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The True Meaning of Memorial Day

As you celebrate Memorial Day with your barbecues, cookouts, sporting events, picnics and etc please take a moment of silence to remember and honor all the service men and women who gave their Last Full Measure of Devotion to our country. Each year I read Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on this day and I am so moved by it. It holds true over 150 years ago and still holds true to this day. "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived  in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, w

MWLUG 2016 Abstract Submission Extended to June 1, 2016

Abstract Submission for MWLUG 2016 has been extended to June 1, 2016, 5:00 PM CST. We forgot that this weekend is Memorial Day weekend and many are out of town. So there is a few more days that you can submit your abstract. http://mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug.nsf/sessionabstract.xsp

Creating Bootstrap Widget with Dojo - ATLUG May 19, 2016 - Presentation and Code

Last week I presented at the 2nd quarter ATLUG meeting.  It was nice to be in Atlanta in 80 F weather considering Chicago was near freeze and always below 40 F for so many days. I would like to thanks Lisa and Darren Duke for having me as their guest speaker.  The presentation and code for my talk are available using the following link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7znw069ajyw3d2/Phora%20Group%20ATLUG%20-%20Presentation-2016-0519.zip?dl=0

MWLUG 2016, Defining the Art Collaboration - Abstract Submission is Closing

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Abstract submission for MWLUG 2016 is closing soon.  Abstract submission will close on May 27, 2016, 5:00 PM CST Are you new to speaking? Well here is your chance to speak at a conference on a topic that you know well. Every year we reserve a number of speaking slots for new speakers. So take this unique opportunity to speak at a MWLUG conference and submit an abstract. To submit your abstract go to: http://www.mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug.nsf/sessionabstract.xsp We look forward to getting everyone's abstract. http://mwlug.com/mwlug/mwlug.nsf/countdown.xsp