public List<Announcement> fetchAnnouncements(int lastFetchedIndex)
{
#if !SILVERLIGHT
send_fetchAnnouncements(lastFetchedIndex);
return recv_fetchAnnouncements();
#else
var asyncResult = Begin_fetchAnnouncements(null, null, lastFetchedIndex);
return End_fetchAnnouncements(asyncResult);
#endif
}
#if SILVERLIGHT