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Nigerian Army Assessing Rescue After Locating Abducted Girls
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Nigeria's military knows where more than 200 schoolgirls abducted last month by Islamist militants are being held and is studying how to rescue them, Chief of Defense Staff Air Marshal Alex Badeh said.
"The good news for the parents of the girls is that we know where they are, but we cannot tell you," Badeh told human rights activists yesterday in the capital, Abuja, in remarks broadcast on Radio Nigeria today. "We want our girls back, I can tell you that our military can and will do it. But we can't kill our girls in the name of trying to get them back."
Boko Haram, which Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan described as the "al-Qaeda of West Africa," abducted the girls from the northeastern town of Chibok on April 14. The U.S. and U.K. sent teams to Nigeria to help the government find the schoolgirls, and Israel and France have pledged assistance. The U.S. is conducting manned surveillance flights and using a drone in the search, and the U.K. has offered a Sentinel reconnaissance aircraft.
Asked about the assertion that the girls had been located, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said today, "We don't have independent information from the United States to support these reports."
"We have consistently said that locating the girls is of course the first critical step and that we're actively working to support the Nigerian government's effort to do just that," Psaki told reporters in Washington.
'Very Difficult'
The authorities may struggle to rescue the girls because Boko Haram fighters can hide in their strongholds in rough terrain along porous borders, said Peter Sharwood-Smith, West Africa manager for security company Drum Cussac.
"A rescue operation would be very difficult for anybody, especially as it's very unlikely the girls are all in the same spot," he said today by phone from Lagos, the commercial capital. "If they attempt a rescue it could all go wrong, but perhaps they can find some sort of negotiated solution."
Abubakar Shekau, the leader Boko Haram, whose name means "western education is a sin," has threatened in video messages to sell the girls in "markets," marry them off and hold them until the Nigerian government frees imprisoned members of his group.
On May 14, Jonathan told Mark Simmonds, Britain's Minister for Africa who was visiting Abuja, that he wouldn't enter talks about swapping Boko Haram detainees for the girls.
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"What's needed is an effort to find intermediaries that are acceptable to both sides, who can convince the captors that it's in their best interests to release the girls," Simon Fordham, a partner at security consultancy BGN Risk and retired British Army Colonel, said by phone from London today. "There needs to be an acknowledgment that there are social and economic issues involved."
Politicians from the three northeastern states under a state of emergency Jonathan declared a year ago will also need to play a role, he said.
Boko Haram emerged in northern Nigeria in 2002, accusing the Nigerian authorities of corruption, misrule and oppression that left the country's mainly Muslim north poorer than the predominantly Christian south. The insurgency intensified seven years later when the group's leader, Mohammed Yusuf, died in police custody.
"The government will eventually be pressured into making deals with Boko Haram away from media," Murtala Touray, senior Africa analyst at IHS Country Risk in London, said in an e-mailed response to questions.
Jonathan and his administration have been criticized for failing to combat Boko Haram.
The conflict between the insurgents and the Nigerian security forces has killed at least 2,000 people this year, Amnesty International said May 9.
"I'd imagine they are trying to find a form of negotiation that doesn't involve releasing Boko Haram fighters," Sharwood-Smith said. "I believe there are still some Boko Haram wives the government has in detention, and Boko Haram also need funds."
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U.S. Department of Agriculture officials on a statewide tour to discuss job creation and economic development partnerships will be in Southaven for a public listening session at the Ole Miss DeSoto Center satellite campus at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Rural Development Undersecretary Dallas Tonsager and Natural Resources and Environment Undersecretary Harris Sherman also will be touring several bioenergy, farming cooperatives and other projects in Mississippi, including Cheeseman Produce Farm in Holly Springs.
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Uniform adherent coatings of antimicrobial agents are applied to the surface of implants by applying a film of silicone oil to the surface of the implant and then contacting the film-bearing surface with antimicrobial agents in a film-adherent powder form. A durable antimicrobial coating is formed. The coated implants can be packaged using mechanized implant handling equipment without significant loss of the antimicrobial coating.
1. A method for forming an adherent antimicrobial coating on a surface of an implant comprising the steps of applying a silicone fluid to form a film of silicone fluid on the surface of the implant and contacting the film-bearing surface with an antimicrobial agent in a film-adherent powder form.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the implant is a drug delivery device comprising a silicone polymer matrix and an anabolic agent.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the silicone fluid has a viscosity of about 200 to about 500 centistokes.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein the silicone fluid is applied to the surface of the implant by spraying the fluid onto the implant surface.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein the silicone fluid is applied to the surface of the implant by contacting said implant surface with a second surface bearing a film of said silicone fluid.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein the silicone polymer matrix forms a coating around an inert polymeric core.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the silicone fluid has a viscosity of about 200 to about 500 centistokes and the film bearing implant surface is contacted with oxytetracycline in a film-adherent powder form.
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/091,075 filed Aug. 31, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,846,844.
This invention relates to improved implant devices. More particularly, this invention relates to an improvement in infection-resistant drug delivery implants. A silicone fluid is utilized to form a uniform implant-adherent coating of an antimicrobial agent. The coatings applied in accordance with this invention are better retained on the implant surface during mechanized implant packaging operations and are effective to prevent infection which may otherwise result after implantation of the device.
The use of controlled-release implants for administering estradiol to ruminant animals has been described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,191,741. During implantation of such implants, conditions are typically unsanitary, causing infection which can result in loss of implants Use of an antibiotic or germicide layer or coating on the surface of the implant to reduce infections and to improve implant retention has been described in U.K. Pat. No.2 136 688 A. The antibiotic coating facilitates parenteral administration of the implants under non-sterile conditions; requirements for cleaning the implant needle, the site of implantation on the animal, and the implantation device are minimized or eliminated. Other infection-resistant implant materials have been described. See, e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 4,581,028 disclosing infection-resistant materials suitable for use as vascular grafts prostheses or other implanted devices.
It is known that antimicrobial agents can be layered or coated onto the surface of an implant to inhibit infection at the site of implantation. However, some difficulties have been encountered in implementing that technology. Surface-applied antimicrobial agents have been found to be easily dislocated from the surface of the implant by nominal mechanical manipulation of the implants, for example, during automated packaging operations. Loss of the antimicrobial coating dramatically reduces resistance to infection. Labor intensive recoating procedures and manual methods of packaging the antimicrobial coated implants have been employed to assure that implants have effective antimicrobial coatings at the time of administration. Even with added care during the implant manufacturing/packaging process, coating uniformity is difficult to control.
Greater efficiencies in the manufacturing and packaging of implants as well as greater infection resistance at the implantation site would be realized with greater uniformity and implant-adherence of coatings of antimicrobial agents for implants. There is a need in the art for an improved method of coating implants to produce more uniform and more durable antimicrobial coatings on the implant surface, which exhibit good stability during manufacture, handling, and storage, which allow immediate availability of the antimicrobial agents upon implantation and which do not interfere with the function of the implant.
In accordance with the present invention, a silicone fluid is employed to promote uniform adhesion of antimicrobial agents to the surface of an implant. The invention yields many advantages for the production and use of infection resistant implants. Greater efficiencies in implant manufacturing and processing operations are possible. The adherent antimicrobial coating does not easily shake off the implant surface, allowing the implants to be subjected to the more rigorous conditions of automated packaging operations. Redusting or recoating procedures are eliminated. Because the use of present invention results in a more consistent and higher level application of antimicrobial agent, less quality control/analytical time is required during manufacturing operations. Further advantages include improved appearance of the implants and coating consistency. Application of the coating of antimicrobial agent is not affected by normal variations in raw materials.
The present invention is based on the discovery that a silicone fluid can be applied to the exterior surface of an implant to improve the adherence of subsequently applied antimicrobial agents. The silicone fluid has a high affinity for the implant surface and spreads on the surface of the implant to form a thin film. The film serves as a matrix like carrier for subsequent applied antimicrobial agents, typically in a film-adherent powder or dust form. Antimicrobial agents contacting the silicone fluid layer are partially wetted by the fluid and retained on the surface of the implant.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention an adherent antimicrobial coating is applied to an implant comprising an anabolic agent in a silicone polymer matrix adapted for sustained-release of the anabolic agent. The silicone fluid does not affect adversely either the safety or efficacy of the implant The rate of diffusion of the anabolic agent from the implant remains essentially unchanged after coating in accordance with this invention.
It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide an implant having an improved antimicrobial coating.
A further object of this invention is to provide an improved adherent and more uniform antimicrobial coating for implanted devices.
Still a further object of this invention is to provide a process for the economical application of adherent coatings of antimicrobial agents on implant surfaces.
The improved implant coatings of this invention comprise a silicone fluid in contact with the surface of the implant and an antimicrobial agent in contact with the silicone fluid. The nature of the implant is not critical to the present invention, however the improved coatings are particularly suited for implants having surfaces formed from biocompatible silicone based polymers. The implants can assume any one of a variety of alternate constructions and can be used for prosthetic purposes or as reservoirs or matrices for the sustained release of biologically active compounds. They can be formed entirely of a silicone polymer, for example by extrusion, molding and/or machining, or they can be fabricated by coating an implant core, constructed of an art-recognized biocompatible implant material or material composite, with a silicone polymer material
Representative silicone polymers suitable for implant construction are diphenylpolysiloxane, dimethyl-polysiloxane (dimethicone), phenylmethylpolysiloxane, trifluoropropylmethylsiloxane, polydimethylsiloxane copolymerized with polyethylene oxide, copolymers of dimethylpolysiloxane and polymethylmethacrylate and mixtures thereof.
Preferred implants which can be coated in accordance with this invention are those constructed in accordance with the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No. 4,191,741 issued Mar. 4, 1980, the disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. The implants described in that patent are designed for the controlled release administration of anabolic agents to ruminant animals. Exemplary of anabolic agents which can be released from such implants are estradiol, anabolic estradiol derivatives, including estradiol dipropanate, estradiol benzoate, estradiol valerate and the like, trenbolone acetate and certain resorcinol lactones including zeranol and zearalenone.
The improved antimicrobial coatings of this invention are applied to implant surfaces by first applying a silicone fluid to form a film in contact with the surface of the implant and subsequently contacting the film-bearing implant surfaces with an antimicrobial agent. Preferably the antimicrobial agent is in a film-adherent powder or dust form. The silicone film has a high affinity for the implant surface and for the antimicrobial agent and serves as a fluid matrix which wets and effectively binds the antimicrobial agent to the implant surface. The effectiveness of the silicone fluids for Providing a base for the uniform adherent antimicrobial coatings of this invention derives from its high affinity both for the implant surface and for the antimicrobial agent itself.
Polydimethylsiloxane fluids and vulcanizing polydimethylsiloxane systems have been found to be especially suitable for use in forming the coatings in accordance with this invention. Such fluids are chemically equivalent to the silicone polymers from which the implants are Preferably constructed. The silicone fluid therefore does not interfere with or affect implant safety or efficacy. Nor does it affect the availability of the antimicrobial agent at the imPlantation site.
Generally, the dimethylpolysiloxanes are low volatility liquids having a viscosity such that it will form thin silicone oil coating on the implant surfaces at ambient temperature. Preferred among the several commercially available silicone fluids is a high consistency medical grade fluid sold by Dow Corning Corporation under the designation 360 Medical Fluid. Dow Corning� 360 Medical Fluid is available in viscosities ranging from 20 centistokes to 12,500 centistokes (measured at 77� F.). Preferably the silicone fluid should have a viscosity range between about 200 and about 500 centistokes. A silicone fluid having a viscosity of about 350 centistokes has produced excellent results. Silicone oils with such viscosities exhibit a low volatility at room temperature and readily spread across the implant surface to form a thin fluid film in contact with the implant surface.
Implants can be coated with the polydimethylsiloxane liquid using art-recognized coating techniques such as by dipping or spraying. Thus, for example, the silicone fluid can be applied to the surface of an implant by contacting said implant surface with a second surface bearing a film of the silicone fluid. A coating pan can be used and offers advantages where a multiplicity of uniform implants are to be coated in a single batch. The silicone fluid is applied to the implant surface at a rate of about 0.1 to about 0.6 mg per cm2 of implant surface. The optimum rate of application will depend on the viscosity of the applied fluid and the nature and condition of the implant surface. Where the silicone fluid has a viscosity of about 350 centistokes it is applied to the implant surface at a rate of about 0.2 to about 0.5 mg per cm2 of implant surface. In a coating pan environment, the silicone fluid can be added to a batch of implants, for example cylindrical implants of uniform size, and will rapidly spread to cover the surfaces of the implants with a thin film of silicone fluid.
The silicone film bearing implants are then contacted with an antimicrobial agent having affinity for the silicone film. Preferably the antimicrobial agent is in the form of a dust or powder which when brought into contact with the film bearing implant surface is partially wetted by the fluid film and thereby effectively bound to the implant surface.
For the purpose of defining this invention, the term antimicrobial agent shall include antibiotic, antimicrobial, antibacterial, germicidal agents and the like. The antimicrobial coating may comprise a combination of antimicrobial agents. Typical antibiotics which may be used in this invention include: aminoglycosides, such as gentamicin, kanamycin, neomycin, paromomycin, streptomycin, or tobramycin; ansamycins, such as rifamycin, or rifampin; cephalosporins, such as cephalexin, cephaloridine, cephalothin, cefazolin, cephapirin, cephradine, or cephaloglycin; chloramphenicols; macrolides, such as erythromycin, tylosin, oleandomycin, or spiramycin; penicillins, such as penicillin G and V, phenethicillin, methicillin, oxacillin, cloxacillin, dicloxacillin, floxacillin, nafcillin, ampicillin, amoxicillin, or carbenicillin; suflonamides; tetracyclines, such as tetracycline, oxytetracycline, chlortetracycline, methacycline, demeclocycline, rolitetracycline, doxycycline, or minocycline; trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; polypeptides, such as bacitracin, polymyxins, tyrothricin, or vancomycin; and miscellaneous antibiotics, such as lincomycin, clindamycin, or spectinomycin. A preferred antibiotic is oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC).
Typical germicides which may be used in this invention include phenols; cresols; resorcinols; substituted phenols; aldehydes; benzoic acid; salicyclic acid; iodine; iodophors, such as betadine; chlorophors, such as hypochlorites; peroxides; such as hydrogen peroxide and zinc peroxide; heavy metals and their salts, such as merbromin, silver nitrate, zinc sulfate; surface-active agents, such as benzalkonium chloride; furan derivatives, such as nitrofurazone; sulfur and thiosulfates; salicylanilides; and carbanilides. Preferred germicides include betadine, iodine, silver nitrate and furan derivatives, such as nitrofurazone.
The amount of the antibiotic or germicide to be used to form the present coating varies with the nature of antibiotics or germicides employed and to some extent the method of coating application. For example, the amount of antibiotic can range from about 0.1 mg per cm2 to about 2.1 mg per cm2, with a preferred range being from about 0.2 mg to about 0.8 mg per cm2. The typical range of the amount of germicide used is exemplified by betadine, which has a range of about 0.5 mg to about 5.2 mg per cm2, and by nitrofurazone, which has a range of about 2.0 μg to about 8.3 μg per cm2. The preferred ranges of betadine and nitrofurazone are: about 0.5 mg. to about 1.0 mg per cm2 ; and about 2.1 μg to about 4.1 μg per cm2, respectively. Effective amounts of oxytetracycline hydrochloride range from about 0.1 mg to 2.1 mg per cm2, preferably from about 0.1 to about 1.0 mg per cm2 and, more preferably, from about 0.14 to about 0.5 mg per cm2.
Preferably, the antibiotic or germicide is in a particulate or powdered form ranging in particle size from about 325 mesh (45 μm) to about 60 mesh (250 μm) and more preferably from about 325 mesh (45 μm) to about 200 mesh (75 μm). Commercially available antibiotic powders can be milled to produce the desired particle size distribution.
COMPUDOSE� implants (24 mg. estradiol controlled-release implants, Elanco Products Company, a Division of Eli Lilly and Company) were used to evaluate applications of polydimethylsiloxane liquid based coatings of oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC). Evaluation results are summarized in Table 1. All implants were dusted in a coating pan with OTC at a rate of 2.5 mg OTC/implant. Predusting treatment was varied as follows: no pretreatment in Trials 1 and 2; pretreatment with 1% fumed silica (Aerosil�) in Trial 3; and pretreatment with Dow Corning� 360 Medical Fluid (viscosity=350 cs at 77� F.) for Trials 4-6.
TABLE I______________________________________Oxytetracycline Hydrochloride Retention Results Mean ValuePre-Dusting Visual Observation mg OTC/TrialTreatment of OTC Coating Implant SD2______________________________________1 None Uneven OTC Coating -- --2 None Uneven OTC Coating 0.8 0.193 1% Fumed Uneven OTC Coating 0.8 0.4Silica4 2 mg/ Very Even OTC 1.6 0.15Implant CoatingSiliconeSpray5 2 mg/ Very Even OTC 2.7 0.19Implant CoatingSiliconeSpray6 2 mg/ Very even OTC 1.8 0.31Implant CoatingSiliconeSpray(added toempty coatingpan) followedby implants______________________________________ 1 --indicates no values reported 2 Standard deviation from mean value.
The results demonstrate unequivocally the advantage offered by pretreatment of implants with a film-forming silicone fluid prior to dusting with antibiotic. It not only enhances the overall rate of retention of antibiotic on the implant surface, but it also enhances coating uniformity within the lots of coated implants. Moreover, visual inspection reveals an even coating and one that is retained during manipulation of the implants in automated packaging equipment bowls to align and distribute the implants into the individual package cavities.
Three successive lots of COMPUDOSE� Implants (approximately 26,000 implants, each) were coated in accordance with this invention. Treatment consisted of placing the implants in a coating or dusting pan and adding approximately 50 g of dimethicone (2 mg dimethicone/implant) followed by 65 g of oxytetracycline hydrochloride and tumbling until the implants appeared to be uniformly coated. For each of the three lots, implants were randomly selected, packaged, and submitted for evaluation. The results are summarized in Table 2.
TABLE 2______________________________________OTC Retention on COMPUDOSE 200 � Implants mg OTC/Implant1______________________________________Lot 1 1.64Lot 2 1.61Lot 3 1.52______________________________________ 1 Mean value of 10 implants
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Curried Chicken Almond
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|Stewing chicken
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|Sliced fresh mushrooms
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|Garlic clove
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Stew chicken
Cut chicken meat in large pieces.
Measure out 2 cups of chicken stock and set aside.
Melt butter in large heavy saucepan.
Add mushrooms and garlic and cook gently 3 minutes.
Stir in flour, curry powder and saffron and let bubble up together.
Remove from heat and add chicken stock all at once, stirring to blend.
Stir in raisins and sherry.
Return to moderate heat and cook, stirring constantly, until thick and boiling.
Add the chicken meat and heat well.
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Original post made by not a critic, Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 20, 2009
Best actress - Meryl Streep, Mama Mia
Best actor - guy who played Nixon in Frost/Nixon (guy who played Frost was good too).
Best film - Australia
Best cinematography - Australia
Best FX - Iron Man
Best music - Mama Mia
(I did see other movies, but we are only talking about the best)
The poll on the home page doesn't offer enough options, so I thought I would put mine here.
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on Jan 21, 2009 at 3:44 pm
Best actress - Meryl Streep, "Doubt"
Best actor - Sean Penn, "Milk"
Best film - "Slumdog Millionaire"
Best director - Danny Boyle, "Slumdog Millionaire"
Best supporting actress - Kate Winslet, "The Reader"
Best supporting actor - Heath Ledger, "The Dark Knight"
Best cinematography - "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
Best animated film - "Wall-E"
Best FX - "Iron Man"
Best music - "Slumdog Millionaire"
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Published: Saturday 18th of April 2009
London attractions could really "show off" by introducing mobile contactless payment technology in time for the 2012 Olympics, it has been claimed.
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But while London attractions could be convinced to introduce mobile contactless payment technology, an article in Computing.co.uk suggests that retailers are reluctant to adopt contactless technology ahead of the Olympics.
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Antoine Thomas (25 January 1644 – 29 June 1709) was a Belgian Jesuit priest, missionary and astronomer in China.
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Born in Namur (Belgium) in 1644, he joined the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1660 and first taught in the schools of Armentières, Huy and Tournai. Equipped with a thorough training in Mathematics and Astronomy he was sent, at his own request as missionary to China (1677). After a long and difficult sea journey - passing through Goa, Siam (Thailand) and Malacca - he reached Macau in 1682 just in time to observe an eclipse of the Sun (1683).
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He was called by the aging Father Ferdinand Verbiest, who had just found himself appointed 'Vice-President of the Tribunal of Mathematics', a very important and influential post in the Chinese empire, to join him in Peking. At the death of Verbiest (1688) Thomas took his place as the main mathematician and astronomical expert of China. For twenty years he was then a close adviser to the emperor Kangxi who, beyond scientific questions, consulted him also on moral and religious matters. In 1692 he obtained an 'edict of tolerance' that gave to the missionaries almost complete freedom to preach Christianity.
The Chinese Rites Controversy[edit]
At a time when the future of Christian faith seemed to be bright in China the Chinese Rites controversy was raging in Europe. Charles-Thomas Maillard de Tournon, a papal legate, arrived in Peking in 1705 purportedly to inquire on the orthodoxy of the Chinese rites (particularly the 'Veneration of Ancestors' ritual, accepted by the Jesuits). In fact Tournon's mind was made up. By disregarding completely Chinese customs and etiquette, he offended the emperor who had first received him well. No pleading of Antoine Thomas, then Superior of the Jesuits in China, could prevent Tournon from issuing a decree from Nanking (1707) obliging the missionaries under severe penalties to abolish those rites. A last desperate attempt of Thomas, beseeching the legate to defer the implementation of the decree till further news were received from Rome, fell on deaf ears. Antoine Thomas died soon after (1709 in Peking), and was buried close to his friend and predecessor Ferdinand Verbiest in the Jesuit cemetery of Peking.
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Synopsis mathematica, Douai, 1685.
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- List of Belgians
- Religion in China
- Christianity in China
- Jesuit China missions
- Roman Catholicism in China
- Bontinck, F., La lutte autour de la liturgie chinoise au XVII et XVIIIème siècles, Louvain, 1962.
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In Flash Professional CS5: Creating a Simple Game for Android Devices, author Paul Trani shows how to translate existing Flash skills from the web to mobile devices while designing a game in Flash and publishing it as an AIR for Android app. The finished application includes collision detection, random enemy creation and movement, shooting capabilities, multiple levels, and even a high score screen. This course also goes beyond game functionality and shows how to use mobile capabilities such as the accelerometer and gestures to control graphics, use the hardware keys to activate menus, and also how to optimize content so it plays well on mobile devices. Also included are instructions for distributing an app through the Android Market. Exercise files are included with the course.
So let's go ahead and see where this file's at currently. I am just going to do a test movie. We have our intro. I'll click Play. And as I get into the game, you can see that I can move my character, but I really can't destroy any of these UFOs coming down. So I want to go ahead and add some lasers to my ship, and I want to have those lasers animate up. So those lasers are, of course, ultimately going to destroy these UFOs coming down. All right! So I am going to do that by using code snippets.
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Well, this first variable, I want to put it where all my other variables are. So I am going to cut it, and I am going to move it clear up to the top. Ok, right up here. This is where I want to put my Lasers:Array. So I am telling Flash that that lasers is an array and treat it accordingly. Right here, this Lasers equals new Array, well, that's actually where the array gets created. So I am going to cut that, including the comment, and I am going to move that into where the game is initialized. All right! So let's move this on up right in here, this initGame function right in here. We can see the player's created, enemies are created, and right in there I can just go ahead and paste in lasers, and I'll just hit the Tab key to move that in.
So amongst these other items being created, this Lasers: Array will be created as well. Now, let's take a look at the timer. So here's the timer. And since this timer is going to be dealing with these lasers that come from our player, well, I want to go ahead and take that and I want to move it up into place as well. So I am going to cut this, all the rest of that code, and I am going to move it up above the enemies, above that playGame, right in here. So you have moved player right in here. Well just below that, about line 113, and I'll paste that in.
Some now let's take a look at this code, because I do have this laserTimer timer that is created. So this is its specific name, and note that it's going to ahead and execute a function every half a second. And that's what this 500 is. It's actually milliseconds. So, say for instance, if I wanted it to fire every second, then that would be 1,000 milliseconds. But right now I'll just keep that as 500. So every half a second it's going to go ahead and add this timer, and it's going to fire off this function called the timerListener right here.
And this timerListener really does all of the work. It says, you know what? Let's go ahead and make a new movie clip called tempLaser from our Laser that's in our library. So let's just make sure it's in there. Move that off to the side. And sure enough, in my library you can see Laser is the linkage name of this item right here, capital L. That looks good. So, it creates it from the library, and it gives it an x and y position based on the player's position.
So I am going to go ahead and pin my code-- press that pushpin-- so I can select this player. OK, now let's review this, because basically it's saying, you know what, basically place the laser at the tip of the player's ship. All right! So it says it's going to place it at the player's x-position. If I just had that, it would put that laser right at this crosshair right here. I not only want it to get into that position, but I want to take in account the player's width, and I want to cut that in half.
And that will give me this point right in the center right here. So that's what this is. Take the players width, cut it in half, and make sure it gets added to this x-position. Ultimately it ends up at right there in the middle, which is perfect. Place its y-position, so vertically place it right on the tip right where that ship is as well. Give it a speed of 10, which we could always change that later, and then also go ahead and put it into this lasers array as well. So, just load up to that box full of lasers.
We'll need it later anyway. But do add it to the stage, and that's what addChild is. So that creates the timer. Well, in order to activate the timer, I need this laserTimer start. If I wanted to stop it, it would be, you guessed it, stop. I'll just undo that. So when do I want to start this laser? Well, I am going to cut this, and I am going to move it up into where the player is created. So right in here, about line 88 it says startPlayer and right in here addChild.
That's when the player gets added to the stage, so right after it gets added to the stage, start firing the laser. So immediately after it's added, start shooting that laser. All right! Great! Let's go ahead and run this. I'll do a test movie. Click Play. Now they are just going to get attached, so you can see them being attached right next to the ship in their correct position right at the tip. That's perfect, okay so far, for what I am doing. But now I need all of these lasers to travel upwards.
Okay, so as they get attached to the stage, I want them to move upwards. All right! So let's go ahead and see some of that action. And in order to do that, I am going to go to my Code Snippets panel and I am going to add Move Laser. So I am going to double-click on Move Laser. And it really is just a function. It does say that there is a Lasers array that is required, which I just added that earlier. And if there is a Lasers array, basically there is going to be this function, and it's going to go ahead and loop through that array, and for each laser in the array, which is known as i, it's going to go ahead and move it up.
So that's what this says right here. Okay. Move the laser up based on the speed defined earlier, the tempLaser speed. So we go ahead and move its y-position minus equals. So whereever it currently is, go ahead and start moving it up every time this function is being called. And then if the laser, say hits the top, then I can go ahead and add in a trace statement right in here, within quotes, laser just hits the top.
So I'll deal with sort of removing it later. But that's what I want to do. In fact, I am going to ahead and take this whole moveLaser function and I am going to move it back up into position, because I want it to be within the context of the code that it's dealing with, which is just beneath the laserTimer, so about line 130. Paste it in, and I would say that's look pretty darn good. The only thing I have left to do is call this function moveLaser. So I am just going to go ahead and select that function name, and I am going to copy it.
And I am going to move down right in here the playGame function. While I am making the enemies and moving the enemies, well, let's just go ahead and paste that in, move that laser as well, just like that. So as long as that we are in this playGame state, the laser is going to be firing, or actually moving in this case, as well as firing if you will with that timer. So let's go ahead and test it. Click Play. Sure enough, we can see them coming out of the tip, going upwards, traveling off the stage.
Everything looks pretty good. You could see laser hits the top and again it's sort of displaying that over and over again. So I would say that looks pretty darn good. The next step now is to really have more interaction between these lasers and the UFOs.
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Recently we had our good friends at Fuzzco design a pocket square that we could use for giveaways and events. We've been secretly handing them out at events for the past few months, so there are already some out in the wild. We plan to have more soon to give away so keep your eyes peeled!
Check out the 2x and additional attachments for more detail!
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