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Jeffrey Garbus
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Fundamentals That Will Improve Your Query Performance!
John Wells
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Derek Wilson
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Adam Saxton
DIY: SQL Server Monitoring for your Enterprise
John Sterrett
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Thomas Norman
What's New In SQL Server 2017
William Assaf
How to transition from Profiler to Extended Events and why you should consider.
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Kerry Tyler
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Populating a Data Warehouse with SSIS and Biml Patterns
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Azure SQL Managed Instance the New Hotness
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Loading a Data Warehouse with SSIS
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Lance Tidwell
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So yes I know it's not Monday but this week has totally gotten away from me…so sorry! I painted 10 pieces in the shop on Monday (our closed day) and most of them (or all of the colors) were custom mixes. The girls in the shop hate when I do this b/c then you guys come in and want a color I have on an items and I don'y know the exact color combo!
This is suppose is the artist in me I just start popping the tops and mixing away. Since I paint a lot I get tired of the same colors. How this usually happens is I go for French Linen or something and we don't have enough for my project so then I just start mixing paints (this by the way is probably one of my favorite things to do!).
So I wanted to share with you one of the recipes I used this week in the shop. I randomly created a wonderful grey. It is a mix of Graphite and Cream (never would have guessed). It makes a wonderful true grey not too blue or brown. The large console in the shop is done with this combo and a lighter versions of it is on the table in the picture below.

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I am about to try setting up a SDK based program where I use both
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Wasps top BBA in match of D-II's best
MANCHESTER — Woodstock is the two-time defending Division II girls tennis champions for a reason and the Wasps put that on full display during their 7-0 win against Burr and Burton Tuesday afternoon.
In match that saw a handful of tight battles, the experience of the Woodstock squad won out.
At No. 1 singles, BBA's Luna Bechstein and the Wasps' Momo Biele squared off in a highly-competitive battle. Biele won the match in straight sets , 6-3, 6-2, but there were numerous great rallies throughout the match.
Biele's strong shot placement made Bechstein run all over the court and the senior's talent was too much for the Bulldogs' No. 1 player in the end.
"Momo has skills that allow her to execute angles and take her opponent off the court," said BBA coach Jeff Grimshaw. "Luna has been resistant to adopt that technique, using over-spin. It's her Achilles heel. The difference was Momo utilizing exceptional technique."
"Our head coach always says that Momo is the smartest player he's ever had," said Wasps assistant coach Kimbel Biele, who is Momo's mother. "She can rip it and she's really smart player. She plays a lot of out balls and has great technique. I didn't say a word to her because she just knows how to figure it out."
Lydia Howe was strong in her match at No. 2 singles for Woodstock. She topped BBA's Spencer North 6-2, 6-2 for another Wasps win.
The Bulldogs' Sarah Asciutto took an early lead on Olivia Marsicovetere at No. 3 singles, but Marsicovetere made a strong comeback in the first set to win it 6-2. She went on to take the second set 6-1 as well.
No. 4 singles provided a competitive matchup between BBA's Avery Gilgallon and Woodstock's Katie McMaster.
Much like the No. 3 singles match, the Bulldogs grabbed an early advantage. Gilgallon went up a few games on McMaster, but couldn't hold on from there. McMaster fought back to tie the match at 4-4, before taking the final two games.
She then cruised to a 6-0 in the second set.
"Avery was a house of fire to start and then mysteriously stopped hitting," Grimshaw said.
McMaster has been known to come through in crucial spots for the Wasps.
"At states last year, we lost a match we were supposed to win, so all of a sudden Olivia Marsicovetere, 'it's on you,'" Kimbel Biele said. "Katie had already lost the first set and was down in the second set. She can dig deeper than any kid I know. I would put money on her and she's strong and figures it out."
Kali Brandt played well at No. 5 singles for BBA, but came out on the losing end to Woodstock's Tierney Dugan. Dugan won the first set 6-2, but Brandt fought back well in the second set forcing a tiebreaker that Dugan won 7-5.
In doubles action, the No. 1 doubles matchup was back and forth. The Wasps' Kenzie Biele and Chloe Noble took the first set 6-4, but the Bulldogs' Rachel Jones and Katie Kelly wouldn't go down easily in the second. Jones and Kelly held a lead at one point in the second set, but failed to hold on as Woodstock won the match.
Lilly Holding and Juliana Beraldi cruised to a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles for Woodstock over Emily Sullivan and Mac Thuermer.
The Wasps remain unbeaten with the win, while BBA drops to 9-2, with its only two losses coming to the Wasps.
Before Tuesday's match, the Bulldogs honored their seniors for their contributions to the program.
Gilgallon, Jones, Sullivan, Rachel Kimball, Amber Rachele were honored, along with Chloe MacDonald and Evangeline Morrison, who have sat out this season due to injury.
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Dr. Lorenzo Lamar Esters presents and moderates regularly on seminars, conferences and symposiums on academic leadership, technology and higher education, distance education, future trends in higher education, serving adult and military students, and strategically managing in this challenging higher education environment. Here are a selected list of those presentations.
Recent Presentations
Getting in the Fast Lane: Ensuring Economic Security and Meeting the Workforce Needs of the Nation
Dr. Lorenzo Esters Keynotes at the Association of Community College Trustees Symposium, "Getting in the Fast Lane: Ensuring Economic Security and Meeting the Workforce Needs of the Nation" on October 4, 2016 in New Orleans, LA.
Dr. Lorenzo Esters moderate a panel in SAC: Profiles in Indiana Higher Education Innovation
Dr. Lorenzo Esters moderates a panel, "Models for Driving Student Success and Career Preparation" at the Indiana Commission for Higher Education's 2015 Student Advocates Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana. About SEC 21st Century Scholars 25th Anniversary Celebration. Since its inception, the 21st Century Scholars program has mobilized hundreds of outstanding 21st Century Scholars Alumni, local community […]


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Ty Coryton and Ty Bronllys have been accredited with the Careers Wales Mark and continues to audit, plan and reflect upon its work-skills and careers curriculum in order to prepare young people for the world of work. Summergil House follows this structure to provide high quality work experience and careers learning for our pupils.


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This seminar focused on the importance of public speaking skills especially for would-be teachers. As the head of the event organizers, I invited Hon. Maria Concepcion "COn-Con" Hernandez, Lipa City Councilor, as the resource speaker. The Education students had a good feedback of the seminar because of the substantial information they got from Councilor Hernandez and the interactive activities we provided for them.
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My brother raved over these. He literally scraped out the empty pan with his fork to get the last of the gooey, cheesy goodness. I generally use canned chicken in this recipe to save the hassle of cooking up a breast, but shredded rotisserie or any minimally seasoned leftover chicken would be great. The recipe originally calls for monterey jack cheese but I made it on Tuesday with Kraft's new blend of shredded queso quesadilla and cream cheeses and it was, as Trevor would say, a masterpiece. It melts super creamy without the oily or rubbery residue left by some traditional cheeses.
- 24 oz canned or fresh cooked chicken, cubed
- 4 oz can chopped green chilies
- 7 oz can prepared green chile salsa
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup whipping cream
- 12 corn tortillas
- 1 1/2 cup shredded queso quesadilla blend
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a bowl, mix together chicken, chilies and salsa.
In a wide shallow dish stir together salt and whipping cream.
Heat oil in a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Fry each tortilla for a few seconds, until it blisters, and immediately dip into cream and salt.
Fill fried tortillas with chicken mixture. Roll and place flap side down in a baking dish.
Pour remaining cream over tortillas and sprinkle with cheese.
Bake, uncovered, until cheese has melted, about 15 – 20 minutes.
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Buffalo Chicken Macon Fries CasseroleBy Ruhana Ebrahim - GRAND MASTER
Buffalo Chicken Macon Fries Casserole
Rec cred: Ruhana Ebrahim
Pic cred: @mama_taught_me_well
•1kg chicken fillet (stripped)
•1 ½ teaspoon of salt,
•½ teaspoon white pepper,
•1½ teaspoon chilli powder,
•1 tablespoon tomato sauce,
•1 tablespoon oil,
•1 cup self raising flour.
BBQ basting Sauce:
(prepare while cooking chicken)
•4 tablespoon butter,
•1 tablespoon honey,
•4 tablespoon tomato sauce,
•¼ cup water,
•2-3 tablespoon chilli sauce,
•½-1 teaspoon chilli powder
•1 tablespoon ground garlic
•1 tablespoon lemon juice
•salt (to taste).
Potatoes (cut in fries/chips)
United Butchery's Macon (chopped)
Grated gouda cheese
Grated mozzarella cheese
Chopped chives.
1. Marinate chicken in spices, oil and sauce for 1hr.
2. Preheat your oven at 180 °C.
3. Take a big plastic bag, add flour in it. Drop the strips into bag in 2-3 batches, and shake until the flour coats all the strips perfectly.
4. Remove the strips and place them on a greased tray. Lightly drizzle oil.
5. Bake for ± 15 minutes, then turn strips over. Put them back in the oven and bake for another ± 15-20 minutes.
6. Fry the macon and chips and leave aside.
7. To make sauce, heat butter, add garlic and braise until fragrant.
8. Add all the other ingredients and simmer until thick and saucy.
9. Once chicken is ready, toss them in the basting sauce and then spread out in the tray again.
10. Spread chips, macon, sprinkle cheeses and sprinkle more macon.
11. Bake in oven till cheese is melted and then garnish with chopped chives. Serve immediately.
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South Africa
Interior Decorator.
Food styling.
Fusion Cooking.
Recreational baker.
Food Author of "Oh My Cupcakes!"
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I have been waiting to order this shirt since November as they didn't have the size I wanted in until recently. It fits nicely and the print looks very well done, my only complaint is that I wish the women's had the same shade as the unisex (I prefer the color of the unisex but in a choice of color or fit, I leaned into fit).
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What is Smart TV?
Smart TV, aka connected TV, is a conventional television set embedded with Internet and interactive features of "Web 2.0" like streaming of music, videos, internet browsing, etc. As compared to the traditional television sets, smart TVs are technologically advanced. Apart from providing normal broadcasting media services, these TVs also enables users to operate Internet, over-the-top content (OTT), on-demand streaming, online interactive media, and access to home networking. To be more precise, smart TVs can be termed as the technological convergence of conventional television sets and set-top boxes. Modern Smart TVs are also integrated with smartphone characteristics.
Difference Between Normal TVs and Smart TVs
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Which Companies Manufacture Smart TVs?
With the growing craze for smart TVs, almost every TV manufacturer is making smart TVs. Chinese companies like TCL and Hisense manufacture smart TVs that come with in-built Roku services. Some biggest smart TV manufacturer brands are Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, TCL, Toshiba, Philips, Vizio, and Sharp.


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The Bookseller's Secret
Catherine Jordan
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Catherine Jordan's sequel to Seeking Samiel...
Some secrets are meant to be shared; this magic book is one of them, and it will haunt you for the rest of your life. Mason Barry is an American reporter who has risked his life writing and whistle-blowing. His last venture ended with his friend and photographer murdered, and a bounty on his head. Regardless, he dives into the deep web, searching for his next great story. He catches a blurb about the anti-Christ, a woman alive and well, living in South Africa. Supposedly, she has written a magic book. Readers claimed the author's words not only opened doors to the supernatural, but also compelled them to murder and suicide. Mason heads to Llandudno, a wealthy suburb of Cape Town, to find the book, meet the author, and expose whatever truths he might find. He meets more than a few sketchy characters along the way, and becomes lost in a world he never knew existed.
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Review by Nigel (040815) Rating (8/10)
by Nigel
I really enjoyed The Bookseller's Secret; it is a remarkably original novel that brings together lots of your standard horror plot elements but in a unique and gripping manner. Nothing in the story is new of itself but the whole is wonderfully engrossing and imagined; the story kept changing my preconceptions to the very end. A great addition to the horror genre and well worth reading for any horror fan.
The Bookseller's Secret is, unsurprisingly, about a book, but not just any book. The book is a means to an end and anyone that reads it becomes trapped in a surreal world where they are gradually possessed.
The villain of the piece (one of them anyway) is the current author of the book, Eva van Hollinsworth, the immortal reincarnation of Lilith, a demon and the anti-Christ. To this mix we add her husband Jeffrey Thurmont and an investigative journalist Mason Barry, one is the current 'owner' of the book, or so he thinks, the other is seeking the book, or so he thinks.
Lilith achieves immortality through reincarnating in her own offspring, the mother dying during childbirth and the daughter becoming the next incarnation. As the story unfolds we find that Eva is dead and her daughter is yet to be named and without a name she has no power. The current father is Jeffrey who realises Eva's daughter is looking for the next Mr Right to continue her life and his time may well be numbered. As you can imagine he is none too happy about this. So starts a descent into madness for Mason Barry as he pieces all this together in his quest for the book while other interested parties converge for the finale… all not being as it seems.
First rate storytelling that will have you as confused as the protagonists; yours will be a happy confusion of a story well told while theirs will lead to unspeakable horrors…
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In a shocking twist of event.. BamBam has been evicted from the Big Brother Naija House…
This is beyond shocking, as no one saw this coming.
After the Saturday Night party joined by host Ebuka and after the hours partying Ebuka had a special twist when he was given the envelope and then called out Bambam's name.
Bambam had the least number of vote, and she was evicted from the house.
We all thought the guest would probably be an artiste or a celebrity! But No! It was STEVE from Deloitte.
Last week, Ebuka announced that a special guest was coming into the house, after their Saturday Night Party.. and surprisingly, the guest was "Steve" from Deloitte.. and he came in with the name of the housemate with the least amount of vote.
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The special guest happens to be the auditor from @Deloitte . Oh wow! BamBam has been Evicted from the #BBNaija House. https://t.co/84qS2mxbwo pic.twitter.com/H9oSamHWhe
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The special guest happens to be the auditor from @Deloitte . Oh wow! BamBam has been Evicted from the #BBNaija House. https://bit.ly/2pUKMiR
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Bambam is the 10th housemate to leave the House, saw everyone bid her a beautiful farewell and then exited the House with grace after she was instructed to leave the house.


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Following last week's release of Quiet Moments, the first album in 13 years from darkwave icons Lycia, we're pleased to present to you a video for one of its tracks. Titled 'The Visitor' and directed by Adria Ghiralt, the video sees a selection of crawling, cloudy shots played through pastel lenses, backed by drawling vocals and sprawling guitars. Watch it for yourself above.
Emerging from a decade long hiatus, multi-instrumentalist Mike VanPortfleet originally formed Lycia in 1988 as a solo project, and has consequently been joined and left by various members, including wife and current vocalist, Tara VanFlower. Creating gothic soundscapes that have influenced the likes of Trent Reznor and Peter Steele, the duo claimed in a recent interview with The Morton Report that Quiet Moments was their most personal work yet.
Said VanPortfleet: "I remember reading an interview years ago with Pete Townshend of The Who, and I'm just paraphrasing this based off my fuzzy memories. I believe the question was about his solo album in the '70s, in which he stated that Quadrophenia was the closest thing he did to a solo release, based on how personal it was. That's how I feel about Quiet Moments. This is a very personal release for me. It's the closest thing I'll ever have to an autobiography."
Quiet Moments is out now on Handmade Birds, who also reissued the band's 1996 album Cold a few weeks ago. Both are available at the label's online store.


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Since I have finally made a decision on what lake to go to in MN (Leech Lake) I have another question for all you Musky nuts. I was wondering what the best time of year is to go Musky fishing. Is it Summer or fall. I was looking at the last week of September. Any suggestions or comments. Thanks.


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On Saturday 23 September, Porsche Centre Solihull was delighted to support the Porsche Club GB at their National Concours d'Elégance event, which took place in the stunning surroundings of Ragley Hall.
More than 650 Porsches joined us in the beautiful grounds of Ragley Hall, travelling far and wide from across the country for this event. Members got to enjoy the display of Porsches, with the Club marquee offering complimentary hot beverages. Porsche Centre Solihull hosted the mobile exhibition unit, displaying the model range, including the Panamera Sport Turismo, which took centre stage!
The event was hugely successful and we would like to thank those that came to see us and we look forward to working with the Porsche Club GB on future events.
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The Tombusviridae is a relatively large and diverse family of plant viruses that have small single‐stranded, positive‐sense, RNA (ribonucleic acid) genomes which have been grouped together owing to the high degree of sequence identity displayed by their RNA‐dependent RNA polymerases. Tombusvirid virion structures, gene expression strategies, replication, RNA recombination, virus movement and the support of satellite viruses/defective‐interfering RNAs have been particularly well characterised. All genera (with the exception of the Umbraviruses) produce spherical virions with capsid proteins that can be subdivided by the presence (or absence) of a C‐terminal protruding domain. Transmission of several members by fungal zoospores in a species‐specific manner has been reported while aphid transmission of Umbraviruses is completely dependent on a helper virus from the Luteoviridae. The virions of several members have been utilised for biotechnology purposes.
Key Concepts
- Various genera most likely arose through RNA recombination.
- Tombusviridae species replicate to high titres within their host cells.
- RNA genomes are small with a limited number of gene products that serve multiple functions.
- RNA–RNA interactions control gene expression in several genera.
- Viral‐encoded suppressors of RNA silencing act at several different stages in the response cascade.
- Virions (if present) are non‐enveloped and extremely stable.
- Several members are transmitted through soil by specific fungal zoospores.
Keywords: RNA plant viruses; virus structure; satellites; soil and fungus transmission; gene expression strategies; RNA–RNA interactions