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One of the true pleasures of this job is the people you meet. In past seasons, the PawSox have had assistant trainers to help head man Greg Barajas. Guys like Steve Spero, Fuji Sakamoto, and Dave Getsoff, come in spend a season learning and then move on. Last season the Red Sox shifted gears and hired a strength and condiitioning coach, Carl Kochen. Kochen was incredibly valuable to the team, catching bullpen sessions and doing what ever else had to be done, in addition to his regular job in the gym. Carl landed a fulltime gig with the Giants organization. He was replaced by Mike Jones. Jonesy is very likeable man. He is in his first year with the Sox. "It's been great. A very very good experience to see the emphasis that's been placed on development here. The resources that are devoted to that develpoment is really exciting." Jones says it isn't hard keeping track of all his charges. "The most difficult part is identifying the needs of the individual players, then developing exercises to help correct the deficiencies. I've done this for many years, so it isn't difficult. Having a trainer like Greg (Barajas)- we work well together and if there's a situation or an injury, we work well in tandem to get it taken care of." Jones says that "old-timers" might cringe if they saw the shape the players are in today, when they get to Spring Training. "The biggest difference is the length of Spring Training. Years ago it was 6 weeks long, now it's four weeks, or a little longer in some organizatons. It has necessitated the athlete getting ready during the offseason, because there's a lot of competition and they know if they're not prepared, they're not going to win one of those spots." Jones adds that there is a very small group that is reluctant to go the gym on a regular basis. "When you're at the Triple A level, you see individuals that come over from other organizations where the emphasis hasn't been there, they are sometimes reluctant, but the good part is that they see success and finally buy in. You see those changes and you get those calls. Justin Lehr, who I had previously in Tacoma, texted me to tell me he was getting a Major League start Friday against the Rockies." Jones added- "That's why I am in this business. It's rewarding to watch these young men progress, supervise their programs and watch them make it to the Major League level." Jones measures success in different ways. "One of the areas that is my biggest concern, is keeping the athlete healthy. That's one way to evaluate it. It's subjective. I like to see the athlete's performance affected by their strength and conditioning, but you can't always tell." Jones is often the victim of good natured ribbing from the guys, espically Ron Johnson. "RJ is a once in a lifetime experience. You have to have a thick skin." The silver haired Jones has been compared to the Burgess Meredith character, "Mickey" in the "Rocky" movies. Jonesy always has a cup of coffee in his hand and a smile on his face. "I guess when you take the "abuse" , it shows you are part of the inner circle.". Mike Jones is a strong man, in many ways.
Found a new eating spot in Buffalo. "Daddio's" on Hertel Ave in Buffalo offers tremendous sandwiches, appetizers, wings and pizza. Owner Jimmy is the most hospitable restaurateur you will EVER encounter. The place is decorated with "Rat Pack" memorabilia and a movie poster signed by the great Francis Ford Coppola. "Props" to PawSox head of security, Rick Medeiros for finding the spot. Hyder and Hoard will be back. By the way, my daughter Carly did NOT order chocolate milk with her sub.


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Traditionally, decks have been those square flat platforms that sit outside the back door. They were probably made of pressure-treated wood or maybe even cedar. Fading, cracking and deterioration was a fact of deck life. If you were a homeowner, you were sure to be trading in many a sunny weekend for treating, sanding and staining your deck.
Today, owning a deck is a different matter.
Deck materials and designs have evolved in such a way that they're not only maintenance-free and longer lasting but are now treated as an extension of our homes with groundbreaking designs that are both functional and elegant.
"When people think of decks, their mindset is stuck in the old westerns where people walk out of the saloon doors and on top of a square box platform," says Paul Lafrance, designer, master builder and host of HGTV's Decked Out. "It hasn't translated in most people's minds that they should expect the same from their deck as they do the inside of their homes. It blows people's minds."
Decks today are no longer simple flat platforms but rather something that carries through elements of the indoors to the outdoors such as lighting and outdoor kitchens. The idea of multiple rooms or spaces within one deck is also proving popular.
"Each room has its own identity just like inside the house," says Lafrance. "Inside, we have the dining room, kitchen and family room, so why not expect that creativity for outdoors, too?"
Multi-platformed decks allow homeowners to barbecue and cook in one area, sit and have dinner in another and relax and entertain in yet another.
And just as the rooms in your house aren't utilitariantype squares, decks are also stepping outside the box with their design and growing more curvaceous.
Instead of simple straightlined edges, decks can now be moulded to curve around the edges, allowing designers to make the space both elegant and functional.
"Curves are taking deck design to a whole new level," says Lafrance. "The ability to soften lines is key. A deck should not feel like something that's blocking your access to the yard. The challenge is to make it feel like a gentle transition as opposed to a big box deck. Curves make that transition more elegant and natural."
And one of the catalysts behind the ability to achieve different designs with decks is the new material that has entered the marketplace, including composite recycled materials such as Trex.
Trex composite products are made of a unique combination of wood and plastic fibres. Trex gets its plastic and wood fibres from reclaimed or recycled resources, including sawdust and used pallets from woodworking operations, and recycled plastic grocery bags from all over the country.
The end result is a product that looks like natural wood but has no mould issues and won't split, crack or fade with time.
Gord and Suzanne Keenan decided to go with Trex when redoing their deck because, along with the longevity factor, the recycled material is practically maintenance-free.
"We used to have a doubletiered cedar deck and I was constantly fixing it," says Gord, a 62-year-old retiree in Aurora, Ont. "I probably spent $7,000 putting in pieces, putting in steps, replacing the platform and railings. So when it came time for the new deck, I said 'I don't want to be 75 years old cutting boards in my basement to redo the deck.'"
And, of course, once you have your new deck built, you'll want to accessorize it with this season's must-have deck decor. Todd Mounsey, owner/designer of Your Deck Company in Richmond Hill, Ont., says fire features are going to be hot this season.
He says fire pits, which are often made of aesthetically pleasing cast iron or copper, are safe to use while being decorative and functional. A step-up from that, gas fireplaces, such as the ones often found in living rooms, are perfect for making a cool summer evening cozy and intimate.
And, when the sun is hot, Mounsey says overhead wooden pergolas are decorative ways to add shade to your space.
"It won't keep out the rain, but it offers protection for people who want to stay out of the sun," says Mounsey. "It also adds character to the deck."


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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Rs. 16,000 crore scheme, Saubhagya, under which poor households across the country that have no access to electricity, will be given power connections free of cost.
- Angela Merkel has secured the fourth term as German Chancellor.
- Sports Ministry recommended Padma Bhushan, the country's third highest civilian award, for Olympic Silver medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu
- 2018 Commonwealth Games (CWG) to be held at Gold Coast, Australia. And 2018 Asian Games (popularly known as Asiad) will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Lakshya Sen slipped to World No. 2 behind Thailand's Kunlavaut Viditsarn in World Junior Badminton rankings.
- Abdul Majid, director of landmark film Chameli Memsaab, an icon of the Assamese film industry passed away. He was popularly known as Majidka.
- India plans to procure nuclear fuel from Uzbekistan and other countries as part of its plan to create a strategic uranium reserves to ensure long term security.
Apart from domestic production, India currently imports Uranium from Kazakhstan and Canada and is used to provide fuel to endogenously built pressurized heavy water reactors. Further, India in place to import uranium from Namibia and Mongolia.
President of Uzbekistan- Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- U.S Defence Secretary Jim Mattis is on 3-days visit to India, the first by a Cabinet member of Trumph administration.
- Egyptian national Emam Ahmed Abd El Aty, wo was known to be world's heaviest woman at 500kg, passed away
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- Kuldeep Yadav became the only third India to register a hat-trick aginst Australia in One Day Internationals after Chetan Sharma (1987) and Kapil Dev (1991). Also to be second after kapil dev at Eden garden stadium.
- Hindi film Newton will represent India in the best foreign language category at the 90th Academy Awards.
- ASCON– Army Static Switched Communication Network.
- Philippine President– Rodrigo Duterte
- National Human Rights Chairperson – H.L. Dattu
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- M.S. Dhoni has been nominated for the Padma Bhusan award. He is a Padma Shri, Arjun Award and Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratna awardee.
- State Owned Oil and natural Gas Corp. (ONGC) has made a significant oil discovery to the west of its prime Mumbai high Fields in the Arabian Sea. The discovery in the well is estimated to hold an in place reserves of about 20 million tonnes.
Mumbai High is India's biggest oil field.
- External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj, during a UN Leadership Summit on Environmental Pact, reaffirmed India's commitment to the landmark Paris Climate Change agreement and willing to work above and beyond the pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
India, which is the world's third largest carbon polluter, reached a pact along with more than 190 nations in December 2015 with an aim to prevent an increase in the global average temperature and keep it well below 2 degree Celsius. The deal which replaced Kyoto Protocol, was ratified last october.
- Union Science minister Harsh Vardhan announced a Boat Lab to study the Brahmaputra. The proposed vessel, Brahmaputra Biodiversity Biology Boat (B4) will have full fledged lab that will allow those on board to collect samples from various stretches of river, perform tests on water quality and biodiversity of wider ecosystem.
- CBM– Coal Bed Methane
- OALP-Open Acreage Licensing Policy
- HELP– Hydrocarbon Exploration and Licensing Policy
- Revenue secretary- Hasmukh Adhia
- DMH– Dhara Mustard Hydbrid
- Mauritius PM- Pravind Jugnauth.
- India's Olympic and World silver medalist shuttler P.V. Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to clinch the women's singles title at the Korean Open Super Series.
- M.S. Dhoni completed Century of Half Centuries in international cricket (66- ODI, 33-Test, 1-T20). He joined the club of Tendulkar (164), Dravid (146) and Ganguly (107)
- India won its first athletics gold, through Purnima Hembram in Women's pentathlon in the fifth Asian indoor and martial art games.
- The county's gold import recorded three fold jump to $15.24 billion during the April August period of 2017-18. In august this year, imports of the precious metal rose to Rs. 1.88 billion from Rs. 1.11 billion.
A surge i gold imports last month contributed to the widening of trade deficit to $11.64 billion as against $7.7 in August 2016.
- Goofle introduces, Tez, its mobile wallet app based on Unified Payment Interface of NPCI.
- A Nigerian lawyer, Zannah Mustapha, who helped secure the release of more then 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram was on Monday awarded United nations Peace Prize 'Nansen Award'.
- Y.C. Modi appointed as Director General of Nationa Investigation Agency. He will take over from Sharad kumar after he completes his tenure on October 30.
- Union Minister Maneka Gandhi, at launch of the The Evidence- Meat kills, said humans are natural vegetarian and meat consumption is harmful. The Evidence- Meat kills, a film that explores the effects of meat consumption on the human body.
- Cassini spacecraft, as international project that cost $3.9 billion and included scientist from 27 nations, dove into Saturn's atmosphere at a speed of 1,20,700 kmph.
Cassini launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1997, and then spent seven years in transit followed by 13 years orbiting Saturn.
Cassini named after the French Italian astronomer Giovanni Domenico Cassini, who discovered Saturn had several moons and a gap between its rings.
The other spacecraft have flown by Saturn- Pioneer 11 in 1979, followed by Voyager 1 and 2 in 1980s.
- The elusive snow leopard long considered as endangered species has been upgraded to vulnerable by International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Eight nation Hockey World League final matches will be played in Kalinga stadium, Bhubaneshwar.
- The country's foreign exchange reserves touched $400 billion for the first time.
- Brazil President– Michel Temer
- Astra– The indigenously developed beyond visual range air to air missile, recently completed successful development trials over the Bay of Bengal, moving one step closer to its induction into Air Force.
- ATAGS– The Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System, which is being jointly developed by the DRDO and private sector, has set a world record in range by hitting targets at a distance of 48 km.
HEBB– High Explosive Base Bleed
- The World's oldest captive giant panda, Basi, died aged 37. Basi was the Mascot for the First Asian Games in China 1990.
- Vijay Amritraj's, former tennis champion, life story will be told through biopic. Amritraj, who acted in Star Trek IV and Octopussy, was honoured with Padma Shrii 1983.
- FIFA President – Gianni Infantino
- The United Nation Security Council unanimously imposed an eight set of sanctions on the North Korea, banning it from trading in textiles and restricting its oil imported.
- INDIA-JAPAN Bullet Train Project-
First bullet train will run between Ahmedabad and Mumbai by 2022
Project estimated cost is Rs. 1.10 lakh crore, over 80% of this will come from Japan as extremely friendly loan
Total high speed bullet train network will be of 4643 KM.
Project is based on famed Japanese Shinkansen high speed railway system with a record of zero causalities in its 50 years of operation
- The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a novel by Arundhati Roy
- Argentina has given Israel thousands of documents from the Second World War during a visit by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. The digital documents delivered by Argentina's President Mauricio Macri.
- The World Anti Doping agency is set to clear 95 Russian athletes who were investigated over involvement in the country's mammoth doping programme.
- Unstoppable: My Life so far, an autobiography of Maria Sharapova.
- Fifth Asian Indoor & Martial Art games will take place in Ashagbat, Turkmenistan.
- Google introduced Word Lens feature in its Google Translate platform which let users instantly translate text using their Camera.
- Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) got Maharatna status.
- MDR– Merchant Discount Rate
- The Indra, first tri service military exercise, to be held from October 19 to 29. It will also be India's first bilateral military exercise with any country involving all three services.


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I was looking the whole wheat french bread recipe on page 96 and 97 and it says 5 1/2 cups of whole wheat flour, a combination of: 4 cups bread flour plus 1 1/2 cups pastry flour. I notice that the book refers to something called whole wheat bread flour. Nowadays, in the stores, I find bread flour or whole wheat flour. Two different creatures. I believe she means high protein whole wheat flour when she says bread flour. I mill my own wheat. I can finely grind the whole wheat from either hard red or hard white wheat. But the pastry flour. If I finely grind soft red wheat will I be approximating pastry flour? I believe the mix is to get a flour lower in gluten than regular bread flour.
Since this is a book on whole grains, I assume whole wheat pastry flour is intended.
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He really is one of the best dogs I've been around in a long while and he would do wonderful as a therapy dog because he is so gentle and really loves kids. Now just to get a few drinks in Heidi tonight before I break the news to her
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June 07, 2012 08:30 ET
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - Jun 7, 2012) - Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. (OTCQB: BMSN) (PINKSHEETS: BMSN) announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary Regen BioPharma, Inc. has executed an exclusive option agreement which grants Regen BioPharma an option to license Patent #6,821,513 which patents methods of stimulating blood production in patients with deficient stem cells. The patent, as well as data licensed with the patent, covers methods of stimulating the bone marrow to generate new blood cells. The patent and option agreement are disclosed in the Company's most recent 8K filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on June 6, 2012.
"The technology has broad applicability to help cancer patients recover faster following chemotherapy, as well as for recipients of bone marrow and cord blood transplants. Currently, new blood cell production is stimulated by expensive drugs such as Neupogen and Neulasta which replicate the body's growth factors but can cause side effects and rely upon the diminished recuperative powers of an immune compromised patient," stated J. Christopher Mizer, President of Regen BioPharma.
David Koos, Chairman & CEO of Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, added, "We are excited to get this therapy into the clinic. Based on peer-reviewed published animal data, it has the potential to restore immune function faster and more effectively than the existing standard of care."
The licensed technology covers the use of a naturally-occurring cell type for stimulation of bone marrow stem cells. By utilizing cells as opposed to drugs, Regen BioPharma believes it possesses a substantial advantage to existing approaches in terms of safety and economics of production. Currently the market for growth factors that stimulate blood making stem cells is more than $4.84 billion per year (www.wikinvest.com/stock/Amgen).
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Bio-Matrix Scientific Group, Inc. (OTCQB: BMSN) (PINKSHEETS: BMSN) is a biotechnology company focused on the development of regenerative medicine therapies and tools. The Company is focused on human therapies that address unmet medical needs. Specifically, Bio-Matrix Scientific Group Inc. is looking to increase the quality of life through therapies involving stem cell treatments. These treatments are focused in areas relating to cardiovascular, hematology, oncology and other indications.
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Imagine if the "Paranormal Activity" films still featured loud noises and mysteriously falling pots and pans—only this time, they also included Marlon Wayans being raped by a ghost. Wouldn't that be hilarious?
No, it would not. And "A Haunted House," starring and co-written by Wayans, doesn't so much skewer the popular "Paranormal" franchise as clone it into a comedy in which farting and the word "asstraphobic" pass as jokes. Presented as unexplainable found footage from Oct. 2012, the film observes Malcolm (Wayans) and his girlfriend, Keisha (Essence Atkins), whose house appears to be haunted after she moves in. At night, text on the screen tells us the date and the time, as if doing things exactly the same way that "Paranormal Activity" does—the film also includes the oscillating fan used to scary effect in "PA3"—will make "A Haunted House" ultra-perceptive.
Other gags include a gay psychic (Nick Swardson) whose gayness is the big joke and a white couple that wants to have sex with Malcolm and Keisha. Only when the ghost seems to misspell "ghost" on a Ouija board does "A Haunted House" have fun with the ridiculous humorlessness with which these low-budget flicks approach the supernatural.
Malcolm defecating on his girlfriend's father's ashes and humping stuffed dogs? That's found footage that never should have been created in the first place.
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German regulator BaFin has launched a special probe against four lenders including Deutsche Bank as part of an investigation into possible manipulation of the Europe Interbank Offered Rate (Euribor), the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper reported on Monday.
A special probe is the most severe kind of investigation the regulator can launch against a bank.
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The German regulator is also investigating Portigon AG , Sueddeutsche Zeitung said, without citing sources. Portigon is what remains following the breakup of the bank that used to be known as WestLB.
Officials at Deutsche Bank and BaFin were not available for comment. Portigon officials were also not available for comment.
The special probes were launched after BaFin had asked for information from all German banks involved in setting Euribor rates, Sueddeutsche said.
Euribor and its larger counterpart, Libor, or the London Interbank Offered Rate, are Europe's key gauges of how much banks pay to borrow from their peers and are used to set the prices of swathes of financial products, from Spanish home mortgages to more complex derivatives.
Deutsche Bank is already being subjected to a BaFin special probe in connection with Libor.
Deutsche Bank has said it is cooperating with investigations in the United States and Europe in connection with setting rates between 2005 and 2011.
In July, Reuters reported that several banks under investigation for suspected rigging of Euribor intensified cooperation with EU antitrust regulators in the hope of lower fines.
Earlier this month German bank BayernLB said it has withdrawn from the Euribor panel, effective at the start of 2013, citing "strategic reasons".
More than 40 banks still contribute to the Euribor inter-bank lending rate, but the Euribor-EBF group running it warned recently that more could leave following recent bad publicity.
The daily Libor poll asks banks at what rate they think they will be able to borrow money from each other in 10 major currencies and for 15 borrowing periods ranging from overnight loans to 12 months.
As the credit crisis intensified between 2006 and 2008, allegations started mounting that Libor no longer reflected the real cost banks were paying for funds. Authorities have been examining whether traders tried to influence the rate to profit on bets on the direction it would go.
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Mayor Don Wesely today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for February to Officer Steve Standley of the Lincoln Police Department (LPD). The monthly award recognizes city employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the city. The award was presented at today's City Council meeting.
Officer Standley, a 26-year veteran of LPD, was nominated in the category of productivity by LPD Sergeant Mark Meyerson. Officer Standley was one of the original School Resource Officers in the early 1970s and has served in that capacity during much of his career.
Realizing that school violence was a concern for students, teachers and parents, Officer Standley searched nationwide for a lesson plan to instruct school staff on how to respond in case of an emergency. Unable to find such a plan, Officer Standley spent six months researching to come up with "Critical Incident Response, The First Few Minutes," a three-part educational program.
Officer Standley present his first training seminar at Holmes and Randolph Elementary Schools late last year. Evaluations completed by the participants indicated the program was very valuable. Officer Standley continues to teach the course in other schools and to train others to be instructors. He has also packaged his program into a training manual.
"It is hoped that the information presented by Officer Standley will never be needed or put to use," said Mayor Wesely. "It is critical, however, that he should be recognized for taking the initiative to produce such an invaluable training tool for our public school system, a tool which did not exist prior to Officer Standley's project."
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are customer relations, loss prevention, safety and valor. All city employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected officials and some managers. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public.
Nomination forms are available from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program. All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.
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Microsoft have released a fix for incorrect results returned when querying an indexed view. The problem applies to:
The Knowledge Base article does not go into much detail, or provide a reproduction script, but this blog entry does :)
The KB does say that reproducing the bug requires these features:
There are two important details I would like to add right away:
The fix is available in the following cumulative update packages:
Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 [build 11.0.3339] Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2012 RTM [build 11.0.2395] Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 [build 10.50.4270] Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 [build 10.50.2868] Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 [build 10.00.5828]
Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2012 SP1 [build 11.0.3339] Cumulative Update 5 for SQL Server 2012 RTM [build 11.0.2395] Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP2 [build 10.50.4270] Cumulative Update 10 for SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 [build 10.50.2868] Cumulative Update 8 for SQL Server 2008 SP3 [build 10.00.5828]
No service pack contains this fix, you must apply one of the hotfix packages above.
The first thing we will need is two tables:
CREATE TABLE dbo.Parent
parent_id integer IDENTITY NOT NULL,
value varchar(20) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_Parent_id
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (parent_id)
CREATE TABLE dbo.Child
child_id integer IDENTITY NOT NULL,
parent_id integer NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_Child_id
PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (child_id)
And a few rows of data:
INSERT dbo.Child (parent_id)
SELECT New.parent_id
INSERT Parent
OUTPUT inserted.parent_id
) AS New;
The tables now look like this (parent first):
We can now add the required FOREIGN KEY relationship:
ALTER TABLE dbo.Child
ADD CONSTRAINT FK_Child_Parent
FOREIGN KEY (parent_id)
REFERENCES dbo.Parent (parent_id);
Next, a very simple indexed view that joins the two tables (the view could contain more complex features like aggregates):
CREATE VIEW dbo.ParentsAndChildren
FROM dbo.Parent AS p
JOIN dbo.Child AS c ON
c.parent_id = p.parent_id;
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX cuq
ON dbo.ParentsAndChildren (child_id);
The final step is to use a MERGE statement to make some changes to the Parent table:
DECLARE @ParentMerge AS TABLE
parent_id integer PRIMARY KEY,
value varchar(20) NOT NULL
INSERT @ParentMerge
(parent_id, value)
(1, 'Kiwi Fruit'),
(4, 'Dragon Fruit');
MERGE dbo.Parent AS p
USING @ParentMerge AS s ON
s.parent_id = p.parent_id
UPDATE SET value = s.value
INSERT (value) VALUES (s.value)
deleted.value AS old_value,
inserted.value AS new_value;
This MERGE performs two actions:
The statement includes an OUTPUT clause to show the changes it makes (this is not required for the repro):
This confirms that the changes have been made as we requested: parent row 1 has changed; and row 4 has been added. The changes are reflected in the base tables:
SELECT * FROM dbo.Parent AS p;
SELECT * FROM dbo.Child AS c;
As highlighted, row 1 has changed from Apple to Kiwi Fruit and row 4 has been added.
We do not expect to see row 4 in the indexed view because there are no child records for that row, and the indexed view uses an inner join. Checking the indexed view using the NOEXPAND table hint (required in non-Enterprise SKUs to use indexes on a view):
FROM dbo.ParentsAndChildren
The results are incorrect. They show the old value of the data for parent row 1.
Now we try using the EXPAND VIEWS query hint to force SQL Server to access the base tables rather than reading view indexes:
FROM dbo.ParentsAndChildren
This query produces correct results.
On SQL Server Enterprise Edition, the optimizer chooses whether to access the indexed view or the base tables. For following query, without any hints, the optimizer chooses not to expand the view. It reads the view index and produces incorrect results:
-- Enterprise Edition ONLY
FROM dbo.ParentsAndChildren;
Perhaps adding a child row to match the new parent row 4 will somehow fix things up?
INSERT dbo.Child (parent_id) VALUES (4);
SELECT * FROM dbo.ParentsAndChildren WITH (NOEXPAND);
SELECT * FROM dbo.ParentsAndChildren OPTION (EXPAND VIEWS);
No. The query plan that accesses the view index still returns an incorrect value for row 1. It seems MERGE has corrupted our indexed view.
Checking the view with DBCC CHECKTABLE returns no errors:
DBCC CHECKTABLE (ParentsAndChildren);
Unless we use the EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS option:
DBCC CHECKTABLE (ParentsAndChildren) WITH EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS;
The damage is repairable:
ALTER DATABASE Sandpit
DBCC CHECKTABLE (ParentsAndChildren, REPAIR_REBUILD) WITH EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS;
ALTER DATABASE Sandpit SET MULTI_USER;
You probably do not want to set your database to SINGLE_USER mode and run a DBCC repair after every MERGE statement, however. We could also rebuild the indexed view's clustered index manually, of course.
For the MERGE statement above, the query optimizer builds a plan that does not update the indexed view (click to enlarge):
In a version of SQL Server with the fix applied, the same MERGE statement produces a plan that does maintain the indexed view:
The plan operators used to keep the view index in step with the base tables are highlighted. Without these operators, the changes to the base table are not correctly written to any indexes defined on the view. The root cause is related to the same simplification that allows the optimizer to remove the reference to the Parent table in this query:
FROM dbo.Parent AS p
The FOREIGN KEY relationship and NOT NULL constraints on the referencing column together mean that the join to Parent cannot affect the result of the query, so the join is simplified away. In SQL Server 2012, we can see when this simplification is performed because the following message appears when undocumented trace flags 8619 and 3604 are enabled during compilation:
The same message is emitted when a MERGE statement contains a WHEN MATCHED THEN UPDATE clause and either a WHEN NOT MATCHED THEN INSERT or WHEN MATCHED … THEN DELETE clause. These conditions combine such that the optimizer incorrectly concludes that a table reference can be removed, when in fact it is needed later on when the update side of the plan is built.
Other details of the query and database can affect whether the simplification can be misapplied. For example, if the FOREIGN KEY constraint contains an ON DELETE CASCADE clause, and the MERGE contains a DELETE clause, the simplification is not performed, the TF 8619 message does not appear, and the bug does not manifest.
The key to determining whether a particular query is vulnerable to this bug (TF 8619 aside) is to check whether the query plan includes operators to maintain the indexed view. At a minimum, you should see a update operator for the view:
SQL Sentry Plan Explorer identifies the operator as applying to a view explicitly, in SSMS you need to click on the graphical operator and inspect the Properties window.
The updated conditions for incorrect results are:
Under these conditions, the indexes on the view do not reflect the state of the base tables and incorrect results are returned. Once the hot fix is applied, the optimizer does not misapply the simplification so the correct indexed view maintenance features are built into execution plans.
Update: I am adding this based on Ian Yates' great question in the comments: my expectation is that applying this hotfix will not remove any existing indexed view corruption. You would need to test the hotfix as usual, apply it, and then either rebuild all affected indexed views manually, or run DBCC CHECKDB with the EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS option (which could take a long time).
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Paul, you are on another planet. Awesome post - great detective work!
I keep meaning to find the time to update that Join Simplification post. It's been a lot of years since I wrote about it, and I don't even tend to give that talk any more either.
@Jamie You're welcome, thanks for tweeting about the problem - that got me interested!
@Rob I always think of your post whenever this simplification thing comes up. One of my all-time favourites, as you know.
Is it only me that can see this:
"Updates the value column of parent row 1 from Apple to Kiwi Fruit
Adds a new parent row 4 for Dragon Fruit"
in the first screenshot of what data is inside the table dbo.Parents. I cannot see anywhere a record for Apple.
Paul, am I correct?
Hi Boris,
No it wasn't just you. The T-SQL script was correct, but I must have pasted the wrong screenshot at some stage. Corrected now, thanks for pointing that out.
Three days ago at my current gig we stumbled across a problem where use of the NOEXPAND query hint was
The MERGE statement strikes again.
This is awesome research, Paul!
I guess you could do your research in a fraction of the time if the source code was available, so that you could just debug right through. If that were the case, we might have fixed this problem already. Peer reviews are very good for product quality.
I'm using MERGE less and less. It has too many problems. I am not sure we know them all. This does not smell good. I do not want my users to discover yet another bug in MERGE, which will ruin their day and my weekend or vacation. In some cases a DELETE followed by an INSERT even performs better.
Tobi and Alex,
Yes, it's all rather sad. Every time I revisit MERGE and begin to warm to it, another problem comes up. Many of the past bugs have been edge cases that not too many people would encounter, but this one requires only foreign keys and an indexed view - not an uncommon combination at all!
I am not with you on the following assessment: "edge cases that not too many people would encounter". These problems constitute a smell: they indicate that there might be something wrong with the overall quality of the feature.
If we observed similar problems in an open source system, where we could access the code and automated tests, quite likely we would find that the full matrix of possible automated test cases is either missing altogether or incomplete.
We could build a complete matrix of test cases, fix the exposed problems, and use the fixed feature with confidence.
Beta testers that cannot read source code cannot ensure high quality, even if there are millions of them. For example, if the code does not work on the last day of a leap year, and we are beta-testing now, in 2013, we will not notice that defect no matter how many people test the black box. The bug would manifest itself on Dec 31st, 2016.
On the other hand, developers can and do find such problems, and peer reviews can and do expose such things by just reading the code. In many cases this is just so very much more efficient than testing, or blindly trusting, a black box.
Out of curiosity, if I have a corrupted table - and am unaware of it - and then apply this patch, does the corruption get fixed for me or do I still need to run the DBCC repair statement?
I don't think indexed views are very common. They're so limiting, and cause so many side issues, that I think they drive a lot of people away.
That said, agreed wholeheartedly with Alex, this is an indicator that the entire feature was badly designed. And it really makes no sense from an outsider perspective.
If you imagine how you might implement an index update, there would be some central method (overloaded, naturally), and all the updates would go through there. It would control things like subsequent updates to indexed views, etc. Enforcement of constraints, perhaps. There would be no way around these things, because it would all be centrally handled. There would be no choice.
But that's clearly not how this feature has been implemented, and it's scary to imagine the spaghetti code that must exist in core parts of the engine. What other bugs are lying in wait?
Hi Ian,
That's a great question! I haven't tried it myself, yet, but my expectation is that the fix only prevents future corruptions caused by an incorrect update plan. I would be amazed if it did more than that (but I have been wrong before). That's another detail missing from the KB :)
The safest thing to do (it seems to me) is to test and apply the hotfix, and then either rebuild all indexed views manually or run DBCC CHECKDB with the EXTENDED_LOGICAL_CHECKS option - something which could take quite a long time, incidentally.
I wish indexed views had less limitations (like LEFT JOINs being unsupported) and could be stacked. That would be very powerful in OLTP. Joins without runtime cost, just disk, buffer pool and DML cost.
I doubt we will ever see indexed views that can be stacked, or which allow outer joins, despite the fact that Microsoft Research have published papers showing that they have built code for this and tested it in SQL Server.
There might be other reasons, but I suspect Microsoft see more general technologies like column-store (for DW) and Hekaton (for OLTP) as being better solutions, in that they are more general and perhaps easier to implement. There's a bit of text about Hekaton here: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/hekaton-122012.aspx
The public link to the paper is broken. Here is an alternate one I discovered: http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/170384/bw-tree.pdf
Thanks, Tobi!
Thank you Paul,
Paul, here is more material for your article. :)
Thanks, Vladimir. That's an issue I have seen before. The view contains SUM on a nullable expression, which is illegal and ought to produce error 8662 when the clustered index is created on the view. Workaround by adding "ELSE 0" to each summed CASE expression to make the expression non-nullable.
Paul, thanks for finding time to look at it so quickly.
"ELSE 0" seems to fix it for DELETE and UPDATE but check out INSERT. On SQL 2014 I get all NULLs after it.
Thanks a lot for your idea to try.
I see the issue now. The view you are trying to index is essentially a manual PIVOT query implemented using scalar aggregates. The PIVOT operator is not allowed in indexed views because the work hasn't been done to make it work with the delta update logic for indexed views.
Ideally, SQL Server would recognise views that are semantically equivalent to a PIVOT and refuse to create an index, but I imagine that could be difficult. It certainly doesn't detect such problematic views today, hence the buggy behaviour.
Anyway, that seems to me to be the root cause of your problems. I would rewrite the view as a normal (not pivoted) GROUP BY on mlSetting, index that view, then layer a non-indexed pivoting view over the indexed view, if required.
Paul, thank you very much for your time and your input.
My intent was not to use 'illegal' SQL. My view is in accordance to the currently published SQL BOL indexed view requirements and restrictions, per every letter of it. I didn't not use PIVOT as per restriction. I used GROUP BY. I know that MS implements PIVOT(subset of GROUP BY) using GROUP BY but GROUP BY is not restricted, as GROUP BY is basis for aggregate indexed views subclass. I know that you are one of the TOP SQL EXPERTs in the world and you know this very well. Still I do want to draw this distinction between PIVOT and GROUP BY, as I see it.
So IMHO MS needs to either a) not support aggregated views, b) fully support all aspects of aggregated view c) describe all caveats precisely and completely. One of these was not done. And that is where the bug is IMHO. I would like MS to deal with it.
In my specific case your new workaround idea will not work. If I use regular indexed view and then GROUP BY with CASE to pivot data, CASE statement will end up in my predicates as expression and loose cardinality, killing my queries.
I work for ERP software company and we make software for factories. Factories make products for consumers. At any time factory has active data set related to customer orders that needs to be made. Bills of Material data set for customer orders can be huge. So query to consider active data set uses this view, for example, very trivialized query
SELECT ori.olnID
FROM dbo.OrderItems ori
CROSS JOIN dbo.vwCoreMilestoneValues m WITH(NOEXPAND) -- millions and millions of rows
WHERE ori.oriIsPurchased = 0 AND ori.itmpID = 2 -- Make to Order manufacturing items
AND ori.sttValue >= m.InitialOrderItemStatusValue -- between Initial status
AND ori.sttValue < m.CompleteWorkOrderItemStatusValue -- and Complete status. These items need to be made for customer. Active set is maybe 5 - 10 % items
Because view is aggregated and pivoted, with statistics on each column, SQL Server can create effective query plans for such queries. If InitialOrderItemStatusValue = CASE WHEN … then expression is in WHERE clause and results are not good.
Practical workarounds for me are a) fixed table with pivoted columns, with trigger maintaining it on data changes b) recreating CLUSTERED index on this view with trigger (rare data change).
Ideally I would like to see MS implement proper handling of this but that is unlikely to happen.
THANK YOU again for taking interest in this issue, providing your valuable feedback and being such great help/contributor to SQL community at large.
Vladimir Moldovanenko, Sr. Database Architect/Analyst, www.2020spaces.com
By the way I like indexed views and I am happy MS implemented them, even with these bugs. :)
They are particularly great for seldom updated base data that is needed for queries that read often.
Yes, I understand. The point about comparing with PIVOT was to explain a bit about *why* you are encountering problems. Certainly, the syntax is "legal", and ought to work as you expect (once the nullable expression in the SUM is corrected, anyway). I didn't mean to suggest you were doing anything "wrong".
The workarounds I suggested might not quite get you to where you need to be, but they might assist others viewing the same Connect item in future.
It's always difficult to assess whether a particular Connect item will result in a fix or not. Wrong results bugs do usually get a higher priority, but it depends on a lot of factors - not least how the initial report is triaged.
Connect is not really the best place to report production issues; you should open a case with CSS. They are best placed to investigate, identify the root cause, and work with engineering on a possible fix. There may be costs involved going this route, depending on your support agreement and relationship with Microsoft.


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Waterford - Coach Liz Sutman is fond of telling her Waterford High School softball team to play "from the first pitch to the last pitch."
If the players choose to interpret it literally the way they did Monday afternoon, picking up a victory on a game-winning single by Elaina Sullivan in the bottom of the seventh inning - on the game's last pitch - that's OK with her.
The Lancers won a key early-season matchup in the Eastern Connecticut Conference Large Division, scoring three times in the seventh to upend previously unbeaten East Lyme 6-5.
"East Lyme really wanted to win that game and that made us really want to win the game. We got angry," Sullivan said. "Plus we were coming off a loss (to top-ranked Rockville on Saturday)."
East Lyme, which scored all five runs in the third inning, handed pitcher Erica Hill a 5-3 lead headed to the bottom of the seventh. The first two hitters, Claire Hurley and Sara Buscetto, reached on singles before Hill then asserted herself, striking out No. 3 batter Jodi Weiss and getting cleanup hitter Katelyn Haff to pop up.
That brought up sophomore Sarah Pacheco, who was previously 0-for-2 with a sacrifice bunt. Pacheco quickly got down 0-2 against Hill. Sutman called Pacheco over for a conference.
"I told her, 'You have nothing to lose,'" Sutman said.
On Pacheco's first pitch back in the batter's box, Hurley and Buscetto executed a double steal to move the runners to second and third. Sutman said maybe that changed Pacheco's outlook as to what a base hit could do.
She promptly blooped a two-run single to right field, with the ball glancing off the glove of East Lyme second baseman Shae Crosby, who very nearly made a spectacular game-saving catch.
Pacheco took second on the play. Sutman then used Hannah Swanson to pinch run for Pacheco and it was Swanson who scored the winning run when Sullivan, who was moved down in the batting order because she had been slumping, laced a single to right.
Sullivan, who also had the windshield of her car broken during the game on a foul ball, finished 3-for-4.
Waterford, the defending division champion who graduated a pair of all-state players in pitcher Kelli Connors and shortstop Alyssa Hancock, is 6-2 overall, 4-0 in the Large.
The Lancers, previously ninth, dropped out of the New Haven Register state coaches' poll Monday following the 5-0 loss to Rockville.
East Lyme is 6-1 overall, 3-1 in the division.
"It's a tough way to lose," said East Lyme coach Judy Deeb, whose team made five errors behind Hill. "We made a lot of mistakes in the field. We also didn't get any clutch hits ... and they came through when they needed to. That's the difference in the game.
"I'm still proud of my kids. I wouldn't trade them for anyone in the world. We'll be back. Don't worry."
Waterford took the early lead with three runs in the first, getting an RBI double by Weiss among the highlights. The Lancers, though, had only two more hits off Hill prior to the seventh and ran into double plays in two straight innings.
Meanwhile East Lyme, which chased Waterford senior Megan Spellman in her first start of the season - back after suffering a chip fracture in her pitching hand - then scattered just four singles in four innings off sophomore left-hander Tori VanCleave.
The Vikings batted around in the third, getting a two-run single by Samantha Horner to lead the way.
"Every game's big in the conference this year," Sutman said. "We have a completely different team, so many different faces in our lineup.
"... Next time we play (East Lyme), it will be a completely different game. We were off fundamentally today and East Lyme, usually it's hit and you know the plays are going to be made. They were off, too. Fortunately for us, Sarah had a moment, a moment bigger than a sophomore."
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The National Cotton Council released its annual Planting Intentions Survey results at its annual meeting in San Antonio this morning. Here's what producers responding to the survey had to say about what they plan for 2011:
U.S. cotton producers intend to plant 12.5 million acres of cotton this spring, up 14 percent from 2010, according to the National Cotton Council's 28th Annual Early Season Planting Intentions Survey.
Upland cotton intentions are 12.3 million acres, an increase of nearly 14 percent from 2010, while extra-long staple (ELS) intentions of 251,000 acres represent a 23 percent increase. The survey results were announced today at the NCC's 2011 Annual Meeting being held Feb. 4-6 in San Antonio.
Assuming an average abandonment rate of 11 percent, total upland and ELS harvested area would be about 11.1 million acres. Applying state-level yield assumptions to projected harvested acres generates a cotton crop of 19.2 million bales, compared with 2010's total production of 18.3 million bales.
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While all Mid-South states indicate more cotton acres, the magnitudes vary from an increase of 8.0 percent in Arkansas to a 39.5 percent increase in Tennessee. Mississippi indicates an increase of 24.8 percent, while Missouri and Louisiana are up by 12.4 percent and 8.9 percent, respectively. In each of the five states, the survey suggests cotton will be pulling acres away from soybeans, while growers in Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee also plan to reduce corn acreage.
Growers in the Southwest are planning to bring 700,000 additional acres into cotton production, bringing the regional total to 6.59 million acres (+11.9 percent). In percentage terms, Kansas leads the region with an increase of 34.6 percent as the survey shows wheat and soybean acres being planted to cotton in 2011. Oklahoma acreage is showing a 14.4 percent rebound, again largely at the expense of wheat. For Texas, survey respondents intend to expand area by 11.5 percent.
The West region sees a 27.0 percent increase in upland plantings with all those states showing increases. In Arizona, intended area of 226,000 acres represents a 15.8 percent increase from the previous year. The expected increase in acreage is coming in response to better price signals and less competition from feed crops and specialty crops. At the time of the survey, California farmers intend to plant 172,000 acres (+38.8 percent) with the increase coming at the expense of specialty crops. California's actual plantings ultimately could be dictated by water costs and availability. New Mexico is reporting intentions of 67,000 acres, up 42.5 percent from 2010.
In response to strong market signals, the survey indicates U.S. cotton growers intend to increase ELS plantings 23.1 percent to 251,000 acres in 2011. Each of the four ELS-producing states indicated more acres with California planting 225,000 acres, or 23.6 percent more than last year. In Arizona, a 47.2 percent increase brings area up to 3,700 acres. In New Mexico, growers intend to plant 3,500 acres (+28.2 percent), while Texas acres are estimated at 19,300 (+13.7 percent).
Prepared by National Cotton Council Staff.


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My Treats: This evening I passed out candy to all the Trick Or Treaters. They are pretty cute. I still have lots of candy to pass out to friends this weekend....time to move that temptation along...
My Tricks: Ugh, I was trying to listen to Christmas music while I was working late (I've secretly been listening for several weeks now), waiting for the school festival to begin, and I realized my sound wasn't working. It wasn't so crucial, but I knew I would eventually need it for more important reasons. Today I called the help desk, and in the process of helping, they got onto my computer remotely, everything was completely erased....all my files....everything. I've taken it in for repairs, but it's not looking too great. For the most part, I have four years worth of stuff saved on disk, but this year I didn't save anything yet b/c I could not find a memory stick through the usual resources. Ugh, hoping that gets resolved, but I realize it is not the end of the world if it doesn't, just a pain in the neck.
A Few Things Not as Sweet: This Wednesday I had an appointment with my regular doctor to test my liver enzymes (and, I think, pay for her summer vacation). Hmmm, she seemed a little shocked that I didn't have my gallbladder out. Yes, I got her messages to get into a surgeon, and I did (just not in the time period she wanted). I guess apparently she decides when I need surgery, and his job is to operate, perhaps my job was to relay her wishes and not my own. They had marked me in the surgeon's files as planning on having the surgery on the 17th...there was a note 'if she can make it that long.' My doctor said I would not be going that long. She tried to send me the very next day, and stood in the office and called the doctor's office herself (I guess she didn't think I would do it when I returned to work....I would have, probably later than she wanted, I do believe she has my number now). She had lots of scary words and situations to share with me, OK, I get it. I tried to explain the importance of my 'calendar', the upcoming birthday parties and weddings, she was not impressed. I'm going on Tuesday (only one day past the absolute last day she gave me, and yes....Election Day). Ugh, so this Tuesday at 11:30, despite all my best efforts-I should be under with four new holes poked into my stomach, side, belly button, and chest wall, fun. There goes my bikini modeling career....of course, the part I'm the most sad about. So, scratch the 17th, I'm going in on the 4th. Good think I voted early!
Friday, October 31, 2008
Tricks...or...Treats...and a Few Things Not as Sweet...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
The Fundamental Lessons
My favorite stories always come from the kindergarten wing at work. Today I was working with a small group of kinders and as I was flipping through a deck of letters to check each students strengths and areas that need additional support. I got to the lowercase "t" and the little girl who had been reading all the letter in the flashcard series per usual up until that point said, "Oh, that's the cross that Jesus died on." I'd say she's got the most important fundamentals down already.
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Sunday, October 26, 2008
I had been working on recipes for chocolate icing for months-I had tried four batches rather unsuccessfully, and this fifth time I did ask a lady for a recipe, but even at that-it seems like I can often ruin what should be an easy dish (and I didn't try to make it until the day before the wedding). Truly, I can't say enough about how smoothly it all went, which I honestly needed for my sanity, and I can't contribue the success to myself because I fail more than I succeed in life. I enjoyed the end product of each piece, but it was overwhelming and I kept thinking of the old saying, "....don't bite off more than you can chew." I managed to successfully pull everything together, but I was a zombie yesterday with two majorly aching feet after standing on tiled floors most of the last three days. I took a nap today, and enjoyed every minute.
The Candy Bar
I just love these (which is why I collect the jars). They bought most of the candy, but I did dip some pretzels for the bar, so that's fun, and hung the wreaths to give the wall a little bit of relief.
The Cakes
The Bride's Cake-Pound cake with raspberry filling, and buttercream icing. I used some of the flowers for decorations, Greg's uncle carved the "B" to go on top, and I borrowed the 'tree cookies' for the platters from the 5th grade science room :O). She requested the little grooves instead of the 'smooth' look, which made icing the cakes soooooo much easier. Each piece was served with a lime green, and hot pink chocolate "B" I made a few weeks ahead of time (her new initial). Thanks definitely go to my Mom for mixing up a batch of icing xs 4 to finish the cakes with Friday night after I got home from the rehearsal dinner, this project kept me up until almost three am (and I had began baking cakes two days before, so it was just the icing and strawberries I was working on), I don't know how many more hours I would have tacken if she hadn't been so willing to help when needed!
The Groom's cake-Chocolate with chocolate icing, and chocolate ganache, and chocolate covered strawberries, and a chocolate mold (you get the idea)-they are Aggie's-which explains the maroon silk around the cake, and the Texas Shaped Chocolate on top with the A&M name (I found the mold for a great deal). Each piece was served with a chocolate covered strawberry-chocolate is tempermental!
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The Flower Shop
My house has never been so 'full' (to my knowledge) as it was this past week. Not only was I balancing baking a cake, and all the ingrediants, and pans that go with that....the flowers for the wedding arrived on Thursday. There was one minor (minor only because I fixed it before it became major) problem-they sent the wrong colored roses....I now have 5 bunches of peach spray roses, and I needed hot pink. I called around, and luckily, there was a Sam's nearby that had a few bunches in the back. Truly, I spent a lot of time in prayer because there are just so many things that could go wrong with flowers, and cakes, and everything worked out as it should, including carting them an hour plus away to where the wedding was. It seems sometimes like I'm praying about frivilous things, but I know that God truly works in those moments as well. I filled three long work tables with buckets of flowers. My brother was able to bring the flowers in when Fed Ex brought them, and I ran home at lunch to cut the stems and place them in water. He asked me, as he watched me unpack all the stems if I knew what I was doing....at that point, I wasn't sure IF I knew what I was doing anymore. In the end everything worked out well. I began working on the flowers with the back door wide open (thank goodness for a night in the 40's....I had my own ice box in the house). I had to take a break to go to Kelly's shower, and then I came back home and worked until 5 am! (I took Friday off, so it was OK and I got about four hours worth of sleep before heading out to Commerce to deliver the flowers and help decorate for the reception)....I am a night owl by nature, and it serves me well. I was so completely exhausted, I really didn't get great pictures, but I am hoping someone else did and I can later share those. I snapped some quick shots of most of the flowers in transit. I created...
10 flowers for the guys lapels
4 Courages for Mom's/Grandma's (the Grandmothers got green ribbons, but the same general flowers were in all the coursages, so you get the idea).
Four little mini pins for the house party to wear (I used a lot of polka dots, Kelly wanted hot pink and green, and the black polka dots went well with her flower choices)
This next shot shows some of the arrangements ready to be brought over to the church, which included ten table arrangments (in the back), 8 little bundles for the cones (I used green and pink paper to make cones, but I only snapped this photo of the pink) hanging on the ends of the aisle pews (in the classy cool whip containers in the first picture), and a tossing bouquet (you'll later see on the cake table). I'm including a picture of some of the tables, but I was able to later go around and use the left over flowers to make them even a little fuller.
Two large arrangments (OK, the second one I just threw together to hide the kitchen a little, but it turned out better than I thought it would...all things considered).
We used a lot of green apples, and split peas in the different candle holders, and I had enough extra flowers to scatter them around front of the church as well.
Two bridesmaids bouquets
One Bride's Bouquet
All this to say, there were some flower casualties, but they all happened at my house, once I put the flowers into the arragements, they held together really well and made it through the wedding, which was more than I could ask for. When I've helped with flowers before each arrangment took several attempts, and a lot of time, this time the first time worked, I don't know how-I was sooooo tired, but I could not have asked for this to go any smoother with such a big job, and for that, I am so thankful!
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Kelly's Bridal Party
We played a little 'game' I haven't seen before-everyone told Kelly their best advice, and their worst advice to help her start her new life with Greg. Kelly's soon-to-be mother-in-law made her an album of a shower she previously threw, and another one of Greg growing up, with pages to add for herself.
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Blogging Drought
I have been so busy, I have not returned calls, I have not checked emails, I've been out of work two days (preplanned), AND I have NOT even written on my blog. ::Gasp!:: I'm back. I was thinking about going and smashing a few of my fingers with a hammer so I can concentrate on the pain somewhere other than my very swollen feet that have been standing on hard tile for most of the last three days. This week I've been working on a wedding (well, for about six months, but more so this past week). I absolutely adore the couple-Kelly and Greg. My Mom has been good friends with Kelly's Mom since we were in grade school....and I happen to think Kelly and Greg are great-laid back, friendly, sweet natured, in love and respectful of each other and those around them. We've been meeting over the last few months, and I've been helping with the wedding details. So....here we go....
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Today I Voted....
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Health Update
What does this bear have to do with my health? Nothing really. I stopped by the Baylor Bear Pit on the way home from Austin last week, and took a picture of one sleeping on her back with her cute little paws poking up in the air, but I did find out today that my surgeon did his undergraduate work at Baylor....which I guess leads me to my next point. I know, big surprise-I met with a surgeon today and he suggest I have surgery.....will wonders never cease. So, I booked it, or rather, myself for November 17th around 8 am-ish. I am not terribly happy about this, in fact, it would be fair to say if I thought about it a whole lot I'd be pretty unhappy about it. I've been praying about it. This past weekend in church the pastor was discussing how unique we each are, and how each of us has a role in this world that nobody else can fulfill, much like each body part has a unique role. I'm am a little perturbed that my gallbladder went on strike. I was hoping I'd get to keep it because we've been together almost thirty years, and we have been getting along pretty well up until a few weeks ago, but I also don't want anything to risk my health further. I brought all my knowledge I've gained over the last week or so of research, and he seemed pretty unimpressed, though he listened, and then he told me what I figured he would say. On Oct 29th I have a visit with 'my' regular doctor in which I plan to bring forth the same case I tried to make today, so who knows.... I am grateful for the prayers, and I have to say that if these are the answer God is providing through doctors,and I know that I have great friends in prayers, I need to put my trust in these decisions and move forward unless I hear otherwise. I understand rationally, this is not a 'big deal' surgery, but it's my body, and so it's a big deal to me. The last few weeks I've been feeling so much better, and I haven't had any sort of pain associated with my gallbladder in over a week, it's hard to choose to have surgery when I'm feeling healthy, but I guess the point is I need to stay healthy, and thus-the surgery is the best choice....I think.
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Hangin' Tough
There are no words, but here are just a few that don't begin to do this post justice! Seriously, seriously, seriously-I had SO MUCH FUN at the New Kids on the Block Concert tonight. Tonight I remember being eleven, and I loved every minute.
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Labels: Dallas Area Activities
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Mav's PreSeason Win
Last night I went to watch the Mav's play the Kings during their preseason. They won by about 20 points, perhaps there are good things to come this year?
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Labels: Dallas Area Activities
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Harvest Tea at the Arboretum
Today Nicole and I headed out for the Harvest Tea at the Arboretum in honor of her birthday (Oct 23rd). We got to walk around for awhile before and enjoy the fall flowers, and pumpkins. I bumped into two friends who brought their kids out to take pictures, and we took plenty of our own photos. The tea was great. It was a nice mix of fall foods-squash soup, pumpkins/cream sandwiches, and cranberries bread and turkey sandwiches mixed in with the usual on the sandwich plates, and the typical tea fair, and delicious desserts. They also brought lots of tea flavors to sample, I spent most of my time sampling the water, but I love the atmosphere, it's never really about the tea for me. Better than the tea was the conversation, thanks for listening, Nicole. Have a great birthday! I'll see you again soon!
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David's Birthday
Last night I headed out to Babe's Chicken house for a David's birthday. The 'old' church group got together to celebrate, thanks to Maggie's arranging. Note to self-do not celebrate my birthday at Babe's-celebrations include a chicken hat, and a chicken dance. By this time next month, if all goes as planned I will have attended 8 more birthday parties, two weddings, and two showers. It is a busy, fun fall, for sure!
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Labels: Friends
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Kristine's Circus Shower
Whew, it's finished! I've been babysitting a one-ring circus in my room at work for months now waiting for this day to come. Sweet Kristine is about to deliver baby girl number two, and today some of her biggest fans (myself included) threw her a baby shower! Everyone showed up, we had a great time, and the usually very healthy staff at my work dug into the junk food.
The Mom-to-be who does not look 8 months pregnant,and Missy.
The guest sign-in area.
The 'concessions.'
The cupcakes in all their glory. It took forever to get people to try them.
Here we are serving drinks and general junk food, is there any other food group at a circus?
The candy bar was everyone's favorite spot.
Terry was in charge of passing out popcorn, and harrassing people in general, no clown necessary with this gal around.
We covered the tables with different colored butcher paper and crayons, popcorn, vintage, and not so vintage circus toys, and old circus programs. Each table had a different little collection.
We put the gifts in the baby tent.
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Labels: Baby Shower, Circus, Friends, Parties, Showers
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
More Cupcakes
This afternoon my pal Heather and I got to work on the cupcakes for Kristine's baby shower tomorrow. We used the cupcakes set out in Hello, Cupcakes circus pages (the elephant, the monkey, and the lion). I have three boxes full of the following three kinds of cupcakes to keep me company tomorrow. I'll take more pictures, but here are a few quick shots of the little critters.
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Labels: Baby Shower, Cakes, Circus, Parties, Showers
Monday, October 13, 2008
Here is some food for people that like to dig waaaaay to deep into silly things.
I've been having the STRANGEST dreams lately.
Dream 1: My Mom said she brought home two little brown bunnies she had found....somewhere, and she put them in the backyard. Fastforward through a dream cycle or two and she was upset because the bunnies gave birth to 65 baby bunnies. She assured me it would be OK though, she was going to find a snake to feed the baby bunnies to, so I didn't need to worry about it. (Like I'd have a problem with 65 baby bunnies, hello, cute!) I got really upset, and ran into the backyard trying to collect all the bunnies before she could come back with the snake. Some of the little brown bunnies that were covering my backyard looked a lot like puppies, but really-like this made any sense up through this point? The last thing I remember was that I was trying to gather up 65 brown baby bunny (and puppies I was calling bunnies). My Mom is disturbed by this dream because she wants to know what my true concerns are regarding some dark part of our relationship, and my feelings about her. I blame Jo completely for putting the scary kitty story on her blog. ;o)
Dream 2: I was in Europe with my family. There were lots of boats, and buses etc we were traveling around in, and I was so surprised because I thought Europe would be MUCH bigger. In my dream, Europe really was the size of The Lands at Epcot Center-minus the lagoon, where you just walked from one country to another (with 3 or so buildings representing each country), and amid all the stress of trying to get around (had I the ability to reason through a dream, I would have walked) I sat there thinking-if I knew this was what Europe was going to be like, I would have just gone to Epcot at Disneyworld and saved the money. Maurine, if I change my summer plans and come to Florida instead, you will know why ;o).
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
Speeding into Three
Umm, seriously, how cute is John Ross? He's every bit as sweet as he is cute. This morning I made the drive down I-35 to Austin for the big 'three' celebration. TODAY, John Ross turned three....except, he didn't know exactly at what point in the day he went from two to three. I started my greeting with a hug, and a "Happy birthday." He was excited to add my gift to his growing pile, and when we discussed his birthday, he knew something good was going to happen very soon, but he wasn't sure exactly at what point it would BE his birthday, he was still 'two' when I arrived and asked,and he was going to BE three when it was his birthday. He was unsure of the exact timing. After cake, when asked, he finally turned his 'I'm two' into a three. I was catchig up with Carla for a minute while we waited for others to arrive, and I look over and John Ross is patiently sitting on the couch.....tense with excited, beside himself, confused about what he is supposed to do as he looks around at all his Cars decorations, and waits for the party to begin. Once some little friends arrived, they spent the afternoon chasing bubbles, coloring, shooting silly string, and Carla's uncle brought his dog. THIS was the BIGGEST event at the party...forget the pony. He put his dog in the run so it could settle down after the long drive, and all the kids stood around the fence squealing, sticking their fingers through, and jumping when the dog pushed his paws through the fence in a similiar greeting! Ahh to be three and to think bubbles are brilliantly entertaining. I had a great time, and I am always impressed by how precious this little guy is, and what a great job his parents are doing raising him with manners, a firm hand, and a patient attitude.
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