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Men are pigs. Cavity-scratching, couch-deforming, football-watching, boobie-honking, wolf-whistling, navel-picking, alphabet-belching, bean-filled dingleberries-twixt-the-cheeks. With curlicue tails. And we fart a lot. In short, we are swine. And don't let anyone tell you differently. I know this is true because in the last ten minutes, I've done half the things on that list, and thought of doing the other ones.
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Just friends. No; really!
Yesterday, I had lunch with a friend. This was not just any friend; this was a male friend. I only have 3 or 4 male friends who I would consider "close" friends. This guy is one of them. All the rest are women. Ever since Scott, in high school, who probably considered me some sort of personality leech (using his was easier than inventing one of my own), all my closest friends have been women, girls, ladies. You know. Those who lack a Y chromosome.
But he and I went to have food. True to male form, he didn't ask for directions and showed up at the identically-named restaurant at a totally different shopping center, and texted me "where are you? I'm at the restaurant!" Once he finally arrived at the prescribed destination, we had a perfectly agreeable lunch of hi-calorie cheeseburgers and enormous heaps of greasy fries. We talked about perfectly agreeable things like our favorite sci-fi characters on various sci-fi shows, and… that was all. Agreeable. Nothing deep.
But he looks a lot like me. Same size (although I'm taller) and same shape (although I'm fatter). He could be my brother. He talks louder than I do. He talks louder than anybody, really. It's part of what makes him hilarious–infinite sarcasm, and no volume control.
He's my closest male friend here in Virginia. Probably as close as I'll ever get to having a "best friend" in Virginia. I just have trouble "letting go." Agreeable is as close as I'll get to "confidant".
But I'll never tell him how I'm feeling, unless I'm angry, which is one of those acceptable feelings that men share with one another.
In all this I have a longsuffering and patient wife, who knows I'm introverted and that I need to let out my feelings and hurts, to someone-not-her on occasion. She's always accepted my female friends as part of who I am. This is a good thing, since female friends would have been something I would have been unwilling (and possibly unable) to give up from my life. I used to drive around in her Daihatsu with women occasionally, for errands or trips to UCSC, or even lunch or dinner runs. OTHER women. She would get the occasional snoop who went to her to report "I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Brian and [insert female name here] took your car together, and I saw them at Denny's tonight." Judi would invariably reply, "That's ok. Brian and I are just in it for the sex." After the snoop picked her jaw up from the floor and left, she would make sure I'd get the full report of each hilarious incident.
I also have online friends. They are quite often female, and they are quite often people I have known for years and years. You don't get to be friends with me that easily; I have to have known you for years and years. We have to have had a fight or two. You have to have pushed through my bubble of security. All these things are easier online. Some of them (Kiki) I have never met in person but we've become close as any person-to-person relationship, while some of them I've known since adolescence or college (Susan and Dawn) but haven't seen in decades. They provide the outlet for my innermost feelings that I can't express to Judi in one way or another.
I started writing this post as an answer to the question on my friend Sudebaker's blog, "Can women and men really be friends without the 'physical' stuff getting in the way?" Physical stuff? I don't care about that. Does sex get in the way? Nah. I've never had sex with any of them, or wanted to for that matter. I get the occasional twinge, but I chalk that to midlife crisis, and hormones and male stupidity. It's something you choose to keep in check, if you really value the other-than-physical benefits you glean. In fact, I wouldn't be able to function most days without these people. I'm blessed to have them all. Even the male one. And I've promised him that I'd never have naughty thoughts about him. Besides, I'd just lie there and sweat.
Three things [Repost March 2007]
My unique take on what every woman should know about men.
I've put a lot of thought into the matter recently, when a friend asked me why men are so vaguely annoying in so many specific ways. Here's the best answer I could give her.


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What are the Characteristics of Phylum Echinodermata?
The word "Echinodermata" is derived from the Greek word "echinos" having meanings of spinny or Hedge and "Derma" means skin. Phylum Echinodermata characteristics are: they are marine animals, larval show bilateral while adults form radial symmetry. moreover, they are triploblastic animals.
the body of Echinodermata is radially symetrical into 5 parts (Multiple of 5). the body is orgnized into three layers called endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm.
the body cavity of Echinodermata is known as coelom. Echinodermata are ecologically important for the source of food, predator and control of populations. they are also helpful in recycle nutrients and anticance & antiviral chemicals.
What are Phylum Echinodermata Characteristics?
There are more than 5000 known species of Phylum Echinodermata (Echinoderms). They show following characters:
- Habitat: The echinoderms are exclusively marine. Most of them are present in lie bottom along shoreline in shallow sea. Most species are free living. However, some are attached to the substratum.
- Body wall: The body is covered by a delicate membrane. The mesodermal cells develop a firm calcareous exoskeleton. This endoskeleton may spring of epidermis. This exoskeleton is mesodermal origin. So it may be called endoskeleton.
- Body from: They are triploblastic and coelomate. The mouth is present on the lower or oral surface. The anus is present on the upper or oral surface.
- Symmetry: The larvae of echinoderms show bilateral symmetry. But the adult show radial symmetry. It's an adaptation for their mode of life.
- Shape: The body may be:
- Flattened like biscuit: Cake urchin.
- Star shaped with short arms: Starfish.
- Star shaped with long arms: Brittle star.
- Globular: Sea urchin.
- Elongated: It has no central disc from which arms radiate: Sea Cucumber.
- Water Vascular System: It is their unique characteristic. Water vascular system is present in the coelom. It is complex system of tubes and spaces. It surrounds the mouth and passes into arms and tube feet. Water enters these canals through a sieve-like plate called madreporite. Water circulate thorough these channels. Water canal system plays a role in locomotion. It makes the tube feet erect for attachment with the substratum.
- Locomotion: The free living species move with the help of tube feet. Each tube foot is a soft sac like structure. It is present along the edge of grooves in the arms.
- Organization: The echinoderms show low degree of organization. There are specialized organs for digestion and reproduction. But there are no specialized organ for respiration and excretion. The nervous system is also poorly developed. There is no brain. However, a nerve ring is present around the pharyngeal region. Similarly, the circulatory system is poorly developed.
- Reproduction: The sexes are separate and the fertilization is external. They develop larvae like bipinnaria larva and brachiolaria larva. These larvae have complex structures and they show bilateral symmetry. These larvae resemble to the larvae of chordates,
- Regeneration: The ability to form lost organ is called regeneration. It is common in echinoderms like starfish, sea cucumber, sea lily, brittle star and sea urchin.
Examples: Asterias (Starfish) Sea urchin, Sea cucumber, Cake urchin and Brittle star.
Position of the Echinodermata
The echinoderms are comparatively simple in structure, organization and physiology. So they deserve a place slightly below the annelids. But echinoderms show striking resemblances with the Chordates. So they are placed at the top of the lists of the invertebrate phyla. There are following resemblances between echinoderms and chordates:
- There is a radial cleavage during the development of embryos in both phyla.
- The blastopore forms the anus in both phyla.
- There are certain common biochemical properties both in echinoderms and chordates. For example, phosphocreatine (an energy storing compound) ¡s present in both phyla.
Affinities (relationships) of Echinodermata
Echinodermata do not show close relationship with most of the invertebrates. They show affinities with Hemichordata.
Resemblances with Hemichordata
Both these groups show following common features:
- In both cases, the blastopore forms the anus. While ¡n all other invertebrates, the blastopore forms the mouth.
- There are similarities in the formation of coelom. In both groups, the mesoderm is derived from the cells close to the blastopore.
- Both possess mesodermal exoskeleton. While the exoskeleton of other invertebrates are ectodermal in origin.
These resemblances between Hemichordata and Echinodermata are not accidental. These resemblances are also not developed due to convergent evolution (two different groups start resembling each other). Actually, they show these resemblances because they are closely related and have emerged from the same (common) ancestor
Resemblances with Chordata
Echinoderms also show following very close resemblances with chordates:
- Both have mesodermal exoskeleton.
- Both are deuterostomous.
- In lower chordate and echinoderms, the early development is almost similar.
Due to these similarities, the Echinodermata have been placed closet to phylum Chordata.
Other Related Phylums:
- Phylum Porifera Charachteristics & Examples
- Phylum Chordata Characteristics & Classification
- Phylum Nematoda Characteristics & Examples
- Phylum Mollusca Characteristics and Examples
- Phylum Arthropoda Characteristics and Examples
- Phylum Annelida Characteristics and Examples
- Phylum Platyhelminthes Characteristics and Examples
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ap0 wrote: What do you mean by "packaging the source" for linux ?
Just a simple tar.gz, with the source code, makefile, and readme ?
Zini wrote: No idea about the packaging. But Nico has done it already for the previous release, so you could just have a look at that.
ap0 wrote: I have looked into it.
It's a simple snapshot of the git repo.
Why there is source archive for GNU/Linux, and a binary package for Windows ?
I don't get it.
I think we should package a binary release, for windows, and Gnu/Linux : If someone want to take a look into the source code, he should check the git repo.
Zini wrote:Because it can be quite a hassle to set everything up on Windows to compile OpenMW, while it is nearly trivial on Linux?Why there is source archive for GNU/Linux, and a binary package for Windows ?
I have no objections against a binary Linux release, but at this stage I see it mostly as a waste of time. Obviously the situation will look completely different, once we have something that is actually usable (a.k.a. OpenMW 1.0). But then we will need to go all the way and provide a proper installation, which probably means creating a .deb.
ap0 wrote: I'm not sure that everyone here use debian/ubuntu.
But, yes, you're right : packaging the source + a makefile is the best solution for the moment.
raevol wrote:I hope by that you mean by Beta. To get some real testing in, you need to distribute to your testers. And as "trivial" as compiling the source is, you're not going to get much in the way of testing unless there's packaged releases of a beta.Zini wrote:Obviously the situation will look completely different, once we have something that is actually usable (a.k.a. OpenMW 1.0).
EDIT: This sounds way more hostile than I mean it! I'm not trying to be an ass, I promise, it's just reality.
Zini wrote: *shrug* Haven't given it any thought yet. We are still sufficiently far away from 1.0, that I don't care much about the details of release process at this point. We can sort that out when we are close to actually having something to release.
ap0 wrote: I'm not sure that "packaging the source" should be included in the Roadmap : it' should only be done when a Milestone is achieved, and it's really simple to do.


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A gala at the Performance Garage presented 13 original pieces to a sold out audience; over 70 movers and a dozen musicians attended a Mega Workshop at the University of the Arts; and 100 friends joined Co-Artistic Directors Brigitta Herrmann and Manfred Fischbeck for a book launch and party at the Community Education Center!
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Macnie Hall with view of front and side entrances. Vines cover the front of the building and small shrubs grow along its south side. Macnie Hall was constructed in 1893 as a men's dormitory several yards north of Davis Hall. Several small trees surround the building and a dirt path leads to its front. It was conceived and partially constructed as a university astronomical observatory but it was completed as a men's dormitory. In 1901, it became a woman's dormitory until 1930 when again housed male students. In 1908 it was renamed Macnie Hall in honor of John Macnie, professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literature and Secretary of the Faculty, who retired in 1906 after twenty years of service. Originally known as the Prep Building or Dormitory, it was called the Cottage in 1901 when it became the second campus women's dormitory.
Photo contributor: University Co-operative Store
Macnie Hall; The Cottage; Dormitory; Students-Female; Students-Male; Prep Building; John Macnie; Dormitories; College students; Preparatory schools; Clothing and dress; Bicycles; Trees; College buildings
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North Dakota--Grand Forks
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Macnie Hall (Grand Forks, N.D.); University of North Dakota
People Depicted
Macnie, John, 1836-1909
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Now I know what most of you are probably thinking. You are all wondering why I didn't review today's movie a couple of month's ago. Well, there is a method to my madness, or at least my organizing ability. You see today's movie was the first in an ongoing series of movies that have been dubbed the "Marvel Cinematic Universe", which is why I waited until now to watch these movies. Now, I was a big collector of comic books as a kid, and to a lesser extent now, and mainly picked Marvel over DC, though there were some exceptions, and while I was not a long time reader of Iron Man or the Avengers, I did read enough of the comics to know enough about the character. Hearing that a live action movie would be coming out had me eager to see it so let's see just how good today's movie, Iron Man, really is.
The plot: In Afghanistan, Tony Stark is riding in a military convoy when the convoy comes under attack. Tony tries to get to safety and call for help, but an explosive lands near him and he has time to notice that it is one of his own weapons before it explodes, seriously injuring him and he is captured by a terrorist group known as the Ten Rings. In flashback, a ceremony is held at Ceasar's Palace where Lt. Colonel James Rhodes, Tony's friend and military liaison whom he refers to as "Rhodey", was presenting an award to Tony but Tony didn't show up so the award was accepted by Obadiah Stane, the manager for Stark Industries. James finds Tony gambling in the casino and after they leave, Tony is approached by reporter Christine Everhart, who asks him a couple of questions and ends up going back to Tony's place with him to have sex. The next morning, Pepper Potts, Tony's administrative assistant, goes over some last minute items before he heads to the airport to meet Rhodey and they fly to Afghanistan to showcase Stark Industries new Jericho missile system. Back to the present, Tony comes too and finds himself a prisoner along with another scientist named Yinsen, who was able to save Tony's life by grafting an electro-magnet to his chest in order to keep the pieces of shrapnel still in his chest from reaching his heart. When their captors arrive, they have Yinsen translate and tell Tony that they want him to build them a Jericho missile, revelaing that they already have several cases of weapons for him to use in the process. Tony agrees, but instead of building the weapon, he decides to use the materials to build a way out of there. First, he takes apart several missiles and uses some of the material inside to build a miniature arc reactor, which will help keep the shrapnel from his heart and make him more mobile, as well as power what he wants to build next, an armed suit of armor that will help them break out of there. When the leader of the Ten Rings grows impatient with their lack of progress, he gives them an ultimatum to finish the missile by tomorrow or he will kill them. Stark and Yinsen rush to finish building the armor but when they realize it will take some time to fully power the suit, Yinsen grabs the weapon from a downed guard and heads out to buy Tony some more time and ends up getting shot. Some guards enter Tony's workspace as the suit finishes powering up and he makes short work of the guards and makes his way out of the cave. Finding the badly injured Yinsen, Stark tries to rescue him but Yinsen's injuries are fatal and he tells Stark that he will be going to see his family, who are already dead, and tells Tony not to waste his life. Tony exits the cave and proceeds to destroy all of the cases of weapons that were from his company before flying away from there, crashing some ways out into the desert. Tony is eventually rescued by some military helicopters, with Rhodey leading the search, and transported back to the US, where Pepper tries to get him to go to a hospital but he insists on grabbing a cheeseburger and then call a press conference. Returning to Stark Industries, Tony is greeted by Obadiah and they head to the podium for the press conference, while Pepper is approached by Agent Phil Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D., who asks her to arrange a time for Tony to be debriefed. At the press conference, Tony announces that the experience has opened his eyes and he plans to shut down the company's weapons manufacturing division, which causes some concern to Obadiah, who voices his concerns to Tony later. At his home, Tony has Pepper help him as he works on replacing the arc reactor he built in Afghanistan with a newer, more powerful model. Tony goes to see Rhodey and tells him he is working on a new project and wants to bring him in but Rhodey turns him down and tells Tony he needs to go back to making weapons. With the help of Tony's AI program Jarvis, Tony begins building a new suit of armor, choosing to keep it a secret from everyone and keeping the records on his own server. As his work progresses, Obadiah comes to see him after attending a meeting with the Board of Directors and tells Stark that the company's stock had dropped 56 points but Tony refuses to tell Obadiah what he is working on, even when Obadiah tells Tony that the Board is filing an injunction against him. Tony finishes in building a suit of armor and decides to take it for a test flight but as he tries seeing how high it can go, the suit begins to freeze up and he ends up falling from the sky until he is finally able to reboot his system and regain flight. Returning to his home, Tony works on solving the freezing problem and comes up with some new ideas for a future suit, then heads out to a charity benefit while the new suit is being built. At the event, Tony sees Pepper and convinces her to dance with him and as the two are talking later, they realize there is some chemistry between them. Tony is later approached by Christine, who shows him some photos of an Afghan village, which Tony recognizes as Yinsen's home, showing the villagers being killed by Stark Industries weapons, including the Jericho missile. Tony questions Obadiah about the weapons being shipped out and Obadiah admits that he is the one that filed the injunction to lock Tony out of the company. Tony heads home and after donning the new suit of armor, flies to Afghanistan and arrives in time to save a group of villagers from being killed/taken captive by the Ten Rings, then heads to the weapons depot that had the Jericho missile and destroys it. As he is flying back, he is attacked by two F-22's, as the military had observed what had happened and wanted to know what the unknown bogey was. Rhodey is on the phone with Tony and though he denies it at first, Tony admits that the bogey is him and he accidentally destroys one of the planes but manages to save the pilot before flying off. Later, Obadiah arrives in Afghanistan and meets with the leader of the Ten Rings, who had retireved the original armor that Tony had built. Obadiah uses a sonic weapon to paralyze the terrorist, then has his men kill all of the terrorist and take the armor with them, where he assigns a secret lab at Stark Industries to work on reverse engineering a prototype to build. At his home, Tony sends Pepper to Stark Industries to break into the company mainframe and try to find any list of the shipping manifest for the weapons but when she hacks the computer, she finds a video file that shows Obadiah was working with the Ten Rings and had ordered the attempt on Tony's life. Obadiah shows up as Pepper copies the files and when he realizes what she has done, he starts to go after her but Pepper leaves the building with Agent Coulson. When Obadiah's people are unable to create a miniaturized arc reactor, Obadiah goes to Tony's house and uses the sonic device to paralyze Tony long enough for him to steal the arc reactor from Tony's chest. Pepper calls Rhodey and has him check on Tony while she leads Coulson and some other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents to Obadiah's lab. At his house, Tony makes his way to his workshop and grabs the original arc reactor that Pepper had framed but passes out before he can put it in but Rhodey shows up and helps Tony. Pepper leads that agents into section 16, where they find Obadiah in his new suit of armor, which he calls Iron Monger. Tony dons his Mark III armor but the old reactor is only able to provide 64% power. He arrives just in time to save Pepper from Iron Monger, but he finds himself out matched by Obadiah's armor. Deciding to use Obadiah's armor against itself, flying up to the maximum altitude with Obadiah on his heels, but just as Obadiah catches up to Tony, the Iron Monger armor succumbs to the freezing temperatures and shuts down. On reserve power, Tony manages to make it to the roof of Stark Industries but Iron Monger appears and continues fighting him. Tony uses the suit to call Pepper and has her prepare the main arc reactor to overload, resulting in the Iron Monger suit to overload and kill Obadiah, who ends up crashing into the reactor and causing it to explode. The next day, Tony is given a cover story by Agent Coulson to use at his press conference to talk about "Iron Man" but when he gets to the podium, he ends up telling the reporters that he is Iron Man. Later, Nick Fury shows up at Tony's house, telling Tony that he is not the only super hero and asks to speak with him about the "Avenger Initiative."
Iron Man was highly praised by the critics, holding a certified fresh rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. The consensus among the critics is " Director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. make this smart, high impact superhero movie one that even non-comics fans can enjoy." The movie was a box office success, earning over $585 million worldwide off a $140 million budget. The movie would be the first in Marvel's attempt to make a unified cinematic universe with the hopes of incorporating future characters into the film series and having them all be connected.
While I have always gone back and forth as to where I would rank this movie among the others, One thing that never changed is the fact that this is an incredible movie to watch. Robert Downey Jr. was hands down the best person to play this role and he did an amazing job as Tony Stark. Gwenyth Paltrow (Pepper), Jeff Bridges(Obadiah), and Terrence Howard(Rhodey) were also very good in their roles. The story was very good and did a good job of modernizing the origin as well as introducing the audience to a character that most people were not as familiar with as other super heroes. The special effects were really good and had a great blend of the CGI with the suits to mix with the real life people they were interacting with. A great action/comic book movie that really leaves you chomping at the bit for more.
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Alnylam makes RNAi history again as patisiran gets approved in Europe; Vertex buys into UK-based machine learning group
→ Just days after Alnylam landed a historic FDA OK on patisiran — and quickly launched it as Onpattro — the European Commission has come through with its own marketing authorization. The drug, which treats hereditary ATTR amyloidosis by silencing messenger RNA and blocking the production of TTR protein, is the first RNAi therapy to be approved in Europe. It's also a likely blockbuster-to-be, with Clarivate pegging 2022 projected sales at $1.21 billion even though the disease afflicts only about 30,000 people worldwide. Inotersen, a rival product from Akcea and Ionis, was approved in Europe in July.
→ Vertex is partnering with UK-based Genomics plc on their platform for genetics and machine learning. Vertex $VRTX made a £10.5 million equity investment in Genomics plc as part of its £25 million Series B funding round — also announced today. "Human biology and genetics are a foundation of drug discovery at Vertex and the team at Genomics brings together a unique combination of sophisticated data science and human genetics," said Vertex CSO David Altshuler. "This partnership will pioneer new uses of genomic tools and technologies to advance Vertex's ongoing work and investment at our Oxford Research Site and globally to bring new medicines to the patients that need them."
→ We finally know what to call China's revamped FDA. The drug regulator will now go by the National Medical Products Administration, or NMPA, to reflect its new mandate after a government reorganization separated medicine regulation from other consumer goods — including everything food-related. NMPA reports to the newly created State Administration for Market Regulation.
→ Evotec and the CHDI Foundation have extended their neuroscience collaboration for a few more years. In the pact, CHDI will help fund the work of up to 75 scientists focused on Huntington's disease.
→ Tempus, a precision medicine company providing data analytic services to physicians and researchers, has raised $110 million in Series E financing. Eric Lefkofsky — best known for co-founding Groupon — started the company to assist real-time decision-making for patients, first in cancer care. Harnessing their pool of patient data, the company also operates an organoid development and testing facility to build biological models that they believe can inform clinical trials.


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We're pleased to announce that CAT's Graduate School of the Environment has received a positive rating for its teaching standards from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA), the university equivalent of Ofsted.
The QAA carried out a thorough review of the Graduate School's academic standards and student learning opportunities in late 2017 and has just published its findings. Out of the four categories used by the QAA, CAT received two commendations, focusing on the enhancement and quality of student learning opportunities. It's rare for an alternative provider of higher education like CAT to receive two commendations.
One of the current students featured in the review commented: "I absolutely love the course, the location, the tutors and the whole experience. It's nothing less than life changing."
CAT's Graduate School currently features five MSc degrees, including sustainability and adaptation in the built environment, food sustainability, energy provision and an MArch degree in sustainable architecture, with nearly 300 postgraduate students from around the UK and overseas.
CAT Chief Executive Adrian Ramsay said: "Our Graduate School of the Environment is attracting a larger student intake each year due to the excellence of the teaching, the hands-on learning opportunities, immersed in sustainability. This review from the QAA is a vote of confidence the dedication and professionalism of our academic and support teams. The pressing environmental issues facing us need to be addressed in a practical way and our graduates leave us with the skills and passion to act as changemakers."


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In a refrain similar to Kimberly-Clark's lamentations, Proctor & Gamble (PG) announced an increase in prices in some paper-based products in response to rising pulp, oil, and gasoline costs. In "P&G raising some prices for retailers":
"P&G said list prices for Pampers are up 7 percent on average, Pampers wipes up 3 percent, and Charmin and Bounty products up 5 percent. P&G said Luvs, its lower-priced diaper brand, remains unchanged."
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It's that time of the year. MTV Africa is gearing up for their annual music awards (MAMAs) and the journey officially begun tonight as the channel announced the official nominee list. The nominees were announced at an exclusive party at Johannesburg club Harem which was attended by big-shots such as Cassper Nyovest, Bucie and many more. A total of 70 nominees were revealed at the event, across 13 different categories were announced and it was a great night for South African hip-hop!
Cassper Nyovest was nominated for three awards while AKA gets two nods. Nigerian star Davido and South African rockers Prime Circle were also nominated for two awards. Speaking at the event, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, VIMN Africa, commented, "As Viacom International Media Networks celebrates its first 10 years in Africa, we are thrilled to pay tribute to the dynamism, creativity and passion of all the MAMA 2015 nominees. Applauding music and achievement all over the continent, the MAMA recognises the contribution of both enduring icons on the African music scene, and new and emerging talents of the future."
The awards will be held live in Durban, South Africa on the 18th of July 2015 and will be hosted by comedian Trevor Noah before he heads to the states to take over Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Here are the full list of nominees:
Best Male
AKA (South Africa)
Davido (Nigeria)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Sarkodie (Ghana)
Wizkid (Nigeria)
Best Female
Bucie (South Africa)
Busiswa (South Africa)
Seyi Shay (Nigeria)
Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
Best Group
B4 (Angola)
Beatenberg (South Africa)
Black Motion (South Africa)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Sauti Sol (Kenya)
Best New Act Transformed by Absolut
Anna Joyce (Angola)
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
Duncan (South Africa)
Patoranking (Nigeria)
Stonebwoy (Ghana)
Best Hip Hop
Cassper Nyovest (South Africa)
K.O. (South Africa)
Phyno (Nigeria)
Olamide (Nigeria)
Youssoupha (DRC)
Best Collaboration
AKA, Burna Boy, Da LES & JR: "All Eyes On Me" (SA/Nigeria)
Davido featuring Uhuru & DJ Buckz: "The Sound" (Nigeria/SA)
Diamond & Iyanya: "Bum Bum" (Kenya/Nigeria)
Toofan & DJ Arafat: "Apero Remix" (Togo/Ivory Coast)
Stanley Enow & Sarkodie: "Njama Njama Cow Remix" (Cameroon/Ghana)
Song of the Year
Cassper Nyovest: "Doc Shebeleza" (South Africa)
Euphonik featuring Mpumi: "Busa" (South Africa)
DJ Fisherman & NaakMusiQ featuring DJ Tira, Danger & Dream Team: "Call Out" (South Africa)
K.O featuring Kid X: "Caracara" (South Africa)
Lil Kesh Featuring Olamide & Davido: "Shoki Remix" (Nigeria)
Mavins: "Dorobucci" (Nigeria)
Sauti Sol: "Sura Yako" (Kenya)
Toofan: "Gweta" (Togo)
Wizkid: "Show You The Money" (Nigeria)
Yemi Alade: "Johnny" (Nigeria)
Best Live
Big Nuz (South Africa)
Diamond (Tanzania)
Flavour (Nigeria)
Mi Casa (South Africa)
Toofan (Togo)
Video of the Year
"Crazy" – Seyi Shay Featuring Wizkid; Director: Meji Alabi
"Doors" – Prime Circle; Director: Ryan Kruger
"Love You Everyday" – Bebe Cool; Director: Clarence Peters
"Nafukwa" – Riky Rick; Director: Adriaan Louw
"The Sound" – Davido Featuring Uhuru & DJ Buckz; Director: Sesan
Best Pop & Alternative
Fuse ODG (Ghana)
Jeremy Loops (South Africa)
Jimmy Nevis (South Africa)
Nneka (Nigeria)
Prime Circle (South Africa)
Best Francophone
DJ Arafat (Ivory Coast)
Jovi (Cameroon)
Laurette Le Pearle (DRC)
Tour 2 Garde (Ivory Coast)
Toofan (Togo)
Best Lusophone
Ary (Angola)
B4 (Angola)
Nelson Freitas (Cape Verde)
NGA (Angola)
Yuri Da Cunha (Angola)
Personality of the Year
Basketmouth (Nigeria)
Bonang Matheba (South Africa)
OC Ukeje (Nigeria)
Trevor Noah (South Africa)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast)
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Bike Commute 124: Fog on the River, a photo by Rootchopper on Flickr.
About two miles into my commute, I ride down a steep hill on Park Terrace Drive. The top of the hill was socked in with a heavy fog this morning. Riding down this hill in the morning is a real eye-opener, especially when it's only 35 degrees. I can go as fast as 38 miles per hour during the descent. At the bottom, I hit an s-curve – a hard right followed immediately by a hard left – to make things even more interesting. This morning's fog added a new feature: I couldn't see more than a few feet beyond my front wheel. Need less to say, it was an interesting way to start the day.


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Education is the key to a better life. Never has that been more evident than it is today in Ghana, West Africa. That simple fact energizes E-quip Africa to collect computers and school supplies for distribution to schools in this African nation — a nation that honors its traditions even as it builds and strengthens an economy clearly focused on the future. Learn about our philosophy and goals.
How It Began
A friendship between a former U.S. Peace Corps volunteer and a parish priest in Tarkwa, Ghana, West Africa, that began in the late 1980s has grown to encompass an organization firmly rooted in Willmar, Minnesota, but spreading throughout Central Minnesota and the metropolitan Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Having seen first hand both the learning conditions and the need for the most basic school supplies in Ghana, Doug Wilkowske and colleagues at St. Mary's Parish began collecting items that Willmar students and schools no longer needed, sending them to the Tarkwa priest. It wasn't a big leap to see that personal computers which still have many years of service in them but no longer used in the U.S. could be put to use the same way.
After an initial trip where five travelers each carried two personal computers, more than 1,200 have been shipped to Ghana along with text books, library books, notebooks, markers, pens and pencils. That Ghanaian parish priest, Fr. Francis Tawiah, now has Monsignor as his title and has begun building more schools within the Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi. He along with many other friends in Ghana, Liberia and Kenya assist E-quip Africa in locating schools ready to enter the field of technology education.
Rotary, International also plays a part through the collaboration and partnership of chapters in Willmar, Minnesota, and Kumasi, and Sekondi/Takoradi in Ghana.
Truly an ecumenical effort, E-quip Africa has enlisted the assistance of Methodist churches in Central Minnesota to re-build a Methodist-sponsored primary school in Axim, Ghana, West Africa severely damaged by fire. Computers and school supplies came from those donated to E-quip Africa. Lutheran, Assemblies of God and Covenant churches have contributed as well. Ecumenism as far as education goes is a given in Ghana; families send their children to the closest school regardless of the faith tradition of the sponsoring organization.
Students, teachers, church and community volunteers re-furbish computers before they are shipped. Communities donate clothing for use as packing material which is later distributed to individuals and families in Ghana.
Founder Doug Wilkowske spent five weeks traveling in Ghana during June and July 2005 on a trip sponsored by The Rotary Foundation. The purpose of his trip was to identify schools throughout Ghana, but especially concentrating in the more rural northern half of the country where schools are more remote, with fewer technical resources and where educational opportunities for girls are less readily available. A 2008 container containing over 200 refurbished computers was distributed to schools across northern Ghana from Yendi to Damongo.
Doug was accompanied by Kobby Ennin who managed the computer lab and internet café at Star of the Sea Cathedral in Takoradi. Mr. Ennin helped evaluate the physical facilities at each potential school and shared the model of his programs in the early years at Star of the Sea.
Doug and Kobby laid the groundwork for a resource group for teachers and managers across Ghana whose schools and libraries receive computer donations from E-quip Africa. As of January 2012, 'E-quip Africa Ghana' began refurbishing computers in the city of Mankessim, just east of Cape Coast thus employing Ghanaians in the business of IT, providing added economic opportunities for local citizens and reducing the time spent preparing computers for shipment in Minnesota.
Doug ventured forth on another exploratory trip in January 2012 to evaluate the willingness and readiness of schools to implement reading textbooks into their existing English curriculum. He will travel with two elementary teachers having experience using the Houghton Mifflin textbooks in 2012 or early 2013 to plan custom designed in-service experiences for teachers. They will return to Ghana again after the textbooks have been shipped to conduct these workshops.
Accompanying Doug for that January 2012 travel was Greg Martin, owner/operator of Bel Re-Tech, an electronic recycling business near Willmar, Minnesota. Greg explored the existing state of recycling in Ghana with visits to large waste handling companies as well as the less obvious, more hidden methods used by individuals who "live on the dump" scavenging what they know they can use or sell. E-quip Africa's eventual goal is to foster growth in the fledgling recycling industry in Ghana.
Because of the intent to concentrate services in Ghana for the foreseeable future, E-quip Africa has become a Ghanaian corporation with full Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) status which will give us easier passage through customs and governmental inspection at the harbor.


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As the summer comes over the horizon, it's easy to get excited about BBQs, long nights in the sun and spending as much time with the people who you love. Sadly, for all the glory that summer often brings, it also brings some much less enjoyable issues; mainly that of a mosquito invasion. Mosquitos are sadly popular in many parts of the world and bring all manner of potential problems to the table for you to try and get around.
Worried about mosquitos this summer? Here some solutions for combating mosquito bites: though please be aware that some come with rather particular consequences that you might wish to avoid.
The first and most important change that you can make is to use mosquito repellent. This helps to keep them off you and can make sure that you get rid of those problems with them biting you and getting in around you. Try and limit how much you use on your skin, though; high-level DEET sprays have the potential to give you some issues.
Sounds anti-social, but meh. If you want to avoid yourself getting bitten by mosquitos, avoid other people. They look for carbon dioxide, which is produced with every breathe that we take. They will, therefore, be attracted to groups of people, and come down to sample all of your blood. Avoid that and try to stay within smaller groups of people.
Mosquitos are also less likely to come and bother you if you are not moving around as much. The more movement you make, the more likely they are to come down and land on you, annoying you as you go. They sense body heat very well, and thus will come down to find surface blood from the hot body.
If you are someone who seems to attract mosquitos, then you would do well to have a more sedentary lifestyle when you are surrounded by these creatures.
Simple but effective, changing to lighter coloured garments can be very useful. Avoid dark colors and you are much harder to spot to a mosquito. It also helps you to handle the heat a bit better, so don't be worried about wearing lighter colors in the summer; most of the time, it helps you to stay cooler and to help avoid being seen by mosquitos.
Sorry, but one of the biggest mosquito attractions is alcohol. You will find that a few beers will make sure that you start to take blood flow to the skin and this makes it much more attractive to any mosquitos floating around looking for lunch. Whatever the cause of your problem is, you will soon find that this helps you to avoid becoming dinner for mosquitos all because you had a liquid lunch!
While some of these might make it harder to enjoy summer as you had intended, it will vastly reduce the amount of time and effort that it takes for you to handle an outbreak of mosquitos.
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As with any special occasion, a cake becomes the centrepiece and focus of everyone's attention. The design and flavour should reflect the personalities and the style of a planned event.
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Sense of geometry
Either by interest or imposed forcedly, we were all once schooled in geometry driven with enormous interest in connecting dots into lines that they may construct as sensible shape on a two dimensional space. Or if you have taken it seriously and studied engineering, you might have constructed it on a futuristic four dimensional space.
But in Lineas de Nazca it's different. How I wish the place was my classroom when I was studying geometry and I can imagine Dr. Maria Reiche would be my dedicated professor. There is so much to learn with all the 800 lines, approximately 300 geometric figures, and with at least 70 prominent designs of plants and animals like monkeys, tree, hummingbird, condor, astronaut or what they called as biomorphs.
A seven hour trip to Nazca via Cruz del Sur is something you will think twice. Well, obviously I didn't bother the long trip for I knew a treasure trove is waiting to be found. And indeed I cannot contain my excitement the moment we traversed Pan-American Highway that slices through the high Nazca dessert. I told myself to stop complaining for my little effort, not to mention its for pleasurable sightseeing, pales in comparison to years and years of hardwork of the ancient Nazca people who left us with this incredible artwork.
Struggling to converse with my broken Spanish, I eagerly listened to Jorge, a local guide who drove me to Miradores, as we inched closer to at least three of the prominent figures. With loads of information he was giving me, I am convinced that early settlers in Nazca had a strong attachment with the natural physical environment and ultimately a civilization with a grounded understanding of geometry. It's hard to imagine the kind of discipline, patience, imagination and intuition they had as a collective! That must be the time when politics, economics, mathematics, and religion are solidly entrenched. Maybe, just maybe.
The fiction and mystery beneath the lines left me astounded for the three hours that I stayed there. Eighty years of rigorous research since it was first systematically studied in 1927 have yielded theories that come from a mix of disciplines. And there seems to be a consensus that they are purposely drawn as sacred landscapes. Well that's for now as theories are continually evolving. Regardless, I left the dessert with so much respect to the Nazca people for their engineering skills combined with a sense of art.


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Exhibitions are known to be a fantastic place to expand your lead numbers and to forge great new business connections.
Booking your place and putting up your stand can help attract visitors to your brand, but there are some secret benefits you'll find once you attend as a visitor rather than an exhibitor. We're here to spill all of the exhibition secrets…
Remain Incognito
If you're working for a big brand, it may help your personal or business goals to attend and exhibition as a visitor and stay on the down-low.
Many people may only visit a stand due to the brand name being one they want an 'in' with, and those manning the stand are the best route to this.
Removing the branding and showmanship from your attendance can help you source the more truly interested, valuable leads for you or your business.
It's also a great way to scope out the competition – often when you're manning a stand you'll be wearing some form of branded materials, whether it's a shirt or even a badge.
Seeing competition hanging around a stand can make people wary, whereas when you're an individual this threat is removed, and you stand more of a chance in being able to talk to your competitors and find out what they're doing.
Get Contacts without the Expense
It can be expensive to attend exhibition after exhibition, especially when you're buying stand after stand rather than investing in a portable stand that will last throughout multiple exhibitions.
Visiting an exhibition allows you to talk to vendors and attendees, swap contact details and arrange deals without factoring in the expense of booking your stand space.
It's likely you will come away with just the same amount of business contacts to add to the database as you will if you exhibit.
You'll Sound Less Sales-y
Whether you network with other attendees or exhibitors, if you're attending as a visitor your sales pitches are less expected and can be worked into conversation organically.
When you're not on a stand vying for somebody's attention, you can allow your sales pitch or product to come into discussion in a much more natural way, which can be more appealing to people if they find its what they're looking for but they're not being forcefully sold to!
Less Pressure to Deliver
All too often when you're planning a stand, visitors will expect you to wow them in order to gain their attention over others.
One of the benefits of attending as a visitor is that people will not expect wonders from you, they'll want to impress you!
You can really take this chance to let your brand and charisma be what sets you apart, not flashy technology or stand designs.
More Chances to Explore
Participate in seminars and conferences, network and gain connections – these are all things you can do when you're not stuck manning a stand all day.
It's all very well listening to the suggestions of 'bring enough staff that you can rotate and allow one to wander at a time', but smaller companies will often only have one or two people at the exhibition.
Attending as a visitor means no worries about how your stand is doing – and you can focus all your time into developing your relationships.
If you decide to attend, whether as visitor or exhibitor, check out our website for plenty more exhibition and follow up tips, or to design the perfect stand for your company.


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I'm redoing my craft room though. We pulled the cabinets and counter top out of the laundry room and moved them to my room. Bought some lighting but I'm waiting on my husband to install it. Eventually my husband is going to build me some shelves. When the room isn't under construction I will post some pics.
Last night we burnt a fire in the backyard and got drunk with our friend Shawn. Had a blast. Richie and Shawn were climbing the orange tree that we lost and breaking pieces off for fire wood. The neighbors probably hated us last night...I think we were out there until 3.


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Montgomery County, TN – The latest business to complete requirements for Clarksville-Montgomery County Green Certified and host a Green Ribbon Cutting is Agero.
City of Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan and Montgomery County Director of Administration, Phil Harpel, filling in for Mayor Carolyn Bowers, were there to congratulate the company for their work.After cutting the ribbon, McMillan asked what type of things Agero had done to become CMC Green Certified.
Mike Daly, Agero's Facilities Manager who led the effort, explained. "We've reduced the amount of paper we use including putting our employee handbooks online; cut back on our energy use by adjusting thermostats when we are out of the office and added occupancy sensors for lights to automatically go out when a room is not in use. We're working to minimize every aspect of our waste, to include only changing individual trash bags when necessary."
McMillan asked, "Do you think this has all been worthwhile for your company?"
Daly responded, "Absolutely, it's going to go to the other Agero sites around the country. The Clarksville Agero facility is the leader in environmental efforts."
"I'm going to ask you a question the mayors are always interested in, said Harpel. Are some of the associates taking these efforts home with them?" Daly responded, "Some of them have communicated that they've taken it home and I've received emails from employees telling us how appreciative they were of what we've done."
Cathy Tylutki, Agero's Human Resources Director said, "We've encouraged them to bring in silverware rather than using plastic and we provide new employees mugs and we have filtered water machines and ice so they can avoid using plastic bottles. I think it's like anything, small changes can make a difference."
"We are so proud that your company has taken this action. Not only does it help save companies money but we appreciate the steps you are taking to improve our environment. We want Clarksville-Montgomery County to be around for a long time," said McMillan.
Harpel added "I also wanted to thank you not only for this effort but for all Agero has done to integrate into the community. In such a short time, Agero has become very involved and we are grateful."
Agero is one of the nation's leading providers of world-class customer service through innovative roadside assistance and accident management programs. They opened their doors in Clarksville in October 2012 and have grown to nearly 500 employees. Agero is located at 2971 International Blvd in the Clarksville Corporate Business Park.
For information on how your business can participate in the Green Certification Program, contact Michelle Newell at .
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With TheFlow having released a kernel exploit for the PlayStation 4 up to FW 7.02 and SpecterDev working on a jailbreak for FW 6.72, the FW 5.05 reign seems to be coming to an end. However, a jailbreak without homebrew isn't too useful so Al Azif has already updated most common utilities to work with FW 6.72!
Al Azif updates majority of old payloads for FW 6.72
With Al Azif updating various payloads, you'll be able to easily copy files over a network to your PS4, disable updates and dump games among other things! (Tweet)
With SpecterDev being able to run TheFlow's exploit and controlling some registers after crashing the PlayStation 4 he is working lots of times, a FW 6.72 jailbreak seems to be getting closer despite a lot of work remaining. In view of this, Al Azif has updated most 'old' payloads, some of which are based on the work of others, to work with FW 6.72 as it seems that it'll become the new hot firmware to be on in the foreseeable future since developments relating to jailbreaking it are quite promising.
Thanks to the payloads being updated, Al Azif states that "most use cases" of hacked PlayStation 4 consoles will be covered meaning that when jailbroken, FW 6.72 will give a similar degree of usability as FW 5.05 in some areas together with the ability to play many more games!
The list of payloads being updated to work with FW 6.72
The payloads that have been updated to work with FW 6.72 and which are available for download include:
- App2USB – originally developed by 'stooged'
- Backup – originally developed by 'stooged'
- Disable Updates – by Al AzifAmong the payloads ported, we find FTP which is infinitely useful as it lets you copy stuff to your console wirelessly!
- Disc Dumper – originally developed by 'xvortex'
- This allows you to dump PS4 disc & PSN games
- Enable Browser – by Al Azif
- Enable Updates – by Al Azif
- Fan Threshold – by Al Azif
- FTP – originally developed by 'xvortex'
- Allows you to copy stuff over a LAN
- History Blocker – originally developed by 'stooged'
- Kernel Dumper – originally developed by 'eversion'
- Restore – originally developed by 'stooged'
- RIF Renamer – by Al Azif
- Kernel Clock – by Al Azif, this needs two missing offsets to work
It is important to state that the payloads haven't been tested so some may not work properly when a FW 6.72 jailbreak is released.
On a concluding note, it is important to remember that there is no jailbreak for FW 6.72 yet despite it being fully exploited (usermode [Webkit] + kernel exploits are available). As a result, if your PlayStation 4 is currently on FW 5.05, it is recommended to stay there if you care about your PlayStation 4 being hacked.
If you want to see SpecterDev working on his upcoming PlayStation 4 jailbreak while also learning something about exploiting the console in the process, you may check out his Twitch channel on which he frequently does live streams.
Al Azif's updated payloads download link: https://github.com/Scene-Collective/ps4-payload-repo/releases
Al Azif's Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AlAzif
P.S: Article slightly updated to better describe who developed the payloads. Apologies for the mistake in the previous title as Al Azif is female!


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If you've got an iPhone, stay wary of any suspicious links that your friends or enemies might send you any time soon. YouTube, Vimeo and other reputable video hosting services are perfectly safe, but there's one particular video link doing the rounds at the moment that can lock up your iPhone and require a hard reboot.
A previously undiscovered (or undisclosed) bug in iOS means that the smartphone operating system is vulnerable to a memory leak that can be caused by playing back a video encoded in the h.264 file format that contains corrupted data. It's something that Apple can fix pretty easily in a minor software update, but those kind of fixes can sometimes take a while to roll out.
There's one particular video that we've actually tested out on an iPhone this morning, but we're not going to post the full URL — we don't want to encourage the more devious amongst you to send it to your friends. Basically, if someone sends you an iMessage or text message link to a URL on the domains VK dot com or testtrial dot site90 dot net, don't click them.
Any video sharing site that actually processes and verifies the videos that are uploaded to it should be safe from this bug — which appears to be an issue with the video's embedded audio track. That means you should feel free to keep browsing around YouTube and Vimeo and Facebook videos in your usual footloose and fancy-free fashion. But certain videos living online — or even videos sent directly through over-the-top messaging services like WhatsApp — can crash your phone.
As a general rule, stay away from any bit.ly or other URL shortening and redirection services until this is sorted out. [Reddit]


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Don't let this be the Summer of Lice! Some camps (especially sleep away camps) require a head check before camp begins to prevent outbreaks at camp. For $25 your child can have a head check and we can provide a form stating that your child is Lice-Free.
Here is an example of what preventative head checks can do:
For the past two years, a well-known camp for child patients had a nightmare outbreak of lice. Some families were coming from rural areas and did not have access to information about lice. Since the camp exists to help the kids, they wanted to prevent another outbreak from affecting the camp experience.
Hair Maidens provided head checks before the kids were allowed in the cabins. Only one child had an active case of head lice. He was treated quickly and was able to join the rest of the kids after one hour. Had he not been checked, 8 kids and 2 counselors would have been exposed and a few would have gone home with lice!!!!
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Debugging Flex module swf in IDEA Follow
I have IntelliJ IDEA 9.0.2 build 95.66. I am trying to debug an AIR app that loads other Flex module swf using flash.net.URLLoader.
I have the AIR application and the Flex modules loaded within IDEA as modules. When I debug the AIR application by launching it from within IDEA, I can see the break points within the code of AIR application to take effect.
However, I am unable to debug the modules that get loaded within the AIR application.
When I connect IDEA to externally running adl, I can see the trace statements within IDEA console but am still unable to debug the loaded swf modules.
Has anybody had success debugging module swfs? If you have, can you share your debugger configuration and possibly walk me through the configuration porocess? Thanks.
How do breakpoints in modules that you are unable to debug look like? I mean is there a (x) symbol drawn over a red circle?
If breakpoints just remain red circle without anything drawn on top of it then you need to make sure that they are compiled with debug information. If you are sure that they are then please provide some more information about you project configuration. The best thing to investigate is a sample project where the issue is reproducible. If you can't provide one then following information could help us:
- Flex SDK version
- how do you compile main AIR application and modules
- code snippet that loads module
- logs from Flex debugger. To get logs please do following:
-- remove old logs from <idea.system.path>/log/*.* (idea.system.path property is set in the file <IDEA installation>/bin/idea.properties)
-- edit file <IDEA installation>/bin/log.xml and add following category there:
<category name="com.intellij.lang.javascript.flex.debug">
<priority value="DEBUG"/>
-- launch IDEA, reproduce the problem
After that please attach
<idea.system.path>/log/idea.log file here.
Hi Alexander
Thanks for answering. Here are the details you requested
* Break points for the AIR app appear red without a cross in them.
* Break points for the loaded modules are red and then change to have a black cross in them.
Attached is a screenshot of my IDEA project showing the break point with cross in it.
Flex version: 184.108.40.20652.
I have this version sdk configured in IDEA and use it to build both the AIR app and the module swfs.
I launched debugger from within IDEA for the AIR app project module.
Here is the code snippet for loading module swf:
var loader : URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.dataFormat = URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY;
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, handleDataLoadComplete, false, 0, true);
loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, handleIOError, false, 0, true);
loader.load(new URLRequest("http://localhost:8080/appContext/moduleSwf.swf"));
I changed the debug log settings in IDEA and deleted my old idea.log file. After restarting IDEA, I dont see the log file anymore.
I won't be able to package a sample application for you, but I can provide all other information you may need.
Thanks for your help.
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I was wondering if you got the chance to look at Nirupama's question. I work in the same company as her and both of us (and other IDEA users) can do everything but debug our AIR app in the IDE of our choice.
Hi Nirupama and Manish!
I'm sorry for delay, but I'm really interested in finding the cause of the problem.
Absence of logs is rather strange. Please make sure that there are no syntax errors in log.xml file and that you are looking for logs in a correct place.
But I'm not sure that logs would give me a clue. The best thing would be reproducing the problem. I created a sample project myself but I have breakpoints working in loaded module. Could you please take a look at attached project if it works for you and modify it in order to reproduce non-breakpointable code?
My workflow:
- open project
- launch 'appContext' run configuration
- launch 'air-app.xml' run confuguration (Debug mode)
- click 'Load module' button in started AIR application
- breakpoint in FlexModule.mxml file is reached (by some reason I sometimes need to click 'Load Module' button twice).
Hi Alexander
I was able to debug the sample application/module you have attached. I then modified it to use the exact loading mechanism that we have in our code and I was able to debug that as well.
The problem in our application could be because of the layers that we have. Here are the details:
- declares a namespace http://ax.adchemy.com with a specified hand-written manifest.xml
adchemy-lib2.swc depends on adchemy-lib1.swc
- declares same namespace as adchemy-lib1.swc http://ax/adchemy.com but has its own manifest.xml
When I import both of these modules in IDEA, it automatically creates the module dependency - adchemy-lib2.swc depends on adchemy-lib1.swc.
With no further changes, I can compile IDEA module adchemy-lib1.swc without any issue. However, I cannot compile adchemy-lib2.swc as there is a compilation error that says it cannot find classes defined in http://ax.adchemy.com namespace for classes defined in adchemy-lib1.swc's manifest.
These 2 modules compile fine with flex-mojos on command line. All other application modules rely on these 2 libraries in our product.
Do you have any idea why I will not be able to compile the second library? I can provide any other info you need.
Please make sure that custom flex compiler configuration files (target/...-config-report.xml) are used for compilation. Details are here http://blogs.jetbrains.com/idea/2009/09/flexmojos-inmaia/. If it is true then please attach -config-report.xml files for both swc modules.
Hi Alexander
I am attaching the config report files for the 2 modules in our codebase. adchemy-flex-shell module depends on adchemy-flex-common module.
To experiment further, I combined the 2 modules into one with a single manifest and then imported this single module into IDEA. With this configuration, I was able to debug the loaded flex modules. Yay!
Before I go down this path and change our code base, I'd like to know if there is some configuration I am missing to add support for multiple manifest files under same namespace. Please let me know asap.
Thanks for all your help on this!
To resolve compilation issues without changing module structure please try to change line 43 in adchemy-flex-shell-1.8-SNAPSHOT-config-report.xml from
As for debugging issues - they are caused by Adobe's debugger bug: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-26466
But I still would like to get a sample project to reproduce - may be we could find a workaround in IDEA.
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Our dependence on God is so real, isn't it?!?! I can always tell when my prayer life has slipped...it shows in my parenting. Thanks for sharing.
PS. Thanks also for showing MB with a little fuzz. (Seriously, could she be any cuter??) I know you say you accept fuzz, but it makes me feel so much better to see a little of it. :)
I think the fuzz shows up more when the puffs are contained in braids--like you see in this video. Thanks for pointing it out, because I had never thought of it. I'm thinking when the puffs are out, all our eyes see are the puffs and they are supposed to be fuzzy so we don't perceive the style as fuzzy.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM
Hello, thank you so much for sharing! I know some of what you are talking about from my pregnancy: I know this irrationality, I as well went to this "dark place", I never felt that bad and unhappy ever before... and as soon as the baby was there, it was all forgotten and since then I am the happiest person, everything works just fine and is full of love and laughter! But this was my first pregnancy and I am feeling ancious about getting pregnant again and again becoming that depressed. There wasn`t much help for me then and I would hate to be that insecure and unhappy person again - for me and especially for my beloved child. Did you experience these feelings with each pregnancy? Or did this only relate to your nausea (and feeling weak)? Was each pregnancy alike or comletely different from the others? Thanks. L.ReplyDelete
I struggled with each pregnancy. Some were worse than others. If the nausea and vomiting were really bad I struggled more. It wasn't enough to hinder me from trying for a pregnancy at first because I really wanted to have at least 3 kids no matter how bad things got. After 3 I knew I wanted more, but I really struggled with the dread. I am so glad we went ahead and planned those additional 2 pregnancies. I am so blessed by the family I have.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2011 at 2:47 AM
Thank you for replying. You really ARE blessed. :)ReplyDelete


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The arrest followed a tip-off that a drug trafficking gang would smuggle a large batch of narcotics from a neighbouring country to store at Ban Doi Laem (Moo 13) in Tambon Mae Ai before it was delivered to an investor in Fang district
The team, led by Colonel Ekkawuth Sukros, staked out the area for seven days and nights until offers at a checkpoint near Rajaprajanukhro 30 School spotted a suspicious pick-up truck that fitted the given description at around half past midnight.
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Can you explain the concept of Sweat365? To me, it seems like the website is set up specifically for athletes to record workout procedures and times, is that accurate?
It was created as a social networking blog side for logging your workouts and connecting with other athletes. I use it as a place to log all of my workouts, but once is a while post something as well.
Have you made any friends through Sweat365?
Quite a few actually. I have become quite good friends with those that live near me (other triathletes), but have also created a few friends where we follow each other's workouts and keep motivating as we go along.
I noticed on the right hand side of your page you have a counter that keeps track of the distances you have run, biked and swam? Did that come with the website?
This is controlled by what is referred to as Side Bar Widgets. You can get to those but going to your Dashboard, click on Advanced Setting, then "dragging" the Logbook 2" widget to the Main Side Bar. Then all of your distances will show up. Logbook 2 is what I have, but there is also a Logbook 1 that shows slightly different data.
How about the countdown watch to the Vancouver Half Marathon or to Ironman Coeur d'Alene?
The countdown timers are part of the options under Sweat365. If you navigate to you Dashboard, then click on Advanced Settings and look for Sidebar Widgets. Under Available Widgets, you should see the Countdown Clock 1-4. Simply drag one of them to the Main Side Bar Menu. From there, click on the little box/lines that are next to it, page up to see the information and add in the URL, dates, etc for your event. Then click on Save Changes and there ya go!
What has been your most rewarding experience through your blog so far?
Being able to meet friends who live near me, and become "virtual friends" with others around the world. That is way cool. Finding stories like yours are very inspiring too.
Do you have any tips or ideas for a new running blogger?
Just start writing, with no holding back.
What type of posts do you get the most feedback from?
Typically the most feedback comes after I have done an ironman (or other triathlon) and write about how the event went. There are a few Sweat365 friends (that I only know through S365) that comment frequently too. It really depends on the topic; for instance, my wife also has a blog and wrote one time (titled A Girls Guide to the Farmer Flow) about being able to finally "farmer blow" while running, as a girl. It was absolutely hilarious, and got a ton of comments.
What was your inspiration for starting the blog?
Has your vision changed since you started it? I know the owners of the website, and at the same time I was training for my first ironman. So I wanted a way to track what I was doing. This was the perfect entry into that! If anything blogging has become a daily thing for me now.
What has been your most rewarding experience since you started training?
I have completed 3 Ironman Canada events, and signed up for a 4th in Idaho. Crossing those finish lines is such an amazing feeling. In 2007 my wife and I trained for my first event (she competed and finished as well) and it was one of my most favorite moments in my life to not only finish, but to be able to run down the finish line chute with my wife and son.
Why do you keep doing them?
I love the training aspect, and it has really become a social event for me too.. Almost every Friday morning there are 3 of us that head over the YMCA for a swim, and then go to coffee ( I work from home on Fridays).
What do you enjoy most about training? The least?
I love how I feel after completing my goal (half marathon, ironman, whatever it is). Least? Sometimes it does take away from other things that I would love to do instead, but your finish time is what you put into it; slack off, and you are going to suffer; put the time in to train properly and you will achieve your goal.
Any recommendations for someone who is just starting out their training?
Find a plan and stick with it. Again you get out what you put in. Listen to others about what they are doing for training; listen to your body; if you are constantly tired or sore, something is going on that you need to pay attention too before it becomes worse. And most of all DON'T SUFFER…don't be a victim. There are some many folks that I know of that sign up for an event and then complain about it. If you are going to sign up, then experience the event, all of it… the training, the mental and physical side, and the joy of completing on your goal
What is something that you did that you think everone should do at least once in their lifetime?
Travel to Europe, London, Paris, southern France, Italy, anywhere in Ireland, see what it is like to experience "history". Love as if you will never get hurt. Go Gluten Free for two weeks and see what the difference is. When at the grocery store, only shop on the outsides and leave the frozen pizzas out of the cart. But my guess is that you are more interested in swim/bike/run J… sign up for something, anything, whether it be for a 5k, 10k, marathon, ironman, and train full out. You will never know until you go all in what might change in your life. I have a friend who was nearly 320lbs, ended up losing 140lbs through healthy diet and exercise, and is now a triathlete I (and a very good friend of mine). His life's turnaround is very inspiring to me and am happy to be part of his life.
What are you most passionate about?
Being with my family, Washington Huskies, week long bike rides with friends, training with my wife (we have turned this into date nights and days), going for beers with the guys, running across the finish line of any ironman event (it's a huge adrenaline rush!), anything with my son (cooking, golfing, road trips to university, traveling to Europe). There's a lot of passion in my life, so to limit is to "the most" is really tough.
What is something you would do differently in your training or your blogging if you could do it all over again?
Well, for the training side, it really following my plans. When I followed it to the T during the first ironman, I had such a rewarding experience. When I slacked off the plans the last two years, I paid a real price, including a trip to the medical tent in 2010… not a good feeling.
If you would like more information about Mitch Roberts, visit his blog, www.mitchr.sweat365.com.