John "Hans" Lobert was a third baseman with the Phillies from 1911-1914. After catching on as a regular with Cincinnati early in his career, Lobert was traded to Philadelphia in a package with Dode Paskert for George McQuillan and a few other players, following the 1910 season.
Lobert was nicknamed Hans, a familiar form of Johannes, the German version of his given name. Honus Wagner, a teammate of Lobert as a rookie who was sometimes also called Hans, dubbed Lobert "Hans Number 2".
For a guy with a stocky physique and bow legs, Lobert was quite fleet footed. He stole 20 or more bases in a season 8 times in his career, 30 or more in a season 7 times and 40 or more in a season 4 times, despite playing in over 100 games in a season just 7 times.
In his first season with the Phillies, the Wilmington Delaware native, Lobert, drove in a career high 72 runs, batted .285 and stole 40 bases.
At the Polo Grounds in 1913, Lobert demonstrated his speed by defeating Giants rookie, former Olympian, Jim Thorpe in the 100-yard dash. The following off-season, Lobert was invited by Giants manager John McGraw to join a group of players on a barn storming tour of Europe and Asia. Following the 1914 season, Lobert was prepared to leave the Phillies to sign a bigger contract with the new Federal League, but he was convinced, by McGraw, to stay with the Phillies until a trade could be worked out with McGraw's Giants. Lobert impressed McGraw so much with his speed, that McGraw was convinced that Lobert was the missing piece that could help the Giants get back to the World Series.
The trade was not very successful, despite the Giants return to the World Series. In Lobert's 3 seasons with New York, the Giants finished 8th, 4th and won the pennant in the 3rd season. The improvements were not directly attributable to Lobert's presence as he played just 50 games or less in two of his three seasons there. Lobert's production was hindered by knee injuries and he retired after that 1917 NL Pennant season.
In 1918, Lobert became the varsity baseball coach at West Point, where he stayed through 1925. He then began scouting for the Giants and would later coach for them. In 1934, he returned to Philadelphia as a coach and would manage the team for one season in 1942, becoming one of baseball's oldest rookie managers at the age of 60. He then returned to Cincinnati as a coach for two seasons. Lobert would then go on to scout for the Giants until he passed away in 1968.
best sunday school i know of. then again any other sunday school usually consists of nuns hitting kids with rulers... so it kinda wins by default.
good stuff here, man. added you to my roll.


Provide the resources for stimulating play. Simply having objects to play with appears to be an important component of later intellectual development. Why? Toys and play materials provide the stimulus for children's exploration. When these things are interesting to children, children learn more from them. Toys and play materials are also centerpieces for interaction. When toys are interesting to them, you are more likely to see children coming together and united in a common activity. What do we all do when we are playing together, rather than alone? We talk more, create more, and engage more. These are the foundations for learning.
The availability of free games that you can play negates the issue of thinking about cost. All you have to do is make sure that you have reliable Internet if you need to play the game online. You can also update your flash player. Flash games can fail to play if your flash drive is not updated. These games can be played by one player or more depending on what you need. Those that are played online can be played by players in different places. This makes it a platform for networking and communication in general.


text:
Q: Select into variable or implement select inside select of mysql in shell script I have such mysql script in shell:
#!/bin/bash
keyOrPass=$1
intercom=$2
flat=$3
number=$4
mysql -ulogin -ppassword db_name << EOF
select codeGuestEmail, codePrivateEmail from mbus_clients WHERE flat=$flat and domophone=$intercom;
select * from mbusClientKeys where id_client=(select id from mbus_clients WHERE flat=${flat} and domophone=${intercom});
EOF

It gives mistake when I add second query:  right syntax to use near '' When I try to declare variable and use select into as it is in stored procedure this doesn't work too. Also mistake with EOF from previous question is actual.
UPDATE
My attempt doens't works too:
SET @id := 1;
select id into @id from mbus_clients WHERE flat=${flat} and domophone=${intercom};

says
right syntax to use near 'select id into @id from mbus_clients WHERE flat=200

UPDATE2
missed semicolon in previous update.
Works fine now.

A: SET @id := 1;

set works fine, but not
set id=1 as it is in stored procedures should be :=

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


Now that the network is working it is possible to share files and directories over the network using the Network File System (NFS). From the point of view of file sharing, the computer which gives access to its files and directories is called the server, and the computer using these files and directories is the client. A computer can be client and server at the same time.
A kernel must be compiled with the appropriate options for the client and the server (the options are easy to find in the kernel configuration file. See A walk through the kernel configuration for more information on NFS related kernel options.
The server must list the exported directories in /etc/exports and then run the command kill -HUP \cat /var/run/mountd.pid(hup mountd` may work too!).
The mount(8) command has a rich set of options for remote directories which are not very intuitive (to say the least).
The scenario described here is the following: five client machines (cli1, ..., cli5) share some directories on a server (buzz.toys.org). Some of the directories exported by the server are reserved for a specific client, the other directories are common for all client machines. All the clients boot from the server and must mount the directories.
/export/cli?/root -- the five root directories for the five client machines. Each client has its own root directory.
/export/cli?/swap -- Five swap directories for the five swap machines.
/export/common/usr -- /usr directory; common for all client hosts.
/usr/src -- Common /usr/src directory for all client machines.
Each client machine has its number substituted to the X character in the first line of the previous example.
The problem with NFS (and other) mounts is, that you usually have to be root to make them, which can be rather inconvenient for users. Using amd(8) you can set up a certain directory (Commonly /net), under which one can make any NFS-mount as a normal user, as long as the filesystem about to be accessed is actually exported by the NFS server.
The filesystem will be mounted (by amd), and you can a access any files just as if the directory was mounted by the superuser of your system.
It is not unusual to find that the system clock is wrong, often by several minutes: for some strange reason it seems that computer clocks are not very accurate. The problem gets worse if you administer many networked hosts: keeping the clocks in sync can easily become a nightmare. To solve this problem, the NTP protocol (version 3) comes to our aid: this protocol can be used to synchronize the clocks of a network of workstations using one or more NTP servers.
Thanks to the NTP protocol it is possible to adjust the clock of a single workstation but also to synchronize an entire network. The NTP protocol is quite complex, defining a hierarchical master-slave structure of servers divided in strata: the top of the hierarchy is occupied by stratum 1 servers, connected to an external clock (ex. a radio clock) to guarantee a high level of accuracy. Underneath, stratum 2 servers synchronize their clocks with stratum 1, and so on. The accuracy decreases as we proceed towards lower levels. This hierarchical structure avoids the congestion which could be caused by having all hosts refer to the same (few) stratum 1 servers. If, for example, you want to synchronize a network, you don't connect all the hosts to the same public stratum 1 server. Instead, you create a local server which connects to the main server and the remaining hosts synchronize their clocks with the local server.
Fortunately, to use the NTP tools you don't need to understand the details of the protocol and of its implementation (if you are interested, refer to RFC 1305) and you only need to know how to configure and start some programs. The base system of NetBSD already contains the necessary tools to utilize this protocol (and other time related protocols, as we'll see), derived from the xntp implementation. This section describes a simple method to always have a correct system time.
First, it is necessary to find the address of the public NTP servers to use as a reference; a detailed listing can be found at http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome. As an example, for Italy the three stratum 1 servers tempo.cstv.to.cnr.it, ntp1.inrim.it, and ntp2.inrim.it can be used.
(substitute the names of the servers in the example with the ones that you are actually using. Option -b tells ntpdate(1) to set the system time with the settimeofday system call, instead of slewing it with adjtime (the default). This option is suggested when the difference between the local time and the correct time can be considerable.
The name of the NTP server to use is specified in the ntpdate_hosts variable; if you leave this field empty, the boot script will try to extract the name from the /etc/ntp.conf file.
(the path is mandatory or the script will probably not find the executable). Option -s diverts logging output from the standard output (this is the default) to the system syslog(3) facility, which means that the messages from ntpdate will usually end up in /var/log/messages.
NTP is not your only option if you want to synchronize your network: you can also use the timed daemon or the rdate(8) command as well. timed was developed for 4.3BSD.
Timed too uses a master-slave hierarchy: when started on a host, timed asks the network time to a master and adjusts the local clock accordingly. A mixed structure, using both timed and ntpd can be used. One of the local hosts gets the correct time from a public NTP server and is the timed master for the remaining hosts of network, which become its clients and synchronize their clocks using timed. This means that the local server must run both NTP and timed; care must be taken that they don't interfere with each other (timed must be started with the -F hostname option so that it doesn't try to adjust the local clock).
Finally, rdate(8) can be used to synchronize once against a given host, much like ntpdate(8). The host in question must have the "time" service (port 37) enabled in /etc/inetd.conf.


text:
Barry Knapp Bostwick (* 24. února 1945 San Mateo) je americký herec a komik. Od patnácti let začal vystupovat po Kalifornii stand-up komik. Proslavil se rolí Brada Majorse v muzikálovém filmu Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) a rolí starosty Randalla Winstona v sitcomu Všichni starostovi muži (1996–2002). Za roli v muzikálu The Robber Bridegroom získal cenu Tony.

Filmografie

Film

Televize

Video games

Externí odkazy

Američtí komici
Američtí herci
Američtí dabéři
Držitelé ceny Zlatý glóbus za nejlepší mužský herecký výkon ve vedlejší roli v seriálu, minisérii nebo TV filmu
Narození v Kalifornii
Narození v roce 1945
Narození 24. února
Žijící lidé
Muži
Držitelé ceny Tony

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
New York Gov. Cuomo called for a UK travel ban over its new COVID-19 strain, saying it's 'reprehensible' that the US is taking no action
Posted on December 21, 2020 by Mike M
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that the federal government should be testing all UK arrivals, or institute a travel ban, given the new strain of COVID-19 circulating the country.
"We have about six flights a day coming in from the UK [to NYC] and we have done absolutely nothing," Cuomo told a Sunday teleconference.
"To me this is reprehensible because this is what happened in the spring," he added, referring to the fact that COVID-19 entered the US via travelers from Europe earlier this year.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson locked down London and parts of southeast England this weekend citing a new strain of the coronavirus, which government scientists say is 70% more transmissible.
Several European countries have responded by closing their borders with the UK.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has called it "reprehensible" and "grossly negligent" that the federal government is doing nothing to address the new strain of the coronavirus circulating the UK.
On Saturday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he would be locking down London and parts of southeast England due to a new strain of the coronavirus, which government scientists say is 70% more transmissible than the original strain.
Several countries responded to the news by closing their borders with the UK, while 120 countries are now requiring UK travelers to provide a negative COVID-19 test upon arrival.
Cuomo said he is angered that the US government isn't taking either action.
"We have about six flights a day coming in from the UK [to John F. Kennedy Airport in New York] and we have done absolutely nothing," Cuomo told a Sunday teleconference, according to WABC.
"To me this is reprehensible because this is what happened in the spring," he added, referring to the fact that COVID-19 entered the US in the spring via travelers from Europe.
A British Airways plane, coming from London Heathrow, flies over the New York City skyline as it lands at JFK Airport on March 15, 2020.
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images
"Doing nothing is negligent. It's grossly negligent," Cuomo added, according to the New York Post.
Cuomo said that the Port Authority does not have the power to bar passengers or test their health, and that only the federal government can do that.
"Where is HHS? Where is CDC? Where is NIH? This is the same mistake and literally six flights a day. And all it takes is one person," Cuomo said, according to WABC.
Travelers from most European countries, including the UK, are still banned from visiting the US, but that ban doesn't apply to US citizens — many of whom are returning home for the holidays.
The Telegraph reported on Friday that President Donald Trump was going to end that ban as early as Tuesday, but it's unclear how the latest news may impact that decision.
New Apple iPad (10.2-inch, Wi-Fi, 32GB) - Gold (Latest Model, 8th Generation)
FosPower Emergency Solar Hand Crank Portable Radio, NOAA Weather Radio for Household and Outdoor Emergency with AM/FM, LED Flashlight, Reading Lamp, 2000mAh Power Bank USB Charger and SOS Alarm
Wyze Cam Pan 1080p Pan/Tilt/Zoom Wi-Fi Indoor Smart Home Camera with Night Vision, 2-Way Audio, Works with Alexa & the Google Assistant, White - WYZECP1
All-new Echo Dot (4th Gen) | Smart speaker with clock and Alexa | Glacier White
USB Wall Charger, Surge Protector, POWRUI 6-Outlet Extender with 2 USB Charging Ports (2.4A Total) and Night Light, 3-Sided Power Strip with Adapter Spaced Outlets - White,ETL Listed
All-new Echo Dot (4th Gen) Kids Edition | Designed for kids, with parental controls | Panda
Posted in Business InsiderTagged andrew cuomo, coronavirus, News UK, Politics, Science, Travel, uk

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


Last spring, scientists from the Queensland Museum in South Brisbane, Australia, discovered this new coral species hanging underneath a rocky ledge about 50 feet deep off the northern end of Australia's Lizard Island. They now hope to classify the coral, along with hundreds of other recently discovered marine invertebrates.
During the trip, which helped mark 2008 as the International Year of the Reef, researchers explored the reefs around Lizard Island at a range of depths to find species from a variety of habitats. During the next several years, these three-week expeditions to other regions of the Great Barrier Reef will continue to provide a baseline species inventory of the region. The inventory should help scientists understand how changing ocean conditions adversely affect reef biodiversity and, by extension, 30 million of the world's poorest people who rely entirely on reefs for food.


text:
Singer, songwriter, actor
Nicholas Jerry Jonas
Nick Jonas Biography
Nicholas Jerry Jonas a.k.a. %cNick Jonas% was born on September 16, 1992. Nick made his songwriting debut in 2002, when a holiday tune he'd co-written with his father found its way onto a Broadway charity album. A contract with Columbia Records followed two years later. He rose to fame as a member of Disney's pop/rock act %cJonas Brothers%. The band was formed with his equally-famous brothers %cKevin Jonas% and %cJoe Jonas%. He shared the frontman role with Joe.
Jonas Brothers' journey to success wasn't easy. Their 2006 debut album, "It's About Time", was a commercial flop and Columbia Records dropped the group one year later. They then signed with Hollywood Records in 2007, and they began attracting new fans which mostly were female teenagers as new Disney stars. They appeared on the network's television shows, earned their own series, starred in a made-for-TV movie with Disney starlet %cDemi Lovato%, and sold close to two million copies of their self-titled sophomore album. They replicated that feat one year later with "A Little Bit Longer, and returned in 2009 with %cLines, Vines and Trying Times%. All of the albums featured heavy contributions from Nick, who not only led the songwriting process but also played a wide variety of instruments, from drums to keyboard to guitar.
Nick took a break from the band and began working with several other musicians on a side project. He hired %cMichael Bland% and %cTommy Barbarella% for a new group which dubbed itself %cNick Jonas & the Administration%. The group made its debut in early 2010 with the album "Who I Am". While working on music, Nick made an appearance on "Hawaii Five-0" and co-hosted Miss USA 2013.
Jonas Brothers then announced in 2013 that their fifth studio album would be called "V". They also planned a tour to support it. However, they scrapped the project in late 2013 as they announced their disbandment. Several of the tracks the trio had recorded for the group's proposed fifth album ended up on a 2013 farewell EP, "LiVe".
Nick is now working on his solo career. He helped create Lovato's "Neon Lights" tour and also recorded songs for his solo album. The self-titled record is scheduled to be released on November 11 and has so far spawned singles "Chains", "Jealous" and "Teacher".
In between playing live shows to support the album, which peaked at No. 6 on Billboard 200, Nick spent most of 2015 appearing on some TV shows including FOX's "Scream Queens", on which he guest starred as Boone Clemen.
Earlier in the year, he was set to join %cIggy Azalea%'s "Great Escape" tour, which was eventually canceled to allow the raptress to continue working on her next album. He was also scheduled to open for %cKelly Clarkson%'s "Piece by Piece" tour in Canada, but the dates were scrapped as well after doctors put Clarkson on vocal rest.
In late 2015, Nick released a new single called "Levels" as the first preview of the re-issue of his 2014 self-titled set. The re-issue, titled "Nick Jonas X2", came out on November 20. In addition to the lead cut which reached No. 1 on Billboard's Dance Club Songs, the album includes other new songs like "Area Code" and "Good Thing".


text:
QUALITY HABERDASHERS SINCE 2013
Home › St. James of London Mandarin & Patchouli Cologne
St. James London
St. James of London Mandarin & Patchouli Cologne
Patchouli is a centuries old essential oil that's modernized by adding lifting notes of citrus. St. James of London's Mandarin and Patchouli Cologne is so subtle in scent, you can dab it on in the morning to last all day and night. It's the quintessential masculine choice and it's determinedly British. It does not contain alcohol; only 100% natural ingredients and essential oils.
The St. James of London brand reflects the modern British gentleman who is worldly, dashing, daring, and well-groomed. Established in 1953, its all-natural product line was relaunched in 2014 and is now sold around the world.
Weight: 50 m
HEDON LUXURY MOTORCYCLE HELMETS
HEDON LUXURY MOTORCYCLE HELMETS Whilst it's fair to say that the principle role of motorcycle helmets is to offer the rider protection, that doesn't mean to say they can't look...
Copyright © 2021, Varsity Project. Powered by Shopify


PRIME Minister Tony Blair has hardly shown his face to the public in Britain since last week's Dunfermline and West Fife by-election, where the Liberal Democrats won the seat, overthrowing a substantial Labour majority.
The night before the election he had appeared in a ceremony involving all 354 Labour MPs in the House of Commons to mark the 100th anniversary of the Parliamentary Labour Party.
At that event, Blair outrageously tried to claim the heritage of Keir Hardy and the Labour Party founders for his "New Labour".
Hardy and the other 28 Labour MPs who took their seats in 1906 had a vision of liberating Britain's working class from capitalist exploitation and delivering to them a fair and equal society where they enjoyed the full fruits of their labour.
Blair and the other traitors who surround him are busy delivering the working class into further servitude to capitalism through continuing privatisation and undoing all the state welfare and education gains won by the Labour Party and other progressives over the last 100 years.
The next day the people of Dunfermline sent a clear message of what they think of New Labour – a message that is likely to be repeated in coming local elections in May this year and in 2007.
Blair did not show up for the Labour Party's spring conference in Blackpool at the weekend. He ran off to South Africa and did not even come back for Monday night's crucial vote in the Commons on the Identity Card Bill.
He claimed he was forced to turn back shortly after take-off because of engine trouble on his plane. But can we really believe there were no other flights or planes available to get him home on time?
Since Dunfermline Blair seems to have left Chancellor Gordon Brown in sole charge of New Labour – even though Brown has more reason to be embarrassed about Dunfermline – it is where he lives; his own constituency is next door and he led Labour's campaign in Dunfermline.
Brown has emerged from Blair's shadow to give long speeches on issues far beyond his Treasury remit – but especially on security and "anti-terrorism". I doing so he has dashed any illusions that he would be a better prime minister than Blair.
We have seen MPs like Clare Short and political commentators claiming that, while Blair is still Prime Minister, Brown has to toe the Blair line, and that once in power in his own right, Brown would formulate different policies. This is plainly wishful thinking.
The removal of Blair will mark a defeat for his policies in the court of public opinion and for that reason it is important. But this will not stop Brown following exactly the same line because it is the line of the ruling class, dictated from Washington, from the G8, from the World Trade Organisation and other global ruling class power structures.
At the Blackpool conference, Labour Party chair Ian McCartney accused backbench rebels of splitting the party and called for unity after the Dunfermline defeat and in the face of new-found Tory confidence under David Cameron.
We imagine a lot of behind-the-scenes brow-beating went on, with Brown and others shamelessly ratcheting up the anti-terror scar-emongering in the wake of the Danish cartoon protests and the Abu Hamza trial. Because on the Monday and the Wednesday the backbench rebellions disappeared and legislation on ID cards and outlawing the "glorification or terrorism" were passed – even with Blair in South Africa.
Thus the heirs of Keir Hardy betrayed the whole British public by hastening the march of the on-coming fascism that is taking over the bourgeois British state.
At least Brown makes it plain that the huge bureaucracy that will be needed will be open to the private sector – it is ultimately for their benefit. A lot of the work involved in compiling and maintaining the huge database needed for the ID card system will be done by the private sector with elected government becoming more and more marginalised and irrelevant – the ultimate corporate state. It will monitor our every move and influence our every action, not only for security but to ensure they wring every possible last penny out of us.
We can stop this nightmare. It is vital right now that the succession of Brown into Blair's shoes must not go unchallenged. Labour backbenchers must rediscover their courage. Even if they cannot defeat the Brown succession at this stage, they must not give away their power to object to it as loudly as possible.
LAST WEEK'S shock by-election defeat for Labour in Dunfermline and West Fife can only be the shape of things to come. The Liberal Democrats overturned a massive Labour majority with a 15 per cent swing in the Scottish constituency where Chancellor Gordon Brown lives, This is even more remarkable because it occurred during the middle of the Liberal's own internal struggle to elect a new leader, following the acrimonious resignation of Charles Kennedy last month.
Thousands of Labour supporters sat on their hands while others clearly felt that the Lib-Dems were a more attractive alternative to the stale, anti-working class agenda of Blair & Co. Labour can expect more of the same at the hands of the Lib-Dems at the local elections this May if the movement doesn't move quickly to dump Tony Blair and all he stands for.
The Dunfermline result has also been a bitter pill for those who believe that the answer is to build a new left social-democratic movement outside the Labour Party and without the mass support of the unions. The pathetic vote for the Scottish Socialist Party, a sprig of the old Trotskyist Militant Tendency, proves once again that there's no place for two social-democratic parties in national elections. Though the SSP is probably the biggest left social-democratic party in Britain with six seats in the Scottish Parliament, it still only managed to garner 537 votes or 1.6 per cent of the vote in last week's by-election.
Blair's aides are trying to spin a victory out of this colossal Scottish vote of no-confidence by claiming the election was fought on local issues and that their defeat had nothing to do with the war in Iraq. But there's little doubt that the Lib-Dems opposition to the war has played a major part in their current resurgence.
But the Lib-Dems are not a real alternative to Labour. Apart from Iraq, the Liberals have nothing to offer working people. They reflect, in part, that section of the ruling class that wants Britain to be a full partner with Franco-German imperialism inside the European Union. They are a liberal bourgeois party that supported virtually all the repressive anti-union legislation of the Thatcher-Major era and they back most of the current schemes to sell-off what's left of the public sector. Those of us unfortunate enough to live in a Lib-Dem controlled borough know that they are virtually indistinguishable from the Tories in practice.
The only alternative for working people is to defeat Blair and Brown and elect a democratic Labour leadership committed to carrying out the wishes of the unions and the millions who elected them three times in a row since 1997.
THE DISGUSTING video record of British soldiers beating Iraqi youths while another squaddie jeers and gloats as the boots go in comes as no surprise to us. Nor will it surprise the people of India, Cyprus, Aden, Ireland or anywhere else once occupied by British imperialism. Far from being the "isolated incident" the Ministry of Defence routinely claims, beating up civilian protesters is a normal part of British colonial practice.
There must be a full inquiry, not only to identify and punish the culprits, but also to unmask the officers who presumably order or turn a blind eye to the actions of the men under their command.
British troops, who claim to be "peace-keepers", are not wanted in Iraq and the sooner they leave the better.


© 2016 May and Glode. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms. php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
their next cycle of treatment. This type of CINV is more common in younger patients due to the aggressive nature of treatment. Breakthrough emesis is considered vomiting that occurs even with prophylactic treatment and/or requires the addition of "rescue" antiemetics. Refractory emesis is classified as vomiting that occurs with subsequent treatment when prophylactic antiemetics and/or rescue medications have been ineffective in previous cycles. CINV may have a significant negative impact on a patient's quality of life (QoL) as well as lead to increased indirect and direct costs. When a patient's QoL is impacted in a negative manner, it may result in poor compliance with future treatment. The development of CINV has been reported to have a significant impact on QoL in 55%–60% of chemotherapy cycles administered to patients.1 The intensity of CINV and duration of CINV were the most notable factors linked to a more significant influence on QoL. In a study analyzing cost associated with the development of CINV, it was noted that the average cost was nearly $800 per patient for the first 5 days of the first cycle of chemotherapy.3 The cost analysis included overall direct and indirect costs: direct medical, missed work, productivity loss, and cost of any antiemetic medications taken on the day of treatment. Indirect costs were greater for patients with more severe CINV due to work absence for longer periods of time and reduced productivity. Additional undesirable effects of CINV to consider include metabolic imbalances, decline in self-care and functional ability, nutrient depletion, anorexia, worsening of the patient's performance status and mental status, wound dehiscence, esophageal tears, and withdrawal from potentially useful or curative treatment.2 It is reported that chemotherapy-induced vomiting can be prevented in more than two-thirds of patients if antiemetics are used correctly.1 Nausea remains difficult to prevent and manage and is typically more commonly reported than emesis: 54.9% versus 45.1% at any cycle. Several treatment guidelines exist published by reliable institutions providing recommendations to optimize CINV prevention and management, yet CINV remains an issue. In a recent report, despite prophylactic antiemetics, approximately 60% of patients who received moderately and highly emetogenic chemotherapy regimens still experienced some form of CINV; delayed being more common (58% versus 34%).3 Improvements in CINV management are needed.
this class tend to be well tolerated with minimal side effects. It is important to note the potential for drug interactions with medications metabolized through the cytochrome P450 enzyme system. Olanzapine is the latest unique agent to be added to the treatment guidelines.2 Olanzapine works on several neurotransmitters involved in the development of CINV such as dopamine, serotonin, histamine, and acetylcholine.4 Data support its role for the prevention of acute and delayed CINV as well as for the management of breakthrough CINV. Caution should be employed when using this agent in elderly patients with dementia-related psychosis as it may place them at an increased risk of death. There are many alternative drug classes utilized for the prevention and management of CINV such as antihistamines, benzodiazepines, anticonvulsants, cannabinoids, and dopamine receptor antagonists. Medications belonging to these classes generally have lower efficacy and are associated with more adverse effects. They are also not as well studied compared to the agents mentioned above. The remainder of this review will focus on dronabinol, a member of the cannabinoid class, and its role in CINV.
included sensation of a "high", euphoria, drowsiness, sedation, and somnolence. The harmful adverse effects included dysphoria, depression, hallucination, and paranoia. Cannabinoids also increased the risk of arterial hypotension (>20% decrease in blood pressure from baseline) in patients. This meta-analysis showed that one in eleven patients would stop chemotherapy treatment if taking a cannabinoid for antiemesis compared to no patients discontinuing treatment if prescribed another antiemetic. Rocha et al's11 meta-analysis evaluated 13 randomized clinical trials. Five trials included dronabinol, six included nabilone, and two included levonantradol. Ten of the trials used prochlorperazine as a comparator, with the remaining using alizapride, chlorpromazine, or domperidone. Dronabinol's ability for antiemetic efficacy was determined to show statistical significance over the comparator (P=0.03, NNT =3.4). The difference in antiemetic efficacy with nabilone or levonantradol compared to controls was not statistically significant (P=0.21 and P=0.60, respectively). Patients in the cannabinoids group reported paranoid delusions, hallucinations, dysphoria, and depression.11 These adverse drug effects occurred exclusively in the cannabinoids group. Other adverse drug effects such as a "high" sensation, sleepiness, sedation, and euphoria occurred more frequently and more intensely in the cannabinoids group. However, only 30% of the 400 patient dropouts were due to toxicities.
the D group, 88% in the O group, 71% in the D + O group, and 50% in the placebo group. The percentage of patients who permanently discontinued a study medication because of a treatment-emergent adverse drug effect was 6% in the D group, 13% in the O group, 18% in the D + O group, and no patients in the placebo group.
(n=11) groups.12 The difference of reported adverse drug effects was statistically significant between the dronabinol and prochlorperazine groups (P<0.01). Most of the adverse drug effects reported were mild to moderate. The most common type of adverse effects reported were neuropsychotropic, seen in a total of 48% of patients. The incidence of neuropsychotropic adverse drug effects that was reported in the dronabinol and prochlorperazine groups was 62% versus 29% (P=0.06). In the combination group, it was reported in 55% of patients. Overall, 14 patients withdrew (ten patients in dronabinol group and four in combination group) due to adverse drug effects, with neuropsychotropic effects being the most common reason and beginning during the prechemotherapy phase.
Indicated dronabinol dosage Dronabinol is typically prescribed at a dosage of 5 mg PO three or four times daily to control CINV.7 On the basis of the patient's response after each chemotherapy cycle, the dose may be increased or decreased as tolerated. Another option for dosing dronabinol is 5 mg/m2 PO every 1–3 hours prechemotherapy and then every 2–4 hours for a total of 4–6 doses/d. The maximum individual dose is 15 mg/m2.
Patient perspectives of dronabinol CB1/CB2 receptor agonists can produce adverse effects in patients, and many of these are likely caused by the activation of central CB1 receptors rather than CB2 or peripheral CB1 receptors.5 In 18 cross-over trials included in the Tramer et al10 metaanalysis, when patients were questioned which antiemetic was preferred, 38%–90% of patients preferred cannabinoids. Four trials compared cannabinoids to placebo. Out of 202 patients, 153 patients preferred cannabinoids versus 27 patients preferring the placebo (NNT =1.6). In ten additional trials comparing cannabinoids to an active control, 371 out of 604 (61%) preferred cannabinoids versus 156 patients (26%) preferring the active control. In the Rocha et al's11 meta-analysis, 18 double-blind and cross-over trials (n=1,138) included an analysis of the patient's preference of cannabinoids, and it resulted in a statistically significant difference in favor of cannabinoids (NNT =1.8, P<0.00001). The cannabinoids included in the different trials included dronabinol, nabilone, and levonantradol compared to the controls of prochlorperazine, chlorpromazine, domperidone, haloperidol, alizapride, metoclopramide, and placebo. A relationship was determined with the control drug that was utilized.
and cyclophosphamide for sarcoma were randomized to THC-placebo or placebo-THC in paired trials to serve as their own control.16 THC was administered as oral capsules and cigarettes compared to matching placebos. Although the investigators used the same trial design and THC regimen, a beneficial effect of THC was not seen in this patient population. The lack of benefit in this trial is thought to potentially be from lower THC concentrations achieved in this group of patients and presence of anticipatory nausea and vomiting in half of the patients. The largest account of patients receiving marijuana for CINV was published by Musty and Rossi in 2001.17 This group compiled a report of state-run clinical trials that had been conducted evaluating Cannabis sativa (smoked marijuana and/or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol capsules) efficacy in reducing CINV. Six trials were included in the analysis comprising 748 patients who smoked marijuana prior to and/ or after chemotherapy and 345 patients who used oral THC capsules. For the patients who smoked marijuana, 70%–100% experienced relief from nausea and vomiting, and 76%–88% of those who ingested the oral THC capsules experienced relief. Short-term side effects reported included sedation, a "high", and smoke intolerance. More studies are needed in this area to evaluate the efficacy and safety as additional states approve medical marijuana and more patients gain access to this management option.
of emesis will be completed by patients filling out a daily appetite and nausea/vomiting log as well as a QoL functional living index emesis scale. With medical marijuana remaining a schedule I substance on a federal level, no studies are registered with clnicaltrials.gov to investigate its role in the management of CINV. Anecdotally patients report benefit, but more research is needed to identify the most appropriate dose, dosage form, drug–drug interactions, and safety concerns with its use before a role for medical marijuana can be elucidated in the management of CINV.
Conclusion Current guidelines as well as the FDA-approved indications consider dronabinol's role to be in the management of breakthrough CINV. Dronabinol has a unique mechanism of action and adverse effect profile that should be considered when treating a patient with this medication. Unfortunately, there are few ongoing studies evaluating the role of dronabinol in the management of CINV. Two completed, yet unpublished, studies have evaluated dronabinol in combination with a 5-HT3 RA as a prophylactic strategy. At this time, there is insufficient data to support the routine use of dronabinol as an antiemetic in all chemotherapeutic regimens. Data do support the beneficial effects of dronabinol in the breakthrough CINV setting. Further study of the scope of dronabinol's potential efficacy is warranted.
1. Fernandez-Ortega P, Caloto MT, Chirveches E, et al. Chemotherapyinduced nausea and vomiting in clinical practice: impact on patient's quality of life. Support Care Cancer. 2012;20:3141–3148. 2. National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines)®: Antiemesis Version 2.2015. Fort Washington, PA: National Comprehensive Cancer Network; 2015. 3. Haiderali A, Menditto L, Good M, Teitelbaum A, Wegner J. Impact on daily functioning and indirect/direct costs associated with chemotherapyinduced nausea and vomiting (CINV) in a US population. Support Care Cancer. 2011;19:843–851.
Dronabinol for CINV unresponsive to antiemetics 4. Natale J. Reviewing current and emerging antiemetics for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting prophylaxis. Hosp Pract. 2015;43(4):226–234. 5. Pertwee RG. Emerging strategies for exploiting cannabinoid receptor agonists as medicines. Br J Pharmacol. 2009;156:397–411. 6. Slatkin NE. Cannabinoids in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: beyond prevention of acute emesis. J Support Oncol. 2007;5(Suppl 3):1–9. 7. Marinol(R) [package insert]. High Point, NC: Unimed Pharmaceuticals, Inc; 2004. 8. Meiri E, Jhangiani H, Vredenburgh, et al. Efficacy of dronabinol alone and in combination with ondansetron versus ondansetrom alone for delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23(3):533–543. 9. Todaro B. Cannabinoids in the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. JNCCN. 2012;10(4):487–492. 10. Tramer MR, Carroll D, Campbell FA, Reynolds JM, Moore RA, McQuay HJ. Cannabinoids for control of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting: quantitative systemic review. BMJ. 2001;323:16–21. 11. Rocha FM, Stefano SC, De Cassia Haiek R, Oliveira LR, Silveira DD. Therapeutic use of Cannabis sativa on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting among cancer patients: systematic review and metaanalysis. Eur J Cancer Care. 2008;17:431–443. 12. Lane M, Vogel CL, Ferguson J, et al. Dronabinol and prochlorperazine in combination for treatment of cancer chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. J Pain Symptom Manage. 1991;6(6):352–359. 13. Hill KP. Medical marijuana for treatment of chronic pain and other medical and psychiatric problems. A clinical review. JAMA. 2015;313(24):2474–2483. 14. Seamon MJ, Fass JA, Maniscalco-Feichtl M, Abu-Shraie NA. Medical marijuana and the developing role of the pharmacist. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2007;64:1037–1044. 15. Chang AE, Shiling DJ, Stillman RC, et al. Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as an antiemetic in cancer patients receiving high-dose methotrexate. A prospective, randomized evaluation. Ann Intern Med. 1979;91:819–824. 16. Chang AE, Shiling DJ, Stillman RC, et al. A prospective evaluation of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol as an antiemetic in patients receiving adriamycin and cytoxan chemotherapy. Cancer. 1981;47:1746–1751. 17. Musty RE, Rossi, R. Effects of smoked cannabis and oral ∆9-trahydrocannabinol on nausea and emesis after cancer chemotherapy: A review of state clinical trials. J Cannabis Therapeutics. 2001;1(1):29–56. 18. Solvay Pharmaceuticals. Dronabinol versus standard ondansetron antiemetic therapy in preventing delayed-onset chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. NLM identifier: NCT00642512. Available from: https:// clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00642512. Accessed April 13, 2016. 19. National Cancer Institute and Solvay Pharmaceuticals; M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Palonosetron and dexamethasone with or without dronabinol in preventing nausea and vomiting in patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer. NLM Identifier: NCT00553059. Available from: https:// clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00553059 . Accessed April 13, 2016. 20. Solvay Pharmaceuticals; Duke University. A pilot study of dronabinol for adult patients with primary gliomas. NLM Identifier: NCT00314808. Available from: http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00314808. Accessed April 13, 2016.
a very quick and fair peer-review system, which is all easy to use. Visit http://www.dovepress.com/testimonials.php to read real quotes from published authors.
Prescription trends of prophylactic antiemetics for chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in Japan.
Comparison of antiemetics for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy in an emergency department setting.
Assessment of adherence to the guidelines for the management of nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy.
Translation and psychometric assessment of the Persian version of the Rhodes Index of Nausea, Vomiting and Retching (INVR) scale for the assessment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
This study aimed at identifying prescription trends for the recommended antiemetic therapies before and after the publication of the first guidelines for antiemetic therapy in Japan.
To compare time from medication administration to disposition from the Emergency Department (ED) between women treated for nausea and vomiting of pregnancy with different antiemetic agents.


text:
Hrabove or Hrabové can mean:

Slovakia
 Hrabové (Slovakia), a populated place in Slovakia

Ukraine
 Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, a village in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
 Hrabove, Odessa Oblast, a village in Odessa Oblast, Ukraine
 Hrabove, Shatsk Raion, a village in Shatsk Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine
 Hrabove, Stara Vyzhivka Raion, a village in Stara Vyzhivka Raion, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

See also
 The same name may be transliterated differently from different native languages:
 Hrabove (disambiguation)
 Grabovo (disambiguation)
 Grabowo (disambiguation)

Hrabovec (disambiguation)


text:
Coquette peut faire référence à :

Zoologie
 la coquette, un oiseau-mouche ;
 la coquette, un poisson ;

Botanique
 la coquette, une variété de pomme ;

Cinéma
 Coquette, un film américain de 1929 ;

Théâtre
 la coquette, un rôle de femme coquette au théâtre ;
 Les Coquettes, un trio de femmes françaises qui offrent des spectacles de théâtre musical jazzy et humoristique

Toponymie
 Marnes-la-Coquette, une commune française des Hauts-de-Seine.

Voir aussi
 Coquet


text:
Erased, Discarded Mobile Phones Still Pose Security Risk
by Kevin Fogarty October 29, 2013 5 min read
Edward SnowdenmemorySecurity
Even discarded mobile phones threaten data leaks.
Smartphones and other mobile devices used in the workplace can pose a security threat that remains even when the device itself is no longer in use.
Forensic examination of 32 mobile phones issued to employees by a Fortune 500 company (and eventually returned to it) showed it's possible to retrieve sensitive personal and corporate data even from devices that users or IT managers tried to wipe clean.
Misuse or lax attention to security procedures by end users is blamed for much of the reputation mobile devices have for being insecure, according to William Bradley Glisson and Tim Storer, researchers at the University of Glasgow in a paper published Oct. 29.
This isn't the first time researchers have come to a similar conclusion. In a Ponemon Institute study published in 2011, nearly two thirds of mobile-device users admitted storing sensitive corporate data on their devices; eighty-four percent admitted using the same device for both business and personal functions.
That makes managing the security of mobile devices difficult for any IT organization, but makes devices introduced by employees under BYOD programs even more of a problem, according to a Sept. 18 report from the Information Security Forum.
Because they're owned by employees, IT security staff have less control over either the device itself or the security procedures followed by the employee than devices chosen, purchased, configured, tested and managed by the employer, the study found.
Even mobile devices most closely controlled by the corporation are far more insecure than they should be, Glisson and Storer suggested. The two used the XRY Complete Forensic Examiners Kit to examine data from 32 mobile phones issued to employees by an unnamed Fortune 500 company, eventually retrieved and decommissioned as employees upgraded. They found more than seven thousand individual bits of data still stored in the phones' memory, ranging from text messages to photos, contact lists, documents, audio (voice mail) files, calendars and other potentially problematic information.
The undeleted text messages contained passwords, indications that sensitive documents had been sent over wireless networks unencrypted as well as records of "inappropriate" conversations between co-workers and a number of inappropriate photos or sexual references.
Sending email or VPN passwords via text message is an obvious violation of security procedures, but even attempts to ameliorate the offense by deleting the record didn't reduce the risk.
Securely deleting data from flash memory is far less certain than the same procedure for standard disk drives, partly due to the physical design of flash-memory chips, and partly to the software delete methods developed by their manufacturers, according to a 2011 study from the University of California-San Diego – cited by security analyst Bruce Schneier as an illustration of security issues in solid-state disk drives.
Overwrite-based erasure techniques that work well for hard drives are unreliable on flash drives, making it almost impossible to securely scrub flash memory, the paper concluded.
That difficulty, combined with the sloppy security practices of end users, turn security-controlled mobile devices into data-breaches-in-waiting even after they're no longer in use, according to Glisson and Storer. "The amount of corporate information involved is potentially substantial considering that the study targeted low end phones" rather than smartphones, tablets or other, more data-capable devices, the two wrote.
It might be necessary to use full-time device-monitoring software to keep users from discussing or storing sensitive data using corporate devices, the two suggested. Other alternatives include developing anti-forensic software that could securely delete data on discarded phones and heavier security training and enforcement aimed at end users themselves.
"This exploratory case study clearly demonstrates the need for appropriate policies and guidelines governing use, security and investigation of these devices as part of an overall business model," researchers concluded.
Image: Shutterstock.com/ Andrea Danti
Windows Mobile Are the Best Phones for Advertisers
The Most Inappropriate Things People Do On Mobile Phones (NSFW)
Hackers Going After Phones and Tablets
Google's Encrypted Search Could Cost It Ad Clients
Lawmakers Finally Agree: Both Sides Hate Unrestricted NSA Eavesdropping
Kevin Fogarty
Kevin Fogarty is a veteran writer, editor and analyst whose work has appeared in CNN.com, InformationWeek, CIO, Computerworld, Network World, and other news and technology sites.


Can I Dehydrate canned veggies?
Welcome to APN! › Forums › Connect With Other Preppers Here › State Network Directory › Montana Preppers Network Forum › Check In Here Montana Preppers › Can I Dehydrate canned veggies?
This topic contains 0 replies, has 1 voice, and was last updated by Bee aware 3 years, 1 month ago.
Hello, I would like to know if it is possible to dehydrate canned veggies. I have some can goods that haven't reached their end date but would prefer to dehyrate them to reduce use of storage space. Any ideas?


Morrison/Carleton: Where do MLB front-office workers come from?
The Front Office is at once a mythical place where magical things happen and a very boring office. It's a place where besuited heroes tame dragons and collect unicorns that will decide the fate of your favorite team, and also a place where a small group of guys (and yes, most of them are men—we'll talk about that) make boring administrative decisions about the logistics of running something that is one part Broadway show, one part athletic competition, and one part actual business.
Yes, everyone reading this has had the fantasy of being in that office, making those decisions, and petting those unicorns—or, at least, you've complained about those who occupy the Front Office of your favorite team, who you figure probably couldn't slay a dragon if it impaled itself on their lances. There are 30 actual general managers, and thankfully, thousands of other people on the internet who could do a better job than all 30.
The reality of the Front Office is a lot less interesting than the fantasy. Yes, you get to go to work at a baseball stadium and think about baseball all day. But it's also a job. There are days when you spend three hours banging your head against your desk trying to get something to work, and when it does work the answer isn't all that interesting. Still, the most common question that we get at Baseball Prospectus is some variation of "I'd love to work in a major-league front office. How do I go about doing that?" At this point, the answer has become somewhat rote. It's some variation on: "Learn some skills, start building a portfolio of work, build a professional network, and hope that you're in the right place at the right time to land an internship somewhere." But of course, even if you do all of those things, there's cold reality to deal with. What are the chances that these prescriptions will actually work?
This article is the first in a four-part series that will address this question in a manner befitting Baseball Prospectus. We're going to look at the data and try to answer the question: Where do front office workers come from? There are thousands—perhaps millions—of people who would love to do the job. What can we learn from studying the ones who actually made it? Parts two, three, and four will appear over the rest of this week and will explore some of the issues that we'll raise today in more detail.
This page was last updated June 23, 2016 at 6:26 pm MST.


text:
import time

__all__ = ['Timer']

class Timer(object):
    '''Timer'''

    def __init__(self):
        self.t_start = time.time()

    def get_elapsed(self):
        return time.time() - self.t_start

    def tic(self):
        self.t_start = time.time()

    def toc(self):
        toc = self.get_elapsed()
        return toc

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Timer elapsed: %.4f'%self.get_elapsed()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Duvet covers come with an embroidered iconic "fouled anchor" center design in deep nautical navy thread. Duvets have hidden zippers. Matching Shams have crisp navy piped edging. King and Standard Shams are sold in pairs. Euro Shams are sold individually. Machine wash.


text:
← Fearsome Furnishings
Millions Upon Millions →
You Aren't Going Nowhere, Fungus
Posted on December 7, 2019 by Nathan
Continued from this post, here are four more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews:
Rolling Down the River – While not exactly the line from "Proud Mary," they did originally play that song in this episode, earlier in the action than usual. Captain Koopa has captured the Princess again and imprisoned her on his riverboat, the Sinister Star. Mario, Luigi, and Toad are already aboard and wearing disguises, with the former two playing Go Fish for money against two Koopa Troopas and a Goomba, at which Mario is cheating.
When they're caught, they take off their disguises and run away. Meanwhile, Toad tries to sneak into the Princess' cell with a cake, only to be caught by Koopa who insists he's an impostor because the cake says "Happy Birthday," and he never uses the H-word. While hardly original with this show, I'm often amused by lines like these, where villains are just so obsessed with their image that they take insults as compliments and are adverse to terms generally regarded as positive. They do it a lot with Koopa. Mario and Luigi are cornered and jump overboard, at which an old guy named Mark Twang saves them with a lasso, taking them aboard his ship, the Ding Bell. He's in a race with Koopa to determine who'll be King of the River, a weird succession law, but I guess it makes sense that the ruler should know something about boating. Koopa has sabotaged his steam engine, but the plumbers fix it, and he starts to catch up to the Sinister Star. So the villain uses a Black Pit Bob-omb to blow a hole in the river, Mario saving the boat by firing a plunger on a rope from a cannon at a nearby rock. Twang takes the brothers to see the Mouth of the River, a woman with a large mouth who gives advice on the River World, and she advises them to use plumbing to run the river around the pit. I'm not exactly sure how this is supposed to work or where they get all the pipes, but it works. The Mouth has magic pendants that make Mario and Luigi super, and they jump on a pump to speed up the boat, with the Mouth firing turnips from a cannon at the Sinister Star. This is where we see Clawgrip, one of the bosses in Super Mario Bros. 2, so you'd think he'd have a significant role like Mouser, right? Nope, we just see him steering the boat, then a turnip knocking him out. Twang wins the race, and the Mouth serves a catfish pizza, which grosses out the Marios. I wouldn't think it's all that weird compared to other foods mentioned on the show (mozzarella milkshakes, anyone?), but it doesn't look too appetizing with a dead fish with a cat face right on top of it.
As for Koopa's plan this time, I can see him wanting to rule the river, as it's presumably a major shipping channel. The thing is, if he hadn't kidnapped the Princess as well, the Marios might never have known he was in the race, and he could have beaten Twang handily. You're sowing the seeds of your own defeat here, Koopster. One recurring visual gag in the episode has Koopa seeing something in a telescope that makes him angry, then dropping the telescope and stepping on it, causing a tongue to come out. It's pretty strange.
The Mario Monster Mash – The Marios' new neighbor, Dr. Frank N. Stein, wants them to help him out with a science experiment. He turns out to be the actual Dr. Frankenstein, under a not-very-clever alias, and accompanied by his monster. The doctor is looking for a new brain to transfer to his creation, and while he and Luigi go out to look for one, Mario takes a nap on an operating table and has his brain switched with the monster's. When Frank and Luigi realize what happened, the mad scientist whacks the Mario and the monster on the heads with a frying pan to restore them. This establishes several themes that would come up in later live-action bits, including public domain monsters and brain-related shenanigans. There's at least one other with brain-switching, and others (including the very next one) deal with a character thinking he's someone or something else. There's also a later cartoon that's a Frankenstein parody, and I wondered why they didn't just pair them up. Maybe they did that on purpose to make it slightly less obvious that they're using the same ideas over and over again.
The Great Gladiator Gig – The usual suspects are riding a horse-drawn bathtub chariot to the Linguine Empire, for a spaghetti dinner to raise money for orphan mushrooms. I find it kind of interesting that, while many episodes use Ostros in place of horses, this one doesn't. There's another horse later on who talks, and a lion who does as well. Anyway, they're greeted by Brutius Maximus Grouchimus, a big guy who serves as Guardian of the Colosseum.
He takes the Princess and Toad to meet the Emperor, who turns out to be…well, I'm sure you can guess, but this time he's going by the name Augustus Septemberus Octoberus Koopa.
I'm not sure how he managed to take over, but an empire sounds like a pretty significant place to rule, so it seems like he's assuring his own downfall by inviting his enemies there. It is interesting that Brutius is a henchman of Koopa's but not a sort of enemy from a Mario game, just a guy. It seems like Brutius is in two places at once, since he's with Koopa, the Princess, and Toad, then with Mario and Luigi right after the scene change. I think we're supposed to understand it as his going back to the Marios after leaving the others, but it's kind of confusing. He knocks some Koopa Troopas into their shells and tosses them at the brothers, but they make a getaway with the help of the talking horse. The song that originally played during the sequence was Joe Dolce's "Shaddap You Face," but when that was cut out, Mario still yelled, "Shaddap you face!" at Brutius just before the chase. This episode has the first appearance of Triclyde, the three-headed snake boss from SMB2, here called Triclydius to fit the Roman theme. He has a dopey voice and tends to repeat himself a lot. Mario and Luigi are forced to fight him in the Colosseum, and defeat him by dancing, which makes him dizzy. I'm not entirely sure how that works, but I guess it has something to do with trying to focus three heads at once.
Koopa then calls in some lions, but Mario convinces them it would be preferable for them to eat an emperor instead of some plumbers. It's pretty similar to Luigi with the Pidgits in "Mario's Magic Carpet," really. So they chase him away, then they hold the spaghetti dinner with Brutius as the cook and one of the lions in attendance. I guess the orphan mushrooms are the ones in the Mushroom Kingdom itself, as the inhabitants of the Empire (or at least this part of it) all appear to be human. We never know who takes the throne after Koopa runs off. There's a Luncheon Kingdom in Super Mario Odyssey that's Italian-themed, so maybe it's part of or at least associated with the Linguine Empire.
Bonkers from Yonkers – This live-action bit doesn't involve Yonkers in any way, but I guess whoever named it thought it was close enough to New York City to work. Mario hits his head while he and Luigi are working on some pipes, and starts thinking he's a bird and screeching a lot. See, I told you'd they'd do more brain stuff this time. Luigi calls a head doctor, Sigmund Fruitcake, who tries to cure Mario only for him to start thinking he's a monkey instead. Everything is restored to normal in the end, but it doesn't seem to take much for Mario to lose his mind.
Mario and the Beanstalk – I suppose an episode based on the fairy tale makes sense, as it seems to be referenced in the first SMB, with the beanstalks that you can climb to reach treasure in the clouds. And really, this is a pretty straight adaptation of the tale to the show's setting and characters. The gang starts out in a square cottage with a roof that looks like a mushroom cap. This was before we saw any of the Toad Houses in SMB3, which were round at the bottom like mushroom stalks. They need to get one hundred gold coins by the next day to get an extra life…er, rather, to keep the Mushroom Kingdom Orphanage open. I suppose the spaghetti dinner in the last episode didn't provide enough. The Princess suggests hocking her jewels, and Mario tells her she already did, yet she's still wearing some jewelry. Maybe they mean the crown jewels instead of her personal accessories. Is the assumption that King Koopa is still occupying the castle, which is why the Princess has to stay in a cottage and can't take the money out of taxes? It's not really clear, but they do still have a cow wearing a crown, and Mario and Luigi take her to the used cow dealer. The podcast pointed out that they just had a joke about a used carpet dealer, but we didn't actually see that. We're introduced to the slick-talking Dealin' Delbert, who gives them beans in exchange for the cow, because that's how the story goes. They're identified as garbanzo beans, another name for chickpeas, presumably just because the word sounds kind of funny. Chickpeas don't grow on vines, but the beanstalk grows up anyway. Mario's initial idea is to pick a bunch of beans to sell, but he decides to pick them from the top on down, so they end up in the expected enormous castle in the sky. Luigi says the castle is bigger than the Brooklyn Public Library, by which I assume he means the main one in Grand Army Plaza, because the branches I've been to generally aren't that big at all. The giant is, not surprisingly, Koopa. The Princess says, "He's turned himself into a giant!", but it's never explained how. At first the oversize reptile says he wants to eat the heroes, but then decides to lock them up. There's a bit with the Mario team trying to escape first through a door and then a window, only for Koopa to close them at the last second. Since he can close them by pulling a rope that's right next to him, I assume he's just messing with his prisoners. At one point, the heroes are climbing logs, and Luigi backflips up. The Marios do succeed in making Koopa sneeze by working a bellows. Hey, didn't something like that happen in Mickey and the Beanstalk as well? Nobody tell the Disney lawyers! The gang escapes into a room with a goose in a cage laying gold coins, and Koopa locks them in, saying they'll eventually be crushed by the coins. The goose reveals that Koopa has her under a spell, and will help them if they rescue her. Mario quickly climbs a hill of coins and bends the bars of the cage, and they escape through a crack in the floor through which part of the beanstalk had emerged. Luigi cuts down the vine with an axe that was apparently in their plumbers' bag. I'm not sure why plumbers would need an axe. Maybe the Marios took it after removing it from one of Bowser's bridges. The whole giant castle falls down with the beanstalk, even though something must have been supporting it before the stalk grew. Koopa lands in the water and is restored to his normal size, yelling, "It shrunk me!" I'm not sure what he's referring to, unless it's the water himself, meaning he shrank in the wash. He runs off and a bunch of coins fall out of the castle. The goose, now free from Koopa's spell, tries to lay an egg for her friends to eat, but it turns out they're still made of gold. There was a Super Mario World cartoon where Mario says he hates eggs, so I guess he wouldn't have wanted it anyway.
Bats in the Basement – Mario and Luigi host an exchange student from Transylvania, who turns out to be a vampire named Zoltan Dracula. They eventually figure out what he is and get a book on how to get rid of a vampire, leading to a stake/steak pun and a bit about how their mother's recipe for tomato sauce is also a vampire repellent. Zoltan, who didn't like the place much anyway, leaves on his own. There's a bit where Zoltan, in bat form, sings a line of "Here Comes the Sun," so did whoever edited out the copyrighted songs miss this, or was it too short to matter?
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em – This is the only episode of this cartoon where Koopa doesn't appear at all. I wonder what he was doing instead. Instead, the main villain is an original character, Queen Rotunda of Rotunda Land, who's based on the Queen of Hearts, especially the Disney version. We see her at the beginning, checking up on the progress of her court magician's love potion, which she wants to make Prince Pompadour fall in love with her. What's weird is that there's a Prince Pompadore who's a character in the Oz books. I wonder if that's a coincidence, or one of the writers actually read a Ruth Plumly Thompson book. But anyway, Mario and company are in Rotunda Land for some reason, and Mario has a device that finds hot peppers, really big ones at that. Everyone starts to pick them, only to be interrupted by some Beezos in armor, one of them riding an Ostro. These are actually the only Mario enemies to appear in this one. The Princess tries to insist the peppers were growing wild, which they weren't; they were in an enclosed garden.
Anyway, the Beezos arrest them and take them to the Queen, who orders them beheaded. Before anyone can carry out the sentence, Mario learns that Rotunda wants a dessert for her wedding, and makes her some hot pepper pistachio ice cream. The Queen tries it and needs water, but the first thing Mario can grab for her is the love potion, and of course she falls in love with him, locking up the others in the dungeon. She not only wants to marry the plumber against his will, but also forces him to diet and exercise. Luigi, Toad, and the Princess escape from the dungeon and make a new love potion, the ingredients for which include a Fat Boys record, and this is not the only Fat Boys reference on this show. During the wedding (which is mostly attended by people whose eyes are black dots), Mario slips the potion in Queen Rotunda and Prince Pompadour's glasses, despite the fact that, as far as we can tell, he has no way of knowing she had feelings for the Prince or even that his brother and friends were making another potion.
Then, as a rather predictable final joke, the witch drinks the potion and falls in love with Luigi, so everyone runs away.
Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up! – Both Mario and Luigi are practicing their Elvis impersonations for a contest, singing parodies of Elvis songs with lyrics about plumbing, and apparently they each have their own Velvet Elvis. Then the real Elvis, played by professional impersonator Fred Travalena, shows up to give them pointers. The brothers ultimately decide they don't want to complete against each other, probably a good thing since they're both pretty bad at it even with the tips. Also, Luigi mentions he hates catfish, which could have something to do with his reaction to the Mouth of the River's choice of reward.
As a bit of a bonus, if you can call it that, I finally found a scan of a Nintendo Comics System story that I remember reading (at the store, which I'll admit is kind of cheap, but I feel like I was subtly discouraged from buying things as a kid), but that I couldn't find online unlike most of the others.
"You Again?" is a short, surreal tale that starts with Mario waking up to a note saying the Princess was kidnapped, pretty typical fare there. So he starts out through what I think is supposed to be World 1-1 of SMB2, only to be quickly knocked out by a Shy Guy, and wake up in bed again. This repeats several times, with the Princess being held in a different ridiculous scenario each time, and the Shy Guys just become more casual, eventually having tea while Mario makes another futile attempt.
They're called aglets, Mario, even if my spellchecker doesn't recognize the word.
Then it turns out to be Toad, awakened with a phone call from the Princess, who's been dreaming all of this. He goes outside to get water for his morning coffee, is knocked out by the Shy Guys offscreen, and wakes up again. Pretty simple, but it works with the Mario universe in a few ways, first because SMB2 is set in the world of dreams and the ending implies Mario dreamed the adventure, but also because the constant dying and having to restart is something I'm sure everyone has experienced playing a Mario game. Also, Toad has a World's Greatest Mushroom Retainer mug.
So, when is someone going to scan "Tanooki Suits Me"?
This entry was posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games and tagged bats in the basement, beezos, bob-ombs, brutius maximus grouchimus, clawgrip, dealin' delbert, frankenstein, goombas, horses, hot pepper pistachio ice cream, jack and the beanstalk, joe dolce, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, linguine ampire, lions, love 'em and leave 'em, love potion, luigi mario, mario and the beanstalk, mushroom kingdom, nintendo comics system, ostros, princess peach toadstool, queen of hearts, queen rotunda, rolling down the river, rotunda land, shyguys, spaghetti, subcon, super mario bros. 2, the great gladiator gig, the mario monster mash, toad, triclyde, vampires, you again?. Bookmark the permalink.
4 Responses to You Aren't Going Nowhere, Fungus
Pingback: When the Plumbing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Plumbing | VoVatia
Pingback: Kiss a King | VoVatia
Pingback: It's Koopa Clobbering Time | VoVatia
Pingback: May the Pasta Be with You | VoVatia
@RightWingWatch It sounds like they did little if any repenting. 15 minutes ago


text:
Woody Woodpecker is Now on DVD
*Thanks to Universal Pictures Home Entertainment for sending the product in this post.
Are you a big Woody Woodpecker fan?
My thoughts on Woody the Woodpecker:
Having seen this a lot as a kid, I absolutely loved this movie Woody the Woodpecker and our kids enjoyed it too! It's awesome that they brought it back and made it into a DVD for people that grew up with the show!
All About Woody Woodpecker:
Chaos ensues in the all-new family comedy, Woody Woodpecker, coming to DVD, Digital and On Demand on February 6, 2018, from Universal 1440 Entertainment, a production entity of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The film blends live action and CGI animation to tell the crazy and humorous story of an all-out turf war between the mischievous prankster and a big city lawyer who wants to build his dream home in Woody's backyard.
Woody Woodpecker is back with his signature laugh, wacky antics and wisecracks in his first ever live-action/animated film. Woody must protect his forest home from Lance Walters (Omundson), who starts building his dream mansion in the forest with his son, Tommy (Verchere), and fiancée, Vanessa (Ayala). To make matters worse, Woody must avoid the clutches of two grizzly poachers. With a series of crazy hijinks to sabotage their plans, Woody proves he'll stop at nothing to defend his turf. Get ready for laughs in this hilarious comedy about everyone's favorite woodpecker!
Bonus Features on DVD and Digital
- Guess Who?
- The Evolution of Woody – Woody Woodpecker is one of the world's most iconic animated characters. In this featurette, we explore how Woody's look and personality have changed since his introduction in 1940.
- The Making of Woody Woodpecker – Filmmakers and cast discuss why this version of the Woody character is so appealing and how his brand of physical humor translates across audiences.
- Working with Woody – Filmmakers, cast and crew reveal the specific challenges of filming a movie whose main character is CGI.
Labels: dvd, Think Jam, woody woodpecker


text:
Q: Synchronize parent and child without semaphores (no semaphores, or threading, just processes)
I want to read data from a file in parent and pass it to child through pipe.
Suppose data in file is
Is
This
Possible?

now after reading "Is" through pipe

*

*How would child know that new data "This" has been passed and should be read

*What would be the terminating condition after reading "Possible?" through pipe, so that child can terminate after reading all the data Parent wanted to pass

(Doing it without using semaphores or threads, just plain processes i-e forking)
Thanks in Advance

A: A parent writing to a file and the child reading from it would require the synchronization you're thinking of. That is, if parent has only written the 1st line and child has read it, but parent has not written line 2, child will get a premature EOF.
But, a pipe does not.
A pipe stays open until the parent/sender closes it [or child terminates]. So, the child can just read in a loop until it receives EOF.
The child will automatically block in the read if no data is available but will not get EOF prematurely. If you want, the child can do select(2) or poll(2) to check for data being available but I hardly think that's necessary.
The child will not get EOF until the parent has sent all the data and closed its end of the pipe.
So, no synchronization is needed.
On the other side, we may have a parent that sends lots of data quickly and the child is reading slowly (i.e.) falls behind a bit. Eventually, the [kernel] pipe buffer gets "full" and the parent write will block until the child has been able to "catch up" and drain some of the data. Thus, no data is "lost".

A: You can simply read a fixed amount of data using fairly ubiquitous read() or fread() API, and use the fact that these will either block until more data is available or signal end-of-file conditions. This is the most straightforward way to pipe data into child processes: the child simply reads from stdin like an ordinary file, until it encounters the 'end-of-file' condition.
Alternatively, for a more responsive/performant design (or when dealing with hardware that signals on file objects) you need:

*

*Enable support for nonblocking I/O

*Monitor your input file descriptor/handle (the read side of the pipe) using select() like API

*Integrate with an event loop (or write a simple one yourself)

*Be able to deal with unexpected amounts of data available.

*Be able to deal with errors from read()/fread() and friends, in particular EAGAIN.

*And be able to deal with end-of-file conditions.

Wiring this up means delving into OS specific APIs, but fortunately it's also a common enough task that plenty of toolkit libraries (e.g. libuv, Qt) exist and provide consistent abstraction/higher level API.


This is for Inverse Laplace Transform.
What will the Region of Convergence (Pole-zero plot) look like if the pole is equal to zero? The zeroes or the numerator has values but the poles or the denominator is just s.


text:
Stephen Blackford
"The Master" (2012)
"We record everything. Throughout all lifetimes". I adore this film on a par with the director's bizarre and surreal heartbreak of Magnolia 13 years earlier. My adoration follows. Here are some selected quotes from the time of release a decade ago: "Smart and solidly engrossing, The Master extends Paul Thomas…
"Magnolia" (1999)
PT Anderson's first masterpiece. "I don't know where to put things, you know? I really do have love to give! I just don't know where to put it" So laments a quiz kid named Donnie Smith, and so began my personal obsession with this astounding film and a two decades…
"There Will Be Blood" (2007)
"We have a sinner with us here who wishes for salvation!" In the fifteen years since the release of this double Oscar winning film (and 140th on the www.imdb.com chart of the 250 greatest films of all time), Paul Dano would follow his snake oil salesman routine here with an…
"Punch Drunk Love (2002)
"Think you can be a pervert and not pay for it?" Two decades this film has been in my life. Two Paul Thomas Anderson dominated decades of astonishing films, and there are many arguments to be made that this is in fact his finest ever creation. Our own punch drunk…
Miyabi's Movie Diary
⭐Miyabi's Movie Mania⭐
Story of love — Synopsis: It is 1973 in the San Fernando Valley near Hollywood. Gary Valentine, a high school student working as a child actor, falls in love at first sight with Alana Kane, a photography assistant who comes to school one day. Gary confesses to her that it is "fate" for him…
Richard Foltz
Starting a first draft…
"Writing is also a kind of war. The story is what you carry and every time you add to it it gets heavier. All over the world, there are half-finished books because the work got too heavy." In case you didn't know, that's from the Stephen King book, Billy Summers…
Barnaby Page
Frame Rated
Boogie Nights (1997) • 25 Years Later
In 1970s California, a young man finds a new life and new friends as a porn star… —
Jo Brennan
The Melodic Stumbles of Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love, 20 Years After.
I have grown to distaste the early films of Paul Thomas Anderson, for as much undeniable passion is channeled in his neurotic Mise-en-scène, his affect for excess and insecure control is so unrestrained that, as charming in its naivety as it can be, exudes such grandiloquence the young Paul finds…
Jonathan Lethem
·Jul 31, 2022
My Queer Jobs, Part 1
Teenage Employments in Pre-AIDS New York (Note: this will be a series of three posts. Here's part two. There's an important context for these reminiscences, one I've written of elsewhere, but shouldn't presume any given reader would already know: my parents were bohemians, artists, leftist refuseniks against the mainstream —…
Charlie Fountaine
Story vs. plot in There Will Be Blood
Ask 100 writers on the difference between story and plot and you'll get 101 different opinions. Here's how I define the two: plot is whatever the characters consciously concern themselves with. Story is a layer deeper: the characters' emotional journeys witnessed from our privileged perspective as the audience. While story…
Father, Son and occasional Holy Goat too. Writing on Medium primarily in regard to mental health issues and hoping to build a community of like minded souls.
Nina Galdina
Mais interessante virtualmente do que pessoalmente. Mediana, como Sofia Coppola pensava ser. Aqui, livros e filmes, minhas obsessões.


text:
'The Division's' Dark Zone Ceasefire
After playing the beta of Tom Clancy's The Division, I previously wrote about my experiences with the PVP-enabled Dark Zone area, and the design flaw that is forcing players uninterested in PVP to engage in it if they want the full experience of the game. Now with the full release, I still stand by my …
Read More about 'The Division's' Dark Zone Ceasefire
Does 'The Division' live up to the hype?
The best loot-based games understand the addictive cyclical nature of finding better gear and using it to improve your character in order to, well, find better gear. While The Division certainly isn't without flaws, it absolutely understands how satisfying it is to finally find that high-end drop you've been looking for. Set in post viral …
Read More about Does 'The Division' live up to the hype?
Three lessons 'Far Cry Primal' could teach game studios
In an era where video games (primarily those in ongoing franchises) are becoming more monotonous and studios elect to rehash the same properties over and over again, Ubisoft's Far Cry Primal is the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel. Sure enough, that light isn't always clearly luminous, somewhat muddied by its own ambitions …
Read More about Three lessons 'Far Cry Primal' could teach game studios
'The Division's' Dark Zone is Poison for Co-Op and Solo Players
I will confess, Tom Clancy's The Division probably wasn't made for someone like me. I'm typically a solo gamer with the occasional cooperative excursion when my friends' schedules actually match up for once, someone who is much more interested in exploring and going at my own pace through a story with a distinct beginning and …
Read More about 'The Division's' Dark Zone is Poison for Co-Op and Solo Players
Hopeless Rayman-tic: Could Rayman usurp Mario's platforming crown?
Ever since the release of the original Super Mario Bros. 30 years ago, Mario has regularly and persistently found himself at the top of the platforming heap. Oh sure, there's been some competition: a Sonic the Hedgehog here, a Crash Bandicoot there, even the occasional Banjo-Kazooie or Bubsy (wait, scratch that last one). None of them have lasted for long against the venerable plumber …
Read More about Hopeless Rayman-tic: Could Rayman usurp Mario's platforming crown?
'Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep' delivers new perspectives to an old world
Kingdom Hearts has a way of telling complex stories that produce more questions than answers. As such, Kingdom Hearts games tend to run long. With the minor exceptions of Chain of Memories and 358/2 Days, each of the games has managed to build a strong fan base that continues to pine for Kingdom Hearts 3 (Before I die Square Enix, that's all I ask–before I die). The longest game to date is Birth by Sleep, which clocks in at a healthy 45 hours of gameplay that purely moves the plot forward. That does not include any time players might spend mucking about with meld commands, building command decks, playing mini-games, or fighting in the arena. Players are willing to invest so much time in Birth by Sleep because although Birth by Sleep failed to pick up where Kingdom Hearts 2 left off, it provided players with new game mechanics that improved gameplay tenfold, and it presented three unique perspectives on the events that lead to Kingdom Hearts.
Read More about 'Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep' delivers new perspectives to an old world
'Child of Light' paints an epic quest
In gaming, journeys begin with the single press of a button. Should a game fail to capture a player's attention, their audience will not hesitate to stop the game and never return. This unfortunate turn of events essentially leaves untold numbers of characters trapped in suspended animation, never knowing the outcome of their quest.
Read More about 'Child of Light' paints an epic quest
Best Video Games of 2014 (Pt. 4)
Like ABC's Once Upon a Time on acid, Telltale's The Wolf Among Us tells an intricate and involving story of fairy tale and urban legend characters who have been cast out of their fantastic realm and into our world. Set primarily around a series of horrific murders, and the consequences they have on this secret community, The Wolf Among Us employs Telltale's now signature style of cause and effect storytelling to its greatest capacity yet. Based on the comic series Fables, The Wolf Among Us is a chilling and engrossing neo-noir, and stylistically the coolest game in years.
Read More about Best Video Games of 2014 (Pt. 4)
Best Video Games of 2014 (Pt.3)
Due to its propensity for conflict, war has long been a popular backdrop for video games but never has it been seen like this. Filled with humanity, sorrow, and honesty, Valiant Hearts: The Great War uses the true history of World War I to weave together the stories of its protagonists (ranging from a German soldier, to a French POW, to a Belgian combat nurse). The gorgeous graphics, evolving gameplay, and original design only serve to make the experience offered here more enticing. Thoroughly moving and steeped with loss, Valiant Hearts is not a game you will soon forget.
Read More about Best Video Games of 2014 (Pt.3)
While gamers could be forgiven for being a little trepidatious at the prospect of the Walking Dead series continuing without most of its main cast from the first volume, luckily those concerns turned out to be needless. The second season in Telltale's zombie anthology focuses on Clementine, the most vulnerable of its cast of characters, and uses her vulnerability as the narrative crux of the plot.
'Rainbow 6: Siege' is a welcome return to form
This year's E3 had a lot to like. We had more glimpses of the return of both Nathan Drake and Master Chief. We had the continued rise of the indie developer, showing fantastic stuff like No Man's Sky and Inside. We had Nintendo finally delivering a strong showing – Zelda! Splatoon! Captain Toad! – with a pre-recorded event that arguably trumped both Sony and Microsoft's live offerings (it was certainly a hell of a lot more fun – the Iwata/Reggie face off eliciting genuine laughs rather than awkward groans).
Read More about 'Rainbow 6: Siege' is a welcome return to form
Rinse and Repeat: Making Games the Ubisoft Way
After steadily working your way across the bare map, you've finally reached it. You've dodged enemies, commandeered vehicles, maybe even taken part in a spot of violence to get here. But you don't mind the long slog, because you know that in a few minutes you'll have a fast travel point unlocked. You just need …
Read More about Rinse and Repeat: Making Games the Ubisoft Way
Have Free-roaming Sandbox Games Reached Their Pinnacle?
Within the evolution of gaming, there are certain telltale signs that games of a specific genre have reached the pinnacle of their existence and will see minimal improvements from that point on. Oftentimes we can predict when gaming genres will reach this peak simply by looking at how complex the goal of the game is. …
Read More about Have Free-roaming Sandbox Games Reached Their Pinnacle?
When PR Stunts Go Bad
Australian publication Ninemsn – a joint venture between Microsoft and Aussie entertainment company Nine – don't cover video games. They do movies and music, but that's about as close as they get. So it's understandable that they were rather mystified when they received a black box delivered to their office, complete with PIN number and …
Read More about When PR Stunts Go Bad
'South Park: The Stick of Truth' unleashes pure nostalgia
For fans of the show, South Park: Stick of Truth is a necessary addition to their gaming library. Plenty of video games attempt to capture the spirit of a television show or movie, but none has been as successful as Stick of Truth.
Read More about 'South Park: The Stick of Truth' unleashes pure nostalgia


Know the game species you are hunting. Be sure you can correctly recognize the differences between species. The wildlife identification section in this course can help you.
The goal of all hunters should be a clean, one-shot kill. Be familiar with your gun or bow, and know your effective range. Don't shoot beyond your effective range! Nobody is born with shooting ability; practice, practice, practice until you are capable of hitting your target precisely with every shot! Take only shots you know you can make!
Be sure you follow up each shot. Look closely to see if you wounded the animal. If so, don't give up until you have retrieved the wounded game. Make sure you can properly field dress the game animal you are hunting. Don't allow an animal to spoil because you didn't know how to field dress it or skin it! Don't display game animals, heads, or other body parts of dead animals on your vehicle.
Know how to care for and cook the meat you take home from your hunt. Don't waste!


I 100% stole this post idea from Lisa, she does it from time to time, and I love it, a little update on what's currently going on in my life.
So so much water I feel like I'm going to float away. Hydrate hydrate hydrate, yet I never feel like I'm actually drinking as much as I'm supposed to.
Layers, tons of layers. Lately I'm cold all the time. Like freezing cold.
My weekly bump updates from Baby Center and The Bump, but I have a feeling I need to get on reading more than just that! I was trying to to over do it and fill my head with stuff that would freak me out during the first trimester, but I probably need to get on learning a little bit more now. Any specific recommendations?
Too much TV! What is with this season of the Bachelor, seriously?! I haven't even had a chance to break into my recording of this season of Downton Abbey yet, but I am super excited that Nashville has been back on these last few weeks, LOVE that show!
A new wardrobe! I'm starting to feel like a sausage stuffed into a too small casing in what feels like all my clothes (even though I know it isn't), but I'm kinda hating everything in my closet in the moment!!
All the sleep I'm getting. I know that's something that's going to be long gone once the baby arrives. I think I've gotten nearly 10 hours of sleep the last two nights. It feels fantastic, though it makes getting anything else done nearly impossible.
One more day in the week to get everything done that I wish to get done in any given week! I always manage to feel behind and I hate starting to week already feeling that way. Someday I will manage to get ahead, just not sure when!
Every Saturday. Besides the fact that if officially kicks of my weekend, which is pretty great, it's also my official marker of a new week of pregnancy and every time that rolls around there is a little sense of relief that I made it another week with no issues.
Too much! Especially too much cheese! They say you only need to consume about 300 more calories a day when you are expecting, I'm pretty sure I'm out doing that. I'm trying to control myself, and it's getting better, I'm not seeming as hungry all the time these last few weeks, but it was getting dangerous there for awhile.
I've got some some DIY bath projects on my agenda, like some shower bombs and sugar scrubs that I plan to be sharing soon!
Everything I can to get more than 3 work outs in in a week, I know I need to be seeing the gym more often!
Everything, I learn something new everyday, especially with my job and the amount of people I interact with!
It was spring. I am so so over these cold cold days, and its supposed to be even colder these next few. I am ready for sunshine and flowers and warmth!
A getaway. I would love a getaway sometime in the near future, when and where is TBD.
This cold, I know I already said it, but that's how much I've over it!
Love these posts...a nice little update into so many aspects of your world! 14 weeks! So exciting! I forget...do you guys plan to find out if it's a boy or girl?
I'm ready for spring too! This cold we're having here is just awful! Probably worse for you, you probably get that Lake Effect that is just brutal! I am almost always eating way too much and almost always eating too much cheese too, it's the best! At least you can use your pregnancy for an excuse for the next 6 months, lol!!
This is such a great idea for a post! I'm with you on the Bachelor - this season has been just odd. I thought I liked Chris, but now I'm just not so sure. You need to start Downton, though and Nashville has been SO good! I think we're all over this winter and itching for warmer temps ... I've been heavily planning mine and Ryan's fall vacation the past few days, and it has me wishing we were leaving now!
Yay!! Such a fun post!! :) :) And I cannottttt wait for you to share those bath bombs! I have been wanting to try and make those for awhile! There are lots of fun scrubs that look pretty easy that would be such great gifts too!
I can use it as an excuse, but I shouldn't be! These temperatures are killing me!
There are so many great looking bath product DIY's out there, hopefully they will be coming to the blog next week! I love making my own bath stuff! And thanks for the post idea!
Totally are going to find out!! No way I could wait!
I know, I so desperately want to get out of here ASAP but I know that's not going to happen. If I had the means, I'd be on a plane to somewhere tropical tomorrow! I know, I don't know how I haven't started Downton yet, I love that show!


This morning, we see several times where Yahweh demands that his people be like himself, the God of the covenant. This is our focus on as we look at the Scriptures this morning, to notice the link between Israel's Law and God's will that his people be like him. For the purposes of structure, I've divided our text into three different ideas.
This entry was posted in 02 Exodus, Old Testament, Recent Sermons & Podcast, Ryan Martin, Service, Speaker, Sunday Morning Worship and tagged Giving of ourselves, Laws & Consequences, Sexual Immorality on July 8, 2018 by levistreblow.