Peru is the land of the ancient Incas, an incredible civilization that knew how to dominate its rugged geography and coexist in harmony with the rivers, the sun, the rain, the sea and the Amazon, the mountains and the dry cold of the Andes, adapting itself to its environment and surviving thanks to the beneficial fruits of the Pachamama.
Part of that millenary society lives today in each town and is discovered in the customs of the people.
Live tourism in Peru and discover a diversity of worlds with landscapes, sounds, colors and flavors of their own; it travels through time through millenarian civilizations and shares its great cultural heritage with the Peruvians. Enjoy countless cities, destinations, experiences that can only be fully understood once you live them in your own flesh, once you have thrown your roots and destinies.
If you decide to visit Peru for a holidays and have the time to discover the highlights of many of these special regions there are several tour packages Inca Trail Machu offers that take you into the remote areas of the Amazon Jungle, many great coastal regions, the starkly stunning and mystical desert areas of the Nazca Lines and Ica, the magnificent Andes mountains and it's spectacular treks such as Classic Inca Trail, Lares Valley or Salkantay Trek 2019 and of course Machu Picchu. Colca Canyon is home to it's rare bird inhabitants- the Condors and the deepest canyon in the world. Arequipa is a modern southern city near Colca Canyon and the home to the famous 'Misti' active volcano. Lake Titicaca, the highest navigatable lake in the world is another must see and a fascinating place going by boat to the to the island people of Taquile, Uros and Amantani.
Peru is a country of vast diversity in climate, landscapes and cultures. From the high glaciar areas and the Andean mountains, lush valleys, beautiful coastal regions, amazing desert landscapes and of course the vast Amazon Jungle.
Inca Trail Machu Trekking Company is the premier company for booking professional, safe, adventurous or luxury packages anywhere in Peru. These are best deal vacation packages anywhere from a 4 day Classic Inca Trail Trek to a 20 day Peru Explorer tour. You can also build you own vacation package with information from Inca Trail Machu website and your own ideas about where and what you want to experience.
Trekkers normally take 4 day hike to "Classic Inca Trail". It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cuzco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) or 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) altitude, respectively.
Both of these trail segments meet above the Inca ruins of Patallaqta (sometimes called Llaqtapata), a site used for religious and ceremonial functions, crop production, and housing for soldiers from the nearby hilltop site of Willkaraqay, an ancient pre-Inca site first inhabited around 500 BC. The trail undulates, but overall ascends along the Kusichaka River. At the small village Wayllapampa ("grassy plain", Wayllabamba) the trail intersects with the "Mollepata Trail" at 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).
Small, permanent settlements are located adjacent to the trail, and Wayllapampa has approximately 400 inhabitants (130 families) spread along this portion of the trail. Pack animals—horses, mules, donkeys, and llamas—are allowed.
At Wayllapampa the trail to Machu Picchu turns west and begins ascending along a tributary of the Kusichaka. Because of previous damage caused by hooves, pack animals are not allowed on the remainder of the trail.
As the trail ascends toward Warmi Wañusqa, or "Dead Woman's Pass",it passes through differing habitats, one of which is a cloud forest containing Polylepis trees. The campsite at Llulluch'apampa (Llulluchapampa) is located on this stretch of trail at 3,800 metres (12,500 ft). The pass itself is located at 4,215 m (13,829 ft) above sea level, and is the highest point on the Classic Inca Trail. After crossing the pass the trail drops steeply into the Pakaymayu drainage. At a distance of 2.1km and 600m below the pass is the campground Pakaymayu.
The Inca Trail is the most famous trekking route to Machu Picchu, therefore, we recommend you make your Inca Trail book 2019 early.
If this will be your first trip to Peru, Cuzco and Machu Picchu are practically obligatory. The question is "what else?", and the answer depends on how much time you have, and what your interests are.
You can combine Machu Picchu with a number of other Andean attractions, the Amazon rain forest, or pre-Inca archaelogical sites on the coast. If this is not your first trip to Peru, the last itineraries in this section offer you something little different.
This Peru packages involves 11 days to Lima, Peruvian Amazon, Cuzco, Inca Trail and Machu Picchu.
This Peru tour involves 18 days to Lima, Cuzco, Sacred Valley of the Incas, Hiking to Inca Trail, Puno, Lake Titicaca, Arequipa, Colca Canyon.
This tour involves 13 days to Lima, Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Hike the Inca Trail, Puno, Lake Titicaca.


It is possible to use a certificate instead of the conventional public-key pair to authenticate the client host.
One of the DNS subject alternative names in the client certificate must match the client's fully qualified domain name obtained by doing a reverse lookup on the client's IP address. The alternative names may have an asterisk (*) as the first component, in which case only the domain part is checked.
If the client's IP address cannot be reverse-mapped, the IP address is compared to the certificate's IP subject alternative names.
If the above checks do not produce a positive result, the certificate's subject name is checked. If it has a CN component that matches the client's reverse-mapped fully qualified domain name or IP address, the certificate is accepted.
Also other authentication methods can be listed. Place the least interactive method first (this means usually the host-based method).
Enroll a certificate for Client. See User Authentication with Certificates for more information.
The certificate must contain a dns extension which contains the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of Client.
The private key associated with the certificate needs to be stored with an empty passphrase.
If Tectia Server is not installed on Client, create the configuration file manually and save it in the /etc/ssh2 directory.
ca-list: The pattern is a comma-separated list of CA names. The names that are defined in the ca-certificate element are used.
issuer-name: The pattern is the required certificate issuer name in LDAP DN (distinguished name) string format. The issuer name may contain glob patterns ('*' and '?') but only in the component values, not names. For example, "C=FI, O=SSH, CN=*" is a legal pattern, but "C=FI, *=SSH, CN=TestCA" is not).
subject-name: The pattern is the required subject name in LDAP DN (distinguished name) string format. Matching is done in similar manner as with the issuer name described above.
serial-number: The pattern is the required serial number of the certificate. A combination of issuer name and serial number can be used to uniquely identify a certificate.
altname-email: The pattern is the e-mail address that must be present in the certificate as a subject alternative name.
altname-upn: The pattern is the principal name that must be present in the certificate as a subject alternative name.
altname-ip: The pattern is the IP address that must be present in the certificate as a subject alternative name. Also a range of addresses can be given (for example, 10.1.0.11-10.1.0.61 or 10.1.0.0/8).
altname-fqdn: The pattern is a list of fully qualified domain names (FQDN) that may contain glob patterns ('*' and '?'). One of the listed domain names must match with a subject alternative name of type FQDN in the certificate.
In addition to matching to the selectors, the certificate must pass the endpoint identity check, described in detail in Using Certificates .
Using the Tectia Server Configuration tool, host-based authentication can be configured on the Authentication page. See Authentication.
Run ssh-server-ctl to take the new configuration in use. See ssh-server-ctl(8).
Click Apply to take the new settings in use.


Preparing to pack my hospital bag was almost as exciting to me as a baby shower or that moment when you leave for the hospital; it symbolized our new beginning and the future. I carefully wrote out my list of what I would bring and was convinced that I really needed all the items I was packing. Who doesn't need a stereo player with speakers, a body pillow and a stack of books?
Three days later, with a newborn in my arms, I realized that I had brought all the wrong things for my maternity stay — and then some!
My mistake was that I treated the trip to the hospital like a vacation. I packed as if I were going away for a week, but I didn't need most of the items I brought. In fact, the luggage became a nuisance when it came time to leave. Extra bags meant extra trips to the car for my husband, while the baby and I sat around, waiting to go home. And trust me, we were ready to get home!
So what was in all those bags? A bunch of clothes that didn't fit comfortably, my entire bathroom and all my products, several books, pillows and a CD player, including homemade CDs picked especially for the big moment. My husband and I had a blast making the CDs and thought we'd be playing them as our son was born. But it didn't happen that way. Turns out, we never played the stereo, and I had no desire to listen to music.
And those books I brought? Didn't touch a single one. Any extra time I had to myself I spent sleeping or attempting to rest.
Sure, it was nice having my own shampoo, body wash and facial products, but lugging my entire bathroom with me? Not necessary. Before heading to the hospital, I had in my mind that I would dress up each day I was there. Put on cute jeans, blow dry my hair and look my best. Nobody warned me those jeans wouldn't fit — for a long time! Of course, it did feel good to shower, but I was certainly in no mood to look my best. I was tired, my body felt worn and I just wanted to be comfortable.
Can This Eggplant Parm Recipe Induce Labor?
Fast-forward two years later to the birth of my second child when I wised up. This time I kept minimalism in mind because I knew I would be putting away all the items I brought. I ditched the cute jeans for a couple pairs of comfortable lounging pants, two loose-fitting tops made for breastfeeding and warm socks because those floors are cold. I cut the bathroom supplies in half and left the pillows at home because I knew I could rely on the hospital for those. I traded in my stack of books for a journal so I could document feedings and any other notes. I also brought a huge water bottle and vitamin waters to quench the constant thirst I seem to have after childbirth.
And as for the music? I knew I would be enjoying the gurgles and coos of my newborn child, which was all I needed.


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(Mecha March 2019) Armored Trooper Votoms: A new favorite mech show? Yes. Yes it is.
March 8, 2019 Scott Anime Reviews, Mecha March 9 comments
To ruin the illusion of me writing about all these mech shows that are getting a review this month, I finished watching Armored Trooper Votoms in the middle of November last year. I think you can now see how far in advanced I've been thinking and planning for Mecha March. Armored Trooper Votoms is a show that was released at the pace of three episodes a week for an extended amount of time by HIDIVE. So basically, I watched this show similarly to how I watch seasonal anime. Considering that Armored Trooper Votoms is 52 episodes, that's what it felt like for a while. If you followed my twitter feed from August onward, you might know that I feel in love with it half way through it's second arc. Armored Trooper Votoms just had this special feeling to it that drew me further and further into it the more I watched it. This wasn't the first I tried watching Votoms, because I tried it a few years ago and stopped for some reason so something might of put me off. I don't remember why, but I am glad I gave it a second chance. As old as it was on a visual level, the story telling in this series more then made up for everything.
Armored Trooper Votoms takes place after a one hundred year between the space forces/countries known as Gilgamish and Balarant. Chirico Cuvie, our main protagonist, had the dishonor of being a new transfer to a ship that was about to go on a secret mission to attack an allied base. The mission goal was never explained to Chirico, because he was an outsider. During the assault, he unknowingly came across the mission goal when he opened a mysterious box. It had a special woman sleeping inside with whom he immediately fell in love with. Little did he know until later that this woman was designed to be a perfect soldier and also reciprocated Chirico's feelings because she woke up when the box opened. After the operation was over, Chirico escaped this ship, was captured by the Gilgamesh forces because the captain thought he knew something, and then Chirico escaped that ship too to only end up in a city on a planet in the middle of nowhere. The war was over, but it was never truly over for a life long soldier like Chirico. And so begins Armored Trooper's epic adventure.
This anime's story is constructed out of four arcs with their own specific and unique settings. First there is Uoodo, a city ruled by a militaristic police force that is very dystopic in nature. This is the arc where Chirico meets his series long friends by the name of Gotho (the older weapons trader), Vanilla (the former helicopter pilot that is also a weapons trader), and Cocona (the stray cat) who stay with him and help him develop. These three members are also Chirico's morality pets where you can see how human Chirico is as time goes on. He also meets Fyana, the perfect soldier he fell in love with, in action on the opposite side in this arc and also finding out that they do have some feelings towards each other. The second arc is the Kummen arc which is like an adhoc Vietnam situation with mechs fighting the jungles a civil war a civil war with the secret society fighting against Chirico's side that Fyana and another Perfect Soldier by the name of Ypsilon are a part of. These two arcs are like the place settings for the final two because now that all the characters are in place, the show feels like it wants to do something with them.
Ok, the next arcs aren't as varied per se, because they are centered around desert planets. Still, they each hold some of the personal mysteries of our main protagonist Chirico in them. Chirico is a very quiet protagonist that tries to keep himself distanced from other people because he doesn't feel like he's a normal individual. I mean, he only knows how to fight and loves being in situations where can fight to his heart's content. The guy isn't much of a talker, but you can get all of that through how he carries himself and his body language.
Left to Right: Cocona, Vanilla, and Gotho
The third arc when Chirico and Fynana are alone on a space ship heading to who knows where and he and Fyana can fight the threats that oppose them is where he starts to break down. Given what his previous service was like and how addicted he was to combat, this seemed like the most realistic sense of PTSD that I've ever seen in anime. It helps that he was not right of mind because he had a fever that he couldn't control and its truly stuff that I was enamored with. The third arc is my favorite arc in this anime. While every other arc in Armored Trooper Votoms are very antiwar, this is where that aspect of the show started to appear in full steam. I won't tell you anything about the forth arc, because that's digging too deeply into spoilers.
Since Fyana is this show's love interest, I feel like I should talk a lot about her. I already mentioned that she was designed to be a Perfect Soldier, so there is that. There are some early 80's character and she is one of two female permanent female characters in the show so the traits of "woman" and "emotional" is given to her. She even mentions she learned how to cook when her and Chirico are in the middle of a jungle trying not to be found or shot. With all that in mind that, she's still a complete bad ass when piloting a mech. Nobody besides the other perfect soldier by the name of Ypsilon and Chirico are on her level. When Chirico is sick on the ship leading to who knows where, she takes up arms and defeats every single mech that opposes them. Not to mention she defeated Chirico in the first arc and so many other instances that she was involved in. Fyana is amazing, so go her! She is weighed down by 1980's tropes, but she succeeds anyway.
Fyanna and Chirico are an adorable couple
This is a mech series, let's talk about them. I love how the Armored Troopers as used in this show and their designs. They are so cool. The first thing that caught me off guard is how disposable all the mechs are. Yes, all of them. While there are experimental mechs used to emphasize a perfect soldier's capabilities, they can be destroyed just as easily as a standard mech. And then there is the fact that Chirico goes through so many mechs in this show. While most of his mechs are scope dogs and other variants, the rigidity and disposability of each Armored Trooper unit on the field of battle is incredibly consistent throughout the show. Then there is the subtle symbolism of the mechs by their color and design. For starters, each arc has their own special mech with a distinct design and color to give them their own identity. At the same time, Chirico almost always pilots a green scope dog so he is easily distinctive from the rest of the show's characters. That is unless he steals some an enemy or his personality completely changes, and he pilots another colored mech because he wants to. Maybe that could be a coincidence, but I don't think so. There is a lot of thought being put into Armored Trooper.
For a show from the early 80's, Armored Trooper Votoms is amazing compared to a lot of its peers during that time. Especially considering that it 52 episodes. Since the show is cut into four arcs, that means the amount of filler is greatly reduced and most of the show is all business. There are recap episodes, but they are well placed in necessary points so you don't forget what happened after the arc you just watched so you can go into new ones remembering everything going on. Also, like with other 80's anime, there are some reused scenes during battles. The crazy thing is the amount of stock footage is very low. While you can easily remember some explosions, a lot of battle scenes are completely original footage and it's so good. I love it when battle scenes are so original like this because everything feels so new and fresh. And yeah, insert usual speel about how the character designs are unique and how each character has their own distinct colors to them as well. I just love all of this. Everything is so spot on.
Scope Dogs are Cool!
At this moment, I can't help but recommend Armored Trooper Votoms to everyone. Especially since it's become one of my favorite mech shows that I've ever watched. Ryosuke Takahashi is a name that deserves to be amongst the bigger mecha creator names of Yoshiyuki Tomino of Universal Century Gundam and Shoji Kawamori of Macross and Escaflowne fame. Ryosuke's approach to mecha shows is incredibly unique. Especially with Votoms where the cast is incredibly small compared to what you would expect from a mech show. That means relating and getting to know this cast is incredibly easy. Then there is the strong anti-war message, the completely destructible mechs, space combat, and so many other cool and interesting things. If a 52-episode mech series like Armored Trooper Votoms doesn't scare you, then please give it a watch. I am more than sure that it won't disappoint you at all. If it does, that's ok. Different of opinion is alright. I can never be upset at people who try something out.
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Takuto's Anime Cafe says:
Disposable mechs are kinda sad, but this still sounds like a classic. Perhaps if I've got time for 52 episodes of early 80s Mecha goodness, I'll give Votoms a spin.
I know that I enjoyed it quite a bit. I'm sure you would as well. :).
ospreyshire says:
Man, that's one retro series I need to see more of. One of my buddies is a huge fan of that series and has the soundtrack on vinyl. Granted, I'm a bit more familiar with Takahashi's later work Gasaraki, but I like how he uses robots with a more military bent than something that looks like a toy commercial.
I just see a lot of Votoms because I follow some retro mecha fans that like it a lot and I've found that I like it a lot as well.
Gasaraki is pretty solid. I need to redo my review of it at some point. Also, I like how the mechs are used as well. It's so interesting and requires some more skill from the pilots.
Thay's fine. I heard great things about it and it could be something to watch in the future.
Quite true from what I remember. That anime has one of my favorite opening themes and I liked the elements of Noh and mecha.
animeheadsretroworld says:
Glad you got round to this one Scott. I think I may be one of the "retro mecha fans" you were talking about above!
Votoms is probably the thing I've tweeted about the most since joining Twitter, thank you for liking my articles on the series; you seem to be one of the only people who's read them! I'm going to get back to doing those shortly and talking about the rest of the OVAs.
The great thing about Votoms story is unlike the Armoured Troopers themselves nothing is particularly disposable: even the OVAs that aren't that important to the overall storyline (Like Big Battle) add something to the Votoms universe and seeing more of any of the characters in this series is never a bad thing.
The TV series for me has one of the best structured narratives of any anime TV show. When Chirico is wandering around Uoodo at the beginning it introduces you to such a multi layered and well realised, "lived in" world: the dystopian elements are great as is the military conspiracy stuff and I love the fact that it's just as an exciting an action show whether Chirico is in a Scopedog or not.
I also dig the fact that in the early stages of the show there's a lot not centred around mecha action such as the episode where Chirico is captured by slavers. There's always a good bit of build up to Chirico having to jump into action particuarly when he seems to be on the backfoot. It's also so satisfying when people don't know who they're dealing with when fighting him, like the episode where he takes on the biker gang.
Fyanna and Chirico's relationship is also a great part of the show as are the relationships and dynamics of all of the characters.
I can't express how damn happy I am that we've finally gotten a decent home video release from Maiden Japan. Can't wait for the OVAs to hit Blu as well.
I've also got my eyes on some more 1/20 scale Bandai AT kits on Mandarake so I might do another Twitter build thread at some point in the near future.
You definitely are one of those retro mecha fans, so thank you so much for getting me interested in this series again. I still have no idea why I stopped watching it half way.
And you are so right about Votoms story. I feel like the anime only covered a fraction of what this universe has to offer because it only covers some individual planets. There are more out there, I know it.
I think that people not knowing they are facing the strongest person in the world is one of my favorite thing that happens in anime and I am glad that Votoms lives up to that.
I do know that the Votoms ovas are up for pre-order right now https://www.rightstufanime.com/Armored-Trooper-VOTOMS-OVA-Collection-1-Blu-ray. Oh man, I need to find some Votoms model kits.
No problem. Glad we got you passionate about the series.😀 Yeah i've got the 1st OVA set on pre-order already! My fiancee was kind enough to buy me the complete TV series on Blu Ray for my birthday…. so roll on the 17th April! A lot of Votoms stuff can be expensive but you have the benefit of a friend who's researched decades worth of merch. My favourite kits are the Bandai 1/20 scale (they were the ones I dedicated build threads to on Twitter). There's also some very good completed pre-built figures. All depends on what scale/style you like really. PM me on Twitter if you don't know where to start. The Japanese shop chain Mandarake has the best prices. You'll need to translate the page but they ship worldwide. What's great about them is they're a chain that buys entire collections and sells 2nd hand stuff. They often get uncompleted models or unopened figures from people who didn't open em and you get em much cheaper than the aftermarket prices on ebay and the like. I've got my eyes on some rare bandai exclusives and limited editions they produced which go for crazy prices elsewhere but are sold there for retail price or just under. Mandarake is a godamn goldmine. Always finding amazing merch there. I dread to think how much it'd cost to buy everything on my wishlist.
Thank you, I'll keep an eye on that website but not going to do anything now because I might me moving soon.

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Have been abit quiet lately but last few days have been busy on the painting table and gaming table. First the new models and I got 4 destroyers and my Valley class airship done on Saturday. Love the airship and think I will have to get a sky fortress very soon especaily after todays game (but more of that later).
So the reason for my painting flurry was that I had a game scheduled at OMTS today vs Bill and his Covenant of Antartica. We played 850 points as an upcoming tournament we are both going in was the same.
The COA just after deployment. The destroyers in the centre were to feel the early firepower of the FSA.
To sum it all up the COA pushed forward but the FSA crusiers took out a couple of destroyers while the FSA destroyers blew a cruiser out of the water with their rockets.
The fsa lost a couple of destroyers to the COA battleship but inflicted alot of hurt on the COA crusiers who were eventually completly destoyed by some FSA tiny flyer torpedo bombers and the sky fortress that sailed up the middle broadsiding everyone who got close. The coa meduim flyers popped up and destroyed a couple of FSA cruisers. The sky fortress finished both flyers with bombs and a broadside (double 1s helped). On the left flank the John Henrys came straight at the COA sky fortress and over a couple of turns to 4 HPs of damage and although damaged themselves all stayed in one piece. The two battleships slugged it out on the flank with the FSA battleship taking a minor points decision.
It was at this stage we called the game (lunch time) which was looking like a probable FSA victory with only a damaged COA sky fortress and battleship left.
FSA tiny flyers have just taken out a COA cruiser and face the wrath of the COA tiny flyer fighters.
Good game and probably cemented my force choice for Tagcon. The sky fortress was great, the destroyers at RB 3 are deadly to virtually anything and the robots... why they're just flying robots so are my first choice everytime.


Kiwi tech exporters are a long way behind their US counterparts in some key areas of marketing and selling their products, particularly using 'cloud' or internet-based technology. The problem is their teams work alone.
The 'lone wolf' mindset to selling is New Zealand's biggest shortfall, according to a survey by latest Market Measures survey conducted by marketing advisory firms Concentrate and Swaytech.
What is the 'lone wolf' mind? This mindset applies those who "rely on a talented sales person or sales team to do everything from finding prospects through to securing a sale, which restricts their ability to efficiently grow a company of scale," says Owen Scott, managing director of Concentrate.
The alternative, he says, and more efficient approach is the 'pack' approach, where a suite of indirect tactics are used to find, nurture and qualify sales leads for the sales team to convert to customers.
Thirty percent of the firms in the survey were over 10 years old, but over 70% of them record annual turnover under $5 million.
"Benchmarks we have sourced from the world's most successful technology industry, the USA, show indirect tactics (e.g. direct marketing, advertising, email marketing, social media) deliver 80% of their sales leads, compared to 23% for the average Kiwi technology company in this study," says Scott.
"Faster and more sustainable growth comes from focussing on a market, undertaking indirect activities to warm that market and qualify and generate sales leads for a sales force then to convert," he says.
Bob Pinchin, director of Swaytech, says the exciting aspect of the study is that much of this indirect activity can be driven remotely over the internet.
"In almost any business, part of the buying process is conducted online, giving our tech companies the opportunity to reach them cost effectively," says Pinchin.
The study found firms need to better embrace the internet as a channel to support their sales, produce the right kind of marketing content for online channels, and use social media much more aggressively.
Here's what technology companies can do to lift performance.
1. Value digital marketing more: have a broader realisation that much of the buying process in virtually any market is occurring online (50% thought this situation hadn't changed in the last 12 months, contrary to industry data).
2. Reduce the marketing 'fluff': produce the right kind of tools to generate and nurture sales leads. Generate useful content, not marketing 'brochureware' (less than 30% produce 'thought leadership' type content, as opposed to 75% of US firms).
3. Get more social: our US counterparts are embracing social media aggressively and applying it differently. We are a long way off the pace (98% of USA tech companies use social media, compared to 68% of local firms).
Participants: 305 New Zealand technology companies completed the 2014 survey.
Age: 53% were established firms, 33% characterised themselves as early growth and 14% as start-ups, with the majority either software, IT services or electronics companies.
Main focus: 77% are focused on exporting, mostly to Australia, US, UK.
Size: Average annual turnover growth was 38%. They spend spend an average of 27% of turnover on sales and marketing. Early growth companies (31%) spent more than mature tech companies (23%).
The annual Market Measures survey, operating since 2009, draws data from over 300 New Zealand-based technology companies on their approach to marketing and selling their products. Technology marketing consultancy Concentrate organises the survey along with technology marketing specialists Swaytech. Deloitte and AJ Park are the principal sponsors of the 2014 Market Measures survey.


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Q: How to combine different editions of the same book in Calibre? I have the first and second editions of the same book with me. If I include them in Calibre, they are shown as separate entities.
Rather, I want them to be shown together (like, how files of the same book but different file types, are shown together).
How to do this?

A: My suggestion is to select the two book records of different format, and do as follows,

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*Edit metadata

*Merge book records,

*Merge only format into first selected book - delete others

Or for short cut, select the two book records with different format, "ALT SHIFT M"
BTW, I've read in previous version Calibre used this option for merging them,

Turn on the autosort/automerge option located at
  Preferences|Add/Save|"If books with similar author and title found
  ...."
It will cause Calibre to identify the second book by author and title,
  determine if there is another matching book with that author/title and
  then add the new format to the existing matching record.

My version is calibre 0.8.38

A: In 3.28.0 version of Calibre to enable auto-merge feature go to Preferences, then Adding books in Import/export group, than to the tab Adding actions and set the check mark against the item Auto-merge added books if they already exists.
You can also choose from the drop-down menu next to the checkbox what exactly shall happen with the duplicate: ignore duplicate incoming formats, overwrite existing duplicate formats, create new record for each duplicate format.

A: I have been looking for the answer to that also.
From what I have found you have to add them as two separate books. Make the title contain the edition info.
If you add them with same metadata the last one will overwrite the previous one.

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UN human rights experts urge Iran to protect Bahá'í cemetery in Shiraz
GENEVA (4 September 2014) – Three United Nations experts on human rights in Iran , freedom of religion, and minority issues have today renewed an appeal to the Government of Iran to stop the destruction of a Bahá'í cemetery in Shiraz by Revolutionary Guards.
"We are dismayed by reports that excavation work has resumed at the cemetery, where at least 950 members of the Bahá'í faith were buried," the experts said.
"Cemeteries, like places of worship, are an essential part of how people exercise and manifest their right to freedom of religion or belief. Their significance goes beyond their physical presence," said Heiner Bielefeldt, Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief. "Attacks on cemeteries are unacceptable and are a deliberate violation of freedom of religion or belief. The Government of Iran must take urgent action."
Revolutionary Guards are reported to have erected a sign at the cemetery detailing plans to build a cultural and sports centre, mosque, library, restaurant, theatre and child care facility on the site. Remains that were disinterred during initial excavations in April are said to have been placed in a nearby trench.
"Bahá'í s have religious rites and practices for the disposal of the deceased in their own cemeteries and the Government has the obligation not only to respect them but to protect them from destruction," said Special Rapporteur on Iran Ahmed Shaheed.
The Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák, also urged the Iranian Government to take concrete steps to protect religious minorities. "The Bahá'ís have been subjected to persecution and acts of violence. The authorities must protect them from further discrimination and stigmatisation," she said. "Measures should be put in place to protect and maintain the cultural heritage of religious minorities, including burial grounds and other sites of religious significance," she added.
The Bahá'í community leaders have made representations to the Iranian authorities and Muslim clerics to save their cemetery. The three experts voiced shock at comments by the commander of the Revolutionary Guards in Shiraz who allegedly said that Bahá'ís had "no rightful place" in Iranian society and that the Islamic regime would not take note of a "foul, unclean, and rootless sect".
"Those responsible in government, religious communities, civil society organisations and the media should jointly and clearly speak out against incitement to hatred against minorities, in this case the Bahá'ís," said Mr Bielefeldt.
"The existence and religious identity of Bahá'í s must be protected on an equal footing with other major religions in Iran, and they must be afforded the right to profess and practise their own religion freely and without interference or any form of discrimination," said Mr Shaheed.
He also called on the Government of Iran to review the cases with a view of releasing the estimated 126 Bahá'í s currently in prison for organising religious gatherings, advocating for the right to education or managing the religious and administrative affairs of their community.
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Horror films which made an impact: what to watch this Halloween
Features Editor October 31, 2018
It's that time of year again. One some relish whilst others loathe. But love it or hate it, Halloween is the perfect time to sit back and enjoy some of the best horror films.
Here is a list of some of the top films which made a definite impact in the Horror genre, and are worth cosying up with this Halloween night.
Number 6: The Blair Witch Project (Eduardo Sanchez and Daniel Myrick, 1999)
This indy classic tells the story of three film students who look to create a documentary about the local 'Blair-Witch' legend. After the project goes horribly wrong, the students' camera equipment is found a year later with the found footage being all that viewers can see.
On a budget of only $60 000 and a running length of just eighty minutes, Blair Witch is one of the most successful independent films of all time. The film's found-footage form makes it eerily realistic, making your next casual stroll through the woods that little more unnerving.
Many have tried and failed to copy the film's found-footage form – an indication of just how influential a low-budget idea can be.
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Number 5: The Sixth Sense (M. Night Shyamalan, 1999)
"I see dead people." I imagine the thoughts of most students, as essay deadlines drastically make their way to your door as quick as Mike Myers on Halloween night, are similar to young Cole Sear.
Sear has a problem: he is frequently visited by dead people. The only person he will confide in is child psychologist Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis). Fans of Shyamalan's fantastic 2016 psychological-horror, Split, with James McAvoy are sure to enjoy this chilling mystery.
Number 4: The Exorcist (William Friedkin, 1973)
For some, the best horror film of all time; or even the best film of all time. The supernatural horror genre takes up a young girl who is possessed, leading her mother to call a priest to perform, as you might have guessed, an exorcism.
The Exorcist was well-known for the ambulances parked outside the cinemas it was screened in, for its fainting audience. Family-friendly wouldn't be the best way to describe this phenomenal piece of cinema. Think I'm exaggerating about its 'scare-factor'? Just ask Linda Blair, who reportedly sustained damage to her vocal chords from screaming so much.
Number 3: Psycho (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
The most terrifying aspect of Hitchcock's vision of Robert Bloch's novel is it does not deal with monsters or the supernatural but instead, as its title suggests, a psycho.
Anthony Perkins gained critical acclaim for his performance as Norman Bates, a deranged motel manager, who takes in Secretary Marion Crane after she has made off with some stolen money.
Causing as much controversy off the screen for its depiction of violence and that shower scene, Hitchcock gave the world a new vision for the horror genre in this chilling thriller about a boy and his mother.
Number 2: A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018)
Krasinski (yes, Jim from the office branched out) stunned the world into silence last year in what is the most recent film on this list with his story about a family living in a post-apocalyptic world ruled by blind creatures with an acute sense of hearing.
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Number 1: The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980)
My first memories of Kubrick's masterpieces are still vivid. I recall seeing the DVD cover with Jack Nicholson forcing his head through the door in the infamous "Here's Johnny" scene. It terrified me. I figured if a film's DVD cover could do this to me, I could not begin to imagine what the film itself would do.
Based on a Stephen King novel (who did not approve of the film) the story captures Jack's descent into madness inside a remote hotel as he tries to murder his wife and son.
Speaking of clichés, probably best not to watch this one alone folks. Much like The Exorcist, the horror took place off screen with actress Shelley Duvall reportedly being asked to shoot one scene 127 times, presenting director Stanley Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to stress.
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I am sorry you have to go through this alone, this site and group is there to help and listen. Four years ago my blood work from my primary care doc was really low. WBC, Platelets, neutrophils etc. Scared me to death! She sent me to Mayo. Blood work was still the same and I had a bone marrow biopsy. By the way, take the versed as suggested. Then another one. The findings were nothing was wrong. Relief yes, but no too. What is causing all this to happen. My hematologist still cannot pinpoint why, we look every 3 to 4 months, blood work fluctuates but never crashes. So, hang in there. One other mistake I made and that was using Google to research this. That caused me terrible anxiety. Listen to the docs. and regardless what anyone says Google is NOT your friend :-).
I am a member who has CMML. I recently found out a close friend in the Chicago area has been diagnosed with a form of leukemia, but has not been told what type etc. he's frustrated, to say the least. I told him to come to Mayo here in AZ. He can't afford it. Does anyone on the list, or Mayo folks who can suggest wher he goes in Chicgo for some help? He is scared and wants to fight but he needs to know what.
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Q: Read local text file with javascript I want to read a local text file from my local html file, so I tried to follow the solution in this thread Javascript - read local text file but the suggested solution does not work for me either:
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When I call the function readTextFile("file:///D:/test/text.txt"); no error does show up in firebug but no alert is shown neither. I use Windows und Firefox 51.0.1 (64-Bit).
I don't want to use the function FileReader() in combination with a button <input type='file' onchange='openFile(event)' ... since the text file needs to be read automatically when loading the page. So how can I make work the solution above?
Reading the thread linked it looks like others also have problems with that solution although the thread is marked as solved.

A: Complete HTML and JavaScript file as an example for reading client side data files. Client side files can only be accessed by the FileReader, specifying a user selected file.
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A: As a general rule, it's not possible to access the local file system from JavaScript, so your code example shouldn't and couldn't work because of browser security.
However, there's the File and FileReader API which would allow you to read the contents of a file from an <input type="file" /> and is, in reality, your only option for this sort of thing - You could use FileReader.readAsText() to access the files contents. This is a good resource for further information:
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We are delighted to announce Jonathan Davies OBE as the Honorary Founding Member of our In It Together Festival.
With a glittering career in sport and broadcasting, and an inspiring commitment to charity, it is an honour to have Jonathan join the In It Together family and we look forward to working with him for many years to come.
Welcome Jonathan Davies OBE.
Jonathan Davies is largely regarded as one of the greatest players in the storied history of Welsh rugby. Throughout an illustrious career, he represented several high-flying clubs, displaying supreme versatility in converting from rugby union to rugby league, proving equally adept in both codes.
Along with considerable success at club level, Davies also competed internationally, serving as captain for both Wales and Great Britain, in union and league respectively.
Upon the climax of his playing career, he seamlessly transitioned into a life beyond the field and has gone onto establish himself as a hugely respected broadcasting personality. Offering expert insight and astute analysis, Davies regularly appears on set during the BBC's coverage as a Rugby Commentator.
Not limited to his television duties, Jonathan is also a prominent businessman, boasting a proven track record in business development. Driven and committed, his career spans more than 25 years, truly embellishing his prowess as a savvy professional in the business spectrum. In addition to orchestrating Business Development at Smart Solutions, he also works at Andrew Scott, providing consultation to Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on business growth matters.
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Committed to giving back, Jonathan is the President of Fundraising at Velindre Cancer Centre and has raised over £30 million. He was awarded an OBE in 2015 for his exemplary services to charity.
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September 11th, 2001 started like any other day for me. I woke up, went through my morning ritual, and eventually found myself at High School around 7:00am, where I would go every single day of the week, save national holidays. This particular day, I went on a field trip in my Enviromental Science class to do a community service project at a state local park. It was about nine or so in the morning; we had just finished plowing a garden and were trudging towards our next assignment when one of the park rangers approached us with chilling news: A plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. That was the only information we had recieved, and it seemed that the lady herself had little knowledge on what had happened.
We proceeded as normal throughout the day, but the thought of a plane crashing into a building as renowned as the World Trade Center simply shocked me. With the little information I had received from the park ranger, I assumed that some small plane had gone off course and clipped the building, causing minor damage. I couldn't possibly comprehend the disaster that had occured in actuality. But when I returned to school that day at lunchtime, the full scope of the disaster hit me like a brick hurtling at the speed of sound.
I approached my friends at our lunch table with a slew of questions to ask. I could tell that something very terrible had happened; the mood was grim, the air so thick with soberiety I could cut it with a knife. I asked my close friend, Justin, what had exactly happened. He explained that a pair of hijacked airliners had plowed through both towers of the World trade Center, LEVELING both buildings even before I arrived back at school. Somewhere along the line he mentioned that Washington had been hit as well, but my two-dimentional mind never completely absorbed it.
I cannot even begin to express the surge of emotions that swallowed me when I absorbed what my freind had told me. Although I never shed a tear, my entire soul plunged into grief and shock, a deep and hollow pain that agonized me for the next several days.
I reflected a lot about the twin towers and how they effected my life; the most significant memory that came to mind was when I had traveled to New York City with my father when I was seven, and how we had taken the subway to Manhattan and visited the trade towers; I remember looking up and seeing two gigantic columns of steel and glass rising up almost as far as I could see, and how the sight had stole my breath; I remember how we had taken the elevator all those floors up to the observation level and looked down upon the world as if we were floating in space.
The more gruesome details of the events were revealed to me later in day via news channels, details that further widened the hole that was forming in my chest. When I saw a chronological showing of the days events, the awful reality of the situation finally made it's way into my mind; denial and ignorance quickly fell back as the truth shone. I watched as the first, then the second plane impacted; the flames erupting from the towers and the bodies of countless individuals plummeting from the windows; the rush of rescue personnel as they raced into the buildings to save the injured and wounded; the spray of debris as the towers imploded from weakened support beams, the hundereds of lives crushed in the inferno of concrete, metal, and fire; and the fog of dust as it settled upon lower Manhattan.
My selfish mind was so absorbed by the chaos in New york that I barely flinched when I viewed the images of what also had happened in Washington and Pennsylvania. I would be unable to fully accept those terrible events until much later in the day.
What happened on 9/11 has changed me forever. Whether it has changed me for better or for worse, I will probably never find out. I can only hope that all of the people that died on September 11th will rest in peace and will go on to a better existance somewhere else, somewhere where such violent acts of violence could never occur. God Bless America!!!
I was in Geometry class when a teacher came in and said that 2 planes hit the World Trade Center. The rest of the day we were all numb. We were afraid of a nuclear war. We were afraid of our families enlisted in the armed services dying in a war. I was afraid of never seeing my family again.
I was in my American Government class that morning. When I got out of the class, I turned the radio in my car, and all I could make out from the confusion of what I heard was that the WTC had been hit twice. I drove home and watched TV untill i had to go to the high school. There every one had heard by then. It is so sad. There was little to do exept help those in our school who knew they had relatives in the 3 areas. Marietta is so far from NY, DC, and PA but i had never felt to close to the rest of the country in my 16 years.
Thank you to everyone who helped and gave their lifes. I will return the favor by never forgetting the sacrafices you have made.
I was at school about a mile from the pentagon, we could hear the explosions from there. They announced their had been terrorist attacks on the PA system, but it was durting the change of classes and no one really listened. We got to our next class, then our teacher told us what happened, then there was a big explosion, it was a secondary explosion actually, and then there were some sonic booms due to fighter jets taking off. We sat in school for 5 hours watching the news... the national guard was outside.... our school was in lockdown... a day I'll never forget.


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Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
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After four years it's time to stick a fork in it, pop the champagne, and light up some cigars. Yes, the Twilight series is finally over. Five movies later (I refuse to ever call any of these films) and no lessons learned. What started as melodrama not even worthy of the CW comes the final chapter… well, the second half of the final chapter that is. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 is here and now the rest of us can breathe a sigh of relief that we never have to suffer through another one again. Okay, maybe "suffer" is too strong a word. Oh sure, there were lots of laughs along the way, but none of them coming from me were intentional. The Twi-hards will flock for sure, box-office records (at least their own) will be smashed, and the world will keep on turning.
Breaking Dawn – Part 2 hits the ground running – literally. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) is a newborn "vampire" and she has just given birth to Renesmee (played by no less than ten different child actors!). Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) couldn't be more prideful of his new family, even if their baby is a half-blood. Edward takes Bella out into the woods to train her on her newfound powers (including her new sparkling skin), then finds out that Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) has imprinted upon Renesmee (nicknamed Nessie, garnering one of very few intentional laughs). Bella is furious, but now they must decide what to do about keeping her father Charlie (Billy Burke) out of the loop for his own safety.
Bella and Edward must also find a way to keep Renesmee (now played by Mackenzie Foy) safe from the Volturi, led by Aro (Michael Sheen, still the only cast member who seems to know just how ridiculous the series is), after Irina (Maggie Grace) reports Bella and Edward's crime of having a baby. The Volturi think the child is immortal which is against vampire law and they must pay for their crimes. Ya know, die. Meanwhile, Alice (Ashley Greene) and Jasper (Jackson Rathbone) have disappeared and Edward has been collecting allies across the globe to stand against the Volturi in their defense that Renesmee is not a threat, nor immortal. It all comes down to the big "twist" during the final showdown as the Cullens and friends take one last stand.
Anyone who has read Stephenie Meyer's novels know how everything is going to end. There's been such huge talk about one big "twist." But all it really winds up being is one of films' biggest cop-out endings since Nicolas Cage's Next. Had they actually stuck to the final proceedings and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg not thrown in such a ridiculous turn of events, this could have wound up being the series' saving grace. Instead, everything is just as repetitive and monotonous as the previous four movies. The cast seems to be having more fun than usual in this outing, but that doesn't mean the rest of us are. Director Bill Condon shows more finesse than in Part 1, yet all Part 2 really winds up being is the final nail in the coffin so that we can bury the series into our subconscious where all five parts of the Twilight saga rightfully belong.
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Bosnian director Jasmila Zbanic speaks during an interview with Reuters in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on December 22, 2021. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic
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NOVI PAZAR, Serbia, December 29 (Reuters) – The director of a cultural center in a predominantly Muslim part of Serbia has called for a acclaimed film about the massacre of 8,000 Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces in Srebrenica in 1995 be broadcast throughout Serbia.
More than 1,000 people watched "Quo Vadis, Aida?", Nominated for best film at the 2021 European Film Awards, during two screenings in the city of Novi Pazar on Tuesday – the first time it was screened in any part of Serbia.
"Tickets sold out in an hour and a half," said Husein Memic, whose center screened the film. "We are asking that the film be shown all over Serbia; it is absolutely foolish to only play Novi Pazar."
Jasmila Zbanic's film also had no public screening in the Autonomous Serbian Republic of Bosnia, which plunged Bosnia into turmoil by opposing a law criminalizing denying the Srebrenica massacre. constituted genocide. Read more
Ratko Mladic, commander of the Bosnian Serb forces in 1995, and Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic were both convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for their role in the Srebrenica massacre. .
Zbanic said many cinemas and distributors in other parts of Serbia and the Serbian Republic of Bosnia wanted to show the film, but feared recriminations or reprisals.
"My intention was never to divide," she said.
"My intention was to tell the truth, and for people who don't know Srebrenica or even refuse Srebrenica to sit down and watch it like a movie about a mother who wants to protect her two children. Because it is. what happened there. "
Serbian public television, RTS, has always broadcast award-winning films. But following calls to broadcast "Quo Vadis, Aida?", He said he would not make any programming decisions under pressure from the media.
Boris Isakovic, who plays Mladic in the film, said he was disappointed that he was seen through a political lens, and not as an artistic creation.
"It is clear that (the showing of) this film has been censored," Isakovic said. "But that says a lot about the power of the film – it's a powerful weapon through which stories can be told."
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Establishing companies online in Czechia – another step towards full digital governance
On 31 July 2019 the Digitalisation Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1151 of 20 June 2019) came into force which introduces unified rules for establishing companies, entering branch offices into the relevant public register, and lodging official documents and mandatory data online.
The Directive's primary purview rests on limited liability companies, seeking to make it easier to set up companies and to foster entrepreneurial activities by reducing costs, shortening processing periods, and lightening the administrative burden. As for joint-stock companies, all depends on whether the lawmaker will make use of the option not to apply the online incorporation tools to them.
In connection with the online establishment of companies, the Czech Republic will have to create a detailed rulebook and set up a Single Digital Gateway which includes a template for standard foundation deeds (though company founders should also have the option to use their own language for the foundation deed).
The defining characteristic of the online procedures envisioned by the EU Directive is that they do away with the need for company founders to appear in person before a notary. An online option must exist for all individual steps along the way, such as drawing up the foundation deed and other documents, obtaining a business license, and paying up the registered capital. In this respect, the EU Directive introduces an important new feature: the possibility to pay up the capital stock of the company via cashless transfer into a bank account administered by a bank established in the EU.
In order to expedite the entire process, the online establishment (and incorporation) of a company should not be made conditional upon first obtaining a trade license or other license or concession, i.e., these documents could be procured only afterwards (once the company has been entered in the Commercial Register). As an exception, national law may require proper supervision over certain lines of business, especially in industries which are subject to more stringent regulation.
The legislative agenda of the Czech government for 2020 includes a law for implementing the provisions of the EU Directive into Czech law, informally referred to as bill for an amendment to Act No. 304/2013 Coll., on public registers of legal and natural persons and on public records of trusts, as amended, and certain other laws. Submission of the draft bill to the government is slated for November 2020; the bill is expected to be written into law no later than by 1 August 2021, in accordance with the Directive.
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Synopsis (from Dianne's website): In this riveting fantasy adventure, thirteen-year-old Jax Aubrey discovers a secret eighth day with roots tracing back to Arthurian legend. Fans of Percy Jackson will devour this first book in a new series that combines exciting magic and pulse-pounding suspense.
Why I loved it: Are you kidding? It's got everything! The most exciting premise ever. Action, adventure, fantasy, Arthurian legends, and both boy-appeal and girl-appeal. Plus it's fast-paced and grabs you right from the start. Bonus: it will be a series.
Welcome to the blog, Dianne! Even before I read The Eighth Day, I loved the premise. Can you tell us how you came up with the idea of an extra day between Wednesday and Thursday?
The premise of a secret day hung around for a long time without a plot to go with it, although my family never let me forget the idea. It took maybe 18 months from the original inspiration to get a sense of what the story would be about. Even then, I pantstered the whole first draft. It ended up as a 98,000 word monstrosity that needed major taming and focusing and word slashing in the second draft.
Wow! That's a lot of words. Good for you for taming that monster. Jax is a great character, so real and so likable. And I love his name, which is short for Jaxon. Do you choose names for their meanings or because they seem to fit the character?
I don't choose the names, really. The characters choose them. They tell me what they want to be called. Jax, for instance, told me his name even before I had the plot nailed down.
I told him he couldn't have the name Jax. What kind of name was that for a boy? I wanted to set this story in contemporary America, and who names their kid Jax? I threw different names at him; he rejected them all. In the end, I did a little internet searching and discovered Jaxon as an alternative spelling for Jackson. So I let him have his name.
I love the way you incorporated Arthurian legends. Tell us a little about your research and how extensive it was. Did you do most of it on the internet or in the library?
First of all, I never intended to incorporate Arthurian legends into this story. That developed in the rambly first draft when I stumbled across stories about Merlin being imprisoned by his apprentice Niviane in "an eternal forest." The description of where Merlin was trapped had some eerie similarities to the way I was describing Grunsday, or "the eighth day" in my draft. Once the idea took hold, it wouldn't let go.
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Startup Secret No. 27: Brains over Background
It's harder to hire for intelligence than experience, but for startups, what you want in a new employee is a flexible mind.
Rafe Needleman
"If you have to choose between intelligence and experience, choose intelligence."
--Rich Redelfs, General Partner, Foundation Capital
The majority of the time, when I ask people for Startup Secrets, I get advice about hiring. Which makes good sense. Companies are made from people, after all. How you staff makes more of a difference to your company than anything else.
But this advice from Rich Redelfs I found unique, because it raises a really big question: How do you tell the difference between experience and smarts?
Rich says, "Experience is easier to see than intelligence." Experience can be picked out of a resume. Experience can be explored in an interview by asking factual questions: What did you do? When? With whom?
Intelligence is a different issue. Hiring based on smarts requires you pay much more attention during a job interview. In large part, it's not about the questions they answer, it's about the questions they ask. Rich says, "I will error towards someone with less experience or less domain-specific experience who impresses me more with their insights."
But he also adds a warning: "Make sure you have some domain experience on your team or you won't know what you don't know."
I'll add another warning from my own experience as an editor: The ability to think is not the same as ability to do. But it is, at least, easier to teach someone how to act than how to be smart.
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The center of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire, was Constantinople (now Istanbul). Byzantine art, however, refers more to style than geography. It was intended as religious lessons by the Orthodox church, in the icons and the decoration of churches with frescoes and mosaics, paintings and miniature sculptures. Figures are flat and stiff, with large eyes, and often appear to be floating. While the Byzantine Empire fell to the Turks in 1453, its influence continued where the Orthodox church held sway, particularly in Russia.


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Q: Project Reactor conditional execution of independent verification step I can't figure it out, how to do this method without the if/else:
public Mono<Token> doAuthorization(InputDto dto) {
    if (isXStepNeeded(dto)) {
        return doXStep(dto)
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        return doYStep(dto.getRfid());
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private boolean isXStepNeeded(InputDto  dto) {
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}
private Mono<OtherDto> doXStep(InputDto  dto) {
    //checking something and returning Mono.error() if it fails
}
private Mono<Token> doYStep(String tokenUid) {
    //...
}

As you can see, the X and Y steps are independent of each other. Is there a nice, readable way of writing doAuthorization that does not use if/else and I only have to write down doYStep() once?

A: There is no way to do this without an if else while keeping it readable. Some options to do while keeping it readable include using "ternary operator" and new "switch case" introduced in Java 14.
Reduce it to one line using ternary operator:
return isXStepNeeded(dto) ? doXStep(dto).then(doYStep(dto.getRfid())) : doYStep(dto.getRfid());

Or use the new switch case:
return switch (Boolean.toString(isXStepNeeded(dto))) {
    case "true" -> doXStep(dto).then(doYStep(dto.getRfid()));
    default -> doYStep(dto.getRfid());
};

EDIT:
Since you don't want to write doYStep twice, you can do:
return Mono.just(isXStepNeeded(dto))
        .filter(b -> b)
        .flatMap(b -> doXStep(dto))
        .then(doYStep(dto.getRfid()));


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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is an action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 4, developed and published by Sega. It is based on the manga franchise Fist of the North Star by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. It was released in Japan on March 8, 2018, and will be released worldwide on October 2, 2018.
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Lost Paradise is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. It features similar gameplay mechanics and systems to Sega's Yakuza series. Players explore the city of Eden, fighting through enemy encounters in a beat 'em up gameplay style, punctuated by quick time events. There are various minigames, such as bartending, baseball, racing, and a playable version of Hokuto no Ken for the Master System.
The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic alternate timeline Earth. After a nuclear war, the oceans have dried up. Kenshiro, a successor of the martial art Hokuto Shinken, was defeated by Shin, who proceeded to kidnap his fiancee, Yuria. Kenshiro thus travels through the wastelands to find his beloved. He eventually hears rumors that a woman called Yuria could be found in the city of Eden - he makes his way to Eden to find Yuria.
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AFS partnered with Microsoft to bring enhanced value to our customers as it provides easy access to relevant solutions for the Retail/CPG marketplace available in a secure, scalable, and reliable platform. Microsoft's advanced technologies will also help to expand our trade, retail execution, and direct delivery solutions in critical areas such as business intelligence, analytics, artificial intelligence, and gamification—which will help our customers to be competitive.
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In the world of Azeroth, life can be cheap but saving up for that much desired epic mount can take months of labour. Welcome to the World of Warcraft, currently the world's largest MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game). In the World of Warcraft, the auction house presents the avid window shopper with a cornucopia of wonders, from fabulous swords to armour guaranteed to make you the hardest elf in your neck of the woods. To purchase such wonders, the player needs gold, something that requires quite literally hours, days or weeks of in-game labour. However visit Ebay or Eye on MOGs, a price comparison engine for virtual commodities, and you have the opportunity to convert real life earnings into virtual gold, platinum, ISK or Credits, depending on the virtual world that you alter ego(s) inhabits.
The world of Real Money Trading has come a long way since its fledgling days when gamers departing from a virtual world would use websites like Ebay to convert their in-game assets into real world money. Today it is a multi-billion dollar industry, with industry insiders like Steve Sayler of IGE estimating that as much as $2.7 billion will change hands within this secondary market during the course of 2006. This lucrative industry is now catered for by companies like MMORPG SHOP, Mogmine and MOGS, which have entire infrastructures set up to 'farm' for in-game gold and valuable items. Not only can you purchase in-game spending power with real world money from such sites, but many are service driven, for example offering power levelling to fast-track your avatar to new heights of maturity, turn you into a master craftsman in days rather than months, or boost your reputation within the world you inhabit. Sites like Mogmine offer specialised services like fruit picking, specified item farming, or will take your character through that instance that's been weighing so heavily on your mind.
What we are experiencing here is a whole new type of economy where the border between the real and virtual world is blurring. There are currently hundreds of companies catering to this phenomenon, with some virtual items being sold for hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Virtual real estate is earning real world money, with people like 43-year-old Wonder Bread deliveryman John Dugger purchasing a virtual castle for $750, setting him back more than a week's wages. According to Edward Castronova, an economics professor at Indiana University who has performed extensive research into online economies, Norrath, the world in which EverQuest takes place, would be the 77th richest nation on the planet if it existed in real space, with players enjoying an annual income better than that of the citizens of Bulgaria or India. A visit to GameUSD indicates the current state of virtual currencies against the US dollar, demonstrating that some virtual world currencies are currently performing better than real world currencies like the Iraqi Dinar.
Real Money Trading and gold farming are met with mixed feelings in the gaming world, with some gamers criticizing the fact that real world wealth can affect in-game prestige and capabilities. Critics of the secondary market believe that such activities within the virtual economies intrude on the fantasy and provide the more economically empowered with an unfair in-game advantage. However this ignores the real world fact that earning money and advancing one's character within a virtual world takes a good deal of time, and some gamers have more money than time on their hands. The average age for gamers is 27, and approximately half of all gamers are in full time employment. For a group of friends playing together, it can thus be relatively easy for the cash rich to fall behind the time rich in terms of gameplay, as they are obliged to spend the lion's share of their time working their real world jobs while friends are spending time levelling their characters. For such individuals, for whom time translates into money, a few dollars is a small price to pay to ensure virtual survival the next time they enter an instance with their high level friends.
Companies set up to farm virtual commodities are furthermore criticised as being little more than sweatshops, an attitude encouraged by the fact that many of these companies reside in low wage economies like China. However, pay and work conditions in such companies, where workers are paid to spend their days playing enjoyable, stimulating games, cannot compare to that of their compatriots who spend their days mindlessly producing the components that go into our computers, or the trainers that we wear while playing. Essentially the objection is a moral one, with many Westerners objecting to low wage economies catering to this type of leisure activity. Often workers are paid partly in kind, with food and accommodation included in remuneration packages, with the pay received thus presenting largely surplus. While pay may not equate to Western standards, this type of economic activity reminds us that we are living in a continually globalising economic environment where quality of life and spending power should be taken into account as much if not more so than say a straight dollar for yen exchange rate. Companies like Mogmine provide their staff with health benefits, holiday pay and share options, along with the chance for advancement within the organisation. Brian Lim, CEO of Mogmine, comments that 'many mid- and high-level management started out as gamers and now they have equal or more pay than respectable managers in more conventional businesses.' Within these lower wage economies, these thus represent desirable jobs.
Other complaints centre around the negative effect of such farming activities on in-game economies. At Mogmine, Brian Lim's gamers play the game as it is meant to be played, but hone good techniques for gold generation along the way, thus ensuring that the work remains interesting to staff. Jonathan Driscoll comments that competition for resources has always been a feature of gameplay, and points out that his World of Warcraft farmers do their work within instances, and thus do not impact on others' gaming experiences in the least. Complaints that farmers are responsible for in-game inflation smack of sour grapes when compared to common factors like players with high level characters acting as benefactors for their low-level alts, and thus facilitating the unrealistic in-game spending power of such low level characters. While some developers do not condone real money trade on their servers, others like MindArk, with their game Project Entropia, have included the secondary market as a part of their services. Even Sony Online Entertainment, who until recently stood staunchly against real money trade, have jumped on the band-wagon with the release of their Station Exchange service, actively facilitating Real Money Trading in Everquest 2. Other games, like the upcoming Roma Victor, embed the secondary market as part of their financial model rather than relying on the common subscription model, with players purchasing Sesterces to play and advance in the game.
Such trading of virtual goods for real world money is potentially just the tip of the iceberg for the development of virtual economies where people come together within virtual worlds to promote and trade real world products. Games like The Matrix Online already sell advertising space to real world companies to promote their products to gamers who spend their leisure time within the world.
We are thus embarking on an entirely new type of economic activity, where real and virtual worlds are meeting within an economic sphere. As a fledgling economy, it is difficult to chart where this phenomenon may take us, but the sheer weight of currency being spent and earned within these economies and the development of services to monitor real to virtual exchange rates and market prices indicates that they are here to stay.
We would like to thank Jonathan Driscoll from MMORPG SHOP, Brian Lim from Mogmine and Hayden from MOGS for their insider's view of the secondary market, which proved invaluable in writing this article.


STINAPA is taken aback with the Island Council's decision to implement the cutbacks on numerous social subsidies on Bonaire. A direct consequence of this for STINAPA is a reduction in the activities for nature and environmental education (NME).
On Bonaire, STINAPA has been involved in nature and environmental education (NME) for years at schools and for the greater public. Nature and environmental education gives the younger generations insight into the important role of nature on Bonaire and what we can do to protect nature, the economic motor of Bonaire. Through STINAPA's nature programs more than 1900 children and young people are reached every year.
The program of the STINAPA Junior Rangers is a great example for the Caribbean in how young people can be involved in nature- and environmental conservation. These teens have two activities per week; in addition to knowledge about Bonaire's nature and environment, they learn about leadership skills. This creates young people with competence for their future careers.
On an island where nature is the main attraction for tourism, it is important that the inhabitants of all ages of Bonaire are well informed about the economic driver of their island.
With this knowledge our future generations will contribute to the economic development and sustainable protection of nature on Bonaire.
Now that the cutback will be implemented, STINAPA must examine how certain educational activities will have to be reconsidered. Subsequently, STINAPA will search for different resources in order to continue this important part in the development of our youth.


Katey never expected to marry so young. She also never expected to be pregnant, or the first female loup-garou—werewolf—to give birth in thousands of years. As the embodiment of a Spirit of Peace, Katey's carrying more than just her precious babies. She's also carrying the future of her race. Her husband is doing what he can to help, but he has his own troubles.
Then Katey and Logan, along with their pack, are summoned to an ancient castle carved into the snowy mountains of Switzerland. The council is meeting for the first time since the great Arnathian civilization fell apart due to the feud between werewolves and vampires. Can these two races make peace after spending centuries at war with one another? Katey's supposed to be a great figurehead for the proceedings, but what does she know about politics or negotiating peace? After an assassination attempt, one thing is clear. Someone is determined to unleash a great evil and make sure that Katey and her loup-garou family have no future at all.


Harry got invited to the Philadelphia Flyers hockey game the other night. He doesn't like lentils, so guess what we had for dinner while he was gone? Something quick and easy with lentils of course! What could be easier than a pot of hearty soup on a cold winter night?
Making your own soup is so easy; extra soup can be refrigerated or frozen for another meal too. Homemade soups generally provide a lot more nutrients than store-bought canned soups, not-to-mention that they can be made using a fraction of the salt. For example, this recipe contains less than half of the sodium found in Progresso reduced sodium chicken noodle soup, and has 75% more Vitamin A and 18% more dietary Fiber.
You can be creative and create a soup using ingredients you have available. Here is the recipe I concocted for the Lentil Chicken Noodle Veggie soup. It made a great one-pot meal served with a side of fresh bread. I made it for just two of us and refrigerated the extra for healthy hot lunches the following days.
After working in the industry making large commercial broth batches that required using ingredients that you would never use at home such as, sodium hydroxide to adjust pH and dextrose - I rarely use store-bought broths in soups. Water works just fine and is plenty flavorful after adding in all the veggies and aromatics.
In the stock pot you plan on making the soup in, over medium high heat; add olive oil. Saute and partially cook chicken pieces. Remove and set aside when lightly browned.
Add onion, hot pepper and potato to the pot; stir. Let cook 5 minutes or so, stirring occasionally.
Add garlic and ginger, stir again.
Add water, lentils, bay leaves and remaining ingredients; stir.
While waiting for the potatoes to cook; heat a smaller pot of boiling water and cook the pasta al dente. Drain and stir the noodles into soup.
Heat thoroughly and serve with a side of fresh bread and Parmesan cheese.


The item A horse walks into a bar, by David Grossman ; translated by Jessica Cohen represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Arapahoe Library District.
Man Booker International Prize, 2017.
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Abd-Al·lah ibn Thawr, més conegut com a Abu-Fudayk (mort en 693) fou un revolucionari kharigita, membre del clan àrab dels Banu Qays ibn Thalaba.

Estava associat al cap kharigita Nafi ibn al-Àzraq, però se'n va separar i es va unir al cap Najda ibn Àmir, que aviat va assassinar per divergències polítiques i religioses. Després de la mort de Najda, Abu-Fudayk es va apoderar (961) de la regió de Bahrayn (no les illes sinó la que després fou la província d'Al-Hassà). Un exèrcit fou enviat pel califa Abd-al-Màlik des de Bàssora per recuperar el territori, però va aconseguir rebutjar als atacants (692); el 693 es va enviar una segona expedició formada per deu mil homes reclutats i reunits a Bàssora sota el comandament d'Úmar ibn Ubayd-Al·lah ibn Màmar, que va aconseguir derrotar els kharigites. Abu-Fudayk fou capturat i executat.

Bibliografia
 Encyclopaedia of Islam. Second Edition, Brill Publishers, Leiden, s.v. «Abū Fudayk».

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