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Agile, ALM, and development.
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Interview on InfoQ.com
Ben Linders from InfoQ.com interviewed me about my "Scrum Fundamentals" video on InformIt.com. We covered why we made the video, a few of the topics covered, as well as some other resources to get a basic understanding of Scrum. Check it out here!
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Wednesday, January 08, 2014
Speaking at Memphis Agile User Group Jan. 30th "Agile Quality Assurance: The Long Ugly Tale of How We Got Better"
I will be speaking at the Memphis Agile User Group on Thursday, January 30th. This is the same presentation I did at the Agile 2013 conference last year called "Agile Quality Assurance: The Long Ugly Tale of How We Got Better" which got a great response. You can register here.
The session covers my experience at a past employer helping them adopt Scrum over the course of 2+ years and all of our trials and tribulations during that transition. I played many roles over that span including developer, QA manager, Scrum Master, and Agile coach and the presentation covers man of those aspects but has a strong focus on QA.
I lived in Memphis for about 5 years in the 90s and always love to go back. Anyone who is up for a trip down to Beale afterwards should let me know.
See you there!
The session covers my experience at a past employer helping them adopt Scrum over the course of 2+ years and all of our trials and tribulations during that transition. I played many roles over that span including developer, QA manager, Scrum Master, and Agile coach and the presentation covers man of those aspects but has a strong focus on QA.
I lived in Memphis for about 5 years in the 90s and always love to go back. Anyone who is up for a trip down to Beale afterwards should let me know.
See you there!
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My Scrum Fundamentals Video Goes Live This Week
I recently had the pleasure of working with the crew from Pearson Publishing and created an online training video called "Scrum Fundamentals". If you are a Safari Books Online subscriber you can already access it here, and it is available for purchase on InformIt.com here.
While I have been training, coaching and speaking on Scrum for years now, it was a totally new experience filming a video of this type. My producer Irene Magafan from RHED Pixel was a huge help it getting me through the three day shoot and the rest of the team did a great job filming and editing the final result.
This video has over 3 hours of content from my "Agile Software Development with Scrum" training class we deliver at Holland Square Group and covers the following topics:
While I have been training, coaching and speaking on Scrum for years now, it was a totally new experience filming a video of this type. My producer Irene Magafan from RHED Pixel was a huge help it getting me through the three day shoot and the rest of the team did a great job filming and editing the final result.
This video has over 3 hours of content from my "Agile Software Development with Scrum" training class we deliver at Holland Square Group and covers the following topics:
- History of Agile and its values and principles
- Basics of Scrum including roles, artifacts, and events
- Starting a Scrum Project
- Managing your Product Backlog
- Writing good User Stories
- Agile Estimation and Planning
- Prioritizing work
- Working as a Scrum Team
- Planning for a Sprint
- Executing and tracking work in a Sprint
- Agile engineering principles and practices
- Integrating QA into Scrum
- Dealing with bugs
- Delivering a product increment
- Inspecting and Adapting your process
I am very happy with how it came out and I think it gives a solid overview of implementing Scrum. It's a great option for educating team members new to Scrum where sending them to instructor led training is not an option. You may also want to incorporate it into your onboarding process and is something you can use with off-shore teams as well.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
Agile 2013 Recap
So the Agile 2013 conference is in the books and we could not have asked for a better experience for my home town of Nash Vegas. I heard multiple comments from newcomers as well as the veterans that this was one of the best and I have to wholeheartedly agree. Here's a quick recap from my personal experience:
Enterprise Product Owner's Challenge: Managing Networks of Backlogs
The Sessions
Estimating Business Value (Chris Sims)
This was a very fun session with some good, hands-on exercises. I came away with some validation of techniques I have been using previously and some new ideas on how to train and coach on the subject moving forward. I had a forehead slapping moment as I realized his primary technique was almost exactly like what we do with sizing stories and I wondered why I have never translated that over to assigning business value. Chris is very engaging and made it a fun experience.
The session I was headed to got cancelled and I popped into this presentation with a friend. I have seen Mike present on this material before and while there were a few new twists, it was basically the same information. While this was not new to me (I am a big Cohn fan already), it was a great session for anyone new the idea of User Stories, Story Points, Planning Poker, and Release Planning.
Enterprise Product Owner's Challenge: Managing Networks of Backlogs
(Alan Goerner)
While he never said it in the session, much of this content came from the much contested Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). And while Ken Schwaber blasted it (and those who seek to sell it), I was validated in that some of the techniques for taming an enterprise backlog that he suggested were ones I have reached organically with multiple clients. I understand the mistrust of big frameworks promising the world as long as you use their software and services (I have been bit by that snake a time or two before..ahem..RUP), but I hate that it seems the good was thrown out along with the bad as the whole thing was often entirely dismissed. To say this was a sore subject among the attendees is an understatement. While chatting about it with some friends and Arlo Belshee (here let me pick up that name you dropped) at the Valtech conference party, a SAFe supporter stormed off from our table.
Agile at scale at Spotify (Joakim Sundén, Anders Ivarsson)
I had already read the excellent white paper on this, but it was nice to hear it direct from the source and there was plenty of "between the lines" content. They basically implemented a more Agile friendly twist on the matrix organization with a focus on the product and features. I've done variations of this in larger organizations, but this is definitely a go to example. Who wouldn't want to be on a squad as part of a tribe in their particular guild? I also love their office setup with each squad having its own development area along with a dedicated meeting space as well. This video by Anders has some of the same content.
Bryan Beecham's (with special guest Mike Bowler) session was the most fun. We were separated into tables with bags of LEGOS and he totally Miyagied us by having us make stuff with them and before you knew it, you were practicing TDD. It was an excellent exercise for non-developers (but there were several developers there as well and we all had a great time). I sat with Bryan and Tim Ottinger while they tweaked the exercise and it was very cool to see it evolve. Here is a link to Bryan's slides for the session.
While this session was not what I originally thought, it was definitely interesting and informative. I have used mind mapping techniques for eliciting stories and to help slice them into small, workable components before. This was a new technique with a bit more structure that I am looking forward to trying out. This video is fairly close to the content David covered. He used a product called CardBoardIt that was an online version of how he did story mapping that might be something for distributed teams to try.
The Open Jams
Sometimes the best stuff you get is not from the presentations, but from the ad-hoc sessions called Open Jams. In the middle of the conference area was a big space with tables, chairs, flip charts, and white boards where groups could get together and talk about anything that tickled their fancy. If it strays from what interests you, get up and go to another one! I popped in a few of these.
This open jam was all about how to get teams and companies to be more collaborative. The guys from Spotify, Arlo Belshee, and Diana Larsen were there just to name a few. It was a very interesting discussion that I wished I had videoed. Each time we talked about some goal, impediment, or action around collaboration we kept coming back to trust.
As I mentioned before I sat with Bryan Beecham and Tim Ottinger while they were tweaking the TDD LEGO game and Tim kept rattling off study after study that applied to the various topics we covered. He has a wealth of knowledge that I wish I had had more to talk through with him. One that stuck with me was SCARF which is about how people interact with each other. Guess what it all started to boil down to? Trust. (Hmmm, I sense a theme.)
I walked into another group midway through their discussion about the language of learning. Diana Larsen was holding court and it was very enlightening how she mapped some of the higher concepts to concrete Agile practices. I asked her if the content was online somewhere and while he particular topics were not, she pointed me here.
Another great part of the conference is getting to unwind and hang out with everyone. There were some great events ranging from a simple dinner with a few new friends to an epic party on the Shelby Street Bridge hosted by LeanKit.
Online Content From Agile 2013
Big Visible interviewed a ton of the speakers and other thought leaders at the conference and you can find those videos and podcasts here.
Most the pictures in this post came from Steven List and are posted here.
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Monday, July 08, 2013
Develop What's Valuable First
If you were developing a new application where would you start? Would you first create all the supporting frameworks for security, logging, etc.? Would you create the login screen?
Most of the time when I've worked with new Scrum teams, they initially order the Product Backlogs sequentially along with the flow of the application: Frameworks, Login, User Administration, etc. This seems like a natural flow to creating components since it normally maps to the natural flow of the application itself to some extent.
But one of the basic principles of a Product Backlog is to prioritize by value. What do we mean by value? That could be many things such as ROI, risk, regulatory compliance, etc.
So, is the logging framework a highly valuable backlog item? What's the ROI? Little to none unless your company's primary business is selling logging frameworks. What about risk? Do we mean that it is risky to NOT implement a logging framework? No, when we push items to the top based on risk it is because we are not sure of the technology we are using or the approach we are taking so we want to implement the item sooner so that we can prove the technology or concept early on in case we have to change. So is a logging framework risky? Hopefully not. If you are a developer, with any kind of experience, you have implemented logging countless times and probably know a few out of the box frameworks you can easily integrate. So, it looks like we are simply building the logging framework first because it is our idea of a natural flow of building software applications.
But if we build all of the support frameworks, and the login page, and user management, etc. first, then when do we get to the real functionality that we are actually selling to our customers? Probably late in the game and uncomfortably close to our deliver date. Which means if we have any issues with these features we have less time to react to them and more likelihood we will have to work nights and weekends to "get er done" and probably have some quality issues once we do deliver.
So then what should we build first?
Ask yourself- 'what is the main feature set your customers are going to be paying for?' Build that first.
"What? You're crazy! I can't build that feature until I have all that other stuff you mentioned before."
First, I am not crazy, my mother had me tested.
Second, you can build those types of features first. You will have to unlearn a good bit of what you were taught as a tried and true architect in the layered application design. I am not saying you will not eventually build those things because obviously most of it is something you need to deliver a customer ready application.
I had a client in the financial services industry who was building a new product. Their initial user story sessions started exactly as I described above where the group started listing off the features they needed to build in the order of the application flow with several framework stories at the very top. I asked them what was the primary feature their customers were paying for in the application and they said transferring money from X to Y institution. I pointed out that this would be the best candidate for one of their first stories to tackle and after some convincing they caught on and ran with it.
Once we started breaking that down into smaller stories (since the original one was identified as an Epic) they once again start prioritizing the components of the feature sequentially: create a new X institution, list existing X institutions, create a new Y institution, etc. The story for the actual transfer of funds from X to Y was fairly far down the list. I once again asked what the most valuable part of this feature was to their customers and it was unanimous for the funds transfer.
Then the common questions rose up like: "How can we build the transfer from X to Y when we do not have the functionality to manage X and Y?" Do you sell X and Y management solutions to your customers? "No." You can create the simplest solution to populate X and Y even if it is just a database script. This way you can concentrate of getting the actual transfer part correct and demo that to your stakeholders and customer representatives first. That way you get feedback right off the bat and expose any implementation issues early. Then you can start to get to the other items such as the ability to add X and Y, login, logging, etc.
"You're crazy! How can we design the application architecture without knowing how we are going to implement security, logging, etc.?"
First, I am not crazy, the voices in my head said so.
Second, when building applications incrementally in an Agile environment your should follow the practice of emergent design where you build applications with just enough framework to support the current functionality but using an approach that allows for extension or replacement of these frameworks in the future. This approach includes the principles commonly called SOLID that help build decoupled, independent systems. Understand that there may be some level or rework, but just as we want to embrace change in the requirements in an Agile environment, you have to accept a certain amount of change in your architectural approach as well. We want to build features first and just enough framework to support them now and in the foreseeable future. Too many architects (me included) have gone all "mad scientist" when building glorious architectures that solve all the world's problems (even if they did not ask us to).
To further illustrate my point we talked to another team that had implemented Scrum on a previous project, but had built their features in that logical sequence. They were running on a 4 sprint release cycle and when they spent the first 3 sprints building frameworks and supporting functionality, they found that they had issues when trying to implement the core user functionality. By then it was too late because they were in their last sprint before their release. So what happened? They missed that release date and lost half the team in the next sprint to finishing the functionality. On top of that the rush to get it done left them with a ton of production bugs.
Now all of this is easy to say and harder to execute. Slicing up features this way takes practice since it often goes against your historical methods. While emergent design and SOLID principles sound great for building these types of systems, they do demand a certain level of development expertise and experience. But it is achievable and allows you concentrate on delivering your most valuable items first without weighing your application down with over bloated design from the start.
So when you start to prioritize your Product Backlog, remember to concentrate on value and not fall back on sequential flow.
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ATHENS — Forty-sixth, 42nd, 57th and 43rd.
That's Georgia's national rank in scoring defense (21.0 ppg), total defense (345.3ypg), rushing defense (145.3 ypg) and pass defense (200 ypg), respectively, heading into Saturday's game against Vanderbilt.
It's safe to say that's not where the Bulldogs expected to be at this point of the season, especially when two of their first three opponents happened to be Buffalo and Florida Atlantic. They came into the season nine starters returning from a unit that finished fifth in the nation in total defense last year.
But the Bulldogs' defenders remain confident and prefer to point instead to the number in the team's win column.
"Me personally, I know how good we are," junior outside linebacker Jarvis Jones said. "Some of the numbers that y'all see, I know they're not the greatest and they're not like they were last year, but it's still early. We haven't done a lot on defense as far as a lot of our packages and stuff like that. So we've still got a lot to put in and there are still a lot of plays out there to be made. It's just the fourth game of the season."
It will also be the fourth consecutive game in which the Bulldogs haven't had their full complement of starters on the field. Four returning starters missed the first two games due to suspensions and two more – All-America free safety Bacarri Rambo and inside linebacker Alec Ogletree – will remain out for one more week.
That's at least partially to blame for Georgia giving up such an inordinate number of big plays in the early going. In three games the Bulldogs already have given up six plays of 36 or more yards, including scoring plays of 69, 43 and 41 yards.
The Bulldogs say it hasn't been the absence of the suspended players' skill sets as much as it has missing their experience of playing together.
"When you blitz and you don't cover every gap, you are exposed to something popping like it did on that run," coach Mark Richt said of Florida Atlantic's 43-yard touchdown run on a dive play. ""We've got to be more disciplined. We've got to be to be a little bit smarter and be a little better fundamentally."
Said linebacker Mike Gilliard: "I feel like we've got a lot of new faces out there and a lot of it has just been miscommunication and missed assignments. Right now we're working on that every day. We're out here trying to fix things like that that one big play could be what causes you to lose the game."
The positive for Georgia's defense is it has made good adjustments at halftime. The Bulldogs are allowing an average of 7.7 points in the second half this season. And they'll be down to just two absentees for Vanderbilt this week.
"As the young guys learn, it's going to make us that much better as our whole defense, our whole group of starters, is on the field at one time," said Jones, who missed last Saturday's game with a strained groin." That has yet to be. But when it does I think it's going to be something special."
Jones now No. 1 NFL prospect
Speaking of Jones, the Bulldogs' junior linebacker moved up from second to first on Mel Kiper's "Big Board of 2013 NFL draft prediction. Kiper had Jones as a first-rounder as a redshirt sophomore last year when Jones opted to come back for another year.
Asked if he was already resigned to losing Jones after this season, Richt laughed. "I'd be excited for Jarvis to get drafted that high," he said. "It's just a matter of when. But when that day comes I'll be genuinely thrilled for him."
O-line taking shape
Starting left guard Dallas Lee (sprained left ankle) remained in a green jersey and mostly ran on the side during Wednesday's practice. However, he was able to get scrimmage work against the scout team and seems likely to play Saturday.
"I'd guess there's a good chance but it's not guaranteed," Richt said. "You'd had to measure a gimpy Lee against a healthy [Mark] Beard. "
When Lee is not in the game, the Bulldogs will move left tackle Kenarious Gates inside to guard and bring in Beard, a first-year junior college transfer, to play left tackle. That's what they did this past Saturday when Lee went out in the second quarter.
"Beard played good enough to prove that he can get in there," Richt said. "So we might rotate them around in there."
Calling all punt returners
Georgia continues to experiment with punt returners. The Bulldogs have used four in three games – Damian Swann, Malcolm Mitchell, Chris Conley and Rhett McGowan — and haven't been particularly pleased with any of them. They're averaging just 8.8 yards a return and haven't been making good decisions with regard to when to field, fair catch or return.
"The main thing is that we're looking for a guy who will field the ball and communicate well," Richt said. "So I think we're still searching for that. But it's a tough job."
Etc. . . .
Richt said the No. 1 defense, after "not looking too sporty" against the No. 2 offense on Tuesday, was much better on Wednesday. The unit went 8-for-8 in holding the offense scoreless. . . . Richt said sophomore offensive lineman Kolton Houston still has not been cleared to play by the NCAA. . . . Offensive lineman Watts Dantzler (ankle), outside linebackers Josh Dawson (shoulder) and James DeLoach (shoulder) and wide receiver Rantavious Wooten (knee) were limited and/or held out of contact on Wednesday. . . . Asked again by a reporter on Wednesday's SEC coaches' teleconference if his team would be motivated by last year's post-game incident against Georgia, Vanderbilt coach James Franklin quipped, "I don't know what you're talking about." . . . UGA coach legend Vince Dooley will be the featured speaker and will sign books today at the Atlanta Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon at The Commerce Club at 191 Peachtree. Tickets are $30 and registration begins at 11:15 a.m.
September 19th, 2012
8:09 pm
September 19th, 2012
8:13 pm
Coach Grantham will have the "D" ready for Vandy…
Remember, it's just VANDY for Gawd's sakes!
September 19th, 2012
8:14 pm
Once the SEC play starts Saturday the D will start to gel……I think the team will have a little more fire once they see better competition.
September 19th, 2012
8:18 pm
Sitting here watching this putrid Buffalo offense against Kent State and wondering how our defense gave up 20+ points to these louts. Having said that, when you're missing 4 starters, all of whom will play on Sundays, that's going to hurt production a wee bit
September 19th, 2012
8:23 pm
The team needs all its offensive linemen healthly. Looking forward to seeing a healthy first and second unit. I believe it would make a hugh difference in the the run and pass game in SEC play. GO DAWGS!!
September 19th, 2012
8:23 pm
This thing with Houston is almost comical. What in the hell are they waiting for? Either tell the kid he can't play until…, tell him he is banned, or let the kid play. Why is this so complicated?
September 19th, 2012
8:26 pm
I'm with Jarvis, I'm not sweating the defense and have a good feeling of what is yet to come.
Furthermore, I believe those two cupcake games even though we gave up some nice chunks of yardage might actually be beneficial. Finding weaknesses to fill against lesser opponents is the place to do that. Grantam has proved he'll adjust at halftime. Vandy will be a different animal, we need to be tweaked at game time from here on out.
September 19th, 2012
8:37 pm
Eighth….Sorry I couldn't resist.
September 19th, 2012
8:39 pm
Is it bad that Kent State is keeping Buffalo at 7 at half time, and they only got that 7 on a hail mary?
September 19th, 2012
8:39 pm
I'm not buying the excuses.
Excuse #1- Suspended players are blame for poor games
a) Florida Atlantic barely scored on anyone all season, and somehow put up 20 points against UGA.
b) Commings & Vasser were both back for the Fla Atl game, and Fla Atl scored 20 points. And made almost every 3rd down conversion, in fact, 3rd down conversions got WORSE with Commings & Vasser back.
c) suspended players like Rambo & Ogletree are missing key reps at practice, and they'll be rusty when they return for the Tenn & SC & UF games like Commings & Vasser were.
Excuse #2- Not showing full package of defensive plays
a) UGA has faced 2 of the worst offenses in the NCAA, and yield @22 points per game. It's not like these teams are powerhouses. Should have been two shutouts.
b) If Grantham was simplfying packages, why did the team looked so confused in both first halfs, that UGA is now ranked #88 in first half rush defense, and #89 in first half pass defense? I think just the opposite happened, Grantham through too much on the new guys, and they didn't know their assignments. A few base defenses, executed with excellence, would have resulted in two shutouts. But complex schemes and too many formations thrown on the new guys, executed pathetically, leads to @22 points per game.
Excuse #3- Making great adjustments at halftime
a) I'd attribute this more to depth, then Grantham's adjustments. Look at how Grantham adjusted at halftime in big games in 2011 like Boise, SC, LSU, and Mich St and you'll see the truth there. When teams with equal defensive depth roll up on the schedule like SC, Tenn, UF, you can't win with depth anymore. How many points did LSU score in the second half of the SEC Championship?
b) The other problem with the defense taking the first half off, is when Richt gets behind at halftime in the score, his win % drops from 89% to 40%. So when UGA runs up against offenses that excel in the first half, like Vandy's #1 SEC ranked first half rush offense, or Tenn's #1 ranked SEC pass offense, they'll be able to run up the lead on UGA by halftime, and decrease Richt's chance of winning from 89% to 40%. by thetime Grantham's defense decides to play, it will be too late. The offense will have to abandon the run, and we all know how Murray does when that happens.
September 19th, 2012
8:41 pm
Seriously though, I'm glad we didn't start the year with a bunch of top 20 teams. Its given us time to come together as a team without a loss. That said, its time to play like we think we're good enough to play for at least most of the 60 minutes. We can't take the first quarter or two off against Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida, Tech and others and expect the same results. Georgia is a really good team, time will tell if we're a really great team. GO DAWGS!!!
September 19th, 2012
8:50 pm
The defense is doing great considering 4 starters missed the first 2 games.
September 19th, 2012
8:51 pm
Dr. P, Why don't you go find a team you do like, I'm tired of hearing your beocthing!
September 19th, 2012
9:00 pm
@Dr. P
Just curious, is there anything you are happy about?
Building depth on the O line with Beard.
Jarvis possible #1 overall draft choice.
We are 3 and 0
September 19th, 2012
9:06 pm
Dr. P
Isn't it time to put on your Star Trek pajamas and get back to studying ENME 301 Structure and Properties of Engineering. Materials?
September 19th, 2012
9:15 pm
Hell i just say lets out score them. Go Dawgs!
September 19th, 2012
9:16 pm
Certainly The Dawgs have not performed well this season on D.
The only test came vs Mizzou in the 4th qtr and they performed quite well.
It looks like we have another 1980, "Bend But Don't Break" D………….and that will be fine with me.
The D will stuff Vandy this Sat and the O will score almost at will.
Dawgs win by 21.
September 19th, 2012
9:19 pm
Do you realize that no one reads your posts?
I see a book typed by you above but no one is reading it.
Get it!?
GT Fans………..well, that's all ya gotta say.
September 19th, 2012
9:26 pm
Why haven't we seen branden smith as the punt returner and or kick off?
September 19th, 2012
9:32 pm
Dr P the D dindt give 20 on FAU it was 14.. yes it was an ugly 14 but lemay gave up 6. Itoo am concerned with our slow starts and watching ALA i dont see them them ever letting down. it makes wonder about our preperation and the teams moxie…
September 19th, 2012
9:37 pm
Why haven't we used Branden Smith at punt returner? He has a good bit of experience back there and is explosive.
September 19th, 2012
9:40 pm
Choke this.
September 19th, 2012
9:41 pm
i would suppose we are saving him for the real games…
September 19th, 2012
9:53 pm
That's a good question, Joe. I was wondering if B. Smith had been doing a bad job in practice or something. I think he's the best option to return punts.
September 19th, 2012
9:55 pm
I am concerned about the defense as well. What is the main problem? We might not be good on defense. Have we thought of that. We are an average team. Good but not great. 10-2 or 9-3 should be about right. I don't see much better. I will shocked if we do better. Coach of the year if we go 11-1.
September 19th, 2012
10:04 pm
We're 3-0 and ranked in the top 5. Obviously the experts think you don't have a clue!!!
September 19th, 2012
10:09 pm
I agree with DR P…..What has grantham proven against ranked teams….we look slow and confused…abry jones and corn washingtion are not making plays…we need ray drew to step it up…..we need to move corn back to OLB…and put garrison smith in his place….I didn't think we would miss boykin and tyson this bad but we do.We should of held buffalo and the owls to 6 points a piece….I don't know why we are running a bend but don't break…I guess grantham doesn't want to leave the unproven secondary out on a island with blitzing…..I think the dawgs give up 24 points to vandy this sat and we win by only 10points
September 19th, 2012
10:09 pm
Kent St has held a Buffalo( The same Buffalo Team that UGA gave up 23 points to) to 7 points.
September 19th, 2012
10:11 pm
September 19th, 2012
10:04 pm
We're 3-0 and ranked in the top 5. Obviously the experts think you don't have a clue!!!
Those same experts had USC No.1 Preseason and No.2 until last week.
You know what that No. 5 ranking means? Nothing….
September 19th, 2012
10:12 pm
It is a sign of poor coaching every year when it takes 4 games before you can line up and start playing without shooting yourself in the foot. Don't see Saban teams do that. Spurrier just suspends players but puts them back on the starting line-up on game days.
September 19th, 2012
10:13 pm
In 2011, when opponents scored 30 or more points, UGA went 0-4.
In 2011, when opponents scored 29 or less points, UGA went 10-0.
When you consider UGA is aloowing 22 points per game average, against teams like Fla Atl & Buffalo, it's not a stretch to see teams like Vandy, Tenn, SC, UF, Aub, GT, scoring 1 more td, or 30 points a game, on UGA.
After all, Boise, SC, LSU, and Mich St all scored 33-45 points on UGA last season.
It's not all on the defense. Murray tends to commit turnovers as the competition level increases, and special teams (UGA has no full time special teams coach) tend to give up big plays as competition levels rise. So it will be interesting to see how Murray performs over the next 5 weeks against teams like SC, Tenn & UF, and how the special teams perform—without a full time special teams coach.
September 19th, 2012
10:14 pm
hey william you are an complete moron…to think we are not any good on defense. we have all the talent in the world…they are just not being accordianly….I wish we could of gotten kirby smart…grantham has alot to prove
September 19th, 2012
10:19 pm
Wow… Even Kent State held Buffalo held to only 7 points. DANG!
September 19th, 2012
10:30 pm
Their is just no consistancy with this program…last year we were 5 in the nation in defense and just look where we are now…grantham is overated
September 19th, 2012
10:38 pm
Vanderbilt's special teams coach took UGA to the woodshed last year, wonder what he's cooked up in the off-season for this weekend? Vandy will be a great test for the special teams, should Vandy make a few big plays in special teams, could be an upset.
Vandy has also only lost 3 turnovers, where UGA has lost 6 turnovers, so look for Vandy to attempt to force turnovers with a vengance. I would expect to see Vandy go 2 safeties deep to try and pick 1 or 2 long passes. Look for Vandy to jump slant routes to try and get a pick, and to drop some guys in zone blitz to try and get an int. I would also expect to see Vandy flying to the ball when the UGA backs fumble on those inside toss runs. I expect Vandy to test the young OLinemen in the first half when they are the most nervous, to see if they can get them to jump offsides again, especially look for pre-snap movement on the dlines on 3rd downs.
You can expect Vandy's QB to run on 3rd downs where Grantham's schemes have been exposed, and also expect the 2 runningbacks, who both average over 7.5 yards per carry, to have big first halfs as they are ranked #1 in SEC first half rush offense and UGA is ranked #88 in first half rush defense, it's a HUGE mismatch Vandy will try and exploit. If Vandy calls the right plays on UGA blitzes, you can really burn UGA for big plays on blitzes, as Grantham is too agressive and tends to expose his secondary with high risk blitzes and get burned for big plays.
September 19th, 2012
10:39 pm
How about UGA's turnover margin @ -0.33 per game.. That will get you beat in a close game.
September 19th, 2012
10:44 pm
If your going to call someone a moron, at least learn how to spell so you don't look like one yourself.
September 19th, 2012
10:48 pm
The dawgs need 1 more point than the opposition and guess what? They did their job. The stats are impressive to nerds
September 19th, 2012
10:53 pm
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The dawgs need 1 more point than the opposition and guess what? They did their job. The stats are impressive to nerds
I see your point, but those "Nerds" are the ones programming those computer models that play a 1/3 of the BCS rankings which come out in about 4 weeks.
September 19th, 2012
10:56 pm
Sagarin( ONE of those NERDS) has UGA in the 20's for a ranking this week, and as SOS of 138 or so. Once UGA gets USC, TN, FL that number will drop but UGA will need some people in front of them to lose to gain traction, starting this weekend when Clemson visits FSU.
September 19th, 2012
11:07 pm
Only stat that matters. 3-0. 1-0 in SEC.
September 19th, 2012
11:07 pm
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At this point I disagree with you. "Style" points are important at this point in the season (3 games). It would be great to have a defense that just shut everyone down but, it's not the end all, at this juncture. Winning convincingly has turned heads so far. Entering into the conference schedule style points and a dominating defense will register more with voters (most of which are nerds) granted
September 19th, 2012
11:11 pm
One difference this year is the noticeable half-time adjustments. In prior years the opposing team's coaches were the ones making the right adjustments. So this is a positive turnaround.
September 19th, 2012
11:21 pm
Tick, tick, tick…only a matter of time before your offensive and defensive lines are exposed. Easy schedule has created an illusion of progress. Same ole Georgia. Same ole coaches. Nothing has changed. Nothing.
September 19th, 2012
11:38 pm
The more jealous hate shown on here, the better Georgia must be doing. #5 and rolling so far. The more frustrated the trolls become, the more I enjoy their post. It's been heaven, all the jealous hate so far. Keep it coming boy's, the men of Georgia march on and type what you want on your keyboard, what happens on the field is all that matters.
No regrets.
September 20th, 2012
12:11 am
Vandy special teams put on a clinic last year against UGA:
1) Vandy executed a fake punt
2) Vandy returned a kickoff for a touchdown
3) UGA missed two field goals
4) Vandy blocked a punt at the end to just miss winning the game.
Vandy also put up 200+ rushing yards on Grantham last year with Rambo, Commings, Vasser and Ogletree all playing.
September 20th, 2012
12:13 am
When fully stocked, the uga D will shut down everyone. Two first rounders at linebacker. 2 safety's projected to go before end of second round, a d tacked who will go top 10 and b smith, abry and Cornelius projected to go somewhere later in the draft. That's 8 nfl draft picks in the NEXT draft. M Mitchell, commings, Herrera and geathers will all be in the league eventually – so we are up to 12. Ray drew, jordan Jenkins and josh Harvey have years to go, but nfl potential.
Point: they haven't played with a full lineup yet and in game 1 and 3 they schemed vanilla.
Only statistic one should care about is win loss record – and around 11 pm Saturday, we'll be 4-0
September 20th, 2012
12:14 am
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September 20th, 2012
12:34 am
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I don't quite understand the point you are making. Georgia had four starters out on defense plus , I think Mitchell either missed the Buffalo game or wasn't at full speed. We scored 45 points and could have run up the score another 14 easily. So our Freshmen missed a few assignment that led to a score.
September 20th, 2012
12:51 am
Well I'm glad they're upset with the stats with a 3-0 record. I think these boys have the drive to improve every week. Time will tell. I think they all know they can have a special season — but even 1 loss will ruin that good feeling. Hopefully they have it covered. If Vandy scores more than 14, we're in for a fight the rest of the season IMHO.

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Much has been made lately of whether or not the iPad is a PC or not and should be counted as such. To me, the answer is obvious (of course it is). And, if the iPad can be counted among that number, then the iPhone surely should be a worthy and accepted candidate as well.
In my recent emergency trip this past week (brief update: My Dad is not out of the woods but the path ahead is a clear one), my iPhone 4 became my most used and primary computer for many reasons. This despite the fact I had both my iPad and MacBook Air with me and close at hand. It was the one best fitted to almost every situation I found myself in. Unobtrusive, agile, and the one with a constant and reliable internet connection.
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Finding and reserving a hotel using the Priceline app.
Using Orbitz in Mobile Safari to check car rental rates so that I had proper reference for negotiating the price I wanted once I got to the counter (ended up with a Ford Escape for $20 a day).
Using the heck out of Maps.app to find my way around.
I read a book in the Kindle.app (It's a really great book by the way. Highly recommended).
Took lots of notes with Simplenote.
Found the closest Starbucks and Chipotle with their respective apps.
Looked up tons of medical terms and procedures with Mobile Safari.
Showed off the latest family and vacation photos and videos to my Dad, nurses, and doctors.
It was my parking meter timer and alarm clock.
It was my tip calculator.
Captured tasks in OmniFocus.
Scheduled appointments in Agenda.
Started a few draft posts in PlainText (where I'm writing this now). Completed one and published it here. In fact, I write most things less than 1000 words these days on my iPhone, in landscape, using my thumbs and the onscreen keyboard. I'm pretty sure I'll be hospitalized for this eventually. The only question being, "Which ward?"
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I'm one of those few persons that aren't affected by aegyo. You know Minho's face when Key was doing it while wearing that pink shawl? That's me. I wondered why Taemin chose to do this in his pic on the Japanese blog.
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SHINee wins top ranking chart with a comeback after one and a half years!!
An explosion of joy (as they give an) "affectionate thank you".
Releasing their 4th mini-album "Sherlock" on March 21st, male group SHINee has their comeback after one and a half years. On March 29th, they won first place at M Countdown's live broadcast held at the CJ E and M Center in Sangam. [1]
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In that instant Jonghyun let out two war cries [2] of "Waaa". Key held the trophy up high and kissed it. After Onew gave a triumphant pose, they clapped hands to show their happiness.
Jonghyun spoke, "We've comeback after a year and half. Thank you for so much love. SHINee World (fan club name) Thank you! We'll work hard from here on too."
Taemin added with an astonished smile, "To everyone that gave us support, thank you from the bottom of my heart, please continue to support us".
Following Taemin (declaring) "We will show the Ring Ding Dong dance", the five of them performed this celebratory dance, the fans were delighted.
Before the encore stage, CNBlue's Jung Shin and Shinhwa's Min Woo gave them hugs of congratulations.
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After the comeback, SHINee gained the top rank on various music-related charts. On this day too, the title song "Sherlock" overwhelmed the audience with their powerful song and dance. They becoming a strong competitor for acts like BIG BANG and 2AM.
[1] Seoul, Mapo-gu, Sangnam-dong, 1606, CJ E & M Center, MNet Media
[2] It really does say that. 「わぁー」と雄叫び
SHINee held a fan sign event to commemorate their 4th mini album "Sherlock" going on sale in Times Square on March 28th.
On the previous day, they had won first place with their comeback on MBC music programme "Show Champion" [3] and the smiles couldn't be wiped off their faces.
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KISSIMMEE -- What Southwest Miami wouldn't give to have the first 15 minutes or so back of its state boys' volleyball semifinal.
Undefeated Longwood Lyman reeled off eight of the first nine points Saturday, cruising to a 25-10 first-set victory that left the Eagles with an uphill task they never could overcome despite being able to extend the match into a fourth set.
"I guess we weren't that ready at the beginning," Southwest captain Ricardo Reguera said.
Said libero Aaron Dos Santos: "They came to the game prepared, had their heads in the zone and knew what they had to do. [Lyman] caught us with our pants down."
Lyman (30-0) also broke open a close second set with six consecutive points in a 25-22 win. Southwest managed to win the third 25-22, but service mistakes doomed them as Lyman took the fourth 25-23.
"We got a couple of leads, but I guess our momentum went out again," Reguera said. "We missed serves and our blocks weren't there."
The Greyhounds advanced to a championship matchup against Central Florida rival Bishop Moore, which swept Coral Reef in the afternoon's second match.
Southwest (23-6) was seeking to make its fifth trip to the final in the state tournament's 11-year history. The Eagles won the inaugural state title in 2003, adding another in 2008 and finishing as runners-up the next two years.
But it wouldn't be easy against Lyman, which had been extended beyond three sets just twice since early April.
And the task became far tougher when Lyman got off to its fast start, traced in part to Southwest mistakes. Three of William Rodriguez's attack errors came in that opening sequence.
"We faltered at times, but I can't blame my team entirely," Dos Santos said. "[Lyman is] a strong team, too. They knew what they needed to do, and they executed."
Zach Rynning put down 24 kills for the Greyhounds, with Stash Kirsnowski adding another 17. Reguera led Southwest with 16 kills, and Rodriguez finished with 14.
"It hurts to the heart that we're done for the season," Dos Santos said. "But it's still impressive to be top four in the state. Very few people can come up here and do what we did."
• Bishop Moore d. Coral Reef 25-16, 25-17, 25-12: Bishop Moore, seeking its third state crown in four years, used its experience to leave the Barracudas (22-7) little breathing room .
Coral Reef did jump out to a 6-4 lead in the opening game before the Hornets (25-2) went on an 8-1 run. Bishop Moore has yet to lose a set in the postseason and has dropped just one since mid-April.
"Those kids play club [volleyball]," Barracudas coach Yasmin Ortiz said. "And when you play club, it becomes a major advantage when it comes to experience.
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Cedric Hankerson led Coral Reef with 14 kills, which was making its first trip to the state finals. Malik Audain added nine kills and Oscar Rouco had 13 digs.
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Staff behaviour was rude
The pool was amazing The restaurants were excellent Loved the little bars scattered around the hotel
The suite we had was true luxury for a very reasonable price. Pool is excellent.
An internet kiosk with printer would be nice
This hotel is in a perfect location with access to everything the strip has to offer. The rooms are very large and really well finished. The pools and bars are also great. This hotel is good value for money.
On our second night our room was not cleaned and the "do not disturb" sign from another room had been put on our door as if to excuse the non cleaning (our sign was in our room still). The customer service we received on our check out was also not great.
The pool scene was fabulous and the staff was amazing.
I asked for an upgrade and they gave me a room at the far end of the hotel overlooking the garbage. My room was next to the service area and the staff had a room across from my room. I was not impressed and due to that fact I wouldn't be interested in going back to this hotel.
Excellent location in the heart of the strip, staff was friendly, overall a great trip!
comfortable beds, great atmosphere, brilliant restuarants STK in particular was amazing, the staff were very helpful, Enrique Gomez in particular arranged a lot of brilliant reservations for us prior to arrival, the spa was fabulous
no tea or coffee making facilities in a room with a kitchen? So a kitchen but no kettle?
Excellent hotel clean and perfect location!
This was my second time in Vegas and wanted a more centric hotel with more vibe and young people. And the cosmopolitan is just that.
The only thing that I dislike was that we can hear the music of Marquee in our room (on the 33 floor).
The room was huge. The service was impeccable. The price was just right.
Great style, large rooms, younger crowd, nice restaurant options and centrally located.
Air conditioned pointed to the bed.
the location the bed the view the checkout procedure the room decro
no free bottle water
Great hotel. Great fitness centre and views.
No coffee machine in room which is obviously intentional so you use cafés in the hotel and fridge is pointless unless you want to spend lots of money on the mini bar.
Staff were attentive and extremely helpful Used the gym most days- excellent facility.
Every aspect of the Cosmo is first rate. Especially the staff. The dining and bar experiences are unique and memorable. The location and vibe throughout the hotel is unrivalled. All other aspects as can be seen in the various photo's are clearly amazing. Would certainly stay at Cosmo again.
Having to leave.
No coffee making facility in the room
Excellent experience, with a great atmosphere and vibe!
Great location
There is a very bad service at the hotel. They were not able help in any of our simple suggestions like late checkouts, reservations, etc. They did no clean the room every day neat. We got a suite with view and they make you do a big line like disney world to get to the only restaurant who serves breakfast. And the service was horrible also. The hotel is usually so crowded it is like going to a mall on labor day sales. My recommendation there are so many hotels in Vegas so do not stay there.
No rollaway beds?!? It's all good. We had a great time!
Very friendly and helpful staff; Perfect location; Very clean; Great pools with water beds; Comfortable rooms; Delicious breakfast with a very big choice, beautifully presented, and served from 8am to 2pm.
I didn't like that I had to leave the place.
The rooms seemed quite new and fresh. Effective and quiet aircon. Comfortable, not too soft queen sized beds. Big shower booth. Semi seperate toilet to the double sinks.
As I was travelling with a friend, I had absolutely NO appreciation for the outside-the-shower curtain. "Fun" gimmick when you're travelling with a wife/partner, I suppose.
Loved it all!
The Hotel was clean, staff were pleasant nothing was too much trouble, large bathroom and good size beds. Hotel was very lavish, everything was so easy to get too. would stay there again.
The decor. The location.
The staff was not accommodating as I booked a two queen bed suite upgraded my group with only one bed.
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- 3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
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- Beat butter with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add sugar, beating well. Beat in egg yolk and vanilla.
- Combine flour and salt; stir into butter mixture. Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
- Beat egg white slightly. Dip each ball into egg white, and roll in nuts. Place 1 inch apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Press thumb deeply into center of each cookie. Bake at 350° for 10 minutes or until lightly browned. Fill center with about 1/2 rounded teaspoon preserves.
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My nine-month-old daughter has had a problem with constipation for the last two months. I have tried everything and I am still breastfeeding. I do not know if it is something that I am eating or not. I try to eat very well and I take flaxseed oil daily. I have cut out all constipating items in my daughter's diet: no bananas, apples or rice cereal and I am trying to give her pitted friuts, water and non-constipating foods.
My doctor has suggested giving her mineral oil and I'm not sure about that. I do not even put it on my skin! What should I do?
"Constipated" means different things to different people. In pediatrics, a constipated child passes hard, painful stools. Soft stools, even if infrequent, wouldn't be considered constipation.
Assuming that your daughter is having difficulty with hard stools, the problem shouldn't be your diet (as you've already found out by modifying it), but something within her system.
There are five ways to combat constipation:
- Offer fewer constipating foods, as you have done.
- Offer more foods that promote the passing of stool: uncooked fruits and vegetables and foods with a high fiber content. Prunes are among the best fruits for this purpose, but most other fruits–excluding apples and bananas–work. If prunes don't go over well, prune juice is worth a try. Bran muffins are another food worth trying.
- Move around more. This is more relevant for older children and adults. Regular activity helps promote regular bowel activity.
- Offer more fluids. Enough liquid to keep the urine a pale yellow color is usually adequate. Dehydration dries out stools as well as other parts of the body. The caveat here for toddlers is that excess whole milk consumption tends to cause constipation.
- Medicate. There are multiple categories of agents, from stool softeners to gut stimulants to bulking agents to mineral oil. Among them, mineral oil and gentle stool softeners tend to be used first in children.
I sense that you aren't eager to use medicines. One product you may want to look for is a Metamucil wafer, which is essentially a high-fiber graham cracker. But since medicines should be a last resort, try maximizing use of the other strategies instead, to see if you achieve the desired results.


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Manual and automated readings of the snow on the Sierra Nevada conducted Thursday by hydrologists from the state Department of Water Resources revealed only 12 percent of the water content expected at this time of year, according to a DWR news release. Snowmelt runoff normally provides about a third of the water used by California farms and cities.
The readings Thursday were the lowest measured water content since the state began keeping records in 1960. During the drought of 1977, the water content was 25 percent of normal. During the drought of 1991, the water content was 21 percent of normal.
According to DWR, 2013 was the driest calendar year on record since 1895.
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An arrest warrant has been issued for a commercial trucker from Michigan charged with transporting invasive zebra mussels into Washington state aboard a 50-foot cabin cruiser.
David Derderian, 44, of Fraser, Michigan, was charged in Kittitas County Lower District Court last November with unlawful transportation of a deleterious exotic species and making false statements to law enforcement officers.
The court issued a warrant for Derderian's arrest when he failed to appear for his arraignment January 13, said Michael Boska, deputy prosecutor for Kittitas County.
"We appreciate the court's help on this case," said Bruce Bjork, chief of enforcement for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), which sought the initial charges against Derderian. "We need to do everything we can to keep zebra mussels and other invasive species out of this state."
Zebra mussels are small, freshwater mollusks that can quickly infest lakes and rivers, threatening native fish species and public water systems, Bjork said. Since the 1980s, when zebra mussels entered the Great Lakes in ships' ballast water, they have spread to more than 20 states, including Michigan.
The invasive mussels often spread by attaching themselves to boats and trailers. Washington state law prohibits the transportation of aquatic invasive species on boats or trailers and allows state authorities to stop them for inspection.
The charges against Derderian stem from the delivery of a Sea Ray cabin cruiser from Lake Michigan to Washington. Derderian was hauling the boat when he was stopped November 14 by the Washington State Patrol at the Cle Elum truck scale on Interstate 90.
State patrol commercial vehicle officers found zebra mussels on the boat and alerted WDFW, which has special equipment to decontaminate boats carrying zebra mussels. But Derderian left with the boat and continued to Blaine before the WDFW officers could arrive at the scene, according to the department's report.
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"We are pressing for federal charges in this case," Bjork said. "It's essential that we have people's cooperation in our efforts to keep zebra mussels and other invasive species out of Washington. Besides the risks to fish and shellfish, these invaders have already cost industry, government and private citizens billions of dollars in damage to water and hydropower facilities in this country."
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That's why they recently hired First Solar to build them a 10 MW PV solar plant in Boulder City, Nevada. That plant was finished about four months ago, and now Sempra wants more. They are having First Solar expand the plant from 10 MW to a total of 58 MW by the end of 2010.
The spokespeople from Sempra and First Solar are making a point of mentioning that 58 megawatts will make this PV plant the – surprise, surprise – biggest in the cialis online US when completed. I joke only because boasting about the country's biggest PV plant in 2009 is like boasting about the country's tallest skyscraper in 1909, or the biggest hard drive in 1999; the best is yet to come, folks.
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This week, after popular demand, we brought back beefy Michael Buck. This is Michael's second foray into the world of Man-to-Man sex. After his first solo, Michael agreed to experiment with another guy, which led to his first time with another native Floridian, Lee a couple weeks later. It was an unforgettable experience that left Michael wanting more. At 30 years of age, standing 6' tall with a solid muscular build, his rugged exterior by no means defines him. Michael is, however, getting better acquainted with what the other side is willing to offer. We are more than happy to help out. One woman just isn't enough for Mr. Buck, even though he's back with his ex and living in Ft. Lauderdale. We're glad he's decided to 'share the horny wealth' with us. Sean, who was first featured on our brother site ExtraBigDicks, is 20 years old and a native New Yorker. He is now living in Ft. Lauderdale as well. He's a lean 165 pounds on a 6'3 boyish frame with a thick man-sized cock to boot. He recently had some of the best sex he's had in ages when he reunited with an ex as well! Seems like neither of these boys have trouble going back for seconds when the gettin' is good. Fortunately for us, while the ex's are away �these two intend to stray! Play on, Playahs!Sitting side by side on the couch, Michael's already tuggin at his dick before they've even begun. Michael flexes his big gun for Sean, who reaches over for a quick feel and seizes the opportunity to go in for a kiss. Michael, caught off guard, recovers in seconds as he begins to passionately kiss him back. Sean tongues Michael's muscular neck and shoulder as they lose what inhibitions they may have had. Michael's shirt comes off as Sean goes crazy licking the muscular wonderland that lay before him. His nipples, his pits, even his huge biceps are among the new toys to be savored and explored. Michael just grins as he allows young Sean to have his way with him. Michael then straddles young Sean to continue flexing for him while Sean looks up in awe of what years of dedication and discipline have earned Mr. Buck. Michael then begins to kiss Sean's neck, gradually sliding down to the floor as he kisses and licks his way to Sean's swelling cock. Michael, now on all fours, wastes no time as he hauls out Sean's thick cock and swallows it!Sean's cock is rock hard in seconds as he bobs Michael's head up and down on his throbbing 8� fuck pole. The look on Sean's face says it all as he lies back to enjoy all of Michael's efforts. He needs a better position as he lays Michael down and straddles his face giving him a slow sensual face fuck. Michael just licks and laps at Sean's meat. Sean slaps Michaels face and moans as he slides every inch into Michael's novice throat. Michael is loving every second of it as young Sean fucks his spit-shined face. Even after gagging on it a few times, Michael isn't deterred. He knows what he wants! Sean patiently continues feeding him dick and regularly ordering the straight boy to suck his cock! Feeling left out, Sean pulls out, moves behind him as he slides his cock back into Michael's hungry mouth, and leans forward for some of Michael's! Michael moans his approval with his mouth stuffed full of Sean's cock. Locked in a 69 position, these two won't last much longer! They break up their 69 and sit back to get their aching cocks off. Sean, sitting behind Michael, is the first to explode. He groans and unloads as his jizz coats Michael's right shoulder, cascading down his hard pecs! The feel of Sean's hot load coating his shoulder and pecs is too much, sending him over the edge as he too busts his thick nut! From the looks of things, we have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more of Mr. Buck. And a lot more of hung Sean wouldn't be bad either!
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Any current favorites besides Audiograbber?
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I have to say I really like this program even though it is no longer updated. Does miss some features that dbpoweramp and EAC has, but is worth a try. One of my favourite CD ripping apps.
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Very simple to use, and produces good quality files. Also supports CDDB, to help with the file naming.
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Very terrible? Any reason why?
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In SQL 2005 there are # of system views to view information related to indexes, i am wondering if there is any system dmv that stores the usage of index, information like how often a index is used and when a index is last used or if there are any indexes in a database that are never used before?
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There are loads and I think the way to use them is pretty much beyond the scope of an answer here. I have listed some of the most useful in most cases below. I would suggest you search for blog articles or BOL for explanations of how they can be combined to provide information on how your indexes are being used and how you might adjust them to improve your server and database performance.
Existing index data is stored in:
information regarding indexes that might be created to give a potential performance improvement: dm_db_missing_index_columns
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Yup. But you should also learn about when indexes that don't seem to be used actually could be.
Mar 28, 2010 at 06:23 AM Rob Farley
excellent point Rob. I should have mentioned that too, my only possible excuse is that we just lost our daylight savings hour and I've only had one coffee so far today!
Mar 28, 2010 at 06:41 AM Fatherjack ♦♦
+1 Very informative response.
Mar 28, 2010 at 01:00 PM CirqueDeSQLeil
Here's an excellent example of how to use the missing indexes DMVs, and one for unused indexes too.
There are lots more available on SSC too.
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thanks for finding some links, I have some on my office PC, not here at home...
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The evaluation assessed the nutritional support to refugees and internally displaced persons delivered throughout: general food distribution; cash and food for assets; nutritional support to children under five, pregnant and lactating women; supplementary feeding to infants aged 6-59 months; and school feeding.
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Human Resources
Title: Library Associate, Government Documents
Classification: C2
Department: Library
Job Title: Library Associate, Government Documents
Department: Library
Job summary
Assists with the work of the Government Documents department, receiving, processing and maintaining the Federal Depository Collection, manages the acquisition and processing of the University Libraries annual reports collection, and assists in Course Reserve and Document Delivery as needed.
Primary duties (Scope of Work)
Government Documents
Document Delivery & Course Reserve
Minimum Required Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
Supervision Received
Supervised by a designated manager, but is expected to work independently and apply appropriate policies and procedures within the assigned area of responsibility
Supervision Exercised
Coordinate the work of student employees within the department. May have limited supervision of departmental projects.
Revised Date: March 2008 For questions regarding employment, email Human Resources Employment Information. TDD Callers: Call Michigan Relay Center 1-800-649-3777.


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random caleb hotness
Thursday, August 13, 2009
It's Random Hotness Day! This is Caleb. I'm assuming that Caleb is a model. I don't think Caleb is wearing any underwear. He also seems to be signifying his love of something unusual (I kid... wrong pocket).
Also, Caleb is just plain hot.
And that's all I know. Other than the fact that he reminds me of some Generic Actor Guy in the body shot, and I can't think for the life of me who that particular GAG might be...