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|February 13, 2000, 02:37 PM
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With so many readers using progressive presses (I still use an old rockchucker).
How many of you sort your brass by make and nickle/brass before the next reload? Also does caliber matter?
My question is based upon the time I spend sorting cases into different coffee cans during reloading sessions, and also how I should handle the range brass question (ie: brass not from my gun.)
|February 13, 2000, 09:01 PM
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Peter - per your 'pressure signs' entry, it is again a question most readers would rather not tackle!
Of course ALL brass should be sorted into correct batches, but few do it. Even +P is different from standard cases and so are nickle plated.
My only personal tips are to (1)colour mark your cases and (2)make a "funnel" out of 1/4" wood slats to form a "vee" on a card table or bench. The cases are dumped at the broad end and are sorted by hand out of the narrow end of the funnel in a methodical way and put into bags etc at your foot.(used by - ARA(OZ Army)- at their ranges still).
They then can be washed in petrol/other fluid, dried and then perhaps tumbled in a gem polisher, if needed.
A multi-nail rack om a piece of flat wood also helps drying and ID of cases, (even at this late stage!)
My experience of auto presses/reloading machines is not good, with reversed primers and double loads in plentiful evidence locally.
So - I too use a Rockchucker press !!!
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|February 13, 2000, 10:21 PM
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I'm picky about cases I intend to reload as "full house". I'll sort through for "good brass" and set them aside. Plinker loads, it doesn't matter.
I segregate all my rifle brass, given the variation in case-volumes between brands and the much higher pressures.
FWIW, Art
|February 13, 2000, 10:44 PM
Join Date: February 22, 1999
Location: Austin, TX
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Well, you asked for our methods. I, for no
reason that I would suggest you follow, use
only three 'brands' of brass. Fed, Win, and
Starline. I am very careful to not pick up
any range brass. I keep it carefully sorted
by the number of times I have loaded it.
After a certain number of loadings ( differs
for the different calibers ) I reserve it
for the 'low power lead bullet' reloads. I
also toss it (leave it on the ground at the
range ) after the 10'th load.
|February 13, 2000, 11:19 PM
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I always sort my brass. Usually, my reloads are done with only Starline or Winchester brass, but occasionally I get stuff in from a friend that's something else. I always sort my stuff before tumbling, while I'm in the cleaning mood just from the range. Never had any problem, just tumble one type at a time. I tried using those bags from Lyman, but found them to be more trouble than they're worth. That and they don't allow free flow of the medium around the cases.
Sorting of cases is very important as different makes have different internal volumes. This may not be a big issue with something like a 357, but for 9mm it can be critical.
I reload about 1000 9mm and 40S&W every week to support my habit, and those of my friends on a Lee Pro 1000. Never had any problems, after about 25000 rounds. Just the usual maintenance and cleaning.
Due to the set-up of the ranges here, I usually loose my brass over the firing line (unrecoverable) and get new stuff long before it becomes unserviceable! I've loaded tons of "Range recovered" brass with no problems, although usually to low power levels, and all 40 brass from Glocks goes back in the trash can. Why flirt with disaster?
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Lefty can't get through seven innings for first time this year
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies haven't scored many runs for Cliff Lee in the last year. They haven't scored many runs at all in their last nine games.
Those trends dovetailed against the Cardinals at Citizens Bank Park on Saturday night. Lee started against the Cardinals. The Phillies got three hits and lost, 5-0.
"Nobody feels worse about it than the players," said John Mayberry Jr., who started at first base in place of the ailing Ryan Howard and got his team's first hit off Cardinals starter Lance Lynn, a double to lead off the fifth. "Obviously, we want to score for everybody, but especially Cliff with how things went for him last year. He's always pitched great. He's the ultimate competitor and we'd like to be able to score some runs for him."
Added manager Charlie Manuel: "I wish I had the answer to that, because I would get him some runs. But that's just the way it goes sometimes. And you just keep pitching and try to pitch through it, and who knows? Maybe he'll start getting some runs."
The Phillies were shut out for the second time in their last five games. They have scored three or fewer runs in eight of their last nine. But that wasn't the entire story in this game. Lee, who came into the game with a 1.52 earned run average, wasn't at his best.
This is a pitcher who started the night with the fewest walks per nine innings (1.18) of any pitcher in the Major Leagues since the start of the 2010 season. This is the pitcher who had walked just one batter in 23 2/3 innings over his first three starts. This is a pitcher who had made 20 consecutive starts of at least six innings with one walk or less -- a modern record according to the Elias Sports Bureau, which was previously 14 by Christy Mathewson in 1908 and Greg Maddux in 1997.
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"He had the ball up most of the night. It was just cold enough for him where it was hard for him to get a good grip on his fastball," Manuel said. "And I think that had something to do with his command. His stuff looked OK, but he had trouble getting the ball down. Nights like this, sometimes the ball feels real slick and it's hard for you to get a feel for it."
The announced game-time temperature was 57 degrees, but it dropped rapidly after the sun set. Lee shrugged when asked if that was a problem.
"I don't know. I'm not going to sit here and make excuses," Lee said. "Obviously, I had trouble out there commanding the ball and I walked three guys in a row in the third inning. Those guys all scored. I've got to do a better job commanding the strike zone."
This much is certain: Shortstop Pete Kozma, batting eighth, led off with a base on balls. After pitcher Lance Lynn struck out trying to bunt, Shane Robinson worked a free pass. Carlos Beltran flied out, but Matt Holliday also walked.
At that point, Lee had little choice but to throw the ball closer to the middle of the plate.
"You don't want to walk in a guy, no doubt. So you have to catch more of the plate and have better command, period," Lee said.
The result, instead, was that Allen Craig lashed a two-run single to center. Yadier Molina followed with a grounder to the right side that, off the bat, looked like the third out of the inning. But second baseman Chase Utley was breaking toward second and the ball rolled through for an RBI single. David Freese followed with another single to make the score 4-0.
Manuel and Lee said they didn't know why Utley was moving on the pitch.
"It looked like he kind of broke the other way," Manuel said. "I don't know. He might not have seen it or whatever."
Added Lee: "I was a little bit surprised, yeah. But I haven't asked him what happened there. I don't know."
The Phillies could have picked up their starter by scoring some runs, but instead managed just three hits, even though Manuel packed his starting lineup with two switch-hitters and three left-handed swingers against Lynn.
"I thought we had enough left-handed hitters in there that we could score some runs off him. But he did a really good job of keeping the ball down consistently, and he was throwing strikes with his breaking ball," Manuel said.
Mayberry was asked if Lynn had pitched well or if the Phillies hitters had helped him out.
"I think it's a combination of both," Mayberry said. "He was obviously on, hitting his spots, had great command. And we probably had some pitches we wish we could have had back, but it was just one of those nights."
It was one of those nights where, after Mayberry's double, he was stranded in scoring position. Ben Revere lined out to left. Erik Kratz flied out to the warning track in the deepest part of the park. And pinch-hitter Laynce Nix, batting for Lee, struck out.
Lee, who also gave up a solo home run to Beltran in the fifth, was done after allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks in five innings. He also struck out five while throwing 102 pitches, 66 for strikes.
Some nights, a pitcher can get away with a line like that and come away with a win. It just hasn't happened too often for Lee in the last year.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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12-06-2011 #781medi01 Guest
Won't those, on 3.56 need a hardware flasher to install it?
And if so, why not simply install kmeaw?
12-07-2011 #782Chichan69 Guest
As a matter of fact natepig I put a post down and you started the bad feeling as you put it. None of my posts are hostile, especially when I try to show examples and reasoning. Popular opinion as you put it is just that, and when someone presents different views the adult thing to do if you don't agree is show something that contradicts my view.
A lot of individuals out there are trying to steamroll through any differing opinions using selective/conveniant logic. We'll take you natepig, in the last post you made it clear that if I had taken into account all the information I would not view this JFW as the future. However if you and the remainder the hateful out there had all the facts, you'd be more suspicious than doubtful.
One silly argument I see often is "they didn't release it with all the features!", however those features are listed as being developed and you can't argue that there are signs of them slowing down considering the frequent and consistent news updates. Another one is "I don't want to get stuck on closed firmware", again they conveniently overlook the fact that it has been stated a MAD firmware downgrader (supposedly) is in development for those concerned.
The only valid argument I see is the fact that they stated it was going to be released with all the features and I agree with other's view on that being a weasel move. Still just about every con and be remedied with a pro if you're not acting like an impatient/immature kid.
I bet you if Dean or Team Rebug had done something like this they'd be on someones crap list too, even with all the great things multiman and rebug do. Believe me the least of my worries is having to feel bad about someone feeling sorry for me, epecially considering the intellect and calibur of the person doing the pitying.
My standing on the JFW matter has taken a turn towards suspicion as openpstore is now here and thegra is still on the list for things to come. The part that has me most confused are the updates, if this is indeed crap (and they are trying to save face from embarrassment) why so much work just to keep a lie alive?
We've all seen the list on things being developed, so what's the goal? So (for me) best case scenario is plugins and psp isos, those 2 things will already make it better than anything out there. Thegra has me excited, because if you own a hacked psp then you know the power and potential of plugins. If anyone can entertain a plausible answer I'd sincerely like to see it.
12-07-2011 #783NTA Guest
I'm just hoping that something good comes from this. The people that are currently in the negative area about this JFW would like to be proven wrong about it's uselessness. Otherwise they will stay by their statements. I don't think I would risk using this on 3.55 but I've seen it mentioned many times that if installed on 3.41, you can just go to 3.55 kmeaw and be happy.
I don't think the average person would want to go from 3.55 to 3.56 JFW if things are not what they seem and get disappointed. How many people want to lose access to multiman, an app that many use, just because someone doesn't like deank? That's just bs. Once there's 100% confirmation of the features they like and are used along with the new features that are supposed to be included in this firmware, there will be less negativity towards this 3.56 cfw.
If KaKaRoTo's exploit leads to someone making an updated cfw with the ability to play a higher firmware games, it's likely people will go to that instead. The problem that would remain for me is the support of PS1 and/or PS2 backups. Other than that, people will see JFW as a waste, kinda like they do now
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12-13-2011 #785baslichtjaar Guest
Auhts! I installed 'it'
1 Now getting some DATA CORRUPTION error while attempting to install all o- and c-fw
2 Multiman crashes with HDMI audio noise.
3 System info tells me I'm on 3.56
4 ps3 is still QA flagged
5 Terrible startup audio sample (1 bit audio?)
6 Showtime works over wifi with PMS on QNAP 439pro (±700MB/movie)
7 Game data rev1 works.
Grrrr I feel stupid.
12-13-2011 #786daveshooter Guest
Well seeing you managed to go through with it, would you mind trying something ?
You said MultiMan works with a sound issue, but have you tried ftp'ing to it once your in multiMan? If so did it work?
Sorry baslichtjaar, I was referring to you
12-13-2011 #787snoekie Guest
Didn't they remove the recovery menu in 3.56?
12-13-2011 #788baslichtjaar Guest
Yup but is still is (my only ps3). And for Bartholomy: I'm not a thrasher I'm a collector.
The xmb look the same not a noticeable theme chance. Updated over a 3.55 I guess? Multiman crashes after splash screen with hdmi noise then black screen ps3 has to be unplugged. Ass the power button doesn't work, I thought ftp-ing is a no go.
I've tried the fw's on a 500gb fat32 spinning usb disk. I have not tried open-ftp! I've tried to up/down-grade in user mode and in recovery mode. Still possible but I got corruption errors.
PS I've just moved, and I can't decide whether I'm gona find my usb stick collection or just buy a new stick.
Hey just found all my usb sticks in my video-equipment box.. first try OFW 3.54, 3.55 ofw.
Next is PS3_355-KAKAROTO_CFW.RAR via xmb at 83% I got 8002f976
12-14-2011 #789spunkybunny Guest
I recently ran that QA Enabler and when I tried to install an update to HDD I get the same error at the same place and thats the update I always use. Did turning on QA damage my PS3?
I haven't tried to install that update but I tried 3 times and it wont get past the 82% mark each time. its a MFW 3.55 and its what I have currently installed and I've installed this MFW about 4 times previously due to me customizing too far and getting either red screen or just loosing features I wanted.
12-14-2011 #790baslichtjaar Guest
I installed JFW over CFW 3.56...
1 Now getting some DATA CORRUPTION error while attempting to install all o- and c-fw
2 Multiman crashes after splash screen with hdmi audio noise then the screen goes black, power has to be unplugged.
3 System info tells me I'm on 3.56
4 ps3 is still QA flagged
5 I've tried the fw's on a 500gb fat32 spinning usb disk. And 2 different USB stiks
6 I've tried to downgrade in user mode and in recovery mode. as well as QA flagged downgrade. Still possible but I got corruption errors.
7 Showtime works over wifi with PMS on QNAP 439pro (±700MB/movie)
8 Game data rev1 works.
9 The xmb look the same not a noticeable theme chance. Updated over a CFW 3.56 I guess?
10 Grrrr I feel stupid.
first try OFW 3.55
second try PS3_355-KAKAROTO_CFW.RAR via xmb at 83% I got ERROR: 8002F976


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In six years, Pete Carroll has turned USC into a national recruiting power, but little did he know that his Rising Star Camp would have the power to affect national recruiting rankings.
What was built as an arena for scholarship battles has quickly become a stage for players to garner national media exposure and recognition. The latest Rivals100 reflects that trend.
"I've been to camps all across the country, and what I like about USC's camp is that there was no time for messing around," said Rivals.com National Recruiting Analyst Jeremy Crabtree. "They get into the important parts of camp quickly. It's all about the challenging, competitive aspects at USC.
"They get into 1-on-1, 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills a lot. That's great because when you host the best players in the West and in the country, guys want to test themselves. That's exactly what Patrick Johnson did."
Now rated the nation's No. 1 cornerback, Patrick Johnson of Pompano Beach (Fla.) Ely was a star before he arrived at USC in June. However, after completely dominating the Rising Star Camp, Johnson's five-stars headed for Polaris.
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"He told the USC coaches, 'bring your best receiver out here, so I can lock him down'," said Crabtree. "That's what's great about Patrick. We had several opportunities to see him play and he loves to go one-on-one, rep after rep with the best guys on the field.
"That's exactly what we got to see at USC. You don't get that at other camps, so it was a once in a lifetime opportunity experience for us to see the best players in the country test themselves.
"We saw Johnson's size and toughness in press coverage separate him from the other top corners in the country. When you combine that with his speed and his ball skills, he's one of the most complete cornerbacks we've seen in the past few years."
Johnson has all the physical tools you could ask for, and the 6-foot-1, 195-pound cornerback proved to be too much to handle during one on ones.
It's clear that the wide receiver has the advantage during one on one passing drills, so whenever you see a cornerback hold his own, it's impressive. Johnson embarrassed each wide receiver he faced. Johnson locked up every player he defended, including four-star playmaker Joe Adams from Little Rock (Ark).
Fast forward to Trojan Ball, an intramural style football game played for fun to alleviate the stress of the constant drills and workouts. Most kids seem to take this opportunity to joke around and have fun, but for Johnson, Trojan Ball was another opportunity to show why he was the best football player on the field.
A highly regarded recruit with an obvious NFL future, playing his hardest to win a meaningless game. Not only did Johnson make the spectacular plays look easy, he ended up catching the winning touchdown in the Trojan Ball championship game. Johnson went from being ranked the nation's No. 23 player to the nation's No. 3 player after the camp.
Matt Kalil of Anaheim (Calif.) Servite headed into the camp ranked as the nation's No. 3 offensive tackle. However, after a flawless performance against several of the region's best defensive lineman, Kalil also saw a boost in his five-star ranking.
Now rated as the No. 6 player in the nation, Kalil left his stamp of greatness at the Rising Star Camp. Ending the camp circuit just as he started it, Kalil's first challenge came during the NIKE Camp in April. Called out by his opponents, the nation's No. 1 ranked offensive tackle solidified his five-star ranking.
However, at the Rising Star Camp, Kalil took his pummeling of defensive linemen to another level. Once considered a good pass blocker at 6-foot-7, 280-pounds, he now projects as the nation's premiere left tackle. In fact, Kalil's performance allowed him to leap frog a future teammate in the Rivals100.
While Tyron Smith of Moreno Valley (Calif.) Rancho Verde didn't get a ratings boost after the Rising Star Camp, it was obvious that his performance cemented his spot as a top 15 prospect nationally.
Smith has not been a stranger around USC's campus the last few years. From earning NIKE Camp MVP honors as a sophomore, and again a year later as a junior, Smith made his way back to USC for a third time at the Rising Star Camp.
Once again, he left onlookers in awe of his physical appearance and athletic ability for an offensive tackle. Sporting a 7-foot wing span, eight-pack abs and the athletic ability of a skill position player, Smith has the natural ability to keep any pass rusher at bay whether they use speed or power.
Like Patrick Johnson, Smith wasn't satisfied with dominating one on one drills. Smith also took the Trojan Ball tournament personally, showing all in attendance why there's five stars attached to his recruiting profile.
Smith, who stands 6-foot-6, 265-pounds, is easy to spot in a crowd. Going up against the skill position players in Trojan Ball, Smith stood out like a sore thumb, but it wasn't because of his height and weight. Hauling in touchdown passes with one hand, Smith was his team's best receiver. How many times can you say that about an offensive lineman?
Smith, who's still just 16-years-old, looks to have one of the highest ceilings of any player in the 2008 class.
While Armond Armstead of Elk Grove (Calif.) Pleasant Grove doesn't sport an eight-pack, his ranking also leans on upside. Weighing 250-pounds at this time last year, Armstead put on 40-pounds in 2006. Introducing his new frame at the Palo Alto NIKE Camp in May, Armstead impressed the USC coaching staff enough to earn an invite to the Trojans' lineman camp.
Performing well as a defensive end and tackle, USC wasn't completely sold on Armstead's potential. Returning to the Rising Star Camp, the 6-foot-4, 287-pound defensive lineman rose to the level of competition stacked in the trenches.
One-on-one against Daniel Campbell, a Rivals250 selection, Armstead bull rushed the top ranked guard 6-feet below the practice field sod. That play, along with an eagerness to prove his potential as a pass rusher, earned Armstead a USC scholarship offer and a spot in the Rivals100.
"Armond came into the Rising Star Camp in better shape than he was at the NIKE Camp," said Crabtree. "It could've been because he was preparing for the season, or it could've been because of AAU basketball . . . regardless, he was ready for that camp.
"He wanted to be challenged and he wanted to prove that he deserved a scholarship from USC. That competitiveness really jumped out at me. He came up rep after rep, and they put him up against every guy he wanted to go against.
"You watch his basketball highlights, which are really impressive, you see his quickness and agility translate to football. That's something, and his potential didn't get overlooked at the camp."
Armstead enters the Rivals100 as the nation No. 68 ranked player.
Ironically, a player who dropped in the Rivals100, but still retained his five-star ranking because of the Rising Star Camp was D.J. Shoemate of Anaheim (Calif.) Servite. Rated as the nation's No. 22 athlete, Shoemate dropped from his No. 17 ranking after the camp.
However, his performance proved to be a positive. After suffering a second fracture to his foot early last season, the Rising Star Camp provided many onlookers with their first glimpse of Shoemate since 2005.
"You want to see him get out there Friday night before you say he's back 100-percent, but seeing him out there at USC definitely proved he's more than on the right track to recovering.
"He could've been in a little better shape, but it was still early for him. Coach (Troy) Thomas at Servite will kill him with two-a-days, so he'll be ready. The main thing is that he's taking the right steps to being that special player we all know he will be for the Trojans."
Out of the 13 recruits committed to USC this year, 10 appear in the Rivals250. Eight of those players attended the Rising Star Camp.
Matt Meyer of Stockton (Calif.) Lincoln quietly moved up the Rivals250 with his camp cameo. Previously ranked as an offensive tackle, Meyer had the opportunity to shine as a guard at the Rising Star Camp, which led to his recent ascent through the Rivals250. Coming in at No. 20 in the state rankings three months ago, Meyer's size, smarts and surly attitude toward defenders propelled him to No. 11 in the state, No. 102 in the country post-camp.
Celina (Texas) defensive back D'Anton Lynn did not make the latest Rivals250, but he will add a fourth-star to his name after his camp performance. Lynn only played six games last season, which made his participation in the camp crucial to his evaluation. Earning scholarship offers from USC and Florida since, Lynn has become the definition of a rising star.
Stay tuned to USCFootball.com for the latest on Rivals.com recruiting rankings.


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Independent Living Project Sponsors Travel Training for Older Adults
Contact for News Media:
Grace Lynch, Communications Manager
Adult and Aging Division
May 14, 2009
Fairfax County's Independent Living Project Sponsors
Travel Training for Older Adults on May 19
|Participants of Fairfax County's Independent Living Project will spend a day learning how to navigate the area's bus and rail systems. Travel Training for Older Adults, sponsored by the county's Department of Transportation, will teach them how to purchase a SmartTrip card, read a bus schedule, navigate the Metrorail system and become familiar with bus and rail ADA transportation accommodations.
|Tuesday, May 19, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
|The group will meet at Pohick Regional Library, 6450 Sydenstricker Road, Burke and then travel to Union Station in Washington, D.C. Participants will have lunch at Union Station and then return.
|Fifteen current and former participants of the Independent Living Project will participate. The program is a joint project of the Department of Family Service's Fairfax Area Agency on Aging and the Department of Transportation.
The Department of Family Services' Independent Living Project helps older adults and adults with disabilities stay in their homes and remain independent. It offers a mix of exercise classes and workshops to help prevent falls, maintain health and fitness, and increase knowledge of services.
Current and former participants have enrolled in the Department of Transportation's Travel Training Older Adults. The program is designed to help older people who are no longer comfortable traveling in their own vehicles to access affordable, reliable and safe public transportation. The Travel Training for Older Adults program teaches the following:
Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. To request this information in an alternate format, call Department of Family Services' Fairfax Area Agency on Aging at 703-324-5411, TTY 703-449-1186.
Department of Family Services
Division of Adult and Aging Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 708
Fairfax, Virginia 22035-1104


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Information Seminar: M.A. in Civic Leadership
The Lipscomb University Nelson and Sue Andrews Institute for Civic Leadership invites you to learn more about our MA in Civic Leadership program. Come hear a detailed overview of each program and meet some of the graduate faculty. In order to help us prepare, we ask that you register for this event; however, registration is not required. Please note that our information seminars are free and open to the public and refreshments will be served.
The event will be held at 5:30 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month in the Ezell Center, Andrews Institute COLLABoratory (3rd Floor). If you have questions, you may contact the Andrews Institute at 615.966.6155.


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
In my last post on filegroups (it seems like ages ago), I argued that separating tables and their non-clustered indexes between two different filegroups, with each filegroup on a separate I/O path can improve performance. That article was met with skepticism. I think that's a great, healthy thing. So for those that aren't sold on filegroups for performance, consider the following: use filegroups to separate your tables.
The first question that probably jumps into one's mind is - why separate tables? For those that recall with melancholy the SQL 6.5 days (is that even possible?), creating additional filegroups for specific tables partially emulates one of SQL 6.5's features: backing up and restoring a single table. Many used that unique backup feature simple to export a table, easily replaced by DTS and later SSIS. I would imagine that it was pulled simply because all too often an attempt was made to then restore that table, resulting in foreign key chaos. While filegroups have a role in backup/recovery, I'm certainly not going to endorse it as a means of backing up a single table, *without consequence*, as was sometimes the practice with SQL 6.5. I do believe there still are reasons to use filegroups to separate objects though...
For the most part the main driver for separating objects surrounds backup and recovery. I'm not going to talk about backup/recovery of files and filegroups in this post. Even if you don't have a filegroup-based backup scheme, I still believe that these separating objects is a good ongoing practice.
1) Keep user objects out of the PRIMARY filegroup - I can't stress that enough. Most of the I/O will be to user tables, not to metadata tables that automatically go into the PRIMARY filegroup. If there are issues and data gets corrupted, you're in some sort of restore situation. If you loose the PRIMARY filegroup with data corruption, the restore scenario may be more complex and time consuming that it needs to be. Create a separate filegroup just for user data and make that the default filegroup (when creating a table, when was the last time you remember the ON [PRIMARY] clause at the end of it).
2) Seperate functionally similar tables - If you have an application that has discrete areas of operation (say a human resources area, a billing area, an AP area, etc.,), you can decide exactly where to store each group depending on importance. If you have multiple data arrays available, you might put the more active areas on the higher performing disk arrays. Even if you don't have separate disk subsystems to leverage, you're at least putting yourself in a position to be able to do so in the future. Separating existing tables out into filegroups after the fact can be extremely difficult. Tie your functional design so that it aligns to your physical storage design.
3) Separate active from inactive tables - If you have control tables or code tables that shouldn't be updated by users, move them on to their own filegroup and make that filegroup read-only. This isn't really from a performance perspective as it is a data protection standpoint. For example, you could have tax rate tables on a particular filegroup and keep that filegroup read-only, preventing anyone from accidentally changing rates (yes, I've seen that exact thing happen). When you need to update those tables, take it out of read-only, make your changes and then immediately place it back to read-only.
4) Separate current from archival data - Lower cost storage devices are becoming more popular for storing archival data. These devices are high on disk space but poor on performance. With more and more legislation coming out requiring the archival of various types of data, you may need to separate out your active data from your archival data while maintain transparent access (I remember the day when archival meant putting everything in a box and storing it in a warehouse). Filegroups are the way to go. One could point to the production storage environment, the other to the lower cost storage device used for archival. Add in a partitioned view or table and presto, total data access with the current data unhampered by years and years of historical data.
These are just a few ideas on using filegroups to logically separate data - you can probably come up with a dozen more thinking creatively about your own environment.
In the next entry in this series on filegroups, we'll look at specific features with SQL Server that *require* the use of filegroups.


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Martin tallies 1,000th career hit on RBI double
DETROIT -- Russell Martin's 1,000th career hit came at a huge moment for the Pirates on Wednesday night.
Trailing the Tigers, 1-0, in the third inning at Comerica Park, Martin doubled off the right-field wall, scoring Josh Harrison and reaching the career milestone.
The extra-base hit also extended the 31-year-old Martin's hit streak to 11 games.
Martin is the 13th Canadian-born player to accumulate at least 1,000 hits in a Major League career. Of Martin's 1,000 hits, 174 of them have come with Pittsburgh.
Matt Slovin is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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2013 Kopio Awards recognize tireless service to ministry
Summer Celebration 2013 began Sunday night, June 30, and continued through Tuesday, July 2, as more than 4,000 people streamed to campus for worship, fellowship, fireworks and spiritual activities of all types. At each keynote session, themed "Practicing the Way of Jesus: The Message of the Sermon on the Mount," Lipscomb paid tribute to one who has served God with enthusiasm throughout their lifetime.
Charles Strobel, founding director of Nashville's Room in the Inn program; Robert Randolph, chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Marco Diaz, liflong Christian and minister who began a preaching training school in Chattanooga, were each honored with a Kopio Award.
|From left to right, Nashville Mayor Karl Dean, Kopio Award recipient Charles Strobel and Lipscomb University President L. Randolph Lowry.
The Kopio Awards' name comes from a transliteration of a Greek word that is used to describe a person who labors to the point of utter exhaustion with the help and for the glory of God. Lipscomb established the Kopio Awards to honor those individuals who give of themselves in this manner in service to God and the community.
Charles Strobel, founding director, Room in the Inn
During the Sunday evening worship and keynote activities, Lipscomb University presented Charles Strobel, founding director of Nashville's Room in the Inn program, with a 2013 Kopio Award, given annually at Summer Celebration.
"Charles Strobel has tirelessly served this community for decades," said President L. Randolph Lowry. "We thank him for practicing the way of Jesus and appreciate all that he has done to make a difference in this community and to our students. We thank God for him."
A native Nashvillian, Strobel started Room in the Inn, a citywide ministry helping the homeless of Nashville, in 1986. The mission of the program is "to provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery through education, self-help, and work, centered in community and long-term support for those who call the streets of Nashville home."
Today, the Room In The Inn is a combined effort of more than 150 Nashville-area congregations. By creating small shelters using the space and volunteers they already have, congregations offer hospitality and hope to guests who would otherwise find themselves on the streets. Room In The Inn was able to provide shelter for 1,260 individuals last year from November 1 through March 31.
Nashville Mayor Karl Dean recognized Strobel's impact on the community.
"Charles Strobel is a hero, and I don't use that term lightly," said Dean. "His work through Room in the Inn has literally saved thousands of lives. What he has done through this program is true service to God and to our community. And, through it all, he has remained a humble man of God. It gives me great pleasure to be here and to be a part of honoring Charles Strobel, one of the most amazing men I know."
Deby Samuels, vice president for university communication and marketing at Lipscomb, was a member of Room in the Inn's first board.
"He gave us a way to come together as a community to make a difference in the lives of those who live on the streets," she told the audience. "He opened a door and added a little leaven that has taken this ministry to churches throughout Nashville and to 15 other states."
Strobel credits his mother for words that inspired him to help others.
"My mom always told me that people don't have to be nice to you," he said upon receiving the award. "And, she's right. They don't. I learned to never take for granted the kindness of other people. What we do in this program is to be kind to others. Thank you for your kindness to me and to the people served by Room in the Inn."
Room In The Inn's Campus for Human Development operates year-round as Nashville's only single site of services for the homeless. Programs include education, support services, The Guest House, respite care, transitional housing for veterans, Odyssey, and the congregational helpline.
Robert Randolph, chaplain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
|Robert Randolph
During Monday evening activities, Robert Randolph, chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was honored with a Kopio Award for his service to the students at MIT. Randolph, who has been on staff at MIT since 1979, served in various roles at the institution including assistant dean for student affairs, senior associate dean for undergradaute education and student affairs and dean-in-residence. He was named the first chaplain at MIT in 2007. In this capacity, Randolph is the "guardian of the core values of the institute" and works alongside the board of chaplains, who represents many religious traditions, in fostering interfaith discourse and educating the MIT community about the history and role of religions around the world.
"My love for this place is deep and long," said Randolph upon receiving his award. "Honors like these don't come to individuals, but to family who know the love and nurture of Jesus Christ."
Randolph holds degrees from Abilene Christian , Pepperdine, Yale and Brandeis universities in addition to Andover Newton Theological School.
Marco Diaz, former Health Talents International missionary
At the final worship session for Summer Celebration on Tuesday evening, July 2, a 2013 Kopio Award was presented to a Tennessee minister who overcame incredible spiritual and physical obstacles to serve the Lord.
Marco Diaz, a former Health Talents International missionary who now runs a preaching training school in Chattanooga, Tenn., began his life of ministry after being shot 14 times in an assault and carjacking in Guatemala.
"When I met Marco Diaz, I realized God was introducing me to a man who personified what God was talking about," in Colossians 1:29, the inspirational verse for the Kopio Award, said Scott Sager, vice president of church services, as he presented the award to Diaz.
"Kopio" comes from a transliteration of a Greek word used to describe one who labors to the point of utter exhaustion for the glory of God.
Diaz was born and raised in Guatemala. He earned his MBA and was a successful, wealthy businessman in Guatemala when he was attacked. He remained in a coma for three months and spent three years in and out of hospitals to fully recover.
The experience was a wake-up call for Diaz, who devoted his life to ministry from that point on, even ministering to others in the hospital, Sager said. Once recuperated, he studied at the Baxter Institute to become a preacher and established his training school in Chattanooga in 2004. The program has graduated 39 students so far.
As he called Diaz to the stage, Sager noted that he expects to award many future Kopio Awards to those brothers now studying with Diaz -- and to those who will study with him in the future.
"I probably don't deserve this. I feel so humble, I just don't have the words to thank every one of you," Diaz told the crowd gathered in Allen Arena. "I just want to thank God for giving me the opportunity to preach the gospel here on earth."
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For more information about Summer Celebration, visit summercelebration.lipscomb.edu.


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30 Years Of Jim Henson's Lovable Muppet Characters...
Last week the fine folks at Jim Henson Company and Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment satisfied its legions of fans with a monumental Muppet release: Fraggle Rock 30th Anniversary Collection. This massive collection of television that is nearly 30 years old now tells the stories of a singing gang of Fraggles that live in the caves not far from the human world. The colorful band of Fraggle Rock characters include the iconic Gobo, Red, Boober, Wembly, Mokey, and Traveling Matt, the latter who explores the realm of outer space (just the human world for you and me).
The 30th anniversary collection includes all four seasons of the family musical comedy that originally aired from 1983 to 1987. The show continues to delight on the Hub channel but now you can bring it home to watch whenever you like and as often, too. Also included in the DVD set are behind the scenes interviews, a graphic novel, and a collectible Red plush keychain, all retailing for $129.99.
In addition, you can introduce your kids to the world of Fraggle Rock with Fraggle Rock: Meet the Fraggles that includes the pilot episode and five additional episodes from the series. If you or your loved ones have not seen Fraggle Rock, this might be a good starter DVD to make sure theyll fall in love with the characters just as you have growing up. Meet the Fraggles retails at a more friendly price of $14.99.
Fraggle Rock: 30th Anniversary Collection and Fraggle Rock: Meet the Fraggles are both available where fine home entertainment is sold. Original release date: May 14, 2013.
Review by David Yeh
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OMAHA, Neb. & ST. LOUIS — ConAgra Foods has completed its acquisition of Ralcorp Holdings. ConAgra Foods agreed to acquire Ralcorp on Nov. 26, 2012, for $90.00 in cash per share of Ralcorp common stock. The closing of the transaction follows the approval of the acquisition by Ralcorp's shareholders on January 29, and the receipt of all required regulatory approvals.
With 36,000 employees and sales of approximately $18 billion annually, the combined company is one of the largest packaged food companies in North America. The transaction also positions ConAgra Foods as the largest private brand packaged food business in North America, with approximately $4.5 billion in combined annual private brand sales.
Gary Rodkin, chief executive officer of ConAgra Foods said, "We are excited to have closed the transaction and welcome our talented new team members from Ralcorp to the ConAgra Foods family. We are now in a position to begin the most substantial aspects of integration planning and look forward to learning from and working with our new colleagues. This important acquisition reinforces and accelerates our 'Recipe for Growth' strategy, which also includes growth in our core business and adjacencies, and expansion internationally."
ConAgra Foods will continue to be headquartered in Omaha and led by chief executive officer Gary Rodkin. Kevin Hunt, former CEO of Ralcorp, will be a consultant to ConAgra Foods for the next 12 months. Richard Koulouris, VP and president of the Ralcorp Food Group, and Charles Huber, VP and president of the Ralcorp Frozen Bakery business, will report directly to Gary Rodkin, effective immediately. ConAgra Foods has established an integration team, led by a steering committee of senior leaders from ConAgra Foods and Ralcorp, and staffed by a full support network of dedicated resources.


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"viewing pornographic content alone will increase the chances of being sexually aroused by the material".
Here was me mistakenly thinking that the Point?
Paris due to her appearance such a "Sex Work"
Staff from the British Board of Film Classification are inexplicably up in arms about a management move to force them to endure hardcore rumpy-pumpy alone, the Guardian reports. While we have no doubt there are hundreds of Reg readers - in common with the BBFC's 80 battle-hardened reviewers - willing and able to cast a …
"viewing pornographic content alone will increase the chances of being sexually aroused by the material".
Here was me mistakenly thinking that the Point?
Paris due to her appearance such a "Sex Work"
Would there not be sticky seats at the BBFC if solitary viewing was encouraged? Surely the reason behind doubling up in the first place.
"viewing pornographic content alone will increase the chances of being sexually aroused by the material"
I would think that was the point.
I can't help but be reminded of the funniest joke in the world, from Monty Python.
In order to weaponise it for use against the Germans, each translator could only work on one word each. One guy saw two words and was hospitalised.
By making the poor censors watch the whole thing alone, they could be seriously hurt.
Oh please, quite playing the whiny victims BBFC. You are no more sensitive than the granny watching two girls one cup.
When BBC news editors edit out the scenes of shrapnel shredded babies in news reports about wars, do you imagine they whine as much?
Scenes of sadomasochism and sexual violence, but have not (yet) been granted a BBFC certificate?
Surely, that's very much illegal?
"adding that "viewing pornographic content alone will increase the chances of being sexually aroused by the material"."
There by proving the point that it's normal to be sexually aroused by material.
> have not (yet) been granted a BBFC certificate?
> Surely, that's very much illegal?
I'm pretty sure the law has an exception for the BBFC watching it for certification purposes.
What would you suggest instead? That they issue a certificate without watching it?
If they are genuinely concerned of this problem, er, arising, they should resort to the time honoured method of placing a couple of photos of smiling relatives on top of their be-grumble-flicked tv.
Out of curiosity, do they actually get paid for this job? And does anyone happen to know what job agency they use? A friend of mine may be interested, you see.
Don't forget to budget for the installation of a toilet roll holder in each viewing room, still should save some money though.
- 1 employee
+ 1 kingsize box of Kleenex
... for example the mad series. You know how dogs lick each others bottoms, well swap one of those dogs for a cute Japanese girl.
If that causes the BBFC classifier to become a rapist (as per Jacqui's 'experts') then perhaps they should not be allowed to watch it. And if it doesn't, then why the hell is jacqui making it a criminal offense to view it????
"but only on the basis that an appropriate policy is in place for having works which are particularly problematic or unpleasant viewed by teams"
How would they know, until after somebody had looked at it?
I think Richard has hit upon a solution to the problem. If each examiner watched about 10 minutes on their own, then moved onto a different and non-pron flick, to be replaced by a different examiner watching the next ten minutes of pron, then this would reduce their danger of being aroused.
They could do a similar thing with chick-flicks if there was a shortage of female examiners. A male examiner could elect to watch only 15 minutes of a chick flick before moving on to a less brain damaging genre. Female examiners would have a similar 'get-out' if required to examine Chuck Norris movies.
The only problem is that this distributed form of examination may miss out on the long term plot development and subtle storyline twists that are the hallmarks of quality pron.
there would be lots more PHOOOAAARRR and lots less Tut Tut!
People who are too old/infirm/castrated etc to be sexually aroused to watch porn all day and tick boxes saying 'sick', 'depraved' 'not fit for human consumption'.
Generous bonuses for extra censoring of anything that 'might' cause an erection or harm a poor wickle childs wickle mind.
Job for life (Or until braindead).
Paris. Because...
the BBFC shouldnt be able to review anything alone at all; being able to review and classify a single movie based on the opinion of one reviewer, be it porn or anything else, opens the entire system much wider to the moires of personal taste and corruption.
and with that obvious pitfall, your rewviewrs will stream into two categories; ones that pick up the phone to vivid/anabolic et al and say "Im watching your porno. give me a grand and I'll sign off as un-offensive" and ones that mark an increased percent down as offensive to avoid on-the-job investigation.
fail idea. Cost-cutting without the slightest notion of human behaviour. good job.
the film companies pay into a pot to have the films classified and so money ought not be an issue... mind you, i suppose that would risk bias... there's got to be a way to sort out the funding issue without cutting jobs.
I can see why there is an outcry, it must be a difficult job in reality. At some point someone recommended that there be two people in a room at the same time. Now unless that argument is to be superseded then te 2 person rule should not be rescinded...
Can't think of a worse job than being forced to watch gay scat movies all day ....
I don't care how much money you get paid, that stuff will put a dent in your subconscious forever ...
>> being able to review and classify a single movie based on the opinion of one reviewer, be it porn or anything else, opens the entire system much wider to the moires of personal taste and corruption.
Indeed, perhaps it should work more like Jury service, get a dozen or so random members of the public to decide.
Technology can surely provide a solution to the problem of unwanted tumescence at the BBFC.
Simply attach a plethysmograph to the todger of each of the censors, and hook it up to a device that applies a brief electric shock at the first sign of arousal.
Science. Making the world a better place.
Gives "Charlotte The Harlot" a whole new meaning, eh?
"because they often contain scenes that many examiners find offensive"
that if an examiner is likely to fine a scene in any film offensive, then they made a poor career choice in reviewing porno's for the BBFC
i have seen some pretty sick stuff thanks to the internet, and so far have not managed to be offended by any of it, i simply stop watching it.
I can see the problem here - so the conclusion is that if a staff member would become aroused then the smut must be censored and not suitable for the general public. While violence and murder is perfectly acceptable for any 15 year old to be socially "educated" in (as long as it does include sex ofcourse). Sex is a no no in the UK - and then people wonder why we have the highest rate of under age pregnancies in Europe?
"What happened to Jenkins, Sir?"
"Well he was watching P$%s Drinking Wives 6 when he completely lost it. I got the shot in him just in time."
"Will he be all right?"
"I think so. The Doc's mix of Rohipnol and Morphine works like a charm. I've given him a weeks leave and we'll put him on something light for a bit. Jennifer Aniston's got something coming out which should keep his mind stable."
"So whose finishing up his report?"
"Your not doing anything much this afternoon, are you?"
And who watches the watchers?
After all, if there's a team of two with a man and woman, they're watching some hot pr0n, both get a little excited, you know the rest.
Much better to just have one person watching. Hmmn.
Anyway, I've seen some very dodgy porn in the past, so why is it so bad for them to watch it?
......think of the health and safety implications? (for lone workers)
Why don't these people work in a crowded offlice like the rest of us? Take down the cubicle walls and then you sort the movies by the number of people standing around your monitor.
... brings a whole new meaning to "a hard day at work."
Mine's the one with the Kleenex in the pockets.
"but only on the basis that an appropriate policy is in place for having works which are particularly problematic or unpleasant viewed by teams"
Hey, Fred, come and check out what this girl's doing...
I think Bounty is right, let the examiner sit in a crowded office and there are always more than two in the same room, although they are watching different movies. That reduces also the chances for phone calls to the producer and the need for kleenex.
Last but not least costs for office space can be saved as well.
Do I get a 10 % share of the annual cost saving for the next 2 years?
Hold on - got it
its the only other career that can cause RSI!
Wondered what those pains in my wrists were.
This quote from the article:
The "examiners", however, say that "films that are refused an R18 certificate often include scenes that many find disturbing, including sadomasochism and sexual violence", adding that "viewing pornographic content alone will increase the chances of being sexually aroused by the material".
So effectively, what the folks at the BBFC who perform these classifications are saying is that they're inherently biased towards censorship because they don't like some things that other find quite acceptable.
If the classifiers can't approach an S&M porn film with the same objectivity that they would face the latest my little pony film then they're not fit to classify. Classification must be performed by people who can tell the difference between acceptable and unacceptable on a national scale, not by people who have an inherent distaste for certain classes of film.
This is presumably why then there is a problem with computer games classification, because the type of people who are offended by porn are almost certainly the time who are stuck in decades past and think that computer games aren't a valid form of entertainment and as my grandma would've put it, will make your eyes go square.
So if anything this protest is quite telling of why the BBFC is an extremely bad entity to be classifying anything- because the staff that work there lack objectivity and in the case of these protests are actively admitting they have a problem with some kinds of content that many millions of people do not. There is content that almost everyone agrees is bad i.e. child porn, and then there is content like this that millions don't think is bad and if they're approaching this content from the view of those who are prudish rather than from an objective view then they are as the government would say, not fit for purpose.
There's a 23 year old man in the Dominican Republic who could take on the job since the material being viewed would have no noticeable impact on his sexual arousal ;)
Whining like that is a bit like Highways Agency Traffic Officers whining that their job places them on the highway near traffic. Which they do.
Is this like the Jehovah's Witnesses going door to door in pairs, to guard against spiritual corruption (or abduction by sex-mad dog cloners)? Or like the Inquisition investigating "unholy" works, with one monk reading and the other praying and flogging him?
In which case, film classification should only be done by people of indomitable spiritual purity, or rather, by people who claim such spiritual purity loudly and incessantly. Press all the the fake gurus and televangelists into service and see how good they are at ripping off their followers after some twenty-four hour stretches of scat bondage.
"Surely the reason behind doubling up in the first place."
Well, shurly that depends on *who* you are doubled up with and your personal inclinations, of course !!
why not just let them all through and let the viewer decide?


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I have been long Research In Motion (RIMM) since November, when I argued that even if the new BB10 model didn't sell, there'd be a huge run-up in the stock in anticipation of the phone's release date.
This simply went back to the Palm PRE playbook of 2009. In January of that year, the new phone was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show, which caused an immediate stir in Palm's stock. It went from between $1 and $2 to $18 by the time the phone started shipping in June.
Why the spike? Believe me, there were just as many people saying the move was "silly" as there are now with RIMM. The reason for the speculative fervor, I believe, is if (and that's an Empire State Building-sized "if") the phones sell well at a decent price, it means huge profits for a small company that has no value in the handset business. That was the case with Palm in early '09 and it's the case even now at RIMM (and certainly a few months ago).
There has been a huge run-up in RIMM in the last few months. This morning it broke $17 and is closing in on a 52-week high. But the product launch is next Wednesday. Where does the stock trade from here?
I used to believe that the very moment the phone is held up on stage by CEO Thorsten Heins, the stock starts a big pullback that could last a month. My thinking was that an information vacuum would form and the bears will come out in force to argue that the launch is being met with a tepid response. Like Palm's final act, a wrenching stock decline leads to a take-under acquisition. Where I diverge from most people is that I believe the stock will bounce back and, a year from now, be judged as a successful product launch. I'm not saying a whole bunch of Galaxy and iPhone users will switch to BB10, but a whole bunch of the existing 80 million BlackBerry subscribers will upgrade. It's a modest expectation, yet it could propel the stock towards $40 by the end of the year -- if I'm right.
But I've reconsidered whether there's going to be a strong pullback after next Wednesday. Why? Because it's such a consensus view -- and consensus views are almost invariably wrong. Also, short interest in the stock has steadily risen over the last six months as the stock has doubled. Even today, as the stock jumped 10%, a number of people tweeted that they were about to enter a short position because the RIMM move was "overdone" and "not justified."
If the pullback doesn't come, panic among shorts could be severe.
There's also the chance of other news popping up, like carrier pre-orders and licensing deals for BB10 that could support the stock. Though undecided, I'm leaning towards sticking with my long position post-launch.


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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
You guys all know that we love cookie dough in the Beantown Baker household. It wasn't until recently that I was able to hear Hubby pronounce that a cookie I had made was better baked than raw. We've all seen the cookie dough cupcakes on the internet and I have been wanting to make them for quite some time…
I was waiting for a proper occasion to make these cupcakes because I knew they'd be special. More special than cupcakes you take to work with you. So when our friend M asked me to bake for his fiancee's birthday party, I decided that was just the occasion I had been waiting for!
When I first tasted one of these cupcakes, I thought they were too sweet. Can you believe it? Me? Thinking something was too sweet? I realized later that day it was probably because I tasted it at 8am and really, who needs dessert at 8am? When I split one with Hubby later that night at the birthday party, I realized they weren't too sweet at all. In fact, they were as special as I had envisioned.
These cupcakes have quite a few components. Enough that it could be overwhelming to tackle them all in one day. In fact, you can't tackle it all in one day since the cookie dough has to freeze overnight.
Here's what I did. I made the mini cookies a couple days in advance. The garnish could be left off, but they add to the overall look of the cupcake, so I definitely recommend including it. I chose a recipe that would still be substantial even in it's tiny form. I stored the mini cookies in a tupperware container until I was ready to garnish my cupcakes.
I also made the cookie dough a couple days in advance. It needs to freeze overnight and would be fine in the freezer a couple days or even longer if you put them in a ziplock bag. Then the day of the party, I baked the cupcakes, made the frosting while they cooled, and then assembled them. It worked out perfectly. I have no idea how long these cupcakes would last because they all disappeared very very quickly.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Yield: 24
For the Mini Ultimate Chewy and Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temp
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups plus 1 Tbsp flour
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
8 oz mini chocolate chips
For the Egg-less Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
2 sticks softened butter
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
4 Tbsp milk
1 Tbsp vanilla
2 1/2 cups flour
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup mini chocolate chips
For the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
1 batch egg-less cookie dough, scooped and frozen
3 sticks softened butter
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar, packed
4 eggs
2 2/3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
For the Brown Sugar Frosting
3 sticks softened butter
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
To assemble the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Make mini chocolate chip cookies (can be done a couple days in advance).
Make cookie dough balls and place in the freezer (can be done a couple days in advance).
Make the cupcakes and frosting. Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost with brown sugar buttercream. Sprinkle mini chocolate chips on top of frosting. Garnish with mini chocolate chip cookie.
For the Mini Ultimate Chewy and Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies
Preheat oven to 350 F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper, or lightly butter them, and set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the egg. Beat in the vanilla.
Sift the flour, baking soda and salt together in a small bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the butter-sugar mixture, and mix until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips.
Using a cookie scoop, scoop out a portion of dough. Make that portion into two balls of dough and place on pan. Continue until the pan is full. Bake for 6-7 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool cookies on sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
Note: Once you have 24 mini cookies, feel free to make normal sized cookies. Using a cookie scoop, they should bake 10-12 minutes.
For the Egg-less Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Combine the butter and sugars in a mixing bowl and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 mins.
Beat in milk and vanilla until incorporated and smooth.
Beat in the flour and salt until just combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Using a cookie scoop, shape the dough into balls. Freeze on a parchment lined baking sheet overnight.
For the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare two muffin pans.
Beat butter on high until soft, about 30 seconds. Add sugar. Beat on medium-high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
Add eggs one at a time, beat for 30 seconds after each.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
Measure out milk and vanilla together.
Add about a fourth of the flour to the butter/sugar mixture and beat to combine. Add about one third the milk/vanilla mixture and beat until combined. Repeat, alternating flour and milk and ending with the flour mixture.
Scoop into cupcake papers about half to three-quarters full. Drop one frozen scoop of cookie dough into each cupcake. Do not press the dough down at all.
Bake for 20-22 minutes until edges start to turn golden.
For the Brown Sugar Frosting
Combine the butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and cream on medium-high speed until light and fluffy.
Beat in the powdered sugar until smooth.
Beat in the salt, milk, and vanilla extract until smooth and combined.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes Recipe as seen on kevin and amanda
Mini Ultimate Chewy and Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe from Regan Daley's In The Sweet Kitchen
Egg-less Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Recipe from Picky Palate
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes Recipe from The Cupcake Blog
Brown Sugar Frosting Recipe adapted from How to Eat a Cupcake
22 Responses to "Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes"
I NEED to make these. I might just start on them tonight!
These look amazing! I would go into a sugar coma because I would probably want to eat at least three of these gems…haha.
Oh wow these are my dream dessert! I hope you bring these ones to Cupcake Camp!!
I too have been meaning to make these cupcakes since I first saw them on the internet. I love that you combined several recipes from different bloggers. Awesome recipes, unite!
Like I said, it's a multi-step process, so starting part of it tonight might be a good idea. If you make them, I definitely want one. These were so good.
Oh that's a thought… I still haven't decided what I'm baking for Cupcake Camp…
Definitely give it a shot. They take some time, but it's SO worth it.
I've been wanting to make these for quite a while as well. My mother-in-law LOVES cookie dough and her birthday is coming up. From all the versions I've seen floating around on the internet, I really like yours since you have the LOTS of cookie dough in the middle of your cupcakes. So, you baked the cupcakes with the frozen cookie dough inside? No problems with it baking up? I'm definitely trying this!
Yep, just dropped the dough into the cupcake batter before baking it. The cupcakes did rise up quite a bit and then sank back down as they cooled. I was a little concerned I had underbaked them, but they were delicious. Definitely let me know how they turn out for you if you make them.
oh my Lord these look amazing! I'm having a girls night next weekend and I'm def going to try these! Thanks!
Once again Jen, you impress me with your creativity!
I want, no NEED, to make these. Does it matter what size your cookie scoop is? Mine is a medium size with about 1.5 tbsp volume. Want to make sure it won't be too much that it prevents the cupcake from baking up (because honestly, it's not possible for it to be too much cookie dough).
I'm honestly not sure what size my cookie scoop is. It doesn't have any markings on it to give an indication! I think it's the standard cookie scoop you'd get at the grocery store if that helps at all… I think 1.5 Tbsp sounds about right though.
I'm already trying to decide what occasion to make them for.
I'm still waiting to try these. Just sayin'. 😉
WOW! Talk about decadent!
Well I *might* be making these for Cupcake Camp. So, if you make the trip into Boston for that, you might be able to have one! Too bad they're not appropriate for Passover.
Who needs dessert at 8am???
I'll give you one hint.
Bookmarking this! I've been meaning to make these cupcakes for a while now!
Will be making these soon. What a great twist.. the cookie is actually a cookie in the baking process. Yum!
OH. EM. GEE. I'm SO making these for euchre night on Saturday, just to have an excuse.
I found this recipeast summer and have made it several times for my oldest child, who has requested it again-for her sweet sixteen birthday. Thanks for the awesome recipe.


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Police are hunting a six-foot attacker who stabbed a man in Melksham on Sunday.
The victim was approached from behind near the Bath Road underpass at 3am, when he was punched in the stomach and stabbed in the inner thigh.
The assailant, who was unknown to the victim, then ran off towards the town centre.
The man is described as white, around 6ft, wearing a light grey hoodie, dark trousers and light trainers.
His victim was treated at the scene for a stab wound to his right leg, and did not require hospital treatment.
Detective Sergeant Andy Morley said: "I'd ask anyone who was on Bath Road or the surrounding areas in the early hours of Sunday morning to come forward with any information they may have.
"Thankfully, the victim was not badly hurt but we are treating this extremely seriously.
"I'd like to reassure the local community that incidents such as this are rare and we are doing all we can to find the person responsible for this crime."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Wiltshire Police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 where information can be left anonymously.


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Mr. Broeth was born July 27, 1927, in Parkston, S.D. He served in the military during World War II. He married Rosemary Ratermann in 1949, and worked for J.E. Haseltine Co. and the American Steel Company in Portland. He retired in 1983.
He was preceded in death by his wife in 2007. He is survived by his children, Veronica Broeth and Joanne Broeth; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Clare Church.


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Vaginal bleeding after sex is common and can happen when you're not menstruating or don't expect to be menstruating. Although it's often called "vaginal" bleeding, the term refers to bleeding from the vagina as well as bleeding from other parts of your genital and urinary systems.
Vaginal bleeding after sex occurs most often in younger, premenopausal women and doesn't necessarily mean that you need to see a doctor. But vaginal bleeding after sex in older, postmenopausal women is less common and warrants a visit to your doctor to find out what's causing it.
In premenopausal women, the source of vaginal bleeding after sex is usually the cervix — the narrow, lower end of the uterus. Even with a completely healthy cervix, enough friction or mild trauma during sexual intercourse can cause some bleeding. Inflammation of the cervix or some other abnormality, most of which are harmless, can also result in bleeding. Sometimes, though, vaginal bleeding after sex is a sign of a sexually transmitted infection.
In postmenopausal women, vaginal bleeding after sex may arise from the opening of the bladder (urethral meatus), the outer opening of the vagina (labia) or the uterus, as well as the cervix.
If you're premenopausal and you have infrequent episodes of vaginal bleeding after sex — and you've had normal results on routine Pap tests and sexually transmitted infection screenings — you don't need to see your doctor to be evaluated. If you have vaginal bleeding that bothers or worries you, make an appointment with your doctor to get it checked out. If you're at risk or feel you have been exposed to a sexually transmitted infection, see your doctor for an evaluation.
If you're postmenopausal, vaginal bleeding at any time must be evaluated. Consult with your doctor to be sure that the cause of your vaginal bleeding isn't something serious.
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Zunino, Hicks off to nice start
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Rookie Mike Zunino has a lot to learn at his first Major League camp, but the Mariners first-round Draft pick from last June is soaking things up as quickly as possible, and has fit in well in the opening days of Spring Training.
"It's a blast," the 21-year-old said. "There's a bunch of great guys here. We've been doing everything to get back into shape, and I've been having a great time. I spend a lot of time with the catchers and [catching coordinator Jeff] Datz and all those guys. I'm just having fun with them and getting to know the pitchers. It's been great."
Zunino has displayed impressive power in early batting practice sessions, but his biggest goal has been getting familiar with the 30 pitchers in camp.
"Mentally, the relationship with them takes time," he said. "But to catch all the guys as much as I can, just to have that in your memory bank, is all I'm trying to do right now."
Fellow rookie catcher John Hicks, a fourth-round selection in the 2011 Draft out of Virginia, has also shown well. The Mariners love Hicks' athleticism, and manager Eric Wedge noted he'd thrown out more than 50 percent of base stealers in his first two seasons in the Minor League system at Class A Clinton and High Desert.
"His athleticism shines through as far as I'm concerned, just the way he moves, the way his body works, the way he runs," Wedge said. "As I mentioned yesterday, I'm very impressed with our crew of catchers. And not just behind the plate. You have to appreciate the way they swing the bat, too."


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Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized new air pollution standards that will result in the first-ever national limits on the amount of mercury spewing from the nation's coal-fired power plants. Over 20 years in the making, the new pollution limits on power plants will cut mercury emissions by 91 percent, while also cutting acid gas, arsenic, lead and nickel emissions.
Larry Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation president and CEO:
"Our children and grandchildren will inherit a safer world thanks to the leadership of President Obama and Administrator Jackson. At long last, these prudent and overdue limits on unchecked mercury and toxic air pollution will ensure our fish will be safe to eat, and our children can breathe easier."
Each year EPA's new air toxic pollution rules will prevent 11,000 thousand premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks, 130,000 cases of childhood asthma and 6,300 cases of acute bronchitis. And it will prevent mercury exposure to children that can adversely affect their developing brains – including effect on their ability to walk, talk, read and learn.
The rules will also provide employment for thousands. The updating of older power plants with modern air pollution control technology will support 46,000 new short-term construction jobs and 8,000 long-term utility jobs.
Also, combined with Cross State rule:
Investment in rules will return $380 billion in longer and healthier lives and reduced healthcare costs.
Mercury also poses a massive threat to wildlife. Mercury pollution spewing from power plants settles in lakes and rivers where microscopic organisms convert the inorganic mercury into methylmercury, a toxin that moves up the food chain in fish and then other into other animals when they eat fish.
Every state has issued a fish advisory of some type because of unsafe mercury levels according to the National Wildlife Federation's recent report, Game Changers. Roughly half of U.S. lakes and reservoirs have mercury amounts exceeding safe levels and nearly all fish and shellfish contain traces of mercury, according to EPA. Over half of human-caused mercury in the U. S. comes from coal-fired plants.
Over 900,000 Americans commented on the proposed rule, the vast majority of whom urged EPA to press ahead with mercury limits, including hundreds of hunting and fishing groups.
Find out how iconic wildlife species are harmed by mercury air pollution and climate change.
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