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Question: I'd like to be able to speed up operations as much as possible by turning off transaction logging completely, but there does not seem to be a way to do it. Why does SQL Server insist on logging all operations, and is it likely that there will be an option to disable logging in future?
Answer: This is a question that comes up regularly and you're correct that there is no way to disable the generation of transaction log records.
The best you can do is to make use of minimal logging for a small number of operations when using the Simple or Bulk_Logged recovery models, where only data file page allocations are logged, but individual record inserts are not logged. Examples of operations where you can make use of this are index builds/rebuilds and bulk loads. This cuts down on the amount of transaction log generated for the operation and helps make the operations faster. You can read all about minimal logging during data loads in the excellent whitepaper Data Loading Performance Guide.
There are a few operations in tempdb that are truly non-logged (e.g. anything to do with the version store), but generally operations in tempdb generate less transaction log than in user databases because operations in tempdb do not need to log the after image of the operation, only the before image. The after image in a transaction log record is only used for replaying transactions during crash recovery, and as tempdb is not crash-recovered, no replay will ever be performed in tempdb.
Apart from those few operations in tempdb that are non-logged, everything else has to be logged to some degree because SQL Server has to be able to roll back an operation in a database if something goes wrong.
Imagine a situation where SQL Server is part way through an update of 1 million records when the power is accidentally cut to the server. When SQL Server restarts, if there were no log records generated for the update, how can you or SQL Server know how far the update operation progressed before the crash? The simple answer is that you can't. This means the data is in an inconsistent state and is essentially unusable. The generation of log records allows the update to be rolled back and transactional consistency is maintained.
Even in tempdb, logging is required. If something causes SQL Server to want to roll back an operation in tempdb, but there are no log records, then tempdb is transactionally inconsistent – and SQL Server would have to shut down as it would now know which parts of tempdb were in use or not.
It's always easy to come up with examples of how a non-logged paradigm breaks down, and for that reason I don't believe we'll see a non-logged option for SQL Server operations in future.


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Increased demand has resulted in the need for more demanding acceptance criteria with respect to the mechanical and chemical properties of plastics. Due to some of the new structural uses of these materials, it is essential to know how they will behave when subjected to dynamic conditions – i.e. impacts. Dynamic failures of materials are different then those found when testing at slower, steadier speeds. This is especially true of plastics where many variables can affect the material – the way the polymers are used to make a specific material form/lie in the material; whether the resins used are filled or unfilled; addition of color additives; forming processes all affect the strength and durability of not only the end material but the end product as well. Testing per ISO 6603-2 allows both the material engineer and the design engineer to test materials for desired properties such as strength, ductility, toughness and energy absorption.
For this test, we used a CEAST 9350 with High Energy option, instrumented with a 15.6kN tup, 20 mm hemispherical tup insert, DAS (Data Acquisition system) and Visual Impact software were used to perform this testing. We also used our pneumatic clamping system with 40 mm diameter adapter plates designed in accordance to this standard. Impact mass was 20 kg and the velocity was set at 4.4 m/s, time range for data acquisition was set to 30 milliseconds.
ISO 6603-2 states that the specimens may be left unclamped. However, it is noted that the test results obtained for clamped and unclamped specimens may be different due to the freedom of movement that the specimen has away from the impact point. The free movement of the edges may cause vibrations with higher amplitudes in the data. To minimize the adverse effects of friction that occurs between the tup insert and the specimen, the standard calls for the application of a lubricant, such as Vaseline, on the striker tip. The test values obtained with the lubricated striker are lower than the unequivocal lower limits of the tested mechanical properties of the material. The available energy used for the test shall be such so that the velocity slowdown is no more than 20% from the beginning of the test to the point of peak (maximum) load. It has been noted that when the available impact energy is at least three times more than the energy at peak load, the velocity slow down is less than 20%.
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Rays Show Confidence in Pitching Coach Jim Hickey……….Really?
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Sometimes I truly think that the Rays Front Office loves to use subliminal and subversive messages to gather information on the public perception of an event or something that makes them go…..hmmmmmmm? But I have to admit, this one move, this 180 degree change of heart that shows something towards Rays Pitching coach Jim Hickey keeps him here for another Rays season. And for the life of me, I do not see a solid reason while he is still employed by the Rays. And you know the local kool-ade drinking media will not voice their dismay over this action………..nope, they will remain wihin the party lines.
But I do not have Press Credentials, or even an inside information mole to give me things like them. I get my information from watching 80 games a year at the Trop., and every game that MLB.com shows on the air. What could be their logical reasoning to let go of Hitting Coach, Steve Henderson today who's Rays hitters only set new Team Records in homers, runs scored, RBI and stolen bases this season, but keep a Pitching Coach who's starters and Bullpen relievers took a definite two steps backwards in 2009. I mean Hickey does have some Houston roots, so he might understand this next scenario without him having to have flash cards or pictures.
What has seemed to happen this season to the Rays pitching staff is akin to a guy doing the Texas two-step in a deep foxhole. You can go forward, you can go back, but only two step no matter what. And that is what his Rays staff has done most of the season. they have made slight improvements and altered their course in games, but the end result is always the same……..sometimes the "pitch to contact" system delivers up a long ball instead of a ground out or a double play ball for the defense.
And if that system doesn't work do you blame Vice President of Baseball Operations Andrew Friedman, or Rays Manager Joe Maddon? In reality you can put the check mark next to both names, because Friedman keeps Hickey and Maddon keeps believing in him. But in my mind, the only culprit here is the mechanic who tunes the system and makes it run smooth, clean and with a minimum of problems. And this season, Hickey looked more like an apprentice than a master craftsman.
Sure he got dealt a bad deal two years in a row when Troy Percival took his glove and went home to rehab, but at no time in the season did the team try and promote from within or try and isolate anyone to take over that role for the season. Other teams call on the veterans, or even a hot shot prospect with a cannon on his arm. At one point, the Rays signed Jorge Julio to a minor league contract maybe hoping he still has some gasoline in his tank. But the team instead adapted a much discussed and faulty plan of using pitching match-ups as a basis for the later innings.
This works well when you base your Spring Training team on to this formula, and not adopt it in the middle of trying to stop a losing month, or keep a string of wins alive. The match-up system has to be nurtured and fcoused on totally, not just based on situational 8th, or 9th innings hitters. And with this team bascially only having three reliever that can be trusted with hitters from both sides of the plate, it makes your options a bit tighter in the games.
And who has to be the craftsman behind all of this, well the Pitching Coach. Sure Maddon and Hickey can go over situational devices and plan accordingly, but life doesn't always go by the book, and Hickey doesn't always give the same sage advice as Maddon. I actually can not see the correlation between these two at times. Maddon is the always thinking, mind turning a million miles a minute, and Hickey is just, well Hickey. I know Maddon does scribble a few hints and stats on his personal score sheet to check on later in the games, but I really do not see the collective brain trust in Hickey by his side.
Sure Hickey does the Rays pitchers Side Sessions and the Bullpen Session with his pitching staff, but I sometimes see more vocal words coming out of Bullpen Catcher Scott Cursi's mouth than Hickeys in relation to the pitches. I might not see the video work he does with "Chico" Fernandez to get these guys ready for a ballgame, and I do not know his personal preparation routine for game days. But what I do see is a guy who sometimes goes by the book more than his instinct and wisdom. The black statistics on that white printer paper might have a few highlighted marks on it, but i do not see him as a strategist in the least…………sorry.
So if a guys starters leave and do better in other locales, can you give credit to a guy that used to be their Pitching Coach, or do you question why they prospered away from the "pitch-to-contact" scheme of Hickey's gameplan. How can Jason Hammel go from a hot and controled environment like the Trop and have a lower ERA in of all places, Coors Field in 2009. Edwin Jackson was a stud in the making as a pitcher even before he went to Detroit in a trade. I mean the Rays considered him for the closer role before, and with the recent plight of Percival, why did they not consult E J and see if he would take on the task?
And you know I am going to bring up Scott Kazmir and his seeking advice outside the organization from the man who was his first Pitching Coach in New York, Rick Peterson. Oh how that must have burned deep inside Hickey that he was not visually equiped to notice a small step adjustment for maximum velocity. I bet if they let him, he would have drove Kazmir to the airport that next morning and kicked him out of the rental car haflway there………..(just kidding, maybe).
So if the Rays Bullpen gets rebuilt in Hickey's mold with the financial restrictions in mind, it might only be a tweaking of the current system. Even if Chad Bradford and Percivals money comes off the books, there might still not be enough to achieve a maximum upgrade, but it can be done. But is Hickey the guy you want to entrust with that job, or is there someone within the Rays system like Xavier Hernandez, who has been fine-tuning the Rays Triple-A guys for several years.
I actually have more faith in Hernandez than I do Hickey based on what Hernandez did as the Rays snatched starters from the Bulls throughout the year and he still had the arms to take the Triple-A Championship. Gone by that time was David Price, and Hernandez manipulated the system when injuries to Mitch Talbot and other hit the Bulls staff. But still Hickey will be manning the pitching charts and books for the Rays in 2010. But how long will his luck go before he finally runs out of gas or chances with the Rays?
You know they took a big PR gamble a few years ago after the Rays last game of the season when he hit a Rays batboys truck at an intersection, and drove around the car and proceeded home. He was stopped by the St. Petersburg Police Department several miles dow
n the Interstate and did not act in all in the manners of the "Rays Way".
But Hickey showed remorse to the Rays Front Office and recieved a year contratc to show he was to change his ways. And considering at that same time the Rays were going through a slew of "problem chld" situations with Delmon Young and Elijah Dukes, they could have just sent him on his merry way and not looked back. I hope that the Rays made thew right decision and that Hickey does make me regret this posting, but I do not think that is going to happen.
Maddon will not be able to sheild him again if the Rays starters or even the Bullpen falls on hard times. He will be directly in the crosshairs, and I think he knows it now. During the last home stand there was a guy in Section 136 that had a sign that read" All I want for Christmas is a Pitching Coach". Well, the Rays decided to retain their present Pitching guru, and the hot seat begins right now. Hickey needs to not only get this team to totally believe in his system now, but also the fans so he doesn't hear the chants and the catcalls before the next All-Star break.
Maddon can not protect him now. I remember seeing a comment that he called Hickey "one of the best pitching coaches" Maddon has has in his career. Hickey is a bit younger than most of the sage PC in the league, but if his 'pitch-to-contact" system doesn't gel right in Tampa Bay in 2010, the contact he will feel is the swift kick in the behind as he leaves the clubhouse door.
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I have read about a lot of people's displeasure with the "pitch-to-contact" approach in Tampa. As an outsider looking in, I could see that something was not right with the team this year. As you said, I hope resigning Hickey isn't a mistake.
I know I saw a comment in the "St Petersburg Times" article on it all yesterday that a fan is not renewing his Season Tickets until the pitching madness is done with…
Now anyone who knows me, knows I am not a Hickey fans from 2007, but I gave him a chance to prove me wrong.
The 2008 team made him look like a genius, which he is not, but it hide the illusion behind the curtain.
Hopefully in 2010, the reality will come to the forefront and I can say "I told you so….." Until then, It will be business as usual and I will support the pitchers, not the Pitching Coach.
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Ugh. I agree with the guy in section 136! Here's hoping that he can prove everyone – including me – wrong next year.
I don't see why the Rays enjoy pitching to contact. If you are finesse style pitcher, you don't want contact, or if you do, you severly hate your job and team. : ) Great post as usual. Good luck.
I actually want Hickey to prove me wrong, but I think I will have the last smirk.
How can you not blame a Bullpen from not having their information straight on hitter, then you call the wrong pitch and it get clobbered.
If the pitcher shook off the pitch, it is on him.
If the pitch is in the right place, it is on the dugout.
Because teams calls more of their pitches from the bench based on match-ups, the power versus power segment is taken out of the pitchers arsenal.
And that falls under the job of the Pitching Coach.
Rays Renegade
Finesse is going the way of the dinosaur the way staffs are built.
More and more the minor leagues are teaching more zone or quadrant pitching to utilize programs like the "Pitch-to-Contact" system.
Hurlers like Justin Verlander, Felix Hernandez and even 100mph relievers will be an odd piece of a teams pitching staff, and it is sad it has to evolve this way.
Rays Renegade
Would they go of one coach only? Usually is the manager that goes with all the coaches. I know in game threads I read Dodger fans complain about our pitching coach Honeycutt.
BTW, Rays, I love and thank you for your comment in Jen's post "Diamonds are a girl's best friend."
The Rays actually let two go that day, but the second position was eliminated, so no one was to be considered for that old position.
Todd Greene was the Quality Assurance Coach, or basically scouting the Rays and looking for flaws and things that might tip off the opposition.
Funny, their last QA Coach is now the first base coach for the Bston Red Sox (lol) Tim Bogar basically got a year of watching the Rays and calculating their weaknesses, then went to work for the Red Sox.
No Benedict Arnold thing here, just part of the grand scheme of baseball sometimes.
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Nearly every gear in the IT industry keeps trying to spin in a different direction around the cloud, and often gets monkeyed up in turn. But meanwhile, in the midst of the cloud buzz, every now and then one of the vendors in the market helps remind us all that the cloud really is just one more step down a path to better IT execution, and one that we've all been chasing for a number of years already. Sometimes this reminder is delivered with a subtle statement, sometimes it is practically a holler. One vendor made just such a subtle statement the other day, but an audience reaction helped turn it into a holler, and maybe it needs some carry forward here. That vendor was 3PAR. You see, 3PAR has for a good little while been in the business of delivering what they long ago envisioned as utility block storage, and architecturally, 3PAR realizes cloud is just a minor extension of that utility vision. But 3PAR also realizes that cloud is a different way of doing IT business.
So what is 3PAR's vision of a cloud architecture? Pretty simple really: storage that can almost without effort stay matched to both your performance and capacity needs over time, and outruns the best competitors (whether file or block) when it comes to simplifying management, and uniquely extending the data optimization and protection capabilities of different data center platforms. From what I've seen, that translates into a comparative fraction of the time and effort required by competitors for configuration, and a massive simplification of the block infrastructure. But this blog isn't about architecture. This blog is about seeing the cloud as more than architecture.
With a storage platform that could already easily be stood up at scale and with efficiency, 3PAR has taken their utility storage platform, and now leveraged the cloud as more than an architecture, but rather a way of doing business. In this sense, 3PAR recently referred to the cloud as a channel for new customer acquisition and product delivery. And that's the thing that was greeted with some derision by a recent audience: the cloud as channel. But you see, that's what the cloud really has to be about for vendors, and the smart agile ones are realizing this, and trying to figure out how they can create a vendor specific channel across the cloud for the consumption of differentiated services delivered on top of their product - à la Apple. At the end of the day, for block, it is still product, whether it runs in the cloud or on premise. But the way it is consumed, and the channel through which it is consumed, is going to change.
For 3PAR, it isn't about building a new and different block product that is "cloud" - they already did that before the day was here. For 3PAR, it is about turning the cloud into new business, and that has to be goal number one for any product vendor, otherwise they won't be your product vendor for long. Too often vendors run around looking for cloud architectures, without paying enough attention to how they can leverage the cloud to create unique new product offerings for "you, the customer", and consequently new business for themselves.
For "you the customer", the cloud only has value if it is a channel that gives you access to new capabilities or use, or a transformative change in costs. And if you accept that, you might ask yourself this when you're thinking about your next purchase - is your vendor just building something that looks like whatever the SNIA architects say cloud is today, or are they leveraging an innovative architecture to help you acquire new IT capabilities in new ways that will extend your business capabilities. The difference is, you may end up with a product that looks different, but still leaves you operating inside the same data center boxes of the past, or you might just find an entirely new way to "do" IT.
Some IT vendors will see the cloud in the enterprise market as just an evolving architecture. Others will see cloud in the enterprise market as a shift in architecture along with a shift in consumption. And that is what will determine what's destined to be real, and what's destined to be hype.
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Governor Cuomo Announces Deployment of Temporary Fuel Trucks Throughout the Region
(Long Island, N.Y.) On November 3rd, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that temporary fuel trucks will be deployed in key locations in New York City and Long Island in order to help provide gas to emergency vehicles and the general public. The trucks are provided by the U.S. Department of Defense at the direction of President Obama and are being deployed in coordination with the New York National Guard at the direction of the Governor.
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What I've learned..
I'll make my introduction interesting by trying to accumulate some wisdom I have gained through my mentors and expirience thus far in the teams.Please feel free to question or comment on any or all points...
Take care of your body...just as many people get rolled out for medical reasons.
It may pay to be a winner but not all the time.. this makes you the bullseye for the instructors. Being first or last all the time is not being the grey man. Pick and choose your victories.
If you passed the screening test then you are capable of physically passing BUD/S.. Barring every excuse in the book it is simple.. if you want it, you will do it. All in your heads gents....
Now it is time to shift from survival mode to putting out mode, I still remember every guy in my STT class and how they performed..instructors included.
This is where you are going to decide what kind of Operator you are going to be. Are you going to be the guy who does the bare minimun... i.e cleans his own gear and doesn't take responsibility for the team gear, or are you gonna be the one who takes the initiative to do all the little bullshit that is inherent to working in a platoon environment. Your Reputation starts here!
It's total bullshit that team guys throw away the manuals and fly by the seat of thier pants.. the rules are there because someone most likely died or got fucked up doing during an evolution...Know the rules and keep your brothers safe.
Drop you fucking attitude at the door, I know that guys get thier tridents now out of SQT. To quote a geat movie "Wearing that badge don't make you right" -Ike Clanton, You had better prove that you earned that trident every day or I will make it my personal mission to tear it from your still bleeding chest. (whoops I forgot we can't do that anymore).
Yes (army)jump school sucks.. don't be that guy to show up to a team with no jump wings.
Figure out what you are good at during this time.. then become as proficient at it as possible. It's common now for a new guy to be the Dept head in a platoon..so your shit better be wired tight when you get there.
Pick the brains of your instructors, don't be a kiss ass but work these guys and get as much sea story time out of them as possible.
NEVER lie to your chief!!!! He is there to look out and mentor you if you can't be honest about little shit then you won't be trusted with anything else. Lol.. this mainly pertains to liberty.. Seriously, shit gets handled at the lowest level possible. If the Skipper gets a phone call from somone other than your chief and you are involved you are pretty much fucked.
1,000 "Attaboys" are cancelled by 1 "Oh Shit"
Volunteer for EVERYTHING... You have already fucked yourself and got in the teams so you may as well go all the way. Your platoon mates will appreciate the help and that attitude will enhance platoon cohesivness.
Some guys are going to be bent shitcans.. whether legitimatly or not thier attitude is poisonous, don't get sucked in.
1st Day/Last day Rule... 99.9% of all the alcohol related incidents happen on these two days..shit you not, be wary of them.
Our biggest enemies are Liqour, Women, and Ego... keep all three in check.
Keep a 3 ring binder with all of your certificates inside. Keep copies of all your quals and awards. These things tend to get lost by admin and YOU are responsible for keeping those things in order.
Start your TSP and Roth IRA's like fucking yesterday!!! If you don't know what these are find someone who does and make it happen. You will thank me in 20 years.
Track your LES's..read those things and make sure the info is correct, the last thing you want to be worrying about is whether or not your pay is dicked up.
Credit cards are not free money..especially the Gov't card. That is without a doubt the second fastest way to end your SpecWar career.
*IMPORTANT* Be wary of having joint bank acccounts, joint credit cards!!! I know you love and trust your Wife/Girlfriend/ Frog Hog, However when you get caught downrange with a long haired dictionary cause your wife knows your Myspace/yahoo/hotmail password, that sweet little thing you hide your dick inside is going to grow horns and take your new money, Harley, truck, house, kids and that dog she fucking hates and find some other guy she can give it to!
Do NOT give General Power of attorney to ANYONE!!! Most Jags won't do it anyway..think of the implications..
Keep your wives/girlfriends OUT of the Hot Tuna.. she has no buisness there. Especially when you are out of town.
We no longer have an excuse for not passing the rating exams.
Having an AD in the cleaning room pisses off the rest of the guys...Clear and Safe.. then white light your chamber.
Spray glue has many uses..as does riggers tape. Watch who you piss off...
Demo is the fastest way to kill you and 15 of your closest friends...
Pulling the trigger of your SIG while in the hoster even though it's usually empty is a great way to put a hole in your leg..or get kicked out of Green Team..
Chamber rides suck... bring a blanket.
Eyepro only works if it is on...
Letting go of the fastrope is never a good idea..
Running with a ruck is stupid...
Don't be a rock.. learn to use a computer and type.
Make sure the helo is on the ground or 10 for 10 before you jump out...
Beach..Boat..Bad.. Never stand between the Zodiac and the beach.. that fucker weighs a ton and comes fast.
Body armor only works if you wear it... ahem.. both plates.
And because I can go on for days I will close with this.. Every time we toast we tap our glasses on the table.. this is to our fallen bretheren and EVERY time I do it thier faces run through my mind.... They will never be forgotton this way... and because I know you don't know them, when you check into the east coast get your ass over to the Grp2 QD and memorize every face and name. This way they can live forever in our memories.
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I recently attended a call to a 'male unconscious, life status questionable?' The location was close to the centre of Big City alongside a public footpath. On arriving scene we were shown to where two Police officers were standing near to some bushes. 'He's in there!' One of the officers pointed to the nearest large bush which hid from public view a 'smackheads den'.
We carefully climbed through the bushes trying to avoid the discarded syringes that were lying around everywhere until we found our call. The male was on his back, eyes closed, skin looking a very pale colour with just a hint of dusky blue starting to appear around the mouth. It was easy to see that his resps were down…really down! He was breathing at about 4 times a minute (normal rate should be 16 – 20 for a young adult at rest).
His pupils were more pinpoint than a big bag of pin pointy things on national pin point day! It was safe to assume that he had 'gone over' or had o/d on heroin. I grabbed hold of his shoulders and give him a good 'ragging' which elicited a slight response. One of the amazing things about reversing a heroin overdose is the simplicity of certain techniques. We sometimes attend addicts who have overdosed and are soaking wet through their friends dumping them in the bath or shower.
Grabbing an overdose by the shoulders and pulling them upright throws the head back quite forcefully (obviously we would not do this if trauma was suspected). This has an effect on the baroceptors and nerves within the neck and sends a message to the respiratory centre in the brain to kick in again. This sometimes does not work and we go to plan B. Of which all will become clear.
Our patient managed to struggle to his feet with our help. As he did so I could see the needles he had been lying on and other debris such as the plastic shopping bags that had once held stolen items used to pay for their hit. Various empty cans of extra strength lager lay about. This was about four feet from the public footpath were kids played up and down on their bikes. Our patient was still under the influence but breathing properly although he kept drifting off.
We were approximately a hundred metres from our truck. 'Come on then matey, sit on our little chair…' Our patient sat down on the floor instead, his head dropped onto his chest and his arms hung by his side. This is a common response to heroin overdose and usually does not present much of a problem…usually. Sometimes they can go back over and go into respiratory arrest. If we are there then we can sort it out. If they are on their own…there is every chance that they will have a very long sleep…forever!
'Right, I'm off back to the truck to get the NARCAN' (Powerful opioid antagonist that reverses overdoses and respiratory depression if administered at the right time). As soon as I had finished saying the sentence our patient sparked up and was on his feet like a shot. 'NARCAN…no way! I don't want no NARCAN!' Through half closed eyes and on unsteady feet he made his way off down the footpath. He made it about ten feet away when he stopped, dropped his head and started to buckle at the knees.
'Look fella! I'll give you a loading shot of NARCAN and then we can decide what to do with you!' I said to him as I shook him awake again. 'NARCAN…don't want that stuff…do you know how much I paid for my hit?'And with that he was off again on his travels. For another ten feet. He stopped again…started to buckle at the knees again. Turning to my crew mate I mention again about going back to the truck and getting the NARCAN. 'No way I said…I'm off…don't want NARCAN!' Off he went again staggering down the footpath…for another ten feet!
This time I just say the word out loud 'NARCAN' It has the desired effect, he re-sparks up and walks away. Every ten feet or so he stops…and I shout out 'NARCAN!' This goes on for almost a hundred metres until he disappears around the corner. I have never known NARCAN to be so effective before, without even having to give it! I wish all our meds were that effective! No doubt our paths will cross again and maybe we wont be able to help next time. (We double checked before leaving scene that he had not collapsed around the corner-a 'friend' came and took care of him.)


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LITTLE ROCK — Boring to some, basics will decide the Arkansas-Florida game this evening.
LITTLE ROCK — Boring to some, basics will decide the Arkansas-Florida game this evening.
The winning trifecta is run the ball, stop the run, and be on the positive side of the turnover ledger. Sweep those three categories and a W is in the offing.
Interpreting September stats to identify the winner of the first game in October is difficult. Both teams rely on the run — the Razorbacks' play-calling is about 3.5-to-1 run vs. pass and the Gators are a solid 3-to-1 in the same direction. If either quarterback throws more than 25 times, the explanation might well be a desperate attempt at a rally.
Going with the most recent impression, Arkansas' offensive line looked the part against Texas A&M with freshmen Dan Skipper and Denver Kirkland starting at guard after being listed as the back-ups at tackle. They were not perfect — Kirkland graded out at 72 percent and Skipper eight points higher — but the move says Arkansas coaches are willing to make a change if unhappy with the status quo.
Arkansas ran for 201 yards against the Aggies, 100 more than the previous week vs. Rutgers, but defense is not the strength of the team from College Station. The only times the Aggies stopped Arkansas were on three possessions when the Razorbacks had a chance to take the lead.
Florida's defense is better than the Rutgers unit that clamped down on Arkansas, but the wild card is how the presence of Brandon Allen would have influenced the game plan in New Jersey. The impressive numbers compiled by Rutgers were dismissed because of the opposition and what the Gators' run defense did to Tennesse Kentucky, and Toledo doesn't matter much, but holding Miami to 50 yards rushing catches the eye. The unbeaten Hurricanes have netted 792 rushing in their other three games.
The Razorbacks' chances of running the ball go up if Allen can complete some passes on first or second down, but he will be under much more pressure than he was last week. Aggressive defense is the philosophy of Nick Saban disciple Will Muschamp.
Arkansas offensive coordinator Jim Chaney will be creative. Against the Aggies, he called a smorgasbord of plays, including a shovel pass to Jonathan Williams and two throws to tight end Hunter Henry moving into a void created by the wide receiver running a deep crossing pattern. In effect, the Razorbacks put together a solid passing game without an established wide receiver because Henry and Williams caught four each for 176 yards and running backs Kiero Small and Alex Collins added three more receptions.
On the other side, Florida will take one look at A&M's 150 yards rushing in the second half at Fayetteville and put a heavy load on Matt Jones, who had 28 carries for 176 on Saturday against Kentucky. Days earlier, Muschamp called in Jones and told the sophomore he was tentative running the ball and that he needed to "cut it loose and play."
Going against Tyler Murphy, Arkansas will face a quarterback who will throw low-risk passes and run by design on occasion. Both Murphy and Jeff Driskel, the starter until he broke his leg, have had 17 carries this year — Driskel netting 38 yards after six sacks and Muprhy putting up plus 120 with one sack.
A long run by Arkansas' Williams or Collins would not be a surprise, but I expect more consistency from the Florida offense and that brings us to turnovers. "There is no bigger stat …," Muschamp said this year.
He pointed out the Gators were minus 12 in 2011 and 7-6 for the season; plus 15 in 2012 and 11-2. In those two losses, the Gators were minus five. Against Miami a month ago, the Gators were minus four, negating a 200-yard advantage in total offense.
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"Beecher's is as much a museum as it is a cheese shop and small cafe, which claims to sell the World's Best Mac and Cheese."
I can't think of a window display more entrancing than the one at Beecher's in Seattle's Pike Place Market. Two gigantic metallic bathtubs full of curds and whey in the middle surrounded by white-lab-coated, hair-netted, official-looking people dragging rakes through the tubs on important cheesemaking duty.
Beecher's is as much a museum as it is a cheese shop and small cafe, which claims to sell The World's Best Mac and Cheese, according to the chalkboard menu ($4.75 for eight ounces, or $8.25 for 16 ounces). The world's best? Quite a cocky claim. Every penne tube gets coated in a luscious cheesy paste—a mix of their famous Flagship, Just Jack, and spices. Thanks to the hollow shape, ooze gets trapped inside and gushes out when you chew. It's got such a cult following, they even sell $45 kits of it.
It's definitely a luxury mac and cheese, as creamy as they come with a depth of cheese flavor. The only thing missing? A crunchy breadcrumb layer on top, an essential part of my "world's best" mac and cheese. If you're just looking for ridiculously creamy, this is it.
Triangles of the Flagship, a semi-hard unpasteurized cow's milk, are for sale nearby. It's the same stuff they're making behind the glass windows. After being aged, the Flagship develops a nutty, earthy taste—nothing too crazy pungent, but a very likable flavor with a subtle tang.
The glass cases also house all kinds of rounds, hunks, and wedges, piled high from quaint-sounding farms in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. Plenty of knowledgeable cheesemongers (who are super friendly, no cheese snobbery here) are waiting behind the counter, ready to educate you on some lesser-known styles and feed you samples of fresh curd nubbins.
Whether you're cheese shopping or not, feel free to sit on the huge metallic milk barrels—front row seats to the cheesification action. After some back-and-forth raking, the Beecher's crew drains the tubs of the cloudy-white whey liquid, then presses the remaining curds and cut them into giant white loaves. Once stacked and squeezed (to get every last whey drip out) it's time to add salt to flavor and ripen the cheese. All this gets explained on huge signs hanging inside.
Fact: You will leave Beecher's a much bigger cheese nerd than when you entered.
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Socialist Jr Senator; previously Representative (VT-At-Large)
Proponents support voting YES because:
Sen. LEVIN: "The amendment requires redeployment be completed within 9 months. At that point, funding for the war would be ended, with four narrow exceptions:"
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Sen. McCAIN: "This year, after nearly 4 years of mismanaged war, our military has made significant gains under the so-called surge. Overall violence in Iraq has fallen to its lowest level since [2003]. Improvised explosive device blasts now occur at a rate lower than at any point since September 2004.
"Al-Qaida's leadership knows which side is winning in Iraq. It may not be known in some parts of America and in this body, but al-Qaida knows. We are succeeding under the new strategy.
"Given these realities, some proponents of precipitous withdrawal from Iraq have shifted their focus. While conceding, finally, that there have been dramatic security gains, they have begun seizing on the lackluster performance of the Iraqi Government to insist that we should abandon the successful strategy and withdraw U.S. forces. This would be a terrible mistake."
Proponents support voting YES because:
Sen. LIEBERMAN: Some of our colleagues thought the Sense of the Senate may have opened the door to some kind of military action against Iran [so we removed some text]. That is not our intention. In fact, our intention is to increase the economic pressure on Iran and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps so that we will never have to consider the use of the military to stop them from what they are doing to kill our soldiers.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Sen. BIDEN. I will oppose the Kyl-Lieberman amendment for one simple reason: this administration cannot be trusted. I am very concerned about the evidence that suggests that Iran is engaged in destabilizing activities inside Iraq. Arguably, if we had a different President who abided by the meaning and intent of laws we pass, I might support this amendment. I fear, however, that this President might use the designation of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity as a pretext to use force against Iran as he sees fit. [The same was done with the Senate resolution on Iraq in 2002]. Given this President's actions and misuse of authority, I cannot support the amendment.
Proponents recommend voting YES because:
Our troops are caught in the midst of a civil war. The administration has begun to escalate this war with 21,000 more troops. This idea is not a new one. During this war, four previous surges have all failed. It is time for a different direction. It is time for a drawdown of our troops.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
This resolution calls for imposing an artificial timeline to withdraw our troops from Iraq, regardless of the conditions on the ground or the consequences of defeat; a defeat that will surely be added to what is unfortunately a growing list of American humiliations. This legislation would hobble American commanders in the field and substantially endanger America's strategic objective of a unified federal democratic Iraq that can govern, defend, and sustain itself and be an ally in the war against Islamic fascism. The unintended consequence of this resolution is to bring to reality Osama bin Laden's vision for Iraq; that after 4 years of fighting in Iraq the US Congress loses its will to fight. If we leave Iraq before the job is done, as surely as night follows day, the terrorists will follow us home. Osama bin Laden has openly said: America does not have the stomach to stay in the fight. He is a fanatic. He is an Islamic fascist. He is determined to destroy us and our way of life.
Title: Condemning bigotry and violence against Sikh Americans in the wake of terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 2001.
Summary: Declares that, in the quest to identify, locate, and bring to justice the perpetrators and sponsors of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the civil rights and liberties of all Americans, including Sikh-Americans, should be protected.
"America's reputation internationally has been severely damaged and critical military, diplomatic, and intelligence resources have been diverted from the war in Afghanistan--a war I supported, and a country this administration has increasingly neglected. And now, after so many errors, so many lives, and so much damage, this administration is again raising the prospect of yet another war in the Middle East--this time a war with Iran.
"I fear this administration has learned nothing from the colossal error, colossal misjudgment in the invasion of Iraq. Let me be clear: I am gravely concerned about Iran's activities in the region and its nuclear agenda. But any offensive action against Iran must be approved by Congress.
"Recent statements by this administration give me concern that this administration is considering just this--an offensive military action against Iran without the consent of Congress. Both Pres. Bush and Vice Pres. Cheney have made public remarks about Iran that suggest an administration readying for military aggression. We know Cheney's historic views on fundamental checks and balances in our constitution. They are disturbing."
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HONOLULU, HI - The New Mexico State men's basketball team played well defensively and had plenty of great spurts offensively to pick up a 70-55 win over Tennessee State, Saturday, Nov. 9 in the Stan Sheriff Center. The Aggies are now 1-1 on the season and the Tigers fall to 0-2.
NM State was up by four at 54-50 with 7:34 left in the game before going on a 10-0 run to take a 64-50 lead with 3:36 on the clock. The Aggies really came together as a team during those moments and it was observable by everyone in the arena when junior DK Eldridge passed the ball to junior Daniel Mullings for a nice alley-hoop.
Mullings finished the night scoring a team-high 16 points on 7-of-16 shooting and Eldridge finished with 14 points going 5-of-7 from the field and 2-for-2 at the line. Two other Aggies tallied double-digit scoring figures with forward Tshilidzi Nephawe putting up 11 and center Sim Bhullar marking 12. Nephawe tallied a double-double as he pulled down 11 boards.
"I thought we did a really good job defensively tonight and on another note it was great to see our team respond and play hard after last night's loss," head coach Marvin Menzies said. "I emphasized free throw shooting today at shoot around and it was great to see us hit almost 80 percent of our free throws today."
NM State went 22-of-28 from the charity line with Nephawe going 7-of-10 and Bhullar hitting 6-of-8. Guard Travon Landry was a perfect 4-of-4 and Mullings went 2-for-2.
NM State started the game taking a 9-8 lead then used a 16-6 run to take a 25-14 lead that forced Tennessee State to use a timeout. Senior guard Kevin Aronis went 2-for-2 from the 3-point arc during that run and Bhullar slammed the ball in for two points on a great pass from Mullings. The Aggies went up by 15 when Aronis hit a jumper with 6:49 in the half. NM State allowed the Tigers to creep back into the gameas TSU guard Michael Patrick scored two of his 20 first half points at the 2:49 mark, making it a 31-29 ball game. The Aggies finished the half with Nephawe going 3-for-3 at the free throw line in the final two minutes.
The Tigers' guard Patrick Miller could not miss and scored a career-high 30 points as the Aggies were all over him making him earn every point.
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Nurse Jennifer Gallagher, who helped treat victims of the Aurora theater shooting in Colorado, has drowned while on a family vacation in Iowa.
Gallagher, 46, of Denver, went swimming in West Lake Okoboji the night of Aug. 6 and her body was found the next day, according to the Sheriff's Office in Dickinson County, Iowa.
Gallagher, an Ireland native, worked at the University of Colorado Hospital for 13 years and cared especially for a shooting victim treated in the hospital's neurological intensive care unit, which she helped open. She was among staffers who met with President Barack Obama during his visit two days after the July 20 shooting rampage that killed 12 and wounded 58 at the Century Aurora 16 theater.
The hospital's nursing chief officer, Carolyn Sanders, said Gallagher was a "beloved nurse" who was well known for her ability to connect with people and develop caring relationships with her patients.
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"We're struggling to cope without her," Pinson told the Herald.
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TORRINGTON - Genealogist Richard Pope will return to the Register Citizen October 4 from 7-9 with his popular Genealogy class.
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Pope has over 30 years experience in genealogy. He has a strong grasp of American records but is also familiar with Irish and German records. He is a member of the Connecticut Professional Genealogists Council, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and local groups such as the Torrington Historical Society.
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Scrap Splatter Done
13 comments:
- KristyLou said...
I love that quilting!
- October 26, 2011 at 6:40 AM
- Melissa said...
Looks great! I used a similar style quilting pattern last week :) I kept thinking about etch-a-sketch while I was quilting like that :)
- October 26, 2011 at 6:46 AM
- Tanya said...
I love the turquoise thread! How big is the quilt? Nicely done, and I love your new blog header :)
- October 26, 2011 at 7:14 AM
- Josie McRazie said...
This quilt reminds me of the theme song for 'Weeds'! Have you heard it... little boxes on a hill side little boxes amde of ticky-tacky! Not sure why but that just poped into my head!
- October 26, 2011 at 7:21 AM
- M-R Charbonneau said...
Very cool design, Cheryl! And great quilting! It's so interesting to see what different people will do with the same challenge parameters. Mine looks completely different from yours.
- October 26, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- What Comes Next? said...
Very cute - I think there's another quilt designer in your house!
- October 26, 2011 at 8:54 AM
- Wonky Girl said...
Cute quilt and great idea to use the blue thread. Your quilting pattern is great too ;)
- October 26, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- stephmabry said...
I love the quilting, both the color and the design! I'm pretty new at making quilts, still, and I've decided I really like using contrasting colors for the quilting since my tops are still relatively simple. :)
- October 26, 2011 at 9:53 AM
- Live a Colorful Life said...
Great name for this quilt. I really like the design!
- October 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- QuiltNut Creations said...
super cute! love the turquoise thread
- October 26, 2011 at 1:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Swooning over this quilt...as I do with all of your quilts. Amazing
- October 28, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- Beth@seasonsofhome said...
I love it and how fun to be able to involve your daughter.
- November 1, 2011 at 10:57 PM
- Amanda Jean said...
it looks fantastic. i'm glad you put the sizes on the post. it looks like it could come in at 15" x 15" if you didn't know better. that would make those scraps pretty darn small.
love your creative layout and your awesome quilting. (in gorgeously colored thread!) it's good all around.
- November 4, 2011 at 4:22 PM


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Emmys preview: Will it be Breaking Bad or House of Cards?
Kevin Spacey, Breaking BadNext Monday will be the 65th annual prime time Emmy Awards. Catch our live blog from 10am of all the action during American television's night of nights.
Comedies, miniseries, reality TV shows. They all come to the Emmy Awards looking for glory, but ultimately there is only one category which matters. One category where the industry's best compete for top honours on the night: drama.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series
Hugh Bonneville, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad (AMC)
Jeff Daniels, The Newsroom (HBO)
Jon Hamm, Mad Men (AMC)
Damian Lewis, Homeland (Showtime)
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards (Netflix)
One of the tightest competitions on Emmy night, this is the award which in recent years has landed mostly in the hands of Damian Lewis from Homeland. And rightly so, Lewis is an outstanding actor and his work has been par excellence.
But this is a game-changing year. It is the final year of Breaking Bad, so naturally, all eyes fall to that show and its star, Bryan Cranston.In a scant few years, Cranston has transformed himself from a TV sitcom dad into Hollywood's greatest TV actor with a luminous performance.
So just when you think it's a done and dusted deal for Breaking Bad to take out line honours in the best actor category, along comes Netflix's House of Cards and a stunning performance from Kevin Spacey.
Ultimately, Bryan Cranston deserves to win this. His performance has been slowly constructed over five years, culminating in one of the most extraordinary performances in television drama. But this looks certain to be the year of the big Netflix upset, so most people in the room will be expecting Spacey to win.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton, Nashville (ABC)
Claire Danes, Homeland (Showtime)
Michelle Dockery, Downton Abbey (PBS)
Vera Farmiga, Bates Motel (A&E)
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men (AMC)
Kerry Washington, Scandal (ABC)
Robin Wright, House of Cards (Netflix)
This is a slightly more open field. There is no doubt Robin Wright's turn in House of Cards was extraordinary, but House of Cards was ultimately Spacey's platform and the competition here is much stronger.
Elisabeth Moss in Mad Men, Kerry Washington in Scandal and Claire Danes in Homeland have all delivered towering work. Connie Britton in Nashville could be a contender here too. She's not long out of the Emmy darling American Horror Story, which adds a little sparkle to her name on the list.
Vera Farmiga is the dark horse. While Bates Motel, a sort of Psycho prequel, has been left sitting on the sidelines to some extent as the US media lavishes its affection on bigger, noisier shows like Breaking Bad and House of Cards, it does deserve some notice. It's a great show and Farmiga delivers a brilliant performance.
This looks to be a three horse race: Wright, Danes or, possibly, Farmiga.
Outstanding Drama Series
Breaking Bad (AMC)
Downton Abbey (PBS)
Game of Thrones (HBO)
Homeland (Showtime)
House of Cards (Netflix)
Mad Men (AMC)
The big award of the night. The one everyone will be waiting for. And what a terrible dilemma for Emmy voters. Do you reward Breaking Bad, in its final year, for five years of outstanding achievement? Or do you give it to House of Cards, in its first, for re-writing the rulebook on drama commissioning?
This is supposed to be the year of the big Netflix upset and truth be told, if they can't deliver on this category, then we may have to re-think that. With an outstanding drama statue to its name, Netflix has well and truly changed the game. Without one, it will be left for the pundits to debate for years to come.
If we look for the most deserving, the answer is Breaking Bad. Its final season has been stupendously brilliant, with episode after episode stretching the nervous tension further and further towards the snap we all know is coming in its thrilling conclusion.
If we look for the most likely, we must consider House of Cards, the made-for-Netflix drama which seems to have ruffled feathers at every level of the TV business and has become a favourite topic of discussion for journalists and commentators around the world.
But Netflix's footprint is, in relative terms, not as big as the noise is makes in media coverage. And the conclusion to Breaking Bad is, in no uncertain terms, the biggest TV event of the year. If you were a betting man you'd probably have a bob each way.
Miniseries and telemovies:
Once the bastard child of the drama category, flush with turgid mini-soaps, these miniseries and telemovie categories have become a new battleground for extraordinary dramatic work. American Horror Story is the clear standout on that front.
They also boast some of the most amazing talent in contention on Emmy night, including Jessica Lange, Helen Mirren, Al Pacina and Michael Douglas.
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Parade's End (HBO)
Matt Damon, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Michael Douglas, Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
Toby Jones, The Girl (HBO)
Al Pacino, Phil Spector (HBO)
At first glance, the nominees for outstanding lead actor could read like it's Oscar night: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas and Al Pacino chief among them.
No disrespect to television, or indeed to Benedict Cumberbatch and Toby Jones, who both did extraordinary work, but the winner is going to be one of those first three.
Most likely? Michael Douglas.
While there's a lot of true-life work in the category – Pacino played Phil Spector, Jones played Alfred Hitchcock – the real jewel here is Douglas's turn as Liberace in the HBO telemovie Behind The Candelabra. No question that's going to make a clean sweep of the Emmys.
Damon could be a surprise here. Like Douglas, he brought great humanity and dignity to Behind The Candelabra. Prior to its broadcast there was some uncertainty about its tone. Afterwards, there was no doubt it was genuinely brilliant.
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
Jessica Lange, American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Laura Linney, The Big C: Hereafter (Showtime)
Helen Mirren, Phil Spector (HBO)
Elisabeth Moss, Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
Sigourney Weaver, Political Animals (USA Network)
This is Jessica Lange's category. Her work on American Horror Story is luminous. Alchemy of that kind is difficult to create, particularly with the production pace and budgetary pressures of television.
But Ryan Murphy is somehow greater when he's writing for Lange, and Lange is somehow more brilliant when she's speaking Murphy's words. Individually each is excellent. Together they are breathtaking.
Helen Mirren is an outside chance here, as an old favourite of the miniseries and telemovie category. And Sigourney Weaver, whose work in Political Animals is excellent. The problem here is a lack of oxygen during the critical voting window for Emmy voters.
And like the actor category, the actress category is loaded with prime film talent: Lange, Mirren, Weaver. Add Meryl Streep and you'd have four women all worthy of an Oscar.
Outstanding Miniseries or Movie
American Horror Story: Asylum (FX)
Behind the Candelabra (HBO)
The Bible (History)
Phil Spector (HBO)
Political Animals (USA Network)
Top of the Lake (Sundance Channel)
For obvious reason, Australia will be backing Top of the Lake. It screened in the US on Sundance, but its genesis is very much Australian, and no doubt its commissioning executives at UKTV will be cheering from the sidelines.
In the end, of course, it's down to American Horror Story or Behind The Candelabra. American Horror Story comes into the fight as the incumbent, and perhaps as the most genuinely startling of all of the projects.
But Behind The Candelabra is a safe bet for a clean sweep of the awards. It was screened smack bang in the middle of the Emmy voting window and there is still enormous affection for it in the media.
* The 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be broadcast on Monday, September 23, on FOX8 from 9am.
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Hufflepuff is the surname of a wizarding family originating from Wales that existed circa one thousand years ago in Britain. It is unknown if they were pure-blood, or if they had Muggle as well as magical heritage. It is also unknown if this family is extinct in either the male or female line, though the Hufflepuff name is well known, as Helga Hufflepuff was the founder of Hufflepuff house at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Early history
The Hufflepuff family's oldest known member, Helga Hufflepuff, was a prominent witch in the wizarding world and one of the four legendary founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, along with Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Helga was known for being very fair, and also for hiring the house-elves that worked in the Hogwarts kitchens in order to give them a place to work where they wouldn't be abused.
Recent history
By the early twentieth century, the Hufflepuff family was not known to have any surviving members with that surname, although a woman named Hepzibah Smith claimed to be a distant relation and owned an artefact that had belonged to Helga: her Cup. In the 1940s, a handsome employee at a shop called Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley, named Tom Riddle, managed to charm Hepzibah into showing him the cup, as well as a locket that belonged to his own famous ancestor, Salazar Slytherin. He later murdered her and stole the two artefacts, subsequently framing Smith's house-elf, Hokey, by modifying the elf's memory.
Known members
Helga Hufflepuff
Helga Hufflepuff was a witch of Medieval times and was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She is described by the Sorting Hat as "good Hufflepuff", or "sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad."
Hepzibah Smith
Hepzibah Smith was a very old and very rich witch who collected magical antiques and was a descendant of Helga Hufflepuff, one of the founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Two of her most prized possessions were a cup belonging to Helga Hufflepuff and a locket belonging to Salazar Slytherin, the latter of which she bought, at great expense, from Caractacus Burke.
While working at Borgin and Burkes, Tom Riddle befriended Hepzibah, who doted upon him. While Riddle was visiting her on behalf of Mr Burke, she imprudently showed him Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket. Two days later, she was found dead; poison was found mixed with her cocoa. Riddle was never suspected, as Hepzibah's house-elf, Hokey, confessed to the crime. However, Albus Dumbledore tracked Hokey down several years later and extracted a memory from her that cast doubt on her guilt. The cup and the locket had also gone missing; they became two of Riddle/Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, and Hepzibah's murder was the murder used to create the Horcrux cup. Hepzibah may also be related to Zacharias Smith.
Possible members
Sally Smith
Sally Smith was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was originally named Georgina in J. K. Rowling's original notes. Her name is only shown on the list on Pottermore. If she remained in Harry's year is currently unknown.
Zacharias Smith
Zacharias Smith was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who was Sorted into Hufflepuff House. He was a Chaser on the Hufflepuff Quidditch team and a member of Dumbledore's Army, though he abandoned the D.A. instead of fighting with them during the Battle of Hogwarts.
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Mentioned only)
- Wizard of the Month
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
Notes and references
- ↑ Members of the Smith family claimed to descend from this family.


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Aloha Friday
If we had a time machine, oh, the things we would do. Shred our hypercolor T-shirts. Stop that tramp-stamp tattoo. Ditch the loser boyfriend who pledged his undying love to us... and three other girls.
One thing we won't have to do: travel back in time to score sleek, uber-soft vintage Aloha shirts thanks to Kona Bay Hawaii and its store-wide Black Friday sale.
Owner KC Kiuchi stumbled across his first Aloha shirt in 1987 in a second-hand shop in Japan and eventually amassed nearly 300 shirts, all circa 1930s to 1950s with slim cuts, intricate prints and buttery rayon fabrics. Those collectibles served as the ultimate prototype when he started manufacturing his own vintage-inspired Aloha shirts in Hawaii in 2001.
Kiuchi's one-year-old Waikiki retail shop is a blast from the past with walls dotted with black-and-white photographs of iconic, Aloha-shirt-sporting celebrities like Frank Sinatra and Montgomery Clift (above). He works closely with a Japanese fabric company to replicate famous prints using overprinting or classic discharge printing techniques for rich, saturated colors.
Other highlights include new, original prints (think Andy-Warhol-esque surfer motifs and Kona-based street signs), a rack of petite-perfect extra-extra-small men's shirts, women's shirts and dresses, and Kiuchi's entire vintage collection stored in back.
Stop in on Black Friday and get 20 percent off everything in store, vintage shirts excluded. The sale, much like his $4,500 extra-large, deadstock Hale Hawaii Aloha shirt, is incredibly rare.
And doesn't come with a time machine.
Aloha shirts range from $54.99 keiki to $89.99 men's. Take 20 percent off the entire store, vintage shirts excluded, this Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Kona Bay Hawaii is located at 444 Ena Rd. Paid parking lot to the left of the store, metered parking on Hobron Ln. For more information, call (808) 223-3390 or visit KonaBayHawaii.com.


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The Jennifers — as in Lawrence, Hudson and Aniston — dominated social media chatter during the red carpet arrivals at Sunday's Academy Awards.
Lawrence, who went with Dior — was widely hailed as the "best dressed." Her gown with the fitted bodice and full skirt was expected since it's the style she's favored all awards season. She rocked the backwards necklace — a look we haven't seen since the 1990s but that we're sure to see on prom-goers and maybe even brides later this season if the explosion of positive Tweets are any indication. Her soft updo and makeup was also celebrated on social media with her hairstyle showing-up with the #wantthathair hashtag which ended up trending on Twitter minutes after the arrivals began.
Hudson is one of those stars we've seen transform over the past year thanks for her significant weight-loss. She's been quoted as saying she can now wearing styles and designers that just didn't work with her frame when she was heavier. Sunday night she opted for a jewel-toned Roberto Cavalli — a dress some were calling "dull" and too modest. Others noticed she channeled Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez from past award shows by flashing her gam and earning the "lady with the leg" label at this show.
During her one-on-one with Ryan Seacrest, Hudson dished beauty tips. She told fans to "bring your lips with you," but some were questioning if she meant "hair," too. Her extensions/wig was panned around the world with viewers from the U.S. to Europe "disliking" the former American Idol's 'do.
There was a lot of "liking" going on for Jennifer Aniston's hair, but her gown received mixed reviews thanks to its prom gown fit.
"Every woman who attended a prom in the late 90′s or early 2000′s had someone in her posse, if not herself, in that Jennifer Aniston dress," wrote Melissa Tolosky Russom on Facebook. "And it wasn't red carpet-worthy then, either."
What people did love, though, was the color the former "Friends" star chose. From Zoe Saldana to Jessica Chastain to Amy Adams, so many stars settled for nudes and naturals, as is often the case at the Oscars, but Aniston rocked the red and maybe — maybe — had a certain ex husband's girlfriend turning the unflattering color of jealousy, green.
At any awards show, the flops are more fun than the fabulously fashionable and this year there were several.
Readers were comparing Anne Hathaway's pink Prada gown to a bib and women were calling for her to "get a bra."
"Anne Hathaway's nipple is the Angelina's leg of this years," Tweeted Susan Arbetter @sarbetter
Those nips had their own twitter account within minutes of showing at the party. @HathawayNipple brought us "Anyone else feeling a little chilly?" and "#LesNipplerables"
She told fashion commentators on the red carpet she picked the dress just hours earlier. Many were speculating she did the selecting right off the rack — a "no no" for celebs — based on how uncharacteristic the whole look was for a woman who is often labeled "best dressed" at award shows.
The other disappointment? Melissa McCarthy. The star is known for her role in "Bridesmaid" and showed up looking like a mother-of-the-bride — from 1999. Her gray David Meister gown was draped and ill-fitting and had people questioning who dressed her. The negativity didn't stop there. Her heavily teased hair was dubbed "the first tragedy of the evening." The only winner with that one was the hairspray company — she revived AquaNet's role in hair care, joked many on Twitter.
Bradley Cooper's hair also had people talking. His slicked-back locks created a call for a gel-reduction. He made up for that faux pas by sporting the sweetest accessory of the night — his mom on his arm.
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Want to build an iOS app but aren't a computer programmer? No problem. Apple is working on a way for everyone to create new apps.
Apple has applied for a patent for an online content authoring tool that would let people without any programming experience create apps for its iOS system. The patent, called "Content Configuration for Device Platforms," describes a tool that would allow users to create content without needing to understand or use computer code, according to AppleInsider.
The application is filled with interesting phrases, such as how lack of technical skill is a "hindrance" to creating great apps. The patented software will use a user interface to build the app, much like how one would use WordPress to create a blog. Not surprisingly, despite the technological advances, it would still help if the designer knew a little about coding.
Aside from assisting the tech-handicapped, the new tool would also help create apps that would work on well on both iPhones and iPads from the get-go, something that's plagued the iOS for the last couple of years.
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It will be interesting to see if the new system really can be accessed and used by people without a technical background, although we have a feeling the new tool will still mostly be used by programmers for a more streamlined way to create apps. Either way, we think it means much more diversity in iOS apps and that's great for users.


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Check out the Free Colorado Secular Conference in Grand Junction on July 21st. Grand Junction is just about as close to Utah as a place in Colorado can be and speakers are coming in from a variety of locations to present a number of different topics. http://HumanistsDoingGood.org/conference
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There is another closed group for the BYU kids that cant be public about their non-belief. You have to earn some trust because their whole academic life is on the line if they get busted.
The coalition for reason also has an active group on the wasatch front.
Hi guys. Looking for people in the Bryce Canyon area to chat with and for just general support. I work in tourism, don't we all in Utah, and getting ready for the busy season. If it comes this year. Since I work two jobs in the summer, its hard to arrange face to faces.
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Originally posted at Capital Gains and Games.
Two reports over the past two days by the most credible organizations that do budget analysis prove that, no matter what they say publicly, congressional Republicans don't actually give a damn about reducing the federal deficit or lower government spending.
Each report shows that, for the GOP, the deficit not only comes in no better than second every time, it's not really a serious consideration.
The first report, produced by the excellent analysts at the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) and released on Monday, shows that last August's GOP-induced fight over raising the debt ceiling increased federal borrowing costs, that is, spending on interest, by a minimum of $1.3 billion. Here's the money quote:
Delays in raising the debt limit can create uncertainty in the Treasury market and lead to higher Treasury borrowing costs. GAO estimated that delays in raising the debt limit in 2011 led to an increase in Treasury's borrowing costs of about $1.3 billion in fiscal year 2011. However, this does not account for the multiyear effects on increased costs for Treasury securities that will remain outstanding after fiscal year 2011.
(Note for the true budget wonks among us…Watch for this largely unknown acronym --DISP -- or Debt Issuance Suspension Period. That's the formal name for the period when the Treasury can't borrow because the debt limit has been reached.)
The second report is the updated estimate of the budget impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act released by the equally excellent and objective analysts at the Congressional Budget Office. According the CBO, repealing the law as the GOP has vowed to do will increase the deficit by $109 billion over the next 10 years.
In other words, the more-than-30 votes in the House to repeal health care reform that have been orchestrated by the GOP leadership with so much pride and fanfare were also more than 30 votes to increase the deficit by an average of almost $11 billion a year every year over the next decade.
To put this in context, $11 billion is what two federal departments -- Commerce and Interior -- are each expected to spend in fiscal 2012. It's also more than twice the legislative branch budget, about $4.5 billion more than the judicial branch budget, $2 billion more than what the Environmental Protection Agency will spend, almost $3 billion more that the National Science Foundation will spend and almost 10 times the budget of the Small Business Administration.