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Spring in Strathconon
Spring in Strathconon. this is the time of year for preperation. for the soil and greenhouse/polytunnel. remember to wash pots/seed trays ready for use. order seeds/potatoes/onion sets so that you can insure you get the kinds you require.
Strawberry runners taken last summer can be brought in to the polytunnel, this will ensure early crops free from bird damage.
if like me you love garlic you can now start planting up. Take each bulb, seperate each clove and pot into individual pots. Put multi-purpose compost with a little bone meal and some perilite. This will aid drainage and slow release food for the first month. put in the polytunnel.
Onions grown from seed in January can be potted up now. If you prefer to grow your onions from sets these can be potted on the some as garlic.
In a frost free polytunnel/greenhouse you could start off broad beans and sweet-peas. I pre-chit mine first. In a plastic tub put some wet tissue paper on the bottom place in seeds then more wet tissue on top, place somewhere warm,but not dark.once seeds are active pot on in single pots with some compost mix as before.
In a heated propagator you can start off tomatoes,chillies,peppers.or you can pre-chit as a above but you need a very steady hand when picking up to pot on.
Planting compeining plants can commence this month if you have some where frost free. poached-egg plant- a wonderful low growing annual is great for attracting hover-fly,which in turn get rid of aifids. plant inside your polytunnel around all your beds with french marigolds.i tried african marigolds last year,a larger taller version of the french marigold and found it worked very well for combating affids.
A basic herb rack garden is essentiol for anyone who loves cooking. If you want to boost the flavour of home-grown produce, you,d do well to invest in a selection of culinary herbs.Chives,garden mint,oregano,applemint,lavender, posemary,parsley,thyme,sage basil.
Most herbs are fairly easy to grow and more-or-less look after themselves. The mediterranean types- sage rosemary-thyme do very well given the protection of a polytunnel. Herbs need a sunny position to flourish and produce the aromatic essential oils.
Herbs prefer a well drained soil with lots of well rotted organic matter. I prefer to steer clear of manure as its too rich and most herbs dont like to be over-fed - treat them mean. All herbs will do well in containers provide them a high potash granular fertiliser either a controlled release or rose feed. I use liquid comfry which i grow myself. Dont overdo the nitrogen as this produces soft growth with a less intense flavor. Potash is better for bringing out the taste and promating esential oil production.
Herbs to repel pest:-
Try the following types to deter insect pests from vegetable crops, thereby helping to clear protentially damaging problems. It`s one of those trial-and-error `do they` `dont they` situations. The following are well with worth a try. i`ve had some good results.
Basil - various flies and midges
Chives - many tomato pest.
Garlic - red spider mite, beetles and aphids.
Peppermint(in pots) - flea beetle and ants.
Sage - cabbage white butterflies
Herbs to attract benificial insects.
Combined with the herbs above, they provide another way of offering eco-friendly plant protection. attracting naturally occurring pest predators. Try planting ;- coriander, dill, fennel, parsley,spearmint(in containment invasive) and thyme.
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Businesses around the Camden section of Regent's Canal are being provided with throwlines following worries over drunkards jumping into the water. (Yes, we're talking people, not sweaters.) British Waterways and Camden Council have had to step up patrols, CCTV and the aforementioned ropes, in case someone gets into difficulty after six or seven too many beers in one of Camden's delightful watering holes.
Videos of jumpers are appearing on YouTube, including one genius chucking himself off scaffolding. We can't really understand the urge to dive into the stinking waters of the Canal ourselves, never mind factoring in freezing or shallow water, clinging clothes or being so shitfaced you forget how to swim. Are we just fusty and old now, or does this sound like a spectacularly stupid thing to do? Do us all a favour: let's not have any need for these lassos, before 'elf and safety Britain stops us all walking by the Canal please? (Jumper-less image by Matt from London from the Londonist Flickr pool)


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A PROPOSED rule change in the Mewies Solicitors Craven League puts the onus firmly on clubs to ensure that their overseas players meet ECB regulations regarding visa eligibility.
The proposed rule 6b, which was read out to the league's rules revision meeting at Cross Hills Social Club on Monday night, states: "Clubs are responsible for the registration of overseas players and must assure themselves that the player meets ECB regulations concerning the eligibility of players to play in the Craven & District League."
Rule 6c proposes: "Clubs are responsible for ensuring that overseas players' visa entry requirements have been satisfied and that the player is entitled to be in the country to play cricket."
Rule 6d proposes: "Any club found to have breached any part of this rule will be considered to have played an ineligible player and may be subject to any of the sanctions set out in disciplinary rule 9b."
A proposal over loan players met with a mixed reaction from the meeting.
Part of Skipton CI's proposal read: "Should a team loan more than four players in any game then the game can go ahead but the match will be considered conceded as far as league points are concerned using playing rule 31 (concession of matches).
Oakworth's league representative Keith Gilert said: "This part of the proposed rule change would have affected us a couple of times this season, and I can see where the proposal is coming from in that if you have more than four loan players then it isn't really your team, but my only issue is if you concede the game it reduces the likelihood of people wanting to play the game at all."
League executive committee member Martin Burgess added: "It is all about getting games of cricket played," while Bill Marshall, who has been proposed as the league's media and Play Cricket officer, said: "You are also depriving 11 members of the opposition of a game."
Skipton CI also proposed that start times be brought forward 30 minutes to 1.30pm, while the league's executive committee proposed that qualifications for averages in Division Four be reduced to a minimum of 250 runs for batsmen and 25 wickets for bowlers, with all of the other divisions remaining at a minimum of 300 runs and 30 wickets.
The proposed rule changes will be voted on at the league's annual meeting on Monday, December 9 at Cross Hills Social Club (7.30pm).
Peter Foster was ratified as acting league secretary and Ryan Judson as acting fixture secretary.


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A CAMPAIGNER has attacked plans to build 44 homes on streets without pavements...which would see pedestrians sharing the road with cars.
Despite safety concerns, planning permission for the 44 homes on the Dry Street development, known as Westley Green, was granted by members of Basildon Council's planning committee.
It is the third phase of a scheme which will ultimately bring 725 homes, a new school and shops to the area.
But independent councillor Kerry Smith has slammed the plan, citing significant safety concerns.
Mr Smith, who is not a member of the planning committee, said: "It's shocking the planning committee [is] spineless enough to put developers' profit before the safety and needs of residents.
"Future residents who move in there will be walking straight out of their houses into traffic; it's a highway safety issue to not have pavements in place.
"How can any pedestrian, whether it's children or the elderly, be expected to walk in a shared space with cars and traffic?
"The planning committee should have refused to approve plans until pavements were agreed to be put in place."
Independent Derrick Fellowes, for the Nethermayne ward, added: "The parking and road safety for that area is appalling, so without pavement residents will have to be extra careful.
"God forbid there could be an instance where a child steps into the road not paying attention. It's certainly not unheard of for drivers to not observe the speed limit. I'm very concerned and have seen concern on social media too.
"Councillors have no power to object to this, as much as I think it's wrong. All we can do is advise residents is to be careful."
The plans passed, with four members voting in favour, one against and one abstained.
During the meeting Conservative Craig Rimmer said: "The lack of pavement is worrying, any development which is implemented should be sustainable and residents should be able to walk in the area around their home safely. This has clearly been introduced with a car in mind."
During the planning committee meeting when plans were approved, Conservative Stephen Hillier pointed out that Essex County Council's highways officers had not raised any objection on highways grounds and if the committee opted to refuse the application, it was likely not to be supported by the county council which would be a "big problem".


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Leadership at United Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Co. have for some time been working to craft Raytheon Technologies Corp., a new aerospace and defense behemoth the companies say will be a "premier systems provider with advanced technologies."
With around a year to go until the $121 billion deal's projected closing date, many in Eastern Iowa — including Collins Aerospace employees — have a significant interest in the result, and the path company executives take to get there.
Here's a look at what is known so far:
What's happened so far?
United Technologies and Raytheon Co. announced June 9 that the two companies agreed to form Raytheon Technologies Corp. in an all-stock deal. The so-called merger-of-equals is expected to be completed by the first half of 2020 — and hopefully by the end of the first quarter, executives said — forming a $100 billion colossus second only to Boeing size-wise for a U.S. aerospace company.
During an investors call June 10, Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy said he first suggested the merger to United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes over the phone in early summer 2018, highlighting the companies' complementary products and platform-agnostic natures.
At the time, Hayes was busy working on his company's $30 billion acquisition of Cedar Rapids-based Rockwell Collins. So he and Kennedy revisited the idea later in 2018, and their teams began work in January.
How will this affect employment?
Raytheon Technologies is expected to consist of around 180,000 employees worldwide, including approximately 60,000 engineers, according to a UTC managers guide.
Company websites say Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, the businesses remaining with UTC through the merger, have 73,300 and 41,600 employees, respectively, while Raytheon Co. has 67,000 employees, for a current combined total of 181,900.
Approximately 9,350 Collins Aerospace employees now work in Cedar Rapids, Coralville, Decorah, Bellevue and Manchester.
In a June 9 email, Hayes told company workers, "For the vast majority of United Technologies employees, your role will not change."
He elaborated in the June 10 conference call, saying, "There will be some facilities rationalization, but we're not looking to consolidate a bunch of factories and we're not taking out a lot of jobs. In fact, we're going to create a lot of jobs through this merger."
Hayes and Kennedy said during the call their companies intended to add around 10,000 employees apiece in 2019, with Hayes noting his company had hired 5,500 people so far.
In a June 12 Fox Business interview, Kennedy said the forecast is for Raytheon Technologies to provide over 70,000 "noble" jobs "that pay way over minimum wage" over the following five years.
"The folks that have those jobs, they can buy a home, they can send their kids to school, they can save up for retirement, they have great health benefits," he said.
There will be some job loss at the corporate level, likely affecting UTC's Otis or Carrier businesses, said Hayes at a June 17 meeting.
What structure will the new company have?
Raytheon Technologies will be headquartered in the greater Boston area, and plans to retain a "corporate presence" in Farmington, Conn., and Waltham, Mass., where UTC and Raytheon, respectively, are based, according to the managers guide.
The new company is expected to consist of four businesses, including UTC's Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, and two Raytheon businesses formed from consolidating the companies' current four businesses.
One new business, Integrated Defense and Missile Systems, will include two eponymous Raytheon businesses. The other, Intelligence, Space and Airborne Systems, will consist of:
• Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems
• Intelligence, Information and Services
• Forcepoint cybersecurity business
• Collins Aerospace's Mission Systems unit, based in Cedar Rapids.
In the June 10 call, Hayes described the merger as "integration-light," beyond the corporate office and seeing "how we can take that capability (at Mission Systems) and then spread it across some of the Raytheon complementary businesses."
"But beyond that, this is not really going to affect our businesses or our operations really anywhere," he said.
Piecing Mission Systems together with the Raytheon entities is a matter of optimization, said Collins Aerospace CEO Kelly Ortberg at the June 17 meeting — though he added that the "how" still is unclear.
"We know there's a lot of value in combining those capabilities, but how do we do that, that optimizes that ... you can't have that all figured out pre-close," he said. "So we're going to work on that."
"One of the things that we talked about is you can't really pull the Mission Systems business out of Cedar Rapids and just move it into Raytheon," Hayes added at the meeting.
"The operating model will be refined during the integration process and will be shared in detail when the transaction closes," the managers guide reads.
What new capabilities are expected?
The merger is poised to create a "mouthwatering" range of technology synergies between the two companies that will address military and commercial customer needs, Paul Eremenko, senior vice president and chief technology officer with UTC, said during the June 17 meeting.
Chief among these will be hypersonic missiles, capable of flying up to 20 times the speed of sound and striking targets around the world in a matter of minutes.
After the merger, executives have said UTC could combine its propulsion technology, high-temperature materials and thermal and signal management systems with Raytheon's missile developments in seekers, payloads and guidance and control systems.
Eremenko said hypersonics now are the Pentagon's "No. 1 priority" and Raytheon Technologies is poised to become a "true powerhouse" in supplying them.
Federal lawmakers have called hypersonic missiles a "game-changing" technology, with some pushing for the United States to quickly develop them, lest it fall behind manufacturers in countries such as China and Russia, the New York Times reported last month.
The Trump administration's proposed defense budget for this year included $2.6 billion for hypersonic weapons.
"Hypersonics is potentially the next stealth in terms of survivability and in terms of the lethality of future weapon systems," UTC's Eremenko said. "And the reason for that is because the enemy kill chain is just not fast enough to neutralize a hypersonic weapon traveling at those speeds."
Also possible, Eremenko said, is the development of an airborne directed-energy weapon system, using Raytheon's high-energy lasers and microwaves and UTC's power systems and adaptive military engines. Raytheon already has used the beam weapons during tests to shoot down drones from grounded vehicles.
On the commercial side, executives also highlighted innovation in the realm of the "next-generation connected airspace" as a plus of the merger. They said putting UTC's air-to-ground networks and cockpit automation together with Raytheon's terrestrial radar and cyber defense capabilities will result in more efficient and secure air traffic control operations.
The companies have said Raytheon Technologies will invest an annual $8 billion in research and development to support new products.
Who will lead the company?
Until the merger is finalized, UTC and Raytheon are set to continue operations as separate businesses, with no immediate changes planned for leadership or structure, according to the managers guide.
"The management structure will be evaluated during the integration process," the guide continues.
The merger agreement stipulates UTC's Hayes will be named CEO of Raytheon Technologies. Kennedy is set to be appointed executive chairman of the new company for two years before Hayes succeeds him in that role as well.
Raytheon Technologies will have a 15-person board of directors, consisting of eight members from UTC and seven members, including the lead director, from Raytheon.
Are there any potential barriers?
President Donald Trump on June 9 said he is "a little concerned" about the deal, telling CNBC, "When I hear United and I hear Raytheon, when I hear that they're merging, does that make it less competitive? It's already not competitive."
UTC and Raytheon executives say their products are complementary rather than competitive, with an overlap of less than 1 percent, and the two companies have not competed against each other on any single system in years.
Each companies' shareholders also will need to approve the merger in separate votes, and two activist UTC investors so far have voiced opposition.
Bill Ackman, of hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management, said in a June email to Hayes that he believes the deal "makes no sense" and would "significantly lower" the quality of the company's aerospace business.
In late June, investor Daniel Loeb, CEO of Third Point LLC, wrote a letter to UTC's board, calling the merger "ill-conceived" and alleging it was motivated by "empire building" rather than a focus on technology.
Though the two hedge funds combined own just 1.47 percent of UTC, Loeb said Third Point is "confident many of our fellow shareholders feel the same way."
In a June 17 interview at the aviation industry's Paris Air Show, Hayes told CNBC that the merger would give the companies scale to work on new technologies that they could not develop individually, and that this could help persuade shareholders.
"The more we talk about the technology, the more they see the benefits, the easier this is going to be to convince people," he said.
What happens next?
Beyond the shareholders, company executives need approval from multiple other entities, including regulators in the United States and the European Union, before Raytheon Technologies can be formed. However, executives said, they do not foresee pushback from an antitrust standpoint because of a lack of product overlap.
A Pentagon spokesman said last month it is reviewing the implications of the potential merger and will submit its views to the U.S. Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission, which have not yet indicated whether they will play a role in approval.
In 2018, UTC needed the green light from the Justice Department as well as Boeing before it could acquire Rockwell Collins.
The Rockwell deal required approval from 17 countries, including China, which is not among the 10 countries that now must sign off on the proposed merger, Hayes said in a June 10 interview with Bloomberg TV.
Under the merger agreement, UTC also must spin off its Otis elevator and Carrier air-conditioner businesses before it consummates the deal.
As it stands, last month, United Technologies named CEOs — Judy Marks and David Gitlin — for the respective businesses after they are established as stand-alone companies. Hayes said a team of over 600 people are working on the spinoffs, which remain on track.
"We truly believe that we're going to get this done relatively quickly," he said, adding that, with regulatory approval by the first quarter of 2020, UTC could execute the spinoffs and close the merger deal at the same time.
"And we don't see any impediment to getting that done," Hayes said.
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'Lines are helping my son stay safe' – Mum of boy with autism praises actions of man who painted red lines at Royston school crossing
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The mum of an five-year-old boy with autism has praised the actions of the Royston father-of-three who painted red lines at a crossing used by schoolchildren in Burns Road.
Amy Friggieri said that since the lines were painted by Mark Snowden, Roman Way First School pupil Ollie's behaviour at the roadside has improved.
She said: "Ollie's not a good on the spot thinker, so visual aids are a must in our household.
"For example, we have to have a photo of a toilet in front of the TV so he doesn't forget to use the loo when he's focusing on something else. Otherwise we have a lot of accidents.
"Before the lines were there I felt I had to constantly shout at him from a little way away to remind him not to stand too close to the road."
Amy also as a two-month-old son, Michael, and said that if Ollie got too close to the road she would have to help him while also holding onto the pram.
"I don't like to make him walk holding on to the pram, as he and all his friends like to skip together
"He's not a fan of touching so he won't hold my hand. If forced, we face a meltdown before school has even started.
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Story: Prom night at East Green Falls High is only three weeks away and hormonal teens Jim (Jason Biggs), Oz (Chris Klein), Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas) all vow to lose their virginity before the big night. Rumours are already spreading of Finch's sexual prowess; Oz plans to seduce the newly arrived Heather (Mena Suvari); and Kevin, well at least he has girlfriend Vicky (Tara Reid); but Jim, Jim is growing more desperate with every passing day. Will the boys get lucky in the time remaining?
Starring: Jason Biggs, Chris Klein, Natasha Lyonne, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Tara Reid, Mena Suvari, Eugene Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan, Sean W. Scott, Eddie Kaye Thomas
Directed by: Paul Weitz
Director Photography: Richard Crudo
Music by: David Lawrence
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Written by: Adam Herz
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Unemployment is up again. Bad news for the Labour government as it allows the other parties to claim their policies aren't working.
The BBC had a report on Newsnight on why the end of recession hasn't started to generate jobs. No mention of the effect the parasitic public sector is having on business, nor any real mention that the increase in NI might be causing drag on job numbers, nor any mention of the lack of incentives from Labour to get employers to actually employ people. In fact the tone of the BBCs report seemed to be that the wonderous Labour government had created huge growth and it was industry's fault for not employing more people. Disregarding the fact that growth is flat (less than 1%) and not likely to create significant numbers of jobs at all.
Once again BBC reporters miss the point, apart from one nugget of truth, that the unemployment stats would be worse if it wasn't for people leaving the job market altogether. That phrase I understand suggests either retirement, death or emmigration.
Hardly a basis for cheery news.
The fact is that Labour have done nothing to bridge the huge gap between being completely on benefits and in a decent enough paying job that allows you to live without being paid any state benefits.
Me and the missus are having regular rows now because my job isn't paying enough to cover our bills, yet stops us being eligible for any benefit. The hill you have to climb to get into full employment is a severely steep one. Since the 10p tax rate was introduced and the wife's tax bill doubled overnight, we've struggled. Yes, we're among the people caught by the abolition of the 10p rate, but haven't received any extra benefit to compensate (as was promised by Brown and Darling). The thing is, we know several people in the same boat. These are (now ex) Labour voters who will never vote Labour again, thanks to their policies over the last 5 years. Instead there are droves of them looking very carefully at Nick Clegg and the Lib-Dems as an alternative to endorsing the last 5 years of Labour policy or voting Conservative.
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New businesses add to Viera, Suntree's unique charm
The Blind Spot has been in Viera for 16 years, and is opening a new storefront on North Wickham Road.
VIERA VOICE Sylvia Montes
With so many new businesses popping up around the Viera area, it might be hard to keep track of all of them.
First on the list of locals is The Blind Spot, which sells a range of shutters and blinds. The Blind Spot has been in Viera for 16 years, and it is opening a new storefront at 7954 North Wickham Road, Suite 118.
"(What stands out most about The Blind Spot is) the family-oriented aspect of it," said Jordan Bauer, a sales representative. "We want people when they walk in to feel genuinely comfortable with us, and to feel like we're there to help with this process, and to make it as easy for them as possible. (We seek to) really cater to their needs for the types of window treatments that we provide for them."
For more information about The Blind Spot, go to calltheblindspot.com.
Just next door to the new Blind Spot storefront is The Rustic Brush, which now offers woodworking workshops of all kinds throughout the week.
"We make a variety of everything," said Alicia Davenport, the owner. "When you pick a workshop, you don't have to do just one thing. In the workshop, there might be several different projects going on. It's all wood projects (except our doormats), and you (can) customize everything, so there's just hundreds and hundreds of ways you can create a design."
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Within the same plaza (next to Wickham Road and Baytree Drive, near the Metro Diner) is the upcoming eatery Celo's.
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It will open in May.
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Yes, I wondered too. After all the kerfuffle at the beginning of the month there's been rather dead silence [see my last post here]. So I Googled and found some tidbits.
Chukchi Sea walrus, June 2014. US Fish and Wildlife Service.
An article a few days ago at one media outlet (October 8, 2014) asked someone from the WWF what happened to the ~35,000 females and calves onshore near Point Lay, Alaska — because really, who else would you ask? Or, perhaps more to the point, would anyone at USGS be expected to answer?
And one online media outlet found walrus specialists in Alaska unwilling to lay all the blame for the recent massive haulout at Point Lay at the feet of low Arctic ice levels due to global warming. See what you think.
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This 10-day South Africa trip takes you to Durban and KwaZulu-Natal, encompassing history, wildlife, and the natural beauty of this much-loved part of the country.
Staying in Durban itself, start with a full day exploring the city's highlights. Come face to fins with the local ocean life at UShaka Marine World, and follow the revitalized 'Golden Mile' beachfront before browsing the markets of Warwick Triangle, where up to 6000 street vendors sell their wares. The tour concludes with a visit to the Durban Botanic Gardens and the spectacular view from the top of Moses Mabhida Stadium. The following day, journey into the heart of Zululand with a visit to the largest Zulu kraal, a visit with an iSangoma or traditional healer, a local beer tasting, and a thrilling display of traditional dance.
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South Africa boasts a rich mix of ethnic influences from near and far, which has contributed to its distinctive and delicious cuisine. To devotees, the Curry Buffet is more a site of pilgrimage than a restaurant. But even a currysceptic will appreciate the sweeping Indian Ocean views as you enjoy this multicultural feast at Oyster Box Hotel. Your final full day is one of history, exploring the Battlefields of the Anglo-Zulu war,Isandiwana and Rorke's Drift.
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After a report circulated showing almost half of the money sat on the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event went to the taxman, Lee Davy, takes a look at five taxes of a non-financial kind that poker players pay on a daily basis.
I remember when I used to receive a company bonus. I would cry, not because of the size of the gift, but because of the scale of the tax bill. I used to hate paying taxes, and then over time it became normalised, and I forgot about it.
So, this week, when I read an article from Russ Fox of Clayton Financial and Tax in Las Vegas about the amount of money the taxman made from the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Final Table I ignored it.
I mean, what's the problem?
We all have to pay income tax.
Ok, maybe Kenny Hallaert doesn't, but sooner or later the world will wake up to the fact that poker is a game of skill and some people play the game professionally, blah, blah, blah, and the tax man will come knocking on the requisite doors.
Of the $25,445,388 that was up for grabs at the final table of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, $10,109,760 went towards some form of taxation in America, Czech Republic, and Spain.
Here is the breakdown of the tax losses, courtesy of Mr Fox
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|Gordon Vayo
|Cliff Josephy
|Michael Ruane
|Vojtech Ruzicka
|Kenny Hallaert
|Griffin Benger
|Jerry Wong
|Fernando Pons
Financial tax is the most common form of tax, but Stoic philosophy teaches you that there are numerous forms of taxation you pay on a regular basis.
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1# The Tax of Waiting
The professional poker player has to do a lot of travelling to ensure they find the right games. Hanging around in airport lounges, train stations, and bus stops are forms of tax poker players pay as part of their job.
2# The Tax of Gossip
If you become one of the best, then it won't be long before the public eye finds you. After adorning the front cover of a few magazines and appearing on a few TV shows, you start to pay tax for being on the receiving end of snide gossip and public opinion.
3# The Tax of Frustration
You cannot be a robot at the tables, and you wouldn't want to be. Being in tune with your emotions is a vital part of the game of poker. Removing emotion isn't the key, neither is trying a form of control – instead, one must concentrate on acceptance. You will pay tax through your frustrations irrespective of how happy you may be with your game. Get used to it.
4# The Tax of Stress
Win or lose at the poker tables you will always pay the tax of stress. It's the nature of the beast. The more success you attain doesn't necessarily reduce the amount of stress in your life. Very often with more power comes more responsibility.
5# The Tax of Boredom
You cannot play every hand and neither should you. There will be long periods of inactivity where you will question why you are even playing in the first place. You are experiencing the tax of boredom.
The trick with these non-financial taxations is to learn to live with them in much the same way we all learn to live with paying taxes of a financial kind.
As Ryan Holiday says in his great book The Daily Stoic 'pay them and enjoy the fruits of what you get to keep.'


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Imagine. Visualize the image. Plan. Gather resources (friends). Convince my support group that I can make a half-decent photo of them. Watch them bite. Tell them to follow me. Get lost in DC and Maryland while trying to find a sweet location. Make friends run lots of red lights. Never find location. Improvise. Stumble upon a grungy bridge. Think. Smile at friends who are waiting in their cars, looking at me like I'm an idiot. Stand in the middle of the road and mentally compose the image, like an idiot. Freeze. Set up shop. Take test shots using a friend (thanks Donny). Drag friends out of their warm cars. Block traffic. Wave off oncoming traffic. Save nine lives and expensive camera gear. Pretend like I know what I'm doing. Tell them to stand there and look at the camera. Embarrass them as little as possible. Freeze time – multiple times. Hope to God that at least one frame ends up OK. Show friends a preview from the camera. Listen to the "ooh's" and "ahh's." Get all warm inside. Get all excited inside. Upload image. Wonder how I even came up with the idea for the image in the first place. Thank, God. Post process. "Ooh" and "ahh." Secretly make friends wait to see the photo. Build anticipation. Share with the world. Rock the world.
Thank you all for being here with me. <3
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Getting Started With Globus
The Genomics Core Facility uses Globus as a primary way for researchers to access their data. We store the data on RCAC's Data Depot storage service and the Fortress tape archive to store the data, and control shares via our Customer page.
What is Globus?
Globus is a service created by the University of Chicago to allow researchers to share and collaborate easier. In easiest terms, it serves both as a file transfer tool and as an authentication agent, insuring that only the desired collaborators can access your research data.
Set Up An Account
Individuals at a number of international research institutions can log into Globus using their institutional credentials. Go to globus.org and click Log In to see if your institution is already connected (note for Purdue users: we are - you can select "Purdue University Main Campus", which will come up automatically if you go to Purdue's branded Globus page). If not, use your Google or ORCiD IDs to authenticate.
If those options are not open or desirable to you, you can click use Globus ID to sign in, then Need A Globus ID? Sign Up. You will be prompted for a username, password, full name, email and organization.
Linking your account
Globus will primarily think of you as
<username>@globusid.org, while it is likely your data will be shared to you via your organization email. When logged onto Globus, click on the Account tab to see what information Globus has about you.
Globus will not automatically link the email you used to set up the account to your account. Therefore, if you used GlobusID, Google or ORCiD to login (i.e. anything but your institutional identity, e.g. your Purdue career account), it is very important to make Globus aware that this
<username>@globusid.org or
<personalemail>@gmail.com is in fact the same physical you with institutional identity
firstname.lastname@example.com. Globus calls this linked identities. To link and unlink email addresses and institutional identities to your Globus account, click Manage Your Identities under Account tab. Specifically, Purdue users would want to link their GlobusID to Purdue University Main Campus identity provider.
Download The Software
If your institution is subscribed to Globus, you likely have access to Globus endpoints you can move the data to, but if you do not, or would rather have it on your personal computers instead, you can use Globus Connect Personal to create an endpoint on your computer. It is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. The instructions for installing are easy to follow, but you must have permissions to install software on your computer.
Using Globus
Once you have the endpoint from the Genomics Core and an endpoint you can copy the data to, you can use the Transfer Files page to start a transfer. Choose the source endpoint on one side, the target endpoint on the other, select the files to be moved, and then click the arrow corresponding to the direction the files should be moved.
Globus uses GridFTP, a protocol that, in most cases, will be able to keep track of the transfer and, if interrupted, start again where it left off. If you are transferring to your laptop, you can turn off your computer and turn it on again, and Globus will normally start again where you left off.
Some resources are not fully capable of this, so I do recommend you transfer to a computer with a fast and stable network connection, preferrably wired. Additionally, especially if you're moving or storing large data sets (and if you're working with my lab, you are), it may be difficult to move or untar your data, especially if your tape-archived data is greater than 50% of your internal disk space. You can set Globus Connect Personal to access your external hard drive, which can prove easier than trying to move it or extract it once you have transferred it.
What is an Endpoint? What is a Path?
An Endpoint is a directory on a computer. This could be the root directory on a large distributed file system, or it could be the Documents directory on your laptop. More specifically, it is a directory on a computer that is named as a thing to be shared. Your institution might share your home directory or your lab's group directory to you, and you can then share your project sub-directory as an endpoint with your collaborators.
A Path identifies a sub-directory within the endpoint, and is written in Unix terms, with
/ being the "root" directory, where you can't get any lower,
/~/ being your specific subdirectory, and so on. If I share my
/home/djacoby/secret_research/ directory,
#secret_research may be the endpoint but
/ will be the path, so you cannot use a shared endpoint to search the entirety of my directory.
Asking For Help
If you have problems with any part of this process, there are many points of support. Globus Support has proven very useful to me, and Purdue's Research Computing has been a very good resource for help and new ideas. But very often, the problem is been how the Genomics Core Facility interfaces with Research Computing and Globus, so please, contact me as the first step toward solving your problems.
Lev Gorenstein of RCAC contributed to this document.