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Me and my baby's father were just supposed to be friends with benefits. We both agreed that we weren't going to let feelings get involved n if we had the slightest hint to ourselves that one of us was getting feelings, we would just have to call it off. We agreed on strictly sex, while being friends and not making it awkward. Well, I ended up pregnant. Which I'm excited about the baby and so is he. The only problem now with me is that i don't want to be with him!!!! I have no feelings for him in that way. He is seriously gettig on my last nerve! He wants to be together and he keeps bringing it up. He's starting to get bossy with me too like he TOLD me that in was cold blooded because I wouldn't let him come to my personal appointments, but that he could come to the sonograms, he wants the baby to have his last name so he can " stand back and look at what he created" I was like WHAT?!?! He also just wants to be around me alllll the time, and then to make matters worse he owns a crappy car shop that he lives in, it's dirty it leaks it has mice n roaches, spiders out the *** the ceiling isn't finished on it and when the baby is born he old me that he wants to "sleep under the same roof as the baby" he wants to spend the night at my moms house or he wants me to bring the baby to stay withhim in that horrible shop. I just get soooo frustrated with him. I know he wants to be apart of the baby's life, but back up off of me!!! I don't want him, I don't wantto live with him, I'm NOT letting my baby sleep in that ran down shop and imnot giving my baby his last name.
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regardless the baby is going to need a father...these are the consequences that come with having sex with someone....there is always that risk that u might end up pregnant....u gotta give the relationship a try for the bbys sake...he sounds like he has good intentions....u know how many dads dont want anything to do with their kids!!! i mean u dont have to move in with him....yall can take things sloww....


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Haha, I will sell it to you. I can't afford to keep it around. It seems like every time I want to take it for a pleasure cruise, my bank account hemorrhages into a deficit.
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Haha, I will sell it to you. I can't afford to keep it around. It seems like every time I want to take it for a pleasure cruise, my bank account hemorrhages into a deficit.
Don't forget to advertise the V as "Never seen snow"!
Hey, if I bought that, I'd have a "V Series" too. :lildevil: :sneaky:
And it would have the biggest motor of any V series! :cool2:
(and the worst fuel economy.....)
Now, that's funny.
I stopped and wondered for a moment. Where's the house?
We have a very long driveway for an urban property.
The summer pic was taken at a different position on the driveway ... making it look like
the neighbour's house went missing.
Now, it's time to go out and shovel the driveway ... 2nd time today.
Michigan-Winter-Water-Wonderland. OK, I'm ready for spring now. Merry Christmas to all!
So I went to wash my car yesterday, it was the first clear, sunny day in weeks. So regardless of the fact the high was only 11* I had to get it cleaned up. So I paid the $8 for the top of the line car wash from the local joint, and before I parked to dry it off with my towel, all the water froze on it, so now instead of having salt caked to the body, I've got ice.
Shoulda paid the 15 like I did and get them to hand wash and dry it!
Hi, Frank.
Is that a Sebring convertible in the background?
I almost bought a 2003 Limited this summer with low klm, but we couldn't
agree on the price.
What's it like driving a convertible in Michigan's weather ... heated seats
and lined top, right?
What's the Chrysler like for reliability and general driving impressions?
got to love 76 degree weather on christmas
Haha. I know some people who work at a local car wash (Delta Sonic, which is very popular for teens to work at) and all through winter they get complaints that people's doors freeze shut. One kid I know replied, "Well, its not like we have magic f***ing water that doesn't freeze! What did you expect to happen?!"
The best part was he never even got in trouble for saying that to a customer.
They still use brushes, I do not go there at all. I take our cars to Sudsational on Ogden. It is pricey but it is all indoor and they blow all the water from every crevice before they let your car out the door. It is all done by hand too.. cost $27 for the Tahoe in and out.
Yes that's my wife's 2005 Sebering Convertible, 60K miles and Zero problems. We'll one very strange electrical glich, but, all that was required was a battery disconnect for a few minutes to reset the BCM.
This is is our second one, the fist one was a 2002 Inferno Red it was also very reliable, but the wife hydro-planed and spun out and totaled it. It was such a good car that we went out an got another. As far as the R&H goes, it's has a lot more road noise than my caddy and makes it through the snow just fine. This has been our 3rd snow strom and the wife hasn't got stuck yet. I give it a solid 7.5 if 10 was the best.
Lined Top, no heated seats, leater seats and simulated wood grain on dash and doors. All around nice car for the money.
Here's another pic
Yeah, those last-gen Sebrings were alright cars. Pretty good looking, IMO. Too bad the new Sebring looks like it fell from the ugly tree, and hit every branch on the way down.
I went through a cab-forward phase a while back, but snapped out of it. Still like this and the Dodge Intrepid's looks though.
I agree, the wife and I don't care much for the new gen Sebring either. I've seen this happen before, the car manufactures take a nice looking reliable car/truck and turn into a p.o.s.
I remember how angry I was when Mercury took the Cougar/XR7 mid size car and turned into a little p.o.s in the 99MY. I owned two Cougar's XR7's, one with the 4cy turbo and the other with a 302cid, both nice cars. Then it turned into a...well you know what I mean.

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1104 Desert Makeover Town (Mor 346)
Trip Start
Aug 15, 2011
Trip End
As we continue deeper into the desert, I start to notice, every couple hundred meters a brand new, identical cinderblock building that looks like a tiny two room schoolhouse. As there are numerous clusters of shacks probably used by fishermen, I assume it's a new government program to provide education for the children of fishermen… but there are just way too many of them…
Later I learn that these are meant for soldiers, stationed to guard the coast. It's a program partially sponsored by Spain to try to stop illegal immigration (mainly by Subsaharan Africans) to the Canary Islands which aren't too far from here. Most of the buildings it seems are empty, so I don't know how well this project is working… The whole thing kind of has me scratching my head…
Tarfaya is another middle of nowhere town with little transportation in or out of it, but it's a historically important town. This will possibly be my last journey to the Southern Desert, so I really need to explore all of its important towns.
Discovering Tarfaya
Tarfaya is a sleepy little town, but surprisingly spruced up, with new lampposts and houses freshly painted in blue and white, the traditional colors of Moroccan coastal towns. But on closer look, I realize that only the neighbourhood to the north of main street is fixed up—the neighbourhood on the other side isn't even paved yet. Later a guy tells me that Tarfaya's makeover only started a year or so ago—before that it was a pretty neglected town.
I follow the quiet side streets to… what's is that? A museum!? In Tarfaya?! Apparently Saint Expury the writer of "the Little Prince" lived in Tarfaya once, and there's a museum about him—although it's closed now. Beyond are a couple of crumbling Spanish structures, relics of when this was a Spanish colony, and a nice new city hall. Then there's a beach next to the port—and yet another surprise: a two storey stone building… all by itself out in the middle of the sea!
This is actually the symbol of Tarfaya—I'll see it later on political campaign posters… not sure what the story is, but it's definitely something unique about this town.
Heading back to town, I pass a group of fellows playing football and I can't help wonder what it must be like being a teenager in a town like Tarfaya, where the rest of the world feels so, so far away…


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Maybe you'll sign your apartment lease agreement and move in, and everything will go as you desired. There's a chance that you will never have problems with the rental lease agreement. However, there's also a chance that by signing the apartment lease without scrutinizing it, you missed paragraph five, section "b", which informed you that if a rental payment is one week late, you will be evicted, your tires will be slashed and your first-born child will be stolen and sold to gypsies.
Realize that apartment complex owners are allowed to include any provisions they want. And once you sign the agreement, the terms (in most cases) are legally binding. Take the extra time to completely understand this document when you locate an apartment for rent in Houston, and don't feel awkward if the leasing agent stands impatiently over you.
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I've actually played this one on the Amiga before, once when I was very young. I remember a lot of mouse clicking and frustration. And grey walls. But for all I know the SNES version is a cute platformer with squirrels in and lets face it, it's not unlikely.
Grey walls! I love these things, how grey and featureless and boring. Also they make everywhere look the same, so you have no clue if you're backtracking through a corridor you've already been down. I've been given buttons to use on screen to move around, but I can't imagine that's the only way. They couldn't be that cruel.
Or can they?
Nope, the Select button switches to 'move mode', which lets you move around with the d pad and turn with L and R. Cool, now our dudes can go exploring!
Wait, where are our dudes? We have an empty party! Also, where's the music, the only sound is an echoing drip sound that keeps repeating. This must be what Chinese water torture feels like.
More walls...
Suddenly MUSIC! We're at the Hall of Champions! (It looks like grey walls, you're going to have to use your imagination here).
I find a picture on the wall, clicking it reveals an inventory for a character I don't have. Hey, maybe this whole room is the character select screen. He looks badass and carries a samurai sword, so I'll add him to the team.
After filling out my team with the standard cocky best friend/rival, old guy with the beard, and the hot chick, I take a moment to wonder about the other portraits hanging in this hall. Poor souls that will never again live, just because I chose an old guy with a beard over them. So sad.
Then I find I'm still in move mode and accidentally fling my characters into a wall, causing them damage. That's a really stupid game mechanic.
OH SHIT! It's a mummy!
Hey wait, what am I worried about? There's four of us and we've got a samurai on team! I guess you click on those blue icons on the right to swing your weapon.
R.I.P. Iaido. He was the best of us, and we lost him in the first fight. Okay guys, lets split up his stuff. Zed you were his best friend/rival, it's only fair that you get his sword. Each item has to be dragged into their inventories separately it seems. One by one. We'll take the bones too, in case we can resurrect him later.
THUD! I accidentally crash into a wall and lose health.
Hey, a key hole. We picked up a key earlier, maybe it'll fit. Each of the keys has a name, but the locks all look identical so you just gotta try them all, one at a time. But hey, it worked so lets move on... ow, straight into a wall.
Oh shit, an enemy. And he's standing in front of the door. Well, he can't kill ALL of us... CHARGE!
Against all odds we survive, with minimal health left, and run right into a floor panel puzzle. Two gates and a floor covered in switches, awesome.
Well that's the end of that. It was nice knowing you chaps. Well, we might as well go out hammering the sword icons.
We did it! We're barely hanging on but we are still going. The slightest bit of damage could kill us, but for the moment we live. Hmm, what's this, a trap door? And we just passed a floor planel! I have an idea...
Sorry Iaido, but we need something heavy to weigh down the switch. Also you're starting to stink up our inventory.
SMACK... I walk into a wall again by accident. Dammit!
Obnoxious wall!
Ow, I just walked into another wall. I don't like walls. They're coarse and rough and irritating, and they're everywhere.
Zed, Syra, no!!! Oh crap, uh, hmm... SWING! You may have taken out the other two, but I still have plenty of health and I'm TAKING YOU WITH ME.
Oh wow, I did it! I beat him! I'M STILL ALIVE.
Thud... I walk into a wall.
Next game.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
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- Anonymous6 August 2013 at 07:06
you kept me laughing through the whole article, gotta play this game again and this time I'll show some love to my party <3
ReplyDelete - Anonymous4 October 2013 at 19:28
Does this bring back memories! My son and I played it for many months on our ST. He was the brains and I did the fighting. He's still got that Atari after 20+ years. Playing it just now on my Win/7 OS was nostalgic, for sure.
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The Hall of Fame is primarily divided into three segments as per service branches. The moment you enter Army division, models of different kinds of small size tanks grab attention. An interesting part of these models is that they are not merely show pieces but the best designed models by students of National Cadet Corps.
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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Bits and Pieces for Silver Sunday
It's another edition of Silver Sunday over at Gypsy Fish Journal.
Join the party and show us your shiny or not so shiny silver.
Bits and pieces from various sets of silver boxes ..... pieces inherited and surprisingly a
little spoon engraved with my first born's name that I had even forgotten I had.
The jam pot with the silver lid came to me from my mother-in-law and the spoon in it is
from the set of American Directoire sterling that also came from her. She had long ago
forgotten what the pattern name was and my father-in-law searched for years for
information on it without success. A few months ago when I got it out to polish it up for
the holidays I ran across his clippings and notes about companies he had written to trying
to find out the name. Literally 10 minutes on the internet yielded the pattern name ......
we take this kind of access for granted at times I believe.
I love mercury glass with silver, just so bright and shiny and pretty.
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Hi Candy...
Sooo many beautiful pieces of silver, my friend! Thank you so much for sharing them with us today! I love those fabulous silver decanters...so beautifully ornate!!! Isn't it amazing what knowledge we have right at our fingertips these days and times? I know...it amazes me as well! I sure have used the internet in many of my searches as well! So glad that you were able to find the pattern of that pretty silver!!!
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The TVWEEK: Sunday 18th - Friday 23rd March 2012
8.00pm The Falkland's Most Daring Raid Channel 4
8.00pm Don't Stop Me Now Sky1 - Amanda Byram presents a cheeky twist on the TV talent show, where getting rid of the dross is just as satsifying as stumbling upon someone with star potential.
8.30pm Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ITV - Mother's Day edition of the quiz.
8.30pm The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo BBC2 - Croydon-born cook and food writer Rachel Khoo demonstrates her imaginative flair for the cuisine of8 Paris. From her tiny Parisian kitchen, Rachel proves that simple cooking can produce sensational results. Over six episodes, Rachel demonstrates her contemporary approach to classic French dishes, from light snacks to familiar favourites
9.00pm The Anti-Social Network BBC3 - Broadcaster Richard Bacon has been targeted by an obsessive tirade of anonymous online abuse over the last two years, aimed not just at him but at his wife, motheR and Baby son. Motivated by his own experience, in this documentary Richard attempts to hunt down and confront three online bullies, including his own, only to learn that unmasking these so-called trolls can be a dangerous pursuit.
8.00pm Touch Sky1 - Ambitious new drama starring Keifer Sutherland as a man who discovers his son has a surprising gift.
9.00pm Horizon: The Truth about Fat BBC2 - Surgeon Gabriel Weston discovers the surprising truth about why so many of us are piling on the pounds and how we could fight the fat epidemic.
9.00pm Return for the Falklands ITV - To mark 30 years since the Falklands War, this documentary follows three men back to the islands. For veteran Simon Weston, the journey is an opportunity to experience some of the stunning wildlife on Sea Lion Island. War correspondent Mike Nicholson wants to learn more about how the islands have changed, developed and reinvented themselves.
9.00pm Stand Up for Sport Relief BBC3 - Five of Britain's top sporting personalities team up with five of the country's top comedians to try their hand at one of the hardest games there is, stand-up comedy, for Sport Relief. Hosted by Claudia Winkleman, sports stars including Ashes-winning cricketer Michael Vaughan, World Cup-winning rugby player Ben Cohen and BBC sports broadcaster and former Commonwealth gymnast Gabby Logan perform a three-minute comedy set based on their sporting life in front of a live audience at one of the country's top comedy venues.
9.00pm Talk at the BBC BBC4 - Funny, surreal and extraordinary extracts from interviews broadcast on the BBC from the 1950s to the 1970
10.00pm Hit the Road Jack Channel 4 - Jack Whitehall takes his show on the road visiting a different UK city each week, beginning with the Welsh capital of Cardiff. The set for Jack's stand-up performance is built in a working men's club where he is joined by guests Welsh comic actress and writer Ruth Jones and music guest Lethal Bizzle. But before putting on the show Jack shares his experience of Wales, staying with a local Welsh family, joining the father's male voice choir and acting alongside the aunt in Welsh soap opera Pobol y Cwm. Jack also goes undercover as a rugby guru to help inspire a local team, and plays the part of Lady Sybourn, an aide to the Queen, as 'she' tries to find the next Prince of Wales.
10.35pm My Daughter, Deafness and Me BBC1 - EastEnders actress Rita Simons has five-year old twin daughters, Maiya and Jaimee. Maiya was diagnosed with hearing loss at six-months old. Rita and husband Theo have just had the shocking news that, one day, she will probably lose her hearing completely. Rita and her family need to make life changing decisions for Maiya's future - should they embrace the deaf world, learn to sign and send her to a specialist school or try and give her hearing with technology, implants and artificial sound or a mixture of the two? Every parent agonises over the choices they make for their children but it is even more difficult when you have to decide on the fate of one of your child's senses, when they are too young to make a decision for themselves.
8.00pm Four Rooms Channel 4 - Return of the series where dealers are sat in different bidding on items to sell.
9.00pm The Apprentice BBC1 - Series eight of the reality series that sees 16 businessmen and women competing to have Lord Alan Sugar as their business partner. In the first task, the boys compete against the girls. Each team must buy blank goods, add value by printing a design onto them and then sell them from stalls on the streets of London Meet the Candidates HERE
9.00pm Wikileaks: The Secret Life of a Super Power BBC2 - Richard Bilton uncovers a struggle at the heart of US diplomacy between the ideals of freedom and spreading democracy, and the ruthless demands of American security and narrow self-interest. He examines what the Wikileaks cables reveal about America's conflicted dealings with Egypt's deposed dictator Hosni Mubarak, and shows how US diplomats in Cairo missed warning signs that revolution in Egypt was coming. And he details the moral tension in US diplomacy brought about by America's controversial War on Terror. Using the cables, Richard uncovers the moral compromises made by America's diplomats over the repatriation of Guantanamo Bay prisoners, and he shows the secret US efforts to block investigations into alleged CIA rendition and abuse
10.00pm The Apprentice: You're Fired! BBC2 - The first to be fired chats to Dara.
8.00pm Get Your House in Order Channel 4 - Series featuring out-of-control consumers whose quality of life is being buried under mounds of excessive, but potentially valuable possessions. On hand to help them transform their lives are two experts: antiques and artefacts dealer Nick Allen, and interior designer Abigail Ahern. The first episode features 25-year-old Amie Ormand. Amie is a self-confessed shopaholic whose compulsive consuming is not only taking over her home, but is threatening her relationship with her fiancé Ali. Can Nick and Amie administer the tough love Amie needs to help her offload her fashion hoard and raise the cash needed to transform her house into a home fit for newly-weds?
9.00pm John Bishop's Sport Relief of Hell BBC1 - John Bishop takes the word 'triathlon' to new heights in an extraordinary physical and mental challenge for Sport Relief. John cycles, rows and runs from Paris to London, accompanied by celebrity supporters like Davina McCall, Chris Moyles, Freddie Flintoff, Dermot O'Leary and Frank Skinner. This intimate and honest documentary captures the laughter and the tears as John battles with intense pain and exhaustion in his determination to succeed.
10.00pm Death Row Stories Channel 4 - Documentary series written and directed by legendary feature filmmaker Werner Herzog, telling the fascinating and controversial story of crime and the death penalty. Over the period of a year, Herzog interviewed inmates in America as they awaited their death - one has now been executed - and uncovered brutal stories of rape and murder. In the opening scene he makes it clear that he believes no human being should be executed
7.00pm Sport Relief 2012 BBC1 - Fundraising event
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Hello. My name is Eugene and I am new here. I begun learning Java a few weeks ago. I memorized the "Hello, world" coding even though I still don't know what it means. So I have a few beginner questions. Please answer them.
1) In simple words, what is public class and public static void main mean?
I think public means the code is available to be accessed by other codes and class is type. I think static means the code stays the same and void means it doesn't return a number and main is some sort of built in coding. What would be an example of a coding that is not public static void main?
2) I want to create games using Java but nowhere in any book does it explain how to create games. I want implement graphics for example and have buttons on screen to press and pressing buttons on keyboard. Do I need some kind of a graphics engine as well? I use jGrasp compiler with that Java package that I downloaded online. I am learning Java in college. So can you give me an example of how to begin making games and implementing images in Java?
3) How would I go about creating softwares using Java?
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Welcome to the forum. I suggest you check out the tutorials in my signature. They will answer a lot of your questions. And don't forget to read the forum rules. Click the FAQ in the menu bar to access them and other helpful information.
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"He's never sailed in his life. He and his film friends have all been given brand new shoes. This is his first actual race," website editor Rob Kothe said, after he watched the start of the race.
"They looked very relaxed. It was a beautiful afternoon's sailing. They were all having a great time aboard."
There was no sign of Crowe's fiancee, Danielle Spencer, aboard the Coffs Harbour-bound boat, with only males in sight, Mr Kothe said.
Travelex was closely following race leader Wild Oats, owned by Rosemount Wines owner Bob Oatley.
The pair were likely to break the 364km race record, set in 1984, by at least five hours. If current sailing conditions continued, they would reach Coffs Harbour by 5am this morning, Mr Kothe said.
Crowe's involvement was "very hush hush" until media boats captured the film star in full sailing glory.
Other yachts likely to also break the record if the southerly wind continued were the Andrew Short Marine, Coffs Harbour and Future Shock.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008
Kristina Werner Color Inspiration Challenge #27- Thinking of You!!
27 comments:
- Joni said...
I love the bubble wrap what a fun idea. I would like to get a card like that so i could pop the bubbles hahahaha. Great card.
- October 23, 2008 at 5:54 PM
- Sherri said...
That's so pretty! I love the texture!!
I left a little something for you on my blog today:) - October 23, 2008 at 6:04 PM
- Dawn said...
How creative are you? I love this idea!!! Great job and I hope your child is better soon!
- October 23, 2008 at 6:55 PM
- scubasubie said...
The bubble wrap is such a great and creative idea. I would have never thought to use that.
- October 23, 2008 at 7:43 PM
- Karla said...
Lovely card with recycle material, wow!!! love, love , looooove the dots! greay idea! - October 23, 2008 at 8:39 PM
- Stacey Schafer said...
you are always thinking outside the box and have the best ideas:) fantastic card, sankari!
- October 23, 2008 at 8:53 PM
- Amy, Ottawa, Canada said...
That's a fun Card, Sankari!
Bubble Wrap for YOU
TFS, Amy. - October 23, 2008 at 8:57 PM
- Carol Dunstan said...
what a fun card - I particuarly love the liquid pearls
- October 23, 2008 at 10:16 PM
- fishlips said...
Wow just 2 cute and creative... I'm so sorry your daughter has been sick, I hope all things get back to normal and she feel better soon...
- October 23, 2008 at 11:41 PM
- Ange Kelly said...
Gorgeous card - and that wrap is fantastic (they should package it! LOL)
- October 24, 2008 at 3:05 AM
- Leonie said...
You are too tricky, it looks great
- October 24, 2008 at 4:33 AM
- Ophthalmologist said...
What a great card! I love the bubble wrap - I used it to stamp background textures before, but I never thought of attaching it onto my cards as kind of ribbon...
Sending a big hug to your and your sick little one!
Christiane - October 24, 2008 at 4:57 AM
- The Mama Monkey said...
Very pretty and creative with the bubble wrap! I hope your daughter feels better soon. :(
- October 24, 2008 at 8:31 AM
- Regan said...
SHUT UP!!!! Well, aren't you just little miss cleaver??
Love the card girl! - October 24, 2008 at 10:41 AM
- Brooke S said...
How adorable is the bubble wrap... Way to just go with you gut.. I love thinking out of the box. Great layout girly. Your card makes me want to actually go get dressed for the day and put lipstick on... I hope the little Ladybug starts feeling better soon for you and DH's sake as well..
Brooke - October 24, 2008 at 11:43 AM
What a great card love the color way to meet this challenge. TFS.
Debbie/Phx AZ - October 24, 2008 at 1:32 PM
- Stampin'GHmom said...
What a creative and fun idea! The card is great!
- October 24, 2008 at 3:23 PM
- scrappinmominky said...
Cute card. I love the bubble wrap. I hope your kids are both well soon.
take care of yourself.
Heather - October 24, 2008 at 4:41 PM
- Catherine said...
- October 24, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- LeAnne said...
Definitely a cool card!
LeAnne - October 24, 2008 at 8:46 PM
- Anthonette said...
Hi Sankari, I hope your daughter feels better soon. Poor Momma. Get some rest too.
Love the card. The bubble wrap adds great texture. Great idea! - October 25, 2008 at 2:16 AM
- Kathie Bailey said...
You are so dang creative! Everything you do turns to gold. :-)
- October 25, 2008 at 2:19 AM
- gale said...
What a pretty card. Great idea to use bubble wrap!
- October 25, 2008 at 2:34 AM
- Sarah-Jane Kale' said...
Sankari, Sankari!!!! I LOVE your bubble wrap!!! I'm a HUGE fan of popping it!! hahah.
Have finally popped a pic of Ella up for you to see too!!!
xx - October 25, 2008 at 8:46 AM
- Tegan said...
LOVE the bubble wrap!! it looks awesomely unique ;)
- October 25, 2008 at 4:56 PM
- Traci said...
Great card! Love the bubble wrap
- October 26, 2008 at 12:44 AM
- Shirley said...
The whole card is just so creative and so clever. Whoda thunkit!! Bubble wrap. LOLOL So pretty too!
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Sometimes, when you make art, you have to just "go for it." Actually, I hear this a lot, but I'm not fully convinced it's 100% true all of the time. Allow me to explain.
There are those who feel that if an artist is not taking risks, that artist is not being "true." If an artist isn't stretching boundaries, pushing limits, working outside of their comfort zone, then they really aren't "growing" as an artist. While I think this is true to some extent, there is also something to be said for just executing. That is to say, or maybe more accurately to *ask* do we really have to be pushing limits each and every day? What's wrong with pushing limits once and then working to, say, actually *move* that limit, push that line, to its new location?
What I mean by that is, isn't it easy for a painter or photographer to always do something "shocking" and wild? Wouldn't it be better, or equally "artistic" I should say, for that same painter or photographer to push the boundaries once and then work to create a body of work about that subject matter? To, you know, maybe push the boundaries and then languish there a little bit, maybe just a little bit, to see what else is in the neighborhood? Don't we owe it to ourselves to push ourselves out of our comfort zones, yes, but also to work to permanently move those boundaries? What you weren't comfortable doing yesterday, shouldn't we work towards not just making a "one off" but to actually push and move those boundaries so that you're living in that zone tomorrow?
A lot of what I'm talking about here centers around technique maybe. I'm thinking about somebody who maybe started doing figurative work, does it once or twice, and then kind of moves onto something else. Don't we owe it to ourselves, rather than to try and "out shock" that limit, to push it just for the sake of pushing it, don't we owe it to ourselves to instead maybe work along the edges of our comfort zone and really get comfortable in our new hang out? Imagine, if you will, that same person who tries out the figurative work, imagine them actually working to master it, rather than trying to move that boundary yet again. Wouldn't that be better for us? Wouldn't that make for better art, say, in the long run? Do we even consider the long run in any of this?
There is something to be said for working in one's comfort zone. It allows you time to master technique. It allows you time to explore. It allows you time to fully explore and see where you can go, what you can do with something, as opposed to just jumping around, waiting to hop onto the next "big" thing. I do feel there is nothing wrong with working within one's comfort zone, so long as the artist is progressing in some other way (either by mastering technique or future exploration of subject matter.) It doesn't have to be "boring." Besides, if you are good at something, why not stick to that comfort zone to see what you can actually pull out, rather than moving along to something you maybe aren't quite as good at. Is it really better to be a jack of all trades instead of a master of one?
I think comfort zones provide us with a natural launch pad of sorts. They allow us a platform of safety from which we can go forth and explore. If the exploration doesn't say, pan out, we can always fall back into that natural pattern, that natural rhythm our comfort zones afford us. Yes, we need to push boundaries to grow and, at some point, that makes sense to do, but that "safety net" that "cushion" of a comfort zone also serves its place in our artistic development. Maybe the whole point is to work to move, over time, the comfort zone, to push it out and expand it into areas where we currently aren't so comfortable yes but, while we have them, that comfort zone provides us with a wonderful backdrop from which to branch out and really explore our limitations.
When I started doing photography, I did a lot of interior type shots. I've always been a bit of a studio photographer, more than I've really been a "field" photographer anyway. I'm comfortable working at home, working in my studio. I love new surroundings and exploration, yes, but I love to take these things back, return to my studio, and then re-work them into something I can explore on my terms, in the comforts of my own studio, rather than being pressured to work magic in the field. I've never really changed that. In some ways, my studio is my personal comfort zone. It's my happy space, if you will.
When I first started as a photographer, I also shot a lot of windows and doors. Tons of them. In fact, I can still, to this day, smell a good window or door from fifty paces. Really I can, and so too can anybody who studied under my first photography teacher. We were trained, hard core in fact, to sniff out these sorts of photographic opportunities. Over time (I've been an exhibiting photographer for more than 20 years now) windows and doors have become quite popular and then, alas, fallen out of favor yet again. It's a natural cycle and it happens with all types of photographic subjects. To be honest, I too have grown somewhat "past" the windows and doors subject, but it is very much a comfort zone for me. When I know not what else to do, I can always find a window, a doorway, a staircase of sorts, and just go for it. I think this image helps prove that, in some small way, this still works. It's maybe not magical or special or quite as difficult as it was when I first started and, yes, I'm sure you can see hundreds, if not thousands, of images just like this one on Flickr (or some such place) but that doesn't make it "bad" now, does it? Just because I was doing it back in 1992, back when nobody else was and now the whole wide world is doing it doesn't necessarily make it bad now, does it? I don't feel that way. I mean, maybe it isn't as special, maybe it isn't as unique, but it's not horrible really either, right?
Yes, I will shock and push those boundaries, stretch those limits at some point. I still do that too. But, really, does each and every shot have to be doing that? Can't I have some "comfort food for the eyes" along with my cutting edge craziness too? Isn't there room in the big bad art world for all of that and more? I mean, sometimes doing the same can be different (or unexpected) too, right?
All questions to ponder for this, a rainy Monday morning in River City.
Until next time...
Monday, December 19, 2011
Reaching for the Stairs - Of Art and Comfort
2 comments:
- Lin Floyd said...
interesting thoughts, yes comfort zone vs. exploration-each have their place and time in our lives.
- Carol said...
They do, don't they! I always feel like, when I'm doing one, perhaps I should be doing the other. I wonder how to get over that feeling but maybe I just need to accept that I don't really have to get over it, that it's just a natural progression. There is a place for each and maybe it's just better to learn to accept each role in their own right.
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The Melbourne Rebels have moved to cover the lack of backline depth exposed in their heavy Super Rugby loss to NSW by signing Reds utility Mike Harris.
Harris, who has 10 Wallabies caps, has signed a two year deal with Melbourne.
With midfield veteran Tamati Ellison tipped to return to New Zealand with his young family, 25-year-old Harris will give the young backline some much-needed experience.
A member of the Reds' 2011 title-winning team, he can play fullback, five-eighth or in the midfield as well as offering goal-kicking smarts.
The Rebels have been linked to another Red in hooker Saia Fainga'a although are believed to be keen to keep Japanese international Shota Horie.
Ellison was a late withdrawal from the NSW clash after suffering a knee injury at their final training session which forced a reshuffle.
They missed his strong defence, particularly in the backline when the Waratahs' star backline found more room to move.
Test stars Bernard Foley, Kurtley Beale and Israel Folau were constant threats in NSW's six-try 41-19 romp.
Rebels centre Mitch Inman said NSW showed they had the line-up to win their first Super Rugby title after reaching the finals twice.
"I think their last two games shows that they're definitely in contention," he said.
"They're definitely a finals side and the way they finished off in the last 20 minutes - we were clearly outplayed."
Melbourne were still in the hunt after 63 minutes, trailing 24-19, but the visitors stepped up their attack with their physical forwards creating plenty of front-foot ball they were on their way to a bonus point.
Inman said it was disappointing his team couldn't go back to back after their rousing win over the Reds.
It's something they haven't managed to do this season.
"It's a shame that we took a step back after a very good win but we just went to sleep in that last 20 minutes and they made us pay."
It doesn't get any easier for the Rebels, who face another finals contender in the Brumbies in Canberra next round.


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Paul is now part of the fourth generation in America that is involved in farming and hopes the next generation will be involved also. Through his blog he provides analysis and insight to farmer tax questions.
Most farmers are used to preparing form 1099s in January of each year for any unincorporated businesses that provide services to them during the year. Once those total payments exceed $600, the farmer is required to issue a form 1099-MISC. If the business providing the services is incorporated, then a form 1099 is normally not required.
However, for many years, Congress has required a form 1099 be issued to any medical provider that provides services exceeding $600 in a calendar year and these rules require a form 1099 for any entity. Therefore, if the medical provider is incorporated, the business would still need to issue a form 1099.
The IRS released guidance late last year indicating that veterinarians meet the definition of a medical provider, therefore, if the farmer pays more than $600 to any vet during the year, they should issue a form 1099 at the end of the year, even if the vet is incorporated. If you have a vet that provides services during the year and these payments exceed $600 for the year, make sure to issue a form 1099 to them at year-end. Instead of being listed in box 7 (non-employee compensation), these payments will be listed in box 6 (medical and health care payments).
Tomorrow starts the three-day AICPA Ag Conference in Austin, Texas. I am looking forward to the line-up of speakers that we have this year and will fill you in on anything worthwhile that may happen.
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Journal Journal: My thoughts on the Oscar nominations
In each category, nominees are listed in alphabetical order, followed by my personal favorite.
Best Picture:
Avatar: The worldbuilding is amazing. One of the most important ways to separate good sci-fi/fantasy from bad is by how well fleshed-out the fictional universe is. If it's possible to role-play or write (halfway-competent) fanfics that use the setting but not the main characters, it passes the test. You can roleplay in the Wheel of Time universe without playing Rand or Egwene, but Sword of Truth fanfics without Richard and Kahlan are barely recognizable. Or look at Buffy vs. Charmed. Considering only movies that aren't based on books or TV shows, I'd put Avatar third-all-time behind Star Wars and The Matrix (fourth if you give the Kristy Swanson movie credit for the whole Buffyverse, but I don't think that's fair or even logically sound). Pandora is a world in which you can tell a wide variety of interesting stories. However, Avatar's script is NOT one of them. The premise is a flimsy excuse to get humans involved--Cameron himself stated that unobtanium (as joke names go, only mcguffinite would have been better) has nothing to do with the bio-computer-network that defines the world, it's just coincidence that there's a big deposit under the Navi village. The science team is led by someone who is somehow both a botanist and a zoologist, but none of the other members even HAVE specialties. The entire plot revolves around the idea that ex-Marine Jake is the closest thing to a real cultural anthropologist who has ever been avatarized, which is profoundly stupid. For the most part, no attempt at all is made to develop characters. In one case--Trudy's change of heart--this failure at characterization actually creates a plot hole. It's only believable that exactly one military-type would end up on the side of the scientists and natives if she has any unique perspective. The only thing that distinguishes Trudy from any other grunt is screen time--and even that is mostly post-reversal. Even her line when she changes her mind--"I didn't sign up for this!"--is patently false. It's precisely what she signed up for, she just no longer believes it's right. And her first act of treason, changing sides in mid-battle, is completely unpunished. In the case of the Navi, the absence of character development beyond stock aboriginal stereotypes is an offensive crutch propping up the bullshit Noble Savage idea that nobody in their culture could possibly benefit from technology or specialized labor, which itself is the only justification for the third-act war. Giovanni Ribisi's only two character traits are caring about results and being willing to listen to reason, but the war starts when, and because, he suddenly decides not to listen to reason precisely when Jake is actually starting to get results. The character's only reason for existing is to start the war, but his only character develolpment establishes that he would not do so under those circumstances. After Jake, Trudy, and the other scientists escape from the military, one scientist stays back as a spy. That he could do so without being caught is implausible, that he could actually break the others out of prison in the first place without being caught is impossible--are there really no security cameras? The supposed climax of the plot is a faceoff between Jake and the scar-headed leader of the military (who, if not for movie-magic, would have died half a dozen times already) because that's what the formula says should happen. But that's the second half of the mentor-and-protege-on-opposite-sides formula, which is the wrong formula. Jake and Scarhead have an arrangement that is purely business, with little direct communication and no emotional bond. The final showdown is part of that formula to bring the character arcs full-circle. It has to happen because the first half of the formula sets it up. I'm no great fan of cliche, but things become cliche because they work. If you're going to use part of a formula, either you have to use the rest of it too, or you have to have a reason to subvert it and set up the subversion properly. The film as a whole is somewhat elevated by the worldbuilding and spectacle factor, but the flaws are too big too many for it to deserve consideration for Best Picture.
The Blind Side: Every character, white or black, is an offensive stereotype. The movie displays no respect for the viewer whatsoever--everything that can be dumbed down is, any moral issue that is (intentionally) raised is discussed by the characters at length but not in any depth. There's not a single thing in this film that isn't handled with more subtlety and honesty in Remember The Titans. "More simplistic than Remember The Titans" is not a compliment. If you take everything I don't like about RtT, combine it with everything I don't like about Crash, you get this. The paternalistic, White Man's Burden portrayal of the main character is simply shocking. To be fair, it's a basically competent piece of filmmaking. A lot of the movies I have to see make me wonder how anyone involved even has a job in the industry, but this is at least a real movie. There are no plot holes and nobody ever behaves drastically out of character. It has decent acting. The camerawork isn't distractingly artsy or misframed. If it was the worst movie I had seen in the past year, I'd be pretty happy. But that's about as backhanded as praise gets.
District 9: This is not a metaphor for apartheid. Well, it is, but that's not the point. The superficial anti-apartheid message is cover for the more subtle but more central and better developed commentary on the military-industrial complex. The South African government and United Nations have outsourced the entire project of dealing with the aliens, and the whole movie is an exploration of the consequences of that decision and the ways the private sector and public sector naturally and necessarily have different motives. That has to be addressed delicately because it's very politically charged. When you talk directly about a politicized issue, you only get through to the people who already agree with you. Everyone else will feel like they're being preached at, and they'll be right. Aside from simply avoiding being off-putting, the "show, don't tell" rule lets you make a better argument by demonstrating the reasons behind your belief. By hiding the real issue under something generic that everybody agrees about, like "apartheid was bad," Blomkamp was able to make a much stronger and more openly partisan case against corporate militia than he could have otherwise. Not to mention that it's all contained in a story entertaining enough to satisfy the unwashed masses. If your primary criterion for film is how well the various elements (acting, directing, main plot, subplots, character development, cinematography, philosophical message, entertainment value) of flimmaking fit together into a coherent whole, then this isn't just the best film of the year, it's the best of the last several years.
An Education: I haven't seen it yet. We're getting it at Lennox this weekend, so I will soon.
The Hurt Locker: It's hard to describe this film in any way other than "see it." This year was a good one for fans of psychological character studies, and this might be the best of the bunch. There's a scene near the end, while Jeremy Renner is back home, that contains my favorite minute of film of the year. If you've seen it you know what scene I mean.
Inglorious Basterds: There's a lot to like about it, but it's not anywhere close to the film it could have been if Tarantino didn't surround himself with yes-men. Usually my favorite thing about QT is that he knows which characters and plot elements to focus on and which to leave as recurring, undeveloped leitmotifs, but the biggest flaw of this film is its utter failure in that department. Shosanna and Col. Landa are the most interesting, complex, developable characters in the film, but combine for maybe 40 minutes of screen time in a 150-minute movie. The titular Basterds are riotously entertaining five minutes at a time, but one-dimensional and monotonous. Most of them don't even have names or lines. They get the remaining 110 minutes. It's not just that the film is a perfect beginning, a perfect ending, and two hours of filler, it's that it didn't have to be.
Precious: If I was given a short plot outline of this movie, I'd guess that it was a superficial, unintentionally racist, shameless Oscar-baiting mess. To make it work at all, it had to have character development and penetrating honesty, both taken to all-time-great extremes. Fortunately, that's exactly what it has. It has none of the surface trappings of a horror film, but that's what it is. A teenaged girl (Precious) and children (her toddler and infant) trapped in a creepy house (literally, a filthy apartment; figuratively, the culture of self-perpetuating urban poverty) with/by monsters (her parents, more literally than you would believe), struggling to escape with the protection of an outside hero (her teacher), eventually succeeding but not without paying a harsh price (which would be a spoiler). Several scenes, particularly the mother's attempt to justify her behavior to a social worker, are much more horrifying than anything in the so-called horror genre.
A Serious Man: I enjoyed it thoroughly, but I'm not sure it's Best Picture material. If it has anything to say at all, it's not me it's saying it to. Middle-class Jews who grew up in the 60's in midwest college towns make for a pretty narrow target audience. The comedic take on the Book of Job is a clever idea, and the execution is terrific (which goes without saying for the Coen brothers), but it's a one-note song. Well worth seeing, borderline worth nominating, but one of the Coens' shallowest films.
Up: When you're a child, there's a pure, unadulterated joy associated with watching a movie. When you've seen enough movies to understand that some of them are good and some of them are bad, that joy is very difficult to recapture--you're always dissecting the bad ones and waiting for the other shoe to drop in the good ones. It's a rare film that can make a jaded cynic like me feel like I did the first time I saw Mary Poppins.
Up In The Air: I strongly disagree with the message of the film--that nobody can be truly happy living the lifestyle that George Clooney's character does. But it's still one of my favorite movies of the year. That's how good the other parts of the film are, and how well it follows "show, don't tell."
Unless one of the three I haven't seen really wows me, I think Precious deserves to win, but it's a close call over D-9 and Hurt Locker.
Best Director:
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker: The film is a character study and an action movie and a soldier-friendship drama, which call for different directorial skills and styles. All three are done well.
James Cameron, Avatar: The nomination is justified by the technical aspects of directing alone. My problems with the movie are 90% Cameron-as-writer, 10% Cameron-as-director, and 0% Cameron-as-producer. That 10% is still big enough that I don't think he should win, but it won't be a gross miscarriage of justice when he does.
Lee Daniels, Precious: When that many unknowns (Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton) and no-talent hacks (Mariah Carey, Mo'Nique) turn in performances that good, it's a safe bet that the director is the reason why.
Jason Reitman, Up In The Air: If you're making a comedy-drama, the darker the comedy, the harder it is to keep it balanced--dark comedy is not a tension-relieving change of pace from drama like laugh-out-loud comedy is.
Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds: As with Cameron, my problems are more with the writing than the directing, but the distinction is much blurrier in Tarantino's case.
I like Bigelow, but if you prefer Reitman I won't say you're wrong.
Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart: This performance rivals The Dude as Bridges' career-defining role. My big thing with acting is how much the actor does beyond what's explicitly in the script, and I have some major complaints about this script. Bridges and T. Bone Burnett get just about all the credit for the whole movie.
George Clooney, Up In The Air: He faces the public perception of him as a superficial playboy (a reputation for which he has nobody to blame but himself) head-on in this role. It's certainly a good performance, but I don't think he would have been nominated if not for the connections to his own life. Contrast with Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, whose performance would have deserved the Oscar no matter what his personal life had been like.
Colin Firth, A Single Man: I never once thought of Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice while watching this, a comparable accomplishment to Bridges playing someone who doesn't remind me of Lebowski.
Morgan Freeman, Invictus: He was nominated basically for being Morgan Freeman and playing Nelson Mandela. He evokes Mandela's appearance and mannerisms impressively, but gets just as much of the blame as the writers for sanitizing and oversimplifying a deeply complex person. It's a travesty that he was nominated over Sharlto Copley in District 9, Vincent Gallo in Tetro, Sam Rockwell in Moon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt in (500) Days of Summer.
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker: Most actors would have gone too over-the-top with this role. Not on purpose, but because it's a tightrope walk to get the character right. Renner never falters, but the performance isn't as memorable as the other nominees.
Colin Firth is the best here, but in ways probably too subtle for the voters to pick him over Bridges, who is almost as deserving.
Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock, Blind Side: She's one of the only worthwhile things about the film. For an actor this famous, it's an accomplishment if I'm thinking of her character as "Leanne" rather than "Sandra" by the end. But there's absolutely nothing challenging about the role, no decisions for her to make that a community-theater actor couldn't get right.
Helen Mirren, The Last Station: haven't seen it yet.
Carey Mulligan, An Education: haven't seen it yet.
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious: The most subtle, gradual performance as a dynamic character I saw from any actor or actress all year. Only Firth and Gallo are close.
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia: The epitome of going beyond the script. Took a deliberately superficial film and gave it depth.
Of Streep and Sidibe, I'm more certain that Streep gets the credit, rather than the writer or director. Both are worthy.
Supporting Actor:
Matt Damon, Invictus: He pulls off a difficult accent, but the script neither provides anything interesting or difficult for him to do nor gives him the leeway to embellish.
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger: It's very hard to give the audience a look inside the head of an emotionally-closed off character.
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station: haven't seen it yet.
Stanley Tucci, The Lovely Bones: In a way, he's too good. It's not believable that someone that creepy isn't a suspect.
Christoph Waltz, Inglorious Basterds: He's the biggest reason nobody noticed the major problems with the film.
Waltz, hands down. Might be the first unanimous vote in Academy history.
Supporting Actress:
Penelope Cruz, Nine: Inexplicable. Everyone involved in the film sets a new career low. Her only job in it is to look good in sexy lingerie. She succeeds, but I didn't know they gave out Oscars for that. Don't be surprised if Julianne Moore "accidentally" spills red wine on Cruz's dress at the ceremony.
Vera Farmiga, Up In The Air: My favorite thing about the performance is a plot spoiler.
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart: Like Matt Damon, it's the script's fault she's undeserving. She has a little more to work with than he does, though.
Anna Kendrick, Up In The Air: She manages to steal scenes from George Clooney.
Mo'Nique, Precious: So good that I'm at a loss for words.
Usually the supporting categories are too close to call and the lead categories have obvious choices. Other way around this year. It's Mo'Nique's.


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SQL Server 2000 Administration in 15 Minutes a Week: Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan (Part 1) - Page 2June 21, 2002
There are a few steps in
creating a disaster recovery plan. First, we
need to decide how often we are going to back up our
database. Some points to consider are: how much time do we
have to make backups, how much (database size) do we need
to back up, how long would we like it to take to restore a
database, how often does data change, and are we willing to
risk losing any work for an improvement in speed? Let's look at a
scenario. In this scenario the database we are creating
a disaster recovery plan to be used by our company's sales department.
The database contains customer order information. Any loss
of this information would be devastating to the company.
The database must give maximum performance during most
hours of use. When looking at the performance logs, we can
see that the server utilization is lower from 2-3 AM on
Monday - Saturday and most of Sunday. When testing the time
needed to make backups, you note a full backup takes 4
hours and a differential backup takes up to 30 minutes.
Before even looking at what options we have, notice that I
list performance logs and the time needed to make the two
types of backups. This is important information you will
need to collect or estimate.
Because the data in this
database is so important to the company, we need to back it
up frequently and use the Full recovery model. A full
backup takes 4 hours, so the only day we can do this
(without impacting the system too much) is on Sunday. Now
you don't have to use differential backups, but in this
scenario they fit in well. We can make a differential
backup Monday - Saturday mornings, reducing the time needed
to recover from a failure. This plan is not perfect --
it has its benefits and drawbacks. On the plus side, this
strategy only makes full/differential backups when
the server is at its lowest utilization. On the down side,
if the database fails late in the day, we would have to
restore a bunch of transaction log backups. Also, you may
find that a loss of 30 minutes worth of data (the time
between transaction log backups) is too much -- it all
depends on what you're willing to risk. Another thing you must keep in mind is that
backup times will vary. Using our scenario as an example,
because a differential backup will backup the data that has
changed from the last full backup, Friday's differential
backup probably has more changed data than Monday's differential
backup. Why? If you change the same exact data over and over
again, a differential backup should stay about the same
size regardless of whether you take the backup today or two weeks
from now. On the other hand, if you modify/add different
data, the size of the differential backup will continue to
grow until you take a full backup.
So, could we improve our backup
strategy? With a full backup taking 4 hours and a lot of
server resources...the answer is no, not a whole lot. In my next article we
will look at some other options that will allow us to
improve our plan, but for now we are limited by the time
constraints. Now that
we have decided how often we are going to back up our
database it is time to think about where we will store our
backups...and that is exactly what we will talk about next
week, in part two of this article.
As always, if you have any technical questions please post them on the SQL message board.Please send any non-technical questions, comments, and feedback to my email. I hope you are finding this
series to be a useful one, and I'm looking forward to your feedback.


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The problem with Wildlife Services is simple: The federal program relies too heavily on killing to resolve conflicts with wildlife. All too often, these methods are brutal, expensive and ineffective, with 100,000 animals killed each year. Tens of thousands of animals have been killed by mistake over the past decade -- including family pets and federally protected wildlife.
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Sunderland defender Carlos Cuellar has praised the revitalising effect Paolo Di Canio has had on the team since his arrival as head coach, hailing the Italian for his "fresh mentality" and knowing "how to treat people".
"The manager has come in and made an instant impression," Cuellar said after the 1-0 victory over Everton took the Black Cats six points clear of the relegation zone. "People are calling it a miracle transformation, but it isn't. It's a fresh mentality, he knows how to treat people, but it's down to hard work."
Everton manager David Moyes received a warm embrace, and also saw how his opposite number's personal approach had created a positive atmosphere around the Stadium of Light, in Di Canio's first home match in charge. "I got a cuddle before kick-off," Moyes said. "I don't know him that well, but he's started off very well." Two wins in Di Canio's first three games, the latest secured by Stéphane Sessègnon's confident strike in first-half stoppage time, is the stuff wildest dreams were made of barely a week ago.
"Every decision was challenged by the crowd," Moyes reflected. "The crowd really got really behind their team; it was an intimidating atmosphere."
Di Canio admits the immediacy of his impact is something even he could not have hoped for amidst the maelstrom of his appointment three weeks ago. "To be honest, when I looked at the fixtures, I couldn't have expected to take six points from these first three games, although we should have had a draw at Chelsea, so it could have been more. I suppose I'm never going to be happy," he said.
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Chittagong: Mar 26, 2014
Sri Lanka will target a place in the semis in their match against England in Chittagong, as action resumes after a day's rest in ICC World T20 2014.
A win will establish Sri Lanka's position in Group One. South Africa, in the same group, will also seek an easy win against the Netherlands.
However, Sri Lankan captain Dinesh Chandimal said his side will not take anything for granted.
"England are a good T20 side and we have special game plans for them but we are never going to underestimate them," said Chandimal, whose team beat South Africa by five runs in their opening match.
They then crushed the Netherlands by nine wickets after demolishing them for 39 all out — the lowest-ever total in Twenty20 internationals.
"To win the first match was important for our team and it is that momentum we carried into the second game and that is very important," said Chandimal.
"We know if we win one of our last two games we can make it to the semi-finals, but we are looking to win both."
England's middle-order batsman Ravi Bopara said his team is looking forward to the challenge.
"It is a must win game for us," admitted Bopara. "We have to win, winning against Sri Lanka would be a big thing for us, which will be a big confident boost and that's the way we are looking at it."
Bopara said England will be up to the challenge of facing paceman Lasith Malinga.
"It is tough to hit Malinga," said Bopara of the slinger Malinga, regarded as one of the best death over bowlers.
"I think the best way to approach him is trying to deflect him past the gaps, and hope to get some bat on it to square, he does a very good slower ball."
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Vita-Mix versus the Magic Bullet!
I bought a magic bullet last year after having been swept off my feet by the smooth talking pushers on the infomercial channel. They are good aren't they? My god I wanted one, and I wanted it NOW! It was 3 a.m. in the morning but thank god for phone lines and visa cards because in less than 90 seconds I was hooked up and was promised it would be on it's way pronto! True to their word my little box of magic arrived within 4 days and I was so excited. We started whirling everything from parsley to bananas!
Unfortunately my love affair was short-lived as I realized it wasn't quite as fast as on the commercial nor was it particularly wonderful at crushing ice! I put it away and ordered a Vita-Mix! The Vita-Mix is awesome and it does crush ice and oh, btw, it also eats the tamper that it comes with! Yikes -- apparently I'm a little too forceful for my own good and I shoved the tamper down with all my might and omg it ate it! Literally -- what a mess! I can't believe it didn't twist the blender blades -- for that I am grateful! I thought for sure I had demolished a $600 blender with my extra strong biceps! The tamper is that little black "star wars" looking weapon laying in front of the blender! I've been scared to use it since then and I now turn off the blender, push the stuff down and turn it back on! I'm scarred for life! Anyhow we ordered another and I learned my lesson to be a little more gentle in the kitchen.
And with this lesson I realized that perhaps I had been too hasty in relegating my magic bullet to the back of the cupboard! I dusted it off and put it on the counter beside the vita-mix! I'm back in love again (I'm fickle) and realized that yes the Vita-Mix is the monster of all blenders and perhaps the magic bullet is a little pipsqueak but you don't always need a bulldozer to do the job! In fact the magic bullet is perfect for lots of little jobs that you don't want to dirty the big blender for nor does it do as good a job when it comes to small amounts! In fact when doing small amounts the Vita-Mix just doesn't cut it! The magic bullet is perfect for baby food -- it comes with a super cute little size container that is just the right amount for a toddler meal. The cups are perfect for whirling your flax (egg-substitute) mixture, grinding sunflower seeds for pate and bread into crumbs!
The Vita-Mix is super awesome for my peanut butter banana smoothies, green smoothies and vega-shakes! There is not a blender out there that can touch the Vita-Mix when it comes to making smoothies taste well --- smmmmmmmmooooooooth!! So lucky for me I'm happy to have re-connected with my magic bullet and I'm also thrilled that I have a Vita-Mix! There is room for two loves in your life when it comes to blenders -- the mini and the maxi! Together forever on my countertop.
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I'm glad you enjoyed the review. FYI -- I have seen the magic bullet at costco for $59.00 here in Edmonton. But it's always a hit and miss with them as items appear and diasppear never to be seen again :) I even saw it in my travels at value village (love, love thrift shops) the other day -- kinda of sticker shock though -- they wanted $19.99 and that was just for the bullet base plus the one tiny container! I think the love affair with Vita Mix is universal -- our UPS driver said he delivers them almost daily and that's just in our area! Wishing I had stock in Vita Mix!
ReplyDeleteI just got my Vita Bullet in the mail (the step up from the Magic Bullet) and I AM disappointed. I don't think it does much more than my blender. It DEFINITELY DOES NOT chop up nuts like the commercial showed it would. However, I like a little crunch in my smoothies. Feels like I'm cheating a little. Anyway...when will I learn that those smooth talkers are JUST that. Smooth talker.
ReplyDelete- AnonymousApril 24, 2013 at 5:34 PM
Put the LID on before you use the TAMPER!!! Then it's impossible for it to be damaged.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJune 4, 2013 at 5:04 PM
got my nutri bullet,in dicember its june now,have used it every day ,me and my wife love it.our daly brakfast,comes from my nutri bullet every day
ReplyDelete If you are looking for a good quality Vitamix Blender then it's easy to buy it online from trusted and certified online dealers with quicker delivery time.


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Cute space invader mosaic - East village
A Fafi spotted in alphabet city at the Lower East Side Girls Club Bake Shop. (A great organisation, please check out their website).
Guerrilla knitting installation on 9th street fence - East Village. (We also spotted some street pole mosaics, perhaps from a time of "mosaic bombing")?
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
ny 3.1
Cute burger man, Coney Island.
Truck that has been coloured, Wall Street.
Head of ventriloquist dummy, antique shop Chelsea.
depends on how you look at it,
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
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Mayor V. Has 'Best Year' Ever (If You Close Your Eyes And Ignore Reality)
They say that sometimes a leader's job is to will optimism in the darkest of times, like a Federal Reserve chairman saying the economy's alright, a president saying wars are going swimmingly or newspaper CEO claiming that print will make a comeback in 2010.
As such Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa says things are going great in the city of Los Angeles, and he displays a greater sense of accomplishment than a millennial kid who just graduated from college and is ready to be your boss. The city faces a $400 million deficit, it can barely hire the cops it needs, entire fire companies (at a station near you) are going dark for a day at a time, it was just revealed that we have the worst roads in the nation, and the city can barely get its head around hundreds of marijuana shops across town despite years of deliberation. But for Mayor V, who just returned from a nine-day, $120,000, taxpayer-funded trip to Europe, it's all good.
"I think this is one of the best years we've had," Villaraigosa told the Daily News' Rick Orlov for a piece published Sunday. "I love my job and I have it three more years."
The mayor touted out-of-town trips to Washington, D.C. and Sacramento as successful missions to pick federal and state pockets for hundreds of millions of dollars stimulus and tax funds. "I don't apologize for these trips," he told Orlov.
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Mayor V.'s omnipresent smile and upbeat tone isn't infectious for everyone, however. The cost of workers' pension funds could undo the city in the future, and deficits could reach the billions in the next decade.
"He set himself up as the vanguard of new political discourse," Cal State L.A. urban studies professor David Diaz tells the News, "and we still haven't seen it."
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Parag Patel is a partner of Patel Law Offices.
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