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|
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DOCKET NUMBER |
PLAINTIFF TRIBE |
PAGE NUMBER |
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175
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The Nez Perce Tribe of Indians
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
|
1
119
|
|
21
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The Creek Nation
Order Allowing Reimbursement of Attorney Expenses
|
132
|
|
125
|
The Snohomish Tribe of Indians
Additional Findings of Fact
Opinion
Final Judgment
Findings of Fact on Petition for Allowance of Attorney Fee and Reimbursable Expenses
Order Allowing Attorney Fee and Reimbursable Expenses
|
134
144
147-a
148
152-a
|
|
75
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Emigrant New York Indians, et al.
Order Allowing Attorneys’ Fees
|
153
|
|
266 • 227 • 229
|
Pueblo De Acoma • Pueblo of Laguna, et al. • The Navajo Tribe of Indians
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
Interlocutory Order
|
154
202
240-a
|
|
279-A • Intervenors
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The Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes of Indians, residing upon the Blackfeet and Fort Belknap Reservations in the State of Montana • The Assiniboine Tribes of Indians, residing upon the Fort Belknap and Fort Peck Reservations, Montana, and the Sioux Tribe of the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
Interlocutory Award to Petitioners
Interlocutory Award to Assiniboine Intervenors
Interlocutory Award to Sioux Intervenor
|
241
289
348-a
348-b
348-c
|
|
98
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The Muckleshoot Tribe of Indians
Findings of Fact in the Matter of Application for Allowance of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses Incurred in the Prosecution of the Claim
Order Allowing Attorneys’ Fees and Reimbursable Expenses
|
349
353-a
|
|
198
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The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
Opinion of the Commission
Order Amending Findings of Fact and Interlocutory Order
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354
361-a
|
|
31 • Intervenor
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The Creek Nation of Oklahoma • The Creek Nation East of the Mississippi
Order Allowing Certain Attorney Expenses
|
362
|
|
227 • 266 • 229
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The Pueblo of Laguna, et al. • Pueblo De Acoma • The Navajo Tribe of Indians
Order Amending Opinion
|
366
|
|
22-B, 22-G
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The Mescalero Apache Tribe, et al.
Findings of Fact on Compromise Settlement
Opinion of the Commission
Final Judgment in Docket No. 22-B and Order Dismissing with Prejudice Claims in Count I of Second Amended Petition in Docket No. 22-G
|
367
378
379-a
|
|
227 • 266 • 229
|
The Pueblo of Laguna, et al. • Pueblo De Acoma • The Navajo Tribe of Indians
Order Amending Opinion
|
380
|
|
90
|
The Hualapai Tribe of the Hualapai Reservation, Arizona
Opinion of the Commission
Order Denying Motion for Rehearing and Modification
|
382
397-a
|
|
22-B, 22-C
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The Mescalero Apache Tribe, et al.
Findings of Fact on Award of Attorneys’ Fee
Order Allowing Attorneys’ Fee
|
398
411-a
|
|
342-B, 342-C, 342-D • 368
|
The Seneca Nation of Indians • The Tonawanda Band of Senecas
Order Sustaining Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Prosecution, and Dismissing the Petitions in Docket nos. 342-B, 342-C, 342-D and 368
|
412
|
|
331, 331-A
|
The Spokane Tribe of Indians suing on its own behalf and on behalf of the Upper, Middle and Lower Bands of Spokane Indians or Lower Spokane Band of Indians, or any one or two of them alternatively
Findings of Fact on Award of Attorney Fee
Order Allowing Attorney Fee
|
414
423-a
|
|
342-B, 342-C, 342-D • 368 |
The Seneca Nation of Indians • The Tonawanda Band of Senecas
Order Setting aside Commission’s Order of May 11, 1967 Dismissing Petitions and Allowing Petitioners to File Proposed Findings of Fact and Brief
|
424
|
|
47
|
The Yakima Tribe
Order
|
426
|
|
142 • 359-363
|
The Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands or Tribes, etc. • The Lower Sioux Indian Community, etc.
Interlocutory Order Approving Compromise Settlement and Entry of Final Judgments Subject to Dismissal of Appeal No. 8-66 in the Court of Claims
|
427
|
|
247
|
The Seminole Nation
Per Curiam Opinion
Order Denying Motion for Summary Judgment
|
428
432-a
|
|
290
|
The Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin for itself and on behalf of the First Christian and Orchard Parties of Oneida Indians
Order Granting Motion to Dismiss
|
433
|
|
167
|
The Creek Nation
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
|
434
451
459-a
|
|
21 • Intervenor
|
The Creek Nation of Oklahoma • The Creek Nation East of the Mississippi
Order Allowing Balance of Reimbursable Attorney Expenses to C. Lenoir Thompson
|
460
|
|
314-E
|
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and Amos Robinson Skye on behalf of the Wea Nation
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
Order Admitting Petitioners’ Exhibit Numbers 1, 2 and 3
Final Judgment
|
463
473
476-a
476-b
|
|
142 • 359, 360, 361, 362, 363
|
The Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands or Tribes, et al. • The Lower Sioux Indian Community, et al.
Findings of Fact on Compromise Settlement
Opinion
Final Judgments in Docket nos. 142, 359 through 363, except the General Accounting Claim in Docket No. 363
|
477
523
526-a
|
|
220
|
The Sac and Fox Indians of Oklahoma, et al.
Order Allowing Attorneys’ Fees to Attorneys for the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
|
527
|
|
314-E
|
The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
Order Allowing Attorney Fees and Attorneys’ Reimbursable Expenses
|
529
|
|
177, 181-A, 181-B
|
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, et al.
Findings of Fact on Compromise Settlement
Opinion of the Commission
Final Judgment in Docket Nos. 181-A and 181-B and Order Dismissing with Prejudice Petition in Docket No. 177
|
531
545
547-a
|
|
83
|
The Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Missouri and Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and Don Whistler, et al., and Columbus Keahna, appearing as the representatives of and on the relation of the Confederated or United Tribes of Sac and Fox Indians and as representatives and on behalf of all the members thereof
Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Amend Answer
|
548
|
|
316
|
The Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas, the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma, et al.
Supplemental Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
Final Award
|
550
553
555-a
|
|
181-A, 181-B (Consolidated)
|
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, et al.
Order Allowing Attorneys’ Fee
|
556
|
|
219
|
Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, the Sac and Fox Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and Kenneth Youngbear, Charles Davenport, Harry Lincoln, Albert Davenport, Edward Davenport, Percy Bear, Columbus Keahna, Edward Mack, Pauline Lewis, William Newashe, and Amos Black, appearing as the representatives of and on the relation of the Sac and Fox of the Mississippi, and as representatives of and on behalf of all the members thereof, and appearing as the representatives of and on the relation of the Confederated or United Tribes of Sac and Fox Indians, and as representatives and on behalf of all of the members thereof
Findings of Fact
Opinion of the Commission
Final Award
|
558
612
638-a
|
|
142 • 359, 360, 361, 362, 363
|
The Sisseton and Wahpeton Bands or Tribes, et al. • The Lower Sioux Indian Community, et al
Order Amending Indian Claims Commission’s Findings and Opinion Approving Compromise Settlement
|
639
|
|
258, 259
|
The Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Tribes of Indians
Findings of Fact on Compromise Settlement in Consolidated Docket Nos. 258 and 259
Opinion of the Commission
|
640
658
|


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This is the development blog of the team behind Particle Clicker, an addictive incremental game about particle physics. We write about how the game was made and which improvements are ongoing.
Play the game!


--- layout: page title: "The Little Book on CoffeeScript" prev: OEBPS/ch01s07.html next: OEBPS/ch02.html book_path: books/alex-maccaw-the-little-book-on-coffeescript-_oeb/ --- {% include JB/setup %} {% raw %}
CoffeeScript includes some useful aliases to save some typing. One
such alias is @
, which can be used in
place of this
:
@saviour = true
Another is ::
, which is an alias
for prototype
:
User::first = -> @records[0]
Using if
for null
checks in JavaScript is common, but has a
few pitfalls in that empty strings and zero are both coerced into false
, which can catch you out. CoffeeScript
existential operator ?
returns true
unless a variable is null
or undefined
, similar to Ruby’s nil?
:
praise if brian?
You can also use it in place of the ||
operator:
velocity = southern ? 40
If you’re using a null
check
before accessing a property, you can skip that by placing the existential
operator right before it. This is similar to Active Support’s try
method:
blackKnight.getLegs()?.kick()
Similarly, you can check that a property is actually a function, and callable, by placing the existential operator right before the parens. If the property doesn’t exist, or isn’t a function, it simply won’t get called:
blackKnight.getLegs().kick?()


"POUND "(1.) A weight. Hebrews maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz. avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39). (2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value of about $3, 6s. 8d. of our money. (See MONEY.)
"POUND "(1.) A weight. Hebrews maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17; Ezra 2:69; Nehemiah 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz.
avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39).
(2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18, 20, 24, 25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value of about $3, 6s.
8d. of our money. (See MONEY.)


--- authors: - brad-czerniak #categories: ["one", "two"] #date: 2020-03-03 02:02:02 #hero_classes: "background-color--main-dark color--white" meta: description: "Menus, tagging, and other structures." # image: # alt: "Default social image" # It's okay for this to be empty if the image is decorative # src: required/meta-image--default.jpg robots: "noindex,follow" # title: "Overrides the tab title and social titles" #permalink: docs/path/page-title/ #published: true #tags: ["three", "four"] title: "Information architecture" --- {% include atoms/heading.html children="Site map[ped]" classes="" level="2" %} {% include atoms/heading.html children="Menus" classes="" level="3" %}
Menus are a good indication of the implied structure of a site, even when the typed data is stored in a flat manner.
{% include atoms/heading.html children="Main" classes="" level="4" %}The main menu is the primary way users navigate between top-level sections. Pages in the main menu should have short, instantly-understandable titles. There should be between 1 and 7 main menu items, including the home page.
{% include molecules/menu.html classes="" menu="main" %} {% include atoms/heading.html children="Footer" classes="" level="4" %}More often than not, the footer menu is a duplicate of the main menu. If there is an important but secondary page that does not fit in the main menu or elsewhere, the footer menu could be the place for it, tentatively. It's a good place to park a page in order to resolve an argument.
{% include molecules/menu.html classes="" menu="footer" %} {% include atoms/heading.html children="Utility" classes="" level="4" %}The utility menu is where to put 'verb' items; if the main menu has nouns like 'About' or 'Products', then the utility menu would be best for 'Contact us' or 'Schedule an appointment'. Overall, the utility menu is a great place for contact information.
{% include molecules/menu.html classes="" menu="utility" %} {% include atoms/heading.html children="Copyright" classes="" level="4" %}The copyright menu holds legal and technical documentation links. This is stuff you have to have, but not that anybody clicks into with any regularity.
{% include molecules/menu.html classes="" menu="copyright" %} {% include atoms/spacer.html size="8" %} {% include atoms/heading.html children="Collections" classes="" level="3" %}The site's content can be put into the following buckets for use throughout:
All content on the site can be described (for keyword SEO purposes) and grouped together using two different vocabularies:


 "You just told me there's no smoking!" the passenger protests. Cabby, "I ain't smoking what you're smoking."
Despite these quotes and the scores of butts, "200 Cigarettes" isn't about smoking. It's a relationship flick showcasing the interactions of 10 or so young techno-freaky people on New Years Eve 1981. Although I was young in 1981 ... I didn't smoke, I wasn't into techno and my hair wasn't a primary color. For these reasons I struggled to find someone in this film with whom to relate. As the sometimes twisted, but nonetheless intriguing, relationship stories developed, I was admittedly lured into the picture ... until finally the interactions transcended the stereotypes.
There's the desperado (Paul Rudd) whose doomed love affairs keep him from launching a romance with loose galpal Lucy (Courtney Love). There's the Romeo (Jay Mohr) who is burdened by nameless flocks of women falling in love with him at the snap of a finger. Accident prone Cindy (Kate Hudson -- is simply stellar!) fumbles through most of the picture with dog poopie on her back. Eric (Brian McKardie) is adorable, but sorely lacking in the manly duty arena. And still a host of others populate the script including Ben Afflect as the studly bartender and his brother (Casey Afflect, an excellent "real person" actor) as your average leather-clad, mascara-wearing street punk.
This odd mix of romantic web-winding culminates at a New Year's Eve party that is cleverly left to your imagination ... which may well be the norm for those of you who drink heavily on such occasions.
Starring Paul Rudd, Courtney Love, Kate Hudson, Ben Afflect, etc. Directed by Risa Bramon Garcia Produced by Betsy Beers, David Gale Van Toffler at Paramount Pictures, Lakeshore Ent., with MTV and Dogstar.
Grade..........................B
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Session 6:
This one is harder to write, and consequently, comes out more stilted. I feel more self conscious about this one than the rest, somehow...
Dosage: 80ml.
Themes:
Battling a demon, magical awakening
The only thing noteworthy about the ride up was the lack of diarrhea. Which is noteworthy!
As the Ayahuasca came on, the persistent thought, 'they slipped an enemy agent in' kept bouncing around in my skull.  Since it was persistent I stopped growling and said, 'OK. More information, please?'
Once I stopped resisting, I got the image of one of the conference attendees. I pushed this away, but it kept returning. At this point whatever resistance I had to the scenario was left behind and I reached towards the person, seeing inside some kind of swirling, amorphous darkness... which had awareness, it turned towards me while still occupying the other person. My impression was of a demon and without thinking about it I called towards it (not actually out loud) 'Get OUT!' It didn't seem impressed, mildly surprised/annoyed, but not inclined to obey.
I tried a few more, with some rising force behind my words and then something inside of me broke open, something very old and wise and powerful in me woke up. I felt myself growing, rising out of my physical body until I stood much taller than normal, my 'feet' still inside of my physical body, which remained lying down. Flames began to dance around my fingertips, crackling energy. I was chanting in some unrecognizable language, the syllables filling my throat with a golden ball of magical energy which would then hurl at the demon.
I pulled it out of its host and held it, trying to see more of what it was, trying to understand it, trying to see where it came from. It took advantage of my distraction to try to slide into me, which was an odd feeling, my skin not feeling like my own for a minute. (this had switched back into being in my body somewhere after yanking it out) I reached into myself and hooked it, pulling it out and shredding it with claws of fire, shredding and burning, it dissolved into a shower of sparks in my hands. It was, for a minute, like holding a fireworks explosion in my arms, and then it was gone.
Met the attendee in the dark and we had a personal exchange. Pleasant.
I ran into A (one of the facilitators) a bit later and he said he could see the battle and its victory in my eyes.
Experience Reports are the writings and opinions of the individual authors who submit them.
Some of the activities described are dangerous and/or illegal and none are recommended by Erowid.


Over the years of architecting, deploying, customizing and building solutions on Office 365 & SharePoint, Vana has accumulated a vast repository of best practices which are routinely applied to client engagements.
Vana through the use of SharePoint has helped clients to:
Our team shares a common mission to help our clients utilize technology to support their business objectives and processes with better collaboration increased innovation and precise execution. We achieve our mission through partnership that involves the best thinking of the client's own stakeholders and innovative technology solutions of the Vana team. We measure our contributions through increased customer satisfaction and value delivered.
We are a Bangalore based technology services company with a niche focus on Microsoft SharePoint and related products. Vana was founded in 2005 with a sole vision of being the best provider of SharePoint based solutions.


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Ocean [am59], ocean, in The Inner Sea
Last updated Turn #102
Ocean [am59], ocean, in The Inner Sea
------------------------------------------------------------------------
8: The Savvy Aardvark [ha5r], ship, 2 hulls, 1 rowing port, 6 sails,
8: 32% damaged, arrived from Ocean [am58], owner:
8: Phantasm [n4b], Imperial Empire, duke, with eight sailors
9: The Savvy Aardvark [ha5r], ship, 2 hulls, 1 rowing port, 6 sails,
9: 32% damaged, departed for Forest of the Lost [am60].
22: The Savvy Aardvark [ha5r], ship, 2 hulls, 1 rowing port, 6 sails,
22: 32% damaged, arrived from Forest of the Lost [am60], owner:
22: Phantasm [n4b], Imperial Empire, duke, with eight sailors
23: The Savvy Aardvark [ha5r], ship, 2 hulls, 1 rowing port, 6 sails,
23: 32% damaged, departed for Mosquito Fens [al59].
Routes leaving Ocean:
North, swamp, to Mosquito Fens [al59], Imperia, 2 days
East, forest, to Forest of the Lost [am60], Imperia, 2 days
South, to Ocean [an59], 6 days
West, to Ocean [am58], 6 days


This application is a TodoMVC example written using {{angularVersion}}, with code documented, and ready for compodoc.


{% extends "global/Page.html" %} {% load otree %} {%block title%} Game Four {% endblock %} {% block content %}
This game is very similar to the previous game. You will keep the role of the Agency. The strategies available to each player are similar to the previous game and the cost of environmental damage is again 50 points. Again, you will be matched with a different player (a Firm) in each round. And again, your decisions together with the decisions of the people that you will be matched with will determine your earnings. In each round you will start with 60 points. But now you have two types of inspectors:
For your information, the firm also has an alternative option:
The probability of the catching the Firm and collecting a fine is determined according to the following:
You will now play 5 trial and {{Constants.num_rounds}} real rounds of this game.If you have understood the game and the rules please click NEXT to begin playing.
{% else %}This game is very similar to the previous game. You will keep the role of a Firm. The strategies available to each player are similar to the previous game and the cost of environmental damage is again 50 points. Again, you will be matched with a different player (an Agency) in each round. And again, your decisions together with the decisions of the players that you will be matched with will determine your earnings.
In each round you will start with 60 points. But now the Agency has two types of inspectors:
You, as the Firm, also have an alternative option: In addition to FULL COMPLIANCE, you can now submit some paperwork and pretend as if you are complying, which we call COMPLIANCE ON PAPER. This kind of paperwork costs you 10 points in comparison to FULL COMPLAINCE which costs 40 points, as before. Note that COMPLIANCE ON PAPER reduces the probability of detection but it does not prevent environmental damage. Full COMPLIANCE eliminates the possibility of a fine if the Agency sends Expert inspectors for DETAILED INSPECTION.
The probability of the catching the Firm and collecting a fine is determined according to the following:
You will now play 5 trial and {{Constants.num_rounds}} real rounds of this game.If you have understood the game and the rules please click NEXT to begin playing.
{% endif %}


The Name's VLADDY DADDY ™
I am 26 Years Old (I look a little old for my age).
I have a Dual Major In BioChem/Spanish and Multiple IT Certs Currently work in IT but used to Bartend
I love to work out and play Video Games
Some of my favorite quotes:
'Sometimes it is necessary to be lonely in order to prove that you are right.' -Vladimir Putin (Myself)
'Time for business, an hour for fun.' -Tsar Alexis
'It sank.' -Vladimir Putin (Myself)
I love to go swimming whenever I get the chance.
As I stated earlier I love to get swole.
Lastly, my favorite thing to do is to conquer any beast I may encounter.


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Hello, I’m humble developer who works with a lot of JavaScript frameworks, libraries, modules, addons, plugins, browsers, preprocessors, processors, postprocessors, plugins for processors (Autoprefixer), plugins for browsers (Ember inspector), plugins for libraries (jQuery), addons for frameworks.

Isn’t it a lot of tools that we need to work with on daily basis?  Do you know what each dependency is doing? I’ve assumed here that all of them have a purpose in your project. So this is an assumption, and here’s the fact — each of them has name, which you probably need to remember. Some describe its usage — like anti-ecological tree-kill, some not. It could take forever to guess what forever is doing. Some names are similar but serve different purpose, like pad-left and lpad. Can you guess without clicking?

JavaScript developers pictured trying to find their way around in node_modules directory :(

So, we see — there’s a lot of JavaScript third party code that you can use in your code. And it’s going to be more and more of that. And people will need to find new names. Programmers are not necessairly language teachers. Well, at least human language teachers. Well, umm, okay, this guy is. So, he can name his library as he likes, because he’s entitled to do that.

Rest of us instead of finding well-suited names, often take random words and use it as name for our code. We, the programmers, like certain words more than the others. For example, wrapper (bin-wrapper, do-wrapper, word-wrapper, events-wrapper, circuit-breaker-wrapper). There’s even a rapper. But it’s not normal rapper like Eminem, it’s more like:

Construct wrappers around api RESTful endpoints (Browser/Angular/Node)

So basically rapper will give you wrapper.

It’s not the kind of rapper you’d expect from rapper

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Collin County
2017
Total Felonies Filed = 4206
Total Felony Dispositions = 5096
Total Felony Dispositions = 5096
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8508
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9548
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9548
2016
Total Felonies Filed = 3798
Total Felony Dispositions = 4454
Total Felony Dispositions = 4454
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8159
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9914
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9914
2015
Total Felonies Filed = 3838
Total Felony Dispositions = 3712
Total Felony Dispositions = 3712
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8199
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 8841
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 8841
2014
Total Felonies Filed = 3032
Total Felony Dispositions = 3534
Total Felony Dispositions = 3534
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8234
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9342
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9342
2013
Total Felonies Filed = 2979
Total Felony Dispositions = 3556
Total Felony Dispositions = 3556
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 7840
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 8814
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 8814
2012
Total Felonies Filed = 3001
Total Felony Dispositions = 3892
Total Felony Dispositions = 3892
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8006
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9519
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9519
2011
Total Felonies Filed = 3180
Total Felony Dispositions = 3650
Total Felony Dispositions = 3650
Total Misdemeanors Filed = 8077
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9778
Total Misdemeanor Dispositions = 9778


@* * Copyright 2021 HM Revenue & Customs * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. *@ @import uk.gov.hmrc.digitalservicestax.frontend.Country @import uk.gov.hmrc.digitalservicestax.views.html.helpers.error_message @(path: String, selectedCode: Option[String], hasErrors: Boolean, messages: UniformMessages[Html])


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Facilitates the rendering of networks for which nodes have a specific position on a map (cities, participants in a political debate, etc.). Map data and network data are stored together in a single object which handles the match between network nodes and their respective position on the map. The plot method renders both the map and the network data. Several networks can be plot simultaneously. The graphic is highly customisable and the legend is automatically printed. Map data have to be supplied as 'SpatialPolygons' objects (from the 'sp' package) and network data as 'named matrix'.
| Version: | 0.9.1-0 |
| Depends: | R (≥ 2.10), methods, sp, shape |
| Published: | 2016-02-22 |
| Author: | Emmanuel Rousseaux, Marion Deville, Gilbert Ritschard |
| Maintainer: | Emmanuel Rousseaux <emmanuel.rousseaux at unige.ch> |
| License: | GPL-3 |
| URL: | http://emmanuel.rousseaux.me/r-package-spnet |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Citation: | spnet citation info |
| CRAN checks: | spnet results |
| Reference manual: | spnet.pdf |
| Package source: | spnet_0.9.1-0.tar.gz |
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Body: A repaint in the factory color was completed in the 90’s. The tail gate was hit in a parking lot. It does not open. The body is free of rust with the exception of the bottom of the doors. The rust is just now starting, but has infected the seam area completely.
Chassis: The bottom of the car is dry and reasonably clean. The exhaust had been partially replaced a few years ago. Shocks have also recently been done.
Interior: The seats are stained, but in very good original condition. the dash is un-cracked. The gauges work with the exception of the clock. The Ac has been converted to 134, and is VERY cold. A very thorough cleaning will result in a nice original Conquista interior.
Engine/Drivetrain: Engine runs perfectly. The compressor is new.
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Using custom feature transformers¶
You can use any custom feature transformer classes as part of the evolution. In the following examples, we demonstrate one of the most powerful functionalities of autoBOTLib - its modularity.
Using custom features¶
Let’s explore the following example.
## how to use custom features?
import autoBOTLib
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer
from sklearn import pipeline ## A necessary import
## Load example data frame
dataframe = pd.read_csv("../data/insults/train.tsv", sep="\t")
train_sequences = dataframe['text_a'].values.tolist()
train_targets = dataframe['label'].values
## Let's say we wish to use only the following two text-to-feature transformer objects
tfidf_word_unigram = TfidfVectorizer(ngram_range=(1,2),
sublinear_tf=False,
max_features=100)
tfidf_char_bigram = TfidfVectorizer(analyzer='char',
ngram_range=(1,2),
max_features=100)
## Note: You can use any transformer class that is implemented in accordance with the scikit-learn API (.fit, .transform, .fit_transform, .get_feature_names, etc.)
## Next, put them into a list. Note the use of text_col class.
custom_features = [
('word_features',
pipeline.Pipeline([('s1', autoBOTLib.feature_constructors.text_col(key='no_stopwords')),
('word_tfidf_unigram', tfidf_word_unigram)])),
('char_features',
pipeline.Pipeline([('s2', autoBOTLib.feature_constructors.text_col(key='no_stopwords')),
('char_tfidf_bigram', tfidf_char_bigram)]))
]
## Finally, specify this list as
autoBOTLibObj = autoBOTLib.GAlearner(train_sequences,
train_targets,
time_constraint = 1,
custom_transformer_pipeline = custom_features).evolve()
## Down-stream task
dataframe2 = pd.read_csv("../data/insults/test.tsv", sep="\t")
test_sequences = dataframe2['text_a'].values.tolist()
predictions = autoBOTLibObj.predict(test_sequences)
Note that the only constraints for you to include a custom transformation class are the following:
The class must have the sklearn-like API
Join it as a series of pipeline objects.
To see how to implement an example custom class, you can inspect for example the keyword-based features.
Extending existing feature spaces¶
Let’s finally inspect how to extend the existing feature space of autoBOTLib with some custom features. Why would this be useful? Assume you have your one interesting feature constructor, but would like to exploit the existing ones (instead of implementing them from scratch).
import autoBOTLib
import pandas as pd
from sklearn.feature_extraction.text import TfidfVectorizer
from sklearn import pipeline ## A necessary import
## Load example data frame
dataframe = pd.read_csv("../data/insults/train.tsv", sep="\t")
train_sequences = dataframe['text_a'].values.tolist()
train_targets = dataframe['label'].values
## Define custom transformer classes as in the example above
tfidf_word_unigram = TfidfVectorizer(ngram_range=(1, 2),
sublinear_tf=False,
max_features=100)
tfidf_char_bigram = TfidfVectorizer(analyzer='char',
ngram_range=(1, 2),
max_features=100)
custom_features = [
('word_features_custom',
pipeline.Pipeline([
('s1', autoBOTLib.feature_constructors.text_col(key='no_stopwords')),
('word_tfidf_unigram', tfidf_word_unigram)
])),
('char_features_cusom',
pipeline.Pipeline([
('s2', autoBOTLib.feature_constructors.text_col(key='no_stopwords')),
('char_tfidf_bigram', tfidf_char_bigram)
]))
]
## Finally, use the flag "combine_with_existing_representation" to append the new transformer pipeline to an existing one (e.g., neurosymbolic). This way, you can easily extend current autoBOTLib!
autoBOTLibObj = autoBOTLib.GAlearner(
train_sequences,
train_targets,
time_constraint=1,
representation_type = "neurosymbolic",
custom_transformer_pipeline=custom_features,
combine_with_existing_representation = True).evolve()
dataframe2 = pd.read_csv("../data/insults/test.tsv", sep="\t")
test_sequences = dataframe2['text_a'].values.tolist()
predictions = autoBOTLibObj.predict(test_sequences)
Note how you only need to specify the combine_with_existing_representation flag apart from the custom pipeline, which will be appended to the existing (e.g., neurosymbolic) one.


You can configure many of Logisim's application preferences via command line options. This can be particularly useful in a laboratory of single-student computers where you want Logisim to start up the same for students every time, regardless of how previous students may have configured the program.
The overall command-line syntax is as follows.
java -jar jarFileName [options] [filenames]
The optional additional files named on the command line will be opened as separate windows within Logisim.
The following example starts Logisim in its basic configuration.
java -jar jarFileName -plain -gates shaped -locale en
Supported options include the following.
Configures the template for Logisim to use.
Configures which type of gate to use.
Configures which translation to use. As of this writing, the supported locales include:
| de | German |
|---|---|
| en | English |
| es | Spanish |
| ru | Russian |
This is only relevant for languages that use characters outside the 7-bit ASCII character set; this would include languages using accented characters, and it would not include English. If no, characters outside the 7-bit ASCII character set are replaced with equivalents appropriate to the language; this would be useful for Java/OS combinations where such characters are not supported well.
Clear all application preferences at startup, so Logisim will act as if it were being executed on the host system for the first time.
Hides the initial Logisim splash screen.
Displays a summary of the command line options.
Displays the Logisim version number.
Weiter: Leitfaden für Benutzer von Logisim.


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At the end of September I was invited to a shoot for the UK edition of Wired. It was a shoot based around the twitterati of the UK and included some big names like Iain Dodsworth. The shoot was based at the old BT museum, which became defunct when their archive went online. You can see me and the other 24 people in Wired’s December Issue, on sale from today.


Recap: We have a setup where the photon starts in lower beam. A beam-splitter creates a state where the photon could be either up or down and a second beam-splitter repeats the splitting with a minus sign difference for the wave on the lower beam. The minus sign leads to destructive interference in lower beam so the final state is 100% certain to be in the upper beam. The setup is shown in Fig "Two beam-splitters...). Here is a table of outcome probabilities
|outcome|Probability (P) |------- |photon reaches detector "D0"|1 |photon reaches detector "D1"|0
Imagine we change the setting slightly by putting our hand in the lower beam between the two beamsplitters. Our hand will absorb the photon and let us say that we can feel when a photon hits you. When a photon arrives, you scream "Ow!"
Just like before, having an observer will destroy the interference effect (the hand, not the screaming). When we send the photon into the apparatus it has 50% chance of striking the hand. If it does, its done, the photon was absorbed by the hand. If it does not hit the hand than we know the photon has to be in the upper beam before it gets to the final beam-splitter. The second beam-splitter will split halfway between up and down. So the end result is
|outcome|Probability (P) |------- |photon reaches detector D0|1/4 |photon reaches detector D1|1/4 |photon hits hand|1/2
Note that the chance of detecting a photon in detector D1 has increased by putting a hand in the way and blocking part of the beam!!
This is another example of complementarity. If we determine in which path the photon was going in the middle of the story, we destroy the interference pattern! The act of measuring changes the state. If the photon does not hit my hand, I will know that it is in the upper beam. I have acquired information which then affect further measurements.
We can push this to the extreme. Imagine a factory that produces bombs that can be triggered by a single photon. This is probably hard to do so once in a while the factory would produce bombs that are a dud (not working). We would like to be able to know whether a bomb works or not without an explosion. We could just send a photon towards it but then if the bomb works it will explode. We would know that it works, but we would have lost the bomb!
As a quantum physicist, you have an idea. We will put the bomb in the middle lower beam of the setup above (between the beam splitter). If the bomb is a dud, it should do nothing, ever, and we would detect the photon always in detector D0. If the bomb works, it will act as a "hand detector" and it will change the probabilities!
|Bomb is a dud||Bomb is working| | |------- |outcome|P|outcome|P |photon reaches D0|1|photon reaches D0|1/4 |photon reaches D1|0|photon reaches D1|1/4 |bomb explodes|0|bomb explodes|1/2
Ok so we put a bomb to the test, it explodes. You turn to your manager: "Sorry that one was working but it is lost now, I can test another."
You put another bomb, you detect a photon in D0. You say "Sorry, I cannot tell if its working or not, let us send another photon."
The next photon arrives in D1. You turn to your manager, this bomb is working!
Note that the photon never triggered the bomb but the fact that it could have done so was enough to destroy the interference effect and allow the photon to go to D1. The photon was in a superposition of upper and lower beam and this superposed state knew about the bomb even though it never triggered it (it had 50% chance of doing so).
If you are not seriously perplexed by this. Reread this page again.
If the photon lands in D0 a 100 times, you can tell your manager. There is a very good chance that this bomb is a dud.
Extra resources: Here is video going over the "hand" example again: [ciscode|rev=1|tool=elmsmedia|item=3530|entity_type=node]


Module: Aws::SecurityLake::Types
Instance Attribute Summary
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#aws_log_source ⇒ Types::AwsLogSourceResource
rw
Amazon Security Lake supports log and event collection for natively supported Amazon Web Services.
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#custom_log_source ⇒ Types::CustomLogSourceResource
rw
Amazon Security Lake supports custom source types.
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#https_notification_configuration ⇒ Types::HttpsNotificationConfiguration
rw
The configurations for HTTPS subscriber notification.
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#sqs_notification_configuration ⇒ Types::SqsNotificationConfiguration
rw
The configurations for
::Aws::SQS
subscriber notification.
Instance Attribute Details
#aws_log_source ⇒ Types::AwsLogSourceResource (rw)
Amazon Security Lake supports log and event collection for natively supported Amazon Web Services. For more information, see the Amazon Security Lake User Guide.
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-securitylake/lib/aws-sdk-securitylake/types.rb', line 1567
class LogSourceResource < Struct.new( :aws_log_source, :custom_log_source, :unknown) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure include Aws::Structure::Union class AwsLogSource < LogSourceResource; end class CustomLogSource < LogSourceResource; end class Unknown < LogSourceResource; end end
#custom_log_source ⇒ Types::CustomLogSourceResource (rw)
Amazon Security Lake supports custom source types. For more information, see the Amazon Security Lake User Guide.
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-securitylake/lib/aws-sdk-securitylake/types.rb', line 1567
class LogSourceResource < Struct.new( :aws_log_source, :custom_log_source, :unknown) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure include Aws::Structure::Union class AwsLogSource < LogSourceResource; end class CustomLogSource < LogSourceResource; end class Unknown < LogSourceResource; end end
#https_notification_configuration ⇒ Types::HttpsNotificationConfiguration (rw)
The configurations for HTTPS subscriber notification.
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-securitylake/lib/aws-sdk-securitylake/types.rb', line 1596
class NotificationConfiguration < Struct.new( :https_notification_configuration, :sqs_notification_configuration, :unknown) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure include Aws::Structure::Union class HttpsNotificationConfiguration < NotificationConfiguration; end class SqsNotificationConfiguration < NotificationConfiguration; end class Unknown < NotificationConfiguration; end end
#sqs_notification_configuration ⇒ Types::SqsNotificationConfiguration (rw)
The configurations for ::Aws::SQS
subscriber notification.
# File 'gems/aws-sdk-securitylake/lib/aws-sdk-securitylake/types.rb', line 1596
class NotificationConfiguration < Struct.new( :https_notification_configuration, :sqs_notification_configuration, :unknown) SENSITIVE = [] include Aws::Structure include Aws::Structure::Union class HttpsNotificationConfiguration < NotificationConfiguration; end class SqsNotificationConfiguration < NotificationConfiguration; end class Unknown < NotificationConfiguration; end end


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[gecode-users] element constraint
Christian Schulte
cschulte at kth.se
Wed Apr 11 14:54:05 CEST 2012
Please read the tip in MPG "Constraint propagation is explicit"!
Christian
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Christian Schulte, www.ict.kth.se/~cschulte/
From: users-bounces at gecode.org [mailto:users-bounces at gecode.org] On Behalf
Of Alexis Cothenet
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:23 PM
To: users at gecode.org
Subject: [gecode-users] element constraint
Hi,
I have a question regarding element constraint.
This is a sample code:
IntArgs test (2)
test[0]=999;
test[1]=998;
IntVar lVar1 (*this, 0, 1)
IntVar lVar2 (*this, 990, 999);
element (*this, test, lVar1, lVar2, ICL_DOM).
Doing this, i have the results:
lVar1=[0..1]
lVar2=[990...999]
where i thought i should have:
lVar1=[0..1]
lVar2=[998, 999]
Am i missing something ? Thank you.
PS: I'm working with 3.7.3 release.
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Consider the following grammars:
| Grammar 1: | <exp> | ::= <term> | | <exp> ^ <term> | |
| <term> | ::= <integer> | | ( <exp> ) | ||
| Grammar 2: | <exp> | ::= <term> | | <term> ^ <exp> | |
| <term> | ::= <integer> | | ( <exp> ) | ||
| Grammar 3: | <exp> | ::= <integer> | | <exp> ^ <exp> | | ( <exp> ) |
If ^ represents exponentiation, how many of these grammars force 2^3^2 to evaluate to 512?
Which operator associativity (left or right) does ^ need to have for 2^3^2 to evaluate to 512?
How does left- and right-recursion patterns in a production correspond to the associativity of the operator defined by the production?
How does the double-recursion pattern (i.e., simultaneous left- and right-recursion) in a production impact the associativity of the operator defined by the production?
In Grammar 1, the ^ operator is left-associative.
In Grammar 2, the ^ operator is right-associative.
In Grammar 3, the ^ operator is neither left- nor right-associative because of the double-recursion in its second production. This grammar is ambiguous.


The 49th uniform polyhedron is the Icosidodecadodecahedron; it has Wythoff symbol 5/3 5|3. Its dual is the medial icosacronic hexecontahedron. The pattern of polygons round each vertex is (6,5/3,6,5); its symmetry group is the icosahedral group A5.
It has:
Euler characteristic: -16
Density: 4
Number of vertices: 60
Number of edges: 120
Number of faces: 44 (=20 hexagons and 12 pentagons and 125/3).
Note: a polygon a/b means a shape made by taking a points and joining every bth of them; for instance 5/2 means a five-pointed star made by taking five points and joining every second point.


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--- title: IMDB Movie reviews sentiment classification type: docs repo: https://github.com/rstudio/keras menu: main: name: IMDB Movie reviews sentiment classification - keras parent: keras-reference aliases: - /reference/keras/dataset_imdb.html - /keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /guide/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /tools/tools/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /installation/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /tutorials/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /guide/tools/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /deploy/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /tools/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html - /tutorials/tools/keras/reference/dataset_imdb.html ---
Dataset of 25,000 movies reviews from IMDB, labeled by sentiment (positive/negative). Reviews have been preprocessed, and each review is encoded as a sequence of word indexes (integers). For convenience, words are indexed by overall frequency in the dataset, so that for instance the integer "3" encodes the 3rd most frequent word in the data. This allows for quick filtering operations such as: "only consider the top 10,000 most common words, but eliminate the top 20 most common words".
dataset_imdb(
path = "imdb.npz",
num_words = NULL,
skip_top = 0L,
maxlen = NULL,
seed = 113L,
start_char = 1L,
oov_char = 2L,
index_from = 3L
)
dataset_imdb_word_index(path = "imdb_word_index.json")
| path | Where to cache the data (relative to |
| num_words | Max number of words to include. Words are ranked by how often they occur (in the training set) and only the most frequent words are kept |
| skip_top | Skip the top N most frequently occuring words (which may not be informative). |
| maxlen | sequences longer than this will be filtered out. |
| seed | random seed for sample shuffling. |
| start_char | The start of a sequence will be marked with this character. Set to 1 because 0 is usually the padding character. |
| oov_char | Words that were cut out because of the |
| index_from | Index actual words with this index and higher. |
Lists of training and test data: train$x, train$y, test$x, test$y
.
The x
data includes integer sequences. If the num_words
argument was
specific, the maximum possible index value is num_words-1
. If the
maxlen`` argument was specified, the largest possible sequence length is
maxlen`.
The y
data includes a set of integer labels (0 or 1).
The dataset_imdb_word_index()
function returns a list where the
names are words and the values are integer.
As a convention, "0" does not stand for a specific word, but instead is used to encode any unknown word.
Other datasets:
dataset_boston_housing()
,
dataset_cifar100()
,
dataset_cifar10()
,
dataset_fashion_mnist()
,
dataset_mnist()
,
dataset_reuters()


A useful stop about 40NM north of Catania.
Position 37°50.7'N, 015°17.6'E.
Taormina Roads is open to the south east.
There are 20 orange mooring buoys here, available for hire from the operator, George Rizzo who lives on site on his yacht Grande Siècle from June through to September. He charges 40 Euros a night.
George offers a very flexible service to his customers. He will ferry clients to and from the shore, (the nearest secure dinghy landing is a half a mile away), arrange tours of Mt Etna and other attractions, bring water to the yacht and generally do his best to be helpful.
It is also possible to anchor here rather than take a mooring buoy. George is also very helpful to yachts at anchor. Cruisers have reported it can be very rolly here with wind against tide.
There is a larger bay to the south in which is is possible to find an anchorage. Even better, is the anchorage off Naxos in 3m and good sand. Landing by dinghy is easy and ashore there is a supermarket and the bus stop for transport to Taormina.
Last updated September 2012.


Event Location:
Indiana Wesleyan University
1500 Alliant Avenue
Louisville, Kentucky
Abstract:
People often dream of becoming a consultant, but what does that actually mean? Is consulting really the right path for you? Many choices are available when deciding to become a consultant, but these options can be overlooked. Contracting, consulting for an established team, going out on your own, or looking to build a larger business are all great options, depending on your vision and future goals. This session will help you ask the right questions to better chose and prepare for your path. We then explore the various realities and strategies of each path. Real-life experiences will be shared to help you make the most informed decision on which path is best for you, and how to accelerate your career as a consultant.
Speaker(s): David Klee,
Abstract:
OLTP databases can be constantly written to and reporting databases are written to at least periodically. In order to ensure consistent results, connections must be isolated from one another while executing, ideally with the lowest possible cost to concurrency. How this isolation is handled is based on the isolation level, whether the classic lock based or the newer optimistic scheme of the in-memory OLTP engine is used, or even if both engines are enlisted in the same transaction. In this session we will look at examples of how SQL Server isolates reading and writing operations from other writing operations to explore how this may affect your application through error messages and performance hits.
Speaker(s): Louis Davidson,
Abstract:
Are your statistics up to date? Yes, it’s that dreaded phrase you hear all the time when it comes to performance tuning your SQL Server. What does it matter? Why should I care about statistics? Aren’t they automatic or something like that? In this session we will go over why statistics matter, how they are generated, how they impact performance, and even how to maintain them. Once we have that all settled, we will take a quick look at how the cardinality estimator uses statistics to determine a ‘good enough’ plan to use. We will close out the session by taking a look at the performance impact from a simple upgrade of your SQL Server to 2014 and using the new cardinality estimator.
Speaker(s): Chris Bell,
Abstract:
R is a very powerful statistical programming language that has been gaining a lot of traction in recent years. In early 2015 Microsoft acquired Revolution Analytics, a major provider of software and services for R. Microsoft has since incorporated R in Azure ML, SQL Server 2016, and Power BI. In this session I will focus on the benefits of using R in Power BI. I will show how to leverage R for data munging (ETL) and I will also show how to leverage R to create custom visualizations. I will focus on the "Wickham stack" which is a group of very popular R packages developed by Hadley Wickham. The “Wickham stack” includes the ggplot2, dplyr, and tidyr packages. I will discuss logical use cases for using R within Power BI as well as some of the pitfalls that you may encounter.
Speaker(s): Ryan Wade,
Abstract:
It doesn’t matter if you are a Junior DBA, an accidental DBA or all the way up to a Senior DBA, the infrastructure your SQL Server environment runs on is important. Many among the DBA community came in as developers or perhaps directly into database administration roles it is equally possible that you have been out of the operations world long enough to have fallen out of the loop with what is happening. This session is intended to provide a full stack infrastructure overview so that you can talk shop with your cohorts in operations to resolve issues and maybe even be proactive. We will discuss, in an introductory fashion, hardware, network, storage, virtualization and operating system layers. Additionally, some suggestions as to where to find more information will be provided.
Speaker(s): Peter Shore,
Abstract:
Most of us are overwhelmed with data from all the different applications that we use on a daily basis. Bringing all the data together is often a very time-consuming and sometimes a challenging process. Even further, attempting to analyze and visualize the data poses new challenges that is sometime difficult or impossible to overcome. Now with Power BI this can all be made very simple. Individuals, ranging from novice information workers to advanced IT professionals can quickly and easily transform, analyze and visualize data using a single tool, Power BI Desktop. In this course we will work through four main topics: Shaping Data, Building a Data Model, Visualizing Data and Using the Power BI Server.
Speaker(s): Patrick LeBlanc,
Abstract:
It’s easy to find useful data on the Internet, model the data and construct a BI Dashboard using Power BI Desktop. The application used in this session shows on-time performance of domestic flights. Using government data this is available, you can answer these questions: 1. Which airlines have the best on-time performance? 2. Which flights between airports are regularly on-time? 3. What day of the week or month is best to fly to get there on time? 4. Which airline has the most cancelations? This session covers how to build, model, and deploy a Power BI Dashboard to PowerBI.com that reads flight data and displays aircraft flights on-time performance. The session also shows how to use Power Query to get data from the web. Finally, see the Dashboard in action and also how to use QA, a natural-language search technology. Also, see Quick “Data” Insights, which uses Cortana Analytics in the background to show additional insights and analysis using the existing data model.
Speaker(s): Kenney Snell,
Abstract:
While the web portal makes it easy to deploy SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines, there are a number of benefits to using PowerShell to do the job. This session will introduce Azure PowerShell command-lets and how to create a basic Azure infrastructure to support a SQL Server VM. We'll include the Azure Resource Manager, how to use ARM VM templates and Custom Script Extension, and how users can modify an existing Azure Gallery template. Desired State Configuration (DSC) will be covered to complete the Azure Powershell automation toolkit, allowing attendees to automate the deployment of dozens or more SQL Server virtual machines. Finally, we will configure Availability Groups and explain their eccentricities in the Azure environment as well as how to make them work effectively.
Speaker(s): Rob Volk,
Abstract:
SQL Server 2016 significantly raises the bar in terms of data security. One of the most exciting features introduced in the newest release of SQL Server is Always Encrypted. This feature ensures that data remains encrypted in its entire lifecycle - at rest as well as in transit. Additionally, the encrypted data can be made completely inaccessible to database administrators. With the assistance of an updated .Net client-side driver, this great new feature ensures that applications can leverage Always Encrypted data without application code changes. In this demo-rich session we will look at how to enable and configure Always Encrypted as well as how applications can be configured to use this amazing new technology.
Speaker(s): Tim Chapman,
Abstract:
Would a database by any other name smell as sweet? Our databases are filled with words. By mining our text for patterns and meanings, we can extract the emotional content, track changes over time, ferret out plagiarism, find common phrases and usage, and even predict future text. Learn how to dig through your library of language to make your data better.
Speaker(s): Dave Mattingly,
Abstract:
We will explore the relationship between SharePoint and Excel, how Power BI swooped SharePoint off her feet, and the current Business Intelligence soap opera that stars all three. Using live demos, we will look at data interaction between SharePoint, Excel, Power BI (including the iOS app), and the intriguing new next door neighbor - Microsoft Flow.
Speaker(s): Daniel Glenn,
Abstract:
We will discuss what is Azure Machine Learning, how it works, what it can do, and why would you use it. This session includes demonstration and use case scenarios. The goal of this session it to provide an understand of what Azure ML can do and how it may apply to business use cases.
Speaker(s): Warren Sifre,
Abstract:
Microsoft markets SQL Server as a "self-tuning" RDBMS, yet you've heard there are a variety of knobs and switches available to impact performance. Are you curious to know what they are, what they do, and when to use them? In this session you will learn about server and database configuration options and trace flags that can impact performance, alter default behaviors and help your troubleshooting efforts.
Speaker(s): Justin Randall,
Abstract:
Wait statistics are a great tool for troubleshooting performance problems in SQL Server. However, there are so many different wait types in SQL Server, it can be challenging to determine what to focus on and what can be ignored. Even after discovering that SQL Server is waiting for something, most DBAs don't know where to look next. In this session, we'll examine 5 of the most frequently seen wait types in SQL Server and how to troubleshoot each of them. You'll learn how to determine the root cause of a particular wait type, and how to avoid common mistakes made when troubleshooting with wait statistics.
Speaker(s): David Maxwell,
Abstract:
A big hurdle for using Powershell and SQL Server together is the SQLPS module. Both old and new users of Powershell don’t completely understand its capabilities. In this session, we’ll talk about the cmdlets you may not know about, tricks to save time using the provider, and even a few gotchas on how the provider works that can save you some time and energy. When we’re finished, you will have a deeper understanding of how you can use SQL Server and Powershell together.
Speaker(s): Michael Fal,
Abstract:
Extended Events were introduced in SQL Server 2008. With SQL 2014, we have seen a significant upgrade to this feature. Join me for a little adventure into the realm of extended events. We will discuss how to use extended events to aid in performance tuning and in day to day administration. We will also explore some background and the architecture of extended events. This is a fast paced session and will be a lot of fun. Attendees will be able to take back several sample XE sessions to help troubleshoot different issues and get to more intimately know their data/environment.
Speaker(s): Jason Brimhall,
Abstract:
SQL Server replication is an excellent way to keep a subset of data synced with another database for reporting, audit, or recovery purposes. In this session we will examine terms, internals, and walk through the setup of transactional and snapshot replication so you can utilize it as a valuable tool in your toolkit. We will also examine some ways to make replication perform better as well. This session is targeted towards database administrators who have little to no experience with replication and developers looking for different ways to duplicate data for reporting or data consumption.
Speaker(s): Robert Verell,
Abstract:
An overview of the concepts and abstractions used by Service Broker. Learn about how Service Broker enables SQL Server to perform asynchronous, distributed and reliable messaging by focusing on the concepts presented.
Speaker(s): James King,
Abstract:
PowerPoint can enhance the presentation of any speaker or business professional, but using it effectively in your sessions or presentations can be difficult without practice. In this session, you will learn how to take your PowerPoint skills to the next level, using more advanced transitions, animations, and media forms in your presentations. This will help you engage your audience and communicate visually instead of just verbally, making your presentations more effective. After attending this session, you can feel confident that your PowerPoint skills have improved.
Speaker(s): Evelyn Maxwell,
Abstract:
Many database developers today do not have a Computer Science degree and may also have begun their career developing software using procedural programming languages (Java, C#, etc.). As a result, they may not have the background needed to conceptualize solutions in terms of sets of data and therefore may not be able to develop efficient set-based queries. In this session, we will review the basics of set theory and how it applies to database development to enable you to turn cursors, loops, and other procedural programming practices into efficient set-based operations that make the most use of a relational database engine.
Speaker(s): Aaron Cutshall,
Abstract:
Whether you've dabbled in PowerShell or wondered what all the fuss is about, make no mistake: PowerShell is something worth learning to make your life as a SQL Server professional easier.
Speaker(s): Drew Furgiuele,
Abstract:
So you jumped on the bandwagon and set up a Hadoop cluster…but now what? Your database developers and app developers know how to integrate with and develop against SQL Server, but the Hadoop world is a completely different experience. This talk will help bridge the gap between SQL Server and Hadoop, using tools such as SQL Server Integration Services and Sqoop to migrate data between a Hadoop cluster and a SQL Server instance, as well as PolyBase to integrate the two like never before.
Speaker(s): Kevin Feasel,
Abstract:
Utilizing Azure cloud services does not mean moving all of your data or control away from your on-premises SQL Servers. In this session we will cover the new SQL 2016 Stretch Database and the SQL 2014 Managed Backups to Azure features. We will look at use-cases and limitations of both features to illustrate how these cloud services may fit into your current SQL Server environment.
Speaker(s): Andrew Loree,
Abstract:
We have all encountered difficult managers that leave us stressed out. They can be micro-managers, bullies, too timid, or even just apathetic. In any case, you are currently stuck with this manager, and you need coping strategies! Through case studies and open discussion, we will help you determine if you indeed have a difficult manager. We will identify and categorize behavior patterns of managers so that you can determine the best strategies to deal with him or her. In addition, we will also explore the consequences of these actions, and how they can help you to succeed in furthering your career.
Speaker(s): Gigi Bell,
Abstract:
This session will take a look at the new Query Store feature in SQL Server 2016. Query Store tracks changes in execution plans, allowing you to easily view performance differences and revert to older plans with a few clicks of the mouse. We will take a hands on look at how to use Query Store to troubleshoot problems as well as some of the new DMVs you can use to find issues as they arise.
Speaker(s): Tracy Boggiano,
Abstract:
This session is an introduction into the PROCESS of queries. This includes how queries are Parsed, Resolved, Optimized, Compiled and Executed. We will see how this effects Batches, Transactions, and Errors. We will also briefly discuss the differences between Heaps, Clustered Indexes, and Non-Clustered Indexes. Finally we introduce Execution Plans and Statistics. The session is led by an expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who regularly teaches the SQL Server certification courses.
Speaker(s): John Deardurff,
Abstract:
Have you ever wondered what it takes to keep an Always On availability group running and the users and administrators who depend on it happy?  From security tips to maintenance advice, come hear about some less than obvious tips that will keep users happy and the DBA’s phone quiet.
  This session is a survey of recovery techniques that should be in every DBA's toolbox.
Speaker(s): Eddie Wuerch,
Abstract:
What is the optimal way to migrate existing data to In-Memory? How does Garbage Collection work, what types of memory-optimized objects does it work with, and how can I make sure it's operational? What are the pros/cons of different ways of handling hot/cold data with In-Memory OLTP? What causes ALTER TABLE to be fully logged and serially executed? All of these questions and more are answered as we discuss real-world usage of In-Memory OLTP
Speaker(s): Ned Otter,
Abstract:
Defining and documenting a backup strategy in today's data platform is simply not enough to prevent a major catastrophe. For that, a company needs to define a recovery strategy that encompasses their backup solution with an appropriate, tested recovery plan. This session outlines the various backup strategies and how to implement them in a recovery scenario to minimize data loss. This session will discuss various case studies of backup strategy implementations that neglected a strong recovery strategy and resulted in catastrophe for the company.
Speaker(s): Ed Watson,
Abstract:
Gender Bias is something we're all guilty of. It's typically unconscious and often stems from long held misperceptions about women job responsibilities. We'll learn about the origins of some of these biases and how to identify gender bias when we see it. We'll discuss some strategies for how both men and women can combat this at work in our every day lives. This session is about developing positive solutions to a problem that often goes undiscussed.
Speaker(s): Rie Irish,
Abstract:
R -- it's included in SQL Server 2016. What the heck can I do with it? Why do I need to know yet another software language? How can I use it to figure out important things -- like who do I draft over who in my fantasy football league? We'll go over the basics of R and rStudio, plus items such as: - Installing and managing packages - Accessing data in various formats - Basic data visualization functions
Speaker(s): Kevin Wilkie,
Abstract:
How are your servers running? What is going on in your SQL Server? How are you trending? When will you need the next server? Do you need to throw more hardware at SQL or more query tuning? (Or both?) In this session – we will share some free tools, techniques and approaches you can take right now with resources you already have to answer these questions and more.
Speaker(s): Mike Walsh,
Abstract:
With the upcoming release of SQL Server 2016, Microsoft has blown the dust off the tried and true SSRS and injected some much needed life. SSRS 2016 introduces a shiny new portal with a new Dashboard/Mobile report types. In this session, we'll take a look at what has changed in SSRS 2016 and how to get up and running using the new Dashboard/Mobile reports. Through demos we'll walk through everything you need to create your first Mobile ready SSRS 2016 Dashboard!
Speaker(s): Chris Albrektson,
Abstract:
How your business applications interact directly with the corporate database can dramatically affect how successful you are. One of the biggest issues is performance with large databases. By designing the application to use asynchronous messaging for non-critical updates, you can focus performance concerns where the timeliness is critical. SQL Server Service Broker handles the asynchronous requests quickly and efficiently and minimizes conflicts with your critical updates. This session walks you through the steps to get Service Broker running and providing a consistent delivery of your business data.
 Are you both the DBA and the Developer? Being the only data professional in an environment can seem overwhelming, daunting, and darn near impossible sometimes. However, it can also be extremely rewarding and empowering. This session will cover how you can keep your sanity, get stuff done, and still love your job. We’ll cover how I have survived and thrived being a Lone DBA for 15 years and how you can too. When you finish this session, you’ll know what you can do to make your job easier, where to find help, and how to still be able to advance and enrich your career.
Speaker(s): Monica Rathbun,
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tracyboggiano
Contact: http://databasesuperhero.com
Tracy Boggiano is a Senior Database Administrator for DocuSIgn. She has spent over 20 years in IT, using SQL Server since 1999, and is currently certified as an MCSE Data Platform. Tracy has worked on SQL Server since 6.5. She has spoken at local user groups and numerous SQLSaturdays. She is currently a co-leader of a TriPASS Local Group in Raleigh, NC. Tracy also tinkered with databases in middle school to keep her sports card collection organized. She blogs at databasesuperhero.com. Her passion outside of SQL Server is volunteering with foster children as their advocate in court through volunteerforgal.org and being a mental health advocate as part of the PAIMI NC Advisory Council.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wsifre
Contact: http://www.broadstrokeconsulting.com/blog/, http://www.allegient.com
Warren Sifre has been in the IT community since 1998 and has worked in a variety of industries deploying solutions utilizing MS SQL Server in one capacity or another. In 2003, he decided to make SQL Server his mastery and has since developed skills in most defined disciplines of MS SQL. Currently he is a Principal Consultant and Technology Leader with Moser Consulting. He is responsible for BI Solution Architecture and the mentorship of team members. He has been a SQL Saturday Speaker since 2012, Azure Global Bootcamp, and many user groups in 2015 alone. He has a passion for knowledge transfer and solutions architecture, with a keen interested in Info Security.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/eddiewuerch
Contact: http://www.indydba.com
Eddie Wuerch has 20 years of experience as a SQL Server specialist in a much-longer IT career. A Microsoft Certified Master, Eddie spends his days in the Salesforce Marketing Cloud, focusing on performance, scale, and uptime for the massive SQL Server backend. These SQL Servers churn billions of transactions daily against trillions of rows of data in a 24x7 continuously-available online system accessed by millions worldwide every day.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaklee
Contact: http://davidklee.net
David Klee is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and VMware vExpert with a lifelong passion for technology. David spends his days focusing on the convergence of data and infrastructure as the Founder of Heraflux Technologies. His areas of expertise include cloud, virtualization, performance, and business continuity. David speaks at a number of national and regional technology related events, including PASS Summit, VMware VMworld, SQLBits, SQL Saturday events, and many SQL Server User Groups.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/public-profile-settings?trk=prof-edit-edit-public_profile
Contact: http://blogs.sqlsentry.com/justinrandall
Justin Randall is a Senior Consultant at SQL Sentry, LLC. He has over 30 years of data management experience in a variety of roles from Enterprise Data Modeler to DBA, supporting development in DB2, Sybase, and SQL Server. Justin frequently speaks at SQL Server User Group meetings and SQL Saturdays, and has presented at several SQLintersection conferences. His current professional interests are SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning, and career development.
LinkedIn: http://NA
Contact: http://NA
• 39 years of work experience in designing, developing and implementing software • IOUG World Conference Speaker (Data Guard Broker, Rolling Upgrades) • Oracle OpenWorld Speaker, “Achieving the Holy Grail of Rolling Database Upgrades” • Currently working as an Senior Database Administrator (DBA) in Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (MSBI) group building BI solutions for UPS customers
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfal/
Contact: http://mikefal.net
Mike is a specialist in data management technologies. As a community advocate, public speaker, and blogger, Mike is a practicing thought leader for data and automation. He is passionate about DevOps and data, building platforms to optimize, protect, and use data efficiently. Since 1999, Mike has been working in the database field, focusing primarily on SQL Server and specializes in automating data solutions to improve the reliability and efficiency of his environments. He has been caught playing trombone in public on more than one occasion.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgverell
Contact: http://sqlcowbell.com/wordpress/
Robert Verell is a SQL Server professional working in the Nashville area and has worked in healthcare, insurance, and banking. He found his passion for databases by learning SQL Server Integration Services and writing stored procedures, and eventually became a database administrator. Robert is a chapter lead for the Nashville SQL Server User's Group, a volunteer for SQL Saturday, and was a finalist in the 2016 PASS Summit Speaker Idol competition.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewloree
Contact: http://www.andyloree.com
Andrew Loree has over nineteen years of database experience with roles in architecture, design, development, and implementation of enterprise-scale SQL Server data solutions, supporting industries from legal e-discovery to manufacturing. Areas of expertise since SQL Server 2000 include data migration and ETL/ELT solutions, disaster recovery planning, high availability service design, licensing and virtualization. Andrew holds fourteen Microsoft certifications, has both a Bachelor and Masters of Science in Computer Science from Wright State University and is a Columbus (Ohio) PASS board member.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlatspeed
Contact: http://www.sqlatspeed.com
Matt is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has worked with SQL Server since 2000. He is the leader of the Lexington, KY PASS local group and a frequent domestic and international community speaker. He's an IDERA ACE alumnus and 2020 Friend of Redgate. His original data professional role was as a database developer, which quickly evolved into query tuning work that further evolved into being a full-fledged DBA in the healthcare realm. He has supported several critical systems utilizing SQL Server and managed dozens of 24/7/365 SQL Server implementations. He currently utilizes that real world experience as a data platform consultant helping clients design solutions that meet their ever-changing business needs.
Contact: https://chrisalbrektson.wordpress.com/
Chris Albrektson is an experienced Business Intelligence consultant and trainer for Pragmatic Works in Jacksonville, Florida. Chris is an experienced speaker and has presented at many SQL Saturdays and Code Camps across the United States. He’s also an active member of the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG), is a regular blogger on WordPress and has been a technical editor of a few Business Intelligence related books.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/blackwyrm
Contact: http://www.davemattingly.net
Dave Mattingly has spent thirty years of designing, developing, databasing, documenting, and directing a variety of projects in many industries. In the past, he’s worked on space travel, fraud prevention, data accuracy, and virtual reality for industries such as games, ecology, health, religion, and money. He also writes, publishes, orates, teaches, and preaches.
I#39;ve been working with SQL Server as both a developer and an administrator for the past 5 years in a healthcare setting.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikepwalsh
Contact: https://www.straightpathsql.com
Mike Walsh is an experienced SQL Server professional and has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has been in the role of DBA, developer, and performance tuner, but always leans on his DBA and tuning experience. He has been awarded the SQL Server (now Data Platform) designation 6 times since 2011 and is a current MVP. He runs a SQL Server consultancy focused on DBA services and cloud enablement. He has spoken several times at PASS and regional events.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rie-irish/2/34a/78/
Rie lives with her family just north of Atlanta, Georgia. She worked as a SQL Server DBA, manager director for over 20 years. She's worked in many industries including the non-profit sector, education, big pharma, and e-commerce. She was awarded the MVP in the Data Platform 3 times beginning in 2017 and gave that up to accept her role as a Senior Program Manager with Microsoft in 2019. She is very involved with the Atlanta MDF User Group, SQL Saturday Atlanta and is co-leader of the PASS Women in Tech virtual group.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidaklee
Contact: http://davidklee.net
David Klee is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and VMware vExpert with a lifelong passion for technology. David spends his days focusing on the convergence of data and infrastructure as the Founder of Heraflux Technologies. His areas of expertise include cloud, virtualization, performance, and business continuity. David speaks at a number of national and regional technology related events, including PASS Summit, VMware VMworld, SQLBits, SQL Saturday events, and many SQL Server User Groups.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielglenn
Contact: https://DanielGlenn.com
Daniel is a Microsoft MVP with 15 years' experience building technology solutions, intranets and extranets. As Practice Leader for the Nashville-based InfoWorks Inc., Daniel helps organizations of all sizes solve complex data challenges by implementing Office 365 and SharePoint without the need of customization and costly investments. Daniel is passionate about giving back and building the Microsoft technical community. Daniel holds leadership roles in various local user groups, serves as an organizer for Microsoft 365 Nashville, and is a co-host for the popular podcast 365 Message Center Show on https://MessageCenter.Show. You can follow Daniel online at https://DanielGlenn.com and @DanielGlenn on Twitter.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlespresso
Contact: http://www.sqlespresso.com
Monica Rathbun lives in Virginia, is a Microsoft MVP for Data Platform and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert. She has nearly two decades of experience working with a wide variety of database platforms with a focus on SQL Server and the Microsoft Data Platform. She is a frequent speaker at IT industry conferences on topics including performance tuning and configuration management. She is the Leader of the Hampton Roads SQL Server User Group and a Mid‐Atlantic PASS Regional Mentor. She is passionate about SQL Server and the SQL Server community, doing anything she can to give back. Monica can always be found on Twitter (@sqlespresso) handing out helpful tips. You can find Monica blogging at sqlespresso.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/christopher-bell/19/a08/93/
Contact: https://www.wateroxconsulting.com/
Chris Bell offers a unique view of how we live and work with data, both now and as we head into the future. Having braved many roles, lifecycles, and battles in the IT world, he has honed his DBA (Database Administration or Do 'Bout Anything) skills in Information Systems and development, focusing on SQL Server. Currently, he serves as the lead DBA at The Motley Fool. You can keep up with Chris' thoughts and technical community activities at WaterOxConsulting.com.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlrv
Contact: http://sqlrv.com
Aaron N. Cutshall is an Enterprise Data Architect with 20 years of experience in analysis, design and development for applications and databases in manufacturing and warehousing plus over 15 years in the Healthcare Informatics field. His primary focus is in designing and developing solutions for extremely large data sets that perform quite well in SQL Server. He is active in the SQL Server community and speaks at SQL Saturday sessions across the country.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/allen-white-sql-server-mvp/5/784/b08/
Contact: http://dataperfpro.com/blog/
Allen White is a Data Platform consultant. He has been both a developer and an administrator, so he understands both perspectives towards database technology. He loves sharing his experiences and helping people learn how to use SQL Server. Allen has spent over 40 years in IT, using SQL Server since 1992, and has been awarded Microsoft’s MVP Award for the last 13 years. Allen was a PASS Director from 2016 - 2018.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pittfurg
Contact: http://www.port1433.com
Drew Furgiuele is a senior DBA that lives in Dublin, Ohio who is passionate about SQL Server and PowerShell. He's been working with SQL Server since 2002. When he’s not accidentally dropping tables in production, he likes writing automation scripts, blogging about SQL Server Replication, wiring electronics, playing board games, and spending time with his dog. He's also not embarrassed by his Spotify playlists.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbajbrimhall/
Contact: http://jasonbrimhall.info
Jason Brimhall has more than 20 years of experience and has worked with SQL Server 6.5 through SQL Server 2019. He has experience in performance tuning, high transaction environments, and large environments. He is currently a consultant specializing in performance tuning, server analysis, and problem resolution. Jason is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and a Data Platform MVP.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/JohnDeardurff
Contact: https://www.sqlmct.com
John has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for over 20 years teaching Azure, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and Windows Server networking courses. He is currently a SQL Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. He is an MCT Regional Lead for the Eastern United States and a former Data Platform MVP.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-feasel/7/716/504
Contact: http://www.catallaxyservices.com
Kevin Feasel is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and CTO at Envizage, where he specializes in data analytics with T-SQL and R, forcing Spark clusters to do his bidding, fighting with Kafka, and pulling rabbits out of hats on demand. He is the lead contributor to Curated SQL (https://curatedsql.com), president of the Triangle Area SQL Server Users Group (https://www.meetup.com/tripass), and author of PolyBase Revealed (https://www.apress.com/us/book/9781484254608). A resident of Durham, North Carolina, he can be found cycling the trails along the triangle whenever the weather's nice enough.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/watsoned
Contact: http://sqlgator.com
Ed Watson is a Principal Data Platform Consultant for Improving Enterprises, a full-stack Microsoft consulting firm in Atlanta. Ed is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP since 2014 and like most children, Ed was born at an early age. Today, Ed specializes in the Business Intelligence stack and enjoys specializing in Power BI immensely. He currently lives in Atlanta and is active with the Atlanta MDF and Atlanta BI user groups and is an organizer for SQL Saturday Atlanta, Atlanta BI, and Pensacola.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmmaxwell
Contact: https://dmmaxwell.wordpress.com/
David Maxwell has almost 20 years of experience with SQL Server, with a keen interest in performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting. He has experience in environments as diverse as health care institutions, auto manufacturers, and insurance companies. David has been a frequent presenter at SQLSaturday events around the United States since 2012, as well as a presenter for the DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group, the Performance Virtual Group, 24 Hours of PASS, and the annual PASS Summit. David participates in his local Columbus Ohio PASS Local Group, where he serves on the board of directors as SQLSaturday coordinator.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-volk-134ba81
Contact: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/robv/
Rob Volk is a SQL Server DBA in the Metro Atlanta area since 2001. He also moderates and answers the forums on SQLTeam.com. While an old-time cranky DBA, he no longer considers quot;business intelligencequot; an oxymoron or quot;the cloudquot; as merely atmospheric moisture, and is delightedly dipping his toes into both of these new oceans, and loves to do things in new and and unusual ways.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/louisdavidson
Contact: https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/author/louis-davidson/
Louis Davidson has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years as a corporate database developer and architect. He has been a Microsoft SQL Server MVP for 15 years and has written five books on database design, and contributed to many other SQL Server books as an author and tech editor. He has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. You can read more about Louis at http://drsql.org.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdleblanc
Contact: http://patrickdleblanc.com
Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gehan-bell-bab55293
Known across the country as the SQL Registration Princess, Gigi Bell actually has vast experience in training and development. Being married to a SQL DBA, she knows enough about SQL to be dangerous, but her real passion is helping people learn and achieve their true potential. She has spoken at SQL Saturdays across the country since 2014.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanwade44
Ryan is an experienced data analytics professional. His education and work experience enables him to understand things from a technical, analytical, and business viewpoint. He has the ability to present complex data in an intuitive way using sound analytical and visualization methods. He has an advanced analytical and technical skill-set which includes Power BI, T-SQL, R, Python, Azure Machine Learning Services, Azure Databricks, SQL Server Machine Learning Services, Advanced Modern Excel, SSIS, SSAS Tabular. He is a data analytics enthusiast that has spoken at a variety of database and data science conferences about various topics dealing with data analytics.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickdleblanc
Contact: http://patrickdleblanc.com
Patrick LeBlanc is a currently a Principal Program Manager at Microsoft and a contributing partner to Guy in a Cube. Along with his 15+ years’ experience in IT he holds a Masters of Science degree from Louisiana State University. He is the author and co-author of five SQL Server books. Prior to joining Microsoft he was awarded Microsoft MVP award for his contributions to the community. Patrick is a regular speaker at many SQL Server Conferences and Community events.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ned-otter-3627b712
Contact: http://www.nedotter.com
DBA with vast experience administering Microsoft SQL Server since version 4.21 to the present. Certifications: MCSE SQL Server 2012 Data Platform MCTS SQL Server 2008 Overall computer experience: 25 years SQL Server experience: 23 years Currently obsessed with In-Memory technology. Please see LinkedIn profile for more details.
Tim Chapman is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and works as a dedicated field engineer (PFE) at Microsoft specializing in performance tuning and high availability. Tim is from Louisville, KY and has over 12 years of database architecture, programming, and administration experience.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfal/
Contact: http://mikefal.net
Mike is a specialist in data management technologies. As a community advocate, public speaker, and blogger, Mike is a practicing thought leader for data and automation. He is passionate about DevOps and data, building platforms to optimize, protect, and use data efficiently. Since 1999, Mike has been working in the database field, focusing primarily on SQL Server and specializes in automating data solutions to improve the reliability and efficiency of his environments. He has been caught playing trombone in public on more than one occasion.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwilkie
Contact: http://sherpaofdata.com
Kevin has 15+ years experience with SQL Server and has worked with the product since version 6.5, although he remembers with distaste the early versions of the product. He started working with SQL Server as an "Accidental" DBA, and has moved up through the ranks as a SQL Developer, a BI Associate, and Production DBA at various parts of his career. Currently, he works as a Lead Data Analyst spreading the gospel of how great data can be to anyone and everyone who will listen.
Contact: http://geocache11blog.wordpress.com
Evelyn Maxwell is a 10th grade student at Gahanna Lincoln Highschool, and an attendee and presenter at local SQL Saturdays. Since 4th grade, (age 10) Evelyn has been working with presentation software and has given multiple school presentations was well as three SQL Saturday presentation, and a webinar for WIT. She currently has 0 years of IT experience.
LinkedIn: Public Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/petershore
Peter Shore is a seasoned IT professional with over 25 years of experience. He took the accidentally intentional DBA plunge in 2013 and has discovered that he loves to find the stories the data has to tell. Peter is comfortable working with both physical and virtual servers, where he tries to apply best practices to attain performance improvements. He is also adept at bridging the gap between technical and business language in order to bring technology solutions to business needs.
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Will Microsoft’s Ethereum Token Onramp Make ETH Prices Surge?
by Martin YoungThere has been a lot of FUD around Ethereum lately and this is largely due to a very sluggish market in terms of price action. In terms of technology and adoption though progress is still being made and a massive endorsement from Microsoft may help that undervalued price move again.
Ethereum Token Creation Platform
It was reported this week that software giant Microsoft has created a platform for self-issuance of Ethereum based tokens. Forbes, which has been known for its fair share of FUD and misreporting when it comes to crypto, reported that Azure Blockchain Tokens went live for preview and testing.
The platform is aimed at enterprises and a few have already started minting their own tokens. At the moment users will have access to a permissioned version of the Ethereum blockchain that uses the firm’s Azure cloud computing to reach a consensus on transactions.
However, in the future developers will be able to use Azure Blockchain Tokens on the public Ethereum blockchain which will provide a huge onramp for ETH users.
Trader ‘Crypto Cactus’ noted that this is pretty bullish for Ethereum as it is already the world’s dominant smart contract platform;
Yesterday Microsoft rolled out a service that will onramp users to $ETH. This will include, bonds, documents, currencies, inventory, licenses, loyalty points, smart contracts and more. Most undervalued project in crypto?
An increasing set of token-building templates that conform to the Token Taxonomy Initiative (TTI) will be available to enterprises. TTI is a standard initiative and enterprise consortium spearheaded by Marley Gray, the principal architect at the Azure Blockchain Tokens platform.
The platform is taking an unprecedented step in allowing competing protocols such as R3, IBM or AWS. Gray added;
We are creating a platform in the cloud where any token within the TTI framework can snap into place
Ethereum is currently the number one choice for those wanting a decentralized solution on a public blockchain. Any other tokens minted will be owned by the corporations that spawn them.
The Ethereum FUD has increased recently as the network approaches its largest and most significant upgrade from ETH 1.0 to 2.0 but the bottom line is that nothing else is really competing at the moment.
ETH Market Reaction
Ethereum prices have been steadily climbing this week and hit a high of $190 a few hours ago. The gain marks an increase of over 5% on the day and its highest level for a week.
Momentum is still lacking though and nothing is going to happen until ETH breaks the psychological $200 barrier. The Microsoft news has had no real impact on short term Ethereum prices, but it has been one huge endorsement for the network which has bigger things to come next year.
Will Ethereum price top $200 this week? Add your thoughts below.
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The Rundown


WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?
Elecricity is the FLOW OF ELECTRONS. Electrons are part of ATOMS, tiny particles that make up everything that exists. In atoms, protons and electrons have a CHARGE. (protons = positive, electrons = negative.) Protons combine with NEUTRONS to create the NUCLEUS of an atom. ELECTRONS flow around the nucleus; hence, electricity is created by the flow of electrons.
EXAMPLES OF ELECTRICITY
Electricity is in every aspect of our lives, yet we can't always see it. Here are some examples of electricity that we can see:
TYPES OF CURRENTS
There are two types of currents that electricity uses: direct currents and alternating currents. DIRECT CURRENTS are also direct sources of power. This includes batteries in your cell phone, your iPod, or your 3DS. ALTERNATING CURRENTS are less direct. They can be found anywhere in your home where there is an outlet. You can plug in chargers, lamps, and refridgerators into these outlets to get power 24/7.
VOCABULARY YOU SHOULD KNOW
Be sure to know these words. They'll be on the quiz!
- CONDUCTORS: materials that let electricity flow well. Some examples include metals like copper and aluminum.
- INSULATORS: materials that protect us from electricity. Some examples include rubber, paper, and plastic.
- VOLTAGE: a measurement of the electric force that causes electrons to flow.
- CURRENT: a measurement of the flow of electrons in a circuit. Measured in AMPS.
- POWER: a measurement of the power/energy used by a circuit. Measured in WATTS. the formula is: POWER = CURRENT X VOLTAGE.
- RESISTANCE: how well a material/object conducts electricity. Low resistance makes a good conductor, while high resistance makes a bad conductor.
Do you understand everything? Let's do a quiz and find out!