A Pragmatic Look at Exception Specifications

http://www.gotw.ca/publications/mill22.htm

nice ref on how to handle exception specifications in c++, especially useful with inheritance, etc.

articles

Geostatistical interpolation using copulas. András Bárdossy, Jing Li

Hypervolume-based Multiobjective Optimization: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Implications

Anne Auger, Johannes Bader, Dimo Brockhoff, Eckart Zitzler

http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/63/89/89/PDF/tcspaper.pdf
see page 19 for good overview of test problems and their hype densities

networking resources

"how to work a room" susan roane
"the ultimate guide to successful networking" carol stone
general confidence building: "feel the fear and do it anyway" susan jeffers

tips
keep communicating
  2 or 3 times/year, before key events, things of interest to them, my personal news
  remind them: "story so far", for for lunch, etc., always do what you say you will
  contact them before you want something!
  thank you notes/emails
  refer to previous contact, re-introduce yourself

building credibility
http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/credibility.htm

jobhunting, but also more generally:
http://www.realworldmagazine.com/networking-its-one-of-the-most-efficient-job-hunting-strategies-but-also-one-of-the-most-misunderstood/