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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Bill Taylor sensed something special was about to happen.
Taylor, director of Lipscomb's men's and women's cross country and track and field, gathered his athletes together for a retreat at the Ocoee Center prior to the start of the fall semester.
"We were at a bonfire," Taylor said. "We had a great time of singing praise songs together. People were praying and being bold about their prayers…speaking encouragement to each other. It was something we had never experienced at that level. "
He sensed it even stronger when the cross country team attended Ethos Church and heard Dave Clayton preach. The services are held at The Cannery.
"That was the first time I had scheduled all of us to go to Ethos for its evening service at 5," Taylor said. "We were there as a team. The place was packed. It was standing room only."
Clayton told everyone that there would be baptisms that night.
"I guess they only get to do baptisms there two or three times a year," Taylor said. "They bring out a big trough and fill it with water.
"The sermon didn't have anything to do with baptism. But at the end there was talk about baptism."
Junior Dan Coleman, from Champaign, Ill., and freshman Cooper Wall, from Poulsbo, Wash., made the decision to be baptized there. Andrew Jones, a former member of the cross country team, was also baptized.
"We were all excited to see that happen," Taylor said.
But those three baptisms were not the last of the night.
Gordon decides it's time
The team met on the South concourse at Allen Arena for a chicken dinner to close out the week of training.
Brooke Gordon, from Arden, N.C., let it be known at the dinner that she had made the decision to be baptized. Actually, she had expressed her desire to be baptized while at Ethos, but wanted her parents to see it on FaceTime. Team members left Allen Arena after dinner and gathered at the Osman Fountain in Bison Square.
"She called her parents and talked it over with them," Taylor said. "They wanted to be at her baptism, but she wanted to do it now.
"We pulled the grates up. Brooke requested that Minna Fields perform her baptism."
"We could not get a signal strong enough for FaceTime so the team did what we do best," Gordon said. "We collaborated to document as much as we could.
"We had teammates taking videos, singing worship songs together, praying and taking pictures. My roommate was in the fountain with me on speaker phone."
Fields had talked with Gordon at Ethos and helped her to make her decision to be baptized before the day was done.
"Minna was important because she was the one in Ethos who was watching me and helped me follow my heart and the voice of the Lord," Gordon said. "Had she not been looking out for me, and had she not been persistent in having me listen to my heart and the Lord's plan, I might have ignored God's plan for me and missed out on what was easily one of the best moments of my life."
As the group was preparing to leave after Gordon's baptism, Grant Stromberg, a sophomore from Pacific Palisades, Calif., decided it was time for him to be baptized as well.
No surprise
Taylor was not surprised at the decisions based on what he had been observing since the athletes returned to school.
"This unifies our purpose and puts it in perspective," Taylor said. "We are taking these steps of hopefully being a program of revival.
"I am excited about the people that we have and the way the program is going. There is spiritual growth and the desire to be bold and make public statements about Christ. God is blessing us with the right kind of people."
Taylor's voice shows the emotion of what he is seeing with the team and he apologizes for shedding a tear or two.
"It was unexpected and it was awesome," Taylor said. "Everyone on the team was excited.
"People were happy. People were emotional. It reminds us of what is most important. Whatever I have done in my coaching career, if I have done nothing for 24 years of coaching but got to this point where there is an opportunity for people to be baptized into Christ, which is more than enough."
End of a struggle
Stromberg admits that he had been struggling with his faith during the summer.
"Personally, I have had a really tough time in all aspects of my life the past four years," Stromberg said. "But at the end of the summer God reached out to me and stopped me from making a life-changing decision.
"As I came back to school I felt the love from my team surrounding me constantly, which is truly what I needed. I had not been baptized before because I never felt that I understood enough. But after this summer I learned it was not about what you know, it is about if you know. It was time for me to take the next step in strengthening my faith."
Answering a heart tug
Coleman was baptized at what he says was "a very young age" because it seemed like the thing to do.
"I didn't know why," Coleman said. "That was just the way it was.
"I had learned in Sunday school that Jesus was baptized and that he called us to, but I didn't really understand why. So I got baptized and my family celebrated."
It wasn't a snap decision for Coleman to be baptized again. He had been contemplating it for several months. The time to follow through was Sunday night before the start of the Fall semester.
"For the last year getting baptized has been something tugging on my heart," Coleman said. "I had felt a pretty persistent pull of something telling me that I should do it.
"For a long time I was battling with whether it was something that I was supposed to do to have self-affirmation, or if it was something that the Holy Spirit was calling me to do. The night I was baptized was the night I felt the clear message of the Holy Spirit."
Coleman also was moved by what Andrew Jones, a close friend as well as a former teammate, said as he was being baptized.
"Andrew pretty much said exactly how I was feeling when he was getting baptized," Coleman said. "Through him I felt the Lord talking to me, telling me to be at peace with my fears and take a bold step of faith. I decided to get baptized because it was new step for me.
"It was a decision to live a new life. It was a new journey, a journey where I was not the leader, but the follower."
A seed grows at Lipscomb
Wall draws on the parable of the sower in talking about his desire to be baptized.
"God was the gardener and I was a seed he was trying to place into fertile soil," Wall said. "The trouble was I had a river of pride and selfishness that kept flowing through my life that kept washing the little seed I was from the place where God wanted me to be into other rocky soil.
"However, coming to Lipscomb and joining the cross country team/family was, in a metaphorical sense, the action of the little seed that I was. I was placed into the middle of 1,000 acres of fertile soil, making it impossible for me to wash onto the rocky soil again."
Wall saw God working in the lives of every member of the cross country team as he went through training week. When the team went as a group to Ethos to close training camp, he knew the time was right.
"We were all praising God together at Ethos," Wall said. "A new river began to flow through my soul. I felt chills rush through my body as I stood there with my team. I felt God telling me that I need to start the new school year with him."
When the invitation call was made Wall didn't hesitate to answer.
"Coach Taylor talked all week about `buying in' and `committing to the team," Wall said. "But what I didn't notice was that there were two teams I needed to buy into – the Lipscomb Cross Country team and Team Jesus.
"I realize that life isn't going to be rainbows and unicorns. College is going to be hard. However, what I also know is that I have a team that will surround me with love and Christ-like values and that will also encourage me in my journey to become more like Jesus. God is good."
A loving team
Gordon pointed to the importance of being surrounded by teammates and an overall campus environment that helps her to thrive in her Christian walk.
"The overwhelming level of love, joy and comfort given to me by this team during training camp week played a huge part in my decision," Gordon said. "All week, you could see the Lord's work through the members of my team.
"The ability to be in a place where you can drop everything you are doing and just thank the Lord for All he does is truly amazing. Seeing girls so strong in their faith allowed me to find comfort in my own."
Gordon is convinced that God led her to Lipscomb for a purpose.
"The cross country team welcomed me with open arms," Gordon said. "They allowed me, as well as the other freshmen, to be part of multiple prayer and worship sessions that truly warmed my heart and verified my decision. I definitely knew I was in the right place.
"Being able to pull everything together and have this ceremony with my team made it all the more special because I truly believe they are all placed in my life to shape me into an even better person each day I am here. I had been waiting for years to find the right day, time, place and group to share my baptism with. I truly think it could have not gone any better."
Muller gets double blessing
Tim Muller, a senior, received a double blessing when he baptized Coleman and Stromberg.
"It was definitely the most amazing way to end training camp with so many of the people on our team being baptized," Muller said. "I know people say it a lot but our team is so much more a family than anything else. We all depend on each other for so much. I know the people who got baptized were in the presence of family.
"I was extremely humbled to be able to do the actual baptizing. It has been awhile since I got baptized and you lose appreciation for what a statement it really is. It is so amazing to be with a brother who is acknowledging he is dead to sin but alive in Christ. To be able to be part of that and glorify God all the way is truly an amazing experience."


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Brian B. needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 23 freelance designers.
Need new logo that can be then incorporated into stationary, biz cards, web site, etc.
Academic Receivables
Would like to see the company name incoprated into the design. Academic Receivables is a firm specialized in helping colleges and universites collect tution and housing payemnts form students. It is not a collection agency but rather an offshoot form an existing law practice.
- our tag line is: "Making a difficult task easy", pls use it in some way
- thinking maybe incorporating a motar board into logo possibly on top of "A" in Academic Receivables, but very open to muliple desings.
- clean contempory look
- professional without being stuffy
- no pictures of wild geese
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A First Look at Flash 9 for Linux Beta
Not Too Shabby for a Beta
According to the Adobe Labs Web site, the big new features in Flash 9 are a full-screen display and a version that runs under Linux. I downloaded the plug-in for Firefox, as well as the standalone Flash Player, to see how it worked.
While I was able to display existing Flash 7 content and able to view newer full-screen Flash 9 movies, I couldn't get it to fill the desktop on my SUSE Linux 10.0-powered HP Pavilion laptop. The standalone Linux player had some troubles, too.
But hey, that's why it's a beta release.
Do you want to help wring out the software? Here's how you can get it loaded and give it a try. Don't forget to feed your comments back to the development team.
Here's how my quick review went. First, I installed Flash 9 on my SUSE laptop with Firefox (version 184.108.40.206) and Konqueror (version 3.4.2).
The easiest way to get the plugin working is to make sure that Flash 7 is installed first. Start Firefox and go to a known Flash 7 site, such as the main Disney page. What can I say? I'm from Central Florida. Besides, the site is a good test, because the images are complicated and have roll overs.
If you have the right version of Flash installed, you should see the theme park styled map. If not, you'll get a download screen to use to download the Flash 7 package.
After it's downloaded, restart Firefox and the Flash content should be visible. Right click to get the little pop-up window that verifies that Flash 7 is installed.
Now you can go to the Flash 9 update page and click on the update link under the download panel. Download the Installer for Linux .gz plug-in file to a known directory. You can also grab the standalone player .gz file now, too.
Move over to your download directory and untar the file. I used root for this.
/root# tar -xzvf FP9_plugin_beta_101806.tar.gz/
Change to the flash-player-plugin-x.x.xx.xx directory and copy the libflashplayer.so file to your ~/.mozilla/plugins directory.
Upon restarting Firefox, you should now be able to display Flash 9, as well as older legacy Flash content. Go to the Disney site and right click to verify that Flash 9 is operating.
The community has provided some interesting movies and they appear on the Flash 9 demo page. Make sure to watch the Hyperactive human drum machine guy on the Dailymotion link. Let's just say I'm still chuckling to myself this morning. I wonder if he knows Yahoo Serious?
As I stated earlier, I was able to bring up both legacy and Flash 9 videos, but was unable to make them take over my desktop. The minimize/maximize button appeared in the upper left hand corner of the video screen, but had no effect on the picture. The colors seemed a little more vivid and the motion a little smoother with Flash 9 content than the older stuff.
Getting Flash 9 working with Konqueror wasn't that hard. Make sure Flash 7 has been loaded. Then download and load the Linux installer. The only exception is that you need to copy the libflashplayer.so file to the /usr/lib/browser-plugins directory instead of ~/.mozilla/plugins.
Now, start Konqueror and give it a spin.
Sadly, I was unable to run the videos full screen under Konqueror, either. No doubt, a few things need to be fixed.
To try to eliminate the Linux distribution as a possible source of failure, I also downloaded Flash 9 under a Live DVD version of Ubuntu. Same machine. Same result, no full screen. The libflashplayer.so file goes in the same ~/.mozilla/plugins directory, by the way.
The standalone Flash 9 player started and ran, but couldn't load or view any Flash videos at all. I tried using the demo links and the Disney link, but all I'd get was a quick blip on the screen and no video.
The program would switch to full screen, but alas, that didn't help much.
Want to help troubleshoot? Download and untar the FP9_standalone_beta_101806.tar.gz file. You'll need to change the permission on the gflashplayer file in the resultant flash-player-standalone-184.108.40.206 directory to allow execution. It can then be started with ./gflashplayer. Copy in a Flash URL and give it a try.
Perhaps your experience will be better than mine.
I'm happy to see that Adobe is working on improved features for their Flash family of products. It would have been nice to see it work right. With a little more work and some community help, I hope we will see continuing progress for Linux and Open Source based systems.
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Jewel's Colorful Corner
Name: Julie P.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Size: 110 square feet
Your Favorite Thing About Your Outdoor Space: I love that even though there are many neighbors close by, it really feels very private. I'm up on a hill, and the view is wonderful. I sit and watch the sunset most every night.
Biggest Design Challenge With This Space: The big utility box and meters are a little hard to ignore. The utility co. doesn't need to get to the box very often, so I propped a trellis up, and planted some morning glories, rather late, but they're climbing!
Tips for Creating a Great Small Outdoor Space: Use what you have. Most of what's on my patio was either given to me, or found in some other room of my house. I like having color to compliment the flowers, so I spray-painted the chairs this year, and bought the red can from Ikea for yard waste. And I always make sure I have two tomato plants (on either side of the birdbath). Tomatoes make me happy! I haven't given as much thought to the outside, as I have inside of my apt., because I just think of it as a place that's meant to change year-to-year, and just a place to relax, without a lot of effort.
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By Jamie Gardner
For months it has been rumored that an investigation into illegal telephone monitoring/eavesdropping has been ongoing at the Appling County Board of Education. On Monday, District Attorney Jackie L. Johnson made a presentation to board members and members of the public about an investigation her office conducted. The following is a letter Johnson presented to the board on the matter.
Dear Board Members:
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This paper briefly reviews the role that grain legumes can play in sustaining cropping systems. It presents various estimates of N fixation of grain legumes, with lupin and fababean showing the highest rates, followed by peas and lentils, chickpeas, and soybeans. Phaseolus beans are generally poor N fixers. Fababeans are more tolerant of soil mineral N than other species and will still fix large quantities of N when mineral N is present. Under drought stressed conditions, peas and lentils were more efficient in N fixation than fababeans. Only in lupins and fababeans was N fixation normally greater than the N removed in the seed. The roots and nodules of grain legumes are likely to be the greatest source of N for following crops. This N is often quickly mineralized within several weeks after harvest, and strategies are needed to prevent its loss. Grain legumes are also beneficial break crops, particularly for soil-borne diseases, and can help to control certain grassy weeds. Preceding grain legumes with a brassica crop has reduced the incidence of Aphanomyces root rot in peas, due to sulfur containing compounds. Most grain legumes suffer reduced yields if soils are compacted and poorly aerated. The paper contains numerous references and tables on nitrogen relations.


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How to Make Perfect Tea With No Fuss
U.K. engineers have invented a machine that will make the perfect cup of tea every time in just two minutes. It is so good, they claim, you don't even need milk.
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Author Notes: Roasted rhubarb, cranberries, walnuts and pinches of orange zest, over greens dressed in a balsamic-walnut dressing over baby greens makes a little sweet & tart salad! These crimson celery-like stalks are often matched with a variety of fruits to make a delicious sweet treat. Rhubarb, however, is actually a vegetable, and in 1947 (per wiki) a New York court decided that since it was used in the US as a fruit, it was to be counted as fruit for the purposes of regulations, the tariffs were higher for vegetables than fruits! Anyway, my idea, to roast the rhubarb was adapted from Eating Well; it has become one of my favorite ways to enjoy it. I hope you will try it too! —lapadia
Makes: 4 servings
2 cups fresh rhubarb – cut 1/2-inch
2 tablespoons sugar
8 cups baby greens
1/4 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
1/4 cup dried cranberries
Zest from one orange
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1 tablespoon walnut oil
2 tablespoons minced shallot
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Toast the walnuts: place in a skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stir constantly until they smell fragrant, 2 to 4 minutes.
- Toss the rhubarb & sugar in a medium bowl until coated evenly; let sit about 10 minutes - stir a couple times.
- Spread rhubarb onto a baking sheet with rim, and roast about 5 minutes or until it starts to soften, let cool 10 minutes.
- Whisk the vinegar, oil, shallot, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add greens; toss to coat with the dressing.
- Divide onto 4 plates. Top with the rhubarb, walnuts, cranberries and orange zest.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Spring Vegetable Recipe
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I knew I would like this polish and it turned out much like how I expected: silver glitter in bright blue jelly. What's not to like? Happy, festive, glittery! VNL doesn't really quite disappear though, even after four coats. People have expressed disappointment that this wasn't a darker blue like the original but I have to say I'm pretty happy with this shade of blue as it is.
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Just thought I'd chime in here, I made a move from HostGator to InMotion and I'm quite happy, here's the link:
I signed on with the PowerPro plan, it's a shared business hosting plan, but I've also setup clients on their VPS servers as well. Nice, and fast, good response on tech support, and always able to help.
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mikecorrales needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 181 designs submitted by 61 freelance designers.
We will soon be launching a new marketing training program that teaches a new discipline of Marketing. The logo needs a fun, yet professional.
We subscribe to the design philosophies of:
And we love the design of anything Apple does, but especially:
BRlDGEGAP MARKETlNG
We do: Training on Online and Offline Marketing Techniques
Our target customer is:
Online and offline Small Business Owners, Entrepreneurs, and Marketing Consultants
- We are open to other fonts, however we very much like the font "KlNG RlCHARD"desktoppub.about.com/library/fonts/tx/uc_kingrichard.htm
- We very much want to play up the role of the BRlDGE as a C0NNECT0R.
- The name should, if possible, have .COM and .MOBI stacked on top of each other in the logo (they can both be small)
- Black or dark backgrounds with lighter white or contrasting colors for fonts. Bold greens? But I'm NOT married to this.
- Very open to creativity and very interested in an environmental overtone.
- Flat, boring design.
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SOURCE: JC Data Solutions, Inc.
December 28, 2012 09:30 ET
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwire - Dec 28, 2012) - JC Data Solutions (PINKSHEETS: JCDS), is a provider of innovative and cost-effective solutions for digital data processing and management focusing on the Oil & Gas, Legal and Healthcare industries.
Our Payment Manager™ software and service continues to expand and until recently has been the supporting core of our business and its development efforts.
JC Data Solutions has been in the process of developing two new products over the last two years for both the Oil & Gas and Healthcare industries. JCDS teamed with other companies to develop these new products. Because of this teaming, two new companies have been formed both 50% owned by JCDS.
Claims Expeditors, LLC was formed with Turbo Claims and Aeris Solutions, LLC was formed with Pago Solutions. Aeris Solutions' product is still in development and is scheduled for completion by the end of April, 2013. This product, a variation of the Payment Manager™ system, is designed to support state and federal land lease bids for the oil and gas industry. We are excited about the potential of this new product and as it nears completion more information will be released.
Claims Expeditors, LLC has developed Appeal Manager™ which is designed to facilitate the collection of zero or partial paid claims from independent insurance companies. By utilizing patient information, the Explanation of Benefits and the Summary Plan Description, Appeal Manager™ presents the required information along with federal regulations, namely ERISA, to the insurance companies in a systematic way to recover those uncollected funds.
This product is set for release January 7th, 2013 and has several healthcare clinics already committed for the online service. Claims Expeditors has contracted the services of a sales force that has offices throughout the U.S. More information will be released as we roll out this product.
"We have been focused on the growth of our business over the last few years and we are eager to start putting our long efforts of development in releasing Appeal Manager™ to the market place. With the success of our Payment Manager™ product over the last several years, Appeal Manager™ is a welcomed addition. The development of both new products encountered unforeseen delays which lead to the delay in releasing any of this information to the public. We are still a non-reporting Pinksheets company but hope to release unaudited financials before the end of our fiscal year, June 30th, 2013," says Cary Allen, CEO, JC Data Solutions, Inc.
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This press release contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements in this release that are "forward-looking statements" are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as: the effect of general economic and market conditions, entry into markets with vigorous competition, market acceptance of new products and services, continued acceptance of existing products and services, technological shifts, and delays in product development and related product release schedules, any of which may cause revenues and income to fall short of anticipated levels.
All information in this release is as of the date of this release.
For Information go to our web site at www.jcdata.com or call:
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Blanco leads the way as Giants rout Braves
San Francisco, CA – Gregor Blanco hit a three-run double and an RBI triple, while Madison Bumgarner tossed seven stellar frames as the San Francisco Giants downed the Atlanta Braves, 10-1, in the third installment of a four-game set at AT&T Park.
Pablo Sandoval added a solo homer and Brandon Belt hit a two-run single for the Giants, who pushed across four runs in both the fifth and eighth innings.
Bumgarner (4-1) fanned 11 batters and allowed one run on four hits for San Francisco, which has won three of four and nine of its last 12 overall.
"He throws his cutter into righties and makes righties feel uneasy," Atlanta third baseman Chris Johnson said of facing Bumgarner. "Then he throws his two- seamer away and his slider. His changeup was good. With a guy like that, you can't really do too much."
Atlanta starter Paul Maholm (4-4) drove in the team's only run, but allowed six runs on eight hits. The lefty also issued three walks with three strike outs over 4 1/3 innings of work.
Atlanta's only run came in the fifth, as Maholm helped his own cause and cut the Braves' deficit to 2-1 with a shallow, two-out single to left. That's the only offense the visitors received, though, as the bottom half of the inning proved to be their, and Maholm's demise.
Marco Scutaro extended his hitting streak to 11 games with a triple to right field that Justin Upton misjudged and let slip by with one out. Maholm then plunked Sandoval before serving up Buster Posey's RBI double to right to make it a 3-1 game. Once again, Upton poorly attempted to catch the ball as it sailed over his head and looked to be catchable.
Maholm's last batter faced, Hunter Pence, was intentionally walked to load the bases with one out. It didn't get any easier for reliever Cory Gearin, who allowed Blanco's base-clearing double in the right-field gap to expand San Francisco's advantage to 6-1.
San Francisco added four more runs in the eighth. Blanco hit an RBI triple and Guillermo Quiroz followed with a run-scoring double, to make it an 8-1 Giants lead. Belt provided a pinch-hit, two-run single to account for the final margin.
"I felt like I tried to mix it up the whole game, not get stuck on one or two pitches," Bumgarner said. "I wasn't planning on doing it this way, but it worked out to where I was able to break out the curveball in the third or fourth inning -- I kind of saved it -- and then the changeup after that."
Sandoval helped the Giants take a 1-0 lead in the first inning. Facing a 3-2 count with two outs, he crushed Maholm's offering deep to left for his fifth home run of the season.
The hosts added another run in the fourth. With runners on first and third with two outs, Brandon Crawford sliced a double down the left-field line, scoring Posey for a 2-0 Giants lead.
Game Notes
It was Bumgarner's first win against the Braves since earning a victory in Game 4 of the 2010 National League Divisional series. He was 0-3 in his last four starts versus Atlanta since then ... Maholm is 0-3 in six career starts at AT&T Park ... Atlanta's Dan Uggla went 0-for-4 with four strike outs.


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DMB needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Sips, Suds & Sliders
Sips, Suds and Sliders is a new event, as part of a much larger Wine and Food Festival. The event will be held in the evening during the summer
Here is the event description:
"You asked for it Houston! We're bringing wine together with beer and sliders at this fun, casual event. Live Texas music serenades guests enjoying the Texas Two Step & the Texas Two Sip of Texas Wines or Texas Suds with their sliders. Six Chefs will compete for the Shining Slider award."
"Grills sizzling as Chefs prepare their competing slider. Participants are poolside at on the patio as they are serenades with the sounds of music with Texas roots. Grab your friends, get your glass and get to tasting the flavors of Texas. Six tables offering some of Texas' best wines. Six tables featuring the beers of Texas."
Men and Women
Mid- Twenties to Thirties
People with middle to high incomes
No Texas Images in the logo, though we are ok for it to look somewhat Texan so images of the Texas Flag, Longhorn Steers, Oil Wells or the Houston Skyline are ok. A Texan Theme or image is not a requirement, it is just an idea.
It needs to be focused on Wine, beer, and food. We might decide not to do sliders next year, so no hamburger images.
Needs to look cutting edge, fun, classy, casual, stylish, not childish.
Needs to say the name of the event: Sips, Suds & Sliders
Use whatever colors you would like
No clip art please
Typeface and Icons: we are fine with either typeface or Icons being used in the logo, or both being used together in the logo.
File types we need are:
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck has sure come a long way from her Survivor days. For those of you who have forgotten, Hasselbeck was cast for Survivor Australia at the fresh young age of 24. From there, she stole the hearts of America as the adorable sweetheart. Since the show, she has evolved in more ways than one- marrying her long-term college boyfriend (football quarterback Tim Hasselbeck), landing a spot on the View, and (most recently) scoring a spot as a new anchor for Fox News. Elisabeth has just announced the switch- which is set to take place in September of this year. During her time on The View, we have loved watching her style evolve into a fresh, stylish, wife and mother. She goes to show that just because you're married with kids, doesn't mean you have to dress like it. We love getting inspiration from her daytime talk style and translating them into our designer swimwear looks.
Elisabeth is best known for her ability to pull off a mature (yet not frumpy) feminine style. She's so often spotted in various shades of pink and pastel- in styles that are flattering for her figure without looking like she's dressing too young. Being only 5'4″, Elisabeth has to be careful of various cuts and silhouettes. Regarding swimwear, it's best to wear cuts that are lighter on the fabric- to cut down on bulkiness in order to elongate the figure. Elisabeth has a great figure- so she might as well show that off. The soft purple in the Heaven Can't Wait bikini are perfect to pull off the feminine look Elisabeth so often sports. Another foolproof option? Pink- such as the Melt Away bikini. Both of these styles are easy on the hardware, making them age appropriate while still remaining flattering to a petite figure.
Fun prints are another easy way to stay on trend while having the flexibility to wear different cuts and styles. Chevron is a huge print for summer, as seen on Elisabeth. By adding in some bright colors, you'll be sure to stand out. This fun print comes in two different cuts in our luxury swimwear. Call On Me has more turquoise hues to the print and is a fixed triangle, as opposed to the sliding triangle of Crazy For You. If you're feeling a bit more conservative, the fixed triangle is a great option because not only is there more stability on the band under the bust, but there's also more coverage throughout the triangle.
Brights of all shades are also huge for summer, especially when it comes to swimwear. Elisabeth gives a great example of one of the popular trends with brights- color blocking. If you're feeling bold- try mixing and matching some swimwear colors. Use a bright coral like Pretty Young Thing or bright turquoise like Paradise. Layer on contrasting colors with your accessories and jewelry. The trend is easy to pull off while, again, having the flexibility to choose cuts and styles that suit your needs!


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Bidder 70
November 13, 2012
"The choice you are making today is what side are you on."
— Tim DeChristopher
It should be a packed house tonight (Wednesday, November 14) at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center in Salt Lake City when the film "Bidder 70," the story of climate justice activist Tim DeChristopher and the group he co-founded, Peaceful Uprising, has its Salt Lake premiere.
The timing is perfect. Especially on the heels of DeChristopher's recent transfer from federal prison to a halfway house in Salt Lake City and the continuing involvement of the Bureau of Prisons in his life — the most recent example of which was its preventing him from accepting a job with the First Unitarian Church's social-justice ministry.
It seems the powers-that-be felt that working with cases of discrimination that were in conflict with the church's beliefs would fall too close to DeChristopher's own morality code and the crime of which he was originally convicted — not serving his "rehabilitation," as it were. The upside of all this, however, is that he ended up with a job at Ken Sanders Rare Books, a more secular social-justice ministry, some might say.
DeChristopher, of course, gained notoriety as "Bidder 70" when he infiltrated a 2008 BLM oil-and-gas lease auction and, by actually winning a few parcels, disrupted the process long enough for incoming Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to invalidate the whole shebang. Other than the acquisition of positive karma, Tim's rewards included a two-year prison sentence, of which he served 15 months.
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The film takes you inside Peaceful Uprising as its members organize to raise the bar on civil disobedience as it pertains to bringing to light climate-justice issues within the community of man. As DeChristopher attempted to demonstrate, it's way too late for just marching and petitions if a real difference is to be made.
Tonight's Salt Lake premiere, presented by Peaceful Uprising, the First Unitarian Church Environmental Ministry and the Utah Film Center, will showcase a film that has actually been touring the country for months picking up best-in-show awards at more than a few of its film-festival stops along the way.
Principal shooting for the documentary began just weeks after the auction in question with filmmakers George and Beth Gage instantly and totally committed to the project. As they put it, "Once in a while someone comes along that totally wows you. That's how we felt when we read about Tim DeChristopher."
In a "Director's Statement," the Gages went on to expound on what they saw as Tim's altruism and commitment: "As bidder #70, DeChristopher bid 1.8 million dollars and saved 22,000 acres of pristine wilderness with no intention to pay or drill. No property was destroyed, no one was hurt, and valid concerns were raised over the entire BLM oil-and-gas leasing process. Bidder 70 was a story we wanted to tell.
"Tim DeChristopher is a young man with a message that needs to be heard: Climate change is upon us and there is nothing more important to work for than a livable future. Tim is not alone in this message, but his commitment to future generations, his evolution as a leader and his willingness to courageously accept the consequences of his action make his a story we hope will inspire and motivate a new generation of activists."
In an article published November 7 in the Deseret News, DeChristopher's attorney, Patrick A. Shea, the director of the BLM under President Clinton, noted that "the Bureau of Prisons official who interviewed Tim indicated he would not be allowed to work at the Unitarian church because it involved social justice and that was part of what his crime was." He added that the employment at Ken Sanders bookshop has been deemed "safe," however.
The piece also quoted Shea as saying that DeChristopher "is eligible to be released on parole come April and could possibly move to home supervision in February. You don't have the same freedom that you have as a regular citizen, but it's certainly better than being confined to a cell or being under a restricted program like he is in the halfway house."
This narrative has a long, long way to go before it plays out. With the recent back-to-back devastations wrought on the east coast by Superstorm Sandy and the powerful nor'easter that followed, even politicians are becoming more and more conscious of the consequences of climate change. Go figure!
The Salt Lake premiere of "Bidder 70" gets underway at the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, 138 West 300 South, Salt Lake City, at 7 p.m. with the doors opening at 6 p.m. With the hall being what it is, it would serve those with an abiding interest in this story to arrive early.
Jay Meehan is a culture junkie and has been an observer, participant, and chronicler of the Park City and Wasatch County social scenes for more than 40 years.


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Four college students hauled in $20,000 in prize money in August as winners of the second annual student essay contest sponsored by Syngenta Crop Protection and Farm Press Publications.
The two $6,000 awards went to Whitney Wiegel, a graduate student at the University of Missouri and Lewis Buford, an undergraduate student at Mississippi State University. Two $4,000 awards went to runnersup Katie Murray, a North Carolina State University graduate student, and Austin Rizer, an undergraduate student at Clemson University.
Three of the four winning essays discussed a common theme, the need for farmers to band together in cooperatives to unite the voice of agriculture in the political and trade arenas, to enhance purchasing power, or to identify Southern agriculture as a brand that trade partners demand.
A fourth writer discussed the value of water use efficiency in current and future crop production.
You can read more about the winners and runnersup inside this issue. To read the winners' essays go to www.FutureofSouthernAg.com, and click on the official winners link.
Michael Boden, head of the Syngenta Southern Field Crops business unit, said Syngenta is "incredibly pleased" with the participation level and creative responses generated by entrants in the Future of Southern Ag Student Essay Contest.
"The response level we received from students at all 11 participating universities across the South was excellent. The student authors expressed inventive and thoughtful ideas in their essay responses, and the competition was strong in both the Delta/Southwest and Southeast regions.
"Syngenta congratulates our four winners on their earned achievement and thanks all students who participated in the Future of Southern Ag Student Essay Contest. We are encouraged by their words that they will lead the Southern agriculture industry in the right direction."
"The next generation of young people entering agriculture are just as passionate about agriculture as those who came before them," said Elton Robinson, Delta Farm Press editor and a judge in the contest. "This was clearly demonstrated in their essays."
For the online contest, students submitted essays of 750 to 1,000 words on the following subject: By 2050, the world's population is expected to increase to more than 9 billion, up from the estimated 6.7 billion as of January 2009. Taking into account commodity price fluctuations and variable input prices, what is the best agricultural business model to deal with this environment? How can the U.S. Southern farmer continue to compete in the export markets and/or against foreign imports to sustain agriculture as a viable business? What processes should be put into place to ensure the safety, quality and availability of U.S. food, feed and fiber production?
Judges for the Delta/Southwest region were Bud Hughes, partner, Verdant Partners, LLC; Elton Robinson, editor, Delta Farm Press; and Marjory Walker, director of communications, production and audio visual services, National Cotton Council.
Judges for the Southeast region were Jim Arnold, manager of communications, advertising and promotions, Helena Chemical Co.; Erika Brandt, marketing and communications manager, AgCareers.com; and Paul Hollis, editor, Southeast Farm Press.
National judges were Grant MacDonald, manager, developmental sales rep programs, Syngenta; Ron Smith, editor, Southwest Farm Press; and Mike Strain, commissioner, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry.
Participating universities were divided into two regions — Southeast and Delta/Southwest. The universities were Louisiana State University, Mississippi State University, University of Arkansas, University of Tennessee, University of Missouri, Texas A&M University, Auburn University, University of Georgia, Clemson University, Virginia Tech University and North Carolina State University.
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As you may have read, we've held a couple port-a-thons over the last few weeks. The response and interaction from developers has been nothing short of amazing.
Now that the dust is settling from this weekend's Last Chance Port-A-Thon, we're excited to announce that over 19,000 applications were submitted to BlackBerry World over the weekend. This continues to show an overwhelming level of commitment from developers to the BlackBerry 10 platform.
We've heard your questions and concerns about the Built for BlackBerry deadline. The fact is, the volume of apps being submitted for review and entry into the program has been remarkable. Due to that large volume of apps, we are extending the deadline:
- Apps that have been submitted on or before 8pm EST on January 21st,2013 may qualify for the $10k Developer Commitment if the developer agrees to the official terms and conditions and passes Built for BlackBerry testing.
- Developers may apply for Built for BlackBerry review and the $10k Developer Commitment offer in the BlackBerry World Vendor Portal by 8pm ET Feb 18th
- The qualifying sale dates for the 10k Commitment is 12:01am ET, March 4 2013 to 11:59pm ET, March 3 2014
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What is a k-log?
Some people are taking the concept of weblogs and applying it to the wider concept of knowledge management. The result is k-logging ("knowledge-logging"). But will it catch on - will your employer dump Lotus Notes databases in favour of browsers and blog-style brain-dumps?
John Robb of Userland has lots of thoughts about k-logs, so we asked him about them in a short email interview.
WriteTheWeb: What is a k-log?
John Robb: This is still a new concept, but it will be huge. Weblogs will potentially become the first new widely adopted desktop productivity tool since the browser.
The problem with the Web is that it is primarily a read-only medium. A personal weblogging tool that runs on the desktop, changes this relationship and makes it as easy to write to the Web as read it. It adds the ability to build an easy to use personal Website to the browser (something the browser vendors should have done years ago).
Within a corporate context, K-Logs make it possible for any employee to add knowledge to an Intranet. It's easy enough to use (start-up in less than five minutes) that it overcomes resistance. Further, K-Logs provide people that use them two immediate benefits: 1) it is a highly visible way to enhance personal brand and 2) it is a great organizing tool that you can share with co-workers (it organizes your most important information over time). There is no other better way to get employee knowledge off the desktop and out of their heads and onto an Intranet where it can be archived, browsed, and searched.
Further, K-Log features like subscriptions let you as an employee keep up with what is going on by automating the process of collecting information. It creates a knowledge network within a company, all based on easy to understand Web standards. K-Logs break down the data silos on the desktop, particularly the notorious e-mail inbox and the directories of files people store all over their desktops. By publishing those e-mails and documents to the Intranet, everyone can get access to that information.
WtW: Do you think senior execs "get it"? How will it benefit their business?
JR: Those that have seen a K-Log in action do. This is the kind of revolution that will sneak in the backdoor of most companies (much like the first PCs), by people that see the benefits of using a K-Log at work. That's another reason that a K-Log works best as a desktop tool, it is portable.
Once execs see K-Logs in action in their company, they usually buy-in. Why? Here are a couple of immediate benefits:
1) People publish into K-Logs what they are doing often on an hourly basis. It is a great way to keep track of what is going on (coordination).
2) Archives. Given that K-Logs are public archives, this is particularly useful when an employee or consultant leaves a company. You now have a permanent record of what they did or didn't do. It also is an easy to use repository for people that need to find answers to specific questions or specific experts that can help them out.
3) It makes it easy to share information and get discussions going (which results in better ideas). K-Logs eliminate the barriers that prevent many people from posting to a discussion group. Everyone with a K-Log has a soapbox to say something. The best ones get links from all the rest.
4) New hires. New people or people that have been recently assigned to a project take lots of time before they can become useful. Much of that time is lost casting about for scraps of information that are useful. K-Logs make that easy. All you have to say to someone new is read all the team members K-Logs for the last two weeks.
Everything is there: thinking, files, e-mails, POV, and links.
This is just the tip of the iceberg.
WtW: So could k-logs replace existing knowledge management systems?
JR: The question could be answered by asking another question: how much do current knowledge management solutions positively impact the worklives of employees at most corporations? For the vast majority of employees that answer is not much. K-Logs personalizes knowledge development and use in a way that provides an immediate positive impact on how people do their work.
I shudder to think of the billions of dollars that corporations have spent on barely used knowledge management systems like Lotus. Further, after they have been put in place its very hard for senior execs to chart their impact. With a K-Log network, you can see the impact by using your browser and surfing what has been written. Hey, I think the great unsolved portion of today's KM landscape is the "creation" and distribution of new knowledge. Way too much attention has been spent on managing existing stores of knowledge to little effect.
K-logs, and one-sided blindnessPosted by: aerolupus at 2003-02-06
A posting in my LiveJournal about Notes via k-logs
I regret that I've only just become aware of this article; however, the points that I make here are more business-oriented than the blind advocacy of this article.
A brief Q&A:
Q: Why should businesses use both k-logs and Domino? A: Because, among other things, even if you add both of them together, you will not come up with a good, easily-managed way of maintaining documentation and expertise. (As a side note, Domino includes the Discussion database, which -is- a blog format, by default. Most blogging systems can't handle workflow or XML translation or other things that Domino does well.)
Q: Why do you say that e-mail should not be included in the knowledge management system? A: Because all organizations will continue to have a need for email, and all organizations will have a need to send and receive email that is never put into the public eye -- for example, Human Resources queries, or senior management budget wrangling, or discussions among the senior management what the company's focus should be, which is a business decision and not a technical one. Salary and other compensation information should -never- be made public, and much of that is sent via email as well. Technical documentation shouldn't be sent via email; links to it should be.
Q: What do you recommend for documentation? A: As always, that depends. Some organizations could use a Wiki-type engine (The C2 Wiki) without an issue. Others would need something like the Everything engine (Everything Engine at Sourceforge) for finer-grained permissions. Still others should use Notes/Domino, but provide an easier-to-use front-end to update the documentation. In any case, though, I would recommend that at least five revisions per author were kept, in date order, to ensure that one (for example) Microsoft zealot and one Linux zealot couldn't undermine the efforts of the entire documentation team. (This is, however, a management issue, and not a technical one. The technology is supposed to exist so that management can be made easier... not more complex.)
K-Logging IssuesPosted by: glenco at 2003-02-10
My view is that a "brain-dump" of business knowledge is better than no record of said knowledge at all - but it's bit premature to throw away organisation collections of content and communications just yet. (eg try Groove before throwing out Notes at least)
The crux of the matter is how to "organise" Blogs in a way that adds value without destroying their immediacy - Ontology or not ? If Ontology, what kind, based on what, content, communication, intent, subject, context, purpose, etc. If not, what ?
For me the critical fact is that the approach must be implicit, self-organising or evoltionary in the blogging process if it's value is to extend beyond any immediate pragmatic purpose or application, where the domain or context lends itself to a well pre-defined ontology.
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The History of the Fylingdales Reserve
Fylingdales Moor is bordered in the south and west by RAF Fylingdales, forestry, moorland and farmland, and extends north and eastwards towards the North Sea coast, Whitby, Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay.
Originally managed as a grouse moor, it has received much less intensive management during the last 20 years. In 2004 the landowner, Sir Fred Strickland-Constable, began to discuss a plan with Natural England and the North York Moors National Park Authority to develop and regenerate the Moor for the benefit of all wildlife. Natural England agreed to support a Wildlife Enhancement Scheme (WES) on Fylingdales Moor. Shortly afterwards, the Hawk and Owl Trust became involved in the studying and protection the wildlife living on the Moor.
In 2005 the Hawk and Owl Trust began to co-ordinate wildlife surveys with a dedicated group of volunteers to quantify the fauna and flora to be found there. This provided a solid baseline against which to assess the effect of any future conservation management on the Moor.
In 2006 the Hawk and Owl Trust was handed full responsibility for the implementation of the WES, and to take the lead role for wildlife conservation at Fylingdales.
Fylingdales Moor benefits from a Higher Level Stewardship grant (2009-2019) coordinated by Fylingdales Moor ESS Ltd. The management is aimed at maintaining and restoring moorland habitats to benefit upland wildlife. This has allowed FESSco to contract the services of both The Hawk and Owl Trust and a shepherd. Four common rights owners also exercise their rights to graze sheep (Swaledales and Cheviots) under the scheme. The Trust also consults with the traditional guardians of Fylingdales Moor, the Court Leet, established before the 15th century and involving men from the local area (www.fylingcourtleet.org).


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The all new Favorites at Woodbridge Handicapping Challenge Series kicked-off Sunday, February 23 with over 100 players taking part. The new five-part series provides handicapping enthusiasts with the chance at earning a seat in the 2015 Horse Player World Series in Las Vegas. The Top 20 players from each contest will be invited to return to Favorites at Woodbridge to compete in the year-end Invitational on December 6, 2014.
For the first of the five contests, players wagered on full cards from Aqueduct, Gulfstream Park, and Tampa Bay Downs with a $50 bankroll. Each player was required to wager on a minimum of 10 races at a minimum $5 per race and only on a Win, Place, or Show wager (or any combination of the three.) Players could only wager on one horse per race.
Taking home top prize for the inaugural contest was Jared Hutt of Forked River, NJ. With a final bankroll of just over $400, Hutt maintained a clear lead after cashing a $40.00 Win/Place wager on the 10th race at Gulfstream Park adding $356.00 to his bankroll.
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96X Rocks Top 5 Videos For August 2011
A few days ago, we posted our 96X Rocks Top 40 Songs of August 2011. To keep you entertained at work, we went online and found the music videos for the top 5 songs on that list. Enjoy! Let us know which one you like the best. You can thank us for the entertainment later.


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Dance/Choreography & Performance: ROMO by Anuang'a & Makadem, Apr. 30 2014 @ Alliance Française
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Kenyan dancer and choreographer, Fernando Anuang'a, returns to the Alliance Française stage with his new choreography 'Romo' (Luo for 'meeting'). Renowned for his shows A journey into the future and Indo-Masai dance, Anuang'a teams up with the Ohanglaman Makadem (on nyatiti and kalimba) and the guitarist Isaac Gem to present a meeting of tradition and contemporary dance and music.
Anuang'a is part of a new generation of Kenyan contemporary choreographers developing a new dance language rooted in African dance and culture.
A unique spectacle where traditional Luo music and the timbre of Makadem's voice accompany the undulating movements of Anuang'a.
Date: April 30, 2014
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 7 pm
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This was a big, big and did I say BIG change in SSIS 2008. Being a performance freak, the changes to the Data Flow and the effective use of multi-core processors was what had me the most excited. See, with SSIS 2005, Data Flow was sent off on its merry way running execution trees with only one lonely execution thread. That meant one thread! This doesn't help us much in a core happy world we live in. So in SSIS 2008 we had a big change to this architecture. Did I mention this was big?
Off to the races we go with Pipeline Parallelism
What SSIS 2008 has given us over SSIS 2005 and the execution tree is the ability to run more than one component from the single tree. This is really a huge change. Before this change and automated thread scheduling in SSIS, we had to try making our own with designing methods. In some cases the changes in designs caused other performance problems themselves. Now with a thread pool, threads are assigned dynamically (yes, auto-magically) to components. Thread pooling is not a new concept to the computing world (and .NET framework). Thread pooling manages where and what work a set of threads will work on. When work is thrown at the pool, the work is sent off to threads that can work on it. This means multiple threads working on multiple jobs in parallel execution. Thread pooling can be done manually but with SSIS and SQL Server, we like the concept of this being controlled without us causing problems. In SSIS 2008 we were given just that automatic scheduling.
The question of the hour is, does this help us with performance? The performance shines from the massive tests that have been done already and can answer the question for us. If you haven't heard of the ETL World Record, you need to get over there and check it out. 1 TB in 30 minutes!! Yes, on SSIS 2008 and the architecture behind it.
The best way to check this out is to show the differences. Robert Sheldon also went over this test on the, SSIS 2008 Crib sheet. Very cool write-up and recommended reading it.
The truth is in the pipe by logging it
Let's create a package that will run some data through so we can log the execution.
Note: the SSIS 2008 Crib sheet shows pretty much the same here. Robert did an awesome job explaining all of this. Highly recommend reading it.
Steps to the test SSIS in 2005 and 2008 so we can see the execution changes and speed differences
- In BIDS 2005, create a new package named Pipes 2005
- Bring over an OLE DB Source and connect this source to AdventureWorks.
- Bring in the table, Sales.SalesOrderDetail
- Drop a Conditional Split into the Data Flow tab
- Make the condition based on OrderQty being greater than one.
- Next, drag and drop two Derived Column's
- Make one Derived column the Case 1 output by connecting the first Path to it and selecting Case 1 output
- Make the Expression (DT_STR,3,1252)ProductID + " for " + (DT_STR,3,1252)OrderQty
- Change the Data Type to DT_STR (non-unicode string)
- Do this for the next Derived Column by connecting the remaining output path to it.
- Name the column Under2orders and leave the Expression the same
- Connect both Derived Columns to two unique SQL Server Destinations
- In the SQL Server Destinations, use the same connection of AdventureWorks. Click, New to create a new table. Use the following CREATE TABLE statement:
CREATE TABLE [Playing_1] ( OrderOver1Unit varchar(10) )
- Use this for the second destination but name the table, [Playing_2]
- Next, click the menu option SSIS and select Logging
- Select package in the Containers and add a new SSIS log provider for Text files.
- Add a path to the new log of C:ExecutionTreeSSIS_Test2005
- Highlight Data Flow Task to move into logging the task.
- Click Details in the right tabs and click the Advanced button
- Scroll down a bit and check PipelineExecutionTree.
- Uncheck everything except MessageText
- Click OK until out of the editors and save the package.
- Run the package from BIDS
Our finished product should appear like below
And we have our data split and loaded
Execution time was 936 Milliseconds
SSIS 2005 PipelineExecutionTrees log
begin execution tree 0
output "OLE DB Source Output" (11)
input "Conditional Split Input" (17)
output "Case 1" (146)
input "Derived Column Input" (163)
output "Derived Column Output" (164)
input "SQL Server Destination Input" (61)
output "Derived Column Error Output" (165)
output "Conditional Split Default Output" (18)
input "Derived Column Input" (169)
output "Derived Column Output" (170)
input "SQL Server Destination Input" (78)
output "Derived Column Error Output" (171)
output "Conditional Split Error Output" (20)
end execution tree 0
begin execution tree 1
output "OLE DB Source Error Output" (12)
end execution tree 1
We can see all of the work was primarily done in execution tree 0. 936 Milliseconds isn't the greatest for what we just did either.
Now upgrade the package to 2008 by creating a new SSIS project. Right click SSIS Packages in the Solution Explorer and select Add Existing. Browse to the package we just created in SSIS 2005 (found in your projects folder in My Documents by default). Double click the package to bring it in.
You will receive the succeeded upgrade to SSIS 2008 message. Click OK to close it and load the upgraded 2008 package.
Click the SSIS option in the menu strip and select lopping. Change the path to the text file to be C:ExecutionTreeSSIS_Test2008
Save and run the package
Package execution time for this was 640 Milliseconds. Now check the log
Begin path plan
Begin Path Plan 0
Call ProcessInput on component "Conditional Split" (16) for input "Conditional Split Input" (17)
Create new execution item for subpath 0
Create new execution item for subpath 1
Begin Subpath Plan 0
Create new row view for output "Case 1" (146)
Call ProcessInput on component "Derived Column" (162) for input "Derived Column Input" (163)
Create new row view for output "Derived Column Output" (164)
Call ProcessInput on component "SQL Server Destination" (45) for input "SQL Server Destination Input" (61)
End Subpath Plan 0
Begin Subpath Plan 1
Create new row view for output "Conditional Split Default Output" (18)
Call ProcessInput on component "Derived Column 1" (168) for input "Derived Column Input" (169)
Create new row view for output "Derived Column Output" (170)
Call ProcessInput on component "SQL Server Destination 1" (62) for input "SQL Server Destination Input" (78)
End Subpath Plan 1
End Path Plan 0
End path plan
Changes we can see in the logging are the Paths and the Subpaths. This is showing the tasks being executed in the main path in parallel by using Subpaths.
And our execution time was increased.
Where's the beef? Right there, in the Data Flow Engine
The Data Flow Engine changes are truly an enhancement that pushes SSIS to the Enterprise ETL levels. Don't sell yourself short by dismissing the abilities of SSIS as anything less than performing at that level.
References and in-depth reading materials
Architecture of Integration Services
Top 10 Performance and Productivity Reasons to Use SQL Server 2008 for Your Business Intelligence Solutions


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Ryan Waning has been doing stand up comedy in Maine for more than a few years now, though he got his start as an on-air sportscaster for University of Maine hockey games. Doesn't get more Maine than that, does it? Waning is one of four comics featured at this year's annual Comedy Riot, set for 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1 at Jeff's Catering in Brewer; they include Brian Beaudoin, Adam Hatch, Cory Guglietti and host Rich Kimball. I caught up with him earlier this week and asked him a few questions about the show, comedy in Maine, his personal style and his favorite fellow comics. Tickets for the Comedy Riot are $12 in advance by calling 989-1811, or $15 at the door.
Comedy Riot is now in its, what, fourth year? What's the most fun part of doing a show like this, with New England and, specifically, local to the Bangor area comics?
The Riot is in its fourth year now, yes. One thing that's really fun about this year is that we are trying to give back to our local community by donating a portion of the net proceeds to a few of our favorite non profit organizations such as United Cerebral Palsy, Bangor Humane Society, and Mabel Wadsworth Women's Health Center. As the show grows, so does the stature of comics that we can book. Having a couple of national headliners mix in with two guys from Maine gives the locals a chance to show their stuff alongside some of the best in the business.
Tell us about the comics performing, besides yourself.
Brian Beaudoin, one of our double headliners, might be my favorite comic working today. He's been voted the Funniest Comic in Rhode Island by the Providence Phoenix two out of the last three years and earned his reputation by working stages at a prolific rate. Cory Guglietti is a fast talking fast thinking comic's comic who is quickly becoming a favorite all over New England. Adam Hatch, one of our features, is a Maine guy who is finally making good on his enormous potential; he's just so likeable. And our host, Rich Kimball, is an improv group fixture with his Focus Group and just happens to be a Maine broadcasting legend.
How would you describe your comedy? Who are some of your biggest influences?
Describing my own comedy is hard. I like to think it's smart, but unflinching might be a better word. I go as quickly as my mouth and brain will allow and I enjoy the feeling of really letting it all hang out. A booker in Vermont referred to me as 'brutal and thoughtful at the same time', which was something I liked hearing. I had done stand-up for a few years before I stumbled onto Bill Hicks. His comedy changed everything for me. It gave me the idea that I could be myself onstage instead of doing what I thought stand-up comedians did. Aside from the other usual suspects that every comic worships like Carlin and Pryor, I find myself transfixed by both Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan, who are truly at the top of their game and you can see them for about twenty bucks any night of the year. And who doesn't love Louis CK these days? He's changing the game.
Name a comic that few of our readers have probably ever heard of, and tell us why he or she is awesome.
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