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Very wonderful vid.
I have been in this wonderful state of mind many times. I miss them when they do not come often enough.
On the positive side, when one considers that the Christian version of the afterlife consists of spending eternity praising god (who must have SERIOUS self-esteem issues, to require so much praise), permanent death seems like such a pleasant alternative.
One shot on the wheel of life- Make it a good spin
Well, I'm Hindi. (Probably not as popular in an atheist forum, since we have at last count somewhere around 330 million gods.) And death ... well, it doesn't scare me. I've been dead before. Not in a reincarnationist belief sense, more in a clinically dead after a car accident sense.
There is no "I." As an attempt at an analogy: If a child pretends he's Batman, then gets called to dinner and stops pretending, does Batman die? Such is life.
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Well, I'll give you one point for not just falling into the religion of your family/culture without question. Do you mind sharing the criteria that brought you to Hinduism?
I was a devout Christian, praying to God for guidance, and Sri Shiva revealed himself to me in a blinding light which knocked me to the floor. No, I don't have any proof. No, I can't really differentiate it from the multitude of other cases of people claiming to have seen God (under whatever name). Or angels, or aliens, or inhabitants of Lemuria, or whatever. Yes, I fully realize it may very well have been an hallucination or mental break of some sort. No, I don't expect anyone else to believe me or change their lives based on this.
So, in sum, you're not telling us anything at all.
Did Sri Shiva say anything to you? Have you had any sightings since? Does your family have any history of mental illness? How did you go about finding a Hindi temple near your home?
1) No, not in words. Following that experience, I did find quite a few writings from different religious traditions which seemed to be of a similar nature.
2) Nothing quite so dramatic, no.
3) I assume you mean my biological family (I was adopted), and I can't be totally sure of that, although I realize that depression and alcoholism run in the bloodline. (Both of which I have experienced at times in my life, though not prior to the experience in question.)
4) I actually didn't. I was living in a rural area of Pennsylvania at the time and it wasn't very religiously diverse. Fortunately, I was attending a nominally Christian college with a well-stocked library and some professors who were quite knowledgeable regarding religion. One of Hinduism's basic ideas is "Many paths, one truth." I explored various religious traditions when I had the chance over the years, until I moved near a Hindu Smarta temple in Ohio and started attending there on a regular basis (until I moved to Texas, at least). I met a scholar there who taught me a little Sanskrit and also discussed the religion from the point of view of someone born into it. I also attended an ISKCON gathering a few times there. Now I'm disabled and rarely leave my home, and don't really get to any churches/temples/etc.
Ok, but did you know your vision was Sri Shiva at the time you were having the vision - as in had you studied Hinduism previously and recognized Sri Shiva; or did you not know who Sri Shiva was until a later time when, upon reading some Hindu material, you recognized him? How did that part work?
Yes, I fully realize it may very well have been an hallucination or mental break of some sort.
@ Davyd - In other words, you are not 100% certain of your belief. What is the price you have paid, are paying, and will pay if it was a hallucination?
So, if Ahura Mazda had revealed himself to you in a blinding light, you'd be a Zoroastrian. I guess you're just the victim of whatever god gets to you with their blinding light first.


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The backend process (mythbackend) is the portion of the system that handles the Video capture cards as well as Scheduling Recordings on those cards, Commercial Detection, and transcoding. The backend process interacts with the Database primarily.
As with the mythfrontend, there can be multiple backends. One backend process is designated as the master backend. This is usually the first backend installed on a system. This backend is responsible for coordinating the activities of the other backends known as slaves. This is especially true for scheduling as the master backend will determine the best distribution of programs across all available tuners. Each backend can have any number of tuners. A machine that does not have any tuners attached can store and serve content by running mythmediaserver instead of mythbackend. Commercial Detection can be distributed across multiple backends, and other machines running mythjobqueue, thereby spreading the load of that process.
There is no requirement for direct user interaction with the backend. The backend can use local HardWare/File Storage or have it mounted from another system. If remotely mounted, network performance should be considered as there will be considerable traffic on the network as recordings are stored and retreived by the backend process.
Command Line Options
Valid options are summarised below:
-h or --help or --usage Display this help printout, or give detailed information of selected option. -p or --pidfile Write PID of mythbackend to filename -d or --daemon Runs mythbackend as a daemon --user Drop permissions to username after starting --noupnp Disable use of UPnP --printexpire List of auto-expire programs --printsched Upcoming scheduled programs --testsched Test run scheduler (ignore existing schedule) Logging Options: --enable-dblog Enable logging to database. --loglevel Set the logging level. --logpath Writes logging messages to a file in the directory logpath. --nologserver Disable all logging but console. -q OR --quiet Don't log to the console (-q). Don't log anywhere (-q -q) --syslog Set the syslog logging facility. Set to "none" to disable, defaults to none. -v OR --verbose Specify log filtering. Use '-v help' for level info.
Communications Protocol
The mythbackend and mythfrontend communicate using their own Myth Protocol. Work on defining the Myth Protocol is being performed on this Wiki.
Mythbackend uses the logging routines shared by the rest of MythTV, and the command line options defined there can be used to control where and what debugging information is logged.
Need to add backend-specific troubleshooting help here, or at least link to Troubleshooting
Interpreting --printsched Output
The --printsched command line option prints out upcoming scheduled recordings.
This format is also used in mythbackend logs of scheduling activity (with -v schedule), and is particularly useful when obtaining schedule data with --testsched.
For example:
Title - Subtitle Ch Station Day Start End S C I T N Pri Ask This Old House - "Installi 21_2 WLIWDT2 13 16:30-17:00 1 1 1 A 1 0 The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horro 11 WPIX 13 19:00-19:30 1 0 0 A R 0
Title, subtitle, channel (number), station (callsign), day, start (time) and end (time) are rather straight forward. The meanings of the other columns are:
- S - Source ID
- C - Card ID
- I - Input ID
- T - Recording Type Character
- N - Recording Status Character
- Pri - Priority
The meanings of the Recording Type Character (T) are:
- S - Single record
- T - Timeslot
- W - Weekslot
- C - Channel
- A - All
- F - Find one
- d - Find one daily
- w - Find weekly
- O - Override or Don't record
The meanings of the Recording Status Character (N) are:
- A - Aborted
- R - Recorded / Current recording
- X - Don't record
- P - Previous recording
- E - Earlier showing
- T - Too many recordings
- c - Cancelled
- M - Missed
- C - Conflict
- L - Later showing
- r - Repeat
- x - Inactive
- K - Low disk space
- B - Tuner busy
- f - Failed
- N - Not listed
- V - Never record
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As part of his Tuesday reinstatement from his year-long bounty suspension, Saints head coach Sean Payton acknowledged that something happened, and he should have stopped it.
"I am thankful today Commissioner [Roger] Goodell has granted me reinstatement," the statement sent out by the Saints read. "As I stated back in March, I, along with Mickey Loomis, take full responsibility for all aspects of our football program.
"I clearly recognize that mistakes were made, which led to league violations.
"Furthermore, I have assured the Commissioner a more diligent protocol will be followed.
"Lastly, I feel we have learned from our mistakes and are ready to move forward. I want to thank our owner, Mr. Benson and all of our great fans for the overwhelming support throughout this past year.
"I am excited to be back as Head Coach of the New Orleans Saints!"
While Payton doesn't strike us as a big exclamation mark guy, that's what it says, and he's doubtless at least very relieved.
Saints general manager Mickey Loomis seemed surprised by the timing, telling Larry Holder of the New Orleans Times-Picayune he didn't know it was coming (which is unusual considering the Saints PR cranked out statements from Payton and owner Tom Benson within minutes of the announcement.
"We are all thankful that Sean Payton has been reinstated," Benson's statement read. "We have a lot of work to do and we are in the middle of it right now.
"He is our head coach and we welcome him back. We look forward to a great 2013 season and making another run at a World Championship for our fans!"
Benson's also apparently a big expressive punctuation guy.
Of course, the timing is best for Roger Goodell, who now will be slightly less unpopular when he settles into New Orleans for a week of Super Bowl festivities.


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Korean Drama Love: Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
11 comments:
- GABY said...
I have a friend who is always recommending me Korean dramas, but I really don't know where to start. I think this one sounds so cute, maybe I'll try it. I need another hobby besides books hehe. :k:
- January 15, 2012 at 8:11 AM
- Steph Su said...
I haven't watched a Korean drama yet, but my friends tell me that Secret Garden is a good one to start with. Have you seen that one? What do you think?
And you should watch Boys Over Flowers! I'm not sure what it's called in Korean... but that's the English translation of the Japanese manga title. I watched the Taiwanese version of the drama. Sooooo addicting. :)
- January 15, 2012 at 8:30 AM
- Racquel (A Book Barbie) said...
I LOVE all things foreign so THANK YOU for this recommendation! The trailer looks so cute, I will definitely be checking this out:D I think I like it because I do enjoy manga & anime, why not the TV shows? again thanks for the rec, I like these posts;D
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- January 15, 2012 at 9:55 AM
- Idris said...
I love Koreans too!!!!!!!
And I really liked this show, Cha Chi Soo is soo cute!
BTW, Tha trailer is awesome! : )
- January 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Kristin Rae said...
this looks like a lot of fun. a friend of mine is always trying to get me to watch them, i guess i need to start!
- January 15, 2012 at 10:45 AM
- Dazzling Mage said...
I'm really trying to catch up to all those k-drama. Right now I'm on My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. Also, I'm eyeing She's Completely Insane-- it looks like a cute romance!
This one is too! Adding it to my long list. -_-
- January 15, 2012 at 12:37 PM
- LoriStrongin said...
Can't say I've ever seen a Korean drama before, but the summary sounds a little bit like a Japanese anime I used to watch. The big difference though it that the boys went out at night on assassin assignments. :)
- January 15, 2012 at 12:45 PM
- Lizzy said...
Loved, loved, loved this drama! This one pretty much took up my life for a week (I started watching it once it had finished airing and was up on Dramafever).
- June 19, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- Filebook said...
Jung Il Woo is so handsome and I love this series. Very funny and romantic.
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Trustee Kendrick called the meeting to order stating that she hoped everyone had an opportunity to review the minutes and asked for a motion to approve them. Trustee Douglas moved to approve the minutes and Trustee Gonzalez seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously.
Vice President Shuman introduced Mr. Vince Smyth, Director of Auxiliary Services, and asked him to discuss the recommended parking increase. Mr. Smyth stated that a new garage would be needed by 2008 due to the need for more parking spaces on campus. The thousand spots created by the new garage should be sufficient until 2013. At issue was the need to raise revenue to build the garage, estimated at $11.5 million, while maintaining specified fund balance levels and a 1.25 debt coverage ratio. Four significant possible projects were covered under fund balances thus far: replacement of the west entry building ($250,000), construction of the north entry building ($250,000), garage lighting ($100,000), and an additional eight hundred spaces in the north lot ($1.6 million). Mr. Smyth said it was also preferable to try to have consistent annual increases rather than a major jump in one year and to keep pricing together on set percentages above the general price.
The recommendations for next year (2004-2005) were to keep first floor and designated spaces the same, keep the discount lots (14, 14t, and the north lot) the same, and add covered parking as a premium designation. Premium percentages for upgraded designations would be set according to the following: covered at 1.25 times the general price, designated at 1.50 times the general price, first floor garage at 1.75 times the general price, and reserved at 2.50 times the general price. Discount designations would be set at .60 times the general price. The discount rate for 2004-2005 would be set at $50. The per day rate would increase from $2 to $3. After next year, there would be an 8.5% increase to the general decal rate each year until 2008-2009 to raise the revenue necessary for construction of the garage.
Trustee Kendrick asked if there were any questions. Trustee Gonzalez asked if any thought had been given to excluding certain groups from parking. He gave Virginia State as an example, stating that freshman were not allowed to bring vehicles to campus and must live in dorms and sophomores were required to park in satellite areas. Trustee Solano answered that the parking committee had recommended moving some students to remote locations based on class standing, but the recommendation had not yet been approved. She added that students on the committee had agreed with the recommendation as it was standard practice in the high schools as well. She said it would be difficult to prohibit students from parking on campus as the location was so remote.
Vice President Shuman stated that the parking committee had made some recommendations to the President, which were currently under consideration. She and Ms. Karen Stone were researching whether tuition and state funds could be used for parking under devolution. The committee had proposed that decals be sold in April rather August when faculty were on campus. A transportation stipend for lower paid employees was also under consideration, though Ms. Shuman could not give much information on this issue due to collective bargaining efforts currently under way. Trustee Douglas asked if such a discount to employees would affect the amount of revenue collected toward the new garage. Ms. Shuman replied that it would not. President Delaney added that the transportation stipend being discussed was to fund lower paid employees at the discount parking lot rate. Employees eligible for the stipend would be responsible for any additional cost should they choose to park elsewhere. This would not account for a significant amount out of payroll budgets and would dramatically improve the cost of parking for these employees. Trustee Gonzalez stated that in Washington, D.C. discounts were given to employees who carpooled in areas where parking was a premium. Metro transit was also subsidized. He asked if the concern about the spaces that would be taken by the student union would be resolved if a garage was built beneath the new building. Trustee Solano said that might help over the long term, but there would still be an issue during construction.
In a related matter, Trustee Gonzalez noted that there was only one emergency phone located at the north lot. He said that one phone was not sufficient for that area. Vice President Shuman agreed. She said five emergency phones were to be installed in the area. Ms. Shuman said she would check into the matter immediately to find out why there was a delay.
Trustee Kendrick asked for a motion to recommend the parking rate increases. Trustee Gonzalez moved to recommend; the motion was seconded by Trustee Douglas and unanimously approved.
Vice President Shuman stated that the transition plan was required by the state to indicate how the university planned to devolve procedurally. She added that there was a time constraint as the Board of Governors wanted all transition plans by their next meeting. She said there were only a few changes since the trustees had last seen the document. The changes were highlighted in red for easier visibility. Trustee Kendrick asked for a motion. Trustee Douglas motioned to recommend approval of the transition plan. The motion was seconded by Trustee Gonzalez and approved unanimously.
Vice President Shuman reported that the Auditor General audited all universities each year on Bright Futures. There was only one finding in regard to an untimely return of undispersed program funds. UNF had responded, indicating that it was a one-time situation. The Financial Aid office had been understaffed and procedures were not fully in place at the time. The issue had been addressed and Ms. Shuman did not believe there would be another such occurrence.
Vice President Shuman said that the financial audit provided the financial statements of the university and would be added to the state financial report. Trustee Gonzalez asked if the audit looked at the processing time for union agreements. Ms. Shuman answered that it did not. President Delaney noted that UNF was far ahead of the other state universities in addressing collective bargaining agreements.
Vice President Shuman said she was pleased to report that Athletics had a clean audit and that the department's fund balance appeared strong. There were no questions or comments related to the Athletics audit report.
Trustee Douglas addressed a question to Vice President Shuman. He stated that it had taken some time for him to adjust to dealing with university financials from his background in business. He felt that the Finance and Audit Committee was exercising its fiduciary responsibility, but asked that Ms. Shuman discuss her view of the financial status of the university. Ms. Shuman said she felt very comfortable with the financial position of the university, that it was considerably better than she had expected due to what she had heard about state budget cuts. She said the past two presidents had done a remarkable job keeping the university in good shape. She also complimented Mr. Ricky Arjune for putting together the budget and maintaining university operations.
Vice President Shuman remarked that she and Mr. Arjune planned on more frequent reporting to the Board during the year, at least quarterly she hoped. Trustee Douglas agreed that more frequent reporting was very important. He said it was crucial that the committee be kept posted on cash flow, budgets, and reserves. Such information would give the committee an idea of patterns and trends. He added that the more easily understandable the reports were to committee members, the more helpful it would be in decision making. Ms. Shuman offered that though it had been said that universities could not be run like businesses, parts of universities were businesses and should be treated as such. She added that, in regard to devolution, it would be critical to be aware of cash flow as the university was now responsible for paying its own bills. Trustee Halverson commented on the importance of the discussion as well, stating that he felt very confident about the university's position financially due to the strong leadership and stewardship of university resources. He asked Ms. Shuman to come up with a procedure for reporting that was simplified so the group could easily understand the budget process, adding that he knew the task was somewhat daunting due to the multiple revenue sources. He asked that the reports include an executive dashboard of indicators to assist in tracking. He said his concern was not with the University's current financial situation but more to help the Board understand the variables more clearly in the event of a budget issue in the future. He noted that there were not any examples for the Board to follow in creating such a process. Vice President Shuman agreed strongly. Her plan was to change the internal budget processes, requiring justification of each year's budget rather than a set budget amount plus additional monies added as available. President Delaney said the process probably would not go as smoothly this year as it would next year. He said he had created a vacancy pool so that vacant positions would have to be justified prior to filling them. He said the internal processes were much healthier than he had expected, though not as transparent as he would have liked. The only possible problem he'd noticed was that the University may have clamped down more than was necessary for the budget cuts.
Trustee Solano had a question about the implementation of the ERP system. She asked if the University was on schedule in transferring to the system. Vice President Shuman answered that all of the dates thus far had been met and she expected to continue to be on schedule. Mr. Scott Bennett reported that they had hit all of the milestone dates and were very comfortable with the system's implementation.
President Delaney added that it appeared that things were going so well there would be a 2 percent reduction in this year's budget and an increase of 1 percent in administration.
Trustee Douglas stated that he had attended a number of social events over the previous weekend and had heard a great deal of positive feedback about the presidential inauguration. Almost everyone he spoke with had seen the event on television or in the paper if they had not attended it in person. He was very pleased with the inauguration, stating that it was a tremendous event and he felt that everything had gone beautifully. Chair Thompson added that the press coverage had been very good. After the discussion about the inaugural events, Trustee Kendrick adjourned the meeting.
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Bellamy Young worked late one Friday in October, delaying our phone interview a bit but apologizing when we did connect. It didn't matter. Not only is she the first lady, she's also a talker—as am I. We talked and talked and she graciously answered even these random questions about her and her character, first lady Mellie Grant.
Would Mellie ever hire Olivia Pope [Kerry Washington]?
Yes, definitely. She's the best at her game.
Question for you, not Mellie: Stand by your man or dump him?
Ewww. Oh, gosh. I am historically stand by your man, but I hope I wouldn't stand by him to my own demolishing, you know? I hope there's a line. I would say balance, there must be balance.
Will Olivia, Fitz and Mellie ever have a threesome?
Ha, ha. That's for Shonda to decide.
We finally saw the Grants' baby again in the Oct. 26 episode. What were you feeding him?
We have the cutest little twin girls who play Teddy. We give them anything that they would eat. Like that was a very hard day on set. They were unhappy, the twins, that day. We, of course, had timed out to film at their nap time so bless their hearts. They were just miserable. So I can't believe we used the take. I can't believe we had a take where the baby wasn't crying. But we were feeding them yogurt and like mushy apples and like oatmeal.
I was going to ask how many bottles of hairspray it takes to get your hair like that, but I think those are all wigs, right?
Yes, they're wigs. We got a wig this season. The first season was me and then second season was me with a little bit of like, you know, pieces that we could clip in. And then this year we just got me a wig. And it's just heaven. I mean that wig is amazing. We didn't just get a wig. We got a wig and then she sewed two full heads of extension hair into it. That wig, I'm trying to get her on the call sheet. She's important. She's an important part of this operation.
The promo photos they did where you're all standing in the rain? It looks like Mellie's trying to cleanse herself a little bit there. Is that what you were thinking?
I was thinking, like, "Bring it. I've been through so much a little rain can't hurt me."
What are you currently reading?
I just got David Rakoff's new one, which that title is too hard for me to say. [It's "Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish."] ... It looks sort of like a hardcover comic book but it's like poetry inside. That and I have the Michio Kaku Einstein biography going.
What are you watching?
Last night after our beautiful show I had to get to the finale of "Project Runway" because I was very, very invested this year.
Were you happy with the result?
I was very happy. I was surprisingly torn ... It was Dom and I'm really like over the moon that she won. But then the runway show was amazing. They were all really good. I was like wow. I am surprised to feel as torn as I do. But, yeah, it turned out right.
And I've been watching a lot of home shows because I moved and I'm trying to get ideas. Of course I'm "Madmen" and "Girls" and "New Girl" if I want to laugh. There's just nothing as funny to me right now as "New Girl." Those guys are all so good at their jobs.
What are you listening to?
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Editorial page editor Paul Gigot on the prospects for the Senate's bipartisan immigration proposal. Photos: Getty Images
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... the way to citizenship ... the ... to ... Latino voters him uncomfortable Americans supported ... in poll after poll ... secondly Latino voters expected ... and they're the Democrats wanted to enforce Republicans needed ... welcome to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel that was New Jersey Senator ... Bob Hernandez on a new bipartisan proposal for immigration reform but will present Obama support ... for a submarine this plant ... editorial page editor Paul Gigot was here first to parse the politics of this deal ... all of path to citizenship for eleven million undocumented illegals ... was that the key copper mines in getting this posted on its not the only key compromise but as one of ... them probably the biggest ... obstacle for Republicans to go for Democrats who supported that ... for a long time but for Republicans to do it takes on ... some nerve because a large part of the GOP base as opposed to it that I can call it amnesty ... and so when the Marco Rubio in our pages about a month ago came out and said ... either needs to be some path to citizenship as part of a ... compromise ... was a big deal and I you see this following up so this is a big in my view political breaks ... and in terms of the GOP this is this is just a Senate proposal so scratch the House GOP has a way on this we had her try speaker brainer ... um but is significant because you have both a write down the laughin you have Skype players' union Rubio for one ... you've got to Jeff flake a new ... senator from Arizona ... has been an annoying voice on immigration and Apache of McCain and Graham who've always kind of been there ... ahh and then you also have some of the Democrats me Chuck Schumer has played a very constructive role I ... didn't think the ... but he is played on toll behind the scenes a very constructive role here ... in in agreeing to some of the terms on the path to citizenship namely you would have to have some kind of penalty ... I'm some kind of catchy have to wait in line behind others who were now ... waiting for green card it could take ten fifteen years twenty the D tells it has to be worked out ... but ... that could be a very long time I think some people laughed and maybe the president ... will propose that can say we need a faster path ... that would be part of the rock ... what we have immigration reform son's grade in nineteen eighty six that was an awfully long time ago ... on the president has single signal that he's interested in this issue ... of no use what role do you see him playing ... in these negotiations and ultimately is this the kind of the planned he thinks he can get behind ... well it's a very the second question is very interesting and I'm not sure ... because I think that the question we have to ask the president is to see one deal because he wanted the issue ... and if you watch the issue critically and then go in other words ... BP want success here that setup ... I think ... Prince of statement of principles gives him an old one I get there ... a political compromise of left and right bipartisan achievement ... however ... BP debt what's the issue if he wants to blame Republicans for failing to get there to simply by demanding much more than ... on the Republican Party can't possibly give him the Senators can possibly do ... he could scuttle all reform if he wanted too much like Senate Democrats ... in the Bush ... era ... help to scuttle back reform was only the Conservatives it was also some on the left ... courting big labor and hand and guided ... a guest worker provision for example ... call the importance of reform like this are ... but you have to say in a struggling ... economy ... while I think it's it's it's potentially significant defensively could also imagine reform that does act upon ... but ... right now it's just so dysfunctional write a mean we have eleven million people here who are undocumented who ... can be exploited ... aam grew to four working here contributing ... but there are a kind of legal limbo ... you've got a Silicon Valley companies which need employees can get them can't get enough of them you have ... farm ... workers for companies that are sending work overseas because they can get the workers to harvest their crops here so they're investing in Mexico a black Americans have ... been testing more here ... the crops were running on the vines ... those are places which really you need ... were formed to help create a much more market based system where employment and immigration can match the opportunities ... so they have a bipartisan proposal that the president ... should get behind in principle yell what does the agent get behind it ... editorial page and or Polish ago ... he heard it here thank you for being ... with us ...


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A winner was selected from 21 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
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We are a publisher of iPhone and iPad games. We are looking to update our iPhone video poker game graphics and move the game to the iPad. For this project we are looking for new video poker machine graphics including the machine, buttons, background image, and "Video Poker Multi-Game" banner creatives.
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One girl's twistedly fantastic interpretation of what the hell is really going on in those tribes.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Edna: Wait And See
Next up is Edna Ma, a 35 year old anesthesiologist from Los Angeles. Edna cites Oprah as her inspiration and lists "going to new restaurants" as one of her hobbies. Hey, I like female billionaires and good food too so I guess I can't hate on that too much. Looking through her CBS profile, it's all pretty standard stuff. She wants to do Survivor for the experience, it's a once in a lifetime opportunity, she loves to travel, she's determined, yadda yadda yadda.
Under pet peeves, Edna lists "idleness, liars, and deception." For your sake, Edna, I hope that only refers to real life and not Survivor. If you look at Survivor's birth certificate, "Deception" is it's middle name and I, for one, like to wrap myself up in it like a fluffy lavender scented comforter. I'm looking for a bad ass female villain this season and so far I'm coming up empty handed. Could you be my villain Edna? I like the juxtaposition of a name like Edna for a ruthless villain. Let's check out her video and see if she's "the one":
Uhhh, ok. Well, she's definitely not the female villain I was looking for and I can't figure out why she talks. like. ummm. this. and. chooses. her. words. so. fucking. carefully. It's either nerves or she's an off the chart perfectionist scared to say the wrong thing. Also, why the caginess about her start-up company? Is it a secret? Is she peddling propofol on the side? These are things I need to know.
I think I'm on the fence with Edna. Something about her is wise-cracky and confident, but at the same time I'm extremely bothered by the fact that she says she's not a good liar. I'm going to put this one on my "wait and see" list.
3 comments:
oh yer online now eh?ReplyDelete
actually Edna is my pick to win...
if she's on the same tribe as Coach she is the most likely to orchestrate his exit.
It does appear kinda a lame cast..
but she's old enough to have smarts and (seemingly) fit enough to get through the early rounds.
yeah, I want a female villian this season too.
- DiabolicalSeptember 7, 2011 at 6:10 AM
I think she's talking.like.that because she's nervous. I get a good vibe from her...she certainly has bitch potential. So far she's probably the best on offer...here's hoping they're saving the best for later!ReplyDelete
I think she is the one who is starting up some business selling bikini area pre/post-shaving treatment or something- at least one of them said that on the TV Guide preview, but I'm not sure if it was her.ReplyDelete


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
Here's An Idea... Think!
Hurst once wrote, "How [an artist] works and the materials used are not so important. You may use oil or tempera; you may paint in tone, or you may use only line - that is irrelevant to your problem. How you think is most important."
"It's no wonder that the art student is so often confused," wrote Hurst. "If art schools spent more time teaching students how to organize their thinking process, much art material could be saved."
"Learning to draw is easy. Any art school can do a fair job. It's learning to think that is important."
Last year Earl Oliver Hurst was inducted (posthumously) into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. For those interested in learning more about the artist, there's a terrific Earl Oliver Hurst biography written by Fred Taraba at the SI website.
Also late last year, Toby Neighbors gave Hurst 'the Illos Tribute treatment'!
I've mentioned Toby's illostribute.com website before. Toby invites contemporary illustrators to create tributes to a particular classical "master" illustrator "by seriously investigating their work, through interpretation." And there are some gorgeous and fun interpretations of Hurst's work at Toby's site.
As Hurst wrote, how an artist works is not so important as how he thinks. Toby's site creates an opportunity for today's illustrators to learn from masters like Hurst... and perhaps, through investigation, gain a greater understanding of how artists like Hurst thought out their work.
Here are a few more pieces by Earl Oliver Hurst - you'll find some more at illostribute.com - and of course many Hurst-inspired tribute pieces by Toby and other talented artists.
* These last few Hurst pieces above were a gift from TI list member Maureen, "The Art Gal" - many thanks, Maureen!
* My Earl Oliver Hurst Flickr set
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Well done Leif. A great way to start the year !ReplyDelete
- Harry Borgman1:56 PM
Great stuff Leif, I love Hurst's work. He was so right about the thinking aspect of art. I'm sure that you are hammering that thought into your students.ReplyDelete
Lief, I agree with Hurst, but a lot of ADs shopped technique, particularly back in the 1960s'. Often with advertising assignments, the AD came up with the concept and the illustrator was merely a hired wrist to execute their idea. An illustrator was chosen by the technique that the AD thought would be most effective for the ad.. or that they personally liked. However, the more assignments the AD gave an illustrator, usually the more trust and input the AD would have in that illustrator. But, it was still usually heavily driven by technique. For that reason, I developed different styles and techniques in my portfolio, which gave me more flexibility when looking for assignments. It was always a pleasant surprise to me if the AD said, "Do it in any style you want." Magazine and book illustration allowed me more freedom and flexibility to come up with my own ideas, and truly collaborate with the AD. That is one of the reasons myself and my illustrator friends took lower paying editorial and book illustration assignments, but were more creative and self-satisfying.ReplyDelete
Tom Watson
Thank Larry!ReplyDelete
Harry; you bet - I emphasize on every project I give my students that they need to use their brains as well as their hands when executing their work. A very few actually get it - which always reminds me of my own creative struggles back in art college.
Tom; you're right on the money - very much like my experience over the last 20-some years. I think if nothing else, a portfolio that shows good thinking as well as strong technical skills might impress a certain number of potential clients. Its always a little frustrating when they then turn around and choke the creativity out of the assignment. I have occasionally turned down a gig when I realized I was being treated like a 'wrist' but not being adequately compensated for it. Generally, with ad work, the pay is the sugar that helps the medicine go down. ;^)
Leif - what I occasionally find in the kids book market is that they will pitch you the idea and it sounds great so you sign on. Then you happily get to work on the first round of roughs and that's when they let the air out of your tires as they ever so subtly steer you down the path of the predictable and banal. By then it's too late and you've got a bunch of paintings to do - ugh !ReplyDelete
One thing that's important to note is that "Thinking" doesn't necessarily mean "Conceptual".ReplyDelete
An artist with a good sense of "organized thinking", as Hurst put it, could mean the way he composes a picture, simplifies an image, exaggerates a pose, etc.
Good point Daniel, and those are the skills most illustrators learned and absorbed while in art school and apprenticing in a studio. A well known posthumous east coast fine artist was quoted as saying to his students, "It takes a thousand decisions to do a good painting." Imagine how many decisions a good illustration takes.ReplyDelete
Tom Watson
Been visited this blog daily, it's in my open menu. Just wanted to say: I really enjoy what you have done here.ReplyDelete
What a concept Hurst had: classes on thinking..
could use a few of those.
- Toby12:37 PM
Leif, this is great! Sort of a nice little bridge between 2010 and the new year. Thanks for mentioning illostribute again as well. I really appreciate! I'll be in touch about the next post very shortly. Hope you're doing well!ReplyDelete
Hurst is one of my favorite illustrators. I stumbled across his work while collecting period magazines and fell in love with the spare line and smart use of color. Nice to hear about some of his thoughts on working and technique.ReplyDelete
Daniel; VERY good point - thanks for clarifying that point. Maybe I'll do a follow-up post with some more elaboration by Hurst on what he meant by 'thinking'.ReplyDelete
Thanks for commenting SajiNoKami; yes, thinking is something I've found many of my students struggle with. I actually had one student ( who is actually quite talented) admit she doesn't enjoy having to think - she would rather I just tell her what to draw exactly as I want it. Go figure!ReplyDelete
I saw my first Earl Oliver Hurst drawings on the ASIFA-Hollywood website and it really attracted me to its simplicity because his style reminds me or in my opinion goes VERY well with animation designer Maurice Noble's bg layouts.ReplyDelete
Thanks Mr. Peng for highlighting Earl Oliver Hurst's work here at Today's Inspiration he's always my constant reminder that as an artist detail isn't always everything. Usually i always felt intimidated and guilty that my style is more inclined to a minimalist or simplified style and whenever i look at a Fawcett, Rockwell or a Leyendecker i always feel guilty and that i should strive to align my art style similar to these great artists. But over the years i've learned that detail isn't always everything and Earl Oliver Hurst for me is a great reminder that in art there's always a place for everything. I do hope you can do another Hurst post just like your previous Sundblom post.
Again thank you! so much! you just made my New Year!
Lloyd, your insightful comment reminded me of myself in art school, only in reverse form. It was at the end of the 1950s' and the beginning of the 1960s', and I always loved the detail in N.C. Wyeth, Rockwell and Leyendecker's illuatrations, but the focus on illustration at that time was 'the less detail the better'.. trendy solutions, loose line and loose brushstrokes was the big push. The traditional look was considered passe', and Rockwell's work was actually ridiculed and scorned by many of the illustration elites of the day.ReplyDelete
The silver lining for me was that I learned traditional skills first and eventually, by the 1980s' and 90s', realism with detail finally came back.. especially in advertising illustration. Ultimately I had more demand doing detailed illustration than the loose avant-garde style that was particularly hot in the 60s'. Although, I never really liked nor did airbrush art, I think the popularity of the airbrush style in the 80s' influenced the return of detailed illustration.
Anyway, don't feel guilty Lloyd, follow your heart in illustration, and it will serve you well.
Tom Watson
Thank you sir for the art history lesson although i didn't actually know about that particular detail in the art world during that era that traditional style was really that scorned during those times. I thought that the stylized approach was just a fad or an artistic improvisation because it could go toe to toe with the ever hectic deadlines of the print media since its simplicity.
But even though my art preferences now were inclined more on stylization rather than traditional. I started art on a traditional foot and it consumed most of my time copying, understanding and finding the best and easy way for me to draw until as i grew older i got myself exposed to a lot of art concepts and styles and the stylized approach was a very inviting playground. At first it was out of frustration, since i really had a hard time keeping my head above water in terms of being able to draw the traditional style efficiently and i really felt at home with the rich and fertile imagination of stylization.
At some point i felt i cheated myself thus the whole point in my previous post but Hurst and many other similar artist that i have come across gave me a valuable lesson that it's not really the technical skills of being able to draw a god damned good hand with realistic hairs and shading but it's the way an artist think of his work and the subject of his choice. Stylization for me is exaggeration injected with a healthy amount of your own panache
But in the final analysis stylization for me is merely a satirical approach to realism. So how can an artist draw a stylized arm if he himself can't draw a real traditional arm or have a good grasp of the mechanics and anatomy of a real arm. Same with basketball how can we do all those fancy behind the back or crossover moves if we ourselves can't frickin dribble the ball correctly.
Lloyd, I hope I didn't give you the impression that by academic realism, I meant rendering every little wart, freckle and the pores of the skin. Even Norman Rockwell stylized, simplified and exaggerated gestures and expressions, yet they were quite traditional, implying a sense of basic visual reality.ReplyDelete
I agree that learning to draw academically first, as you said you did, gives a better foundation to express your personal way of drawing and painting. However, that has been a topic of debate, going back to my art school days. Some art teachers feel that self expression is the most important ingredient an artist needs.
Unfortunately, many very good academic illustrators, who had been very successful during the 50s', faded because they wouldn't or couldn't change their approach, and some just dropped out to paint for galleries. However, academic realism in illustration didn't just disappear off the face of the earth, in the 60s'. It did diminish dramatically, compared to the 50s' and before. Your right that when loose simplified illustrations were popular, it helped meet those tight deadlines. But, what actually promoted the change in illustration styles, particularly in advertising, was the improvement of color photography, improved reproduction methods and the print market being squeezed out by the boom in TV commercials. So, art directors were looking for illustrations that wouldn't compete with photography.. more design oriented, less realistic. The reason that some in the art world scoffed at traditional realism is because it represented another era to them. Some art teachers gave little value or appreciation to those past illustrators, and discouraged students from showing much interest in them. They felt it was more important to be "creative", be an innovator and follow the trends.
For many illustrators, it actually made a difficult field even more difficult to compete in, during an unpredictable period. It helped my career to have a diversified portfolio and background, in both illustration and Art Direction.
Tom Watson
Yes..i meant academic realism and/or illustration that's exactly what i was poorly emphasizing.
Oh yeah..i completely forgot about the topic when photography slowly gained its prominence in the art world. Indeed, stylization became a preferred style because it was completely in a different playground and photography could only do so much than compete with academic illustration in terms of detail and realism.
When you said that, and i qoute "..it actually made a difficult field even more difficult to compete in." it really made me realize just how really difficult becoming and working as an artist during that time you must have to prove yourself and artistic knowledge is really very valuable and hard to find unlike today that you can download or buy every kind of art tutorial that you want to learn. Though i am very grateful for the accessibility of these stuff out there but i just want to point out that when to much access is available it really changes the landscape of anything involved.
well again it is a great pleasure to have had this little conversation with you sir. im sure you have so much to tell about art and i hope we (I, to be very precise) could hear more about your ideas in regards to art and everything that is involved with it. Thank you very much!
I appreciate your interest and intelligent response, and glad you enjoy the conversation. You sound like you have a good understanding of your craft and stay well informed. Yes, the Internet is a great place to find input about illustration, both past and present. Back then, there were virtually no books specifically on the subject of illustration, and most of what we knew about the subject was through our instructors and observing the latest ads and story illustrations in the magazines.
One of my freelance clients, Mike Dolas, was an art director for a large printing company in S.F. during the mid 60s'. He was a former illustrator who (as a young man) had done quite a few Saturday Evening Post magazine cover illustrations during the 1930s'. He had a reputation of being able to emulate many styles, including Norman Rockwell. Anyway, he owned quite a few original J.C. Leyendecker illustrations, and also some Leyendecker preliminary studies that he showed me. That was one of the first times I had ever seen an original illustration by one of the giants in illustration. I was blown away by Leyendecker's amazing talent that was dramatically revealed in his original oils on canvas. He would go through an extensive trial and error process, and in the final painting he left nothing for chance. The originals were absolutely stunning to me. Each time I would meet with Mike, I would pump him for information about when he was an active illustrator in N.Y. I learned a lot about the early illustrators from him, and most of what he told me was verified in books I read years later.
A few of my classmates in art school, had gained early knowledge from the Famous Artists mail order art course. Another source of information was through the S.F. Society of Illustrators, which I joined in the mid 60s'. Al Parker was one of the guest speakers along with other veteran illustrators, and that was very informative. Earlier I had visited him at his home in Carmel Valley, CA, while I was still in art school.
I agree that sometimes there is too much information, and it can be overwhelming and even confusing. Today we have a lot of high tech luxuries, and in the long run, it's better to have the easier access to our interests, and sift out what works for each of us.
Tom Watson
My interest in this kind of style (stylized) was also sparked by my early exposure to classic Reader's Digest. When i was very young my mum inspired me to read and since we can't afford brand new books she and i would go to this 2nd hand antique bookshop uptown and i would get to choose cheap picture books and other stuff while she would buy several old Reader's Digest and that was during the early 80's so much of the old RDs she bought were in the 50's-70's edition. Whenever im done with my picture books i would peruse those old RDs and be delighted with those really quick illos that go with the articles.
Those simple quick drawings didn't mean much to me back then but their visual appeal was there and i never really forgot about those drawings and usually whenever i saw those kinds of illos Reader's Digest would spring to my mind.
I just discovered Leyendecker recently while i was hunting for more Hurst drawings on the net. I found this blog where almost all of his Saturday Evening Post covers were scanned and posted and i was really blown away!..Norman Rockwell and the other academic illustrators were good and all but Leyendecker's was a bit more refreshing in terms of composition and posture and (correct me if im wrong)to think that Leyendecker came before Norman Rockwell. I idolize most of the academic illustrators and their attention to detail and all is very impressive but sometimes i find them boring especially when they go ALL ACADEMIC in their illos if you get my drift. Well i guess exaggeration, stylization is really my cup of tea.
I have a few scanned copies of Leyendecker preliminaries and boy! those were amazing is already cover worthy. To think that Leyendecker has to do a lot of trial and error?..i really can't imagine that..or perhaps he'd do some color keys first before he decides to go for a certain color palette. Well, i believe Mr. Peng doesn't have a Leyendecker post?..or has he?.
Geez, if only i was anywhere near from where you are right now i'd love to spend an afternoon with you sir and educate some poor art slob such as myself and share some of that knowledge that you have amassed all those glorious years in the business.
I understand your appreciation of the simplified, exaggerated and stylized approach to illustration. I got hooked on it too, while in art school. I felt torn between which direction to go. I admired the skills of both the academic and the innovative approach, depending on the subject. I did a lot of concept development and TV storyboard sketches, which had to be more innovative and simplified, often drawing out of my imagination, therefore relying on my knowledge of anatomy, etc. So, having the chance to do academic finished illustrations, using models, etc. for ad assignment, came as a nice change of pace. Working in different styles also provided me with more freelance work.
J.C. Leyendecker was actually Norman Rockwell's idol, and they became friends when Rockwell was first getting started. Leyendecker had been one of the top ranked illustrators while Rockwell was still in art school. Actually some of Rockwell's early work was very close to Leyendecker's style.
Leyendecker's trial and error sketches depicted different variations on the gestures of a figure, variations of the hands or variations of expressions. A lot of hard work went into coming up with just the right final drawing and the color treatment as well. Sometimes Leyendecker would paint a preliminary study when he wasn't sure how he would handle a difficult area in the finished painting. It was important to keep the style consistent throughout the painting.
I agree with your comment that some academic realistic illos tend to look boring. They need more than just accuracy and realism, that is why it is important for the illustrator to also be subjective, and put their personality into the rendering. I think Leyendecker did that very effectively.
One of my instructors who did beautiful oil paintings, was asked by a student, "What does it take to learn to paint so well". His answer, "Miles and miles of canvas". That also applies to illustrators like Hurst. Rockwell was virtually a slave to almost all his Saturday Evening Post cover illos. He and other top illustrators were tireless workers, who would go to any lengths to make their illos as good as they possibly could. It has always been a competitive field, and like the Olympics, only the best could compete at the top level. There was a slogan when I began my career, "Your only as good as your last Job."
Tom Watson
WOW!! indeed! you are SOOO right on the money! ("Your only as good as your last job") and of course the answer to the student's question, indeed! miles and miles of canvass..actually im quite guilty of that answer. You see I'm a HUGE reference rat and i think i have quite an archive of the images that Lief posted in his blog. Well, I don't know if you call it a handicap but for me to get fired up i need to have something nice in front of me so that i'd get jazzed up to draw.
Most of the time i just turn on my pc and leaf through my "extensive" archive for inspiration or just have a nice drawing of someone for the whole afternoon stuck in the screen to just keep the momentum going.
Indeed, the degree of devotion to your craft really does show in your work. Leyendecker and others were soo engrossed to their work that no matter how you see the final product there's still this regret or feeling that you could've done it way better.
Well i've also read some articles about Leyendecker being one or is Rockwell's influence of sorts. What i love about Leyendecker's stuff is that how he composes the gestures of his subjects i mean technique wise it's already impeccable but i think it's the gestures that really gives that "oomph!" i think without the gestures i would say that it's a technical masterpiece. I guess it's what you said about pouring your essence into an illo because i think if Leyendecker didn't push his suhjects' gestures i think it would be just a nicely executed academic illustration worthy of academic praises. I would even think that stylized illustration would be tad more difficult than regular academic illustration, for one stylization relies heavily on the artist's mastery of his subjects anatomy be it human, animal or insect. He should be able to pull off the stylization but still make it believable and interesting to the "regular joes" and there's the composition and all others. In academic illustration all you need to worry is how your chosen media would help you illustrate realistically the subject you want to illustrate. So there's not much less to worry about other than composition but other than those things trying to make it look real is basically your main problem.
geez..i hope Lief doesn't mind us using his blog as an "email" of sorts. lol! i hope you don't mind Lief!..
Looking at art that inspires you, is a great way to motivate yourself while working on a project.. I frequently do that, also. You bring up an interesting point about stylized realism versus straight academic realism. That's a hard one to separate in black and white terms. I have known illustrators that did fantastic stylized illustrations much like Hurst, Jack Davis and some of Al Dorne's later illos. But, they struggled when they tried to do a tight, buttoned down academic drawing of a model, without exaggerating, destroying or simplifying the rendering. It was just their personality that kicked in and it would show in their drawings and paintings. Sometimes they wouldn't even realize it until it was pointed out to them. They told me that their way of drawing came easy for them and straight academic drawing had always been difficult. That's why they did not even attempt to sell themselves as realistic academic illustrators. They did what felt natural, and built their reputation on that. It was natural for Rockwell to do humorous character types, but in a realistic technique, and that is what set him apart and made him popular.
Some illustrators are known for their beautiful appealing woman and handsome men like Charles Dana Gibson, Howard Chandler Christy and Harrison Fisher and at the same time there were others like N.C.Wyeth, Harvey Dunn, Frank Schoonover and Herbert Morton Stoops who were known for their adventure and historical story illustrations. In the late 50s' and 60s', Al Parker, Coby Whitmore, Joe Bowler, Joe DeMers Bob Peak and Bernie Fuchs were well known for their contemporary well dressed sophisticated women story illustrations, and at the same time Austin Briggs, Robert Fawcett, Noel Sickles were known for illustrating common pedestrian subjects or historical, mystery and adventure subject matter. Some were able to do a variety of subjects equally well, but most excelled in the area they were most comfortable in. But, they all found fame and fortune in their respective categories.
I think it is a matter of personal taste and individual personality rather than one approach being more difficult or more creditable than the other. High quality is not restricted to one type of illustration or painting style. But, I don't think an illustrator can compromise quality for personal style or technique. I think they have to go hand in hand. There are certain "truths" that go into a high quality representational piece of art, and that needs to be evident regardless of style, etc.. in my opinion.
Bottom line is that I think we struggle with those elements that don't come natural or areas we have had little experience or knowledge.. perhaps color, or values, or perspective, or anatomy, or composition or design. Those fundamental "truths" are the ingredients in the cake, and style / technique is the frosting on the cake.
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Very nice post Tom, I can see your point and i think mine focused more on the technical aspect. In connection with the recent Hurst post by Leif, Hurst, who utilizes a very skillful approach at stylization had to go through a mound of paper sketches just to get the right pose, line quality, color, composition, and anatomy. Well im sure that academic illustration also has its own hurdles to go through. But in the final analysis it really all boils down to ones own understanding of art and how you express it through your work.
Recently i've come across a BBC document entitled "How art made the world" it basically explains how art has shaped the lives of humans since the beginning and I can't help but agree on the idea on exaggeration, that it's inherent in us to push realism, nway i won't bore you with the details but i can't help but connect that thought with common trait or attitude most memorable artists of our time have. It's how these amazing artists approach their work their minds are as busy as their hands. Busy, that in the sense that they seem to get really involved in their work and that their mind is busy not just in the technical aspect but much more and the most obvious manifestation of that thought process is the recognizable thing be it rendering, line quality etc. that is ever present in each of their work that is screaming for their name and for me that's what set them apart from the others it's the personality they infuse in their work.
Perhaps what i was trying to point out from the very beginning, is my own taste on how artists interpret realistic technique rather than branding it as pure academic illustration. Im starting to see it clearly now and perhaps i was too preoccupied on the technical aspect of each artistic approach and the last parts of your post helped me clear some of my, perhaps misguided thoughts on the matter. Thanks Tom.


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If you do not know by now, PASS has many virtual chapters that give free webcasts all month long. I have helped chair the Data Architecture VC for the past year or so, started by volunteering with the Performance VC for about 6 months and have done presentations on the BI/DW VC. Please visit the Virtual Chapter site for more information - http://www.sqlpass.org/PASSChapters/VirtualChapters.aspx
Tuesday at noon Eastern, I will be presenting on SSIS 2012 – CDC, DQS and Catalog for the BI/DW VC. More info below.
Also, the recorded presentation from this past Thursday's Data Architecture VC is now uploaded in the Meeting Archive. Louis Davidson will do part 2 later this fall. His example code can be found at DrSQL.org in the presentation section.
Tue August 21st 12pm-1pm EST
Using SSIS 2012 for ETL in a Data Warehouse
Speaker: Thomas LeBlanc
URL: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/usergroups/join?id=GQ5DKK&role=attend&pw=J%3A%2BW4%3F%28hK
This session will go through some old and new features of Integration Service 2012 to help with loading data into a Data Warehouse/Mart. The GUI has been improved visually during design and execution. The storage of packages has been update with Integration Service Catalogs. The Change Data Capture task helps with incremental updates. Logging has been improved for debugging. A demonstration of creating your own Slowly Changing Dimension with current Tasks will be shown with some design hints.


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'Dhoni will have to be flexible if he wants the best results'
Former captain Sunil Gavaskar has advised India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni to be more flexible while deciding the playing eleven following their
second consecutive ODI loss to New Zealand and suggested that paceman Ishant Sharma be dropped in favour of an extra batsman.
India went down to New Zealand by 15 runs (D/L method) in Hamilton to trail 0-2 in the five-match series and lose their number one ODI rankings.
Gavaskar said that India have not quite got their combination right by continuously playing five batsmen and five bowlers.
"The team will have to look at the combination if you want to save the series. We have to understand that India are playing overseas and the combination of five batsmen and five bowlers is not working.
"India need to strengthen its batting line-up. The team requires one extra batsman in place of a bowler," Gavaskar said.
Image: MS Dhoni
Photographs: BCCI
'Every captain has some belief about certain things'
I think every captain has some belief about certain things in the team. For example, Sourav Ganguly would not rely much on the left-arm spinners and during his captaincy not many left-arm spinners did flourish.
"Dhoni will have to be flexible. I think he is an open person and wants the best results for the team.
"It's here the team management, the coach and the selectors will have to tell him what is the best team combination," Gavaskar told NDTV.
Asked if the coach or the selectors asking the captain a particular team combination would not tantamount to interference, Gavaskar said, "They should not interfere but can suggest and discuss with the captain what is the best combination."
Image: MS Dhoni
Photographs: BCCI
'If Ishant doesn't want to learn, it's better someone takes his place'
On Ishant Sharma who has been bleeding runs, Gavaskar said it's better to drop him and try some other players who have not got chances to play.
"In this tour, relative new comers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami seemed to have practice hard and so they have got their yorkers right.
"Ishant has five-six years of international cricket behind him but he seemed to be not learning that yorkers are a potent weapon for pacers,"
Gavaskar said.
"Whenever he gave away runs, India lose the momentum and a game is completely changed. If he does not want to learn, it's better someone takes his place."
Image: Ishant Sharma
Photographs: BCCI
'India will have to get the combination right'
The former captain said that the team management should try out the likes of all-rounder Stuart Binny and leg-spinner Amit Mishra and try to stop the flow of runs conceded.
"India will have to get the combination right especially because the World Cup is not very far away. You have to look at the options now and try and find out the guys who can do the job. I think it is right time to look for other options in the playing eleven having lost the two matches.
"Stuart Binny can bat and bowl also. He can be an option. You have the likes of Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli but they have not been that doing well. Kohli has been inconsistent as a bowler. So the team can look for other options.
"Amit Mishra has been a tourist for some time, not getting a chance to play. He will bring some variety. The team can try him and see if the flow of runs can be stopped. Unless you try somebody, how are you going to know him."


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Toddler PMS
After my daughter turned a year old and became a walking hummingbird who would get into everything, I naively thought that would probably be the most trying part of having a toddler. HaHaHaHaHaHa! *breathes* HaHaHaHaHaHa!
Enter what I call toddler PMS. I now know what my hubby has to put up with every month except my little girl's toddler PMS is chronic. I'm sure that he would argue that my monthly PMS is too, but he doesn't want me to rip his head off, both of them.
My daughter is usually very sweet and well-behaved. She also has such a gentle heart and when I catch glimpses of how she will be when she gets older, I feel so proud.
But out of the blue she will have meltdowns and tantrums. She has been climbing the terrible twos ladder for awhile and according to a terrible twos calculator I came across online (I couldn't resist doing it and regretted it right after, kind of like when I lost my virginity) she will be in this stage for another 428 days – 23 hours – 42 minutes – and 32 seconds. Note to the terrible twos calculator people: bite me.
Before I had my daughter, I would see parents standing there with blank stares while their child would be kicking and screaming at a store. I would always think, "why aren't they doing anything." Now I know.
You aren't quite sure what to do because in an instant your precious babe can go from talking in such a sweet little voice and giving you MWAH! kisses, to acting possessed while you're waiting in a long line at the drugstore.
Your possessed child starts screaming at the top of their lungs, because you will no longer let them hold a box of tissues that they have chewed holes in. They throw themselves on the floor, while everyone in line and behind the pharmacy counter looks your way since it sounds like you're slowly killing said child.
Not that I would know anything about that. *snort*
Yesterday was especially bad interesting. No matter what I said to my daughter, she would look at me, stick her bottom lip out, and do her "I'm being murdered" cry with tears streaming down her face.
"Be gentle with the kitty." CRY. "Do you want your sippy?" CRYYYYYY. "Let's go to the playground," *she runs to the front door* "we have to get your shoes on before we go." CRYYYYYYYYYY!!!
Me: ………mutters "holy crap"……..
The playground is less than a block from our house and I carry her across the street, then let her run on the soccer field that's next to the playground. She didn't like this setup yesterday and was struggling to break free while I was crossing the street. I'm sure it looked like I was kidnapping her.
After I set her down she ran a few feet, stopped, and just stood there for several seconds. Could she perhaps be changing from a cranky toddler to a cranky zombie toddler? Nope. It was toddler PMS. She threw herself on the ground and started pointing at me while whining. I had no idea what she wanted and had to play 20 questions with her, finally realizing it's the keys in my pocket that she wants.
Happy again with keys in hand, the little hummingbird and I made it to the playground in one piece, barely. She went down the slide a few times and then ran around by the swings. Then she tripped. I ran over to her and picked her up, making sure she was okay. That made me THE most horrible mother in the entire world.
She does this thing where she'll take a few steps, she falls on her bum, and then repeats it a few times. She finds it so funny.
While on the playground having her tantrum, my little girl was screaming and pushing me away as I tried to help her up. While continuing to scream, she got up, walked a few steps, and slammed right down on her bum. She also started wailing "MAAHHHMAA!" This went on for a minute or so.
It was one of those moments where I thought someone slipped something in my coffee because I felt like I was having a bad acid trip.
After getting over the "what in the hell" aspect of her meltdown, I looked at her while she continued doing this and it took all I had to stop from busting out laughing. I felt bad for even thinking it's funny, but oh my gawd, it was. I know I would lose my mind if I didn't see the funny side of it.
Even with all of the tantrums, the crying, the flopping around like a fish when I try to pick her up, and the whining, I still can't wait to have another baby. …But I'm sure the next one will be a perfect little angel.
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Erythema toxicum is a common, noncancerous skin condition seen in newborns.
Alternative Names
Erythema toxicum neonatorum
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Erythema toxicum may appear in 50 percent or more of all normal newborn infants. It usually appears in term infants between the ages of 3 days and 2 weeks.
Its cause is unknown.
The condition may be present in the first few hours of life, generally appears after the first day, and may last for several days. Although the condition is harmless, it can be of great concern to the new parent.
The main symptom is a rash of small, yellow-to-white-colored
The rash can change rapidly, appearing and disappearing in different areas over hours to days.
Signs and tests
Examination by your health care provider during a routine well-baby exam is usually sufficient to make the diagnosis. No testing is usually needed.
The large red splotches typically disappear without any treatment or changes in skin care.
Expectations (prognosis)
The rash usually clears within 2 weeks. It is usually completely gone by age 4 months.
Calling your health care provider
Discuss the condition with your health care provider during a routine examination if you are concerned.


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In the search for more speed, the cycling community works on defeating the 3 main forces that try to slow riders down: wind, gravity, and friction. There are wheels, helmets, frames, and forks to beat the wind, components & parts to make bikes lighter, and smoother, more fluid parts to reduce friction.
To reduce friction, the industry has now turned to ceramic bearings. Modern external steel-bearing bottom brackets have tested drag of ~4% of power output. Ceramic bearings generate only ½%, helping to save 4 watts per 100 watts generated.
The friction and heat generated by ceramics is lower for a number of reasons:
- Ceramic bearings are rounder and less compressible (50% harder) than the highest quality steel bearing. This allows parts to be made to tighter tolerances giving a smoother motion with less vibration.
- Ceramics do not conduct electrical current and are chemically inert so they do not oxidize and rust like steel bearings.
- Ceramic balls are less porous than steel so they have less rolling friction.
- Ceramics handle heat better than steel (lower coefficient of thermal expansion). Ceramic bearings will expand and contract 35% less than steel bearings in like conditions. In tight tolerance conditions, added heat can cause bearings to expand and cause binding.
- Ceramic bearings are also 40% lighter than steel bearings creating less rotating mass, allowing for faster acceleration and deceleration.
In our new 2010 Scattante road bike line, ceramic bottom bracket bearings are included with the 2010 Scattante CFR Pro Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 Road Bike and the 2010 Scattante CFR Team Dura-Ace 7900 Road Bike.
2010 Scattante CFR Team Dura-Ace 7900 Road Bike
But one common complaint about ceramic bearings is that when used with steel races (hybrid ceramic bearing) they are so hard that they cause premature scoring and pitting of the steel tracks. At the core of this issue is a lack of maintenance. This is considered a pro level component and requires pro level maintenance. Just like race cars that are rebuilt after every race, ceramic bearings are not an install and forget about it component.
Hybrid ceramic bearings need regular maintenance and that begins with silicone grease. Silicone grease handles temperature better than other grease and it will not degrade rubber seals. FSA recommends inspecting the bearings:
- After each riding season or after 8,000-10,000 KM, whichever comes first
- After use in rain, mud or wet conditions
- After drive train has been cleaned with solvents or sprayed by high pressure water jets
- Anytime rotational smoothness, evidence of corrosion, or seal damage is apparent
Most manufacturers warn that ceramic bearings can NOT be acceptably maintained unless the cartridges are removed from the bike component, e.g. hub shell, BB cup, etc.
Here are the steps that FSA recommends to remove the bearings:
- Remove bearing cup from bike.
- Use a bearing press to remove bearing cartridge from cup (HS, BB, Hub). Enduro Fork Seal makes a good tool for removal/installation of bearings from external BB cups, http://www.enduroforkseals.com/id114.html.
- Use an Exacto® knife or preferably a seal pick to remove seal. Be careful not to damage or bend the round metal stiffener in the seal.
- If possible, carefully remove plastic ball retaining cage from cartridge. The balls will remain in the cartridge. For some bearings this may not be possible. If you are concerned about damaging the retainer, cleaning and relubing can be accomplished w/o removing it.
- If you have removed the retainer cage, slide bearings to one side and pull inside race out toward you as you clean around the bearing.
- Clean dirt and old grease from bearing. Use a gentle solvent. Do NOT use alkali or acid based solvents.
- Let bearing dry completely.
- Grease bearing using silicone grease. FSA recommends using a grease syringe. [If you use a syringe, use it only w silicone grease- don't mix grease types.]
- Rotate bearing to better distribute grease.
- Carefully reinstall seal(s).
- Reinstall bearing in cup.
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