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import json
import os
import sys
import urllib
import web

import httpconfig

"""uWSGI / web.py test app"""

urls = ( "/test/", "index")

class index:
    def GET(self):
        httpConfig = httpconfig.HttpConfig(web.ctx.env["DOCUMENT_ROOT"])
        url = 'http://%s:%d/entity/search?q={"uri://lri/property_type/types":"uri://lri/object_type/subject"}&opts={"use_cached":false}' % (httpConfig.config["serverhost"], httpConfig.config["serverport"])

        fh = urllib.urlopen(url)
        code = fh.code
        json = fh.read()
        headers = fh.headers

        result = ["\nurl: %s" % url]
        result.append("\nenv: ")
        env = web.ctx.env
        for key in sorted(env.keys()):
            result.append("\t%s: %s" % (key, env[key]))

        result.append("\nheaders: ")
        for h in headers:
            result.append("\t%s: %s" % (h, fh.headers.getheader(h)))
        fh.close()

        result.append("\nquery: ")
        result.append(json)
        result.append("\n")

        headers = [
            ('X-Powered-By', 'Python'),
            ('Content-Type', 'application/json'),
            ('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
            ]
        return "\n".join(result)

app = web.application(urls, globals())
application = app.wsgifunc()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run()

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For the first time ever, Santa Claus is coming to the Chicago Toy and Game Fair on November 17 and 18, 2018. The jolly old elf will meet and greet kids of all ages inside a magical toy workshop created from Magformers at Navy Pier (600 E. Grand Avenue, Chicago), a marquee element of the weeklong celebration that celebrates the toys and games we love and the extraordinarily creative people behind them. The display from Magformers will be one of more than 100 installations, interactive exhibits and storefronts created by leading toy and game brands from around the world.
Now in its 16th year, the Chicago Toy and Game Fair (CHITAG) has become a time-honored tradition for toy and game lovers of all ages in Chicago and around the world. Taking place annually the weekend before Thanksgiving, tens of thousands of families kick off their holiday shopping season and come to play and experience the hottest holiday toys and games from industry leading companies.
This year's ChiTAG Fair will debut brand new elements such as a beer garden for adults, celebrating the rising trend of grown up gaming. And on the other end of the spectrum, a baby and toddler playspace will be the perfect stop for the fair's youngest attendees. Characters from favorite games such as Greedy Granny will come to life for photo opps, Etch-a-Sketch fans can meet one of the medium's premier artists and participants might even get the chance to play a round of Jenga with the iconic game's inventor!
Before doors open to consumers, ChiTAG Week begins on Thursday, November 16 with events focused on the toy and game industry, including the world's largest inventor conference. Over 50 companies have product acquisition executives or teams attending looking for new ideas. Professional and new inventors, product acquisition executives, retailers and distributors from the biggest names in the industry gather to learn from each other, pitch their ideas and play! New this year is the Play in Education Track where attendees can earn education credits.
On Friday evening, November 16 the Toy and Game Innovation Awards, better known as the TAGIEs highlight the very best in the industry. During an evening of elegance and entertainment, awards are given in several categories including Rising Star Innovator of the Year, Innovative Art and Visuals, Innovative Marketing Team, Young Inventor of the Year, Toy Innovator of the Year and Game Innovator of the Year of which comedian Jeff Foxworthy is a nominee for his hilarious game based on his own crazy family, Relative Insanity™.
These events are supported by key sponsors including Goliath, Hasbro, LEGO, PlayMonster, Spin Master, Oxford Games, Target, Mattel, Razor, TIA, ASTRA and The Michael Kohner Corporation.
WTTW's The Big Idea Tour's Traveling Lab takes the stage on Saturday, November 17 at 10:30am. Come and Wonder, Watch and Learn More!
Adults can stop by the Beer Garden for pints of cold suds and sit down to play some of the industry's best games for grown ups.
Also new this year, bring your littles to the Baby and Toddler PlaySpace where young builders can try Mindware's Keva Junior planks, Yoee Baby's developmental baby toys and more.
Build LEGO pinewood derby cars and race!
Win a Safari Ltd. shopping spree!
Plus, take advantage of discounts on the hottest holiday toys!
Families can spend their entire weekend at Navy Pier for the Fair, all for one low price. Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for children, available now at chitag.com/fair. 2018 Fair hours are November 17th 10am-6pm and November 18th 10am-5pm. ChiTAG is timed each year to occur the same weekend as the Disney Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, making the perfect pre-holiday weekend getaway to Chicago.
The 11th Annual Toy and Game Inventor of the Year (TAGIE) Awards Gala is an elegant evening event that brings together toy industry leaders from around the world for a night of celebration to honor masters of invention in categories such as Toy Innovator of the Year and Game Innovator of the Year. Tickets are $250. For more information, sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tickets, visit chitag.com/tagies.
Kids 6-18 will compete for thousands of dollars in scholarships by presenting their original toy and game ideas. The showcase is open to the public and during the judging, professional toy and game inventors give feedback. Last year's winning concept, Galactiquest by Ellie Skalla of Chicago is being manufactured by Pressman Toy and will debut on Target shelves in January. Full details and complete entry information are available at https://www.chitag.com/yic.
With four unique tracks, the Innovation conferences offer customized professional development and superior networking. New this year is the Play in Education Track. Other offerings include tracks for new inventors, professional inventors, product acquisition executives and meeting investors. For the latest information on speakers, schedules and registration, visit http://www.chitag.com/conferences.
Get the latest details on 2018 special events, speakers, exhibitors and more on www.chitag.com.


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"Don't Screw it Up" – SPHS Tennis Team prepares for dominant Tennis Season
Travis Brackin, Sports Editor & News Reporter|February 1, 2022
On the tail of a runner-up state championship drive in their 3A division, the Saint Petersburg High Green Devils Boys and Girls Tennis teams are poised to finish the drive after the team they lost to, Doral Academy, changed divisions. They have the talent, the drive, and the team; what stands in their way?
Woodlawn Tennis Courts, where the team held try-outs January 17th
What gives St. Pete High the upper hand? Players like Tate Keber, an extremely skilled 10th grader on the girls team, puts them in extremely advantageous situations. Callee Connon, a senior on the team, describes Tate as "driven and a good sport", and is incredibly "inspired" by the work she and her team put into last year. While it is "frustrating" they fell short, Callee is very optimistic about this season, and for good reason. Because of redistricting, St. Pete High is now quite easily the best team in it's district, if it wasn't already before. The road to district champs should be less strenuous than last year, meaning they will have the energy to put even more into the post-districts drive to state championships. Juniors Adrianna Saballos and Emily Hoyt agree with Callee's reasoned optimism, and equate their positive outlook to both the immense skill on the team and the bonds they all have. The two of them are friends, which makes coming to practice more enjoyable, and the two push each other to work harder. Thanks in part to a senior from the previous season, Anslee Long, who now plays D1 tennis at UNF, the entire team has seen how far they can go, and they "all have the drive to go [back]".
Coach Joan Simmons, a math teacher at St. Pete High, has led both the girls and boys tennis teams for the last 5 seasons, with hopes of continuing long into the future. Last season in particular, though, was one she described as "awesome, magical" and a "family building" experience, setting them up very well for this season. Her outlook is extremely "hopeful", as the tennis team is ripe with young talent on both the girls and boys sides, as well as their redistricting luck. Redistricting, which pushed Doral Academy, a Miami charter school, out of their division has put them at the de-facto top and anticipated winner of the upcoming season. While last season they finished as the best public high school in division 3A, 2nd place will not be good enough this time. However, Coach Simmons understands that the championship will not be a walk in the park. "It's not given, but [there is] great potential" she said when asked about guaranteed success. On weaknesses, Coach Simmons struggled to come up with particulars, but eventually decided that "a little weaker girls team after Anslee Long graduated" and "goofy seniors" may be the factors that could present roadblocks. If her players "manage the amount of time on court and in books" they will be able to stay on the team, and if they "keep perspective" and build "quiet confidence" through their season they will be successful.
The boy's team, as well, is geared for a deep run, with young talent and excited seniors. They were also 3A State runner-ups, and senior Hayden Metcaf is "very confident [the team] can win states". Reiley Hagman, a senior, is very sure that his team "will shred the nard", but first he is just "hoping I make the team" after being so out of practice. Because of the number of boys who tried out, only the best of the best will be able to ride with the team back to a possible state championship run.
All in all, our Saint Petersburg High School Boys and Girls Tennis teams are poised for greatness. They have the talent, they certainly possess the drive, and they are under the leadership of a coach who has gotten them to the position to be State Champs just one year before. If there were to be a motto for the season, simply based on how confident and how well-positioned these student-athletes are to take the State Championship Division 3A trophy home, it would be this; Don't screw it up!
2021 Girls and Boys D.3A State Runners Up Trophies, inside Ms. Simmons's classroom
Travis Brackin, Sports Editor and News Reporter
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The term mycotoxins refers to a large, diverse group of chemical substances, all produced by different fungi but with very different toxic effects. The actual cause of their occurrence is not fully understood but mycotoxin problems are more pronounced under less-than-ideal production and storage conditions of grains and feed.
Unlike monogastric animals, ruminant nutrition has to ensure a good intake of roughage to keep the rumen in good condition. The complexity of these diets which include concentrates and fibre sources and the fact that fibre sources are a potential source of mycotoxins, increases the risk of exposure to more than one mycotoxin. The interaction between mycotoxins often leads to synergistic effects, when the negative effect of one mycotoxin is amplified by the presence of another. This is especially true in the case of fusariotoxins. Fusarium graminearum and Fusarium culmorum are known to produce several different fusariotoxins under similar conditions, for example, zearalenone (ZEN) and deoxynivalenol (DON), which are also known to interact synergistically in the animal.
The assumption of an efficient inactivation of mycotoxins in the rumen relies on the fact that feedstuffs are retained in this 'compartment' long enough to allow proper activity of rumen microorganisms. But this is becoming more difficult to guarantee as animals are fed increasing quantities of feed in order to increase milk yields. With large amounts of feed comes the risk of increased mycotoxin exposure, higher passage rates and less time available for proper feed digestion. Complete mycotoxin degradation in the rumen is not possible.
Various mycotoxins are able to modify the rumen microflora as they exert antimicrobial, antiprotozoal and antifungal activity. In practical terms, this means that mycotoxins that are not degraded by the rumen microflora will escape the rumen and reach the site of absorption intact. These mycotoxins will then be absorbed by the organism just as in the case of monogastrics and the animal will be encumbered with a high mycotoxin load. Reduced ruminal motility, decreased dry matter intake, acid detergent fibre and starch digestion are some other negative impacts reported due to the ingestion of mycotoxin-contaminated feed.
Scientific studies demonstrate that only a few mycotoxins are subject to enzymatic cleavage by rumen micro-organisms. Only up to 42% of aflatoxins are rumen degradable; thus up to 58-100% may still be absorbed by the animal. Nonetheless, other scientists did not find any degradation of this mycotoxin in the rumen.
Since fertility and milk yield are directly related parameters, all factors disrupting fertility have a negative economic impact on herds. ZEN is an estrogenic metabolite that has been reported to occur in silage (Figure 1), corn, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, hay and soybean worldwide. Chemically, ZEN shows a similar configuration to the female hormone estradiol, enabling it to connect to specific cell receptors. Thus, ZEN causes estrogenic effects as well as abnormal estrous cycles which ultimately impair fertility. Besides ZEN, other mycotoxins have been shown to cause fertility problems in dairy animals. Reduced fertility in dairy cattle is also caused by ergot alkaloids. Low conception rates, cystic ovaries and uterine infection were observed in dairy animals consuming aflatoxin-contaminated diets.
In the case of aflatoxins, the most worrying effect is their carry-over into milk as aflatoxin M1 (AfM1). Aflatoxins are considered carcinogenic by the Institute of Applied Research on Cancer. Although the maximum amount of aflatoxin B1 on dairy feed is well regulated, if the carry-over rates ranging from 1.8 to 6.2% as found in the literature are taken into account, the maximum amount of contamination allowed in dairy rations to meet those requirements would be 1.78 ppb which is well below the 5 ppb allowed by the European Commission Regulation.
Figure 1. Biomin worldwide mycotoxin survey. Analysis results for silage samples tested in 2012 and 2013. Fusarium toxins, such as zearalenone (ZEN), deoxynivalenol (DON) and fumonisins (FUM) were the most prevalent mycotoxins.
Figure 2 provides an overall picture of the effects of mycotoxins in dairy cattle. The most common and difficult challenges to identify occur when rations contain low levels of mycotoxins and the health effects are subclinical. In dairy cattle sub-clinical effects of mycotoxins are often overlooked due to the fact that a single herd is made up of individual cows in different stages of production and/or age, impairing the observation of a reduction in milk production which indicates the subclinical effects of mycotoxins.
The presence of mycotoxins in feed is very often connected with increased incidences of metabolic disorders such as ketosis, retained placenta, displaced abomasum, mastitis, metritis, lameness, elevated somatic cell count and consequently decreased milk production. Subclinical mycotoxicoses decrease profitability by lowering milk production and quality and finally increasing expenses from ineffective veterinary therapies.
Good silage management is of prime importance to avoid the growth of moulds and thereby prevent mycotoxin formation. Excellent compaction as well as an airtight closing of the silo has a strong impact on mould growth and mycotoxin formation. Good quality silages, containing residual sugar and/or starch, have the highest risks of mould and mycotoxin contamination upon exposure to air.
In contrast, poorly preserved silages with little or no residual sugar are usually relatively stable on exposure to air, probably because they contain elevated levels of acetic acid, which is known to inhibit the development of yeasts and moulds.
To solve this problem, heterofermentative silage inoculants have been developed, which increase the acetic acid contents of silages and at the same time preserve the energy contents of silages. Tests with silage inoculant BioStabil show improved fermentation and strengthened aerobic stability.
Recently, a novel heterofermentative Lactobacillus kefiri silage inoculant strain was granted EU registration. The combined use of this novel strain with the current Lactobacillus brevis heterofermenter and L. plantarum homofermenter was proven to further improve feed safety and quality. As the bacterial metabolisms of L. brevis and L. kefiri are different, efficiency and efficacy are improved compared to traditional methods of increasing aerobic stability.
Avoiding mycotoxin formation in silages must begin in the field, should continue in the silage production process and end with the correct management of the open silo. Silage additives help to inhibit further growth of mould.
However, in spite of all these prevention steps, already existing mycotoxins produced in the field will persist in the trough and cause hazardous effects to the animals ingesting them. An effective mycotoxin risk management programme developed by Biomin is crucial to avoid economic losses due to mycotoxins in animal husbandry. Well-designed product lines such as Biomin BioStabil and Mycofix are the result of long term research focused on solving preservation and mycotoxins' troubles on farms.
Carefully selected bentonites are able to adsorb the carcinogenic aflatoxin B1 in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and therefore reduce the regulated aflatoxin M1 content in the milk and protect the cow from its toxic effects.
Ergot alkaloids and endotoxins can also be adsorbed efficiently. The bentonite used in the Mycofix product line by Biomin recently received a positive vote from the EU Standing Committeee on the Food Chain and Animal Health and will be the first product ever authorised in the EU for "aflatoxin-binding" in ruminants.
However, other agriculturally relevant mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol and zearalenone cannot be sufficiently adsorbed and therefore need to be biologically degraded by the respective enzymes included in the Mycofix product line.
Most grains and feedstuffs are afflicted by a wide variety of mycotoxin types, and not all varieties of mycotoxins can be destroyed with one deactivation agent.
The Mycofix Plus product line from Biomin combines three modes of action.
3. Protection of the liver and immune system.
This provides the most thorough means of deactivating the toxic effects of mycotoxins.


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Olaplex is not a conditioning treatment. Nothing like it has ever been used in the hair industry and to say that it is a game-changer is not an exaggeration. Olaplex is a bond multiplier that contains a single active ingredient, Bis-Aminopropyl Diglycol Dimaleate. It is a completely new technology, released only in the last year or so, that treats the hair from the inside.
Damage to our hair is done every day. Disulfide bonds within our hair strands are broken every time we color, perm, straighten, curl and even brush our hair. The more bonds that have been broken into single hydrogen sulfur bonds, the more damaged our hair is, resulting in breakage and color fade.
Olaplex works by finding the single bonds that have been broken during chemical processing and thermal and mechanical styling and cross linking them back together to re-form disulfide bonds.
Olaplex is the only product of its kind with 8 worldwide patents publishing soon. It is free of silicone, sulfates, phthalates, DEA, aldehydes, and is never tested on animals.
It can be incorporated into your hair color mixture or used in conjunction with a perm or relaxer to dramatically reduce chemical damage. It can even used before a Brazilian Blowout to increase the internal strength of the hair prior to the service.
As a stand-alone repairing treatment, Olaplex is unparalleled in strengthening hair and reversing previous chemical and mechanical damage. It can be used as often as needed as it is not protein based and will not make the hair brittle.
The Olaplex #3 is a treatment you can take home. It is recommended to use #3 once a week as maintenance for healthy hair. For damaged hair, it can be used 2-3 times a week in combination with your favorite moisture and protein products. Bonds are broken via thermal, mechanical and chemical services on a daily basis. By using No.3 or doing a full stand alone treatment first, you can restore the integrity of the hair to the point at which a service would then be possible without significant damage.


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Genetics is divided into two parts: Classical and Mendelian genetics.
I. Behavioral genetics: The study of the influence of varying genetics on animal behavior is called behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics studies the effects of human disorders as well as its causes.
Clinical genetics: It includes the training of geneticists to diagnose. treat, and counsel patients with genetic disorders or syndromes.
Population, quantitative and ecological genetics: Population, quantitative and ecological genetics are all sub fields of classical genetics.
Genomics: The study of large-scale genetic patterns across the genome is genomics.
Genetic engineering: The manipulation of genes is called genetic engineering. It is also a sub field of classical genetic.
The genetics which governs the transmission of hereditary characteristics from parent to their children is called Mendelian inheritance. This genetics was initially derived from the work of Gregor Mendel published in 1865 and 1866. This work was "rediscovered" in 1900. Thomas Hunt Morgan integrated the chromosome theory of inheritance. This theory became the core of classical genetics.


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Pop singer Dhvani Bhanushali, who recently launched her track "Radha", says it is challenging to stand out. However, the singer adds that it is important to do something different with every project."It's really tough to break the clutter and do something of your own. It also gives you a lot of power in terms of expressing yourself and standing apart from the herd. I have experienced this and I am really happy that people accept me the way I am with the content that I
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Mumbai : Pop singer Dhvani Bhanushali, who recently launched her track "Radha", says it is challenging to stand out. However, the singer adds that it is important to do something different with every project."It's really tough to break the clutter and do something of your own. It also gives you a lot of power in terms of expressing yourself and standing apart from the herd. I have experienced this and I am really happy that people accept me the way I am with the content that I put out. I think Indian pop music has been evolving with time and I am glad that now people are ready to accept changes," she told IANS.She says that for her latest song, she tried to do something different."For example, recently, I tried to do a contemporary genre for my music video with no set narration. I had always wanted to push myself and step out of the box, so it is really a blessing that the audience has accepted the song with such open arms with constant appreciation pouring in from my fans," she says.She adds that she loves the format of music videos and enjoys the process."Coming to the favourite part of the video, I think every process of making a video is amazing. Right from scratch, to the lyrics, to the final mixing and then busting it out as a final product on the big screen through the help of talented makers, it's just so exciting. A music video just does not belong to an artist, it is a joint team effort," she says.Dhvani is known for her singles "Vaaste" and "Leja re".
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How to Get a Free Trial on HBO Max
by Victor Adegoke
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Are you looking to get an HBO Max free trial? Then you have come to the right place. HBO Max is the no 1 streaming service and this is thanks to its huge library of day-and-date blockbuster movie premieres, top HBO dramas, classic movies, and all episodes of Friends as well as other acclaimed originals.
Back when HBO launched HBO Max in May 2020, the company offered a seven-day free trial on the streaming platform. However, as the service continued to grow and establish itself among the top streaming services, it discontinued this offer. This happened right around when Wonder Woman 1984 was premiered and when WarnerMedia made the decision to stream all of their Warner Bros. 2021 movies on HBO Max on the same day as their theatrical debuts.
However, as HBO continues to expand its streaming reach to new territories, you may be able to find a free trial on the streaming platform soon.
Can I get an HBO Max free trial right now?
How to get HBO Max free trial via Hulu
How to get HBO Max free trial through Roku
As of this moment, HBO Max is not currently offering any free trial for any length of time. HBO took down the initial 7-day free trial just before the premiere of Wonder Woman 1984 back in December 2020 and the subsequent decision by the company to have -and-date theatrical and streaming premieres for all of Warner Bros.' movies in 2021. The movies that fall under this category are big-ticket titles such as Godzilla vs. Kong, Dune, The Suicide Squad, and The Matrix 4.
What most likely happened was that HBO executives realized that many people will register on the streaming platform only to watch a movie and then cancel their subscription when the free trial expired so they wouldn't have to pay the $14.99 monthly subscription fee.
HBO eventually added a cheaper subscription service which cost $9.99. This plan, however, supports ads and does not even include access to the new releases.
Earlier this year in May, HBO launched its HBO Max streaming service in Latin America and they also introduced a free trial offer to new subscribers in those territories. However, when HBO launched the service in parts of Europe in October 2021, they did not introduce a free trial along with it. What HBO instead offered was a lifetime subscription at half price.
It is possible that HBO sometime in the future renews the HBO Max free trial in the US or in other parts of the world. They can probably do this in cases where they want to get publicity for a high-profile release or addition to their library. They can do this to get new users to subscribe to their service.
There are a couple of methods you can still use to get a free trial on HBO Max today. If you are an AT&T subscriber, you can get HBO Max for free if you are on certain mobile plans.
Hulu also offers a 7-day free trial to HBO Max. You can also get a 30-day free trial if you buy a Roku product!
If you subscribe to Hulu, you will receive a seven-day free trial if you add HBO Max to Hulu. If you want to add HBO Max to Hulu and get a seven-day free trial, follow the steps below.
First off, go to Hulu.com and then select your profile icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Click Your Profile Icon On The HBO Website
Next, select the Account option.
Click The Account Button
Once on the Account page, scroll down to the Subscription section and then select the "Manage Add-ons" option.
Select The Manage Add Ons Option
Select HBO Max and then select the "Review Changes" button.
Click On Hbo Max, Then Select Review Changes
On the screen that comes up next, review the changes you would like to make and then click the "Confirm" button.
If you thought a 7-day free trial was nice, then a 30-day free trial is sure to blow your mind. Roku is offering a whopping 30-day free trial to HBO Max to people who buy and activate one of the best Roku devices between October 1, 2021, and January 14, 2022.
You can access this deal only if you are a new HBO Max subscriber and you must redeem it on or before January 21, 2022.
To claim the HBO Max free trial, all you need to do is activate the Roku device you purchased. During the activation process, you will get a free trial offer. Accept the offer if you are interested.
There are a couple of great Black Friday deals from Roku going on at the moment. The price of the new Roku Streaming Stick 4K can be purchased at the moment for just $29, while the Roku Ultra just dropped to $69.
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Fear and justice in the battle for Mexico's future
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22 Nov, 2014 door Henk
As in 1968, Mexico's political elites are once again using fear to silence the millions of protesters who demand justice for the Ayotzinapa students.
by Petar Stanchevvia ROARmag.org
I woke up in fear, and for the rest of the day it controlled my life the way fear tends to control people's lives. It dominated my thoughts the way it dominates people's thoughts and actions, paralyzes them until they are deprived from all hope and the very basic human capacity to change the world around them.
My fear was provoked by a nightmare, not one I saw in my dreams, but rather a nightmare I have been unfortunate enough to observe with my own eyes and come to know intimately. It was the fear of waking up and realizing my friends have disappeared at night; lifted from their beds by men in uniforms, leaving friends and family behind who from that day on can only guess after the fate of their loved ones.
This fear is not imaginary. This is the fear I struggled to understand when talking to my friends and fellow students when I lived and studied in Mexico. It is a fear that is incomprehensible for someone who has not lived in a country where more than 100.000 have been killed and disappeared in less than ten years.
Although I participated in social and political movements in the country and was actively involved in student activist groups, I was still incapable of comprehending the terror that my friends felt when they saw the police or the army on the streets. I used to think it was exaggerated and they should not let themselves be influenced by this strategy of control. One can only understand this feeling when it becomes personal, when you wake up and feel the need to call your friends in order to be sure they are alive and well.
Students under Attack
On Saturday, the night before I woke up in horror, an undercover policeman shot and injured two students on the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the biggest public university in Latin America. It is worth mentioning that the UNAM is an autonomous institution and as such it is a police-free territory. Exemptions to this rule can be made only if the police are asked to step in by the high administration of the institution.
This breach of autonomy is not without precedent: in 1968 the President at the time, Diaz Ordaz, ordered a military takeover of the university. The army moved in as journalists were ordered to move out. This happened in the context of the large-scale, countrywide student protests which actively opposed the Olympic Games. To show their opposition against the Games being held in a country characterized by increasing inequality the students took to the streets, shouting slogans like: "We don't want games, we want revolution."
After the shooting last week, students organized and attacked the aggressors. They burned their car and confiscated their documents, proving they were undercover police. The government then sent five hundred riot police to deal with the issue who subsequently clashed with autonomously organized groups of students at the doors of the institution.
These events do not happen in a social vacuum. The repression of the UNAM students comes at a moment when hundreds of protests, direct actions, marches, sit-ins and strikes organized by people from all walks of life and many different backgrounds are organized to demand social and political justice. This new wave of popular dissent was provoked by the disappearance of 43 students in the state of Guerrero on September 26 earlier this year.
The students of the rural school in Ayotzinapa protested to condemn the extremely poor conditions of their school and education in Mexico and to protest the neoliberal reforms in education. The police opened fire on them, killing six and arresting 43 of the student-activists. It is now months later and nobody is sure where they are, but the terrifying suspicion, confirmed by various sources, is that they have been brutally killed and some of them probably burned alive.
The political crisis that is shaking the country threatens to evolve into full-scale revolt with students, armed guerrillas, anarchists and indigenous groups raising legitimate demands for the President of the Republic to resign and for policies ensuring the basic social, human, political and ethnic rights of the population.
Bloody Past, Bloody Present
The Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto already has blood on his hands from previous atrocities, such as the one in Atenco in 2006, when he was Governor of the State of Mexico. In this event he ordered the police to take over the city during popular protests, resulting in 207 people subjected to brutal and degrading treatment, 145 arbitrary arrests, the sexual assault of 26 women, and the deportation of five foreigners.
Upon returning to Mexico after a tour of China and Australia, Peña Nieto openly threatened the popular movement that he is going to use of force, if necessary. Translated, this means sending in the army and the newly created national gendarme against the protesters. This, of course, is hardly the only example of extreme violence carried out by the security forces of Mexico during Peña Nieto's presidency, but it illustrates how decisive he is on cracking down on popular protest with brute force and at any price.
Back in 1968, President Diaz Ordaz stood up in front of Congress and warned that he had been tolerant for too long and that he would have to resort to force to pacify the students. He, as the majority of Mexican Presidents, was a member of the PRI, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which ruled the country without interruption between 1920 and 2000. Peña Nieto is also a member of the same party which returned to power in 2012 after Nieto's electoral victory that year.
Some of the party representatives shocked the country in the previous days with their public declarations. Luis Adrián Ramírez Ortiz, a militant of the PRI's youth league, compared the protesters to "wild beasts who do not deserve to live" and invoked the spirit of Diaz Ordaz, stating that Mexico needs to be headed by someone like him in order to preserve its image to the world. The ex-Federal Deputy Marili Olguín Cuevas, also a member of the PRI, published a status on Facebook saying "kill them so they don't reproduce." Another member and syndicate leader loyal to the PRI stated after the clashes in Mexico City days ago: "And then they wonder why they are burning them. Rednecks."
Apparently, a significant number of contemporary PRI officials would welcome a return to the days when Diaz Ordaz still ruled the country. Back in 1968 the President answered the popular call for "revolution instead of Games" by mobilizing the country's security forces against the protesters. On October 2 that year, snipers attacked the mass demonstration at Tlatelolco square, causing an upheaval that legitimized sending army troops and tanks into the square. This day is remembered as the Tletelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were either shot dead or simply disappeared.
The aftermath of the massacre saw a proliferation of policies that allowed for a total crackdown on social protests, eventually culminating in a dirty war in the state of Guerrero, not unlike the ones that characterized the military regimes in Argentina and Chile. Back then, the resistance in Guerrero was headed by two teachers from the very same school attended by the 43 disappeared students.
They were forced into clandestine resistance and the government could crush the popular support in the state only by leveling entire villages and attacking the civilian population with napalm. During this rebellion, hundreds of local peasants were murdered or disappeared. This is the scenario some PRI party members and officials evoke as desirable if the current protests continue.
Fearless Resistance
Commemorating the horrors of '68 will not stop them from happening again, on the contrary: they are already happening. It would be an understatement to note that the repression is getting worse. Mass graves are being found all over the country, and evidence of more and more police and army brutality is being made public by victims and relatives who were until now too scared to step forward.
Indigenous groups rise up against five hundred years of genocide, challenging the neoliberal agenda that destroys their land and eradicates their culture. Parents of the disappeared are organizing to demand justice. Migrants march on the capital in order to stop the murders that have taken away the lives of more than 20.000 since 2006. Students and activists raise voices over the brutality and repression that were meant to silence their revolt against market-driven reforms in the education.
Anarchists and activist groups shout in solidarity with comrades who are condemned to life in prison. Women shout "not a single one more!" in reference to the devastating level of femicides in the country. Guerrillas in Guerrero declare their preparation for war against a state that condemns half of the Mexican people to live in poverty. The Zapatistas in Chiapas march in thousands to demand justice for Ayotzinapa and the indigenous groups around the country.
Meanwhile, the only answer all these different groups get from the corrupt and unscrupulous political elite is: "we do not care about you — and if you dare to resist, we will send in the army. We have done it before and got away with it, we will not hesitate to do it again." These threats arise from a climate of fear which has taken shape in the years of the so-called "War on Drugs," which was used as a pretext to militarize the society and crack down on any movement for change.
This fear is a weapon of control, stronger than any gun, tank or helicopter, stronger than bullets and executions. This fear is the one I woke up with. And I woke up with it, because my friends in Mexico stopped waking up in fear and flooded the streets, rejecting the fear that negates their humanity.
Fear and justice are and will be part of the battle of those fighting for their lives in the streets of Mexico. What is at stake is the question whether the government will be allowed to keep repeating the horrors of 1968. My fear is to wake up and discover that my friends have had the dignity not to accept the threat and sacrificed themselves in the face of a machine of death and destruction — or, as the Zapatistas say, that they have decided to "die in order to live." Their fear, meanwhile, is that their children will have to repeat the tragedy they are witnessing now, if fear conquers the movement once again.
Petar Stanchev is finishing a degree in Latin American Studies and Human Rights at the University of Essex. He has previously lived and studied in Mexico and has been involved in the Zapatista solidarity movement for four years.


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Everyone thinks it's absolutely ludicrous that someone who runs a website like mine has never been to a convention. Before PAX east 2015, I'd never known the joy of being in a place where everyone was like minded, was there to express love for games, costuming, and general nerding out. I won't bore you with the details, but there has always been some kind of obstacle in my way, so after a few times of trying, I gave up.
So you can only imagine my excitement when I was able to make it to PAX. I had the opportunity to meet up with Senior Communications and Community Manager Meagan Marie and Cosplay Veteran Jenn Croft, and i was not about to let it pass me by.
During the convention, every day from 10am to 2pm, Xbox hosted an event in honor of the brand new game Rise of the Tomb Raider.
Altogether, they gave out around 600 Limited edition (PAX exclusive) posters, to anyone who snapped a photo with Jenn Croft in her costume.
The outfit looked like it was extracted directly from the concept art Game Informer published last month.
Saturday afternoon, we had a Tomb Raider Cosplay meet-up, it was so lovely to see so many Laras from all different incarnations. We even had two cosplayers dressed as Alex Weiss.
The turn out was so impressive, we even had a few more Laras show up at the end that are not pictured here.
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Tomb Raider Vs Star Wars! There was a group of Star Wars cosplayers in the same area, so we posed for a showdown.
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Jenn's completed Rise of the Tomb Raider Costume!
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The lovely NadyaSonika was there too! she was such a delight !
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Although I did walk around with the girls and saw lots of booths, I didn't really check out any other games in the event, I wanted to spend as much time as humanly possible with Meagan and Jenn, since this was the first time I met them. I also did not vlog because I wanted to enjoy myself and not worry about documenting everything and miss out on a lot in the process.
I still am digesting everything that happened that weekend, I had a lot of fun and I feel very lucky to have seen and done the things I mentioned. I am also very grateful that my first experience was very positive and I am forever thankful for the beautiful memories.


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Whereas the last tournament was a competition of sheer pride, bragging rights and general kudos, we agreed with this version of the tournament it would be a fine idea to mix the will to win with charitable giving and couple an entry fee for each player going to a charity of the winner's choice.
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Elizabeth Drew is a contributing editor to The New Republic and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall.
WASHINGTON, DC – America's capital is more on edge now than at perhaps any other time since the eve of the Civil War in 1860. The city was tense during Watergate, of course. But as much as Richard Nixon tested the constitutional system, as a lawyer who had served in government for decades, he recognized that there are limits that even a president dares not transgress. And now, with President Donald Trump, the First Lady, and a top aide all testing positive for COVID-19, there is more uncertainty in Washington, DC that at any time in living memory.
The non-medical crisis now facing the United States is that Trump doesn't recognize limits. There is scant indication that he even understands, let alone respects, America's constitutional order, the survival of which depends on whether those to whom power has been entrusted exercise restraint.
Trump, recklessly breaking precedents and norms, has consistently attempted to disable any checks on his behavior. He insists that Article II of the Constitution "gives me the right to do whatever I want to do." And he is buttressed in his view by Attorney General William Barr, who is the kind of fealty-first law-enforcement chief that Trump has craved.
A critical part of Trump's effort to undermine confidence in the election outcome, if it goes against him, is his attempt to discredit millions of ballots preemptively. The assumption is that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that Trump has allowed to get out of hand, more Americans than ever before will vote by mail, and that most of those who do will be Democrats.
Earlier, misreading public opinion as he so often does, Trump sought to slow mail deliveries in order to disqualify millions of mail-in ballots. After a public backlash, these activities were supposedly suspended, yet mail delivery remains slower than before.
Then, in September, Trump started saying that the election aftermath will be peaceful as long as "we … get rid of the ballots" – whatever that means. He and his campaign team are now casting about for more ways to shape or otherwise invalidate the election's outcome if necessary.
Allies of Trump's challenger Joe Biden are discussing how to forestall Republican meddling with the outcome, and force the president from the White House if he loses the election but refuses to leave. The need to take this astonishing possibility seriously is a sign of how far things have deteriorated.
And so, the legal guns are being readied. With luck, real weapons won't be used. But Trump has been encouraging violence since he first ran for office, and he doesn't convincingly eschew it now. His calling at the first presidential debate on the Proud Boys, a violent right-wing white-supremacy group, to "stand back and stand by" has embroiled the White House in efforts to sanitize this ominous statement.
Meanwhile, the New York Times' recent exposé has made clear why Trump has frantically sought to keep his tax returns secret: he paid $750 in federal income taxes in both 2016 and 2017, and nothing for many years before that. The revelations about Trump's dicey tax record and business dealings offers one explanation for his desperation to win another term in office. The Times' reporting has scraped away Trump's populist façade and revealed that the underlying rationale for his presidency – that he was a savvy billionaire who would apply his amazing business acumen to running the country – was entirely bogus.
The Times report also showed that, as was widely suspected, Trump had received financial help from authoritarian countries such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia. And Trump reportedly has voiced his own assumption that he has benefited from Russian oligarchs at the behest of Vladimir Putin. Numerous observers warn that Trump's indebtedness to foreign countries makes him a national-security threat. As it is, Trump owes over $400 million in debts that will come due in the next few years; there's no knowing where he'll find the money.
Trump's performance in the first presidential debate was the latest demonstration of the threat he poses to democracy. His thuggish behavior – serial interruptions, nasty wisecracks, and bltant distortions – were an extension of his persistent effort to destroy any means of holding him accountable. The debates are another democratic practice that Trump seeks to destroy. But despite all the lamentations over what a miserable event the debate was, the tens of millions of Americans who loathe him should celebrate his performance, displaying as it did the unvarnished Trump.
The so-called debate didn't ease Trump's political predicament. He can scarcely afford to lose support at this point. His unwillingness to denounce white supremacists unambiguously, his apparent incitement of violence, and his threats – "This is not going to end well" – were as alarming as they were norm-shattering. Even some of Trump's Senate Republican lackeys openly expressed unease.
Though Biden provided some substance and obviously didn't stoop to Trump's level, he wasn't at his best. He occasionally appeared thrown off by Trump's behavior, and failed to convey the stature and sense of command that people desire in a president. By calling Trump a "clown" and telling him to "shut up," Biden may have been trying to show that he, too, can play a tough guy. But is this how Americans want a president to talk?
Some semblance of a coherent argument could be glimpsed in Trump's attempt to ram through the Republican-controlled Senate the nomination of the right-wing judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of the liberal hero Ruth Bader Ginsburg. By trying to have her confirmed and seated in a few weeks, Trump is again going against democratic assumptions, and also public opinion. Trump openly states that he wants Barrett on the bench to improve his chances if a case involving the election outcome reaches the Court. Republican senators seem unwilling to insist that Barrett recuse herself to avoid such a flagrant conflict of interest.
Trump's disinclination – and perhaps inability – to reach beyond his right-wing base, which is insufficient to elect him, also calls into question his political acumen, and is one of many reasons to doubt his basic intelligence (an issue on which he is quite sensitive). But one thing about the president is now clearer than ever: in order to perpetuate his hold on power, Trump is testing the constitution in unprecedented ways.
Elizabeth Drew is a Washington-based journalist and the author, most recently, of Washington Journal: Reporting Watergate and Richard Nixon's Downfall.
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Funnily, I used to be a clean person. I couldn't stand living in a dirty messy house. But one day, I gave up. Just like that.
Then we got a cleaning lady. Well, two actually. They came together and cleaned. But strangely I always felt uncomfortable about them doing something that I could have done. And I always had to tidy up before they cleaned. Just so they didn't think we lived in a complete pigsty. Then I sacked them. I thought they weren't doing a good enough job and that I could do it myself! Well, I could do a better job, and for a couple of weeks I did. Then I stopped.
Not completely, just mostly. I still cleaned the kitchen and swept up copious amounts of sand but that was about it.
A few months ago I went along to an Enjo party. Mostly because I just needed to get out of the house and speak to other adults. The sales lady did a great job. She did some demos on the hosts house and I was sold. I was so inspired I couldn't wait for my Enjo to arrive. When it finally did, I realised that my house was twice if not three times dirtier than the one at that party and that Enjo just wasn't cutting it for me. Hmm, maybe I wasn't using it right, but those depressing iron stains on my shower grout just weren't moving like she said they would. And my shower screens weren't clear and streak free either. I stopped again.
Fast forward to about two weeks ago now. One of the new mums from school who doesn't really know anyone asked me to host a Nature Direct party for her. She had just started as a seller and needed so many parties in her first month. Her husband ran off with the nanny and she's been pretty upset about it so I agreed. (Remind me to say no to my husband when he suggests a nanny).
Inspired yet again but this time by the ability of this stuff to actually prove to me that it can actually cope with the dirt in my house (She cleaned cheap texta drawings off my wall that Enjo smudged and spray and wipe left behind). My order arrived today.
I combined the Enjo and the Nature Direct Super cleaner and that little magic block and off I went. The grout in the shower has never looked so clean. I could see that orange iron stain being wiped off before my very eyes.
Oh the joy of a clean house. I did both bathrooms - I'd have taken pictures if the bathrooms weren't so disgusting and mouldy. They are clean and fresh and spotless. The floors will no longer leave brown/grey marks on Ebonys knees from the dirt you can't really see (though now it is gone I can see how much was there).
I lost my cleaning mojo there for a while. It was so depressing and a never ending cycle. Dirty house, depressed mummy, can't clean, won't clean, what's the point, so depressing, sucking the life out of me, letting my kids and family down.
I was letting it hold me back. I couldn't clean it but felt guilty about not doing it and so didn't let myself do anything else either- because I should be cleaning!
Now I feel I can move on. And amazingly I still am a clean person and I prefer to live in a clean house! I have made a start, now I can keep it clean with my new best cleaning friends, now I can tackle the rose garden.
200! This is my 200th post. It has been sitting waiting to come for a long time. What should I do to mark this grand occasion? Should I give something away? Should I announce something? Have a party? I really couldn't decide and honestly, I didn't really have the energy or enthusiasm for it. So I'm just writing this post and seeing where I get to.
Life with three little ones is certainly different to life with two. Don't get me wrong, it is filled with fun and laughter and love, but add that extra one in and the third one changes the game. For a while I was like "This is so easy!" "Three isn't hard" "They don't know what they are on about". Then they start solids. Since then, I feel like I just can't get myself organised. I feel like my life revolves around the kitchen. Breakfast for four people (that's 3 kids and me - husband can fend for himself). Everyone wants something different, but they all want it now. It's mostly OK until one wants more and is still starving even after 3 weetbix.
School lunch next with morning tea. This must be thought out long and hard as it needs to be filling but not too much that he spends all his time eating and doesn't get to play.
After school drop off there is morning tea, more food. Then lunch, followed by afternoon tea.
Then dinner. One has to eat by four thirty at the latest. But she's fussy. None of this same stuff two days in a row. And really only vegies and a bit of meat. That's all she wants. The two boys - got to eat by five. Mostly I make them something they didn't want and nine times out of ten it is disgusting - or so I'm told.
Husband at the moment is on a Gluten Elimination diet. That means regardless of whether I want to be or not I am too. Enough said.
Three different dinners. Three different times.
I can see where the old saying of 'Chained to the kitchen sink' came from!
I have grand plans of gardening, sewing, getting fit. Maybe one day I will, but for now my life revolves around kids and food.
While trolling Etsy a while ago I stumbled across some cute horse fabrics at Thistle and Fox. I just had to have them. The mint is my favorite.
The second it arrived I knew it had to be matched up with some pinks and greys and other minty fabrics.
I backed it with some hot pink flannel and it turned out great!
We love Spring on the farm. The days start warming, the chooks start laying again, we get foals, lambs and this year a calf.
Daffodils are one of my favorite flowers. The kids love them too. We love their sunny yellow trumpets and Samuel says they are like the sun. For him that means golden. His favorite color. Not yellow, golden.
We love sunny days when we can walk around the farm with the dogs and visit our animal friends.
The shorts have been out already (though Samuel has been wearing shorts most of the winter. Yep, he's one of those people.) of course we still need our gumboots on, the paddocks are still flooded, but will dry up soon with these glorious warm days.
The dam by the house is well over full and the dogs love that they can actually stand in it with out having to swim!
My dad came and stayed with us last week while hubby was in China. We had a great time getting stuff done that has been a bit hard for me to really get stuck into.
We made a dent in the weeds that had taken over the vegie garden - again. We trimmed Gwen the goats feet -finally. Dad pruned my fruit trees - he's so much better than me at it. And we watched the newest episode of River Cottage Australia. I find it a bit fake and rehearsed but push through it for inspiration. Of which I got! Is is Paul? Well he made damper on a camp fire in the yard. My boys love building fires - picking up sticks and making little mounds everywhere.
"I know!" I declared on Saturday morning "Let's make a campfire and cook dinner on it!"
Lots of excited cheering followed.
There was lots of fire poking once it was lit. Lots of smoke too as it had been a bit rainy.
It got going in the end.
Damper was cooked and then eaten with butter and my homemade apricot jam.
Ebony waited patiently to be put to bed.
We cooked some stray potatoes we had found in the vegie garden earlier in the day. Wrapped them in foil and threw them in. They were so good.
And of course we had sausages in bread.
So much fun and I think we should do it much more often. We seem to be rushing through the days so quickly and forgetting to add some fun and make some memories. I worry these kids are missing out on so much fun stuff on this farm we are so lucky to live on. I'm feeling we need to slow down and live more simply.
This is my pregnany belly the day I was induced with William. He was 12 days overdue.
This is my pregnant belly at 7 months with Samuel - Huge!
For some reason I don't have any pregnant belly photos from Ebony, so here she is the day she was born.
Lately I've been seeing people lots of pregnant women and instantly disliking them. Awful I know. But I can't seem to help it. I seem to be struggling a bit with knowing that there are no more babies for me. I'm all done. I made the decision to have my tubes tide when I had Ebony, and I thought that I was fine with that.
But then, while I was on the table getting sewn back together my Dr leaned over that big blue drape and told me I was doing the right thing as my uterus was in no condition to have anymore. It was stretched and weakened and he was having trouble stopping the bleeding. It wouldn't hold another pregnancy.
I just nodded at the time.
But now, 4 months later, I look at Ebony and feel like I'm not finished. It has knocked me over a bit as I had always said I wasn't having kids. Now I have three and feel like there should be more. Crazy!
So I keep seeing all these pregnant ladies around and have pregnant friends, some just about to have their first, and I envy them. They get to experience that amazing, brand new baby moment and my most favorite bit - the very first week when they just sleep and feed (and poo) and are so perfect.
I know I should be happy for them but I can't help feeling a bit selfish and wishing it was me again.
This morning my trusty sidekick (Miss Ebony) and I were relieved of school run duties and took the opportunity to make the most of the spectacular weather and walk around the farm.
We stopped and took Princess's rug off. Her coat seems to have turned! I reckon she felt much better after some grooming!
Nelson, Mikey and Xav watched us from a paddock over.
I love walking down the lanes now the trees have shot up. These were planted only two and a half years ago. That's Indy, our Ridgeback. She's a lovely old girl.
My 'Pride and Joy' Nelson. Can't wait till this fella is old enough to be broken in and ridden.
Mae, my Jersey cow is due to calf in a couple of weeks, then it will be fun times milking and cheese making again!
The newest addition to the farm is Jerry. He's Nelson's half brother (same mum, different dad). He was born on Friday just been. Within hours we had a massive storm, so he and mum Elle spent the night in luxury in a stable.
He's such a cutie. Another one for me to ride one day!
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I was thinking over my entrepreneurial options. Interactive plush toys seem to have peaked. Collaborative filtering? Hmm. Needs too many programmers. So 1997.
After much pondering and a trip to my local Safeway late one night, I became convinced that the next big vertical portal is butter.com.
So I called up my virtual CTO (whom I met trading beanie babies on eBay) and we started planning.
It's gonna be huge. Everybody knows butter. It's ubiquitous. Everybody needs butter, loves butter. True, there's a population that genuinely cares about cholesterol intake. Yes, our culture's relationship with condiments is changing. But those thoughts just prove how many butter questions there are swirling around. So much information to sort through, to find. That's the beauty of the vertical portal. Every reference, every possibility is organized for you. Especially ones you haven't thought of.
How much butter was sold last year? How is the euro going to affect the price of butter? Where does Al Gore stand on butter? Butter.com is the place you can go to answer all of those burning questions.
Pluto Communications has found that over 92 percent of dinner recipes call for butter. Butter gets hundreds of millions of eyeballs, or (as we like to say) tongues per month. Butter has mindshare you just can't buy.
The co-marketing opportunities are unparalleled. We have strategic alliances with asparagus and toast. Corn on the cob has promised us exclusive condiment placement for a mere $50,000. France has promised to make butter.com the nation's default home page.
We're planning an affinity campaign, so that any site can become a butter partner. Churners™, we like to call them. If you recommend butter.com to a friend, you'll get 10 butter pats. Send us a tongue that previously used margarine, or I-Can't-Believe-it's-not-Butter, you'll get 15 pats of butter and a free butter.com dish.
Let me tell you, there's a community crying out to interact with one another around butter. There's no outlet for people's butter experiences and they have a lot of feelings they want to share. And recipes. Butter.com's Butterland ends that isolation and gives them a place to meet. We make honest connections easy with special chats that allow users to share their butter pain while protecting their privacy, courtesy of a Mrs. Butterworth or Aunt Jemima avatar.
To guarantee "stickiness," we've developed a breakthrough technique. After a short 38 second download, a nifty little piece of technology turns your cursor into a pat of butter while you're on our site. It even leaves a smear of oil behind it as you move your cursor across your screen. In fact, we've already had several inquiries from venture capitalists about spinning off this technology into its own licensing business. Butter.com has had a lot of interest from investors. They seem to like the fact that we've pinpointed a market in which Microsoft has no interest.
Show me the money you say? Juliachild.com will give us 75 cents for every basting brush our butter.com users buy. Sponsorship opportunities abound. We've got lick through you can't beat! Pluto found that 100 percent of new car buyers also use butter! But, why worry about generating revenues? We'll go public and gain a market cap that will let us buy some humdrum company to take care of that boring stuff.
Even with those challenges licked, you may still harbor some doubts. How could something as basic as butter be ready for the technological challenge of the broadband era?
I've got one word for you: hollandaise.com.


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Livewired
By David Eagleman
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Drawing on cutting-edge research this book demonstrates the brain's ability to change, rewire and heal, from the internationally bestselling author
A remarkable account of the brain's plasticity, from the internationally bestselling author
The Great Pretender
By Susannah Cahalan
From 'one of America's most courageous young journalists' (NPR) comes a propulsive narrative history investigating the fifty-year-old mystery behind a dramatic experiment that changed the course of modern medicine
By Harriet Shawcross
From award-winning journalist and film-maker Harriet Shawcross comes a deeply personal exploration of silence, taboo and how and why words fail us
By Porochista Khakpour
A devastating memoir of chronic illness, misdiagnosis, addiction and the myth of full recovery - already an online phenomenon in the USA in summer 2018
The Runaway Species
By David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt
A powerful exploration of human creativity from the international bestselling author of The Brain; 'the hottest thing in neuroscience' - The Times
By Jo Marchant
A ground-breaking look at the new science behind the mind's surprising ability to heal the body, with advice and tips on how we can all use the latest research to improve our health and our lives


Studies have shown that we spend the majority of our lives in a state of trance. Our unconscious mind calling the shots. We are trying to balance demanding careers, a spouse, children, school events, home maintenance, laundry, cooking, cleaning, oh yeah and maybe some fun.
For most Americans, our jobs get the majority of our consciousness and time. In our off work hours, we spend the majority of it numbing our exhausted and overworked brains with wine, television, video games, social media, and so on.
To cultivate consciousness, consider becoming conscious of your numbing devices for a week by recording each time you indulge in your go-to activity. The following week reduce your indulgence by 25%. Some activities to develop greater consciousness: a 30-minute walk in your neighborhood sans phone, a restorative yoga class, and/or 30-60 minute family meal time, at the table, no phones, no television, lots of talking.
The only meaningful connections we have are when we are fully conscious. Think about how you can show up more consciously for yourself and the people in your life.


We've all been there: that fashion rut, the abyss of boring old styles, the days when we stare at our closets and wonder where all our cute clothes are hiding. Sometimes it's hard to come up with new ways of dressing up your outfits while still staying true to your fashion sense. Don't worry—we can get you out of this one. 14 Crocodile Stitch Patterns for an EDGY Wardrobe helps you revitalize your fashion with cute crochet bag patterns, textured scarves, and even a slouch hat.
The crochet crocodile stitch can look like a petal or a scale, so you can either make this design soft and delicate or modern and chic. It gives just the right edge to your crochet fashion with its layered dimensions and angular shapes. Adding this skill to your repertoire of different crochet stitches will make sure that neither your fashion nor your time spent crocheting gets stale.
If you're a newbie, this simple and helpful tutorial will make sure you have the stitch down pat before you venture off into making your crochet fashion.
To add just a bit of texture to your outfits, try out the crochet crocodile stitch on a bag, clutch, or purse. This gives your accessories a nice ruffled appearance and a pop of excitement. This design will enhance whatever you are wearing without overpowering it.
For more of a statement, work up a larger crocodile stitch pattern. These shawls and cowls will steal the show—it takes all the pressure off of the rest of the outfit. You can also try this style out on a crochet slouch beanie, and of course, you can't forget the little ones who need a little crochet magic, too!
P.S. For all you dog moms out there, give your furbaby some matching style with this Crocodile Stitch Dog Bandana!
What's your favorite crocodile stitch accessory?


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I'm trying to use the deleteAllCookies() function from WebDriver from a Protractor test spec.
How do I call/use this function correctly?
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UK paper on customs union after Brexit published
News • Current affairs • 16.08.2017 • Martine Huberty
The UK paper on customs union, published on 15 August, proposes two models which want as frictionless trade as possible.
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UK paper on customs union is out
The UK government published on Tuesday 15 August a paper on its position towards a new customs arrangement with the European union after Brexit.
Two options are floated a "highly streamlined customs arrangement" and a "new customs partnership with the EU."
Streamlined customs arrangement
Under this approach, the UK would set up a customs border with the EU. This means that businesses would declare goods for import and export and provide the required documentation and licences.
While the UK would improve its domestic regime to make trade easier, it would still mean "an increase in administration compared with being inside the EU customs union." The UK would also not try to adopt any existing customs arrangement, but rather develop its own.
In order to "facilitate trade across the border", the government proposes to negotiate a waiver from the requirement to submit entry and exit summary declarations for goods moved between the UK and the EU. The UK would adhere to the "Common Transit Convention" (the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia), meaning that goods do not need to complete import and export declarations each time they cross a new border. This option includes "negotiating mutual recognition of Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs), enabling faster clearance of AEOs' goods at the border.
The paper suggests the "bilateral implementation of a technology-based solution for roll-on, roll-off ports which could consist of pre-arrival notification of consignments on a port IT system, linked to customs declarations and vehicle registration numbers so that vehicles were not required to stop at the border, enabling traffic to flow smoothly."
There are other suggestions on unilateral measures on imports, which include "self-assessment to allow traders to calculate their own customs duties and aggregate their customs declarations."
New customs partnership
The second option includes the UK imposing EU rules and tariffs on all third-country goods entering the country. The UK border would remain the EU border, except for goods that will be consumed within the UK. These goods would be subject to a tariff set by the British government.
A "robust enforcement mechanism that ensured goods which had not complied with the EU's trade policy stayed in the UK" would need to be established. This could involve a "tracking mechanism", where imports to the UK were tracked until they reached an end user. Another possibility would be "a repayment mechanism, where imports to the UK paid whichever was the higher of the UK's or the EU's tariff rates and traders claimed a refund for the difference between the two rates when the goods were sold to an end user in the country charging lower tariffs. Businesses in supply chains would need to be able to track goods or pass the ability to claim a repayment along their supply chain in order to benefit."
The paper finally includes the possibility of an interim period "for the implementation of the arrangements, that allowed for a smooth and orderly transition," without giving any timeframe for such a transition.
The European commission spokesperson said on Wednesday 16 August it was a "positive step towards really starting phase one of the negotiations"—a year after the negotiations and five months after Article 50 was triggered.
"The clock is ticking and this will allow us to make progress. (…) On customs, we take note of the request for an implementing period and its preferences with regards to future relationships, but we will only address them once we have made sufficient progress on the terms of the orderly withdrawal. As Michel Barnier has said, frictionless trade is not possible outside the single market and customs union."
Guy Verhofstadt, the European parliament's Brexit coordinator, tweeted on Tuesday 15 August:
"To be in & out of the Customs Union & "invisible borders" is a fantasy. First need to secure citizens rights & a financial settlement"
Guy Verhofstadt • European Union • DeXEU • European Commission • Brexit • customs union • Brexit negotiations
Barnier: trade will never be as fluid as now
"Global" City of London important for EU, says rep
Austrian Brexit negotiator assesses start of talks
Brexit negotiations have started


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