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Who screens the ones from ConspiracyDate?
According to this, he has 100,000 subscribers. At around $5 per month, depending on whether you choose to be billed annually, semiannually, or monthly, just one month of that pays for George's annual salary. He must be getting a cut of that on top of his salary, not to mention a cut of the ad revenue?
Here is some info on GN that is interestinghttps://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/richest-djs/george-noory-net-worth/
I understand Ian's tinnitus has improved considerably
Oddly that website lists for Noory:ProfessionSailor, Ufologists
I notice that Noory often has the Tom Jones song "Delilah" in his bumper rotation. Does he not realize that it's about a guy who kills his cheating woman??? That song is a bit more than disturbing.
I think Noory may have a dark side to him. He's spoken about wanting to take a date home and having a dissecting kit laid out on his bed. He thinks it would be great to have his date freak out because she thinks he's a murderer. Nice guy, huh?
There is a story behind that, and I heard it at one of the paranormal meetings. Coffee and ale make for interesting conversation. He told that story the same day he had been to court with his beloved. (sarc.)
Ufologist!!! Ha!!Sailor, I can buy.


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Ionic 2 Facebook login has become one of the most used methods to get users to sign-in to your hybrid app that it'd be dumb not knowing how to do it.
In this 'short' guide, I'm going to walk you through the process of getting someone who just downloaded your app to sign-in using Ionic 2 Facebook login credentials with Firebase.
We'll break things down into three main steps:
- Step #1: We'll create the app and connect it to Firebase.
- Step #2: We'll log into your Facebook developer account and set everything up from there.
- Step #3: We'll connect Ionic, Firebase, and Facebook to create an authentication process.
Step #1: Create your new Ionic App
1.1) Make sure your development environment is up to date
Before writing any code, we are going to take a few minutes to install everything we need to be able to build this app, that way we won't have to be switching context between coding and installing.
The first thing we'll do is install node.js make sure you get the latest LTS version.
The second thing we'll do is make sure we have Ionic and Cordova installed, we'll do that by opening your terminal and typing:
npm install -g ionic cordova
Depending on your operating system (mostly if you run on Linux or Mac) you might have to add
sudo before the
npm install…. command.
1.2) Create the App
Now that you made sure everything is installed and up to date, you'll create a new Ionic 2 app.
For this, you just need to (while still in your terminal) navigate to the folder you'd like to create it in.
For me, it's my Development folder in my ~/ directory:
cd Development
ionic start debtTracker blank --v2
cd debtTracker
What those lines there do is the following:
- First, you'll navigate to the Development folder.
Second, you'll create the new Ionic 2 app:
ionic startcreates the app.
debtTrackeris the name we gave it.
blanktells the Ionic CLI you want to start with the blank template.
–v2tells the Ionic CLI you want to create an Ionic 2 project instead of an Ionic 1 project.
Third, you'll navigate into the new
debtTrackerfolder, that's where all of your app's code is going to be.
From now on, whenever you are going to type something in the terminal, it's going to be in this folder unless I say otherwise.
1.3) The
npm packages that come with the project
When you use the Ionic CLI to create a new project, it's going to do a lot of things for you, one of those things is making sure your project has the necessary
npm packages/modules it needs.
That means, the
start command is going to install ionic-angular all of the angular requirements and more, here's what the
package.json file would look like:
"name": "ionic-hello-world",
"author": "Ionic Framework",
"homepage": "http://ionicframework.com/",
"private": true,
"scripts": {
"ionic:build": "ionic-app-scripts build",
"ionic:serve": "ionic-app-scripts serve"
"dependencies": {
"ionic-angular": "3.9.2"
Depending on when you read this, these packages might change (specially version numbers) so keep that in mind, also you can leave a comment below if you have any questions/issues/problems with this.
1.4) Install Firebase
Open your terminal (you should already be in the project folder) and install the packages in this order:
npm install firebase --save
1.5) Import and Initialize
Now you can initialize firebase by going to
src/app/app.component.js and importing everything you need from Firebase:
You can open your
app.module.ts and import everything we'll be using, and this is the only time you'll see this file :)
import firebase from 'firebase';
And then add the initialize it inside the constructor:
constructor(platform: Platform) {
apiKey: "",
authDomain: "",
databaseURL: "",
storageBucket: "",
messagingSenderId: ""
platform.ready().then(() => {
// Okay, so the platform is ready, and our plugins are available.
// Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
In the end the file should look like this:
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Platform } from 'ionic-angular';
import { StatusBar } from '@ionic-native/status-bar';
import { SplashScreen } from '@ionic-native/splash-screen';
import { HomePage } from '../pages/home/home';
import firebase from 'firebase';
template: `<ion-nav [root]="rootPage"></ion-nav>`
export class MyApp {
rootPage = HomePage;
constructor(platform: Platform, private statusBar: StatusBar, private splashScreen: SplashScreen) {
apiKey: "AIzaSyALKfevapBOYK202f6k5mPPfMrT1MHDv5A",
authDomain: "bill-tracker-e5746.firebaseapp.com",
databaseURL: "https://bill-tracker-e5746.firebaseio.com",
storageBucket: "bill-tracker-e5746.appspot.com",
messagingSenderId: "508248799540"
platform.ready().then(() => {
// Okay, so the platform is ready and our plugins are available.
// Here you can do any higher level native things you might need.
We are using:
apiKey: '',
authDomain: '',
databaseURL: '',
storageBucket: '',
messagingSenderId: ''
To initialize our Firebase app.
Right there your app should be able to run without any errors when you do
ionic serve
You can find your config data (the one that goes inside
firebase.initializeApp()) data in the Firebase's Console.
You just go to the console, click on your app (or create a new one) and there it's going to give you a few choices.
You'll pick Add Firebase to your web app because remember we are going to use a mix of AF2 with the JS SDK.
If you are running into trouble getting this to work, you can leave a comment below and let me know!
Step #2: Configure your Facebook Developer Console
2.1) Bad News First
Firebase authentication wasn't entirely compatible with cordova. So the regular JS SDK or AF2 methods to do social sign-in don't work with Ionic 2 apps yet.
2.2) Now the good news
There's a workaround, and you need to add some specific operations, especially download a cordova plug-in for Facebook, where you can use their API to get credentials for your user, and then pass those credentials to Firebase.
On the backend it will be more work, it won't be as cool as the docs show you, but on the front-end, your user never has to know :)
We need to work a few things with Facebook first to get this working, for example, you need to register as a developer and create an app, you'll get some data there that you need to pass to the plugin later.
I know it might sound a bit difficult, but let's just try and see how it goes, OK?
2.3) Create a Facebook App
The first thing you'll need is to register for a Facebook application. You can go to https://developers.facebook.com/apps and click on the shiny green button that says Create a New App
You'll be greeted by a pop-up asking you which kind of app you want to create
You can either choose www or tell it to skip and use basic setup, remember, we just need the ID for the plug-in.
After that, you'll get to name your app and generate an ID.
Just fill the info and go, next you can check the data we're looking for (or if you're like me you'll get asked to fill reCAPTCHA because FB thinks you're a robot).
I created a second app because the first one had spaces in the name and FB still had me go through reCAPTCHA again :(
You'll get redirected to your app's dashboard, where you'll get the information we need.
2.4) Get the Facebook Plugin
Now we need to get the plugin, detailed instructions are in the ionic-native docs.
But you're going to open your terminal (by this point you should have your app created and set to work with Firebase and AF2) and type:
ionic plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook4 --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication"
APP_ID is the id for the app we just created on the Facebook developers page, and
APP_NAME is its name.
Now we need to go back to the Facebook developer page to add both platforms, iOS, and Android, but first, they're going to ask us for some info, let's get it now.
Go to your app's
config.xml file and look for this line of code:
<widget id="com.ionicframework.fbauth285351" version="0.0.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets" xmlns:cdv="http://cordova.apache.org/ns/1.0">
We're going to focus on the
id property, so take note of that id, for me, is
com.ionicframework.fbauth285351 and I'm sure it's going to be different for you.
Now we need to install the
ionic-native package for Facebook:
npm install --save @ionic-native/facebook
And initialize it in
app.module.ts so you can use it throughout the app:
import { SplashScreen } from '@ionic-native/splash-screen';
import { StatusBar } from '@ionic-native/status-bar'
import { Facebook } from '@ionic-native/facebook'
providers: [ SplashScreen, StatusBar, Facebook ]
export class AppModule {}
2.5) Add the Platforms
Now go back to your app's dashboard on Facebook and click on settings you'll see an option that says, add platform.
You'll get a prompt asking you which platform, just choose iOS and you'll see this
Just copy that id into the Bundled ID, then click on "Add Platform" again, this time choose Android and add the ID to the Google play package name.
You'll get a warning, saying it can't find the package name, but that's because the app isn't up yet, so no biggie.
2.6) Enable Firebase
You need to go to your Firebase Console and enable Facebook Authentication, just as you enabled email or anonymous sign-in.
Go to:
Enable Facebook; it's going to ask you for your app's secret and ID, you can get those from your Facebook app dashboard.
Step #3 Ionic 2 Facebook Login
Now we have all the external configuration done, so it's time to work on our app, go ahead and open the app in your favorite text editor (after being anti-Microsoft for about six years I'm using VSCode, great TS support :P)
3.1) Create the template
The first thing we'll do is edit the
HomePage template. We want to create a button there, something simple, something that lets our users click and then log-in with Facebook.
After that, we're going to show them some info on their Facebook profile, and it's going to look a bit like this.
Ionic Blank
<ion-content padding>
<h3 center>
Facebook Auth Example
<button ion-button center (click)="facebookLogin()">
Log In with Facebook
<ion-card *ngIf="userProfile">
<img [src]="userProfile.photoURL" />
{{ userProfile.displayName }}
The UID for this new user is {{userProfile.uid}} and the email is
Log In with Facebook
Calls the function to log-in with Facebook and
<ion-card *ngIf="userProfile">
<img [src]="userProfile.photoURL" />
{{ userProfile.displayName }}
The UID for this new user is {{userProfile.uid}} and the email is
Is just a card that shows the user's information, note that we are hiding this card unless the variable
userProfile exists, we'll create that variable in the .ts file.
3.2) Let's get coding
Now move to
home.ts and you should see something like this:
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { NavController } from 'ionic-angular';
selector: 'page-home',
templateUrl: 'home.html'
export class HomePage {
constructor(public navCtrl: NavController) {...}
The first thing we'll do is import Facebook's plugin and Firebase.
import { Facebook } from '@ionic-native/facebook';
import firebase from 'firebase';
Now create the variable
userProfile and inject the Facebook provider into our constructor.
userProfile: any = null;
constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, private facebook: Facebook) {...}
And now we need to do the actual Facebook login. This is going to consist of a few parts.
First, we need to call Facebook's native plugin to get the user to log-in to Facebook.
Second, we need to get the token from that response and pass it to Firebase to use the
signInWithCredential() method.
And third, after we successfully create the Firebase account, we'll assign the value to
userProfile so we can display its data.
this.facebook.login(['email']).then( (response) => {
const facebookCredential = firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider
.then((success) => {
console.log("Firebase success: " + JSON.stringify(success));
this.userProfile = success;
.catch((error) => {
console.log("Firebase failure: " + JSON.stringify(error));
}).catch((error) => { console.log(error) });
By the end, your file should look something like this
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Facebook } from '@ionic-native/facebook';
import { NavController } from 'ionic-angular';
import firebase from 'firebase';
selector: 'page-home',
templateUrl: 'home.html'
export class HomePage {
userProfile: any = null;
constructor(public navCtrl: NavController, private facebook: Facebook) {}
facebookLogin(): void {
this.facebook.login(['email']).then( (response) => {
const facebookCredential = firebase.auth.FacebookAuthProvider
.then((success) => {
console.log("Firebase success: " + JSON.stringify(success));
this.userProfile = success;
.catch((error) => {
console.log("Firebase failure: " + JSON.stringify(error));
}).catch((error) => { console.log(error) });
And after success, you should see all the information inside the app
By now you have a fully working sign-in process with Facebook using Firebase, now, It might not be ideal, but it's what we can do now.
You just went through a lot:
First, you set-up your development environment and made sure everything was up-to-date.
Then you created a Facebook developer account and created an app there
And then you connected everything in your Ionic app to allow users to sign-up using their Facebook accounts :)


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Today we introduced a new initiative we think will make you even more confident to shop on Trade Me.
It's called Buyer Protection and basically it's there to help refund the transaction if you buy something on Trade Me Marketplace, using our card payment system, and it doesn't turn up or it isn't as it was described in the listing.
You'll know listings are eligible when you see the Buyer Protection logo onsite.
It's all about giving you as much confidence as we can when you shop on Trade Me. It's rare for anything to go wrong with a trade but we want to make it as easy as possible for you if you do hit a snag.
For more information check out the Buyer Protection page and check out the release we sent to media today.
Trade Me 'has got your back' with Buyer Protection
Trade Me announced Buyer Protection today for consumers trading new and used goods across its popular marketplace.
Trade Me's Head of Marketplace Stuart McLean said Buyer Protection was a new "safety net" to help members get a refund when they buy something on Trade Me Marketplace that doesn't turn up, or receive something that wasn't as described.
"Only a tiny percentage of Trade Me transactions ever result in an issue, but on these rare occasions we want to make it easier for members to get things sorted out. The Buyer Protection initiative is a free safety net, and another way for us to show our members that we've got their backs."
"It's important that our members know Trade Me is different to unregulated marketplaces. With us they have someone to contact if they need a hand, and an avenue to get a refund if something goes wrong."
Mr McLean said the Trade Me Trust & Safety and Customer Service teams had been helping the site's members out for 18 years. "Buyer Protection builds on that great work, we're going to be talking about it more, educating our community about how it works, making it easier to lodge an issue with one click and giving buyers more peace of mind when they buy items on Trade Me."
He said the Buyer Protection icon would appear immediately on approximately 80% of Trade Me Marketplace listings (as of 21 February), and had the potential to cover 98% of all Marketplace listings*. "We hope the proportion of listings covered by Buyer Protection ramps up significantly over time, as buyers begin to expect it and sellers are rewarded with more sales.
"Buyer Protection will apply to new goods and used items too. This gives our buyers a great level of protection when choosing their next second-hand fridge, bike or trampoline."
How it works
Mr McLean said Buyer Protection would kick in after a buyer contacted Trade Me about a bad trade. The buyer could ultimately get a refund, subject to some criteria.
"For example, the item needs to be bought via our card payment system so we can see the transaction from end-to-end. The maximum refund claim is $2,500 and it applies to our general items Marketplace – with a few exceptions like the pets and animals category."
He said the impact on sellers was expected to be minimal as good sellers are "already experts" at resolving issues quickly, if they arise. "Most sellers won't hear from us, but we'll be in touch with any sellers who do have an issue. If they can't resolve the hiccup with the buyer, we'll investigate and ultimately will refund the transaction if required.
"Only rogue sellers will have an issue with this – they're the ones who will hear from us and it will force them to smarten up their act or get off Trade Me altogether."
Buyer Protection comes into effect from 21 February, after Trade Me members have had a chance to digest the new Buyer Protection policy and the simple changes to the terms and conditions.
*Based on listings as at 3 February 2017.. We can only achieve 98% coverage because we have excluded some Marketplace categories.


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On Saturday, July 18th, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. the St. Charles Towne Center, Waldorf, Dick's Sporting Goods store location will be hosting its annual appreciation discount day to assist families and players with preparing for the upcoming football season.
Any La Plata Blue Knights participant can bring in the appreciation day flyer to receive 20% off your entire purchase (some exclusions apply) on Saturday, July 18th. This is a great opportunity to not only get 20% off all of your necessary football equipment but it's a great opportunity to get 20% off that kayak or treadmill you have had your eye on.
If you are unable to make it to the appreciation day event please remember that you can click this link (La Plata Blue Knights 2015 DSG Coupon) - to print out our Team Packet football coupon sheet, which is good for discounts off your football purchases (as listed on the coupon) all season long. You will not be able to use the football team packet coupon in addition to the appreciation day coupon on the appreciation day.
La Plata Blue Knights families, print off the attached appreciation day flyer and bring it with them to the St. Charles Towne Center, Waldorf, Dick's Sporting Goods store on Saturday, July 18th, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. in order to take advantage of the 20% off. If you are unable to make it during those times, Dick's Sporting Goods will still honor the discount throughout the entire day.
You can also stop by the La Plata Blue Knights table to register to win gift certificates to Dick's Sporting Goods.
We hope to see you there!


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Love is a grave matter in "Lucky - No Time For Love". A lot of the romance between 40-year-old Salman Khan and 19-year-old Sneha Ullal takes place in a Russian graveyard as riots break out all over a city.
Riot on! Gabriel Gracia Marquez got there first in "Love During The Time Of Cholera". Radhika Rao and Vinay Sapru's sweet but finally unproductive concoction is a let down.
Sure, the film looks good with Sudeep Chatterjee's cinematography capturing a sweeping arch of violence over the snow-capped landscape.
It even sounds good. But it has no heart. It pretends hard, but finally ends up being as inspiring as a Valentine's Day card bought from a posh departmental store.
There's a skin-deep aesthetic appeal to the presentation, contoured and accentuated by Adnan Sami's dreamy songs and Monty's background music. But the film is finally felled by its own wispiness.
Efforts to imbue an epic grandeur to the romance - especially towards the end with sequences of a snow-stormed train taking away truckloads of migrants that almost mimics Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List" - fail for the lack of a grounded premise.
The plot should have been about a schoolgirl's crush on an older man. It should have been akin to Hrishikesh Mukherjee's "Guddi". Instead, it goes into the echoes of Yash Chopra's "Lamhe" where a girl old enough to be a daughter woos and finally wins the middle-aged hero.
With Salman Khan looking 35-plus and the girl heart breakingly vulnerable and callow, the film chooses to turn the initial crush into a passionate man-woman affair.
The premise of a schoolgirl falling in love with an old man escorting her through a troubled hinterland is exciting. But that the man should reciprocate her feelings is a bit hard to digest.
Beautifully mounted, but vacuous at heart, "Lucky..." is one of those could-have-been films that stops short before the journey gathers momentum.
Milap Jhaveri's dialogues depend more on Salman Khan's cocky image than the inherent romantic overtures of the theme.
"If I eat any more I'd end up like Adnan Sami," quips Khan. And when in the graveyard the schoolgirl lisps, "I'm not that type of a girl," Khan guffaws, "I've heard that line before".
Trouble is, all the lines and emotions associated with Salman Khan's romantic image here are transposed into a gawky alliance with a girl who doesn't know any better, and a man who should.
"Lucky..." simply lets the man and the woman trudge though snow and fluff until we feel enough is enough.
Mithun Chakravarty's prolonged efforts to play a cop and charlatan with a penchant for mouthing cinematic cliches falls short of expectations. The rest of the cast is marginalized by ill-written roles.
"Lucky..." isn't without assets.
It wears a polished look and exudes a glittering grandiosity. The song "Shayad Yehi To Pyar Hai" lends music to the film's soul. But it comes too late.


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Summer Cleaning: Five Essentials to Remember When Cleaning the Garage
Organizing your home and keeping it clean can be hard at times. One place that causes most people concern is the garage. This makes sense since it can be ignored for long periods of time. The problem is that clutter and dirt accumulates so much that cleaning it out becomes a major event. The following are five essentials to remember when initiating your summer garage cleaning session.
1. Form a Path
One of the most important things to remember when you are dealing with a cluttered garage is to form a path. Do not worry too much about where you are placing an item that you are removing. The key is to form that path so that you can easily go into the garage and get out. Try to make it into a straight line, and keep it clean.
2. Lift Correctly
The chances are high that you are going to be lifting some heavy items when you are cleaning up the garage. Well, make sure that you are bending down with your knees instead of your back. Your back needs to remain straight whenever lifting. Doing this should help ensure that you do not injure your back while working. Be sure to keep an eye on everyone who is working with you.
3. Get the Dumpster
A Fort Worth dumpster rental will come in handy when you clean your garage. You may find broken items or outdated items that you no longer need. You will not have enough room in your residential dumpster for all that trash, and you still have other things to throw away. Renting a dumpster makes things a lot easier, and all that trash will be hauled away in a jiffy.
4. Know how to Dump
You might not think so, but there is a certain amount of skill that goes into dumping, and you want to make sure that you are doing it right. For one, it is important that you dump all the bulky items first. Then, move on to your smaller items. Never toss items into the dumpster because it might create dust, which could be dangerous, especially if there is glass in the dumpster. Have a ladder next to the dumpster if you are not tall enough to see where you are dumping.
5. Assign a Donation Pile
Everything in your garage is not trash. There are a number of things that you can probably give away to those who need it. It is important to set up a donation pile where you can place all the things that are useful. This is great way to give back and be eco-conscious since you are reducing the amount of things you are dumping. Of course, you can also set up a pile to sell items you believe have some value, which can make this entire day worthwhile.
These are some of the things you have to do when you are cleaning up your garage. Be sure to start early because you do not want to be working in the dark when vision is not perfect, which could put you or those helping in danger of tripping.


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Welcome to Digital Burnouts' Game Talk, where we aim to have a down-to-earth discussion about driving games and simulations.
I'm having some issues doing/posting this weekly, so please pardon me. I'm still here and alive.
Today, I've taken a little liberty and decided we should talk about racing games that don't involve cars. Crazy, I know, but they can still be great fun. The competitiveness is still there, and so is the racing experience, but cars are notable absent.
What kind of [non-car] racing games do you guys really enjoy playing? What are your favorites? Let's hear them in the comments below.


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Spanish delegation expresses solidarity with Syria against terrorism
Members of the Spanish economic delegation expressed their solidarity with Syria's leadership, army and people against terrorism and terror organizations supported by imperialist states, on the top of which the US, the Zionist entity, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
The delegation, which included representatives of a number of tourism companies and investment institutions, made its remarks during a meeting held by the Syrian-Spanish Businessmen Association at the Syrian Embassy building in Madrid.
They denounced the Spanish government's positions which are directly subjected to the U.S. policy and its silence towards the terrorist organizations' crimes perpetrated in Syria, expressing condemnation of Spanish and European media outlets' attempts to mislead and distort facts since the very beginning of the crisis in Syria.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agencyhttps://syrianewsgazette.com/spanish-delegation-expresses-solidarity-with-syria-against-terrorism/Government


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I am looking out of my window to a heavy down fall of snow, the delicate flakes spiralling down to the ground. I do love winter, it's probably my favourite season, but it would also be splendid to have a room like this to escape to! I love the over the top (literally!) wallpaper, that graces not just the walls, but the ceiling of this bedroom, with it's co-ordinating bedding and low lighting.
For some, this room is probably over kills, but for me it's just perfect. Imagine lying in bed and looking up to such a view…{Image: 1}


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Cheep Cheep Lagoon, (known as Cheep Cheep Cape in Europe), is the third race course found in the Mushroom Cup. It is also the first course taking place underwater.
When starting the race, the player must drive on a brownish-yellowish tinted pathway. Very shortly after the starting line, there is a ledge going upwards with a Boost Pad and a sign saying "Go! Dive! Go!".
After this, the player goes underwater with his/her propeller on the back of the kart activated. Underwater, Cheep-Cheeps are in the background of the stage and do no harm. There is also speed bumps where the player can do tricks on. Shortly after, three Clampies can be found underwater with Coins and Item Boxes in them. They, however, clamp their mouths shut after a while of time, injuring the player.
Shortly after, the player is then led out of the water for a short while and then led inside of a cavern. Here, a short route and a longer route can be taken to exit the cave. The shorter route has a glide pad, allowing the player to glide throughout the air if gone of and avoid the other route. The other route has two crabs must be avoided or else spinning is caused. Then, the player must be led out of the cave by two Boost Pads. Then, a loop must be made and, shortly after, the finish line can be seen. This must be repeated two more times.
Ghost Data
- 1.53.758 for Nin*Gonta selecting Peach.
- 1.42.011 for Nin*Tkdr selecting Peach.
Names in other languages
- Japanese: Puku Puku Ragun (Cheep Cheep Lagoon)
- French: Lagon Aquazo (Aquazo Lagoon)
- Spanish: Cabo Cheep Cheep (Cheep Cheep Cape)
- Dutch: Kaap Cheep Cheep (Cheep Cheep Cape)
- German: Cheep Cheep Bucht (Cheep Cheep Bay)
- Italian: Laguna Smack (Cheep Cheep Lagoon)
- Portuguese: Cabo Cheep Chep (Cheep Cheep Cape)
- Russian: Mys Chip Chipa (Cheep Cheep Cape)


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> The Watersons > Songs > Fathom the Bowl
Fathom the Bowl
Roud 880
; Ballad Index
; Bodleian
Roud 880
; Wiltshire
, 791
; trad.]
Everyman's Book of English Country Songs The Wanton Seed The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs The Folk Handbook
The Watersons sang Fathom the Bowl in 1966 on their eponymous album The Watersons. Like all but one tracks from this LP, it was re-released in 1994 on the CD Early Days. It was also reissued in 2003 on The Definitive Collection. A.L. Lloyd commented in the original album's sleeve notes:
This rousing and convivial song may be found in the collection of English songs made by William Alexander Barrett and published in 1891. Barrett noted his budget of songs at harvest homes, sheep shearings, ploughing matches and from itinerant ballad-singers (like the ones interviewed by Mayhew and his team of early sociologists in mid-Victorian times) who still lifted up their cracked voices in the city streets.
Alfred Williams collected in the countryside around the Upper Thames in the early part of this century and found Fathom the Bowl sung all the way from Malmesbury to Oxford. His singers usually followed it with a spoken toast, a pithy and familiar bit of folk wisdom:
Here's to the large bee that flies so high!
The small bee gathers the honey,
The poor man he does all the work,
The rich man pockets the money.
Cyril Tawney sang Fathom the Bowl on his 1994 cassette on his Neptune label, Down the Hatch.
John C. Reilly sang Fathom the Bowl in 2006 on Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs & Chanteys.
Jon Boden learned Fathom the Bowl at Forest School Camps and sang it as the 12 September 2010 entry of his project A Folk Song a Day. He also sang it on Stick in the Wheel's 2017 anthology of English folk field recordings, From Here.
Andy Turner learned Fathom the Bowl from the Watersons' album. He sang it as the 14 July 2014 entry of his project A Folk Song a Week.
Fathom the Bold was collected by Sabine Baring-Gould from Robert Hard in South Brent, Devon, in October 1888 [VWML SBG/2/2/40, SBG/3/1/95] , which was printed in 2012 in Steve Roud's The New Penguin Book of English Folk Songs, This video shows the Liberty to Choose Band singing it with Jackie Oates in lead, in July 2017 or earlier:
The Watersons sing Fathom the Bowl
Come all you bold heroes, give an ear to me song;
I will sing in the praise of good brandy and rum:
There's a clear crystal fountain near England shall roll.
Give me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.
Chorus (repeated after each verse):
I'll fathom the bowl, I'll fathom the bowl,
Give me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.
From France we do get brandy, from Jamaica comes rum;
Sweet oranges and apples from Portugal come.
But stout and strong cider are England's control.
Give me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.
My wife she do disturb me when I'm laid at my ease,
For she does as she likes and she says as she please.
My wife she's a devil, she's black as the coal.
Give me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.
My father he do lie in the depths of the sea
With no stone at his head by, what matters for he?
There's a clear crystal fountain near England shall roll.
Give me the punch ladle, I'll fathom the bowl.
Acknowledgements and Links
Transcribed by Garry Gillard.
See also the Mudcat Café thread Origins: Fathom the Bowl.


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I have a 1999 3500 with twin 370 hp Cummins. Here is my question. The engine exhausts go into a large cylinder. Near the bottom, there are two hoses that expel water out two ports on the side of the boat near the water line. The top of the large cylinder (2) has a large exhaust pipe that goes to the back of the boat and expels exhaust under water. So it appears I have 2 exhaust ports on each side of the boat and 2 under water in the stern, or 6 exhaust ports total. While under way at speed, water pumps out the side and I assume water/exhaust also expels out the large flanges under the stern. At idle, it appears water only comes out the sides.
Why do I have 6 exhaust ports? Someone told me that when I get up to speed, the side ports shut down and everything comes out the back under water. That is not the case. What is the purpose of this set up and how does it operate? Another issue is exhaust soot and grime on the hull around the 2 ports on each side of the boat. A couple of mechanics have told me there is nothing I can do about it, except clean it. Is that true?
I am sending this same post to Tiara tech for advice and will share that with you. Thanks for help from whoever is on this site.
Trip Ames
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Vesicoureteral Reflux – Children's Urinary Tract Disease
Vesicoureteral reflux is often diagnosed after a child has had more than one urinary tract infection; however, it generally does not cause pain or pose problems for children when they urinate. Children with VUR may develop urinary tract or kidney infections and may have a higher chance for kidney damage.
Addison Parks was just 15 months old when she had her first urinary tract infection (UTI). Her doctor prescribed antibiotics, and she recovered; but then, just two months later, she developed a second UTI. That is when her doctor sent her to a pediatric urologist, a doctor who specializes in children's diseases of the urinary tract.
After undergoing an X-ray of the bladder, Addison was diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). In normal kidney-bladder function, urine flows from the kidneys to the bladder. In children with VUR, the urine flows backward from the bladder up toward the kidneys. As a result, children with VUR may develop urinary tract or kidney infections and may have a higher chance for kidney damage.
Most children with VUR are diagnosed when they are two or three years of age. About three-fourths of children treated for VUR are girls. Managing the condition usually involves doctor visits and may involve medication or medical procedures. However, Addison's mother, Sara, says they have learned to adjust to life with VUR. "Addison has had no side effects—no one would ever know she had this condition unless we told them," said Sara, who also is a nurse.
VUR can be passed down from parent to child. If a mother has been diagnosed with VUR, as many as half her children may also have the condition. Signs of VUR can be detected before birth using an ultrasound. But VUR cannot be diagnosed for certain until the baby is born and has a bladder x-ray. Most children, as in Addison's case, are diagnosed after they have more than one urinary tract infection.
VUR affects about one percent of children, and many grow out of it around age five or six. This is because the connection between the bladder and ureter develops and grows as the child grows. During the X-ray procedure used to diagnose VUR, the child's bladder is filled with a harmless fluid that contains an X-ray dye. When the child's bladder is full, they are asked to empty their bladder. X-rays of the bladder are taken to see if the dye goes backward toward one or both kidneys. Children may be awake for this simple procedure, or they may be sedated, as was the case with Addison. "Sedation was a godsend for us," said Sara. "She wasn't scared."
Many children suffer no pain or kidney damage from VUR. But for those who develop repeated urinary tract infections and kidney scarring, the damage can be serious, says Addison's doctor. Craig A. Peters, MD, is the Chief of the Division of Surgical Innovation at the Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC. "Our challenge is to try to figure out who to worry about, and tailor the management of the disease to the child's risk," he says.
The goal of medical treatment is to prevent urinary tract infections and kidney damage until the child grows enough for VUR to disappear.
Many children with VUR do not urinate often or empty their bladders completely. These toilet habits leave children at a higher risk for getting a kidney infection. "This is a very common problem," Dr. Peters says. "We see kids who are 'over-toilet-trained.' These are often busy little girls who don't want to 'waste their time' going to the bathroom, and end up holding it in."
Children with VUR often go to the doctor for regular checkups to look for signs of infection. They may be prescribed low-dose antibiotics to keep from getting an infection, and they may need an occasional X-ray of the bladder and kidneys to see whether the VUR is going away.
Not all children with a urinary tract infection need to have a bladder X-ray, according to Dr. Peters. "If a young child with an infection has an ultrasound that doesn't show any signs of VUR (such as one kidney that is smaller than the other), and if they don't have another infection, it's reasonable to not treat," Dr. Peters observes. "If they have a second urinary tract infection, I would strongly consider a bladder X-ray to check for VUR."
A study published in May 2014 in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at more than 600 children with VUR who had a urinary tract infection. The study included children two months to six years of age, and lasted for two years. Those who were given daily, low-dose antibiotics were half as likely to have more infections with a fever, compared with children who did not take the medicine.
The study points to the need to find which children with VUR are at the highest risk of urinary tract infection with fever and kidney injury, Dr. Peters notes. "The children we worry about most are those with VUR who have a high fever, vomiting, back pain and pain in the bladder," he says.
Some parents don't want their children to take antibiotics for long periods because they are worried about antibiotic resistance. Dr. Peters tells them this is more likely to develop in children who take higher doses of antibiotics for unnecessary reasons, such as a viral infection. However, if parents understand the risk of not taking the drugs and promise to monitor the child closely, this can be an acceptable alternative to long-term medication, Dr. Peters says.
"Parents have a choice of treating their kids with a full dose of antibiotics every time they get a urinary tract infection, or a low dose of preventive antibiotics. Kids who get an infection can get really sick. With each succeeding urinary tract infection, the chance of kidney scarring increases. We'd love not to use long-term antibiotics, but we don't have a good alternative except for surgical repair." Treating infections promptly decreases the risk of kidney scarring.
"If you treat each infection as it comes, that puts a big burden on the family to spot the infection. Young kids don't have a sign on them saying, 'I have a kidney infection.' They look great until they suddenly look terrible," explains Dr. Peters.
If a child takes long-term antibiotics, works on their bladder training, and still gets infections, the doctor may recommend surgery. Addison's family has decided not to go through surgery for now. She is taking daily, low-dose antibiotics, and has periodic bladder X-rays to check on her condition. "Every situation is a little different," says Sara. "As long as Addison's kidneys aren't being damaged or hurt, and she's maintaining the status quo, we'll keep re-evaluating every six months."