I wish happy independence day to all Pakistanis. Our azadi may not be perfect, but it is a gift we must cherish nonetheless.
As ﾠsome of ﾠyou already know, Pakistan has beenﾠdevastatedﾠby floods.ﾠAt least 1800 people lost their lives. Hundreds of thousands are rendered homeless. The magnitude of this disaster is enormous.ﾠThe devastation continues as according to UN, the number of people suffering in the floods in Pakistan exceeded the combined total of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, the 2005ﾠKashmirﾠearthquake and the 2010 Haiti earthquake.ﾠWhile the death toll in the three earlier tragedies was much higher than the 1,800 people killed so far in the floods, the UN estimates that some 13.8 million people have been affected at least 2 million more people than in the other disasters put together.
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I urge my readers to please donate generously to help victims who are suffering through this tragedy. The mostﾠconvenientﾠway is to text the word "SWAT" to the number 50555 to donate $10 per SMS message to theﾠUNﾠHigh Commissioner for Refugees to provide tents, clothing, food, clean water and medicine to Pakistan. (Dipnote) So please, share the gratitude. Send that text to donate. It only takes a minute to help.
- American Red Cross seeks to raise $100,000 to aid its Pakistan equivalent - Pakistan Red Crescent - with teams on the ground providing food, other relief items and medical care. To donate, go to their website
- UNICEF is providing help with water, sanitation, health and nutrition for displaced children and families. To donate, please go to their website
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An inspiring and thought provoking short video on what motivates us. In my second semester at MBA School, we read an interesting article Why Incentive Plans Cannot Work which discusses a similar topic although with a broader application . My initial reaction to Kahn's article was utter surprise and refusal although as I started analyzing it more deeply (since I was required to critically review it), my reaction became greatly subdued.ﾠ
After a successful CFinNC, the folks at Triangle Area ColdFusion's User Group (TACFUG) are organizing NCDevCon 2010. The conference will be held May 22-23, 2010 at my favorite school - Centennial Campus of NC State University in Raleigh.
The conference will cover a wide variety of web development and design topics including ColdFusion, Flex and AIR, ﾠJavascript and CSS.ﾠ
Just like CFinNC the registration for this event will be freeﾠand includes entry to the weekend event and to all presentations. Since attendance is limited, please register early so that you do not miss out on this fantastic conference.
Register @ﾠﾠhttp://ncdevcon2010.eventbrite.com/
Thanks and hope to see you at NCDevCon!
We are still using ColdFusion 8 at work so I have not had a chance toﾠpracticallyﾠuse any of ColdFusion's ORM feature aside from writing simple applications. I just wanted to use this post as a personal resource. Anders Sveen has written a short and useful blog post outlining certain things you should consider when looking at performance and optimization of hibernate driven applications.
http://blog.f12.no/wp/2010/02/16/hibernate-performance-and-optimization/
