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Roger Stone: Hate Is More Powerful Than Love
Chris Beck
New documentary, Get Me Roger Stone, details decades of influence.
"Politics ain't beanbags and losers don't legislate." Political operative/strategist and Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone has a set of pragmatic political truths he calls "Stone's Rules," and this one's at the top of the list. A master of the political "dark arts," Stone is, according to Jeffrey Toobin, the guy who's shown up at every key moment in recent American history. "The sinister Forrest Gump of American politics," is what Toobin calls him.
The new Netflix documentary, Get Me Roger Stone (co-directed by Dylan Bank, Daniel DiMauro, and Morgan Pehme), places the dirty trickster on the scene during the Nixon years, shows a clip of him chatting with Ronald Reagan when he'd joined that team, and demonstrates how his fingerprints were all over the successful Trump presidential campaign. Stone is the main narrator of this cinematic tour through his political career, joined by journalists like New Yorker writers Toobin and Jane Mayer, the late Wayne Barrett, and Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson.
Carlson says that Stone understands democracy like few covering politics do, pointing out that he was able to look at Trump, long before anyone else, and see him as someone the voters might like. He just had to hang in there long enough for his guy to go along with the plan at a time when the electorate was restless for a radical departure from politics as usual. "A prime piece of political horse flesh" is how Stone describes Trump in this film. Stone's the jockey.
Stone tells a story that began with his political epiphany at the age of 12, when he read Barry Goldwater's The Conscience of a Conservative. He talks on camera about his first political dirty trick as a 19-year-old prodigy brought on board by the Republican Party, his key role in the development of the Super PAC concept, and the evolution of his philosophy of politics, which is, essentially, "Winning is all the matters." Toobin, Mayer, and Barrett offer counter-narratives, but they don't attempt to deny his gifts and the influence he's long exerted.
The filmmakers throw a curveball at all the hate-watchers by filming inside of Stone's Florida home, where he lives with his three dogs, three cats, wife, and 91-year-old mother. The scenes of him joking with the aging, wheelchair-bound matriarch ("They're liberal filmmakers. They can't be trusted.") and kissing his ailing little dog offer up a human side of the "sleazeball political operative" that would've had many looking for the fast forward button had they lasted any longer, meaning they might have missed his wife's priceless comment that she thought he looked like "a Nazi Hitler youth" the first time she met him.
Carlson, in his intro to the film's segment on the Stone sex scandal, tells the viewers that the strategist could've been even more successful if he hadn't self-sabotaged. While advising presidential candidate Bob Dole in 1996, The National Enquirer broke the story of Stone's visits to sex clubs with his wife, and their advertisements for sex partners in swinger publications. Even advisers to politicians aren't allowed certain lifestyles in the U.S. The lurid publicity forced Stone to operate from the shadows, a place that turned out to be more suitable to his nature.
Forced to go rogue, Stone seemingly unshackled himself from the few qualms he may have once have had about acting purely on Machiavellian principles. This film portrays his style as a 180-degree departure from "Good guy Eisenhower earnestness." Stone explains the motivations behind this and why he chose to become a pioneer in the concept of negative political advertising: "Hate is more powerful than love."
Get Me Roger Stone demonstrates what the combination of few ethical scruples and a fertile imagination can produce. Stone's name was linked to the forged documents that got Dan Rather fired, the dubious tape that had Michelle Obama saying "whitey," rumors of Ted Cruz's marital infidelities during the 2016 primary, and Obama's "Manchurian" candidacy. Stone claimed that a hooker he met in a sex club told him about his nemesis Eliot Spitzer's encounters with other working girls, a scandal that forced him from his job as New York's governor in 2008.
The smarter journalists keep a safe distance from Roger Stone, aware that his considerable charm is capable of distorting their reporting. Still, it's hard to resist calling the consultant for a quote, because he rarely fails to yield a gem. Any Democrats considering themselves part of the Resistance or planning to participate in the elections in 2018 and 2020 are remiss if they don't watch this well-crafted film about taking the "low road" in politics.
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commented May 18, 2017, 02:00PM
Stone is a fucking idiot. He improbably gets praise for his fashion sense. Dude looks like Willy Wonka. Hope he knocks off sooner rather than later.
Subbeck, May 18, 2017, 05:16PM
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He's many things, but not an idiot. His forehead does slope precipitously, however. A real cro-magnon look. Check out side photos of him.
Texan, May 18, 2017, 06:17PM
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Nicky, May 18, 2017, 02:00PM
What has he done in the last ten years that suggest he is not an idiot? I really want to know since my only familiarity with the guy over the last ten years has been as a conspiracy theorist and Trump adviser


From selecting the ingredients to actually preparing the dishes, this class will teach you the best of the popular local fare.
Spend your morning or afternoon immersed in the best of the Peruvian Cuisine and have one of the best teaching chefs in Peru introduce you to the quintessential basics of Peruvian Cuisine. Our Chef will teach you how to prepare Peru's staple dishes and afterwards you will enjoy a full tasting of these traditional Peruvian dishes.
Causa Limeña: Potato based dish filled with Crab Meat or chicken. Causa in its basic form is a mashed yellow potato dumpling mixed with lemon, onion, chili and oil.
Lomo Saltado: Sliced beef fried with potato chips (French fries), tomato, onions, soy sauce and chili. Served with rice.
Suspiro a la Limeña: Meringue on top of a caramel flavored custard mixed with "manjar blanco" (Peruvian Dulce de Leche) and a touch of port wine.
Culinary Curriculum: In this class you will learn from our chef how to prepare the classic Peruvian dishes, which are popular in Peruvian homes and restaurants around the world.
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Otacílio Pires de Camargo, commonly known as Cilinho (February 9, 1939 – November 28, 2019) was a Brazilian football coach, responsible for the discovery of many talents. He was born in Campinas.

Career
It was he who directed the Sao Paulo team which in the 1980s was named "Menudos do Morumbi", named after the young age of the group and the success of the Puerto Rican music group Menudo.

He won the Campeonato Paulista with São Paulo in 1985 and in 1987, the Campeonato Paulista Second Division with Ponte Preta in 1969,  and the Campeonato Paulista Série A2 in 1999 with América-SP. Cilinho has also managed clubs such as Portuguesa, Sport, XV de Jaú, Guarani and Bragantino.

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Multimedia Anthropology Lab. (UCL-MAL) + Schoolf of Botany (SP) + University of São Paulo + Federal University of Santa Catarina + Slade School of Fine Arts
Supported by UCL Global Engagement Fund
Raffaella Fryer-Moreira
Fabiana Assis Fernandes
The ecologies of thought project established an international and multidisciplinary partnership with the Guarani and Kaiowá indigenous communities to investigate the ecological thinking from the relationship between sound and plants. The project proposed dialogues between different types and conceptions of technology, from traditional chanting and cultivation to the use of micro-controllers and data analysis.
We developed two experimental strategies. The first one focused on the creation of virtual reality worlds that, through generative art processes, explored the Guarani and Kaiowá cosmology in its cosmotechnical aspect. Using traditional sounds and elements such as the Chiru, the sacred staff that sustains the world, and white corn, the food that sustains life, we sought to investigate fundamental subjects of the cosmology through experience rather than narrative representation.
Generative art can be defined in different degrees of complexity, it is associated with a system that has some degree of autonomy, in which the artist and the system exercise a series of operations that result in the final work. Seeking ways to relate to Guarani and Kaiowá mythologies while respecting their characteristics, the generative art methodologies seemed not only to fit the ontological qualities of the cosmology, but also to privilege an investigation and audiovisual production that could maintain a cosmotechnical fidelity. Since both, the Guarni and Kaiowá cosmology and generative art, are emergent, non-linear processes, with repetitive elements that are in constant transformation.
The second strategy was the use of micro-controllers to transform plants from the Guarani and Kaiowá food culture into tactile sensors, so that when activated they would emit a sound. In this experiment we used corn, potato and manioc, with sounds of traditional instruments, the mimby (whistle), the taquapu (bamboo) and the mbaraka (rattle). Through this, we were able to draw lines between plants and sounds, deepen conversations about these extra-human ecological relationships, and better understand how we can engage with and present this kind of knowledge.
More broadly, this project seeks to undermine the romantic and colonial notion of preservation, which does not consider the indigenous presence a digital presence, able to act and think about technical processes since its conception. This means, beyond an illustrative representation of what is believed to be the material and immaterial cultural heritage of the community, to collaboratively build a digitalindigenous territory, a digital Guarani and Kaiowá tekoha where a new technological ontology is established, in a way that the very conception of contemporary technology is affected by indigenous cosmotechnics.
Collaboration, interdisciplinarity, and the investigation of creative processes - rather than the proposition of representations - allows us to arrive at questions related to the level of existence, so that, in the anthropocenic era of the absence of futures, we can compose a cosmotechnic for a viable, virtual and actual, reality, based on a poetics of care and more-than-human relations.

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WordPress.org vs WordPress.com is something we're asked over and over again by many business owners. Why should they pay for WordPress.org if WordPress.com offers WordPress for free? Once you understand the basic difference between the two platforms, you'll see why one is better for business website than the other.
Quick Answer: If you don't want to waste time watching the video or reading the guide, pick WordPress.org for your business website.
This analogy works well for non-technical users, in my experience, so I wanted to share it with you to help you understand the difference between WordPress.org vs WordPress.com.
When you rent an apartment there are a lot of things you can and cannot do. For example, you can paint the walls, you can hang shelves and pictures on the walls, you can put in your furniture and make that space your own.
But, there a lot of things you cannot do with a rented apartment. For example, you cannot break down a wall, you might not be able to have pets, you cannot add another room, or any other major structural changes.
That's really how you should see WordPress.com. It's a commercial service by Automattic, a company that was founded by Matt Mullenweg (a co-creator of WordPress software).
WordPress.com offers a free option for you to create a blog, which is limited to their sub-domain (ex: example.wordpress.com). You can of course add a custom domain for a small fee ($13/year).
But, since WordPress.com is a network platform (a building) all these WordPress.com website/blogs are apartments inside this large building. In order to provide privacy and security for each website, WordPress.com places enormous restrictions for each website.
These restrictions are not compatible with an effective marketing strategy that a business website will need. If you want a simple blog, WordPress.com is a good choice. If you're a business owner and need a website to generate leads and sales don't you dare getting yourself an apartment and wonder why you're not getting customers - get yourself a house (next).
The good news is, you don't need a mortgage to host a WordPress.org business website. When you own a house, you have full control over what happens to your house. If you decide that the wall in the kitchen must go - get rid of it. If you want to be a cat lady and house 20 cats, do it. There's no one stopping you, for the most part.
Analogies aside. When you own a house, you can do whatever you want to make it your own in every way possible. That's exactly what you can do with a WordPress.org business website. It allows you to do anything you want to make it an effective lead and sales generating machine for your growing business.
It is critical that money you invest in your first business website do not go to waste with WordPress.com. You will quickly realize limitations and will need to invest more money to convert WordPress.com to WordPress.org. Start your business website right the first time using WordPress.org.
Keep in mind, as with a house you are responsible for maintaining your WordPress.org website. This includes making sure it is secure, all plugins and core are upgraded to latest versions, fix issues when they arise, etc. There's a tremendous online community of service providers that can help you with any WordPress issues, it's easy to find help and even get some free help through WordPress.org community forum.
At this point you should realize how important it is for you to build your business website with WordPress.org - NOT WordPress.com. So I want to take a second to explain some costs associated with a WordPress.org website.
Depending on what your needs are there might be additional fees, like for SSL certificate, email, etc.
If you're just getting started and you're on a tight budget, go with shared hosting since it's more affordable and it will work well for you.
You already know, pick WordPress.org for your business website. It will provide you with a flexible and solid foundation to get started and grow your business. To make sure you're not making major WordPress mistakes, check out this blog post on 5 WordPress mistakes that are killing your business and how to quickly fix them.
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The head of the Syrian opposition delegation at the Geneva peace talks says his side is focused on achieving a "transitional governing body with full executive powers" for Syria.
Asaad al-Zoubi told reporters after meeting the U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura on Friday that the opposition remains committed to the goals of the uprising against President Bashar Assad.
Al-Zoubi also commemorated the deaths of the first Syrians in the war that erupted as peaceful protests erupted against Assad five years ago. Five people were killed by government forces in the southern city of Daraa on March 18, 2011.
He added that hopefully, by the sixth anniversary of the war "Syria would have gone from destruction to reconstruction."
The U.N. food assistance agency is exploring use of different aircraft and parachute systems to try to airdrop food into a Syrian city surrounded by the extremist Islamic State group after a previous airdrop largely failed.
World Food Program spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said on Friday that practice drops are underway in Jordan. She says WFP is speaking with partners inside the Syrian city of Deir el-Zour to try to improve drop-zone conditions.
U.N. officials have said food on pallets missed targets or was destroyed when parachutes didn't open in an airdrop last month aimed for the city of 200,000 people.
The U.N. says convoys have delivered aid to 260,000 people in besieged or hard-to-reach areas in recent weeks. On Thursday, food, sanitation items and supplies to help 60,000 people reached four towns.
The Syrian government side is saying little about how the peace talks in Geneva, now in their fifth day, are progressing.
Bashar Ja'afari, the head of the government team and Syria's U.N. ambassador, says Friday's round was "useful" and focused on "fundamental principles" for a solution to the Syrian conflict that his side had presented.
He declined to respond to questions from reporters after emerging from two-an-a-half-hour discussions with U.N. special envoy Staffan de Mistura.
Earlier, the opposition said the government is "procrastinating" and not engaging in serious negotiations.
Russia's Defense Ministry says its warplanes in Syria are flying in support of the Syrian army's offensive to try recapture ancient city of Palmyra from the Islamic State group.
Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoi says Russian aircraft based in Syria are conducting 20-25 sorties a day in support of the Syrian military's offensive.
That's despite a Russian drawdown in Syria that President Vladimir Putin ordered this week in support of the Geneva talks.
Rudskoi told reporters in Moscow on Friday that the Syrian army has seized key hilltop points near Palmyra and has cut supply routes leading to the IS-held city. He says the Syrian army is close to taking control of the city from the Islamic State group.
The spokesman for the main Syrian opposition delegation at the indirect peace talks in Geneva has accused the Damascus government of "procrastinating" and not engaging fully in the negotiations.
Salem Al Meslet of the Saudi-backed High Negotiations Committee says Syrian President Bashar Assad's negotiators are not serious about the indirect talks and refused to negotiate with the opposition.
The U.N. special envoy, Staffan de Mistura, is hosting separate talks with the HNC and the Syrian government team on Friday in Geneva, where negotiations got under way this week to try end the five-year war.
Al Meslet also says Syrian refugees would eventually return home, once the government stops bombing and killing civilians.
He expressed hope that Russian President Vladimir Putin would stop supporting Assad and stand with the Syrian people.


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ROUND 11: Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs v. Sydney Roosters (ANZ Stadium, 21/5/17)
Posted on May 25, 2017 by Billy Stevenson in BULLDOGS, ROOSTERS // 0 Comments
There's a particularly intense atmosphere that enters some of the bigger match-ups in the weeks before Origin, as the key playmakers put through their final arguments for representing their state. Sunday afternoon's clash between the Bulldogs and the Roosters at ANZ Stadium was one of those matches, with both teams surging hard from the very first minute to make it feel as if we were halfway through the game before it had even started.
Add to that the fact that it was Will Hopoate's first Sunday appearance in some time and the Dogs were raring to beat the odds, putting in some of their most fluid, free-floating footy all season and coming up with some dangerously rapid play-the-balls over the first half. In the second stanza, the Roosters managed to dominate possession, but even then it remained a two-point game for the back twenty minutes, until Mitchell Pearce brought home the match-winning try just before the end and cemented himself as Blues halfback in the process.
As fate would have it, the Dogs put the first points on the board, with Josh Morris notching up a line break on the back of a rapid, clinical pass from Michael Lichaa. Still, the Chooks responded in kind, with a beautiful cascade of passes from Luke Keary, Latrell Mitchell and Michael Gordon setting Daniel Tupou up for one of his most elegant tries of the season, and the jewel in the crown for his own Origin contention – not something many pundits would have been able to predict from his spotty form in 2016.
Over the next twenty minutes the Roosters managed to get two more converted tries on the board, both of which showcased the synergy between their halves and backline that has proven so powerful this season. In a terrific set piece, Keary drew in Brenko Lee and then passed to Latrell Mitchell, who managed to offload just as he hit the turf, only for Jake Friend to scoop it up and crash over the line. Shortly after, in a great split-second stealth try, Pearce dashed across from the ruck and made as if to pass, only to morph it into an oblique grubber that Mitchell found just in time, with Tupou hot on his heels.
The rest of the game was pretty quiet point-wise, as each side amped up the defence, with Kerrod Holland putting the final points on the board for the Dogs ten minutes after half time. Following an inspired harbour bridge pass from Hopoate, the Canterbury centre busted through a massive tackle to drag several Chooks defenders over the line with him, proving that he has what it takes to become one of the bravest and most brutal backliners in the game if he continues to evolve at the same rate over the next few years.
Two key turning points in the last ten minutes made things even more exciting. Nine minutes out, Gerard Sutton offered the Dogs six again only for the decision to be overturned. Eight minutes out, an error in the play-the-ball from Elliot gifted possession to the Roosters, only for Elliot to make good on his mistake with a punishing tackle on JWH, forcing the big prop to cough up the ball for the final changeover of the game.
During those critical ten minutes, however, Pearce also managed to put down the final try, running a great, straight, hard line to the in-goal after a deft pass from Fergo. It was even more disappointing for the Dogs in that their last try was their best, with runs from Josh Jackson and Brenko Lee having put Matt Frawley in open space to outpace Tupou and bring Canterbury within two points of Sydney City.
Still, you'd have to concede that the Roosters weren't firing at full capacity for Frawley's four-pointer, with the Bulldogs taking advantage of Mitchell's sudden injury to throw a spanner in the defensive line. Not unlike the Storm try after Jarryd Hayne's leg spasm at Suncorp last week, it wasn't a true reflection of the balance of power throughout the game, and sure enough the Roosters came good in the last fifteen minutes to bring home one of their most decisive and closely contested matches of the year.
All eyes will be on Pearce and Tupou, then, to see whether they can channel this magic when they don the New South Wales jersey at Suncorp next week, while the Bulldogs desperately need to somehow wrangle a win against the Sharks to regain a bit of their confidence this season. Eventually, getting Josh Reynolds back will help with team morale, but that obviously can't be a long-term solution any more, with Frawley playing more and more like a resident five-eighth – and here's hoping that he manages to put in another impressive performance against Cronulla next week.


What Has Your Realtor Association Done For You Lately?
Realtor associations are a puzzling bunch.
I put this down largely to a general lack of focus in their overall mission or raison d'etre. Are they supposed to be market cheerleaders, lobby groups, representatives of the industry – what are they? I don't think they even know sometimes.
Nowhere is this lack of focus more apparent than in their marketing campaigns, which generally range from bad to the downright awful and out of touch (see Buy a House, Or The Dog Gets It for example). They also usually suffer from a startling lack of creativity.
I have only seen a couple of truly creative marketing campaigns in the past – there was one a while back (from somewhere in Florida I think) that was along the lines of "Don't DIY" or an anti-FSBO message, that struck me as pretty good. But my memory is failing me now and I couldn't find it in any of my Google searches (Strike One, BTW).
Michael Smith from Nova Scotia Real Estate Agent, tipped me off to an excellent campaign created by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) however.
HowRealtorsHelp.ca is a very clever use of Flash and video technology that helps consumers answer some of the questions they might have when facing one of the biggest financial transactions in their lives.
The message was bang on and it was delivered in a very soothing, yet not condescending manner (Kudos to whomever casted the talent). The site was comprehensive, easy to navigate and very personal – I almost got the sense that the Realtor was in the room with me answering my questions.
In fact it was so successful, I would say my only criticism was that there wasn't enough video. I was enjoying just sitting back and have her tell me what I need to know. When I had to sit forward and actually read the text on the screen I was a bit taken aback.
Much of what makes this site successful in my mind is the attention to detail. I love that the Realtor welcomes you back if you've been to the site before and how she sits and plays with her Blackberry while she waits for you to make a choice.
them as caring, knowledgeable market experts.
By taking off their Industry hats for a moment and realizing consumers have a lot of questions they need answering, CREA has created a meaningful, impactful campaign that uses technology to provide the answers in a fun and engaging way.


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Mary Anning's Plesiosaur
This marine reptile was discovered by one of the 19th century's greatest fossil hunters.
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Mary Anning was born to a poor family at the turn of the 19th century in the English seaside town of Lyme Regis. There was little to indicate she would one day help revolutionize science and humankind's understanding of the natural world.
According to local legend, Anning's curiosity and a knack for unearthing fascinating fossils had a rather unconventional cause. When she was only a year old, Mary was struck by lightning while attending a traveling equestrian event. The person holding Anning perished, but the young child somehow survived. The Anning family often retold this event and credited it with improving her health and developing her high level of intelligence.
Anning's love of collecting fossils began early in life. She accompanied her father Richard, a carpenter who collected fossils as a hobby, to search for them along the seashores. Tragically, her father was critically injured after falling off a cliff. He then developed tuberculosis, from which he was unable to recover, and died when Anning was only 11 years old.
Despite the tragic loss, Anning continued her fossil hunting trips, walking miles along the coast to find new specimens. On one trip that was to mark the rest of her life, she encountered a tourist who was so impressed by a fossil ammonite she had found that he bought it from her for half a crown.
This first sale inspired Anning to begin collecting fossils to sell commercially to tourists and scientists, and, as a result of her entrepreneurial venture, she soon developed a thriving business that helped keep her impoverished family from destitution.
In 1811, Anning unwittingly entered the world of science at only 12 years old when she and her brother discovered the gigantic skeleton of what they at first thought was a monster. News of the fossilized remains quickly came to the attention of the scientific community in London. Some contended that the bones belonged to a crocodile that had been washed accidentally to England in a storm or during the biblical floods, while others believed they belonged to an unknown deep-sea fish. It was years before the bones were recognized as those of an ichthyosaur, a prehistoric marine reptile.
In 1823, Anning discovered the bones of another gigantic reptile-like creature, which caused an even bigger sensation: a plesiosaur. The news of this discovery spread quickly throughout the scientific world, and the remains were brought to the Geological Society of London and became the subject of scientific debate, to which Anning was not invited. The famous French scientist Georges Cuvier, known as "the father of paleontology," inspected the bones and first concluded that they were fake before eventually admitting his error and recognizing their authenticity.
Over the years that followed, Anning made further discoveries of fossils that revolutionized science. However, in spite of her phenomenal contributions, Anning was rarely recognized officially for her discoveries, which were instead credited to the wealthy "gentlemen scientists" who bought the fossils. She was also consistently refused entry to the Geological Society because she was a woman.
It was only in the last years of her life that Anning received the recognition and praise from the scientific elite that she so clearly deserved. She was finally given an annual payment by the Geological Society and was formally recognized in scientific papers. But recognition came a bit too late: Anning died of breast cancer in 1847 in considerable financial difficulty, despite her contributions to scientific understanding.
In time, Anning's discoveries would provide paleontological evidence for scientists such as Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace, and Thomas Henry Huxley to develop the theory of evolution that would challenge the dominant biblical story of creation.
Today, you can see Anning's plesiosaur, which is displayed in London's Natural History Museum.
The fossilized skeleton of the Plesiosaurus and a small portrait of Mary Anning with more information can be found in the green zone of the Natural History Museum in the fossil hall walkway, where you may see other fine specimens of long-extinct species such as a giant ground sloth and Ichthyosaurs.
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The bones of two medieval royal lions were discovered at the historic fortress.
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Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
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A menagerie of curiously bred creatures.
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Museo Civico Craveri di Storia Naturale
A collection of wonderfully preserved 19th-century creatures, as well as hunting trophies seized during a police raid.
Bohart Museum of Entomology
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
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Swalwell Drops From The Race After Holding Strong At 0% In The Polls
Simon Daily July 9, 2019
Rep Eric Swalwell has made the smart move of dropping out of the presidential race. He joked that his own parents wouldn't even vote for him as they are Republicans and according to the polls, he really could have used their help. Swallwell was trailing far behind most of the candidates and could not get above 0% in the polls. He announced his resignation from the race Monday afternoon.
"Today ends our presidential campaign but it is the beginning of an opportunity in Congress with a new perspective shaped by the lives that have touched mine and our campaign throughout these last three months to bring that promise of America to all Americans, to believe that it will be the next generation whose leadership will solve climate chaos, bring cures in our lifetime for health care, address the student loan debt crisis and make sure that we say enough is enough," Swalwell said.
"We don't have to live this way anymore and that we love our children more than we love our guns. I'm fired up to do that work that I've already been doing in the Congress, to go back to Washington on the House Judiciary Committee, the House Intelligence Committee and as the chair of the Steering and Policy Committee to work on these issues but to carry the stories of so many people I've met across America."
"The East Bay Congressman, who sits on the House Intelligence and Judiciary Committees, also made gun control a focus of his campaign. But in more than a dozen national polls tracking the Democratic presidential field, Swalwell's campaign failed to even register 1 percent among likely voters. And while Swalwell did demonstrate some fundraising prowess, pulling more than $1 million into his congressional committee in the first quarter of 2019, his presidential campaign has not yet posted any donation totals.
"Being honest with ourselves, we had to look at how much money we were raising, where we were in the polls," Swalwell told supporters, arguing that he had "moved the needle on the debate stage with an issue I was very passionate about," referring to gun control measures. "So we've achieved that,'' he said. "But we have to be honest about our own candidacy's viability."
I am surprised he lasted this long, as he has not been making any real progress, and could not even get to 1% in the polls.
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In this category you find useful posts about OXID eShop – the open source cart system and how we use and extend it.
Within this article we take a look on how to create full a full backup of your OXID eShop system. With this backup it is possible to bring a crashed OXID eShop system back to live. You will need to have commandline access to finish this tutorial.
An OXID eShop backup consists of two seperate components. The filesystem where your pictures and shop programm code is stored and the database where your product and customer data is stored.
Both components are needed to bring a crashed OXID eShop system back online.
In large CSS projects, it is very important to create a scalable and clear structure. And because the offerings are manifold when it comes to CSS frameworks, we want to have a closer look at ITCSS from Harry Roberts.
We just got the announcement to get exclusive insights to the new OXID eShop Enterprise B2B Edition before it even launches. OXID eSales provides official feedback and a question and answering round where you can participate tomorrow at the Internet World in Munich. Markus Baars and collegues will answer all your questions to the new B2B Edition of OXID eShop.
2th Mai 2017 – in the evening our little user group met for its third user group meeting. This time we were invited to barbeque @ Verdure company above the roofs of the city of stuttgart. Unluckily the weather conditions were not quite as good as expexted so the barbeque was canceled and we ordered some good pizza. A colorful mix of eShop managers, software developers and agency CEOs stuck their heads together to techtalk about our beloved eShop system. Even Marco Steinhäuser the OXID eShop community manager found his way from eastern Germany to stuttgart to lead us through the evening.
In this article we share 15 useful tips to get started with OXID eShop as a shopping cart system. Based on the actual responsive template named "Flow", we point some pitfalls of the system and offer some advices to structure your content. We point out frequently made errors that we discover in our daily business as an OXID eSales partner agency that often gets shop projects that were initially started by non developers.


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Costa is giving away free coffee next week - this is how to get one
The offer is available at 8,500 locations across the UK
Jamie Hawkins
Great news for coffee fans - Costa is giving away hot beverages for free next week.
The national coffee chain has announced that on Tuesday, October 1, coffee will be handed out for free at its Express machines for 24 hours at 8,500 locations.
The offer runs across the country, excluding Northern Ireland, and you can choose from anything on the menu, including Americano, Latte, Espresso and Cappuccino, and hot chocolate.
Managing Director, Scott Martin at Costa Express said: "The coffee industry is booming with no sign of our love affair with the drink slowing, as it's estimated 95 million cups are consumed a day.
The free coffee is available at Costa Express machines
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"However, for years, self-serve drinks machines have carried a certain stigma. Freeze-dried coffee, long life milk, clumpy soups and bland hot chocolate were readily stocked in machines across the late nineties and early noughties, so we can imagine how one poor experience is enough to put someone off for life!
"We at Costa Express don't believe this is acceptable and have worked tirelessly to revolutionise the self-serve experience. Our machines serve the same fresh signature Mocha Italia coffee beans and fresh semi-skimmed milk you would expect in our Costa Coffee stores, so the quality of your experience is never compromised.
"We're so confident that once you've tried a cup from Costa Express that it'll fast become a regular part of your routine, so for one day only, we're giving away a free drink to all."
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The offer kicks off at 00:15am on Tuesday October 1 (or whenever your nearest shop with an Express machine opens), ending at 00:15 on Wednesday October 2.
That's not all, Costa Coffee Club members are encouraged to scan their Costa Coffee Club app when they collect their free drink for a chance to enter a prize draw, with a top prize of free Costa Coffee for a year.
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Consumers who aren't already members of the Costa Coffee Club can download the app and sign up to Costa Coffee Club from 23 September – Monday 30th September 2019 receiving 100 sign up points - worth £1 towards another free coffee!
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【旅游英语】请问,有四人桌吗?Can we get a table for four people?
I'd like to get a table outside, if possible.
Double table? / Table for two people?
You are free to smoke outside.
上一篇: 【旅游英语】我想预订一张两人桌,明天晚上9点。I'd like to book a double table at 9 p.m. tomorrow night, please.
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Theresa May's Weird Winning Strategy
As of this writing (5:00am BST, June 9, 2017) election results for the UK General Election are beginning to trickle-in and pundits are lining up to lambaste Prime Minister Theresa May for calling a snap election while in majority government, and then losing the majority just as the UK is poised to head into Brexit negotiations.
'Oh yes. She fumbled it. Absolutely.' Said every headline.
And on the surface, that's what it looks like.
Surely, any majority government that calls an election they don't need, becoming a minority government in the process, are losers. What else could it be?
But what if Theresa May is smarter than pundits realize?
Short-term pain, for long-term gain?
Maybe. She's a shrewd operator. Although she can seem cold, standoffish, and even awkward in certain situations, it also seems she's a patriot who was willing to 'take a hit for the team' in order to realize her dream of 'Building a Better Britain'.
What if everything she's done has been done with great purpose and resolve, balancing huge risk to her standing as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and to her party fortunes in order to accomplish some great goal that will eventually result in a better Britain?
What if Theresa May has been playing chess whilst everyone else has been playing checkers?
Viewing the UK through a Prime Minister's lens
Holding a snap election vs. not holding a snap election.
What would be the point of staging a successful getaway from the European Union, and then with the SNP still powerful because it was holding 56 seats, the SNP decided to take Scotland out of the United Kingdom via (post-Brexit) Indyref after Indyref?
Wouldn't it follow that either Northern Ireland or Wales might then consider staging their own independence referendums and possibly leave the United Kingdom?
What if both devolved territories followed Scotland out of the United Kingdom?
Suddenly, there would be no more 'United' in the name United Kingdom, only England remaining.
At that point, the European Union would probably prevail upon the newly independent territories to join the EU — and if successful at that, the EU would become emboldened to invite London into the EU family by promoting London referendum after London referendum.
Had Theresa May not called a snap election, she might have left the SNP in a powerful position, with Scotland leaving the UK (post-Brexit) and the SNP inviting both Northern Ireland and Wales to leave the UK with Scotland.
Such are the matters that keep Prime Ministers awake at night.
Trading a majority, for a Kingdom that remains United
It appears that Theresa May knew what she was doing all along — she chanced losing a majority in the House of Commons for a chance to stick it to the SNP.
Yes, it cost her. But because of the 2017 election results the SNP is now a weaker force, with much less momentum than it had pre-election. Momentum that could have been used in the immediate post-Brexit timeframe to break up the United Kingdom.
Such is the nature of strategy; In order to safeguard the 'United' part of the name 'United Kingdom' Theresa May used her tactical assets to accomplish those goals.
And that's the difference between strategists and tacticians. Master strategists like Winston Churchill won WWII, but were forced to expend many of their tactical assets to do so.
(Read about the Battle of Britain to fully understand how this played out in WWII. Many times it may have looked like Britain was losing the war, or at least taking a severe beating, when in fact Winston was setting the Nazis up for later defeat. And he did it in broad daylight, right under everyone's noses, including his own staff)
Is Theresa May that good? In broad daylight, quite under everyone's noses, did May just save us from a SNP-led break up of the United Kingdom in the post-Brexit period?
Let the facts speak for themselves
Prime Minister Theresa May spent some of her chips in order to take down the SNP — the same SNP that represented the number one threat to the UK remaining united in a post-Brexit Europe.
Now that the SNP has lost a significant number of seats to Labour and Conservatives alike, the SNP is no longer the threat to UK continuity, harmony, and stability it once was.
In baseball parlance, this is known as a 'force play' when the base runner is in a position to score a point and is forced by the playmaker to run towards home plate knowing full well they'll be 'tagged out' in the process.
If that's what Theresa May is up to, she's playing the game of politics at a level far above the understanding of her critics, and it also means she's a true British patriot, a citizen par excellence, of a permanently United Kingdom.
Having weakened the greatest potential threat to UK unity in decades, the noble Theresa May can now proceed with a safe Brexit — a Brexit where the United Kingdom doesn't risk losing Scotland, or Northern Ireland, or Wales, in the process.
Well done, Theresa! Right… under… their… noses!
Tags: Brexit, Britain, Force Play, Prime Minister Theresa May, SNP, Theresa May, UK, UK General Election, UK General Election 2017, United Kingdom
By Letter to Britain in Britain, Theresa May, UK, UK Election 2017 on June 9, 2017 .
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southamptonoldlady says:
An interesting concept! I don't think so, though it might have been in the minds of May's two most trusted advisers, but fell short as they did not expect Corbyn to do well for Labour. He won a personal victory which will entail a good, strong opposition in Parliament – so both sides will be heard and there will be good debates.
I personally think she has done a fantastic job considering that she was just left to pick up the pieces after the Brexit vote when no other member of her party wanted to take up arms. She has made incredible sacrifices for her Country. It became clear that she is better at getting on with the job behind her desk and had no real help with an electoral campaign, showing all her cards before the vote, mentioning all the unpopular items such as The Dementia Tax, cuts for pensioners, a re-vote on fox-hunting et al. She wins my utmost admiration however standing up to those same Tories who did not 'take up arms' who now want to stab her in the back and take over. We now know that she is seeking the Queen's permission to form a Minority Government with the help of Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland – who themselves are in disarray, but want to keep Pensioners happy and although Eurosceptics want ease across the border with the EU. The vote also confirmed that UKIP is no longer wanted nor needed. Minority governments (if the Commons agree) never usually last long, but hopefully will last as long as the Brexit negotiations take place.
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Hi SOL!
And thank you for your detailed and thoughtful comment. A pleasure to hear from you, always!
Whether Theresa May meant to do all the things I wrote about in my piece, or not, she should still get the credit, IMHO.
After all, a good deed accomplished is a good deed accomplished — whether it was intended to be all of that, or not. 😉
The fact is, Theresa May's election call and the results have broken the back of the SNP. I consider SNP members to be only a half-step away from being traitors to the United Kingdom, to all the citizens of the UK including Scots, and to all that the UK stands for in the world.
And all of it has cost Theresa dearly, whether she intended that actual result or not.
She has so far, been a great PM, and seemed to get stronger and better with each passing month.
I think that the Conservative policy of reverting to 'double-lock' instead of 'triple-lock' for seniors was a big mistake.
Each senior is related to at least (I would say) FIVE family members on average, so when the Conservatives decided to switch to 'double-lock' instead of 'triple-lock' not only did they anger every senior in the country, they angered five-times that number. Almost every senior in the UK has younger family members… so that amounts to a very large number of voters indeed.
Big mistake by the Conservatives.
Fortunately, the DUP platform will work to correct the mistakes — not only on the 'triple-lock' question but on other Conservative policy errors that concern seniors.
I would prefer to see a coalition government with the DUP; It strikes me as more stable than a 'supply and confidence agreement' between the DUP and Conservative parties.
Your points about the Conservatives 'not taking up arms' and fighting with enthusiasm for their leader and the Conservative platform are spot-on!
It's almost like they wanted Theresa to (somewhat) fail so there could be a leadership contest (which, at this late date on the Brexit calendar would be a travesty) so that they all could get better positions. If true, that is TOXIC party politics!
Your points about Theresa doing a fantastic job are welcome here. She's been brilliant for the most part, and that, with seemingly lukewarm support in her own party. She deserves better.
I also agree about the need for a strong opposition. Corbyn has surprised, and it appears he has more value than his own party would acknowledge.
Let's hope that the Theresa May government continues, with help from the DUP, and that Brexit is finalized within the 2-year mark. Some time well after all of that takes place seems appropriate for an election — but not before.
That election will be a report card on Theresa May and on the Brexit deal she got for the UK.
I hope that Brexit is a wild success and that Theresa wins a 100-seat majority, at that time.
It's in nobody's best interest to be playing 'musical chairs' with the Prime Minister position during Brexit negotiations.
Thanks again for your great comment!
Cheers, JBS


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Beyond nicotine: The unknown benefits of tobacco plants
by Cecilia Baliardini20 February 2018no comment
Tobacco is undeniably one of the most important and avoidable causes of premature death and disease in the world. The tobacco plant, Nicotiana, has probably been responsible for more deaths than any other herb. However, tobacco is more than just filler for cigarettes.
The applications of tobacco and Nicotiana are wider than we conventionally think, and they represent important tools for present and future developments of different sectors. In the last decade, tobacco research led to significant advancements in plant science and biotechnology helping enlighten scientific and agronomic subjects such as genetics, phytopathology, photosynthesis, nutrition and plant growth. But research with tobacco plants has already given an important contribution far beyond the frontiers of agricultural science.
Tobacco is currently used in bio-engineering pharmaceutical labs as a manufacturing platform for the production of a wide range of drugs and therapeutic agents. "Plant molecular farming" is all about using plants as incubators to produce proteins for pharmaceutic or industrial application, using recombinant DNA technologies[1].
The targets of these therapeutics are, for instance, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, cystic fibrosis, Ebola, cancer and HIV/AIDS. Research is actually still ongoing to extend the exploitation of tobacco as a "biologic incubator" for vaccine production.
The development of a process that uses tobacco leaves to produce influenza vaccines would significantly speed up vaccine manufacturing[2], whilst allowing patients to dispose of a strain-specific vaccines in about one month.
At the same time, Nicotiana has become particularly interesting for the "green energy" sector. One of the most ambitious projects aims to convert tobacco seeds into sustainable energy and materials. Tobacco varieties can be selected, bred or genetically modified to increase the amount of oil in the seeds, which can be then transformed and employed as a biofuel. A tobacco-powered plane is foreseen to take off soon from Cape Town to land in Johannesburg.
South African Airways wish tobacco-powered planes will represent 50% of its fleet by 2023 (which would imply a consumption of about 500 million litres of biofuel per year)[3]. This would be a major progress for reducing the impact on the environment, since the tobacco-based biofuel should lead to a cut of 75 % in CO2 emissions compared with fossil fuels. Multiple biotech laboratories and companies are currently working on genetically-engineered tobacco plants in order to boost their content of oil and sugar, therefore improving ethanol and biodiesel production.
Despite its unknown potential, Nicotiana tabacum is recognised by agronomists and chemists as a uniquely advantageous source of proteins. In other words, tobacco may be easily processed in order to extract protein-enriched fractions that can be exploited as livestock food, pesticides, human dietary compliments and even for cosmetic applications.
It has been calculated that tobacco plants grown in densely spaced environments may generate about four times as much protein per acre as soybeans or corn, thereby representing an interesting and highly rentable resource for different industrial sectors[4].
Phytoremediation, a technological approach of exploiting living plants to clean up soil, air, and water contaminated with hazardous chemicals, has become a standard technique for remediation of polluted ecosystems. A wide array of plants, from bamboo to brassicas, are currently used for the removal of heavy metals (such as lead or cadmium) or organic pollutants (oils and pesticides) in a cost-effective way.
Even in this field, tobacco plays a pivotal role: many researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology of the University of Cambridge are working on 'transgenic' tobacco plants which are able to rid soil of explosive compounds, known to be "refractory" pollutants, which previously were hard to remove.
The target of such plants are the dangerous traces of nitrogen-based explosives, such as pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and glycerol trinitrate (GTN), left behind by military and industrial activity[5].
Knowing all its potential applications, touching many aspects of our lives, tobacco should be greeted with much more positivity. "Tobacco can both nurture and kill, it just depends on the choice that we make".
[1] Dirisala, V.R., Nair, R.R., Srirama, K. et al. Acta Physiol Plant (2017) 39: 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-016-2315-3
[2] Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma; https://www.mt-pharma.co.jp/e/ir/annual/pdf/CR_2017_en.pdf
[3] https://www.africanaerospace.aero/south-african-airways-completes-flight-using-tobacco-biofuel.html
[4] K.H. Ginzel, Submission To The World Health Organization For The Framework Convention On Tobacco Control (1998)
[5] Kumar S (2013) Phytoremediation of Explosives using Transgenic Plants. J Phylogenetics Evol Biol S4:001. doi:10.4172/2157-7463.S4-001
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Over the past few weeks, we have been singing a song in our services that comes almost directly from Isaiah 52-53, a passage often labeled "The Suffering Servant." This passage is one of my favorites in all of the Scriptures, and the song is a moving translation of the passage into music.
You can read Dustin's thoughts on the passage from Isaiah here.
What are your thoughts or feelings after listening to this song?
I love Cowper's honesty regarding our praise. It is often tainted with pride and sin, yet it is accepted because of the perfect work of Christ for us. Jesus alone is our righteousness.
New Song - "You Have Overcome"
I hope you have a great time gathering together as the body of Christ in small groups.
I feel like this week was another step forward for our team and our congregation. We took more steps to make it easier to participate - we brought some songs down to a lower key, and we were more intentional about teaching new material. It seemed like there was more participation overall in each of the four services, which is exciting and encouraging. The team felt locked-in (most of the time), and I felt like we were engaged in worship as we were leading the congregation, as well.
We brought "All Because of Jesus" down to the key of A from the usual key of B, and we brought "Happy Day" down to Bb from B. Both were good moves, as the people sang out more on both. When I took a close look at the lead sheets this week, I noticed that both of these songs had parts of the melody that went well beyond the range of the "normal" voice, from C to C. We brought them both down to get them close. They still weren't entirely in the desired range, but if we lowered them much more, the verses would bottom out! That's one of the biggest problems with some modern worship songs - the low verses and high choruses make it difficult to get them into a normal person's vocal range. We'll keep working on it, though!
"Jesus Messiah" is one of the 21 songs we have done more than five times over the past year, and therefore is one that I would be safe in saying we know as a congregation. It showed as people sang it out and connected with God through it. I love the lyric of this song, as it really declares the gospel clearly, and finishes it all off with the simple, powerful bridge: "All our hope is in You/ All our hope is in You/ All the glory to You, God/ The Light of the world." Jesus is our only hope of salvation. Enough said.
Even typing the lyric of this song is bringing me to tears. What a beautiful expression of confidence in Christ alone for our rescue and salvation. We have no hope apart from Him! His humble, loving sacrifice is the only way for us to be rescued; the fact that He chose to redeem us at such a great cost to Himself is overwhelming. This song brings this into clear focus, and is a beautiful expression of thanksgiving and recognition of the work of Jesus Christ to save us. He, and He alone, is the one who can rescue, who can save us, who can lift us from the grave. This is because He is the one who came down to find us a lead us out of death. Scripture says that Jesus' efforts to rescue us are the reason God has given Him the name above every name (Philippians 2). I know this is the reason I worship Him. He is so good, while I am still so undeserving of it. My life is completely dependent on His grace and finished work of the cross.
We bracketed the message about our redemption with Alex Nifong's arrangement of "Jesus Paid It All" and Tomlin's "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)." These two songs never get old to me, because there is beauty in the simplicity of their declarations. I never tire of singing, "O praise the One who paid my debt/ And raised this life up from the dead." On "Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)" Kelsey Thomsen and I traded off on the verse. She did a great job leading, and I think it facilitated a very powerful moment of worship, especially after David's weighty message about our redemption. I loved his words about what God has done to rescue us! We owe it all to Jesus Christ, who made a way where there was no way.
Lately I've had Thrice's newest release, Beggars, which was largely inspired by a quote by Martin Luther--"We are beggars: this is true." Two songs in particular have been inspiring to me: "The Great Exchange" (see a post about it here), and "In Exile." The latter is about the transient nature of the believer's life on this earth. The lyric has been reminding me of the truth that this world is not all there is, and that I am destined for something more than what we can see. Eternity is on the horizon, and I shouldn't get too comfortable or settled with life in this world. My heart always needs to be set on eternity. "In Exile"
I am an exile--a sojourner; a citizen of some other place. All I've seen is just a glimmer in a shadowy mirror, But I know one day I'll see face to face.
I am a nomad--a wanderer; I have nowhere to lay my head down. There's no point in putting roots to deep when I'm moving on; I'm not settling for this unsettling town.
My heart is filled with songs of forever-- A city that endures, where all is made new. I know I don't belong here; I'll never Call this place my home, I'm just passing through.
I am a pilgrim--a voyager; I won't rest until my lips touch the shore Of the land that I've been longing for as long as I've lived, Where there'll be no pain or tears anymore.
May our hearts be filled with songs of forever. One day, those dreams will come true.
This is a song entitled "The Great Exchange" by Thrice (lyric by Dustin Kensrue), on their newest release, Beggars. I firmly believe that Dustin Kensrue is one of the best lyricists of our day, and this further proves that belief for me: I crewed on a fair golden ship that Went down at the dawn of the world. We mutinied and sentenced our captain to die, 'Fore our sails had barely unfurled.
Singing of a violent, tireless mystery: That one would give his life to save his enemy.
Too bone-tired to keep my arms moving, To swim or even grasp after straws. The undertow drew me down into its cold And infinite indigo jaws.
I heard singing of a violent, tireless mystery: That one would give his life to save his enemy.
I thought I must be dead or dreaming, When my captain--still battered, betrayed-- Pulled me up, laid me over the beam he'd clung to, Breathed his last, and sank under the waves.


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Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 vs. Samsung Galaxy Core – Features and Specs Compared
Samsung Electronics has emerged as the world's leading smartphone manufacturer.
This Korean giant has been manufacturing smartphones and tablets catering to the needs of the masses. The Galaxy series from Samsung has been a tremendous success worldwide. The company has released an array of smartphones in the Galaxy series. People who are planning to purchase Samsung Galaxy Core or the Galaxy S Duos 2, will find the comparison below, prepared by us, to help you make a good decision. Both these smartphones have been put in comparison against each other in terms of their features and specifications.
Display and Design
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 smartphone comprises of a 4 inches TFT multi touchscreen. The display screen of the device comes with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. In comparison, Samsung Galaxy Core smartphone consists of a 4.3 inches touchscreen. The Galaxy Core's screen comes with a similar resolution as that of Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 smartphone.
The Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 smartphone is bigger than the Galaxy Core smartphone. The S Duos 2 smartphone measures 121.5mm in height, 63.1mm in width and weighs approximately 118 grams. In comparison, Galaxy Core smartphone stands 129.3mm tall, 67.6mm in width and weighs approximately 124 grams. The S Duos 2 smartphone is thicker at 10.6mm when compared to the 9mm thickness of the Galaxy Core smartphone.
CPU and OS
The dual core 1.2 GHz Cortex A9 CPU along with BCM chip and 4GB RAM powers the S Duos 2 smartphone. The processor is paired with the 768MB of RAM. The device comes with an internal memory of 4GB along with an expandable memory card slot up to 64GB.
Galaxy Core consists of a dual core 1.2 GHz Cortex A5 CPU along with Snapdragon S4 Play chip. The CPU comes with a RAM of 1GB. The device consists of an internal memory up to 8GB that can be expandable by a microSD card up to 64GB.
Both the S Duos 2 and Galaxy Core smartphone run on Android Jelly Bean operating system.
Both the Galaxy S Duos 2 and Galaxy Core sport a 5MP camera that has both autofocus and LED flash features. Both the devices come equipped with a front VGA camera.
In this department, the S Duos 2 comes equipped with a Lithium 1500 mAh battery unit. In comparison, Galaxy Core consists of a Lithium 1800 mAh standard battery unit with more battery life.
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Every year, it quickly becomes apparent which NFL rookies were drafted too low. Four weeks into the 2014 season, it's becoming clear which ones have played above their draft position. Here are 10 rookies who have outperformed their draft position, along with where I'd draft them today.
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10. Eagles WR Jordan Matthews, Round 2 (42 overall)
I really liked Matthews, the SEC record-setting receiver, coming out of Vanderbilt. While bigger names like Sammy Watkins, Mike Evans, Odell Beckham Jr., Brandin Cooks and Kelvin Benjamin came off the board in the first round, Matthews had to wait until the mid-portion of the second to hear his name called. As a slot receiver, he is third on the team with 15 catches for 141 yards and two touchdowns. I think he'd go at the back half of first round if the draft were held today.
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9. Redskins WR Ryan Grant, Round 5 (142 overall)
NFL teams don't spend a lot of time scouting at Tulane, which before Grant hadn't had a player drafted since 2009. Grant, however, isn't your typical Tulane player, or typical rookie, for that matter. In training camp, Redskins coach Jay Gruden said Grant seemed like he had been in the league for a decade. He had an impressive preseason but hasn't played much in the first four games because of the depth Washington has at the position. He did catch five passes for 57 yards in Week 2. I think he's earned a second- or third-round draft grade in a do-over.
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8. Panthers CB Bene Benwikere, Round 5 (148 overall)
It didn't take long for the former San Jose State defensive back to make an impact in the NFL. He beat out Charles Godfrey for the starting nickel job in camp and preseason, then in his first NFL game returned a fumble for a touchdown. He could go as high as the second round today. The Panthers moved up in the fifth round to secure Benwikere. If the draft were held today, he'd have a chance to go in the second round.
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7. Seahawks LB Brock Coyle, undrafted
I really liked Coyle coming out of Montana. He was hard-nosed player who always seemed to be around the ball. NFL teams were wary of his short arms and inability to consistenly shed blocks. He was also only a two-year starter at Montana. Those are the reasons he went undrafted. Pete Carroll convinced him Seattle was a good fit, and it has been. He started a preseason game for the Seahawks and when given a chance, has made plays. Might never be a star in the league, but he has a role. I'd take him in the fourth round today.
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6. Rams CB E.J. Gaines, Round 6 (188 overall)
Gaines showed good quickness and was very smooth in his pro day workout, showing very good hands. He's only 5-foot-10, but if he were 6-foot, he would have been drafted a lot higher. It didn't seem to impact him covering much taller receivers like the Buccaneers' Vincent Jackson and Mike Evans while starting for the injured Trumaine Johnson in Week 2. With Johnson coming back, the Rams are looking for ways to keep Gaines on the field. Despite being taken in the sixth round, an argument could be made that he has played the best of the Rams' 11 draft picks. I think he'd go three rounds higher today.
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5. Cardinals WR John Brown, Round 3 (91 overall)
Brown came from a small school (Div. II Pittsburg State) and is small in stature (5-foot-10, 179 pounds) and lacks strength. Despite all that, he still went in the third round, and despite going at the back end of the third round, he's played well above that. He makes up for his deficiencies with blazing speed, strong hands and solid route running, especially for a player from such a small school. Picked today, he would have a chance at the first round.
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4. Raiders OG Gabe Jackson, Round 3 (81 overall)
Say what you want about the Raiders, but they drafted, in my opinion, three players worthy of the first round (LB Khalil Mack, QB Derek Carr and Jackson). Jackson reminds me a lot of Larry Warford, who was also taken in the third round (by the Lions in 2013) and has far outperformed his draft position. Strength is his strength. He lacks speed, but it doesn't show in his game. I like that he stayed in school; he was a five-year player, and it shows. He's a finished product and a bright spot on a spotty offense line in Oakland. I had him going 12th overall in my do-over of the 2014 draft.
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3. Texans RB Alfred Blue, Round 6 (181 overall)
Blue has dealt with his share of tragedy throughout his life. He has survived two houses burning down, his family being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, the murder of his uncle, and a torn ACL as LSU's starting running back. If you drafted Blue today, he might go as high as the second round.
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2. Jaguars WR Allen Hurns, undrafted
Hurns is probably the player in the 2014 draft class who has surprised scouts the most. I had him listed on my priority free agent list after the draft but only 16th among the wide receivers. He has 12 catches for 254 yards and three touchdown, and is second in the NFL in average yards per catch (21.2). Done all over, he could be a third-round pick.
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1. Bills OT Sentreal Henderson, Round 7 (237 overall)
Henderson slid to the seventh round because of off-the-field issues, not because of talent. The Bills took him and he outplayed second-round pick Cyrus Kouandjio for the starting right tackle job. Credit Cordy Glenn for taking Henderson under his wing and helping him stay clean. Henderson didn't play well in Sunday's loss at Houston, but he played very well in the first three games. He could easily play left tackle if something ever happened to Glenn. I had him going in the first round, 15th overall, in my 2014 draft do-over.
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"""
Test for treeping64.py
"""

import unittest
from mininet.util import pexpect
import sys

class testTreePing64( unittest.TestCase ):

    prompt = 'mininet>'

    @unittest.skipIf( '-quick' in sys.argv, 'long test' )
    def testTreePing64( self ):
        "Run the example and verify ping results"
        p = pexpect.spawn( 'python -m mininet.examples.treeping64' )
        p.expect( 'Tree network ping results:', timeout=6000 )
        count = 0
        while True:
            index = p.expect( [ '(\d+)% packet loss', pexpect.EOF ] )
            if index == 0:
                percent = int( p.match.group( 1 ) ) if p.match else -1
                self.assertEqual( percent, 0 )
                count += 1
            else:
                break
        self.assertTrue( count > 0 )

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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Homemade sloppy joe's is one of my go-to recipes. It is so easy to make, and everyone seems to love it! I haven't found one person who didn't rave over this. The recipe came to me from my cousin Ashley. When she lived in Indiana with our cousin Josh, they developed … and perfected … this delicious dish.
So, when she moved to Florida and we got a place together, that is one of the first things she taught me. And I have been making it ever since. In fact, this is the first dish I cooked for PoppaNut after we said "I do." And when I visited my sister-in-law and her family in Connecticut, I couldn't resist sharing it again.
Ingredients: garlic, hamburger meat, hamburger buns, Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce (Original and Hickory & Brown Sugar varieties), green peppers and onions.
Directions: Place a spoonful of minced garlic into a large, deep pan and let it cook for a minute on high heat. Then, brown meat and drain. Add in peppers, onions and both sauces (add as much or as little as you want depending on how sloppy you like your sloppy joe's). Place on warm to let the flavor cook together. I usually toast the buns in our toaster oven, then add the sloppy-joe mix and finish it off with some cheese.
You can serve these open-faced or traditional. Make sure you have lots of napkins on hand because these are quite messy. I usually have to eat mine with a fork!
And I wish I had a wonderful "done" photo to share. However, the delicious scent made all of us gobble them up before I could take one.
And that's life in a nutshell … making family recipes for dinner is a great way to show your family you love them.


And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done."
On July 4, 1867 these activists met in Houston for the first Republican state convention. Presiding at the meeting was Elisha M. Pease, the radical Unionist candidate who had lost to James Throckmorton in the governor's contest one year earlier. Most of the convention's leadership were either native-born or had immigrated to the state prior to the Civil War.
Closely associated with the Union and the abolition of slavery, the party's initial membership was predominantly African-American but with a mainly white leadership consisting of a large proportion of German-Americans and those who had been opposed to secession and Texas' membership in the Confederacy. The new party had to maintain a balancing act of appealing to the newly freed former slaves while still attracting the support of white Unionists. The convention adopted a platform promising support for free schools for all children, regardless of race or color, extending state aid to railroads, and a homestead law offering public land, without regard to race or color, to encourage migration and allow more citizens to acquire land.
Later that same month, General Sheridan removed Throckmorton, viewing him as an impediment to the efforts at reconstruction, and replaced him as provisional governor with Pease. As a leader of the newly-formed Republican Party, Pease would serve in this capacity until the state adopted a new constitution and elected new officials under the terms of that document.
By January 1868, Texas had an electorate of approximately 60,000 whites and nearly 50,000 blacks. On February 10th, these voters were asked to decide whether to hold another constitutional convention and to elect delegates to such a conclave. This election "solidified the union between blacks and the Republican party, an alliance that continued through the rest of the century." When the votes were counted, those eligible to vote supported holding the convention and elected 90 individuals as delegates, 78 of whom associated with the newly-formed Republican Party.
The Republican delegation to the constitutional convention of 1868 comprised 57 native Southern-born whites, 12 immigrants from the North, and 9 blacks. While claiming affiliation with the newly formed Republican Party, these delegates split into four camps as the constitutional convention undertook its deliberations. One group of moderates comprised supporters of Governor Pease and former Governor A. J. Hamilton. A second faction, mainly East Texans, was led by James Flanagan of Rusk County. The third group consisted of prewar Unionists from western counties led by E. J. Davis, Edward Degener, and Morgan Hamilton (a brother of A. J. Hamilton). The fourth faction included the black delegates led by George T. Ruby of Galveston, a leader of the Union League. Each in their own way, all of these factional leaders would play roles in the Texas Republican Party over the remainder of the 19th century.
By the time of its second state convention in the summer of 1868, the newly formed Republican Party had split between what were viewed as more conservative Republicans led by Governor Pease in control of the party machinery and a rump group of radical Republicans led by E. J. Davis and George T. Ruby. Among those who bolted were Edward Degener, Morgan C. Hamilton, and George W. Whitmore, each of whom would eventually serve in Congress as Republicans. This resulted in the existence of two Republican parties, each with their own executive committee and state organization.


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The Bowie Neurotransmitter by Susana Medina
It's a godawful small affair
by scottmanleyhadley
A little over a year ago, David Bowie died. One of the first of the many, many, victims of 2016's alleged celebrity death epidemic, Bowie's passing sent shockwaves of grief through the imaginative world. Even people who hated everything the man represented loved some of his music, because it's very good, very catchy and – especially here in the UK – ubiquitous. Bowie's music includes low fi electronica, brash pop, soul disco funky stuff, taut piano ballads and glam rock anthems (and that's just mentioning his hits), which means there's a song, somewhere, in his repertoire, appropriate to almost every moment of existence. One of the things that people love about David Bowie is his numerous reinventions, and this is praised because one feels that he did this not as a cynical marketing ploy, but because he wanted to be different, to develop. His music ch-ch-changed, the roles he played in films changed, the way he dressed and the way he interacted with the world changed. He was a beautiful, charming, and deeply creative man and he gifted the world huge amounts of significant pop culture (and avant garde) Art, and that's capitalised on purpose. He wrote 'Life on Mars' and 'Let's Dance' and Low. He did Ziggy Stardust and that gorgeous, recent, haunting, song 'Where Are We Now?'. He acted in films like Zoolander and that one where Hugh Jackman drowns clones of himself over and over again (#spoileralert) and he achieved huge amounts of recognition for his position as a relatively unique figure within the international music scene. He was, in short, bloody great.1
I'm writing too much about David Bowie, which no one needs to read. What I'm actually intending to discuss is a lovely little (I mean that literally, not literarily) book by Susana Medina, published by Piece of Paper Press.
Piece of Paper Press is run by Tony White and is a "lo-fi" independent publisher that puts out limited copies of arty books once or twice a year. The books are made of a single piece of paper, cut up stapled together by hand. Often these are conceptual works created by artists, but Medina is a writer and her book – I will call it that – is called The Bowie Neurotransmitter and is a meditation on the importance of David Bowie to her life. To everyone's life, I suppose.
As an object, The Bowie Neurotrasmitter is a pleasing thing: it has been constructed with care from a far sturdier piece of paper than the paper I buy for my printer at work, and when you hold it you get to feel like a giant reading a normal magazine. The text inside is small, but satisfyingly so – the A7-size pages contain as many words as most "full size" books, and it is not difficult to read – you just have to hold it closer to your face than a normal volume. The literary content is a single essay, probably around 3,000 words, and it deals with Medina's personal life and personal psychological connection to Bowie – one she believes most people have, embedded in their Bowie Neurotransmitter.
Medina's writing is sweet and hopeful, personal and general. There's a firm tone of happiness and optimism that – as an unhappy man – I cannot relate to, but Medina doesn't veer into the "uplifting memes" style of overwhelming positivity. She's a happy woman, reflecting on the positive things given to her life by David Bowie, and that is a valid and valuable thing. Medina writes about translating David Bowie lyrics into her native Spanish as a teenager, which is understandably amusing: "Snag? Flickers? … Droog … ? Not in dictionary … America's tortured brow? Freak out in a moonage daydream?" Bowie's lyrics do often seem impenetrable at first glance, but there is always some meaning, even if it is obtuse.2
The Bowie Neurotransmitter discusses Bowie's influence on Medina's life, on her relationships with friends and lovers, and it's an entertaining and engaging read. She discusses public grief and social media's central importance in many people's lives, she writes warmly about Bowie's development and alterations as an artist (I'm trying not to write ch-ch-changes again) and how they matched hers. As Medina grew up, Bowie grew up too, and she became an adult pleased to have enjoyed the intersection of her life and his artistic output. This is personal, engaging and warm writing, and I firmly enjoyed reading it. Medina evokes youth and ageing and excitement and all those other things music makes you think of. It's full of references to Bowie's lyrics, Bowie's messages and Bowie's life, and it's a fitting and heartfelt tribute to an iconic artist.
To try and get hold of a copy, click here to visit Piece of Paper Press' website. You might not be able to, though, as these are distributed free and given out first come, first served. There were only 150 copies printed, but maybe you can read it digitally if you ask nicely.
Let's close with some Medina on Bowie:
it's electrifying. And it's seminal work, after seminal work, after seminal work, and sometimes listening to his music you weep, because his brilliance is achingly beautiful
1. Full disclosure, though: I saw Lazarus a few weeks ago and it is distinctly underwhelming: Bowie was not infallible. ↩
2. Inspired by reading this essay and with time to kill on a long road trip in the afternoon/evening, I listened to Hunky Dory and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars on Monday. Both were albums that I'd adored as a teenager, but hadn't returned to in a long time. Hunky Dory I don't think I'd listened to the whole way through for about a decade, and Ziggy… for probably well over half that. In my head I'd allowed myself to become convinced that Bowie was a bit of a charlatan – that his lyrics were nonsense, nonsensical, and the fact that he is so lauded by the general public meant that there couldn't possibly be poetry there, as normal people HATE poetry, and anything they have to think about (although often they like things they think they have to think about but don't actually have to think about, like thrillers). It's not true, I was wrong. There is real beauty in the language Bowie used, even in those old albums from forty years ago. His lyrics are not nonsense, but they are difficult. Bowie's language is inventive and interesting enough to be given critical study, hence why people with Medina's level of cultural nouse like and respect him. The important lesson in relation to his popularity is the need to remember that the man in the street doesn't listen to song lyrics: it's how Kendrick Lamar manages to be a mainstream musician despite the power, anger and emotion of his lyrics. Put emotive literature over a banging beat and dickheads will buy it just to dance to. ↩
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Народилася 7 жовтня 1981 року в місті Нікополі Дніпропетровської області Української РСР. З дитинства займалася музикою і спортом, брала участь у змаганнях з художньої гімнастики, займала перші місця на регіональних конкурсах скрипалів. У 2001 році закінчила Запорізьке музичне училище ім. Майбороди за двома спеціальностями: диригент малого симфонічного оркестру, скрипалька. У 2006 році закінчила Ростовську державну консерваторію ім. Рахманінова. У студентські роки брала участь у культурних заходах (відвідувала літературні вечори, писала вірші, була вокалісткою і скрипалькою різних молодіжних музичних груп). На Міжнародному фестивалі сучасної музики «Ростовські прем'єри» у складі студентського оркестру грала з композиторами і музикантами сучасності — Юрієм Башметом (альт), Сергієм Яковенко (баритон), Сергієм Словачевським (віолончель), дуетом з Німеччини Тетяною Бломе (фортепіано) і Франком Лунте (саксофон), Гія Канчелі (композитор). У 2016 році отримала диплом з відзнакою про професійну перепідготовку — спеціальність «Режисура».

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