Route for 2008 Olympic torch relay

July 31st, 2008

 

 

 

 

The torch for the 2008 Olympic Games has been lit successfully in ancient Olympia, Greece. The torch will begin a 130-day, 85,000-mile journey starting Monday. That will take it from the site of Olympia to Beijing, where the Summer Games is scheduled for August.

 

While much of the trip will be aboard a chartered jet, tens of thousands of torch-bearers, including 19,400 in China, will carry the flame on foot through 23 cities on five continents and then throughout China, where tens of millions of ordinary people have been aspiring to see the arrival of the torch.

 

 

 

The Planned Route

Date
Arrival
Date
Arrival
Date
Arrival
March 24
Lighting Ceremony at Olympia
May 20-21
Shanghai
June 30
Gansu Lanzhou
March 24-29
Torch Relay in Greece
May 22
Jiangsu Suzhou
July 2
Ningxia Zhongwei
March 30
Greece
Hand-over Ceremony
May 22
Nantong
July 3
Wuzhong
March 31
Beijing
May 23
Taizhou
July 4
Yinchuan
April 1
Heading to Almaty
May 23
Yangzhou
July 5
Shaanxi Yan’an
April 2
Almaty
May 24
Nanjing
July 6
Yangling
April 3
Istanbul
May 26
Anhui Hefei
July 6
Xianyang
April 5
St. Petersburg
May 27
Huainan
July 7
Xi’an
April 6
London
May 27
Wuhu
July 8
Shanxi Yuncheng
April 7
Paris
May 28
Jixi
July 8
Pingyao
April 9
San Francisco
May 28
Huangshan
July 9
Taiyuan
April 11
Buenos Aires
May 29
Hubei Wuhan
July 10
Datong
April 13
Dar es Salaam
May 30
Yichang
July 11
Inner Mongolia Hohhot
April 14
Muscat
May 31
Jingzhou
July 12
Ordos
April 16
Islamabad
June 1
Hunan Yueyang
July 12
Baotou
April 17
New Delhi
June 2
Changsha
July 13
Chifeng
April 19
Bangkok
June 3
Shaoshan
July 14
Heilongjiang Qiqihar
April 21
Kuala Lumpur
June 4
Guangxi Guilin
July 15
Daqing
April 22
Jakarta
June 5
Nanning
July 16
Harbin
April 24
Canberra
June 6
Baise
July 17
Jilin Songyuan
April 26
Nagano
June 7
Yunnan Kunming
July 17
Changchun
April 27
Seoul
June 8
Lijiang
July 18
Jilin
April 28
Pyongyang
June 9
Xamgyi’nyilha
July 19
Yanji
April 29
Ho Chi Minh City
June 10
Guizhou Guiyang
July 20
Liaoniing Shenyang
May 2
Hong Kong
June 11
Kaili
July 21
Benxi
June 12
Zunyi
July 21
Liaoyang
May 3
Macao
June 13-14
Chongqing
July 21
Anshan
May 4
Hainan Sanya
June 15
Sichuan Guang’an
July 22
Dalian
May 5
Wuzhishan
June 15
Mianyang
July 23
Shandong Yantai
May 5
Wanning
June 16
Guanghan
July 23
Weihai
May 6
Haikou
June 16
Leshan
July 24
Qingdao
May 7
Guangdong Guangzhou
June 17
Zigong
July 24
Rizhao
May 8
Shenzhen
June 17
Yibin
July 25
Linyi
May 9
Huizhou
June 18
Chengdu
July 25
Qufu
May 10
Shantou
June 19
Tibet Shannan Diqu
July 25
Taian
May 11
Fujian Fuzhou
June 20-21
Lhasa
July 26
Jinan
May 12
Quanzhou
June 22
Qinghai Golmud
July 28
Henan Shangqiu
May 12
Xiamen
June 23
Qinghai Hu
July 28
Kaifeng
May 13
Longyan
June 24
Xining
July 29
Zhengzhou
May 14
Jiangxi Ruijin
June 25
Xinjiang Urumqi
July 30
Luoyang
May 15
Jinggangshan
June 26
Kashi
July 31
Anyang
May 16
Nanchang
June 27
Shihezi
August 1
Hebei Shijiazhuang
May 17
Zhejiang Wenzhou
June 27
Changji
August 2
Qinhuangdao
May 17
Shaoxing
June 28
Gansu Dunhuang
August 3
Tangshan
May 18
Hangzhou
June 28
Jiayuguan
August 4-5

Tianjin

 

May 19
Ningbo
June 29
Jiuquan
August 6-8
Beijing
May 19
Jiaxing
June 30
Tianshui

Hairstyles and make-up for victory ceremony hostesses

July 31st, 2008

 

Four models pose in their official make-up and hairstyles, that the medal presenters will wear during the victory ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing, July 11, 2008. (BOCOG)

Four models pose in their official make-up and hairstyles, that the medal presenters will wear during the victory ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing, July 11, 2008. (China Photo Press)

Four models pose in their official make-up and hairstyles, that the medal presenters will wear during the victory ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing, July 11, 2008. (China Photo Press)

Four models pose in their official make-up and hairstyles, that the medal presenters will wear during the victory ceremonies at the Beijing Olympic Games, in Beijing, July 11, 2008. (China Photo Press)

Gain MCSE Experience

July 31st, 2008

Gain MCSE Experience

When it comes to choosing the right MCSE training in order to attain your certification you need to first look at what MCSE experience you have. As you will soon discover each Microsoft certification is tied in to the kind of experience and skill sets that a person has. Some of the certificates are designed for those with very little experience whilst others are designed for those who have been working in this particular field for some time.

Generally for those who are just starting out in their career as an MCSE the best thing they can do is start out getting an entry level position in a company’s IT Department. In fact in some cases you may find that they do not require you to have any kind of certificate at all just that you are willing to learn. Plus that you are willing to spend time on various different courses in order for you to gain certification.

However those that do obtain their MCSE certification prior to starting work will often find that the first positions they will get will either as helpdesk support, technical support in a call center or they take up some form of contract work. This type of contract work is generally only temporary for a number of weeks or months and is arranged through an agency.

Normally after around 6 months a person will have started to gain a little more experience in relation to the MCSE certification they have or are attempting to get. Certainly it is only after this amount of time are you likely to have a better understanding of what it is you are capable of doing and therefore what it is you want to do in the future.

Where Microsoft is concerned however they suggest that those wishing to obtain their MCSE certification should spent at least 2 years getting on the job experience. Plus it is whilst they are gaining their MCSE experience they should look at doing their training as well. This should all be done actually before they then decide to sit the exams.

The most important think to note when it comes to gaining your MCSE certification is not only do you need to gain MCSE experience which need you to invest a large amount of time. But also you will need to invest a large amount of money into your training as well unless the company you are working for is willing to pay these course fees. You therefore need to consider whether you can actually invest not only your time but also money around $8,000 to $10,000 for paying your course and examination fees.

Information come from http://www.mcseexperience.

Cisco 642-066 v5.24 exam demo

July 31st, 2008

1. Which of these is a prerequisite for and must always run with Cisco NSF?
A. BGP
B. SSO
C. RPR
D. SRM
Answer: B
 
2. When EIGRP is used as the PE-CE routing protocol, which of these statements is

correct?
A. Configuration of the VPN is only required on the PE router.
B. EIGRP can be used only as the PE-CE routing protocol if the PE and CE routers are

in the same AS.
C. When using EIGRP as the PE-CE routing protocol, EIGRP does not require a VRF.
D. Unlike other routing protocols that are used between PE and CE routers, EIGRP

supports backdoor links.
E. Other EIGRP AS routes are automatically advertised to the CE router and do not

require a redistribution configuration command to be configured.
Answer: A

3. Your customer wants to build a network for a financial trading floor that has a

requirement for multiple high-value transactions, which are also vital to the

customer. What are the two most critical requirements? (Choose two.)
A. no single point of failure
B. trading database server location
C. redundant application servers location
D. deterministic response to all failures
E. determine which protocol to use
Answer: AD
 
4. Refer to the exhibit. Users complain that they intermittently lose data and

connections to important servers. After investigation, you discover that the 802.1Q

trunk between DSW111 and ASW1 is down. Even though the HSRP group 11 is being

serviced by
DSW112, you discover that the SVI for VLAN 11 is in the up state on DSW111. Which

three Cisco Catalyst IOS commands should you use on DSW111 to find the source of

this problem? (Choosethree.)
A. show vtp status
B. show interfaces vlan 11
C. show standby vlan 11 brief
D. show spanning-tree vlan 11
E. show interfaces <fast | gig> mod/port trunk
Answer: BDE

5. When a Cisco router is configured for SSH, it acts as an _____.
A. SSH client
B. SSH proxy
C. SSH server
D. SSH accelerator
E. SSH and SSL client
F. SSH and SSL server
Answer: C

6. Which of the following statements about authentication responses and conditions

is true? (Choose two.)
A. When a router receives a failure response, it stops querying authentication

methods.
B. When a router receives an error response, it stops querying authentication

methods.
C. If the router receives a failure response from an authentication method, it

queries the next method.
D. The router does not differentiate between failure and error responses; the

authentication process is always interrupted.
E. If it receives no response from the authentication method, a router will

determine the error condition on its own; the router also has the option to proceed

to the next method in a list if configured accordingly.
Answer: AE
 
7. Refer to the exhibit. For interface FastEthernet0/0, what will happen to dscp

af11 traffic if the queue for class “newclass” reaches a depth of 40?
A. All packets will be dropped.
B. One out of ten packets will be dropped.
C. A random number of packets will be dropped.
D. No packets will be dropped until the queue depth reaches 265.
E. Packets will be dropped according to the exponential weight setting.
Answer: A

8. In a RSTP implementation, which of the following two link types are used? (Choose

two.)
A. shared
B. multipoint
C. designated
D. point-to-point
E. multiaccess non-broadcast
Answer: AD

9. Which information is contained in a AAA authentication method list?
A. a sequential list of user authentication methods
B. the setup for the authentication phase on a router
C. a description of what a user can execute on a router.
D. a pointer to the address where a RADIUS server can be located.
Answer: A
 
10. Refer to the exhibit. Analyze the two traceroutes that are displayed. Which of

these statements is correct in describing what most likely caused the traceroute

differences?
A. Do not fragment has been configured on PE11.
B. MPLS has been disabled on routers P11 and P12.
C. An access list has been created on P11 to block traceroutes from PE11.
D. The no mpls ip propgate-ttl local command has been configured on PE11.
E. ICMP has been disabled on the intermediary routers between PE11 and PE12.
Answer: D

11. How does NTP help you troubleshoot network problems?
A. by setting all network devices to the correct time
B. by calculating the time offset from the GPS or atomic clock
C. by setting necessary time data in the timestamp information
D. by setting the router clock to the default value if the router cannot connect to

a time server
Answer: A
 
12. You are considering deploying the Cisco SSL VPN AIM module in a Cisco 1800

Series Router. Which benefit should you expect?
A. to improve performance exclusively for SSL VPN applications
B. to improve performance up to 300% for both IPsec and SSL VPN applications
C. to improve performance for both IPsec and SSL VPN applications with IPsec

encryption taking place in hardware
D. to improve performance up to 200% for both IPsec and SSL VPN applications with

encryption taking place in hardware
E. to improve performance up to 300% for both IPsec and SSL VPN applications with

SSL encryption taking place in hardware
Answer: D
 
13. Refer to the exhibit. Which SSH sessions will the SSH server accept?
A. version 1 only
B. version 2 only
C. versions 1 and 2
D. all versions before 1.99
Answer: C

14. You are trying to initiate an SSH connection to a remote router and are getting

rejected with an error code of 0. Which of these might be the cause of the error?
A. The routers are using different SSH versions.
B. You are trying to log in using invalid credentials.
C. The RSA key pair is not properly configured on the SSH client.
D. The RSA key pair is not properly configured on the SSH server.
Answer: A
 
15. When an IP packet is Layer 3-switched from a source in one VLAN to a destination

in another VLAN, which field in a packet will be rewritten?
A. Layer 2 TTL
B. Layer 3 TTL
C. Layer 3 source address
D. Layer 3 transport protocol
E. Layer 3 destination address
Answer: B

16. Refer to the exhibit. This shows the NetFlow statistics for a router. You are

analyzing the traffic pattern and you are interested in the percentage of packets

between 32 and 64 bytes in size and the number of flows in progress. Which of these

identifies both numbers correctly?
A. 69.4%, 4061
B. 24.9%, 980
C. 69.4%, 35
D. 6.94%, 980
E. cannot be determined from this output
Answer: C

17. Which one of these class maps was configured to match traffic for CS5?
A. router#show class-map pass Class Map match-all real-time (id 2) Match ip dscp 40
B. router#show class-map forward Class Map match-all forward (id 3) Match ip dscp 18
C. router#show class-map block Class Map match-all block (id 4) Match ip dscp 43
D. router#show class-map real-time Class Map match-all block (id 5) Match ip dscp 16

Answer: A

18. Refer to the exhibit. MPLS has been enabled on router PE11. Which of these

statements is correct regarding the output display shown in the exhibit?
A. CEF switching is not needed for MPLS operation.
B. CEF switching is only needed to forward labeled packets.
C. CEF switching is needed on both ingress and egress interfaces on which MPLS is

enabled.
D. Interface-level CEF switching is needed only on egress interfaces that are

sending IP packets on which the egress LSR performs the label imposition process.
E. Interface-level CEF switching is needed only on ingress interfaces that are

receiving IP packets on which the ingress LSR performs the label imposition process.

Answer: E

19. In MPLS networks, what is the benefit of disabling TTL propagation?
A. to improve MPLS convergence time
B. to improve the IGP convergence time
C. to hide visibility to the core (provider) routers in the MPLS network
D. to provide a visible extension of IP TTL functionality in an MPLS-enabled domain
E. to provide a visible extension of MPLS TTL functionality in a non-MPLS-enabled

domain
Answer: C

20. How can Cisco NetFlow be used to aid in the operation and troubleshooting of QoS

issues?
A. NetFlow can report on the number of traffic matches for each class map in a

configured QoS policy configuration.
B. NetFlow records can be used to understand traffic profiles per class of service

for data, voice, and video traffic.
C. NetFlow can discover the protocols in use and automatically adjust QoS traffic

classes to meet policy-map requirements.
D. NetFlow can be configured to identify voice and video traffic flows and place

them into a low-latency queue for expedited processing.
Answer: B

21. Refer to the exhibit. Which two of these accurately describe this router’s

supervisor redundancy status? (Choose two.)
A. both supervisors are active
B. SSO redundancy is being used
C. the second supervisor is unavailable
D. the primary supervisor is unavailable
E. the primary supervisor was reloaded nine seconds ago
Answer: BD