I've learned a lot since moving to China, but I think one of the best things I've learned is how to cook from scratch. I was a decent cook before we moved to China, but like many of my generation "cooking" for me including boxes of pasta, jars of sauce, and cans of soup.
Then I moved to China, and I had to REALLY learn to cook.
Those boxes, jars, and cans I was used to just aren't so easily found around here. Before you get too scared let me clarify, you CAN find them. It's just not easy. And when you do, they are NOT cheap. Plus, remember you have to carry all the groceries that you buy. Cans and jars are heavy.
At first, I think it was just the challenge. I can buy the fresh ingredients SO CHEAP here. And they are so much better for your health. And I really just wanted to learn how to use them well.
So now, when one of my favorite recipes calls for a "can of" or a "jar of", then I just head over to allrecipes.com and find a "from scratch" recipe for it instead. And I have to say, it really doesn't take that long to just make it from scratch. I was amazed. I think we've all been sold a lie. That it's so much easier and so much faster to use the ready-made stuff. Well, from my experience, it's so much better and in most cases, just as quick (quicker actually, if I factor in the extra time it takes to hunt for the stuff at the grocery store) to make it from scratch. And did I mention, tastes so. much. better.
Here's one of my recent concoctions using fresh dumpling wrappers, ground beef, and a basic bechamel sauce. It was inspired by this post at Pioneer Woman Cooks although I made my own filling recipe using what I had on hand.
OR you can pop them in the freezer (still on the cutting mat) for about 2 hours until they get hard, then dump them all in a ziploc bag to save until later!
Top it off with the extra cheese sauce or just some olive oil and cracked pepper. Yum!
Seriously, I love them. And all their yummy fillings.
If I'd started this blog AFTER I moved to China, I probably would have named it "Country Fried Dumpling" because the truth is, I haven't had one egg roll since I've been here. Apparently they aren't really common in Northern China. Really. I wouldn't even know where to get one.
I recently decided I'd like to try to find a way to make the dumplings at home so I wouldn't have to wait until we go out to get them.
So I found these frozen dumplings at the store.
But like most things in China, I ran into a few problems.
The whole "language" thing rears its ugly head again. I read a few characters, but apparently not enough. Dumplings come with all kinds of fillings. Pork, beef, shrimp, egg, cabbage, leek. And many combinations of these, too.
So yeah, how do you choose which package to buy?
July 14th, 2011, based on the Chinese calendar, it's the 1st day of the hottest season in a year. We call the hottest days "三(sān)伏(fú)".
"三(sān)伏(fú)": Total is 30 days and separated into 3 groups, each 10 days is one group.
Story: The noodle is the noodle in hot soup. Why Chinese people eat hot food in hot weather? That's because when the season comes to the 三(sān)伏(fú), all farmers just collected the flour. The new flour is very healthy, also the bad things and heat in our body can be removed by sweating. Because of that, also can mean we hope we can stop the bad things away.
Story: In ancient China, the hens will have a rest during hottest season until the 3rd Group when the weather becomes a little cool. So this period the new eggs are very delicious.
In fact, Chinese people mainly eat rice, but during hottest days, they prefer eating flour foods.
I hope all of you have a very nice summer and enjoy the fun of Chinese traditional stories!!
Earlier this week, we played Guess the Donut Flavor (it's an official name) where you get to guess. The flavor of a donut. But not just any donut, three Shenyang specialties that Dunkin has created to cater to the local tastebuds.
We got some really interesting guesses, and I have to say, you guys are pretty good at guessing a donut by it's cover. Or color.
So without further a do… a due? ado?
um… You know what I mean, right?
#1: Dried Pork & Spicy Dried Pork. (left to right) Do they still look tasty?
#2: Cheese Tuna This is one of the dangerous ones, looking all shiny and yummy on the outside, but with a "surprise" inside. Reason #2 why I have this rule.
#3: Green Tea Mochiring They'll flavor anything with green tea round these parts. But who cares when there's a Boston Creme down below? yum.
Thanks again for playing along and thanks for taking the time out of your day to leave some comment love. If you're one of the awesome 4, send me your address via the Contact page, and you'll receive a little surprise from the Far East!
You know, it's quite a popular thing right now for the businesses of the world to try to tap into the Chinese markets. McDonald's, KFC, and Pizza Hut have been here for a few years now. And while Mickey D's does the best in the US market and KFC is barely hanging on, in China, it's quite the opposite. McDonald's does ok, don't get me wrong, but their company policy that says you get the same big mac anywhere in the world just doesn't fly as well over here. Their taste buds are just… different. KFC is huge here thanks to their policy of serving a menu suited to the local preferences. Pizza Hut does ok too, thanks to their interesting menu as well.


Add a pop of color to your space with this "Happy home" rectangular pillow! This pillow is 20x12 inches and is made out of 100% pre-shrunk polyester. Perfect for your bed or couch + makes a really great housewarming gift!


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The Blue Sky promise is "We Promise To Care For Your Child As We Would Our Own", this promise is at the centre of our beliefs and every staff member upholds this promise. It is Blue Sky's aim to provide the best possible care for every child who spends time with us. The nursery is bright and cheerful and the staff are dedicated to ensuring that each child settles well so they can enjoy their time with us. We strongly believe in working in partnership with parents, in order to achieve this we do our best to share information about their child's day, what they have enjoyed and achieved. We are now proud to offer parents totally flexible childcare. We can arrange your child's care with us around your needs to help make life a little less complicated for you, these sessions can be set weekly or as flexible as you want.
Children can play all day everyday!
Full days packed with loads of activities!
I am really pleased with the way my son has progressed since being at Blue Sky and I don't have a single concern about leaving him there. THANK YOU!
After being very anxious moving to a new nursery my daughter absolutely loves her time at Blue Sky and the move couldn't have gone any smoother. I cant thank the team enough!
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It is that time of year—time to chisel out dirt caked on the soles of our hunting boots, finally toss away those shell husks at the bottom of our vests pockets, and ceremoniously liberate our favorite flight inhibitor from storage.
When it comes to our shotguns, some of us bird hunters afford the attention and care normally reserved for newborns, while others of us view our firearms as just another tool in our set. As long it works with every trigger pull, who cares how pretty and shiny it is. Some might argue scrapes and grit serve as testimony to its effectiveness and durability in the field.
Regardless, our gun experts at Reeds Sporting Goods in Walker, Minnesota, have some key pieces of advice to offer bird hunters for preseason preparations. They also have some tips for after season maintenance to ensure next season gets off on the right foot.
As with any purchase of hunting equipment, field tests are essential in determining how these new additions will fare when the birds start to flush. "Make certain to pattern your gun," said Arnold. Patterning is especially important with steel shot, as it produces very different results compared to lead shot for each choke tube.
Make certain all members in your party have read the owner's manual first for their firearms and are following all safety rules for the range. Wear ear and eye protection at all times.
Bring along a big pattern board, either plywood or cardboard, (at least 40 by 40 inches) to use for attaching your targets. Staple your target paper sheets to the board. Set the target up 40 yards downrange, making certain all other shooters are aware and acknowledge you are heading into the target field.
Draw a 6-inch dot in the center of the sheet of paper (if no target is already printed), so that shooters will be able to spot the center from 40 yards away.
Return to your starting position. Again, check all range safety steps prior to preparing to fire at the target.
Aim the bead or sights of your shotgun at the center of the target. Be as precise as possible. You MUST keep your rib absolutely level front to rear. If you see any rib other than a single flat surface, it will nullify the shooting results, since you will shoot too high. Results can only be trusted if proper shooting technique is followed. Keep your gun level, from right to left.
If you are shooting for mostly POI, use a tighter choke, such as a modified or a full. NEVER shoot steel shot through a choke not designed for it.
Evaluate the results after each shot, replacing the target each time so not to confuse results of one trigger pull from another. Vary shot sizes, ammo types and chokes to determine which combination fits your style and field shooting scenarios.
Alternate the distance of the target to fit your needs and any probable scenario afield. Plan for the unexpected distances. Learn, as much as possible, how your shot will perform under all circumstances.
Experienced hunters understand conditions in the field can change within the hour. Perhaps the forecast called for clear skies, but in the morning, rain arrives. Birds will be sitting tight, more than likely spooked at close range. Therefore, a heavy load and tight choke is inadvisable. Perhaps a friend decides last minute to bring along his big-running dog who flushes birds no closer than 35 yards. What shot and choke combination in your bag will best fit that scenario?
Just as you, as a hunter, want to make certain your ammunition performs at the level it should, you want to make certain your firearm functions properly during a hunt. Experts at Reeds Sporting Goods recommend not only cleaning your gun after a long day of shooting, but performing regular cleanings. "A lot of issues can be prevented with a good cleaning of your gun," explained Arnold.
Make certain the firearm is unloaded! Depending on the kind of firearm, open the action, check the bore, the magazine, cylinder, etc., to determine there are no shells in the chamber, magazine, bore, or cylinder. Keep ammunition out of the cleaning area.
Read the owner's manual if you have not done so already. If any steps are unclear, re-read the manual. Safety is always of utmost importance.
Open the breech, cylinder or receiver or remove the barrel if possible. Run several patches soaked with bore cleaner down the barrel. If the bore is exceedingly dirty, use a brass bore brush to remove heavy fouling. Make certain your cleaning supplies fit the gauge or caliber of firearm you are cleaning.
Be especially careful when cleaning firearms with camouflage, Dura-Touch Armor Coating and other special finishes. Always prevent these surfaces from coming in contact with cleaning solvents, barrel scrubbers and other strong chemicals. It is preferable to clean these surfaces with lightweight gun oil containing no solvents, or with a damp cloth and mild dish soap.
When cleaning the bore and action of the firearm, keep the external finishes from coming in contact with other chemicals, especially chemicals found in insect repellants containing DEET, sunscreen, etc. Damage to camouflage, Dura-Touch Armor Coating and other special finishes is irreversible.
Clean the barrel until the patches come out clean. Use a toothbrush, cotton swabs or other cleaning tools to remove debris from the receiver and other hard to clean areas.
Flush with a good gun solvent or gun scrubber to remove powder fouling and small particles. Compressed air is good, too, to blow out the receiver and dry the firearm, but be careful not to dislodge any small parts.
Make sure the entire firearm is as clean as possible without removing difficult or small parts. Leave that task to a gunsmith.
Use a quality light gun oil to lightly coat the barrel and moving parts just slightly. Do not use an excessive amount of oil in the receiver or action area, as too much oil can gum up working parts.
Finally, store your firearm away from all ammunition and in a safe, dry place, away from children. Inspect it periodically for rust and corrosion.
Always clean your firearm as soon as possible after hunting or visiting the range. It is best, whenever possible, to store firearms horizontally, so oil will not run down into the buttstock and soften the wood. Never store a firearm in a tightly sealed case. Moisture could condense and cause rust. Make certain there is some circulation around and in the case when you put it away.
Hunting is like every other sport. What you decide to invest—the time to practice and money for better equipment—is ultimately what determines success. The extra cash to test new ammunition and pattern your gun, the fees to shoot a few rounds of sporting clays in order to get up to speed—these investments pay off with bagged birds and an enjoyable hunt.
Story by John Hennessy. Passionate denizen of the outdoors and former line cook, John is the author of the blog "Braising the Wild." Follow him on Twitter @WildGameJack.


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 The third class in the engineering series, CEA, combines theoretical and practical lessons in zoning, site planning, surveying, building types, building styles, soil study, and structural analysis, among others. Students learn to use Autodesk REVIT software to model residential and commercial buildings (see below).
The class is useful if one is interested in Architecture, Civil Engineering, or Structural Engineering.
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Improving Network Security with SD-WAN
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Author - Samuel Natarajan
Effectively handling the ever-growing security threats is the biggest challenge faced by Information Technology (IT) decision-makers today. There has been a surge in the number of data breach incidents and security threats in the last few years, and this is only going to increase in the coming years.
Data breaches increased by as much as 54% in the first half of 2019 according to RiskBased Security, vulnerability intelligence, breach data, and risk ratings. The frequency and the cost of a data breach and cyber-attacks are increasing. According to the Ponemon Institute's 2019 Cost of Data Breach Study, the average total cost of a breach rose from $3.6 million to $3.92 million. The enterprises, big or small, have to make efforts to secure their data and IT infrastructure. Unsurprisingly, there is a growing concern among enterprises to safeguard their IT infrastructure.
The IT teams face several challenges. The growing use of cloud, internet, and devices have made security a nightmare for enterprise IT departments. The cloud brings significant benefits for enterprises which includes improved efficiency and better cost economics. However, the security threat is a massive concern area.
Increasingly, a growing number of businesses are realizing that adoption of Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) helps in addressing several security concerns. SD-WAN opens up a world of possibilities by simplifying the networks and by providing secure cloud connectivity. The businesses are moving from traditional MPLS to SD-WAN to add agility, flexibility, and scalability to the network.
Beyond these business benefits, SD-WAN empowers enterprises to enhance security. It introduces several new security features that are not present in the legacy networks and make it easier to manage and secure network traffic.
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Doing Away With VPN Concerns:
Typically, enterprises use VPNs to connect remote locations or to add new applications cost-effectively. However, with the widespread adoption of mobility, big data, social media, cloud and the Internet of Things, VPNs are more vulnerable to security threats. Each location has its security requirements with multiple devices and different device configurations, making it increasingly complex to turn up a new site on a VPN.
Multiple touchpoints in VPN for security configurations increase the system to security risks. The traditional security approaches are no longer enough to address heightened security issues. This essentially means that the remote locations of the distributed enterprise are the weak links in the overall security design and strategy of the company.
On the other hand, SD-WAN is designed to address these challenges. With SD-WAN, the firms don't need to install firewalls for VPNs or encrypting the network traffic for security. SD-WAN comes with a controller that automatically builds a VPN that ensures efficient handling of the network traffic. SD-WAN controller builds a full mesh that can communicate with all the sites without having to go back to the datacentre. This feature enables secure site-to-site traffic. A key advantage of SD-WAN is that all site-to-site traffic is encrypted, which makes it much easier to manage security.
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Enhancing Security with Network Segmentation:
Encryption and firewalls are no longer enough to ensure data protection. SD-WAN enables segmentation, which allows organizations to better control access to devices, users and applications. This is key to limiting the damage to a manageable area in case of a cybersecurity event. Segmentation also plays a crucial role in securing the end-points, improving monitoring and enhancing performance.
SD-WANs can segment traffic at the edge of the network and maintain separation through all relevant points in the network. Segmentation is crucial to address the growing sophistication and unpredictability of today's cyberattacks.
The SD-WAN approach ensures consistency in security measures across all locations, including remote areas. The traditional networks demand configuration changes to individual devices. Sometimes over a period of time, it might lead to errors or gaps in network security in different locations. SD-WAN makes it easier to implement security policies, which can be enforced by a central orchestrator and don't require manual configuration.
Is your organization doing enough to prevent network security threats?
End-to-end visibility of the Network:
Security components are an integral component of SD-WAN, which goes a long way in reducing cost and complexity in the security platform. Possibly the argument in favor of SD-WAN is that it comes with industrial-grade, standards-based authentication, and encryption that secures the network traffic end-to-end. It comes with in-built firewalls and encryption. It allows the enterprises to leverage cloud without being bothered about the security concerns.
One of the most significant advantages of SD-WAN is that it provides end-to-end network visibility into application performance and network flows. This provides IT teams with crucial intelligence and insights into the users and devices connected to the network. These network insights allow them to effectively plan and manage applications and infrastructure. Regular monitoring and visibility enables the network administrators to detect outages and discover cyberattacks quickly and easily, helping them to proactively address them.
Enterprises across the globe are benefitting by upgrading their legacy MPLS infrastructure to SD-WAN. Typically, the reasons are to digitally transform the networks by leveraging SD-WAN enabled intelligence, agility, programmability, and scalability. It also allows the organizations to benefit from cloud services while at the same time helping them to bring down the cost of managing the network.
However, SD-WAN also helps the enterprises to address the several security concerns of VPN. It's security features are becoming a key to enterprises to secure cloud connectivity. It comes with several security options which make it easier to protect network traffic and prevent data breaches and cyberattacks.
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Regardless of whether or not you yourself are a musician, Music Matters, to all of us. In the same way that there would be no movies without actors, writers, or directors, without musicians there would be no music. We here at Bailey Brothers know just how important music is. We understand, first hand, the impact that music can have on someone's life. We also understand that instruments are expensive and we don't ever want that expense to prevent a student from becoming a musician.
We founded the Music Matters Foundation for one sole purpose, we believe that music should be available to EVERYONE!
We have already set aside a limited number of instruments to be donated to deserving children who are recommended by Principals and Band Directors. But that's not all! We will also be launching a campaign to collect donations of old instruments from members of our community. We will refurbish these instruments and add them to the pool of instruments to donate to those students nominated by our local schools.
The First Annual Rental Instrument Roundup!
We are currently accepting donations for the 2018/2019 School Year. If you have any old instruments lying around, we would love to refurbish them and donate them to deserving students. Simply drop off your instruments at a Bailey Brothers Store Location near you and we will issue you a Tax Deductible Donation Receipt.
You can sponsor a student directly for $50/month. Your generous donation will cover the expenses for an Instrument, Cleaning Kit and Accessories, as well as cover any needed maintenance and service on that student's instrument.
Anything and everything helps. If you aren't able to become a monthly sponsor, you can also donate directly to the Music Matters Fund.
If you can't donate, please share the Music Matters Foundation page with any friends and family that you think should be involved. We have a great program for schools and educators, but we need your help to get the word out to. MUSIC MATTERS, TO EVERYONE!


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White House Letter Focusing Debate on Regulatory Costs — and Not Benefits — Frustrated EPA Officials, Emails Reveal
Rena Steinzor | May 3, 2012
By CPR President Rena Steinzor and Media Manager Ben Somberg
Internal EPA emails obtained by CPR through a FOIA request reveal EPA officials' frustration regarding the White House's efforts to triangulate House Republicans' ferocious attacks on regulations. A White House letter last year emphasizing regulatory costs but barely describing the lives saved and injuries avoided by strong protections angered environmental and public health advocates. The newly released emails show that top EPA officials – who were not even consulted – were also not pleased.
On August 26 of last year, Speaker of the House John Boehner sent President Obama a letter requesting that the Administration provide a list of "planned new rules that would have an estimated economic impact of more than $1 billion." The goal, of course, was to continue the GOP's focus on the costs of regulations (the headline of Boehner's press release: "Citing Spike in Red Tape, Speaker Boehner Seeks Info from White House on Job-Threatening Regulations"). The information Boehner was requesting was already publicly available, but that wasn't the point; the point was to drive an anti-regulatory message. And it worked: The Washington Post ran a story under the headline "Boehner asks Obama to detail $1 billion regulations."
And so it was disappointing when the White House took the bait – hook, line, and sinker. President Obama responded to Boehner four days later with a two-page letter that attempted to convince the Speaker (an impossible mission no matter the facts) that the Administration was very busy reducing regulatory costs. In a 19-sentence letter, the President managed only one sentence making the positive case for regulations ("And in 2009 and 2010, the benefits of such rules — including not only monetary savings but also lives saved and illnesses prevented — exceeded the costs by tens of billions of dollars.") The rest of the letter was playing on Boehner's anti-regulation turf.
Most egregious was the Appendix, which provided a simple chart of seven regulations under development with annual costs estimated to exceed $1 billion. The chart did not include any information on the benefits of those regulations. The only information presented, for example, on the Utility MACT – a major rule finalized last year that will bring dramatic health benefits by reducing hazardous pollutants from coal power plants – was that it was estimated to cost $10 billion.
What the White House didn't say: the rule is estimated to bring $37 billion to $90 billion in monetized health benefits alone, a figure that doesn't even include most of the benefits from reduced mercury pollution (We're using the slightly adjusted numbers from the final rule, issued in December). It's estimated to prevent up to 11,000 deaths each year, 2,800 cases of chronic bronchitis, 130,000 asthma attacks, and more than half a million missed work or school days for illness. Those facts might not have mattered at all to John Boehner, but the audience here was the press and the public.
While the White House thought it was providing factual information, in reality it was instead playing – and losing – a PR game. The AP ran the headline: "Obama to Boehner: 7 proposed regulations would cost more than $1 billion each." So much for triangulation. In the polarized politics of the Nation's Capital, it turns out, a weak defense is worse than none at all.
EPA Press Secretary Betsaida Alcantara forwarded the White House's just-released letter to a group of top EPA officials, asking "Did anyone get any heads up on this letter?" Bob Perciasepe, EPA's number two official, replied: "We did not get contacted."
Then Daniel Kanninen, at the time EPA's White House Liaison, wrote to relay to the group his communication with Christopher Lu, the White House's Cabinet Secretary (bolding added):
I have spoken with Chris Lu, who also was unaware of the letter and it's sic release prior to it going out the door.
He is following up with OIRA now. I made several points to him for that purpose. First, that we've spent a great deal of time and energy framing these rules with the public health and environmental benefits, and when and how they are driven by statutory, scientific and legal obligations, which this letter and appendix do not. And second, that in the interest of both accuracy and situational awareness tighter coordination would be been sic appreciated and in this case would have avoided a fairly significant error.
Chris found those to be compelling points and I'm sure will relay them to OIRA (Cass and/or Fitzpatrick was the inference), but I would certainly endorse relaying that message to others.
In a subsequent email, Gina McCarthy, EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, explained that the figure in the White House's letter for the cost of the "boiler MACT" was from the April 2010 proposal, not the February 2011 rule – which had a significantly lower cost.
In the final analysis, we are left with a frustrating, but revealing tale here. When the White House undermines efforts in its own administration, the good people at the agencies working to protect the public don't get to air their grievances publicly to tell the story. They're required to act as if there is unanimity. When the White House scuttled EPA's ozone proposal, for example, Lisa Jackson maintained near silence publicly, fueling speculation that the affront was so serious she might go so far as to resign.
The White House's attempts to woo industry critics stretch the facts and achieve little politically, and rhetorically undermine EPA's efforts to explain to the public the benefits of updated protections. Rather than hearing EPA's carefully constructed and factual case about the health benefits of regulations, the public often hears the White House's conservative language about issuing fewer regulations and weakening existing ones. EPA and other agency officials would face White House consequences if they complained publicly.
Readers of this blog know a great deal about how this White House, through the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has obstructed the good work of the agencies – from EPA trying to protect the public from ozone in the air, to OSHA's effort to protect workers from deadly silicosis. The public record tells part of the story, but with these emails we get a peek into the frustration agency officials understandably feel when the White House blocks their efforts. A good start would be for the White House to stop undermining the agencies in the first place; otherwise, the President may find that if he wins a second term, he'll have a hard time attracting the best and brightest to come work for him.


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AUGUST 9TH IS INTERNATIONAL COWORKING DAY. But it's on a bloody Saturday! Nobody wants to work on a sun-shiney summer-y Saturday!
Last year, we had a "Bring A Friend to #Cowork" Day, this year – we're hosting "Free HotDesking Fridays" for four Fridays of August (8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th) in the afternoon from 1pm to 5pm. We will have room for 6 people each day, please register for a specific day to claim your spot.
With hotdesking at the HiVE – you get a desk+chair, internet connection, unlimited coffee or tea, and a work environment filled with an amazing community of individuals in the design, sustainability, tech, small business, social enterprise industries. There may even be cute office dogs, too.
The HiVE Vancouver (www.hivevancouver.com) has an on-going Desk Bee Exchange Program – a barter exchange program where in exchange for 2x 4.5 hour shifts per week as a community greeter and receptionist in our co-working space, we'll give you a HiVE Unlimited package (24/7 access to the space – worth $350/month) and we'll also give you one $10 lunch voucher or money every week.
If you're interested in this opportunity, Margarete at margarete [at] hivevancouver [dot] com, on or before July 31st 2014. Note: We area a non-profit and this is not a volunteer opportunity – it's a barter exchange. Your time in exchange for our services and lunch.


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*That result containing table from Hive is again exported to MS SQL SERVER back.

All these things I have to implement with the help of Amazon Services.
(In my case I am using Amazon S3 for storing the data and Amazon Elastic Map Reduce.)
Actually, the data which I am importing from MS SQL Server is very large (near about 5,000,000 entries in one table. Likewise I have 30 tables). For this I have written a task in Hive which contains only queries (And each query has used a lot of joins in it). So due to this the performance is very poor on  my single local machine ( It takes near about 3 hrs to execute completely).
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Lino Akesolo ou Lino de Akesolo né le  à Dima et mort le  à Bilbao, est un écrivain, traducteur, bertsolari et académicien basque espagnol de langue basque et espagnole. Il aussi connu sous le pseudonyme de « Axmutil », « Basabil », « Amuxalde », « Nozebarri » ou « Andoni-Zubero ».

Lino Akesolo fait des études ecclésiastiques à Larrea, Markina, Vitoria-Gasteiz et à la Basilique de Begoña. En 1927, à seulement 16 ans, il travaille pour l'association « Euskal-Esnalea » et obtient en 1930, un prix pour sa traduction en basque d'une œuvre de Cervantès: « El celoso extremeño » dont le titre basque est Agure kezkatia.

En 1953, il traduit en collaboration La Iglesia y el pecador, et en 1956 El Maestro llama de Fritz Tillimanm. Un an plus tard, Historia de la Iglesia de Cristo de Schuck Neuss. En 1959, Elementos de moral católica de Fritz Tilliamann, et en 1962 Criterios católicos de Erich Ptzywara. En collaboration avec le Père Santi Onaindia, il traduit en 1963 Camino de perfección de Santa Teresa dont le titre basque est Onbidea.

Comme auteur, Lino Akesolo se distingue par sa haute qualité littéraire en dialecte biscayen. Lino Akesolo publie en 1958 à Bilbao Ipiña ta Ipiña'tarren barri et une étude littéraire de Jose Pablo Ulíbarri, publiée en 1962 dans "Olerti". Le reste de son travail se retrouve dans des magazines tels que Euzko-Gogoa, Olerti, Karmengo argia, Karmel, Jesusen Biotzaren Deia, Yakin et Boletín de los Amigos del País.

Le , Il annonce la publication de neuf volumes du Diccionario Retana de Autoridades de la Lengua Vasca. Après 16 années de travail continuel, Lino est le seul survivant d'une équipe initiale formée par Manuel de la Sota, Piarres Lafitte, avec la collaboration de Gabriel Manterola, Luis Ortega, Justo María Mocoroa, José Lasa, Dámaso Inza, Jaime de Querejeta et Iraizoz. Ce dictionnaire naquit avec pour but de donner une continuité au travail effectué par Resurreccion Maria Azkue. Il contient à la fois un lexique en basque sur les classiques de la littérature basque passé, et des publications de la fin du .

Il est le premier président de l'association Euskerazaintza.

Lino Akesolo décède le  à Bilbao, dans le couvent de l'Ordre du Carmel.

Bibliographie
 Chroniques
 Ipiña ta Ipiña'tarren barri, 1958, Verdes-Atxirika.

 Ouvrages littéraires fait en collaboration
Réalisés par Manuel de la Sota, Piarres Lafitte et Lino Akesolo ;
 Diccionario Retana de autoridades de la lengua vasca: Appendice; avec la collaboration de Luis Ortega... [et al.]; coordinateur, Luis Ortega. Bilbao: La Gran Enciclopedia Vasca, 1991, 654 p. ;
 Urdez - Zuzu, 1989, 423 p. ;
 Meula - Premu, 1989, 432 p. ;
 K - Metz, 1981, 474 p. ;
 Premu - Urdez, 1989, 384 p. ;
 H - Juzturi, 1980, 482 p.

 Ouvrages littéraires
 Salmoak..., 1964, 262 p.

 Livres de collection
 Idazlan guztiak (I, II eta III) de Lino Akesolo et Julen Urkiza, 1989, Karmel.

 Bersoak
 Ertzean zear zabiltzen usoak, Karmel. (1989)
 Ertzean zear zabiltzen usoak, Euskerazaintza. (1989)
 Illen otoitzerako, Karmel. (1978)
 Ortzean zear zabiltzen usoak, Zer. (1989)
 Salve Mater (Agur Ama errukiz betea), Karmel. (1951)

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Bidegileak bilduma  Lino Akesolo (1911-1991) (biographie complète de l'auteur)
  Lino Aquesolo Olivares sur Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia
  Literaturaren zubitegia sur Lino Akesolo

Écrivain de langue basque
Membre de l'Académie de la langue basque
Bertsolari
Naissance en avril 1911
Décès à Bilbao
Décès à 80 ans
Décès en septembre 1991

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Once a sleepy second fiddle to Southern culinary powerhouses like Charleston and Nashville, Greenville is stepping into the limelight with hot new restaurants. The town will soon be home to an outpost of Sean Brock's heirloom-crop-focused Husk and a food-centric market hall called the Commons. Other recent additions include modern Italian spot Jianna from Michael Kramer (the opening executive chef of McCrady's in Charleston, pre-Brock) and the moody speakeasy lounge Vault & Vator. It's an impressive collection of quality restaurants for a city of just over 67,000.
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To better accommodate the millions who visit Iguazú Falls, a UNESCO site of 275 mighty waterfalls straddling the border of Argentina and Brazil, nearby Cataratas del Iguazú Airport is being modernized and enlarged. Within Iguazú National Park, the Ecological Jungle Train, which takes visitors on a 25-minute journey to the epic Devil's Throat cascade, is converting from gas to environmentally friendly electric trains. Starting this February, travelers will be able to bed down at the long-awaited Awasi Iguazú resort where 14 rainforest villas will each have plunge pools and guests will have access to a personal excursion guide and 4WD vehicles. Expect visits to native Guarani tribes, river kayaking, and jungle treks led by a resident biologist. Selvaje, an upscale 12-room lodge, will also open early this year and will offer a menu of couple-friendly activities, from picnics to spa treatments. For the ultimate in romance, though, Argentinean travel outfitter Mai 10 (run by Travel + Leisure A-List Agent Maita Barrenechea) can arrange private dinners alongside the falls under the light of a full moon. —Nora Jean Walsh
Three months after the events with the Quantum Frame, Mac and Kat are working through their issues during her first trimester. Marcy has moved out of David's apartment and has taken a job as an X-ray technician at a local hospital. Philip has traded one addiction for another, but is in denial about it. Trevor is growing concerned with the lack of communication from the Director. The discovery of a murdered Traveler team puts Mac on the trail of Vincent.
Those with a predilection for high-thread-count sheets will soon be able to luxuriate at the Grand Bohemian Hotel, a ritzy boutique property with Carolina charm. In the meantime, discerning visitors can bunk at the swank Westin Poinsett, a historic hotel that was rescued from the wrecking ball in the late '90s, laying the groundwork for Greenville's great Southern revival. —Rachel Tepper Paley
From the Northwest Florida's Emerald Coast to the coral-reefed Keys, the state is filled with an array of activities for all ages and tastes. On a Florida vacation, families can plan several days of theme park fun in the Orlando area, or they can ride horses at a secluded ranch in central Florida, ride bikes along nature trails in north Florida, learn about astronauts and rocket science at the Space Coast or take one of the garden tours in Miami and Fort Lauderdale.
Those who think they've seen and done it all in the Bahamas should think again. Baha Mar, the multibillion dollar hotel and casino development on Nassau's Cable Beach, will be fully up and running when Rosewood resorts launches there this spring. (Baha Mar's Grand Hyatt and SLS properties are already drawing visitors with their sophisticated, contemporary rooms.) On neighboring Paradise Island, the iconic Ocean Club resort is under new management with Four Seasons. And at Atlantis, the adults-focused Cove resort now has an outpost of Sip Sip restaurant, Julie Lightbourn's Harbour Island favorite, while the family-friendly Coral Towers debuted a new lobby, guest rooms, and pool courtesy of star hotel designer Jeffrey Beers. And T+L's World's Best winner Kamalame Cay has added stylish beach bungalows — stand-alone suites that start at a whopping 450 square feet and feature private verandas and outdoor showers. —Jacqueline Gifford
Kathryn confronts MacLaren about an affair she believes he is having, leading him to end his relationship with Carly. Charlotte, the misfire historian, is overwritten and murders her team. She attempts to assassinate Grace, but Trevor stops her. Grace reveals that the anti-Director faction was responsible for the team's abduction. Charlotte is shot by Jeff while attempting to kill Carly. Ellis reveals that he has built a quantum frame that the Director, an advanced AI, can use to travel to the present to escape the faction. David is held at gunpoint by another assassin but is saved by Marcy. The team arrives at the farm where Trevor has received a text to destroy the frame. Boyd reveals she received an order to kill MacLaren and holds him at gunpoint; Carly later reveals having been given the same mission. Assassins surround the farm as Ellis shoots Trevor to keep him from harming the frame. Grace jumps in front of Trevor and is shot as well. Ellis shuts down the perimeter shield in the hope that the Director will help them and delivers a message to destroy the frame shortly before he dies. It is revealed that the people surrounding them are not anti-Director assassins, but FBI agents led by Forbes.
In 2004, the St. Paul and Travelers Companies merged and renamed itself St. Paul Travelers, with the headquarters set in St. Paul, Minnesota.[16] In August of that year, it was charged of misleading statements associated with the merger.[17][18] Despite many assurances from CEO Jay Fishman that the newly formed company would retain the St. Paul name, the corporate name only lasted until 2007, when the company repurchased the rights to the famous red umbrella logo from Citigroup and readopted it as its main corporate symbol, while also changing the corporate name to The Travelers Companies.[19][20][21][22]
The city has cemented its reputation as a must-visit destination with its most recent honor: it's been named 2018 World Design Capital, the first ever in the Americas. It's no wonder: despite challenges like the recent earthquake, young Mexican creatives are no longer searching for opportunities abroad but staying to build something meaningful at home. Their success is evident in arts initiatives like Zonamaco and the Material Art Fair in February, Design Week Mexico in October, and the Condo Fair, which will debut in Mexico's capital in April. Aesthetes have plenty of design-forward places to stay and eat, too. Bed down at Downtown Mexico, the newest hotel by Grupo Habita, which plans to open another property, Catedral M X, nearby in 2018. Or book a room at the Four Seasons Hotel Mexico City, which unveiled an ambitious redesign by Gilles & Boissier in 2016. Dine at Enrique Olvera's world-famous Pujol, which relocated last year to a mid-century house and has a fresh, pared-down look. The new space is outfitted in natural materials — a fitting design for a restaurant that celebrates wood-fired cooking. —Laura Itzkowitz


facility in Kittery and gradually took over. Now, we are proud that this work has continued with a brand new childcare center located in the bottom level of the parish. Through the dedication of the St. George's community, the church works to provide a safe, accessible space for children of all backgrounds to learn and explore.
Time of Wonder Early Learning Center is fully committed to providing quality, affordable child care and a positive academic experience for each child. Our mission is to developmentally nourish infant, preschool, and toddler programs and support for working families.
We currently have one full time lead teacher/assistant director, two full time lead teachers and one full-time assistant teacher, three part time assistant teachers, one cook, an executive director and an outpouring of amazing volunteers. We are currently serving 28 students and have waiting lists for all of our classrooms.
We continue to have a core group of volunteers working directly with the children.


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banned voices: Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese
In 2019, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Jean Mendoza and Debbie Reese released the young people's edition of An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People. This book provides Native Americans a voice in US history. There's an old African proverb, "he who controls the pen, controls the history". It is, after all, a story. And, there's power in story.
2019 Best-Of Lists: Best YA Nonfiction of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · Best Nonfiction of 2019 (School Library Journal) · Best Books for Teens (New York Public Library) · Best Informational Books for Older Readers (Chicago Public Library)
Spanning more than 400 years, this classic bottom-up history examines the legacy of Indigenous peoples' resistance, resilience, and steadfast fight against imperialism.
Going beyond the story of America as a country "discovered" by a few brave men in the "New World," Indigenous human rights advocate Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz reveals the roles that settler colonialism and policies of American Indian genocide played in forming our national identity.
The original academic text is fully adapted by renowned curriculum experts Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza, for middle-grade and young adult readers to include discussion topics, archival images, original maps, recommendations for further reading, and other materials to encourage students, teachers, and general readers to think critically about their own place in history.
I have to first ask how you're doing? So, so much going on our lives! How are you?
Debbie: For several reasons, I'm not as productive as I used to be before we started our adaptation, and before COVID. In happier news, my daughter was hired as the first Native lawyer at Stanford Law School. She moved to California in August. We plan to move there, too, and are looking forward to living close to her. The daunting part of a move: what to do with all my books! I can't realistically take all of them with me.
Jean: Thank you for asking, Edi. I want to start with how happy I am about Debbie's family's positive news – and so happy for Liz, who I first met when she was 4 years old. You're right that so much is going on in our lives. In October 2020, we lost my dear husband Durango. One of the positives in the months since then was getting a grant to put together an exhibit of his photography, writing, and assemblage, which is still up in two locations in Urbana, IL. It's called Juxtapositioned: The Art and Words of Durango Mendoza. Some of our children and grandchildren were able to help with some of that.
One of my long-range projects is to get Durango's published writing into different formats because I think his words will be meaningful to young people today. That work gives me some purpose. And our friends (looking at Debbie!) and family members have been very thoughtful and kind and supportive. This is not made easier by the renewed empowerment of forces that seemingly wish to bend the moral arc of the universe away from justice. It feels like IPH4YP can contribute to stopping that trend, but there is much more work to be done.
What reception did An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People receive when it was released?
Jean: A lot of people – educators, librarians, parents – told us they had been waiting to have a book like that. We got a lot of positive feedback from folks who read it. The book also got starred reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and School Library Journal and was on several end-of-year "recommended" lists. And it was an American Indian Library Association honor book. We also heard some expressions of concern about matters of importance that are not addressed the book. We often say that IPH4YP is a beginning, in terms of what it covers. We had a word count limit, and had to make some very painful decisions. Most people understand that, but we know that there's also disappointment. We feel some of that ourselves. We also noticed a little pushback from the beginning – in forums like Goodreads and Amazon reviews – from people who objected to the focus, and said the book is biased. That was to be expected.
photo credit: Agoyo Talachy-Duran
Debbie: The most heart-warming response for me was seeing Pearl Talachy sharing photos of herself holding the book. To make it as much of a mirror as we could, we drew from our personal lives. Like me, Pearl is from Nambé Pueblo. When I was little in the 1960s, Pearl babysat for me and my younger siblings. She became a renowned potter. When we adapted the chapter about corn and its significance, I remembered that she had done some seed pots with corn stalks on them. I invited her to send us a photo of one for the book. When Pearl received her copy she and her adult daughter went over to the kiva (a religious structure) and took photos of her holding the book.
How was this book different from other history books about Indigenous people?
Debbie: Most history books mention us in early pages and then forget about us, or they call us "First Americans," as if we did not exist prior to this continent being called America. Our book is adapted from Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz's An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States, which came out in 2014. As the titles indicate, both books center a Native point of view. The only children's book I can think of, prior to ours, that centers an Indigenous point of view is Simon J. Ortiz's book, The People Shall Continue. It is a picture book that came out in 1977 and was reissued by Lee & Low Books in 2017 for its 40th anniversary, that starts with our origin stories and moves forward through time.
Jean: I wish our children's and grandchildren's history teachers had this book, and used it.
Why do you think your has been challenged?
Debbie: As far as I know, there's only been one challenge to our book. On Wednesday, September 15 of 2021, I started following the news about books being banned in Central York High School in Pennsylvania. I learned that many of the books on their banned list came from a list that had been put together by a diversity committee at the school. In short, a well-intentioned project was hijacked by a group of parents who are goaded into action by politics about critical race theory being taught in schools. In short, our book was challenged because it is on a recommended book list! I doubt that anyone challenging the books has actually read An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People. We are very direct about the harms done to Native peoples by people like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and Abraham Lincoln. I think that if a parent at that high school in Pennsylvania had actually read our book, they would have read aloud from it at school board meetings, because of what we say about those men.
Jean: I saw an analysis of the Texas list; about ⅔ of the books on it had LGBTQ+ content. But many of the books also confront racism and interfere with "American exceptionalism" and the notion that the US has some kind of all-positive history. No doubt the people who don't want IPH4YP used in Texas – those who've actually read it – object to its challenge to their romanticized settler-colonizer grand narrative, wherein the Europeans brought civilization to the wandering bands of so-called primitive savages, and won the continent fair and square because they were entitled to it and God was on their side.
In one negative Goodreads review, the commenter said we were deliberately making students feel bad about themselves. That's a theme, of course, in many of the challenges to "diverse books" in general – the adults involved want the world to believe that white children will feel helplessly bad about themselves if they know the actual history. Never mind that Indigenous kids, and people of color, have endured centuries of curricula that diminished or erased their history, their cultures. IPH4YP doesn't say "White people are bad." It does show that white people did serious systematic harm (as well as harm at the individual level), that the harm was based in part on their conceptions about race, and that there are ways for descendants of settler-colonizers to face history and go forward determined to learn and to take action to end and correct injustices.
What do you think challenging books accomplishes?
Jean: Supposedly, when books are challenged, they experience a bump in interest, reflected in sales and in library check-outs (assuming the library hasn't had to remove it from the shelves). But book challenges are also intended to squelch discourse, to impede creation of a more just society – and they signal that certain ideas or identities are unacceptable or even dangerous. Will IPH4YP, or any of the books on the challenged lists, get that positive bump? That remains to be seen, I guess. Will the young people who read the books anyway feel encouraged and supported and informed? We sure hope so.
If you could add a new chapter or new book to update, what would you include?
Jean: We've talked about this a fair amount – "What if we ever have a chance to revise or add to?" It's all hypothetical. But we have thought about strengthening the book by providing more of a through-line for some specific contemporary matters of concern. Some of our young readers would have liked to see coverage of Indigenous perspectives on LGBTQ+ issues. Also, there's newer historical research to draw from about how some Indigenous groups aided/abetted/participated in enslavement of Black people and other Indigenous peoples, and that history reverberates now for the Black Freedmen and Black Indians. And we would want to give more space to Indigenous resistance in the 20th-21st centuries.
Debbie: Soon after our adaptation came out, we heard from people about what they wish we had included. In response to their feedback we started a "Possible Revisions" series at the companion site we created for the book. At present we have two pages in the series. The first one is Slavery and Early Treaties and the second one is Instilling Fear, Past and Present. Another thought we have is with regard to the outstanding lesson plans and guide that Dr. Natalie Martinez of Laguna Pueblo wrote for the book. We'd like to see them added to the book if the publisher decides to do a second edition. In the meantime, here's links to them:
Teacher's Guide to An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States for Young People
Lesson Plans:
History of Indigenous Peoples' Day (supports chapter 10 of the book)
Origin Narrative: Thanksgiving (supports chapter 3 of the book)
Indigenous Perseverance–Wampanoag Survival 400 Years After the Mayflower (supports chapters 2,
7, and the conclusion of the book)
Debbie and Jean, this has been a very personal project for you. Thank you for helping my readers understand the importance of disrupting histories that erase and disempower Native Americans.
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Searching for Barton Carter
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Searching for Barton Carter:
The Story of a Young American Hero
Nancy Barton Carter Clough
This true story of a young American who disappeared during the Spanish Civil War is well researched and engaging.
A young college-age man, raised in privilege in New England, believes he's found true meaning for his life when he begins helping child refugees in civil-war-torn Spain. Nancy Barton Carter Clough, a namesake niece, brings his tumultuous true story to life in Searching for Barton Carter: The Story of a Young American Hero, a well- researched and well-documented treatise.
Barton's name was rarely mentioned when Clough was growing up; it seemed to her the family kept him a hidden and mysterious secret. Only as an adult did she realize this was how his very wealthy—but also very fragile—family was able to cope with the sudden disappearance of this American "Golden Boy," seemingly swallowed up at age twenty-three amid the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War in the spring of 1938. It's also a "written account of Barton's search for himself and his parents' futile search for their beloved son."
Culled from diaries, letters, newspaper articles, interviews, and trips to modern-day Spain, the author has retraced and tracked nearly every aspect of her uncle's twenty-three years, adopting what she calls a semifictionalized and three-dimensional depiction of his life by adding dialogue as well as her own imagination. But all "the characters, places, events, dates, and settings are based on fact."
Divided into sixty-three chapters through four sections, the story is peppered with more than sixty black-and- white photos that nicely corroborate the text. The extensive appendix includes scans of original material. These include letters from Barton, who changed his name to Nick after friends thought his personality more closely resembled that of a fictional New York detective with the same name. Also included are newsletters from the Puigcerdà colony in Spain where he served as administrator and father figure to war orphans, and correspondence from heavy hitters that his father enlisted to help find his missing son. These political figures included former President Herbert Hoover and then–Secretary of State Cordell Hull.
Clough engages the reader from the first, divulging family history, warts and all. Also included and very helpful for reference are a family tree and a list of characters—the real people who show up in Nick's story.
The majority of the events take place in Spain, and Clough does a good job of explaining the background of the Spanish Civil War through Nick's eyes and actual events that occurred. Later chapters reveal how the author grappled with completing this massive undertaking, a project that was years in the making.
The end result is not only a story for her own family's next generation, but a tale for all about the unselfishness of trying to do good in the world.
ROBIN FARRELL EDMUNDS
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Google books: I have to say I was quite surprised that this work by a first time author was done so well. In an era where writers seem obligated to "dumb down" to their market and use ninth grade literary skills this book was truly refreshing. The author had to use multitudes of facts , history ,and the memory of many to weave a tale that captured the interest of this reader. I have to admit I learned a great deal of both the history of the Spanish war and the lifestyles of the affluent society pre World War II.
I will be looking for the authors next work.
From debut author Clough comes a historical biography of an American's involvement in the Spanish Civil War.
Born in New Hampshire to a prominent family, Barton Carter seems to have had a happy childhood of New England excursions, good schooling, and genial family relations—"His parents and siblings adored him, and they knew they could always depend on him, regardless of the circumstances." After attending Williams College and securing a job at "a conservative investment bank and private equities firm" in London, one might think Carter would have settled down to a comfortable life abroad. After a visit to Spain, however, he finds a country in a state of upheaval. It's 1936, and the Spanish Civil War is escalating. Journeying to Barcelona, where various anti-Fascist groups seem in high spirits, Carter notes that "practically every other man was a militiaman." He finds that "in just two weeks, the people of Spain had transformed him." Beginning with a job driving a truck for the nonpolitical National Joint Committee for Spanish Relief, the book follows Carter's involvement with his new calling and the many atrocities of war that surround him. But, as his sympathy for the Republican cause increases, how long will he resist the role of a combatant? At its best when detailing the heavy fighting of the later days of the war, Carter's quest takes on a bleak quality that illustrates the eventual hopelessness of the cause. Likewise, later chapters detailing the author's own quest to tell Carter's story are full of intrigue, not the least of which involves a visit to a medium…
The payoff, however, is a standout tale of a brave young man's determination to participate in history, no matter how sad the eventual conclusion…
"Clough's book is carefully researched, offering a vivid picture of Spain during the Spanish Civil War. History buffs will also delight in the numerous copies of letters, telegrams and articles provided in the appendix……the book can be recommended as a rich reserve of information for those looking for source materials regarding the Spanish Civil War."
Copyright © 2015. Nancy Barton Carter Clough. All rights reserved.


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Q: How to get a number from sets of pairs in Excel In Excel, I want to get the corresponding number for a given value in a set of numbers.
Given values are in disorder.
Example:
1 | 21
2 | 34
3 | 15
4 | 47
5 | 29

Here the minimum value is 15 & max is 47,
I want get the numbers corresponding for 15 & 47, that is 3 & 4.
Note: Column 2 values are not in any order..
What Excel formula should I be using?

A: You haven't said whether you values in column 2 are unique. You can find the first occurences of the minimum and maximum in column 2 (B) and retrieve the corresponding values in column 1 (A) with:
=INDEX(A1:A5,MATCH(MIN(B1:B5),B1:B5,0))
=INDEX(A1:A5,MATCH(MAX(B1:B5),B1:B5,0))

A: One method you could use (probably not the best) is to make 2 extra columns.  One contains a formula that picks out the maximum, and one that picks out the minimum.
You can use the =IF() function to determine if a value is the maximum or the minimum.
Take this example:

The column C has:
=IF(B1=MAX($B$1:$B$5),A1,"")

and the column D has:
=IF(B1=MIN($B$1:$B$5),A1,"")

copied down the rows.  That reveals that C4 is the maximum (4) and D3 is the minimum (3).
A quick summing of these columns means you can put them in another cell and not care which of the rows has the value in it.
B7 has:
=SUM(C1:C5)

and B8 has:
=SUM(D1:D5)

As I say, probably not the best way of doing it, but it works (sort of).


PLEASE NOTE: This material is largely out of date. We plan to replace it. Later versions of the software mentioned are available and my have slightly different features.
This is not a tutorial in the usual sense; rather it is a list of useful resources for to setting up a password-protected membership based, database driven website using the asp.net controls of Expression Web and Visual Web Developer Express. To be an actual tutorial, this presentation would need to be as long as the first referenced book below.
1. "Sam's Teach Yourself ASP.NET 2.0 in 24 hours" by Scott Mitchell. He has books on later versions of ASP.NET, which we have not read. The later versions may contain this material also, but certainly the version 2.0 walks you completely through the process of setting up a membership enabled database-driven website. This book (or one of the later versions if they also walk you through the process) is your step-by-step tutorial for setting up your membership-based website! I can't recommend it highly enough! If you don't buy any other book on this list, buy this one and read it. Don't be put off by the fact that it isnt a book on Expression Web -- the fact is that the asp.net controls in Expression web that you will be using for your database work are well demonstrated in use by the sample website Scott shows you how to build. It also introduces you to SQL database which you will need, since the default database used by the membership controls is SQL Express.
This book includes way more details than can be presented here -- such things as setting up roles using the Website Administration Tool and how to assign users to Roles so that only approved users can access certain folders.
2. "Murach's ASP.NET 3.5 web programming with VB2008". This is another indispensable book. It goes over all the asp.net controls in detail, with actual code examples and explains how to use the controls.
3. "Using Microsoft Expression Web" , special edition by Jim Cheshire. This is a good book on Expression Web and using it to build a website. It walks you through all the basics, the design interface and gives good explanations. It is *not* (as it states on the cover) "the only Expression Web book you need". At least it is not if you consider, for example, sending form-submitted information to a database as part of what you expect to do with Expression. Jim left all the business about how to actually do anything with the user-submitted data (e.g. send an email or write to a database) to his second book.
4. "The Microsoft Expression Web Developer's Guide to ASP.NET 3.5" by Jim Cheshire. This book gets into actually using the controls to interact with a database, and provides a lot of good explanation for how things work. It gets into some areas like compilation and using different Providers that don't get discussed in other Expression Web books. I would buy it, and read it for those reasons. But for the down-and-dirty working with the controls and databases, refs. (1) and (2) are the ones.
Note: Jim Cheshire has a book on Expression Web 4, the final version of Expression Web (which is currently offered FREE by Microsoft. We have not read this book, but it is likely very useful.
5. "Foundations of Microsoft Expression Web, The Basics and Beyond" by Cheryl Wise. The reason for buying and reading this book is that Cheryl provides the approach to "doing things right" from the get-go. Especially if you are a beginning web designer, you should read through her book to get off on the right track, especially with regards to using Cascading Style Sheets and good practice design for accessibility.
1. Choose ASP.NET 3.5 or later as your technology and a host that supports it and SQL2000, 2005, or 2008. There are other more "open" approaches such as using PHP and Linux servers. My recommendation is to use asp.net for the simple reason that so much of the heavy lifting code is already done for you via the controls. Everything you need to manage users (password reminders, recovering passwords, logon feature etc) is already done for you. The host needs to support SQL databases since you will eventually have to move your SQL Express database to SQL2000, SQL2005, or SQL2008 or later.
2. Download Visual Web Developer Express and SQL Express (both are free) as your primary development tools.
Yes, you probably came here because you use Expression Web, but the fact is that Expression Web by itself is *not* a good tool for interacting with a database. VWD is the tool you want to start with (all this is explained in ref (1) above). Every page on your site should be first created using VWD, not Expression. VWD will automatically create the code-behind pages that contain any VB code you will eventually need for your database interactions, or for the application of any business logic for your website. VWD is an excellent "sister" program to Expression, and once you have created your website and your pages with VWD, you can open the site and work on its design with Expression. But when you need any VB code (you will), go back to VWD.
The reason to use SQLExpress is that the asp.net membership controls use it by default. Perhaps the best deal on the internet is the VWD / SQL Express tool combination that Microsoft makes available for FREE ! You can actually do this job entirely with those two free tools -- VWD has most (not all) of the design features that Expression Web has, so if you are on a tight budget, you don't really *have* to buy Expression web at all!
I recommend using the Paypal Control by Spicelogic which will do the heavy lifting regarding payments, and the Spicelogic help team is very responsive. You can add it to the Toolbox of VWD, and use it just like any of the other asp.net controls and, as with all controls, the coding is all done for you. No worries about the back and forth between your site and PayPal. You will probably need to do a little VB code-behind to, for example, put the user who has just paid into a "Paid" Role. Then, if you have set up your site -- following ref (1) -- such that only people in the Role of "Paid" can access the password-protected portion of the site, you are all set.
When you upload your site to your host, you need to transfer your SQL Express database to the host, since most of them will not support SQL Epxress.
Detailed instructions on porting your SQL Express database to a webhost are given in one of the members-only tutorials on this website.
The great thing is you never have to actually pay for SQLServer yourself !
C. Pick a web host.
We use RDOServers . They are a good company with reasonable priced hosting plans and excellent support.
That's the basics. Remember, your basic guide to creating your site is the first reference above (the Sam's book by Scott Mitchell). Use that as your roadmap. There are many things not covered in this brief discussion that are covered in Scott's book (for example the use of the Website Administration Tool for setting up Roles etc) When you get stuck on anything related to web design, get help at the Expression Web Forum , and when you need help with your database, business logic, or anything related to code behind and the asp.net controls, get help at the ASP.NET Forum . And of course there are the other tutorials on this site, and many others.