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Autoclose. Closing a file when it is not in use sounds like a prudent thing to do. Yet I see files opening and closing all the time in the error log in SQL Server, even though I know that I never use the database except for viewing in Enterprise Manager. Does viewing a list of databases in Enterprise Manager make the files open? It makes sense to me to use autoclose on databases that I use only occasionally as import staging areas, and which I access for only a fraction of the time my online transaction processing (OLTP) database is in use. SQL Server Books Online says that the autoclose option is automatically set to YES for the SQL Server Personal Edition and to NO for all other editions. Has this option been included only for the Personal Edition?

Autoshrink. The autoshrink option also sounds helpful. However, would using autoshrink on my import staging areas, where I bring in quantities of data for short periods of time, keep these areas small for backups?

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Autoclose is available in all editions of SQL Server 2000. The amount of memory you save by using this option is relatively small but might be important on memory-constrained systems running the Personal Edition. However, enabling autoclose for the other editions isn't a good idea, because every time you try to access the database, the query will be slowed by the amount of load time it takes to mount the database. As for the question about your files opening and closing, yes, when you enumerate a database in Enterprise Manager, you access the database, which opens the files.

Leaving autoshrink on for production systems also isn't a good practice (unless you really need to), because autoshrink might start when your system is otherwise busy with production work, and slow down the system. However, enabling this option is a good idea for desktop or remote systems that don't get a lot of DBA attention and whose databases could grow out of control before you detect the problem.

So, I am posting the link as is. You can browse through them for lyrics that I don't have yet in the Songlist. Also, at the bottom of Lyrics and Songs' Mr Children page there is a link for songs with Japanese titles, so you should click that too.

Sorry, scarce pickings. I am still in Hari Raya mode.

Thanks to the Internet it is much easier than it used to be. Just type in your search and there is more information at your finger tips than you could possibly read.

Google have just released a new service - Google Insights to help small businesses conduct there market research based on the trends on keywords so you can see what is hot and what is not - more details in this New York Times article.

Wiki have also entered the market research area with ResearchWikis.com . Since this is developed by users it's going to take time to be definitive but it could become a tremendous resource. While competitors may wish to keep details quiet, industry watchers will want to share information widely.

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Bu programın yapmış olduğu bir çok "exe, dll" türündeki dosyaları açıp içerisinde oynama yapabileceğimiz bizim hoşlanmadığımız kısımlarda değişiklik yaparak istediğimiz biçime getirmek yani kendi zevkinizi tatmin etmek için yapılmış küçük boyutlu bi programdır..
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 "Student does not perform to her full potential."

That I was getting this comment written about me in junior high and high school is not surprising...that I got it as early as 1st grade is. And while I have long considered this comment a testament to my "genius", I failed to note it as a statement of failure or underperformance. My behavior did not reflect who I am and I know it!

I can trace my underperformance habit to my upbringing -- raised within a hillbilly family who's favorite phrase was "don't you get above your raising!" In a family such as this, one learns that it's not only bad, but dangerous to perform to a fraction of your potential much less the full level! It was this philosophy, in conjunction with emotional abuse that directed my diminished performance in the classroom. An easily predicted outcome I think given the environment.

I must be noted however that it has been more than 27 years since I graduated high school, and yet I still catch myself engaging in this same manner...I admit I staggered through the college experience; failing of course, to garner the academic degree. For years I've chided myself that 'I just couldn't settle down to a major, that I was more interested in learning than achieving, and that the degree is over rated'. While technically true on all accounts (I continue to be bored if not actively engaged in a new subject) I have to acknowledge the role of my underperformance as well.

I know intellectually that where I am (in terms of life, career, and relationships) is quite simply the sum of my choices, and yet I am living a life (or more correctly 'existing a life') that I don't care for. I am not regularly engaging in activities that I love, don't take risks in my relationships, and have FAR too many unrealized dreams (excluding those that could more accurately be labeled 'fantasies'!) It's not comfortable being in this place, and yet I've done little to move out of it...So why am I not living with integrity? Why do I settle for less? To some degree, a heavy dose of fear, but largely, simply a habit of underperformance and diminished expectations (think about it, if you don't expect much, it's harder to be disappointed.) I've settled for less than my dream...how sad.

The logical response to this info is of course "how do I alter this?" Undoubtedly it will take awareness, hard work (including that #$%@ dirty word: discipline), and clearly, a dose of courage to change. As I often do, I consulted the book stacks and came across Find Your Courage! by Margie Warrell. The subtitle of this book is "Unleash Your Full Potential & Live the Life You Really Want." Like many self-help books about Change, it addresses the various issues of change-resistance, lack of self-confidence/trust, as well as the role of dreams in our life. As someone who has leapt into a "dream" many times, I found the most engaging idea in this volume to be that "your dream is not about a destination you are supposed to arrive at but rather a direction you will begin to travel" giving credence to my belief that life is the journey...

Will I integrate this perspective into my daily living? I certainly hope so, because what I've been doing for years isn't "working" in terms of living with integrity, as myself, comfortable in my skin. And while it's easier said than done, it's time to take a cue from Kate Winslett's character in the film Holiday and accept that "surely you should be the leading lady in your own life!"

A few weeks ago I ran across I site that focuses on being a good dad and husband, as such it's Husbands & Dads.com.  Now, let's be clear I'm not a dad or a husband, but I do hope to be both one day and the site has some very interesting posts even for me!

I've read posts on kids, on health and on marriage, but they've even got movie reviews and technology posts.  They've really brought together some great content!

Some of the most popular posts right now are: 8 Unique Ways to Help Your Wife Relax, Tips for Dads - How to Soothe a Crying Baby, and Top 10 Most Underrated TV Dads.  They've also got a newly launched forum where you can dialog on all types of topics appropriate to being a dad.

So go check them out, and let me know what you think.

We're always looking for new sites that are family focused, if you've got a favorite let me know in the comments!

- Gavin

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However, it might be useful for some users who don’t think about to copy and paste.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Penquis, 50 North St., Dover-Foxcroft

Present: Sue Cyr, Thelma Regan, Cheri Snow, Sheryl Bown, Theresa Boettner, Rep. Jim Annis, Sarah Hanscome, Arthur Jette, Joanie Withee, Eileen McAvory, Joyce Santerre, James Macomber

Facilitated by: James Macomber

1.      Welcome

a.       Leadership Team: Paul Matulis (Co-chair), James Macomber (Co-chair & tres.), and Stephanie Doore (Sec.)

b.      Sign in sheet – members or guest

c.       Quick Intros around the table (just name, position, agency, member or guest)

2.      Treasurer’s Report

a.       Income                                                             $105.00           3 memberships

b.      Expenses & Payments:                          $400.00           Rape Response

c.       Account Balance                                              $887.97           as of 10/01/08

d.      Membership Payment Received or Updates      Rec’d: Triad, Comm. Health & Counseling, Pis. Soil & Water

e.       Reminders: Memberships are past due

3.      Old Business:

a.       Grant Committee Report: The group suggested that we look at PPHC application process so here is the link to it: http://mayohospital.com/pphc/07-08Guidelines_ApplicationForm.pdf .  More information will be discussed at the next meeting.

b.      PR Committee Report:  The committee has had a hard time getting information from the members, Jim will include the question in the next email and the members to response.

Please provide the information on the following areas based on your organization:

                        1. Services/Expenses spent in the region.

                        2. Number of employees locally

                        3. Wages in total dollars of those that live and/or work in the region

                        4. Indirect benefits such as gas, meals, and etc.

5. How much is put back into the local economy thru wages and bought services and                                                                                    supplies?

                        6. Benefits to our communities and the region provided by our non-profits?

7. Loss of funding over the last year and five years; how did that effect your agencies deliver of services?

                        8. Average number of clients serviced in the greater Piscataquis area?

9. How many or a percent of employees outside work hours donate time and/or money back to their communities/region for community projects?

4.      New Business:

a.       To look at the members paying for their own meals in December and June so the money could be saved for granting process.  No vote taken and to be discussed at the next meeting.

5.      Today’s speaker(s):  Art Jette of Womancare: He informed us the work that Womancare does and will be doing, the referral process, education, community relations, fund raising, the upcoming breakfast and race this Saturday. 

6.      Agency Updates: Your agency updates must be email to Stephanie Doore [sdoore@chcs-me.org] or James Macomber {jmacomber@penquis.org} within 7 days of this meeting. 

7.      Next Meeting is Thursday, November 6, 2008 and the location is Penquis at 9 a.m.

8.      Next Month’s speaker is Piscataquis County Case Committee

9.      Adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

Remember to bring a guest to the next meeting with you!     

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What happens when we take that contract mentality into our relationships? Some of us can only feel certain that the other person will live up to their claims when there is a contact. "If I wash the dishes, you cook the meal", "If I wash the cloths you iron them". We live life on contracts. Even sub consciously we draw up contacts in mind without even consulting the other person. "If John does  not come on time again. I will always be late when I meet up with him again." or "I always get Mary a birthday present but she never gets me anything on my birthday. If she does not get me anything this year I wont get her something on her birthday from now on." These are just very general examples, however I am sure that you will be able to think of some examples with your life where you have written a contact with yourself regarding somebody else. This becomes our defense mechanism to prevent ourselves from getting hurt or feeling like we are getting the short end of the stick.

Contracts in life do help us to maintain some kind of "fairness". Not all contracts are bad. In fact making a contact is by no means evil in itself it is the mentality that develops from the use of contracts that I believe becomes unhealthy.

There are generally 5 characteristics of contracts

Contracts are usually drawn up for a limited time periods- example taking a loan from the bank to buy a car. The bank agrees to loan you X amount of dollars for Y amount of years and you have to pay back in monthly installments. If payment is defaulted the car may be repossessed by the bank. Can you relate that into your relationships? Have we given somebody a time limit to change his/her character if not we will give up on that person?

Contracts most often deal with a specific action- When you buy an appliance from a company. There usually is a warranty. In fine print you will see if they cover the parts or labour and if parts what parts do they cover and which they do not. Most contracts made in relationships are also action orientated, like " If you pack the room this weekend and let me go shopping, I will do the packing next week and let you watch soccer with your friends"The act of packing becomes the "cost" of going out.

Contracts are usually based on "If....Then...."- If you will do these, then I will do that. It is the very basis on with almost all contracts are based on. If you are willing than I am willing. Most of us will at one point or other bring this mentality into our relationships. It might sound perfectly fine on paper, after all it is 'fair' however what happens when one party is not willing or unable to fulfill it? In a contract mentality like this, there will never be a progress unless both parties continue to be willing.

Contracts are motivated by the desire to get something we desire- Is that not true? When we want to get something we began to negotiate a contract with someone."If I wash the car today, will you cook my favorite dish tonight" In the end it is to get what we want and based on how important that "thing" is to us we are willing to "pay" more for it. Whether payment is in time, emotions or cash.

Contracts are sometimes unspoken- Alot of relationships dance around unspoken communication. "If I let him watch soccer on Friday, he will accompany me on sat. However if I don't let him watch soccer on Friday he will "give it to me" the whole of sat" This is contract written without even being spoken. The longer we know a person the more unspoken contracts are tend to be written.

In contract relationship, you can clearly see how hard if not impossible to always maintain a healthy relationship between spouse, friends or family. Too much focus in placed on self and what I can get out of this deal. Sadly this is how the world has trained us to think, behave and react in almost any situation.

Why does the bible use the word covenant instead of contract? Contract are made to ensure that both parties fulfill their individual parts in the agreement in order for the contract to be fulfilled. In a case where one party is unable to uphold their end of the agreement the other person has the legal right to dissolve the contract. However God does not want us to have a contact mentality. With that mentality we get into relationships, jobs, or just about anything with the mentality that if I do not get what I expect out of this I can just walk away from it. The divorce rate around the world in on the rise even in so called christian marriages. It is a scary thought that what was once taboo? now is so common, divorce is no longer the last resort but the first threat used in marriages. Why? because instead of till death do us part in their minds it is since you are the death of me lets part!

Our God is a covenantal God. Whats the difference between the two? God made a covenant with Noah when He asked Noah to build Him an ark. God took the initiative in making the covenant and it was purely for Noah's benefit. Noah accepted the covenant with God to do what he could do (build the ark) and accept the gift of God's grace something he could not do for himself (save himself from the flood) God's motive was not to get the ark for himself, he did not need it. But Noah did. His building of the ark showed his acceptance of God's covenant offer of deliverance.

BTW alot of the ideas from this post comes from a book that I am reading ATM titled "Now You're speaking My Language" by Gary Chapman.

My latest discovery is Dean and Jill Sweetman's books, which I purchased in Hawaii, are available as a free ebook from their website www.deanandjill.com.  You should check it out.  They have a great resource right there.  You can also donate which puts the ball in your court for how much to give and it's through PayPal so it's simple as.

Have you seen quality stuff for free recently?

Oh and check out this site too... amazing free booklet (The Bible Style Guide) produced for the media by the Bible Society.  Excellently produced and very relevant for today's searching soul.  Awesome!

The Power of Repeated Reading in Small Group Instruction.

by Wendie Bramwell (Author), Brooke Graham Doyle (Author)

Reading level: Ages 9-12

Paperback: 96 pages

Publisher: Scholastic (July 1, 2008)

Language: English

In response to the National Reading Panel's report many school districts and teachers have become more conscious of using scientifically researched based reading strategies. Based on the findings of the report, one of the critical factors necessary for reading comprehension is repeated reading. The authors of The Power of Repeated Reading, Wendie Bramwell & Brooke Graham Doyle, have compiled a list of strategies for a specific type of repeated reading known as "dialogic reading." Dialogic reading involves multiple readings, in small group settings, with questioning and responding to children during the readings.

Having an understanding that a critical component of dialogic reading is the interactive behaviors between teachers and students gives us a framework with which to read this book. The authors do a remarkable job offering guidelines for organizing the classroom as well as selecting appropriate stories. Additionally, they provide book recommendations, suggestions for home/school connections, and an examination of the research. At the back of the book are three hand-out sheets as well as teacher reflection pages. The hand-outs are worth the price of the book by themselves; they give the teacher some guidelines on how to become familiar with dialogic reading and helpful suggestions for creating reading questions.

I do not want to trivialize the importance of dialogical reading with a superficial look at the authors' research. The opportunities for emotional growth as well as literacy development are evident when teachers choose books for repeated reading. Stories with emotional-social content present models for problem solving, interacting, and decision making. It allows children to have the opportunity to develop as individual readers while participating in an activity that leads to social competence. Bramwell and Doyle augment their credibility with a summary of the research surrounding dialogic reading.

As a Reading Specialist who is frequently a coach for classroom teachers I would use this book as a resource when discussing essential elements in a literacy program. Dialogic Reading is a strategy which offers students the opportunity to develop as readers and thinkers while promoting positive social skills; and this book gives teachers the groundwork to use this researched based strategy instantaneously

References

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching children to read: An evidence based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction. (NIH Publication No. 00-4769). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Watson ED.D. student in curriculum and instruction at St. Louis University; Reading Specialist at Jamestown Elementary School, Hazelwood School District, Missouri.

I'm currently working on a simulator for a pick, pack and ship partner. We will be POSTing product orders as xml and asynchronously receiving order status and shipment notification updates that are POSTed back as xml. The simulator is functionally equivalent to a car with an empty engine compartment. All of the interfaces that a user (our system) would see are there but when you press the gas pedal (send an order), it just makes "vroom, vroom" noises (returns mock data). It is a fully functional web application with a REST style WS interface and several internal JMS processing queues. The processing, however, is simplistic and deterministic.

You might be asking yourself what any of this has to do with Spring or Resources. I was just getting to that.

In our main application, we have a 'hidden' feature that allows us to send a canned (static) xml document to this pick, pack and ship partner for testing. Yesterday, after standing up the PPS simulator and trying to send it a message from our main application, I ran into a problem.

The original developer of this feature put the static sample xml that we are sending inside one of the classes as a string:

[sourcecode language="java"]
private static String ORDER_XML = "..."
+ "...."
+ "