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In June of 2012, FLDS leaders told Sarah Allred to repent, according to her attorney.
She was sent out of the community without her six children. Sometime later, says attorney Roger Hoole, Allred's husband was told the same thing.
The children remain with members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. And Hoole says if the kids aren't returned to their mother soon, he's going to hold a demonstration in Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., to draw attention to Allred's case.
"We're going to give them a little time to cop these children over," Hoole said, "and then we're going to make a spectacle."


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Tweets from @TBHomeTeam/writers
MORE from our HomeTeam writers.
Sun. September 2, 2012 | John C. Cotey | Email
Well, we weren't going to let the Republican National Convention stop us from seeing Hillsborough County, now were we?
John C. Cotey went to Freedom-Durant and Wharton-King, and even stopped off at Armwood to see Alvin Bailey committ to Florida, while Joey Knight waded through the masses at Plant-Jesuit.
Reverting back to their old studio style, the Rewind guys have highlights featuring six teams, and gives much love to Strawberry Crest and Sickles. You don't wanna miss a show bursting at the seams with high school football.

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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 00:15:05 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: The RCMP's favourite pervert Mr Baconfat is
a quite a desperate lair EH Randy McGinnis? He knows as well as the
RCMP that Section 301 was found unconstitutional NOT Section 300
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2013 21:14:54 -0300
Subject: The RCMP's favourite pervert Mr Baconfat is a quite a
desperate lair EH Randy McGinnis? He knows as well as the RCMP that
Section 301 was found unconstitutional NOT Section 300
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Furthermore the very strange racist threatened to use that Section and
the Human Rights Commision against American Eagle years ago when they
properly fired the nasty arse of his very fat dumb happy broad Lori
Ink for being a racist as well.
Go Figure
Thursday, July 29, 2010
American Eagle at West Edmonton Mall
On July 28, 2010 Jo Ann Hennig's employment at American Eagle was
terminated, and Lori Ink was "written up" and put on thirty days
probation. Jo Ann Henig had complained to American Eagle Canada
corporate human resources in Mississauga Ontario that several American
Eagle employees at the West Edmonton Mall store were not paid for
hours worked.
Ms. Hening had worked over a few weeks with American Eagle Canada's
human resources managers to rectify the problem. Last week the problem
had been rectified whereas several people were not paid correctly,
their pay had been restored to them. On July 28 (yesterday) Jo Ann
Henig was fired by store Manager Carl Caron and District Manager
Samara Snyder .
Ms Snyder and Mr Caron informed Ms Hennig that she was terminated
because there were several calls to the American Eagle "employee hot
line" complaining about her "racist behaviour" and her being a
"gossip". Both Ms. Snyder and Mr. Caron declined and then refused to
identify this "racist behaviour" , explain when this "racist
behaviour" occurred or give any details whatsoever that would confirm
or validate the occurrence of this "racist behaviour" or that there
were any "complaints" to the "hot line".
It should be noted that both Samara Snyder and Carl Caron are new to
their respective positions at American Eagle West Edmonton Mall . Mr.
Caron has been store manager for less that thirty days and has never
once been out on the sales floor, or been the MOD (manager on duty).
He has preferred to spend his days in the manager's office "doing
paper work". Samara Snyder has been District manager less than sixty
days and was hired by (American Eagle Canada CEO) Art Solomon who has
resigned because he was concerned upon the direction American Eagle
Canada was headed. It also should been noted that Mr. Caron's first
decision other than terminating Ms. Hennig is to turn the "marketing
room" into a larger office for himself.
It is more than a little suspicious that Ms. Hennig has been
terminated for undisclosed and specified "racist behaviour" and "hot
line complaints" when American Eagle employees on the watch of Carl
Caron and Samara Snyder were not being paid for hours worked...and
were dissuaded to complain or seek redress from "head office".
On July 28 2010, at roughly 10 am Carl Caron and Samara Snyder called
Jo Ann Hennig into the West Edmonton American Eagle store's back room
accused her of undisclosed "racist behaviour", fired her,
surreptitiously escorted her out the back door...and called into their
presence, Ms. Lori Ink.
Ms. Ink was first informed that Jo Ann Henig was terminated and that
it would be a "shame" that "Ms. Ink's 18 year career with American
Eagle were to end because of {her} friendship with Jo Ann Hennig."
Lori Ink told Ms. Snyder and Mr. Caron that they needed to inform
store staff that Jo Ann was terminated, at which point Carl Caron
excused himself to tell the store's employees that Jo Ann Hennig was
terminated. He also took the opportunity to tell the staff, that Ms.
Ink would soon be out and be upset and perhaps crying ... And they
"were forbidden to hug, comfort or otherwise commiserate with her".
During the "meeting" Mr. Caron and Ms. Snyder informed Lori Ink that
she too was accused of "racist behaviour and gossip". When pressed for
details these people told Ms. Ink she had used a "racist
epithet".....she used the word "Asian" to describe the ethnic group
"Asians". Ms. Snyder said that was...."racist behaviour". Once again
NO further details of the "complainants" nor "complaints" were
It should also be noted here that what Mr. Caron and Snyder did ...can
be considered an offense to the C C of C (Criminal Code of Canada)
section 300 "Criminal Slander". A "private information" or police
prosecution could conceivably result .
Ms. Ink has been reprimanded for completing duties that Carl Caron and
several previous managers have been having her do. (receiving
shipment, supply orders etc) for the past several years in her
"Performance Improvement plan" .
Ms. Ink was told that the entire "break schedule" for the store had
been revamped because of her "gossip" with Jo Ann Hennig. Ms. Ink and
Ms. Hennig once a week went out to lunch together for a couple of
years (Tony Roma's)...and Mr. Caron and Ms. Snyder claim that there
they...."gossip" .
At the end of the "interview" Ms. Ink was threatened with termination
if she talked to Ms. Hennig, spoke about the "meeting" with the store
employees or any employees or management of American Eagle. ....So
much for using the "hot line" or communicating with corporate human
resource personnel without retribution!
There is far more to this, but sufficed to say.... two new and
obviously inexperienced management personnel have decided to persecute
two very long time employees of American Eagle. Ms. Ink a single
mother, raised a son and sends him to a post secondary institution on
the pay of THIS JOB.
I wonder what the "intake officials" at Alberta Human rights and the
Alberta Labour Board would say about this?
Posted by Seren at 2:31 AM
Now that Google is removing his blogs on behals of the Wingnut Sally
Brooks ans some Indian women Mr Baconfat is deleting some all on his
own as well Hell ever since Glen Canning and Mr Baconfat got in their
spit and chew last month the big talking pussy has even dogged in
"Comment moderation" which is what he complained about others doing
for years. Clearly the RCMP's favourite pervert does not want other
people to read what many people really think of him while he is busy
editing out his many death threats etc. and posting even more evil
nonsense about mmy family and I
Post a Comment On: The Bacon Fat Report
""Puttin on the Ritz, Pimpin Out Their Kids!""
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Only in Maritime kanada, would two inbred Maritimers pimp out their
kids to eke out a living, even in the instance where one of the kids
is dead. Rehtaeh Parsons is dead by her own hand because her parents
were far too busy with other distractions that to actually raise their
fifteen year old daughter. And now Rehtaeh is dead, dead by here own
hand, her so called parents, are as culpable for her death if they
themselves tied the ligature around her neck.
Leah Parsons and Glen Canning have successfully parlayed their
culpability in the death of their daughter, into a sick extension of
"fifteen minutes of infany," into cyber-space, twitter, facebook and
blogger celebrity in the sick attempt to "make a buck," now trying to
secure the copyright of a tormented, abused and now dead teen-ager.
David Amos simply pimps out his still living children as sex trade
workers (I guess that's what they call it now)
Our "friend" David churns out reams and reams of spam, harasses
countless public officials until he is compelled to stop....and calls
this insane mischief, his "work." To wit:
Re: RE "Anonymous", Jon Blanchard, Rehtaeh Parsons" Father Glen Canning, Big
talking politicians, Corrupt Cops and their buddy Barry Winters of Edmonton
I just called the Halifax Police Department to try explain the blogs,
Youtubes and emails containing may death threats etc against my family
since 2007 and ask why they only care about Glen Canning's concerns.
One young cop claimed that he did not have a name to give the public
but felt free to call me Dave instead of Mr Amos as he tried hard to
play dumb. So I gave up n that sneaky bastard and called the cop in
charge. It was a woman by the name of Sgt Saunders and what a liar she
turned out to be she claimed to not have a computer nor did she even
know who the former Commissioner Haney was or about the file the
Haifax PD had on me me but she felt free to suggest that I run for
public office again or sue her police force or call her new boss Chief
Blais tomorrow morning.
That evil woman knew exactly who I was and I called Chief Blais office
immediately and left another wicked viocemail that that pussy will
never return. Now I am calling their pals in the RCMP AGAIN
Clearly the corrupt cops in Halifax would do nothing AGAIN
And our insane little "friend " posted this:
The farmer had every right to ask people to investigate. The
animals were his lively hood and more importantly to the rest of us
his cattle were going into the FOOD CHAIN. When the CFIA tried hard to
have the RCMP to arrest both of un in 2009 and put their malice in
writng it was beyond ridiculous. Werner Bock was very foolish indeed
to stab me in the back and try to make friends with the bastards.
The RCMP did managed to divide us in 2009 but neither of us are
conquered thus far.
You can see that I included many of Werner Bock's friends on the
Internet in this email as well. We shall all see if they have the
balls to speak in his defence. N'esy Pas Chucky Leblanc and David
BTW Methinks the CROWN Corp known as the CBC just violated Werner Bock's
privacy BIGTIME as well. They always told me that they are not allowed
to talk about suicides because of Mental Health and privacy issues.
The same should hold true for all people even German immigants.
Furthermore the CBC can never deny that never said a
word about Byron Priors various litigations oe when the evil Newffy
Judge Orr locked up him in the Waterford Hospital for about nine
months or so.
I must say the CROWN was particularly dumb to lock up Bock and get the
CBC brag about it particularly while the NB Attorney General is
assisting two Jewish Groups to attack the McCorkell estate at the same
time that the CROWN is prosecuting one of Bock's Neo Nazi friends Arty
Baby Topham of Radical Press. Methinks between the
Huffington Post, a heard of other bloggers and Internet talkshow hosts
New Brunswick will be put on the map even more than it already is.
Also even thogh everybody and his dog knows that Werner Bock and I
parted company in 2009 the CROWN cannot deny that three of my calves
died on Werner Bock's farm and I recorded and protested their demise
as well. You also all know I was the one who made the videos for Bock
in 2008/09 and wrote the words in his website about Section 444 of the
Canadian Criminal Code. Hell I did so over a year after Mikey Murphy
the Fomer Minister of Health/Attorney General responded to me and
asked the local boss of the RCMP Steve Graham to investigate and they
never did So I made Werner Bock rather well known on the Internet in
2008/2009 CORRECT? Google Werner Bock's name before you dare to call
me a liar and put it in writing.
Is there actually anyone out there that can understand or care about
this lobotomized, uneducated and illiterate cretin is trying
unsuccessfully to articulate?
The one theme is always clear in David Amos' rantings, is he the
centre of his little universe. Everything is always, "all about little
Davey Amos." In that respect David is identical to his "Fat Fred City"
colleague Charles LeBlanc for ignorance and rampant narcissism.
The wee lad Davey Amos further whines and sobs:
Well Davey Baby Alward wouldn't you be pissed off too if the the RCMP
laughed at you while this shit was being published about your children
while the Zionist spindoctor was bitching on Labor Day about YOU and
Premiers Ghiz and Dexter begging Harper for money???
Wee Davey Amos feels I ought be arrested and incarcerated vis a vis
Sec 300 of the CC of C. A section of the Criminal Code to be found
"unconstitutional" or rather contrary to the Canadian Charter of
Rights and Freedom. Imagin that little Glen Canning and Davey Amos
don't like this, and think it is "criminal behavior." Oh dear thank
heavens for proper jurisprudence and learned judges.
Sunday, September 1, 2013
Maritime Kanada's Cocksuckers
So Premier Alward, Premiers Ghiz and Darrell Dexter, do you guys gently
unzip "Stevie boy's" trousers and blow him each year when you go to Ottawa
to beg for more federal tax dollars and equalization from the rest of
Red Deer Alberta, city of less than 100,000 that has basically
statistically full employment. Red Deer has robust manufacturing,
conventional oil and oils sand industry servicing, agriculture and food
processing, petro-chemical production: All turbocharged with home grown
expertise and an unsurpassed quality if life.
Red Deer and Central Alberta has hundreds of family or privately owned
companies with 50 to 100 skilled workers, with gross revenues of 50 to 100
million dollars.
Meanwhile in Kanada's Appalachia, inbred Maritime Kanada, unemployment in
those provinces run from 9 % to 14 % unemployment. In Alberta and
Saskatchewan it runs from 4.3% to 4.5 % . In each of Canada's parasitic
Maritime jurisdictions the largest employer is the provincial government. No
immigrants choose Maritime Kanada to settle in because the education systems
are piss poor, and there is no private enterprise to speak of.
In Maritime Kanada the inbred politicians campaign on the promise of a
"chicken in every pot, and a government job for everyone that can read and
make his X on the paper." And some that can't.
Then there are Laura the Butt and Max still turning tricks, and Rehtaeh that
is till dead, dead, dead. You still trying to make money off that Glen?
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Antique Silver Tongs
Of all the serving implements at a dinner table, tongs are perhaps the most fun to use. Unlike knives, forks, and spoons, or utensils such as butter picks and soup ladles, tongs are slightly mechanical, which means they must be properly manipulated to successfully carry everything from sugar cubes to asparagus spears to one's plate. At a dull dinner party, the opportunity to operate a pair of tongs may be the high point of the evening.
Sterling silver sugar tongs were easily the most common type made in Great Britain. They were preceded in the mid-1700s by sugar nips, which are sometimes called tea tongs. Like sugar tongs, sugar nips were designed to clasp a cube, but the device pivoted at its center on a fulcrum, just like a pair of scissors. As a result, they were costly to produce and their engineering was perhaps needlessly sophisticated for the task at hand (grabbing a cube of sugar and dropping it into a cup of tea).
Sugar nips were used from the 18th to 19th centuries, but pivot-less tongs were also produced during this period. The earliest sugar tongs, whose center section resembled an upside-down U, were cast in three pieces—the arms, which were often pierced, and the center U, commonly called the bow.
The most valuable cast sterling-silver tongs are from the Georgian Era (1714-1830) and were made by English smiths such as Hester Bateman, John Langlands, and John Robertson. Cast Georgian-style tongs were also widely produced during the Victorian Era, so you need to be familiar with the hallmarks of several hundred years worth of silversmiths to be able to tell the difference.
Tongs formed from a single piece of silver can be dated to the late 1700s. These were often engraved, and many had a noticeable concave running on the inside of the tongs, from tip to tip. Sometimes the arms ended in a spoon or shell shape, other times they were more like a three-tined fork, or even a claw.
Intricately engraved and pierced tongs were typical of the Georgian Era, but as the 1800s dawned, more and more smiths toned down the decorations on their flatware. Contemporary tongs of the day got plainer, more solid, except, of course, for those that deliberately copied the older, more rococo styles of the previous century.
In addition to tongs for clasping sugar, larger, wider serving tongs were produced for everything from asparagus to small sandwiches. There were also tongs for ice cubes, whose s...
For the most part, New World smiths emulated the styles of their Old World forebears. Colonial and American silversmiths such as Paul Revere and Charles Oliver Bruff made sugar and other types of sterling silver tongs.
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ATLANTA — Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss handed the GOP a firewall against Democrats eager to flex their newfound political muscle in Washington, winning a bruising runoff battle Tuesday night that had captured the national limelight.
Chambliss' victory thwarted Democrats' hopes of winning a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. It came after a bitter monthlong runoff against Democrat Jim Martin that drew political luminaries from both parties to the state and flooded the airwaves with fresh attack ads weeks after campaigns elsewhere had ended.
Minnesota — where a recount is under way — now remains the only unresolved Senate contest in the country. But the stakes there are significantly lower now that Georgia has put a supermajority out of reach of Democrats.
With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Chambliss captured 57 percent to Martin's 43 percent. Chambliss' win is a rare bright spot for Republicans in a year where they lost the White House as well as seats in the House and the Senate.
In Hall County, Chambliss received 80 percent of the vote, defeating Martin 27,330 to 6,705 with 39 of 41 precincts reporting. On Nov. 4, Chambliss carried Hall by a vote of 39,539 to 15,250.
In the runoff for Public Service Commissioner, Lauren McDonald Jr. of Clarkesville defeated Jim Powell in Hall County by a vote of 25,892 to 6,697. McDonald, a Republican, also won the overall race.
Mike Sheffield was the top vote-getter in Hall for a seat on the nonpartisasn Georgia Court of Appeals. Sheffield won in Hall by a vote of 14,983 to 13,692 over Sara Doyle, although Doyle won statewide.
Just over 43 percent of Hall County's voters cast ballots on Tuesday.
In a local runoff in Lumpkin County, Susan L. Sockwell defeated incumbent Stroud Stacy for a seat on the Lumpkin County Board of Education. With 16 of 17 precincts reporting, Sockwell won by a vote of 3,585 to 2,220.
Martin called Chambliss to concede before 10 p.m., then emerged to tell supporters as his voice cracked: "For me and my family and campaign team and all of you this is a sad moment."
Chambliss declared victory before about 500 cheering Republicans in Cobb County saying he'd hoped to win the race outright on Nov. 4. During the general election, it was a three-way race for the seat and neither Martin nor Chambliss was able to secure the necessary 50 percent to avoid the runoff.
"But you know, God works in strange ways," Chambliss said. "What we have seen over the last four weeks has truly been remarkable."
Chambliss' mantra on the campaign trail was simple: His re-election was critical to prevent Democrats in Washington from having a blank check. Chambliss, 65, had angered some conservatives with his vote for the $700 billion bailout of the financial services industry and his early support in 2007 for the guest worker provision in President George W. Bush's immigration bill. But fearful of unchecked Democratic dominance, some came back into the GOP fold Tuesday.
Martin made the economy the centerpiece of his bid, casting himself as a champion for the neglected middle class. He also linked himself at every opportunity to Barack Obama and his message of change. The Democratic president-elect was a no show on the campaign trail in Georgia but did record a radio ad and automated phone calls for Martin.
In the end, Martin, a 63-year-old former state lawmaker from Atlanta, wasn't able to get Obama voters back to the polls in large enough numbers to overcome the Republican advantage in Georgia, which has become an increasingly a reliable red state since 2002.
With most precincts reporting, turnout stood at about 35 percent. That's higher than the 20 percent predicted by a spokesman for Secretary of State Karen Handel but far less than the 65 percent who voted in last month's general election.
The runoff between the former University of Georgia fraternity brothers was necessary after a three-way general election prevented any of the candidates from getting the necessary 50 percent.
Chambliss came to the Senate in 2002 after defeating Democratic Sen. Max Cleland in a campaign that infuriated Democrats. Chambliss ran a TV ad that questioned Cleland's commitment to national security and flashed a photo of Osama bin Laden. Cleland is a triple amputee wounded in the Vietnam War.
He was a loyal Bush supporter and, as a freshman, rose to become chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. the former agriculture lawyer from Moultrie has been the ranking Republican on the panel since Democrats won control of the Senate.
Some 3.7 million people cast ballots in this year's general election, and both sides have since tried to keep voters' attention with a barrage of ads and visits by political heavy-hitters.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore both stumped for Martin.
Several ex-Republican presidential candidates made appearances for Chambliss, including GOP nominee John McCain, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.
Chambliss brought in Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, McCain's vice presidential pick, as his closer. She headlined four rallies for Chambliss across the state Monday that drew thousands of party faithful.


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Ask Health Experts and Get Answers to Your Health Question ASAP
Have you had a recent thyroid test? Or recent blood test of your electrolytes?
i had my bloods done about a month ago and my thyroid was 3.6 which i thought would be higher with being pregnant
Your thyroid level is okay.
I recommend that you get a CMP and Mg blood test to look at your electrolyte levels as these could cause palpitations. If you have had negative studies in the past and if you are not having other symptoms with the palpitations such as shortness of breath, dizziness, lightheadedness, etc I would not worry too much about them
If you develop symptoms or the palpitations persist then you should see your doctor for EKG and further work up
because i have had loads of tests done on my heart my doc wont send me for anymore, but surely there must be another reason why i feel my heart beating all the time and with certain foods it goes faster sometimes
it can be normal in people to have occasional palpitations
i got diagnosed with ventricular ectopics when i was 30yrs old, i can feel them when they happen
then this is what these are now... electrolytes which change often can cause this when they are either too high or too low
i am just wondering whether i have had that done, what are electrolytes, wonder what co;our bottle you would use to take for that blood test?
Electrolytes are things such as potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium
oh i had them done with the last bloods they was fine, was hoping that could be the answer, some people say go on beta blockers but they lower your bp and mine is already low plus i dont want to go on them if nothing is up with my heart
yes beta blockers slow the heart if the palpitations are due to a fast heart rate
in your case this would not work
i know it must be hard for you because obviously you need to see somebody and do tests to diagnose, but if i had all my heart tests would you say something could of happened within 2/3 years of having all my tests on my heart, i am hoping it isnt my heart
if u had these palpitations before and were diagnosed with ectopic ventricular beats, this is likely what is going on now
an annoyance yes, but not something that needs to be treated unless other symptoms such as dizziness, shortness of breath develop
that is a good sign because i dont get any of them symptoms
yes that is good
i would try not to worry too much about it
i think i will go docs and just mention it again, it could be because i am pregnant and it could be hormonal
yes i think that is a good idea
thankyou so much for your advice, a little reasurance is a good thing.
You are very welcome
Best wishes
thanks x
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Las Vegas • The world saddle bronc championship race is headed toward a photo finish.
Cody Wright of Milford, Utah, won the ninth round at the $62.5 million Wrangler National Finals Rodeo on Friday night at the Thomas & Mack Center.
Wright posted a score of 81 points, earned $18,629 and moved back into second place in the world standings behind his brother Jake.
Jake Wright failed to post a score in Round 9. Still, he leads the race for the world championship with season earnings of $175,534. Cody Wright is second with $172,873. Chad Ferley of Oelrichs, S.D., is third with $162,665.
Jesse Wright, another brother from Utah, is fourth with earnings of $143,505. But he fell from championship contention with a no-score in the ninth round.
Meanwhile, Kaycee Feild of Spanish Fork, posted a score of 77 in bareback and failed to place.
Still, Feild remains in command of the race for the world title. He has earned $186,581 this season. Second-place Bobby Mote of Stephenville, Texas, has earned $162,795.
If Feild simply finishes his ride in the final round on Saturday night, he will finish in the top-three in average and likely clinch his third straight world title.
Feild is trying to become the first bareback rider to win three consecutive world championships since Joe Alexander won five between 1971 and 1975.


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Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes: > Uhm, yeah, I somehow didn't write was I was thinking. I didn't mean to say we > would be taking a new snapshot for each INSERT but that we would be resetting > xmin for each INSERT. Whereas currently we only set xmin once when we set the > serializable snapshot. Right, but setting xmin within GetSnapshotData is essentially free. What I'm envisioning is that we lose the notion of "this is a serializable snapshot" that that function currently has, and just give it the rule "if MyProc->xmin is currently zero, then set it". Then the only additional mechanism needed is for the snapshot manager to detect when all snapshots are gone and zero out MyProc->xmin --- that would happen sometime during command shutdown, and per current discussion it shouldn't need a lock. regards, tom lane
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Hi everyone,
This is Ronja from the product team with two small updates that will affect collection names and social network links in your account settings.
Public collection names
We're releasing a small database update today that affects collection names.
Spaces will be trimmed from all collection names for collections belonging to the same user where the only difference between the names is the number of spaces (eg "My collection", " My collection" and "My collection "). The spaces will then be replaced with a number (eg "My collection", "My collection 1" and "My collection 2").
Going forward, we'll have logic in place to prevent use of spaces in collection names as per the above example and spaces will be trimmed as names are saved. Spaces will still obviously be permitted under normal naming conventions, e.g. "My Collection Has Spaces".
Social networks in account settings
The second update relates to which social networks you can link to from your account settings to display on your profile page (see below).
It's time to say goodbye to the following social networks as they are no longer active or in existence:
- Old Tuts+ social networks: The Tuts+ network recently consolidated their 16 individual sites including the subscription-based Tuts+ Premium to one platform and brand, Tuts+. This changed flowed through to social networks as well and today, the existing ten will be replaced with one.
- Creattica
- Forrst
Both are minor updates, but I thought you might like to know.
Have a great day!
Makes sense. Good work
Thanks for informing us
Thanks for the notice
At last! Thanks for this!
Thanks for the update
Thanks, good work!
I wasn't using those social networks, so I don't regret them


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SCOM Resource Pool Memebership
I wanted a quick list of all the servers in a 2012 R2 resource pool for documentation rather than go into each on and check it. Haven't got there yet but I did manage to get a quick way to see what resouce pools a management server belongs to.
For a single server
$Member = Get-SCOMManagementServer -Name "FQDN"
$Pools = Get-SCOMResourcePool -Member $Member
For all management servers
$Members = Get-SCOMManagementServer
foreach ($member in $members)
write-host ""
$Pools = Get-SCOMResourcePool -Member $Member
write-host "Management Server – "$Member.DisplayName
Useful for me so I thought it might be useful for other people.
Multiple Objects in Dynamic Groups
Creating a dynamic group makes life easier for overrides, views and reports (the main uses of groups). When a new object is discovered it automatically joins the group if it matches the criteria. And that means that your overrides, views and reports take that into account without any intervention on your part.
These are usually quite simple to create based on a number of criteria. I was wanting to build a group that matched either wildcard 1 or wildcard 2. It was not initially obvious how to do it so I thought I would document it.
Although this helped http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7205.operations-manager-dynamic-group-examples.aspx as it showed it was possible (for example a group with C: and D: drives) it did not show how to actually do it.
Start by finding the class and add it. It will show as AND group. If you add your criteria you will get this.
( Object is Scheduled Tasks 2008 Job AND ( Job Name Matches wildcard User_Feed_Synchronization* ) AND ( Job Name Matches wildcard GoogleUpdateTask* ) )
This will obviously never work. We need an OR not an AND. Putting the OR between the two expressions does not do what you think it would do. You would expect it to say if it is a Scheduled Task and either of the expressions is true then add the object. But what you need to change is the class expression to an OR group. And the way you do that is by right clicking on that expression.
Now you can switch to an Or Group.
Now the formula is
( Object is Scheduled Tasks 2008 Job AND ( Job Name Matches wildcard User_Feed_Synchronization* ) OR ( Job Name Matches wildcard GoogleUpdateTask* ) )
Which is what is required. If the scheduled task matches either wildcard then it belongs to the group. Easy when you know how.
SQL SPN Alert
This alert seems to come up regularly. If you search for it then this post from 2012 by Marnix Wolf comes up saying just to disable the alert.
I would have thought it would have been fixed by now. I am using version 220.127.116.11 of the SQL MP. I tried to do it from the alert help and it seemed to work so when I pushed some more agents out and a couple of new alerts appeared from 2 more SQL Servers. I tried the setspn command again but this time it did not work with the following error:-
Unknown parameter MSSQLSvc/ServerFQDN:1433. Please check your usage.
After some searching I came across this page on Technet. "How to Configure an SPN for SQL Server Site Database Servers" http://technet.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/bb735885.aspx
It was not so much the article but a comment from Asif Shafi that provided the answer – "Do not copy and paste syntax from this article as it has invalid characters".
He provided a couple of examples and I copied those and inserted my server and account details in and this time it work straight away.
That was weird as I copied the original details to notepad first and then copied them into a command line. From my Notepad file I copied and pasted another server and got the same error. But when I typed it exactly as it was in Notepad it worked. I am perplexed how strange characters or formatting can get into Notepad. And I tried copying the faulty line into Notepad++ as well with the same results.
I did some further investigation and it turned out to be the dash in front of the A. So if you get this error try the command again but delete the dash and type the dash in again. That sorted it on the copy and paste I tried. In a few minutes the alerts disappeared. But at least I now know a way that works and clears the alert.
Note that if you run the command (with the right characters) again you will get the following error "Duplicate SPN found, aborting operation!" and your SPN will be left as is.
You may also see information on using ADSIEdit as per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/319723. I did not try this method but I have used this method before on the SCOM service as proposed by Kevin Holman.
Review of Infront's Orchestrator Runbook MP
I was working on a project where Orchestrator 2012 SP1 plays a big part in linking and automating the various parts of the solution which includes Service Manager, Operations Manager, BMC and Orion as well as custom databases. Therefore it was essential that Orchestrator is properly monitored. While Microsoft produce a MP for Orchestrator it is a bit of a disappointing MP (version 7.0. Version 188.8.131.52 has been released since I did this work but still does not monitor Runbooks) which basically monitors the services and a few bits and pieces but not Runbooks. The trouble with the Common Engineering Criteria is that, while it is a good thing that the Product Groups have to create an MP for their product, there is no definition of what it should contain and no quality bar. While some Product Groups are very good at creating a good MP some just go for the simplest tick in the box they can get away with. It is very disappointing when one of the System Center products falls into that category.
Fortunately there is an answer and that is the Infront Consulting System Center Orchestrator Management Pack. http://infrontconsulting.com/services/infront-software/.
This is a free MP that works on SCOM 2007 R2 and 2012. You do need to register to be able to download it and you need to provide the name of the Management Group. They use the MG name as part of the install process. I am not sure why they do that. Maybe at one stage they were going to sell it or they are just testing that technology to see how it works. It does mean that installation is a bit different from importing an MP but is quite quick and painless. Once I tested it in the test environment a quick e-mail with the names of the other management groups got us the files for use with each Management Group. The version that I am reviewing is 188.8.131.52 and this was run on SCOM 2012 SP1.
This MP is about monitoring the Orchestrator Runbooks. As these are the key parts of what makes Orchestrator work it is a great solution for monitoring your Orchestrator Runbook servers. Initially when installed it does nothing, which I like. The first thing is to create an override to discover the servers the Runbooks are running on. There is only one monitor that is enabled by default and that checks if there has been a failure with the Runbook. The next time the Runbook succeeds then the monitor will clear. And to be honest if that was all the MP did it would be a good enough reason to install it.
- Last Runbook execution succeeded.
- Runbook is executing
- Runbook is checked in.
There are other monitors and rules that are switched off by default. One of them is if a Runbook is checked out for a length of time (15 minutes by default). This is handy as Runbooks should not be checked out unless they are being updated. As the MP discovers the Runbooks they are listed as objects so individual Runbooks can be put into maintenance mode while work is being done on them.
Another monitor is checking that a Runbook that is supposed to be continuously running actually is. For this one you need to create a group using the attribute "Manually Triggered". This means you can target the monitor at Runbooks which need to be constantly running rather than those that get called by another Runbook when needed.
As well as the rule and monitors there are a number of performance collection rules which makes it easy to see how frequently Runbooks are getting called and how long they take to run. This was an interesting one as some Runbooks were taking a long time and so need investigating.
- SC Orchestrator Runbook Instance Failed (With Suppression)
- SC Orchestrator Runbook Instance Failed (Without Suppression)
Rules – Performance Collection
- SCO Runbook Average Execution Time Collection Rule
- SCO Runbook Failed Instances Collection Rule
- SCO Runbook In Progress Instances Collection Rule
- SCO Runbook Success Instances Collection Rule
- SCO Runbook Total Finished Instances Collection Rule
- SCO Runbook Warning Instances Collection Rule
There are no built in reports but the fact that the counters are collected means that you can use the generic performance report to create your own.
Once running you soon realise that a naming standard is critical for your Runbooks. If you start getting more and more Runbooks being used, then when the alert comes up about a particular Runbook you will want to quickly find it. The same is true to see the Runbooks in Service Manager. You will see a list of Runbooks without the hierarchy so a good naming convention really helps. The sessions done by Pete Zerger and Anders Bengtsson at MMS 2013 are essential viewing for anyone involved in Orchestrator in my opinion.
Best Practices For Runbook Authoring and Managing Orchestrator
- Start Runbook
- Start Runbook with Parameters
A couple of handy tasks to save you having to logon to an Orchestrator server.
The one issue I have seen is with the alert that a Runbook is checked out. In the alert description it says the person that checked it out and the Runbook but the date and time is blank. The information is in the alert context. Looking at the alert context the date is in US format whereas the servers I was working on are in UK format. I have passed this information on to Infront.
Not an issue but it would be nice to have the group already created that discovers Runbooks that are set to continuously run.
The monitor "Last Runbook execution succeeded" resolves when the Runbook succeeds. This means that it creates and alert and quickly clears it if you have a busy Runbook. Therefore be sure to check the closed alerts to see if this is happening. Also the most common alerts report also highlighted this as an issue. It enabled us to find a problem with a particular Runbook. Most of the time it succeeded but occasionally it would fail. Checking the failures we found there was an issue with the way the alert description was formed occasionally that meant the Runbook picked up the wrong information and failed when creating an incident as the name was too long in those instances.
This is an essential MP if you are using Orchestrator and would like it to be properly monitored. The ability to get alerted on errors and on when Runbooks are not running or have been checked out is very useful as it is difficult to see that information in the Runbook console. The documentation is clear and easy to follow. Thanks to Infront Consulting for taking the time and effort to create this MP and release it for free. And shame on Microsoft for not doing something similar in the Orchestrator MP.
Highly recommended.
SQL Server 2012 DB Engine Group Problem
I was checking out some reports on the SQL Server MP as I had installed the new 220.127.116.11 version in a test system but still had 184.108.40.206 in production. When looking at group membership I noticed that there were a few SQL servers missing from the SQL Server 2012 DB Engine Group but that they were all shown as members of the group SQL Server 2012 Computers. But this was consistent for both versions of the MP.
The SQL 2012 DB Engine Group dynamic membership rule is
( Object is SQL Server 2012 DB Engine AND ( Version Matches wildcard 11.0.* ) AND True )
But all the SQL 2012 SP1 Servers were 11.1.3000. So this would never work. Initially I thought it was a bug in the MP but looking at version numbers according to Microsoft the SP1 version is 11.0.3000.00 which would mean that the group membership would work.
Versions shown on http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/783.sql-server-versions.aspx
Even CU5 for SP1 is 11.0.3373.0.
This was puzzling as this did not match the version numbers of the customer. Searching on the web I saw a few more mentions of 11.1.3000.
But nothing to say why there were these two version numbers for the same product. The customer had Enterprise, Standard and Developer and all versions were 11.1.3000.0 if SP1 was installed.
On the SQL Server when I do
select @@version
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 (SP1) – 11.0.3000.0 (X64)
Oct 19 2012 13:38:57
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 6.1 <X64> (Build 7601: Service Pack 1) (Hypervisor)
Then I get 11.0.3000.0
But from SCOM Discovered Inventory
Display Name SCOMOPERATIONS
Full Path Name server.local\SCOMOPERATIONS
Instance Name SCOMOPERATIONS
Version 11.1.3000.0
Edition Standard Edition
I get 11.1.3000.0
In Registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\SQLServer2012\CurrentVersion
It shows 11.1.3000.0
I tried looking at the SCOM discovery script for SQL Server 2012 DB engine but it goes on for pages and pages and pages and uses WMI. I am presuming if I found this registry key wrong then the script will find the wrong registry key wherever it is looking which it must do as it returns that value. So it looks like it is a SQL problem putting the wrong value into the registry and the MP developers were going by the documentation.
A search for 11.1.3000 finds that it is in these registry keys (and a lot more for SQL)
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup\Client_Components_Full
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup\Client_Components_Full\1033
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup\SQL_SSMS_Adv
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\110\Tools\Setup\SQL_SSMS_Adv\1033
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.SCSM\Setup
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSAS11.SCSM\Setup\Analysis_Server_Full
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.SCOMOPERATIONS\Setup
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.SCOMOPERATIONS\Setup\RS_Server_Adv
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.SCSM\Setup
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSRS11.SCSM\Setup\RS_Server_Adv
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SCOMDW\Setup\SQL_Engine_Core_Inst
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SCOMDW\Setup\SQL_Engine_Core_Inst\1033
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SCOMDW\Setup\SQL_FullText_Adv
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SCOMOPERATIONS\Setup
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.SCOMOPERATIONS\Setup\SQL_Engine_Core_Inst
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SqlDom\CurrentVersion
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\sqlls\CurrentVersion
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SQLNCLI11\CurrentVersion
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\SqlWriter\CurrentVersion
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SQLNCLI11
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products22C2487A9E6A5D4EA07E03128178F38\InstallProperties
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\KB2674319
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Redist\SQL Server System CLR Types\1033\CurrentVersion_64
A search for 11.0.3000 only finds a number of names under this one key
Name = Microsoft.AnalysisServices,fileVersion="11.0.3000.0″,version="11.0.0.0000″,culture="neutral",publicKeyToken="89845DCD8080CC91″,processorArchitecture="MSIL"
All very confusing but if you have SQL 2012 SP1 then be aware that the group SQL 2012 DB Engine Group will not pick up any 2012 SP1 SQL DB engines.
If you need to have a group targeted at all SQL 2012 DB Engines then either use the SQL 2012 Computer group or create your own group with the formula:
( Object is SQL Server 2012 DB Engine AND ( Version Matches wildcard 11.* ) AND True )
The SQL team need to get their installation or documentation fixed and/or the MP team need to update the SQL MP.
System Center 2012 SP1 Update Rollups
Update Rollup 3 has arrived but not all products are updated. I have created this matrix to show what product has been updated with each rollup.
|App Controller
|App Controller Setup Update
|Configuraturtion Manager
|Data Protection Manager
|Operations Manager
|Operations Manager – UNIX/Linux
|Service Manager
|Service Provider Foundation
|VMM Administration Console
|VMM Server
|VMMr Guest Agent
Description of Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2785682
Description of Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2802159
Description of Update Rollup 3 for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2836751
* Configuration Manager has seprate updates and calls them Cumulative Updates
Description of Cumulative Update 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817245
Description of Cumulative Update 2 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2854009
I am not sure why some products just have one KB per UR while others have multiple. And OpsMgr switches between both methods.
System Center is supposed to be heading to be a product with the old products SCOM, SCVMM etc just being elements of that product the way that Office went. But you can only license System Center as a suite. This presentation from MMS by Carmen Summers, Senior Program Manager, Microsoft is interesting and shows the way they are heading and the challenges that they face with this approach. Anyone who has tried to work out what SQL Collation is required for all the System Center components to co-exist on one SQL Server will know what I mean.
System Center 2012 SP1 Simplifications and Upgrades, MMS 2013 – http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/SD-B203
SCOM to SCSM Connector Stops
I had a situation that the SCOM to SCSM (both 2012 SP1) had stopped several days ago yet the CI Connector showed that it was still working. There was no obvious reason why this connector was still working when the alert connector was not.Looking at the SCOM side and showing the column Forwarding Status then I could see that all the alerts that met the criteria were showing as Forwarding Pending. This showed that the SCOM side was putting the alerts up for SCSM to pick up but SCSM was not picking them up. When I clicked the Synchronise Now button on the connector in SCSM the following event was generated.
Warning event 34070
Source – Operations Manager Connector
Error of type System.Xml.XmlException while reading configuration. The following information may help take corrective action:
Message: An error occurred while parsing EntityName. Line 1, position 958.
Subsequent error messages in the event log will indicate the affected connector. In order to correct this error, export the ServiceManager.LinkingFramework.Configuration management pack, correct the connector configuration, and then reimport the management pack.
The named MP (ServiceManager.LinkingFramework.Configuration) was exported and I looked at it in an editor. Line 1 was the normal MP start line and certainly did not have 958 characters. But down in the XML there was this section:-
<Name>Customer A & B Incidents</Name>
<ComputerCriteria computerGroup="Customer A & B" />
While the line number and character number in the event was no help it did point me to the correct MP to look in. I was wary as soon as I saw the ampersand which is a reserved character in XML and even though it was encased properly as & I decided to try that first.
There were a number of Alert Routing Rules that had been created. These used groups to determine which template a particular alert should use when it comes in. One of these groups and the template had an ampersand (&) in the name. This Alert Routing Rule was deleted and the connector sprung back into life. The group and template were renamed without the ampersand and put back into the Alert Routing Rule table and all is fine now.
PowerShell Get-Member
In the past when I have wanted to find out the names of the fields used by get-scomalert, get-scommanagementpack, get-scomagent etc I have piped the command to a csv file and opened it up in Excel. Just recently I have found out about get-member. This is great for getting a list of the properties or a command so you can find out what the fields are.
get-scomalert | Get-Member
get-scommanagementpack | Get-Member
get-scomagent | Get-Member
As well as finding out the name of the property it tells you whether you can change it. For example in get-scomalert:
NetbiosComputerName Property string NetbiosComputerName {get;}
Owner Property string Owner {get;set;}
NetbiosComputerName cannot be changed but Owner can as you can see a set as well as a get.


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Vanguard Furniture Nedrow Spot Table in Silverlake Shagreen
$ 965.00
Utilize your room's modern appeal with the addition of this distinct and fancy Nedrow spot table. The lovely Silverlake shagreen finish has a natural weathered look, which adds a natural flair of elegance to your décor. With an eye-catching mid-century style, this versatile piece allows you to improve your space with a useful and stylish design.
- Finish: Silverlake shagreen
- Resin
- Dimensions: 14" w x 14" d x 21" h
- Weight: 72 pounds


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Abnormal eye growth induced by visual deprivation can modify the structure and density of the retinal cells. We have used an adaptive optics multiphoton microscope to image photoreceptors (PRs) and ganglion cells (GCs) at different retinal locations in unstained retinas of chicken eyes with about 10D of myopia and their normal-sighted fellow eyes. In all samples, the local averaged inter-PR distance increased with eccentricity. No significant differences in PR density were found between control and myopic eyes. GC density declined in myopic eyes compared to control eyes and the inter-cell distance increased. In normal eyes, the size of the GC cell bodies increased approximately two-fold between the area centralis and the peripheral retina. In myopic eyes, this trend was preserved but the GC bodies were larger at each retinal location, compared to control eyes. Obviously, GC morphology is changing when the retinal area is enlarged in myopic eyes.
© 2014 Optical Society of AmericaFull Article | PDF Article
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In an industry that is based upon emotion, it is surprisingly easy to hide the truth about how you feel and what you really want. It is easy to fall into the categories and go with the flow. MTH brought those things, and so much more, to the surface and gave me a chance to be honest with myself in a very comfortable atmosphere. There were tears, laughs and a motivation that is beyond words. Six months later, I know more about my future than ever before and have new friendships and colleagues to keep me on track. Overall, my experience at MTH2011 was one that I will never forget and I am so thankful to Lara and the rest of the MTH team for "Making Things Happen" for me and for my business. Eternally grateful. - Amanda My goals were to push myself into the national spotlight and have more clarity, vision and no fear with my life and my business. I make gorgeous flowers so I started putting them in boxes and shipping them to celebrities. It WORKED! As of today I am booked on the TODAY show, am the florist for Bridezilla and am Making It Happen! This sounds corny and embarrassing but the little sweet ceramic tile that says "Making things happen". I carry it around, think about what it means, hold in my pocket all day, say thank you to it and now it is like a security blanket. I have renewed passion and energy that I can barely sleep. While I am making things happen with gorgeous flowers I am also connecting with people in a more real and honest way that business is booming. I have a meeting with Nate Berkus in two weeks about being on his new Fall show. - Kim The MTH2011 Intensive was an INCREDIBLE experience. It made me laugh and cry all at the same time. Coming into the intensive I had an idea as to what it would be all about but it was sooo much more than I could have ever hoped for. Lara asked us to dig deep and really reflect on our fears and motivations... to dig deep and answer the questions and conquer the fears that stop you from making things happen. I learned so much and I can't thank Lara enough for being real and truly listening and caring about all of us and our love for what we do. My initial goal was to improve my wedding photo business. What happened since MTH was amazing. After doing my MTH homework and exercises I discovered that I am done being a full time wedding photographer. My real passion goes back to my roots (20 years ago) of Fine Art Photography. My new business plan is to do Art Shows in the fall and winter and shoot weddings in the spring and summer. Fears? Financial ruin and boredom. I never thought I'd go back to being a full time artist. My artwork is selling faster and at greater prices than I could of imagined. I have gone back to taking chances in my photography (artwork and weddings). I am shooting for me and going after the client that appreciates this and will pay me to document their day. Sometimes you have to just stop and reassess what you are doing and what your goals are. Just because you are making money doesn't mean you're happy. Do what makes you happy and others will want to do business with you. - Barry When my friends Lara Casey and Jeff Holt embarked on the Making Things Happen Intensive tour, my interest immediately piqued. Lara and Jeff share my passion for encouraging people to do what they were designed to do, and giving people the push they need to make that first step towards their dreams is really what this workshop is all about. There were tears, vulnerability, and all things associated with sharing your heart. Embracing your dreams and living your passion can be, check that, IS very scary. Even to speak what is dearest to your heart (as one attendee found out) can cause you to hesitate. Lara and Jeff are doing an amazing thing by challenging each small group of wedding professionals they meet with to first commit to your passion, and then to MAKE IT HAPPEN! - Poser The most awesome blessing from the past 6 months has been the people I have met through MTH. Total strangers who I now call friends. They have encouraged me, prayed with me, and made me know I can. That alone has uplifted me in such a huge way that words cannot really describe it. If you have an opportunity to attend a MTH seminar, do it!! You will be motivated beyond words, and change will come. Guaranteed. My biggest fear was that I was not good enough. I have overcome that fear with the help and encouragement of family and friends, and of course my fellow MTH'ers! Having them believe in me has helped me to believe in myself. The most valuable asset to me in this journey was the actual workshop and being around other creative and passionate people, many of whom have become friends. Making Things Happen means working hard to create the life that you want to live, where work isn't work but your passion and something that you love to do. It means not waiting for things to happen, but going after what you want. Lara, 6 months ago, I never would've imagined that I would be able to sit here typing this message to you...feeling as though I almost don't know who I was before. Photography makes me feel whole...and when I'm shooting I'm so caught up in the moment that time just kinda passes by without me knowing. I was so afraid that I would be stuck in that robotic Corporate world. I remember every morning on my way to work walking by crowds and crowds of suits and skirts ....feeling like I was drowning and that I had to face the fact that this was going to be my life....and that this is JUST life...and that maybe the problem was that I just had a more difficult time dealing with life than others. I realize now that I DID have a difficult time dealing with THAT life....a life that was never meant for me. I'm living the life I want now. 6 months ago I never would have thought that. Thank you. I never knew a friendship could hold accountability, encouragement, creative inspiration and many swift kicks in the pants. Having MTH2011 friends in my creative community has made such a difference. As cliché as it sounds, this community has nurtured my growth as a person and a professional in so many humbling ways. And being in our first year of marriage and experience this kind of connection and dedication from my husband when it comes to my constant dream chasing. The bottom line is, in order to Make Things Happen, you have to first make a decision. Making Things Happen isn't a high, or a fix-it or a way to ride to glory. It is a decision to grab hold of your passion, buckle in, and know that even on your worst day, you won't give up. Pure intentions and a genuine desire to better yourself are vital so before you make the choice to Make Things Happen, be sure you are being honest with yourself and your peers about your willingness to commit to a process. Making Things Happen is a progression towards living the life you were destined to. This means fear holds no weight, challenges bring out your fire and the journey means just as much as the destination. My goals with MTH were more personal than about my business. As I began speaking at MTH, it poured out of me that my biggest concern was my lack of work-life balance and how that was affecting my relationships- particularly my marriage. My goal was to modify the way I was working to have more time to spend with my husband, friends and family as well as start contributing to the household responsibilities again. I am very proud to say that I have improved my work-life balance to become a more supportive wife, daughter and friend. Making Things Happen means evaluating, planning AND doing. I have gotten stuck many times on the planning. MTH helped me to jump that hurdle and DO it. MTH has changed me. In a big way. It hasn't been about curriculum or about a trendy new "workshop" but rather about digging way deep down inside myself on a regular basis, developing strong and incredibly meaningful relationships with other professionals who are now my friends and accountability partners, and discovering strengths I didn't know I had by pushing myself to be bigger, bolder and stronger every day. Making Things Happen means finally taking the time to be the most brilliant "you" to take your business to the next level. My main goals going into 2011 was to find balance, develop a clear definition of my brand, where I wanted to take the company and to be able to quit my day job. And in order to accomplish these goals I created lots of smaller goals "actionable items". I don't know if you remember but when I came to MTH, I was very new to the biz maybe about 3 months. I had so many ideas and my mind was going a mile a minute. I was struggling with finding the balance between personal, full time job and my business. Since then, I have developed my brand, know more of who I am and what I want and the direction I want to take the company. I have developed a strong website that I am proud of. I put together a strong pricing strategy and marketing plan. I feel like I have really built a strong foundation for the business. My biggest fear was that I wouldn't be good enough. I am not formally trained in graphic design, I don't have a business degree. I felt like I was walking around blind not really knowing what I was doing and taking huge leaps that I had no clue if they were in the right direction or if they were going in circles. MTH really helped with this. It made me realize no one ever REALLY knows what they are doing. You encouraged me because you weren't formally trained you just completely believed in yourself and took lots of risks and taught yourself along the way. When talking with other MTH'ers I realized they were all in the same boat as well everyone was just at different levels. It was pretty amazing to see. It gave me a HUGE since of empowerment and "You can do it" attitude. I realized my fear was of my own doing and once I put it aside and realized "what can I lose?". I would rather give 200% to this because I truly believe in it and if I fail then I know in my heart I did everything I can. But I know by giving 200% it WILL be successful! So once I switched my mentality there was nothing stopping me. :) Another fear or problem was comparing myself to others in the industry, others that have been established in the industry for several years. During MTH we talked a lot about being truly authentic... it opened my eyes to see.. yes, these people have success but they have success because they did it their way and they made it work. I can learn from them but I need to find and create my own path. I can't try to walk someone else's path. Make things happen means... following your dreams, believing in yourself and creating the life you want to live. My number one quitting my job. Number two become a group fitness instructor. Three become a better wife & companion. Four get healthy and learn to love myself and my body. Five continue finding me and capitalizing on it. Number one accomplished June 9th. Number two I am signed up for group fitness certification class in November. Number three-five aren't super tangible things. They are never something that cross off the to-do list. They are all major lifestyle choices. These things I choose to do or not do everyday. I have taken major steps toward being a better wife, more comfortable with my body (thank you hot yoga) and have really dug deep to continuing introspection on myself. I have been doing monthly self-portraits that have forced me to evaluate where I am at in the present moment. This has been a great exercise. No joke, the community that was created at MTH Watercolor. I have become great friends with some pretty amazing people. These people inspire me, push me, believe in me and most of all we are on the same level. The get the hustle, the hard work and we support each other. Seriously this is priceless. Now all we need is a MTH house that we all office in. Man that place would be hopping with ideas, music and laughter. Get real with yourself. DO this post. This + MTH Watercolor was an awakening of my soul. A fire was lit by someone telling me that I could do it and giving me a structure to let these ideas flow. I really didn't realize all of my fears and excuses. These things that are easier to tackle and breakdown once you are aware of them. So again get real. In almost every situation you have a choice. Before I arrived at Making Things Happen, I really had no idea what to expect. I suspected that something big would happen: the caliber of people involved that day and reading other people's blog posts after their own MTH experiences got me very excited. And let me tell you, Making Things Happen did not disappoint. More than a wedding industry seminar, it's a LIFE seminar. It's a time to step back and meditate on the direction of your life, and the decisions that need to be made in order to arrive at your desired goal. For me, that was quitting my full-time job in order to become a full-time photographer. Fortunately for me, I had been making active steps towards my goal, but MTH was the push and the encouragement I needed to make my dream a reality. Lara and Jeff's one-on-one time really helped me crystallize some major things I could be doing to take my photography business to the next level. If you're on the fence about Making things happen, I'd encourage you to jump off the fence as fast as you can and GO! You won't regret it. MTH2011 is not a one day workshop, it is your future. It is about your life and what you want it to be. Do you want more? Are you ready to challenge yourself and to open up to the possibilities that lie ahead...MTH2011 is an intensive like no other. Bring yourself and your heart and you will walk away with so much more. I walked away having truly found what it is I want in this life. And with a newfound community of passionate supporters to help me on this journey. I cannot thank you enough for MTH2011. I tend to always leave events like that feeling re-energized, networked, excited... but on Monday, I got in my car to head back to Pensacola and left Watercolor in tears. I have never felt so encouraged, so inspired and so sincerely supported. And not because I felt "liked" but because I legitimately laid every fear, every insecurity, every excuse I had out on the table OWNED each one of those, FACED each one of those - and still SOMEHOW felt this unprecedented support and SINCERE belief in what I am doing. THAT is magic, Lara. Thank you for making THAT happen for me. I dont know how - after all my guard was down and all my "put-together-ness" was stripped away, I still had a personality and a brand that everyone believed in. My goals were to find my path and jumpstart my career. More than anything since MTH, I've realized that I am capable and worthy of an awesome life! Instead of living in fear of what others think, I've embraced the fact that I love my retail job (well, besides working weekends) and enjoyed learning about the wedding industry from the contacts I made as a result of MTH. My biggest fears involved worrying about what others thought about my career, and on a grander scheme, my life choices. I wish I could say that I've completely overcome them, but it's a day to day struggle. Luckily, my MTH experience provided contacts that value my skills and therefore help me to push aside those fears. When I went to MTH I wasn't sure what to expect. The one thing I knew is that I wanted to move my business forward in many ways, but mainly to get my business into a position where I could quit my day job. It felt like a million and one things needed to happen to do that. Since attending MTH, that picture has become clearer and I have begun to put several things in motion to help get me to that spot....everything from adding a bit more of myself into my business via twitter and my blog to painstakingly investigating / starting the process of a new brand/look and website, to creating my very own custom envelopes for my decadent peacock invitations that have become immensely popular! (eeeeekkkk!) So much so that I reached my personal sales goal for the WHOLE YEAR as of FEBRUARY by booking/selling 2,010 peacock invites (and counting and counting and counting). Honestly, I am not even sure what I did differently, but I do know that I was inspired, fired up, determined and put myself out there. If you want to do something, do it. Look into it. Be passionate. Don't expect anyone else to figure it out for you. Get excited. Bring your dream to life. Make it happen. Going to MTH and watching/reading other alumni's stories and their progress has inspired me immensely. I am constantly in awe of the talent that I find myself connected with via MTH and social networking and my passion for design has only been strengthened by the experience. design has driven me in one way or another my entire life, and now, my business has become an amazing outlet for this and I am unbelievably excited about it, more than I ever thought I could be. with every email I get and every order that comes in, I can't wait to start each new project and talk with each client... and I can't wait to see what each project, connection or new opportunity brings. I can only hope that I am lucky enough to continue to grow and experience the same excitement and passion for years to come. MTH is not your typical conference, and for me this year, MTH was exactly what I needed. It has changed my life by how I view myself as an individual as well as a business owner. Lara and Jeff ask questions that you may not want to ask yourself, and it makes you a stronger person by realizing your goals and your fears and everything in between during this day long session. Those things I learned about myself help keep me pushing every day to do what I love. I am also honored to be a part of the MTH family, for their love and support during this journey has been invaluable. When I started Sugarcomb Event Design, my goal was to create a business that let me express my strengths daily; my sense of design, my organizational skills and my love of helping others. Another goal was to work 100% for myself, I didn't want a fun little side business, I wanted something that I could live and breath. Since MTH, I have gained so much confidence in my business, developed stronger goals and a better strategy to continually grow Sugarcomb. It changed the way I think, the way I approach challenges and they way I plow through them without fear. It was a life changing experience. And not in the- I'm on a high and don't want to come off – sense but more in the – taking a look at where I've been, deciding where I want to be, and making a legitimate plan to get there. This was not only for my business but for me as a person as well. It has been the best decision that I have made regarding my business and my overall sense of self. From this conference I gained not only immense amounts of knowledge from Lara and the others there, but I also gained a community of professionals that have encouraged me, pushed me, grown me, and challenged me more than I ever thought possible. There is so much beauty in honest and caring people. I have no doubt that your experience would be just as brilliant. Please go. I promise you won't regret it. It's time to pull the trigger. What an amazing and inspirational day. passionate, talented, honest people. We all cried, laughed and got FIRED UP! There's been a bunch of buzz in the wedding industry about something called Making Things Happen. To be quite honest with you all, I wasn't so sure about it. All of the twitters, facebook updates, blogs and e-mails circulating about it were all super mushy and preached about how 'life changing' this event was. I was sure it was good and all (I mean, if you know Lara Casey - everything this woman touches turns to gold, so there was no doubt in my mind that she was sharing valuable and empowering information.) However, I was on overload. There is a saying that 'Too much of a good thing makes it turn sour' and if I heard one more tweet about "OMG! I am SO Fired Up and Ready To Take on the World #MTH2011"...I was going to vomit. Now, please don't get me wrong, I love Lara and her movement. I was just overwhelmed by this CONSTANT chatter in my industry and it was too much. However, part of me was absolutely curious as to what all of the buzz was about! One of my biggest frustrations with where I am at this point in my career is continuing education. I've been to many workshops and I have learned and built an incredibly strong business. I have my dream studio, an amazing crew, I am booking my perfect clients and pushing our limits to be the best possible photographers and people we can be. I mean... I. MAKE. THINGS. HAPPEN. So, did I need this motivational speech? I mean, I've got it all figured out, right? Wrong. I learned a lot about myself yesterday and I am incredibly happy that I decided to go. The big thing that I think anyone who will attend this workshop in the future should know is that it is what YOU make of it. The session really has absolutely nothing to do with Lara and Jeff, but everything to do with yourself. They are simply creating a safe environment for you to explore yourself, which is the foundation of owning a great and successful business - and also allowing you to dream big....like REAL big. (I confessed I was going to be on Oprah someday and be the next Richard Avedon....) I also want to encourage all of you 'veteran' photographers, coordinators, vendors or people who DO have it all 'together' to attend the Making Things Happen tour. I had to dig down really deep to find things that I needed to change or face some fears that I was holding back from and when you are established, there are expectations that you are suppose to reach. I fully intend to reach those lofty goals, but they are scary and personally, I had been putting off many of those BIG things, because I might fail. Well, fuck it if I do, but I am also the type of person that if I go for it, I will absolutely succeed, so what's the point in putting it off? There is always, always room for growth. Challenge yourself and live your dreams. - Eliesa My one main goal when I arrived at MTH Nashville was to become a full-time photographer. At that point it seemed like it would never happen, because there was so much standing in my way. But after making the time that day to really sit down and think about that goal and the actual steps that I needed to take, I felt equipped to know what I needed to do. My biggest fear was that I would make the decision to quit my job and then not get booked for any weddings or lifestyle portraits. I have overcome this huge fear by stepping away from my fear. I recently read this quote and it perfectly reflects my Making Things Happen experience: "Each time we decide to take a step away from fear, we begin to move forward into a life completely energized and rich in the freedom God has for us." —Anne Jackson. If you're thinking about attending Making Things Happen, I would say... don't pass Go, don't collect $200 until you sign up and make plans to attend MTH. It will not only richly bless your life and your business but it will kick start your thinking differently to dream more for your life and your business. - Kristen MTH is not your typical conference, and for me this year, MTH was exactly what I needed. It has changed my life by how I view myself as an individual as well as a business owner. Lara and Jeff ask questions that you may not want to ask yourself, and it makes you a stronger person by realizing your goals and your fears and everything in between during this day long session. Those things I learned about myself help keep me pushing every day to do what I love. I am also honored to be a part of the MTH family, for their love and support during this journey has been invaluable. - Katie Our goals were to step out, become full-time photographers, develop our business into a successful, growing company, and get more involved in the wedding industry. Thomas was already full-time, but now I have gone full-time too. We have reached out to the wedding industry. We attended WPPI in Las Vegas. We've built relationships with photographers, event planners and publishers. We've developed lifelong relationships with many of those industry peers. We've taken risks we never thought we'd take. And the best part? There are still lots more changes coming. Six months ago, we never thought we'd be doing what we love, every single day. We never thought we would have risked it all and taken our little business full-time. We never thought we'd be connecting with so many people in the wedding industry and making huge strides towards our future. Six months ago? We thought our dreams were far away and almost unattainable. And now? We're living them every day. Our biggest fear was taking the risk to both be full-time photographers. We were afraid of failure; afraid that our business would crumble when we both went full-time. We have stepped out, and now we've done it! We are not crumbling. We are growing, little by little, and day by day. We overcame our fears with support from our peers, the confidence that was planted inside of us at MTH2011 and with prayer. We realized that this is our purpose, and we know that we are fulfilling that purpose. We are aware that we will have hard times, and we're ok with that. We know that as long as we are fulfilling our purpose in this life, we will make it, with hard work and dedication. And most of all we know…it's so worth it. What has been the most valuable asset to you in your journey? The most valuable asset in our journey has been our faith. Next to that, it has been the support of our peers, many who we met at MTH2011, and the support of our family and friends. We were surprised to find that when we came back from MTH2011 with such fire and determination in our hearts, that it became obvious to our families that this indeed was the path we are supposed to take. That this is our purpose. Once they realized that? Once they saw that fire? We had their support, 100%, and that has been invaluable. IF you are reading this, and if you are tempted to attend a MTH2011 class…GO. That desire has been planted in your heart for a reason. You are reading this for a reason. You will be amazed by the self-discovery you experience and the community of friends you develop. Those people who I spent one day with at MTH2011, are some of my biggest cheerleaders and some of our very best friends in the industry. Find your passion. Claim your purpose. Then work, work, work to make things happen. It IS possible. Making Things Happen means listening to your heart's yearning. It means making the things you've been dreaming about and the things you've thought were impossible, your reality. It means knocking the daylights out of all of those fears and doubts that have been holding you back for so long. It means following your passion, claiming your purpose and conquering your fears. The rest of 2011 will be a super exciting time. We've moved ahead. We're both full-time, and we're not sinking. We're rising. We are taking risks we've never taken. Submitting our work to publishers. Planning concept shoots. Seeking out, and working with peers in the industry. But there's lots more to come for us in 2011. We hope that we can send you an eight month check-in, and update you with even bigger news! Just know, that if you are reading this, and if you think you should attend MTH2011, there's a reason for it. These things don't just happen. All of the little coincidences that led you here, are not happenchance. If you feel led to go, just do it. It is an investment in your future. This one day changed the course of our lives. I am no longer living a mundane life working at a job that makes me miserable. I am following my purpose. Every morning I put my feet on the floor, and I get excited about what the day holds. That can be you too. That should be you. Don't let the fear swallow you. Swallow it. And go. - Sarah and Thomas One of my biggest fears was jumping in to do creative work that I wasn't quite sure if I was ready for, but I did a double creative shoot as soon as I got back from MTH with another creative business owner who's work I love and I was thrilled with the experience and the outcome! It helped empower me to believe that I can do anything I put my mind to and my heart in. I really think the most valuable "asset" since MTH has been the great friendships that have formed from MTH and just getting in touch with other professionals in the industry. The encouragement and advice from peers is such a priceless thing in business and in life. Making Things Happen means feeling the fear and doing it anyway! If I took anything away from MTH, that is it. And that's what I'm doing RIGHT now. Just a bit of advice for anyone reading this... no excuses. There is NOTHING that can keep you from attaining what you set out to do if you have your life and priorities in order. Focus on the things that are most important to you, eliminate unnecessary excess, and MAKE things happen. I'm in the process of doing just that. - Laura Making Things Happen changed my life in so many ways and there just isn't enough room on this page to spill out the depth of gratitude that I have for Lara Casey and the MTH2011 crew. The only thing I can equate this experience to is if I was in a horrible accident and my life flashed before my eyes. I'm weak and stuck in this business that seems to be going nowhere fast and I am scared out of my mind! Then I feel my body and soul is surrounded by this warm light of MTH love and all that is good and worth living for invades my mind. Suddenly, I have found the will to breathe life into my business and more importantly, into myself. I feel the fear, but the will to live overcomes that as I pull myself from the wreckage. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway got me out of there. I have been more productive than ever and whenever I feel like I'm falling, I feel the trampoline of MTH giving me another leg up. Don't miss out on the gift that keeps on giving. - Alofa Atu (All my love, in Samoan) I'm not a great writer by all means but I wanted to send you an email to tell you THANK YOU. Thank you for all of your encouragement through Making Things Happen and through our consultation with you. I've never felt so motivated than I have in the last 6 months and so inspired to be a better photographer and person. We're completely revamping our branding and I feel like we have a clear vision of what it is we want in our branding and how we want to be portrayed and don't think we've ever had that in the last 5 years. Our business is growing faster than we ever imagined and I think it's mostly attributed to the people around us. Seeing everyone's growth and passion is beautiful! We hired a full time editor and an intern to free up some of our time to build deeper and more meaningful relationships. In the last 6 months we've been featured in another issue of the Knot Magazine and just this week had one of our pictures featured in People Magazine! - Tanya and Cesar When I started, my goal was to become a planner in one of the most competitive locations = SoCal. Since MTH, I have done that with 7 weddings this year. Not too shabby for my second year {first year, full time with a true, self-employed business}. 6 months ago, I never thought I would have grown leaps and bounds in all sorts of directions. Not only am I bit more business savvy, but also way more confident! My biggest fear was failing quitting, especially after a bout of no new inquiries. When things go quiet now, this is where I think outside the box and find new ways to advertise, network, etc. There is NO giving up in my world. I'm in it to win it! My most valuable asset in my journey is actually my determination to beat that fear and the passion to keep on striving for what I want in my life. And as corny as it may sound, the pursuit of happiness. What makes me happy? My husband, my dogs, and MY BUSINESS! My best advice for anyone who wants to MTH is to figure out what makes you happy and where your passion lies. Then, step outside your comfort zone to find how to reach that place. There will be a million "no's", but for all those "no's", there will be a couple of "yes'" that will be life-changing! I think in any industry, you have to face your fears. Thing is, when you're newer to the industry, you have to face your fears and look at it straight in the eye without a question in your heart that this is what you want to do and where you want to be. There are so many issues and people that will try to stand in your way, but one thing I've learned is that if you go in with your game face, no one can stop you! - Wendy


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