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Over the course of 14 shall-we-say eventful years in the majors, White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski has been punched by former Cub Michael Barrett. He's been ripped by ex-teammates. He's been called Satan's personal catcher by a magazine.
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Lamb Curry
When I made this for the first time I hardly ate any of it. I know this may be hard to believe, but I took two bites, put the spoon down and sighed.
"It's almost too much, Like a rich dessert," I said to myself in a stupor.
I just stared at the bowl, moaned with pleasure and made plans to make it last for a few days. It was just too much, and too good, to be finished in just a single meal.
I LOVE LAMB. OK I've said it before and I will say it again. It's one of the cutest of meats, baby lambs are just so soft and fuzzy... and friendly... they will just nuzzle up in your arms and go to sleep... So... Are you going to eat that? 'cause I'll take it if you're not.
Don't be afraid of over-marinating. Marinate for 24 hours, or 48 hours, it'll be worth it I swear. I always hate it when a cookbook says you can marinate things for 4 hours. Sure you can, but there is hardly any point, especially if you are going to marinate in the refrigerator.
For the Marinade
3 medium red onions rough chopped
1 Tb cayenne pepper
1 Tb ground cumin
1/2 Tb tumeric
1/2 cup yogurt
1 Tb garam masala
3 teas salt
2 lbs leg of lamb cut into bite sized pieces
For the Gravy
3 Tb Oil
5 green cardamom pods
3 bay leaves
1 cinnamon stick
1 teas cumin seeds
1 Tb ground coriander
4 green chilies
1 medium tomato chopped
2 cups water
1 cup yogurt
4 Tb chopped cilantro to garnish
Combine all the non-meat ingredients for the marinade in a blender or food processor and blend until it's a homogenous paste. Toss the meat in the marinade and mix well. cover and marinate in the refrigerator at least overnight and as much as 2-3 nights. If you only have 4-6 hours, massage the marinade into the meat every 30 minutes and keep it turning.
On the day of cooking, heat the oil in a large pan, add the whole spices (cardamom, bay leaves, cinnamon, and cumin seed) allow them to heat and crackle in the oil for a minute. Immediately add the ground coriander and the lamb with marinade and stir-fry on high heat for 5 minutes.
At this point you want to cook all of the juices out of the lamb and the marinade, this should take 20 minutes or so. Do this on medium-low heat. Only simmer, if the pan heats up to a full boil the proteins in the meat will clench up and become rubbery.
Once the meat is mostly dry increase the heat and caramelize the meat. When you see oil separating from the rest of the marinade it's done. this is called Bhunao and it essential to properly flavored Indian food.
Once the meat is browned and the sauce is done bhunao(ing), then you add the tomato, green chili and 1 cup of yogurt and 1 cup of water. Simmer for 20-30 minutes until the lamb is tender.
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Meat Trade Liberalization And Soybean-Rapeseed Competition In The Japanese Market
This study identifies variables which increase Japan's imports of canola (soybeans) at the expense of soybeans (canola), and quantifies their impacts by estimating an import demand model. A key finding is that lower Japanese meat production tends to increase rapeseed imports while lowering soybean imports. Thus, Canada benefited from U.S. and Australian efforts to open Japan's market for imported beef, since the vast majority of Japan's canola imports are from Canada.
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- C. A. Carter & W. Mooney, 1987. "Japanese Tariff Protection of Rapeseed and Soybean Processing," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 35(2), pages 305-315, 07.
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Bower Run is May 12
The local chapter of the Alzheimer's Association will host the Jerry Bower Memorial 5K May 12.
The run will start behind the Betty Ehart Senior Center in Los Alamos. Race time is 9 a.m.
Registration forms are available at several different sites around Los Alamos County. For more information, visit the website or call 672-1639.
Fuego to be in LA Sunday
The Santa Fe Fuego professional baseball team will be at Bomber Field Sunday.
The Fuego, which plays in the Pecos League, will visit Bomber Field from 1-4 p.m.
The first game of the regular season for the Fuego is May 8 at Trinidad, Colo. The first home game is set for May 9 at Fort Marcy Park.
Both of the Los Alamos Hilltopper girls doubles teams survived the first round of the state Class 4A draw Wednesday.
Los Alamos' Gillian Hsieh-Ratliff/Madeline Margevicius topped Goddard's Cassels/DuCharme to advance into this morning's quarterfinal round at the Jerry Cline Tennis Center.
While Hsieh-Ratliff/Margevicius is the No. 3 seed in the girls doubles competition, fourth-seeded Colleen Fitzsimmons/Susanna Lucido topped a team from Silver to move on to the quarterfinals. Fitzsimmons/Lucido was scheduled to meet up with fifth-seeded Bridget Flemming/Taylor Roach of St. Pius X this morning.
Results from today's matches were unavailable as of press time.
Jared Mang of Los Alamos was named the District 2-4A Player of the Year for the 2012 baseball season.
Mang, a sophomore, was selected as the top player in 2-4A this season by the district's managers. Mang was also the most dominant player in district last year, but was probably passed over for the Player of the Year honor because he was only an eighth grader.
The Hilltoppers placed five players on the All-District first team this season and put three more on the second team. Additionally, the Hilltoppers' Mike Gill was named Manager of the Year.
Los Alamos went 11-1 in 2-4A this season, winning the 2012 district championship.
The 2012 regular season ended on a high note for the Los Alamos Hilltopper baseball team. This weekend, the Hilltoppers will find out if they can sustain it.
Los Alamos will take on the Miyamura Patriots in the opening round of the Class 4A playoffs. Los Alamos, the No. 7 seed in the 4A tournament, has the honor of hosting 10th-seeded Miyamura, a relatively new school in Gallup.
One of the Hilltoppers' challenges heading into the series is the fact they've been idle for the better part of two weeks. They've played just three games since April 21 and all three of those games were against winless Capital, a team they outscored 68-0.
In letters from his last hideout, Osama bin Laden fretted about dysfunction in his terrorist network and the loss of trust from Muslims he wished to incite against their government and the West.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A college student picked up in a drug sweep in California was never arrested, never charged and should have been released. Instead he was forgotten in a holding cell for four days and says he had to drink his own urine to stay alive.
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Phillip Roibal, 52, of Los Alamos, pleaded no contest in Los Alamos Municipal Court on contempt of court charges for a probation violation and three charges of failure to appear in court. Judge Alan Kirk found Roibal guilty on all the charges and he was sentenced to five days in jail in lieu of fines. He still has to pay the remainder of $629.
Marvin Baca, 57, of Chimayó, pleaded no contest in municipal court to contempt of court for a probation violation and for failure to appear in court or pay court fees. Kirk dismissed the case.
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is reported to be a potent pro-angiogenic factor that plays a pivotal role in both physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Royal jelly (RJ) is a honeybee product containing various proteins, sugars, lipids, vitamins and free amino acids. 10-Hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10HDA), a major fatty acid component of RJ, is known to have various pharmacological effects; its antitumor activity being especially noteworthy. However, the mechanism underlying this effect is unclear. We examined the effect of 10HDA on VEGF-induced proliferation, migration and tube formation in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs). Our findings showed that, 10HDA at 20 µM or more significantly inhibited such proliferation, migration and tube formation. Similarly, 10 µM GM6001, a matrix metalloprotease inhibitor, prevented VEGF-induced migration and tube formation. These findings indicate that 10HDA exerts an inhibitory effect on VEGF-induced angiogenesis, partly by inhibiting both cell proliferation and migration. Further experiments will be needed to clarify the detailed mechanism.
Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels from the pre-existing vasculature, is a highly regulated process that is essential for the development of multicellular organisms (1,2). In the adult, angiogenesis is normally restricted and is predominantly associated with female reproductive functions and wound healing (3,4). Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a key regulator of normal and pathological angiogenesis (5–7). At the cellular level, VEGF stimulation drives multiple responses, including endothelial cell proliferation, migration, survival and permeability (8). Loss of regulation of angiogenesis, resulting in uncontrolled and excessive neovascularization, contributes to the development of many pathologies, including retinopathies, rheumatoid arthritis and tumor growth (9,10).
Royal jelly (RJ), the exclusive food of the larva of the queen honeybee (Apis mellifera), is secreted from the hypopharyngeal and mandibular glands of the worker honeybees mainly between the sixth and twelfth days of their life (11). RJ has been demonstrated to possess several pharmacological activities in experimental animals, including vasodilator and hypotensive activities (12), growth rate increasing activity (13), a disinfectant action (14), antitumor activity (15–17), antihypercholesterolemic activity (18) and anti-inflammatory activity (19). Chemical composition analysis has shown that RJ consists mainly of proteins, sugars, lipids, vitamins and free amino acids (20,21). 10HDA, a major fatty acid component of RJ, has many pharmacological activities, such as antitumor activity (22), size- and lipogenesis-inhibiting activity toward the hamster ear sebaceous gland (23), collagen production promoting activity (24) and antibiotic activity (25). As a consequence, RJ is widely used in commercial medical products, health foods and cosmetics in many countries. However, the mechanisms underlying these activities of RJ, especially the antitumor activity, remain unknown.
Matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) is required for migration and invasion by normal and tumor cells. We initially utilized the MMP inhibitor GM6001 to assess the effect of MMP inhibitors on thymocyte development. GM6001, a hydroxylamine-based inhibitor which inhibits many MMP with a Ki in the low nanomolar range, has been reported to reduce the migration of many kinds of cells (26). We used GM6001 as a positive control in the present study.
The purpose here was to evaluate the functional role of 10HDA on human pathology. A number of compounds, including valproic acid (27), sodium butyrate (28) and isomers of conjugated linoleic acid (29), are known to be angiogenesis inhibitors. Here, we examined the effects of 10HDA on VEGF-induced angiogenesis in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs).
HUVECs, fibroblast cells, endothelial cell basal medium (HuMedia-EB2), fetal bovine serum (FBS), gentamycin, amphotericin B, endothelial growth factors (hEGF, hydrocortisone, hFGF-B and heparin), VEGF, mouse antihuman CD31 antibody, goat antimouse IgG alkaline phosphatase-conjugated antibody, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl phosphate/nitro blue tetrazolium (BCIP/NBT) and angiogenesis growth medium were purchased from Kurabo (Osaka, Japan). 10HDA was purchased from API Co. Ltd (Gifu, Japan), which was refined from RJ in China. GM6001 was from SIGMA-Aldrich (St. Louis, MO, USA). Collagen type I was from Kanda Gelatin Tech (Osaka, Japan). Cell Culture Kit-8 was from Dojindo (Kumamoto, Japan).
The HUVEC line is the cell model most commonly used to analyze the effects of various drugs and reagents on angiogenesis related to tumor growth and metastasis (30–32). HUVECs were cultured in HuMedia-EB2 (Kurabo) supplemented with 2% (v/v) FBS, 50 µg/ml gentamycin, 50 ng/ml amphotericin B, and endothelial growth factors (10 ng/ml hEGF, 1 µg/ml hydrocortisone, 5 ng/ml hFGF-B and 10 µg/ml heparin) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2.
To evaluate tube formation by endothelial cells, a HUVECs in vitro angiogenesis kit (Kurabo) was used. HUVECs and fibroblasts were co-cultured in angiogenesis growth medium supplemented with VEGF (10 ng/ml) and/or various concentrations of 10HDA (20–500 µM) or a single concentration of GM6001 (10 µM) at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2. This stimulation was repeated every 4 days. After 11 days incubation, cells were fixed with 70% ethanol, then stained with mouse antihuman CD31 antibody (1:4000) for 1 h, and thereafter treated with goat antimouse alkaline phosphatase-conjugated antibody (1:500) for 1 h. Then, BCIP/NBT solution was applied until endothelial cells were stained deep purple. Images were collected using a digital camera (COOLPIX 4500, Nikon, Tokyo, Japan). Tube formation was estimated by measurements of joints, path, tube length and tube area using software for tube-formation analysis (Kurabo). Joints mean that two different tubes intersect each other. Path means the number of piece tubes branched from joints. Tube length means the total length joined each tube together. Tube area means the total area measured two dimensionally.
HUVECs were seeded at 2 × 103 cells/well into a 96-well plate, then incubated for 24 h at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 (33). HUVECs were rinsed twice with PBS, then exposed for 6 h to HuMedia-EB2 containing 2% FBS. For stimulation, 10 ng/ml VEGF and 20–500 µM 10HDA were added, and incubation continued for 72 h. Cell proliferation was estimated by measuring cell metabolic activity using a Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) (Dojindo). CCK-8 measures the rate of living cells. WST-8, a component of CCK-8, is converted oxide form of WST-8 by metabolic activity of living cell, and oxide form of WST-8 shows orange color.
An in vitro wound-healing assay was performed to measure unidirectional migration by HUVECs (34). HUVECs were seeded at 4 × 104 cells/well into a 12 well plate, incubated for 48 h at 37°C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2, then washed with PBS twice and incubated in Humedia-EB2 with 1% FBS. After 24 h incubation, the monolayers of HUVECs were scratch wounded to a 1 mm depth in a straight line using a 10–200 µl micro-tip. For stimulation, VEGF (10 ng/ml) and/or 10HDA (500 µM) or GM6001 (10 µM) were added, and incubation continued for 24 h. Images were taken at the time of the wounding and at 24-h intervals thereafter using a phase-contrast microscope (OLYMPUS, Tokyo, Japan). Migration was estimated by counting the cell numbers within the wounded region. Invading cells were counted in a masked fashion by a single observer (H. I.), and taken as migrating cells. For each monolayer sample, four measurements were taken from four fields in each of three independent wounds.
Data are presented as means ± SEM Statistical comparisons were made using a one-way ANOVA followed by a Student's t-test, using STAT VIEW version 5.0 (SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC, USA). A value of P < 0.05 was considered to indicate statistical significance.
We first investigated the effects of 10HDA on endothelial tube formation. HUVECs and fibroblasts were co-cultured with VEGF (10 ng/ml) and/or various concentrations of 10HDA (20–500 µM) or GM6001 (10 µM). After 11days incubation, endothelial cells were stained with anti-CD31 antibody. When treated with VEGF, HUVECs became organized into complex tubular networks (Fig. 1A). All tube-formation parameters (joints, path, tube length and tube area) were increased more than 2-fold by VEGF treatment (vs. control) (Fig. 1B). 10HDA decreased VEGF-induced tube formation significantly in a concentration-dependent manner. 10HDA at 20 µM or more inhibited the joints and path parameters of VEGF-induced tube formation, while 10HDA at 500 µM inhibited tube length. However, 10HDA did not affect tube area at any concentration. On the other hand, GM6001 at 10 µM significantly decreased all tube-formation parameters. We observed scattered fragments stained with anti-CD31 antibody in results of tube-formation assay. The fragments were included in each one out of five samples in VEGF treatment group, VEGF and 20 µM 10HDA treatment group, VEGF and 500 µM 10HDA treatment group. The fragments may be artifact and we could not explain it, and therefore we excluded these data included scattered fragments from statistical processing on in vitro tube-formation assay.
Next, we examined whether 10HDA inhibits cell proliferation in HUVECs. As shown in Fig. 2, treatment with VEGF (10 ng/ml) induced HUVEC proliferation, the cell count being two times more than in control. 10HDA at 500 µM inhibited this VEGF-induced cell proliferation significantly, however 20–100 µM 10HDA did not inhibit the cell proliferation.
To investigate whether 10HDA inhibits the migration of HUVECs, we performed a wound-healing assay under 1% FBS conditions (Fig. 3A). Briefly, after starvation, HUVECs were scratch wounded and treated with VEGF (10 ng/ml) with or without 10HDA (500 µM) or GM6001 (10 µM). VEGF increased the number of migrated cells 1.76-fold (vs. control). 10HDA and GM6001 reduced this migration to 86.0 ± 2.3% (n = 6) and 82.1 ± 4.6% (n = 6), respectively, of the value obtained in the presence of VEGF (Fig. 3B). However, in the cell migration assay, we detected no abnormalities with 10HDA or GM6001 alone.
In the present study, we showed that 10HDA at 20 μM or more inhibited VEGF-induced migration, proliferation and tube formation in HUVECs. On the tube formation assay, it was expected that 10HDA mainly inhibited cell migration, because 10HDA inhibited the developmental step included joints and path and the lengthen step included tube length. 10HDA at 500 µM suppressed both cell migration (as did GM6001) and proliferation in HUVECs. These findings indicate that 10HDA may inhibit the VEGF-induced angiogenesis, partly by inhibiting cell migration and proliferation.
In the present study, we used GM6001, a positive control antiangiogenesis compound, and indeed GM6001 at 10 µM inhibited both migration and tube formation in HUVECs. As far as we know, any one did not report about the effects that 10HDA inhibits MMP, however the effects of 10HDA resembled very much with those of GM6001 on cell migration and in vitro tube formation assay. Therefore, we cannot rule out the possibility that 10HDA may inhibit MMPs, likely GM6001.
Angiotensin II, which is produced by angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE), causes hypertension by constricting resistance vessels. RJ peptides [Ile-Tyr (IY), Val-Tyr (VY), Ile-Val-Tyr (IVY)] have been reported to exhibit vasodilator and hypotensive activities via inhibition of ACE (35). Since angiotensin II stimulates angiogenesis (36) and the migration of retinal microvascular pericytes (37), RJ might be expected to inhibit angiogenesis by inhibiting angiotensin II. Therefore, it will be interesting to study whether 10HDA can inhibit angiotensin II. In the present study, 10HDA inhibited angiogenesis (tube formation in HUVECs), suggesting that RJ (which contains 10HDA) could be a useful food for diseases involving angiogenesis.
We performed this study under restricted conditions, angiogenesis being examined by evaluating VEGF-induced tube formation in HUVECs. However, actual angiogenesis is much more complex. Pro-angiogenic proteins such as VEGF, fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and angiopoietin-1 are balanced by antiangiogenic proteins such as angiopoietin 2, endostatin and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1). When this regulation is eliminated or disrupted in such a way that excessive neovascularization occurs, this may contribute to the development of tumor growth. Therefore, for a proper evaluation of the relationship between the antiangiogenesis and antitumor growth effects of 10HDA, future experiments will need to study the effects of RJ and 10HDA on in vivo angiogenesis models.
In conclusion, this is the first report that 10HDA inhibits in vitro angiogenesis in HUVECs, in part due to its inhibition of both cell proliferation and migration.
The present work is supported by a grant from the Royal Jelly Fair Trade Council (Japan). We thank Drs Yoko Araki and Takashi Sakamoto, API Research Center, for useful advice, and Mr Nozomi Matsunaga for technical support.
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|03 Games
|Release Date(s)
|July 26th, 2013
|Age Rating(s)
|Mario and Luigi: Distorted Dimensions
Mario and Luigi: Space Travel is an RPG featuring Mario and Luigi. It was created by 03 Games and part of the 03 Crossover series.
On the day the game was released, it was announced the second game in the series would be titled Mario and Luigi: Distorted Dimensions featuring Black Mage as the main villain.
- Chapter 1: Mario and Luigi in Space
- Chapter 2: Seeing Stars
- Chapter 3: Crash Landing
- Chapter 4: The Pikmin Planet
- Chapter 5: The Secret Weapon
- Chapter 6: Dark and Destroyed
- Chapter 7: Bowser Jr. Battle
- Chapter 8: Bowser's Flying Fortress
- Chapter 9: The Shooting Star
- Chapter 10: The Rescue
Chapter 1: Mario and Luigi in Space
- Cutscene*
Bowser is sitting in his throne in his castle. A Koopa runs up to him and says "sir, you're spaceship is ready!"
Bowser laughs evilly and says "good!"
"Ready to launch your castle sir?" asks the Koopa.
"Yes!" laughs Bowser, evilly.
Now the screen shows Bowser's Castle. It lifts into the air and flies into space.
It cuts to Mario and Luigi in Peach's Castle.
Peach walks up to them. "The party is about to start," she says.
Suddenly a fist punches the wall down. Bowser bursts in. But he doesn't look right. He is glowing bright blue. His eyes are glowing yellow and stars are floating around in his transparent body.
"Bowser!" exclaims Mario.
"I am Star Bowser!" laughs Bowser. His voice sounds distorted. He grabs Peach and jumps out the wall. The Mario Bros. look out.
"Bowser's Castle is a space ship?" asks Mario.
A Toad runs in. "You need to collect three rockets to turn this castle into a space ship too!"
- End of cutscene*
The gameplay begins. You are Mario and Luigi is following you around. You are in the destroyed room of Peach's Castle.
Walk down the staircase and you will see Koopas patrolling. Run into them to start a battle.
- Battle*
"Ha!" says a Koopa. "I bet you can't win because you don't know that you can select jump, press A to land on me, and then press A again to hope for a double jump!"
"Well, they know now!" yells a Koopa.
The battle begins. One Koopa has 10 HP and the other has 15 HP. 25 health total, you soon beat them.
- End of battle*
- Cutscene*
All the guard Koopas fall to the ground. Mario and Luigi grab their hammers, and a red rocket.
- End of cutscene*
Head downstairs again. You will find some enemies. Take one step up, one step right, one step left, one step left, one step right, one step up, and one step left. You will have escaped all the enemies and left the room. If you want to level up, fight all the enemies.
Now you will see a red rocket. Press B to pick it up. Open the menu with the N button. It will give you your progress on collecting rockets.
Head back to the destroyed room and you will find the Toad is gone. Go upstairs and exit the door.
You can now tell it's a sunny afternoon. Walk across the bridge and enter a tower. Inside is the last rocket, go pick it up.
- Cutscene*
A Koopa with a jetpack and laser gun jumps down. "Gimme that!" yells the Koopa. He grabs the rocket. "You ain't going anywhere!"
- End of cutscene*
- Boss battle*
The boss should be battled when Mario and Luigi are at least level two. Hammer doesn't hurt him, so always use jump.
His attacks are shooting a laser out of his eye, shooting a laser out of his fist, and shooting multiple lasers using his laser gun.
All of his attacks can be blocked using a hammer and hit back at him. He has 300 HP; all you have to do is beat him.
- End of battle*
The Koopa isn't there anymore. Pick up the rocket and open the menu. You have all three red rockets. Close it and head back to the destroyed room, talk to the Toad.
- Cutscene*
"Here," says Mario. He hands the Toad all three red rockets.
"Good work!" says Toad.
The camera now shows Peach's Castle from a faraway view. It floats into the air, and then a rocket pops out. It flies into space.
- End of cutscene*
Chapter 2: Seeing Stars
- Cutscene*
Peach's Castle is now in space. Mario and Luigi run out to the balcony.
"It is space!" exclaims Luigi.
Suddenly, the spaceship stops.
"Uh-oh!" says Mario.
A spaceship that looks like a Goomba is in front of them. There is a giant canon on the top. A robotic Goomba steps onto the balcony. He laughs evilly.
- End of cutscene*
- Ship Battle*
The two ships are facing each other. Toad's face appears.
"Let me help you!" he says. "To win a ship battle just press the A button as fast as you can to charge up and then shoot. Your enemy charges up fast, so move quickly!"
His face vanishes. The enemy has 500 HP, and now all there is to do is winning.
- End of ship battle*
- Cutscene*
The ship breaks and catches on fire as crashing. The camera zooms to a close-up of Mario's face. "Ouch," he says.
- End of cutscene*
Start exploring the spaceship, talk to the Toad. He'll give you a stone and says "collect four of these to learn a new attack!"
Walk onto the balcony. A rope lassos you and pulls you away.
- Cutscene*
"Ah!" screams Mario and Luigi.
They are pulled onto a purple ship that looks like a castle.
- End of cutscene*
The gameplay starts back up in a dark room made of gold.
There are some enemies. It's recommended that you level up. After leveling up and collecting the one box in the room, head upstairs. There is a giant button.
- Cutscene*
"It's a big red button!" says Mario.
"Don't touch it!" says Luigi.
"Don't be an idiot Luigi, only a real fool would put a dangerous button out in the open!" laughs Mario. He hammers the button.
"Self-destruct activated," says a robotic voice.
"I told you!" yells Luigi.
- End of cutscene*
- Mini-Boss Battle*
The Big Red Button is the first mini-boss. It has 280 HP. It's recommended to beat the boss with hammer.
- End of Mini-Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
The Big Red Button explodes.
"Next time you should listen to me Mario!" says Luigi.
"Sorry," says Mario.
- End of cutscene*
Exit the room using the door on the left. You will find yourself on a bridge between two towers, head to the other tower.
There you will find some enemies. Beat them all and head upstairs.
Upstairs is a stone. Pick it up and open the menu. Tap the Special Moves section. You have a new one called: Luigi Hit. Select it and it will give you a tutorial.
- Tutorial*
In the tutorial you are fighting a Goomba. Select the special attack. Mario pulls his hammer out and Luigi jumps. Press A, then press B, then press B and A at the same time. Luigi hits the Goomba.
- End of Tutorial*
Now walk upstairs again. Wario and Waluigi are there.
- Cutscene*
Waluigi leaps towards Luigi. Luigi hammers him and Waluigi flies into space and falls. Wario laughs and vanishes.
I giant Wario robot appears. Wario is controlling it.
"Ha-ha-ha!" laughs Wario. Its arms turn into laser canons.
- End of cutscene*
- Boss Battle*
Wario's robot can shoot lasers out of his canon, take all your money, or preform a move where he shoots lasers at you and you have to hammer them back (but don't hammer back the food he sends at you). It has 540 HP.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"No!" screams Wario. His robot explodes and Wario lands on the floor. He pulls out a giant machine gun and shoots. Mario and Luigi are hit by a meteorite and it blasts them out of Wario's ship. They land back on Peach's Castle.
"Good work, now to defeat Wario and Waluigi!" says Toad.
"Waluigi died when he fell out of the spaceship," comments Luigi.
Toad presses a button. A laser hit's Wario's ship and it explodes.
"Well, we've taken care of them," says Toad.
Suddenly, the spaceship starts crashing.
"We're landing on that snow planet!" says Toad.
- End of Cutscene*
- End of Chapter*
Chapter 3: Crash Landing
- Cutscene*
Peach's Castle nears the snowy planet.
Everybody is screaming. The castle is about to catch on fire. Suddenly, it lands in the snow. Everybody runs out of it.
- End of cutscene*
The snowy planet is huge run around and beat enemies are the best tips. Find four stones to learn the Flame Jump special. Open the menu and take the tutorial.
- Tutorial*
You are fighting a Goomba. Select Flame Jump. Mario jumps on the Goomba and then Luigi.
"Press A-B-A-B-B!" says Luigi. Luigi gives you instructions on what buttons to press as the battle continues.
The more you press the buttons the faster the Bros. jump and the more their feet spark. Soon, their boots catch on fire and they land on the Goomba. It dies and the tutorial is over.
- End of tutorial*
Head back to Peach's castle and talk to Toad.
- Cutscene*
I hear Bowser Junior is coming!" cries Toad.
"Oh no!" says Mario.
- End of cutscene*
Leave the castle and head to the tower at the end of the planet. Climb to the roof and beat enemies along the way.
- Cutscene*
"There's nothing on the roof!" says Luigi.
"And to think this place overlooks the entire planet!" yells Mario.
The Bros. turn around and see Bowser Junior riding a canon. It's floating in thin air. "Prepare to die!" yells Bowser Junior
- End of Cutscene*
- Boss Battle*
Bowser Junior charges up his first three turns so those are your chance to use a special and get some damage done.
Then he shoots a giant blast that gets your health down to one. Use a healing item and fully restore your health. Bowser Junior's canon has 950 HP, so all you have to do is win.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
Bowser Junior realizes his canon has stopped shooting.
"Bye boys!" laughs Bowser Junior
He flies away into space.
The Mario Brothers sigh and head over to Peach's Castle.
Inside, Toad is about ready to take them off the snowy planet.
"The castle's all fixed up to get back in the sky!" says Toad.
It flies off of the planet and begins hovering. Suddenly, it stops falling above another planet.
"I forgot to fix one tiny thing," admits Toad.
The spaceship crashes on the grassy planet and smashes into hundreds of pieces.
- End of cutscene*
- End of Chapter*
Chapter 4: The Pikmin Planet
- Cutscene*
"What have I done?" cried Toad.
"You've broken our only hope of rescuing Peach into_" begins Mario.
"A million pieces!" finishes Luigi.
"Come with us to find a new spaceship Toad!" says Mario.
"Sure," says Toad.
- End of cutscene*
The chapter's gameplay starts. You are being Toad and Mario and Luigi are following you. All the enemies are Pikmin enemies.
After finding all fifteen boxes in the planet, open up the menu. You have a new special attack but you need to beat the boss to use it.
Head back to the ruins of Peach's Castle. A Koopa is there and he looks extra-evil. Talk to him.
- Mini-Boss Battle*
The Bad Ol' Big Koopa has 385 HP. He can use whip attacks. All you have to do is win; there aren't any tips to win.
- End of Mini-Boss Battle*
Head to the very end of the planet, there you will find the S.S. Dolphin.
- Cutscene*
"We shouldn't take it, it belong to somebody," says Toad.
- End of cutscene*
Head back to the ruins of Peach's Castle. Something new is there!
- Cutscene*
Everybody comes back to where the ship was.
Captain Olimar is watching as hundreds of Pikmin carry the pieces around.
"Hey!" yells Mario.
- End of Cutscene*
- Mini Boss Battle*
The mini-bosses are five Pikmin (a blue one, a red one, a yellow one, a purple one, and a Rock Pikmin).
They don't all have the same amount of health, but all together the army has 1,215 HP.
All you have to do is beat the Pikmin.
- End of Mini-Boss Battle*
Olimar and the Pikmin flee.
Open the menu and you can now use the new special attack.
- Tutorial*
The enemy is a Goomba. Select Pikmin Walk and press the B button as fast as you can to throw Pikmin. The more you throw, the heavier the weight of the entire group becomes. It only takes one Pikmin to lift a Goomba and punch him.
This special doesn't always work however, if there aren't enough Pikmin to lift the opponent, they will be crushed.
- End of Tutorial*
There is still much to do on the planet. Head back to the S.S Dolphin and enter it. Hundreds of Pikmin are lurking around, but you fight them in groups on ten.
After finding your way through the Pikmin maze, head upstairs and you will find Captain Olimar and an armored Yellow Pikmin.
- Cutscene*
"You can't kill me!" yells Olimar.
"It's so on!" yells the armored Pikmin.
- End of Cutscene*
- Boss Battle*
Both Olimar and the Guard Pikmin have 1,610 HP. Olimar sends armies of Pikmin at you (does a ton of damage) and Guard Pikmin uses moves with his fists.
Beat them and then a cutscene starts.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"Hey!" says Toad, "wanna help us save a princess?"
"Sure!" says Olimar.
All the Pikmin seem to chant.
- End of cutscene*
Talk to Olimar when you're ready to set off into space again, but to fight the almost impossible to beat optional boss that can only be beat using the Pikmin special move, head downstairs; a buff Purple Pikmin is there. Talk to him and the battle starts.
- Optional boss*
The Purple Pikmin has 2500 HP. The only way to win is to use the Pikmin special attack and be very good at it.
- End of Optional boss*
Walk back upstairs and talk to Olimar.
- Cutscene*
The S.S Dolphin blasts off the planet.
"Wahoo!" cheers the crowd of tiny Pikmin.
- End of Cutscene*
- End of Chapter*
Chapter 5: The Secret Weapon
- Cutscene*
The S.S Dolphin is floating through space.
"It's been days!" complains Mario.
Suddenly, behind them a pirate spaceship appears. It shoots the S.S Dolphin.
Mario, Luigi, and Toad all hop in escape pods.
"Go, we'll be okay!" says Olimar.
"Not without you!" says Mario.
Olimar presses the "Launch Escape Pods" button.
- End of cutscene*
- Peach Play*
The gameplay begins of this chapter. You are Princess Peach and you're locked up in a terrible cell.
Walk up to the bed.
- Cutscene*
"Ugh..." says Peach as she kicks the bed.
Suddenly, the bed flies aside to reveal a secret passageway.
"Bowser is so stupid!" laughs Peach. "He even left the stupid passageway easy to find!"
She crawls far in it. A Koopa comes in and closes up the passageway. He chuckles.
- End of cutscene*
Walk down the passageway for a little bit and then you'll end up in a room where two Koopas are drinking coffee. Beat them in a battle and then press B to pick up the keys they drop. Then press B in front of them.
- Cutscene*
"Hmm..." Peach says.
It cuts to a Koopa bringing Peach back into her cell.
"I'm glad I used a knocked out Koopa to get me back in here," says Peach. "I took his paper and pencil too."
Peach takes the key out of her pocket and unlocks her cell.
- End of cutscene*
Walk down the hallways for a little while until you come to a door guarded by a Goomba. Beat him and then pick up the key he drops. Unlock and door and enter.
- Cutscene*
Peach enters and hides. Bowser is sitting on his throne.
"Sir!" says the Koopa in front of Bowser.
"Yes?" asks Star Bowser.
"Your secret weapon is ready!" says the Koopa.
"Well then, find Mario's ship and shoot it down!" says Bowser.
Suddenly, Waluigi comes in.
"Those stupid Mario Bros. could have killed me!" yells Waluigi, "and my brother got blown up."
"Who cares?" asks Bowser. "I've always came back and I got blown up once."
"Same with Wario, but we're in space now, he's gone man," says Waluigi, "and you will be too, this time all the bad guys will be gone!"
"You're the one that's gonna be gone!" laughs Bowser.
"I don't get it, "says Waluigi.
Bowser spits fire out of his mouth. So much that Peach can't even see. Then the fire is gone, and so is Waluigi.
Peach runs up to Bowser and says "I challenge you!"
Bowser simply laughs, but then Peach takes a step back. A candle lands of Bowser's head. "You'll have to deal with my minion!"
- Mini Boss Battle*
Peach vs. Megaman. Peach can hardly do any damage at level one, so the boss only has 100 HP.
Megaman can do everything he can do in the Megaman games. All you do is beat him.
- End of Mini Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"Oh c'mon Star Bowser, he's a weak! Give me a real person," says Peach.
"You want a real fight, I'll give you a real fight!" laughs Bowser, "come Kirby!"
A tiny pink puffball walks right in front of Peach.
"It's cute," says Peach.
Kirby bites her leg and Peach screams.
"Mini Boss Battle*
Kirby can use his power ups as attacks and he has 150 HP. He's quite easy to beat.
- End of Mini Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"You underestimate me Star Bowser," says Peach, "give me something that can beat me!"
"My secret weapon should do the trick," smiles Bowser.
- Boss Battle*
This battle is programmed not to be won. You can't do any damage and on the third turn the canon shoots a giant laser that defeats you.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
Peach falls to the ground in pain.
"Time to sleep!" laughs Bowser.
Everything goes black.
- End of cutscene*
- End of Chapter*
Chapter 6: Dark and Destroyed
- Cutscene*
"Where are we now Toad?" demands Mario. The escape pods have landed on a watery blue planet.
"I don't know!" says Toad.
"Is that Peach's Castle?" asks Mario.
- End of cutscene*
Head over to the landed Peach's Castle Spaceship. Explore for a little while, the enemies are all blue.
On the first floor there are two stones, go up a floor and get another two stones, and last go to the top floor and grab two stones. Head across the bridge between towers and go downstairs. Grab the two stones hidden around.
Open the menu and you're special move is locked until you beat the boss.
Leave the castle.
- Cutscene*
Far away,
Star Bowser is on his throne. A screen pops out of the ground. A shadowy star sitting on a throne is there. The star is so shadowy, it's pure black.
"I'm working on destroying Mario, now tell me, what can these powers you offered do to me?" demands Star Bowser.
"Well Bowser, you always come back no matter how many times you die," begins the star shape, "with these powers you won't be as... lucky."
"Huh?" bellows Bowser.
"Look wimp, you should be glad you're still alive, I won't remove those powers!" bellows the star, "just kill Mario, and make it painful!"
"He shall be burnt to dust..." laughs Bowser.
"Slowly," chuckles the star shape.
- End of cutscene*
Back to Mario now, walk along the planet a little further until you come to a blue castle. There is a knight, talk to him.
- Cutscene*
"Who are you?" asks Luigi.
"The name is Pesh!" laughs the knight.
"We need to get in!" says Mario.
Pesh points a sword at the bros.
- End of cutscene*
- Mini-Boss Battle*
Pesh has 1,445 HP. He attacks with his sword. Although Pesh is from another Fantendo game, he isn't based on himself in that game.
- End of Mini-Boss Battle*
Pesh is gone so going inside is fine. Head up the stairs until you reach a throne room. A character that looks like a blue teddy bear with a crown is on the throne.
- Cutscene*
"I am King Unten!" bellows the bear. He jumps off the throne and grows into a giant. His arms fly off and dissolve. Laser guns appear in their place.
Mario and Luigi are looking at him, shocked.
- Boss Battle*
Unten his 2,041 HP and his crown has 100 HP. His crown shoots golden boomerangs at you and he shoots lasers out of his guns and eyes.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"No!" screams the bear. He looks up at the sky and puts his arms in the air. He suddenly turns transparent blue and his eyes are glowing yellow. Stars start flying through his body. His arms fly off and dissolve. His legs fly off and dissolve. His head flies off and dissolves. His body turns into Star Bowser.
"Bowser!" exclaims Mario.
"That's Star Bowser to you!" says Bowser.
He flies away.
- End of cutscene*
- End of chapter*
- Tutorial*
The new special move is called Fantendo Madness. Just press the A button, then B, then L, and then R to send Fantendo characters at the enemy or enemies.
- End of tutorial*
Chapter 7: Bowser Junior Battle
- Cutscene*
Bowser Junior is bowing down in front of his father. They are in the throne room. Star Bowser presses a button and grabs his son's head.
"I'm giving you my powers," says Bowser.
Bowser Junior suddenly turns transparent blue. Starts start floating around in his body and his eyes glow yellows.
He laughs in a distorted voice.
Meanwhile, Peach's Castle is flying through space.
"Back on the good old ship," says Toad.
Suddenly, a ship that is modeled after Bowser Junior's head appears.
- End of cutscene*
- Ship Battle*
The S.S Junior is not an easy enemy. It has 1000 HP and shoots fireballs out of its "mouth".
All you have to do is beat it.
- End of ship battle*
- Cutscene*
The ship catches on fire. Bowser Junior takes an escape pod out.
"Ha, all the crew will die!" chuckles the Star Bowser Junior.
The escape pod turns into a giant Koopa Shell spaceship. A canon pops out of the top.
- End of cutscene*
- Ship battle*
The Koopa Canon has 1500 HP. It takes a little while to beat, but it's not too hard, it only shoots weak lasers.
- End of ship battle*
- Cutscene*
The Koopa Canon explodes.
"Bowser Junior's dead!" cheers Mario. He and Luigi go downstairs. Bowser Junior is there with laser guns as hands!
- End of cutscene*
- Boss Battle*
Bowser Junior has 1248 HP. His lasers shoot three at a time and do a lot of damage. Due to healing, Junior takes a very long time to beat.
Fifteen minutes at the least, and hour and a half at the most to beat him.
- End of boss battle*
- Cutscene*
Bowser Junior sighs and his star powers vanish from him.
"I will come back!" yells Junior as he jumps off of the ship.
- End of cutscene*
- End of chapter*
Chapter 8: Bowser's Flying Fortress
- Cutscene*
Peach's Castle is flying towards Bowser's fortress.
"Here we are," says Mario, "Bowser's Flying Fortress!"
- End of cutscene*
The gameplay begins. Explore the deck and beat enemies. Grab a key that you can find and enter a room.
You are in the inside. The place is covered in death-traps and crawling with enemies.
Get through the hallway and enter the library. Head to a shelf and hit it with the hammer. Head to the other shelf and hit it.
- Cutscene*
The shelves sink into the ground and a door rises up in the center of where they used to be.
- End of cutscene*
Walk into the door and you end up in a room made of dark stone. There is lava all around you, more like a place Bowser would like.
Continue up the path and you will see Megaman-Kirby.
- Mini-Boss Battle*
Megaman-Kirby has 1,500 HP. He has Megaman's attacks and he looks like Kirby with a Megaman helmet. He is hard to defeat seeing how this is near the end of the game.
- End of Mini-Boss Battle*
Continue up the path and walk up the spiral staircase. You will end up in Star Bowser's true throne room.
- Cutscene*
"It's over Bowser!" yells Mario.
"It's Star Bowser!" bellows Star Bowser.
"It's over Star Bowser!" yells Luigi.
"You challenge me?" laughs Star Bowser.
- End of cutscene*
Walk out up the stairs again, Bowser won't challenge you. You will enter a maze to get the golden hammer.
- Maze*
Maze room 1:
Go up, go left, go left, go up, go up, go right, go right, go right, go down, go left, go left, go up, go right, go up, and you will have reached room two.
Maze room 2:
Go up, go up, go up, go left, go left, go left, go up, go up, go up, go right, go right, go right, go up, go up, go up, and you will have reached room three.
Maze final room:
Go up, go up, go left, go left, go up, go up, go right, go right, go up, go left, go left, go up, go right, go right, go right, go down, go down, go left, go left, go left, go up, go left, go left, go left, go left, go left, go left, go left, go left, and you will have reached the hammer.
- End of maze*
Go back to the throne-room and talk to Star Bowser for the battle to begin!
- Boss Battle*
Star Bowser is considered the hardest boss in the entire game. He has 1,050 HP so beat him. Then he opens his mouth and sucks you in.
There is a giant black star in him and it glows red every second. It has 1,259 HP. Do as much damage as you can do with Luigi and Mario, and then get almost killed by the Star Heart's attack.
Star Bowser will then spit you out with now 1,000 HP. Heal right away and then beat him. He'll suck you back in and you must repeat the process of fighting the Star Heart.
After a long time, the Star Heart will have been defeated and you are spit out.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"What's happening?" asks Luigi.
"I don't know, but it is scary!" says Mario.
They look at Star Bowser whose eyes are shut. He looks at the sky and starts spitting out fireballs. At the end, he spits out the Star Heart and it explodes. Bowser is now his normal form. He coughs and he starts to vanish from top to bottom.
The Mario Bros. look around and find Bowser's Flying Fortress is exploding!
Peach falls to the ground.
"Guys, quick, follow me!" she says.
- End of cutscene*
- End of chapter*
Chapter 9: The Shooting Star
- Cutscene*
"Peach, you aren't helpless!" gasps Mario as he struggles to keep up with the princess and Luigi.
Peach jumps a flame that Mario steps on and burns his foot. Luigi puts it out.
"Just c'mon, we're gonna die if we don't get off of this ship!" says Peach.
- End of cutscene*
Run along and be careful not to be hit by the explosions. The walkthrough can't explain, but it takes a long time to get to the point where a cutscene begins.
- Cutscene*
Bowser Junior flies in using a shooting star machine. A claw-hand appears, grabs Peach, and then puts her in the ship.
"Sorry boys!" laughs Junior. He tosses Peach onto another planet.
- End of cutscene*
- Boss Battle*
Bowser Junior's Shooting Star has 1,200 HP and the canon shoots stars. It's a hard boss, but not as hard as Star Bowser.
- End of Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"No!" screams Bowser Junior. His ship crashes far away from the bros., and then there is an explosion there.
"Could he have lived through that?" asks Luigi.
"Impossible!" says Mario.
The two run to Peach's Castle. It flies off the ship just as the entire thing explodes.
"Toad, to that planet!" says Mario.
Peach's Castle flies towards the planet Peach was tossed on. It's a dark planet with a giant castle on it.
- End of cutscene*
- End of chapter*
Chapter 10: The Rescue
- Cutscene*
Toad lands Peach's Castle on the planet.
"I assume that castle is where to go!" says Toad.
- End of cutscene*
Run inside the castle that covers most of the planet. Go up the spiral staircase (takes a long time).
- Cutscene*
Mario and Luigi enter the throne room and see the shadowy star sitting on a throne.
"Y'know, Star Bowser, Megaman, and Kirby served me," laughs the star.
Megaman and Kirby jump into view.
Suddenly, off the throne steps Starfy.
"Starfy, Megaman and Kirby!" gasps Mario.
"But you guys are the good guys and you did all this?" asks Luigi.
"Good guys!" spits Starfy. "We have all got sick of being the good guys! Boys, kill them!"
Megaman and Kirby pull out machine guns and point them at Mario and Luigi.
- End of cutscene*
- Final Boss battle*
Starfy has 1,000 HP, Megaman has 400 HP, and Kirby has 600 HP. They are all super hard to beat, but not as hard as Star Bowser.
Megaman and Kirby shoot out of their machine guns and Starfy shoots insane attacks at you.
- End of final boss battle*
- Cutscene*
Starfy, Megaman, and Kirby are all on the floor.
"We'll never give up!" says Starfy. "I was always a hero Mario, I heard you aren't as good as me, but let's put you to the test!"
Starfy presses a button. "You have one minute until this planet explodes! Will you save Peach and your brother and kill all of you or will you save just two and leave the princess to die? Good luck Mario, and goodbye!"
Starfy, Megaman, and Kirby vanish.
- End of cutscene*
"Make your way through the planet and head to the tower. Climb to the very top and find Peach.
- Cutscene*
"Toad took off without us!" yells Luigi, looking out the window. "We're done for!"
Explosions start across the planet. Mario, Luigi, and Peach jump out the window.
"If we die, let's do it together!" says Mario.
The three close their eyes, this is it.
Suddenly, they open them. They're in the S.S Dolphin.
"Olimar, we thought you were dead!" yells Luigi.
"I'm hurt," says Olimar.
"Thank you Olimar," says Mario.
Olimar nods and flies off the planet.
"No, I mean it, thank you," says Mario.
- One Month Later -
Mario, Luigi, and Peach are looking at the sky on the hill. It's a beautiful night. They see the S.S Dolphin fly by.
"That was some adventure," says Luigi, "Mario and Luigi: Space Travel!"
- End of cutscene*
- End of game*
Post-game events
True Head of Stone
Head into Peach's Castle and head to the new floor. It's a lab and there's a time machine inside.
- Cutscene*
"What an odd machine," says Mario.
"Let's go fifty years into the future!" says Luigi. He presses a button and the next thing the Bros. know they're in front of a ruin made of dark stone and crawling moss.
It's early in the morning and the sky seems to tell the Mario Bros. something bad happened.
An old woman, unmistakably Peach, walked over to the Bros. and hugs them.
"We lived in peace, you two died heroes, you see, we were nuked by the True Head, it's nothing but a statue now," says Peach, "I call it the True Head of Stone."
Mario and Luigi look behind themselves and see a towering head of a sinister looking man. He has long dark hair and a beard. He has glasses and a look of evil in his eyes.
Mario hits the statue with his hammer.
"You know what?" asks the True Head of Stone. "You're going down!"
- Optional boss battle*
The True Head of Stone has 3500 HP. He's stronger than Star Bowser. He shoots giant fireballs and gets tiny eyes and shoots lasers at you. He clones himself, jumps off the planet, and then has both clones land on you. He can also spit on you.
- End of Optional Boss Battle*
- Cutscene*
"No!" cries the True Head of Stone. It explodes and the ruins look duller than ever.
"What an unpleasant future," says Luigi.
- End of cutscene*
Second Battle with Pesh
Walk into Peach's Castle and head to the garden. Hammer the mystical fountain.
- Cutscene*
"What's going on?" asks Mario. Water is coming out of the fountain in the shape of arms. It grabs the Mario Bros. and stuffs them in.
They open their eyes in a strange glowing garden area. Pesh is in front of them.
"Ready for a rematch?" asks Pesh.
- End of cutscene*
- Optional Boss Battle*
Pesh has 1,500 HP. He attacks with his two swords. Pesh is difficult to beat.
- End of optional boss battle*
- Cutscene*
The world starts to collapse. The Mario Bros. and Pesh run to the fountain. Mario and Luigi get atop it and Pesh jumps for it as the ground behind him collapses. He is hanging on with one hand.
"Now's our chance to get out of here!" says Mario. Luigi climbs down the fountain and Mario yells "what are you doing?"
Luigi pulls Pesh up just as he is about to slip. Then Pesh and the Bros. jump in the water and find themselves back in Peach's garden.
- End of cutscene*


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Corinthians 13:4-7
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts,
always hopes, always perseveres.
My Love is Like a Red Red Rose by Robert Burns (1794)
My love is like a red red rose
That's newly sprung in June;
My love is like the melody
That's sweetly played in tune.
So fair you are, my dear sweetheart
So deep in love am I;
And I will love you still, my dear
Till all the seas are dry
Till all the seas are dry, my dear
And the rocks melt with the sun:
And I will love you still, my dear
While the sands of life shall run.
And so farewell, my only love
And so farewell, a while!
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A mad serial killer is spreading terror throughout the 'hood, slitting people's throats and causing mass hysteria. A group of friends decides it's up to them to take on the maniac, even though they're risking their lives.
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Hi Guyz,
I'm a begginer in python. I went through some basic tutorials about python to some advanced stuff like classes and OOP. And i would to get some more approach in python with Django for wen development. I can't really understad the patterns of Django though I made a blog with Django. So can anyone please describe me the conventions of python in web development approach ? In advance ?
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Is there any particular reason to want to learn Django? What do you think about Flask (http://flask.pocoo.org/) ? The difference between the two is that DJango is with battery included, while with Flask you are more like building with separate blocks, although they are quite more reliable and consistent because most blocks are written from the same coder- the creator of Flask.
How you have made a blog without understanding the main concepts behind ? Some key points you need to look up and understand :
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Karthi is back and the dude (so what if he's married ) has some good news to share with his Kollywood fans. Earlier when he went for the Telugu release of 'Naa Peru Shiva', (the Telugu version of 'Naan Mahan Alla') the actor had surprised everyone by announcing that he will be soon doing a movie with director Bhaskar with all the commercial Andhric elements. The news made headlines after he joined Shankar Dayal's Saguni, soon after his short and sweet honeymoon in the Austrian nation.
While most of his hit blockbuster flicks including Paruthiveeran, Aayirathil Oruvan and Paiyaa have been accepted by the Telugu audience warmly, there is also news that now his Paiyaa is going for a Hindi remake. Recently one of our sources caught up with him and quizzed whether he has any plans to capture Mollywood with his stylish performances the actor gave a flat 'NO'. He says that even though he will accept a good Malayalam script the fact that, "I am not fluent with the language doesn't provide much encouragement to take up any Mollywood project." Howsoever he has been in touch with many Mollywood directors but all the directors were in talks for there upcoming Tamil movies.
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Minster FM News
£30,000 Police payout found to be unacceptable
7:25am 10th February 2012
(Updated 7:43pm 10th February 2012)
A former senior police officer in North Yorkshire is facing questions over his expenses.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission says Deputy Chief Constable Adam Briggs received thirty thousand pounds for personal training.
It's found there were no means for auditing how that money was spent and have now found this was unacceptable.
The authority have spoken out this morning saying it's disapointed in the IPCC's decision.
They said the money meant the top officers could purchase private medical cover for themselves and their close family and as a way to recognise the stresses of the job.
IPCC Statement:
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has concluded that it was unacceptable for North Yorkshire Police Authority to give an officer more than £30,000 without any means for auditing how that money was spent.
The IPCC conducted an independent investigation into financial claims for development training made by Adam Briggs while he was Deputy Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police.
The investigation determined that Mr Briggs had been awarded a contract when he joined the force as DCC in June 2007 which, in addition to his salary, included a non-pensionable payment of £10,000 per annum. This payment was to cover the cost of private medical insurance and personal development training. In total Mr Briggs received £31,647.06 during his time with the force.
In November 2007 Mr Briggs agreed a 24-month contract for personal development training with a company called Enabling Developments. He claimed the cost of this contract - £11,750 including VAT – from North Yorkshire Police despite already being in receipt of the £10,000 per annum allowance.
The training came to light via a Freedom of Information request by Jane's Police Review magazine in July 2010 and prompted concern within NYPA. The Authority brought the matter to the attention of the IPCC who then instructed that the matter be formally referred. The IPCC investigation was told the Authority had no knowledge of Mr Briggs' arrangement with the training company and had not sanctioned it.
In addition Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell stated he had not authorised the training and that he had given Mr Briggs 'strong words of advice' in relation to not following the relevant tendering procedure. There is no record of the action Mr Maxwell took.
The IPCC investigation found:
· there was no system put in place to audit how Mr Briggs used the allowance allocated to him;
· Mr Briggs had not gone through the correct procurement processes for the contract and failed to seek any authorisation for the training.
Mr Briggs, who had retired from North Yorkshire Police shortly before the investigation began, was asked by the IPCC to assist by either voluntarily attending an interview or providing a statement to explain his decisions. Mr Briggs has not cooperated.
IPCC Commissioner Nicholas Long said: "The Police Authority's remit is to scrutinise the expenditure of a police force and hold the senior officers to account. It is utterly unacceptable therefore that more than £30,000 of public funds can be handed to an officer without any means to audit how that money is used. Although the Police Authority stipulated what the money was to be used for, they did not check, and even gave Mr Briggs some discretion on how he spent it within the set parameters.
"Although Mr Briggs has retired one would think he would want to take an opportunity to explain what he did with the money and why he claimed a further £11,750 from the public purse. I find his decision not to assist our investigation or answer our questions disappointing. It leaves us with an expenses claim that does not appear to withstand scrutiny and the actions of a senior police officer that do not appear justifiable. Nobody knows what the money has been spent on. It may well have been used entirely legitimately but Mr Briggs, who while holding a senior public office should have been acting in a financially responsible way, which was open, transparent and auditable, has chosen not to tell us."
The IPCC's investigation report can be found here.
North Yorkshire Police Authority Statement:
NYPA is disappointed in the conclusion of the IPCC – after an investigation lasting longer than a year - that the Authority's arrangements for a personal development allowance, provided to the Chief and Deputy Chief Constables of North Yorkshire Police, were 'unacceptable'.
These locally negotiated allowances, provided from 2007 to 2010, were brought in to ensure that the 2 most senior officers of North Yorkshire Police had the personal support necessary to ensure that they remained focussed on delivering good quality policing services to North Yorkshire and the City of York.
NYPA Chief Executive, Jeremy Holderness said:
'These taxable allowances, paid to the individuals concerned on top of their salary, were approved by NYPA for 2 specific purposes. Firstly, it allowed the officers to purchase private medical cover for themselves and their close family. An illness to oneself or a loved one can be a serious distraction. We sought to ensure that through this allowance, such distractions could be minimised and focus could be maintained on leading this important public service.'
'Secondly, the Authority recognises that these responsible roles can be very stressful and can take a toll on the emotional health of the individuals concerned. The Authority sees it as its responsibility – as effectively the employing body - to minimise such impacts if it can. '
'In addition, NYPA recognises that senior professionals need to continue their personal development so as to continue to perform at the top of their game whilst in post but also to develop into more senior roles within policing nationally.'
'So, this sum of money was made available to these officers to commission these services, which might be sometimes personally sensitive in nature. Inevitably, such an arrangement relies heavily on the integrity of the individual to ensure that the money is used for the purposes for which it was intended.'
'Such allowances are not unfamiliar in policing or indeed in many other avenues of business. They are seen to be quite reasonable in the circumstances of employment of senior professionals and, so long as they are operated in the way intended, are generally beneficial to the individuals and the organisation.'
'We agree that in this instance, sadly, the arrangements might not have operated as we would have wished and we have learnt lessons for the future. However, in our view, it is disproportionate to say that the arrangements were 'unacceptable'.


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MANAGEMENT DATABASE. Khazal Dar Abdul Aleem Ahsan. BUSINESS MODEL. User: Companies and organisations that face problems managing their employee's record.
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VSDA Postpones All Consumer Shows25 Apr, 2003 By: Kurt Indvik
The Video Software Dealers Association has postponed all three of its "Tinseltown" consumer shows, originally slated to take place during May in Norfolk, Va., Minneapolis and San Antonio. No dates have been announced for the events, but VSDA executives said it will be in the fall.
VSDA VP of membership Mark Fisher, who heads up the shows for the association, said that the postponement was necessitated because of the war in Iraq, the need for greater lead time for exhibitors and other logistical considerations. Fisher said that all three communities have heavy concentrations of military personnel and their families, and it was felt that holding these events now was inappropriate.
Fisher also said that the association might have been "overly ambitious in our scheduling. With a new event like this, it takes a lot of time to get the right exhibitors and to make sure that the event comes off as planned. Given a choice between doing the shows now and doing them right, we chose to do them right."
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06-03-09, 11:19 #1Registered User
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Unanswered: How to select and group by below the minute precision
I am able to select the number of events from the audit table with the following query:
select Rtrim(Ltrim(str(datepart(month,a.eventtime))))+'/'+
Rtrim(Ltrim(str(datepart(year,a.eventtime))))+' '+
Rtrim(Ltrim(str(datepart(minute,a.eventtime)))),st r(count(a.eventtime))
from sybsecurity..sysaudits_02 a
where a.eventtime > '2009-06-03 8:00:00' and a.eventtime <='2009-06-03 9:59:59'
group by datepart(month,a.eventtime),
I would like to sharpen the resolution and go below the minute, let say 10 seconds or 15 seconds resolution. How can I do that ?
Thanks ahead,
06-03-09, 17:34 #2Registered User
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As you know a minute has 60 seconds so, you cant use this SQL as is. If you are expecting a group by 10 seconds, then theres no such thing.
So, if you can be more clear on your requirements (not the one below !!) we can provide a bit more help. Forget the query and tell us the requirements.
Originally Posted by János Löbb
06-03-09, 18:18 #3Registered User
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Hi trvishi,
My goal is to count audit events with sub-minutes intervals. With that I can predict when the user sessions start to develop problems. In a normal time I get average 5000 audit events a minute. If this number drops below 2000 per minute, I know surely that something is wrong and if I run sp_lock I see sessions already on lock_sleep state. That is usually to late to do anything useful, other than kill the offending sessions. So what I would like to do is to look into the audit table and select the number of events not in the last minute, but rather in the last 15 seconds. As You know the audit tables have no index, so if I can shrink the time interval it executes quicker If that number is below 600-800, then alert me, so I can turn my attention to the problem more pro-actively.
Well, I can do it for every second, - because there is datepart element for it -, but that is too aggressive, and also spikes in traffic can cause false alarms. However looking into in ever 15 seconds or ever 12 second looks to me the right amount of time. Ultimately I will tie it to a cron job and if the audit events are below a preset threshold, then I will collect sp_who and sp_lock info immediately, because if I wait for the users to report the issue then usually I cannot run any of these procedures.
The ultimate goal is to find those database sessions and their queries which are the culprits causing lock_sleeps either by bad design or by hugging resources, or by going bad. Now we have cascading lock sleeps almost every week and it is painful. The application software is a vendor supplied software, and we have to live with it
Thanks ahead,
06-03-09, 18:28 #4Registered User
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Having said this I dont want to leave you high and dry.
Your better options could be.
1. Installing MDA tables
2. Checking sysmon output
3. Putting some kind of sniffer
4. Use Ribo
5. Use dbcc traceons to look at the SQLs coming thro
6. Have inhouse monitoring scripts
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Like trvishi said, you are going about it in the wrong way.
However if you insist on shooting yourself in the foot here are some bulletsCode:
select dateadd(ss,datediff(ss,'20090101',eventtime)/10*10,'20090101'),count(*) from sybsecurity..sysaudits_02 where eventtime>=dateadd(mi,datediff(mi,'20090101',getdate())-1,'20090101') group by dateadd(ss,datediff(ss,'20090101',eventtime)/10*10,'20090101')
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> The ultimate goal is to find those database sessions and their queries which
> are the culprits causing lock_sleeps
If this is the ultimate goal, then as has previously been said, there are other, easier ways to do this. You could simply poll sysprocesses for 'lock sleep' for a start. There are plenty of tools for getting spid activity, locking/blocking spids, time blocked, the sql and query plans. What version of ASE are you using?Bob Holmes
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The trailer to Gautham Menon's Nadunisi Naaygal produced and directed by Gautham for his very own label Photon Kathaas Productions has been the talk of town recently. The latest is that the US rights of the movie have been acquired by TWO95 Entertainment for an unknown amount even when the movie is in its post production stages.
The flick has been hanging on for a while and is expected to release during the Republic Day weekend i.e. Jan 26th this 2011.
Sameera Reddy will be the star attraction for this one while Veera Bahu–The commando from Vaaranam Aayiram and close associate of Gautham Menon will be playing opposite lead.
We hope the cash registers start ringing for Gautham with this New Year offering.


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In 2012, 21 of the NFL's 32 teams used the franchise tag in order to prevent one of their key players from hitting free agency. At that point, the tag was as popular as ever, having been applied to 33 players over a two-year span post-2011 lockout.
Since then, the tag total has been chopped pretty much perfectly in half from 21 to eight to four in back to back seasons.
I understood why the tag total dropped off so much last year. It probably had to do with the stagnant salary cap, as explained here by Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio:
Even though the franchise tenders are now based on the five-year average cap percentage consumed by the five highest-paid players at each position, it becomes more difficult to give one large chunk of cap space to one player at a time when the total cap grew by only 0.5 percent in 2012 and 1.9 percent in 2013.
But the cap shot up by over eight percent in 2014, hitting an all-time high water mark of $133 million. Now that the cap has had a mini explosion, you'd think more tags would be applied. After all, teams can afford that short-term hit in order to protect themselves against losing key players. Fourteen teams have at least $20 million in cap space, according to Spotrac, and 23 have at least $10 million.
The difference might be that not enough key players are becoming unrestricted free agents. Henry Melton's elite, but he's coming off a torn ACL. T.J. Ward, Alterraun Verner and Vontae Davis are good, but are they invaluable? Are they worth eight-figure tag prices?
Now that we have a full grip on the cap within the relatively new CBA, more teams seem willing to roll the dice on letting good, not amazing players hit the open market. As a result, fewer teams are playing tag.
Something tells me the players are fine with that.


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Clifton (Va.) Centreville offensive tackle Pat Sheil has one scholarship in writing and up to four more verbal offers. Sheil, an imposing tackle, may decide early. Does he have a leader?
"I would say that Virginia is the leader for Pat. They have offered him in writing," said Centreville head coach Mike Skinner about his 6-foot-7, 270 pound tackle who runs the 40-yard dash in 5.0 seconds.
What other schools are showing interest in Sheil?
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"He is hearing from a ton of schools. The most persistent suitors are Virginia, Syracuse, Florida, and Southern California. I expect him to have over twenty offers by the end of the summer, but I am not sure he will wait that long," said Skinner.
Coach Skinner said that he encourages his players to commit early so that the recruiting process doesn't affect the player's school life or athletic life.
"It is up to the player, not me, but my players that have offers from the schools they are interested in, generally commit early. If a player covets an offer from one of their favorites who has not offered, they wait."
How would Skinner describe Sheil?
"He is a tremendous athlete for his size. He has incredible footwork and is quite agile. He is a hard-nosed player and one of the toughest kids I have ever coached. He also has what every great offensive lineman wants, long arms. He has great strength and a great motor."


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Brooks Brothers green sweater from Scream Queens seen with Thad Radwell (Patrick Schwarzenegger)
As Seen on Thad Radwell (Patrick Schwarzenegger) in Scream Queens - Season 1 Episode 10
Thad Radwell (Patrick Schwarzenegger) is seen with the green Brooks Brothers Fun Crewneck Sweater in Scream Queens, Season 1, Episode 10 - Thanksgiving. Find Sweaters, Clothing and Men's Fashion from Scream Queens below.
Brace yourself for more blood and mayhem in the killer new horror comedy Scream Queens. In Episode 10 "Thanksgiving," it's upper-class family dysfunction when Chanel (Emma Roberts) goes to Chad's (Glen Powell) for dinner. Meanwhile, one of the Kappa sisters is about to get roasted when Dean Cathy Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) reveals the identity of the devil mask killer.
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