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Defiant Azealia Banks is refusing to back down following her alleged spat with Russell Crowe at a party on Saturday, revealing the truth will be released on Wednesday.
The rapper has filed a police report, accusing the actor of allegedly spitting on her, calling her the N-word and kicking her out of a party she attended with the Wu-Tang Clan's RZA.
But sources tell TMZ, Banks was the aggressor and Crowe took action when she allegedly became abusive towards him and another female guest.
Azealia demanded an apology from the Gladiator star and when one didn't come, she went to the Beverly Hills police department.
In a now-deleted Facebook rant on Sunday, the 212 rapper claimed Crowe called her "a n**ger", choked her, and then "threw me out and spat at me".
She added, "Last night was one of the hardest nights of sleep I've had in a long time... I wish I had someone to beat him up for me."
In a new post, which has also been deleted, she adds, "The truth will be out on Wednesday. I am 100% innocent in this matter. No matter how you feel about me no person deserves to be handled that way. And I will not be threatened or chastised into keeping quiet.
"This man MUST and WILL be held accountable for his actions. This is the most expensive mistake he will ever make in his life."
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Banks has issued a statement on her behalf. It reads: "Azealia is tremendously distraught and disheartened. She is shell shocked... and will speak out on the incident once she has had time to process the brutality and abuse she was unjustly subjected to."


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Beat the Streak Report: Wednesday, Aug. 12
Today's recommended picks
Ichiro Suzuki, OF, Mariners
.522 AVG (12-for-23) since '04 vs. White Sox starter Mark Buehrle
Orlando Cabrera, SS, Twins
.364 AVG (32-for-88) during 20-G hitting streak
Cristian Guzman, SS, Nationals
.463 AVG (31-for-67) during 16-G hitting streak; .421 AVG (8-for-19) since '04 vs. Braves starter Derek Lowe
BTS all-time leader: Michael Karatzia, 49
MLB all-time leader: Joe DiMaggio, 56
Yesterday's results
Another day brought more BTS success for eggman3131, who is up to 41 games following a 3-for-6 effort from Hanley Ramirez.
And once again, the rest of the Top 5 held steady in their pursuit of the leader. hammanm also went with Hanley, a move that kept him in second place at 36 games, while samolina55 got just enough from Ryan Zimmerman (1-for-4) to keep pace at 35 games.
Sun_Tenshi moved up to 33 games with the selection of the streaking Orlando Cabrera (1-for-4) and sagtraf2 remained one game behind thanks to a 3-for-5 evening from Derek Jeter.
Yesterday's Top 5 most selected players
1. Joe Mauer (MIN): 11.2%, 3-for-4
2. Carl Crawford (TB): 8.3%, 0-for-4
3. Hanley Ramirez (FLA): 8.2%, 3-for-6
4. Jason Kubel (MIN): 5.7%, 2-for-5
5. Ichiro Suzuki (SEA): 5.3%, 1-for-4
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Dragbunt's Great Experiment – Day #3
As a critic of the "Kings at the Plate" daily advice, I've decided that if you can't beat them you should join them!"
I've got a three game streak going now. My pick of the day will come from the "Kings at the Plate" players only. I'm going with Cristian Guzman.
Orlando Cabrera is 4 ? 14 v. Brian Bannister, not so good.
Ichirio ? Tough to go against Ichirio. Mark Buehrle, a lefty, has struggled in his last 3 starts but my last streak ended when I picked Ichirio vs. a lefty. So I?m going to pass on Ichirio today.
Cristian Guzman ? A switch hitter who has been hot lately. Derek Lowe is a solid pitcher but does give up a lot of hits. Will Guzman play? I?ve got my fingers crossed.
Guzman was put on waivers a few days ago(?) What was that about?
Tuesday?s Results: All 3 ?Kings at the Plate? players got hits. I had Orlando Cabrera(1-4).
Kings at the Plate choices are now 6 for 6 in the two days of my experiment.
Good Luck to all today!
Picking the Kings at the plate is a good idea for those who don't have lots of time. I just started 3 weeks ago (and love this game) right now i have a streak of 15 at least 12-13 of which i've picked from the kings at the plate. All you have to do is look at that and see which of them has at least a .400 average and at least 10+ at bats vs that pitcher. Also that the pitcher can't get hot sometimes (mark buerle for example)
Today i picked cristian Guzman and now i'm half way to the first prize.
Good luck all
Which Mark Buehrle will show up in Seattle tonight?
The perfect game Buehrle or the guy who has been a batting practice pitcher the last two starts. Interesting to see that the leaders (with the exception of the #1 guy who went with Michael Young) chose Ichirio. He was my original pick then I gave it another thought and went with the hot Cristian Guzman who got a hit.
ahieser2 – Your doing great in the game especially as a new player. Good luck going forward. As you look at the Kings of the Plate for Thursday, who do you like for my pick of the day? – Ichirio v. CC Sabathia, Tulowizki of Rockies or Orlando Cabrera. This is a tough one for me.
Ichirio facing a good lefty two days in a row. Is it time for a day off for him on Thursday?
LOL! I knew the eggman's luck of run-of-the-mill picking has to end. You really can't win this game picking Suzuki, Mauer, and Ramirez with occasional Young and Pujols. So many have tried and failed doing that exact thing.
His mistake. Not doing enough homework to realize Carmona has been getting his feet back. He never had problem against righties even during his worst moments. Its was the lefties that killed him. Look who got hits off Carmona today. All lefties. Young has been ho-hum this month so his penchant for hitting righties may not be enough. Plus, he is not playing in TX.
eggman3131 – You had a great run at it.
Young goes 0 – 5 tough to figure out this game.
btsplayer – Nice observations on Carmona and the game in general. Your comment about choosing Suzuki, Maurer, Ramirez are right on target. I tried and failed this way.
That is why I tossed out that approach and I'm going with an "out of the box" approach of picking from the Kings at the Plate guys each day. Who do you like for me on Thursday of the 3 Kings at the Plate? – I really can't choose one over the others. Ichirio, Tulowizki or Orlando Cabrera?
dragbunt i like ichiro tomorow he has had losts of experience with cc this isn't that hard of a pick in my opinion if he was still in cleveland it would be an easy pick. What i'm having an extremely hard time with is who for friday right now i got crawford but that will probably change but the kings dont look good right now


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A former Miss USA has been released from a Texas jail after she was accused of stealing almost $90 in merchandise from a Target department store in north Texas.
Shannon Marketic was released from a Denton jail Tuesday after posting a $500 bond. The 38-year-old former beauty queen is charged with stealing an Oil of Olay Professional ProX skin treatment worth around $60, along with some baby items.
Marketic won the Miss USA title in 1992. In 1997, she sued the sultan of Brunei, accusing him of having held her as a sex slave.
The latest news from around North Texas.
The Associated Press couldn't find a phone listing for Marketic, but she told The Dallas Morning News the items had rolled beneath her purse in her shopping basket without her knowledge and she denied shoplifting.


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Andy Harriss – #Petrolheads
From humble beginnings in the military, Andy Harriss has built up a business offering safety to track drivers and motorsport. Though little did he know it would quickly develop into doing the same thing for Hollywood movies and TV shows including Top Gear. Andy is living the dream, but it's been hard work to get where he is now, as you'll find out after watching this episode of Petrolheads.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Police locked up the little girl's mother, Tameka Williams, and her boyfriend, Bacarius Burt, for abuse Wednesday.
According to the arrest report, in one instance the boyfriend accused the mother saying she, "had tied up the victim at least 15 times in the past but that he never reported the incidents because he didn't want to get in trouble."
If that's true, Burt will be in more trouble because the The Department of Children and Families told Channel 4 people are legally required to report abuse.
"That is state law," said DCF's Spokesman, John Harrell. "The law requires you report abuse and neglect to us at DCF so that we can investigate this case."
According to the report investigators said there was another child inside the home with signs of abuse in a different form. If police find there had been ongoing abuse it raises the question of what's the community responsibility to children who don't have a voice? Audrey Dearborn is a Mental Health Therapist who says there are signs to look for if you worry a child is being abused.
"You might look for a change in behavior," said Dearborn. "Starting to soil their clothes or acting boisterous where they were quiet to denote that something was going on in the family." Dearborn said one thing to look for is if the child clutches people constantly. Either the child clutches someone else to feel safe or clutches the abuser.
"The clutching behavior. I have seen it where they feel if I hold tight enough to you you won't hit me," said Dearborn.
The DCF also wants parents to know if they're struggling with discipline there are options.
"What we recommend is they call the Florida parenting help line," said Harrell. "You just never want to injure your child."


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Current Hurricane Info
Get links to updated tropical storm/hurricane info here.
Isaac began its long, slow trek inland on Wednesday, hours after it made landfall over southeastern Louisiana.
Driving rains and heavy winds pelted the Gulf Coast, including New Orleans, on the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Isaac is the first hurricane to hit the Gulf Coast since Ike in 2008.
While there have been some scattered reports of flooding and people being stranded, the full picture of how devastating Isaac really was isn't likely to emerge anytime soon. Rain and wind are still slamming the coast, and it could take days for power to be restored and floodwaters to recede.
Whatever is left of Isaac is also expected to move into the nation's drought-stricken heartland, so the damage could be far from done.
Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, underscored that point on Wednesday morning: "It's going to be frustrating," he said. "The response will start when conditions allow, not when the sun shines."
A hurricane is considered to have made landfall when the center, or eye, intersects with a coastline.
The strongest winds are often not in the center of a hurricane. They are usually on the storm's outer bands that come ashore before and after the eye. Sometimes an uneasy calm actually is felt when the eye passes over, but it is often followed by more strong winds and rain.
While people across the coast boarded up their homes to prepare for damaging winds, the even bigger fear is potential flooding.
The greatest concern is an expected storm surge of between 6 and 12 feet off the Louisiana and Mississippi coasts, 4 to 8 feet along the Alabama coast and 2 to 4 feet on the Florida Panhandle. Storm surge is when hurricane winds raise sea levels off the coast, causing flooding on land.
In the Big Easy, residents hunkered down behind levees fortified after Katrina. Farther south, water was pushed over a rural levee and flooded some homes. Beachfront roads were under water, and more than a half-million people had lost power in Louisiana.
Isaac already left a trail of destruction in the Caribbean, most of it caused by flooding that killed 24 people.
Isaac veered well west of the Republican National Convention site in Tampa, but it was soggy over the weekend in the bayside city. The GOP pushed back the start of speeches a day to Tuesday and protesters' ranks have been small, in part because of the soaking brought on by Isaac and in part because of the huge police presence in the city.
The storm has also altered some Republican governors' plans to attend. Florida Gov. Rick Scott canceled a speaking engagement, and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley canceled their trips to Tampa.
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Windows Vista Business cannot join domain controller (windows NT 4.0)
Hi Everyone,
I have purcahesd a new HP PC with Windows Vista Business but not able to join the domain controller (windows NT 4.0). This is my first time to use windows vista.
The domain name SERVER might be a WINS. If this is the case, verify that the domain name is properly registered with WINS. They are no problem for WIN XP PRO to join this domain.
The following error occurred when join the domain controller afterkey in the username and password. The error message " The following error attempting to join the domain "SERVER". Log on Failed: unknown username or bad password."
In this case, I have used the domain controller adminstrator username and password as normally similiar step join domain on WINDOWS XP PRO.
I have do not know what is the problem, may somebody give me a idea and solution
Thank you
Tutte le risposte
One of the reason is Physical (MAC) Address is 00-00-00-00-00-00 due to the hardware problem. To resolve the issue, do the following.
In the Local Area Connection Properties --> Select "Configure" --> Advanced --> from the Properties select "Network Address" enable the Value and put any mac address like 09-00-34-60-EA-A8 then click OK. Run ipconfig/all and check if the MAC address changed.
Try again to join the domain. Let us know if the issue resolved.
For me, it was a combination of 2 problems.
1st, on the domain controller, go into Server Manager and create and account for the Vista PC in the domain.
2nd, on your Vista PC, make sure the domain controller's IP address is in the WINS list. Do ipconfig /all to check. If not, go into the properties of the network card, properties of Internet Protocol v4, WINS tab, and add you Domain controller's IP address. Now add it to the domain.
Hi Fren this is Bipan Chauhan
ur problem has been solved or not
as i m also facing the same problem
Windows Vista business
when I used to jooin it to DOMAIN its showing the error screen
"The following error occured attempting to join to domain
Logon failure: unknown user name or bad password "
Pls help me to resolve this problem
As the domain server is NT Server 4.0
Hi- I had the same issue. The second attempt to join the domain locked out the user account.
As suggested above I went to server manager on the domain controller and added my workstation to the domain.
I also made sure the username to log on the pc was the same as the username on the network.
That worked- however I had earlier enabled DNS and WINS (although I'm damned if I can find it again).
Hope that is of use.
I am having the same problem. I have NT4 server (Domain Controller) and Vista Business on workstation. It always says that "The User Session key not found for the given user". I have added the user in USERs on the server. Is there any thing else needed to be done?
1) Add the workstation to the domain
2) Make the following changes to your Local Security Policy:
Local Security Policy (start | secpol.msc) | Local Policies | Security Options
Domain member: Digitally encrypt or sign secure channel data (always) - Disabled
Network security: LAN Manager authentication level - Send LM & NTLM - use NTLMv2 session security if negotiated
3) Have the workstation join the domain.
- Proposto come risposta Andrei Andrade giovedì 5 marzo 2009 12:41
Hello Everybody:
I have the Windows Vista Bussiness 64 bit Version and a Win 2000 Domain controller.
I'm having the same problems and I already tried the previos suggestions.
Can someone tell me if there is something else I can do in order to connect to my DC?
We also have a Windows Vista Computer with the 32 bit version and it can join the DC without any problems.
Will appreciate any Help.
I am having this same issue trying to join w2k3 server .. I get an invalid name format for the domain. at first it was my windows firewall blocking access as it would not ping to it. so I fix that much.. I also wouldn't get prompted for the
user name password box. so I went via control panel instead and now I do even when I right click on my computer --> properties. but I am still getting the error msg .. I haven't yet tried to add the computer in the AD in w2k3 server . but any help would be great FYI this is vista ultimate
Temporarily disable all non windows security software. In my case Norton Internet security suite was blocking the computer registration to the Domain. Remember to check the domain name it should be something like "domain_name.local"
This solved the problem.
Hope this can help.
Having the same problem on Windows Server 2003 and Vista Business unable to connect to the domain. Someone help!
or reply through my email address: email@example.com
The Local Security Policy changes chipster621 provided worked for me!!
I tried all the other suggestions people had, but no luck.
I have been struggling with this show stopper for months now! I had the same problem with VISTA versions from MSDN, Partner Action Packs, and DELL OEM. Finally we can use VISTA in our Enterprise!
This issue and its simple solution you provided should be a Microsoft Technet KB article, not deep in the forums.
We are soon upgrading to AD2008, however, we can't just do this by flipping a switch! Also, it is quite possible that some of our legacy applications may not run in VISTA or Windows 2008 - so we may need to keep the old stuff alive a bit longer; so some of our users may need connectivity with the old NT4 domain.
Keep up the good work!!
Microsoft said NO vista with NT
Andrei Andrade
Hay I seem to have the same problem as u all. I have had this cp for 1 month with 5 different people who have thier own little log on thing.... Now mine wont let me long on the one that was made for me.Says the same message as u.
My question is in your answer u said to type any Mac Address...? where do I find that? what is this for? sorry if this is a dumb ? I am so new at computers this is nuts to me..thanks for your info (if it helps) lol
This one didn't work. I have configured a new Dell desktop with Windows Vista business to join my domain (Windows Server 2003 Enterprse) and not able to join due to the following messasge: "An Attempt to resolve the DNS name of a DC in the domain being joined has failed. Please verify this client is configured to reach a DNS server than can resolve DNS names in the target domain."
I tried several attemp and Admin login and this message alway came up. I tried your solutions but still not able to see the domain.
Finally got it to work using this:
edit the hosts file (c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc) and added an entry for:
220.127.116.11 server_name server_name.domain.root.suffix
where 220.127.116.11 was the ip address of the server, server_name was the dns/domain controller server, and server_name.domain.root.suffix was the FQDN. Remember in vista you probably are going to have to add users full control of the file.
The complicator of this issue was the VPN that we were connecting to the network. We also manually entered the DNS server (of the remote network) to ensure that it overrode the local DNS server. Strange how windows 7 doesn't have these sorts of problems.
- Proposto come risposta andygauge giovedì 1 luglio 2010 00:03


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Native Advertising Is Advertising People Want
from the if-they-don't-want-it,-it's-not-good deptIn the internet media and advertising worlds these days, there's been a lot of talk about so-called "native advertising." This is advertising that is "native to the medium" or which fits within the framework of the site or service, rather than being off to the side, flashing away, hoping for attention. Depending on who you talk to, this is either wonderful and innovative, or horrible and the end of all things good in the world of media. On the plus side, people talk about how native advertising can be less annoying, less intrusive and more full of actual content than the alternatives. On the negative side, you hear talk of "advertorials," the possibility of "tricking" readers and the breakdown of advertising and editorial independence.
I am, of course, not a neutral observer. As a site, we have engaged in what is now called "native advertising" in some form or another since way before it was ever called that. Over the past few years, we have partnered with various companies in the hope that they would be able to convince marketers and advertisers of the value of this. It was four years ago that we began writing our series of posts on why advertising is content and content is advertising.
Most recently, a few months back, we ended the last of our exclusive partnerships with various advertising firms and sought to go out on our own. One of the issues was that when working with partners, they were often looking to sell something for a bunch of sites, rather than focusing on what we could do specifically. And when you do that, you're not really looking to be "native" to the audience in question, because you're still looking for that scale. To some extent, we felt that we were losing ground in not being able to really work directly with advertisers to do the more compelling programs that our community wants.
And this, I think, is the key point that is often lost in the debates about native advertising. The site Digiday recently asked a bunch of publishers how they define "native advertising," and, frankly, I think they all miss the most central component to it: truly native advertising is advertising that people want to experience. It's not just about integrating the experience into the area where people normally look for content. It's about making the advertising itself as compelling (if not more compelling) than any other content on a site.
Too many people automatically assume that this is impossible or that we're talking about some sort of advertorial or "tricking" people. We're talking about the opposite of that. We're talking about content that is so good, and so valuable, that the community finds it useful and compelling even when they know it's sponsored or advertising. There are, of course, plenty of examples of this happening in other contexts. A very large percentage of people watch the Super Bowl more for the commercials than for the games. They know they're watching advertising. But they like it, because the commercials themselves are entertaining (perhaps more entertaining than the game). Remember how many people watched that Old Spice "I'm on a horse" video a few years back? And, these days, lots of folks have been passing around Kmart's "ship your pants" ad, not because they're being tricked, but because it's funny and they like it.
When done correctly with online publications, the end result of all this should be a win for the community (they get more content they want), the advertiser (they get the attention of a valuable community) and the publisher (they get to provide more valuable content and they can stay in business). There is no intrusion. There is no trickery. There is no giving people what they don't want.
Of course, this isn't always easy. An advertiser might not have something that a community wants. Though, in that case, it often seems like there are interesting ways to team up to deliver what people want. Buzzfeed, for example, does this by having its own editorial folks work with advertisers to produce content that people might appreciate - such as "top 10 lists" that are just as good as any other content on that site - but which comes from a marketer like Virgin America or Canon.
We, too, are striving to bring more such content to our site, which we hope you'll find valuable. For example, we recently started an advertising relationship with the App Developers Alliance, a trade group that represents application developers, helping them to be more productive, and helping push back against things that get in their way, such as patent trolls. As a part of this relationship, you can see things like the content widget in our side bar to the right. Here's a screenshot of it (or just look at the actual interactive one just one column over!).
We'll also be working with them on a series of sponsored posts where, again, the focus will be entirely on content that is valuable to the folks who make up the Techdirt community.
I recognize that this still will upset some, who insist that any advertising is a horrible thing. Frankly, I can't understand that thinking, and it doesn't make any sense at all. As we said from the beginning, all content, by itself, is advertising too. If you're reading any post on this site, you're reading advertising. It's advertising for this site, for the wider Techdirt community, for us as a company, for me as a writer, and for everything else that we do. In fact, each post and the ensuing discussion is a form of advertising. When you comment on the site, you're a part of that process as well.
Frederic Filloux recently wrote that there's no reason to complain about native advertising if it's properly disclosed. I'd take that one step further. There's no reason to complain about native advertising if it's properly disclosed and if the content is good and valuable to the community.
It's a high bar to reach -- and I actually think most of the complaints about native advertising to date have really been about the lack of understanding of that final point. People don't like native advertising when the content itself is bad and not relevant -- like when Scientology posts some lame babble on The Atlantic. Make it good, useful and relevant, and no one cares that it's also advertising. The problem is just how difficult it is to make it good. Still, I think as people start to figure out that the central facet of truly native advertising is that it's content that people want, they'll start to get past many of the problems that some people have with native advertising campaigns today.
On that note, of course, we are looking for companies who believe in this vision as well, and who want to work with us to build compelling campaigns that not only get you attention, but which also provide the community here with value that they appreciate. Please contact us if you're interested.
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Friends will hate you more if you try to dabble in their affairs without being invited. And, usually, they want you to agree with their decisions, not try to talk them out of it. Our consumer society is about wants, not needs, and choices made this way are usually irrational. How many times have you heard "Yeah, I agree with you, BUT..." followed by some excuse or statement indicating this is what is wanted.
Friends Don't Let Friends...
In the past few decades the Ad Council has been running an ad with the tag line "Friends Don't Let Friends Drive Drunk". This ad campaign has been instrumental in decreasing drunk driving fatalities and almost every American has heard it at one time or another. What if this ad were applied to mistakes people make in personal finance?
These are some of the alternative "friends don't let friends" ads I would make:
- Friends don't let friends get a payday loan.
- Friends don't let friends get scammed .
- Friends don't let friends buy things they can't afford .
- Friends don't let friends go into retirement with nothing.
- Friends don't let friends get into debilitating debt.
- Friends don't let friends give their kid a bad name.
- Friends don't let friends repeat their own mistakes .
Ironically, I find that it is easier to give strangers advice rather than advising my own friends because as a society we are taught that our money is our own business. It is weird to butt into the financial decisions of a friend, but sometimes I feel that it is necessary to speak up because a really bad financial decision could be as devastating as being disabled in a drunk driving car accident.
What financial mistake do you think belongs in a "friends don't let friends" ad? Feel free to be creative!
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most of my "real" friends, that respect my opinion, have been open to financial advice. When people get into situations where they don't know what to do, personal advice from someone you know can go a long ways.
Good article.
with Linsey. The people I choose to be friends with respect my opinion and insights into things, so even if they don't ultimately agree with what I am thinking, they're always willing to listen.
And I've referred more than one friend to this blog site after telling them how the various articles are helping me get out of debt!
I would have to agree. It is a true friend who sees us making a mistake and warns us. It's hard to take sometimes, but it can save us a whole lot of pain and gain us a closer friend.


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I began setting up for Profiler and Performance Monitor by first launching Profiler and then launching Performance Monitor within it (there's an icon for PerfMon second from the Right or you can select Performance Monitor from the Tools Menu). I had already created a Performance Monitor Counter Log so all I needed to do was start it (more details on PerfMon Counter Logs later).
· If you want to correlate Perf Mon events with Profiler you will need to do this from SAVED Profiler Traces and PerfMon logs. Real-time analysis is not supported.
· The correlation is done based on the time of the events so it is important that the times are correct. You should make sure to either:
· Run these on the same machine
· Make sure that the machines are in sync in terms of time.
· The correlation is a bit tough if there are TONs of events as Perf Mon's granularity for sampling is 1 sec and Profiler can return a large number of events in a single 1 sec range… SO – filtering (and you can do this later) will be a very good idea. Regardless, this is a GREAT feature to see how certain counters (memory, disk, CPU, etc.) look over the course of long running activities.
If you're not familiar with creating a Performance Monitor Counter Log click here.
Ok, so that was mainly setup. For my first real demo I wanted to show Profiler and a few of my favorite new features. Here's a quick list:
When creating a trace there are ONLY two dialogs: General and Events Selection. The General dialog is similar to the old General dialog where you choose the template, the save to file and/or table options, etc. The Events Selection dialog however, is ALL NEW. The Events Selection Dialog has a ton of new and incredibly useful changes:
- Only data columns that produce values for each of the specific events are shown and only those data columns can be selected (check boxes). See this dialog here: EventSelectionDialog.jpg (56.51 KB). Notice that there are blank spots where an event doesn't produce a data column.. yeah!
- Filters apply at the column level. See this dialog here: EditFilterDialog.jpg (16.74 KB). And you can state whether or not events that do NOT generate a value for the filter are sent (yeah!!!). However, I do remember having a bit of trouble with this one…
- You can pause an active profiler trace, change the events and/or data columns and restart it… all of the additional events go to the same trace file and you do not lose the previously started trace, etc.
- Deadlock graphing – this is an Event – and it produces a graphic display of the spids that were involved in the deadlock. You can "extract" these events (right click on the event "Deadlock Graph" and choose "Extract Event Data") and then open this xdl file within SQL Management Studio so you can spend more time analyzing it.
So, once setup I created a deadlock scenario, showed the profiler output for deadlock graphing, paused the trace, removed the deadlock related events (really only because I could J) and then opened another window to generate some simple activity. So – speaking of the simple activity… I created a "demotable" that had defaults for all columns and then I created an insert statement using the DEFAULT VALUES clause. To get this to execute repetitively I could have written a complex (not!) loop such as WHILE 1=1 but instead I chose to use go N (mostly because people don't tend to know about this one). Here's the full extent of my "code"
This will cause that statement/batch to execute 100000 times.
Once that was running, I wanted to generate more activity to profiler so I decided to go back to show another favorite from Management Studio. In Management Studio, I had two registered servers waiting: one is a SQL Server 2000 server and the other SQL Server 2005. I connected to both. One of the databases on my SQL Server 2000 system is a schema from a Microsoft.com data warehouse. The reason why this is interesting is that this database holds 300+ tables and 1300+ views (not to mention many other objects). While this isn't the largest database out there (at 450GB) it certainly has issues in terms of finding objects and managing your "view" of what you're trying to manage. So – in the SQL Server 2005 Management studio you're able to create "Filtered" Views. By right clicking on Views, you can create a name filter. For example, all of their user objects have a certain naming convention which includes "WMU", all of their rollup counts have the word "count" and the counts refer to a dimension of time (weekly, monthly, etc.)… So, if I want to see all of their user related views with counts by week, I can create this filter WMU%Count%Week. Using this filter, the object list drops from 1300 views down to only 12. And – this demo was using the SQL Server 2005 Management Studio against a SQL 2000 server. Nice.
So – now with a bunch of activity generated I can go back over and get the data to correlate. I stop the trace. I stop the Profiler Log…
I re-open the profiler trace (only because this would likely to be done later… I'm not sure if I've ever just stopped it and then integrated perfmon… that should work?). Anyway, only AFTER the entire trace file is loaded with the menu option to integrate perf mon counters become available. Choose "Import Performance Data" from the File dropdown and wham – IF they have corresponding times you will see how the times match (remember, if this is on two machines and the times aren't in sync then the correlation could be virtually meaningless). Also, if they don't intersect you'll get an error: Correlation is not possible because there is no intersection between trace and performance data time ranges. Not bad!
If the two DO correlate in terms of time, then you'll get a new dialog which will show all of the performance monitor counters that are IN the perfmon log. The idea here is to "limit" the number of counters to correlate. In fact, the dialog is called "Performance Counters Limit Dialog." OK, so my log has only a few counters so I'll just select them all. Click Ok. Once clicked your performance monitor dialog will show both – profiler data and perfmon data. Here you can select points in time and see what performance events occurred or choose profiler events and see what the perfmon counters look like. Here's what it looks like:ProfilerPerfmon.jpg (167.51 KB). You can also highlight chunks of the graph and expand them to show only a specific time range. You do this by clicking in the graph and then drag the mouse to create a rectangle.
OK, so in summary – I REALLY like this BUT I think you'll need to play with this a bit. I think it's a great feature but the range of values for correlation for Performance Monitor only being 1 second makes it a bit tough to see exactly what event caused what spike (if you have thousands of events per second in Profiler) BUT – it's good to get you close!!! And much closer than anything we've had before!
Have fun.


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Red Thank You stationary set $12.00
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
a punkin card company.
Red Thank You stationary set $12.00
222 comments:
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JJ explains his concerns with the strategy behind today's failed double steal in the 1st inning:
The White Sox's first spring training game of the year started off perfectly. After Juan Pierre walked, Gordon Beckham laced a single to put runners on first and second with nobody out and Adam Dunn coming up.
And then Pierre and Beckham took off running. Pierre was thrown out at third, and Clayton Kershaw struck out both Dunn and Konerko to end the inning.
The result isn't what I'm concerned about. The execution isn't what I'm concerned about. It's the idea. …
Guillen did say that he would prefer to avoid a repeat of the Sox first inning when Juan Pierre was thrown out at third with no outs and Adam Dunn at the plate. Guillen admitted he told guys he wanted to be aggressive in spring training, but maybe not that aggressive.
"I hope he doesn't do this during the season," Guillen offered. "I hope it's a spring training thing."


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Top India News Headlines
Gold demand will remain stable during Diwali: Kolkata jeweller
Gold demand will remain stable in the Diwali season despite the recent fluctuations in the price of the yellow metal, a leading jeweller said here Thursday.
Vote count starts in Maharashtra
Counting of votes cast for the Lok Sabha elections began Saturday morning at 39 centres in Maharashtra, including four in Mumbai, under tight security, an election official said.
IPL points table after seventh match
The following are the standings in the Indian Premier League (IPL) after the seventh match, which Delhi Daredevils won convincingly by nine wickets against Deccan Chargers in Hyderabad
Handmade paper, palm leaf, cane for India's 'green' artisans
Craftsmen gathered in Bangalore from across the country are popularising eco-friendly traditional artwork, with their raw material ranging from palm leaves to the roots of trees to cane.
Colour and cackle in Kashmir skies, courtesy winter birdsLarge flocks of cackling geese and ducks dot the evening sky in Kashmir these days. They herald the arrival of avian visitors from far off Siberia, Eastern Europe, the Philippines and China at their winter home.
Hurriyat leaders under house arrest in Srinagar
Senior separatist leaders of the moderate wing of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference were Thursday placed under house arrest to prevent them from staging a march on World Human Rights Day.


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The ultimate makeover: Full English breakfast
Nutrition and extra info
- Easily doubled / halved
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal618
- fat37g
- saturates11g
- carbs37g
- sugars21g
- fibre5g
- protein37g
- salt3.05g
- 4 rashers good-quality lean unsmoked back bacon
- 4 brown-cap portabello mushrooms
The mushroom is a fungus which comes in a wide range of varieties that belong to two distinct…
- 12-16 cherry tomatoes on the vine, room temperature
- 6 tsp olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 slices granary or wholegrain bread, cut on the diagonal
- 2 good-quality free-range pork sausages, minimum 86% pork
- 2 free-range, omega-3 rich eggs, room temperature
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition packed with protein and a…
- few drops cider vinegar
- 2 x 100ml / 3½ fl oz glasses freshly-squeezed orange juice, plus 1 orange cut into wedges
- handful fresh blueberries (about 50g/2oz)
Blueberries are one of the few edibles native to North America and credited with being…
Lay the bacon, mushrooms and tomatoes on a foil-lined tray. Brush the tops of the mushrooms with 3 tsp of the oil and both sides of the bread with the remaining oil. Set aside. Heat the grill to very hot. Lay the sausages on a small foil-lined tray (best not to prick good-quality sausages or they may lose moisture). Grill for about 10 mins until cooked, turning occasionally.
Meanwhile, three-quarters fill a small pan, and a wide, deep sauté pan with water. Bring both to the boil. Lower an egg into the small pan and remove after 30 secs. Crack the egg into a cup. Add vinegar to the larger pan then, using a wire whisk, swirl the water around to create a whirlpool. Remove the whisk and slowly tip the egg into the centre of the whirlpool (see top picture). When the water comes back to the boil, remove the pan from the heat, cover and leave for 3 mins, then remove the egg. Place in a bowl of warm water while you cook the other egg – or cook both eggs an hour ahead, leave in a bowl of iced water, then reheat for 1½ mins in simmering water before serving.
Meanwhile heat a griddle pan to very hot. Place the tomatoes, bacon and mushrooms under the grill for 3-4 mins without turning. At the same time, lay the bread on the griddle pan, cook until crisp, about 1 min each side. Drain everything on kitchen paper.
Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and drain briefly on a cloth. Arrange everything on a plate and serve with the juice and fruit.
Recipe Tip
Not-so-guilty pleasureA traditional English breakfast contains 807 calories, 63g fat, 18g saturated fat and 4.52g salt. Ours has almost half the fat. more fibre, less salt (compare your labels for the lowest amounts), and exta vitamin c from the berries and juice.
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Baltimore restaurant grading system proposed
Baltimore restaurants and bars may soon have to display letter grades based on their performances in city health inspections.
Legislation that would create a grading system and online database of grades was reviewed Wednesday by city health officials.
Representatives of the state's restaurant industry and some local establishment owners said the policy could threaten local businesses.
At Jimmy's of Fells Point, the lunch rush was in full swing on Wednesday. Not much has changed since owner Jimmy Filipidis' family opened the place in the late 1940s, so when asked about a new proposal to assign grades to restaurants and bars concerning their city health inspections, Filipidis wondered: Why change a system that already works?
"The Health Department does their inspections. They do a good job with it. If a place should be closed down, it's closed down. I don't see what letter grades on the front really mean, in reality," Filipidis said.
"The bottom line is that the citizens deserve the right to know the conditions of places that they choose to eat, and right now in the city, they cannot do that," Baltimore City Councilman Brandon M. Scott said.
The idea of grades comes from Scott, and it currently has full support of the City Council. He said he got the idea after several complaints from his district and a recent trip to North Carolina, where he said all restaurants had clearly visible letter grades concerning the establishment's health inspection.
"If you want to be an 'A' place, then have and 'A' grade. That's the bottom line. We have to hold all of our people accountable. If we're going to hold the citizens accountable for all this stuff, we have to hold our businesses, as well," Scott said.
"This is a very easy to understand system that everyone will be familiar with," said Mary Beth Haller, with the Baltimore City Health Department.
Haller, the city's assistant commissioner of environmental health, said there are about 5,300 food establishments in the city, and they are inspected every four months. This year, 68 have been closed or temporarily closed due to violations.
Currently, if customers want to find out about a restaurant, they have to call the Health Department to request the information, which can take a long time. With this new grading system, they would not only see it in a particular restaurant, but also be able to access more information online, officials said.
"We feel that this offers not only transparency into what the governmental process is, but it's just providing more information to the public. People are interested in these things and want to know," Haller said.
Customers at Jimmy's said they hope health officials take everything into consideration before assigning the grades.
"If you run a high-volume restaurant or food service bar, in the morning before you open, you could have every qualification to be an 'A,' but in the middle of a high-volume rush, even doing the best you can, you'd be at a 'B' or a 'C'," Filipidis said.


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Grand Seiko Watches - Worthy for the Next Generation
Put simply, Grand Seiko is a subsidiary of Seiko that's explicitly known for its powerful movements. From setting world records for watches with just 10-seconds and 5-second margin errors per year—to their unique and vintage-styled watchmaking approach, Grand Seiko has always been a favorite. WatchShopping.com carries a wide selection of Grand Seiko to buy online. Learn more about why we are fans of this iconic brand.
The History of Grand Seiko Watches
The brand's journey began in 1881, when the founder, Kintaro Hattori formed the K. Hattori & Co. in Tokyo. After 9 years of repairing and selling imported clocks and watches, Hattori founded the Seikosha factory—where "Seiko" means success and exquisite. The brand didn't make its first Grand Seiko watch until 1960. Accordingly, the Grand Seiko Ref. 3180 became an instant hit and one of its highlights is the pronounced Grand Seiko name at the 12-hour mark. Compared to modern Grand Seiko watches for sale today that come with a simple "GS" or "Seiko", it does sound far more polished.
In the year 1964, Tokyo hosted the world's 18th Olympics—which was the right time to introduce the world to the Japanese brand. So, Grand Seiko delivered, with the help of mono-pusher chronographs that used the Cal 5717 and 5719 movements; and a countdown chronograph that used the Cal 5718A movement. It was at this point that the watchmaker gained prestige on the world stage and hasn't necessarily let go to now.
Known for a Trio of Movements
Grand Seiko is majorly known for 3 types of movements: automatic, quartz and spring drive calibers.
Grand Seiko Automatic
The Grand Seiko Automatic refers to the self-winding movements that led to the critical success of Grand Seiko watches. Movements were powerful and could hold 82-hour power reserves. Still, the highly accurate Hi-beat movement (9S85) is the clear winner when it comes mechanical timepieces made by Grand Seiko. Another variation is the Grand Seiko Hi-beat movement with GMT complication. Timepieces that used the movement were literally tailored to the frequent travelers due to the GMT hand, which helps tell the time in multiple zones.
Grand Seiko Quartz
Otherwise Known as High Accuracy Quartz (HAQ)
Every watch for sale that falls under the Grand Seiko Automatic uses the iconic and exceptional 9F movement. The movement has a margin error of 10 seconds a year, which is monumental when compared to the 15 seconds-a-month usually from conventional quartz movements. Inside this collection, diving, dress, and general-purpose timepieces have made a solid impact.
Grand Seiko Spring Drive
The Grand Seiko Spring Drive is the brand's culmination of technical ingenuity. It represents a unique combination of mechanical and electronic watchmaking prowess. Instance is the popular caliber 9R which combines the high accuracy of a quartz watch together with the work-process of a mechanical watch. Results can be found in the high-end Grand Seiko watch models (an exceptional example is the Snowflake).
The Creative Process
When you buy Grand Seiko, you are purchasing a timepiece that is hand-assembled by master watchmakers to produce results such as their popular sunburst finish or the equally famous Snowflake dial. Following after, the watches are passed through harsh tests that are tuned to measure their respective accuracies (chronometry).
Design Language
All Grand Seiko watches are known for their clean, crisp dials, that leave no space for clutter. But what most do not know is that the Grand Seiko Style, known by all collectors was brought to life by designer Taro Tanaka. The watches all use the Zaratsu technique, which is a Japanese approach to polishing swords by hand. The same process applies to GS watches; wherein, the result of a single session gives the watch chassis a mirror finish with nil distortions.
Buy Grand Seiko Watches Online
There are different watches from Grand Seiko for sale, but as usual, a master watchmaker of GS's caliber has highlights that rival the best in the industry. Below are some of the top choices for customers looking to buy Grand Seiko online.
The Grand Seiko SBGC223
The Grand Seiko SBGC223 is a spring drive model that holds the powerful 9R movement within a 46.44 mm case. Still, while the 9R can boast a battery reserve of 72 hours, this model's main attraction is the satisfying mix of ceramics and titanium. Like all Grand Seiko watches, this one is also evidence of the brand's fine craftsmanship.
The Grand Seiko SBGX259
The Grand Seiko SBGX259 is a watch with a 9F movement (High Accuracy Quartz)—obviously designed to keep accurate time at all times. The watch features the same simple dial and smooth finishing. Nothing complicated—as the watch is pure function..
The Grand Seiko SBGM221
The Grand Seiko SBGM221 is a mechanical watch that comes with the 9S66 movement. Accordingly, the timepiece brings alongside it a 72-hour power reserve, a date display, and the iconic Zaratsu polishing. It's a perfect dress watch—though general-purpose is a more fitting definition.
Three timepieces for all three categories of movements used by Grand Seiko. At Watchshopping.com, you can buy authentic Grand Seiko watches online (including the ones above), at the best prices.


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Here is today's casting call round-up. Check out the new additions at a glance below:
- Tony Plana (Ugly Betty) is the latest to join director Michael Bay's low-budget passion project, Pain and Gain.
- Disney XD's Pair of Kings star, Kelsey Chow, has landed the female lead in the indie thriller, Run.
- C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders) has joined the indie crime drama, Magic Hour.
Hit the jump for more details on each project.
Via Variety, we've learned that Plana is the latest addition to Pain and Gain, a project based on the real-life exploits of a group of bodybuilders in Miami that ran an extortion racket that escalated into kidnapping and murder. The film currently stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson in the lead roles, with a supporting cast of Ed Harris, Rob Corddry, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shaloub and Bar Paly. Plana will star as Captain Al Lopez of the Miami Police Department, who investigates the kidnapping of Marc Schiller (Shaloub) at the request of private investigator, Ed Du Bois (Harris). Check out all of our previous coverage on Pain and Gain here.
Also from Variety, comes the casting news of Chow in the indie thriller, Run. The picture stars William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia) as a Parkour expert who must decided between continuing a life as a street-smart thief or settling down with his girlfriend (Chow). The film, written and directed by Simone Bartesaghi (Downstream) also stars Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight) and Adrian Pasdar (Heroes). Chow will next be seen in this summer's The Amazing Spider-Man. Co-starring in The Amazing Spider-Man will be C. Thomas Howell, who has recently landed a role in the indie crime drama, Magic Hour. Per Variety, the picture follows a young man's associations with the local crime family of Venice Beach in the 1990s. Production will wrap at the end of the month after shoots in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Anaheim.