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In this crime procedural series, a family of New Yorkers spreads out through various branches of law enforcement. The patriarch is the Police Commissioner, a son is an ethically challenged cop, a daughter is a prosecuting attorney, and the youngest is an ambitious graduate of Harvard Law School.
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Blue Bloods Full Episode Guide
- Episode 22 - Something Blue
As Jamie and Eddie's wedding day approaches, Frank worries about the toast he'll deliver at their rehearsal dinner. Also, Erin interviews a witness whose story leads her to doubt Eddie's honesty, since she took his initial statement, and Danny and Baez unravel the complicated love life of a young homicide victim.
- Episode 21 - Identity
DNA evidence in a murder case leads Danny and Baez to identical twins with identical alibis. Also, Frank learns Nicky is interviewing for a job at the Justice Coalition, which he rarely sees eye-to-eye with, and Jamie visits Eddie's father, Armin, in prison.
- Episode 20 - Strange Bedfellows
Erin must convince Frank to back a new state police bill as part of a bargain she made with Governor Mendez. Also, Danny and Baez pursue the same perp twice after the DA's office is unconvinced by their initial lineup, and Frank faces a challenge when a cop killer comes up for parole.
- Episode 19 - Common Enemies
After someone breaks into Luis Delgado's home and kills his wife, Luis and Danny team up to take down the vicious murderer who may also be responsible for Linda's death. Also, Frank finally meets Eddie's mother, Lena, and Jamie and Erin are at odds after Jamie seeks her help charging a man who confessed to him while under the influence.
- Episode 18 - Rectify
- Episode 17 - Two-faced
Frank's longtime friend Lenny (Treat Williams) reveals to him that an upcoming exposé will air some of the NYPD's dirty laundry. Also, Erin must decide how to charge a doctor whose experimental treatments led to the death of his terminally ill daughter; Danny and Baez investigate the mysterious overdose of a promising artist; and Jamie follows a lead about a corrupt officer in his precinct.
- Episode 16 - Past Tense
After a woman is murdered in her apartment, Danny and Baez turn to her daughter, Margo, for help, but instead she complicates the investigation. Also, someone from Jamie and Eddie's past launches a smear campaign against them, and a mobster shows up in the DA's office claiming to be Anthony's long-lost brother
- Episode 15 - Blues
While off duty, Danny encounters a gas station robbery in progress and is forced to use his weapon, leaving him shaken and his family and co-workers concerned. Also, Eddie apprehends a turnstile jumper who pleads for leniency by offering information on a missing weapon that's vital to one of Erin's cases, and Frank learns that a top officer in his department has a dark past.
- Episode 14 - My Brothers Keeper
It's Reagan versus Reagan when Danny goes against Jamie's direct order during a hostage negotiation. Also, Nicky asks Erin for help when her friend is in jeopardy of losing his scholarship because of a crime he didn't commit, and Frank helps a distraught officer who accidentally shot an innocent girl.
- Episode 13 - Ripple Effect
A medium approaches Danny and Baez claiming to know what happened to a woman who was found dead of an apparent suicide. Also, Jamie and Eddie help a woman who bought cheap insulin online that nearly killed her son; Frank goes against the wishes of the archbishop to take down a man he believes is laundering money from a charity; and Erin's ex-husband asks her for help with an assault and robbery case.
- Episode 12 - Milestones
After a former officer waits on Frank at a restaurant, he feels guilty about the circumstances surrounding why she was fired, and he tries to reinstate her. Also, Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a star college basketball player linked to sports betting, Erin seeks justice in an apparent DUI, and Jamie and Eddie pick a wedding venue.
- Episode 11 - Disrupted
Frank questions whether a run-in with community activists was an accident or a setup. Also, Jamie strives to rely less on Frank's input to makes decisions, Erin helps Anthony protect his daughter and ex-wife from a dangerous psychiatric patient, and Danny and his neighbor size each other up when they learn their kids are dating.
- Episode 10 - Authority Figures
When a video surfaces of officers partaking in a clear case of entrapment, Frank focuses on finding the cop who leaked the video. Also, Eddie retaliates against a co-worker who is pranking Jamie; Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a tabloid writer who worked in the hip-hop scene; and Erin gives a high-profile case to a young ADA under her tutelage.
- Episode 9 - Handcuffs
Advice. Also, Danny is approached by a woman he put in jail who asks for his help keeping her brother out of trouble, and Nicky's new boyfriend has ulterior motives.
- Episode 8 - Stirring The Pot
Erin and Frank clash over new legislation from the district attorney's office that undermines Frank's policies. Also, Erin is at odds with Governor Mendez over questionable sex-trafficking laws; Danny risks his badge to protect a friend from losing his; and an accident on the job forces Jamie to question whether he's ready to be a sergeant.
- Episode 7 - By Hook or By Crook
Things get personal for Danny when Luis Delgado, the drug cartel hitman responsible for torching his house, resurfaces. Also, an attack on an officer in the line of duty directly impacts a member of Frank's team; Eddie reluctantly introduces Jamie to her mother, Lena; and Erin deals with the consequences of her new role as boss.
- Episode 6 - Trust
Clash with Jamie on the job when they fail to intervene in a public dispute at a convenience store. Also, Danny and Baez investigate the death of a college freshman at a fraternity party, and Frank battles a lawsuit when a sergeant accuses the department of reverse racism and ageism.
- Episode 5 - Thicker Than Water
Danny and Baez investigate a murder attempt against a celebrated fertility doctor with a seemingly pristine reputation. Also, Eddie is called to intervene in a Reagan family matter involving Danny's boys; Erin helps Anthony find justice after a date night goes wrong; and Frank ties up loose ends with an old friend.
- Episode 4 - Blackout
When New York City experiences a major blackout, cops scramble to contain the resulting chaos, and Frank uncovers some unpleasant truths about his department in the aftermath. Also, Jamie and Eddie question the line between work and their relationship, and Danny and Baez race to question the subject of a murder investigation before she gets tipped off by her ex-boyfriend.
- Episode 3 - Mind Games
While investigating a case involving a woman who shot her husband while she was drunk, Danny's instincts tell him there is more to the story. Also, Anthony ignores Erin's orders to drop an assault case; Frank holds an emergency drill for his inner circle; and Jamie and Eddie navigate their changing work-life dynamic.
- Episode 2 - Meet the New Boss
Gormley looks to Danny and Baez for help tracking down a former NYPD detective he believes may be a threat to Frank's safety. Also, Erin navigates office politics when she chooses to reopen a closed case; Jamie is transferred to a new precinct with a lot of problems; and Frank and Baker team up to investigate a complaint about an SVU detective.
- Episode 1 - Playing with Fire
Danny takes on a personal case involving a drug cartel member, Louis Delgado, who Danny believes is responsible for torching his house, and Erin is given a promotion in the DA's office but finds herself in a challenging situation when both Danny and Jamie ask her for help with their investigations. Also, Frank and Jaime have a disagreement when Jamie refuses to stop riding with Eddie.
- Episode 22 - My Aim is True
When a series of drive-by murders occur after six wrongly convicted men are released from prison, Danny and Baez wonder if they were orchestrated by the men as an act of revenge. Also, Frank combats the guilt he feels about these innocent men unfairly serving nine years in prison, and Jamie and Eddie find themselves in a life-threatening situation.
- Episode 21 - The Devil You Know
Frank goes head-to-head with a data-tracking company when they refuse to unlock the phone of a terrorist that may hold information regarding upcoming targets. Also, when Erin obtains information about an impending murder from a shady source, she gets Danny and Baez involved, despite the questionable agenda of the informant, and Jamie and Eddie try to locate a woman who kidnapped a newborn baby.
- Episode 20 - Your Six
When Danny resorts to asking his incarcerated archenemy, Victor Lugo, for help locating a dangerous criminal who escaped from prison, Lugo refuses to assist unless he's allowed to accompany them on the pursuit. Also, Frank subtly tries to convince Jamie to take the sergeant's test, and Erin's plan to go on a date with her ex-husband causes friction between her and Anthony.
- Episode 19 - Risk Management
Danny and Baez race to find a missing girl who will die within 72 hours without her heart medication. Also, Jamie and Eddie are on the wrong side of an investigation after engaging in a car chase, Frank, Garrett and Gormley investigate the rise in the settlement of lawsuits against cops, and Sean wins an essay contest and receives a medal from former New York City Mayor David Dinkins.
- Episode 18 - Friendship, Love, And Loyalty
After a woman voices her outrage regarding the NYPD's inability to find her son's murderer, Danny reexamines the case, upsetting the original detective, Erin, and Anthony, who didn't pursue the case due to lack of evidence. Also, Eddie is shot while on duty; Erin and her ex-husband, Jack, face off in court; and Frank contends with an angry police force when Mayor Dutton fails to defend them at a press conference.
- Episode 17 - Close Calls
After Danny's brother-in-law, Jimmy, gets caught up with the mob and steals Danny's credit card, Danny forces Jimmy to take down the mobsters with Baez's help. Also, Frank has Erin and Anthony investigate if his old partner, Lenny, is truly guilty of a crime and Jamie is approached by Tariq, an officer who wants his help getting reassigned from his undercover assignment at a mosque.
- Episode 16 - Tale of Two Cities
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a man who was living a double life with two separate families, and Anthony tries to resist when Erin asks him to help investigate his old partner, whom she suspects of stealing drug money. Also, Frank deliberates between two candidates for the chief of transit position.
- Episode 15 - Legacy
Danny considers taking a new job that would ease his financial struggles after investigating the death of a wealthy man. Also, Nicky tries to avoid involving her family when she is sexually harassed by her boss at her new internship, and Garrett advises Frank to regain the public's trust after a rookie cop is caught on video questioning a pedestrian's immigration status.
- Episode 14 - School Of Hard Knocks
When a student is shot by a rival gang member in his high school courtyard, Danny and Baez try to get a grasp on the situation to prevent a reoccurrence, but the principal, Darryl Ward, recklessly takes matters into his own hands. Also, Erin tries to help her friend, Mickey, who is mixed up in an illegal gambling ring, and Governor Mendez tries to frame Frank after one of his top legislative aides is shot by an NYPD officer
- Episode 13 - Erasing History
When Henry is the key witness on Danny and Baez's case, his meddling pushes Danny's buttons until he leads them to valuable information. Also, Nicky shocks her family by siding with her activist friend, Chrissie, who defaced the NYPD flag at One Police Plaza, and Jamie and Eddie learn a parole officer is taking advantage of his power over parolees.
- Episode 12 - The Brave
After Anthony is shot while interviewing a witness for an upcoming murder trial, Erin enlists Anthony's archenemy, Danny, to find out who was responsible. Also, Jamie and Eddie get in the middle of a standoff between a police lieutenant and a developmentally disabled man posing as an officer, and Nicky prepares to take the police exam.
- Episode 11 - Second Chances
When a journalist disappears while working on an exposé about an innocent man serving time for murder, Danny and Baez hope that reexamining the original case will help find her. Also, Frank reluctantly speaks out against an initiative led by Erin's office to consider drug abuse as a disease first, and a crime second.
- Episode 10 - Heavy Is The Head
Erin is conflicted when Jamie and Eddie ask her to help drop old charges against a man, Parker Mack (Spencer House), who just bravely rescued a woman from a local hostage situation. Also, Danny and Baez work a case involving car thieves and discover the leader is Victor Lugo (Nick Cordero), a mobster they've dealt with before, and Baker receives a job offer.
- Episode 9 - Pain Killers
As Danny and Baez join a narcotics task force to track down a drug supplier, Baez comes into contact with drugs and is soon fighting for her life from an accidental overdose. Also, Jamie and Eddie work to protect a rehabilitated sex offender whose neighbors are angry he lives in their apartment building, and Frank forms an unlikely alliance with Mayor Dutton.
- Episode 8 - Pick Your Poison
Eddie's judgment is clouded by her past when she arrests a loathed acquaintance from college on questionable charges. Also, Frank is hesitant to mar the spotless record of a member of the force, a decorated U.S. military veteran, who tested positive for marijuana.
- Episode 7 - Common Ground
A case turns personal for Danny when he works to protect a nurse, Faith Madson, from her violent ex-boyfriend. Also, Shelly Wayne, an acquaintance of Frank's, comes to him with a theory regarding the death of an inmate, and Jamie and Eddie help deliver a baby.
- Episode 6 - Brushed Off
When a famous basketball player is found dead of an apparent drug overdose, Danny looks into his possible ties to a local drug gang. Also, Erin revisits the case of a man she may have wrongfully convicted years ago, and Frank is approached by Archbishop Kearns regarding an eviction matter Jamie and Eddie are working on.
- Episode 5 - The Forgotten
Danny and Baez investigate the murder of a single mother whose ex-husband has a history of violence. Also, Frank deals with the fallout when Mayor Dutton eliminates solitary confinement in prisons, and Jamie's efforts to save a young woman who overdosed on drugs has unexpected consequences.
- Episode 4 - Out Of The Blue
Danny and Baez work the case of a detective who was gunned down prior to testifying against a career criminal. Also, Frank personally investigates when Garrett is attacked by a SWAT team outside his home, and Erin brings in a confidential informant against Anthony's wishes.
- Episode 3 - The Enemy Of My Enemy
- Episode 2 - Ghosts Of The Past
Frank receives an order from the mayor to attend a parade honoring a man who served time for conspiring in an attack against the police. Meanwhile, Danny investigates the return of a teen who suspiciously disappeared 13 years ago; and Jamie and Eddie help a young woman they believe is being exploited by a congressman.
- Episode 1 - Cutting Losses
Season 8 begins with Danny contemplating retirement until Erin enlists him to help her with a case involving her ex-husband. Meanwhile, Jamie and Eddie go undercover as a couple; and Frank butts heads with the new mayor of New York City.


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Apple Hand Pies
Fall is in full swing, which means apple and cinnamon everything! Last week I shared my Cinnamon Pear Tart using a vegan pastry puff dough that will probably be the easiest fall dessert you make this season. Only four ingredients and perfect for a group meal.
My favorite part of fall are the unique flavors that aren't as common the rest of the year. In my Pumpkin Loaf with Caramel Drizzle I combined allspice, cloves, and pumpkin pie spice for the ultimate fall inspired bread. It pairs perfectly with my Dirty Chai Latte recipe if you're feeling extra fall.
This recipe, though, is another simple and straight forward one. After making my Cinnamon Pear Tart, I had one leftover sheet of the Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Dough that I couldn't let go to waste. Using a few apples and the classic fall seasoning of cinnamon, I was able to make these three ingredient hand pies!
This recipe makes three hand pies with one sheet of the puff pastry, but you could easy make smaller sized version or use two sheets to make six. You can freeze these and reheat them for a quick breakfast that's warm and filling or you can make them for a party! Either way, they're dead simple and seriously delicious.
For 3 hand pies:
- 1/2 tbsp cinnamon
- 2 small gala apples (or one large one)
- 1 sheet Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry Dough
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Slice your apples very thinly, adding them to a medium sized bowl. Add the cinnamon and toss to fully coat the apple slices.
- Lay the pastry puff out on a lightly floured surface. Cut the pastry in half long ways so there are two long strips on the dough. Then cut three rectangles out of each strip, about the size of a pop tart.
- With a regular dinner spoon, add one spoonful of the apples to three of the rectangles, leaving about two centimeters of a boarder. You don't want the apples to explode out of the sides of the puff pastry.
- Place the rectangles with nothing on them over the apples, and seal the edges with a fork by pressing down. You can see the imprint I made with my fork in the photo above.
- Optional: You can brush the pastry dough with melted vegan butter and turbinado sugar if you'd like!
- Add the hand pies to the oven and let cook for 20 minutes. After the timer beeps, remove them from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Serve immediately, or freeze them! If you're freezing them, make sure to let the hand pies cool completely beforehand. I recommend using a tightly sealable container or ziplock bag.

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We're Still Here Ya Bastards
How the People of New Orleans Rebuilt Their City
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The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina is one of the darkest chapters is American history. A toxic combination of government neglect and socioeconomic inequality turned a crisis into a tragedy. The storm completely transformed one of the most beloved cities in America, leaving nearly 80 percent of New Orleans flooded and damaging 134,000 housing units, causing unprecedented destruction. The response to Katrina is a topic of unending debate and anger. But out of the rubble, there is hope. Watching coverage of the hurricane on television in 2005, noted urbanist and veteran journalist Roberta Brandes Gratz knew that the best chance for the city's recovery came from the people who would return to New Orleans. She also knew that she wanted to see for herself how the city would respond. Two years later, after having made several trips to the area and written several articles, Gratz bought a house in the Bywater neighborhood of New Orleans and immersed herself in the life of the city. We're Still Here Ya Bastards presents an unprecedented panoramic look at New Orleans' recovery in the years following the hurricane. From the Lower Ninth Ward to the storied French Quarter, Gratz shares the stories of people who returned to their homes and have taken the rebuilding of their city into their own hands. An internationally renowned urban critic, Gratz shows how the city is recovering despite erroneous governmental policies that serve private interests rather than the public good. By telling stories that are often ignored by the mainstream media, We're Still Here Ya Bastards shows the strength and resilience of a community that continues to work to rebuild New Orleans.
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Roberta Brandes Gratz is an acclaimed urbanist who has published three previous books on the subject, including most recently The Battle for Gotham: New York in the Shadow of Robert Moses and Jane Jacobs. Her writing has also appeared in the Nation, the New York Times Magazine, and the Wall Street Journal. She previously served on the NYC Landmark's Preservation Commission and currently sits on the Sustainability Advisory Board for NYC. She splits her time between New York City and New Orleans.
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ClimbUp HD Black
The ClimbUp™ HD bed bug interceptors are the smallest interceptors in our collection and are designed for easy installation and effective monitoring and protection against bed bugs. Bed bug approaching the bed or other furniture...Regular price $6.99
The ClimbUp™ HD bed bug interceptors are the smallest interceptors in our collection and are designed for easy installation and effective monitoring and protection against bed bugs. Bed bug approaching the bed or other furniture from the floor will climb up the outside of the trap and fall into the outer well while bed bugs trying to leave the bed or other furniture will be caught in the center well of the ClimbUp. Essentially the ClimbUp HD, like the other ClimbUps, it creates a barrier between you, your bed and their nest.
The ClimbUp HD are made small for the pieces of furniture that don't require the larger sizes and are less obvious and blend in well due to their size and color. According to the experts, the black shell is more inviting for the bed bugs and therefore aid in capturing bed bugs. ClimbUp HDs are popular among hotels, hostels and campus housing that have small legs and for anyone wanting a more custom fit for narrow legs.
These interceptors have a thin layer of talc powder, which makes the surface too slippery for the bed bugs to crawl out, and therefore get stuck in the trap.
The ClimbUp HD is one of the most important tools you will need when treating a bed bug infestation due to the barrier it creates between their source of food and their nests. Its simple, if bed bugs can't feed, they can't reproduce. Many people are unaware of the importance of using bed bug interceptors, but a proper bed bug management program includes bed bug interceptors such as the ClimbUp HD. They are an effective and cost efficient.
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How awesome do these all natural, vegan, and mostly organic muffins from Ridiculous Baking Co. look? I found this small little stand at a farmer's market by Echo Park Lake manned by the humble baker himself. He was extremely nice and recommended the cherry almond muffin.
I bought one home to try, and even refrigerated and eaten the day after, the muffin was just as soft and moist as when I had tried it at the farmer's market. I loved the care that was taken to mix the almonds and cherry into the batter so that the muffin was loaded throughout with nuts and fruit.
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She has more than 15 years SQL Server training and consulting experience. Magi is a former member of Microsoft Services Worldwide Technical Leadership Team, а Microsoft Women worth watching http://zd.net/1lwNYKH Currently she speaks, writes, trains and consults people on SQL Server technology. She runs a Data Platform consulting company part of which is SQL Master Academy training program. It helps hundreds of specialists to feel knowledgeable in their daily work or to find an inspirational career path in the world of SQL Server.http://bg.linkedin.com/pub/margarita-naumova/9/965/206www.maginaumova.com; http://blogs.technet.com/b/magi/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484853928Anton BoykoРазработчик Microsoft Azure со стажем более 5 лет, технический эксперт по платформе Microsoft Azure. В свободное время активно наполняю свой YouTube канал интересными видео на тему облачных технологий. Интересуюсь всем, что связано с Microsoft Azure. С 2014 года обладатель почетного звания Microsoft Azure MVP. С 2016 года сотрудник компании Microsoft по направлению DevOps.https://twitter.com/BoykoAnthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/boykoanthttps://it-community.in.ua/author/aboykohttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/BoykoAnt484853852Ivan MiliovskySenior Data Warehouse Consultant, Adastra Bulgaria Ltd. Ivan Miliovsky is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Database Developer @ Adastra Bulgaria. With over 7 years of hands-on experience in various projects in the Telco and Software Development sectors, he led and participated in many local and international projects. He possesses valuable expertise in design and development of Business Intelligence and ETL processes utilizing MS Technologies. Further Ivan is experienced in developing and testing processes with PL/SQL in Oracle, including optimization of PL/SQL queries and stored procedures. Enthusiastic follower of the latest developments in the area of MS technologies, he spends endless hours in researching and analyzing the posshttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484853936Daniel JoskovskiDaniel Joskovski work in IT since 1985, he is a database-centric application developer and architect, instructor, course author, user group leader. Over the Past 12 Years as MCT he#39;s been teaching Microsoft SQL Server and .NET Development courses to premier customers in Macedonia, Kosovo and Albania. From 2009 He is being awarded with Microsoft MVP award for SQL Server 6 times in a row. At the moment Daniel works for Daenet.https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484853662Ivelin AndreevIvelin is a Microsoft Azure MVP and software architect in one of the leading and highly innovative Bulgarian IT brands - Interconsult Bulgaria Ltd. He is an external ICT expert in the European Commission, Eurostars-Eureka programme and Innovation Fund Denmark, Microsoft professional developer, senior project manager and Data Platform specialist. With 17+ years of strong experience in design and development of web systems, SOA, enterprise integration, machine learning, web security and data management, he is a practical man who always tries to balance between risk and flexibility. Never scared of work he has turned the weighing of pros and cons into own marked style that urges to make conscious decisions.https://bg.linkedin.com/in/ivelinhttps://www.slideshare.net/ivoandreevhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484851185Miroslav DimitrovMiroslav Dimitrov is a Senior Big Data and Analytics Engineer at DXC Technology, regular speaker at various events and Microsoft Certified Trainer. He is MCSE: Data Platform for SQL Server and MCITP on SQL 2008. In the last years he had worked on great variety of customers' environments and involved in complex transitions and transformation projects as well as developing private and public cloud solutions. Miroslav is also leading database courses at Sofia University.@miro_ddhttps://bg.linkedin.com/in/dimitrovmiroslavhttp://www.sqlshack.com/author/miroslav-dimitrov/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@miro_dd484848253Markus Ehrenmueller-JensenMarkus Ehrenmueller-Jensen, as the founder of Savory Data, has a long history of providing customer solutions in the areas of data engineering, data science, and Business Intelligence. He is a certified software engineer, a graduated business educator, and professor of Databases Project Management at HTL Leonding, and is certified as an MCSE MCT. He is a published author and writes articles for well-known journals. He co-founded PASS Austria and organizes SQLSaturdays in Austria. Since 2017 Markus was awarded as an Microsoft Data Platform MVP.@MEhrenmuellerhttp://at.linkedin.com/pub/markus-ehrenmueller/40/382/5b9http://www.savorydata.comhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@MEhrenmueller484851069Andrey NikolovAndrey is MCSA for SQL Server 2012/2014 with almost 20 years of experience in designing and implementing applications for Windows. He is working with various database platforms, but SQL Server is his favorite. He is also a leader of Plovdiv Power BI User Group and active member of local .NET, Power BI and SQL Server communities.https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484848302Janos BerkeI am an IT professional with over a decade of technical and management experience. I am using SQL Server since version 6.5. Currently I am a consultant and helping companies in SQL Server design, migrations, operation and developments as well as providing customized training .@JanosBerkehttps://hu.linkedin.com/in/janosberkehttp://www.iamberke.comhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@JanosBerke484853955Mihail MateevMihail Mateev is a technical consultant, community enthusiast, PASS Regional Mentor for CEE, chapter lead, Microsoft Azure MVP, Microsoft Regional Director. He works as a Senior Solutions Architect at EPAM Systems, focused on Data Platform, IoT and cloud related solutions. He also worked many years like a Technical evangelist in the Infragistics. Last years Mihail was focused on various areas related to technology Microsoft: Data Platform, Visual Studio, ASP.Net, Windows client apps, Data Platform, and Microsoft Azure. Michael also has a PhD in cloud computing area. He is a university lecturer on Smart Homes and Smart Energy IoT Solutions.mihailmateevhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/mihail-mateev/1/6b3/4b1https://mmateev.wordpress.com/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=mihailmateev484854426Branimir GiurovBranimir is a UG Lead of SofiaDev .NET User group since 2003. He has been awarded by Microsoft with MS C# MVP award (2004-2014). Branimir is a Solution Architect in the Enterprise Software Development unit of Bulpros where he's working on Enterprise-level projects in the area of Sharepoint, BizTalk, MSSQL and other Microsoft's backend products. Branimir's interests include: - S.O.L.I.D. design principles - OOP design for maintainability - Agile development - ESB, messaging over and without SOAP - IoC, Unit testing, CI - Adapting software development Branimir has a background in Software development with about 15 years in the area of Enterprise Software Development for solutions based on the Microsoft stack. https://www.linkedin.com/in/branimirghttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484853840Margarita NaumovaMagi Naumova is SQL Server Architect and Consultant, speaker and trainer, Microsoft Certified Master, MVP Data Platform, MCT, Founder of SQL Master Academy, founder and leader of the Bulgarian SQL User group. She has more than 15 years SQL Server training and consulting experience. Magi is a former member of Microsoft Services Worldwide Technical Leadership Team, а Microsoft Women worth watching http://zd.net/1lwNYKH Currently she speaks, writes, trains and consults people on SQL Server technology. She runs a Data Platform consulting company part of which is SQL Master Academy training program. It helps hundreds of specialists to feel knowledgeable in their daily work or to find an inspirational career path in the world of SQL Server.http://bg.linkedin.com/pub/margarita-naumova/9/965/206www.maginaumova.com; http://blogs.technet.com/b/magi/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484853931Ivan DonevI am a Data platform professional with more than 10 years of real-life experience with SQL Server and its stack of services. Besides the support and project work, I am also a trainer, conference speaker and user group organizer (and volunteer).https://twitter.com/ikdonevhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/ivandonev/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/ikdonev484854424Kaloyan KosevKaloyan Kosev is a SQL Server expert working with enterprise companies for the last 9 years. His daily work routine is a mixture of troubleshooting bugs and issues, consulting and advising clients and presenting to students. Within his free time he is trying to balance between SQL and x-sports.https://twitter.com/nosqltillcoffeehttps://bg.linkedin.com/in/kosevhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/nosqltillcoffee484852487Virendra Kumar YaduvanshiCompetent, accomplished and result oriented information technology specialist with 20 years of experience, Dynamic leadership career, and demonstrated success in designing and implementing Database with emphasis on System Administration, Database Administration, Technologies deployment and technical analysis of multi-client operations, Innovative, result-driven leader with diverse IT experience emphasizing cross platform systems and network architecture, engineering, installation/implementation, integration, security and Administration for a VLDBs projects. MCTS, MCITP and ITIL - applies broad technical expertise to resolve complex systems and DBs issues associated with progressive growth/expansion.https://twitter.com/v_yaduvanshihttps://www.linkedin.com/in/virendrayaduvanshihttps://wikidba.net/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/v_yaduvanshi484850876Andrea Martorana TusaAndrea Martorana Tusa is a Business Intelligence Team Manager at Würth Phoenix, the IT and consulting company of the Würth-Group. He is awarded as MVP in the Data Platform category Former BI Specialist at Widex, a Danish manufacturing company, and BI Developer in the IT department of an Italian banking group. 20+ years of experience working with data. He is focused on the entire BI stack: database development, data warehousing, data analysis, reporting, etc. Andrea is a usual speaker at many events: SQLSaturdays, conferences in Europe and PASS Summit, and for PASS Virtual Groups. Andrea is an author for sqlshack.com, sqlservercentral.com, and UGISS (User Group Italiano SQL Server).bruco441https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=bruco441484848577Gilberto ZampattiOnce upon a time a well skilled and valuable IT pro took care of me and elected himself as my mentor. I bumped into RDBMS when they were just prototypes and... when SQL Server appeared on the market I knew my trek. I#39;m still walking on it, glad to tell the people what I#39;m learning throughout my journey .https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484848286Dejan SarkaDejan Sarka, MCT and Data Platform MVP, is an independent trainer and consultant that focuses on development of database and business intelligence applications. Besides projects, he spends about half of his time on training and mentoring. He is the founder of the Slovenian SQL Server and .NET Users Group. Dejan Sarka is the main author or co-author of eighteen books about databases and SQL Server. Dejan Sarka has also developed many courses and seminars for Microsoft, SolidQ, and Pluralsight.@DejanSarkahttp://blogs.solidq.com/dsarka/Home.aspxhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@DejanSarka484854425Samuil AleksovCurrently a Lead Software Engineer at EPAM Systems, with a decade of experience in the most obscure places of CS. Officially a CSharp.NET developer, but every language and framework work for me when they seem to offer the best solution. After years behind the monitor, collaborations with clients from different business fields, infinite requirements and the never ending search for unicorns, I have decided to start sharing with you the good, the bad and the evil of Computer Science.@samaleksovhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-aleksov-68594142https://www.refractiondevelopment.com/category/blog/sam-aleksov/https://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@samaleksov484854980Marcin SzeligaData Philosopher. Since 2006 invariably awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional title in the Data Platform category. A speaker at numerous conferences across Europe, as well as at user groups meetings. The author of many books and articles devoted to Microsoft Data Platform. An independent consultant, database-centric application practitioner and architect totally focused on SQL Server and Azure. Huge fan of Data Science and Machine Learning.https://pl.linkedin.com/in/marcinszeligahttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=484849396Satya JayantyMy experience surrounded with high focus on the data platform with a track record of defining strategy, designing and delivering digital transformation migrations with major enhancements to current working methods. Worked in a capacity of Head of Data Engineering, Enterprise Data Architect and Solutions Key career accomplishment recognition as an industry expert technical excellence from the Microsoft as Data Platform Most Valuable Professional (MVP) recognition since the year 2006 (13 years as MVP and counting), which recognizes exceptional technical community leaders worldwide who actively deliver, present share their extraordinary contributions, high quality, and real-world expertise. Twitter pod (http://twitter.com/sqlmast@sqlmasterhttps://uk.linkedin.com/sqlmasterhttp://www.sqlserver-qa.nethttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@sqlmaster484848265Dr. Subramani ParamasivamDr.SubraMANI Paramasivam is a Data Platform MVP, PhD, Microsoft Certified Trainer and Principal Solutions Architect at DAGEOP Ltd having 21 years of DB, BI, Analytics and AI experience. Mani has also spoken in various events like PASS Summit, MS Inspire, MS Ignite, SQLBITS, Power Platform Summit, Data BI Summit, SQLRelay, Data Platform Summit, INSIDESQL UK, SQLServerGeeks Summit, MCT Global Summits, Data Day Events and various user group events. Mani also believes in Empowering Every Person in the planet and spreads the awareness on Global challenges via www.EmpoweringEveryPerson.com. He is also a co-owner of 3 Power BI PUG PASS local user groups.https://twitter.com/dageophttp://uk.linkedin.com/in/dageophttp://www.yoursqlman.com/index.php/blogshttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/dageop484852272Sergiy LunyakinSergiy Lunyakin (MCSA, MCSE, MCTS) is a Big Data Architect at SoftServe, Inc. He has extensive experience in designing and developing Big Data Analytics, Data Warehouse, and BI solutions, using both on-premises and cloud products. In 2016, Sergiy became Microsoft Data Platform MVP and has since maintained his MVP status. Sharing knowledge is another one of his passions. He regularly speaks at international conferences such as SQLSaturday, SQLDay, SQLNexus, and SQLBits. He also runs the Lviv SQL Server User Group in Ukraine and organizes SQLSaturday Lviv.@slunyakinhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/slunyakinhttps://slunyakin.wordpress.comhttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=@slunyakin484850970Denis ReznikDenis Reznik is a Data Architect at Intapp, Inc. He has more than ten years experience in software development, database design, and performance tuning for cloud and on-premises solutions. In 2010 Denis became Microsoft Data Platform MVP and maintains MVP status today. Apart from his professional career, Denis actively participates in the development of the Ukrainian SQL Community and holds the status of PASS Regional Mentor for Central and Eastern Europe.https://twitter.com/DenisReznikhttp://www.linkedin.com/pub/denis-reznik/3/502/234http://reznik.uneta.com.uahttps://api.twitter.com/1/users/profile_image?screen_name=https://twitter.com/DenisReznik48484825348253Markus Ehrenmueller-JensenEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Enterprise (fl.3)Are You a DBA by Accident? Welcome to the Club!When I joined runtastic.com to build their very first centralized data warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server, no one really felt in charge of the server – so the responsibility fell into my humble hands. Besides my duties as a business intelligence architect (designing implementing the database, ETL cube), I had to quickly come up with a solution for the most important administrative tasks: • Disaster Recovery and Failover • Database Maintenance • Capacity Management • Job Performance Monitoring In this session I will invite you to discuss the pros cons of the solutions I came up with and you will leave the session with helpful concepts and scripts which you can use freely.10/15/2016 5:00:00 PM10/15/2016 6:00:00 PM4826548265Dr. Subramani ParamasivamCloud Application Development DeploymentRoom Enterprise (fl.3)Tired of connecting on-prem cloud data? Take a DB stretchYou can stretch your legs and relax and get a quick session on delivering your analytics against hot, warm cold data. If you are not aware of the concept behind hot, warm and cold data, it simply speaks about the age of the data that resides in your systems. Stretch Database is the new concept, which allows you to stretch your data from on-premises to cloud without a need of any SSIS packages or any other automation. In this session you will understand, enabling / disabling data stretch, reading data from stretched database, setup remote data archiving and backup restore for the stretch enabled databases. Stretch DB also covers the concepts of Shallow Deep backups.10/15/2016 3:45:00 PM10/15/2016 5:15:00 PM4828648286Dejan SarkaApplication Database DevelopmentRoom Ultimate (fl.2)Identity Mapping and De-Duplicating In an enterprise, merging master data, like customer data, from multiple sources is a common problem. Typically, you do not have a single, i.e. the same key identifying a customer in different sources. You have to match data based on similarity of strings, like names and addresses. In this session, we are going to check how different algorithms for comparing strings included in SQL Server work. We are going to use four different algorithms that come with Master Data Services (Levenshtein, Jaccard, Jaro-Winkler and Ratcliff-Obershelp), and Fuzzy Lookup transformation from Integration Services. Finally, we are going to introduce how SQL Server Data Quality Services help us here.10/15/2016 3:45:00 PM10/15/2016 4:45:00 PM5384053840Margarita NaumovaEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Ultimate (fl.2)Building an SQL Server 2016 AlwaysON Availability Solution (Part 2)SQL Server 2016 has major enhancements to existing features as well as brand new ones that will contribute to making SQL Server implementations more highly available. This two-part session will cover not only what is in SQL Server 2016, such as all of the improvements to availability groups like seeding and basic AGs, but important Windows Server 2016 features like site awareness, storage replica, and more that all DBAs should be aware of. With this extended session, most of what will be discussed will be shown so you can see how they work. The session is based on practical scenarios from a customer's implementation. We will start with requirements list and will end up with an implemented solution.10/15/2016 2:15:00 PM10/15/2016 3:15:00 PM5106951069Andrey NikolovAdvanced Analysis TechniquesRoom New (fl.1)Introduction to SQL Server Extended EventsDo you still prefer troubleshooting issues using SQL Server Profiler, because you find Extended Events too complicated? Or is it because you have never used Extended Events before, or it was in the dark ages of 2008 and your love for XML wasn't strong enough to make you use them? The good news are that the recent versions of SQL Server give you a nice UI and made it all as user friendly as possible. The bad news are that you have no excuse anymore to not use them! Join this session to learn the basics of SQL Server Extended Events. You will see example use cases that could make your life easier and will learn how to troubleshoot issues in a modern and efficient way.10/15/2016 3:45:00 PM10/15/2016 4:45:00 PM5087650876Andrea Martorana TusaBI Information DeliveryRoom New (fl.1)Mobile BI with Microsoft toolsIn SQL Server 2016 (currently availabe as a preview) Microsoft added support for mobile reports to Reporting Services. They also released the Mobile Report Publisher for authoring and creation of mobile reports. This application is based on Datazen technology, a company that Microsoft acquired in 2015. As Microsoft stated, using only one mobile BI app users will access dashboards and reports on mobile devices. Now developers must choose a tool for developing BI optimized for mobile devices: SSRS, Mobile Report Publisher (former Datazen) or Power BI? The question is: which one to choose? What are the key factor for supporting the correct decision? We will provide a clear and understandable overview of each product, highlighting strengths and weaknesses. Based on some real examples we will set out a comparison matrix to find the best way to meet your needs with the right mobile reporting tool. 10/15/2016 11:15:00 AM10/15/2016 12:15:00 PM5097050970Denis ReznikEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Enterprise (fl.3)SQL Server Performance Tuning. Old-School Practical Guide.Nothing is perfect, which means that your database may be not perfect as well. And one day you may decide that your database is slow and it's time to optimize it. But.. Where to start? When to end? What to look at? Which queries are slow? How to identify the real bottleneck? And so on, and so on. There are a lot of questions that should be answered in a process of performance tuning. In this session, we will find answers to all these questions going from collecting data for analysis, through identifying bottlenecks to optimization of the particular queries. On this way, we will learn performance tuning practical techniques and solve a bunch of issues in real-time. All this will be done using plain old tools, which are available on your system by default: Profiler, Performance Monitor, SSMS, and DMVs. Minimum of theory and a lot of practice.10/15/2016 1:00:00 PM10/15/2016 2:30:00 PM5393653936Daniel JoskovskiAnalytics and VisualizationRoom Meetings (fl.1)Data Science on Premise with Microsoft SQL Server 2016 and R-ServicesR is coming to SQL Server. SQL Server 2016 includes new real-time analytics, automatic data encryption, and the ability to run R within the database itself. For deeper insights into data, SQL Server 2016 expands its scope beyond transaction processing, data warehousing and business intelligence to deliver advanced analytics as an additional workload in SQL Server with proven technology from Revolution Analytics. Microsoft SQL Server team want to make advanced analytics more accessible and also to increase performance for your advanced analytic workloads by bringing R processing closer to the data and building advanced analytic capabilities right into SQL Server. With this update, data scientists will no longer need to extract data from SQL server via ODBC to analyze it with R. Instead, you will be able to take your R code to the data, where is will be run inside a sandbox process within SQL Server itself. This eliminates the time and storage required to move the data, and gives you al10/15/2016 1:00:00 PM10/15/2016 2:00:00 PM5383953839Margarita NaumovaEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Ultimate (fl.2)Building an SQL Server 2016 AlwaysON Availability Solution (Part 1)SQL Server 2016 has major enhancements to existing features as well as brand new ones that will contribute to making SQL Server implementations more highly available. This two-part session will cover not only what is in SQL Server 2016, such as all of the improvements to availability groups like seeding and basic AGs, but important Windows Server 2016 features like site awareness, storage replica, and more that all DBAs should be aware of. With this extended session, most of what will be discussed will be shown so you can see how they work. The session is based on practical scenarios from a customer's implementation. We will start with requirements list and will end up with an implemented solution.10/15/2016 1:00:00 PM10/15/2016 2:00:00 PM5395553955Mihail MateevCloud Application Development DeploymentRoom Meetings (fl.1)IoT Duel - Cloud vs. on Premises SolutionsThis talk is a parallel, between IoT solutions, based on premise and systems, build with Microsoft Azure components. The presentation will cover the architecture, technology stack, implementation and best practices. We will consider plusses and deltas in different cases, using both approaches. You will see also many demos, which will help you to build own cloud based or on premises Internet of Things systems.10/15/2016 11:15:00 AM10/15/2016 12:15:00 PM5442454424Kaloyan KosevEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom New (fl.1)Life of a queryDatabase queries have their own life. Sometimes it is not so long but for sure it is a fascinating one. Come join me in a session where we will be chasing a wild query thru the SQL Server engine. Or at least put a DB Administrator on the interrogation table.10/15/2016 5:00:00 PM10/15/2016 6:00:00 PM5392853928Anton BoykoCloud Application Development DeploymentRoom Enterprise (fl.3)Azure Search - full-text search in a cloudDuring this session we will talk about Azure Search - full-text search engine provided to us via SaaS model. The main advantage of this service is not only that is fully managed by Microsoft, scalable, reliable and all other cloud related stuff. It is more about numerous data sources you can use to populate your search indexes. Also, because you use HTTP to work with Azure Search, you can easily use it not only within your desktop or web applications, but also you can easily consume it in your mobile applications, IoT solutions, etc.10/15/2016 2:15:00 PM10/15/2016 3:15:00 PM4830248302Janos BerkeEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Ultimate (fl.2)The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Always Encrypted in actionAs SQL Server 2016 is coming soon, it is important to see how new features are working. This session is about Always Encrypted feature and covers the followings: - What encryption types are in SQL Server? - A business scenario: handling sensitive data w/o giving access to DBA team. - Always Encrypted basics - Creating table with encryption by using AE - Migrating data from regular table to AE table - Decrypting data from AE table - AE under the hood - Performance impact 10/15/2016 11:15:00 AM10/15/2016 12:15:00 PM5366253662Ivelin AndreevApplication Database DevelopmentRoom Meetings (fl.1)Native JSON support in SQL 2016Alongside with all other features SQL 2016 now natively supports JSON – one of the most common formats for data exchange. SQL 2016 now has built-in capabilities to query, analyze, exchange and transform JSON data. JSON functionality is quite similar to SQL XML support but despite this being one of the most desired additions to SQL 2016 there is a flavour of something missing – the JSON data type. In this session we will talk about JSON support features, limitations and some tricks to overcome these. 10/15/2016 3:45:00 PM10/15/2016 4:45:00 PM5442654426Branimir GiurovApplication Database DevelopmentRoom Enterprise (fl.3)Entity Framework Core - Did your feature got In, Out or Planned?EF Core is the new (.NET Core) version of Entity Framework on which the team have started working from scratch. It represents a lightweight and extensible version of the popular Entity Framework data access technology. EF Core supports many database engines (SQLite, MSSQL, Posgre, MySQL, SQL Server Compact, IBM Data Servers and Oracle (soon)). We'll talk about what's in the v1.0 release, and what is still planned. We'll look into some interesting demos as well (C#).10/15/2016 11:15:00 AM10/15/2016 12:15:00 PM5442554425Samuil AleksovApplication Database DevelopmentRoom Meetings (fl.1)Crafting killer real time apps with SignalR and SQL ServerThis talk will introduce you to the world of real time apps. Nowadays with the help of advanced SDKs like SignalR, real time apps are almost trivial to create and are the ones that provide the "Wow!" factor to our clients. Having real time capabilities in your application is important, can solve you big problems and users gradually start taking them for a given. You will learn how to create an app that magically updates its data and of course some nice tricks about SignalR and SQL Server. Cool demos are guaranteed.10/15/2016 2:15:00 PM10/15/2016 3:15:00 PM4939649396Satya JayantyBI Platform Architecture, Development AdministrationRoom Enterprise (fl.3)Big Data with Azure: where to begin? Concepts and best practicesIn order to ascertain the abilities of cloud computing platform, let us overview what is available offered on Microsoft Azure. Microsoft Azure has the ability to move, store and analyze data within the cloud. It is essential to evaluate multiple opportunities and options with Microsoft Azure data insights. In this session let us talk about strategies on data storage, data partitioning and availability options with Azure. A tour on how best these Azure components can help you achieve success for your Big Data platform.10/15/2016 10:00:00 AM10/15/2016 11:00:00 AM5248752487Virendra Kumar YaduvanshiEnterprise Database Administration DeploymentRoom Meetings (fl.1)Migration StrategiesThe best SQL ServerMigration Strategies10/15/2016 5:00:00 PM10/15/2016 6:00:00 PM5227252272Sergiy LunyakinBI Platform Architecture, Development AdministrationRoom New (fl.1)Azure SQL Data Warehouse: What, Where, HowHave you heard about Azure SQL DWH? Do you want to move your current DWH into the Cloud? Can I use Azure SQL DWH like my regular DWH on-premise? In this session I'm going to answer on these questions. 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by Bethe Almeras, The Grass Stain Guru
Fun wildlife facts. Check. Desire to stump my readers. Double check. Must be Saturday! That's right kids, it's time to play Mystery Critter. Let's have some fun with my little game to test your wildlife knowledge and inspire you to find the wild in your world.
Put on those thinking caps and let's get to it. It's Week #15 in the series — your nature detective skills must be getting quite impressive about now. Let's see if you are "smarter than the average bear!" And remember — no cheating!
- My body-type is the only of its kind in North America;
- My preferred habitat has sandy soil;
- I range throughout much of the south east of the USA;
- I have 4 young per year, and an amazing reproduction process; and
- I enjoy insects, crayfish, eggs, and carrion.
What am I? Make your guess, and then go here for the answer and more interesting facts. Did you get it right?! If not, no worries — you'll have another chance next week!
While it is not as widespread as many species, this Mystery Critter ranks as one of the coolest in the animal kingdom in my book (read: one of my personal faves!). Fascinating and comical, they are a sight to see! Even of you don't spot today's critter, Mother Nature has something fun for you to discover right outside your front door. So grab the kids or a pair of binoculars if you have them, and go take a look.
Don't forget to let folks know about what you see! Join the Wildobs community and report your wildlife observations. It's a great way to keep track of your wild adventures and share info with others.
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Achieving healthy hair with Seven hair products
If there is one thing I've learned to NEVER underestimate, it's hair care. Growing up, I definitely did not put hair care as a primary focus during my everyday routine. Very rarely would I apply hair masks and heat protectant spray was used when I "felt like it." The more I neglected my hair the more damage (some irreversible) I was doing.
It wasn't until two summers ago when I decided to go from my platinum blonde hair (which required a lot of maintenance, cash and came with severe damage/hair breakage) to a chocolate, brunette. The purpose of dying my hair was for a change, but along with this significant change I promised myself I would make my daily, weekly and monthly hair routine a priority.
Thanks to my recent collaboration with Seven Hair Care, I am able to keep hair care at the forefront of my daily routine to achieve and maintain healthy hair. The first step to selecting Seven Hair Care products was determining what products would be ideal for my specific hair type. My hair is very thin/extra-fine, it tends to get oily quickly and my once voluminous frizzy curls of childhood have matured to limp, straight hair that falls flat when air dried. My hair also does not hold a brunette color all that well --- color tends to fade quickly within weeks of getting my hair dyed especially in the spring and summer, so color maintenance is always key in hair products. Luckily for me, Seven provides a product for my specific hair type and needs, after all, their slogan is The Definition of Style is You.
My product selections were as follows:
1. Protectant Spray - Light when applied and an excellent all around heat protectant that I apply before blow drying, straightening or curling my hair.
2. Dry Shampoo Spray - A product go-to of mine on a daily basis. Whether my hair is freshly washed or going on day three of no shampoo, I love the extra volume dry shampoo gives my hair while also removing oils/extra grease. Not to mention, this dry shampoo is one of my favorites as it leaves no white residue!
3. Mousse Foam - I was always a bit intimidated by mousse for hair, but this mousse foam is perfect for achieving a quick and effortless hairstyle when you're on the go. I love using it to achieve extra volume and beachy waves/curls.
4. Color Protection Shampoo and Conditioner - As I mentioned, color maintenance is a priority for my hair care routine since my hair color often fades fast. I've been using this shampoo and conditioner combo for the last few weeks and I'm already noticing significant improvement with less fading and a brighter looking color.
5. Fibre Matte Paste - I'm still mastering the craft of hair paste, but it's definitely a fun product to experiment with for styling. My words of advice: less is more.
If there's three things I've learned specifically since changing up my hair care routine, it's this:
1. You can't be lazy with hair care. I've always had naturally thinner hair, but with all the damage I was doing to my hair as a teenager I'm now suffering the consequences with even thinner hair. Sure it's healthier hair, but hair loss can definitely occur when you are applying heat with no protectant, getting your hair colored frequently and not maintaining hair trims.
2. Don't compare your hair to others. I always struggle with this but it's a reality. Everyone's hair is so different with how it takes color, handles product, is styled, curled or straightened. While I always dreamt of having the natural, long beachy hair you see on Pinterest, that's not necessarily a reality for everyone's hair type. It's all about accepting the hair you have, taking the time to research the hair type you have to learn about the best products, hair styles and tips for making your hair look and feel beautiful.
3. Don't scrimp. Hair maintenance can be expensive, however, there are amazing hair professionals and products out there that don't make you feel like you're breaking the bank. Do your research, meet with hair professionals and test out products to find an overall fit for you and your hair type.


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I love how life comes full circle. Starting at the end of high school and all through college, I worked in the banquets department of the Pittsburgh Marriott North - where Sandy and Tom had their wedding reception! It was fun to photograph a space I know so well and have seen photographed before by so many others.
We started off Sandy and Tom's wedding day at their home in Cranberry Township photographing her gorgeous bridal details! After, we headed over to one of my favorite ceremony locations, Calvary United Methodist Church, for a gorgeous ceremony, and later to the Pittsburgh Marriott North for the reception. Congratulations on your marriage, Sandy and Tom!
Ceremony: Calvary United Methodist Church
Reception: Pittsburgh Marriott North
Bride's Dress: Bridal Elegance in Erie
Bridesmaid Dresses: David's Bridal
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Band/DJ: Khris Kravener
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I've read on the official Ghost website that running Ghost with Softaculous on CPanel installations is a disaster. I have to say I found that this was not the case and it was fine. Its a minor version behind the current release but when I did it as a test run on a CPanel box I had going spare it worked perfectly.
It is a bit unusual in that to restart Ghost you have to edit the installation and select restart. It also used a cron job for checking Ghost is still running which again is unusual but did do the job.
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This course is designed for students who would like to pursue a career within the Sport and Exercise Science industry. Students will develop the skills regarded as essential at degree level and within employment. In addition, students will be given the opportunity to develop and apply their entrepreneurial skills in a range of scenarios.
Unit 02: Functional Anatomy
Unit 04: Field and Laboratory – Based Fitness Testing
Unit 05: Applied Research Methods in Sport and Exercise Science
Unit 06: Coaching for Performance and Fitness
Unit 10: Physical Activity for Individual and Group-based Exercise
Unit 13: Nutrition for Sport and Exercise Performance
Unit 01: Sport and Exercise Physiology
Unit 03: Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
Unit 08: Specialised Fitness Training
Unit 09: Research Project in Sport and Exercise Science
Unit 12: Sociocultural Issues in Sport
Unit 14: Technology in Sport and Exercise Science
Unit 15: Sports Injury and Assessment
The majority of the course is assessed via coursework. Four units are externally assessed in the form of a set-task or exam.
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Heart's Ann Wilson talks solo tour, second EP, Chris Cornell
On her solo "Ann Wilson of Heart" tour, she said, "The tour has been just fantastic. It has been way better than expected. We thought it was going to be great, but we didn't know it was going to be over the top great. It has been amazing. We played in Atlanta last night, and people are bouncing off the ceiling. It's really cool."Each day, she is motivated by her love for music. "I love music and singing. I love the band I'm in. I like to get out there and make a connection with people. This is just a dream, and I'm after it," she said.
The song selection process for her second solo EP included some original songs and live cuts. "We picked out a couple of a live cuts that worked particularly well that night and paired them with a couple of our new songs," she said.Although she has had many personal favorite songs in her illustrious career, she shared that at the moment she enjoys singing The Who songs.Last year, she toured with Joan Jett and Cheap Trick as part of the "Rock Hall Three for All" tour. They performed at Jones Beach, New York, on July 28 at the Nikon at Jones Beach Theater, and for their encore Heart sang "Love Hurts" with Cheap Trick. "That was fun. It was big. I've always loved Cheap Trick. That was a good show," she said.
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McKinnon, David H. (2005) Distance/Internet astronomy education. In: Teaching and Learning Astronomy : Effective Strategies for Educators Worldwide. Cambridge University Press, pp. 104-116.
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Since the early 1990s there has been a proliferation of astronomy courses offered over the Internet. Accompanying the courses has been an increasing number of robotic and remote-control telescopes. Since 1994, Charles Sturt University, Australia, has offered a course on cosmology for gifted and talented high-school students and, since 2000, a remote control telescope for use by elementary- and high-schoolteachers and their students. Both programs are accompanied by extensive resource materials and are offered by distance education to participants. This paper describes many of the outcomes of the research conducted on both projects and what has been learned with respect to the necessary conditions in order that elementary- and high-schoolteachers engage with exciting programs on offer. Professional development of teachers is a key issue if these programs are to be successful.
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Nobody measures up. The more honest you get, the more "nots" you see -- not good enough, not kind enough, not loving enough. That's okay as long as you remember to end your list with the only "not" that really matters -- not yet.
"God can't hide away his work till it is finished, as I do my verses, and we ought to take care what we say about it. He wants to do something better with people than people think." George MacDonald
"I am confident that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion. . . ." Philippians 1:6


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Some random thoughts regarding our recent trip:
Despite the fact that I only lived in Pennsylvania for the first fourteen years of my life and have lived in Florida pretty much for the rest of it, I discovered upon entering the small town in the Laurel highlands that my mother's people came from, that my roots run deeper than I would have believed before. I felt like I was truly home at last. After too many decades. Why did I wait so long? I don't have a good answer to that. I was busy. Life happened, I guess. But, mostly, I didn't think to go before my mother died and left a note requesting her ashes to be interred back home where she was born.
But, I did find myself strongly drawn to the Keystone State with a lift of spirits that began as we crossed the Maryland border into Central Pennsylvania heading west and the feeling intensified in Bedford County. It wasn't just the half remembered but instantly recognizable and familiar cadences of the speech of the folks living there or the houses made of field stone, soft faded pink brick, and white clapboard. It wasn't just smell and sight of the Scotch Pines or the Blue Spruce trees and the rhododendrons and mountain laurels or the way the earth went up or down but was never flat for very far. It wasn't the lightning bugs that made me smile remembering the classic American summers of long long ago. It wasn't being among folks with pale complexions and blue eyes and yellow hair just like mine. Folks who spoke of 'GW' and meant Washington not Bush. It was partly those things, yes, but it was something more.
I found the answer in the old cemetery just outside of Schellsburg as I gazed at some of the graves and headstones of my great grandparents four times over. The graves and the stories of the bones within whispered the history of my very own people: Millers and Colvins, Mortimore, Sill and Galbraith: those tough as nails Scots /Irish, English and German pioneers who had the grit to leave the familiar and the mundane and the safe behind and move into uncharted territory and make it their own. The graveyard and the church built in 1806 with its faded headstones, weather scarred, some leaning a bit to the side, has a spare, stark uncompromising, startling beauty, just like I envision the people it shelters once had.
I've always loved history. History is stories, some true, some maybe not true about people and what they do. History is about all our ancestors. I am just lucky to know a lot of the specific history about my own family. Complete with pictures, drawings, Bibles and journals and physical artifacts.
Some of Mother's people came over from Scotland and England in the 1680s to settle in the Philadelphia area and move westward with the generations, losing their identity as pacifistic Quakers, becoming gun toting Methodists and Presbyterians, fighting in the Revolution and Civil War until finally stopping at the golden triangle of Pittsburgh. My mother's parents were the last to settle in the Steel City, leaving Bedford in search of new jobs in the wake of the Great Depression. My daddy's family came over from Germany in the 1850s, the last of my folk to leave the old world for the new.
Mother's family had been joined in the Bedford area the 1700s by the German branch of the clan. When moving westward in search of new land and new experiences, they traveled the first highway through the wilderness, no doubt in the famous Conestoga wagons carrying the Pennsylvania long rifle. The highway, carved out of mountain rock, was the one ordered by the unpopular King George III of original tea party fame to move George Washington and General Braddock and their red coated soldiers west to drive the French out of western Pennsylvania. It was was the very same route Danny and I took several hundred years later. That gives me a shiver of wonder. Too travel a road walked on by my ancestors.
At Chestnut Ridge in Schellsburg, I looked at the headstone of my great great grandfather, James Hervey Miller. It read, LT in the GAR (Great Army of the Republic/Union Army), veteran of the Indian War. Nearby, the headstone of his son Major Dr. William Sill Miller, veteran of World War I and the trenches of France and Belgium. Down the hill and across the road, were ancestors who had been there so long that the lettering was rubbed off their stones. Then, I looked at the headstone of my own father, Sergeant William Harry Wayman, US Army Air Corps in WWII. And placed flowers on my mother's newly dug grave. I belonged in that place, I felt, the way I could never belong in FLorida where I am a transplanted 'daffodill', simply living from day to day. I could never put down deep roots in La Florida's sandy soil. My children would disagree, but then, they were born here.
I understand now why my father, who never wanted to stay in Florida, chose to be buried in that little Pennsylvania mountain cemetery with Mother's people, even though his family was from Pittsburgh 90 miles to the west. I could breath easier in the mountains than in the heavy jungly humidity of central Florida. I could almost see the lifeline stretching from the land to my own heart.
We drove further west to Pittsburgh the next day and with a little help from Google maps found my white clapboard and fieldstone childhood home. As I gazed upward at the Scotch Pines and Blue Spruce trees that formed a grove in the front yard and nearly blotted out the sky, I again thought about my father. He was pretty handy: he built the house's second story himself. He crafted the fieldstone wall that ran along one side of the house next to the driveway out of foundation stones from his great uncle's farmhouse. The stones of the large chimney that decorated the house front also came from Heinrich (Harry) Geib's farm. And those tall pines were the Christmas trees of my young years. I don't know who lives in the house now, but I am grateful that they chose to keep the trees: a living legacy of my dad. Like me, those trees have deep roots in the Pennsylvania soil. Time was short and I didn't get to visit my Wayman (Weimann) and Geib kin in the Mt Lebanon cemetery my dad rejected or stop by the craftsman style home my grandmother Wilhemina lived in for seventy years. Next time I'll make it a priority. For I know now what I should have known before: the literary quote is wrong. You can go home again. I did. I will.


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After a late-season debut at the second round of the Prowear NZ Superlap Series, Kat came out swinging with a new Bruce McLaren Motorsport Park personal best of 1:38.3-seconds thanks to a potent new stroker kit and turbo combination. This change, once dialled in with E85 has been a game changer for Kat, and the third round of the NZ Superlap Series was no different.
With only one day of racing at the V 4&Rotary Jamboree, a reliable package is a must — especially after the six-hour trip south from Auckland. With that being said, we'd like to hand it over to Kat to run us through her successful weekend. Over to you, Kat.
Superlap is traditionally one fast lap and that is all you focus on. With the highly-strung vehicles we run, it's difficult to ask for more than one or two laps at full noise and that has been how the BurgerFuel Evo has been since we started chasing big power. But, that all changed at round three of the Prowear NZ Superlap Series at manfeild Autocourse.
For the first time in a while, I was able to push the car to its limits lap after lap after lap with no issues. After fixing a windage and oiling issue that has plagued the car at recent events, the motor ran cooler and stronger — it just wanted to keep going!
All the upgrades since the fire last year were finally realised to their full potential and I felt comfortable in the driver's seat again. The very first lap out was a personal best at the circuit, with times dropping every subsequent lap.
The weather was hot, yet every time I came back into the pits with a vehicle I felt confident in, it just made me want to get straight back out there and chop more laps with a smile on my face.
There was some fierce competition at this round, with 50 entrants from all across New Zealand — which just goes to show that time attack racing in this country just keeps growing. The event ran flawlessly thanks to the team behind the scenes and on the grid, with five groups and five sessions being run throughout the day. It's amazing to see everyone come together to get this done.
Kat successfully completed the weekend with a 1:15.4-second lap time and a third place in Pro Street class. With only two weeks until the fourth round, we're excited to see Kat and the Evo shred another personal best.


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Tamara Mellon talks style
Shocker: Tamara Mellon isn't all about the shoes these days.
The famed cofounder of Jimmy Choo sold the luxury goods company in 2011, and started an eponymous lifestyle label.
Latest obsession? Jumpsuits.
"They're so versatile; that's what is so great about them," said the 47-year-old NYC resident who stopped by Neiman Marcus Coral Gables earlier this month to present her 2015 resort collection.
The British fashionista says much of the inspiration for her latest line came from slithery reptiles. "I'm loving snake print," says Mellon. "It's always exotic, daring and fun."
No matter what Mellon does with her career, the designer — whose costly stilettos became synonymous with HBO's style driven comedy Sex and the City — can't avoid the topic of footwear.
Her shoes — which carry names like Bad Girl, Trouble Maker and Black Widow — are no doubt her first love. The higher and sexier, the better.
A recent favorite? "Well, there's this crazy thigh high boot I did that is made of black stretch suede and I laser cut it to make it look like fish net stockings." Its name is not suitable for publication, but you can shop for the edgy so called cage style worn by Alessandra Ambrosio at the 2014 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in London earlier this month on tamaramellon.com. You'll have to part with $2,495 to own them, though.
And trends? According to Mellon, platforms will start emerging on the racks. "Yes, we aren't rid of them!" she predicts, laughing. "But we'll see them in a different, more casual way — more like the block heels of the '70s." A ray of sunshine for South Floridians: "You guys are lucky. Neon and other bright colors are always acceptable."