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We've all heard about authors who've scored a six-figure contract and major media coverage with their debut novel. And while we fantasize about this happening to us, each of us will embark on a different road to publishing success. Today, Anna Sugden shares her insightful and inspiring journey.
Welcome to RU, Anna!
Anyone who's been in the writing game for a while knows there is no easy stage in the journey to getting published. But having just achieved that magical leap over the final hurdle, I can say categorically that the hardest part for me was 'nearly there'.
In the beginning, there is so much to learn. Once you get into the romance writing community and join RWA (and, for me, eHarlequin), the world opens up for you. The amount of help and advice is truly amazing, if a little daunting. It's also inspiring to have everyone, from the best in the industry to the most recently published, as well as the 'nearly there' group, sharing their experiences, writing processes and techniques with a lowly newbie. And, you find others who are in the same boat as you – some of whom will become the dearest friends you'll ever have.
You have to be brave to make the next step and let someone, a stranger, read your work. It's probably the first time you'll learn the double-edged sword of constructive criticism – the thrill that someone believes you can write and despair that your work sucks! You learn to revise. Then you cross your fingers as you reach the next stage – submitting to editors, agents and contests.
Somewhere along the line, you'll learn a little gem that will help you make the step-change your writing needs to change those pro forma, 'Dear Author' rejections into 'Dear Anna' nice rejections (asking to see more). You'll begin to creep up the standings in those contests until you finally join the divas as a finalist!
Then, you'll find another gem, make another step-change and you'll start to win those contests. The rejections become revision requests and your manuscripts get passed up the line. You'll start giving workshops, judging contests and writing articles.
That's when you hit 'nearly there'.
At this point, contests lose their value – the feedback is of limited use and you can get yourself in front of the editors or agents you're targeting. Even the lovely bling loses its appeal ;). Similarly, it's hard to find workshops that can help you. Not because you know everything, but because it's hard to know what it is exactly your work is missing. Besides, most workshops are targeted at beginners/intermediates or published authors. Not much in-between.
Submissions become a more complex process as you revise and revisit, trying to find that elusive 'something' that will help you over that final hurdle. They also become more heartbreaking – so close, but still a no.
Then, there's the bittersweet scenario of your friends selling. You're thrilled beyond belief for them, but you wouldn't be human if you didn't have a pang of 'when will it be my turn?'
So, how do you survive 'nearly there'?
I wish I had a magic answer that would ease the pain of those of you at that stage. I don't. But I can tell you what I did to help myself survive.
Keep Going!
My lovely husband always says that the only way to guarantee you won't make it is to give up. If you're still in the game, there's still hope.
This may sound obvious, but for every success story, there is another of someone who just gave up. Who knows if that next submission would have been The One?
But it's hard to keep going, when all you get is 'sorry, but no'. When you get so close to that sale you can almost smell the contract, but get let down at the last minute – believe me, I know!
So …
Take a Short Break
This may sound like it contradicts the one above, but actually it can help recharge your batteries and keep you going. Plus it's a great time to refill the creative well; read, watch films, do something different, learn something new.
The key is that writers have to write. While you're busy doing something else, that writer's mind will clear out the cobwebs and wash the windows to let the sunshine in. You can say you won't write for a month and almost without fail before the first week is up, your mind is whirring with story ideas.
Which leads me to …
Write Something New or Different
We all have that one book inside us that we yearn to write. The one that will never get published because the market isn't there or because it's outside the traditional publishing box. The one that we plan to write some day, when we're 'grown up'.
When you're struggling to be motivated, the perfect antidote is to start something new – that is just for you. It doesn't matter that it may never get published, although these days, the publishing dynamics are changing daily, so you can never say never. This is the book of your heart, the book you dream about. The one you can write for fun.
Also …
Get an Expert Opinion
Good critique partners are wonderful. Often, though, they're at the same stage of the game as you. They can look at techniques, story arcs, character development and plot. They can help you refine your voice and make your story sing. But, nine times out of ten, they can't help you find that elusive 'something' that will make the difference for a sale.
Find someone who can decode exactly what is needed for your work – an editor, an agent or a NYT bestselling author. Invest in their opinion. There are plenty of fundraisers (e.g. Brenda Novak's Diabetes Auction), give-aways and chances to pay for expert opinion. Including buying a freelance editor's services. I know, for sure, my agent's invaluable advice as well as her insightful input into my manuscript helped make the difference that finally got me the sale.
Finally …
Make Your Own Luck!
At the end of the day, there is a certain amount of luck involved in success. In publishing, it is no different. Having the right story hit the right editor/agent's desk at the right time, just as the market is taking off or a slot opens up for that book … boy, do you need luck!
The thing is, to paraphrase Samuel Goldwyn, the harder you work, the luckier you'll get.
Keep writing. Keep revising. Keep learning. Keep networking. Keep submitting. The luck will come.
You can survive 'nearly there'. It's not easy and, most of the time, it's not fun. But no matter how bad it gets, if you keep going, you can make it over that final hurdle.
I know, because I did.
Have you switched sub-genres or hired a professional editor? What steps have you taken to keep the dream alive?
Amanda Brice joins us on Monday, February 11th.
Bio: Three-time Golden Heart finalist, Anna Sugden, was a global marketing executive for a major blue-chip, multinational company, then a primary school teacher. In 2002, she and her husband were posted to New Jersey from their native England and she got the chance to follow her dream of becoming a romance writer when her work permit hit a major snag. Her writing career was launched after a course at the Gotham Writers Workshop led to her discovering Romance Writers of America and her local chapter, New Jersey Romance Writers.
A winner of numerous awards, Anna writes heart-warming contemporary romance, with an English twist. She is a founder member of the Romance Bandits and a regular contributor to The Healthy Writer Blog. Now back in England, Anna and her husband share their Cambridge home with two adopted black cats. She loves watching sports (especially hockey and football), classic films, penguins and shoes!
Anna's debut novel, A PERFECT DISTRACTION, will be released by Harlequin SuperRomance in September 2013.
You can learn more about Anna at www.annasugden.com.
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- If at First, You Don't Succeed…by Anna Sugden
- Keep on Riding the Roller Coaster! (Or, why all those years of trying to sell are worth it.) by Anna Sugden
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The weather has definately taken a turn and it's registering as colder than Europe on some forecasts (I seriously doubt it's that bad, but who knows!). For that reason, I am very glad to be in the bay today. None of that windy cold wet boat diving for me today, I'm safely sheltered in Naama, and may even venture out without my drysuit today, just because I can. The hot showers in the centre mean that any amount of chill can be removed within seconds of getting into the courtyard and the changing rooms ensure a windproof area to get changed into my clothes. Not that boat diving is not fantastic at this time of year, in fact the guests are gushing about the amount of fish, and to be fair it's only the instructors who are getting cold – the guests are more than happy to be wearing a 5mm suit as opposed to their dry suit when diving at home!
So as I go in the water, with a lovely calm sea ahead of me, I'm feeling rather smug. As I get in the water, there is no shock factor, in fact it feels warm today. With just a couple of guided house reef dives to do, we happily swim around the house reef, me pointing out the odd fish or coral. I start to notice towards the end of the first dive that my arm is feeling a little cool every time I point at something, but I'll put that down to enthusiasm.
Come the second dive and I'm just kitting up when disaster strikes. The sound no instructor likes to hear as they don their suit 'rriiiiiip'. And that when I notice the tear in the shoulder of my suit, from seam to seam, essentially leaving me with a sleeveless and back vented suit. With no time to change (and nothing to change into!), I have to man-up and do the dive, it's all part of the job. In my time I've done dives with one fin (other lent to a guest), a BCD which doesn't hold air (same reason) and a particularly impressive dive at Shark Reef in a mask with no strap, so how hard can this be? In fact, it wasn't hard, just blooming cold!
As I cheerfully attempted small gestures at the fish, I was also trying to remain as still as possible to prevent further water flushing, and you can just imagine the trouble I had every time I had to turn around to check on the guests! I don't think I've ever been so glad to see the shore line as we ascending from the dive.
A quick shower, and the horrors of the day are washed away with the salt, with my guests taking me for lunch for being so brave (bless them), it's not turning out to be such a bad day. Just be careful when you have a small snigger at your colleagues misfortune on any given day, it has a nasty way of coming back on you!

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In this game everyone sings their favorite carol at the same time! Great icebreaker.
Game Type
Active. A lot of movement may be required.
6 or more players
What You Need To Play
Several prizes Pencils and paper
Have everyone write down their favorite Christmas carol, as long as it is NOT the Jingle Bells. Next have everyone write down five different numbers between 1-20 (depending on the group size). The host starts calling out numbers between 1-20 randomly (don't use the same number twice), and the people who have that number written on their paper have to sing the carol they wrote on their paper. Tell them no one has to sing solo, (and just the first line of their song). Pause slightly between numbers. After someone has all five numbers called out that they wrote down, they win...BUT...they have to stand up, sing jingle bells and laugh like Santa (Ho Ho Ho) to receive their prize. Be aware that several may win at the same time.
You can even start giving little prizes in the middle of the game for most pathetic singing, best solo, most original song, etc.


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In ancient Mesopotamia, women were not considered equal to men. They had some rights but not all rights.
Women could go out of their houses and go to the market. They were allowed to own their own property and even own businesses. They could become involved in court cases. If their parents were so inclined, they could learn to read and write and even get a paid job. But they were not allowed a vote in the assembly, so they had no voice in making laws.


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Facing an assignment equivalent to being sent to warn notorious terrorists of God's anger with them, perhaps it was no wonder that Jonah ran away - certainly portrayed in Scripture as no "super saint", he avoided God and His call on his life. Yet God turned the situation around as pagan sailors encountered the living God who made the land and sea and the entire population of a city realised that although they deserved to be wiped off the face of the earth, there was a God of compassion and mercy who forgave them.
God's mercy is greater than our failures and through adverse circumstances and pain, a character of Christ-like compassion is chiselled out.
Jonah Pb by Colin S Smith was published by Christian Focus Publications in January 2012 and is our 27119th best seller. The ISBN for Jonah Pb is 9781845506391.
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The first thing to be said about this little offering is that it is a book about a much misguided pastor, written by a pastor. Colin Smith is Senior Pastor of the Evangelical Free Church in Chicago, and once you understand this you begin to see the parallels and the comfort that Colin must be taking from Jonah's life. Of course, this book is best read in conjunction with Jonah - and when I felt called to read Jonah, I was surprised to find that it's only 4 chapters. That's because Colin undertakes a thorough examining of Jonah's life, from the beginning when the prophet is a happily settled preacher in Nineveh. Colin explains that Jonah wallows in self-pity and refuses to answer God's call. He loved Nineveh; but it was no longer a love from God - Jonah had put Nineveh before God, and was extremely unhappy to do God's call and preach against his beloved city; hence, of course, Jonah, unable to pray to the God that he was so angry with, ran away on a ship. Colin doesn't only focus on Jonah's life though; he puts in personal excerpts from the lives of friends of his, some of whom, like Jonah, were too settled in their positions to answer God's call. Colin also points out that, as Jonah was saved by grace so that he could go on answering his call, so can we be. I found this book both challenging and well-written. It's also laced with some quite heavy theology in parts, but do bear with it. Colin's excellent exploration of Jonah's story could help save your life, too.
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From: Jim Whitehead <firstname.lastname@example.com> ... I did want to note that there is a really good definition of resource in RFC 2396: Resource A resource can be anything that has identity. Familiar examples include an electronic document, an image, a service (e.g., "today's weather report for Los Angeles"), and a collection of other resources. Not all resources are network "retrievable"; e.g., human beings, corporations, and bound books in a library can also be considered resources. I'm happy with all this ... suitably "inclusive". The resource is the conceptual mapping to an entity or set of entities, not necessarily the entity which corresponds to that mapping at any particular instance in time. This makes it even more inclusive, since "not necessarily" doesn't rule out anything, it just extends it. Of course "conceptual mapping" does open up the barn door pretty wide (:-). Thus, a resource can remain constant even when its content---the entities to which it currently corresponds---changes over time, provided that the conceptual mapping is not changed in the process. This is an intriguing statement. I'm not sure what "remain constant" is supposed to mean or imply. And again, what is a "conceptual mapping"? So, it's not really appropriate to normatively define a resource as something that only lives in an object store. I agree. Plus, the definition is very careful to note that a resource is a "conceptual mapping to an entity" but is not necessarily the actual entity itself. In the file system case, this means a resource is a conceptual mapping to a file, not the file itself. Well, not really. It says that it is "not necessarily" the actual entity itself, but this doesn't rule out that the resource being the file itself. The definition is also explicit in noting that the resource can remain the same, even though the entity it is mapped to can change over time. So, a resource can remain the same, even though it may be mapped to several different files over its lifetime. I'm not sure what is the semantic significance of this "remaining the same"? > ... this makes it clear that > deleting all bindings to a resource has no defined effect on all > mappings to that resource. Huh? At least in the example in the definition, deleting all bindings does remove all mappings. A parsing problem. I think you interpreted the sentence as "has no defined effect on *any* mappings". The intended point is that deleting all bindings to a resource does not necessarily delete all mappings to a resource, since there can be mappings through techniques such as cgi-bin scripts, that are not derived from advanced collection bindings. > You can create a new resource in an > advanced collection with a PUT, MKCOL, or COPY. This might create all > sorts of mappings from URL's to resources, but none of them are > bindings except for the original one requested. The *only* way to > create a second "binding" to the same resource is with an explicit > "BIND" command. Then a "DESTROY" or "DELETE -all-bindings" > deletes the initial binding, and all *explicit* bindings created by > the BIND command. At first I wasn't too keen on differentiating between mappings and bindings, but now I see that this distinction is really helpful, and I like it. Excellent! Cheers, GeoffReceived on Sunday, 2 May 1999 00:08:56 UTC
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Served with a Chardonnay jus, creamy roasted garlic mashed potatoes and sautéed baby green beans.
Looking for a great way to set up a meal? Let us do all the work for you! Our Hot Buffets come with a delicious centerpiece dish accompanied by side dishes selected by our chefs to provide a complementary mix of flavors,
Choose from options like our Picnic in the South, with crispy fried chicken, potatoes, green beans, salad, and buttermilk biscuits: a home-style buffet sure to please. With a varied selection of combinations, our Hot Buffets look, feel, and most importantly taste just like a home cooked meal.
With choices ranging from our Rosemary Roasted Leg of Lamb to classics like The BBQ Pit, our Hot Buffets are the perfect option for you when you want a delicious and easy substitute for home cooking.
Served with mango ginger chutney, potatoes dauphine and caramel roasted baby carrots.
Roasted with rosemary and garlic and served with a Cabernet jus, creamy horseradish sauce, roasted fingerling potatoes and sautéed seasonal vegetables.
Served with a raspberry glaze, couscous and grilled asparagus with roasted pine nuts.
Served with jalapeño-mint jelly, roasted seasonal vegetables and roasted sweet potatoes.
Roasted whole pieces of rotisserie chicken with skillet-fried potatoes, coleslaw and chocolate brownies.
Pieces of crispy southern fried or baked chicken, new potatoes and green beans, spring mix house salad, buttermilk biscuits with sweet butter and individual chocolate brownies or assorted cookies.
Baby back ribs and pulled or chopped barbeque, farmers coleslaw, cowboy baked beans, garden salad and Texas toast with assorted gourmet cookies.
Our chefs are here to please.
You are not limited to the selections we have listed. Your wish is our plan.
Stuffed with quinoa and red peppers, accompanied by grilled asparagus and baby greens tossed in an aged balsamic vinaigrette.
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The Lost Gareth Pugh Star Trek Episode and Other S/S 2011 Highlights
The lost episode opens with Kirk, Spock and Bones beaming down to a retrofuturistic planet. Gareth Pugh has engineered a "progressive" race that lacks the ability to emote. "Everyone is perfect here", says Kirk rhetorically, "too perfect". A philosophical debate about human emotion breaks out in the background between Spock and Bones. Conveniently, the Gareth Pugh race has a dire conflict that can only be resolved with Kirk's human emotions, revealing that the race isn't so progressive after all. The show comes to a close with everyone back on the bridge of the Enterprise poking fun at Spock, the scene fading to black with a close-up of the captain's grin.
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If I knew you were coming, I'd have bought a cake
Here's a fun question for all of you urbanMamas. "The Boss" is hoping to find the perfect cake for her daughter. Does the following stir up any recommendations?
We were up in Seattle recently to attend the 1st birthday party of the daughter of a dear friend. The cake was one of those wonderful old-fashioned sheet cakes that I remember from my own childhood; it came courtesy of this old-school bakery there, Remo I think was the name.
My own bambina is turning 1 this week and I'd like to have some friends over - and would love to land a similar kind of sheet cake. But I don't wanna do Fred Meyer; would rather throw my money at a mom-n-pop-type bakery, something neighborhoody, if possible.
Anyone have any ideas where to satisfy my nostalgia for a simple sheet cake for the bambina's bday?


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Designing baby's nursery is more exciting for me than planning my own wedding (sorry, Steve!) I love having the opportunity to design and create something! I even plan to make a lot of the items in the nursery in order to save a little cash.
I have found inspiration for this project in many places. Some of my favorite websites include Project Nursery, Ohdeedoh, and Baby Room Bio. For a color theme, we're going with gray, white, and yellow, with some pink accents. The style will be modern and simple. Here's a little taste…
From top: Babyletto Modo Crib, Crib Bedding, Rug, Paint, Wallflowers, Letterpress Poster, Star Burst Poms, Confetti Mobile
Look for progress updates soon!


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Review: DJANGO UNCHAINED
What We ThoughtGenre: Action, Drama, Western
What We Liked :Career Best Performances, Western tackles Racism
What We Disliked:Run-time, Incredibly Violent
Django Unchained might not be for everyone, but those who can handle the director's vision are in for a treat.
Director Quentin Tarantino has never backed away from the difficult issues surrounding racism. His newest film, Django Unchained, upholds his no-holds-barred approach and leaves nothing to the imagination. The spaghetti western features Tarantino's trademarks all over as well as an Oscar nominated performance from Christoph Waltz. Despite its length, Django Unchained is one of the most satisfying pictures of 2012.
Django Unchained takes place two years before the Civil War in 1858 and in those days racism was as strong as ever. There are few men who are unaffected by the stigma of race as Dr. King Schultz (Waltz) is a bounty-hunter on a mission. In order to find and kill the men on his bounty, he enlists the help of a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) then asks for his help in finding the murderous Brittle brothers. The men become partners taking down bounties together. Django's ultimate goal is to save his long-lost love Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from an infamous plantation owned by Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
While most westerns tend to avoid racism altogether when it comes to feature films, Tarantino has embraced it here. While at times Django Unchained can be totally gruesome and distasteful the film probably never reaches the pure hatred that was prevalent in America during the 1850's. Tarantino is more interested in building Django into a hero of justice against various forms of racism than he cares about stepping on somebody's toes.
There are few directors that can extract career best performances from actors, but Quentin Tarantino has done that with a few of his actors in Django Unchained. While Jamie Foxx, may not have as many speaking lines as either DiCaprio or Waltz, he has a heavy demeanor and much more is said about his character through the various close-ups and psychical actions. Christoph Waltz has once again benefited from the direction of Tarantino. His performance here as Schultz might be a little too similar to his role in Inglorious Basterds, its as though he has stolen the picture away from his co-stars. DiCaprio's performance might be more notable for him playing against type, but he continues to prove he is A-list caliber with his continued success. Unjustly missed in a lot of the conversation surrounding Django Unchained, Samuel L. Jackson delivers his best performance in years as Stephen, the head house slave. He has strong sense of sustainability and will do anything in order to survive.
Django Unchained has a staggering run-time, heading into the three-hour range, but never feels like it overstays its welcome. While there are some scenes that feel like they should-be left on the cutting room floor (the KKK scene in particular), most of the scenes fit well. There may also be complaints about the movie dragging its feet near the ending. Tarantino obviously knows what he is doing and must've felt that lead to the conclusion he envisioned.
Final Word:
Django Unchained is Quentin Tarantino's strongest film since Kill Bill. While it doesn't have the directors flair for jumping through various chapters of the story, he could be easily defined as Tarantino's epic. With its unflinching stance at racism, Django Unchained might not be for everyone, but those who can handle the director's vision are in for a treat.


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Ruiz Jose
As an artist I am pragmatic, subversive, and critical. I prefer to deny "passion" for an acceptance of talent, and I define talent as the ability to see, acknowledge, and use art as a tool for activism and self-definition. Activism should not imply political but rather a do-it-yourself ethic/aesthetic that can ultimately tilt the unbalanced scales of hierarchy and power, if devoid of cynicism and egoism. Self-definition balances the ever-challenging quest to override what I do now - my cultural production and output - with where I've come from and the legacies that I've inherited. In recent years I have worked in site-specific, interdisciplinary, collaborative, and interventionist forms of artmaking. Most of these processes culminate in installations that use space as a document of an act and are driven by succinct conceptual strategies.
born 1975; Lima, Peru
San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., New Genres, 2004
2009 Grants & Commissions Program, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation
2008 Emerge Artist Fellowship, Aljira
2007 Artist-in-Residence, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning
Solo Shows
2009 El Museo del Ghetto, G Fine Art, Washington, DC
2008 Cash Sold Here, Cuchifritos, NY
2007 Descendants of Ascension, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, NY
Contemporary Fine Art Projects, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA
Group Shows
Invisible Empire, Van Abbe Museum, Netherlands
Shifting Constructs, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
Emerge 10, Aljira, Newark, NJ
Strangers, Privateer Gallery, NY
intransit, Moti Hasson Gallery, NY
This Case of Conscience, Queens Museum of Art, NY
Body of/at Work, NurtureArt, NY
Art Agora, Instituto Cervantes, NY
The S Files, El Museo del Barrio, NY


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An Active Senior Community in Jurupa Valley
Enjoy peace of mind and a rejuvenating lifestyle
Enjoy peace of mind and a rejuvenating lifestyle
I love Country Village because its my home, its everything in one place. Its a great place to develop new friends and family members.
Country Village is such a fun place to live; many caring people, dances, health fairs, all kinds of entertainment. I've lived here almost 10 years and I really love it.
In April of 2010, during one of many meetings to discuss how to meet our residents' needs, the question was raised regarding what our seniors most have in common, apart from their age. The immediate response was their pets. Realizing that many residents cannot afford or care for a pet, we decided to adopt one for everyone to share.
In June of 2010 we rescued a golden retriever from Taiwan named Pang Pang, a trained therapy dog who provides companionship and joy to so many of our residents. She attends almost all of our events and makes house calls to "spread the love."
Since approximately 70% of our residents own pets we embrace this pet mania by offering free vaccinations once a year, a dog park, a Halloween costume contest, pet activities and training and our annual Dogtoberfest. She has participated in a number of outside community activities and projects, including a local library Childrens' Reading Program. We know of no other community anywhere that takes pet passion to this level!
Country Village is a carefree and friendly place to live that allows you to have small pets. I love the people and the amenities provided to me living here is truly paradise.
I love Country Village because I'm a very active person and this is a very active community. The monthly events give me the opportunity to enjoy time spent with friends and neighbors.


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Export Registered Server Information (SQL Server Management Studio)
This topic describes how to save and export registered server information in SQL Server 2012and distribute it to other employees or servers. You can use this export feature to present a consistent user interface on multiple computers.
Exporting and then importing Registered Server files lets you easily configure several computers with the same servers in Registered Servers. This is useful when managing a large number of servers from computers in several locations, or when you want to configure a less experienced user with basic connection settings.
Server registrations that use SQL Server Authentication store passwords on a per-user basis. After exporting and importing the server registrations, users must enter the password for each server the first time they connect, storing the passwords in their lists of registered servers. This is not necessary for servers registered using Windows Authentication.
To export registered server information
In Registered Servers, right-click a server group, and then click Export.
You can export an individual server, all of the registered server tree, or a subset of the registered server tree.
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Zacks Investment Research covered CNX Coal Resources LP (NYSE:CNXC), bumping its price target to $19.00 earlier today
- Updated: October 16, 2016
Yesterday CNX Coal Resources LP (NYSE:CNXC) traded 3.45% higher at $16.69. CNX Coal Resources LP's 50-day average is $14.93 and its two hundred day average is $10.93. With the last stock price close up 53.76% relative to the two hundred day average, compared with the S&P 500 Index which has decreased -0.01% over the date range. Volume of trade was down over the average, with 61,662 shares of CNXC changing hands under the typical 83,178
Indicating a possible upside of 0.14%, Zacks Investment Research increased the stock price target of CNX Coal Resources LP (NYSE:CNXC) to $19.00
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With a total market value of $0, CNX Coal Resources LP has price-earnings ratio of 700.42 with a one year low of $5.98 and a one year high of $19.23 .
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Persisting problem with Fiat Punto Door lock
i have fiat punto multijet dynamic 2012(comes with factory fitted remote locking).
i have a peculier problem with my door lock(rear left door).About 2 months back, the door lock had issue , it never locks(by manually or by remote). So i have replaced the lock set.
Everything was fine untill last week. the issue reoccured. but this time for a certain period of time. Park the car outside (under the sun), when i start the car it shows, the left rear door is not locked(symbol displays in the dash). now it wont lock(manual or auto). leave it for half an hour it works fine.
i'm regularly servicing the car from Vecto(prerana before) motors. today i met the service manager, he mentioned they have replaced the lock for rear left door 3 times. when i gave my car for service, they found dome problem with lock and they replaced it(in this one it is reported by me for replacing the lock). now i have left the car with them for 2 days they were not able to find the cause why it is happening.
is there anybody facing the same issue?(i mean repeatedly)
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Re: Persisting problem with Fiat Punto Door lock
I don't think heat (parked under sun) has anything to do with this. Besides you say that the lock has been replaced thrice by the service advisor.
It is possible the lever assembly inside the door is faulty and not the locking pin itself. Have that checked - preferably at an FNG.
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Re: Persisting problem with Fiat Punto Door lock
The Zen I used to have had problems with a rear door lock. It used to be tough to lock/unlock even manually and had to change the actuators for central lock a couple of times. The root cause was lack of lubrication on the mechanical arms which was in turn putting load of the actuator and thus burning it out.
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Re: Persisting problem with Fiat Punto Door lock
At 25,000 kms, the problem came up again. Again, got the lock set replaced under warranty.
This is not happening because of the parking under the sun issue that you mention. I am sure about it.
At both times when I got the locks replaced, the Service Center did not have a diagnosis of why this was happening.
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Re: Persisting problem with Fiat Punto Door lock
Lock has nothing to do with MID warning.
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Details are in post # 109 and 120 of my ownership thread.
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Re: Some quality niggles & Issues in Fiat Punto
Works done:(Service Station RAMKAY FIAT, Chennai).
1. Door Rattling check/correction, door knobs springs tension corrected, interior cleaning, engine bay cleaning, general fluids check up , check up of brake linings, disk brake setup health, and wiring check for any breakage due to mouse/rat menace, broken rear wiper replaced, motor care anti rat menace fluid sprayed in the engine bay to ward off mouse attacks, dashboard rattles corrected. Interior Cleaning was charged at 1500 rupees, including, water service, vaccuming and shampoo wash and sealing.
During check ups, upon inspection, it was found the front, right hand side Wheel Bearing had busted and was replaced on Warranty, not sure about part number but the kit as per the SA costs 2.7 approx.
Question: Can a wheel bearing bust at as low as 17,000km on the odo ?
Feedback: The SA guy was hell bent in pushing me for a underbody coat by WURTH and upon questioning further had nothing much to say and was be rating the factory coats claiming them to be not worthy as compared to after market. He quoted rs. 3800 for the same.
The door clank has re appeared once again, as the reinforcing beam attached to the door with a weld has broken once agiain. Looks like i will never get the factory fitted door sound ever again for my right door.
Driving Experience: The Car breathes, better, accelarates better and drives smooth and overall feels well screwed and tight sans the painful door clank and the broken weather strip which was not available in stock.
Can someone confirm on whether the above pricing done by RAMKAY are reasonable.
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Punto self-test indicator glowing
I've noticed that the self-test indicator in the instruments panel of my Punto has been glowing intermittently for the past few weeks.
I consulted the manual and all it says is this:
Indicates that the the system is performing a self-testfor instance, for a voltage drop. If the indicator persists, contact the Fiat dealer.
Does anyone know more about this indicator? I noticed that the indicator comes up mostly when I cold-start the car and disappears if I turn off the car and turn it back on.
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Re: Punto self-test indicator glowing
Iam not sure what it exactly means in Punto dashboard. But for Maruti vehicles that icon points towards Immobilizer system.
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Re: Punto self-test indicator glowing
How old is the battery? The same sign used to glow in my T-jet's MID along with "Airbag Failure" alarm. The culprit was battery and it was changed under warranty.
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Re: Punto self-test indicator glowing
It should be related to battery, get the battery voltage checked before the cold start and after the end of daily run. If the battery is getting drained, then either the issue must be with the battery itself or other electricals. A visit to FASS might be required then.
Its not a self test indicator but an indicator showing that the Car protection system failure which mean that the car's immobilizer is not functioning. If the indicators stays on for long, visit FASS.
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Re: Some quality niggles & Issues in Fiat Punto
Hello fellow BHPians, I need help on an issue which has been discussed in this thread, first on pg no 217/8 and then on pg 404 briefly but not enough to arrive at logical conclusion. This is regarding padlock signal coming on and car not starting many a times despite taking full cranking (assuming this is what it is called).
My Emotion is 16/8/11 and has done 58k (and 90% of it is city driving). Preponed (sorry for manufactured English) my 60k service to 57k to take care of various issues including warranty replacement of 2 glow-plugs (which might be linked to issue under discussion), a very tight clutch, gear stick movement obstructed etc.
For last one month I have been getting to see this 'padlock-on-car' signal as well as 'check glow plugs' (taken care of). I kept ignoring them to take care at next service but one fine day err, night (9 pm), the car refused to start post a diesel refill. A local mechanic tried his best at 'de-airing fuel filter' and I googled to figure out it was immobiliser related, and then it started after a while. I took it for inspection next day to Kashyap at Okhla (with Gurgaon ones closed and pics of Torque posted somewhere online scaring me) wherein he told me it would most likely be battery related.
I told him that the battery has been cranking the car for multiple rounds (initially I let 5-6 rounds go through and then realising I should not try more than 2) and might actually turn weak because of this. Post that I gave the car for servicing and then another time too for glow-plug replacement but they did not take care of this issue saying its most likely die to poor battery. Last week it stopped at a dairy near my house and didn't start even after almost 25 attempts when I got down, went home, brought spare key which started it in one go and I thought my earlier key has gone bad. But, 2 days back, both keys together failed too, proving me wrong.
I have seen advises on poor battery here as well as on another site (TFI) saying it owes to poor battery which I find tough to believe but if it is solving problem then that it is. a show of hands might help prove it fastest followed by gentle words of rational wisdom which is the hallmark of TBHP.
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Why don't you go to a local battery shop, give your battery for charging and use a service battery for a day or two? That way you can rule out battery issue.
I would suggest running a scan of ecu to see if there are any error codes that has been recorded, which can give you some clue.
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Thanks Dear Jaggu. Will try doing both.
And as I requested, would lie to hear from people who faced it and got it resolved.
Just realised that I posted the post on a different thread than the one intended to.
Dear Mods: Will posting it on the other thread be alright now? I am referring to the 400+ pages thread "Fiat Grande Punto : Test Drive & Review" which I intended to post to as can be seen in my starting para.
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I remember vividly and will never forget when a home-made bomb blasted the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It was April 19, 1995, and I was in the midst of morning rounds at a major hospital's inpatient psychiatry unit.
A lot of people were "decompensating" — going psychotic, had beliefs the world was coming to an end and needed extra medicine.
They called it the worst homegrown terrorist attack on U.S. soil up to that time in our country's history.
I thank the basis of my personal belief system that I was not closer to the explosion at that time, and that I was not personally involved in the later and more catastrophic attack on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in 2001. Read more on Which Should You Choose — Therapists Or Friends?…
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Are these two pairing off as a publicity stunt? Or is it raw attraction?
Rihanna hasn't had a serious boyfriend in a few years, and Reggie Bush hasn't dated anyone since he and Kim Kardashian broke up in early 2010. And because we can't have two single, attractive young adults roaming around, the two have been purportedly fixed up by their respective PR teams. But we gotta ask: are either of these two really in need of some heightened public relations to boost their careers? Kim Kardashian And Reggie Bush Break Up Again
Given her past, Rihanna, 23, certainly can't condone the use of her personal life to gain public attention. In 2009, in the wake of the LAPD leaking photos of the battered songstress, Rihanna (elegantly and maturely) dealt with a very public breakup and domestic abuse case from her ex-boyfriend Chris Brown. So the chances that she'd willingly use her private life as a way to gain notoriety seems highly unlikely. And with her expansive amount of sheer talent, we're certain she doesn't need PR stunts for attention. With her amazing voice and history of releasing hit after hit, we think she's set for continued success, with or without a man. Even if she were dating Ryan Gosling, Adrian Grenier, or Ludacris, it's clear Rihanna doesn't need a high-profile boyfriend to keep her career sizzling. /node/44842
Reggie Bush, on the other hand, may see a rise in his public profile if he were to start dating the pop star. (Let's be honest about this one—Rihanna is much bigger than Reggie!) But does a professional football player—especially one already as on top of his game as Reggie—have anything to gain from a higher public profile? He's young (26) and healthy, and in 2006 (straight after college graduation) he was the second pick in the NFL draft. And he's been playing for the New Orleans Saints since 2006, a team who, with Reggie's talent, won their first Super Bowl championship in 2009. We imagine his salary is pretty generous, and career-wise it seems he's already as high as he can get. So we're fairly certain a public relationship with Rihanna will do little for his professional life. Although, if they do get together, and come next season Rihanna attends the games and the Saints go undefeated and win another Super Bowl, the fans in New Orleans may cite Rihanna as a good luck charm, as Yankees fans did with Kate Hudson. But beyond this superstition, we really see no personal career gains for either as a result of their relationship. Chris Brown Allegedly Assaults Rihanna
However, if these two really like each other, then all the better! A mutually trusting relationship among adults who are wildly attracted to each other sounds like an amazing thing, which in turn, could play out to be an indirect asset for both of their careers—if one is happy in their personal life, it's bound to trickle into other areas.
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Improving broadband access throughout the Western Hemisphere was a hot topic at the Sixth Summit of the Americas this past weekend. President Obama announced the creation of the Broadband Partnership of the Americas, a program set to improve Internet access across Latin America and the Caribbean.
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…While approximately 80 percent of the Latin America and Caribbean population has access to mobile phones, only 40 percent has Internet access, with levels in Central America and the Caribbean at approximately 30 percent. Broadband penetration is estimated to be 29 percent, falling just below the global average.
Enhancing access to broadband improves development outcomes, fosters economic development and increases competitiveness. The Inter-American Development Bank reports that a 10 percent increase in the region's broadband subscriptions would boost GDP growth by 3.19 percent and increase productivity by 2.6 percent…
The new partnership will be managed by USAID's Global Broadband and Innovations Program, which will provide financial and technical support for improving broadband strategies. The initiative also comes on the heels of the Obama administration's other announcements – Small Business Network of the Americas and Women's Entrepreneurship in the Americas – which will promote trade among small businesses throughout the Hemisphere. There is a special interest in supporting "diaspora entrepreneurs" through the Latino American Idea Partnership (La IdEA) and the Caribbean Idea Marketplace (CIM) business competition platforms.
Of course, there are many critics of the new free trade agreements with Colombia and Panama and the "convenient timing" of all of these new initiatives from the White House. However, having better Internet access for budding entrepreneurs in Latin America and the Caribbean is a very important issue that needs to be addressed better, and the new partnership attempts to deal with the digital gap.
Global Wire Associates has done work in the past with activists and entrepreneurs in the region, like with Mariam Cotton, a Trinidadian who runs her own catering business outside of Port of Spain. She is developing her own line of exotic fruit preserves. When Cotton came to one of our trainings last February, she told us that she is dependent on her mobile phone for contacting clients and online banking. However, because she doesn't have regular Internet access, her ability to expand her business and stay current with her competition is limited.
According to the International Telecommunications Union, only 39.5 percent of citizens of Trinidad and Tobago have Internet access. If there was a better broadband strategy in her community, she would be able to build a company website, do online research on how to improve her business and better market her services to potential clients. We spoke to Cotton again yesterday about the prospects of better broadband access and the hopes that the Obama administration will stay true to their promises.
"I think it is a blessing for me to get online," Cotton told GWA in a telephone interview. "I want to be able to connect with more customers and open a restaurant and sell my preserves in Miami one day. Having the Internet will help me feel more connected with the world."


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The deal struck between the McGuinty government and the union that represents Ontario's English Catholic school teachers on Thursday is not just a case of the Education Ministry throwing down the gauntlet at the province's other, much larger unions. It's the Ministry throwing down the whole suit of armour.
And it suggests the chances of strikes next fall have just increased.
Consider the odd fact that the agreement between the union and the province was reached without the consent of the school board trustees. They are technically the teachers' employers, and they were one of two parties at the negotiating table for the past five months — with the Ministry as the go-between — right up until late Wednesday night, when the association representing the school trustees walked away, they say, due to unspecified problems with the proposals.[np-related]
But the government needed this deal. It needed a union on board with a cost-cutting plan so it could take that plan to the other teachers' unions. And force it on them, if necessary. Education Minister Laurel Broten announced as much on Thursday, calling the framework agreement a "roadmap" for future deals. And so, apparently in the wee hours of Thursday morning, the union and Ministry cut the boards out of the picture and made a deal on their own.
Kathy Burtnik, vice-president of the Ontario Catholic School Trustees Association, said they withdrew from the table at about 11:30 on Wednesday night.
On Thursday morning, they found out through the media that the agreement had been made without them. The employers.
"We haven't agreed to or signed any agreements, nor have we seen any of it," Ms. Burtnik said in an interview. She called the development "an extreme point of dismay."
"The precedent this sets as to who the employer is, as far as labour relations go, is quite confounding."
Ms. Burtnik declined to say what issues had become the sticking point for the trustees in the talks, saying they "will remain confidential as per the legitimate and good faith bargaining process," but she made it clear the trustees were not at all pleased about having been side-stepped.
"I saw that the minister made a comment today about the importance of working with their education partners and how good that can be," Ms. Burtnik said. "Well, one of their partners does not know what has been agreed to."
Whether the province agreed to a union demand that the trustees were unwilling to meet is unclear, since the OCSTA does not know what is in the deal.
"Without seeing the details, I'm not going to comment on that," Ms. Burtnik said.
But regardless of whether the trustees eventually find the agreement for the 45,000 Catholic teachers to be tolerable, it is a safe bet that the unions representing the province's elementary, secondary and French-language teachers — comprising more than 145,000 members — will not.
Ken Coran, president of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation, issued a bulletin to members about two weeks ago that warned of the potential for an OECTA deal that would then be used as a yardstick for other unions.
"This deal would not be acceptable," he wrote, saying it would be a fundamental setback to the collective bargaining process and, if implemented by regulation, negates the right of each union to bargain on behalf of its members."
Mr. Coran was not available to comment on Thursday, but he and other leaders are marshalling their troops. His union and those representing elementary teachers, French-language teachers and support staff will hold a joint news conference on Friday.
A video message on the OSSTF website, in which Mr. Coran tells members that their union has negotiated better deals than other education unions in the past — and would therefore be giving more back if forced to accept, for example, OECTA's terms — concludes with the president urging members to cast a strike vote next month.
"It is imperative that our members vote 'Yes' in favour a strike," Mr. Coran says in the message. "Our success in the past and our success in the future is always tied very much to the strength our members have."
As far back as February, the OSSTF was calling the government's parameters for negotiations — which included a two-year wage freeze and an elimination of the sick-leave "retirement gratuity" that allowed members to be paid out for hundreds of unused sick days at the end of their careers — an "unprecedented attack on members' rights" that was "clearly unacceptable."
Just because the OECTA has now acceded to a deal, including three unpaid leave days that amount to a 1.5% pay cut, that falls within the Ministry's parameters doesn't make it likely the other unions suddenly find the particulars any more palatable.
The province, with a deal won without the support of its own Catholic boards, is digging in. Expect the unions to create some foxholes of their own on Friday.
All that's in the balance, then, is education labour peace — and the prospect that schools will open without strikes in September.
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McCurdy Students Win 25 Ribbons In Statewide Math and Art Contest
Twenty-five McCurdy Elementary School students in the Hazelwood School District took home awards from the 2009 Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) math and art contest. Seven of those 25 students won blue ribbons in different categories.
Kaylynn Michael, a first grade student, won first place for her entry in the geometric shapes using markers and crayons category.
"I took some paper and traced over the top, bottom and right sides," she said. She explained she used blue and indigo on the first half and orange and a shade of pinkish-red on the second half. "I'm actually kind of surprised," she continued. "I didn't think I would win."
Dannie Saines III, who is in third grade, also earned a blue ribbon for his shape designs.
"It was fun because it's math and it's art," he said. "What I drew looked like a math flower. When I did that, I felt like I was in art class doing homework." Saines said he selected red, black, yellow and pink to complete his art.
Second grade student Nicholas Mitalovich received first place for his glued-on geometric shapes. He used black, red, yellow and orange to finish his piece.
"Everything we did in the lower grades was based on shapes," said the school's art teacher, Linda Crull. She explained that Mitalovich started with a still life and then broke it down and examined pieces of it, using a Cubist style of art, where objects are broken up, analyzed and reassembled in an abstract form.
For third grader Jaylan Johnson, math and art combined to make a cause-and-effect scene. "We had to do angles," he said. "I say it feels good to have a blue ribbon because it's probably the first one I have had."
First place winner and fourth grade student James Adkison created glued-on shapes too, using colorful scrapbook paper. He rotated them and used different shapes and sizes.
"I did the Star of Bethlehem," he said. "I haven't won a blue ribbon in art before; it makes me very proud."
Shapes are also what earned fifth grader Abigail Barron top honors. "I took a star and pointed it 'up' and then I took another one and placed it next to the first one." She created a tessellation design. Tessellations, or tiling, are repeating shapes with no gaps or overlaps.
Fifth grade student Majduleen Mutan received a first place ribbon for her work in the computer-generated art category. "I did mine with hexagons and I kept repeating them," Mutan said. She said she used black and white as well as brown and gray to color her shapes. "
"I'm very, very pleased with their wins," Crull said. She explained that she looks at the District's grade-level expectations, the state's education requirements and the classroom and art curriculum, blending elements of each into the students' work that she submits for the contest.
(story courtesy of the Hazelwood Communications Dept.)
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Henderson Named Outstanding Host In The Entertainment/Information Category By Alliance For Women In Media Foundation
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BALTIMORE, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- RLTV, the only cable network that provides consumers with information and entertainment to help Redefine Life after 50, announced today that Florence Henderson, TV icon and co-host of RLTV's Good Food, Good Deeds, has been named one of television's top female hosts by the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation. Henderson will be presented with the national award for Outstanding Host in the Entertainment/Information category at the 37th Annual Gracie Awards® Gala in May.
Henderson won the award for her work as co-host of Good Food, Good Deeds; her co-host is acclaimed nutritionist Joy Bauer. The ground-breaking half-hour series, developed by RLTV and the Meals on Wheels Association of America, follows celebrity guests as they prepare hundreds of meals and juggle the challenging logistics of delivering them to seniors in major cities around the country. Henderson and Bauer close the program each week with a cooking segment that showcases how baby boomers can prepare tasty food without sacrificing their health.
"We are thrilled that Florence is being recognized for her extraordinary work on Good Food, Good Deeds," said Elliot Jacobson, SVP Programming for RLTV. "Her exuberant and engaging personality inspires viewers to learn more about combating senior hunger in this country and the importance of eating right after 50."
Established in 1975, the Gracie Awards® honor programming and women of the highest caliber in all facets of radio, television, cable and web-based media, including news, drama, comedy, public service, documentary and sports. The Gracie Awards® Gala will take place on May 22, 2012 at the historic Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
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