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I want to tell you more about my school trip to Dublin in March 2015.
So first,of course,one of the biggest part of our journey was the bus/boat part.Eight hours of bus,eighteen hours of boat.
It was pretty long,but the boat part was funny I think,we played hide and seek (here's a picture of Ariane's hiding,pretty ridiculous ahahah)
(love this pic,thanks Simon )
After those eighteen hours of boat,we finally arrived in Ireland! I was first chocked to see we were driving on the left side,I totally forgot irish were driving like in the uk.
Ariane,Charlotte,Aglaée and I shared an "apartment". The family who was receiving us had a huuuge house,we had an outhouse for us with our own living room,kitchen,bathroom and bedroom.It was so amazing,it felt like we were roommates!
On the first day,we went to a port,saw sea lions (so cute) and rainbows!Than we went to a Viking Museum,it was really interesting! After the museum,our teachers gave us some free time in Dublin.
We went to Starbucks because we are good tourists (they spelt my name right!!),I felt in love with a guy playing drums in the street and Violette and I almost died when we saw Boots ahah.
After our free time in Dublin,we played gaelic sports,since I'm not a sporty girl,this part of the day wasn't my favorite.But I tried and I think irish handball was the funniest.
Finally,during the night,we went to the Irish Dance party.It was really hard for me since I can't move my feet properly but it was still a good experience and I had a lot of fun!
(blurry picture sorry,but I still love it)
On sunday,we took the bus for two hours to go hiking.But since it was raining we left at 3pm and went to Tesco,a supermarket. (We found the origin of Basile's name)
Then we went back to Portmarnock and stayed a bit on the beach,the weather was okay and we took some nice pictures!
On monday we went to the farm! We made bread,danced (again,I couldn't feel my legs after the hiking,irish dancing and gaelics sports) and played irish drums.We also met some animals and I've made a new friend
After lunch,we draw on the walls!
But then it turned into a painting makeup session,I still laugh when I remember Basile's beard ahah.Sadly I don't have any picture of that...
After this little trip to the farm,we came back to the beach,but Ariane Charlotte Aglaée and I couldn't go home because we lived too far from Portmarnock and we wanted to spend the evening at the beach.So we built a hut under the trees and waited for Violette and Jeanne to finish dinner.After they did,we went to the beach and spent the evening with everyone,it was so much fun!
For our last day,we had the chance to spend it in Dublin and it was amazing.It was raining half of the time but anyways.We went shopping to TopShop,Forever21,Urban Outfiters,American Apparel,Primark,Abercrombie...So many shops it was so nice! The guys were eating at Burker King while we were eating our irish family's sandwiches....
Of course we went back to Starbucks.
At 3pm we went to a very nice museum,I loved it! Then we went shopping again,ate in town and it was already time to go home.The trip was very long,we took the boat twice and everyone was so tired.But to finish this journey well,a last picture .
My favorite moments: so many of them! All the time I spent with my friends,I learnt so many things about people,discovered new persons and I'm so glad I could! I'm also so happy I shared most of my time with Charlotte Ariane and Aglaée,we became closer and I looove them. But if I had to choose one,I would say when the girls and I sang "somebody that I used to know" in the car,on the road to the irish dancing.It was so funny,our irish mum was laughing and it was such a great moment.
The moment I enjoyed less: I really enjoyed all the journey,even the road because we were all together.So I guess the moment I didn't like was when we had to say goodbye to each other,we knew that we'll see again the next day,but it was the end of something and I was really sad.
Thanks to the teachers who organized this trip,they were so nice to us and I will never forget it.Also a big thanks to our crew (ArianeCharlotteAglaéeJeanneVioletteIntissarSimonCharlesBasileJean) we had so much fun.I only have a last thing to say....ALLEZ BRAVO!
hey guys so here's my editing of the trip if you want to see more! :)

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Dick and Philip (Japanese: ディックとフィリップ Dick and Philip) are nuclear power plants workers and are two characters of the day who appeared in Sparks Fly for Magnemite of the anime.
Dick and Philip bump into Ash and his friends when they were running away from a group of Grimer and their leader. They head into the control room to avoid the Grimer. When the Magnemite and Magneton were attacking the Grimer and Muk, they mention that Magnemite can evolve into Magneton. With all of the Grimer defeated, Muk gets weakened by Pikachu and the Magnemite Ash encountered earlier. Ash catches the Muk. After the Grimer fled, the power goes back on. With everything back to normal, Dick and Philip explain to Ash, Misty and Brock that the horde of Grimer was due to the fact that the city became dirty and it was a sign for the residence to clean up the air and water. If they do so, then the city can be restored to its former glory. Also, it turns out that the Magnemite that was interested in Pikachu was actually magnetized as it absorbed too much electricity. Since Pikachu is well, it loses the ability of magnetism. Ash and the others follow the workers' advice and say their farewells to them.
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Tennis Beauty Sania Mirza, Telangana Brand Ambassador challenged Telangana CM KCR's son KTR who happens to be the IT Minister of the state. It is known that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Gandhi Jayanthi invited many 9 celebrities to participate in Swach Bharat campaign.
Anil Ambani,Reliance MD who took accepted the challenge, after cleaning Mumbai streets with broom, challenged 9 others to take part in the program. Those who were challenged by Ambani included King Nagarjuna and Sania Mirza. While Nagarjuna accepted the challenge, he is yet to complete while Sania Mirza today completed the challenge by sweeping the roads of Prakash Nagar, Hyderabad for two hours.
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Spinach-Stuffed Beef Tenderloin
READY IN: 50mins
Recipe by jonesies
This makes a wonderfully easy entree for company. Filled with a combination of spinach, blue cheese and mushrooms, it gets rave reviews every time. Taken from the Light & Tasty Magazine.
Top Review by Chef Greg in Montgo
Very good recipe and not too hard to make. The blue cheese was too pungent when I made it the first time, so the next time I used shredded swiss instead of the blue cheese and my guests loved it.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 lb mushroom, sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 (6 ounce) package Baby Spinach (fresh, chopped)
- 4 ounces blue cheese, crumbled
- 2 lbs beef tenderloin
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper, divided
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- In a small nonstick skillet coated with nonstick cooking spray, saute the mushrooms until tender.
- Add the garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute.
- In a bowl, combine the mushroom mixture, spinach and cheese; set aside.
- Cut a lengthwise slit down the center of the tenderloin to within 1/2 inch of the bottom.
- Open tenderloin so it lies flat; cover with plastic wrap.
- Flatten to 3/4 inch thickness.
- Remove plastic; sprinkle with 1/4 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper.
- Spread spinach mixture over the meat to within 1 inch of edges.
- Close tenderloin; tie at 2 inch intervals with kitchen string.
- Place tenderloin on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
- Sprinkle with remaining salt and pepper.
- Bake, uncovered, at 425 degrees for 30 minutes or until meat reaches desired doneness (for rare 140 degrees, medium 160 degrees and well done 170 degrees).
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Reviewed by Dee
Jay and I had the opportunity on Saturday morning to experience a specially designed breakfast menu at Simpsons, one of Birmingham's Michelin Starred restaurants as organised by Birmingham Breakfast Club. Tickets had been made available a few weeks ago, but demand far exceeded supply, and a second date ended up being arranged, so we were pleased to have been able to attend.
Simpsons is one of Birmingham's best known restaurants, having held a Michelin Star since 2000. The restaurant is situated in a Grade II listed building in the Edgbaston area of the city and offers a choice of lunch time and evening menus.
The meal was served in a very pleasant dining room which sat 16 people round a large table. A choice of tea, coffee and fruit juice was offered, followed by excellent quality sourdough toast with salted and unsalted butter and Tiptree preserves.
(Note: The crab was a table decoration, not a dining room intruder)
First Course: Kedgeree
The Kedgeree was neatly presented, consisting of a buttery, herby risotto base on top of which was placed poached smoked haddock and two halves of quail egg, and finished with a garnish of deep fried parsley and finely chopped capers.
This was quite a light and delicate starter with the smoked fish rightly taking centre stage. The capers, which I thought might over balance the saltiness in the dish, were the least in evidence. It was clear that care had been taken over the timing of the cooking of the eggs to ensure that the yolks weren't allowed to run and risk drowning the other ingredients.
Second Course: Full English
The Simpsons' take on a Full English breakfast was an exercise in culinary experimentation which surprised and delighted in equal measures. The menu provided some clues towards what we would be receiving, but when it was served, it was clear that more fine-tuning had taken place.
The crispy fried duck egg was the initial attention grabber; the crispiness had been achieved by coating the egg in what looked like Kataifi pastry and then deep frying it. The egg was placed on a base of Mushroom Duxelle, with a small hash of beans and chorizo topped with crumbled black pudding alongside. Two sauces completed the dish: A light white coloured smoked bacon emulsion, and a darker pickled walnut puree, which we were informed was the restaurant's take on brown sauce.
This course offered a multitude of taste and flavour sensations: A classic combination of soft and crunchy from the crispy fried duck egg, the earthy tastes of the mushroom duxelle and the beans balancing out the saltiness from the chorizo and black pudding. The sauces were also all about contrast: A light, subtle white smoked bacon emulsion and a dark tangy and intense pickled walnut puree.
Neither Jay nor I had ever experienced a Full English Breakfast quite like this before and it was great to see a Michelin Starred take on a familiar favourite.
Third Course: Granola
Although referred to on the menu as just Granola, this was in fact a small pot containing three preparations. The granola, made from toasted almonds, was the top layer. Following this was a layer of yoghurt which had been whipped to an extremely light texture, and on the bottom was a puree of English apples and Blueberries. The initial sweetness of the granola was followed by slightly sharp tasting yoghurt and further tartness from the apple puree. I wasn't alone in detecting an interesting smoky flavour from the apple puree. It sounds incongruous to write about it like this but it wasn't out of place at all.
Service was discreet but friendly. Refills of drinks were offered periodically, and each course was introduced by one of the chefs. At the end of the meal, diners were invited into the kitchen. Some took this up but Jay and I decided to remain in the dining room and leave them to their work.
At £25 a head, this was a very reasonably priced morning's dining. I think it was a bespoke event rather than something that will be offered every weekend but if another event is advertised, it would be well worth checking out.


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BALFE BATTLES THROUGH IN BUDAPEST The Balfe Motorsport team battled against illness and almost running out of fuel to record a ninth place finish in the latest round of the FIA GT Championship, at the Hungaroring near Budapest at the ...
The Balfe Motorsport team battled against illness and almost running out of fuel to record a ninth place finish in the latest round of the FIA GT Championship, at the Hungaroring near Budapest at the weekend.
Portuguese racer Joao Barbosa was partnering regular driver Shaun Balfe for the event and two superb stints by him meant that the team was assured of ninth place as the chequered flag was being readied.
However, as the race leader crossed the line for his last lap, Joao radioed the Balfe team to tell them that the low fuel warning alarm had come up on the dashboard. The Saleen S7R was almost half a lap behind the leading car and it would force the Balfe car onto another tour of the 4.3km circuit, a lap that it might not complete.
The team swiftly checked where the race leader was on the track and advised Joao to back off and let him past, removing the need to do another lap. As he rounded the final corner, almost at a standstill, Joao was able to let the race winner through and follow him across the line.
"It was a very close call at the end of the race," explained Shaun Balfe. "The team knew that it was going to be tight on fuel from the opening stop and the refuellers were on standby in case Joao had to pit on the penultimate lap for a splash of fuel.
"We were surprised that the leader didn't ease off a lap earlier as he crossed the line with only seven seconds left on the clock. That would have made life easier for us too," he smiled.
"Joao did a brilliant job all weekend, especially in the opening and final parts of the race and his lap times were so consistent every time he was in the car. He was a great part of the team, especially this weekend."
The meeting was a tough one for Balfe as he suffered with a chest infection and with high temperatures in Hungary over the weekend it made life difficult in the cockpit of the Saleen S7R.
After Balfe and Barbosa had worked on the set-up of the car during the course of the two free practice sessions Shaun decided that he was only fit enough for a single stint behind the wheel in the three hour race.
His time in the car was also made more difficult when he found the drink system and cool suit were not working, meaning he was dehydrating incredibly quickly inside the car.
"I don't often drink that much when I'm in the car but the one time that I really needed to the switch had broken on the steering wheel and I wasn't able to get anything," said Balfe. "It definitely made life more difficult, although we didn't expect it to be this hot in Hungary," he added.
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Wireless protocol was a protocol that CTU enacted when there was issues with their landline phone connections. If the phones could not be used due to static interference or poor connections, the wireless protocol was initiated and all high priority calls were transmitted through a different connection that could allow them to be successfully connected.
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About The DCI Jones Casebook: Raymond Collins by Kerry J Donovan:
The Ray Collins Case – A novelette in 17k words to introduce Detective Chief Inspector David Jones: Birmingham, England, a sunny day in the city park. Children play, adults stroll – and a man lies dead in a pool of blood. His terrified fiancé screams for help. The assailant smiles, waves goodbye and strolls away to hide in the city.DCI Jones, together with his protégé, Detective Sergeant Phil Cryer are called to investigate the most difficult of crimes – an apparently motiveless and random attack. Hampered by a lack of resources, Jones and Cryer have to act quickly to prevent a murder spree.
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It's time for a smoking hot picture update post of highly popular Chinese girl Olwen Jin Mei Xin 金美辛! There are various mixed sets in this post; some were shot by photographer Nemon and others by Xu Xiao Hao 许小浩. Hopefully we'll get the official release of these photo shoots soon and share them in our articles. For now, enjoy these hot shots of stunning Jin Mei Xin!
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When Joseph Barkeley receives a call enlisting his services to authenticate the original draft of Bram Stoker's Dracula, he is intrigued. Ignoring the warnings from friends and family, he agrees to return to his childhood home of Romania. And hand-deliver the manuscript to a mysterious buyer. Once there Joseph discovers a truth more terrifying than he could ever have imagined. One that threatens to reignite a centuries-old family feud and bring down mankind with it. And Stoker's manuscript holds the key to ending this fatal conflict once and for all.
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"It's creepy, it has a real feeling of authenticity and for me, was a story that I absolutely loved as I devoured the pages to see what would happen next. Add to this a principle character that the readers will enjoy spending time with as well as a wonderfully dark and evocative description of the landscape and all round as a reader I was more than immersed until the final page turned. Great stuff." (Falcata Times)
"In a world where vampires are the new romantic heroes, Stoker's Manuscript is a bit of a Godsend. I, for one, am absolutely delighted to find some good old fashioned evil as sin, night dwelling, blood guzzling, crucifix hating Romanian villains... The concept is stunning... The description of the landscape and the locations is second only to actually being there... Overall, a really interesting read and I'm just as impressed by the staggering amount of effort that went into research as I am with the actual novel itself... A fantastic back-to-basics of the vampire novel with a twist, this is a seamless blend of fantasy, history and present day reality." (4 stars, The Bookbag)
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Congratulations to Nick Eaton, who has been selected to receive the American Psychopathological Association (APPA) Robins-Guze Award for 2017.This is this very distinguished organization's early career award, given to one outstanding young investigator in the field of psychopathology each year.
Congratulations to Carol Carlson, our very own undergraduate advisor who has received this year's Staff Excellence Award.
On August 6, 2016 CWP chair Dr. Earlise Ward presented the 2016 CWP Leadership Awards during the Society for the Psychology of Women awards ceremony at the American Psychological Association annual convention in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Marci Lobel was recognized as a distinguished leader for women in psychology for her distinguished and vital contributions to social psychological theory, to understanding stress, and to a theory of gendered racism.
The deadline for applications to the PhD program is December 15, 2017 for graduate study beginning in Fall 2018.
Applications to the 1-year Masters Program are accepted between January 15, 2018 to February 28, 2018 for graduate study beginning in Summer 2018.
The Stony Brook University Department of Psychology was founded in 1960 and is one of Stony Brook's largest and strongest departments, having awarded more than 800 Ph.D. degrees since its inception.
The Department offers training in Integrative Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Social & Health Psychology. One of our great strengths is our high degree of collaboration that transcends traditional academic boundaries and the numerous cross-cutting themes of study available as part of our graduate training.
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Congratulations to Ph.D. students Tenille Taggart and Sierra Kuzava who have just been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. Awardees -- chosen from close to 17,000 applicants -- represent a diverse group of scientific disciplines and from all states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and territories.


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- "I'm a member of the Imperial Senate on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan."
- ―Princess Leia Organa
A diplomat was someone involved in diplomacy, the art and practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of groups or states. Diplomats were commonly assisted by protocol droids, a type of droid programmed in etiquette and equipped with formidable language skills.[1] Diplomats enjoyed a specific form of immunity that exempted from many ordinary criminal and civil laws.[2]
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Journeys: The Phantom Menace
- Star Wars Journeys: Beginnings
- Ahsoka (Mentioned only)
- "The Voice of the Empire"—Star Wars Insider 170
- Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope (First appearance)
- A New Hope: The Princess, the Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy
- Battlefront II: Inferno Squad
- Aftermath (Mentioned only)
- Star Wars: Uprising
- Aftermath: Life Debt
- Aftermath: Empire's End (Mentioned only)
- protocol droids in the Encyclopedia (link now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)
- Star Wars: Card Trader
- Backstories: Star Wars – Princess Leia: Royal Rebel
- Protocol Droid in the Databank
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SharePoint 2016 Training and Resources
With the latest (and greatest) version of Microsoft SharePoint becoming established around the globe, Combined Knowledge brings you a wide range of SharePoint 2016 Training course materials and resources to ensure you're always at the leading edge of SharePoint knowledge.
This page hosts information on SharePoint 2016 Training, events and resources for anyone looking at SharePoint 2016 adoption, whether you are upgrading from a previous SharePoint version, or will be starting out with SharePoint for the first time.
Jump to:
SharePoint 2016 for Users
End User Training
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SharePoint 2016 for Administrators
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SharePoint 2016 End User Training
This class provides an introduction to SharePoint, teaching you how to create and edit business documents and collaborate using SharePoint. If you have been asked to contribute information to an existing SharePoint site using the Microsoft Office suite such as Word and Excel this is the course for you. The class will also benefit anyone wanting to create and update pages.
During the class you will learn best practices as you watch live, interactive demonstrations and put theory into practise with hands on exercises.
Visit the course page to book any of the dates shown below:
SharePoint 2016 End User Training - Classroom course
SharePoint 2016 End User Training - Online course
Click above to secure a place now or speak to the team: Tel +44 (0)1455 200 520 Email: email@example.com
SharePoint 2016 Power User Training
We now have several dates for the the SharePoint 2016 Training for Power Users scheduled in our Midlands, UK classrooms and as Online courses.
This will be a great opportunity for early adopters and users who will gain an advantage by being aware of SharePoint 2016 Training content before it reaches the mainstream e.g. anyone responsible for aspects of in-house User Training or supporting users.
Visit the course page(s) to book any of the dates shown below:
SharePoint 2016 Training for Power Users - Classroom course
SharePoint 2016 Training for Power Users - Online course
Click above to secure a place now or speak to the team: Tel +44 (0)1455 200 520 Email: email@example.com
SharePoint 2016 Administrator Training Bootcamp
Are you looking for SharePoint 2016 Administrator training?
Need to gain knowledge for both the 203391 Planning and Administering Microsoft SharePoint 2016 5 day course and the 203392 Advanced Technologies of SharePoint 2016 5 day course but can't afford the time away from the office?
Do you need to ensure that the course provides you with the required knowledge to take and pass the associated Microsoft examinations?
Do you want to gain the knowledge and pass the examinations?
This course is designed for you
Visit the course page(s) to book any of the dates shown below:
SharePoint 2016 Administrator Bootcamp - Classroom course
SharePoint 2016 Training for Administrators - Online course
Click above to secure a place now or speak to the team: Tel +44 (0)1455 200 520 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Configuring Hybrid Workloads for SharePoint and Office 365
Configuring Hybrid Workloads for SharePoint and Office 365 is a 3-day administrative course with hands-on labs designed to teach seasoned SharePoint Server and Office 365 administrators the details of how to prepare and deploy the various hybrid features of Office 365 to an on-premises SharePoint Server 2013/2016 farm.
Visit the course page(s) to book any of the dates shown below:
Configuring Hybrid Workloads for SharePoint and Office 365 - Classroom course
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SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Web Developer Essentials
Learn how to apply modern web programming concepts to SharePoint 2013/2016 or O365 online sites. This course covers essential HTML 5 concepts, including semantic mark up, CSS 3 improvements and how to programme in JavaScript. In addition, you will be introduced to popular JavaScript libraries and frameworks such as Knockout and AngularJS.
SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Web Developer Essentials - Classroom course
SharePoint 2016 and Office 365 Web Developer Essentials - Online course
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The Great SharePoint Developer Adventure 2016
This 5-day course explores the development opportunities available with SharePoint Server 2016. Students will learn about the tradeoffs of developing SharePoint full trust solutions versus SharePoint add-ins (aka SharePoint apps).
This course teaches students how to develop SharePoint-hosted add-ins using JavaScript, jQuery and the Angular-JS framework and also teaches students how to develop provider-hosted SharePoint add-ins using server-side C# and the ASP.NET MVC framework.
The Great SharePoint Developer Adventure 2016 - Classroom course
The Great SharePoint Developer Adventure 2016 - Online course
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An Overview of SharePoint 2016 and What's New for the IT Pro's
From Steve Smith (Microsoft Regional Director, SharePoint MVP and owner of Combined Knowledge) we have an article recently published on TechNet giving a valuable insight into SharePoint 2016, what's new in and what's changed from an IT Pro perspective.
You can also download a PDF of this article or read it on TechNet
27 Oct 2015
Hi everyone, my name is Steve Smith and I have been working with Microsoft Technology since the early 90's and I specialize in Administration and Infrastructure. Over the last 15 years I have been working a lot with the various SharePoint products as well as associated infrastructure components such as SQL server, Windows server, IIS, Azure and Office 365.
As part of my personal learning process I have always kept up with the newest versions of the products and have been taking Microsoft exams since 1996. In 1998 I qualified as a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), writing courseware and teaching others what I have learnt. In 2006 I also co-founded the UK SharePoint user Group www.suguk.org which is now the largest and most active in the world with regular meetings around the UK every month.
Contact details : firstname.lastname@example.com, www.combined-knowledge.com, twitter : @stevesmithck
As I write this article it occurs to me that this is the 6th iteration of the SharePoint server family that I have worked with. When I consider how few companies used SharePoint server 2001 to the millions that now use SharePoint on premises and SharePoint Online as part of Office365 it really is quite impressive how this product has changed the way we collaborate over the last 15 years, laying the foundation not just for Microsoft's collaboration story but also for many ISV's and Services companies around the world.
To set the scene an interesting point about this latest version of SharePoint is the fact that it came from a cloud first approach in its design. Unlike all previous versions of SharePoint that were designed first for on premises this version was being used first in the cloud and then ported to an on premises version. This means that there is much more alignment with SharePoint Online and the collaboration services in Office 365 than any previous version.
With the public preview launch of the latest version aptly named SharePoint 2016 Preview you now get a chance to see what is new in this latest release. You can download the preview bits here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48712 , it is important to note that this is a preview and is aimed squarely at the IT Pro's to get to grips with the new deployment and configuration options and also feedback their experiences / questions to the 2016 TechNet forum https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=SP2016. Before you get started make sure you are aware of some important changes to the requirements and options for installation. Some highlights are Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014 minimum but what will make many of you happy is that on the hardware side there is little difference from SharePoint 2013 in terms of disk, memory and processor needs. In fact the overall experience for installing the new version is very similar to that of SharePoint 2016 for Pre-requisites and Binary files.
A great starting point for planning and installing can be found here https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc303422%28v=office.16%29.aspx
If you are looking for more hands on technical training for the latest version I am running 2016 first look Clinics in the UK - http://www.combined-knowledge.com/Courses/Classroom/sp2016_clinic/index.html and for those in the US I am doing an online class all with full hands on labs using 8 virtual machines per student http://www.combined-knowledge.com/Courses/Online/sp2016_clinico/index.html
Before we kick off with one of the main changes for IT Pro's in the new version however let's mention what is not in this version. First there is no Foundation version, this was Microsoft's free version of the SharePoint collaboration platform and could be installed on SQL Express as well. This may confuse people as to why it is not there but the reason is straight forward, remember this version ported from SharePoint online which does not use Foundation, therefore for those currently on foundation you have two options going forward, migrate to SharePoint Server or look at migrating to Office 365. As there is no SQL express support that means there is also no option for a Stand Alone Installation which used SQL Express only a single server role that uses SQL Server.
Obviously in a single article I cannot cover every single new feature but let's first look at one of the new options from a deployment perspective Min Role. When building a new SharePoint farm you now get the choice to select what type of server role you want this server to be as shown in the below screen capture from the farm configuration wizard.
What you see here is the ability to choose from either a pre-defined role template or build your own custom role. For those of you coming from SharePoint 2013 'Custom Role' is the same as 'complete' as it allows you to configure the server with whichever services you choose. And this is where the role templates change everything. If you select 'Front-end' role for example then that is all that server can do, it cannot be a 'Distributed Cache' role as well.
This is because behind each role is a set of monitored compliancy and performance management tools. This allows the server to remain protected from rogue services being started up on the server and have telemetry reporting. The obvious downside to this approach is that you will now need a minimum amount of servers if you plan to use all of the roles. If you don't build any form of resilience then you need a minimum of 4 servers but if you want to ensure resilience of each role then a minimum of 9 servers is needed (Distributed cache requires 3 servers to be fully resilient) And this obviously does not account for any further performance optimization such as search being scaled out further. So what does this mean in the real world you ask, the bottom line is that if you are currently a SharePoint farm that has 4 – 6 servers and you cannot justify any more then you will look at configuring your 2016 farm using 'custom' role and treating it in exactly the same way you did for SharePoint 2013 / 2010, however for companies that have more Enterprise scale then using the various 'Min Roles' will be a very welcome deployment option for your new farm design.
Another Infrastructure change that is actually very important in the security of SharePoint is that Web Applications are now created with TLS 1.2 enabled by default. What this means in reality is that when building Web Applications with an SSL binding SharePoint will attempt to first communicate with clients using TLS 1.2 first which is much more secure than say SSL 3. In order to force TLS however for all communication there are additional registry changes to be made, refer to this article for how to do this https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/187498 . Be aware however that only newer browser clients support TLS 1.2 and if you also have communication with other products / servers ensure you test TLS 1.2 works for all before forcing it.
For anyone who is allowing SharePoint as an extranet solution however should consider ensuring TLS 1.2 is the only option for connections. TLS can also be used for all SMTP traffic communication from SharePoint 2016, again this must be enabled in SharePoint and supported by the SMTP mail server and if you enable it in SharePoint and the mail server is not configured no mail will flow out of SharePoint.
This is a good reference article for this and other new feature options https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt346121%28v=office.16%29.aspx
One ask from IT Pro's over the years has been the ability to patch servers without needing to take servers out of the production farm or reboot. Zero downtime patching is something that SharePoint 2016 will bring with it. Allowing Microsoft to release patches more frequently but also smaller patches that has no impact on the production farm functioning. Most IT Pro's who manage SharePoint farms will be very happy with this news.
Also for the IT Pro's one of the areas that you will increasingly become involved with going forward is building hybrid solutions. As companies start to leverage cloud services like Office 365 we will want to support both our on premises and cloud users. SharePoint 2016 has Hybrid tools built in out of the box such as OneDrive for business and MySite redirect to Office365 however as Microsoft release more services into the Cloud feature updates to SharePoint 2016 will allow you to consume those services into SharePoint 2016 on Prem. It is important to remember that many services that Microsoft develop going forward will not work on premises so if as a company we want to leverage some of those new services connectivity from on premises to cloud will be key.
One more area that has been significantly improved in SharePoint 2016 is compliancy features. Data Loss Prevention has always been a key part of any Enterprise Content Management Solution (ECM) alongside item lifecycle management. SharePoint 2016 continues where 2013 left off and then adds even more features such as new On Hold policy Site Collection templates and document delete policy templates. The most noticeable change here is that SharePoint 2016 now matches exactly what is available in Office 365 when it comes to SharePoint DLP support including sensitive data type discovery such as documents containing credit cards or national insurance numbers which should not be stored potentially in SharePoint.
As you can see from the following two screen shots what you get in SharePoint 2016 is exactly the same as what you get in Office 365. This alignment of feature sets is really beneficial for both On Premises only customers and those in a Hybrid world.
A final thought on DLP and Hybrid, consider the new Hybrid crawl appliance which allows you to create a single Index of both On Premises and Office 365 content then in Office 365 you will be able to discover data from a single EDiscovery query. To get more information on the new Hybrid Crawl Appliance check this article out http://blogs.msdn.com/b/spses/archive/2015/09/15/cloud-hybrid-search-service-application.aspx
And although this is an IT Pro article you will also notice when testing the new product that the general user UI is a lot more aligned to the look and feel of SharePoint site templates from Office 365 which again for those companies that have both environments makes users more at home regardless of which site they are logged in to.
There are obviously a lot of smaller feature changes in the product especially around the user side however to finish of this article here are six of my other useful points listed. As for a call to action, download the latest bits, have a play and post on the forums with your questions and between now and the release of RTM stated currently as Quarter 2 2016 there will be newer versions being released of the product for you to test.
- New Larger File upload beyond 2GB – You set the new size on a per Web application basis
- EDiscovery works with One Drive
- Upgrading from SharePoint 2013 to SharePoint 2016 requires no site collection upgrade process, all sites are automatically put into 2016 mode.
- Upgrading works in the same way as you did from 2010 to 2013 but you cannot upgrade from 2010 to 2016 it can only be from 2013 to 2016. Therefore when upgrading from 2010 to 2013 you must convert your site collections to 2013 mode before upgrading your content databases to 2016.
- Shared Service model still supported when upgrading from SharePoint 2013
- Many of your existing scripts for 2013 will work in 2016 and only a few minor tweaks will be needed to support the new features and installation options.
Thanks for reading and I hope you found this article useful.


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Some women seem to express power through their hair. Marisol Bueno Berrío-Ategortua is wearing blue jeans and a navy jacket when we meet, but her blow-dry speaks – "Don't. Mess. With. Me."
It's no surprise that in the late Eighties, a family friend who just happened to be quite important in local government in north-west Spain asked Marisol – "after hearing me give my opinion" – to be "president of a very big problem".
The problem was the politics of the soon-to-be-formed Denominación di Origen (quality wine region) – of Rías Baixas. "The winemakers were all fighting," says Marisol who is now proprietor of the Pazo de Señorans winery. She very clearly sorted out the squabbling because a (far less complicated) truce was reached and the creation of the DO, in 1988, gave this remote part of Spain the status it needed for wine to really take off.
Rías Baixas is a beautiful place, though you might not want to book a holiday here because it also rains a lot (1,500 mm a year, which is much more than many parts of England). You fly in to Santiago de Compostela, then drive south-west to a granitic land of pine forests and eucalyptus trees, where the Atlantic makes so many incursions into the coastline, and there are so many rivers, that you never seem to be far from water.
Albariño is the main grape here (across the border in Portugal, where it's a mainstay in vinho verde, among other things, it's "alvarinho"). A surprisingly fresh white in a country better known for its reds, it tastes of peaches, white grapefruit pith and sometimes has the salty air of the sea. Its growth since the formation of the DO has been extraordinary. According to the official figures, nearly 40 times more wine is made in Rías Baixas today than 30 years ago. In 1987 there were just 237 hectares of vines and 14 wineries, figures that more than doubled to 585 and 30 respectively the following year and kept on walloping up. Today there are 178 wineries vinifying grapes from the patchwork of small parcels of land owned by 6,677 growers.
When you stand on the terrace of one of the region's three big co-operatives – Martin Codax, founded in 1986 as discussions about a new DO were under way – and look out towards the coast, every suburban garden appears crammed with lime-green grapevines.
Grapes have traditionally been grown here by smallholders – early official figures probably conceal a number of unregistered small plots and growers – with the vines trained over pergolas so the land underneath can be used for other crops and animals. Pergolas have a gentler aesthetic than regimented rows of wire-trained vines, though that's not why they're favoured for new plantings too – growers say grapes grown on them have slightly lower alcohol and higher acidity. They also produce gigantic quantities of grapes per vine, which is terribly frowned on in modern winemaking, but perhaps it's these idiosyncrasies, in combination with the climate, that help make Rías Baixas the destination for albariño. They're trying – in Uruguay, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere – but nowhere else in the world makes albariño that has the same dappled, alive feel.
The DO originally had three sub-zones (two were added later), which were the cause of much of the original in-fighting as some winemakers wanted each zone to have its own DO. Thank goodness they didn't get their way, because frankly Rías Baixas is hard enough to say as it is without complicating matters further. (It's Ree-ass Byshass, and if you want to hear it spoken like a local there's a video clip on planetvictoria.co.uk; or just give up and call it Raxus Baxus like my friends do.)
You can taste the difference in albariño from each place – in O Rosal, where vineyards straggle right down to the Portuguese border, it tends to be more expansively peachy; inland in Condado, more closed and less aromatic; in Salnes, where 58 per cent is grown, it's, well, salty.
I wouldn't be surprised if we began to see winemakers playing around with that in the near future. Right now, while the cheaper wines tend to be light, fresh and gulpable, the more interesting stuff is aged on the lees – the bits of dead yeast that remain after fermentation – which adds texture, mass and can sometimes make a wine taste almost toasty, as if it's been aged in oak.
I need to mention food. Oh the food. Seafood, specifically. Purple and cream suckered octopus, dressed in olive oil and dusted in paprika. Tiny scallops. Spider crab croquetas. Ventresca – tuna belly – tender and soft and served with a soy mayonnaise. All these are great friends of albariño.
As for which wine to choose, Sainsbury's Taste the Difference and Tesco finest* are both good supermarket albariños that you can pick up for less than a tenner; M&S, however, is still working through its 2012 albariño, and it's tasting a bit tired and floppy. I was also hugely impressed by wines from Zarate, Fillaboa and Rodrigo Mendez.
There are three more on the right, including one from Pazo Señorans whose proprietor – Marisol, of the Hair – remained head of the regulatory council for Rías Baixas until 2007 and is still clearly quite a force.
Albariño de Fefiñanes 2013 Rías Baixas, Spain (12.5%; Waitrose selected branches, £15.99; The Wine Society, £14.95)
You can smell salty sea air in the cellar of Palacio de Fefiñanes, a 16th-century palace built from solid blocks of granite. The winery, founded in 1904, claims to be the oldest in the DO, and its female winemaker Cristina Mantilla, who's been there more than 20 years, makes my favourite straight albariño – one that dances like light through leaves.
• Try the 2014 vintage at Telegraph Wine from Waitrose
The Society's Exhibition Albariño 2013, RíasBaixas, Spain (12.5%; The Wine Society, £12.95)
A very good wine: a compact, deliberate albariño that will blossom over the next six months. Made by Pazo de Señorans. The winery is on a beautiful country estate bought by a doctor in 1979. He planned to plant kiwi trees, but there was a lot of local talk about albariño, so he decided to have a go at wine – then his daughter Marisol was appointed head of the regulatory council.
Terras Gauda O Rosal 2013 Rías Baixas, Spain (12.5%; Highbury Vintners, £16.80; also at Les Caves de Pyrene)
Not pure albariño but a smooth, rounded blend based on albariño with about 30 per cent of two other local varieties, loureiro and caiño blanco – which gives more structure, body and unctuosity. Beautiful wine, beautiful vineyards. Eighty per cent of Terras Gauda's wine is sold in Spain, so you have to look quite hard for it here. Wine-searcher.com has more stockists.
• Try other great Albariños from Telegraph Wine from Waitrose


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Theater Showcases Benefits of Plant-Wide Optimization
Plant-Wide Optimization Presentation Shows What Is Possible in Manufacturing Today
Supply chain management also has an effect. "There's a push to show real-time information from suppliers to customers," said Swim. "Sharing data is critical in today's world and will become even more so as time moves on. This drives the need for you to share more information between the process side of your facility and the packaging side, and from the plant floor to the back office MES and ERP systems."
He noted four questions customers need to answer: How do we effectively leverage our operations investment to meet changing customer demands? How can we enhance our business systems by managing data from the plant floor, incorporating this information in our planning process? Have we integrated production, maintenance and quality processes to maximize output and minimize downtime? Can we better address regulatory needs to reduce their impact on operations performance? "The PlantPAx process automation system can answer all of those questions," he said.
"Last year we introduced the creation of the PlantPAx process automation system," said Swim. "This system leverages all of the core aspects of Integrated Architecture, but also expands on the system to take on unique process and DCS-like capabilities. We enable customers to migrate DCS systems within one scalable environment for unmatched operational flexibility and visibility, integrate with industry leaders for engineering library deployment tools, create value for skid builders and process OEMs to become a direct extension of the plant system. Ultimately, plant-wide control is a unique approach which is the anchor point to driving continuous process optimization and reducing operational risk."
Swim also discussed system migration. "All of the great business values of plant-wide optimization are realized through system migration," he said. "The challenge in today's economy is to incrementally grow capabilities of the system, increase its functional life and do so at the lowest risk to daily operation with minimal capital outlays."
To accomplish this, Swim suggested a common approach to both competitive conversions and migrations from older Rockwell Automation systems. "Most automation suppliers focus either on complete replacements of existing systems to get the promised value or apply lots of software and services on top of already limited systems to extract data. Our approach is to embed migration functions such as third-party communications capabilities and I/O scanning into the architecture."
Migration modernizes, but also eliminates islands and increases system capability, explained Swim. "Instead of doing separate and complete rip-and-replace approaches to DCS or PLC systems, or using OPC servers to access the installed base, our increased capabilities in Integrated Architecture extend real-time information with data servers in the control layer and provide a multi-discipline environment to flatten the plant architecture. The result is a scalable approach with reduced risk and at the lowest cost to incrementally gain the benefits of a modern system as the basis for current and future plant-wide optimization."
In his program about doing more with less through efficient maintenance, Kevin Jacobson, interim marketing director, services & solutions, explained the state of plant maintenance and how technology can help to create continuous improvement throughout the enterprise and the plant lifecycle.
"Maintenance is facing some tough challenges today," said Jacobsen. "But we can be more efficient and get more accomplished with fewer resources by effectively scheduling and managing production throughout the plant. Every function on the plant floor plays a role in helping to achieve this goal. And your automation system can support your optimization efforts."
"The first issue putting pressure on maintenance today is the age and condition of equipment and plant assets," said Jacobson. "At last year's Automation Fair, we asked manufacturers their top barrier to higher performance, and 65% mentioned the age of their machines as the number one challenge. In addition, nearly three-quarters of all U.S. manufacturing plants are more than 25 years old. It's a deadly duo to have aging equipment and an equally aging infrastructure to maintain. This issue of aging equipment is a very real challenge affecting our ability to optimize plant performance."
Another issue impacting maintenance is the maturing workforce and rate of retirement of critical knowledge holders on the plant floor. "When we asked which trends will have the most impact on operation, 36% told us the loss of institutional knowledge was a huge threat," said Jacobson. "Companies are reporting 30-50% retirement rate of maintenance technicians in the U.S. And in Japan, it's even more serious with a 60-80% retirement rate among experienced operators and maintenance personnel projected over the next five years."
The economy also is taking its toll. "Equipment upgrades and capital improvement activities have been severely curtailed, if not cancelled," said Jacobson. "There are higher requirements for commercial financing, longer return-on-investment periods and basic uncertainty in the markets. All of this has caused companies to place a stranglehold on capital funding and delay critical investments."
Companies have looked for productivity gains wherever they can find them. One thing is clear, said Jacobson. "We have to find a way to do more with less," he said. "We believe we can help plants be more efficient and productive with aging equipment, maturing and smaller workforces and less available capital with our services-and-support capabilities."
Rockwell Automation meets everyday technical needs with on-demand transactional services available when and where they're needed, said Jacobson. "InSite Managed Services help our customers sustain the value of their manufacturing technology investment," he said. "Imagine in this age of reduced resources, a growing skills gap and financial pressure, if you had a global team of Rockwell Automation engineers intimately familiar with your site and your systems who are available 24/7. Our team becomes a virtual extension of plant engineering and manufacturing IT resources."
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