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Dr HiLo said:I am lost. Are you not the person that said repeatedly "counters can't win"???
Dr HiLo said:I missed your last sentence about "you always win". Here is a simple challenge.
I am going to repeatedly flip a coin. Your task is to define a betting scheme that will win no matter what happens. I don't believe you can do it. And flipping a coin gives you better odds than the BJ table if you don't count cards.
So explain how you are going to bet and win, when the underlying process you are betting on has a random element to it. Such a scheme doesn't exist and it is why no progression methodology works. Counting is a different animal because it tracks unplayed card distribution and uses that information, something only a counter can do.
So, tell me how you are going to win on my coint toss experiment _every time_ as you claimed???
No, he was betting a max of 12 units. Betting max starting from a +5 while the count keep climbing all the way to +52. He lost 130 units. Obviously if you bet big during high counts while riding a losing streak you will lose huge. He lost 33% of the bankroll in a single shoe.
Is that the way you suppose to play this game? - If you answer YES than you are for a ride and don't expect to make any serious money in this game.
Ray said:HiLo- I'm with you, but let me tell you that the reasons that this
method fails is far more complex than meets the eye. The first
thing to consider is the bet. It can and will get out of control to
the point that the average dude can't respond. You can test this
thing with many streak configurations and unless they are many
and cause the bet to go out of control it will still work up to a point.
It comes down to the fact that no program can out guess the unknown
and I believe that is the crux of your argument. Correct?
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Friday, September 23, 2011
Buckeye Chocolate-Chip Cookie Cups and a Giveaway: A Baker's Field Guide, by Dede Wilson (the four volume set!)
Will the real buckeye please stand up? Because I wouldn't want to accidentally bite into the kind of buckeye that grows on a tree in Ohio. What I would want to bite into is the kind of buckeye that's peanut butter filled, dipped in chocolate, and plopped into chocolate chip cookie dough that's been baking in a cupcake pan.
I knew it was inevitable that I'd eventually make buckeye candies the moment that Charlie, my older son, divulged his final college choice late last April. He was fortunate in having a few great options, and as the decision deadline approached, my husband and I were on pins and needles awaiting the verdict. We were both happy and relieved that the winning choice was Ohio State, land of anything and everything buckeye, and less than a four hour drive from our house. So last Sunday, after months of anticipation and weeks of preparation, we drove Charlie down to Columbus, moved him in, met his roommates, then said our hug-laden goodbyes.
We'd successfully deposited our first child into the waiting arms of academia and, well, there wasn't much left to do but grab a hamburger and hit the road back to Michigan. Joy? Pride? Amazement? Apprehension? I feel them all. And I keep having non-stop mom-thoughts: Did he remember to bring an umbrella? He didn't pack that scary-looking hunting knife he owns, did he? Why didn't he bring that cute collapsible under-bed storage thingie I got him? Hmmm . . .
Now, our home is perhaps 25 percent quieter, there are fewer dirty towels to wash, and I don't have to wonder what time he'll turn into the driveway late on a weekend night. It's sort of as if he's away at a really big camp where they don't make s'mores or play taps at bedtime. But the kid's a force of nature, and I must say I miss him and the way he would always swoop in the backdoor after school or work, say hi to me, grab a snack, race to change his clothes, and swoop out the door again after giving me a peck on the cheek. That's my Charlie--a whirling bundle of barely-contained, teenage-boy energy.
I hope they like energy at Ohio State.
Thus, the Buckeye cookie cups . . .
Buckeye candies are a close cousin to the peanut butter cup. They're easy to make at home and so darn good. My idea to put them into this particular recipe came to me as I was browsing through my recently (and gleefully) received review copy of A Baker's Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies, by Dede Wilson.
That "field guide" above is just one volume in a fabulous four-volume set that also includes A Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies, A Baker's Field Guide to Holiday Candy & Confections, and A Baker's Field Guide to Cupcakes. Holy moly!
The Harvard Common Press of Boston was kind enough to offer me two sets of these wonderful books; one review set for me to keep (yay!) and one set to give away to one of you (double yay!). Thank you so very much, HCP!
Do you want these books, too?
Rhetorical question. I know you do. To throw your hat into the mixing bowl, so to speak, just leave a comment on this post telling me about one of your favorite cookie, candy, or cupcake recipes! That's all there is to it. I'll announce the lucky winner here on Wednesday, Sept. 28th, so be sure check back.
About these recipes . . .
This cookie-cup was adapted from the recipe for "Caramel Surprise Chocolate Chip Cups" in A Baker's Field Guide to Chocolate Chip Cookies; that recipe suggests the use of Rolo candies inserted into mini-size cookie cups. But I wanted to do something with all these hefty buckeyes I'd made and, to accommodate their girth (they were about as big as whole walnuts--no kidding), I needed correspondingly roomy cookie cups, so I used regular size cupcake pans. (The basic recipe I adapted for the buckeye candies came from the book, Who Wants Candy?, by Jane Sharrock--another fun book to check out.)
(For printable versions of these recipes, click here!)
To make the buckeye candies:
(Yield: at least 36 buckeyes)
1 and 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter (I used Jiff brand)
1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 and 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 tiny pinch of salt
3 to 3-1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
5 oz. of a dark chocolate candy coating (I used part of a Ghirardelli Double Chocolate Flavored Candy Making & Dipping Bar)
3 oz. baking chocolate or semisweet chocolate chips (I used part of a Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Bittersweet Chocolate Baking Bar)
In the large bowl of your mixer, on low speed, blend together the peanut butter and butter. Add in the salt and vanilla extract. Add in the confectioners' sugar gradually. You want the mixture to hold together easily when you roll a little glob of it between your palms into a ball, but you don't want it to be too soft. It should also not be crumbly. Keep adding sugar, and adjust the consistency as needed with more peanut butter.
Form into balls no more than 1" in diameter (that's how big mine were and they were pretty hefty; I think smaller might be better!), placing them on a parchment sheet placed over a rimmed baking sheet. Put the balls into the freezer while you melt the chocolate.
Break up the chocolate into a small bowl and slowly melt it in the microwave, using extreme care to avoid overheating the chocolate, and stirring gently every now and then when you check it. Be careful as well, to avoid getting any water at all into the chocolate; even one drop of water can cause it to seize, which will completely ruin it.
Another option is to slowly melt the chocolate in a metal bowl placed atop a pan of gently simmering water (making sure the water doesn't touch the bottom of the pan). Depending on what kind of chocolate you use, and whether or not it's specifically for coating or not, you may find you need to thin the mixture slightly after it's melted; you can do this by adding vegetable oil a couple of drops at a time and gently stirring it in. (If you are familiar with the process of tempering, and you want to use couverture chocolate for your buckeyes instead of the lesser coating chocolates available, go for it. If you have no experience with tempering chocolate at all, though, now may not be the best time to give it a try.) The consistency of the dipping chocolate you use, whatever it is, should be fairly thin when melted. You may need to make adjustments as you see fit.
When your peanut butter balls are cold and firm, use a toothpick to spear each one, and quickly dip it into the melted chocolate, leaving an uncoated circular area on the top, and swiping the bottom gently against the edge of the bowl to scrape off the excess chocolate. Set each coated ball on the parchment covered tray. You may end up with a little hole from the toothpick. Once the chocolate has firmed up, you can safely try to smooth the hole closed with your fingertip. If you have a special candy-dipping fork, you may be able to avoid the problem of the little hole by using that instead of a toothpick. Experiment to see what works best for you.
It will take several minutes for the dipped chocolate to firm up completely. Store the finished buckeyes in a dry and cool location until you're ready to use them in the cookie cups, or eat them as they are! (I layered mine with parchment paper in a small cardboard cake box.)
To make the chocolate-chip cookie cups:
(Yield: At least 24 large-size cookie cups, with a little cookie batter leftover)
Grease 24 regular-size cupcake cups and then spray liberally with vegetable spray, or use paper cupcake liners in the pan(s).
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2 and 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (I used unbleached.)
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt (I used kosher salt.)
1 cup unsalted butter, softened (2 sticks)
3/4 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 eggs, large
2 cups mini-size semisweet chocolate chips
In a medium size bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
In the large bowl of your mixer, beat the butter until creamy on medium-high speed. Gradually add in the two sugars and beat until fluffy, about three minutes, stopping to scrape the bowl periodically. Blend in the vanilla, then add the eggs in one at a time, beating each until well combined. Add one third of the flour mixture on low speed, mixing just until combined; add in the rest of the flour gradually. Don't over-mix. On the lowest speed, pour in the mini chocolate chips, beating only until evenly incorporated.
Evenly portion the cookie batter into the cupcake pans (I used a no. 24 portion scoop; it holds 3 Tbsp. by volume).
Bake for about 10 minutes, until the cups have begun to turn golden. Remove them from the oven quickly and plop a buckeye into the middle of each one, gently pressing it down into the cup.
Put the pans right back into the oven and continue baking for about 6 more minutes or so. When they're quite golden, remove the trays and set them to cool on racks. Run a thin knife or metal spatula around the edges of the cups to loosen them before attempting to remove the cookie cups.
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33 comments:
- Mal said...
I love buckeyes, this is a great idea
- September 23, 2011 at 12:37 PM
- Team Pfeiste said...
Let me wipe away my drool first... There we go. These look delicious. Favorite cookie: the simple double chocolate chip.
- September 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM
- Mitinita said...
Awesome cookies! My favorite cookie is raisin with saffron.
- September 23, 2011 at 2:38 PM
- kevinl2 said...
Oatmeal w/ choc chips & pecans. Wonderful...
- September 23, 2011 at 4:50 PM
- RAnni said...
Grew up in Ann Arbor so I'm actually a UM fan. I hope that doesn't eliminated me from the giveaway... :D Favorite recipe is for blueberry banana bread; it uses a cup of yogurt for extra moistness. There is something about the smell of baked banana goods that makes me feel pure joy.
- September 23, 2011 at 5:24 PM
seems like that should be an easy question to answer but i find it is not as "favorite" seems to vary w/ season and mood. pumpkins cookies in the fall, mexican wedding cookies at christmas, peanut butter in the summer, and then sometimes it is only oatmeal with coconut and chocolate chip that will satifisfy.
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- September 23, 2011 at 5:30 PM
- Marie driscoll said...
Every Christmas, I make a lace cookie, and that is my favorite!
- September 23, 2011 at 7:06 PM
Your buckeyes look so goodl !
My favourite cookie : double chocolate chip cookies with macadamia nuts.
Thank you for the giveaway
Christine T
- September 24, 2011 at 4:27 AM
Whoa! My favorite candy in a cookie!
- September 24, 2011 at 7:34 AM
These would be an awesome addition on a cookie platter for the holidays. I don't have a favorite cookie, because cookies are my weakness and I love them all, but anything with chocolate is great. Thanks.
girolamo at sympatico dot ca
- September 24, 2011 at 10:43 AM
- Ally said...
I love pretzel cupcakes (add extra baking soda and a sprinkle of salt to make them taste like pretzels) with sea-salt caramel frosting!
- September 24, 2011 at 11:56 AM
Cookies...oh, how do I love thee?
Y'know, I don't even know if it's possible for me to single out one as my ultimate favourite cookie.
Let's see...there are the wonderful, comforting, perfect with a cuppa (tea or coffee) Chocolate Digestives (a must-have in every Irish kitchen).
Or how about simple but lovely Christmas crisp on the outside, thin and crunchy and buttery sugar cookies?
And who can leave out Girl Scout cookies? The wonderful Mint Thins...and come to that, the oh-so-satisfying Samoas!
And then there's the humble but oh so wonderful chocolate chip...and the soft and chewy, so chewy where you could almost bend them in the middle oatmeal cookies.
It's not easy, this one! There are just so many amazing cookies out there to love...
- September 24, 2011 at 12:38 PM
But wait! Am I too late to add this one?!
I forgot about those amazing, big as in huge, half-soft/half crunchy but always wonderfully crumbly ultra-buttery butter that were ever-so-slightly-browned-at-the-edges cookies from the bakery with multi-coloured sprinkles on them.
I used to daydream of these beauties while in the library studying (or attempting to study, knowing, knowing that right next door was our local Italian bakery).
And then, to walk right into the bakery and have them greet me through the bakery's beautiful gleaming display case and counter, with all their beautiful cakes, cookies, pies and muffins...waiting my turn till the shopkeeper asked what I'd like, and to see her reach into the display case and take out one (or sometimes two if was feeling extra decadent) of these beautiful looking discs of delight and put them in a white paper bag for me...ahhh...it was all I could do to not finish an entire cookie off before I reached home, and have it with a big, tall, cold glass of milk.
Heaven, in those days, was definitely a big, round super-butter, super-delicious, super crumbly cookie with hundreds of sparkly sugar crystals and multi-coloured sprinkles on them.
Thanks for helping me to remember how life was sweet back then...quite literally if you had one of those cookies!
- September 24, 2011 at 12:49 PM
I love making Maple Creams, Caramels, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes!!
- September 24, 2011 at 1:34 PM
unduretewhat a wonderful site!!I just love reading about your son and your adventures. Your home will seem very quiet for some time but you get used to it. I always wanted to make buckeyes because they look so cute to me; however, I am not that brave. They look yummy. My husband is not a sweets person so I have a lot in the freezer. I am going to make your buckeye chocolate chip cookies soon though, I know he will like those. what man would not.Thank you for your delicious sounding recipes and pictures. Can't wait to read your whole blog. Have a good day.
- September 24, 2011 at 1:51 PM
I too, love pb and c. I love your site and all the interesting reading. You must be a great cook. Now you have time to load up the freezer for all your son's cookie requests. You know there will be plenty. Great that he is going to college. I love to bake cookies but I love to eat them also. Hope all continues to go great for you and keep that stove working. :)
- September 24, 2011 at 1:56 PM
- Marigene said...
Yummy looking cookies!
- September 24, 2011 at 7:48 PM
I don't think these buckeyes would last long enough to make it into cookies at my house! My favorite cookie? Oatmeal-cranberry or chocolate chip-pecan. Yum!
- September 24, 2011 at 9:02 PM
Love your blog. I live in Columbus and my husband is a U of Mich alum. Favorite cookie: chocolate chip with walnuts. I made your cream cheese blondies earlier this week, and they were delicious.
- September 24, 2011 at 9:58 PM
- Cindy B. said...
My favorite cookie is Oatmeal Raisin.
- September 25, 2011 at 12:01 AM
My favorite cookies is almond chocolate chip. Mixue email@example.com
- September 25, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- mrswiens said...
Peanut Butter Cups and Chocolate Chip cookies are 2 of my favorite things! These look delicious!
My favorite cookie is a ginger cream because they remind me of visiting my grannie - she always had a kitchen full of homemade cookies for us when we got there!
- September 25, 2011 at 10:24 AM
- Kit Redmond said...
Jane, i love you blog, especially the pastry school posts. You are very brave. I'm too lazy to go look up the recipe's official name. The cookie is a Dorie chocolate shortbread with espresso & chocolate chips. I could eat the entire batch in one sitting.
- September 25, 2011 at 1:19 PM
- Kit Redmond said...
A clarification. I used my husband Kit's account for my comment. I'm Mary & I'm not a tank aficionado. Hve a great weekend.
- September 25, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Michelle@TheCommonMeringue said...
My favorite cookie of all time is oatmeal blueberry. We had them for the first time in Northern Michigan about 20 years ago and I had never eaten anything like them. Crisp, chewy and warm - they are the cookie that always comes to mind when I think of something really special and unique.
Love the buckeyes! Now I am going to have to make those too!
- September 25, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Avanika [YumsiliciousBakes] said...
Congratulations on sending your first child off. I'm getting ready to move continents to study too [post grad], so I totally get it. Those buckeyes look delicious, not being from America, all I'd seen were buckeye candies. Can't wait to try this.
Also, would LOVE to win those books, I'd inaugarate them over at Uni :D
- September 26, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- kitchen flavours said...
I have not heard of Buckeye Chocolate-Chip Cookie before, they sure look really good! Would love to enter the Giveaway! My favourite cookie is a traditional local cookie, called "Kueh Bangkit". My mom used to make the most tastiest and lightest biscuits that melts in your mouth!
Thank you for the giveaway! Have a nice day!
- September 26, 2011 at 10:56 PM
- grace said...
i love buckeyes, but i've never seen them combined with chocolate chip cookies--i love it! my favorite cookie to date is the simple but satisfying oatmeal scotchie. so tasty.
- September 27, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Coco and Isa said...
I love double chocolate cookies!
- September 27, 2011 at 9:06 PM
Loving this recipe! Right now, I'm working on perfecting the best chocolate chip cookie-it's been fun testing!! Hope to win these beautiful books.
- September 27, 2011 at 11:27 PM
- Courtney said...
What a treat! These look like you could just pop half of a batch in your mouth when they're just out of the oven! I've been cookie experimenting, and I just stumbled across the BEST RECIPE for CHOCOLATE CHIP cookies! check it out at: http://bestcookiequest.blogspot.com
- October 3, 2011 at 11:26 PM
- Erin @ The Spiffy Cookie said...
I adore buckeyes, both cheering on the football team and eating the candy representations of the nuts. I've made thumbprint/blossom peanut butter cookies with buckeyes in the center before but I like the presentation of the cookie cups!
- May 15, 2015 at 12:07 PM
- Annie said...
Awesome post. I love your recipe and your blog much. A lot of useful posts I can read and learn
- September 26, 2015 at 11:18 AM

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Again, thanks everyone for your comments and suggestions, resources, etc.
Hopefully this gent and I can agree to disagree on this issue. It might be interesting - we are both leaders in a boy's program at our church.
I don't think I'll push things any farther - he seems to be in the mindset that the science I present is merely tearing Scripture down.
This whole thing started because I attended a YEC seminar - I was interested in seeing what they present, in order to gain an understanding of what some of my students come to class with. The seminar was at a different church, across town - so I hoped I could be there anonymously. This gent from my church also attended, leading to the inevitable conversation.
The presentation was such a barrage of misinformation it had to be seen to be believed. Yet the talk received a steady stream of appreciative laughter and amens throughout. They even passed the offering plate.
I remember thinking how nice it would be to have the audience say amen during one of my genetics / cell biology talks. :)
On 26/10/08 8:27 AM, "Dick Fischer" <email@example.com> wrote:
You might try pointing them to the evidence and offering to discuss it
with you after they have seen it. If they don't look, don't bother.
Here are two articles I wrote for PSCF that should help:
Dick Fischer, GPA president
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"Finding Harmony in Bible, Science and History"
-----Original Message-----
From: firstname.lastname@example.com [mailto:email@example.com] On
Behalf Of Jim Armstrong
Sent: Sunday, October 26, 2008 9:55 AM
To: ASA
Subject: Re: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs
Don't you think that there is also a fortress mentality in play here for
many, ...a defending of the faith? For so many, the curiosity, doubt and
skepticism that serves us so well in growing and maturing in other
aspects of life has been framed in church life as a threatening to our
faith. In my experience, there are many who will not chance to read,
hear or consider anything which is at variance from whatever form or
orthodoxy they have adopted or grown up with, regarding it as a
temptation and therefore a threat. For them, it matter of good
stewardship and spiritual maturity to be able deflect such threats
without them leaving any marks. It registers as sad to me, but that is
my perspective and certainly not theirs. On the other hand, it suggests
that there is indeed a certain hazard involved when we pick away at an
important part of another's worldview, and we may want to do so (or
not!) carefully and respectfully. That does not mean we need to cede
anything, just be respectful.
On the other hand, there are situations where the choice of response
might be context sensitive, as is the case where something larger is at
stake like attempts to extend beliefs and practices into the school
system. But in these cases, the argument is generally before a third
party, a different proposition.
JimA [Friend of ASA]
Dehler, Bernie wrote:
> George said:
> "I see the YEC antiscience position as religious hubris and not unlike
> that found in the Pharisees."
> As a former YEC, I strongly disagree. I think the first problem is
> that science is very deep, and the vast population is scientifically
> illiterate (for example, in chemistry, DNA, cosmology, etc.).
> Therefore, the plain and literal interpretation of Genesis seems quite
> reasonable to the masses. The only reason for not taking it literally,
> and the gospel attached to that interpretation, is because of modern
> science. Therefore, science is the key, and the mover that will move
> people away from YEC. Arguing Biblical interpretation will do nothing,
> because without the science, God could still have done it that way.
> What's really important is the evidence from science saying it
> couldn't have happened the YEC way.
> Could God have created Adam and Eve 6,000 years ago? Of course! That
> is, until you look at the scientific evidence, then it is "of course
> Tell the YEC "I used to believe as you do, until I saw the scientific
> evidence." Then they will say "Like what?" or "what about XYZ?" Now
> you have your learning moment all primed. Be patient. And when being
> accused of being a heretic, don't react, but act (play Obama, not
> McCain, cool as a cucumber). Remind them of other Christians who came
> to the same conclusion as yourself- people they may recognize and
> honor- such as CS Lewis. Some fundamentalists think CS Lewis was a
> devil because of his theology, but I'm assuming your church isn't that
> fundamentalist. very likely, few are that fundamentalist, and they
> self-destruct or implode when they get too big, I think.
> .Bernie
> *From:* email@example.com [mailto:email@example.com]
> *On Behalf Of *George Cooper
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:45 AM
> *To:* ASA
> *Subject:* [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs
> [This is a bit long, but time will not allow me another shot at this.]
> Many statements have been accurately given that epitomize the heart of
> the problem.
> Ian: On another occasion one YEC pastor told me "if I believed, as you
> that the world is billions of years old, then I would leave the faith
> and become an atheist". It didn't give me much incentive to go on and
> try and persuade him the earth was billions of years old!
> Yep, notice there is no hint that their interpretation involves
> interpretation. They are quite comfortable taking the more exciting
> zealous warrior position of defending God's Word (no matter what the
> evidence or alternate interpretation; "a day is a day is a day". To
> not accept a 24 hour day period will bring, quoting Ken Ham in his
> video, "the collapse of Christianity". [Ham's statement was very
> annoying and it speaks very poorly of the leader of Christianity,
> Christ Himself.]
> I see the YEC antiscience position as religious hubris and not unlike
> that found in the Pharisees. This is not a condemnation on YEC
> individuals that I am making, however. My YEC friends and fellow
> church members are truly wonderful folks that, indeed, do wonderful
> things for others, and I take pleasure in working with them in any
> project. Wisely, we simply avoid this area of contention. [Guess to
> whom I can do my venting? :)]
> It also makes some sense that some of the more faithful (no sarcasm
> meant) could be more susceptible to adopting positions that are strong
> literal views. The most direct and simplistic reading of Genesis does
> favor their position, given that all scientific evidence be deemed
> unfit to allow any sway to this literal interpretation. Adding science
> to the mix is like adding oil to holy water.
> Ian said: I was accused of being "incompetent" at one point, for
> example. There are certain people on the list who seem to froth at the
> mouth at the sight of a YEC, and who think it's perfectly acceptable
> to indulge in ad hominem attacks.
> This is unfortunate and ad hominems can come from both camps as both
> are convinced the other is wrong and damaging to their belief.
> Murray said: My only suggestion is to find out what reasons the person
> concerned has - from their own perspective - for holding to a YEC
> position.
> Good advice. This makes you a listener who is showing respect for
> other's views. Respect begets respect. "...before honor comes
> humility." (Proverbs 15:33 NAS).
> Moorad said: We are inundated with people who profess the Christian
> faith and are doing all sorts of damage by bearing a false witness and
> so driving people away from the Lord. Those who take Genesis literally
> ought to be the least of our worries.
> As a science forum, it should not be the least of our worries, though
> you are right in keeping our focus on more spiritual aspects of our
> faith. Yet, anything that demonstrates the Bible should not be
> believed has enormous consequences if left unchecked. The Bible should
> be in accord with scientific "fact", especially when science supports
> itself with many lines of evidence that brings these into an elegant
> confluence that is so powerful. When someone is seeking the Truth,
> Biblical concordance with science could make our witness so much more
> effective if these seekers are affected by scientific evidence. If
> this could be found in one or more literal interpretations, so much
> the better, though I admire TE views, too. [This is why I hope
> scientists will consider M-Genesis' claims and tackle them in the
> "back room" to see if it has merit.]
> Mike said: If he is not interested in looking at any evidence, then
> you need to either agree to disagree or agree to look at the evidence.
> Perhaps you should gently inform him that you have looked at the
> evidence, and if there was good evidence for YEC, you, as a fellow
> Christian, would gladly embrace it.
> Nicely said.
> One bit of evidence that you may wish to point out is found in
> comparing two of the same Biblical genealogies. In Ezra 7 we find nine
> generations from Aaron to Amariah. Yet, in 1 Chronicles 6, there are
> fifteen generations; six more than in Ezra. This alone opens the door
> to the idea that many more generations may exist where we don't have
> an account. Thus, the idea that "6000" years is cast in stone, now has
> a crack. They may suggest you are the one cracked, but you are at
> least arguing from scripture and you are being literal, too. That
> isn't suppose to happen.
> Dennis said: Alas, he has said that he does not want to read "anything
> from my side" of the debate because he already knows that it will be
> in conflict with Scripture.
> Yep, that's it in a nutshell. Interpretation is no longer considered
> applicable. They have the pure version, and you don't. At least you
> won't be placed under house arrest, like Galileo was.
> Coope
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One of the conditions for putting the kegerator into the built in at our house was to get a couple of faucet locks. It's not so much for my kids, who have grown up around home brewed beer, but more for the friends that will come over in the future. I have two of the ones pictured (think I paid a bit less for them). They work just fine. If I were actually worried about it, I was just remove the CO2 tank and put a rattlesnake in the kegerator.
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Over in the Sommerset hood of the Apartments district, the Brotherhood are pushing naughty things from prostitution to gambling on poor, unsuspecting, wholesome college students. We need to improve the education system of America by giving these ne'er-do-wells a crash course in pain!
This is a four-part mission, essentially, but they're all really short. The first three parts have you going into three tiny buildings and killing a couple lieutenants in each. The final part has you tracking down a slow-moving bus, a mobile drug lab, that you just need to blow up. Simple as that, and you won't necessarily even need followers to do it.
|Mission 3-12: Imperial Square Pagodas
Over in the Little Shanghai in the Chinatown district, Pierce as the idea to shakedown local shops for protection money. Drive around to the four marked shops, and break the tables and such outside each to make the shop owner appear. Disarm yourself, then beat the snot out of each owner to make them turn over their businesses to you.
After all four shops turn, another one will unlock. This one is a major hotel in the district, and the theory is that if he turns, the rest will follow. Drive over, and you'll encounter much harsher resistance here. Take out everyone, then get in the hotel and break a few objects. The owner will be out shortly: kick his gluteus maximus, and you'll have the hood.
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The third Brotherhood stronghold is down south at the airport. Shaundi reports that Maero is sending money to someone, and that some sort of deal will be going down soon here. The first step is to haul butt to the Brotherhood computer nearby and stop them from doing a money transfer. Once you get to it, just press the indicated button, and you'll set it to transfer to your gang's bank account too.
You'll have to defend it for one minute. The enemies will try to vault over the chunk of wall that held a window, and while they do so, they're weaponless. Just aim your SMG or assault rifle at the spot they're vaulting, wait until they're in the middle of the animation of it, then pop 'em. Some guys may try coming through the door, but your allies should be able to take them out (or at least delay them until you get a chance).
Once the minute ticks out, you'll get a checkpoint. Exit the hangar, then you'll have to blow up some vehicles of the Brotherhood. You'll have a lot of resistance again, but you can use part of the hangar as cover while you work slowly around the perimeter and take out the soft targets before hitting the vehicles.
After smoking the trucks, you'll need to hit the planes. Grab a car (there are several around), and zip down the runway. The planes will attempt to leave shortly, and if one escapes, your mission fails. Your shotgun and your RPG will make short work of the grounded planes, and you can use your SMG as a drive by tool against the couple planes trying to take off.
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I love my 225 Maristar more than anything. This 1998 has run perfect since I bought it 3 years ago. I keep up on all the maintenance and will do whatever it takes to keep my beast in great running condition.
Recently, I found an excessive amount of transmission fluid in the hull. I checked the level of the transmission fluid which seemed to be ok and the math of how much fluid was in the hull to how much was missing from the transmission did not seem to be adding up.
I went out this 4th of July weekend and wakeboarded to my hearts content. Monday, I checked the transmission fluid and it was - VERY LOW, and more fluid was in the hull. I again pumped all fluid out of the hull and the transmission preparing for a full transmission flush.
Before I finish the flush (put new fluid in) - what could be causing this, engine runs clean, but I am doing a full overhaul, new transmission fluid, new oil and filter, and new plugs and cables this Thursday.
I am also replacing the oil cooler as I was told to. Is this the right course of action ... Could it be anything else ... Does anybody have suggestions for the best plugs & cables, transmission fluid (ie, synthetic?) and Oil and filther (again Synthetic?).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Could be leaking from the oil cooler, or it could be the hoses that go to and from it, so I'd replace those too while you're at it. Could also be the front or rear seals on the tranny (ouch), or sometimes there can be a leak from the seal where the shift lever goes through the housing.
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This year's convention (as was last year's, for that matter) was dominated by chatter about how we can keep you, our readers, from "stealing" the news. That's right, stealing the news.
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So, I think most of us have a bilateral let down?
Baby feeds on one side and once let down starts the other breast starts let down as well.
My question ...
If you stopped let down in the breast she wasn't nursing on by applying pressure are you subconsciously telling your body you don't want a let down?
And how can you increase the let down in the breast that has let down with no baby attached once she does attach - as I seem to only get one let down per boob.
I know it's an odd thing to ask but a let down is partially a conditioned response - hence if you're stressed your let down takes longer to kick in.
So therefore should you let the other breast flow and lose that milk, or should you apply pressure and make it stop so she can get that milk - hoping you get another let down on that breast if she nurses on both in one sitting!?
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Westminster Wellstood Mystery Part 2: An artwork trace overlaps the search for Sensation, Westminster Kennel Club's (WKC) iconic Pointer buried in Babylon in 1887. Last week's "Pets" described the 1879 Wellstood steel engraving of Sensation's silhouette which became symbolic of the famous dog show. Part 2 will trace the convoluted, "crime show" history of a copy of that print that found its way to Babylon, hours before a presentation about Sensation.
Brief Recap of Part 1: In 1879, a Wellstood engraving of Sensation at point was offered to the best of his offspring at the WKC show. The print was displayed over the celebrity Pointer himself in the benching area, and was awarded to his daughter Dutchess who happened to be a Babylon WKC puppy. Furthermore, the winning pup's Dad and "Whisky" her Mom were buried in front of the WKC clubhouse near Southards Pond. The whereabouts of that prize print and its original plate remain unknown. Rare black & white 1879 copies do exist.
For a long time, WKC didn't have a Wellstood, until one was discovered in 1935 among the collection of a South Carolina sportsman named Kirkover. A year later, WKC borrowed that print to make "a sufficient number" for members and select friends reproduced by the "Max Jaffee process". Exact quantity unknown. The full Part 1 is available online in last week's "Pets" (Beacon 3/8/12).
Wellstood on Ebay: Last June, while I was preparing for a talk about my Babylon WKC findings at the Old Town Hall Historical Museum, research pal, Karen Blasche, historian for the American Pointer Club, found a framed copy of the print in Texas on Ebay. She documents all things Pointer for Pointer posterity, and had kept a scan of the last Wellstood she saw for sale in 2000. Her friend won that one unframed. We compared dimensions and detail. They matched except for the color.
The latest seller had copied the blurb off Westminster's website, including the part about Sensation being buried in Babylon. I got the impression he wasn't an expert on dog art. Did he understand the print's significance? He said he worked for Mayflower movers. He collected old prints, lithographs and antiques. A year before he made an offer to a customer with some old, unwanted prints in her closet. Imagine the discarded treasures movers see. Of course, I had to bid on the Wellstood, and hope someday to preservation frame it so it can hang in the same museum where Sensation made a brief easel debut last spring.
Other color copies, perhaps: At the time it seemed odd that the latest Wellstood was in muted color, rather than black & white, but that was before we knew the Jaffee "collotype" process could reproduce high-quality copies in monochrome or color. When I asked Mr. Stifel, WKC historian, if he had ever seen any like this listing, he replied that a copy in the WKC office had vestiges of color and that, in 2002, a Salt Lake City woman tried to sell Westminster a similar sounding copy that had been in her stepfather's billiard room for several thousand dollars. He believed hers and mine might be 1936 Kirkover reprints but it appeared the Library of Congress line was missing on both so he couldn't be sure. They might be from a different plate. I feared a cheap commercial copy.
Upon closer inspection under a magnifying glass, the Library of Congress line and the corner notations of "Drawn by J. Wellstood" and "Engraved by W. Wellstood" are faint but definitely evident on my color copy. I was ecstatic, thinking it one of the 1936 WKC commissioned Kirkovers.
Tracing the Texas Print: Because we suspect but cannot verify the print's previous owner's connection to a crime, names have been omitted to protect identities. So how did the print get in the lady's closet? Luckily the Fort Worth framer had tagged the back of the print with his phone number. Would he remember this job? He told me that over 20 years ago he framed many dog prints, of which Wellstood may have been one, for a local man who owned Poodles and had a grooming "camp." He gave me a first and last name, and added he hadn't seen him lately.
Seems that everyone in Texas uses three names, and a Google search turned up that exact name with Wayne as a middle name of a man from Fort Worth who had died in 2009 at age 62 awaiting a liver transplant. His sister was his caretaker. Might she be the woman the mover met with the prints in her closet?
The deceased brother was an Air Force veteran, later policeman and private pilot who flew Lear jets out of Love Field which is an ironic tie-in, because the 1918 aerial photos taken over Southards Pond that appear to show the Westminster clubhouse right before it burned down, were taken by the 277th Aero Squadron which was organized during WWI at Love Field.
Further digging uncovered a 1981 US appeals court brief where a Texas pilot of the same triple name testified against his employers and pleaded guilty during a case involving marijuana smuggling and destroying a leased plane in Mexico. Though I desperately wanted confirmation, I never got up the nerve to call the framer back to ask if his late Poodle owning customer was also a pilot. Was my Wellstood print of Sensation once purchased with drug money? Inquiring minds want to know.
Adoptables at Babylon Town Shelter (631-643- 9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: This tiny Maltese/Westie leprechaun #12-153 was found in N. Amityville. He is an older cutie, content to sit on your lap. "Samantha" #12-115 a stray PBGV mix needs a home without cats or small kids. What's a PBGV, you ask? The letters stand for the breed- Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen.
Male: two Puggles; Tobey, the Hound mix pup; a parade of pleasant Pits.
Female: Delilah, queen of the shelter office; Lucy- Lab/ Chow; Diamond, Ms. Piggy, Emma from the Pit parade.
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Earlier this week, there was chatter that The Pirate Bay, a popular BitTorrent site, had moved its servers to North Korea. That was a hoax.
According to North Korea Tech, The Pirate Bay originally said it was setting sail for North Korea in the wake of ongoing pressure.
The Pirate Bay allows users to index and thus download, pirated movies, music and video games. The move was seen as some sort of virtual asylum.
After announcing that it was moving to North Korea, the site did appear to be connected to a North Korean internet address. That, however, was some tech trickery on The Pirate Bay's part, as the site did not relocate its servers to North Korea.
An admission that the whole thing was a "stunt" showed up on the site's Facebook page, adding that:
We've also learned that many of you need to be more critical. Even towards us. You can't seriously cheer the "fact" that we moved our servers to bloody North Korea. Applauds to you who told us to fuck off. Always stay critical. Towards everyone!
Above is a photo of Kim Jong-un and Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde. Yes, it's Photoshopped.
Pirate Bay comes clean on North Korea hoax [North Korea Tech]


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LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE: AF) (the "Company"), the holding company for Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association ("Astoria Federal"), announced today that their Boards of Directors appointed Patricia "Pat" M. Nazemetz, effective January 23, 2013, to serve as a director of both the Company and Astoria Federal.
Ms. Nazemetz, 62, a seasoned executive and board director, is Founder and Principal of NAZ DEC LLC, a talent consultancy specializing in executive succession strategies as well as the design of effective executive transitions. Prior to this, Ms. Nazemetz was Corporate Vice President, Human Resources at Xerox Corporation, responsible for all HR programs and practices. In this role she advised and counseled the CEO and senior management on matters including: Organizational Dynamics; Compensation and Benefits; Learning and Development; Diversity and, Legal and Compliance initiatives. She also served as the Chief Ethics Officer for Xerox. Ms. Nazemetz is currently a member of the Board of Directors of WMS Industries, a NYSE listed company, and chairs its Compensation Committee and is a member of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee.
A graduate of Fordham University, Ms. Nazemetz holds a master's degree in Philosophy and bachelor's degree in Mathematics. Pat has been supportive of many organizations and charities. Locally, she serves on the Board of the Catholic Health Services of Long Island, and chairs the Personnel and Benefits Committee and serves as a member of the Compensation and Audit Committees. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Fordham University, serving on the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee and the Mission and Identity Committee. In addition, Pat has also served on the Physician Payment Review Commission by Congressional appointment and was inducted into the YWCA Academy of Women Achievers.
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DOVER — Most basketball teams are excited about the start of a game. The Nute High School girls team hasn't had much good fortune with its first-half play, so the Rams get pumped up for the second half.
That backwards formula worked to a tee on Thursday as the Rams used a 22-point barrage over the final 10 minutes of the game to beat Portsmouth Christian in Division IV action, 42-27.
The Rams trailed PCA 23-20 with two minutes to play in the third quarter after Nicole Dudley buried a 3-pointer from the top of the key.
Alicia Flanagan, who scored all of her team-high 13 points in the second half, hit one foul shot and Ashley Shipman added a follow shot to tie up the score at 23-all after three stops.
"The second half has always been our strongest point," Flanagan said. "In the first half we are learning what the (other) team is doing and then figuring out how to defend it. So the second half when we knew, it clicked."
Flanagan really heated up in the fourth quarter, scoring 10 of her points as Nute outscored PCA 19-4 on 8-of-16 shooting to win going away.
"We've been struggling in the first half for three games," said Nute coach Jane Weymouth. "For us to have 16 points in the first half is actually an accomplishment. We were happy to be tied with 16 minutes to go. ... We started playing some pretty good defense. We kept our big people in the paint. We went to a 3-2, which we've never really done as a team before. We brought Alicia up front and she's a big, strong girl. If you can't handle the ball, she's going to take every opportunity to get it from you and run the floor. She did that quite well a couple times."
Flanagan hit a 14-footer to put the Rams ahead for good, 25-23, 36 seconds into the fourth quarter. She followed that with a layup on a feed from Shipman and two free throws to give Nute a 29-23 lead.
PCA's Maddie Skubisz hit a shot from the corner to momentarily stem the tide and close the margin to four (29-25).
Nute scored 13 unanswered points to put the game away, led by Flanagan with four points, a 3-pointer by freshman Alissa Mitchell (12 points), and buckets from Abby Flanagan, Brittany Locke and Shipman.
"We haven't won a lot of games, so it felt pretty awesome," Alisha Flanagan said of her team's late explosion. "This (win) is really going to help us. It's going to boost our confidence."
Only four players scored for the Eagles, led by Kim Gendron with 12 points and Nicole Dudley with eight.
"It's kind of been our pattern the last couple games," said PCA coach Mike Hickey. "We have a strong start in the first half and even in the third quarter, and then we slow down on offense. They changed up their defense and it was very effective. It was a 3-2 that kind of took us out of our element a bit and slowed us down. That's when they were able to make their run."
It was a painful first half, which saw the two teams combine to make 10 of 67 shots, while committing 17 turnovers each.
The third quarter wasn't much better as the two shot 6 of 39 from the field between them.
Nute, 9 of 61 through three quarters from the field, finally heated up in the fourth quarter and found its offensive groove.
Mitchell kept the Rams in the game in the first half with nine of her 12 points. This is her third game up with the varsity and her first straight varsity game after starting the season with the JV team.
"She's a talented kid," Weymouth added. "She runs the floor well and makes our offense a little bit more fluid. She tries to create."
Portsmouth Christian is off until Jan. 4 at Pittsfield. Nute plays next Wednesday in the Farmington holiday tournament.
Nute, 42-27
NUTE (42) — Al. Flanagan 5-3-13, Mitchell 4-3-12, Shipman 3-0-6, Locke 1-1-3, Burke 1-0-2, Taatjes 1-0-2, St. Lawrence 1-0-2, Ab. Flanagan 1-0-2, Guindon 0-0-0, Cummer 0-0-0. Totals: 17-7-42.
PORTSMOUTH CH. (27) — Gendron 3-6-12, Dudley 3-0-8, Vining 1-0-3, Skubisz 2-0-4, Sbrilli 0-0-0, Fontneau-Ramos 0-0-0, Hurd 0-0-0, James 0-0-0, Smith 0-0-0. Totals: 9-6-27.
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3-pointers: N-1 (Mitchell), P-3 (Dudley 2, Vining).


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The biggest complaint about Chrome is the absence of an extension framework, something that made Firefox such a beloved browser. We already know Google is working on such a framework, but when is it coming? "We're working on that. As we said in the blog this is coming this year and it's certainly something that you want." Bak explains, "But when you are working on a new project it's important to focus on the basics, like our UI for instance, and I think other things come later and that's what we're doing."
I'm personally not very interested in an extension framework, mostly because, well, I don't use any extensions; I do use Flashblock on Firefox on Linux, but that's only because Flash has a tendency to crash, bringing down Firefox as a whole. Thanks to Chrome being modern and having a multi-process design, there's no need for such an extension. I just kill a crashed tab, and move on.
Still, it is obvious that it is a much-requested feature, but I do hope (in vain, I know) they release a build of Chrome without all that user-requested stuff, so I can continue to use Chrome for the same reason I'm using it now: no-nonsense, to-the-point browsing. I don't need my browser to make me coffee while gently rocking me back and forth - I need it to show web pages.


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Greenwich hockey team's patience pays off in win over Staples
GREENWICH -- Despite having nothing to show on the scoreboard for a 12-shot first period on Saturday evening, the Greenwich High boys hockey team didn't lose its patience.
Instead, the Cardinals -- scoreless with Staples-Weston-Shelton after one -- continued to fire away on net.
The goals eventually came, one after another.
Spurred on by junior defenseman Reed Brady's goal with 11:35 left in the second, Greenwich scored four times in each of the final two periods, pummeling a depleted Staples team 8-3 at Dorothy Hamill Rink.
"You don't want to change a lot of things. Keep doing what you're doing," Greenwich head coach Bob Russel said. "Get to the net a little better, look for tips, look for all the right things.
"You figure one's going to come, and once you break the seal sometimes they come easier, which is kind of what happened."
Seven different Cardinals scored, led by sophomore forward Decker Curran, who had two goals. Curran beat Staples goalie Matthew Beckoff top-shelf with a slap shot to make it 3-1 Cardinals with 3:15 in the second period, and capped the scoring with two seconds left in the third.
Greenwich, now winners of three straight, moved to 5-3 on the season.
"In previous games, we had so much trouble coming out hard. Our intensity wasn't there," Curran said. "The second period, we were all in the locker room, everything was quiet. We wanted to come out on the ice and just work our hardest. That's what we did."
Entering Saturday on a three-game slide, Staples (3-5) dressed just nine skaters due to a dance, injuries and suspensions, the latter stemming from a fight that took place during a 5-3 loss to Stamford on Jan. 5.
"Playing with nine guys is tough," Staples head coach Ralph Unker said. "You have guys that don't normally get more than maybe 10 minutes a game getting 25 minutes. Guys that are usually getting the 30 minutes didn't play at all."
Beckoff, a sophomore, made just his second varsity appearance in goal -- in place of William Englehart -- and faced 38 shots, stopping 30 of them.
Shut out in the first despite firing 12 shots and twice going on the power play, Greenwich capitalized on its chances in the second. Sophomore forward Naoya Fukuchi re-directed a slap shot from Kevin Piotrzkowski in front to make it 2-0 with 10:19 left in the second, and forward Mark Schmeiler made it 4-1 with 2:02 remaining.
The Cardinals scored on four of their 14 shots in the second period, and lit the lamp on four of their 12 shots in the third.
Staples got two goals from junior forward Sean Stewart in the loss.
"I thought he was great in the first period. He did everything right," Russel said of Beckoff. "You can say that we scored on some first shots, but there was a lot of traffic in front of him. ¦ After the first period, our guys were saying, `We're going to go to the net harder because this guy's making all the first saves.' Our guys recognized it."
Junior forward Matthew Lodato knocked home a rebound on the power play with 11:54 to go in the third, extending Greenwich's lead to 5-1.
Greenwich pushed its lead to 6-1 on a goal by forward Paul Macken, before Staples got goals from sophomore forward John Mendillo and Stewart.
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Records: Staples 3-5; Greenwich 5-3.
Goals: S--Sean Stewart 2, John Mendillo. G--Decker Curran 2, Reed Brady, Naoya Fukuchi, Mark Schmeiler, Matthew Lodato, Paul Macken, Alex Bastone. Assists: S--Liam O'Leary 2, Ryan Gawricki. G--Curran, Kevin Piotrzkowski, Michael Stroumbakis, Fukuchi, Ian Fulton, Harrison Potash. Goalies: S--Matthew Beckoff (30 saves); G--Bryan Archino (9). Shots: S--12; G--38.


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SQL Server 2005 introduced a new tool for managing servers and databases: SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). SSMS has more features than its predecessors in earlier SQL Server versions—and some of those can take a little while to figure out. To help ease the learning curve, I'll provide some tips on how to use SSMS effectively for tasks such as querying and reporting, focusing on features that are less obvious to new users. I'll base this discussion on SSMS in SQL Server 2005 SP2. If you're using an earlier version, some features, captions, or menu options might be slightly different.
Exploring Object Explorer
When you open SSMS, most often you'll either use the Object Explorer window to work with servers and databases, or you'll execute queries. Object Explorer features a welcome enhancement: asynchronous loading of object lists. Rather than making you wait while a list of objects is retrieved from the server, SSMS gives you a visual notification and lets you proceed with other tasks in the meantime.
You might have noticed that when you right-click most objects in Object Explorer, you get many options for scripting the object (e.g., Create, Alter, Drop). You can output the script into a new window, the Clipboard, or a file. What you might not know is that you can drag and drop almost all objects from the Explorer window into a query window. In most cases, SSMS outputs the object's name into the query window. But for the Columns node, SSMS writes out the names of all columns in the table, potentially saving you a lot of typing. The table node offers many other productivity enhancements, such as improved scripting for INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and many other statements, as well as the ability to view the data or design the table. The table node's Edit function is somewhat misnamed; the Edit function pretty much just generates a CREATE script for re-creating the table.
Besides working with databases, SSMS also lets you connect to and work with SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, and also SQL Server Compact Edition. This functionality, however, is limited mainly to administration and management of deployed packages, reports, or cubes. If you want to build and debug these types of objects, you have to use Business Intelligence Development Studio. Despite the fancy name, it's really Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 equipped with SQL Server–related projects.
Working with Queries
One of my preferred options when working with queries is to have query results open in a full window. This option was somewhat easier to find in Query Analyzer than it is in SSMS. If you want to maximize the screen showing the results, go to Tools, Options, Query Results, SQL Server, Results to Grid or Results to Text and select Display Results in a separate tab. Now the query opens in a separate subtab, but it's still grouped together under the same tab with the Editor and Messages windows. You can use the F6 keyboard shortcut to switch between the query and the results.
The query results window has two neat improvements in the grid mode that aren't in Query Analyzer. First, when you highlight cells in the results and paste them into Microsoft Excel or another application, SSMS automatically inserts column names in the first row, saving you the work of typing them explicitly. Note that this feature isn't enabled by default. You can enable it in the SSMS settings; to do so, open Tools, Options, Query Results, SQL Server, Results to Grid and set the Include column headers when copying or saving the results option on.
The other not-so-obvious functionality is that you can now rearrange the order of columns in the results by simply dragging and dropping the column headers. This capability is especially useful when you're working with the results returned by a stored procedure and you want to change the order of the columns so you can examine the data more easily. You can now do so without rewriting the query in the stored procedure.
In SSMS, Microsoft rolled up the functionality of SQL Server Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer into one tool. The most common argument I've heard from DBAs against SSMS is that it can be overkill if all you need to do is quickly open a query window and run some queries. Although I love SSMS—and have been using it for more than two years—occasionally I'll still open Query Analyzer (via a keyboard shortcut saved on the desktop) when I need to do a querying task quickly.
If you fall into this camp, I might have good news for you. At the 2007 Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Community Summit, I was in a session given by a member of the SQL Server tools team who mentioned that Microsoft was seriously looking into providing the ability to load SSMS in a lightweight mode without Object Explorer and other windows. This implementation— if it happens—should improve the experience for those who still desire the speed and simplicity of Query Analyzer. In the meantime, though, here are my recommendations for making SSMS more Query Analyzer–like:
- Close unnecessary windows. SSMS comes with many windows docked on the right or on the left side— for example, Properties, Template Explorer, and Toolbox. You can eliminate some of these distractions and recover useful screen space by closing the windows you don't use often and setting the ones you use to Auto Hide (by clicking the Auto Hide pushpin so that it points to the left). I typically keep only the Registered Servers, Object Explorer, and Solution Explorer loaded and set to Auto Hide.
- Disable splash screen loading. In my tests, disabling the splash screen can cut the load time for SSMS in half. The load time is still hard to predict because sometimes for no apparent reason SSMS takes 10 to 15 seconds to load, but most of the time it loads in a second or two when the splash screen is disabled. You can disable the splash screen by adding the -nosplash command-line parameter to the SSMS shortcut, as Figure 1 shows.
- Disable certificate check. Many Microsoft programs run a check over the Internet to verify the publisher every time you start them. Disabling this option can boost the load time. You can disable this check using Microsoft Internet Explorer; to do so, go to Tools, Internet Options, click the Advanced tab, and scroll down to the Security section. Next, uncheck the Check for publisher's certificate revocation option. You should disable the certificate check only if you notice a difference in load time when this option is off—and preferably not on production servers. (For more information about the effectiveness of disabling the certificate check, see Euan Garden's blog post at blogs.msdn.com/euanga/archive/2006/07/11/662053.aspx.)
SSMS can also execute queries in SQLCMD mode. SSMS executes these queries by using the Sqlcmd utility, letting you include Sqlcmd extended commands not available in regular T-SQL. You can toggle this mode on and off on the toolbar or from the menu by selecting Query, SQLCMD Mode. This setting is unique for each query window, and the Query menu only shows when the focus in SSMS is on a query window. The query window highlights rows containing SQLCMD commands, making it easier to remember that you're working in this mode.
Working with Projects
One of the biggest advantages of SSMS's use of the Visual Studio (VS) paradigm for solutions is that it enables you to organize and use your script files into solutions and projects. Although SQL Server users who have used VS should easily understand the concept of projects and solutions, those coming from mainly a DBA background can find it a little confusing or even not very useful at first sight.
So what is an SSMS project? It's a collection of connections, script files (with the .sql extension), and other files. A project's main purpose is to organize and group related files to make working on a particular task or project easier. A solution is a collection of related projects, grouped together for ease of management. If needed, you can include the same project in multiple solutions. You can define one or more database connections in a project. Each script file is associated with the connection it was created with (although you can change the connection on the fly if you need to execute the script against a different database).
As a consultant working on multiple projects for multiple customers, I've come to greatly appreciate the ability to group and organize project files as well as my collection of saved scripts that I use for almost any project I'm working on. It's also much easier to check files into and out of SourceSafe when they're grouped in an SSMS project. Once you understand projects and solutions, you'll see the logic of organizing your existing scripts into related projects to make it easier to find them and work with them to improve your own productivity.
When you work with projects, one of the frustrating and least intuitive tasks is changing the default connection for a project script file to point to another database. When you look at the file's properties, the Associated Connection property is grayed out; SSMS doesn't let you change it. Interestingly, if the file has no default connection, SSMS lets you type in the connection name—and only then "locks" the setting. If you change the connection in the query window, the file resumes the old connection when you reopen the file. So at present, it appears that the only way to permanently change the connection associated with a script file is to remove the existing connection from the project.
SSMS has many improvements over its predecessors, but in my everyday work two features stand out for me. The first is object filtering: You can now rightclick almost any list of objects in Object Explorer and filter by name, schema, and creation date. I find this simple feature to be a huge time-saver when I work with databases that have hundreds of tables or stored procedures. The other feature I find very valuable is the improved dialog boxes. Not only do they open in a modal window, letting you switch back to SSMS if you need to (or open several dialog boxes at once), but they let you capture the generated script instead of executing it. This capability can be useful when you want to save the script for repeated execution as a scheduled job or a stored procedure—as Figure 2 shows for the BACKUP DATABASE command—or when you want to examine what SSMS executes behind the scenes.
Unfortunately SSMS still doesn't provide Intelli- Sense to save you from typing the object names in full. The buzz is that SSMS in SQL Server 2008 will provide IntelliSense for SELECT statements. Until then, you can check out SQL Prompt, a third-party code-completion tool from Red Gate Software (www.red-gate.com). SQL Prompt works as an add-on to SSMS, providing IntelliSense and a few other timesaving features, such as intelligent SQL code insertion. I've been using SQL Prompt for a while and have found that it saves me a lot of time typing in SSMS.
Working with Reports
SSMS includes a set of built-in reports to give you a better view of what's going on in the database or on the server. These reports are implemented via SSRS technology. You can open a report by right-clicking an object in Object Explorer and selecting Standard Reports. A new feature of SSMS in SQL Server 2005 SP2 is the ability to include your own custom reports and have them easily accessible, like any built-in report. Rolling out your own reports for SSMS is fairly easy if you're somewhat familiar with building reports using SSRS. Just create a report using SSRS, copy the Report Definition Language (RDL) file to any folder, and open the report by right-clicking the SQL Server instance node in Object Explorer and selecting Reports, Custom Reports from the Object Explorer pop-up menu.
After you've opened a report, SSMS adds it to the list of recently opened reports. SSMS passes in a few parameters—such as ObjectName, Object- TypeName, Filtered, ServerName, FontName, and DatabaseName—from the selected node in Object Explorer. Your report can use these parameters, so that you can develop context-sensitive reports that are well integrated into SSMS. I've included a custom report called Service Broker Queues with this article, which you can download here. The UI for Service Broker in SSMS is limited, so this report will make it easier for you to see the queues in the database, their status, and the number of messages in each queue. Note that the report runs in the database context and needs to receive the Database- Name parameter from SSMS. So, to execute the report, you need to select a database node (or any subnode below the database node) in Object Explorer.
Tap into SSMS's Power
SSMS in SQL Server 2005 is packed with functionality to help you more effectively manage queries, organize resources relevant to a management task, and work with reports. Explore SSMS for yourself, and let me know if you find any more "hidden" features.