Neuters nouns

Neuters:
Diminutives (signaled by the sufix -chen or -lein) generic animal names that includes both sexes, cities, countries (but: die Schweiz, die Türkei, die Tschechoslowakei, die USA (plural), metals (but: der Stahl), letters of the alphabet, colours, languages, an abstract idea derived from an adjective. Nouns ending in -um -tum (but: der Reichtum, der Irrtum), nouns ending -en that are derived from a verb, (other nouns ending in -en tend to be masculine.).

Examples in German:
Europe - Europa
Helgoland - Helgoland
the beautiful Saxonia - das schِne Sachsen
our dear Germany - unser liebes Deutschland
sleeping - das Schlafen
the meal - das Essen
buying - das Einkaufen
the girl - das Mädchen

Femine nouns

Femine:
Female persons, female animals, names of fruits (but: der Apfel, das Ananas), names of flowers and trees, names of a rivers (but: der Rhein, der Main, der Neckar, der Inn) numbers used as a nouns.Nouns ending in -ei -ie -in -ion -ik -tät -heit -keit -schaft -ung, -e when the word has two syllables (except das Auge, das Ende, der Käse, der Name, der Glaube, and male persons or animals), -t or -e when the noun is derived from a strong verb stem.

Examples in German:
the Mrs. - die Frau
the sister - die Schwester
the lady doctor - die Ärztin
the candidate - die Kandidatin
the flower - die Blume
the road - die Straße
the map - die Karte
the unity - die Eins
the thirteen - die Dreizehn
the million - die Million
sister - die Schwester
lady - die Dame
aunt - die Tante
daughter - die Tochter
mother - die Mutter
teacher(female) - die Lehrerin
salesclerk(female) - die Verkäuferin

Masculine nouns

Masculine:
Male persons, animals days of the week, months and seasons, alcoholic beverage (but: das Bier!), geographical directions and most phenomena connected to the weather.Nouns ending in -ig -ing -ast -ling -ich -or -us -m (usually), -er when derived from a verb, nouns derived from the stem of a strong (irregular) verb and not end in -t or -e.

Examples in German:

the man - der Mann
the father - der Vater
the American - der Amerikaner
the teacher - der Lehrer
the boss - der Chef
the psychologist - der Psychologe
Monday - der Montag
April - der April
the winter - der Winter
the north - der Norden
the butterfly - der Schmetterling
the carpet - der Teppich
the Tutor - der Tutor
communism - der Kommunismus
brother - der Bruder
uncle - der Onkel
son - der Sohn
teacher(male) - der Lehrer
salesclerk(male) - der Verkنufer

Noun - Deutsch

All German nouns belong to one of three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, or neuter. For example: Peter [Peter], Koffer [suitcase], Firma [company], Buch [book] are also nouns. Nouns in German are easy to identify because they are all capitalized.

Examples in German:

Our son is driving to the city by car.
Unser Sohn fنhrt mit dem Auto in die Stadt.

Sohn (son), Auto (car), Stadt (city) are nouns.

NOUNS TYPES:

Proper nouns are names of specific people, things, locations, or ideas:

Karl =Karl
the United Nations = die Vereinten Nationen
Communism = Kommunismus

Common nouns are names of general 'categories' of people, objects, places, or concepts:

boy = Junge
organisation = Organisation

Countable nouns are names of anything that can be counted:

one suitcase = ein Koffer
three books = drei Bücher
many thanks = vielen Dank

Uncountable nouns name what cannot be counted:

wine = Wein
air = Luft

The gender is most easily identified by the noun's definite article in the nominative case: der (masculine), die (feminine and plural), and das (neuter).

Masculine
the man - der Mann
the table - der Tisch
the rock - der Stein

Femenine
the woman - die Frau
the sun - die Sonne
the question - die Frage

Neuter
the child - das Kind
the fire - das Feuer
the book - das Buch

Source : anonymous

Edit macro to open the copybook by just clicking the copybook name in the program

This edit macro helps us to open the copybook in the program in view mode by just pressing the copybook name by placing the cursor in the copybook position.

/** REXX */
/*TRACE ?I*/
ADDRESS ISREDIT
'ISREDIT MACRO PROCESS'
'(C1,C2) = CURSOR'
FLAG = 'N'
"(LINEDATA) = LINE "C1
NAME = ' '
K = C2 - 1
NAME1 = ' '
DO UNTIL FLAG = 'Y'
IF SUBSTR(LINEDATA,K,1) = " ' " THEN
FLAG = 'Y'
ELSE
IF SUBSTR(LINEDATA,K,1) <> " ' " THEN
NAME1 = NAME1 !! SUBSTR(LINEDATA,K,1)
K = K - 1
END
NAME1 = REVERSE(NAME1)
FLAG = 'N'
DO UNTIL FLAG = 'Y'
IF SUBSTR(LINEDATA,C2,1) = " ' " THEN
FLAG = 'Y'
ELSE
IF SUBSTR(LINEDATA,C2,1) <> " ' " THEN
NAME = NAME !! SUBSTR(LINEDATA,C2,1)
C2 = C2 + 1
END
NAME = NAME1 !! NAME
UPPER NAME
PDS.1 = 'MANI.PEPUMAC.MAC'
PDS.2 = 'MANI.UEREFMAC.MAC'

SRCH_FND = 0
CALL SEARCH_PROCESS
EXIT

SEARCH_PROCESS:
DO J = 1 TO 2 UNTIL J = 3
PDSNAME = "'" !! PDS.J !! "'"
RP = OUTTRAP(MEM.)
ADDRESS TSO "LISTDS "PDSNAME" MEMBERS"
DO I = 7 TO MEM.0 UNTIL I = MEM.0
PARSE VAR MEM.I MEMNAME1 MEMNAME2
IF NAME = MEMNAME1 THEN
DO
SRCH_FND = 1
TEMPNAME = "'" !! PDS.J !! "(" !! MEMNAME1 !! ")'"
CALL OPEN_MEMBER
LEAVE J
END
END
ADDRESS TSO "FREE"
END
RETURN
OPEN_MEMBER:
ADDRESS ISPEXEC " VIEW DATASET ("TEMPNAME")"
ADDRESS TSO " FREE "
EXIT

My God this cup is so beautiful

A man goes to a shop, picks up a beautiful cup and says "my god this cup is so beautiful" and suddenly the cup starts talking to the man. The cup starts saying "O man, I am beautiful right now, but what was the state of my being before the pot-maker made me a beautiful pot?
Before I was sheer mud and the pot-maker pulled me out of the mud from the mother earth and I felt why that pot-maker is so cruel, he has separated me from mother earth. I felt a tremendous pain. And the pot-maker said, "Just wait."
Then he put me and churned me, when I was churned I felt so giddy, so painful, so stressful, I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then he put me into a oven and heated me up, I felt completely burnt. There was tremendous pain and I asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait."
Then he poured hot paint on me and I felt the fume and the pain, I again asked the pot-maker "Why are you so cruel?" and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." Then again he put me into an oven and heated it to make me more strong, I felt life is so painful hence pleaded the pot-maker and the pot-maker said, "Just wait." And after that the pot-maker took me to the mirror and said, "Now look at yourself". And surprisingly I found myself so beautiful.
When god gives us lot of trouble, it appears god is very cruel but we need patience and we have to wait. When bad things happen to good people, they become better and not bitter.

English - German Translation

Englisch - Where is James?
Deutsch - Wo ist James?

E - James and Mary are in the garden.
D - James und Mary sind im Garten.

E - The weather is nice today, it is very warm.
D - Heute ist es schön und sehr warm.

E - But yesterday it was very cold! They could not play outside then.
D - Aber gestern war es sehr kalt! Dann konnten sie nicht draußen spielen.

E - James and Mary love to play,
D - James und Mary spielen gerne.

Story of Frog...

There was a restaurant, which was well known for its frog leg dish. This guy who liked this dish a lot, went to the owner and said, he could bring a 1000 frog legs for him and in return he asked for the dish with 100 legs. The owner agreed upon the deal and asked him to bring the 1000 legs the next day. So the next day the owner prepared gravy for 1000 legs and the guy who promised the legs showed up with only 2 pairs of legs. When he was asked why he got only 2 pairs, he said, every night he heard so much of noise from the lake next to his house that he thought there were thousands of frogs in it. But when he went in to the lake to catch them he figured there was only 1 frog.

Using this analogy , sometimes, we think we have hundreds of problems in our lives, but if we really dig deep and confront them, it might be only 1 or 2 of them. Because we think of them over and over again,and it appears like hundreds of them.

Serving Others

A Sufi teaching story tells of a man who prayed continually for the awareness to succeed in life. Then one night he dreamed of going into the forest to attain understanding. The next morning he went into the woods and wandered for several hours looking for some sign that would provide answers. When he finally stopped to rest, he saw a fox with no legs lying between two rocks in a cool place. Curious as to how a legless fox could survive, he waited until sunset when he observed a lion come and lay meat before the fox. "Ah, I understand," the man thought. "The secret to success in life is to trust that God will take care of all my needs. I don't need to provide for myself. All I have to do is totally surrender to my all-sustaining God." Two weeks later, weakened and starving, the man had another dream. In it he heard a voice say, "Fool. Be like the lion, not like the fox."

Nice Understanding of Love & Marriage

A student asks a teacher, " What is love ?"

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheat
field and choose the biggest wheat and come back.
But the rule is: you can go through them only once and cannot turn back
to pick."
The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big wheat,
but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later.
Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is an even bigger
one waiting for him.
Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he start to
realise that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he
know he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted.
So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand. The teacher
told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for a better one, but
when later you realise, you have already miss the person...."*

*" What is marriage then?" the student asked.

The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the corn
field and choose the biggest corn and come back. But the rule is: you
can go through them only once and cannot turn back to pick."
The student went to the corn field, this time he is careful not to
repeat the previous mistake, when he reach the middle of the field, he
has picked one medium corn that he feel satisfy, and come back to the
teacher.
The teacher told him, "this time you bring back a corn.... you look for
one that is just nice, and you have faith and believe this is the best
one you get.... this is marriage."*

Tips For An Exceptional, Superb and Powerful Life

1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Buy a lock if you have to.
3. Buy a Tivo (DVR), tape your late night shows and get more sleep.
4. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, "My purpose is to___________ today."
5. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, Empathy.
6. Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did in 2006.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, tai chi, qigong and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less foods that are manufactured in plants.
11. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat blueberries, wild Alaskan salmon, broccoli, almonds & walnuts.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Clear your clutter from your house, your car, your desk and let new and flowing energy into your life.
14. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, energy vampires, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
15. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
16. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a college kid with a maxed out charge card.
17. Smile and laugh more. It will keep the energy vampires away.
18. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: "In five years, will this matter?"
26. Forgive everyone for everything.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
31. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
32. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
33. The best is yet to come.
34. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
35. Do the right thing!
36. Call your family often.
37. Each night before you go to bed complete the following statements: "I am thankful for __________." Today I accomplished _________.
38. Remember that you are too blessed to be stressed.
39. Enjoy the ride. Remember that this is not Disney World and you certainly don't want a fast pass. You only have one ride through life so make the most of it and enjoy the ride.

TRUTH ABOUT FAILURE

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it does mean you haven't succeeded yet
Failure doesn't mean you have accomplished nothing...it does mean you have learned something
Failure doesn't mean you have been a fool...it does mean you had a lot of faith
Failure doesn't mean you have been disgraced...it does mean you were willing to try
Failure doesn't mean you don't have it...it does mean you have to do something in a different way
Failure doesn't mean you are inferior...it does mean you are not perfect
Failure doesn't mean you've wasted your life...it does mean you've got a reason to start afresh
Failure doesn't mean you should give up... it does mean you should try harder
Failure doesn't mean you'll never make it...it does mean it will take a little longer

A Nice Article about Love: (by Swami Vivekananda)

I once had a friend who grew to be very close to me. Once when we were sitting at the edge of a swimming pool, she filled the palm of her hand with some water and held it before me, and said this: "You see this water carefully contained on my hand? It symbolizes Love."This was how I saw it: As long as you keep your hand caringly open and allow it to remain there, it will always be there. However, if you attempt to close your fingers round it and try to posses it, it will spill through the first cracks it finds.
This is the greatest mistake that people do when they meet love...they try to posses it, they demand, they expect... and just like the later spilling out of your hand, love will retrieve from you .
For love is meant to be free, you cannot change its nature. If there are people you love, allow them to be free beings.
1. Give and don't expect.
2. Advise, but don't order.
3. Ask, but never demand.
It might sound simple, but it is a lesson that may take a lifetime to truly practice. It is the secret to true love. To truly practice it, you must sincerely feel no expectations from those who you love, and yet an unconditional caring."
Passing thought... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take; but by the moments that take our breath away.....

Status Changes??

There was a blind girl who hated herself just because she's blind. She also hated everyone, except her boyfriend who has always been there for her.She used to say if she could only see the world, she would marry her boyfriend.One day, someone donated a pair of eyes to her and then she was able to see everything, including her loyal boyfriend.Her boyfriend asked her, "Now that you can see the world, can we get married now?" The girl was so shocked to discover that her boyfriend was blind too. So she refused to marry him.Shaken by this rejection, her boyfriend walked away in tears. He later wrote a short note to her saying, "Please take good care of my eyes."This is how humans behave when their status changes. Only few remember what life was before, and who has always been there for them even in the most painful situations.

'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY! '

Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it. He held it up for all to see & asked the students,' How much do you think this glass weighs?''50gms!' .... '100gms!' .....'125gms' ..the students answered.'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?''Nothing' the students said. 'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor asked. 'Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the student. You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?' 'Your arm could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis & have to go to hospital for sure!' ventured another student & all the students laughed. 'Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?' asked the professor.'No'Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?' The students were puzzled. Put the glass down!' said one of the students. 'Exactly!' said the professor.' Life's problems are something like this. Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK. Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache. Hold it even longer & they Begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do anything. It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of every day before You go to sleep. That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh & strong & can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!' So, When you leave office today, Remember to 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY! '

The Salt

Once an unhappy young man came to an old master andtold he was very sad and asked for a solution. The old Master instructed the unhappy young man toput a handful of salt in a glass of water and then todrink it. "How does it taste?" the Master asked."Awful," spat the apprentice. The Master chuckled andthen asked the young man to take another handful ofsalt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silenceto the nearby lake and when the apprentice swirled hishandful of salt into the lake, the old man said, "Nowdrink from the lake." As the water dripped down the young man's chin, theMaster asked, "How does it taste?" "Good!" remarkedthe apprentice. "Do you taste the salt?" asked theMaster. "No," said the young man. The Master satbeside this troubled young man, took his hands, andsaid, "The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. Theamount of pain in life remains the same, exactly thesame. But the amount we taste the 'pain' depends onthe container we put it into. So when you are in pain,the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense ofthings ..... Stop being a glass. Become a lake!"

Two Fishermen

Two men went fishing. One was an experiencedfisherman, the other wasn't. Every time theexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he put it inhis ice chest to keep it fresh. Whenever theinexperienced fisherman caught a big fish, he threw itback. The experienced fisherman watched this go on allday and finally got tired of seeing the man waste goodfish. "Why do you keep throwing back all the big fishyou catch?" he asked. The inexperienced fisherman replied, "I only have asmall frying pan." Sometimes, like that fisherman, we throwback the bigplans, big dreams, big jobs, big opportunities thatGod gives us. Our faith is too small. We laugh at that fisherman who didn't figure out thatall he needed was a bigger frying pan, yet how readyare we to increase the size of our faith? Whether it's a problem or a possibility, God willnever give you anything bigger than you can handle.That means we can confidently walk into anything Godbrings our way.
REMEMBER:Stop telling God you've got big problems. Tell your problems you've got a BIG GOD!

wait for the brick

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you?Just what the heck are you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money.Why did you do it?"The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I'm sorry... I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded."I threw the brick because no one else would stop..."With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car."It's my brother," he said."He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me."Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger.Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention! God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice: Listen to the whisper ... or wait for the brick

Building Your House

An elderly carpenter was ready to retire. He told his employer-contractor of his plans to leave the house-building business to live a more leisurely life with his wife and enjoy his extended family. He would miss the paycheck each week, but he wanted to retire. They could get by. The contractor was sorry to see his good worker go & asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes, but over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He resorted to shoddy workmanship and used inferior materials. It was an unfortunate way to end a dedicated career. When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to inspect the house. Then he handed the front-door key to the carpenter and said, "This is your house... my gift to you."The carpenter was shocked! What a shame! If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. So it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting less than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we realize we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it over, we would do it much differently.But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall.
Someone once said,
"Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your attitude, and the choices you make today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, Build wisely!

Happy and Sad

A man was out walking in the desert when a voice said to him, "Pick up some pebbles and put them in your pocket, and tomorrow you will be both happy and sad." The man obeyed. He stooped down and picked up a handful of pebbles and put them in his pocket. The next morning he reached into his pocket and found diamonds and rubies and emeralds. And he was both happy and sad. Happy he had taken some - sad that he hadn't taken more. And so it is with knowledge.

This Macro is used to save a member of a PDS in View mode

/*REXX*/
'ISREDIT MACRO'
ADDRESS ISREDIT
"(MEM) = MEMBER"
"(DSN) = DATASET"
IF MEM = '' THEN DO
SAY 'DESIGNED FOR PDS MEMBER'
EXIT
END
"ISREDIT SAVE"
IF RC = 0 THEN DO
SAY 'NOT IN VIEW MODE.USE SAVE'
EXIT PROGRAM
END
"ISREDIT REPL .ZF .ZL " MEM
IF RC = 0 THEN
SAY 'MEMBER SAVED.EXIT FROM VIEW MODE' ELSE
SAY 'MEMBER NOT SAVED.RETURN CODE ' RC
EXIT

Two frogs

Two young frogs fell into a bucket of milk. Both tried to jump to freedom, but the sides of the bucket were steep and no foundation was to be had on the surface of the liquid.

Seeing little chance of escape, the first frog soon despaired and stopped jumping. After a short while he sunk to the bottom of the bucket and drowned.

The second frog also saw no likelihood of success, but he never stopped trying. Even though each jump seemed to reach the same inadequate height, he kept on struggling. Eventually, his persistent efforts churned some milk into butter. From the now hardened surface of the milk, he managed to leap out of the bucket.

Those who don't give up and persevere
may be in for a pleasant surprise!

What is a mainframe?

Mainframes (often colloquially referred to as big iron) are large and "expensive" computers used mainly by government institutions and large companies for mission critical applications, typically bulk data processing such as censuses, industry/consumer statistics, ERP, and financial transaction processing.

The term originated during the early 1970s with the introduction of smaller, less complex computers such as the DEC PDP-8 and PDP-11 series, which became known as minicomputers or just minis. The industry/users then coined the term "mainframe" to describe larger, earlier types (previously known simply as "computers").

Description
Modern mainframe computers have abilities not so much defined by their performance capabilities as by their high-quality internal engineering and resulting proven reliability, high-quality technical support, top-notch security, and strict backward compatibility for older software. These machines can and do run successfully for years without interruption, with repairs taking place whilst they continue to run. Mainframe vendors offer such services as off-site redundancy ? if a machine does break down, the vendor offers the option to run customers' applications on their own machines (often without users even noticing the change) whilst repairs go on.

The robustness and dependability of these systems has been one of the main reasons for the longevity of this class of computers, being used in applications where down-time would be catastrophic. The term Reliability, Availability and Serviceability, or RAS, has become a marketing term used to denote this robustness. This robustness is often the argument used against replacing mainframes with other types of computers.

Mainframes often support thousands of simultaneous users who gain access through "dumb" terminals or terminal emulation. Early mainframes either supported this timesharing mode or operated in batch mode where users had no direct access to the computing service; it solely provided back office functions. At this time mainframes were so called because of their very substantial size and requirements for specialized HVAC and electrical power. Nowadays mainframes support access via any user interface, including the Web. (An IBM mainframe was the first Web server anywhere outside Europe.) Blade servers and rack servers, rather than mainframes, are now increasingly requiring exotic cooling technologies and take up far more data center floor space.

Refusing to Accept Failure

Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he scaled the highest mountain then known to man-29,000 feet straight up. He was knighted for his efforts. He even made American Express card commercials because of it! However, until we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success. You see, in 1952 he attempted to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to address its members.

Hillary walked on stage to a thunderous applause. The audience was recognizing an attempt at greatness, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a failure. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the edge of the platform. He made a fist and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a loud voice, "Mount Everest, you beat me the first time, but I'll beat you the next time because you've grown all you are going to grow... but I'm still growing!"

Getting started with SOA

10 Tips for Better Results with your mainframe Integration vendor

1) Research, question,and validate architectural options:
2) Research and understand your microflow requirements:
3) Know your integration requirements upfront:
4) Get acquainted with the vendor’s support and professional services groups:
5) Be comfortable with the Integrated Development Environment (IDE):
6) See a software demonstration or use it yourself:
7) Check reference customers:
8) Beware of the reseller pitch:
9) Consider the company balance sheet:
10)Visit the company:

You never really lose your Value!

A well known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20 bill.

In the room of 200, he asked, "What is this piece of paper & is it worth any thing ?"

"It is a $20 bill, encashable in international & national markets for it's quoted value ?" replied one of the many participants who raised their hands.

He proceeded to crumple the dollar bill up using both his hands till it became a bundle of wrinkled paper.

He then unfolded it again and making an unsuccessful attempt to keep it straight he asked, "Would you still be able to negotiate it for it's quoted value?"

" Yes !!" was the echoing reply from the participants.

"Well," he said, "Looks like I haven't done enough ! What if I do this?" And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.

He picked it up, which was now all crumpled, dirty, defaced & not easy to recognise from a distance. "Now will some one like to trade it for its quoted value?" Many hands went in the air.

"I think this piece of currency is still holding its quoted value" replied a participant in a slightly unsure voice.

"This bill can still fetch goods worth 20 Dollars" said the other participants. Every one agreed.

"My friends, there is a very valuable lesson in this exercise that we are just through with. It may have appeared to some of you, that I was able to deshape, deface, mutilate & alter the $20 bill during the process as the effects were quite visible".

"However, No matter what I did to this piece of paper, you still upheld its negotiability because you were sure in your mind that my actions did not actually decrease its value. It was still a currency note worth $20".

"Many times in our lives, we feel like as if we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and/or the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. It may also appear to onlookers as if it has really happened to certain extent. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, please remember you never lose your "Value"."

Values that you cherish are indeed devoid of worldly disturbance & always are your saviour.

Different Sorts Information

DFSORT is a sort product sold by IBM.
SYNCSORT is a competing product sold by Syncsort, Inc.
CA-SORT is yet another sort product, sold by Computer Associates.

Obviously, most shops only buy one of these products.

ICEMAN is just another name (entry point) used for the sort program. It's common practice in shops for the system programmers to set up all the common names as entry points to their purchased SORT product. You will often find that PGM=SYNCSORT and PGM=DFSORT will both work in your shop, and both execute the same sort program (whichever one your shop purchased).

ICETOOL is an expansion to the basic SORT program, that allows you to use alternate (simpler) commands to do multiple sort operations in a single sort step. I think that ICETOOL doesn't do anything that you couldn't do via coding multiple DFSORT steps -- it just makes coding them a bit easier.

ICETOOL is supplied as part of the basic SORT package -- if you have DFSORT, you also have ICETOOL. Many people don't seem to realize this. And some troglydite managements don't understand this, and forbid use of ICETOOL in production, restricting programmers to only SORT steps. Such managements are fools (but, alas, not uncommon).

SYNCTOOL is Syncsort, Inc.'s version of the ICETOOL package.

All these are very similar products -- they all do basic sorting. And they use similar commands. For most basic sort operations, the same commands will work in all the products. When you get into more advanced functions, there are some differences between them -- some functions are only offered in one or the other product, and sometimes different syntax is used for the same operations.

Creating Current Date and Time in a file

//MANIMA JOB (020406),'MANIM/941-2',
// MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=MANIM,
// CLASS=A
//S2 EXEC PGM=ICEMAN
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SORTIN DD *
HI MANI
//SORTOUT DD DSN=MANIM.TEST.DATE,DISP=(MOD,CATLG),
// SPACE=(TRK,(2,2)),
// DCB=(RECFM=FB,LRECL=80,BLKSIZE=800)
//SYSIN DD *
SORT FIELDS=(1,6,CH,A),FORMAT=CH
OUTREC FIELDS=(1:DATE1(-),12:TIME1(:),20:1,18)
/*

Output will be like this,

2007-04-25 03:37:44 HI MANI

Time Bank

Imagine there is a bank that credits your account each morning with $86,400. It carries over no balance from day to day.
Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do? Draw out every cent, of course!!!! Each of us has such a bank. Its name is TIME.
Every morning, it credits you with 86,400 seconds.
Every night it writes off, as lost, whatever of this you have failed to invest to good purpose. It carries over no balance. It allows no overdraft.
Each day it opens a new account for you.
Each night it burns the remains of the day.
If you fail to use the day's deposits, the loss is yours.
There is no going back. There is no drawing against the "tomorrow".
You must live in the present on today's deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness, and success!
The clock is running. Make the most of today.
To realize the value of ONE YEAR, ask a student who failed a grade.
To realize the value of ONE MONTH, ask a mother who gave birth to a premature baby.
To realize the value of ONE WEEK, ask the editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of ONE HOUR, ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of ONE MINUTE, ask a person who missed the train.
To realize the value of ONE SECOND, ask a person who just avoided an accident.
Treasure every moment that you have! And reassure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time.
Remember that time waits for no one.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That's why it's called the present!

Date into a dataset name

Sometimes we want to create lot of datasets and will be in a confusion on which date the dataset is created, etc. So it will be better to create the datasets with date and time as shown below,

//MANIMA JOB (020406),'MANIM/941-2',
// MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=MANIM,
// CLASS=A
//STEPA EXEC PGM=EZACFSM1
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=(*,INTRDR)
//SYSIN DD DATA,DLM=@@
//MANIMB JOB (020406),'MANIM/941-2',
// MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=MANIM,
// CLASS=A
//STEPB EXEC PGM=IEBCOPY
//SYSOUT DD SYSOUT=*
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=*
//*
//SYSUT1 DD DISP=SHR,
// DSN=MANIM.TEST.REXX
//SYSUT2 DD DISP=(NEW,CATLG,DELETE),
// DSN=MANIM.UKX0702B.S010.#1.D&LYYMMDD..T&LHHMMSS,
// UNIT=SYSDA,SPACE=(CYL,(5,5,5))
/*
//SYSIN DD DUMMY
@@
//

Output will be like this given below,

MANIM.UKX0702B.S010.#1.D070424.T024946
MANIM.UKX0702B.S010.#1.D070424.T025318

An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture

An interesting reflection: Slow Down Culture - Author Vasudha Ranganathan.

It's been 18 years since I joined Volvo, a Swedish company. Working for them has proven to be an interesting experience. Any project here takes 2 years to be finalized, even if the idea is simple and brilliant. It's a rule.

Globalize processes have caused in us (all over the world) a general sense of searching for immediate results. Therefore, we have come to posses a need to see immediate results. This contrasts greatly with the slow movements of the Swedish. They, on the other hand, debate, debate, debate, hold x quantity of meetings and work with a slowdown scheme. At the end, this
always yields better results.

Said in another words:
1. Sweden is about the size of San Pablo, a state in Brazil.
2. Sweden has 2 million inhabitants.
3. Stockholm has 500,000 people.
4. Volvo, Escania, Ericsson, Electrolux, Nokia are some of its renowned companies. Volvo supplies the NASA.

The first time I was in Sweden, one of my colleagues picked me up at the hotel every morning. It was September, bit cold and snowy. We would arrive early at the company and he would park far away from the entrance (2000 employees drive their car to work). The first day, I didn't say anything, either the second or third. One morning I asked, "Do you have a fixed parking space? I've noticed we park far from the entrance even when there are no other cars in the lot." To which he replied, "Since we're here early we'll have time to walk, and whoever gets in late will be late and need a place closer to the door. Don't you think? Imagine my face.

Nowadays, there's a movement in Europe name Slow Food. This movement establishes that people should eat and drink slowly, with enough time to taste their food, spend time with the family, friends, without rushing. Slow Food is against its counterpart: the spirit of Fast Food and what it stands for as a lifestyle. Slow Food is the basis for a bigger movement called Slow
Europe, as mentioned by Business Week.

Basically, the movement questions the sense of "hurry" and "craziness" generated by globalization, fuelled by the desire of "having in quantity" (life status) versus "having with quality", "life quality" or the "quality of being". French people, even though they work 35 hours per week, are more productive than Americans or British. Germans have established 28.8 hour
workweeks and have seen their productivity been driven up by 20%. This slow attitude has brought forth the US's attention, pupils of the fast and the "do it now!"

This no-rush attitude doesn't represent doing less or having a lower productivity. It means working and doing things with greater quality, productivity, perfection, with attention to detail and less stress. It means re-establishing family values, friends, free and leisure time. Taking the
"now", present and concrete, versus the "global", undefined and anonymous. It means taking humans' essential values, the simplicity of living.

It stands for a less coercive work environment, more happy, lighter and more productive where humans enjoy doing what they know best how to do. It's time to stop and think on how companies need to develop serious quality with no-rush that will increase productivity and the quality of products and services, without losing the essence of spirit.

In the movie, Scent of a Woman, there's a scene where Al Pacino asks a girl to dance and she replies, "I can't, my boyfriend will be here any minute now". To which Al responds, "A life is lived in an instant". Then they dance to a tango.

Many of us live our lives running behind time, but we only reach it when we die of a heart attack or in a car accident rushing to be on time. Others are so anxious of living the future that they forget to live the present, which is the only time that truly exists. We all have equal time throughout the world. No one has more or less. The difference lies in how each one of us
does with our time. We need to live each moment. As John Lennon said, "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans".

Emotional Equation..

When someone is doing something or about to do something, in a way I don't want it to be done - and i m not able to accept it - i become angry.
When someone is doing something or about to do something, in a way I don't want it to be done - and i m able to accept it - i remain tolerant.

When someone is having something or someone is able to produce the results which i m not able to produce - and I m not able to accept it - I become jealous.
When someone is having something or someone is able to produce the results which i m not able to produce - and i m able to accept it - i get inspired.

When i m encountering uncertainty or is about to encounter uncertainty, which i m not sure how i m going to handle - and i m not able to accept it - it causes fear in me.
When i m encountering uncertainty or is about to encounter uncertainty, which i m not sure how i m going to handle - and i m able to accept it - i feel adventurous about it.
When someone has done something that has emotionally hurt me - and i m not able to accept it - it develops hatred in me.
When someone has done something that has emotionally hurt me - and i m able to accept it - it helps me forgivethem.

When someone is present in my thoughts, but is not physically present - and i m not able to accept it - i say 'i m missing u'.
When someone is present in my thoughts, but is not physically present - and i m able to accept it - i say 'i m thinkin of u'.
Thus, Emotional Equation becomes:

Something + acceptance = positive emotion
Something + non-acceptance = negative emotion
So, it is not 'something' or 'someone' who is making me feel positive or negative, but it's my 'acceptance' or 'non-acceptance' of something or someone, which impacts things .

The Obstacle in Our Path

In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the king for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the big stone out of the way.

Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. On approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. As the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the king indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. The peasant learned what many others never understand.

Every obstacle presents an opportunity
to improve one's condition.

Invoke Search-For Extended utility using REXX

Function:
This REXX exec can be issued as an EDIT macro or from the Data Set List panel to invoke the Search-For Extended utility for the current data set.

Operation:
Enter SFE as a line command on the DSLIST panel or as a primary command in EDIT or VIEW to enter the Search-For Extended utility and search the current data set.

/*************REXX*****************/
ADDRESS 'ISPEXEC'
"CONTROL ERRORS RETURN"
"ISREDIT MACRO (SRF4FILE)"
IF RC=0 THEN DO
IF SRF4FILE='' THEN DO
"ISREDIT (DSN) = DATASET"
IF RC>0 THEN EXIT RC
SRF4FILE="'"DSN"'"
END
END
ELSE
ARG SRF4FILE
IF SRF4FILE='' THEN EXIT 4
SRF4MEM='*'
SRC4WKPL='Y'
"VPUT (SRC4WKPL SRF4FILE SRF4MEM)"
"SELECT PGM(ISRSEPRM) PARM(S4) SCRNAME(SRCHFORE) "
IF ZERRMSG\='' THEN "SETMSG MSG("ZERRMSG")"

Expect The Best

A little girl walked daily to and from school. Though the weather this particular morning was questionable and clouds were forming, she made her trek to the elementary school. As the afternoon progressed, the winds whipped up, along with thunder and lightning.

The child's mother, concerned that her daughter would be frightened and possibly harmed by the storm got into her car and drove along the route to her child's school.

As she did so, she saw her little daughter walking along happily but at each flash of lightning the child would stop, look up, and smile.

Stopping the car, the mother called to the child to get in with her. As they drove toward school, the girl continued to turn toward each lightning flash and smile.

The Mother asked, "What are you doing?"

The child answered, "Well, I must do this, God keeps taking pictures of me."

So, Expect the BEST within you!

Never Give Up

Author: Murali Duggineni

"You are never given a wish without also having been given the power To make it come true."
--- Richard Bach.
Trite? But true. What you need is patience, perseverance, and a burning desire that constantly needs to be fueled. The quest for the realization of your dreams is like waging a momentous battle during which you might encounter severe setbacks. But success comes to those who turn adversities into opportunities, overcome their limitations and bounce back with renewed vigor.
If you have fallen down, get up and brush the dust off your knees and move on. A temporary setback is not a defeat. For that matter, there's no such thing as defeat. Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything. And always remember that the whole world will help you when you want to achieve something. Just imagine a young girl who learned dancing when she was three-years old and whose greatest passion remains dancing. She loses one of her legs in an accident. Read on this true incident that took place almost 20 years ago and find out whether she gives up dancing or fights back to realize what she believes in:
Sudha Chandran, a classical dancer from India, was cut off in the prime of her career - quite literally - when her right leg had to be amputated after a car accident. Though the incident brought her bright career to a halt, she didn't give up.
In the painful months that followed, she met a doctor who developed an artificial limb made from vulcanized rubber filled with sponge. So intense was her desire that she decided to go back to dancing after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could fulfill her dream, She began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing - learning to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist, twirl and finally dance.
After every public recital, she would ask her Dad about her performance. "You still have a long way to go" was the answer she use to get in return. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback by giving a public recital in Bombay. She performed in such a marvelous manner that it moved everyone to tears while catapulting her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked the usual question her dad, he didn't say anything. He just touched her feet as a tribute to a great artiste. Sudha's comeback was such heart-warming that a film producer was inspired to capture the incident into a celluloid box office hit, `Mayuri.' When someone asked Sudha how she had managed to dance again, she said quite simply, "YOU DON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE."

How to ‘Trace Backward’ in XPED?

We can use the MONITOR and REVERSE commands to ‘go back’ to previous steps. First give the MONITOR command and then give the REVERSE command. Now if you press PF9 it will start tracing backwards. If you want to again go forward give REVERSE again.

Some more Information…
The MONITOR and REVERSE commands are used to activate review mode. Review mode enables you to record and then review the execution path by reversing the direction of program execution. Use the MONITOR command before executing your program to record execution. Then use the REVERSE command to review the execution history by tracing through the recorded history in the reverse direction. You can see the execution path and the changing data values as you review program execution. MONITOR records the program's execution in a buffer. The default buffer size is 1M. XPEDITER/TSO wraps and overwrites the existing data when the buffer is filled. Use the SET REVSIZE command to increase or decrease the buffer size. Review mode can be used with OS/VS COBOL, COBOL II, and CA-OPTIMIZER. However, ANSI COBOL 68 is not supported. Review mode is not valid in an unattended batch test.

Usage Notes
1. MONITOR without a module name records history for the current module—not necessarily the active module where execution is located, but the module indicated by the program field on the third header line.
2. Use a list of module names to monitor the execution path that spans multiple called COBOL modules.
3. Use the DELETE command to stop recording the execution history.
4. The REVERSE and RESUME commands are valid only if MONITOR has first been turned on.
5. Issuing a MONITOR ALL command in an initial script or at the beginning of the test session allows you to review the execution of all COBOL statements.

Today's Professional Management FUNDAS

1."We will do it" means "You will do it"
2."You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"
3."We are working on it" means "We have not yet started working on the
same"
4."Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting done
"At least not tomorrow!"
5."After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I
have already decided, I will tell you what to do"
6."There was a slight miscommunication" means "We had actually lied"
7."Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will
talk later"
8."We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"
9."We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension
of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver
on time."
10."We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually
fought"
11."Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help
you" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"
12."You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me
earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"
13."We need to find out the real reason" means "Well I will tell you
where your fault is"
14."Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just
ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know..."
15."We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"
16."That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything
about it"
17."All the Best" means "You are in trouble"

Who is Scott in Oracle??

You must have always wondered why the uname / pwd in Oracle is Scott/Tiger....

Who is this Scott ? Here is the answer to ur query.... ..

Bruce Scott was one of the first employees at Oracle (then Software Development Laboratories). He co-founded Gupta Technology (now known as Centura Software) in 1984 with Umang Gupta, and later became CEO and founder of PointBase, Inc. Bruce was co-author and co-architect of Oracle V1, V2 and V3. The SCOTT schema (EMP and DEPT tables), with password TIGER, was created by him. Tiger was the name of his cat.

Scott has led the drive to develop new data management architectures that capitalize on emerging computing paradigms - following the migration from mainframes to mini-computers; from personal computers to servers; and from servers to personal systems and devices. After co-founding Oracle in 1977 and helping that company revolutionize the database market, Scott went on to co-found Gupta Technology in 1984 with Umang Gupta. Serving as vice president of Database and Connectivity Research and Development, he provided the company with database technology leadership for more than ten years. While at Gupta, he invented SQLBase, the first commercially available PC-oriented client/server database and the patented software development design paradigm for SQLWindows.

From Gupta, Scott founded PointBase, bringing to market a platform-independent technology that enabled applications to manage, synchronize, and extend data across networks of servers, desktops, laptops, and mobile/wireless devices. As president and chief executive officer, he led the company's efforts in developing Java-based application-embedded databases for enterprise mobility applications.

How to master a foreign language

STEP 1: Think of a language as a way of expressing meaning. Each language chooses different sounds and arrangements of sounds, to express meaning.
STEP 2: Try to "forget" your native language's grammar as much as you can while you're learning the new language. This will prevent "interference" from your native language.
STEP 3: Identify how your native language and the new language do things differently and keep these in mind when speaking the foreign language.
STEP 4: Review early and often.
STEP 5: Find a tutor to give you feedback on what you're doing correctly and incorrectly.
STEP 6: Keep lists of new vocabulary and sentence constructions. Review as much as you can each day.
STEP 7: Visit a place where the language you're studying is a native tongue, if possible. Speak your own native tongue as little as possible while you're there.

Tips & Warnings
Get a good bilingual dictionary. It'll go a long way to helping you build new vocabulary.

If you can't visit a place full of native speakers, then watch movies and TV programs in the native language. Read newspapers, too, and learn songs.

Don't be discouraged when the words don't flow. The only way to really master the grammar is to speak the language a lot. Develop a thick skin.

If you're afraid you'll sound like a fool, you won't ever learn how to speak correctly.

Rexx Inventor - Mike Cowlishaw

Mike Cowlishaw, an IBM Fellow based at the IBM UK Warwick location, and also a Visiting Professor at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick.(Warwick is situated in central England, midway between Coventry and Stratford-upon-Avon.)
His technical interests include:
decimal arithmetic (algorism) in hardware and software, includingthe decimal data types and arithmetic in the current IEEE 754 revision, the General Decimal Arithmetic Specification, the decNumber open source and commercial implementations of this in ANSI C, and the enhanced BigDecimal class for Java 5, as described in Java SR-13. the Rexx, Object Rexx, NetRexx, Java, PL/I, and C programming languages cognitive processes, including neural, genetic, and evolutionary algorithms and systems, especially empirical models that may give insight into thought processes vision and colour perception (hence the shading algorithms used in PMGlobe and Palm Globe) high-power Light-Emitting Diodes and designing circuits for driving them lightweight (preferably solid-state) computers (one such is the IBM Workpad, for which I wrote Palm Globe; another is the Acorn System 1 and the Emulator I wrote for that); I currently carry an IBM Thinkpad X41 Tablet PC electronic publishing, including the Oxford English Dictionary and other dictionaries, SGML, the LEXX (now called LPEX) editor, Wikipedia, the World Wide Web, and my GoServe Web server (used for my personal research tool, MemoWiki).

Determination

In 1883, a creative engineer named John Roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting New York with the Long Island. However bridge building experts throughout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told Roebling to forget the idea. It just could not be done. It was not practical. It had never been done before.
Roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. He thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. He just had to share the dream with someone else. After much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son Washington, an up and coming engineer, that the bridge in fact could be built.
Working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. With great excitement and inspiration, and the headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge. The project started well, but when it was only a few months underway a tragic accident on the site took the life of John Roebling. Washington was injured and left with a certain amount of brain damage, which resulted in him not being able to walk or talk or even move. "We told them so."
"Crazy men and their crazy dreams." "It`s foolish to chase wild visions."Everyone had a negative comment to make and felt that the project should be scrapped since the Roeblings were the only ones who knew how the bridge could be built. In spite of his handicap, Washington was never discouraged and still had a burning desire to complete the bridge and his mind was still as sharp as ever.

He tried to inspire and pass on his enthusiasm to some of his friends, but they were too daunted by the task. As he lay on his bed in his hospital room, with the sunlight streaming through the windows, a gentle breeze blew the flimsy white curtains apart and he was able to see the sky and the tops of the trees outside for just a moment.
It seemed that there was a message for him not to give up. Suddenly an idea hit him. All he could do was move one finger and he decided to make the best use of it. By moving this, he slowly developed a code of communication with his wife.
He touched his wife's arm with that finger, indicating to her that he wanted her to call the engineers again. Then he used the same method of tapping her arm to tell the engineers what to do. It seemed foolish but the project was under way again.
For 13 years Washington tapped out his instructions with his finger on his wife's arm, until the bridge was finally completed. Today the spectacular Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory as a tribute to the triumph of one man's indomitable spirit and his determination not to be defeated by circumstances. It is also a tribute to the engineers and their team work, and to their faith in a man who was considered mad by half the world. It stands too as a tangible monument to the love and devotion of his wife who for 13 long years patiently decoded the messages of her husband and told the engineers what to do.
Perhaps this is one of the best examples of a never-say-die attitude that overcomes a terrible physical handicap and achieves an impossible goal.

A Most Important Lesson

During my second month of nursing school, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a conscientious student and had breezed through the questions, until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely, this was some kind of joke.

I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.

Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor.

"In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say 'hello'."

"I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

A Wise Donkey

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They each grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement, he quieted down. A few shovel loads later, the farmer looked down the well, and was astonished at what he saw.

As every shovel of dirt hit his back, the donkey did something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up. As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed, as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and trotted off!
Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of a hole is to shake it off and take a step up.

Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest holes just by not stopping, never giving up!

Shake it off and take a step up!

An Used Book

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer's showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.

Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound book, with the young man's name embossed in gold.

Angry, he rose his voice to his father and said "with all your money, you give me a used book?" and stormed out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father's house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father's important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped book, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the book and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined.

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the book. It had a tag with the dealer's name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God's blessings because we can't see past our own desires?

Believe In Yourself

Author: Sharon Pires

Believe in yourself and you can achieve
Things you never thought possible
Believe in yourself and you can discover
Talents new, that lie away hidden

Believe in yourself and you can reach
New heights that you thought unscalable
Believe in yourself and you can solve
Problems that defy any solution

Believe in yourself and you can conquer
Any situation, however difficult
Believe in yourself and you can make
The most complicated things seem simple

Believe in yourself and you can learn
The skills of gaining knowledge from experience
Believe in yourself and you can enjoy
The beauty in nature's abundance

Believe in yourself and you can perceive
New depths your senses can apprehend
Believe in yourself and you can perform
Way beyond your expectations

Believe in your goal and work towards it
With determination and dedication
Believe in yourself and output enhance
By contributing to a given situation

Believe in yourself and you'll feel blessed
As God's very own special creation.

Top 10 reasons why we joined IT

Top 10 reasons why we joined IT...
1) I hated sleep.
2) I had enjoyed my life enough.
3) I couldn’t live without tension.
4) I wanted to pay for my sins.
5) I believed in Bhagwad Geeta: Work but don’t expect results out of it...
6) Everything in life has a reason; I wanted to prove it wrong.
7) I wanted to take revenge on myself.
8) I liked doing politics between people
9) I always wanted to curse other peoples on whatever things they do (Even if it is correct).
10) I don’t want to give exercise to my body and want to sit at the same place.

Confidence-Trust-Hope

One line definitions for Confidence, Trust and Hope.
CONFIDENCE
Once, all village people decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer all people gathered and only one boy came with an umbrella.
That's Confidence

TRUST
Trust should be like the feeling of a one year old baby when you throw him in the air, he laughs......because he knows you will catch him.
That's Trust

HOPE
Every night we go to bed, we have no assurance to get up alive in the next morning but still you have plans for the coming day.
That's Hope

HAVE CONFIDENCE,
TRUST OTHERS &
NEVER LOSE HOPE.
In Life do the ordinary, GOD will do extra ordinary,
Do the natural, GOD will do supernatural
Do the possible, GOD will do impossible.

The aging mainframer

A continuing, lingering perception that the mainframe is dead persists in some parts of the IT industry. It seems that we constantly hear that big IT shops are getting rid of their mainframes. But rarely do we ever hear about it after the fact. No, it is usually reported right when someone thinks that it is a good idea.
Now don't get me wrong. I'm sure there are some shops that have removed their mainframe. But I'm also sure that there are many more that thought about it but couldn't do it -- as well as those who wouldn't even consider it.
A bigger problem for the mainframe than the misguided notion that it is more costly than other computing platforms is the aging of the mainframe workforce. This is a reality. If you don't believe me, go to a SHARE conference and fix your eyeballs on some of the dinosaurs attending mainframe sessions there (myself included).
Basically, the problem is that mainframe experts are getting older and slowly retiring. And who will replace them? Most young IT professionals do not choose to work on mainframe systems, instead choosing to concentrate on the latest technology bandwagons -- things like Windows and Linux, open source and so on. Put one of these newbies in front of a terminal and introduce them to the joys of JCL, ISPF and COBOL, then watch them scream out the door yelling "I want my Java!"
But that is probably an inaccurate perception. You see, mainframe no longer means ugly old green screens. Today's mainframe environment is quite different from the mainframe of yesteryear. That hulking, water-cooled beast you may remember has been replaced with chip-based, CMOS, air-cooled systems. Today's mainframes are easier to hook together using Parallel Sysplex technology. And all of the "modern" technology used on Windows and Linux platforms works on the mainframe, too. Yes, that means XML, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, Java and so on are all mainframe technologies, too.
Nowadays, the biggest mainframe "problems" are training and PR. Let's focus on training first. Mainframe technology is not taught by most universities these days; this really needs to change. What is needed is a comprehensive educational program delivered through major universities, as well as IT-focused institutions like DeVry and NorthFace universities. The program should be sponsored by major mainframe vendors like IBM and Computer Associates International, which could provide hardware and software, as well as a conduit for hiring graduates. Doing so would help to further promote and extend the mainframe -- a platform that benefits vendors' bottom lines.
And why would universities be interested in such a program? Employability of their graduates! As the current crop of mainframe experts retire, companies will have to replace them. I'd venture to guess that five to 10 years down the line, it will be easier for an IMS DBA, for example, to get a job offer than an Oracle DBA. The demand will be greater for the IMS talent because the supply is so low.
The publicity component is a bit more difficult. So much has been written and implied about the mainframe being dead that a lot folks believe it. But the mainframe continues to be a robust, viable component of today's IT infrastructure. Organizations continue to add more MIPS, deploy more applications and run their most important, mission-critical applications on mainframe computers. Until this aspect of the mainframe is publicized more, the existing perception is likely to linger.
Or maybe we should just give the mainframe a new name and pretend that it is a new technology with better availability, scalability and performance than the existing platforms.
Craig Mullins is president and principle consultant of Mullins Consulting Inc., in Sugar Land, Texas. He is the author of the DB2 Developer's Guide and Database Administration: The Complete Guide to Practices and Procedures, and has published several hundred articles on database technology.

Create a New member using JCL

//MANIMA JOB (020406),'MANI/941-2',
// MSGLEVEL=1,MSGCLASS=O,NOTIFY=MANIM,
// CLASS=A
//STEP010 EXEC PGM=IEBUPDTE,PARM=NEW
//*
//SYSUT1 DD DUMMY
//SYSUT2 DD DSN=MANIM.TEST.JCL,DISP=SHR
//SYSPRINT DD SYSOUT=X
//*
//SYSIN DD DATA,DLM='><'
./ ADD NAME=SAMPLE,LIST=ALL
/* REXX */
/* SAMPLE */
/***********************************************************/
SAY 'MANI'
EXIT
./ ENDUP
><
//*

Renaming VSAM Datasets

Here's a quick and easy way to rename VSAM datasets and components in ISPF without having to retype all or part of the new name. It's especially useful if you have multiple datasets to rename:

1) Display the datasets you need to rename using option 3.4 or DSLIST.

2) Enter SHOWCMD ON on the command line. This will allow you to modify commands entered on the Dataset List panel before they're executed.

3) Tab down to the line with the dataset you want to rename, type the following and press Enter:
ALTER / NEWNM(/) Example:
------------------------------------------------------------------DSLIST - Data Sets Matching VTSUL.VTCMHCommand ===>
Command - Enter "/" to select action Message
------------------------------------------------------------------
alter / newnm(/) CMH.VT1001CT.NEWTICKT.MSTR VTSUL.VTCMH.VT1001CT.NEWTICKT.MSTR.DATA VTSUL.VTCMH.VT1001CT.NEWTICKT.MSTR.INDEX
------------------------------------------------------------------

4) When the expanded command is displayed, overtype the new dataset name in the NEWNM parameter field with your changes, and press Enter to execute the ALTER command. Example:
------------------------------------------------------------------
Data Set Name. : VTSUL.VTCMH.VT1001CT.NEWTICKT.MSTR
Command before expansion: ALTER / NEWNM(/)

Command after expansion:===>
ALTER 'VTSUL.VTCMH.VT1001CT.NEWTICKT.MSTR' NEWNM('VTSUL.VTCMH.VT1001CT.NEWICKT.MSTR')
----------------------
Remember, each component of a VSAM Cluster (DATA, INDEX, etc.) must be renamed individually.

5) Repeat the command for the remaining datasets and/or components using the '=' command.
This handy trick could also be used to perform other similar tasks... just use your imagination!

Tips for Success

1. Reward yourself. Treat yourself when you hit milestones on the way to your goals. A magazine subscription, a night on the town or just time for yourself to dream are great ways to celebrate.

2. Keep track. Record your daily progress. Something as simple as a daily checkmark will keep your goals top of mind.

3. Talk it up. Share your goals with your friends and family, by telling others you increase your accountability.

4. Be detailed. Write down precisely what you want to achieve. "Reduce bodyfat to 13% by March." Is much more powerful than "Get in shape."

5.Visualize. Imagine what it will be like to achieve your goal. Better yet, picture yourself doing what it takes to realize your dream.

Ten Commandments of ego less programming

1. Understand and accept that you will make mistakes. The point is to find mistakes early, before they make it into production. Fortunately, except for the few of us developing rocket guidance software at JPL, mistakes are rarely fatal in our industry. We aren't surgeons; we can learn, laugh, and move on.

2. You are not your code. Remember, the entire point of a review is to find problems and problems will be found. Don't take it personally when a problem is uncovered.

3. No matter how much karate you know, someone else will always know more. This fact kept the Samurai from indiscriminately attacking people in Imperial Japan. In our less violent times, the individual who knows more can teach you some new moves if you ask. There will always be people who know more than you. Seek and accept input from others, even when you think it's not needed.

4. Don't rewrite other programmers' code without consultation. There's a fine line between "fixing other programmers' code" and "rewriting other programmers' code." The former implies that a bug or other functionality problem exists and needs to be fixed; it can also refer to correcting gross readability problems. The latter, however, refers to changes made to code for the sake of style. Programmers fresh from college are often guilty of this. Things like renaming variables, the use of a different construct, re-commenting, or gratuitous reformatting of white space fall into this category. Such activities, even with the purest of motives, are high hubris and detrimental to team mentality.

5. Treat people who know less than you with respect, deference, and patience. Nontechnical people who deal with developers on a regular basis almost universally hold the opinion that we are prima donnas at best and crybabies at worst. Becoming angry only reinforces this perception and teaches people to avoid asking questions. This can only harm your work in the long run.

6. The only constant in the world is change. Be open to it and accept it with a smile. Look at each change to your requirements, platform, or tool as a new challenge, not as some serious inconvenience to be fought.

7. The only true authority stems from knowledge, not from position.Knowledge engenders authority, and authority engenders respect so if you want respect in an egoless environment, cultivate knowledge.

8. Fight for what you believe but gracefully accept defeat. Understand that sometimes your ideas will be overruled. Even if you do turn out to be right, don't take revenge or say, "I told you so" more than a few times at most, and don't make your dearly departed idea a martyr or rallying cry.

9. Don't be "the guy in the room." Don't be the guy coding in the dark office emerging only to buy cola. The guy in the room is out of touch, out of sight, and out of control and has no place in an open, collaborative environment.

10. Criticize code instead of people; be kind to the coder, not to the code. As much as possible, make all of your comments positive and oriented to improving the code. Relate comments to local standards, program specs, increased performance etc.