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Base idea was taken from Wayne's recipe Strawberry icecream cone.I changed a few ingredients to make it taste more like a belgium sugarwaffle than an icecreamcone.Also the ingredients for the icecream are changed. I already made a batch of this last week, did came out really nice after one week of steeping. On the inhale you will taste this typical sugarwaffle that they make here and on the exhale a nice creamy strawberry icecream. Have fun with trying it out and please give me some feedback.


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Republicans nominate Lee Ann Pitman for vacant HD 99 seat
By Alisha Shurr on May 7, 2019
Helping her youngest child, who had a learning disability, navigate the school system taught her how to effectively advocate; aiding her ailing mother has exposed deficiencies in state statutes; and working as a senior accountant has developed her problem-solving and analytical skills.
Lee Ann Pitman wants to put it all together to represent the people of her community in the Missouri General Assembly.
"Now that my youngest is graduating high school, it is time for me to take the opportunity to give back and serve the people," Pitman told the Missouri Times.
The 49-year-old has been selected by the Republican Party as its nominee for the vacant House seat representing part of St. Louis County. On Nov. 5, Pitman will go up against Democrat Trish Gunby in the race for HD 99.
Gov. Mike Parson called the special election for the district following the resignation of Jean Evans, who was months into her second term. Evans is now the executive director of the Missouri Republican Party.
In the 2018 general election, the district elected Evans, a Republican, to the House while simultaneously voting to side with Claire McCaskill, a Democrat, for U.S. Senate.
"A lot of people just want someone to listen to them," said Pitman. "I think the key is going out, knocking doors, and talking to the people in the district, learning what is really important to them."
She noted that she brings a lot of skills and advantages to the table. Pitman described herself as detailed, research-oriented, and rational with a level head. Life has taught her it's okay to say "I don't know, I need to go research that," she said.
"I don't go out and do things without information," said Pitman. "I've learned today I have a lot to learn. I am willing to put the effort in to do that."
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Alisha Shurr was a reporter for The Missouri Times and The Missouri Times Magazine. She joined The Missouri Times in January 2018 after working as a copy editor for her hometown newspaper in Southern Oregon. Alisha is a graduate of Kansas State University.

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Q: Rotating a JLabel (and not imageIcon) in Java Swing I know there are many other posts about how to rotate an JLabel on the forum. But they all talk about rotating the imageIcon inside the jLablel. I would like to know if its possible to rotate the label itself.
My requirement is that I have a label that is a straight line. Not I would like to rotate it dynamically based on other things on the panel. Now if I just rotate the imageIcon by say 45 degress, the new label would take more space and probably overlap other components.
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March 22, 2018, 9:45 a.m.
"The Internet is telling you you're pregnant, dying, or both." Clue wants to do better.
"We're thinking about our voice as an empathetic older sister who happens to be an OB-GYN."
By Laura Hazard Owen @laurahazardowen March 22, 2018, 9:45 a.m.
Roughly half the world's population gets, will get, or has gotten a period. That's a lot of women who may have questions. Often, those questions go to Google. But maybe people should ask Clue instead.
The Berlin-based Clue is a period-tracking app that's also been accompanied by a lot of good writing about periods over the last couple of years — on Medium, for a time on Tumblr, in an email newsletter, and now on an editorial site run by Amanda Cormier, the former managing editor of newyorker.com. When Cormier started feeling burnt out by her role at The New Yorker, she brainstormed companies that were creating content that she liked, whether or not it was traditional journalistic content, and Clue was at the top of her list. "I basically emailed the founders on a whim and said, you guys do amazing content but I don't think enough people see it. I think you should have a hub on the web for the content to live." That's now Cormier's job, and she's moved to Berlin to do it.
There's information about periods all over the Internet, in women's magazines, on message boards like Yahoo Answers. Is it reliable? Who knows! "There's a gap between articles that are informed by science, articles that are informed by a process of fact-checking, and articles that maybe reference one interview with an expert as the source of truth," Cormier said. "It requires a different set of media literacy skills, almost, to find health information. It should be a less scary experience." In 2017, Clue's Support team received 1,368 inquiries related to health. Not tech questions or questions about using the app — but questions like "Why is my period late?"
Clue's editorial site officially launched earlier this month. In an intro post, "Why we made a website," Cormier wrote:
[It] sometimes feels like the internet is telling you that you are pregnant, dying, or both. Or that your complicated question about a menstrual symptom has a too-simple answer. The available resources usually go one of two ways: reputable and well-researched but sterile; or empathetic and caring, but lacking evidence.
There's a lot of mistrust in many of the "reputable" resources, and for good reasons. The medical establishment has made women feel like their health issues aren't real. That their pain is imagined, that birth control side effects are inevitable and to be tolerated. Diagnoses for very common conditions and illnesses like PCOS or endometriosis come too late or not at all.
On the other end of the spectrum, hundreds of health coaches, wellness gurus, communities, and independent publishers offer empathy and empowerment, but little consensus or transparency about what informs the advice, and what the financial incentives are for providing it…
We want to help close the knowledge gap about the menstrual cycle — with information that's accessible, serious, scientific, and empathetic.
We use the best available evidence to dive into topics that have long been ignored or misunderstood. Any health information we publish here has been rigorously fact-checked and edited. (Learn more about our framework for science content here.)
Content on the site is divided into four categories: Cycle A-Z, Life Stages, Culture, and Sex. Recent articles include "Endometriosis 101" (with footnotes and all the relevant scientific research cited at the bottom), "6 women working in reproductive health you should know" (like Virginia Vitzthum, an anthropologist who studies reproduction and says, "Women should not be expected to change their lives so as to manage the side-effects of a narrow range of contraceptive choices. Rather, we should broaden contraceptive options so as to fit the extraordinary diversity of women's bodies and needs"), "What advertising teaches us about periods," and "Menstruating while disabled."
Clue, which launched in 2013 despite the reluctance of male VCs to provide funding, wants to make its content relevant to as many women as possible. The company has now raised $30 million (over time, it has other ideas on how it will make money), and has more than 5 million active users. Its largest market is the U.S., by Brazil, Mexico, France, the UK, and Germany. followed by "There's a tendency for companies and publications to target a sort of urban millennial persona, with this 'Hey lady, did you get laid last night?' sort of voice," Cormier said. (A post on Clue last year: "Let's talk about the word 'lady.' Where did it come from, and why does it annoy me so much?") "There's nothing inherently wrong with that, but the experience of menstruation is totally global, and that voice isn't going to reach or be relevant to half the globe. There are a lot of companies in the female health space that are reaching people like me. But menstruation applies to so many people; we want to make [our content] relevant to the most people."
Clue's content is currently only available in English, but there are plans to offer it in more languages, especially Portuguese and Spanish. "We want our content to be approachable to anyone from the age of 13 and up," Cormier said. "We're thinking about our voice as an empathetic older sister who happens to be an OB-GYN."
Right now, Clue publishes a handful of articles a week, written and fact-checked in house. The company has a medical board that it consults when needed, but the company is also clear about the fact that a lot of research into women's reproductive health is still lacking. "We aim to make it clear if we ever share any findings which are controversial, unreplicated, or when further research is needed," the company explains in a post. "It's surprising how much fits into this category."
Ida Tin, Clue's cofounder and CEO, stresses that the company doesn't think of its editorial content as "content marketing" but rather as an essential part of the work of an app that deals in data. "We believe that creating context for the health data people are tracking with apps is becoming increasingly important," she said. "Of course, if people download Clue after reading an article, that's great," she said. "But the main goal of the company is to give people a better understanding of their bodies. The app does this in one way, with data. Our website does this in another way, through content."
And Cormier is optimistic about the ways in which companies like Clue can break down the barrier between content marketing and journalism. "If you're a reporter, editor, public health advocate — someone driven to give people information informed by evidence — your venues to doing that with institutional support are somewhat limited," she said. "Newspapers might be cutting back on science reporters. Or even if you do get a reporting job, it might be more social or SEO-driven, and not driven from the facts themselves.
"I think it's important that we broaden our idea of where we can do this work. A lot of people think you can only do editorially rigorous, fact-checked work at a big legacy publication. That's just not true. If you're invested in these journalistic ideals, then you should try to build the next version of an economic model that will help support them."
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How many of us in our clinics have seen individuals become pregnant under chiropractic care, where they were never able to become pregnant before? How many of us have seen individuals with depressed immune systems suddenly become well by being adjusted? How many children have we seen whose immune or behaviour issues dramatically improved while under chiropractic care? How could this be possible?
As Chiropractors, we have proclaimed to have a direct influence on a patient's nervous system through the chiropractic adjustment, and further claim that patients who remain subluxated will have some form of neurological dysfunction. However, if we asked most chiropractors how the adjustment directly influences the nervous system, to create these global health changes in the body, few would be comfortable explaining how this happens.
What results is a decreased certainty in the power of what we do. Many of us graduated from "scientific" schools. However, that often represented that we learned a great deal of science, yet, had little idea how most of it related to being a chiropractor. Furthermore, the primary neurological explanation that had been presented was the classic nerve pressure theory. However, if all we understand about our influence on the nervous system is removing pressure off a peripheral nerve, then we are focussing on a very small piece of the puzzle.
How could it be explained that a chiropractor that only adjusts the atlas discovers that the person's hypertension has decreased? There is no peripheral connection, therefore the nerve pressure theory cannot be the only explanation. In fact, I contend that it is a very small piece of what is actually occurring. The true connection of these global health changes is the central nervous system's response to the adjustment. We have to embrace that adjusting subluxations in people's spine produces a direct neurological effect to the person's brain and central nervous system. This, in turn, leads to global changes in a person's health and well being.
By us understanding that a spinal subluxation acts as a physical stressor, due to the strain of the supporting structures connecting to that vertebra, a neurological stressor, due to the negative information from the nociceptors overflowing the nerves up to the brain, and a chemical stressor, due to the accumulation of inflammation inside the facet joint, we then can embrace that the subluxation has a neurological connection to the limbic system and launches the stress response to occur in the brain. When the stress response is initiated, this activates two systems: The Sympatho-Adrenal System (SAS), and the Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal Axis (HPA). The SAS activates the Sympathetic Nervous System, which in turn releases Norepinephine into the circulation.
Once Norepinephine reaches the adrenal glands, the adrenal glands release Epinephine into the blood stream. Epinephine supplies energy to the muscles and heart to prepare for the stress; however, it takes this energy from reproductive organs and the gastrointestinal tract. The HPA axis activates the hypothalamus to release specific hormones to the anterior pituitary gland which in turn releases ACTH into circulation. Once ACTH reaches the adrenal glands, the adrenals release cortisol. Again, cortisol supplies energy to the muscles; however, it takes this energy from reproductive organs and the immune system.
This stress response is a normal response provided that the stressor is removed in a short period of time. However, when the stressor is not removed quickly, this chronic hormonal release negatively alters the immune system, reproductive system and gastrointestinal system, triggering a cascade of dysfunction. Chronic stress is associated with a huge number of diseases and illnesses.
By removing the stressor (the subluxation) through the chiropractic adjustment, we stop the chronic stress response and allow energy to be reallocated back to the centers that promote growth, expansion and health.
Even this is a small piece of the puzzle. But by understanding this mechanism the practicing chiropractor will increase their certainty that each chiropractic adjustment they deliver has a profound neurological effect on the central nervous system which has global effects on a person's health.
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Jim Sarbh to debut on TV with Discovery thought provoking, first of kind series, 'Planet Healers'
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The four-part series features startups who are seeking innovative solutions to environmental hazards
Mumbai, February 13, 2019: Good looking and versatile actor Jim Sarbh who has been a delight to watch on big screen in movies such as Sanju, Neerja and Padmavat is soon going to make his debut on television with Discovery Channel's new series 'Planet Healers'. Jim Sarbh will host the thought-provoking, first of its kind series featuring 8 start-ups who are working tirelessly to find innovative solutions to environmental hazards that we face today.
Jim Sarbh will give the audience a deep dive into how these start-ups are focusing on complex and the same time extremely important issues like unplanned urbanization, electronic waste management, air pollution, fuel recycling et al. He will also be seen playing an integral role in educating viewers about the current environmental concerns and will give a reality check on how these hazards are impacting our planet.
"I don't believe in the separation between mankind and nature. Mankind is nature. It is only natural, that nature would find a way to heal itself, through mankind. I am excited by this Discovery's new series "Planet Healers" and the startups on it. Hope more people stretch their imaginations in the direction of conservation and preservation of our large, wonderful, home." said host Jim Sarbh.
Be ready to get inspired with the host Jim Sarbh with the new series 'Planet healers' starting 8th March every Friday at 8 PM only on Discovery Channels
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Step One | Preheat oven to 190degrees/gas mark 5 and put cupcake cases into a tin.
Step Two | Combine the butter, sugar, flour, baking powder and salt together on a low speed until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Step Three | Mix the milk, vanilla essence and the egg in a separate jug, then add it slowly to the dry ingredients until it becomes a smooth batter. Spoon into the cupcake cases and bake for 18-20minutes until spongey and lightly golden on top.
Step Four | Once the cupcakes are cool, hollow out a small space and put a teaspoon of strawberry jam in the centre (if required!). For the frosting, mix the icing sugar and butter together until fully incorporated then add the milk and vanilla essence and mix on a high speed until light and smooth.
Step Five | Crumble up the meringue and add to the buttercream by hand, using a folding motion so they don't break down too much. Apply to the cupcakes with a palette knife. Chop up or slice strawberry's and place on the top. Crumble over some more meringue if desired. Serve straight away or place in the fridge so the icing hardens up slightly and the juice doesn't run too much.
So they're my take on eton mess strawberry cupcakes! They're really simple to make and are perfect for when the weather is a bit warmer. The cupcake recipe is a good, basic one to note down as it makes the lightest sponge and has never failed me yet. Hope you like it!


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Files with the WSD extension are WordStar documents, and these files can be opened as of this writing by using the Corel WordPerfect Office X6 application. These WSD files are classified as text files and contains text with limited layout formatting attributes and text layout elements. Micropro International developed the WordStar word processing application for the Microsoft DOS (Disk Operating System) environment. This application was widely used in the 80s as among the most popular word processing programs at that time. Micropro International has abandoned further development and support for the WordStar application. Integrated into WordStar is the WYSIWYG editor, particularly the version developed for Microsoft DOS platforms. These WSD files and the WordStar word processing software were outdone in terms of usability and popularity in the mid 80s by the WordPerfect version 4 application, which is another old word processing software, primarily because WordPerfect 4.x integrated more features into its text and layout formatting options than WordStar and any other word processing application for the MS DOS environment at that time.


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Google, Twitter, Facebook Join Forces to Fight Malware
Top tech firms Facebook, Twitter, Google, AOL and digital marketing bureau, the IAB, have all banded together to form the Ads Integrity Alliance in order to fight cybercrime and malware, as well as ads that lead to counterfeit goods.
The announcement was made late last week by StopBadware, who were founded in 2006 in order to share real-time information about internet threats, such as malicious websites and phishing attacks.
The goal of the new association is to support this initiative by "identifying and removing bad ads from all corners of the web". According to Google, the search company disabled more than 130m and 800,000 advertisers who violated both Google and their partner's policies last year alone.
However, this has not proved to be fully effective as many of the scammers just go on to advertise elsewhere. It's because of this, alongside the inability of law enforcement officials to act effectively alone, that the tech industry coalition has been formed. The new alliance will share info on "bad actors" and pass information to the relevant authorities on pertinent trends on malware and suchlike.
Whilst this may help Facebook and other social media channels fight the cause on ads within their own networks, it will do little to stop the continuously increasing amount of spam and scams that appear through people's newsfeeds. This ever-growing problem is something that can only really be addressed through educating users on the issues, although Facebook has installed link scanners in an attempt to address the problem. However, as the infographic below shows, this isn't working effectively enough.
Returning to 'malvertising', as it's dubbed in the industry, these kinds of ads don't just appear on search engines like Google, but are often placed on trusted websites such as The New York Times, (as reported by Trend Micro) which took the company over a day to actually notice.
According to ScanSafe and Cisco's Mary Landesman, many popular websites have been inadvertently serving malicious ads to their visitors a lot in recent years. These include companies such as The London Stock Exchange, Hoovers.com, TheOnion.com, SpeedTest.net as well as plenty of other well-known names.
These ads are delivered in a variety of ways using various high-profile advertising channels and can include Flash or images which contain hidden code, leading to an infected PC for the end-user or redirection to a malicious website, which either delivers malware or engages the user in some form of scam.
Another example of malvertising was spotted last year by Patrik Runald at Websense in which Spotify was displaying a malicious ad to its users. "If you had Spotify open but running in the background, listening to your favo[u]rite tunes, you could still get infected," he said at the time.
Malware, phishing, spam, scams – all of these things are designed to help the rest of us part with our hard-earned cash and propagate across the web on a constant basis. For many years security experts have warned that security vendors, researchers and authorities are losing the growing battle to fight cybercrime; let's hope the new alliance will help to combat the issue, eventually.
However, bear in mind that the UK authorities have so little clue as to how to go about really fighting cybercrooks that it was reported yesterday that they spend £640 on combatting online criminal activity. Whilst this may sound reasonably impressive, the majority of this is spent on anti-virus products and surveillance, with only £10m being used to actually catch crooks that operate online.
Infographic courtesy of Marketing Pilgrim.
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With the 44th People's Choice Awards taking place Sunday, November 11, 2018 on E!, Bravo, SYFY, Universo and USA Network, here is your chance to predict who will win via the Programming Insider People's Choice TV Awards Pick'Em Game!
The deadline is when the ceremony starts on Sunday, November 11 at 9 p.m. Eastern.
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British singer George Michael, who became one of the pop idols of the 1980s with Wham! and then forged a career as a successful solo artist with sometimes sexually provocative lyrics, died at his home in England Sunday.
British police said Michael's death was "unexplained but not suspicious".
Michael was keen to reach beyond Wham!'s teenage audience and to experiment with other genres.


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Folkestone Town Centre Working Group - Tuesday, 25th August, 2020 11.00 am
Venue: Zoom Meeting
Councillor Brook declared a voluntary announcement as he is one of the ward councillors for the town centre. He remained in the meeting for discussions.
Previous minutes & actions
Final Minutes , item 24. PDF 333 KB
The minutes of the meeting held on 21 February 2020 were agreed with no further actions required.
Update on Reopening High Streets Safely RHSS
Members noted the items that have now been delivered, the continuous monitoring items and the future interventions paying particular attention to the following:
Eat Out to Help Out scheme – this has been a fantastic way of getting businesses up and running again following closures during the pandemic and it is hoped that it may be extended or introduced again during winter months.
Busk Stops – officers want to maximise on the music town first anniversary and encourage musicians to come along and play at designated areas (busk stops).
Engaging and consulting businesses – a business leaflet has now been produced which, once circulated will be a way of engaging and providing information to help those businesses that need additional support.
Business Data – data on movement throughout the town will be taken, giving an overview of the route of footfall over the next six months.
Folkestone Place Plan
The proposed Place Plan will combine the collective roles of the Council, public/private stakeholders and local community to successfully deliver a joint ambition - a plan that everyone can get behind. There is already some great work being done and this will be a chance to add to that work but will be collected in one singular place.
Work initiated since 2019, together with key themes is covered in the attached slides. It is clear that there are changes happening in respect of the retail market and councils need to adjust to these changes by encouraging new investment and developments in the town centre, highlighting the opportunities that are offered.
Officers understand that particular attention needs to be paid to transport links and transport movement, including footfall. Paying particular attention to connectivity across the town centre and towards the harbour area, including how the train station and bus station can be used to help bring it all together. Identifying challenges and setting an action plan will help.
Progress is good and future works will only enhance and feed into other council objectives.
The council will need somebody to co-ordinate the work so a tender process will take place once a brief has been prepared, this will include workshops with stakeholders. A budget has already been identified for the work.
Updates will be brought regularly to the working group.
Former Debenhams Store
- Health Facility
- 'Meanwhile' Use
- Medium / Long Term Development
Members were updated on the possible future for the former Debenhams store. Informing that a number of options were being considered, but they are exiting proposals that will be carefully thought through.
Particular attention will be paid to how the building might be used as a multi- function space, again officers will look at each option as they come forward.
Members asked that consideration be taken into parking issues, the possible move of the bus station, inter connectivity to the town centre and that feasibility studies continue to be taken to help recognise and understand what the residents would like and need.
Although no timetable for works has been set officers are aware that issues relating the Covid 19 pandemic will need to be considered when any works do start.
F&H High Street Fund Update (Folkestone)
- FHDC led
- Business / Voluntary Group led
Members paid particular attention to the following:
· Funding had paused from the end of March 2020 due to Covid 19 pandemic but new applications were still coming in. The next decision panel will sit in September and members will be updated at the next meeting of the working group.
· 2 empty high street properties were now occupied following discussions and support from the council.
Council led interventions:
· It was noted that a market improvement programme will be reported to Cabinet in September
· Replacement litter bins have now been ordered.
· The We Made That study will feed into the place plan in due course.
· Heritage Signage will celebrate historic quarter of the town council and officers are working on this with KCC.
· Heritage Lighting – upgrading of lighting will take place.
· Live and Work project – private sector partner engagement with a campaign to promote Folkestone as a destination to visit, move to or work in.
Members asked that officers are mindful of affordable housing options and rough sleepers and the pressures on services. Government funding now available will help with wider support for rough sleepers, as this is an area that has significantly increased during these difficult times.
This particular issue can be a stand-alone item on a future meeting of the working group.
Further updates will be provided at future meetings.
No further items were discussed.
A copy of the presentation for all items listed on the agenda is attached to these minutes for information.


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Tourism developers in Myanmar look to the Mergui Archipelago
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Deep in the south of Myanmar, the Mergui Archipelago is almost off the map. Mostly uninhabited, the islands are home to around 2000 people, mostly Moken, known as "sea gypsies", many of whom are skilled divers and fishermen living a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Some of the roughly 800 limestone and granite islands are just rocks jutting out of the sea, while others are clad with untouched forest and fringed by white sandy beaches. With its natural beauty, this Andaman Sea archipelago is attracting attention and could be the next frontier in Myanmar tourism.
Although the Myanmar Tourism Master Plan 2013-20 (MTMP) makes no reference to developing Mergui, with its coastal plans focussed on the Indian Ocean coast, the authorities are nevertheless considering whether to allow developers to build as many as 30 new resorts on the island chain. If they give their backing to the proposals, it will mark a huge step forward for the region's fledgling tourism industry.
Until 20 years ago, the area was completely off limits to foreigners, and even now every international visitor is required to have a special permit, which costs about $100 per person, depending on the length of the trip and the location, and takes at least two weeks to secure. The necessity for permits reduces flexibility for tour operators and makes it difficult to allow changes to bookings or sell products "last minute".
There is currently just one hotel in the archipelago, Myanmar Andaman Resort, a rustic facility with 22 chalets on Macleod Island (many of the islands retain the names given to them by the British). For the Mergui area as a whole, including the mainland, the Ministry of Hotels and Tourism (MHT) reports that there were five hotels, motels and guest houses offering a total of 196 rooms at the end of 2014, which is more than double the number in 2013. By contrast, Ngapali, the country's premier beach destination, around 400 km north-west of Yangon, had a total of 23 hotels and 826 rooms at the end of 2014, according to the MHT.
For now, most visitors to Mergui arrive on sailing holidays, spending a few days aboard a yacht travelling around the archipelago, swimming, diving and soaking up the sun. Joining a group tour makes it easier to manage the red tape associated with a visit to the area. Sailing is also one of the best ways for tourists to appreciate the natural beauty of the archipelago. The islands are so sparsely populated that it is possible to sail for days without meeting anyone else.
Burma Boating, which started its third season in Mergui in 2015, expects as many as 600 people to join its sailing trips in the archipelago in 2016, Adrian Zdrada, sales director at Burma Boating, told OBG. In the company's first season, he estimates that this number stood at about 80, with most customers coming from Europe and the US, with a few Australians.
At a high-level tourism conference in Naypyitaw in early 2015 the MHT declared the islands, "on the list" of locations to be developed for tourism, according to Zdrada, who was in the audience and managed Myanmar Andaman Resort before joining Burma Boating. However, there have not been any announcements of incentives specifically for investments in the Mergui. "The situation is going in the right direction, but the part that is missing is a very clear message that the government wants to make Mergui a major tourist destination, that it will be developed in a sustainable way," Zdrada told OBG.
Initial steps have been taken. In 2012 Myeik Public Corporation was set up to invest in new resorts in the Mergui, which is also known as Myeik in Myanmar. After initially proposing four developments, it is now focussing on a $4m project on Kadan Island, the largest in the archipelago and a 45-minute boat ride to the mainland and the town of Myeik, the commercial centre for the region. Work started in March 2015 and the company hopes to welcome its first visitors in 2018.
The most ambitious plans come from property developer Zochwell Group, which wants to build a $1.2bn marina, luxury hotel and casino complex on Victoria Island, only two nautical miles from the mainland. Further ahead, Zochwell intends to build a bridge linking the island to Kawthaung. It also plans to upgrade the local airport.
The LuxDream project, if given the go-ahead, will be developed under a build-operate-transfer agreement with the Tanintharyi Regional Government. Zochwell Salon Development, the company undertaking the project, is awaiting approval from the Myanmar Investment Commission, with the first phase, involving the marina and the 120-room hotel, expected to take around three years to complete. "We want to create the next Phuket, the maritime tourism hub of Myanmar and the Mergui," Gareth Chin, chief executive of Zochwell Group, told OBG. "We expect 60% of our tourists to be domestic and 40% international. Myanmar has a huge population of 51m and, in time to come, the middle class will increase in numbers and form the mass of our visitors," he added.
Eco-Sensitive
The authorities are being urged to introduce strict environmental guidelines for developers and investors in the archipelago. Environmental groups are concerned about the impact on an area which remains pristine and home to a sensitive ecosystem. Burma Boating hopes that legal protections currently given to Lampi Island and the seas around it, can be extended so the entire archipelago is recognised as a marine national park. Mergui's isolation means there is next-to-no infrastructure to support large-scale construction. All materials would need to be transported across the sea from the mainland and work would only be possible during the dry season as the islands are all but cut off during the monsoon.
Zdrada told OBG that building new resorts will require deep pockets, not only to complete construction, but also to cover the cost of operations. New investors will also need to consider power and energy sources, with solar one option (see Energy chapter). Transport for both guests and supplies, communications (especially in case of an emergency) and potable water are other key issues for discussion. The bigger the hotel, the greater the need and the higher the cost, particularly given the short season.
Experience also shows how challenging it can be to get a project off the ground. While the Htoo Group, a local holding company working in the sector, has been given permission to develop a number of resorts in the archipelago, no work has yet taken place.
Holiday companies operating in the area require licences, which cost $4000 for two years. Boats sailing around the islands also require an MHT guide on board, although as a sign of how times have changed, in recent years the guides are no longer provided by the military or armed forces.
Weather The Weather
The weather is another significant factor for potential investors. The best time of year to visit Mergui is between November and April. The sea and the wind start picking up in May, when there is also a risk of hurricanes. The monsoon rains arrive in July and last until October. At sea, the swells can reach as high as three metres. The resort closes and boats stop sailing during this time. "The dream is to make this the new beach destination," Achim Munz, a resident representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a German political foundation, told OBG. "The biggest problem will be the weather. The whole of Myanmar is plagued by the rainy season. In Ngapali many of the resorts close for months and Mergui is even more remote and out in the open sea," he said.
The nearest domestic airport is at Kawthaung, which is currently served by Yangon-based Air KBZ and Mandalay-based Mann Yandanaporn Airlines. The flights, which stop in Dawei and Myeik, take three hours and cost about $200 for foreign travellers. Most tourists, especially those coming to sail, currently choose to enter Myanmar via the Thai border crossing at Ranong, which has direct flights and express bus services to Bangkok, and good road connections to Phuket. Zdrada estimates about half those joining Burma Boating trips enter the country this way. Those arriving through Ranong have to take a boat across the river to Myanmar after clearing Thai immigration, and unless they apply for a visa ahead of time, their entry permit will allow them only to travel in the archipelago, limiting the options for onward travel.
While Mergui has attracted interest from foreign tourists, the potential from the local market may be more subdued. As well as the expense involved pricing out many domestic travellers, the archipelago may not offer the type of exciting atmosphere people from Myanmar want, Daw Su Su Hlaing, managing director of Ayarwaddy Travel and Tours, told OBG. Those who can afford it will go to Phuket or Koh Samui.
Mergui may have significant potential as a beach destination, but the mass tourism that has spurred the development of neighbouring Thai resorts looks unlikely to unfold in the archipelago. Its future is thus more likely to remain a niche destination appealing to those with the means to get "away from it all".
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New Mexico House Minority Leader Jim Townsend, R-Artesia, sits at a table during the Roswell Chamber of Commerce Legislative Lunch and Learn Tuesday at The Liberty in Roswell. Townsend said he has sent, for a third time, draft petition language to New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver that would allow for a statewide referendum on whether to overturn a new law mandating background checks for most gun sales in New Mexico. (Alex Ross Photo)
Despite two rejections by New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, state Rep. James Townsend, R-Artesia, said he has submitted a third version of draft petition language for a statewide referendum to overturn a controversial new law that requires background checks for private gun sales.
"We resubmitted the petition today for a third time," Townsend — the New Mexico House Minority Leader — said Friday.
He said that he had fixed a technical objection Toulouse Oliver had with the draft language — that the name of the statute was not written in all capital letters — and resubmitted it.
Toulouse Oliver said in a letter to Townsend dated April 11 that because the law bears a valid and reasonable relationship to the preservation of public peace, health and safety, it is exempted from the referendum process, according to the New Mexico state Constitution.
The original language submitted by Townsend was rejected for the same reason and for technical errors with the format that were later fixed.
Townsend argued in March that it is the courts and not the secretary of state who have the authority to determine if a piece of legislation meets the threshold of being exempt from the referendum process.
In her April 11 letter, Toulouse Oliver said the assertion made by Townsend is incorrect.
Townsend said Friday that he thinks New Mexico voters should decide whether to scrap the law that is set to go into effect July 1.
"I'm a little disturbed that the secretary of state seems to be reluctant to let voters participate in such important decisions," he said.
Townsend added that he believes the secretary of state's opinion is politically motivated, a claim that a spokesperson with the secretary of state's office denied Friday.
The law has sparked opposition from 28 county sheriffs in New Mexico who say the law is unenforceable and from gun rights advocates who say the law — which exempts guns handed down through inheritance to family members and antique weapons — would not deter crime but only infringe on the rights of law-abiding gun owners.
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Mohammed Yunus Akbari (? - Kabul, ?) fue un físico afgano, experto en Física Atómica.

Se doctoró en física nuclear y de  ponganse a estudiar  en el Instituto de Física y Tecnología de Moscú y fue miembro de la UNESCO entre 1965 y 1971. Profesor en las universidades de Kabul y Jalalabad, fue detenido en tres ocasiones entre 1981 y 1983, fue finalmente arrestado y encarcelado sin cargos el 27 de abril de 1983, condenado a muerte en 1984 -acusado de pertenecer al grupo opositor pro-chino Rihayeee- y ejecutado, desconociéndose la fecha y circunstancias exactas de su muerte. Un informe de Amnistía Internacional de junio de 1990 citaba como responsable a Ghulam Faruq Yaqubi, ministro de seguridad estatal del gobierno de Mohammad Najibulá.

Referencias

 BOULOUQUE, S. (1998) "El comunismo en Afganistán". En COURTOIS, S., et al. (eds.), El libro negro del comunismo. Barcelona: Planeta, pp. 788-811.
 HASSAN KAKAR, M. (1995). Afghanistan: The Soviet Invasion and the Afghan Response, 1979-1982. Berkeley: University of California Press.

Enlaces externos

 Afghanistan: The case of nuclear physicist Dr Mohammad Younis Akbari (en inglés).

Científicos de Afganistán
Físicos del siglo XX
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Australian scientists measure the gases that two Great Barrier Reef corals emit.
Pocillopora damicornis coral.
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(Inside Science) -- The aromas of a beach strewn with seaweed or a garden full of blooming flowers are more than just momentary sensory experiences. They also act as entryways into the world of ecosystem health and interspecies communication. Plants, for example, emit gases known as "biogenic volatile organic compounds" to adapt to heat stress, attract pollinators, defend against pathogens, deter predators, and more.
Scientists have been cataloguing these gases on land for decades, but relatively little work has been done for marine ecosystems. To address this knowledge gap, a group of researchers led by marine biologist Caitlin Lawson at the University of Technology Sydney set to out to measure the full spectrum of gases that two common coral reef-building species emit. Like plants, the coral animals in their experiments emitted a wide range of gases, but as temperatures rose, the corals' gas production declined. The results were published online in late November in the journal Global Change Biology.
The team collected samples of the coral species Acropora intermedia and Pocillopora damicornis from off the coast of Queensland, Australia and separated them into two aquarium tanks. In one tank they maintained normal water temperatures of roughly 82 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the other, they increased the temperature by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit (1 degree Celsius) per day for 5 days, then let the samples sit at roughly 90 degrees Fahrenheit for 6 days. In the normal temperature tanks, they detected 87 different gases, each likely serving specific physiological roles for the corals.
"I expected there would be a lot. But just how many there were was really exciting," said Lawson, a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Technology Sydney, who helped conduct the study.
In the hotter tank where the corals were exposed to heat stress, gas production dropped significantly. In A. intermedia, the number of gas types dropped by 42%, and in P. damicornis, it dropped by 62%. Additionally, the individual abundances for more than 86% of the gases dropped significantly in the hotter tank.
In recent years researchers have detected gases such as dimethyl sulfide and isoprene coming from corals and their associated microorganisms. Both are thought to play a role in protecting corals from environmental stressors such as hotter temperatures and exposure to air.
During low tides, for example, corals emit dimethyl sulfide from a mucus-like coating on their surfaces to scavenge harmful "reactive oxygen species" that arise during stressful heat events. These gases then ascend into the lower atmosphere, where they help form low clouds that alter a reef's local climate. Isoprene, one of the world's most common biogenic volatile organic compounds, might also help defend coral reefs from high temperatures, as it is known to preserve the photosynthetic process in plants during acute heat stress.
Lawson and her colleagues detected both of these gases during their experiment, but added a laundry list of others, including toluene, benzene, hexanal, and bromoform, all of which might serve important roles for corals undergoing heat stress. Previous research has found that bromoform, for example, can remove ozone from the atmosphere and serve as an antioxidant. More work needs to be done to pin down the physiological function of these compounds, though, since their role in plant communities doesn't necessarily translate directly to coral reefs.
Erin McParland, a marine biogeochemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, who was not involved in the project, praised the researchers for identifying a wide range of compounds rather than targeting a few better-known ones like dimethyl sulfide and isoprene. The lesser-known compounds identified in the study "are likely just as important, if not more, as the [gases] previously identified in corals," wrote McParland in an email.
The sum total of an organism's emitted gases is called its volatilome, and the status of a coral species' volatilome is a marker of its health.
"At present, our ability to accurately diagnose a decline in coral reef health often involves time-consuming and destructive methods," wrote Jennifer Matthews, coral biologist at the University of Technology Sydney who was not involved with the research, in an email. "But similar to how dogs can sniff out explosives, this research could allow us to develop tools to sniff out coral reefs in trouble."
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1099 throws, 1 last drop.
Nearly ¾ year from >500 to >1,000. - Assuming crash on 5.th last of 1089 throws. Ugly, unclean with two or three nudges bailed out amidst run. Using Bubble Balls, 80g, outdoors.
Assuming first drop (crash) on 5.th last throw. Unclean with slight collision bailed out amidst run, also. Using 50g soft beanbags.
(soft 50g beanbags). 937 throws.
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assuming drop was from 5.-th last throw counted. Also unclean with one or two saved collisions.
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The din of lawnmowers, edgers and leaf blowers fills Albans Street on many summer mornings, suggesting the battles homeowners wage in tidy West University Place to keep their yards presentable.
Kathleen English and Steve Stelzer, meanwhile, sit under the fan on their shaded front porch, sipping coffee, watching butterflies and playing with their animated rescue cat, Dante. At least until English spots a weed growing - something she cannot abide among her eclectic garden mix of natives, perennials, pollinator plants and edibles.
The naturalized cottage garden beckons on a block where most yards have a carpet of Saint Augustine grass and the same ol' same ol' evergreen shrubs.
Visitors circle a raised bed within a low stone wall as they tread a stone path to approach the prairie-style home. The leaves of a bauhinia flutter there beside a sage that's been groomed into a small tree and a mass of blooming, butterfly-friendly perennials that include nemesia, standing winecup, Gulf Coast penstemon, salvia and skullcap.
To one side, where grass might be, lies a dryish garden of guara, asclepias, heart-leaf hibiscus, rain lilies and a giant deep-blue salvia that bloom around a pine-straw path, above a dense ground cover of perennial peanuts. On the other side sits a more shaded bed with ferns, crinums, gingers, sprekelia iris (also called Aztec lily), liatris and other beauties that don't mind being submerged occasionally. There, sweet potatoes provide a ground cover this time of year.
"I would like to say the diversity is planned. But it's really because we acquire plants that appeal to us, then find somewhere to put them," English says.
More importantly, it all fits into a design with a purpose.
"It's not just a garden. It's a garden that holds water," English says. The yard also is a certified wildlife habitat.
She and Stelzer see their yard as a living laboratory for what's possible in Houston with small-scale sustainability. English is a commercial architect, and Stelzer directs the city of Houston's Green Building Resource Center.
While so many people have looked to the Harris County Flood Control District or some agency to solve problems after Hurricane Harvey, she notes, few seem to have considered how much their own yards' runoff contributes to flooding. On average, urban residential sites cover considerably more ground than public retention areas across the region.
"It's just like voting," English suggests. "You get just one vote. But look what happens when everybody participates."
Under the couple's gravel and centipede grass driveway lies a 1,000-gallon rainwater tank, with a solar-powered pump that irrigates the front yard. An above-ground tank of galvanized aluminum, also 1,000 gallons, collects rainwater from the home's roof in the shaded backyard.
All the paths are permeable, too, set atop 15-inch-deep gravel beds; creating another 2,000 or 3,000 gallons of rainwater detention. One of the front yard's features is a dry creek that's about 2 feet deep and lined with stones; it comes to life during downpours.
Sustainable does not necessarily equate to low maintenance.
The driveway's underground tank is like a big bathtub that's been covered with a large screen (with 16-inch-diameter holes) and four grades of gravel, from large at the base to fine at the surface. Rainwater filters into the tank, and small particles flow into a sump that gets a cleanout every five years or so. English also takes a hoe to the gravel surface if the topsoil gets too compacted. And the solar panels on the side of the house and the underground pump don't always talk nice together.
English and Stelzer also have learned to accept whatever each changing season brings.
Much of the front yard turns brown during the winter, although English grows vegetables near the house year-round, woodland painted petals (anomatheca laxa) send up their pretty coral blooms in late winter, and a spectacular row of red spider lilies comes up in cooler weather like clockwork.
English says she is not particularly scientific about her approach. At this point, 90 percent of her gardening involves weeding. "The remaining 10 percent is cutting things back, trimming - and in-filling."
Her gardening motto is, "Put a whole bunch of stuff in, and whatever lives is what should be there," she adds. "For every plant you see blooming today, there were probably two prior in that spot that didn't like our yard. We just keep going until something decides this is home. Then I have to start weeding it out because it maybe gets too aggressive."
And yet, in front and in back, the garden also shows control. A glimpse of the couple's bonsai collection exhibits the limits to which they go to shape even small plants. Among the prizes are a pair of beautiful native yaupons Stelzer has miniaturized in pots that flank the front porch steps.
The backyard is heavily shaded by trees that include an unusually tall Mexican buckeye, a scarlet buckeye that puts on a show in early spring and about 10 Japanese maples.
English has experimented with ground covers, since grass can't grow there. Dwarf mondo didn't survive. Wedelia failed the test because it was too aggressive. Now she is loving wood violets, and she is trying out calyptocarpus, or horseherb - a plant some consider a weed.
A Mortensen hardy grapevine covers the back porch pergola in summer; cardinals devour the bunches of dangling fruit. English trims the 15-year-old vine back to just a couple of stalks in mid-January. It's empty until March 1, and by May it provides deep shade - at least until the love bugs attack. The moths of the leaf skeletonizer caterpillar strip the grapevine bare in a week, once or twice each summer.
"We just have a cloud of them and get out like maniacs with fly swatters. Probably doesn't make a dent in it," English says, grinning.
Then there's the family turtle - a small, Russian desert tortoise they rescued several years ago, whose pen gets moved around the backyard. "Unfortunately, he likes indigo shoots," English says.
A "Passion Flower" clematis near the porch is so happy it nearly smothered a potted tangerine this spring. English loves the way its flowers slowly develop and linger, starting with white spikes that last a few days before the full flower opens. When the flower falls off, little puff balls remain for a week or two.
She keeps aristolochia vines tucked everywhere in the shade; they're a host plant for the elegant, black pipevine swallowtail butterflies she loves.
From the vantage point of the back porch, the couple also can view the 135-square-foot vertical garden that replaced a wood fence. There, ornamentals such as chenille plant, clumping asters, large-leaf skullcap, tradescantia, mums and 'Blue Shade' ruellia mingle with Greek oregano, mint, thyme, rosemary and lavender. Cucumbers climb upward through the herbs.
English and Stelzer know sustainable gardening at this level may not be for everyone. But they would love to see other Houstonians at least install swales. "My neighbors' outfall (rain that runs through underground drainage pipes) shoots out onto the street; ours is a trickle," English says.
A few years ago, she partnered with a civil engineer to calculate how much the city of West University Place might save if it incentivized swales and driveway rainwater storage. "If only a small percentage of homes in West U participated … at the current rate that driveways were being replaced, the city could have fully met their detention requirement in three or four years," she says.
"If everybody who thought this was something they would like or could live with, we could really shift stormwater management in Houston. Just with every little house doing their part."


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Qatar says that the World Cup 2022 is likely to be a 'completely normal' event with the world finally getting to grips with the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the invention of vaccines. The pandemic, which began in January 2020, has brought the world to a halt with most normal activities being disrupted. Unsurprisingly, football has had to bear the brunt of the changes and many major tournaments like the Tokyo Olympics and European Championships had to be cancelled or postponed. The pandemic threatens to transform the World Cup 2022 into quite a different spectacle compared to what the world has experienced in previous years.
However, many pharmaceutical companies have been successful in creating vaccine for the coronavirus. As a result, it is believed that the pandemic will come to an end within the next few months. This is good news for Qatar, who have invested a lot of money into the World Cup by upgrading the infrastructure. The Chief Executive of the 2022 World Cup committee, Nasser Al-Khater, said that everyone is looking forward to hosting a normal World Cup. The qualification rounds for the competition have already been going under way and many teams will be learning about their path to the tournament when the qualification draw is made in Zurich.
"The introduction of the vaccine and the rollout of the vaccine, it's definitely good news for everybody. Everybody's looking forward to going back to some sort of normalcy in life and especially in sports as well.We're very hopeful and very looking forward that, by 2022, hopefully things will really be back to complete normal and looking forward to hosting the fans and having a normal and successful World Cup. In the post-COVID pandemic era, we hope that sports will go back to normal as quickly as possible," said Al-Khater.
Some of the very best players in the world will be on show at the 2010 World Cup. Flair players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Fernando Torres and Cesc Fabregas will be trying to outscore each-other. Wayne Rooney and Didier Drogba will be fighting and scrapping for the ball just like the defenders such as Patrice Evra and Nemanja Vidic do.
Or will midfielders like Frank Lampard and Nani take centre-stage? No-one knows, but we can all be sure it will be a fantastic World Cup 2010.
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U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges
Published Tue, Jan 4 2022 5:08 AM EST Updated Tue, Jan 4 2022 6:26 PM EST
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The U.S. has reported a record single-day number of daily Covid cases, with more than 1 million new infections.
A total of 1,082,549 new coronavirus cases were reported Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as the highly infectious omicron variant continues to spread throughout the country and beyond.
The U.S. also has the highest seven-day average of daily new cases in any country tracked by Johns Hopkins.
A total of 1,082,549 new coronavirus cases were reported Monday, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, as the highly infectious omicron variant continues to spread throughout the country.
The new daily tally brings the total number of cases confirmed in the U.S. since the start of the pandemic to 56,189,547. In total, the virus has caused at least 827,748 deaths across the country.
The record single-day total may be due in part to delayed reporting from over the holiday weekend. A number of U.S. states did not report data on Dec. 31, New Year's Eve, and many do not report data on weekends, meaning that some of these cases could be from positive tests taken on prior days.
Nonetheless, as of Jan. 3, the seven-day average of daily new U.S. cases is 480,273, the highest such metric of new cases in any country tracked by Johns Hopkins.
About 98,000 Americans are hospitalized with Covid-19, according to a seven-day average of data from the Department of Health and Human Services as of Jan. 3, up 32% from a week ago. That figure is approaching peak delta wave levels when about 103,000 people were in hospital beds with Covid across the country in early September, but remains lower than last winter's high mark of roughly 137,000 U.S. hospitalizations.
The U.S. is reporting an average of about 1,200 daily Covid deaths for the week ended Jan. 3, Johns Hopkins data shows, well below the record numbers seen following last year's holiday season when the daily average held above 3,000 for about a month starting in January 2021. The death toll tends to lag rises in case counts and hospitalizations, however.
In recent weeks, the U.S. has seen the omicron variant starting to edge out the previously dominant delta strain of the virus.
The latest available weekly data from the U.S. CDC, ended on Dec. 25, estimates that the delta variant accounted for around 41% of cases while omicron made up around 58.6% of U.S. infections.
U.S. health officials have urged Americans to get vaccinated and boosted against the coronavirus given concerns over the new variant.
Early studies suggested that Covid vaccines are less effective against the omicron variant compared with the delta strain and other variants. But the same studies have indicated that three vaccine doses — the two preliminary shots plus a booster — significantly increase the level of protection against omicron.
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— CNBC's Nate Rattner contributed reporting to this story.
Correction: As of Jan. 3, the seven-day average of daily new U.S. cases is 480,273, the highest such metric of new cases in any country tracked by Johns Hopkins. An earlier version mischaracterized the comparison with other countries.
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The financial advice I give AFL footballers (and why most of them hate it)
by Scott Pape on October 3, 2014
Given it's the business end of the footy season, today I'm going to walk you through the financial advice I give to AFL players.
It's a little different from what they normally get. After all, experience has taught me that there's no point in kissing their Sherrins — god knows they have enough people doing that already.
So the first thing I do is switch the play on them. The financial rewards for being an AFL footballer are 'okay'. Last year the average player earned just over $5,000 a week, or $265,179 a year (and by 'average' I mean the mathematical measure rather than, say, the Demons line-up).
I explain to the boys that it's a tidy sum for sure, but think of it this way: in order to get a guernsey, the average player needs to devote for at least ten years to intense playing and training, before they become one of the lucky few who get signed.
That comes at a cost. It's a mega-commitment of time and money from the player and his entire family. And in some cases the family expects to be paid back — it happens more than you think, especially to players that come from poorer families.
And once they get signed they risk serious physical injury each and every week (or risk being bagged out by the bloke at the fish 'n chip shop). Plus if they innocently take a wizz in a laneway one night when they're on the turps, it'll probably make the headlines the next day.
And for all that sacrifice their 'career' (on average) will be done and dusted in three years.
Bottom line: they've got to make it pay.
Most think they do. But many I meet are as deluded as Sam Newman.
Remember your first job? It doesn't matter whether you were tossing newspapers or pulling beers — chances are you never felt wealthier than when you got your first pay cheque.
For footy players that situation is on steroids (pardon the pun, Hirdy).
Here's the thing: I meet lawyers, doctors and dentists who feel they're wealthy because they are earning good dough — but many don't have anything to show for it.
And while there's a lot of gawking at the big salaries that Buddy and the boys earn, no one pays much attention to how they go financially after they hang up the boots.
However, the research has been done on pro footy players overseas. Okay, so it's a little different: in Europe and America, the average player earns in a month what an AFL player earns in a year. Yet when you boil it down they're just chasing a slightly different pigskin. So let's take a look.
The average English Premier League soccer player pulls in roughly 31,000 quid ($55,000) a week.
Yet here's the shocking thing: five years after they've hung up their boots, around 60 per cent of them will be either bankrupt or broke — according to research by XPro, a charity that provides support for 30,000 retired players. That's one hell of a swan dive.
And what about pro footballers in America?
Those elephant-sized blokes in lycra and stackhats earn on average $US36,000 a week (around $1.9 million a year) and according to a 2009 article in Sports Illustrated, 78 per cent of them go bankrupt or broke within five years of retirement.
Could you imagine your bank account being "zero" for your entire life, and then "one million dollars" landing in it, basically overnight? In that regard these NFL players are the sports equivalent of lotto winners. And research shows that within a few years many of these lotto 'losers' end up right back where they started — or worse.
Okay, let's call half-time on this column. It's time for a Ron-Barassi-inspired gee-up.
You Are a Player Too
It's easy to beat up on meathead footballers (as one of my limp-wristed-soy-latte-sipping hipster mates calls them) who blow their dough. I mean, if someone handed you $55,000 a week, you'd be richer than Eddie McGuire, right?
Maybe. Maybe not. If you're a university graduate your lifetime earnings will amount to around $3 million (that's at the low end). Yet when the 'average' worker plays their last game they retire with an inadequate amount of superannuation and go straight on to the pension.
And that's after a forty-year career. And after playing for the best economic team on the planet — Team Australia — the unbeaten premiers for the past 23 years in a row.
So what's your excuse for floundering in the back pocket?
The good news is that you don't need to be a Brownlow medalist like Matt Priddis to win the money game.
Rather than laughing at pro footy players, we can all learn from them. After all, they've spent most of their lives showing immense amounts of personal sacrifice and discipline. They seek out and learn from experienced coaches who guide them in perfecting their game. And they're conditioned to work with their teammates to achieve long-term goals.
The truth is, if you devote even half the amount of intensity to your career that AFL players do to theirs, you'd earn be earning big bucks too. Of course it won't happen as quickly, but you've got a lot more games in you.
That's what I call AFL: A Financial Legacy.
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Groundbreaking To Bring Back Destroyed Canal Lighthouse
New Lighthouse To Cost $1.2 Million
Updated: 6:19 AM CST Feb 27, 2012
After being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the Canal Lighthouse is about to be rebuilt.Dozens were at a groundbreaking event on Monday morning.The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation said the new lighthouse will cost $1.2 million.The Lakefront structure has been there since 1839 and symbolized the days of maritime commerce and recreational boating.The new lighthouse will look the same, but stand 17 feet taller."It's part of bringing back not only Lake Pontchartrain, but it's part of culture and community," said Carlton Dufrechou with the foundation. "Let's do this and turn the doggone light on again."The new lighthouse is expected to be finished before the 7-year anniversary of Katrina.The project is in need of $250,000.
After being destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, the Canal Lighthouse is about to be rebuilt.
Dozens were at a groundbreaking event on Monday morning.
The Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation said the new lighthouse will cost $1.2 million.
The Lakefront structure has been there since 1839 and symbolized the days of maritime commerce and recreational boating.
The new lighthouse will look the same, but stand 17 feet taller.
"It's part of bringing back not only Lake Pontchartrain, but it's part of culture and community," said Carlton Dufrechou with the foundation. "Let's do this and turn the doggone light on again."
The new lighthouse is expected to be finished before the 7-year anniversary of Katrina.
The project is in need of $250,000.


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Q: Exclude macOS hidden files from AWS S3 sync I'm syncing the entire contents of an external hard drive, used with macOS, to an S3 bucket. I'd like to exclude all macOS hidden files.
I've tried:
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However, the result when I run that is exactly the same as just:
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So, I must be doing something wrong.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.

A: aws s3 sync --dryrun . s3://bucketname --exclude ".*" --exclude "*/.*"
Adding two exclusion arguments will hide both the specified files in the current directory as well as any in subfolders.

A: This seems to work:
aws s3 sync --dryrun . s3://bucketname --exclude ".*"

However, I don't think it will exclude such files in sub-directories.

A: Try this:
aws s3 sync --dryrun --exclude '*/.*'

This should remove any hidden files, including in subfolders.

A: aws s3 sync --recursive --dryrun --exclude '/.'


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La primera expedición alemana a la Antártida, más conocida como Expedición Gauss (1901-1903) fue una expedición dirigida a la Antártida por Erich von Drygalski, un profesor de geología y veterano del Ártico, a bordo del barco Gauss

Viaje
Drygalski dirigió la primera expedición alemana al polo sur a bordo del Gauss para explorar una región desconocida de la Antártida, al sur de las islas Kerguelen. La expedición partió de Kiel el 11 de agosto de 1901.

Expedición
Un pequeño equipo permaneció estacionado en las islas Kerguelen, mientras que la mayor parte del equipo siguió más al sur. Erich von Drygalski realizó una escala en la isla Heard, y fue el primero en describir científicamente la geología, la flora y la fauna

A pesar de la trampa de hielo que se cerró sobre ellos durante 14 meses a partir de febrero de 1903, la expedición descubrió dos nuevos territorios de la Antártida: la Tierra del Emperador Guillermo II y el volcán Gaussberg.

Drygalski fue el primer hombre en utilizar un globo aerostático en la Antártida.

El Gauss fue atrapado por el hielo en el mar de Davis el 14 de febrero de 1902 y quedó a la deriva. El 22 de febrero el barco se detuvo a 80 km de la costa de la Tierra del Emperador Guillermo II y permaneció allí hasta el 8 de febrero de 1903, cuando comenzó nuevamente a derivar. El personal de la expedición aprovechó la estadía invernal forzada para realizar observaciones científicas intensivas. Instalaron en el hielo junto al barco una plataforma meteorológica, dos cabinas para observaciones magnéticas y un observatorio astronómico.

Regreso
La expedición llegó a Kiel en noviembre de 1903. Erich von Drygalski escribió lo realizado durante la expedición y publicó los importantes datos científicos recogidos. Entre 1905 y 1931, publicó no menos de 20 volúmenes y 2 atlas.

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Erich von Drygalski, The German South Polar Expedition, 1901-3, Erskine Press,  1991, ISBN 1-85297-031-6

Enlaces externos
South-Pole.com (en inglés)

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