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Where are you teacher Tdol ? I expect some comments from you.
1.Also is used at the beginning of a sentence to indicate that the sentence continues a thought begun with the previous sentence and adds something to it. It sometimes (but not always) performs a different function in the middle of a sentence. Neither way is more formal than the other. (Did I answer the question?)
I thought it was more formal to use also in the middle of the sentence than in the beginning simply because my professor considered it a mistake that I have committed last semester.
2.What do you think of this one?
The Playboy of the Western World, by John Willington Synge, is a dramatic, classical masterpiece. One of its outstanding characteristics is its unity of structure. Digression or superfluities are non-existent in this play. There is only a single plot that develops without deviating from the major theme. The theme of this play is the change of a man's character from a weak person to a hero through committing patricide. There is no extra information that mars the unity of the action in the play. In addition to the unity of action, we have the unity of time and place. Although we have the feeling that a long time has passed, the action of the play covers only just twenty- four hours. As far as the unity of action is concerned, the entire action takes place in a shebeen located near the seashore of Mayo.
3.Isn't it plotlines that contribute to plot? Shouldn't it be his relationship with his lover that changes his character?
Yes, I guess, but I am talking now about the structure of the play only. I wanted to emphasize how those erotic scenes are substantial to the plot and not how important their relationship was.
4.What if I add this to the last sentence in the introduction, would it be better although it may not exactly conform to the organization of the essay? The Playboy of the Western World contains several classical elements, such as the unity of time, place, and action, the introduction of the hero, the unraveling of the plot, the reversal of situation, climax, propriety, and comic reversals. (There are some paragraphs that cannot be considered as classical elements .In fact; I suggested that the writer did not follow the classical way in those things, such as diction.)
5.Do you like the font color and size ?Should I change them?
6.I do really appreciate your comments ,teacher .
Loads of love,
Where are you teacher Tdol ? I expect some comments from you.
Classical Elements in The Playboy of the Western World
=> Italicize The Playboy.... It's a title.
Classicism "is an attitude to literature that is guided by admiration of the qualities of formal balance, proportion, decorum, and a restraint attributed to the major works of ancient Greek and Roman literature."
=> State the name, work and page number of the author who penned "is an attitude...." Quotation marks are used to indicate reported speech.
=> I don't understand the quote. Literature is usually not defined as an 'attitude'. It'd be best if you could after the quote rephrase the quote in your own words for the sake of the reader. We, the readers, have not read what you have, so we rely on you to guide us through.
A classical play is one that holds classical elements in its subject matter or form. The Playboy of the Western World contains several classical elements.
=> It would be benefical if you could provide examples of classical elements in subject matter and form.
=> Drop one of the three 'classical's; drop one of the two 'elements'. Use synonyms.
The Playboy of the Western World, by John Willington Synge, is a dramatic, classical masterpiece.
=> Is it a play? Briefly tell your reader what it is and what it is about. Again, we have not read what you've read, so help us understand.
One of its outstanding characteristics is its unity of structure.
=> For example,....
Digression or superfluities are non-existent in this play.
=> What do those terms mean? Please explain.
Everything in it is linked with the main theme. There is no sub-plot.
=> Briefly explain why no sub-plot is important or not important.
There is only a single plot that develops without deviating from the major theme.
=> What is the single plot that...?
The theme of this play is the change of a man's character from a weak person to a hero through committing patricide. There is no extra information that mars the unity of the action in the play. Apart from the unity of action,
=> I'm not quite sure I understand unity of action you're trying to express here. Could you explain more?
we have the unity of time and place. Although we have the feeling that a long time has passed, the action of the play covers only "a revolution of the sun ",
=> Who said "a revolution of..."?
just twenty- four hours. As far as the unity of action is concerned, the entire action takes place in a shebeen located near the seashore of Mayo.
=> It'd be helpful to your reader if you defined unity of action in one paragraph and unity of time and place in another paragraph.
Love-scenes are essential to the main theme. A similar theme in the play is the love affair, which develops between the major character, Christy, and the important, female character, Pegeen. The main love-scene between them is one of the most poetic scenes in the play. However, this love-scene does not disrupt the unity of action and does not interfere with the development of the main plot, which is the development of Christy's character. In fact, the idea of love and marriage is put to support the main action. The love-scenes contribute considerably to Christy's change of character.
=> Nice paragraph! Well worded and clear. I'd like to see the first part of your essay expressed in the same way. One thing, though, provide examples of why and how love scenes disrupt the unity of action elsewhere in classical works. This is paramount. It provides your reader with comparison.
Just like the classical way, the opening dialogue serves as a good introduction to the hero, Christy. Pegeen is writing a letter that shows her marriage to Shawn is approaching. After Shawn enters the shebeen, the writer reveals to us that Pegeen does not like him. She mocks him saying that "It's wonder, Shaneen, the Holy Father'd be taking notice of the likes of you …" She maintains that there are only insignificant, coward people in the village, and it seems that Shawn is one of them. At the same time, we learn that Pegeen's father, Michael, is going to a wake and leaving her alone in the shebeen for the entire night. Shawn refuses to stay with her because he is afraid of Father Reilly. This, in turn, contributes to her resentment of him. He tells Pegeen of "a kind of fellow", he heard groaning in a ditch. It is clear that Pegeen is welcoming any brave man. Furthermore, the conversation of the characters in the shebeen foreshadows that Michael will hire a pot-boy. Consequently, it prepares us for the coming of the main hero, Christy.
=> Briefly add the significance of hiring 'a pot-boy' and how the consequence of that is 'a good introduction of the hero.' What does 'good' mean here?
The plot begins to unravel more and more; and the foundations for Christy becoming a hero are wonderfully laid.
=> What does 'wonderfully' mean here?
After Michael and his friends enter the shebeen, they are followed by "a kind of fellow", Christy. Because of Christy's suspense evoking investigation by Michael, Pegeen, and the others, he reveals that he had killed his father with a loy (a spade).
=> Nice use of brackets to explain terminology the reader is unfamiliar with. I'd like to see that used throughout your essay. It'd help the reader.
Be kind to your reader. :D
The reaction of his listeners is encouraging to him.
=> There are listeners? Please explain. I've missed something here.
Philly says that Christy is not "a common week-day kind of murderer". Even "the peelers" are afraid of him. Jimmy says that he is capable of facing a devil from hell. Pegeen says that he is both wise and brave. Moreover, she says that he is suitable to be hired by her father as a pot-boy in the shebeen. Then, he is offered the job, and he accepts the offer after being convinced that he will be safe there from the police. The foundations of Christy becoming a hero are laid in this scene where he receives praise from all those around him in the shebeen save Shawn, who criticizes him for committing a murder.
=> Nice! Especially the last part. Well done. :D
Christy' story of his past life is crucial to the play. Christy has already overcome his fears. Furthermore, his morale is raised by Pegeen, who admires his small feet, his name, and his ability to speak like a poet,"And I've heard all times it's the poets are your like, fine fiery fellows with great rages when their temper is aroused." Consequently, he tells her about his past, saying that he was insignificant person in his village and no one took notice of him except beasts. This tale of his past life is very important for the play because it makes us notice how the change in his personality (peripeteia: the reversal of the situation) will transpire.
=> Very well put. :D I'd change 'very important' to 'significant because'.
The fight between Widow Queen and Pegeen over Christy is important simply because it contributes to Christy's realization and recognition of himself. Widow Queen arrives at the shebeen although it is too late at night. She attempts to convince the queer fellow, Christy,
=> Is 'queer' your word or a word from the text? If it's your word, I'd change it. If it's from the text, use quotation marks.
to spend the night at her house. The fight starts between the two women. This clash gives Christy more confidence. At the end of the Act,
=> Which Act? Please state the number.
Christy expresses his satisfaction of the fact that the two women fight over him. Therefore, this new feeling of self-esteem marks an important step in Christy's transformation. This soliloquy represents the first climax (turning point) in the play.
=> "This" refers to words that are coming next. 1) this new feeling should be that new feeling; moreover, This soliloguy should be rephrased. The reader is expecting to read the 'soliloquy'.
Propriety is a classical characteristic of the hero.
=> Is that sentence a section heading? If not, rephrase it into a statement.
Christ behaves according to his status.
=> JC Christ or Christy?
Act II begins with Christy's soliloquy that shows that he is satisfied with his job. He finds also that the mirror there shows him to be more handsome than the mirror in his village. After the girls and Widow Queen come to see him, he tells them his tale trying to make it sound as grand as he could. He includes some more details of his story. Susan says that his story is grand and Honor admires his way of telling the story.
=> Who is Susan. The reader just met her. Define who she is and how her opinion is necessary here.
Christy, as an ordinary person, is made more self-assured by the girls' praise. Afterwards, Pegeen comes and tells him that he is in danger because he is narrating his story to everyone.
=> 'he' and 'his' are ambiguous here. Who is narrating whose story?
Demoralized, he readies himself to leave, but Pegeen says that he will be safe as far as he keeps himself away from everybody and especially the girls. This is the first anti-climax in the play.
=> Nice!
Just when Christy is feeling happy and self-assured, something happens to snatch that happiness and self-assurance away from him. Upon seeing his father coming to the shebeen, he hides himself behind the door. Widow Queen tackles the matter by telling Old Mahon wrong information about Christy. This coming back of Old Mahon is essential to the play because it gives a comic relief. If the patricide were actually committed, this would have been a gloomy effect on us. It also introduces a new character, whose speech is so comic.
=> Beautiful!
The arrival of Old Mahon in Act II had been a kind of comic reversal. Act III has two comic reversals like the previous one.
=> Change 'has been' to 'is'. Use the present tense.
At the beginning of Act III, we know from Jimmy and Philly talk that Christy has won a great deal of money and he has been declared a winner in many sports such as, racing, jumping "and the Lord knows what." Old Mahon returns to the shebeen. He and the others, Jimmy, Philly and Widow Queen, at the shebeen watch the mule race. Christy wins the race adding that to his many victories. Christy, the "lier on walls" and "the talker of folly "in his village, has become the great champion in Mayo village. In fact, it is a great change .This is the second climax in the play. Old Mahon recognizes the champion as his own son, but Widow Queen succeeds, for the second time, in convincing him that he is not his son and that he is raving.
=> Nice explanation of Act III. Now explain why the 2nd climax is an important classical element.
=> The essay starts with promises of expressing classical elements in the play, and yet the reader hears of it here in ACT III. Please be consistent. Tell your reader when and/or where in the play a classical elements is taking place.
Although, according to classicism standards, the writer should use lofty, sophisticated diction, Synge used the language of simple, vulgar people selectively.
=> Very nice insight. Now explain why it's significant.
Christy receives prizes for his victories in the sports and finds himself alone with Pegeen, who feels proud of him. There is a highly rhetorical love-scene between them.
=> If it's 'highly rhetorical' explain why its significant.
Christy now reaches the peak of his achievement in Mayo by getting the promise from Pegeen that she would marry him within fortnight. Michael objects their proposed marriage, but he changes his mind upon seeing that Shawn is a coward and incapable of defending himself. This is also another climax in the play.
=> It's just not any climax. It's rather important. Please explain why by drawing on classical literary structure.
Then, another comic reversal, which has tragic implications, takes place.
=> Excellent use of adjectives. I'd like to see more of that kind of writing in the previous paragraphs.
Old Mahon comes back and begins to beat Christy. Upon seeing that Christy's father is alive and beating him, Pegeen says that he must quit the place because he has told her lies. The people of the village have also turned against him for the same reason. In order to regain the esteem of Pegeen and the people of the village, he kills his father for the second time. However, they regard him as a criminal and not as a hero. This is another anti-climax in Christy's career.
=> Good! 'anti-' Great!
The village people tied him up with ropes in order to hand him over to the police. Nevertheless, not having been killed by the second blow, Christ's father comes back again. Christy is reconciled to his father and agrees to go back to his village on one condition: that he will be the leader from now on. Finally, he makes his speech, which shows that his change from a weak person to a hero is complete. This is the final climax in the play. He departs and leaves Pegeen with a broken heart.
=> Switch the underlined part with the bold part.
Ultimately, the play mostly conforms to classical canons.
=> Ooh. A new term: 'classical canons'. Explain please.
The three unities of time, place, and action are achieved.
=> As the reader, I'm not quite sure I am clear on what was shown to be a unity of time, a unity of place, and a unity of action. Possibly mention those elements more clearly throughout your essay.
The plot is simple and has a beginning, middle, and an end.
=> Why is that important? How does that relate to classical elements? Please conclude with more insight.
The hero is "true to life" and is introduced in a classical way.
=> Explain again how the hero is introduced in a classical way. Remind the reader. We've read a lot so far; we may have forgotten.
Finally, by arousing pity and fear the audience has attained "the purgation of emotions".
=> Who aroused pity and fear? The author or the actor(s)? Please use the active voice: X's actions aroused pity and fear in Y by..."
Excellent! :D
Thanks a bunch! :D
Very, very, good! :D
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I would like to thank u for your pregnant feedback .That 's All I can say.
Should I assume then that you're guest, the father--of that piece of writing? :DOriginally Posted by HardRock
I like the idea of 'pregnant feedback'.
It's a term that was used quite often, way back in the 80s. A tad bit out dated now-a-days. :DOriginally Posted by tdol
Originally Posted by tdol
It is a literary term which means fruitful and this is the etymology of this word:
it was even used as an adverb
_pregnantly, adv.2
[f. pregnant a.2 + -ly2.]
In a pregnant manner or state.
1. _Fruitfully' (Johnson 1755).
b. In a form capable of development. rare.
It seems teacher Todl that you were driving at something else , loo. :P :P
It's not a common collocation. We'd probably use a different term. It is used with some words like 'pause', though.


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my ZA keeps blocking apparently outgoing calls to a DNS server despite me having listed the network as "Trusted" and setting Trusted zone security to Medium.
It's also not keeping a log of its actions: the log window is empty when I try to check what IP addresses ZA has blocked.
What do? Thanks.

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Kimbra, the Mad Scientist Of Pop'The Golden Echo' is straight from the brain of Kimbra, but the singer says she channeled two very different sides of hers while making it.
Kimbra's New Album Features Muse's Matt BellamyThe rocker will appear on the Australian singer's new album, which does not have a release date.
John Legend Announces Fall 'Made to Love' Tour
John Legend Returns With New EDM-Influenced Single Featuring KimbraJohn Legend has returned with a brand new track unlike anything you've heard from him before.
Gotye's Obscure Sample Costs Him $1 MillionWhat may come has a surprise to many, is that "Somebody that I Used To Know" was formed around an obscure guitar riff from an artist only the hippest of jazz-loving parents will know.
Gotye, Mumford & Sons & Kelly Clarkson Win Big At GRAMMYs
GRAMMY Tweet Beat: The Good, The Bad And The Photobombs
Gotye Wins Big With Record of the Year GRAMMY
LIVE On The Red Carpet: Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Kimbra & Carly Rae Jepsen
Behind The Song: Gotye "Somebody That I Used To Know"
Artists Of 2012: Gotye Becomes Somebody We Need To KnowIn 2011, few had any idea who Gotye was, but thanks to one unbelievably catchy song (and its equally impressive video) he became someone we couldn't get enough of in 2012.
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Bristol Palin
DWTS All-Star
Pro: Mark Ballas
Was there ever another Dancing star who coming back week after week after seemingly always being the underdog? We cant wait to see what Bristol the Pistol has in store for us as an All-Star.
Bristol Palin, 21 years old, was born and raised in Wasilla, Alaska. Bristol is the second child and oldest daughter of former Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd. Bristol and Levi Johnston's son, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, was born in 2008.
Bristol is an author, speaker, and reality television personality. After she became a single mother at age 18, Bristol began to publicly advocate teenage pregnancy prevention, and is now a paid speaker on the subject of teen pregnancy. In May 2009, at age 18, Bristol worked with The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy to inform young people about the negative consequences of teenage pregnancy.
In May 2009, Bristol was named a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Ambassador for the Candies Foundation, a teen pregnancy prevention organization that is a division of the Candie's clothing brand. Her duties as a paid spokeswoman involved attending town hall meetings, public service announcements, and giving interviews on morning talk shows.
Bristol competed in the fall 2010 season of Dancing with the Stars and reached the finals, finishing in third place. In June 2011, Bristol and Nancy French released her memoir Not Afraid of Life: My Journey So Far. Bristol candidly discusses aspects of her personal life, including tensions with the McCain family and losing her virginity. The book was a New York Times bestseller.
Currently, Bristol is starring in a docu-series Life's a Tripp. The series follows Bristol as she adjusts back to normal routine in Alaska.
Bristol Palin Bio/Media Page - ABC.com


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Integrating classroom learning with practical, real-world business experience, you will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in today's global marketplace. | Learn How you can earn your MBA in sixteen months
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The mission of the Barney Barnett School of Business & Free Enterprise is to provide a high quality, student-oriented business educational experience to baccalaureate and master's level students, with a focus on teaching excellence, supported by scholarship and service.
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Armed with a broad exposure to all aspects of business, you're sure to hit the ground running upon graduation. Our graduates find jobs in a wide range of fields, or go on to graduate schools in business administration, accounting, and economics, as well as law, international management, and other business-related fields of study. | Life after FSC
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Here is a list of my favorite books/series in order from my most favorite to my not so most but still favorite.
1. The Golden Goblet by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Probably my absolute favorite book only because I just love where it is set and I can sit down at any time and just read it non-stop. It's not long only about 250 pages but still a good read if you like Egypt and Mystery Adventures.
2. The Inheritance Series by Christopher Paolini
Need I say more this series rulez!
3. The Mysts of Avalon ( i forget who its by I seem to have misplaced my book)
This story is fantastic. If you have ever read Excalibur or any book that is about King Arthur this book may spike your interest. It is the same story at the same time however it is set from Morgan La Fey's point of view which is what makes it super awesome.
Anyway these are my favorites feel free to talk about it here or simply ignore it. Oh and yes I realize mist is spelled wrong that is how it's spelled on the cover.


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After Brief Decrease Last Year, Sea Levels Resume Their Steady Rise
It is no secret that for the last couple decades, as Earth's climate has been changing, sea levels have been steadily rising. But what is not so well known is that in 2011, sea levels throughout the world fell sharply. Of course, with a body of water as large as the world's oceans, a sharp fall only equates to one quarter of an inch (1 cm). It is nonetheless, a dramatic change in general trend which caught the eye of NASA and European researchers. Using advanced satellites, they were able to track average sea levels with precision accuracy. What they have found is that after this brief decrease in sea levels, the seas have been rising again and are now back on track with their trajectory of the last twenty years.
The lull occurred between early 2010 and summer 2011. Using the NASA/German Aerospace Center's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) spacecraft, they found that the drop was due to a very strong La Nina that began in late 2010. This phenomenon which occurs in the Pacific climate changes rain patterns all across the planet, moving immense quantities of water from the oceans and depositing them on continents, particularly Australia, Southeast Asia, and northern South America.
According to a new study recently published, researchers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, CA found that by mid-2012, global mean sea level had recovered the quarter inch that it dropped in the previous year. Plus, it resumed its long-term annual rise of 0.13 inches (3.2 mm) per year.
"The water the ocean 'lost' was compensated for rather quickly," said lead study author Carmen Boening of JPL. "The newest data clearly indicate that the drop in 2010-11 was only temporary."
Co-author Josh Willis added, "The dip in global sea levels, brought to us courtesy of a major La Nina event, was little more than a pothole in the long road toward a rising ocean and shrinking coastlines."
The severe flooding that occurred during the La Nina has managed to find its way back to the oceans, as the ever-constant hydrologic cycle on Earth continues to find its equilibrium.
This research has been published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, and presented graphically here.
Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/CNES


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Personas, part 2
The consulting firm we hired to help us conduct user research and create personas presented their work to us this week. Personas are intended to shift your point of view so that you are better able to see a design through the eyes of its users. By making design choices that work well for a few particular (fictional) people who are representative of large groups of individuals, we'll design a better website.
The consulting firm presented four primary personas and three secondary personas. The primary personas include a first-year undergraduate, a fourth-year undergraduate, a fourth-year PhD student, and an experienced professor of bioanalytical chemistry.
The personas personalize the users we know we need to serve. It's much easier to look at a particular design decision and ask, "is this going to work for Ansari?" (one of our undergraduates), than it is to approach the question more generally (will this work for undergraduates?). I'm thinking about personas as a means of fostering empathy in design.
Some of the main take-aways from the interviews with students were:
- English 101 is the gateway to the library; what they learn from using the library while taking this class will shape how they see and interact with the library in the future.
- Likewise, professors shape students' understanding of the library more than librarians do.
- Some students were uncertain about what they have access to through the web outside the library and what they have to come to the library to access.
- Many library users -- especially undergraduates -- are interested in "good enough" research; they just need something that will work, not necessarily everything or the best things.
- Students are intimidated by the stacks and have a hard time finding books; they want topical signs in the stacks to help them browse.
- They have currently little interest in smart phones , which might be because they have nearly ubiquitous wireless connectivity with their laptops on campus.
- Upperclass-folk have a strong sense of ownership of the library; they understand it better, and they feel like it's their space.
A few things that are particular to students at NC State:
- They are more focused. Most know what degree they want to pursue when they arrive their first year.
- While students are focused, much of what they do is interdisciplinary. This is just part of how they think about what they study.
- We have a large international student population.
- The library is viewed as the hub of undergraduate life. (There may be a sample bias in this case, because the students who were interviewed were around or in the library.)
After the persona presentation, walking through the Learning Commons, I'd found that my view of the library and of the students working, studying, and socializing there had shifted. I was better able to see the library through their eyes. This is broadly useful, not just for redesigning the library's website, but also for thinking about ways of improving other services. Approaching the design of the library's new website with Jessica, Ansari, Casey, and Professor Magnus in mind should help us make better design decisions.
For the Web site redesign, we're interested in learning more about our users' behaviors and their motivations for coming to our site. One method of documenting the various types of users and groups accessing and using the site is through the use of personas. Personas are fictional individuals that represent users of your Web site or application. Personas typically include a fictional name of the user, demographics about the user, and their goals and motivations for coming and using your site.
Creating personas for Web site design is a common practice and is often initiated in the early discovery and analysis phases of a Web design project. Personas guide design teams, helping them stay focused on the end user and their goals. Throughout a design project, "designs can be constantly evaluated against the personas and disagreements over design decisions can be sorted by referring back to the personas." (usability.gov)
Personas are the result (and an artifact of) user research, often drawn from interviews and usability studies with end users. They may also be derived from secondary research. As we embark upon our Web site redesign, we're using a number of sources to create our personas. We've engaged an outside consulting firm who will conduct contextual interviews with our library users next week. To formulate our library personas, the consulting firm will work with the Libraries' Web redesign team to analyze interview data as well as research from other universities (see Cornell University Libraries, University of Washington Libraries and Macquarie University Library).


text: Just watching TNG 'homeward', where an entire species must die because of the application of the prime directive. Which got me thinking: in-universe, what are the ultimate reasons behind the prime directive ? I mean, I can understand a reasoning of 'not interfering with a species' natural development before they are ready for it.' I can also accept a reasoning of 'on the whole the prime directive does a lot more good than harm'. But letting an entire species die just because 'interference might prove harmful in the long run' ? I'd say extinction is the greater harm here. So I'd think that there should be some pretty solid motives to still not interfere, but we are given none in this ep. All I get is a weird two-liner between Rozhenko and Troi coming down to the statement that the P.D was ultimately not meant to help people survive but to ensure non-interference -- which still says nothing about the why. So, if the ultimate goal is not to protect primitive cultures, then what is it? Or should I just see this episode as a moronic 'befehl ist befehl' application of the PD, where an exception should have been required ?


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Bill Gates Was This Reddit User's Secret Santa
Rachel was just one of the thousands of Reddit user's who signed up to participate in the site's annual Secret Santa gift exchange event — that is, until she learned her own Secret Santa was none other than Bill Freakin' Gates.
In a post entitled "Spoiler alert: Bill Gates did not get you, because he got me," Rachel (AKA NY1227) details her long "journey" toward discovering the identity of her Secret Santa, which she says was not readily apparent.
She had received her seven-pound gift on Monday, but didn't get around to opening it until last night.
Inside was a copy of National Geographic's Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World's Greatest Trips (when signing up for Secret Santa, Rachel made note of her love of travel), a stuffed cow toy, a card, and a photo.
The card, signed "from Bill," informed Rachel that a donation had been made in her name to Heifner International, a nonprofit that provides families in need with cows (hence the stuffed animal).
A full cow donation, according to Heifer.org, costs $500.
Rachel still hadn't pieced together the identity of her Santa, until she saw the photo.
"Wait. Holy shit. Time out. And then it finally hit me," she writes. "All the presents I just tore open, the charity, then everything— was from Bill GATES."
Rachel thanked Gates profusely for her gifts, saying they were "perfectly and EXACTLY tuned into my interests."
She did have one thing to apologize for, however: "Sorry for the apple ipad on my wishlist, that was really awkward."
Speaking with GeekWire, a spokesman said Gates hoped that by participating in the Secret Santa program he could help promote the cause of Heifer International.


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Last inspection: March 26, 2007
Classification: Industrial Organic Chemicals, NEC
Last enforcement: Unknown
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Informal enforcement: 1
This facility has been out of regulatory compliance 9 of the past 12 quarters.
View detailed information from the Environmental Protection Agency. Note: There are no mandated limits for power plant discharges into waterways for many common chemicals such as arsenic, lead and mercury. However some facilities are monitored for these pollutants by state regulators and report the findings to the E.P.A.


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Tina Brown to Keep Newsweek Crappy Until April
In your wary Monday media column: Newsweek has a "sweeping redesign" coming, Ed Rendell vs. 60 Minutes, Piers Morgan will have at least one good week, post-"Giffords Dies" soul searching, and The Daily is nearly here.
- The latest NewsBeast news: Tina Brown's "sweeping redesign" of Newsweek won't be revealed until April. Boring old non-essential useless standard Newsweek until then! Also she's bringing in a couple of former Time editors as "caretaker editors" until then. At which time they will be... publicly sacrificed? You never know! It's a sweeping redesign!
- Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell got all mad on 60 Minutes, making himself look like a fool, because Lesley Stahl kept asking him the same questions over and over again. Rendell is still mad at the show's producers. Eh well, you know.. he's probably right. The media is an unbalanced power dynamic, run by cocksuckers (sometimes).
- Larry King's replacement Piers Morgan has revealed his first week's guests: Oprah, followed by Howard Stern, Condoleeza Rice, Ricky Gervais, and George Clooney. Then after that it's all Stephen Baldwin, all the time.
- Every media outlet that erroneously announced Rep. Giffords' death is working hard to find out what went wrong.
- News Corp's iPad newspaper The Daily is scheduled to launch on January 19. It's scheduled to fold on ____.


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Wild Oats sets sights on next record
Its own Sydney to Hobart race time demolished, Wild Oats XI is already setting its sights on another record - a seventh line honours victory in 2013.
The super-maxi shaved nearly 17 minutes off the mark it set in 2005 when it arrived at the finish line after one day, 18 hours, 23 minutes and 12 seconds on Friday morning.
Its sixth line honours win added to victories in 2005-08 and 2010, and Oats owner Bob Oatley now has the record of seven set by Morna/Kurrewa IV between 1946-60 in his sights.
"Next year will be sweeter again to get seven," he told reporters.
"You can't do better than this boat. It's not possible in the world.
"I wouldn't swap her with anybody."
Skipper Mark Richards said few boats in the world could compete with Oats, which achieved the record despite hitting a log and losing her main spinnaker doing 25-30 knots.
"She's a fantastic boat," Richards said.
"There's no question she's one of the fastest mono-hulls on the planet and for an eight-year-old boat it's a pretty remarkable feat."
Wild Oats arrived with modifications to its keel and a massive code zero sail, and Oatley said the crew would have more tricks up their sleeves for 2013.
"We improve it every year, this year's no exception," he said.
"We'll think of other things. We've all got a good imagination."
Strong northerly winds had powered Oats to a position hours ahead of record pace, but a new mark had looked in doubt when it rounded Tasman Island at 3.30am (AEDT).
Needing to arrive before 7.40am and nine seconds, westerlies of 10-15 knots had its estimated arrival pushed back to 8.30.
The chase was suddenly back on, though, when she hit the Derwent on south-westerlies and she tacked home by 7.23.
"We thought, God, the record's on here so we've got to really work hard," Richards said.
"You start thinking the clock's ticking away but we did the right thing, got out heads out of the boat, started looking for the breeze, had the right sail up and that got us home."
The renamed Ragamuffin Loyal crossed second, four-and-a-half hours behind while the race's third maxi Lahana was due around 9.30pm.
Oatley said the three-minute loss to Loyal last year had "hurt like hell" and Richards confirmed his crew had been out to make amends.
"The boys were on a real mission this year to redeem ourselves," he said.
Richards remained confident Oats was still a chance for handicap honours after it moved back into first place ahead of Calm, Quest and 2011 winner Loki on Friday afternoon.
The race had suffered three casualties - Living Doll, Primitive Cool and Corporate Initiatives, all on their way to Eden on the NSW far south coast.
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I have my own business and do well I hire young boys and send them to my house to work and my wife teases them then fucks them. She keeps them till she is ready for another one and I hire her a boy about every two months. She works them about three days a week. films them tells me about it and lets me watch.
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Love middle aged women
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Amber is still HOT. Loved watching him work 2 fingers in and out of her ass, but she made him quit :-( I would love to my cock in her beautiful ass.
how bored does she look? It is like she is thinking,"After this I need to pick up my dry cleaning, then to the grocery store."
Amber Lynn looks good here -- I wonder how long ago this was shot? I think she started in the porn biz about 1983.
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Virginia League YouTube Video Hits 1.1 Million Views
A YouTube video that is a part of a social media campaign coordinated and launched in April by the Virginia Credit Union League to increase awareness of the benefits of credit unions has now been viewed more than 1.1 million times, the league said.
The humorous video, "The Harder Side of George," also attracted nearly 60 comments and 83 subscribers. More than 200 viewers gave the video thumbs up, while 60 posted thumbs down.
"This cracked me up," wrote YouTube viewer sparkbish. "First ad I watched all the way through since the Google ad with Martin Van Buren."
"It's nice to see the lighter side of credit unions," wrote YouTube Viewer Wesley Smith. "Bravo!"
But it didn't tickle the funny bone of a few others.
"This video makes absolutely makes no sense," wrote YouTube viewer Michael Johnson. "I love credit unions, but come on guys…seriously?"
The social media campaign targeted 18 to 35 year olds and encouraged them to visit the informational website www.QuitTheHit.com.
The campaign successfully reached the targeted demographic with more than 66,000 consumers visiting the informational website, via the video, and over 25,000 utilizing the "search for a credit union" feature, according to the VACUL.
"This was an unconventional and bold strategy for credit unions in Virginia and we set the bar high expecting to reach at least 1 million consumers. We relied on consumer research and designed an edgy, humorous campaign leveraging the power of social media to help reach that goal," said VACUL President Rick Pillow. "Thanks to our credit unions' commitment to promoting this campaign, we surpassed our goal and reached more than 1.1 million consumers."
Although awareness of credit unions in Virginia was already high at 78 percent, the VACUL said this campaign successfully reduced the "fog" of uncertainty surrounding credit union membership, with fewer consumers now saying credit unions are not a viable financial services option.
Post-campaign independent research and tracking revealed that double the percentage of consumers (from 4% to 8%) now have lower rates and fees as "top of mind" when they think of credit unions. Following the campaign, more consumers (from 56% to 61%) said they want to find out additional information about credit unions and their benefits
Virginia-based credit unions boast a total membership of more than 7.9 million, as of March 31, 2013. However, only an estimated 3.25 million of that number reside in Virginia, owed to the number of Virginia-based credit unions, especially those primarily affiliated with the government and military, serving members nationwide, and in some cases, all over the globe, including Navy Federal and PenFed, the nation's largest and third-largest credit unions, respectively, with more than 5.5 million members between them.
The social media campaign was supported by financial contributions from 50 Virginia-based credit unions, the league and other sponsors.


text: #1016: simple improvement to make testing utils work with ndarray subclasses ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ Reporter: DarrenDale | Owner: somebody Type: enhancement | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 1.3.0 Component: numpy.testing | Version: none Severity: normal | Keywords: ---------------------------+------------------------------------------------ I found a simple way to modify numpy's testing utils that makes it easier to use them for unittesting ndarray subclasses. I tried running numpy's (svn 6456) test suite both with and without the patch applied, and I got identical results: 1 known failure and 11 skips on a 64-bit linux platform. Its a really small patch, any chance of getting it in before 1.3 is released? -- Ticket URL: <http://scipy.org/scipy/numpy/ticket/1016> NumPy <http://projects.scipy.org/scipy/numpy> The fundamental package needed for scientific computing with Python.


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Brief Bio of Abraham Griesemer
Abraham Griesemer, son of John, was born in 1759, and died July 26, 1821. He was buried on the old Allentown cemetery. He served as a private in the Revolution in Captain Reitz' company of militia in 1781. He was a farmer and inn-keeper and built, in 1806, the hotel at Griesemersville. In 1790, his uncle deeded to him a tract of 189 acres, which he sold to his son Solomon on May 27, 1820, for $5,691. He was one of the first county commissioners in 1812. He married Catharine Fogel, who was born in 1762 and died Jan. 24, 1834. They had seven children:
Elizabeth, born Oct. 19, 1783, married Abraham Bieber.
Hannah, born April 11, 1786, married, May 18, 1806, John Ried.
Solomon, born April 6, 1788, died April 5, 1874; married, Nov. 24, 1811, Elizabeth Butz, born in October, 1788, died Feb. 5, 1830.
Catharine, born June 17, 1792; married, Nov. 12, 1809, Jeremiah Trexler.
Lydia, married, Feb. 24, 1811, John Keck.
Magdalena, married, April 6, 1817, James Gebhard.
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'Week of Respect' Program Starts in NJ Schools
New Jersey is holding its second annual "Week of Respect" program, which was created last year as part of the state's anti-bullying law.
Starting Monday, public schools across the state will teach about preventing harassment, intimidation and bullying.
The state's anti-bullying law is considered the toughest in the country. New Jersey had previously recommended schools have anti-bullying policies, but now they're required.
The law was adopted after the 2010 suicide of Tyler Clementi, a Rutgers University freshman whose roommate used a webcam to spy on Clementi's intimate encounter with another man. The roommate was convicted in March on 15 criminal counts, including invasion of privacy and bias intimidation.
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He was born Aug. 10, 1939, in Johnson County. He was a truck driver.
He was preceded in death by his parents, David Clint Palmer and Mary Alice Sams Palmer; granddaughter, Amanda Renee Palmer; sisters, Patsy Jane Palmer, Clara Wilson and Hanna Hutchinson; and two brothers, Warren Palmer and Henry Palmer.
Survivors include his wife, Geneva Palmer of Lamar; daughters, Pamela Sue Palmer of Springdale, Diana Palmer of Lamar and Marian Renne Johnson of Lamar; sisters, Maude Holman of Clarksville, Mary Hale of Hartman, Alice Harmon and Joyce Palmer, both of Lamar; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A celebration of life will be conducted at 10 a.m. Sunday at the Twin Bridges in Hagarville with the family ministering.
Memorials may be made to the family to help with medical expenses.
Cremation arrangements by Roller-Cox Funeral Home in Clarksville.
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Priority: Major
Resolution: Declined
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I have a module that includes pprint and my own utils.
When com.howard.lewisship.cascade.dom/write was changed from private to public I get the following error:
java.lang.IllegalStateException: write already refers to: #'clojure.contrib.pprint/write in namespace: com.howardlewisship.cascade.test-views (test_views.clj:0)
(ns com.howardlewisship.cascade.test-views ; line 15
(clojure.contrib test-is pprint duck-streams)
(app1 views fragments)
(com.howardlewisship.cascade config dom view-manager)
That line number is wrong but better yet, identifying the true conflict (com.howard.lewisship.cascade.dom/write) would be even more important.
Converted from http://www.assembla.com/spaces/clojure/tickets/148
scgilardi said: It's saying that the symbol com.howardlewisship.cascade.test-views/write already resolves to #���clojure.contrib.pprint/write, so you can't def a new write in com.howardlewisship.cascade.test-views.
What do you propose for an alternate wording of the error message here?
I think the issue is that only one side of the conflict is reported in the error, so if you get this kind of error in the middle of a large project it can be hard to figure out which namespace is conflicting. Take a toy example:
user=> (ns foo)
foo=> (def foobar 42)
foo=> (ns bar)
bar=> (def foobar 0)
bar=> (ns problem)
problem=> (refer 'foo)
problem=> (refer 'bar)
java.lang.IllegalStateException: foobar already refers to: #'foo/foobar in namespace: problem (NO_SOURCE_FILE:0)
In this case it would be best if the error said something like:
"Conflict referring to #'bar/foobar in #<Namespace problem> because foobar already refers to: #'foo/foobar."
This way the error message clearly identifies the location of the conflict, and the locations of the two conflicting vars.
Hopefully this helps clarify. I think I see where to fix it in warnOrFailOnReplace on line 88 of src/jvm/clojure/lang/Namespace.java, and this reminds me I need to send in a CA so I can pitch in next time...
It looks like the true conflict is in test-views, not in dom. A small example of the line number breakage showing the problem on master (1.3) would be very helpful.
I know this is super old. I'm closing as
1) The example is not clear.
2) It contains multiple issues (error message and line number). 3) The error message seems pretty explicit to me and I find the suggestions in the comments to be more confusing.
4) We've had several line number related fixes that should affect this. If there is still a problem, a fresh ticket with a good reproducible example would be best.


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ARLINGTON — After a fifth-place finish at last year's 4A state tournament, the question surrounding the Arlington boys basketball team entering the 2013-14 season was how would it respond playing without star Terry Dawn.
After 23 games, the Eagles have answered that question loudly and clearly. Arlington won 20 of those 23 games and faces Kentridge tonight in a state-regional game at Kent-Meridian High School with the winner advancing to the Tacoma Dome for the state quarterfinals.
Dawn was one of the state's most dangerous scorers, but his teammates that remained have picked up the slack. Seniors Kaleb Bryson, Noah Jones and Bradey Brummel have all been looked to at one time or another for a big basket with a game hanging in the balance.
The process of learning how to deal with losing such a great player began in the summer and was reiterated by head coach Nick Brown in November when the school-season began.
"I told them our first practice, 'We're missing 25 points per game,'" Brown said.
While many outsiders might have thought the Eagles would struggle without Dawn, it never showed on the court and the reason is simple: they didn't have a choice.
"We knew we had to because Terry was graduating," Bryson said. "We knew we had to step up and be ready."
And they have been — all season.
"We miss Terry," Brown said. "Terry was phenomenal and we love Terry, but these guys said it was time to move on and here we are."
It's not like the Eagles learned how to survive without Dawn overnight, there were growing pains along the way. The biggest challenge was figuring out which player the ball needed to go to in the big moments.
"It's one of our strengths and one of our weaknesses that we don't have that clear go-to kid this year," Brown said. "I think for us sometimes it's a little confusing about where we're going to go and I think for defenses it's confusing."
Just like his players had to adjust, so did Brown. He came up with a new strategy when, one that wasn't normal for a coach who traditionally always likes to be in control
"I will look at two things," Brown said. "I will look at what's been happening in the game, but I will also ask them."
Involving his players in big decisions like that has paid off. Many times they know just who should get the ball and they aren't afraid to give Brown their opinion.
While many wondered what the Eagles would be without Dawn, Dawn never had a doubt.
"It doesn't surprise me at all," Dawn said. "I'm still in contact with all the guys and not one bit of it surprises me because I knew they were fully capable of doing this. It's just like last year, it was nice for me to be on the team, but they didn't need me per se. They were fully capable of doing everything themselves and they've been playing together for a long time and they would have been just fine."
Arlington's group of seniors started together in fourth grade and when they got to high school that experience immediately started to pay off. As freshmen they didn't lose a game. As sophomore they lost just one. And everyone has seen what they've done the past two seasons on varsity. In their high-school careers, these seniors have lost less than 10 games.
"People don't realize that," Brown said. "That's pretty impressive."
Another reason for the Eagles sustained success is the experience they have gained over the past two seasons. Dating back to the beginning of last season, Arlington has lost eight games. Five of those losses have come to Wesco-rival Jackson. Two of the others have been to Garfield, which beat Arlington to place third at last year's state tournament, and Stanwood. The Spartans, who at 22-1 are the No. 2 ranked 3A team in the state, topped the Eagles in the fourth game of this year's regular season.
Basically, the Eagles seldom lose — and if they do, it takes one of the best teams in the state to pull it off.
The conclusion isn't hard to draw. In the past two seasons, the Eagles have become one of the best teams in the state themselves.
"We really feel that Jackson is probably the best team in the state," Brown said. "You have Garfield and you have Jackson. Yeah, (Jackson) got us, but we're playing with them. We're still in the gym, we didn't get destroyed. We got beat handily, there's no question, but we feel that we can play the best team in the state. We just feel like we belong in the mix. I don't know where in the mix, but we belong in the mix."
The Eagles will go a long way toward answering that question tonight. Kentridge, the Eagles' regional opponent, comes into the game with a record of 26-1.
"We all realize 26 wins is 26 wins," Brown said. "There is no question we have great respect for them and we know they're going to be good.
Playing Jackson five times in the past two seasons certainly has helped prepare the Eagles for Kentridge and the challenges to come should they advance to the Tacoma Dome, but the fact remains the Eagles have yet to find a way to beat the Timberwolves which may be why some are hesitant to mention the Eagles among the state's truly elite.
In the five meetings between the two teams, Jackson has won each meeting between the two teams by at least 14 points.
"I take a lot of it on myself as a coach," Brown said. "They're big kids and they're strong kids and they've got our number. I'm trying to find ways to get them and I just haven't been able to. My hat goes off to them. Not many other (teams) have been able to figure it out either.
"I'm ready for (Dan) Kingma and (Jason) Todd to graduate," Brown added with a laugh. They're great kids and they're good players and it's hard to stop them."
Before the Eagles can even think about getting another shot at Jackson, they first have to get by Kentridge tonight and punch their ticket to Tacoma.
"We want a spot and we feel like we deserve it and we're going to go try and get it," Brown said.
Aaron Lommers covers prep sports for The Herald. Follow him on twitter @aaronlommers and contact him at email@example.com.
When: Today, 8 p.m.
Where: Kent-Meridian H.S.
Records: Arlington 20-3; Kentridge 24-1
AP rank: Arlington 5th; Kentridge 4th
Scoreczar rank: Arlington 9th; Kentridge 6th
Key wins: Arlington—Union, Edmonds-Woodway (twice); Kentridge—Wilsonville (Ore.), Columbia River, South Kitsap, Todd Beamer, Bellarmine Prep.
How they got to regionals: Arlington lost to Jackson in the District 1 championship game to earn the District 1 No. 2 seed; Kentridge lost to Todd Beamer in the championship game to earn the District 3/4 No. 2 seed.
Players to watch: Arlington—Noah Jones, P; Kaleb Bryson, G; Bradey Brummel, G; Kentridge—Jawan Stepney, G; Keasean Kelly, G; Danny Torlai, F; Joe Wainhouse, P; Christoph Adams, F; Deon Thomas, G.
Breakdown: First off, Arlington must contain Kentridge's Stepney, who dropped 40 points on Tahoma earlier this season and was named the South Puget Sound League North MVP. The 6-foot-3 is a playmaker that can score from all areas of the court and helped the Chargers get off to a 24-0 start this season. But it wasn't all Stepney. A trio of big men, Wainhouse, Adams and Hussayn Ford, all 6-foot-4 and above, have helped control the paint for Kentridge and guard Kelly has been the jab to Stepney's uppercut. The Eagles aren't as deep as Kentridge and they only have one player over 6-foot-4. But Arlington prides itself on its tough-as-nails defense, which is spearheaded by guard Bradey Brummel. If the Eagles' defense can slow down Kentridge and Noah Jones can be counted on to score from inside, Arlington has a shot to return to Tacoma.
Twitter: @aaronlommers
Prediction: Kentridge, 65-62


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Facts, figures relating to Phillies' combined no-hitter
By Andrew Simon / MLB.com
Here are some statistical nuggets related to the Phillies' combined no-hitter of the Braves for a 7-0 win on Monday afternoon in Atlanta:
• All four no-hitters thrown in 2014 belong to National League teams, and the NL is responsible for the last eight no-nos since the Mariners' Felix Hernandez notched a perfect game on Aug. 15, 2012.
• The only other team besides the Phillies to have three-no-hitters in the past five years is the Giants, with Tim Lincecum throwing one in each of the past two seasons, following Matt Cain's 2012 perfect game.
• The no-hitter was the third caught by Carlos Ruiz, who was behind the plate for both of Roy Halladay's gems for the Phillies in 2010. That ties Ruiz for second all time behind Jason Varitek, who caught four no-nos for the Red Sox from 2001-08.
Combined no-hitters
|PHI vs. ATL
|SEA vs. LAD
|PIT vs. HOU
|ATL vs. SD
|CAL vs. SEA
|OAK vs. CAL
|BAL vs. DET GM 1*
|BOS vs. WAS GM 1
• The Phillies had three players who were in the lineup for all three of those no-hitters: Ruiz, first baseman Ryan Howard and second baseman Chase Utley.
• The Phillies became the first NL team to have a combined no-hitter since the Astros used six pitchers to accomplish the feat against the Yankees on June 11, 2003.
• The Phillies were the fifth team to use four or more pitchers in a combined no-hitter. The 2012 Mariners and '03 Astros hold the record for most pitchers used in a combined no-hitter, with six.
• The Red Sox had baseball's first combined no-hitter in 1917, when Babe Ruth walked Eddie Foster to start a game against the Washington Senators. Ruth was ejected for arguing the call moments later.
• Starter Cole Hamels tied a season high with five walks, one shy of his career high.
• Hamels had never before allowed no hits in a start lasting more than two innings. He allowed one hit in such an outing four times -- most recently on June 3, 2011, against the Pirates. In that game, Pittsburgh's Andrew McCutchen singled in the fourth for the Bucs' only knock against Hamels over eight frames.
• Hamels has thrown 12 complete games in his career. His personal best is a two-hitter against the Giants on Sept. 1, 2009.
• This was the first no-hitter to include at least five walks and one hit batter since the D-backs' Edwin Jackson issued eight free passes and plunked one against the Rays on June 25, 2010.
• This was the first no-hitter with at least 147 pitches thrown since Lincecum threw 148 against the Padres on July 13, 2013. Only two other no-hitters for which pitch-count data is available have surpassed that total, with Jackson throwing 149 in his no-no and the Astros combining for 151 in 2003.
• Phillies relievers Jake Diekman, Ken Giles and Jonathan Papelbon combined for five strikeouts and no baserunners allowed, throwing 28 of 39 pitches for strikes over three innings.
• The Phillies became the 11th team in baseball history to combine for a no-hitter, and the fourth in the last 20 years.
• The Phillies allowed six baserunners, the third most in a combined no-hitter. Baltimore's Steve Barber walked 10 and hit two batters over 8 2/3 innings during a combined no-no in 1967, while Chicago's Blue Moon Odom and Francisco Barrios walked 11 for the White Sox in 1976.
• Philadelphia's 12 strikeouts are the second-most all time in a combined no-hitter. Six Astros pitchers combined to fan 13 against the Yankees in 2003.
• Monday's game was the first combined no-hitter to take more than three hours. It was played in three hours and 10 minutes.
• The Phillies became the fourth team of 11 to not commit an error during a combined no-hitter.
• Philadelphia's seven runs are the second-most for a winning team during a combined no-hitter. The Astros beat the Yankees, 8-0, in 2003.
Andrew Simon is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AndrewSimonMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


text: Was it ever explained what Madara meant when he said Obito 'slipped past the boulder'? If Madara meant it literally then its pretty lame because it makes no sense. Obito couldn't use kamui because he only had two tomoe sharingan at the time. This was pretty big part of Obito's survival so if this isn't explained its kind of bullshit.


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The first cold wind of winter might've just hit your face, but way down deep on the other side of the world–it's been winter all summer. TransWorld hopped an all-nighter flight across the international dateline to catch some September powder slashers in New Zealand, and damnit if we didn't witness the biggest dump the land of Hobbits has seen all year. Now, it's no walk in the park traveling as an American these days thanks to our man in the White House, so instead of a pack of Yanks, we brought along strictly Canadians–everyone loves them, right? Photo-man Scott Serfas, Jesse Fox, Gaetan Chanut, Jon Cartwright, and oh yeah, the token Finn, Paavo Tikkanen.
A puddle-jumper flight from Auckland on the north island brought us down south to Queenstown, where we literally went straight from the airport to the resort at Coronet Peak and got our shred on. It was sunny, after all, and you don't waste a bluebird day in New Zealand. Weather fronts can move through in ten minute's time, and since New Zealand really is just a tiny island in the middle of a gigantic ocean, there's no telling where the next storm might come from.
Anyway, over the next twelve days we rode halfpipe at Coronet Peak and sussed out The Remarkables before moving north to the Wanaka area, where we encountered an insane park setup at Snowpark, rolling bowls at Cardrona, and finally, the high-up rocky terrain of Treble Cone. After waiting out a nasty set of cold fronts that puked rain all over the valley floor (which means snow up high!), we finally awoke to a paradise of crystal blue skies, and yeah–powder. So up the winding road to Treble Cone, bypass the chain-up station (no time, we're trying get fresh tracks here), and into the muddy parking lot of the resort…already packed with the dinged-up cars of every local who'd beat us to the goods. Oh well, it was still sweet.
Keep an eye out in the upcoming issues of TransWorld SNOWboarding for a full account of our insane trip to the land of down undah, complete with pretty pictures and of course a ten-thousand word think piece of a story categorically exploring the impact of tourism on the New Zealand market economy. Just kidding–about the story, not the pretty pictures.