The New York Times says, at the onset of the Lebanese crisis, Arab governments, starting with Saudi Arabia, slammed Hezbollah for recklessly provoking a war, providing what the United States and Israel took as a wink and a nod to continue the fight. Read more.
Tide of Arab Opinion Turns to Support for Hezbollah
July 28, 2006 at 6:05 am (GEN)
Netcraft: Six Hosting Companies Most Reliable Hoster in May
July 28, 2006 at 5:00 am (BSD)
Tags: FreeBSD, Netcraft
Netcraft says, six hosting companies share the top spot this month, with INetU, Hostway, IPower, New York Internet, Pair Networks and Tiscali all sharing the top spot as the most reliable hosting company site this month.
The six-way tie is a first for the reliability survey, as three and even four providers have shared the top position in the past. The showing reflects a strong month for hosting reliability, as the winners each had just 0.01 percent of their DNS responses fail, just a hair short of a perfect showing. All six companies have finished atop the survey at least once previously.
It was a particularly good month for providers hosting their home page on FreeBSD, four of whom (INetU, iPowerWeb, NY Internet and Pair Networks) shared the top spot with two hosts on Linux (Hostway and Tiscali). Overall, five Linux sites are found in the top 10 this month, four on FreeBSD and one on Windows.
Netcraft measures and makes available the response times of fifty leading hosting providers’ sites. The performance measurements are made at fifteen minute intervals from six separate points around the internet, and averages are calculated over the immediately preceding 24 hour period. Read more.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Congress
July 27, 2006 at 6:03 am (GEN)
CNN says, Iraq’s Prime Minister told Congress on Wednesday that his nation wants to play a role in Mideast stability and to encourage dialogue to solve international conflicts.
“We are working diligently so that Iraq returns to take the position it deserves and it plays a positive role in its regional and international environment as a key, active player in spreading security and stability, to give an example of positive relationship between countries through denouncement of violence and resorting to constructive dialogue, solving problems between nations and peoples,” al-Maliki said through an interpreter.
“This is the new Iraq, which is emerging from the ashes of dictatorship and despite the carnage of extremists, a country which respects international conventions and practices noninterference in the internal affairs of others, relies on dialogue to resolve differences, and strives to develop strong relations with every country that espouses freedom and peace.” Read more.
List of Call Centers in the Philippines
July 26, 2006 at 5:23 am (GEN)
Wikipedia says, a call centre or call center (see spelling differences) is a centralized office used for the purpose of receiving and transmitting a large volume of requests by telephone.
A call centre is operated by a company to administer incoming product support or information inquiries from consumers. Outgoing calls for telemarketing, clientele, and debt collection are also made. In addition to a call centre, collective handling of letters, faxes, and e-mails at one location is known as a contact centre. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia.
People Support
- Address: Ayala Avenue corner Senator Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
- Phone: (632) 885-8000
- Email: manilajobs@peoplesupport.com
- Website: www.peoplesupport.com
Convergys
- Address: Ayala Avenue corner Senator Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City
- Phone: (632) 857-5679
- Website: www.convergys.com
Sykes Asia Incorporated
- Address: 26th Flr. Robinsons Summit Bldg., 6783 Ayala Avenue, Makati City
- Phone: (632) 849-9398
- Website: www.sykes.com
ClientLogic Philippines
- Address: 22nd Floor, Wynsum Corporate Plaza, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
- Phone: (632) 860-0000
- Website: www.clientlogic.com/philippines/index.html
Touch Asia
- Address: The Peak Tower, 107 L.P. Leviste St., Salcedo Village, Makati City
- Phone: (632) 848-2861
- Website: www.touchasia.com
PHPClasses.org: Basic MySQL Search Engine Class
July 21, 2006 at 8:42 am (PHP)
Tags: Class, PHP
PHPclasses.org says, this class can be used to search for data in MySQL database table text fields.
It executes one or more SQL SELECT queries to search for given keywords in different text fields of the same MySQL database table.
The class returns an array with the values of primary keys of the table records returned by the queries. Duplicate record entries are eliminated. Read more.
Deck Analysis: Mexican Hardware Store
July 4, 2006 at 8:00 am (TCG)
Tags: TCG, VS System
Graham Van Leeuwen says, Mexican Hardware Store is a rush deck that incorporates burn effects to cause more damage throughout the course of the game. It’s relatively straightforward in what it intends to do, namely cause 50 points of endurance loss before other decks have a chance to set up their defenses. Team-Ups aren’t necessary for the deck to function, as none of the plot twist or equipment cards are team-stamped. In tough situations where team attacking or reinforcing is necessary, Image Inducer provides a fake team-up as well as an ATK bonus.
The standard rush curve of 1- through 5-drops is present, and it contains enough variety to ensure a unique recruit if the game goes to turn 6. Equipment cards are vital for any deck that plans to kill before curve decks get set up, and Mexican Hardware Store has plenty. Eight search cards guarantee you’ll be hitting your curve, and they allow you to include “silver bullet” cards for specific matchups. Mexican Hardware Store plays fast, hits hard, and separates itself from other rush decks by being shockingly consistent. Read more.
