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		<title>234th Independence day</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=141</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 09:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all family, friends, customers and staff, happy 234th Independence day !
For Stock Markets the market will be closed on July 5th.
 
For the FOREX Market it will be closed on the 4th and the 5th July.
Liquidity will be very, very thin the following days because of changes to the Euro that take effect on July 8th. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To all family, friends, customers and staff, happy 234th Independence day !</p>
<p>For Stock Markets the market will be closed on July 5th.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>For the FOREX Market it will be closed on the 4th and the 5th July.<br />
Liquidity will be very, very thin the following days because of changes to the Euro that take effect on July 8th. Keep that mind mind or you will get caught up in whipsaws for the entire week of 5th July upto and including July9th.</p>
<p>The changes to the euro have go to do with covered bonds purchases &amp; foreign exchange swap operations.</p>
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		<title>Did iPhone users just cause the death of mobile broadband?</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=139</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 21:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9177646/AT_T_s_data_caps_affect_almost_everybody
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		<title>Make my day !</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=129</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dennis h]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my forex review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I always get a smile when i read blog posts like this :
http://www.myforexreview.com/
I remember helping Dennis, and he was a pleasure to help. There is nothing like the feeling of satisfaction you get ,when you have happy and appreciative customers. So thank you very much Dennis, all our customers and of course my staff.
So always go [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always get a smile when i read blog posts like this :</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myforexreview.com/">http://www.myforexreview.com/</a></p>
<p>I remember helping Dennis, and he was a pleasure to help. There is nothing like the feeling of satisfaction you get ,when you have happy and appreciative customers. So thank you very much Dennis, all our customers and of course my staff.</p>
<p>So always go the extra mile, and fall over yourself to help the customer in any way that you can that you do like now. Keep it up!</p>
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		<title>Happy Christmas to ForexVPS clients</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=125</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alpari uk]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[christmas opening hours]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On behalf of all staff at ForexVPS LLC we woud like to say thank you very much for your business and they we hope all of you have a merry christmas and a happy new year.
Do note a lot of brokers will close early today and will be closed all day tomrrow.
Remember to check your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On behalf of all staff at ForexVPS LLC we woud like to say thank you very much for your business and they we hope all of you have a merry christmas and a happy new year.</p>
<p>Do note a lot of brokers will close early today and will be closed all day tomrrow.</p>
<p>Remember to check your brokers website for the market open and closing hours as a lot of them are different during the last two weeks of december and the first week of January.</p>
<p>The common theme for all brokers is they are closed on Christmas day, all other days make sure to check before trading.<br />
This especially important because there is very little liquidity during these three weeks, and most EA&#8217;s expect to trade 24/5.</p>
<p>Here is some info on opening hours for brokers that i have checked out for you:</p>
<p><strong>Forex.com (Gain Capital):</strong><br />
December 24th : Dealing desk closes at 10 pm EST<br />
December 25th : Closed<br />
December 27th : Desk reopens at 5pm EST<br />
December 31st : Desk will close at 5pm EST<br />
January 1st: Closed<br />
January 3rd : Desk reopens at 5pm EST</p>
<p><strong>Alpari UK:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.alpari.co.uk/en/cnews/show/id/402/">http://www.alpari.co.uk/en/cnews/show/id/402/</a></p>
<p><strong>Alpari US:<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.alpari-us.com/en/cnews/show/id/92/">http://www.alpari-us.com/en/cnews/show/id/92/</a></p>
<p> </p>
<p>For other brokers please ring them and ask or visit their website.</p>
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		<title>Facebook</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=101</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had to clean up our facebook profile because there was too much rubbish in there.
Oh well&#8230;it looks better now.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had to clean up our facebook profile because there was too much rubbish in there.</p>
<p>Oh well&#8230;it looks better now.</p>
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		<title>Breaking News: ForexVPS LLC launches UK based VPS&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=99</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 22:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are delighted to announce that just a few moments ago the UK servers are ready.
Customers have a choice at the time of ordering if they want a UK or USA VPS.
So thank you for telling us what you wanted!  As always you can get yours right here same as before:  www.forexvps.com
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We are delighted to announce that just a few moments ago the <strong><a title="ForexVPS UK VPS Servers" href="http://www.forexvps.com">UK servers</a></strong> are ready.</p>
<p>Customers have a choice at the time of ordering if they want a <strong>UK</strong> or USA VPS.</p>
<p>So thank you for telling us what you wanted!  As always you can get yours right here same as before:  <a href="http://www.forexvps.com">www.forexvps.com</a></p>
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		<title>Mathematic Proof of a VPS being cheaper than a home computer</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=88</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 23:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been many questions about how much it costs to run a home computer 24/7 and if a VPS would be cheaper or more expensive.
There is a lot of people giving their opinion, however there is nothing compared to scientific proof of the fact that a VPS is cheaper.
I will prove this logically and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There has been many questions about how much it costs to run a home computer 24/7 and if a VPS would be cheaper or more expensive.</p>
<p>There is a lot of people giving their opinion, however there is nothing compared to scientific proof of the fact that a VPS is cheaper.</p>
<p>I will prove this logically and mathemathically:</p>
<p>I will start by explaining the simple principles of Electricity and the power used.</p>
<p>As we all know, electrical components consume power (va), one Watt of Electricity is also known as 1va. Calculating the voltage in a component<br />
and multiply it by the current used amount arrives at this figure.</p>
<p><strong>Example 1:</strong></p>
<p>Component A has a supply rated at 12V (Vn) and measurement shows it draws about 4.5A<br />
(In) from the electricty supply. To figure out the power rating of the circuit you simply multiply<br />
the Voltage by the Current therefore..</p>
<p>P = Vn * In = 12 * 4.5 = 54 watts or 54va</p>
<p>Now that we understand that part, there is one important point to make at this stage. If you<br />
change the Voltage, you will also change the current drawn from the circuit, however the<br />
power will remain the same at 54va.</p>
<p><strong>Example 2:</strong></p>
<p>P = Vn * In = 200 * 0.27 = 54 watts or 54 va.</p>
<p>If you are thinking about the 0.27, then that is the current drawn from the circuit.<br />
As I said, the power must remain constant for the circuit, so by increasing the voltage you are reducing the load taken from the circuit.</p>
<p>If you have any doubts about this then do the calculation in reverse.</p>
<p><strong>Calculation in reverse:<br />
</strong>In = P / V = 0.27A</p>
<p>Now that you understand that, I will get to the cost of running a home computer 24/7:<br />
Your computer has a 650W (650Va) PSU (the power supply Unit at the back of your computer) and runs at 120V, therefore it will draw<br />
some 5A from the supply. Most computers have a 650 Watt power unit (the exception being servers that have 900 W or more PSU&#8217;s)</p>
<p>Now remember the examples above I mentioned?</p>
<p>650 / 120 = 5.41 where</p>
<p>650 is the maximum power of the PSU<br />
120 is your electricity supply Voltage.</p>
<p>There are things inherent in all electrical circuits that have a bearing on the actual power used and these are called losses.<br />
They occur due to electrical circuits being far from perfect and take the many forms.<br />
The average domistic PSU in a computer will operate at about 80% efficiency due to the nature of the circuits employed.<br />
This means that for the PSU to deliver 650W (va) as rated then it will actually draw about 520W (520va).</p>
<p>Now we have that information, we can begin to look at a more accurate cost running calculation:<br />
Your PSU, as I have shown above, uses 650W (va) of electrical energy from the<br />
supply. Therefore to do the cost calculation is rather simple.</p>
<p><strong>Example 4:</strong></p>
<p>Power used at maximum (Pmax) = 520va</p>
<p>So now calculate the total power used in 24 hours,</p>
<p>P(max) * 24hrs = 520 * 24 = 12480va or 12480W (12.48Kva or 12.48Kw)</p>
<p>If you pay, for example, 32 cents for each unit of electricity, then your cost of running the computer is :</p>
<p>12.48 * 32 = $3.39c per day</p>
<p>If you wish to know the monthly cost, then calculate as follows:</p>
<p>12.48 * 7 * 4.3 = 375.648c or <strong>$37.56</strong> per Calendar month.<br />
<strong><br />
NOTE:</strong><br />
The 4.3 in the above equation is the multiplier required to calculate any figure on a calendar month basis.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Therefore if you used a home computer running 24/7 you pay <strong>$37.56</strong> in electrity bills, or you can pay <strong>$35</strong> for a <a href="http://www.forexvps.com">VPS</a>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><em>Concluding notes:</em><br />
The power supply in the USA is 120 V<br />
The power supply in most of Europe is 240 V<br />
So calculations will need redoing for Europe voltages</p>
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		<title>Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=86</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:50:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very useful command line to use to get the DEP policy of a windows 2003 or XP computer.
wmic OS Get DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy
Its useful when troubleshooting software like testing if a program works with DEP off , or not.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A very useful command line to use to get the DEP policy of a windows 2003 or XP computer.</p>
<p>wmic OS Get DataExecutionPrevention_SupportPolicy</p>
<p>Its useful when troubleshooting software like testing if a program works with DEP off , or not.</p>
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		<title>Twitter</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=84</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We got a new and improved Twitter background.
Come on&#8230;.have a look:  http://www.twitter.com/forexVPS
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We got a new and improved Twitter background.</p>
<p>Come on&#8230;.have a look:  <a href="http://www.twitter.com/forexVPS">http://www.twitter.com/forexVPS</a></p>
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		<title>Dukascopy Server issues</title>
		<link>http://blog.forexvps.com/?p=80</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 19:26:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>paul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dukascopy are having techincal issues.
Some people cannto login to live and or demo for most of today and yesterday.
 
Hopefully dukascopy will fix their servers soon.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dukascopy are having techincal issues.</p>
<p>Some people cannto login to live and or demo for most of today and yesterday.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Hopefully dukascopy will fix their servers soon.</p>
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