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Q: installing cassandra-spark-connector - but getting error creating SparkContext installing cassandra-spark-connector - but getting error creating SparkContext
Please help. I am following the guide - https://github.com/datastax/spark-cassandra-connector/blob/master/doc/0_quick_start.md
Env - Spark 1.0.1, Scala 2.10.4
But having the following error message when i get to creating SparkContext. The last line says all master are unresponsive, giving up. Master is still running
My steps are:
    ./sbin/start-all - starts all workes successfully
MASTER=spark://spark-master-hostname:7077 ./bin/spark-shell - to lunch spark on the master

scala> import org.apache.spark.SparkContext
import org.apache.spark.SparkContext

scala> import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._
import org.apache.spark.SparkContext._

scala> import org.apache.spark.SparkConf
import org.apache.spark.SparkConf

scala> val conf = new SparkConf(true).set("spark.cassandra.connection.host","cassandra-host-ip")
conf: org.apache.spark.SparkConf = org.apache.spark.SparkConf@9f073

*scala> val sc = new SparkContext("spark://spark-master-ipaddress:7077", "test", conf)*
**14/07/29 12:18:23 WARN AbstractLifeCycle: FAILED
SelectChannelConnector@0.0.0.0:4040: java.net.BindException: Address already in use
java.net.BindException: Address already in use
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:444)
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:436)
    at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:214)
    at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:187)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector.doStart(AbstractConnector.java:316)
   at   org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector.doStart(SelectChannelConnector.java:265)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:293)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply$mcV$sp(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at scala.util.Try$.apply(Try.scala:161)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$.connect$1(JettyUtils.scala:191)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$.startJettyServer(JettyUtils.scala:205)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.WebUI.bind(WebUI.scala:99)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.<init>(SparkContext.scala:223)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.<init>(SparkContext.scala:97)
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    at $line15.$read$.<clinit>(<console>)
    at $line15.$eval$.<init>(<console>:7)
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    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$ReadEvalPrint.call(SparkIMain.scala:788)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$Request.loadAndRun(SparkIMain.scala:1056)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.loadAndRunReq$1(SparkIMain.scala:614)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:645)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:609)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.reallyInterpret$1(SparkILoop.scala:796)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.interpretStartingWith(SparkILoop.scala:841)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.command(SparkILoop.scala:753)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.processLine$1(SparkILoop.scala:601)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.innerLoop$1(SparkILoop.scala:608)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.loop(SparkILoop.scala:611)
    at   org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply$mcZ$sp(SparkILoop.scala:936)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at     scala.tools.nsc.util.ScalaClassLoader$.savingContextLoader(ScalaClassLoader.scala:135)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.process(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.process(SparkILoop.scala:982)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.Main$.main(Main.scala:31)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.Main.main(Main.scala)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at  sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.launch(SparkSubmit.scala:303)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:55)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)
    14/07/29 12:18:23 WARN AbstractLifeCycle: FAILED     org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server@dd53c8a:     java.net.BindException: Address already in use
    java.net.BindException: Address already in use
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind0(Native Method)
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:444)
    at sun.nio.ch.Net.bind(Net.java:436)
    at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketChannelImpl.bind(ServerSocketChannelImpl.java:214)
    at sun.nio.ch.ServerSocketAdaptor.bind(ServerSocketAdaptor.java:74)
    at  org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector.open(SelectChannelConnector.java:187)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.AbstractConnector.doStart(AbstractConnector.java:316)
    at  org.eclipse.jetty.server.nio.SelectChannelConnector.doStart(SelectChannelConnector.java:265        )
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:293)
    at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:64)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply$mcV$sp(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$$anonfun$1.apply(JettyUtils.scala:192)
    at scala.util.Try$.apply(Try.scala:161)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$.connect$1(JettyUtils.scala:191)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.JettyUtils$.startJettyServer(JettyUtils.scala:205)
    at org.apache.spark.ui.WebUI.bind(WebUI.scala:99)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.<init>(SparkContext.scala:223)
    at org.apache.spark.SparkContext.<init>(SparkContext.scala:97)
    at $line15.$read$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:17)
    at $line15.$read$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:22)
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    at $line15.$read$$iwC$$iwC.<init>(<console>:28)
    at $line15.$read$$iwC.<init>(<console>:30)
    at $line15.$read.<init>(<console>:32)
    at $line15.$read$.<init>(<console>:36)
    at $line15.$read$.<clinit>(<console>)
    at $line15.$eval$.<init>(<console>:7)
    at $line15.$eval$.<clinit>(<console>)
    at $line15.$eval.$print(<console>)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at   sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$ReadEvalPrint.call(SparkIMain.scala:788)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain$Request.loadAndRun(SparkIMain.scala:1056)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.loadAndRunReq$1(SparkIMain.scala:614)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:645)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkIMain.interpret(SparkIMain.scala:609)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.reallyInterpret$1(SparkILoop.scala:796)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.interpretStartingWith(SparkILoop.scala:841)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.command(SparkILoop.scala:753)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.processLine$1(SparkILoop.scala:601)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.innerLoop$1(SparkILoop.scala:608)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.loop(SparkILoop.scala:611)
    at     org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply$mcZ$sp(SparkILoop.scala:936)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at     scala.tools.nsc.util.ScalaClassLoader$.savingContextLoader(ScalaClassLoader.scala:135)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.process(SparkILoop.scala:884)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.SparkILoop.process(SparkILoop.scala:982)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.Main$.main(Main.scala:31)
    at org.apache.spark.repl.Main.main(Main.scala)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at    sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.launch(SparkSubmit.scala:303)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit$.main(SparkSubmit.scala:55)
    at org.apache.spark.deploy.SparkSubmit.main(SparkSubmit.scala)
    sc: org.apache.spark.SparkContext = org.apache.spark.SparkContext@4353d65f
    scala> 14/07/29 12:19:24 ERRstrong textOR SparkDeploySchedulerBackend: Application     has been killed. Reason: All master**s are unresponsive! Giving up.
    14/07/29 12:19:24 ERROR TaskSchedulerImpl: Exiting due to error from cluster     scheduler: All masters are unresponsive! Giving up.****

A: Step 1 : To load the connector into the Spark Shell, start the shell with this command:
../bin/spark-shell –jars ~/apps/spark-1.2/jars/spark-cassandra-connector-assembly-1.1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Step 2 : Connect the Spark Context to the Cassandra cluster.Stop the default context.
sc.stop

Step 3 :Import the necessary jar files.
import com.datastax.spark.connector._, org.apache.spark.SparkContext, org.apache.spark.SparkContext._, org.apache.spark.SparkConf

Step 4 : Make a new SparkConf with the Cassandra connection details:
val conf = new SparkConf(true).set("spark.cassandra.connection.host", "localhost")

Step 5 : Create a new Spark Context:
  val sc = new SparkContext(conf)

You now have a new SparkContext which is connected to your Cassandra cluster.

A: Have tried to use spark-packages?
Spark Cassandra Connector on spark-packages.org
Boils down to
$SPARK_HOME/bin/spark-shell --packages datastax:spark-cassandra-connector:2.0.0-M2-s_2.10
where you need to use the correct version for your version of spark. This should setup everything needed automatically.


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Measuring Power on the Bicycle
Understanding Power Data
When our engineers were first contracted to build a dynamic calibration rig for a Sports Institute, they were very surprised to find that the so called "Gold Standard" of then current power meters had some serious flaws.
Most people at the time thought that the main problem with power meters at the time was the sheer expense of getting the information, but the dynamic calibration showed that this was only part of the issue.
At the same time, the average cyclist was moving to cheaper alternatives, mainly because the industry mantra (faithfully reported by the journalists and believed by many academics) was that all devices were accurate to +-2%. Over the last decade, this oft repeated accuracy idea became an accepted truth.
Now the market is being flooded by cheap power devices, each one more brilliant than the last apparently and of course much cheaper. All of them apparently accurate to +-2% except for two outliers. The ex-Gold Standard and the original usurper (Power Tap) both claim higher accuracy.
The problems with the +-2% or better assertion are many but in a nutshell revolve around some simple concepts;
+-2% of what when and how often?
If they are not measuring crank torque surely at best they are mathematically constrained estimators (see the embedded GIF where you can see the load path that needs to be measured for crank torque),
All of them are measuring something that is NOT the tangential force – the force that drives the bike forward as a result of the energy (watts) employed by the cyclist.
InfoCrank started it's life as a dynamic measurement tool and still is employed in that mode by some users including our own R&D teams. For example, some components companies use the InfoCrank to measure precisely the wattage lost or gained as they strive to produce new products. Some medical people use the InfoCrank to measure the success of knee replacement treatments and are producing the medical papers based on that research. A prosthetic manufacturer uses the InfoCrank to determine the energy lost with different prosthetic sleeves.
What is most interesting is that the average cyclist just assumes that +-2% is good enough for cutting edge performance. (That is, except for the top sports institutes and the leading coaches of the world). The reason is very simple. They all assume that +-2% means that the reading on the computer screen of the bike is within 2% at all times. Seen that way, 2% either side of true is not so bad and whilst precision has to be better, why pay for it particularly when you can get "close enough- good enough" for a third of the price?
The problem with this is that there is no evidence to back up the assertion believed by both riders and journalists that the cheap devices are in fact accurate to 2%.
When the InfoCrank is used in it's former role as a dynamic measuring device and tests the cheaper pedal or hub based power devices, the results bear no resemblance to the marketing.
For example, in a recent test on the open road, a pedal based power device ($200 USD cheaper than the InfoCrank package) that claims to be accurate to +-1.5% was measured second by second against an InfoCrank. Both devices were zero'ed, even though the InfoCrank does not require it.
The test* was done on a climb (real road conditions) as steady as a trained cylclist could be. The target power was 250w and the achieved watts over the entire 45minute climb was 249watts, attained by watching the second by second watts on the InfoCrank.
The cadence and the HR were also measured and the separate computers recorded them. There was virtually no discrepancy in the numbers of these measures on the different computers, thereby proving that any differences had to be in the torque measurements.
The pedal based device showed the correct number 6.5% of the time.
It was within product specifications 41% of the time.
It was therefore outside specification 59% of the time.
The errors were a maximum of 36% and minimum of -23%.
Basically the results were randomly strewn across the entire spectrum, meaning that even when the results were true, you would have no idea that they were true.
The devices algorithm seems to control the error by about +-37% – a number that shows up over longer rides.
Coaches often advise cyclists to "smooth" these wildly oscillating numbers by using multi-second smoothing on their computer. The assumption behind this advice is that the numbers are actually measuring the correct thing and it is the cyclist whose power fluctuations is making it difficult to read.
Smoothing random numbers, even when constrained by an algorithm, still produces a random result. We followed the advice in a random segment to see the results.
In a 50 second segment, the 3 second smoothing meant that there were NO true results at all. (Compared to 10% in the non-smoothed results) The results were evenly dispersed from +-9% making it less wrong than the average of +-15%. Remember, that with random results, there is virtually no relationship between any one number and the true number.
Our experience in the short time that InfoCrank has been available is that more and more athletes and their coaches are getting fed up with numbers that bear no relationship to effort (energy) and that a sea change is about to happen in the world of bicycle power measurement, just as the biggest crank manufacturer brings another "me-too" +-2% power meter to market.
*The test was actually over nearly four hours, but included different elements, which did not favour the pedal based device. The 45minute climb was the most favourable segment for the pedal based device. This test produced similar results as all other tests on hub based and pedal based power devices.
crank, cycling, independent study, info, infocrank, power measurement, power meter, verve
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Black Adam Rock Bottoms at the Box Office
The DC film is currently $200 million in the red, needing a theatrical run of $600 million to break even.
Linda Codega
Dwayne Johnson worked hard to generate hype around his DC Universe debut, Black Adam, but it seems like nobody was truly ready for the hierarchy of power to change. Although Black Adam brought in just under $400 million at the box office, which is no small feat and certainly not a bad run, the film needs around $600 million worldwide to break even and turn a profit.
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Variety reports that sources at Warner Bros. claim the studio only needs $400-450 million in theaters to break even, but that seems unlikely to happen considering that Black Adam has become far more popular as an at-home viewing experience. The main reason this happened is because the film dropped on platforms and streaming services after only 33 days rather than the pre-pandemic 75 days, which means that people who were on the fence about seeing the film in theaters likely decided to just wait for it to hit streaming.
Sure, a lot of big-budget properties don't make bank in theaters, but considering the sheer amount of pre-release theatricality that Johnson himself participated in, this is not a particularly good look. The film opened to mixed reviews and there was something about the film that turned people off from talking about it. Beyond die-hard comicbook fans, Black Adam was a relative unknown in the DCU, which mean that Johnson's star power alone was the real draw for this film.
The difference between which tentpole superhero films do well is so reliant on recognizable characters, not just actors. The clearest example of this is the fact that Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned $331 million in three days—nearly as much as what Black Adam grossed after four weeks in global theaters. Black Adam might not get that sequel that Johnson has been desperately campaigning for, but we can guarantee that Superman, at least, is coming back.
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1200 N. Alvarado St.
LOVE'S BERRY
(Aleksandr Dovzhenko, 1926)
TIME IN THE SUN
(Marie Seton, Sergei Eisenstein, 1940)
16mm print
CERRO PELADO
(Santiago Álvarez, 1966)
LOVE'S BERRY a.k.a. FRUITS OF LOVE (Ягодка любви. U.S.S.R. 1926. Dir. & Script Aleksandr Dovzhenko. Photography: Daniil Demutsky, I. Rona. With N. Krushelnitsky, M. Chardynina-Barskaya, Dmitry Kapka. 26 minutes)
The comic misadventures of a dandified barber trying to dispose of his illegitimate child, who is always returned to him.
TIME IN THE SUN (Mexico / U.S.S.R. / U.S.A. 1940. Dir. Marie Seton, Sergei Eisenstein, Grigory Aleksandrov. 55 min. 16MM PRINT!)
Eisenstein's unfinished Que Viva Mexico!, one of cinema's most celebrated lost masterpieces, exists in several unofficial abridgments and reconstructions. This 1940 version was assembled by Eisenstein biographer Mary Seton, who said it was based on a rough outline provided by Eisenstein himself. The director had come to America in 1930 hoping to make a film in Hollywood. When those plans were dashed, he undertook, with financing from novelist Upton Sinclair, a mammoth cinematic portrait of Mexico's rich history, peoples, and traditions. Based on the eternal cycles of birth and death, and inspired by the epic murals of Diego Riviera and other Mexican artists, Que Viva Mexico! was to be structured in six parts, moving in history from pre-Columbian times to contemporary Day of the Dead celebrations. Eisenstein reportedly shot some 50 hours of footage; with expenses and misunderstandings mounting, Sinclair shut down the production. Eisenstein returned to the USSR and never again had access to the footage; Sinclair, the legal owner, parceled it out to various film projects, including Seton's, over the years. Many believe Que Viva Mexico! might have been Eisenstein's surpassing achievement, if only it had been finished. (Pacific Cinémathèque Pacifique) 16mm print courtesy of MoMA.
CERRO PELADO (Cuba. 1966. Dir. Santiago Álvarez. Photography: ICAIC. Music: Juan Blano. Sound: Raúl Préz Ureta, Idalberto Galvez. Editing: Norma Torrado. 36 min.)
"Cerro Pelado" is the name of the ship we see carrying a Cuban sports delegation to the Tenth Central American and Caribbean Games in 1966. While on their way to San Juan, Puerto Rico—a "'freely associated' Yanqui Colony" as a title card says—an aggressive, illegal act of U.S. interventionism attempts to halt Cuban entry and participation. The ship and activities we see become the theory and practice of Revolutionary Cuban resistance, tenacity, life, and liberty. Their eventual landing at the games is generally triumphant. While Alvarez's camera and editing register shock and sympathy at the poverty, illiteracy and signs of colonialism the Cubans see in Puerto Rico, the film explodes with Revolutionary pride in having overcome such conditions. With commentary almost nil, the film speaks entirely through montage and music. "My style is the style of hatred for imperialism," director Santiago Álvarez has said.
Program total running time: 2 hours
Doors: 7:30pm, Film starts at 8pm
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