| DOSE: T+ 0:00 |
15 mg |
oral |
2C-T-7 |
(powder / crystals) |
| T+ 3:30 |
5.0 mg |
oral |
2C-T-7 |
(powder / crystals) |
| T+ 6:00 |
5.0 mg |
oral |
2C-T-7 |
(powder / crystals) |
T + 0:00 We consumed 15mg of 2CT7 on a somewhat full stomach of pancakes.
T + 1:15 I began to notice slight effects, very similar to those of weak paper acid. There is a very similar body sensation to that of somewhat dirty acid. Some mucus production.
T + 2:30 Much of the dirty feeling has subsided. The character of the experince has also changed. It it less like acid now and has more of its own charater, although im not sure what that is at this time. I'm feeling fairly confident that the experience is not going to get any stronger. We decide, however to hold off on eating more because many people note taking more and then the first batch kicking in and regretting it.
T + 3:30 We eat 5mg more each, since the effects haven't gotten much stronger.
T + 6:00 We eat 5mg more each. still no effects from the last 5. I like this substance a lot from what i can tell, i just wish it would fully hit me already! IT has a very distinguishable character, one that i believe can provide a variety of experiences even among the same person. One of our fellow trippers is incredibly hilarious. He started out with 20mg and has been laughing histarically for hours now, he hasn't paused for more than two seconds at a time (literally), so apparently it has worked very well on some people. WE hope the last 5mg will blossom.
T + 9/10 Beginning to come down now, never fully went up. the last 5 mg never hit us.. the last 10 only really extended the experience we had. Next time we'll try more. why is this stuff so expensive?
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.


Warning
The 0.24.x series of releases will be the last to support Python 2. Future feature releases will support Python 3 only. See Dropping Python 2.7 for more.
These are the changes in pandas 0.24.2. See Release Notes for a full changelog including other versions of pandas.
Fixed regression in DataFrame.all() and DataFrame.any() where bool_only=True was ignored (GH25101)
DataFrame.all()
DataFrame.any()
bool_only=True
Fixed issue in DataFrame construction with passing a mixed list of mixed types could segfault. (GH25075)
DataFrame
Fixed regression in DataFrame.apply() causing RecursionError when dict-like classes were passed as argument. (GH25196)
DataFrame.apply()
RecursionError
dict
Fixed regression in DataFrame.replace() where regex=True was only replacing patterns matching the start of the string (GH25259)
DataFrame.replace()
regex=True
Fixed regression in DataFrame.duplicated(), where empty dataframe was not returning a boolean dtyped Series. (GH25184)
DataFrame.duplicated()
Fixed regression in Series.min() and Series.max() where numeric_only=True was ignored when the Series contained Categorical data (GH25299)
Series.min()
Series.max()
numeric_only=True
Series
Categorical
Fixed regression in subtraction between Series objects with datetime64[ns] dtype incorrectly raising OverflowError when the Series on the right contains null values (GH25317)
datetime64[ns]
OverflowError
Fixed regression in TimedeltaIndex where np.sum(index) incorrectly returned a zero-dimensional object instead of a scalar (GH25282)
TimedeltaIndex
np.sum(index)
Fixed regression in IntervalDtype construction where passing an incorrect string with ‘Interval’ as a prefix could result in a RecursionError. (GH25338)
IntervalDtype
Fixed regression in creating a period-dtype array from a read-only NumPy array of period objects. (GH25403)
Fixed regression in Categorical, where constructing it from a categorical Series and an explicit categories= that differed from that in the Series created an invalid object which could trigger segfaults. (GH25318)
categories=
Fixed regression in to_timedelta() losing precision when converting floating data to Timedelta data (GH25077).
to_timedelta()
Timedelta
Fixed pip installing from source into an environment without NumPy (GH25193)
Fixed regression in DataFrame.replace() where large strings of numbers would be coerced into int64, causing an OverflowError (GH25616)
int64
Fixed regression in factorize() when passing a custom na_sentinel value with sort=True (GH25409).
factorize()
na_sentinel
sort=True
Fixed regression in DataFrame.to_csv() writing duplicate line endings with gzip compress (GH25311)
DataFrame.to_csv()
I/O
Better handling of terminal printing when the terminal dimensions are not known (GH25080)
Bug in reading a HDF5 table-format DataFrame created in Python 2, in Python 3 (GH24925)
Bug in reading a JSON with orient='table' generated by DataFrame.to_json() with index=False (GH25170)
orient='table'
DataFrame.to_json()
index=False
Bug where float indexes could have misaligned values when printing (GH25061)
Bug where calling Series.replace() on categorical data could return a Series with incorrect dimensions (GH24971)
Series.replace()
Reshaping
Bug in transform() where applying a function to a timezone aware column would return a timezone naive result (GH24198)
transform()
Bug in DataFrame.join() when joining on a timezone aware DatetimeIndex (GH23931)
DataFrame.join()
DatetimeIndex
Visualization
Bug in Series.plot() where a secondary y axis could not be set to log scale (GH25545)
Series.plot()
Other
Bug in Series.is_unique() where single occurrences of NaN were not considered unique (GH25180)
Series.is_unique()
NaN
Bug in merge() when merging an empty DataFrame with an Int64 column or a non-empty DataFrame with an Int64 column that is all NaN (GH25183)
merge()
Int64
Bug in IntervalTree where a RecursionError occurs upon construction due to an overflow when adding endpoints, which also causes IntervalIndex to crash during indexing operations (GH25485)
IntervalTree
IntervalIndex
Bug in Series.size raising for some extension-array-backed Series, rather than returning the size (GH25580)
Series.size
Bug in resampling raising for nullable integer-dtype columns (GH25580)
A total of 25 people contributed patches to this release. People with a “+” by their names contributed a patch for the first time.
Albert Villanova del Moral
Arno Veenstra +
chris-b1
Devin Petersohn +
EternalLearner42 +
Flavien Lambert +
gfyoung
Gioia Ballin
jbrockmendel
Jeff Reback
Jeremy Schendel
Johan von Forstner +
Joris Van den Bossche
Josh
Justin Zheng
Kendall Masse
Matthew Roeschke
Max Bolingbroke +
rbenes +
Sterling Paramore +
Tao He +
Thomas A Caswell
Tom Augspurger
Vibhu Agarwal +
William Ayd
Zach Angell


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- Created an embedded resource system to expose embedded
resources from assemblies to web clients easily.
- Added CurrentSession to ApplicationService,
AbpController and AbpApiController classes.
- Created Asp.Web.Resources package and moved js,css and
localization xml files from Abp.Web.Mvc to this new package. Should add this
package for existing web projects.
- Bugfixes and improvements.
v<IP_ADDRESS> (2014-07-21)
- Updated nuget package dependencies.
v0.3 (2014-07-20)
- Setting auditing informations automatically for
EntityFramework and NHibernate.
- Soft deleting implemented for also EntityFramework.
- Added IShouldNormalize for DTOs.
- Created a base ApplicationService class that can be
(optionally) used to simplify logging and localization.
- Added UnitOfWorkScope.Current.SaveChanges.
- UnitOfWorkScope uses existing UOW when available.
- Added IAbpSession interface to obtain current UserId
and TenantId.
- * Removed direct log4net package dependencies. If you're using log4net, add
Castle.Windsor-log4net
package to your project.
- * Changed type of UserId from int to long.
- * Renamed ISoftDeleteEntity to ISoftDelete.
- * Renamed Uow.AddSuccessHandler to OnSuccess.
- Code refactorings and improvements.
- Some minor and potential bugs fixed
* these may be breaking changes for existing applications.
v0.2.4 (2014-07-05)
- Recursive DTO validation implemented.
- Soft delete implemented for NHibernate
- Enhancements and fixes on MVC and Web API error handling.
- Enhancements for errors logging.
- Minor fixes and refactorings.
- Updated depended nuget packages.
v<IP_ADDRESS> (2014-06-22)
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v0.2.3 (2014-06-15)
- AngularJs integration completed.
- Resolved virtual directory issue (#20).
- Other minor fixes and improvements.
v<IP_ADDRESS> (2014-06-08)
- Moved javascripts and styles back to Abp.Web.Mvc nuget package.
v0.2.2 (2014-06-07)
-
EntityFramework integration is completed.
- Application
service methods are
unit of work by default
from now. Added UnitOfWorkAttribute.IsDisabled to disable
it for a particular application service method.
- Added IsTransactional property to unit of work.
- Added AddSuccessHandler method to unit of work that is
used to define actions that is performed when current unit of work
successfully completed.
- Added EventBus.TriggerUow extension method to trigger
events when current unit of work successfully completed. It's actually a
shortcut of AddSuccessHandler for triggering events.
- Moved javascripts and styles from Abp.Web.Mvc to Abp.Web
assembly (nuget package).


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In this lecture, we're going to download WordPress. At the time of the recording of this course, the latest version of WordPress was 4.0. It is recommended that you also use Version 4.0 while you're following along with the lectures (to avoid running into bugs that haven't yet been addressed in future versions). However, once you've completed the course, update your WordPress version to the latest stable release (if available)! It is strongly advised that you keep your software up-to-date—including WordPress and all it's plugins—to avoid flaws in the code, and to keep you and your website visitors safe from malware, and hackers. A zip file containing WordPress 4.0 is available for download in this lecture.
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In this lecture, we're going to download WordPress. At the time of the recording of this course, the latest version of WordPress was 4.0. It is recommended that you also use Version 4.0 while you're following along with the lectures (to avoid running into bugs that haven't yet been addressed in future versions). However, once you've completed the course, update your WordPress version to the latest stable release (if available)! It is strongly advised that you keep your software up-to-date—including WordPress and all it's plugins—to avoid flaws in the code, and to keep you and your website visitors safe from malware, and hackers. A zip file containing WordPress 4.0 is available for download in this lecture.
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In this lecture, we're going to download WordPress. At the time of the recording of this course, the latest version of WordPress was 4.0. It is recommended that you also use Version 4.0 while you're following along with the lectures (to avoid running into bugs that haven't yet been addressed in future versions). However, once you've completed the course, update your WordPress version to the latest stable release (if available)! It is strongly advised that you keep your software up-to-date—including WordPress and all it's plugins—to avoid flaws in the code, and to keep you and your website visitors safe from malware, and hackers. A zip file containing WordPress 4.0 is available for download in this lecture.
In this lecture, we're going to download WordPress. At the time of the recording of this course, the latest version of WordPress was 4.0. It is recommended that you also use Version 4.0 while you're following along with the lectures (to avoid running into bugs that haven't yet been addressed in future versions). However, once you've completed the course, update your WordPress version to the latest stable release (if available)! It is strongly advised that you keep your software up-to-date—including WordPress and all it's plugins—to avoid flaws in the code, and to keep you and your website visitors safe from malware, and hackers. A zip file containing WordPress 4.0 is available for download in this lecture.
In this lecture, we're going to download WordPress. At the time of the recording of this course, the latest version of WordPress was 4.0. It is recommended that you also use Version 4.0 while you're following along with the lectures (to avoid running into bugs that haven't yet been addressed in future versions). However, once you've completed the course, update your WordPress version to the latest stable release (if available)! It is strongly advised that you keep your software up-to-date—including WordPress and all it's plugins—to avoid flaws in the code, and to keep you and your website visitors safe from malware, and hackers. A zip file containing WordPress 4.0 is available for download in this lecture.
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Tampa, Florida
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Randy Knight,
Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Adam Jorgensen,
Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Denny Cherry,
Abstract:
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Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Julie Smith,
Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Geoff Hiten,
Abstract:
SQL Audit provides the ability to track and log activities and changes at the instance or database level built upon Extended Events SQL Audit provides both synchronous and asynchronous capabilities. The granularity of events that can be monitored and tracked with SQL Audit can only be matched by means of using a SQL Profiler trace, but provides reduced overhead. This presentation will provide insight into the internals of SQL Audit, along with how to plan, create, and monitor instance and database level audits.
Speaker(s): David Dye,
Abstract:
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Speaker(s): Brian Mitchell,
Abstract:
Like the title says, be prepared to get really down and dirty with memory allocations and usage in SQL Server. RAM is one of the three pillars of server performance and understanding how it is used, how you can analyze what is going on with it and how to properly adjust the the few knobs you have at your disposal are very important topics for both your server's health and performance.
Speaker(s): Kevin Boles,
Abstract:
Service Broker can be used to simplify messaging between applications and assist in asynchronous programming by queuing messages and/or events. This presentation will explain how to use the Service Broker services, discuss its many components and show why you’ll benefit from using it. Several case studies will illustrate an elegant way to maintain data across multiple servers and show how to reduce dependencies between related programs and/or data structures.
Speaker(s): Janis Griffin,
Abstract:
Design tips and tricks on implementing enterprise datawarehose and common pitfalls to avoid. This session also provides the realworld examples
Speaker(s): Dr. Suresh Rajappa,
Abstract:
Learn all you wanted to know about index design but were afraid to ask. This session focuses on physical index structures as well as how the server chooses indexes. Note: Join optimization is a separate session
Speaker(s): Jeffrey Garbus,
Abstract:
When adminstering SQL Server, in SSMS are you a clicker or a typer? This session explores the use of the GUI vs. using scripting in SSMS to get day to day tasks accomplished, with a bent toward scripting for increased accuracy, control and speed. Tasks are illustrated through the use of the Day-to-Day section of Brad McGeehee's Sure DBA Checklist at http://www.bradmcgehee.com , Used with Permission and Great Thanks.
Speaker(s): David Taylor,
Abstract:
You have recently inherited the support of a new or existing database, what are the things you should immediately check and start monitoring and what are the things that you should address over the next few weeks. When taking over support of a database or system, you cannot ASSUME anything. At the end of this session you will have a nice checklist of things you should check and be doing on ALL your databases not just the one you inherited.
Speaker(s): Tim Radney,
Abstract:
An advanced session which will attempt to break down areas of the data flow buffer. In examining how the buffers are built and used, the user will begin to understand if, how and why package performance will be impacted when new transformations or columns are added. The session will further take a look at the effects of parallel package and parallel task execution.
Speaker(s): Eric Wisdahl,
Abstract:
In this sesssion we will look at how the CodeProject SQLPSX can be used for real world PowerShell automation. Specific topics covered include using ADO.NET, retrieving SQL Server information, SSIS administration, Policy-Based Management and SQLIse a WPF-based query tool.
Speaker(s): Chad Miller,
Abstract:
Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Version III is a public/non-proprietary framework that describes Best Practices in IT Service Management. Conducting database administration within an ITIL framework can improve change management, reduce operational risks, stabilize your environment and pose challenges. Learn the conceptual basics of the Information Technology Infrastructure Library, Version 3 (ITIL V3), the responsibilities and deliverables of DBAs in an ITIL shop, and review a few examples of scaled deployments of the ITIL V3 process framework.
Speaker(s): Timothy McAliley,
Abstract:
Learn Windows PowerShell best practices as they apply to each stage of the script development lifecycle. See the differences between working interactively from the Windows PowerShell prompt, writing an inline script, adding basic function, advanced functions and finally the implementation of Windows PowerShell Modules. What is a local best practice for Windows PowerShell development is not the same as a global best practice, and this talk covers those differences
Speaker(s): Ed Wilson,
Abstract:
At its heart, the DBA Repository solution employs SSIS and SSRS and in late 2009 was updated for performance and resiliency. This session will cover the original solution, published in SQL Server Magazine, plus the latest enhancements which will delve into some interesting uses of package variables and MERGE in SSIS along with some new reports.
Speaker(s): Rodney Landrum,
Abstract:
Start with a simple proposition: a process is either working or waiting. You can tune the working part, but are you seeing the whole picture? There are many different resources on which your process could be waiting – a lock, memory, disk, CPU, and much more. When a process must wait, SQL Server will log it. There are hundreds of different wait types, and they are a gold mine of data for finding and solving performance problems – and proving the changes worked. After attending this session, you will be able to gather wait stats and use them to zero in on performance issues affecting your databases. Stop guessing, start knowing!
Speaker(s): Eddie Wuerch,
Abstract:
In today's environment many developers are extolling the merits of ORM tools like NHibernate, Linq to SQL, and Entity Framework. Jack will share the reasons why he still believes that stored procedures are the best way to access data in SQL Server. When the session is over you will be able to discuss the issues with developers and have resources to show why you think stored procedures can improve application performance, data security, and code maintenance.
Speaker(s): Jack Corbett,
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LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/tradney
Contact: http://www.timradney.com
Tim is a Data Platform MVP and has a whole collection of Microsoft and other industry certifications. His experience includes HA/DR, virtualization, SSIS, SSRS, and performance tuning, among everything else SQL Server-related. Tim is very active and passionate in the SQL Community. He runs the Columbus GA SQL Users Group, has been a PASS Regional Mentor for a number of years, was named a PASS Outstanding Volunteer in 2012, and is a frequent speaker at user groups, SQLSaturdays and PASS Summits. Tim is one of the top ranked in karma on ask.sqlservercentral.com, answers questions as @tradney on Twitter, and blogs at http://timradney.com and SQLskills blog at http://www.SQLskills.com/blogs/tim.
Contact: http://www.SQLBalls.com
Bradley Ball is a MCITP SQL 2005 MCTS 2008 DBA with over 10 years of IT experience. Bradley spent 8 years working as a Defense contractor for clients such as the U.S. Army and The Executive Office Of the President of the United States. He is currently a Sr. SQL DBA Staff Specialist for Publix Supermarkets. He has presented at SQLSaturdays 62, 74, 79, 85 for the MAGICPASS OPASS SSUG’s, SQL Rally, and at the PASS Summit in 2011. Bradley can be found blogging on http://www.sqlballs.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=176471amp;trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Contact: http://mssqlperformance.blogspot.com/
Jeff has been consulting on and performing technical training for MS SQL Server since 1989, Version 4, on OS/2. Since then, he has worked extensively with each release of the product, specializing in performance and tuning, from concept through legacy system, on systems of all sizes, from small start-up company applications to multi-terabyte data warehouses. In addition to hands-on consulting, he speaks at SQLSaturdays several times/year, has a youtube channel with free training, and has written 20 books on database management systems. His latest book is "Transact SQL the Definitive Guide."
Contact: http://www.bidn.com/people/brianknight
Brian Knight, a SQL Server MVP, MCSE, and MCDBA, is the owner and founder of Pragmatic Works. He is also the co-founder of SQLServerCentral.com, BIDN.com, and SQLShare.com. Brian runs the local SQL Server users group in Jacksonville (JSSUG), is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines, and does regular webcasts at PragmaticWorks.com. He is the author of 15 SQL Server books and a frequent speaker at conferences such as PASS Summit, SQL Connections, TechEd, and many Code Camps.
Contact: http://www.bradleyschacht.com
Bradley is a consultant at Pragmatic Works in Jacksonville, FL. He was an author on the book SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer. Bradley has experience on many part of the Microsoft BI platform. He has spoken at events like SQLSaturday, Code Camp, SQL Lunch and SQL Server User Groups. He is a contributor on sites such as BIDN.com and SQL Server Central as well as an active member of the Jacksonville SQL Server User Group (JSSUG).
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johncwelch/
Contact: http://agilebi.com/jwelch
John Welch joined SentryOne in spring 2018 as VP of Engineering with the acquisition by SentryOne of the software division of Pragmatic Works. John leads the development of a suite of products that make developing, managing, and documenting data solutions easier. John has been successfully delivering IT solutions to business problems since 1994, and has been focused on business intelligence and data warehousing technologies since 2001. He is a Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP), and a frequent presenter on SQL Server and data topics. He also contributes to several open source projects and community initiatives targeted toward making data professionals work more productive.
Contact: http://www.sqlbigeek.com
Brian K. McDonald, MCDBA, MCSD is a Business Intelligence Consultant. Brian has experience in Database Administration, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Integration Services and Analysis Services. He has worked as an Application Developer, Network Administrator and a Database Administrator throughout his 11 years in the IT industry. He even spent a year on a large Help Desk operation a long, long time ago. Brian takes pride in all his projects and diligently works to not only meet expectations, but greatly exceed them. Brian has written articles for industry websites and continually strives to learn more and become a better version of himself. Brian is an active member of the Jacksonville SQL Server User's Group and has presented at User group meetings, Code Camps, many SQLSaturdays and SQL Rally events across Florida and South Carolina.
Contact: https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan
Jonathan Kehayias is a Principal Consultant and trainer with SQLskills, and has been recognized as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP for over 10 years, and was the youngest person ever to achieve the Microsoft Certified Master – SQL Server certification. He has presented at numerous conferences including PASS Summit and SQL Rally, SQLBits, VMware Open Forum, SQLintersection, and multiple SQLSaturdays around the world. As a performance tuning and high availability expert for SQL Server, Jonathan has architected and implemented complex systems and solutions for some of the worlds most challenging workloads.
Over 35 years experiences in Software Sevelopemt, IT Management and BI Architecture.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/randyknight
Contact: http://www.sqlsolutionsgroup.com/blog
Randy Knight is a data professional who has worked with Microsoft technology for over 25 years, focusing on SQL Server since 1997. He has worked in a variety of settings, including 6 years as a database architect for match.com. In 2010, he founded SQL Server Solutions Group LLC, a boutique SQL Server consultancy. A Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) in SQL Server, he speaks often at events all over the country including the PASS Summit, SQLIntersections, and numerous SQLSaturday and User Groups.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/russloski
Contact: http://www.sqlmovers.com
Russ Loski is a SQL Server BI Developer based in Dallas-Fort Worth. He current works as a Data Analytics Engineer for Navisite, a remote managed IT services company. Twenty years ago, he began working with SQL Server 6.5. He has since continued to develop applications connected to all of the versions of SQL Server. He has worked with clients in industries from insurance to healthcare, from movie theaters to American football. Russ is a regular speaker at SQLSaturday events, as well as the SQL Server Users Groups in the North Texas region. Russ likes working with data in various shapes.
Timothy is currently a Technical Trainer in the Enterprise Security Group at Symantec (www.symantec.com, SYMC). Timothy’s particular interests are IT operations, IT auditing, IT audit frameworks, IT service management (ITSM), ITIL, information security, project management, and database/application tier high availability solutions. Timothy delivers training for SharePoint 2010, Windows Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008 R2, and Exchange 2010, and speaks frequently as user groups.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=33808310
Contact: http://brianwmitchell.com
Brian Mitchell, an MCM - SQL 2008 with a MBA from the University of Florida, is a Senior Consultant in the Microsoft Big Data Center of Expertise, where he focuses on SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse, HDInsight, and Microsoft Business Intelligence. Brian has spent countless hours onsite at customer sites delivering Microsoft database and BI solutions. He has extensive experience creating and delivering advanced training for the full range of the Microsoft BI stack, with a particular passion for Analysis Services and Reporting Services. Brian has presented at TechEd, PASS Summit, SQLRally, and several SQLSaturdays and SQL Server user groups. You can read more about his deep involvement in Microsoft data technologies at http://brianwmitchell.com.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpantonovich?
Contact: http://sharepointmike.wordpress.com
Michael Antonovich is the assistant director of Web and Technology Services in the Communications Division for Orange County Public Schools in Orlando, FL, where he manages the Internet and intranet infrastructure. He has published seven books, ranging from an Apple II User Guide to Office and SharePoint 2010 User's Guide. His blog has focused mainly on PowerPivot and Power BI, but for the last year Mike has taken a break to pursue some other activities. He hopes to restart his blog later this year focusing more on style and presentation. Mike has used SQL Server since 1998 and, for the past 7 years, has been promoting SSAS, PowerPivot, and Power BI for the masses.
Chad Miller is a Senior Manager of Database Administration at Raymond James Financial. Chad has worked with Microsoft SQL Server since 1999 and has been automating administration tasks using Windows Powershell since 2007. In his spare time he is the Project Coordinator/Developer of Powershell-based Codeplex project SQL Server PowerShell Extensions (SQLPSX). Chad leads the Tampa Powershell User Group and is also a frequent speaker at SQL Server users groups, SQLSaturdays and Code Camps.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rdameron
Contact: http://RonaldDameron.com
Ronald Dameron is The Only DBA at a small software company building planet-scale mobile resource management software. He has over 20 years IT experience on a variety of platforms. His current interests are Azure, PowerShell, SQL Server 2016 and Linux. He was a PASS Summit 2015 Speaker Idol contestant and has spoken at SQLSaturday Tampa, Orlando, South Florida, and the Tampa and Orlando SQL User groups. He has recently earned the Competent Communicator Award from Toastmasters International. He is most active on Twitter as @RonDBA.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wadamjorgensen/
Contact: http://www.pragmaticworks.com
As President of Pragmatic Works Consulting Adam drives market strategy, sales, partnerships, implementation and thought leadership. He has over 15 years of experience helping companies use their data to fuel their growth. Adam has been wowing audiences around the world for over a decade. He has delivered hundreds of sessions, published over a dozen books and hundreds of online videos and webinars on data and cloud topics. His passion is growing companies and mentoring leaders and companies to help them achieve their dreams.
Contact: http://ecuity.wordpress.com
Senior Consultant in BI and Data Architecture for Information Builders. * Deploy solutions to clients in the grovernment, financial services and healthcare sectors. * Developed the ARRA Fund Manager, a compliance reporting tool used by states and municipalities for federal funds reporting. * Author of 'No Nerds' and 'The Brave, New Front' - articles printed in Computerworld. * 2010 Recipient of the Business Intelligence Competency Center Visionary Award.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kendalvandyke
Contact: http://www.kendalvandyke.com
Kendal is a database strategist, community advocate, public speaker, and blogger. A practiced IT professional with over 15 years of SQL Server experience, Kendal excels at disaster recovery, high availability planning/implementation, amp; debugging/troubleshooting mission critical SQL Server environments. Kendal is a Senior Consultant on the Microsoft Premier Developer Support team and President of MagicPASS (http://magicpass.sqlpass.org), the Orlando, FL based chapter of PASS. Before joining Microsoft, Kendal was a SQL Server/Data Platform MVP from 2011-2016.
Contact: http://blogs.msdn.com/billramo
I'm currently a Work Stream Manager for Advaiya. During my 15 years at Microsoft as a program manager, I shipped or been deeply involved in the following products: Project Houston, SQL Server 2008 R2, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2000, SQL Server 7.0, SQL Server 6.5, Ashton-Tate/Microsoft SQL Server for OS2 (at Ashton-Tate), Excel 2003, Access 2003, Access XP, Access 2000,
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/juliesmith0503/
Contact: http://datachix.com
Julie Smith is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and a BI consultant for Innovative Architects in Atlanta, GA. She#39;s implemented increasingly complex Business Intelligence solutions for over a decade at various organizations. She#39;s also worn many other database “hats” in her career – production DBA and database developer--but data integration and BI are her true passions. Julie holds a BA from the University of South Carolina. She and Audrey Hammonds co-created The Datachix.com blog.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jdsegarra
Contact: http://sqlchicken.com
Jorge Segarra is a senior consultant for Microsoft (Premier Support for Developers) and a former SQL Server MVP. Jorge has co-authored titles including "SQL 2008 Pro Policy-Based Management" and "SQL Server 2012 Bible" .
David is a Sergeant with the Cape Coral Police Department and currently works as a database administrator and developer in the Administrative Services Division. He began his career with the police department in 1990 in the patrol division and worked various assignments until being promoted to Sergeant in 1998. Based on his education and experience David was assigned to his current position in 2002 and is responsible for database administration, software integration, and development for public sa
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackcorbett
Contact: http://www.wisemanorwiseguy.com
JJack Corbett began working with SQL Server, Access, and VB in 1999, when he served an apprenticeship with a good friend who was the software development manager at the local paper mill. He found his niche and has concentrated on SQL Server development and administration since late 2000. He has worked with SQL Server through version 2017 and was a Microsoft Data Plaform MVP from October 2011 to October 2016. Jack is passionate about helping companies architect, design, and develop high performance applications based on the Microsoft Data Platform. He also has a passion for seeing database developers get the core application code (the database) protected under source control. Jack has presented at many user groups and SQLSaturday even
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dmitri-korotkevitch/5/980/b7
Contact: http://aboutsqlserver.com
Dmitri Korotkevitch is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP and Microsoft Certified Master, author of Pro SQL Server Internals and other books with years of experience working with SQL Server as an Application and Database Developer, Database Administrator, and Database Architect. Dmitri specializes in the design, development, and performance tuning of complex OLTP systems that handle thousands of transactions per second around the clock. He blogs at: http://aboutsqlserver.com.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/janis-griffin/0/914/aba
Janis Griffin has over 30 years of DBA/database experience including design, development and implementation of many critical database applications. Before coming to Quest Software, Janis primarily worked in the Telecom/Network Industry, working with both real-time network routing databases and OLTP business to business applications. Janis also held positions as a Principal Architect and Senior Manager, mentoring other DBAs on best practices in database performance tuning.
Contact: https://www.simple-talk.com/blogs/author/2133-rodney-landrum/
Rodney Landrum has been architecting solutions for SQL Server for over 12 years. He has worked with and written about many SQL Server technologies, including DTS, Integration Services, Analysis Services, and Reporting Services. He has co-authored 4 books on Reporting Services. He is been a regular contributor to SQL Server magazine, sqlservercentral.com and Simple-talk.com. Rodney is also SQL Server MVP
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlvariant
Contact: http://sqlvariant.com/
Aaron Nelson is an author, public speaker, blogger, and leader in the community. He has over 15 years of experience in architecture, Business Intelligence, development, and performance tuning of SQL Server. Aaron has received many certifications and is a six time winner of the Microsoft MVP Award. Aaron leads the PowerShell Virtual Group of PASS (SQLPS.io), is a board member of PowerShell.org, and is a volunteer at his PASS Local Group, AtlantaMDF.
Sandra A. Mueller started with Administration (via a programming job) in 1997 and moved into Database Design and performance optimization. She has always had a passion for sharing knowledge and trying to help others avoid the hard lessons she learnt. To this end she has been an MCT for 16 years, writing course ware, providing training and follow-on project consultation. In 2004 after an activation with the military her focus turned to SQL Server 2005 and its Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities. She is currently working as a BI Architect with SQL Server 2008R2 OLAP solutions. Sandra blogs on http://www.SandraAMueller.com. She recently started the Raleigh NC SQL Server BI User Group (http://www.tripassBI.org). She consistency speaks at SQLSaturday events and supports her local community by speaking, volunteering and attending regional chapters.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mredwilson
Contact: http://HTTP://WWW.ScriptingGuys.Com/Blog
Ed Wilson is the Microsoft Scripting Guy and a well-known scripting expert. He writes the daily Hey Scripting Guy! blog. He has also spoken at TechEd, Tech Ready, Geek Ready, SQL Rally and various SQLSaturday conferences. A Microsoft-certified trainer he has taught scripting to Microsoft Premier Customers worldwide. He has written 11 books including 9 on Windows scripting that were published by Microsoft Press. His Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step for MSPress is a current best seller.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=11710667amp;trk=tab_pro
James McAuliffe is a Cloud Solution Architect with CCG Analytics, a Microsoft Gold Partner. He is also a Microsoft Preferred Partner Solutions expert and has been worked with clients of all sizes, from local businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Today’s mix of Big Data and cloud offerings make yesterday’s dream today’s possibility. Let’s talk about it!
Michael Stark has been developing software since 1992. He has worked for both large and small companies. He has worked in a variety of platforms and environments. He prefers the newer technologies and enjoys learning new skills and applying them as solutions to existing processes. He prefers client facing software development projects. He gets personal satisfaction with build products that make business life easier for the end user. Mr. Stark is originally from Miami, Florida and currently resides in Tampa, Florida. In between the two he has live in Atlanta, Detroit, Deland, and Madrid Spain.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geoffhiten
Geoff Hiten is a Technical Solutions Professional at Microsoft. Geoff began working with SQL Server in 1992 with version 4.2 and has used every version since. He specializes in highly available SQL systems, performance tuning, and systems migration. Geoff is heavily involved in the Microsoft SQL Server Community and was initially awarded MVP status in 2004. Geoff was appointed in 2011 to fill an interim Director position at the National PASS organization.
Contact: http://dyfhid.wordpress.com
David is an DBA/Developer for a private educational institution in New Hampshire. David has five years of experience learning and administering SQL Server and more recently developing BI solutions using SSIS. Having earned both his MCTS and MCITP DBA certifications for SQL Server 2008, he still considers himself a beginner sharing with other beginners.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrdenny
Contact: https://www.dcac.com
Denny Cherry is the owner and principal consultant for Denny Cherry Associates Consulting and has over a decade of experience working with platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, Microsoft SQL Server, Hyper-V, vSphere, and Enterprise Storage solutions. Denny’s areas of technical expertise include system architecture, performance tuning, security, replication, and troubleshooting. Denny currently holds several Microsoft Certifications related to SQL Server 2000 through 2019, including being a Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft MVP and VMware vExpert Award.
Contact: http://www.troygallant.com
Troy has been a SQL Server professional for over 18 years, filling various roles as analyst, developer, and for the last decade, DBA. As a regular speaker at SQLSaturdays up and down the east coast, he’s taught on a multitude of topics from disaster recovery to performance tuning to professional development. Currently residing in Jacksonville once again, he just got back from two years as Sr. DBA for the EDW of a major international insurance company in New York City.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwisdahl
Eric Wisdahl is a computer engineer working in the database field. He has held multiple roles and positions in e-commerce, marketing and insurance industries. Currently, he is working as a database administrator in a development role for an e-commerce company. Eric Wisdahl does not like writing about himself in the third person. It is kind of creepy.
Contact: http://pratchev.blogspot.com
Plamen is an SQL Server MVP specializing in relational database applications analysis, implementation, and tuning. His particular interest is in design patterns, performance and optimization. In the past two decades he has worked in different roles as database developer and architect in medium and large scale enterprise applications. He has been involved on projects utilizing DB2 and Oracle, but his main passion is SQL Server, which he started using at version 4.2. Plamen has master's degree in computer science with specialization in algorithms and compliers. He enjoys sharing his experience with user groups and at various conferences.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thesqlguru
Kevin Boles is a SQL Server expert, working exclusively with the product since v6.5. With over 25 years of database experience and over 45,000 man hours of SQL Server engine experience, he holds many related certifications, is an MCT and was a SQL Server MVP from 2007 to 2012. Kevin has been a very successful independent consultant for over 20 years. His passion is the relational engine, especially designing, building, analyzing and tuning high-performance database applications.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donald-stevic-03a5ab1/
I have spent the last 16 years of my life living, learning and teaching SQL Server. I am currently a Principal DBA at SAIC, and I teach online DBA courses at BYU-Idaho. My life before all this was as a high school Drama teacher here in Florida. It might seem an odd transition, but it really isn't. To me, part of being a great DBA is embracing the artistry of the process. How the design of a database ebbs and flows into its final form. So, I guess you could say I am a SQL artist.
Mark Landry has over thirty years of experience in software development. He has been an independent software consultant for fifteen years specializing in object-oriented design and programming, relational and multidimensional database design, and data warehousing. He is considered a regional expert in Analysis Services. Mr. Landry holds Bachelors and Masters Degrees in Computer Science.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sureshrajappa
Suresh Rajappa is a Principal @ Intellisee Group focusing on Enterprise Performance Management, Big Data, Business Analytics and In-memory computing. He has 20 years of experience in databases and Business intelligence. He holds a PhD in Data Mining and MBA degree in Strategy and Finance. He had spoken in various SQLSaturday sessions across the country.
The following is a list of sponsors that helped fund the event.


Ph.D. Research
My PhD research utilized new technology for archiving and accessing output from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh model and observations made on the GOES-16/17 satellite. High-throughput computing was used to rapidly compute statistical information about these data sets and was then applied to assist situational awareness of weather conditions in the wildland fire environment.
Assessment of HRRR Model Forecasts of Convective Outflows in the Fire Environment
Join Fire Science Program
Status: Accepted
The proposed work will evaluate the ability of operational and experimental versions of the High Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) modeling system for the continental United State and Alaska to forecast the characteristics of mesoscale atmospheric boundaries arising from thunderstorm outflows, gust fronts, and downburst winds (referred collectively as convective outflows). The objective is to lead to enhanced situational awareness within the operational fire weather community of the ability of the HRRR model and predictive tools that rely on its output to nowcast and forecast convective outflows.
HRRR Archive Access PhD General Exam HRRR Fire Forecasts Project Home Page Full Dissertation Defense Presentation
Cloud archiving and data mining of High-Resolution Rapid Refresh forecast model output
High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model Data Analytics Derived on the Open Science Grid to Assist Wildland Fire Weather Assessment
Comparison of Lightning Forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Model to Geostationary Lightning Mapper Observations
GOES-16 True Color and Fire Temperature RGB Composite
Sensitivity of Numerical Simulations of Coastal Atmospheric Boundary Layers to Remote Sensing Estimates of Surface State
2016 NASA's Earth and Space Science Fellowship program
Status: Declined
Residents of many coastal metropolitan areas are often exposed to unhealthy levels of ozone during summer. High ozone levels in coastal zones are common because offshore shallow stable boundary layers tend to decrease vertical mixing and concentrate ozone and precursor pollutants in a shallow layer near the surface. Thermally-driven flows between lakes or oceans and coastal urban and suburban areas subsequently may recirculate ozone and ozone precursors within the stable boundary-layer. Forecasting the evolution of coastal ozone events is a current challenge to air quality forecasters requiring high resolution numerical models. Preliminary work shows that these models are sensitive to the surface state, such as coastal water temperature and urban land cover properties.
Many operational weather and air quality models poorly initialize the underlying surface state in coastal areas, which can adversely
affect the ability of numerical simulations to properly forecast boundary-layer depth and the timing and intensity of thermally-
driven flows. In this proposed work, remote sensing estimates of the surface state will be used to improve simulations of the Weather
Research and Forecast model. The sensitivity of coastal boundary layer characteristics to water surface temperature, green vegetation
fraction, land use, urban properties, and albedo will be tested. The model simulations will be compared to observations from recent
and upcoming ozone monitoring field studies. Upon completion, this proposed work will fulfill NASA's Science Mission Directorate
to advance knowledge of our changing environment and improve life by using NASA remote sensing products to improve weather
simulations and air quality forecasts in coastal environments.
Boundary Layer Sensitivity to Dynamically-Changing Surface States
2017 NASA's Earth and Space Science Fellowship program
Status: Declined
High resolution numerical weather prediction models provide invaluable information for many applications, which include aviation, air quality, wildfire management, flooding hazards, solar and wind energy, and general weather forecasting. The accuracy of these numerical models are affected by their representation of the underlying surface state. Surface characteristics vary spatially and temporally on all scales due to anthropogenic and natural factors. For example, drought, irrigation, deforestation, wildfire burn scars, vegetation regrowth, urban development, and changes in coastlines and water covered areas affect albedo, surface roughness, soil moisture, and latent and sensible heat fluxes that alter atmospheric boundary layer processes.
Current operational weather prediction models tend to rely on static, outdated, and simplified land use classifications for the parameterization of heat, moisture, and momentum fluxes near the surface. Remote sensing estimates of surface state from a small sample of images are often used to develop those generalized land use classifications and their properties (e.g., albedo and surface roughness). More attention is now being placed on incorporating into research models remotely-sensed estimates of substantive local changes in the surface state that may have transpired on temporal scales within a few years to as recently as within the current season.
The objective of the proposed work is to investigate the sensitivity of numerical simulations of summertime atmospheric boundary layers in the western United States to improved characterization of the surface state derived from NASA remote sensing products. Of particular interest is to contrast the effects of early to late summer-season changes in: (1) areal extent and temperature of reservoirs and lakes and (2) extent and characteristics of vegetation and soil in rural and urban areas. Reliance in numerical simulations on static or seasonally-evolving climatologies of surface state characteristics may introduce substantive errors in boundary-layer depths and transport winds that affect simulations of poor air quality episodes and wildfire outbreaks that are common during summer in the West. First, literature will be reviewed to identify appropriate specifications of surface characteristics, such as albedo and surface roughness, for more diverse ranges of land cover and vegetation than are commonly used for parameterizing surface fluxes in land surface models. Second, the extent to which those properties can be specified based on NASA remote-sensing products and utilized in the Weather Research and Forecast model will be assessed. Third, sensitivity of the atmospheric boundary layer to improved treatment of land use and cover will be investigated for selected case studies of high interest events (e.g., poor air quality episodes and after major wildfires). This work is intended to benefit the utility of high-resolution weather forecasts for diverse applications, including air quality, agriculture and water and forest management.
NOAA Big Data Request for Information
Since I use GOES-16 data acquired from Amazon AWS S3 buckets,
I responded to the NOAA Big Data Project
Request for Information.
Response Document


Welcome to my cool webapp! It stores all on your device, and uses a Gotanda server to sync it between devices!


function demo() {
console.log("this is not very efficient");
console.log("but proves a point. every change or cursor movement");
console.log("send the entire session state to the other window");
console.log("this includes the undo and redo history");
console.log("click anywhere to open the second window");
}


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We want to use the fp.reduce function to compute the average of a list of numbers, as in:
> average( [ 2, 4, 1, 5 ] ) 3
The following implementation will work as long as you replace the question marks on line 4 with the correct expression.
1. var average = function (ns) { 2. var p = fp.reduce ( 3. function (x,y) { 4. ???????????????????????? 5. }, 6. ns, 7. [ 0 , 0 ] 8. ); 9. return fp.div(fp.hd(p),fp.hd(fp.tl(p))); 10. };
Which one of the following expressions must replace the question marks above?
What is the formula for computing the average of a list of numbers?
What is the semantics of the two arguments of the anonymous function in the code above?
What is the structure of the accumulator in this case?


AtomLinkBar is same as AtomToggleButtonBar, but the default button is selected based on the current page's URI scheme. This is useful control in creating top navigation links usually found on any web applications, where the current page or category is highlighted.
AtomLinkBar can display menu for children items as well.


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| Package | Description |
|---|---|
| ch.rabanti.nanoxlsx4j | |
| ch.rabanti.nanoxlsx4j.styles |
| Class and Description |
|---|
| AbstractStyle
Class represents an abstract style component
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| Style
Class representing a style which consists of several components
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| StyleManager
Class representing a style manager to maintain all styles and its components of a workbook
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| Class and Description |
|---|
| AbstractStyle
Class represents an abstract style component
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| Border
Class representing a Border entry.
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| Border.StyleValue
Enum for the border style
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| CellXf
Class representing an XF entry.
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| CellXf.HorizontalAlignValue
Enum for the horizontal alignment of a cell
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| CellXf.TextBreakValue
Enum for text break options
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| CellXf.TextDirectionValue
Enum for the general text alignment direction
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| CellXf.VerticalAlignValue
Enum for the vertical alignment of a cell
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| Fill
Class representing a Fill (background) entry.
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| Fill.FillType
Enum for the type of the fill
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| Fill.PatternValue
Enum for the type of the fill pattern
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| Font
Class representing a Font entry.
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| Font.SchemeValue
Enum for the font scheme
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| Font.VerticalAlignValue
Enum for the vertical alignment of the text from base line
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| NumberFormat
Class representing a NumberFormat entry.
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| NumberFormat.FormatNumber
Enum for the defined number formats
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| Style
Class representing a style which consists of several components
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| StyleManager
Class representing a style manager to maintain all styles and its components of a workbook
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I am working on a new application at work that’s an MVC3 app that talks to a WCF Service. I use a number of 3rd party libraries:
- Ninject
- Ninject WCF
- Ninject MVC
- Ninject Logging Extensions
- Fluent Validation
- MVCContrib
- Automapper
So when i had to upgrade to MVC3 RTM I had to see what happened to these 3rd party systems – FYI I had a bit of a nightmare! It happened in the following order:
MVCContrib – I was a bit ahead of the game here and checked out latest branch and build from source – SORTED!
Fluent Validation – Luckily Jeremy Skinner tweeted that Fluent Validation for MVC3 was available – SORTED!
Ninject – I had to download this from github, update the solution to run as .Net 4.0 and add the new MVC3 System.Web.MVC dll to it and build from source – SORTED!
Now things started getting a bit weird!
Ninject MVC – this required the solution to be downloaded from github, upgraded to .net 4, the MVC3 System.Web.MVC dll and the previously compiled ninject dll
Ninject WCF - this required the solution to be downloaded from github, upgraded to .net 4 and the previously compiled ninject dll
Ninject Logging - this required the solution to be downloaded from github, upgraded to .net 4 and the previously compiled ninject dll
This was a horrendous task! I’m not sure I’d want to upgrade something so complex again but its all for a good cause as I can now use the Razor view engine :)
EDIT: Those awesome codebetter guys have created these upgrades of Ninject on their build server so you don’t have to - http://teamcity.codebetter.com/
Word of warning: DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!


Integrating QML and JavaScript
The QML language uses a JSON-like syntax and allows various expressions and methods to be defined as JavaScript functions. It also allows users to import JavaScript files and use the functionality those imports provide.
This allows developers and designers to leverage the knowledge they have of JavaScript to quickly develop both user-interfaces and application logic.
JavaScript Expressions
QML has a deep JavaScript integration, and allows signal handlers and methods to be defined in JavaScript. Another core feature of QML is the ability to specify and enforce relationships between object properties using property bindings, which are also defined using JavaScript.
See the documentation page titled JavaScript Expressions in QML Documents for more information about using JavaScript expressions in QML.
JavaScript Resources
Application logic defined in JavaScript functions may be separated into separate JavaScript files known as JavaScript resources. There are several different kinds of JavaScript resources, with different semantics.
See the documentation page titled Defining JavaScript Resources In QML for more information about defining JavaScript resources for QML.
JavaScript Imports
A QML document may import JavaScript resources, and JavaScript resources may import other JavaScript resources as well as QML modules. This allows an application developer to provide application logic in modular, self-contained files.
See the documentation page titled Importing JavaScript Resources for more information on how to import JavaScript resources and how to use the functionality they provide.
JavaScript Host Environment
The QML engine provides a JavaScript environment that has some differences to the JavaScript environment provided by a web browser. Certain limitations apply to code running in the environment, and the QML engine provides various objects in the root context which may be unfamiliar to JavaScript developers.
These limitations and extensions are documented in the description of the JavaScript Host Environment provided by the QML engine.


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defun
function-name lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] {form}*
⇒ function-name
function-name—a function name.
lambda-list—an ordinary lambda list.
declaration—a declare expression; not evaluated.
documentation—a string; not evaluated.
forms—an implicit progn.
block-name—the function block name of the function-name.
Defines a new function named function-name in the global environment. The body of the function defined by defun consists of forms; they are executed as an implicit progn when the function is called. defun can be used to define a new function, to install a corrected version of an incorrect definition, to redefine an already-defined function, or to redefine a macro as a function.
defun implicitly puts a block named block-name around the body forms
(but not the forms in the lambda-list)
of the function defined.
Documentation is attached as a documentation string to name (as kind function) and to the function object.
Evaluating defun causes function-name to be a global name for the function specified by the lambda expression
(lambda lambda-list [[{declaration}* | documentation]] (block block-name {form}*))
processed in the lexical environment in which defun was executed.
(None of the arguments are evaluated at macro expansion time.)
defun is not required to perform any compile-time side effects. In particular, defun does not make the function definition available at compile time. An implementation may choose to store information about the function for the purposes of compile-time error-checking (such as checking the number of arguments on calls), or to enable the function to be expanded inline.
(defun recur (x) (when (> x 0) (recur (1- x)))) ⇒ RECUR (defun ex (a b &optional c (d 66) &rest keys &key test (start 0)) (list a b c d keys test start)) ⇒ EX (ex 1 2) ⇒ (1 2 NIL 66 NIL NIL 0) (ex 1 2 3 4 :test 'equal :start 50) ⇒ (1 2 3 4 (:TEST EQUAL :START 50) EQUAL 50) (ex :test 1 :start 2) ⇒ (:TEST 1 :START 2 NIL NIL 0) ;; This function assumes its callers have checked the types of the ;; arguments, and authorizes the compiler to build in that assumption. (defun discriminant (a b c) (declare (number a b c)) "Compute the discriminant for a quadratic equation." (- (* b b) (* 4 a c))) ⇒ DISCRIMINANT (discriminant 1 2/3 -2) ⇒ 76/9 ;; This function assumes its callers have not checked the types of the ;; arguments, and performs explicit type checks before making any assumptions. (defun careful-discriminant (a b c) "Compute the discriminant for a quadratic equation." (check-type a number) (check-type b number) (check-type c number) (locally (declare (number a b c)) (- (* b b) (* 4 a c)))) ⇒ CAREFUL-DISCRIMINANT (careful-discriminant 1 2/3 -2) ⇒ 76/9
flet; labels; macrolet, labels, block, return-from, declare, documentation; (setf documentation), Evaluation, Ordinary Lambda Lists, Syntactic Interaction of Documentation Strings and Declarations
return-from can be used to return prematurely from a function defined by defun.
Additional side effects might take place when additional information (typically debugging information) about the function definition is recorded.
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It does like Windows Command Prompt (CMD), but this can do much more than CMD does.
This console suitable for console lovers, console beginners, even someone who sick of the CMD and Windows File Explorer.
Everytime you startup, it will tell you a tip and some compact important infomation to you.
MConsole is based on the easy-to-learn programming language - VB.net, which only takes me about up to a year to learn.
No need to install, <200KB file size
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--- layout: post status: publish published: true title: Rails 3 Autoloading with Namespaced Models author: display_name: redconfetti login: redconfetti email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>url: '' author_login: redconfetti author_email<EMAIL_ADDRESS>wordpress_id: 167 wordpress_url: http://rails.redconfetti.com/?p=167 date: '2011-10-18 15:50:03 -0700' date_gmt: '2011-10-18 22:50:03 -0700' categories: - prerequisites tags: [] comments: [] ---
I'm working through an upgrade from Rails 2.3.8 to Rails 3.1, and a set of name spaced models that I setup are giving errors when I run a certain Rake task that relies on them. I looked into the issue and it appears that I need to learn the way Rails 3 loads models.
In /config/application.rb I'm using the following line to auto load all models from /app/models and any subdirectories.
config.autoload_paths += Dir["#{config.root}/app/models/**/"]
For this to work I found that I needed to understand how Rails 3 interprets the folder and filenames. Some models weren't even registering as available, so I created folders for each class and put their files under each folder. This seemed to resolve some errors, but then I was receiving errors when I would try to instantiate a new object from one of the defined classes in the Rails console:
NoMethodError: undefined method `new' for RetsMap::Sys_Local::Res_property::Class_1:Module
In my case RetsMap::Sys_Local::Res_property inherits from RetsMap::Base, and RetsMap::Sys_Local::Res_property::Class_1 inherits from RetsMap::Sys_Local::Res_property. I then tried to see why I was receiving this mention of 'Module' at the end of my 'Class_1' by starting with RetsMap::Base.
irb(main):001:0> RetsMap.class => Module irb(main):002:0> RetsMap::Base => RetsMap::Base irb(main):003:0> RetsMap::Base.class => Module
Sure enough this showed that Rails was interpreting my class as a module. Since these sub-classes inherit from RetsMap::Base, which is loading as a Module, I figured that I needed to start there. I moved the file which defined the class from /app/models/rets_map/base/ folder to /app/models/rets_map/base.rb and this caused the class to load as a class.
irb(main):005:0> RetsMap.class => Module irb(main):006:0> RetsMap::Base.class => Class
I take it that this means that the folders are meant to store modules, with the files representing the classes. At the same time, a subdirectory must be created for each subsequent namespace or else you'll receive an error that it was expecting the file to define itself in the namespace of the folder it belongs to. If you create a file in a directory with the same name as the directory, it can define a class for that namespace instead of being loaded as a module.


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Scenes are simply a container for views, and can be loaded or unloaded at runtime giving you the opportunity to remove unnecessary views from memory if need be. Each scene is saved as a single file in the same location as the main project file. This tutorial assumes that a project has already been created and opened.
In the Project window, right click and from the context menu select Add. A new scene will be created and saved to disk.
To rename a scene, either select the scene and hit F2, or right click on it and select Rename.
To open a scene for editing, either double-click on it, or right-click on the scene and hit Open. The scene will be opened and ready for editing in the Scene View.
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