Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Small plane crash kills two in Texas

Global Times Monday 12th August, 2013

A small plane crashed in rural Ellis County in the US state of Texas Sunday with two pilots killed aboard, local media reported.The crash happened around 10:30 am (1630 GMT), local TV ABC13 reported. The site is near Bardwell, about 55 km south of Dallas, Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman Lonny Haschel said in the report.Haschel said witnesses saw the single-engine Beechcraft level off as if to make an emergency landing but appeared to stall and then crashed into a tree. The plane caught fire immediately and two pilots aboard were killed at the scene.The victims' names were not relea...

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Adding Intelligence to the IntelliSense for Windows Azure Mobile Services

Some of the members of the Visual Studio Windows Azure Tools & Mobile Services teams recently published instructions for ?Enabling IntelliSense for Mobile Services JavaScript in Visual Studio.?? Since working with the Windows Azure Mobile Services (WAMS) server-side JavaScript files can be a little bit of a blind experience ? debugging happens primarily through strategic placement of console.log statements and frequent examination of the Mobile Services server script reference on MSDN ? even the littlest help goes a long way?though I am NOT saying that his IntelliSense support only offers ?the littlest help.?

To get started, the JavaScript IntelliSense definition file can be downloaded from this link.? Additionally, there?s a ReadMe document that provides some supporting information available at this link.? The ReadMe file points out that the IntelliSense definition ? in its current incarnation ? is somewhat limited in its coverage (hey, it?s a start!)

The original article references two mechanisms for actually directing Visual Studio to make use of the reference file: adding an explicit reference to the precise path of the definition file on the local file system, and adding a reference to the definition file through the Tools/Options/Text Editor/JavaScript/IntelliSense/References panel in Visual Studio (under ?Implicit (Web)?.)? Pros and cons of each approach were outlined, including:

  • Providing the path to the file within the script files themselves is a bit more work, since every script file needs to be modified;
  • Adding the Visual Studio reference results in a ?pollution? of the JavaScript IntelliSense since Visual Studio doesn?t discriminate as to whether or not you?re working on Mobile Services scripts in order to choose what definition files to consult.

Now that the stage is set, I?d like to offer some tips for how to extract a little bit more from these IntelliSense files.

There?s a small alteration that can be made to the list above to enable referencing the definition file.? My concern with the presentation of the approaches listed above is that they require the definition file to be in the same path location on every machine that is used to edit the JavaScript contents.? In my experience, this is a pain in the neck to achieve ? even simply spanning my own development machines.? However, the JavaScript IntelliSense tooling does support relative paths.? With that in mind, I?d suggest putting the IntelliSense file into the WAMS script Shared directory and uploading it through Git (for more information on using the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Git to manage WAMS script files, see my previous article here), then adding relative references to ?../shared/mobileservices.intellisense.js? either in the script files or in the Visual Studio settings dialog.

The screenshots below show this in use through the Visual Studio settings:

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(* a note about working with the Visual Studio settings ? if you?ve added your file path using absolute or relative paths and find that IntelliSense still is not coming up, it may be due to inserting the definition file reference in the wrong ?Reference Group?, such as Implicit (Windows) ? I call this out because it bit me MULTIPLE times.? Reference Groups are discussed in the MSDN documentation here.)

Note that since the file path is relative, when opening/working on JavaScript files in an HTML Web project, unless there?s a matching ?mobileservices.intellisense.js? file within a folder titled ?shared? relative to the file being worked on in that project, the WAMS IntelliSense won?t be included.

Likewise, including the relative file at the beginning of the WAMS JavaScript file itself has the same results:

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While the upside to this approach is that other developers/other development machines acquire the IntelliSense simply by synchronizing the client and server repositories, there is a downside to this approach.? Interacting with scripts opened through the Windows Azure Mobile Services node in the Server Explorer will not include IntelliSense.? When these files are opened in Visual Studio, they are downloaded and opened from a temporary location on the local file system, so the Shared files are not placed in the location specified by the relative path.? I?m OK with this, as I?ve grown to prefer to use the source-control managed file editing and retrieval, and the Server Explorer doesn?t yet provide access to API Scripts or Shared Script content (though I have no doubt that it will soon?but I still like the ?safety net? offered by working through Source control and the ease with which I can by using the integrated Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Git.)

One of the problems with the IntelliSense solution is that there?s no information providing Visual Studio with insight as to how to handle the parameters in the script signatures.? The good news is that is not hard to do, and since these objects are frequently referenced within the WAMS scripts, being able to allow them to join in the ?IntelliSense party? provides a lot of help.

Having Visual Studio include IntelliSense for these parameters is simply a matter of adding a JavaScript XML Documentation Comment for the method signature.? The IntelliSense comments for each of the table script methods follow. (Custom API scripts will be discussed in a second.)

Read:

function read(query, user, request) { /// <param name="query" type="Query"></param> /// <param name="user" type="User"></param> /// <param name="request" type="Request"></param>

Insert (Update uses the same XML comments):

function insert(item, user, request) { /// <param name="item" type="Object"></param> /// <param name="user" type="User"></param> /// <param name="request" type="Request"></param>

Delete:

function del(id, user, request) { /// <param name="id" type="Number"></param> /// <param name="user" type="User"></param> /// <param name="request" type="Request"></param>

With the comments in place that describe the types of the incoming parameters, the server-side scripts now get IntelliSense within Visual Studio:

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The emphasis of this first JavaScript IntelliSense definition file was to provide support for Table operation scripts.? However, with a little help, Custom API scripts can also join in the fun.

Custom API scripts receive two parameters ? request and response.? However, it is important to note that the request object used in Custom API scripts is not the same request object that is used in the table scripts?in fact, this object provides access to several objects that are directly used as parameters in the Table operation scripts.? This distinction is covered in the MSDN documentation for the request object.

Because I now maintain and reference a copy of the mobileservices.intellisense.js file within my source-control-managed ?shared? folder, I can augment and/or make changes to the file with some confidence?when an update to the IntelliSense file is published, I can simply drop the file into place, and before committing and synchronizing the changes I can use a differencing tool to see what has changed.? Ideally, I will notice if the new file is about to lay-waste to the changes I?ve put in?so let?s change the definition file.

I?ve basically added some content to the definition file to provide information about the request object for Custom APIs.? The IntelliSense content I? have added comes from a combination of the MSDN documentation and the Express.js library documentation, which is where these request and response objects originated.? My content is not comprehensive ? I?ve only documented the items that were immediately relevant to me, but there?s nothing to stop others from adding more content ? the Express.js documentation for the request object can be found here and the documentation for the response object can be found here.

The content I added to the mobileservices.intellisense.js file is:

/* Custom API Augmentations */ service = { ///<field name="push" type="push">Returns an object used to access the the various push notification proxies.</field> push: push, ///<field name="tables" type="tables">Returns an object used to access the the tables in this instance.</field> tables: tables, ///<field name="mssql" type="mssql">Returns an object used to access the mssql instance.</field> mssql: mssql, } ApiRequest = function ApiRequest() { ///<summary>Faux type used only for providing IntelliSense in Custom API scripts. DO NOT CREATE INSTANCES.</summary> } ApiRequest.prototype = { ///<field name="headers" type="Object">Returns a collection of all the message headers, as a JSON object. Individual headers are obtained by calling the header function.</field> headers: headers, ///<field name="query" type="Object">Used to access the parsed query-string.</field> query: query, ///<field name="service" type="service">Provides access to mobile service-specific resources.</field> service: service, ///<field name="user" type="User">Returns the user object which contains information about the client sending the request.</field> user: user, header: function (headerValue) { /// <summary>Returns a JSON representation of the named header-value from the HTTP request headers sent in a custom API request.</summary> /// <param name="headerValue" type="string">The name of the header to locate.</param> } } ApiResponse = function ApiResponse() { ///<summary>Faux type used only for providing IntelliSense in Custom API scripts. DO NOT CREATE INSTANCES.</summary> } ApiResponse.prototype = { send: function (status, body) { ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="body" type="Buffer">When a Buffer is given the Content-Type is set to 'application/octet-stream' unless previously defined with the set command.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="body" type="String">When a String is given the Content-Type is set defaulted to 'text/html'.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="body" type="Array">When an Array or Object is given the response will include the JSON representation.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="body" type="Object">When an Array or Object is given the response will include the JSON representation.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="status" type="Number">The HTTP response code. When a Number is given without any of the previously mentioned bodies, then a response body string is assigned for you. For example 200 will respond will the text 'OK', and 404 'Not Found' and so on.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Sends a response.</summary> ///<param name="status" type="Number">The HTTP response code.</param> ///<param name="body">A body element as defined in the other signatures.</param> ///</signature> }, set: function (field, value) { ///<signature> ///<summary>Set header field to value, or pass an object to set multiple fields at once.</summary> ///<param name="field" type="String">The header field name.</param> ///<param name="value" type="String">The value to set for the header field.</param> ///</signature> ///<signature> ///<summary>Set header field to value, or pass an object to set multiple fields at once.</summary> ///<param name="values" type="Object">A JSON Object consisting of header field/value pairs.</param> ///</signature> } }

With that in place, it is still necessary to include some ?helper? XML comments in order for Visual Studio to ?connect the dots? between the Custom API function signature and the new IntelliSense:

exports.post = function (request, response) { /// <param name="request" type="ApiRequest"></param> /// <param name="response" type="ApiResponse"></param>

And with that, we now have IntelliSense in our Custom API script:

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I have it on good authority that the Mobile Services team is continuing to work on ways to enhance the script editing experience, so it is likely that some of these steps will only be temporary.? But in the interim, the inclusion of these IntelliSense aids should make editing WAMS script files in Visual Studio considerably simpler.

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Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi protest camps

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Egypt postpones dispersing pro-Morsi protest camps
By MAGGIE MICHAELBy MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press?THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES?

A newly-wed Egyptian couple show up on a stage to announce their marriage before hundreds of supporters for Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A newly-wed Egyptian couple show up on a stage to announce their marriage before hundreds of supporters for Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi kisses the ground where a fellow was shot to death near the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013.. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

An Egyptian girl waves a national flag while supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans against the Egyptian Army at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi stamp money with anti-coup slogans at the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

A supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi stands in front of her tent in the sit-in at Rabaah al-Adawiya mosque, which is fortified with multiple walls of bricks, tires, metal barricades and sandbags, and where protesters have installed their camp in Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. Egyptian security forces will besiege two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president within 24 hours, police officials said Sunday, setting up a possible confrontation between the military-backed government and the thousands gathered there. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo)

(AP) ? An Egyptian security official says authorities have postponed a move to disperse two sit-ins by supporters of the country's ousted president to "avoid bloodshed."

The official says the decision to postpone an advance against the protest camps by Muslim Brotherhood supporters came after a plan on ending the sit-ins was leaked to the media.

The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

The security forces had planned to form cordons around the Cairo protest sites as early as dawn Monday, according to officials who spoke earlier to The Associated Press.

A move by the police would have set the stage for clashes with thousands gathered at the two Cairo sit-ins in support of ex-President Mohammed Morsi, ousted in a July 3 coup.

Associated Press

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Monday, August 12, 2013

Skype update for iPad and iPhone brings HD video support

Skype update for iPad and iPhone brings HD video support

iPhone and iPad owners will be happy to learn that there was a Skype update today which finally brings support for 720p HD video calls. Note that HD video calls are only supported on the fourth-gen iPad and the iPhone 5.

The full changelog reads:

- Call quality improvements.

- Make HD quality video calls from your iPad 4.

- General improvements to call quality and stability. General fixes and improvements.

- A redesigned country code picker on the dial pad.


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The President and U.S. Chamber Agree: Africa Is Open For Business

President Obama has recently renewed the administration?s interest in Africa?s economic state-craft and necessary infrastructure development, a point which he drove home during an official visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. While in Africa, Obama commented that ?[he sees] Africa as the next major economic success story.?

Luckily, the business community thinks so too, and is already writing the first chapters of that story. U.S. private sector engagement with Africa has tripled in value over the past decade.

Here?s why:

  • Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 7 of the top 10 most rapidly expanding markets.
  • African economic growth rates have been 5-6% per year since 2000.
  • The continent?s trade value with the U.S. has tripled to $23 billion over the past decade supporting over 100, 000 U.S. jobs.
  • As the second most populated continent, Africa?s middle class has nearly tripled since 1980 to 350 million consumers.

In fact, the opportunities in trade are so great that President Obama recently announced two major initiatives: Power Africa, which will bring African nations more than 10,000 megawatts of cleaner, more efficient electricity generation capacity; and Trade Africa, an initiative focusing on the East African Community, increasing trade and economic ties between Africa as well, the United States, and other global markets.

We have witnessed the benefits that U.S. companies bring into Africa as well as the positive effects of increased trade. Companies such as Black & Veatch, General Electric, EMD, and ExxonMobil have undertaken major infrastructure development within the continent, investing in the future of its democratic institutions, youth, and the overall relationship between the U.S. and Africa.

What was once an aid-driven strategy by the public sector has now turned into a private sector campaign accounting for 80% of the resources flowing into Africa. Private-sector partners have not only matched the Power Africa fund of $7 billion in infrastructure development but have pledged a commitment to develop more than $9 billion in energy capacity for sub-Saharan Africa.?

There are other chapters ready to be written in the Africa success story, which is why the U.S. Chamber?s Africa Business Initiative recently hosted the ?Doing Business in Africa,? forum. The event provided private sector representatives a platform to tell stories of American investment on the continent that is not heard often enough. Such success stories included:

  • General Electric?s investment of over $1 billion in industries of power, oil, gas, transportation, aviation, and health care. Through such infrastructure development, General Electric has branded its image across Africa as a monumental partnering organization.
  • Procter & Gamble has agreed to investment about $170 million to build a multi-category manufacturing plant in South Africa.? The new plant will be one of the largest P&G facilities in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and will bring over 500 U.S. and African jobs through increased exports throughout the region.
  • Black & Veatch has been contracted to supervise Project Bravo, a 4,800-MW supercritical coal-fired generation facility 120 miles east of Johannesburg.? The facility will be one of the largest of its kind bringing an efficient and reliable energy supply to millions of Africans.
  • Electro-Motive Diesel has over 1,200 active locomotives in sub-Saharan Africa. EMD recently created a joint venture, Electro-Motive Diesel Africa, providing services and solutions to rail customers in South African and neighboring countries.
  • Exxon Mobil is one of the largest foreign investors in Africa. Over the last five years, it has committed more than $24 billion to energy exploration and development with major operations in Nigeria, Angola, Chad, Cameroon, and South Africa.

With the administration pledging to support the American private sector, it is time for companies to act on the opportunities on the African continent. The renewed partnership between the public and private sector will continue to create policies promoting trade and securing investment for both regions. Expanding our economic ties with Africa will not only bring the necessary infrastructure development to African countries but will also enhance the American economy through job creation and export growth.

Source: http://www.freeenterprise.com/international/president-and-us-chamber-agree-africa-open-business

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BlackBerry weighs putting itself up for sale

(AP) ? Struggling smartphone maker BlackBerry will consider selling itself.

The company said Monday that its board has formed a special committee to explore "strategic alternatives" in hopes of boosting the adoption of its BlackBerry 10 smartphone.

The company said its options could also include joint ventures, partnerships, or other moves.

The Canadian company's stock jumped 5.7 percent to $10.32 Monday morning.

BlackBerry Ltd. has been hammered by increased competition from its Apple and Android-based rivals. In January, BlackBerry unveiled new phones running a revamped operating system called BlackBerry 10 designed to better compete, but its market share continues to lag.

BlackBerry also announced Monday that board member Prem Watsa, the company's largest investor, resigned from the board "due to potential conflicts that may arise during the process."

Watsa has said that he's a "big supporter" of current CEO Thorsten Heins, and he would be an obvious bidder for BlackBerry. He has said that he believes BlackBerry can turn itself around, but that it might take three to five years. He's the founder of insurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. and is one of Canada's best-known investors.

The BlackBerry, pioneered in 1999, had been the dominant smartphone for on-the-go business people and other consumers before the iPhone debuted in 2007 and showed that phones can handle much more than email and phone calls.

The company faced numerous delays modernizing its operating system with the BlackBerry 10. During that time, it had to cut more than 5,000 jobs, and shareholder wealth declined by more than $70 billion.

Monday's announcement marks the second time Blackberry has said it has hired bankers to help weigh its options since Heins became CEO in early 2012. Heins had said then he was not actively looking to sell BlackBery, but said he wanted to be prepared.

BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis said if BlackBerry is able to go private this time it would allow management to focus on a turnaround and get out of the glaring public spotlight.

Watsa, partnered with some financial backers like a pension fund, are likely bidders, Gillis said. He said technology companies like Apple, Google or Microsoft would not be interested because already have their own mobile platforms.

"Anyone who is a player in the space has taken a sniff and moved on," Gillis said. "Now you've got financials."

Gillis also said he doesn't see Canadian or U.S. regulators allowing BlackBerry to be owned by a Chinese company. Major clients like the U.S. Department of Defense would abandon the company, he said.

"Its core reputation for security would fall apart really fast," Gillis said.

BlackBerry said in its release that there can be no assurance that the exploration process will result in any transaction and declined further comment unless and until its board approves a specific sale or concludes a review of strategic alternatives.

JP Morgan Chase & Co. is serving as its financial adviser and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Torys LLP are legal advisers.

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