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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Thomas Kelati scored 17 points, including a pair of3-pointers, as Washington State beat High Point 78-71 on Saturday.
Kelati was one of five Cougars (4-4) to score in double figures. He went5-for-7 on 3-pointers and tied his career high with five assists.
High Point's Danny Gathings led with career highs of 29 points and 14rebounds. He went 13-for-22 from the field and 3-for-9 at the free-throw line.Gathings missed five straight free throws late in the game.
The Cougars led 38-30 at the half and 60-46 with 8:30 remaining. High Point(2-6) then scored nine unanswered points, but WSU season scoring leader MarcusMoore and Kelati hit key baskets down the stretch.
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Does the National Day Rally gel with the statistics?
The National Day Rally speech does not seem to gel with the statistics?
The National Day Rally speech does not seem to gel with the statistics?
Is having a 'hospital beds to population' ratio that is only about a third of Taiwan's – something to celebrate on our 53rd National Day?
The rhetoric – "building ahead of demand" for Changi airport, but "building nothing' for healthcare (decrease in total hospital beds for 10 years) is "laughable"?
Why is it that the 'elderly sick' rather die, than to be a financial burden to their families?
Is Singapore's public spending on long-term care one of the lowest in the world?
Health data hacking: 6 articles in 1 day in 1 newspaper – "damage control" reporting is it?
In order to placate the public's displeasure with serious lapses – the "Committees of Inquiry" set up by the Government over the years, should be seen to be as "independent" as possible, in the eyes of Singaporeans.
Is ElderShield possibly the most profitable national long-term care insurance scheme in the world?
If the investment returns for CareShield Life can be returned to members – why can't CPF investment returns be the same too?
Why announce now to collect so much more money from the people for "long-term care", when we have already announced the increase in GST to fund the expected increased spending on healthcare?


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The 1990's will see dramatic changes for the health care industry. At no previous time have both public and private health care institutions faced a more turbulent, confusing and threatening environment. Changes in health care arena will come from Federal, State and local governments; international as well as domestic economic and market forces; demographic shifts and life style changes; and structural evolution of the health care industry including mergers, integrations and competition.
The health care industry faces increasing financial pressures due to fundamentally new forces that affect the very viability of many health care organizations. Such pressures include prospective payment, increased competition, diminished Federal monies, new technological development, the increased growth and bargaining power of preferred provider organizations (PPO's), and growing employer and consumer demands for more cost-effective care.
Faced with all these problems, health care executives have chosen different management strategies as a way to pilot their organizations from acquisitions, closures and liquidations to more profitable and viable facilities.
In order to assess the likely impact the various management systems may have on Virginia acute care hospitals profitability, market share, market growth potential and personnel (staff), turnover rates, the survey method with appropriate questions addressing these areas of concern was used.
In order to investigate the possible differences among the various management systems in regard to their likely impact on the profitability, market share, market growth potential and staff turnover rates, the analysis of variance techniques was explored. Analysis of variance often abbreviated with the acronym ANOVA... is a broad class of techniques for identifying and measuring the various sources of variation within a collection of data.
The different management systems were found not to have any significant difference regarding the institutions profitability, market share, market growth potential or personnel turnover rates. However, it was found that hospitals which are classified as diversified not-for-profit had greater market of general inpatient care (SI) than the hospitals which have different diversification classification.
In conclusion, the results of the data analysis did not support earlier findings in which differences in management systems were responsible for hospital performance variations.
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"An Assessment of Management Practices Among Virginia Acute Care Hospitals"
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Unfortunately, when men are suffering from anxiety or depression they are often far less likely to see their GP than women. Men tend to be deeply conditioned, from boyhood, to believe that it's socially unacceptable to be emotional. They can grow up feeling fiercely ashamed of crying, believing that tears are a display of weakness and failure. The depth of shame associated with feeling anxious or depressed, for a man, can be immeasurable. Sometimes men feel so hopelessly unable to meet social expectations and live up to the image of the tough, resilient male that they take their own lives.
As a society we need to break the trans- generational tendencies that result from what we traditionally teach boys about dealing with their feelings of sadness, fear and anxiety. Boys, as well as girls, need to know that it's good to talk about their feelings and that it's alright to cry when they feel sad or afraid. Repressed negative emotions can lead to mental ill health. Children also need to be taught about appropriate ways to express feelings of anger in order to avoid aggressive behaviour and bullying; especially boys, but girls as well. We need to educate parents, especially fathers, about gender equality so that emotionally, boys are brought up in the same way as girls.
Generally speaking men need help to change their perception of what it really means to be strong and courageous. They need help to understand that it's manlier to face up to physical and emotional problems than to try to ignore them. However, the sense of shame and weakness associated with asking for help can be immense and should not be underestimated. It can take an enormous amount of courage for men to swim against the tide of what they perceive to be socially acceptable masculine behaviour.
Many men still believe that they should be the main breadwinner in the family. This sense of responsibility is an ingrained value drummed into them down through the generations and won't easily change. Men tend to feel ashamed if they become unemployed or have to take a drop in income. This sometimes causes anxiety and depression.
Men are less likely to ask for help or talk about their worries than women. They believe they have to be seen to be strong and manly. Research has shown that most men don't manifest depression, anxiety and stress in the same way as women. Men who are depressed or suffering from stress are more likely to turn to recreational drugs or alcohol, or to act out with aggressive behaviour, than to seek help.
When men choose to talk, they are more likely to talk to their wife or partner than to a friend or colleague. For this reason, married men, and those with long term partners, tend to suffer less from mental ill health than single men. Emotional wellbeing is known to be directly associated with good physical health and so men with long term partners tend to live longer than single men, as do men with good social relationships. Men who are in a stable relationship and have a partner to confide in are thought to experience an increased sense of wellbeing; it is known that they are less likely to have heart attacks and strokes. Men who come for therapy have often been encouraged to come by their female friends and colleagues, wives and partners.


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We're bringing you another blog post from Towson University Rhetoric professor Richard Vatz, who is currently blogging over at the site RedMaryland.blogspot.com. Go check it out–lot's of interesting commentary from Maryland conservatives.
In this post, Vatz blogs about the events at last evening's Republican National Convention.
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From the one beloved figure of the Bush leadership team, the utterly sincere Laura Bush, to a tape on Ronald Reagan to former Senator Fred Thompson's powerful rhetoric to a profoundly convincing address by Senator Joe Lieberman, much of which was aimed at Democrats and Independents, the first night of the Republican National Convention was a memorable one.
In a short speech broadcast to the convention President George W. Bush praised Sen. McCain's courage as a P.O.W. , his support of the then-unpopular surge and his resulting reputation as one who would rather lose an election than a war. To those who see Sen. McCain as a yes-man to President Bush, the President countered that "I know!" that he is "not afraid to disagree."
Leaving aside the question of "where was this great speechmaker in the 2008 presidential campaign," Fred Thomson's speech was the kind of speech that not only solidified support for John McCain, but one which made some surely wonder, "How could a serious American voter not support Senator John McCain over Senator Barack Obama?"
Sen. Thompson said he was not focusing on the vision, but "the man behind the vision." His praise of Sen. McCain's judgment, experience, courage and policies was compelling, especially as he contrasted Sen. McCain with Senator Barack Obama, "the most liberal and most inexperienced nominee to run for president," as a man who "doesn't think protection of the unborn is above his pay grade," as Sen. Obama demurred in his only debate thus far with Sen. McCain.
Sen. Thompson also contrasted Sen. McCain's courageous support of the unpopular, but ultimately successful "surge" in Iraq, an issue left virtually unaddressed at the Democratic convention. The "now we're winning" claim has no opposing argument evident from the Democratic conventions.
Sen. Thompson's powerful, detailed salutes to John McCain's character as evidenced in his courageous suffering of torture for five-and-one-half years – including beatings, heat torture and isolation torture, when he could have accepted an offered early release, the refusal of which brought him more torture. As Sen. Thompson pointed out, the torture per se doesn't qualify him to be president, but it reveals the character we want in our presidents. He also detailed how Sen. McCain's family walks the walk with 2 sons in — or going to — Iraq
Along the way Sen. Thompson punctured some liberal shibboleths, like the false, misleading dichotomy of taxing individuals or corporations, wherein it is merely a question of whether one wishes to pay taxes directly or indirectly.
Senator Joe Lieberman gave perhaps the most effective "reluctant testimony" speech since Zell Miller at the Republican National Convention in 2004 and beyond. The former Democrat and Vice Presidential nominee just 8 years ago, who still caucuses with the Democrats, even engendered applause for Bill Clinton (!) as he contrasted President Clinton's willingness to challenge Democratic ideological orthodoxy (e.g. welfare reform), unlike Sen. Obama. Sen. Lieberman too brought up the surge as the representative event that demonstrated Sen. McCain's political courage which has, the ex-Democrat implied, no counterpart in Sen. Obama's policies.
To the indisputable fact that Sen. Obama is a powerful and effective speaker, Sen. Lieberman simply said, "Eloquence is no substitute for a record." The lack of Democratic references to Sen. Obama's accomplishments, as noted here previously, stands out as an indictment of his inexperience.
To the Democratic charge of Sen. McCain's election being tantamount to four more years of Bush, Sen. Lieberman resoundingly emphasized the phrase, "John McCain is his own man." To those Democrats who detest the Republican Party, Sen. Lieberman urged such voters to go beyond party labels and understand that "country matters more than party." If the election by-word is "change, both speakers argued, Sen. McCain is the real thing
The only layer of missing confidence, the only discordant note, in the entire evening could be inferred from the praise of Gov. Sarah Palin, whose credentials as Governor, card-carry conservative, reformer and "breath of fresh air" seemed inadequate to compensate for her lack of foreign policy experience. But the emphasis was rightly this night on the top of the ticket, Sen. John McCain.
In rhetoric we look for the "good man speaking well," which modified for today would be the "good person speaking well."
Tonight's political oratory included good people who spoke well and convincingly in praise of the Republican maverick, Sen. John McCain.
Professor Vatz teaches Political Rhetoric at Towson University
Hi all!
Nice site!
I must confess that on reading this I wanted to take up a collection bucket to get the good professor a composition course. I started off wondering what had gone on the Convention and ended in a word-salad of such choice bits as:
**From the one beloved figure of the Bush leadership team
Wait a minute, "beloved figure of the Bush leadership team"? That is not only ethically bankrupt but its a mixed metaphor.
**the President countered that "I know!" that he is "not afraid to disagree."
**The lack of Democratic references to Sen. Obama's accomplishments, as noted here previously, stands out as an indictment of his inexperience.
What? That sentence is written by a University Professor!!!??? The lack does not "stand out" as anything except the fact that the Bush republicans and their apologists almost always prefer to talk to themselves because they can't be bothered to consider another opinion and they think they run the world anyway. No evidence is presented here for the necessary part for the whole claim to be true that there actually *was* a "lack of Democratic references to Sen. Obama's accomplishments." Sorry, this is flim-flammery. It makes me embarrassed to live in Maryland.
**In rhetoric we look for the "good man speaking well," which modified for today would be the "good person speaking well."
Wow. How au courant. The "good person" it is then, but here, if we may evaluate a man (or a woman) by the ethical character of his commitments as well as the poverty of his rhetoric, is neither good man nor good person, nor a just rhetorician. Indeed, judging by the graphic design of Professor Vatz internet bestseller "The ONLY AUTHENTIC BOOK OF PERSUASION," he's the wrong kind of dangerous man. Neither former President Bush nor his "leadership team" are beloved. Maybe they once were by someone, but not any more.
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Welcome to another editorial by me - Kataklysmos (Kata for short). To start with I figured I'd give you a graph, because programmers like graphs. *nods furiously*
What's higher - the graph's correlation to the editorial, or the curve's correlation to the histogram?
Hey Kata! How can you prevent lag on Key Quest? I can't find anything that'll do this. ~ darkesmoon
Lag on Key Quest comes from a variety of sources, most of which can't be prevented. The Flash is pretty intense, so if it's just the Flash itself lagging, short of getting a better computer you might be stuck. You can make sure you don't have other tabs or windows open, and try to close most other programs when playing Key Quest.
Another possibility is your connection - during a Key Quest game there are a lot of messages back and forth between your computer and the server. Try not to have other internet traffic such as large downloads, streaming videos, etc. when playing Key Quest.
A simple suggestion is to make sure your Flash player is up to date, as newer features or optimisations may be available. Beyond that, you're probably stuck with what you've got.
Does setting your browser to remember your password and PIN for Neopets put you more at risk for cookie grabbers? Also, is the same to be said for never logging out? I only do this on my personal computer, not on any shared ones. ~ madtamahatta
If you set your browser to remember your password and/or PIN, this information is kept locally. The site doesn't actually get the information stored in your browser, it's when you click the button that submits the form that the remote site gets the information. So storing this information only puts you at risk if you visit sketchy sites in that you might not take the time to look at the address bar and see you aren't actually at http://www.neopets.com/loginpage.phtml (which is the only legitimate login page) before you click that "Go" button.
As far as never logging out, this does put you at greater risk. In fact, it's the only way to be at risk. There are many cookies you can get from the Neopets site, some with just usernames or time zones, and one in particular: "neologin" - that is what cookie grabbers try to get. If you logout, the "neologin" expires immediately. If a cookie has expired, the browser won't bother submitting it to the site that's requesting the cookie, and the cookie grabber will not receive your cookie.
This makes sense to me but I live on this stuff so I sometimes say things that seem simple to me, but might not be for others. I'll give you an analogy just to be safe. When I log into Neopets, it's like I'm getting a pass for the day to an amusement park. As I go around Neopets, it's like I'm going to rides at the park and each time I go to a ride, they extend my pass so that it's still good for 24 hours. When I logout, it's like I'm leaving the park and ripping up my pass. A cookie grabber is like a fake ride attendant who asks to see my pass, and makes a copy. If I've already ripped it up, it does the fake attendant no good, and I remain safe from being scammed.
Is it okay to have a PHP Curl program check for data from Neopets by accessing my account? This would be put on my web page. I would not use it to do any sort of programmed auto-deeds to get my hands on Neopoints. I find it difficult to understand what joy some people have from doing it. ~ anonymous
I highly recommend you do not do this. From TNT's point of view, this is a bot, even if you aren't doing anything malicious with it, and that's an easy way to wind up frozen.
Kata spots a cord hanging out of a "recycle" bin that has been illuminated by the computer screen he is typing away at. Pulling on the cord, he extracts some sort of amulet from the bin and says: "Hey, neat! This looks... shiny. I think I'll wear it." As he pulls the cord over his head, you swear his eyes flash a menacing red for a moment. You'd better not tell him, though.
Hey JN! So recently, my account was frozen, but I've had no suspensions. Is this normal? Thanks! ~ anonymous
Depending on what the infraction you've been accused of is, you may be frozen even if you don't have a history of breaking rules or having suspensions. The following editorial question explains things quite well:
It depends on the severity of the infraction and history of the player, honestly. A longtime player with an account that's had no (or very few) warnings and just slips up once is more likely to get some leeway over a two week old account created by a player who often acts poorly and has a long history of frozen accounts. But, as we said before, it depends on what was done as well. If it was something very serious like scamming someone, having an old account or a newbie one won't make any difference. Remember though, we do expect older accounts to have a better understanding of the rules, too! If we see someone breaking rules on purpose because they think they can "get away with it" due to the age of their account, then we aren't going to be happy with them.
Kata's eyes are doing that glowing red thing again. He says in a manner far more imposing than he ever could manage normally: "Of course, if things were run *properly* like Lord Kass would have had them run, there wouldn't be any freezing. Instead, people would just get thrown into dungeons for the slightest bending of the rules. Maybe a few people would get thrown in just to make a point. Heh heh heh." Kata's eyes return to normal. This feels oddly like something you've seen in a film, or read in a book, or something...
I was wondering, there was a glitch in the Trading Post that let me sell 3 Smiley Snacks that I got during the NC Mall beta phase. If I were to sell them, would I get frozen? Oh yes, before I finish off this question...*throws cookie* Thanks for answering! ~ soilpete9321
The NC Mall disclaimer is at the bottom of any NC Mall page and reads "Neocash items may not be exchanged for Neocash, Neopoints, or Neopoint items." That means selling them on the Trading Post, auctioning them off, or trading NC items for anything other than NC items is against the rules!
Glitch or not, it still remains against the rules, and the penalty for violating the rules (if you happen to be caught) is up to the monitor.
Kata's eyes do the glowing red thing again, and you could swear his skin's taking on a disturbingly Darigan purple hue. He says something about people claiming things that aren't rightfully theirs and seeking retribution. You point out that seems a bit extreme, and Kata rages about people not understanding for a while. Once he's done, you suggest that he take off the charm. His skin and eyes return to their normal colour, and you're quite sure he doesn't remember the last little while. Your fears are confirmed when he looks bemusedly at the cookie and then eats it.
I already have my 4 pets and I don't want to change their colour, but I do have a side account. I would like to paint one of my side Jetsams the Magma colour and give him to someone who really wants him. Would I get frozen for this? I'm so scared to use my side account for anything! ~ anonymous
As long as you aren't requesting Neopoints, Neocash, items, etc., in exchange, that's fine. Just make sure to follow the guideline in this editorial response:
You may not earn the right to visit the Magma Pool on your side accounts, as this would also earn you Neopoints, but you are welcome to visit in hopes of sneaking past the sleeping guard, as there are no Neopoints rewarded for doing so.
Kata once again seems to undergo a charm-induced transformation. Briefly, you wonder if you should have opted for a disposable camera before coming in here as you could have had photos of the world's first (and only) Darigan human. Kata starts on a long rave about how Magma is a pointless colour and every pet should be Darigan. Having had enough of this, you ask him questions about how weird he's acting. As expected, he becomes normal again. Seizing the opportunity, you grab the charm, yank it off Kata's neck, and stomp it to itty bitty pieces on the floor. Kata says: "Oh well, maybe I'll find another Fake Kass Charm later." You decide it's best not to mention that didn't seem so fake.
When spinning the Wheel of Slime, it's okay to choose 938 instead of 983, right? There are two of them when you search slime, and I already have one bookmarked, so unless it's going to cause bad things to happen, I'd rather just leave it. (By the way, sorry if this is already in the question database, it's just that I didn't leave a pseudonym last time and don't remember seeing the green letters saying it got in.) ~ Ron Nohn
I presume you mean game IDs 938 and 983. If the game was still showing up, that means that TNT had not yet deactivated the game. If you try to visit a game that's been deactivated, you'll get a message:
Why not play one of our hundreds of other games?"
Since you were able to play the game still and didn't receive errors sending scores, either game ID URL is fine.
Hi! You guys rock! I was just wondering if there was a last level to the game Spinacles? The game ends when you lose, so is there a end to the game if you don't lose? ~ Boosh
As far as I know, there are in fact only 15 levels. Theoretically, there's no limit to how many points you can get from a level if you plan carefully though, since you can keep adding spheres and removing spheres while being on the same level as long as you don't remove them all.
Have your pet show your support for Spinacles with these mildly tacky earrings!
Hey JN! I've a question for you. I really like the new game Darigan Dodgeball on Neopets, and used to be able to clock 50 seconds with ease. However, recently I'm only doing about 5 seconds before the game automatically ends, even though I clearly didn't lose! This happened multiple times and I sent in a bug report, but it's been a week and a half yet no reply from TNT. How do I check if other users are experiencing the same problem? Thanks! ~ zackytacky
I haven't experienced this issue with Darigan Dodgeball but I did have this issue with Tunnel Tumble. The issue has since disappeared for me. In general, the most you can do is file a bug report with Neopets and hope that it gets fixed.
If you want to just check if other people are having the same issue as you or happen to have a way to fix the issue, there's a Neoboard for games, or you could check on the Neopets Games board on the Jellyneo Forums.
The 2010 site event "Daily Dare" was my first time participating in the Daily Dare. I really enjoyed it! But I was wondering, what is the point of showing a box as a "prize" for completing the challenge when at the end I only received 3-4 items and a spiffy new trophy? Do the boxes mean anything? ~ kitchenyou10sull
The boxes are there to signify you have a prize you can collect. Click on a box to actually have the prize revealed and added to your inventory. You can see a full list of the prizes for AAA, Abigail, and Lulu, as well as how the whole thing works here. Enjoy your prizes!
There's a sudden knock at the door which sends Kata jumping to the ceiling - literally. You're lucky he's a cartoon caricature so he can take this kind of punishment. Or maybe it's the fact the ceiling's made of jelly. Yes, you're in a jelly broom closet. At any rate, his head is stuck in the ceiling. He seems to be waving frantically at you. You waste precious moments trying to figure out what he means and decide that you'd better just hide before you're found somewhere you're not supposed to be. Just as you dive under the desk, the door opens and you hear someone walk in, put a box on the desk and walk out. Once they're gone you go yank on Kata's legs until he pops free of his jelly prison. "I hate lime!", he complains. He then opens the package and says, "Hey a new hat!" Before you can stop him, he already has put it on...
Hi TJNT! Is the Christmas Flash from 2008 still up? If so, where can I find a link to it? ~ ziposaki
I think this is what you want. :) If you're talking about the 2008 Advent Calendar animations, there's now an official archive for all that stuff.
Kata's eyes go cross eyed. You knew it was going to happen! He says: "But I don't know why you would want to look at such an uninteresting Flash when you could see this much more interesting seasonal Flash?"
How long did it take for you guys to make the editorial database? And how did you make it? I feel it'd be torture to go through every Neopets editorial there ever was and add in each and every question and answer... ~ Yahoobot
The editorial database was an on-and-off project for a while. However, in the end it was written by Terry and Polemarch.
Jellyneo didn't have to add every question and answer by hand one by one - the scripts take care of doing all that automatically. Such an efficient system! Who runs this place? Dave? I will have to remember to file a recommendation with our Master.
When are you going to do another contest? ~ frider_5_5
One of the lights on the hat explodes, leaving a puff a smoke trailing out of the socket. Kata seems to go back to being himself.
This question seems to be from awhile ago, but I'd say the answer is now. Have you gone to the Services Portal recently? The 2010 Jellyneo Negg Hunt starts today, and will continue through April 11th.
Don't delay - start today!
What happened to the faerie viewer? ~ starry_zafara
The smoke clears from the odd hat Kata is wearing. It must have just been overheating before. Kata stares blankly while answering.
The faerie viewer was taken down so you couldn't see a certain despicable creature for one reason or another. Keep an eye out near the end of April - we have something planned that will be even better.
I have collected all the worms I think (10 different ones) and the lantern. What am I supposed to do with them now or has this event expired with the plot that introduced us to Moltara? Thanks and I love your site! ~ harriot_porter
No, the worms have nothing to do with the Atlas of the Ancients plot. You'll want to put them in your lantern so you can go mucking about in the Dark Cave. To get the full scoop, read up on them at the Tangor's Workshop article. Though if your pets like working in dark places looking for precious resources, why not have them work for the Kreludan Mining Corporation?
The lights on the hat suddenly start flashing wildly and little alarms start going off. A soothing computerised voice coming out of the hat says: "Your trial period has expired. Provide 5,000 Neocola Tokens now or you will be disintegrated." Kata starts rummaging through the desk muttering about "that stupid snack machine" for a while, the lights blinking increasingly faster as he searches. Shortly after he gives up, the hat disintegrates in a flash. Kata collects himself, muttering, "Crumbs. These beta products are always defective" and returns to typing on the computer.
Hey JN! I recently received a Fountain Faerie Quest, and was wondering which Neopet colour or colours are considered the rarest and the most expensive in Neopia. Thank you. ~ mafalditati
The first measure is to see how paint brushes are priced, which can be done through this search (keep in mind some paint brushes may have old prices, and that Glass, Stone, and Lutari are not paintable colours).
Of course, with a few exceptions such as Ice, MSP, and Robot, the Fountain Faerie can grant almost any colour, so that's not the best metric. You can check through the Pet Directory and do a search by colour for a rough idea.
At the time this editorial was written, the breakdowns were roughly as follows (sorted most common to least common):
|% Pet Directory Represented
What did happen with Neopoll? ~ cheiro_de_queijo
Neopoll? You mean the poll that used to be on the front page? It still exists. If you answer the Daily Puzzle from Pet Central, that module will disappear and you'll see the poll module in its place, though it's titled "Random Poll" now. You can still see old poll results here.
I've recently taken it upon myself to finally finish the Altador plot. I'm on the last day and I'm at the step of connecting the Hunter constellation. I'm using your star finder and it's great. The only problem is when I've got the constellation all connected and on the right stars and I try to submit it, it tells me that it's not correct. What is this madness? Is this happening/has it happened to anyone else? Thanks a billion million gazillion! ~ lilacgrove18
If you've found the stars, the only thing I can suggest is something that was relevant for me when I did the constellation for The Protector. Sometimes it looks like you can connect three stars in a line by just connecting the two end points. You must in fact connect each star to each other star, and erase any extra lines that you had already made. Since you're doing The Hunter, there should be 7 line segments you make. Make sure that you have one star inside the quadrilateral you create, instead of a "tail" of 2 stars outside the quadrilateral.
You can ask for more help on our Altador Mini-Plot Forum.
Yo TJNT! You guys rock! *throws chocolate Usuls* Now, just wondering: there is a rumour going around that you can't repaint Magma pets once they are Magma. Is this true? Just wondering and you guys rock! ~ avelaingia
Ooh! Chocolate! You've made my day! Anyway, awhile back I was annoyed about my Ixi being Magma but having missed the deluxe paint brush items, so I posted about it in the comments for Editorial 116. Another JNer posted this helpful response:
Just FYI, I went back to the magma pool and was offered to sneak past the guard but my Ixi that was painted the first time I went through was not available for me to select to go in again!
I just wanted to know whether or not Neopets Mobile is still available, since I wanted to get it but on the Pet Central page there wasn't anything about it. Thanks! ~ whiteouthorizon
It seems that Neopets Mobile has been discontinued as of June 30, 2009. We have a news post on the subject here.
What's shop 109, Crumble and Twig, for? ~ bellabean_1234
The description for the shop with ID 109 starts with "Ah, I see you are interested in adding to your Habitat!" It sounds like it might have been for Petpetpet Habitats, which had its first beta open in late April of 2008. Since then it seems like the project has been scrapped, or at least been taken down for now.
Kata checks the clock on his computer. "Oh no, I'm running out of time! Well, I suppose I can squeeze a few more in." He pulls out a suspicious looking medallion and wears it, explaining he's trying to impress Torratz for some reason. You have a bad feeling about this, but then again, this editorial hasn't exactly left you impressed with Kata's attention to detail not on his computer screen.
I know TNT says they can't control inflation, but couldn't they pour hundreds of morphing potions and Draik eggs into the shops to bring down the prices? ~ reader8
Dr. Sloth would be all for your ideas of radical economic change. You should vote for him in the next coup election for ruler of Neopia, whenever that happens. Soon, I'm sure. At any rate, TNT gave their stance on precisely this question in Editorial 406:
We don't like to be heavy-handed when dealing with the economy. For a lot of people, part of the allure of Neopets is the economy itself: buying low, selling high, getting something rare and pricing it... the only area we can think of where we effectively "cap" prices is the Hidden Tower, Neohome Superstore, and General Store, as these places are basically always stocked and available. We prefer to help balance things out by releasing things with lower rarities (like the new Draik eggs), or giving them out as rewards, though the higher an item has inflated, the less we want to hand them out and make everyone instantly rich. Also, if we go overboard and release too much of an item, the deflation can make the item less rare. For a while (no longer) the Snow Faerie was giving out certain Draik morphing potions like hotcakes, and as a result they dropped to less than 200,000 NP if we remember correctly. While that's great for a lot of people, it also took away the rarity and specialness of having a Draik. As you can see, the economy does need to be balanced, but slowly and carefully. :)
Why do some pet and petpet combinations not work? For example, I tried to attach a Blue Quetzal to my Lutari and all I got as a response was "AAAAARRRGHHH! Get that Blue Quetzal away from me!!!" Please help (I did look through the editorial database and couldn't see anything like this). Thanks! *hands out cookies* ~ xingdarcie
*stuffs cookies into a desk drawer* More often than not people ask the same question about foods or books, but the same rule applies for petpets. Here's one relevant editorial response:
If changing the language won't work, then it looks like your pet may not accept the petpet at all. :( It's all based on the number of letters in your pet's name and the number of letters in the petpet's name, which can only be changed by changing the site's language.
Now if Dr. Sloth was in charge, there would be ways to "convince" your pet to think otherwise. Wouldn't that be the greatest? Yes, Sloth ruling pets liking everything would be the best!
My cousin quit Neopets awhile ago and gave all her Neopets and good items to my other cousin (who still plays). Is this allowed? Is this a freezable offence? ~ jankiapatel95
This question can be answered by a response from a previous Neopets editorial (the last sentence addresses your question):
It is against the rules to access any account except one that you made. This includes accepting an account from someone who is "quitting" (this is a common scam). In your case, even if you know the person in real life, you still cannot accept their account. It puts all of your accounts at risk, and is not allowed. They can donate or give you the items and their Neopets if they like, but no one else can ever have the actual account.
If you're going to be giving stuff away though, wouldn't it be nice to give it to someone like Commander Gormos? I suppose there's no way to do that. Shame, since I'm sure such a big hero of the resistance would put it to very good use!
Can you win a contest (such as Neohome/Gallery spotlight) more than once? ~ megamorpho
It's entirely possible to do so, though it might be significantly harder to win a contest after the first time. This editorial question addresses exactly what you've asked:
Yes, but for spotlights (not other competitions) we prefer that those who have never won before be selected. That being said, we certainly won't deny you another fifteen minutes of fame if you blow our socks off.
Kata says: "Well, I think that's enough questions for today. After all, there's always something else to work on!" He ushers you out of the closet he's been working in. On your way out, you notice a I Love Lord Kass Lamp on the desk. That wasn't there before... or was it?
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Instant Pot Baked Potato Soup
The recipe of Instant Pot Baked Potato Soup is described here:
You need for about 6 servings:
4 - 5 potatoes, medium size
8 slices of bacon
4 spring onions
1 small Onion
1 garlic clove
80 g butter
70 g flour
750 g water
200 g milk
1 tbsp vegetable bouillon powder
250 g cream
100 g cheddar cheese, grated plus a little as a topping
150 g sour cream
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper possibly chilli flakes
That's how it's done:
Wrap the potatoes in aluminum foil and place in the preheated oven at 180 ° C | Bake circulating air for approx. 45 minutes.
Allow to cool, hollow out or cut into pieces with peel.
Bake the bacon crispy in a pan and then chop it up.
Cut the spring onions into rings.
Put onion and garlic in the Instant pot, 5 seconds | Mince grade 5.
Add butter, 4 minutes | 120 ° C | Stew stage 1, then add the flour and another 2 minutes | 120 ° C | Sweat on level 1.
Add water, milk and vegetable bouillon powder to the instant pot, 8 minutes | 100 ° C | Bring to the 2nd level. If it boils, reduce the temperature.
Add potatoes in pieces, cream and cheese, another 5 minutes | 100 ° C | Cook level 2
Add sour cream and spices, again 3 minutes | 90 ° C | Cook stage 2
Season the soup with salt and pepper. If you like, you can now puree the soup. We like her a bit chunkier.
Top the soup neatly with bacon, cheese and spring onions and serve with chilli flakes as desired.
You do not have to peel the potatoes if you have fine peels.


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Activists upset with the arrest of immigrants at London food restaurants retaliated by releasing locusts, crickets, and cockroaches at two restaurants last Friday. The restaurants closed, but reopened Saturday after a slight delay as the establishments were treated with insecticides by a pest control company. Protesters released the insects after undocumented immigrants were detained by authorities.
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The high and holy Feast of Pentecost is of course a day of the Holy Spirit, as we confess and give thanks for His presence among us, and for His creation and preservation of our faith. Today is therefore also a day of the Church; for whenever we confess the Holy Spirit, we also confess the one, holy, catholic, and Apostolic Church. Indeed, the Holy Spirit and the Church go together, hand-in-glove, in such a way that you neither have nor confess either one without the other.
But the Feast of Pentecost Day, like every day in the life of the Church, is above all a day of Christ. For the faith that is worked in you by the Holy Spirit is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and the one, holy, catholic, and Apostolic Church of the Holy Spirit is the Body & Bride of Christ Jesus.
The singular aim and purpose of the Holy Spirit is to reveal Christ as the Son of the Father, as the Word-made-Flesh, and as your Savior from sin, death, and the power of the devil. That is what the Spirit does — by the preaching of the Gospel, in the life-giving waters of Holy Baptism, and around the Table of our Lord in His Body and His Blood. That is what the Holy Spirit does on this great and glorious Day of Pentecost, and that is what the Church now celebrates in the Spirit.
Pentecost is arguably the most ancient liturgical feast of the Church, since it was a Jewish Feast already prior to the coming of Christ. Celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover — just as we celebrate today on the fiftieth day of Easter — the Jewish Feast of Pentecost was one of three major pilgrim festivals observed each year in Jerusalem, as per the Word of God. The other two were the Passover and the Feast of Tabernacles, the latter of which is central to this Holy Gospel.
The Jewish Feast of Pentecost was primarily a festival of the harvest. On this day the Jews would offer the first-fruits of their wheat harvest to the Lord, and thus acknowledge Him as the Source of all creation, life, and growth. And along with that confession of the Lord's ongoing providence, the Jewish Pentecost also commemorated the covenants of the Lord — from His Covenant with Noah and the whole creation following the Flood, to His Covenant with Israel on Mount Sinai.
For the Church today, the new and greater Feast of Pentecost celebrates the life of the Church in the new and greater Covenant, that is, the New Testament of the Body and Blood of Christ Jesus, given and shed for the life of the world. So also do the Holy Apostles, by the Spirit of Christ, harvest and offer, not wheat, but three-thousand people as the first-fruits of His Holy Gospel.
To understand this fulfillment of the Old Testament Pentecost in the Gospel of Christ Jesus, it is helpful to consider the Feast of Tabernacles, which is actually the context and the setting of this morning's Holy Gospel from Saint John. Knowing what's going on with that occasion reveals a great deal about Christ, His Salvation, and the gift of His Holy Spirit.
The last, great day of the feast, mentioned by St. John, was the eighth day, the "Day of Rejoicing." But on each of the preceding seven days of the feast, the priests marched in procession from the Pool of Siloam to the Temple and poured out water at the base of the Altar. This daily water-ritual was the central and most important activity in the week-long Feast of Tabernacles.
The public reading of the Scriptures at this feast included Prophecies from Zechariah and Ezekiel, which taught that rivers of living water would flow from the Temple and bring life to all the earth. Hence the significance of the water-ritual, and the even greater significance of our Lord's Word. He stands up in the middle of the feast, and He cries out a sermon on those Prophecies of living water, identifying Himself as the true Temple of God, and His own Body the Altar of Sacrifice. Out of Him flow the living waters of the Holy Spirit. Whoever is thirsty must drink from Him.
Immediately following this Word of Jesus, St. John clarifies that the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified on the Cross. But in due time we hear the fulfillment of His Word. For in the perfection of His Sacrifice, the Lord Jesus hands over the Spirit from the Cross. It is not that He simply breaths His last, but that He bestows the Holy Spirit as a gift to all those who believe in Him and look to His Cross for life. And it is also in that same Hour, as He is glorified in death, that blood and water flow from out of His wounded side, comprising the very River of Life that He prophecies this morning at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles.
With the water from His side He has washed you in your Holy Baptism and poured out His Holy Spirit upon you. And the blood from His side He pours out for you, and for the many, for the forgiveness of your sins, and for life and salvation. As St. John also writes in his first Epistle:
"This is He who came by water and blood: Jesus Christ. Not only by water, but by the water and the blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is Truth. For there are three which bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood. And these three agree as one."
Now, keep these words in mind as we consider three things that happened at once in that Jewish water-ritual during the Feast of Tabernacles. One priest would enter the Temple with a golden pitcher full of water from the Pool of Siloam; another priest would enter with a pitcher of wine for the drink-offering; and both of these men would come to the Altar for the burnt-offering sacrifice. The water was poured into a funnel on the east end of the Altar, the wine into a funnel on the west, and both emptied out at the base of the Altar.
There can be no mistaking the fulfillment of this entire water-ritual and its significance in Christ. For He is both the Temple and the Sacrifice, the Lamb of God who gives Himself entirely to the Father in death for the sins of the world and for your salvation. His Cross is the Altar. The water flows out of His side, and with it is poured out the Holy Spirit. The wine is likewise poured out for you as His Blood, which flows as a River of Life from His crucified Body into all the scattered nations of the earth. Thus are all of the Prophecies and Promises of God fulfilled in Christ alone.
So it is that St. Peter's Pentecost sermon focuses on Christ. For everything begins and ends with the Person and work of the incarnate Son of God, crucified, risen, and ascended in the flesh.
St. Peter pulls no punches in his preaching of the Law. For the crucifixion of this Man of God, Christ Jesus, he calls the people of Jerusalem to repentance. And by the Cross of Christ you are also called to repent, to confess your sins and believe the Gospel, since it was for your atonement and salvation that the Lord Jesus Christ was handed over to His voluntary suffering and death.
But that is not the end of the story, nor the end of St. Peter's sermon. He moves from judgment and the Law to the sweetest Gospel of forgiveness. For God raised this same Jesus from the dead for your justification. It was impossible for death and the grave to hold Him. By His death, He has destroyed the power of sin and death; and so it is that you shall be raised in His Resurrection.
As Adam was first given life by the Breath or Spirit of God, so did Christ Jesus receive the Breath or Spirit of God in His own Body of flesh and blood like yours — at His Baptism in the Jordan River, and in His Resurrection from the dead — in order to bestow the same Spirit upon you and all who are baptized into Him. Thus does He pour out the Spirit upon you, and breathe the Spirit into your body and soul, through His Word of the Gospel, His Holy Absolution of all your sins. Thus are you a new creation in Christ Jesus, and thus do you live a new life by the Spirit of God.
Repent, therefore. Confess your sins, and give heed to the Word of the Gospel. Return to the significance of your Holy Baptism. Or, if you have not yet been baptized, submit yourself to be baptized by the washing of the water, Word, and Spirit of Christ Jesus. And according to His Word, as sure and certain as His Cross and Resurrection, you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This promise is for you and for your children, and for all whom the Lord calls to Himself.
That is the significance of Pentecost for you. It begins with Christ Himself, with His Baptism in the Jordan River, when He received the anointing of the Spirit in the form of a Dove; and with His Sacrifice on the Cross, when He poured out the Spirit for His Church in the water and the blood.
But this true Pentecost continues, even to the close of the age, in the Holy Baptism of each new Christian in the Name of this Lord Jesus Christ, and in the New Testament of His Blood. By these fruits of His Cross, you receive the living and life-giving Spirit of God in both body and soul.
That great River of water and blood, from the crucified Body of Jesus, continues flowing in the Church at all times and in all places, wherever the Ministry of the Gospel is carried out in the Name of this same Jesus. It became an overwhelming Flood on Pentecost, a cascading waterfall of Spirit and Life, a raging rapids of forgiveness and salvation, and, most important for you and for your children, a gracious washing of regeneration and renewal in the waters of Baptism.
Nor does it stop there, but it springs up in you and overflows for others. The Spirit of Christ is alive and breathing in you, in such a way that you have also become a part of His River of Life.
To begin with, your Baptism is not a private or family affair; it ushers you into the Church as a member of the Body of Christ, just as it did for those several thousand Christians who were baptized on that first Christian Pentecost. St. Luke goes on to describe their ongoing life within the Church in this way: "They devoted themselves continually to the Apostolic doctrine and fellowship, to the Holy Communion, and to the prayers of the Church."
So, too, in your life as a disciple of Christ Jesus, baptized in His Name and catechized by His Word, you continue to live as you continue to devote yourself to the Life of His Church in the Liturgy of His Gospel. And it is the same Spirit of Christ Jesus who unites you with the Apostles, with the Christians of all times and places, and with your brothers and sisters in Christ to this day.
Outside of the Church, apart from the Body of Christ, there is no Holy Spirit, and there is no life, but only sin and death and hopeless despair. Breathing your own air, stewing in your own juices, you are consumed by your sins; you cut yourself off from God and suffocate without His Spirit.
But as you drink from the spiritual fountains of Christ in His Church, and as you breathe the Spirit of God in the hearing and confession of His Gospel, you are given an indestructible life in the crucified and risen Body of Christ Jesus. You are filled with the Spirit of hope and confidence in Him, who strengthens and sustains you through faith in the Gospel. And by your words and deeds of faith and love, you confess the Lord your God and His great Salvation. You inhale and exhale the Spirit of the Living God, and you give the spiritual drink of the Gospel to those who thirst.
As you live through all the ups and downs of your pilgrimage on earth — as you suffer through the hardships and frustrations of so many different kinds of trouble, through infirmity and sickness, your own mortality, and the death of your loved ones — you do so in the confidence of Christ, your crucified and risen Lord, who has ascended to the Right Hand of God the Father Almighty, where He ever lives to intercede for you in love. This Lord of lords and King of kings, He has made His enemies a footstool for His feet, including that last great enemy, death, which has already been defeated by His Cross and in His Resurrection, and which is soon to be swallowed up forever!
Here, then, is a pure River, the Water of Life, as clean and clear as crystal, proceeding from the Throne of God and from the Body of the Lamb who was slain, and yet, behold, He lives. Thus do the Spirit and the Church say, 'Come!' And so let him who hears this Word say, 'Come.' And let everyone who thirsts, whoever desires, come and drink freely, without cost, this Water of Life.
In the Name + of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.


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Key principles of our education
Preparing children effectively for the future calls for 'modern and contemporary education'. The private education that Interteach offers is based on the following key pillars:
- Personalised learning
- Multilingual education and global awareness
- Talent development
Personalised learning
Personalised learning provides an answer to the question of what every individual child needs in order to develop to the full, confidently and happily. Interteach offers education that motivates and engages students.
Within a small-scale learning community with different ages and levels, every child is able to develop fully thanks to a personal learning route. At Interteach, we do not believe in 'average' and challenge every child to exceed his or her abilities.
We encourage self-direction and make children the co-owners of their learning process, learning to think critically and reflect on their own learning objectives. Our rich learning environment and outstanding digital learning resources ensure just the right balance between offline and online learning. Children do not only learn from their teacher and what is taught, but also have the space to acquire knowledge and skills through self-discovery, research and experience.
Although learning may be personalised, this does not mean that it is a wholly individual experience. At Interteach, learning takes place through interaction with fellow students, teachers, external partners and our rich learning environment. Our education provides plenty of time and space for students to engage in both individual and joint activities.
Bilingual education and global awareness
Multilingual education and global awareness give children a better grounding for the future.
Compared to other European countries, the Netherlands is not a pioneer when it comes to offering bilingual primary education. Interteach intends to change that. Research has revealed that children actually learn better if they are taught bilingually. Children taught bilingually at an early age not only gain a greater understanding of languages in general, but can also solve more complex issues.
Interteach offers bilingual education, with global awareness subjects being taught in English. This linkage is a deliberate choice. We aim to ensure good proficiency in English, but also to focus on global awareness at the same time. Preparing children for the future calls for the development of an international attitude and international skills, with knowledge of other languages, countries and cultures.
We deliberately start bilingual education from four years old because young children aged four to eight are particularly sensitive to language and therefore receptive to multilingual education.
In the future, other languages, including Spanish, will be added as options. This means that Interteach students will be better prepared when entering secondary education and the step towards a bilingual or international education is facilitated.
The teachers' language proficiency levels and teaching skills have a huge impact on the children's language development. Interteach teaching staff are professionals with the qualifications and experience required to offer bilingual or multilingual education.
Talent development
At Interteach, we work with the International Primary Curriculum (IPC). This is a contemporary curriculum for primary education. In addition to IPC, Interteach provides an extensive programme of options in the field of sport, art and culture. We believe it is important to focus more on talent development than currently happens in mainstream education. Interteach works closely with sports organisations, cultural institutions and the business community in order to enable children to discover their talents and develop them to the full. For example, Interteach also organises workshops and clinics for music and sport. Music has been shown to have an effect on brain development, both when experienced and enjoyed as a passive listener and through actively making music. Sport and exercise have a positive impact on children's health and learning performance. Interteach gives children all the opportunities they need to develop their talents and monitors children's development across the board.


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Did you know that August is National Peach Month? It's time to celebrate peach! Add a pop of the pretty light hue to your makeup! Here are three products to help you add a bit of peach to your makeup bag!
I am always in the market for a good primer and corrector to put under my makeup! Being that the Pür Minerals Color Correcting Primer is one of the websites "best sellers" I was overly excited to try this product.
Being 30 years old I have spent lots of time in the sun up until about 5 years ago when I started using sunscreen and protecting my skin from the suns harmful rays. From this, I now have dark spots and some uneven tones in my skin.
I could tell after using the correcting primer that my dark spots and uneven tone diminished and my skin looked smooth and flawless. I even wear this product by itself for a natural no makeup look, but yet I still get the flawless look of having perfect skin.
My little secret. Adding a pressed powder or a mineral foundation will give you the full coverage picture perfect look!
I have never been a fan of cheek stains and after trying the Pür Minerals Cheek Stain in Peach Bellini, I am now a fan and realized why I have not liked them in the past. The neat little applicator brush that is attached to the end of the stain has made me a forever fan of cheek stain. I normally used my fingers and it seemed as if I tried so hard to get it rubbed in that I rubbed off most of my foundation. I used the end with the stain in it to apply a few swipes to the apples of my cheeks and used the brush to blend it in and give me a nice Dewey finish.
Pür Minerals Chateau de Vine Mineral Lipstick in Georgia Peach is such a beautiful color and is the perfect shade for me. I love color but I am always too afraid to go bold and daring. This color is subtle on me, and to give it more of a flashy look I like to put a little clear gloss over the top of it.


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Media outlets are reporting that Rhenzy Feliz, Lyrica Okano, Virginia Gardner, Ariela Barer, Gregg Sulkin and Allegra Acosta have been cast to star in Hulu's drama pilot Marvel's Runaways.
Marvel's Runaways was a comic created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona and focused on six diverse teenagers who can barely stand one another but must unite against a common foe – their parents. Here is the character details for each actor below:
Rhenzy Feliz will be playing the role of Alex Wilder, a loud-and-proud nerd. Admittedly a bit of a loner, Alex spends much of his free time playing video games, but deep down, what he wants most is to reunite his group of childhood friends.
Lyrica Okano will be playing the role of Nico Minoru who is tough, intelligent, independent and embodies teenage angst. A budding 'Wiccan', Nico's carefully crafted goth appearance isolates her from her peers and family, but maybe what she really needs is someone to talk to.
Virginia Gardner will be playing the role of Karolina Dean. Model-perfect exterior, with a lot going on behind her professionally whitened smile, she is burdened by the lofty expectations and responsibilities put upon her by her parents. Underneath her veneer of privilege and perfection, Karolina is experiencing a newfound eagerness to explore her identity and pursue her own desires.
Ariela Barer will be playing the role of Gert Yorkes is a purple-haired, bespectacled, contemporary riot grrrl. Never passing up a moment to stand on a soapbox, Gert sometimes wields her persona as a brash social justice warrior to mask her true feelings.
Gregg Sulkin will be playing the role of Chase Stein, a lacrosse-playing, high school heartthrob. While many write him off as a dumb jock, Chase exhibits flashes of untapped brilliance in engineering, not unlike his wildly successful father.
Allegra Acosta will be playing the role of Molly Hernandez, the youngest and most innocent member of her friend group, who is known for her peppy positivity and a deep yearning to belong.
The report states that more additional casting will be announced soon. Marvel's Runaways showrunners are Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who have also written the pilot and will serve as executive producers alongside Marvel Head of Television Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.


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How to use Selenesse, a combination tool from FitNesse and Selenium
Selenesse, a tool built from Fitnesse and Selenium, uses a "scenario library" to analyze and build tests. Selenesse simplifies all of the complexity of test situations by using Simple List Invocation Method or "SLIM" to estimate and recreate test situations. Learn all of the tips and tricks for Selenesse in this expert tip.
Selenesse and SLIM and scenarios
This is the wiki markup in Fitnesse that drives Selenium to search for the term "Selenesse" in Google, and checks the result:
!| scenario | Search google || | open | https://www.google.com || | type; | q | selenesse | | clickAndWait | btnG || | waitForTextPresent | Did you mean: selenese || | ensure | isTextPresent | selenesse | | reject | isTextPresent | watir |
Each line in the test shows a particular aspect of how Selenesseworks:
Selenesse uses the Simple List Invocation Method (SLIM), the newest and most robust test engine for Fitnesse. SLIM understands something called a ScenarioLibrary, a wiki page containing a set of scenarios like the one above. A scenario is a macro, a set of instructions that can be invoked from within a test. In this case, the first line defines a scenario called "Search google".
The second line tells Selenium to open the Google home page.
The third line is a bit more obscure and requires some explanation. Until Selenesse came to be, SLIM by default did not accept methods containing more than one argument. Now, because Selenesse requires it, SLIM will accept methods with more than one argument under certain conditions. Therefore, any Selenium commands that take two or more arguments must be followed by a semicolon, for example "type;" in the scenario above. By default Selenium identifies page elements first by id value, and then by name value. The first argument to the type;() command above is the name attribute of the Google textbox for search terms. Finally, the second argument to type;() is the text to be typed into the search textbox, "selenesse".
The fourth line tells Selenium to click the Google Search button (name=btnG) and to wait until the subsequent page loads before continuing. Selenium also has a click() method that does not wait for the subsequent page to load. In general, Selenesse implements all of the *AndWait methods in Selenium.
The fifth line checks that at some point the text "Did you mean: selenese" appears on the page. "Selenese" is what the Selenium project calls the invocation methods for Selenium. Selenesse implements all of the Selenium waitFor* methods as well. These are critical when testing AJAX calls in web pages. A general pattern for AJAX tests is a click() or select;() method followed by a waitFor as the test waits for certain text to appear in the page, or for a certain page element to appear.
The sixth line checks that the text "selenesse" appears in the Google search results.
The last line checks that the text "watir" does not appear in the Google search results.
Note that Selenesse does not implement any of the verify* methods of Selenium. Instead it uses the native Fitnesse methods ensure(), reject(), and check().
Selenesse and Selenium and Selenium-IDE
With some well-documented exceptions, Selenesse implements Selenium commands as described in the javadoc here. Users may also wish to refer to the Selenium Reference here. The Selenium Reference is less accurate than the javadoc, but does contain significant documentation and background information about how Selenium works.
Selenium-IDE is a test recording tool that may be used with Selenesse. The Selenesse download contains instructions to install a Selenium-IDE "Format" that creates near-perfect Selenesse wiki markup. The code for the Format came originally from Socialtext, Inc., who uses a similar wiki-based test system based on their own Socialtext wiki and not on Fitnesse. The Google search example above looks like this when created with the Selenium-IDE wiki Format:
| type | q | selenesse | | click | btnG | | | verifyTextPresent | Did you mean: selenese | | | verifyTextPresent | Selenesse | |
Remember, Selenesse does not implement the Selenium verify* methods such as verifyTextPresent(), so the user would have to manually translate those to use Fitnesse ensure() like so:
| ensure | isTextPresent | selenesse |
and the Fitnesse check() method is used like
| check | getText |
Tests and suites
The Fitnesse scenario exists on a page in Fitnesse called ScenarioLibrary. There is one ScenarioLibrary for each Fitnesse Suite, and that ScenarioLibary may contain an arbitrarily large number of scenarios. Each Fitnesse Suite may contain an arbitrarily large number of Test pages. Each Test page may invoke any scenario in the ScenarioLibrary for that Suite as many times as it likes.
For example, we could have a suite called SuiteSearchGoogle, and under SuiteSearchGoogle would be a single child page named ScenarioLibrary, together a child page TestSearch. Typical URLs for such pages look like
http://localhost:8080/SuiteSelenesseExample.SuiteSearch.ScenarioLibrary http://localhost:8080/SuiteSelenesseExample.SuiteSearch.TestSearch
The Test pages would contain the wiki markup
#!| script | | Search google |
For more information about how to create and optimize scenarios, Tests, and Suites, how to use variables and decision tables, etc. etc., see the documentation for Fitnesse and for SLIM. Fitnesse has far too many features to document here.
Getting Selenesse
Selenesse is available for download or checkout from http://github.com/marisaseal/selenesse.
We recommend that users have some basic familiarity with Fitnesse itself before tackling Selenesse. All of the Selenesse documentation and examples exist as a Fitnesse wiki named SuiteSelenesseExample, so it is helpful for someone wanting to use Selenesse to have a basic understanding of how Fitnesse works.
That said, after installing Selenesse within Fitnesse, there is extensive documentation on how to use Selenesse, including an executable example of the Google search described here. Finally, there is a mail list for selenesse users (and for the curious) at http://localhost:8080/SuiteSelenesseExample.SuiteSearch.TestSearch. Questions are welcome.
If you try out Selenesse, please drop us a line on the mail list!


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September 2012
Village Summer Clean
17/09/12 10:35 Filed in: Village Plan
Over 30 residents turned up for the Village Summer Clean Up on the morning of Saturday 1 September. After a free coffee courtesy of Adrian at the Hare and Hounds, they set off in groups to tackle specific projects around the village.
Click here for more details and photos.
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Final Fantasy Explorers, the Japanese Action-RPG, is finally coming to the US and Europe January 26th and 29th 2016, respectively.
It plays most like a Monster Hunter game where you are able to capture monsters and get them to fight on your side. The game offers a lot in terms of fan service and getting the game into a style that is inviting for those that are new to the Final Fantasy universe, especially those that are younger.
Final Fantasy Explorers offers a lot to those that have been loyal to the franchise and are coming back. The main goal is for you, as a crystal hunter, to gather as many crystals as you can that are scattered around the world. The big change comes in how the story is handled.
The game is not as story-driven as most other Final Fantasy titles. Instead, Final Fantasy Explorers follows a quest-driven style of gameplay in a style that would be most comparable to Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles. Two of the main throwbacks to those that love Final Fantasy is the addition of fighting summons like Ifrit, Shiva, Bahamut, and Odin, as well as having a fully fledged job system.
The job system was one of the biggest points of the older Final Fantasy entries, only appearing in a few later entries in different styles. There will be many classic job roles such as Dragoon, White Mage, Black Mage, and even Ninja. There will also be some classes that are original to the game itself. There will be 8 character slots total, four of which will be dedicated to job characters, the other four of which will be dedicated to monsters that you capture and train along the way.
A final new addition is the Trance mechanic. It allows your character to transform into a character from another Final Fantasy game. So far only Squall, Lightning, and Cloud are confirmed from the reveal trailer.
The last thing added to the game is the ability to play co-op multiplayer with up to four friends through Wi-Fi or the Nintendo Network. The game is set for US release on January 26th, 2016 for the Nintendo 3DS.
Are you excited for Final Fantasy Explorers? Or do you think they make too many of these games? Is there a system in the game that excited you, or do you think these games are all just fan service? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
By Cody Dunmire
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text: Show & Prove: Your Week 12 NFL Recap Brandon Caldwell November 29, 2010 Sports The Andre Johnson/Courtland Finnegan fight is all you need to know about Week 12 in the National Football League. Teams getting frustrated, opportunities for upsets being missed and a couple haymakers thrown to keep things relatively spicy. With the Texans ending their 4-game losing skid against the team formerly known as the Houston Oilers, coupled with everybody else in the AFC South losing on Sunday I think we can gasp and be amazed at the fact the Texans are still mathematically alive to win the division for the first time in franchise history. A career day from their suspect pass defense along with Arian Foster doing what he does best gave the Texans only their second shutout ever in a 20-0 win over Tennessee. Elsewhere in marquee games, the Michael Vick Experience showed flashes in the Eagles tilt with the Chicago Bears but it was Jay Cutler outdoing Vick by committing zero mistakes on his way to a 4 touchdown performance. When it looked like Philly was done for, Vick led them down the field for three scores but Andy Reid couldn't help himself by burning all three of their timeouts early, leaving the Bears with a victory and sole possession of second place in the NFC. The Packers & Falcons met in the ATL with a lot on the line and although it was a battle of my two fantasy football quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers had the better statistical day but Matt Ryan once again proved that he is unbeatable at home as the Falcons took firm command of the conference with a 20-17 win. Those folks proved their mettle, along with Dwayne Bowe who by each passing week is getting closer and closer to breaking touchdown records for the Chiefs. However, the Bills were primed for an upset of the Pittsburgh Steelers when Steve Johnson almost pulled in the game winning touchdown in OT. Only problem was, Steve dropped the ball and went on Twitter to blame – God? http://twitter.com/StevieJohnson13/status/9006757670031360 Emotional way to lose? Yes. Calling out the all mighty for your hands not cooperating with your mind? Wrong. It was one game man, the playoffs weren't on the line here. Just pull yourself together man, it'll be alright. Oh and one last note, somebody get Roy Williams out of Dallas. For his own safety. Share this:TweetShare on Tumblr