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Equity futures are down this morning, below is an hourly of the DOW on the left and S&P overnight action on the right:
The dollar is higher, bonds are lower, both oil and gold are lower before the open.
Yesterday's vehicle sales report showed a decline in vehicle sales from 8.5 million to 7.9 million, which was much less than forecast. Amazing that things you can actually count say one thing while statistics with all kinds of adjustments and are Indexes or percentages without a base show something else.
Speaking of something else and percentages without a base, the totally worthless MBA purchase applications "report" came in with some more wild & crazy gyrations, with the headline number swinging from -3.3% one week to +10.3% the next:
MBA's purchase index jumped 10.3 percent in the Jan. 29 week with the refinance index jumping 26.3 percent, both returning to levels from mid-December. Though very volatile from week to week, the purchase index's gain may get some notice given the big market reaction to yesterday's marginal improvement in pending home sales. For the refinance index, despite its jump, MBA continues to warn that refinancing volumes are not substantial: "We expect that rates will rise over the next few months as the Federal Reserve winds down its mortgage-backed securities program, and this will likely lead to a decline in refinance volume." Mortgage rates remain very low but are still up slightly from last year's lows. Thirty-year fixed loans averaged 5.01 percent in the latest week.
That's just embarrassing to even call an economic report. 26.3% weekly swing in refinancing? Please. Stuff like this simply needs to go away, kept only as a lesson in how to destroy confidence and undermine an economy.
If that report tells you nothing you can believe in, the next two reports won't make you feel any better whatsoever…
The Challenger Job cut Report jumped from 45,094 announced layoffs in December to 71,482 in January. Hmmm, Econoday seems confused by raw data:
Challenger's count of layoff announcements jumped to 71,482 in January, the worst result since August and well above December's 45,094. Cuts in the retail sector, both in seasonal and regular jobs, were the central factor behind January's increase. In an offset, overall hiring intentions held solid, at 31,381 vs. December's 35,592. Challenger's data are difficult to use as an indication for monthly payrolls. The data are unadjusted and company announcements don't immediately equate to actual job actions. ADP's payroll count, based on payroll processing for its large customer base, offers a direct, if not always accurate, indication on monthly payrolls. ADP will be posted at 8:15 a.m. ET.
The ADP report came in with a loss of 22,000 in January, an improvement over the 84,000 loss in December:
ADP private payroll count for January fell 22,000, a result that will likely edge expectations lower for Friday's employment report where expectations are centered at no change for non-farm employment
Are both these reports accurate, with one suggesting a jump in layoffs and another saying employment is improving? Or, are they both just simply worthless data that also belong in the dustbin of history? I say the latter. I'm sure you have friends who are reliable and always there for you over time? You trust them, right? Well, these reports are not like that, both these reports are simply worthless and have been for the last couple of years.
Below is a 30 minute chart of the SPX. You can see the entire decline over the past couple of weeks and how it ended in an expanding formation at the bottom which has now obviously broken upwards. Sure looks like a clean wave 1 down and now 2 up. Expanding formations like that usually usher in relatively strong moves. I fully expect that we'll likely see a 61.8% retrace, or more, by the time this rally is over. So far it has hit the 38.2% retrace of the decline. The short term indicators up to the one hour level are way overbought, thus I would expect some decline or sideways action. It appears to me that what you see off the bottom here is wave (a) up of what is likely to be an a,b,c type of move. Wave b should be next:
This move still looks very corrective in nature, coming on much lower volume than the previous fall. Of the indices, the DOW is holding up the best.
Here's a daily chart of the XLF. Note the volume pattern – again, as prices rise, volume falls off. That is simply not what you see when a market is genuinely headed higher. Note the fresh buy signal on the daily stochastic. Again, I think we pause and then head higher before the next serious wave down begins:
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BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities on Wednesday charged three men with interfering with the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing, saying they hid fireworks and a backpack belonging to one of the suspected bombers as a manhunt was under way.
The three, two students from Kazakhstan and a U.S. citizen, were described as college friends of surviving bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19. They were not charged with direct involvement in the April 15 marathon bombings, which killed three people and injured 264.
But three days after the blasts, the trio moved swiftly to cover up for their friend when the FBI released pictures of the suspected bombers, made a public plea for help locating them and conducted a day-long manhunt that left much of Boston on lockdown, according to court papers.
Authorities charged the two Kazakhs, Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev, both 19, with conspiring to obstruct justice by disposing of a backpack containing fireworks they found in Tsarnaev's dorm room. The third man, Robel Phillipos, also 19, was charged with making false statements to investigators.
In their initial court appearances on Wednesday, none of the three entered a plea. After the proceeding, an attorney for Kadyrbayev denied wrongdoing.
"Dias Kadyrbayev absolutely denies the charges," said attorney Robert Stahl. "He did not know that this individual was involved in the bombing. His first inkling came much later."
Tsarnaev, who attended the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, is being held at a prison hospital where he is recovering from wounds sustained in a gun battle with police. His older brother, Tamerlan, died in the gunfight.
Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov face up to five years in prison and Phillipos faces a maximum sentence of eight years.
Kadyrbayev, Tazhayakov and Phillipos were placed in the custody of U.S. Marshals after prosecutor Stephanie Siegmann argued that all three presented a "serious risk of flight."
None of the suspects addressed the court, other than to respond to the judge's questions. U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler reprimanded Phillipos for not seeming to pay attention to the proceedings.
"I suggest you pay attention to me rather than looking down," Bowler said.
The three suspects' attorneys said their clients were shocked by the attacks.
"My client, Azamat Tazhayakov, feels horrible and was shocked to hear that someone that he knew ... at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth was involved with the Boston Marathon bombing," attorney Harlan Protass said.
Phillipos' attorney, Derege Demissie, said that his client had not assisted Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. As to the charge of making false statements, he said, "We look forward to litigating that in court."
Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov had entered the United States on student visas and lived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, according to the court papers. Phillipos is a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts.
A month prior to the bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev told Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov over a meal that he knew how make a bomb, Tazhayakov told the FBI, according to the documents.
On April 18, three days after the bombings, authorities released pictures of two men they identified as the suspects in the attack. Investigators at the time said they did not know the suspects' names and called on the public for help in identifying them.
Dzhokhar's three classmates quickly figured out their friend was one of the suspects, according to court papers. After seeing Tsarnaev's photo in TV news reports, Kadyrbayev texted him to say that he resembled the suspect, according to the complaint.
Tsarnaev's response included the phrase "lol" and "you better not text me," as well as "come to my room and take whatever you want," according to the court papers.
The three went to his dorm room that night and found a roommate who said that Dzhokhar had left.
The trio spent some time watching movies and then discovered an emptied-out fireworks tube, according to court papers. That discovery scared Tazhayakov, who then began to believe that Tsarnaev was involved in the bombing, according to court papers.
They decided to remove the backpack, fireworks and a laptop to help their friend "avoid trouble," according to court papers.
Tazhayakov is currently enrolled at UMass Dartmouth but has been suspended, the university said on Wednesday. Kadyrbayev and Phillipos are not currently enrolled in the school.
After waking up the next morning to learn that police were hunting for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and that his brother, Tamerlan, was dead, Kadyrbayev decided to throw away the backpack with the fireworks tubes inside, according to court papers. He put the backpack and fireworks in a dumpster near his apartment.
Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were arrested on immigration violations on April 20.
Investigators recovered the backpack on April 26 in a New Bedford landfill. In addition to the fireworks, it included a homework assignment sheet from a class that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was enrolled in.
In his first three interviews with police, Phillipos denied having gone to Tsarnaev's room on April 18, but in a fourth interrogation, on April 26, he confessed to the visit, the court documents said.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev faces the possibility of execution if he is convicted of setting off the homemade pressure-cooker bombs in a crowd of tens of thousands of spectators at one of Boston's best-attended sporting events.
(Additional reporting by Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Aaron Pressman in Boston and Mark Hosenball in Washington; Editing by Grant McCool and Jim Loney)


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Police arrested Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Friday night after finding him hiding in a boat parked behind a home in Watertown, the Boston suburb authorities shut down to conduct house-by-house searches. A flurry of gunfire broke out around the time officials lifted a shelter-in-place order that effectively shut down Boston and a number of surrounding suburbs. Tsarnaev, identified by authorities as Suspect No. 2, was on the loose for almost 20 hours after his brother, Tamerlan, was killed in a getaway attempt.
Surveillance tape late Thursday showed Suspect No. 2 at a gas station. The two suspects then shot a police officer responding to a report of a disturbance, authorities say. They carjacked a man, released him and got involved in a chase with police that resulted in explosives being thrown from the suspects' car and an exchange of gunfire, authorities say. Tamerlan Tsarnaev, identified as Suspect No. 1, died at a hospital.
Law enforcement officials and family members have identified the brothers as ethnic Chechen brothers who had lived in Dagestan in southern Russia. They had been in the U.S. for about a decade and lived near Boston, an uncle said. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a 19-year-old student at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth. Tamerlan was a 26-year-old boxer. Their motive remains unclear.
Two bombs exploded about 10 seconds and 100 yards apart at about 2:50 p.m. Monday in Boston's Copley Square, near the finish line of the marathon. An 8-year-old boy, a 29-year-old woman and a 23-year-old graduate student from China were killed, and more than 180 people were wounded. The explosions occurred about four hours into the race and two hours after the winners had crossed the finish line, but thousands of runners were still on the course.
Authorities have said they believe the bombs used were fashioned out of ordinary kitchen pressure cookers packed with explosives, nails, ball bearings and metal shards. They suspect the bombs were hidden in duffel bags and left on the ground.


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I asked permission to share one of the responses with you so you could get some more first hand perspective on the issue of EMR slowness. I share it in the hopes that others can be aware and avoid it. Plus, I hope the EHR vendors that read this will take it to heart and be fanatically focused on EMR speed and customer support.
I've removed the name of the writer and the names of the vendors. Plus, realize that it was written originally in an email communication and not necessarily to be published.
OMG…you hit the nail on the head with this post. Our EMR is so slow. It often takes minutes between pages. My clinical and front office staffs so frustrated. We have had nothing but finger pointing going on ever since.
Part of the issue is the interface between our practice management system VENDOR A and our EMR VENDOR B It takes a minimum of 3-4 minutes for data entered into VENDOR A to roll into VENDOR B. My front office staff has taken to entering the data twice, once in each program in order to get our patients registered timely. When you see 80-100 patients in a day, a few minutes makes all the difference.
Additionally, certain criteria does not roll over, namely email addresses. This makes it impossible for us to send out patient visit summaries thus we are unable to meet meaningful use for that criteria. Referring physician is another part that does not roll over.
The most frustrating part is that no one will take any responsibility for the issue much less work on fixing it. These two vendors spend all day playing the blame game. Fortunately for our practice, we have a wonderful IT company that we work with. Our IT specialist has spend countless hours trying to mediate between these two vendors. Most times he just fixes what he can but we are paying for his services in addition to the tech support agreement with VENDOR A and VENDOR B.
A perfect example happened this week when the EMR went down in one of our exam rooms.. First we spend at least 10-20 minutes on hold waiting for a VENDOR B tech to pick up the call. In this particular case, they worked remotely for at least 4 hours on this one computer only to tell us they could not fix it.
I called my IT guy and he fixed it within 10 minutes. My staff spends countless hours on the phone most days trying to keep the system up and running. We are in the process of replacing all our PCs and I recently upgraded our Internet to a 10×10 fiber service however we still are not seeing any difference in speed.
It is at least comforting to know we are not alone. I plan to hang up your post for all my staff to see. It may not make our system work faster but hopefully it will give them some comfort knowing they are not alone.
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Evans, who died Aug. 3, ran the Exotic World Museum in Helendale, Calif., from 1990, which later became the Burlesque Hall of Fame when it moved to Las Vegas in 2006, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.
The so-called Godmother of Burlesque became famous in the 1950s for imitating the look and mannerisms of actress Marilyn Monroe and was known for emphasizing the way in which burlesque dancers and strippers removed their clothes, not the nudity itself, the Times said.
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It was not what i expected only better. It is a cd you need to listen to over and over again to gain and again greater understanding of the masterpiece that it is.
It is excellent. The songs and lyrics compliment each other perfectly. Also love the symphonic elements as well as the instrumentals. Great job. Very happy to have the cd.
I came home tonight to find a wonderful surprise in my mailbox. I'm cranking my copy of Harmony In Ruins now and it's great! A job well done. \m/
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Marvin Gaye had to fight Berry Gordy at Motown to get this album made and released. The label was transitioning from Detroit to Los Angeles at the time. Vietnam kept raging on,President Nixon was blowing a dog whistle to bring down the sociopolitcal revolts of the 60's and Marvin was depressed. He decided to write an album from the point of view of his brother Frankie-coming back into an unwelcoming America from Vietnam. With the help of the Four Tops' Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Motown's bass maestro James Jamerson, Marvin came up with a musical masterpiece whose appeal is still evolving.
What's Going On has a basic groove-a cinematic soul jazz sort of sound on just about every song. Marvin scats and improvises many of the vocal adlibs himself. The title song begins the album on a happier note-hoping that people will come to deal with the racial,political and ecological concerns Marvin is so troubled by. By the time of the instrumentally brilliant,percussive Latin soul stomp of "Inner City Blues",Marvin has given up. He sings "make me wanna holler/throw up both my hands". To this day,it's really up to the given listener whether they feel Marvin's mixed emotions here are cathartic or enervating.
Berry Gordy turned out to be very wrong that this album had no potential. Not only was it a huge commercial success for Marvin Gaye,but he could hardly go one concert after this without inserting the title song of this album into his set. That goes to show how sometimes,the artist making the music really has more of a finger on the pulse of the people than those peddling their raw creative material. In 2001,the album was expanded into a 2 CD deluxe edition. Upon hearing it,I went to Amazon.com and reviewed this new presentation of this 1971 classic on thoroughly musical terms:
How do you make a overly reissued album classic better? Well actually this one DOES-I love all the songs on 'What's Going On'-it's a great album but I always felt that it was highly overproduced.This one starts with the original followed by a different variation on the same album called 'the original Detroit Mix'-THIS version is far more understated in the finest Donny Hathaway tradition and truly brings out the richness of Marvin's voice and the depth of his vision-the sparer arrangement actually better expresses the music's message of urban and environmental blight.There's still orchestration but it isn't mixed so high.
It's also forcing one to acknowledge how great a pianist Gaye is.And that's why I highly recommend that those who purchased previous issues of this CD should go out and pick this set up-that along with a bonus disk of live material and outtakes make this the definitive version of this album-to such an extent myself bought this and gave my original CD issue of this album (in this case the tepid ripoff of 1994's so called 'deluxe edition') to my dad,a fellow music lover who I felt would benefit from having the album in his collection alongside his other classics like The Beatles White Album,Curtis Mayfield's 'Superfly' and John Coltrane's 'A Love Supreme' where it belongs!For those who want to replace an old copy of this CD with a better one LOOK NO FURTHER!For those you for whatever reason haven't been initiated-well,what more can I say-there is no better place to come!
Marvin was seeking with this album,to quote George Clinton about funk in general,not to tell people what to think but that they CAN think. It begins with a black man who'd made good in the world. And him looking through the eyes of a loved one who wasn't so lucky in that regard. He starts out with a degree of optimism. By the end of the album,one realizes how much of a thoroughly human figure Marvin Gaye was. By the time it ends, he has almost lost hope. Especially with Jamerson's bass lines,the instrumentation is what tends to carry the positivity through when even Marvin can't anymore.
This is the type of album inspired a lot of artists to make what I refer to as "people music"-a type of message music that takes the ethnocentric melodies and rhythms of the artists back-round to express important ideas. Unintentionally, this album became the "people music" for Generation X . This is an intelligent and aware generation of Americans who often lacked focus and interest. And with the election of Gen Xer Barack Obama for two presidential terms in America, this album seemingly succeeded in getting a generation who didn't want to get involved to find that way to bring loving here today.


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George Ford has been named in England's matchday squad for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations clash with Ireland at Twickenham.
Head coach Stuart Lancaster has included the uncapped Bath fly-half among the 23 to supply cover to Owen Farrell from the bench.
"We feel that the time is right to include George Ford in the match day squad," Lancaster said.
Farrell is England's first-choice fly-half but it is a position lacking in proven alternatives should the British and Irish Lion suffer an injury.
Ford's strong form for Bath this season has seen him installed as the player most likely to offer cover up to and including the 2015 World Cup and the management feel he is ready to be blooded against Ireland.
"A full three weeks of training has allowed George the chance to really understand the way we are developing our game," Lancaster said.
"This time has been crucial in order for him to feel confident and ready in a key decision making and leadership position.
"We have successfully integrated and included many young players over the last two years and George is the next exciting talent to make his mark in the senior squad.
"We are a looking forward to see him develop over the next few months."
If he makes his debut at Twickenham, the talented Ford is unlikely to be seen until the final quarter of a match pivotal to the outcome of the Six Nations title race.
Centre Brad Barritt has been dropped from the 23 to make way for the gifted 20-year-old, who left Leicester for Bath last summer.
"Brad is obviously disappointed to miss out, but he's still a key member of our squad," Lancaster said.
"I'm sure he'll get further opportunities in the future. He hasn't had much game time since his injury and will benefit from some time with Saracens over the next two weeks."
England's hopes of naming an unchanged starting XV against Ireland have been derailed by the bulging neck disc sustained by tighthead prop Dan Cole.
Cole saw a specialist for a second opinion on Tuesday evening and the results of the assessment are now being considered by the England and Leicester medical teams with an update expected on Thursday.
David Wilson will fill the void left by Cole's absence, despite having just returned from a calf injury himself, with Henry Thomas deputising on the bench.
Lancaster names his team to face Ireland on Thursday morning.
England squad to face Ireland in the RBS 6 Nations Championship at Twickenham on Saturday:
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A quick post to keep folks up to date on what's been going on with Webmaker Badges + a few other things—starting with a quick catch-up post from the previous week. (And yes, I know it's not Friday. :) )
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Things that happened with Webmaker badges: week of 1/6
Our post-holiday work has us starting to focus on where we're headed with the future of badges. And we're also considering where we're headed with web literacies as a standard. This may seem simple and rather obvious, but we have been continually learning about what we thought would make sense and what other people think make sense. We're iterating in the classic Mozilla sense but that iteration does not come without significant work plus significant reflection on that work. The act of reflection can be difficult to implement particularly when you're moving so quickly in so many different areas, but it's essential. We recommend that everyone who's interested in successful badge system design find the time to make this happen: your work will benefit from it.
For a while now I've been chatting with folks about Open Badges, listening to them mentally tackle the idea of a difficult concept—one that challenges a lot of assumptions and established social concepts. While we've made a good deal of headway with sharing the idea of open badges and have been basking in the glow of successes, there are still a number of folks who are befuddled about badges. In addition, other people are stymied about why we would want to challenge the existing systems. So that brings us to the question of where are badges headed?
Webmaker badges are headed toward integration with the larger maker world. That and interconnectivity with the larger badging world. I find myself repeating this quite a bit: Webmaker badges are part of a larger world and we aim to be a node within it. This is linked directly to our approach with Open Badges; in particular with the standards alignment tag option that we're proposing be added to the badge metadata (more on this in the coming weeks).
So web literacies: what about those? We've been keeping a holding pattern on them for a bit. As we move forward with standards and other efforts, we will review these in closer detail. No doubt, as more folks get involved with this thinking, we'll end up revising some of our content. We work in the open but we don't always have a large enough pulpit for us to get enough feedback—or we have to wait until we get enough cumulative feedback for it to be resonant for our work. We're beginning to get enough traction to know what our next steps might be.
Right now, it's easy for us to forget how big our mental ask is of the public; we're attempting to shift some established and entrenched paradigms here. We're so far in and such strong believers that we don't see how far we have to go. Nothing seems impossible. (Yay, New Year exuberance!)
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Things that happened with Webmaker badges: week of 1/13
First a quick note of thanks to Doris Yee of GOOD Magazine and Tara Brown of LA Makerspace for hosting a badge design event on Sunday, January 13th. A number of kids and adults showed up with laptops and ideas and many new badges were designed. I was pleased to be in attendance to talk about Open Badges at such a fun event.
This week also saw the launch of some of the work we've been doing with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation. Working in conjunction with many other organizations on the Born Brave Bus Tour, we've shepherded the development of their nascent badge system and helped to create some Webmaker activities where you can earn Webmaker Badges.
Additionally, earlier in the month, we began working on a vast, city-wide badge system design (we'll let you know which one soon), helping to focus and coordinate approaches and efforts. This is a huge undertaking and we're pretty thrilled to be working on it. This endeavor will provide us with the opportunity to test some of our theories about badges, their uses, and audiences. Thrilling!
We've also been coordinating and attending public calls run by our amazing community members, one of which focused on Open Badges in learning and another that addressed recent COPPA changes and related considerations.
We're also closing in on the final Digital Media and Learning Competition face to face meeting in Irvine next week. HASTAC has been our indefatigable partner during all of the DML work and we're happy to be working with them to guarantee that our next get-together is both rewarding and fun. During the upcoming F2F, we've invited a number of content experts to review the teams' approaches to design, marketing & PR, learning content and tech. Should be great!
And of course, we're continuing to forge new pathways with our web literacies thinking as well as begin to flesh out the next iteration of Webmaker Badges. I will write more about this as we progress.
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Just my opinions on the game. I think it's really cute, don't understand why everyone constantly compares it to VV. I played all of them and still don't expect it to be the same. I got triplets the very first time I played. I do get tired of the same questions over and over. On that note I have a question that I pray hasn't been asked, but really tired of weeding through the repeats to see if it has. Why are the fish said to be magic? When I bought them it said it in the store and continues this description through the game. Not a question: I only get turtles. All families & generations. I would love a cat or dog. Store even tries to sell me more turtles. Oh and my answer on the sick people.
Just pick up and drop a few times and they tell you what is wrong.
I'm sure there is more for me to say but I will leave it at that. Thanks everyone for all your help.
Hi! I'm encountering problem with the workshop wall.
I've done the mixing thing and he started to do the wall, but when I dragged his wife or children, they can't help repair it.
Is it because there's a baby in his wife's hand?
And he stopped to watch TV. When I dragged him back few times, it can't appear to work the wall?
Should I start from the beginning again?
To SS7878:
The magic fish reference goes back to another game by the same developer called Fish Tycoon. The game has magic fish for you to collect.
To Angel:
About the workshop wall -
Only adults can work on the workshop wall. Mothers with babies won't work on it. So, it's probably just the father who can do it now unless you've got kids over 14. You really have to stay with him while he's doing it. If he walks away for even a second, the compound will dry up and you'll have to start over with buying the compound again. You'll have to keep dropping him several times, but he can finish it alone.
To Kyrie:
Days and nights in the game are tied to your computer clock. If you are only playing at night in real time, it will always be night in the game. You can reverse day and night in the game by going into Options on the menu screen.
Thank you, good to know it works. I happen to prefer the energy drinks, but those come so randomly, it's nice to know there are other ways.
Not a question, just a sharing comment, all my people had been top health since I started, save for a couple people who suffered just a little from a late treatment, but after reading about the sickness troubles everyone's been having, suddenly a girl from each of my families became extremely weak from illnesses they had for what seemed mere seconds... I'm worried for them, but I think they'll pull through. Weird huh? They weren't even serious illnesses in any way.
Currently working on the last upgrades for the work areas, I'm so excited!
Hi..just for sharing..
My day trader finally hit level 7 and earned $510 while her husband who started his work as soap inventor with $15/day reached master level with $690/day salary!!! the highest salary for my lil ppl so far..go for soap inventor guys!! hehe
Both also have 5 kids now with one triplets.. very adorable girl triplets.. I luv this family so much.. both parents are only 42 yrs old.. the best family so far.. ;)
Something I learned the hard way about half way through my first generation, is that those little people with a kitchen professions won't prepare a meal unless you drop them on the table instead of the counters.
I saw a question a bit back concerning that, but just now remembered. I think it's good to know, for anyone else who's had that kind of problem.
To Becky:
It's saying that it's too soon to try again, not that you've already had a baby. I've been able to have them try again in as little as 30 minutes, maybe less.
To Aosteel23:
The bugs are the hardest to find. I've had the most luck when it's raining.
To Kianna and Tiffany:
Please check the walkthrough section located at the top of this page, under the Repairs spoiler.
Hi about the gosphers.
I think the children will start playing in the lawn by themselves at the age of 8.
because 1 play 5 families. And their children play in the lawn at the agem of 8.
For collectible things.
at first it was so easy to find the things,my collection almost full.
but oneday there's a message, someone wants to buy the collections from me,the price is 20 for common,30 for uncommon and 50 for rare.
i thought it was good and we can easily find those.
but after i sold them,the collections become rare. they won't easily shown up anymore.
Most of my families are starting their 2nd generation, but one I haven't changed over yet. Ummm someone needs to call child welfare, because in this family both the parents have died, the 5 oldest children have gone to college... and left the 13year old to live on her own!! She is now 14....
On another note... does anyone know how to get rid of ants? I opened a package and it had ants now the house is full of ants. My little person is trying to stomp them all!!!
I have read through all 7 pages and haven't found a topic about this...When the people "enjoy the patio" What is it that the put on the table? It's driving me nuts trying to figure out what that is! It sorta looks like a wine bottle to me, but it don't think that's it. Anyone figure out what it is?
Also, thank you so much Pam, grinny, and rachel (?) and anyone else I may have missed for helping out in this game so much!
Its cute Some of the things I find imitate real life so closely
If you click repeatly on the dog or the cat it will run and disappear into the woods . If someone is eating at the table no matter how many time you click on them They will not move!
After a couple has tried to have a baby the woman is not feeling fresh and the man is elated
Sounds about right..
Lacey I have 5 families and I have been playing for a week or so and no matter how much food or how many food groups or if you have organic or regular you buy they still ask for a different
type. I think they ask that randomly and nothing will change it
To JIGuest:
Please check the walkthrough section located at the top of this page. Look under the spoiler for General and then the spoiler for starting a new generation.
To Sarah:
To help the ones who are weak -
Vitamins and fruit from the store help quite a lot. Other than that, it just takes good care and time.
To ShhhQ:
The ants will go away on their own.
To Mbell16:
Please check the walkthrough section located at the top of this page under the spoiler for Repairs to see how to repair the leaky hose. Same for the bird bath (fountain).
ok, so i've been playing for about a week now, and reading the comments regularly...lol now I'll have to see about finding the red balls.
At any rate I just tried the energy drink vitamin combo on one of my guys that was dying...it worked...I think? :) He got up from the bed and went outside to exercise...his ghost went to the kitchen and started working on his career. I can select both characters...but not make them do anything. His wife and kid are still depressed though. So I guess we'll see how it pans out.
just thought I'd share. Thanks for all the tips!
ok, so I went back and found that it was GRINNYP who had the tip about the energy drink - Thanks for that!!
lol just wanted to share again - my original guy I could select but not manipulate...his ghost I could make interact with the rest of the family. At one point they were both working on their career and both earned money! It was so funny, his ghost fades in and out so at one point there was a pan "floating" across the kitchen by itself! :) Sadly this only lasted for a few minutes and then my guy dies again (and I have no more energy drinks)....but his ghost was standing there with the rest of the fam mourning the loss!! My guy finishes dying...his new ghost leaves his body and I get the official death message....but his original ghost is still there. And after leaving the bedroom went back to working on his career!
Sorry so long but I'm totally amused and had to share....will let you know what happens next!
Tried to see if anyone had asked this question before but couldn't find so here goes: i'm on my 6th generation with one family and he hasn't got a wife yet! he's 46 so we're closing in on the age where kids becomes an issue- is there anyway of 'encouraging' him to get a wife? i haven't even had a kid turn up at the door wanting to be adopted so it'll be end of the road for this family if something doesn't happen soon! Any suggestions?
To double collect an item: When an item shows up hit the space bar to pause the game. Pick up someone and drop them on the collectible. Pick up a second person and hold them (but DO NOT DROP YET). Hit the space bar to unpause. As the first person is reaching down to pick up the collectible then drop the second person. It is a quick motion that requires a little practice. Pause, drop, unpause, drop.
I've used the baby boost several times and it has never resulted in a multiple birth.
The lottery scratch card is a random event. You just have to wait for it.
The photograph pieces will only show up after you've opened the shed. The insects ususally only show up when it is raining. Otherwise, they are just random and not tied to any upgrade or anything else.
To Saisy:
Have you rejected marriage proposals or you haven't received any at all? There's no way to make them happen, but if you've gotten none up to this point, it could be a bug.
To Gina:
Where did you put the fountain pump? It shouldn't be able to be dropped anywhere but where it's supposed to go.
To JIGuest:
I don't know what you mean by sustainability consultant careers workshop. Can give you give me more details, please?
To Jessa:
To pick up two collectibles -
Pause the game using the spacebar. Drop the first person onto the collectible. Tap spacebar twice to unpause and repause. Drop second person onto the collectible. Unpause one last time.
To Chapin:
The baby boost only increases the chances of producing a baby. It doesn't make multiple births.
To Maria:
Collectibles appear randomly. No upgrades or anything are needed. The picture pieces show up after opening the shed and bugs are best found when it's raining.
To Cazzy15:
A random even offers you the chance to buy a lottery scratch off ticket. It doesn't always win.
I don't know if anyone posted this yet, but you can personalize your families' names! If you go to the details page and go to their name, you can backspace and delete the existing name and name them whatever you want. I have a family with six kids and the kids are now Greg, Peter, Bobby, Marsha, Jan, and Cindy, and the parents are Carol and Mike. I now have my own Brady Bunch.
I am very interested in the post made by panda about the in-game hints.
can you tell me more about this...I have my hand on the detail button an move it up slowly till its not highlighted when I click the information bar (name age action ect.) goes blank. Can you tell me more about what should happen
To: CC
If your people are weak they need to sleep, I always save up and get a hammock right away. Just put them near the hammock and they take a nap in it. I keep putting them back on the hammock two or three times until they get their energy back up. Going to bed will work but you have to put them there and then close the game overnight, or 4 or 5 hours so they get a good sleep.
To Shauna:
Here's a screenshot with the location of the ingame hints. The hand is sitting at exactly the spot to click.
To CC:
About weakness -
Being weak is different than being exhausted. I don't think sleep will help the weakness (which is health). Give them fruit and make sure they are well fed. It will just take time for them to get better.
To Nieka:
About the ball -
I found the ball in the farthest upper left corner. Just use the hand/cursor and pinch in that corner. I've only gotten it in two out of my four games, though.
To Pam:
About the ball -
Once you have it in one of your games, drop it in the kids room in the hoop where the toys are. Once it is there, go to one of your other games and try to pull the ball out of the hoop. You should be able to in all of the other games. When you are done playing with it, leave it in the hoop and it will stay there and not disappear.
I was just observing one of my kids playing office. Her name? Wifi. ::teehee::
I was in another of my games and spotted one of the adults sitting at the kitchen table where the older kids usually sit to do their homework. What was he doing? Writing his memoirs! Who knew he led such an interesting life? :-)
To Leiko:
Kayleigh is right. You choose the one to continue the family, and that is the child who comes back. Check the FAQ section located at the top of this page for more help. :)
To Shauna:
About the chimes -
I can't say with 100% certainty that chimes means a collectible is on the grounds. However, I really do believe that's the case, especially when the chimes are a bit louder. For example, just a few minutes ago, I heard a chime and started looking in the yard. I found two collectible coins immediately. It's not a guarantee, but I think there's a connection between chimes and collectibles.
I am having so much trouble getting the trophy "perfect match" After I started a new generation I decided to go for that trophy. Well she is turning 65 and has rejected multiple marriage proposals. Has anyone had any luck with that? Or is it an impossible trophy (I'm getting very discouraged and just need to hear its possible)
To Shauna:
Does your 65 year old have any children? I agree with Maria that getting the perfect match is pure luck. Also, marriage proposals come less often as your person gets older. I'd say it's best to marry early and take your chances, then keep trying with new generations.
To Nieka:
I can't get a screenshot of it because all of my families already have the ball. Sorry. :(
When I reached my 2nd generation, I tried to get trophies with the marriage proposals.. so I had to reject a few before I found one that worked. One of my families got a perfect match. I was about to give up when one of mine reached 35 without being married, but the next proposal worked! I wouldn't go past that.
Also, one of my little ones was having problems having offspring. I was freaking out because she was already 40 and no children! I used the baby boost.. no help! Finally, she had a surprise baby... and then another. If she hadn't would the game end or would I be able to bring in one of her siblings? (probably not, just had to ask)
Having babies....
I just had a couple go through Fertility issues that even the Baby boost could not help! I thought I would share some time line info...
Once you try to make a baby, you have to wait one hour (real Time) to try again, if you had a baby then it is 4 hours untill it is out of Mom's arms and another 2 hours after that until you can try to have another one....
Does anyone know if you can give the baby boost to both parents? I have only given it to one or the other (since it has a diminishing effect) but can I give it once to each person? I had to try for a Baby 16 times before they had one!
Also... Just for Laughs....
I had a Family with 6 Kids, Mom and Dad both had Black hair and 5 Kids had Black hair then the last one popped up Blonde and Blue eyed.... I think the Mom in my family had an affair!
To Becky:
About tropical rain -
Give it to one of your people and he/she will take it outside. It will start raining shortly. You also get a trophy for using weather items twice.
The bugs are just really hard to get. They don't show up very often at all. Just keep looking for them. :)
To Stacyann81:
I've had it vary as to when the parents can try again for a baby. They have done it as early as when the baby is two years old and as late as four years old. I agree that one year seems to be two hours in real time. I've also been able to try to make a baby again as quickly as 30 minutes when they fail the first time. Basically, I believe that the times for having babies just varies from parent to parent.
To Amy:
That bottle is normally part of "enjoying the patio" for your people. I haven't seen it appear for no reason. However, I've seen a young child enjoying the patio with that same bottle of wine/champagne! :O
To Nieka:
When it's time to start a new generation, the ages of the kids change randomly. I don't think there's a particular pattern or reason.
To Brown:
The default setting for the game is set to your computer clock and time zone. You can change the setting in Options from the menu screen. I don't know why yours would be different, but you can set it to whichever way you prefer.
To Faith:
Energy levels should rise and fall with the cycle of the day (high early in the day and low at bedtime). There was a problem with energy levels being too low in the first releases of the game. Look in the lower left corner of your menu screen to see which version you have. The most current version is 1.00.05. If you have a version prior to that, I would suggest that you go back to the site where you originally purchased the game and download it again. All of the game sites have been given the current version by the developer.
I staggered into my office this morning half asleep, and figured I'd check on my peeps and feed them breakfast. When I opened the game a little orphan came to the door and as per usual I adopted her (I can never seem to turn away the orphans). A few minutes later I checked on her status when I was a little more awake. Her name? Rubella! I adopted a kid named German Measles? :-)
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Hudson talks about Latvia and the conditions imposed upon it by the IMF. Shocking revelation of how the IMF lends knowing that the country cannot pay… sound familiar? Countries would be smart to tell the IMF to pound sand, that's just me. Control via debt - get used to it fellow debt peon…
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After reading about last year's hoax report 'Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and Browser Usage' I realized I was in fact already running a real live experiment measuring number skills: a site were you can solve Calcudoku number puzzles. I analyzed two years' worth of data, consisting of over 1 million solved puzzles. This included puzzles solved 'against the clock,' of three different sizes. For each size, Chrome users were the fastest solvers, Firefox users came second, and IE users were the slowest. The number of abandoned puzzles (started but never finished) was also significantly higher for IE users. Analysis shows that the differences are statistically significant: in other words, they did not happen by chance. I put up more details and some graphs, and also wrote a paper about it(PDF).
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Hunting for the Best Shave Ice in Kauai
Summer. Hawaii. What could be better on those hot days on the island than Hawaiian shaved ice?? I was in Kauai for a total of 5 days and I tried one shave ice per day.
My first stop was the town of Kapaa on the drive up to the North Shore.
Ono Ono Shave Ice
4-1292 Kuhio Hwy, Kapaa
The Fresh Shave
3540 Koloa Road, Lawai
This vintage trailer doles out healthier and fun versions of shave ice with syrup made with all natural and fresh ingredients and no high fructose corn syrup. Other than the usual fruit syrups they also offer flavor combos like chai or a cold brew coffee with cream, or a coconut flavor topped with chia seeds. Hipster shave ice! The menu changes regularly and they want you to refer to Instagram for the latest. They're only open Wed-Sat from 11am-3pm but they do run out of popular flavors, so come early to get your pick. This is definitely worth a try, especially if you're getting tired of the usual type of shave ice.
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Saturday, August 22, 2015
Guide to Cheap Eats in Kauai
A vacation in Hawaii isn't cheap. The flight is expensive, the hotel is expensive, and the food is expensive ... but it doesn't have to be. There are many local restaurants and shops were you can get affordable, delicious food! Here are some of my suggestions for cheap (for Hawaii) food in Kauai, the Garden Island. The guide below is separated by neighborhoods, and there is something in each side of the island!
EAST KAUAI: Lihue / Kapa'a
Hamura Saimin
2956 Kress St, Lihue
In Hawaii, it's not about ramen - it's about saimin. Originally a Chinese noodle soup, the Hawaiian saimin receives influence from other cultures like Japan and Filipino. Hamura is a simple eatery that is popular with the locals, especially late at night - they're open until midnight on the weekends. A small size of regular saimin is less than $6 or you can get the special saimin for $8, topped with wontons, boiled egg, roast pork, fish cakes, ham, and vegetables. Slurp away but save room for the lilikoi chiffon pie ($3.25 per slice).
Plantation Coffee Co
2970 Kele St, Lihue
This little coffee shop is hidden in a nondescript office building off the main street in Lihue, but it's a great place to grab breakfast or some sandwiches for the road. They serve good coffee and even use coffee ice cubes for their iced coffee. Try their popular sandwiches like the chicken mac nut or wabi sabi (pictured, a tuna salad with wasabi sandwich topped with tomatotes and sprouts). A sandwich combo with chips, cookies, and a drink costs $9.
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The Feel-Good Thread
Posted 20 March 2008 - 08:22 AM
Because I liked the last thread so much, I am bringing it back in a purposely-created thread this time. Post the little things each day that made you smile. If you already posted, and something good happens again, make another post. Whatever it is that made you smile, no matter how little it may seem, is what this thread is about.
I will start us off:
I got a call this morning from Sallie Mae, who I am several months behind in paying my student loan. I have been unemployed for a few months; working some freelance computer training sessions for people while I study for my A+ computer certification. I explained my situation to the person from Sallie Mae when they called, and they forgave all my overdue payments and made my next payment due May 1st!
I should have my A+ certification by then and a full-time job!
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Posted 20 March 2008 - 08:42 AM
Restoring an Old Arcade Machine!
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Also, I found out that the only one of my three bosses that actually does a good job is getting promoted, so good for him.
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if you can see this, i apologize for the above tweet, i was young and stupid and had nothing of value to say. please support lgbtq rights and listen to women's voices. that's all that really matters now. the right is evil, and should be opposed. thanks.
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"Arguing With People on the Internet: The original MMORPG" - K. Thor Jensen
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Also, got a nice wave and some glances from a lady I have a bit of a crush on. Nothings gonna come of it, but it made me smile
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Also today is my last day of class...then I'm going to my friends birthday dinner before drinking and celebrating and going out with all my friends late tonight. I'm pumped..it's been a long week!
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We played/worked out with Wii Sports. I bet that was what you thought about ehh....?
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Feel so good.
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Can we sticky this thread? I would love to check in on this every day while i'm at work and in need of some happiness.
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YES! Yes we can.
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YES! Yes we can.
I'm happy because I got a thread pinned for the first time! Thanks.
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Ironbite-I LOVE BEING UNION!
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Joe Thornton knew for a while he was re-signing with the San Jose Sharks for three more years. He just waited for Patrick Marleau to get the same assurance.
On Friday, Thornton and Marleau each signed three-year contract extensions to keep San Jose's perennial playoff core intact. Thornton got US$6.75 million per season, while Marleau got an average of $6.67 million.
Unsurprisingly, the franchise cornerstones came as a package deal.
"Both players said one of the priorities is that they really would only come back if the other one was coming back," general manager Doug Wilson said on a conference call Friday afternoon. "It was contingent (on) them knowing that we're a better team with both of them instead of just one."
Thornton's agent/brother John said in a phone interview that the Sharks captain wanted to win in San Jose alongside Marleau but also recognized his value to the team.
"Is it the same team without a 35-goal scorer?" John Thornton said. "It's a different team without him. You can't just replace Patrick Marleau."
Fortunately for the Sharks, they won't have to.
This is Marleau's 16th season with the Sharks after being their second overall pick in the 1997 draft. In 1,216 career games, he has 425 goals and 483 points — both franchise records — and was captain from 2003 through 2009.
The Sharks have made the playoffs in all but one season of Marleau's career.
Thornton has been Marleau's teammate in San Jose since a November 2005 trade from the Boston Bruins and has been captain since 2010. Since the trade, he has 168 goals and 549 assists, second in points to only Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals, and the Sharks also have the most points and regular-season victories in the NHL.
John Thornton had no trouble seeing this kind of success more than eight years ago.
"I knew my brother would be one of the best as long as he wants to be one of the best," he said.
A key component to this deal was Thornton and Marleau still playing strong at the age of 35. Thornton leads the Sharks in scoring with 53 points on six goals and 47 assists, while Marleau is third with 47 points on 21 goals and 26 assists.
"They're elite-level players that are still playing at an elite level," Wilson said. "They make other players around them better, but they can still carry their own weight."
And they still fit in with a young group led by centres Logan Couture and Joe Pavelski, winger Brent Burns, rookie forward Tomas Hertl and defenceman. All of those players expect for Hertl have long-term contracts, and Vezina Trophy-finalist goaltender Antti Niemi is signed through 2014-15.
"I think we're really fortunate that we certainly have everybody in key positions," Wilson said. "Our scouts have done an excellent job of the defence position and the centre position, which are really, really hard to find in the league, and certainly in goaltending.
"I think when you're strong in those positions, it enables you to bring in some younger players that maybe can play on the wing or can play on the back end around the strength of the centre position. We think we're set very well for the future, and we also think we're in a very good position to focus on the now."
The now includes trying to erase the San Jose stigma of this group not making it to a Stanley Cup final. In signing these deals, Thornton and Marleau threw in on the hope that it's still possible.
"He really believes in Pavs and Vlasic and Nemo," John Thornton said of Joe. "A hundred per cent, he believes he can still win there and wants to win in San Jose."
Wilson wants to do that, as well, and part of that is what he calls the Sharks' "Reset, Refresh" strategy that began at last year's trade deadline. San Jose dealt away defenceman Douglas Murray and forwards Michal Handzus and Ryane Clowe because they didn't play fast enough for what Wilson and coach Todd McLellan wanted.
Marleau, who will represent Canada at the Sochi Olympics, is fast, and Thornton — a 2010 Canadian Olympian — also fits in to Wilson's wide definition of the word.
"There's many different ways to play fast — one is thinking the game fast, going to the right places, obviously athletically moving your body fast," Wilson said. "Everybody that we have, and this is no disrespect to anybody that's not here, fits in (with) what we're trying to accomplish. These guys certainly play that way. That was how we started it last year and that's how we continue: Any player that we bring into this organization has to play a fast, hard, supportive game, which includes playing in all three zones."
Veteran defenceman Dan Boyle has fit in well with this group, but he's the biggest outstanding part of this core. Boyle will be 38 not long after he becomes an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Wilson would not comment on the status of negotiations with Boyle, saying only that it's a different kind of conversation than he had with Thornton and Marleau because the Ottawa native would be signing an over-35 contract.
That's not to say getting Thornton and Marleau signed was easy. Their wanting to re-sign together made for a different dynamic in negotiations, Wilson said, as did Marleau doing his own deal after respected agent Don Baizley died this past summer.
"I think a lot of the approach that we took was probably the foundation that had already been put in place by Don several years ago because Patty's made this type of decision several times," Wilson said. "When they're high-end players like this, they have not only numerous choices of contracts that could be of different dollars and different term. But we really appreciate them helping us keep this group together and contributing in this way. They both did step up."
In John Thornton's mind, there was no doubt.
"It wasn't like we were waiting for free agency or waiting for more money," he said. "Joe loves playing there. He could never really see himself going someplace else."
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There were problems with people overloading electrical appliances at the military base where two soldiers died in a massive fire, an inquest heard.
Privates Rob Wood, 28, and Dean Hutchinson, 23, were killed when fire swept through a logistical centre at Camp Bastion in Helmand province in the early hours of February 14 2011.
The soldiers, who served with The Royal Logistic Corps, were sleeping in the tented Transport Troop office so they could respond more quickly when vital supplies arrived at the military base.
Eyewitnesses have described smelling smoke coming from the area housing a 32-inch flat screen TV, boiler and fridge and seeing flames coming from cabling leading to the air conditioning unit.
Fire investigators have concluded that the blaze started in the vicinity of the electrical appliances and quickly spread, igniting combustible materials stored nearby.
Wiltshire and Swindon Coroner David Ridley has already heard evidence that there were power cuts at Camp Bastion and also problems reported with the lights and air conditioning.
Major Gary Jenkins, who was second in command of Camp Bastion during Operation Herrick 13, told the inquest in Salisbury that he was aware of two previous fires at the base - with one caused by the overloading of power sockets - known as "daisy chaining".
"One was daisy chaining. In some of the contractors' accommodation they ran four or five extension leads together and they put foil around the fuse, so it would not cut out," he said.
"When we had a fire we would have separate meetings with contractors and get them all in and explain why they couldn't do this."
Senior officers would carry out spot checks to ensure that daisy chaining was not happening and that extension sockets had the "CE" mark and also a safety light.
Major Jenkins said that when he first arrived at Camp Bastion he stopped a local Afghan shop on the base selling Chinese-made extension sockets because he was concerned they were not up to standard.
He said there were many different companies and nationalities working as contractors at Camp Bastion but he never had to hold a meeting with representatives from infrastructure provider KBR about overloading.
The inquest has heard that KBR was responsible for the maintenance of fire alarms, hard wired smoke detectors and the four-way blue domestic power units.
However, they were not responsible for maintaining battery-powered smoke detectors or any appliances plugged into the power units.
Pte Wood, known as "Woody", had become a father to a boy, Noah, shortly before he died. He was a driver port operator, posted to 17 Port and Maritime Regiment, and lived in Marchwood, Hampshire.
Pte Hutchinson, from Spennymoor, County Durham, was a driver and had seven years' service with the Army.
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Guangdong provincial authorities denied on Friday that they plan to merge nine cities in the Pearl River Delta region into a super-sized metropolis.
Guo Yuewen, spokesman for the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the remarks on Friday in response to recent overseas media reports that an ambitious urbanization project had been launched by the Guangdong government to merge nine cities in the delta region.
"The reports were totally false. There is no such plan," Guo said at a news conference.
Overseas media, including Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, reported recently that the Guangdong government had planned the nearly 2-trillion-yuan ($303 billion) project to merge the Pearl River Delta cities of Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen and the rural areas between them.
The reports also said the merged megalopolis will cover 40,000 square kilometers and have a population of 42 million.
"I can only say that Guangdong province is improving integration of infrastructure, industries, urban-rural planning, environmental protection and basic public services in the delta region," Guo said.
The integration was in line with the Outline of Planning of the Pearl River Delta Region Reform and Development (2008-2020), passed by the central government in December 2008, according to Guo.
Under the outline, three economic circles - Guangfozhao (Guangzhou, Foshan and Zhaoqing), Shenguanhui (Shenzhen, Dongguan and Huizhou) and Zhuzhongjiang (Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Jiangmen) - will be developed in the near future.
"The outline is aimed at increasing economic and social development in the delta area," Guo said. "It was also designed to boost competitiveness in economic development in the delta region."
Guangdong, which borders Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, surpassed Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore in GDP to reach 4 trillion yuan in 2010, according to provincial government sources.


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/docs - the JavaDoc for the API
/src - the source code
/tests - a sample test and an ANT script to run the test in NetBeans
/tests/results - the DTD, XSL and CSS to display the XML results of the test
The action is responsive to RADComponentCookies so it wil be enabled when a component is selected in the Component Inspector.
An Options dialog allows the test to be configured. The user is given a choice of perform Accessiblity property tests and a keyboard traversal test, to ensure all components are reachable with only the keyboard. There is also a list of classes that the test will ignore. This is because classes such as panels will rarely need to be Accessible but can be numerous and will complicate the results.
The report that is generated when the test is run inside NetBeans shows the variable name of the component with the Accessibility problem. If this report is sent to Standard Output (i.e. the Output Window), selecting a component name in the Output Window will select the component in Component Inspector and the properties for it are displayed, allowing the problem to be fixed.
Future development ideas
Allow sub-containers of a form to be tested individually.
More options over the type of report generated and the destination of the report.
To run a test on a component, we get a reference to the component comp and then:
AccessibilityTester tester = new AccessibilityTester(comp); tester.testProperties(); tester.testTraversal(comp); XMLReport report = new XMLReport(tester); report.getReport(new java.io.PrintWriter(System.out));
tester.testProperties() will test the actual properties of a component. These properties are whether the component implements the Accessible interface, has an Accessible name and description, if LABEL_FOR values are correctly used and if buttons have mnemonics. These test can be configured as explained below.
tester.testTraversal(comp) will test the traversal of components by simulating TAB keypresses. The argument passed to the method is the component to start from. Usually, it is sufficient to simply pass the top level container and this will focus the first component by default. However, if some other behaviour is required, a specific component can be used.
XMLReport report = new XMLReport(tester) creates an XML report generator for the tester.
report.getReport(Writer) writes the report to the Writer. In the example above, it is written to the std out.
A test case must implement the abstract methods defined in AccessibilityTestCase.
Thepublic abstract class AccessibilityTestCase{ public void execute(){} public abstract Component setUp(); public abstract void tearDown(); public String getDescription(){} }
setUp method should display the component to be tested on the screen and return a reference to it. The
tearDown method should clear up after the test, normally this is closing the dialog or window that was tested. This method should execute even if
setUp failed.
getDescription is just a vanity method to describe the test.
The execute method will display a dialog to customize the test, then call setup, perform the specified tests and then call teardown. If a different behaviour is required, it can be overridden.
To invoke the Object Browser in NetBeans, we use a combination of Jemmy, to display the Object Browser, and Jelly, to obtain a reference to it.
These lines are required to initialize Jemmy.public Component setUp(){ JellyProperties.setDefaults(); JellyProperties.setJemmyDebugTimeouts();
This will simulate pressing the Object Browser menu item in the View menu. It will ensure a non-modal dialog, since the call is non-blocking.MainFrame mf = MainFrame.getMainFrame(); mf.pushViewMenuNoBlock("Object Browser");
This uses the JFrameOperator class from Jelly to wait for the main NetBeans window to be displayed.try{ JFrame frame = JFrameOperator.waitJFrame("NetBeans", false, false);
This waits for a JInternalFrame in the main NetBeans window to be displayed that has the title "Object Browser".internalFrame = JInternalFrameOperator.waitJInternalFrame(frame, "Object Browser", false, false);
If both of these references are obtained before the Jelly timeout, the Object Browser reference is returned. The} catch (TimeoutExpiredException e){ return null; } return internalFrame; }
tearDown method should close the internal frame after the test has completed.
public void tearDown(){ if (internalFrame != null){ internalFrame.doDefaultCloseAction(); } }
The test can also be run from an ANT script. A build.xml script to run the sample test is found in the /tests directory. This script will cause an instance of NetBeans to be run and will execute
AccessibilityTestRunner in it. The test runner will attempt to instantiate the class found in system property
a11ytest.test_case. This is really a very verbose way of doing what the execute method above does. The reason for doing it is because if a test has no main method, it can still be run. Since this method of execution is supposed to allow automated testing, it is better to ensure that all of the tests will be run. Also, it will not display the options dialog, which would block the automated test.
Please note: the module must be uninstalled from NetBeans for the automated test to run. This is due to a problem with classloaders.
To specify with tests to perform, simply get the logical OR of the desired values and pass it to the constructor or the
setTests method.
The following system properties are used by AccessibilityTester:
a11ytest.tab_timeout - this is the timeout (in ms) for cancelling the tab traversal (default = 15000). It is necessary because some components can have the traversal set up in such a way that it can get stuck in a loop without visiting all of the components.
a11ytest.tab_delay - this is the delay (in ms) between tab key presses (default = 200). This delay is unnecessary but is there to show to the user that the test is being performed.
a11ytest.excludes - this is a semicolon (;) separated list of classes to ignore. This ius done because components ike JPanel do not really need to be Accessible and will just clutter up the test results. The default is no classes ignored.
a11ytest.log_file, which is used globally to record the success/failure of tests.


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Has anyone been able to get the ubuntu-18.04-preinstalled-server-armhf+raspi2.img.xz on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ working according to these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi ... B.2F3B.2B-? I have followed them and restarted 10 different times, and I can't get past the cloud-init pre-networking job. I have an ethernet cable plugged in.
Here's a screenshot of the error:
I've tried disabling several cloud-init and network service settings to no avail. This is my first time trying to get Ubuntu 18 running on a Pi, so let me know if there is anything I need to provide.
Thanks in advance!