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public static void Main()
        {
            const string CleanBuffersSqlQuery = "CHECKPOINT; DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS;";
            const int NumberOfIterations = 10;
            Stopwatch stopwatch = new Stopwatch();

            for (int i = 0; i < NumberOfIterations; i++)
            {
                using (var context = new AdsEntities())
                {
                    context.Database.SqlQuery<string>(CleanBuffersSqlQuery);

                    stopwatch.Start();
                    var ads =
                        context.Ads.ToList()
                            .Where(a => a.AdStatus.Status == "Published")
                            .Select(a => new { a.Title, a.Category, a.Town, a.Date })
                            .ToList()
                            .OrderBy(a => a.Date);
                    stopwatch.Stop();
                    Console.WriteLine("Iteration {0}: {1}", i + 1, stopwatch.Elapsed);
                }

                stopwatch.Reset();
            }
        }