Dear Associate, I wish to use this medium to reach out to you and at the same time strongly advice that you endevore to treat this mail as discreet and urgent as possible. My name is Geophrey Alabasten,i am the personal account officer to one Engineer.B.Williams a foreign expartriate with Mobil Petroleum Company Netherlands,herein shall be referred to as my client.My client was one of those involved in the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 plane crash that took place on the 4 february 2000 which claimed the lives of every passangers aboard that Airplane. He had operated an account here with FINANS BANK (Netherlands) valued at 8.5m EUROS. Since i got informations about his death i have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim this funds in the custody of the bank b'cos the money can only be released and paid to the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in the banking laws and guidlines.I was however notified to have the next of kin claim this money but several enquries i made inorder to get in contact with his possible relation revealed that his supposed relations were among those in the plane crash leaving nobody for the claim. The banking laws and guidlines here stipulates that if such account remains dormant for over 5yrs funds will be decleared as unclaimed and subsequently will be diverted into the bank treasury as unclaimed funds.In view to this,the bank have indicated action to divert this funds in question into the bank treasury within the next ( 21 ) official working days. My request to have a foreigner stand as the next of kin as the case may be is occassioned by the fact that my client was a foreigner and an indigene cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner,on this note having contacted you is to assist claim this money thereby presenting you to the bank as the next of kin to enable the release and payment of this funds to you b'cos i dont want this funds to be diverted into the bank treasury as unclaimed funds.I will be counting on your reputation as being reliable and rightfull for this transaction.Positive measures to facilitate the success of this transaction have been arranged and will carefully be executed.This transaction is 100% risk free,so on gaining your interest in my offer to you then we can further discuss on the terms and modalities for disbursing of the money. Understand that to ensure the success of this claim as arranged pls do note that an application bearing your paticulars has to be mailed to the bank making claims of this funds as next of kin,having said this kindly furnish me with this information below to enable me properly address a formal application letter that will be used in contacting the bank. 1.Your full name and contact & postal address, 2.Your telephone and fax number for easy communication.Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I anticipate your prompt response to this effect.Kindly reply mail to--><EMAIL_ADDRESS>Sincerely,Geophrey Alabasten.


I am a multi-purpose nerd; my biggest obsessions are reading sci-fi and fantasy, really complex board games and tabletop roleplaying games. I was in marching band in high school.
Back when I had free time, my favorite hobbies were origami, chainmail (as in metal rings, not spam) and model building, with a sprinkling of video games and backpacking. Now I have a son who I teach to make weird noises and not take the dogs as role models while I count down the days until he’s big enough to take hiking.
One of my superpowers is a near-total lack of smell. You might think of losing one of your senses as a disability, but I am almost completely immune to being grossed out (infinitely useful as a new parent), and I can basically imagine my food tasting better if I don't like it. On the other hand, food that I don't think has gone bad can be a critical weakness.
You might not believe it and only a handful of people know,but Samuel actually saved the planet! Samuel's secret background as a transformer made him the perfect candidate. When the world was under attack, he did what any hero would do and went Super Saiyan!
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Debug Grid
The debug grid module allows you to put a background grid on any element which can help you line elements up vertically and horizontally with eachother. Sometimes across large amounts of whitespace it can be tough to see if things are aligned. The background grid comes in both 8 and 16px columns.
The debug module is commented out at the bottom of the src/tachyons.css file. If you uncomment it a 1px outline will be placed on every element on the page. Each element has a different color outline. The purpose of this is to help distinguish elements that are close together by giving them different colors. This has been helpful at times when the outlines are overlapping by 1 or 2 pixels and it's hard to tell where one element ends and the other begins.


Summary
This is a proof-of-concept group for a paper I (Xeon) am writing, to be released publicly. The paper describes the similarities between the real economy and stock market with the Steam Market. Specifically, the paper outlines the implementation of different aspects of the real economy into the game economy, current and future planned. This group is a proof-of-concept of a mutual fund.
Method
The principle behind this mutual fund is simple. Say we wanted to buy something worth 9 refined for the purposes of making profit. A person pools in 1/3 of that amount, some other player pools in 1/3, and you pool in 1/3. The controller of that particular transaction buys the item and sells it for 12 refined, basically making 3 refined profit. Since each player pooled in about 1/3, the 3 ref is split exactly evenly, 1 refined to each person.
Now say we completed the transaction, but the dividend given to each person (for this proof-of-concept, the dividend is the amount of profit they receive for each transaction instead of a monthly payment) don't split evenly or are not substantial enough to equate to any item in the game. In this case, the amount is carried over to the next transaction, and all future transactions until it equates to an amount payable, or the person chooses not to even bother with it. Examples of cases like this include the dividend equating to a fraction of a weapon, something like 0.001 ref up to a weapon, or 0.05 ref.


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There are many different options for printing on Windows. We start by reviewing some common business needs and output formats. We then go on to look at three completely different techniques for printing: automating Word, using Windows graphics functions, and finally direct generation of Portable Document Format (PDF) files from Python.
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython module¶
Optimized version of some utility functions for the UCBoost module, that should be compiled using Cython (http://docs.cython.org/).
Warning
This extension should be used with the setup.py
script, by running:
$ python setup.py build_ext --inplace
You can also use [pyximport](http://docs.cython.org/en/latest/src/tutorial/cython_tutorial.html#pyximport-cython-compilation-for-developers) to import the kullback_cython
module transparently:
>>> import pyximport; pyximport.install() # instantaneous
(None, <pyximport.pyximport.PyxImporter at 0x...>)
>>> from UCBoost_faster_cython import * # takes about two seconds
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
biquadratic_distance
()¶ The biquadratic distance, \(d_{bq}(p, q) := 2 (p - q)^2 + (4/9) * (p - q)^4\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
distance_t
()¶ A shifted tangent line function of
kullback_leibler_distance_on_mean()
.\[d_t(p, q) = \frac{2 q}{p + 1} + p \log\left(\frac{p}{p + 1}\right) + \log\left(\frac{2}{\mathrm{e}(p + 1)}\right).\]Warning
I think there might be a typo in the formula in the article, as this \(d_t\) does not seem to “depend enough on q” (just intuition).
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
hellinger_distance
()¶ The Hellinger distance, \(d_{h}(p, q) := (\sqrt{p} - \sqrt{q})^2 + (\sqrt{1 - p} - \sqrt{1 - q})^2\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
kullback_leibler_distance_lowerbound
()¶ Lower-bound on the Kullback-Leibler divergence for Bernoulli distributions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_distribution#Kullback.E2.80.93Leibler_divergence
\[d_{lb}(p, q) = p \log\left( p \right) + (1-p) \log\left(\frac{1-p}{1-q}\right).\]
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
kullback_leibler_distance_on_mean
()¶ Kullback-Leibler divergence for Bernoulli distributions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli_distribution#Kullback.E2.80.93Leibler_divergence
\[\mathrm{kl}(p, q) = \mathrm{KL}(\mathcal{B}(p), \mathcal{B}(q)) = p \log\left(\frac{p}{q}\right) + (1-p) \log\left(\frac{1-p}{1-q}\right).\]
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
min_solutions_pb_from_epsilon
()¶ Minimum of the closed-form solutions of the following optimisation problems, for \(d = d_s^k\) approximation of \(d_{kl}\) and any \(\tau_1(p) \leq k \leq \tau_2(p)\):
\[\begin{split}P_1(d_s^k)(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_s^k(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[\begin{split}q^* &= q_k^{\boldsymbol{1}(\delta < d_{kl}(p, q_k))},\\ d_s^k &: (p, q) \mapsto d_{kl}(p, q_k) \boldsymbol{1}(q > q_k),\\ q_k &:= 1 - \left( 1 - \frac{\varepsilon}{1 + \varepsilon} \right)^k.\end{split}\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
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Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
solution_pb_bq
()¶ Closed-form solution of the following optimisation problem, for \(d = d_{bq}\) the
biquadratic_distance()
function:\[\begin{split}P_1(d_{bq})(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_{bq}(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[q^* = \min(1, p + \sqrt{-\frac{9}{4} + \sqrt{\frac{81}{16} + \frac{9}{4} \delta}}).\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
solution_pb_hellinger
()¶ Closed-form solution of the following optimisation problem, for \(d = d_{h}\) the
hellinger_distance()
function:\[\begin{split}P_1(d_h)(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_h(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[q^* = \left( (1 - \frac{\delta}{2}) \sqrt{p} + \sqrt{(1 - p) (\delta - \frac{\delta^2}{4})} \right)^{2 \times \boldsymbol{1}(\delta < 2 - 2 \sqrt{p})}.\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
solution_pb_kllb
()¶ Closed-form solution of the following optimisation problem, for \(d = d_{lb}\) the proposed lower-bound on the Kullback-Leibler binary distance (
kullback_leibler_distance_lowerbound()
) function:\[\begin{split}P_1(d_{lb})(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_{lb}(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[q^* = 1 - (1 - p) \exp\left(\frac{p \log(p) - \delta}{1 - p}\right).\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
solution_pb_sq
()¶ Closed-form solution of the following optimisation problem, for \(d = d_{sq}\) the
biquadratic_distance()
function:\[\begin{split}P_1(d_{sq})(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_{sq}(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[q^* = p + \sqrt{\frac{\delta}{2}}.\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
solution_pb_t
()¶ Closed-form solution of the following optimisation problem, for \(d = d_t\) a shifted tangent line function of
kullback_leibler_distance_on_mean()
(distance_t()
) function:\[\begin{split}P_1(d_t)(p, \delta): & \max_{q \in \Theta} q,\\ \text{such that } & d_t(p, q) \leq \delta.\end{split}\]The solution is:
\[q^* = \min\left(1, \frac{p + 1}{2} \left( \delta - p \log\left(\frac{p}{p + 1}\right) - \log\left(\frac{2}{\mathrm{e} (p + 1)}\right) \right)\right).\]\(\delta\) is the
upperbound
parameter on the semi-distance between input \(p\) and solution \(q^*\).
-
Policies.Experimentals.UCBoost_faster_cython.
squadratic_distance
()¶ The quadratic distance, \(d_{sq}(p, q) := 2 (p - q)^2\).


The openNuke Toolkit is a collection of common tools for Nuke. - It is indended for freelancers working at vendors that dont have theses normal extra tools.
This is a repository of nuke tools collected from the internet that have an open commercial licence. (many are from Nukepedia)
Code must include : author name; dateCreated; source link; licence link.
All nodes/code has no dependencies outside this toolkit folder. So when a script is opened in nuke in a different enviroment it will still work. (i.e. on a different machienes or the farm)
All code has been checked for bad channels, malicious intent and privacy invasion.
There is a loader UI that loads all the tools inside nuke from this web repository or from local disk.
instructions for loading toolset inside nuke
Copy and paste into Nuke Script Editor and click run:


The Developer's Guide has moved into the OpenOffice.org wiki. You will be redirected automatically in a few seconds. If you encounter any problems please click Developer's Guide manually.
Currently no PDF version is available but we hope that we can provide a new generated version based on the wiki content in the near future. The advantage of the wiki is that the guide will be more uptodate and it can be easier maintained. We are looking also forward to more contributions in the wiki version.
Thank you


You attempt to charm a humanoid you can see within range. It must make a W isdom saving throw, and does so with advantage if you or your companions are fighting it. If it fails the saving throw, it is charmed by you until the spell ends or until you or your companions do anything harmful to it. The charmed creature regards you as a friendly acquaintance. When the spell ends, the creature knows it w as charmed by you.
At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you can target one additional creature for each slot level above 1st. The creatures must be within 30 feet of each other when you target them.


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API Documentation¶
Main Interface¶
All of mampys’ functionality can be accessed by these functions. They all return an instance of the main workhorses:
-
mampy.
selected
()[source]¶ Constructs and return a
SelectionList
from MGlobal.getActiveSelectionList()Return type: SelectionList
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mampy.
ls
(*args, **kwargs)[source]¶ Constructs and return a
SelectionList
from given args, kwargs.Supports all parameters that cmds.ls have.
Parameters: - *args – dagpath or dagpath list.
- **kwargs – Optional arguments that
ls
takes.
Return type: Usage:
>>> import mampy >>> slist = mampy.ls(sl=True, dag=True, type='mesh') SelectionList([u'pCubeShape1', u'pCubeShape2'])
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mampy.
ordered_selection
(slice_start=None, slice_stop=None, slice_step=None, **kwargs)[source]¶ Constructs and return an ordered
SelectionList
.Parameters: - slice_start – Where the slice starts from.
- slice_stop – Where the slice stops.
- slice_step – steps.
- **kwargs – Optional arguments that
ls
takes.
Return type: Usage:
>>> import mampy >>> cmds.ls(sl=True) [u'pCube3', u'pCube2', u'pCube4', u'pCube1'] >>> slist = mampy.ordered_selection(-2) [u'pCube4', u'pCube1']
Important
It seems that Maya 2015 returns an ordered selection by default without having the track ordered selection option box.
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mampy.
get_node
(dagpath)[source]¶ Construct and return a
DagNode
from given dagpath.Parameters: dagpath – api.OpenMaya.MDagPath
or dagpath str.Return type: DagNode
Usage:
>>> dagpath = 'pCube1' >>> dagnode = get_node(dagpath) DagNode('pCube1')
If support for a specific node exists DagNode will try to create it. These subclasses must be created manually and always have the same name as the
cmds.nodeType
return value from a dagpath.>>> dagpath = 'persp' >>> dagnode = get_node(dagpath) Camera('persp')
Classes¶
Selection List¶
-
class
mampy.
SelectionList
(slist=None, merge=True)[source]¶ A sequence like object wrapping the
api.OpenMaya.MSelectionList
object.Emulates the
api.OpenMaya.MSelectionList
while trying to behave like a list object. The objects in the list can be fetched by index making the __iter__ a bit useless. I’ve taken advantage of this and made the __iter__ refer toMSelectionList.getSelectionStrings()
to fetch the readable string list that maya usually provides throughcmds.ls
function. This makesSelectionList
easier to pass around.Usage:
>>> import mampy >>> slist = mampy.SelectionList() SelectionList([]) ... >>> cmds.ls(sl=True) ['pCube1', 'pCube2'] ... >>> slist.extend(cmds.ls(sl=True)) SelectionList([u'pCube1', u'pCube2'])
-
classmethod
from_ls
(merge=True, **kwargs)[source]¶ Constructs a
SelectionList
fromcmds.ls
.Parameters: merge – If found components should be merged to one MObject.
-
classmethod
from_selection
()[source]¶ Constructs a
SelectionList
fromapi.OpenMaya.MGlobal.getActiveSelectionList()
.
-
classmethod
from_ordered
(start=None, stop=None, step=None, **kwargs)[source]¶ Construct a
SelectionList
fromcmds.ls(os=True)
and return it.Parameters: - start – start of slice.
- stop – end of slice.
- step – slice steps.
-
append
(value)[source]¶ Appends a given dagpath to the end of the list.
Parameters: value – dagpath string, MObject
,(api.OpenMaya.MDatPath, api.OpenMaya.MObject)
-
extend
(other, strategy=<MagicMock name='mock.OpenMaya.MSelectionList.kMergeNormal' id='58964456'>)[source]¶ Extend list with other. s list with given
Parameters: - other –
SelectionList
,Component
orlist, tuple, set
of dagpath strings. - strategy –
api.OpenMaya.MSelectionList
Merge strategy
- other –
-
toggle
(other)[source]¶ Toggles other
SelectionList
objects with self.
-
remove
(other)[source]¶ Removes other
SelectionList
objects from self.
-
itercomps
()[source]¶ Iterates over the
SelectionList
Component
objects.
-
iterdags
()[source]¶ Iterates over the
SelectionList
DagNode
objects.
-
classmethod
DagNode¶
-
class
mampy.
DagNode
(dagpath)[source]¶ A base dagnode class, providing most behaviour that Maya Nodes can inherit and override, as necessary.
Parameters: dagpath – dagpath str, api.OpenMaya.MDagPath
Usage:
>>> import mampy >>> node = mampy.DagNode('pCube1') DagNode('|pCube1')
Note
DagNode
does currently lack subclasses. This will be developed as need arises.-
attributes
¶ Construct and return attribute list that belongs to node.
Return type: list
-
bounding_box
¶ Return type: api.OpenMaya.MBoundingBox
-
name
¶ Return type: str
-
node
¶ Return type: api.OpenMaya.MObject
-
fullpath
¶ Return type: str
-
matrix
¶ Return type: api.OpenMaya.MMatrix
-
type
¶ Return type: int
-
typestr
¶ Return type: str
-
get_shape
(index=0)[source]¶ Return shape at given index. If index is not given return first in list.
-
get_parent
(index=0)[source]¶ Return parent at given index. If index is not given return first in list.
-
Component¶
-
class
mampy.
Component
[source]¶ A base component class, providing most behavior that other component classes can inherit and override, as necessary.
Parameters: - dagpath – dagpath str, list of dagpath str or
api.OpenMaya.MDagPath
- compobj –
api.OpenMaya.MObject
Usage:
>>> import mampy >>> comp = mampy.Component('pCube1.f[0]') MeshPolygon('pCube1.f[0]')
Note
Component
does not yet support vertex faces.-
bounding_box
¶ Construct a
api.OpenMaya.MBoundingBox
object amd return it.Return type: api.OpenMaya.MBoundingBox
-
indices
¶ Return int array of current
Component
object.Return type: api.OpenMaya.MIntArray
-
node
¶ Return the OpenMaya representation of a component.
Return type: (api.OpenMaya.MDagPath, api.OpenMaya.MObject)
-
mesh
¶ Construct the
api.OpenMaya.MFnMesh
of current component and return it.Return type: api.OpenMaya.MFnMesh
-
points
¶ Construct a list of component positions as
api.OpenMaya.MPoint
objects and return it.Return type: list
-
type
¶ Return type: int
-
typestr
¶ Return type: str
-
classmethod
create
(dagpath, comptype)[source]¶ Construct empty
Component
attached to dagpath and return it.Parameters: - dagpath – str(dagpath), api.OpenMaya.MDagPath
- comptype – integer
Return type: Usage:
>>> dagpath = 'pCube1' >>> component = Component.create(dagpath, MFn.kMeshVertComponent) MeshVert(pCube1.vtx[])
-
add
(indices)[source]¶ Add given index or list of indices to current
Component
object.Parameters: indices – int
,sequence
-
convert_to
(**kwargs)[source]¶ Convert current component to given component type and return it.
Return type: Component
-
get_mesh_shell
()[source]¶ Extend current
Component
to contained mesh shell and return newComponent
.Return type: Component
-
get_uv_shell
()[source]¶ Extend current
Component
to contained uv shell and return new :class:Component
object.Return type: Component
-
is_valid
(comptype=None)[source]¶ Whether this is a valid Component object or not.
Parameters: comptype – Internal OpenMaya.MFn
int type.Return type: bool
- dagpath – dagpath str, list of dagpath str or


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ExtraCurricular activities
TA (Teaching Assistant) for the course of Topics in Linear programming (CS698J/R) in a batch of nearly 60 students.
Designed an app Let's Meet in Yahoo HackU’ 13 using Google Maps API which suggests a cluster of distinct type of meeting places in proximity based on input provided by a group of users. Implemented Minimum Enclosing Circle algorithm to provide meeting places that are appropriately close to all the users. Used Google Maps API and JavaScript.
Assistant Coordinator, IORC (India Open Rubiks Cube), Techkriti 2011.
Participated in IDEA 13: A incubation contest for pitching up with our business plan. Developed a SMART Grid based android app for remotely controlling electrical appliances.
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Jamaican singer Koffee among 5 nominated for Best Reggae Album Grammy award
by Jamaica Observer(JAMAICA OBSERVER) – The nominees in the Best Reggae Album category of the 62nd Grammy Awards have been announced.
The nominees are Rapture by Koffee; Mass Manipulation by Steel Pulse, As I Am by Julian Marley, The Final Battle: Sly & Robbie vs Roots Radics by Sly and Robbie and Roots Radics and More Work to be Done by Third World.
This is the first nomination for Koffee who is the youngest solo reggae act to have gotten a nomination in the category.
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BOOGIE NIGHTS
During the seven years the movie covers (1977-1984), Los Angeles was a busy place: pornographic films, drugs and disco were the rage. It was during those same years that one film maker of porno films made an attempt to legitimatize the genre and raise it to respectability. Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) is one such who gives it a try. What happens next is what this film is all about, the ups and downs of all whom the pornographic industry touched.
BOOGIE NIGHTS, under the watchful eye of its 26-year old director, contains frontal nudity; despite this, at no time is there a single frame that can be thought of as erotic. Quite a feat.
All the characters in that industry want to be loved. All have an astigmatic view of the genre and their part in it. There is the story's star who changes his acting name from a simple Eddie Adams to Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), a name he feels is in keeping with the kind of roles he plays, someone who can put on a simulated (and not so simulated) act of making love any time he wishes. He is young and dashing and invincible, etc. etc. . . . or so he thinks. Everyone loves him; he has more money than he ever dreamed existed as well as women all around him. What more could an innocent, untalented, uneducated young man want?
As the industry grew, Jack Horner became a kind of father to everyone around him. At the same time he is well aware that Freud would have had a ball with any of them; in some way they are all sick or deficient but none can see it. They think they are just as good actors as in legitimate films. In his role as the "father" and film maker, Reynolds does a superb bit of underlaying.
Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) wants to be a star, to be adored and never stops to consider what is necessary to give up in order to achieve stardom in porno films. Then there is Rollergirl (Heather Graham) an innocent who all picture long moves on roller skates, lacking the intelligence to see the idiocy of that.
There are many more characters in the film, each meticulously drawn to show the era, the madness and finally the disillusionment. Fine acting helps make the film very real. There is Don Cheadle who keeps changing his wardrobe in attempts to find out who he is. Little Bill is played by William H Macy.
For one fleeting second during the period covered by the film, some thought that the film industry and the public would finally realize that porno films was a serious, real art form; that never happened.
Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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LEON THE PIG FARMER A film review by James Berardinelli Copyright 1993 James Berardinelli
Rating (Linear 0 to 10): 7.8
Date Released: varies Running Length: 1:42 Rated: NR (Sex, discreet nudity, mature themes)
Starring: Mark Frankel, Janet Suzman, Brian Glover, Maryam D'Abo, Gina Bellman, Connie Booth Directors: Gary Sinyor and Vadim Jean Producers: Gary Sinyor and Vadim Jean Screenplay: Gary Sinyor and Michael Normand Music: John Murphy and David Hughes Released by Cinevista
British humor is often at its peak when it mixes droll wit with MONTY PYTHONesque weirdness. This certainly isn't the perfect fare for mainstream America, but for those who enjoy a touch of the bizarre with their laughter, LEON THE PIG FARMER makes an excellent one-hundred minute diversion.
Leon Geller (Mark Frankel) has reached a crisis point in his life. Dissatisfied with the lying and cheating inherent in his job as a London real estate agent, he quits. Frustrated with the futility of establishing a romantic relationship with his best friend Lisa (Gina Bellman), Leon shocks his very proper Jewish family by engaging in a torrid affair with the non-Jewish Madeleine (Maryam D'Abo), whom he meets after nearly running her over with his car. Then, to cap off his troubles, Leon learns that he is the product of artificial insemination, and that the sperm bank mixed up the test tubes. His actual father is Brian Chadwick (Brian Glover)--a pig farmer in Lower Dinthorpe.
LEON THE PIG FARMER is a singularly entertaining motion picture. Its co-directors, Gary Sinyor and Vadim Jean, have done an excellent job pacing the film (until the very end, when everything sputters to an abrupt halt). The types of humor are spread around evenly, avoiding long periods of stagnation between the funny parts. There are moments guaranteed to bring on bursts of uncontrolled laughter, but more often, LEON causes its audience to smile and chuckle--the product of recognizing the clever wit of a situation.
There's a substantial dash of the unusual in LEON's humor--the sort of material that brings to mind MONTY PYTHON or BLACK ADDER. The unexpected is often the greatest asset of such comedy--and it's present in abundance. How many women will invite a man to their apartment for a cup of tea after nearly getting run down in the street by that person? How many times do strangers approach someone to give advice on intimate matters? And how often does the biological father of a kosher-keeping Jew turn out to be a pig farmer?
As enjoyable as all this zaniness is, there's a none-to-subtle message to go along with it about being true to oneself. The directors don't have an axe to grind, but they offer this for those who want some substance amidst the silliness.
The cast contains a number of well-respected British actors, including Brian Glover and Janet Suzman. Known primarily for dramatic roles, these two give wonderful comic turns, proving that Leslie Nielsen isn't the only one who can put a staid reputation to good use. Maryam D'Abo is marvellous as the manic Madeleine, and hers is easily the standout performance. Connie Booth, a veteran of BBC comedy, including MONTY PYTHON and FAWLTY TOWERS (which she co-created with then-husband John Cleese), has a supporting part.
Mark Frankel, who plays Leon, sometimes overacts his role (especially when he's around pigs), but he's generally solid and has a good knack for comedy. His performance keeps the film moving, and his chemistry with his two leading ladies (D'Abo and Bellman) is effective.
It's easy to see why LEON has been such a hit on the film festival circuit over the past year. It's a thoroughly charming movie in the same vein as another little-known British comedy, GETTING IT RIGHT (which is available on video). I hadn't initially planned to see this movie (believe it or not), but the positive advance word piqued my curiosity. This is one unexpected trip to the theater that I haven't regretted.
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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:
A database is a very resource intensive by its very nature and one of the most resource intensive applications you will ever virtualize. If it is not done correctly you will not be successful. This presentation will teach the you how to do it right. We will discuss why you virtualize a database, using the right hypervisor, installation, Architecting for performance, the storage layer, the processor, Memory considerations, the network layer. This presentation focuses on VMware but much of the information is relevant in any virtualized environment.
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Andy Warren is a SQL Server consultant and trainer based in Orlando, FL. Focusing on administration, performance tuning, and SQL Server patterns and practices, he’s been a SQL Server MVP since 2008. Andy served two terms on the PASS Board of Directors, was a founding principal in SQLServerCentral, and created both the SQLSaturday and SQLRally event models.
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Contact: http://blog.wakebi.com
Steve Wake is currently the Principal BI Developer at Brown and Caldwell and has experience in consulting, advertising, media, manufacturing, retail, charities, telecommunications and financial services organizations using the full on-premises Microsoft BI stack. Recent experience with the Azure services: Analysis Services, Logic Apps, Data Factory, Databricks, Snowflake and Power BI. Steve is also very involved in the SQL community, speaking at events around the world.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/way0utwest
Contact: http://www.voiceofthedba.com/
Steve Jones is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP and has been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 on OS/2. After working as a DBA and developer for a variety of companies, Steve co-founded the community website SQLServerCentral.com in 2001. Since 2004, Steve has been the full-time editor of the site, ensuring it continues to be a great resource for SQL Server professionals. Over the last decade, Steve has written hundreds of articles about SQL Server for SQLServerCentral.com, SQL Server Standard magazine, SQL Server Magazine, and Database Journal.
Contact: http://mssqldude.wordpress.com/
Mark Kromer has been with Microsoft for over 5 years in a number of roles over those years including technology specialist and product manager, always centered on the Microsoft data platform. Current, Mark travels the U.S. talking with customers about best practices in implementing Microsoft BI, DWs and Big Data solutions. Mark was also previously the BI Big Data technology director for Razorfish and Anexinet as well as a product manager for Oracle.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/samuel-vanga/60/385/551
Contact: http://SamuelVanga.com
Sam Vanga helps business people solve their data problems and enables them make data-driven-decisions. His specialties include data integration, data warehouse and database development, and BI design. Sam blogs at http://SamuelVanga.com.
Sr. BI consultant and Architect with over 10 years of experience delivering BI solutions for Fortune 150 clients. Helped clients transition from legacy third party ETL solutions to SSIS.
I am Muthu Ramanathan, currently working as a Dedicated SQL Engineer @ Microsoft. I have been with Microsoft for 5years, dealing with Microsoft’s Premier customers. I have been working with SQL Server since version 4.2 for over 15 years, when SQL shared very similar characteristics as Sybase. My recent passion has been around Big Data and the Hadoop Eco-system, currently engaged actively working on a couple of POC’s involving MPP database systems and Hadoop Systems.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briandavis78
Contact: http://blogs.sqlsentry.com
Brian Davis is a Product Integration Engineer at SentryOne and has over 15 years in the IT field in multiple areas including software development, support, user training, and as a DBA. He has been working with SQL Server since 2003 and has hands-on experience with SQL Server 2000 through 2016. Brian is also a PASS Regional Mentor and an active member and leader of the Ohio North SQL Server User Group.
Contact: http://www.confio.com
Janis Griffin has over 25 years of DBA experience including design, development and implementation of many critical database applications. Before coming to Confio, Janis held DBA positions working with both real-time network routing databases and OLTP business to business applications. As a Principal Architect and Senior Manager, Janis has mentored many other DBAs on best practices in database performance tuning.
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.
Akesh Gupta is founder of Light Speed Solutions. He has more than 20 years of experience in architecting, designing, developing and delivering successful applications of all sizes for various industries. Akesh Gupta is a certified Microsoft Trainer with a passion to bring real world experience into his training sessions. At Light Speed Solutions, he is actively involved in bringing the power of analysis using PowerPivot and PowerView to business user community.
Contact: http://us.sios.com/blog/
Dave Bermingham is the Senior Technical Evangelist at SIOS Technology Corp. He is a Microsoft Cluster MVP award recipient (2010-2013) with over 25 years IT experience. He specializes in HA clustering and related technologies. Eric Schwartz is the Sales Engineering Manager for the Northeast USA at Fusion-io. He has over fifteen years experience managing and deploying IT infrastructure and specializes in high performance storage solutions leveraging solid state technologies.
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gethynellis
Contact: http://www.gethtynellis.com
Gethyn is a SQL Server consultant and trainer and has worked with SQL Server for nearly 20 years. He specialises in version mIgration, performance, security, architecture and design including Azure and virtualisation solutions. He is working with private and public sector organisations in the UK, Europe and USA. Gethyn delivers a range of SQL Server training, including the Microsoft Official Curriculum. He is the author of three training courses and two published books on SQL Server and Azure. You can find his blog at www.gethynellis.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlwatchmen
Contact: http://sqlwatchmen.com/blogs/jim/
Jim Murphy has been using Microsoft SQL Server since version 6.0 back in the 90#39;s. He is the CEO of SQLWatchmen, LLC., a managed DBA service provider. He runs the Austin SQL Server User Group: CACTUSS Central. He has been a professional DBA and developer for over 25 years and has run a consulting company full time since 2001.
Contact: http://anexinet.com/solutions/bi_data_solutions.asp
Managing Director overseeing the Business Intelligence practice at Anexinet.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattvelic
Contact: http://mattvelic.com
Matt Velic is a database developer for Sanametrix in Washington, DC. When not jet setting between projects at work, you can find him at a board game, a video game, or playing a guitar.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sqldiva/
Melissa Demsak is passionate about Data, Business and People. She’s currently a Manager of SQL Architecture at large real estate holding company. Melissa was the leader of the NJSQL User Group ‘06-‘12, PASS Summit Program Committee ’07-’10 and a PASS Regional Mentor. She’s currently on the Program Committee for the PASS BA Conference in April and leads the PASS Business Analytics Virtual Chapter.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/briancmoran
Contact: http://www.linchpinpeople.com/author/brian-moran/
Brian Moran is Chief Servant Officer at Linchpin People and has been active in the SQL Server community for more than 20 years. Brian co-founded one of the first SQL Server user groups in the world, was one of the first SQL Server MVPs, was on the SQL Server Magazine launch team, and has served on the PASS Board of Directors in two separate terms. Brian#39;s roles in the SQL Server community include technologist, author, community leader, and entrepreneur.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dpetrancuri
Darryll Petrancuri is a visionary and innovative software developer and architect who today specializes in developing solutions, including data models, database / ETL framework architecture and implementation for business intelligence challenges in environments with VLDBs and highly volatile / unstable dimensions and attributes using SQL Server and .NET technologies. (Pending Revision)
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: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-corey/
Contact: http://michaelcorey.com/
Michael is a Director Cloud Computing Evangelist for Spectrum Enterprise Navisite. In 2017, was recognized as #42 of the top 100 most influential people in the “cloud industry”. Michael's a recognized Microsoft Data Platform MVP formerly (Microsoft SQL Server MVP), recognized Oracle ACE, a recognized VMware vExpert and has worked with relational databases for over 30 years starting with Oracle Version 3. Michael is a Past President of the Independent Oracle Users Group (IOUG), A Founder of the Professional Association of SQL Server and current President of the IOUG VMware Special Interest Group. Michael is the original Oracle Press author, frequent blogger http://michaelcorey.com/, a regular columnist for the Big Data Quarterly
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehillwig
Contact: http://www.mikehillwig.com
Veteran DBA Mike Hillwig is a native Pittsburgher and resident of the Boston Suburbs. He’s a DBA Manager for a financial software company that’s owned by one of the world’s largest bank. Mike has been working with SQL Server since version 7 and has a background in infrastructure and network. Today, he manages a team of DBAs around the globe.
Contact: http://www.pocketjoshua.com/sql
Joshua Lynn started programming databases when he was 14. Professionally, he has been in the IT industry since 1991 specializing in database design, ETL, and change detection. His experience with SQL server goes back to version 6.5 where he thought triggers were neat. Currently, he is still working on doing useful things with SQL server and believes CTEs have enhanced his professional life. In his spare time, he mentors high school students in building robots. He is also an advocate for Deadlock victims’ rights.
Contact: http://hopefoley.com/
Hope has over 12 years experience in the IT world, she has worked across many industries from small business enterprises to Fortune 500 companies. She has a vast knowledge of database design, administration and support, data warehousing and data mining, and custom database solutions. Hope joined PTI in 2007 as a SQL Server Database Administrator/Analyst, and took over as Principal Microsoft Consultant, where she now leads a team of expert DBAs and developers. She is also a SQL Server MVP.
Contact: http://www.aspect-consulting.com/
John Abrams, COO and Co-Founder of Aspect Consulting, Inc. John is senior Data Architect/DBA with 20+ years’ experience working with clients and their data. John’s primary focus is on database administration, performance tuning, data warehouse and data load processing design and architecture, as well as application design and architecture.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/dpetrancuri
Darryll Petrancuri is a visionary and innovative software developer and architect who today specializes in developing solutions, including data models, database / ETL framework architecture and implementation for business intelligence challenges in environments with VLDBs and highly volatile / unstable dimensions and attributes using SQL Server and .NET technologies. (Pending Revision)
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: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianmeine
Contact: http://sqlity.net/en/blog/
Sebastian Meine, Ph.D. is the SQL Stylist behind sqlity.net llc. In 2010 he founded sqlity.net to fully engage in his passion for SQL Server. Armed with a Ph.D. in Computer Science and years of experience in architecting DBs for a global Fortune 50 company, Sebastian now provides training and consulting services for his clients, specializing in SQL Server Security, Test Driven Development and Performance. Sebastian is an experienced public speaker, published author, president of the Philly PASS Chapter, PASS Regional Mentor and coauthor lead developer of tSQLt.
Contact: http://www.fusionio.com
Fusion IO
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com
Contact: http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/pearlknows/
Robert Pearl is a 5-year SQL Server MVP and creator of the award-winning database and monitoring alert system, SQLCentric. Author of the HealthySQL - Comprehensive Guide to Healthy SQL Server Performance. He’s the founder of Pearl Knowledge Solutions. As a SQL Server community evangelist, he covers local SQL Server events in the New York City area and maintains the Pearl Knows blog. Voted TOP BLOGGER in 2011.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vince-napoli-777691
Vince is a Business Intelligence Architect with Anexinet in Blue Bell. He has worked with Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence since 1996, with a focus and specialty on SQL Sever since 1999, and an BI Architect since 2001. Vince is a frequent presenter at PSSUG, former president and current board member of PSSUG, and has presented at several SQLSaturdays and also a Code camp presenter in the Philadelphia area.
Contact: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ajmee/
A.J. Mee is a Principal for Microsoft. He has dedicated his entire 20-year career to the field of BI and Database. He has served in varied roles from development to project management to people leadership to sales. He is a popular speaker who frequently presents on a wide variety of BI-related topics at numerous conferences and events. He came to Microsoft as part of its acquisition of ProClarity in 2006. A.J. holds a B.A. in Computer Science from LaSalle University.
Dominic is the Data Architect with The Reinvestment Fund in Center City Philadelphia. He has studied OO programming since 1995 and database software since 1999 (SQL Server since 2001). He currently works with SQL Server 2017 and .NET C#, doing data analysis and manipulation, as well as writing code management software.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/WayneSheffield
Contact: http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne
Wayne Sheffield, a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, started working with xBase databases in the late 80’s. With over 25 years in IT, he has worked with SQL Server (since 6.5 in the late 90’s) in various dev/admin roles, with an emphasis in performance tuning. He is the author of several articles at www.sqlservercentral.com, a co-author of “SQL Server T-SQL Recipes”, and enjoys sharing his knowledge by presenting at SQL events worldwide and blogging at http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne
Contact: http://www.jessicammoss.com
Jessica M. Moss is a well-known architect, speaker, author, and Microsoft MVP of SQL Server Business Intelligence. Jessica#39;s expertise includes data warehouse modeling, Integration Services ETL, Analysis Services semantic modeling, Reporting Services report design, and helping customers across industries successfully implement and enhance their BI solutions. She enjoys sharing her knowledge with the SQL community and has co-authored numerous technical books.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/public-profile-settings?trk=prof-edit-edit-public_profile
Contact: http://clusteringformeremortals.com/
David Bermingham is recognized within the community as a high availability expert and has been honored by his peers by being elected to be a MVP in Clustering since 2010 and most recently has been recognized as a Cloud and Datacenter MVP. David’s work as technical evangelist at SIOS has him focused on evangelizing Microsoft high availability and disaster recovery solutions for both on premise and cloud deployments. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and three kids where he a school board member, scout leader and musical director of an 8-piece jazz band, M-Town.
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/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: http://www.linkedin.com/in/billjwolff
Contact: https://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/PublicProfile/10864?fullName=Bill%20Wolff
Bill Wolff is an independent consultant, trainer, and architect specializing in Microsoft development technologies under the name Agility Systems. He ran the consulting firm Wolff Data Systems for 15 years and directed armies of consultants in the dot com world. Bill is founder and President of the philly.NET user group and involved in several other user communities. Bill is a 15 year Microsoft MVP in .NET and SQL.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/prizza/
Contact: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/paulrizza/
Paul Rizza is a Senior Consultant at Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS), Lead on the MCS SQL Hiring Team, and has over 25 years’ experience consulting, teaching and developing on SQL Server platforms. Paul’s expertise includes ETLs, Dimensional modeling, architecting highly available SQL environments and performance tuning. Paul has an Undergraduate degree from UMBC and a Master’s degree both in Computer Science with a concentration in Database Theory from Johns Hopkins University.
Contact: http://www.KevinSGoff.net
Kevin S. Goff (http://www.kevinsgoff.net) is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP Database architect/developer/speaker/author Regular columnist for CoDe Magazine on .NET, SQL Server, and Business Intelligence topics Frequent speaker at community events in the Mid-Atlantic region. Host of BDBI Radio (http://www.bdbiradio.com), a weekly webcast on SQL/BI topics
Is the Job of a DBA, just a DBA? As I enter into the World of Database Administration I found that I was not only concerned about the data within the Database but with other technologies that support the database. Where is the data stored and who is responsible for that device? How will that be accessed and what level of access should they be granted. What host will the Instance be installed and who is responsible for that?
Contact: http://www.itkegger.com
Team of Speakers: Donald Scott (donscott@microsoft.com), Kenneth Hausman (kennha@microsoft.com), Jon Tupitza (jtupitza@microsoft.com). We are all Microsoft employees. We support SQL and other Microsoft products for customers around the DC area. Together we bring over a decade of MS experience. Ken Hausman and Jon Tupitza are Microsoft Consultants and Donald Scott is a Microsoft Premier Field Engineer.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/WayneSheffield
Contact: http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne
Wayne Sheffield, a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional, started working with xBase databases in the late 80’s. With over 25 years in IT, he has worked with SQL Server (since 6.5 in the late 90’s) in various dev/admin roles, with an emphasis in performance tuning. He is the author of several articles at www.sqlservercentral.com, a co-author of “SQL Server T-SQL Recipes”, and enjoys sharing his knowledge by presenting at SQL events worldwide and blogging at http://blog.waynesheffield.com/wayne
Mark Scott is a senior Business Intelligence consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services. He has over a decade of deep technical experience with the Microsoft SQL Server platform and has built business intelligence systems for manufacturing, financial, healthcare and pharmaceutical firms throughout the nation. He has authored a number of books and spoken internationally on Business Intelligence and database topics.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/timothy-mcaliley/10/530/787/
I am currently a Microsoft Cloud Solutions Architect in the Washington, DC area. Previously, I was a Microsoft Technology Solutions Professional (TSP), a Microsoft Account Technology Strategist and a SQL Server Premier Field Engineer. Prior to Microsoft, I was a Technical Trainer and DBA in the Enterprise Security Group at Symantec . I have been in IT for over 20 years. My 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. I also co-run the Northern Virginia SQL Server User Group ( @novasl) and also co-run the Azure Datafest events.
Contact: http://www.rdacorp.com
A developer of custom Microsoft applications since 1997 with a focus on Business Intelligence development since 2002. I have architected numerous data warehousing projects in multiple industries involving all areas of the Microsoft BI stack. I also co-authored an Unleashed series book “ Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence Unleashed” detailing the different BI components in SharePoint 2010 and I have spoken at many SQL Server and SharePoint Group events throughout the country.
Contact: http://anexinet.com
Mark Wojciechowicz has worked as a business intelligence architect for Anexinet for the past 3 years and has MCITP certifications for SQL 2008 in Business Intelligence. He is a proponent of Agile project management for data warehouses and test-driven database development.
Mark Hudson is an MCITP with many years of experience in business intelligence and data analysis. He has developed data solutions using numerous platform tools including multiple SQL Server versions. He is a data architect and developer with CapTech (www.captechconsulting.com) and served as a leader of the Richmond SQL Server User Group (www.richmondsql.org).
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mikehillwig
Contact: http://www.mikehillwig.com
Veteran DBA Mike Hillwig is a native Pittsburgher and resident of the Boston Suburbs. He’s a DBA Manager for a financial software company that’s owned by one of the world’s largest bank. Mike has been working with SQL Server since version 7 and has a background in infrastructure and network. Today, he manages a team of DBAs around the globe.
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.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=3997984amp;trk=hb_tab_pro_top
Contact: http://joeydantoni.com
Joseph D'Antoni is a Senior Consultant and Microsoft Data Platform MVP with over 20 years of experience working in both Fortune 500 and smaller firms. He is a Principal Consultant for Denny Cherry Associates and lives in Malvern, PA. He is a frequent speaker at major tech events like Microsoft Ignite, PASS Summit, and Enterprise Data World. He blogs about all topics technology at joeydantoni.com. He believes that no single platform is the answer to all technology problems. Joseph holds a BS in Computer Information Systems from Louisiana Tech University and an MBA from North Carolina State University, and is the co-author of the Microsoft book "Introducing SQL Server 2016”.
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