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Wednesday night was bitter cold at Roundtop Mountain Resort, but that did not deter skiers and snowboarders from bundling up and hitting the slopes.
How cold was it?
"Where your toes feel like ice cubes cold," skier Jayson Richardson said.
The name of the game was to wear layers and cover every inch. Almost every person we saw at Ski Roundtop was wearing a face cover for warmth.
Following a day of snow covered streets and the start of a cold snap, it appeared it all lifted skiers' spirits.
School cancellations even helped attendance, those at Roundtop say.
"Skiers and snowboarders absolutely dream of this," Roundtop GM Ron Hawkes said. "They wait all summer and all fall for a good cold winter, and we are being blessed with it this year."
Still, the frigid temps are something the resort takes seriously.
"Our staff members are very well trained to look out for each other and look out for guests in case of a little frostbite-type of thing, so we keep an eye on that," Hawkes said.
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For builders working in seismic zones or hurricane country, any structure has to be designed for lateral loads, the sideways force of wind pressure, or earthquake action. Manufactured shear-wall components can provide a solution for these complex situations.
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The Engineered Wood Association has been working to broaden the choices for using wood structural panels to achieve code-required lateral bracing in wood-frame construction. A new APA publication lays out the OSB industry's latest recommendations for a "simplified" way to meet code.
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Spend a Day in Ancient Rome at the Downtown Library
The glory that was Rome has come to Oklahoma City and the Downtown Library is planning a party.
To celebrate the "Roman Art From the Louvre" currently on display at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, the museum and the Downtown Library, 300 Park Avenue, are teaming up to present a Roman Art Family Day on Sunday, September 7, 2008. From noon-4:00 pm. families can visit the museum to absorb some of the greatest art in world history, and then, starting at 1:00pm and continuing till 4:00pm., they can cross Hudson Street to the library for an afternoon of once-in-a-lifetime fun.
"When the Romans invade the library," said Lisa Wood, the Metropolitan Library System's Children's Services Coordinator, "we'll have a gladiator parade and Roman play
presented by Oklahoma Children's Theatre. We'll also have puppet shows, storytelling, and some pretty special surprises."
Museum activities are included in the price of Museum admission, and there is no charge to participate in activities at the Downtown Library.
Roman Art Family Day is for all ages.
Event sponsors include the Downtown Library; The Oklahoma City Museum of Art; Oklahoma Children's Theatre; Little Caesar's Pizza/Magnum Foods, Inc.; Remington Park; and others.
For more information, call the Downtown Library at 231-8650.
The Metropolitan Library System of Oklahoma County includes 12 libraries and five extension libraries. Libraries include Belle Isle, Capitol Hill, Ralph Ellison, Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library and Southern Oaks in Oklahoma City, as well as Bethany, Choctaw, Del City, Edmond, Midwest City, Village and Warr Acres. Extensions are located in the communities of Harrah, Jones, Luther and Nicoma Park and include Wright Library in Oklahoma City. You can also reach us at www.metrolibrary.org.


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The Tri-County Schools Automotive Program is the first of its kind in New England. It is designed specifically to educate students with autism and other special needs about the automotive industry.
"It's like a dream come true, really, for me to have a school with kids who are like me," said John Robison, the advisor and visionary behind the program. "For the students seeing a guy like me, an adult with autism who successfully made a business, they see that all around them are accepting people"
The school started back in September. In its first year a dozen students enrolled.
"Our students come here in two shifts so they'll do a week here in the automotive program and then they'll do a week in regular academics at the Tri-County campus in Eashampton," said Robison.
In the first few weeks of training, teachers working with these students say they can already see a difference.
"I see them in both settings. I see them in their academics setting and I see them in their vocational setting, because we work as a team. I see a definite difference in the amount of focus that they have with the hands-on aspects of a trade," said automotive instructor Mark Girard.
And students say they're excited to be getting experience in the field they hope to one day work in.
"It's awesome," said student Stephen Kushing. "I like automechanics, always have, and it's just awesome being in the shop."
"I love it," said student Giovanny Evangeliska. "It is better than school."
As for Robison, he is confident that this program will prepare its students for their future careers.
"We fully expect that our students are going to be able to graduate with credentials to work in the automotive field, not just a high school diploma," Robison said.
Robison does hope the program will expand in the future.
Tri-County Schools work with students with challenges including autism and Asperger's. Students are referred from school districts all over Western Massachusetts. The automotive program teaches students from greater Springfield to as far away as the Vermont border.
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2 teaspoons
rubbed sage
2 teaspoons
1 pinch
dried thyme
1 (16 pound)
whole turkey, neck and giblets removed
1/4 cup
1/3 cup
orange juice
1/3 cup
orange marmalade
1 1/2 teaspoons
orange, peeled, sectioned, and cut into bite-size pieces
i have done this with chicken and now turkey...the orange glaze is delicious for basting. i use brine turkey as i like my brine chicken as well...its always juicy when i brine. make sure you taste the brine water to your satisfaction.
Just made this for Christmas dinner. After spending all day basting the turkey every 30 minutes, I was very disappointed. Had to put foil over turkey 3 hours into cooking as it was browning very rapidly. Turkey was dry and did not retain any of the flavor of the glaze.
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I made this for Thanksgiving and my adult sons who always insist that we also have ham cause they don't like turkey loved it.
I used this recipe for our Christmas Turkey yesterday. It did not disappoint! Wonderful flavors, sealed in moisture, beautiful color bird! It was a great hit. The recipe's a keeper! Thank you.
I use this glaze for any bird that goes in the oven! LOve it! If I don't have marmalade I substitute orange soda or bar b que sauce.
This recipe is fantastic. Quadrupled the recipe for a 25 lb turkey. I also added an 1/8 tsp of grated ginger to the sauce. When the turkey was finished I added 2 tsp of diluted corn starch to the left over sauce and served it. What a huge hit as a Christmas turkey. I highly recommend this recipe!
Very taste and we will make it again next year.
Used this glaze over grilled pork tenderloin. Excellent!
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Linux seller says Red Hat and Fedora servers were breached but customers are not affected.
Fedora has found a way to brings its dispersed Internet community together. It's called the phone.
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At least six Mashpee residents were among the 25,000 people who ran the Boston Marathon Monday, an event cut short by a deadly bomb attack near the finish line.
Three Mashpee runners shared their stories with the Enterprise this week.
Michael J. Falcone, 36, sprinted down a Boston street to find family members. Thomas F. Frazier, 55, was reunited with his wife in the lobby of a hotel after nearly three hours of searching for one another. Katherine J. Cote, 45, was stranded at a McDonald's restaurant, shivering under a hotel blanket.
Their stories are similar to those of tens of thousands of people who crowded the streets of Boston Monday to take part in a usually joyful event that turned violent. Two bombs, placed 100 yards apart, killed three and injured more than 180 when they exploded around 2:50 PM.
Mr. Falcone, an information technology specialist, was running with his sister, 40-year-old Jennifer Kelly of Milton. They reached mile 25.5 when they noticed people turning around and running back toward them. They had not heard the explosions. Within minutes, a police officer stopped them.
" 'The marathon's over for your protection,' " Mr. Falcone remembered the officer saying.
Police had not had enough time to put up a barricade. Confusion reigned, with people running and walking in every direction. Mr. Falcone knew that his girlfriend, stepmother, brother, and 8-year-old niece were near the finish line waiting to cheer them on. They sent a text message to say they were okay.
It had been close. They had been standing a few hundred feet from the second explosion. It was so loud that Mr. Falcone's brother reported not being able to hear anything in the moments after the bomb went off. They grabbed Mr. Falcone's 8-year-old niece, who had been holding on to the barrier that separates the runners from the spectators, and rushed into the Mandarin Oriental Boston Hotel.
With the word "explosion" repeated by runners all around him, Mr. Falcone sprinted a quarter-mile toward the place where he expected his family to be standing. A man in camouflage fatigues stopped him.
"My family is there," he told the man.
"Not anymore," the man replied, explaining that everyone was being evacuated.
Falcone Family Reunited
Mr. Falcone and his sister finally caught sight of their family after more than a mile of navigating increasingly closed-off roads. They were able to send text messages to each other before cellphone service was disrupted, which helped them find a central place to meet.
Mr. Falcone and his girlfriend saw each other across Stuart Street.
"I took a step toward the street and then all these sirens started going past," he said. "There were police cars, the big black trucks, bomb squad vehicles, motorcycles. It seemed like this line of vehicles was never going to end. It was the longest 30 seconds I can remember."
Everyone hugged and cried, he said.
For Mr. Frazier, a 55-year-old salesman from Mashpee, his fourth Boston Marathon ended at a barricade. "At first I was upset," Mr. Frazier said. "I would have set a personal record. Then you realize there's something really bad going on here."
At first I was upset. I would have set a personal record. Then you realize there's something really bad going on here.
Thomas Frazier
Mr. Frazier, who was not carrying a cellphone, borrowed one from a stranger to send a text message to his wife, Deborah L. Frazier. His legs were cramping up because he had stopped running so suddenly. He had nothing to wear but shorts and a sleeveless racing singlet.
Just before 3 PM, Ms. Frazier was pleased because she found a parking place near the corner of Beacon Street and Dartmouth Street, a few blocks from the finish line. She might make it in time to see her husband. Ambulances rushed by. There must be a lot of runners having health problems at the finish, she thought.
Text messages began flooding her phone. "Are you all right?" friends asked. She learned about the explosions.
Last year, she watched her husband from the corner of Boylston and Exeter Streets, 100 feet from the location of the second bomb. This year, it had taken her more time to find parking.
"Had I not done one more loop around the city…" she said. "There are so many elements of what could have been."
It took 20 minutes for Ms. Frazier to get the text message from her husband that he was unharmed. It took until 5:45 PM for the two to reunite in the lobby of the Sheraton Hotel, nearly a mile away. She cried when she saw him.
"I knew cognitively that he was okay, but seeing him was an emotional release," she said.
Mr. Frazier said he was helped by many kind strangers along the way. Another runner gave him his Mylar blanket, a woman bought him a cup of coffee, and workers at the Sheraton gave him fruit to eat and towels for warmth.
"People were going out of their way to help, to make things easier," he said. "It was like they wanted to meet any need they could in any way they could."
Run For Those Who Can Not
Mr. Frazier will run Boston again next year. "I go into my office and I see that I don't have a medal hanging there," he said. "The reason I don't have a medal and a finishing time is that people died. I will run it every year I can. I think that's the best way to honor those who lost their lives and got injured."
The couple went back to Boston Tuesday to pick up their car, which was parked in an area closed off by police.
Like Mr. Frazier, 45-year-old bartender and exercise instructor Katherine J. Cote got a lot of help from strangers, she said. When her marathon ended at the barricade, word was, "someone had gotten hurt" and that the race was canceled.
"I don't know who got hurt, but that's kind of crazy," Ms. Cote remembers thinking. Slowly, details spread that there had been an explosion.
Someone from the Eliot Hotel gave her a blanket and she started walking toward the bus that the Falmouth Track Club and the Cape Cod Athletic Club had chartered. She needed to walk to Huntington Avenue, where the bus was parked, but at each intersection, her way was blocked by police.
The reason I don't have a medal and a finishing time is that people died. I will run it every year I can. I think that's the best way to honor those who lost their lives and got injured.
Thomas Frazier
"You can't come this way because there are more bombs here," police yelled.
She was told by officials to walk to Boston Common, but when she got there, she was told to go elsewhere.
Sitting in a McDonald's near Boston Common with no money, no food, and no water, she called the bus driver with what was left of her cellphone battery. The bus had departed and was traveling on Route I-93. A friend drove from Plymouth to pick her up.
When Ms. Cote finally ate dinner at 8:45 PM, her family turned off the television news.
"It was too much," she said.
For Mr. Falcone and his family, news of the bombings has also been too hard to watch. He said his family members do not want to talk about the attack.
Watching the news Monday evening, he noticed that his girlfriend was starting to shake and switched off the TV.
"It has been a very emotional couple of days," he said. "I keep turning off the TV and radio."
The Enterprise was not able to reach all the Mashpee runners listed on the Boston Marathon website. Mashpee residents Philip A. Davis, 42; Karen Shastany, 50; and Sandy Xenos, 61, are also listed as entrants in Monday's race.


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text: Football Championship play-off final: Derby v QPR – in pictures The best images from the Championship play-off final at Wembley between Harry Redknapp's QPR and Derby County managed by Steve McClaren Jim Powell Saturday 24 May 2014 10.42 EDT Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Fans make their way down Wembley Way prior to the play-off final between Derby County and Queens Park Rangers. According to the Sports Business Group at Deloitte, the match will be worth over £80m to the winners A Queens Park Rangers fan wears a mask of manager Harry Redknapp before the game. At the beginning of the season, Redknapp gave the Derby manager Steve McClaren a coaching role at Loftus Road. It was McClaren's first job back in England after resigning from his second, less successful spell at Dutch club Twente QPR have had an underwhelming first season back in the Championship after relegation but their fans are in good voice before the start of the match The rain comes down as the players line up, not a good omen for Steve McClaren after his last competitive match at Wembley in 2007 … QPR's Joey Barton battles for the ball with Derby County's Chris Martin as the match starts. QPR have the more experienced players but Derby had an excellent end to the season QPR's Junior Hoilett and Craig Forsyth of Derby County challenge for the ball in a tense first half QPR manager Harry Redknapp looks less than impressed with his side having failed to have one shot on target in the first half QPR striker Kevin Doyle in action with Derby's George Thorne during a disjointed first half which had just two shots on target, both from Derby County QPR's Armand Traore gets up higher than Derby's Andre Wisdom to head the ball Charlie Austin of QPR is bought down by Jake Buxton of Derby Steve McClaren doesn't look too happy but his Derby side are on top at the start of the second half, and it is not raining….. Gary O'Neil then fouls Derby's Johnny Russell when he was clean through on goal... O'Neil is sent off for the challenge and Derby begin to dominate the game Derby are dominating possession but fail to score. Here, striker Jamie Ward reacts after missing a chance With a couple of minutes left on the clock, QPR's Bobby Zamora scores the winning goal after a mistake by Keogh. It was QPR's first shot on target Bobby Zamora celebrates after scoring QPR's goal. He also scored the winner for West Ham in the 2005 play-off final QPR celebrate at the end of the match after gaining promotion Keogh is consoled by Conor Sammon And, in this final image, Queens Park Rangers players lift the trophy and celebrate their return to the Premier League Topics Championship Derby County QPR Joey Barton Share this article Share via Email Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+


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Four bystanders were seriously injured early Saturday in a shooting at N&N Sports Bar & Grill, the Smithfield Police Department said.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired at the restaurant, at 150 South Equity Drive about 1:30 a.m.
Smithfield police said Krystal Olymica David of Smithfield got into an argument with another woman over a male companion. David went to her vehicle and got a gun.
David then returned to the bar and opened fire, hitting four bystanders, police said.
Smithfield police said the injured bystanders are Elias Sanders, Charnise Jones, Cedric Mcerchrin and Felicia Jones. All sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries and were transported to the hospital for treatment.
David was arrested and charged with four counts of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill and inflicting serious injury. David was placed in the Johnston County Jail under a $500,000 secured bond.
Her first court appearance is scheduled on May 6 at 9 a.m.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has additional information regarding the shooting is asked to contact Detective David Johnson at the Smithfield Police Department at 919-934-2121, extension 1063, or the Smithfield Tip Line at 919-989-8835.
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I had an incident come across my desk the other day that was rather odd. We had an application that was running slow, and my Windows team noticed that SQL Server was using all of the available RAM on the server. Before I gave my Windows guru the Brent Ozar lecture on Task Manager being a filthy liar, I wanted to give it a look myself first. My instinct told me that we had a configuration problem because it's very rare for my boxes to page to disk. We're pretty conservative when setting MAX RAM. That's when I found the culprit on the Memory tab of the server's configuration.
Yes, we had a configuration problem. I immediately set MIN and MAX RAM to 16 GB, which is our best practice for a server with 32 GB running this particular application. Within a few seconds, my Windows guru asked how I fixed it. It really was that quick of a fix. Great. But how do we prevent this from happening in the future. My Grandma Hillwig used to say that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. She was a pretty smart woman. The first thing I did was have my team check the build documentation to make sure that this is set during server setup. I also had them check the peer review checklist to make sure this gets checked. Checklists are good and all, but I had this little itch to automate the check. This little script took me less than an hour.
set nocount on DECLARE @v_max_server_memory int DECLARE @v_min_server_memory int CREATE TABLE #config (name varchar(128), minimum int, maximum int, config_value int, run_value int) INSERT #config exec sp_configure SELECT @v_max_server_memory = config_value FROM #config WHERE name = 'max server memory (MB)' SELECT @v_min_server_memory = config_value FROM #config WHERE name = 'min server memory (MB)' drop table #config if @v_max_server_memory > 262144 and @v_min_server_memory < 512 and PATINDEX('%Hypervisor%',@@version) > 0 begin DECLARE @v_recipient varchar(128) DECLARE @v_subject varchar (128) DECLARE @v_body varchar(2000) SELECT @v_recipient = 'email@example.com' SELECT @v_subject = 'SQL Server Best Practices Alert' SELECT @v_body = 'SQL Server instance ' + @@servername + ' has failed a best practices check. This server is a VM and has MIN RAM set to ' + cast(@v_min_server_memory as varchar) + ' and MAX RAM set to ' + cast(@v_max_server_memory as varchar)+'.' + char(10) + char(10) + 'Setting MIN RAM too low will cause the VMWare balloon driver to force SQL Server to give up RAM. Setting MAX RAM too high will allow this server to start to page to disk.' EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail @profile_name = 'dbmail', @recipients=@v_recipient, @body=@v_body, @subject=@v_subject ; end
Now I would argue that one should set MIN and MAX RAM on all instances, not just those in virtual environments. However, it's absolutely critical to do this in virtual environments. Notice that I'm looking for the word "Hypervisor" when using the @@version variable. And I'm looking for servers that have MAX RAM set higher than 256 GB of RAM. None of the instances in my environment are nearly this big. Your mileage will vary and you'll need to modify that value.
Now that I have a script, I just need to deploy it. I tested this by running it against all of the instances in my environment with the CMS. After that, we'll deploy it as a SQL Agent MSX job that runs on every instance once a week. The next step is to add our code segment that will send it to our service desk software and have it parse out the right configuration items.
I'm incredibly excited right now.
SQL PASS has just announced that SQL Saturday #262 Boston 2014 will be held on March 29 at the Microsoft Conference Center in Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA. Once again, I will be leading the team that organizes this event.
We had such an awesome experience with the 2013 event, and I'm really looking forward to 2014!
You can register for the event at the event website.
SQL Saturday season is starting, and I will be at two upcoming events.
On August 17, I will be presenting Recovery and Backup for Beginners in New York City. On September 14, I will be presenting What the VLF? in Orlando. I've also submitted to speak at SQL Saturday 213 in Providence.
In October, I will be attending the SQL PASS Summit. This is the superbowl of SQL Server learning events.
At this point, I can't say too much, but SQL Saturday Boston 2014 is in the works.
I was looking at syntax of DBCC SHRINKDATBASE today and came across a little gem. Yes, I'm shrinking. I'm also doing it to recover close to a terabyte of storage. But I'm staying in control of when we shrink.
Looking at the MSDN page with the syntax, I came across this little nugget of truth.
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Unless you have a specific requirement, do not set the AUTO_SHRINK database option to ON.
Countless people have documented this before, myself included. Microsoft is saying it. Please disable AUTO_SHRINK. Now. Please.
And then after you disable AUTO_SHRINK, please look at your indexes. They're probably a mess.
A few weeks ago, I started putting together a new presentation to give about database backups. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that people don't need to understand backups as much as they need to understand recovery. That's where this session came from.
One of the first questions I have for my audience is if they have a backup strategy. And then I ask if they have a recovery strategy. It's a very pointed question.
A few years ago, I saw Paul Randal do his Mythbusters session at the SQL PASS Summit. He said something that I will never forget: You need restore strategy and not a backup strategy.
I just can't find a flaw in his reasoning. We can plan our backups, but unless we know how we're going to recover those backups, we're asking for failure. That's when I decided that I wanted to change the name of my presentation. It's now called Recovery and Backups for Beginners. The emphasis needs to be on the recovery instead of the backups. Once we know what we need in terms of recovery, then we can find the right backup solution to get there.
How often are DBAs required to put in place bad data structures because developers have already written the code. This is the same thing. We're going to shoe-horn in a recovery to meet our existing backups. It needs to be the other way around. Once we know what our recovery requirements are, only then should we start talking about how to get there.
I have this statement on three slides in the presentation: If you have a backup strategy and not a recovery strategy, you're doing it wrong!
How do we know what our needs are? This is where my ITIL training comes in. You probably have an SLA or OLA within your organization, formally or informally. And these probably include an RTO and RPO.
Lets break apart the alphabet soup:
Once you have defined these four things, then you can start putting together your strategy. Some people seem to think that they can provide an RTO of ten minutes with an RPO of zero. With simple backup and recovery, that's pretty unlikely. If you lose an entire server, or the HBA in your needs to be replaced, you're going to have an RTO much greater than ten minutes. The larger your database, the longer your recovery time. If your RTO is less than the time it takes you to restore your database, you're simply not going to make it.
Once we know what our needs are, we can then start determining which recovery model works for our databases. I used to work for a company that had an RTO of twelve hours. That means if we lost a server, losing twelve hours of data was acceptable to the business. It would be painful, but all of the data could be recreated. That gave me a lot of flexibility in my recovery strategy. In my current environment, my RTO is 30 minutes. That's a little tougher.
Recovery models tell us how us the backup methods. If you're database is in SIMPLE recovery, it means you can only restore from a full backup. With a twelve hour RTO, I was able to keep my databases in SIMPLE mode and back up twice daily. However, with FULL Recovery mode, we still need to do that full backup and then roll forward the transaction log backups. That works better in situations with much shorter RTOs. The other advantage is that FULL recovery mode lets us do a point-in-time recovery. In some applications, that can be a life saver.
Now that we have a better idea for what we need, we can start to talk about backups. Depending on the size of your database and your infrastructure, you can back up as often as your RTO allows. If you're in SIMPLE recovery mode and have an RTO of twelve hours, it means you need to do a full backup at least once every twelve hours. But if you're in FULL recovery mode, you can back up as infrequently as you like and then roll forward all of your transaction logs. But be VERY careful doing this. Imagine doing a full backup once a month and then retaining 31 days worth of transaction log files. Recovering that could take days. Sure your backups won't take long, but your recovery will be hell.
There is a reason I use the graphic of the guy with his pants down. If you don't plan your recovery right, you WILL be caught with your pants down.
When I interviewed for my current position, the hiring manager asked me if I knew anything about VLFs. My response was "Very large filesystem?" Clearly I missed that question. She was talking about SQL Server's Virtual Log Files.
Until that day, I had never heard of VLFs, and to this day, a lot of DBAs don't know what they are. But before I get too far into this, let me state that I'm hardly the expert on this. Kimberly Tripp from SQL Skills has written several really good articles on transaction log throughput where she talks about VLFs.
VLFs are a construct within the SQL Server transaction log file that breaks the transaction log file into chunks. Those are the segements that get marked for being in use or ready to be reused.
The bottom line is that if you have lots of really small VLFs in your log file, you probably have a performance problem and you may not even know it. The best way to avoid this is to avoid the default settings on a new database for the transaction log file size and growth. If you start with a 1 MB transaction log file that grows by 10%, you're going to have lots of little VLFs before you know what hit you.
My suggestion for a good practice is to start with a larger transaction log file and grow in larger increments. In my environment, for our datamart environments, we start with an 8 GB transaction log file and grow them in 8 GB increments. For smaller databases with smaller throughput, we set a minimum of a 256 MB transaction log file with a growth of 256 MB.
In this session, I talk about how this can be a Goldilocks problem. You might have too many or too few. Or they might be too big or too small. The real way to know is to baseline and test for your environment. The one thing I would suggest is that you don't want to grow your transaction log file by more then 8 GB at a time. This will lead to 16 VLFs created per growth. And that would mean VLFs greater than 512 MB.
The real value in this session is the demo. The first script creates a database and starts stuffing it with data. It's absolutely not a model of good design. In fact, it's far from it. I have multiple columns that contain GUIDs. Worse yet, I have those columns indexed. The reason I'm doing this is because I want to create a ton of transaction log volume. Kick this thing off and let it run. It'll grow your transaction log to about 12 GB.
The second script will show the VLFs in your database. This script executes
Notice that as the first script is running, the number of VLFs will continue to grow on each execution.
There are some cool details on this output, including the size of each VLF and the LSN of when it was created. Lets do a little analysis on it. What I'm doing is pumping that data into a temp tble and then grouping on the LSN. I can then see how much the log file was grown each time and the number of VLFs it created. What you see can be quite staggering.
CREATE TABLE #VLFS (recoveryunit int, --remove this column for SQL 2005/2008 environments fileid int, filesize bigint, startoffset bigint, fseqno bigint, status int, parity int, createlsn varchar(1000)) use miketest go INSERT INTO #VLFS EXEC('DBCC LOGINFO WITH TABLERESULTS') select createlsn, sum(cast(filesize as float))/1024/1024 [size], count(startoffset) [count] from #vlfs where createlsn <> '0' group by createlsn order by 3, 2, 1 drop table #vlfs go use master go
Look at all of those growths. And they're tiny. That can't be good. You can see that we're we're growing our transaction log file by less than 1 MB several times. But look at what happens closer to the end of the output. We're growing our transaction log file in much larger increments. And the bigger the growth, the more VLFs.
Here is what I've been able to prove. If your growth is less than 512 KB, you create one VLF. from 512 KB to 768 KB, you create two VLFs. 768 KB to 1 MB creates three VLFs. 1 MB to 64 MB creates four VLFs. Until you reach 1 GB, it's eight VLFs. Anything over 1 GB is 16 VLFs.
If you poke around your environment, you probably have databases that look just like this. The question is How do I fix it? The answer is simple. It depends. If you're not seeing a noticable performance impact, you may want to leave it alone. This is where If it isn't broken, don't fix it could apply. If you are facing a performance problem from too many VLFs, I'd suggest doing this during a quiet period for your database.
First, note how big your transaction log file is. Because I know how my files grow, I'm going to put it back to the size it was before. Then I use DBCC SHRINKFILE to shrink the transaction log file and then grow it back to the original size, making sure I only grow it in 8 GB increments.
The real lesson here is something that I talk about in other posts: Defy the Defaults! If you're creating databases with 1 MB transaction files and allowing them to grow in 10% increments, you're probably doing it wrong.


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A "mixed-status" relationship is a sexual relationship between partners with different HIV statuses: one partner is HIV-positive and one is HIV-negative. This can involve a couple in a long-term relationship or a single encounter between two partners. You may also hear these terms to describe such relationships:
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Is It Safe for Mixed-Status Couples To Have Sex?
For mixed-status couples, the possibility of HIV infection is a constant reality. There is always a risk, but you can minimize it.
If you are in a mixed-status relationship and you have sex (anal, oral, or vaginal), you can protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections by using condoms and dental dams consistently and correctly. For more information on using condoms and dental dams, see AIDS.gov's Prevention: Safer Sex or the Department of Veterans Affairs' great, plain-language Tips for Using Condoms and Dental Dams.
If you are part of a mixed-status couple, it is important that you and your partner communicate openly and often about safer sex practices and HIV prevention. Healthcare providers and local HIV/AIDS organizations can be important sources of information and support for you and your partner.
If you are the HIV-positive partner in a mixed-status relationship, you can lower the risk of transmitting HIV to your partner if you are on antiretroviral therapy. Taking all your medications, on time, will help to lower the viral load in your body fluids and decrease the chance that you will transmit HIV to your partner. But remember, even if you have a low viral load, you can still transmit HIV to your sex partner. So it is important to always use a condom and practice safer sex. And, if you inject drugs, never share syringes, water, or drug preparation equipment with others since HIV-infected blood can be transmitted through them.
If you are the HIV-negative partner in a mixed-status relationship, talk with your partner about condoms and safer sex practices. If you are in an ongoing relationship with your partner, support him/her in taking all of his/her HIV medications at the right times. This "medication adherence" will lower his/her viral load and reduce the risk that HIV can be transmitted. You may also want to stay up-to-date on developments about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Though researchers are not recommending PrEP be immediately used to prevent HIV infection, recent research findings suggest this may someday be another prevention method to be used with – not instead of – condoms, safer sex practices and other HIV prevention methods.
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If my partner is HIV-positive and I'm not, can we still have sex?
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I'm HIV-negative and my partner is HIV-positive. Should I get regular HIV tests? If so, how often?
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Is it okay to share sex toys with my partner?
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I'm part of a mixed-status couple. Can my partner and I have a baby without passing on HIV?
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Additional Resources
- CDC's Dr. Kevin Fenton on CNN about PrEP -- After HIV pill news, now comes the tricky part
- CDC – Prevention IS Care Campaign
- The Body – Resources for Mixed (HIV-Positive/Negative) Couples
- The Body – Serodiscordant Relationships
- The Body – Reproductive Options of HIV-Infected Patients
- Veterans Affairs – Tips for Using Condoms and Dental Dams
- VA – Tips for Using Condoms and Dental Dams
- CDC – Effect Of Antiretroviral Therapy On Risk Of Sexual Transmission Of HIV Infection And Superinfection
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- A fresh take on diversity Making the Difference: Applying a Logic of Diversity, Scott E. Page, Leonid Hurwicz Collegiate Professor of Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- Play Gender Bias Bingo! part of the Gender Bias Learning Project, "a zany, brainy look at a serious subject" from the Center for WorkLife Law, University of California Hastings College of the Law
- Searching for Excellence and Diversity: A Guide for Search Committee Chairs Women in Science & Engineering Leadership Institute (WISELI), University of Wisconsin-Madison (material is relevant to hiring both genders in all disciplines, not just women in science and engineering)
- Hiring Process bibliography WISELI, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Faculty Recruitment Toolkit University of Washington
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- Faculty Search Reading Materials Iowa State University


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Cool Down Tip: Toss Your Yogurt In The Freezer!
It doesn't matter if you're making your own yogurt or you have a favorite store bought brand, one of the quickest ways to have a sweet treat (that's also easy on the hips) is to freeze it! We've picked up a few tips in our years of doing so and...
.. with so many varieties of yogurt on the market, make sure to freeze ones you really love. If your yogurt is a little on the tasteless side of the scale, it will be even less thrilling once frozen!
Even if your favorite flavor is one with additional fruit or cream in it, this is a totally do-able trick. Before freezing, simply open the container and swirl things up a bit and secure the lid back down with a little bit of plastic wrap or foil. You can also stir in extra fruit you might have lying around, just make sure it's in small enough pieces you don't end up with super icy bits. If you have a second, toss your fruit pieces with a little vodka to keep them soft and ice free!
You can add a stick to it if you wish, although more often than not we've found our favorite yogurts aren't in the easiest shapes to eat on a stick, so we stick to using a spoon! The good news is you don't have anything else taking up space in your freezer and is a great way to use up yogurt that's ready to go out of date!
• Recipe: Strawberry-Yogurt Popsicles
• D.I.Y. Greek Yogurt
• Recipe: Mango Ginger Frozen Yogurt
• Recipe: Frozen Nectarine-Yogurt Pie
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I tried this with plain yogurt and ended up with a icy, broken up mess. The frozen yogurt separated and was not very appealling. Maybe some brands freeze better than others, but the varieties with no added gums or thickeners seem to ice up.
Lona - if you run into this problem try stirring in a tablespoon of softened cream cheese or a small (or large depending on your mood) splash of Vodka. It keeps fruit from freezing, but will help keep ice crystals at bay in plainer yogurts as well!
Sarah---kinda kills the whole 'healthy' aspect of Frozen Yogurt if you add some vodka, no? ;-)
Take a piece of plastic wrap and press it down into the surface of the yogurt before it goes in the freezer. It keeps out any air, which keeps away any ice crystals. (Also good for keeping guacamole or ice cream safe). Works every time for me.
Zaky - All things are good for you in moderation right?
Zephyrluna - Excellent Tip! Thanks!
I will have to try this again. I tried it with organic low-fat lemon yogurt and the result was so very...unappealing... Between ice crystals and it being too hard to spoon into (I had to chisel my way through the cup), I'd given up. What's worse, was this was my attempt to rectify the failed ice-cream maker version (pouring Greek yogurt into a Kitchen Aid style ice cream maker did NOT work). Thanks for the tip about the plastic wrap, zephyrluna.
A girl I babysat for last year taught me the trick of freezing kids' yogurt tubes. They're already mixed, they're in smaller portions, and the organic ones from Horizon or Stoneyfield Farms are absolutely delicious!
Emily - That is hands down our favorite way to eat frozen yogurt, just be sure to watch the sugars in the kids pops, they tend to be higher than regular "adult" yogurts!
This is one of my favorite snacks. I don't even bother with the opening and plastic wrap, I just pop them in the freezer shelf on the door when I bring them home. Then I eat them with a grapefruit spoon. Delish.
I like frozen yogurt with fruit in it at work when I want something a little crunchy-ish but don't want to eat crap. This is very satisfying and it has calcium.
I often freeze yoghurt in a popsicle tray; it's easy to eat and it actually works better when it ices up. It's especially delicious to mix half juice and half yoghurt.
9 minutes later: I've just followed my own advice. Yoghurt, smashed blueberries, and a little local honey. I wish they were frozen NOW.
i absolutely love that newish commercial for yoplait "whips" (which is the only yogurt i can handle, its a texture thing...) when the strawberries bounce off the frozen yogurt. it looks delish... must restock the fridge!
Every day for years, my mother has eaten a frozen coffee yogurt for lunch. She takes it out of the freezer when she leaves for work, and by the time lunch rolls around, it's the perfect consistency - still cold and icy, but easy to spoon out and creamy. She likes Dannon, but I'm sure other brands would work too.
If you have 'fruit on the bottom' yogurts, you don't have to take the lid off to mix it - just shake it hard for a few seconds before putting it in the freezer.
This takes a little more effort but is worth it. I've been mixing a tub of Fage nonfat yogurt with a couple tablespoons of cocoa powder, a packet or two of stevia, and a couple of tablespoons of kahlua, and freezing it in a circa 1986 donvier mini ice cream maker. I think the booze makes the flavor and texture a little nicer and makes it not freeze instantly to the sides of the metal chamber, which I remember happening the last time I tried to freeze yogurt. . . in 1986.
Mixing in a few soft-peaked egg whites also helps keep a creamy texture when freezing yogurt (especially in the ice cream maker. For those squeamish about raw egg whites, a bit of arrowroot can work, too.
Splim..I do the same as your mother!..dee-lish...same dannon coffee yogurt..nice and rich...If my yogurts get rock hard in freezer, i put in the micro for a couple sec's...I would love it if our frozen yogurts could be JUST like the icecream stand kinds...is there a way? I'd rather not bother buying vodka or arrowroot or egg whites for this..Funny to see this topic on here..thought I was the 'only one'..:)
Vodka is a natural preservative. Add just a little splash (a few drops) and mix well. It will keep the yogurt from thinning, separating, forming ice crystals. It has nothing to do with the "healthy" aspects of yogurt. Only plain yogurt is healthy and the tiny bit of vodka just helps to keep it that way.


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By Alex Rozier, KHQ Reporter/Anchor
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – Sarah and Joe Sherwood say their kids were named in honor of family members. They also admit the obvious. The Sherwood's met at Gonzaga one morning over breakfast at the Ultimate Bagel. Joe Sherwood doesn't even like to eat breakfast. Well, as it turns out, the woman working is the woman he would later marry and now they live in Salt Lake City with their two boys; Jack and Dan.
If you know Gonzaga, you now know why this is funny. Jack and Dan's is the most popular campus bar and has been for many years.
"Jack and Dan are both family names, but having ties to Gonzaga it kind of felt right when we found out we were having our second son," Sarah Sherwood said. "It just kind of ties us back to Gonzaga and it ties us back to our memories I think."
"The double meaning meant a lot so we can have the family connection and the connection where we actually met," Joe Sherwood said.
"It's a place we really loved," Sarah Sherwood said. "We loved Gonzaga and we loved Spokane so all in all it's a good thing."
The Sherwood's say they love the Inland Northwest so much they try to get back every single year to hang out with old friends. When the old friends meet the boys they have a question.
"They're going, 'Now wait a second. Wait a minute. Did you guys?" Sarah Sherwood said. "We say, 'Kind of, they're family names, but ... yes we did!"
Jack is one-and-a-half and Dan is three-and-a-half. They say they are trying to get tickets to Gonzaga's game tomorrow, but if not they plan on going to a local restaurant to cheer on the team. Gonzaga and Wichita State play Saturday in Salt Lake City at 5:40 pacific time.


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