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Sound familiar? Our contemporary culture has much in common with ancient Corinth. The relevance of this book to churches today is astounding. Paul delivers powerful theology that turns the values of the ancient Roman world upside-down-the grace of God, the centrality of the cross, and God's power made perfect in weakness. He challenges us to live counter culturally.
In 2 Corinthians: Power in Weakness, Pastor R. Kent Hughes carefully examines this second letter from the apostle Paul to the church in Corinth, continuing to provide rich biblical insight for the body of Christ.
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This commentary explores Pauls message in his second letter to the Corinthians and challenges us to likewise live counterculturally, depending on Gods power in the midst of our weakness. Part of the popular Preaching the Word series.
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R. Kent Hughes (DMin, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is senior pastor emeritus of College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, and visiting professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hughes is also a founder of the Charles Simeon Trust, which conducts expository preaching conferences throughout North America and worldwide. He serves as the series editor for the Preaching the Word commentary series and is the author or coauthor of many books. He and his wife, Barbara, live in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, and have four children and an ever-increasing number of grandchildren.
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parkerj5 Stars Out Of 5Great CommentaryApril 5, 2013parkerjQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5The Preaching the Word commentary series, published by Crossway, has labeled itself as the commentary written by pastors for pastors, as well as for all who teach or study God's Word. I fall into the "teach or study God's Word" category and will review from this perspective. The commentary is very readable and anyone who is a student of God's Word will find it highly accessible, providing a clear exposition of the 2 Corinthians. It could be a blessing if used in a devotional style (reading a section a day) or simply for reference during personal study. I read it as a devotional and was truly blessed.
The Preaching the Word commentary series is currently going through a revision and the copy that I am reviewing is the new revision. I am not familiar with the old so I cannot compare the two, but I will attempt to communicate the layout and look of this edition. Ascetically speaking the commentary is very simple, a white dust jacket with minimal design, but it looks nice and stands out on a shelf filled with mostly colorful commentaries. Once, inside the reader will find a table of contents, showing the titles for each chapter, as this is how the commentary is divided. One thing I did notice is the lack of thorough introduction to the book. Most commentaries will give an introduction to the book, providing the layout of the book, the authorship, a historical introduction, etc. This commentary does not provide that. Instead it opts to go straight to the exposition of the text. I do not feel negatively about this format, I am only presenting it because if you are looking for a more technical commentary this is not for you.
This commentary proves itself over and over to be highly practical. R. Kent Hughes writes with the wisdom, knowledge and heart of a seasoned pastor. I was blessed by his treatment of 2 Corinthians 4:7-12. In helping the reader understand Paul's point about God's power being made perfect in weakness, Hughes states, "he (Paul) teaches that we embrace our weakness, God fills us with his power so that his power is manifested through us. We do not become powerful. We remain weak. We do no grow in power. We grow in weakness. We go from weakness to weakness, which is to remain vessels of his power- ever weak and ever strong." In our culture it is common to think of personal strength as pulling one's self up by his bootstraps, and moving forward. Here Hughes communicates Paul's point wonderfully: in Christianity we press forward through the power of Christ, not our own power. He continues, "It wasn't that Paul in each case (referring to 2 Cor. 4:8-9) reached down into his soul, sucked it up, and became the man. It was never his strength. It was God's. Paul's weakness was the occasion for God's power. Paul remained an earthen pot, and a cracked pot at that, as his crumbling flesh allowed the power of God to shine so brightly." Statements like these will no doubt send the reader away praising God, which is a wonderful fruit of any Bible study. This commentary is a wonderful addition to my library. I highly recommend this to pastors and lay people alike.
Note: I received a free copy of this book from Crossway in exchange for an honest review.


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Night Lights: Geezers' time has come, again
Updated 9:31 am, Thursday, July 18, 2013
With a multiday gathering, a burlesque marathon, a CD-release party and a birthday celebration, there's plenty to keep us all busy.
Geezer time
The fifth Geezerfest, put together by, let's say, experienced, roots-music fans, was set to kick off its fifth annual edition Thursday at Oma Gruene's Secret Garten, 1263 Gruene Road in New Braunfels. The Geezers will keep it going Friday from 1:30-11 p.m. and Saturday, noon-11 p.m. Admission is free. Music will run the gamut from blues to country, from singing songwriters to all of the above.
The Friday lineup will include, in order of appearance, Brad Burns, Chris Edwards and K'Cee Edwards; James Pardo, Temper Young and Forest Wayne Allen; Martin Flanigan, Barry Hebert and Steve Judice; B.J. Thibodeaux & Backwater Blvd.; Geezaderos; and Chubby Knuckle Choir.
Saturday Geezerfest music will be supplied by, in order of appearance, Dustin Durham, Dean Ferrell and Scott Ford; Mike Ethan Messick, Michael Wren and Michael O'Neal; Shad Blair, Chris King and Jordan Minor; Rebecca Cannon, Andria Marie and Ginger Pickett; The Lavens; Beau Hinze & the Backporch Shufflers and Luke Adair & the Big Bills.
Burlesque & more
Entertainment Channel
Burlesque ace Katie Red will play host Friday night to "A Red Hot Summer: Burlesque and Variety Show" at Nightrocker Live to benefit the San Antonio Burlesque Festival. Showtime is 10 p.m. Admission costs $7; it's a 21-and-older event.
"A Red Hot Summer" will feature a whole lot of dancers including Vixy Van Hellen, Pystol Whips, Miss Chevious, Wicked Leigh Devine, Miss Kitty No Pity, Ginger Snaps, Chola Magnolia and Fat Bottom Cabaret plus a sideshow performance by Aliska Wolfbane and music by The Hares.
Saturday at Nightrocker Live there'll be music from the alt/acoustic side from Phavian, Gary Davenport, A Spectacular Failure and Jon Bryan.
Release it
Phonolux, Buddy Calvo (vocals, lyrics, piano), Miguel Romero Jr. (guitar, vocals), Dave Novak (drums) and Armando Mora (bass), will celebrate the release of the new EP, "Feathered Fortress," Saturday at Limelight with White Elefant.
The quartet deals in a fusion of alt rock and straight-ahead rock marked by musical texture, powerful backbeats and lyrics that mean something. The "Feathered Fortress" songs "Hurricane," "Goodbye," "She Don't Know" and "And Then He's Gone" work individually and collectively as a song cycle. Phonolux cares about its words and its music, so the band crafts aural art that's designed to last.
Happy birthday, Johnny Ray
When keyboard man Johnny Ray Canales celebrates a birthday, old-school rock fans get to help him celebrate. Canales, with his band Two Tight, is known for a repertoire that ranges from his first love, piano-powered rock 'n' roll, to cumbias.
Canales will celebrate No. 63 with Two Tight and a jam session Tuesday at The Ivory Lounge, 5152 Fredericksburg Road, from 7 p.m. until it's over. It's likely the public party will draw guest musicians such Arturo "Sauce" Gonzales, Luvine Elias Jr., Ernie Garibay, Al Gomez, Henry Rivas and more.
Jim Beal Jr. is host of the "Third Coast Music Network" show from 3-7 p.m. Thursdays on KSYM, 90.1 FM. Check the Music Beat blog at mySA.com; @jimbealjr on Twitter; firstname.lastname@example.com
Jim Beal Jr. is host of the "Third Coast Music Network" show from 3-7 p.m. Thursdays on KSYM, 90.1 FM. Check the Music Beat blog at mySA.com; @jimbealjr on Twitter; email@example.com


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I don't think I can ever remember a period of such intense speculation and comment leading into the selection of a NSW Origin team. I have never heard so many differing opinions from people as they all put forward the team they would like to see selected.
So what has caused this unprecedented level of conjecture surrounding the selection of 17 players to represent our state? I would say it has plenty to do with the Blues having lost eight – yes eight – State of Origin series in a row.
It's been a truly horrible period for the Blues. Frustration and desperation are the overriding feelings. However, such emotion should not influence the motivation when planning NSW's future campaigns. For the past five years anyway, teams have been selected with a fair degree of short-sightedness. Panicked decisions aimed at getting a short-term result have only exacerbated the situation.
I wish someone during this period had taken the attitude, ''You know what? I don't care if it takes us three years to win a series, because when we finally do, we will be in a position to win five series in a row''.
We've lost eight series in a row! What is it we are holding onto? Why should any player who has been involved with this recent debacle ever think they have a right to be involved in current or future teams? We should use this series to find players of the future, not to satisfy public opinion or to avoid criticism from sections of the media.
Let's hope such thinking prevails during the course of this Origin series.
New spine will need time
NSW's new playmaking quartet of Robbie Farah, Trent Hodkinson, Josh Reynolds and Jarryd Hayne looks to have great potential, but they will need time together out in the middle to build a combination capable of rivalling what Queensland has produced over the past eight seasons.
I'm not for one minute suggesting these lads can't cause the upset and win the 2014 series for NSW. I am certainly cheering for them. However, the longer they play together in this environment, the more they will improve over time.
The big question is how they'll structure their game plan for this first match in Brisbane in only eight days time. With limited preparation, I think the game plan needs to be kept very simple, with the major focus on going forward and giving the team great direction and delivery.
Personally, I would be building this series around the talents of the fullback and making him the focus of NSW's attacking game. This still provides NSW with plenty of opportunities because Hayne's skill set is so diverse. He can be used in so many different ways.
Craig Bellamy milestone
It was fitting that Melbourne put together their best 80 minutes of football last Friday night, a night on which their coach Craig Bellamy celebrated his 300th game as the Storm's NRL coach. For all but one of the Storm players, he is the only NRL coach they have had in Melbourne and they undoubtedly share a special bond with him. Only Cameron Smith, who played two NRL games in 2002 as halfback under Mark Murray, when Matt Orford was injured, has played at the Storm under another coach.
Bellamy's record is just outstanding. His teams have won more than 200 of the 300 matches he has coached, and they have played finals football every year since he started at the Storm in 2003, except for 2010 when they didn't play for premiership points, but still won 14 of their 26 games.
There are very few, if any, players who have played at the Melbourne Storm, who were not better players after they spent time under Bellamy. And perhaps even more importantly, many have become better people.
He is the ninth man to coach 300 games and is without doubt one of the game's best ever coaches.
It must be Origin time
There were timely reminders last weekend of one of the key reasons Queensland have won the last eight State Of Origin series. Two of their very best of all time showed once again that they will be major assets again when Queensland attempt a ninth successive series win this year.
At times this year one could have been forgiven for contemplating that Billy Slater may no longer be the force in the game he has been for the past decade, but against Souths last Friday he was back to his brilliant best and appeared far less restricted by the knee injury he suffered in last year's World Cup.
Billy's comparatively slow start to 2014 is an obvious result of a limited off-season preparation, however, he looked to be far more confident in himself on Friday night.
With the Cowboys' forwards hitting form in recent weeks, we are now seeing Johnathan Thurston displaying the vast variety of skills he possesses, culminating in a superb individual performance against the Roosters on Saturday night.
Cameron Smith, Greg Inglis and Cooper Cronk have been firing all year and now Queensland's other key players seem to be primed for another big Origin series. Whenever these players are in this type of form, Queensland will rightly be favourites for an Origin series, irrespective of the number of home matches they have in the series.
Something is not quite right with the premiers
The defending premiers and early season premiership favourites, the Sydney Roosters, have lost five of their first 10 matches. They sit outside the top eight. That's not an ideal position, given they now commence a period in which they play three of their next six matches without their Origin players, plus they have away clashes scheduled against full-strength Melbourne and Manly teams.
While the Cowboys may have beaten just about any team last Saturday in JT's 200th NRL match for the Cowboys, with a completion rate of 37 from 39 sets, the Roosters again failed to show the quality that saw them take last year's title.
Recent easy wins against an out-of-form Dragons and an injury-ravaged Tigers may have misled us into believing the Roosters were about to hit their straps. However, they are a long way short of their best and if they don't come out of this next six-match horror draw with at least four wins, the chances of them making the top four could well be be gone.
Even if they could manage to win four of their next six matches, they would then still probably need to win six of their last eight matches to make that all-important top four. It's trying times for the defending premiers. The pressure is really on –let's see how they respond.
Congratulations to all at the Bulldogs
I must say it was a great day last Sunday at Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zealand, for the match between the Bulldogs and the Warriors. It was a tremendous game, wonderful atmosphere and a great promotion for the code of rugby league in that part of the world. Well done to the Bulldogs.
This club has led the way over the past decade in taking home games on the road to all parts of the country and overseas. They also have a great winning record in these clashes, despite the fact they have given up the home-field advantage. I'm sure it has been a financial windfall for them as well.
At the same time, though, the Dogs have also been able to grow their own membership base and home crowds here in Sydney. That's smart business and I'm sure the fans appreciate their management's hard work in making all this happen in the club's favour. They are the No.1 club in the NRL at the moment.
Phil Gould is the general manager of the Penrith Panthers


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Robert Briscoe. Dublin's first Jewish mayor, will be greeted by a delegation of United Jewish Appeal leaders tomorrow when he arrives at Idlewild Airport for a nation-wide tour on behalf of the UJA $100,000,000 Emergency Rescue Fund and to strengthen the ties between the United States and Ireland.
William Rosenwald, UJA general chairman, and Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman, executive vice-chairman, will join with Abe Stark, president of the New York City Council, and Paul Taylor of the city's official welcoming committee, in greeting Mayor Briscoe on arrival. Mr. Stark and Mr. Taylor will represent Mayor Robert F. Wagner. Sean Keating will greet Mayor Briscoe in behalf of the Irish Societies of America for whom Mr. Briscoe will also be making a number of appearances.
He will make his first UJA appearance at a luncheon meeting of cabinet officers of the UJA of Greater New York at the Sheraton Astor hotel at noon Thursday, and he will be officially received by the city of New York in the chambers of Mayor Wagner Friday noon.
The Mayor will be accompanied by his wife. Their oldest son, William Bristoe, a pilot for KLM. will captain the plane bringing his parents from Ireland. And..e son, Joseph I Dublin dentist, also will accompany them. The Briscoes have two other sons and their daughters.


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Dagan's deputy named new Mossad director
The former deputy to Mossad director Meir Dagan has been named as his successor.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu named Tamir Pardo as the new chief of Israel's intelligence service, despite speculation that he would look outside the organisation and choose the head of Israel's domestic intelligence service, Shin Bet.
Mr Pardo has worked in the organisation for much of his career. He resigned as Mr Dagan's deputy last year amid claims of disagreements.
He is also believed to have been under the command of Yoni Netanyahu, brother of the Prime Minister, during the rescue of hostages at Entebbe, Uganda, in 1973.
Mr Dagan has served eight years in the role, during which Mossad saw notable successes including the strike of a Syrian nuclear installation in 2007.
However he has also overseen controversial periods for the organisation, including the assassination of a Hamas operative in Dubai in January, for which Mossad was blamed.
In a statement Mr Netanyahu praised the new director's "decades-worth of rich experience in the Mossad".
He said: "He is the right man to usher the organisation through the coming years in the face of complicated challenges".
Defence Minister Ehud Barak described Mr Pardo as "a responsible professional with the richest operational experience possible."
The appointment must now be approved by a government committee.
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Wicked Games
Cult director Tim Ritter delivers a gory sequel to Truth or Dare, which introduced audiences to serial killer Mike Strauber. Police officer Dan Hess begins to suspect his good friend Gary could be responsible for a string of brutal slayings around town that seem to be targeting the naughty. The fact that Gary is Mike Strauber's cousin -- and that his behavior has been noticeably erratic -- doesn't do much for his alibi.


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Bi-Directional replication is copying data from one server to another where:
• either server can be the source or destination, and• the data being copied can be in the same tables on both sides.
For example, I want to replicate a database between Server A and Server B, so that:
• the data which originates on Server A will be replicated to Server B, and • the data which originates on Server B will be replicated to Server A.
Essentially, I want writeable copies of the data in two different databases - which might be on the same or different servers - and I want the data to be consistent ( i.e. - the same on both sides).
Most implementations on which I consult have a "real time" requirement, i.e. at any one time the data in both database is identical. Though not really achievable using bi-directional replication, this may be achieved by doing some sort of split write (open a transaction, write on server A, write on Server B, commit the transaction, and then return to the application so it can move on and do different work).
Of course, using a split write has significant application latency considerations, and the link between the two servers must be very stable. Application latency refers to how long it takes for the application to commit a transaction to the database(s). The two servers also must be very close to each other; the greater the distance between the two servers, the greater the application latency. Basically, if you go down the split write route, you do get identical point in time synchronization of the two databases, but the cost is transferred to application latency where transactions which originally took 10 ms, may now take 100 ms or more.
Normally, I have some education process where I have the client reduce the real time expectations to something of the order of several seconds or even minutes.The most common usage is for Load Balancing or Fault Tolerance/Disaster Recovery. Load balancing normally means the load is balanced between one or more servers - as one server cannot handle the load, the load spills over to servers which have a lighter load. It also can mean or may entail that clients connecting to one server will continue to connect to that server for the lifetime of their sessions – sometimes called "sticky session" or persistence. Fault Tolerance means the ability of a server to with stand a localized failure and continue to serve clients with minimal disruption of services and minimal data loss. Disaster recovery means the ability to withstand regional failures and continue business operations in another location. I should point out that bi-directional transactional replication is a poor fit for all of these cases since:
1) Replication does not offer predictable latency, so at one instant my latency can be several seconds, while a half day later it can be several minutes, and sometimes several hours. Using replication for disaster recovery means that your exposure to data loss can is unpredictable. Using replication for load balancing is also a poor choice as a client may do some work on one node, and then return seconds later and hit the other node expecting to have the data that was just entered in the first node. Due to replication latency - this data, however, has not yet made its way to the second node. 2) There is no automatic client redirection as found in mirroring or clustering. 3) There is no load balancing or workload distribution; in our case, as the workload on Server A increases, clients will not be automatically redirected to Server B - as in the case of NLB.
With the above points being noted the majority of my bi-directional transactional replication implementations have been meant to address both fault tolerance/disaster recovery and load balancing goals and they do work well.
The goal of some implementations of bi-directional transactional replication is to reduce contention on one server by scaling out the load over a multitude of servers.
This can be a good fit in some cases. For example, with read intensive workloads, you will find that the read activity can be halved by redirecting half of your clients to the second node. In other words, instead of having 100 clients banging away at Server A, you can distribute the load by having 50 of them bang away at Server B (the remaining 50 clients will bang away at Server A).
However, if you are trying to reduce write contention, the dynamics are different. If I have 1000 inserts per second on Server A coming from 100 clients, and I decide to load balance by having 50 clients work on Server A and 50 on Server B, I will still end up with 1000 inserts per second on Server A – 500 from the 50 clients on Server A, and 500 from the replication process carrying over the 500 inserts per second from the clients banging away at Server B. The end result is the same level of writes and twice the licensing/hardware and maintenance costs.
But the transactional footprint can be quite different. If the transactional context of the client operations is such that it causes contention due to the transaction length or footprint, you may find that replicating the transactions to the other node will result in far less resource consumption than the transactional footprint on the originating server.
For instance, consider a case when an insert statement which occurs on the publisher is the result of a 5 table join, as follows:Insert into tableName
Select col1, col2, col3, col4 from tableName1 Join tablename2 on TableName2.pk=TableName1.pkLeft join tablename3 on TableName3.pk=TableName2.pkLeft join tablename4 on TableName4.pk=TableName3.pkLeft join tablename5 on TableName5.pk=TableName4.pk
This will be replicated as:
Insert into tableName(col1,col2, col3, col4) values(col1, col2, col3, col4)
Of course the above would be wrapped in a replication stored procedure, I have stripped everything away except the essential insert for clarity.
This replicated insert statement will just be the final state of the row and will not have to reference the 5 table join on the subscriber. The consequence of this is a much smaller resource footprint on the subscriber, and the locks will be held for a shorter time period.
Also, consider this transaction occurring on the publisher:
Begin TranExec Proc1 -- inserts 5 rows into table1 as the result of some lengthy calculationExec Proc2 -- inserts 5 rows into table2 as the result of some lengthy calculationExec Proc3 -- inserts 5 rows into table3 as the result of some lengthy calculationExec Proc4 -- inserts 5 rows into table4 as the result of some lengthy calculation...Exec Proc20 -- inserts 5 rows into table20 as the result of some lengthy calculationCommit tran
As you can imagine, the transaction footprint on the publisher would be far more severe than the simple 100 row insert which would occur on the subscriber - even though the transaction would be held for the entire 100 row insert on both the publisher and the subscriber. On the subscriber, the transaction is merely 100 insert statements – no lookups, no 5 table joins, etc. So a transaction that takes several seconds on the publisher will
• take far less time on the subscriber, • have a minimal IO hit, • and cause significantly less blocking/deadlocking there.
One last item I wish to cover before diving into an example is to explain why bi-directional transactional replication is normally the better choice amidst the other contenders listed below.
Merge Replication
Merge replication can be used, but is generally a poor fit since the tracking triggers add considerable application latency, and the replication latency of the synchronization tends to be much higher than the alternatives. There is also the added complexity of a merge replication solution and the guid column requirement.
Peer to Peer Replication
Peer to Peer replication can be used, but it is much slower than bi-directional transactional replication and has a much smaller feature set. For example, in Peer to Peer replication I cannot use custom stored procedures, there is no row or column filtering, or automatic identity range management. The Enterprise Edition requirement normally makes Peer to Peer replication a costly choice.
Here is an illustration of just how slowly Peer to Peer replication will perform: to replicate 10,000 inserts with a CommitBatchSize of 100 and CommitBatchThreshold of 1000 (the defaults) takes an average of 6.325 s over 10 runs using bi-directional transactional replication, and an average of 12.939 s over 10 runs using peer to peer replication. Keep in mind that we are looking at an edge case and YMMV, but, in general, bi-directional transactional replication is significantly faster than Peer to Peer. On the downside, you cannot practically scale bi-directional replication to more than 2 nodes – it can be done, but performance degrades significantly the more nodes you add to your topology. Just an aside - Peer to Peer can't be scaled beyond 10 nodes easily.
Updatable Subscriptions
Updatable Subscriptions are another option - however; they are intended for topologies where the majority of the transactions originate on the publisher. Immediate updating is a split write, and performance degrades as a function of the link speed/bandwidth for subscriber side originating transactions. Should the link go down between the publisher and subscriber, the published tables will be read-only on the subscriber. Queued is an option, but again - it is tuned for the majority of the DML originating on the Publisher, not the Subscriber. Also keep in mind that Updatable Subscriptions are deprecated.
Setting up bi-directional transactional replication requires two things:1) All identity columns must be set a. to NOT FOR REPLICATION, andb. odd on one side and even on the other c. the increment should be adjusted to 2 d. and reseed to hand out an odd value on the odd side and an even on the other.2) All triggers and constraints should be set to NOT FOR REPLICATION. You don't want the trigger to fire twice as it has already done its work on the publisher (auditing may be an exception here).
This can involve considerable work. Marking identity column NOT FOR REPLICATION is easy using the proc sp_identitycolumnforreplication. Changing the current identity value to odd or even is again simple using DBCC CheckIdent. However, changing the increment involves recreating the table. Normally, I would do as follows:
• Script all triggers, constraints, indexes• Script out the tables and recreate the new ones with a _temp extension• Move the table data from the original table to the new table using bcp.• Drop the original table and rename the new table the old name, ie OriginalTable data is copied to OriginalTable_temp, OriginalTable is dropped and OriginalTable_Temp is renamed as OriginalTable• Apply the triggers, constraints and indexes.
You will likely need to figure out which are your largest tables, and then group them into batches you can do simultaneously. For databases with large numbers or tables, doing this sequentially can be very time consuming and will involve considerable downtime. You may want to group your tables by size and then run multiple bcp scripts at one time - each dedicated to different tables to minimize your downtime.
Doing this on a live production system, however, requires a different approach:• Create the first publication/subscription pair (Server A and Server B in our case). Ensure you use the no-sync subscription option.• Ensure that the distribution agent is disabled. • Backup the database and restore it on the Subscriber (Server B).
Now you have all sorts of time to get your subscriber setup as the transactions occurring on the Publisher (Server A) will pool in its distribution database.
Set all identity columns on Server B to have an island of ranges - several orders of magnitude above what is being currently assigned on the original source. For example, on Server A you may be currently assigning identity ranges in the millions. Then, set your range on the subscriber to 100 million. This gives you a lot of wiggle room before primary key collisions occur when the same identity range value is assigned on both sides. Naturally, you want some alerting job that will send out email when you are exhausting a range, or when one range is likely to collide with another.
Setting up bi-directional transactional replication is simple. Once you have prepped your tables, all you need to do is ensure that the @loopback_detection parameter of sp_addsubscription is set to "true".
Here is an end to end example:
USE masterGOIF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.databases WHERE name='BIDINodeA')BEGINEXEC sp_removedbreplication 'BIDINodeA'ALTER DATABASE BIDINodeA SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATEDROP DATABASE BIDINodeAENDGOIF EXISTS(SELECT * FROM sys.databases WHERE name='BIDINodeB')BEGINEXEC sp_removedbreplication 'BIDINodeB'ALTER DATABASE BIDINodeB SET SINGLE_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATEDROP DATABASE BIDINodeBENDCREATE DATABASE BIDINodeAGOEXEC sp_replicationdboption 'BIDINodeA', 'publish', trueGOCREATE DATABASE BIDINodeBGOEXEC sp_replicationdboption 'BIDINodeB', 'publish', trueGOUSE BIDiNodeAGOIF exists(SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE type='u' AND name='Table1')DROP TABLE Table1GOCREATE TABLE Table1(PK INT IDENTITY (1,2) NOT FOR REPLICATION CONSTRAINT Table1PK PRIMARY KEY, Charcol VARCHAR(20), originatingDB sysname DEFAULT db_name(), dtstamp DATETIME DEFAULT GETDATE())GOEXEC sp_addpublication 'BIDINodeA', @Status=ACTIVEGOEXEC sp_addarticle 'BIDINodeA', @article='Table1',@source_object='Table1' ,@identityrangemanagementoption='manual'GOEXEC sp_addsubscription 'BIDINodeA','ALL', @@ServerName, 'BIDINodeB', 'Replication support only', @loopback_detection='true'GOUSE BIDiNodeBGOIF exists(SELECT * FROM sys.objects WHERE type='u' AND name='Table1')DROP TABLE Table1GOCREATE TABLE Table1(PK INT IDENTITY (2,2) NOT FOR REPLICATION CONSTRAINT Table1PK PRIMARY KEY, Charcol VARCHAR(20), originatingDB sysname DEFAULT db_name(), dtstamp DATETIME DEFAULT GETDATE())GOEXEC sp_addpublication 'BIDINodeB', @Status=ACTIVEGOEXEC sp_addarticle 'BIDINodeB', @article='Table1',@source_object='Table1', @identityrangemanagementoption='manual'GOEXEC sp_addsubscription 'BIDINodeB','ALL', @@ServerName, 'BIDINodeA', 'Replication support only', @loopback_detection='true'GOUSE BIDINodeAGODECLARE @counter INTSET @counter=1WHILE @counter<=10BEGININSERT INTO BIDINodeA.dbo.Table1(Charcol) VALUES('test')SELECT @counter=@counter+1ENDGOUSE BIDINodeBGODECLARE @counter INTSET @counter=1WHILE @counter<=10BEGININSERT INTO BIDINodeB.dbo.Table1(Charcol) VALUES('test')SELECT @counter=@counter+1ENDGOSELECT *from BIDINodeA.dbo.Table1SELECT *from BIDINodeB.dbo.Table1Note, that you may need to wait a couple of seconds for the above two queries for return 20 rows. Rows originating from BIDINodeA will have a value for the OriginatingDB column of BIDINodeA, and rows originating from BIDINodeB will have a value for the OriginatingDB column of BIDINodeB.
There are some caveats with Bi-Directional Transactional Replication.
The first is that should a failure event occur, which might cause a lack of data consistency (i.e. different data on both sides), the distribution agent will fail/stop until the administrator can step in and clear the event which is causing the failure. This is normally a good thing, as it prevents your databases from losing consistency (i.e. having different data). This event will likely be a conflict – an attempt to:
• insert a primary key value on a node which causes a primary key violation; • update a row which is deleted; • delete a row which is already deleted.
Most frequently the goal in a bi-directional replication topology is to present two data sets to your clients which are within seconds of synchronization with each other.
When a data consistency error occurs and the agents shut down the two data sets will get progressively more and more out of sync; in other words they will become disconnected islands of data as each set of clients is entering/modifying data on each island. An insert occurring on Node A will stay in Node A. If the client is redirected to node B and does not see their data – chances are that they will try to re-enter their data this time on Node B – which when the synchronization process occurs, will cause a conflict.
It becomes critical to clear any data consistency errors as quickly as possible to prevent further conflicts. For some implementations this can be difficult. Some implementation it is very simple. I normally have email alerts going off to the team when these events occur. Some implementations never raise alerts and it makes me check them to make sure they are working. Others are very noisy. For example one company feels the need to replicate the ASP.NET state tables. This results in a lot of noise, all of it false positives – well so far - all of it false positives.
Another factor to consider is there is apparently a bug in bi-directional transactional replication which will raise "row not found" error messages. I have only heard about is anecdotally.
Quite often it is more important to keep the agents running, and then run a validation to determine where the error is, as opposed to let the agents stop, investigate and clear the error. The reason why it is more important to keep the agents running is that the longer the agents are not running for, the greater the chances of future conflicts occurring is.
The best way is to skip the error(s) using the Continue On Data Consistency Error Profile. However, this means that if errors are skipped there is a chance your database will get progressively more and more out of sync or different.
It then becomes critical to run publication validations to find out what tables are different.
I normally schedule validations at least daily and run the validation twice to see if the validation error occurs on the same tables for both validation runs. My reasoning is the first time a validation error occurs, it could be due to in-flight data. If the table shows up with a validation error twice in a row, it likely is a true out of sync condition as opposed to inflight data.
Non-Convergence and swapping
Another factor to consider is that if I update the same column on the same row on both sides of a bi-directional replication topology, my values will swap.
Consider this update.
Update TableName1 set Col1='NodeA' where PK =1 -- on NodeAUpdate TableName1 set Col1='NodeB where PK =1 -- on NodeB
Before my synchronization the state of the row will look like this:
Select * from TableName1 where PK=1 -- on NodeA1, NodeASelect * from TableName1 where PK=1 -- on Nodeb1, NodeB
After synchronization it will look like this:
Select * from TableName1 where PK=1 -- on NodeA1, NodeBSelect * from TableName1 where PK=1 -- on Nodeb1, NodeA
The values have swapped. Granted the chances of such an update happening are slim, but it can happen. Ideally with your data perfectly partitioned only one client will be active on one node at one time and will only work with data he/she owns so the chances of swapping are slim.
DML Changes
Bi-Directional Transactional Replication can replicate DML changes. However there is a caveat. A change made on Node A will be replicated to Node B and the replication stored procedures Node A uses to apply commands to Node B will be updated for the schema change on Node B. But the replication stored procedures that Node B uses to replicate changes occurring on Node B to Node A will not reflect this change.
It becomes necessary to regenerate these stored procedures. Either through a database trigger or a SQL Server job than runs at periodic intervals. I use • sp_scriptinsproc• sp_scriptupdproc
For this. I don't need to worry about the delete procs as they only need to account for the PK.
Here is an example of such a job.
--UpdateProcs looks like this:CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[UPDATEPROCS] ( @table SYSNAME ) AS DECLARE @articleNumber INT DECLARE @insertType INT DECLARE @updateType INT DECLARE @rowcount INT DECLARE @Statement VARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @end VARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @top VARCHAR(MAX) DECLARE @middle VARCHAR(MAX) CREATE TABLE #table1 ( pk INT IDENTITY , varcharcol VARCHAR(MAX) ) SELECT @articleNumber = artid , @insertType = CASE WHEN ins_cmd LIKE 'C%' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END , @updateType = CASE WHEN upd_cmd LIKE 'C%' THEN 1 ELSE 0 END FROM sysarticles WHERE dest_table = @table IF @insertType = 1 BEGIN SET @statement = ' ' SET @end = ' ' TRUNCATE TABLE #table1 INSERT INTO #table1 EXEC sp_scriptinsproc @articleNumber SELECT @rowcount = MAX(pk) FROM #table1 SELECT @top = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 1 SELECT @middle = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 3 SELECT @statement = @statement + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk > 4 AND pk < @rowcount - 2 SELECT @end = @end + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk >= @rowcount - 1 EXEC(@top) EXEC(@middle) EXEC(@statement) EXEC(@end) END ELSE BEGIN SET @statement = ' ' SET @statement = ' ' SET @end = ' ' TRUNCATE TABLE #table1 INSERT INTO #table1 EXEC sp_scriptsinsproc @articleNumber SELECT @rowcount = MAX(pk) FROM #table1 SELECT @top = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 1 SELECT @middle = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 3 SELECT @statement = @statement + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk > 4 AND pk < @rowcount - 2 SELECT @end = @end + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk >= @rowcount - 1 EXEC(@top) EXEC(@middle) EXEC(@statement) EXEC(@end) END--this is the update statement IF @UpdateType = 1 BEGIN SET @statement = ' ' SET @end = ' ' TRUNCATE TABLE #table1 SET @statement = '' INSERT INTO #table1 EXEC sp_scriptupdproc @articleNumber SELECT @rowcount = MAX(pk) FROM #table1 SELECT @top = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 1 SELECT @middle = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 3 SELECT @statement = @statement + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk > 4 AND pk < @rowcount - 2 SELECT @end = @end + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk >= @rowcount - 1 EXEC(@top) EXEC(@middle) EXEC(@statement) EXEC(@end) END ELSE BEGIN SET @statement = ' ' SET @end = ' ' TRUNCATE TABLE #table1 SET @statement = '' INSERT INTO #table1 EXEC sp_scriptsupdproc @articleNumber SELECT @rowcount = MAX(pk) FROM #table1 SELECT @top = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 1 SELECT @middle = varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk = 3 SELECT @statement = @statement + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk > 4 AND pk < @rowcount - 2 SELECT @end = @end + ' ' + varcharcol FROM #table1 WHERE pk >= @rowcount - 1 EXEC(@top) EXEC(@middle) EXEC(@statement) EXEC(@end) ENDAs you can see bi-directional transactional replication can be a good fit for some scenarios.Before you implement a bi-directional. Ensure you test with a representative workload before deploying into production.
Very interesting article.
I presently have merge replication setup and it is running fine. I have a Replication Alert set up for Merge Conflicts/sec counter. There was a conflict recently which I resolved using the Interactive Conflict resolver. Now the Merge conflicts table is empty both on publisher and subscriber. But the Alert still fires as if there are conflits which is not the case. I disbaled the alert for now. How do I reset the counter/Alert so that is stops sending the false alerts?
This sounds like a bug. If the contents of MSMerge_conflicts_info is empty and you are centrally logging them, the conflicts should be logged there.
Hi Hilary,
Thanks for this article, it's a great start for us who like to script rather than use GUI's!
I've been playing around with your bi-directional transactional replication example, and it works great. Now, I'm trying to modify the script to replicate the db on two different servers, but can't seem to get it right. Can you explain how to do it?
Change the @@Servername parameters to reflect the name of the servers you are replicating to and from.
Do this here:
EXEC sp_addsubscription 'BIDINodeB','ALL', @@ServerName, 'BIDINodeA', 'Replication support only', @loopback_detection='true'
and here:
EXEC sp_addsubscription 'BIDINodeB','ALL', @@ServerName, 'BIDINodeB', 'Replication support only', @loopback_detection='true'
Hi Hillary,
Thanks for this great article!
I have a problem while setting up a BiDirectional replication, thought I cannot understand if it's bug or feature.
We are using @sync_type = N'initialize with backup' because our databases are quite big and it's the fastest way to copy the database to the subscriber. If I'm adding @loopback_detection = 'true' to the sp_addsubscription procedure all transactions arrive to Distributor but NONE of them are being sent to the subscriber. No errors occur, dist agent states "No replicated transactions are available". If I change @sync_type to be 'replication support only', all is working fine.
Do you have any idea why it is happening?


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COERR, the only aid group assisting the asylum-seekers, was refused access to Huay Nam Khao camp in Phetchabun province as the Thai army deported them on Dec. 28.
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This Blogher 2008 session is part of the 'What We Believe' break-out sessions, entitled 'Top-Notch Political Opinion Commentary' with panelists:
- Jennifer Pozner (on Flickr) of Women in Media and News
- Catherine Orenstein of the Op-Ed Project
This was a great session that touched on tips and tricks on how to get female political writers' blogging messages into traditional news. We chatted on what holds some female bloggers back from getting their words out from blogosphere into Mainstream Media. Some holdbacks included: not sure how to get in touch with repoters, not sure how to write press releases, concerns with anonymity in a smaller town (especially with differing opinions with local family and friends), etc.
Women political bloggers must have desire to engage in competitive landscape – know your facts, know how to talk about them, know the opposing side's perspective. The media landscape still doesn't look like we want it too – women are marginalized in OpEd pages, as sources in hard news stories (perspective of editors and producers is often that international affair, global economies and war are understood to be male terrains).
But women straddle many fences, we are invested in many subjects across the board. The blogosphere allows us to get our perspective out sans editors. However, even still our perspectives are not hear as widely as they should be — and even when we are heard, our engagement makes us appear alien to many and puts us under harsh criticism due to sexist mindsets in the media and general public.
Jennifer gets TONS of hate mail after major mainstream media appearances – but always about her looks, make-up or dress. Maybe the last sentence in a critical letter is about what she actually said in an interview, but everything else is physically-related and has nothing to do with her commentary and ideas. Her advice: you just have to expect it and not let it get to you. This is very different than the criticism her mail counterparts receive, but a reality she must deal with.
Working through the MSM:
The more popular your blog is, the more likely MSM will come to you. There are media relation training sessions that help you attract notice and attention.
The best way to stay on message is to have practiced it before MSM calls you — have everything all in a row and ready to go. Jennifer recommends a book entitled 'Spin Works', which has a concept of the 'Brother-in-law test'. The test basically means you must get your message to be understood in a short and concise way by your brother-in-law who isn't engaged in political system willing to listen to you in about a minute.
Frame your ideas so that all audiences can get your POV, not just the audiences you typically speak to and are surrounded by. Make your perspectives catchy and personal and related to facts and figures and political realities that disengaged people will be interested in understanding. Then you have a successful message to share.
As a player in the media, you must be willing to do what women are coached not to do – stick to your message, speak up for what you believe in and don't let the boys tell you that your perspective is not as important as yours.
Preparing for a MSM interview:
You must role play before a broadcast or interview, meet up with someone you trust and tell them to ask you the most out-of-bounds questions they can think of that the opposite point of view might misrepresent your position as. If you can respond in a role play in practice session, you'll be better prepared to do this when/if this happens live.
When writing an OpEd – the goal is to affect public debate and public opinion. You don't want to alienate people, but want to stay strong in your presentation of your points without appearing like you are ranting or emotional. This is something to always remember – women with strongly held opinions are often considered 'emotional'. You have to fight past this with facts.
It is always okay to not answer an inflammatory question, if you can
re-direct the question and move it to your point. Do not dignify
inflammatory remarks and questions with a response.
When being booked for a broadcast, always be prepared for the worst
case scenario. Hosts go off script and some shows just lie when
briefing interviewees. You can say no if you don't like what they are
talking about. Some networks and producers are better than others,
some will work on the message with you if they really want you.
Powersources project – national database (late 2001) of women experts. A lot of women who are incredibly well-informed and leaders in their fields don't consider themselves experts. You don't need to be 'special', you just need to be confident and well-informed. Systemic bias in the media means that as journalist, those that get to be published are often built around with relationships with editors who call and assign a story. Become a go-to person to have them come to you.
Catherine gave the panel a great window on what public debate looks like and why it matters. She suggests you always start off with 5 questions when thinking about your commentary and OpEd pieces:
1. What is credibility?
Credibility is accountability to what you know – what is the evidence of what you know and can you convey it? What are you an expert in and what woudl be the point you would make in this area? Being an 'expert' is really putting yourself out there as a resource. Most people are uncomfortable with this term, but it's not about you!! It's about what you can provide others with and how you can help others.
2. How do you create an argument that is of contribution?
2 qualities of contribution: what would be valuable to the other party (the aha! moment) and what is the evidence you bring to bear, opposed to rhetoric or 'I told you so'. The solid material we could agree upon even amongst those who disagree with our interpretation. Quotes, credible news sources, sometimes logic.
3. What's the difference between being right and being effective?
Catherine wrote an Sex in the City OpEd piece in NY Times about how they are retrograde (drink, shop, meaningless relationships) and had reactions that were overwhelmingly against her. Not rational mail, but very passionate. Catherine felt like she had the better argument, but realized she had alienated 4 out of 5 of the people she really wanted to reach.
So now, before she concludes an argument, she takes a moment to put herself in the other person's shoes. Empathy and respect – otherwise it is not possible to change minds. You must assume the other person is intelligent and moral and respect that.
4. How can you see what you care about as part of a bigger picture?
Catherine connected with a women who spent 10 years writing a thesis on 18th Century French gossip and its implications. This is a very narrow field of study, but looking larger, she is incredibly well positioned to write on political implications of social networking. Don't just keep your knowledge in a box.
5. How can you see your knowledge and experience in terms of its potential value of other people?
Definition of social responsibility and starting point of contribution of major political debate.
These are the 5 questions that come up again and again working with over 1500 women in the OpEd Project. Answering these will ensure you are far more successful. In fact, answering these questions give you the barebones of an OpEd piece.
Statistics on public debate:
85% are mostly privileged (Harvard and Yale graduate) white male debates. 85% of Hollywood producers and radio producers are men. Only 2 of the 19 major syndicated radio talk show hosts are women. 84% Congress is male.
1 out of 20 of top political blogs are written by women. Great to have our voices out there, but even better to have our voices out there in a place where it can be heard. Half of our nation's best brains are missing in national conversation.
3 different reasons why it matters:
The lack of women conveys the wrong and very bad idea that women are missing in leadership. Thought leadership and leader incubation happens in OpEd and public debate. Example – after Catherine was included in major public debates she very quickly got a book deal, national television, invited to speak with Clinton's Latin American affairs advisors. This was no coincidence. These appearances and public engagement really reach out and have an impact.
Whoever writes the story, writes history — if you are not writing it, someone else is and they might not be telling it right.
Public conversation is happening in an echo chamber. Today's public debate looks like scene in Being John Malkovich — all the same people, all John Malkovich's interacting and reaching out to each other. With this limited view and scope, we're not getting very good information to make decisions about the world. This is the driving reason why it matters.
2005 Larry Summers made annoying speech on biological aptitude on women in engineering — sparked off OpEd sexism debate. Catherine sees that there are astonishingly few submissions by women in this forum, we must add our voice and be heard. We have the brain power.
A lot of public debate works around Passcode information – this is knowledge that is not secret, but is hidden within groups and books that not everyone knows about it. Women need to break into this sphere of knowledge so as to grow their minds and have even more input.


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As the Senate prepares to vote on final passage of the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (H.R.1105), it is important to remember why passage of this legislation is important to the American people. The bill contains nine bills that are essential to keeping the federal government working to enhance the health, safety, and security – economic and otherwise – of the American people.
After months of Republican politicking and obstructionism to delay passage of these bills, the time has come to quickly pass this important legislation to fund the federal government this year so that Congress and President Obama can move on to addressing the other priorities of the American people, including the financial and housing crises and health care and education reform.
Passage of the Omnibus is critical to our economic security.
- The Department of Transportation would not be able to increase its investment in highways, which would prevent the creation of thousands of jobs and result in increased congestion, which costs the nation approximately $78 billion each year.
- The Department of Labor would not be able to provide reemployment and retraining services to millions of unemployed and otherwise vulnerable Americans in this tough economy.
- The Federal Housing Administration would have to stop helping families facing foreclosure to refinance into affordable mortgages.
- The Housing and Counseling Assistance program and the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation would be less able to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.
- The Department of Housing and Urban Development would not be able to provide the necessary community and economic development grants to help communities weather and recover from the current economic storm.
- The Department of Energy would not be able to make increased investments in more energy efficient vehicles and buildings as well as solar, wind, geothermal, and biomass energy sources.
- The Securities and Exchange Commission would not be able to undertake more vigorous enforcement of securities laws to help bolster the integrity of the financial markets, just when this enforcement is needed the most.
- The Department of Education would not be able to continue the Pell Grant program, which helps seven million low- and middle-income families pay for college and vocational training.
Passage of the Omnibus is critical to our health and safety.
- National Institutes of Health would not be able to maintain adequate funding for lifesaving research into diseases such as Alzheimer's, cancer, and diabetes.
- Community Health Centers would not be able to provide health care services to nearly 470,000 uninsured Americans.
- The Department of Health and Human Services would not be able to assist small, rural hospitals and create health care networks for more than 775,000 rural residents in underserved communities.
- The Consumer Product Safety Commission would not be able to implement many of the new reforms in place to make children's products safer.
- The Food and Drug Administration would significantly decrease the number of food and medical product safety inspections it can perform, both domestic and overseas.
- The Federal Aviation Administration would not be able to improve aviation safety and air traffic organization by boosting the hiring and training of air traffic controllers and aviation safety inspectors.
- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration would be hindered in their ability to enhance and enforce workplace safety standards.
- The Centers for Disease Controland Prevention would be forced to close a minimum of five quarantine stations at ports of entry around the country.
- The Drug Enforcement Agency would have to institute an immediate hiring freeze of agents, as well as a 13-day furlough of all agents. As a result, DEA would carry out 90 fewer raids against drug producers and traffickers.
- The Federal Bureau of Investigation would have to institute an immediate hiring freeze of agents, analysts, and support staff. This would mean 650 fewer FBI Special Agents, and 1,250 fewer intelligence analysts and other professionals fighting crime and terrorism in the United States.
Passage of the Omnibus is critical to global health and our national security.
· The Department of State would be unable to meet critical goals for combating HIV/AIDS around the world. Without the additional funding for life-sustaining anti-retroviral drugs, prevention and care programs we would not be able to save one million more lives, we would lose the opportunity to prevent two million additional HIV infections, as well as the chance to save or care for one million more orphans or vulnerable children who are either infected with HIV or have been orphaned because a parent died from HIV/AIDS.
· USAID would not be able to expand malaria programs in Africa, where one million people (mostly children) die from malaria each year, and will be forced to cut life-saving immunization programs resulting in higher maternal and infant mortality for illnesses that are entirely preventable.
· The State Department and USAID will be forced to cut key security and assistance programs and personnel in Jordan, the West Bank, Pakistan and Afghanistan at a time when additional investments are urgently needed.


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Zee's Qubool Hai has reached a point where Zoya (Surbhi Jyoti) has to choose between her father and Asad (Karan Singh Grover). Zoya will soon know that none other but the man she knows as Mamujaan is her father and Humaira is her own sister.
Tanveer tried to kill Zoya so many times but still Zoya never disclose Tanveer's truth because she does not wanted to hurt Asad.
Tanveer who knows about Zoya's father reality blackmailed Zoya that if Zoya keeps quit and let her marry Asad, Tanveer will tell Zoya name of her father.
Zoya who kept searching for identity of her father all her life has now to choose between father and love.
In the coming episodes, Zoya will find out that Mamujaan is Zoya's father and Humaira is her own sister.
Asad who is shattered after Tanveer lied to him that she is pregnant with Asad's baby, and Asad will seek for his father guidance but will get no fruits from it.
Let's see of Zoya is able to save her relationship with Asad.


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True Blood actress Rutina Wesley hit the red carpet at the premiere of Waiting for Superman, about our educational system, at the Paramount Theater last night in Los Angeles.
Oprah Winfrey devoted her show yesterday to the film and to education and announced she was shutting down her Angel Network charity by giving $6 million to charter school programs across the country. Some readers at her site wish she had given the money to schools that are struggling, not just charter schools.
On Friday's show, Oprah is planning a Waiting for Superman follow-up.
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> 2. m0nowall (which I've got working so far, except I'd like to have some
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does this (part of FreeRADIUS archive). you need to install FreeRADIUS
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Lessons learned in temporary chicken fencing
Last year, I wrote about
a new-to-us
temporary chicken fencing system that doesn't need
electricity. Ten months later, we're still major fans of the
system, with only slight modifications.
The best part about
these temporary fences is that they give us more flexibility. We
can pasture chickens in fallow parts of the garden without tractors,
then spend twenty minutes the next week to move the flock onto a fresh
patch of ground. One of these days, our permanent pastures will
be so vibrant that we won't need to send the chickens out to graze in
the driveway, but for now, temporary pastures provide a great spillover
area when the permanently fenced areas are looking ragged.
Our chicken waterer solves the fresh water problem, ensuring copious, clean water for our pastured flock.
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Are you just weaving the rebar in and out of the holes in the fencing, or tying it on? Thanks!
Comment by Saturday evening, August 18th, 2012—
Dave --- Just weaving the rebar in, not through every hole either, more like in and out about four times, then stuck about four inches into the ground.
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If we didn't just pick up that dude from the Bears then I could see us spending one of the next couple picks on a QB, but I'd be shocked if they picked a QB that they don't need over a receiver or offensive lineman that we do need at this point.
Another linebacker at this point still fills depth needs that we are lacking right now with some of the questions still existing at that position.
Seriously, if the Ravens take a QB who might fit their system as a backup, they should look into Zac Dysert (Miami, Ohio) in the 6th or 7th round. I wouldn't think he lasts that long, but the way the draft is working out for QBs now, one never knows.
I'd be shocked if the pick him or any other QB unless its a late round or UDFA
Nope -- to Iggles
Well, count me in on the Quinton Patton train. We need a receiver, and he is the best one available.
I like Scott from Arizona in round 5 or 6
Jets still leading with 6 QB's to Eagles 5!
If we were going to draft a QB Landry Jones would have be the guy. The Steelers who run an offense reasonably close to ours felt the same way apparently.
This draft confirmed what I thought about Barkley another weak armed overrated sc qb
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This is a rap about a rape the victim name, microphone. Phone phone phone phone. Ring Ring beep no ones home leave a message.
1.White boy got no talent
2.Kid your a kid go back to grade school you stupid fool.
3.Your barley old enough to not drool who do you think you are.
6.your done.
message 7 out of 28.
*skip all*
So you think today will be my fall, just because i still walk in the school hall? You may rape the microphone but the speaker shows the scars. This will take you far, far away just take a hit & slowly begin to travel to that pit. Its a perfect fit.
Let it begin. Fin.
Yea.. ok... so..
Only made it threw 7 & i already want to be in heaven. Craving the rock in my life not the ones throw at my head but the one above it. Written "here lies the kid with nothing be one thing, that was his everything.
Years past now having a blast while bones crumble always stay'd humble lets tip toe back to the day it all changed, at the shooting range.
Bang Bang the bullets wiz buy or is it bye? because they brought the souls of my friends just before i got to say goodbye. Tears forming but i won't cry just because others had to die. It taught me how to fly just like that bullet that allow'd me to learn how to say bye.
Now i turn to say hi to the shooter that put her down with one in the eye & one in the whole where her heart used to lay. As it pasted threw my arm the urge to cry grows as her heart used to lay next to me. Click Click i was #7 let me go to heaven. Stumble Stumble thrown the shovel. Now he, not i lay in the grave next to my beloved as my arm cry'd for my eyes with each drip of the blood of my fingers slowly rapping around the trigger mind racing like tigger the flame in the background flickers.
I pull the hammer back ready to smash it down like his head to the cold ground all around. Wearing a sick frown Fear learnt to fear, I dare you to smile into loves eyes when the passion is passionately waiting to give it all back for you. She gave me love i gave her love, They gave me trust, I gave them trust. You gave me lust, I'll give you rust, from the barrel soaked in blood ready to flood. Mud starting to dry around you Crust forming on you cracked like the now broken trust of our past now flashing in my head reminding me why i shouldn't make you dead. Wish they fled, the hammer begging to put a nail in your head strike a spike right threw where your heart should of been. Wobbling, whys everything turning red..Shaking my head.
Its cold... no one left to hold.... just holes... Graves circle me... fainted but not before i panited the ground with your mind. Thats fine.... Was this worth my time? but how to you compare a worthless moment to a item that is worthless itself.
Normal people give there 2 cents..
I gave my 2 pints... now its time for me to say goodnight.....
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I had rhinoplasty to remove hump and fix deviated septum. After he removed the cast everything looked great, 3 weeks after, my bridge started to swell and the sides feel hard, on my right side I have a very marked indentantion. I went to see my doc and he said everything was fine, he never checked the inside of my nose, said to not be too picky and said the indentation would probably not go away. Is this normal, my nose was better from the front before than now. is this open roof deformity?
Im 4 Weeks Post Rhinoplasty and I Think I May Have an Open Roof Deformity? (photo)
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Open roof deforminty after rhinoplasty
Cause of open roof deformity post rhinoplasty
- It is too soon tell especially without an exam. Most likely swelling. Give it a few months.
- One cause is insufficient infracture of the nasal bones after hump reduction. This can be corrected via additional osteotomis, 1 year from surgery.
- A second cause is when too much of the dorsum is removed especially if the septum is over resected or collapses inward. This is a more complex problem to correct via cartilage cartilage grafting.
Be patient. Follow up with your surgeon in a few months. Nothing to do for it now. Wait for swelling to subside.
Learn more: http://www.yourfacemd.com/facial-sculpting-manhattan-ny/rhinoplasty.html
Rhinoplasty and bones
At four weeks you are still too swollen to see if you have developed an open roof. Perhaps your right nasal bone is a bit too inward? Hard to say at this pont. Give it several months to settle.
This is not open roof deformity, but follow up is needed later for nasal indentation
You do not appear to have an open roof deformity, which is a very wide and flat boney dorsum, following your rhinoplasty. However the depressed right nasal bone may need to be addressed by out fracture if it persists after healing. You should discuss this with your surgeon later.
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Open roof?
It's hard to tell from this single photo. you are very early in your recovery. I would follow you doctors advice and wait for the swelling and tissues to settle over the next 6 months. Best of luck, Dr K
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Blyleven's infamous home run record could fall
Bronson Arroyo of the Cincinnati Reds is currently sitting at 44 home runs allowed and he is scheduled to make two more starts before the conclusion of the season. Arroyo currently finds himself tied for fifth on the list of home runs allowed in a season. He has been quickly moving up the list because he is allowing a home run ever .242 IP.
Top 5 Seasons for Home Runs Allowed
1. Bert Blyleven 50 (1986)
2. Jose Lima 48 (2000)
3(t). Bert Blyleven 46 (1987)
3(t). Robin Roberts 46 (1956)
5(t). Bronson Arroyo 44 (2011)
5(t). Jamie Moyer 44 (2004)
There are a few things that seem to be in the way of Bronson reaching this dubious home run mark. His next two games come in very favorable conditions for him to avoid giving up home runs. One team has struggled to hit home runs all season long and no it is not the Minnesota Twins. The other game will be played in one of the toughest parks to hit the ball out of the park. These combined conditions could mean that Blyleven's record will be safe for another season.
Here is a closer look at the team's that are left to swing for the fences against Arroyo:
Wednesday, September 21st vs. Houston Astros
Arroyo vs. Houston (2011): 8.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 0 HR, .609 OPS
His next scheduled appearance is at home against the team with the worst record in baseball, the Houston Astros. Great American Ball Park has been known to give up some home runs but the Astros are runner-up for least amount of home runs hit in the 2011 season. Hunter Pence, the man tied for second on the team in home runs, now plays in Philadelphia. This leaves Carlos Lee and Clint Barmes along with a slew of other young players to harness their inner Babe Ruth.
Tuesday, September 27th @ New York Mets
Arroyo vs. New York (2011): 6.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 1 HR, .899 OPS
The final start of the year for Mr. Arroyo will be played in the friendly confines of Citi Field, a park that is known for it's cavernous outfield fences. According to ESPN's Park Factors, Citi Field has surrendered the third least amount of home runs in 2011. The Mets are also near the bottom in all of baseball in the home run hitting department. With one home run on Sunday afternoon, the Mets had hit 102 home runs on the season, a number only higher than a handful of teams. The top home run hitter for the Mets on the season, Carlos Beltran, is currently a member of the San Francisco Giants. This leaves David Wright and Jason Bay to try and make the big apple rise above the outfield fence at Citi Field.
After looking at the match-ups discussed above, it would be quite the accomplishment if Arroyo were to allow six or seven home runs in his next two outings. The Reds along with the Mets and the Astros have little to play for in the next two weeks except for the pride of finishing the season on a good note. The rosters of all MLB teams have been expanded so there should be more than enough arms in the Cincinnati bullpen to relieve Arroyo if the going gets tough. It is hard to imagine that the coaching staff of the Reds would allow Arroyo to get close to the record.
Baseball is a funny game and this is the first chance for Blyleven's infamous home run record to fall in over a decade. Bert has put together quite the year by being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and by having his number retired by the Minnesota Twins. Taking away his record for long balls allowed in a season could be the icing on the cake.
But then what would he be left to joke about...
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