In a corner the spit dog was lying at its ease. Glaring at it, Nynaeve mopped sweat from her forehead with her hand and leaned her back into doing the work he should have done. I’d not have put it past them to shove me in his wicker wheel instead of letting me turn this Light-forsaken handle! Aes Sedai! Burn them all! It was a measure of her upset that she used such language, and another that she did not even notice she had done it. She did not think the fire in the long, gray stone fireplace would seem any hotter if she crawled into it. She was sure the brindle dog was grinning at her.
Elayne was skimming grease out of the dripping pan under the roasts with a long-handled wooden spoon, while Egwene used its twin to baste the meat. The great kitchen went on about its midday routine around them. Even the novices had grown so used to seeing Accepted there that they hardly even glanced at the three women. Not that the cooks allowed the novices to dawdle for gawking. Work built character, so the Aes Sedai said, and the cooks saw to it that the novices built strong character. And the three Accepted, too.
Laras, the Mistress of the Kitchens—she was really the chief cook, but so many had used the other for so long that it might as well have been her title—came over to examine the roasts. And the women sweating over them. She was more than merely stout, with layers of chins, and a spotless white apron that could have made three novice dresses. She carried her own long-handled wooden spoon like a scepter. It was not for stirring, that spoon. It was for directing those under her, and smacking those who were not building character quickly enough to suit her. She studied the roasts, sniffed disparagingly, and turned her frown on the three Accepted.
Nynaeve met Laras’ look with a level look of her own and kept turning the spit. The massive woman’s face never altered. Nynaeve had tried smiling, but that did nothing to change Laras’ expression. Stopping work to speak to her, quite civilly, had been a disaster. It was bad enough being bullied and chivied by Aes Sedai. She had to put up with that, however much it rankled and burned, if she was to learn how to use her abilities. Not that she liked what she could do—it was one thing to know Aes Sedai were not Darkfriends for channeling the Power, but quite another to know she herself could channel—yet she had to learn if she was to get back at Moiraine; hating Moiraine for what she had done to Egwene and the other Emond’s Fielders, pulling their lives apart and manipulating them all for Aes Sedai purposes, was nearly all that kept her going.  Maybe if I just do not look at her . . . No! I will be burned if I’ll drop my eyes before this . . . this cow!
Laras sniffed more loudly and walked away. She rolled from side to side as she crossed the freshly mopped gray tiles.
Still bending with spoon and greasepot, Elayne glowered after her. “If that woman strikes me but once more, I shall have Gareth Bryne arrest her and—”
“Be quiet,” Egwene whispered. She did not stop basting the roasts, and she never looked at Elayne. “She has ears like a—”
Laras turned back as if she had indeed heard, her frown deepening, and her mouth opened wide. Before a sound emerged, the Amyrlin Seat entered the kitchen like a whirlwind. Even the striped stole on her shoulders seemed to bristle. For once, Leane was nowhere to be seen.
At last, Nynaeve thought grimly. And not beforetime, either!
But the Amyrlin did not glance her way. The Amyrlin did not say a word to anyone. Running her hand across a tabletop scrubbed bone-white, she looked at her fingers and grimaced as if at filth. Laras was at her side in an instant, all smiles, but the Amyrlin’s flat stare made her swallow them in silence.
The Amyrlin stalked about the kitchen. She stared at the women slicing oatcake. She glared at the women peeling vegetables. She sneered into the soup kettles, then at the women tending them; the women became engrossed in studying the surface of the soup. Her frown set the girls carrying plates and bowls out to the dining hall to a run. Her glower put the novices darting like mice sighting a cat. By the time she had made her way half around the kitchen, every woman there was working twice as fast as she had been. By the time she completed her circuit, Laras was the only one even daring to glance at her.
 She only looked, expressionless, blue eyes cold and hard.
The large woman gulped, and her chins wobbled as she smoothed her apron. The Amyrlin did not blink. Laras’ eyes dropped, and she shifted heavily from foot to foot. “If the Mother will pardon me,” she said in a faint voice. Making something that might have been meant for a curtsy, she rushed away, so forgetting herself that she joined the women at one of the soup kettles and began stirring with her own spoon.
Nynaeve smiled, keeping her head down to hide it. Egwene and Elayne kept working, too, but they also kept glancing at the Amyrlin, standing with her back to them not two paces away.
The Amyrlin was spreading her stare across the entire kitchen from where she stood. “If they are this easily cowed,” she muttered softly, “perhaps they really have been getting away with too much for too long.”
Easily cowed indeed, Nynaeve thought. Pitiful excuses for women. All she did was look at them! The Amyrlin glanced over a stole-covered shoulder, caught her eye for an instant. Suddenly Nynaeve realized she was turning the spit faster. She told herself she had to pretend to be cowed like everyone else.
The Amyrlin’s gaze fell on Elayne, and abruptly she spoke, nearly loud enough to rattle the copper pots and pans hanging on the walls. “There are some words I will not tolerate in a young woman’s mouth, Elayne of House Trakand. If you let them in, I will see them scrubbed out!” Everyone in the kitchen jumped.
Elayne looked confused, and indignation crept across Egwene’s face.
Nynaeve shook her head, small frantic shakes. No, girl! Hold your tongue! Don’t you see what she is doing?
But Egwene did open her mouth, with a respectful if determined, “Mother, she did not—”
“Silence!” The Amyrlin’s roar produced another ripple of jumps. “Laras! Can you find something to teach two girls to speak when they should and say what they should, Mistress of the Kitchens? Can you manage that?”
Laras came waddling faster than Nynaeve had ever seen the woman move before, darting at Elayne and Egwene to seize an ear of each, all the while repeating, “Yes, Mother. Immediately, Mother. As you command, Mother.” She hurried the two young women out of the kitchen as if eager to escape the Amyrlin’s stare.
The Amyrlin was now close enough to Nynaeve to touch her, but still looking over the kitchen. A young cook, turning with a mixing bowl in her hands, chanced to catch the Amyrlin’s eye. She gave a great squeak as she scuttled away across the floor.
“I did not mean for Egwene to be caught in that.” The Amyrlin barely moved her lips. It looked as if she were muttering to herself, and from the expression on her face, no one in the kitchen wanted to hear what she was saying. Nynaeve could just make out the words. “But perhaps it will teach her to think before she speaks.”
Nynaeve turned the spit and kept her head down, trying to look as if she were also muttering under her breath if anyone looked. “I thought you were going to keep a close eye on us. Mother. So we could report what we find.”
“If I came to stare at you every day, Daughter, some would grow suspicious.” The Amyrlin kept up her study of the kitchen. Most of the women seemed to be avoiding even looking in her direction for fear of incurring her wrath. “I planned to have you brought to my study after the midday meal. To scold you for not choosing your studies, so I implied to Leane. But there is news that could not wait. Sheriam found another Gray Man. A woman. Dead as last week’s fish, and not a mark on her. She was laid out as if resting, right in the middle of Sheriam’s bed. Not very pleasant for Sheriam.”
Nynaeve stiffened, and the spit halted for a moment before she put it back to revolving. “Sheriam had a chance to see the lists Verin gave to Egwene. So did Elaida. I make no accusations, but they had the chance.  Alanna is Arafellin. They have strange ideas about honor and debts in Arafel.” She shrugged dismissively, but said, “I suppose I can keep an eye on her. Have you learned anything useful yet, child?”
“Some,” Nynaeve muttered grimly. What about keeping an eye on Sheriam? Maybe she didn’t just find that Gray Man. The Amyrlin could watch Elaida, too, for that matter. So Alanna really did . . . “I do not understand why you trust Else Grinwell, but your message was helpful.”
In short, quick sentences, Nynaeve told of the things they had found in the storeroom under the library, making it seem only she and Egwene had gone, and added the conclusions they had reached concerning them. She did not mention Egwene’s dream—or whatever it had been; Egwene insisted it had been real—of Tel’aran’rhiod. Nor did she speak of the ter’angreal Verin had given Egwene. She could not make herself entirely trust the woman wearing the seven-striped stole—or any woman who could wear the shawl, for that matter—and it seemed best to keep some things in reserve.
When she was done, the Amyrlin was silent so long that Nynaeve began to think the woman had not heard. She was about to repeat herself, a little louder, when the Amyrlin finally spoke, still hardly moving her lips.
“I sent no message, Daughter. The things Liandrin and the others left were searched thoroughly, and burned after nothing was found. No one would use Black Ajah leavings. As for Else Grinwell . . . I remember the girl. She could have learned, had she applied herself, but all she wanted was to smile at the men at the Warders’ practice yard. Else Grinwell was put on a trading vessel and sent back to her mother ten days ago.”
Nynaeve tried to swallow the lump that had formed in her throat. The Amyrlin’s words made her think of bullies taunting smaller children.  That the Black Ajah was so contemptuous of her made her blood boil. That they could set this snare filled her stomach with ice. Light, if Else was sent away . . . Light, anybody I talk to could be Liandrin, or any of the others. Light!
The spit had stopped. Hastily she started it turning once more. No one seemed to have noticed, though. They were all still doing their best not to look at the Amyrlin.
“And what do you mean to do about this . . . so-obvious trap?” the Amyrlin said softly, still staring over the kitchen, away from Nynaeve. “Do you mean to fall into this one, too?”
Nynaeve’s face reddened. “I know this trap for a trap. Mother. And the best way to catch whoever set a trap is to spring it and wait for him—or her—to come.” It sounded weaker than it had when she had said it to Egwene and Elayne, after what the Amyrlin had just told her, but she still meant it.
“Perhaps so, child. Perhaps it is the way to find them. If they do not come and find you held tightly in their net.” She gave a vexed sigh. “I will put gold in your room for the journey. And I will let it be whispered about that I have sent you out to a farm to hoe cabbages. Will Elayne be going with you?”
 Her knuckles were white on the spit handle. “You scheming old . . . Why all the pretense, if you knew? Your sly plots have had us squirming nearly as much as the Black Ajah has. Why?” The Amyrlin’s face had tightened, enough to make her force a more respectful tone. “If I may ask, Mother.”
The Amyrlin snorted. “Putting Morgase back on the proper path whether she wants to go or not will be hard enough without her thinking I’ve sent her daughter to sea in a leaky skiff. This way I can say straight out that it was none of my doing. It may be a bit hard on Elayne, when she finally has to face her mother, but I have three hounds, now, not two. I told you I’d have a hundred if I could.”  “This has gone on long enough. If I stay this close to you, it may be noticed. Have you anything more to tell me? Or to ask? Make it quick, Daughter.”
“What is Callandor, Mother?” Nynaeve asked.
This time it was the Amyrlin who forgot herself, half turning toward Nynaeve before jerking herself back. “They cannot be allowed to have that.” Her whisper was barely audible, as if meant for her own ears alone. “They cannot possibly take it, but . . . ” She took a deep breath, and her soft words firmed enough to be clear to Nynaeve, if to no one two paces further away. “No more than a dozen women in the Tower know what Callandor is, and perhaps as many outside. The High Lords of Tear know, but they never speak of it except when a Lord of the Land is told on being raised. The Sword That Cannot Be Touched is a sa’angreal, girl. Only two more powerful were ever made, and thank the Light, neither of those was ever used. With Callandor in your hands, child, you could level a city at one blow. If you die keeping that out of the Black Ajah’s hands—you, and Egwene, and Elayne, all three—you’ll have done a service to the whole world, and cheap at the price.”
“How could they take it?” Nynaeve asked. “I thought only the Dragon Reborn could touch Callandor.”
The Amyrlin gave her a sideways look sharp enough to carve the roasts on the spit. “They could be after something else,” she said after a moment. “They stole ter’angreal here. The Stone of Tear holds nearly as many ter’angreal as the Tower.”
“I thought the High Lords hated anything to do with the One Power,” Nynaeve whispered incredulously.
“Oh, they do hate it, child. Hate it, and fear it. When they find a Tairen girl who can channel, they bundle her onto a ship for Tar Valon before the day is done, with hardly time to speak goodbyes to her family.” The Amyrlin’s murmur was bitter with memory. “Yet they hold one of the most powerful focuses of the Power the world has ever seen, inside their precious Stone. It is my belief that is why they have collected so many ter’angreal—and indeed, anything to do with the Power—over the years, as if by doing so they can diminish the existence of the thing they cannot rid themselves of, the thing that reminds them of their own doom every time they enter the Heart of the Stone. Their fortress that has broken a hundred armies will fall as one of the signs the Dragon is Reborn. Not even the only sign; just one. How that must rankle their proud hearts. Their downfall will not even be the one great sign of the world’s change. They cannot even ignore it by staying out of the Heart. That is where Lords of the Land are raised to High Lords, and where they must perform what they call the Rite of the Guarding four times a year, claiming that they guard the whole world against the Dragon by holding Callandor. It must bite at their souls like a bellyful of live silverpike, and no more than they deserve.” She gave herself a shake, as if realizing she had said far more than she had intended. “Is that all, child?”
“Yes, Mother,” Nynaeve said. Light, it always comes back to Rand, doesn’t it? Always back to the Dragon Reborn. It was still an effort to think of him that way. “That’s all.”
The Amyrlin shifted her stole again, frowning at the frenzied scurry in the kitchen. “I’ll have to set this aright. I needed to speak to you without delay, but Laras is a good woman, and she manages the kitchen and the larders well.”
Nynaeve sniffed, and addressed her hands on the spit handle. “Laras is a sour lump of lard, and too handy with that spoon by half.” She thought she had muttered it under her breath, but she heard the Amyrlin chuckle wryly.
“You are a fine judge of character, child. You must have done well as the Wisdom of your village. It was Laras who went to Sheriam and demanded to know how long you three are to be kept to the dirtiest and hardest work, without a turn at lighter. She said she would not be a party to breaking any woman’s health or spirit, no matter what I said. A fine judge of character, child.”
Laras came back into the kitchen doorway then, hesitating to enter her own domain. The Amyrlin went to meet her, smiles replacing her frowns and stares.
“It all looks very well to me, Laras.” The Amyrlin’s words came loud enough for the entire kitchen to hear. “I see nothing out of place, and everything as it should be. You are to be commended. I think I will make Mistress of the Kitchens a formal title.”
The stout woman’s face fluttered from uneasiness to shock to beaming pleasure. By the time the Amyrlin swept out of the kitchen, Laras was all smiles. Her frown returned, though, as she looked from the Amyrlin’s departing back to her workers. The kitchen seemed to leap into motion. Laras’ grim stare settled on Nynaeve.
Turning the spit again, Nynaeve tried smiling at the big woman.
Laras’ frown deepened, and she began tapping her spoon on her thigh, apparently forgetting that for once it had been used for its intended purpose. It left smears of soup on the white of her apron.
I will smile at her if it kills me, Nynaeve thought, though she had to grit her teeth to do it.
 At a stare from Laras, they dashed to the spit and resumed their labors.
“Soap,” Elayne muttered thickly, “tastes horrid!”
Egwene trembled as she spooned juice from the dripping pan over the roasts. “Nynaeve, if you tell me the Amyrlin told us to stay here, I will scream. I might run away for real.”
“We leave after the washing up is done,” she told them, “just as quickly as we can fetch our belongings from our rooms.” She wished she could share the eagerness that flashed in their eyes. Light send we aren’t walking into a trap we can’t get out of. Light send it so.


Country Singer Sam Hunt Arrested For Driving Under The Influence Of Alcohol
He was arrested early Thursday morning.
by IANSCountry singer-songwriter Sam Hunt was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee on charges of driving under the influence (DUI) and possession of an open container.
He was arrested early Thursday morning, reports variety.com.
According to the arrest warrant, Hunt’s blood alcohol content was .173. The legal limit in Tennessee is .08.
Allegedly, Hunt’s vehicle was swerving in and out of his lane and traveling the wrong way down the northbound lanes of Ellington Parkway. When officers stopped him, he reportedly had bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and had two empty cans of beer in the passenger seat.
According to police, Hunt was the only person in the vehicle and admitted to drinking recently.
Hunt allegedly agreed to a field sobriety test, in which he showed “numerous signs of impairment”. The test was captured by the arresting officer’s dash camera.
A four-time Grammy Award nominee, Hunt released his debut album, “Montevallo”, in 2014. The album went triple platinum in the United States, with top-charting country singles ‘House Party’ and ‘Take Your Time’.
The news of Hunt’s arrest comes a month after he performed Reba McEntire’s ‘Fancy’ at CMT’s Artist of the Year award show and debuted his latest single, ‘Kinfolks’.
The ‘Body Like a Back Road’ singer, 34, has no previous records of arrest. He was released from Metro jail on a $2,500 bond a little after 9 a.m.
According to court records, Hunt is scheduled to appear before Judge William Higgins on January 17.


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Nyzo Micropay for Android version 2 (commit on GitHub) adds the missing LayoutUtil class and corrects corrupted icon files.
Thank you to Moco for opening an issue about the missing LayoutUtil class on GitHub.
Version 1 of the Android app does not build properly. The first problem was absence of the LayoutUtil class in the co.nyzo.mobile.util package.
The LayoutUtil class contains a constant for recommendedMarginSize and a method for providing a size, in pixels, that scales nicely across different screen resolutions, orientations, and display pixel densities.
After adding this class, the project would still not build because the launcher icons had been corrupted by the transfer process used to produce this repository. These corrupt images were replaced with clean images.


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These release notes cover new developer and user-facing incompatibilities, important issues, features, and major improvements.
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The Thrift gateway no longer requires specification on the command line of an implementation type when starting. If missing, the default "threadpool" implementation will be selected.
mapreduce.Export is able to export .META. table
The client (ipc.HBaseClient) now keeps a list of the failed connection attempts. It does not retry to connect before 2 seconds after a failure. This can be configured by setting "hbase.ipc.client.failed.servers.expiry": number of milliseconds before retrying the same server. Note that some clients retry multiple times to allow transient errors. If this parameter is set to a large value, these clients will fail without the server being actually retried.
This issue introduces a compatibility mode on the HMaster for 0.92.0 and 0.92.1 clients. Without the compatibility mode, 0.92.0 and 0.92.1 clients will hang on calls to "enableTable" and "is_enabled" will always return false, even for enabled tables. To use the compatibility mode, 0.92.0 and 0.92.1 clients require a restart with the following configuration change: <name>zookeeper.znode.tableEnableDisable</name> <value>table92</value> In rare failure cases, even with the compatibility mode on, the client may report incorrect results for "is_enabled" and "is_disabled." For example, "is_enabled" may return true even though the table is disabled (the correct value can be checked via the HMaster UI). This issue can be corrected by calling "enable" or "disable" to return the table to the desired state.
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Put on your CSI caps as we delve into the anatomy of a Very Large Data Warehouse environment! During this case study session, we'll take a look at the data warehouse environment at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA is the largest healthcare organization in the US and has an extensive national DW and BI infrastructure, now in its seventh year of evolution. We'll take a look at the database infrastructure, the data loading process, and the various reporting and analytics solutions that provide over 150,000 knowledge workers and report consumers with timely data and information. We'll also take a look at some of the processes in place to support the myriad of extended reporting and analytics teams throughout the VA who build and manage second-tier downstream data marts and other reporting solutions.
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This session covers the changes made to Cardinality Estimations and Calculations in SQL Server 2014. SQL Server 2014 introduces the first major redesign of the SQL Server Query Optimizer cardinality estimation process since version 7.0. The goal for the redesign was to improve accuracy, consistency and supportability of key areas within the cardinality estimation process, ultimately affecting average query execution plan quality and associated workload performance. Topics Covered in this session How to enable and disable the new cardinality estimator behavior? What changed in new cardinality estimations? How to troubleshoot plan-quality regressions if and when they occur? Note : Presentation based on recent white paper released from Microsoft.
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Design patterns that work well in traditional application development often mutate into anti-patterns and blunder, unwittingly, into stored procedures and other database objects. Modularized code for code reuse which can impact execution plans, looping through all rows to get aggregated data, and working in a “top down” fashion instead of leveraging sub-queries are just a few of these anti-patterns. We’ll take a look at better ways to address the issues these anti-patterns bring into your code, ways that are more efficient in SQL Server. We'll talk about the correct use of user-defined functions. We'll see how to leverage t-SQL windows functions can provide aggregated in an efficient set based manner. By moving away from these poor programming patterns, you can gain better performance from your database.
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Issue a "SELECT {data} FROM {myTable}" statement and users need to trust the data returned is accurate. What happens when multiple processes access the same data? What happens further if one of those process is an UPDATE or even a DELETE statement? How about if both processes will be updating that data? Understanding Isolation in SQL Server is paramount in ensuring data integrity in your system. We will cover the different levels of isolation and how they impact what a user views when accessing the data at a given point-in-time.
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Which objects within your SSAS cubes or models are consuming the most CPU? Which objects are using the most memory? What MDX query is running the longest? What are the top 10 MDX queries consuming resources? Which objects (dimensions or facts) are having the most cache misses? Which of your measure groups are having the most aggregation misses. You could be the hero of your BI group in recommending changes to the cube or model structures and in planning when to purchase more memory or storage. By using SSAS Dynamic Management Views (DMVs) or using PowerShell scripts to collect statistics on SSAS Performance Counters, you can easily build charts and reports to identify resource bottlenecks in your SSAS cubes and models. Both SSAS multidimensional cubes and Tabular models consume system resources differently; but you can collect data and store performance statistics in SQL tables to build your performance monitoring solution for both types.
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In this session, you'll learn everything you need to know to successfully deliver a modern SSIS solution. We'll cover the mechanics of deployment; creation, configuration and migration of Environment variables; monitoring execution troubleshooting.
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One of the challenges with loading ODS/DM/DW is gathering data and reducing performance impact. Change Data Capture (CDC) is a means to capture all the changes of a given table, but how do you load this data to another Database. We will walk through the process and considerations for loading data using SSIS package and how to detect changes to the CDC Configured Tables which has been known to cause SSIS Package failures.
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Almost every SQL Developer is familiar with Table Variables and Temporary Tables. While each of these objects represents temporary storage, there are also substantial differences between them. Understanding the differences between Table Variables and Temporary Tables, and the ramifications that those differences cause, is essential to being able to properly select the appropriate object for use in your development tasks. In this code filled session, we’ll discover the differences and similarities of Temporary Tables and Table Variables, dispel some widespread myths about each, and answer the most important questions of them all, "When do I use one or the other and what are the various impacts of doing so?"
Speaker(s): Wayne Sheffield,
Abstract:
Pop quiz DBA: Your developers are running rampant in production. Logic, reason, and threats have all failed. You're on the edge. What do you do?  Hint: You attend Revenge: The SQL! This session will show you how to "correct" all those bad practices. Everyone logging in as sa? Running huge cursors? Using SELECT * and ad-hoc SQL? Stop them dead, without actually killing them. Ever dropped a table, or database, or WHERE clause? You can prevent that! And if you’re tired of folks ignoring your naming conventions, make them behave with Unicode…and take your revenge! Revenge: The SQL! is fun and educational and may even have some practical use, but you’ll want to attend simply to indulge your Dark Side. Revenge: The SQL! assumes no liability and is not available in all 50 states. Do not taunt Revenge: The SQL! or Happy Fun Ball.
Speaker(s): Rob Volk,
Abstract:
Storage -How much data is actually hot and what does that mean for disk performance? -The performance characteristics of the different storage sources - Database - Logs - Temp DB -Performance implications of full re-index -SSD proper usage and placement – pros and cons Virtualiztaion - CPU - Memory - Storage - Why would you? Licensing High level overview
Speaker(s): Brent Earls,
Abstract:
For SQL and .NET developers, Analysis Services may seem foreign or unnecessary, but it can offer many advantages for reporting and data exploration. In this session, we will cover useful features of SSAS and discuss conditions where it is beneficial. Next we'll compare the two types of Analysis Services databases (Multidimensional and Tabular) and cover how to decide which type is right for your solution. Then we will explore common ways to retrieve data and browse your SSAS database such as Excel, Power BI, SSRS, and custom .NET applications.
Speaker(s): Meagan Longoria,
Abstract:
This session is designed for you, the experienced SSIS developer who's been hearing about Biml but hasn't taken the plunge. We will cover what Biml is and walk through some examples from Hello World equivalent to a fully baked truncate and reload pattern. You will leave this session armed with the knowledge of how Biml can help you achieve a consistent and reproducible approach for the creation of SSIS solutions.
Speaker(s): Bill Fellows,
Abstract:
Whether you've dabbled in PowerShell or wondered what all the fuss is about, make no mistake: PowerShell is something worth learning to make your life as a SQL Server professional easier.
Speaker(s): Drew Furgiuele,
Abstract:
This session focuses on what you need to know about working with SQL Server Data Types. The session is led by an expert Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) who regularly teaches the SQL Server certification courses. The presenter will focus on the differences between character data types, working with implicit vs. explicit conversions and using conversion functions.
Speaker(s): John Deardurff,
Abstract:
During this session, you will learn Microsoft Analytics strategy to empower businesses to gain insights into their data . This will help you to understand Microsoft SQL Server Data Analytics components and Microsoft Azure Cloud Services which will help to analyze structured and unstructured data either on Premise or in the Azure.
Speaker(s): Madhu Desarapu,
Abstract:
In today’s tech world, IT professionals are being driven to perform tasks faster and more consistently. Automation is the watchword for our success, whether we are deploying SQL Server to private virtual clouds or public platforms such as Azure IaaS. This session will focus on rapidly creating and configuring SQL Servers using Powershell and Desired State Configuration. You will see practical examples of how you can create repeatable builds of SQL Server that can be deployed in a matter of minutes. We will also review how these techniques can be applied to both public and private cloud platforms, ensuring your success for any situation.
Speaker(s): Michael Fal,
Abstract:
Building software is hard, and we often find that fixing bugs is expensive if they are not caught early. Continuous Integration has proven to be a valuable technique in improving software quality by finding problems quickly and letting developers know immediately they have introduced a bug.This session demonstrates how you can implement CI for SQL Server databases, execute automated tests against your code and inform developers that they have caused a problem immediately.
Speaker(s): Steve Jones,
Abstract:
There are two kinds of DBAs in the world -- those who have experienced corruption, and those who will. Join me for this session to learn what corruption is, how it can occur, and how to check if your data is corrupt. And if you do find corruption, I will show you how to identify what data is affected using DBCC CHECKDB and DBCC PAGE.
Speaker(s): Frank Gill,
Abstract:
Security is not for the faint of heart and this session is just the tip of the iceberg. Those new to the DBA role and of course the Accidental DBA's can take away a few nuggets to get them started securing their SQL Servers and raising awareness to the importance of securing the data we have been sworn to protect. Let this session jump start your journey to learning why DBA's are called the gatekeepers and increase your value in the office while getting noticed for caring enough to stop intrusions to your SQL Servers.
Speaker(s): Lindsay Clark,
Abstract:
Your databases are growing faster than your servers. Large tables consume ever-increasing amounts of storage while putting a drag on query response time. What’s a DBA to do? The data compression feature of SQL Server is one tool DBAs can use to save storage space and improve performance. In this presentation you will learn about the types of data compression, how to determine when compression is the right option, and how to make the magic happen
Speaker(s): Justin Randall,
Abstract:
The transaction log is one of the most critical, yet often mis-understood components of SQL Server. From out of control log growth to very long startup times, problems with the transaction log can cause a lot of pain. In this session, we'll look at how the transaction log works and how to optimize it's performance. You'll learn how to determine the right settings for maximum throughput, and what to do when things get out of control.
Speaker(s): David Maxwell,
Abstract:
SQL Window Functions provide a great way to aggregate and analyze data very efficiently. In this session we'll go over what functions are available and look at many examples of how to use them. When you leave you'll be familiar with the concept and will be able to recognize situations where they can be extremely useful.
Speaker(s): Adam McDonald,
Abstract:
Using Response Time Analysis and Wait Types is a newer method for tuning SQL Server instances. As a result, there is often confusion on exactly what the data means. The issue typically centers around the fact the wait time data is analyzed at the wrong level or the collected wait time data is not detailed enough. This presentation will focus on these problems and review several real-life case studies of using SQL Server Wait Type data coupled with Response time performance analysis to solve the most difficult performance related issues.
Speaker(s): Janis Griffin,
Abstract:
Partitioning allows us to isolate parts of our table as small chunks called partitions. In turn, these partitions allow us to do some really cool tricks for manageability and performance. In this session we'll look at the concepts surrounding partitioning and how we can apply them. We'll reinforce what we cover with some cool demo's showing some really neat tricks.
Speaker(s): Brandon Leach,
Abstract:
One of the most talked about new features in Microsoft SQL Server is AlwaysOn Availability Groups. In this session, we'll cover the pros and cons of using Availability Groups as well as the basics of how to set them up and take advantage of readable secondary replicas. If you want to improve the availability and performance of your applications and databases, are currently using Database Mirroring, or if you're just curious about Availability Groups, then you won't want to miss this session.
Speaker(s): Adam Belebczuk,
Abstract:
SQL Server 2014 was released in early 2014. Since then, most are struggling to understand why they should upgrade. This talk will uncover 14 features in SQL 2014 that you may have not thought of. Including in-memory tables, hybrid cloud environments, BI enhancements, and others. After this talk you'll be armed with the knowledge to take full advantage of the amazing improvements in SQL Server 2014.
Speaker(s): Tony Milne,
Abstract:
Have you dipped your toe into the Powershell pool, but are still lost on how you can make it work for you? Maybe you're just looking for a few more tools to help you better manage SQL Server administration? In this session, we will cover a handful of useful scripts and patterns in Powershell that will ease your management of SQL Server. Backups, file management, instance configuration, and several other areas will be covered. By attending this session, you will learn more about how you can use Powershell effectively in your environment.
Speaker(s): Michael Fal,
Abstract:
Inherited SharePoint or being tasked to implement it? In this session we will start with the fundamentals of SharePoint and work our way to understanding what it looks like to be a successful SharePoint administrator. We will cover common SharePoint misconceptions use live demos to show frequently performed tasks - all to set you up for success day one. Lastly we will cover the training options and other resources available to make your job easier and more automated.
Speaker(s): Daniel Glenn,
Abstract:
Often in supporting SQL Server, we are asked to troubleshoot why a user or application cannot connect. It becomes more challenging when we find nothing is wrong with the way SQL Server is running. In this session we review common mistakes to the configuration of network settings. We’ll also show how to troubleshoot the SQL Server Browser. We’ll cover how to test for firewall issues. Finally we’ll discuss why SQL Server is blamed for dropping its connections.
Speaker(s): Mike Hays,
Abstract:
SQL Server 2014 introduces a new memory-optimized feature called In-Memory OLTP, integrated into the SQL Server Engine, which can increase database performance by 5X-20x.#160; New types of indexes are the foundational pillars of this amazing new database architecture.#160; Join Microsoft field engineer Tim Chapman as he explores the internal workings of the new hash and range indexes present in SQL Server 2014.
Speaker(s): Tim Chapman,
Abstract:
Everyone wants a dream job that they enjoy going to each week. However finding that job, and getting yourself hired can be hard for most people. Steve Jones will give you practical tips and suggestions in this session that show you how to better market yourself, how to get the attention of employers, and help improve the chances that the job you want will get offered to you. Learn about networking, blogging, and more.
Speaker(s): Steve Jones,
Abstract:
Power up your data presentations with Power View and Power Map. Charts and maps can be made interactive, generated on the fly, or recorded as video with a soundtrack and special effects. Instead of trying to make your point with a boring list of names, numbers, and dates, put on your movie director's hat and give your data the Hollywood treatment as you yell, "Lights! Cameras! Action!"
Speaker(s): Dave Mattingly,
Abstract:
I've said it before and I'll say it again, spatial data doesn't get much love in SQL Server. It is a feature worthy of much appreciation and will become more vital as more location data is collected. In this session we will explore spatial data and discover many ways it can be used for incredible analytics. You will learn some new ways to visualize your data outside of the typical plots on a Bing map layer. Come and learn how powerful spatial data can be even though it lacks a snazzy "power" title.
Speaker(s): Hope Foley,
Abstract:
In this session you will learn how the performance and capabilities of next-generation all-flash arrays help you shave hours (and even days!) from your regular processes. Reduce your query execution times significantly. Take backups in minutes as opposed to hours. Initialize multi-terabyte replication subscribers in seconds. Rebuild indexes with confidence. Refresh Test/QA/Staging in seconds as opposed to weeks! AFAs really change the game. Come see for yourself, and challenge your notions around storage.
Speaker(s): Argenis Fernandez,
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/watsoned
Contact: http://sqlgator.com
Ed Watson is a Principal Data Platform Consultant for Improving Enterprises, a full-stack Microsoft consulting firm in Atlanta. Ed is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP since 2014 and like most children, Ed was born at an early age. Today, Ed specializes in the Business Intelligence stack and enjoys specializing in Power BI immensely. He currently lives in Atlanta and is active with the Atlanta MDF and Atlanta BI user groups and is an organizer for SQLSaturday Atlanta, Atlanta BI, and Pensacola.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/tony-milne-pmp/5/29b/599
Tony Milne is the Director, Applications Development at WP Glimcher, member of the board for the Dog Food Conference in Columbus Ohio, and is passionate about building solutions for business problems. With over a decade of experience, Tony has architected and developed application and BI solutions for various industries. When he’s not focusing on his day-to-day, Tony is learning and enjoys speaking to help spread the word on the latest technologies and practices.
Contact: http://wendyverse.blogspot.com
Wendy Pastrick is from Chicago, IL, and for the past 15 years has served as a Database Administrator supporting both development and production environments. Her many years of involvement with PASS include WIT Virtual Chapter and the Chicago Suburban User Group, serving as Regional Mentor, and as a PASS Board member since 2013. Wendy has organized several highly successful SQLSaturday events in Chicago.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mickeystuewe/
Contact: http://www.MickeyStuewe.com
Mickey Stuewe has been working with SQL Server since 6.5. That gives her over 20 years of experience. She has not only been a database developer, but also an application developer, even before Visual Studio existed. She is now thankful to be focusing on database design, t-SQL development, and query optimization. She also has a habit of enjoying SSIS and data warehouse design. She blogs regularly on her website mickeystuewe.com and contributes to sites such as SQL Server Central and SQL Server Pro. She enjoys presenting at PASS Summit, SQLSaturdays, User Groups and other events. When she is not immersed in SQL related activities, she enjoys action movies, art, reading, and laughing. She laughs loudly and often...just ask her children.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-volk-134ba81
Contact: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/robv/
Rob Volk is a SQL Server DBA in the Metro Atlanta area since 2001. He also moderates and answers the forums on SQLTeam.com. While an old-time cranky DBA, he no longer considers quot;business intelligencequot; an oxymoron or quot;the cloudquot; as merely atmospheric moisture, and is delightedly dipping his toes into both of these new oceans, and loves to do things in new and and unusual ways.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/hopefoley/
Contact: http://www.hopefoley.com
Hope Foley, a former Data Platform MVP, has worked across many industries as a DBA and Business Intelligence consultant. She joined team at Microsoft and is a Data AI Technology Solutions Professional. She has worked with enterprise customers but now focuses on education. Hope is an active member in the SQL Server and PASS communities speaking at events and organizing the SQLSaturday event in Indianapolis.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/argenis
Contact: http://blog.purestorage.com/author/argenisfernandez/
Argenis is a Principal Architect at Pure Storage. He works with customers around the world to make sure they don’t have to worry much about their infrastructure for Data. He is a former Data Platform MVP, former VMware vExpert, Microsoft Certified Master, and more recently worked in the Microsoft Azure Data/SQL Server engineering team as a Principal PM in the Tiger team.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielglenn
Contact: https://DanielGlenn.com
Daniel is a Microsoft MVP with 15 years' experience building technology solutions, intranets and extranets. As Practice Leader for the Nashville-based InfoWorks Inc., Daniel helps organizations of all sizes solve complex data challenges by implementing Office 365 and SharePoint without the need of customization and costly investments. Daniel is passionate about giving back and building the Microsoft technical community. Daniel holds leadership roles in various local user groups, serves as an organizer for Microsoft 365 Nashville, and is a co-host for the popular podcast 365 Message Center Show on https://MessageCenter.Show. You can follow Daniel online at https://DanielGlenn.com and @DanielGlenn on Twitter.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/meaganlongoria/
Contact: http://datasavvy.me
Meagan Longoria is a business intelligence consultant with Denny Cherry Associates, and lives in Denver, Colorado. She is a Microsoft Data Platform MVP. Meagan spends a lot of time thinking about how to use data integration, DAX, and data visualization techniques to make data useful for people. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experiences at conferences and user group meetings, as well as through her blog (DataSavvy.me).
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/billinkc
Contact: http://blog.billfellows.net
Bill Fellows is a SQL Server MVP and has been a database developer for most of his career, with the past 15 years focused on ETL. He is the organizer of Kansas City's eight SQLSaturdays and a speaker at many other SQLSaturdays, User Groups and the PASS Summit. Bill is the owner of Sterling Data Consulting where he gets to solve interesting data problems.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davefackler
Contact: http://davefackler.blogspot.com/
Dave Fackler is a business intelligence architect, focusing on enterprise data warehouse and business intelligence solutions using Microsoft technologies. Dave has helped organizations design and implement large-scale data warehouses, exploiting SQL Server enterprise database features using dimensional modeling design principles and best practices. He has also architected and developed several enterprise ETL processes using SSIS and its robust set of high-performance tasks and transformations. Dave has delivered various end-user reporting solutions using SSAS and SSRS, often coupled with SharePoint and Office components. Dave speaks about business intelligence at numerous technical conferences, user groups and professional groups each year.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dbajbrimhall/
Contact: http://jasonbrimhall.info
Jason Brimhall has more than 20 years of experience and has worked with SQL Server 6.5 through SQL Server 2019. He has experience in performance tuning, high transaction environments, and large environments. He is currently a consultant specializing in performance tuning, server analysis, and problem resolution. Jason is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and a Data Platform MVP.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/wsifre
Contact: http://www.broadstrokeconsulting.com/blog/, http://www.allegient.com
Warren Sifre has been in the IT community since 1998 and has worked in a variety of industries deploying solutions utilizing MS SQL Server in one capacity or another. In 2003, he decided to make SQL Server his mastery and has since developed skills in most defined disciplines of MS SQL. Currently he is a Principal Consultant and Technology Leader with Moser Consulting. He is responsible for BI Solution Architecture and the mentorship of team members. He has been a SQLSaturday Speaker since 2012, Azure Global Bootcamp, and many user groups in 2015 alone. He has a passion for knowledge transfer and solutions architecture, with a keen interested in Info Security.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rgverell
Contact: http://sqlcowbell.com/wordpress/
Robert Verell is a SQL Server professional working in the Nashville area and has worked in healthcare, insurance, and banking. He found his passion for databases by learning SQL Server Integration Services and writing stored procedures, and eventually became a database administrator. Robert is a chapter lead for the Nashville SQL Server User's Group, a volunteer for SQLSaturday, and was a finalist in the 2016 PASS Summit Speaker Idol competition.
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
Sreeni Julakanti is an Enterprise DBA at Humana, Inc., currently working in an Architect role while supporting over 16,000 databases on 1,500 different SQL Servers. He primarily works on troubleshooting performance Issues and fine tuning various database designs and processes. Sreeni holds an MCITP certification in SQL Server and is an active member of the Louisville SQL Users Group, participating in monthly meetings and also participates and presents topic in SQLSaturday.
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/in/louisdavidson
Contact: https://www.red-gate.com/simple-talk/author/louis-davidson/
Louis Davidson has worked in the IT industry for over 25 years as a corporate database developer and architect. He has been a Microsoft SQL Server MVP for 15 years and has written five books on database design, and contributed to many other SQL Server books as an author and tech editor. He has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. You can read more about Louis at http://drsql.org.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfal/
Contact: http://mikefal.net
Mike is a specialist in data management technologies. As a community advocate, public speaker, and blogger, Mike is a practicing thought leader for data and automation. He is passionate about DevOps and data, building platforms to optimize, protect, and use data efficiently. Since 1999, Mike has been working in the database field, focusing primarily on SQL Server and specializes in automating data solutions to improve the reliability and efficiency of his environments. He has been caught playing trombone in public on more than one occasion.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-hays-21097419
Contact: http://www.thesqlreport.com/
Mike has been working with Microsoft SQL Server for the last twenty years. Currently working as a Database Administrator for a diversified energy company, he has also worked in the retail, manufacturing, banking sectors. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Information Science from Cleveland State University.
Adam McDonald is a Certified Hotel Industry Analyst with 15+ years of experience building tools to serve the data needs of the Hotel industry. He is an IT Architect who loves SQL development, data analytics, and efficient database solutions that development teams can build on. His passion is clean, quality code.
LinkedIn: http://NA
Contact: http://NA
• 39 years of work experience in designing, developing and implementing software • IOUG World Conference Speaker (Data Guard Broker, Rolling Upgrades) • Oracle OpenWorld Speaker, “Achieving the Holy Grail of Rolling Database Upgrades” • Currently working as an Senior Database Administrator (DBA) in Microsoft SQL Server Business Intelligence (MSBI) group building BI solutions for UPS customers
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/itacb
Contact: http://www.sqldiablo.com/
Adam Belebczuk is the Owner amp; Principal Consultant at Belebczuk Consulting Services, LLC and has more than 10 years of experience in IT, ranging from customer service to server/network administration to software and database development and administration. Adam is the Chapter Leader for the Ohio North SQL Server Users Group, a frequent speaker and volunteer at PASS events, and specializes in SQL Server development, performance tuning, high availability, and disaster recovery.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/252170891
Contact: https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=02C5CD07-7511-4151-A678-3A4A3451F85E
Bill Pearson created Island Technologies Inc. in 1997, and has developed a large and diverse customer base since. Bill#39;s background as a CPA, Internal Auditor, Management Accountant, and SQL Server MVP (BI) enables him to provide value to clients as a liaison between Accounting / Finance and Information Services. Bill has implemented enterprise business intelligence systems over the years for many Fortune 500 companies and focuses his practice upon the integrated Microsoft Business Intelligence
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://http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=22766305amp;trk=tab_pro
Contact: http://skreebydba.com/
Frank Gill is a Senior Data Engineer at Concurrency With 21 years of IT experience, the first 8 as a mainframe programmer, he has developed a love of all things internal. Over the past several years, he has worked extensively with SQL Server solution in Azure, including Managed Instance. When not administering databases or geeking out on internals, Frank volunteers at the Art Institute of Chicago and reads voraciously.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lindsay-clark/58/5b/29
Lindsay started out in network administration with a BA in Computer Science from South University prior to finding her true love in database administration. Whether it#39;s mentoring in the office or presenting sessions at SQLSaturday, Lindsay loves to find new ways to collaborate and share information. In addition to her role as DBA at American Credit Acceptance, she actively recruits speakers for her user group and chairs her local SQLSaturday event.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sqlservernerd
A Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Brandon manages the DB Operations team for financial company x. With a data estate of several petabytes, he puts a high focus on performance tuning and automation. He is a frequent speaker at events like conferences and user groups.
Tim Chapman is a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and works as a dedicated field engineer (PFE) at Microsoft specializing in performance tuning and high availability. Tim is from Louisville, KY and has over 12 years of database architecture, programming, and administration experience.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidmmaxwell
Contact: https://dmmaxwell.wordpress.com/
David Maxwell has almost 20 years of experience with SQL Server, with a keen interest in performance tuning, monitoring, and troubleshooting. He has experience in environments as diverse as health care institutions, auto manufacturers, and insurance companies. David has been a frequent presenter at SQLSaturday events around the United States since 2012, as well as a presenter for the DBA Fundamentals Virtual Group, the Performance Virtual Group, 24 Hours of PASS, and the annual PASS Summit. David participates in his local Columbus Ohio PASS Local Group, where he serves on the board of directors as SQLSaturday coordinator.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelfal/
Contact: http://mikefal.net
Mike is a specialist in data management technologies. As a community advocate, public speaker, and blogger, Mike is a practicing thought leader for data and automation. He is passionate about DevOps and data, building platforms to optimize, protect, and use data efficiently. Since 1999, Mike has been working in the database field, focusing primarily on SQL Server and specializes in automating data solutions to improve the reliability and efficiency of his environments. He has been caught playing trombone in public on more than one occasion.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentearls
Contact: http://mirazon.com/author/brentearls
From a young age, Brent found information technology fascinating. He started in IT during high school, helping support his school#39;s infrastructure. He attended University of Louisville and earned his bachelor#39;s in computer information systems. He started as a Mirazon engineer in 2007 and has extensive experience in the storage arena, as well as virtualization. Brent has his Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and his VMware Certified Advanced Professional, among many other certifications.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pittfurg
Contact: http://www.port1433.com
Drew Furgiuele is a senior DBA that lives in Dublin, Ohio who is passionate about SQL Server and PowerShell. He's been working with SQL Server since 2002. When he’s not accidentally dropping tables in production, he likes writing automation scripts, blogging about SQL Server Replication, wiring electronics, playing board games, and spending time with his dog. He's also not embarrassed by his Spotify playlists.
LinkedIn: 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.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/public-profile-settings?trk=prof-edit-edit-public_profile
Contact: http://blogs.sqlsentry.com/justinrandall
Justin Randall is a Senior Consultant at SQL Sentry, LLC. He has over 30 years of data management experience in a variety of roles from Enterprise Data Modeler to DBA, supporting development in DB2, Sybase, and SQL Server. Justin frequently speaks at SQL Server User Group meetings and SQLSaturdays, and has presented at several SQLintersection conferences. His current professional interests are SQL Server performance monitoring and tuning, and career development.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/JohnDeardurff
Contact: https://www.sqlmct.com
John has been a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) for over 20 years teaching Azure, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and Windows Server networking courses. He is currently a SQL Premier Field Engineer for Microsoft. He is an MCT Regional Lead for the Eastern United States and a former Data Platform MVP.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/billinkc
Contact: http://blog.billfellows.net
Bill Fellows is a SQL Server MVP and has been a database developer for most of his career, with the past 15 years focused on ETL. He is the organizer of Kansas City's eight SQLSaturdays and a speaker at many other SQLSaturdays, User Groups and the PASS Summit. Bill is the owner of Sterling Data Consulting where he gets to solve interesting data problems.
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/blackwyrm
Contact: http://www.davemattingly.net
Dave Mattingly has spent thirty years of designing, developing, databasing, documenting, and directing a variety of projects in many industries. In the past, he’s worked on space travel, fraud prevention, data accuracy, and virtual reality for industries such as games, ecology, health, religion, and money. He also writes, publishes, orates, teaches, and preaches.
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://microsoft.com
Madhu Desarapu is Data Platform and Cloud technology specialist. He has vast experience in designing and implementing Mission critical transactional and analytical applications. He had been with Microsoft for over 10 years and in IT industry for over 18 years. #160;#160; In his current role, Madhu provides architectural guidance to top fortune 500 customers in South Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee with Hybrid Cloud Applications and extending data center to Cloud.#160;
The following is a list of sponsors that helped fund the event.


>Variation of Census Maine Example.
>Applies easy to implement TreeStore filtering using provided TreeStore generation algorithm where any custom filter function can be defined (refer to Discussion of this example in "TouchTreeGrid - Documentation.pdf"
>Test Filter Options:
"Males > Females"
"Females > Males"
"Population > 10k"
>Only children that pass filter are included.
>Nodes are always included if any of their children are included
>Option to display node as a leaf if the node is included, but none of it's children are included


This area of the Owin Framework is concerned with serving content. This includes:
- Serving static files such as css, less, js, images etc.
- RESTful services endpoints that provide back-end support to client-side features.
- Dynamically generated web pages composed of shared components.
Further reading
The Pages repository
Walkthrough of how to build a website with the Owin Framework
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Public-key cryptography refers to a cryptographic system requiring two separate keys, one of which is secret and one of which is public. Although different, the two parts of the key pair are mathematically linked. One key locks or encrypts the plaintext, and the other unlocks or decrypts the cyphertext. Neither key can perform both functions. One of these keys is published or public, while the other is kept private.
In Zend Framework we implemented two public key algorithms: Diffie-Hellman key exchange and RSA.
The Diffie-Hellman algorithm is a specific method of exchanging cryptographic keys. It is one of the earliest practical examples of key exchange implemented within the field of cryptography. The Diffie–Hellman key exchange method allows two parties that have no prior knowledge of each other to jointly establish a shared secret key over an insecure communications channel. This key can then be used to encrypt subsequent communications using a symmetric key cipher.
The diagram of operation of the Diffie-Hellman algorithm can be defined by the following picture (taken by the Diffie-Hellman Wikipedia page):
The schema’s colors represent the parameters of the algorithm. Here is reported an example of usage using the Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\DiffieHellman class:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 | use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\DiffieHellman;
$aliceOptions = array(
'prime' => '155172898181473697471232257763715539915724801966915404479707795314057629378541917580651227' .
'423698188993727816152646631438561595825688188889951272158842675419950341258706556549803580' .
'104870537681476726513255747040765857479291291572334510643245094715007229621094194349783925' .
'984760375594985848253359305585439638443',
'generator'=> '2',
'private' => '992093140665725952364085695919679885571412495614942674862518080355353963322786201435363176' .
'813127128916726230726309951803243888416814918577455156967890911274095150092503589658166661' .
'463420498381785213791321533481399080168191962194483101070726325157493390557981225386151351' .
'04828702523796951800575031871051678091'
);
$bobOptions = array(
'prime' => $aliceOptions['prime'],
'generator'=> '2',
'private' => '334117357926395586257336357178925636125481806504021611510774783148414637079488997861035889' .
'123256347304105519467727528801778689728169635518217403867000760342134081539246925625431179' .
'634647331566005454845108330724270034742070646507148310833044977371603820970833568760781462' .
'31616972608703322302585471319261275664'
);
$alice = new DiffieHellman($aliceOptions['prime'], $aliceOptions['generator'], $aliceOptions['private']);
$bob = new DiffieHellman($bobOptions['prime'], $bobOptions['generator'], $bobOptions['private']);
$alice->generateKeys();
$bob->generateKeys();
$aliceSecretKey = $alice->computeSecretKey($bob->getPublicKey(DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY),
DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY,
DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY);
$bobSecretKey = $bob->computeSecretKey($alice->getPublicKey(DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY),
DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY,
DiffieHellman::FORMAT_BINARY);
if ($aliceSecretKey !== $bobSecretKey) {
echo "ERROR!\n";
} else {
printf("The secret key is: %s\n", base64_encode($aliceSecretKey));
}
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The parameters of the Diffie-Hellman class are: a prime number (p), a generator (g) that is a primitive root mod p and a private integer number. The security of the Diffie-Hellman exchange algorithm is related to the choice of these parameters. To know how to choose secure numbers you can read the RFC 3526 document.
Note
The Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\DiffieHellman class use by default the OpenSSL extension of PHP to generate the parameters. If you don’t want to use the OpenSSL library you have to set the useOpensslExtension static method to false.
RSA is an algorithm for public-key cryptography that is based on the presumed difficulty of factoring large integers, the factoring problem. A user of RSA creates and then publishes the product of two large prime numbers, along with an auxiliary value, as their public key. The prime factors must be kept secret. Anyone can use the public key to encrypt a message, but with currently published methods, if the public key is large enough, only someone with knowledge of the prime factors can feasibly decode the message. Whether breaking RSA encryption is as hard as factoring is an open question known as the RSA problem.
The RSA algorithm can be used to encrypt/decrypt message and also to provide authenticity and integrity generating a digital signature of a message. Suppose that Alice wants to send an encrypted message to Bob. Alice must use the public key of Bob to encrypt the message. Bob can decrypt the message using his private key. Because Bob he is the only one that can access to his private key, he is the only one that can decrypt the message. If Alice wants to provide authenticity and integrity of a message to Bob she can use her private key to sign the message. Bob can check the correctness of the digital signature using the public key of Alice. Alice can provide encryption, authenticity and integrity of a message to Bob using the previous schemas in sequence, applying the encryption first and the digital signature after.
Below we reported some examples of usage of the Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa class in order to:
- generate a public key and a private key;
- encrypt/decrypt a string;
- generate a digital signature of a file.
In order to generate a public and private key you can use the following code:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 | use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\RsaOptions;
$rsaOptions = new RsaOptions(array(
'pass_phrase' => 'test'
));
$rsaOptions->generateKeys(array(
'private_key_bits' => 2048,
));
file_put_contents('private_key.pem', $rsaOptions->getPrivateKey());
file_put_contents('public_key.pub', $rsaOptions->getPublicKey());
|
This example generates a public and private key of 2048 bit storing the keys in two separate files, the private_key.pem for the private key and the public_key.pub for the public key. You can also generate the public and private key using OpenSSL from the command line (Unix style syntax):
ssh-keygen -t rsa
Below is reported an example on how to encrypt and decrypt a string using the RSA algorithm. You can encrypt only small strings. The maximum size of encryption is given by the length of the public/private key - 88 bits. For instance, if we use a size of 2048 bit you can encrypt string with a maximum size of 1960 bit (245 characters). This limitation is related to the OpenSSL implementation for a security reason related to the nature of the RSA algorithm.
The normal application of a public key encryption algorithm is to store a key or a hash of the data you want to respectively encrypt or sign. A hash is typically 128-256 bits (the PHP sha1() function returns a 160 bit hash). An AES encryption key is 128 to 256 bits. So either of those will comfortably fit inside a single RSA encryption.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 | use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa;
$rsa = Rsa::factory(array(
'public_key' => 'public_key.pub',
'private_key' => 'private_key.pem',
'pass_phrase' => 'test',
'binary_output' => false
));
$text = 'This is the message to encrypt';
$encrypt = $rsa->encrypt($text);
printf("Encrypted message:\n%s\n", $encrypt);
$decrypt = $rsa->decrypt($encrypt);
if ($text !== $decrypt) {
echo "ERROR\n";
} else {
echo "Encryption and decryption performed successfully!\n";
}
|
Below is reported an example of how to generate a digital signature of a file.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 | use Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa;
$rsa = Rsa::factory(array(
'private_key' => 'path/to/private_key',
'pass_phrase' => 'passphrase of the private key',
'binary_output' => false
));
$file = file_get_contents('path/file/to/sign');
$signature = $rsa->sign($file, $rsa->getOptions()->getPrivateKey());
$verify = $rsa->verify($file, $signature, $rsa->getOptions()->getPublicKey());
if ($verify) {
echo "The signature is OK\n";
file_put_contents($filename . '.sig', $signature);
echo "Signature save in $filename.sig\n";
} else {
echo "The signature is not valid!\n";
}
|
In this example we used the Base64 format to encode the digital signature of the file (binary_output is false).
Note
The implementation of Zend\Crypt\PublicKey\Rsa algorithm uses the OpenSSL extension of PHP.
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In addition to controlling site-wide localization in podspec.yaml, you can create and manage fully localized content at the collection-level or the document-level.
Front matter localization
You can localize front matter data on a per-locale basis. If you've localized some fields, but not all fields that are specified in the blueprint or default locale, the localized fields will fall back to default locale's fields, cascading from a localized version down to the default version.
title@: Title title@fr: Title in FR body@: Body body@fr: Body for FR caption@: Caption
# Default {{doc.title}} -> Title {{doc.body}} -> Body {{doc.caption}} -> Caption # FR {{doc.title}} -> Title in FR {{doc.body}} -> Body for FR {{doc.caption}} -> Caption
File based localization
Similar to the idea of using the @locale
localization in the front matter, file names can also be used to manage the localization.
The file naming should follow the CLDR codes for locales (case sensitive to support all file systems). For example, files should be named<EMAIL_ADDRESS>instead of<EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
# Content /content/pages/presentation.yaml
title@: Title
body@: Body
caption@: Caption
# Content<EMAIL_ADDRESS>title: Title in FR
body: Body for FR
# Default {{doc.title}} -> Title {{doc.body}} -> Body {{doc.caption}} -> Caption # FR {{doc.title}} -> Title in FR {{doc.body}} -> Body for FR {{doc.caption}} -> Caption
Locale class
Grow's Locale
objects subclass the Babel project's Locale class, providing access to some useful data. Grow validates locales and only accepts locales from the Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR), which uses ICU.
A full list of compatible locales can be found here.
# Page /de/hello/ {{doc.locale.get_language_name('en')}} # German. {{doc.locale.get_language_name('de')}} # Deutsch.


Intel's Comet Lake-S desktop processor lineup leaks in full
10-core Core i9-10900K will lead the pack
by Roland Moore-ColyerINTEL'S ENTIRE LINE-UP of 10th-generation Comet Lake desktop processors appears to have leaked, revealing CPUs with up to 10 cores and 20 threads.
The chip chasers at WCCFTech got their peepers on some slides that show what we can expect from the CPU lineup, which will be built upon another refinement of the 14-nanometre processor architecture; the 10nm node will remain the domain of the Ice Lake mobile CPUs for the time being.
Comet Lake-S is the codename given to the mainstream 10th-gen desktop CPUs, which will be lead by the 10-core, 20-thread Core i9-10900K. Other than the fact it'll come with 20MB of cache, there's precious little other information on offer.
But there are more details on the Core i9-10900, which sports the same number of cores and threads but has a base clock speed of 3GHz that ramps up to 5.1GHz by extracting performance from an 80W thermal design power.
The Core i9 lineup not only includes a 'K' version and a non-suffixed CPU, but also a 'T' chip, which has a reduced TDP of 35W and thus has a lower base clock speed and boost speed. It's the same story for other Core chips in the Comet Lake-S range.
Skip down to the Core i7 chips and you're looking at eight-core and 16-thread CPUs. The Core i7-10700 is expected to run from 3GHz to 4.8GHz, sports 16MB of cache and a 65W TDP.
10th-gen Core i5 processors have six cores and 12 threads, and the Core i5-10500 has a base clock speed of 3.2GHz that spools up to 4.3Ghz; 12MB of cache and a 65W TDP complete the specs. We reckon such a chip will appeal to folks after a mainstream desktop that has a solid processor for getting s**t done and playing games.
Step down to the Core i3, and if you were expecting CPUs with four cores and eight threads, then you'd be right. The Core i3-10100 clocks from 3.2GHz to 3.8GHz, with 12MB of cache and a 65W TDP.
Starting from the Core i3 and going up the range, the tenth-gen CPUs sport Hyperthreading, come with WIFi 6 support, and can support up to 40 PCIe 3.0 lanes.
According to the slides, Comet Lake-S offers an 18 per cent performance hike in multi-threaded compute tasks over the previous Coffee Lake-R CPUs, and delivers an eight per cent boost in Windows application performance.
Going by this leaked info, it looks like the Comet Lake-S CPUs will offer a step-up from the previous generation of Core desktop processors. But as the 14nm process node is still being used, we don't expect that boost to be hugely significant.
We suspect one will have to wait for 10nm desktop processors to see a major step-change from Intel in the desktop CPU arena; apparently it's beavering away on such chips. µ
Further reading
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- 19 Nov 2019
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- 19 Nov 2019
Intel's Ponte Vecchio Xe GPU is named after a bridge and isn't for you
- 14 Nov 2019
Intel's latest Nervana AI chips have their heads in the cloud
- 13 Nov 2019


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GONE FISHIN' A film review by Steve Rhodes Copyright 1997 Steve Rhodes
RATING (0 TO ****): *
First, the good news. The two leads of GONE FISHIN', Joe Pesci and Danny Glover, mumble so many of their lines that a large portion of the film is incomprehensible. But the audience can hear the rest of the movie. That's bad news.
Although I usually save the last paragraph of my reviews of kids' movies for the thoughts of my 8-year-old, his summary is too precious to hold back. Jeffrey said, "the show was funny, but not enough to make me laugh." He decided the jokes were aimed at the adults and that was why he did not get them. Well, speaking as adult, I laughed about as often as Jeffrey, which was just about never.
Both Pesci and Glover have tremendous talent, but they both share a propensity for signing up to do hopelessly bad comedies. The script by Jill Mazursky and Jeffrey Abrams for GONE FISHIN' alternated between recycled humor, heavy on sight gags (long demolition derbies being particularly popular), and frequent dead time where laughs were not even attempted.
That this DOA flick was not screened to the critics comes as no surprise. Director Christopher Cain's last theatrical release was THE AMAZING PANDA ADVENTURE, which wasn't. The critics were not appreciative of his talents then, and I suspect GONE FISHIN' will be even less well received.
As the film opens, Joe and Gus, played later by Pesci and Glover, are two young kids fishing.
The film quickly switches to grown Joe, wearing a "Fish Newark and Die" T-shirt, and Gus heading south to the Florida Everglades for a big fishing trip. The trouble starts when Dekker Massey (Nick Brimble), a con man so notorious that he has swindled 43 women and killed the last one, steals their '68 Barracuda with their old fishing boat in tow.
After the boat breaks off and crashes through a restaurant window, our heroes start pushing the boat on the trailer down the highway. Nothing will stop them.  Only because I've seen their better pictures do I know otherwise. An any rate, nothing of their characters here merit seeing.
Rita (Rosanna Arquette) and Angie (Lynn Whitfield) give Joe and Gus a lift. The women are looking for Dekker too and want to try to pick the men's brains to find out what they know. Now, there is a hopeless job.
Along the way, we suffer through one inanity after another. For example, we learn that Gus is such a solid sleepwalker after eating red meat that he will dry his hair with an electric hair dryer, turn on the gas on the fireplace, set his pillow on fire with a lighter, make a phone call, and then walk quite a distance. Glover's wooden performance makes this long sleepwalking scene extremely tedious.
Towards the end of the picture, their fishing idol, Billy "Catch" Pooler (Willie Nelson), comes in almost as an apparition to rescue them. Catch fills them with inspiring quotations. ("Don't forget. The canary sings, but the eagle flies." And that most instructive of all, "Be the one you want to catch.")
Dekker delivers the most accurate line in the movie.  "You've got a big mouth.  I couldn't have said it better myself.
GONE FISHIN' runs 1:33. It is rated PG for threatened violence. The film would be acceptable for just about any age, but not worth seeing by any. Although my son claims he actually liked it, he laughed very little. Then again, he likes just about everything he sees. I was bored silly by the film so I do not recommend it. A generous one star from me.
**** = A must see film. *** = Excellent show. Look for it. ** = Average movie. Kind of enjoyable. * = Poor show. Don't waste your money. 0 = Totally and painfully unbearable picture.
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Abeiku Santana Lists Three Key Elements To Climb Up The Ladder To Success
by vanessa nordziIf you are struggling in certain areas of your life and you have no idea how to go about it, Well, worry no more as Versatile Radio and TV personality Abeiku Aggrey Santana has revealed three major keys to achieving your dreams.
According to Abeiku Santana, success doesn’t depend on your level of education or the skills you have but rather your attitude.
Your attitude towards work, your colleagues and people in general can either move you ahead in life and make you stagnant.
Abeiku Santana took to his twitter page list what one can do to be successful and what goes into it.
“How far you can go largely depends on your attitude and relationship with people. I define success with the acronym ASK,” he tweeted. Attitude = 60 %Skills = 25 % Knowledge = 15 %. Attitude is everything”. He wrote.
We couldn’t agree more with Abeiku Santana’s list as many young unemployed people have lost their jobs as a result of their attitude. Showing lackadaisical attitude towards work will definitely get you kicked out. Most employees expect nothing but the perfection from their employees. After all you are getting paid so they need value for their money.
Do you also agree with Abeiku’, assertions? Tell us in the comment session.


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My own implementation on pokedex based on pokeapi in Angular 2.0
To try this out git clone repo / cd to dir / ng serve
My own implementation on pokedex based on pokeapi in Angular 2.0
To try this out git clone repo / cd to dir / ng serve


Trade of the Day: Home Depot Stock Points Lower Still
HD stock's bearish reversal begs for more downside
Shares of Home Depot (NYSE:HD) tumbled more than 5% on Tuesday, Nov. 19 after the company reported below consensus revenue and lowered its sales outlook. Through the lens of technical analysis Tuesday’s price action qualifies as a so-called ‘bearish reversal,’ which is to say that HD stock may have lower to go in coming days and weeks.
Investors kept the bid in HD stock into its recent earnings report. Despite Tuesday’s pullback HD stock remains higher by about 31% year-to-date. In other words, even just a routine mean-reversion pullback in the stock could have further to go than just the 5% of Tuesday’s selling.
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As always, for perspective let us look at the longer-term trends of the stock in question. Here we see that HD stock in 2019 has essentially worked its way from the lower end of long-standing trading to the upper end of the range.
While it is always possible that a stock overshoots its ranges, all else being equal, this longer-term chart points the stock toward a mean-reversion or at least a consolidation phase. From a momentum perspective, the weekly MACD momentum oscillator at the bottom of the chart is currently also at ‘overbought’ levels last seen in January 2018, after which the stock tumbled for the ensuing weeks in a healthy and important mean-reversion move.
Moving on to the daily chart we see that HD stock in the first half of September had reached the upper end of its year-to-date channel as marked by the red parallels. The stock then gyrated in a sideways pattern until yesterday’s earnings report.
The selling on Tuesday came on a down-gap at the beginning of the trading day and saw the stock keep the selling pressure so much so that it closed at the lows of the day. While the stock could bounce a little in coming days, typically this type of setup sees the stock undergo another wave of selling.
A next downside target for HD stock is in the $220 area, followed by a possible and much deeper pullback toward the $200 area.
Active traders and investors could look to either short HD stock, respecting any strong bullish reversal on a daily closing basis as a stop loss. Alternatively, options traders could consider buying a January (monthly expiration options) $225-$215 bear put spread.
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