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on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner If I Had An Old House On The East Coast, Kat Frick Miller and Wanda Baxter
Silver Winner The Long Way Home, John Demont
Bronze Winner The Mill, Joan Baxter
The Nimbus publication If I Had An Old House On The East Coast clearly struck a nerve with you—some of whom definitely do have an old house on this here coast. Wanda Baxter's was built on the south shore in 1783. "It's as old as Lunenburg," she says. "It's really something to have an old house—I'm just totally in love with the whole thing. It's just hard to get away from ever, thinking of the work that's gone before." The book is illustrated by Kat Frick Miller's gentle, realist paintings, a collaboration that began with the tome's conception. "I'm just really glad people like it," says Baxter. "It does seem to be resonating. I think it's hit a certain nerve. And people really love Kat."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Monique Ryan
Silver Winner Brittany Todd
Bronze Winner Alexis Cormier
Serpentine Studios celebrated a full-on decade in business last fall, and the bellydance and fitness club's co-founder Monique Ryan has left her movement mark on you. "I genuinely love choreographing dances and sharing them through performance and teaching," says Ryan. "Over the past year I've been collaborating with other dancers from across the Maritimes on my biggest choreographic project yet, Night Garden Bellydance," which goes off March 30 and 31 at Alderney Landing in Dartmouth. "I feel very lucky to be able to do what I love for a living here in Halifax," Ryan adds, "and I am so grateful for the support of the community."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Mark Critch
Silver Winner Megan McDowell
Bronze Winner Dan Hendricken
This Hour Has 22 Minutes' veteran anchor nabs your funny vote for another year, one in which he is splitting his time between the show and touring in support of his new memoir, Son of a Critch. "I am once again shocked and honoured to have been chosen as Best Comedian by the readers of The Coast," he writes from an airport, probably. "Halifax's comedy scene is one of the best in the country and I am blown away and terrified by the talent each and every day. I'm delighted to just be keeping up. Thanks again!" Congratulate Critch in person at the Lord Nelson on November 12 for a reading and signing.
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Nicole McInnis, Oh Dina!
Silver Winner Holly Nauss, Promise of a Pearl
Bronze Winner Amy Chandler, Friday55
"I'm honestly so surprised I won again. I just am," says Nicole McInnis, who creates modern bridal headpieces with a vintage vibe under the moniker Oh Dina! "We live in this place where there's so many amazing artists...wining gold again is beyond me." In the past year, McInnis has moved to a new space in Dartmouth—"We have really high ceilings and there are flowers hanging everywhere, it's really dreamy"—and racking up Instagram followers (over 10K). "I'm making stuff and shipping stuff," she says. "I'd like to thank the Canada Post ladies in the Dartmouth Shoppers. They're my girls."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Yuk Yuks
Silver Winner Hello City
Bronze Winner Goofy Moose at the Toothy Moose
Yuk Yuk's retains its golden crown as the city's Best Comedy Night. We could go on and on about the consistent big laughs and big names that Halifax's dedicated comedy club brings to this town, but on behalf of the local comics, let us offer some advice for first-time audience members: 1. Don't heckle or interrupt the performance. Just don't. 2. Don't try to be funny yourself. You're not. 3. Stay off your phones! 4. Have some drinks, but don't get obnoxious drunk.
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Maritime Bhangra Group
Silver Winner Halifax Dance
Bronze Winner Serpentine Studios
The five men of the Maritime Bhangra Group have continued their happiness journey across the country, raising money for charity (over $300K so far) and being ambassadors for Nova Scotia. This included an appearance on The Rick Mercer Report in March—Mercer wore his own bhangra costume and called the group "a bona fide viral sensation" (the group's original video, "Snow Shoveler Bhangra" from 2016, is knocking on a million views). They've raised awareness of and money for victims of the New Brunswick floods and multiple cancer charities, all through the power of movement and dance-fuelled positivity.
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Kunwardeep Singh
Silver Winner Monique Ryan
Bronze Winner Maria Osende
During the Maritime Bhangra Group's appearance on The Rick Mercer Report in the spring, Mercer said to Kunwardeep Singh on air, "You're living up in Toronto now, right?" "Did someone pay you to say that?" Singh responded, dodging the question. Whether Singh is here or repping Halifax elsewhere, Mercer's assessment of one-fifth of the group is the same as yours: He's "a rock-star dancer."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Katrina Tuttle
Silver Winner Lisa Drader Murphy
Bronze Winner Maggie MacCormick
Since shopping for a wedding dress is one of those big milestone moments, Katrina Tuttle wants every aspect of the experience to be beautiful: "The dress starts to come alive with a watercolour sketch, so it makes memories—the bride can remember when her dress began to take shape," she explains. The neo-couture experience she offers clients—from custom gowns to the range of adaptable options in her Made To Measure line—means the details of your dream dress are within reach. "It's all about paying great attention to our clients," Tuttle adds, "tailoring it to each bride's needs and providing an experience."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Jonathan Torrens
Silver Winner Susan Kent
Bronze Winner Koumbie
Jonathan Torrens' biggest gigs in the past year weren't actually televised, unless you had a particular Eastlink subscription: A sharp and funny return to hosting the East Coast Music Awards, which he'll do again in his home province of Prince Edward Island next year; and the hit Canadiana podcast Taggart and Torrens, bahds. (There is still, of course, that CBC TV show Mr. D.) Despite the national stage, he continues to remain achingly humble: "It's very exciting to be recognized in this way by readers of The Coast," he says, "and if the names of the other nominees in this category are any indication, the future of film and TV here has never been brighter."
on November 1, 2018 at 1:00AM
Gold Winner Andrea Dorfman
Silver Winner Koumbie
Bronze Winner Josh Owen
It's been a busy year for Andrea Dorfman: Her searing NFB documentary The Girls of Meru, about child defilement in Africa, debuted at the Atlantic International Film Festival just as her latest feature, Spinster—the reason for all those Chelsea Peretti sightings—wrapped shooting. "I love making films and especially love that I have been able to make them in Halifax," says Dorfman. "I could not have continued to do so all these years had I not been able to draw upon, and collaborate with, the incredibly rich community of talented artists we have in this city and within a community that continues to highlight and support the work of artists. Thank you!"


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Peter A. Holland
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Journal of Business & Technology Law, Vol. 6, p. 101, 2011
University of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2011-32
Abstract: Recent years have seen the rise of a new industry which has clogged the dockets of small claims courts throughout the country. It is known as the "debt buyer" industry. Members of this $100 billion per year industry exist for no reason other than to purchase consumer debt which others have already deemed uncollectable, and then try to succeed in collecting where others have failed. Debt buyers pay pennies on the dollar for this charged off debt, and then seek to collect, through hundreds of thousands of lawsuits, the full face value of the debt. The emergence and vitality of this industry presents several legal, ethical and economic issues which merit exploration, study and scholarly debate.
This article focuses on the problem of robo-signing and the lack of proof in debt buyer cases. Although this problem has received limited attention from the media and from regulators, there is a paucity of legal scholarship about debt buyers in general, and this problem in particular. This article demonstrates that robo-signing and fraud are rampant in this industry, and that the debt buyers who pursue these claims often lack proof necessary to show that they own the debt, and often lack proof even that a debt was ever owed in the first place. The fact that this lack of proof has led to consumers being sued twice on the same debt demonstrates the due process concerns which are implicated when courts enter judgments against consumers based on robo-signing and insufficient proof.
This article calls on courts to hold plaintiffs in debt buyer cases to the same standards required of other litigants. Courts must require a demonstration of personal knowledge of the matter at issue before any affidavit is accepted, before any person testifies, and before any documents are admitted into evidence.
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'Phantom': This time, root for the bad guy (review)
On the heels of a year in which an amazing number of movies portrayed American military, intelligence and political processes without an ounce of cynicism, where can a filmmaker turn for refreshed inspiration?
Russia, of course!
"Phantom," Todd Robinson's intriguing, if uneven, thriller, dusts off an obscure chapter in Cold War-era brinkmanship, made all the more piquant by the fact that the participants, in this case, were compatriots. The action begins in 1968, when a Soviet submarine captain named Demi (Ed Harris), who's about to retire, receives one last commission -- on a wheezing, clanking rust bucket that still runs on diesel fuel at the dawn of the all-nuclear age. Along with his executive officer, Alex (William Fichtner), Demi welcomes a few new crew members to their cramped quarters and the enigmatic mission. The crew includes a strangely watchful technician named Bruni (David Duchovny), who seems to know Demi from somewhere.
That mystery, along with Demi's haunted past and the growing sense that he has been sent on a ghost mission, gives "Phantom" a compelling frisson, made even more palpable as the true nature of the sub's maneuvers comes to light. Filmed in a real-life Russian submarine docked in San Diego, the movie possesses a cramped, humid sense of verisimilitude, giving viewers vicarious claustrophobia as the vessel plunges down, down, down.
That admirable air of realism dissipates once Robinson takes viewers outside the sub, where torpedo skirmishes are staged with too-perfect CGI bombast. The filmmaker's decision to dispense with Russian accents effectively removes the kind of mannered affectation that too often plagues similar projects, but that choice is virtually canceled out by wince-inducing passages of cornball dialogue, incomprehensible techno-speak and stagey, theatrical pacing.
Still, Harris lends volumes of mournful Slavic expressiveness to Demi, whose major pivot point occurs amid a shattering moment of self-awareness. His chemistry with Fichtner -- given a welcome second-lead role here -- feels spontaneous, instinctive and, in the film's magical realist final moments, genuinely loving.
"Phantom" isn't a cinematic masterpiece, but it tells an utterly fascinating story that turns America-first patriotism on its head. For a generation raised on Cold War paranoia, it will take some adjusting to root for the bad guy, who, in the course of faithfully serving a country not our own, just might have saved the world.


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Childhood food allergies have increased by 50 percent since 1997.
In some cases, just smelling peanuts can lead to a life-threatening reaction. Even scarier for parents, 1 in 4 of these allergic reactions occur at school where there may be no way to treat the allergy or save the child's life.
Now the authors of a new federal law are hoping to change that by providing a financial incentive for schools to stock epinephrine injectors.
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These portable syringes contain adrenaline and can reverse an allergic reaction with a simple shot in the leg. The law offers grants to states that pass laws requiring the medication to be kept on campus.
Currently, in California, state law allows schools to keep extra epinephrine on campus but doesn't require them to do so.
The Los Angeles Unified School District, for example, keeps epinephrine on campus for students who already know they have severe food allergies and who have a prescription from their doctor.
But the district does not provide extra does for those cases where students are caught by surprise, those who don't have a prescription, or who have a first time reaction while at school.
Parents can help protect their kids by being aware of the symptoms.
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Parents should also get their children tested for food allergies. And if the test comes back positive, make sure you keep the "epi-pens" in the house and at school. If you don't know your school's policy about epinephrine, ask your principal and insist that they keep some on campus.
Response from the National Peanut Board:
According to a study by Steven J. Simonte and Scott H. Sicherer, airborne exposure, like smell, does not affect the body systemically (i.e. an anaphylactic reaction); therefore, just smelling a peanut cannot cause someone to go into anaphylactic shock. If symptoms do occur it generally includes sneezing, running nose and/or coughing. In order for an individual with a peanut allergy to have a severe allergic reaction, the protein must be ingested.


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Of the many new laws making their debut today the one that will be felt by nearly everyone is the ban on single use plastic bags within the city of Los Angeles, making all of L.A. County a bag-free zone.
Unless that bag contains this newspaper.
Or broccoli.
Or the sandwich bag your dealer sells your stash in.
At Ralphs or the corner bodega, you can fill your cart to the brim with boxes of plastic bags; giant black yard bags with pull strings and tiny thin trash can liners, but when you get to the checkout stand you can't get a plastic bag for your plastic bags.
Nuclear weapons and AR-15s are still legal but plastic bags are verboten.
It's not the end of the world.
The wife and I live on the edge of Los Angeles and do most of our shopping in stores long subjected to the county ban on bags. I grumbled and adjusted. So will you.
The question is should we be forced by law to do so?
Not that long ago "One for the road" was a way of life in America and every year we lost north of 50,000 on our roads, many to boozed-up drivers.
Along came MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, and attitudes changed.
"One for the road" wasn't so cool anymore. The three-martini lunch became the zero-martini lunch. Laws were toughened and enforcement tightened. We still lose thousands to drunk drivers, but not nearly as many as before.
Not that long ago "Smoke 'em if you got 'em," was a common cry. We smoked ourselves to death.
For 40 years Americans have been warned and lectured about the dangers of smoking. We've banned smoking practically everywhere and jacked up the price per pack to astronomical levels through punitive taxes, making smokers in California almost as rare as Republicans.
Unless you smoke pot. Somehow pot is still cool.
Like cigarettes used to be.
We are burying ourselves in our own filth and I'd like to believe we're smarter than that. We're also burying freedom under an avalanche of legislation and I'd like to believe we love liberty too much to surrender it out of laziness.
Recycling was once patriotic.
During World War II every man, woman and child happily recycled tin cans, paper, nylon, anything necessary to help beat Hitler and Tojo.
It took 80 tons of scrap metal to make one tank. What we couldn't get through recycling we saved though rationing; butter, fat, gas, oil, grease, sugar were all proscribed by law. Willingly and not so willingly we changed the way we lived for a cause greater than ourselves.
We need to do the same today.
The hundreds of tons of plastics dumped into the ocean each year is a genuine threat to our health and the health of the planet. This isn't eco-propaganda, although there's plenty of that floating around as well. The reality of plastics poisoning the ocean is as real as a tax audit.
But first let's clear up some nonsense.
We've all heard about the trash island in the Pacific the size of Texas? Not true. It's much worse. There are actually five of them around the globe and they're more like trash soup than trash islands. They're called "gyres," enormous spirals of partially decomposed shopping bags, milk containers, wrappers and the million other things we use once and toss away without a second thought.
It doesn't have to be this way.
We can voluntarily change our behavior because it makes sense, the way we once recycled to beat Hitler, or we can do nothing and wait until the government mandates change by law.
While L.A.'s plastic bag ban reeks of political feel-goodism, the kind of eco-friendly legislation that's catnip to politicians, it's at least something.
If we want to keep government from reaching into yet another aspect of our lives, and I do, we need to once again make recycling a patriotic duty. We need to prosecute the slobs who toss trash out their car windows under existing laws.
But let's not kid ourselves; doing nothing is not an option. The oceans are becoming giant vats of toxic PCBs. Now is the time for all good Earthlings to come to the aid of their planet.
Doug McIntyre's column appears Sunday and Wednesday. He can be reached at: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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In the world of fashion, people are always looking for new and fresh. Often times it is found with the discovery of a new talented designer, which causes us to constantly search for unheralded names. But the truly talented continue to turn out fresh ideas regularly. In our quest for new we shouldn't make the mistake of ignoring those we already know and one to whom we need always pay attention is Sissy Pessoa of Baiastice. Sissy has been around the Second Life fashion scene for a number of years and over that time has been on of the leaders in creativity and talent. Besides her constant innovations in clothing of many styles, she has also branched into other areas including skins, lingerie, shoes, lashes and nails. Below are several outfits recently available and photographed at various locations around the Costa Rica Sims where a Baiastice store is also located. All are shown with Baiastice skins as well.
This first couture ensemble, above, is the BlackAndrea dress, perfect for admiring the art works at the Criss Museum of Contemporary Art in Alajuela. The strapless bodice and knee-length pencil skirt form a classy and feminine silhouette. The hat adds a modern flair while the included gloves and stockings are keeping with the classic feel. The skin here is Baiastice_D. Casting-Peach-make up 10 BK. The look is completed with Laqroki Cutie hair in black, Stiletto Moody Pinups in Black Patent Python and Necklace No 128 [small] and Earrings No 127 in silver from Kraftika.


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December 16, 2008
Is It Truck Day Yet?
Before that, when there was no way of knowing if the title drought would last 85 years or 185 years, I'd follow the rumours, trades and roster moves as closely as I could. And during the season, I obsessed over every single game, especially when there were stupid managerial decisions. And in the pre-Tito era, there was plenty of those. Hell, I was often furious after wins.
Winning a World Series championship changed many things about the nature of my fandom -- all of them impossible to predict, or to prevent -- and this is one of them. It's not that I don't care. It's similar to how I now feel after games: winning is fun, but if the Sox lose, well, it happens and there's another game tomorrow. I seem unable to muster the energy or focus to dissect managerial decisions in the type of detail I did in 2003 and 2004.
And during the winter, I feel some obligation to put up a post every few days, at the very least. (I have given up saying stuff like "Don't expect more than one post a week", because I never stick to those statements.) Without the blog, though, I'd be happy if I were transported directly to Opening Day. Hand me the roster, tell me who is percolating in Pawtucket, and let's get to it!
So what am I doing? I'm working on a book proposal (music-related) that is due at the end of the month. I've been sleeping with a CPAP machine for the last 10 weeks and thinking I should be seeing better results than I have had. I'm thinking about JoSapalooza '09! I'm currently reading (appropriately enough) "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, And Bums In America" by Tom Lutz. (My subtitle up top comes from a quote from a 1780s London magazine, The Lounger.)
And Truck Day is two months away.
6 comments:
- laura k said...
I obsessed over every single game, especially when there were stupid managerial decisions.
Do tell!
- December 16, 2008 at 3:39 PM
- FenFan said...
Winning a World Series championship changed many things about the nature of my fandom...
Moi aussi.
I still comb the papers and the web sites nearly every day during the off-season for the latest Red Sox tidbits but two championships in the last five seasons have dulled my senses, too.
I think, in part, the new ownership has made a lot of smart decisions and the front office seems to make all the right moves. I don't find myself saying "Why can't we get players like that?" quite as often.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I don't get moody when a losing streak goes longer than two games.
- December 16, 2008 at 3:47 PM
- Amy said...
I feel the same way, but maybe it's also because nothing has happened yet to get me either excited or agitated. In fact, nothing has happened. Period.
I hate winter for many reasons, lack of baseball being only one. So I echo the title of your post, but even more pointed, "Is it opening day yet?"
- December 16, 2008 at 5:15 PM
- accudart said...
Two words...Fanalytical Baseball (Scoresheet). I've been spending a couple of hours a day working trade ideas with other teams. I've been waiting a couple of days for Ron Shandler's Baseball Forcaster, it's driving me crazy.
- December 17, 2008 at 5:35 AM
- Rob said...
This time of year baseball is far from my mind, as well. Although, I just got my power back after 5 days and 13 hours from that damned ice storm, (ironic that right now there is freezing drizzle out)... I spent some of that time in the house listening to 2004 ALCS 5 on my mp3 player.
It's good to be past the end of the season and into winter, so we're not still agonizing over the baseball season being over. We look ahead.
- December 17, 2008 at 12:00 PM
- laura k said...
I just got my power back after 5 days and 13 hours from that damned ice storm
Oh man, that is a long time!
I was wondering how many JoSers were effected by the ice storm. Amy said it just missed them.
I hope everything is getting back to normal in Casa del Ish.
- December 17, 2008 at 2:03 PM


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So in London… we have this really annoying guy that comes to the court and constantly takes photos of us, his name is Will but boy he does take some really good photos.
I don't know what it is but he seems to capture the court side behaviour spot on.
Keep up the good work Will!


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1. maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlymaxandersen Feb 11, 2011 9:36 AM (in response to nimo22)
You don't say *how* you deploy.
are you using mvn for it ?
WTP project ?
Project Archives ?
is m2eclipse involved ?
2. maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlysnjeza Feb 11, 2011 6:46 PM (in response to nimo22)
Could you please provide us with some more info?
What server are you using?
How did you create your project - using JBoss Tools 3.2.0.CR1, any older JBoss Tools version or in any other way?
What do you mean by "mvn-rebuild"?
Could you also please explain the meaning of "when stopping the server while hot-deploying a resource via jboss tools"?
It would be good if you could provide an example of your project.
3. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlynimo22 Feb 11, 2011 6:57 PM (in response to maxandersen)
sorry, here more facts:
I use mvn, it is a wtp-jsf-project, war-archive and m2eclipse with maven-jboss tools support and jboss 3.2 cr1 is included in eclipse 3.6. I use jee6 with jboss 6, weld, jsf.
Here are the steps:
1. I use "mvn -package", which compiles and packages my little war (~3MB) in the target-folder of my maven-archetype-structure (archetype is called "jboss-weld-jsf-jee6").(I cannot use mvn -deploy, cos then jboss tools hot deployement does not work.)
2. Then I go to the "server-view of jboss tools", "add" this war file press the "publish"-button.
3. I start jboos as and wait (about 2 Minutes !)
4. I go to the webpage of my war on the browser and get the failure "no source NPE".
5. I found out, that "jboss publish" did not publish any class-files. It published all other files and even all directories, but no class-files. However, these class files does exist in my target-folder.
6. So I deleted the war-file from the deploy-directory via jboss-undeploy-button and redeployed again via "deploy"+"publish"-button.
7. All files and directories are copied - but no class-files.
8. I clicked also the "full publish"-button - no class files are copied.
9. I stopped the jboss-server and tried again with full publish - and now class files are copied.
10. I started the jboss-server, wait ~2 minutes and made a change of a java-file and use mvn-package and "full publish"-button - my class file was not updated (!), but jboss tools forces the jboss instance to start again (with the old files) - so I have to wait and loose 2 minutes again.
11. Static sources (xhtml) are republished successfully in hot-deployement without problems. However, I do not know, when and why, sporadically the hot-deployment of java-class-files works.
The other thing is:
When stopping the server instance, then I have to wait very very often more than 5 Minutes - jboss tools brings a pop up with the info - "problems by stopping the server" - however, the log of the server told me that it was already stopped, but it hangs and my eclipse ide hangs while jboss tools tries to stop the already stopped server.
If I made anything wrong, please let me know. Should I use mvn-deploy (or mvn-harddeploy) before hot-deployement (incremental publish). When java-sources are changed, then it has to be compiled, but jboss-tools does not compile it - I have to use mvn to compile my sources before I can use jboss-hot deployement, am I right?
My big problem is:
I spend time more to wait than to develop - I wait 2-3 minutes to start the server - I wait 3-5 minutes to stop the server. If I make in one hour only 5 little changes in my source-code (java-files) which I want to view in my browser, then I have to wait ~5*3+5*3 minutes in one hour - ~30 minutes in one hour is lost and not productive!! It is really not exaggerated!
While waiting and trying, I can not be productive and I loose the focus of my business logic. It is really frustrating to wait and wait and (re)try again only to view the result of a little change of my source code.
Sorry, I am really not sure, if jboss tools or eclipse or jboss AS is the problem. My PC is a dual core 2.66 ghz with 300 mb ram. I found out that glassfish with netbeans only need about 8-12 seconds for hot-deployement of exactly the same war-file (which is about 3 MB) on my machine.
4. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlynimo22 Feb 11, 2011 8:29 PM (in response to nimo22)
I dont know, if this matters:
I used these both links to update all the jboss tools:
5. maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlysnjeza Feb 11, 2011 8:34 PM (in response to nimo22)
If you want to use maven and JBoss Tools, I would propose you to do the following:
- install the JBoss Maven Integration feature using the http://download.jboss.org/jbosstools/updates/development/ update site (the Maven support category)
- import your Maven project using File>Import>Maven>Existing Maven Projects
This way, you will have a standard WTP project that can be deployed if you right-click the server in the Servers view and call the Add and Remove... action.
All the JBoss features (VPE editor, CDI ...) will be available to you.
You won't have to use maven to rebuild the project after changing something. For more details see http://community.jboss.org/people/snjeza/blog/2011/02/02/getting-started-with-jboss-tools-jboss-maven-integration-and-weld
I suppose the problem happens because maven recreates the complete application and the JBoss AS servers tries to redeploy it.
If you develop the application the way I described, JBoss Tools will deploy only those files that are changed.
Hot deployment will work for xhtml files. JBoss AS doesn't support hot deployment of Java files.
You can start the server in the debug mode and use the standard JDK Hotswap.
6. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlynimo22 Feb 11, 2011 8:45 PM (in response to snjeza)
I have already installed JBoss Maven Integration.
I will try it as you described, thanks!
I will let you know the results in few days.
7. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlynimo22 Feb 14, 2011 3:04 AM (in response to snjeza)
{quote}You won't have to use maven to rebuild the project after changing something.{quote}
This was my failure - I rebuild it by maven after source changed. Now, it let it "build automatically" and jboss tools transports these changes. It works:)
{quote}If you develop the application the way I described, JBoss Tools will deploy only those files that are changed.{quote}
Yes, it works perfect! Thank you !!
8. maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlybcn Apr 6, 2011 4:32 PM (in response to snjeza)
The link
does not work (anymore).
10. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlybcn Apr 7, 2011 8:41 AM (in response to snjeza)
The link works, thanks.
However, I use jboss tools 3.2 for a RichFaces 4 web application with Maven and do everything as described, but in the jboss deploy folder appears only a myapp.war folder without the xhtml-, web.xml and faces-config.xml files. Only the Java class-files are deployed.
I created the application with Maven and imported it into Eclipse, so the project has the standard Maven layout.
On the other hand, if I mark as deployable the war created by Maven, it is deployed correctly, but in that case I have to build it each time with Maven. As above, the idea is to avoid this.
11. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlysnjeza Apr 7, 2011 9:59 AM (in response to bcn)
Could you please send your .project, .classpath files and .settings directory and if it is possible the pom.xml file or, at least, the configuration of the maven-war-plugin plugin?
12. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlybcn Oct 8, 2011 1:12 PM (in response to snjeza)
Here we go.
I am not sure which plugin you mean exactly.
Thanks in advance,
13. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlysnjeza Apr 8, 2011 5:22 AM (in response to bcn)
For some reason your warSourceDirectory isn't set correctly.
Try to right-click the project and call Maven>Update Project Configuration.
If this doesn't help, probably there is a bug in the m2eclipse-wtp integration.
A workaround is to replace
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/smsurbano-1.0-SNAPSHOT"/>
<wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp"/>
in the .settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component.
BTW, since you are using Java EE 6 and JDK 6, you have to set the compiler target and source to 1.6.
14. Re: maven and jboss hot deployment does not work correctlybcn Apr 8, 2011 7:56 AM (in response to snjeza)
Okay, I corrected source and target jdk in pom.xml and got it to deploy correctly, but although all files are now in an exploded directory below default/deploy, I get an http 404 error if I access the URL. The jboss console confirmed the deployment. No error message is shown.
On the other hand, if I copy the war manually, the application works.
BTW, I am new to Maven and don't understand why it created two directories (...-SNAPSHOT and src/main/webapp) with duplicated web.xml etc. files. What is the purpose of the ...-SNAPSHOT directory?


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The Darkness II
Top Cow hopes 2K want to produce more Darkness games
Marc Silvestri, co-creator of the Darkness franchise, has told IGN Top Cow is "hoping to continue the video game adventures of Jackie Estacado."
The Darkness II headlines
Shadow warrior: playing with light in The Darkness II
We discuss how pigs were harmed in the making of the game, the difficulties of light-based game mechanics, and how relationships matter in the finalé of our chat with Seth Olshfski, producer on The Darkness II.
Worshipping The Darkness II: "Let's not fuck it up"
The buzz around The Darkness II has grown to a roar. We braved the noise to ask producer Seth Olshfski about story-driven gaming, immersion and 'not fucking it up'.
Twice as slice: The Darkness II gives 2012 a bloody start
2K has braved a release for a sequel to one of the most underrated gems of this generation. As Johnny Cullen discovered, The Darkness II is more than worthy of the risk.
2K "looking into" FOV controls patch for Darkness II PC
2K Games has said it plans to issue a patch for The Darkness II which will include controls for PC users to change the game's field of view. This is according to a conversation TotalBiscuit had with 2K, where it was discussed that not allowing PC gamers and option to switch from a narrow, 60 […]
New Gaikai demos - The Darkness II, Anno 2070, more
Gaikai has added a pile of new demos to its test page, including The Darkness II, The Adventures of Tin Tin, Anno 2070, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, and more. The streaming games advertising platform is expected on Facebook shortly, and is preparing to launch full length games, but for now, head on over to gaikai.com to […]
First Darkness II scores looking good as reviews hit
2K's lifted the reviews embargo for The Darkness II, with first scores looking great for the Digital Extremes shooter sequel. What's the overall consensus? Get rounded up below the break. If you have any scores to add, do so below the break.The Darkness II launches today in the US and on Friday for PS3, 360 […]
The Darkness II executions trailer plays organ bingo
Even after three trailers, Digital Extremes still has more executions from The Darkness II to share. This set is called Inside Out; try to guess why.
The Darkness II trailer checks out brutal executions
There are only so many words you can use to describe death by tentacle demon entities, so this trailer for The Darkness II plumps for "brutalised".
Darkness II devs discuss how Vendettas co-op intertwines with the single-player campaign
A developer video for The Darkness II has been released by 2K, and in it, Sheldon Carter, Seth Olshfski and Mathieu Bérubé discuss how the Vendettas narrative co-op experience intertwines with the single-player campaign in the game.
The Darkness II trailer plays slice and dice
Enjoy 30 seconds of Jackie Estacado executing his foes in glorious gore, this time focusing on slice attacks.
Brief Darkness II video goes goretastic
CVG's gone live with a brief 30-second clip of The Darkness II, showing off a few of the goretastic – and they are actually properly gory – executions in the shooter. Get it below. It's out on February 7 for PS3, 360 and PC.
Darkness II launch trailer is big on atmosphere
2K has sent over a cracking cinematic trailer for The Darkness II, giving the uninitiated some insight into what it's like to have a symbiotic relationship with an ancient entity of pure shadow. Spoiler: it's awesome.
Demonstrably Good: The Darkness II's killer demo
Last night, a significant slice of Sydney's gaming public turned up to play The Darkness II – not the game, but the demo – because it's that good. Brenna Hillier chats with the sequel's producer.
The Darkness II 360 demo - 15 minutes of crazy action
Haven't played today's ">360 Darkness II demo? Want a taste of things to come? It's your lucky day: Pat's captured 15 minutes of the taster in action, showing off the restaurant level that's been shown to press this past year. To say it's fucking mental is a bit of an understatement. Give it a watch […]
The Darkness II demo goes live on Xbox Live Marketplace
2K's launched the demo for The Darkness II for Gold members only. The taster comes in at 1.40Gb and can be queued up here. No details on what part from the game it comes from though.The Digital Extreme shooter comes out on February 7 in the UK for PS3, 360 and PC.
The Darkness II demo descends next week
A demo for The Darkness II will see staggered release between January 17 and January 24 inclusive. Hit the break to see when your platform or territory wins the jackpot.
New sex scene responsible for The Darkness II classification surprise
In July, the Australian Classificaiton Board awarded Digital Extremes' The Darkness II an MA15+ rating – and then did it again in December. A 2K spokesperson told MCV Pacific the game had to be re-classified after the addition of a sex scene. No content has been cut or edited beyond the new addition, but the […]
The Darkness II now available for pre-purchase on Steam
The Darkness II is now available for pre-purchase on Steam. While it has been listed for quite some time, today is the day you can throw down some cash for Jackie Estacado's latest outing.
The Darkness II clips show off Vendettas characters
2K's released small teasers of three characters that will form part of The Darkness II's Vendettas mode. The videos (via Evil Avatar), which feature Jimmy, Shoshanna and Inugami, give a brief look at the game's recently-announced co-op mode. I got to try the Digital Extremes' shooter a while back in London, and it's looking pretty […]
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Darkness II devs discuss how Vendettas co-op intertwines with the single-player campaign
New sex scene responsible for The Darkness II classification surprise
2K announces narrative four-player co-op for The Darkness II
Darkness II screens and video are filled with artful executions
Pre-orders for The Darkness II get upgraded to Limited Edition
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—DICE Corp.'s annual users group conference will be hosted by Engineered Protection Systems Inc. at its corporate office here, according to a company statement.
BAY CITY, Mich.—Participants set the agenda at DICE Corp.'s annual Users Group Conference, so the topics can shift to reflect what is actually happening in the field. And a lot of the buzz at this year's event focused on what everyone in the industry has been talking about lately: adapting to keep up with the Web.
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Sensory cues lift beverage satiety, ensure diners miss just desserts - study
Published in the August 2012 issue of Food Quality and Preference, the Chambers et al. study found that presenting a high energy beverage under conditions generating strong expectations of satiety enhanced the satiating effects of its nutrients.
But contrary to predictions, the team's "novel finding" was that label characteristics carrying satiety messages (accurate according to energy content) had no effect upon satiety.
Summarizing previous research in this field, Chambers et al. said that their recent research showed that the sensory experience of a food generates expectations that interact with the post-ingestive effects of nutrients to determine short-term satiety.
"The satiating power of a fruit yogurt beverage increased as its sensory properties of creaminess and thickness became more consistent with the actual energy content," the scientists wrote, citing Yeomans & Chambers 2011.
'Keep you fuller throughout the day'
48 healthy female staff and students from the University of Sussex took part in two days of satiety testing, and on both days prior to a test lunch consumed a fruit yogurt beverage as a preload: on one day a high energy (HE) version, on the other a low energy (LE) version.
Subjects drank the beverages either thickened with added creamy flavors (using tara gum) or thinner, less creamy versions, and either with or without labeling message about their actual (real) satiating power and actual energy content.
The low satiety label for low energy beverages carried the brand name 'Lighten' and the strapline 'drink between meals without filling you'; the high satiety 'Stayfull' brand carried the strap 'keep you fuller throughout the day'. Accompanying labels are pictured right.
"It was predicted that the high energy beverage would be most satiating when presented in a way that generated the strongest satiety expectations: when it tasted thick and creamy and was labeled with a high satiety message."
Thick and creamy context…
Energy consumed at the test lunch (comprising pasta with sauce and ice cream) and appetite ratings were used to assess satiety responses to the beverages.
"The extent to which the high energy beverage was satiating was dependent on its sensory quality: after consuming it in a thick and creamy context, participants reported enhanced fullness and consumed significantly less of the dessert presented at the test lunch.
"Providing labeled information about the satiating power of the beverages had no impact on sensations of appetite or intake at the test lunch."
The team concluded that sensory cues and not explicit labeled information present at the time of consumption could influence the satiating power of a high energy beverage.
But they noted that the thickened low energy beverage did not reduce food intake in this study.
"On the contrary, there is evidence…that the low energy version of the preload with the added tara gum actually promoted appetite, a finding more easily explained by cognitive rather than physiological processes," Chambers et al wrote.
Title: Can the satiating power of a high energy beverage be improved by manipulating sensory characteristics and label information?
Authors: Chambers, L., Harvey, E., Yeomans, M.R.
Source: Food Quality & Preference 28 (2013) 271-278 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.08.008


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Hunter – theorycraft – rapid fire and clipping auto
I R AN IDJIT, again.
I've got this huge, humongous post that was doing heavy math to determine when/if the fact rapid fire might clip autofire DOESN'T matter – that you'll still increase DPS. Reminds me of some jokes about engineers and sex that I'm going to skip retelling, not least because I'm feeling like the punchline…
Real simple overkill first. If special damage is at least equal to autodamage, AND there's no cooldown restrictions, rapid fire will always increase DPS.
More detail and a bit more accuracy.
DPS is damage divided by seconds. When doing a rotation, you have autoshot damage plus special damages, all divided by weapon speed. In a (typical BM) 1:1 rotation that's S+A/WS. Now let's say you clip A while getting WS 40% faster.
So long as your special is more than 60% the damage of your A AND you do not suffer cooldown penalties, you will do more damage even if you clip every single autoshot.
Now you can do things to be better — go to a 1s:2A rotation for example. But since most of your damage-based special attacks do MORE than your autos (excluding crits), Rapid Fire will increase DPS.
Go have fun.


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Daily roundup of what's hot online right now with a trending topic, free app of the day and a video of plans to build a new Titanic.
Free app of the day: ESPN Score Center
ESPN's app is free and offers the latest scores and data from more sports games than most other apps, says PCMag.com. Get the latest updates quickly for sports like baseball, basketball, football, soccer, ice hockey, cricket, rugby and more.
Trending topic: spinal muscular atrophy
The fatal genetic disorder is trending online because of a baby named Avery Canahuati, who is 5 months old and has been diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy. She has been given 13 months to live, at best, according to CBSNews.com. Her parents began to blog about their daughter and the disease, and they even made her "Avery's bucket list" of things to do before she dies.
Video: Australian billionaire plans new Titanic
-- GateHouse News Service