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Intraoperative radiotherapy in the multimodality approach to colorectal cancer
Hahnloser, D., Haddock, M. & Nelson, H., Oct 2003, In : Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 12, 4, p. 993-1013 21 p.
Intrathecal analgesia and restrictive perioperative fluid management within enhanced recovery pathway: Hemodynamic implications
Hübner, M., Lovely, J. K., Huebner, M., Slettedahl, S. W., Jacob, A. K. & Larson, D., Jun 2013, In : Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 216, 6, p. 1124-1134 11 p.
Hemodynamics
Arterial Pressure
Invited Commentary
Nelson, H., 1994, In : Archives of Surgery. 129, 9, p. 900 1 p.
Invited commentary to "The Innsbruck sentinel lymph node study in colorectal cancer - A pilot study"
Winter, D. C. & Nelson, H., Jun 2005, In : European Surgery - Acta Chirurgica Austriaca. 37, 3, p. 164-165 2 p.
Sentinel Lymph Node
Is a solitary inguinal lymph node metastasis from adenocarcinoma of the rectum really a metastasis?
Bardia, A., Greeno, E., Miller, R., Alberts, S. R., Dozois, E., Haddock, M. & Limburg, P. J., Apr 2010, In : Colorectal Disease. 12, 4, p. 312-315 4 p.
Is curative resection and long-term survival possible for locally re-recurrent colorectal cancer in the pelvis?
Colibaseanu, D. T., Mathis, K. L., Abdelsatter, Z. M., Larson, D., Haddock, M. & Dozois, E., Jan 2013, In : Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 56, 1, p. 14-19 6 p.
Pelvic Neoplasms
Is en-bloc resection of locally recurrent rectal carcinoma involving the urinary tract indicated?
Stocchi, L., Nelson, H., Sargent, D. J., Engen, D. E. & Haddock, M., May 2006, In : Annals of Surgical Oncology. 13, 5, p. 740-744 5 p.
Is Laparoscopic Resection Appropriate for Colorectal Adenocarcinoma?
Soop, M. & Nelson, H., Sep 2008, In : Advances in Surgery. 42, C, p. 205-217 13 p.
Rectal Neoplasms
Is the increasing rate of local excision for stage I rectal cancer in the United States justified? A nationwide cohort study from the National Cancer Database
You, Y. N., Baxter, N. N., Stewart, A. & Nelson, H., May 2007, In : Annals of Surgery. 245, 5, p. 726-733 8 p.
J pouch: Imaging findings, surgical variations, natural history, and common complications
Reber, J. D., Barlow, J. M., Lightner, A., Sheedy, S. P., Bruining, D. H., Menias, C. O. & Fletcher, J. G., Jul 1 2018, In : Radiographics. 38, 4, p. 1073-1088 16 p.
Colonic Pouches
Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
Judging the J pouch: a pictorial review
Sheedy, S. P., Bartlett, D. J., Lightner, A., Trenkner, S. W., Bruining, D. H., Fidler, J. L., VanBuren, W. M., Menias, C. O., Reber, J. D. & Fletcher, J. G., Jan 1 2018, (Accepted/In press) In : Abdominal Radiology.
Restorative Proctocolectomy
Laparoscopically assisted colectomy is as safe and effective as open colectomy in people with colon cancer
Nelson, H., Dec 2004, In : Cancer Treatment Reviews. 30, 8, p. 707-709 3 p.
Colonic Neoplasms
Laparoscopically assisted versus open colectomy for colon cancer [1] (multiple letters)
Tinmouth, J., Tomlinson, G., Dalibon, N., Moutafis, M., Fischler, M., Nelson, H. & Sargent, D. J., Aug 26 2004, In : New England Journal of Medicine. 351, 9, p. 933-934 2 p.
Local Neoplasm Recurrences
Epidural Analgesia
Laparoscopically assisted vs open colectomy for colon cancer: A meta-analysis
Bonjer, H. J., Hop, W. C. J., Nelson, H., Sargent, D. J., Lacy, A. M., Castells, A., Guillou, P. J., Thorpe, H., Brown, J., Delgado, S., Kuhrij, E., Haglind, E. & Påhlman, L., Mar 2007, In : Archives of Surgery. 142, 3, p. 298-303 6 p.
Laparoscopic-assisted proctectomy for rectal cancer: On trial
Soop, M. & Nelson, H., Sep 2008, In : Annals of Surgical Oncology. 15, 9, p. 2357-2359 3 p.
Laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy: Surgical techniques
Elftmann, T. D., Nelson, H., Ota, D. M., Pemberton, J. H. & Beart, R. W., 1994, In : Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 69, 9, p. 825-833 9 p.
Conversion to Open Surgery
Laparoscopic-assisted segmental colectomy: Early Mayo Clinic experience
Dean, P. A., Beart, R. W., Nelson, H., Elftmann, T. D. & Schlinkert, R. T., 1994, In : Mayo Clinic Proceedings. 69, 9, p. 834-840 7 p.
Intraoperative Complications
Laparoscopic-assisted sigmoidectomy with transanal specimen extraction: A bridge to NOTES?
Knol, J., D'Hondt, M., Dozois, E., Vanden Boer, J. & Malisse, P., Mar 1 2009, In : Techniques in Coloproctology. 13, 1, p. 65-68 4 p.
Sigmoid Diseases
Laparoscopic-assisted surgery for colon cancer [2] (multiple letters)
Urbach, D. R., Marescaux, J., Rubino, F., Leroy, J., Henri, M., Weeks, J., Nelson, H. & Sargent, D., Apr 17 2002, In : Journal of the American Medical Association. 287, 15, p. 1938-1939 2 p.
Laparoscopic-assisted vs. open colectomy for cancer: Comparison of short-term outcomes from 121 hospitals
Bilimoria, K. Y., Bentrem, D. J., Merkow, R. P., Nelson, H., Wang, E., Ko, C. Y. & Soper, N. J., Nov 2008, In : Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 12, 11, p. 2001-2009 9 p.
Surgical Wound Infection
Laparoscopic-assisted vs. open ileal pouch-anal anastomosis: Functional outcome in a case-matched series
Larson, D., Dozois, E., Piotrowicz, K., Cima, R. R., Wolff, B. G. & Young-Fadok, T. M., Oct 2005, In : Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 48, 10, p. 1845-1850 6 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy: lessons learned and future prospects
Nelson, H., Jan 2009, In : The Lancet Oncology. 10, 1, p. 7-8 2 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy
Chang, G. J. & Nelson, H., Oct 2005, In : Current Gastroenterology Reports. 7, 5, p. 396-403 8 p.
Postoperative Pain
Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: The need for trials
Young-fadok, T. M., Talac, R. & Nelson, H., 1999, In : Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery. 10, 2, p. 94-101 8 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer
Finlayson, E. & Nelson, H., Oct 2005, In : American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials. 28, 5, p. 521-525 5 p.
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer: The tale of two studies
Nelson, H., Jan 2007, In : Annals of Surgery. 245, 1, p. 8-9 2 p.
Larson, D. & Nelson, H., Jul 2004, In : Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 8, 5, p. 636-642 7 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy for cancer is not inferior to open surgery based on 5-year data from the COST Study Group trial
Fleshman, J., Sargent, D. J., Green, E., Anvari, M., Stryker, S. J., Beart, R. W., Hellinger, M., Flanagan, R., Peters, W. & Nelson, H., Oct 2007, In : Annals of Surgery. 246, 4, p. 655-662 8 p.
Hahnloser, D. & Nelson, H., Aug 2003, In : Minerva Chirurgica. 58, 4, p. 431-438 8 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer: Trial update
Stocchi, L. & Nelson, H., Aug 1998, In : Journal of Surgical Oncology. 68, 4, p. 255-267 13 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy for colon cancer - A trial update
Nelson, H., 2001, In : Swiss Surgery. 7, 6, p. 248-251 4 p.
Laparoscopic colectomy shortens postoperative ileus in a canine model
Davies, W., Kollmorgen, C. F., Tu, Q. M., Donohue, J. H., Thompson, G. B., Nelson, H. & Sarr, M. G., May 1997, In : Surgery. 121, 5, p. 550-555 6 p.
Gastric Emptying
Gastrointestinal Transit
Laparoscopic colon and rectal surgery
Talac, R. & Nelson, H., 2000, In : Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 9, 1, p. 1-12 12 p.
Laparoscopic Colon Resection for Cancer
Stocchi, L. & Nelson, H., Sep 2006, In : Advances in Surgery. 40, p. 59-76 18 p.
Laparoscopic ileal pouch-anal anastomosis in patients with chronic ulcerative colitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis: A case-matched study
Benavente-Chenhalls, L., Mathis, K. L., Dozois, E., Cima, R. R., Pemberton, J. H. & Larson, D., May 2008, In : Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 51, 5, p. 549-553 5 p.
Sclerosing Cholangitis
Laparoscopic Ladd procedure for adult malrotation of the midgut with cocoon deformity: Report of a case
Matzke, G. M., Moir, C. R. & Dozois, E., Jan 1 2003, In : Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques - Part A. 13, 5, p. 327-329 3 p.
Laparoscopic Proctectomy for Cancer
Mathis, K. L. & Nelson, H., Apr 1 2019, In : Annals of surgery. 269, 4, p. 603-604 2 p.
Laparoscopic restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis
Boller, A. M. & Larson, D., Jan 2007, In : Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 11, 1, p. 3-7 5 p.
Laparoscopic right colectomy: Five-step procedure
Young-Fadok, T. M. & Nelson, H., Feb 2000, In : Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 43, 2, p. 267-273 7 p.
Laparoscopics colectomy
Young-Fadok, T. M. & Nelson, H., 1997, In : Current Opinion in Gastroenterology. 13, 1, p. 41-46 6 p.
Laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer: Short-term benefits and oncologic outcomes using more than one technique
Larson, D., Boostrom, S. Y., Cima, R. R., Pemberton, J. H., Larson, D. R. & Dozois, E., Jun 2010, In : Techniques in Coloproctology. 14, 2, p. 125-131 7 p.
Laparoscopic surgery for recurrent ileocolic Crohn's disease
Holubar, S. D., Dozois, E., Privitera, A., Cima, R. R., Pemberton, J. H., Young-Fadok, T. & Larson, D., 2010, In : Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 16, 8, p. 1382-1386 5 p.
Laparoscopic ultrasonography: A training model
Restrepo, J. I., Stocchi, L., Nelson, H., Young-Fadok, T. M., Larson, D. R. & Ilstrup, D. M., 2001, In : Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. 44, 5, p. 632-637 6 p.
Laparoscopy for colon cancer: State of the art
Luglio, G. & Nelson, H., Oct 2010, In : Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America. 19, 4, p. 777-791 15 p.
Leveraging electronic health records for predictive modeling of post-surgical complications
Weller, G. B., Lovely, J., Larson, D., Earnshaw, B. A. & Huebner, M., Jan 1 2017, (Accepted/In press) In : Statistical Methods in Medical Research.
Liver-directed therapies for gastrointestinal malignancies
McMurrick, P. J. & Nelson, H., 1997, In : Current Opinion in Oncology. 9, 4, p. 367-372 6 p.
Local excision for patients with stage I anal canal squamous cell carcinoma can be curative
Chakrabarti, S., Jin, Z., Huffman, B. M., Yadav, S., Graham, R., Lam-Himlin, D. M., Lightner, A., Hallemeier, C. & Mahipal, A., Apr 1 2019, In : Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 10, 2, p. 171-178 8 p.
Anal Canal
Locally advanced primary colorectal cancer: Intraoperative electron and external beam irradiation ± 5-FU
Gunderson, L. L., Nelson, H., Martenson, J. A., Cha, S., Haddock, M., Devine, R., Fieck, J. M., Wolff, B., Dozois, R. & O'Connell, M. J., Feb 1 1997, In : International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics. 37, 3, p. 601-614 14 p.
electron irradiation
electron beams
Locally advanced primary colorectal cancer: IOERT and EBRT ±5-FU
Gunderson, L. L., Nelson, H., Martenson, J. A., Cha, S., Haddock, M., Devine, R. M., Fieck, J. M., Wolff, B. G., Dozois, R. R. & O'Connell, M. J., 1997, In : Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology. 31, p. 204-208 5 p.
Antineoplastic Antimetabolites
Combined Modality Therapy
Locally recurrent colorectal cancer: IOERT and EBRT ± 5-FU and maximal resection
Gunderson, L. L., Haddock, M., Nelson, H., Cha, S., Devine, R. M., Fieck, J. M., Wolff, B. G., Dozois, R. R. & O'Connell, M. J., 1997, In : Frontiers of Radiation Therapy and Oncology. 31, p. 224-228 5 p.
Intraoperative Period


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There is something to be said for waking early and journaling while drinking your first cup of coffee in the morning. This mug is my current favorite, though I can't explain exactly why. Maybe it's the face or the muted rose color or the way it feels perfect in my hand. I don't really need to know why. But I do like having different mugs in my cupboard to choose from; each having their own unique appeal depending on my mood!
Starting the morning with coffee, journaling and sketching. As I've said I am posting all, the good, the bad, the ugly. Later the hubby and I are going to make the traditional crescent cookies. Secret family recipe. One of the better kept secrets if you ask me.
If all goes accordingly I also hope to work on some handmade Christmas cards.
The weather has been frigid, sky mostly gray all week. Today it's still cold but the sun decided to show which makes everything more inviting, at least for me. Since I was almost totally indoors all week there was no excuse for not catching up on some art. I'm enrolled in some online classes and art challenges. I've decided to post my work in the groups and here whether I think it's good or bad. When I finished todays prompt I recalled when Chad thrust a pencil, eraser and sketch pad in my hand and said " You won't know if you don't try". Pretty sure he was tired of my continuous requests for his drawing skills in my projects. Anyway, that set me on a long journey of "trying like hell" and being my own worst critic. All these years later not only do I have some skills but I think I'm actually beginning to see the beginnings of my own expressions and voice. Some of the following pictures are from class and challenges the others are just quick scribble sketches from and of whatever.


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'Faking It' star Parker Mack talks Felix, his character on 'Chasing Life' and lead role in new film
by McKenzie Morrell on September 21, 2015 0
The new dude at Hester High is turning a few heads, especially our beloved Amy's (Rita Volk). It's unclear as to where the relationship between Felix and Amy is headed but one thing's for sure– even the best of Karmy fans can't deny the fact that this new character is totes adorbs and absolutely magnetic.
Parker Mack, who plays the mysterious new kid on MTV's Faking It, came with some unknown baggage. Now, all we know right now about his character on the hit teen comedy is that his family (aka him and his dad) are renting out Karma's (Katie Stevens) house while her family gets their sh*t in order. Turns out selling drugs from a juice truck isn't the right way to build the family business. Nonetheless, Felix comes at a time where we're desperate for some new blood on the show. Well, not too desperate but it's definitely welcomed! The fans eagerly await the reveal of his secret, a tidbit EP Carter Covington hinted at in a recent interview with NoWhiteNoise.
Mack, who also stars on Chasing Life, was kind enough to not only talk to me about his new role on Faking It, but on playing cancer-ridden Finn on the ABC Family drama as well. The young actor was super chill to chat with about his rise to fame– and even let us in on some of his guilty pleasures. Spoiler alert, it involves a useless iPhone app that even he's slightly shy to admit he enjoys so much. All in all, he's a pretty cool dude, and talented to boot! Two hit series in the can– and a lead role in an upcoming feature film. Yep. Mack is on fire!
Time for "Faking Life": The Parker Mack edition 😉
MCKENZIE MORRELL: As you know, I chatted with Carter Covington recently and he said that it was important for Felix to have a secret as well, that he was faking something, too. You know, whether it be the real reason why he's in Karma's house, or the fact that his father is this new hard-ass principal at Hester High. How did you approach the role in terms of holding something monumental back from the other characters?
PARKER MACK: Well, I guess the way I approached Felix is he's very nonchalant about a lot of the things that happen and he tries to take everything with a grain of salt— at least how I played him. And I definitely think that because of his father and that relationship he has with him, it's given him a definite different look on how things work for him because, you know, he's had to move around a lot because his dad goes to different schools to whip them into shape, so he tends to have to meet new friends. And I think he doesn't get too heavily attached to things because of that, because he knows he's going to possibly have to move again.
MM: Yeah. Now, will we see that relationship between Felix and his dad unfold for the rest of the season? You know, I'd love to know more about that dynamic and it probably doesn't help that the whole student body dislikes his father.
PM: Yeah, you will definitely see that history behind Felix and his dad. There's definitely a lot of back story behind that that kind of gets unveiled through present events and I think it's really cool how it's done. A lot of the mystery behind Felix is because of his father. A lot of people don't really… it doesn't really show you it until later into the season and I think it's really cool when everybody finds out what the whole scene is.
MM: We can't wait! Now, I think it's safe to assume that Felix is going to take a romantic interest in Amy and perhaps that'll be reciprocated, but we're not really sure quite yet. Do you think he sees her as just a person or some sort of lesbian he just wants to get with? Is he going the route of Liam, because we don't want that. [laughs]
PM: He definitely is the kind of person who doesn't really care about how he's viewed, per say, but he definitely likes to read her character as a person rather than a thing he can accomplish. I think he definitely approaches each person in the form of a friendship first.
MM: Of course, I think that's where you need to start with anything in life.
PM: Mm hmm. [laughs]
MM: [laughs] Don't just go jumping on people. That's not a good thing to do.
PM: No, it's not.
MM: So now, had you seen Faking It prior to landing the role?
PM: When I first auditioned in the first stages of it, I hadn't seen the show yet. But after finding out I got a director's session and a writer's session, I went ahead and watched most of the first season, and then after, looking at the rest of it. I can say that I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Season 2B Cast Shot
MM: That's always a plus to work on something that you enjoy! Now, which character would you be friends with in real life if you had to pick from any of them?
PM: Huh, that's actually one I haven't really thought about now that I'm thinking about it. I like all of them in their own respective ways, so I want to be friends with all of them but I don't know if that'd be possible. [laughs] But yeah, I like Liam for his stature, Karma for her spontaneity and I like Amy for her sarcasm.
MM: Right? She's the best. You got a couple of zingers in there though. I think we're going to see a lot of the sass behind Felix when the season unfolds, so I'm looking forward to that as well. So now, are you going to have any weekly rituals? Are you going to tune in tonight with your friends and family? What's the protocol for this?
PM: Well, it's just me and my sister right now; that's the only family that I have close to me. We usually watch the things that I'm in together and usually she critiques me in a funny way [laughs] and that's always good.
MM: [laughs] You're like, "Hey, get up there and do that yourself then if you're going to criticize me."
PM: [laughs] Yeah. No, it's definitely fun to have her around when I get to watch. I guess that's my ritual for watching it.
MM: That's great. And now, you also play Finn on a little show called Chasing Life— it's one of my favorites, by the way. What's the biggest difference between playing that role and the role of Felix on Faking It?
PM: They both have a very different weight on their shoulders. And I'm not going to reveal Felix's weight because that's part of the secret. But they both obviously face issues in their life that are very apparent and they both come from different places: one, in Chasing Life, is one he can't totally control because you don't choose who has cancer or who gets sick and then pushing through it. There's a big difference between Finn and Felix in the fact that Finn is extremely positive and looking forward and very hopeful. Felix is more cynical and serious and focused on realism.
MM: And now, do you think those characters share any personality traits, other than they look an awfully lot like you? [laughs]
PM: [laughs] I guess with each role I definitely bring a little bit, I guess a medium amount, of myself into both of them because you can't really do any role without bringing some of yourself into it. My philosophy on it, it's not me becoming the characters, it's the characters becoming me, if that makes any sense.
MM: No, it does.
PM: And I guess they share the fact that they both— I feel like the way I approach humor— they both have a similar kind of humor. They're both very driven in what they want and their emotions, I guess that would be a relation they have.
MM: And now Felix or Finn, who would you say is closer to your personality in real life?
PM: I'd have to say Felix is. I really like Finn, but I'm not… I am an athlete, but not as much as he was. Felix is more of a homebody and someone who would rather stay in than go out for a large party and that would be me [laughs]. I like to hang out at home. He's also into video games, which I am. He also likes comics, so there's that too. I've read a few comics in my day and my favorite superhero is Deadpool.
MM: That's a good one!
PM: [laughs] I'm really looking forward to that movie coming out next year. That'll be great.
MM: I know, hopefully it's really good.
PM: Yeah! But yeah, I'd say I'm closer to Felix.
MM: That's great. Did you find it, playing Finn obviously, emotionally taxing at all to portray a character who's dying from cancer? How do you prepare for something like that?
PM: Well, I'm very thankful that Finn's character is extremely focused on being positive and looking forward rather than dwelling on his circumstances. That made it a lot easier, so it was more of an undertone sort of weight and a little bit of pressure on him. I mean, it was. It definitely was. I had to channel a lot of emotions from my life that have been taxing on me to try and relate to what it would be like to have your life always hanging on a thread and that's something that I hope I never have to experience and hope no one close to me has to. But, it was definitely something that affected me. It was emotionally, not taxing, but informative.
MM: Yeah. I've chatted with Haley Ramm before and she's really down-to-Earth and she's very aware of her character and of the things she's been through. With this topic, and it's pretty heavy stuff, do you guys have anything fun to do between takes? Are there any jokesters on set? How did you get through the scenes that were a little more downers?
PM: Well, I guess the fact that Haley was a very interesting person to talk to, so we definitely didn't run out of subjects to discuss. When we were in scenes that were a little bit more emotionally downer, I guess the way we stayed out of that was by focusing on talking in between and continuing our conversations because conversations tended to go all over the place and it was good because we ended up focusing on and thinking about what we were going to bring up next in the conversation rather than focusing on the emotional part, the taxing parts of that scene.
Parker Mack (Finn) and Haley Ramm (Brenna) on ABC Family's "Chasing Life"
MM: That's great. Now, your character gives her character some good advice regarding her situation. In your position, what would your best advice be to someone who might be going through a hard time, whether it be emotional, physical, whatever?
PM: Well, I guess Finn would say always try to reach for what you were going to obtain before that was there anyway because everything's just a bump in the road. If you can emotionally push through it, not necessarily suppress it, but acknowledge it and rise above it, then it's definitely something you can achieve, to push through it. Definitely a lot of staying strong because if you're able to stay strong, your friends and family can help you as well. Also, never close yourself off. I know that the biggest thing for some people that makes it even worse is they try too hard to get through these rough parts of their life by themselves when they have people they can rely on. So never close yourself off. I guess that's my advice: Never close yourself off from your friends and family.
MM: That's great advice. You seem like a very busy guy. You know, when you're not starring on two hit shows, what do you like to do in your spare time? I heard that you have a knack for music.
PM: I guess I do. I've been playing piano since I was 6— I guess I'd say 14 years of piano and I really enjoy that. Drums, too, I've played that for about 8 years, but in an apartment, drums isn't very easy. [laughs]
MM: No. [laughs]
PM: Yeah. [laughs] I don't have a drum set here but I do back at home in Chicago and I play that whenever I get the chance. But piano I have right here, we've got a keyboard. My sister plays as well, so everyday you'll hear some form of piano at some point.
MM: Well that's awesome!
PM: Yeah, it's really good and what I really like to do is look up scores for different games or films and learn how to play the piano version of them.
MM: Whoa, that's really cool.
PM: Yeah. I tend to have something I'm always working on learning to add to my repertoire. And I don't perform or do anything like that. I don't go out and get paid for playing piano, I just do it to satisfy myself, really.
MM: And sometimes that's the best thing to do. I mean, you want to do it for yourself and not be worried about putting it out there and having people criticize something that makes you feel good.
PM: Exactly. And I guess it's for me and my family mostly.
MM: Well that's a nice little fun fact.
PM: I just enjoy the sound of piano. My two favorite instruments to listen to are piano and violin.
MM: What kind of music do you gravitate towards?
PM: I'm a fan of all kinds of music. I really like classical driven music that is modernized, if that makes sense.
MM: That makes complete sense.
PM: I guess that and some pop songs that have a great vocal aspect to it where the voice is just amazing. That's something that I really like. I'm all over the place. I like electro-swing, which is a very unique category. I like jazz, I like blues. Don't count me out of country, I like that too. It's fun to listen to that on a long drive. Really, I like all kinds of music and I appreciate them for their different aspects.
MM: Yeah, I think you need to have an ear for a little bit of everything because there's different infusions and stuff you might miss if you were closing yourself off to one type of music, so I can definitely relate to that. So now, what are three of your favorite TV shows right now?
PM: I tend to be a Netflix guy. I tend to watch shows usually through a binge and most recently the one I binged on was House of Cards. That show is amazing, oh my gosh! I really love Kevin Spacey in that. That's an amazing show if you haven't watched it and you have the chance, do. I watched Daredevil very recently, I really liked that. Breaking Bad, obviously, is a very good choice. Let's see, what else? I did watch The Walking Dead. I haven't seen the newest one, Fear the Walking Dead, I heard it broke records on its first air date though, which is amazing.
MM: Yes, it did.
PM: What else? I love a lot of HBO shows. I watch Game of Thrones, of course. I've watched True Detective the first season, haven't watched the second season because I heard a lot of mixed reviews and I know now I'm going to wait for all of them to come out and watch them all in a row. Yeah, I guess my top shows are Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad and House of Cards.
MM: Those are all amazing choices! I'm actually finishing Breaking Bad right now. I'm on, I think, the end of the third season, maybe top of the fourth, so I'm getting there.
PM: Ok, you're getting there!
MM: Yeah, I'm getting there. [laughs]
PM: The best is yet to happen.
MM: I know. I'm a little hopeful that I don't see anything on Tumblr, Twitter or anything because I know I'm pretty behind in life.
PM: It's probably really hard not to be spoiled by something like that because at this point, everyone just assumes you've watched all of them.
MM: Yeah, so I tend to not follow any type of people who are really hot to trot on that because I don't want to step on anything and be really mad that I put all this time into this show. So I'm excited to see what's happening there. To kind of get back on track, what's one thing you're addicted to that you're slightly embarrassed to admit? Whether it's an app, a type of food, a really bad TV show.
PM: Ok. So I said before that I play video games. And no, I'm not ashamed by the fact I enjoy that a lot, but there is, [laughs] maybe some people will know what this is, there's this game called Adventure Capitalist, it's an app and it's the dumbest thing ever. It is so stupid. It's basically a game where you start out with like $4 and what you do is you buy a lemonade stand and then that lemonade stand starts making you money. Then you buy another lemonade stand and then you make more money, and then you buy another lemonade stand and then you're making more money. Soon enough, you're making so much money you can buy a newspaper company and then that place starts making money. Then you buy a car wash, and pizza, then a doughnut place, then a strip place, then a hockey place, then film companies, and then a bank and oil rigs. Then, all of a sudden, you're making trillions of dollars and that's all you do, you just make more money. So yeah, I'm embarrassed to admit I play that a lot because it's so addicting.
MM: [laughs] But you're not making real money, right? I mean, it's just fake money.
PM: No, no, you're not making real money, you're just seeing the numbers go up. That's it. It's about as productive as Flappy Bird was.
MM: Oh my gosh, yes, that was one of those games where you're like, "I hate that I'm sitting here for eight hours trying to get this bird to not hit the thing." [laughs]
PM: "I didn't hit the pipe that time. Yay!" [laughs]
MM: Oh my gosh, that's awesome. To kind of wrap it up, what's up next for you? Can you tell us anything else you're working on that we can look out for?
PM: I just recently booked a lead in a film that is a sequel to a film that has happened.
MM: That's exciting!
PM: Yeah, it's Ouija 2, I start work on the 8th.
MM: Well, we're looking forward to seeing that. I wanted to thank you for taking the time. I know you're running around and this has been awesome; two of my favorite shows wrapped in one!
PM: Alright! Thank you for calling me!
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I do feel pain in my fingers and wrist while sitting on computer. Do let me know if there are medical methods to check for RSI and to which specialist one should refer to?
YOu need to see a hand specialist right away to see if it's an injury. Signs of an injury may be if the pain lasts when you're off the computer, like while sleeping. Other signs include if you have a stiff neck and back pain along with tingling in your hands.
>I do feel pain in my fingers and wrist while sitting on computer. Do let me know if there are medical methods to check for RSI and to which specialist one should refer to?
Your comments are interesting and I can confirm them. For the last 7-10 days I have been aware of pain and stiffness in my neck and wracked my brain to try to recall anything I had done that could have caused it... possibly a pulled shoulder muscle a couple of weeks ago. Over the last week I have have a heavyness (couldn't actually call it pain... more an awareness of not being quite right)in my inner elbow. I put this down to the shoulder muscle. Then the 'heavyness' seemed to go down my arm and into my hand. Trying to go to sleep last night with a very uncomfortable and tingly hand (oooer... this IS pain now) it suddenly 'hit' me... carpel tunnel... a long ago problem had materialised once again. I wrapped a support bandage around my wrist and immediately felt some relief and was able to get off to sleep.
>YOu need to see a hand specialist right away to see if it's an injury. Signs of an injury may be if the pain lasts when you're off the computer, like while sleeping. Other signs include if you have a stiff neck and back pain along with tingling in your hands.
>>I do feel pain in my fingers and wrist while sitting on computer. Do let me know if there are medical methods to check for RSI and to which specialist one should refer to?


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Nov. Ad Revenue Drops 5% At Journal Register
E&P Staff December 8, 2006
By: E&P Staff
Journal Register Company said its advertising revenue in November dropped 5% from November 2005 to $33.8 million.
On a pro forma basis — assuming the same properties currently owned by Yardley, Pa.-based Journal Register were owned in both periods — November ad revenue was down 6.1% over 2005.
The decline reflects continuing softness in Michigan, the cluster of papers that has been most hurt by the slump in the U.S. automotive industry.
Journal Register said its Michigan cluster was down 9.9% compared to the year-ago period. Without Michigan, pro-forma ad revenues would have been down 4.7% for the company.
Online was a bright spot in the November results, increasing 20.1% to $1.1 million.
Overall retail advertising revenues were down 5.2% in the period, with softness in the home furnishing stores and financial/insurance categories partially offset by strength in politics/government and sporting goods stores categories.
Pro forma classified advertising revenues decreased 5.7%, with real estate down 11.5%, and help-wanted down 4.5%. Excluding Michigan, Journal Register said, help-wanted classified would have been off just 0.4%. Auto classified continued soft, declining 9%.
National advertising revenues decreased 22.4% on softness in automotive and telecommunications. National represents less than 5% of Journal Register's total advertising revenues, the company noted.
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/nov-ad-revenue-drops-5-at-journal-register/
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D. Chelkak- Double-dimers in bounded planar domains: convergence to GFF and CLE(4) ?
Sujet : Dmitry Chelkak-Double-dimers in bounded planar domains: convergence to GFF and CLE(4) ?
It is well known that convergence results for the double-dimer model on discretizations of a given planar domain are usually highly sensitive to microscopic details of discrete boundaries. In the first part of the talk we briefly overview known results on the convergence of double-dimer height functions as well as the recent progress on the convergence of loop ensembles for Temperleyan boundaries (arXiv:1809.00690, joint work with M.Basok). In the second part, we discuss new embeddings of weighted bipartite graphs into the complex plane that might pave the way to a more robust (with respect to boundary details) approach to such convergence questions (arXiv:1810.05616 by R.Kenyon, W.Lam, M.Russkikh, S.Ramassamy and the joint work in progress with B.Laslier and M.Russkikh).


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GLASS BELL JAR FOR THE PROTECTION AND/OR STORAGE OF FOOD
A glass bell jar for the protection of food such as desserts, pies and the like, which is designed to be rested on a dish, also made of glass, so as to cover the food contained in the dish, includes a U-shaped structural section, made of a soft plastic material such as polypropylene or the like, fitted along the edge of the bell jar to cushion the impact between the dish and the bell jar when the latter is rested on the dish, to prevent direct contact between the two glass parts, and to guarantee better airtightness. The risk is avoided, that one or both parts from crack, with the danger that shards of glass could contaminate the food contained in it. Health risks are thus avoided, and the unpleasant sound caused by the impact between two glass parts is eliminated.
Piccioni, Pier Francesco (Castelsangiovanni, IT)
VETRERIA DI BORGONOVO S.P.A. (Borgonovo Val Tidone, IT)
220/377, 220/806
B65D43/04; B65D53/06
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KIRSCH, ANDREW THOMAS
NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC (ARLINGTON, VA, US)
1. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of foods such as desserts, pies and the like, designed to rest on a dish, also made of glass, so as to cover said food contained in said dish, which includes means made of a soft material designed to cover the edge of said bell jar to prevent it from coming into direct contact with the surface of the dish.
2. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of foods such as desserts, pies and the like, as claimed in claim 1, wherein said means consist of a U-shaped structural section made of plastic equipped with two side walls designed to adhere to the inner and outer surface of the bell jar.
3. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of foods such as desserts, pies and the like, as claimed in claim 2, wherein said structural section is made of plastic.
4. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of foods such as desserts, pies and the like, as claimed in claim 3, wherein said structural section is made of polypropylene.
5. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of food as claimed in claim 2, wherein the walls of the structural section have a variable thickness, decreasing from the base to the ends to guarantee greater flexibility.
6. A glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of food as claimed in claim 5, characterised in that the side walls of the structural section converge slightly to guarantee better adherence to the edge of the bell jar.
This invention relates to a glass bell jar for the protection and/or storage of food such as desserts, pies and the like, which is designed to be rested on a dish, also made of glass, so as to cover the food contained in said dish, characterised in that it includes means made of a soft material designed to cover the edge of said bell jar to prevent direct contact between the two glass parts, namely the dish and the bell jar, and to guarantee better airtightness.
In particular said means consist of a U-shaped structural section, made of a plastic material such as polypropylene or the like, fitted along the edge of the bell jar to cushion the impact between the dish and the bell jar when the latter is rested on the dish, to prevent one or both parts from cracking, with the danger that shards of glass could contaminate the food contained in it.
With the invention according to the invention, health risks are thus avoided, and the unpleasant sound caused by the impact between two glass parts is eliminated.
Moreover, as the edge is made of plastic and consequently deformable, better adherence is achieved between the surface of the dish and the bell jar, and the airtightness is improved, thus improving storage of the food. Glass bell jars designed to protect food have been available on the market for years. In particular these products comprise a base, consisting of a glass dish or tray, and a glass bell jar designed to be positioned above said base to cover and preserve the food inside it.
However, said objects made according to the prior art present some drawbacks.
Firstly, due to the fragility of the glass, the base or the bell jar may crack when the jar is placed on the base without sufficient care, and in any event the impact between the two glass parts generates a sound which is always unpleasant to the human ear.
Moreover, as both the bell jar and the base are practically indeformable, small gaps remain in the contact area between them which allow air and moisture to penetrate into the bell jar, thus partly reducing its protective effect.
To eliminate said problems with the prior art, the present invention offers a glass bell jar for food storage which is designed to be positioned on a glass dish or tray, characterised in that the edge of said bell jar is covered with a soft material to cushion the impact between the two glass parts and improve the airtightness of the bell jar.
This invention will now be described in detail, by way of example but not of limitation, by reference to the annexed figures wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the bell jar resting on a dish, according to the invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the plastic structural section.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the plastic structural section.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the structural section applied to the edge of the bell jar.
FIG. 1 illustrates the bell jar, indicated as 1, and dish 2.
The dish and bell jar are both made of glass.
A U-shaped structural section 4, made of plastic, such as polypropylene or the like, with walls 5 designed to adhere to the inner and outer surface of bell jar 1, is fitted to edge 3 of said bell jar.
Said walls 5 preferably have a variable thickness decreasing from the base to the ends, to guarantee better flexibility and consequently better adherence to said walls, thus facilitating the positioning and removal of the structural section from the bell jar for cleaning operations, for example.
Said U-shaped structural section is also made with walls 5 slightly converging, so that when the structural section is positioned on the edge, walls 5 are pushed slightly outwards, and the spring-back of the material can be exploited to keep said walls 5 adhering perfectly to edge 3, and prevent the structural section from becoming detached from the bell jar.
At the ends of walls 5 there are two bevels 6 which allow drops of water, such as condensation, to flow outside the structural section so that they do not end up between the edge of bell jar 3 and walls 5, with the risk of forming mould or other unhygienic compounds.
This invention consequently eliminates the problems of known objects with a solution that is both simple and effective.
Due to the presence of the edge made of soft material there is no longer any risk that the bell jar or the dish will crack, even if a more violent impact than usual is accidentally caused between the parts, and the problem of unpleasant noise typical of contact between glass parts is eliminated.
Moreover, as the edge is made of a deformable material it adheres perfectly to the surface of the dish, thus improving the airtightness of the bell jar to the benefit of storage of the food inside it.
Any modifications or variations shall be deemed to fall within the ambit of this invention.
The materials and dimensions can also vary, depending on the required use.
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Worms Rumble () — видеоигра серии Worms в жанрах экшн и королевская битва, разработанная и изданная британской компанией Team17. Выход состоялся 1 декабря  года на платформах Windows, PlayStation 4 и PlayStation 5. 23 июня  года игра вышла на Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S и Nintendo Switch.

В отличие от многих других игр серии, битвы в Worms Rumble проходят в реальном времени. Игрок в пределах большой локации управляет одним червяком, которому доступен разнообразный арсенал, с помощью которого необходимо убивать других червяков, стараясь при этом выжить самому. За участие в игровых матчах присуждаются очки опыта и внутриигровая валюта, позволяющие получить доступ к новым предметам для изменения червяков и оружия. На выбор игроку предоставлены такие режимы, как «Обучение», «Бой насмерть», «Последний отряд» и «Последний червяк».

Игровая пресса оставила смешанные, но в основном положительные отзывы о Worms Rumble. Обозреватели удостоили похвалы увлекательный игровой процесс и качественное техническое исполнение игры, но, в то же время, критике подверглись упрощённые механики и недостаток контента.

Игровой процесс

Worms Rumble представляет собой экшн-игру, выполненную в трёхмерной графике с боковым сайд-скроллингом. В отличие от большинства других игр серии, в Worms Rumble бои происходят в реальном времени, а не в пошаговом виде. Игрок управляет одним червяком, у которого имеется различный арсенал, включающий оружие, гранаты, снаряжение и полезные предметы. Арсенал можно найти в ящиках, появляющихся в случайных местах локации, либо на месте убитого червяка (при смерти червяка его арсенал выпадает из него). При нанесении червяку урона, его здоровье опустошается, и если оно достигнет нуля, то червяк будет убит. После смерти своего червяка у игрока есть возможность наблюдать за дальнейшим ходом сражения. В отличие от других игр серии, при падении с большой высоты червяк не теряет здоровье, но кратковременно оглушается. Помимо прочего, червяк может передвигаться по локации в перекате, пользоваться скрытыми местами (при нахождении червяка в них другие червяки его не видят) и быстро перемещаться по локации с помощью лифтов, эскалаторов, тросов и батутов. Локации в игре также содержат многочисленные разрушаемые объекты, которые отличаются от неразрушимых характерным сиянием, и динамические объекты, изменяющие строение локации в ходе боя (например, поезда и ракеты).

Арсенал червяка отличается большим разнообразием. Оружие является основным средством для уничтожения врагов. Боеприпасы подразделяются на баллистические, разрывные и особые. К оружию относятся, например, бейсбольная бита (особый, перманентный, нескончаемый предмет арсенала, позволяет отбивать вражеских червяков и снаряды) и штурмовая винтовка (баллистический боеприпас, обладает высокой скорострельностью, но небольшим уроном). Перезарядка оружия (за исключением бейсбольной биты) производится автоматически по истечении патронов текущей обоймы или же в любое время самим игроком. При полном истечении патронов то или иное оружие становится недоступным до следующего нахождения патронов либо вовсе исчезает. Гранаты представлены тремя видами: граната (стандартная, взрывается через несколько секунд после броска), банановая бомба (после мощного взрыва разлетается на ещё несколько взрывающихся бомб) и святая граната (обладает мощнейшим взрывом). К снаряжениям относятся крюк-кошка (цепляется за твёрдую поверхность, притягивая к себе червяка на цепи) и реактивный ранец (позволяет находиться в полёте до истечения топлива). Полезные предметы включают в себя аптечку (восполняет запас здоровья на 50 единиц) и энергетик (создаёт щит, являющийся дополнительным здоровьем, которое берёт удар на себя). Одновременно червяк может иметь при себе два вида оружия (помимо бейсбольной биты) и по одному виду гранат, снаряжений и полезных предметов.

В Worms Rumble присутствует четыре режима. В «Обучении» можно ознакомиться с принципом игры, опробовать различное оружие и уничтожить цели за отведённое время; это единственный однопользовательский режим, и содержит только одну локацию. В режиме «Бой насмерть» игроки соревнуются в количестве убийств, а после смерти червяк возрождается в случайном месте локации. В режимах на уничтожение — «Последний отряд» и «Последний червяк» — изначально требуется выбрать свою исходную позицию в одной из зон локации, а сам матч проходит на постоянно уменьшающейся арене (определённые зоны локации заполняются штормом — пространством зелёного цвета, наносящим урон червяку); особенностью режимов на уничтожение является возможность доставки припасов — она осуществляется активацией расположенных в разных местах локации специальных платформ, которые затем превращаются в ящики с арсеналом. Также за убийство червяков в данных режимах пополняется здоровье и щит. Режим «Последний отряд» предполагает деление игроков на команды, как следствие, победившей считается команда, в которой остался жив хотя бы один червяк, в то время как в остальных командах не осталось ни одного живого червяка; особенность режима — возможность отправить игрока в нокаут, и если член соответствующей команды не успеет его оживить до потери всего здоровья, то убитый игрок не сможет вернуться в сражение. «Последний червяк» — аналог королевской битвы, где каждый игрок сам за себя — необходимо убивать вражеских червяков и остаться в живых самому, то есть победителем становится последний выживший червяк.

За участие в битвах игрок накапливает очки опыта, достижение определённого количества которых повышает уровень игрока: чем выше уровень, тем больше игроку доступно режимов и предметов для изменения дизайна червяка. Для каждого оружия также предусмотрены отдельные уровни, и чтобы увеличить очки опыта для оружия, необходимо наносить урон и убивать червяков тем или иным оружием: чем выше уровень того или иного оружия, тем больше для него доступно предметов изменения дизайна. Некоторые предметы для изменения дизайна червяка и оружия нужно покупать за внутриигровую валюту, начисляемую за участие в битвах. Предметы дизайна, в зависимости от своей редкости и сложности их получения, подразделяются на обычные, необычные, редкие, эпические и легендарные. Кроме того, реализованы ежедневные испытания (до трёх за один день), сезонные события и совместные проекты сообщества, за которые игроки получают дополнительный опыт и награды; к таковым относятся, например, убийство определённого количества червяков, бои с модифицированным оружием и тому подобные. Помимо этого, присутствует поддержка трофеев и достижений.

Разработка и выход игры

9 марта 2020 года был опубликован первый тизер-трейлер новой части серии Worms. Worms Rumble была анонсирована 1 июля 2020 года: в этот день разработчики, Team17, выпустили первый трейлер проекта. В отличие от большинства других игр серии Worms, новая часть представляет игровой процесс в реальном времени, а не пошаговый (предыдущей такой игрой была Worms Blast 2002 года). Выпустить игру было запланировано в 2020 году на платформах Windows, PlayStation 4 и PlayStation 5. Разработчики обещали онлайн-мультиплеер (который, помимо прочего, возможен в кроссплатформенном варианте), поддерживающий до 32 игроков, а также одиночные и многопользовательские режимы игры, включая королевскую битву. Заявлена также возможность персонализации червяков и многочисленное оружие, среди которого имеется как старое, так и новое. В версии для PlayStation 5 реализована поддержка адаптивных триггеров контроллера DualSense. В заявлении, направленном для прессы, ведущий дизайнер Адам Финдли назвал Worms Rumble «значительным переосмыслением опыта Worms» и сказал, что он надеется, что опыт кроссплея на 32 игрока «объединит сообщество и новичков в серии чудесного червеобразного побоища». С 15 по 20 июля прошло закрытое бета-тестирование игры, на которое могли записаться все желающие.

8 октября открылся предварительный заказ Worms Rumble в Steam, выпущен трейлер, показывающий новую локацию и гаджеты, и стало известно, что игра выйдет 1 декабря. Worms Rumble доступна в стандартном, а также Deluxe-издании, которое помимо основной игры содержит наборы «Новый испытуемый» (New Challenger, эксклюзивное дополнение для предзаказа игры в Steam) и «Легенды» (Legends, премиальное загружаемое дополнение), включающие дополнительный контент в виде предметов для редактирования червяков и оружия. Кроме того, разработчики сообщили о втором — открытом — бета-тестировании игры, которое началось 6 ноября и продлилось до 9 ноября. Выход Worms Rumble состоялся 1 декабря 2020 года. Вместе с выходом игры стал доступным для покупки набор «Звёзды боевиков» (Action All-Stars Pack), включающий три дополнительных костюма для червяков. Кроме того, Worms Rumble для консолей PlayStation была доступна для бесплатной загрузки до 4 января 2021 года в рамках подписки PlayStation Plus; также обладателям подписки доступен уникальный эксклюзивный набор для PlayStation®Plus. Впоследствии разработчики продолжили поддержку игры, исправляя технические ошибки, внося коррективы в игровой баланс, добавляя новый контент и возможности и выпуская новые загружаемые дополнения, включающие предметы персонализации червяков и оружия — набор эмоций (Emote Pack), набор раскрасок оружия «Армагеддон» (Armageddon Weapon Skin Pack), двойной набор «Капитан и акула» (Captain & Shark Double Pack), набор «Кошки против собак» (Cats & Dogs Double Pack), набор «Честь и смерть» (Honor & Death Pack), двойной набор «Ограбление банка» (Bank Heist Double Pack) и двойной набор «Космический червяк и инопланетянин» (Spaceworm and Alien Double Pack). 16 марта 2021 года Worms Rumble была анонсирована для Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S и Nintendo Switch. Выход для этих платформ (с наличием различного эксклюзивного костюма червяков для каждой их них) состоялся 23 июня 2021 года.

Оценки и мнения

Worms Rumble получила смешанные отзывы от критиков, но в основном они носят позитивный характер. К достоинствам рецензенты отнесли увлекательный геймплей и приятный визуальный стиль, но среди минусов отметили простоту некоторых игровых механик и малое количество контента. На сайте Metacritic средняя оценка составляет 71 балл из 100 возможных в версии для Xbox Series X/S, 70/100 — для PlayStation 5, 68/100 — для PlayStation 4 и ПК, 57/100 — для Switch.

Нетипичный, но увлекательный игровой процесс, большие и разнообразные арены, а также яркая графика были встречены с положительным откликом. Обозреватель Destructoid Крис Картер отметил, что Worms Rumble «может быть захватывающей», и похвалил довольно разнообразные и огромные арены, а также отличную боевую систему, которая, по мнению критика, местами даже превосходит таковую в «пошаговых» играх серии. Эмануэле Феронато, рецензент The Games Machine, назвал Worms Rumble «симпатичной и красочной» игрой, а также выразил положительное мнение о динамичном, весёлом действии и недолгой длине матчей. Ayden_, представитель сайта Jeuxvideo.com, заявил, что игра «имеет потенциал», и отнёс к её плюсам весёлые и безумные бои, убедительную формулу королевской битвы, а также отличные и разнообразные карты. По мнению Алексея Лихачева (StopGame.ru), «после очередного матча [Worms Rumble] возникает желание запустить ещё один», и позитивно были приняты нестандартный для Worms геймплей, а также приятный визуальный стиль; кроме того, рецензент был под впечатлением от поддержки адаптивных триггеров на PS5. Критик , Олли Рейнольдс, отнёс к достоинствам Worms Rumble быстрый и весёлый игровой процесс, фирменные для серии визуальный стиль и звук и множество вариантов изменения червяков.

Разочарование у критиков вызвали отсутствие режимов одиночной и локальной игры, а также недостаток контента, из-за чего Worms Rumble, по их словам, не способна надолго увлечь игроков. Картер был огорчён полным отсутствием оффлайн-режимов, а также отметил, что из-за недостатка контента игра достаточно быстро надоедает. Феронато заметил, что многопользовательский сервер содержит большое количество проблем, а сама игра в настоящее время «слишком проста» для любителей Battle Royale. Схожие проблемы отметил и Ayden_: контента действительно слишком мало, а полное отсутствие локального режима, по его мнению, отвернёт от игры некоторых фанатов серии. Лихачев заявил, что «Королевская битва» в игре не так интересна, как «Бой насмерть», а контента пока маловато. Обозреватель ресурса XboxAddict.com, Адам Дилева, хоть и отметил, что в Worms Rumble сохранены традиционный визуальный стиль и юмор, однако резкая смена жанра требует некоторого привыкания, а людей, незнакомых с серией Worms, она сможет увлечь лишь на ограниченное время. Рейнольдс, помимо прочего, раскритиковал долгий поиск сессий режимов королевской битвы, отсутствие полностью разрушаемого окружения (из-за чего, на его взгляд, игра потеряла очарование серии), а также малое количество локаций, которые, к тому же, сильно перегружены фоновыми объектами, затрудняющими ориентирование на местности (что, как отметил рецензент, ещё больше усугубляется, если играть на экране Switch).

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I like being as busy as possible. However, I don't like being busy trying to figure out everything that I have to do or planning the best way to be working on multiple ventures and activities at once. That's why I continually aim to improve my organization skills each year. This year, I have no excuse but to achieve that resolution because of the numerous new apps that are available to organize my work and life.
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Do you love Legos? Do you have kids that love Legos? Are you looking for something new to do with the Legos? Today I found out about an amazing new product! Thanks to my younger son for letting me know about this.
Here is a LINK - the site is in Japanese, but you can get the idea from the photos.
Oh, the creative possibilities..... I see some interesting Cricut/Lego projects in my near future!
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Peaks And Valleys
Rick Lipsey
When SI writer-reporter Rick Lipsey (above) was the No. 1 player
on the Cornell golf team, from 1985 to '89, he had no use for
discussions about the intricacies of the swing. "College life
didn't leave any extra brain matter for me to think about my
game," says Lipsey, who competed against, among others, the
University of Hartford's Tim Petrovic, who is currently 37th on
the PGA Tour money list. Now it is Lipsey's job to obsess over
the swing. Since January 2002 he has been the driving force
behind the Big Play (page 84), our weekly marriage of news,
analysis and instruction.
Lipsey is responsible for luring a different GOLF MAGAZINE Top
100 Teacher to the SI office in Manhattan every Sunday, and he
spends the day monitoring the various telecasts and talking golf
with our guest expert. Lipsey and the pro then choose a key
moment from the action and use it as the basis of a lesson from
which our readers might benefit. "It's a thrill every week to be
around these men and women," says Lipsey, who also produced the
analysis of Sergio Garcia's swing changes that begins on page 41.
"They're Einsteins in their field."
Lipsey had soaked up enough knowledge that in the fall of 2002 he
did a three-month stint at the nine-hole Royal Thimphu Golf Club
in Bhutan, becoming the first teaching pro in the history of the
country. Lipsey, 36, shared the adventure with his wife, Carrie
Cohen, a civil rights lawyer in the New York state attorney
general's office, and their daughter, Claudia, who was only eight
months old when they arrived in Bhutan, a slice of nirvana tucked
in the Himalayas between India and Tibet. (Lipsey's weekly
dispatches on golf in the kingdom can be found at
www.golfonline.com/travel.) Three weeks into his stay Lipsey
finished what he calls a "disappointing" fifth in the Bhutan
Open; back in New York City we were nonetheless impressed--until
Lipsey informed us that at the time there were only about 100
golfers in the entire country. Lipsey and his family will be
returning to Bhutan in the spring of 2004, when Rick will lead a
golf and cultural tour of the country, including a trek to a
makeshift course that, at 15,000 feet, is billed as the world's
highest. Should an impromptu tournament break out, Lipsey hopes
to fare better than he did last year. "Maybe I'll take a lesson
before I go," he says.
Rick Telander
Rick Telander began playing "the sick game of golf" (his words)
in 1961, at age 12. He gave it up five years ago in what he calls
"a spasm of near felonious clarity." Now, having hung out with
Chicago golf historian Phil Kosin to survey the city's golf
culture (page 24), Telander has been inspired to take up the game
once again. During a visit to the Western Golf Association
headquarters in Golf, Ill., Telander--a regular in the pages of
SI from 1976 to '97 and now a columnist for the Chicago
Sun-Times--was allowed to handle the Magnificent Seven, the seven
clubs used by Chick Evans to win the 1916 U.S. Open and the U.S.
Amateur. "Brassie, spoon, midiron, jigger, lofter, niblick,
putter. That's all Chick had," says Telander. "Suddenly I feel
ready to play again. All I have to do is get my Kaboom driver
back from my mom."
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Q: Multiple ajax returns and sum values I have a group of dropdowns with a list of players. When a player is selected, their 'Value' should appear next to the drop down and the Total should update to be the sum of all selected players values.
php code below is for two players but I have ten, will likely have ten different similar functions for each of the dropdowns
select-player.php

            <select name="player1" id="player1" onchange="showvalue1()">
                <option disabled selected value></option>
                <?php
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM players ORDER BY value DESC";
    $result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
    $resultCheck = mysqli_num_rows($result);

    if ($resultCheck > 0) {
        while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
      echo "<option value='". $row['playername'] ."'>" .$row['playername'] ."</option>";
        }
    }
    ?>
            </select>

            <select name="player2" id="player2" onchange="showvalue2()">
                <option disabled selected value></option>
                <?php
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM players ORDER BY value DESC";
    $result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
    $resultCheck = mysqli_num_rows($result);

    if ($resultCheck > 0) {
        while ($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
      echo "<option value='". $row['playername'] ."'>" .$row['playername'] ."</option>";
        }
    }
    ?>
            </select>

        Total

ajax.js
function showvalue1(){
    var x = document.getElementById("player1").value;
    var t = document.getElementById("total").value;
    $.ajax({
        url:"../showvalue.php",
        method: "GET",
        datatype: 'json',
        data:{
            id : x,
            total : t
        },
        success:function(data){
            $("#value1").html(data.price);
            $("#total").html(data.newtotal);
        }
    })
}

function showvalue2(){
    var x = document.getElementById("player2").value;
    var t = document.getElementById("total").value;
    $.ajax({
        url:"../showvalue.php",
        method: "GET",
        datatype: 'json',
        data:{
            id : x,
            total : t
        },
        success:function(data){
            $("#value2").html(data.price);
            $("#total").html(data.newtotal);
        }
    })
}

I've read that jsonencode is used to send arrays back that I can then assign to IDs in js.
showvalue.php
<?php
    include_once 'includes/dbh.inc.php';
    $pl = $_POST['id'];
    $pl = trim($pl);
    $total = 0;
    $total = $_POST['total'];
    $sql = "SELECT value FROM players WHERE playername='{$pl}'";
    $result = mysqli_query($conn, $sql);
    while($rows = mysqli_fetch_array($result)){
        $newtotal = 0;
        $value = $rows['value'];
        $newtotal = $total + $value;
        $ret = array('price'=>$value, 'newtotal'=>$newtotal);
        echo json_encode($ret);
    }
?>

Not getting any errors or console returns but also no values are being returned.
What am I missing?

A: Checking your HTML source, #total is a table cell:

And you are retrieving it using .value:
var t = document.getElementById("total").value;

But .value is for inputs, not text in a table cell, so that won't work.
To get the text, using jQuery instead of vanilla JS (since the rest of your code is jQuery):
var t = $('#total').text();