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  • Best of "The Moth" 2009

    Not wanting to break the tradition (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) below are some blog posts I picked from my blogging last year. As you can see by comparing with the links above, 2009 marks my lowest output yet with only 64 posts, but hopefully the quality has not been lowered ;-) 1. Parallel Computing was a strong focus of course. You can find links to most of that content aggregated in the post where I shared my entire parallelism session. Related to that was the link to the screencast I shared of the Parallel Computing Features Tour.2. Parallel Debugging is obviously part of the parallel computing links above, but I created more in depth content around that area of Visual Studio 2010 since it is the one I directly own. I aggregated all the links to that content in my post: Parallel Debugging.3. High Performance Computing through clusters is an area I'll be focusing more next year (besides parallelism on a single node on the client captured above) and I started introducing the topic on my blog this year. Read the (currently) 6 posts bottom up from my category on HPC.4. Windows 7 Task Manager. In April I shared a screenshot which was the most "borrowed" item from my blog (I should have watermarked it ;-)5. Windows Phone non-support in VS2010. Did my bit to spread clarification of the story.6. Window positions in Visual Studio is a long post, but one that I strongly advise all VS users to read and benefit from.7. Bug Triage gives you a glimpse into one thing all (Microsoft) product teams do.If you haven't yet, you can subscribe via one of the options on the left. Either way, thank you for staying tuned… Happy New Year! Comments about this post welcome at the original blog.

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  • Microsoft Silverlight MVP one more time

    - by pluginbaby
    Another wonderful first email of the year… announcing that I’ve just been re-awarded Most Valuable Professional (MVP) by Microsoft for Silverlight. This is my 5th year as an MVP in a row and I am still very honoured and excited! In 2010 I had the pleasure to be involved in many community events around Silverlight, speaking at Microsoft conferences and user groups (doing the launch of the Vancouver Silverlight User Group was fun!), as well as taking part in worldwide conference like MIX Las Vegas and the MVP Summit in Redmond. Also I did new kind of activities in 2010: I wrote questions for the first Microsoft Silverlight certification exam (70-506), and I was Technical reviewer of 3 Silverlight books. I finally started to share more on Twitter @LaurentDuveau. In 2010 the content of this blog was mostly about Silverlight, I expect it to be the same in 2011, plus a touch of Windows Phone as well. I already know that 2011 will be hell of a good year.. I’ll be at the next MVP Summit in Seattle, also speaker at DevTeach which comes back to Montreal (at last!) and have some nice Silverlight trainings plans for France and Tunisia. More than that, my business RunAtServer is healthy (proud of my team!) and I have insane news and a very big surprise coming on that front.... stay tuned! Happy New Year!

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  • Oracle Cloud Solutions at Cloud Expo West

    - by Gene Eun
    Oracle is proud to be the Platinum Sponsor at next week's Cloud Expo West in Santa Clara (Nov 4-7).  This is the third consecutive year that Oracle has been sponsoring Cloud Expo and each year our involvement and presence at the conference has grown. This year, we have a great lineup of sessions which I've listed below. If you’re attending Cloud Expo West, we'd love to have you attend our sessions that will show our thought leadership and leading solutions in the cloud. You should also swing by Booth #130 to see some of our latest cloud offerings firsthand. Date  Time  Session Title  Track  Room  Monday, Nov 4  3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Ten Myths of Cloud Computing - General Session All Tracks Ballroom A-H  Monday, Nov 4  5:10 pm - 5:55 pm Driving Recurring Revenue Streams Through Cloud Billing Cloud Computing and Big Data M1  Monday, Nov 4  5:10 pm - 5:55 pm An Introduction to Oracle's Cloud Application Marketplace Cloud Bootcamp Great America Room J  Tuesday, Nov 5  6:25 pm - 7:05 pm Delivering Database as a Service with Oracle Database 12c Deploying the Cloud Great America Room 2  Wednesday, Nov 6  5:35 pm - 6:20 pm Accelerating Your Journey to Self-Service IT Enterprise Cloud Computing B2  Thursday, Nov 7  1:35 pm - 2:20 pm Oracle's Strategy for Public Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Services Infrastructure Management | Virtualization M2 At Cloud Expo West, you'll get to learn about and experience the latest in Cloud and Big Data. If you're in Silicon Valley or the Bay Area and don't have a pass to Cloud Expo, no problem. Oracle is giving away FREE VIP Gold Passes! We would love to have you be our VIP guest. Just go to Oracle's Cloud Expo 2013 event registration page and follow the instructions to get your complimentary pass. Stay tuned to this blog and follow us on Twitter (@OracleCloudZone) during and after Cloud Expo for more of our insight and observations about this year's conference.

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  • Daylight Saving Time Visualized

    - by Jason Fitzpatrick
    When you map out the Daylight Saving Time adjusted sunrise and sunset times over the course of the year, an interesting pattern emerges. Chart designer Germanium writes: I tried to come up with the reason for the daylight saving time change by just looking at the data for sunset and sunrise times. The figure represents sunset and sunrise times thought the year. It shows that the daylight saving time change marked by the lines (DLS) is keeping the sunrise time pretty much constant throughout the whole year, while making the sunset time change a lot. The spread of sunrise times as measured by the standard deviation is 42 minutes, which means that the sunrise time changes within that range the whole year, while the standard deviation for the sunset times is 1:30 hours. Whatever the argument for doing this is, it’s pretty clear that reason is to keep the sunrise time constant. You can read more about the controversial history of Daylight Saving Time here. Daylight Saving Time Explained [via Cool Infographics] 6 Ways Windows 8 Is More Secure Than Windows 7 HTG Explains: Why It’s Good That Your Computer’s RAM Is Full 10 Awesome Improvements For Desktop Users in Windows 8

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  • Reminder: Premier Support for EBS 11i ends November 2010

    - by Steven Chan
    Apps sysadmins are going to have a busy year.  If you're still running your E-Business Suite environment on the 10gR2 database, I hope that you're aware that Premier Support for 10.2 ends in July 2010.  But if you're still on Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11i version 11.5.10, the impending end of Premier Support this year on November 30, 2010 is even more important.  Support windows for Oracle E-Business Suite are listed here:Oracle Lifetime Support > "Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications" (PDF)Premier Support runs for five years from a product's first release.  In the case of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10, that window was increased to six years in recognition of the challenges that some of you face in justifying major upgrades in today's economy. Here's a graphical summary of the EBS 11.5.10's support stages:First year of Extended Support fees for EBS 11.5.10 waivedRegular readers may recall that fees for the first year of Extended Support for EBS 11.5.10 are waived.  There is nothing that customers need to do to remain fully supported other than keep your support contracts current.  Higher fees for Extended Support will start December 1, 2011 for most platforms.  This is formally documented here:Technical Support Policies > "Oracle's Technical Support Policies" (PDF)

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  • OpenWorld on your iPad and iPhone

    - by KLaker
    Most of you probably know that each year I publish a data warehouse guide for OpenWorld which contains links to the latest data warehouse videos, a calendar for the most important sessions and labs and a section that provides profiles and relevant links for all the most important data warehouse presenters. For this year’s conference made all this information available in an HTML app that runs on most smartphones and tablets. The pictures below show the HTML app running on iPad and iPhone. This exciting new web app contains information about why you should attend OpenWorld - just in case you have not yet booked your ticket! - as well as the following information: Getting to know 12c - a series of video interviews with George Lumpkin, Vice President of Data Warehouse Product Management Your presenters - full biographies and links to social media sites for all the key data warehouse presenters Must sees sessions - list of all the most important data warehouse presentations at this year’s conference Our customers - profiles our most important data warehouse customers Must attend labs - list of all the most important data warehouse hands-on labs at this year’s conference Links - a list of links to the most important data warehouse sites If you want to run these web apps on your smartphone and/or tablet then follow these links: iPhone - https://876d5e65b7768ca57d1fd1236578c9374b1fca87.googledrive.com/host/0Bz-zGlWahRf4OXNzejBiRFV5ZXc/iPhone-DWoow2014.html iPad - https://876d5e65b7768ca57d1fd1236578c9374b1fca87.googledrive.com/host/0Bz-zGlWahRf4OXNzejBiRFV5ZXc/iPad-DW2014.html Android users: I have tested the app on Android and there appears to be a bug in the way the Chrome browser displays iframes because scrolling does not work . The app does work correctly if you use either the Android version of the Opera browser or the standard Samsung browser. If you have any comments about the app (content you would like to see) then please let me know. Enjoy OpenWorld.

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  • Reflecting on 2010 and Looking into 2011

    - by Sam Abraham
    In early 2010, I had blogged and shared my excitement as I was about to embark on a new journey relocating to South Florida.     As I settled down and adjusted to my new life, I was presented with an opportunity to get actively involved and volunteer in the local Florida .Net and Project Management communities.  I have since devoted a significant portion of my time to community initiatives, coordinating the West Palm Beach .Net User Group, volunteering as a member of the INETA Speaker’s Bureau and traveling to attend/speak at .Net code camps and user groups throughout the states of Florida and New York. I have also taken on various volunteer roles at the South Florida Chapter of the Project Management Institute starting as core team member on the chapter’s mentoring initiative and ending the year as Project Manager of the chapter’s mentoring program and as Director of Electronic Communications on the chapter’s IT team. I am also serving a one year term (2010-2011) as secretary and founding board member of Florida’s first official chapter of the International Association for Software Architects (IASA).   A big thank you is due for those who afforded me the opportunity and privilege to take part of these initiatives and those who provided guidance and encouragement when I needed them the most.   Looking ahead into 2011, I hope to continue my community involvement and volunteer activities. I will start by dedicating the first 5 weekends in the New Year to teach a free comprehensive Microsoft PowerPoint class at church. My goal will be to start from scratch and slowly cover the various available PowerPoint features that can be leveraged to create captivating presentations. Starting February, I will be resuming my user group/code camp speaking engagements at our South Florida .Net Code Camp and the West Palm Beach .Net User Group.   I look forward to continuing to meet, chat and share with our technical community members and to another active year in community service.   All the best, --Sam Abraham

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  • Choosing Technology To Include In Software Design

    How many of us have been forced to select one technology over another when designing a new system? What factors do we and should we consider? How can we ensure the correct business decision is made? When faced with this type of decision it is important to gather as much information possible regarding each technology being considered as well as the project itself. Additionally, I tend to delay my decision about the technology until it is ultimately necessary to be made. The reason why I tend to delay such an important design decision is due to the fact that as the project progresses requirements and other factors can alter a decision for selecting the best technology for a project. Important factors to consider when making technology decisions: Time to Implement and Maintain Total Cost of Technology (including Implementation and maintenance) Adaptability of Technology Implementation Team’s Skill Sets Complexity of Technology (including Implementation and maintenance) orecasted Return On Investment (ROI) Forecasted Profit on Investment (POI) Of the factors to consider the ROI and POI weigh the heaviest because the take in to consideration the other factors when calculating the profitability and return on investments.For a real world example let us consider developing a web based lead management system for a new company. This system can either be hosted on Microsoft Windows based web server or on a Linux based web server. Important Factors for this Example Implementation Team’s Skill Sets Member 1  Skill Set: Classic ASP, ASP.Net, and MS SQL Server Experience: 10 years Member 2  Skill Set: PHP, MySQL, Photoshop and MS SQL Server Experience: 3 years Member 3  Skill Set: C++, VB6, ASP.Net, and MS SQL Server Experience: 12 years Total Cost of Technology (including Implementation and maintenance) Linux Initial Year: $5,000 (Random Value) Additional Years: $3,000 (Random Value) Windows Initial Year: $10,000 (Random Value) Additional Years: $3,000 (Random Value) Complexity of Technology Linux Large Learning Curve with user driven documentation Estimated learning cost: $30,000 Windows Minimal based on Teams skills with Microsoft based documentation Estimated learning cost: $5,000 ROI Linux Total Cost Initial Total Cost: $35,000 Additional Cost $3,000 per year Windows Total Cost Initial Total Cost: $15,000 Additional Cost $3,000 per year Based on the hypothetical numbers it would make more sense to select windows based web server because the initial investment of the technology is much lower initially compared to the Linux based web server.

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  • Is there a LOGO interpreter that actually has a turtle?

    - by Tim Post
    This is not a repeat of the now infamous "How do I move the turtle in LOGO?" Recently, I had the following conversation with my five year old daughter: Daughter: Daddy, do you write programs? Me: Yes! Daughter: Daddy, what's a program? Me: A program is a set of instructions that a computer follows. Daughter: Daddy, can I write a program too? Me: Sure! This got me scrambling to think of a very basic language that a five year old could get some satisfaction from mastering rather quickly. I'm ashamed to admit that the first thing that came to mind was this: 10 INPUT "Tell me a secret" A$ 20 PRINT "Wow really? :" A$ 30 GOTO 10 That isn't going to hold a five year old's attention for very long and it requires too much of a lecture. However, moving a turtle around and drawing neat pictures might just work. Sadly, my search for a LOGO interpreter yielded noting but ad ridden sites, flight simulators and a whole bunch of other stuff that I really don't want. I'm hoping to find a cross platform (Java / Python) LOGO interpreter (dare I call it simulator?) with the following features: Can save / replay commands (stored programs) Has an actual turtle Sound effects are a plus Have you stumbled across something like this, if so, can you provide a link? I hate to ask a 'shopping' sort of question, but it seemed much better than "Is LOGO appropriate for a five year old?"

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  • Looking for suggestions: becoming a hireable, young programmer [closed]

    - by Dan
    I am a 17 year old Java programmer that has filled the last year with learning all of the ins and outs of Java - Using Eclipse, and the help of a friend of the family (a Java programming architect for some company), I have learned everything from serializing objects, basic networking, generics, reflection, multi-threading, code optimization and efficiency & some concurrency safety - built my own proxy class, and nowadays, I answer questions on Project Euler. I am seeking some suggestions though on where I go next, or where I go from here to get a job in programming. I dedicate at least an hour every day to coding, sometimes literally, the entire day, and I really have come to love the process. I just started reading Effective Java (v2), and learning Scala (as I see often, possibly the Java replacement) I will be going to college for Computer Science next year - and taking AP computer science this year (however, I took a practice exam and got an 87, only need a 60to70 to pass, so no need to study for it too much) -- I was wondering if getting the SE 7 OCA and OCP would help me in trying to get a programming job. I looked around and most people have said online that an OCA/OCP are practically useless, but, at my age do they make me any more credible? More or less, what would you recommend to get a job in programming these days - or distinguish yourself from the crowd? I have enough time and dedication to learn another language, or anything really. Thank you very much.

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  • South Florida SQL Saturday 2010

    - by ScottKlein
    The South Florida SQL Server Users Group is proud to announce the 2nd annual South Florida SQL Saturday will be held Saturday, July 31st at DeVry University (the same place it was held last year). Like last year, this will be a FREE event, aimed at everyone involved with SQL Server. For those who attended in 2009, this was a great event. We had nearly 500 attendees with 6 tracks and great speakers. We hope to do it bigger and better this year, with more tracks, more speakers, and more people! Our goal is to surpass the 500 attendee mark, with tracks for DBA's, SQL Developers, plenty of BI information, and Azure! Last year I said seating was limited, but what what the heck? No limitation. If you deal with SQL, or want to learn SQL, this is the place to be. To register, click on this link: http://www.sqlsaturday.com/40/eventhome.aspx We already have a lot of registered attendees and many sessions submitted. Many SQL Server experts and MVP's will be speaking so here is a chance to learn from the BEST!

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  • JavaOne India Early Bird Discount Ends April 2nd

    - by Tori Wieldt
    JavaOne India3-4 May, 2012Hyderabad International Convention Centre Register Now and Save – For A Limited Time!If you register by 2 April, you'll save INR 1080 on this premier Java technology conference. JavaOne will return for the second straight year to India May 3, 4 at the Hyderabad Convention Center. This year's line up will once again bring some of the leading experts in from all over the world as well as local Indian content. Sharat Chander (Director - Java Technology Outreach) said, "JavaOne is the premier Java technology conference in the world, for developers by developers.  Every year we keep increasing community participation in both the content selection and content delivery, and this year we expect even more."The JavaOne India tracks are:Client-Side Technologies and Rich User ExperiencesLearn about developments in Java for the desktop and practices for building rich, immersive, and powerful user experiences across multiple hardware platforms and form factors. Core Java PlatformDiscover the latest innovations in Java virtual machines. Get deep technical explanations in security and networking and enhancements that allow dynamic programming languages to drive Java platform adoption. Java EE Web Profile, Platform Technologies, Web Services, and the Cloud Update your knowledge on topics such as Web application development, persistence, security, and transactions. This track will also address modularity, enterprise caching, Web sockets, and internet identity. Mobile, Java Card, Embedded, and DevicesThis track is devoted to Java technology as the ultimate platform for mobile computing. It also covers embedded and device usages of Java technologies, including Java SE, Java ME, Java Card, and JavaFX. Share this event: #javaoneIndia

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  • My parked domain was de-indexed by Google - what to do?

    - by Programmer Joe
    I have a question about how to handle my domain. In a nutshell, I bought a domain last year from Go Daddy. My intention was to launch a real site with this domain and I have spent the last year working on my site. For the last year, I have been using the default Go Daddy page display for an up and coming site. When I first bought this site, it was indexed by Google - you could search for "alphabanter" and my site would show up on the search result page for Google. Several months ago, it seemed Google de-indexed my domain and if you type "alphabanter," my domain no longer shows up on the list of search results. However, if you search for "www.alphabanter.com", that's the only way it shows up in the search results for Google. Anyways, I am about to launch my site for real. However, I don't quite know if I can get my site back into Google's index. I have a few questions: 1) Was my domain permanently penalized by Google and removed from their index just because it was a parked domain? I don't believe I have done anything abusive other than using the Go Daddy default page for almost a year because my site was not ready. 2) Should I just launch my site, put a few backlinks to my site, and hope that Google indexes my site again? 3) Should I submit my site to Google at Google submit your content I assume getting Google to reconsider my site is the last option if none of the above works.

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  • Extra Life 2012

    - by Chris Gardner
    Greetings, It's that time of year again. The time when I beg you for money for charity. See, unlike those bell ringers outside Wal-Mart, I don't do it when you have ten bazillion holiday obligations... Once again, I will be enduring a 24-hour marathon of gaming to raise money for Children Hospital in Birmingham. All the money goes straight to them, and you get to tell Uncie Samual that you're good for that money. I'd REALLY like to break $1000 this year, as I have come REALLY close for the past 2 year to doing so. Don't live near me? Live closer to a children's hospital in the Children's Miracle Network? It's OK. Go find a participant that is working for your hospital and hook them up. Just left me know, I will will join in with the karmic love you will already receive. This year, the event will take place on October 20th, beginning at 8 A.M. Once again, I will try to provide some web streams, etc, if you want to point and laugh (especially if I have to result to playing Dance Central at 4 AM to stay awake for the last part.) Look at it this way, I'm going to badger you about this for the next month. You might as well donate some money so you can righteously tell me to shut the Smurf up. You can place your bid at the link below. Feel free to spread the word to anyone and everyone. I thank you. The children thank you. Several breeds of feral platypus thank you. Maybe, just maybe, doing so will will help you feel the love felt by re-fried beans when lovingly hugged in a warm tortilla. Enjoy your burrito. http://www.extra-life.org/participant/cgardner

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  • When is it better to offload work to the RDBMS rather than to do it in code?

    - by GeminiDomino
    Okay, I'll cop to it: I'm a better coder than I am at databases, and I'm wondering where thoughts on "best practices" lie on the subject of doing "simple" calculations in the SQL query vs. in the code, such as this MySQL example (I didn't write it, I just have to maintain it!) -- This returns the username, and the users age as of the last event. SELECT u.username as user, IF ((DAY(max(e.date)) - DAY(u.DOB)) &lt; 0 , TRUNCATE(((((YEAR(max(e.date))*12)+MONTH(max(e.date))) -((YEAR(u.DOB)*12)+MONTH(u.DOB)))-1)/12, 0), TRUNCATE((((YEAR(max(e.date))*12)+MONTH(max(e.date))) - ((YEAR(u.DOB)*12)+MONTH(u.DOB)))/12, 0)) AS age FROM users as u JOIN events as e ON u.id = e.uid ... Compared to doing the "heavy" lifting in code: Query: SELECT u.username, u.DOB as dob, e.event_date as edate FROM users as u JOIN events as e ON u.id = e.uid code: function ageAsOfDate($birth, $aod) { //expects dates in mysql Y-m-d format... list($by,$bm,$bd) = explode('-',$birth); list($ay,$am,$ad) = explode('-',$aod); //Insert Calculations here ... return $Dy; //Difference in years } echo "Hey! ". $row['user'] ." was ". ageAsOfDate($row['dob'], $row['edate']) . " when we last saw him."; I'm pretty sure in a simple case like this it wouldn't make much difference (other than the creeping feeling of horror when I have to make changes to queries like the first one), but I think it makes it clearer what I'm looking for. Thanks!

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  • OpenOffice Calc: How can I count the number of different items with data pilot?

    - by manu
    Hi all, I have a rather long spreadsheet with historical information of issues solved by some user on a colaborative environment. The spreadsheet have the following (relevant) columns date, week no., project, author id, etc... The week no. is calculated from the date, is basically the year concatenated with the week number within that year; for instance, both 2009-02-18 and 2009-02-20 yield the week number 200908 - the 8th week of year 2009; and 2009-02-23 yields 200909 - the 9th week of year 2009. I need to count how many different users (given by author id) contributed to some project, on a weekly basis. I have setup a data pilot with the week as Row Field, the project as the Column Field, and count-author as the Data Field. However, this counts the author id as different instances. This is not what I need. I need to count how many different users contributed to each project on a weekly basis. I expect to get something like: projects week Project1 Project2 Project3 200901 10 2 200902 2 7 Each inner cell containing how many different users contributed. With the count-author configuration, what I get is how many contributions (total) got the project on that week. Is there a way to tell OpenOffice Calc to do what I want?

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  • November 2012 Chicago IT Architects Group Meeting Recap

    - by Tim Murphy
    So the year is coming to an end.  A hearty few came out two days before Thanksgiving to discuss adopting agile in the enterprise.  While Norm Murrin claimed to be nervous about talking in front of a group your wouldn’t have known by his presentation.  He really made a topic that has always been hard to relate very personal.  This lead to some great discussion.  I came out of looking for ways to investigate agile further.  His presentation can be found here. This was our last meeting for the year.  We are looking forward to next year and are starting to line up some speakers and topics.  At this point we have an Azure presentation coming in February and are ironing out talks for January and March.  If your would like to join us and have topics you would like to see presented contact me through this blog.  Either leave a comment here or use the contact page.  I would love to hear from you. Have a great holiday season and we will see you next year. del.icio.us Tags: Chicago Information Technology Architects Group,CITAG,Agile,Norman Murrin

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  • Is there a LOGO interpreter that actually has a turtle?

    - by Tim Post
    This is not a repeat of the now infamous "How do I move the turtle in LOGO?" Recently, I had the following conversation with my five year old daughter: Daughter: Daddy, do you write programs? Me: Yes! Daughter: Daddy, what's a program? Me: A program is a set of instructions that a computer follows. Daughter: Daddy, can I write a program too? Me: Sure! This got me scrambling to think of a very basic language that a five year old could get some satisfaction from mastering rather quickly. I'm ashamed to admit that the first thing that came to mind was this: 10 INPUT "Tell me a secret" A$ 20 PRINT "Wow really? :" A$ 30 GOTO 10 That isn't going to hold a five year old's attention for very long and it requires too much of a lecture. However, moving a turtle around and drawing neat pictures might just work. Sadly, my search for a LOGO interpreter yielded noting but ad ridden sites, flight simulators and a whole bunch of other stuff that I really don't want. I'm hoping to find a cross platform (Java / Python) LOGO interpreter (dare I call it simulator?) with the following features: Can save / replay commands (stored programs) Has an actual turtle Sound effects are a plus Have you stumbled across something like this, if so, can you provide a link? I hate to ask a 'shopping' sort of question, but it seemed much better than "Is LOGO appropriate for a five year old?"

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  • JCP 2012 Award Nominations Announced

    - by heathervc
      The 10th Annual JCP Program Award Nominations have been posted on JCP.org.  The community gets together every year during JavaOne to congratulate the winners and nominees at the JCP Community Party held in San Francisco. This year there are three awards: JCP Member/Participant of the Year, Outstanding Spec Lead, and Most Significant JSR. Member of the Year: Stephen Colebourne Markus Eisele Google JUG Chennai Werner Keil London Java Community and SouJava Antoine Sabot-Durand Outstanding Spec Lead Michael Ernst, JSR 308, Annotations on Java Types Victor Grazi, Credit Suisse, JSR 354, Money and Currency API Nigel Deakin, Oracle, JSR 343, Java Message Service 2.0 Pete Muir, Red Hat, JSR 346, Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1 Most Significant JSR API for JSON Processing, JSR 353 Money and Currency API, JSR  354 Java State Management, JSR 350 Java Message Service 2, JSR 343 JCP.Next, JSR 348, JSR 355, and JSR 358 Congratulations to the nominees; you can read the nomination text and more information about the awards here.  And remember to join us on Tuesday, 2 October at the Infusion Lounge to celebrate with the winners and nominees!

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  • Microsoft WPC 12&ndash;Predictions

    - by D'Arcy Lussier
    Let me start by saying I have absolutely no inside knowledge, neither through the MVP program or any other means, that is fuelling what I’m about to write. This is entirely conjecture fuelled by speculation and too much Soporro beer at a fantastic Japanese restaurant tonight. Still, I present to you… D’Arcy’s Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 Predictions!!! So what can we expect to be announced at this year’s WPC? Much more than last year I’m hoping! Last year was sort of encouraging the troops to carry on with the Windows 7 messaging even with Windows 8 looming in the distance. It also showed Microsoft’s slant towards Private Cloud in addition to Azure. This year, we’re going to see a shift to a battle cry – Windows 8 is Coming, Windows 8 is Coming! I expect we’re going to hear an RTM date for Windows 8 from Steve Ballmer tomorrow, in addition to dates surrounding Windows Server 2012. We’ll also hear some announcement around Windows Phone 8, but I’m not really sure what – that whole piece is still quite muddy; are we going to actually *see* Windows Phone 8 devices this week? That would be great, but I imagine those types of announcements might be left for Build. Speaking of Build, I’m expecting an announcement on a date for a Build conference this Fall, probably late October. If any announcements are going to be made around Office 15, the schedule isn’t hinting at it. In fact, other than Office 365 there’s not much mention of Office in the conference sessions – either a red herring, or telling that Microsoft has another announcement coming later. The tagline of the conference is “A New Era. Together.” It’s obvious Microsoft is wanting to leverage WPC to rally their partners to carry the Windows 8 banner into the field of battle this fall when it ships. D

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  • JavaOne Countdown, Are you ready?

    - by Angela Caicedo
    This is a great time of the year!  Not only does the weather start cooling down a bit, but it's time to get ready for JavaOne 2012.  It feels so long since my last JavaOne (last year I missed it because I was on a mom duty), so this year I couldn't be happier to be this close to the action again.  Have you ever been at JavaOne?  There are a million great reasons to love JavaOne, and the most important for me is the atmosphere of the conference: The Java community is there, and Java is in the air! This year we have more than 450 sessions, and there are HOLs (Hands on labs) to get your hands dirty with code.  In addition, there will be very cool demos, an exhibition hall. and a DEMOground.  During the whole time, you will have the opportunity to interact with the speakers, discuss topics and concerns, and even have a drink! Oh yes, I almost forgot, there will be lots of fun even apart from the technology!  For example there will be a Geek Bike Ride, a Thirsty Bear party, and the Appreciation Party with Pearl Jam and Kings of Leon.  How can this get any better! So, are you ready yet?  Have you registered?  If not, just follow this "Register for JavaOne" link and we'll see you there! P.S.  Little known fact: If you are a student you can get your pass for free!!!

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  • Majoring in computer science, but i'm not to sure I'm in the right field [closed]

    - by user74340
    Throught out my high school years and first year in college, I never thought of studying computer science. I studied biology and chemistry during my first year, and I didn't like the research, nor any type of medical professionals. So I took an introductory CS course, and loved the diverse roles this field can have. So I declare CS as my major. I finished first, and second year CS courses. Then now, I'm doing my co-op(intern) as a web developer. During my first and second year, I was always just an average student. My grades is around low B. But I put so much effort to understand my course' materials. I see many brilliants peers who not only excel at what they do, but have the passion. So I always doubt myself if I don't belong in this field. I'm not good at math, I usually get Cs on my math courses. My internship (a corporate developer job) is okay. But doesn't want to work like this after my graduation). Some aspects of CS that I like is HCI. In my experience in programming, and group projects, I enjoyed designing User interface, and thinking of user experience. I'm also thinking of taking some psychology courses.. I would appreciate any criticism, or advices.

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  • It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over

    - by Oracle OpenWorld Blog Team
    Oracle OpenWorld 2012 is behind us. Well, for San Francisco, anyhow. The team is already working on the Latin America event which takes place in December in Sao Paulo, and an OpenWorld in Asia for 2013 as well. And of course they're already working on the next San Francisco OpenWorld for 2013. So what happens after the conference is over? People pack up demo and network gear and ship it out to wherever it's going next; take down and recycle signage; strike the keynote set, the exhibition and demo halls, the street tents, and anything else that was constructed just for the conference. There's a lot of post-conference analyis going on too. Oracle and partner marketing teams are looking at and following up on the leads they got from booth, demo, and lounge traffic. The events team is evaluating the session and conference surveys you filled out if you attended -- looking to identify the best speakers, what worked and didn't work, how you liked the venues, the food, the entertainment, the presentations. From all of that information will come recommendations for next year on what to keep doing, what to do better, and what not to do at all. The goal for each year's conference is to be better than last year's. If you attended and haven't filled out the surveys yet, you have until October 19 for them to be counted, and for you to be entered into a daily sweepstakes. Click here for more information. Posts to this blog will slow down for a while, but we'll post news about Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco and around the world when we have it. Any suggestions about future blog topics are welcome. Oh - I forgot to mention that you can sign up to be notified when registration for Oracle OpenWorld 2013 goes live. If you register at that time you'll get the best discount available on attending next year. So sign up, and stay tuned.

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  • Everytime user types , in my text box i want it to become ',' or help me do it using a parameter

    - by MyHeadHurts
    I am using a vb.net textbox to become part of my IN sql statement in my program I tryed to use a parameter and it didn't work here is my code TextBox1.Text = "'Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada'" the default value of my textbox although the user can edit the textbox, but they would need to type the ',' which i would rather them just type , . and my other code is If RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "Sales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then 'saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =" & DropDownList1.SelectedValue & ") AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "NetSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFNET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFOther,0))) as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YENET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEOther,0))) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.netSales,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.OtherSales,0))) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Net Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "INSSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFINS,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEINS,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.INSSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Insurance Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "CXSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = False Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFCX,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YECX,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.CXSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in ('Cruises','Caribbean and Mexico','CentralSouth America', 'Europe','Far East','France','Italy','London/UK','Middle East/Africa','South Pacific','Spain/Portugal','USA/Canada') order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Canceled Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "Sales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.Sales AS CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "NetSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFNET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFOther,0))) as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YENET,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEOther,0))) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.netSales,0) + (ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.OtherSales,0))) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Net Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "INSSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFINS,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEINS,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.INSSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Insurance Sales" ElseIf RadioButtonList1.SelectedValue = "CXSales" And CheckBox1.Checked = True Then saocmd1.CommandText = "SELECT dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.AsOFCX,0)as AsofSales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.ASOFPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YECX,0) as YESales, dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.YEPAX, ISNULL(dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.CXSales,0) as CurrentSales, dbo.B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.PAX AS CurrentPAX FROM B604SalesAsOfAdvanced INNER JOIN B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster ON dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR = B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.SDESCR WHERE (B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.DYYYY =@Dyyyy) AND (B604SalesAsOfAdvanced.DYYYY = (DatePart(year, GetDate()) +1)) and dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") order by B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR" Label2.Text = "Canceled Sales" End If Basically what is happening is, if a certain radio button is selected and the user didn't click the checkbox the default regions are included and they are hardcoded because the query runs much faster. if the user did click the checkbox then the textbox where they type the specific regions shows up and it will run the query that includes the dbo.B605SaleAsOfAdvancedMaster.SDESCR in (" & TextBox1.Text & ") If you can somehow do this using parameters and not with the textbox1.text in the query it will run much faster for me thanks for your help

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  • Where would you document standardized complex data that is passed between many objects and methods?

    - by Eli
    Hi All, I often find myself with fairly complex data that represents something that my objects will be working on. For example, in a task-list app, several objects might work with an array of tasks, each of which has attributes, temporal expressions, sub tasks and sub sub tasks, etc. One object will collect data from web forms, standardize it into a format consumable by the class that will save them to the database, another object will pull them from the database, put them in the standard format and pass them to the display object, or the update object, etc. The data itself can become a fairly complex series of arrays and sub arrays, representing a 'task' or list of tasks. For example, the below might be one entry in a task list, in the format that is consumable by the various objects that will work on it. Normally, I just document this in a file somewhere with an example. However, I am thinking about the best way to add it to something like PHPDoc, or another standard doc system. Where would you document your consumable data formats that are for many or all of the objects / methods in your app? Array ( [Meta] => Array ( //etc. ) [Sched] => Array ( [SchedID] => 32 [OwnerID] => 2 [StatusID] => 1 [DateFirstTask] => 2011-02-28 [DateLastTask] => [MarginMonths] => 3 ) [TemporalExpressions] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [type] => dw [TemporalExpID] => 3 [ord] => 2 [day] => 6 [month] => 4 ) [1] => Array ( [type] => dm [TemporalExpID] => 32 [day] => 28 [month] => 2 ) ) [Task] => Array ( [SchedTaskID] => 32 [SchedID] => 32 [OwnerID] => 2 [UserID] => 5 [ClientID] => 9 [Title] => Close Prior Year [Body] => [DueTime] => ) [SubTasks] => Array ( [101] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 101 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Profit and Loss by Class [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [102] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 102 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Balance Sheet [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [103] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 103 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Current Year for Prior Year Expenses to Accrue [Body] => Look at Journal Entries that are templates as well. [DueDiff] => 0 ) [104] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 104 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Review Prior Year Membership from 11/1 - 12/31 to Accrue to Current Year [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [105] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 105 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Enter Vacation Accrual [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [106] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 106 [ParentST] => 105 [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Email Peter requesting Vacation Status of Employees at Year End [Body] => We need Employee Name, Rate and Days of Vacation left to use. We also need to know if the employee used any of the prior year's vacation. [DueDiff] => 43 ) [107] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 107 [ParentST] => [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Grants Receivable at Year End [Body] => [DueDiff] => 0 ) [108] => Array ( [SchedSubTaskID] => 108 [ParentST] => 107 [RootT] => 32 [UserID] => 2 [Title] => Email Peter Requesting if there were and Grants Receivable at year end [Body] => [DueDiff] => 43 ) ) )

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