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Can anyone suggest a good value service provider in the USA for an application with about 50,000 SMS per month from about 1k SIMs,
We also have another similar application, but this time using GPRS/EDGE. Any help appreciated:)
We have experience of suppliers in Europe,
Wow, that's a lot of SMS. Unless you're American Idol, it will get very costly. Most of our customers are looking for ways to reduce SMS, due to cost. Can I ask what type of application you are working on that it requires so much SMS?
-Tim R
SMS should be FREE, or nearly free. The reason is because it is carried within necessary control channel packets.
The best option I have found for SMS only M2M solutions is to use Prepaid SIM cards from AT&T or T-Mobile. With a 90-day expiration, and the rate you wish to send (50/month = 1.67/day), it will cost $8.33/month. If AT&T or T-Mobile removed the 90-day expiration your costs could drop to ~$5.
Numerex is a U.S. based company and a good M2M value provider, especially for SMS. See www.numerex.com to learn about the variety of industries and projects supported. To discuss your specific requirements and service plans, you can reach me at email@example.com.
I may be able to provide some information on a much more economical solution to you sim needs. I would need to know a great deal more about the types of devices you intend to utalize them and the device compliance standards. Please get in touch if you are still in need of services.
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I would be pleased to discuss requirements with you. Please let me have a contact telephone number and I will call you.
Seamus, Either e-mail or call me at your convenience to discuss your needs
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Hi - I can help supply M2M sims to US - I have just facilitated a transaction for 10,000 sims to a US company.
What specification do you have?
Hi Andrew,
We are a global provider of M2M solutions for the waste management industry.
Our requirements are for about SIMs sending SMS (approx 2k SIMs (about 30
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Please let me know if you have a solution.
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Hi Seamus,
Just curious, why is your application so SMS heavy? Wouldn't it make more sense (especially financially) to use IP data sessions?
Hi Seamus
I am in meetings all day today, could we have a telephone conversation tomorrow say 10am?
I think I might have one or two options for you and it will be quicker than emailing.
Can you let me have your best contact number please
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Yes, 10am Friday would suit.
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Seamus, I recently completed an application that can be replicated for you, we enabled a large number of devices with fixed plans for monthly amount of SMS at a very competitive price for remote monitoring of those devices. If you would like to arrange a time to discuss let me know, I'm at CTIA next week but am available Monday 10/4. I can be reached at (910) 679-4800 office Monday eastern standard time or (910)685-5131 cell rest of week.I look forward to speaking with you and I'll point you in the right direction. My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
I work for ORBCOMM Inc. My company resell terrestrial service in the US, specifically SMS, GPRS/Edge. Please let me know if you are interested in additional information. Thanks.
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I rolled my eyes a little at the tiresome Hoey mention and then you properly debunked that BS argument that some have made.
Great article all around.
I like his arm slot and movement. The arm slot will make him particularly tough on righties, a la Justin Masterson. His movement will make him tough on lefties. I also think his arm slot makes him less injury prone. Tall guys who come over the top put a lot of undue stress on the elbow and shoulder.
If he can develop his change and smooth out his mechanics next year (likely between AA and AAA), we can pencil him into the 2014 rotation. Now if they just use Span's dollars to help the 2013 rotation, perhaps with a different Myers...
Nice write up. I remember when he was drafted, he slipped a little bit b/c he was a Boras client. I think his upside was as good as possible for Span. NIce get, now we just hope he develops into an all star.
His movement will make him tough on lefties. I also think his arm slot makes him less injury prone. Tall guys who come over the top put a lot of undue stress on the elbow and shoulder.
Very true. In fact:
vs LHB 205 BF, .187 BA, 37.8% K%
vs RHB 294 BF, .220 BA, 23.5% K%
Great write-up, thanks! Especially enjoyed the GIFs of that fastball that breaks in on the hands of right handers. The Span deal reminds me a lot of the Garza/Delmon deal in that we were acquiring a young player with a good pedigree on the assumption that it made sense to trade a "surplus" item for something we couldn't produce on our own. In 2008, ironically, it was thought that the Twins had "too many" starting pitching prospects, yet couldn't produce power hitting outfielders. Now, almost exactly the opposite is true.
Great article. Very excited about what he can become.
What is a no-seam fastball? Serious question. Is this just a typo and supposed to be two-seam? That's my guess.
Isn't he more likely to start the season at Fort Myers? He spent most of last year in low A.Quote:
The Twins organization's coaches and instructors -- likely those in New Britain -- will be tasked with refining his mechanics and instilling some consistency in them as well as finalizing his change-up in order to maximize his potential as a starter.
His drop and rock motion by itself reminds me of Verlander's delivery.
I had a similar reaction, though I used "free and easy" as I was watching the bullpen video. Of course I don't know if that's his best fastball or if he's still taking it easy a bit - but the tailing movement indicates this isn't his first warmup throw of the session. :)
I hated the trade, not because we shouldn't trade from surplus but because we picked the wrong guy to trade away. Him and Baker I'd have made untouchable, at the time, and I would have offered a GM his pick of any of the rest. But maybe GMs also assessed Garza as the best of the Twins starters and our GM wanted to get the greatest return possible. Oh well. Kind of similar to asking "why not trade Revere instead of Span, I like Span better" - yeah, and other GMs probably do too.
Generals always are "fighting the last war", aren't they.
GREAT article. There is a lot to be excited about with this guy. Do you think his release point is easier on his arm than an over-the-top delivery?
Randy Johnsonmechanics warm-up video:
Parker, if it is of particular interest to you, I'd be interested in your assessments in contrasting and comparing Meyer and Johnson. It appeared over the entire Meyer video that his release point jumped quite a bit, but both hurlers employed 3/4 style deliveries. If there is video out there of a young Randy Johnson that might be enlightening, as well. How many significant arm difficulties did Johnson have over his career and when did they start?
I looked up Johnson's AA stats at age 23:
vs Meyer A/A+ stats at age 22:
These stats are small, but possibly significant evidence that 2 similarly-sized flamethrowers have some correlation at this point in their minor league tenures, with the glaring exception that Meyer has already figured out the control issues to a greater degree.
Give us more to rally around if you can, Parker!
I don't like that he crooks his elbow when he takes his throwing arm back. It removes the whip set of his wrist. The resulting lack of rhythm could make his timing inconsistent. He also seems too stiff as he rolls his forearm through the pronation point. On the other hand, his final acceleration is well out front, so he's not stressing his shoulder. If he's going to throw high sidearm, he might as well get more whip out of his torso.
A better comparison is Meyer's 2012 results vs. Johnson's first full year out of USC at the age of 22 (1986). Johnson spent that year in the Florida State League after pitching 27.1 innings in the NYPL after being drafted and signing a year earlier. In 1986, Johnson posted a 3.16 ERA in 119.2 innings. He had 133 strikeouts and a whopping 94 walks. The only significant difference I see is that Meyer walks a lot less batters.
AS LONG AS THE CONTROL GODS keep Meyer on the same Improved path he's on and shown in 2012. Meyer will be somewhat a Max Schzerzer or Josh Johnson type of arm for us.
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I firstly apologise if this is the wrong bit of the site to put this in, and secondly if theres an existing thread this should have gone in.
Anyway, basically I graduated last week, and now I really need to get into looking for employment. I've had a site up for a while now, but I'm feeling quite tentative about sending a link off to anyone.
Basically, I'd like as thorough and detaileld contructive criticism on it - both the site and the work on it as possible, just because I really want to get the whole thing polished for maximum effects.
Please don't pull any punches, as it helps me in the long run if you don't!
The address is www.alexjholt.com
Thanks in advance!
I'll start with the art first, I think you should change the "home" image, the one thats a bunch of images put together with your quote. I think one large view of your best piece would be more effective. My first impression when I saw what's there is "wow that's alot of buttons" because I though the row at the top were buttons too.
2nd I'd suggest removing the "Traditional Art" section entirely, it doesn't help you, your other work is stronger and they look like school assignments. You should consider replaceing it by splitting your digital paintings section into Creatures and Environments since those are your specialties.
Remember your porfolio is all about the art, I really don't think you need the "news" section on the right, you've already got a blog for that.
You could consider adding a resume somewhere on the site (leave out your real address). Along with putting somewhere on the site what type of work you're looking for.
Anyway I like your work , especially your environments, very well done. Hope this helps.
Thats exactly the kind of advice I was looking for, so thankyou!
All that makes a lot of sense, and I'll admit that the main reason the News section was there to begin with was because I had space to fill, but as I'll be restructurign things anyway, that'll certainly help.
Would you say leave the 3D section as it is though? I'm not looking for a 3D job persay, but I thought it might be something useful to show just incase?
I agree with what Amber said, get rid of the news and the traditional sections. I'd say that the 3D stuff is your strongest, but if you don't want a job doing it then why is it in your portfolio? Only put in your port what you want to be hired to do. After looking at your portfolio site I'm not sure what it is you want to do. There is an age old argument about specializing vs generalizing your skill set in order to best get a job. Some people are really good at a number of things so they can get away with generalizing. Some people aren't - I aren't, that's fo' sho'! If you want to be a jack-of-all-trades then you can't afford to be a master of none. You have to be a master of all. You have to be really damn good at everything you do.
Like I said earlier your 3D works looks good, probably of professional quality, tho I'm no expert there. Your painting skills are amateurish, you'll need to dedicate some time to get those skills up to par to compete as a 2D illustrator. I don't think the speed paint section is doing you any favors. Grab the latest copy of Spectrum and flip though it. That's who you're entering the field with. Now that you're done with school it's time for you to really start studying!
With all that being said my website is guilty of all of that too... :-/
All you really need are 8-12 of the best damn things you can do (2D or 3D) on your site and email addy. The rest will work itself out. Best of luck!
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The site itself is quite nice, well spread out and easy to navigate. The color scheme could use a little work, but other then that a very inviting site to post your work.
The artwork is good. Your digital paintings are expressive, and they have good color schemes to them. Not too blocky, and good textures. The traditional work are well sketched, and you seem to have a good skill for capturing poses. The 3D work is very impressive, and i think you should work more on some other types of models, such as humans and other creatures to improve your skills.
All together, id say you need to get more artwork up, and show more diverse art, to show that you can switch styles and looks.
Check out these sites too, they might help:
So just a quick checklist of things here -
- Scrap digital/traditional categories and replace with 'Environments' and Creatures/(characters?)
- Scrap News Section entirely
- Cleaner front page - one large image, and perhaps just name of site, my name and that I'm an artist?
- Make sure its only my absolute best stuff going up (get rid of anything I doesn't feel is even slightly not up to scratch)
- get my resume in there somewhere
and of course, carry on doing as much work as possible and hopefully getting better
Mark: While I'd certainly greatly prefer to go into concept art or illustration, a lot of the job descriptions I've seen seem to be suggesting that a good knowledge of max would be helpful to applicants. Also given the current job market, I thought it would probably a good idea to leave my options open if possible, given that if something comes up which does involve max in any way I'll probably want to take it. Not sure if it's the best idea ever, but seemed logical at the time.
and don't necessarily get rid of sketchy looking work, in fact some people looking to hire love to see the sketchy stuff, it shows thought process and that you practice different things. Even some of my stuff i post is not my best, but there are parts in the sketch that point to what i was working on and what i was going for.
And for art categories, just generalize it, you got 3D which you are good at, Environment stuff, again good at, and then have something for other artwork, whether its animals, people, random creatures you made up.
The main site looks VERY cluttered-- which makes me not want to navigate it. I see all the huge buttons and get put off, and then I find out that those huge buttons don't go away? Very annoying.
Your art should be the most important thing on the site, and that means having your portfolio images large enough that you can actually enjoy them. Having them squished into the top half of the page while big buttons take up the bottom is just no good.
I would really streamline your buttons to be text links either along the top of the page or as a sidebar. You want to be able to see the images foremost and not get distracted by a bunch of navigation buttons.
Also, the site seemed to take a bit to load, and I have a very fast connection. Are you saving your navigation images as "save for web" to reduce their size? Or are they just regular .jpgs? If you haven't shrunk them down, I would definitely do so. Just go in Photoshop and 'save for web', and you can get image icons that are only a few kb in size.
As a matter of interest, what screen resolutions are people looking at it in? I'm not experiened enough in web design to know how to do things which compensate for that at all, so what would be best for standard? As it is, I've seen versions where everything is massively stretched out with huge great empty spaces, and versions where it all gets cramped up so you can't see everything properly, and I'm a bit at a loss how to address that? Thoughts?
Hadn't heard of 'saving for web', so I'll definitly do that as I'm uploading the new stuff.
Having them at the bottom was originally a vague plan to have people see the images first, as I'd seen a selection of other sites do it that way, but I can certainly see what you mean about reducing the 'chunk' factor.
Would it perhaps be a good idea if I made mockups of the new site and posted them here for critting before making the thing properly?
Right, after about 6 false starts that I scrapped to start again, and a lot of gettign distracted in the mean time new site done.
The only thing I haven't done yet is reformatting all the images for web purposes (though new images are) but thats a task in itself really.
Any further thoughts would be welcome, and also any notes on any resolution based problems!
Thanks in advance!
I use windows explorer and I usually have my favorites open on the left side of my screen so when I go to your site, instead of moving your page to the right, like every other website does, it just goes on top and I can't see your links. I have to close my favorites bar to see them. Unfortunately I don't know enough about program to know why.
Ok but beyond that lets see, I do like the home page you have, its simple and looks good. I would however, go with a slightly darker background color then the pink. I do think it would look better if the white box that it's all contained in, was centered. Even though your artwork is automatically copyrighted to you, its still good to add in your copyright information at the bottom of the box or under the box.
The other thing I noticed is that when I click on each thumbnail, the main box resizes, which moves the links on the left, it moves them back and forth. That is a bit annoying. If you could make those stationary and just allow more white space around varying sized images, that would be better.
In the character+creatures section I think you should remove the sketch of the woman holding the cup, you definately don't need more then 10 in each section.
In your bio part of it states "... and am currently seeking work. I'm currently based in Northamptonshire but am willing to move for employment. " I think you should remove one of the "currently"s.
But overall i think it looks alot better!
Ooh thanks, thats nice and thorough!
I can fix the extra picture easily enough... (and I just did)
The resizing problem is fixable... I think I basically need to give all the pictures which arent the standard max width (500pixels) a white border on either side which rounds them up to that. I might also try reducing this stuff to say 450 to better support lower resolutions?
The currently thing I'll fix as soon as I've finished this post
The pink is also really easy to fix (tho to me it looks grey... it's actually some scanned paper, best check it out on some other monitors)
How would putting the copyright in the bottom corner underneath the links be?
The two that might be more problematic are the going over the favourites going over the top (not a clue...) and the centralisation.... The slight problem here is that I used two frames so whenever I updated a page I didnt have to update every page... So I probably need to see if theres a way to set the frame border to a percentage of the page size rather than being at a fixed relative place...
Definitly all helpful stuff tho, so thanks! I'll try and get it all tidied up as soon as possible.
I viewed your site on a 1152x864 resolution monitor in firefox and I could only see a few letters of each of your navigation links on the main page like this:
(There was no scroll bar along the bottom of my browser to allow me to see more). After clicking the links they moved to the right a bit so I could read them.
Then I brought up your site on my 1280x1024 monitor in internet explorer and couldn't see the navigation text at all. nothing clickable.
Maybe you're fiddling with some code right now?
Your site won't win any design awards, but it is nice and clean now.
I agree with MarkWinters; Your 3D looks professional, your 2D isn't there yet. So leave the 3D up for now, because that's your chance to get a steady job, and work your butt off to get your drawing up to snuff (drawing has to be solid first, THEN painting).


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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Reuters) - Barack Obama paid Puerto Rico its first official U.S. presidential visit in 50 years on Tuesday, courting an important slice of Hispanic voters on the mainland who could help his re-election chances in 2012.
At an arrival ceremony in an aircraft hanger, Obama expressed support for an eventual decision by Puerto Ricans on the U.S. island territory's status and said his administration was working to strengthen its recession-battered economy.
"When the people of Puerto Rico make a clear decision, my administration will stand by you," he told a cheering crowd.
"We're giving Puerto Ricans the tools they need to build their own future," the president said. "We are going to put people back to work here in Puerto Rico and all across America."
Puerto Ricans are an important voting bloc in Florida, where they could help Obama balance out the Republican-leaning Cubans in this battleground state, which he won in 2008 and needs next year to help seal a second White House term.
Thousands lined the route as the president drove to the governor's mansion in the historic district of San Juan, passing crowds waving American flags as well as some signs demanding "Statehoood Now".
Some 4.6 million Puerto Ricans live in the United States, where they can vote in presidential elections, outnumbering the 3.9 million on the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, who can vote only in the presidential primary elections.
This could be decisive next year in Florida, where Obama beat his Republican challenger John McCain in 2008 by over 200,000 votes, or 2.5 percentage points, but where opinion polls show the state is now a toss-up.
Florida's unemployment was 10.8 percent in April, compared to a 9 percent national average that month, and Obama's ability to connect with Puerto Ricans could prove vital.
Many live around Orlando in Orange County in central Florida and were part of the wave who helped him last time.
"No Democratic president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt had won Orange County until 2008 ... I strongly believe it was the Puerto Rican vote that made it possible," said Luis Martinez-Fernandez, a professor of history at the University of Central Florida, Orlando.
The last U.S. president to set foot in Puerto Rico was Gerald Ford for a Group of Seven summit in 1976, which was not considered an official visit.
Latinos backed Obama two-for-one in 2008 but have been disappointed by his failure to deliver on the immigration reform that he promised during the 2008 campaign. Their continued support cannot be taken for granted, especially as they have been disproportionately hard-hit by job losses.
"We've been trying to make sure that every family on the island can find work and make a living and provide for their children. That's why our economic plan and our health care reform included help for Puerto Rico," Obama said.
After a ride that snaked through the narrow cobbled streets of old San Juan, Obama toured the governor's mansion, built in 1533, before enjoying the view over San Juan Bay.
He later ate lunch with a local opposition politician in a bakery two blocks from the beach, feasting on a local ham and cheese sandwich called a MediaNoche.
Puerto Ricans are the second-largest group within the 50.5 million strong U.S. Hispanic community, after Mexicans. As a bloc, Hispanics represent 10 percent of all U.S. voters, according to the Pew Hispanic Center, but are the segment of the voter population that is growing at the fastest pace.
In addition, because all Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens who can vote if eligible, they are much easier to target for vital campaign organization and voter-registration drives.
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By transposing images from his past onto canvas, Toronto based painter Alex Bierk deconstructs source material into abstraction as visceral reclamations of lived experience. He focuses on the connection between youth and the formation of identity and the disappearance and distortion of memory. Of paramount significance is Bierks sentient and continually evolving relationship with the past as it is referenced throughout his work. Bierk re-appropriates source material to explore the language and rhetoric of imagery as well as the layers of meaning, whether created, intended or accidental, in the source photographs. Working within the physical rigidity and premeditated nature of the grid process, the works become sites of evolving conflict and uncertainty. Ranging from images of his adolescence to landscape and portraiture, the works intertwine Bierks contemplations of dream, memory, nostalgia, longing and hallucination, while maintaining a sensibility and precision that spills into hyper-realism.
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Stephanie Buer has an intimate appreciation of urban desolation and a love for the once prosperous buildings that have been abandoned to time and the elements. Her works in both oil and charcoal capture with photo-like detail the layers of gritty history that accumulate as these places succumb to the manipulation of vandals, artists, and the steady persistence of nature. In the juxtaposition between decay and growth, Buer finds a place that echoes the peace she finds in nature, with its endless cycles of change. Part of the power in Buers work comes from the absence of human figures in a place clearly marked by them. Rather than allowing distant observation as narrative, she draws viewers in to witness the space that people have left behind, compelling them to personally experience these modern relics that have been condemned by society. The simultaneously idyllic, yet derelict scenes challenge viewers to question their notions of beauty, while the detailed texture and depth that is characteristic of her work invites them to explore these places personally, as she does while taking the photographs from which she works.
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Jason A. Maas creates drawings that find the core expression in human body language by carefully removing contextual information and leaving a structure that both illuminates and challenges the content of an image. Negative spaces provide focus, silence, and an openness to allow the viewer to finish the drawing. He confronts the current understanding of how we view journalistic images of social unrest that proliferate the media, from professional photographs to low-resolution cell phone photos. His new body of work removes the identity and the flesh of figures to explore the role of clothing and costume in our society. How it functions to establish our sense of order, respect, ceremony & designates positions of authority.
Kevin Petersons work is about the varied journeys one takes through life. It is about growing up and living in a world that is broken. These paintings are about trauma, fear and loneliness and the strength that it takes to survive and thrive. Each painting contains the contrast of the untainted, young and innocent against a backdrop of a worn, ragged, and defiled world. Support versus restraint, bondage versus freedom, and tension versus slack are all themes that Peterson often visits. His work deals with isolation, loneliness and longing teamed with a level of optimistic hope. Issues of race and the division of wealth have arisen in Petersons recent work. This work deals with the idea of rigid boundaries, the hopeful breakdown of such restrictions, as well as questions about the forces that orchestrate our behavior.
Jeff Ramirez scours and consumes countless pictures observed on the Internet. Many of which encourage him not to ask questions, but rather to just accept their truths. While they may appear to be candid, they are capturing both pose and performance. Ramirez feels compelled to create images using others as props, stand-ins and doubles for him. While typical portrait subjects want to demonstrate their power and import, the subjects in his paintings are isolated and aware that they are being watched. They are barely there, reduced by the act of creation. His small paintings are styled after paparazzi images and photographs commonly found on social networking sites. The voluminous production of such images allows for banality and loss of context. Rendered in a photorealistic style, these paintings receive a physical presence that gives weight to the images. They act as anti-portraits that reduce an experience to a singular expression of denial. The pose of the subject is a response to being identified and singled out by the creator for the benefit of the viewer.
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Best Western Inn Conference Ctr next to Silver Dollar City features 2 indoor swimming pools, a spa tub, and a children's pool. A computer station is located on site and high-speed wired and wireless Internet access is complimentary. Business amenities consist of a 24-hour business center, audiovisual equipment, and small meeting rooms. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Event facilities measuring 6300 square feet (585 square meters) include a conference center, conference/meeting rooms, and banquet facilities. This family-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, barbecue grills, and an arcade/game room. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
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If bears have a lot of food available to them, the archery harvest declines. If food is scarce, the archery harvest soars.
The most extreme example of that phenomenon took place in 2009, when West Virginia suffered through the worst mast failure on record. Archers bagged a record 1,035 bears that fall, and the archery kill outstripped the firearm kill for only the second time since 1990.
Biologists are still working on this year's mast report, but Carpenter said acorns - a bear staple - don't appear to be as plentiful this year as they were last year. That should work in bowhunters' favor.
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