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Italy 2012 – Final Summary – Rules to Adopt and Follow

2017/12/28
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Modified: 2017/09/16
Italy 2012 – Final Summary – Rules to Adopt and Follow

  This is a summary article about the rules and tradition that we discovered are very convenient and important to follow.  Italian – Learn and use basic Italian words.  Do not be a mute foreigner.  At least spice up your inability to speak with a bright smile and Buon Giorno [bon gorno] and Ciao [chao]. Mineral Water – Do order a large bottle of mineral water in restaurants.  It is an easy and customary way to replenish your fluids, and it is great. Restrooms – You can ask politely to use a restroom (bagno [ban’o]) in any restaurant.  We never received a refusal. Refreshments – buy a watermelon instead of ice…

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Sep 3 MON – From Rome back to Boston

2017/12/24
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Modified: 2017/09/16
13-46 EST Data used

  We took an early breakfast, and left the hotel at 08:24.  I put another €23 worth of benzene into the car to top it off, and we returned the car to the airport at 08:57 with 11109 km on odometer. Here is a breakdown for days, kilometers, liters and Euros that we used during this vacation: Event Date Odometer Run KM Price Liters Amount KM per Liter Car Pickup 8-15 Wed 9,352 N/A N/A N/A First Refueling 8-22 Wed 9,875 523 1.915 40.9 78.27 12.8 Second Refueling 8-26 Sun 10,477 602 1.91 45.1 86.16 13.3 Third Refueling 9-02 Sun 11,086 609 1.99 46.7 93 13 Car Return 9-03 Mon 11,109…

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Sep 2 SUN – Last day in Rome [… in progress …]

2017/12/20
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Modified: 2017/09/16

[…in progress…] Today, Sunday September 2, I woke up at 7:30 and immediately drove 600 meters to a nearest gas station and put 35 liters of benzene for €70.  Around 9:00 we had a good breakfast.  I even ate a boiled egg and some bacon. Hotel staff recommended taking a car to a free parking lot at Acilia station.  It is one train stop closer to Rome, and parking lot is bigger. In about 4 km we easily found the large parking lot, and the station. We bought 4 rides for €6. Around 09:54 we just missed the Metro train, and next one arrived around 10:12.  Each ride is €1.50 and…

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Sep 1 SAT – Mount Vesuvius [… in progress …]

2017/12/16
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Modified: 2017/09/16

[…in progress…] Today is Saturday, September 1, . We took our time for breakfast on Saturday, September 1, 2012, and we left the B&B at around 10:39. Around 11:24 we spent €0.99 on 6 nectarines in a shop in the neighboring town. We spent about an hour in the traffic trying to leave Sorrento. In one incident, in a heavy traffic I yielded to let the car on opposite side of the road to make a U-turn and the car started turning, but motorcycle did not see the maneuver, and their paths collided. It did not looked too bad, but apparently the leg of passenger on a bike got really hurt,…

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Tracking Boston Snow Records

2017/12/14
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Modified: 2017/11/05
Boston-Snow-Records

When a narrow path to my entrance door became a treacherous ravine between two mounts of snow,  I decided to check, are we breaking any kind of record this year. Here is what I was able to find out. Boston keeps track of its weather since 1872. The most snow in any given 24 hours period was recorded as 27″ on Feb. 17-18, 2003. The most snow in one month was recorded as 43.3″ in January 2005 (as measured at Logan). The greatest seasonal snowfall in Boston was 107.6″ in 1995-96. Let’s compare cumulative snow totals by month this season (2010-2011) with record breaking 1995-96 season: Season Nov Dec Jan Feb…

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Aug 31 FRI – La Dolce Far Niente [… in progress …]

2017/12/12
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Modified: 2017/09/16

[…in progress…] Today I woke up in Sorrento in 07:56.  Already things are drying after an overnight soak. We were so impressed with our accommodations, and so overwhelmed with our experiences that decided to spend entire day Friday, August 31 in the suit, just resting, taking it easy, and enjoying the harbor views. This carefree day marked with taking a slow bath from our second floor “spa”. Inspiring sea view surrounds us on 3 sides.  We are watching large cruise ships being serviced in the harbor.  All day long small boats go back and forth to the post to deliver people and goods. Somewhere midday I went down and requested another…

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Move IIS inetpub Directory

2017/12/11
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Modified: 2017/11/05
Move IIS inetpub Directory

To keep your operating system completely separate from all the web stuff, it is advisable to move inetpub directory off the root of a %SystemDrive% to a completly different drive. In these sample I am moving IIS from C:\inetpub to x:\inetpub.   Adjust this to your needs. Steps described here were tested on Windows 7 IIS 7.5 and Windows 2008 Server R2 IIS 7.5. Check if your http://localhost/ is working before proceeding.   -01- Stop all IIS-related services Stop services related to IIS: – FTP (if installed) – IIS Admin – SMTP (if installed) – Windows Process Activation (will stop all other IIS services) – WWW (will be stopped by stopping previous…

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Calculating EPS and P/E – A Real Life Example

2017/12/10
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Modified: 2017/11/05
NEM Net Income - Last 5 Quarters

It is painful to state that so many important investment decisions are based on a P/E ratio, but it is very hard to find a clear explanation on how to calculate this very P/E for a given company. This article is written to demonstrate, how to calculate Earnings Per Share (EPS) and P/E using Newmont Mining (NEM) as an example. We have to start with obvious banality: Price-to-Earnings ration (P/E) is a Stock Price ($50) divided by the total of last 12 month earnings. What type of earnings we need to get?  We need “Net Income Applicable To Common Shares”. Where can we get this information?  Some free sites provide last…

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Copy MP3 Files From PC to iPhone

2017/12/09
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Modified: 2017/11/05
2009-07-06-Orient-Point-LI-

Every time I need to copy a file to my iPhone, it is a hair rising experience.  Why?  Why I need to use some third party software to do the most basic task there is? I bought the very first iPhone (2G) in February 2008.  Somehow I figured out how to  to move media files between iPhone and PC.  It was clumsy and awkward.  It was a torture and menace. And have to repeat this again.  Apple did not fix this problem till present.  Do the listen for people’s cry for help?  Apparently, they do not have ears.  It is still a pain in 2015 on iPhone 5S.  File management on iPhone is as terrible…

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Aug 30 THU – Capri – Day 2 [… in progress …]

2017/12/08
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Modified: 2017/09/16

 […in progress…] We woke up early, and had an early breakfast. We’ve met all the colorful characters on the farm: the overly shrewd babushka (the owner), who pretended that credit card machine doesn’t work, and I had to show her how to properly swipe the card.  The colorful workers from Ukraine and Sri Lanka.  One guy was all over us.  He retold everyday farm gossip in Russian and was complaining about and praising the people around him.  We jumped on the bus to Azzura (09:52), and had a chance to view how boats are crowding around the entrance to the coveted cave – Blue Grotto.  After the cement platform swim at…

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Add a FILESTREAM feature to an existing SQL D/B

2017/12/07
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Modified: 2017/11/05
SQL 2008 SP2 FILESTREAM Problem

SQL Server 2008 allows to store binary data, if Database has a FILESTREAM feature

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