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This Is Where Marriage Equality Stands on Its 10th Birthday
It's a big week for same-sex marriage in the U.S., for three reasons.
1. Legal same-sex marriage in Arkansas
On Thursday, Arkansas added itself to the list of states that have legalized same-sex marriage. (Out of all of the states without same-sex marriage, was anyone expecting Arkansas to be the one to legalize it next?)
Even though there was an immediate negative reaction to the ruling ...
You know there's something wrong with the world when gay marriage is legal in Arkansas. Wow. no. Please. no.
— |•Tanner•| (@TannerWilkins10) May 11, 2014
... Judge Chris Piazza issued his final order on Thursday - and Pulaski County will begin issuing marriage licenses immediately.
BREAKING: Judge strikes down all Arkansas laws banning gay marriage, won't put ruling on hold.
— The Associated Press (@AP) May 15, 2014
2. Big ruling in Idaho
Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled that Idaho's ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. The changes were supposed to take effect today, but don't hold your breath. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals swooped in and delayed when the changes would actually happen ... for now.
3. The 10th anniversary of legal same-sex marriage
On May 17, 2004, the first ever legal same-sex marriages in the U.S. took place in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts was the first state to legalize gay marriage, and on May 17, 2004, couples across the state were able to enjoy the right to marry.
Ten years later, a lot has changed - but a lot has stayed the same too. Just how far have we come as a country in the last decade when it comes to marriage equality?
These are the 17 states* where same-sex marriage is legal
In 2004 #MA embraced #marriage equality, allowing every family to pursue their own version of the American dream. pic.twitter.com/9caIVVX7iA
— Deval Patrick (@DevalPatrick) May 16, 2014
Here's where we stand as a country in 2014.
6 states have legalized same-sex marriage by court decision:
- Massachusetts - 2004
- Connecticut - 2008
- Iowa - 2009
- California - 2013
- New Jersey - 2013
- New Mexico - 2013
8 more states legalized it via their state legislature:
- Vermont - 2009
- New Hampshire - 2010
- Delaware - 2013
- Hawaii - 2013
- Minnesota - 2013
- New York - 2011
- Rhode Island - 2013
- Illinois - takes effect June 1, 2014
3 states legalized same-sex marriage by popular vote:
- Maine - 2012
- Washington - 2012
- Maryland - 2013
That brings the total number of states where same-sex marriage is legal to 17*. Why the asterisk? Because it's legal in the District of Columbia, too, home of our nation's capital, Washington.
We may see more states added to this list in 2014. Judges in Utah, Oklahoma, Virginia, Texas and Michigan have ruled that their state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, but all of those decisions have been stayed - put on hold - due to appeals.
Utah: polygamy is okay. Even having tv shows about it. But NO gay marriage. That's wrong. Absolutely not okay. pic.twitter.com/o9eeaERCO0
— queen b (@lesbriana_) May 5, 2014
That means same-sex marriage isn't legal in 33 states
Don't see your state above? Then it's one of the 33 where gay marriage is still banned.
Just so everyone's knows. Wisconsin banned gay marriage in 1979 which was 15 years before any other state. Now there are 33 states.
— Ryley Holden (@BigSex5313) May 13, 2014
In 26 states it's banned by a constitutional amendment AND the state law:
- Alabama (2006, 1998)
- Alaska (1998, 1996)
- Arizona (2008, 1996)
- Arkansas (2004, 1997)
- Colorado (2006, 2000)
- Florida (2008, 1997)
- Georgia (2004, 1996)
- Idaho (2006, 1996)
- Kansas (2005, 1996)
- Kentucky (2004, 1998)
- Louisiana (2004, 1999)
- Michigan (2004, 1996)
- Mississippi (2004, 1997)
- Missouri (2004, 1996)
- Montana (2004, 1997)
- North Carolina (2012, 1995)
- North Dakota (2004, 1997)
- Ohio (2004, 2004)
- Oklahoma (2004, 1996)
- South Carolina (2006, 1996)
- South Dakota (2006, 1996)
- Tennessee (2006, 1996)
- Texas (2005, 1997)
- Utah (2004, 1997)
- Virginia (2006, 1997)
- Wisconsin (2006, 1979)
In 3 it's banned by constitutional amendment only:
- Nebraska (2000)
- Nevada (2002)
- Oregon (2004)
And in 4 it's banned just by state law:
- Indiana (1997)
- Pennsylvania (1996)
- West Virginia (2000)
- Wyoming (2003)
But no matter how it was banned, it's still illegal in over half of the country.
Need a visual? Here's our handy map:
Here's how else things have improved for LGBTs beyond marriage
People have been fighting for the right to same-sex marriage for decades now, but it seems like a lot of the progress has been made in just the last 10 years. The number of states where same-sex couples can legally marry has skyrocketed from just 1 to 17, a little over a third of the country.
I can't believe homosexuality & Gay marriage in America is still an issue. Don't let anyone tell you who you're allowed to love.
— Close To Home (@WeAreCTH) May 13, 2014
Michael Sam, the first openly gay pro football player, was just drafted to play for the Saint Louis Rams.
Sam isn't the only pro athlete who is gay and out, but the fact that there's an openly gay player in the NFL is a powerful symbol.
The Boy Scouts of America has even made steps toward being inclusive, changing its policy to allow openly gay scouts, though gay leaders are still banned.
The general attitude towards gay marriage, and the LGBT community overall, is slowly becoming more positive and welcoming.
In NYT poll, support for legalizing gay marriage 56-39. At same time, public preference for leaving marriage law to states is 64-33…
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 27, 2014
Lol at Farage saying old ppl are uncomfortable with gay marriage. My nans uncomfortable with smart phones doesn't mean we should ban them.
— Alan (@ExistentialQ) May 14, 2014
Montana and North Dakota will soon be the only states not sued over their gay marriage bans. http://t.co/6QBoIA4bGl pic.twitter.com/aguyW5u7bJ
— Niraj Chokshi (@NirajC) May 13, 2014
It seems to shock people when I tell them I'm a Christian, who believes homosexuality is a sin, but supports gay marriage. #Equality
— Texan Gent (@TexanGentsCode) May 16, 2014
But in other ways, it's still an uphill battle
It's impossible to say that the LGBT community has true equal status in this country.
Why is it wrong to disagree? I think gay marriage is wrong and someone else thinks it is right. Don't call me a bigot bc I have an opinion
— Hunter Garvin (@Garvyy) May 13, 2014
People who identify as queer, especially those who are transgender, are victimized and murdered at shockingly high rates.
"By the end of April this year, at least 102 trans individuals were murdered." http://t.co/U7Fce0p8Ui #transgender #lgbtq #transjustice
— Taij K. Moteelall (@Taij) May 15, 2014
People of color in the LGBT community are almost twice as likely to face violence than a white person with the same sexual orientation.
And the map above shows how many states still make it illegal for same-sex couples to marry.
Coalition of Black Pastors speak out against gay marriage in Detroit http://t.co/Khji0jgezJ
— Huffington Post (@HuffingtonPost) May 16, 2014
I don't believe in gay rights or gay marriage. It's wrong, this doesn't mean I am homophobic. Stop forcing gayness upon everyone America.
— Ryan Carper (@ryan_carper) May 12, 2014
But we've seen what the last 10 years did. Who knows what will happen between now and 2024?
Ten years of celebrating marriage equality in Cambridge, MA! Happy Anniversary. pic.twitter.com/BF7ece4XKa
— 1369 Coffeehouse (@1369coffeehouse) May 16, 2014
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With three children, the birthday cakes come thick and fast. So far, we've had ballerinas protruding from the tops of panettone, a farmyard with pigs and chocolate fences, a liquorice ladybird, a Smartie-pebbledashed house and a banana and toffee bear. It's my daughter's seventh birthday soon. Like most kids, she loves chocolate (less commonly, she hates icing), and I know she's hoping for something beautiful with flowers. My take on this River Café recipe for a pressed chocolate cake is perfect.
I've reduced the sugar and rather than pressing the cake with a same-sized plate, I like to use a smaller plate so the outskirts of the cake remain high, giving it a lovely raised lip to dust with icing sugar. To decorate, dust the centre with cocoa powder, then add crystallised violets and white sugar stars. Simple, stark and very pretty indeed.
Pressed chocolate cake
(Serves 10)
400g good-quality dark chocolate, broken into pieces
300g unsalted butter
10 eggs, separated
175g caster sugar
4 tbsp cocoa powder, plus extra to decorate
Icing sugar
Crystallised violets and white sugar stars
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/gas mark 4.
Butter and line with greaseproof paper a 30 x 7.5cm (12 x 3in) high-sided spring-loaded cake tin, pressing the paper right into the tin.
Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bowl over a pan of simmering water – don't let the water touch the bottom of the bowl.
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Whisk the egg yolks with the sugar and cocoa powder, then add to the chocolate.
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The Department of Homeland Security will soon put the finishing touches on a plan for a biometric identification system intended to help track visa overstays.
Jim Crumpacker, director of DHS' Departmental GAO-IG Liaison Office, told the Government Accountability Office that Customs and Border Protection's Office of Field Operations and DHS' Science and Technology Directorate will come up with goals aimed at creating and implementing a biometric air exit identification system for use at U.S. airports by Jan. 31, 2014.
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The agency has been contemplating a visa exit system for years that would electronically collect fingerprints from foreign visitors when they leave the United States. Real progress on the system, however, has been glacial. In 2004, the commission that investigated the 2001 terrorist attacks recommended using a biometrics-based system to keep track of visa exits. In 2007, Congress gave DHS a deadline of June 30, 2009, to put such a system in place.
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Crumpacker's letter, included in a July GAO visa overstay audit, also said efforts to evaluate biometric identification systems across his agency have become more complex. Responsibilities to improve and enforce visa overstays under the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program have been split between CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Crumpacker said DHS would establish a new working group to evaluate visa overstays with ICE in the lead.
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BJ Novak delivers an incredible fall concert performance
Novak with Shy Puppet. www.staticflickr.com
As most of us know by now, BJ Novak, the thirty-three year old actor/writer/director performed a stand-up comedy routine for this year's annual Fall Concert event, as sponsored by SPC. Novak, best known for his portrayal of Ryan Howard on the cult-adored NBC sitcom, "The Office," put on an incredibly diverse routine that included blurbs and bits from every segment of the humor spectrum, resulting in a universally positive fan response. Although his show may not have been as technical or sophisticated as previous Marist performers, it will surely be considered a "best of" for years to come.
One of the most notable aspects of Novak's set was his eclectic array of humorist techniques. Kicking off the set after a brief and underappreciated performance by "The HuMarists," Novak wasted little time on half-assed introductions and dove right into the first part of his act: a stream of loosely connected comical narratives.
From threatening to murder an "OnStar" instructor mistaken for a GPS system to alternative historical takes on the Charlie Chapman look alike fiasco, it was Novak's grace and spontaneity that made these mini-stories all the more enjoyable.
"You know, the thing I like about porn is that everyone is a star... there is no Mark Ruffalo of porn," said Novak immediately following a completely unrelated bit on the laughably unthreatening force of a so-called "triple threat." This is one of those jokes that may not have been all too funny by itself, but the fact that it came at such an unusual time, turned what could have been a couple of laughs into a stadium roar.
"I was surprised at how quick his humor was... he gave very little breathing room which made each successive joke all the more funny because you were still feeling the effects of the previous hit," said junior Patrick Bergamo. "Maybe his jokes weren't the best but his delivery was certainly keeping the crowd entertained."
Following these brief interpolations was a surprising transition into excerpts from Novak's "children book," titled "Wikipedia Brown And The Case Of The Missing Bicycle." As the title would suggest, Novak's fictitious short story is a satirical play on Wikipedia and how easy it is to get lost in/alter the site. It wasn't all too long, but it was a nice break and fit incredibly well with a demographic of individuals all too familiar with the slippery slope that is the online encyclopedia.
Later on, Novak introduced the crowd to "Shy Puppet," a small, fluffy dinosaur that resembled something you'd pick up at a kindergartners' birthday party. Novak set up shy puppet to deliver the hook of a joke, only to put him away when he was "too afraid" to answer.
"I won't make him talk," said Novak revealing the punch line - an obvious calembour poking fun at comedians who "force" their puppets to speak.
Novak's greatest ahcievment, however, was his personal engagement to the audience. Unlike many stand-up performers who simply run through their pre-established sketches, Novak made sure to make his act unique and theatrically intimate.
At the beginning of the act, Novak began reading messages that were tweeted at him on Twitter aloud to the audience, calling out individuals by name. The tweets ranged from casual name-drops, to overtly sexual suggestions and the audience became more and more interested as the messages spiraled out of normalcy to ridiculousness. In a way, the audience was really poking fun at itself - each member singled out became the new target of crowd obsession. It was a strange bonding moment that tied the Marist body and Novak into one, homogeneous group.
Later on, audience participation capped the performance when Novak held a fifteen-minute Q&A session that flaunted his improvisational skills. Random members of the audience were selected to ask any question they wanted, allowing Novak to interact one-on-one with the crowd while showing off his wit.
"It was thrilling, yet nerve racking," said John Hanos, a junior whose tweet was called out by Novak. "I was excited that he read my tweet but was nervous that he would call me on stage or something. Either way, it was a really cool experience and I feel like it's something your not used to seeing at most comedy shows."
An unforgettable moment arose when a member of the show ran up to the mic to perform a dizzily mumbled version of "Ryan Started The Fire." The crowd erupted with laughter, taking enjoyment from both the unforgettable "Office" reference and the silly nature in which it was delivered. This student was invited back to the mic later to deliver a final, crowd backed encore of the song, after which Novak wittily walked off the stage.
Overall, Novak's performance was an incredible addition to the Marist College concert resume and arguably the most well received performance since "Girl Talk" two years ago. He may not be among the stars of stand-up quite yet, but Novak proved himself more than just "the guy who plays Ryan," and successfully enthralled the student body.
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New Year's Eve can be a hectic and expensive outing. Some of my favorite NYE memories are with friends and family cooking, dancing, and sharing childhood stories. My mom and I love to cook, and this year for NYE, we are making some of our favorite recipes of the year (all of them are gluten free). Here is our NYE menu with links to the recipes:
1. Blood Orange Gin Sparkler with Rosemary
4. Wild-Boar Bites (I use these crackers instead of bread)
5. Grilled Trout with Parsley, Dill and Lemon


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In Build a Website With Flash and MySQL – Lesson 1, we successfully created a MySQL database, filled it with blog entries, and learned how to query it. Now we're going to move on to the fun stuff:creating a Flash container to display our blog entries as we pull them out of the database. I'm going to help you build something along the lines of what you'll encounter at my own Flash blog site, Luxagraf.
Fire up Flash and create a new document. The first thing we need is a nice big text field to display our entries. You could create a text field in ActionScript if you like, using the createTextField() method. I don't know about you, but my stomach for code is still full from yesterday, so I've just drawn a text field using the cursor tool and given it an instance name of entries_txt. In the Properties Inspector, set the text to be dynamic, multi-line, and HTML formatted. For safety's sake, select the character option and click "embed all characters." Flash has some issues with dynamic textfields that don't have embedded characters, especially if you put your text under a mask.
I've also attached a scrollbar to the text field and given it an instance name of sb.
My design is minimalist, but you can load up your movie with cool graphics, nifty background animation, menus, and more. And you can rest assured that while Flash is retrieving your data, your design will keep your user otherwise enthralled until the data loads. You might even include a loading progress bar if you want to give modem users some feedback so they know that something is happening. Creating a progress bar for external data is a little more complex than one for an external .swf, but it's not too bad. Colin Moock, author of ActionScript:The Definitive Guide, has a sample available.
To show our list of archived entries, we'll need a second, smaller text field, which I've named archive_txt. I've attached another scrollbar to the archive text field and given it instance name sb2. Set the archive text field up the same way:dynamic, multiline and HTML. You don't need to embed the font again since it can use the characters from the first text field.
That's it for the graphics. Now let's get back to code!
Linking Flash to the Database
Create a new layer on top of the last one and name it "actions" or something similar. Now open up the Actions panel (F9) and paste in the following code. It should display correctly below, but if your browser refuses to wrap text properly, use the plain text or HTML version of the raw code.
//function to load external data using the loadVars() object //l=name of loadVars object //n=name of text field //t=trigger to decide whether to show all entries or just one. //e= entry number to display (number) //f=file to load from (string) function lv(l, n, t, e, f) { sb.setSize(null, 200); sb2.setSize(null, 50); //create a new loadVars object if one doesn't already exist //if it does, use it if (l == undefined) { l = new LoadVars(); l.onLoad = function() { var i; //clear out any text that might already be there n.htmlText = ""; //to show a single entry at a time we use the //following code if (t == undefined) { n.htmlText += ""+this["title"+e]+" - "+this["date"+e]+"

"; n.htmlText += this["entry"+e]; } else { //cycle through and show all entries for (i=0; i<this.n; i++) { n.htmlText += " "+this["title"+i]+" - "+this["date"+i]+"
"; } } sb.update(); sb2.update(); }; } l.load(f); }
What we have here is a reasonably generic function that you can use to load external data in any Flash movie provided you know how it works and how to modify it. I'll walk you through it line by line and hopefully you can see where you might have to change things to suit your needs.
First off, let's define our single letter variables in a little more detail. First we have "l", which will become a new instance of the loadVars() object. The object needs to have an instance name so we'll give it one when we call the function. Next we have "n" which will be the name of the text field. If you're following along with my example, we're going to use the instance name of the text fields we created earlier (entries_txt and archive_txt). By making this a variable that's passed to the function, we can create as many textboxes as we want and we don't have to rework our main loadVars function. "t" is for trigger (like the horse, but smaller). This variable may be unnecessary for your needs, but I've put it in there so that I can use the same function to load both the main text and archives. For the main textfield, I'll pass a value of undefined because I only want to show the latest entry. For the archive textfield, we can pass any value other than undefined. In my own work I tend to pass the string "cycle" so I know what it is I'm doing without looking back at the actual function, but you could pass it the string "webmonkey rocks" and it would do the same thing.
The next variable is "e," which we won't be using initially, but which will help us when we get to the archive section by allowing us to select entries by number. Last we have "f", which is short for file, as in the .php file we're calling. In the last section, use whatever name you used when you saved your .php file. I chose blog.php.
It's worth asking why I didn't use more descriptive variable names in the function. Well, that's partially due to laziness, but it's also because using single letters seems to make things happen a bit faster.
Loading Up on Content
Okay, now that we've spelled out our variables, we'll move on to the function and its inner workings. To load our database information into Flash we're going to be using the loadVars() object. As with most Flash objects, the first step is to create a new instance of the object. In this function we've started with an if statement.
if (l == undefined) { l = new LoadVars();
The if statement checks to see whether we have a loadVars object by the name of "l" and, if not, it creates one. Now, since "l" will be defined in our function call, we can create loadVars objects left and right if we want to. On the other side of the coin, if we already have a loadVars object by the name we'll call, we don't have to waste time creating a new one. The next thing we need to do is define the onLoad method of our loadVars() object. Flash needs to know what to do with the information it's about to get. So we define the function to process our data. Here's the section of the code from page two that we're dealing with:
l.onLoad = function() { var i; n.htmlText = ""; //to show a single entry at a time we use the //following code if (t == undefined) { n.htmlText += ""+this["title"+e]+" - "+this["date"+e]+"

"; n.htmlText += this["entry"+e]; } else { //cycle through and show all entries for (i=0; i" +this["title"+i]+" - "+this["date"+i]+"
"; } }
The first thing in our function is a variable i. I should point out here that, just as we used $i in our PHP code, we'll call this variable i as well. Using i for incremented variables is just a programming convention. If there is a good reason for it, I'm not aware of it. You can ignore convention and use whatever you like, just don't use any of the letters we've already assigned. The key thing to note is the use of var to define the variable. In Flash, var creates a local variable; that is, the variable i is only defined in this function. Outside this function you can use i again and it won't mess things up. Local variables, as this practice is called, use up less memory since they get used and wiped away immediately afterward. Next we empty out our textfield:
n.htmlText = "";
Now we're going to set up two possible ways of handling our data using our "t" variable as a selector. The code reads "if the variable t is undefined then do the first chunk of code, else do the second chunk of code." The first chunk of code is just formatting for the information that was passed from MySQL. Our variable n, which will be the name of our text field, gets its htmlText property defined.
n.htmlText += ""+this["title"+e]+" - "+this["date"+e]+"

"; n.htmlText += this["entry"+e];
Here we're concatenating a string again like we did in PHP, except in Flash we concatenate strings with the + operator. The first element is an HTML bold tag to highlight the title. The title itself comes from the array we defined in PHP this["title"+e]. "This" refers to the function we're in, which is the onLoad handler, meaning anything with the "this" designation uses the PHP passed data. So, this.["title"+e] refers to the title column in our MySQL table plus our variable e. We could have just said this.["title"+0], but then we wouldn't be able to use this function in our archives section. Next we have a dash to separate the title and date. Then, we join the rest of the string which is the same code, but this time we use the "date" element of our PHP array. Lastly, we close the bold tag and add some
tags to put a little space between the title and the entry itself. The entry itself is written on a separate line so it will be displayed below the date and title. Once again we use an element of the PHP array, this time the "entry" element, which contains the main text.
But what about our other case? Can we display a list of past entries listed by title and date without text? Of course, but first let's look at how our function will get to this point. If we define the variable t, the if statement we just wrote evaluates to false so Flash jumps to the else clause. The else clause then tells Flash to execute a loop so all of our entries will be displayed at once. Remember for loops? Well this one should look familiar from the PHP section. It's essentially the same loop with one subtle difference:the second condition, iThe way we're handling the data in the archives textbox is a little different, too. We've set our text to underline using the HTML tag  and wrapped everything in an HTML link (note that this should all be on one line with no hard returns).
n.htmlText += "" +this["title"+i]+" - "+this["date"+i]+"
";
Our href tag might look a little strange to veteran HTML coders. Flash has a little-known feature that allows you to call a function from within an HTML tag. The syntax is asfunction:location/nameOfFunction,variable. The limiting thing is that you can pass only one variable using this method. The quickest way around that problem is to pass a variable as long string and then break it apart in your function, but that won't be an issue for us since we have only one variable to pass.
The last line our onLoad function uses the variable "s" to update our scrollbar. The lines after our onLoad function call the .load method of the loadVars object and pass the name of our .php file. This tells our loadVars object to go ahead and read the .php file. It might seem backwards to define the onLoad handler before calling the load function, but you must define the onload handler first.
Publishing the Finished Product
Alright! We're so close, I can taste it. Now that we've written our main function, let's handle that asfunction we're calling to, but haven't yet defined.
Copy this code into your Flash movie:
function loadArc(passed) { arcNum = passed-1; lv(blog_lv, entries_txt, undefined, arcNum, "blog.php"); }
All this function does is take the entry number passed from our lv function, subtract 1, and then call the lv function again with the new number. Why subtract one? Remember that our PHP loop starts counting at zero, but our MySQL auto increment starts at one. This means we're always one number behind. Simple solution to the problem:subtract one.
More copy and paste:
//for the large entry textfield lv(blog_lv, entries_txt, undefined, 0, "blog.php"); //for the archives text field lv(archive_lv, archive_txt, "cycle", null, "blog.php");
These lines call the function lv with all of our variables defined. When this code gets executed Flash will jump up and read our lv() function and then look for our PHP file which will query our database, extract and format our information and send it back to Flash where it will be displayed. I know it sounds like an incredibly long and complex process, but it will actually happen in fractions of a second and your user won't have to sit idly waiting for the entire page to redraw itself.
OK, publish the movie and upload it to your site. You're done! Now, when a user comes to the site and loads the Flash piece, they'll see the latest entry in the big text box and a list of past entries in the smaller one. Try clicking on the links in the archive list. You should see the Flash movie bring up past entries in the larger text box.
You can see a working version of this very system over at my own blog site, Luxagraf. While you're poking around, click on the "Browse Archives" tab at the bottom of the Flash window and you'll see my second textbox full of archived entries show up.
We did it! Primitive though it may be, we've created a Flash-based blog and learned a few things about Flash and database integration. Now let's take a look at some places we can expand our code and make it more useful to a wider range of applications.
Allow Me to Extrapolate
My main goal with this tutorial was to give you, the designer/programmer (which you can now truthfully call yourself!) a starting point from which to extrapolate and expand. You've made it this far, and for that you should be proud, but you probably have some questions. With this in mind, I wanted to address a few things.
First off, we only scratched the surface of MySQL and PHP. To start thinking in more general terms, I suggest visiting the developer's sites for the two technologies. Perhaps you should also join some mailing lists and see what others are doing with MySQl and PHP. Since there is no way to sit back and anticipate what a particular project may require, it's a good idea to look around and see how other people are using these tools.
Some examples that spring to mind for PHP/MySQL projects are a discussion board, or perhaps a backend application that lets your client update content without having to access MySQL directly. Once you have a better idea of what you can do with a database and have polished up your PHP knowledge, you will start to see some holes in our example. For instance, what if your want your PHP query to be dynamic? Suppose you want to return a query based on user input (i.e. some sort of search criteria defined by the user)? It's not hard to do that at all. From the Flash end, you simply need to use the sendAndLoad() method of the LoadVars() class rather than the simple load() method (look it up in the ActionScript Dictionary) and then write your PHP query string with a POST variable. PHP and Flash are both very flexible tools, and you'll find that the functionality you can achieve by using them is close to unlimited.
The final concern I wanted to address is Macromedia's release of Flash MX 2004. Aside from the fact that software manufacturers seem intent on coming up with ever more confusing product names and pricing schemes, the more pertinent question is "Does our example still work?"
The short answer is yes. Judging from my own experience with Flash MX 2004 Professional and the Flash Player 7, the behaviors associated with loadVars() remain the same. There is, however, a new set of data components in Flash MX 2004. I have not explored these new tools in great depth, but it's very possible they may simplify the code necessary to access external data sources. In my readings, the new components seem to be geared toward moving data between component sets. However, there is a fair price to be paid. Just dragging the new dataGrid component onto the Flash stage is going to bump your file size up by 58Kb. In comparison, the code we've written is only as large as the scrollbars you use. It's also worth noting that none of these components can query MySQL directly – several rather expensive server technologies are supported, but not the free, open source solution.
This raises yet another issue:By no means is Flash limited to PHP and MySQL interaction. Everything we've done can be done with ASP or other proprietary software so long as you know how to get the returned data into a URL encoded string. Then there is XML data which is also not hard to feed into Flash…
Hopefully this tutorial can serve as a kind of gateway, providing an entrance into the world of dynamic content for Flash movies. How much of it you use is always going to depend on your own projects and needs. If nothing else, you have left the five percent nation of non-weblog creators and joined the thronging masses. Now take this project and see if you can adapt it to your own creative needs.
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Development Projects Selected to Manage NASA's Unmanned Aircraft System Challenge Prize Competition
NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft systems in 2014.
NASA's Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Airspace Operations Challenge is focused on developing and demonstrating key technologies, particularly the ability to sense and avoid other air traffic. This will make it possible for these robotic aircraft to operate safely in the same airspace as piloted aircraft. NASA is providing a $500,000 prize purse.
"Development Projects Inc. leads a technically diverse expert team to conduct this new NASA aeronautics-related challenge competition," said Larry Cooper , program executive for NASA's Centennial Challenges Program in Washington. "We look forward to working with Development Projects to see this challenge provide advanced technologies and new entrants who will assist in the development of our nation's next generation airspace capabilities."
Unmanned aircraft systems have the potential to carry out a wide range of public service tasks that are too expensive, monotonous or dangerous for piloted aircraft. Robotic aircraft can carry instruments into violent hurricanes and monitor remote stretches of infrastructure, such as power lines and pipelines. First responders can use UAS platforms to assess flood damage and wildfire intensity.
The NASA Aeronautics Research Institute at NASA's Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif., is coordinating agency participation in the challenge on behalf of NASA's Space Technology and Aeronautics Research mission directorates.
Development Projects Inc. was selected from proposals submitted in response to a NASA solicitation in fall 2012. The non-profit organization will finalize rules and begin detailed preparations for the challenge, eventually registering competitors. The first competition to demonstrate team entries is expected in May 2014.
In the Centennial Challenges Program, NASA provides the prize purse, but the competitions are managed by non-profit organizations that cover the cost of operations through commercial or private sponsorships.
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iTunes is a free application for your Mac or PC. It organizes and plays your digital music and video on your computer. It keeps all your content in sync. And it's a store on your computer, iPod touch, iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV that has everything you need to be entertained. Anywhere. Anytime.
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"Necessary Evil"
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Works well with Apple products
Store is still very slow
Itunes works well for what it is.
"Worthless featureless Trash."
Version: Apple iTunes 12.1.2
It's free. Just like the common cold.
Featureless. Nothing. Absolutely nothing there. It automatically makes a play list for you. Weather you want it or not. It's nothing more than an advertisement for iTunes store.
The new version is featureless. An absolute joke. This is such a downgrade from any music software. You will have to try hard to find something worst. This new version is such an embarrassment Apple wont update their description on this site.
"iTunes gets even worse"
Version: Apple iTunes 12.0.1
I can listen to music on my Mac.
I cant transfer music from iTunes to my iPhone.
I used to be able to transfer playlists from iTunes to my iPhone but I cant now.
"As usual apple is making life less user friendly."
Version: Apple iTunes 11.2.2
I have never liked iTunes, and this is making me dislike it even more.
Even harder to sort things out, and still too slow.
It's time apple allowed apps like file manager store music. Everything that works well for movies and pictures could and should be allowed to accept music files. It's time apple opened up our choice and stopped deciding what we can and cannot use. I'm not surprised so many people jailbreak their devices now that the courts ruled it's not and offence against copyright
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* let's you easily spend all your money
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Version: Apple iTunes 11.1.4
I doesn't corrupt your OS kernel
Apple as a company is loosing its soul. iTunes is oriented to sell, not to enjoy music. Many 10.7 traditional features disappeared on the first iTunes 11 release and they are replaced by horrible implementations. I truly hate the lack of coverflow.
I am running two computer, one with 10.7 for music, another with 11. to synchronize my iPhone/iPad - I guess I can survive like this for a couple of years, but it is time to start exploring other hardware options in anticipation of a continues deterioration of the Apple user experience.
iTunes 11 provides a horrible User experience. Stay with 10.7 if you are the type that really like listening to music.BTW, I downgraded to 11.1.4 (form 10.7) only because my iPhone died and any replacement had iOS7 which requires iTunes 11 for IPhone/iPad management. Apple forced me to 'upgrade' to a lesser product, they apparently seem to know better what I should be using. Thank you very much Apple. How terribly disappointing.
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If you're considering a new iPhone just remember in the future apple's new software will not support your phone when it is 4 years old.
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I have been the itunes users all the time, and I like it very much.
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as far as pros to the new version of itunes, there aren't any!
as far as what it used to be, it used to be great!!
1st of all, cnet should get it right, post the correct post. was supposed to be itunes 11 !
itunes used to be great but now is more hassle than any kind of improvement. i am so sorry that i downloaded latest versions. when you search for a song you cant just drag and drop into a playlist anymore!! when you search for a song you dont know what playlist it is in!! you no longer have duplicates option!!! and NOW the artwork, which they say is improved can no longer be as enlarged as you like!! absolute crap!!! more negatives but too fed up to bother writing them now. itunes, GET IT TOGETHER and bring back these great options damn it!!! you guys are messing up big time and Steve would be anything but proud of you!!!
old itunes great!
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Graf Haufen is perhaps best known for his Falx Cerebri (one-man) band, but also from his label Graf Haufen Tapes. Less known perhaps is that he also published a fanzine, Die Katastrophe, of which I am presenting today number 9 - I don't have any of the older ones. Basically its a fanzine of reviews, mostly from the world of cassettes. You may not want to download this, since its all in German, but I advise to do a download and look at all the names of obscurities in there. Some of them were posted on No Longer Forgotten Music, but as this magazine will proof, there is lots more forgotten (and to be honest I don't have them either), so you can have an idea what to look for.
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For thousands of years this process has been going on, and through years unnumbered it will be continued.
It was a moment fraught with peril, and with unnumbered possibilities.
I feel now and have always felt with unnumbered thousands that his life has indeed been that of a foremost public benefactor.
But in unnumbered ways can they receive good at the hands of their fellow-men.
What strange ideas, what unnumbered obstacles, they put in my head.
And yet these Japanese lands have been in cultivation for unnumbered centuries.
Beyond the pampas again tower the unnumbered peaks of the Cordillera, and among them all things, minerally speaking, are possible.
And when, with cynical egoism, they have collected their unnumbered dollars, what do they do with them?
The rhythms seem to approach the wild, unnumbered rhythms of the forest and the wind and the nickering sunlight.
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You may want to place Obama's book in there too! gosh! your bathroom smells like the probation dept!I found his book useful right up to the last page. I kept it in the bathroom.
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There are 80 comments on the Lowell Sun story from Nov 16, 2010, titled Bush to break ground on presidential center. In it, Lowell Sun reports that:Former President George W. Bush was set to break ground Tuesday on his presidential center in Dallas, with donors, friends and former administration officials expected to attend.
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#63 Nov 19, 2010
I saw on the news that the infamous "Mission Accomplished" banner will hang in Dumbya's "presidential center", which is probably so named because none dare call the building dedicated to Mr. "Childrens do learn" a library. What a fitting acquisition, a perfect monument to both epic fail and epic obliviousness. Now if we could only find that copy of "My Pet Goat". Maybe we could build a duplicate of the bedroom on Air Force One, where Dumbya spent those critical hours right after the attack on 9/11. Perhaps it could be an interactive exhibit, with visitors taking turns hiding under the bed. Perhaps they could announce that the "presidential center has a Weapons of Mass Destruction Room, and offer a prize to the visitor who finds it. How about a room dedicated to displays of implements of torture? They have one at Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh, which is now a museum. I can tell you that it makes my skin crawl just thinking about that exhibit even now. That was fairly low-tech torture, so imagine how much more impressive American-engineered torture implements will be.
#64 Nov 19, 2010
The Iraqis being resettled into Lowell are people who assisted the US and British troops, acting as translators, guides, informants, etc. Because they are so heavily identified with the Americans, they are highly likely to be killed if we don't get them out. These are people who risked their lives to help us, and without them, US casualties would have been higher and our missions would have been less successful. The least you can do is recognize that some American troops are alive today because these people risked their own lives to cooperate with them. It ain't a "freeby", or even a freebie if you earned it by putting your life on the line.
Our troops in Afghanistan are dependent on people in that country performing essentially the same roles. If we toss the Iraqis who helped us to the wolves on our way out, the lesson for the Afghans our troops try to recruit will be that in the long run it isn't worth it to help the Americans, because the Taliban will remember you long after the Americans have forgotten all about you. That message will get American troops killed.
#65 Nov 19, 2010
Right, Bush kept the world safe from torture. Oh, wait, ummm, never mind.
Since: Dec 07
#66 Nov 19, 2010
The only torture we faced was constent dem whining from 2000-2008. Now that they lost the last election big time, we're being tortured again. Wah!!
#67 Nov 19, 2010
Man..Palin livin in your head rent free...I love it! liberals get so worked up about someone that is so out of the spotlight!
You need to get a life!
#68 Nov 19, 2010
Things are that bad I guess.
#69 Nov 19, 2010
All politicians make me sick, They all want some outrageous temple built in there name the Clinton, Teddy, Bush library, or whatever shrine. Especially in these times where so many people are hurting, it would be nice to see one of them actually build something that improved the lives of Americans. Hey Bush how about a wing on Walter Reed for the wounded men and women? Or Teddy's family how about a walk in clinic for the poor, or Clinton oh forget it!
#70 Nov 19, 2010
Clintons would be a women's rape crisis center.
#71 Nov 19, 2010
I agree!
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#72 Nov 19, 2010
I hope she runs, you betcha lol it would be the best thing for the democrats
Babson Park, MA
#73 Nov 19, 2010
I agree also great post
#74 Nov 20, 2010
Bush authorized torture (waterboarding and sleep deprivation, etc) to gather intelligence that saved American lives.
The Husseins used torture to satisfy their own sadistic pleasures.
Little bit of a difference don't you think?
#75 Nov 20, 2010
If Obama keeps up his antics, Homer Simpson could beat him in 2012.
#76 Nov 20, 2010
Not really. The Husseins kept that region in check. When America is out of that region it won't belong before you have chaos. One other thing China killed many more than the Husseins you don't see us bombing them.
Since: Dec 07
#77 Nov 20, 2010
That's as funny as a fart in a space suit.
Kept the region in check by killing 180,000 kurds, draining the wetlands of the south and killing families of opponents. Seems like you favor that form of government.
#78 Nov 20, 2010
"kept the region in check"? What a horrible way to run a country. Iraq invaded a sovreign nation--Kuwait--and then violated 17 UN sanctions while thumbing it's nose at the rest of the world.
China doesn't treat it's people well, but they're not invading their neighbors.
#79 Nov 21, 2010
I'll say it again they kept the region in check. Now why not any comment on China?
#80 Nov 21, 2010
They didn't keep the region in check, things were more unstable then than now. We are there to help stabilize the region.
There are many nations throughout the world that treat their people horribly--China, N. Korea, and many African nations--among others. We do our best to keep world peace, but we choose our battles carefully.
Since: Dec 07
#81 Nov 21, 2010
Why don't you try to keep Boston in check, gangs are running it.
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A research and training collaboration project on TB, HIV and Respiratory Tract infections headed by Professor Alimuddin Zumla at University College London (UCL) won the International Collaboration of the Year award at the Times Higher Education (THE) Awards 2013.
The project is aimed to find ways of applying new TB diagnostic technology in Tanzania and Zambia. The new testing method was able to discover many cases of TB previously undiagnosed because they were exhibiting as co-morbidity with various non-contagious diseases. It also proved to be able to detect types of TB that are drug-resistant. The project results are now guiding World Health Organisation policies on TB screening.
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