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Not here inLouisville, perhaps in Sweden and the French Alps. 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Let SOA guide you to business application heaven
And that’s when Business Process Management architectures like SOA and BPEL come into play, to provide you with a rich, flexible and scalable set of tools that you can harness to make your applications “talk” efficiently to each other, even if you didn’t know that they would have to exchange information or work together as part of a process.

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/programming/Let_SOA_guide_you_to_business_application_heaven">Let SOA guide you to business application heaven</a><br/> And that&rsquo;s when Business Process Management architectures like SOA and BPEL come into play, to provide you with a rich, flexible and scalable set of tools that you can harness to make your applications &ldquo;talk&rdquo; efficiently to each other, even if you didn&rsquo;t know that they would have to exchange information or work together as part of a process.</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-31http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/438757034/dugghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/sCFI/~3/gPFc0MatxBY/duggThu, 30 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-29

DebtGuru: a way out of credit card hell
Seeking help from non profit credit card debt consolidation institutions such as DebtGuru.com is one of the best ways to get all of your credit card debt consolidated into one monthly bill, along with reductions in real debt.Unlike many so-called debt consolidation advisors out there, DebtGuru has a real institution behind it: the American...

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/business_finance/DebtGuru_a_way_out_of_credit_card_hell">DebtGuru: a way out of credit card hell</a><br/> Seeking help from non profit credit card debt consolidation institutions such as DebtGuru.com is one of the best ways to get all of your credit card debt consolidated into one monthly bill, along with reductions in real debt.Unlike many so-called debt consolidation advisors out there, DebtGuru has a real institution behind it: the American...</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-29http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/436587355/dugghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/sCFI/~3/J4XBLZgPcDA/duggTue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-27

Updates to IAM_Backup
Thanks to some advice from a friend at PHP Classes, I’ve updated my free MySQL Backup and Restore class: IAM_Backup, originally published in IAM Backup - A Free Database Backup PHP Class. Basically, this class allows you to perform a full-DB backup from PHP and then Restore it either on the same server or another. It’s pretty simple to use and...

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/programming/Updates_to_IAM_Backup">Updates to IAM_Backup</a><br/> Thanks to some advice from a friend at PHP Classes, I&rsquo;ve updated my free MySQL Backup and Restore class: IAM_Backup, originally published in IAM Backup - A Free Database Backup PHP Class. Basically, this class allows you to perform a full-DB backup from PHP and then Restore it either on the same server or another. It&rsquo;s pretty simple to use and...</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-27http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/434367263/dugghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/sCFI/~3/4SGMejrhoOk/duggThu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-22

Paid Phone Lookups
But when you go to the paid phone lookup arena, things changes as websites like www.nationwidephonelookup.com contain much more reliable and complete information, making searches much more effective. With these services, you save time and money because they publish what information they have available (code areas, for instance) beforehand

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/security/Paid_Phone_Lookups">Paid Phone Lookups</a><br/> But when you go to the paid phone lookup arena, things changes as websites like www.nationwidephonelookup.com contain much more reliable and complete information, making searches much more effective. With these services, you save time and money because they publish what information they have available (code areas, for instance) beforehand</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-22http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/429292150/dugghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/sCFI/~3/nlRuL49uuQs/duggWed, 22 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-21

Updated Site Popularity Gadget
Hi! As many of you know search engines have updated their ranking systems and that has affected the tools that use their services, such as MT-Soft’s Site Popularity Gadget.

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/programming/Updated_Site_Popularity_Gadget">Updated Site Popularity Gadget</a><br/> Hi! As many of you know search engines have updated their ranking systems and that has affected the tools that use their services, such as MT-Soft&rsquo;s Site Popularity Gadget.</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-21http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/428217185/dugghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedburner/sCFI/~3/6B_Wu_4g2p8/duggMon, 20 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-19

V Latin American Conference on Open Source and Free Software
Starting on Ortober 30th, free / open source software specialists, professionals and students from all over Latin America (and some other parts of the worls) will meet in Foz do Iguaçu, Brasil in the V Latin American Conference on Open Source and Free Software: LatinoWare 2008. The event will take place in the Itaupú Technological Park.

A different evening
After ordering some beers, they told me they went there almost every week, to watch the piano duels. Yes, I’m not under the influence, I said piano duels. I’m sure you’ve heard of dueling guitars but you would not be alone if you haven’t heard about dueling pianos!

]]><ul> <li><a href="http://digg.com/tech_news/V_Latin_American_Conference_on_Open_Source_and_Free_Software">V Latin American Conference on Open Source and Free Software</a><br/> Starting on Ortober 30th, free / open source software specialists, professionals and students from all over Latin America (and some other parts of the worls) will meet in Foz do Igua&ccedil;u, Brasil in the V Latin American Conference on Open Source and Free Software: LatinoWare 2008. The event will take place in the Itaup&uacute; Technological Park.</li> <li><a href="http://digg.com/travel_places/A_different_evening">A different evening</a><br/> After ordering some beers, they told me they went there almost every week, to watch the piano duels. Yes, I&rsquo;m not under the influence, I said piano duels. I&rsquo;m sure you&rsquo;ve heard of dueling guitars but you would not be alone if you haven&rsquo;t heard about dueling pianos!</li> </ul>http://digg.com/users/imelgrat//dugg#2008-10-19http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/smarticle/~3/426080966/dugg