Adobe Reader Lite 9.0
July 5, 2008
Adobe Reader Lite 9.0
This is a bloat free version of the popular PDF viewer Adobe Reader brought to you by Shark007 the creator of Vista Codec Package More languages to come
Adobe Acrobat Reader is free and freely distributable software that lets you view and print Portable Document Format PDF files
Adobe Portable Document Format
Invented by Adobe Systems and perfected over 15 years Adobe Portable Document Format PDF lets you capture and view robust information mdash from any application on any computer system mdash and share it with anyone around the world
Alpha Five Platinum: Transforming, manipulating, and analyzing data
A ton of our customers rely on Alpha Five Platinum for data manipulation, data analyis, data cleaning, data massaging, and data transformation (moving data from one format to another)
Here you can see how data can be imported from a wide variety of sources into an Alpha Five database.
A similar screen in Platinum will then show you how you can export data to the same set of formats.
As you can see, Alpha Five makes it easy to move data from one formats to another, such as from MySQL to MS SQL Server or from QuickBooks to Oracle.
In terms of manipulating data, the screen below displays some of the many options that are built right into Platinum. Plus, xbasic gives you an extra level of control over manipulating data.
The new features and abilities of Platinum have not gone unnoticed by our customers. Here’s what a few of them think: as expressed in the comments section to the Techrepublic review of Alpha Five v9:
It [Alpha Five v9] doesn’t have to be for full app development
It is great for app development, but it beats the pants off of Access for ad hoc data analysis and manipulation. The action scripting genies in combination with the expression builder make it easier to use than access, and the richness of the built in functions make it more powerful.
I imported an audit trail from Quickbooks in CSV format. The problem with many quickbooks exports is that it is really two tables combined into one, with the transaction header line repeated only once per transaction. There is also a problem in that multiple prior versions of the transaction are all referred to as prior, whereas I wanted P1 - Px to denote the particular version. Alpha’s update operation made it quite easy to transform my data as alpha contains a function that refers to the previous record. I have created a short Jing screencast at that shows how easy it is.
Alpha’s report writer has something that many competing products do not have. It can include conditional objects. Thus I can set a variety of styles in the detail band which at times can be nice.
VERY good point!
Very good point, and also something I feel contributes to what I perceive as Alpha’s huge potential (and, incidentally, flexibility) as a core/all-round development tool. It can do a huge amount of different tasks, and it can do them without you needing to write a full interface/menu/app for it, either…
It’s not just data manipulation, though - even just for the little tasks you need to do on the fly, without the need to build and deploy a fully-fledged app, Alpha5 - and the programming language built into it, Xbasic - has a HUGE range of functions (in particular file listing, list processing and character functions, including extract_string which is perfect for quickly grabbing XML data etc.) and there are dozens of dialogs and tools you can invoke with just a few snippets of code… and if you have the web app server, you can very quickly put any functionality you need available to your company/client/yourself on an Intra- or Internet website without needing to develop or distribute an application…
Returning students bolster UMKC’s admissions rate
July 5, 2008
Returning students bolster UMKC’s admissions rate
Freshman enrollment is up 26 percent this year as of May 1 at the University of Missouri-Columbia (MU), according to an MU news bureau press release.
UMKC enrollment is also up for the 10th year in a row, but not for freshman students.
Enrollment is up 30 percent for the fall semester, according to Jennifer DeHaemers, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management.
Stuart Taylor co-author of Until Proven Innocent will
Book signing at 6:00 pm
Lecture at 7:00 pm
Details and directions are here.
Portable Flash EXE Builder 1.0
July 5, 2008
Portable Flash EXE Builder 1.0
K-Lite Codec Pack 3.9.8 Beta
K Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and DirectShow filters Those components are needed for encoding and decoding various audio and video formats This Codec Pack is designed as a user friendly solution for playing all your movie files
Full supports both playback and encoding This package is for power users and people who do their own encodings
Updated: Pressler Book Signing
July 5, 2008
Updated: Pressler Book Signing
Updated on June 22, 2007
Congratulations to Coach Mike Pressler and Dan Yaeger for making the New York Times bestseller list. Their book ‘It’s Not About the Truth‘ made it to the bestseller list yesterday. Here is more media coverage of Coach Pressler and Dan Yeager.
Posted on June 11, 2007
Congratulations to Coach Mike Pressler and Dan Yaeger on the publication of their book “It’s Not About The Truth.” If you have not purchased the book yet, click here to order a copy: It’s Not About The Truth: The Untold Story of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case and the Lives It Shattered.
Coach Pressler will be signing books from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Lax Hut on 4161 Merrick Road in Massapequa, Long Island, on Friday, June 15th. Matt Zash, one of the co-captains of the Duke Mens Lacrosse Team in 2006, is a part-owner of the Lax Hut.
Coach Pressler will also be at Mitchell Field, Uniondale (Long Island), NY on Saturday, June 16th to sign copies of his newly released book. He will be there from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The Long Island Lizards will host the Philadelphia Barrage at the same place. Their game time is 1:00 p.m.
Books may be purchased at both events.
Related reading:
Ex-Coach Discusses Duke Lacrosse Case
On the Bookshelf
A Conversation with Susan Pressler
Scapegoating
PhD Scholarships in Photonics at DTU, Denmark
PhD scholarships Nanophotonics for Terabit Communications (NATEC)
A new research centre focusing on nanophotonics for terabit communications is being established at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). The centre is based on donations from a private
foundation, VILLUM KANN RASNMUSSEN FONDEN. The NATEC centre will, in particular, perform research on light-matter interaction in semiconductor quantum dots and photonic crystal structures and explore the use of such nanostructured materials for realizing photonic chips operating in the terabit regime. The centre is a strongly focused effort involving nanofabrication, experimental characterisation based on nanoscopy and ultrafast lasers, fundamental theory including topology optimization, and systems experiments and will provide ample opportunities for cross-fertilization between these areas.
The NATEC Centre is headed by Professor Jesper Mørk (jm@com.dtu.dk) from Department of Photonics Engineering, DTU, and involves the collaboration with 4 other institutes at DTU: Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for
Electron Nanoscopy and Danchip.
At the moment we have openings within the following areas of research:
Growth and characterisation of semiconductor quantum dots and fabrication of photonic crystal based devices (Kresten Yvind; ky@com.dtu.dk).
Characterisation of pulse propagation in photonic crystal structures and ultrafast dynamics in quantum dots (Mike van der Poel; mvp@com.dtu. dk).
Theory and modelling of light-matter interaction in photonic crystal structures with quantum dots (Niels Asger Mortensen; nam@mic.dtu. dk).
Topology optimization of nanophotonic structures incorporating effects of nonlinearities and fabrication uncertainties (Ole Sigmund; sigmund@mek. dtu.dk).
Experimental and theoretical investigations of terabit systems emphasizing noise limitations and information capacity (Palle Jeppesen; pj@com.dtu.dk).
We are looking for candidates with a strong track record and with a good experimental, theoretical and/or computational background in photonics, electromagnetics or materials engineering and physics. The annual salary of PhD students starts at approximately 277,000 DKK (36,900 EUR) + pension.
For further information please contact Jesper Mørk or the persons mentioned above, or see the full job announcement at the homepage of DTU. Please send your application as a single pdf file, including CV, list of publications, certificates of exams and grades, as well as a list of references to:
Director Anders Bjarklev
Department of Photonics Engineering
Ørsteds Plads, Building 343
Technical University of Denmark
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Email: natecapplications@ fotonik.dtu. dk.
Deadline for application: July 14, 2008 at 12.00 noon.
Mates of State ‘Re-Arrange Us’
July 5, 2008
Mates of State ‘Re-Arrange Us’
“Re-Arrange Us” by Lawrence, Kan., natives Mates of State is in the running for my top summer album.
The husband-and-wife duo is famous for its simple mix of keyboard and drums. The bombastic, endlessly happy “Team Boo” thrust the two into mainstream consciousness in 2003.
France's Sarkozy Questions If ECB Rate Increase `Reasonable' - Bloomberg
July 5, 2008
France's Sarkozy Questions If ECB Rate Increase `Reasonable' - Bloomberg France's Sarkozy Questions If ECB Rate Increase `Reasonable'
ABC News
Bloomberg -
By Simon Kennedy July 5 (Bloomberg) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy recommenced his criticism of the European Central Bank today, asking it was “reasonable'' for it to have raised the region's key interest rate this past week.
Fighting Inflation, Europeans Raise Rate
The ECB - A Token Move or Signs of More to Come?
Export Tax That Angers Farmers Advances in Argentina - New York Times Export Tax That Angers Farmers Advances in Argentina
Aljazeera.net
New York Times -
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO RIO DE JANEIRO - After a marathon session that lasted through the night, Argentina’s lower house of Congress on Saturday narrowly approved agricultural export tax increases that the government imposed four months ago.
Argentina lawmakers approve farm export tax hike
Argentine Lower House Passes Grain Export-Tax Plan (Update2)
Some Announcements
July 5, 2008
Some Announcements
President Brodhead’s Review
Just a reminder that you still have a couple of days to send your comments regarding President Brodhead to the committee conducting his performance review for the Board of Trustees. The deadline for submitting comments is October 29.
If you do not have enough time to write a letter, send a postcard or send an e-mail. Make your voice heard.
Tell them that Duke can do a lot better.
In formation on how to participate is here.
Another group has taken the lead in rallying the Duke community to participate in the comment phase for President Brodhead’s review. They are called Friends for a Better Duke or FABDU and they want a Duke to be a fab place once again. You can check out their website here.
Stuart Taylor
Our other friends at Duke Students for an Ethical Duke have are hosting a book signing and lecture by Stuart Taylor, the co-author of Until Proven Innocent at Duke on November 2. The book signing will be at 6:00 and the lecture will follow at 7:00. Details, including directions to the venue, Love Auditorium are here.
Stuart is an excellent speaker and his lecture will be every bit as interesting and informative as KC Johnsons’s a few weeks ago. Incidentally, DSED informs us that Stuart originally signed on to debate any of the book’s critics who wished to come forward. However, there have been no takers so far so he will give a lecture instead.
Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook break from divorce trial to … - New York Daily News
July 5, 2008
Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook break from divorce trial to … - New York Daily News Christie Brinkley and Peter Cook break from divorce trial to …
Times Online
New York Daily News -
BY CHRISTINA BOYLE, JO PIAZZA and TRACY CONNOR Christie Brinkley and her daughter Alexa Joel spent the Fourth of July in Sag Harbor with Billy Joel at his home on Rysam Street (click for photos from Brinkley's divorce trial with Peter cook).
Video: Brinkley's Divorce Starts Ugly
Relatives await news of Mongolia riot detainees - Reuters Relatives await news of Mongolia riot detainees
Canada.com
Reuters -
By Royston Chan ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Mongolia lifts its four-day state of emergency late on Saturday, but relatives are still waiting for news of those detained in the post-election riots that prompted the imposition of emergency rule.
Mongolia to lift emergency rule
Curfew in downtown Ulan Bator lifted
Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel - Los Angeles Times
July 5, 2008
Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel - Los Angeles Times Barack Obama now wears his patriotism on his lapel
Boston Globe
Los Angeles Times -
Jae C. Hong / AP FLAG-WAVER: Sen. Barack Obama and daughter Sasha are onlookers at an Independence Day parade in Butte, Mont. Tired of having his patriotism questioned, the Democratic candidate has made Old Glory a major visual element of his campaign.
In Montana, Obama Tries to Rally Support on Iraq
In Montana on the Fourth, a Barometer of Obama's Chances
Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears - Reuters Court order on YouTube user data fans privacy fears
BBC News
Reuters -
By Kenneth Li and Eric Auchard NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A US judge's order to Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom Inc (VIAb.
Viacom and the YouTube privacy problem
• YouTube Ordered To Release User Data
Early Hitch for Ambitions of San Francisco’s Mayor - New York Times Early Hitch for Ambitions of San Francisco’s Mayor
DigitalJournal.com
New York Times -
By JESSE MCKINLEY SAN FRANCISCO - Gavin Newsom, the popular and telegenic mayor of San Francisco, declared this week that he was forming an exploratory committee to consider a run for governor in 2010.
SF juvenile hall braces for detainee surge
San Francisco to Halt 'Sanctuary' Policy
Jalapeños Probed in Outbreak - Wall Street Journal Jalapeños Probed in Outbreak
CBC.ca
Wall Street Journal -
By JANE ZHANG and JANET ADAMY WASHINGTON — Officials investigating the salmonella outbreak now are looking at jalapeño peppers as a leading suspect for spreading the bacteria that has sickened hundreds across the US over the past three months, …
Inspectors to halt import of some food from Mexico
Salsa: The New Suspect In Salmonella Outbreak
Saf Restaurant
July 5, 2008
Is Saf restaurant the healthiest food in London ? It’s certainly the most exquisite, the most refreshing, the most nutritionally self indulgent, the most life changing, the most eye opening, the most likely to gently disolve pre-concieved ideas about eating out and restaurant food in general.
Saf means pure in Turkish. It is the sort of food that has been spoken of for 60 years but rarely if ever before prepared with such skillful hands and heart. Pure fantasy made into pure reality.
See Review - Saf Restaurant
Shopping Mall Curling in Russia
Date of the first event is almost imminent: July 25-27, 2008.
The format sees five international men’s teams of considerable heft being jetted into the city to join three local teams, as yet undetermined.
Invited and accepted are:
Brad Gushue – Canada
Pal Trulsen – Norway
Thomas Ulsrud – Norway
David Murdoch – Scotland
Andy Kapp – Germany
Key to the venture is new WCT-E partner Adamant Construction & Property Management, a rather large Russian developer that happens to own some 1.7 million square metres of property in that city alone.
They also own a few shopping centres, including a big one that happens to boast a small ice rink. A rink that has seen curling displays in the past.
As such, shopping mall curling has come to Russia, just as it came briefly to the world’s biggest mall in Edmonton, and more recently (but sadly no longer) to a mid-sized mall in Galt, Ontario.
“It’s a bit of a breakthrough for us,” said WCT-E chief exec Armin Harder, a Canadian who lives in Switzerland.
“Adamant are covering all the costs, and the idea is to do this quite a few times leading in to Sochi in 2014.
“We look forward to putting on a good show for these guys.”
And what do the players think?
“We were pretty surprised,” said Gushue.
“We were notified by Armin Harder that the event was in the works and they asked if we were interested in attending. Of course, we said yes. But we didn’t want to get too excited until we knew for sure that the event was a go. Once we heard it was a go we got really excited.
“We have our tickets booked and we are looking forward to it… should be a great experience. Hopefully the event will help raise the profile of the game in Russia and add another event on the WCT-E for down the road.”
And on the western front:
“We are happy to be among those top teams that have been invited to this
event,” said Füssen’s Andy Kapp.
“St. Petersburg is a fantastic and booming city and to play a tournament in the middle of summer heat will be very interesting. In Germany and Switzerland we are used to playing tournaments in July and August, but not in a shopping center and not in Russia. If the ice isn’t melting, we will melt it!”
