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The Nigerian trek seems to be heading for an avalanche with confirmation that sensational Nigerian heartthrob, music protégé Tekno, will be making a date with the nation's capital on November 24, exactly 24 hours before fellow Nigerian artiste Davido was also expected to perform in Zimbabwe.
Davido, yet again, developed cold feet and has yet again withdrawn but is poised to still make a romance with the nation.
Davido was again a no-show in his last scheduled show while Tekno makes a debut appearance. The show, hosted by Triplife Entertainment is expected to draw quite a lot of attention as it set the social media waves alight since the announcement was made and has become one of the biggest trending topics.
Seasoned artiste Plot set the issue on mad fire when he posted it on his hugely popular and followed Facebook page where he is a trendsetter saying how he believed the show would most probably be a game changer. His followers agreed.
"We are certainly poised for the event with plans underway right now and in full gear, as we also pitch a tent for the event to ensure that the rain fears are allayed," said a spokesperson for the organisers.
"Triplife Entertainment promised the very best with the coming of Tarrus Riley and we promise no less this time. We delivered, and we will yet again deliver!"
Tekno is setting the world ablaze as a producer, musician, choreographer, with his hand being on many products including those that have put artistes like Davido on the map in most recent times and he is arguably the "best of Naija music" these days and possibly beyond. And the chickening out of Davido and crew is ample evidence that Triplife had torched what would have been a fierce game of thrones as to who occupies the apex.
The competition chose not to take the risk. The show, scheduled for Alexandra Sports Club will also feature the nation's finest Winky D, rising flame Gary Tight, Simba Tagz, DJ Stavo, XQ, Takura and The Family 263.
"As Triplife our ambition is to change the game and set it alight. The fans should get the best," said the spokesperson.
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BMW first announced a flagship X7 SUV would be joining the range back in 2014, but until now hasn't offered much more about the new addition to the range.
While BMW hasn't offered any express information about how the new model will be positioned, the natural progression through the X range will see it positioned above the X5, as a competitor for seven seat SUVs like the Mercedes-Benz GLS and Audi Q7.
Now, as part of BMW's annual media presentation the German luxury maker has offered a first look at the X7.
Draped in a sheet, but pictured alongside the rest of the range, the X7 promises to be BMW's largest vehicle yet - although it's worth noting that the images aren't to scale.
Confirmed for production at BMW's Spartanburg, North Carolina plant in the US, the X7 will be built alongside the X5 and X6 on a lengthened version of the next generation X5's platform.
The USA is targeted as a key market for the X7, however China will also factor strongly in BMW's sale forecasts, however no announcement has yet been made regarding Chinese assembly of the three-row X7.
The arrival of the X7 will also likely see the seven-seat option dropped from the X5 range, making it a dedicated five-seat vehicle in the wake of the new, more spacious arrival.
Engines will also be drawn from the X5, bypassing the X5's entry-level four cylinder powerplants, but making use of new-generation six-cylinder petrol and diesel, and V8 petrol engines. BMW's growing range of plug-in hybrid options will also likely appear.
Production is still some way off however, while a concept version may appear before the end of this year, the X7 is unlikely to go into production until 2017 or possibly 2018. A right hand drive version, and an Australian berth are also yet to be confirmed.
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Our second round at Tandala and we will return again. I am almost reluctant to write a sterling review in order to keep the crowds away. This peaceful and tastefully done home is the perfect family retreat. Two hours from Karen makes it a great option for a weekend get away! The staff at Tandala are warm and welcoming. The chef was superb and willing to learn new recepie's. We took bicycles and rode alongside the river, bird watching, a walk to the top of the hill, sundowners a spa,a bath under the trees, a pool and plenty of space to hide with a book. One of our favourite spots!
We just spent an amazing two nights at Tandala Estate. We were 7 adults, 3 children and we could have stayed for a week. The house itself is this amazing combination of indoor and outdoor space with one of the most welcoming, relaxing vibes we have experienced in Kenya to date. Almost every element of the architecture and layout is charming, well thought out and comfortable. Words really don't adequate describe how unique and special the house is. You feel like you are sort of in a rural version of Alice in Wonderland. Tons of nooks and crannies that create special enclaves -- it took us hours to fully discover all of the twists and turns in the house!
The staff were divine. We chose to self cater but honestly with the amount of support the team gives you, it really didn't feel like true self catering. They helped us cook, were amazing with our children and cleaned up before we could get to it ourselves. The best part about the house is that it allows you to truly unplug. There is no internet, no television and a generator for a short time at night. We took walks and swam and read and spent time together -- it was a truly basic (in the best sense of the word) weekend. They had a wonderful massage therapist at the house for the weekend and so many people in the party had treatments throughout our stay.
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Morning Lovelies, So you may have seen that Butter London has recently expanded their line to include color cosmetics with the Bespoke Collection.
The Bespoke Colour Cosmetics collection delivers the unparalleled quality and long-lasting wear you've come to know and love from butter LONDON's lacquers and LIPPY's, with a continued commitment to non-toxic, paraben-free formulas.
I have two products from the Bespoke Collection to show you today. One of the first things I noticed about Bespoke is whoa baby it's all about color, there are a few toned down options but for the most part we are talking rock and role bold.
Colored mascara is hot hot hot this year. Butter London Bespoke Cosmetics has four Wink colored mascaras in the line. Jaded Jack is a bright neon green.
I have mixed feeling on this one so let's start with the good. I was very pleased at how pigmented the color is, I didn't think it would show up much without a white mascara primer but oh boy was I wrong.
As you can see there is no problem with the color showing up on my dark lashes, no primer used. The mascara elongated and gave the appearance of full lashes. Now the negative. I felt like this mascara dried way too fast and did not layer well for even though it is a gel based formula. I usually apply two coats of mascara, this dried so fast that when I went to apply the second coat it started to clump up and get thick, my lashes started sticking together and were hard to separate even with my metal lash separator. I would rate this a C. I'm curious to see if the other colors in the line apply the same as Jaded Jack. I gave this a middle of the road rating even though I didn't care for the formula for my lashes, it can be used on the brows and the color vibrancy has been one of the best I have seen as far as a green mascara.
Next up is the Wink eye pencil in Union Jack Black.
This is standard run of the mill black mechanical creme pencil. The quality was good the color a deep jet black.
This is a good eyeliner, applied very creamy dried well but not too fast that you can't work with it for smudging. The pencil is a bit soft so some might want to put it in the fridge for about 30 minutes before using, and be careful when sharpening this one. I rate this eyeliner a B+.
The Butter London Bespoke Collection is available at butterlondon.com and Ulta.
What are your thoughts, have you tried any of the Butter London Color Cosmetics?
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Mr. and Mrs. George and Shirley Horn of Tolland would like to announce the engagement of their daughter Helen Mary Horn to Roland Arthur Girouard, Jr., son of Roland Arthur Girouard, Sr. and the late Estelle Girouard. She is the daughter of the late Jean Pagani Horn. Helen is a graduate from Manchester Community College in Manchester with an Associates degree in General Studies. She is a receptionist at a Hartford law firm. The groom graduated from South Catholic High School in Hartford. He is a material handler for a marketing company in Berlin.


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Hello, i use Vivaldi Browser few days and i really like this browser but after few days of testing i see that this page: [url=http://s20.sfgame.pl/]http://s20.sfgame.pl/[/url] dont work i can
t log on to my account. i use the last flash player 188.8.131.525 and one thing nervous me :/ when i click on link the page is always open in new tab and i redirect to this page immediately , i cant find option that the link will be open in the background thx and good luck with creating great browser!
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You should be able to login to your account (at least I do). Maybe you're mistyping your password or something?
As for opening tabs in the background, at the moment right-clicking and choosing to open in a new tab from the context menu will change to that tab, while clicking CTRL+Left click will open the tab in background. I am sure there will be a future option to open tabs in the background, you'll just have to wait – this is a tech preview and features may be missing.
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You should be able to login to your account (at least I do). Maybe you're mistyping your password or something?
i install Vivaldi on another computer and you have right, it`s working. at home i was setting to block third party cookies and after i switch off this option now i can log in and thx for tips with ctrl button. now i open all links in background :woohoo:


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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14481434987163117832018-09-16T20:32:37.526-07:00MySQL ThoughtsHarrisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-49784524432408928722010-05-17T06:37:00.000-07:002010-05-17T06:51:58.153-07:00Poor Man's Profiler using Solaris' pstackRecently I was working with the output of pstack from a hung MySQL server and wanted to use Poor Man's Profiler in order to combine stack traces. Unfortunately, the awk magic expects the output from gdb's thread apply all bt output.

gdb output:

Thread 10 (Thread 0xa644db90 (LWP 26275)):
#0 0xb7f47410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7f33b1a in do_sigwait () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#2 0xb7f33bbf in sigwait () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#3 0x081cc4fc in signal_hand ()
#4 0xb7f2b4fb in start_thread () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
#5 0xb7d25e5e in clone () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6

Thread 9 (Thread 0xa641cb90 (LWP 26273)):
#0 0xb7f47410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
#1 0xb7d1e881 in select () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#2 0x081d1190 in handle_connections_sockets ()
#3 0x081d1ef3 in main ()
...

pstack output:

----------------- lwp# 56 / thread# 56 --------------------
 fffffd7ffed7bb7a sigtimedwait (fffffd7ffe3aee10, fffffd7ffe3aee20, 0)
 fffffd7ffed6aced sigwait () + d
 fffffd7ffed62740 __posix_sigwait () + 40
 0000000000712dcd signal_hand () + 12d
 fffffd7ffed7704b _thr_setup () + 5b
 fffffd7ffed77280 _lwp_start ()
----------------- lwp# 53 / thread# 53 --------------------
 fffffd7ffed7c6ca pollsys (fffffd732fe31dd0, 0, fffffd732fe31e60, 0)
 fffffd7ffed234c4 pselect () + 154
 fffffd7ffed23792 select () + 72
 fffffd7ffe866008 os_thread_sleep () + 50
 fffffd7ffea6dafb srv_lock_timeout_and_monitor_thread () + 1b3
 fffffd7ffed7704b _thr_setup () + 5b
 fffffd7ffed77280 _lwp_start ()
...

However, we can see how powerful and flexible PMP is by making a small change to the awk script and poof, we had the same output:

 awk '
 BEGIN { s = ""; }
 /thread#/ { print s; s = ""; }
 /^ [0-9a-f]/ { if (s != "" ) { s = s "," $2} else { s = $2 } }
 END { print s }' | sort | uniq -c | sort -r -n -k 1,1

Yet another win for PMP.Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-68503072180629680592010-03-02T13:02:00.000-08:002010-03-02T14:06:24.648-08:00Semi-sync Replication TestingI have recently been trying out semisynchronous replication. This is a new feature added in MySQL 5.5 based on the original google patch.

Installing was very simple and has been covered elsewhere in detail. Suffice to say it was relatively simple to do.

While test I was a bit surprised by some behavior I saw that turned out correct. What I wanted to examine what was semi-synchronous actually does and use cases for it.

The manual defines this feature correctly in very careful language:

If semisynchronous replication is enabled on the master side and there is at least one semisynchronous slave, a thread that performs a transaction commit on the master blocks after the commit is done and waits until at least one semisynchronous slave acknowledges that it has received all events for the transaction, or until a timeout occurs.

There is a subtle difference to how this is described in other places, for example from Guiseppe's blog (not picking on him, just an example since I have seen in many places):

That is, before committing, the master waits until at least one slave has acknowledged that it has received the portion of binary log necessary to reproduce the transaction.

What the difference is the fact that the blocking and relay to the remote slave occurs after the transaction is actually committed to disk.

This means that if the master crashes it is possible that it may have committed transactions on disk that are not on the slave. However, the client will get back an error saying that the commit failed.

What is the use case for this then?

For failover purposes, this is generally exactly what you need. The client can know it has failed and can redo the transaction on the slave. There is no data loss and everything is nicely guaranteed.

What doesn't it help?

Where it isn't useful is for recovery after the crash. When you finally get your master restarted, it may already have some transactions that were later replayed on the slave. This will naturally cause replication to break and things fail.Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-79222317155859385932010-01-14T10:35:00.000-08:002010-01-14T17:11:36.257-08:00State of MySQL SearchRecently I took part in the first meeting of the MySQL Search Team. You can read more about the team here.

My task was to represent the customer interests regarding fulltext search. My report had a few main points which I made:

MySQL Fulltext Search (FTS) has several big issues with it compared to other solutions. I have listed these in the order of importance that I see. Numbers 1 and 2 are very close in importance however, so I can see those going either way.

MyISAM only: Limits the usefulness in many very busy environments due to table level locking and crash safety

Performance: The design of FTS makes performance hurt as the index size exceeds RAM. Combining multiple second queries with MyISAM table level locking is a recipe for failure.

Features: There are a lot of features lacking in FTS that exist in other products. Stemming, synonyms, dictionary usage, CJK support, etc... are all potential avenues of investigation.

Third-party solutions are commonly used for searching data in MySQL, but does require extra work to deploy or implement. Tools like Lucene, Sphinx, etc... are very good at what they do, and are normally faster and more fully featured compared to MySQL FTS. The big issue is that normally there is some effort involved in implementing these, so the ease of use in implementing and maintaining is lower than MySQL FTS.

So the forward looking question is how to combine the best attributes of these two solutions to get one easy to deploy and use robust solution. Personally, I can see a few possible routes forward:

Improve MySQL FTS! There is a lot of research and known best practices that exist for search. This would leverage those in order to make the MySQL solution more robust and featureful. From the current state of FTS, it would be a pretty decent amount of work, but could have good returns.

Improve the glue code between the third parties and MySQL. This could take a variety of forms. One idea I had was in the the form of index plugins where as rows are inserted/updated/deleted, the external datastores can be automatically updated as well. This is very similar to triggers, but is a bit different since there can be more integration and easier deployment.

It's possible the best solution may be a mix of the two options to allow for more flexibility or even something completely new that I haven't thought of!

Regardless, I am happy that people at MySQL are finally taking a look at the poor state of the MySQL fulltext search environment and trying to figure out new good solutions for this space.Harrisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-79222306371923259222009-12-02T12:47:00.000-08:002009-12-02T13:36:39.077-08:00Ext4 with MySQL binary logs oddityI was working with a customer recently that kept seeing 10-12 second hangs in MySQL. Everything would be working well and suddenly all data changing statements would stop working.

Once the 10-12 seconds passed, the system would recover and everything would be fine for a while. This would repeat every 30-45 minutes normally, and would occur more frequently when the system was doing some heavy ETL type activity (data loads, big updates, etc...), with the ETL ones being longer and worse generally.

One of the steps taken while investigating was to check out vmstat/iostat. From this we noticed that during the spike there was very intense disk activity. I suspected something wrong with InnoDB such as the famous purge hiccup or something with the log files checkpointing, etc... However we then found out that it was the disk system where the binary logs were stored and not the InnoDB files.

While continuing to investigate, it was noticed that the times it occurred happened to exactly match up with the times that the binary log rotations were occurring. Using strace, we were able to notice that the fdatasync() call that accompanied the rotation was taking a very long time (the majority of the delay time).

Finally we were able to pin it down to ext4 and how it delays data writes for a very long time (30 minutes). Compare this to ext3 which will flush things every 5 seconds or so. I am told that ext4 recently changed this behavior (this was in 2.6.30), so hopefully this won't hit more people.

What was happening was as follows:

Binary log data gets written to over time

ext4 in an attempt to increase performance does not write the data to disk

ext4 continues to not write data to disk, even as hundreds of MB of binary log sits in memory and the disk is mostly idle

Binary log gets full (1024MB) and rotates while holding the log mutex

Rotation calls an fdatasync prior to closing the file

ext4 now has to write the data out and takes 10-12 seconds to do so

log mutex prevents any commits while it writes

Write finishes, log rotates, things repeat

To alleviate this, we ended up setting sync_binlog=100. This will force the binary log to fsync periodically and hence not allow ext4 to wait forever to write the data out to the file. There is also the commit mount option for ext4 which should give similar benefits by forcing it to write more often but I didn't test it.Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-20155671196790969272009-05-15T14:52:00.000-07:002009-05-15T15:05:26.565-07:00Small features being pushedSo back in 2004 I created a small feature for mysqladmin allowing it to prompt for a password to set, rather than needing to specify it on the command line. It was a feature that came up in a training course I was teaching, so I wrote it up while at the hotel one day. I had filed this as Bug #5724.

The reason it got filed as a feature request bug is due to the fact that being a non-developer at MySQL AB meant I followed the normal community contributions process. I had several patches accepted via the community model (mysql prompt, some mysql readline enhancements, etc...) previous to this patch. However, for some reason around the time that this patch was submitted, patch acceptance slowed down.

Apparently the community acceptance process is actually working again, because today it got queued and pushed to a team tree which will be merged into MySQL 6.0. Only took 4.5 years to get in. Hopefully, my next patch will be included in a much shorter time now with the new process.

Note that I haven't done anything with this bug recently, jimw apparently found it himself or was prodded by someone to handle it.Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-14300745650147664402009-05-13T12:50:00.000-07:002009-05-13T15:01:08.896-07:00Production example of Dtrace + MySQL (Part 1)I had read a lot about using dtrace with MySQL, but recently had the chance to use it and thought it worked extremely well, so I wanted to share. Domas mentioned some of this in the presentation he did on dtrace + MySQL at the MySQL conference.

The basics of this are true, somethings have been changed to help protect the identity of the customer.

I am going to spread this out over a few postings to show how dtrace can be used to incrementally find out things that aren't available otherwise.

The customer was reporting that queries were extremely fast, taking a few milliseconds normally, but sometimes they would get queries that took 500+ milliseconds. They wanted to know why and how this was occurring. They happened to be on Solaris 10, so dtrace to the rescue!

So the first task was to find out what were the slow queries. In MySQL 5.1, we could use the slow query log with millisecond precision, but naturally this was MySQL 5.0. The first script was designed just to capture the slow queries and see if they had any sort of pattern. The initial script looked like:

#!/usr/sbin/dtrace -s

#pragma D option quiet

/* how much memory to use maximum
 * if you start getting errors regarding dropped data from the script, then
 * you might get incorrect information
*/
#pragma D option dynvarsize=512m

/* how much of the query to copy, large takes up more memory */
#pragma D option strsize=256

/*
 value in nanoseconds of when to log a query as slow and information
 about it
 1000000 is 1 ms
 50000000 is 50 ms
 250000000 is 250 ms
 */
inline int long_query_time = 250000000;

BEGIN
{
 /* initialize our aggregates in case there aren't any */
 @total["Total queries"] = count();
 @total["Total slow queries"] = count();
 clear(@total);
 self->in_query = 0;
 self->query = "";
 printf("Capturing any queries longer than %d milliseconds.\n", long_query_time /
 1000000);
 printf("Please press Ctrl+C to exit when done...\n\n");
}

/*
 * catches the beginning of the execution of our query
 */

pid$target::*dispatch_command*:entry
/ self->in_query==0 /
{
 @total["Total queries"] = count();
 self->start_time = timestamp;
 self->in_query=1;
}

/*
 * Find our slow queries
 */

pid$target::*dispatch_command*:return
/ (timestamp - self->start_time) > long_query_time && self->in_query==1 /
{
 self->total_time = timestamp - self->start_time;

 @total["Total slow queries"] = count();
 printf("Date/time: %Y\n", walltimestamp);
 printf("Query: %s\n",self->query);
 printf("Query time: %d microseconds\n", self->total_time / 1000);

 printf("\n");
}

/*
 * executes for every query to reset them
 */

pid$target::*dispatch_command*:return
/ self->in_query == 1/
{
 self->query="";
 self->in_query=0;
 self->start_time=0;
 self->total_time=0;
}

/*
 * catch the query string
 */

pid$target::*mysql_parse*:entry
/ self->in_query == 1/
{
 self->query = copyinstr(arg1);
}

END
{
 printa("%s: %@d\n", @total);
}

This then results in output such as:

# ./test.d -p 27609
Capturing any queries longer than 250 milliseconds.
Please press Ctrl+C to exit when done...

Date/time: 2009 May 13 23:11:52
Query: select sleep(2)
Query time: 2004913 microseconds

^C
Total queries: 1048
Total slow queries: 1

I did a few tests on the overhead to determine if it would slow down there system (they do several thousand requests a second), and to my surprise it had virtually no overhead once running. There was a bit of extra overhead when the script was first initiated and when ending it and it would cause a very slight hiccup in processing (< 1 second). It was decided this was okay, and we scheduled it to run during some lower load times so this hiccup wasn't a big deal.

This caught a few thousand slow queries over the course of an hour. Some were easy to discard due to the nature of the queries, but some others needed further investigation. The next post will discuss what the next steps were and will start getting data that we can't see in the slow query log.Harrisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-80377190777252934672009-02-19T12:37:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:25:54.484-08:00My Favorite New Feature of MySQL 5.1: Less InnoDB LockingMySQL 5.1 has a lot of nice new features, partitioning, event scheduler, dynamic logging, etc... Most of these require changing some application code or design logic to make use of them. However, there is a few new features that almost every user of InnoDB can take advantage of right away and that is the ability to set MySQL so that less locking is required for many statements in InnoDB. There are a few changes which make this possible.

The first one is the new auto_increment locking for InnoDB. There is a good article which talks about this here and a large section the in the manual.

In MySQL 5.0 and previous, InnoDB used a special query-duration table level lock to acquire the AUTO-INC lock. This basically caused all inserts into the same table to serialize. With single row inserts it normally wasn't too bad but could prevent some scalability with multiple threads inserting. However, where it was quite bad was large data insertions, such as INSERT...SELECT and LOAD DATA INFILE. While these were running, all other insertions into the table would be prevented due to this table level lock.

MySQL 5.1 has changed this behavior. There is a new option innodb_autoinc_lock_mode which controls how InnoDB will handle this. The default is a value of 1 which works well if you are doing only inserts where MySQL knows the amount of rows being inserted. For example, a single row insert or a multi-row insert would be fine in this mode. In these cases, it will use a very short term mutex which will be released immediately after acquiring the needed values. It should remove all contention issues if you are using only these statements.

Statements where the number of rows being inserted are unknown, such as INSERT...SELECT and LOAD DATA INFILE both still use the AUTO-INC table level lock for this and will cause other single row statements to lock on it. To fix this you need to set innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2. This will make each row in these long running statements get a new value, rather than holding it for the duration. The problem with this is that now the values generated won't be consecutive anymore. Other transactions could grab values to use in the middle of the sequence.

For some applications this might be a problem (but shouldn't if you are just using the auto_increment for uniqueness). The other issues comes from the binary log. In statement level binary logging, the auto_increment starting point is logged and then the statement. However, since it is no longer consecutive, the slave can't create the appropriate values and replication will break. The solution to this also comes in 5.1 in the form of row level binary logging. You can enable all row based binary logging and it will then handle this without issue.

So to summarize, to pretty much completely remove auto_increment locking in InnoDB, you will need to set both innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2 and binlog_format=row.

There is a second locking improvement in InnoDB related to the row level binary logging. To enable this, you will need to use READ COMMITTED isolation level. When you do this in 5.1, you will then cause InnoDB to reduce locking for DML statements a great deal. It will not lock any rows searched upon, but not changed with the DML statements.

In older versions every row that was searched in a data changing statement would be locked. For example, take the following statement:
DELETE FROM tbl WHERE key < 1000 AND non_key = 500
In 5.0, assuming the key was used, every row less than 1000 would be exclusively locked, even if only a few were changed. In 5.1 and READ COMMITTED, only the rows that are actually changed will be locked now. As you can imagine, this potentially can reduce locking contention a great deal.

One final topic I want to mention innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog option. People have asked if they should enable this when binlog_format=row. It makes sense to do so, since with row level binary logging, the restrictions for the binary log are gone. The answer is that this variable does not matter anymore in 5.1 if you set READ COMMITTED. In all cases where innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog used to reduce locking, READ COMMITTED now does as well.

From the manual:

This also means that if new items are added to the database, InnoDB does not guarantee serializability. Therefore, if innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog is enabled, InnoDB guarantees at most an isolation level of READ COMMITTED. (Conflict serializability is still guaranteed.)
This means that you also can not run higher than READ COMMITTED while using innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog, so there is no point in setting innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog.

So to summarize and get the best locking out of InnoDB in 5.1, you want to set the following options:
[mysqld]
innodb_autoinc_lock_mode=2
binlog_format=row
tx_isolation=READ-COMMITTED

Keep in mind that row based binary logging does potentially have additional disk overhead compared to statement binary logging, so as always, please test these values before using them in production.Harrisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-4068797359964608952009-02-18T12:13:00.001-08:002009-02-18T12:53:53.373-08:00MySQL, Windows 32-bit, and /3GBOne question that comes up relatively commonly in support is how much memory can MySQL use on my system. As you may know, MySQL runs in a single process with many threads. So the memory limit it has is based upon the operating system limits for a single process. Different operating systems have different limits, but the one I want to discuss is Windows 32-bit (such as 2000, XP, 2003, vista).

The short answer is that your mysqld-nt.exe can use up to ~1.8G of RAM. The question is why is that so. Since we have a 32-bit address space, in theory there is 2^32 mapping for the address space (4G). However, Windows uses what is called a 2G/2G split in that addressable space. 2G are allowed for the actual application to use and 2G is for the kernel mappings.

This 2G is then the address space of points, which normally ends up with around 1.8G of memory really being usable. If you try to use more than this, then you end up getting Out of Memory errors from MySQL.

Now Windows 2000 and above has a way you can adjust this split. Not all versions of Windows within these families support this, so it depends upon what version you are using. The specific feature is called '4 GT RAM Tuning' by Microsoft.

To adjust this, you will need to do a few steps, to enable it on Windows and then within MySQL.

First, you need to boot Windows with the /3GB flag given to it. You will need to edit the boot.ini, find the instance you are booting off of, and add that flag to it.

Second, you will need to enable for any program that wants to use this split. MySQL does not ship with this done by default (it is normally a compile time option), so we will need to manually set it (or compile your own mysqld-nt.exe on Windows).

There is a program that comes with Visual Studio C++ called 'editbin'. I use the express version which is free. There is a /LARGEADDRESSAWARE flag you can pass to it to enable the option for your server. I am running this via the Visual Studio Command Prompt.

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>editbin /LARGEADDRESSAWARE mysqld-nt.exe
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Editor Version 8.00.50727.42
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

To confirm that this works, you can use dumpbin /HEADERS and there is an option in the very top which says if it is enabled or not.

C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.0\bin>dumpbin /headers mysqld-nt.exe
Microsoft (R) COFF/PE Dumper Version 8.00.50727.42
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Dump of file mysqld-nt.exe

PE signature found

File Type: EXECUTABLE IMAGE

FILE HEADER VALUES
 14C machine (x86)
 6 number of sections
 487FA5AC time date stamp Thu Jul 17 16:03:56 2008
 0 file pointer to symbol table
 0 number of symbols
 E0 size of optional header
 12F characteristics
 Relocations stripped
 Executable
 Line numbers stripped
 Symbols stripped
 Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses
 32 bit word machine

Notice the second to last line, "Application can handle large (>2GB) addresses". This means it is enabled for the binary, if it is missing, then the binary does not have it enabled.

Once these two things are done you will now have a 3G address space for MySQL, and you should be able to go up to ~2.6G or so. You are still limited to smaller allocations (ie, you can't set innodb_buffer_pool_size=2.5G), but it can give you more memory for handling connections and per-connection buffers which can effectively allow you to increase the large global buffers.

For more details, I would like to recommend you read the technet blog about the topic, it is quite a good explanation.Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-8555321223509189442009-02-05T14:02:00.000-08:002009-02-05T13:44:10.836-08:00My take on MySQL 5.1So being that I am a support engineer with Sun/MySQL, I figured I would chime in with my opinion of MySQL 5.1 GA so far since I have been using it for a while. For history, I have been with MySQL AB/Sun since the 4.0 release cycle. This post does not represent any official views of my employer, Sun Microsystems, and all such disclaimers.

First off, I want to say that Sun assisted greatly with MySQL 5.1. I think it is a much better release than it would have been with MySQL AB doing the release. I do think this will continue in the future from everything I have experienced and seen so far. Sun knows how to make solid software.

So do I think that 5.1 was released too early? Not at all from my experiences of the MySQL releases. 5.1 is fairing quite well, and I think everyone that has a reason to upgrade to it (such as less locking for InnoDB auto_increment, partitioning, dynamic logging, etc...) should certainly start the process of doing so.

MySQL 5.1 is in quite good shape compared to my experiences with MySQL 4.0 to 5.0. As a chart of my experiences:

Release	GA Version	My first recommended version

MySQL 4.0	4.0.12	4.0.15

MySQL 4.1	4.1.7	4.1.12

MySQL 5.0	5.0.15	5.0.36

MySQL 5.1	5.1.30	5.1.31

These versions aren't based on exact bugs fixed, but based on interactions with many customers using the versions and various issues being experienced. It has a bit of gut feeling involved too, so it certainly is not a pure scientific method for determining this.

Also by no means is MySQL 5.1 perfect. There have been some pretty big bugs found and some annoying ones too. However, overall it has been working pretty well for most users.

I still do recommend you do test out all new functionality to ensure it works for you as there are many limitations. However, I would say that for any major software upgrade with any database system, this isn't specific to MySQL or the 5.1 release.

So go ahead and give 5.1 a try-out if you have been on the fence. Have a look around and kick the tires and be sure to report any bugs you find.Harrisonhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-79568138259642769472009-01-29T06:38:00.000-08:002009-01-29T06:49:10.507-08:00XA and Persistent InnoDB LocksRecently a customer mentioned that they were seeing corruption rarely when they copied InnoDB files using LVM to setup a new slave. Investigating further, it turns out that replication would start, but would then hit a lock wait timeout. This locking issue occurred across restarts causing replication to always fail. They would solve this by taking a new LVM snapshot and resetting it up.

This is a classic case of an XA transaction in a prepared state persisting across restarts and the LVM sometimes taking a snapshot at the exact instant when this can occur.

Most people don't use actually XA transactions, so they may not consider this possibility. However, it can still occur even if you do not use them due to XA being used internally for the binary log and InnoDB. We will be able to identify that case later.

You can tell this is occurring due to a mention of prepared transactions in the error log:

090128 11:09:09 [Note] Starting crash recovery...
090128 11:09:09 InnoDB: Starting recovery for XA transactions...
090128 11:09:09 InnoDB: Transaction 0 18707 in prepared state after recovery
090128 11:09:09 InnoDB: Transaction contains changes to 1 rows
090128 11:09:09 InnoDB: 1 transactions in prepared state after recovery
090128 11:09:09 [Note] Found 1 prepared transaction(s) in InnoDB
090128 11:09:09 [Warning] Found 1 prepared XA transactions

In addition, you will see a transaction listed in PREPARE without any MySQL or OS thread id in the output of SHOW INNODB STATUS:

---TRANSACTION 0 18707, ACTIVE (PREPARED) 11 sec, OS thread id 0
, undo log entries 1

So how do you solve this when it occurs? The key is using the XA commands which allow you to manipulate XA transactions in the prepared state.

The first command is XA RECOVER which will show you a list of the possible transactions to handle. The data column has the XID of the transaction to rollback. If the XID starts with MySQLXid then it is an internal generated XID. The XID can contain unprintable characters for your terminal, so keep that in mind it might be a bit different than it initially looks.

mysql> xa recover;
+----------+--------------+--------------+------+
| formatID | gtrid_length | bqual_length | data |
+----------+--------------+--------------+------+
| 1 | 3 | 0 | foo |
+----------+--------------+--------------+------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

After that, you can then use XA ROLLBACK to remove the transaction or XA COMMIT to save the change. Both of these require that you specify the XID that you got from the previous one.

I wrote a one-line shell script which might work when you have a single XID to commit. I haven't tested it very thoroughly, so don't get mad at me if it doesn't work in all cases.

echo xa commit \'`mysql --skip-column-names -e 'xa recover' | awk '{ print $4 }'`\' | mysql
Harrisonhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-1448143498716311783.post-46329292787331214242009-01-16T11:41:00.000-08:002009-01-16T12:13:14.368-08:00Enabling InnoDB Large Pages on LinuxIn MySQL 5.0, InnoDB gained the ability to use Linux Large Page support for allocating memory for the buffer pool and additional memory pool.

A few customers have asked about using it and there is virtually no documentation on what is required on Linux to enable it. I actually ended up having to read some of the Linux kernel source code to figure out some of this.

This uses the API as documented at:

http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/vm/hugetlbpage.txt

To set this up and use it, you first need a kernel that supports it. All of the recent RHEL kernels do by default from what I can tell. On my Ubuntu systems, I'm not seeing it enabled normally.

Then on the OS level you will need to do the following procedures:

 # Set the number of pages to be used
 # Each page is normally 2MB, so this would be 40 MB
 # This actually allocates memory, so it requires that much memory to be available
 echo 20 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages

 # Set the group number that is allowed to access this memory
 # The mysql user must be a member of this group
 echo 102 > /proc/sys/vm/hugetlb_shm_group

 # Increase the amount of shmem allowed per segment
 # 256MB in this case
 echo 268435456 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmmax

 # Increase total amount of shared memory
 # This is 4KB pages, ie. 16GB below
 echo 4194304 > /proc/sys/kernel/shmall

For MySQL usage, you would normally want the shmmax to be close to the shmall.

You would normally want to put these into an rc file or similar to do it at every boot sequence (early in the boot sequence normally, prior to MySQL starting).

To verify it works with:

cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i huge
The final step is in order to make use of the hugetlb_shm_group, you need to give the mysql user 'unlimited' value for the memlock limit. This can either by done by editing /etc/security/limits.conf or by adding the following to your mysqld_safe:

ulimit -l unlimited
This will cause the root user to set it to unlimited before switching to the mysql user.

Finally, you will want to add the large-pages option to your my.cnf:

 [mysqld]
 large-pages
With this option, InnoDB will use it automatically for the two memory pools. If it can not, it will fail back and use traditional memory and output a warning to the error log.

You can verify it is being used by looking at:

cat /proc/meminfo | grep -i huge

Solaris also has the ability to use large pages (of different sizes as well), but MySQL doesn't support that yet.Harrisonhttp://email@example.com


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Cutting Edge Surgical Inc.
CuttingEdge is a professional network for surgeons and the 1st social-media marketing platform designed for medical device companies.
- Stage Product In Development
- Industry Internet / Web Services
- Location Ilan's, Ibn Gabirol, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Currency USD
- Founded February 2011
- Employees 3
Company Summary
Cutting Edge transforms the way surgeons and medical device companies interact. We do so by creating a digital marketing platform for medical devices combined with a professional network for surgeons. This app is the only one that allows surgeons to access a proprietary and comprehensive surgical device directory with a peer review model and create a whole library of bespoke clinical content (e.g. journal articles, videos, slides, etc.).
Nozipo Jacqueline MaraireCo-Founder & President
• Full-time practicing neurosurgeon
• Founder of Mountain Lakes Neurosurgery.
• Initiated neurosurgery programs in several institutions in OH, DE, OR.
• Completed neurosurgery training at Yale.
• MD, The Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
• BA Biology, Harvard University.
• Author of Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter (1996), a New York Times "Notable Book of the Year" and a Boston Globe bestseller.
Idan EisenbergCo-Founder & CEO
• Multidisciplinary experience in the Medical Device and Internet sectors.
• Former CEO of a boutique strategy consulting firm; Former CEO of a medical device startup.
• Experienced in leading surgical product development from ideation to commercialization.
• MBA, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
• BSc. Mechanical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University.
Doron ErblichCTO
• SW expert with extensive experience in leading large research, corporate and entrepreneurial projects.
• Formerly: Development Mgr at Recyfer (corporate application security SW), CTO at LiCuttingEdgeseQuote.com (music liCuttingEdgesing SaaS), CTO at CapAngel (P2P micro-funding marketplace), CTO at Xcbit (conferences in virtual worlds).
• Former IBM Research project leader and staff member.
• MAMRAM graduate (elite Israeli Military IT unit).
Joel Stein, Partner at Pearl Cohen Zedel Latzer (http://www.pczlaw.com/)LawyerUnconfirmed
Previous Investors
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Are you man enough? Will you become a part of this movement of godly men who will (by the grace of God) change this world as we know it?
Are you man enough? Will you become a part of this movement of godly men who will (by the grace of God) change this world as we know it?
Equip yourself to Be a Man like God intended it!
You are spot on with this! Men used to be men…and I realize how often I fall short of being a godly man. I need to do the simple things like go the extra mile to help a single mom, or step up and serve at my church where there is a need.
Thank you for the inspiration and challenge!Kevin Bradford
In a world where we call evil good and good evil. Where doing the right thing is not recognize. Where our feelings are more important that what God says. Grater is your reward for standing on Gods word and for answering the call. Many are called but only a few have answered. Your material is so instrumental in reminding us what we as men are called to do.
Jay AguilarJay Aguilar
I am very moved by this blog post. I also made a decision recently to be there for my family, that they come first in all my career decisions. And as an entrepreneur this has meant starting my day very early so that I spend as much time as I can each evening with them.
They all need to see me and I be there for them whenever chance allows.
There has been a spirit of rage among this generation. Kids who ate so angry with the world and God because of no father in their lives. Where they could have been positively influenced for better, they get wrong role models (Hollywood actors and musicians) and go down the wrong path.
We must strive to be the role models our kids need. But better still, we need to be the mentors they seek.
May God help us make this possible.Rev Walter


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Premiere: SCHAMMASCH – Triangle
Music is a language unto itself, and is essential for our communication with the universe and our higher selves. Some bands take this idea very seriously when composing, like the Swiss avant-metal group SCHAMMASCH. They have a new record coming out via Prosthetic Records on Friday, April 29th, entitled Triangle. This sonic journey
The Black Metal scene is well known for the number of bands from Scandinavia which are considered precursors to the genre – Bathory, Mayhem, Darkthrone, Burzum, Immortal or Emperor to name only a few. It's also characterized by the personalities and events which have littered its history; murders, suicides and


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Trying to plan your kid's next birthday party?
Event planning can be a very stressful thing. especially when it involves a bunch of children that inevitably are going to end up running around and screaming. To prevent utter chaos, you've got to pick the right party for your kid and their friends.
Everyone's been to a birthday party at Magic Mountain. And sure, it's a great place to plan a party, but that's just it. Everyone's already been there.
If you want to get the coolest-parent-in-the-world award, you need to look at this list of the 13 best places to host a birthday party in Columbus. Your kiddo and their friends will be talking about the party for ages.
Lazer CrazeDistance from Downtown Columbus: 20 miles
Lazer Kraze has nearly 20,000 square feet for your kid and their pals to run around. They can wear off the sugar high from the cake by playing lazer tag, jumping on 'zero gravity' inflatables, or playing video games in the massive arcade. There's a snack bar and, of course, pizza.
Vertical AdventureDistance from Downtown Columbus: 12 miles
Can't keep your little monkey from climbing all over the furniture in your house? It sounds like Vertical Adventures might just be the perfect destination for their birthday. Your kid and their buddies can scale indoor rockwalls to their hearts' content. Vertical Adventures employees will be with your children at all times to ensure their saftey as they climb.
Sweet & Sassy Spa and SalonDistance from Downtown Columbus: 14 miles
Does your little princess or prince want to treat themselves to a day at the spa? Sweet & Sassy has six different party packages including: Perfect Princess, Fashion Runway, Pop Star Premiere, Spa-tacular!, Pajama Jam, and a make-your-own VIP Party. No matter what kind of party your child picks, they'll leave the spa feeling glamorous.
Skate Zone 71Distance from Downtown Columbus: 9 miles
Skate Zone 71 is an all-around fun time. Their concession stand has pizza and soft pretzels to fuel the partygoers' energy. If you have kids that are a little wobbly on skates, there's an arcade and lazer tag, too. Hey moms and dads, maybe you can lace up a pair of skates and show the kids how it's done!
The American Girl Doll Store and BistroDistance from Downtown Columbus: 10 miles
The American Girl Doll Store and Bistro is a great way to get your daughter, her friends, and their dolls together for an event. Sit down in the bistro and have a tea party, but with real food! Then get your doll a new hairdo and outfit. Did you know that American Girl released their first ever boy-doll in Febuary? His name is Logan.
The Movement LabDistance from Downtown Columbus: 16 miles
Does your child have what it takes to be the next American Ninja Warrior? It sounds like they better start honing in on their skills. The Movement Lab is the perfect place to test your abilities on all sorts of obstacles. There will be certified instructors there to help your kids safetly navigate each one.
Sky ZoneDistance from Downtown Columbus: 20 miles
Sky Zone will let your little one and their friends soar to new heights. The trampoline park has a pretty sweet party package which includes trampoline time, food and drinks, a t-shirt for the birthday boy or girl, and more. Just slip on the special Sky Zone orange trampoline socks and start jumping! This is literally the one time you'll be happy to see the kids bouncing off of the walls.
Mr. Game RoomDistance from Downtown Columbus:
Mr. Game Room will bring the party to you! These mobile arcades are sure to impress not only your kiddo's friends, but their parents as well. You can choose different packages which include a 20-player arcade experience, a 16-player arcade experience, and a 12-player mobile lazer tag party.
The ChillerDistance from Downtown Columbus: 9 miles
Whether your child is inspired by Gracie Gold or Sergei Bobrovsky, a birthday party at the Chiller should be on your radar. Don't worry about the pizza and the cake. The Chiller birthday party package comes with: one of hour ice skating, tableware, invitations, pizza, lemonade, water, a sheet cake, and more!
SuperkicksDistance from Downtown Columbus: 20 miles
If your child is a soccer star and wants to play for Columbus Crew SC or the Columbus Eagles, Superkicks would be a great choice for their bithday extravaganza. The kids will have one full hour to run around the soccer field and get plum tuckered out.
Engineering For KidsDistance from Downtown Columbus: 13 miles
A birthday party at Engineering for Kids will make your child feel like a scientist and inventor. It's a great option for kids that love working with their hands and learning new things. Your child and their cohorts will get to participate in various fun-filled experiments.
Wendy's Gymnastics Fitness for ChildrenDistance from Downtown Columbus: 6 miles
Let your kids get out on the springboard and channel their inner Simone Biles. They can jump, tumble, run, and have a ton of fun. A party at Wendy's Gymnastics are perfect for kids of all ages, including the little ones. Wendy's offers classes for tykes as little as a year old.
KDB EastonDistance from Downtown Columbus: 11 miles
KDB has great games and great food. The 20,000 plus square foot arcade features over 150 interactive games. There are dozens of TVs throughout the place, too. Parents can enjoy a drink (or two) at the bar while their kids run around and win tickets to get prizes.
Don't forget to like Columbus Navigator on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all the latest on Columbus!


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A highlight of Judith Speight's seven years as chair of TUANZ came in the past month when she helped broker an out-of-court settlement between TVNZ transmission arm BCL and Walker Wireless over a licence allocation dispute.
The mediation process was slow and meticulous.
She cites this role of the telecommunications user body as a compelling reason to admit carriers as members of what is principally a consumer group, brushing aside questions of how independent such a group can be when telcos are involved.
"What we've done in the past decade speaks for itself in terms of our credibility — we've proven our independence."
Carrier class membership means that telcos support TUANZ's work but don't influence it, she says.
"We changed our constitution to make it that telcos couldn't become board members."
Having carrier members, with the conditions attached, has been hugely beneficial "because it means we've had access to information from those companies".
After seven years as chair Speight is stepping down, to be replaced by current TUANZ vice-chairman Graeme Osbourne, CIO at the Statistics New Zealand.
Speight says TUANZ has achieved a huge amount by taking part in the preparation of the Telecommunications Act, passed in December 2001, but there is still some way to go before users get the best possible telecomms service.
"There's always some way to go — we've done the building and now it's about working within those rules, to really make the most of them. We have the regulations, now we have to mould them into something usable that will deliver better value."
TUANZ will continue to play a role in the shaping of the new telecomms landscape, she says. "We're the independent, credible body that sits at the table."
Issues that continue to dog carrier customers include the saga of number portability and the need for local loop unbundling, which she says is "world best practice, with New Zealand and Mexico the only two OECD countries yet to commit to it".
Speight, who runs her own company, ittwrkz, says she has "a couple of private-sector projects and a government project to work on" after she finishes at TUANZ.


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Shocking Trailer for Last Days on Mars
This first trailer for the science fiction horror film Last Days on Mars is intriguing and somewhat terrifying. Directed by Ruairi Robinson who made the short film, Blinky.
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appearance and intention inevitably ensnare people when artfully used, even if people sense that there is an ulterior intention behind the overt appearance. when you set up ploys and opponents fall for them, then you win by letting them act on your ruse. as for those who do not fall for a ploy, when you see they won't fall for the open trap, you have another set. then even if opponents haven't fallen for your original ploy, in effect they actually have.
family book on the art of war, Yagyu Munenori 1571-1646


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|What's the largest triangle that will fit between the blue and green lines?
I haven't been able to come up with an exact solution using geometry or algebra; if you can do it, I'd like to hear how. Instead I made a tool in excel which animates the process of finding an approximation of the solution by exhaustion:
|The program searches through all the different triangles to find the largest


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Thomas is one of the biggest dog lovers I know! He works well with dogs of all sizes and temperaments and is passionate about meeting each dogs' individual needs and wants, as well as providing them with as many pets as possible! Your pet will content and cared for with him while you're away!
Thomas is an amazing person. He has a big heart, especially when it comes to dogs. And dogs really love him too. He is very dependable and I would always trust him with my Fur Babies.
About Thomas
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I am a college student at Luther College in Iowa. I study environmental policy. I work summers as a camp counselor. I am currently on break from December till February. I am mostly available during this time for appointments. I grew up with three dogs of small, medium and large sizes, as well experience with giving care to shelter dogs in Iowa during semesters. I am First responder certified and animal CPR trained. As an ...
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Reviewed By Robert G (San Leandro, CA) Reviewed for a 2011 Mazda 3 —11/8/2016 9:04 AM
This is one of the easiest upgrade you can do for your car. Installation was so easy even a caveman can do it. ;-). Seriously, it feels and sounds like the car is able to "breathe"easier now. Can't say anything about the performance boost others claim but my horse seems to be running smoother.


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You'll thank this Work King Men's Quilted Freezer Jacket for keeping the cold weather from interfering with your day.
- Fabric 100% polyester shell and lining
- Dual inner pockets
- Rib knit collar and cuffs
- Drop back
- Lower patch pockets
- Rib knit back armhole gussets
- 3M Scotchlite reflective material with 4 in. contrast backing
- CSA-Z96-2009 Compliant- Class 2 Level 2
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- Machine washable
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Broken Frontier. It absolutely made my day;
'A large part of the book's success stems from the stellar artwork of Skye Ogden. Working in a slightly cartoony style, Ogden's art is lively and leaps off the page without sacrificing a stunning attention to detail'
I don't think anyones been so kind about my work before. I consider the Rombies one shot lacking a little on the art side when compared to the series so I definitely have hope for it! Especially as the writer Tom Taylor has gone all out for us on this.
comicmonsters.com and you can read the whole thing here (it's probably my most lucid interview to date)
'be a Rombies extra' Facebook page and upload a pic of you acting out one, the other or both (the chances of the Citizens becoming Zombies are high after all). as they start going into the book, I will be reposting some of them for all to see. And of course you will be published in the actual series which is, lets face it... kinda cool.
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We're delighted to say that the SME clients we worked with on the GPS Nursing & Care tender for the NHS and Other Awarding Bodies were successful in securing a place on the framework. Congratulations to Temploy Connection and EVRO Recruit! Lets hope that we get a similar result for our clients on the GPS Allied Health Professionals tender!
We're now bracing ourselves for the NHS Non Medical Non Clinical Tender which has now been published and which covers any discipline which is not medical, clinical, social care or allied healthcare, such as:
- Admin & Clerical
- Ancillary Staff (Domestic, Catering, Driving, Logistics etc)
- Legal
- Corporate Functions (Finance, HR, Communications, PR, Procurement )
- Clinical Coding
- Master Vendor
- Vendor Neutral
The CCS (was GPS) is rationalising its supply chain which means that the number of agencies on the Framework is likely to be reduced and that it will be much harder to secure a place on it.
To help more clients understand the CCS requirements, we're running a Webinar with live chat (hosted by a Recruitment Tender Writer and a Freelance NHS Procurement Expert) to provide lots of advice and guidance once the documents have been published.
Click HERE to find out more! Or call Fiona on 07944 856293.
Happy tendering!


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Prepared by Chris Cote and Mark S. Langevin, Ph.D. December 2013
"Brazil needs to increase its energy supply to guarantee maximum economic progress and to set conditions to improve the population's standard of living… At a minimum, Brazil needs to double energy consumption per capita and at the same time keep up with the 1 percent demographic growth."
José Goldemberg
Distinguished Brazilian Energy Policy Scholar and Professor at the University of São Paulo
Brazil's long struggle to achieve energy security now faces a new era as the country's policymakers and industry leaders work to meet the rising demand for electricity while lowering costs and diversifying the national energy matrix. Since the shocking "blackouts" of 2001 that swept through the country's most populous, developed and politicaly important Southeast region, Brazilian policymakers have intensified efforts to increase installed generation capacity, lower tariffs to industrial and residential customers, achieve greater efficiencies through "smart grid" transmission technologies, and attract greater private sector investment to a national campaign to insure that mounting consumer demand for electricity is met today and well into the future.
Following reforms in 1998, the Brazilian electricity system was undergoing partial privatization when severe droughts and inadequate resource management led to the 2001 blackouts. Upon the election of President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in 2002, the Brazilian government embarked on an ambitious agenda of reforms and investment programs to insure supply for rising demand. In 2004, President Lula's government introduced a complete overhaul of the national electricity system (Public Law 10.848). The cornerstone of this system reform was the establishment of an auction-concession contract system to promote competition between both public and private enterprises responsible for generation and transmission. Through the generation and transmission auction-concession system, the federal government would then coordinate public and private investments in generation, and transmission activities at both the national and regional levels to guarantee supply.
This BrazilWorks Briefing Paper explores and outlines the Brazilian electricity system to advance a practical understanding of this sector's institutional architecture as well as the challenges and opportunities policymakers, industry leaders, and investors face in the coming decade as the generation, transmission, and distribution system (GTD) continues to mature in tandem with Brazil's economic development.


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Audio Protection
The AudioSlicker is one piece of equipment you don't want to be without. Totally logical, this bag has a long waterproof zipper across the bottom, sleeves to reach your controls, and a large window to see those controls. D-rings on the outside and inside allow you to connect to your audio bag and suspenders with carabiners (not supplied). These are now made in 3 sizes to fit the most popular audio rig configurations. We also make a version that allows you to connect your straps directly to your equipment.
The SlateSlicker/MonitorSlicker was designed for the Deneke type slate and can be used with any professional unit. It is also great with handheld wireless monitors or LED Lights! It features an easy access sleeve with plenty of room to hold and manage your slate or monitor or light. Velcro across the bottom makes it easy to get into and use.
SoundSlicker Poncho
The poncho with a view, this is an amazingly useful product for the professional audio technician. The hood has a large, clear plastic view window so you don't get blind-sided and is large enough to really cover your face if you want (also great to wear with a hat). The front has a removable flap and beneath it is another large, clear plastic window that allows you a total view of all of your audio gear. When not being worn, the poncho is also a great way to simply cover your gear to keep it dry.
Producer Poncho
The Producer Poncho has a ton of great features including:
1) Sleeves for a slimmer look (as compared to the SoundSlicker) yet still offering the working professional a way to write underneath it in bad weather.
2) Sleeves that Velcro from top to bottom to make this easy to put on and take off.
3) A more than ample viewing window that lets you work inside taking notes while still staying dry.
4) Side Velcro for access inside the front window.
5) The hood viewing window that gives you a wide view while you track your cameraperson.
6) A vent in the back that helps to keep you from overheating.
7) A loop is that provided for hanging this poncho to dry.
ArcticSlicker Covers
New to the already great collection of ShooterSlicker® Raincovers is the ArcticSlicker. Designed for the F3 Camera initially, this cover can be custom made to your camera and lenses. It features our new and unique system of interchangeable lens coverings.
Waterproof zippers allow you to purchase just the right lens covering, be it short or extra-long. Specially made with three layers of fabric, this cover features mesh pockets inside for heater packets to keep your camera and batteries warm and working! Two zippers across the top allow you to quickly put your camera into the cover. Velcro at the bottom allows you access to your tripod.
Two sleeves, one on each side, give you ease of use in regular on the shoulder or on the tripod configurations or when you need to reach over the top. We have also added a design adaptation for your onboard microphone. Specially designed vents allow you to open the sides without totally exposing the mic to the elements. They also close securely in really bad weather, but allow the front of the shotgun mic access. The last little detail on this cover is a pocket on the right side that will allow you to store your wireless mic receivers and anything else you might need to carry along.
Straddle Bags
There are three versions of this great little audio bag. The Single StraddleBag (SWB1) measures 2" deep by 3" wide by 5" tall and is designed to carry a single wireless receiver (Lectrosonic, for example). The Single Double has two pockets on one side.
The sturdy strap attaches to the handle of your camera on all StraddleBag versions and a small piece of Velcro secures it to your battery. The Double StraddleBag (SWB2) is designed to carry two receivers and is made to ride across the top of your brick battery (4"). Pockets are 2"D x 3"W x 5"H.
A smaller side pocket lets you easily store and carry the antenna when not in use and another inside mesh pocket can carry heater packets. A clear window on the right side allows you to show off your business card or other pertinent info for your shoot.
These are normally available in black, but we will also manufacture navy, grey, green, or--on occasion--orange or camo. (Special orders.)
Gadget Bags
Gadget bags are great for all sorts of storage needs. They are available in two sizes, 10"x10"x3" and 14"x14"x4", and several colors. Please see PDF below for more information.
More Information
Contact our team to place an order for an Audio Slicker or other poncho style. We are based in Santa Monica, California, and ship to customers worldwide.


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Guided Meditations | Medicinal Mindfulness
When listening and participating in the Five Awareness Practice, play the Deep Alpha 2.0 simultaneously for background music.
Music Sets & Series | Medicinal Mindfulness
- Psychedelic Shine Series Recording
Videos | Medicinal Mindfulness
Forms | Medicinal Mindfulness
Community Events Participation Agreements
Conscious Cannabis Event Participation Agreement |
This form is lovingly referred to as our 6' waiver because when printed, it's well over 6' of paper single spaced and dense. Please accept our sincerest apologies. Current societal constraints require it. It is signed once before attending your first Conscious Cannabis Event, then only once every calendar year.
Community Breathwork Participation Agreement
This is a standard transformational breathwork full disclosure statement. It is signed once before attending your first Community Breathwork, then only once every calendar year.
PSS Training Registration Agreement 2018 v1
This document is required to apply for the Psychedelic Sitters School Training Program. Since Community Breathwork and Conscious Cannabis Events are part of the training, these forms are also required.
Disclosure Statement - Daniel McQueen, MA
This is the practitioner disclosure statement of Daniel McQueen. This is required for individual sessions and individual journey experiences. Either or both the Community Breathwork and Conscious Cannabis Events agreement will be required, depending on the nature of the experience.
The Medicinal Mindfulness Safe Community Policy outlines Code of Conduct requirements for Medicinal Mindfulness trainees, members, guides and allies.
Membership Forms
Medicinal Mindfulness is a skill development program. The assessment of skill development is based on objective criteria, specifically experience participating and sitting for our program. Our program is also a social experiment. Our membership program allows us to keep track of participation and achievement of our members, as well as gives community members a simple way to support our work.
Basic Members & Community Membership Agreement 2018 v1
This form is primarily used for members and community members to support our program with a small monthly payment, while providing access to invitations to members only events.
Advanced Membership Agreement 2018 v1
This form is used for members who which to be active members and receive certain attendance and support benefits from their membership.
Creative Commons License
As a signatory of the Statement on Open Science and Open Praxis with Psilocybin, MDMA, and Similar Substances, all useful documentation we have developed and own the rights to are now available to use by anyone under a Creative Commons License or Public Domain. Specifically, our legally researched Conscious Cannabis Event Participation Agreement (Now Public Domain), our Safety Self-Assessment, and our Safe Community Policy now fall under a Creative Commons license. My professional disclosure statement is published online to support the disclosure of facilitator experience and training.
More information on the Creative Commons license is at the bottom of each document or follow the link in the image below. Please direct any questions of use to email@example.com.
Safety Self-Assessment
+ 1. Are you pregnant or nursing?
Answering yes to this question requires postponing your session until you are no longer pregnant or nursing.
+2. Do you have any past or present medical conditions (either physical or mental health) that may affect your ability to safely participate in this event?
A CCE is not appropriate for persons with cardiovascular problems, sever hypertension, sever mental illness, recent surgery or fractures, acute infectious illness, or epilepsy.
+3. Have you ever been hospitalized for a psychological or emotional disorder, or for any other psychological or emotional reason?
Mental Health Contraindications (reasons not to attend) include, but are not limited to clinically significant acute anxiety or other severe mood disorders, psychosis, bipolar disorders, personality disorders, acute/unprocessed trauma and PTSD (without support), acute addictions, suicidal ideation/self harm and tendencies for disruptive behavior.
+4. Have you ever had a severe, adverse reaction to using cannabis or other psychedelic medicines, physically or emotionally or otherwise?
+5. Has a health professional ever advised you to cease or otherwise limit consumption of cannabis, psychedelic medicines, or using altered states practices?
+6. Have you ever experienced extreme paranoia or anxiety, panic attacks, or other extreme negative experiences while using cannabis, or any psychedelic drugs, or during any other times in your life that required a significant intervention?
We've all experienced anxiety in one form or another... the key here is something that required a signifiant intervention.
+7. Have you ever fainted or blacked out or otherwise adversely lost consciousness while on cannabis or any psychedelic medicine?
While this can happen to anyone, some are more susceptible than others, particularly those with low blood pressure. Please let a facilitator know and take extra time in sitting and standing up after the completion of a CCE.
+8. Have you ever had extremely unusual or disconcerting thoughts or ideas, or extreme levels of energy (inability to sleep for days or racing thoughts, or alternatively extremely low energy) after the effects of a psychedelic/cannabis should have worn off?
These could be symptoms of severe mental health concerns.
+9. Do you have any current or past substance abuse/dependence concerns?
While cannabis can be used to treat other addictions, this is something to really pay attention to and seek professional support when using cannabis in this way.
+10. Are you currently on any medications, supplements or recreational drugs that could affect you safely participating in a CCE?
Using other mind altering substances besides cannabis in a CCE is expressly forbidden. Please do not come on any other mind altering substance as it would increase the likelihood of a difficult or overwhelming experience and negatively affects the safety of yourself and other participants.
+11. Do you have a history of disruptive or violent behavior, either physical or emotional?
For the safety of our participants, any intentionally disruptive behavior is not tolerated at at CCE. Disruptive behavior does not include spontaneous healing and transformational releases that require Facilitator intervention and support.
+12. Do you have a history of traumatic or difficult life events that has not been addressed or is not being supported therapeutically?
CCEs are designed to compliment therapy and treatments, not replace them. If a difficult past experience unexpectedly comes up in your experience during a CCE, you are strongly encouraged to seek professional mental health support.
+13. Do you have any present concerns around suicide or self-harm?
Again, a CCE is not the appropriate context to address suicidality or self-harm. Please seek professional mental health support.
+14. As you contemplate attending this experience, or when checking in with yourself right before it begins, are you extremely anxious?
While mild to moderate anxiety is completely normal before a CCE, extreme anxiety, panic and physically shaking/trembling before an experience is an indication NOT to participate.
+15. Have you recently had a major transformational experience, with a medicine or otherwise, that feels almost complete but not quite or unresolved?
Ask us about this one if answering yes. It has been our experience that people who have done a lot of transformational work can have significant breakthrough experiences in a CCE. This is good news but can be intense. Please prepare accordingly.
+16. Do you ever feel extremely uncomfortable in group transformational processes?
Even though you will be safe and fully supported in the CCE, it is still a deep transformational process in a group setting (unless an individual experience). Previous experiences in group processes is an indication of how comfortable you'll feel in a CCE.
+17. Are you currently involved in any legal proceedings? Criminal or civil?
Please speak to the facilitator before attending to ensure this is a safe experience for you.
+18. Anything else you think we should know about?
Please use this space to include any additional comments, questions or concerns. You can bring this to a facilitator before the event or share it with a mental health professional that you trust before attending.
The Safety Self Assessment by Medicinal Mindfulness is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright © 2015-2018 Medicinal Mindfulness LLC and Daniel McQueen. Copies and derivative works must contain a link to the most current version at https://www.medicinalmindfulness.org/#safety-self-assessment and must be appropriately attributed and shared under the above Creative Commons License.