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The Ultimate Guide to Pantry Milks: Shelf-Stable Milk, Evaporated Milk, Milk Powder and Sweetened...

Stockpiling? Learn about the best shelf-stable milks including evaporated milk, dry milk powder, UHT Milk and sweetened condensed milk.

Life-changing text alert puts Penn State student on path to success

Brian Davis found out that he was accepted to Penn State while practicing parallel parking in his hometown of Philadelphia. This spring he graduated with a bachelor's degree in African-American studies, with minors in international studies, sociology, and civic and community engagement. “Penn State has impacted my life in so many ways,” he said.

5 Must-Read Tips for MultiGenerational Travel (That's with Kids and Grandparents Too)

A family vacation doesn’t have to be limited to mom, dad and the kids. Grandparents, and even aunts, uncles and cousins, can join in the fun, but plannin...

Successful Math and Science Teacher Collaboration: The Administrator's Role

Want to improve collaboration between math and science teachers at your school? Here are four recommendations for administrators.

How Can Open Source Software be Sustainable in International Development?

Recently Chris Fabian made the very interesting declaration. Since the UN’s charter is to produce public goods, he says “we do everything Open Source and Public Domain at Unicef Innovation because it’s 2016,” and doesn’t invest his organization’s resources in proprietary software. Previous, Karl Brown made a similar declaration in his 10 Theses on Power …

Getting started with edge development on Linux using open source

There are many reasons why Linux is such a popular platform for processing Internet of Things (IoT) edge applications. A major one is transparency. Linux security capabilities are built on open source projects, giving users a transparent view of security risks and threats and enables them to apply fixes quickly with security module patches or kernel-level updates. Another Linux advantage is that developers can choose from…

Development Languages Being Used by Organizations

Macrosoft’s VFP user survey found that a wide range of development languages were used by companies that participated in the survey. Checkout the list

Why I use open source technology for web development

Millions of people all over the world access the OpenStack Foundation's (OSF) web properties to learn about open infrastructure. This level of usage requires a platform and toolsets that are fast, flexible, and affordable—and this is where open source comes in. Not only that, but given that we work for an open source software foundation, we naturally incorporate open source technologies into everything we do, including web development.

A bigger boat: growing the vision for Domino development

Help youngsters learn in these challenging times

For a hero who’s helping Minnesota families and educators cope with these challenging times, I nominate Maressa Brooks Rousslange, a kindergarten teacher (and parent) in Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Public Schools.

ROS: An open-source Robot Operating System

ROS: An open-source Robot Operating System – Quigely et al. 2009 Distributed systems are everywhere. Caitie McAffrey for example does a wonderful job of bridging the distributed systems and g…

Is your open source security software less secure?

The security of a strongly encrypted software tool is not compromised by having its code openly available as open source. In fact, that the tool's source code is open strengthens its security and, by extension, the safety and privacy of its users.

BitCamp shows that software development isn’t just for boys

SoftwareGR BitCamp helped to change perceptions and increase IT opportunities for girls.

Is Agile compatible with open source development and communities?

I see this question popping up quite often in different conversations. Recently, we had a good discussion about it within my team. The main question was about how to communicate openly with the community, as well as have the space to build a team and work as a team. This can be challenging; for example, when a company or a sponsor pays a part of the contributors to work full time on a project. In this article, I will explain why agile works…

Words of Wisdom: Becoming Aware of Our Spiritual States

We invite you to take ten minutes to enter into prayer with us. Find a comfortable place and spend just a few extra minutes with God today through the prayer video below.

Open source product development most effective when social

Benetech takes up the social cause of creating technology for good. CEO Jim Fruchterman tells me what he's learned by doing business in the open and how the company first stumbled into open source.