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NFL Playoff Football Is Back, And We're Gonna Get In Trouble Trash Talk
January 9, 2021 /101 Comments/in 2020 Presidential Election, Congress, Football, Fuckstickery, Trash Talk /by bmaz
It has been a hell of a fun first few months week of 2021. So, with no further adieu, lets get to the ball. A nearly unprecedented SIX games in one weekend (there was that one weird strike season, which doesn't really count). And, there really are no bad matchups on tap. Away we go!
First up is Indiana at Buffalo. The Colts seem a better team than their 11-5 record, and Phil Rivers can still chuck the ball. They have weapons on both offense and defense. But, dang, the Bills have looked like a serious Super Bowl contender all year. And, while Rodgers may be the MVP of the league, to my eye, Josh Allen was pretty close. The Bills are at home for a rabid and great fan base that has been dying for this since the mid-90's. And the Wagon Circlers have weapons too, including Stephon Diggs, arguably the leagues best receiver this year, a fair, if not great, running game and a very good defense. Expect the Colts to be good, but the Bills to win. And that would be a very good thing for the City of Buffalo and their long suffering excellent fans.
Second up for Saturday is LA Rams at Seattle Squawks. This is a harder call. Rams first string QB Jared Goff is "questionable", but expected to play (but for how long with a recently broken thumb on his throwing hand?). Jamal Adams, the Seahawks safety that is one of the best is in the same boat. It is not the same without the 12th Man fans in Seattle, but, despite a rough patch, the Squawks seem to be gelling. And then there is those Russell Wilson and DJ Metcalfe dudes. They are pretty good. Seattle wins.
The Saturday Night Game is Tampa at the Washington Football Team. WFT is on the clear rise under Riverboat Ron Rivera, they are better than you think, and on both sides of the ball. Young Chase Young and the superb DC D-Line are going to try to spook and hurry the old man Brady. The rest of the WFT defense is really good as well. But this is the first time Brady has been defended this way, and Tampa has a very talented defense as well. All pro receiver Mike Evans is nicked up, but will play, as will Ronald Jones. WFT is nicked up, but the most relevant one is QB Alex Smith. His entrance turned their moribund season around after Dwayne Haskins. If Smith can play, and play well, this could be an upset. Not gonna bet that, but that may be the X factor. Still will take the old man and the Bucs.
Okay, and here we go with the Sunday games.
First up Sunday is Baltimore at Tennessee. I have no real idea what to make of this one. Tennessee is good, and made it to the AFC finals last year. They have Derrick Henry, and that is one powerful weapon. But the Ravens have been rushing the heck out of the ball over the last five games. Sure, there is Lamar Jackson, but it is more than that. By a tiny margin, think the Ravens are better on D, but only a tiny amount. Am still inclined to go with the Titans at home.
Second comes Bears at Saints. This, on paper, is the least interesting game of the weekend. It is probably Drew Brees' last year. The Aints are at home in the Dome. Nawlins will, apparently have both Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara on the field. Sorry, not sure how the Bears and Trubisky have a real shot here.
Lastly, Brownies at Steelers. For a short period, it really looked like Pittsburgh was in the doldrums and Cleveland would do the unthinkable and take the division championship. But the Steelers righted the ship and won out over Cleveland for the title. Nick Chubb and Baker Mayfield (watch out for Mayfield on play action, he is really good) are maturing and growing quite nicely. And the Cleveland defense is pretty good. But this is still the Stillers, and the Browns will be without head coach and chief play caller Kevin Stefanski because of Covid. That seems rough. Have to take Big Ben and Pittsburgh at home, but this could be a great game.
A lot of people are saying they want a revolution. John, Paul, George and Ring have one for you. Rock it up.
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Eureka says:
That Buffalo sunshine is beautiful, I can feel the day. And it's only 33, not like 7 or something.
Having had the (dis)pleasure of watching Chase Young's NFL start: he is HUNGRY. Pretty sure it was the very first snap he had a neutral zone infraction and you should have seen the look on his face. While Buffalo's game is the one I'm happiest for (well, I guess I am assuming that win there), WFT-Bucs is the one for which I am most excited.
Also sadz about the iconic Tommy Lasorda.
OH and while the – my – your Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team (and were still ranked first after loss to Nets w Curry"s COVID), I am wondering if we cannot have nice things. Beautiful games to watch, Doc Rivers (& Morey) is exactly who they needed, and now the vid. They are playing today after all I saw; lineup unsure.
ETA, note to scribe: Jim Gardner opened the 6pm Friday news thusly: Lehigh University has revoked Trump's honorary degree.
Ginevra diBenci says:
I was rooting for a Bears-Giants matchup–one for the ages, as we measure them now. (Back in August I was rooting for that. Nothing I root for ever materializes, except for the 2016 World Series, and look how God punished us for that.)
Ooohhh, punished, yes. (I would have preferred the Giants to take out Bucs because Brady kryptonite — or so we would have seen if that held sans Eli — but that would have involved a few of my hopes going differently, and, well, you've outlined how that goes.)
As it happens I had something for you, too: the Pennsylvania man who died at the Capitol (stroke) was interviewed by the Inquirer (published maybe the 5th; linked in their article re his death) along with some other travelers. I thought his story might be useful background for your book (tho he was not said to be in a cult before the cult of Trump), the way it struck my memory of your comments about your writing and foci. Sad story.
Oof, got it: yes, really sad — it's the pitiful Trump-nymed kangaroo and related social network (especially in the ways it reminds me of an 'inventor' I knew who probably is a total Trumper today):
Ben Philips, Trump supporter from Pa., dies near Capitol after organizing trip to Washington
https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/washington-protest-trump-capitol-pennsylvania-ben-philips-20210107.html
^ I feel badly for calling the kangaroo ideas pitiful. That is how evocatively sad the whole thing is, that I regret a word.
Eureka, thank you for this link. I have been looking for information about Philips; everything about his story is sad, including that bag of stuffed kangaroos. I found the comments of his compatriot Stauffer about "the ignorance," and how the violent attacks did not fit with what he had seen of "the protests," consistent with much of the alt-right online response. Interesting that this article posted January 7. They wasted no time in preparing the argument otherizing bad acts: We don't do this so it had to be "antifaBLM." And they mean *had to*, come hell or high treason.
Shit I have jinxed the Bills and it was an offsides on Young that first game. His face was ferocious. [Also, I know nothing of the Bucs Oline, but all things being equal I imagine they'll show the rook his place for attempting hasty bulletin board material.]
I'll change over to bball shortly and the Bills can sort this all out #BillsMafia
OMG ref call to the rescue (incomplete!) right after I typed that and now WE BACK ARE IN BUSINESS. Dejinxed, Whew.
AND GOAL.
You didn't jinx them! After a lifetime spent trying to figure out how not to jinx the Cubs, however, I sympathize. At least my parents got to see 2016. And not having reverse-inherited my superstition, they actually allowed themselves to watch.
I'm glad the link was helpful and relieved that I haven't turned into a jinx (I have enjoyed jinx-free status, but all good things must come to an end and all that, allegedly). My curse is that when I know, I know. (Which can be good and buoyant when facing opponents as a long-shot, but you just know your team will win. And the contrarian lifestyle has its rewards.) On preseason reports I had my Eagles going 4-12 (while sports outlets pre-"saged" post-season this and that). [It was 4-11-1, and we are accelerating into a long, dark phase absent changes which seem unlikely. Back to long-suffering…]
posaune says:
Yay, bmaz! thank you!
Philip Munger says:
It's a stretch to see the Squawks beating the Goats 3X in one season, but LA is up against Seattle's history of home playoff wins. Seattle is doing far better this season than any "expert" predicted pre-season.
The playoff "experts" are predicting a low scoring game. I'm not. 35-18 Seahawks
The Rams have a really good defense and they are familiar with the Seahawks' offense. Seattle won't get 35 points unless their defense scores a few times.
Looking like my prediction was air pudding
new team, the Seven Sixers:
Wow, the NBA is forcing the Sixers to play vs. Nuggets with only seven players (an 8th merely dressed on the bench; four of the seven are rookies, too). Guess there's no equivalent of the Ravens treatment here (Silver learned from King Roger's early "mistakes" of care, apparently.)
Doc Rivers really didn't want to play, but it wasn't his choice. Concerns about their health, too, with all that playing (or "playing") time. The game's expected to become brutal at a certain point.
Seems draconian and unwise. And so early in the season.
BobCon says:
They really should have built more slack into the schedule to deal with this likelihood.
Of course, that would have meant fewer games and less revenue, at least in theory. But doing a little more thorough risk analysis would have led them to see that they're better off with more schedule flexibility than having the whole thing crash because of infections.
scribe says:
Since before any of the non-bubbled-league seasons started I have militated for the respective commissioners to be harsh with teams that don't discipline their players on preventing corona. No parties, no strip clubs, no dinners out.
King Roger totally fucked up the schedule around Thanksgiving when the Ravens got hit, and again earlier when the Titans gamed the corona rules … and got hit. There should have been forfeits, but there weren't.
So, sticking it to the Sixers for … f'g up corona protections is appropriate. Make an example early on and other teams will notice and rectify their players' behavior accordingly. Countenance sloppiness with the corona rules, and it will only get worse.
Doink. I think the Colts will wind up losing on the strength of 3rd and less than one for a TD, losing 2 on that play then having the 4th down pass fall incomplete, and now with a 14 play drive that ended with the ball bouncing no-good off the upright. They're playing Buffalo tough, but you don't win without scoring, especially if the other guy does score.
bmaz says:
Still think Buffalo wins, but, dang, it is not on Phil Rivers. Colts have indeed played tough.
Bills won, but not by much.
Betting Reich gets Wentz next year and watch out. In a good way.
Also, Celtics reported to have 9 on injury list, 7 of them corona-related.
It was actually a really fun game to watch, esp. rookie Maxey (who everyone said 6ers were lucky to get, he should have been a lottery pick); rookie Joe with some nice surprises, too. 39 Points for Maxey in their 103-115 loss (which became inevitable by Q3, but wasn't a complete disaster, either).
I'm with BobCon on this issue more than the universal too-bad/so-sad camp. I don't know that Seth Curry did anything wrong or particularly extracurricular; he or a householder could have just gone to the grocery store.
Community spread is much higher than it was earlier on (post-spring), esp. as compared to most of the NFL season: bball season is starting in a sustained rona dumpster fire. The new variant spreads more readily / smaller dose required. (YAY!)
Upon the positive result, the team got trapped in NY following league protocols until the early morning hours today, still uncertain who could play (or that they would play) well into the daylight.
Happy for the Bills after like 25 years, boy it would be nice if the fans could freely attend and celebrate. 2020 for ya.
I need to listen to more Beatles. Thanks bmaz, that was a great reminder.
Never thought the Beattles were all that great. Preferred the Stones. Remember when the Beattles hit the radio in B.C., while in Jr. High. Still never moved me the way country and western did or opera. Some of the C & W songs after 50 years still make me want to listen and dance. Rodney Crowell, Doug Stone, Lori White, Lorrie Morgan, Earle Conley and Jessie Colter are some of them. Then we get into modern ones of the 80/90s. what you can always say about C & W and opera singers is they can do it live, on time, on beat, on key, and one take. Although jazz is considered by some to be a more sophisticated music form, and it is, just never moved me. When you get to singers like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Strait, etc. they're like listening to the great tenors of the last century. Its the ability of them to move you, emotionally. Can't say much of the Beattles ever moved me. there are arias by Maria Callas from Madame Butterfly which can send your soul to another place along with of course Pavorriti's None shall sleep. then its Johnny Cash's last song and Allan Jackson, Remember When. American C & W is right up there with Italian opera in my opinion.
There is good, bad and middling in any genre. Appreciate your reference to Jessie Colter though. She is a friend, and is great as a person, not just a C&W star.
I remember the song, I'm not Lisa. Over the years it has played through my head. Couldn't remember who sang it, but could play it in my head. Lately I decided to look it up and yes its Jessie Colter. Then went through the other songs she sang and she is truly an amazing talent. My memory then kicked in I recall her singing other songs back over my time. Moves me. the song was written in ;1975 and that maybe why I remember it and it would come back to me over the years.
it is truly a small world. You're a friend of hers and here I'm on this blog which you contribute to and her music rolled through my head for over 40 years. I'm not surprised you write she is a great person. Any one who could create the type of emotion she does when she sings, must have a special soul.
John Langston says:
Cleveland has been a train wreck but still made the playoffs. The Browns have lost all but the 2nd quarter for the season's total scores. Now they're down the head coach, several other coaches, several players including a few playmakers. A college intern is working the game strategy. Two players were busted for drag racing and maryjane. The players haven't practiced and the QB hasn't thrown a pass all week.
I'd say the Browns have 'em right where they want 'em. Go Baker.
Queue "Wild Thing"
No coach
No practice
No line
And no Roethlisberger.
jo6pac says:
Go 9ers, that's right they went home already.
Go Warriors
Kevin Durant says he is the only reason there was ever a title in The Town. Not that he ever won anything else anywhere else….
Trash talking kevin and the reason he came there was they had already won titles and Curry league MVP something that he hasn't done yet. The Warriors are new team in away and slowly and painfully finding they're way back to winning. Clippers up 22 and still lose the game to an attacking Warriors team that never gives up.
I'll watch FB when Arron Rogers and KC start playing.
Durant is really good. How that supposedly thoughtful guy could not find a home with Kerr, Curry and Thompson is beyond me. But Curry is back to being ridiculous.
Being from OKC, no comment…………
Tracy Lynn says:
Uh, the Dubs won the championship in 2015. KD didn't show up until the 2017 season. Did he really say that!?? I never thought he was a douche while he was in the Bay–I'm obviously sadly misinformed.
That was exactly my reaction. He waltzed in to a team with Steph, Klay and Draymond in their prime. And Iggie off the bench.
Now that was a good team. They played with heart, passion, and besides, they were fun to watch.
Truly fun to watch. So much of the NBA these days is not, but the Dubs were that and more.
football, the North American version. thank you. at least there is something to keep us entertained and not depressed. O.K. if your team looses you may become depressed, but being Canadian and not a football fan of either countries' games, its O.K. for me. Don't understand the game. About all I've ever liked about North American football is when a player catches a football thrown to him, and then funning for what seems for ever into the "score" zone. Now that is fun. the rest, is just a bunch of adult men piling on top of each other and causing injuries. However, the games will thrill millions of North Americans and that is what is important. It will take people's minds off what has been happening in the past week. It is fun to read the football game comments on this blog. Oh, t here is one more thing I like about North American football. People seem to eat a lot of very fun food. Have fun all of you.
It is one hell of a lot better than that boring jackass "futbol" played elsewhere.
You mean soccer. I'm from a family which came from Europe and "football" there is what some call soccer and it is the only game to play. Don't get that game either. In that game they bounce balls off of their heads and kick the ball around the field. But again, it thrills millions and right now, the game is for people to be happy for just a while.
did turn on the t.v. though and saw two teams playing, one was TB, the other Washington. then figured out TB stands for Tampa Bay. They did have some very nice passes. Enjoyed watching the ball sail through the air but no long runs, ah, well hope you all are having a fun time, now where is the food which goes with these football games.
Hang in with it; it will grow on you. Especially in the playoffs. I am working on soccer as well.
One for one so far, but boy was it close. Can't put the loss on Phil Rivers, he was great. Toe to toe with Allen, but the Bills were just a little better on both sides of the line of scrimmage. I do hope Rivers plays another year and the Colts draft a rook to learn behind him. The Colts are good. The Bills were better.
Now one for two. Did not see the Rams rolling in the Emerald city. Congrats to LA though.
Blow to the WFT, Alex Smith is inactive.
Yeah I saw that and I always forget the new kid's name — but do recall he has projected much confidence!
We shall see (this could be a cringer. Or a complete delight).
Tyler Heinekie.
I knew it was an H-name like the beer but the rest sort of drifted off.
Wiki says he put off his final exams for an engineering degree at Old Dominion to come play for WFT (apparently he'd gone back to finish). To Heinekie, then. *clink*
The WFT are better not horrible. But, the loss of Smith is tough. German beer guy may pull off something good yet.
Earlier I had hopes they'd find their footing — still a chance, of course.
But it may be time for a reminder that the broken Eagles had to strive, strive, and strive again to lose to WFT last week (then helmed by Smith).
Adding: welp, here we go — looking good again
…… ahhhhhhhnd a near pick. But it was not an *actual* pick!
It is….too close of a game.
Uh oh, who else they got besides Heinicke?
Rudy!
But also I was promised a kid making his NFL debut when left to get a beverage, yet returned to find that grizzled veteran Heinicke.
Bummer, bad call on a crucial down. WFT over.
That was a nice jump ball under major pressure on 4th and long tho, seems he has some promise.
Dungy was over the moon with this kid.
Dungy doesn't go over the moon, ever.
And that kid was good. I think it was the time he was on the Cheaters' practice squad, came in at 0515 and found Biebs already studying film. Introduced himself to Biebs (who had no clue who or why this kid was there) and proceeded to watch film with the kid.
Heinike really did play well. He is going to have a future of some sort in the league.
Zwik says:
OT question I've been wanting to ask bmaz: how do you pronounce your name?
In my head I say Bee-mazz. Or is it B.M. Arizona? Slurred all together like bmmmazzz? B.M.A.Z.?Or maybe it should be B-M-AZE (be amazed). Please – I want to get this right.
Marcy calls me Bee-mazz. And has from the start, and now into our second decade at this here enterprise. Never forget Bill Mazeroski and 1960 though!
BMAZ was Mazeroski's nickname, which, once upon a time I thought was the basis of your user name.
I remember as a kid watching Yogi Berra, out in left field(!), looking up and watching #9's fly ball go over his head and win a World Series title for the Pirates at old Forbes Field.
Chris.EL says:
If anyone's in the mood for more Beatles, in this case, George Harrison (+ Ringo) google this video.
Elton John does the intro (+ keyboards); I recognized Eric Clapton. Does anyone know the rest of the musicians?
George Harrison & Ringo Starr – While My Guitar Gently Weeps (The Prince's Trust Rock Gala 1987)
THE CLOTHES AND THE HAIR are SOOOO 1987!!!
"… with every mistake we must surely be learning …"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XzSrShbqlz8
[The Prince's Trust must refer to someone in the British monarchy…]
This second video is with Prince (wearing red hat) — there is a young man behind Prince — sure could be George Harrison's son?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6SFNW5F8K9Y
Have always assumed B-Maz, like Mazeroski. I'm dating myself.
I hope you enjoy this weekend because you clearly need a break from politics. Alvin Kamala?
Thank you, that spell check error has been corrected.
P J Evans says:
The year so far:
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image text: I'd like to cancel my subscription to 2021. I have experienced the free 7-day trial and I'm not interested.
LOL. I'm still calling it 2020 until further notice or different conditions emerge to my liking.
quebecois says:
2021 sure started with a bang. sorry for the OT.
In an hour and a half, the Province of Québec is entering into a coronavirus curfew.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/07/quebec-to-enter-full-lockdown-as-covid-cases-spiral
The medical system is being overwhelmed, to the point that my cancer is on hold… I can live with that.
One month of almost complete isolation is coming up and I'M grateful that my shitty populist government has taken this decision.
Skillethead says:
And on other football fronts…wasn't Ohio State supposed to be exposed as posers by the awesome Clemson Tigers, because you know, the vaunted Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were really the third-best team in college football? Them or Cincy, I forget.
Would be surprising if Bama didn't handle the national championship game handily. Too much talent at every position.
Yuck. If I were a sociopath I would say that this is a game where I root for a tie with a lot of injuries, including the coaching staff. But I'm not, so I won't.
Rapier says:
As a Bears, well fan isn't quite the right word anymore, I thought to myself that Matt Nagy will have to be a powerful personality to right that old barnacle encrusted ship. He wasn't. Let's just say the hideous visor cap pretty much exposes the problem.
The McKaskey's should have sold the team years ago and given most of the 2 or 3 billion bucks to building schools and parks in Chicago, and give the Bears ownership to people not imbued with a sense of team that is essentially masochistic.
In Chicago there's no such thing as a sense of team that's *not* masochistic! Which is why the 1990's Bulls gave all of us a permanent adjustment disorder. Did it happen? If so, why? We still can't figure this out. (I haven't lived there since I was a teenager but once a Chicagoan, always a Chicagoan.)
O.K. we will give it a try. Want to see those long runs and that football sail through the air.
if you and the family ever get to Canada, particularly during football season, I'll pay for the tickets to watch the B.C. Lions.
The one great thing about North american football is they can seat the fan anywhere they want. They do not have to seperate the fans of each team as they do in Europe with soccer.
Years ago some one told me when they came to visit Canada they could not get over that the fans of both teams were all seated amongst each other. Decided it wouldn't be a bad country to move to. The same can be said for American football, every one sits where they want. they may call soccer the "beautiful game", but North American football is certainly the civilized game.
Da Bearss' missed TD catch on that flea-flicker was both unimaginable and lethal. How that guy could not catch that ball is beyond me.
And it was a perfect 45 yard spiral – a thing of beauty.
He's moving to the Bartman Wing of the Chicago Sports Hall of … Memories.
As predicted, Drew Fookin Brees is going to win. Had the Bears' WR caught that ball which went right through his hands, that would have made the game 10-7 at that point. Since then, Da Bearss have been unable to do much of anything other than get ejected for fighting.
Right now, on the stove in honor of Tommy Lasorda, one of my variations on his favorites: pasta fagioli. Start with olive oil in the pot. We got some sweet Italian sausage, an onion sliced fine, 3 cloves of garlic, a bunch of Swiss chard, a can of cannellini, 3 or 4 cups of chicken broth. On the next burner, some penne. Brown the sausage then cut into smaller pieces and brown the unbrowned parts. Sweat the onion, add the chopped garlic and let work. Chop the chard, and add, mix well. Add the broth and the beans, cover and simmer. By the time the penne is done, the soup will be ready, though it will improve with a day or two in the fridge. Put pasta on the bottom of the deep bowl, soup on top, dust with black pepper, cheese and maybe a little red pepper. Throw a couple of the remaining tiralli (Italian pretzels) on the side and get ready for comfort eating. In time for my Stillers, about whom more anon.
Da-yam that soup is good.
No wonder Tommy loved it.
Welp, I just pulled a pound of sweet sausage out of the freezer.
I've got everything but the fresh greens; frozen will do.
Late night or tomorrow, then, but I'd like a bowl now.
OMG I just flipped to the game what is going on!?!?
(I did wonder what was up when you're talking alternate channel content below)
Did they come in lax given the Brownies' COVID problems?
I dunno, but HOLY SHIT!
Apparently my ?!?!?! parlance was just a bit off, Twitter is calling this:
NFL · Trending
NFL fans were in awe after the Cleveland Browns came out dominating the Steelers at the start of the Wild Card playoff game
115K Tweets
(By which I incidentally discover that Judge Box O Whine is blaming Trumpers for the insurrection. That's another ?!?!?, what a night.)
Wait, is there a link for the Judge Box O Wine thing?
There is nothing normal about this week, much less this night.
"What is happening!?!? 😲 'You Did It! Don't Blame Antifa!' Fox News' JEANINE PIRRO Blasts Pro-Trump Capitol Rioters.[newsweek]"
https://twitter.com/yeahunoeme/status/1348388843733602304
Ah, thanks. Unexpected by Pirro.
Also, the Steelers are starting to roll.
I wonder if those two failed 2PATs will come back to haunt them (or Tomlin's job, I should say) — at this rate they'll be fine but who knows.
It would be an amazing underdog story for the Browns, tho, and perhaps fitting that a COVID-riddled team takes a vehicle tour through the US on the way to 2020 season playoffs. With their coach at home in the basement.
Adding: oof. I see Cody Parkey (he of double-doink fame in 2018-19 Eagles-Bearss, formerly an Iggle) is no longer a shaky kicker.
At this point I start praying for defensive TDs, Miracle in the Meadowlands II type stuff
Steelers mini-roll over.
Petrocelli says:
*DREW FOOKEN BREES!!*
That is all🏈
Petro!! Good to see you!
How're you doing, bmaz?
Def worth putting on 60 minutes for this Pelosi interview
In a brief tour of her private offices she mentions a stolen laptop. We knew of Merkley's laptop being stolen (from where, unknown). Not sure whose laptop was stolen from her place, ? if she was implying that it was one of her's / staffer's.
Little snippets like that; a recording excerpt of the banging on the barricaded doors as her staffers hid under a table for 2.5 hours.
Each of the 60 Minutes interviewers were horrible-to-lacking as is standard for MSM today. So as is generally the case when one can recommend an interview, it's for the scraps and bits that accidentally fall out, as above (GA's Raffensperger and Sterling went in on Rudy; Angus King was the third segment).
Almost turned it off when Leslie Stahl tried to blame Pelosi for stalling Covid relief. If only Stahl could muster half that toughness for snowflake Trump.
On another channel at the same time as the Steelers-Browns, the classic Star Trek episode "Bread and Circuses", a/k/a 20th Century Rome, complete with televised gladiatorial contests where the crowd noises of boos and catcalls can be turned up (and down) to match the progress of the contests.
The NFL could take a lesson from that. I'm sticking with Kirk.
One of the best episodes ever. Along with A Piece of the Action. Both earth like settings.
"A Piece of the Action" is almost comedy. Especially "fizzbin", which has showed up in at least one Trek novel.
It totally is comedic. Especially when Kirk and Spock try to drive a car with a clutch. But great Trek entertainment.
tinao says:
As a diversion and distraction to this evening…
Okay, I'm hoping to make this my last preachy thing in the next few months,
Births are precious
to the all.
ALL BIRTHS.
We need to clean up
and course correct.
From your mouthy little Sailor from Alaska.
14 years of beauty, hard work,
culture, and appreciation.
Mr trump your done with your chaos show.
This is our country
not yours.
Lessons in losing gracefully. I'm also an old ballet dancer.
[Moving this add-on down here cause Ima bouta go off]
This is actually funny — come to find out Cody Parkey has his own trending hashtag generated by betrayed Bearss fans grudging him to this day:
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22Cody%20Parkey%22&src=trend_click&vertical=trends
Sample: "Cody Parkey: 12 points Bears offense today: 9 points"
And Double Doink has a wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Doink
DD was the miracle* that sent the Eagles to the NFC Divisional in NOLA, where the Nick Foles – led team lost by one score on a key drop by Alshon Jeffrey (and an earlier one, just as important momentum-wise, by Ertz).
That also makes DD the turning point to the end of my beloved Doug Pederson Eagles: reports came out not long after about Wentz' problems with the receivers, and his not taking coaching advice since the loss of the Reich and DeFillipo good cop / bad cop duo; Wentz has apparently always been truculent … as those here will recall my mentioning at the time. Fill-in some more of my three seasons' worth of complaints details — 2019 becomes The Season of Drops, rescued by some effective hero ball with no-name receivers, quashed in the Wild Card round by one Jadeveon Clowney; more Wentz rumors; … — and we have an interfering owner trying to dethrone Jerruh for that title; an unaccountable GM; a head coach both neutered and tiled with bus treads; and that QB who'll never cure here with postseason success eluding him.
RIP the Doug Pederson era. Last month it looked like he could end up with the Jets, then talk turned to him staying. But recently-placed rumors from the Lurie/Roseman camp imply we'll lose him after his meeting with the owner tomorrow. If he somehow stays, it sounds like it'll be even less on his terms than last season, and so next season will be both a worse disaster and another self-fulfilling prophecy that turns the Eagles into the effing Cowboys evermore.
Apparently I will have to become a Jets fan.
*facilitated by a genius Pederson move: he called a timeout to ice the shaky Parkey, but it wasn't realized until *after Parkey made the FG*. When Parkey tried again … well after I pulled my head out of my hands and watched in disbelief, I heard fireworks.
You heard it here first.
I am really fucking cranky about this. Still.
The curse of knowing [the real shitshow behind the scenes will not yield to long term success, even if they can get a blip out of some new faces for a bit].
I WANT PHILLY PHILLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Urrrrrrrrrrrggghhh. A bouquet for the roadside memorial:
NFL Update:
"2017: #Eagles win Super Bowl
2018: Alshon drop away from NFC Championship Game.
2019: Lose in Wild Card Round after cheapshot to Wentz.
2020: Doug Pederson fired."
https://twitter.com/MySportsUpdate/status/1348708361538297856
2:08 PM · Jan 11, 2021
Chip Kelly before him had succeeded at two things: a healthy team with all of his smoothies and whatnot, and loosening GM Howie Roseman's grip on power. It's been said that the latter will never happen again. I can only hope for the players' sakes, though, that health returns.
Dysfunction junction.
Tomlin delenda est.
And Pederson is OUT in Philly.
Badger Robert says:
From the highlights it appears that the Steelers did not take the Browns seriously. From the highlights, it appears that was a serious mistake. Lets see in the AFC, Mahones, Jackson, Josh Allen, and Mayfield. There is a trend, at least in that conference.
And in the good news dept: BillBel turned down the Medal of Freedumb* he was offered.
* the pretty one that Trmp hands out to people he wants on his side, not the pretty one that previous presidents handed out
Michael K-B:
"Two straight b.s. losses for the #Sixers."
https://twitter.com/therealmikekb/status/1348814462392946688
"Adam Silver literally needs to make a statement about why the #Sixers were forced to play with 7 players but all these other games are postponed."
12:56 PM · Jan 11, 2021
"The #Sixers had to have an injured player dress yesterday and their game wasn't cancelled. An explanation is needed."
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Saudi Alfanar Global Development to invest SAR 2 billion in Egypt
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Mr. Amer AlAjmi, Executive Vice President of Alfanar Global Development, exchanging agreements with the officials of Arab Organisation for Industrialization and Benya Holding Group.
Agreements were signed on the sidelines of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Egypt.
Contracts focused on tech for renewable energy, information technology, digital solutions, data centers, cybersecurity.
Company signed agreements with Arab Organization for Industrialization and Benya Holding Group.
Company earlier took part in a 50MW in Benban Solar Park, to the South of Cairo.
Alfanar plans more investment in Egypt and Africa region.
(RIYADH, DUBAI): On the sidelines of the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Egypt this week, Alfanar Global Development signed agreements worth SAR 2 billion (USD 532 million) with Arab Organization for Industrialization (AOI) and Benya Holding Group at the headquarters of the General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) in Cairo.
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Dhanush�s next film is Yaaradi Nee Mohini. This film is a remake of Telugu blockbuster Aadavari Matllalukku Ardhame Veru Lu.
The Telugu version was directed by Dhanush�s brother Selvaraghavan with Venkatesh and Trisha in the lead. In Tamil the film is directed by Jawahar, who was once the assistant of Selvaraghavan. This film is produced by Dhanush�s father.
To say more about the film, it is a love story. The heroine will be the MD of a company where the joins as an employee. The love between the duo is said in a comical way.
The film has all the commercial elements including romance, family sentiments, stunts and songs mixed in right proportion. Music is by Yuvan Shankar Raja.
There is a lot of expectation among Dhanush�s fans since this film is released after his film Polladhavan, which was a super hit film. Likewise, this is Nayanthara�s next film after Billa.
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Q: Differrence between closure and function as argument in swift I have almost 4 years of experience with Objective C and a newbie in swift. Am trying to understand the concept of swift from the perspective of Objective C. So if I am wrong please guide me through :)
In objective c, we have blocks (chunck of code which can be executed later asynchronously) which made absolutely perfect sense. But in swift now we can pass a function as a parameter to another function, which can be executed later, and then we have closure as well.
As per Apple "functions are special cases of clauses."
As per O'Reilly "when a function is passed around as a value, it carries along its internal references to external variables. That is what makes a function a closure."
So I tried a little bit to understand the same :)
Here is my closure
override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a ni

        let tempNumber : Int = 5

        let numbers = [1,2,3,4,5]
        print (numbers.map({ $0 - tempNumber}))
}

The variable tempNumber is declared even before the closure was declared, yet closure has the access to the variable. Now rather then a map, I tried using a custom class passed closure as a parameter and tried executing the same code :) Though now closure is getting executed in differrent scope, it still has the access to tempNumber.
I concluded : closures have an access to the variables and methods which are declared in the same scope as closure it self, though it gets execcuted in differrent scope.
Now rather then passing closure as paramter, tried passing function as a parameter,
class test {
    func testFunctionAsParameter(testMethod : (Int) -> Int){
        let seconds = 4.0
        let delay = seconds * Double(NSEC_PER_SEC)  // nanoseconds per seconds
        let dispatchTime = dispatch_time(DISPATCH_TIME_NOW, Int64(delay))

        dispatch_after(dispatchTime, dispatch_get_main_queue(), {
             self.callLater(testMethod)
        })
    }

    func callLater(testMethod : (Int) -> Int) -> Int {
        return testMethod(100)
    }
}

In a differrent class I created an instance of Test and used it as follow
/* in differrent class */
    override func viewDidLoad() {
            super.viewDidLoad()
            // Do any additional setup after loading the view, typically from a ni

            let tempAge : Int = 5

            func test2(val : Int) -> Int {
                return val - tempAge;
            }

            let testObj = test();
            print(testObj.testFunctionAsParameter(test2))
        }

Declared a class called test, which has a method called testFunctionAsParameter which in turn calls another method called callLater and finally this method executes the passed function :)
Now all these circus, just to ensure that passed method gets executed in differrent scope :)
When I executed the above code :) I was shocked to see that even though function passed as a parameter finally gets executed in different scope, still has the access to the variables testNumber that was declared at the same scope as the method declaration :)
I concluded : O'Reilly's statement "when a function is passed around as a value, it carries along its internal references to external variables." was bang on :)
Now my doubt is apple says functions are special cases of clauses. I thought special case must be something to do with scope :) But to my surprise code shows that both closure and function have access to variables in external scope !!!!
Other then, syntax differrence how closure is differrent from function passed as argument ??? Now there must be some differrence internally, otherwise Apple wouldn't have spent so much time in designing it :)
If not scope?? then what else is different in closure and function ?? O'Reilly states "when a function is passed around as a value, it carries along its internal references to external variables. That is what makes a function a closure."  so what is it trying to point out ? that closure wont carry references to external variables ? Now they can't be wrong either, are they?
I am going mad with two conflicting statements from Apple and O'Reilly :( Please help, am I understanding something wrong ?? Please help me understand the difference.

A: In swift there really isn't any difference between functions and closures. A closure is an anonymous function (A function with no name.) That's about it, other than the syntax differences you noted.
In Objective-C functions and blocks/closures ARE different.

A: Based on your post, it looks like you have a pretty full understanding on the topic and you may just be getting lost in the semantics. It basically boils down to:
1. a closure is a closure
2. a function is a closure with a name

Here's a post with more details. But again, it's mostly a discussion of semantics. The "answer" is very simple.
What is the difference between functions and closures?

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Respiratory illnesses, the flu and the common cold can have similar symptoms, although they are caused by different viruses. A cold is milder than the flu and does not generally result in serious health problems, such as pneumonia. Flu symptoms are more severe and intense and include chills, fever and headache. Check with your Scripps physician to determine if you have the flu versus a cold. It can be difficult to tell the difference between them based on symptoms alone.
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Can flu shot side effects make me sick?
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Can I get the flu from touching objects that others have touched?
According to some studies, the influenza virus can stay alive on objects like keyboards, counters and doorknobs and can infect a person up to eight hours after being deposited on the surface. Keeping surfaces clean and disinfected can help stop the spread of flu.
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When using the Java 1.1 uploader version, it takes a long time to draw the thumbnail views of the images. Sometimes the thumbnails never appear, only an image icon appears. If those images without the thumbs are choosen for upload, the image icon is uploaded instead of the actual image.
Are there any work arounds for this problem?
We will check it out and fix it at the nearest time.
The most possible this problem is already fixed in upcoming version 1.5 for Java. You can sign up for Image Uploader beta testing also.
We just recently bought and are using Dual Image Uploader version "5,7,24,0"
When using Firefox, we upload an image larger than 6mb it does not create the thumbnail but rather it creates an icon of a jpeg. This does not happen when using IE.
Can you please tell me what is going on?
Java has a problem with handling images of large size. The matter of the problem is that Java has limit of memory set to 64mb and sometimes applet has no enough memory to complete the operation. Creating thumbnails means that you need to load image into the memory, resize it, then compress back to Jpeg, and send to the server.
We are working on a solution for this memory problem. Image Uploader 6 will get rid of this issue.
I bought a few days ago, and use your latest version (6.5) but still have this problem with Java, Firefox 3.6 on Mac OS 10.6.2.
My files are from 7 MB to 14 MB large, and some of them (11 MB) were uploaded successfuly, some others don't.
Instead, I get a really really small version of my picture.
I really need to have a solution for this problem.
See my answer in your support case.
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I'm Connie Littlefield. Welcome to my website!
My work includes "Hofmann's Potion: The Early Years of LSD," released in 2002. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada, this was one of the first documentaries to delve into the little known early history of the world's most famous psychedelic. This film has been credited with changing the way many people think about psychedelic drugs.
With its all-star cast – Albert Hofmann, Stanislav Grof, Laura Huxley, Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer, Myron Stolaroff, Duncan Blewett, Ram Dass, and Ralph Metzner— Director Connie Littlefield's Hofmann's Potion chronicles and demystifies major psychedelic events of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Archival footage of Aldous Huxley, Humphry Osmond, and Timothy Leary captures the excitement of those decades and raises questions about possible useful uses of psychedelics in therapy and religion today.
– Thomas B. Roberts, PhD.
"The Sunshine Makers" (2015), is a story that developed over the long haul. I wrote and produced this feature-length documentary film in collaboration with director Cosmo Feilding Mellen and Passion Pictures, UK.
"…there's no question that hanging out with Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on acid has its appeal," said Manohla Dargis, in The New York Times.
"The Sunshine Makers" opened January 20, 2017, in New York City; online and in other cities a week later. Here are links to reviews of the film in The New York Times, The New York Post, SF Gate, The Village Voice and Rolling Stone.
"In all the documentaries about the stupidities of the war against drugs, the smartest documentary yet may well be Damage Done: The Drug War Odyssey," said The Vancouver Sun, in 2007. This film, which I wrote and directed, features Senator Larry Campbell, Judge James Gray, former officer Howard Wooldridge, and NYPD (Retired) Detective Frank Serpico.
In April 2016, I graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree in filmmaking from NSCAD University. While in this program, I made a short film, "Huxley's Exit," about treating end-of-life anxiety with psychedelics.
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The NFL didn't work out this year for former Oregon Ducks tight end Colt Lyerla, but the 22-year-old former Hillsboro star hasn't given up on becoming a professional athlete.
Lyerla is currently in Europe, making a run at playing professional rugby in France. Hillsboro athletic director Steve Drake, a longtime friend of Lyerla's, says Lyerla signed with a team in July, then was later released, then signed with another team and currently remains under contract.
Drake did not know the name of Lyerla's current team. Lyerla's Wikipedia page says he is playing for AS Carcassonne, but it is not known if that his first or second team. Lyerla's Facebook page indicates that he is playing rugby, but doesn't give a team name.
After failing to land with an NFL team this spring, Drake said Lyerla's agent found some interest from rugby clubs in Europe. Lyerla attended what amounts to a rugby combine, where players are asked to show their skill sets. From there, Lyerla was offered a contract to play professional rugby.
Drake said Lyerla had never played rugby in Hillsboro.
"Obviously the kid, since his freshman year in high school, has been in a fishbowl. He's had a lot of pressures he wasn't prepared for. I've always said that I wished he had gone out of state when he went to college. He needed to get away from some of the influences," Drake said. "I think this is a great opportunity for him to get away. Hopefully, he's doing the right thing."
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Q: When should connection.close() be invoked in a j2ee project? I didn't use any framework since it's only a little project. Now I invoke connection.close() in the destroy() method of the main servlet. But there are some problems.

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*I don't know when servlet.destroy() is invoked...I thought when the browser is closed is the time it's invoked,but it seems wrong.

*I found out that if I don't operate the page visiting my project,after some time,destroy() is invoked,then the connection will be closed.But the project is running some code that maybe periodically write to the database,that case a exception will be thrown.

Any solutions? And I want to know when the servlet.destroy() will be invoked.

A: That only works if you have one shared connection.
A better solution is to use the JNDI connection pooling capability built into your servlet engine. You want to use a connection in the smallest method scope possible and return it to the pool. You'll be able to serve more clients with a small connection pool that way.


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Attaginos (), Sohn des Phrynon, war ein im 5. Jahrhundert v. Chr. lebender adliger Thebaner.

Attaginos war mit dem verbannten Spartanerkönig Demaratos durch Gastfreundschaft verbunden und wurde durch diesen auf die Seite von Persien hinübergezogen. Er trug gemeinsam mit Timagenides maßgeblich zum Übertritt Thebens auf die Seite des Perserkönigs Xerxes während dessen Einfall in Griechenland (480 v. Chr.) bei. Kurz vor der Schlacht von Plataiai (479 v. Chr.), als die von Mardonios angeführte persische Armee in Böotien lagerte, bewirtete Attaginos in seinem Hause festlich Mardonios und 50 vornehme Perser aus dessen Heer sowie 50 Thebaner. Unter den Gästen befand sich ein Thersandros aus Orchomenos, der mit einem der dort ebenfalls eingeladenen Perser eine Konversation auf Griechisch führte und Herodot über Attaginos' Gastmahl berichtete; hier wird also ein Augenzeuge als Quelle des Geschichtsschreibers namhaft gemacht.

Nachdem die gegen Persien verbündeten Griechen die Schlacht von Plataiai gewonnen hatten, marschierten sie unter Führung des Pausanias gegen Theben und verlangten die Auslieferung von Attaginos, Timagenides und der restlichen propersischen Partei. Da dieses Begehren verweigert wurde, belagerte Pausanias Theben 20 Tage lang, bis Timagenides freiwillig seine und Attaginos' Auslieferung anbot. Attaginos konnte flüchten; seine Söhne hingegen wurden gefangen, aber von Pausanias begnadigt, da sie nicht am Verhalten ihres Vaters Mitschuld gehabt hätten. Die übrigen ausgelieferten Thebaner hofften ihr Leben durch Verteilung von Bestechungsgeldern zu retten, wurden aber auf Pausanias' Befehl zu Korinth hingerichtet.

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Stanford Routt release shows a step in new direction for Raiders
Raiders' CB Stanford Routt, drafted by Oakland in the 2nd round of the 2005 draft, was released on Thursday. (EPA)
Reggie McKenzie had two options when he took over as the Raiders' GM: Keep the status quo and hope it was good enough to win the AFC West in 2012 or revamp the franchise's entire approach. With the release of cornerback Stanford Routt on Thursday, McKenzie made it pretty clear he's choosing the latter.
Routt restructured his contract last offseason to get $54.5 million over five years with $20 million guaranteed -- huge numbers for an over-matched cornerback. Routt had 15 pass deflections and four interceptions last season, but those numbers don't tell the whole story. Without Nnamdi Asomugha as his security blanket, Routt had major issues against the opposition's No. 1 receivers, collecting a whopping 17 penalties.
Pro Football Focus, in fact, had him ranked as the 89th-best cornerback in the league, based on production last season. That's hardly worth $10 million-plus a season.
Routt, though, was one of the few experienced members of Oakland's secondary. If the season kicked off today, the Raiders likely would trot out Demarcus Van Dyke (four career starts) and Chimdi Chekwa (one start) as their cornerbacks.
Fortunately for the Raiders, they have a few months to address that position, but where will they find help?
Prior to the Routt release, the Raiders were projected to be well over the 2012 salary cap, based on some numbers churned out by the Sun Sentinel's Omar Kelly, meaning that jumping full-bore into the free-agent market could be tricky. Oakland also has no first-, second-, fourth- or seventh-round draft pick, so finding an impact player in April doesn't seem likely either.
Because of those factors, Routt probably won't be the last overpriced Raiders veteran to be handed his walking papers. Richard Seymour, who's reportedly due a $7.5 million roster bonus plus $7.5 million in base salary, could be on the chopping block -- or, at the very least, a player Oakland will try to talk into reworking his contract. Other potential cut candidates include safety Michael Huff, offensive lineman Cooper Carlisle and linebackers Aaron Curry and Kamerion Wimbley.
The Raiders have decisions to make, too, on pending unrestricted free agents Tyvon Branch and Michael Bush. One or the other could command the franchise tag to keep him in town.
Long story short, McKenzie has a tough task ahead of him trying to keep the Raiders from plummeting back to the league's depths while also stemming the tide from a financial perspective. Routt's salary had inflated to the point where he was an easy target.


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Oasis Labs CEO Dawn Song on Building the Responsible Data Economy
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"There is a real need in the real world. We are at an inflection point. The Internet has changed everybody's life -- for the most part for the better -- but we face many challenges, particularly around the question of who has control of data and how data should be utilised," Dawn said on the latest episode of Follow the White Rabbit podcast.
A serial entrepreneur who develops research in her lab before deploying the tools and solutions to benefit users and companies alike, Dawn says Oasis Labs has a mission to build a "responsible data economy."
She is aware she is tackling a vast, complex problem. Users, she explains, have lost control of their data, barely knowing how it is sold and used to target and manipulate them. They certainly derive little value from the data they generate. Companies, on the other hand, also face challenges. They are squeezed, she says, because they are losing the trust of their users, are facing higher costs of privacy compliance and they remain vulnerable to massive data breaches. Besides, with sensitive data often siloed, companies are also hindered from using the data in a way that would actually allow them to provide better services.
"Essentially there is a lot of tension and conflict," she said.
That's why she is using her "Blockchain 3.0" research to return to users the control over their data. She also helps them to get value from the data while protecting their privacy and, at the same time, making that data more accessible for important use cases such as in healthcare. This is a tall order but the solution, Dawn says, starts with recognizing the notion of data rights.
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Users of data should be viewed as "stewards." They should not simply use data to influence people but rather to benefit them. Companies will benefit too, because they can actually access the data in ways that allow them to deliver improved services to users.
To do all this, Oasis Labs builds an environment combining advances in areas such as decentralization and secure computing. Data is more useful once it can be computed, Dawn explains, and Oasis Labs provides an environment with an immutable log of both the rights to data and the specific ways in which the data can be utilised.
"The vision we are shooting for is the responsible data economy. We are building a new paradigm where users can have better control of their data and their rights to data, and where data is enabled to be utilized in a privacy-preserving way and a responsible way."
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The audacity of the Figi family has actually spurred actual policy modification. States that when seemed centuries away from transforming their marijuana regulations have presented pro-CBD legislative efforts, with the motivation of Paige Figi.
CBD and also THC both connect on receptors in various locations. While THC directly engages the cannabinoid with the orthosteric website, CBD appears to regulate or tweak that interaction by attaching to a separate receptor area.
This truth is possibly just what allows CBD to modulate the psychoactivity of THC. Simply stated, if you're feeling a little nervous after some marijuana, it could mean way too much THC as well as not nearly enough CBD. Evidence suggests that CBD lowers the psychedelic high from THC.
As Russo suggests, CBD additionally changes the capability for the body's very own endocannabinoids to involve with the main binding website. This is theorized to change "endocannabinoid tone", which could be rather valuable for sure medical conditions.
Scientific and also medical research study– much of it sponsored by the United States federal government– underscores CBD's possible as a therapy for a variety of problems, including arthritis, diabetes, alcohol addiction, MS, chronic pain, schizophrenia, PTSD, clinical depression, antibiotic-resistant infections, epilepsy, as well as other neurological disorders. CBD has verifiable neuroprotective as well as neurogenic impacts, as well as its anti-cancer buildings are presently being investigated at several academic research centers in the United States and also elsewhere. More evidence recommends that CBD is secure also at high dosages.
When we consider the cornerstones in cannabis, we immediately keep in mind the importance of THC and CBD. These chemicals are present in the highest focus in marijuana plant, no matter exactly how it is grown. Even entertainment cannabis dog breeders have observed that there are high degrees of CBD in their crop. Some have actually also managed to expand cannabis with a great deal of CBD, however little THC – and also these strains are becoming more and more popular each year. Individuals desire the advantages of CBD without the negative side-effects of THC.
It's not often that a plant substance could make headings over and also over once more. Nevertheless, CBD is a phytocannabinoid with some serious life-saving possibility.
As a matter of fact, CBD has actually only obtained mainstream attention rather recently, after the household of one take on little woman determined to throw care to the wind as well as speak out about medical cannabis.
Possibly the most respected instance of CBD oil and it's success is the 2013 story that achieved national press. Charolette Figi is a 3 year old Colorado girl who endured 300 grand mal seizures each week. Like the Hyde household, her parents assumed they had actually attempted everything, including a heavy regimen of pharmaceutical medications and also unpleasant treatments that still did not ease her condition. Her moms and dads had viewed a docudrama of one of the first medical marijuana dispensaries in California focused around examining their pressures of CBD as well as other cannaboid content. The The golden state center screening was just one of the very first public assertions that marijuana was safe to consume and make use of for a variety of medical purposes. CBD abundant oil had the ability to deal with 99% of the young girls seizures, as well as CNN aired a 2013 special on marijuana and also it medical results.
These are simply a couple of specific circumstances that show how reliable CBD oil can be, preparing for CBD oil being recognized as a sensible medicine for a range of ailments. As a result, several states are passing legislation rapidly permitting CBD oil to be utilized in countless professional research studies as treatment plans. Research study continues to support it authenticity as well as programs are being moneyed internationally to proceed the studies.
Somehow, CBD seems to tap into this harmonizing system to generate its restorative effects. CBD has the ability to communicate with cells in our bodies due to the fact that the molecule has a similar make-up to comparable chemicals that the human body creates normally, called endocannabinoids.
Endo implies inside and also cannabinoid describes action on cannabinoid receptors. In contrast, the cannabinoids in the marijuana plant are technically called phytocannabinoids.


Interfaces with launchd to load, unload daemons/agents and generally control launchd. launchctl supports taking subcommands on the command line, interactively or even redirected from standard input.
domain or service for the subcommand.
Targets the system domain or a service within the system domain.
in user. User domains do not exist on iOS.
domain. User-login domains do not exist on iOS.
where username is the full user account name.
you will not see the services themselves in that list.
process which can be reached with xpc_connection_create(3).
Bootstrap a domain/service (equivalent to Load in the legacy syntax).
Services may be specified as a series of paths or a service identifier.
bootstrap a domain specified as a domain target.
Remove domain/service (equivalent to unload in the legacy syntax).
remove a domain specified as a domain target.
Enable the service in the requested domain.
the system domain or user and user-login domains.
should not ever be used as part of production workflow.
Instructs launchd to kickstart the specified service.
instance before restarting the service.
ning, this subcommand will block until the service starts.
-s       Force the service to start.
anyone but the launchd maintainer.
Turns on libgmalloc(3) for the service.
Turns on malloc(3) stack logging for the service.
Turns on the malloc(3) nano allocator for the service.
exist. See dyld(1) for more information.
DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable for the service.
variants of libraries if they exist.
ture. Only available on 64-bit platforms.
Sets the service's standard input to be stdout-path.
Sets the service's standard input to be stderr-path.
Sets the given environment variables on the service.
current state, execution context, and last exit status.
may change from release to release without warning.
Prints the contents of the launchd service cache.
Prints the list of disabled services.
ios. This command requires root privileges.
launchd.  This subcommand requires root privileges.
examining any thread other than the main event loop.
This subcommand may only be used against a DEVELOPMENT launchd.
through this subcommand to take effect.
there is no need to prefix it with a leading '0'.
cific environment variable will take precedence.
ronment variables for all services within the domain.
variable and nothing else for security reasons.
when userspace has been torn down and bring userspace back up.
mount-point as the root partition.
data in your running apps.
manner as the logout argument, and all the same caveats apply.
code as an error from that subsystem.
sible variants include RELEASE, DEVELOPMENT and DEBUG.
version  Prints the launchd version string.
directly manipulated by any process other than launchd.
UI is displaying and currently run as root.
given. Valid search paths include "system," "local,"
example, without a session type given, "-D system"
longer respects the network search path.
now used for a totally different concept.
improper usage.  Otherwise, zero is always returned.
alive in the event of failure.
lows the -- in the submit sub-command.
Where to send the stdout of the program.
Where to send the stderr of the program.
return immediately and not block until the job has been stopped.
"-15" would indicate that the job was terminated with SIGTERM.
prints information about the requested job.
-x       This flag is no longer supported.
cesses launched by launchd in the caller's context.
future processes launched by launchd in the caller's context.
set for all processes launched into the caller's context.
dren of launchd.  This subcommand is not implemented.
and emergency. This subcommand is not implemented.
argument, it sets both the hard and soft limits to that value.
soft and hard limits respectively.  See setrlimit(2).
the print subcommand, which provides much richer information.
text and directly- related attributes.
by one process, so this subcommand will always print "1".
help     Print out a quick usage statement.
/Library/LaunchAgents Per-user agents provided by the administrator.
/Library/LaunchDaemons System wide daemons provided by the administrator.
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons macOS System wide daemons.
launchctl will exit with status 0 if the subcommand succeeded.
Otherwise, it will exit with an error code that can be given to the error subcommand to be decoded into human-readable form.
The syntax for launchctl changed in OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) the examples below show both the old and new syntax for starting and stopping launch scripts (services). The new syntax generally does not require sudo.
An alternative is to turn on the Notification "Do Not Disturb" from the Menu Bar of macOS which lasts for 1 day.
Then double-click "/System/Library/CoreServices/Notification Center" to launch it again.
The OS X equivalent of Windows services is Launchd.
The OS X equivalent of services.msc on Windows is launchctl.
Launchd.info - Description of launchd, agents and daemons.


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Christians are conduits by which the God's grace is emitted from Himself and given to other Christians. It's fascinating to me that God opts to use His children as a means of distribution rather than simply giving it directly, which of course He does as well. This is a unique function of the spiritual gifts, that they are a means of God's grace coming to us. This is encouraging because it is a reminder that God is concerned with our quality of life.
God is specially about the business of receiving glory in all things. One way He does that is through the workings of His people, the church. A chief end of the operation of the spiritual gifts is to accomplish this very thing (1 Peter 4:11). Specifically, the church points to Christ, and Christ points to the Father.. As an exercise of God's glory, He reveals His character by loving and providing for His people.
Christians therefore are personal channels for the glory of God through His supernatural provision for His people. By us, Do you consider yourself a vessel for distributing God's grace? Are you a storehouse of blessing for other believers? Do you serve knowing that the power of God is working through you? Do you speak with the endorsement and encouragement of God? This is not only possible, but a command, a stewardship to which we are responsible.
Ever do a little people watching in public? Not the average Joes, but the ones that really stand out. Mohawks, tattoos, piercings, message t-shirts,dyed hair whatever it might be. Go to your average high-school or ock concert and you probably think something like I do: everybody's trying so hard to be individual that they're all the same, even in their diversity.
What is the right way to be an individual?
As some of you know, I've been working my way through a Sunday School treatment of the spiritual gifts. It's certainly rewarding and challenging so far. Some of the biggest challenges are coming. In light of those coming challenges I am thankful for small victories.
Being a teacher of God's Word, one of the things I really relish is finding a way to get a large volume of truth into a short sentence. That requires me to wrap my mind around an idea such that I can boil it down and reduce it to its most basic elements without oversimplifying. This is to theology what a good outline is to exegesis; the outline of the passage should pop into place, fitting all of the data properly. And so it is with something I've been struggling to capture theologically.
I've been seeing how passages like 1 Corinthians 12, Romans 12, and Ephesians 4 all feature arguments that link the single source of the gifts to their diverse expressions. They are all meant to stress the source, showing His character through the compilation of the many individual parts. With the spiritual gifts, the whole is truly greater than the sum of the parts.
Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one (J)hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all (L)who is over all and through all and in all. But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift.
At each turn in these book, Paul is careful to preserve the individuality of the believer. it is as though he is wary of painting with too broad a brush. That everything we do comes from God is important,says Paul, but not at the expense of individuality. And so we see that in Corinthians, Romans, and Ephesians a balance is struck between our unity of source and power and our diversity.
The vehicle for accomplishing this is the spiritual gifts. Through the gifts we have diversity, though the diversity itself speaks of the greater body, the body of Christ. So what value is individualism in Christianity. Honestly, not much. Christ did say in so many words that dying to self is the key to salvation (Matt 16:24, John 12:25). Yet Paul is careful not to destroy individuality completely.
With the gifts, individuality is checked by incompleteness. Like puzzle pieces, individuals are valuable only in their capacity to point to something greater. Diversity glorifies God only when the pieces are interlocking.
OK. Maybe I need to boil that down a bit. I think this is exciting, though. This helps me to explore and understand a Biblical model of my own individuality. We are all different from others, certainly, but our diversity must not serve to proclaim ourselves. Out individuality needs to point to our incompleteness. Our tastes and preferences should indicate the character of God. Our differences, especially through our spiritual gifts, should incline us to be together with other Christians. More than that, our unique qualities should empower us to edify them in love.
Praise God, the singular author of our salvation and the single reflection of our lives.
Reflections on my studies in 1 Corinthians 12-14.
I've just wrapped up my studies for the evening in Romans 12. It's very interesting to see some argument over the meaning of the 'measure of faith" in v3. It reminds me of my studies over the last few weeks in 1 Corinthians 12-14. I'm no seminary-trained pastor, but I've had my nose buried in my share of commentaries, and after these few years you begin to notice some things.
What really stood out to me in looking at 1 Corinthians is how most of us, including myself, brutalize chapters 12-14 by looking to them only for proof-texts of our pet theological issues and not in proper context. In particular, as I was preparing for chapter 14, it seemed like the dispensational commentators were more concerned with keeping the reader from becoming charismatic than with actually explaining the text.
It was certainly cause for me to look at how my own biases influence my approach. Over the years some of my viewpoints have changed. One example of this is how I define the "perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13:10. In my heart I was fearful that in capitulating to the view that "the perfect" could not refer to the completed canon of Scripture, I would be opening the door to the charismatic view of modern-day tongues. This is a terrible and even irresponsible way to approach Bible study and it is sure to undermine sound hermeneutics.
As my understanding of Scripture has (hopefully!) improved, I now see that ! Corinthians 13:10 is not the cornerstone of argumentation that I once thought. My view of modern-day tongues has evolved (i.e. show me known but unlearned languages and I'll show you Biblical tongues). But in many other respects I find that it is of utmost importance to humble myself before Scripture and strive to leave my own agendas at the door.
I find 1 Corinthians 12-14 to be a wasteland for isogesis and contextual abuse. These chapters are about the expression of the doctrine of the cross in the corporate life of the church. Explained in philosophy, motivated by love, and realized in edification. That there is much to be learned about the miraculous gifts is sure, but it is subordinate to Paul's explanation of how the message of the cross has impacted our daily life and weekly corporate worship.


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Aging & Disability Resource Center (ADRC)
Provider information for Texas ADRCs
Topics: Aging, Long-term Care Providers, Disability
New Appeals Rules, Effective Jan. 1
New rules regarding the appeals process became effective Jan. 1.
January 2023 LTCR Provider Training Opportunities
Long-Term Care Regulation staff and program providers are invited to attend the following trainings hosted in January.
Effective Jan. 1, HHSC LTCR Adopts Individualized Skills and Socialization Rules
Effective Jan. 1, 2023, HHSC adopts new Individualized Skills and Socialization rules for providers who want to deliver individualized skills and socialization services.
LTC Winter and Extreme Freezing Weather Preparedness
HHSC encourages long-term care facilities and agencies to review and update emergency plans for freezing temperatures and snow.
OASIS-E for Clinicians Slated for January 2023
OASIS-E webinar series providing foundational guidance on transition to the OASIS-E data set and covering the new OASIS-E Items being added as of Jan. 1, 2023.
DSHS Released a Spanish Version of Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
The Department of State Health Services (DSHS) has released a Spanish version of the current Out-of-Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate (OOH DNR) order.
Update: Expedited PPE Delivery for Long-Term Care Providers
HHSC published an alert on Dec. 21, 2022, informing long-term care providers that expedited delivery is available for a limited time for personal protective equipment through the Texas Division of Emergency Management.
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