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The store makes thousands of pounds every day, but it also costs a lot of money to run .
People like visiting the store, but they prefer to buy things elsewhere.
He is being told that fewer people are buying things in the store than last year.
He is worried.
This shop has no branches, but sells things to people who have computers. When a customer buys something, it is put in a box and sent to their home.
This is called internet shopping.
Internet shopping is cheaper because there are no shops to pay for.
The directors are talking about how they can stop the store from closing.
They either need to sell more things or spend less money running the store.
The store can save money if it gets rid of Colin.
The man in the front is very interested in the pretty lady's green coat, but he knows that it will be cheaper on the internet.
This is called a sweat shop. In a sweat shop people work very hard to make clothes that can be sold for much more money than they cost to make.
The internet shop sells the green coat for £195.
Miss Pettiman works in the Human Resources department. She is telling Pam that the store cannot afford to employ her any more.
Pam is very upset. She has just bought a house with her husband .
He is unhappy because he is going to be replaced by a computer.
With fewer staff, the store will lose less money.
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Almost a year into the COVID-19 crisis, uncertainty and disruption continue dominating global trade. In 2021, global sourcing is liable to remain at the mercy of the pandemic, emphasizing the importance of supply chain agility and efficiency to any business's continued survival.
Looking back at a year of truly unprecedented disruption to global sourcing, QIMA's 2020 data paints a picture of increasingly diversified supply chains, changing consumer habits and an alarming spike in ethical risks.
QIMA data on inspection and audit demand in 2020 globally reflects the powerful impact of COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantines on global trade, clearly illustrating that demand-side shocks pose greater disruptive potential compared to lockdowns in supply-oriented regions. In H1 2020, many western brands and retailers successfully navigated the waves of lockdowns throughout Asia, compensating for manufacturing capacity shortages by pivoting their sourcing to regions that were still operating (resulting in global inspection and audit demand slumping only -4.5% YoY in January-February 2020). On the other hand, lockdowns in buyers' home regions invariably caused sharp slumps in sourcing (demand for inspections and audits -31% YoY in April-May 2020) - a pattern that is repeating itself in late 2020, with lockdowns being reinstated in the EU and parts of the US.
In the first half of 2020, it appeared that China, being the first country to suffer from COVID-19, would be the pandemic's epicenter and the hardest-hit economy. However, after a disastrous Q1 marked by a manufacturing standstill and demand shock, China sourcing throughout the rest of 2020 followed a slow yet steady trajectory towards recovery. Towards the end of Q2, demand for inspections and audits in China returned to 2019 levels, and from there continued to grow throughout the second half of the year, only stalling in December as lockdowns were reinstated in multiple Western geographies. Ultimately, 2020 saw inspection and audit volumes in China contract -2.8% YoY compared to 2020 - which, despite the year of unprecedented disruption, represents a smaller drop in sourcing volumes compared to the -3.3% YoY drop observed in 2019 in the wake of US-China tariff war.
At least partially responsible for this relative resilience was the renewed interest of US buyers, who were in much less of a hurry to leave China in 2020, following the gradual easing of trade tensions in the wake of the 'phase one' trade deal signed in January 2020. Inspection and audit demand in China from North American brands remained above 2019 levels throughout the second half of 2020, with demand for inspections and audits slipping a total of -3.0% YoY in 2020 vs. 2019, compared to the stark -15% YoY drop from 2018 to 2019. By contrast, European buyers showed less demand for the traditional made-in-China FMCG - however, that decline was offset by the booming demand for PPE, which largely accounts for the inspection and audit demand ending 2020 flat YoY instead of a more dramatic decline.
Even though China landed a better year than anticipated, the pandemic gave a powerful boost to the long-term trend of shifting buying volumes to its regional competition: demand for inspections and audits in Southeast Asia rose +19% YoY across the board in 2020 (twice the 2019 vs. 2018 YoY growth rate). As a whole, this region recorded double-digit expansion in inspection and audit demand starting from July, buoyed by buyers looking for alternatives to China both in the short and long term, as well as by massive orders for PPE.
Meanwhile, recovery was markedly slower in South Asia (+2.6% YoY growth in 2020 across the region, a fraction of the double-digit YoY growth recorded in 2019 vs. 2018), where manufacturers had a hard time coming back from the collapse in April and May, made catastrophic by the combination of regional lockdowns and demand decimated by lockdowns in the West.
Aggregated QIMA data for 2020 shows that the continuing waves of quarantine measures and unprecedented numbers of people working from home in the West have already been reflected in the changing consumer habits, in turn impacting global trade flows. Keeping up with fashion trends and updating wardrobes has clearly slipped down on the list of consumer priorities, with demand for Textile, Apparel and Footwear inspections ending 2020 at -11% YoY globally, having remained in a slump across the board since March, bar a brief rebound in September and October.
On the other hand, remote working and home schooling created a greater need for communication equipment and various home entertainment products. Inspection and audit demand for products such as Electronics and Electricals, Homewares and Toys among US based retailers has grown by leaps and bounds throughout H2 2020, with all of the above sectors ending the year with double-digit growth: +44% YoY, +28% YoY and +46.5% YoY, respectively.
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text: I know the answer, but I'll ask anyway..."I've already made up my mind, but I'll ask anyway." - January 26th, 2006 A very wise person once said that "Advice is something you ask for when you already know the answer." In the realm of paranormal studies, truer words have never been spoken when it comes to some of our correspondents. PSICAN, Torontoghosts, Ontarioghosts, and ParaResearchers... as well as most of our other related groups and sites are admittedly made up of "sceptical" people in the field. This does not mean, as the popular modern definition seems to state, that we deny everything and disbelieve all... that's not scepticism... that's non-belief. We define "scepticism" as doubt... we question things... we look at all possibilities no matter what the situation. As such, when someone asks us a question about a situation or event, it's not unusual for us to give several possible answers... including those that don't jive with the concepts that the event and/or situation are paranormal in nature. For example, when someone asks us our opinion about an instance... say they saw a full apparition by their bed very late one evening... we might immediately ask if they were sleeping or near sleep when it happened and point out that indeed, they must accept the chance that this was nothing more than a dream or yes, even a hallucination caused by exhaustion. This does not mean we're saying, You're wrong! What you experienced couldn't possibly be a ghost!, it means that we need to examine that possibility... and so should they. None-the-less, many people want to believe that certain events or experiences are "special" and they do not like hearing the boring facts of any case in terms of looking into "natural" answers instead of purely "supernatural" answers. These folks usually respond back with a rather negative standpoint on what we suggested. Effectively, no one likes to be told they're experience may not be so "special"... but none-the-less, that is a fact that they must embrace if they are truly interested in the paranormal. What's sadder still is the amount of people out there willing to tell people what they want to hear and not what might be the better answer. There are many reasons for these people who simply spew out what they feel will placate a witness... and not all of them are money. Sadly, there is a large contingency of folks out there who refer to themselves as investigators, researchers, or simply "ghost hunters" who will automatically tell witnesses all about their "spiritual encounter". It's true (and well documented) that some are out to make a dollar or two on "psychic readings" or "house clearings"... others say these knee-jerk things because it bolsters their own beliefs and faith in things. Either way, Carl Sagan often gets false credit for originating an important statement... Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The original statement was made by a fellow named Marcello Truzzi... who was one of the founding members of the arch-"sceptical" group, CSICOP (now called CSI)... or The Committee for Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal. When CSICOP became nothing more than deniers of things (as executive members of Skeptics(sic) Canada call them, "Auto-Debunkers" or "Remote-Debunkers",) Truzzi left his organisation as he felt that they should be true sceptics... "doubters", not "deniers". Truzzi also, before his passing on, wished he'd amended his statement about "Extraordinary claims"... to simply say, Claims Require Evidence. The practical translation is, if someone says something "is so" or if someone says something "cannot be so", they must have evidence to back up their statement. It behooves the real investigator and researcher to understand this... and to be honest when someone comes for help or information. Effectively, it's the ethical thing to do. Can I prove that a witness or someone looking for answers is wrong? Can I prove they are correct in their interpretations of events? If the answer is "no" to both these statements, then as an investigator and researcher with a good deal of credibility, I need to present all possibilities... and tell the person they must be open-minded enough to examine all of them. I have to use an example here to illustrate what I'm speaking of... but if these witnesses read this, we had seven similar situations presented to us in December and January and I'm amalgamating them into a sort-of singular example... although things may have been a touch different, they all were relatively similar. In January, as stated, we were hit with a lot of cases of sudden things where young children were seeing ghosts at night in their bedroom. Now, in the seven cases, some people wanted answers and looked into all possibilities, some people "knew" the answers for themselves (their child was obviously psychic and was seeing ghosts) and wanted confirmation from an authority, and some wanted to whip right into "house-clearing/exorcism" mode. We noticed the seven cases had alarming similarities... All young children (under eight years of age) All of them seeing things at night All of them "started" seeing things in late December/early January All of them needed parental help going back to sleep because of their fear Not terribly surprising, but we noticed it seemed to be in Ontario only... looking through other message boards and sites seemed to show this was a "localized situation" Now, some of our witnesses/folks had gone to other online resources for other opinions... and were told things like... Children are closer to the "veil" of life and death. They are naturally more psychic. In the winter, a season where things are in sleep, spirits are far more active and seeking attention and are naturally drawn to children. ...and the list went on and on... some places suggesting immediate house clearings and/or psychic testing on the child. We, on the other hand, asked one question before moving forward (and in some cases, the answer was already volunteered to us...) Has anyone other than the child witnessed or experienced these things? It's surprising how many "so called" authorities neglected this simple question... and in our seven cases, the answer was "no". This still did not mean there was no possibility of "the paranormal"... but looking at the facts, we started coming up with other answers... First of all, looking at the date... around Christmas. This is a time most children are allowed to stay up very late... and also a time when they're excited and can't sleep. Next, most kids are off school on vacation... again, later bedtimes and whatnot. Lastly, and with some sleuthing from one of our researchers, there had been a "marathon" of ghostly programs during the holidays on the big children's cable network in the province. Some might see this last one and go Aha! There's the answer! but is it? Did we just happen to hear about seven kids who saw the same TV shows and got spooked? ...or is it a combination of all of these items? ...or is it genuine "ghosts"? Our answer was to tell the people who wrote to us looking for a suggestion was this... Ask the child to write-down what they're seeing and why. Ask them to try and figure out why the "ghosts" are there. ...most importantly, if the parents or guardians are very concerned, ask them to stay with the child until they are well asleep... and see if they experience anything themselves or the child experiences anything with the adult(s) there. We warned them not to "stifle" the child's reports... but not to overly encourage them either. Stifling them means you may put stress on the child to "cover things up"... too much encouragement and they will tell you only what they think you want to hear. Either way, it's bad... so a happy medium must be found. Out of the seven, four reported that the mystery was solved... and that it was a kid who didn't want to go to bed on time. Three never got back to us... which, in itself, is a bit telling as we did say we'd assist in any way we could should "more things" come out of these issues. Of those three, I can guarantee you that at least one of them did not investigate... and simply knew that their kid was seeing dead people. The reason I'm so certain is because I know the one balked hard at our suggestions... in fact, they were indignant that we would accuse their child of lying... which, oddly enough, we didn't... but because we included all our thoughts, which did include both the "natural" and the "supernatural"... and not just the one... we were bad. My question, although I didn't ask the person myself, is if you already know the answer, why ask the question? Our experience has taught us that it's not because they want an answer... they want validation to their existing hypothesis as to what's happening... and when they don't receive it or receive more than one possibility, many people become upset with the response. Many of those people will then keep hunting around for someone who will tell them what they want to hear... and as stated earlier, they will find someone who will say what they want to hear without issue eventually... and in some cases, it may cost some money. The point of this document is really two-fold... To Investigators and Researchers: If you're honestly interested in the phenomenon and want to study it and learn about it, you must be open minded... and when that's said, this does not mean "only open minded" to the paranormal possibilities, but to the possibilities of normal events and experiences being misinterpreted. To Witnesses and Those Seeking Information: The Greek stoic philosopher, Epictetus once said, It is impossible for any one to begin to learn what he thinks that he already knows. which, translated here means, If you feel you already know an answer and are really only looking for approval or "authentication" of that answer... and you're unprepared to hear anything different, perhaps you should hold the question... or, ask it and realise there me be some debate on the answer. If you're truly looking for evidence or answers... then ask... and look at all possibilities. Realistically, once you've examined all these options equally, the truth of things will usually become very clear. ...and if someone tells you something IS a ghost... or if someone tells you something ISN'T a ghost... demand evidence... of them and yourself. Matthew James Didier Prev Next


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Then I have to explain that this is a terrible waste, because the Darkstalkers games are excellent. Marvelously animated and highly amusing, they shed the few realistic traces of Street Fighter and build a cartoon world where chainsaw-legged zombie rockers moon over Chinese ghost-girls, mummified kings turn werewolves into wiener dogs, and a bee-woman dies after she stings an opponent, only for her clone to burst anew from her foe's honeycombed flesh.
Anyway, the PlayStation port of the original Darkstalkers isn't very important. It was scheduled to ship near the system's launch and show that Sony's new console could handle a heavily animated 2-D Capcom fighter. Yet the game was delayed until March of 1996, a month after the generally better sequel, Night Warriors, came out for the Sega Saturn. By that point no one cared that Darkstalkers was on the PlayStation or that it had an inexplicable and strangely catchy theme song.
Instead of the arcade game's introduction, the Japanese PlayStation port of Darkstalkers (known over there as Vampire) has grainy footage playing along to "Trouble Man," in which somewhat notable J-rock singer Eikichi Yazawa declares that he's gonna be trouble, 'cause, baby, he's a trouble man. He proves this by accepting a challenge for a rumble. Toniiiiight. This would be nothing out of the ordinary for Japanese pop carelessly in search of English lyrics, but these lines were actually written by Andrew Gold, who's had a storied musical career that stretches from hit '70s singles to the theme music for Mad About You.
Capcom removed this intro for the North American release, but "Trouble Man" clung to Darkstalkers. The song pops up in the brief credits for the American syndicated Darkstalkers cartoon, which is horrible enough to shame even its Street Fighter cousin. A longer version of "Trouble Man" also blares over the closing for the four-part Night Warriors anime series, which is just plain boring after a slightly promising first act. Someone clearly paid for "Trouble Man," and dammit, they were going to get their money's worth.
It was never clear why Capcom wanted Darkstalkers to have a completely unrelated theme song full of guitar hooks and nonsense, and no other Capcom fighters had anthems until Street Fighter IV's "Indestructible." Perhaps someone at the company just liked Andrew Gold.
When Capcom rolled around Darkstalkers 3 (known as Vampire Savior in Japan and among American kids who owned Saturns), "Trouble Man" was nowhere to be found, and the series went under not long after that. Would it have survived if Capcom had given it another theme song? And if Capcom greenlights another Darkstalkers, will it have another rousing opening number about trouble, men, and various combinations of the two? We'd better find out.


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@subratdash8 : Which JTest version are you using? This is a very important piece of information we need to determine your next steps. Second question is what is the purpose of using SonarQube here? Display of test results and coverage in a dashboard? Correct?
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Hi @Andrey Madan
I think it's 9.3.
In our project currently we r using sonarqube to display code coverage and tesr case success rate to client.Recently we have started using JTest.
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@subratdash8 : JTest 9.3 is a pretty old version. If you generate tests using this version, you will have to use older maven/ant plugins to integrate with CI/CD process. How far have you advanced in using the JTest 9.3? JTest 9.x product line is not designed to submit data to SonarQube.
The good news, the new JTest line of products which is giving you ability to not only create pure JUnits but also easily integrate with your CI/CD pipeline and publish results to a more advanced reporting and analytics ecosystem (DTP). Check out this awesome blog post from @Mark Lambert : https://blog.parasoft.com/why-people-hate-unit-testing-and-how-to-bring-back-the-love . If you have further questions after reading and listening to the blog video, please contact your friendly Parasoft representative.1 -
Jtest 9 builds test cases that require Jtest libraries in order to run. It does not build test cases that use Mockito. Instead if you switch to Jtest 10, then you will be able to build maintainable test cases that run on their own without any Parasoft dependencies. The test cases built by Jtest 10 use Mockito for mocking.
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Hi @subratdash8
After reviewing our documentation, I can see how it can be confusing. I will recommend that we update the documentation to be clearer.
When creating tests using the Regular or Parameterized actions, UTA does not automatically create mocks or instantiate objects (other than the object under test). When creating tests using the "Add test case(s)" action, mocks will be automatically generated. This is intentional - the Regular and Parameterized actions allow you to build the unit test a piece at a time, whereas the "Add test case(s)" option is for building more fully-configured tests.5 -
Hi @subratdash8 ,
UTA 10.3.4 does not report mockable invocations for mocks which are created using the @Mock annotation. This is a known limitation in 10.3.4, and we are already working to update the tool to support this style of mocking.
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@Andrey Madan thanks..
But I have one doubt. After generating test classes in jtest IDE can I use same code in junit class in normal eclipse IDE.
Currently we are using mockito framework to mock data service or any dependency call.In jtest I can see the stup is getting created for that call.
But how to integrate this functionality in junit after creating stub code in jtest editor.
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Can we use jtest library in junit test class??
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@subratdash8 : It's just a library, so yes. However, I would strongly recommend upgrading to JTest 10 and Unit Test Assistant. The test cases created by UTA will be much easier integrated with your workflow (CI / Mockito, etc). You WILL save yourself a lot of headaches down the road.
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Do you mean to ask if you can use the Jtest 9 library in a JUnit test class when running in an IDE that does not have Jtest installed? I would suspect it is possible but I have not done it so I don't know how easy or if it is actually possible.
Do you have existing test cases built with Jtest 9? Or are you just starting out in building test cases? Because if you are just starting out, you really want to use Jtest 10 - the test cases are MUCH cleaner and can be run independently of Parasoft.
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Using Jtest 9.x library for test case execution.
Generally, I could say that You need Jtest tool to correctly execute these test cases. These test cases are using few features like parameterization, stubs and other utilities to realize some functionality and should be executed by Jtest tool.
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When you are saying jtest 9 or 10,what does it mean?
It means only library like jar or it's version of editor that is used for jtest.
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Currently we are using maven and sonarqube for build and report generation to show code coverage.
I don't have idea how to use this with jtest.
I am new to this thing.
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By saying Jtest 9 vs 10 we say about tool - whole plugin to IDE.
Jtest 9 was delivered only as plugin to Eclipse.
Jtest 10 is devliery as pluign to Eclipse, IntelliJ or Netbeans.jtest.jar - is only small library which realize extra features in test cases generated by Jtest.
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Hi All,
Finally I got jtest 10 version.. I am exploring its feature. One issue that I have noticed is
For EJB object it is not creating stub method by itself. So it's initial with null
So is it not possible for jtest to mock ejb object and if it is possible how to do that?
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Depending on which action you used to create the test with Unit Test Assistant, objects like EJBs may not be instantiated by default. This gives you the opportunity, when building tests, to decide whether you want a real object or a mock in the test.
If you select the local variable in the code editor, you can either instantiate it (using a constructor or factory method) or mock the object (using Mockito) using an action in the Unit Test Assistant view.
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Hi @bmcglau
Thanks for your response. But as per jtest documentation if there is any other module call exist to do isolate test jtest will automatic mock dependent class objects.
So why we can't do in case of EJB?
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Hi @bmcglau
Thanks for your response.
When I am trying to create junit for 1 method I can see only 1 test methods getting formed. Buy we have different scenarios. So as per my understanding jtest should create junit based on different scenarios not only 1 method to cover only 1 scenario.
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Hi @subratdash8,
In Jtest 9.x, generating tests did build multiple test methods for each method-under-test; with Jtest 10.x, we have moved away from this paradigm because it often resulted in incorrect and un-maintainable tests. Unit Test Assistant is designed to provide a guided test-creation workflow, where developers define the scenarios they need for each method. We have found that in nearly all cases, a using the guided test creation paradigm results in better, more maintainable tests than the all-automatic approach.
I would also recommend reaching out directly to our support team or a Parasoft representative - we would be happy to take a closer look at what you are trying to accomplish and help you get there.
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Hi @bmcglau
Thanks for your response.. I am arranging a meeting with jtest team. Before that I am just clarifying some open point so that I can explain to my team.
So can we mock this type of object like ejb or if we are calling methods of different class then mocking of that function call part, by jtest instead manually after creating test methods.?
I mean can we ask jtest to mock one class or one function call after its created jtest method?
The answer to this question will solve our many doubts.
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Hi @subratdash8 ,
Yes, you can mock an EJB and its methods. If you select a local variable that is initialized to null, you can use the Mock it action to instantiate the EJB as a mock. Alternatively, you can use Deep Setup to automatically mock the EJB and any method calls being made to it from the method under test.When tests are run, UTA will make recommendations for each method call on the mocked EJB, if the method is not yet mocked. There is a quick-fix link in the recommendation to automatically mock the method.
Be sure to read the documentation on mocking here: https://docs.parasoft.com/display/JTEST1033/Creating+Mocks
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Hi @bmcglau
I have read that documentation. But I can't see that mock option in recommendation tab. And there is only option for mockito. Power mockito option i cant see in preference. I can only see mock it option for getter and setter methods.
And EJB object is initialized with null which is resulting in null pointer exception.
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Hi @subratdash8,
As suggested by @bmcglau, I would recommend you contact our support team as it looks like we are having a hard time understanding your use case on the forums. With that being said, here are some quick thoughts:- PowerMockito support was added in version 10.3.3 - what version are you using? Please note that the PowerMockito option appears under the Parasoft > Unit Test Assistant > Mocking preferences.
- Quick fixes to add mocking for specific methods happens when your test already has a mocked object defined, and there are methods being called on that object for which there are no mocks configured.
- If the EJB is initialized to null, then you can manually configure it to be initialized to something non-null. Unit Test Assistant has actions in the Unit Test Assistant view to help you with instantiating it. However, it's hard to explain exactly what Unit Test Assistant is doing, and how to work with it better, without seeing your exact use case. So please contact support, or consider posting sample code and the test that gets generated from it here.
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HI Everyone,
We have installed 10.3.4 jtest. Now we are able use power mockito feature and we can mock static method. But there is still some issue.
1.we are not able to still mock EJB object in this version. and if we are manually mocking EJB object still we can not see any recommendation to mock the function call made by that object.
2.If we are using list of some data and we are passing to source method then after creating test method by jtest , we can see that Jtest is only creating a empty list without any content. So is it a expected behaviour and we need to add content or something is missing from our side
3.If code contains some if else condition based on some scenario then Jtest is not covering all scenario.In this case do we need to manual modify value to cover all condition?Please let me know in case you need more details
Thanks in advance
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Hi @subratdash8 ,
Regarding the EJB mocking issues, I would recommend contacting and working with our support team to look into the issue further. Perhaps there is something in your EJB or related code which we need to understand in order to provide a better answer.
By default, Unit Test Assistant instantiates collections as empty lists and maps as empty HashMaps. This is expected behavior.
Jtest does not currently analyze code branches to drive test creation. As the test developer, you would configure the test to take the code branches that you want it to take, in order to test a specific code-path.1 -
Hi @bmcglau and all
Thnaks for your response. I have raised thia concerns to my tool team and they will contact jtest team soon.
So now coming to list or map initialization and branch coverage..
1.In jtest 10.3.2..we saw its creating mock of list or map.. And 10.3.4, it is creating a empty list and map.. So can we expect this feature in higher version.. Where jtest will analyze the list and it will add mock objects into that. This feature is basically required when list contains a user defined class with lot of properties and our functions invocation depend on this data.. So if jtest can analyze this and create mock 9f objects with some mock data and add it to list then it will reduce some more efforts given by developers.2.And same as for conditional scenarios also.. If higher version includes this..
Waiting for your input and suggestions..
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Hi @subratdash8 ,
Yes, we intentionally changed our default instantiation of Collections and Maps (including Lists) to use concrete classes like ArrayList and HashMap instead of mocking them. This is because, in nearly all circumstances, the List or Map is not the object which needs to be mocked. However, when we generate tests we don't necessarily know what data you - the developer - want in the collection. In some tests, you probably want an empty collection, and in others you may want nulls or real objects, depending on the scenario you want to test. Instead of generating too much code (which quickly becomes unmanageable), we opted to initialize empty collections, and expect the developer to populate the collection. I should mention that you can easily create a local variable for an item in the list, and use UTA actions to instantiate or mock the item.
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Hi @bmcglau
Thanks for you feedback.
But one point i want to mention here.
While creating test methods jtest is mocking al input l parameters. While writing test methods may be developer need empty or null or with some data added into the list.
But anyhow we need to test scenarios where input list to function have at least one data or object for further operation which is more important in testing.
So if jtest can create mock objects with mocking parameters and add into the list then later developer will write for null or empty.
So if you can include at least one mock object in list then developer wll try for other scenarios in higher version of jtest then it will add new flavor.And for 2nd point waiting for new version of jtest f for condition coverage.
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Hi @subratdash8, thank you so much for your feedback. The suggestions that you are making directly relate to internal discussions we are having about how to make the created tests get better coverage. I have captured your feedback and we will use it as input to our decisions about what to do in the next release. I can't promise that we will include everything you are asking for in the next release - but we are working in this area and there will be improvements.
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Hi I have attched scrrenshot related to EJB Mock. Currently we are not able to mock EJB Object.
Jtest is not mocking object which is being formed by EJB annotation not even in recommendation I can see that mock it option.
Can anyone please have a look and let me know what is the issue?
Let me know if any more details required
Subrat0 -
Can anyone please help me out on above issue?
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Jtest does not currently have explicit support for the EJB annotations that are being used in your examples. However, Jtest Unit Test Assistant can still be useful for creating and updating tests even if it does not have specific support for a particular technology. I see from internal channels that you have filed a support case with Parasoft - we will be reaching out to you via our support team to set up a meeting with you to go through the specifics of your use case and how Jtest Unit Test Assistant can help you.
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Thanks @jakubiak for your response.
So I am wondering if we will create mock ejb object manually and execute the source method, so does jtest figure it out and provide recommendation to mock the function call made by that particular EJB mock object?If that is possible then it can resolve our issue?
Waiting for your response.
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Hi Subrat
There is no difference between mocks constructed by Jtest automatically and mocks created by user manually. If you are using same mock framework writing them manually or Jtest assist actions to make them semi-automatically. Next during execution if Jtest detect interaction with mock - it will catch this and propose for you mock methods used during test scenario. This way finalize control over test case. Please try to verify this in your case. regards Maciek
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HI @maciekg @jakubiak ,
I have tried mocking ejb object by @mock annotation using mockito-all-1.10.19 lib provided by jtest itself.
I can see while debugging ejb object is going as mock instance. and not as null.
But jtest is not giving any suggestion for object which is mocked by @mock annotation.
Instead of that the object which is being mocked by "mock(Class.class)", jtest is giving suggestion.
So I think may be jtest is not able to idenitify the mocking that is done by annotation.
I have attched acreenshot with code snippet. Please have a look and provide your feedback on same.
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Please find snapshot while debugging showing value of ejb object by mocking and other one after running test method by UTA showing recommendation.
let me know if any more detail required
Subrat0 -
Hi all,
Can anyone please provide the update on below query?Thanks
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HI @bmcglau ,
Thanks a lot for your response. Is there any update, when we can expect higher version of UTA and what all new feature we can get in that version?
We are in the way to use this tool in our existing project. We are really interested in Jtest. But unfortunately because of some limitation we are not able to roll out in our project yet. So I need update on Jtest so that I can inform my team on same and we can wait for this.
Waiting for your response.
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The main focus of our work for the next version is supporting IntelliJ within the Unit Test Assistant. There will also be some improvements in how the created test cases exercise different parts of the code under test. For more information on specific features or release dates, please contact your Parasoft representative. If you have specific requests for functionality that would help support your use cases, please connect with your Parasoft representative for that as well.
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HI team,
Thanks to all for all responses to my query. As per last discussion ,EJB mocking issue will be resolved by introducing @Inject Mock and @mock feature in next version of tool. We are waiting for that tool .
Now we have started POC on micro service using spring boot. As we discussed before in this thread I got to know Jtest wont support @EJB mocking as its old technology, but it supports Spring .
Will Jtest mock the class if its annotated with @autowired or any kind of annotation to inject the dependecy, while generating Junit through Jtest tool.?
Please let me know if any code snippet required
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Yes, Jtest supports setting up dependencies in spring tests that are annotated with @autowired and will mock them if mocking is enabled in preferences. Here's the relevant section in our docs:
Unit Test Assistant allows you to create and execute JUnit tests for Spring controller methods that implement HTTP endpoints using Web MVC. By analyzing code, it can generate and preconfigure runnable test templates that contain sample assertions and initial values. UTA can recognize and configure settings for request body, response body, response mime types, HTTP method, path parameters, query parameters, and HTTP headers. It supports Spring dependency injection through autowired fields, setter methods, and constructor arguments.
Tests for handler methods in Spring MVC controllers are automatically run as Spring JUnit tests. The tested handler method is invoked with MockMvc, and an inner class is configured to provide beans to Spring for necessary dependencies. If the Mock option is enabled (see Configuring Preferences), all controller dependencies are added as mocked beans to the inner configuration class.
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Hi @jmadru,
Thanks for response. Can you please provide link of this details, so that I can go through it.Because when I tried creating junit with tool in spring boot, it didn't create any mock objects for class annotated with @autowired. So I will verify if anything I am doing wrong.
Pfb sudo code. Details of code snippet I will share if you need.
Public class Demo{@autowired private Dependency object; public void run{ object.doSomething();
}So for this kind of code will jtesr help in writing junit with all mocking of dependency class annotated with @autowired.
Please let me. Waiting for update. Thanks in advance
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You can find the link to the docs here. To create Spring tests you must have the Spring license feature.
Using your example code, I generated a Spring test from Demo.run() and got the following test:
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class) @SpringBootTest @AutoConfigureMockMvc @DirtiesContext public class DemoTest { @Autowired Demo controller; @MockBean Dependency dependency; @Test public void testRun() throws Throwable { controller.run(); } }
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Hi @jmadru ,
I have few question on this.
- Jtest genrated junit method will run always as spring boot. Is it possible to run it as normal class without running as spring boot?
- Jtest is able to identify only controller method in spring annotated with @controller or @restController. What about @repository and @Service annotated class, will it perform same for that class as well? Because I am able to use mocking of spring dependency if its a controller annotated class. But for @service and @repository, it is not mocking @autowired class. and default value is set as null same as
Let me know if anything I missed here or any configuration is missing.
Note: In spring @controller, @service, @repository all behave same but with different work. So we are dividing our code base like rest layer, business logic layer, database logic layer respectively. And in each layer we are using @autowired annotation for dependency injection and expecting Jtest should behave for all class same as
@controller.But what Jtest is doing for Controller class that is really a good thing and will helpful as well
Subrat0 -
Jtest genrated junit method will run always as spring boot. Is it possible to run it as normal class without running as spring boot?
Tests generated as spring tests will always run in the spring context. One workaround would be to remove the spring annotations on the test. We are working on a feature for Jtest 10.4.2 where you can decide to either generate a regular junit or a spring integration test.
Jtest is able to identify only controller method in spring annotated with @controller or @restController. What about @repository and @Service annotated class, will it perform same for that class as well?
As a workaround, you can change the test class to be a Controller, generate the test, and then change it back to Repository/Service. As part of Jtest 10.4.2 we will support generating tests from Repository/Service classes similar to how Controller tests are currently generated.
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Hi @jmadru,
If I remove the spring annotations, then while running junit will it consider mockbean annotated class as mocked one and behave same or it will be simple plain juni code without any spring annotations0 -
Hi @subratdash8,
@MockBean is an annotation that the Spring Junit runner (SpringRunner, SpringJunit4ClassRunner, etc) looks for and sets up mocks for. If the test does not use this runner (or another runner is used and does not delegate to a Spring runner) then these mocks will not be set up automatically.
When you remove the Spring annotations from your class, then generate a test, the test will not be generated with any Spring annotations such as SpringRunner or MockBean. If you need dependencies set up, you can mock them manually and use Spring's ReflectionUtils to inject the mock into the object under test.0 -
Hi @bmcglau,
Thanks for your response. I will try that as well. and update here if any issues.I have some other query on use of jtest. Currently we are generating rest layer through maven archetype and swagger code gen tool and in that we are generating rest layer with all necessary details automatically based on service uri and input parameter getting from swagger yaml file.
I am wondering is it possible to integrate jtest with maven or archetype somehow and tell jtest framework to generate 1st part of junit same way how we do from ide with all required details.
Is there any way whete we can integrate jtest with maven and then from command prompt.
Waiting for answer. Thanks in advance
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Hi @subratdash8 - Jtest currently cannot create unit tests from CLI or maven, although it is something we have considered. It's not currently on the roadmap but we may do something like this in the future.
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Thanks for answering to all my questions. It is helping a lot.I need to know one thing. There are 3 options i can see while using jtest license.
One is desktop edition, automation and final is custom edition.What is the difference between these and which one is better?
I have read the documentation but didn't get clear idea.Regards


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Then, when you finally get Banhart on the phone, he's on the road in the tour van with his friend's band, Vetiver, with whom he's playing as a guest acoustic guitarist. Flamenco blares in the background -- and he tries to interview you, saying what you're doing as a cub reporter is more interesting than his little life playing his little songs for people, which he'll do Saturday night at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids. As bloody if.
"Where did you grow up?" he asks. "Why do you write about words? What do words mean to you and why?" he blurts in a stream-of-consciousness staccato. The new battery on his cell phone cuts out as he seems to say something about a leprechaun.
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He gushes for a moment about Vetiver. "They're just, like, my favorite musicians. Andy Cabic, from San Francisco, he's the main songwriter. We all orbit around his songs. ... You would flip your brains and heart out if you heard it."
For someone who seems as zany as Banhart, he writes incredibly pretty, cerebral things -- sort of like what Cat Stevens' and Nick Drake's love child would sing itself to sleep with if it sniffed a lot of glue before bedtime.
At least, that's where his music stands for now.
Banhart says he's moving into a reggae direction. He recently concluded a tour with the Queens of Sheeba, during which they performed "reggaefied versions of my songs" half the time and covers of reggae classics the rest.
He says he's serious about the reggae thing, but this little boy certainly seems to cry wolf. He also said he's pitched a "mushed banana" cookbook for which he's collected 500 recipes.
Things get even more nebulous when Banhart is asked whether he's sporting his Charles Manson look (the resemblance to the "Helter Skelter" cult of personality is creepy, especially since Banhart is only 23) or his cleaner-cut look, which is surprisingly handsome for a Manson look-alike. He defends Manson as an "underdog for the free thinkers of the planet" who lived in communion with "ATWA" (air, trees, water and animals).
"As for what I've been wearing -- a lot of fake beanie hats with the dreads with them," he said. "I just went online and ordered some Dave Matthews apparel. And I've got Lenny Kravitz's contact lenses on right now. I'm also wearing the carcass of a bear."
While some of the sparse info on Banhart seems incongruous, it's true he's a graduate of the San Francisco Art Institute and a former itinerant.
"This is how it goes," he said. "I moved to America (from Caracas, Venezuela). I went to the San Fran Art Institute, dropped out and moved to New York. That's where the aforementioned lack of a place to live due to no money happened."
Banhart moved from being a squatter into a proper apartment during the studio work on his first album, "Oh Me Oh My" (Young Gods, 2002). But it was his other day job -- not music -- that helped put an end to couch-surfing.
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He ditched his own vegetarian ways when a "pixie goddess" named Joanna, with whom he was dining, ordered a "plate of bacon."
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More international refugees were resettled in Texas in 2012 than in any other state, according to the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement. And one of the leading destinations is Amarillo, where members of Thawng's church and other newcomers from places like Myanmar and Iraq often work in meatpacking plants.
Now local officials are worried that Amarillo's refugee population is straining the Panhandle city's ability to respond to 911 callers who speak numerous languages and to help schoolchildren learn English and adapt to a new culture.
"We've raised some red flags and said this isn't good for some entities in the city or for the refugees themselves," said Mayor Paul Harpole.
Amarillo, the state's 14th largest city, with 195,000 residents, receives a higher ratio of new refugees to the existing population than any other Texas city, according to 2007-12 State Department data from U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon. And the only Texas cities that receive a larger number of refugees than Amarillo (which received 480 in 2012) are also the state's largest: Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio.
But those numbers show only a refugee's initial placement and do not account for secondary migration, Thornberry said. Many refugees who initially settle elsewhere relocate to Amarillo for jobs or to join family members.
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But Harpole said demand for workers at the plants was declining. "We just think it's going to be more difficult for the refugees to do well here," he said.
For schools, challenges include educating students who sometimes cannot read in English or in their native language, Thornberry said.
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Cultural differences are also an issue outside schools, he said. Recently a refugee was found on a local ranch hunting for food.
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Some local churches work to help Amarillo's refugees. Trinity Fellowship last year created a refugee outreach position. Since Russ Pennington started the job, he has taught English to refugees from Somalia and Myanmar and has worked with Refugee Services of Texas to help new arrivals settle into apartments.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Nine people with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and five United States citizen children of TPS holders today filed a lawsuit against the federal government to stop the unlawful termination of TPS for more than 200,000 people living in the U.S. and to protect the tens of thousands of U.S. citizen children whose parents would be forced to leave under the administration's policy.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco by the ACLU Foundation of Southern California, the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON), and the law firm of Sidley Austin LLP.
The Trump administration adopted a new, far narrower interpretation of the federal law governing TPS, and then used that interpretation to terminate TPS status for all individuals from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan. Many of the TPS-holders from those countries have resided in the U.S. for 20 or more years, but will be forced out of the country if the administration's new policy remains in effect. Their U.S. citizen children will then be forced to either separate from their parents or leave the only country they have ever known.
"These American children should not have to choose between their country and their family," said Ahilan Arulanantham, advocacy and legal director of the ACLU of Southern California.
"I have lived here almost twice as long as I ever lived in El Salvador. My home and family are here," said Orlando Zepeda, a 51 year old father of two children and a member of the National TPS Alliance, a coalition established and led by TPS holders with a mission to defend TPS. "The decision to end TPS for El Salvador and other countries was devastating. Today we join together to say that it was also illegal."
"With the stroke of a pen, this administration upended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people lawfully residing in the United States for years and sometimes decades," said Emi MacLean, staff attorney for NDLON. "But in terminating TPS in the way that it did, this administration was exercising authority it did not have."
The complaint also argues that the administration's restrictive view of the TPS laws was unconstitutional as it was adopted to further the administration's anti-immigrant, white supremacist agenda. Earlier this year, during a negotiation over the fate of people who have TPS status, Trump referred to the affected nations as "shithole countries."
The plaintiffs are members of diverse organizations fighting to defend TPS, including the National TPS Alliance, CARECEN-Los Angeles, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT), UNITE-HERE, and African Communities Together.
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Stage and screen director Michael Grandage will bring the oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York to Hollywood. The Tony winner has been tapped to helm 20th Century Fox's long-awaited remake of Guys and Dolls, according to Deadline.
Grandage helmed the 2005 West End revival of the Frank Loesser musical; the cast featured Ewan McGregor, Douglas Hodge, Jane Krakowski and Jenna Russell. He won a Tony in 2010 for directing Red; his additional Broadway credits include Hughie, The Cripple of Inishmaan, Evita, Hamlet, The Philanthropist, Mary Stuart and Frost/Nixon. He directed the upcoming feature film Genius, starring Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kirdman and Laura Linney.
No casting for the new remake has been announced yet, but with Telsey + Company on board, it's very possible we'll see plenty of Broadway talent on screen. In 2013, when Fox had first acquired the rights, it was reported that the studio was eyeing Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon-Levitt to lead the project.
Featuring a score by Loesser and a book by Jo Swerlng and Abe Burrows, Guys and Dolls tells the story of crap game runner Nathan Detroit and high-roller Sky Masterson, whose illegal game is at risk thanks to Sarah Brown and her Save-a-Soul mission and Nathan's longtime fiancée Adelaide.
The musical premiered in 1950 and has been revived on Broadway three times since. The original film version was released in 1955 and starred Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and original Broadway star Vivian Blaine. The current West End revival is now playing London's Phoenix Theatre; Pitch Perfect standout Rebel Wilson will join the cast this summer.


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Addressing her first African Union Summit since taking office, Ms. Mohammed said that the AU's thematic focus this year on youth is a "powerful reminder" of the core principle at the heart of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the AU's strategic framework known as Agenda 2063 and other global agreements, namely, creating a better world for the next generation.
"For the 226 million young people aged 15 to 24 living in Africa today, these agendas address challenges and opportunities that are integral to their futures," she said.
"Today you are here taking decisions that will ensure that Africa benefits from the full potential of all its people, including young women and men," she added, in a nod to this year's theme of Harnessing the Demographic Dividend through investments in Youth.
"Investing in our youth today reaps the dividend of a peaceful and prosperous Africa tomorrow."
Addressing leaders from across the continent who have gathered at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ms. Mohammed called for "building new bridges between us, and fortifying the ones that already exist" to deliver on the promises of the development agenda for Africa and its people.
In April, the UN-AU annual conference in New York resulted in a joint framework for enhanced partnership on peace and security. The two organizations are now preparing a joint framework on sustainable development, focusing on the implementation of the 2030 Agenda and of Agenda 2063, according to Ms. Mohammed.
She also noted that the UN will be collaborating with the AU on a new UN-European Union initiative to be launched at the UN General Assembly this September to end gender-based violence around the world.
The deputy UN chief also highlighted some of the other areas where the UN and the AU are working more closely, including on efforts to enhance the UN's partnership with Africa's regional economic communities in areas of peacekeeping, elections and democratic transitions.
Secretary-General António Guterres recently reiterated the need for "predictable, reliable and sustainable" financing for AU peace operations, and is said to be working on a set of concrete proposals for the UN Security Council.
"Our efforts should continue to be based on urgency, flexibility and innovation to improve complementarity, cost-effectiveness and impact," Ms. Mohammed said.
She also echoed Mr. Guterres' call at the G7 summit in Italy, where he urged world leaders to invest in young people, with stronger investment in technology, relevant education and capacity-building in Africa.
"The challenge of strengthening Africa's human capital, starting with its young people, has galvanized commitments to promote their rights and invest in quality and relevant education at all levels, health, science and technology and innovation," said Ms. Mohammed.


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Charlie Watts 'Unlikely to Be Available' for Rolling Stones Tour
The Rolling Stones have announced that drummer Charlie Watts is "unlikely to be available" for the band's fall U.S. tour.
"Charlie has had a procedure which was completely successful," a spokesperson for the group said in a press release, "but I gather his doctors this week concluded that he now needs proper rest and recuperation. With rehearsals starting in a couple of weeks it's very disappointing to say the least, but it's also fair to say no one saw this coming."
"For once my timing has been a little off," Watts added. "I am working hard to get fully fit but I have today accepted on the advice of the experts that this will take a while. After all the fans' suffering caused by COVID I really do not want the many fans who have been holding tickets for this tour to be disappointed by another postponement or cancellation. I have therefore asked my great friend Steve Jordan to stand in for me."
"It is an absolute honor and a privilege to be Charlie's understudy and I am looking forward to rehearsing with Mick [Jagger], Keith [Richards] and Ronnie [Wood]," said Jordan, who has played on all three of Richards' solo albums. "No one will be happier than me to give up my seat on the drum riser as soon as Charlie tells me he is good to go."
Watts joined the Rolling Stones in 1963, one year after their formation, and has appeared on every one of their albums, singles and tours ever since. He survived a battle with throat cancer in 2004. "I thought I was going to die. I thought that's what you did. You get cancer and waste away and die," he said in a 2011 interview. "I had another operation to take the lymph nodes out and radio therapy, which was six weeks long. Now it's five years clear."
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Tyke T was already an up-and-coming Memphis rapper when the local radio station K-97 proclaimed him the "Next Big Thing" after he won a contest they sponsored. Since then, he has been to New York and several other places for concerts, and although he might not be nationally known yet, he is part of a growing movement of Memphis rappers who seem to be more positive, more upbeat and more lyrical. He is also part of a growing local trend to rap with live musicians instead of just recorded tracks or a DJ, and for his performance at the River Arts Festival, he chose one of Memphis' best up-and-coming bands, 4 Soul to back him, along with live singers, and guest appearances from other Memphis rappers such as Li'l Cam and S.O.U.L. Altogether it was a rap performance that could appeal even to people who don't usually like rap, and that was probably precisely the point. Tyke's lyrics avoid the negative tendency of the local artists that lean more to the gangsta style, and the live band gives him an appeal to those whose musical preferences lean toward other genres.
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Listen: Hey Lonely One /Baby Washington
Hey Lonely One / Baby Washington
Born Justine Washington in 1940, Baby Washington began her recording career in '56 as a member of The Hearts, but within a year, was confusing folks by issuing singles as both Justin Washington and Jeanette Washington. By the time she signed with Juggy Murray's Sue Records in '62, Baby Washington had settled in as her best known professional identity. Well, except for two of those sixteen Sue releases, when for whatever reason, Sue 797 ('63) and Sue 124 ('65) were issued as Justine Washington. Go figure.
Possible reason being, as Baby Washington, she may have had trouble getting live bookings. From what I witnessed yesterday when Baby Washington made a rare NYC appearance, she probably blew away all the competition on any of those stages back then. Even now, at 70 years old, it takes a lot of balls to follow her. Seriously, her poise and confidence were impeccable. She looked beautiful and then there was the voice. Do not miss her if you get the chance.
Luckily, through the years, I've managed to collect all but three of her US 7′s. Not a weak one in the bunch, plus it's pretty hard for this completist to pass up anything on Sue. Far too many peaked at #90 or below on Billboard's Top 100. Even more didn't chart at all. God bless America is not applicable when it comes to Baby Washington.
'Hey Lonely One' (or 'Hey Lonely' as the early DJ copies read) spent one lonely week at #100 on 10/12/63. It wasn't included in her all too short set yesterday, probably due to it being less familiar. I like to think it was out of her mercy for others on the bill.


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A Game A Decade in the Making
In 2000, Marvel VS. Capcom 2 hit arcades as well as consoles, and a new fandom was born. This game had it all-- a colorful cast of characters, insane combo opportunities, and lightning-fast gameplay. Fans yearned for a sequel, but they would have to wait a good ten years for it. Now Marvel VS. Capcom 3 is on store shelves, and that day is finally here. You'll be taken for a ride, but not before getting spammed to death, cursed out for winning against someone online, and annoyed by hearing Nolan North's voice in yet another game. Is Marvel VS. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds worthy of the Marvel VS. Capcom moniker, or is its fate sealed?
What is immediately apparent when sitting down to the game is how barebones it is mode-wise. What you have for single-player is arcade, mission, training, and local versus. Online-wise you have ranked and player matches. You can also join lobbies with up to seven other players. Ranked matches can link you up with opponents of the same rank as you, or if you're feeling bold, you can opt to take on someone with a much higher rank. Rank is acquired by completing battles. Of course, if you win, you'll earn more points than if you lose. Rage-quitters and early DCers will have their points taken away from them, so it's best to stick around and take your beating like a man. Yeah, it's not politically correct, but it's true. What's surprising and all the more disappointing about online play is that there is no spectator mode to speak of. Perhaps this will come later as DLC? In my humble opinion, it should have been in the game day one since Super Street Fighter 4 has it. Nonetheless, online battles on the PS3 have little in the way of lag or framerate issues. In fact, I noticed nothing of the sort in my many battles of playing the role of the scrub.
Arcade mode is what you'd expect. Maybe even less. You battle six rounds of teams of three followed by a battle against the universe-destroying tyrant, Galactus. Depending on which teammate of yours scores the final hit, you'll be rewarded with their ending. This goes again with the barebones argument. Instead of a cool movie in style with the opening of the game, you get two comic book-like still-frame panels featuring voiceless text. Talk about not going any extra miles, Capcom. The endings themselves feature characters not present as fighters in the game such as Ghost Rider and Phoenix Wright. They're usually pretty funny or at the least entertaining. There's thirty-six fighters in all, so you'll be getting to know the arcade mode (And Galactus) quite well if you want to unlock every character's ending.
Speaking of character, Marvel VS. Capcom 3 has plenty of it and plenty of them. While the roster isn't as large (or as broken) as its predecessor, there are still eighteen candidates to fight with and against on each side of the line. There's shoe-ins like Ryu, Chun-Li, Morrigan, Spider-Man, Iron Man, and Wolverine, but there's characters you wouldn't expect like Amaretsu from Okami fame, the comical, fourth wall-breaking Deadpool, and M.O.D.O.K. to spice things up. Each team leader starts the battle out by taunting their opponents, and ends the battle with a victory taunt and ending commentary. Based on who you battle, the commentary is different. A character might even comment on a certain opponent. For instance, M.O.D.O.K. says when he's defeated Captain America that his suit looks more red than red, white, and blue after the beating he's suffered in the hands of M.O.D.O.K. I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea. Each character oozes with personality, and frankly, there really isn't a loser in the cast. Promised DLC foretells that the cast will only grow larger with Resident Evil's Jill Valentine and Marvel's tentacled menace Shuma-Gorath soon hitting the marketplace for their respective consoles.
In Marvel VS. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds, battles consist of three-on-three affairs. Players can tag in their teammates, and while they are resting, a portion of their life bar will slowly refill. Assist attacks occur when a player calls in their teammate to attack. There's three types of assists attacks for each character, so choosing the right one usually is the difference between victory and defeat as is the usage of hyper combos. As you fight, a gauge in the bottom corner of the screen fills. As it fills, you can perform hyper combos which are super-powerful moves. If you save up enough of your gauge, you can unleash a team hyper combo to inflict massive damage to whatever unlucky opponent stands in your way. Of course, they can block your attack to minimize the damage or simply punch or kick you at the last moment to make you waste a portion of your hyper combo gauge.
In the subculture of Marvel VS. Capcom 3, there's a whole slew of technical terms to learn and master from snap-backs to advanced guards. Snap-backs knock away the current member of the opposing team and exchanges them with someone else. Advanced guards occur when you're blocking and press two attack buttons at the same time to push your opponent backward, giving you distance and room to maneuver. There's also aerial combos to consider, aerial blocks, and other terms that scrubs will have to learn if they want any kind of advantage in battle.
There's two types of control methods in Marvel VS. Capcom 3. There's the original controls and the simple ones. Simple mode uses the X button to launch your foe into the air for a team or solo aerial combo, the circle button to unleash a hyper combo, the square button to start a normal attack, and the triangle button to launch a special attack. Simple mode might be too simple in the fact that you're limited in the amount of moves you can use on your opponents. Normal mode allows for a more robust moveset at the cost of more confusing controls. Thankfully, there's no full circle moves to speak of a la Street Fighter.
Along with arcade, training, and versus modes, there's mission mode which is virtually the same concept as in Super Street Fighter 4. Each of the thirty-six characters has ten missions to perform. These are not "kill 10 enemies in 30 seconds" type missions, but more like "perform this move or combo". When the combos are ten moves long, things get confusing and frustrating quickly. You have to have some finger-fu to even come close to finishing half of the missions in this mode. It's unforgiving, yes, but it does give you some options for combat when you play against the computer or online with friends or perfect strangers.
Marvel VS. Capcom 3 is a gorgeous-looking game. While there's only ten stages to fight in, each one is booming with eye candy and moving parts with nary a mention of slowdown to speak of. On Kattelox Island (from Mega Man Legends), for instance, the Bonne family stands a top one of their many Reaverbot inventions while fireworks go off in the night sky, and Servebots play around in the background. There's a lot going on. Additionally, characters are cel-shaded, and they look like they were ripped straight out of a comic book. It's a very impressive choice for an art style, and it looks mighty impressive. On the audio side of things, every character, including Galactus, has their own theme song that plays when they arrive in battle. There's a gallery to look at character biographies, endings, 3D models that can be zoomed in and out and panned around to capture that perfect glimpse, and a catalog of voice clips for every character. Most of the music is quite good and stage themes are also above average.
Overall, Marvel VS. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds is not a perfect fighter. It certainly demands a lot of attention if you want to get anywhere near good at it. There's a bit of a learning curve unlike Tatsunoko VS. Capcom, a fighter that I prefer to this one, actually. Coincidentally, Marvel VS. Capcom 3 is modeled after that game. Nonetheless, there's leagues of depth to discover in this title, loads of fan service, marvelous (pun intended) production values, and insane gameplay to make most people happy. It's just a shame there's a paltry amount of single-player content to choose from. Where's the survival mode? Where's the endless mode? Where's the spectator mode? While these questions remain unanswered, there's still plenty to love about the fate of these two delicious worlds.
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The name CLHP implies that it can only be used in Hypertext contexts, however CLHP allows Lisp code to be embedded in XML via XML processing instructions, which means it can be included in any XML document and still allow the document to be considered valid XML. In this respect CLHP could be used in any application where a high level language is desirable as part of an XML solution.
It is currently in an alpha stage, but is quite useable. At this point, it is implemented in and requires CMUCL. It is integrated as an Apache module, so Apache is required.
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According to the psychological identity theorist, if the contents of your mind (e.g., brain or soul) are copied into another mind (brain or soul), with the original mind destroyed, you will survive and come along with the copied contents. Now, plausibly, perfection is not needed in the copying. If one digit in the memory of your phone number is not copied over, and everything else is, then surely you will survive that, if you would survive any such copying operation at all. But some fidelity in copying is needed.
We can measure a copying operation in several ways. For any portion of the information to be copied (think of a 0/1 value or a continuously variable value, for instance), we can talk of the accuracy of the copying, which says how similar is the output of the copying procedure in fact was to the input, and the reliability of the copying, which is a measure of how likely it was that the output would have a given accuracy. (We can come up with various ways of quantifying this, but it doesn't matter.) Now, for a mind-copying to at all plausibly move a person from one mind to another, there has to be both overall accuracy and overall reliability. One won't do without the other. One could, after all, have very high reliability in copying, i.e., a high probability of accuracy, but be unlucky so that the the output is completely unlike the original. The psychological identity theorist would not say the person was moved then, since few of the memories and character traits would have survived. Nor would high accuracy with very low reliability transfer a person. Take a limiting case of low reliability where the output is entirely random and independent of the input. Nonetheless, one might be lucky, with the output by chance being just like the input. That wouldn't result in person-transfer, either. After all, if my mind is destroyed, and completely by chance a man arises randomly after lightning hits a swamp in Transylvania and that many by chance has the same mental states as I did, that man wouldn't be me.
So, we need both high accuracy and high reliability for person-transfer to occur. But now note that reliability is in part an extrinsic criterion. It measures the probability of accuracy. Suppose that you're undergoing a mind-content transfer procedure, and Dr. Black, the evil neurologist, after having starred in Frankfurt's Neurologist, XIII, happens to be sitting around in the lab. Now, almost all of the time when Dr. Black is in a lab when a mind-content procedure takes place, he hijacks the procedure, and ensures that while the subject's original mind is destroyed, the data transfered to the output mind in fact is a very poor copy of the subject--in fact, it is a copy of Dr. Black's vicious mind. This time, however, Dr. Black is distracted, and forgets to hijack the procedure, and only remembers once the operation is done. The reliability of the copying process is very low--Dr. Black was very likely to hijack it.
This leads to the following absurd conclusion. If person-transfer through copying of content is possible, then whether Dr. Black is in the room when the procedure happens determines whether the subject survives the procedure--even if Dr. Black in fact is distracted and in no way causally interacts with the process. Since this absurdity comes from psychological identity theories, we should reject psychological identity theories.
But what if one bites the bullet and says that whether Dr. Black is in the room when the procedure happens does determine whether one survives. Now I have a second move. What happens in copying is a causal process whereby an earlier mind causes a later mind to have the same content. The same thing is happening in us all the time. Our brain's having a certain neural state at t1 (e.g., a state correlated with a belief that 2+2=4) will often cause that brain to have the same state at t2. Our brains are always in a state of flux, and the brain's preserving of information is relevantly very much a process of copying. (Plato says something like this in the Symposium.) Suppose now that you live your ordinary life, but Dr. Black keeps on shadowing you, with his neurological equipment, and he keeps on planning to subvert your brain's data preservation processes, but whenever he is about to do so, by a very small chance, he is distracted and does not. In fact, Dr. Black does not interact with you causally. But his presence makes the reliability of the transmission of data from the past to the future in your mind be very low. By the same reasoning as above, it follows that the mere presence of Dr. Black kills you--even though he in fact does not interact with you.