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Beer Baron John Hickenlooper Hates The Cannabis Competition
What nearly amuses me is that Beer Baron John Hickenlooper is so opposed, still, to citizens of his state taking positive steps towards ending the ridiculous drug war in the US. The vote wasn't even very close, considering. No, if Gov Hickenlooper had his way, only beer should be legal…
Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper has a firm answer to other U.S. governors asking him about marijuana as source of revenue: Just say no.
Hickenlooper said yesterday that about a half-dozen called or asked him at this weekend's National Governors Association meeting in Washington about his state's experience legalizing recreational pot. They want to know about the potential to collect money and avoid the costs of enforcement and incarceration, he said.
Colorado projected last week that sales would generate more than $100 million a year toward a general fund of about $9 billion. But Hickenlooper, who opposed legalizing marijuana, said he's telling fellow governors that he's not counting on it to lower other taxes or for spending — and that they shouldn't, either.
(click here to continue reading Colorado's Experience With Legal Pot Has U.S. Governors Curious – Bloomberg.)
and this is despite admitting in his own state budget that legal cannabis sales could reach $1,000,000,000 in their very first year! Just consider that for a second: a newly legal industry that already is this significant, despite foot dragging from the Beer Baron, and others of his ilk who hold anachronistic viewpoints about the demon weed.
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new budget numbers predicted that those marijuana taxes could add more than $100 million a year to state coffers, far more than earlier estimates.
The figures offered one of the first glimpses into how the bustling market for recreational marijuana was beginning to reshape government bottom lines — an important question as marijuana advocates push to expand legalization beyond Colorado and Washington State into states including Arizona, Alaska and Oregon.
In Colorado, where recreational sales began on Jan. 1 with hourlong waits, a budget proposal from Gov. John W. Hickenlooper estimated that the state's marijuana industry could reach $1 billion in sales in the next fiscal year, with recreational sales making up about $610 million of that business.
"It's well on its way to being a billion-dollar industry," said Michael Elliott, executive director of the Marijuana Industry Group, a Colorado trade association. "We went from 110,000 medical marijuana patients to four billion people in the world who are 21 and up."
In the budget proposal that Mr. Hickenlooper released Wednesday, his office said the state could collect about $134 million in taxes from recreational and medical marijuana for the fiscal year beginning in July.
(click here to continue reading Colorado Expects to Reap Tax Bonanza From Legal Marijuana Sales – NYTimes.com.)
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and the truth is that Gov Hickenlooper is just a hypocrite, a politician, in other words:
But the state's Democratic governor said he "hates" his state's legal weed "experiment."
Gov. John Hickenlooper revealed his feelings about marijuana legalization to the Durango Herald's editorial board Friday.
"I hate Colorado having to be the experiment," he told the newspaper.
The governor said he intends the regulation of legal weed to be even more strenuous than alcohol. "We are going to regulate the living daylights out of it," he told the Herald.
Hickenlooper was a beer brewer before governor and made his fortune from selling alcoholic beverages — a fortune that wouldn't have been possible had the U.S. not ended its prohibition on alcohol in 1933. The irony that he hates the the end of another drug's prohibition in Colorado was not lost on Marijuana Policy Project's communications director, Mason Tvert.
"I doubt Gov. Hickenlooper felt like he was participating in an experiment when he was making a living selling alcohol in a legal market," Tvert told The Huffington Post. "Our state has been successfully regulating alcohol for quite some time, so regulating a less harmful substance like marijuana is hardly something new. Does the governor want to go back to a system in which cartels control marijuana instead of licensed businesses and thousands of responsible adults are punished each year simply for using it? We let that experiment go on for 80 years and it never worked."
Tvert also called out the governor for suggesting that marijuana should be more heavily regulated than alcohol. "Every objective study on marijuana has concluded that it is less toxic than alcohol, less addictive, and less likely to contribute to violent and reckless behavior," Tvert said. "If he is truly concerned about public health, he should be encouraging adults to consider making the safer choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol when they are socializing or relaxing after work."
(click here to continue reading Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper Hates His State's Legal Weed 'Experiment'.)
Wouldn't our society be better off if fatties were smoked at sports arenas instead of endless 20 oz mugs of beer? Not to say that pot smokers can't be aggressive or violent, but let your own experience with drunks be a guide.
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Q: unable to understand sizeof #include <stdio.h>

int main (int argc, const char * argv[])
{
static struct item
{
    char code;
    float price;
}
table[] =
{
    {'a', 3.29},
    {'b', 2.99},
    {'c', 0.59},
    {'d', 1.59},
    {'e', 2.39}
};

char item_code[2];
int quantity;
int i;

do {
    printf("Enter item code: ");
    scanf("%1s", item_code);

    if (*item_code != '.') {
        for (i=0; i< sizeof(table)/sizeof(struct item)
             && table[i].code != *item_code; i++);

        if (i < sizeof(table)/sizeof(struct item)) {
            printf("Enter quantity: ");
            scanf("%d", &quantity);
            printf("\nUnit price = %.2f, total price = %.2f.\n\n\n",
                   table[i].price, quantity * table[i].price);
        }
        else
            printf("\nItem code %c does not exist. \n\n\n", *item_code);
    }
} while (*item_code != '.');
printf("Thank you.\n");
return 0;
}

I am a newbie. I am unable to understand the second "for loop" in the above program. Why is sizeof being used? What exactly is the value of "i" each time the loop is executed?
Thanks.

A: Let's examine some simple code in a system where integers are four bytes long:
int xyzzy[] = {3,1,4,1,5,9,2,6,5,3,5,8,9};       // 13 integers
printf ("%d\n"", sizeof(xyzzy));                 // 13 * 4 = 52
printf ("%d\n"", sizeof(int));                   //           4
printf ("%d\n"", sizeof(xyzzy) / sizeof(int));   // 52 / 4 = 13

As per that final line, that calculation is a way to get the number of items in an array.
As an aside, I prefer the construct:
sizeof(xyzzy) / sizeof(*xyzzy)

since that will continue to work even if I change the type of xyzzy to double for example. It means I only need to change the one line where the variable is declared rather than hunting for all the size calculations as well.
In fact I even have a favorite macro for this:
#define numof(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))

to make my code a little smaller.
In terms of what that for loop is doing exactly (and, by the way, it's not technically the second for loop since there's only one, but it is the second loop), it basically iterates through every value of i (staring at 0, the first index) until it reaches either the point beyond the last element or it finds an element with the desired item code.
On exit from that loop, i will be set to the number of elements if the item code wasn't found or set to the correct index if it was found, hence the if statement following that for loop.

A: i starts at zero (i=0) and increases by one each iteration(i++). So, 0, 1, 2, 3... etc.
sizeof returns the size of its parameter in bytes. The sizeof(table)/sizeof(struct item) is the way to get the number of items in the table. Just like, "each city block is 200m. How many city blocks are there in 1000m street?" sizeof(street)/sizeof(block). Simple.

A: paxdiablo's answer explains the situation perfectly; I'd like to caution you against your (possible) optimism about this feature of the language: arrays do not know their length. You can't use paxdiablo's useful macro on an array that has been passed to a function:
#define numof(x) (sizeof(x) / sizeof(*x))

void f(char arr[]) {
    int len;

    len = numof(arr);  /* FAIL */
}

void bar() {
    char c[] = "initialized char array";

    f(c);
}

A function prototype written type name[] actually decays to a type *name pointer. The worst part is that the use of numof() won't actually die, it'll just give you the wrong answer: sizeof(arr) / sizeof (*arr) is going to return 8 / 1 or 4 / 1 because it is checking the size of a char * against the size of a char.
paxdiablo's macro is useful for checking the size of an array defined in an enclosing scope but not for parameters.

A: "Why is sizeof being used?"
To understand why sizeof() is being used, you must first have a basic understanding of the structure and the variable it is used to define.
static struct item
{
    char code;
    float price;
}
table[] =
{
    {'a', 3.29},
    {'b', 2.99},
    {'c', 0.59},
    {'d', 1.59},
    {'e', 2.39}
};

This declares a structure type called item which consists of two variables - code which has a type of char and price which has a type of float.  Using the following statement:
sizeof(struct item)

Provides the size of the structure itself... a char, 1 byte and a float, 4 bytes.
The code then defines a struct item array called table[] and initializes it with multiple values.  In this particular case there are five chars and five floats (for a total of 25 bytes).  So, by taking the sizeof(table) and dividing it by the sizeof(struct item), we are given the total value of struct items in the array (25 / 5 = 5).
You may ask, why not just say i < 5 ? Afterall, you can see that there are five struct items in the table array.  However, if this is a huge table you may not want to count the number of structures in the array.  This also makes it much easier to maintain later on down the road.
What exactly is the value of "i" each time the loop is executed?
The first and last parts of the for(;;) loop provides the answer:
for (i = 0;
     i < sizeof(table)/sizeof(struct item) && table[i].code != *item_code;
     i++);

So, i is initialized with the value 0.  During each successive iteration through the loop, i is incremented by 1 (i++).
Therefore, i will continue to increase by 1 until one of the following boundaries has been reached:
i == 5                        //(sizeof(table) / sizeof(struct item))
table[i].code == *item_code

I hope this helps!

A: The sizeof(table)/sizeof(struct item) evaluates to the size in bytes at compile-time which tells you the number of items in your table in your case i.e. sizeof(table) in bytes by the sizeof(struct item) is the number of items you have in your array which is 5.
You could also just write it as
for (i=0; i < 5 && table[i].code != *item_code; i++);
{
   // ........
}

The loop terminates when i becomes 5 or your condition table[i].code != *item_code evaluates to false.

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Blake's 7 References in Babylon 5
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Straczynski has said in numerous interviews that Blake's 7 was one of many sci-fi shows that inspired him to create Babylon 5. Based on his comment, I would agree because I noticed two references. The first reference is when the Minbari labeled Sheridan "Star Killer", when he destroyed one of their ships during the Earth-Minbari War. In the Blake's 7 episode entitled, "Trial", Samor (John Savident), who was in charge of Travis's trial, was nicknamed "Star Killer" too.
The second reference is Bester, who always keeps his left-hand gloved. This has a nice Travis touch, however, unlike Travis, Bester's left hand is not artificial, but he's obviously handicapped because he always keeps it in a permanent fist grip. Walter Koenig has mentioned in an interview that whenever he's in character, his left gloved hand is in a fist and he never releases his grip while in character. He said that it was a disability that Bester had for quite some time, but did not go into any details.
I was wondering if Bester's disability was addressed in any of the B5 novels?
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Yes it was. In the Psy-corp trilogy.
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while we're on the subject, how many B5 novels are there? If i get a chance, I'd love to read them all.
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20+ and some stories.
Well spotted on the Blake's 7 above, too.
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Mr. Baldwin was close to Wendell L. Willkie of Indiana, who won the Republican Presidential nomination in 1940. As Mr. Baldwin later described it, Mr. Willkie told him that he was the first choice to be the Vice-Presidential nominee, but that geographic balance required a candidate from the West Coast. Charles L. McNary of Oregon was chosen.
With Franklin D. Roosevelt sweeping the top of the ticket, Mr. Baldwin was defeated for re-election in 1940 by Robert A. Hurley, a Democrat, but he returned and won re-election as Governor in 1942 and 1944.
As a boy, Mr. Baldwin had spent summers on the farm near Middletown of his grandfather Lucian, who had been a so-called ''black Republican'' in the state Legislature, one of a group that opposed slavery, and a Union soldier during the Civil War. Mr. Baldwin, like his grandfather, was an admirer of Abraham Lincoln.
As Governor in 1943, he established the Inter-Racial Commission to seek better employment for blacks. The commission was said to be the first state civil-rights unit of its kind in the country.
''I was largely impelled to make sure a black man could stand on the same footing as a white man,'' Mr. Baldwin said. The agency still exists, as the State Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.
In 1946, Mr. Baldwin wanted to leave public office, but friends persuaded him to run for the United States Senate, and he was easily elected.
Mr. Baldwin went to the Senate with independent ways, and became a leader of a group of freshman senators known as the Young Turks, who fought for a greater role in formulating party policy. He also became detached from the Republican leadership in Connecticut.
To the astonishment of state politicians and his fellow Republican senators, Mr. Baldwin resigned from the Senate in 1949 and accepted the appointment of Gov. Chester Bowles, a Democrat, as associate justice of the state's highest court, which was then known as the Supreme Court of Errors. He became Chief Justice in 1959 and presided over a major reorganization of the state court system.
In talking in later years about his resignation, Mr. Baldwin said that he could not afford to continue living in Washington on a senator's salary, which was then $15,000 a year. ''You can't get along in Washington unless you have an independent means of income, and I didn't have that,'' he said.
Mr. Baldwin's wife, Edith, died in 1970.
Mr. Baldwin is survived by three sons, Lucian E., of Canton, Conn., Raymond E. Jr., and Tyler Baldwin, both of Fairfield, Conn.
Services are scheduled for 1:30 P.M. Wednesday at the Church of Holy Trinity, an Episcopal church, at 381 Main Street in Middletown, Conn.


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I did not get mugged. I did not get sick from the food or the water. I did not contract malaria. I did not shut myself into my hotel room for 24 hours a day. I had a great time, met some great people, took 2,468 photos, and I can't wait to return. So, what was all the hubbub about travelling to El Salvador for my summer holiday? Everyone I spoke to, from my travel physician to heads of other tourist boards, to travel educators and, yes, to professional travel counsellors, all had an opinion about El Salvador, yet few had actually visited the country.
The 2 ½ hour flight to San Salvador was without incident and, as promised, the Sheraton El Presidente had a van ready and waiting to take us to the hotel in the Zona Rosa in which San Salvador's restaurants, shops and other hotels are located.
Sunday was our day to visit the canopy and the Ruta de la Flores. The canopy at Apaneca consists of 13 zip-lines of various lengths (and speeds) and after the truck takes you to the first platform, you spend the next hour hooking yourself into the wheel apparatus, grabbing onto the cable with a thick glove (this is your hand brake) and jumping off the tree platforms as you Zzzzzzip to the next tree—through the coffee plantation, over picturesque valleys, and with the volcanoes gracing the horizon. It is a thrilling experience. The youngest in the group was 7, the oldest was probably in his early 60's, and for the record, the staff are very safety conscious.
We had already visited the Art Museum next to the Sheraton Hotel in El Salvador and on Tuesday we toured the other major attraction, the National Museum of Anthropology, just down the street. We asked for an abbreviated one hour tour but then extended it, based on the number of fascinating exhibits, including the perrito con ruedes—the little dog with wheels—which disproved the theory that Europeans introduced the wheel to Central America(in fact the wheel had been discovered here centuries before).
Our very last stop was at El Arbor de Dios, the Tree of Life Studio of Fernando Llort, the famous artist who designed the façade of the San Salvador Cathedral as well as the murals throughout the town of La Palma in the north. The artist's son provided a talk about his dad and explained some of the symbolism in the art on display.


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Арнолд фон Зеленхофен (; * 1095/1100; † 24 юни 1160, Майнц) е от 1153 до 1160 г. архиепископ на Майнц.

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Той посещава катедралното училище в Майнц и следва в Париж.

През 1138 г. Конрад III го прави ръководител на дворцовата капела, той става пропст на манастир "Мария" в Аахен, домхер и архиепископски градски-кемерер и домпропст в Майнц. През 1151 г. крал Конрад III фон Хоенщауфен го прави ръководител на имперския канцлай.

През юни 1153 г. Фридрих I Барбароса го определя за архиепископ на Майнц, след свалянето на Хайнрих I от папа Евгений III. През 1155, 1158 и 1559 г. министерилитетите и благородниците от Майнц въстават против него.

На 24 юни 1160 г. Арнолд фон Зеленхофен е убит от бунтуващи в манастир "Св. Якоб' в Майнц. Манастирската църква заедно с Арнолд е запалена. Останките на Арнолд след няколко дена тайно са намерени от манастирски служители и погребани в Св. Мария ад градус в Майнц. След това абатът е изгонен. Някои от монасите скачат от страх от разпити от прозореца на манастир "Св. Якоб". Жителите на Майнц са отлъчени от църквата, градските стени са съборени.

Жителите на Майнц определят през 1160 г. за следващ архиепископ на Майнц Рудолф фон Церинген, който обаче не е признат от император Фридрих I. Майнц се сдобрява с Фридрих Барбароса през 1184 и 1186 г.

Литература
 Franz Xaver von Wegele: Arnold von Selenhofen. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, S. 578 f.
 Peter Acht: Arnold. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6, S. 378 (Digitalisat).
 Johann Friedrich Böhmer: Martyrium Arnoldi Archiepiscopi Moguntini. Stuttgart 1853. (Fontes Rerum Germanicarum 3), S. 173 – 217.
 Stefan Burkhardt: Mit Stab und Schwert. Bilder, Träger und Funktionen erzbischöflicher Herrschaft zur Zeit Kaiser Friedrich Barbarossas. Die Erzbistümer Köln und Mainz im Vergleich (Mittelalter-Forschungen 22). Ostfildern 2008.
 Christoph Waldecker: Zwischen Kaiser, Kurie, Klerus und kämpferischen Laien. Die Mainzer Erzbischöfe im Zeitraum 1100 bis 1160. Mainz 2002 (Quellen und Abhandlungen zur Mittelrheinischen Kirchengeschichte 101).
 Ludwig Falck: Die erzbischöfliche Metropole. 1011 – 1244. In: Franz Dumont, Ferdinand Scherf, Friedrich Schütz: Mainz – Die Geschichte der Stadt. Mainz 1999. S. 111 – 137.
 Knut Görich: Die Ehre des Erzbischofs. Arnold von Selenhofen (1153 – 1160) im Konflikt mit Mainz. In: Archiv für mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte 53, 2001, S. 93 – 123.
 Franz Wegele: Arnold von Selenhofen, Erzbischof von Mainz. (1153 – 1160). Jena 1855.

Източници

Архиепископи на Майнц
Римокатолически архиепископи от 12 век
Римокатолически епископи от 12 век
Епископи на Германия
Родени през 11 век
Починали през 1160 година

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It's another Thirsty Thursday – and it's game 4 of the Bruins vs. Capitals playoff series – and man has it been a nail biter so far! Luckily for me though, I did not spend this Thursday at home alone – Dave had a hockey game last night, so tonight, he's home, and ready to participate in the awesomeness that is Thirsty Thursday 🙂 Since last week's Stanley Cup seemed to bring some luck to the Bruins (or that's what I tell myself anyway) I thought I'd give a Bruins themed cocktail a go again.
I have been seeing a lot of recipes for blueberry vodka w/ lemonade, which sounds amazing. So I took this recipe from Keep It Simple Foods and modified it to make it Bruins appropriate – how'd I do it? Swapped 'Blue'berries with 'Black'berries! Genius!
This drink is coming to you 24 hours in the making, as the recipe calls for infusing the vodka with the blackberries overnight, to give the flavors time to meld (i.e. give the blackberries plenty of time to soak in as much vodka as possible) So last night, that's what I did, and boy was it hard to wait a whole day!
Basically, I took a carton of blackberries (which equals about 1/2 cup – well more if I hadn't eaten some), put them in a mason jar, and filled to the top (or almost the top) with Vodka. Then tick-tock, tick-tock…..
Tonight, I got home, opened the fridge, and the vodka had turned a beautiful shade of purple (or 'black' – right) and I was ready to start shakin'!
Hello Blackberry Vodka - I waited a long time for you!
2) In a cocktail shaker mix blackberry vodka, water, lemon juice and simple syrup – shake a minute or so. If you think the lemon juice is too tart, you can always add more simple syrup.
4) Garnish with a lemon and enjoy!


British architectural firm Wilkinson Eyre Architects (London) have been announced as the architects for James Packer's $1 billion Crown Sydney Hotel at Barangaroo.
The selection panel was made up of representatives from Crown, Lend Lease, the Barangaroo Delivery Authority and the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure.
According to the Crown website, WEA's proposal took inspiration from nature and presented a complex architectural form that derived a sculptural form reminiscent of three twisting petals (see below).
Importantly, the shape of the upper and intermediate levels of the tower is designed to maximise views of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House.
WEA's portfolio of architectural projects include the striking Guangzhou International Finance Centre which is currently the world's eighth tallest building, along with the Gardens by the Bay development in Singapore which features giant, sustainably-cooled conservatories.
As previously reported on TheUrbanDeveloper.com, Crown Resorts Chairman James Packer said he was extremely impressed with the high quality of the short-listed panel and highlighted the importance for 'breathtaking' design in such an iconic location.
"Sydney deserves one of the world's best hotels...Crown Sydney will be the most iconic building constructed in this city since the Opera House.


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MilkRun, a Portland, Oregon-based company is supporting small, local farmers by enabling them to sell produce safely and directly to consumers' homes.
Founded by farmer and entrepreneur Julia Niiro, MilkRun is an online platform that lets farmers set their own prices cutting out as wholesalers, shippers, and truckers. Once consumers place an order through MilkRun, farmers deliver produce to an aggregation hub, which MilkRun then boxes and ships to consumers' doorsteps.
On average, farmers receive eight percent of the purchase price from grocery stores according to The American Farm Bureau Federation. But MilkRun estimates a return of up to 70 percent of the purchase price through their platform.
The platform is also trying to provide data on consumer purchasing patterns, purchase quantities, and food mileage, information that is often difficult for small farmers to obtain.
"Ninety percent of our nation's farms right now don't have even simple tools…they are having to recreate every data point… how can we help them do their jobs better?" Niiro tells Food Tank.
Niiro believes that the future of farming is bright, and she hopes to help farmers achieve success. "For young farmers, they need to know there's hope…you should be able to make a living and realize your dreams," Niiro tells Food Tank "Who are we going to leave our food system to if not them?".
Niiro says that COVID-19 is also having unexpected benefits for both MilkRun and farmers. "COVID has put farmers back in business." Niiro tells Food Tank. She explains that while wholesale orders from restaurants have decreased dramatically, direct purchasing from consumers is offsetting the loss.
According to Niiro, farmers are re-scaling, creating new safety practices, and adapting to direct consumer demands. She says these changes are enabling farmers to turn a profit during the pandemic.
"I've never been more proud to be someone who's in this work and serving people," Niiro says "The pride that comes with serving people and giving them an incredible experience makes us essential."
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La sebkha Kelbia (en árabe : سبخة الكلبية) es una sebkha tunecina de 8 000 hectáreas sitas al centro del país, sobre el territorio del Gobernación de Susa, más concretamente al sur de la delegación de Kondar.

Considerada como el segundo humedal  más importante del país, después del lago Ichkeul, está clasificada como  reserva natural por un decreto del ministerio de la Agricultura del  de  de . Ha sido declarada igualmente sitio Ramsar el  .

Tres Uadis, Nebhana, Merguellil y Zeroud, que desembocan en la sebkha cuando se producen   riadas, están controlados ahora por embalses que protegen la llanura contra las inundaciones. Pero estas construcciones, acopladas con la puesta en aprovechamiento de vastas tierras agrícolas irrigadas, tiene sin duda  un impacto medioambiental sobre la sebkha, que  sin embargo  no ha sido objeto de estudio hasta el día de hoy

La población agrícola que vive en los alrededores de la sebkha está estimada en aproximadamente 23 000 personas. Por ello un plan de gestión intenta obtener la cooperación de ésta con el fin de preservar el futuro de la sebkha.

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Per economia mondiale s'intende generalmente l'insieme delle attività produttive umane del pianeta Terra. Tali attività sono agricoltura, allevamento, pesca, estrazione mineraria, industria di base e manifatturiera, servizi di vario tipo (comunicazioni, trasporti, libere professioni, commercio, finanza, intrattenimento), ma anche attività considerate illegali.

Ancora oggi deve garantire almeno le condizioni minime di sopravvivenza, dato che quasi tutta la popolazione mondiale vive in povertà e difficilmente s'inserisce nel mondo del lavoro.

Per misurare il valore dei beni e servizi prodotti dalle attività umane, attualmente si usano valute a scala corta, in particolare il dollaro statunitense. In genere si calcola l'andamento non dell'intera economia mondiale, ma di ognuna di quelle dei quasi duecento stati in cui la Terra è divisa.

Circa il 23 per cento del prodotto interno lordo mondiale arriva dagli Stati Uniti. Negli ultimi tempi si sta però assistendo all'ascesa di alcuni Paesi emergenti, in primis la Cina.

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