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Today is my last day working for the seminary
Today, Friday, November 9, 2012, is my last day of employment with Southeastern Seminary. I've worked in the IT department for SEBTS doing web development for 10 years (and 8 days to be exact). Monday, I begin a new job as an application consultant / developer for CtiPath, an IT company in the contact management center industry.
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I worked with one of them almost the entire 10 years that I've been here. I worked with others for a few years. Some have already moved on to other jobs, while some still work at the seminary. I'm going to miss these people!
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So now you're free to blog on the evils of seminary, right? 😉
Seriously, congrats on the new job, and God bless in your endeavors!
Working in a Christian ministry myself, I have an idea of how I would feel if I some day left all the wonderful friends I have there. Thankfully, these days we have the Internet to keep in touch.
I don't know if our friendship can survive you changing jobs. That will really impact our day to day relationship 800 miles apart. Also, you should have written a post specifically about how awesome I am, since obviously that was what you meant to say with this post, but were too afraid of what all your other past coworkers would think.
Hey Alan,
Beem there…done that. In 2002, the company I had been with since 1973 was sold and by 2003 the new owners had bankrupted us. They said they know how to really run a company and they ran it into the ground.
I have a great job now and landed on both feet. Several of those relationships are still ongoing, mainly through facebook but I really miss the daily contact with some of the best friends I have ever had. By the way, I was IT director for the company. Congratulations on your new role and God Bless.
Thanks for keeping busy posting amidst the job change. I wish you the very best in Christ, and look forward to reading about how this new extension of your Christian journey blesses you.
I long for and hope for the time I can be a more frequent and consistent myself blogger. I rarely get the time to read or write as much as I'd love to. It seems that immediately after I rediscover profound inspiration and focused determination, and I say to myself, "This time I really mean it," Satan gets extra busy to make sure my time is sucked up with earthly distractions: computer problems, extended family issues, commute traffic, tending a generator the 12th day after Hurricane Sandy, etc.
But, what Satan meant for evil, God used for good. These distractions are opportunities to serve themselves and, especially this hurricane, have helped to solidify my resolve to focus more on Him despite what happens, or maybe even because of what happens. For example, it's offered me a few times to post on Facebook or email individuals about how the world and its desires are passing away.* I can be thankful to Him that there is encouragement to make time with Him a priority, even such encouragement from bloggers like you. Thanks!
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*And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever. (1 John 2:17)


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Mexico is such a shithole, and the people that live there deserve their accommodations, because God knows they don't breed mental giants in mexico.
But that being said you'd think mexico might want to pay attention and not threaten US citizens. Threats like this in combination with drug cartel violence and kidnappings of US citizens, they might want to rethink their stance.
If we get an administration with a collective backbone in the White House, we may decide that to ensure the protecti More..
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I'll be sure to flush when I fly over Mexico on my way to Chile'.
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thats ok, just keep driving more nails into the coffin called "mehico", and soon not even the beaches will entice the gringos.
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nice ad. that dude is in a jungle. hes gonnna be looking for a while.
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Fk mehico.
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Why even go there other than to get a cheap BJ.
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southern El Paso is a good place to get one cheap, my ex is still there.
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Funny ad. I wouldn't take it seriously. Nor would I go to Sonora in the first place.
The AZ Republic has a long history of promoting Mexico and the plight of it's people. I'm really surprised that Joe Arpaio even reads that rag. Keeping his enemies close I presume?
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I quit going to Mexico 7 or 8 years ago. I'll never go back as it's a crime ridden shit hole.
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I went to Mexico back in 1970 with my parents and sister, I was 6 years old and realized it was a shithole and never had any desire to go back.
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I just think that the marketing people of Sonora made a decision on which demography to target (no pun intented). They clearly want visitors with a sense of humor.
Paranoid people obviously do not belong to this group.
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Mine has crosshairs, so bring it shitstains
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Guess what.
Arizona's are looking for people from Mexico.
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showing their criminal side is easy huh?
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I think Elmr Fudd should do an ad for Arizona.....Ssshhhh be very very quit we're hunting mexicans.
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As if there weren't alway beaners hunting gringos in the Sonoran desert all along. That's the reason the law was made in the first place you fucking beaner cocksuckers. When whites recapture their racial identity again, and realize they are the vast majority, smarter and just as well armed as you beaner motherfuckers, then you'll know what fear is bitches.
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I took it as they wanted tourists from Arizona, despite the boycotts. I can't see any tourism board saying they don't want someone to visit.
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I feel so sorry for Mexicans.
They have such shit northern neighbours.
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"'White Knight' usually signifies rescue from a hostile suitor (the connotation is to a damsel in distress). I think Riccitiello's use of the term was incorrect, and perhaps a misplaced attempt to sound clever. They are in no sense a White Knight."
DFC Intelligence's president David Cole commented:
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Mr. Riccitiello told the New York Times that he had not spoken to the Rockstar team, but he said he could make a strong case to them that Electronic Arts offers them a stable parent.
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Once upon a time, advertising was simple: You caught the public's attention with a campaign, and once consumers knew about your product they went out and bought it. But, as Forbes recently pointed out, that model is now broken – and it's the Internet's fault.
Today, when consumers see your marketing campaign on TV, in a magazine or online, they don't head to the department store – they Google your brand. And as Forbes noted, letting them merely research you without securing a purchase isn't good enough.
Today, a successful brand doesn't just encourage consumers to make purchases, it engages them and makes them part of the brand image itself. One aspect of this is social media.
Beyond Facebook and Twitter
In this day and age, everyone knows what social media is. From message board communities to Facebook and whatever the most recent digital trend is, everyone and everything is connected. Every article, video or piece of music you encounter online can be shared with all your "friends" in a single click. But knowing social media on the surface isn't enough to begin a promotional campaign.
The usual suspects – Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest – are going to be your tools of the trade. But you'll want to know the dos and don'ts of marketing on these platforms. Consider these basics:
Don't buy followers
Essentially, some social media platforms allow you to purchase followers at a flat rate, so that it appears as though you've generated more interest than you actually have. For a company just starting out with only a few hundred followers on Twitter or "Likes" on Facebook, shelling out a little bit of cash for more "presence" can be tempting, but Inc.com advises against it.
The news source spoke with Chris Paradysz, the founder and CEO of PM Digital, a digital marketing agency in New York City. He said that it's just not worth the money or problems.
"Having that type of follower count only really matters if my last name is Kardashian," he said. "For a small business, cash is everything."
Facebook is great for promotional product giveaways and sweepstakes
Got coupons or custom-designed T-shirts repping your brand to give away? Inc.com reported that Facebook is probably the ideal platform for you. With its easy-to-access company pages and focus on large images, Facebook is great for companies promoting through contests, sweepstakes and other mass appeal giveaway campaigns.
Inc.com told the story of two very different companies who used Facebook's DIY interface to build buzz on the cheap. In one case, the company was working to gather consumer email addresses for marketing purposes. In the other, the company was giving away free promotional items to drum up interest in the product itself. Both were outstanding successes in a large part thanks to Facebook's massive reach.
Two tips for effective contest campaigns on Facebook from Inc.com:
1. Don't settle for "Likes." Get people more involved when it comes to promotions. Make them offer you something in return, even if it's just an email address.
2. Think new. Sweepstakes are a dime a dozen, so do something fresh and new with yours. Blake Cahill, president of Banyan Branch, a Seattle-based social-media firm, suggested getting user-generated media, like photos and videos, involved as well. As he put it, 100,000 super-engaged fans is better than a million casual ones.
Get advanced
The next stages in social media marketing are called advanced strategies. According to Mashable, these basically reinforce marketing messages by actually getting consumers to your business site.
The five advanced strategies outlined by Mashable break down like this:
1. Use more multimedia. This means photos, video and games. Don't be afraid to offer looks inside the company either – anything that could make your brand more friendly. If consumers want more detailed product information and images, encourage them to come to your site.
2. Advertise your online presence offline. Include your Facebook address or Twitter handle in TV, print and every other kind of advertising platform open to you.
3. Customize your message to the platform. Sure, Twitter and Facebook are both social media, but if you can tweak your message to better fit the platform, you're showing that you're savvy and clever.
4. Get locally involved, online. Local social networks and searches – beyond Yelp – can be a great way to drum up business in your own neighborhood.
5. Make your contests viral. Look beyond the usual social media giveaway and find some creative ways to build buzz virally. One great way is by encouraging more sharing and retweeting.


text: BUYER'S GUIDE Road Test: Wagon Comparison -2006 Cadillac SRX V8 vs. 2006 Mercedes-Benz R500 vs. 2006 Volvo XC90 V8 Join The Club: ...or buy the club and change the rules John Kiewicz photographer, Chris Walton writerMay 15, 2006 Share this article Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Share this article Facebook Twitter Google Plus Email Free Price Quote From a Local Dealer View Special Offers No Obligation, Fast & Simple Free New Car Quote Change Car Select Make Acura Alfa Romeo Aston Martin Audi Bentley BMW Buick Cadillac Chevrolet Chrysler Dodge Ferrari FIAT Ford Genesis GMC Honda Hyundai Infiniti Jaguar Jeep Karma Kia Lamborghini Land Rover Lexus Lincoln Lotus Maserati Mazda McLaren Mercedes-Benz MINI Mitsubishi Nissan Porsche Ram Rolls-Royce Scion smart Subaru Tesla Toyota Volkswagen Volvo Select Model ATS ATS-V Catera CT6 CTS CTS-V DeVille DTS Eldorado ELR Escalade Escalade ESV Escalade EXT Fleetwood Seville SRX STS STS-V XLR XLR-V XT5 XTS GO 1. Vehicle Option Trim Exterior Color No Preference Black Blue Brown Gold Green Orange Red Silver White Yellow Interior Color No Preference Beige Black Blue Gray Green Other Red White Buying Time Frame Within 48 hours Within a week Within two weeks Within a month More than a month Payment Method Undecided Loan Lease Cash Trade In? Yes No 2. Contact Info First Name Last Name Address City State -- AL AK AZ AR CA CO CT DE DC FL GA HI ID IL IN IA KS KY LA ME MD MA MI MN MS MO MT NE NV NH NJ NM NY NC ND OH OK OR PA RI SC SD TN TX UT VT VA WA WV WI WY Zip Code Phone Email 3. Dealer Selection Receive your free dealer pricing information by completing your contact information! This is a case of the Smiths versus the Joneses. For the Joneses, the ideal vehicle carries a ton of groceries, hauls friends to the nearest mountain-bike trail, totes the kid and five of his teammates to weekly practice, and perhaps ushers the boss and his wife to dinner and a show. The Joneses need a modern minivan, the most reasoned, well-conceived, and best all-around family vehicle on the planet.The Smiths, on the other hand, are far more demanding–and better financed. They want the same convenience, plus the all-weather flexibility and confidence of all-wheel drive as well as a high-tech V-8 with over 300 horsepower nestled behind a grille emblem that says, "I can afford the best." A minivan, despite its rationale, just won't do. The Smiths can afford to drive past the minivan lot and into a premium-marque showroom. In fact, for the price of just one of the following V-8 crossovers, the Smiths could afford two minivans.Case in point: Our Cadillac SRX V8 AWD starts at just under $50,000. The SRX's architecture is based on the CTS sedan. The glass and sheetmetal on the rear converts it into a large wagon; the third-row seats, and AWD system add about 850 pounds. It takes roughly a minute (even with practice) to raise or lower the power-operated acrobatic seatbacks once all the preordained criteria are met. In fact, nifty as it sounds, the third-row seating is hardly suitable for adults and requires a nimble preteen to even land a butt back there. Cadillac must have felt it needed power-operated rear seats, but the aggravation factor hardly seems worth the effort or added $1100 cost (including rear air). The SRX doesn't offer curtain airbags in the third row, as do the Mercedes or Volvo. Couple this with the smallest cargo dimensions of the group, and the SRX feels compromised as a viable crossover/sport tourer/thingy for seven adults.Unfettered by its defeatable electronic safety nannies, however, the SRX is the most nimble of our contenders, posting the best slalom and skidpad figures. Its ride quality, even without the aid of optional magnetic ride control, led the field by a comfortable and quiet margin. Conversely, the vehicle with the most powerful V-8 in the group at 320 horsepower (also with the best weight-to-power ratio), finished last in acceleration. Equipped as our tester was, the SRX's total came to $56,590. That's a bunch of money to feel inconvenienced by the seating and shortchanged by the cargo and accelerative aspects. Think of the SRX as a comfortable, tall wagon with a third-row seat added as an afterthought.Also based, if somewhat loosely, on a sedan, the Volvo XC90 gets stretched three ways, adds an all-wheel-drive system, a third row of seats, and hosts an engine not currently available in any other Volvo. Co-developed with Yamaha, this unusual 60-degree V-8 is mounted transversely, unlike the others' 90-degree front/back V-8s.The Volvo V-8 was engineered to be a light, compact, powerful yet fuel-efficient engine, and it does the job as advertised. It's a gem of a motor. At only 4.4 liters, the Volvo V-8 is the smallest here, yet holds its own with the American and German mills, earning second-quickest honors. It sounds good doing it, too, though its sometimes befuddled six-speed automatic hunted for gears. The suspension motions are heavy-duty SUV in nature, but this makes sense when you realize this is the only one, with 28- and 20-degree approach/departure angles, that can actually go off-road.Where the Volvo outshines the SRX is in interior design and engineering. That the third-row received as much attention as the second-row seating is obvious. Stowing or assembling the third row takes 10 to 15 seconds, without the "convenience" of electric motors. Further, headrests always remain attached and flip up or down as needed. While climbing into the rearmost seats is nearly as difficult as in the Cadillac, the reward is an adult-size perch replete with side-curtain airbags.If the Smiths were looking for a true seven-passenger sport/utility, the Volvo doesn't surrender running shoe comfort at the expense of hiking boot capability. It's a solid choice for those who'd prefer the look of an SUV, with the flexibility of a minivan and the safety of a Volvo. Coming in at the lowest base- and as-tested price doesn't hurt, either–a concern for many.On the test track, the Mercedes-Benz R500 took first place in acceleration and narrowly missed (by two feet from 60 mph) in braking, a feat unexpected from a 5200-pound vehicle. No doubt aided by its multimode electronic seven-speed automatic, which seems to have the correct ratio for every occasion, it'll even skip over gears if conditions dictate an urgent downshift. Despite a stability system that can't be fully defeated, the R500 still managed to hold the skidpad with nearly the same tenacity as the less electronically restrained SRX. In fact, the R500 nipped out the others in our figure-eight test, transitioning more adeptly between acceleration, braking, and cornering.Our staff is split on the efficacy of the R500's optional Airmatic suspension. Some appreciate the adjustability between "sport" and "comfort," while others think it represents a bandage to an underengineered suspension system. We have driven examples with and without it, but it's still ideal to have the option. The Mercedes-Benz interior accommodations trump all in this test. It has the expected elegance and options (DVD player, rear air, giant sunroof), plus the inherent configurability of this new platform. It boasts honest-to-six-foot-goodness seating for six adults that's as accessible as it is spacious. The cargo cavern in the R-Class is by far the most useful: Even with all rows of seating occupied, it still has over 15 cubic feet of room behind the third row.Downside? Price–maybe even for a more affluent shopper. At over $56,000 for the base R500, that's still a lot of money for a family that watches HBO on a big-screen plasma TV. Regardless, a barebones R500 would've beaten our loaded SRX for reasons that have nothing to do with its optional equipment. Would the R500 have been $6000 better than the $49,000 Volvo? Yes, because the package itself is farther reaching and more accommodating. Our R500 test model had nearly every available option and totaled almost $71,000, but the V-6 R350 starts at $48,775.The R500 is neither compromised by the limitations of a sedan platform nor stigmatized by the trappings of a minivan. What it is can be defined by what it does–and that's just about everything. Not only has Mercedes nailed the functional side of this equation, it's also got the chic look the Smiths are after, and the hardware to make it all work well. The Mercedes-Benz R500, whatever you want to call it, is the winner among this crowd.2006 Volvo XC90 V8 2006 Cadillac SRX V8 AWD 2006 Mercedes-Benz R500 2006 Volvo XC90 V8 Powertrain/Chassis Drivetrain Layout Front engine, AWD Front engine, AWD Front engine, AWD Engine type 90° V-8, aluminum block/heads 90° V-8, aluminum block/heads 60° V-8, aluminum block/heads Valvetrain DOHC, 4 valves/cyl SOHC, 3 valves/cyl DOHC, 4 valves/cyl Displacement 278.6 cu in / 4565cc 301.8 cu in / 4945cc 269.4 cu in / 4414cc Compression ratio 10.5:1 10.0:1 10.4:1 Power (SAE net) 320 hp @ 6400 rpm 302 hp @ 5600 rpm 311 hp @ 5850 rpm Torque (SAE net) 315 lb-ft @ 4400 rpm 339 lb-ft @ 2700 rpm 325 hp @ 3900 rpm Weight to power 14.7 lb/hp 17.3 lb/hp 15.7 lb/hp Transmission 5-speed automatic 7-speed automatic 6-speed automatic Axle/final-drive ratios 3.23:1 / 2.42:1 3.70:1 / 2.70:1 3.33:1 / 2.23:1 Suspension, front; rear Control arms, coil springs, anti-roll bar; multilink, coil springs, anti-roll bar Control arms, adj air springs, anti-roll bar; multilink, adj air springs, anti-roll bar Struts, coil springs, anti-roll bar; multilink, coil springs, anti-roll bar Steering ratio 20.0:1 18.6:1 15.9:1 Turns lock-to-lock 3.4 3.6 3.0 Brakes, f;r 12.7-in vented disc; 12.6-in vented disc, ABS 13.8-in vented disc; 13.0-in vented disc, ABS 13.2-in vented disc; 12.1-in vented disc, ABS Wheels 18 x 8.0-in, cast aluminum 18 x 8.0-in, cast aluminum 18 x 8.0-in, cast aluminum Tires, f;r 235/60R18 102V; 255/55R18 104V Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 M+S 255/55R18 105H; 255/55R18 105H Continental 4×4 Contact M+S 235/60R18 102V; 235/60R18 102V Michelin Pilot HX MXM4 M+S Dimensions Wheelbase 116.4 in 126.6 in 112.6 in Track, f/r 61.9 / 62.2 in 65.5 / 65.3 in 64.3 / 63.9 in Length x Width x Height 194.9 x 72.6 x 67.8 in 203.0 x 77.5 x 65.2 in 188.9 x 74.7 x 70.2 in Ground clearance 8.2 in 5.8 in 8.9 in Turning circle 39.7 ft 40.7 ft 40.0 ft Curb weight 4719 lb 5210 lb 4878 lb Weight distribution, f;r 51 / 49% 52 / 48% 54 / 46% Towing Capacity 4250 lb Not equipped 5000 lb Seating capacity 7 6 7 Headroom, f/m/r 40.3 / 38.4 / 35.0 in 39.8 / 40.4 / 37.2 in 39.7 / 38.4 / 35.5 in Legroom, f/m/r 42.1 / 41.0 / 24.2 in 39.8 / 36.2 / 32.4 in 41.0 / 34.6 / 30.1 in Shoulder room, f/m/r 58.7 / 57.6 / 43.6 in 60.3 / 59.6 / 52.8 in 58.3 / 57.4 / 54.0 (MT est) in Cargo vol behind f/m/r 69.5 / 32.4 / 8.4 cu ft 85.0 / 42.2 / 15.2 cu ft 85.1 / 43.3 / 8.8 cu ft Max Cargo floor length 72.5 in 87.0 in 74.5 in Width bet Wheelhouses 36.0 in 44.5 in 44.5 in Cargo Lift-Over Height 31.0 In 29.0 In 32.5 In Test DataAcceleration to mph 0-30 2.7 sec 2.1 sec 2.5 sec 0-40 4.0 3.3 3.8 0-50 5.5 4.8 5.4 0-60 7.4 6.5 7.0 0-70 9.4 8.6 9.1 0-80 12.1 11.1 11.7 0-90 15.3 14.2 14.6 0-100 18.9 17.7 18.1 Passing 45-65 mph 3.7 sec 3.5 sec 3.4 sec Quarter mile 15.6 sec @ 91.1 mph 14.9 sec @ 92.0 mph 15.4 sec @ 92.4 mph Braking, 100-0 mph 352 ft 363 ft 372 ft Braking, 60-0 mph 124 ft 126 ft 129 ft 600-ft slalom 60.9 mph avg 57.5 mph avg* 58.2 mph avg* Lateral acceleration 0.80g avg 0.78g avg* 0.77g avg* MT Figure Eight 28.3 sec @ 0.61g avg 28.2 sec @ 0.60g avg* 28.3 sec @ 0.60g avg* Top-gear revs @ 60 mph 1800 rpm 1900 rpm 1600 rpm Consumer Info Base price $49,895 $56,275 $46,535 Price as tested $56,590 $70,770 $49,840 Stability/traction control Yes/yes Yes/yes Yes/yes Airbags Dual front, front-side, f/m curtain Dual front, front-side, f/m/r curtain Dual front, front-side, f/m/r curtain Basic warranty 4 yrs/50,000 miles 4 yrs/50,000 miles 4 yrs/50,000 miles Powertrain warranty 4 yrs/50,000 miles 4 yrs/50,000 miles 4 yrs/50,000 miles Roadside assistance 4 yrs/50,000 miles Unlimited 4 yrs/50,000 miles Fuel capacity 20.0 gal 25.1 gal 21.1 gal EPA city/hwy econ 15/20 mpg 13/18 mpg 15/21 mpg MT-observed fuel econ 14.2 mpg 14.0 mpg 14.8 mpg Recommended fuel Premium unleaded Premium unleaded Premium unleaded * Electronically limited. 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> Hiroshi Inoue > > > Ludek Finstrle > > > > I think I found a bug in SQLExecute. IMHO SC_clean_error should be > > called there only sometimes as you can see from my patch created > > againist fresh CVS snapshot. > > > > Without this patch application fail becouse error is produced in Fetch > > instead of in Execute. > > Could you explain the examples ? I can. I attach part of mylog output where the problem is described. I try explain it in english and I hope you can understand. Application call select on non-exists table. It's allocate stmt then it prepare stmt. Then it call NumResultCols. Error raise in this function but it return SQL_SUCCESS (I think this is right) and set stmt status to STMT_PREMATURE. Then it call Execute. There is clean_error so it return SQL_SUCCES and I think this is wrong>. After it app call Fetch and it fail. Application doesn't expect failure in Fetch after success execute. I don't have source for app because it's commercial one. So I can't change it's behaviour. I tried create table but app fails later. When I patch psqlodbc it's doing what I expect. But I'm not sure if it's good for all situations. I don't see so far. The opposite one situation which I think about is execute twice or more times with different binding parameters. So I add test status to STMT_FINISHED. As I said I'm not sure if it's correct. Best regards Luf
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MSGVarsity.com will be live-streaming the FCIAC football showdown between Trinity Catholic and St. Joseph at Stratford's Bunnell H.S. on Thursday at 7 p.m.
The Crusaders (7-1) had their storybook season halted by Darien last week, 26-20, but are still very much in the hunt in the race for one of eight Class S playoff spots. Trinity Catholic is currently fifth, with a game at Wilton on Thanksgiving also remaining.
Shaquan Howsie leads the Crusaders with 843 rushing yards and 12 touchdowns, while Sean Brown and Randy Polonia each have eight offensive touchdowns to their credit.
Defensively, Trinity Catholic is spearheaded by linebackers Cody Zaro, David Deleo and Matt Christensen -- all of whom are averaging double-digit tackles per game.
Meanwhile, the Cadets (6-2) are coming off back-to-back blowouts of Warde and Bassick, and need a victory to stay alive in the Class M tournament chase.
Strong-armed junior Jordan Vazzano has emerged as one of the league's top quarterbacks, and has passed for 1,600 yards with 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
Vazzano's favorite target is senior Jake Pelletier, who has 36 receptions for 637 yards and 12 TDs.
Among the defensive stalwarts for the Cadets are senior linebackers Mike Pulaski, Kurtis Mudre and Matt Hare.
St. Joe's won last year's meeting, 29-14, in Stamford.


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UPDATE: Traffic chaos on Highway 99 after culvert collapse
WATCH: More than 68,000 vehicles use Highway 99 daily and today it's been a mess of delays near the Oak Street Bridge thanks to a culvert collapsing. Darlene Heidemann has more details on when it's expected to be fixed.
Traffic on Highway 99 heading into Vancouver was backed up for kilometres this afternoon because of a large sinkhole that suddenly appeared this morning.
A draining pipe known as a culvert collapsed near the northbound Bridgeport off-ramp around 8:30.
Vehicles were reduced to a single lane heading north as crews work to restore the area. Two lanes are now open after crews moved the barriers in the middle of the highway into an unused section of the road to create a second lane.
Traffic control signs are in place, but drivers are being warned to expect lengthy delays.
The crews managed to jack up the culvert to prevent it from collapsing further.
The ministry of transportation says the cause of the culvert failure has yet to be determined.
It is not clear how long it will take to repair the culvert.
According to the provincial government, more than 68,000 vehicles use the highway daily.
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|March 10, 2013, 01:08 PM
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|March 10, 2013, 04:47 PM
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11B training at the Ft. Benning School For Wayward Boys, August 2002. Loved shooting then, still do now.
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|March 10, 2013, 05:48 PM
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I don't remember the first time I shot a gun. My dad used to take us out plinking with the 22. When I was older I got a 410 and wounded birds all over the farm.
|March 10, 2013, 06:53 PM
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coey 22 single shot when 5 told to shoot the pack rats that were getting in the eaves of the house 30-30 when i was 10, 725 270 at 13 hunting was for food and to kill pests and for the cash brought in by guiding european and American hunters first big game was a moose when my father would not get out of his cot told me to shoot it or waik him when coffee was ready i was 9 he drove through town telling everyone i was hooked still have the coey and 30-30 wish I had never got rid of the 725
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I wasn't introduced to firearms until I decided to apply for a license. No one in my family is anti gun, but none of them owned guns either. In fact I am the reason my father owns guns and shoots today. Soon after I turned 21 I took the safety course and convinced my father to do so to. Got my carry license and have been hooked since. I live in an anti gun state so I have the opportunity to take alot of new shooters out to the range to shoot a gun for the first time.
Although I will add my toy box as a kid was full of replica wood and metal rifles that actually had the actions cycle and a bunch of metal replica cap guns. Needles to say everyone wanted to come over my house to play after school. Must have scared the hell out of the neighbors to see a 5 year old running around the streets of Boston with a replica pump action shotgun that actually cycled. Would never fly today.
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Nobody in my family was into shooting although I always had toy guns. My dad had a .22 from when he was a kid. He took me out to shoot it in a gravel pit a few times when I was in Boy Scouts so I could get my Marksmanship Merit Badge, about 7th grade. I went to camp that summer and won 2nd place in the shooting competition. I pretty much got into it on my own after that, going rabbit hunting with my buddies in the summer. Bought every gun I own after I got out of school. Now my sisters call me Uncle Bubba (but I know whose house they'd show up at if things went South).
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I kind of had to introduce myself.
The process continues, I imagine it will go on for as long as I do.
Right now, I'm working out how to do a trigger job on a BLR... Last year, I worked out the mystery of installing and adjusting Mauser double-set triggers.
It keeps me busy when the weather is not good for shooting, etc..
Last week I bought a Glock C29 - because I dunno squat about Glocks, and needed something for CC.
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Age five...enter the 9 in. barrel Ruger single six convertible. In the holster it hung far past my nee. It was the most amazing thing I'd ever seen. To this day you can hit empty .22 cases from 15 yrds with it. Next was my CVA .32 cal squirrel rifle. A lefty of course.
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|March 10, 2013, 11:54 PM
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When I was about 11, my uncle let me shoot his black powder .44 revolver...he thought it was funny. After my wrists healed, I took up skeet shooting with my grandfather. My first rifle was a 8mm Turkish Mauser. I don't know, I think it just clicked, my desire and my wrists.
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|March 11, 2013, 12:03 AM
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How did I get into firearms? Right, well... I must have been 11 at the time. So I was with my family at a corn maze upstate NY when someone there, was, I guess looking to make some money. So me and my Grandpa were doing something, and this guy goes and asks my mom if any of us would be "interested in shooting some clays?"
For some reason, my mom who wasn't a fan of firearms (she grew up in the streets in Brooklyn where only the punks would carry guns around), so she wasn't anti-gun, just intimidated by them, I guess. Well, she wound up saying yes. So the three of us, along with another family, two parents and two kids, followed this guy to a little open field surrounded by a wooded area.
He had a nice (what I assume to be high end) launcher, made shooting the clays very quick and easy. I believe the shotgun was a Remington VERSA MAX if I remember the color scheme correctly. The synthetic model with the grey around the grip and um... (forend?).
So the guy charged us like $1 a shot, I shot about 15 rounds, my mom shot about 5 and my grandpa shot about 5. That was actually a lot of money looking back considering how cheap birdshot was, and still is!
After this, I started to be semi-interested in firearms, but it would not be until about 3-1/2 years later that I wanted a gun of my own. I had already been shooting air rifles for a year or two at that point, (A Daisy 840 Grizzly, then moved up to a Daisy Powerline 901). So finally, after convincing my mom to go and purchase it (of course I'm underage, still am), I had my long-awaited Marlin 795. Since then, we've bought quite a few more guns, but nothing gets shot more than that Marlin 795!
A while back, my mom was wondering how I turned into such a gun nut, as she is still reluctant on owning firearms, but she knows she raised me to be responsible, I guess she just trusts me. I jokingly told her that she made a "grave error" 5 or 6 years ago, when she let me shoot those clays But it is what it is, and I don't think I'd go back to "gun-less" me. I enjoy shooting so much, and I don't think I'd ever see it any other way, no matter how vilified we become, but I am faithful that one day, some of this ignorance will fade, and others (who are on the fence) and even anti-gunners will at least understand why we love this one general activity that many do on a weekly basis. The problem? I don't understand myself!
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I got into guns I think as young as I can remember. Not because anyone around me had any or a army guy telling stories. But because how cool I percive they are. I noticed a lot of people making fun at me for making things into shapes of guns. Its my passion to enjoy firearms, more of something difficult to explain to most. I just have so much interest and fascination in all projectile devices. Guns are to me plain awesome. I know I like guns more than most all soldiers who use them. Guns are complex machines, I take great interest to the precision and craftsmanship that is put so dilligently into them.
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raised on a farm and they were always there,tho to my dad they were just tools like a axe or pitch fork.we raised alot of buck wheat and the deer would raise hell with it and my father and older brother and i would shoot them,i had to hold the light untill i was 9 then i got to shoot. eastbank.
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I was agnostic towards gun ownership but saw an NRA special on TV and Clint Walker was the host. In the show he spoke about the meaning of the second ammendment and convinced me that my thinking was wrong.
The was in Vermont in 1982 and I've been a gun owner since.
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When I was teething, my father let me chew on the cool steel slide of the 1911 he bought from the army when he was discharged in 1945. It sure eased the pain of teething. Then he would rub bourbon on my gums. It was the start of two of the best pleasures in life.
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My dad introduced me to firearms when I was about 8 or 9 at the Harvard Sportsmens Club in MA., then my Mothers brother fostered the Hunting spirit in my soul, when I was 16 years old. I have been involved in the shooting sports ever since. My son's learned to shoot at 5 with the BB gun .
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My step dad would use me as a bird dog when I was little. It was my job to go into the brush an flush the birds, it was great fun.
|March 12, 2013, 07:14 PM
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My dad financed my BB gun era and that lasted a few months and I was completely over firearms. Then when I was 13, he grabbed me and said "come with me". We headed down to the hardware store where he bought a Winchester Model 37 16 ga shotgun, the first gun ever for our household, and the only one he's ever purchased. Now he did some time in the NC guard to help with his college costs, but he never hunted. He did okay in the guard with a rifle and thats where he developed an admiration for firearms, but he had no desire to recreate with one. He got me into fishing too, but he didn't care to fish. He joined a fishing club, and I fished from the dock while he socialized. By this time golf had been discovered and he was hooked on that. I still have that Winchester. I've played my fair share of golf, but there's not one golf related item in my house. I hunts and I fishes, and I thank my Dad for introducing me to both. RIP Dad, you did good by me.
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My parents weren't 'gun people', but they kept this POS .22 revolver, that was in about 3 pieces and had electrical tape as a grip, in a box above the refrigerator. As soon as my parents started leaving my brother and I home by ourselves, of course we got it down and played with it. We put it together, but I honestly don't even think it would have worked. That was my introduction to guns.
When I was about 15, my grandfather got my brother and I BB guns; which made my dad irate. When I was about 16, the first two guns I ever shot were a Colt 1911, and a full auto Thompson .45 that my uncle had from the Sheriff's office where he worked. Talk about a baptism by fire. My parents divorced when I was 17, and my dad moved out. We lived in the country, and I remember my mom waking me up one night because she heard a noise outside. Being the newly ordained 'man of the house', I had to do my investigation with the only weapon I owned at the time, a compound bow. I remember telling myself I would own a gun as soon as I was old enough. When I turned 18, I bought two shotguns, then a year later bought a rifle. I got into the police academy at 20 years old, so that's when I started buying handguns. My collection exploded to around 50 firearms, but I've since whittled that down to about half of that now.
Because of my experience as a kid, my daughters have all received their own .22 rifle at the age of 4, and they've been taught to use every firearm in the house. I don't want their introduction to guns to be like mine.
|March 12, 2013, 11:31 PM
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It seems my life was backward - first gun of my own the .22 rifle - didn't get a BB gun until after my Korean War service. I had owned (still do) a Winchester 04, .410 and 16 DB shotguns, a couple of 45-70 rifles and .410 pistol - gift from one of dad's friends - had to register it the following year - most expensive gift I've ever received.
Great for an 8 year old boy - 12" barrel with no choke single shot - effective range not over 20 yards and not easily concealable- ATF thinks it is in the same class as a Tommy gun - wait - they have reclassified it as a "Curio & Relic* but won't take it off the list and if one is found to have an unregistered one, the fine is $10,000 - plus, there is no way to register one now even though there are several revolvers that shoot .410 shells on the market that have much shorter barrels - don't require registration because they have rifling in the barrels.
In contrast, one can buy a Tommy Gun - though it is expensive - but the are registrable.
This is the land of the free??? and nationally as well as in Colorado - efforts are being considered by legislative bodies to severely infringe on our 2nd Amendment rights when they could - and should be solving real problems.
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Well the first time I ever held a gun was shooting a javelina in South Texas, and of course my dad didn't bother to tell me when you look through a scope you don't put your eye on it. I still want to know how he explained the black eye to my mom. After that he got me a single shot .22/410 that you could switch the barrel out on. Between that and a Ruger 10/22 he got me a couple years later I probably put enough rounds through them that if I found all the brass I shot I could probably buy a car. After shooting his Mini-14 the .22s got boring real quick so I quit shooting for a while and after Obama got elected again I was ****** off and went and got a S&W Model 28 because I figured he was going to try and ban guns and I should better have something, and after shooting the a gun for the first time in probably 10 years I went off the deep end and now I'm completely obsessed with guns. But I remember hating my 410 because I was little and it kicked to bad for me, and I got my first 12 gauge a month ago and after a 100 round box of those bulk 12 gauge shells from Wal-mart I realized I've completely changed my mind with recoil. Now I want a 10 gauge too.
Also the closest I've ever come to having a BB gun is my cousin having one and shooting me with it and I dug the BB out of my arm with a knife so I wouldn't have to tell my parent and get in trouble.
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I have to say OJ that's a great set of pics. I wish I had got into shooting at a younger age. Of course my childhood photos with a .22 would have consisted of parachute pants and and some Nike pumps... maybe a double tape deck boom box in the back ground for recording your favorite songs off the radio... but all the same none the less haha.
I also hope when its time for me to retire I will be able to sit on my porch with a firearm as pretty a that with a smile on my face. Seems you have it figured out haha.
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I just clicked in on GA and - wow - there it was . I phoned the dealer in Flint Michigan and sealed the deal - for less than the price listed in my 1996 GD - new in box - unfired - with manual. Miroku made 8000 in 1995 as century models - half of them in Hi Grade My theory is it was part of the estate of a serious collector whose survivors just wanted a quick estate deal and had no idea of its value.
All my wife got for #25 was a little diamond ring and she still thinks she got the best of the deal - women - gotta love'em -
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I see what keeps you going. A good woman and some intensive cardio therapy every day. Here's my cardio regimen. At 2:00 PM, open two beers and enjoy drinking them. After the two beers are gone, lay back and sleep until 4:00 PM. Drives the women crazy because they know you will outlive them if you take such good care of your ticker.
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In the immediate aftermath of Kansas State's 20-6 victory over Colorado on Saturday, Bill Snyder fumed over the Wildcats' offensive performance in the second half. Upon reviewing tape, Snyder during the Big 12 coaches' teleconference on Monday said, "I was probably a little angrier than I should've been, but nevertheless, it's apparent we have improvement to make there." Snyder discussed various roots of his displeasure as the North division-leading Wildcats prepare to visit No. 22 Oklahoma.
Upon further review was the second half of the Colorado game as poor as you first thought?
SNYDER: "It wasn't good for a lot of different reasons. Some I mentioned, some I didn't. I was probably a little angrier than I should've been, but nevertheless, it's apparent we have improvement to make there."
Bill, you've coached with and against Bob Stoops for a long time. Does that make it any harder or any easier to prepare for this game?
SNYDER: "Well, I think it might probably make it more difficult because they probably have a better understanding of me than I do of them over a period of time. Having been out of the game for three years, I didn't study what other teams were doing and how consistent Oklahoma was in doing things that I was more attuned to at that particular point in time. What makes it most difficult is that I know the quality of coaching that exists there. Bobby and his staff have obviously done extremely well, but you're always going to play an excellent football team, a well-coached football team, a very aggressive football team and one that is going to be difficult for anybody to beat. I know they've lost some ball games, but those are ball games they're not going to lose very often. They're probably the best two-loss team in the nation, would be my speculation right now. I don't know that it makes it any easier, no."
Here's your off-the-wall question for the day. A major airline has direct service from Manhattan to Dallas-Fort Worth now. What kind of impact can that have on recruiting for you guys, not only bringing in prospective players but also just for your coaches being able to get out and recruit particularly in Texas?
SNYDER: "It's very beneficial to our program. In the past, it's been difficult to get youngsters in here without a great deal of travel time. It makes it far more commutable and obviously with coaches it's a lot easier thing to do, particularly during the season. It's very beneficial. It's a major plus for us. I hope we hang onto it."
I wanted to talk to you a little bit about Grant Gregory and just what he's given you as the quarterback in this offense?
SNYDER: "Well, Grant has good leadership abilities, he has the capacity for being a tough, young guy. He has a little movement to him. He's still learning a new system for him. He's been in the same system for five years and now has a new system that it takes a little bit to get acclimated to. But he's a good-effort guy. I think all of the intrinsic values are in place and now it's just a matter of growing into the system."
How have his experiences during his career helped him -- the schools he's been to and at South Florida? He's obviously a mature guy.
SNYDER: "He does have a very good maturity to him and that's what allows him to provide some leadership to this football team. Coming to a new program in the capacity he did without any opportunity to be here during the course of spring and not getting here until late summer, it's not an easy thing to step in and all of the sudden provide the type of leadership you would like for a quarterback to be able to do until you have an opportunity to A) put yourself on the field and B) become acclimated to the young people that are already in your program. The more that he's been on the field and the more opportunity he has in practice, it's a matter of time and he's been able to progress in that fashion.
"The experiences he's had, his father being a college football coach and him playing in Jim Leavitt's program, I have a great respect for Jim and all that he's done down there. So I know some of the values from that program are the same values we share here, so that's been beneficial, I think."
Talking about some of the problems against Colorado, looking back over them, are they some things you can fix in the short term or are they going to take a little bit longer to correct?
SNYDER: "Well, we'd better or we'll be in even greater difficulty than we're in right now with Oklahoma and anybody else that we play after that. The answer to the question is, yes, they are correctable and things that can vary from week to week. In fact, some of the things that presented themselves were things that we had thought we had gotten worked through and we had been able to execute correctly on the game field in previous games, some early mistakes we got smoothed over that came back to haunt us this week. The answer is that it tells you A) that we're a very inconsistent football team and B) yes, they are correctable mistakes because we had them corrected, we just fell backward."
How about third downs? On Saturday, K-State was 2-for-11 on third downs. What's going to need to happen in order to convert more of those?
SNYDER: "Well, I'm going to start punting on third downs so we don't have to deal with that anymore. We need to be better on first down, be better on second down and not put ourselves in as many long-yardage situations as we have. Part of that comes from pre-snap stuff -- illegal procedures. We got penalized in the second half of this ball game. The first half we were fine, one penalty, and the second half we couldn't wait to get penalized. It's just some of the focus things and discipline things that would probably help us to be a little bit better on third down or at least avoid those third-and-long situations that we have. It's quite obvious we have to be much better at that to be any kind of competitive football team."
Coach, I was wondering from the time you left to the time you retook the job, did you see recruiting change, just some of the ways kids were recruited or some of the tactics that you had to do?
SNYDER: "Well, I don't know so much about in reference to tactics other than just about the time I was getting ready to go see my grandchildren, all of the cyberspace stuff started to come into play and the capacity to reach out and touch everybody in a heartbeat. For that along with all of the recruiting services just became more and more prevalent and therefore everybody is out there. There's nobody that's hidden. There really are no secrets in regard to who's a viable, recruitable, young individual. On this Blackberry, I get about 300 of those a day. It identifies on a rotating basis virtually any high school youngster or anybody from the age 7-and-up that has got a chance. So you know basically who is out there and who potentially is someone you might be interested in. The capacity to not sit around and wait for two weeks to get videotape of someone -- it comes over the Internet instantaneously -- speeds up the process.
"Schools have made the offers, because the process has sped up, thousands of scholarships to these young guys and at very, very early ages and before they've even gotten to their senior year of high school or junior year of high school, and consequently youngsters are making decisions a lot quicker. I don't know what the numbers would be, but there are probably 50 percent of the schools across the country that are already full with their 25 commitments or are awfully close, and we are to. I've never been in that position in my life. How we're going to respond to it, I'm not altogether certain right now, but from that standpoint, it has changed. Now, as far as interaction between coaches and potential recruits and families, that's of a very personal nature and I'm pretty certain that hasn't changed."


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Author Archives: Chris Patterson
Accessing ActiveMQ on Mac OSX from a Windows VM
With MassTransit, we support multiple messaging transports, including MSMQ (comes with Windows), ActiveMQ (an open-source Java message broker), and TIBCO EMS (a not-so-open-source message broker). With that in mind, teams building on the Windows platform can comfortably choose MSMQ and … Continue reading
I'm a Microsoft C# MVP!
Opening my Inbox this morning resulted in a pleasant surprise from Microsoft. I have been presented with the 2009 Microsoft® MVP Award as a recognition for sharing my expertise in Visual C# with others. It is an honor to be … Continue reading
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Dallas TechFest 2009 Tomorrow
It's been a couple of busy weeks! The weekend before my presentations in Arkansas, I decided to forego sleep and go to Wakarusa! The Saturday lineup included two of my favorite electronica acts, Shpongle and Ott, and introduced to another … Continue reading
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Presenting on Event Driven Architecture and MassTransit
Event Driven Architecture Business applications no longer exist as isolated systems. In order to provide integrated solutions that add business value, applications must be connected. Modern approaches for enterprise application integration (EAI) such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) separate applications … Continue reading
Posted in .net, esb, masstransit 6 Comments
MassTransit Now Speaks XML By Default
Last night, I made a major update to the trunk of MassTransit that changes the default message format from binary to XML. Since the first drop of MassTransit, the default format for messages was binary. This had several advantages, one … Continue reading
Posted in .net, masstransit, msmq 4 Comments
MassTransit Saga Enhancements for Event Processing
In the past year, I've been learning about Event Driven Architecture and how using it in the enterprise can make adding functionality over time easier through a loosely-coupled event-based architecture. With Event Driven Architecture, business components can subscribe and react … Continue reading
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I'm Down With M.V.C., Yeah You Know Me!
Over the past week, I've had some time to dig into the new ASP.NET MVC framework. For starters, my background in web development is mostly classic ASP talking to COM objects built in C++. I've only used ASP.NET to provide … Continue reading
Posted in .net, altdotnet 2 Comments
Declarative Workflow with MassTransit
One of the really cool features that is available in the 0.6 release of MassTransit is the ability to declaratively define a saga/workflow using a nested-closure syntax in combination with a fluent builder. While some wonder if fluent interfaces are … Continue reading
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MassTransit 0.6 Release Candidate
I'm proud to announce that we are getting close to a final 0.6 release of MassTransit. We've been working on this release since early December and have added a lot of new functionality. We're also glad to have integrated a … Continue reading
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Dr. Dru and PhatBoyG On Elegant Code Cast
Just over a week ago, Dru Sellers and I recorded a podcast with Elegant Coders Jarod Ferguson and David Starr. We spent a couple of hours discussing event driven architecture (EDA), messaging, and MassTransit. Through the magic of editing, they … Continue reading
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