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Founded in 1880, when the main mode of transportation was the stagecoach, the Los Angeles Athletic Club, celebrating its 130th anniversary, remains a downtown oasis for fine-tuning your body, inside and out. Relocating in 1912 to a stunning Beaux Arts building, the first private club in L.A. no longer has members with handlebar mustaches flying on trapezes in the gym, and it admits women. You can play squash, handball and racquetball or take classes in tai chi, yoga or Pilates. Improve your mind by attending a lecture about wine or business leadership. If you dont give a rip about self-improvement, try Move With a Movie, themed events inspired by films, starting Oct. 21 with Wall Street Ball Street, which combines squash lessons with scotch tasting, stogie smoking and a screening of the Oliver Stone film. Also on the agenda: a pool-party screening of Jaws and exotic dancing lessons set to the Demi Moore turkey Striptease, followed by an intimate dinner for two (plus an hour in a boutique hotel room for an extra $129). The LAAC, which has welcomed William Randolph Hearst, Charlie Chaplin and Rudolph Valentino, isnt cheap, but its accessible, with monthly fees of $99 for those under 34 and over 64, and $162 for everyone else; $15 for one-time entry with a member. 431 W. Seventh St., dwntwn. (213) 625-2211, laac.com. Patrick Range McDonald & Karina Longworth
Theres nothing quite like a soft breeze and a bubbling fountain to take your downward dog to the next level which is why Liberation Yoga built a covered garden studio, an urban Eden complete with dark wood flooring, ancient Chinese wood carvings and rustling vegetation. The aim was to encourage an infinite connection with the organic world, and by all accounts, it succeeded, creating one of those truly special spots that Angelenos love to discover. Try the Candlelight Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Family Yoga (a one-hour, all-levels Hatha yoga class for yogis ages 4 to infinity) or the monthly Chakra Restorative Yoga, a two-hour candlelit class that uses color, aromatherapy and music to clear, awaken and renew your seven major chakras. Your first class is free. 124 S. La Brea Ave., Mid-City. (323) 964-5222. liberationyoga.com. Caroline Ryder
Levitating high above the bustling consumptive Abbot Kinney fray, Ascended Living is a tiny, hidden haven for body, mind and spirit (or, as Osho says, bodymindspirit). The happy bamboo studio a great bright burst of ionized, Ormus-laced air houses a handful of treatment rooms and a collective of healers and wellness professionals who make magic inside em. Among the various progressive treatments available are nanocurrent face-lifts, quantum regenerative facials, oxygen therapies, live blood analysis and bodywork amazing, blow-your-mind-open-to-the-arms-of-consciousness and trip-your-every-light-fantastic bodywork. (See Ryan Amsel, resident Body Unwinding master.) Ascended Living hosts classes, workshops, lectures and visiting channelers, among many other ascending luminaries, and offers a select assortment of top-tier products, including living herbs, Egyptian healing rods and probiotic skin and dental care. 1418 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice. (310) 396-3888, ascendedliving.com. Dani Katz
For a dose of classic California beauty, endless views and dramatic boulders, hike to Eagle Rock in Topanga State Park, the worlds largest (at 14,000 acres) wildland within the boundaries of a major city. While picnic areas attract crowds of suburban families on the weekends, the trails are usually very open, luring naturalists and runners. Springtime is lovely with meadows in bloom and rare wild flowers sprinkled alongside sycamores and oaks on the 7.5-mile loop trail. Stick to the morning or afternoon for optimal viewing of native flora, and you might see a critter or two. From Topanga Canyon Boulevard, head east for one mile on Entrada Road, then follow signs for Topanga State Park. Park in the lot for $4, or if youre feeling frugal park down the road. Look for the Eagle Spring Road to take you up to Eagle Rock. The park closes at dusk. (310) 455-2465, parks.ca.gov/ default.asp?page_id=25336. Jacqueline Bolbat
While the Eureka zeppelin technically is berthed in San Francisco, it makes frequent trips south to offer L.A.s thrill-seekers sky rides aboard the only passenger airship in America. The zeppelin is 60 feet longer than the biggest blimp and 15 feet longer than a 747, with a cabin that holds just 12 passengers. But despite its small size, it already has flown more than 5,000 people for special events, custom charter flights and a variety of public tours, cruising at a steady speed of 35 to 40 miles an hour. The ships hull is made from material that comes from the same company that makes NASAs space suits and is filled with non-flammable helium. On windy days, boarding can be a challenge, but once inside the cabin, its quiet and peaceful, with big windows that allow for extended sightseeing; even the bathroom has a view. One of only three zeppelins in the world, Eureka serves as a modern-day example of historic aviation, but with innovative, high-tech components that look to the future. Thirty-minute flights start at $199 per person. But dont you dare call it a blimp; its a zeppelin. airshipventures.com/ tours-los_angeles.php. Tanja M. Laden
Saturday mornings often find prodigious full-court games on this court tucked away in Del Rey Lagoon Park in a little-known part of L.A. But true lovers of the game understand the magic of having a court to yourself. You can do that here most weekday mornings or even on weekends in winter, especially when the coastal fog is so thick you cant see one basket from the other. Flush the anxiety meds. Go shoot free throws, alone, blanketed in fog, to the sound of crashing surf. Or do it at night under a full moon. The court lies between Del Rey Lagoon (egrets, ducks, herons) and the last remaining beach foredunes in Los Angeles County, immediately adjacent to a lovely Little League park (great french fries). Bring your spouse and kids and let them play on the slides and swings in a new childrens park. FYI: If youre looking for weekend pick-up, bring your A-game. A certain sandal-clad Laker head coach has been known to walk by heading to lunch at The Shack. 6660 Esplanade Place, Playa del Rey. (310) 396-1615. Drex Heikes


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|Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company granted right of way, Leech Lake Indian Reservation, Minn.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby granted to the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and to its assigns, the right of way for the extension of its railroad, with necessary side tracks and switch tracks, and for a telegraph and telephone line, through the Leech Lake Indian Reservation in said State, commencing at a point in the south line of said Indian reservation and extending northwesterly through sections thirteen, twelve, one, and two, of township one hundred and forty-one, range thirty-one, to a point in the west line of said reservation in said section two, with the right to load logs on said railroad at the points in said reservation where the same may run adjacent or contiguous to the waters of Leech Lake. Such right of way shall be fifty feet in width on each side of the central line of said railroad, and said company shall also have the right to take from the lands adjacent to the line of said road material, stone, and earth necessary for the construction of said railroad; also grounds adjacent to such right of way for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, not to exceed in amount two hundred feet in width and three thousand feet in length for each station, and to an extent not exceeding one station within the limits of said reservation: Provided, That no part of such lands herein granted shall be used except in such manner and for such purposes only as are necessary for the construction and convenient operation of said railroad line, and when any portion thereof shall cease to be used, such portion shall revert to the nation or tribe of Indians from which the same shall be taken.
That before said railroad shall be constructed through any land, claim, or improvement held by individual occupants according to any treaties or laws of the United States, compensation shall be made such occupant or claimant for all property to be taken or damage done by reason of the construction of said railroad. In case of failure to make satisfactory settlement with any such claimant, the United States district court at Saint Paul or Duluth, Minnesota, shall have jurisdiction upon petition of either party to determine such just compensation in accordance with the laws of Minnesota provided for determining the damage when property is taken for railroad purposes; and the amount of damages resulting to the tribe or tribes of Indians pertaining to said reservation in their tribal capacity, by reason of the construction of said railroad through such lands of the reservation as are not occupied in severalty, shall be ascertained and determined in such manner as the Secretary of the Interior may direct, and be subject to his final approval: Provided, however, That said railroad company may file with the Secretary of the Interior a bond, in such amount and with such sureties as the Secretary shall approve, conditioned for the payment of just compensation for said right of way to said individual occupants and to said tribe or tribes, as hereinbefore provided, and said company may thereupon proceed to construct and operate its railroad across said reservation.
That said company shall cause maps, showing the route of its line through said reservation, and including the grounds for station buildings, depots, machine shops, side tracks, turn-outs, and water stations, to be filed in the office of the Secretary of the Interior before constructing any portion of said railroad.
That said company is hereby authorized to enter upon said reservation for the purpose of surveying and locating its line of rail-
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road: Provided, That said railroad shall be located and constructed with due regard to the rights of the Indians, and under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior shall prescribe.
That the right herein granted shall be forfeited by said company, unless the road shall be constructed through the said reservation within three years after the passage of this Act.
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MONTCLAIR -- Deja Vu strip club may be gone, but its kitschy Pepto Bismol-colored exterior that adorned the building more than a decade ago has unexpectedly returned.
As part of a 10-year-old legal settlement between the club and San Bernardino County, the building was painted a specific shade of beige, said David Wert, spokesman for the county.
An attorney for San Bernardino County sent a notice of violation to the company last week notifying it that it has until Friday to paint the building beige again.
The settlement required Tollis Inc., which operated the strip club, to meet with the county to discuss any changes, Wert said. If the two sides can't come to an agreement, the dispute will have to go to court, he said.
"We don't really know what is going on and why it was changed," Wert said. "It is in violation of the agreement."
An attorney for the Tollis Inc. declined to comment.
The former adult venue, at Central Avenue and Mission Boulevard, was allowed to remain open as an adult entertainment venue with no alcohol sales until it closed Nov. 2.
Tollis applied for a conditional-use permit to operate Deja Vu as a sports bar and comedy club and to sell beer, wine and hard liquor.
The building's owners are at odds with the county over the terms of the permit, including whether it allows the existing 34-foot sign. The county does not allow signs taller than 25 feet, and the applicant has been unable to provide any permits from the county indicating the height was approved.
The conditional-use permit to operate as a sports bar was due to be taken up by the county Board of Supervisors on several occasions but has since been halted at Tollis' request, Wert said.
On Monday, a week after the painting began, Montclair City Council members expressed their displeasure for the bright new paint. The business is just outside Montclair city limits and beyond the city's jurisdiction.
Councilman Bill Ruh, referring to the color as a "shocking pink," said he believes it's an advertising ploy.
"At sunset, it's really shocking to look at. It denigrates what we've done there," he said.
The city has spent the past several years attempting to rehabilitate that area of the city, which also includes unincorporated property, he said.
"Their action makes me question whether or not they intend to be good operators," Councilman John Dutrey said.
Steve Lustro, Montclair's community development director, said the city was tipped off last Tuesday that the building was being painted bright pink. Lustro said he believed the work was completed last Wednesday.
Dutrey questioned whether the owners were acting out in defiance over the application process.
"Is it because things are not going well in negotiations?" Dutrey asked. "The folks that are being hurt by this is the surrounding businesses."


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Flamingos which derive their names from the Latin name "flamma", meaning "flame", is one of the most beautiful examples of the artistry Allah displays with colours. This richness of colours in flamingo come into existence because of the existence of pigments stored during when the feather first starts to come into being or the light movements due to the feathers' structural properties. One of the most important features of these very colorful features is their being inanimate. Feathers are periodically replaced by new ones since these organisms which come into being from a substance called keratin wear out in a short while due to environmental conditions.
How do the Colours of Flamingos come into existence?
Due to the different structures of feathers flamingos may present an appearance just like a glass prisma separating light into colours. The colours emerging from reflaction of light are more alive and metalic than those colored by pigments. The colours of these feathers change. Generally the colours of green, blue and metalic colours in birds come into existence as a result of light refraction. However some colours may also originate from pigments. These are melanin pigments responsible for the colours of black, brown or dull yellow; carotenoids, which exist in orange, tomato, carrot, various flowers, bacteria, fungi and algae, on the other hand, give the colours of red, yellow and orange. Each year sea moss produce a hundred million tons of carotenoids. Some animals use carotenoids in coloring. The colours of especially some birds (in yellow and red feathers), fish (salmon) and many invertebrates may be blue, green or pink due to complex carotenoids make with proteins. The main origin of reddish pink colour of flamingos is carotenoids. The bright pink colour of flamingos originates from the food it eats. As they eat more of the food with carotenoid content, their feathers turn into a more bright and dark pink. With the unprecedented artistry of colour Almighty Allah, the Lord of all the realms, displays on flamingos, He introduces Himself to us and ensures the preservation of colours with the special systems He creates:
"Have they not travelled about the earth and do they not have hearts to understand with or ears to hear with? It is not their eyes which are blind but the hearts in their breasts which are blind." (Surat al-Hajj, 46)


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A Spanish toddler identified as the reincarnation of a revered Buddhist lama spent his entire childhood in an Indian monastery. But at the age of 18 he returned to his family in Spain. Still hailed as a teacher, he is more comfortable on the beaches of Ibiza.
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Mississippi State, winners in the 2011 Gator Bowl, left the park 8-5 and losers in five of their last six contests. They also saw a post-season win streak begun in 1999 ended, as well as the two-straight string for these veterans. "We didn't finish out the way we wanted to," said one of them, junior guard Gabe Jackson. "Things just didn't go our way."
Coach Dan Mullen was a bit more blunt after his first bowl defeat at State in three tries, and first as a coach since his 2007 season as a Florida assistant. This also was the first time one of his Bulldog teams failed to end their season with a victory. "Excuse my language, but it sucks," he said. All the more so after this team began the year 7-0 and was ranked as high as #11 in the B.C.S. This stretch-run was nothing like any of Mullen's prior coaching experience.
"It was great to win a lot early, it sucks to lose late to be honest with you."
Though, Mullen could at least appreciate seeing peer and friend Pat Fitzgerald celebrate his first bowl win with the Wildcats. "I know how important that was to him. Their players played very well and deserve to win the game."
Northwestern certainly earned the trophy, by slugging toe-to-toe with State and cashing in on just enough easy opportunities. They scored 17 points off Mississippi State turnovers, the first seven directly on an interception. Three snaps into the afternoon Wildcat lineman Quentin Williams stepped in front of a flats-throw by Tyler Russell at the 29-yard line and ran it back for a stunning touchdown.
In a sense State didn't really recover from the stunning start. Northwestern did not maximize other first-half opportunities such as two more interceptions of Russell and drives of 15 and 10 plays, their longest of the game. Those resulted in just field goals, of 34 and 37 yards, and a 13-0 lead. Yet even when the Bulldogs fought back to the tie there was never an impression of a confident club. Or for that matter that the offense was settled on one constant plan.
Even had it been, Russell's day would have thrown things out of synch. "I was talking to Tyler, he was telling me I got to get going," Perkins said. "Because he said he was struggling a little bit, he was like get the guys going and we'd try to keep moving, pick it up some."
Russell set all sorts of season and career records in 2012, but he will want to forget the first day of '13. A Wildcat defense with just nine interceptions all season picked Russell off four times, including the opening touchdown. Russell, who did not speak with media post-game, was 12-of-28 for just 106 yards.
He did toss a pair of touchdowns to extend his own season record. And it was worth wondering how the whole game might have progressed if his second pass had been caught as it should have by WR Arceto Clark for a first down. Because it was the third-down throw that became the pick-six. Still this was not vintage Russell by any stretch.
His second series, a 50-yard drive, also ended on a pick as he floated a ball at the NW 14-yard line where linebacker Ibraiheim Campbell intercepted. And the third spoiled a great turnover-return when DE Denico Autry caught Colter's short throw and rumbled 43 yards to the Wildcat 15 bouncing off bodies of both teams all the way.
"Initially I got cut so I just hopped up and he threw the ball right into my hands, and I just ran." It was for nought. On first down, Russell under pressure threw into a crowd of purple and black with C.C. Ariguzo catching the tip.
"He was just a little frustrated, and who wouldn't be frustrated after making that mistake early on," said classmate Jackson. "I was telling him not to beat himself up, everybody has those days." At one second-quarter point Mullen sent Russell to the locker room for a mental break. "I said splash some water on your face, readjust your pads and forget that you came out to start the game."
Northwestern had their own turnover troubles as both quarterbacks were picked. But starter Kevin Colter and alternate Trevor Siemian also combined for 21-of-36 throwing and 196 yards. No pass produced a touchdown directly; instead it was a knack for key catches and most notably third-down throws that made the Wildcat air game effective. Colter's footwork was equally damaging, 71 yards on 11 rushes. This allowed Northwestern to get a very average day out of tailback Venric Mark with just (for him) 56 yards on 13 rushes, one of them a three-yarder for the final touchdown at 8:10 of the fourth quarter.
Given Northwestern's good record as a rushing defense, throwing often and early was not a surprise. Yet when the Bulldogs committed to the ground game it worked. Starter LaDarius Perkins got 84 yards on 19 runs, and surpassed the 1,000-yard season mark in the process; while backup Josh Robinson had 91 yards on seven carries. Running quarterback Dak Prescott had 20 more yards on two totes.
This made for another what-if, of emphasizing rushing sooner and stronger. "We felt we could kind of start throwing the ball," Mullen said. "That was always going to be an emphasis, but we wanted to make sure we set it up and didn't go solely on the run to start it off. I thought at times today we ran the ball very, very well. And, you know, the line did a good job up front, and I don't think we got to the point where we got to just really hammer away and continually establish the run falling behind early."
Falling behind fast, and those sudden second-half strikes, diminished a reasonably efficient day by the Dog defense. Upon arrival at bowl site, Mullen turned play-calling over to co-coordinator Geoff Collins rather than main coordinator Chris Wilson. Collins said it was because just-departed cornerbacks coach Melvin Smith ran substitutions in games; without him and against a no-huddle Wildcat offense the staff wanted Wilson entirely focused on getting his linemen rotated in and out. "For the most part it was good," Collins said.
But not good enough, certainly not on third downs as Northwestern converted 10 of 19. By bitter contrast the Bulldogs were only 1-of-11.
State did not have to convert third down on the first two scoring drives, one sparked by Robinson's 59-yard carry to the two-yard line. That was still frustrating as first TE Marcus Green and then guard Jackson false-started to negate using Prescott's prowess in goal-line. Devon Bell kicked a 27-yard field goal instead. Perkins broke runs of 10 and 20 yards on the next series, and at the Wildcat 18-yard line Russell had time to let Clark break before firing. Clark made a marvelous grab and got a toe down for the touchdown at 1:06.
The Wildcats gift-wrapped another opportunity to open the third quarter as S Nickoe Whitley intercepted Colter at midfield. Bell's 47-yard field goal tied things up 13-13 at 10:37, and two incompletes later the Bulldogs were a stop away from possession and playing for their first lead. Instead Siemian stayed ahead of two rushers and somehow found Rashad Lawrence for a first down. Just one play, but it put Northwestern in fast-forward.
Siemian threw for 27 yards, then 34 more against a breathless Dog defense. "They hadn't gone as fast because I guess we were hammering the run game early, they couldn't get their tempo started," Collins said. The Wildcats did now and Tyris Jones ran three yards for the go-ahead touchdown at 9:25.
Two series later, starting from their 26, Colter and Siemian alternated throws and called rushes with Colter using a vacated right end for the key 31-yard keeper to State's three again. With the Bulldog defense faked one way Siemian jogged untouched to the right pylon at 0:26.
Russell halved the deficit with his best series, an eight-play drive of 75 yards capped by his 14-yard strike to TE Malcolm Johnson for touchdown at 11:42. The Dogs even got the ball back down one score, but on third down and deep in his end Russell scrambled until unloading towards midfield. "Just a poor decision, a ball he shouldn't have thrown," Mullen said. Nick Van Hoose intercepted and returned to the ten-yard line with five more tacked on due to MSU sideline interference in the runback. Venric sealed things with his three-yard scamper.
Senior receivers Clark, Chad Bumphis, and Chris Smith had eight combined catches for 78 yards in their college finale. Linebacker Cam Lawrence concluded his career with a team-high nine tackles, while junior safety Whitley intercepted twice and had one stop for a loss. None was enough to offset all the other mistakes and missed opportunities, against a Northwestern team obsessed with bowl success.
Not that the Bulldogs were spoiled by their prior wins, Perkins insisted. "We always want a bowl game. We had fun down here, when it was time to lock-in and focus and we did. But we just came short on the losing end at the end of the day. Losing, I mean it sucks. But it's happened, it's life. You've got to move on after things like that."
Mullen moves on immediately to such issues as staff evaluations, on both sides of the ball—he would not forecast changes but with one assistant to replace already there are other aides expected to be in-play for jobs elsewhere. And recruiting looms ever larger.
"I'll see where we're at," Mullen said. "We just finished up the season, we'll hit the recruiting trail and use the full evaluation of where we're at and what directions, what changes and tweaks and all those things we have to make. We'll look at next year's team and see what direction next year's team is going to head."
Interestingly, though, Mullen paused to remind of what direction Mississippi State has been in, at least when they were 7-0 in October and riding high. November letdowns and a first bowl failure are just part of the overall equation.
"The great thing is, eight-win seasons now are starting to become disappointing at Mississippi State," said Mullen. "You know, eight-win seasons used to be massive celebrations. And now within our program those are starting to be disappointing ones. That's the direction you want the program headed in."


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Hi, just after some advice on the best way to go about the final part of my db design.
at the moment I have a movies table:
movies ('movie_id' INT,'movie_name' VARCHAR(255),'movie_genreid' INT,'movie_region' CHAR(3),'release_date' DATE) DEFAULT CHARSET utf8
and a users table:
users (id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,username VARCHAR(55) UNIQUE,email VARCHAR(55) UNIQUE,password CHAR(32)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8
I have thousands of movies in the movies table and I have an addmovie.php form that allows users to search for the movies.
I want users to be able to add movies from their searches to their own user page (users.php?user=username).
I'm just wondering on the best database design for this.. should I just make a 'usermovies' table to link to the movies table? and then just add every users selected movies to the usermovies table? ie
userid - movieid1 - 3431 - 46567 - 2341 - 1112 - 3434
any tips would be wonderful.
your suggestion sounds right. As far as I know there is no other (good) way to do it.You want to put an index on the userId column to allow for faster loading of the user pages.And of course the combination userId, movieId should be UNIQUE.
how do I implement an index?
and also the UNIQUE combination userID, movieID.. or is that done in the query?
with ALTER TABLE ADD INDEX -- the complete syntax is in da manual
[quote="oknow,post:3,topic:52428"]and also the UNIQUE combination userID, movieID.. or is that done in the query?[/quote]no, that is best done by making them the primary key --
CREATE TABLE usermovies
( userid INTEGER NOT NULL
, movieid INTEGER NOT NULL
, PRIMARY KEY ( userid, movieid )
a primary key is unique by definition
if you ever need to search which users have a particular movie, you will also need an index on (movieid,userid)
excellent, thanks!!
Just got done reading the manual page.. so to create the indexes I need would require the following syntax?
ALTER TABLE usermovies ADD INDEX (userid);ALTER TABLE usermovies ADD INDEX (movieid, userid);
you would not need the index on userid because the optimizer can use the primary key index
the other one is correct
ah awesome, thanks so much again. appreciate it beyond words.


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Over the past two decades, I have seen many advances in technology and processes for software development. From the evolution of computers, storage, and programming languages, to new social, organizational and development models for businesses to consider. Of all these advances, I like how the Agile Manifesto returns the business focus to providing value quickly through human interaction and collaboration. Sometimes throwing more technology, processes, and tools at the problem won't help you develop better solutions.
Quality requires a whole-team approach. Everyone tests, all the time. You may have some specialists on your team with testing expertise, but they aren't the only ones allowed to ask good questions and provide actionable information on quality. Contrary to what some vendors may lead you to believe, a whole-team approach to quality doesn't require a lot of complex, integrated tools and services to achieve. You can do some good testing with readily available, low-tech tools.
The best, most widely available, and disappointingly least-often-used tool in testing is, of course, your brain. If you aren't thinking, you aren't testing. If you aren't testing, you aren't paying attention to what you are developing. If you aren't paying attention to what you are developing, you aren't being agile, because you aren't really sure of what value you are providing.
When you use your brain in testing, things like creativity, models, and deduction can help boost your effectiveness to a new level. You may discover that you don't have to go high-tech to do a great job. Keeping in line with the agile spirit, my top three most commonly used low-tech tools in my agile and exploratory testing toolkit are whiteboards, Sneakernet, and paint applications.
As a visual learner, I find that whiteboards to be invaluable tools. I use them to brainstorm, share information, track risks, and radiate project information.
I haven't used a test plan document in almost a decade. People don't read them, teams don't use or maintain them, and you aren't being agile if you use them to communicate important information. Note that I am not against capturing records or artifacts of the work performed on projects. Documents are records, not conversations. You don't build relationships or develop an understanding between stakeholders or project team members when you use a document to relay important information.
By comparison, whiteboards let everyone on the team know what's going on in the team members' heads. Ideas, observations, explanatory diagrams, schedule milestones, progress charts, and more, are exposed and not buried in documents where they are less likely to be noticed, if at all. You never know when a piece of information will be critical to someone else's understanding of the project or system. Put the information up on a board and leave it there for a while; anyone can come along and learn from or add to the information shown.
Whiteboards located in high-traffic areas, or where we gather for meetings, are prime candidates to use as information radiators. [1] There are many types of information radiators to help communicate different views of development progress. For testing purposes, I sometimes use a testing dashboard. [2] This allows you to organize descriptions of the testing status, effort, and quality in a table format so that all team members can quickly understand what's going on at any given moment without having to ask questions. Depending on the project, I may customize the dashboard with additional or different information, or I may not use one at all. Whiteboards are where brainpowers meet team powers.
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SPRINGFIELD, IL -- The Illinois Gaming Board has been reporting for months that 80 Illinois cities and towns have voted to opt out of the video lottery market. But a new government survey said the number is nearly twice as high. Some 151 municipalities and six counties have banned video gambling in all unincorporated areas, according to the Chicago Tribune.
In addition, the paper said approximately half of the state's communities and an undetermined number of counties "have statutes that forbid all legalized gambling" in unincorporated areas as a way of protecting ticket sales for the Illinois Lottery. It cited a report submitted to the IGB by attorneys for gaming machine manufacturers on March 27.
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Servisair Class-Action Lawsuit
People who work for the same company that hired the accused dry ice bomber at LAX have complained about working conditions.
Attorney Andrew Glenn filed a class action lawsuit against Servisair. He says workers claim they were docked pay for lunches and had their timesheets changed.
"I can tell you that the guys in the eight states that I represent are disgruntled," says Glenn.
Servisair has not returned several calls for comment. Glenn says some of his clients work at LAX, the same place suspected dry ice bomber, Dicarlo Bennett, works.
Glenn does not represent Bennett. Bennett was arrested Tuesday night. He's accused of planting dry ice bombs that went off in two terminals this week.
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PHILADELPHIA - Rising senior and standout for the University of Pennsylvania women's basketball team, Alyssa Baron, is the first student-athlete highlighted in the Penn Sports Network's newest feature, "A Day in the Life."
Baron was followed by the PSN cameras on March 21 when the Quakers were set to play their first postseason game in nearly a decade. Following an academic advisor's meeting, classes, shootaround and a visit to the training room, Baron was one of four Quakers to score in double figures in Penn's first-ever postseason victory.


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Matthews, Trail Blazers use their Buck Season tag
It wasn't easy but a balanced Blazer attack, led by Wesley Matthews' game-high 26, powered Portland past Milwaukee! The Trail Blazers improve to 8-1 this season against the Eastern Conference Central Division, including a 5-0 sweep at home and now have a 20-4 record against the Eastern Conference, the best mark of any West team against the East this season.
"I'm glad I'm standing here after a win instead of a loss," said Trail Blazers head coach Terry Stotts. "Give Milwaukee a lot of credit. They've had a long seasons, Larry (Drew) has done a great job of keeping them competing and playing hard. They played a great game and certainly don't want to take anything away from what they did, they played hard the whole game. That being said, we didn't come out with the urgency that we needed … We understand that we were very fortunate to win the game tonight."
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MOST VALUABLE PLAYER: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings
Peterson's sensational season following major knee surgery earned him
The Associated Press 2012 NFL Most Valuable Player Award.
The Minnesota Vikings running back finished with 2,019 yards, a mere 9
yards short of breaking Eric Dickerson's rushing record. Peterson beat
out Peyton Manning, who in his first season as Denver's quarterback
contended for a fifth MVP trophy. Manning's four are a record.
''My career could have easily been over, just like that,'' the
sensational running back said. ''Oh man. The things I've been through
throughout my lifetime has made me mentally tough."
Peterson received 30 1-2 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media
members who regularly cover the NFL. Manning got the other 19 1-2 votes.
Peterson led the Vikings from a 3-13 mark to 10-6 and a wild-card
playoff berth. He is the first running back to win MVP since LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006.
COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR: PEYTON MANNING, Denver Broncos
Manning's stunning return from four neck surgeries netted him The
Associated Press 2012 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award.
''This injury was unlike any other,'' said the only four-time league
MVP. ''There really was no bar or standard, there were no notes to
copy. We were coming up with a rehab plan as we went.''
The four-time league MVP guided the Broncos to the AFC's best record,
13-3, in his first season in Denver.
Before sitting out 2011, Manning had never missed a start in his first
13 seasons with Indianapolis. Manning received 31 1-2 votes Saturday
from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the
He easily beat Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, who got
17 1-2 votes after his comeback from major knee surgery. Peterson came
within 9 yards of the NFL rushing record and helped Minnesota go from
3-13 to 10-6 and a wild-card berth.
Kansas City RB Jamaal Charles got one vote.
COACH OF THE YEAR: Bruce Arians, Indianapolis Colts
Arians became the first interim coach to win the top NFL award from The
Associated Press.
''It's hard to put into words the feelings of this past year,'' said
Arians, who was hired by the Cardinals in late January. ''This was kind
of the cherry on the top, whipped cream and everything else you put on
Arians now is head coach in Arizona.
Arians took charge of the Colts in late September after head coach
Chuck Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia. The Colts, 2-14 the previous
season, went 9-3 under Arians and made the playoffs.
Pagano coached the final game of the regular season and a wild-card
playoff match.
Arians earned 36 1-2 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members
who regularly cover the NFL. Pagano finished second with 5 1-2, while
Pete Carroll of Seattle received five and Leslie Frazier of Minnesota
got three.
Arians spent only one season in Indy before landing the Cardinals job.
Peterson won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Offensive Player of the Year
award just one year after major knee surgery.
The Minnesota Vikings running back rushed for 2,109 yards, 9 short of
Eric Dickerson's record. He dominated voting by a nationwide panel of
50 media members who regularly cover the NFL, getting 36 ballots to
eight for runner-up QB Peyton Manning of Denver.
Quarterbacks Tom Brady of New England and Aaron Rodgers of Green Bay,
and receiver Calvin Johnson of Detroit each got two votes.
Even more startling is that Peterson's remarkable year followed major
knee surgery at the end of 2011. He led the Vikings' turnaround from a
3-13 record to 10-6 and a wild-card playoff berth, scoring 12
touchdowns rushing and averaging 6.0 yards per carry.
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: J.J. Watt, Houston Texans
Houston end Watt won The Associated Press 2012 NFL Defensive Player of
the Year award, missing a perfect ballot by one vote.
The NFL's sacks leader with 20 1-2 and a pass-blocking fiend, Watt
earned 49 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who
regularly cover the league. Denver linebacker Von Miller received the
other vote.
Watt, a versatile second-year player with a tremendous burst off the
line, also forced four fumbles and recovered two in helping the Texans
to their second straight AFC South title. With his long wingspan, he
blocked a stunning 16 passes.
Houston end J.J. Watt swatted the competition for Defensive Player of
the Year, getting 49 votes; Denver's Von Miller got the other in the
most lopsided balloting of all the awards.
''In my plans it was there,'' Watt said of being honored. He led the
NFL with 20 1-2 sacks and also blocked an astounding 16 passes. ''It
sets the bar for me. I want to go out and do even better. I want to do
even bigger things.''
Watt is the first Texans player to win the award. Last year, Miller ran
away with the top defensive rookie award while Watt was not in
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Robert Griffin III, Washington Redskins
Griffin beat out fellow quarterbacks Andrew Luck and Russell Wilson to
win the Year award. From a brilliant rookie class, RG3 was a strong
winner Saturday night in voting by a nationwide panel of 50 media
members who regularly cover the league.
''It's truly a blessing to be up there - to be able to stand, first and
foremost,'' said Griffin, who underwent knee surgery last month. He
added that next season ''you'll see a better Robert Griffin.''
Wearing a burgundy and gold tie, in honor of his Skins, Griffin said
his goal is to be ready for the season opener.
DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR: Luke Kuechly, Carolina Panthers
Kuechly, Carolina's tackling machine at linebacker, won the Associated
Press 2012 NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year award.
Kuechly, a first-round pick from Boston College, led the league with
164 tackles. He began the season on the outside but moved to middle
linebacker five games into the season and the Panthers went from 24th
in the league in overall defense to 10th.
He earned 28 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who
regularly cover the league. That easily outdistanced Seattle LB Bobby Wagner with 11. Green Bay cornerback Casey Hayward got six votes, while
St. Louis CB Janoris Jenkins got three. Tampa Bay LB Lavonte David got
the other two votes.
He is the second Panther to win the award; DE Julius Peppers got it in
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In the 2007 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration report, "Unit Costs of Medium/Heavy Truck Crashes," the average cost of a truck crash was more than $90,000. If injury was involved, costs approached $200,000, and a fatality raised that to more than $3.6 million.
Crash avoidance early warnings and stability control can pay for themselves by avoiding just one incident.
A couple of years ago, I attended a new electronic safety equipment demonstration. Several vehicles, including a ready-mix truck on a Mack chassis, were equipped with outrigger wheels. They were there not as new safety devices, but to keep the trucks from rolling over when the electronics were turned off.
On the main parking lot of the Route 66 drag strip in Joliet, Ill., Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems personnel marked the course with traffic cones, simulating an abrupt lane change and a fast decreasing radius turn.
The lane change, simulating a car stopping suddenly in front, called for a left turn, followed immediately by a correcting right turn. It was done at only 20 mph, and the drum was loaded with pea gravel and water.
With the electronics turned off, the outriggers were put to the test. The truck initially swayed to the right and then rolled left after the correction. The "training wheels" did their job, and we didn't roll over.
On the second pass, the Roll Stability Control (RSC) system was on and the outriggers never touched ground. There was sway, but no rollover.
Earlier at Bendix's winter proving grounds in Houghton, Mich., I drove a Peterbilt ready-mix truck on snow and ice to show the skid-reducing properties of the new safety systems. With the system engaged, the truck was controllable. With it turned off, it skidded.
The power of computers
The safety afforded by Bendix's RSC and other systems is due to developments in high-speed computers which enable stability control and its variant, roll control. Antilock braking systems (ABS) are the base technology. ABS measures wheel speed, and if any wheel slows or stops more than the others, its brake pressure is reduced.
That ability to independently control each brake allows more than just preventing brake lock. It can apply brakes selectively. Add steering and lateral acceleration sensors, and computers can determine if a skid is starting.
Roll sensors and high-speed processors can reduce engine power and apply brakes to halt the skid almost before it starts. Often, the correction is done without the driver realizing anything has happened. These systems are standard equipment on many new trucks.
Computers also alert drivers and help prevent crashes. Bendix' VORAD, Mobileye system, and the Eagle Eye Obstacle Detection System alert drivers to dangers that may be ahead.
VORAD uses radar to alert the driver to a threat. Some models feature adaptive cruise control that can de-fuel the engine and, in extreme cases, apply the Jake Brake. In Mercedes Benz cars, it will apply the brakes and stop the car. Only driver acceptance has kept this feature from use on trucks.
Mobileye uses image processing to monitor lane positioning. It warns of lane departures except when turn signals are on. Mobileye can be coupled with forward-looking radar for Headway Monitoring, an adaptive cruise control system that adjusts vehicle speed to maintain a safe interval in traffic.
Near obstacle detection alerts the driver to see objects in blind spots and behind the vehicle. Side alerts are activated when directional signals turn on, although many systems use lights alone to constantly monitor blind spots. Back up alerts are active with the truck in reverse.
Paul Abelson is a former director of the Technology and Maintenance Council of the American Trucking Associations and is on the board of the Truck Writers of North America. E-mail email@example.com.


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Customers at Rose Nails in Frayser, TN are unhappy after a sign was posted on the door that said "if you are overweight, pedicures will be $45". A pedicure at Rose Nails costs $25-30.
WREG spoke with Son Nguyen, who denied the sign was ever posted on the door. The reporter showed him pictures, which have gone viral on Facebook, but he continued to deny the sign was put up.
Nguyen said he had considered putting a sign up, but instead decided not to serve overweight customers at all. He claims that it is "difficult for technicians to give them pedicures and he's had broken chairs". He claims the damage from the chairs cost him between $2,000 and $2,500.
One customer told WREG that she felt overweight customers should "be able to get services like any other person."


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Cool Crest on the road to recovery
Updated 9:51 am, Wednesday, March 27, 2013
One of San Antonio's historic landmarks is getting a face-lift this spring.
Cool Crest miniature golf course, which closed in 2007, is gearing up for a June grand re-opening thanks to brothers James, Albert, Phillip and Mitchell Andry, who purchased the property last year.
Tuesday, Cool Crest underwent the first step in its rehabilitation when Frontier Surveying Co. came out to map a 3D image of the course's topography.
"This is 3D scanning," said Frontier owner Ivy Rodriguez Young. "It's capturing every detail of the concrete and the different elevations of the course, and we'll be able to take measurements on the computer after it's loaded in; that's helps later with developing or improving."
A lot of developing and improving will have to be undertaken before the projected opening date; the Andrys plan on recreating the look of the course exactly as it was in the 1950s and '60s from archival photos.
"Back in its heyday, everything was so richly planted you really couldn't see from hole to hole," project adviser Steve Houston said. "That's what they're hoping to replicate."
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The minigolf course was a popular hangout for the Art Deco District along the Fredericksburg Road corridor, but after owner Maria Metzger couldn't maintain it any longer, it closed.
When she died in February 2010, the property fell into disrepair. But savior came in the form of a doctor — Dr. James Andry, who, with his brothers, purchased the property when it hit the market.
"It's always been a love of ours," Dr. James Andry said. "So when it came up for sale, we desired to acquire it."
After untangling the city's red tape surrounding an abandoned alley that cut through the property, the Andrys were able to call Cool Crest theirs, and enlisted the help of Young, who grew up in the area and went to Providence High School, to help start the rehabilitation process.
Young said she was enthusiastic to help her childhood friends restore an old San Antonio favorite hangout with some new technology.
"I'm just happy to help and be a part of a big development for San Antonio," Young said as she stood on the sun-dappled course supervising the survey process. "Every time I mention it to anyone I know, they just light up, because they've been here and they had a good time."
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You only need to do this once, the first time you use Universalis.
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Select the "Calendars" option and make sure that you have selected the local calendar that you want.
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Baltimore, MD (SportsNetwork.com) - The lively bats of the Baltimore Orioles backed an effective Wei-Yin Chen in a 7-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards.
Matt Wieters and J.J. Hardy each had three hits with two runs scored and an RBI for Baltimore, which has won four of its last six games.
Chen (2-1) got the starting assignment in the opener of this three-game set and threw 6 1/3 innings. The left-hander didn't allow a hit until James Loney's one-out double in fifth and gave up only four more hits in his outing, including Evan Longoria's two-out RBI single in the sixth.
It wasn't a smooth performance for Tampa Bay starter Chris Archer (1-1), who was roughed up for seven runs and 12 hits over five innings.
"It is humbling. It motivates you to work harder," Archer said.
The Rays fell to 3-4 on their nine-game road trip.
Baltimore scored in each of the first three innings, building a 6-0 lead.
A two-out single to shallow center field by Wieters scored Nelson Cruz in the first inning.
The O's smacked a combined five doubles over the next two frames and three of them produced runs.
Hardy doubled to open the second and was on third base when Ryan Flaherty blooped a ball over Longoria's head for an RBI single. Cruz and Davis hit consecutive two-out doubles to increase the lead to 4-0.
Wieters led off third with an extra-base hit and scored on another by Hardy. Steve Lombardozzi followed with a single to plate Hardy.
"A lot of big two-out hits, a lot of big RBI with guys on second," Wieters said.
Flaherty added a second run-scoring single in the fifth.
Game Notes
The Rays were 13-6 against the O's last season ... Tampa Bay has scored three runs or less in seven of its last eight games ... Chen issued his first two walks of the season ... Archer recorded six strikeouts ... Baltimore was 6- for-13 with runners in scoring position ... Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis went 0-for-5 to snap an eight-game hitting streak.


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This article is Part 3 of a four-part series in which you import the Flex 3 Dashboard demonstration application available on the Flex Developer Center into Flash Builder 4.5, and then migrate the application to Flex 4.5 to take advantage of the Flex 4.5 Spark architecture and components.
Although a key feature of Flex 4.5 is its support for creating mobile applications in Flex, this article series does not cover converting the Dashboard application to a mobile application. A future article series will cover creating a mobile Dashboard application.
Part 1 of this series described how to import the Flex 3 Dashboard into Flash Builder 4.5 make just enough changes to get it to compile and run. Part 2 began the process of migrating the Dashboard code to Flex 4.5 by modifying the application background and TabBar to make use of the new Flex 4.5 Spark components. Part 3 (this article) continues the migration and describes changes required to have the application's ViewStack use the new Flex 4.5 Spark NavigatorContent container.
If it has been a while since you completed Parts 1 and 2, you may want to quickly refer to the opening sections of those articles for a review of the Dashboard application, how the conversion is organized, and some tips for following the steps.
The sample files for this article include Dashboard-Part3-Start.fxp, which you can use as a starting point for the steps that follow. This Flex project file includes all the steps through Part 2 in this series.
Flex 4.5 does not include Spark navigator containers, so you still need to use the MX ViewStack. Moreover, you cannot use Spark containers directly as views of a ViewStack, so you need to use the Spark NavigatorContent container or wrap Spark containers in an MX container before using them for the views of a ViewStack.
The Flex 3 Dashboard application uses the MX Canvas container for the ViewStack views, which are initialized in the
onResultHttpService() function in main.mxml. You'll replace the Canvas container with a NavigatorContent container.
onResultHttpService() function:
var canvas:Canvas = new Canvas();
var canvas:NavigatorContent = new NavigatorContent();
Keep the instance name as
canvas even though you are now using a NavigatorContent container; this is to avoid trivial changes related to using instance names.
import spark.components.NavigatorContent;
import mx.containers.Canvas;
onResultHttpService() , remove these two lines, because Flex 4.5 Spark containers do not have scrollbars unless you explicitly add them, so the lines are unnecessary:
canvas.horizontalScrollPolicy = "off";
canvas.verticalScrollPolicy = "off";
Because you are now using NavigatorContent for the views, if you build the project you will get an error in main.mxml. This occurs because the PodLayoutManager class is still expecting a Canvas. To fix this error you'll need to make changes to use NavigatorContent instead of Canvas.
private var _container:Canvas;
private var _container:NavigatorContent;
import spark.components.NavigatorContent;
import mx.containers.Canvas;
public function set container(canvas: NavigatorContent):void
_container = canvas;
public function get container():NavigatorContent
return _container;
To avoid runtime errors you need to make changes because of differences between the NavigatorContent and Canvas container API methods and variables (see Table 1).
Table 1. Relevant differences between NavigatorContent and Canvas containers APIs.
add an item to the container
set the index of an item in the container
the number of items in the container
container.addChild(pod) to
container.addElement(pod) .
container.addChild(dragHighlight) to
container.addElement(dragHighlight) .
container.setChildIndex(pod, container.numChildren - 1) to
container.setElementIndex(pod, container.numElements - 1) .
container.setChildIndex(dragHighlight, i) to
container.setElementIndex(dragHighlight, i) .
You also need to make a change in the Pod class due to the API differences between the NavigatorContent and Canvas classes.
onMouseDown() function.
parent.setChildIndex(this, parent.numChildren - 1); to
Group(parent).setElementIndex(this, Group(parent).numElements - 1) ;.
Note that you cast the parent to Group and not NavigatorContent, because the actual Pod parent is the NavigatorContent
contentGroup skin part, which is of type Group.
import spark.components.Group;
At this point you should have no errors, and you should be able to launch the Dashboard application with no compile time or runtime errors.
Note that if you click a ComboBox in a pod, it might open and then immediately close. This problem will be resolved by using the Flex 4.5 Spark ComboBox. It is happening because the ChartContent and FormContent components'
onMouseDown() event handler is responding to the
mouseDown event, preventing the ComboBox from receiving the event.
The ViewStack views, now represented using the Spark NavigatorContent, contain the actual pods of the Dashboard application. This section modifies the Pod class to extend the Spark Panel, instead of the MX Panel container, which it extends in the Flex 3 Dashboard application.
import mx.containers.Panel; with
import spark.components.Panel; .
This causes a number of errors (see Figure 1) due to differences in the implementation of the MX and Spark Panel, which you'll resolve as you proceed.
Most of these errors occur because the Spark Panel class does not implement the
titleBar property. Instead, you use a custom skin class to implement the title bar area. The Spark Panel also does not implement the
titleTextField property, also customized through the skin class.
The error related to the
rawChildren property occurs due to changes in the Spark component architecture. The MX Container class, from which the MX Panel inherits, provides the
rawChildren property as a way to access the container chrome, such as the container border, for example. This is accomplished in the Pod class using a custom skin.
horizontalScrollPolicy = "off";
Before creating a custom skin class for the Pod class, you'll add support for the custom skin in the Pod class. You start by declaring skin parts, which are visual components declared in the Pod class and implemented in its skin.
The first skin part is a container for the minimize and maximize buttons. The Flex 3 Dashboard uses an HBox container, but you will use the new Spark HGroup container. Notice the use of the public access modifier. All skin parts must be public.
private var controlsHolder:HBox;
public var controlsHolder:HGroup;
import mx.containers.HBox;
import spark.components.HGroup;
The next two skin parts are for the minimize and maximize buttons.
private var minimizeButton:Button;
private var maximizeRestoreButton:Button;
public var minimizeButton:Button;
public var maximizeRestoreButton:ToggleButton;
import mx.controls.Button;
import spark.components.Button;
import spark.components.ToggleButton;
You use the ToggleButton control because the Spark Button control does not support the
selected property as the MX Button does, and the
selected property is necessary to switch between the maximized and restored states for the button display.
The next skin part is for the line dividing the title bar area and the main content area.
private var headerDivider:Sprite;
public var headerDivider:Rect;
import spark.primitives.Rect;
Notice that you changed the type for the
headerDivider skin part from Sprite to Rect.
The next skin part is for an empty rectangle that responds to mouse clicks and to the user dragging the Pod around the Dashboard.
public var titleBar:Group;
Now that the skin parts have been declared, several Pod class code changes are necessary.
createChildren() function; it will be replaced with code in the custom skin class:
if (!headerDivider)
headerDivider = new Sprite();
if (!controlsHolder)
controlsHolder = new HBox();
controlsHolder.setStyle("paddingRight", getStyle("paddingRight"));
controlsHolder.setStyle("horizontalAlign", "right");
controlsHolder.setStyle("verticalAlign", "middle");
controlsHolder.setStyle("horizontalGap", 3);
minimizeButton = new Button();
minimizeButton.width = 14;
minimizeButton.height = 14;
minimizeButton.styleName = "minimizeButton";
if (!maximizeRestoreButton)
maximizeRestoreButton = new Button();
maximizeRestoreButton.width = 14;
maximizeRestoreButton.height = 14;
maximizeRestoreButton.styleName = "maximizeRestoreButton";
createChildren() function should now be similar to the following:
override protected function createChildren():void
updateDisplayList() function, as its code is unnecessary after porting the Dashboard application to Flex 4.5.
minimize() function, as it will be unnecessary:
setStyle("borderSides", "left top right");
onClickTitleBar() function, as it will be unnecessary:
setStyle("borderSides", "left top right bottom");
setStyle("titleStyleName", "podTitle");
The next few changes are necessary to support displaying pods in their minimized state, where only the title bar area is visible, and the pod content is hidden.
The Pod class declaration should now be as follows:
public class Pod extends Panel
override protected function getCurrentSkinState():String {
var returnState:String = "normal";
if (windowState == WINDOW_STATE_MINIMIZED) {
returnState = "minimized";
return returnState;
invalidateSkinState() in the
minimize() function, so the function is similar to the following:
public function minimize():void
windowState = WINDOW_STATE_MINIMIZED;
height = MINIMIZED_HEIGHT;
showControls = false;
invalidateSkinState() at the end of the
onClickMaximizeRestoreButton() function.
Before implementing the custom pod skin class, you need to make one more change to avoid a runtime error due to differences between the MX and Spark Panel API methods.
addPods() method and find the following line:
You should now have no compile time errors, but if you launch the application the pods will not be fully functional because the Pod class references some skin parts that have not been created yet.
Now that the Pod class has been modified to support the custom skin, the actual skin class can be implemented.
To begin, you first create the custom skin class file.
import skins.CustomPanelSkin;
setStyle("skinClass", Class(CustomPanelSkin));
Now you are ready to add skin parts in the custom skin and implement the Pod styles defined in the Flex 3 Dashboard. Each skin part must have the same
id in the custom skin that was defined in the Pod class.
<s:Label id="titleDisplay"…> tag, and inside the same Group containing the
titleDisplay Label:
<s:Group id="titleBar" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"/>
<s:HGroup id="controlsHolder" right="9" top="4"
horizontalAlign="right" verticalAlign="middle" gap="3">
<s:Button id="minimizeButton"/>
<s:ToggleButton id="maximizeRestoreButton"/>
<s:Rect id="tbDiv" …> tag and change the id to
"headerDivider" .
Next, you need to modify the skin class to implement styles from two style definitions in styles.css, the
podTitle and
Pod styles.
titleDisplay Label control again in the skin class, and add
fontSize="11" fontFamily="arial" as properties.
left property's value to
12 .
kerning="off" to achieve the same Panel title string position and rendering as the Flex 3 Dashboard.
When you are done, the Label tag should be similar to the following:
<s:Label id="titleDisplay" maxDisplayedLines="1"
left="12" right="3" top="1" bottom="0" minHeight="30"
verticalAlign="middle" textAlign="start" fontWeight="bold"
fontSize="11" fontFamily="arial" kerning="off">
contentGroup Group container by adding the following layout code directly after the opening
contentGroup <s:Group …> tag. The padding properties have been adjusted for a layout similar to that of the Flex 3 Dashboard.
<s:VerticalLayout paddingTop="32" paddingLeft="20"
paddingRight="20" paddingBottom="20"/>
rounded-bottom-corners style. The Spark Panel also has a default border that is a 1px solid line, and a default background color of white, so you also do not need to implement the
border-thickness ,
border-style , and
background-color Pod styles.
initializationComplete() method, after the line that sets the
useChromeColor property:
setStyle("borderColor", 0x999999);
setStyle("borderAlpha", 1);
You cannot simply set the color of the
borderStroke SolidColorStroke object, because to support runtime border styling the
updateDisplayList() method includes these lines:
borderStroke.color = getStyle("borderColor");
borderStroke.alpha = getStyle("borderAlpha");
corner-radius style, so add the following line in the
initializationComplete() method for the Pod top corner radius:
setStyle("cornerRadius", 6);
RectangularDropShadow tag in the file with the following:
<s:RectangularDropShadow id="dropShadow" blurX="10" blurY="10" alpha="1" distance="5" angle="0" color="#999999" left="0" top="5" right="5" bottom="0"/>
color of the
SolidColor fill for the
headerDivider Rect to
0x999999 .
header-height style by setting the
titleDisplay Label's
minHeight property to
22 .
header-colors style by replacing the two GradientEntry lines in the
tbFill Rect with the following:
<s:GradientEntry color="0xFFFFFF" ratio=".1"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="0xCCCCCC" ratio=".8"/>
The Spark Panel skin does not define a title bar highlight fill, so the Pod
highlight-alphas style property does not need to be set.
There should be no compiler errors or warnings.
Note: If you encounter a runtime error when you run the application, you may have left one of the Pods in the minimized state the last time you tested the Dashboard application. Because the minimized state has not yet been implemented, this causes an error. To resolve this issue, follow the instructions for Resetting The Dashboard To Its Initial State in Part 2 of this series and then run the application again.
Except for the minimize and maximize buttons, which you implement in Part 4, the Pod title bar area is now looking very similar to the Flex 3 Dashboard (see Figure 2).
You've now finished Part 3 of the series. In Part 4, you'll implement the minimize and maximize buttons for the Pods and complete the remaining steps needed to migrate the Dashboard application from Flex 3 to Flex 4.5.
For more information on Flex 4.5—and in particular features relevant to the Dashboard application—see the following resources:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license, pertaining to the examples of code included within this work are available at Adobe.
Note: You may use the sample code in your products, commercial or not.


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