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I wanted to create a new thread in order to give progress on my site updates. I want explain a bit on what happened and what I am doing. What happened with the site? Honestly nothing really exciting or dramatic, overall in the end, I did not want to support the host I was with for the past four years after not really offering too much help with managed servers. They would spend 30 seconds looking, say they can ping the server so its up and then just say, "hey not my problem". I was on aging hardware, paying the same amount of money, so I took the opportunity to move to a new host with better/faster hardware and a staff that does help to support you when run into an issue that you can't handle on your own. I have been doing this a long time and pretty good monitoring and handling 99% of what comes my way, but there are issues that you need the next level up to help figure out what to do. I wasn't getting anything like that, but paying for it. Not anymore. What my goal is... I know more than anyone that the site needed some TLC. It's been a while since I have done any drastic updates, the site looked tired and I know the site can be so much better than what it's current state was. LEGO investing has changed since Ed and I launched the site and it's time to remove the dead content and bring more of what people are looking for. Below is the short term list of items planned for updating. I have been working on the nightly, just like the early days and enjoying seeing parts of it coming to life. Fix the login. This has been messed up and quirky for a while. This has been resolved and working well. It's a simple thing overall, but nice that it actually works how it's supposed to Overall price guide site design update. The site was tired and disjointed. I hated it and pained me to look at it. Time to start over. Brickfolio update. All the Brickfolio data is safe. I have close to three million rows of data for Brickfolio entries. Time to bring this thing to 2020. I will probably create another thread at some point to solicit some feedback on some new requests for the brickfolio Fix the data syncing with Brickset. A lot of people used this feature, but it's time to make it work the way it should. Later I will work on the content portions. The news and blogs. I have some good ideas for this, but want to get the price guide and brickfolio to you sooner than later. What I am asking for if possible... If you can, please stop asking where the brickfolio is. Again, the data is safe and I am working as fast as I can to bring it all back to you. It won't be a few days, but more like a few weeks, but it will be worth it. I setup my dev environment to push releases quick and easy. I want to create a true changelog so that you can follow updates to see what was done/fixed/new/removed, you know like what real software companies do. I really do appreciate your patience with this. It wasn't planned, but if there was going to be a time to do it, it was going to be now.

Situations like this are just another reason to make me feel good about living in a rural area in a flyover state.

hi, my wife (like the vast majority of docs) don't mention hand gel sanitizer's because they are mainly a marketing gimmick. alcohol based gels like Purell are nice but should be used as a back-up option when proper anti-bacteria soap isn't around. hospitals & clinics put them everywhere because having hallway washing stations every 25' feet (or so) is expensive, a plumbing nightmare, & lawyers' dream (slipping from water & soap on the floor). think about it, when a surgeon or specialist doing a scope / biopsy & their staff get ready, do they scrub their hands with soap or Purell? at the end of the day, people need to stop touching & picking things and wash their hands multiple times per day. --------------------- ---------------------

My wife talked with other docs in her hospital today. This info was shared among hospitals & online. They all agree with the advice. Corona Virus facts 1. Spread by droplets. Not airborne. So the air on an airplane is fine. Touching an object then touching your mouth, eyes, or nose is how it’s spread. Using a mask is basically to remind you not to touch your face. WASH hands OFTEN. Try not to pick your nose. N95 masks aren’t needed. 2. Update: Virus can live on objects (doorknobs, hand rails, toilet flusher, etc.) for a few hours to several days (possibly 9 days). Less in warmer, dry air, longest on glass, shortest on paper. Packages from China are considered safe. *** note: this is huge for people like us who get stuff shipped directly from Asia. I’m going to leave boxes even from Amazon Japan in trash bags for 2 weeks just-case as boxes are routinely opened for inspection. *** 3. Incubation is 2-14 days. Our hospital is taking extra precautions for patients with fever and cough who have traveled within 14 days to China, Italy, Japan, Iran, and South Korea. 4. Interesting map with exposures by country https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594740fd40299423467b48e9ecf6 5. More travel info https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/travelers/index.html 6. This season, in the US, there have been 16,000 deaths from the flu. See info graphic in comments. It’s not too late get your flu shot!

This all ignores the fact that due to lack of testing kits and prioritization calls, and due to the fact that many people will not have major symptoms while infected, the percentages are way off. Yes 5 dead out of 9, but who says there aren't 1000+ people walking around in WA with this virus who don't even get tested?

But will he make it look like a Train?

I personally don't care for the Tapatalk App and prefer to use the mobile version in browser.

Gio. Jeff and Ed have said many times that they are fixing the site and making improvements to it as well. This is a free site so you just need to sit tight and be patient as they have requested we all do. I do not work for Brickpicker. I'm just forwarding info to you that they have told others. They say the brickfolios are saved and will be back and intact.

I love Disney World, but it's a cesspool. On a good note, lines will be shorter!

Sounds easy. It is not.

I agree with the red zones, but according to that picture you need to wash your forearms too (orange area). I do not know if that is necessary This picture from WHO is more useful (https://www.who.int/gpsc/clean_hands_protection/en/😞

Doing stuff and thangs is hard.

Tapatalk is just too clunky for me and doesn't organize the new topics in the same manner as the mobile browser version.

Jeff is working on it along with many other things. I think some folks need to remember, our owners & mods have lives outside of brickpicker. we have spouses, kids , regular jobs, houses, etc... this is also a free web site, so jeff and ed don't have hired workers "standing ready to go" to work on items when they can't. That's why folks should use the brickfolio export feature often. The good news is that no data is lost. It's all there. Just give Jeff as much time as he needs.

I'm always surprised at how much GWP can sell for. Why would someone pay $50 when for $100, they can get it plus $100 worth of Lego? Do they really not have the extra $50?

I went to the grocery store the other day and asked my wife what she had in mind when she suggested we do a bit of prepping in case there is a quarantine of some kind. I sent her this photo and she responded, "yeah, that's pretty much what I had in mind."

Sorry, I really wasn't sure what you were referring to. This virus sucks, any way you put it. My parents are prime candidates for this virus. We will have to go buy food for them if it hits NJ hard.

Table 1. Confirmed and suspected cases of COVID-19 acute respiratory disease reported by provinces, regions and cities in China, Data as 01 March 2020 Province/ Region/ City Population (10,000s) Daily Cumulative Confirmed cases Suspected cases Deaths Confirmed cases Deaths Hubei 5917 570 64 34 66907 2761 Guangdong 11346 0 1 0 1349 7 Henan 9605 0 0 1 1272 22 Zhejiang 5737 0 0 0 1205 1 Hunan 6899 0 0 0 1018 4 Anhui 6324 0 0 0 990 6 Jiangxi 4648 0 0 0 935 1 Shandong 10047 0 0 0 756 6 Jiangsu 8051 0 0 0 631 0 Chongqing 3102 0 6 0 576 6 Sichuan 8341 0 1 0 538 3 Heilongjiang 3773 0 0 0 480 13 Beijing 2154 2 18 0 413 8 Shanghai 2424 0 10 0 337 3 Hebei 7556 0 0 0 318 6 Fujian 3941 0 0 0 296 1 Guangxi 4926 0 0 0 252 2 Shaanxi 3864 0 0 0 245 1 Yunnan 4830 0 0 0 174 2 Hainan 934 0 3 0 168 5 Guizhou 3600 0 0 0 146 2 Tianjin 1560 0 11 0 136 3 Shanxi 3718 0 0 0 133 0 Liaoning 4359 1 11 0 122 1 Hong Kong SAR 745 1 0 0 95 2 Jilin 2704 0 6 0 93 1 Gansu 2637 0 0 0 91 2 Xinjiang 2487 0 0 0 76 3 Inner Mongolia 2534 0 0 0 75 0 Ningxia 688 0 1 0 73 0 Taipei and environs 2359 5 0 0 39 1 Qinghai 603 0 0 0 18 0 Macao SAR 66 0 0 0 10 0 Xizang 344 0 0 0 1 0 Total 142823 579 132 35 79968 2873 Table 2. Countries, territories or areas outside China with reported laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths. Data as of 01 March 2020 Country Total confirmed* cases (new) Total deaths (new) Transmission classification† Days since last reported case Western Pacific Region Republic of Korea 3736 (586) 18 (1) Local transmission 0 Japan 239 (9) 5 (0) Local transmission 0 Singapore 102 (4) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Australia 25 (1) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Malaysia 24 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 2 Viet Nam 16 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 17 Philippines 3 (0) 1 (0) Imported cases only 26 Cambodia 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 34 New Zealand 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 European Region Italy 1128 (240) 29 (8) Local transmission 0 France 100 (43) 2 (0) Local transmission 0 Germany 57 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 1 Spain 45 (13) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 The United Kingdom 23 (3) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Switzerland 18 (8) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Norway 15 (9) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Sweden 13 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Austria 10 (5) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Croatia 7 (2) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Israel 7 (2) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Netherlands 7 (5) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Azerbaijan 3 (3) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Denmark 3 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Georgia 3 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Greece 3 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 Romania 3 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 1 Finland 2 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 4 Russian Federation 2 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 30 Belarus 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 Belgium 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 26 Estonia 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 3 Ireland 1 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Lithuania 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 Monaco 1 (1) 0 (0) Under investigation 0 North Macedonia 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 4 San Marino 1 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 1 South-East Asia Region Thailand 42 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 1 India 3 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 27 Nepal 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 48 Sri Lanka 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 34 Eastern Mediterranean Region Iran (Islamic Republic of) 593 (205) 43 (9) Local transmission 0 Kuwait 45 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 1 Bahrain 40 (2) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 United Arab Emirates 19 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 1 Iraq 13 (5) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Oman 6 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 Pakistan 4 (2) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Lebanon 2 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 4 Afghanistan 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 6 Egypt 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 16 Qatar 1 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Region of the Americas United States of America 62 (0) 0 (0) Local transmission 1 Canada 19 (5) 0 (0) Local transmission 0 Brazil 2 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 Mexico 2 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 1 Ecuador 1 (1) 0 (0) Imported cases only 0 African Region Algeria 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 5 Nigeria 1 (0) 0 (0) Imported cases only 2 Subtotal for all regions 6464 (1160) 98 (18) International conveyance (Diamond Princess) ‡ 705 (0) 6 (0) Local transmission 4 Grand total§ 7169 (1160) 104 (18) *Case classifications are based on WHO case definitions for COVID-19. †Transmission classification is based on WHO analysis of available official data and may be subject to reclassification as additional data become available. Countries/territories/areas experiencing multiple types of transmission are classified in the highest category for which there is evidence; they may be removed from a given category if interruption of transmission can be demonstrated. It should be noted that even within categories, different countries/territories/areas may have differing degrees of transmission as indicated by the differing numbers of cases and other factors. Not all locations within a given country/territory/area are equally affected. Terms: Community transmission is evidenced by the inability to relate confirmed cases through chains of transmission for a large number of cases, or by increasing positive tests through routine screening of sentinel samples. Local transmission indicates locations where the source of infection is within the reporting location. Imported cases only indicates locations where all cases have been acquired outside the location of reporting. Under investigation indicates locations where type of transmission has not been determined for any cases. Interrupted transmission indicates locations where interruption of transmission has been demonstrated (details to be determined) ‡Cases identified on a cruise ship currently in Japanese territorial waters. §278 female/393 male/6498 unknown. 31 healthcare workers (7 female/12 male/ 12 unknown).

Try Staples or similar. I just went there this morning to pick up a shredder and the store had plenty of sanitizer.

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Fixed your post. I had to search this and you're right, apparently the novelization will make him a clone. I don't know who's job it is to make these call, but I wish I could be drunk at work all day.

I may try the new app. I wasnt fond of it when I tried originally. I really like the mobile browser version.

Gio might not speak english well, and while it is tiresome to hear people ask (again & again), he does start off by apologizing, and then wonders if there was any specific time frame, and then he expressed that he was thankful.

Is that like My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Windex?

Turkish households always have a boatload of Kolonya at home so I'm good. I'd recommend it, if you can get it, no idea if it's sold in the US. Basically a 90% alcohol sanitizer, just smells a hundred times better.

I like it but can definitely see what you mean about the skin. My son got 75248 Resistance Awing for Christmas. He’s not much of a Star Wars guy tho, and I got tired of seeing it partly built so I finished it today.

Raven was just making a joke about alcohol (the drinking variety)

Hi.. this is interesting.. you have been registered on this site since 2015.. that is more than 4 YEARS.. yet you have not commented on anything,. you have not contributed with a single message or news.. why is that.. ?

Pretty sure that one flew right over your head😁

You will know when the site was updated. It will look quite different.

Cracked open my Lego Forma last night. The Skin was kind of a pain to apply. Not really wanting to change it out. Here it is in action: https://byte.co/Bort/GR0dAxhpGtn

The jokes on this thread are meant to bring a little levity to a serious situation. Nothing more. No doubt there has been some serious lapses with handing of possibly infected people and red tape that needs to be worked out. It seems that everything just takes a lot of time to implement, from the funding to implementation of procedures. I have dozens of friends that are in the law enforcement business, from FBI agents to US Marshalls to local police and none of them seem concerned of a major issue right now. So either they are woefully unprepared or know something that I don't. The next month or so will tell a lot.

One man’s experience in NYC

I like the one guy with like 8 bottles of liquor.

I don't want this to end up as a political piece. It is an unfortunate situation that is not the fault of any president or politician. This will be dealt with by regular Americans and people from around the world. Regardless of your political affiliation, I think the president handled himself much better with today's press conference and focused more on the virus than the stock market and himself. He has some quality people working with him that are experienced in dealing with situations like this. People need to stop the political rhetoric and work together. Period.

THEY ARE WORKING ON IT It will be a few more days.

Even bankruptcy could not kill it

Always prepared...

the main number that is being underestimated is actual number of asymptomatic infected people which is likely 10 or 100x times the actual known number of infections which would cut the fatality rate from 2% to 0.2%. when nearly 30K Americans are already dying from influenza this season which is off the charts and people are debating about whether to even get vaccinated against that, overly worrying about corona other than basic sanitary precautions seems premature. we already have a serious epidemic with second highest pediatric death rate from flu on record in US but no one is talking about.

I have to weigh in here, we found Universal far more filthy than Disney. By the end of the days we were there, the bathrooms were completely trashed and some of us got food poisoning from eating in the Harry Potter area. The bathrooms in Disney stayed clean all day.

Our Chinese owner is making is daughter leave the US earlier than planned because of all this virus talk. I have a work trip scheduled to San Diego in 2 weeks. We have a scheduled trip to Disney World with our two daughters at the end of the month. March is shaping up to be one to remember.

Sorry for asking...to bave the BRICKFOLIO back....how many days, weeks....we have to wait? Can we have precise info about that? Thanks