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So you've got a new mobile phone. Congratulations.
I can understand you're excited. Chances are it has a million more features than your last phone, and you're eager to try them all out. So go ahead, play with the compass, the GPS, and whatever else it has.
But please, wait until you get home before you start trying out all the ringtones.
Don't try them out on the train as you're heading to work. It's early, and most of your fellow passengers are still waking up. (Why else would they be snoring in the seat beside you?) Start making loud noises and they'll probably try to strangle you with their ID pass to make it stop.
Don't try them out at the office. Thanks to the endless phone calls, meetings and other interruptions we don't get a lot of time to actually work. So when we do finally get the time, we don't want to spend it trying to drown out the latest ringtone you've downloaded from the Internet.
(Oh, and in case you're thinking it's okay because we're all listening to music on our headphones, not even the latest noise-cancelling headphones can block out Crazy Frog.)
And for goodness sake, don't play them all to your co-workers, especially if they work in IT. The sounds may be new to you, but chances are everyone else has heard them all before. And even if they haven't, they really don't care.
Don't try them out on the train on your way home from work. Chances are everyone else in the carriage is on their way home from work as well, and after listening to managers and clients droning on all the day the last thing they want to hear is more droning from your damn phone.
On second thoughts, don't try them out at home either. Your kids will definitely have heard them before (they may have even "bought" some of them for you, which is why your phone bill is so high). And your partner may end up lunging at you with a kitchen knife—especially if they've been looking after the kids all day.
So where can you try them out? Well, if I had my way I'd say never. Just stick with whatever it came with. If you can't tell when your own phone is ringing, you need more than a new ringtone.
But if you must try them out, how about doing it in a soundproof booth? Don't have one? Call this number now! Operators are standing by to take your order.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
OK - So I have to get an overseas screening to go to Hawaii. I realize Hawaii is part of the USA, but still - we're talking about the military and the military doesn't always make sense. I am more than happy to do this, and I'm not complaining about having to do this - just so you know.
I do some reasearch online about what I'm supposed to do for this overseas screening. I find the number for the overseas screening place at NAS and give them a call. I talk with an extremely sweet girl who is more helpful than I ever could have dreamed. She explains the whole process to me in great detail, telling me everything I need to know and everything I need to do. "This is great!" I'm thinking to myself as she's explaining it to me.. "Sign me up"! I ask her if I can go ahead and schedule my appointment, and she says "SURE! ~ Let me transfer you to our appointments desk!" "THANK YOU SO MUCH", I said.
Appointments Desk : "blah blah blah blah blah can you please hold?" [ dripping with attitude]
ME: "Sure, no problem!" [ killing her with kindness]
Appointments Desk : "alright, how can I help you?"
ME: "Yes ma'am, I was transferred over to you to set up my overseas screening appointment"
Appointments Desk: "Ok, are you active duty or a dependant?" [ again with the attitude.. geez]
ME: "Dependant"
Appointments Desk: "OK, I only deal with Active Duty. You're going to need your husband to call, I don't talk to Dependents, OK? You don't come in, your husband does" [ as she's rushing me OFF THE FREAKIN' PHONE]
ME: "uhhhh, I just talked with a lady and she said that I would be able to schedule my appointment myself, thru you. She said I had to come in myself..."
Appointments Desk: "Oh, you probably talked to a [i forget what she called it] and they don't know what they're talking about. Your husband needs to call"
ME: "Okay.. I'm sorry. I'm kinda confused now.. I don't come in at all? My husband has to make an appointment and ...." [ I am interrupted by the exceptionally rude lady]
Appointments Desk: "Yes, that's what I told you before" [ with major attitude] "blah blah blah blah blah" [ i had stopped listening at this point because I took all the attitude I was going to ...]
ME: "WOW - you have a major attitude and I am not talking to you anymore. GOODBYE!" [ and I hung up on her]
At this point I am royally confused at what I'm supposed to do - so, I call the first number back and thankfully I get the same girl as before. I explained to her what the other woman said and she said, "Here, I'm gonna make your appointment for you". She even transferred me to the dental dept and they were able to schedule my appointment as well. Well, what do ya know?!
I called the appointment lady back and asked to speak with her supervisor, and she transferred me to some info desk. They were kind enough to give me the prodecure for leaving comments and boy did I ever. I was half tempted to call the appointment lady back and be like, "Umm yeah, I talked with you a few minutes ago. I just wanted to let you know that I DID make an appointment with someone else so you can suck it and I hope you go to HELL". But, since I'm a nice little girl and because I probably would have reached thru the phone and choked her to death I decided not to call.
OH MY GOODNESS she made me so mad .. this whole process is stressful enough and the last thing I need is attitude from someone who barely speaks english.. UGH!
DISCLAIMER: Thank you for allowing me to vent. Please do not think less of me after reading the comments of this blog. I promise I'm a nice girl.
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ugh! it is so frustrating when every person tells you a different story. so annoying! glad you didn't call rude girl back. it's better that way.ReplyDelete
hehe. gotta love the wonderful world of customer service. i find that so many people are rude or just trying to rush you through/off the phone that when you DO get exceptional service, it is SO nice. I try to make a point to thank those that give great customer service, and sometimes even their supervisors. (I used to work in customer service positions so I know how it goes I guess) :)ReplyDelete
Haha, I have noooo time for attitudes, I hang up and call back hoping to get someone else!ReplyDelete
Score one for the good people! I would have reported her too. I hate people who have that behavior and especially over the phone!ReplyDelete
UGH I hate people like that. I mean I really do. No point in acting like that. I'm GLAD you reported her! I just had a convo with a friend about how we shouldn't be surprised when we get good customer service, but we do! we know you're a super sweet girl :)ReplyDelete
I love how you handled this situation! Some people really shouldn't be dealing with the public.ReplyDelete
Ugh, I can't stand that. I would have reported her too! I always have problems with the appointment line where I'm at.. they always have an attitude!ReplyDelete

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Our dental team combines many years of experience with a genuine care to create for you the most comfortable and professional visit possible.
We can provide you with an array of services including: ZOOM! whitening, crowns and bridges, porcelain veneers, full and partial dentures, endodontics, and fillings. In addition, our office features the latest in digital x ray technology.
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Registered Dental HygienistWhitney has been practicing as a Registered Dental Hygienist since 1995 after graduating with a Bachelor of Sciences from West Chester University and an Associate of Dental Sciences from Harcum College. She has been with the Grabill Family Dentistry family since 2015 and has experience in both General Dentistry and Periodontics. You may find Whitney golfing with her husband and friends or playing with her rescue dogs Polly and Bocephus.
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Founding Inductee, April 24, 2011
Thank you, John Stewart, for giving Rep. Cliff Stearnsthe Skewering he deserved, on The Daily Show, April 26.
Stearns, Cliff – Rep(R) FL – Ever vigilant, Stearns wrote an ammendment to the Bill which pays disability benefits to injured 9-11 World Trade Center responders, requiring that they be investigated by the FBI, to make sure they are not terrorists.
Thank you, Rep. Stearns, now I feel safe from First Responders. But who protects us from Crazy Congressmen?


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Boyle Family is a group of collaborative artists comprising Mark Boyle (1934-2005), Joan Hills (b. 1931), Sebastian Boyle (b. 1962), and Georgia Boyle (b. 1963).
Boyle Family is best known for their earth studies, initiated in 1968 as part of the exhibition Journey to the Surface of the Earth by Mark Boyle and Joan Hills at the Institute of Contemporary Arts London. It involved the selection of 1,000 sites at random by visitors to their studio and the ICA exhibition. Participants were blindfolded and either threw a dart or fired an air rifle at a wall-sized map of the world. On travelling to a selected site, the Boyles would isolate a random area to replicate. In the 1970s their two children (Sebastian and Georgia) assisted in producing these works: three dimensional casts of the surface of the earth, which record and document random sites with great accuracy. Since 1985 they exhibited as Boyle Family. Following Mark Boyle's death in 2005, Boyle Family continues to work and exhibit internationally, and to progress the execution of their best-known work, the global World Series. Parallel and related projects include: the London Series, Tidal Series, Thaw Series, Japan Series.
Boyle Family has exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, and represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1978 and the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1987. Their work is represented in many private and public collections, including Tate Britain, Stuttgart Staatsgalerie, Los Angeles County Museum, Tokyo Metropolitan Museum, Museum Moderne Kunst Vienna.
The talk will be chaired by Professor Andrew Patrizio (University of Edinburgh).
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Over the summer time, PERC sponsored the "Teen Summer Game Days" event. Teens got to play a lot of the games offered at PERC. Tutti Frutti was played on the very first game day and it was a favorite!
Tutti Frutti is recommended for older children and their parents. When the cards are flipped over there are fruits on the other side; players must recognize the fruits in the pictures and the amount of fruits to hit the bell. It is a fun and fast game that you and your child(ren) will love!


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Another Flash Fiction entry, folks. This week it's "Game of Aspects", where Mr. Wendig supplies three lists of ten possibilities that are randomly picked via a die-roll. I received "Slasher Horror", "in the home of the gods", and "puzzle box" as my Subgenre, Setting, and Element, respectively.
So, now I present to you, "The Doom."
Edit: This story has been removed – look for it collected with more of my work in ebook format! 🙂


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Christine and I watch "Shall We Dance". A real romance, not a bad one I should say. Christine thinks I like it becasue JLo is in it, but she pales next to my beautiful wife!
The movie finishes with a great song sung by an old favorite of mine – Peter Gabriel. I plan to go out today but the CD and the red rose from the movie and impress my gal!
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LITERATURE» Full Dark, No Stars - Stephen King's new novella questions mankind's ability to trust others.
[02.21.2011 by Bridget Doyle]
MUSIC» The Top 30 Albums of 2010 - Fashionably, fabulously late, our favorite music (and believe me, there was a LOT) of 2010, the year that some have called the best year for music ever. And only some of those fools work here. Plenty of usual suspects, lots of ties and a few surprises that I won't spoil, including our unexpected #1.
[12.24.2010 by The LAS Staff]
MUSIC» Live: Surfer Blood/The Drums at Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL - Remember when Weezer used to put together records that you could sing along to and rock out to? That's what Surfer Blood's show was like!
[11.04.2010 by Cory Tendering]
Music Reviews
»Screaming Females
Castle Talk
Don Giovanni
»Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
The Social Network [Original Soundtrack]
The Null Corporation
Halcyon Digest
»No Age
Everything in Between
Sub Pop
Body Talk Pt. 1/ Body Talk Pt. 2
»The Walkmen
Fat Possum
September 27, 2007Rating: 7.5
Let's start out by being completely frank: I like comic book movies. Some critics seem to think that any film with a Marvel logo at the beginning is part and parcel of the decay of contemporary cinema, but I disagree. Perhaps this is partially due to my childhood obsessions with titles like X-Men, Alpha Flight, and The New Mutants, but the fact remains that many modern-day films based on comic books are actually quite good. The most obvious case in favor of illustrated icons being adapted to the big screen can be made with the X-Men series of films, at least the installments with Bryan Singer at the helm, anyway. Spider-Man and its sequels have been both popular and critical successes, although the franchise seems to be wearing a bit thin with the third and most recent entry in the series. Ghost Rider was also a big hit, and while Daredevil and The Punisher kind of sucked, it was undeniably cool to see those iconic characters given their theatrical due. Of course any discussion of comic book originals or film adaptations would be remiss without mentioning the Hollywood versions of The Fantastic 4.
Stan Lee's group of gamma ray-mutated superheroes were always on the campier side of the comic-book spectrum, having more in common with Spidey's pop culture-referencing, humor-laden storylines than the X-Men's hyper-serious, metaphorical plotlines. The same holds true for the F4 movies. The first film, 2005's Fantastic 4, was a silly but pleasurable origin story for the group's core of characters: Mr. Fantastic, The Human Torch, The Invisible Woman, and The Thing. Rise of the Silver Surfer, the second of the F4 films, was helmed once again by the original's director, Tim Story, and is now available on a two-disc DVD set. This film keeps the lighthearted humor and sometimes (intentionally) cringe-inducing banter of Fantastic 4 intact, while supplying a wallop of special effects that surpasses those of the first. More importantly, an iconic character of the Marvel universe is introduced, a sort of Zen-like counter-culture figure, who also proves the folly of blindly following orders - the Silver Surfer.
The film begins with the Surfer arriving on Earth, intent on destroying the planet to feed his master, Galactus. The Surfer's descent to terra firma unfortunately coincides with the wedding of Reed Richards (the uptight Ioan Gruffudd) and Sue Storm (the sultry Jessica Alba). After the escapades of the first film, the 4 are now a team of celebrities, and they mostly seem to be eating up the attention, especially Johnny Storm (Chris Evans). After a stupidly appealing club sequence in which Ben Grimm (Michael Chiklis) and Reed dance, the latter using his stretching abilities to get literally "loose," the wedding is interrupted as the United States government enlists the Fantastic 4's help to rid the planet of the Silver Surfer's menacing presence. Of course, things aren't always what they seem. The Surfer isn't really such a bad guy, and Dr. Doom, once again played by Julian McMahon, is really helping out the government for his own nefarious reasons.
All of these plot details should really come as no surprise, but what makes it all work is the natural chemistry of the cast and the light, playful touch that director Story uses in putting it all together. Spectacular set pieces reproduce everything from Greenland to China to Germany's Black Forest, and as mentioned before, the special effects are stupendous. Still, Story resorts to campy swish-pans in scenes where the four main characters are relaying crucial dialogue, creating a sense of delirious urgency about issues like Johnny's "unstable molecules." Huh? It doesn't really matter, because in the comic-book world of the Fantastic 4, it's not so much the minor details that are sweat, but rather the ability to entertain with tongue planted firmly in cheek, without ever crossing into the land of utter stupidity. This Fantastic 4 franchise - and there will surely be more installments to come - is consistently saved by its insistence on keeping things as far away from serious as possible with a knowing wink and smile, something Spider-Man 3 attempted but failed to accomplish the moment that Peter Parker strutted down the street to the Bee Gees.
Bonus materials included with the DVD release of Rise of the Silver Surfer consist of several featurettes, most notably a 45-minute "Making Of" documentary detailing the pre-production and shooting of the film. A bunch of deleted scenes are also available for viewing with optional commentary from Tim Story, as well as a feature-length commentary from Story and one from the producer, writer, and editors. SEE ALSO: www.f4ssdvd.com
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First of all, the poll I have about this storm will remain open until Wednesday afternoon, so there is still time left to vote. The current results are:
Rain – 2 votes
Mix of rain, snow, sleet – 8 votes
Snow – 13 votes
Blizzard – 6 votes
Now onto the storm. Several days ago, weather forecasting models such as the GFS and Euro showed a giant snowstorm for the area, which if happened, would produce near blizzard conditions across the Interstate 95 corridor and heavy snowfall. However, since then, there has been a change in the forecast, and the weather models began trending further north and west with the location of this storm. Now, most of the models have trended far west enough with this storm that coastal locations would see mainly rain from the solutions that the models have. This westward trend is typical with storms that are in the long range, as so far this winter, most of the storms that have affected us were shown to be further east than they actually were about a week prior to the storm affecting the region. This storm proved to be no different. The latest run of the NAM (12z run) had a completely different scenario and took this storm out to sea, which proves that there is still a great deal of uncertainty and that we will have to wait until at least late Tuesday/Wednesday before we have a better idea of what happens, which is why this is only a generally low confidence preliminary discussion/map.
Remember that this is only a preliminary scenario map, there are still a few days until this storm reaches the area, and things can still change. Do not consider this as the final solution.
We will first see a coastal low moving north northeast from the eastern part of North Carolina, staying close to the coast. However, we are not looking at the cold air to immediately take over, as there will be a weak low pressure area in the Great Lakes that will prevent that from happening at first. As a result, the coastal low will start out mainly warm, with rain starting from the coast and reaching as far west as up to 50 miles west west of the I-95 corridor. Areas further west than that will start out with a snow or a wintry mix.
The storm is then expected to rapidly intensify, and then slow down or nearly stall. By this time, which should be later on Friday, the storm will be able to draw in cold air, with the rain/snow line moving further east. The question is, where will the storm slow down and/or stall, as it is very important in finding out how much snow we get. I am thinking at this time that it happens in western Massachusetts, which combined with the entering cold, would mean that the area will then change over to snow. However, we would not see a significant snowfall, but rather a lighter snowfall, with a wintry mix possible for western Long Island and eastern Long Island staying all rain. The storm will then begin to weaken, with precipitation ending on Saturday.
Different Possible Scenarios: As I said before, this is only a preliminary scenario map, and there are still several different solutions that have to be considered:
1. The storm manages to phase and intensify earlier, resulting in a brief rain to a prolonged snow event for the area.
2. The storm continues to trend west and becomes warmer, resulting in mainly rain to a mix for the area.
3. The storm trends a little more south and east, resulting in a snowier solution for the area.
4. The storm ends up intensifying too far east, resulting in scattered rain/snow showers for the area.
Now for the details about the map:
Green zone: Mainly rain, possibly changing to light snow showers at the end for the northern half of this region (from the Jersey Shore to Cape Cod).
Light Purple zone: Rain to start, changing over to wintry mix/snow. Lighter accumulations possible.
Dark Purple zone: Rain or mix to start changing over to snow. Heavier snow accumulations possible.
Light Gray zone: Plain snow zone with no mixing. Lighter to moderate accumulations possible.
White zone: Jackpot area for snow with the storm. Heaviest snow accumulations are possible in this region.


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Moriarty powers to victory at Shannon
Colm Moriarty carded a four under par round of 68 to win the Dr William Flynn Memorial Pro-Am at Shannon on Monday.
The winner of last year's PGA Ulster Championship, produced a bogey free round of golf to beat David Ryan, Damien McGrane and Liam Bowler by two shots.
The 35-year-old went to the turn in three under 35 with birdies at the third, fifth and eighth.
He continued his smooth progess after the turn, carding eight pars and a birdie at the par four 15th.
Damien McGrane and his team of amateurs claimed the pro-am prize with a fine score of 92 points.
Dr William Flynn Memorial Pro-Am
Sponsored by Taylor Made
at Shannon Golf Club (Par 72)
1 C Moriarty (Drive Golf Performance Ltd) 68
T 2 D Ryan (Cahir Park GC); D McGrane; L Bowler (Wexford GC) 70
T 5 E Brady (Clontarf GC); N Murray (Massereene GC); C Molloy (Blackwood GC); M McDermott (Pure Golf Leopardstown) 71
T 9 J Bolger (Kilkenny GC); D Higgins (Waterville GC); N O'Briain (Old Conna GC); D Sugrue (Killarney Golf & Fishing Club) 72


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The Sper 850013 Advanced Data Logging Sound Level Meter has a single dynamic range covering 30 – 130 dB, with all test parameters displayed on the large backlit LCD. The 850013 has a Type 2 microphone with meter response of 0.1 dB and accuracy of ±1.4 dB on the display that features an analog bar graph and digital reading. The meter has "A" and "C" weighting, fast and slow response, min/max and over/under alarms, and automatically records up to 31,000 records for later download and analysis. 99 data sets with date, time and measured values can be recalled to the units LCD. Bi-directional USB port enables control of the instrument via its on-screen image using included software as well as data download, separate AC and DC recorder outputs are available. Can be calibrated with 2-point acoustic calibrator as per OSHA regs and can be ordered with NIST traceable calibration as P/N 850013C.
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- Single dynamic range covering 30 – 130 dB
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- Optional 16 ft extension cable for remote placement of microphone
- Data-log 31,000 readings for download and analysis
- Display recall 99 data sets with date, time and values
- Min/max and over/under alarms
- Bi-directional USB port with software included
- Separate AC and DC recorder outputs
- Calibrates with 2-point acoustic calibrator per OSHA standards
- NIST traceable calibration available
The Sper Advanced Data Logging Sound Level Meter kit, P/N 850013, includes the meter, windscreen, USB cable, software, recorder output plug, instruction manual, calibration tool, 4 AA batteries and foam-lined protective case.
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Schools' options for providing supplemental learning resources to at-risk students and accelerated learners are opening up. A group of venture investors have awarded $7.5 million in financing to Advanced Academics, an Oklahoma City company that delivers online learning to students in grades seven through 12, the company announced June 6.
"In a difficult environment for venture capital, I believe securing this level of financing sends a strong message about our achievements thus far, as well as the future of our business model," said Baxter Brings, president and CEO of Advanced Academics. "We have solidified our executive team with top talent in the education publishing industry, correlated our course offerings to more state standards, increased the number of states where we have certified our teachers, and continue to deliver the best possible online experience for high school students."
Advanced Academics' new investors are Council Ventures, of Nashville, Chrysalis Ventures, of Louisville, Ky.; and Prosperitas Investment Partners, also of Louisville. Previous investors who participated in the financing were Chisholm Private Capital Partners and American Fidelity Group, both of Oklahoma City.
Since January 2002, Advanced Academics has added eight new states for operation: Alaska, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Washington. Three recent new contracts include a pilot project with the Detroit Public Schools, the Seattle Public Schools, and the South Brunswick, N.J., Public Schools. Brings says additional major contracts will be announced during the summer.
Under the business model Advanced Academics offers to schools, a staff of certified teachers at the company handles all aspects of the learning experience, including course development, assessment, grading, and 24/7 availability for interaction with the student via real-time chats, eMail, and telephone calls. According to Brings, the company also provides custom reporting and time monitoring of student activity that can be viewed online not only by the district, teacher, and student but also by parents and guardians. Advanced Academics also provides all data necessary for accreditation and funding, plus financial and audit records.


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AssociateDirectorofHealthInequitiesProgram now what in hell is that? Sounds like an Obama-inspired ACORN-encrusted BS no show job. But he sure had enough time on his hands to dream up an interesting entrepreneurial experiment
DURHAM (WTVD) -- The FBI says a Duke University official offered his 5-year-old adopted son for sex over the internet.
Frank M. Lombard, 42, now faces federal charges. He is an associate director of the Health Inequalities Program at Duke's Center for Health Policy.
Investigators say they learned of Lombard's alleged activities through an informant who is also facing sex charges.
According to an arrest warrant, Lombard made the child sex offer to a member of the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police working with the Northern Virginia Regional Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force during an online chat session.
The police yanked the two kids; guess how long before the kids are right back with this animal? Guess how much play this will get in the MSM as it involves the molestion of a child by a protected class of pervert?
The warrant says Lombard lives in Durham with a gay partner, and that he has two adopted children.
It says he told the investigator "he could not molest the adopted 5-year-old child when his partner was around, however the partner was leaving for a four-day business trip the next day, which would allow him the ability to molest the child just as he did the last time his partner had left town."
The warrant goes on to say that Lombard admitted to drugging the child with Benadryl during the molestation. It also goes into graphic detail about the molestation - including accusations Lombard performed oral sex on the child.


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Below is the link for questions collection of all 8 semesters for ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS. You can download the PDF for each semester.
Click Here to download Question Collections.
is it happening to me only or to other too? every time I click the link civil engineering pops up in place of electronics engineering
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The article was recently published in the current edition of Advances in Archaeological Practice, and is focused upon the documentation and analysis of Caddo NAGPRA vessels from the Vanderpool site in East Texas. This effort was the pilot study for a much larger/broader study of Caddo ceramic vessels that will begin later this summer. We are very grateful for the comments and constructive criticisms that developed in our discussion of this project, and hope that you enjoy the article.
The article is available for download on the Advances in Archaeological Practice website (here), and in our institutional repository (here).
A special thanks to Mr. Robert Cast of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and Mrs. Patti Haskins and the Gregg County Historical Museum for allowing access to this collection of NAGPRA vessels.


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What an awesome few years it has been for investors. Despite morbid political headlines in the Middle East and Europe and worrying economic news from, well, everywhere, markets for risk assets have been on a tear.
The numbers are gaudy. Over the past 5 years (through July 25, 2014), an investment in an S&P 500 ETF (SPY) delivered an annualized return of 17.5%, more than double the long-term average for U.S. stocks. From the market bottom, steady investors have about tripled their nest egg. Less attractive but still solid, non-US developed markets (EFA) have annualized at 10.3% for five years. Fixed income investors have also done well, especially in riskier credits. The primary high yield ETF (HYG) is up on average 11.2% over this same period.
Equally important, it's been a relatively calm period since the start of the rebound, with the exception of a nasty but brief period in 2011. And since then, major markets have barely wobbled. In the 618 trading days since the start of 2012, there have been only eight in which the S&P 500 dropped more than 2%, and the biggest loss was just 2.5%. On up days, there have been only four with greater than 2% gains. Slow and steady has the the m.o. for a long time now, reflected in VIX levels flirting with all-time lows.
In the meanwhile, there's a multi-year bull market of another kind that's also worth mentioning: the field of behavioral finance. The seminal event of this surge was the critical and popular success of Daniel Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow. In that wonderful book, Kahneman recaps his stellar career with colleague Amos Tversky and their path-breaking research into the cognitive and emotional biases that impact us all (and define who we are). They provactively discuss the many heuristics we use to make sense of a noisy world. There is now a seemingly endless parade of books and blogs elaborating on these ideas.
A main theme of the behavioral finance literature is that many of the financial decisions we make are, in retrospect, unwise. Biases that are hard-wired in our brains lead us to do things that we probably would want to do differently, if given a Mulligan. Fear and greed end up being unreliable tour guides for our journey.
If we juxtapose these two phenomena, a big question arises: How should we be thinking about the investment decisions we're currently making and anticipate making in the foreseeable future? Bull markets stoke complacency and inspire greed. And non-decisions -- doing nothing -- count as well. To channel the best in Canadian classic rock, "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."
So here are some basic considerations that I think are sensible for our current situation (and that I'm trying to think through as a personal investor):
The fear of missing out. This is that nagging feeling that your friends and neighbors are getting richer than you are. You probably don't know if this is true; regardless there is a sense of frustration and even envy that you haven't participated as much in the bull market's spoils. As good times keep going, this fear of missing out -- and not keeping up -- grows. Thus you maintain or even increase your exposure to risk assets, especially stocks. We start to play hypothetical mind-games and a lot of "if only" scenarios: If only I had invested more on _____ (fill in the date), then I would have ____ (fill in the amount) more in wealth. Thus, we sometimes feel compelled to make decisions that are actually more about trying to address the consequences of previous decisions (I deliberately did not use the word "mistake," as that's a complicated concept) than make a sound decision based on current circumstances.
A relative value mindset. As you think about your next buy decision, are you now mostly comparing how your investments are doing versus other instruments, especially strong performers? Are you thinking that because stock or fund X is up "only" 100% that it is cheaper or more attractive seeing how stock or fund Y is up 200%? Be careful with this line of thinking. It might leave you vulnerable to taking more risk than you might be comfortable with. Perhaps the most elegant description of investing I've seen comes from Howard Marks, who wrote "It's the investor's job to intelligently bear risk for profit." It's such a loaded phrase (in a good way) that I'll likely blog about it in a separate piece, but for now the point is this: Are you likely to be compensated for the risk you are taking by owning a specific asset? That is a question about absolute value, and it's the right one to ask. Bull markets often compel us to think about relative value, which can get us into trouble.
Downplaying risk. It's sometimes easy to forget that there is a relationship between risk and return. It's not the case that taking more risk necessarily produces better returns, even over the very long run, as some investments destroy value, even falling to zero. But the relationship holds that there is no free lunch. When the market seems like it's on autopilot, it can feel like you're getting something for nothing. But that's just not true. Further, as assets get more expensive (reflected in an increase in valuation, not necessarily price), they by definition have less upside. As a form of recency bias, we tend to believe that what recently happened will continue to happen, so this multi-year calm can lull us into a false sense of security. Confirmation bias, another classic bugaboo, can also be supercharged during bull (or bear) markets, in that we tend to seek and find information that supports our prior beliefs. If we're feeling comfortable and not thinking about risk, there's a good chance we are absorbing content and socializing with others who reinforce, instead of challenge, the status quo.
Bull markets produce lots of financial wealth, but they also spur a host of unpleasant emotions, like greed, complacency, envy, and regret.
No one is immune from this predicament, one that is probably aggravated by this particular market's steady upward grind. Aggressive investors are frequently reminded they could have made even more if they pushed harder. Conservative, especially bearish, investors fare worse, both financially and emotionally. Losing when others are winning is a lousy feeling. It's not pleasant to feel out of sync with the rest of the world (as reflected by "the market"), and even to begin thinking that "the market is wrong," which can be a dangerous mindset. What's left is the tough (often subconscious) decision to be stubborn or capitulate, neither of which feels entirely right.
Here in mid-2014, is the market wrong? Note that I've offered these considerations above without any argument as to where the market might go next. There's a simple reason for that: I don't know. All of us, including the experts, are lousy at predicting the future. Is the market ready for a tumble? Sure, according to some very smart people. Or maybe not, according to some other very smart people.
Alas, the point is, we need to manage our portfolios -- and our emotions -- not knowing what's coming next.


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The manner in which I process the world is firstly internal. Something happens, whether good or bad, and I send it through a thirty-organ process before I am able to physically respond. Often, I don't even realize my body is computing an emotional response until it blurts out in word vomit on someone else's shocked face or I'm caught in an inexplicable bout of darkness with nubby fingers and bitten nails stuck in my teeth.
I certainly believe there are many benefits to being an internal person. I am grateful for my appreciation of deep-thinking and fresh ideas, my slow-to-speak persona, and my sensitivity to others which is threaded through all. Still, as every strength has a downside, being an inwardly focused individual, I have my fair share of personal challenges. Most dangerous of all, my kryptonite is that my emotional response to a stressful situation can quickly turn from internal-processing to escapism. It's as if I go bungee jumping off the edge of the earth without a bungee. I leap into the chasm that is myself, and too often I get lost, not knowing how I got there or how to get back out.
I'm challenging myself this week to recognize when I turn inwardly–not because internal processing is bad (it's really good)–but, because it is beneficial to know myself and when I tend to slip into that chasm, so I can start to learn how to bungee wisely back out of the darkness. Perhaps when I catch myself becoming inwardly focused, I can make intentional efforts toward outward action so that I don't stay inside–I don't get lost in myself. And maybe, I can refine my abilities of processing internally. I could organize the filing cabinets of my mind and implement pragmatic systems that make it a lot easier to not get lost within myself.
I think of my wife, and of how I can help her when I'm plummeting internally. It can be difficult to communicate with her (or with anyone for that matter) in an inward moment, but it could be highly beneficial, both to her and to me as to our marriage, if I could take an outward step toward conveying my internal gear-shifting. She is my number one, my coach, my partner; she can encourage me while still allowing appropriate time to process internally what I need to work through.
I honestly don't know if this piece has a bullseye. I don't think I'm landing on any profound new idea or even offering a shot at wisdom. This piece might be an example of my internal processing. So, in summary, my goal is to recognize when I am becoming internal, identify when I'm slipping from internal-processing to unhealthy escapism, take healthy outward steps so as not to get lost in myself, and refine my ability to cope with stress in a manner that honors my bend toward internalization without bowing down to it.
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Monday, March 5, 2007
Chinese Ownership of Mexican Port Causing
By Nancy Conroy
Chinese control of worldwide port facilities
is an issue that should be reexamined in light of recent concerns about rising Chinese influence around the globe. The Chinese company Hutchison Whampoa, owned by Chinese billionaire Li Ka Shing, controls 35 major ports
in the world, including the four most important ports in Mexico.
Hutchison is about to build a brand new port at Punta
Colonet, a Baja California cove located just two hours south of the US border. In
the event of a conflict with China, a Chinese built and controlled port so close to the US could potentially function as a
staging area for hostile activities. Also, the US should keep an eye on Huchison's
remarkably friendly relationship with the Mexican government.
Hutchison Ports Holding, part of the Hutchison Whampoa
group, runs 35 ports including the Bahamas, Buenos Aires, and two in the Panama Canal. And again, it is owned by Li Ka Shing,
China's most influential billionaire who is known as "The Superman of the Orient." In 2003 Forbes magazine
ranked him fifth among the world's ten "most powerful" billionaires, behind Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, Silvio
Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch.
A 1998 declassified Army intelligence report
stated "Li Ka-shing, the owner of Hutchison Whampoa [Limited] … is directly connected to Beijing and is willing to use
his business influence to further the aims of the Chinese government."
During the public debate over the Panama Canal turnover
in 1999, several members of Congress expressed concern about Hutchison's control of ports on both sides of the Canal. The critics argued that Hutchison's involvement essentially meant that control
of the strategic waterway was being handed over to the communist Chinese government.
Admiral Thomas Moorer told The New American magazine that "The Chinese penetration of Panama has been effected primarily through an entity
known as the Panama Ports Company, a front corporation for Hutchison-Whampoa Limited, a Communist Chinese-controlled company
owned by Hong Kong billionaire Dr. Li Ka-shing. Dr. Li's business empire has long been intertwined with enterprises
that front for the Communist military and intelligence arms of the People's Republic of China. Ten percent of his Panama
Ports Company is owned by China Resources, the commercial arm of China's Ministry of Trade and Economic Cooperation."
If Hutchison Whampoa is connected to the Chinese
government, the US should take notice of this company's plans to build a new port in Baja California. The new port would be located two hours south of the US border, at a remote location called Punta Colonet.
The area is desolate, totally empty, far from populated
areas, and prying eyes could easily be kept out. All infrastructure, railways,
roads and port facilities would need to be constructed from the ground up. During
construction, it would be reasonable to cordon off the construction area and keep people out for security reasons.
The Chinese could quietly erect "special"
installations disguised as something else, unnoticed amongst the massive construction project.
Then Chinese ships could unload cargo items directly into the dual-purpose installations, or send presents to the US
via the connected railway. Viola! A Chinese military base 200 miles from the
United States.
The ability to pull off such a maneuver would require
enormous political clout in Mexico, which Hutchison already has. Tijuana politician
Jaime Martinez Veloz has alleged that Hutchison has a track record of power mongering and insider maneuvering in Mexico.
Martinez said that Hutchison obtained the concession
to operate the Lazaro Cardenas port using a method that Martinez described as "a vile swamp of transnational, governmental
and business corruption." He added, "the favoritism and partiality
of the Mexican port authorities towards the oriental consortium Hutchison has 'inexplicable' reasons, but one
day they will be known."
Martinez also mentioned that Hutchison's owner,
Li Ka Shing, might have a track record of making enormous donations to political parties in various countries.
Former Baja California governor Ernesto Ruffo is
now functioning as Li Ka Shing's Mexican front man, promoting the port in conjunction with rich local partners. The permits for the project are not in place, and there are pending lawsuits, but
the Chinese victory already looks like a done deal.
Anyone concerned about a possible conflict with China
should take a close look at the plans for the new Punta Colonet port, since the project could provide a bit more than what
was bargained for.
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Acoustic Duo
Consists of Guitar and Vocals.
2 x45 minutes set.
Lighting and PA
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Acoustic trio
Consists of Guitar, Vocals and percussion.
2 x 45 minutes set
Lighting and PA
Package Three
4 Piece band 2 x 45 minute set
lighting and PA
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Finish no later than 12am midnight
Wedding Package One
4 Piece band 2 x 60 minute set or 3 x 40 minute set
lighting and PA
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Finish no later than 12am midnight
Playlist between sets.
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5 Piece band 2 x 60 minute set or 3 x 40 minute set
Keys player
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Finish no later than 12am midnight
Playlist between sets.
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6 Piece band 2 x 60 minute set or 3 x 40 minute set
Keys player
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Finish no later than 12am midnight
Playlist between sets.
First dance request
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Locked Out Of Heaven – Bruno Mars
Runaway Baby – Bruno Mars
Treasure – Bruno Mars
Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars
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Sex On Fire – Kings Of Leon
Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon
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Love Foolosophy – Jamiroquai
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Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny Kravitz
Place Your Hands – Reef
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Breakfast At Tiffany's – Deep Blue Something
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I Kissed A Girl – Katy Perry
Price Tag – Jessie Jay
Domino – Jessie Jay
Crazy – Gnarls Barkley
Crazy In Love – Beyonce
Happy – Pharell
Get Lucky – Daft Punk
American B0y – Estelle
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
Moves Like Jagger – Maroon 5
Mercy – Duffy
Black & Gold – Sam Sparrow
Gotta Get Through This – Daniel Beddingfield
All About That Bass – Meghan Trainor
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I'm Yours – Jason Mraz
Can't Get You Out Of My Head – Kylie Minogue
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Next To Me – Emeli Sande
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Somebody That I Used To Know – Gotye
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I Wish – Stevie Wonder
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Alright Now – Free
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Does Your Mother Know – Abba
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Mustang Sally – Wilson Pickett
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Proud Mary – Tina Turner
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Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Twist & Shout – The Beatles
Day Tripper – The Beatles
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I Want You Back – Jacksons
Higher And Higher – Jackie Wilson
Midnight Hour – Wilson Pickett
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Son Of A Preacher Man – Dusty Springfield
Easy – Commodores
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We Are Family – Sister Sledge
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Long Train Running – Doobie Brothers
Kiss – Prince
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50s And Rock 'N' Roll
Johnny B Goode – Chuck Berry
Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
A Little Less Conversation – Elvis Presley
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
Tutti Fruitti – Little Richard
Long Tall Sally – Little Richard
Good Golly Miss Molly – Little Richard
Rock Around The Clock – Bill Haley And The Comets
Stand By Me – Ben E King
Auld Lang Syne
That's What Christmas Means To Me
Jingle Bell Rock
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CHICAGO, IL – We've all had restless nights of sleep; but how many of us decide to put a camera in our bedroom to see why? A Chicago woman, Iris Alamo, did just that in an attempt to catch slumber-disrupting anomalies.
The video shows Ms. Alamo sleeping peacefully when oddly, the door opens wide by itself. Immediately after, a tug on her blankets shocks her awake. As she sits up in bed, a strange orb of light can be seen fleeing the bed at the bottom right of the frame.
Even freakier is what happens after she turns the lights on – the orb appears to turn them off once more.
She captions the video on Facebook with this matter-of-fact response: "took almost a year but finally caught something on video" and concludes that "this is probably why I can't sleep at night."
Caution must be exercised when these videos are produced, however, considered that they can be easily altered and circumstances embellished. One wonders why a video recorder would be set up in a bedroom to observe sleep patterns unless the effects of disturbances have been observed in the past.
On the flip side – we cannot automatically assume that it is a fake. Demonic interference's occur on a regular basis and have, in fact, been on the rise. However, we can take great comfort in the Word of the Lord and His great protection.
"Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and, as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end, keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints," Ephesians 6:10-18
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- Bottle feeding difficulties
- Tugging at their ears
- Unexplained crying
- Lack of appetite
- Unable to have bowl movements
- Not wanting to sleep or be held in different positions.
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Is server-side caching good or bad? This question can create many heated discussions. Since I'm from Sweden, I like what we call the golden middle course. We even invented a word, lagom, which means something like not too much and not too little. (This is my favorite expression in Swedish and therefore I just have to tell it to the world all the time.) Obviously, whether it is good or bad depends upon the context. In this article I will try to show that there are situations when server-side caching can be useful by showing how it can be done with different techniques based on COM+.
There are a lot of different solutions to choose from; therefore I will not invent one of my own. Instead I will test a few that have been around for a while such as the Shared Properties Manager (SPM), LookupTable, Global Interface Table (GIT), Commerce.Dictionary, and more.
This article is written for Visual Basic developers and I will focus on presentation-independent caching of data in configured COM+ components. All tests and code will work in MTS too if you are using NT 4. I will not show any results from MTS, only from COM+.
Even though I will show some results from my tests, my goal with the article is to encourage you to do tests on your own, so that you get results applicable to your own environment and for a real application.
I ran my tests in an environment with a very simple architecture. My default architecture is a lot like the one used by Duwamish OnLine. For the configured COM+ components Duwamish calls the different layers Workflow, Business Logic, and Data Access. (Mostly to get a nice sort-order in project groups in VB, I call them Application, Domain, and Persistence Access instead, but that's another story.)
Where does the caching tested above fit in? In my opinion the most typical place would be the Data Access Layer. Be very sure that you encapsulate all the caching so that you can change it at will easily and without risk.
All the tests discussed in this article have been run in my lab. All the machines are totally untuned. The database server machine is running SQL Server 7 (sp2) on Windows 2000 Server. This 650 Mhz server has 256 MB of memory. The COM+ components are running on a 2 x 533 Mhz Windows 2000 Server with 256 MB of memory. The simulated clients are running on a 266 Mhz NT 4 Workstation (sp4) with 128 MB of memory. The network is a switched 100 Mb and very lightly loaded.
To run the tests, I added the following in the Operating Systems section in boot.ini:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="ONE CPU" /fastdetect /onecpu
That way I created a boot-selection to disable one of the CPUs to do the single CPU-tests.
Developers often believe that if they double the number of CPUs, the throughput will increase 100%. That is of course not the case. Other parts of the system will become bottlenecks, and contention will often be the enemy.
However, it is very important to have an SMP computer in your test environment to help find bugs before you go into production with your applications. I'm always surprised to find that only about 5% of the attendees at my MTS/COM+ course say they have an SMP in their testing environment. Developers often have SMPs in their customer's production environment, but not in their own testing environment. This is not a realistic choice. In this scenario, problems often occur in production and not in testing, but when the CPUs in production are disabled to make it a one-way box, the problem could not be duplicated
For my company, a one-man-shop, I tried to borrow a dual processor machine for my tests. When I asked around, none of my friends at different companies (and now I am talking about large companies) had an SMP in their testing environment--at least not one running Windows 2000. I finally decided to ask a friend to build me a cheap SMP machine, with off the shelf components. However, when I executed the tests for this article on my SMP, I ran into a problem with the Shared Properties Manager (SPM) that I couldn't duplicate on my other machines. But I'll talk more about this later.
I decided to test two different things:
Reading a static value; in this case, the VAT (Value Added Tax). (This value could be implemented as a constant, but then a recompile would be needed if and when it is changed.) The value fetched is of the datatype single. By static I mean a value that is changeable with some administrative work, but doesn't require recompilation. Typical examples are the VAT or values needed for business rules that seldom change.
To read some semi-static values; in this case, the id and description of all products that a company produces. The values fetched will be a string with information about approximately 60 products and the total size of the string will be approximately 800 bytes. By semi-static I mean data that is seldom changed, but it must be updateable without the support of an administrator. Since these values are semi-static, they will change every now and then, but I don't want any user to see an old value at any time. Therefore, it is a requirement that the value seen by the user must always be the same value that is stored, at least at the point in time when the component fetches the value.
I wrote a third test to update the semi-static data, but I won't show any results from that test since the updating doesn't happen often and therefore, is not time critical.
Figure 1. ITest Interface
To really stress the COM+ server, I decided to create a loop at the server side for each call from the client tier. This code shows how the looping is accomplished and Figure 1 shows the methods in the ITest interface.
Private Function ITest_StaticFetch() As Single
Dim intI As Integer
For intI = 1 To StaticMax
ITest_StaticFetch = StaticFetch()
Next intI
End Function
For both the static and semi-static tests I made 10 calls to the caching mechanism for each call from the client. If I made only one call for each call from the client over DCOM, the DCOM call would take perhaps 90% of the time, and therefore the different caching mechanisms would appear to have similar performance. My descision is realistic to some degree since it is common to fetch several values from the cache at each client request. This also helps to make the tests more CPU-bound on the COM+ server.
Performance comparisons can vary for many reasons and with distributed applications, the problem is much worse. Note that the results I give in this article are only an indication of what you might see in your own environment. You'll also note that the code is written as simply as possible to perform the task, often at the expense of good coding style. (See Example of Code Structure for COM+ Component.)
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The Galway Races, to some, might just be a perfect occasion to meet up with some old friends and make new acquaintances, but others simply cannot stay away from betting some part of their income on the horses. This, tempting and exciting as it is, could lead to undesirable consequences if done without at least a basic knowledge of the game. Before you pick your potential winner, make an effort to find out about the horses, the track, and the money involved in the game.
If you are serious about getting involved in the horse racing business, you must get to know the different types of races. Each of them has different requirements and different consequences for the horses that compete in them. There are no better and worse race types; whichever one you decide to go for, you'll still experience the same fervour of the game!
Your first stop could be a newsagents or a bookstore where you can equip yourself with some magazines devoted to horse racing. A lot of them will let you in on different reviews which will help you decide which horses are worth betting on. A local library is also a good place to visit as books it contains might provide you with some general knowledge and give you a feel for the game.
If you are a first timer when it comes to race meetings, talk to people who regularly bet on the horses. Ask them about all their experiences with the game, the good and the bad ones. The latter will show you what behaviours to avoid and the positive ones will point you in the right direction.
Remember to be very careful when placing your bets. Don't get carried away by the atmosphere and other people around you. When you familiarise yourself with all the horses in the race and consider all pros and cons, decide on your favourite.
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APB Reloaded MMO
Developed by Realtime Worlds for Windows, APB is a free to play third person shooter MMO game, set in San Paro, a persistent, online modern city which lives and breathes, filled with a population of civilians going about their daily lives. The game offers an expansive game world, divided into Action Districts (were you can engage in Missions, firefights, and open world activities), and Social Districts ( combat-free zones). It allows 100.000 players per World, 100 players per Action District and 250 players per Social District.
Monkey King Online MMO
Monkey King Online is a Free to Play Browser MMO develobed by R2Games.
Battle among the Immortals of the Heavens in monkey king online where you step into the boots of one of four key champions sworn to return peace through bloodshed if needs be! Based around the novels journey to the West and with key elements of Chinese mythology, Monkey King Online is a story driven free to play browser MMO RPG. The focus is to build up your own character, work together with other players and combat new challenges at every turn whilst uncovering the larger story arc. With stunning illustrated graphics and sleek GUI interface players will enjoy walking around the different environments and meeting new monsters and characters in the game
Summoners Legion MMO
Summoner's Legion F2P TCG MMO browser game. Developed By: R2Games
Summoner's Legion is a free to play trading card/card collecting game where players must acquire their own army/deck of soldiers and go head-to-head against challenging AI opponents facing off against real-world players in PVP matchups. The game offers a high level of strategy as well as addictive gameplay and is ram packed with features as players earn XP, level up and unlock them. Summoner's Legion can be played directly through your web browser after an initial account registration and does not require any bulky client download this to enjoy the fast-paced tactical action.
Generals of War MMO
Generals of War is a Free-to-play Browser Empire Strategy game, developed by Playzo GmbH.
Generals of War is a strategy based free to play MMO where players take control of their own forces as a general in the First World War, charged with leading an army, building up their own command headquarters and fighting for their country against challenging AI and other players from around the world. Players must advance their technology, acquire resources, field a powerful military force and work towards becoming glorious in battle and reaching the top of the game leaderboard. Generals of War is a browser-based MMO that is accessible directly through the official game's website and does not require any client download to play.
MU Classic MMO
MU Classic is a F2P MMO RPG Browser Free-to-play game, developed by NGames.
MU Classic is a free to play 3-D RPG where players can control their own character, explore a vast realm filled with adventure and challenges and explore a wealth of in-depth features ranging from PVE to PVP content. With five classes to choose from players will be able to acquire and upgrade their own gear, unlock new abilities and skills and increase their power to face even greater threats in the world. MU Classic can be accessed through your web browser without the need of any plug-ins and does not require a client download.
Hailan Rising MMO
Hailan Rising is a free-to-play fantasy MMORPG heavily focused on PvP developed by Reloaded Games. The game is set in a ruined world devastated by the evil Death God Krow where only the realm of Hailan has survived. Players have to join the remnants of either the Human or Orcish empires, and fight for control of what is left of the world.
Hailan Rising tries to abandon the usual standard grind present in the majority of MMORPGs to give players more accessibility and more space to show their true skill. There are no levels in the game and players can join the game's ferocious PvP battles immediately. Without levels, player's survival is based only on their tactics and their skill as fighters. A new player can easily join a group of veteran player and be useful.
Yitien Chronicles MMO
Yitien Chronicles is next-generation, Chinese-themed browser MMORPG developed by Reality Squared Games. The game takes place in China at the end of the Yuan dynasty, with an empire collapsing while sects of warriors are all fighting for power. The player will play as a warrior thrust into this conflict, and in whose hand is the fate of the Empire, and can revive it or allow it to collapse completely.
In the game you can fight in strategic turn-based combats, get pets and mounts, and participate in a wide variety of multiplayer events. In addition the game includes a depth character customization with their "Meridian" system
Mythborne MMO
Mythborne is a F2P Hero Building MMORPG for browsers, developed by R2Games.
In Mythborne players take on the role of fledgling heroes rising in a time of strife and peril as the evils of the world threaten the humans and their peaceful lives in this ancient Greek mythology based free to play MMO. The game is a top-down isometric RPG that focuses on building up your character, recruiting new heroes and training them up, equipping them and increasing your overall Battle Rating (BR) that determines how powerful your squad of heroes are. This easy to access browser game is not require any client download and players can register quickly through the official website or signup using their Facebook account.
Tiny Mighty MMO
Tiny Mighty is a free to play browser based RPG style MMO where players must play as a miniature hero and advance through various quests and combat stages to progress the story driven content, acquiring new hero team mates along the way and fighting greater and more challenging enemies. The games' main characters are imitations of official Marvel characters such as Captain Mars (Captain America), Hunk (a blue version of Hulk), Maroon Witch (Scarlet Witch), Black Spider (Black Widow), Hunter (Hawkeye) and more. Graphically the game adopts a cartoonish style with the characters being small fat versions of their Marvel hero copies, set to a colourful backdrop and accessible through web browser. The game has a variety of social features including world chat channel to talk with other players and an integrated friends list to keep in touch with new people you meet.
Nova Genesis MMO
Nova Genesis is a F2P Hero Building MMO RPG browser game, developed by R2Games.
Nova Genesis is a free to play browser-based fantasy themed MMORPG where players are able to choose from multiple classes as they adventure through a story rich game facing various challenges, earning experience and levelling up their hero character to improve their battle prowess. Players are able to play the game solo or work alongside other players cooperatively and even go head-to-head in PVP battles matching their wits and skills against other players from all across the world. As a browser-based MMO players can access the game directly through the games web browser after a quick registration and do not need to download any client to play.
Rainbow Saga MMO
Rainbow Saga is a F2P MMO RPG Browser game developed by NGames.
Rainbow Saga is a free to play browser-based RPG where players can explore a vast realm as one of three different classes as players embark on an epic quest as the Chosen One. During the game players will unlock all manner of different skills and items that will make them grow in power so that they can take on more difficult challenges, quests and instances and even engage in PVP with players from around the world. The wonderfully designed graphics use a chibi/anime style and are accompanied with a pleasant soundtrack and simple interface and basic controls.
Legends of Honor MMO
Legends of Honor is a free to play browser based MMO set in a medieval realm where players take on the role as ruler over their own keep and lands, responsible for seeing the rise and advancement of their house and making them an influential power. Players are able to align themselves in one of three growing factions locked in an endless feud as they battle for survival and supremacy, players will be tasked with building up their own castle and army to defend their territories and use them to expand their borders.
Sparta War of Empires MMO
Sparta: War of Empires is a F2P Browser Strategy MMO, developed by Plarium.
Sparta: War of Empires (SWOE) is a free to play strategy MMO where players must rule over their own city states in feudal ancient Greece as the great Persian Empire led by Xerxes begins its slow assault on to the country, claiming territory and cities and engulfing Hellas in all-out war. Become a champion of the people, expand your territory, conquer weaker city states and consume them into your own province, build up a mighty army to crush your foes and align yourself with other Archons to create a Coalition and push back the Persian forces.
Hazard Ops MMO
Hazard Ops is a Free to Play Online Shooter developed by Yingpei Games
In Hazard Ops, the world has been exposed to terrifying creatures, into dimensional cyborgs, mythological beasts and undead zombies that now walk the earth since the advent of a new portal technology that has opened up the world to all manner of terrifying threats. As a member of an elite group of mercenaries you are tasked with subduing these threats in the closing the portals down, using your skills, gear and know how to fight against the biggest threats that the world has ever seen.
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It's been another year - time to take stock in what I've accomplished from my "Year of Crafting" goals! I've linked to what I've finished and added comments to a few that I didn't get to. It's funny how my list evolves as the year goes on...
1. Toolbelt for Chaos
2. Valentine's Day Table Runner
3. Fabric Travel High Chair
4. Crayon Rolls
5. Car Caddy
6. Fabric Dollhouse - a barn for Pinky and a garage with cars for Chaos
7. Pinky's Rainbow quilt - This one will be done soon. Joann's shipped me the wrong fabric and even though they promised to deliver the CORRECT fabric in time for Christmas, I am still waiting.
8. Wild One's Sock Monkey Quilt
9. Glass tile necklace for me! (well, okay it was for Pinky)
10. 1930s 9 patch Quilt
11. Circle Quilt
12. Tie Fleece blanket for Wild One
13. Shadow Boxes for Wild One's nursery
14. Christmas stockings with hand embroidered names (I broke down and bought Pottery Barn stockings on clearance this year. I still have the Figgy Pudding fabric though so I hope to make something else with it.)
15. Busy Books for all of the kids
16. More felt food - particularly cookies on a cookie sheet, pasta, crackers, eggs, pancakes, pop tarts and lollipops
17. Tea towel apron to go with the felt food
18. Glass block night light
19. Photo coasters - made painted coasters instead
20. ABC Scrapbook for Chaos
21. Chaos Baby Scrapbook
22. 2009 Family Scrapbook
23. 2010 Family Scrapbook
24. Wild One Baby Scrapbook
25. Handprint ornament for Wild One (I'm waiting until next year since she HATED getting her hand painted this year)
26. Happy Birthday Banner
27. Sippy cup leash
28. Felt mustache
29. Felt Mr. Potato Head
30. Chalkboard placemat
31. Playsilks
32. I Spy Quilts
And a few other crafts I've whipped up that weren't on my list:
Felt Cookies
Felt hand puppets
Felt hair clips
Pinky's scrabble tile necklace
Pajama pants
Child activity bags
Burp cloths
Felt ornaments
Ribbon Wands
Washer Necklaces
Butterfly hair clips
Burger cake
Christmas ornaments (bird, paper star, felt ufo, paper accordion, felt shapes, tin canister)
Felt Pumpkin Game
Felt Pumpkin Door Hanger
Hand Print Apron
Here's hoping your year was full of crafts as well! Here's a picture of my finished crafts for those of you who are visual like me (I've just learned how to make a collage in Picasa...I'm still getting it just right.)