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Pokemon Black, Day 12
01/24/2012 Farla 5 Comments
Last time on Pokemon Black, I see Cheren and some Plasma member, so naturally I figure it's a good time to take a break. Now I 'll go check it out.
…hm, it doesn't seem like it triggers as I go into the cave. I can run right past the two. There's another path going straight forward, so I'll see where that one goes.
It leads me to a short chunk of scaffolding with nothing on it. Huh. And with the dowsing rods pointing toward something I can't reach.
Okay, now on to the plot. For real this time.
Team Plasma: Huh. Pretty strong… But you're only strong because you Trainers are controlling Pokemon!
Damn. So he already fought. Killstealer!
Cheren: So if you want to set Pokemon free… If that's what you want, you should start with your own.
Well. There's actually an interesting case to be made for if it's okay to use the very methods you oppose temporarily in order to end them for good. If a wealthy slaveowner finally figures out that slavery is wrong but decides to keep his slaves in order to use his wealth and power to try to abolish the institution as a whole, is he simply self-serving? What if his slaves agree to it? What if his slaves agree to it but part of his argument against other people saying their slaves agree is that all slave agreements should be ignored? Would the fact he's treating slaves better matter, and if so, how much?
And then there's the issue of how Plasma's pokemon theft thing is working. N certainly is practicing catch-and-release. What if Plasma was replacing their pokemon with the caught ones, and then using those to steal more pokemon, so that their pokemon would be rotated out in short order? That would, to continue to stretch this analogy, be like using the slavery income to buy new slaves, freeing the originals, then keeping the new ones until they'd paid for another set and freeing them. Which is, though, still slavery, it's just a kind that ends, so how can you really claim the moral high ground? On the other hand, what if the trained pokemon are all Stockholmed and need an intermediate period before they're able to be released or they'll go right back to their abusive husband trainer?
But for all those have obvious problems, doesn't "free your own slaves and opt out of society while everyone else continues whipping their slaves, and maybe catches your old slaves to whip them too" have an even more obvious flaw?
But taking people's Pokemon by force is not right.
Whoa now, Cheren, I said you raised an interesting point. Let's not stupid it up here. Of course taking people's pokemon by force is fine, that's how the people got the pokemon in the first place.
That is not real strength!
God damn it Cheren what did I just say? Since when did Plasma say this was about strength? They're not proving who's the best trainer, they're using trainer skill to accomplish a separate goal. Not everything's about being the best pokemon master!
Yay, another Plasma member showed up. Hopefully they have a full team and can fight me, since Cheren's stolen my exp for the first one.
Team Plasma: Hey, there you are! We found that thing were were looking for. We should head for the tower now!
This is my game about me. It's not about how Cheren beat up bad guys and lectured them. I'm supposed to do that!
Get this! Team Plasma has obtained the power to change this world and end people's control over Pokemon.
Can I just say I really love that they're not blabbing about exactly what that means? Competence: it's easier than you think.
Team Plasma: That's right! We must use force in order to right the wrongs of the world.
Well, that's basically the motto of every protagonist in every game, so I don't see anything wrong with that.
Now let's gather around our king. Our lord N!
Yes, all hail the avatar of the interesting plot.
They disappear.
Cheren: Those guys…I don't know what they've found, but they go the extra mile to gain power and cause trouble. What a bothersome bunch…
No, that's pretty much what I want out of an enemy team.
Farla…I'm going to stay here for a while. I want to think a little bit about what the Champion asked me…
NO. He's just an asshole or maybe he's trying to stealth sabotage challengers.
What do I want to do with my power after I get strong?
Well, it'll be moot if you never actually get strong because you're too busy worrying about what ifs. And now we see how a guy more interested in fancy hair and playing with kids has kept his position so long, he's a master at mindfucking new trainers.
And why do I want to be strong in the first place?
Cheren, you're talking to someone playing a videogame about raising pokemon because it's fun. Because it's fun, Cheren.
God, I don't know what the hell Nintendo's trying to say here.
And that ends our plot. Our disgustingly battleless plot.
Oh wait. Walking out of the cave, that guy is there.
Cedric: Hello, Farla! How is Darumaka? Ah! This Darumaka has really taken a shine to you. The Pokedex is important, but time spent having fun together is also important.
Does this change at all if my pokemon hate me? Also, when people say that they're supposed to cough up an item to reward my hard work at getting them to love me. Where is my item, Cedric? This is how it works.
Say, I just had a thought — have you heard of Dragonspiral Tower?
No, but it better not be as underwhelming as Celestial Tower.
Eh… I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it. OK. Give this story a listen. Dragonspiral Tower is said to be the Unova region's oldest building. Stories say it's the place where legendary Pokemon came to life or where they remain in deep slumber.
Where the legendary pokemon came to life, Nintendo. You're not talking about the general concept of pokemon that are legendary, you're talking about a specific thing. Or, two.
I know it's just past Icirrus City, but that's all I know about it.
…oh, come on, what, are people mythologically illiterate? Go read a book!
That's all anyone knows, because no one has ever been inside.
My daughter has wanted to investigate that tower for a long time. "What! There's something I don't know?!" That kind of feeling is pure adventure. And I'm not too old for some adventuring. Away I go to have a look at Dragonspiral Tower! Catch you later!
…why didn't Juniper – the Juniper I like even if she is crazy at N – ever do it? Also wow way to be a dick to your daughter.
I hope the reason no one's gone inside is the dragons eat you and stupidface gets his stupid face eaten.
OH! I just walked into a puddle and a pokemon attacked me! Game, you are awesome and I love you.
It's a shelmet.
…and it's a pure bug type. What the hell, Nintendo.
When attacked, it defends itself by closing the lid of its shell. It can spit a sticky, poisonous liquid.
Well, now I guess I can evolve the karrablast somehow.
Stunfisk. Which is ground/electric. Okay.
Its skin is very hard, so it is unhurt even if stepped on by sumo wrestlers. It smiles when transmitting electricity.
Oh. Darumaka's evolving.
Into studioghiblimon darmanitan. Also, I think I saw it in the opening with N.
Its internal fire burns at 2,500 F, making enough power that it can destroy a dump truck with one punch.
And also there's deeper patches where I can surf. And there's a little wake animation as I do so.
And a weird circle thing in the water? Like grass? But only another stunfisk comes out…It's much higher level than the ones that show up while I surf…which is to say it's the same level as the ones when I walk on the shallow water. Game I am confuse.
So, I need a new fire type. Well, not need exactly, one rarely needs a new fire type, but anyway. Litwick's turn to shine.
Exploring the town, there's some quiz thing where my answer is wrong. Checking Bulbapedia it looks like you don't get much for being right, either.
On to the gym. It's the ice gym, so it's got a frozen floor.
And huh, looks like I'm underleveled. The first guy's cryogonal kicks my team's asses. (Is that what icecreamcone evolves into? If so it's quite tolerable.) I'm going to explore and level.
At the top of the town, jerkface says that the legendary pokemon waits at the top of the tower for someone with real ideals. This sure is specific for a tower no one's been in.
Huh, and there doesn't appear to be an entrance yet. So much for that.
Mienfoo? It does look kind of cute.
In fights, they dominate with onslaughts of flowing, continuous attacks. With their sharp claws, they cut enemies.
Exploring, I finally see some Team Plasma guys blocking my way. They're just hanging out talking about how the rest of their team is over at the tower.
Back to the gym then.
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Negrek says:
Mienfoo and its evolution are spectacular. Give it a shot if you have an empty slot on your team.
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Farla says:
Have done and it's quite impressive. I'm liking drain punch.
WonSab says:
Icecreamcone is sadly nothing but icecreamcones for all of its three-stage evolutionary chain. Cryogonal's a standalone.
Damn. That means I can't touch it this runthrough.
purplekitte says:
Darmanitan does look like a Studio Ghibli thingy! I never noticed that, I guess cause it's much more obvious from the front and I rarely fight them.
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Pop Quiz: Gary Clark Jr. explains why he's chasing the blues away
Aidin Vaziri	September 17, 2019Updated: September 28, 2019, 9:45 am
Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. Photo: Frank Maddocks, Warner Bros.
People want Gary Clark Jr. to save the blues. But Gary Clark Jr. just wants to do his thing.
To prove his point, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas, tries on many different hats on his latest album, "This Land," dipping from funk and soul to psychedelia and surf rock straight through electronic pop.
For the 35-year-old Clark, who is expecting his third child with his supermodel wife Nicole Trunfio, music is all about self-expression. It's why, since he was a teenager coming up on the Texas blues club circuit, he has produced and performed nearly every instrument on his albums with a Prince-like fervor, all the while winning high-profile fans like Beyoncé, Barack Obama and the Rolling Stones.
We spoke to Clark, who performs at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Saturday, Sept. 28, during a tour stop in Salt Lake City.
Q: Have you had your third child yet?
A: No, that's still in the works.
Q: Uh-oh.
A: My dad hugged me and said, "It's over for you, son."
Q: Let's just say it's a good thing you're getting your tour out of the way now.
A: Oh, damn. I'm ready for it.
Q: Are your tours suddenly going to start getting really long?
A: I seriously doubt that my wife would have it. I love my little babies.
Blues guitarist Gary Clark Jr. Photo: Joey Martinez, Warner Bros.
Q: Did having young children raise the stakes with this album — did you feel like you had to bring politics into it?
A: I don't think that was my intention. I went into a studio, and in my mind I was trying to write a love album. I had all these beautiful things happen in my life over the last few years — getting married and having another child, you know.
So I was doing that and I kind of ran out of stuff to say. I had blocked out the news and blocked out things that were happening. I didn't know if I wanted to add fuel to the fire. So I'm sitting there having writer's block and I realized, it's not writer's block, it's refusing to say something. Some of my favorite albums are by people like Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye, the "Shaft" soundtrack — they're about people speaking about their truth, what their world is like — the good, the bad and the ugly. I was trying to not do ugly because, for me, music is entertainment and escapism.
People can talk about blues and lost love all day and it doesn't really affect you. But when you start talking about politics and the way the world is, you can't be like, "I'm going to put this on and have a glass of wine." So I just put it all together and decided to make it all one collective thing.
Q: I like that you refuse to be put in a box. So many people want Gary Clark Jr. to be the torchbearer for the blues, but it feels like that's the last thing you want.
A: It's funny, I will be doing shows and people will be like, "Play some blues!" And I'll go in the completely opposite direction. I don't want anybody to tell me what to do. I have my own life, my own perspective. Life is short. I want to be happy.
To be a musician and artist is the one place where you can do whatever the hell you want to do. It only affects people because of how they feel about it, but they don't have to subscribe to it. I've always been on that. There was this whole hype about when I first came out, like, "The next Hendrix!" I was like, "Oh boy, people are going to be real disappointed if they want me to be the savior of the blues." I understand what that is.
At the end of the day when I look in the mirror, I think, "Are you doing what you really love to do, or have you turned your passion into a workhorse for others who have their ideas about what success is and what it looks like for you?"
I refuse to subscribe to the latter. I'm too old for it.
Q: What do you mean?
A: I'm 35. I don't think of playing music the same way I used to when I was young and it was like, I want the fortune and the fame. All the things that were around, when you're young and you're watching MTV, and you see people on "Cribs" and on boats. At a certain point, I was like, that's what I want! But I got tired of chasing those things. I'm cool with myself at this point.
I've got people who support me and appreciate what I do. I've got food on the table. A house over my head. My bills are paid. The lights don't get cut off like it used to be.
Q: You play everything yourself in the studio. Is that because you're a control freak or are you just too lazy to pick up the phone?
A: That's a good question. It's a little bit of both. When I first started playing, I was like, why don't I get my ass in there and do it myself and figure it out? I'll feel more accomplished as a musician and as a person who's not just spending the day smoking weed. You learn how to play a few chords on the piano. You learn to play a few trumpet lines. That's where that came from.
That freedom also came with a little bit of control. I didn't have to ask anybody to do anything. I have a weird thing with asking people to do things and favors. I know people are busy. That comes from my own mental trip. I spent a lot of time alone as a kid. I've always been empathetic. People's time is valuable and precious. If you're not being paid or valued, I don't want to make you feel that way. It's a weird trip.
I'm just hesitant to ask people. Maybe I feel like my time is precious and I get annoyed by stupid stuff or things I don't think are worth my time. I should probably sit and pay somebody while I'm the couch to figure it out.
Q: I think you and I are going to work it out in the next five minutes. What happens when a producer or video director enters the picture?
A: That's something I had to let go of recently. I used to be the guy who had all the gear, recorded all my demos, recorded all my videos. This is before YouTube. I could have been a YouTube star if I stuck with it. But, yeah, I was doing everything myself. I think that was a fear of failure. I wanted to do it myself so I could have a backup plan. If I couldn't play music, then maybe I could be a video director, editor, camera operator or boom mike operator. I just wanted to be in the business.
I don't think we're going to figure this out in five minutes.
Gary Clark Jr. performs at Live on the Green at Public Square Park on Aug. 15 in Nashville. Photo: Jason Kempin, Getty Images
Q: Where does your satisfaction come from now? People talk about how you played for Obama, the Stones, on "SNL." But from your perspective, what makes you wake up the next day and think, wow, that was cool?
A: Playing shows, really. It's the connection. From 1996, being 12 years old and trying to figure out my first E chord and the pain that came with that and my fingers bleeding, to 20 years later to be able to wake up and go, "Man, I get to play guitar for a living with my friends in front of people who are excited to see that!" That's what makes me happy. I'm really in a good place. I don't trip on anything.
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It's OFFICIAL: The Spice Girls Are Back, Exploring "New Opportunities" Together
"Never give up on the good times... never give it up, no (oh)"
The Spice Girls are back! For real! If you're not already celebrating with a Spice Girls dance party, what's wrong with you?!?!?!
Following a reunion meeting today in England, the iconic British girl group have announced they will be bringing #girlpower back in 2018. All other pop stars are hereby on notice: take the year off. For your own good, OK? Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham's representative released a statement to Entertainment Weekly, which reads as follows:
"We have enjoyed a wonderful afternoon catching up and reminiscing about the amazing times we have spent together. We are always overwhelmed at how much interest there is across the whole world for the Spice Girls. The time now feels right to explore some incredible new opportunities together."
No further details on what those "opportunities" are just yet, but reports from the British press have suggested the group want to release a greatest hits album, secure some new endorsements, and land a TV show in China, apparently. New music is said to be more of a sticking point, though, because Posh would just rather not go there — although that makes no sense IMO, because "Let Your Head Go" was one of the strongest post-Spice Girls solo efforts, no joke.
Still, in whatever they're doing, the group promises to keep "reinforcing our message of female empowerment for future generations." AND RECORDING BANGERS, OK!? The music mattered too!!! Also, maybe let the kid from the "Viva Forever" music video back out of that Rubik's Cube too, he's been stuck there for a while?
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- Two rig workers are dead and two others are missing after a non-producing oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico caught fire early Friday, the Coast Guard said.
Coast Guard Capt. Peter Gautier told New Orleans broadcaster WWLTV that 28 people were on board a rig in the shallow waters in the Gulf of Mexico at the time of the incident. Two people were killed, two more were missing and four others were taken from the rig by air transport to an area medical center.
The Coast Guard official said the rig wasn't producing oil at the time of the incident. Fluid from a pipe under service by maintenance workers may have caused the explosion, he said.
Kirk Trascher, a spokesman for rig owner Black Elk Energy, told Houston broadcaster KHOU that no oil was released into the gulf.
Last month, the independent company announced plans to start drilling and carry out "major rig work" in the first of 23 wells in the Gulf of Mexico during the month of November. The company explained the November startup was part of a multiyear program in the region.
The incident occurred one day after the U.S. Justice Department fined British energy company BP $4 billion for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. That accident left 11 rig workers dead and lead to the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the industry.
BP was charged with manslaughter for each of the rig workers killed in the 2010 accident.
The Coast Guard said it was investigating the latest incident.


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Because of that, it's possible to port the whole hack over to SMA2, which is what I did. The file "PureVanillaHack_SMA2" should obviously be patched to a clean SMA2 ROM.


We think Rita Ora has mastered the jumpsuit at this point. The singer has rocked this clothing style countless times in the past, and just recently, she was spotted wearing an Antonio Berardi Fall 2016 one-shoulder creation for a stroll around Manhattan.
The jumpsuit also features an overlapping front lapel, stud detailing and front pockets. Rita styled it with a pair of t-strap sandals and hoop earrings. We also can't help but admire the flawless make-up and the retro hairdo.
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Q: Re-populating form field Im trying to re-populate a field in my form but when I go inside my website it show some weird warning or code inside this field which is:

Notice:  Undefined index: firstname in
  /home/int322_133a31/apache/htdocs/lab5/forms-part3.php on line 24

This is some part of my code for the form

<form method="post" action="forms-part3.php">

        FSOSS Registration

        Title:
        <input type="radio" name="sex" value="male">Mr.

	<input type="radio" name="sex" value="female">Mrs.

	<input type="radio" name="sex" value="female">Ms.

        First Name:
        <input type="text" name="firstname" size="28" value="<?php echo     $_POST['firstname'];?>">

And this is for getting what the user input
<?php
if ($_POST){
$sex=$_POST['sex'];
$firstName=$_POST['firstname'];
$lastName=$_POST['lastname'];
$organization=$_POST['organization'];
$email=$_POST['emailaddress'];
$phone=$_POST['phonenumber'];
$selection=$_POST['selection'];
?>

A: I would suggest you to check if $_POST[*] exist before trying to access it. First time it will not be set, so use a default value.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.isset.php

A: The warning might be showing up first time when you visit the page since the $_POST is not set yet.
Change,
<input type="text" name="firstname" size="28" value="<?php echo $_POST['firstname'];?>">

To,
<input type="text" name="firstname" size="28" value="<?php if(isset($_POST['firstname'])){echo $_POST['firstname'];} ?>">

A: Use isset: php.net/isset
You can also use tenary to implement a default value (a blank string) if its not set:
$sex          = isset($_POST['sex']) ? $_POST['sex'] : '';
$firstName    = isset($_POST['firstname']) ? $_POST['firstname'] : '';
$lastName     = isset($_POST['lastname']) ? $_POST['lastname'] : '';
$organization = isset($_POST['organization']) ? $_POST['organization'] : '';
$email        = isset($_POST['emailaddress']) ? $_POST['emailaddress'] : '';
$phone        = isset($_POST['phonenumber']) ? $_POST['phonenumber'] : '';
$selection    = isset($_POST['selection']) ? $_POST['selection'] : '';

More on the tenary operator: http://www.sitepoint.com/using-the-ternary-operator/

A: Quite simply, modify your html input to contain an isset()
<input type="text" name="firstname" size="28" value="<?php if (isset($_POSTp;firstname'])){ echo $_POST['firstname']; }?>">

A: As the other answers suggest, you should first check that the key exists in $_POST using isset().  To avoid making your code a mess, I'd suggest you define a helper function to do it, e.g. like this:
function repopulate ( $field ) {
    if ( isset( $_POST[$field] ) ) {
        echo htmlspecialchars( $_POST[$field] );
    }
}

which lets your write your form fields like this:
<input type="text" name="firstname" value="<?php repopulate('firstname') ?>">

You could even extend the function to output the name attribute too (so you don't have to retype it), and perhaps accept an optional default value, e.g. like this:
function form_name_value ( $field, $value = "" ) {
    if ( isset( $_POST[$field] ) ) {
        $value = $_POST[$field];
    }
    $field = htmlspecialchars( $field );
    $value = htmlspecialchars( $value );
    echo "name=\"$field\" value=\"$value\"";
}

This would let you write your form fields like this:
<input type="text" <?php form_name_value( 'firstname', '' ) ?>>

You can also write similar functions for setting the checked / selected attributes for checkboxes and selection menus.
As a bonus, both of the functions above protect you from XSS attacks by ensuring that any user-supplied values are correctly passed through htmlspecialchars() before being embedded in HTML code.

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The Diamondbacks continued to cycle through personnel the past five years.
When Kevin Towers took over as general manager prior to the 2011 season, his moves were laser focused, aimed first at improving the bullpen and the bench, then at plugging holes as they developed over the course of the next two years.
The offseason after 2012 was different. Towers went to work reshaping the roster in more drastic ways, looking to mold the club more around his vision -- and that of manager Kirk Gibson.
The offseason began with the trade of center fielder Chris Young to the Oakland Athletics. Two months later, Towers acquired shortstop Didi Gregorius in a three-team deal for highly touted pitching prospect Trevor Bauer, then added outfielder Cody Ross on a three-year, $26 million contract.
But it was his last big move of the winter that was his most impactful: On Jan. 24, 2013, he traded outfielder Justin Upton to the Atlanta Braves in a seven-player deal. Upton, the No. 1 overall pick in 2005, had been the face of the franchise. His performance had been uneven – particularly in 2012, when he played most of the season with an injured thumb – but he had been a two-time All-Star who twice received down-ballot MVP votes.
Towers believed the Diamondbacks were in need of a culture shift. He wanted to assemble a team that played a hard-nosed, aggressive style of baseball, a group that constantly put pressure on the opposing team.
They ran into a number of issues once the season began. Outfielder Adam Eaton missed time with an elbow injury. Second baseman Aaron Hill was hit by a pitch and broke a bone in his hand. Third baseman Martin Prado – the biggest name in the Upton deal – got off to a miserable start.
The Diamondbacks still managed to be five games over .500 at the All-Star break, but they played under-.500 ball in the second half and finished the season at 81-81.
But the year was memorable if only for one thing: the emergence of slugger Paul Goldschmidt. Before the year began, the club gave him a five-year, $32 million contract extension. Within a couple of months, the deal had the look of a major bargain.
During a series at Dodger Stadium in May, he slammed four homers in three days. He battled through an 11-pitch at-bat against Brandon League before homering in one game. The next night, he homered off both Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen.
He wound up making the All-Star team, earning Gold Glove and Silver Slugger honors and finishing second in the Most Valuable Player voting to the Pirates' Andrew McCutchen.
The Diamondbacks went into 2014 with high hopes. Looking to replace the right-handed power they lost when they dealt Upton, they swung a trade to acquire slugger Mark Trumbo, parting with Eaton and pitching prospect Tyler Skaggs.
After falling short of bigger-name starters, including Japanese import Masahiro Tanaka, who signed with the Yankees, the Diamondbacks landed free-agent right-hander Bronson Arroyo on a two-year, $23.5 million deal.
The year could have hardly gone worse. Days before boarding a flight for their season-opening series in Australia, the Diamondbacks lost their expected Opening Day starter, Patrick Corbin, to elbow surgery. Reliever David Hernandez needed surgery soon after.
They were swept in two games by the Dodgers in Sydney, and proceeded to go 8-22 in their first 30 games.
En route to a 98-loss season, the Diamondbacks in May hired Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa and gave him the title of chief baseball officer.
By the end of the year, La Russa had replaced Towers with Dave Stewart and Gibson with Chip Hale. The Diamondbacks were undergoing major change.
The season did have some positives. Injuries provided opportunities for outfielders Ender Inciarte and David Peralta – and both showed flashes of impact potential. Center fielder A.J. Pollock also emerged at the plate, using a reworked swing to produce more power.
MORE: Diamondbacks' 2001 World Series team: Where are they now?
Expectations were tempered entering 2015. Looking to free up payroll, the Diamondbacks traded catcher Miguel Montero and pitcher Wade Miley. The Montero deal was largely a salary dump, but it did land them an unheralded right-hander named Zack Godley.
They made another deal that winter for a future rotation piece, acquiring left-hander Robbie Ray in a three-way deal that sent Gregorius to the New York Yankees.
They also waded into the Cuban waters, giving slugger Yasmany Tomas a six-year, $68.5 million deal and spending more than $16 million to land right-hander Yoan Lopez.
Once the season started, the team never got on track, hovering around the .500 mark for the most of the year, never getting more than one game over .500. Goldschmidt had another monster season. Pollock and Peralta also were highly productive. But the Diamondbacks had another subpar starting rotation, with Rubby De La Rosa and Jeremy Hellickson putting together inconsistent seasons.
With a position player group that rated among the best in baseball, the Diamondbacks went into the offseason after the 2015 season knowing they needed help in the starting rotation. But no one expected them to act as aggressively as they did.
Days after free-agent right-hander Johnny Cueto turned down their six-year, $120 million offer, the Diamondbacks shifted gears and landed right-hander Zack Greinke, giving him a six-year, $206.5 million deal that stunned the industry. The contract guaranteed Greinke an average of $34.4 million per year, the largest deal in baseball history in terms of average annual value.
They weren't finished. Having spent so much to land Greinke, the club felt compelled to further beef up the rotation. A week later, the Diamondbacks acquired right-hander Shelby Miller, giving up No. 1 overall pick Dansby Swanson along with Inciarte and pitching prospect Aaron Blair. The trade was viewed as a massive overpay.
Despite the additions, the Diamondbacks' pitching was actually worse than it was the year before. Greinke posted just a 4.37 ERA. Miller struggled so badly the club demoted him to Triple-A Reno at the All-Star break. Corbin pitched poorly and was shifted to the bullpen.
The Diamondbacks lost 93 games in 2016 in what might have been the most disappointing season in franchise history. The results prompted action from ownership. The day after the season ended, Stewart was fired as GM and Hale as manager and La Russa was stripped of his powers as chief baseball officer.
With the GM position vacant again, some in the industry were skeptical of the opportunity, concerned about the amount of turnover. But the Diamondbacks were able to lure a well-regarded candidate, Red Sox GM Mike Hazen, who had been second-in-command in Boston to President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski.
Hazen's first offseason involved hiring a manager – he went with a longtime associate Torey Lovullo, who had been the Red Sox bench coach – along with mostly small, strategic moves centered on keeping intact the club that disappointed in 2016.
His biggest move was sending infielder Jean Segura and outfielder Mitch Haniger to the Seattle Mariners for right-hander Taijuan Walker and Ketel Marte. He also revamped the club at the catcher position, nontendering Welington Castillo and signing Jeff Mathis and Chris Iannetta, and signed Fernando Rodney to be the closer.
Beyond that, Hazen and his new front office banked on improvements. And, by and large, they got them.
The Diamondbacks surprised the baseball world again by winning 93 games. They beat the Rockies in the wild-card game before falling to the Dodgers in the division series.
The cornerstone of their success was the starting rotation, a unit that posted the second-best ERA in the National League. Greinke rebounded. Godley and Ray emerged. Walker and Corbin had solid seasons.
They also received unexpected dominance from Archie Bradley, who shifted from the rotation to the bullpen late in spring training and turned in one of the better relief seasons in club history. Goldschmidt had another characteristically strong season, though a rough September likely cost him MVP votes.
But his struggles were barely felt as the Diamondbacks also received one of the great post-trade performances in recent history from slugger J.D. Martinez, who hit 29 homers in 62 games after being acquired from the Tigers. On Sept. 4 at Dodger Stadium, Martinez became just the 18th player in baseball history to hit four homers in a game.
They beat the Rockies in a highly emotional wild-card game, winning an exciting, 11-8 slugfest. They were beaten in all facets, however, by the Dodgers, who swept them in three games.
"There's a lot of reasons we can look back on why we didn't win any of these games, but I think the bottom line is they were just a better team," Bradley said. "They came out and they beat us.


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Q: GTM does not reset dataLayer on page navigation I am trying to integrate GTM into my single page NextJS app. I inject my script into the _document.js as suggested:
export default class MyDocument extends Document {
  render() {
    return (
      <Html>
        <Head>
          <script
            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
              __html: `window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];`
            }} />
          <script
            dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
              __html: `(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':
              new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],
              j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=
          '    https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);
              })(window,document,'script','dataLayer','${getGtmTrackingId()}');`,
        }} />
        </Head>
        <body>
            <noscript
              dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{
              __html: `<iframe src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=${getGtmTrackingId()}" height="0" width="0" style="display:none;visibility:hidden"></iframe>`,
            }}
        />
        <Main />
        </body>
    </Html>

My question is this: every time i navigate through pages, I see that dataLayer still contains the events that were fired on previous pages. Do I need to reset my dataLayer on every url change? Do I reach the limits of GTM if I do not reset my dataLayer on url change or is it okay to include all events that fired?
I tried resetting the dataLayer like this, but if I do that gtm stops sending events.
In my _app.js file:
useEffect(() => {
    router.events.on('routeChangeStart',() => {window.dataLayer = []});
}, [router.events]);

Thanks.

A: try this on before you push a page view event:
window.dataLayer.push(() => {
  window.google_tag_manager["your_container_id"].dataLayer.reset()
})


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The central image shows 'twin sisters', stylised Baphomets and living 'sins' glorifying the carnal and the material. The central composition is an inverse triangle showing the individual in his/her submersible rising from the forbidden depths of the unconscious like a muscular erect phallus.
The whole composition springs forth from the large black letters and single black figure in profile at the base of the painting spelling the word DESIRE. And this is the source of its power where one can revel in the friction that Desire brings and accept the pleasure and pains that come from making ones dreams come true.
See also: 'Damnation Games' (2014) by Fergal T. Fitzpatrick.


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About Carloni Chiropractic Offices Inc.
At Carloni Chiropractic Offices Inc., we strive to provide patients with the best chiropractic care available to help them achieve their highest potentials, both in health and in life. We aim to inspire our patients to become active participants in their own health.
Dr. Carloni graduated from Life Chiropractic College West in 2003 and took over his father's practice, which had been in the same location in Stockton for over two decades before that. We are proud to have been serving the community for so long, and over that time our focus has evolved from a more personal injury-based practice to a true family practice. We want to help patients achieve long-term optimal wellness, function and mobility. We love providing care for every member of the family, as well as athletes of every age and skill level.
Dr. Ferrero graduated from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles and has been with the practice since 1981, practicing with two generations of Carloni chiropractors.
In addition to our Stockton office, we have a satellite office in Woodbridge to better serve our patients in that area.
Our chiropractors work as a team, to offer you the best in care.
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Our office is friendly and welcoming, and there is always a lot of laughter. We build relationships with our patients, many of whom we've known for over twenty years. We like our office to feel like you're going to a good friend's house—someplace that makes you feel happy, and where you know you're genuinely cared for.
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Kanakia Paris is a residential luxury project which is prelaunch in Bandra Kurla Complex Mumbai. The proposed residential development spread over a 2 acre land parcel is being developed as a Themed Residential project. It presents luxurious 2 BHK, 2.5 BHK, 3 BHK & 4 BHK flats where area ranges from 578.00 sqft. - 1396.00 sqft. (Carpet Area) There will be an Eiffel Tower of Paris-based structure in the project of Kanakia. It will be a combination of 7 towers and each towers will have 19 floors. This area is particularly fresh and comfortable. Kanakia Paris by Kanakia Spaces is a new magnificient residential project which consists of stylish flats located in the lap of Mumbai.
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Iitembu, JA and Richoux, NB 2016. Characterisation of the dietary relationships of two sympatric hake species,Merluccius capensisandM. paradoxus, in the northern Benguela region using fatty acid profiles. African Journal of Marine Science, Vol. 38, Issue. 1, p. 39.
Rosas-Luis, Rigoberto Navarro, Joan Sánchez, Pilar and Del Río, José L. 2016. Assessing the trophic ecology of three sympatric squid in the marine ecosystem off the Patagonian Shelf by combining stomach content and stable isotopic analyses. Marine Biology Research, Vol. 12, Issue. 4, p. 402.
Hoving, Henk-Jan T. Perez, Jose Angel A. Bolstad, Kathrin S.R. Braid, Heather E. Evans, Aaron B. Fuchs, Dirk Judkins, Heather Kelly, Jesse T. Marian, José E.A.R. Nakajima, Ryuta Piatkowski, Uwe Reid, Amanda Vecchione, Michael and Xavier, José C.C. 2014. Advances in Cephalopod Science: Biology, Ecology, Cultivation and Fisheries. Vol. 67, Issue. , p. 235.
Rosas-Luis, Rigoberto Sánchez, Pilar Portela, Julio M. and del Rio, José Luis 2014. Feeding habits and trophic interactions of Doryteuthis gahi, Illex argentinus and Onykia ingens in the marine ecosystem off the Patagonian Shelf. Fisheries Research, Vol. 152, Issue. , p. 37.
Lourenço, Sílvia Narciso, Luís Gonzalez, Ángel F. Pereira, João Auborg, Santiago and Xavier, José C. 2014. Does the trophic habitat influence the biochemical quality of the gonad of Octopus vulgaris? Stable isotopes and lipid class contents as bio-indicators of different life-cycle strategies. Hydrobiologia, Vol. 725, Issue. 1, p. 33.
Beckmann, Crystal L. Mitchell, James G. Stone, David A.J. and Huveneers, Charlie 2013. A controlled feeding experiment investigating the effects of a dietary switch on muscle and liver fatty acid profiles in Port Jackson sharks Heterodontus portusjacksoni. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol. 448, Issue. , p. 10.
Pethybridge, Heidi R. Nichols, Peter D. Virtue, Patti and Jackson, George D. 2013. The foraging ecology of an oceanic squid, Todarodes filippovae: The use of signature lipid profiling to monitor ecosystem change. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, Vol. 95, Issue. , p. 119.
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Richoux, Nicole B. Jaquemet, Sébastien Bonnevie, Bo T. Cherel, Yves and McQuaid, Christopher D. 2010. Trophic ecology of Grey-headed albatrosses from Marion Island, Southern Ocean: insights from stomach contents and diet tracers. Marine Biology, Vol. 157, Issue. 8, p. 1755.
Dunn, Matthew R. 2009. Feeding habits of the ommastrephid squidNototodarus sloaniion the Chatham Rise, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 43, Issue. 5, p. 1103.
Chandrapavan, Arani Guest, Michaela A. Nichols, Peter D. and Gardner, Caleb 2009. Translocating southern rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) from deep-water to shallow inshore water enhances nutritional condition through omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid content. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol. 375, Issue. 1-2, p. 9.
Meynier, L. Morel, P. C. H. Mackenzie, D. D. S. Macgibbon, A. Chilvers, B. L. and Duignan, P. J. 2008. Proximate composition, energy content, and fatty acid composition of marine species from Campbell Plateau, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, Vol. 42, Issue. 4, p. 425.
Shin, Paul K.S. Yip, K.M. Xu, W.Z. Wong, W.H. and Cheung, S.G. 2008. Fatty acid as markers to demonstrating trophic relationships among diatoms, rotifers and green-lipped mussels. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Vol. 357, Issue. 1, p. 75.
Fluckiger, Miriam Jackson, George D. Nichols, Peter Virtue, Patti Daw, Adam and Wotherspoon, Simon 2008. An experimental study of the effect of diet on the fatty acid profiles of the European Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis). Marine Biology, Vol. 154, Issue. 2, p. 363.
Specimens of the onychoteuthid squid Moroteuthis ingens were collected from four sites in the Southern Ocean: Macquarie Island, the Falkland Islands, the Chatham Rise (New Zealand) and the Campbell Plateau (New Zealand). Spatial variations in diet among these areas were investigated using stomach contents and lipid and fatty acid profiles. Myctophid fish were prominent prey items at all sites, and the diet at New Zealand sites contained temperate myctophid species that were not identified at other sites. The diet at the Falkland Islands differed considerably from other sites due to the large proportion of cephalopod prey that had been consumed by M. ingens. This is likely to be due to the absence of key myctophids, such as Electrona carlsbergi, and the abundance of smaller squid such as Loligo gahi and juvenile M. ingens over the Patagonian Shelf. Stomach contents data could not be used effectively to determine dietary differences between the Chatham Rise and Campbell Plateau, largely due to differences in sample sizes between these sites. Lipid class and fatty acid profiles of the digestive gland indicated that the diet of M. ingens differed significantly between the Chatham Rise and Campbell Plateau, despite the relative proximity of these sites. We conclude from total lipid content that this was due to a reduction in food availability to M. ingens at the Campbell Plateau. The highly productive waters of the Subtropical Front pass over the Chatham Rise, whereas the Campbell Plateau is situated in less productive sub-Antarctic water. Differences in oceanographic conditions are likely to have driven dietary variations between these two sites.


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CHINA: KKR mum on Chinese dairy investment
By just-food.com | 2 December 2008
US private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has remained silent on reports that it is planning to invest around US$100m in the Chinese dairy sector.
According to a statement on the Chinese Ministry of Commerce website, KKR is joining forces with China Mengniu Dairy Co., China's largest milk producer, and a fund established by China Mengniu Dairy's chairman Niu Gensheng.
The consortium is reportedly preparing to invest in milk producer Mengniu Modern Animal Husbandry.
A spokesperson for KKR in Hong Kong declined to confirm the move or comment on the scale of the investment.
However, the spokesperson told just-food that the Chinese dairy sector presented a number of "interesting opportunities" in the wake of September's melamine scandal.
China's Ministry of Health announced yesterday (1 December) that 294,000 children fell sick after consuming dairy products contaminated with melamine, which was used illegally by farmers to artificially boost protein levels in order to pass quality tests.
According to government figures six children died in the scandal, which rocked the dairy industry and seriously diminished domestic and international consumer confidence in the safety of goods containing Chinese dairy products.
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New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has confirmed that it intends to triple its milk exports to the Chinese market during the current fiscal year....
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This is a time-lapse of the new Dorm and Priest apartments at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary. Dominic Rankin, a seminarian of the Diocese of Springfield (Which covers my hometown of Quincy, IL) created it by taking a picture in the same spot for 5 months? He blogs here If you have some time you should check him out! He posts some really great stuff!
The new additions at Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary will include a new Dining Hall/ Assembly Room (To be named the ArchBishop Daniel Buechlein Hall) and what is shown in the video; 10 new double dorms and 2 priest apartments. I will post pictures of the finished products when I am back in the Fall.


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2018 Adelaide Writers' Week program announced
February 2, 2018 - Festivals, Latest News
Some of the world's most fascinating literary minds will come together for this year's Adelaide Writers' Week. 84 writers from Australia and around the world are on the program for the six day event from Saturday 3 March as part of the 2018 Adelaide Festival.
20 local and international names have been added to the program, including journalist Julia Baird (AUS), screenwriter and novelist David Foenkinos (FR), Justine Larbalestier (AUS), Robert Wainwright (UK), Melanie Cheng (AUS), Wendy Orr (AUS), Clive Hamilton (AUS) and best-selling science-fiction writer, Cory Doctorow (CAN).
They join previously announced names including award-winning novelist and environmentalist Barbara Kingsolver (US), philosophers and public intellectuals, AC Grayling (UK) and Peter Godfrey-Smith (AUS), best-selling crime novelist Louise Penny (CAN), Miles Franklin winner Sophie Laguna (AUS) and Booker Prize winner Alan Hollinghurst (UK).
Adelaide Writers' Week also welcomes memoirists Patricia Lockwood (US), Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich (US) and Tim Rogers (AUS) for six days of readings and thrilling conversation in Adelaide's leafy Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden.
The award-winning event will bring together a diverse range of contemporary writers and thinkers to discuss subjects of climate change, radicalisation, political strife, trauma, personal transformations and the power of memory, both collective and individual. The program will feature writers from a broad range of disciplines presenting works of cultural and political criticism, fiction, biography, memoir and poetry.
In her seventh and final year as Director of Adelaide Writers' Week, Laura Kroetsch is maintaining her strong dedication to creating a challenging and thought provoking program for audiences. "In 2018, the program explores the idea of change: changes that we all feel in the world around us, changes in the individual or changes in the literary landscape," said Ms Kroetsch.
"There's a real balance of fiction and non-fiction and the program is full of opportunities for readers and writers to discover something they may have never come across. Throughout my time at Writers' Week I've wanted to challenge and excite the community. To encourage them to think about issues that affect people all over the world and to expand the audiences frame of reference. I'm excited to see that happens through the 2018 program."
The 2018 event is dedicated to one of Australia's most beloved writers, Mem Fox, who joins previously honoured dedicatees Elizabeth Harrower, Brenda Neil, Robert Dessaix and Margo Lanagan. A household name, Fox has worked as a writer and educator for over 34 years, publishing over forty books for children and adults.
Among them are her award-winning works Possum Magic, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Where is the Green Sheep?, Hattie and the Fox and most recently I'm Australian Too. Her work for adults includes the best-selling Reading Magic. Captivating the imaginations of people all over the country with her whimsical stories that uniquely capture Australian life, Fox has been a passionate advocate for literacy throughout her career. She will be joined on stage on Monday 5 March by author Ruth Starke.
Kids' Weekend (Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 March) is set to return in 2018, with two days of interactive art, stories, parades and more. The Story Tent will feature an all-star lineup including Mem Fox, Jackie French, Kate and Jol Temple and the Little Big Book Club. Story Trove is back in 2018 to give more magical performances of books.
Also featured will be the giant inflatable Nylon Zoo, art and craft projects with Nest Studio and Indian designers Ragini Siruguri and Dhwani Shah, who will invite children to create a giant mural based on their book Twins. Students from Walford Anglican School for Girls will again volunteer at the Kids' Weekend, assisting children with art and craft projects, including colourful hand fans to keep the crowds cool throughout the week.
With the support of presenting partner Southern Cross Care and Office for the Ageing, Writers' Week will be livestreaming selected sessions (Monday, March 5 to Wednesday, March 7) to nursing homes, schools and libraries around South Australia to ensure as many members of the community have access to the event as possible.
ABC Radio Adelaide's Sonya Feldhoff will continue the tradition of broadcasting live at Writers' Week from Monday to Thursday, featuring exclusive interviews and talk-sessions. In an event first, Writers Week will extend into Rundle Mall from Monday 5 to Wednesday 7 March with Australian performer Eliza Lovell chatting with authors ahead of their appearance at Writers' Week.
2018's only ticketed session, Sport in Australia – will see storied sports writer and historian David Hill chatting to presenting partner Channel Nine's Tom Rehn about his latest book The Fair and the Foul at Adelaide Oval's Cathedral Room (Thursday, 8 March).
The Fair and The Foul is a searing exploration into our country's fascination with sport, giving insight into what goes on behind closed doors. David will take guests through the shift in sport from the relative innocence of the amateur era to its commercialisation, which, through the years, has undoubtedly contributed to the uglier sides of our national obsession: the corruption, the drugs, the sexism and racism.
Adelaide Writers' Week is a free event, giving writers, readers and lovers of literature the opportunity to spend a week expanding their mind while being immersed in stories and experiences from around Australia and the world. For more information and complete program, visit: www.adelaidefestival.com.au for details.
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