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Cross Platform Test Driven Development Environment Using CMake (Part 1)
Peer Reviewed by Nercury, Bluefirehawk, Michael Tanczos
make cmake cross platform makefile c++ c++11
Unfortunately makefile replacement systems don't make a lot of people happy because they can't use a favored IDE or whatever they are used to. Catering to peoples comfort zones is something I believe is important in any development environment. I've worked with people who swear by Vi and makefiles, fine by me, just please don't make me use Vi. As such there are other tools which are makefile replacements but don't actually perform the build process, instead they output makefiles, projects and/or solutions appropriate to the given platform and targeted IDE's. Among these tools is CMake, the solution I will be covering here.
A basic understanding of CMake will be presented over a series of articles. This article will cover the very basics of getting up and running and setting up a hierarchical project. Later articles will cover per-compiler and environment options and eventually incorporate the Test Driven Development portions of the title. Additions after that point will show methods of working within the environment effectively with some very nice tricks not generally available without using something like CMake as a fundamental portion of your build environment.
Parts 1 2 3 4 5
CMakeCMake is a description and generator system, it takes a description of a project and generates whatever output you desire. So, if you desire to work with a text editor and makefiles, an IDE or some other variation, CMake allows you to work that way without forcing others to follow suit. It imposes only one thing, all definition is done in the CMake description files and as such you can't rename/add/move/etc a file in the IDE, or in the makefile, you need to use the CMake definition files for that. Once you get used to this though, it's not a horrible item to deal with, especially given the alternatives of maintaining multiple build solutions.
PreparationsFor this article it is expected you have at least one of the initial target platforms setup for development work and of course that you have CMake installed. It is best to see things working in two different environments as such I would suggest setting up a virtual machine of Linux or Windows depending on your primary Os. VirtualBox is a free and reasonably usable VM which can be used for this purpose, of course OsX expects real Apple hardware so it has to be a primary Os if you happen to have a Mac. Setting such things up is beyond the scope of this article though, there are plenty of tutorials you can Google for if you need help in this area.
The basic expectations per platform are:
- Windows: Visual Studio 2012 and CMake installed.
- OsX: Xcode and CMake installed.
- Linux: Basic development tools and CMake installed.
Again, install as appropriate to the system. Your CMake should be version 2.8 or higher if possible.
Hello World! CMake StyleStarting with the old standby "Hello World!" project, it is time to get an idea of how CMake fits into the workflow. Create a new directory called 'HelloWorld' and add two files with the following names and content:
/* Hello World program */ #include <stdio.h> main() { printf( "Hello World" ); }
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 2.8.3 ) PROJECT( HelloWorld ) ADD_EXECUTABLE( HelloWorld main.c )
helloworld.zip 638bytes 325 downloads
For the first usage of CMake, I'll cover the basics of the command line but in the future I'll be using the CMake GUI since it is considerably easier to use as options and configuration items are added to the project. Additionally, you probably want to download the zip file and keep it around as we will be examining some of the workings of CMake and needing a clean version of this project for each of the variations.
Open a terminal or command prompt and change your directory to be in the new 'helloworld' directory. Type the command 'cmake' and take a look at the information it outputs. It's a pretty big wall of text but the only portion you need to look at right now is at the end; the list of 'generators' available on your platform. I will be assuming you will use the following generators on the given platforms:
- Windows : "Visual Studio 11" (AKA Visual Studio 2012)
- OsX : "Xcode"
- Linux : "Unix Makefiles"
So, in the terminal, type the following command, replacing '<generator>' with one of the above strings.
cmake -G "<generator>"
For Windows, you would have typed in 'cmake -G "Visual Studio 11"'.
During the first run CMake can take a while to complete. It is evaluating your system looking for the compiler and making sure it functions. It is also doing some items similar to what autoconf does in determining what header files are available, location of libraries and other items you can use in making your code compile cross platform. Don't worry though, after the initial run, CMake will only evaluate your project description since it will have saved out the detection data, as such it is very fast after the initial scan. Once CMake completes, list the content of your directory in order to see what has been done.
CMake has written out some data it will use in the future and the appropriate output file for your platform. I.e. on Windows a sln/proj pair of files. At this point load the solution into Visual Studio or Xcode as appropriate, build and run the result. For Linux, simply type make and then ./HelloWorld.
Assuming everything worked correctly, head back to the terminal and list the content of the directory again. I don't know about you but I really don't like how everything has been placed in a single directory and made a mess in and around the two files. It's actually worse under Linux since the '.o' intermediate files are placed in this same directory so you have a 'main.c' and a 'main.o'. In order to fix this, we use what CMake calls "out of source builds".
Remove all the CMake and build generated files such that you are back to having only the 'main.c' and 'CMakeLists.txt' files in your directory. (Or, just delete the directory and unpack the supplied zip again.) Go back to the terminal within the 'helloworld' directory and make a directory called "build" then change directory into the build directory. This new directory is where we want CMake to do all it's work from now on such that it won't dirty up the directory with our source files. Calling CMake is basically the same with a single additional parameter:
cmake -G "'generator name'" ../
Again, on Windows, this would be: 'cmake -G "Visual Studio 11" ../'.
Now, if you look at what CMake has done, it put all of it's cache files and the generator output in this new directory. This is perfect and keeps the separation between code and intermediate data. Load up Visual Studio or Xcode and build again, or type make for Linux, and you will see that the intermediate files are also stored under the new directory and kept out of the source directory. So, this cleans up the primary directory but still leaves another problem when you start working cross platform. Try using CMake with a different generator under your existing build directory:
cmake -G "CodeBlocks - Unix Makefiles" ../
CMake should complain that you can't change from one output generator to another. This can be annoying in a cross platform environment where you may want to test multiple compilers and IDE's, even on the single platform. This is very simple to correct, 'cd' out of the build directory and 'mkdir codeblocks', 'cd' into the new directory and type the above command again. CMake will generate the new output and leave the old one alone. In this way you can keep both IDE's open, recompile without intermediate files overwriting each other and work problem free switching back and forth as you want.
CMake: The BeastCMake is a very large project and has been around for a number of years. It started out with a fairly humble beginning and has grown from there. Unfortunately, due to the organic nature of the growth it has what most people consider a pretty harsh "language" which grew from the simple beginnings. The language is a mutant blend of bash scripting and a Basic like syntax with weakness's inherited from both. For this reason a lot of people, myself included, greatly prefer Premake with the nice Lua based language. Unfortunately Premake is often very slow to keep up with the IDE's and compiler upgrades and in general has a number of bugs which can end up producing invalid outputs on various platforms. Unfortunately, having run into the bugs and slow updates in the past, I bit the bullet and switched to CMake since I want to make games and not worry about the generator itself getting in the way. This is not to say CMake is bug free, just that the bugs are fewer and usually far between due to the much larger community of support and active usage.
Making use of CMake effectively is the goal for the remainder of this article. Learning CMake features and some things to avoid, are as important basic information as to how to use the commands and the language. Let's start by breaking down the simple 'CMakeLists.txt' for "Hello World!":
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 2.8.3 ) PROJECT( HelloWorld ) ADD_EXECUTABLE( helloworld main.c )
First off, CMake is a caseless language and the commands such as "PROJECT" could be written as: "project", "Project" or even l33t style "proJeCt" and CMake won't care. As a convention, I stick to using all upper case for the commands simply to differentiate them from other text, file names and such. It doesn't matter in anyway, that's just how I first saw CMake used and I followed it.
The first line in the CMake file is a quick check to tell CMake the minimum version it should allow to build your project. You should go as far back as possible but due to changes in behavior which have been made, 2.8.3 was the first version with a couple items I tend to use and as such that is as far back as I allow. It was also a very stable release in the 2.8 series where 2.8.0-2 had a couple bugs in the new behaviors.
The second line of the code, 'PROJECT( HelloWorld )', tells CMake the name of the primary project/solution which is being built. For Visual Studio this is the name of the solution file, for Xcode this is the name of the xcodeproj and in a makefile it is a general all encompassing (and default) build target.
The third line, 'ADD_EXECUTABLE( helloworld main.c )', defines an actual build item, in this case an executable. The name of the executable is the first item passed into the command and the remaining items are the file names which are part of the build for that executable. The Visual Studio generator will output a project file to be contained within the solution, the Xcode generator will add this as a target in the Xcode project and of course it is a named target within generated makefiles.
Examples of the output:
The first thing you may be asking yourself is what are the two extra projects/targets in the IDE's? CMake attempts to make things as easy as possible on the programmer and the extra projects are how it does this. The "ALL_BUILD" target is pretty much what the name suggests, if this is the active target it builds everything within the project. It is a utility which can be useful to make sure everything still builds after making changes or when using a continuous integration backend such as Cruise Control, Hudson, Continuum etc. The other project 'ZERO_CHECK' is a bit less obvious and unfortunately, as of Visual Studio 2012, not particularly useful for Windows development.
The purpose of 'ZERO_CHECK' is to check if the developer has changed any of the CMakeLists.txt files or files which are directly referenced. If any changes are detected it automatically calls CMake to update the solution prior to recompilation. This works pretty well with Makefiles and Xcode but unfortunately as mentioned, the recent version of Visual Studio no longer includes the macro system which the utility required. As such all 'ZERO_CHECK' ends up doing is rebuilding the solution and projects but not stopping the build, only 'after' the compilation process completes (likely with a whole slew of errors) does Visual Studio notice the solution and projects are different and ask you to reload them. This is unfortunately Microsoft's infinite wisdom that "no one really uses the macro system anyway, so we won't continue supporting it" at fault, not a problem with CMake. Hopefully CMake will be able to find an answer to make it work nicely with VC again.
Setting Up The Real EnvironmentAt this point, it is time to break out the CMake GUI since the command line becomes unwieldy as you add more detail to the project. Starting up the CMake GUI should give you something like the following:
The CMake GUI is fairly bare bones and not a great upgrade over the command line in general, but when it comes understanding what CMake is doing and controlling build options, it makes life a lot easier. Even with the simple 'HelloWorld' project it can display a stunning amount of information describing how CMake is generating the outputs:
As you can see, CMake uses a lot of variables with many options. Normally these items are hidden by having the 'Advanced' option unchecked, but they are very useful in explaining what build options are being used. You can also change the values from the GUI as desired, this is the main reason to use the GUI since otherwise you have to type in a command line with a potentially large set of '-D "value=whatever"' items appended.
Starting with another clean copy of the 'HelloWorld.zip' or manually cleaning out the generated items, setting up the GUI is fairly easy, there are only really two things to worry about at this time; filling in the two text boxes. Telling CMake where the root 'CMakeLists.txt" is and where you wish to output the generated project files. In the text box labeled "Where is the source code:", you want to point this to the location of the CMakeLists.txt. So for the 'HelloWorld' test, it would be: "'full_path_to_helloworld'/". In the text box labeled "Where to build the binaries:" you want to put in: "'full_path_to_helloworld'/_vc11" for Windows as an example.
At this point you can click "Configure" or "Generate" to setup the basic CMake caches. If you select "Generate" it will also output the solutions/projects/makefiles after configuration is complete. I usually just press "Generate" myself as it is equivalent to the command line version of running CMake. If running from a clean directory CMake will ask if it should create the output directory, yes of course we want that so accept it. CMake will then pop up the following:
Obviously depending on platform the options will be different, select the generator appropriate to your platform and press "FINISH". After CMake builds up it's cache of information, if you didn't press "Generate", do so now. Your solution/projects or makefiles will be output and you can run through the build and run process appropriate to your platform in order to make sure it's the same as when you did things from the command line.
Introducing ADD_SUBDIRECTORYIt is time to make a new starting project for further work. This will introduce a basic directory structure and some of the advanced features of CMake which make life easier in the long run. Build the following directory stucture:
CMakeProject build tests HelloWorld
Copy the 'main.c' and 'CMakeLists.txt' files into the 'HelloWorld' directory under this structure.
As it is, if you point CMake GUI at the 'CMakeProject' directory and the output to 'CMakeProject/build/"generator"', CMake will do nothing since there is no 'CMakeLists.txt' in the root directory. Don't try going ahead and pointing CMake at the subfolder with the 'CMakeLists.txt' file, this is not the goal. The goal for the real environment is to support an easily maintained and flexible environment to start with.
It is time to start working with C++ so rename 'main.c' to 'main.cpp'. This of course implies that 'CMakeLists.txt' needs to also be updated since it is the file which describes our project. Change the line:
ADD_EXECUTABLE( HelloWorld main.c )to read:
ADD_EXECUTABLE( HelloWorld main.cpp )
Next, we want to start the hierarchical build description for our project so add two empty 'CMakeLists.txt' files into the directory structure, one under 'CMakeProject' and the other under 'CMakeProject/tests'.
In the file 'CMakeProject/CMakeLists.txt', add the following:
CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 2.8.3 ) PROJECT( CMakeProject ) ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( tests )
And finally in 'CMakeProject/tests/CMakeLists.txt', add the following:
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( HelloWorld )
Now, with CMake pointed to 'CMakeProject' and 'CMakeProject/build/"generatorname"' click on "Generate". Open the result in your IDE and everything should look identical to how it did before. Attempt to build though and it gives you errors. This is simply because we stopped using the forgiving C compiler and switched to the more explicit C++ compiler. (Or just told the compiler to be more strict in reality.) Let's fix the C++, in your IDE or favorite editor, edit the code in 'main.cpp' to be:
/* Hello World program */ #include <iostream> int main( int argc, char** argv ) { std::cout << "Hello World!"; return 0; }CMakeProject.zip 1.7KB 319 downloads
You do not have to update CMake for this change so just recompile via the IDE and everything should be correct.
So, what does this hierarchy and 'ADD_SUBDIRECTORY' do? ADD_SUBDIRECTORY is similar to bash/shell scripting 'exec' or 'call' functions in terms that it makes a copy of the current environment and passes it to a child, which in the case of CMake, will look in the specified subdirectory for a 'CMakeLists.txt' file to be processed. So, if we change compile flags in the top level 'CMakeLists.txt' it will propagate down to the 'HelloWorld' build. But, on the other hand, if we changed flags within 'HelloWorld' it would not propogate back up and affect other items.
This behavior will become very important later on but for the moment just keep in mind that information passing is "one way" down to children by default. Later there will be cases of needing to pass data back up to parents but it will be done under very strict control.
Breaking Things While Still Safely Committing To Source ControlThat's a mouthful but the intention is to show how you can accidentally break a build for one platform, quickly fix things so others don't have a problem working. Then going back to track down and correct what failed. Build breakage is a common problem and it scales from a simple oops and fixed to a major day to day time sink as more people work in the codebase. Even the best programmer is likely to break the build at least monthly no matter how anal they are about testing and catching problems. If you have 30 developers with commit rights, that means a broken build at least once a day and this quickly gets out of hand.
So, let's start with a simple build breakage. Make a copy of the "HelloWorld" directory and name it "Hello2" at the same location as the original. Add the following line to 'CMakeProject/tests/CMakeLists.txt':
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( Hello2 )
Hit generate on CMake GUI and you should see:
CMake Error at tests/Hello2/CMakeLists.txt:3 (ADD_EXECUTABLE): add_executable cannot create target "HelloWorld" because another target with the same name already exists. The existing target is an executable created in source directory "'path'/CMakeProject/tests/HelloWorld". See documentation for policy CMP0002 for more details."That's pretty descriptive, we forgot to change the executable name to something unique. Go into 'CMakeProject/tests/Hello2/CMakeLists.txt' and rename the executable to 'Hello2' to match our new directory name. Now regenerate and all should be well. In the IDE or makefile you should now see subprojects/targets for "HelloWorld" and "Hello2".
Everything is great and you can commit your code. Now let's break the build in a non-intuitive but very simple manner. Change the 'main.cpp' in 'Hello2' to the following as a C++11 test:
/* Hello World program */ #include <iostream> int main( int argc, char** argv ) { auto helloString = []() {return "Hello World!";}; std::cout << helloString(); return 0; }CMakeProjectBroken.zip 2.46KB 235 downloads
If you are on Windows or Linux and rebuild, everything should be fine. So you commit the changes and if you are using an automated build or someone happens to get your code on OsX they get a failure. Why, what could be wrong? Well, for the moment we don't care what is wrong, we just want to fix the build. So, it only fails on OsX, we'll just fix it by not compiling that particular item on OsX. Change 'CMakeProject/texts/CMakeLists.txt' to the following:
ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( HelloWorld ) IF( NOT APPLE ) ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( Hello2 ) ENDIF( NOT APPLE )
Commit that change and the build machine should stop complaining and people on OsX won't hate you. Unfortunately 'Hello2' is simply removed from the build on OsX until we can figure out what the problem is. As it turns out, the answer is simple; by default OsX uses Clang 4.2.0 (as of Xcode 4.6.1) which does not automatically enable C++11. In order to enable C++11 it is required to add some compiler and linker flags, but only for OsX. That will be covered in the next article as we take the environment further.


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In Brazil almost no one has a central hot water heater. Most people just have an electric instant hot water heater built into their shower head. In the kitchen a few people have another instant hot water heater so that they dont have to wash dishes with cold water. However, at 5000 watts per heater they use a lot of electricity. (Imagine 4 microwaves running at once, or 50 100 watt light bulbs all on at the same time.) In our house I wanted to have a central hot water heater and hot and cold water at all plumbing fixtures.

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DURHAM, N.C. - An
early chess match turned into an entertaining second half and No. 16 Richmond
held off Duke, 23-21, Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C.
The victory is the first for interim head coach Wayne Lineburg and is the
Spiders' third-straight at Duke since 2006.
Senior QB Aaron Corp threw for 193 yards and a touchdown, while senior WR Tre Gray reeled in a career-high 129 yards on a career-best eight catches. Redshirt freshman WR Stephen Barnette's first career catch was a six-yard TD grab that opened the scoring in the second quarter.
The Spiders (1-0) were limited to just 95 yards rushing, but junior FB Kendall Gaskins' eight-yard TD put Richmond up 17-14 in the third quarter and senior RB Garrett Turner's one-yard plunge was the eventual game-winner with 10:12 left on the clock.
Richmond's defense forced two key fumbles and junior S Cooper Taylor - a Georgia Tech transfer - made his Spider debut in hard-hitting fashion. Taylor recorded a game-high 14 tackles, had a tackle for loss, forced a fumble and broke up a pass. Junior LB Darius McMillan was in on 12 stops and senior S Colin Pehanick set a career-high with nine tackles (six solo). Pehanick also forced a fumble.
Corp's arm set-up the Spiders' late go-ahead score and Turner's one-yard TD run put the visitors up 23-21 with 10 minutes left. Corp hit Kevin Finney for 26 yards early in drive, and found Gray for hook-ups of 12 and 33 yards to put the Spiders in the Red Zone for the fifth time on the night.
And on fourth-and-goal at the one, Turner punched it in for his sixth career score. Richmond converted on four of its five Red Zone trips and scored all 23 points from inside the 20.
The Spiders, though, had to survive some late-game drama and Duke kicker Will Snyderwine missed a 28-yard field goal wide right with 1:43 left, then came up short on a desperation 60-yard try as time expired.
After a scoreless first quarter, Taylor made his presence felt by laying the lumber on Duke QB Sean Renfree and knocking the ball loose deep in Duke territory. Brandon Scott pounced on the loose pigskin at the eight-yard line. Three plays later, Corp hit Barnette with a perfectly-place ball for the six-yard score.
But Duke (0-1) answered right back on its next possession and Desmond Scott's 29-yard run knotted the game at 7-7.
Another turnover in the shadow of Richmond's end zone led to a field goal as Pehanick stripped Brandon Braxton, and McMillan recovered the fumble at the Duke 26. Five plays later, freshman Remington Hinshaw's 29-yard field goal put the Spiders back up 10-7 with 4:18 left in the half.
Duke had a chance to tie or take the lead on the final possession of the first half, but the Blue Devils ran out of time deep in Richmond territory and the game went to halftime with the Spiders leading 10-7.
A halftime fireworks display preceeded an explosive third quarter from both teams that saw the lead change hands four times on four consecutive possessions.
The ground game got rolling for Duke, and the Blue Devils rolled up an 11-play, 79-yard drive, capped by a six-yard TD run from Brandon Connette to claim their first lead of 14-10 at the 8:23 mark.
Gaskins' touchdown run finished off a long drive by the Spiders to put Richmond back in front with five minutes left in third, but the Blue Devils countered again with a lengthy drive and seized a 21-17 advantage in the closing seconds of the third.
Renfree finished 23-of-33 passing for 201 yards, while Juwan Thompson and Scott each surpassed the 80-yard rushing mark. Duke out-gained Richmond 379-288.
Richmond opens its home schedule Saturday night versus Wagner. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ET and good seats are still available for the first-ever night game at Robins Stadium. Call 1-877-SPIDER-1 or purchase them online at RichmondSpiders.com.
DURHAM, N.C. - An
early chess match turned into an entertaining second half and No. 16 Richmond
held off Duke, 23-21, Saturday night at Wallace Wade Stadium in Durham, N.C.
The victory is the first for interim head coach Wayne Lineburg and is the
Spiders' third-straight at Duke since 2006.


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Except for all of the silicone
Except for all of the silicone
" Save a tree...........Eat A Beaver!"
I seldom talk to liberals.............................. But when I do, I order fries............
She may yet crash into another woman driver.
When they left the beach races, they moved too what was then rural Daytona. Got a sweetheart deal from the city.. Lifetime lease and thus began the track.. Pond in the middle a few guys ended up in, now reduced in size and fenced off.
Bill France's daughter just recently got an idea.. Summers were slow, so she opened a museum, race history exhibit. Took off well.
City of Daytona recently stepped in and wanted to charge them meag bucks, for their property that they lease. Or may have purchased, somehow they were trying to extort them..
"No problem, we will move and build a new track." Whoops stay calm now.
Between the 500, Pepsi race, bike weeks, Daytona stays alive.
Not doubting the budget deal, but I think they have enough money to lend the Govt. money..
"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
LOL I knew I should have spelled it "poled"hell i thought this might be porn "danica gets pole" --just has a porn like ring to it! LOL!Dale jrNAME ONE OTHER DRIVER WHO HAS BEEN GIVEN THE EQUIPMENT AN BACKING THAT HAS DONE SO POORLY AN STILL HAS A RIDE??????
I got out of following NASCAR when they switch the points rules so the drivers that are in the top ten at a certain race are the only ones that have a chance at the cup, the first year they did this and a couple drivers outside that top ten would have moved into the top ten by the end of the season.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
Coils. Dania has been using my computer while she is staying here.. She sees your post she is gonna be pissed.. She can drive to Pennsylvania in less than an hour.
She is just jumping in the shower, got to go. Get her breakfast ready..
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"Man needs but two things to survive alone in the woods. A blow up female doll and his trusty old AK-47" - Thomas Jefferson 1781
Now I know your BS'ing, it's closer to two hours because DC & Baltimore traffic will slow her down someShe can drive to Pennsylvania in less than an hour.
"Government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem" Ronald Reagan
If she doesn't wreck along the way. Or stop for bikini pictures.
Biggun, she is bringing more dollars to NASCAR than are being spent on her "development", so she won't go anywhere unless she wants to go. Like Coils said, Dale Jr. has had numerous shitty seasons with the best equipment and people money can buy, but he still kept a ride, because he is still the most popular driver, and puts fans in the stands, and dollars into NASCAR's till.
Now as far as Danica's ability, she consistently ran top 12 in Indycars/CART or whatever it's being called this week. Hell a few years back she was in the lead by a LONG way on the Indy 500, but didn't have enough fuel left to keep the pace that high. She had to back off enough to be able to complete the race, and finished 4th. Not too many male drivers have finished 4th at Indy, and have been trying for years.
She can dang sure drive, it's just gonna take awhile to get used to a heavy, slow assed brick on a NASCAR track. LOL. At least the new car kind of puts everyone on an even playing field when it comes to the learning curve.
Now to the important part. I love my wife dearly, but if Danica wanted to do it on the coffee table with my wife in the room, I would just have to suck it up and do it!!!!!!!!!! Ass whoopin be damned!!
Enforcement, NOT Amnesty!!!!!!
"If theyre going to come here illegally, apply for & receive assistance through a corrupted Government agency encouraging this lawless behavior, work under the table & send billions of dollars each year back to their families in Mexico, while bleeding local economies dry, protest in our streets waving their Mexican flags DEMANDING rights, while I have to press 1′ for English, then they need to be shipped back to where they came from!" -Chad Miller


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Girl Who Fell From Dells Ride Back In Wisconsin
Marti On Hand To Help Raise Money For Children's Hospital
MADISON, Wis. - Nineteen months after a nearly fatal fall from a Wisconsin Dells ride, Teagan Marti was back in Wisconsin this weekend to help promote a multimillion dollar expansion at the American Family Children's Hospital.
Marti, a Florida native, was a surprise guest -- and not surprisingly -- stole the show. As her mom Julie Marti proudly said, "You can see the progress she's made."
"We didn't know if she'd ever walk again," Julie Marti said.
Teagan has come a long way since that day in August 2010 when the then-12-year-old fell 100 feet from the Terminal Velocity ride at the Wisconsin Dells park known as Extreme World. Teagan broke her spine and pelvis in the fall.
"It was the worst day of my life," said Julie Marti.
Late Saturday night, the family watched news coverage of Teagan's fall along with a packed house at Monona Terrace in Madison. Few even knew that the Martis were there, until they stood.
Then, it was the crowd';s turn, as they offered the family a moving standing ovation.
The family was there to give thanks to the hospital and its staff.
"I don't think I can say with certainty if that facility didn't exist, that Teagan would be alive today," said Julie Marti.
Teagan's survival is measured not in months, but in milestones.One of the most important is obvious: She's walking again, usually without assistance.
Teagan's survival, once a question mark, gives hope to everyone at the hospital.
"She doesn't remember a lot about it, but the staff all felt very emotional because they got to see that what they did truly made a difference in her life," said Donna Katen-Bahensky, CEO of the American Family Children's Hospital.
The family, wiping away tears throughout the night, gave thanks to not only the hospital but to the state, saying they were shocked at how Wisconsin took up Teagan's story as she struggled to live.
"It was overwhelming and you people are amazing," said Julie Marti. "Thank you for all your continued support. Thank you."
Investigators found that the ride operator at Extreme World released Teagan without lifting a safety net into place. The Martis reached a legal settlement with the park's owner.
The operator pleaded guilty to reckless injury but didn't face jail time.
Officials said that the gala on Saturday night raised more than $400,000 for the American Family Children's Hospital.
Local And Regional News
- State sues Milwaukee stores over synthetic marijuana
- UW-Madison leadership center to be named after former state governor
- Teacher suspended over documentary returns to work
- 70-year-old Madison man, cops return young tourist's purse full of cash
- Cigarette look-alike cigars likely to get tax increase
- UW Health water aerobics class for deaf people breaks down barriers


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i appreciate that people have taken time to certify me. i'd just like to point out that i wasn't whinging about not being an Apprentice like some warez'ing IRC newbie who wants +v or +o. The fact of the matter is, i enjoy reading Advogato. Last time I made a diary entry I had a trust level that allowed me to post comments. lkcl recently wrote an article that i really wanted to participate in and couldn't - very frustrating. anyway, enough about that!
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the engine2 column has been launched at zend.com, and they were nice enough to arrange a zend e-mail address for me. the first issue was heaps of fun to write. i hope the traffic on the list stays this high - but with all the talk of PHP 5 there i suspect it may mutate in that direction. ahhh - there is nothing more satisfying than the bleeding edge.
I wonder if it's broke or if it just doesn't love me 8^)
addendum: just tried certifying myself, and it didn't work. drat x 2.
looking forward to helping deekayen with thatware. i have downloaded the code and am going to make a few suggestions that will hopefully make it a much more maintainable piece of software.
netscape 6 is out, and a lot of people seem to be bitching. i hope this has no serious effects on mozilla project.
getting excited about my new project now (a web-based knowledge management application), we are starting officially on the 18th of this month. it's going to be really cool working with other people. it's been a year of working by myself, so i hope we don't argue too much.
i have been speaking to steve danic of memes.net fame regarding an XML DTD for import/export of the data between knowledge management apps. i've set up a mailing list at e-groups if anyone here is interested in joining.
kudos on your election to the gnome foundation. i feel confident that gnome will remain unspoiled by commercial interests (cough*sun*cough) with people like you to help steer the project in the right direction. 8^)
i was watching A Current Affair last night and was disgusted by what i saw. the host was interviewing an american personality (i think his name was something ritter) regarding the elections. one of the questions the host asked was something like "and what about nader?" and the response was (i quote) "he's just an angry man who has cost gore the election".
now, for starters, people have every right to vote for who they like - regardless of whether there are two candidates who the race will likely be between. second of all, it was obvious the race would be close. imho, it is Gore who might lose Gore the election. people who voted for ralph obviously feel that he has something important to contribute to the country - and al doesn't. maybe if the vp had realised this and addressed some of the issues the nader did, he wouldn't be scrounging for votes in florida, regardless of the usability of the electoral cards. (which was pretty pathetic).
i got an e-mail back from Michael Hirsh (exec producer of The Dish) thanking me on behalf of Working Dog for my kind words of support. of course, it's going straight to the pool room. 8^)
if you actually bothered to read this, why not drop me an e-mail to say "hi"? i'm always interested to chat to other advogatans.
oh, and one last thing. there is nothing more aggravating than ordering the 5 disc set of redhat (2 x binary, 1 x powertools, 1 x docs) and being shipped a dud disc. now, taking good old murphy into account, which disc would be the broken one? of course, it was the first binary disc - the one you actually need to do anything remotely useful - like, say, installing the damn thing!. cough. i feel better now.
picked up a dexxa optical mouse for $50 ($25USD) and it was an absolute steal. what a beautiful peripheral. i walked back into the office, ctl+alt+f5'ed out of X, unplugged my old Logitech, plugged in the Dexxa, ctl+alt+f7 and i was in business. All 3 buttons functioning, works amazingly with Windowmaker. update: if you have a mouse pad that happens to have a holographic sith lord on it, don't use it. the hologram screws with the mouse's imaging.
work is hectic, hectic, hectic. sign off on my current project is underway, making good project on preliminary work for my next one.
staroffice is finally (l?)gpl'ed. the logical solution would be to use mozilla as the platform instead of gnome-ifying it, but i doubt that'll ever happen with Sun at the helm. They seem intent on making all the mistakes themselves.
been working hard. happy happy, my column is now being hosted by zend - who are uber professional and i'm glad to be associated with them.
Spoke to Toshio a couple of days ago after his return to his office. His wife passed away. He was very much in shock. He is only 30.
sign off on my current project begins next week. looking forward to having it out of the way. my next one is going to be tough - it'll be self financed software development (to be GPL'ed of course). it will, however, be very exciting - i know there will be lots of people who will find it really useful.
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text: I haven't bought a new computer in about 8 years. Even though computers are a big part of my life, I still feel pretty clueless about them. But, I am at a point where I really, really need a new one and so I am starting to look at both laptops and desktops. Since FSU is the place where one can find all kinds of information and advice, I thought I'd see what I could learn from you all. I use my computer mostly for facebook, email, and, of course, FSU. I also download music from time to time and like to burn cd's as well as put books and music on my mp3 player. Based on this little bit of info, do you have any suggestions as to what I should be looking for in terms of memory, operating systems, etc.? I can get employer discounts from Dell and HP so I am looking at their websites but I may just go to a store and purchase a computer. It all depends on what I find in terms of price and such.


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text: I was very impressed by P&I at this year's Nats. Already, they have excellent posture and lines, skate close together and match beautifully - these are attributes that many teams struggle with for years and never achieve. Alex's positions in lifts are fantastic. Chemistry is coming along decently. IMO it's easier to start with these characteristics, then add power and speed, than it is to clean up skating that is speedy but lacks refinement. They've had enough people tell them and their coaches that they resemble a younger V/M to get the message, I'm sure. Whether it was intentional or not, with any sense they'll avoid comparisons in packaging next season. They definitely need to grow into a "sense of themselves" as a team. I do think that they can challenge for the podium at Nats next year, if they work really hard and listen to feedback.


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Playboy.com at Osheaga: The Sheepdogs
Upon meeting the band, who may or may not have walked straight off a Canned Heat album cover, it was apparent that The Sheepdogs are setting out to bring us back to the rock 'n' roll fervor the world experienced in the '60s.
Upon meeting the band, who may or may not have walked straight off a Canned Heat album cover, it was apparent that The Sheepdogs are setting out to bring us back to the rock 'n' roll fervor the world experienced in the '60s. Playing some of the biggest festivals around like Coachella and Bonnaroo this summer, the Canadian boogie rock band is set to tour all around the U.S. this fall to promote their upcoming self-titled album, which is being produced by The Black Keys drummer Patrick Carney. We had the chance to talk with tranquil frontman Ewan Currie at Osheaga about being one of the biggest up-and-comers in rock 'n' roll today.
Playboy.com: You have an album coming out soon.
Currie: September fourth! We made it down in Nashville this past January. Sometimes people think that making an album in Nashville means session musicians and steel guitars, but it's all us, we did it all ourselves. It's a big rock community now in Nashville; there are a lot of pretty good studios and things happening down there, music-wise. We recorded at a place called Haptown Studios, which is run by a guy named Roger Moutenot from New York who's done stuff with people like Elvis Costello and Lou Reed. We banged the record out in two and a half weeks; we had just come off the road so we were pretty sharp and ready to make a record.
Playboy.com: And when you buy an album in advance we see that you get a beard comb?
Currie: Yeah, it was something we had always talked about, but I don't remember why. We're always thinking of crazy things to give away. That was found by one of our merch guys, who had come across this mom-and-pop company that makes this hybrid bottle opener/beard comb thing, so we put in an order for however many we needed to get. It was the biggest order they had ever received. I like to think that we rejuvenated this little company. [laughs]
Playboy.com: Your band is becoming more synonymous with the rock revival after signing with Atlantic Records. How do you feel about the integration of computers and other gadgets in music that's happening of late?
Currie: I don't know; in a lot of instances I don't think it makes music sound better. If you think about it, Stradivarius instruments are still prized for their sound and tone. Those violins are still held pretty highly, and they're not trying to find a way to make new graphite violins or something like that. Their beauty is still such a basic thing. [Technology] makes it easier to do certain things, and it has given rise to all of the DJs and sample things, but it just doesn't interest my ears at all. The advancements have made it incredibly easier for us to make music; we used Pro Tools to create the last album. It doesn't sound as good as tape does, since tape is so expensive and so cumbersome, but technology didn't give [the album] anything that wouldn't have already been there.
I bought myself a cheap version of Pro Tools four and a half years ago and it meant that I was able to record an album on my computer. We didn't have to hire a studio. We were flat broke when we recorded our album Learn & Burn so we just had to figure out how to make an album on our own and we did it.
Playboy.com: You just won three Juno awards for Rock Album of the Year, Best New Group and Single of the Year, but many Americans will know you for being the first unsigned band on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine. Was that a blessing or a curse?
Currie: It was great to win, but if we just put our feet up, we wouldn't be anywhere. You can't be like, "Well, let's call it a day, won that!" It was this great opportunity but we still have to seize on it. That's why we're doing this big tour this fall. We got to get out and play for people to prove that we're not just some American Idol-esque competition winner. We're a legitimate band with good sound and tasty jams and that kind of stuff, so everyone should come and check us out.


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"One thing that's different about this show," Richard Brown Lethem tells me as we stand in the gallery where his paintings currently hang, "is that I'd never done a series before now. I've always tried to fit all the subject matter into one painting."
I can identify with this. I'm faced with the task of writing about the 78-year-old expressionist painter whose latest solo exhibit, "Table of Contents," just opened at Aucocisco Gallery. There's simply a ton of potential subject matter, and just like the stuff that makes up the sprawling, energetic canvases he's been painting for 60 years, it all threatens to come bursting into the frame.
"Table of Contents" is Lethem's first solo show in four years, and the latest in a career that began in one of the most influential art movements in modern history. I meet him for coffee, and upon learning that his paintings had been hung a bit earlier than originally planned, we decide to take a look. It's late in the day, and he and I are the only people in the gallery. I ask about a smaller series of his colorful oils, with thick brushstrokes of warm, heartland colors and a codified network of Xs, circles, and slashes of color at the center. They look like they could be distant hearkenings to crop circles, or perhaps, more true to form, a color study that defies representation.
"Oh, that's 'Pick and Roll,'" he explains. "It's a series I did recently about basketball. I really enjoy watching March Madness."
College sports wasn't the first subject I thought I'd encounter in this exhibit, but then again, Lethem's approach as a painter rejects no influence and leaves no stone unturned. In addition to basketball plans, this show explores monkey painters (in an ode to Chardin, and the artist's own Parisian stint), tabletops, carpentry, his mother, fear, and yes, nonrepresentational color fields.
It's possible to learn very much about Lethem's long, full life in intricate, sometimes surprisingly intimate detail (for starters, check the terrific, memoir-ish essay "Lives of the Bohemians: Growing Up With My Father's Paintings," written by his son, Jonathan), but the abridged version goes like this: Lethem was born to middle-class parents and raised in Missouri. His father was a traveling salesman, so Richard, the youngest of seven, grew up learning much from the stories and perspectives of his mother. One of these stories is the harrowing tale of a lynching that occurred not far from where the family lived, and although it happened before Richard was born, he still speaks of it as one of his life's most haunting recollections.
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A great charity, Rebuilding Together - Bergen County, is raffling off 2 Super Bowl tickets + $3,500. No more than 600 tickets will be sold. Tickets are $100 apiece.
RTBC works year-round assisting low-income homeowners particularly the elderly and families with children - with repairs and renovations. This year Kickoff to Rebuild is supporting the extensive renovations for 10 homes essentially wiped out by Sandy, as well as the installation of a neighborhood playground in Moonachie, NJ. The project will culminate on January 31, 2014, the Friday before Superbowl XLVIII.
The tickets can be used as nice Christmas gifts. The drawing will be in early January.
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I made up five or so nucs and introduced queens to them. I ended up with one that just exploded in population. I opened it up yesterday and all five frames were covered in bees and it had 3 full frames solid with brood. I was concerned that the population would simply be to much and that I may end up with a fall swarm. I pulled two of the three frames of brood and replaced them with empty comb.
My question is what do I do with the other brood? Is it too late in the season to have them raise their own queen and start another nuc? Should I just put it in another hive? Seems like a waste to put two beautiful frames of brood in a hive that will shortly be culling their numbers.
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Steve M., one of the best tool creators out there, has made his mark on San Andreas with the Map Viewer. Although this program has been out for quite some time, a new update was recently released, so I figured I'd make a news post about it.
This tool allows you to load the maps of GTAIII, Vice City, or San Andreas, and easily maneuver your way through them. Moving from city to city, even in San Andreas, is pretty easy with this tool.
So, you're thinking, "How much use does this tool have?" Well, it's great for modders! What it allows you to do is browse to any part of the map, right click an object, and that object's .dff (model) and .txd (texture) file names will appear. This is great if you know what you want to edit, but you just can't find the file names. I've used this quite a bit for just that, and it's worked great. I really recommend this great tool.
Also, just to save you some time, if you only want to use this tool for San Andreas and have the game installed in the default directory (C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\GTA San Andreas), download this file and extract games.cfg into your Map Viewer folder. Then press F1, F2, F3, or F4 to load the San Andreas map while in the tool. To edit this file for loading other maps, just open it up in Notepad and change the directory.
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Converting Maxtor Shared Storage II to Central Axis for Mac
This version of the Maxtor Manager software, and firmware converts your Maxtor Shared Storage II into a Maxtor Central Axis, allowing you to securely access and share the contents of your Maxtor Shared Storage II over the Internet. This software is compatible with Windows XP/Vista and Mac OS X Operating Systems.
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Double click the Setup.dmg file, double click the Maxtor Central Axis Icon, and follow the instructions to install the Central Axis client software.
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After you have completed the Maxtor Manager software update on your Mac, the firmware included with the download must be updated to complete the Web Access and Share conversion. For instructions on upgrading the firmware please read below or open the MSStoMCAfirmwareupdate.rtf in the download.
Step 4
Upon completion of the firmware upgrade please read the Quick Start Guide included in the download to setup your first Central Axis shared account.
Step 5
Double click on the Maxtor Manager icon on your desktop.
Step 6
Once the MSS is located in the discovery screen, select it and click Settings.
Step 7
From the Maxtor Manager Main Menu, select Maxtor Central Axis Advanced Web Page to open your default web browser.
Step 8
If you have applied a password to the Shared Storage Drive it will prompt you to enter it at this time.
Step 9
After entering your password select Advanced Settings>System Maintenance>System Update.
Step 10
Click on the Manual Install button.
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After the update warning screen displays click Next.
Step 12
When the Manual System Update screen displays click on the Browse button.
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Select the MCAMac.bin for Macintosh users and click Open.
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Click Update, At this point the firmware will load to your Shared Storage Drive. The update process takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. During this time, the Shared Storage drive will be inaccessible to users.
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Once the update is finished you will get a confirmation screen letting you know that your Shared Storage Drive has been updated successfully. Click DONE and close the browser.
Note: Now that your Maxtor Shared Storage II has been converted into a Maxtor Central Axis, Firmware updates will be called appliance updates, and any Maxtor Manager software updates will be labeled client updates.
Step 16
To setup web access and sharing open the QuickStart_Windows.pdf or QuickStart_Mac.pdf included in the download and follow the instructions starting at part 4.
More Information
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If you need technical assistance click the Maxtor Support button at the bottom of the Maxtor Manager Window or Central Axis Admin Web page to visit our support site.


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Thousands of Gazans again went into Egypt after another section of the border wall was demolished by a bulldozeer. Egptian troops are now confronting their worse nightmare, beng compelled to take action against fellow Arabs. Further north on the Israel-Gaza border, Israeli troops appeared unconcerned that Egyptians are dealing with the Gaza mess that stems from Hamas seizure of power from Fatah. A Senior Hamas offical, Ahmed Youssef, threatened Israel with the prospect of a 500,000 people march against the border opening at Erez. "This is not an imaginary scenario and many Palesltinians would be prepared to sacrifice their lives." Hamas rhetoric of bravery somehow always involves innocent people being placed in dangerous situations.
The last thing Egypt will allow to happen is being charged with full responsibility for keeping order in Gaza. They intend as quickly as possible to restore some sense of normality and thrust back on Israel's shoulders the onerous task of keeping law and order in an area in which chaos appears to be the order of the day. For a moment, Israel is content to stand by and watch Egyptian troops deal with a situation they have been confronting.
This blog believes it is time for the United Nations to assume contol of the mess that has become Gaza. Rocket attacks have to end and Israel has to open up all crossings and allow trade and commerce to resume. Perhaps, a UN force composed of Turkish or Moroccan troops might be able to ensure peace is restored to the people of Gaza.


text: It would probably be considered a personal attack, otherwise I would create a poll to see how many people are sick of hearing sky_fly20's over the top obsessive theories. The bar would certainly extend beyond the edge of my monitor screen. I don't think they make wide screen monitors wide enough to display that chart. At this point, sky_fly20 likely has little credibility left.


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I sometimes keep a few bees in a glass jar for bee therapy at home. Made breathing holes in the lid, keep it in a dark cupboard, put some honey on the bottom covered with a thin paper tissue to keep the bees from sticking to it. I am having a hard time keeping bees alive and well for more than a few days. Seems like I have a hard time finding a good way of not under/over feeding and watering. Any suggestions?
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text: I do think RC needs to get over it - although keep in mind that she had been at Ponderosa for 15 days at that point, with only disgruntled Jeff and then the guys from her former alliance who've been really rude to her. Until Penner showed up, she was still feeling ostracized, although without the need to suck up. When she blew up at Abi, it was on Abi's 3rd day at Ponderosa, Abi asked again if RC was ever going to forgive her, and RC started off with "I have asked you not to talk to me, and you keep at me. You never stop talking. You don't ever SHUT UP". In essence, I don't think Ponderosa has allowed her much ability to let things go. And I'm guessing Abi will be getting a LOT of airtime at the reunion, and her spat with RC was a big part of her presence this season, so RC might get to say TWO things


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NFC Times Exclusive: France's Bouygues Telecom, a pioneer in the NFC ecosystem, has frozen its NFC program, just months before the French market plans to roll out the technology nationally, NFC Times has learned.
NFC Times Exclusive: French mobile operators are delaying their nationwide rollout, citing interoperability problems between TSMs and SIMs provided by different vendors, among other issues, NFC Times has learned.
Crédit Agricole has joined the precommercial trial of NFC services in the French city of Nice, according to France-based vendor Gemalto, which announced it is providing trusted service management for the bank.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Samsung today finally launched its Samsung Pay mobile payments service in the UK, well behind rival payments services Apple Pay and Android Pay.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – LAS VEGAS, Nev.: It's been more than two and a half years since Apple Pay launched in the U.S., and retail giant Wal-Mart Stores still is no closer to accepting NFC at its 4,000-plus stores in the U.S. then when Apple began rolling out its NFC-enabled mobile payments service in October of 2014.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – As they struggle with low user adoption of their respective wallets in the U.S., Apple and Google are seeking to add more features, hoping to increase transactions, NFC Times has learned.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – The chairman of Taiwan's banking regulator, the Financial Supervisory Commission, Wednesday revealed just how fast a start Apple Pay got on the island nation, following its launch of the mobile payments service there in late March.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Apple CEO Tim Cook, with typical enthusiasm, touted Apple Pay's "phenomenal traction" yesterday in a conference call with analysts. But with one exception, he again failed to release any actual transaction figures for the mobile payments service, while also apparently overstating the contactless and NFC acceptance footprint in the U.S.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – Banks planning to launch host card emulation-based mobile payments have a decision to make: Should they incorporate the payments feature in their mobile-banking apps or introduce a separate wallet app.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Samsung today said it had "officially" launched its mobile payments service, Samsung Pay, in Sweden and the United Arab Emirates after "early-access launches" in these countries, making it the first of the global "Pays" wallets to fully launch in either the Nordics or the Middle East.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – Two of Singapore's major banks–both of which are participating in all three of the "Pays" wallets–Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay–are expanding their peer-to-peer payments services to in-store payments using QR codes.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – At least two German banks plan to follow the country's largest bank by assets, Deutsche Bank, in offering host card emulation-based mobile payments to their customers, NFC Times has learned.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – PayPal will use the Discover Financial Services acceptance infrastructure and tokenization for its move to in-store payments with Android Pay, NFC Times has confirmed.
NFC TIMES Exclusive – Samsung Pay is expected to launch next month in Taiwan, followed by Android Pay, as the two global "Pays" wallets gear up to compete with Apple Pay on the island nation, NFC Times has learned.
NFC TIMES Exclusive Insight – PayPal and Google announced a deal that promises to finally bring HCE payments to U.S. PayPal account holders, after delays–enabling users to pay with PayPal through Android Pay.


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My youngest son, who likes cats in general, recently became addicted to the Nyan Cat internet meme. It's one of the few "clean" memes so I figured there was no harm in it, right?
Then he asked if he could have a Nyan Cat-themed birthday party.
Um…how on earth would we do that? I love how my sons come up with unique ideas and I was so hesitant to turn it down, so I promised him we'd do our best.
First of all, for the uninitiated, let me show you the Nyan Cat video, which started it all.
Thanks to the magic of a computer printer, rainbow party supplies and a whole lot of icing, we made it happen for our youngest son's 8th birthday party this past weekend.
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To field strip it, your right about the pin that holds the lower on. If I remember right, it's a stock pin that has a screw added to one end, you need to remove the screw then knock out the pin. Oh and make sure the striker is in the forward position, the fired position.
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Mar 31, 2013 at 8:42 am #1301113
D GSpectator
@dangLocale: Pacific Northwet
This is a bit long winded and very difficult for me to discuss but I hope you can all bear with me as I'm kind of baring my soul and will be attempting an extremely unusual endeavor that has the potential to elevate me to greatness or suffer great failure and humiliation.
I'm not really an accomplished backpacker with regards to speed or long trails, but this summer I intend to change that.
I've long wanted to accomplish some kind of hiking accomplishment/record etc but with a full time job and advancing age my dreams seem to be slowly slipping away. So during this last year I've really done some soul searching and thought about something I can do to "leave my mark". Realizing that I don't really have any kind of physical ability I've decided to take a unique approach – namely doing something that has never been done before, at least as far as my extensive research over the last 6 months has revealed.
PCT section J is approximately 76 miles in length and traverses the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in Washington State. It's a spectacular and a fairly challenging hike due to the elevation changes. There have been numerous records set on this section, both hiking and ultra running. I have no illusions of breaking any of these records set by individuals much more gifted than me. So I've thought about doing this section via alternative forms of transport. It really surprised me that nobody had attempted to do this section on a mountain bike, but the reasons became obvious once I looked at the regulations. A good portion of section J goes through the alpine lakes wilderness area, where no mechanized transport is permitted – specifically,
"Motorized and mechanized equipment
Motorized and mechanized equipment are not allowed, including bicycles, carts, wagons, chainsaws, hang gliders and off-road vehicles and other wheeled vehicles. Landing aircraft, air dropping or picking up supplies, materials or people are prohibited."
I've researched this extensively and what it boils down to is that anything with wheels or a motor is not allowed.
However, I've discovered a legal loophole that is not accounted for in the legal restrictions for federal wilderness areas. I've gone so far as to contact the US forest service, both on the national level and the local district (Snoqualmie-Mt Baker National forest) requesting an official list of prohibited mechanized equipment and I'm very confident the loophole exists.
What I've determined, after considerable expense in both money and time investment is that pogo sticks are not restricted in wilderness areas. It makes perfect sense when you think about it, since they don't have wheels, and hiking sticks/trekking poles are already permitted. I've gone so far as to solicit legal advice at no small cost and my attorney has indicated after a lengthy investigation that pogo sticks, in the context of being used during backpacking or hiking activity, for forward travel on an established trail, legally fall under the same category as hiking sticks and trekking poles, provided they are used as an assist device, especially but not necessarily limited to and due to some kind of physical limitation or impairment, under the direct control and usage of the owner, and since hiking sticks and trekking poles are already permitted in wilderness areas, pogo sticks are therefore legally permitted by de facto inclusion. There are a few limitations with regards to usage, for example I can't use a pogo stick for recreation purposes, such as standing in one location and jumping up and down without there being practical forward motion. But my attorney has indicated that as long as I use the pogo stick as a transport assist device with forward motion, at a rate deemed reasonable, and that I am in direct possession and control of same, and that I am the legal owner, that it's perfectly legal and permissible to use that specific pogo stick as a transportation assist device according to the wilderness regulations, both local and federal.
Determined at this point, I will have to say that I still was met with considerable resistance from the forest service, being that the local rangers issuing the permits where skeptical about all this, expressing liability concerns, and other fabricated obfuscations, and I had to later return and have my lawyer present and threaten legal suit. It was eventually agreed that I would be required to sign a liability waiver to obtain the necessary permits. I was at one point even persuaded to offer a "gratuity" to the permitting ranger, who offered no resistance, and gingerly proceded to expedite the necessary paperwork.
With all the legal and monetary hurdles out of the way, earlier this month I purchased this off road pogo stick:
(I have the MX1-L model)
I have been experimenting on the trail with it doing short overnight trips. Climbing hills is a little difficult but I am confident I can complete PCT section J in just 3 days using the pogo stick. If it ends up taking longer it won't really matter though since nobody else has ever done this, therefore I'll be the first in history and will be in the record books!
The one main obstacle though is my regular backpacking backpack bounces violently up and down and is totally unsuitable. I think the solution is to use a small backpack designed for runners that will be more stable with the up and down motion.
I would appreciate any advice and recommendations on a suitable backpack. I've got a preliminary gear list, and expect to have a base weight (excluding the pogo stick) of about 7.5 lbs excluding food/water.
My main criteria would be a pack that is robust and extremely stable with up and down motion, with minimal external straps, and capable of handling a weight of 7.5 lbs plus 4 days of food (I'll carry an extra day's food just in case). I don't need the capability of storing water externally. Water is plentiful on the trail, so I'll probably just use my steripen and 750ml water bottle which I'll store inside the pack.
I've created a website where you will be able to follow my record attempt beginning July 6
DanMar 31, 2013 at 8:46 am #1971342
Ken T.BPL Member
There was an article in the PCTA magazine a few years back about a guy using the same loophole to do an attempt on stilts. Really. Too bad your date stamp on your post is not 4/1. Early bird.Mar 31, 2013 at 9:07 am #1971345
Nick GatelBPL Member
@ngatelLocale: Southern California
I would think a pogo stick would "leave your mark" on the trail more than trekking poles and shoes – the mark I am referring to is damage to the trail.
As to elevating yourself to greatness, perhaps you have sought the wrong kind of profession help. Maybe it is time to contemplate your self esteem…
Or as mentioned the post is a day early :)Mar 31, 2013 at 9:14 am #1971346
Dale WambaughBPL Member
@dwambaughLocale: Pacific Northwest
One slip and SAR will be scraping your remains from the bottom of a cliff.
Why not leave the wilderness to the soft sounds of footsteps and following the spirit of the regulations rather than looking for loopholes and ruining the experience for others, not to mention trail damage?
If you want to do something unique, how about pogo sticking the AlCan Highway or something?Mar 31, 2013 at 9:15 am #1971347
DougBPL Member
Dan, I understand the quest. Good for you for finding something you might actually be able to accomplish, and which seems a pretty cool attempt. I mean, since this is a one-time shot, you don't want to waste your effort on the bodybuilder at the gym instead of Petra Petrova, if you know what I mean.
The pack thing, a bit of a conundrum. Packs aren't made for such a violent up and down motion, repeated mile after mile. And you don't want to have to cinch the thing down so tight it hampers your breathing. So I'd suggest duct tape/gorilla tape. If you put your pack on, then wind the tape around the pack and your body a few times, it should keep the pack nice and snug. The tape could also help in case you fell, keeping a broken rib in place and all. And it should assist with any flying insects, they're either going to hit it and fall away, or get stuck to it, which means you wouldn't have to bring as much food since flying critters are high in protein.
Seems to be the best answer my brain can come up with. I look forward to other suggestions.
And good luck! Make sure you really attach that helmet cam securely!Mar 31, 2013 at 10:00 am #1971364
John HarperBPL Member
@johnnyh88Locale: The SouthWest
Doug's advice is sound. You could also look into getting some custom-built hybrid cuben saddle bags that attach to the pogo stick. What shelter will you be using? The pogo could probably double as pole support for a pyramid tarp.Mar 31, 2013 at 10:13 am #1971367
Kevin SchneringerBPL Member
@slammerLocale: Oklahoma Flat Lands
Better protect your teeth and hold your socks up
And move this post to Chaff.
Hope you and the trail survive!Mar 31, 2013 at 10:25 am #1971374
Randy MartinBPL Member
@randalmartinLocale: Colorado
Sorry, but I have to agree with some of the other posts about the real objective here. I would step back and take a different look at Wilderness. Learn what it can do for you not what you can do. A solo through hike might be a wonderful way to allow Wilderness to touch your soul in a more permanent way than some arbitrary achievement. A Pogo stick jump through the wilderness seems so counter-intuitive to what wilderness is for. You might as well pogo jump down a highway for a 100 miles to achieve something unique physically.Mar 31, 2013 at 12:32 pm #1971411
Dan DurstonBPL Member
@dandydanLocale: Cascadia
I think you're onto something here. The pogo could do for hiking what the packraft did for long distance river swimming: substantially increase both efficiency and fun. Much like shoes, the weight of the lower shaft of the pogo likely has a disproportionate impact. I'd look at sourcing a carbon fiber lower – perhaps from Ruta Locura.Mar 31, 2013 at 12:56 pm #1971417
Max DiltheySpectator
@mdiltheyLocale: MaxTheCyclist.com
Sounds foolish, if you ask me. ;)Mar 31, 2013 at 1:28 pm #1971430
DougBPL Member
"I'd look at sourcing a carbon fiber lower – perhaps from Ruta Locura."
Of course! And one that has an adaptor so it can fit to the Clarkii rod for use as a Tenkara rod! Dual use!Mar 31, 2013 at 1:44 pm #1971437
Terry SparksBPL Member
@firebugLocale: Santa Barbara County Coast
How 'bouts you just strap a coil spring from an old Army truck to your butt and bounce yer way across section J instead?Mar 31, 2013 at 5:31 pm #1971493
Jeffs ElevenBPL Member
@woodenwizardLocale: NePo
I smell a race brewing! Have at you!
>>>Mar 31, 2013 at 5:47 pm #1971499
Jason ElsworthBPL Member
@jephotoLocale: New Zealand
Or as mentioned the post is a day early :)
Just on time for me :).Mar 31, 2013 at 5:56 pm #1971503
Craig .Member
@zipperLocale: LOST, but making good time
I'm in!Mar 31, 2013 at 6:21 pm #1971511
Hiking MaltoBPL Member
This is a great idea especially in July. I'll bring the popcorn!
A little bit of heaven!
I will be sitting here!
Right before I hiked through here in '11 the blow downs were so bad that they had to use explosives to clear them out. There was such a tangle that there was no safe way of cutting them. One of my favorite areas that I have hiked.Mar 31, 2013 at 10:23 pm #1971578
stefan hoffmanMember
@puckemLocale: between trees
Anybody who says this will have an unnecessary impact on the trail better be wearing bunny slippers while you are hiking. Seriously, the footprint is probably 1/20th the size of your trail shoes. Even though i know this idea is a joke (good one), its also a cool idea, and if a person doesn't like it for whatever reason, they sound like most of my public school teachers…..old, grumpy haters, jealous of the creativity and vigor of those who don't see things through the filter of limitations set forth decades ago.
Go for it dude. :) If we all thought this far outside the box, our packs would be lighter and our smiles permanent.
The reason i know you aren't serious, is because these exist (http://www.pro-jump.co.uk/) and you didn't mention them.Apr 1, 2013 at 12:35 am #1971595
Nick LarsenMember
@stingray4540Locale: South Bay
gajooing, gajoing, gajoing… What the hell is that sound coming from? Hey, did that guy just pass us on a pogo stick?!
haha, that would be awesome! Unless I had to listen to "gajoing" for days straight…Apr 1, 2013 at 7:34 am #1971631
And ESpectator
@lunchandynnerLocale: Pacific Northwest
At first I thought this was an early April Fools joke.Apr 1, 2013 at 7:39 am #1971632
Max DiltheySpectator
@mdiltheyLocale: MaxTheCyclist.com
It is…Apr 1, 2013 at 7:54 am #1971636
D GSpectator
@dangLocale: Pacific Northwet
The picture of the rock outcrop makes my head hurt just thinking about it. Luckily I'll have a helmet on for that portion.Apr 1, 2013 at 8:04 am #1971637
Ryan BresslerBPL Member
I believe on of the early editions of the Beckey "Cascade Alpine Guides" describes some high pogos in that area that Fred et all did during the late '60s though the section seems to have been removed from later editions. I wouldn't be too discouraged, Fred did most everything in the cascades first and I doubt they timed their attempts well enough to establish a record.
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I think one of the reasons that there probably is no scientific study on the subject is that there are too many variables that contribute to the quality of a queen. I do not believe that any of those are the angle at which the egg was laid, nor do I believe that there are eggs that were destined from the beginning to be queens by some difference in the egg (the idea that the egg in a queen cell was any different than an egg in a worker cell was purported by Schirach and proven by Huber in the late 1700s.)
I think of all the factors involved, feeding is the biggest. It is related to the age of the larvae in that feeding of a worker or a queen is identical for some time, but changes somewhere in the first 36 hours or so and many suspect that some of those changes are less than 36 hours, if not in quantity, perhaps in quality. I try to graft when they are just a speck on a drop of royal jelly. Feeding has a lot to do with flows, how crowded the hive is with bees etc.
The next issue is how well they are mated. A queen that is poorly mated never does as well. The main issue here is plenty of mature drones flying and good flying weather.
The next issue, which is important, but I would put it after those other two, is genetics. You do need good genetics of bees that do well in your environment.
It is the combination of these issues that makes a good or poor queen.
Back to Jay Smith's observation. I think he is basing it on that time lag of when the larvae is not being fed because of the time to pull the frame, graft the larvae and get it back in the colony. With any graftless method the larvae is still in a pool of royal jelly while all this takes place which helps some. But the Chinese grafting tool tends to pick up that pool pretty well. Even doing the Better Queens method there is a time delay of cutting the combs and waxing them on and destroying the in between larvae to make room to separate the cells. All of this takes time. So I think we are back to them staying in that pool of jelly being the difference he is counting on.


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