During a trip to Cusco, I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Jean-Jacques Decoster, one of Aracari's top specialist guides who accompanies travelers on tours of Machu Picchu and is a rich source of information on the Incas and Andean culture. Dr. Decoster provides insider information for a privileged insight into Cusco and the surrounding area.
Dr. Decoster is a native of France, who now lives in the city of Cusco, where he is the Director of the language school and cultural center, Centro Tinku, the president of the non-profit organization, Asociación Kuraka, the French Consul and a National Geographic Expeditions Expert. He received a degree in Linguistics and Literature from the University of Lille in France and continued on to earn a master's degree and a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Virginia and Cornell, respectively, as well as a doctorate in Social Sciences from the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru.
Over the past decade, he has held the positions of Professor of Anthropology and Ethnohistory at the Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad del Cusco, where he teaches courses in Inca History and Andean Ethnography. Dr. Decoster's major publications focus on aspects of the cultural anthropology of the Andes, and he actively seeks out solutions to development problems in rural areas, specifically, the relation between native groups and their environment; human rights and socioeconomic conditions of indigenous populations; and bilingual education in rural communities.
Recently I interviewed Dr. Decoster about his education, field of study, current projects and work he does in the region of Cusco, which you can read below to see why Aracari is pleased that our guests can meet and learn from such an interesting and active scholar in the region!
Aracari: How and when did you come to live and work in Cusco?
Dr. Decoster: I first came to Cusco in 1985 as a graduate student in Anthropology looking for a topic for my dissertation research. For the next 8 years or so I went back and forth between Cusco and Ithaca (NY). Two of those years were spent in a Quechua-speaking community south of Cusco, during the time of the Shining Path guerilla. After finishing my PhD at Cornell and teaching for a few years in a Graduate Program in the Social Sciences in Quito (Ecuador), I came back to Cusco in 1997 with another research grant, and ended up staying ever since.
A: What is the work you do at Centro Tinku and the non-profit Asociación Kuraka?
D: Centro Tinku's main activity is organizing and hosting Study Abroad programs from US Universities. We also have a language school where we teach Spanish, Quechua, English, French and Portuguese. Also a small restaurant, Café Tinku, as well as a Travel Agency, Tinku Tours.
Asociación Kuraka activities center on small-size development projects, mostly directed at indigenous communities and women.
We also organize volunteering through another non-profit association, of which I am also president, called Experiment Peru, part of the Federation for Experiment in International Living based in Brattleboro, VT.
A: You've recently earned a tenured position at the Universidad San Antonio Abad del Cusco, teaching Anthropology. Congratulations! What courses are you teaching this year?
D: This semester, I teach a course on Ethnographic Literacy, focusing on Colonial chronicles, and on the limits between ethnography and literature. Also, a course on Ethnohistory for Archaeology majors, basically centered on the history of the Inca Empire. Finally a course on the Anthropology of Cusco.
A: You are currently doing research related to Inca archaeology. What sites have you been studying in Cusco and how is this different from previous research you have done?
D: This is a multidisciplinary research, still in its very early stages, looking at the spatial and structural relation between several Inca sites on the Inca trail, plus Machu Picchu, Vilcabamba, Vitcos and Choquequirao, –all of them part of the imperial extension towards the Amazonian rain forest that occurs in the 15th century. This is very different from any research I have done in the past, as I have generally tended to focus on historical documents and anthropological research.
A: For tours you often go to Machu Picchu; how has it changed over the years and what do you think about the most recent proposal to limit the number of visitors and time at the site?
D: The main change has been a ten-fold increase in the number of visitors since the 1980s. I do think that it is necessary to limit the number of visitors who enter the site. But this should be done while augmenting the qualitative experience of the visitor, rather than limiting it.
A: If I am visiting Cusco and have only 8 hours, in your opinion, what is the most important site that I should go see?
D: I would suggest a combination of sites to understand the complexity of Inca culture: Saccsahuaman, above Cusco, which appears to have functioned mostly as a symbolic battlefield, rather than an actual fortress; Koricancha, the Sun Temple, and center of the Inca state religion; finally Tipon, on the southeast edge of Cusco, a royal estate which is also a celebration of the dual passion of the Incas for water and for stones.
A: Coming from a country with one of the world's best cuisines, how does Peruvian food compare with what you grew up eating in France?
D: Peruvian cuisine is undoubtedly one of the very best in the world, both because of the quality of its products (seafood from the coast, potatoes and quinoa from the highlands…) and the creativity of its chefs.
Contact us today to arrange a tailormade trip to Cusco and Peru accompanied by Cusco specialist guide Dr. Jean-Jacques Decoster.


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May 14, 2021 Jacque Murphy
AMoA to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer.
The Alexandria Museum of Art announced it will join museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently-serving U.S. military personnel and their families this summer. The 2021 program will begin on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 15, 2021, and end on Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2021. Find the list of participating museums at arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. Blue Star Museums is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in collaboration with Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and participating museums nationwide."Like the resilience that military families demonstrate time and again the Alexandria Museum of Art is an example of resiliency in the arts sector over the past year," said Ann Eilers, acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. "We are grateful to the Alexandria Museum of Art for their leadership in strengthening community through their participation in the Blue Star Museums program this summer."Blue Star Museums include children's museums, art, science, and history museums, zoos, gardens, lighthouses, and more, and hail from all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The current list of participating museums will continue to develop over the summer as organizations are welcome to register to be a Blue Star Museum throughout the summer. Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard as well as members of the Reserves, National Guard, U.S. Public Health Commissioned Corps, NOAA Commissioned Corps, and up to five family members.Qualified members must show a Geneva Convention common access card (CAC), DD Form 1173 ID card (dependent ID), or a DD Form 1173-1 ID card for entrance into a participating Blue Star Museum.About Blue Star FamiliesBlue Star Families is the nation's largest grass-roots military family support organization, with a mission to support military families to improve military readiness. Its distinctive approach builds stronger communities around military families through knowledge and programs that address the unique needs of those who serve. Blue Star Families' nationally recognized surveys and analysis give military families an important voice that informs policymakers and its military family programs. It uses the power of its collective resources and cross-sector collaborations to make a difference in the lives of hundreds of thousands of members of military families to strengthen the troops, their families, and our nation as a whole. For more information, visit bluestarfam.org.
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BOSTON/NEW YORK: A powerful blizzard battered the U.S. Northeast on Thursday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of people and snarling travel amid a cold snap that has gripped much of the United States for over a week and killed more than a dozen people.
Thousands of flights were cancelled, firefighters scrambled to rescue motorists from flooded streets in Boston, National Guard troops were mobilized in the Northeast and New York City's two main airports halted flights because of whiteout conditions.
"Today, I thought Manhattan was going to have the streets cleaned up, but I see not," said Valentine Williams, who usually operates an electric scooter to deliver food in New York City.
The snow forced Williams, 28, to make deliveries on foot. No customers complained that he was slower than usual. "They're just surprised that I'm out here," he added.
Blizzard warnings were in effect along the East Coast from North Carolina to Maine. The U.S. National Weather Service measured wind gusts of more than 70 miles per hour (113 kph), which downed power lines.
Almost 80,000 homes and businesses in the Northeast and Southeast, where the storm struck on Wednesday, were without power.
The Boston area received 12 inches of snow, with more on the way, according to the National Weather Service. Parts of New Jersey were buried under nearly a foot and a half of powder.
The storm was powered by a rapid plunge in barometric pressure that some weather forecasters called a bombogenesis, or a "bomb cyclone." It brought high winds and swift, heavy snowfall.
Nearly 500 members of the National Guard were activated along the East Coast to assist with emergency response, including 200 in New York state, the U.S. Department of Defense said in a statement.
More than 5,000 U.S. airline flights were cancelled. At New York's John F. Kennedy (JFK) and LaGuardia airports, all flights were temporarily halted because of whiteout conditions, the Federal Aviation Administration said. LaGuardia on Thursday evening announced on Twitter that the suspension had been lifted. But the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said flights at JFK would not resume until 7 am Friday.
Passenger train operator Amtrak ran reduced service in the Northeast. Sporadic delays were reported on transit systems, including New York's Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North commuter lines, as well as the Boston area's Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority system.
"Years of Band-Aid solutions create nightmare situations when storm damage occurs," said Joseph Schwieterman, a professor of public policy and specialist in transportation systems at DePaul University in Chicago. "Replacement parts are tough to find and maintenance process turns into major headache."
In New York's Fort Greene neighbourhood, Mohammed Farid Khan said his morning commute took three times as long as usual because of train woes.
"There were only local trains, no express," Khan, 30, said as he hunched with an electric drill trying to fix the handle of his snow shovel inside the convenience store where he works.
A 3-foot (0.9-metre) tidal surge flooded the area around Boston's historic Long Wharf with icy seawater. Firefighters used an inflatable raft to rescue one motorist from a car submerged in water up to its door handles, Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn told reporters.
The flooding tied a 40-year record, the National Weather Service said.
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India's economy was innocent 2018. Will next year be better?
Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India addressing at the Convocation of Visva-Bharati University on May 25,2018 at Santi Niketan, in West Bengal ,India. (Photo by Debajyoti Chakraborty/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Narendra Modi took power in 2014 with promises to move the Indian economy to new heights and create jobs for millions of young people. But the Indian prime minister faces a painful election battle next year amid questions about his handling of a weak economy in recent months. Here's where things stand before a crucial election in 2019: Decline in growth India's economy progresses in the first half of 2018 after spending much of last year recovering from a comprehensive tax reform and shock decision by Moody's blocking most of the country's funds. Growth accelerated to 8.2% in the quarter ended June 2018, the fastest rate of any major economy. India still retains this distinction, but growth fell sharply to 7.1% in the last quarter. GDP data for the fourth quarter of 2018 are expected in February and could affect Moody's appeal to voters while seeking a second term as prime minister. Read more about India The future of the Internet is Indian My trip from the Silicon Valley in India to the "no network area" Unilever spends billions to enhance its presence in India Ikea wants to help solve the air pollution crisis in India Voters will also pay attention to Moody's efforts to promote job creation . About 12 million Indians enter the labor market each year, but many struggle to find work. India does not publish official employment data, but a recent study by researchers at the University of Great Primage concluded that "an increase in unemployment is clearly visible throughout India." The Rupee Problem The Indian rupee hit a series of record declines in 2018 and is classified as one of the worst Asian currencies. Despite a slight recovery as the year draws to a close, it is still almost 10% lower against the US dollar in 2018. The currency will weaken next year due to political uncertainty about the election and concerns about the independence of the Indian central bank. Analysts at Capital Economics in a recent note. Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The turmoil at the top of the bank deals with the darkest cloud on the economic horizon of India with its central bank, the Reserve Bank of India. Former Central Bank chief Orgit Patel abruptly stepped down in early December – nine months before the end of his term. While Patel said he resigned for personal reasons, his departure was preceded by a general disagreement between the central bank and Moody's government. The government was reportedly pressuring the bank to do more to boost growth before the election, analysts told CNN that Patel may be "no longer able to withstand" this pressure. Moody did not waste any time in replacing Patel, as Chaktikanta Das, a former government finance official, was barely named after 24 hours. The hasty pledge by India's central bank is a risky move. Das' hasty call and his government's record have raised concerns that the central bank's independence is at risk. "His appointment is likely to keep investors and markets concerned about RBI's independence because of its close relationship with the government," said Priyanka Kishore, chief economist at Oxford University. Mr Kishore and other analysts expect the central bank, which has raised interest rates twice in 2018 and has remained firm since then, will cut them in 2019. What will happen next? Many of the reforms proposed by Moody, particularly land tenure laws and labor in India, have yet to be realized. His major reforms, such as changes in the tax system and the prohibition of criticism, have greatly disrupted the economy. Next year's election may paint a different picture. "Prime Minister Moudi's electoral victory may provide room for reactivation of his reform program after the 2018 recession," said Shilan Shah, India's leading economist at Capital Economics. Shah said Moody might seek to reduce routine business routines and increase India's opening up to foreign investment. There is also likely to be another push for the privatization of state-owned enterprises. Other traditional pressures on the Indian economy, such as rising oil prices, have eased in recent months. But as one of the world's largest energy importers, another rise could hit India strongly. Whatever happens in the elections will have major implications for India's economic health. "Elections are likely to prove a turning point for the economy," Shah said.
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Ganges View
Rating: Modest
Ganges View overview
One of the few good quality hotels located on the banks of the Ganges in Varanasi, the Ganges View overlooks Assi Ghat at the point where the river Asi joins the sacred river. This heritage hotel was opened in 1990 when the private residence of the Singh family from Bihar who built Assi Ghat and its temple was transformed into a hotel.
The Ganges View retains a classic atmosphere, with marble floors and walls decorated with local paintings. The rooms are simple, but feature antique furnishings with each room individually decorated. Several terraces provide a peaceful place to escape from the chaos of Varanasi's streets and enjoy the river view. While not a luxury property, this is one of Varanasi's best located and most characterful hotels, and its 16 rooms are frequently booked out.
Open: Ganges View is open all year.
Location: Hotel Ganges View is situated on the banks of the Ganges River at Asi Ghat in Varanasi. The hotel is 22kms from Babatpur airport and 5kms from Varanasi train station.
Rooms: There are 15 rooms decorated in traditional style with original paintings and murals. All have en-suite bathrooms. Some rooms are air conditioned and some have balconies. Room service is available.
Activities: Guests can explore the sites of Varanasi, boat rides on the river. Hotel staff can assist with planning are arranging excursions.
Facilities: There is a rooftop terrace and gazebo with views over the ghat and river. The public areas are decorated with local artwork and artefacts. Guests are welcome to browse through books in the library. There are several indoor sitting areas and open terraces. The hotel offers a laundry service. Breakfast is served on the rooftop terrace or in the dining room. Dinners, which need to be pre-booked, are Brahmin-style vegetarian. The hotel serves drinks, but does not offer alcohol.
Dining: Dinner is taken round a communal table. There are separate tables on the terrace.
Children: Children of all ages are welcome.
Communication: There is free Wi-Fi internet access on the terrace and in the lobby.
Notes: Please note Ganges View cannot accept credit cards so payment must be by cash.
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"The location was wonderful - right on the Ganges - though we were led to believe that our room rather than some of the public areas would have a river view. The building was interesting and full of curios and the food was good and very reasonable though enforced group dining isn't for all! However our room was very small and basic and the shower area needed a very long hard scrub and we seemed to have a permanent leak from somewhere. We observed a room changeover which was less than thorough and that fitted our general picture of the cleanliness of the place. We were there during Holi when the staff offered a much reduced service without any warning and we had hoped for a safe haven from paint throwers but that was not to be."
Margaret Lovett
"Excellent choice, an experience par excellence. "


As you know, I am a huge fan of the messy bun, and after this collection, I am on to the top knot art form;) Its the easiest way to do and be done, add some class or sass, and be creative. Hope you all enjoy the round up!
Oohh I am in love with the 4th one! how do you think they did that? I couldn't find it on the site! Great post.
Great roundup! I tried the "messy" sock bun for the first time last weekend and my hair pretty much stayed that way all weekend. I loved it!
These images are gorgeous, I am a firm believer in the top knot!
Ooooh, I love these! Now if my hair would only hurry up and grow out faster so I can try these!
I wish I could do this myself. Can you please please please come to Chicago and style my hair for me?! Oh you will, ok great! See you soon.
The sock bun has been my go-to hairstyle this summer - love this look!
Loving buns (haha) right now too! I just figured out the sock bun and it makes doing my hair in the morning, which is usually non washed with a newborn so easy!
I love the bun in any form! I rock one almost every day. I'm going to feature some versions soon on my two blogs: Color Me Styled and Daily E (www.colormestyled.com & geturdailye.tumblr.com) and these images are great inspiration!
All so perfect!!! Lovely round-up.
This post makes me wish I had longer hair.
I love a messy bun! We must have been thinking alike this morning because I did a bun post too. Another reason why we are friends (in my head).
I love buns! They are such a great go-to hairstyle and are super functional!
Love messy buns! Haven't done this hairstyle in ages. Marking this page and hoping to try it soon. Hopefully a headache doesn't follow.
I am a huge fan as well!! Love these--I think it is time I start incorporating some scarfs. :) Love that!
I love the third one from the top. If only my fingers weren't so stupid, I would do the world's most random things with my hair!
I really wish my bun looked that good all the time! Those are amazing. I'm going to try out the new hair bun accessory from H&M, get that sock-bun look.
I'm such a huge bun fan! I usually wear them messy and perched right on the top of my head.
i'm loving every moment of this post because i am an avid bun-wearer (doer? i don't know what verb to use...). actually, my hair is knotted atop my head at this very moment.
I am still trying to figure out how to master the bun, i love it on other girls though!! great roundup Anna!
Agreed the bun is FUN!
I wear a bun every day this is a great roundup of looks and tips for achieving the perfect bun!
i believe in the bun!!! i sold some bun implants on my site a few months back because here in england they LOVE the "sock bun." :) yay!


We love this game! My 4 and 6 year olds, who love a good treasure hunt, have played with this many times in the week that we've had it. They can make treasure hunts for each other, and it's been a great way to get them outside. This is perfect if you want a cooperative game, but the board games you find are a little on the boring side for your kids – this has already gotten a lot more play than our other cooperative board games. Once everything is opened, it doesn't all fit back in the boxes provided, which I find annoying, but the amount of play this has gotten and the engagement it brings still makes this a great purchase!


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Q: Changing mutable class into immutable I'm facing an architecture decision which I need some help.
I'm creating a library that will be used by several clients. In this library I have a class named LibClass with a read-write property named aProperty and also class named LibManager which holds a reference to a Libclass instance. LibManager is responsible to update LibClass properties.
The clients can get the LibClass instance via a method on LibManager, let's call it getLibClassInstanceMethod.
I don't want my clients to have the ability to change aProperty in LibClass as this means that the clients can change my library model. I only want LibManager to have access changing aProperty.
I've been contemplating with several solutions:
option 1
inside getLibClassInstanceMethod return deep copy of the object.
Pros:
I'm always sure that only the library has full access to the model.
Cons:
Memory consumption - each time I want to get the object, I need to clone it.
option 2
Making the LibClass immutable; Every time I want to make a change to the class properties, I need to create a new class and in the designated initializer(constructor) pass the new values and the destroy the old object.
Pros:
I make the class become immutable which is exactly what I want
Cons:
When classes become big it's a little weird to always re create classes just because one property changed.
option 3
Creating some sort of mutable/immutable pair like NSString/NSMutableString.
Pros:
Not sure
Cons:
For each class there's need to be two counterparts which double the number of classes.
I'm really not sure which path to go. What would you do?
Thanks

A: One way to do it is as Jef says.
In LibClass.h inside the interface:
@property (strong, readonly) id aProperty;

In a new file LibClassPrivate.h:
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Basically, we have two properties. Both are backed by one instance variable. The one revealed in our public header can only return a copy of the ivar. The one revealed in our private header can read and write the ivar. Whatever classes need to be able to use the read and write accessors can just #import the private header into their .m file.
Just make sure that whatever type of object _aProperty is implements copyWithZone:.
By the way, even Apple mentions this method.

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Something Is Out There: Stories
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This expressive collection of short stories by renowned writer Richard Bausch confronts the meaning behind disparate lives. Bausch's understated, masterful writing invites us to contemplate the ultimate mystery we are to each other and --- perhaps most of all --- to ourselves.
SOMETHING IS OUT THERE is composed of 11 short stories formed of characters who never meet each other and remain completely separate. A large number of them are couples --- some married and monogamous, others not so --- and some who are simply looking for something else. There are musicians struggling with a faltering marriage, a son attempting to support his dying mother through her last days, a chaste reverend and his adulterous wife, a spoiled son who witnesses a crime, a group of golfing buddies who conceal a secret from each other, a mother whose children have become endangered by her husband's crime, a man who falls in love with his brother's wife, a waitress who becomes obsessed by an older man who drops a note in a cafe, a group of couples at a restaurant who are becoming closer to each other and some growing further apart, an immigrant couple who is attempting to start a life in America, and last --- and most astounding of all --- a priest who becomes baffled by the curious confessions of a precocious and intelligent child.
In these articulate and subtly penetrating short stories, Bausch uses his considerable gifts to ask readers to question --- without ever really asking --- the significance behind all of these unrelated lives. His characters are people preoccupied by their struggles, with all of their passions, suffering and weaknesses laid pathetically bare for others to see. The truth, Bausch shows us, ultimately lies somewhere deep within, but reason and consequence have become totally obscured behind personal sentiment. Any impulse for readers to stand back and critique a character's goodness, honesty or actions within the stories seems to somehow dissolve throughout the process of reading, evolving into simple questions that arise from observing in the distance.
Buried within Bausch's stories somewhere are the underlying themes, but they are never put forth so brazenly that readers are left unchallenged to really consider. Reading his book, I found myself wondering again and again what exactly he meant to convey, recognizing that any number of readers are likely to come up with different ideas. One of his greater themes, as I comprehended, is best expressed by the words of Thoreau: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them." That people are a mystery even to themselves unquestionably plays a major role in these stories. And also that the truth becomes somehow lost --- oftentimes completely --- in how we feel as flawed and emotional human beings.
Bausch's stories will leave readers pondering human connections and the greater meanings in life but not necessarily as we are accustomed to thinking about them. The process of witnessing the desperation, passions, fragility and even the thoughtlessness of these characters may surprise you as it changes your thought processes more than you believed it could. In SOMETHING IS OUT THERE, Bausch has created an extraordinary book that will surprise readers and leave them philosophizing over big ideas for a long time after they've turned the last page.
Reviewed by Melanie Smith on January 23, 2011
Genres: Fiction, Short Stories
Publisher: Knopf
Richard Bausch


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We code the web used to run on Wordpress. And don't get me wrong, Wordpress is fine. A blog like this is the perfect case for Wordpress, it's not too complicated and content focused. Wordpress has a really nice, user friendly admin panel, everyone can use it.
But there are a few problems. One is that Wordpress can be unpredictable; after updating a bug can appear and you would have no idea where it is coming from. A blog like this is too small to have staging environments or whatsoever, you just want it to work right away. Also it is a little clunky to setup. You'll need a server that's running PHP and MySQL. Then you need to create a database for your blog to store it's data on, so it's pretty much tied to the server now. Not very flexible.
Last but not least, Wordpress can be quite slow. Consumer grade web hosting servers (like the one I use), are often not very fast. Remember that every time a user requests a page, the server has to generate that page with PHP and then send it back. There are plugins like WP Supercache that partially solve this by caching that page, but still, the PHP code has to run and that gives extra delay.
Here's a performance measurement I did with Securi that Smashing Magazine also did for an article about static website generation with their website.
Static loading speeds are much faster as you can see!
So how do oldschool static websites solve this problem? I mean, it's not very convenient to manage seperate HTML files right? That's why we can leverage static website generation. You don't create each page manually, but generate them, from markdown.
The above piece of code will render the post.ejs template for each post there is in the list.
We now just have our website in a folder and we can test it locally, or upload it to a web host. It doesn't matter, it's just HTML! It will also be very fast! As soon as the user enters a page, the web server can immidiately serve the HTML, without any processing!
This is all very nice and it works well for blogs, but there are some cons.
It seems like there are a lot of cons. But for a regular blog and a blogger with some technical knowledge, these cons are no real drawbacks. Also, using markdown is a breeze and there are a lot of editors out there. At least, I'm happy with it and I hope you like the result!


Angioletta, a 86 years old grandmother who lives in an internal displaced camp, returns to her home village.
Angelina goes back to Aboke College dormitory where the LRA rebels have abducted her daughter Charlotte 8 years earlier.
Caroline, a night commuter, walks to town to seek refugee for the night.
Women living in internal displaced camp talk about their difficult living conditions.


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This shelf was delivered on time without defects.Easy to put together.It looks great after assembly.You can put anything you want on the shelf.I would like to recommend this product to my neighbor.


At BUHS, transferable skills are a broad set of knowledge, skills, and work habits that we believe are critically important to success in today's world. Our requirement for students to demonstrate these transferable skills is also based on conversations with local employers about skills they feel are important for employees.
BUHS students must be able to document proficiency in each of these skills four times during their high school career in order to graduate. Students are able to demonstrate proficiency in these transferable skills through successful completion of their classwork in BUHS courses.
The BUHS graduation requirement for transferable skills is documented demonstration of each transferable skill twice in the 9th and 10th grade years, and twice again in the 11th and 12th grade years, for a total of four demonstrations of each skill during a student's high school career.


These are all SO adorable!!! I think I may have to add a few more end of the year crafts to the list.
I have most of those, but found some new ones...THANK YOU!!!
Thank you for the shout out! Those are all super cute packs!!
These are so great!!! And since I have 4 more weeks left, I could probably fit in most of these! :) You are the best, April!
Thanks for the shout out April!
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Thanks for including us April! Have a great summer!


A Docker registry is a storage and content delivery system that holds named Docker images, available in different tagged versions. Users using Docker interact with a registry by using docker push and docker pull commands.
Sometimes it makes sense to store Docker images on a local registry rather than pushing them to Docker hub.
You'll save a lot of bandwidth for a big team and keep the images that you don't want to be exposed to the public safe. Creating a local docker registry on CentOS 7 is a matter of following few steps.
Follow these steps to have docker registry installed and configured on your CentOS 7 server.
The docker-distribution package on CentOS 7.4 is available on extras repository. You may need to enable it if it's disabled on your CentOS 7 system.
If you have SELinux enabled, you may encounter a problem using port 5000, consider disabling SELinux or putting it on permissive mode if you get issues.
If firewalld is enabled and running, allow the port on the firewall.
You can now start the service and set it to start on boot.
By default, docker uses https to connect to docker registry. But there can be use cases to use an insecure registry, especially if you're on a trusted network. This eliminates the need for a CA-signed certificate for internal use or to trust self-signed certificate in all docker nodes. Here are the steps to add Insecure Registry to Docker Engine.
For Ubuntu Xenial, edit /etc/docker/daemon.json and update the key "insecure-registries". e.g.
For CentOS 7, edit the file /etc/docker/daemon.json, e.g.
Now that the registry is ready, you can start pushing docker images to it. If you don't have an active DNS server, use /etc/hosts file to map the hostname to IP Address.
I'll download ubuntu:16.04 docker image from Docker hub and push it to my local Docker registry.
Tag the image as myregistry.local:5000/ubuntu:16.04. This creates an additional tag for the existing image. When the first part of the tag is a hostname and port, Docker interprets this as the location of a registry, when pushing.
If the image upload was successful, you should get sha256 hash at the end. Pushed images are stored under /var/lib/registry/docker/registry/v2/repositories directory.
On my next guide, I'll cover configuring nginx proxy for accessing the repository over https.
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I think the title says it all. At the moment, you can get the current channel volume in the status bar, but not the global volume.
Indication of current global volume.
You've got a point here. I suppose you mean the status bar when the Pattern tag is active.
Because the General tag has the global volume slider on top.
OT: While checking this, I noticed that the value there is greyed out, while the slider still functions.
not quite true as this only displays the initial global volume. the global volume may well change during a piece and it would be nice to know the current global volume, f.e. when you're doing volume slides.
Yep, you're right, some code could overrule the initial slider.
Yep, you're right, some *code* could overrule the initial slider.
code = pattern effects to make things clear.


The chic design of Kayla includes a straight arm with a tailored pad overlay and traditional wings along the back sides. The fully padded footrest and divided back cushions add exceptional comfort. Kayla's small scaling makes this recliner perfect for the petite customer. A smooth reclining mechanism lets you change angles effortlessly from an upright to a fully reclined position.


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Puente de cristal é uma telenovela mexicana, produzida pela Televisa e exibida em 1965 pelo Telesistema Mexicano.

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 Guillermo Aguilar
 Anita Blanch
 Tony Carbajal
 Miguel Manzano
 Gloria Marín
 Andrea Palma
 Beatriz Sheridan

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Telenovelas da Televisa da década de 1960
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Ever heard of impression based marketing? Also called CPM (cost per mille, or cost per thousand) or even just casually referred to as "display," these programs aren't likely to make you rich.
They can, however, boost your revenue, especially if you have a decent amount of traffic coming through your site.
CPM ads are run through a providing network, which manages and distributes the content to your site. All you have to do is insert a snippet of code where you want the ad to show, and they do the rest. That makes it a truly "set and forget" way to boost your income.
It also means that this strategy will work best if you have a content strategy that requires users to flip through multiple pages. For example, having top 10 lists that force users to click to 10 pages to see each item in the list, will effectively increase your page views by 10x the amount you would have were each of those items to be listed in a single page.
The downside is that your earnings per page view are extremely low. It depends on the niche, but expect to earn as little as $0.50 per thousand visitors, up to $5-10 per thousand if you have a high value, targeted niche.
See the complete list of affiliate marketing tricks.
These networks are all over the place. Clicksor, Bidvertiser, and Clixsense are two big ones, and even Amazon recent entered into the space.
If you have the traffic, you can also register for others, like Outbrain or Taboola, which have traffic minimums. The higher traffic you have, and the better quality that traffic is, the more and better networks you'll qualify for, which will allow you to boost earnings.


Fly from the UK to the Netherlands' iconic capital of Amsterdam and embark on MS Serenity. Enjoy a relaxing evening on board as you settle into your cabin and depart on a river cruising adventure.
This morning you are free to explore Amsterdam. Famous for its canal network; take a relaxed boat trip to get a glimpse at the best views of the city or take a walk through the central Dam Square. Visit the Ann Frank House, which is packed with biographical history of the wartime writer's life. Museums are not in shortage in the city; Van Gogh Museum is home to world's largest collection of the artist's work, while Rijksmuseum is dedicated to arts and history in the borough of Amsterdam South. In the afternoon, the ship sets sail towards your next destination, Cologne.
Watch the idyllic scenery glide by as you cruise towards the largest city on the Rhine, Cologne. Step ashore and spend the remainder of the day exploring this beautiful city, perhaps beginning with the grand and gothic Cologne Cathedral. Take a peaceful stroll through Rheinpark or check out Old Market to find a variety of shops and also restaurants and bars where you can stop for a spot of lunch.
Relax and unwind out on the sun deck as the ship sails to the quaint wine town of Rudesheim. If you choose to partake in the optional daytime and evening excursions, then expect a cable car ride to see panoramic views, as well as a traditional wine cellar visit to sample some of the region's delicious wine. If you'd prefer to organise your own schedule; be sure to visit Niederwalddenkma, a historic monument offering beautiful hilltop views. Ehrenfels Castle displays excavated ruins and can be found from a hiking path. Pay a visit to Klopp Castle, a hilltop castle offering scenic vistas from its observation deck and also an educational museum.
The city of Mainz is your next port of call, at the confluence of the Rhine and Main rivers. Join the optional coach excursion to visit the majestic city of Heidelberg, home to Germany's oldest university. Alternatively, spend the morning exploring the city at your own pace. Meander along the Rheinsteig hiking trail, which follows the east bank of the Rhine River, leading to a vineyard and the chance to sample some local wine. Mainz Citadel is a 16th-centure fortress that offers guided tours and theatrical performances and Lenneberqwald is a beautiful green forest perfect for a peaceful stroll and a breath of fresh air. For a glimpse at stunning stained-glass windows and a late-Gothic cloister, St Stephan is the place to be.
This morning you can revel in free time to explore the pearl of the River Main - the historic town of Miltenberg. Find the half-timbered houses that fill the Old Market Place, which is a great spot to bag some bargains and enjoy in a peaceful stroll by the waterfall. Another top walking location is Mumling, a 49.7km-long river of Hesse and Bavaria, where you can savour peaceful green surroundings and the sound of rushing water. Visit Wildenberg Castle with its fascinating ruins; why not take a picnic along and enjoy a bite to eat by the historic building? Uncover regional artefacts, photos, crafts, and religious art at Miltenberg City Museum to learn of the town's past times. In the afternoon, the ship sets sail for Wurzburg.
Glide into the city of Wurzburg, which for centuries served as the home of powerful prince-bishops. You'll have the option to join the excursion to visit Wurzburg Palace, or roam Wurzburg at your leisure. During your stop, why not visit Wurzburg Cathedral, the 17th-century landmark Kappele, or the beautiful gardens and chateau of Court Garden. Soak up beautiful views from the terraced gardens of Marienberg Fortress, before exploring the 13th-century fortress housing, art and history museums within. Open to pedestrians only and featuring statues of iconic saints, Old Main Bridge is an educational and pleasant walk in the city.
This morning we bid farewell to our captain and crew and disembark our ship. We have free time in Nuremberg which is Bavaria's second largest city after Munich. It combines medieval and modern life in an area filled with gothic churches, aristocratic houses, fountains, memorials and romantic corners. Our optional excursion is a great way to make the most of our visit before we check in at our hotel – those travelling by rail stay in Nuremberg and those travelling by coach are taken to Cologne. Those travelling by air set off on the return journey in the morning.
After breakfast, bid farewell to your captain and crew before disembarking MS Serenity for your return flight back to the UK.
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We've been really busy since the winter quarter kicked in; even with Doug doing all of my model booking and a large amount of the Lafayette Studio managing, two months have slipped by since my last post. I'm not going to feel bad about it though… time in my studio and time in the classroom are the most important. (I am also resisting the incredible urge to work on my garden, which has been non-existent since our painting trip to Italy in 2012).
and the Portrait Drawing Intensive at Artu4ia in Martinez, both successful and well attended.
At Civic Arts Education in Walnut Creek, along with my other classes I have been teaching 'Further Adventures in Color and Light", part three of my color class series.
So, when have I had time to post?


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She is also posting the longer 1988 article from which it came, "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies." Both pieces are offered together with her "Some Notes for Facilitators on Presenting My White Privilege Papers," in which she explains her intentions and offers suggestions for how to use her work in a classroom or other group setting. All of these articles may be found at the website of the National SEED Project.
Her "Knapsack" article is also available to registered users through the Perspectives for a Diverse America project of Teaching Tolerance.
Peggy McIntosh's papers on White Privilege are the ones most cited on the subject around the world, according to Google Scholar. Recent publications that have mentioned her work include the New Yorker (5/12/2014) and the Huffington Post (10/21/2014). She insists, however, that her work is "about my experience, not about the experiences of all white people in all times and places and circumstances."
SEED leaders are among the many who have found her White Privilege work clarifying and useful. Here is what a few of them have said:
Peggy's piece on White Privilege was transformational for me; it gave me a vehicle to understand my own experience and a way to communicate about race to colleagues, friends, family, and students, in a way that combined my individual experiences within the larger framework of institutionalized racism. Peggy's article on white privilege gave me the tools to break my silence regarding race, racism, and privilege.
— Mary Jo Merrick-Lockett, 10th Grade American History/Social Studies Teacher, Anoka, Minnesota
This notion of privilege [in "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"] shifted my understandings of antidiscriminatory work by offering a theoretical framework for viewing the dynamics and structure of oppression which helped me see ways to address the racial hierarchy without getting stuck in blame, as I had seen others do in addressing discrimination.
— Phyllis May-Machunda, Ph.D. Professor, American Multicultural Studies, Minnesota State University/Moorhead
McIntosh's White Privilege work is only one of many foundational pieces of SEED, which also incorporates writings by many other authors. This "scholarship on the shelves" (to use SEED Co-director Emily Style's phrasing) is combined with the "scholarship in the selves" — participants' own stories — to help them better understand how their experiences relate to social systems and how, by valuing these stories, we can use them as a powerful base for driving social change.
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Religion and Law: Interview with Frank Cranmer
Abdul-Azim Ahmed 6 October 2017
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Stephen Timms has always been known as an MP strongly in favour of the role and contribution of faith in… read more
Karen Armstrong: An Accidental Expert
It's rare to have an opportunity to meet your heroes, and even rarer to have an opportunity to interview them.… read more
What is Religious Literacy? – Q&A with Adam Dinham
Religious literacy has increasingly become an important term. We need greater religious literacy according to the Commission on Religion and… read more
Christians and Muslims in Britain: Working Together in Solidarity
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Catriona Robertson recently took over as Director of the Christian Muslim Forum. We speak to her about Christian-Muslim relations here… read more
Interview with Gerard Russell on Heirs to Forgotten Kingdoms
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Former British diplomat, Gerrard Russell, has published a work looking at the minority religions in the Middle-East. Abdul-Azim Ahmed speaks… read more
The Rise of a European Far-Right?
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The latest EU elections led to a rise of far-right parties across the spectrum. We speak to Dr Matthew Feldman… read more
Understanding Radicalisation: Expert Interview with Dr Matthew Francis
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Dr Matthew Francis is Senior Research Associate at Lancaster University on the Global Uncertainties: Ideology, Decision-making and Uncertainty project. This… read more
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Dr. Sedgwick is currently an associate professor of Arab history, culture and society in the Department of the Study of… read more
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Interview – Time, Space and Faith: Religion and Doctor Who
On Religion Team 5 November 2013
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Paul Vallely on the Pope, red loafers and Catholic tradition
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Chief Justice attends CM and CJ National conference
PHOTO : Chief Minister and Chief Justice conference at New Delhi on Sunday. TIWN Pic April 5
AGARTALA, April 6 (TIWN): Chief Justice of Tripura High Court Deepak Gupta and law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia participated in the Chief Minister and Chief Justice conference in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday.
Chief Justice of India H.L. Dattu on Sunday urged chief justices and chief ministers in states to uphold the constitution in "letter and spirit".
"The ultimate goal of all of us is to serve the people of India upholding the letter and spirit of the constitution. Our forefathers have defined and declared our common goal within this sacred constitution," he said in his address to a joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of the high courts here.
Chief Minister Manik Sarkar did not attend in the Judges conference due to some unavoidable reasons. Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia represented the state in the Judges conference.
According to sources, during his stay in Delhi Law Secretary Data Mohan Jamatia will supervise the teachers related Special Leave Petition (SLP) which is schedule to be heard in the register court of the apex court on April 06.
Register General will decide in which court the Special Leave Petition (SLP) will come up for hearing.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India H L Datta and other Supreme Court and High Court judges are scheduled to present in the conference, the source mentioned.
Prime Minister and Chief Justice releasing book on Chief Minister, Chief Justice conference at New Delhi on April 5. TIWN


Jesse Ventura Challenges Hannity On Waterboarding: "I'll Get Him To Say Obama Is The Greatest President"
Jesse Ventura, the former Minnesota governor and presidential candidate, vows that if he waterboarded Sean Hannity, he'd get the right-wing Fox News host to say that "Barack Obama is the greatest president."
In an interview with Huffington Post, Ventura reiterated his opposition to the use of waterboarding, which he himself experienced as part of his training as a Navy SEAL, and other forms of enhanced interrogation, expressed skepticism about Obama's national security strategy, and revealed his strategy for his appearances on Fox News.
In the last week, Ventura's debates with Hannity, the cast of "Fox & Friends" and "The View"'s Elizabeth Hasselbeck made headlines for their passion and drama.
Ventura says that Hannity cut short his interview with him before they had a chance to discuss waterboarding because he's afraid of the former governor and pro wrestler.
"He's scared to death of me," says Ventura. "It was over in a few minutes and that was it."
Ventura offered his own version of Keith Olbermann's vow to give a thousand dollars to charity for every second that Hannity undergoes waterboarding.
"I'll bet [Hannity] a thousand bucks that I can get him to say 'Barack Obama is the greatest president' -- if I get him to say it, he'll give the thousand to charity and if I can't, I'll give the money to charity."
Ventura also says that Bill O'Reilly is afraid to have him on the show. "I always want to go on, I've got something, I'm going to blast him for something. I don't want to reveal what it is so he can't prepare. But he doesn't have the courage to have me on... I saw him once in the lobby at Fox and he tells me he'll have me on and then he never does. Bill Maher is the same way."
For his appearances on Fox, Ventura has a policy of never doing interviews by satellite because "I want to be there in person, when they're across the table from you. I want to look them eye to eye."
Ventura, who has been busy promoting the paperback version of his book, "Don't Start The Revolution Without Me" (Skyhorse Publishing), says that the 9/11 mentality has paralyzed America.
"If you look at the big picture, the terrorists are winning. Not on the battlefield, but in the sense that they are changing us and who we are. The way to make them not successful is not to change. We've changed in so many ways -- the majority have no problem that we are torturing people... I've been water-boarded and I speak from experience and it's torture."
"They've changed us in that we have a paranoia that there's a crazy Arab around every tree... We're walking on eggshells now. When in reality, you have as much chance of running into a terrorist as winning the Powerball."
Ventura says that enhanced interrogation techniques constitute torture "and that it's against the law. If we're going to be a country that stands for rule of law, you can't just stand or it when it's convenient."
He refutes O'Reilly's recent argument that you can't compare Gitmo detainees to homegrown terrorists like Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols because they were U.S. citizens.
"So we can torture them as long as they're not U.S. citizens? That's nonsense. Shouldn't we be above these people? There's an old expression: Never let the camel get his nose under the tent. If he can, you're going to have the whole camel in there before long. If we allow minimal torture, it's only going to increase."
Ventura also blames the Democrats, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "They condoned it. Nobody stepped forward and said this is torture. Democrats are so spineless, so afraid to go against the tide... but dissension is the greatest form of patriotism."
And he blames Obama for not pushing to fully prosecute those who approved of torture.
"They're worried about doing that because of the toes they'll step on... They don't know who'll get burned and it'll be people on their side of the ledger."
Ventura believes in holding trials for terror suspects, saying that he's not opposed to Guantanamo if they stop the torturing and give them fair trials. "Don't they deserve to be tried? If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist too. I'd go to war against the US."
For now, Ventura is staying out of politics, living on the Baja coast in Mexico, where he lives in a house powered by solar energy and off the grid. "Right now, I'm working as hard as I can to be the best surfer I can be."


Cloneburgers won't come with warnings.
When the government approves food from cloned animals, expected in the next year, the Food and Drug Administration doesn't plan special labels. Government scientists have found no difference between clones and conventional cows, pigs or goats.
However, shoppers won't be completely in the dark. To help them sort through meat and dairy products, one signal is the round, green USDA organic seal, says Caren Wilcox, who heads the Organic Trade Association.
While many people choose organic to avoid pesticides or antibiotics, Wilcox says the U.S. Department of Agriculture label also means clone-free.
"Organic animal products will not come from cloned animals," she said.
Cloning is taboo to Organic Valley, the country's biggest organic farming cooperative.
"This is absolutely prohibited in our world. It goes against everything we believe," said George Siemon, CEO of the 700-member cooperative. "Organic is based on having plenty with what nature's given us."
"Clone-free" labels are also likely on some nonorganic food, such as ice cream made by Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc.
Still, it's unclear how much cloning will matter to consumers.
The nation's milk industry worries that people might reject food from clones or turn away from dairy products altogether. But so far, public opinion appears mixed. In a September poll by the Pew Initiative on Food and Biotechnology, 64 percent said they were uncomfortable with animal cloning.
In a December poll by the University of Maryland, the same percentage said they would buy, or consider buying, such food if the government said it was safe.
"The answers weren't yuck versus yes, not for the consumers that are provided information," said Barb Glenn, director of animal biotechnology for the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
People who can afford it will pay more for organic products, which are grown without toxic pesticides and fertilizers, antibiotics or synthetic growth hormones. Organic food is also grown without genetic engineering.
Organic is a rapidly growing segment of the nation's food market. Organic sales have grown by up to 20 percent annually; overall growth in food sales is around 3 percent.
Some in Congress want to require labels on food from clones. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (news, bio, voting record), D-Md., has introduced legislation to require this note on packages: "This product is from a cloned animal or its progeny."
Mikulski and other critics disagree with FDA, which has said labels probably are unneeded because clones and their food are as safe as conventional versions.
"The FDA has gone astray, insisting that anytime they say a food is safe, consumers are obligated to eat it," said Carol Tucker Foreman of Consumer Federation of America.
The dairy industry says the bill would hurt their business.
"A huge burden would be on every single milk, cheese and ice cream company in this country, large and small, to provide 100 percent traceability and segregation and labeling of their milk," said Susan Ruland, spokeswoman for the International Dairy Foods Association.
"This is for a kind of milk that isn't even out there yet and that we're not even sure anyone is going to produce," Ruland said.
According to biotech companies, it may be difficult to promise that food is clone-free.
The purpose of cloning is not to put lots of cloned livestock into the food supply. The purpose is to make a genetic copy of a superior animal and put its offspring into the food supply.
Scientists have found no difference in clones or their offspring, and they have detected no difference in the animals' meat or milk. That could make it tough to keep offspring, and their progeny, out of production.
"You can't distinguish these animals from other animals," Glenn said. "It's almost mind-boggling, when you start talking about the granddaughters of granddaughters of granddaughters."
For organic, some question whether clones or their offspring really go against the rules.
The Agriculture Department was asked to address cloning when the organic standards were written, a process that drew comments from more than 300,000 people and organizations. The standards, which took effect in 2002, do not mention clones or their offspring; instead, they say genetic engineering is not allowed.
That is a source of disagreement between the department and the cloning industry.
Department officials say cloning is forbidden in organic animals. The process is incompatible with the standards, says Lloyd Day, head of the Agricultural Marketing Service, which governs the organic industry. The department still must decide whether the offspring of cloned animals are allowed, Day said.
Cloning companies disagree. They note the FDA says cloning is not genetic engineering. The idea of genetic engineering is to take away or add genes, while cloning leaves the gene sequence intact.
"Our interpretation is that cloning is not excluded at this time," Glenn said.
Rather, FDA says cloning is a technology that help animals reproduce, similar to in vitro fertilization and artificial insemination. And in vitro fertilization is allowed under organic production rules. The government has asked producers to voluntarily keep clones away from the food supply until final approval is granted.


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Who is the Adventurer Executive?
In our companies and in our lives we have people around us whose main aspiration is economic survival. For various reasons (the situation or the person or both) economic survival and protecting one's own job is the goal. I get that. It's normal.
Sometimes that goal is pursued with quiet "under the radar" tip-toe steps around potential mistakes, sometimes with vicious oppression. And of course there is every variation between.
When an executive's desire for economic security is caught between the president, board or shareholder demands to fix the business, improve the business, give us a road map, a plan… and his own or her own private frightening uncertainty about what to deliver or how, then an exploratory meeting with a prominent executive job protection service is usually in order.
The advisory side of prestigious audit firms are dressed in grandeur and excellence meant to entice us into believing they will bring the very finest consultants that money can hire. The reason for engaging said advisory services is usually very high minded "strategic", "business transformation", highly conceptual [put your expletive here].
The first job of management consultants from audit firms is to protect the job of the executive sponsor who hired them. The second job, is to fulfill the executive sponsor's engagement request by producing presentations, analysis, documents, plans that justify the executive sponsor's continued value in the company. Notice those consultants try not to associate themselves too closely with execution of plans (because that's where the real work and real skill comes into play, and where things can go badly). This is why we often see sub-contractor firms, other vendors, brought in to deliver.
We've seen this kind of critique done before, so why are we covering it here?
Because the Adventurer Executive isn't about defensive behavior and job protection. We are about getting it done. The Adventurer Executive advances his or her career using accomplishments as currency, each one used to acquire a bigger and better one next time. We are in business for more than a job. We are in it for the challenge, the game of business and the rewards of winning. Of course many of us are also in business to make a difference, to change the world for better and that's the ultimate adventure.
The Adventurer Executive in any personality type.
Magnetic, social, engaging. Quiet, modest, determined. We invoke an image of someone who lives life to the fullest, whether that is something visible like kayaking or something less visible leading an organization or serving on the board of an organization whose mission is important to you. But it takes a unique combination of personal assets AND company situation for the Adventurer Executive to emerge. We could have someone with plenty of self-confidence, thrives on accomplishment and clearly understands what ought to be done to improve the business or seize the next opportunity. However s/he could be constrained by a company culture of political in-fighting, constant peer to peer criticism and squabbling over organizational turf. We could also have a relatively healthy company culture with simplified organizational structure and an iterative approach to execution, but an executive who doesn't have a clear vision of what could be done next to continue growing the business or who is more concerned about job security than accomplishment. In both of these scenarios, we do not yet have an Adventurer Executive. We want you to get there.
Has freedom within the company to do what needs to be done.
Understands the business and has a clear view of what ought to be done.
Great if you are already an Adventurer Executive. You have found yourself with the personal assents AND a good business situation in which to achieve success. You may have all the attributes of an Adventurer Executive and are looking to put yourself into the c-suite of a company where you can work the way you so deeply want now.
Why are we focusing on the Adventurer Executive?
There have always been Adventurer Executives among us. And there have always been a lucky few employees who work in teams led by Adventurer Executives. What is different is, we are in a moment of social evolution when so many people hunger for accomplishment. As a work culture, we are separating ourselves like zebra and wildebeest into distinct herds. We are naturally choosing the way we want to work and the leaders with whom we want to work.
This transition creates a problem for the Adventurer Executive. Like everyone else, Adventurer Executives have projects and corporate initiatives that need to be delivered. Increasingly, these cannot be delivered only by people on the company roster and instead we must reach outside the organization to engage consultants.
Our economy is still dominated by 20th century ideas about management and running a traditional hierarchical corporate organization. The consulting business is built mostly around those 20th century management concepts, and protecting the executive sponsor. For Adventurer Executives who chafe at the idea of bureaucratic waste in traditional management consulting, where are the people who want to get it done? Who we can trust to get it done?
This post is meant to match you, the Adventurer Executive with people who also thrive on accomplishment. So, who are the zebras? Independent Consultants. They chafe against constraints of traditional employment. They loathe corporate politics. Independent Consultants are the Adventurer Executive's trump cards who can get it done.


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The S2 Series are multi-functional products. They can operate as standalone switchers with local and remote control. However, their real power is displayed when connected to a C2 Series Scaler/Switcher. In their role as Expansion Modules for the C2 Series, the connection between the units via the Options Connector allows seamlessly integration of the S2 unit into the C2. From an operational and control standpoint, the additional inputs become part of the C2 connected Scaler/Switcher.


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Eros and Sexuality in Islamic Art
Francesca Leoni
Mika Natif
Published October 13, 2016 by Routledge
Format Paperback Hardback
Book Description Editor(s) Reviews
Dedicated to the topics of eroticism and sexuality in the visual production of the medieval and early modern Muslim world, this volume sheds light on the diverse socio-cultural milieus of erotic images, on the range of motivations that determined their production, and on the responses generated by their circulation. The articles revise what has been accepted as a truism in existing literature-that erotic motifs in the Islamic visual arts should be read metaphorically-offering, as an alternative, rigorous contextual and cultural analyses. Among the subjects discussed are male and female figures as sexualized objects; the spiritual dimensions of eroticism; licit versus illicit sexual practices; and the exotic and erotic 'others' as a source of sensual delight. As the first systematic study on these themes in the field of Islamic art history, this volume fills a considerable gap and contributes to the lively debates on the nature and function of erotic and sexual images that have featured prominently in broader art-historical discussions in recent decades.
Francesca Leoni is the Yousef Jameel Curator of Islamic Art, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK. Mika Natif is Assistant Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art, Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art, Harvard Art Museums, USA.
'Francesca Leoni and Mika Natif, curators at the Ashmolean Museum and the Harvard Art Museums respectively, are well placed to bring together this timely new collection, which taken as a whole asserts that the obvious should no longer be wilfully overlooked. The result is an interesting investigation into cultural attitudes to sex.' Art Newspaper
Art & Visual Culture
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Art & Gender
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Q: Newlife.RocketMQ message loss and duplicate I am trying to do some test with RocketMQ, and I use C# with Newlife.RocketMQ. I started RocketMQ on my pc and I see the command window open and printing messages -- so that is ok.
So I wrote a simple C# program to test this:
This is the WPF window:
<Window x:Class="WpfApp1.MainWindow"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
    xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
    xmlns:local="clr-namespace:WpfApp1"
    mc:Ignorable="d"
    Title="MainWindow" Height="450" Width="800" >
<DockPanel >
    <TextBox x:Name="txtProduce" Text="message 1" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Height="30" FontSize="16"/>
    <Button x:Name="btnProduce" Content="Produce" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="BtnProduce_Click" DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
    <DataGrid x:Name="dgProduce" Height="100" DockPanel.Dock="Top" IsReadOnly="True"/>
    <Label Content="Consumer" DockPanel.Dock="Top"/>
    <DataGrid x:Name="dgConsume" IsReadOnly="True"/>
</DockPanel>
</Window>

And now the C# code:
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
    Producer _producer;
    Consumer _consumer;
    ObservableCollection<SendResult> _results = new ObservableCollection<SendResult>();
    object _resultsLock = new object();
    ObservableCollection<MessageExt> _messages = new ObservableCollection<MessageExt>();
    object _messagesLock = new object();

    public MainWindow()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
        dgProduce.ItemsSource = _results;
        BindingOperations.EnableCollectionSynchronization(_results, _resultsLock);
        dgConsume.ItemsSource = _messages;
        BindingOperations.EnableCollectionSynchronization(_messages, _messagesLock);
        _producer = new Producer
        {
            Topic = "TopicTest",
            NameServerAddress = "localhost:9876",
            RetryTimesWhenSendFailed = 10
        };
        _producer.Start();
        _consumer = new Consumer
        {
            Topic = "TopicTest",
            NameServerAddress = "localhost:9876"
        };
        _consumer.OnConsume = (q, ms) =>
        {
            foreach(var item in ms.ToList())
                _messages.Add(item);
            return true;
        };
        _consumer.Start();
    }
    private int _i = 1;
    private void BtnProduce_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        try
        {
            var content = DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.fff") + ":" + txtProduce.Text;
            var message = new Message()
            {
                Body = System.Text.Encoding.Default.GetBytes(content),
                Keys = (_i++).ToString(),
                Tags = _i % 2 == 0 ? "even" : "odd",
                Flag = 0,
                WaitStoreMsgOK = true
            };
            var sr = _producer.Publish(message);
            _results.Add(sr);
            txtProduce.Text = "message " + _i;
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
        }
    }

}

And now I see problems:

*

*"message 3" appear twice in the consumer message list.

*when I start 2 instances of my application, when a message is sent, it is consumed by either application instance 1 or instance 2, and not both.

Why this happen?

A: question 1:after return true when consumed, the message will never comes to you again unless commit fail.
question 2: rocketmq has two ways of consuming: cluster and broadcast.
i.e: 2 consumer instances, 100 messages sent,
for cluster: 50 for consumer instance 1, another 50 for consumer instance 2
for broadcast: 100 for consumer instance 1, same 100 for consumer instance 2
consume doc : https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/4.x/consumer/02push/#cluster-and-broadcast-mode


Fusion is the name of the game in today's music scene. So few artists — mainstream pop aside — seem to stick within a single genre. Indie artists, in particular, love to experiment, blending two worlds that their ears register as aligned. Alt-country; ambient alternative; hell, Emilie Autumn's been billing herself as "Victoriandustrial" for years. It's created a richness of sound in the terrain music writers travel.
Montreal's Krystale is no exception. Drawing upon her Dominican roots and her meant-for-jazz voice, she's fused electronic elements with contemporary jazz in her songwriting. The result: a fresh feel to an established genre. New life breathed into its bones. And while that standard soul core shines through in her vocal work, there's a sensual ebb and flow of ocean tides that carries just a touch of the islands beneath the surface.
Her latest album Machine drops tomorrow, but you can check out the title track below (word to the wise: stay with the video to the final frames for a payoff). Like what you hear? Swing by her official site for more.


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Ignac Gregorač (Partisan name Vid; June 24, 1916 – May 7, 2016), was a Slovenian architect, author, and recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941.

Life and work
His family moved to Tacen after Gabriele D'Annunzio's conquest of Rijeka in 1920 and later to Ljubljana in 1923. He finished classical gymnasium in 1935 and graduated from the Technical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana in 1940, under the mentorship of Prof. Dr. Ivan Vurnik. During the studies he was active in progressive student associations. In 1941, he joined the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation (OF), where he and his brother France (Cene) made and used a printing and documentation hideout in their own house. On June 15, 1942 he joined the Partisans, where he worked as a technical assistant, organizer and political activist in the Central Technical Section (CT)

He worked in the Partisan printing-press Triglav on the Gotenica Snežnik mountain from 1943 to 1944. After enabling the printing of Partisan bonds and Italian liras, he was transferred to the CT leadership in Stara Žaga as a group leader's assistant for the Graphic Department, and later as the leader of the Central Distribution Department. In October 1944, he was transferred to the main headquarters of the People's Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia (NOV-POJ), to OZNA, where he awaited the end of the WW2 on May 9, 1945 as an acting director of the fourth section. During the war, he was a candidate for the Communist Party of Slovenia (KPS) since October 1941 and a member since October 1943. He reached the rank of major, and after the war he was transferred to the reserve forces.

Between August 25 and November 26, 1945, he was appointed director of the National Film Company DFJ. After two months, on January 31, 1946 he returned to his profession as a designer in the Federal Architectural Bureau (ZPZ), where he also assisted in the restoration of King Alexander's palace in Belgrade (Dedinje) and the agricultural laboratory in Zemun.

In February 1947, he joined the Yugoslavian technical and economic aid mission to Albania, where he met his future wife, the high-school teacher Ljubica Tafra from Šibenik, who also took part in the mission in the Ministry of Culture. He assisted the Albanian Infrastructure Ministry and also designed the wool processing factory in Tirana. In the fall of 1948, after the Cominform split, Albania stopped cooperating with Yugoslavia, so he returned to work in Belgrade at the Federal Ministry of Infrastructure.

Later he was transferred to the Internal Affairs Department of the Yugoslav State Security Administration (UDBA). From 1952 to 1953, he studied in Paris, where he specialized in planning hospital infrastructure. When he returned, he planned the Civil Protection Training Centre in Belgrade (Batajnica). Then he was transferred to the Foreign Affairs Department and supervised the construction of the then Yugoslav embassy in Washington on California Street between 1960 and 1961. Since December 28, 2001 the building has served as the Slovenian Embassy. He also provided the concept for the Yugoslav Embassy in Moscow.

In 1963, he returned to Ljubljana, the capital of the Yugoslav republic of Slovenia, which he had missed while living elsewhere. Here he worked as a senior advisor in the Ljubljanska banka Gospodarska banka Ljubljana, now SKB, until his retirement on September 1, 1972.

When he was back in Ljubljana, his fruitful publishing activity started. He had a lot of material from his wartime experiences, which he also portrayed in an article entitled "Življenje v tiskarski postojanki 11A Triglavski tiskarni" (The Life in the Printing Outpost 11A Triglav Printing Outpost published in the magazine Borec (Fighter).

Together with the painter Alenka Gerlovič (1919–2010), he wrote Likovna vzgoja otrok (a.k.a. Likovni pouk otrok) (Visual Arts Education for Children, 1968). However, his most acclaimed book was Štampiljke Osvobodilne fronte slovenskega naroda, 1941 – 1945: podoba in dokaz rojstva slovenske družbe, ljudske oblasti in države v obdobju okupacije in narodnoosvobodilnega boja (1997)(Stamps of the Liberation Front of the Slovene Nation 1941–1945: Vision and Proof of the Birth of Slovenian Society, the People's Government, and the State during Occupation and National Liberation War), about which Janko Kostnapfel (2009) wrote: "Regarding its contents and production value, this work is at the level of a doctoral dissertation in history, social studies and technical sciences, and yet it is probably little known to other historians." He also made book design for both publications. In addition, he was active in responding to social polemics of the time and helped in the creation of the Encyclopedia of Slovenia.

Ignac Gregorač was not just an architect, excellent draftsman, and designer, but also a writer of articles and two books, and a designer of museum exhibitions. He was a fighter for an unpolluted environment, active in social and political affairs and one of the founders of the progressive movement Slovenska pot (Slovenian Way). Exact, analytical, and logical in his work, he was also in favour of the People's Front and Labour movements. He remained a proponent of humane, democratic, and just social society even after the collapse of communism in 1991.

The Ljubljana City Assembly awarded the Zlata plaketa illegalca (Golden Plaque of the Member of Underground Movement) to the Gregorač family, which he accepted in 1984. He was buried in the Ljubljana Cemetery on Friday, May 13, 2016, with military honours.

Decorations, Medals, Plaques
Orders by rank:
 Commemorative Medal of the Partisans of 1941 (1944)
 15) Order of Labour with Red Banner (I rank) (February 7, 1977)
 20) Order of Merits for the People with Silver Rays (II rank)
 21) Order of Brotherhood and Unity with Silver Wreath (II rank)
 29) Order of Partisan Star with Rifles (III rank)
 30) Order of Merits for the People with Silver Star (III rank)
 33) Order of Labour with Silver Wreath (III rank)
 "10 Years of Yugoslav Army" Medal
 "30th Anniversary of the Monetary Institute" Medal
 Family Gregorač – Golden Plaque of the Member of Underground Movement (May 8, 1984)

References

Further reading
 Gerlovič, Alenka, (1979). Partizansko lutkovno gledališče. Borec, Ljubljana
 Gregorač, Ignac, (1997). Preizkušnja. Naš zbornik 1997, str. 149–166. Društvo piscev zgodovine NOB Slovenije, Ljubljana.
 Blatnik, Maruša, Burnik, Jelena, (2007). Analiza sovražnika v vizualnih propagandnih materialih NOB. Diplomsko delo. 130 str. Fakulteta za družbene vede, Univerza v Ljubljani.
 Repe, Božo, (2015). S puško in knjigo: narodnoosvobodilni boj slovenskega naroda 1941–1945. Str. 119–133. Cankarjeva založba, Ljubljana.

1916 births
2016 deaths
Architects from Ljubljana
Writers from Ljubljana
Yugoslav architects


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