diff --git a/PracticingJava/.gitignore b/PracticingJava/.gitignore
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index 0000000..7560428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PracticingJava/.gitignore
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+*.class
+dist
diff --git a/PracticingJava/build.xml b/PracticingJava/build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8aa7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PracticingJava/build.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project name="LearningJava" default="build">
+
+    <target name="clean" description="remove intermediate files">
+        <delete>
+            <fileset dir="obj" includes="**/*.class"/>
+        </delete>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="build" description="compile Java sources">
+        <javac srcdir="src" destdir="obj" includeantruntime="yes"/>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="jar" depends="build"
+            description="create Jar from compiled sources">
+        <mkdir dir="dist" />
+        <jar destfile="dist/learning-java.jar">
+            <fileset dir="obj" includes="**/*.class"/>
+        </jar>
+    </target>
+
+    <target name="hello" depends="build" description="runs HelloSir">
+        <java classname="com.meatballhat.learningjava.HelloSir"
+            classpath="obj"/>
+    </target>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/PracticingJava/foobar.properties b/PracticingJava/foobar.properties
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index 0000000..665a380
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+++ b/PracticingJava/foobar.properties
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+foo.bar = hambones
+ham.bones = foobar
diff --git a/PracticingJava/obj/.keep b/PracticingJava/obj/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/CleanPipe.java b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/CleanPipe.java
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index 0000000..8fb1f42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/CleanPipe.java
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+package com.meatballhat.learningjava;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+
+public final class CleanPipe {
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) throws IOException {
+        int c;
+        while((c = System.in.read()) != -1) {
+            System.out.write(c);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/HelloSir.java b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/HelloSir.java
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index 0000000..c93bf4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/HelloSir.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package com.meatballhat.learningjava;
+
+
+public class HelloSir {
+
+    public static void main(String[] argv) {
+        System.out.println("OMG Hi Der");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/ShowProps.java b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/ShowProps.java
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index 0000000..d47e9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PracticingJava/src/com/meatballhat/learningjava/ShowProps.java
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+package com.meatballhat.learningjava;
+
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+
+public class ShowProps {
+    public static String USAGE = "Usage: ShowProps <properties-file>";
+
+    public static void main(String[] args)
+    {
+        try {
+
+            if (args.length >= 1) {
+                FileInputStream instream = new FileInputStream(args[0]);
+                Properties props = new Properties();
+                props.load(instream);
+                instream.close();
+                props.list(System.out);
+
+            } else {
+                System.out.println(USAGE);
+                return;
+            }
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            System.out.println("OMG FAIL");
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+
+    }
+
+}