In Internet networks, usage detail records do not yet have a standardized name, but in this application they will be referred to as internet detail records or IDRs. Although the term IDR is specifically used throughout this application in an Internet example context, the term IDR is defined to represent a UDR of any network.
Network usage information is useful for many important business functions such as subscriber billing, marketing & customer care, and operations management. Network usage data mediation systems are utilized for collecting, correlating, and aggregating network usage information as it occurs and creating UDRs as output that can be consumed by computer business systems that support the above business functions. Examples of these computer business systems include billing systems, marketing and customer relationship management systems, customer churn analysis systems, and data mining systems.
Especially for Internet networks, several important technological changes are key drivers in creating increasing demand for timely and cost-effective analysis of Internet usage information or the underlying IDRs.
One technological change is the dramatically increasing Internet access bandwidth at moderate subscriber cost. Most consumers today have only limited access bandwidth to the Internet via an analog telephony modem, which has a practical data transfer rate upper limit of about 56 thousand bits per second. When a network service provider's subscribers are limited to these slow rates there is an effective upper bound to potential congestion and overloading of the service provider's network. However, the increasing wide scale deployments of broadband Internet access through digital cable modems, digital subscriber line, microwave, and satellite services are increasing the Internet access bandwidth by several orders of magnitude. As such, this higher access bandwidth significantly increases the potential for network congestion and bandwidth abuse by heavy users. With this much higher bandwidth available, the usage difference between a heavy user and light user can be quite large, which makes a fixed-price, all-you-can-use pricing plan difficult to sustain; if the service provider charges too much for the service, the light users will be subsidizing the heavy users; if the service provider charges too little, the heavy users will abuse the available network bandwidth, which will be costly for the service provider.
Another technological change is the rapid growth of applications and services that require high bandwidth. Examples include Internet telephony, video-on-demand, and complex multiplayer multimedia games. These types of services increase the duration of time that a user is connected to the network as well as requiring significantly more bandwidth to be supplied by the service provider.
Another technological change is the transition of the Internet from "best effort" to "mission critical". As many businesses are moving to the Internet, they are increasingly relying on this medium for their daily success. This transitions the Internet from a casual, best-effort delivery service into the mainstream of commerce. Business managers will need to have quality of service guarantees from their service provider and will be willing to pay for these higher quality services.
Due to the above driving forces, Internet service providers are moving from current, fixed-rate, all-you-can-use Internet access billing plans to more complex billing plans that charge by metrics, such as volume of data transferred, bandwidth utilized, service used, time-of-day, and subscriber class, which defines a similar group of subscribers by their usage profile, organizational affiliation, or other attributes.
An example of such a rate structure might include a fixed monthly rate portion, a usage allocation to be included as part of the fixed monthly rate (a threshold), plus a variable rate portion for usage beyond the allocation (or threshold). For a given service provider there will be many such rate structures for the many possible combinations of services and subscriber classes.
Network usage analysis systems provide information about how the service provider's services are being used and by whom. This is vital business information that a service provider must have in order to identify fast moving trends, establish competitive prices, and define new services or subscriber classes as needed. Due to the rapid pace that new Internet services are appearing, the service provider must have quick access to this vital information. Known analysis packages feed the network usage data into large databases, and then perform subsequent analysis on the data at a later time. These database systems can get quite large. A service provider with one million subscribers can generate tens of gigabytes of usage data every day. Although the technology for storing vast amounts of data has been steadily improving, Internet traffic is growing at a much faster pace. Storing and managing all of this data is expensive and may eventually become prohibitive. Large and expensive supporting hardware is required (e.g., terabyte disk storage, back-up systems) and expensive relational database management software systems (RDBMS) are required to support very high transaction rates and large data sets. Further, database administrative personnel must be employed to support and maintain these large database management systems.
Once the type of analysis is determined, data mining and analysis software systems are utilized to query and analyze the large amounts of network usage information stored in the databases. The use of data mining and analysis software systems often requires additional business analysis consulting services, additional support hardware, and data mining software licenses. Further, given the amount of data that needs to be processed, the total latency or time aging of the data can be quite long. It may take days to weeks to extract the needed information.
One type of analysis disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No.09/548,124, filed Apr. 12, 2000, entitled "Internet Usage Analysis System and Method," utilizes statistical models for analyzing network usage data. Since the raw network usage data is too voluminous to search quickly, statistical models are constructed that are representative of the raw network usage data. These statistical models are stored, and may be subsequently analyzed for solving network usage problems. Network usage data is typically input as a continuous stream of input data at very high data rates.
It is desirable to have the statistical models continuously reflect the most recent events received without having to reconstruct the entire statistical model. For reasons stated above and for other reasons presented in greater detail in the Description of the preferred embodiment section of the present specification, more advanced techniques are required in order to have the statistical models reflect the most recent events received without having to reconstruct the entire statistical model. As such, it is desirable to have a system and method for updating statistical models in real-time.
It is also desirable to have a system and method for updating statistical models in real-time, including updating statistical models over a rolling time interval. Such a system would allow a user to view statistics representative of usage data over a past time period (e.g., 1 hour, 24 hours, 30 days) without being tied to fixed time boundaries. Viewing statistical data representative of usage behavior is particularly valuable when doing business modeling or trying to understand the most recent usage behavior over a desired time period. For example, for a 30 day rolling time interval one always has the past 30 day view to examine. A user does not have to wait until the end of the month to view a 30 day time interval.
In one embodiment, the present invention provides a system and method for analyzing a stream of data over a rolling time interval. The method includes generating a statistical model from a set of record events. A most recent record event is received. The statistical model is updated using the most recent record event by adding the most recent record event to the statistical model.
Although the term network is specifically used throughout this application, the term network is defined to include the Internet and other network systems, including public and private networks that may or may not use the TCP/IP protocol suite for data transport. Examples include the Internet, Intranets, extranets, telephony networks, and other wire-line and wireless networks. Although the term Internet is specifically used throughout this application, the term Internet is an example of a network.
In the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof and show, by way of illustration, specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that other embodiments may be utilized and structural or logical changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. The following detailed description, therefore, is not to be taken in a limiting sense, and the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims.
A network usage analysis system according to the present invention is illustrated generally at 20 in
In particular, network usage analysis system 20 provides direct statistical representation of usage information that provides compact storage and real time, interactive usage analysis. The network usage analysis system 20 in accordance with the present invention provides for the use and updating of statistical models and the storage of statistical data representative of usage data allowing for real time interactive statistical analysis. The statistical models can themselves be stored, instead of the raw usage data, greatly reducing usage data storage requirements. Since statistical models can be stored and not the usage data itself, with the present invention the storage requirements, within the statistical models do not grow with the volume of usage data the statistical models represent. Instead, the storage requirements for the statistical models are a function of the complexity of the business to be modeled and the granularity of the desired results.
Characteristics of network usage data, such as Internet usage data, when many subscribers are being tracked include the characteristics that the input data events occur virtually as a continuous stream of input data, and at very high data rates. It is desirable that the statistical models used in analyzing the input usage data reflect the most recent events received without having the reconstruct the entire statistical model. As such, the present invention provides for real-time updating of statistical models ranging from simple aggregations to complex statistical models, such as probability distributions, over a rolling time interval. Updating these models in cases where the start of the period is fixed in time is a logical subset of the rolling case.
One suitable network usage analysis system for use with the present invention is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/548,124, filed Apr. 12, 2000, entitled "Internet Usage Analysis System and Method," having a common assignee and inventor as the present application. U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/548,124 was previously incorporated herein by reference.
In one exemplary embodiment, network usage analysis system 20 includes a data analysis system server 22 and a history cache 24. Data analysis system server 22 receives usage data or "record events" 25 from data collection system 26. Data collection system 26 receives network usage data from network 28. In one preferred embodiment, network 28 includes the Internet 30.
Commonly, the usage data is a real-time stream of network usage data records or record events. In one embodiment, the usage data is a real-time stream of record events generated from the data collection system 26 positioned on network 28.
Data analysis system server 22 receives the usage data in the form of record events from data collection system 26 via a communication link 25. In one aspect, the usage data collection system 26 is separate from a network usage data mediation system, and in another aspect, the usage data collecting system 26 includes a network usage data mediation system. In another aspect, data collection system 26 is part of the data analysis system server 22. One data collection and mediation system suitable for use with the present invention is commercially available under the trade name INTERNET USAGE MANAGER, from Hewlett-Packard, U.S.A. Other data collection and mediation systems suitable for use with the usage analysis system in accordance with the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art after reading the present application.
Data analysis system server 22 uses the usage data to perform predetermined network usage statistical analysis. In particular, a statistical model 34 is defined for solving a network usage related business problem. The usage data analysis system server 22 uses the usage data and the statistical model 34 to generate a statistical result. The data analysis system server 22 operates to store the statistical data in a data storage system. In one aspect, the statistical data is stored in the history cache 24. In one aspect, the data analysis system server 22 is responsive to a user interface 38 for interactive analysis using the statistical model 34. Further, a graphical display of the statistical model 34 can be output to a display system at user interface 38.
In one exemplary embodiment, data analysis system server 22 comprises a computer software program that runs on one or more computers or servers. Statistical model 34 can be stored as statistical data in the form of a table. History cache 24 may be part of a data storage system that may comprise volatile memory (e.g., random access memory (RAM)) and/or non-volatile memory (e.g., a hard disk drive or other persistent storage device). User interface 38 may comprise a keyboard and/or mouse or other interface device with a display system such as a video display device as known in the art.
The network usage analysis system 20 is capable of analyzing a stream of data over a rolling time interval. The statistical model 34 is defined for analyzing the stream of data over the rolling time interval. The rolling time interval is defined to include a plurality of update time intervals. In one exemplary embodiment, record events are received from the stream of data via data collection system 26 for each update time interval. The record event for each update time interval are stored (e.g., temporarily stored) in the history cache 24. A statistical result 32 over the rolling time interval is determined via the data analysis system server 22 using the statistical model 34 and the record events stored in the history cache 24. The statistical result 32 is updated using the statistical model 34 and a most recent record event for a most recent update interval. If the history cache 24 is complete for its designated time interval, updating the statistical result 32 using the statistical model 34 further includes removing a least recent record event associated with a least recent update time interval from the statistical result 32 using the statistical model 34.
In one embodiment, a tracking or accumulation table 40 is utilized to "track" each user ID or customer's usage. Upon receipt of a new record event, only the portion of the accumulation table 40 and statistical model 34 associated with the new record event are updated. As record events are received by the data analysis system server 22 from the data collection system 26, statistical model 34 and accumulation table 40 are continuously updated. Results 32 are only sent to user interface 38 in response to a query 42 of the data analysis system server by a user. The use of accumulation table 40 in connection with statistical model 34 for the present invention is described in detail in this application.
If the history cache is complete, at 68, the statistical model is updated where the updated sum 50 equals the original sum 50 plus the most recent record event 52 minus the least recent record event 54 (SUM=SUM+MR−LR). At 66, again the updated statistical model is available to be analyzed.
In the present invention, it is desirable to update the histogram statistical model 130. In one exemplary embodiment, the usage sum 112(B) attributable to first subscriber 106 is first indicated at 140 as one of the many already recorded events in the bin with a defined range of 4-5. Upon receiving an updated group of record events, an update record event is received for the first subscriber 106 having an update usage value A. The currently stored usage value B is found in the aggregation table for the first subscriber 106. The usage value B is subtracted from the statistical model, indicated at 140, by decrementing the total of events recorded in the bin by one. The update usage value A and the usage value B are summed to create a new usage value C. The new usage value C is inserted into the statistical model, indicated at 142 by arrow 144 by incrementing the total of recorded events stored in that bin by one. The aggregation table 100 is updated to usage value C for first subscriber 106. As such, the entire statistical model need not be regenerated, only the portion of the statistical model which is affected by the most recent record event.
The network usage analysis system according to the present invention is capable of updating simple to complex statistical models over a rolling time interval.
Record events or record event sets are received and stored in the memory segment corresponding to each update interval. Update time intervals 210 illustrate the time or "age" of the update time interval within the rolling time interval. For example, in the one hour rolling time interval illustrated record event RE1 is stored in the memory segment beginning at address Ml, indicated at 214, for the least recent time interval 56 to 60 minutes, indicated at 216. Record event RE12 is the most recent record event 218 received corresponding to the most recent time interval 0 to 5 minutes, indicated at 220. Correspondingly, record event RE2 is located at address M2, record event RE3 is located at address M3, record event RE4 is located at address M4, record event RE5 is located at address M5, record event RE6 is located at address M6, record event RE7 is located at address M7, record event RE8 is located at address M8, record event RE9 is located at address M9, record event RE10 is located at address M10, record event RE11 is located at address M11, and record RE12 is located at address M12.
Array index 202 provides a mapping index to the memory locations which store the record events for each update time interval. Array index 202 includes a contiguous array of index segments, indicated as index segments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 with a pointer 224 to the corresponding memory array segment 206, indicated at Ml, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9, M10, M11, M12. First pointer 226 and second pointer 228 are used for tracking desired memory locations within the rolling time interval. First pointer 226 (P1) provides a pointer to the memory location of the least recent record event 214, and a second pointer 228 provides a pointer to the location of the most recent record event 228. As the location of the least recent record event and the most recent record event changes with the rolling time interval, the pointers are changed (e.g., incremented) accordingly.
In operation, memory array 200 is allocated in history cache 24, and corresponding array index 202 is defined. As record events are received, the record events are stored in the memory array segment 206 associated with the corresponding update time interval 210. The entire memory array 200 within history cache 24 is completed in this manner. A statistical model 34 is constructed over the rolling time interval each record event as it arrives and stored in the history cache 24 using the least most recent record event 54. The statistical model 34 is updated using the statistical model and a most recent record event 216 for a most recent update time interval 220.
In the present invention, it is desirable to update the histogram statistical model 300 over the rolling time interval. As such, the usage sum attributable to Mary (row 272) is first indicated at 320 in the bin 4-5. Upon updating of the aggregation table, and row 272 containing Mary, at the same time first segment 320 is removed from bin 4-5, and the segment representing the updated sum is inserted in bin 6-7, indicated at 322 via arrow 324. As such, the entire statistical model need not be regenerated, only the portion of the statistical model which is affected by the most recent record event associated with the most recent update time interval is changed or updated.
At 352, the rolling time interval is defined to include a plurality of update time intervals. In one example, the rolling time interval is defined as 60 minutes. In one aspect, the rolling time interval is defined to include 12 update time intervals, wherein each update time interval is 5 minutes. A record event or record event set is received from the stream of data for each update time interval, indicated at 354. The record event for each update time interval is stored, indicated at 356. In one aspect, the record event includes a identifier associated with the record event data. The record event for each update interval is stored in a history cache. In one aspect the history cache include an array of memory segments for storing the record event for each update interval, wherein the number of memory segments is equal to the number of update intervals in the rolling time interval. An array index may also be provided for indexing and providing pointers to the memory locations for each memory segment.
At 358, a statistical result is determined over the rolling time interval using the statistical model and each record event stored in the history cache. In one embodiment, the statistical model is a summation or aggregation of record events for each user identifier over the rolling time interval. As such, each record event received is stored in a memory segment in the history cache, and the value of each record event for a user identifier is added to a sum maintained for that user identifier.
The value of a rolling time interval is that the end user of this system can view the past one hour (e.g., or past twenty-four hours, or past thirty days) without being tied to fixed points in time such as the hour boundaries dictated by a wall clock or calendar (e.g., midnight, end of a week, or end-of-the-month or months). If the rolling time interval is defined as a thirty day rolling time interval with five minute update time intervals, then the statistics of users or subscribers can be viewed as follows: if the time is 3:32 p.m. on the tenth of the month, one can view the past thirty days with a data currency of within two minutes. The statistical model will represent data recorded from 3:30 p.m. thirty days ago until 3:30 p.m. today (two minutes ago). This view is particularly valuable when doing modeling or trying to understand a most recent subscriber behavior, as one always has a thirty-day view to examine. A user doesn't have to wait until the end of the month.
Alternatively, the present invention is not tied to use with a rolling time interval period. At the end of a "statistical aggregation period" (e.g., one hour, one day, thirty days, etc) the model is archived. The statistical model is cleared and data is collected for the next period.
Although specific embodiments have been illustrated and described herein for purposes of description of the preferred embodiment, it will be appreciated by those of ordinary skill in the art that a wide variety of alternate and/or equivalent implementations may be substituted for the specific embodiments shown and described without departing from the scope of the present invention. Those with skill in the chemical, mechanical, electromechanical, electrical, statistical and computer arts will readily appreciate that the present invention may be implemented in a very wide variety of embodiments. This application is intended to cover any adaptations or variations of the preferred embodiments discussed herein. Therefore, it is manifestly intended that this invention be limited only by the claims and the equivalents thereof.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has worked over the years to support and promote our country's civil rights agenda. Since its founding in 1909, the NAACP has worked tirelessly to end racial discrimination while also ensuring the political, social, and economic equality of all people. The Association will continue this mission through its policy initiatives and advocacy programs at the local, state, and national levels. From the ballot box to the classroom, the dedicated workers, organizers, and leaders who forged this great organization and maintain its status as a champion of social justice, fought long and hard to ensure that the voices of African Americans would be heard. For nearly one hundred years, it has been the talent and tenacity of NAACP members that has saved lives and changed many negative aspects of American society.
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission by the Congress:<
Marriage in the United States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. Neither this Constitution, nor the constitution of any State, shall be construed to require that marriage or the legal incidents thereof be conferred upon any union other than the union of a man and a woman.
Related bills: H.J.RES.22, H.J.RES.74, H.J.RES.89
A resolution recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day and expressing that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
Recognizes the historical significance to the nation, and supports the continued celebration, of Juneteenth Independence Day (June 19, 1865, the day Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that the Civil War had ended and that the enslaved African Americans were free). Declares the sense of Congress that:
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A Pox in the Office
New research shows that one of the worst of fates to befall an office is "Debbie Downer," that perennially negative, always pissed off, constantly complaining contrarian. It's worse than a gregarious gossiper, a lamentably lazy worker, or even a passive-aggressive procrastinator.
A leadership development training company called Fierce Inc. polled more than 1,000 business executive to narrow the worst office conditions: the toxic negative worker topped the list.
"Clearly negativity in the workplace is a real threat to productivity, general happiness and connection with people," Marriage and Family Therapist and Relationship Specialist Julie Nise told KTRH News.
When faced with negative co-workers 60% of people say they take matters in their own hands and say something to the person. But 78% also say they believe their boss needs to be more pro-active in managing the situation.
"Most of the time when you're talking about somebody who is chronically negative, we're talking about somebody who has a maturity level that is astoundingly low. Maturity in my definition is simply the ability to manage frustration or not getting your way alone and without acting out. Essentially, acting out is just having a giant pity-party, and wanting everyone to join it," Nise explains.
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About Jacob's Well Church
Jacob's Well is a group of believers meeting in Lexington, South Carolina. Anyone is welcome to come and worship with us! We meet Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM.
Hope to see you soon!
We are meeting at:
Emmanuel Baptist Fellowship
117b Park Road,
Lexington, SC
Come and Join us at 10:30 on Saturday mornings!
Our Mailing address is:
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PO Box 1637
Lexington, SC 29071
About Pastor Chuck
Originally from Salem, West Virginia, Reverend Chuck Meathrell
was called to the ministry when he was saved at age 12.
During high school, he met an amazing woman named
Jessica and in 2006 she became his much, much better
(smarter, funnier, way cuter) half.
They moved to South Carolina in 2009 so that he could
finish his Divinity degree at Columbia International University.
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crazy boys, Davis and Owen, into their life and were blessed to
plant Jacob's Well Church. In 2016, Pastor Chuck was formally ordained to the gospel ministry. He and his family live and love in Lexington.


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At The Hearing Clinic you will find experienced audiologists dedicated to providing quality- hearing healthcare. The audiologists possess a master's degree in audiology and meet all state and national accreditation and certification standards that assure quality care.
Other affiliations include The American Academy of Audiology (AAA) and licensure as Audiologists with the state of Michigan - a professional license awarded by the state that defines the scope of practice for audiology. There is no substitute for the over 60 years combined service the audiologists have to offer at The Hearing Clinic. It means every decision about your hearing care is based on our goal to provide comprehensive, professional care to serve your hearing health-care needs.


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Cutting a contemporary dash on Avenue de la Porte des Poissonniers in the 18th is newcomer La Palme. This welcoming halal lounge restaurant is all pink-purple lighting and moody black furniture. The top spot tends to be the long sofa beneath La Palme's swish wall logo, part privatised by a semi-transparent curtain and not short on cushions. The colour-coordinated menu offers an interesting international mix of snacks and bigger dishes, from salad Nicoise and chicken pastilla to four-cheese ravioli and chicken curry. A lit bit of everything you fancy, basically.
Can't choose? Opt for La Palme's tasting menu – pretty good value at 20€ for two courses.
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On the other hand, with nearly every country on the planet looking for ways to devalue its currency, precious metals serve as an ideal proxy vote. Both ETFS Phyiscal Precious Metals ( GLTR) as well as ETFS Silver Trust ( SIVR) are above 200-day long-term trendlines.
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Wrestlers Beating Up Inanimate Objects [VIDEO]
Sometimes action in the squared circle is tough. You're running up against over-muscled human specimens who are capable of suplexing you within a 2-count of your life. That's why some wrestlers take an easier route by beating up ojects that can't fight back like computers, books and cardboard.
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I found the attention of the staff, absolutely without exception, to be totally professional. The service, facilities and meals were first class. I have no reservation in recommending this hotel.
The staff were incredibly friendly.
Very impressed with the welcome and friendliness of all the staff. Lovely bedroom overlooking the lake and the golf course. Excellent restaurant. Overall it was a wonderful experience.
Very pleasant staff at reception. Room left something to be desired.
Despite its somewhat off-putting location at the edge of a shopping center parking lot next to a stagnant canal, this hotel is basic but clean, safe, and comfortable. Free, safe parking at the door, wireless internet connection worked well. Several good restaurants within walking distance in this beautiful, flower-filled little town. No lift, which might be a problem if you have much luggage.
Friendly efficient staff No lift
it was convenient to Redon and the music festival the decor could be improved ie. carpet on the walls!!
Staff very helpful and hard working. Nothing too much trouble. A lift would help.
We had a comfortable night but arrived late and left quite early.The staff were very helpful;
yes... we needed to go back to our room mid morning to pick up some paperwork we had left in the room..when we got there the cleaners had cleaned our room and propped the door open with a coil of cable and left it....there were no cleaners to be found on our floor .so our possessions were left unattended with an open door
The rooms are very new, squeeky clean, and beautifully decorated. The staff are very a friendly family - nice little isolated town. No restaurant! It meant a 20 k drive for supper after arriving at 1930 h . The area is quite remote - but that is one of it's charms!
The staff were very friendly amd helpful. Lovely village atmosphere with excellent restaurant close by recommended by the hotel staff. The room and hotel were beautifully decorated. We were surprised by the amount of traffic through the night for a village setting
Good dinner. Welcoming staff. A bit of a drag to go from Lancelot to Roi Arthur for booking in or out, for meals and all facilities.
We were a group of 7 cyclist and the hotel was by the green cycle way from St Malo and we were going to La Baulle It was just in the right place and there were rooms for 3-5 people We enjoyed the evening meal.
Loved the huge room, the wonderful view onto the main square of the town, and delicious crepes at breakfast.
An interesting experience! Very historical, set in the middle of a fascinating and mediaeval town. Possibly more of a Creperie with rooms, even though the rooms were meant to be at the luxury end of the market. The staff were sweet and very friendly. Rather quaint in a rather rustic way. We seemed to be the only guests. We were not put into the room we had booked, but were moved to a better room, which again was not one we had booked. The room we had booked was apparently occupied although we never saw any other guests! I think a change of staff was in progress. The bed was made, but nothing else done (i.e. changing towels etc) and it was not the quietest of places, being right on the street, where traffic is allowed except between 2 pm and 7 pm - on cobbled streets. I felt the price only reflected the position of the hotel, rather than it's facilities. Unlike England, no facilities in the room (eg coffee/tea making or even a TV). Disappointed on the whole, but would imagine Americans would love it!
For a small hotel conveniently situated near to the railway station, the asian-influenced decor of the rooms that we were allocated was quite unexpected and memorable (in a nice way!)
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Nelson reschedules Wednesday night concert in Carmel
Willie Nelson may be on the road again, but its not taking him to Indiana.
The country singer has rescheduled the concert planned for tonight at the Palladium in Carmel, citing health issues.
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Other countries involved include Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Argentina and Venezuela.
ChoicePoint, based near Atlanta, is well known to observers of the Florida vote of 2000 that decided the US presidency in George Bush's favour.
The state hired its subsidiary Database Technologies to overhaul its electoral lists - and ended up wrongly disenfranchising thousands of voters, whose votes might have led to a different result.
Since the election and the September 11 terrorist attacks, ChoicePoint has been the beneficiary of a huge increase in the freedom government agencies have to gain access to personal data, through the USA Patriot Act.
Asked how the US Government was using the data, a spokesman for the Bureau of Immigration and Customs said it was helping to trace illegal immigrants but only if they were guilty of another crime.
Asked to confirm whether the data was used by his bureau only to pursue criminals, he said: "Mainly."
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From: "Dawn Hicks" <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Penrose
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:48:16 -0500
References: <email@example.com>
In-Reply-To: <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Hi Sher,
I have a Penrose family who married one of my cousins (1st. cousin twice
removed). His name was Thomas Emlen PENROSE born 1876 in Iowa. In 1922 he
is in LA, where he died in 1947. He married Louie Florence SHERK ( my cuz
as above)
Thomas' parents were William w. & Mary J. (Smith) PENROSE.
Any connection?
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Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:49:47 -0500
From: Sher Leetooze <>
Subject: Re: [ONTARIO] Penrose
To: david warburton <>,
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Any idea which branch of the PENROSE family yours are from? My husband has
PENROSE in his family from Cornwall from East Newlyn Parish (and others) -
have traced them all over Cornwall, to Devon and Wales, to USA during the
California Gold Rush, then back to Devon for some of them, then hubby came
to Canada. Wondering if you and he are "cuzzins"!
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Mon. September 16, 2013 | Don Jensen
TAMPA — Chamberlain running back Daishaun Roberts rushed for 151 yards on 19 carries and three touchdowns as the Chiefs (2-1, 2-0) remained undefeated in Class 6A, District 8 play with a 28-14 victory against Lennard (0-3, 0-2) Monday night.
The game was postponed from Thursday because of inclement weather.
"We played like we had the weekend off," Chamberlain coach Cam Jones said. "We played sloppy. Luckily, we buckled down on defense and shut (Lennard) out in the second half."
Roberts scored on runs of 50, 2 and 33 yards, the final one capping a 68-yard, six-play drive late in the third quarter to put the Chiefs in front for good.
Lennard starting quarterback Diontae Johnson (14-for-19, 143 yards, one touchdown) left the game with three minutes remaining with an injury.
"(Johnson) has got a high-ankle sprain, (and) it's been about two weeks now," Lennard coach Keith Chattin said. "We're probably going to shut him down for a couple of weeks, get an X-ray and see how hurt he is.
"We're trying to get our kids to play all the way through four quarters and see if we can win a game. We're getting better. But we've just got to make sure we maintain it so we can finally get over the hump."


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Re: Zachow - Prussia> 1860's Winona MN> IL
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nancy black 9/20/10
Nancy - This isn't my husband's line, but I've kept other Zachow info.What I have:
Charles August Zachow b 18 Aug 1854
wife - Fredericka Wilhelmina Louise Borchardt
Wilhelmina (Minnie) b 2 Oct 1882 Danube, MN, married John Charles Zachor
Anna b 2 Jul 1886 Nicollet MN d 1970 Danube MN m Herman T Beyer
Albert, Charles, Edwin, Lillian, Mary, Raymond, Rose (I don't have birth dates for them)
They were in:
1869 - Racine, Wisc
1872 - Sleepy Eye, MN
1873 - Danube, MN
1882 - 85Charles bought land in Redwood Falls
From LDS website -- Submitted by Dale Fink, 206 Escondido Dr, Martinez, CA 94553 -- Johanna Zacho (notice no w) married Ferdinand Draheim 16 Feb 1874, Flora twp, Renville, MN, and also the info on Anna Zachow (above).Some time ago I found him in Yahoo white pages, but didn't call as decided these Zachows were not related to my husbands.
In 1999, I corresponded with Ed of firstname.lastname@example.com would doubt he still has this address, but it's possible.He is a descendent of Wilhelmina (Minnie).I just searched the address in Google and found him still there in 2000, his name is Ed Huberty.
Be aware of the many spellings -- Sachow, Zachau, Zachaw.
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Read: "Beyond the Limits to Growth"
17 Aug 2010
Richard Heinberg has a knack for plainly stating our current predicament, when it comes to energy use, unsustainability, and, in general, our collective fantasy that we live in an infinite world in which we can go on consuming and reproducing forever.
"We are living today at the end of the period of greatest material abundance in human history," he writes in a chapter of the upcoming book The Post Carbon Reader.
I think people at many times have imagined that they live in a time when things have never been better—or, depending on their temperament or where they lived, in a time of dissolution, when there was a golden age in the past. Either way, many people feel that they live in a time that's special. Looking back in history, we can read about all these people talking about how great (or how horrible) their situation is, and think it's quaint that they thought their time was special, while progress went marching on.
People who dismiss worries about peak oil, the end of economic growth, or the collapse of civilization, seem to have this kind of attitude. "It's so quaint to imagine that we're somehow special."
But, on the other hand, many empires have fallen. Arguably, they all have. Why should we think the dominant American-European model, which is arguably an empire, would be immune to that?
I think Heinberg's right: Now really is special. We can talk about peak oil, but also about "peak stuff"—our kids and grandkids will most likely have less stuff than we do. That's not all bad. But I just hope that we don't also lose many of the good things about our civilization: scientific knowledge and thinking, some measure of tolerance, and so on.
You can download Heinberg's introductory chapter (freely and legally) from the Post Carbon Institute, along with several other chapters from The Post Carbon Reader.


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You might check out some of the stuff Netflix does with their Cassandra backup, and Cassandra ETL tools.: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/02/aegisthus-bulk-data-pipeline-out-of.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/02/announcing-priam.html -Jeremiah On 02/29/2012 11:04 AM, Alexandru Sicoe wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:24 PM, aaron morton <firstname.lastname@example.com > <mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: > > All nodes in the cluster need two way communication. Nodes need to > talk to Gossip to each other so they know they are alive. > > If you need to dump a lot of data consider the Hadoop integration. > http://wiki.apache.org/cassandra/HadoopSupport It can run a bit > faster than going through the thrift api. > > > Thanks for the suggestion, I will look into it. > > > Copying sstables may be another option depending on the data size. > > > The problem with this is that the SSTable, from what I understand, is > per CF, Since I will want to do a semi real time replication of just > the latest data added this won't work because I will be copying over > all the data in the CF. > > Cheers, > A > > > Cheers > > > ----------------- > Aaron Morton > Freelance Developer > @aaronmorton > http://www.thelastpickle.com > > On 25/02/2012, at 3:21 AM, Alexandru Sicoe wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm battling with this contraint that I have: I need to regularly >> ship out timeseries data from a Cassandra cluster that sits >> within an enclosed network, outside of the network. >> >> I tried to select all the data within a certian time window, >> writing to a file, and then copying the file out but this hits >> the I/O performance because even for a small time window (say >> 5mins) I am hitting more than a million rows. >> >> It would really help if I used Cassandra to replicate the data >> automatically outside. The problem is they will only allow me to >> have outbound traffic out of the enclosed network (not inbound). >> Is there any way to configure the cluster or have 2 data centers >> in such a way that the data center (node or cluster) outside of >> the enclosed network only gets a replica of the data, without >> ever needing to communicate anything back? >> >> I appreciate the help, >> Alex > >
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Puts On His Pants With No Hands!!
A Chinese comedian whose YouTube name translates to "Now Not Enough" published a video online Saturday in which he puts on a pair of pants. So what's the reason for the hubbub around the clip? He gets the trousers on without using his hands.


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Please join us for the second breakfast in the quarterly series for Los Angeles Women In Green! We're going to pick up the conversation that was started at the inaugural breakfast in January (but don't worry if you didn't make the first breakfast, you'll fit right in to this one). And keeping with the mission of this group, we'll be celebrating dynamic women leaders who are shaping the sustainability movement and bringing together new and emerging leaders to encourage, inspire, mentor and motivate. We're also adding in more networking and table discussion time per many requests!
6:45 AM Doors Open, Registration
7:00 AM Networking & Coffee Service
7:30 AM Welcome & Breakfast Begins
7:45 AM Featured Panel + Q&A
Mary Leslie, President, Los Angeles Business Council
Kimberly Lewis, Vice President, Community Advancement, Conferences & Events, USGBC
Gail Goldberg, Executive Director, Urban Land Instititute Los Angeles
Shelley Luce, Executive Director | Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission
9:00 AM Table Top Discussions
9:30 AM Closing
Krista Kline, Managing Director, LA Regional Collaborative for Climate Action & Sustainability
Julie Cox Root, AIA, LEED AP B+C
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Executive producer Bill Prady proudly announced the casting on his Twitter, approving that this is going to be the best season ever.
"The Big Bang Theory" gang as well as fans of the show will overdose on amusing guest stars this season with the addition of George Takei to the list. To devoted fans of "Star Trek", Takei's name and face are familiar if not popular, and for Wolowitz, it is no different.
Bill Prady, the executive producer of "Big Bang" has confirmed via his Twitter that Takei would be in the new season's fourth episode which is scheduled to air on October 14. This would be the same episode where another nerd-icon Katee Sackhoff will make a guest starring appearance again. She has previously popped up as Wolowitz's conscience in season 3.
Like Sackhoff, Takei will play himself and only exist in Wolowitz's thought. In fact, Sackhoff and Takei may be the opposite polars of Wolowitz's conscience of what to do with his ex-girlfriend Bernadette. "George Takei plays himself, and he's the other person guiding Wolowitz in his thoughts as he tries to figure out what to do about Bernadette," Prady said in an interview with TV Squad.
Prady confirmed that Takei and Sackhoff will throw a line at each other but won't say whether they would appear on Wolowitz bathtub again like Sackhoff did last season.
Prady acknowledged his Twitter followers that he got off the phone with Takei on Wednesday, September 1 night. On why he thought Takei would agree to do "Big Bang", Prady suggested, "I think they do discuss being typecast in science-fiction shows." In addition to luring Takei and Sackhoff, the show has also successfully nabbed Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak to appear in the second episode.


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Psych Club: Surviving & Coping with Traumatic Brain Injury
Release date: October 08, 2007
Bruce has been sufering from a TBI since 2004. In June, Bruce fell on his head from the sidewalk into the road while jogging. Although doctors stated the injuries he had were most likely to have been caused by some kind of a trauma, no one knows for sure whether he tripped, was hit by someone trying to rob him, or hit by the extended mirror of a large vehicle.
He discussed the circumstances of his accident in 2004, his progression from a Level 3 coma on the Glasgow Coma Scale, through six months of hospitalization to where he is now, working part-time and making presentations to classes and organizations in the Washington-Baltimore area about his experiences. He described his three years of on-going therapy and recovery as well as some of the problems which he still must face every day, including fatigue, short-term memory issues, and difficulties focusing on more than one task or conversation at a time.
Bruce's presentation was insightful, in that it provided the audience with a glimpse of the problems faced by TBI survivors along with the incredible progress which he has made, including his goals for the future. Near the end of the presentation, Ellen Ramsay, Bruce's wife, provided her perspective on what she faces in her life with a TBI survivor. She also commented on the support provided to them by a wide variety of members of the medical and rehabilitation community, touching on many potential career opportunities of interest to Goucher students.
The program, attended by over 120 students, faculty and visitors, was not only thought-provoking but also entertaining, as both Ramsays have faced this experience with humor as well as determination. As one of his closing remarks, Bruce put both of his hands on his chest and spoke to future psychologists that what may not initially seem hopeful for some may become promising when "[students] put [their] mind to it." It especially touched many hearts as the audience gave long applause at the end.


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Bitter Christina Aguilera Takes Aim at Past "Voice" Champions
Taking it hard after failing to produce a champion for the third season in a row on "The Voice," Christina Aguilera lashed out on the show's past winners.
During Tuesday's (November 27) episode, the "Beautiful" singer's final mentee, Dez Duron, was voted off the show. Not giving up on her student, the 31-year-old star has high expectations for his future. She tells Us Weekly, "I lost one myself earlier on in my career. I've gone on to do much bigger and better things -- some people don't even know what Star Search was! I'm sure Dez will say the same in his own way one day."
Picking on season 1 and 2 winners, Javier Colon and Jermaine Paul, Christina added, "[My former mentee] Chris Mann, prime example. Came in fourth last year. It's like ultimately, who's the real winner? Who's Javier? Who's Jermaine? At this point, I think it's all about Chris Mann, thank you!"
Putting her money where her mouth is, Ms. Aguilera even sang on a song off Mann's upcoming debut album.


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Ah Europe. Don't you just wish it would go away? Other, less important, stories continue to dominate the headlines, but all the time the elephant sits in the room, sucking out the oxygen and squashing the life out of the economy. It's the great black hole, into which everything is destined sooner or later to collapse, from which no light can escape. Of course, there is news, of a sort, coming out of Brussels; but it's drearily repetitive. Another debt crisis. Another meeting to agree a last-minute bail-out. Briefly, the markets rally as it looks like there might be a Deal. Whereupon the whole sorry cycle starts over again.
This affects us, whether we are in or out; and the argument is that, being in, we (that is to say, spineless civil service surrender monkeys and, to a lesser extent, distracted, compromised politicians drowning in the daily sea of trivia) can at least do something to "influence" what happens. I suppose that must be sort-of true. Yet being "in" seems somehow strangely worse, like being locked in a slowly-burning building in the full knowledge that your inevitable death will be slow, protracted, painful and will leave behind a charred corpse and bloody scratchmarks all over the door.
As a sop the the pseudo-democracy of the e-petitions, the subject of Britain's EU membership is to be debated in the House of Commons; and the Tory front bench, it appears, wants to impose a three line whip. The vote will be entirely symbolic, but the prospect of a large number of Conservative MPs demanding the people be given an "In-Out" referendum is just too embarrassing to contemplate. Not everyone is happy. Here, for example, is David Campbell Bannerman, a Tory MEP who until quite recently represented UKIP.
Let's have an open debate in Parliament where MPs are free to discuss the merits and practicalities of leaving the EU and not err on the side of caution under the gaze of the Whips. This whole Referendum exercise is, after all, meant to be about bolstering democracy. It is, frankly, what the people want to hear – too often the people believe Westminster to be behind the curve on issues that the public feel strongly about: the Human Rights Act, Immigration and even Europe. Now is the time for bold, open minded leadership, to let MPs speak freely on the EU and let them debate the merits, mechanisms and practicalities of leaving the European Union and engaging with the wider world. Freedom of speech is after all one freedom we all believe in.
Silly man. Campbell Bannerman left a party committed to British withdrawal from the EU and joined one committed to Britain's continued membership. Did he not realise this at the time? Whether a dispassionate view of the political scene convinced him that UKIP was going nowhere or whether he just fell out with the imperious Nigel Farage isn't the point. His continued presence in Strasbourg, though, depends on his gamble paying off: if UKIP replicates its success in the next Euro-elections he will be out on his ear. Hence, I suppose, his tone of desperation; but he really has brought this on himself.
The mainstream Conservative position is one of fingers-in-ears delusion, summed up in William Hague's fatuous soundbite "In Europe but not run by Europe." You cannot be "in Europe but not run by Europe". It's an impossibility, a contradiction. The whole point of being in Europe IS to be run by Europe, as the Irish and the Greeks recently discovered. And it's certainly an impossibility to be in Europe and not run by Europe if, like the British state, you insist robotically on implementing in full each and every EU regulation, however inimical to national interests, however ill thought-through, and however little every other country is implementing it.
Of course, the EU is awful: over-bureaucratic, sclerotic, anti-democratic, elitist in the worst sense, loved only by its feather-bedded servants, who will of course defend it with all the ferocity of people fighting for their livelihoods. The best that can be said for it is that its notional unity counts for something in trade negotiations; which is not nothing, but is a cause not advanced one iota by harmonised extradition policies or standardised passports and driving tests. It is, however, the system we live under; and it could well be that unravelling it would be even more deleterious to our national wellbeing than staying put. That, at any rate, is the Conservative case; and it is the platform that, like it or not, Tory MPs were elected on.
What's the alternative? The Euro is not going to collapse, and if the price of saving it is the death of democracy and national identity in Europe then that price will be paid. Indeed, George Osborne has been urging it, for other countries if not, yet, for Britain. Like some other Tory Euro-sceptics he purports to care about British sovereignty and democracy but isn't too bothered about anyone else's. The problem is that at Eurozone solution would not work on its own because the necessary harmonisation would encompass those aspects of economic policy which are already EU competences, subject in most cases to majority voting.
As for renegotiation of our terms of membership, touted as a solution or even an inevitable consequence of full Eurozone integration, that isn't going to happen, mainly because it's in no-one's national interest but our own. Least of all that of the French or the Germans. By allowing Britain to break free of the constraints of the Union the other member states would be handing it a priceless advantage: all the benefits of membership but none of the costs. They know it and they won't tolerate it.
No, after a few more years of depressing stagnation and rising prices we'll end up joining the Euro and pay our taxes directly to Brussels. Probably on the recommendation of a Conservative prime minister. That is my dismal prophecy. Either that or the whole thing will have collapsed and, free and independent as may be, we'll have gone back to living in caves.
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Ah Europe. Don't you just wish it would go away? Other, less important, stories continue to dominate the headlines, but all the time the elephant sits in the room, sucking out the oxygen and squashing the life out of the economy. It's the great black hole, into which everything is destined sooner or later to collapse, from which no light can escape. Of course, there is news, of a sort, coming out of Brussels; but it's drearily repetitive. Another debt crisis. Another meeting to agree a last-minute bail-out. Briefly, the markets rally as it looks like there might be a Deal. Whereupon the whole sorry cycle starts over again.
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A 46-year-old Forrestfield tow-truck operator has been charged for allegedly hitting another on the head with a shovel, during a fight on Saturday.
The brawl broke out between the two men when they were both called to attend a traffic crash on the Kwinana Freeway near Mount Henry Bridge at 1.15pm.
Police said the two tow-truck operators, aged 30 and 46, were from different companies.
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HealthWise By Krikor Jansezian
November 5th, 2013 – The holiday season is around the corner, and although this is thought of as a happy time, for many people it can be a time of high stress and anxiety. As the holidays approach, it's important to remember that taking care of your overall health includes taking care of your mental wellness.
Almost everyone will experience a time of mental unhealthiness in their lives whether through mental illness or a stressful event, such as a move, divorce or death in the family.
One of the common myths about mental illness is that it only affects certain populations, but mental illnesses can affect anyone regardless of age, race, income or religion. In fact, 1 in 4 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year.
While mental health conditions are highly treatable, getting access to the right care can be difficult. For many people it's a lack of knowledge of the resources available right in their own community – but lack of knowledge isn't the only barrier to mental health care.
Even when resources are available, access to care is restricted by the stigma associated with mental illness. People with mental illness are often portrayed as "crazy," "dangerous" or even a "villain." The fact remains that mental illness can affect anyone and with the right help you can get better.
According to a 2013 survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 60 percent of adults, and almost one-half of youth ages 8 to 15, with a mental illness received no mental health services in the previous year. Research also shows that when people do seek treatment they are more likely to seek help from their primary physician rather than a mental health professional.
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Back in 2003, 60 Minutes was working on a profile of David Bowie — but it was never finished, and the lost footage never aired. Now, two weeks after the rock icon's passing from cancer, 60 Minutes has announced it will broadcast the lost interview segments at the end of Sunday night's program. According to Deadline, the interviews happened during three studio sessions and "scheduling conflicts and illnesses" prevented the profile from coming together.
Bowie went on to do his last tour in 2003-04, before the tour was cut short when he suffered an illness onstage. His last studio album was 2003's Reality before he eventually returned with The Next Day in 2013 and Blackstar in 2016, which was released on the singer's 69th birthday, just two days before his death.
According to Deadline, one of the 60 Minutes interview sessions happened on May 12, 2003, in Woodstock, New York. CBS had already posted un-aired segments online as part of its 60 Minutes Overtime section, on January 11, 2016, the day the news broke of Bowie's passing. The article attached to the interviews includes insight from producers who worked on the lost profile.
Steve Klein said that despite his over-the-top image, Bowie was unexpectedly down-to-earth and approachable.
"You kind of imagine him to have this shell, but he could not have been nicer."
The clips find Bowie discussing his career — including that he never saw himself as a singer — and more ethereal topics. At one point, Bowie seems to compare his creative work as akin to looking for God.
"There's an effort to reclaim the unmentionable, the unsayable, the unspeakable, all those things come into being a composer, into writing music, into searching for notes and pieces of musical information that don't exist."
Ironically, Bowie expressed his love of his work only a few months before he would take a nearly decade-long hiatus from public performance.
"I think generally, I just cannot really envision life without writing, and producing records, and singing. I think, in short, it's as cornball as that. You know? It really is what I do. And I'm so glad I chose that to be my profession. It's been just terrific."
Since Bowie's death, old, rare clips of the singer have been unearthed and shared. Some, like the 60 Minutes clips, are new to the public. Others, such as the film of a 17-year-old Bowie speaking on behalf of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men, have been circulating for some time. Open Culture posted about the latter clip in 2014.
Other truly "unearthed" interviews include a transcript of a 2001 interview with Alternative Press. When asked if he'd written an update of the song "Kooks," — originally written for his son Duncan Jones — for his then-toddler daughter, Bowie admitted he had not, at least not for fans' ears.
"Not for public consumption. I must say I've written a brand new tune to 'The Wheels On The Bus Go Round And Round.'"
The Grammy Awards will reportedly pay tribute to David Bowie during the February 15, 2016, ceremony, according to The New York Times, although no details have been released of what that might entail. Host LL Cool J told Entertainment Tonight that the recent passings of several performers — Bowie, Natalie Cole and Eagles guitarist Glenn Frey — would be acknowledged, but insisted the show would not become a "wake."
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I went to dine this evening in an estaminet in the Faubourg St. Antoine.
We were billeted at an estaminet that had copped it pretty thick.
Outside an estaminet was a horse and cart partly across the road, and just sufficiently blocking it.
Just behind and in rear was an estaminet run by two French girls.
An estaminet has jumped up like a weed beside the ruins but it has little trade.
One of these houses was untenanted when we were there, and the other was an estaminet.
A woman showed me on an estaminet floor the blood-stains of her own baby butchered before her eyes.
The man had been drinking last night at the estaminet up there.
Major Fraser, though he never dined there, spent an hour or two daily in the estaminet du Divan to read the papers.
It appeared that he had gone into the estaminet opposite with four friends.
1814, from French, "a café in which smoking is allowed" (17c.), of unknown origin; some suggest a connection to French estamine, a type of open woolen fabric used for making sieves, etc., from Latin stamineus "made of thread." Or from Walloon stamen "post to which a cow is tied at a feeding trough," from Proto-Germanic *stamniz (see stem (n.)).