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----- Forwarded message from Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> ----- From: Marsee Henon <marsee@oreilly.com> To: waltman@pobox.com Subject: Newsletter from O'Reilly UG Program, June 19 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:40:38 -0700 ================================================================ O'Reilly News for User Group Members June 18, 2007 ================================================================ --------------------------------------------------------------- New Releases--Books, Short Cuts, and Rough Cuts ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get 35% off from O'Reilly, No Starch, Paraglyph, PC Publishing, Pragmatic Bookshelf, Rocky Nook, SitePoint, or YoungJin books you purchase directly from O'Reilly. Just use code DSUG when ordering online or by phone 800-998-9938. <http://www.oreilly.com/store/> Free ground shipping on orders of $29.95 or more. 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In this article, we will show readers how to upgrade their faulty schemas and data models without affecting existing applications or processes. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/06/07/agile-database-refactoring-with-hibernate.html> ***Using the Lucene Query Parser Without Lucene This article shows how to use the Lucene Query Parser to build search capability into your application, adapting it onto a legacy database rather than using the entire Lucene package. <http://www.onjava.com/pub/a/onjava/2007/05/24/using-the-lucene-query-parser-without-lucene.html> --------------------- Web --------------------- ***Google Shuts Down Made-For-AdSense Sites An overview of Google's new policies on arbirtrage and made-for-Adsense sites. <http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/05/23/google-shuts-down-arbitrage-and-mfa-publishers/> ***Breaking out of the Box with CSS The caged bird may sing, but the jazziest tunes are sung by birds that have broken out of the box! In this step-by-step guide, Jina shows you how to take that cramped old grid-based page layout, and use CSS--and a little imagination--to break the bonds and set your design free. <http://www.sitepoint.com/article/breaking-out-of-the-box> Until next time-- Marsee Henon ================================================================ O'Reilly 1005 Gravenstein Highway North Sebastopol, CA 95472 http://ug.oreilly.com/ http://ug.oreilly.com/creativemedia/ ================================================================ ----- End forwarded message ----- Attachment:
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