I started using Joomla from version 1.13. The Joomla is very great, although it still has many drawbacks. After that, Joomla changed the core. Joomla released version 1.5, a version that is not compatible with previous version. Yes, that’s right, it’s a brand new Joomla. Although it is not backward compatible, but some Joomla 1.13 extensions and templates can run in Joomla1 1.5 by condition you need to turn on system legacy plugin. For Joomla 1.13 lovers, don’t stay there, move to Joomla 1.5 because Joomla stops the development of version 1.3. They no longer support it.

For web programmer, understanding Joomla is not enough. We need to understand more to extend or build template for Joomla. Now, Joomla releases version 1.6alpha. In general, alpha version is not recommended for production. It’s only for developer or hobbyist. What’s new in Joomla 1.6alpha? Take a look at the list below:

• ACL: access management for global permissions as well as content item specific permissions, variable usergroups, users member of more than one usergroup, permissions are inherited, really fast (it’s the main feature I expect for a long time ago)
• Extendable user profile, profile view in frontend, extendable user parameters
• Tableless com_content layouts
• Improved com_content modules (mod_articles_archive, mod_articles_latest, mod_articles_popular)
• Article linker plugin for editors (Nice!)
• New frontend template (atomic)
• New backend template (bluestork)
• New uploader for media manager

Other Joomla 1.6 improvements that existed in alpha 1:

• Mootools 1.2
• Refactored backend
• JForm
• Nested Categories and category parameters
• New views in frontend: categories, category
• Lots of small code improvements, almost cut the code size in half while adding to the functionality
• PHP 5.2 required, huge performance improvements, partially eaten up by new features => 1.6 will be faster than 1.5

What’s next?
After alpha 2, the Joomla community can expect a beta release. There are no intentions for a 3rd alpha release. Hmm.. the stable version is coming up! Can’t wait to try it!

Future improvements will be developed by Joomla Team:

• Commenting solution is going to be added (At last.. :D)
• Additional DB drivers
• Lots of small performance/UI/code improvements

Great! Hope they will win Best Open Source PHP CMS.

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A gold coin is a coin made mostly or entirely of gold. Gold has been used for coins practically since the invention of coinage, originally because of gold’s intrinsic value. In modern times, most gold coins are intended either to be sold to collectors, or to be used as bullion coins — coins whose nominal value is irrelevant and which serve primarily as a method of investing in gold.

While obsolete gold coins are primarily collected for their numismatic value, gold bullion coins today derive their value from the metal (gold) content — and as such are viewed by some investors as a “hedge” against inflation or a store of value.Bullion coins are also produced in fractions of an ounce – typically half ounce, quarter ounce, and one-tenth ounce. Bullion coins sometimes carry a face value as legal tender, The face value is minted on the coin, and it is done so in order to bestow legal tender status on a coin, which generally makes it easier to import or export across national borders. However, their real value is measured as dictated by their troy weight, the current market price of the precious metal contained, and the prevailing premium that market wishes to pay for those particular bullion coins. The face value is always significantly less than the bullion value of the coin.

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eduCommons is a content management system designed specifically to support OpenCourseWare projects like Notre Dame OCW and OCW Universidad de Cantabria. eduCommons will help you develop and manage an open access collection of course materials. It is built around a workflow process that guides content developers through the process of publishing materials in an openly accessible format.

What can it do?
eduCommons is built around a workflow process that guides users through the process of publishing materials in an openly accessible format. This includes uploading materials into a repository, dealing with copyright, reassembling materials into courses, providing quality assurance, and publication of materials.

Wanna try? Here is the eduCommons demo.

What universities use eduCommons? Here is the list of eduCommons adopters.

Who develop it?
The Center for Open and Sustainable Learning (COSL,), at Utah State University is dedicated to increasing access to educational opportunity worldwide. At the Center, we believe that all humans beings are endowed with a capacity to learn, improve, and progress. Educational opportunity is the mechanism by which we fulfill that capacity. Therefore, free and open access to educational opportunity is a basic human right. When educational materials can be electronically copied and transferred around the world at almost no cost, we have a greater ethical obligation than ever before to increase the reach of opportunity. When people can connect with others nearby or in distant lands at almost no cost to ask questions, give answers, and exchange ideas, the moral imperative to meaningfully enable these opportunities weighs profoundly. We cannot in good conscience allow this poverty of educational opportunity to continue when educational provisions are so plentiful, and when their duplication and distribution costs so little.

The Center is doing what we can through a of mix research, development, and teaching. COSL is part of the Department of Instructional Technology at Utah State University in Logan, UT.

• Press Coverage: What folks are saying about COSL
• Partners: Partners and Organizations Supporting COSL
• Giving to COSL: Giving to COSL
• Visit COSL: Directions to COSL

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An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware.

According to the website of the OCW Consortium, an OCW project:

• is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses.
• is available for use and adaptation under an open license.
• does not typically provide certification or access to instructors.

The Goals of the Consortium

• Extend the reach and impact of opencourseware by encouraging the adoption and adaptation of open educational materials around the world.
• Foster the development of additional opencourseware projects.
• Ensure the long-term sustainability of opencourseware projects by identifying ways to improve effectiveness and reduce costs.

Participation Requirements
In order to participate in Consortium activities, institutions must have committed to publishing, under the institution’s name, materials from at least 10 courses in a format that meets the agreed-upon definition of an opencourseware. Organizations that do not publish their own content but whose activities further Consortium goals—such as translation and distribution affiliates—also participate in Consortium activities.

For managing the course content, we can use a CMS (Content Management System) called eduCommons which is developed by Utah University’s Center for Open Sustainable Learning. eduCommons is built on the open source CMS called Plone and is used by many members of OCW Consortium.

Institutions and organizations participating in OpenCourseWare Consortium activities will have the following button featured on their individual OCW Web sites:

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Do not worry about your difficulties in mathematics, I assure you that mine are greater.

Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)

Most of the K-12 and college students think that homework is a scary monster. They are afraid of it, dont want to face it and then leave it. Some of them are trying to find simple way, copy their friend homework. I think we agree that’s a bad habit, and it will make them lazy and stupid!

A review of over 60 research studies showed that, within limits, there is a positive correlation between the amount of homework done and student achievement. The research synthesis also showed that too much homework could be extremely counterproductive, causing students to “burn out”. The research supports the “10-minute rule”, the commonly accepted practice of assigning 10 minutes of homework per day per grade-level. For example, under this system, 1st graders would receive 10 minutes of homework per night, while 5th graders would get 50 minutes’ worth, 9th graders 90 minutes of homework, etc.

Math Homework

There are many homework-related resources available on the World Wide Web or you can call it online homework help. There are web-sites dedicated to communicating about homework, for teachers to post assignments on-line for students, and to keep parents informed. Many schools host their own homework posting services on their websites.

Good news for students, some non-profit organizations on-line provide free online homework help. They help students with their homework for free. There are also tutorials on most school subjects, especially math (I believe students will love math homework help), which students can use if they don’t understand their homework assignments. Where else you can find free homework help? Only on the Internet. Thanks God!

The example of the difficult topic is Algebra. Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and the things which can be constructed from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures. Together with geometry, analysis, topology, combinatorics, and number theory, algebra is one of the main branches of pure mathematics. For some people, algebra awaken their curiosity. But for other, it is like a creepy creature. If you stuck with your algebra homework, you need to have algebra homework help, directly from math homework helper. What are you waiting for? Try free math homework help. They will help you to solve your problem.

What about other topics? Don’t worry, you can find homework helper on the Internet easily. Good luck with your homework… :)

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Do you have employees?
64% of employees say they use the Internet for personal interest during working hours. Learn how computer spy can not only help you monitor computer activity but how it can curb abuse and increase office productivity. Employees & Office workers steal, lie and commit computer crimes. Computers, networks and the Internet make it even easier for computer criminals to take advantage of your data, time and money!

Pornography & unfaithful cheaters web sites grow
You read about it and hear it on the news daily. Problems among businesses and residential computer users alike. Pornography, unauthorized computer access, fraud, abuse etc. Why even take any chances? Besides these problems, unfaithful cheaters are growing. Online dating networks, instant messages, chat rooms and more are tearing families apart all over the world.

Are you ready to face these problems? What will you do to prevent them? Do nothing or just trust your children or employees? Hmm… I don’t think so. You can’t give them 100% trust. Or, you have known this problem, but you don’t know how to solve it? You need “something” to monitor their computer activities. Why wonder what’s going on behind your back when you can KNOW the TRUTH with The Stealth iBot Computer Spy? Yes, that’s right. The Stealth iBot Computer Spy is the right answer for this case.

It’s as easy as using your USB Flash Disk. You only need three easy steps. First, insert the Stealth iBot Computer Spy into USB of any PC or laptop. Second, wait for 5 seconds, Nano iBots attach to Windows to begin full covert monitoring, and then remove the device. Third, re-insert the device to retrieve everything. Easy right?

After the Stealth iBot Computer Spy is inserted to PC or laptop, it will capture every keystroke, website visited, and screen shot completely covertly without hardware. You don’t need to keep hardware plugged in PC or laptop to capture every action. It will completely covert omputer surveillance with no tell tale hardware or software. No one will ever know that their computer activities are being recording and logged. Works on any computer including laptops for unparalleled computer surveillance. What a great technology they have!

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So, the worst case scenario is you get the bad things. There are so many bad things around us. It can happen to your parents, grandparents, people you love, and even to you! Maybe your grandpa falls while he is gardening or your grandma shows no activity, and coincidentally you are not at home. Another case is there is a thief who tries to break your house when you fall asleep. It’s such a big problem isn’t it? Does it sound real? Yes it does.

You need to be alerted when the things goes wrong. I’m sure you realize that. And I’m sure that you are wondering how you get alerted if your lovely mom falls in your living room and you aren’t there? She can’t make a phone call. If she can, are you sure she knows or remembers who will be called? Does she know or remember the phone number? And the worst thing is how if she can’t even push the button. Imagine you go home with your lovely wife, a 5 year old handsome boy, and a 3 year beautiful girl, open the door, go to the living room, hold on a gift to your mother, because this day is her birthday, and all of you say “SURPRISE!!!” all together… then you are really suprise to find your mom on the floor. The answer for all this scenario is life alert. Yes, it is the solution you need. Fortunately, there’s a new product, BrickHouse Alert, that will alert you if something goes wrong. Sounds good right?

How BrickHouse Alert will help you to have life alert?
Fall detection
If someone falls, and somehow can’t make a phone call or even press the button, the fall detector plays its role. It automatically senses the fall and then calls the 24-Hour Monitoring Center. The trained Emergency Response operator will help you immediately.

Alarm
When you fall asleep, BrickHouse alert doesn’t. It has Intruder Alarm, that will automatically alert the 24-Hour Monitoring Center if movement is detected. It helps you to protect your house from thieves.

Alert you if there’s no activity
No activity Alert is another feature that calls the 24-Hour Monitoring Center if you are not in your daily activity, for example, it’s a 8am and you are still in your bed.

Personal reminders
If you have an old man in your family and he need to take pills every day, you can count on BrickHouse trained operators that remind him what to do and make sure everything is OK.

Panic button
Pressing the panic button will immediately contacts the 24-Hour Monitoring Center. You will get help as soon as possible.

A human being can’t change the bad thing into the good one. But the important thing is how we prevent the bad things getting worse. With life alert we are ready to face the worst case scenario in our life.

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