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Myles' Weekend Adventures: Miss Exotic United States Semi-finals and Finals!
Bonjour mon amis! Comment ca va? Myles Shaffer here. This column will be about the Miss Exotic United States Pageant semi-finals and finals which were held in conjunction with the 2011 Exotic Dancer Gentlemen's Club Owners Expo, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Since there were a good number of talented and beautiful young women involved with these two events, I'm certain everybody will continue reading this column in order to learn all they can about the events.
Miss Exotic United States Pageant Semi-Finals
Sunday, August 21, I drove up to Las Vegas to cover the Exotic Dancer Gentlemen's Club Owners Expo.
That night, I went to the Little Darlings Gentlemen's Club to observe the semi-finals of the Miss Exotic United States Pageant and to take photographs of the event.
Because I needed to photograph the pageant events this year in addition to taking notes, I will not be able to describe the performers and the contestants costumes in detail, but I'll do what I can. (Don't even expect me to be able to tell anybody about the music the ladies performed to this year.)
There were some great feature dancers performing as guest stars this year in addition to the statewide winners vying for the Miss Exotic United States title.
The guest celebrity emcee for this year's semi-finals was none other than the founder of A! Entertainment News, Tony Batman!
The co-host and the first guest star performer was A! Entertainment Girl Krystle Cummings.
Krystle's costume for her guest star performance was so elaborate it is almost impossible to describe. She wore a hat similar to what a naval officer would wear a couple hundred years ago. The hat had something like a black feather boa hanging from the back of it. Stuck into the boa-like piece were three large feathers, a white one, a yellow one, and a dark blue one. Around the edge of the hat brim was a series of small white feathers. She also wore a long-sleeved mini-dress that was a reddish-pink and gold color with some red trim in the front. (Maybe I should call it a frock coat instead of a mini-dress.) Krystle's boots were obviously designed to go with the costume. (I'll be darned, if I am going to attempt to describe those boots!) Beneath her costume, Krystle wore a red bra that was covered with sequins, and a pair of long, gold, pants, also covered with sequins. Under her pants, Krystle wore a red thong. The waistband of the thong was covered with red sequins.
Following Krystle as a guest star performer was Krystle's good friend Serenna Starr.
For her performance, Serenna wore a long red low-cut, ankle-length dress that had a red and black vertically striped bodice, spaghetti shoulder-straps, and was split up the left side to the hip. Beneath her dress, she wore a small black bra and G-string-like thong set. On her legs, she wore a pair of sheer black, hip-length, hose with wide black lace bands at the tops. Serenna's footwear was a pair of black high-heeled shoes.
After Serenna, the Evil Pin-Ups made a guest star appearance. The Evil Pin-Ups are Jaded Dawn and Shay Lynn.
Jaded Dawn wore a black top-hat with a pink hatband, above elbow-length black gloves, and a white bustier with pale blue floral-designs. The bustier also had long, light pink, feather boa-like stuff hanging from the bottom edge from hip to hip around the back. The bustier also had a large hot-pink bow in the back. She also carried a long, hot-pink, feather boa. She additionally wore a pair of dark red bikini panties that were covered with sequins. On her feet she wore a pair of black high-heeled shoes.
Shay Lynn wore a black top-hat with a red hatband. If I remember correctly, she carried a long black feather boa. Next she wore a red and black corset, and red and black bra, and a pair of dark red bikini panties covered with sequins. The bra was also trimmed with strings of red beads and red ribbon bows. She also wore a pair of well above elbow-length red gloves. Shay's footwear was a pair of black high-heeled shoes.
Toward the end of their performance, Jaded and Shay each played with a pair of flaming torches.
Now came time for the contestants to perform, and the first contestant up was Miss Exotic Illinois, Lillith Sinn, representing the Gallery, De Soto, IL.
Lillith came out of her outer garments so quickly, by the time I had finished jotting down some notes and turned my attention back to my camera, she was already down to her underwear. However, I think I remember seeing her dance onto the stage in a long red dress, but I could easily be wrong. What I can say for certain is that Lillith wore a small red bra with sequins on the breast-cups, a small pair of black bikini panties, and a pair of black high-heeled shoes.
Once Lillith was down to nothing but her shoes, she performed with a long toy snake. (Lucky snake!)
By the way, Lillith is my kind of big. She told me that she is five feet eleven inches tall! I love tall women, but then, I simply love women, period!
The next contestant to perform was Miss Exotic New York, MI, representing the Deja Vu Corporation.
I'm going to call MI's performance her Poison Ivy Show, because I believe it may have been modeled after something from one of the recent Batman movies. Although, I could be wrong since I've never seen any of those movies. (I suppose I got my fill of corny Batman stuff back when there was a Batman television series years ago.)
For her show, MI wore a long red wig. She also wore a green bustier and green thong panties, both with gold trim, and a pair of white, spike-heeled, shoes.
Miss Exotic Texas, Destiny B. Wilde, representing Desiree's Gentlemen's Club, San Angelo, Texas, was the next contestant to perform.
Destiny performed what I'm going to call a jungle queen show. For this she carried a good-sized plastic bone. Next she wore an artificial leopard-skin collar, a black bra with leopard-skin breast cups, and a leopard-skin loincloth-like piece. She also wore a leopard-skin thong, knee-length leopard-skin leggings, and a pair of high-topped, high-heeled, black shoes.
After Destiny came contestant Miss Exotic Wisconsin, Miss Holiday, representing Weasel's, Eagle River, Wi.
All I remember Miss Holiday wearing was a piece of black material on her left arm that went from her wrist up to halfway between her elbow and her shoulder, a black thong, and a pair of black high-heeled shoes. I'm certain she started her show wearing more, but by the time I finished writing down some notes and turned my attention back to shooting photographs, that is all she was wearing.
Following Miss Holiday, the show continued with contestant Miss Exotic Alabama, Lil Bit, representing Boobie Bungalow, Elkton, TN, taking the stage.
For her costume, Lil Bit wore a white hat, a bra-like white halter-top with black trim, a pair of white bikini shorts with black trim, and a pair of black shoes with stiletto heels. Beneath her shorts, she wore a black G-string.
Lil Bit was followed on stage by contestant Miss Exotic Nevada, Alice, representing Little Darlings, Las Vegas, NV.
Alice's costume consisted of a lovely shade of green corselet, a black G-string and a pair of stiletto-heeled black shoes. She also wore a pair of hose on her legs, but I have no idea what color they were, nor do I know whether they were sheer or what. This is the reason why. At the start of her show, Alice sat down in a chair behind a Japanese style screen with a strong light casting her silhouette onto the screen. She then slowly and very seductively removed her hose one leg at a time. She later danced with a pair of small fans and did some rather good pole work.
Alice was followed by contestant Miss Exotic District of Columbia, Leah Bay, representing Silk T's. Leah's costume looked like some sort of a marching band uniform. The outer garments of the costume were basically a dark green with gold and some black trim. It consisted of a band helmet-style hat, a long-sleeved jacket, and a rather short mini-skirt. Beneath her jacket, Leah wore a green, black and gold bra. Under her skirt, she wore a black G-string with a green, gold and black front panel. She also wore a pair of white ankle socks and a pair of black shoes such as what a marching band member might wear.
Up next came contestant Miss Exotic Tennessee, Pleasure, representing Boobie Bungalow, Elkton, TN. Pleasure's costume was a white cowgirl hat with a black hatband, a black halter-style top, for lack of a better description, and a small pair of white short-shorts with a black waistband. Beneath her shorts, Pleasure wore a quite small thong. And on her feet, she wore a pair of almost knee-high, black, high-heeled boots with white heels.
Pleasure was followed by contestant Miss Exotic Florida, Natasha Vega, representing Xcitement Magazine. Natasha's costume was something to behold! Her jacket was really only two long black sleeves with silver fringe and held together with a black strap across the backs of her shoulders. Next she wore a pair of rather small black shorts with silver trim. She also wore a bra that was more of a series of interlocked straps decorated with shiny metal studs than it was an actual bra. Natasha also wore some sort of a black choker with something shiny in the front around her throat, and beneath her shorts, she wore a black thong that was almost a G-string. Natasha's footwear was a pair of black, spike-heeled, shoes that were more a series of straps than shoes. Her footwear also came equipped with platform soles of moderate height.
And the final contestant to perform was Miss Exotic South Dakota, Cody Cox, representing Cody Cox Bar and Grill, Dallas, SD.
Cody's costume for her show was very nearly indescribable. It was the most elaborate and beautiful cowgirl costume I believe I've ever seen! Cody wore a good-sized white cowgirl hat with a red hatband and an embroidered red rose with green leaves on the front of the crown. She also wore a long-sleeved white jacket and a pair of long chaps-like white pants with a bright red waistband. Both the jacket and the pants were decorated with red and with green, or possibly blue, symbols that appeared to be the symbols of the suits of a deck of playing cards. The jacket and the pants also had lots of long, gold, fringe, and they were both practically covered with sequins! Beneath her jacket and her pants, Cody wore a bra and thong set that matched her jacket and her pants. Cody's footwear was a pair of spike-heeled, platform-soled shoes that were held to her feet with a couple of clear plastic straps. Additionally, the shoes appeared to be hollow and transparent with a purplish-tinge to them. Cody also wore a garter on her right thigh that was covered with gold sequins. I swear, that costume should have won a prize all by itself!
The show ended with Sondra Saxon making a special guest star performance.
For her appearance on stage, Sondra performed her, "Top Gun," show.
Sondra's outer pieces of her costume were all black. Her top was a long-sleeved jacket-like garment that had several military aviation-style patches attached to it, two on each shoulder and one over each of her breasts. Sondra also wore a pair of long pants. The pants opened along the outside seams of the legs for easy removal.
Beneath her top, Sondra wore a gold sequin encrusted bra, and under her pants, she wore a thong that was also covered with gold sequins. Beneath the thong, she wore a black G-string. For footwear, Sondra wore a pair of stiletto-heeled black shoes.
Sondra has come a long way in a short time. She was a finalist in the 2009 Miss Exotic United States Pageant, and now she was a guest star performer in this year's events. (the same holds true for Krystle Cummings. Krystle was also a finalist in the 2009 event and a guest performer this year.)
Additionally, Sondra took Natasha Vega under her wing earlier this year, and she has been teaching her well. If fact, when I saw Natasha perform this night, I was absolutely amazed at how greatly she had improved in the short time since I met her in San Angelo, Texas, and saw her on a stage last April. In my opinion, Natasha is already so good a performer as the vast majority of the feature dancers I've seen over the years and considerably better than quite a few I've seen.
Any club owners and/or managers reading this should check into booking Natasha Vega to feature in their respective clubs. Everybody less should not allow an opportunity to go to a club to see Natasha perform and to meet her in person slip past them! Yes, Natasha has already had some feature gigs around the country, and I'm certain that she will get a lot more bookings now that she has attended an Expo.
Helping with the production of this year's contest was none other than the great feature performer Vanessa Young.
I ran into a good number of people I know during the evening who were not in the show including Skylar Rae (Actually, I believe Skylar was a contest judge.), Tony (Sondra Saxon's assistant), and Tim Hinojosa. Tim is the general manager of Desiree's Gentlemen's Club in San Angelo, Texas.
I also saw and spoke with Rio Rivers. Rio is the owner, director, and producer of the Miss Exotic United States Pageant.
I always enjoy time spent in Little Darlings. It is a nice, comfortable, club with some good-looking house dancers.
Karaoke XXX
Monday, August 22, I started the evening off by finding the way to the Red Label Bar to check out the first hour of Karaoke XXX. While there, I saw and spoke with the Evil Pin-Ups, Shay Lynn and Jaded Dawn, and Rebecca Love. (I was later told that a good number of adult entertainment industry people I know showed up after I had left including Tali De'Mar.)
Miss Exotic United States Pageant Finals
After leaving the Red Label, I moved over to Deja Vu Showgirls Las Vegas to observe the finals of the Miss Exotic United States Pageant and to shoot even more photos.
The master of ceremonies was once again Tony Batman. ( At a point about halfway through the show, Batman asked the audience if they were ready to see more. He then looked straight at me and asked, how about you Myles? Are you ready for some more fun? I yelled out, let's do it Batman, or something to that effect. Batman then greatly surprised me when he said, "I love your writing by the way. Very nice." After the show had ended, I thanked Batman for the unexpected plug. I then asked him, "How much do I owe you?" He chuckled and said, "Two dollars and fifty cents.")
Batman kicked things off by introducing all of the contestants, one at a time, who then posed together for group photos.
The first guest star performer to take the stage was the lovely Sondra Saxon.
On this night, Sondra performed her, "Conan the Barbarian Show." She came out onto the stage carrying a sword and wearing a headband that was decorated with a design create with silvery metal studs. The rest of the costume was basically made with all black leather. Just about all of the pieces of the costume were trimmed with real rabbit fur. Sondra also wore a pair of wristbands on her arms that went from her wrists up to her elbows.
She also wore a jacket-like piece and a piece that was somewhat like a corset. Next Sondra wore a bra with breast cups that were practically covered with silver sequins. The breast cups were also trimmed with rabbit fur along the top edges. Sondra additionally wore a thong, and beneath the thong, she wore a black G-string. She also wore a red garter on her left thigh. On her legs, she wore a pair of almost knee-length leggings that were made with leather and rabbit fur. Sondra's footwear was a pair of black shoes with stiletto heels and platform soles of moderate height.
Next to make a guest star performance was the talented Krystle Cummings.
Krystle performed this show in what appeared to be the same costume she wore Sunday night but without the gold pants.
The last guest star to perform was Rain, a.K.a., Dancer Rain, who is one of the greatest pole dancers touring the club circuit today.
Rain came onto the stage carrying a pink Japanese bamboo umbrella and wearing a blue or possibly green kimono with a multi-colored flower design. (It was a bit hard to determine the exact color because of the colored stage lighting.) Under the kimono, Rain wore a white bra and G-string-like thong set that was decorated with little green flowers made with sequins. Beneath her thong, Rain wore a flesh-colored G-string. Rain's footwear for her show was a pair of transparent, high-heeled, platform-soled, shoes that were held to her feet by transparent plastic straps.
The first contestant to perform was Cody Cox. On this night, Cody performed a Little Red Riding Hood show wearing an extremely appropriate costume.
Cody came onto the stage carrying a brown wicker basket in which she had a Cookie Monster puppet. Nearly all of the pieces of Cody's costume were literally covered with the appropriate colored sequins. The majority of the various pieces of Cody's costume were red, as they should have been.
Cody wore a hooded cape, of course. What at first appeared to be a short red dress with a white bodice turned out to be a shiny, white, off-the-shoulder midriff-blouse, a corset and a short skirt. (The edges of all the red pieces of the costume were trimmed with narrow lines of white.) Beneath her outer garments, Cody wore a red bra, a red G-string-like thong, and a red garter on her right thigh. On her feet, Cody wore a pair of white ankle socks and a pair of black and white shoes.
After Cody was down to just her shoes, socks and thong, she positioned herself on her back on the stage floor with her legs up in the air and spread in a wide V. She then pulled her Cookie Monster puppet out of her basket, placed him down by her crotch, and did comical things with him while the DJ played, "Cookie Monster Sings C for Cookie."
Next to perform was contestant Destiny B. Wilde.
For her performance, Destiny wore a black top hat, a choker encrusted with diamond-like stones, a black bra and a black G-string. She also wore a pair of black, knee-length, boots with spiked heels and platform soles. In addition to the rest of her costume, Destiny wore a set of wing-like large pieces of silvery satin material. While she danced, Destiny twirled, whirled and swirled the wing-like pieces in such a way as to make them swoop and billow about and around her body.
After Destiny came a performance by contestant Alice. Alice wore the same costume and performed the same show as Sunday night.
The next contestant on the stage was MI. MI performed the same show wearing the same costume as she did Sunday night. The one exception was that she used two house dancers as extras instead of two men.
Miss Holiday was the next contestant to perform. She wore a beautiful, shiny, floor-length, blue gown with slightly below elbow-length sleeves. The gown was slit up the front nearly to Miss Holiday's crotch area, and it had a plunging V-neckline. It also had large billowing, lighter blue, pieces of material such as that used to create crinoline petticoats attached at the ends of the sleeves and the bottom hem. Beneath her dress Miss Holiday wore a white thong that was decorated with a design made with silver sequins. And her footwear was a pair of white stiletto-heeled shoes.
Contestant Pleasure followed Miss Holiday with her final performance.
Pleasure performed the same show wearing the same costume as she did Sunday night.
The last contestant to perform during the finals was the sweet and sexy Natasha Vega.
Natasha performed a completely different show from that which she performed on Sunday evening. This was what can only be called a, "Nurse Show."
Her costume for this show was literally covered with white sequins and decorated with red sequins. She wore a white nurse's cap encrusted with white sequins and having a red cross in the front and a one inch wide red line across the front both made with red sequins. She also wore a short-sleeved white midriff top with a one inch wide band of red sequins around each sleeve and a red cross made with sequins on each shoulder. The top also had a large red cross of sequins on the back. Next came a white mini-skirt with a series of red crosses around it. Beneath the top, Natasha wore a bra with red straps and white breast cups with a red cross on each. Of course everything about the bra was white and red sequins. She also wore a red crinoline petticoat under her mini-skirt, and beneath the petticoat, she wore a red and white thong. Under this thong, Natasha wore an even smaller black thong. Natasha's footwear was a pair of black shoes with spike heels and platform soles of moderate height. The bodies of the shoes were a series of leather straps.
Next came a break in the show during which two talented house dancers performed one after the other.
Now it was time to present the awards.
Most Beautiful Face was won by Alice, and Destiny B. Wilde was awarded Best Breasts.
According to the judges, Leah Bay had the Hottest Buns. (Leah does have a nice looking posterior.)
Lillith Sinn was credited with having the Hottest Legs, the Hottest Body Award went to Lil Bit, and the judges decided that Alice had the Hardest Body.
Pleasure was given the Hottest Gymnast Award, Cody Cox won the Most Original Show Award, and the Best Show Award went to Natasha Vega.
Miss Holiday won the Hottest Stage Personality Award, the Hottest Newcomer Award went to MI, Pleasure took the Audience Favorite Award, and Miss Pole Champion United States was won by Natasha Vega.
The Miss Exotic United States third runner-up was Miss Holiday, Natasha Vega was the Miss Exotic United States second runner-up, and MI and Pleasure tied for Miss Exotic United States first runner-up.
And Miss Exotic United States 2011 is Alice representing Little Darlings, Las Vegas, NV.
Conspicuous in her absence this year was Miss Exotic United States 2010, Ryan Stone. Why she wasn't there to pass along the crown, I have no idea. Miss Exotic United States 2011 was crowned by the legendary Heather Banks and Krystle Cummings.
I was later able to speak with Heather Banks, and it was great to see and speak with her. It had been entirely too long since I had seen her!
Okay folks, that's it for now. Up next is the Exotic Dancer Gentlemen's Club Owners Expo and the Exotic Dancer Awards Show, so please stay tuned. Until then, everybody stay safe, have a great week, and live life as if there were no tomorrow!
Bonsoir et au revoir,
Myles Shaffer
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HardArt Announces Sexual Harassment
Love in the Digital Age ~ Reviewer Rated
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It's not quite Christmas yet, but I just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas anyway!
School is finally over, and I am so happy that we all get to relax after an extremely stressful semester.
And I will post more about it after Christmas.
(when I have fully recovered :P)
I made a Christmas card this year that I will be giving out to friends and family.
It features my dog and a little cottage that I wish that I could live in.
I also posted my first pass for the card, which is the second image.
I think I was still in Layout mode, so I was thinking too much about it being dimensional and whatnot.
So I created another that is more like a holiday card.
And it reads better too.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Stay warm, be safe, and enjoy the break!


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Medical questions & health advice by board certified doctors
"How can I develop more of a manly voice?"
Hello. I am 18 year old guy and have "valley girl" accent. It might sound silly but it really bothers me. People often assume im gay (which im not). I dont have a high voice but its the way I speak that is the issue. I am not overly masculine but I would not consider myself girly in other ways besides my voice. I was reading about ways to change that, like changing where you put the accents and not dragging out your words. I was wondering if you had any other tips to help. I know this is random but I hope to hear back from you!
Thank you for your question. There are many different places that you can turn to for help, and I hope that you are able to find the help that you need. Most often, working with a speech therapist, vocal therapist, or vocal coach can provide you with the feedback that you need to have the changes that you are looking for. This is especially beneficial because that person and yourself can develop a relationship that will allow for multiple sessions of working with someone to make sure that you are making the progress that you are after. He or she will also be able to provide you with specific actions that you can practice on your own time. Please do check with someone before you begin treatment, however, as not all speech therapists will feel qualified to help you with this problem. If you are more concerned about the anatomic levels of your voice creation, an ear nose and throat surgeon (AKA ENT AKA otolaryngology-head and neck surgeon) will best be able to help you, specifically a laryngologist. There are surgical procedures that can be done to change the pitch of your voice slightly if it is needed. Please speak with your doctor.
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(I've forgotten where I found this one...I think we heart it- if you know who it's by please tell me so I can credit them!)
Wouldn't it be strange if all of humanity was just a tiny blip in the existence of the universe?
We think of humanity as extending on into the unforeseeable future, but isn't it more likely that it will all end sometime rather soon?
I wonder if anything will remember us.
If they do, what what they will remember.
I hope humanity isn't only remembered for our destruction, if we're remembered for anything at all.
I hope some residue of the beauty of humanity is left after we are all gone.


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Wales crushes 14-man Scotland 51-3 in 6 Nations
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Wales cut loose after a first-half red card to Scotland fullback Stuart Hogg to cruise to a seven-try 51-3 win at Millennium Stadium, ending the deposed champions' patchy Six Nations campaign in style on Saturday.
George North and Jamie Roberts helped themselves to two tries each in a record Welsh victory over Scotland, which was never in doubt from the moment Hogg was sent off for a late hit on flyhalf Dan Biggar in the 23rd minute when the score was 10-3.
Liam Williams and Taulupe Faletau added further scores to put Wales 39-3 ahead by the 48th minute before the Scots stemmed the tide, conceding just one more try to Rhodri Williams late on. Biggar kicked 14 points.
Wales, which started out seeking to win an unprecedented third straight title outright, finished on six points — with its three victories all coming at home — and in third place in the standings.
Scott Johnson, taking charge of his final match as Scotland coach before being replaced by Vern Cotter this summer, endured a miserable return to Wales — the country with whom his international coaching career began 12 years ago.
It was never going to be a winning end for Johnson from the time Hogg was dismissed, the British Lions tourist leading with his left shoulder and elbow to smash into the face of Biggar. It was a rash challenge, especially since Scotland was under no pressure and Biggar was kicking an up-and-under inside his own half.
"I have let people down," Hogg said in a statement. "I have said sorry in person to Dan Biggar. I always try to play hard and fair and what happened today was out of character for me."
French referee Jerome Garces initially gave a yellow card to Hogg but changed his mind after seeing a replay on the big screen inside Millennium Stadium. Garces trotted over to the touchline and brandished the red card, with Hogg already off the pitch and getting ready for 10 minutes in the sin-bin.
The Welsh had a deserved lead at the time, thanks to fullback Liam Williams' left-wing try and a conversion and penalty by Biggar, and were starting to assert their dominance. After that, it was a case of how big the margin of victory would be.
Given how the match panned out, it wasn't the ideal platform to assess the performance of a new-look Wales team that featured six changes to the one that started the 29-18 loss to England last weekend.
What was not in doubt, however, was the quality of the tries in what, by halftime, turned into an indoor party under the roof.
Scores by North and Roberts in the final six minutes of the first half started from the halfway line and were both down the left channel, with debutant Scottish wing Dougie Fife hopelessly outnumbered.
North's second try, less than a minute after the interval, also came down the left as Jonathan Davies sent the hulking winger scampering along the touchline past the beleaguered Fife.
The best try of the afternoon belonged to Roberts, who finished off a length-of-the-field move that had its origins from an overthrown lineout by Scotland near Wales' line. Williams sprinted 50 meters and the ball went through the hands of Davies and Faletau before Roberts arrived late to crash over.
With the score 39-3, the Welsh were already way past their previous biggest margin of victory over the Scots — 24 points in a 46-22 win in Cardiff in 2005 — and there was still 32 minutes left.
However, the hosts crossed only once more to hit the half century.
Scotland finished in fifth place with one win, against bottom-place Italy.


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I have been blessed to find a home at the Viñedo de Puntalarga, a beautiful vineyard on a hilltop that has incredible panoramic views of the Valle del Sol (Valley of the Sun) which is in the Boyacá Region of Colombia, about 4 hours from northeast of Bogotá. I'm living on a VINEYARD! How cool is that? And even more so, the family that has taken me in is remarkable.
|Panoramic of the Valle del Sol
The Doctor has shared life with sweet Sandra – whom the Doctor calls Sandrita for over 20 years here at the vineyard. (Observation: Using dimimuatives is quite common: "Diana" becomes "Dianita" or "Little Diana", "copa" becomes "copita" or "little glass" even "momento" becomes "momentito" or "little moment".) Sandra is soft-spoken but uses her words wisely and timely. She is also well-respected by the girls that work at the vineyard in the tasting room and seems to be a confidant to many. I look forward to getting to know her better in the weeks to come.
They are the parents of Marion vid Fiorella ("Marion vine Flower"). The Doctor often calls her by her full name. Other times she is just "Princesa". Or sometimes she is called "Princesita Marion vid Fiorella, mi amor" for short. Marion might be the coolest 15-year-old this side of the Mississippi. There were hints of this early on but my hunch was confirmed over coffee one day in Duitama when we started to talk about music. I thought it might be a good topic of conversation considering she was wearing a Beatles shirt. Sure enough. This chick likes Oasis, Pearl Jam and others that I don't recall but remember thinking she has great taste in music. AND, she uses Spotify… the best app around (in my humble opinion) for music streaming. I have challenged her to the "Top 40 Challenge" (see blogpost "The Joy of Sharing Music") and anxiously await what she comes up with.
In addition to this sweet family, I've also become friends with a couple of the girls who work here. I've commented multiple times about the incredible staff they have at the vineyard. There are some seriously awesome chicas here. So far, I've gotten to know two pretty well.
A few days after arriving, Diana introduced herself in English and told me she would love to practice with me, a common request. However, she has a little more motivation as she is studying modern languages at a nearby university. So I practice my Spanish with her and she corrects me. And vice-versa. Diana has also taken up rock-climbing this year, something her boyfriend Eduardo has taught her. This Monday (a holiday) she invited me to join Eduardo and some friends to climb in nearby Gameza. It was a spectacular day and it felt great to be out on the rock.
The routes were definitely a challenge, including some slight overhangs which I have never successfully attempted before. Although "successful" could be defined in different ways, I did manage to make it to the top of both routes I attempted.
With tired arms and aching hands, I was happy to spend the rest of the day watching some crazy and talented and crazy-talented climbers take to the wall.
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|My Climbing Buddy and Language Practice Friend, Diana
And then there is Laura. I met Laura on a Sunday morning. I had intentions of asking about church recommendations the day before but never did. When Laura arrived, I immediately noted that her phone cover said "YO ❤ Jesus". Then she mentioned something about church. I asked if she went to church. She asked if I was a Christian. I said yes. She stuck out her hand to shake mine and said she was too. Laura is one of the fastest Spanish-speakers I have encountered and at first I thought that it might be a tough challenge to overcome. However, somehow, I manage to catch most of what she is saying. And to accompany her mile-a-minute talking is her energy. This girl is finishing up her college degree, works on the weekends, is super involved in her church: teaching Sunday school, participating in a small group and leading another small group – see "Day 5", and is a major provider for her family. I can barely keep up, but enjoy trying.
|I've got my soccer jersey. I think that means I'm officially Colombian.
So those are a few of the key people in my life so far here at the vineyard. But in terms of experiences, the overarching theme seems to be "just roll with it". Consider the following examples:
Day 0, 7pm: I'm freshly showered (my first hot shower in over a month!) after the 28-hour journey from Cartagena. I meet the Doctor for the first time. After some basic introductions and niceties, I ask him what exactly he has in mind for me during my time here at Viñedo de Puntalarga. He explains that each year they have a month long wine festival during December and he is hoping that I can help plan the wine festival. And maybe I can help some with the marketing of the vineyard. And maybe I could translate the website (www.marquesdepuntalarga.com) into English. Well, this isn't quite the "working with tourists" box I checked on the workaway form, but I like wine and I like event planning. I think I'll just roll with it.
Day 2, 4pm: Gerardo, my fellow party planner, says to me "Vamos!" ("Let's go!") I ask "Where to?" He says we are going to Sogamoso, the nearest town about 15 minutes away. I ask why. He says to meet someone. Ok. I had not anticipated this mid-afternoon field trip, right about the time when I was about to "punch the time clock." Did I miss something? The answer: most likely. My Spanish suffices in almost every situation and I've become an expert on picking up context clues, reading body language to determine how to respond to an exchange that I may not understand, as well as carefully watching people's mouths as they talk to better understand – which makes talking in a car or on the phone very challenging for me. But still, I know that there are some important pieces of information that I miss out on. Often times I find myself replaying an exchange over and over in my head to figure out what I missed and sometimes it will hit me in the middle of the night or the next day – and I laugh at my mistake and I'm grateful for the patience of the polite Colombians for the slow Gringa. (Observation: People are VERY polite. Everyone responds to other people with "Si, Señor" or "Si, Señora" and often multiple times in rapid succession: "Si, Señor. Si, Señor. Si, Señor.") Anyway… I get in the car with El Doctor and Gerardo and we go to Sogamoso to run some errands and then sit down at the Doctor's favorite restaurant, Gula y Lujuria, to discuss details of the upcoming festival. We didn't meet anyone. Just roll with it.
Day 3, 2pm: It's another one of those "everyone get in the car quick and go" situations. I think I ask where and why but this is the last time that I'll ask this. Again, it's the Doctor, Gerardo and Marion. This time our destination is Duitama, 15 minutes in the opposite direction of Sogamoso, to run a few errands and enjoy some lunch. (Observation: Lunch is the main meal of the day. As a result, dinner is either small or non-existent. Not too worry. I'm quite sure I'll weigh in a few pounds more than when I arrived.) We walk into a restaurant and immediately go to where a hostess counter might be in the US and instead find an oven where huge hunks of meat have been roasting all day. The Butcher and the Doctor have an exchange of which I miss most of. Next thing I know, the Butcher is cutting off big hunks of meat that could surely pass for the USDA standards of your daily meat allowance. The Doctor, Gerardo and Marion each choose a piece. I follow suit and enjoy a delicious piece of meat that was either pork or lamb. The Doctor nods in approval and we are seated to enjoy our lunch. I thought what we just ate could suffice for lunch but I'm taught that this is what is called "degustacion" or the taste test. You are served a "sample" size of meat to determine if it is up to your standards before you decide to enjoy a meal at this particular establishment. Just rolling with it.
Day 5, 4pm: My friend Laura had invited me to attend a small group of sorts that meets to pray on Monday evenings. At 2pm, Laura tells me to meet at her house at 4:30 pm. At 3:30 she texts me to tell me to meet her now but it takes me about a half an hour of texting back and forth to figure out that she means she is ready to go now and not at 4:30. We meet down the hill from the vineyard and get a ride with a friend of hers to Duitama. Before the small group, Laura has the apparent task of selling mushrooms (the kind you buy in the grocery store) produced by her brother's girlfriend whom we've just gotten a ride with. She hands me a bag of about 8 cartons of mushrooms and we proceed to walk around to a few different restaurants and grocery stores she seems to have connections with and in a matter of 15 minutes, the mushrooms are all sold. We have time to grab a couple of empanadas at her favorite empanada place in town before meeting up with the small group.
|Sharing the Love of Jesus with a stray dog on the "quad".
I don't usually touch stray dogs but he didn't give me a choice.
Day 6, 8:30am: This is the time set each day to join the Doctor and Sandra for breakfast. By the way – food is delicious and often cooked in the European-style. And the Doctor is also the Chef. After a couple of decades spent living in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, he's mastered the art of European cooking. And for that I am very grateful. But there are some occasional twists. One morning I was served a large slice of avocado with a large sardine resting where the pit should be and garnished with diced tomatoes, green onions and well-seasoned with salt, pepper and olive oil. I've never had a sardine. I'm rolling with it. And it's delish. But there is no time for fish and avocados this morning. The Doctor tells me I must eat quickly as there is a meeting taking place in Duitama about a topic that he believes I would take some interest in. No more details are provided. Just roll with it. I join he and Sandra for a meeting put on by the Dutch Organization called PUM – or Netherlands Senior Experts. The meeting consists of a crash course in effective business and marketing practices. My notes consist of taking pictures on my phone of the rather informative PowerPoint slides that are presented very quickly. This is followed by a kind Dutch man named Cornelius explaining how the Dutch don't have many natural resources but they have "know-how" and a bunch of retirees who were bugging their spouses and had spent too much time on the golf course. These retirees got together to find something else to do. Result: send retirees with over 30 years of experience to developing countries, partner with a business in this developing country to provide "know how" for a particular area of development that the hopeful entrepreneur may be facing a challenge with. The retiree donates 2 weeks of their time offering potential solutions for this particular challenge in exchange for a place to sleep and meals. I'm telling you… this program is brilliant. Any retirees from the U.S. (possibly my 5-days retired father?) willing to replicate or partner with the Dutch? Check out www.pum.nl. The Dutch know how to roll.
To be clear, I don't want to give you the impression that I'm stressed out by these unexpected events. Instead, I find myself shaking my head in wonder at how I ended up in this position. I've found a beautiful setting that reminds me a lot of the Vail Valley in early-September (I've named the Valley of the Sun, the Land of Eternal Fall – as they tell me the seasons never change). Every person I've met has been kind and wonderful and welcoming. And again, the Lord continues to provide for me every step of the way, and in ways that I could never have fathomed or planned myself. I'm thankful to be experiencing what an incredible adventure it is to walk by faith. In other words, I'm thankful to be rolling with it.


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Could this be cf+???
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- January 8, 2010 at 1:44 PM
Applying a rule of thumb formula from Steve McKight, you would need to purchase the property for $125K at the most.
$250/wk rent / 2 X 1000 = cf+ threshold (i.e. optimum purchase price).
So, I would question whether it is a good buy at $180K. Although not far off a cf+ deal, it may need some work or hard negotiation.
But why would you buy a residential investment in Ingham, not much there except cyclones every summer and no such thing as commuting to work enmasse by country qld'ers.
Happy to hear your thoughts and rebuttals.
- January 8, 2010 at 11:19 PM
- Andrew K said...
The thing about Ingham is have a look at the rental market....they can't get enough stock and rentals are pushing up as a consequence...there is industry here, albeit light, but there is no traffic, plenty of infrastructure and, for most of the year, awesome weather. I think you'd be hard pressed to get sub $180K purchase rice, with $250/week return...just my thoughts....
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Today was Field DAY! I LOVE Field DAY! It is also Spirit week. Which is full of fun days and more competition.
Apparently I'm a little competitive.
While comparing my competitiveness to someone else's Flo said, "She is like Shirley Temple compared to your Stalin."
So I might need to change.
I yelled at these kids, I cheered them on. I held them to a high standrad and they made me proud. We won field day!
Also this is the CUTEST picture I have ever seen!!!!
This week is high stress for me. I like to win. That's normal. It might run around in my head like a lot. Spirit week is not my job but I like to be enthusiastic with the kids and I need to keep teaching with kids dressed in silly outfits who are NOT focused. ALSO our missions trip is next week and THIS MORNING we had 1600 out of 3500. I was gettin a little worried.
I was taking a nap after the madness that was Field Day. I woke up to a phone call from Allison Pilliod, she happens to be my favorite mermaid but that's besides the point. She said go look at your gofundme website (http://www.gofundme.com/CCAVolcan2014). I checked and immediately started freaking out.
All while I was taking a nap. In between then and now...
Everyone of these donations has a story. And that story continues next week when we leave for Volcan. I am thankful. The perfect day for God to remind me that he's got it all under control.
Friends were praying THIS MORNING about God showing off and providing. He did. People who donated have connections to the school, have not met any of the kids, are teachers at the school, are friends, and grandparents. Here is the beauty of community. God has called us to each other and to carry each others burdens it is the best to see that come to life. We have been going through the book of Nehemiah and talking about his burden for those people and how he couldn't build the wall himself. I have really felt like what God is going to do "will be among us."
I have no idea where that came from but I can see it happening all around me.
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This incident happened to my Grandfather When we were young, Mom would tell us the story and creep us out. Then, of course, she would regret telling it to us, since we would spend a couple of sleepless nights just thinking about it!
During the Second World War, fearing the Japanese bombing the city, my Grandfather relocated his family to a small town. There he bought an enormous two storied house with a huge garden in the back. There was also a summerhouse at the back of the garden where guests needing a bit of quiet could stay.
One evening, after dark, a couple approached Grandfather. They were a man and a woman, the man short and stocky with closely cropped hair and a silver locket at his throat, and the woman young and quite lovely, wearing a lot of gold jewelry. The stranger introduced the lady as his wife and informed Grandpa that they were traveling to another city but he was fearful about the safety of his wife since it was very unsafe to travel at night. They told him they were out of towners and requested my grandfather for a one night stay. My Grandpa took pity on them and told them that they could stay the night in the summerhouse (it was quite common during this time to offer hospitality to complete strangers).
In the morning, nobody went to check if the couple had left. Everybody forgot about this incident until about 4-5days later. The house was invaded by policemen who approached Grandpa for information about the couple. They wanted to question the man who was a murder suspect. Grandpa told them all that had happened and then escorted the policemen to the summerhouse at the back.
Since the garden was HUGE, not even the servants or the children actually went to the summerhouse until absolutely necessary. Checking the summerhouse, they found no evidence of the couple having stayed there at all. However, they noticed a bad smell surrounding the whole area. The police searched the area, following the smell and found loads of maggots crawling under a tree where the smell was the strongest. When everybody looked up and they saw the guy - dead, his feet strung by a rope and hanging upside down. The body was bloated and fluids were running down the body and dripping onto the ground where the maggots were having a field day. The woman with him had totally vanished and nobody had any idea what had happened.
Everybody was horrified and speechless! The police took the body away and told Grandpa that probably the lady with him that evening was not his wife. Surely, the inspector said, this guy's rivals or the woman's husband was behind this sordid act.
This incident left a bad taste in my Grandpa's household. For days on end, everybody was speculating and theorizing what had really happened that night. But like all incidents, even this became quite stale and boring while news about the war took precedence.
A few months later, hoards of relatives and friends arrived to escape the imminent threat of the bombing of Calcutta. Overnight, space became constrained in the house. So, the men started sleeping on the terrace (it was summertime and quite hot) leaving the rooms for the children and women to sleep in.
A friend of Grandpa's sleeping on the terrace at the end of a row of mattresses was unable to sleep due to the hot and humid weather. Sometime later, he saw a man creeping on to the terrace. Now he thought this was weird since they were on the second floor. He said nothing but kept watching. This guy, he saw, went creeping to each sleeping person, peering into their faces and then moving on to the next sleeping man. The man approached him at the end, peered into his face, and when found his victim awake, just gave an impossible jump like a super monkey and disappeared into the trees.
Needless to say, Grandpa's friend was quite shaken and didn't sleep throughout the whole night. In the morning, he narrated the incident and described the man as short and stocky with a closely cropped hair and a silver locket at his throat. Nobody paid much attention to this incident.
Needless to say, after this incident, worried about his family's safety, Grandpa started looking for houses. Very soon he moved, and only after that did he narrate this incident.


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I don't recall when I first started following @steedmrspeel on Twitter, nor she, me.
She's a graphic arts professional who's also a retired guitarist and a motorcyclist. Unusual and interesting for a printing specialist, I thought.
So I wasn't terribly surprised when she sent an email asking to chat about AR (Augmented Reality) as a possible post topic. AR is one technology that is definitely unusual and highly interesting. I was game.
In the past I've written about augmented reality; one post showed how a shower door manufacturer uses it in a catalog. An earlier post recounted a presentation by Sappi's Daniel Dejan. But Cindy wanted to discuss a different side of augmented reality. She wanted to focus on the additional information AR brings to printed pieces.
Cindy's the founder of Walas Younger Ltd, a Chicago-area print management firm offering over 30 years of experience. You can reach her at 630.421.0495 or at email@example.com.
As a way of introducing her thoughts on AR, Cindy referred to a LinkedIn post by Kevin Keane. Kevin's a highly active social media guy, with a long resume as CEO of for profit and not-for-profit printing organizations. He's also an attorney providing legal advice and marketing consulting for start-ups ranging from cyber security to packaging innovation to a new entity for any #printprotagonist who loves smart print. I know Kevin the same way I know Cindy: through social media. He has my respect, and I enjoy reading what he posts.
Here are the summary points on AR that Kevin Keane posted in a LI group:
"What is AR really? 1) It brings print media to life, 2) it adds value to print, 3) it should involve M-commerce (mobile commerce), 4) it should offer a deeper dive of engagement with product and service offerings from the client's enterprise, 5) it should offer social sharing integration, 6) it like should offer gamification as it is a proven way to develop "stickiness" with customers – sweepstakes, contests, surveys and even puzzles cause folks to stick around, and 7) it must offer analytics. Seven splendid layers of discovery."
Cindy has experience producing augmented print projects for clients. "AR creates the bridge between the print and digital worlds," she wrote, so I'm hoping this post helps to get the word out.
Recently, her firm worked with StampaSud SPA in Britain and Italy to produce a few AR projects. In one project for "Who's Hungry?" magazine, they created 10+ pages of AR-enhancement, using StampaSud's exclusive StampaTech "Print Infinity" Augmented Reality platform. The enhanced pages link to additional digital content that's not part of the printed magazine. This content includes videos, extra blogs, recipes for all of the food featured, plus restaurant and chef links.
Her colleague in Italy, Tony Calo of Stampatech, is starting to lean towards "interactive print" instead of "augmented reality." Personally, I think this term works. It keeps the word "print" while suggesting something much more dynamic. "Augmented reality" sounds like it could apply to just about anything.
She sent along a few examples of the AR work she's been involved in. First, there's a neat little video (1 minute) about the AR platform "StampaTech." It really shows you the power (and the magic) of using interactive print. The LabelActive wine flyer includes instructions for downloading the Stampatech app and using it. Another image referred to a piece for an Italian opera association to teach kids about opera. The enhanced cover leads to lots of links to print music, which you can then print out.
What was interesting to me was the notion of using AR to augment a printed piece with additional information (content, videos, links, etc.). It's a different way of talking about augmented reality. We tend to think of it as a superfantastic technology, period, but it's really much more practical.
"We talk about AR being the bridge between print and digital," Cindy added, "and we can do that by linking to blogs, embedded videos and much more."
Does AR still have that wow factor? Absolutely. But is has more value, especially if you can't afford to "print it all."
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There's a DAC in SQL Server that you should know and love. Sadly, you probably either haven't met or you've forgotten to turn it on.
DAC? What's That?
First, a little disambiguation. The acronym 'DAC' is too popular.
For the context of this article, our DAC is the 'Dedicated Admin Connection'.
SQL Server implements a totally unrelated DAC as well: a data tier application or DAC package. We're not talking about that here.
What Can DAC Do For You?
Have a SQL Server that's in crisis? The DAC can help you stage an intervention.
The Dedicated Admin Connection was built to help you connect and run basic troubleshooting queries in cases of serious performance problems. This is your opening to grab a 'Get Out of Jail' card, but since you don't use this on a regular basis it's easy to forget how to use it. It's also easy to forget to enable access to the DAC remotely.
How the Dedicated Admin Connection Works
The DAC uses a special reserved scheduler which has one thread for processing requests. This essentially means that SQL Server is keeping a backdoor open to processor resources available just for you.
Don't be too tempted to abuse this privilege. That one thread is just one thread— there's no parallelism for queries running on the DAC. Two percent of you will be tempted to use this for your maintenance jobs on busy systems. Seriously, just don't go there. The DAC was not designed for high performance.
How to Enable the DAC for Remote Connections and Clusters
By default the DAC is only enabled for accounts logged onto the local machine. For production servers, that means it only works for remote desktop sessions to non-clustered SQL Server instances. If your instance is clustered or if you're connecting over TCP/IP, you're out of luck unless you change one setting. That setting is 'Remote Admin Connections'.
Should you enable remote connections? I agree with Books Online, which points out:
If SQL Server is unresponsive and the DAC listener is not enabled, you might have to restart SQL Server to connect with the DAC.
For clusters, sign me up! I'm in favor of enabling it for other instances as well. In times of trouble, you want to minimize the amount of time you spend using remote desktop on a server having problems. You want to use that only to gather information you can't get another way.
Enabling the DAC for remote connections is easy as pie. It is controlled by the 'Remote Admin Connections' setting. To enable it, you simply run this bit of code:
EXEC sp_configure 'remote admin connections', 1;
There's always a catch. You may need to get firewall ports opened as well, depending on your environment and where you intend to connect from. This will probably be port 1434, but that will vary depending on your configuration. (Books Online has got your back: read more in the "DAC Port" section here.)
Only One Sysadmin Can Ride This Horse At a Time
This isn't a party line, only one sysadmin at a time can use the DAC. Also, you should only run simple, quick queries using the DAC.
In other words, only connect to the DAC when you really need to. When you're done
wipe the seat make sure to disconnect.
How to Connect to the DAC
You can connect to the DAC using the command line. Use the "-A" option with SQLCMD.exe.
I find it more convenient to connect in Management Studio itself. You do this by prefixing the instance name you are connecting to with "Admin:".
One FYI: Object Explorer can't connect to the DAC. If you open SSMS and have Object Explorer connecting by default, the first connection prompt you see with be for that. If you try to tell that to connect to the DAC, it'll fail. That's a good thing, we wouldn't want the power to go to Object Explorer's head.
Who's Been Sleeping in My DAC? How to Tell Who's using the Dedicated Admin Connection.
If you try to connect to the DAC when someone is already connected, you'll see a connection error. It probably won't tell you straight out that someone's connected to the DAC already, but if you check the SQL Server Error log you should see the message:
Could not connect because the maximum number of '1' dedicated administrator connections already exists. Before a new connection can be made, the existing dedicated administrator connection must be dropped, either by logging off or ending the process.
So if you can't get the DAC, how can you tell who's using it?
Here's a hint— the DAC uses a Dedicated TCP Endpoint. It's even endpoint #1. The DAC is ranked #1 by endpoints everywhere!
This makes finding someone using the DAC nice and simple, because endpoint_id is listed in sys.dm_exec_sessions. So you'll just need a little something like this:
WHEN ses.session_id= @@SPID THEN 'It''s me! '
+ coalesce(ses.login_name,'???') as WhosGotTheDAC,
from sys.endpoints as en
join sys.dm_exec_sessions ses on
where en.name='Dedicated Admin Connection'
Your Mission: Get Back with your DAC Today
Take a few minutes today to connect with the DAC in a test environment. Check whether you have remote admin connections enabled in your environments, and talk about what the impact of that might be.
The DAC can save your bacon— make sure you have the ability, and use the power wisely.
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This is really neat. I love learning about these little hidden devices in SQL Server that are easy to miss. I'll definitely be considering which scenarios to enable the remote DAC in from now on.
Cool. Wondering if there's some sort of hack you could do to enable parallelism. That two percent of me is more like 15 percent.
We have clustered instances of SQL2008 SP2.
I've tried enabling remote access to the DAC, and I see MSSQL has started it and picked a port:
-Server is listening on [ 220.127.116.11 12345].
-Dedicated admin connection support was established for listening remotely on port 49552.
But all I get is timeouts:
C:\Users\brian.spolarich>sqlcmd -S220.127.116.11,12345 -E -A
HResult 0x57, Level 16, State 1
SQL Server Network Interfaces: Connection string is not valid [87].
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : A network-related or in
stance-specific error has occurred while establishing a connection to SQL Server
. Server is not found or not accessible. Check if instance name is correct and i
f SQL Server is configured to allow remote connections. For more information see
SQL Server Books Online..
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : Login timeout expired.
So my instance names are in format FOO\FOO and I listen on a nonstandard port, so I verified I can connect normally. This works:
sqlcmd -S FOO\FOO -E
sqlcmd -S 188.8.131.52\FOO,12345 -E
But I can't connect to the DAC, either using 127.0.0.1 or 188.8.131.52.
What's the deal? I've even restarted the database engine in my test environment but no goodness. It does pick the same DAC port.
Hi Brian,
You're very close! And Books Online is cryptic on this, so I'm glad you asked. Try this:
From your command prompt, run this. *Do* use the port for the DAC, but *don't* use the -A:
sqlcmd -S 184.108.40.206,12345 -E
It should connect up as long as you're not connected from elsewhere. Then run this so it'll show you your spid:
select @@spid
Then connect normally from management studio. To prove your command prompt has the DAC, run the query I have in the blog post that shows you who's using the DAC. You should see the spid you got from your command line.
Basically, when you specify the DAC port explicitly on connection, you don't need to use -A.
You can use -A when you specify the instance name and *not* the DAC port, like this:
sqlcmd -S 22.214.171.124\FOO -E -A
Similarly, inside SSMS, you could use either of these to connect to the DAC for instance FOO if the DAC is listening on port 12345:
Admin: 184.108.40.206\FOO
Hope this helps,
I am trying to establish a remote DAC connection via SSMS to a default instance where DAC is using a non-standard, static port (i.e., something other than 1434). Also, the SQL Browser service is not enabled. When connecting to the database engine, I am keying in the following:
ADMIN:myserver 14345
I've also tried using the IP address like the following:
But I'm not able to make the connection. I have validated that DAC is listening on port 14345. Suggestions?
Hi Brenda,
This is a great question.
When you use the IP address and port for the DAC to connect, you don't use the ADMIN: prefix. Think of it this way– the ADMIN: prefix is what's helping the SQL Browser service know what port to connect you to. If the browser service isn't running, then you're on the right track with specifying the port. It's just that with the ADMIN: prefix it's trying to use the browser and failing.
In my test VM, i was just able to connect to the DAC successfully from sql server management studio by using simply this:
Where that's my VM's IP address and the port the DAC is listening on.
One note– my test VM is running SQL Server 2012, so I got a pop-up message that it wasn't able to connect to the DAC. This is a bug that's specific to the pre-release SQL 2012's, and I believe the error was for intellisense trying to connect up, not my session itself. I can verify that I did make the connection by looking at the toolbar and verifying I'm connected to that port, and also using the query in this post to verify my spid is connected to the DAC. So if you're testing this on 2012, that may be related.
Hope this helps!
Thank you! You're answer and explanation were perfect. I am using SQL Server 2008 R2. I was able to make the remote DAC connection once I removed the ADMIN: prefix and just used the servername/IP followed by a comma and the port as you described above. Simple:-) and yet I could not find this documented anywhere. Thank you again.
Hmm…I'm getting somewhere, but its not working yet for me.
C:\Users\brian.spolarich>sqlcmd -S 10.5.3.1\SQL0301,49552 -E
HResult 0x102, Level 16, State 1
TCP Provider: Timeout error [258].
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : Unable to complete login process due to delay in prelogin response.
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : Login timeout expired.
C:\Users\brian.spolarich>sqlcmd -S 10.5.3.1\SQL0301 -E -A
HResult 0x102, Level 16, State 1
TCP Provider: Timeout error [258].
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : Unable to complete login process due to delay in prelogin response.
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : Login timeout expired.
However I see this *sometimes* in the ERROR.LOG during my testing:
Could not connect because the maximum number of '1' dedicated administrator connections already exists. Before a new connection can be made, the existing dedicated administrator connection must be dropped, either by logging off or ending the process. [CLIENT: 10.5.3.21]
I ran your query and I did see myself connected to the DAC, and once during my testing I got an actual prompt:
C:\Users\brian.spolarich>sqlcmd -S 10.5.3.1\SQL0301,49552 -E
1> select @@SPID
Sqlcmd: Error: Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 10.0 : The connection is no longer usable because the server failed to respond to a command cancellation for a previously executed statement in a timely manner. Possible causes include application deadlocks or the server being overloaded. Open a new connection and re-try the operation..
I tried again immediately and I got the 'prelogin failure' error, and the ERROR.LOG shows that there's an existing DAC connection that's opened by me, but I never got to use it.
What's the deal? 🙂
me with same problem.. plz reply soon.
Actually I figured it out. On these dev servers I had my domain account as a security principal on the SQL server, but it was only a member of the public role. I was also a member of another group that had sysadmin rights. Once I granted my domain account sysadmin role membership the DAC worked fine. Strange that it behaved this way – I haven't had any access issues on those servers otherwise and have sysadmin rights when logged in normally.
By the way, the DAC opens quite a few doors: aside from being useful in emergencies by providing a dedicated scheduler, it also provides access to certain metadata collections, which are only available through the DAC.
Furthermore, there is a way to decrypt encrypted stored procedures through the DAC, if you have encrypted them and lost the source code.
I saw a blog that said to use the DAC from SSMS, you need to use the "Connect to Database Engine" button with "Connect to Database Engine" (to the right of the "New Query" button), not the "Connect to Server" with "Connect to Server" as the titlebar (oddly enough, under Object Explorer / Connect / Database Engine".
This worked, but what is the difference between "Connect to Server" and "Connect to Database Engine"?
I saw a blog that said to use the DAC from SSMS, you need to use the "Connect to Database Engine" button with "Connect to Database Engine" as the titlebar (to the right of the "New Query" button), not the "Connect to Server" with "Connect to Server" as the titlebar (oddly enough, under Object Explorer / Connect / Database Engine").
This worked, but what is the difference between "Connect to Server" and "Connect to Database Engine"?
Ah, I see– when you try to connect from Object Explorer, it throws an error. On SSMS 2012 it gives me a nice detailed message, but which is a little funny. It says: "Dedicated administrator connections are not supported via SSMS as it establishes multiple connections by design."
However, it absolutely does work to connect via SSMS from a new query when it is NOT initiated from the object explorer bar, and instead you connect from the top menu.
I'd never tried it from Object Explorer before, so I wasn't aware of this quirk. Thanks for pointing this out!
Best part of this post is the query to determine if you have the DAC connection: "It's me!" 😉
I actually included your script in a post I threw together on an error I ran into trying to connect with DAC:
How do you disconnect the DAC?
If you are using sqlcmd then just type in 'Exit' or just disconnect your connection if using SSMS.
Thats it!!!
I had not used DAC for a while, and today of all days it came in handy. I had enabled created a log in trigger and unfortunately I forgot to put a check in for the DBAdmin repository where the LoginEvents table was going to reside therefore the table didn't get created because DBAdmin didn't exist and the Trigger was created anyway, without any table to write to. Thus causing log in errors for one of our boxes, and luckily I remembered DAC and it helped out along w/ this article .
sqlcmd -S xxxx\instance -A
1> DISABLE TRIGGER [login_audit_trigger] ON ALL SERVER
Hi Kendra,
I have tested the method of query connection to the DAC and this worked first time thank you this will be most useful.
I would like to know, what if you start SQL with the -f option, in single user mode.
And then some application steals the first connection. Is it possible to connect via the DAC then?
We had a situation where the memory was accidentally changed on a production server to 128mb. SQL would not start up normally. After adding the startup parameter -f it started up with minimal resources but also in single user mode. this doesnt help when there are other connections grabbing the first connecting. After about 5 attempts we eventually manageed to get in by restarting SQL and immediately opening up management studio, changed the max memory setting to 64GB and all is well. but this is not a very reliable way of connecting. So is there anyway to connect with the DAC when SQL is in single user mode(-f) ??
You can always disable other logins if you need to.
Kendra – Reading through your post just made my day. And I'll remember to "wipe the seat".!!
How can I run the 'Who's Got the DAC' query when I can't connect?
Sometimes you can connect and it's just really slow, but you can still run that query 🙂
My organization has come back and wants to disable DAC or more like not allow the use of DAC so what does MS recommend? What do i tell my company to convince them that DAC is useful as the security officer came back and said "Enabling remote administration increases exposure of the system and heightens the risk of unauthorized access to admin functionality".
What do i tell them?
Kal – tell them that the standard port of SQL Server also allows remote administration. Do they want to disable that too?
They also want to change the default port to another port ?
Kal – ask them if that will remove the ability of hackers to do remote administration. If the answer is no, then why are they worried about the DAC?
Using a script in seconds, hacker can figure out which ports are open; with a script, s/he can figure out whether getting sql server response on the port by sending in the right protocol communication message text. Changing port number only locks out good, non-technical, innocent people, not hackers. Your network protection, authentication protection, encryption protection is far more critical.
From our discovery when Remote Admin Connections is disabled it doesn't mean that DAC is disabled, it simply blocks remote connections for DAC. You can still use DAC locally on the SQL Server. I can see enabling this would be useful for physical machines, but most environments are Virtualized and logging in locally to a server is much easier even if you can't RDP into the SQL server.
As for security I can see both points. I think the intention is to limit the exposure of your sql server environment if you were compromised. Example: If you were a hacker and you successfully acquired internal domain access to a SQL server. DAC would probably be the best tool to use to not be detected to query databases and the quickest way to steal information. You can then broadcast to other sql servers as what Jason pointed out on 10/12/2017 without having to login to them. If Remote admin was disabled you would merely just slow down the hackers ability to access data. If you had over 100 database servers and Remote Admin Connection was disabled it would take much longer to pull out data than if DAC was allowed for remote execution. Minutes vs Hours? Hours vs Days? shrug…
Kal's security officer is probably referencing Center for Internet Security recommendations which lists this item as High. I'm not a hacker, but if CIS which deals with hackers all the time says to disable it, I'm going to disable it. For the mere fact that I like having a job and I don't claim to be a data breach expert.
J – yeah, what you really want to do when you have a server in an emergency is RDP in and open SSMS. Maybe watch a movie.
I apologize Erik, I didn't mean to offend you, or this article. I think I agree with you that being able to use DAC remotely from another server provides options to quickly resolve sql server issues. I was merely pointing out that you could still utilize DAC on the server having an issue with remote admin connections being disabled. Also for people like Kal who may work for a company where security is audited by compliance officers who need to ask these questions. Those audits are conducted, because there are financial ramifications on whether we're meeting "certain" requirements. We all know the value of DAC and this article absolutely true.
most of the time, when you *need* to use the DAC, you cannot actually login to the physical console or through RDP since the CPU is pinned to the roof. Remote access to the DAC is often the *only* way to connect to a SQL Server that is otherwise unreachable, and offers the only practical way to understand what caused the problem.
[…] If you think that this is a bit of a security risk, there is a way to check exactly who has been using the DAC account. Kendra Little covers it here. […]
Sorry for the late reply so yes my CISO wants me to disable DAC and change the default port numbers but i need to provide a good justification why i should keep DAC enabled but changing the port number isnt an issue but i agree with you guys that if a hacker wants to find the port numbers then he or she will find them one way or another but we follow the security hardening practices and provide our recommendations to the CISO.
My justification to the CISO would be something like this:
"DAC is recommended to be enabled incase the SQL Server renders unaccessible locally and requires investigation"
That is one possible justification but what else can i include?
Have a lovely week everyone