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MTC MainStage's IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE Returns for Two Benefit Performances Today
MTC MainStage, Music Theatre of Connecticut's Professional Equity Acting Company, presents an encore of its' Moss Hart Award-Winning production of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play." Adapted for the stage by Joe Landry and directed by MTC MainStage Artistic Director Kevin Connors, this beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. Two benefit performances are today, December 15 at 2pm and 8pm and take place at MTC MainStage Studio Theatre in Westport, CT. All proceeds to benefit Music Theatre of Connecticut and its programming.
The MTC MainStage production of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" is the professional-division recipient of a Moss Hart Memorial Award, recently presented at The New England Theatre Conference Annual Convention. The award honors the memory of Moss Hart, dramatist and director, for his unconquerable enthusiasm for life and for his work in the theatre; and recognizes and encourages outstanding theatrical productions throughout New England of playscripts that present affirmative views of human courage and dignity, that have strong literary and artistic merit, and which in their productions, exemplify fresh, imaginative, creative treatment within the intent of the playwright. The New England Theatre Conference, in making the annual Moss Hart Memorial Award, seeks to encourage artistic growth and the highest standards of excellence in theatre.
The cast of "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" includes Kathy Calahan (Broadway's "Mary Poppins"), Michael O'Day (The Public Theatre's "365 Days/365 Plays"), Amy Russ (HBO's "The Sopranos"), Jim Schilling (Tim Robbin's "Dead Man Walking") and D. Matt Worley (Robert DeNiro's "The Good Shepherd.")
Director Kevin Connors is co-founder of Music Theatre of Connecticut, and has previous directed "It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play" at Stamford Center for the Arts and The Edgerton Center for the Performing Arts. Joe Landry's play was named "One of the Top Ten Most Produced Plays in America" by "American Theatre" Magazine. Connors and Landry have collaborated on the original musical "Mothers and Sons," which premiered at MTC MainStage in 2009.
Performances take place today, December 15 at 2pm and 8pm at MTC MainStage Studio Theatre 246 Post Road East (ColoniAl Green, Lower Level) in Westport, CT. Tickets are $45 (side sections) and $75 (VIP center section seating and holiday gift bag). All tickets include post-show holiday party and meet and greet with cast and creative team. All proceeds benefit Music Theatre of Connecticut and its' programming. and reservations are suggested. For reservations or more information, call MTC MainStage at 203.454.3883 or visit www.musictheatreofct.com.


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Giants hope Pagan, Morse can play soon
TEMPE, Ariz. -- With center fielder Angel Pagan again out of the lineup after a one-game return and left fielder Michael Morse still working his way back toward game action, time is fleeting for two key players to get back to health for Opening Day.
Thursday could be a big day for both of them, a target date for Pagan to get back in action as he deals with lower-back stiffness and Morse, dealing with a calf strain, to make his first appearance since last Wednesday.
Pagan, who had been out of the lineup four games with his back issue, returned Sunday but wasn't available Monday.
"I think he's going to be fine, I do," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Once we get through this day off [Wednesday] I think he'll be good to go, but we are getting close. Ask me Thursday and if he's still feeling something, I will be concerned."
John Schlegel is a national reporter for MLB.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @JohnSchlegelMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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2. Free throw edge
IU leads the nation in free throws made and attempted, and added to that total by going 19-for-20. It shot 17 in the first half (making 16) to Purdue's four.
3. Turnover battle
The Hoosiers forced nine first-half turnovers, a big reason for their 20-point halftime lead. They had just five first-half turnovers and eight for the game against 21 assists. Purdue wound up with 11 assists and 18 turnovers
4. Pounding the boards
In the first half IU had 10 offensive rebounds and 16 second-chance points. The Hoosiers finished with 18 offensive rebounds, 39 total rebounds and 24 second-chance points.
5. Make shots
Purdue shot just 36.4 percent from the field in the first half, and couldn't get to the free throw to make up for it. It was better in the first half (45.5 percent shooting, 12-for-15 from the line), but that wasn't nearly good enough given IU shot 49.3 percent for the game, 57.1 percent in the second half.


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Los Angeles-based race car owner Jim Hennessay is continuing a bit of a family racing tradition with his GT/DA-classed '87 Camaro Super Stocker. Originally owned by Jim DeFrank and driven by West Coast race car builder extraordinaire Phil Mandella, the car is now in fact being driven by Phil's son, Tony Mandella. Together, Tony and Jim have amassed a pretty impressive racing record within NHRA's Division Seven, including three NHRA national event level victories. This highly competitive Camaro, which was originally built by Ed Quay two decades ago, now features a Mike Keown-built 400ci small-block engine.
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The summer of 2011 included a very significant victory for lady racer Jackie Alley from Eagle, Idaho. Driving a meticulously prepared '69 in conjunction with her husband Mick, Jackie earned her first NHRA national event title during the Mopar Mile-High Nationals at Denver in July. Jackie's Big O Tires-sponsored machine features a 396ci engine by Mike Herring (Valley Crankshaft) and runs in SS/DA trim. The race car was originally a bracket racer but was first modified for legal Super Stock in 2006. With it, Alley also has two NHRA Lucas Oil Divisional event wins and membership in the Jegs All-Stars team to her racing credit.
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Independence, Missouri, is home base to Rick Wilson's Straight Line Motorsports' '69 Camaro—one of the most consistent Top Sportsman cars in the nation. Since it's debut in 2008, the home-fabricated car has been one of the most successful class cars within NHRA's geographical Division Five. Rick races the great-looking machine in conjunction with his wife Ellen. The Camaro, which is powered by 632ci nitrous injected engine built by Gene Fulton and utilizes a Hughes automatic transmission, runs consistent high "sixes" at right around the 200 mph mark. The Wilson's dedication to Camaro racing also includes a second car—a 555ci '69 model, which they race within NHRA's S/ST 10.90 category.


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Samardzija unable to solve Bucs as Cubs blanked
Righty gives up season-high nine hits; lack of run support continues
PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Samardzija was back where the season started, and he got the same result.
Andrew McCutchen hit a two-run double to back Edinson Volquez and spark the Pirates to a 4-0 rain-interrupted victory over Samardzija and the Cubs on Thursday night at PNC Park.
On March 31, Samardzija was the Cubs' Opening Day starter against the Pirates, threw seven shutout innings and did not get a decision in a 1-0 loss. The lack of run support is a recurring theme in Samardzija's outings. Thursday was the fifth game he has started in which the Cubs have been shut out. Last year, Chicago was blanked in six of the right-hander's starts.
"That's obviously not what you want to happen," Cubs manager Rick Renteria said of the lack of offense. "It's kind of a coincidence [it's happened] when Jeff's throwing.
"You have to tip your hat to [Volquez]," Renteria said. "Today was one of his better starts. He was commanding the zone like he does when he's in a good place. We were on the other side of it."
The Cubs stranded eight and went 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position against Volquez, who served up seven hits over seven innings.
With the win, the Pirates lead the season series, 7-3, and the Cubs dropped to 11-24 on the road. The start of the game was delayed 21 minutes because of rain, and play was stopped again in the seventh for one hour, 14 minutes.
The Pirates threatened in the third. Clint Barmes was at third with one out and tried to score on Gregory Polanco's fly ball to right, but Nate Schierholtz threw him out at the plate.
McCutchen respected Schierholtz's arm in the fourth. With one out, McCutchen doubled and Ike Davis singled to right. McCutchen rounded third on Davis' hit, but stopped there. Russell Martin then drove him in with a ground-rule double down the right-field line. Pedro Alvarez was intentionally walked to load the bases for Jordy Mercer, who hit a sacrifice fly to put the Bucs ahead, 2-0.
Polanco and Starling Marte hit back-to-back singles in the fifth, and both scored on McCutchen's double to left-center. But McCutchen was out at third on the play when he overslid the bag, and third baseman Luis Valbuena tagged him.
"Let the next team that plays him pitch around him and let him get on first," Samardzija said of McCutchen. "You need to understand that and work a little better in situations. He hit two cutters, and not much else to say about it."
Samardzija served up a season-high nine hits over six-plus innings.
"Jeff had really good life to his pitches, but his command didn't seem to be as good as he has been previously," Renteria said. "Balls were coming back over the plate a little bit. It was something that you could see based on the results. I'm sure he didn't feel very good about his outing today. It wasn't that he didn't have good velocity -- he had great velocity, but I think his command was off."
Samardzija was leading the Major Leagues in ERA on June 1. In his last three starts, he's given up 14 earned runs on 22 hits over 16 innings.
"Today, his pitches had a tremendous amount of life," Renteria said of Samardzija. "His command was just off. Some of the other games he had his hiccups, I didn't think he had as much life as he had today.
"You've got to be able to command the zone and hit your spots when you need to -- especially when you're playing against a pretty aggressive fastball-hitting club."
The Pirates did keep Samardzija busy, but the right-hander felt better about his pitches than Renteria did.
"I thought I had pretty good stuff out there," Samardzija said. "I just feel they jumped on my mistakes. I thought I had pretty good command. They didn't let me get away with anything.
"It's a matter of putting guys away. I liked how I felt out there. They hit my pitches when I didn't hit my spots, and they took advantage of it."
"Probably the most impressive [aspect] was the way we were able to battle against one of the best pitchers in the league throughout the lineup," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "The at-bats, we were able to stretch him out a little bit."
The Cubs were shorthanded two pitches into the game when leadoff batter Emilio Bonifacio suffered a right rib cage injury on a swing. He fell in the batter's box, and had to be helped off the field. Bonifacio was headed to Chicago to be examined, and the Cubs expected to know the extent of his injury on Friday.
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Andreas Wetterberg from The Covert Operators is always sharing wicked Ableton Live tricks. In the video above he shows you how to mangle white noise into something useful.
White noise is both annoying and useful. Here's why. – Andreas Wetterberg
Watch how he maps the keyboard to the Note Value on the Ableton Resonator plug-in. Good one! Later he tosses together White Noise, Auto Filter, Compressor, Phaser and Autopan into a stew and comes out with some nice scratch effects.
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We all know and love Darren's nuggets that feature helpful LabVIEW tips, but we want to hear from more of you! What tips do you have to help make LabVIEW programmers more proficient?
Also, what kind of tips are you looking for?
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Old tip, just as valid today as when I first posted it.
Visit the LV forum on a regular basis and try to answer questions that you fell confident about and those you you don't. The feed-back you will get will build your confidence and fill in those blanks in your knowledge.
There is no better way to learn and excel at LV than being exposed on a regular basis to the hundreds of "scouts" exploring the world of LabVIEW.
Ben took the words out of my mouth. I attempted and failed the CLD even after taking Core 1, 2 and 3. I just needed practice. I came out of lurk mode and started trying to help people with LabVIEW questions. I also looked for solved posts and tried to answer the question myself before looking at the solution. After a few months of doing this I passed the CLD. There just are not enough practice exams, multiple choice or practical. The forums are an excellent source of knowledge building exercises.
I make ditto to Steve post.. I am working on the same way as he told.
Well coming to the LabVIEW tip.
I would like to make a suggestion here. A good programmer can be identified not only by his logic building skills but how he puts logic to debugg a code that is very important. So if NI is able to give some debugging kind of problems (May be every week) to the users then it would help everyone to make use of the LabVIEW debugging skill.
I was going to let this pass since Ben said it so well and since anyone reading the breakpoint is a member of the choir I'm preaching to. BUT, then I thought about all of you going to the next LUG in your area and a bit of personal humiliation might be good for me.
7 YEARS. That how long I worked with LabVIEW on a dailly basis before joining the forums. 7 years- no logo in my signature block back then either. I invite you to look into my early posts. (1 month in you'll find me learning how to index an array since I had allways miss interpereted the help file!) Thank you Dennis! 3K+ posts later I still learn more about LabVIEW every day. (But I do have some logos in my signature block!) Guess where I learn the most?
Well we seem to be in agreement on the "BEST" so let me post links where you can find many more tips and tricks and see for yourself why the Community is the place to look for LabVIEW info.
Started by Jack Dunaway, this thread is a collection of some of the subtle aspects of LV. If you have not read through that thread, you are sure to find something that makes you say "I didn't know that!"
Started by Broken Arrow
it is a list of useful posts that do not justify a unique thread but very enlightening.
NI's own Nuggeteer was posting Nuggets once a week. Some of these spawned interesting conversations and lead to even more learning.
In this thread we discuss various code constructs that seem overly complicated. Most of the nominees in that thread are contrasted with their more elegant implementations. NOT all of the nominees are judged as true Rubes. Have YOU ever written a Rube?
This thread is an ongoing discusion of the complications of using Locals in LV. There are many different options on this subject. Where do YOU fall in that discussion?
Devoted to Regular Expresions in LV. If you know and love regular expressions, check out that thread to see how you stack up against the giants.
Yet another set of good info.
This thread list links to various threads where bits of wisdom were shared. Most of these should be concidered required reading.
In his series of Nuggets Dr. Gray takes us through LV development to achieve real applications that actually do something. His series is a great way of getting that last 10% out your own code development.
In a response to the many question re:working with Excel, we started a thread that helps us find threads related to same.
When you can't find anything on your control pallette that will do the job, the Picture Control can be used to do the impossible. Find links to threads on this topic in this thread.
In the beginning the Community started writing Nuggets to entertain ourselves. Some of the best Nuggets you will find are in this set. Do YOU have any Nuggets that you would like to share with us?
That is all I have time to share at the moment.
Ctrl + U is not always your friend.
Hornless.Rhino wrote:
Ctrl + U is not always your friend.
I never used Ctrl + U In fact I searched into LabVIEW now only for the functionality for Ctrl + U.


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SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday began a sprint toward his widely expected run for re-election by formally unveiling a $106.8 billion budget blueprint he hopes will give voters what they want.
The plan calls for paying off many of the state's credit cards, creating a $1.6 billion "rainy-day fund" and increasing public schools spending by almost $10 billion — an 11.4 percent increase that seems even larger after years of cuts. And for the first time in recent memory, the budget offers good news for college students and the popular state parks system.
Brown jetted from a Capitol news conference to events in the media-rich markets of Los Angeles and San Diego Thursday to pitch a budget plan that he says carefully guards the state's sudden multi-billion-dollar surplus by emphasizing restraint. He was forced to move up the release of the budget — originally scheduled for Friday — after it was leaked to the media.
"This is a very predictable Brown budget," said Larry Gerston, a political science professor at San Jose State University. "It's fiscally conservative, as socially liberal as the dollars will allow and reinforces that he will run for re-election."
The proposal won praise from Democrats and Republicans alike for shining a spotlight on California's $25 billion "wall of debt." Brown promises to pay it all off in four years, starting with a check that will repay $11 billion owed to schools, retire old bonds and give back money to special funds whose accounts were raided during the depths of the Great Recession.
"The governor wisely identified the need to pay down debt in this budget, but there's more that needs to be done," said Bob Huff, the Senate's GOP leader.
But while the budget includes $670 million in new funding to bolster Medi-Cal, the state's health program for the poor, Brown's plan does little to restore social services cuts. And that stirred outrage Thursday among advocates who say the state's poorest and sickest residents can't wait any longer.
"Gov. Brown's budget continues many of the steep cuts made in the past several years, condemning a high number of Californians to continue to live in poverty as the new normal," said Vanessa Aramayo, a leader of the Health and Human Services Network of California.
Brown, however, said it's no time for a "spending binge" because the state is not "out of the wilderness" yet.
Indeed, his budget does not address the state's staggering unfunded pension costs and other liabilities, which top $354 billion. Instead, he said he wants to address that "contentious" issue next year after discussing it with "stakeholder" groups.
The governor has spent the last three years cleaning up financial messes left for him by governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Gray Davis.
The multibillion-dollar deficit that Brown inherited when he took office three years ago began with Davis in the late 1990s during the dot-com boom, when investors made billions in the stock market and capital-gains taxes fattened Sacramento coffers.
But rather than looking at that money as a one-time windfall and spending it on projects like roads or water systems, Davis and Democratic leaders in the Legislature increased the state's permanent costs by raising salaries and pension benefits for state employees at the urging of public-employee unions who bankrolled their campaigns.
And when the dot-com stocks crashed soon afterward and the capital gains dried up, that created an $8 billion "structural deficit" in the state budget that helped get Davis recalled.
Schwarzenegger promised to run the state like a business, but he was unable to convince Democrats to make major cuts or Republicans to increase taxes. Instead, he slashed the car tax, then borrowed billions through bonds for general expenses and used accounting gimmicks to paper over the deficit.
When the national economy cratered in 2008, state tax revenues fell dramatically, and Schwarzenegger left office handing Brown the $27 billion deficit he has worked to erase. Now, Brown is projecting a surplus of $4.2 billion for next year.
For Monterey County's top educator, Brown's budget is a good way to start 2014.
"It's above and beyond the (2013-14) year," said Superintendent of Schools Nancy Kotowski. "This is very good news for education. California is moving forward to restoring the levels of excellence we need for our children."
Educators aren't just praising the increased funding for schools. They're also pleased with the elimination of an accounting gimmick that delayed payments to districts.
"This is going to help the cash flows," Kotowski said. "The deferrals mean the districts have not been receiving their allocations in a timely manner, and that has put districts in a difficult position and forced them to dip into their savings until the money came. Now this other money will be buying down and eliminating all the deferrals. This is major."
Brown's budget would not lead to any tuition hikes on state college and university students.
Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, a former teacher, applauded Brown's proposal to beef up funding for education. But he said that given California's poverty rate, which he called the "highest in the country by some measures," the state has "an opportunity to do more to correct growing income inequality.''
For the state's beleaguered parks system, the budget proposal offers the first bit of good news in years — no park closures, no increases in entrance fees and $40 million to repair roads, water systems and trails.
"This is really refreshing," said Anthony Jackson, the state parks director.
For environmental groups, the proposal was a mixed bag. Many opposed Brown's plan to spend $250 million from the state's cap-and-trade auctions — which charge polluting industries to buy allowances to offset the amount of greenhouse gases they emit — to keep his high-speed rail plan afloat during court challenges that have blocked spending of state bonds.
But they cheered a related proposal to spend another $600 million to fund more immediate efforts to reduce greenhouse gases, such as retrofitting state buildings, reducing the risk of fire danger in forests and water conservation efforts.
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SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Pitcher Colby Lewis, trying to come back from flexor tendon surgery, could graduate to live batting practice before the Rangers leave Arizona. Lewis has been throwing off the mound in the bullpen and threw 41 pitches on Monday without a problem.
He will take three days off and throw another bullpen session on Friday. If that goes well, Lewis said he could start throwing live batting practice the following Tuesday. The Rangers break camp the next day after their game against the Angels.
"As long as I continue to feel good, it's a significant step," Lewis said. "I just don't want to go backward. But we got after it pretty good today."
Rangers starting pitchers come to camp ready to throw live batting practice and take six weeks to build up for the start of the season. The club might go slower with Lewis, but if he follows a similar schedule he could return at some point during May.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Rotavirus is caused by one of several viruses. It is spread through contact with someone who has the virus. Rotavirus is also spread through contact with faeces and contaminated water.
Rotavirus is usually not serious. The most serious complications may arise from dehydration due to severe diarrhoea.
Like most viruses, rotavirus is best prevented by thorough hand washing. The virus is contagious from a few days before symptoms begin to about ten days after symptoms disappear, so keep your child home during this time to prevent infecting other children. If your child has rotavirus and you don't wash your hands after changing his nappy or helping him use the bathroom, you can spread the virus yourself.
Rotavirus usually begins with a fever. Your child may then experience several days of vomiting and diarrhoea. Some kids might experience abdominal pain. Occasionally, kids have very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. Your child can get rotavirus more than once, but subsequent infections will probably not be as bad.
You can treat rotavirus at home by making sure that your child gets plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. Don't use medications to prevent vomiting and/or diarrhoea unless your doctor advises you to do so. You can use paracetamol for fever. If your child has a severe infection, he may need to be hospitalised and given intravenous fluids to prevent dehydration.
Call the doctor if your child shows signs of dehydration or if he has a fever of 38.9°C or higher.
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Stanford coach David Shaw is now charged with replacing offensive coordinator Pep Hamilton.
The Indianapolis Star confirmed that Hamilton is the Colts' new offensive coordinator, reuniting with former Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck.
Hamilton worked with Luck for two years at Stanford, helping to groom one of the best quarterbacks to ever play on the collegiate level. Hamilton is replacing Bruce Arians, the Colts' interim coach who was named the Arizona Cardinals head coach.
"We knew this day was coming at some point for Pep," Shaw told the Star Friday night. "I'm excited No. 1 for him and his family to be in such a great situation. I'm also excited for the Colts family.
"You're getting a guy first and foremost who knows how to train quarterbacks. You're getting a guy who knows how to attack defenses and you're getting a guy who is passionate about the game of the football."
He's also the guy who brought along Kevin Hogan well enough that late in the season, Hogan was able to take over and start the final five games for Stanford. Included in those starts was a game on the road against Oregon where Stanford pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season.
The Cardinal averaged 374.43 yards per game, using a balanced attack with bruising running back Stepfan Taylor and Hogan.
Two potential replacements for Hamilton are on the current staff, the San Jose Mercury News reports. Offensive line/run game coordinator Mike Bloomgreen and running backs coach Mike Sanford are possibilities.
And in Indianapolis, Hamilton and Luck are eager to begin working together again.
"He is (excited)," Shaw said of Luck. "He and Pep have a good relationship. They know each other so well that there's no going to be that feeling-out period. They're both going to want to hit the ground running when the offseason begins and just get back after it."
That will only help Luck, who set NFL rookie records with 4,374 yards and 627 pass attempts. However, he completed only 54.1 percent of his passes, was sacked 41 times and threw 18 interceptions.


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- 1 General
- 2 Interesting
- 2.1 DSL - Domain Specific Languages
- 2.2 Prototyping
- 2.3 Pivot Tables
- 2.4 Mozilla - Firefox Extensions
- 2.5 Project/Time/Bug management
- 2.6 Bug-Finding Tools
- 2.7 Communication
- 2.8 Good lookiing Resumes/CV
- 2.9 Software Engineers Salaries
- 2.10 Open Source Magazines, Articles and Surveys
- 2.11 My wish list - Books
- 2.12 Online books/Magazines
- 2.13 Articles and posts from Martin Fowler
- 2.14 Doing Business
- 2.15 Financial based
- 2.16 Non IT Technology
- 2.17 Social networks
- 2.18 The Semantic Web - Information sharing - machine-readable way
- 2.19 Projects with very high social importance
- 2.20 Terms
- 2.21 Cloud Computing and Storage
- 2.22 Voting/Survey systems
- 3 Adempiere
- 3.1 Adempiere commit schema
- 3.3 Incoming events
- 3.4 Possible integrations with external systems
- 3.5 Adempiere Application dictionary vs. Axapta Data dictionary
- 4 XML databases
- 5 VoiceXML
- 6 Xml2Xsd
- 7 List of XML Schemas
- 10 Workflow Frameworks
- 11 Messaging Systems
- 12 Process Flow Application
- 13 LMS - Learning Management System
- 14 Software Translation tools
- 15 Rule Engines
- 16 ESB - Enterprise Service Bus and JBI - Java Business Integration
- 18 Linux
- 19 Virtual Machines
- 20 Network Boot - PXE
- 21 Live CDs
- 22 Ant related
- 23 Maven Related
- 24 HTML, CSS, RSS, Atom
- OASIS Customer Information Quality Committee
- Time and zone info
- Currency convert
- NumericalChameleon free, open source, platform-independent and localized software to convert units.
- SVN - Subversion
- Barcode and Serial port
- OpenQA - Selenium a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser, just as real users do.
- Reusing Functional Tests - Part 1
- WinMerge My favorite diff tool.
- email offer IMAP access
- ImageMagick v6 Examples -- Creating ThumbnailsImageMagick® is a software suite to create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a variety of formats (over 100) including DPX, EXR, GIF, JPEG, JPEG-2000, PDF, PhotoCD, PNG, Postscript, SVG, and TIFF
- OpenOffice interesting
- Excel interesting
- PERSONYWEB Conference software.
- Bulgarian alphabet Bg alphabet and it's transcript into Latin Alphabet
- THE BULGARIAN ALPHABET Bg alphabet and it's transcript into Latin Alphabet
- BANKRUPTCY of CommunismIn Bulgarian.
- The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Open organization engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards.
- Variable Costing/Direct Costing/Marginal Costing
- Continuous Integration, Source Control, a Wiki and a Bug-Tracker; by ThoughtWorks
- Ideagoras
- Eureka - A network for market oriented R&D
- Portable Applications Way to run applications from USB.
- Free DictionaryThe data is kept as XML complying to the TEI DTD.
- manageability Site with categorized open source applications
- www.prosper.comProsper can help you get a personal loan from one of our trusted partners.
- DozerJava Bean to Java Bean mapper that recursively copies data from one object to another. Similar to my idea of Document Transfer interface.
- OpenGTSOpen GPS Tracking System. Written in Java.
DSL - Domain Specific Languages
- Eclipse Xtext
- DSL ExamplesApache Camel DSL; Regular Expressions; Structured Query Language (SQL);
- Create Domain-Specific Languages with ANTLRThe latest version of ANTLR provides the tools you need to build a parser for special-purpose languages.
- DSL development: 7 recommendations for Domain Specific Language design based on Domain-Driven Design
- Pencil Projectmission is to build a free and opensource tool for making diagrams and GUI prototyping that everyone can use.
- CreatelyOnline Diagram Tool.
- Terms
MODFM = Mockup-driven fast-prototyping methodology.
Pivot Tables
- How to create Pivot tables in Excel
- Another guide to Excel Pivot tables
- ADAXA How-To: Analysis of Data using Excel Pivot Tables
- OpenOffice.org Calc: Pivot tables by another name
- Open Office - Using the data pilot
- JPivotJSP custom tag library that renders an OLAP table and let users perform typical OLAP navigations like slice and dice, drill down and roll up. It uses Mondrian as its OLAP Server. JPivot also supports XMLA datasource access.
Mozilla - Firefox Extensions
- FoxMark - The Bookmark Synchronizer
- InFormEnter adds a small, clickable icon next to every input field in a web form, from where you can select the item to be inserted
- Web Developer - Adds a menu and a toolbar with various web developer tools.
- XForms support for Firefox and Mozilla A must have Add-on.
- Zoterohelp you collect, manage, and cite your research sources.
- Google Browser Sync
Project/Time/Bug management
- Project Dune Web-based issue tracker. Integration with subversion or cvs, code inspections in the browser, SCRUM project management.
- Open Proj - free, open source desktop alternative to Microsoft Project.
- Open Workbench - Open source project similar to Microsoft Project.
- workeffort Businesses perform work efforts within their organizations to accomplish tasks such as producing products, developing software, mantaining assets etc. This system helps in managing these kind of tasks. It also includes a time tracking system.
- eHourTimesheet Management
- OpenTimeEclipse, SWT/JFace, Hibernate, embedded relational databases, XML.
- Mantis Bug TrackerPHP
- dotProject
- www.acetask.com
- RedmineFlexible project management web application written using Ruby on Rails framework. Similar to sf.net.
- Time4UJava based.
- Project.net
- Articles
Bug-Finding Tools
- FindBugs
- GleanGathering feedback from your code
- - A Comparison of Bug Finding Tools for Java
- A Communication Model
- How all human communication fails, except by accident, or a commentary of Wiio's laws
- Alan Greenspan sf.net post posted by Colin
"I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said."
Good lookiing Resumes/CV
Software Engineers Salaries
Open Source Magazines, Articles and Surveys
- www.openeo.biz Organizational and business aspects of open source
- Glass Cathedrals and Community versus CodeVery good post from David E. Jones.
- Quality Improvement in Volunteer Free and Open Source Software Projects: Exploring the Impact of Release Management
- Open source companies to watch
- Will Open Source Developers be Well Paid?
- The Economic Motivation of Open Source Software: Stakeholder Perspectives
- Why I Can't Stand the FSFVery interesting. Real experience with FSF.
- Resurrecting Marc Fleury - very interesting
- Can you create an open-source developer? You were able to find them. Did you ever "build" one?
We tried once to create an open-source developer out of a normal developer, but it completely failed. We never tried it again. Truth be told, I had an aversion to it.
An open source developer is a self-starter. He's competitive - this is someone that wants to prove that they can do something better than you can. As such, it's a great recruitment/qualification vehicle, because you can see their work before you ever think of hiring them. You can see if they'll work out for the company. We definitely took that approach to hiring.
- The Beauty of Source Code found the solution — but only because we had the source code ...
- Open source software as a customer capture tool
- FollarsMaking Money from Free & Open Source Software
- Why should i ever contribute? Just give me your stuff. Interesting article and very true. I likes this sentence:
, but don't beg for help, the guys who work owe you nothing.
- Book review: Producing Open Source Software
- Site of Producing Open Source
- VITKIA user who feel completely lost in finding accounting software.
- Australia leading the way in open source ERM and CRM software adoption
OSS Etiquette & Culture
- Mozilla Forum Etiquette
- ArchLinux Forum Etiquette
- WikiMatrix Forum Etiquette
- Forum Etiquette & Rules
- How to Protect Your Open Source Project From Poisonous People Presentation
Open Source Wars
How to ask questions in public forums?
- Google: "art of asking questions"
- Geek to Live: The art of asking
Open Source Models
- Model of Tiny ERP
- Thoughts from Chris CoppolaInteresting thoughts from Chris Coppola, CEO of rSmart which supports the Sakai open source collaborative learning environment (CLE)
- The Emerging Economic Paradigm of Open Source
Giving It Away
- Giving It AwayBooks
My wish list - Books
Ordered by my desire!!!
- Beginning Linux Cloud Administration: Using Ubuntu & Eucalyptus
- Pro Ubuntu Server Administration
- Pro Spring Dynamic Modules for OSGi™ Service Platforms
- Documenting Software Architectures: Views and Beyond (2nd Edition) (Hardcover)
- Spring Persistence with Hibernate (Beginning)
- Software Architecture in Practice, 2/E
- Hello Android
- Liferay Portal 5.2 Systems Development
- OSWorkflow: A guide for Java developers and architects to integrating open-source Business Process Management
- SugarCRM Developer's Manual: Customize and extend SugarCRM
- Alfresco 3 Enterprise Content Management Implementation
- Discover WTP, the End-to-End Toolset for Java-Based Web Development
- Better Builds with Maven
- Programming Erlang Software for a Concurrent World
- OpenERP English Book
- learn-openxava-by-examples
- The S3 Cookbook
- MDX Solutions: With Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services (Paperback)
- Fast Track to MDX (Paperback)
Books i already have
- Alfresco Developer Guide
- Alfresco Enterprise Content Management Implementation
- Pentaho Reporting 3.5 for Java Developers
- Spring Persistence — A Running Start Thank's to Thomas!
Online books/Magazines
- SAP J2EE Engine 6.20 - Administration Manual Something which i have been part of!!!
- www.nofluffjuststuff.com No Fluf just Stuff Magazine
Articles and posts from Martin Fowler
Doing Business
- Economy Rankings
- Organizational Growth Cycles
- Man makes nice software. Sells it. Makes $100,000 in 5 months
- Post affiliateAffiliate Management Solution
- Drupal - Working as a contractor or Freelancer
- Drop Shippper Tips
- License management
- True LicenseThе project aims at managing licensing aspects for closed source Java applications in a secure, reliable, flexible and yet easy way.
- ROI should be top of mind in small business ERP rolloutsInteresting article about average time and price of ERP implementation.
- Management
Financial based
Read and respond to this message at: https://sourceforge.net/forum/message.php?msg_id=4366156 By: drhayderaziz
I think that Adempiere would get a lot of kudos if Adempiere went the XBRL route www.xbrl.org for financial reporting. For listed companies (and even for unlisted) XBRL will be the way to go especially for any international company that has to consolidate accounts from multiple legal entities in multiple countries in a standardized manner. This would be an essential component of an ERP system in the 2008-2009 time frame. If Adempiere would have its COA structured the XBRL way and have XBRL compliant financial statements at company/consolidated level it would be an AMAZING value proposition to so many organizations.
Credit Card processing
Acounting Information
- K and K InfoBulgarian site.
Accounting Systems
- 2008 Handbook of International Public Sector Accounting Pronouncements (online version)
- Accounting Standards for the Public Sector
Accounting application
- QuickBooks
- IIF Transaction Creatorconvert Excel spreadsheets or CSV files to the IIF format for import into QuickBooks.
- FrontAccountingFree; Accounting systems for small companies and our popular web based FrontAccounting is a simple, but powerful, system for the entire ERP chain.
Invoice creation/generation
Payment processors
CS and ROT explained
In UK two methods of trading are popular with manufactures and wholesalers - Consignment Stocking(CS) and Retention of Title (ROT). The question is does ERP handle these types correctly?
CS is where stock is supplied and title transferred on sale to the end user.
ROT is where title is transferred on payment by the wholesaler.
This means that some goods held in the wholesalers warehouse will not belong to him and should not be counted as assets until title is transferred in the case of ROT and not at all in the case of CS unless the wholesaler uses ROT himself.
Bank/SWIFT oriented
- WIFEWIFE is an open source Java library for SWIFT messages parsing, writing and processing. The components are heavily tested and running in production environments since 2005.
Venture Capital Companies
Non IT Technology
Social networks
- www.xing.com; Formerly know as openBC; Very strong in Europe
- www.linkedin.com Emerging at the moment; My page
- http://www.ecademy.com/user/trifontrifonov
- BitWine Trusted advice from real people - My account
Call me now http://www.bitwine.com/presence/1/25850.gif
- Ohloh accounts/7957
- SourceKibitzer - my account
The Semantic Web - Information sharing - machine-readable way
- The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) projectThe Friend of a Friend (FOAF) project is creating a Web of machine-readable pages describing people, the links between them and the things they create and do.
- Finding friends with XML and RDFThe Friend-of-a-Friend vocabulary can make it easier to manage online communities
- foafrealm.orgD-FOAF - distributed authentication and trust infrastructure without a centralised authority.
- Sahana Disaster Management System
- How
Ltd.is written in different languages
Romanian: SRL = Societate Raspundere Limitata
Spanish: SC = Limited Partnershp (Sociedad Comanditaria) [1]
German: GmBH =
Serbian: DOO =
Bulgarian: OOD =
Cloud Computing and Storage
- www.enomalism.comEnomalism is an open source web-based virtual infrastructure platform.
- AbiCloudopen-source software platform for the implementation of cloud computing on computer clusters.
- www.eucalyptus.com
Voting/Survey systems
- irc-adempiere-26.01.2008
- Amount in words
- Idalica Wiki
- Adempiere Foundation
- Adempiere on ZK Demo
- Adempiere Marketing Materials
- Adempiere 3.5 plan
- Radio station to help people learn Adempiere libero by Tim
- Adempiere screen cast by simon
- CentOS adempiere VMWare
- HOWTO Use Jasper On Financial Reports
- Good description of Adempiere project from moyses
- Good general description of Adempiere functionality and account functionality from Colin
- Building Adempiere using mavenNice functionality from Timo. Site: http://tb4smb.org/maven2repo/
- 001 Adempiere Opensource ERP InstallationGood tutorial about Adempiere installation.
- Documentation about promotions in Adempiere
- How to create a new document with specific accounting
- ERP - Manuales de AdempiereAdempiere manuals in Spanish
- ADempiere Accounting by Carlos
- Default Accounts Usage by Carlos
- How to Configure Dynamic Approval Workflow
- Quality Management ModuleSome requirements on Quality Management by Reda Sultan.
- Thoughts from a Adempiere SME
- ADempiere Motto Contest
- Qualification Round ADempiere Motto Contest
- WEB interface from Robert
- Accounting initiative
- Pictures from Adempiere Conference - Berlin 2007
- ADempiere Institute & Center of Excellence
- Making Workflows more predictable
- Revision: 2725; Grid Collapse & Horizontal Tab Improve
- Feature Request - 1734897 Making Workflows more predictable
- Proof of concept for Loans System within ERP
- Article on CNET
- Adempiere post on IBM site
- Other Architectures for Adempiere - MUMPS
- Central Reservation of IDs Very good idea and implementation from Carlos
- HTTP request:
http://adempiere.globalqss.com/cgi-bin/get_ID? USER=user &PASSWORD=pass &TABLE=AD_Column &ALTKEY= &COMMENT=SomeCommentHere
- Show log
Adempiere Brazil Localization effort people that are cooperating with Adempiere LBR (LBR = Localization Brazil). Those are their names, followed by their sourceforge username.
Eduardo Montenegro (emontenegro) Alvaro Montenegro (amontenegro) Mario Grigioni (mgrigioni)
Adempiere commit schema
- Mentor/Commiter approach approved with 11/11 votes, according to this thread.
- Get rid of the Base Language
- Implement Native Sequence Functionality
- Freight handling
- EU funding ADempiere Development; Postponed as deadlines was passed.
- Seventh Research Framework ProgrammeEuropean Union's chief instrument for the public funding of research, an increase in private funding of R&D is one of the key goals of the EU's Lisbon Strategy for 'knowledge for growth', and the programme is designed with this in mind.
Incoming events
Events in London
Time: xx:xx GMT Day: Tuesday June 26 Venue: IRC channel #adempiere-team (on irc.freenode.net)
1 - Xxx
2 - Xxx
Possible integrations with external systems
Hospital Information System
- care2x Care2x is a hospital information system which has lots of feature but no accounting at all.
- NetEpi Open Source, network-enabled tools for epidemiology and public health practice.
- OpenMRS
- MedicalWritten in Python, uses OpenObejcts framework. Health and Hospital Information System (HIS) for OpenERP. Uses standards, such WHO ICD-10 and ICD-10-PCS. Provides a universal EMR (Electronic Medical Record) / HIS, so developing countries can also benefit.
- hl7APIHAPI (HL7 application programming interface; pronounced "happy") is an open-source, object-oriented HL7 2.x parser for Java.
Integration with WEB Shops
- OS-Commerce PHP based.
- Magento Commerce PHP based. Well written with Object Oriented Approach.
IBM WEB Sphere
- Installation Guide for ADempiere using WebSphere Application Server
- Installation Guide for ADempiere on IBM i
- sf.net post
- Service Provisioning Markup languageOpen standard for the integration and interoperation of service provisioning requests. SPML is an OASIS standard based on the concepts of DSML. SPML version 1.0 has been approved in October 2003. SPML version 2.0 has been approved in April 2006. SAML exchanges the authorization data.
SAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes)
- Guidance for Developers of Business and Accounting Software Concerning Tax Audit RequirementsSAF-T (Standard Audit File for Tax Purposes) is an file format to export accounting data from software. Part of an OECD recommendation for business and accounting software.
Shipping applications
- EDI 2 Blog or XML Export 2 Blog Done by me. See Adempiere EDI.
Adempiere Application dictionary vs. Axapta Data dictionary
- Improvements on Adempiere Data Dictionary - Thank's to Emilio Arrufat
XML databases
- An Introduction to VoiceXML
- Introduction to VoiceXML Part 2: Working with Forms
- Introduction to Voice XML Part 3: Voice XML Grammars
- Introduction to Voice XML Part 4: Grammars, Scope, and Event Handlers
- Introduction to Voice XML Part 5: Voice XML Meets Web 2.0
VoiceXML Providers
List of XML Schemas
- XBEL - XML Bookmark Exchange Language
- xbel
* ARTSXML - Retail XML schema specification by Association for Retail Technology Standards * UBL - Defining a common XML library of business documents (purchase orders, invoices, etc.) by Oasis * HR-XML * XBRL Extensible Business Reporting Language for International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS and United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP business accounting.
* KML, Keyhole Markup Language is use for annotation on 3D Geographical Browser. Browser supported are Google Earth. These annotation can be use to place events such as Earthquake warning, historical events…etc.
Note: CAD / DCC can also refer to GIS and other types of management systems for other industry.
** JAKJava API for KML
* FpML, Financial products Markup Language is the industry-standard protocol for complex financial products. It is based on XML (eXtensible Markup Language), the standard meta-language for describing data shared between applications. * FIXML, Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol is an electronic communications protocol initiated in 1992 for international real-time exchange of information related to the securities transactions and markets.
Graphical User Interfaces
* GLADE - GNOME's User Interface Language (GTK+) * KParts - KDE's User Interface Language (Qt) * XUL - XML User Interface Language (Native) * XAML - Microsoft's Extensible Application Markup Language
* MathML - Mathematical Markup Language
* RDF - Resource Description Framework * ONIX for Books - ONline Information eXchange, developed and maintained by EDItEUR jointly with Book Industry Communication (UK) and the Book Industry Study Group (US), and with user groups in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the Republic of Korea. * DDML - reformulations XML DTD
Music Playlists
* XSPF - XML Shareable Playlist Format
News Syndication
* Atom - Atom * RSS - Really Simple Syndication
Paper and Forest Products
* papiNet - XML format for exchange of business documents and product information in the paper and forest products industries.
* JAXP, Java XML API. * SAX, serial access XML parser, a popular alternative to DOM. * XDR
* SDMX - SDMX-ML is a format for eXchange and sharing of Statistical Data and Metadata.
Vector Images
* SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics
See also
* List of XML markup languages * XML Schema Language Comparison * XML transformation language * XML pipeline
- REST architecture styleDissertation by Roy Fielding
- REST page in Wikipedia
- JSR-311JAX-RS: The JavaTM API for RESTful Web Services
REST Articles
- How to Create a REST Protocol
- A Brief Introduction to REST
- REST easy with the JavaBeans Activation Framework
- SOA, Web Services, and RESTful SystemsA framework for building RESTful systems
- Common REST Mistakes
- eXo REST framework use case
- Restlet-GWT module
- restafarian.org
- Look-up Tables: LookupTableServlet (phase I)Very nice article.
REST Frameworks
- Cetia4 Java Servlet-based REST Framework
- Prudence Prudence is an open source container and framework for scalable web frontends and network services.
- Kauri Kauri is a Java-based, REST-centric framework for developing web applications and web services.
Restlet REST Framework
- Restlet, a REST framework for JavaGood one. Organized
- The Server Side post with very good discussion
- Sample port of the Restlet API on the Google Android platform.
Jersey REST framework
- JerseyJAX-RS (JSR 311) Reference Implementation for building RESTful Web services.
- A java REST framework : Jersey
- Integrating Jersey with GUICE and freemarker
- Integrating Jersey and Spring
Project Zero REST framework
- Project Zero IBM REST framework
Mattress REST framework
- RESTEasy RESTEasy is a Java framework for creating RESTful Web Services.
REX - REST SQL/XML Mapping Service
- REX - REST SQL/XML Mapping Service REX allows you to create REST interfaces by directly connecting HTTP Requests to SQL/XML queries without programming.
- SerfJ Simple Ever Rest Framework for Java
Spring and REST
- Getting REST Right in Spring 3.0
- Spring 3.0 RESTful Web Services By Example
- Get RESTful with Spring 3.0
- REST in Spring 3: @MVC
BPM Articles
Workflow Frameworks
- JBPM best practices
- jBPM Documentation
- Blogs about jBPM you don't want to miss!
- Manage your business processes with JBoss jBPM
- How to invoke rules from a jBPM ActionHandler
- Getting Started with jBMP and spring
Messaging Systems
Process Flow Application
LMS - Learning Management System
- Java based
Software Translation tools
TMX - Translation Memory Applications/Tools
CAT - Computer Assisted Translation
- www.omegat.orgOmegaT - Open Source
- ADempiere and OmegaT
- sf.net postLocalization of ADempiere With OmegaT
- Localization Guide For OmegaT GUI
- ADempiere and OmegaT
Spell Check tools
Rule Engines
- Getting Started With the Java Rule Engine API (JSR 94): Toward Rule-Based Applications
- A Closer Look at the Java Rules Engine API (JSR 94)
- JSR-94 Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK) Tutorial
- Dynamic Java Programming With Rule EngineShows benefits of Rule Engines.
- Solving Planning Problems: Introducing the Drools Solver
- Rules-based Programming with JBoss Rules/Drools
- Drools
ESB - Enterprise Service Bus and JBI - Java Business Integration
- ServiceMix
- JSR-208Java Business Integration
ESB/JBI Articles
- Open VPN
- VPN providers
- 13 reasons why Linux won't make it to a desktop near you
- Why the Linux Desktop will succeed despite itself
- www.linuxfromscratch.org Linux From Scratch (LFS) is a project that provides you with step-by-step instructions for building your own custom Linux system, entirely from source code.
- Linux Shell commands
- User Friendly Linux Distros
- MEPIS Fedora based
- Clam AntiVirusOpen source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX, designed especially for e-mail scanning on mail gateways.
- How to download xampp from command line:
wget http://www.apachefriends.org/download.php?xampp-linux-1.6.4.tar.gz
- How to find which Linux Distributoin you use?
cat /etc/issue
lsb_release -a
- PDF Printing
- YAFPCYet Another Free Pdf Composer; PDF Printer
- Print to PDF using cups-pdf
- Turn your Linux box into a PDF-making machine
- apt-get
- Where does apt-get -d store files? [9]
/var/cache/apt/archives /etc/apt/cache/archives
- Control Panels
- Ubuntu
- Debian
- www.debian-administration.orgGood articles
File Systems
- FUSEWith FUSE it is possible to implement a fully functional filesystem in a userspace program.
- GDataFsFUSE implemtation that mount your account at google's picassa web to your filesystem. The filesystem support full read/write and delete of album and photos.
Configuration Management Tools
Backup Solutions
- Bacula Systems™Open Source network backup software, combining enterprise-class Bacula Open Source software with first-class service and support.
Virtual Machines
- Open QRM
Applications based on VM
- Helix Agile Development Virtual ApplianceSubversion and Trac. Small size - 85 MB.
- BuildixContinuous Integration, Source Control, Wikis and Bug-Trackers
- Subversion Virtual Machine Subversion server, fully configured WebSVN front end and Webmin.
- JumpBox for Trac/Subversion Software Project ManagementTrac and Subversion
- VMware Player follow-up
- VMX builder
- VM BuilderOnline VM Builder
- www.thoughtpolice.co.ukMany Appliances
- Disk GeometryMany useful hints for VMWare
- VBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines With VirtualBox 2.0 On A Headless Ubuntu 8.04 Server
- Headless VM creation in VirtualBox - Creating an Ubuntu 8.04 Server VM
KVM - Kernel Based Virtual Machine
- KVMKernel Based Virtual Machine (requires hardware support: Intel VT or AMD-V)
- Kernel-based virtualization with KVM - DEEP VIRTUE
- AppArmor sVirt security driver for libvirt
VBVM - Visual Basic Virtual Machine
- VBVMVisual Basic Virtual Machine - run a .EXE file produced by VB5 or VB6
- QEMUQEMU x86 Emulator - Run Wine on non-x86 architectures
- BOCHSVirtual x86 Intel machine. (OSS) Run x86 operating systems on top of/concurent with Linux.
Proxmox VE
- [10]Proxmox Virtual Environment is an easy to use Open Source virtualization platform for running Virtual Appliances and Virtual Machines.
Network Boot - PXE
Live CDs
Linux based
- Vixta
- Postgre DB Live CD
- Description what is on CD
- netepi Has a shell script in the latest tarball release for NetEpi Collection which takes the Ubuntu LiveCD distribution and strips out unnecessary stuff, installs PostgreSQL and NetEpi and various screencast demo movies and the manuals etc, and then creates an ISO for burning.
Windows based
- Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD
- XP: Small, Free Way to Use and Mount Images (ISO files) Without Burning Them
- Using Ant as a Text Substitution Preprocessor
- Ant and copy filtering as a build configuration mechanism
- Using Apache Ant for Text Manipulation
- Getting Return Code from ANT in SHELL
How to debug remotely ANT Taks?
... <java classname="org.java.plugin.boot.Boot" fork="true" > <arg value="./imp.xml" /> <classpath refid="project.classpath"/> <jvmarg value="-DPropertyFile=${PropertyFile}" /> <jvmarg value="-classic" /> <jvmarg value="-Xdebug" /> <jvmarg value="-Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,address=8787,server=y,suspend=y"/> </java> ...
Maven Related
- The Maven 2 POM demystified
- Get the most out of Maven 2 site generation
- Storing your Maven Repository in CVS/Subversion
- Maven HsqlDB plug-in
- JavaGen
- Opening Browser with Web Application automatically after mvn install
Maven tips
Compile using the Validation profile(-Denv=val). During the initial install, do not run unit tests. All jars will be made first.
mvn -Denv=val -DskipTests install
Maven Repository Managers
- www.jfrog.orgArtifactory
HTML, CSS, RSS, Atom
- Context menu functionality on your page
- 20+ Free And Fresh Icon Sets
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Like i have whiskers and beard which are weighed down by icicles (each time really!) so it's throwing like i have a ball and chain type of science boiling down to basics
Sometimes it is very easy to explain things in a short concise manner. Great for a lawyer and text based artists and those that need to communicate. No wonder in many scientific fields there are formulas. It is difficult to type something complex out in a shorter manner than say F=MA. What that boils down to in a disc golf throw is very different animal. Either you demonstrate it by going through the motions slowly to show how you do it and then throw in different ways to illustrate the difference between different acceleration makes the disc fly differently or type a wall of text that will not make sense to someone or be too much for the attention span of some.


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Players opt for Spring Training over Classic
TEMPE, Ariz. -- A decorated Team USA roster already has its back against the wall in the World Baseball Classic; a 5-2 opening loss to Mexico makes Saturday night's game against Italy a must-win. The result had little to do with talent -- more so with the reality and randomness of tournament play -- but it was another reminder of an underlying theme in the World Baseball Classic: American participation simply isn't as high.
Look no further than the star-studded Angels. Mike Trout opted to focus his time on preparing for his sophomore year; Josh Hamilton wanted no part of it after an offseason of transition; and Jered Weaver would've only considered it if he didn't end 2012 with a sore shoulder.
"The guys they want out there are the guys that throw 220-plus innings," Weaver, who played in the Pan-American Games of 2002, told reporters on Wednesday. "Those guys want the down time in the offseason to recuperate. As great as it would be to wear the red, white and blue … it's a tough thing to have to be ready for."
Major League front offices and coaching staffs are most reluctant to hand over their starting pitchers because their arms are counted on for so many innings and due to the injury risk tied to the heightened intensity of the Classic.
But Major League players in general, particularly in a country where baseball is most important from April to October, just have different priorities.
"I think it's going to be a little bit difficult to convince certain guys," Angels designated hitter Mark Trumbo said, "because at the end of the day, it's cool, but when it really counts is during our regular season."
"World Baseball Classic is great," catcher Chris Iannetta added, "but the most important thing is the season."
The only Angels participant is Dominican shortstop Erick Aybar, with Minor League reliever Fernando Cabrera (Puerto Rico) and first baseman Efren Navarro (Mexico) also taking part. Chris Iannetta, who played in the '09 Classic, doesn't believe anything can be done to make Major Leaguers more eager to participate.
The only timing that makes sense still isn't ideal.
"Our season's so long, our offseason's so short," Iannetta said. "Every part of our season is extremely critical. You can't do it in the middle because then you take time away from the continuity of the sport. ... You're obviously not going to do it in the playoffs, and then in the offseason, it would be really tough, just because guys aren't really in game shape. The only viable time is during Spring Training, and it's the beginning of the season, so there's a myriad of reasons why guys don't play."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The major indices didn't make much progress this week but they sure held up extremely well. What is even more impressive is how well many individual stocks have been acting. There are more than 500 names on the list of new 12-month highs, and a number of leading stocks, like LinkedIn (LNKD), Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG), are performing well.
What is particularly interesting is how the market keeps roaring back after weak action. Just when you might think we are seeing toppy action and the bears start to press, the market finds its footing and has another day like today.
The easy thing to do in a market like this is to keep predicting that the end is near. It has run up quite a bit and there are obvious fundamental negatives, thus, the market is going to roll over. What could be more logical than that?
The hard thing to do is to stick with this action and stay long. The Wall Street pundits make it sound like only fools and idiots would think this market could keep running, but the masses, who don't try to be too clever, are making money.
Even if you are bullish, it isn't that easy to make progress, but I can guarantee that you are doing better than those who stay focused on calling tops.
I hope you had a good week. Have a great weekend. I'll see you on Monday.


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gabrielles wrote:I have a hard time figuring out what to eat while I'm out traveling the cities, or in general...
Is there simple foods / diet I can eat while i go to the temple during the day? (that maybe correspond with the buddhist ways??)
I never spend money on food, i always use food stamps, so money is not an issue, however I need to survive on 175 dollars a month.
Suggestions for someone who needs to stay healthy?
also - i am working on weight loss, to get rid of my obesity for my small stature of 5 foot.
Help !!
food and health is not my speicality!
Is there simple foods / diet I can eat while i go to the temple during the day? (that maybe correspond with the buddhist ways??)
gabrielles wrote:I also choose not to work for spiritual reasons.
gabrielles wrote:Well i was working at a grocery store.
But I left.
For various reasons.
And for weight loss.
Also - because I don't have any feelings for money, so i dont like to work to be honest. Especially for people who don't care about me personally, and that was a problem for me. One day I hope to find work that is more private and closed. (Behind the scenes)
I don't believe women should have to work anyway.I'm horrible i know.
I've been living fine since 2010 this way. And i'll be fine no matter what happens
I get shunned for my choices.
But who's happy? ME?
I also choose not to work for spiritual reasons.
& Sometimes it is hard, the family that has fed me when I had nothing - they rarely have healthy foods and things. they eat pretty fatty to be honest. And Im so used to it, i find it hard not to over-eat when I am there.
and even shopping for groceries - i have a hard time affording enough food to last me a month.
However, if i only buy food when I need it i should be better off.
I do not have a refrigerator after all.
gabrielles wrote:Thanks everyone.
I get food stamps - but only use them when i absolutely have to.
I usually get offered food though. I never usually buy it.
I often find myself purchasing water with foodstamps though.
I def am not working anytime soon . But thanks for the advice, but i refuse to be a part of this horrible society. :/
gabrielles wrote:I def am not working anytime soon . But thanks for the advice, but i refuse to be a part of this horrible society. :/
gabrielles wrote:I didn't choose to live in america.
My mom's vagina did. Just saying.
gabrielles wrote:I didn't choose to live in america.
My mom's vagina did. Just saying.
gabrielles wrote:
They government and the world created money, i am not in need of it.
THe only reason i had to get food stamps is because of this society.
Not my fault
gabrielles wrote:That is why my body won't literally let me heart move me to work work work in a world where i work till i cant walk no more. I'm having a great lifestyle . a easy and spiritually rewarding LIFESTYLE . That none of you have felt apparently?
corrine wrote:First, I truly think that work is a vital part of life. I am now retired but because I believe in the importance of good work, I am a full time volunteer at a library. Work gives life purpose and, when we retire, volunteer work adds a positive dimension to our lives. It allows us to give something back. So I am a big believer in the idea that all humans need to work.
As to a simple, inexpensive diet - I pretty much live on big bags of carrots, mixed greens, fruits of all kinds, corn, whole grain breads, whole grain cereals, peanut butter (I am able to get the kind that you grind yourself at the store so you can buy only as much as you need, there are no additional ingredients and it is much cheaper), brown rice etc. All of these things can be purchased for very little money. Heck, the rice is only about 49 cents a pound when I purchase it from the big bins. However, if one has no cooking facilities, then one can stick to raw fruits and veggies, whole grain breads, peanut butter and the like. If you buy only what you need, refrigeration is not an issue.
As to the weight thing. I am small - 5feet four inches tall, and in my old age I have found that I cannot eat more than 1400 calories without gaining weight. But I can eat a lot of fruit and veggies and even breads and cereals without reaching that total.
The most valuable advice I would give anyone who does not want to work unless the situation is ideal, would be to say that nothing in this life is ideal. We take a situation and make the best of it. If we look at a work issue as not a negative, but an opportunity to learn and adjust and accept, we can grow from it. I have worked my entire life and, at times, had to work in very unpleasant circumstances, but from my present vantage point, some of those situations were the very ones that helped me to grow and mature.
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Quentin's focus shifts away from injured knee
SAN ANTONIO -- Just 10 days ago, Opening Day was still in question for Padres outfielder Carlos Quentin, who had a setback with his surgically repaired right knee earlier this month.
Since then, though, Quentin has made significant progress, and his knee is no longer as balky as it was in Arizona. On Friday, he played in this third game in as many days.
Now, Quentin said, he can think about something other than his knee.
"Now I can focus on baseball and not the knee. That shift needed to happen, and it has," Quentin said on Saturday.
Quentin had surgery on his right knee a year ago this month and didn't appear in a game with the team until late May. He then had minor surgery on the same knee in October.
Quentin appeared in a Spring Training game on March 8 and had two plate appearances but the game was called because of rain. Three days later, he aggravated his knee.
He worked his way back, though, playing in a handful of Minor League games before appearing in his first exhibition game on March 26.
"He's encouraged by it, the training staff is encouraged by it," said Padres manager Bud Black. "As long as Carlos feels good about where he is physically, that's a good thing."
Quentin was hitless in three at-bats on Friday against the Rangers and wasn't in the lineup on Saturday. His next at-bat will come in Monday's opener against the Mets at Citi Field.
"All the focus to this point has been on the knee, now I can just focus on getting on the field and playing again," he said.
Corey Brock is a reporter for MLB.com. Keep track of @FollowThePadres on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Niemann's shoulder surgery goes well
ARLINGTON -- Jeff Niemann underwent successful surgery Wednesday on his right shoulder.
Dr. Keith Meister debrided (cleaned up) Niemann's rotator cuff and labrum. He is not expected to pitch again this season. The surgery took place at the Trinity Park Surgery Center in Arlington.
Niemann, 30, competed with Roberto Hernandez for the fifth spot in the Rays' rotation this spring. Hernandez earned the job and Niemann was sent to the bullpen.
Unfortunately for Niemann, the rigors of being prepared for daily work took a toll on the right-hander's shoulder. He went on the 15-day disabled list on Friday due to right shoulder soreness.
Niemann is 40-26 with a 4.08 ERA in 97 appearances (92 starts), all with Tampa Bay. Contractually, he is under the team's control through 2014.
Bill Chastain is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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It hit me last night: Here's what I think is so annoying and niggling about the budget talks between House Speaker Boehner and President Obama. I think they don't understand, neither one, the consequences of what they do on the American business public.
That's because, in many ways, the business public is not represented by either person.
As I parse through the Republican and Democrat posturings, I hear two major skeins of thought. For the GOP it's the worries about the small-business person and how much their motivation is being hurt by government tax policies. For Obama it's "the folks who work at places who aren't helped enough by government programs and pay more than their fair share for them in taxes."
That's what makes the whole thing so unrealistic. First, small businesses revolve around bigger businesses. When you set up a small business, unless it is about a particular better mousetrap, what you typically need is traffic -- that which comes from the growth of big business in the area.
Also, you want to create a service or hospitality business? You need someone to cater to. You aren't worried about taxes. You are worried about customers. Who is worried about the customers in Washington? Who is worried that their psyche may be damaged by what Washington is doing? Who is worried about them transacting with the small-business people and those they employ?
How do I know this? As a serial entrepreneur, I recognize that customers are the lifeblood of why you are successful. If you are worried about tax rates, you are going to fail. If you even consider tax rates as a reason to start a business or not to do so, you shouldn't start it. Don't waste your time. Stick to your day job.
The president's focus is equally myopic. He should go spend time with Fed chief Bernanke, who has a really good idea of how people get employed. They get jobs when demand is stimulated, and you get demand when you have a much larger employer set up near you. Otherwise, no one comes by. You don't get any customers. So all you do is figure out how few people you can hire, particularly because now you know that you have extensive healthcare costs that weren't even in the equation before.
You can only not know these things if you haven't been hired, fired or created a job in the private sector.
Now, there's another side of all of this. If we are concerned that the U.S. government won't be able to pay its bills one day, then we know a time will come when we'll have to do what Spain did, and radically cut back all of our social programs. We will have to do what the rest of Europe will do over time, which is accepting a lower standard of living for all. That, in turn, is why the longer-term austerity plan is vital, because everyone knows we can't afford what the U.S. government provides to Americans.
That's why spending cuts are so important. They figure in the job creation of the next 25 to 30 years, and in the ability of people to stay out of poverty longer-term.
But, in the meantime, you can't get the growth for the government receipts to go higher, even in the near-term.
Take such companies as Honeywell (HON), Eaton (ETN) or Celgene (CELG) (the last of which is one of the principal employers in the town I live in). Put simply, if someone from one of these firms were in the room, explaining the impact of the delay in an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff, the imperative would be to get this done before vacation -- or for there to be no vacation. That's because, the longer the delay, the fewer reasons there are to start a business and the more reasons there are to shrink, lay off, build fewer houses and cars -- and take your business off shore if you are big enough to do so.


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The vast majority of New Jersey residents think drunken driving is a very serious problem, but far fewer feel the same way about driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
That information is included in AAA New Jersey's annual report to the State Legislature. AAA is also promoting a website that can help anyone who is currently taking prescription medications.
According to AAA's report, 81 percent of Garden State residents said drunken driving is a "very serious" problem. Just 61 percent said driving under the influence of prescription drugs was "very serious."
"When we think about driving impaired, most people instantaneously think of drunk driving and then they start to think about driving under the influence of illegal drugs," said Cathleen Lewis, regional director of public affairs for AAA New Jersey. "This is the beginning of an educational process. It's definitely cause for concern, though."
Perhaps surprisingly, the more educated a person is, the less likely that person is to view driving under the influence of prescription drugs as a very serious problem. While 88 percent of those with a high school education or less thought it is a serious problem, just 78 percent of those with post-college graduate education felt that way.
Lewis wants all prescription drug takers to check out a website that may help them better understand the possible dangers of getting behind the wheel after taking such medications.
"It's absolutely user-friendly," Lewis said. "You go to www.roadwiserx.com. Right there on that front page it says enter in any medication you have, right here, and the computer will give you any possible interactions that will impact your driving. It's a great tool that anyone can use — it's totally confidential."


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June 5, 2014 12:00 am
One last stab at projecting the top 41 picks in today's MLB draft.
Contributing: Allan Simpson, David Rawnsley, Todd Gold, Kendall Rogers, Nick Faleris, Jason Parks, Ronit Shah
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June 3, 2014 6:00 am
If MLB teams made their draft decisions based on fantasy gamers' wishes, here's how the first round would unfold.
The 2014 MLB Draft is just two days away, and with this date comes a host of new fantasy prospects for dynasty leaguers to covet, debate, and decry. While this year's crop of prep and college talent isn't quite as impressive as some of what we've seen in the recent past, there's still a bevy of young talent you can use to bolster your MiLB rosters or use as trade chips in an attempt to win now.
With the draft just around the corner, Craig and I were looking for a way to deliver original content to our readers. And then we hit on this idea: What if we created a format in which we assigned each team one player, then explained our reasoning for why each player should end up with said team? It would be like a draft mock-up. A mock draft, if you will. Groundbreaking, we know.
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May 28, 2014 6:00 am
The first installment in Perfect Game's look at the top prospects in the 2014 amateur draft.
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May 27, 2014 6:00 am
The Perfect Game staff predicts the first round of the upcoming draft.
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This piece was originally published at Perfect Game on May 21.
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February 20, 2014 6:00 am
A rundown of the results from two expert auctions held earlier this week.
Mock drafts are a staple of pre-season fantasy baseball coverage, and no magazine or website would be complete without them. It is more rare to see a mock fantasy auction, but there is still a healthy portion of fantasy players who play using the auction format. In response to this, Baseball Prospectus decided to hold mock auctions for our readers who play in auction leagues.
Since auction leagues often dig deeper, Baseball Prospectus held two auctions: an AL-only and an NL-only. Both leagues used the "standard" $260, 23 player roster (14 hitters and nine pitchers) and familiar 5x5 format. The auctions were hosted online using CBS Sports' auction room feature.
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February 17, 2014 6:00 am
Bret recaps the selections that he and Mike Gianella made in a mock draft held last week.
Last Tuesday night, Mike Gianella and I participated in the first prominent experts league draft of the season, the LABR (League of Alternative Baseball Reality) mixed league. For background, this is a 15-team snake draft and a standard 5x5 rotisserie format with two catchers and the standard roster designations everywhere else. Mike and I had many conversations about this draft leading up to Tuesday night, and what made this both comforting and easy was that we were very much in sync with our strategy and a lot of our valuations—making for a stress-free (at least between each other) evening.
If you want to see the full draft board for all participants, that is available here. We had the seventh pick in the draft, which had its benefits and its issues. In the first round, we did not think it was optimal, as there was a pretty clear top four and the next 10 picks or so really came down to preference. However, my view is that it's always beneficial to be in the middle of the round so you don't have to wait so long between picks in case the draft shifts on you quickly. There were a couple of times at which we may have been out of luck if we were positioned on an end (especially in the early going with starting pitching and the middle rounds with closers), but we used the spot to our advantage.
February 10, 2014 6:00 am
Our first snake-style mock of the spring, with 15 teams and 23 rounds.
On Thursday evening, we hosted our first mock draft with a 15-person group of industry folks going 23 rounds deep to fill out a standard roster of C, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, CI, MI, 5 OF, DH, and 9 P of any kind. Couch Managers hosted the event. I randomized the draft order just before game time and here's how it came out:
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February 5, 2014 6:00 am
Jonathan Schoop, Jake Odorizzi, and Domingo Santana are among the prospects who come off the board in picks 99-140.
It's finally here—the end of the mock draft. If you want to see how the previous seven rounds went, check out the links below (the settings/setup are in the first installment):
January 31, 2014 6:00 am
Kyle Crick, Colin Moran, and Stephen Piscotty come off the board to kick off picks 57 through 98.
Continuing with the theme of less filler and more of the good stuff, let's jump right in here. If you want to revisit the parameters of the draft, they are all in the initial post of the series. If you don't, you may skip right over this:
November 15, 2013 6:00 am
A look back at the first 10 rounds of a very early 2014 draft.
I took my annual trek to Arizona two weeks ago for both the Arizona Fall League and the Baseball HQ First Pitch Forums. It's my favorite trip of the year and this might've been my best time yet. I drove from Austin with my dog, which actually enhanced the trip despite there being a total of 34 hours of driving to and fro. Thankfully, I like driving.
One of my favorite parts of the event is Draft Saturday. I believe they started the live drafts three or four years ago and it has evolved a bit throughout, but the staple has been a pair of NFBC-style drafts wherein we draft 23 rounds in person and the other 27 on the internet over the winter. It's a draft-and-hold, which means no pickups or trades. Surplus is less useful and you need contingencies because you will get injuries during the season. We do a Kentucky Derby Style draft slotting (see no. 4 on that link for an explanation) and assuming the top two were gone, I was hoping to grab the three-spot for Paul Goldschmidt.
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February 6, 2013 5:00 am
NFBC mock drafts appear to paint a more realistic picture than those at Mock Draft Central.
On the most recent episode of the Towers of Power Fantasy Hour (or 2), Paul Sporer and I had the opportunity to interview Greg Ambrosius of STATS LLC. Ambrosius runs their National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) events, which feature the all-stars of high-stakes fantasy baseball. While the industry may not be as lucrative as the World Series of Poker, NFBC's top players have made a rather nice living though the competition. The most famous of the players may be Lindy Hinkleman, a pig farmer from rural Idaho who was featured in a USA Today article last season. A few years ago, he pulled off an improbable sweep of both the live and online events, and earned a check for $241,500 from NFBC.
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June 4, 2012 8:22 am
Teams are still having a hard time sorting out the top players in a relatively weak draft class, but Kevin pokes around and offers a best-guess as to how things might shake out.
A weak talent class and a new collective bargaining agreement have made the 2012 draft the most unpredictable in recent memory. Further confusing things are huge wild cards early on, especially the Mariners at three and the Royals at five. Still, it seems like there is suddenly a clear first eight picks, it's just the order of the names that end up being confusing.


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The history of America's highways was on display Saturday at the Kern County Fairgrounds - from pre-1949 vehicles fitted for today's roads to classics from the '50s and '60s, to muscle cars spanning through the '70s.
The more than 2,000 vehicles were on hand this weekend at the 37th annual NSRA Western Street Rod Nationals going on at the Kern County Fairgrounds. Officials with the Western Street Rod Nationals expected about 20,000 people to visit the fairgrounds this weekend.
While most of the vehicles are from California, organizers said some have come from as far away as Texas and Arkansas.
This is the 27th year the national street rod association has held the event at the fairgrounds. The association, which holds 11 events each year, has more than 50,000 members across the country.