{"id":340,"date":"2016-03-21T11:58:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T11:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/?p=340"},"modified":"2016-03-21T12:11:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T12:11:01","slug":"misc-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/?p=340","title":{"rendered":"Misc 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ennote\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-327\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"\" data-gallery-theme=\"\" id=\"envira-gallery-327\" class=\"envira-gallery-public  envira-gallery-1-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"1\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-328\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-327 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery327\" title=\"Girl waves flag during Independence Day in Benin\" data-envira-caption=\"Girl waves flag during Independence Day in Benin\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-test-width=\"960\" data-test-height=\"300\" style=\"padding-bottom:31.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-328\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag-1024x768-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag-1024x768-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"327\" data-envira-item-id=\"328\" data-envira-caption=\"Girl waves flag during Independence Day in Benin\" alt=\"\" title=\"Girl waves flag during Independence Day in Benin\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag-1024x768-960x300.jpg 400w,https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag-1024x768-960x300.jpg 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Benin_Flag.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Benin<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>On March 17th, the nation tuned in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aemdsSOSLO0\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">first televised presidential debate ever.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patrice Talon, Benin&#8217;s cotton king and richest citizen, is elected president. Do businessmen make good presidents? <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/presidential-campaign\/262749-history-shows-businessmen-make-bad-presidents\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">In the US, apparently not.\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><strong>Watching<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A friend who works at the Ghanaian embassy in Cotonou brought me along to celebrate Christmas with his family in Accra. I pieced together some footage I took on a Sony handycam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1170\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zluAemQsQ2w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Links I liked<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/638268\/the-unbearable-hypocrisy-of-the-indian-elite\/\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Hypocrisy of the Indian elite<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/everydayafrica\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">Everyday AFrica instagram account<\/a> &#8211; &#8220;Photographers living and working in Africa, finding the extreme not nearly as prevalent as the familiar, the everyday. &#8220;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mgafrica.com\/article\/2016-03-15-new-african-women?fb_ref=606701a13e7c45e1b13949d8f768856d-Twitter\" target=\"_blank\" shape=\"rect\">11 women who are reshaping Africa<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/indepth\/inpictures\/2016\/03\/burkina-faso-festima-gathering-african-masks-160310074232928.html\" target=\"_blank\">Great pics from\u00a0FESTIMA<\/a>, the largest International Art and Mask Festival in West Africa. Below is a Zangbeto from Benin:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-wrap-338\" class=\"envira-gallery-wrap envira-gallery-theme-base envira-lightbox-theme-base\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\"><div data-row-height=\"\" data-gallery-theme=\"\" id=\"envira-gallery-338\" class=\"envira-gallery-public  envira-gallery-1-columns envira-clear enviratope envira-gallery-css-animations\" data-envira-columns=\"1\"><div id=\"envira-gallery-item-339\" class=\"envira-gallery-item enviratope-item envira-gallery-item-1\" style=\"padding-left: 5px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-right: 5px;\"  itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-item-inner\"><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-top-right\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-left\"><\/div><div class=\"envira-gallery-position-overlay  envira-gallery-bottom-right\"><\/div><a href=\"http:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8.jpg\" class=\"envira-gallery-338 envira-gallery-link\" rel=\"enviragallery338\" title=\"A Zangbeto mask from Benin, tour accross Dedougou.\" data-envira-caption=\"A Zangbeto mask from Benin, tour accross Dedougou.\" data-envira-retina=\"\" data-thumbnail=\"\"  itemprop=\"contentUrl\"><div class=\"envira-lazy\" data-test-width=\"960\" data-test-height=\"300\" style=\"padding-bottom:31.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"envira-gallery-image-339\" class=\"envira-gallery-image envira-gallery-image-1\" data-envira-index=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8-1024x684-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8-1024x684-960x300.jpg\" data-envira-gallery-id=\"338\" data-envira-item-id=\"339\" data-envira-caption=\"A Zangbeto mask from Benin, tour accross Dedougou.\" alt=\"\" title=\"A Zangbeto mask from Benin, tour accross Dedougou.\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" data-envira-srcset=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8-1024x684-960x300.jpg 400w,https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8-1024x684-960x300.jpg 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP\/\/\/\/\/\/\/yH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/d4a8506395554445994f3f0f03c6c9a9_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benin On March 17th, the nation tuned in to the first televised presidential debate ever.\u00a0 Patrice Talon, Benin&#8217;s cotton king and richest citizen, is elected president. Do businessmen make good presidents? In the US, apparently not.\u00a0 Watching A friend who works at the Ghanaian embassy in Cotonou brought me along to celebrate Christmas with his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":345,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340\/revisions\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markhuelsenbeck.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}