John Heard: Home Alone actor dies aged 71 mourned by followers

The actor John Heard, best known for his role in the Home Alone films, has died at the age of 71.(this got the "Home alone" show followers week hearten and sobered).

Heard was found dead on Friday in his hotel room in Palo Alto, California.

The Santa Clara medical examiner's office confirmed the death. The cause is unknown.
Heard had reportedly been staying at the hotel after "minor back surgery" this week.
"Our officers responded with the Fire Department to a hotel in our city on a report of a person in need of medical aid," the Palo Alto police department said.
"The person was determined to be deceased. While still under investigation, the death is not considered suspicious at this time."

Actor "Jeff Bridges" paid tribute to 'a wonderful actor'

'Artistry and dedication'

Arguably Heard's most memorable role was as Peter McCallister, the father of Macaulay Culkin's character in the Home Alone films, in the 1990s.
But he first started acting in the 1970s, appearing on the stage, on television and in film

He went on to play leading roles in films including Cutter's Way, C.H.U.D and Gladiator, opposite Cuba Gooding, Jr.
In 1999 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his role as Vin Makazian - a corrupt New Jersey police detective - in television series The Sopranos.
Marlon Wayans, who worked with Heard on the 2004 comedy White Chicks, wrote on Instagram: "He was a great guy". Shared a lot of laughs. Sad to see such a good spirit and actor taken."
 
Also read: Pokémon Go Fest attendees to get refunds as technical disappointment breaks the event

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Pokémon Go Fest attendees to get refunds as technical disappontment breaks the event

What an unexpected happening at Pokémon Go Fest.
Heading into Niantic’s Pokémon Go Fest — a gathering of roughly 20,000 Pokémon Go players in Chicago’s Grant Park — everyone seemed to have the same concern: the weather reports said a thunder storm was coming.
The weather turned out fine. Most other things, unfortunately, did not.
As a result, Niantic has just announced that they’ll be refunding attendees in addition to crediting them $100 of in-game currency (or Pokécoins). Estimates from Niantic leading into the event pinned the crowd at around 15-20,000 attendees.

(Update: It’s currently unclear if Niantic will be automatically refunding attendees, or just those who ask. Niantic says they will send an email with details to attendees shortly)

Also read: John Heard: Home Alone actor dies aged 71 mourned by followers

First and most notably: the game simply didn’t work. Within minutes of the first attendees filing into Grant Park, the cell networks got shaky. Within 20 minutes of the doors officially opening, every network was down. I’ve done my fair share of liveblogs over the past decade, so I’m used to getting around network congestion and finding some semblance of signal. There was nothing.

If you could get online, Pokémon Go itself was having issues. Tapping a monster to catch it would result in nothing but an error screen — a particular punch in the gut to many a player who traveled far in hopes of completing their Pokedex, as the Park was set to spawn some of the game’s rarest monsters. You’d tap an Unown or a Heracross (usually only available in very specific regions, and certainly not in the middle of Chicago), and the game would crash.

Meanwhile, real-world logistical issues were abound. Hours before the event started, the lines stretched around the block. 3 hours later, much of the line remained outside. Massive displays meant to show which teams were ruling the in-park gyms were instead just turned off.
 
When Niantic’s John Hanke took the stage, he was greeted by an audience a few thousand deep, many of them chanting “FIX YOUR GAME” or “WE CAN’T PLAY!”. Some more aggressive attendees approached the stage to personally share (read: shout) their discontent.

As of 2pm Central Time, Niantic plans to continue on the with the event’s agenda in hopes that they can get things working.
Storyline is still developing…

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Chelsea vs Arsenal: Michy Batshuayi helps Chelsea cruise past Arsenal in three-goal demolition job in China

No club record buy Alvaro Morata – the £70million Spaniard could not get a visa in time to join his new team-mates in China – while neither Tiemoue Bakayoko nor Antonio Rudiger featured in the Blues line-up.
Yet, you would never have guessed it on the evidence of this pre-season clash in Beijing as the Premier League champions tore FA Cup winners Arsenal to pieces.
Ok, so Arsene Wenger’s men were not at full strength,with two homegrown kids Ainsley Maitland-Niles and Cohen Bramall initially making up their numbers.

However, that should not hide the glaring gap in class between the London rivals – only 15 days before they meet again in the Community Shield.
Certainly, Wenger, who claimed beforehand that this game was “not a friendly”, will want to see a considerable improvement by then.

As for Chelsea, they are only going to get better and stronger once their trio of new superstars - plucked from around Europe for a combined cost of £130million - are added to the mix.
That spells bad news for the rest of the English elite bidding to stop Conte’s outfit making it back-to-back titles.

A superb double from Belgium striker Michy Batshuayi and a fine opener from Willian secured their victory at the Bird’s Nest stadium – but the margin could and should have been so much greater.
Chelsea’s performance smacked of a side full of players desperate to stake their claim to the manager before Morata and Co turn up.

t could scarcely have been more different from their desperately disappointing display in the Cup final defeat to Arsenal back in May.
Meanwhile, the Gunners, in their fourth warm-up match of the summer, were all over the shop from the outset.
Indeed, Chelsea might have scored four times inside the first eight minutes such was their desire and dominance.
The best of those opportunities fell to Willian but, with only David Opsina to beat, the Brazilian, who netted 12 times last season term, flashed inches wide.
Arsenal’s Colombian stopper then produced a fine stop from Victor Moses before the inevitable Blues breakthrough came in the 40th minute.

 

 

Willian skipped past Nacho Monreal and buried a curling shot in off the far post.
And a minute later Batshuayi, who earlier had been denied a goal by the offside flag, doubled the advantage – with an equally lethal left-foot finish.
Wenger already wore that familiar troubled frown across his face. His £46million record signing Alexandre Lacazette barely had a kick in 45 minutes, while Mesut Ozil, reportedly close to agreeing a new £250,000-a-week four-year deal, was non-existent.
How Wenger expects this Arsenal side to challenge for honours if, as expected, Chile ace Alexis Sanchez leaves for Paris St Germain, is anybody’s guess.

As narrated by:  Express Newspapers

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How to recover a Smartphone that got damaged by water

Today’s course is on phones input device (Their problems) “how to recover a Smartphone that got damaged by water”.

Do you know that a phone that fall’s into water can still work?

  After my last edition of smartphone problems, i came up with this. Yes basically, no man is above mistake and off course no man knows what shall happen next. Going out with your phone on a good weather will never bring to your mind that there will be a climatic change. Suddenly, rain began and you were far away from shelter so you got socked up and it critically reaches your phone, do you know that every bit of water that enters into the phone might probably reach the inside of this device? Thus causing one or two damages in this phone board (where IC’s and other functionary devices are planted). Damages may not really be physical as you may think, but it’s destructive to still let them remain therein. And probably malfunctioning stats. But don’t worry, you can handle it with this article.

Causes

This is derived from the fact that the destructive to the cells of a mobile phone; and thus has caused damages to it IC (integrated circuit).

Solution(s)

When such thing happens, quickly pick up the set out of the watery environment, open it, remove the cells battery and the SIMCARD immediately. Clean the 2 components very well with dry clothes and dry them in the sun until the water dries off. Now they are so different ways you can recover this phone that fell into water back, which are included here;

Formula 1:   When you remove the set out of the water, with any good support stand the handset unity upright under a fan or a blowing dry air.

Formula 2:  Step 1; Loose the panel with precision crew driver

        Step 2; Gently brush the contact with a small quantity of methylated spirit.

        Step 3; Then dry it under the hot sun very well for about 30 minutes or you use a hot air blower for drying it.

Note:  Make sure to use a tooth brush with a solution of spirit to clean the phone contact unit. Fix back the phone and power on. It will come back to normal.

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How to destroy a stolen phone

Today Edition is on how to destroy a stolen phone

Yesterday, I narrated briefly how you can use one phone with one simcard inside, to access calls on other simcard’s. If you haven’t read that; click here and also Major faults in Smartphone’s, click here to read. Now for today, it is all about stolen phones; When your being harassed by high way robbers, and you got your phone stolen from you, there is no need for much cry and alarm (raise alarm if it needful), all you can do to do away that phone from them if you don’t really need it again is to destroy that phone completely.


  I know you might ask how that is possible but of course it is. Easiest thing to do is to use this step I am going to share here;

Procedures:

1.  Report the stolen handset to your service provider and supply the IMEI number along with it. With that alone, you don’t need to worry any longer because the phone will be rendered useless or invalid.

2.  Scroll to massage box in your phone write the IMEI code number of the stolen handset and send it using the same IMEI code number of the phone. It requires you to wait for few seconds and the phone will be rendered useless.

NOTE:  To get the IMEI number of your handset press *#06# and it will automatically display on the screen immediately. The number is about 15 digits.


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HOW TO USE PHONE WITH ONE SIM CARD TO ACCESS CALLS ON DIFFERENT SIM's

Success Pius,

Renowned

Mobile Technician

HOW TO USE PHONE WITH ONE SIM CARD TO ACCESS CALLS ON FOUR TO FIVE SIM’s

       Previously, I talked about some Major faults in Smartphone’s, which I took time to elaborate for easy understanding, I hope you enjoyed my previous course?  All I saw last time was never what I expected from you; you just visited and left without showing a sign that you enjoyed or disliked it. There is one thing about being focused, and that is asking questions. Remember I said I accept questions on where you don’t understand so as not to get involved in errors and mistakes that may cost you to correct. And also remember I said “its my profession, its what I love doing, which became part of me where ever i go, and I know what it takes to learn it (making too much mistakes that may cost you).  Very well then, if you haven’t seen read it, click here to read.. 

Today’s Course

In today’s course, I will be giving you a free tutorial on how to use one phone with one SIM CARD to access calls of your different lines (simcards).   This another opportunity on how to access the communication technology optimally. With just “one” SIMCARD in your handset, you can receive calls to your different lines (of different networks such as MTN, GLO, Mobile, Mtel. Etc.). For those with different lines (irrespective of the network), you use one network to receive calls to the other networks. 

See How It Works

Insert the SIMCARD of the network you wish to keep at home in your handset and swith on the phone.

Press the following buttons on your phone: **62* (the phone number you want to permanently retain in your phone) # then OK/Yes/Send.

Your phone will display Active for: Asynchronous data, services inactive for all services or completed.

Remove the SIMCARD you wish to keep at home from the phone.

Insert the SIMCARD you want to travel along with in the phone and switch on your handset

Call any of the lines, it will automatically ring in the same phone you are holding in your hand.

How To Cancel It

Put the SIMCARD(’s) you dropped at home in the phone an switch on the handset.

Press the following buttons on your handset  ##67# or ##62# or ##21# then send/Yes/Ok. Do this to the other SIMCARD’s you activated the code on and did not travel with.

Benefits:

You can yravel with one phone and receive calls from all other SIMCARD’s at home.

It makes you connected to various networks e.g., MTN, GLO, Mtel, V.Mobile , Etisalat(newly called 9 mobile)etc.

It saves you the inconvenience of carrying 2 to 3 phones about.

It allows you to monitor somebody’s call i.e., if somebody is to call you from any of the SIMCARD’s etc,.

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Technology: Major faults in smartphone's and their solution: To repair them

Major faults in smartphone's and their solutions...

   
                                                      Today's post

  Both Electrical, Electronic and mechanical products develop some faults or show implied problems from time to time. Some of these problems are minor that you can handle and fix it on your own ay helping hand thereby saving yourself bundle’s of dollars.

      There is a way you can know if the component inside your phone is bad. For instance;

      If you are making a call and at the other end the receiver cannot hear you; the fault is technically the result of the mouth piece. The mouth piece like a sensor that carries your voice to the other side. But if it has been damaged, no one can hear you. But if the person at the other end can hear you but you can’t hear him, then of course the problem is traceably from the ear piece also called speaker. The speaker is therefore not in good condition and needs to be replaced. The speaker is located at the top most part of the phone.

  NOTE:  The Speaker can’t be repaired once it is damaged, it can only be replaced with a new one.

      Also, if your phone does not display on the screen; the fault has to do with the screen or the flex. The flex takes the image form engine to the screen. Although it is still possible that you can make calls but you won’t be able to see any image or number you dial.

      At most times, if your phone stop charging, when you plug it into the electrical socket, there are 3 major reasons for that, and these could be;

  It could be that the charger is bad or

  It could also be that the charging port is faulty or

  The charging IC is dead.

      When the phone suddenly starts to lost network signal and it’s not from the service provider, then you should know that it is the network IC that has problem. The network IC is the component that attracts the signal. For instance if you are not able to have net work in your phone, but some other people has it, then it simply means that the network IC is bad or the antenna is damaged out of order and needs replacement or the wire that is connected to the antenna is broken and needs to be soldered completely, but if the network IC or antenna isn’t faulty, then you can make use of a software repairing code *0000# click on OK/SEND. It requires you to wait for few seconds and full network service will be restored. You can also search for network directly from your phone by going to setting – phone setting – Network selection, Automatic or Manual then press OK key and full service will be restored...

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