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People of KDE: Arash Zeini
Arash Zeini is from Iran and takes part in translating KDE into Farsi. In his dialog with Tink for this Sunday's column of People behind KDE, Arash demonstrates that KDE helps lower borders, and facilitates friendships and collaboration instead. Here is a tribute to the diligent and efficacious work of the KDE translators.
Yes, real programmers drink tea!
By Uwe Thiem at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
I (sip) agree. Of course, as I live in the American South, I like mine iced. Besides... then you can drink it faster. :) I've noticed that quite a few KDE developers and regulars who follow the KDE project drink tea. Now if we want to start a flame war that makes me look like a bigger troll than Craig, what *kind* of tea is the best? I like to brew a pitcher (because I like it iced) of four black tea bags and a single Earl Grey.
(BTW, Craig - just teasing you, I know you advocate KDE in your own way)
By Evan "JabberWok... at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
I like coffee. Everyone knows programmers need caffeine, and lots of it. Of course, I come from the American Northwest, where Starbucks started ;)
By yu at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Black tea contains about the same level of caffein as coffee does. Mate and green tea contain about 10 times as much caffein as coffee does.
By Uwe Thiem at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
>Black tea contains about the same level of caffein as coffee does. Mate
No, green and black tea contain comparable amounts of caffeine and both have much less than coffee. I don't know about mate.
I'm also in the tea drinker category -- hot in the morning and evening, iced with meals. I usually just throw four tea bags and maybe some mint leaves in a pitcher of water and leave it in the refrigerator. Brewing is too much work.
By Otter at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: No
Actually, the amount of caffeine in tea is more than the amount of caffeine in coffee. However, that is comparing amounts of tea and coffee in their dried forms. When making a cup of tea or coffee, a lot more caffeine is extracted from the coffee than the tea leves, so the above results are correct as well. So you are both right!
By ac at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: More Caffine in Tea than Coffee
I suggest you do some more research, or get better sources.
Tea, generally has 33% of the caffine in coffee.
Green Tea has as little as 1/9th the caffine in a brewed, same-size cup, of coffee.
And, if you expose the tea to boiling water (i.e. immerse the tea...) for about 30 seconds, then pour off the water, you have naturally decaffinated the tea leaves, getting rid of over 90% of the caffine in the tea.
I work for a tea import/export company, and head their marketing / research department, so I am confident in the above information. It is summarized from about 550 different research labs / institutes around the world...
Thought you'd like to know the score on the caffine issue...
By max at Fri, 2005/12/02 - 6:00am
Re: More Caffine in Tea than Coffee
Does REGULAR tea have 33% more caffine or
By Francis Zarnowski at Fri, 2006/08/11 - 5:00am
Re: More Caffine in Tea than Coffee
is tea more caffinated then coffee?
By cloyce grubbs at Mon, 2008/02/11 - 6:00am
Re: More Caffine in Tea than Coffee
Thanks for having this web site set up.
By Don Black at Mon, 2007/12/10 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Your comments re caffein content of green tea (10 x coffee) don't agree with my own research on the web. It is my understanding that sencha (a Japanese variety) contains about 25% of the caffein in regular brewed coffee. Genmaicha (a Japanese variety with brown rice) has about 5% re brewed coffee. See www.japanesegreenteaconline.com. Of course, this is a tea seelling site. Perhaps you are in the coffee business?
By Robert Leslie at Sat, 2002/11/02 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
mate does not have caffeine
By dude at Tue, 2004/01/20 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
The source from where you got that information about green tea is totally off. Just the opposite, green tea has 10 times less (about 1/10th) caffeine than coffee.
By Alex at Thu, 2005/12/08 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
The one bad thing about internet discussion: too many people pass off information as fact without verifying it. Shame on you, Uwe.
By Justin at Sat, 2006/06/17 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
This is a very old message - I'm writing this in 2006 - but according to http://www.stashtea.com/caffeine.htm - green tea has only 1/4 the amount of caffine that is found in coffee. This is an excellent chart for comparing caffine content in coffee, colas and various teas.
By Susan Flewelling at Wed, 2006/11/15 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Caffeine Content Comparisons
By Linda at Wed, 2007/02/28 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
After lunch, if I need caffeine I go with Twinings Gunpowder Green Tea (loose). I like the "attractive clear fragrant liquor produced by this fine shotty Gunpowder Tea from the Spring crop."
I don't know how much caffeine is in there but I think it is probably a helluvalot.
By pos at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
wats the caffeine content per teabag of twinings greentea.
By adetutume at Fri, 2008/03/28 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
I *need* diet coke,it's like a drug.Aspartam forever!
By Anonymus at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
You should drink Italian espresso - that's the real coffee ;-)
By Federico Cozzi at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
according to http://food.oregonstate.edu/misc/caffein.html , an article from Oregon State with actual data to back it up, tea has roughly 40-60% of the caffeine of typical brewed coffee.
By flunky at Fri, 2004/12/31 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Green tea has nowhere near the same caffeine level as does Coffee!
By Alan at Tue, 2006/07/18 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
UWE - stop posting supposed facts with so much seeming confidence when in fact you're COMPLETELY off the mark. Green and white tea have far less caffeine than black tea, which still has less caffeine than coffee.
"Black tea contains an average of 60 mg caffeine per cup, while green tea contains 36 mg per cup. All teas contains less caffeine than an 8 oz. cup of coffee, which has about 95 mg."
By Dara at Mon, 2006/07/31 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
The only negative side effect reported from drinking green tea is insomnia due to the fact that it contains caffeine. However, green tea contains less caffeine than coffee: there are approximately thirty to sixty mg. of caffeine in six - eight ounces of tea, compared to over one-hundred mg. in eight ounces of coffee. Uwe needs to do a little research as his/her comments are full of taurus excreetum.
By Paul at Mon, 2006/08/14 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
hmmm.... there's me trying to find some info. on caffeine and i came across this totally un-useful forum. I did find this though:
seemed to answer the questions
- caffeine 80 mgs
now removing the fact this could still be made up, i'm going to suggest going herbal if worried about caffeine!
By Mr Slim at Tue, 2006/09/12 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
Well, I live in Africa. In Namibia to be precise. So the temperatures we have to cope with are similar, though the moisture is not. I like my tea hot, regardless what the thermometer says. ;-)
As for the kind of tea: It must be high-grown black tea (at least over 2000m) without any additional flavouring. Darjeeling is a good choice. UVA Highlands as well. There used to be very good tea from Kenya but I can't get it around here. Either they export their whole harvest to Europe or the tea gardens in Kenya have gone down the drain like most other things over there. They have got good stuff in Iran as well.
... and of course, good tea doesn't come in teabags!
By Uwe Thiem at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Assam for me.
By Corba the Geek at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
Where do you live evan i'm in west virgina. I've been drinking lots of coffee with a dash of nut meg in the grounds and half and half cream. I've working outside lately and doing night shift and hot coffee gets me through it.
Craig ie the troll : )
By Craig at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
> I've been drinking lots of coffee with a dash of nut meg in the grounds and half and half cream.
mm, sounds nice
> Craig ie the troll :)
we agree with something at last! down with tea! :-)
By zzz at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
I've been drinking coffee for a few years and it seems that my throat has become rather sensitive towards it (I think it might be the acidity)Most of the tea's I've tried don't seem to have the same effect as coffee does. Energy drinks seem to do the trick but they are also very acidic. Does anybody have any recomendations?
By Alex at Tue, 2003/11/11 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
I agree. Hot tea is great, especially the type of hot tea that people drink in Iran. They use loose tea, not that tea bag crap. My favorite persian tea is a brand called "Top" and in comes in a red bag. I also like Kenyan tea and actually had the priviledge of visiting Kenya many years ago. Kenyans put milk in their tea, which is not my "cup of tea" (excuse the pun), but it tastes great straight. Chinese tea, specifically Emperors tea from Hongzhou is good if you like that sort of thing. Ceylon, Kalimi, Black, oolong, and regular green tea are also good. People say I'm a bit fanatic when it comes to tea, but if it's in a tea bag it usually doesn't cut the mustard. Lipton isn't even on the list, but I guess its fine for iced tea.
As far as coffee goes, Espresso is fantastic after a big greasy meal. Turkish coffee, never boiled and made inside of an Ibruk, is a good thick concoction and really hits the spot when I'm in a more exotic mood. Iced coffee, is nice on a hot day. Specifically, a Vietnamese iced coffee called "Cafe Sua Da", which is made from Cafe du Monde and mixed with sweetened condensed milk, is a favorite of mine. Occasional capuccinos and lattes are not bad if I'm in the mood for them. I rarely drink regular coffee unless I'm in a place like Denny's which isn't very often. Overall, espresso is my coffe of choice.
Finally, Arash Zeini, if you are reading this, I raise my tea glass in your honor. Maybe one day when our governments stop bickering, we will be able to talk in person about being part of something that unified people instead of dividing them. Thanks for your contribution to KDE and keep drinking tea!
By erotus at Mon, 2001/12/24 - 6:00am
Re: Tea!
I'm drinking tea right now, Earl Grey baby, thats what real programmers drink...
Oh yeah, does anyone know how to get the max amount of caffeine in their tea without wasting 17 bags in one cup?
By Adam at Tue, 2002/07/02 - 5:00am
Re: Tea!
um, i'm no expert, but i heard a rumor that you actually get the most caffine out of your tea by steeping it less! not, of course, to the point where natural water has the highest caffine content, but no more than 3 minutes should put you in the nice and strong if what i heard is true. i'm sure this absolutely could not apply to coffee!
By casual passerby at Thu, 2005/10/27 - 5:00am
International cooperation
> In these times of war, blindness and a lot of haterage this great
Absolutely! With all the craziness in the world (several of my friends were killed in the World Trade Center attack while my brother, who works down the street, ran for safety when the second plane hit and got away with just a bad scare; my friend's friend got shot in the West Bank last week; and that's just the people I know) it's made me realize how wonderful it is to be involved in this huge collaboration of volunteers from all over the world. Arash's government and mine may not be on the best of terms but I'm glad we have one another's work on our computers.
By Otter at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
"~ What was your first computer?
That's probably a good thing. :)
By Johnny Andersson at Mon, 2001/12/17 - 6:00am
Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
It's offtopic but less offtopic than Tea topic :).
Here are my observations of 'Why KDE applications look uglier than Win2k's applications?' Please see 'Style.png'
1. Menubar look consistent with Toolbar
In Win2k menubar looks exactly like the toolbar, but in KDE it looks sunken or elevated than toolbar and inconsistent and not aligned properly with many styles (except, hicolor default, kde default). The only consistent style we have in KDE is QTCDE with respect to menubar and toolbar consistency.
2. Menubar behaves like toolbar
One can move toolbar in KDE but in Win2k one can even move the 'Menubar' since it (win2k apps) have Handle even for menubar. In KDE it is not possible to move menubar below the toolbar. Though one can't hide the menubar in win2k, but if KDE permits 'settings->show/hide menubar' just like 'setting->show/hide
3. Menubar doesn't show menu items when the space not available:
if you resize a kde window horizontally small then you can see the toolbar actions get placed in a '>>' menu at the end of toolbar. But in win2k the menubar also place the menus in the '>>' menu, whereas kde applications looks ugly since they can't adjust the menubar. Please see the menubar of 'style.png'.
4. Menubar and toolbars has 4-6 pixel border:
In win2k you can see the whole window decoration has 6 pixel width window border around the application, and so also it has 4-6 pixel border around the menubar+toolbars, giving it a more neat look. In KDE menubar and toolbars do not have any border so they look a bit weird. When the window is maximized the window border is not visible in win2k giving more space. 'A don't show window border when maximized' option may be good for KDE window decoration.
5. Animated Logos placement:
In win2k animated Logos are placed on the menubar. KDE has only one animated konqueror's logo, which is placed on the toolbar. If you horizontally resize konqueror window to small size, you may not see the animated logo. If kde also places 'logo animation' on the menubar (as I also saw it on QNX RTP); then this kind of bugs won't appear.
6. Window Decoration permits more space for resize:
In win2k you can see 3 diagonal lines /// which allows easy window resize option and also gives a nice look to the window decoration.
7. Status Bar look:
Win2k has sections in the status bar which serves 2 purposes, one is it gives nice look to the status bar and second is that it allows multiple messages to be placed on the status bar. Kword show this kind of section of statusbar kword shows 'Page 1/1', which look nice than other applicatons' statusbar. Even the statusbar and sections on the statusbar of win2k has 4-6 pixel border/gap.
8. Windows show separators:
KDE's toolbars do not show separators, but win2k shows separators to denote logically different sets of toolbar actions.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
By joe99 at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
I posted regarding, simple things which make KDE apps more attractive than they are! Many a times I read that 'i want win2k look and feel but with Linux stability'. You may use 'QTCDE' style.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
kde is inheritly ugly tho, kde developers dont really know how to make a design pretty *and* usable apps. Look at knetfilter for an example,
bad design, just a plain mess..and it shows on apps.kde.com, since 50% of the users voted against using it. (89 Yes, 75 No)
lets look at the Gnome equiv..
cleaner design.
even the kde toolbars are ugly inside koffice apps (or all kde apps) i.e they're too large, too many levels, ..makes koffice looks really bad on lower resolutions. Even at KDE 1.x UI Apps are ugly, all whats happened since then is the release of KDE2 and QT2.2.. same bad UI design.
By joe99 at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
not inherently ugly, but lower resolutions are not used by the developers hence we see bad looks. I reported that kde looks ugly at low resolution and i got reply 'use hi resolution!' :P. windows OTOH looks good even at 640x480 resolution; it seems that Gnome takes care of 800x600 resolution more than KDE.
By Asif Ali Rizwaan at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
not even higher resolutions can save kde apps from bad design and uglyness.
By joe99 at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
Do you happen to have a point, other then "Hah, I'm so kewl, I can complain
Yes, I know these anti-troll messages don't help, but it lets me work the frustruation
By Carbon at Wed, 2001/12/19 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
You're a big fan of Win 3.1 aren't you ;)
By anon at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
I agree with knetfilter being a mess, so just pick a better firewall configuration tool. Get Guarddog from http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/
By Carsten Pfeiffer at Sun, 2001/12/23 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
Personally, i think the standard GUI if KDE is much prettier.
See ya!
By Verwilst at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
Personally, i think the standard GUI if KDE is much prettier.
Look at the screenshots on http://home.cluesoft.be/verwilst...
Just my 0.2 Euro
See ya!
By Verwilst at Tue, 2001/12/18 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
You know, these little "Hi, here's a list of what I think KDE should be doing, better
No, seriously, this list makes very little sense. In a type of post that's also gotten
1. A menubar is not a toolbar. Why should it look the same?
By Carbon at Wed, 2001/12/19 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
I never liked the Windows look, and the menu bar is a non issue, actually it may be QT issue as it works that way in other non KDE QT bases apps like Opera and QCad. You can do a lot more to change the appearance of KDE to your liking, out of the box so to speak than you can can with Windows anyway. As for me. I really prefer the classic Motif look and elect to use the QT Motif style on my KDE/QT apps and the GTK++ notif style on GTK/Gnome apps, it also blends well well with the default TK style, makes me happy. If only LyX would get around to losing that ugly Xforms toolkit.... I like the Motif look not because I'm an old Unix guy who grew up with, but just because it's so plain and simple, like flanell shirts, and broken in jeans, and the old Ford Crown Victoria:) As for the silly little Windows grab stripes in the corner, why bother, the window decoration style on KDE determines how much visible grab are you have for resizing, I opt for the Mwm style because it looks clean and Motif like and has chunky window borders to make resizing easy. To get my favourite look on W2K I've got to buy accessory shreware to enable me to do the customisation I want... It's all a matter of taste. I don't want my desktop to look like Windows if I can possibly help it.
By E. M. Collins at Thu, 2001/12/20 - 6:00am
Re: Why win2k apps look better than KDE's [OT]
I think KDE 3.5 looks really better! It even has transparancy. !!!
By Jan at Fri, 2006/07/21 - 5:00am
Applications' window size
Hello, I am currently running Redhat, and KDE for this post.
By Rapidweather at Tue, 2001/12/25 - 6:00am


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For our retirement issue, Investment Advisor talked to some of the biggest names in the retirement industry to get their take on the biggest issues in retirement planning. Politics, the economy, evolving planning strategies: Modern retirement is fraught with challenges to both the retiree and the advisor. The experts weigh in on these challenges and more.
We also present the second article in Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie's series on brain behavior. Throughout March, we'll offer more articles and special reports that share insights to help you understand the science behind why your clients do what they do, and techniques to help them make better decisions for themselves.
When retirements were buoyed by employer-sponsored pensions and a robust Social Security, the most difficult challenge earlier generations of retirees had to face was how to fill their hours when they got tired of playing golf. Modern retirement is more precarious. As the responsibility for paying for retirement shifts off employers' shoulders and on to employees'—and to some degree, advisors'—myriad challenges emerge.
To help advisors bring clarity to their clients' retirement plans, Investment Advisor talked to several of the main players on the retirement stage to get their thoughts on the big challenges of modern retirement.
Second Thoughts: Making Better Decisions
Last month, Olivia Mellan and Sherry Christie explored the curious structure of the human brain, whose "two minds" can turn decision-making into a dilemma. If a client's rational mind and emotional mind are divided about a decision, how can an advisor help? After all, whether you're legally a fiduciary or not, your job is to guide clients toward making the right decisions on everything from college to retirement to estate planning.
In this second part of our series—and in a wealth of articles and other resources on AdvisorOne.com—they offer 13 rules to de-stress decision-making (DDM). These rules use the latest findings from neuroscience to identify ways you can work with clients and run your business more effectively.
Continuity and Change: TD Ameritrade's New Leadership
Tom Nally had a tough act to follow at TD Ameritrade Institutional, but a year after Nally assumed the presidency of TDAI, he is exhibiting leadership that both embraces continuity at the custodian while placing his own stamp on the organization. That leadership is perhaps most clearly seen in the team approach to fulfilling TDAI's strategy of growing assets by serving advisors, with support from the top in the enhanced presence at TDAI events of TD Ameritrade's President and CEO Fred Tomczyk, and the emergence of Skip Schweiss and the recently hired Jim Dario as key members of Nally's team.
In a series of in-person and telephone interviews with Group Editor-in-Chief James J. Green, Nally, Schweiss and Dario demonstrate the continuity and new purpose of the company.


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When Jackie was 15, patches of skin near her elbows turned thick and red and began to itch. Sometimes it would get a little better. Other times it got worse. But it never seemed to go away.
Jackie's doctor told her she had a condition known as psoriasis. He recommended a prescription cream and suggested Jackie get outside for 20 minutes in the early mornings before the sun got too strong.
Psoriasis (pronounced: suh-RYE-uh-sus) is a disease that causes skin cells to build up on the surface of the skin. There they form itchy, red areas (called plaques) and thick scales. Psoriasis can appear anywhere on the body, but is usually found on the scalp, knees, elbows, and torso.
Psoriasis can get better then worse again. It may seem to disappear and then come back. Once someone has it, though, the tendency to get outbreaks isn't likely to go away permanently. For many people, psoriasis isn't a big deal. For others, it can be quite serious.
Right now, there's no cure for psoriasis, but there are good ways to treat it. Eating healthy foods, using moisturizers, and keeping weight in a normal range seem to help for some people. If psoriasis gets bad, though, most people need to see a doctor.
Doctors aren't sure why people get psoriasis, but they do know how the disease works. We all have a kind of white blood cell, called a T lymphocyte (or T cell), in our blood. These cells are part of the immune system. They travel through the bloodstream fighting off bacteria, viruses, and other things that make us sick. Psoriasis causes a person's T cells to mistakenly attack healthy skin as if they were trying to fight an infection or heal a wound.
When psoriasis triggers T cells to attack healthy skin, the body's immune system reacts as it would to a wound or infection — it sends more blood to the area to make skin cells and white blood cells.
Our skin cells are made deep in the skin. Normally, they take about a month to rise to the surface. Once they get there, they die and are sloughed off. With psoriasis, this process is sped up. Skin cells rise to the surface in a few days instead of a month.
The dead skin and white blood cells can't be shed quickly enough. They build up on the surface of the skin as thick red patches. As the skin cells die, they form silvery scales that eventually flake off.
You can't catch psoriasis from another person. You may inherit the genes that make you more likely to get it, though. About 40% of people with psoriasis have a family member who has the disease.
Some of the things that can increase the chances of a psoriasis outbreak are:
People with psoriasis will probably notice one or more of these things:
There are different types of psoriasis:
If you think you might have psoriasis, it's a good idea to see a doctor. He or she will look at your skin, scalp, and nails. The doctor will also ask questions — if anyone in your family has psoriasis, if you've been ill recently, or if you've started a new medication.
In some cases, the doctor may remove a sample of skin (known as a biopsy) to examine it more closely. A biopsy can help doctors decide whether someone has psoriasis or another condition with similar symptoms.
There are lots of ways to treat psoriasis. Different treatments work for different people, so doctors often try a few to find the one that works best:
A doctor might try one therapy for a while and then switch to another. Or a doctor may combine different therapies. It's all about finding one that works for each person.
Sometimes what works for a while might stop working. This is one reason why it's important to work closely with a doctor. Trying out new treatments can get a little frustrating, but most people eventually find one that works.
Making healthy choices can help with psoriasis. Here are some things you can do:
People who have psoriasis may feel self-conscious about how it looks. That's one reason why some people turn to a trained therapist or join a support group of people who understand what they might be going through.
The key to psoriasis treatment is keeping up on whatever your doctor prescribes. If that means applying an ointment twice a day, then find a way to remind yourself to do it (like setting an alarm on your phone) so you don't forget. Psoriasis is one of those things that you need to stay focused on treating, even when you're feeling OK.
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Date reviewed: April 2015
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Oracle's NetBeans 7.3, like Eclipse, started out as a Java IDE and added extensive capabilities for C and C++ programming. Like Eclipse, NetBeans is open-source and actively developed. The IDE offers single-button hotkeys and a toolbar with buttons for stepping through the debugged program. Its resizable detachable tabbed docking windows are excellent. NetBeans remembers breakpoints from one session to the next. Unfortunately, its tooltips for variables display STL container values on unformatted lines, but its Variables window has good navigation controls.
Figure 9: Oracle NetBeans.
Digia Qt Creator 2.4.1 has single-button hotkeys and buttons for stepping through the target program. Its variable value tooltips sometimes appear as black text on a black background, but moving the mouse pointer over the solid black tooltip corrects this. Its variable display works well for nested data structures, and it has a complete menu of commands to navigate program symbols.
Figure 10: Digia Qt Creator.
SlickEdit 188.8.131.52 is a commercial programming editor with some excellent user interface features. Single-seat licenses start at $299. SlickEdit was recently reviewed in Dr. Dobb's . Its program-stepping toolbar is the best I've seen each button's tooltip not only tells you what the button does, but also how to do the same action with the keyboard. It has the docking windows I like, but its Watch window doesn't group with its other windows. It remembers breakpoints across debug sessions, but when multiple variable watch windows are open, it is painfully slow to start up (with my test program). SlickEdit's tech support tells me that problem will be fixed in the next release.
Figure 11: SlickEdit.
Rogue Wave's TotalView 8.11.0-2 is a high-powered product with the best support for debugging multithreaded and multiprocessor code of the products listed here. It's pure debugging prowess is far ahead of mainstream products, including gdb. It's a commercial product, with single-seat licenses starting at $400. As to the UI, it has the single-keypress hotkeys and toolbar buttons I like. I hear from Rogue Wave that they'll add tabbed docking windows sometime in the next year, but for now, TotalView does not have them. While the UI has room for improvement, the product's superior engineering is apparent everywhere you look.
Figure 12: Rogue Wave TotalView.
Zerobugs 1.22.139 enables debugging for C, C++, and D. It sports a Gtkmm-based GUI, and includes a Python scripting framework. It usually requires you to build it from source. It wouldn't build for me but fortunately they offer a binary installer for 64 bit Ubuntu 11.10 so I tested it there. It doesn't understand STL containers or strings, but it does remember your breakpoints across debug session.
Figure 13: The Zerobugs UI.
This list is by no means complete. I could have included other lesser-known and/or more specialized debuggers and GDB interfaces, but I believe this list presents the best selection of debugging tools commonly used by C and C++ developers for non-embedded work.
Rating Basic Features
This section describes the most important qualities I use to pick a debugger for everyday use, focusing on the operations I do many times in every debug session. They include things like stepping through the program, interrupting program execution, and inspecting variable values. The debugger should make these important operations as easy as possible. Let's examine these in a bit more detail.
When stepping through a program, the four actions we typically perform most frequently are stepping over a function call, stepping into a function, returning from a function, and resuming program execution. Because they're so common, and because I prefer the keyboard over the mouse, my ideal debugger will have a single-button hotkey for each of these actions. The best hotkeys require only a single button press, such as F6 or "s." Combinations like Control-n are acceptable, but navigating through a menu by pressing something like Alt-R-n many times in every debug session is inconvenient. If you prefer the mouse, your ideal debugger will have a one-click toolbar button for each of these commands, such as the one in SlickEdit (Figure 11).
The most common ways to interrupt program execution are the breakpoint on a line, the conditional breakpoint (usually based on a variable value expression), and the breakpoint with a hit (sometimes called "ignore") count. Two other important ways to interrupt a running program are the watchpoint, which interrupts the program when a variable changes, and the catchpoint, which interrupts the program when it throws an exception. Three more useful features are abilities to temporarily disable a breakpoint, to find out how many times a breakpoint with an ignore count has been ignored, and to automatically restore breakpoints from a previous session. My ratings increase with the range of program interruption options.
There are five standard kinds of windows for inspecting variable values tooltip, watch, locals, autos, and quick-watch. The quickest of these is the tooltip, which is a temporary window that displays a variable's value when the mouse hovers over the variable. It disappears when you press the escape key or move the mouse away. Good tooltip windows have data structure navigation controls as good as those in any of the other variable inspection window. And the best ones don't waste every other line of screen real estate with something like "(Struct)" or the variable type.
In a variable inspection window, you should be able to navigate complex variables. It's also the most convenient place to call an arbitrary function, so the window should support that use. A common example of that is a function that dumps the state of a complex or nested variable to the console or a file.
By default, every debugger will display a variable the way its programmer laid it out. For example, inspecting the values of a linked list could require you to manually navigate links until you reach the node you're interested in.
The debugger should automatically display variables in the standard library (such as STL containers) as if they were an array one element per line. Other variables that internally manage memory, such as
std::strings have a similar problem, because they're complex and nested; so by default, finding the data they contain requires even more manual navigation than linked lists do. When displaying variable values in any window (such as the tooltip, the watch window, or the local variable list), it's important that the debugger show the data that the programmer stored there, rather than any nested containing structure. This is a nonissue for most variables, but for more complex data structures like those mentioned here, it's very important.
When you've temporarily interrupted program execution, it's essential to be able to navigate up and down the call stack and see the program state. Usually, you're looking at the local variables for each stack frame. This is usually done with a clickable call stack window.


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That was a drag, but then the Red Sox batted in the seventh.
The last time the Red Sox scored 10 or more runs in an inning was May 7, 2009, when they scored 12 runs in the sixth inning against Cleveland. They scored all 12 runs before making an out, setting a new American League record and tying the MLB record. (The Tigers scored 11 runs without making an out against the Yankees on June 17, 1925, and the Dodgers scored 12 times before making an out against the Phillies on May 24, 1953.)Luebke pitching Ellsbury - cbbbf BB Pedroia - bcbf FC/6-4 Gonzalez - f 2B off LF wall , RBI (4-3) Frieri relieves Luebke Youkilis - bbbc F7 Ortiz - iii BBI Drew hit for McDonald Drew - bcbb BB Scutaro - cbbcbf HBP, RBI (5-3) Varitek - fbbf HBP, RBI (6-3) Scribner relieves Frieri Reddick hit for Cameron Reddick - c 1B to RCF, 2 RBI (8-3) Ellsbury - cffbfff 1B to LF Pedroia - cbbfb BB, RBI (9-3) Gonzalez - 1B to RCF, 2 RBI (11-3) Youkilis - bcffbff 2B to LF, 2 RBI (13-3) Neshek relieves Scribner Ortiz - cbf K
Tonight, seven of the nine batters in the starting lineup had at least one hit, one run, and one RBI.
The Red Sox also continued their first-inning torment of starting pitchers. In the last five games, Boston batters have seen a total of 175 pitches in their first time at bat (33, 44, 13, 46, 39).
Miller, 26, was a first round pick of the Tigers in the 2006 amateur draft (6th pick overall). He signed on August 8, 2006, and made his major league debut 22 days later. Miller had a 5.69 ERA in parts of two seasons with Detroit and was traded to the Marlins (as part of the Miguel Cabrera deal) after the 2007 season. He had a 5.89 ERA with the Fish in 2008-10. Boston acquired Miller last November.
Miller has always walked too many batters, but in his last three starts for Pawtucket, he issued only one walk while striking out 22. Maybe he figured something out, or maybe it's simply a fluke. (In May, however, he walked 22 and fanned 27.) Or maybe it's because of his new pre-game routine:
I go out with [pitching coach] Rich Sauveur maybe 10 or 15 minutes earlier than most guys would and get loose like you would before the game. Then I sit down with Rich and the catcher and do a mini half-inning where we sit down for 4 or 5 minutes and talk and maybe go over the lineup a little bit. Then I get up and try to simulate game speed and simulate hitters and maybe work out some kinks that generally I've had to battle in the first inning. By the time I go out and pitch in the real first inning, it feels like it would in the second or third inning. So far it's been great. I think it's accomplished everything we were hoping it would, and I've gone out there and felt aggressive and in the zone to start the game.LeBlanc, who is also 26 and also a lefty, has made two starts this season: April 24 against the Phillies and June 14 against the Rockies. He was recalled from Tucson (AAA) last week when Aaron Harang went on the disabled list.
The Red Sox have played three three-game series against the Padres. In each series, Boston won the first and third games, while dropping the second.
June 18-20, 2002 at San Diego: 4-2, 2-3, 5-0 June 8-10, 2004 at Boston: 1-0, 1-8, 9-3 June 22-24, 2007 at San Diego: 2-1, 1-6, 4-2AL East: Yankees/Reds at 7 PM; Rays/Brewers at 8 PM. (Not that you asked, but the Red Sox's magic number for clinching the division is 91.)


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STOCKTON - Authorities apprehended a federal fugitive and a man wanted for attempted murder Friday night following a high-speed pursuit that reached speeds of 110 mph before a collision sent a police car careening into the front yard of a Stockton home, officers said.
STOCKTON - Authorities apprehended a federal fugitive and a man wanted for attempted murder Friday night following a high-speed pursuit that reached speeds of 110 mph before a collision sent a police car careening into the front yard of a Stockton home, officers said.
The Stockton Police Department and the San Joaquin County gang task force were assisting U.S. marshals and FBI agents with an ongoing investigation when the chase began at about 7 p.m., officers said. Authorities conducting surveillance outside a hotel on Lathrop Road converged as the wanted men left the hotel, but the fugitives fled in a white Cadillac Escalade, police said.
Michael Thompson, 32, and Ricky Gonzales, 32, led authorities on a dangerous pursuit, speeding north on Interstate 5, east on West March Lane and south on North Pershing Avenue before entering a residential neighborhood just west of University of the Pacific. The pursuit ended when officers rammed the fugitives' vehicle on Princeton Road, police said. The collision immobilized the Escalade and caused major front-end damage to a patrol car, which came to rest on a brick lawn centerpiece in front of a home on Mission Road.
"Any type of high-speed pursuit involving a federal escapee and an attempted murder suspect is definitely very dangerous," said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department. "That's why our officers had to use legal intervention to stop the vehicle and take them into custody."
Thompson, a documented gang member, was one of the U.S. Marshals Service's 10 most-wanted fugitives in the Pacific Southwest Region, Silva said. Thompson was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in 2010, but he escaped in 2011, Silva said. Thompson was arrested on suspicion of escaping prison and evading police, authorities said.
Gonzales was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in connection with a 2012 case in Stockton, authorities said. He also was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, carrying a loaded firearm with the intent to commit a felony and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, authorities said.
Thompson was transported to the Sacramento County Jail. Gonzales was booked into San Joaquin County Jail. Both are being held without bail. Further investigation led authorities to a third man, 31-year-old Richard Vanboeyen, who was arrested at a Lathrop motel on suspicion of parole violation, police said.
"Last night's arrests were a fine example of the Stockton Police Department, the countywide gang task force, U.S. marshals and our federal law enforcement partners' efforts in targeting some of the most violent and dangerous gang members and criminals in our community," Silva said. "We've taken a very aggressive approach in targeting the worst of the worst offenders, and when we can make an arrest and get some of these criminals off the streets, little by little, we are making Stockton a safer place."
Contact reporter Jason Anderson at (209) 546-8279 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/crimeblog.


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Vanguard is tweaking the asset mix of 20 funds, including several target-date retirement funds, "to further diversify these broad, balanced portfolios" and to incorporate the new Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, now in registration with the SEC.
The fund giant says the new bond fund will complement the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund and Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund. In addition, 12 Target Retirement Funds, four LifeStrategy Funds, two Managed Payout Funds and two Variable Insurance Funds will allocate 20% of their fixed-income holdings to the new bond fund.
"We make changes to our Target Retirement Funds and other funds of funds only after careful analysis and when we've identified long-term benefits for investors," said Vanguard Chief Investment Officer Tim Buckley, in a press release. The moves should "better dampen volatility for pre-retirees and retirees, for whom diversification on the fixed income side matters most."
In addition, the company says the Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund will replace the Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund in the three Target Retirement Funds that offer exposure to TIPS: the Target Retirement Income, 2010, and 2015 Funds. The overall strategic asset allocation and glide path of the Target Retirement Funds will not change, according to Vanguard, and the changes should be wrapped up by June 30.
Vanguard says that only one fund could experience a change in its expense ratio: the LifeStrategy Income Fund, which could experience an estimated one-basis-point increase. (Current expense ratios are 0.16% to 0.18% for the Target Retirement Funds, 0.13% to 0.17% for the LifeStrategy Funds, and 0.34% to 0.46% for the Managed Payout Funds.)
"The addition of hedged international bonds represents a refinement of the funds' fixed income component, bringing long-term diversification benefits," the company said in a statement.
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The Total International Bond Index Fund will seek to track the performance of the Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index (U.S.-dollar hedged). The index includes about 7,000 high-quality corporate and government bonds (average credit quality AA2/AA3) from 52 countries.
The new fund will represent roughly 20% of the fixed income allocation of the 20 funds-of-funds, with an overall allocation weighting of 2-16% of total fund assets. It will assume an initial 6% weighting in Vanguard's largest all-in-one fund—the $20 billion Vanguard Target Retirement 2025 Fund.
According to David Falkof, a mutual fund analyst with Morningstar in Chicago, a recent Vanguard study on bonds found that adding global bonds to some portfolios can provide some diversification benefit, though exposure to foreign-currency fluctuations does put them at risk. "This means Vanguard found it can make sense to diversify in the fixed-income area, but let's do it in a way that is hedged to the U.S. dollar," Falkof said in an interview.
Adding its new fund, he says, can be considered a smart move for a number of reasons—namely that investors can get higher yields from foreign bonds. Plus, these bonds respond differently in relationship to a diverse set of monetary and related economic issues.
"This is a reasonable decision" for Vanguard," Falkof said. "It makes sense to broaden the diversification of its fixed-income portfolios."
TIPS Targets
The Short-Term TIPS Fund will have initial weightings in the Target Retirement Income, 2010 and 2015 funds of 17%, 11%, and 4%, respectively. The Short-Term TIPS Fund has an average duration of less than three years vs. 8.5 years for the Inflation-Protected Securities Fund.
"This is also an interesting change," said Falkof, "but it's more nuanced." With this move, Vanguard is making a case that short-term TIPS offer protection against exposure to higher interest rates, he explained. "So, it makes sense if you are worried about investor sensitivity to interest rates, though Vanguard has not historically made calls on this."
Expense Ratios
Vanguard said recently that 18 of 28 funds had slightly lower expense ratios, according to the latest reports it shared with investors. Of the other 10 funds, the fees of eight remained unchanged, while two had small increases.
For instance, 11 target-date retirement funds (2010-2055) had a 0.01% decrease in expenses. The fee ratio on the Target Retirement 2030 Fund dropped from 0.18% to 0.17%. Two funds experienced an increase of 0.01%: Growth and Income Fund, both Admiral and Investor shares, and the Growth Equity Fund's Investor shares.
—Melanie Waddell contributed to this report.


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Should you let dealer or garage fix car?
You don't need technological savvy to avoid problems with your local auto mechanic, but finding a good one and getting a great deal? That's a bit trickier.
If you've been burned before by someone who wasn't quite an automotive repair professional, it can be tough to get back up on the horse when the tow truck driver asks you where you want your steaming car dropped off.
Tom Torbjornsen, a veteran of nearly 40 years in the auto service industry and a blogger for AOL Autos, has this piece of advice.
"Find a facility that you are comfortable with and one that suits your individual needs," Torbjornsen said. "Make sure they are highly qualified to do the work. Develop an ongoing relationship with them; don't hop from shop to shop looking for the next deal."
But that can be easier said than done.
Automotive dealerships, particularly the dealership from which you purchased the car originally, will usually have a service department. If that is the case, this may be where you want to go.
Dealerships, more often than not, will have the parts you need in stock, have multiple service bays to get you back on the road more quickly and, depending on how recently you purchased the vehicle, may have a courtesy car you can borrow until your repair is complete.
Branded automotive dealerships are also the best place to find ASE certified technicians. Companies such as Ford, Chevrolet, Honda and all the rest require that technicians be certified. Also, they will usually employ someone who is known as a "master technician," which makes them sort of the doctors of the automotive world.
ASE is the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence, and you can ask for it by name. The tests are difficult to pass, and a technician must retest for certification every five years, according to the ASE website.
Dealers also have access to proprietary information, usually one year's worth of information on new vehicles they sell and service. This means that no one else can access this information, which is often necessary for diagnosis and repair.
However, in its April 2009 issue, Consumer Reports had one warning about dealerships. In calling dozens of dealerships and repair shops across the country to compare prices, they found that dealers often wanted to charge for extra work that the automaker doesn't require.
The magazine recommends car owners check quotes from repair shops against the maintenance lists in their owner's manual before choosing one quote over another.
Private shops
For vehicles out of warranty or too far removed from a local dealership, a neighborhood garage can still work out in your favor.
One tip, though: Don't be fooled by significantly lower prices when shopping around. If everyone on the block is asking $100 to fix your steaming radiator, and someone offers to fix it for $20, the lower price doesn't mean that they know something the others don't.
When comparing quotes, it's important to be sure you're comparing apples to oranges. Take a look at each quote and see what's included and what's not. Be sure to ask about warranties on the work and make sure they aren't planning work that isn't necessary.
There are tricks to the trade, and this is one: junkyard parts. While many second-hand parts are perfectly acceptable to use again in your car, many aren't. For example, radiators can seldom be used twice.
Ask your service consultant whether they use new or recycled parts. If you don't feel comfortable with having junkyard parts in your car, request new ones. The shop should always honor the request, but the $20 repair bill is likely to jump to $100 after that.
Technicians working in private shops should also carry ASE certification, as this is not simply a testing regime for dealerships.
Technicians who value their careers keep their certifications up to date and rely on good word-of-mouth advertising to bring in repeat customers. Don't be afraid to ask for a specific technician if you have a preference.
Think of it as choosing a doctor for your car. There are lots of them out there, but some will set you more at ease than others.
Final considerations
Torbjornsen has a couple more pieces of advice before you make your final decision.
First, you should start shopping for a repair facility before you need one. It's much easier to make a sound decision before you are faced with a broken down vehicle, he said.
"Intelligent decisions are made after evaluating the facts," he said. "Emergencies create an emotional environment that thwarts clear and decisive action."
Finally, he also recommends not limiting your comparisons to the phone or the Internet. Torbjornsen said you should be sure to visit a shop in person before making your final choice.
This will allow you to not only size up the people you will be trusting your car to, but also to look at the certifications they have hanging on the wall, talk to current customers and see what the shop itself looks like.


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Software development groups that achieve high performance in development and delivery provide a strategic advantage to their business. However, many organizations struggle with delivering software in a timely manner. The set of practices called "continuous delivery" is gaining favor as an important part of the work of delivering new software on time. Continuous delivery defines a set of practices that aim to eliminate mechanical impediments and deliver software with greater velocity to respond to market needs.
Continuous Delivery as a Pipeline
Let's start by outlining what continuous delivery is. One of my favorite definitions comes from Jez Humble of Thoughtworks, whose book is the seminal text on the discipline. He says, "The essence of my philosophy to software delivery is to build software so that it is always in a state where it could be put into production. We call this Continuous Delivery because we are continuously running a deployment pipeline that tests if this software is in a state to be delivered."
Continuous delivery is not defined as continuous deployment, continuous release, or something that only cloud applications need worry about. Continuous delivery uses a set of key principles that involve staging the software development and delivery process. Each stage in the process possesses a distinct set of criteria that must be validated before software can progress to the next stage. These processes leverage automation for testing, software deployment, and promotion. The end result of the stage-based process is the formation of a delivery pipeline through which new software can continuously flow, and as it flows, it is validated to progressively higher levels of quality.
Because continuous delivery is not a tool or product, achieving it is difficult. The approach to a successful continuous delivery process is a holistic one, where software development organizations must align technology, process, people, and values. It means a mindset shift for teams unused to it and, frequently, changes to processes and tools. For continuous delivery to be done properly, it also requires organizational changes. Achieving excellence in continuous delivery isn't easy, but the reward is enormous: Development teams will be able to move at velocities not previously thought possible.
Steps to Continuous Delivery
The overarching concept of continuous delivery is not new; in fact, the first agile principle states, "the highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software." Despite this familiarity, many companies even those committed to agile processes struggle to just get started.
The roadmap to achieve continuous delivery begins with modeling the development and delivery pipeline. Many of today's organizations are formed from disconnected teams. If you want continuous delivery, you need continuous flow from beginning to end.
Achieving continuous flow requires a multi-step approach whereby organizations:
- Model and measure the cycle time in your existing processes
- Identify delays in the process
- Develop action plans to minimize current delays and eliminate potential future delays
Following this process allows organizations to break down the silos between development and operations in order to produce a single, unified pipeline ranging from concept all the way through delivered software.
Continuous delivery is a journey, not something that is achievable overnight, because development organizations must make significant changes, often to technology, process, culture, and people, to implement the full pipeline and these changes take time, often more than a year.
Where should software development organizations start? Here are three fundamental areas where companies should focus their initial efforts.
- Requirements management: Requirements must be decomposed to minimum deliverable units; development plans should be created and organized around incremental delivery.
- Testing/Validation: The QA process has to be empirical, structured and organized, as well as automatable. In addition, good continuous integration is a prerequisite for continuous deployment
- Delivery Mechanics: Start with version control. Reproducibility of software builds is a common practice, however reproducibility of deployment is often a missing element. (For more on this topic, see this recent Dr. Dobb's editorial.) Then, automate delivery. Keep at it until it's a one-click frictionless process.
Barriers to Successful Continuous Delivery
Most software development organizations face what appear to be overwhelming barriers to achieving continuous delivery. They find themselves in this perceived situation because their existing legacy products have been developed without following continuous delivery principles. The good news: They can start now. Companies can begin defining their goals and objectives and put practices in place that allow them to make small gains along the way to their ideal situation.


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Invensis Learning's PRINCE2 Foundation Course in Bursa is delivered by highly qualified trainers with extensive Project Management experience. This AXELOS's PRINCE2 Foundation Certification is one of the most industry-recognized project management certifications for project practitioners all across the world. This PRINCE2 Foundation Certification Training Course in Bursa is ideal for individuals who are new to working in a project-based environment and who wish to start their project management careers.
The main takeaways from this PRINCE2 Foundation Certification course in Bursa are that you demonstrate a fundamental understanding of PRINCE2 principles, processes, themes, and give you the confidence to clear the PRINCE2 Foundation examination on your first try successfully. Participants will receive course completion certificate and 16 PDUs.
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At Invensis Learning, we create a 'Study Smart' approach for participants taking up PRINCE2 Foundation course in Bursa. As a training organization, our main objective is to achieve over 98.2% passing success for participants who take up PRINCE2 Foundation training with us. The trainer will devise a smart study approach by understanding each participant carefully and devise measures during the training to understand the areas that you are struggling with and create a teaching plan accordingly. At the end of the training, the trainer will share a detailed report and help in creating a customized plan that helps in clearing your PRINCE2 Foundation certification exam in Bursa.
At Invensis Learning, we believe in holistic learning that encompasses a clear understanding of the concepts rather than memorizing and using flash cards to clear the exam. These short-cuts only help you to a certain extent, but a proper understanding of the concepts helps participants to answer questions of various difficulty levels and ensures it stays with them which help in the real-world application as well. Moreover, the entire training is focused on showcasing minute details of real-world scenarios and mapping it to AXELOS's PRINCE2 way of thinking.
This module focuses on an introduction to PRINCE2, six aspects of project performance, the definition of project, principles, themes, processes, and the project environment, benefits of using PRINCE2, and characteristics of a project.
This chapter focuses on understanding the purpose of a business case theme, business case, and benefits review plan.
In this module, participants will learn about the purpose of the organization theme, roles within the organization theme, the three project interests, stakeholders, and the purpose of the communication management strategy.
This module focuses on the purpose of the quality theme, the difference between quality assurance and project assurance, objectives of quality review technique, customer's quality expectation, and the purpose of project product description; product description, quality register, quality management strategy.
This chapter focuses on the levels of the plan recommended by PRINCE2, four tasks of product-based planning, the purpose of the plans theme, and the tasks within he product-based planning technique.
In this module, participants will learn about risk and the difference between a threat and an opportunity, the recommended risk response types, the difference between risk owner and risk actionee, the purpose of a risk theme, risk management strategy, risk register, and the concept of risk appetite and risk tolerance.
This module focuses on the purpose of change theme, three types of issues, activities of configuration management, the purpose of change budget, and the steps in the recommended issue and change control procedure.
This chapter focuses on the lines of authority and reporting between the four levels of management, the difference between event-driven and time-driven controls, the purpose of the progress theme, the concept of management stages, and tolerances.
In this module, participants will learn about the purpose of the SU process, objectives of SU process, the context of SU process and the purpose of a project brief.
This module focuses on the purpose of the DP process, objectives of the DP process, and context of the DP process.
This chapter focuses on the purpose of the IP process, objectives of IP process, the context of IP process, and the purpose of project initiation documentation (PID).
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This module focuses on the purpose of the MP process, objectives of the MP process, and the context of the MP process.
This chapter focuses on the purpose of the SB process, objectives of SB process, and the context of the SB process.
In this module, participants will learn about the purpose of the CP process, objectives of the CP process, and the context of the CP process.
The daily agenda of the 2-day PRINCE2 Foundation Training is detailed below:
As part of your PRINCE2 Foundation training, you will receive:
At Invensis, we provide PRINCE2 Foundation training in Bursa in three different learning modes in instructor-led classroom training, instructor-led online training, and on-site group training.
The PRINCE2 methodology can be applied to all sorts of projects in construction, oil and gas, energy, banking, financial services, ICT, engineering and in various other industries as well.
'Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2', issued in 2017 is the reference material for the PRINCE2 Foundation examination here.
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Welcome! Explore this area to access resources including Pastor Rick Warren's Daily Hope free email devotional, 42 audio messages for you to learn your purpose, and leadership courses that will take you deeper into a purpose driven life.
The most basic question everyone faces in life is Why am I here? What is my purpose? Self-help books suggest that people should look within, at their own desires and dreams, but Rick Warren says the starting place must be with God and his eternal purposes for each life. Real meaning and significance comes from understanding and fulfilling God's purposes for putting us on earth.
The Purpose-Driven Life takes the groundbreaking message of the award-winning Purpose-Driven Church and goes deeper, applying it to the lifestyle of individual Christians. This book helps readers understand God's incredible plan for their lives. Warren enables them to see the big picture of what life is all about and begin to live the life God created them to live.
The Purpose-Driven Life is a manifesto for Christian living in the 21st century...a lifestyle based on eternal purposes, not cultural values. Using biblical stories and letting the Bible speak for itself, Warren clearly explains God's five purposes for each of us:
This 10th anniversary edition, with emphasis on the question What on Earth Am I Here For? is the life-message of Rick Warren, founding pastor of Saddleback Church. Written in a captivating devotional style, the book is divided into 42 short chapters (six weeks) that can be read as a daily devotional, studied by small groups, and used by churches participating in the nationwide 40 Days of Purpose campaigns.
Click to learn more about the Church Wide Campaign and Small Group Study, What on Earth Am I Here For?
Free resources mentioned in The Purpose Driven® Life
Welcome to the free resources section of The Purpose Driven Life. These resources are designed to support you on your journey to live a purpose-driven live.
"It's in Christ that we find out who we are and what we are living for. Long before we first heard of Christ...he had his eye on us, had designs on us for glorious living, part of the overall purpose he is working out in everything and everyone." Ephesians 1:11 (Msg)
How Can You Know God Personally (PDF)
Here's how you can know God personally; there are four main points.
Your First Steps to Spiritual Growth (PDF)
This will help you plan out a meaningful daily Bible study time and give you encouragement to get started.
Find a helpful list of books, both classic and current, listed by each of the five purposes, for further study.
Personal Daily Bible Reading Plans (PDF) 30 Days | 90 Days | 1 Year
Sometimes it helps to know where to read in the Bible. These are daily Bible reading plans that will chart your way through the New Testament in 30 days, a little more manageable plan through the New Testament in 90 days, or for you long-term plodders, a plan that will have you finishing the whole Bible through in one year of daily readings. Choose the plan that suits you best!
How to Pray for Missionaries (PDF)
This link is a helpful guide for those who want to pray knowledgeably for missionaries to other cultures and countries. It contains information about the typical needs of missionaries and even has a suggested weekly prayer plan.
Keep On Praying (PDF)
Why be persistent? How come my answers sometimes don't come immediately? Why should I keep on praying when the answer doesn't come in my time table?
The Purpose Driven Life Health Assessment (PDF)
Want to find out how your life measures up to the five purposes of the Purpose Driven Life? Take this simple test. Also helps you create a plan to help grow.
Sample Life Purpose Statements (PDF)
Sample some of the tools Rick uses to create his own personal life statements and evaluations in the areas of mission, family, vocation, and community ministry.
Celebrate Recovery
This link takes you to the Celebrate Recovery home page where you can find everything you need to know about this unique Christ-centered recovery program for purpose-driven churches, including finding a CR program near you.
HIV&AIDS Initiative
Compelling stories from individuals living with HIV/AIDS and practical ways to get involved in caring for those who come face to face with HIV on a daily basis.
Orphan Care Connection
You are God's hope for the orphan! Saddleback Church has made Orphan Care a signature issue of our church because it is clear in God's Word, God never forgets the orphan. God cares for the orphan. God wants us to care for the orphan. You can get involved in your local community.
The PEACE Plan
Ordinary people empowered by God making a difference together wherever they are.
Learn more about participating in the What on Earth Am I Here For? Small Group Study that includes six video session taught by Pastor Rick Warren, as well as a Study Guide with extras and discussion questions.
"O Lord, now I have heard your report,
and I worship you in awe." (Habakkuk 3:2a LB)
If you want
to hear God speak, then worship God.
In other
words, thank him for being a part of your life and for being interested in the
details of your life. Thank him for answering your prayers: "O Lord, now I have heard your report, and I
worship you in awe" (Habakkuk
3:2a LB). God gives you a vision. God gives you a dream. You know what
God wants you to do, so now you thank him for answering your prayer. That's
part of worshiping God.
What I want
you to do is to stop seeing your prayers as a monologue and start seeing them
for what they truly are: a dialogue. Prayer is a conversation with God. God hears
you when you pray, and he answers you when you ask questions. He wants to talk
to you every day. If you will faithfully talk to God every day throughout the
day, it will revolutionize your life.
Now, you
can't hear God until you know God, and there are three levels of knowing God:
recognition, acquaintance, and friendship. You may be at the recognition level;
you know God is there, but you don't really know him. Or, you may be at the
acquaintance level; you know God a little bit, but you don't know him very
God wants you
to live at the friendship level. He wants to be your friend, and he wants you
to be his friend. God wants you to talk with him all the time.
Talk It Over
Pray this
prayer today: "Dear God, I'm amazed that you would want me for a friend. I
really want to learn to have conversations with you. Help me to spend time with
you every day. Thank you that you care about every detail of my life. Jesus, I
want to know you more and more every day, and I want to depend on you for
guidance in my job, my family, my future, and in every other area of my life. I
invite you to be the manager of my life, my Lord and Savior, as I follow you
and trust you. In your name I pray. Amen."
Rick Warren is the founding pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.,
one of America's largest and most influential churches. Rick is author of the
New York Times bestseller "The Purpose Driven Life." His book, "The Purpose Driven Church,"
was named one of the 100 Christian books that changed the 20th century. He is also the
founder of Pastors.com, a global Internet community for pastors.
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Becoming a parent by blending families or marrying someone with kids can be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. If you've never had kids, you'll get the opportunity to share your life with a younger person and help to shape his or her character. If you have kids, you'll offer them more opportunities to build relationships and establish a special bond that only siblings can have.
In some cases, your new family members may get along without a hitch (just like The Brady Bunch), but other times you can expect difficulties along the way. Figuring out your role as a parent — aside from the day-to-day responsibilities that come with it — also may lead to confusion or even conflict between you and your partner, your partner's ex-wife or ex-husband, and their kids.
While there is no foolproof formula for creating the"perfect" family (every family has its own dynamics), it's important to approach this new situation with patience and understanding for the feelings of those involved. Here's how to make things easier as you adapt to your new role.
The initial role of a stepparent is that of another caring adult in a child's life, similar to a loving family member or mentor. You may desire a closer bond right away, and might wonder what you're doing wrong if your new stepchild doesn't warm up to you or your kids as quickly as you'd like — but relationships need time to grow.
Start out slow and try not to rush into things. Let things develop naturally — kids can tell when adults are being fake or insincere. Over time, you can develop a deeper, more meaningful relationship with your stepchildren, which doesn't necessarily have to resemble the one they share with their birth parents.
Children who are mourning the loss of a deceased parent or the separation or divorce of their birth parents may need time to heal before they can fully accept you as a new parent.
For those whose birth parents are still alive, remarriage may mean the end of hope that their parents will reunite. Even if it has been several years since the separation, kids (even grown ones!) often hang onto that hope for a long time. From the kids' perspective, this reality can make them feel angry, hurt, and confused.
Other factors that may affect the transition into stepparenting:
Knowing ahead of time what situations may become problematic as you bring new family members together can help you prepare so that, if complications arise, you can handle them with an extra dose of patience and grace.
All parents face difficulties now and then. But when you're a stepparent, those obstacles are compounded by the fact that you are not the birth parent — this can open up power struggles within the family, whether it's from the kids, your partner's ex, or even your partner.
When times get tough, however, putting kids' needs first can help you make good decisions. Here's how:
No matter what the circumstances of your new family, chances are there'll be some bumps along the way. But don't give up trying to make things work — even if things started off a little rocky, they still can (and probably will) improve as you and your new family members get to know each other better.
Reviewed by: D'Arcy Lyness, PhD
Date reviewed: September 2013
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