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Life in the clouds...My take on everything from SQL Data Services, to coding, to life in generalhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/atom.aspxTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)2008-03-28T14:22:00ZEugenio's experience migrating an app to SDShttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2009/06/15/eugenio-s-experience-migrating-an-app-to-sds.aspx2009-06-15T19:13:00Z2009-06-15T19:13:00Z
Quick heads up. Eugenio has a blog posting on his experience migrating an app to SDS. The part about the posting that I like the most is his developing locally on SQL Express and just changing his connection string. Check it out here.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

-Dave<o:p></o:p>

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxQuick Update – TechEd 2009http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2009/03/30/quick-update-teched-2009.aspx2009-03-30T18:13:11Z2009-03-30T18:13:11Z
Hey Everyone,

I wanted to give a quick update. Things on the team are cranking. There is a definite excitement in the air. We just started Sprint 8 and are getting ready for TechEd North America which is in LA and starts on May 11th. We are planning three sessions for TechEd this year. We will be presenting a What's New in SDS session, a Roles and Responsibilities of managing a SDS database session, and my favorite, Developing apps with SDS and Windows Azure. I'll post more details on the sessions in a couple weeks.

I am really looking forward to talking with people at TechEd. My thoughts are that by the time TechEd rolls around, people will have transitioned from the "Wow!!!" to the "How???" and should have some good questions and scenarios that we can help them enable. If there is anything specific you would like to see, please let me know.

Also, anyone planning on coming to TechEd, drop me an email @ email@example.com. I'd love to chat.

-Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxGetting ready to re-surfacehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2009/03/07/getting-ready-to-re-surface.aspx2009-03-07T20:57:00Z2009-03-07T20:57:00Z
Hey All,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Its been 3 or 4 months since I blogged and I am getting super excited to start showing the community the forthcoming enhancements to SDS. Mix is only a handful of days away and that will be the first public, non super-duper NDA, demo of the new SDS features. I figured it would be good to take Live Writer off the shelf, wipe the dust off and get ready to start blogging...<o:p></o:p>

I have to keep this short. My wife is out shopping and I am home with the kids and World War III is about to break out between the twins over a sippy cup, so I better intervene.<o:p></o:p>

More info coming soon,<o:p></o:p>

-Dave

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPerformance gains running your queries in parallelhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/11/08/performance-gains-running-your-queries-in-parallel.aspx2008-11-09T04:54:16Z2008-11-09T04:54:16Z
Hey All,

Got back from PDC a few days ago and now I am sitting at SeaTac airport waiting for my flight to Barcelona for TechEd EMEA. I figured it was time to start sharing some of the stuff I showed at PDC...

Today we are going to talk about the performance gains you can see when you run you queries in parallel. The two points I am always trying to drive home are around partitioning and running your operations in parallel.

I have been talking about this for about 9 months and I figured for PDC it would be better to demonstrate what I have been talking about.

Inside a test Authority I created 26 containers - one for each letter in the alphabet. I then loaded up 200,000 fictitious users and partitioned the data based upon the first character of the user's last name. No big deal - what kind of developer doesn't have a fictitious name generator :)

I then wrote a quick winform app show below

The app lets you enter in a user's first name and the number of worker threads. When you click begin it will use the thread pool and queue up 26 queries (one for each letter in the alphabet) and when all queries have completed, it will show the number of records returned and the time it took...

Lets give it a spin...

Searching for the first name of Jacob across 26 containers returns 9495 entities in 7.72 seconds...Not too shabby. The reason that the thread lower bound is 4 is because the I ran this from my home machine which has 2 dual core processors and the lowest you can set the Max Worker Threads to is equal to the number of processors (the OS views each core as a processor). I intentionally ran this from home to insure I wasn't on the Microsoft network. I have cable Internet from Comcast.

Now lets try with 10 threads...

Not bad 9495 entities in 4.71 seconds...Let bump it up to 26 threads so all queries get processed concurrently...

9495 records in 2.94 seconds....WOW!!!

If we think about what just happened we launched 26 queries in parallel. Chances are each query got processed by a separate front-end server. Since I partitioned my data across 26 containers, chances are each container ended up on a separate back-end node. That means I most likely had 26 different front end servers querying 26 different back-end database nodes and returning the results (not just the counts, but the actual entities) to my test application. When all threads had completed the app aggregated all the results into a List<Person> and displayed the count. I keep saying chances are since I haven't looked to see on what nodes my containers ended up on. Similarly I don't know what front-ends processed my request.

Hopefully this little demonstration has conveyed how partitioning and multithreading your SDS calls can really provide some major performance benefits.

Let me know if you have any questions or comments,

Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPDC2008 - Who's the idiot with the video camera?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/10/26/pdc2008-who-s-the-idiot-with-the-video-camera.aspx2008-10-26T17:49:00Z2008-10-26T17:49:00Z
Ok...So today is PDC2008 Pre-Con day. Just a quick heads up...

You will see some guys walking in and around the LA Convention Center with nice decked out video equiptment. Those are the Channel 9 guys.

You might also see some idiot walking around with a backpack and an average run of the mill HandyCam. That would be me :) What am I doing? Gathering data for my presentation and demo of course. What is the demo you ask? Well, I can't go into it right now. I wouldn't want to spoil the surprise. I can tell you its uber nerdy. I am married with 4 kids, no need to act cool anymore - EMBRACE YOUR INNER GEEK!!!

So, you want to see what it is? You have 2 options. Come to my talk on Tuesday @ 12:45, or wait until after my talk and I'll start posting details here.

So if you see me walking around, grab me and say Hi.

-Dave

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashx2 Days to PDC2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/10/24/2-days-to-pdc2008.aspx2008-10-25T07:01:00Z2008-10-25T07:01:00Z
Tommorow afternoon, I get on a plane and head down to LA for PDC2008. I have to be completely honest. We have some really super, pimped out, mack daddy, completely awesome stuff coming. Both in the teams presentations and in new features for Sprint 5. I just sent out the new features list to some internal softies for "Word Smithing" which you all should see in a few days, and the list is long and chock full o' goodies.

Thats all for now. If I keep typing I am bound to leak something and will wind up ruining the suprise :)

-Dave

PS - I promise much more posting after Monday.

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxVenga a Barcelona y óigame que hablo en TechEd EMEAhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/10/10/venga-a-barcelona-y-igame-que-hablo-en-teched-emea.aspx2008-10-11T07:10:00Z2008-10-11T07:10:00Z
Hola!!!

 Just a quick note. Sorry for the lack of posts as of late. We have all been heads down preparing for PDC.

 I wanted to give a heads up to all the SSDS users on the other side of the pond. Myself and Istvan Cseri will be presenting at TechEd EMEA in Barcelona. For more information click here.

-Dave

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWho's coming to PDC?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/09/23/who-s-coming-to-pdc.aspx2008-09-24T05:55:26Z2008-09-24T05:55:26Z

So…

I have gotten pinged by a bunch of people asking if we were planning any evening events for SSDS users. So, If there is sufficient interest in such an outing, please let me know by shooting me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com

I am getting super excited about PDC. It is going to be so cool. So much stuff to show and talk about…plus I have to tell you, I love hanging out with our users. You folks are so cool.

See you all soon,

Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS and SSIS…like peanut butter and jellyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/09/23/ssds-and-ssis-like-peanut-butter-and-jelly.aspx2008-09-24T02:02:00Z2008-09-24T02:02:00Z
Hey All,

One of the great things about SSDS is that we belong to a rich family of products. One of those products is SQL Server Integration Services – everybody's favorite ETL tool. Well, thanks to some hard work by Matt Masson and his team, we now have an SSDS Adaptor for SSIS.

You can now use SSIS to take data from virtually anywhere and pump it into or out of SSDS. This is one of the things I showed during my TechEd talk, but now you can try it for yourself.

Matt has posted to source and binaries over on CodePlex.

Enjoy!!!!
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS Tech-Ed Online Video Postedhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/08/29/ssds-tech-ed-online-video-posted.aspx2008-08-29T21:55:55Z2008-08-29T21:55:55Z
Hey all

During Tech-Ed North America 2008, Soumitra, Niraj and I did an interview for Tech-Ed online. Lots of good info.

The video can be found here http://www.microsoft.com/techedonline/

-Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxWhat kind of examples would be helpful?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/08/05/what-kind-of-examples-would-be-helpful.aspx2008-08-06T01:20:00Z2008-08-06T01:20:00Z
Here is a question. Myself and other members of the SSDS team are always asking the "What do you want to see" question. I am going to ask a similar question…

What kind of examples would be helpful?

Would you rather see code snippets or a fully working application?

Would you rather see a console app? WinForm? ASP.Net? WPF? Silverlight?

What type of app?

What are the challenging scenarios that you are facing that you would like a reference application to help you solve?

Feel free to email me at david.robinson AT microsoft.com
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxBeen quiet latelyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/08/05/been-quiet-lately.aspx2008-08-06T01:06:18Z2008-08-06T01:06:18Z
Hey All,

I have been really quiet lately. We had a ton of great stuff hit when we rolled out the Sprint 3. I had all these plans for samples and blog posts, but the last two weeks I have been completely out of pocket with a sick child.

The good news is that I have been back for a few days and I am almost done digging out of email. So I am ready to start rocking and rolling :)

Hope everyone has been having a tremendous summer…

Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxBack from vacation...well, almosthttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/07/20/back-from-vacation-well-almost.aspx2008-07-20T22:23:00Z2008-07-20T22:23:00Z
Hey Everyone,<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>

Just a quick post. I have been on vacation for the past 10 days in New York visiting family and relaxing with my wife and kids. I am getting ready to head to the airport to fly home and I just started digging out of email. Luckily for me I have a 6 hour flight back to Seattle. We are flying Jet Blue so hopefully my kids (ages 8, 6 and 3 (twins)) will enjoy the complementary TV and let me get some solid work done. It's kind of weird travelling with kids. When I travel by myself, I am the guy that prays before I step foot on the flight that I am not sitting next to any younger kids or babies. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love kids, but I look forward to the distraction free time on a plane to get work done. My kids are used to flying so they are usually well behaved...Usually...anyone who has kids knows that at the drop of a hat, a three year old can turn from a sweet little thing to a demon. I know they have the term terrible twos, but my experience has been that three has always been the age to watch out for...Needless to say, I am keeping my fingers crossed.<o:p></o:p>

Also everyone should have received my email blast last week from Microsoft Connect on the new Sprint 3 features coming. The text from that can be seen here. Those features are getting rolled out this upcoming Thursday and should be completed by Friday. Our super - duper - magnificent operations team has been phenomenal at these rollouts and although the product team works really hard to crank out these new features, it is the unsung operations heroes that deserve some serious kudos.<o:p></o:p>

Hope everyone didn't miss me too much :)<o:p></o:p>

Dave

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxBest Practice - Take Advantage of Concurrencyhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/07/06/best-practice-take-advantage-of-concurrency.aspx2008-07-07T06:43:00Z2008-07-07T06:43:00Z
In the first best practice, we looked at how we can gain maximum performance out of SSDS by partitioning our data across multiple containers. In this post, we are going to look at how we can take advantage of the many SSDS front end servers to maximize our applications performance.

SSDS is an Internet based data storage and query processing utility service. Lets face it, SSDS can only be as fast as your Internet connection. With that being said, when we architect our applications, we need to keep that in mind and be sure that we take whatever steps necessary to ensure that our application performs well. There are a handful of access and caching patterns we can use to ensure that any latency doesn't impact our applications performance. In this post we are going to concentrate on concurrency.

If we once again look at how SSDS is architected, we will see that we have many, many front end servers that expose the service via our SOAP and REST interfaces. This is the area in the diagram below in blue. In addition, those front end servers can accept many concurrent connections.

Those front end servers look at the operation you are performing, and route the request to the back end server that your container is located on. The back end servers are in the orange area in the diagram above.

To gain maximum performance from SSDS, don't just perform your operations in a singleton fashion. Issue those operations concurrently!!! If you architect your application so that it can make multiple simultaneous asynchronous calls, you can be assured that you are best utilizing SSDS and that your application will perform well - at least from a data access perspective ;)

One thing to watch out for....SSDS only supports a simple concurrency model today. Cases where you need to perform multiple entity updates as part of an single operation, this batch of updates needs to be managed in your application (SSDS doesn't support batched updates today, but its a feature we have in our plans). These operations can be multithreaded, but you need to ensure that you save both the original version of your entity and the updated version of the entity within your application. This way, should one of the operations fail, you can have your application perform any remediation necessary.

So to recap...

Multithread your SSDS calls when appropriate

Use Asynchronous access patterns

Helps combat latency

Many front-end servers able to handle many requests

Things to watch out for

SSDS Supports Simple Concurrency Today

Multiple entity updates need to be managed by your application

No support for batching today, but its coming

If anything is not clear, or if you have specific questions around your scenarios, let me know. I'd be happy to help.

-Dave

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David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS MSDN Article Publishedhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/07/04/ssds-msdn-article-published.aspx2008-07-04T22:11:00Z2008-07-04T22:11:00Z
Just a quick July 4th post. My MSDN article is up. You can read it for yourself here.

Happy July 4th to those fellow U.S. citizens out there.

-Dave

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David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxStill waiting for your golden ticket?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/06/26/still-waiting-for-your-golden-ticket.aspx2008-06-26T19:49:39Z2008-06-26T19:49:39Z
No I am not talking about the chocolate bar movie, I am talking about your invite to the SSDS Private Beta. All the cool kids are in it, and we are ratcheting up the speed at which we add people. We are adding hundreds and hundreds each day. If you want to start testing the most powerful, cloud based, data and query processing service now is the time to sign up. In a couple short weeks we will be rolling out our Sprint 3 bits and there is a great deal of functionality coming.
To sign up go to Register for Free Beta
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxBest Practice - Data Partitioninghttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/06/18/best-practice-data-partitioning.aspx2008-06-18T21:57:51Z2008-06-18T21:57:51Z
As you all should know by now, SSDS uses what we call the ACE model, compared to a traditional relational model. ACE standing for Authority, Container, and Entity. Keep in mind that you could directly map your relational tables directly to SSDS Entities, we will cover that in another posting. This is specifically about how to partition your data and what we consider the "Best Practice"

The first thing you need to do when thinking about partitioning your data is ask yourself some questions...

What do my queries look like?

How can I maximize my throughput by spreading my data across containers?

How much data do I have?

What do my use cases look like?

These are all valuable questions you need to ask yourself when thinking about how you are going to store your data in SSDS. Lets take a moment and review the SSDS Architecture and how data is placed on the nodes...

If you recall, SSDS is comprised of a series of front end servers which expose our web services, and a series of backend servers which store the data. The key here is that when you create a container, that container is placed on a backend node that is selected using a proprietary algorithm. So if you store all of your data in a single container, you can guarantee that all your data will be on a single machine (the data is replicated for DR purposes). Since SSDS has many, many, many backend servers, Why not take advantage of them? Think about it this way, if you issue multiple queries to SSDS, do you want a single machine processing the queries, or do you want to have many machines process the queries? That is where partitioning your data comes in...

At TechEd I talked about a Movie Showtimes application and how best to partition that data.

The relational data model looked like this (many props to the MSN Movies team for giving me their data)

In looking at my queries, access patterns and use cases I chose to use the Zip Code to partition my data. Why you ask? Well, first of all the application is to present Movie Showtimes. Most if not all users either start with a movie and then choose a location to see the corresponding showtimes, or they pick a location to see what's playing. By placing each zip codes data into its own authority, I have a very quick and easy query pattern. I also have spread my data across all the machines in the SSDS backend. So if I have 100 users looking for showtimes in 100 different zip codes, I know that chances are that I will get the benefit of having many machines process those request in parallel. Since I might want to see what movies were playing in a theater near me, I can use one of the many readily available web services out there to give me a list of zip codes that are in close proximity to me and then issues the query to those containers as well.

The point to all this is since SSDS has a ton of machines in the backend, you should take advantage of them. Now, one thing I want to make perfectly clear. SSDS is a multi-tenant system. My containers will be placed on machines that have other user's containers on them. I don't want anyone to get the impression that each container is placed on a dedicated machine. We do have the necessary mechanisms in place to ensure that a query to a single container won't consume all the available resources of a single backend machine.

Another point that should be made is with regards to Authorities. Authorities are the unit of geo-location. What that means is when you provision an Authority, you will get to choose the data center that the Authority is hosted in. With that being said, create your Authority in a data center that is in close proximity to your users. While this functionality is not turned on during the beta, it will be by the time we go live.

For the showtimes app, I put all west coast zip codes in a west coast authority and all east coast zip codes in an east coast authority like so...

So to recap...

Take advantage of the Geo-Location aspect of Authorities

Choose an authority closest to your users

Take maximum advantage of Containers

Containers are placed on individual nodes

Partitioning your data across containers maximizes your throughput on Query and CRUD operations.

If anything is not clear, or if you have specific questions around your specific scenarios, let me know. I'd be happy to help.

-Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxTechEd 2008http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/06/17/teched-2008.aspx2008-06-17T22:38:59Z2008-06-17T22:38:59Z
I have been back for a few days from 2 weeks in beautiful and extremely hot Orlando, FL at TechEd 2008. Everything was amazing. I gave a SSDS Best Practices talk which was well received and we also filmed a TechEd Online video which gives you a very candid look into what SSDS is and isn't and the business scenarios it supports. It will be posted in the coming week here. I will also post something when it comes online.

We got to chat with many customers and got a great deal of positive feedback and comments. Thank you everyone.

Over the next day or so, I plan on starting a new series of blog postings on SSDS Best Practices. I will start with the content from my TechEd presentation and I will continue to add to it as we add more and more features to SSDS.

That's it for now,

Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxPeace & Quiet?http://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/06/17/peace-quiet.aspx2008-06-17T22:28:03Z2008-06-17T22:28:03Z
Roger Jennings wrote an interesting post to his blog here. He questions the fact that the SSDS forums have been quiet...

He does have a valid point. Not having a view into the day to day customer interactions the team has could lead people to believe that things are quiet, but that is certainly not the case :)

Who are we working with? I can't name names other than the ones showcased on our DevCenter and Public sites. What I can tell you is that we are working with companies of all shapes and sizes, from some of the worlds largest banks to small start-ups, customers covering almost every industry imaginable.

Do we expose a limited set of functionality today? Compared to SQL Server, absolutely - we have been very vocal about where we started this journey and where we will end up. Now compare our functionality to the other players in our space and I think you will see that SSDS is feature rich, comparatively speaking.

Another thing that I think I need to stress is that our team uses the SCRUM development methodology and we run 8 week sprints which makes us extremely agile. New features every 8 weeks...WOW

So, I have said this before, if there is a specific scenario that SSDS does not fit for, TELL ME ABOUT IT. I want to help. Post it here, or email me at david DOT robinson AT microsoft DOT com
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS Tech-Ed 2008 North America Sessionshttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/05/30/ssds-tech-ed-2008-north-america-sessions.aspx2008-05-31T02:27:00Z2008-05-31T02:27:00Z
Hi everyone,

I am off to Tech-Ed 2008 in Orlando, FL. I have the pleasure of presenting at both the Dev week and the IT week.

Below is a list of all the SSDS sessions at Tech-Ed. Please stop by my sessions and say hi :)

-Dave

 Session Title	 Track	 Level	 Type	 Speaker	 Date & Time

Best Practices in Building Applications with Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

This interactive session provides a hands-on roadmap for developing and managing applications that use Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), details best coding practices, and answers questions related to using on-demand storage services for business solutions.
	 Database Platform	 300	 TLC	 David Robinson	 6/3/2008 1:15PM - 2:30PM

Introduction to Building Applications with Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

This lab guides students through using Microsoft Office Clients (Excel, Access, InfoPath) with Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) and through developing an application that will Create, Read, Update, and Delete data stored in SSDS.
	 Database Platform	  	 HOL

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

Cloud computing offers many benefits to business customers looking to increase operational efficiencies, lower operational costs and/or move to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. This session provides an overview of Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) and walks through on-boarding and typical usage scenarios to show how CDS brings the power of scale-free storage, distributed computing, and reliable data processing to new and existing business solutions.
	 Database Platform	 200	 BRK	 Tudor Toma	 6/3/2008 10:30AM - 11:45A

Developing Applications with Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

This session covers the Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) architecture, data model, and service APIs. It then provides coding examples of how to develop a simple end-to-end application using SSDS. It also identifies the challenges developers face, along with the necessary best practices to address these challenges.
	 Database Platform	 300	 BRK	 Nigel Ellis	 6/6/2008 10:15AM - 11:30AM

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

Cloud computing offers many benefits to business customers looking to increase operational efficiencies, lower operational costs and/or move to a Software as a Service (SaaS) model. This session provides an overview of Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS) and walks through on-boarding and typical usage scenarios to show how SSDS brings the power of scale-free storage, distributed computing, and reliable data processing to new and existing business solutions.
	 Database Platform	 200	 BRK	 Soumitra Sengupta	 6/10/2008 1:15PM - 2:30PM

Best Practices in Building and Managing Applications with Microsoft SQL Server Data Services

This interactive session provides a hands-on roadmap for developing and managing applications that use Microsoft SQL Server Data Services (SSDS), details best coding practices, and answers questions related to using on-demand storage services for business solutions.
	 Database Platform	 300	 TLC	 David Robinson	 6/12/2008 1:00PM - 2:15PM

David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS MSDN DevCenter is livehttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/05/30/ssds-msdn-devcenter-is-live.aspx2008-05-31T00:53:10Z2008-05-31T00:53:10Z
Hi everyone,

Just a heads up. Our new DevCenter on MSDN is up. You can check it out at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/dataservices/default.aspx All the things you usually expect from a DevCenter are there, plus we will be adding some downloads in the future.

If I was you, I would bookmark it :)

-Dave

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David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxSSDS Documentation is live on MSDNhttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/05/19/ssds-documentation-is-live-on-msdn.aspx2008-05-19T20:12:06Z2008-05-19T20:12:06Z
Hi All,

Sorry for the lack of blogging as of late. We have been hard at work making SSDS the ultimate data utility service :)

As many of you have requested, the SSDS documentation is live on MSDN at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc512417.aspx

With TechEd just around the corner, I have been working on lots of new stuff to share, so expect some really cool posts in the upcoming days and weeks.

<Teaser>
As we talk about value props, the Microsoft Data Platform, and what a data utility service from Microsoft offers the community, the one point I don't think we stress enough is the fact that SSDS has SQL Server at its core. While SSDS is not SQL Server on the web, it does belong to a really powerful family of products and tools from the SQL Server Team.
How awesome would it be to take some data out of some data source, use SSIS to pump that data into SSDS and then use SSRS to report off of it?
</Teaser>

That's it for now. As always, feel free to ping me if you have any questions.

-Dave
David Robinson - Binghttp://blogs.msdn.com/davidrob/ProfileUrlRedirect.ashxRed Bull Video is Uphttp://blogs.msdn.com/b/drobinson/archive/2008/04/03/red-bull-video-is-up.aspx2008-04-03T19:49:00Z2008-04-03T19:49:00Z
As I mentioned in a previous post, While we were at Red Bull, the folks from TechZulu.com started interviewing me while I was writing the drink database. The video is up and can be seen here

-Dave

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I just posted an entry on The Code Trip site about an app I was challenged to write before I was to present during our stop last week at Red Bull's HQ.

Check it out here

Yes, before you ask, it IS that easy to provision an Authority and start coding against SSDS…

-Dave

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I was at Cal State Fullerton as part of The Code Trip yesterday giving a talk to game developers. It was XNA Day there and in preparing for my presentation I was thinking about some of the challenges that game developers face. I am not talking about collision detection or bounding boxes..I am talking about data…

So, I focused the talk on SSDS and how game developers can use it to persist game data such as high scores, game saves and what have you. With that data up in the cloud you can start to build communities and social networking around your games. You can even use it simply to store user feedback on a new version...

The best part - no infrastructure required...The last thing a game developer needs to worry about is setting up and maintaining that infrastructure...

Not to mention if you write a game like Halo 3 that all of a sudden millions of user want to save their game data...SSDS has all the capacity you need...

You worry about what you do best - games..Let us worry about your data storage..

-Dave

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Released: Aug 01st, 2004
Running Time: 137
Director: Jaysin
Company: Sineplex Entertainment
Cast: Angel (I), Monica Mayhem, Cassie Young, Aline (I), Alexandra (I), Mayra (I), Ashley Fires, Vicky Vette, Suellen, Nina (I)
Critical Rating: AAA
Genre: All-Sex
All Girl Anal.
The selling point of this all-girl video is the large amount of anal the girls put each other through. Each of the four scenes features an array of various sex toys - many of which are quite thick - which all get buried deep inside the girls' butts.
Butt fans will also want to note the all-girl fourway between Aline, Angel, Auellen and Mayra. These four vixens all have deep tans and accentuated bubble butts. They look Brazilian and spend most of the time with tongues, fingers and toys in each other's butt holes.
The rest of the scenes are decent one-on-one performances with plenty of toys, but the video overall isn't particularly exciting.
Also, the DVD comes with a second disc that features an extensive fetish menu.

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I've recently written a C program which uses the public-domain mpir and mpfr libraries. I've been compiling it on Windows, using the Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 compiler. To get that to work, I had to do the following:
- Download / build the mpir and mpfr libraries from http://gladman.plushost.co.uk/oldsite/computing/gmp4win.php
- Move the files
mpfr.hinto the Include directory for the Microsoft compiler
- Move the files
mpfr.pdbinto the lib directory for the Microsoft compiler
mpfr.hin the program
- Compile using
cl <..module names..> /link mpir.lib mpfr.lib
I now want to send the source / header files I've written to someone else, along with a makefile that they can use to compile the code and check that it works. Since that person won't have the mpir / mpfr libraries installed, and might not be using the same compiler, I'm not quite sure how to do this.
Here is what I can do:
- Send them the binaries
mpfr.pdbas well as the source / header files.
Here is what I can't do:
- Send them my entire Microsoft Visual C++ 10.0 setup
- Ask them to stick files in their
libdirectories (unless there's no other way)
Ideally, I should be able to send them the source/header files, together with the pertinent mpir/mpfr binaries, and a makefile which they can then run to build the program.
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Ken Price Nyehaus Gallery, 358 West 20th Street, Chelsea
Today is the last day of this show, but it is by far the most amazing show up in Chelsea right now. There are a number of these strange little vessels in addition to some incredible erotic drawings. An outstanding, almost museum quality exhibition. I had never been to this gallery before, it's a townhouse between 8th and 9th avenues.
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Translation of stoned in Spanish:
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- The boy band are unlikely to last much into next year but not because of the classic rock cliches of getting stoned and violent.
- We cannot have drunk drivers going around on the streets, and I don't want a stoned one to knock me over either.
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This new Convention is the first instrument to establish the various forms of sexual abuse of children as criminal offences, including such abuse committed in the home or family, with the use of force, coercion or threats.
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I bought a TAC4 from a pawn shop for $450.
Very clean and as accurate as you could ask for. My prefered concealed carry gun.
Jeff Pearce * Counterman * Daytona Beach
Semi retired heat puimp tech
Here in florida they are allowing drain pans that are not even plumbed but instead fitted with a safety switch.
I had a '57 Chevy 3/4 ton pickup that I was restoring.
Went to the flea market and bought a '57 Florida tag, sent it to Tallahassee & had it registered to the '57. Drove on it for some time.
Why can I not open any thumbnails?
ICP unit shipped from Lewisburg TN on 02/17/94
Me and my arrow
Straight up and narrow
wherever we go
everyone knows it's me and my arrow
Takin' the high road
Wherever we go
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I still contend to this day that the single best lesson I ever had was when I got caught smoking in the boys room for the second time, the dean of boy lifted my feet almost a foot off the floor with...
'bout a year ago, got my concealed weapons permit. Went to buy a pistol in case I did ever want to carry. Bought a 9mm
auto. Way to large to conceal. Bought a .380. (sweet small gun. I can carry it...
I once had to do a bid for a openly gay couple. I bid five times the normal price. They said I was not the highest but also not the lowest. Damn! I really wanted that job.
If I ask you to say a prayer for me is that a sin?
If I ask Mary, to pray for me to God, is that a sin?
I don't think so.
And I do pray for you.
Why are there braile numbers on the drive through ATM?
My wife and I are considering a move to (probably) northern Alabama some time next year. Can anyone tell me the requirements for doing AC work? Licensing,etc.
We quit selling the cool caps 'cause on the higher end units with the 825 rpm motoer they can raise the amps a good bit. Check motor amps before and after install.
During the hurricanes last year I bought a generator which I use to power my whole house. I just got a 1ton mini split for my 15x24 den. If we lose power again we have at least on room that will be...
One of the best uses is to scan an attic or other area for air leaks.
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You might notice on your charger the letters NIMH or something. These are not the same as NICAD which had to be drained or they would lose the memory
With your luck, when your ship comes in you will be at the AIRPORT.
It's called a split bolt and you can get them at a good electical outlet or even homo despot.
I carry several sizes in my box for emergencies. You can use them for joining wires of two...
He said " and now the honorable mentions"
We are not praying TO Mary or the Saints. We are asking them to pray for us. Like I ask YOU to pray for ME to the Lord our God.
Tomorrow I and several people from My church are going to Starke, Fl....
All I know is, I'm going to do a lot of praying over the next couple of days.
I don't think that can hurt anyone!
Not fair !
That truly brought tears to my eyes. I too was in VN and had the good fortune to return to my family, a number of my friends did not.
Many's the time I have thanked God for that.
Just sent them an email letting them know they may have some trouble getting A/C service in the future.
As good a reply as I've seen so far. Pretty well sums it up.
Today was wearing shorts and a t-shirt and still worked up a sweat. 81 today
Propane is a direct drop in for R-12.
I know of at least one person who used it in his car.
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During race week, especialy during the 24 hour, the sound of them going around the track overwealms the sound of the ocean
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Down Town, Miami
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Favorite thing:
Miami is called the "City of Change" and you can see why in its downtown area… it's full of contrasts… little houses and shops and tall modernistic glass skyscrapers... the very same sight you have seen hundreds of times in Miami-based TV series.
Fondest memory: Downtown Miami is the central business district of South Florida, as the many banks and international hotel chains will suggest. The most interesting of all buildings, in my opinion, is the Bank of America Tower at International Place with its own metro station.
Favorite thing:
I will be more than a 'sometime traveller' and might be moving to Miami in fact, since I just leased a building for my business from Metro 1 Properties. The great weather and friendly people made me rethink my decision to only be there part-time. My building is down-town, and I want to find out what the best places to live down there are too...
Fondest memory: What tips would anyone have for me on finding a home to go with my office space? Metro 1 does both kinds of realty, but I don't know what areas are the best to live in? Any suggestions?
Favorite thing:
The Downtown area is a decaying part of Miami. It's the right place to buy all sorts of junk and falsifications.
Anyway, there are cool things there too: the Metro-Dade Cultural Center, Bayside Marketplace and the modern architecture of the skyscrapers.
Favorite thing:
Miami's downtown skyline is considered one
of the nation's most beautiful, or at least most colorful.
At night , the towering skyscrapers are lit in neon , and most unmistakable symbol of downtown is the NationsBank Tower.
Fondest memory: Nationsbank Tower , other funky downtown neon lighting comes from the Metromover's rainbow illuminated 4,4- mile track, which makes a circuit of downtown.
Favorite thing:
Downtown is laid out with a fairly straightforward grid, with Flagler Ave as much the main drag as any.
The downtown area is divided by the Miami River, crossed by the newly renovated Brickell Ave Bridge and continues on the south side of the river.
The north-south divider is Flagler St. the east-west divider is Miami Ave. prefixes are given to streets-N,W, S, E, NW, NE, SW, SE- based on that street's position relative to the intersection of Flagler St. and Miami Ave.
Most avenues and streets are numbered, avenues begin at 1 and count upwards the farther east and west they are from Miami Ave. so E 1st Ave is one block east of Miami Ave, while W 42nd Ave is 42 blocks west of Miami Ave. Streets are numbered progressively the farther north or south of Flagler St , so N 1st St is one block north of Flagler Ave .
Fondest memory: The city of Miami coversan enormous, sprawling area that's subdivided into neighborhoods and sections and is adjacent
to several cities. Miami is on the mainland, while the city of Miami Beach is on a thin barrier island about 4 miles east , across Biscayne Bay.
Favorite thing: In the harbor of Miami you can visit a replication of the 'Bounty' - one of the most famous sailing ships. The ship is located close to a very nice mall. I don´t remember the name of that shopping centre, but you can´t miss it while visiting the 'Bounty'.
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If you want to make a quick tour around Downtown Miami, take the Circular Metro Rail. This is an elevated train that goes on a monorail. There is no driver, it goes automatically. You pay the 25c at the entrance and you can stay here as long as you want, as it does a circular way. It's got wide windows, through which you can see the nice skycrappers of Downtown.
Fondest memory: This building was made famous by the television series Miami Vice. The building was created by Gianni Versace, a world-famous designer who was murdered in his Miami home just a few years ago. The Atlantis Building is found on Bricknell Avenue. Miami Beach, Florida.
Favorite thing: I always hear it's the second largest banking center, after NY. Don't know about that, but I do know this avenue looked better 10 years ago, before the hurricane.
Favorite thing: First, the banks, then the fancy apartment buildings. Some people will recognize the famous buildings (Atlantis, Villa Regina etc.) from Miami-Vice...
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Watching the sun try to make its entrance between the clouds to bring another glorious day
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Mark says that the the D800/800e is "a game changer", but I have to disagree. .. Useful, yes, desirable, yes but to call it a game changer smacks of overworked hyperbole.
Economically, it obviates the high-end crop-dslrs as 'pro-sumer' cameras. Most people with the money for serious glass and a serious interest in photography will find little appeal in a $1500-1800 APS-C camera when a D800 can be had for $3K.
I do not see that at all, so long as the smaller formats continue to offer higher sensor resolution in lp/mm (smaller pixels) and thus genuinely allow the use of less long telephoto focal lengths and thus smaller, lighter lenses ... along with the saving of say $1500, or the equal-cost alternative of having several more lenses, or carrying two bodies and so having two lenses ready for immediate use.Also, for anyone interested in using high frame rates in action photography, there are many better and far less expensive options than the D800; it is a great camera, but not a universal tool by any means.It is interesting though to see the same fact (the D800) used by some to predict a move away from larger formats and by others to predict a move away from smaller formats! An "inkblot test" of peoples' format preferences, perhaps?
I guess like just about everybody I'm interested in the D800, and I've tried one. I'm sure it lets you make very big, sharp prints, but I don't think it's for me. I just didn't much like the feel. The big sticking point for me is just what Matthew Cromer said in an earlier post: Live View is just crippled without a tilting screen. So I'm going to stick with my (not actually discontinued yet, Matthew) Olympus E-5, despite a sensor which most here wouldn't even bother to sneer it, because of it's fabulous usability as a photographic tool which, now & then, gets me shots that a Nikon D800 probably wouldn't. However, a D900 with the E-5's screen, that might tempt me :-)(oh, and add me to the "sometimes big is TOO big" faction, too)
because of it's fabulous usability as a photographic tool. . .
As far as the manufacture of components goes, Cessna Citations are among the most advanced of light jets and they have an enviable safety record, and yet they don't build the engines. Pratt and Whitney builds most of the engines. I think that point is irrelevant. I don't care that Nikon doesn't manufacture the sensors or displays. I would rather they source the best they can or develop strategic partnerships and work at their highest value developments.
Why did we have more innovation from Canon and Nikon in the film SLR era than the digital SLR era?
Colorado Dave. Goodness me, I thought it was only old girl photographers (young girls, old photographers for the pedants amongst us) like moi had ever even heard of Russ Meyer! Exactly what his input on aircraft is worth beats me, but then much does, so I wont push it. Head honcho of an aircraft firm even! Wow! All that and chickies too: luck favours the lucky. ;-(
And one final note: the value of used gear begins to fall exponentially soon after you leave the shop with it. It's just a brutal fact of life these days. So whatever I buy from now on (a) I really "need", and (b) I intend to keep using for a long time.
Regarding print size and comparison to paintings, it is worth noting that the great Dutch master Vermeer painted on small canvases as opposed to really big. I have an Ansel Adams Yosemite special edition print (Merced River in Autumn) that is 8x10 and it's magnificent.
But not many people really had the option to print large, until recently ... which was my point.
Wile Mark is prone to over worked hyperbole, as opposed to mere hyperbole , I have to come to his defense on the 'game changer' issue. It is in the same league as the original 1Ds in its potential for impact on the industry.
MatthewCromer. Um
exactly what was this great era of innovation from CaNik during the film slr era?


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Over the past three trading days, RSO has dropped from $5.98 to $5.63, a decline of almost 6%. $5.63 is 2% above the book value of $5.51 and, at 20 cents dividend per quarter, offers the investor a yield of 14.21%.
Yeah; don't know why people are selling off; I got some at 5.59 which earns 14.31% and higher if they raise the div which is very possible; two quarters of AFFO of .26 means they can. I think they will wait untill they can return to .25/q; probably another quarter or two.


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Hailing from France, Caravan Palace play a captivating blend of electro, jazz, and swing that's won them worldwide acclaim. Now, catch this must-see act when they hit the Big Apple to perform songs from their Top 20 charting album Panic at Best Buy Theater on Wednesday, April 2.
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Snow leopard research breathes new life into community conservation in NepalJuly 05, 2016
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I just installed the WP theme "Responsive." I had a page in my old theme that I created called "Blog" then under Settings > Reading I changed the front page to display my static page "Home" and the "Posts page" to display the "Blog" page I created. This worked fine. Whenever I posted a new blog post it would post to the "Blog" page.
However, since installing the "Responsive" theme this does not work. I cannot get it to work. Is there a way to have a unique page that displays all the blog posts? I would like to put that "Blog" page in my custom menu. Is there a way to have a page that will show all the blog posts so I can put it as an option in my menu?
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What grinds my gears!
I got bored and im not sure if this is already a thread or not but oh well:p
Im gonna call this thread...WHAT GRINDS MY GEARS!:mad:
This is where ya can post about what really annoys you when playing an FPS it can be anything at all its just basically to vent your anger towards what ppl do in games and anything else you wanna vent at about a game:p
Also its a good way to discuss and who knows there might be other ppl who also get angry about the same things your talking about:D
When I unload 2 clips of a p90 into someone, and then they turn around spraying randomly across my kneecaps and I go down.... o.O
I sneak up behind a sniper and prepare to mow him down.... he turns headshots meross open sights and keeps on sniping.
Yeah there's a lot of binds the game allows that they could just code counters for (like fully automatic shotguns that aren't supposed to be, or snipers who can fire from the hip at mid-long ranges with flawless accuracy).
How about gun jams? gun sway off the center? realistic recoil?
I'll argue against that. If I want realism I'll go to work or just go outside. Games are escapism and I for one hate the trend over the last ten years or so towards more "realistic" games.
[Peter_Griffin] Do you really know what grinds my gears? limiting the amount of times i can use my CD key before i have to contact the developers. They could easily unlock the usage again after a month or so incase people format more often than others or have problems and reinstall. [/Peter Griffin]
I also find it odd how people think FPS games approach any form or realism. Controlling a character in an FPS game is more like driving some kind of freakish monoscopic hovering golf cart compared to what an actual person can do. The brain still fills in a lot of gaps playing FPS games.
A few things really grind my gears...1 is when your in a vehicle and your the gunner or a passenger or whatever..and the person driving decides to ram the vehicle into something and bailing in the last second...WITHOUT TELLING ANYONE!
The other thing is, as Reoh said, unloading a clip into someone only to have them turn around and somehow take you out in one shot!
Oh and the last thing..it only just happened like 20 minutes ago and it just aggrevated me...if i put a demo pak on an enemy tank with the enemy in it and you see me doing that...why would you run at the tank and start shooting at it with a machine gun. I thought the other player would be smart and run away when i blow it up instead he runs towards it...he gets killed aswell..so he punishes me and goes off his head at me for "purposely" team killing!
Those are what really grind my gears at the moment:mad:
Well,that's it for me,seemly I have been told I have only half a brain
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In 2008, Congress required railroads install Positive Train Control (PTC) on mainlines that transport any poisonous-inhalation-hazardous (PIH) materials and where regularly scheduled intercity passenger or commuter rail services are provided. PTC uses communication-based/processor-based train control technology that provides a system capable of reliably and functionally preventing train-to-train collisions, overspeed derailments, incursions into established work zone limits, and the movement of a train through a main line switch in the improper position. PTC is expected to be implemented over a total of approximately 70,000 miles of track.
In November 2015, Congress extended the originally PTC deadline (Dec. 31, 2015) to have PTC activated by three years to Dec. 31, 2018. Railroads were required to submit revised PTC implementation plans to FRA by Jan. 27, 2016, that outline how and when they will have PTC fully installed and activated.
The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) continues to support all rail carriers that have statutory reporting and installation requirements to implement PTC, as well as rail carriers that are continuing to voluntarily implement PTC. That assistance includes:
ACSES (Advanced Civil Speed Enforcement System). A transponder-based system, in use on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor originally put into use on the Northeast Corridor by the specific requirements of an Order of Particular Applicability. (Type Approved and Certified by FRA.)
ETMS (Electronic Train Management System). A GPS- and communications-based system being deployed by BNSF Railway, originally put into use by the specific requirements of 49 CFR Part 236, Subpart H. (Type Approved and Certified by FRA for restricted use.)
I-ETMS (formerly called Vital Electronic Train Management System). A GPS- and communications-based system, not yet ready for deployment. It is the system of choice for CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. BNSF Railway is to upgrade to it when software is available, various passenger/commuter and other railroads are adopting it for compatibility and interoperability. (Type Approved by FRA.)
ITCS (Incremental Train Control System). A GPS- and communications-based system used by Amtrak on its Michigan line, authorized for passenger train speeds up to 110 mph, originally put into use by the specific requirements of an FRA-approved waiver. ITCS certification through Amtrak's request for expedited certification process is pending successful resolution of a few remaining issues prior to FRA approval for certification.
Enhanced Automatic Train Control (E-ATC). A system that uses an underlying automatic train control (ATC) system, in conjunction with other "enhanced" features or systems to achieve the core required functionalities of PTC. These systems are often integrated with underlying cab signal systems (CSS) and centralized traffic control (CTC) systems, in addition to other signal or train control system enhancements the railroad elects to make, to meet the full requirements of PTC.
Other Information
PTC Document Submission Railroads meeting the requirements for PTC implementation must submit for FRA approval various PTC-related documents. Those documents, redacted for public viewing to the extent determined necessary by the railroad, are available on www.regulations.gov under each railroad's PTC docket number.
Financial Assistance PTC systems are eligible for funding under the Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement Financing Program; however; no railroads have approached FRA for funding of PTC projects using this program. PL110-432 has also authorized Railroad Safety Technology Grants that can be used to support PTC projects at $50 million per year from 2009 to 2013; however, the funds have not yet been appropriated. For further information contact: Mr. David Blackmore, PTC Branch Chief (312) 835-3903.


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Bronwynn Wyatt
As at home on a set of timpani as she is in front of the microphone, Bronwyn is a versatile musician with a long list of genres under her belt.
A native Texan and a music maven since birth, Bronwyn Wyatt played percussion and sang in choir in school. From an early age, her father had exposed her to the music of Glen Miller, Nat King Cole, The Manhattan Transfer, and the One O'Clock Lab Band; he had always told her she would end up as a nightclub singer. But for a few years, that destiny was to be delayed.
After graduating from high school, she attended the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York and majored in classical percussion. Though she spent much time in the practice room playing Beethoven and Brahms on the timpani, she did a fair amount of jazz study on the side. She began singing jazz in Rochester coffee shops, clubs, and restaurants. After graduating from Eastman, she moved to Boston to continue to study percussion, earning a Master's degree from Boston University. She then moved to Dallas/Fort Worth area in Texas to start her career juggling both freelance percussion and jazz vocals. In the fall of 2012, Bronwyn relocated to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to continue her studies in classical percussion at Duquesne University. Upon completion of her time at Duquesne, she is now continuing her career as a vocalist and as a percussionist in Pittsburgh and its surrounding areas.
Jovana Zaremba
Jovana Zaremba, mezzo-soprano, is completing her Master of Music degree in voice performance at Duquesne University. Most recently, Ms. Zaremba performed the role of Ms Todd in a student run production of Gian Carlo Menotti's The Old Maid and the Thief. In April 2014, Ms. Zaremba performed the role of Marcellina in Duqesne University's Opera Workshop production of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Ms. Zaremba hails from St. Petersburg, Florida, earning her Bachelor's Degree in music at Stetson...read more
Antonia Botti-Lodovico
Lyric Soprano and Pianist, Antonia Botti-Lodovico has been teaching music for four years. She has been playing the piano classically for 20 years and received a Bachelor of Music Degree with Magna Cum Laude from The Cleveland Institute of Music where she studied opera with Dr. Mary Schiller and coached with Linda Jones, and a Master of Music Degree at Roosevelt University's Chicago College of the Performing Arts where she studied with renowned soprano Judith Haddon. A proponent of classical repertoire, she is the 2010 recipient of the...read more
Fugi Sisca
Fugi Sisca has been teaching music at Batavia Studios for ten years. She teaches piano, voice, flute and beginner guitar. She has a Bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Pittsburgh with Minors in Music and Psychology. Fugi believes that everyone can learn music and that their lives will be greatly enriched by it. She teaches with the philosophy that no matter what level you start at you can make progress through steady guidance and encouragement. Creating lifetime musicians is her goal. In addition to teaching, Fugi...read more
Tess Walko
Ms. Tess is a certified teacher with a BA in music education from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She has taught in public as well as private settings and had worked with student K through adult with various experiences and abilities including special needs students. Ms. Tess has performed with various groups including the Erie Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra. She has worked for Batavia Studios since 2005 where she teaches piano, woodwind and voice. She strives to instill students with an inspiration for music through each student's...read more
Rocky Youhon
Rocky Youhon has been making music for as long as he can remember. He began his studies with his mother who gave him his first piano lessons. In elementary school he picked up the violin and has not put it down ever since. As Rocky grew up his musical inspiration led him to study the bass at Duquesne with a regiment of jazz and more contemporary styles. Now a days Rocky can be found performing throughout Pittsburgh as a violinist and bassist in the Edgewood Symphony and the Eclectic Laboratory Chamber Orchestra. Rocky teaches Violin, Piano,...read more
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Violist Laura Krentzman completed her undergraduate studies at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and graduate studies at the University of North Texas, where she studied with Carol Rodland and Susan Dubois. While at the University of North Texas, Laura studied Baroque viola performance with Cynthia Roberts and was principal viola of the Collegium Musicum. Laura also has her Graduate Performance Certificate from the Hartt School where she studied with Rita Porfiris and was a member of the Performance 20/20 chamber music...read more


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When Gov. Dannel Malloy nominated a batch of judges this month, state Sen. Andrew Maynard promptly issued a press release, praising the selection of two nominees from Noank.
"I congratulate the governor for nominating two exceptional candidates from southeastern Connecticut to the bench," Maynard said. "Both are distinguished attorneys with long records of public service and as judges they will carry out their duties with distinction."
What the senator from Stonington left out of his congratulations, for someone he called a "dear friend," Steven Spellman, and Timothy Bates, "a friend and neighbor since childhood," is that neither would serve on the bench for too long.
Bates and Spellman are also, if confirmed, big winners in the judge's pension lottery sweepstakes, a shameful government giveaway that Maynard and his colleagues should end.
The way the generous pension lottery works for Connecticut judges is that you have to retire when you are 70 and you then immediately receive two thirds of your salary for the rest of your life.
In the case of Bates, now a practicing attorney in New London, he will earn the base salary of $154,559 if confirmed as a Superior Court judge.
Since he will be 66 years old next month, he will serve only about four years before retiring, with more than $100,000 a year for the rest of his life.
If he lives to the age of 90, he will have scored some $2 million in pension money, for having worked four years.
He can also keep working past 70, taking cases on a per diem basis, at a rate of more than $200 a day, in addition to the 100k.
No wonder Maynard was congratulating him.
Spellman, who will be 63 in June, will have to work longer for his payoff.
But then Spellman, who preceded Maynard in the Senate, is already safely and comfortably on the state payroll.
Spellman went successfully through the revolving door for state legislators, who take state jobs after they leave office, usually earning much bigger salaries than they did as legislators. At the same time they improve their final state pensions.
Spellman makes more than $100,000 a year as a director of government affairs for the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection. It's an odd resume item for someone appointed to the bench.
But then probably no one thinks that judges are nominated only on the basis of their experience, things that might make them good judges. Naturally politics plays a big role.
I wasn't able to find all the ages for the Malloy March nominees. But I know at least one of them is even older than Bates and will serve only about three years before he starts cashing in that $100k in annual pension benefits. He is also a former state senator.
If Sen. Maynard spent less time issuing press releases congratulating his dear friends for hitting the pension lottery, he could spend more of his time in Hartford safeguarding taxpayers' money.
He and others could start with pension reform, at least correcting the crazy loophole in the system for judges.
How hard could that be, if you really want to get it done.
I would bet a retired judge's per diem pay that it won't happen before these lucky judge pension lottery winners make it to the bench.
This is the opinion of David Collins.
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420 Sunday April 20th 5pm - 2am No cover. A showcase of the artists featured on Space Beach mixtapes Volumes 1-3 prod. by Juan Jay. 1 Edrey Blanco 5:30 2 Chan A-V 5:55 3 J-toven 6:20 4 Untamed Mckenzie 6:45 5 Dub P 7:10 6 Meyday Hansen 7:35 7 Jaheil 8:00 8 Jakeem HD 8:25 9 Argyle Bixby 8:50 10 Frantz mza 9:15 11 Chidi Ogali 9:40 12 Guapo 10:05 13 Rasklz 10:30 14 Kidd Adamz 10:55 15 Johnny Verses 11:20 16 JACC 11:45 17 J-Nics 12:10 Visual Arts by : 1 8bitLexicon 2 BC Whimen 3 GOASTRONUTz Local Clothing lines : 1. Set Life 2. AOS Artist will also be selling merchandise . So come out, have a drink, and enjoy some of the best hip hop talent in Miami Event Hash Tags : #SP420 #SPACEBEACH Twitter/Instagram AND IF YOU HAVENT CHECKED OUT THE MIXTAPES JUST COPY AND PASTE THESE LINKS BELOW SPACE BEACH VOL.1 https://soundcloud.com/streetpharmacy-net/sets/space-beach SPACE BEACH VOL.2 https://soundcloud.com/juan-jay-2/sets/space-beach-vol-2 SPACE BEACH VOL.3 https://soundcloud.com/space-beach-3/sets/space-beach-vol-3
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Headling the Main Stage Jakeem HD Ill Angelo Argyle Bixby Dre Starr Stage 2 Duivan – Manifesto – Wiseman B-Method – T Rollins Antre Call 2 Rise – Fraser in the Flesh – Spence Taylor Meyday Hansen – One Monzta – Big Large DEMG -Hound – Stankalank the Narrator Sobe P.O.L.O- ATZ DNASKILLS Harlem 1 Syke MR Ten18 PaperChase Yellow Cake 235 Marilita Chee'tah hosted by Serum DJ Jerod Cole
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Vicecity Cypher & DopArtistry proudly present... SPIT!!! Open Mic & Indie Hip Hop Artist Showcase at Churchill's Pub w/ DJ TWIN Spinning Hip Hop & Instrumentals for the "Spitters" All Night Long Live Sets By: RAMON REVERE & CHRIS ROSE JAKEEM HD LIL GUNNA TRAUMATIZE STIX WHITE BOY MAC UNPOLLO TRILL SQUAD RIOT HU$TLE CHEAP DRINKS // POOL TABLES // "SMOKE" FRIENDLY CLUB Doors Open @ 10pm // 18+ to Party // $10 Cover Open Mic Sign up @ 10:30 // Cypher After the Show
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VICE CITY CYPHER & DOPARTISTRY Proudly Present, "BACK 2 sCOOL" : JAKEEM HD's -That Cool Shxt 2- Mixtape Release Party THURSDAY 8/23 @ The Legendary RICK'S BAR in HIALEAH **7707 NW 103rd ST *** Hia Gardens 33016** (West of the Palmetto off of 103/49th St, in Howard Johnson) The New Spot for HIP HOP on a Thursday Night Conviniently Located between Broward & Dade Right off of the Palmetto Expwy...Close to everyone Great New Venue // Great Sound / Great Stage *DJ SMOKE 1* Smoking You out before and between Classes. Live Performances By: *ORION* *THE ARTKLUB* *RASKALZ* *Y.T.E.* *COOL PEEPLE* *SILENT HAND SOULJAS* *GOODE TRAKZ* *JAKEEM HD's MIXTAPE RELEASE PERFORMANCE* Visual Stimulation & Back 2 sCool Pix by: RA IMAGE $10 Cover Includes a Copy of "That Cool Shxt 2" // 18 + to Party// SCool Starts @ 10 PM
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Bio: Jakeem Atwell is a Hip-Hop Artist from Miami, Fla who goes by the name Jakeem HD. Jakeem grew up in some of Miami's most notorious neighborhoods and was raised by his loving mother and step-father. His father was addicted to drugs during Jakeem's youth but overcame them and is now a part of his l...See Full Bio