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'Scramble for parastatal boards'
AT least 150 Chartered Accountants (CAs) are vying for parastatal board seats after government wooed them earlier this year, NewsDay established.
BY FIDELITY MHLANGA
Government's invitation is geared towards professionalising State enterprises and parastatals, which have been dogged by rampant corruption, poor corporate governance and ineptitude.
Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe (Icaz) president, Martin Makaya confirmed to NewsDay the CAs who have expressed interest wanted to make a difference by making the entities contribute significantly to the economy.
"Basically, having a total of over 150 of our members showing interest is a pleasing response. We say well done to our membership. These members have the country at heart and they are willing to serve. Chartered accountants believe they can make a difference, they believe it is high time they went in and be part of the economy rebuilding exercise. Rather than meddle in politics, we believe as Chartered Accountants that we have a role in these public-sector entities to improve the general running of the entities," he said.
According to information at hand, Agribank attracted the highest number of those willing to sit on its board at 22, followed by National Social Security Authority with 18, CBZ (17), Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (17), Industrial Development Corporation (16), Zimbabwe Supply Energy Authority (16), NetOne (16) and Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (15). The Zimbabwe Mining Development Company has attracted the interest of 15 CAs, Hwange Colliery Company Limited (14), Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (14), TelOne (14) and Zimbabwe National Roads Authority (13).
Nine CAs have shown interest to sit on the board of the National Railways of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (nine), Air Zimbabwe (seven), Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (seven) and Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe (six).
Each chartered accountant expressed interest in as many as one entity.
Makaya believed Icaz members would be considered for the boards appointments as part of several ways by government to improve governance in the public sector.
While most parastatals have not produced any financial statements for years now, Makaya said the CAs would devise their expertise to deal with that phenomenon as well as stamp out weak internal controls obtaining in state entities.
"The key challenges that public-sector entities have been facing are on two fronts: delays in presenting financial reports and weak internal control environments.
Fortunately, these are the areas that Chartered Accountants are evidently and undoubtedly strong. So I strongly urge government to consider these offers by the members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe to serve on the public-sector boards of directors," he said.
The inefficient public enterprises have seen their contribution to the economy dipping to 2% from a peak of 60%.
Last year, Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa said the lack of quality in parastatal boards and management was making it impossible to turnaround their fortunes.
The permanent secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Stuart Comberbach told NewsDay recently that the Public Entities Corporate Governance Bill would make performance management contracts mandatory for heads and boards of State enterprises and parastatals in far-reaching reforms at these entities.
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Until they experience the political interference and the ineptitude of those at the enterprises and then they leave one by one
Sinyo
While its a good sign that technocrates are interested in local jobs, however there is no political will (at the moment) to align parastatals with good governancy. Cabinet pegged all State run enterprises CEO salaries at $6000 in 2013 but alas to todate non of the SEs has conformed to that directive. The government is also silent about its own resolution. Parastatals and SEs are the government & zanupf 'soup kitchens' thus must be run by deployees. The first thing is for CAs to register to vote and vote wisely
I really appreciate the fact that our Gvt is now seeing the value of competent and professional individuals. However, i would like to sound a warning bell to ICAZ because if its members fail to perform as expected this may be a irreparable dent on its reputation.
My advice is that ICAZ should allow its members to engage the gvt at individual levels as this will limit its liability in the event its members are fingered in corruption which is rampant in these state entities.
It will be very difficult for ICAZ to separate itself from the incompetence of its members if they are named in any controversial issue.
Mukanya
CORRUPTION is rampant in parastatals, its actually legalized in these entities, kusaba HUROMBE wako!!!
What we need are tested and tried business minded people, who will in the course of their work identify good CAs. 99% successful business leaders are not CAs but hard-nosed entrepreneurs. They are there in Zimbabwe. What we need is a distinct separation of occupations. We need corporate governance, non-executive directors whose mandate is not to interfere with the daily operations of the entity.
Evants
Ladies and gentleman you need to fully advised about whats currently happening parastatals Directors and CEO are creating filthy wealthy through unscrupulous means. There is a very small parastatal called National Arts Council of Zimbabwe currently headed by Nicholas Moyo as the Acting Director. He is controlling that organization by occupying all the top four Directorate positions after other resigned. The board is there but they are simply quite Minister Kazembe Kazembe is there but he is simply quite whilst Moyo is now better placed as the best tourist in Zimbabwe , Europe and Asian. I think Chartered Accountants must be very careful of their move uku ndekwe mazimbavha
In fact they also want to join the band wagon and loot. Ever wondered how much corruption is in the auditing and accounting sector ie those charted accountants companies
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Critical to affording renewal, was challenging the scope and scale of redevelopment, and discovering a socially acceptable outcome that permitted the economic drivers.
Scott Carver developed a preliminary masterplan for the wholesale review and implementation strategy for renewing the Housing NSW sites in the Redfern and Waterloo Estates. The Scott Carver masterplan has expanded the yield from a current 2,700 dwellings to 10,000 dwellings over time.
Working closely with the governments' principal economic advisor, the team developed delivery scenarios that would leverage continued occupation for social housing, commercial drivers for renewal on each site, and a positive cash flow for the orderly staged redevelopment. As part of our design process, the Scott Carver team participated in community workshops where our architects sketched, noted and drew the inputs of the community, and what they were looking for in the renewal of Redfern Waterloo.


I changed the color of a button on one of the inside pages and applied to the substring match across sites. I also set up a goal of tracking the clicks on the button. But I am not sure the clicks on the button are only people who landed on this specific page or any page with the change applied? If it's only tracking this specific page, is there an easy way to track the clicks site-wide?
By default click goals are tracked on every page where your experiment is running. So, if you set up a click goal on an element that exists across several pages, then it will be tracked on each of the pages where the experiment is running (ie your substring match).


The U.S. EPA has never before made such a clear and emphatic endorsement of biomass, commented Biomass Power Association President Bob Cleaves on release of the agency's updated biogenic emissions framework.
At least not for the 15 years that BPA has been in existence, according to Cleaves. The framework comes nearly four years after EPA's initial assessment of biogenic emissions in the Tailoring Rule, which, back in 2010, set forth to regulate carbon emissions and did not exclude biomass. A result of a three-year study and convening a science advisory board to further study the issue, Cleaves said the framework appears to be far more exhaustive and more complex than original framework that EPA put out.
Cleaves highlighted a memo EPA Acting Administrator Janet McCabe issued to Regional Air Division Directors that describes the EPA's current stance on biogenic CO2 emissions in the context of the Clean Power Plan and Prevention of Significant Deterioration Program, pointing out that the EPA is planning provisions to the PSD rules to exempt biomass from Best Achievable Control Technology requirements for greenhouse gas emissions from waste-derived and non-waste biogenic feedstocks derived from sustainable forest and ag practices.
Cleaves added that one can get into the weeds as to what today's announcement means for the Clean Power plan and PSD permitting, but fundamentally, the framework says that biomass is a good thing.


There is more than one path to take for an extension to a protected historic home – one is to echo what's gone before, another is to stand out in sharp contrast. And then there is a third option – create a modern addition that stylistically and in terms of scale echoes the existing residence.
This renovation and rear extension to a heritage-protected city villa by architect Tom Rowe took the third way forward.
"The owners' brief was for a clean-lined addition with modern functionality that would at the same time work well with the existing home in terms of both scale and materiality," says Rowe.
Other requests were for maximum usable space in the extension, including a semi-separate living area for the owners' children to play in while still feeling a part of the new living and kitchen volume.
In addition, natural light penetration was required in the add-on but not at the expense of privacy from near neighbours. Plenty of storage was another requirement.
The renovation project also involved reshuffling and upgrading bedrooms and bathrooms in the original home. Plus the villa's Matai floors were restored and oiled.
To prepare for the rear extension, an inefficient lean-to added at an earlier time was removed. Next a concrete slab was laid, extending back roughly the length of the existing structure again.
"We retained the villa's original multi-pitch roof and added a new internal metre-wide gutter between the old and the new roofs," Rowe says.
"This was, in part, to allow for any elements being out of square on the 100-year-old villa. A sympathetic hip roof was chosen for the extension."
The extension is clad in shiplap weatherboards, sympathetic too but not the same as the villa's bevel-backed cladding.
On the inside, the addition presents as one long open-plan volume. The front door opens to the original hall and offers a direct sightline right through from the existing to the brand new. The large volume is achieved by supporting trusses and a plywood portal frame.
"While the new is in step with the old in terms of detail and construction, the addition doesn't emulate the historic ornamentation and detail seen in the villa."
Instead, the extension is clean-lined and bright, with two skylights, clerestory windows and a low-set window looking directly onto the garden, all bringing in natural light while maintaining privacy. And of course the whole addition opens up to the rear garden with glass sliders.
At the villa end, a modest mezzanine children's area is contained by a half wall at about the point where the original home ended. From here, the balance of the modern extension comprises a new kitchen and the main living space. The high stud matches the height of the rooms in the villa.
The two-tone kitchen features slender Brazilian stone countertops and a matching splashback. Plenty of discreet storage was incorporated above the kitchen, around windows and above the sliders.
The airy extension is snug and warm, thanks to in-slab water pipe heating which also circulates into radiators in the home's remodelled bedrooms.


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The universal law of seasons is a constant. After Spring comes Summer. After Summer comes Fall. After Fall comes Winter. To try and deny this in our life or financial well being is naive and quite frankly careless.
I asked him a simple question. "If Winter hits our economy, your industry or your company are you prepared? Do you have 6 to 12 months of your lifestyle expenses saved?" Silence on the other end answered that question. There's a difference between being Cash rich vs Asset rich. True freedom does not come from how much money you make but how much money you keep and put in places to grow you wealth.
Many years ago I read a book, "The millionaire next door". Most, true millionaires resole their shoes instead of buying brand new ones, they drive cars that cost less then $60,000. They live in a modest home that costs less than $500K.
Are you ready if Winter hits?
We've all seen the mega athletes, super star entertainers who make a ton of money but spend more then they make. When the cash stops flowing they end up filing for bankruptcy. The greatest place to put your resources and money today is in your financial IQ. The difference between the have and have nots is the difference between being informed and uninformed. The difference between the informed and the uniformed is the difference between being rich and being broke.
No one is going to care about you and your family more than you. The economy, the industries and companies don't have mercy. If things turn sideways, give yourself the cushion so you don't come from a place of desperation. Now is the time to be prepared. Anticipation is power, reaction is pain. When Winter hits some will freeze to a financial death while others will go skiing in Aspen. Where will you be? The seasons never change.


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Jarvis (real name Cris Jarvis) has returned with a fresh single entitled "Reborn," out via Firepower Records.
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Jarvis first made waves in 2016 with his collaborative effort with Tisoki, "Everybody Know Me." Since then, the U.K.-based producer has dropped two EPs and a handful of high-energy tracks such as "Death Rave," "Thinking Of You," and "Bloodbath." Zeds Dead and Jauz also enlisted him for an official remix of their hit collab, "Lights Go Down."
With a brand new EP on the way this May, fans should prepare themselves for another dose of Jarvis soon enough.


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Northwest Florida home to 4 of top 10 most generous places in sunshine state
Drew Buchanan December 9, 2015 Gulf CoastOkaloosa/WaltonPensacola
City of Panama City/Special to The Pulse
To many, Florida is best known for its beaches, warm weather and relaxation. But perhaps just as symbolic is the kindness that extends all over the state. According to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, Florida cities and towns are abundant on their list of the most generous places in the country. Check out these philanthropic Florida places — all within the top 100 of the most generous metro areas in the country.
Floridians gave on average 3.38% of their income to charity, which translates to more than $11 billion! However, have you ever wondered which cities in Florida gave the most to charity? According to the data provided, Northwest Florida is home to four of the top 10 most generous and giving places in the Sunshine State. Check out the list below:
10. Panama City
(City of Panama City/Special to The Pulse)
With a giving ratio of 3.68% of their adjusted gross incomes, and a total contribution of $73,412,000, the Panama City metro made the number 10 spot on our list.
9. Pensacola
(Drew Buchanan/The Pulse)
The Pensacola metropolitan area donated a total of $188,497,000, which was 3.74% of its total adjusted gross income. The Upside of Florida sure has a big heart.
8. Gainesville
(University of Florida/Special to The Pulse)
Gainesville gave 3.79%, for a total of $115,990,000. Who knew college students could be so generous? Oh, and Go Gators!
7. Ocala
Ocala gave $120,494,000, which was equal to 3.82% of its adjusted gross income.
6. Crestview & Fort Walton Beach
(U.S. Air Force/Special to The Pulse)
These Gulf Coast towns earned the number 6 spot by giving 3.87% of their adjusted gross incomes, for a total of $102,930,000. Folks in these towns along the Emerald Coast have big hearts.
5. Naples-Marco Island
Coming in at number 5, the Naples-Marco Island metropolitan area gave 3.97% of its adjusted gross income, $663,456,000.
4. Jacksonville
Jacksonville residents reached deep in their pockets and gave 4.08% of their adjusted gross incomes, for a total of $963,375,000. Though not the highest percentage, it was the highest dollar amount on our list.
3. Tallahassee
With a giving ratio of 4.22% of their adjusted gross income, and a total contribution of $183,064,000, Tallahassee made the number 3 spot on our list.
2. Sebastian & Vero Beach
These people of these beach communities donated 4.61% of their adjusted gross incomes, for a total of $209,889,000.
1. Lakeland & Winter Haven
Lakeland and Winter Haven gave 5.2% of their adjusted gross incomes to chairty, for a total of $265,856,000.
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Q: How to get multiple custom objects from joined query in Codeigniter? I recently learned that in Codeigniter, when getting results from a query, using result() or row() you can add a string parameter to cast the results to a custom object.
So, I have these two tables:
Books
id
title
author_id

Authors
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name

And this query:
$this->db->select('b.id, b.title, a.name AS author_name');
$this->db->from('books AS b');
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$query = $this->db->get();
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$books is now an array of Book objects (I have a Book class loaded), so I can do this:
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Of course, author_name is a field of $book. For this very simple case is fine, but imagining a more complex situations, with more tables, more classes, and more fields involved, it would be nice if I could create a $author object directly in the query, to have something like this:
foreach($books as $book) {
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One solution I've found around is to have something like this in the Book class:
class Book {

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Which works, but this means that after the original query with the join, I will do other n queries to get the authors. Is there a better approach?

A: For any given books, you will always have to perform multiple requests to get different objects. You are able to get basic, essential, information in a single query though.
In a more complex case, such as with the author, you could either have a field "authorId" and "authorName" in your book, and a "getAuthor" method.
Your SQL query could then populate the author name and id in your book object with a single query, and the book could load the complex author object if needed.

A: Your solution is a bad practice because you're mixing a lot of code inside an entity. On the other hand, there isn't any automatic way to create an object within another. To do that "automatically" you have to use an ORM such Doctrine.
On the other hand, with your example, you should move the logic code from Book to the model class (SRP) to  separate the concerns.
One example could be:
public function getBook($id)
{
    $book = $this->db->get_where('books', ['id' => $id])->row(0, 'Book');
    $boo->author = $this->db->get_where('authors', ['id' => $book->author_id])->row(0, 'Author');
}

Or, you could use a Closure to encapsulate everything and defer the instantiation:
public function getBook($id)
{
    $book = $this->db->get_where('books', ['id' => $id])->row(0, 'Book');
    $book->authorClosure = $this->getAuthorClosure();
}

public function getAuthorClosure(Book $book)
{
    $db = $this->db;
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        return $db->get_where('authors', ['id' => $book->author_id])->row(0, 'Author');
    };
}

public function getAuthor()
{
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    {
        $closure = $this->authorClosure;
        $this->author = $closure();
    }

    return $this->author;
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But with a closure, you should have a method to return the author and not a public variable.

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Flying to Chino (KCNO) from El Monte (KEMT)
Let's talk a bit about flight planning today. I just completed a training trip with my instructor and two friends (see photo) out to Chino airport today. This flight was originally meant for Tuesday, 1/22, but there were still very strong winds from the windstorm on Monday (gusting 9 - 26kts), so we postponed to today.
El Monte (KEMT), which is nicknamed Elmoo on TACs (terminal area charts), is our home airport. Chino is about 21nm south east of El Monte. To get to Chino, we will pass under Ontario's airspace. This means our altitude will be limited to 2500'.
Notice there is another airport that is in between KEMT and KCNO: KPOC, or Brackett. Their airspace extends down to the northern intersection of the 60 and 57 freeways. We will avoid them by aiming towards the southern intersection of the 60 and 57 freeways. Be careful not to mistake the compass rose for their airspace.
Approximate final trajectory:
Assuming runway 19 (preferred runway) is in use from KEMT, we'll ask for a left crosswind, or southeast departure. It just happened that day that the winds were favoring runway 1, so we asked for a right crosswind departure. We made our right turn fairly early, at about 300ft AGL, or 500' MSL. We aimed for the hotel on a hill, which is the blue region just north of the Pomona Freeway flag on the TAC. From there, we aimed for the southern 60/57 intersection, then straight on towards Chino.
We talked with Chino tower about 10 miles out, or when we crossed the 57. Winds were variable that day, so there was a bit of turbulence heading over Puente Hills. Normally, runway 26 is favored at Chino, but that day, winds were mostly favoring runway 8. We landed 8L, and got off at Kilo.
We did two touch and go's (if my memory is behaving properly) on 8L before we asked for a runway change to RW 3. Again, winds were variable. There was a helicopter practicing on the north east side of RW 3, so ATC took some time to move him. We were almost on base when ATC asked us to delay and head further south because a jet was coming in. We obeyed by climbing a bit to the south then gently circling over the cow fields.
The pilot of this jet was really something. He initially said something to ATC that was relevant for Ontario. ATC corrected him and then gave him instructions on heading to Ontario. The pilot didn't repeat instructions back correctly, so ATC continued to work with him on making sure he got the frequencies right and was clear on his intentions. Once that was done, we got cleared to approach RW 3…until that jet decided it was actually going to land at Chino. So we proceeded to circle again. We watched the jet land, then made our final touch and go on RW 3 before heading back to El Monte.
Here's a couple random notes regarding Chino airport. You can really smell the cows. The airport is surrounded by a bunch of lush, green fields, some of which have cows. Mind you, we're flying something like 1400 - 2200', and the smell of manure is still hitting hard. There is also a temple just west of Chino airport. I didn't get any photos, but it's really a sight from the air. They have a big pink building with a gray star on top. There are also two prisons near the airport. Those are certainly useable as markers for final approach.
We executed left crosswind after takeoff from RW 3. We pretty much retraced our path over Diamond Bar, then angling up to the 10, then following the 10 back for right traffic onto RW 1. We contacted KEMT about 10 nm out. Overall, this was a pretty uneventful training trip. There was a bit of turbulence, but nothing big enough to bother me or my passengers.
I brought two friends with me that day, so weight and balance calculations were definitely a necessary procedure before the flight. Here's a picture of the numbers I used:
We filled up pretty much to max gross, so 30 gals of fuel. 760's fuel consumption is about 7.4gph, so at 42nm straight line round trip distance, and 110kts cruising speed, we had plenty of margin for all the other things we wanted to do that day.
Here's a free online service where you can track flights. The flight I just described was from 1/24, 10:57am - 12:07pm.


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When I hover my number 3, it's stops turning.
I tried on the class named "drie":hover display;none; but that won't work.
Even on the webkit form.
I can't find out what the problem is..
I have made a jsFiddle for you guys.
If you guys still can't find the problem, here is my website to sorta test it aswell if needed. It's a report for school btw :) School Report
Hover over the Tie and scroll down, here is where you will see the number 3.
My website only uses css and css3.
Someone has a suggestion that would help? Thanks!
~~~UPDATE~~~
As I checked my jsFiddle good, I only changed the display that works.
The only problem excist on my website by codes above I suggest..
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A: If you want that your number should get rotate even after hover than just remove this display:none;
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    -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
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A: The .vierkant div:hover rule is also applying since the element id="drie" is a <div> descendent of the <div class="vierkant">
Change the rule to .vierkant > div:hover to only target the direct children. This will stop the multiple 3s appearing.
Now the 3 seems to be spinning constantly, which is not the same as the other numbers, which only animate on :hover so it seems that you really just want the following CSS.
#drie {
position: absolute;
    left:440px;
}

#drie:hover {
    -webkit-animation:rotate 5s linear 0s infinite normal none; /* Safari & Chrome */
    -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
}

If you want 3 to spin constantly, just combine into a single selector:
#drie {
position: absolute;
    left:440px;
    -webkit-animation:rotate 5s linear 0s infinite normal none; /* Safari & Chrome */
    -webkit-backface-visibility: visible;
}


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Esquel and Trevelin: rare Covid-19 success stories in Argentina
Not everywhere in Argentina is struggling without luck to halt the spread of Covid-19: Esquel and Trevelin are arguably the New Zealand of Patagonia, thanks to the approach of local authorities.
Jeremy Wood is a retired writer from New Zealand, now based in Esquel, Chubut Province.
Not everywhere in Argentina is struggling without luck to halt the spread of Covid-19: Esquel and Trevelin are arguably the New Zealand of Patagonia, thanks to the approach of local authorities. | PERFIL CEDOC
Chubut is, generally, a bit of disaster. Years of corruption and "jobs for the boys" (and girls) has saddled the province with impressive debts, leading to its inability to pay its numerous employees. Perhaps some of them should never have been employed, but to make teachers, nurses and other key employees wait in hope for their salaries being paid each month is a pretty poor show for a province with such potential riches in fishing, oil, minerals and tourism.
The large towns of Trelew and Comodoro Rivadavia, with sprawling areas of cheek-by-jowl, low-cost housing, are a magnet for Covid-19, exacerbated by the presence of Route 3, which carries all the truck traffic from the north to the south of the country. And, to cap it off, fishing fleets docking in Puerto Madryn, Rawson and Comodoro also add to the virus load. Local medical services are already overwhelmed – thank goodness the cruisers have stopped docking at Puerto Madryn.
But cross to the other side of the country and the picture is totally different. Chubut is blessed with some of the most dramatic and beautiful scenery in the whole of Argentina, and it is almost all located around the small Welsh towns of Esquel and Trevelin. There's virtually no industry there and their economies are primarily based on sheep and cattle farming. They say that, if you base yourself in Trevelin, you can ski in the morning (at the nearby resort of La Hoya), have lunch in the rain-forest (in Los Alerces National Park – now a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and tea in scenery rivalling the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley (in and around the extinct Piedra Parada Volcano).
And in these towns, there are hardly any cases of the coronavirus (just six in Esquel as of Thursday). Why? Firstly, because access to both towns is via a single road, a branch off RN40, which follows the Andes all the way down to Tierra del Fuego. The local authorities have ensured that access is very strictly controlled, so there's little traffic from the highly-infected town of Bariloche, 300km to the north. Secondly, most of the border crossings with Chile are closed. The most popular one for trucks from Chile carrying products to southern Chile, Cardenal Samore, is only open to truck and trailer traffic. They make their way down the Andes via Route 40 and don't come within 10 km of Esquel. Finally, there are no flights, therefore no tourists. There is only one way in and, like New Zealand, it is well controlled, with compulsory quarantine restrictions.
This success story is reflected in the buoyant state of the property market. Citizens of Comodoro and other coastal towns, as well as from Buenos Aires and other large cities across the country, are reportedly buying properties in the area, many as retirement homes or simple investments. Some long-time property owners, mainly farmers, are beginning to divide some of their land holdings and putting on the market lots too.
A case in point is one Welsh farmer who has set aside a lot of five hectares (12.36 acres). The plot, which has water and is suitable for a grand house or small gated community, is in an elevated position, overlooks the town of Trevelin as well as Los Alerces National Park, is surrounded by snow-capped mountains and is only five minutes from the centre of town, with a modern hospital and excellent schools. It is only 50 km from Esquel airport and 35 km from the Chilean border at Futaleufú. The owner thinks he won't have to wait very long to get his US$480,000 asking price.
Assuming the authorities ride their luck and keep the virus away, locals are very happy and going about their daily lives as if nothing had happened – a far cry from life in Covid-19 hotspots across the country.
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Weekend Box Office Report: 'Batman vs. Superman' Makes All of the Money in the World, But Is It Enough?
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was never not going to have an enormous opening weekend. Toxic reviews and mixed word of mouth mean nothing next to hype — that title alone guaranteed a record-breaking start. And right now, Zack Snyder's superhero epic does look like a gigantic hit. However, this weekend is really all about the trailers and posters and Warner Bros.' omnipresent marketing. The real challenge will be next weekend, when the film's legs will be properly tested.
Film Weekend Per Screen
1 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice $170,100,000 $40,099 $170,100,00
2 Zootopia $23,138,000 (-37.7) $6,305 $240,547,000
3 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 $18,120,000 $5,784 $18,120,000
4 Miracles From Heaven $9,500,000 (-35.9) $3,118 $34,127,000
5 Allegiant $9,500,000 (-67.3)
$2,540 $46,605,496
6 10 Cloverfield Lane $6,000,000 (-52.0) $2,141 $56,010,797
7 Deadpool $5,000,000 (-37.6) $2,140 $349,472,050
8 London Has Fallen $2,926,000 (-57.3) $1,347 $55,614,857
9 Hello, My Name Is Doris $1,575,000 (+57.8) $3,227 $3,142,764
10 Eye in the Sky $1,001,204 (+136.9) $8,140 $1,723,311
Batman v Superman opened with a gigantic $170 million, the biggest opening yet for a DC Comics movie and a new March record. It's not quite Avengers numbers, but it's certainly close enough, especially since Man of Steel struggled to reach $300 million three years ago (it didn't quite make it). But unlike Deadpool, which opened to enormous numbers on a modest budget, Batman v Superman has opened to enormous numbers on an enormous budget. It's going to need to break a billion worldwide if it's going to be considered a hit and anything less than $350 million or so at the domestic box office won't be a good look (and even that's being generous). The real test for the film will come next weekend. Will people still flock to theaters after word on the film gets around? Maybe. It certainly works for the far more maligned Transformers movies.
The other major new release of the week also sits on unsteady ground. An $18 million opening is a strong start for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, but the original film became a $241 million hit through word of mouth and a long, slow roll-out that allowed audiences to discover the film. It's unlikely that the sequel will even come close to matching the success of the original, but if buzz is strong (if your mom likes it), it can be a modest hit.
However, this weekend really proved the strength of Zootopia, which showcased strong legs in its third weekend by clinging on to second place with $23 million. With $240 million in the bank, Disney Animation's latest film should cruise past $300 million soon enough, although anything too far beyond that will be unlikely. It won't do Frozen business, but it will fare better than Big Hero 6 and Wreck-It Ralph.
In fourth place, Miracles From Heaven continued to play well to its audience, taking a small dip and grossing $9 million for a $34 million total. The film should already be deep into the black, so anything from this point on is pure profit.
You need to go to fifth place to find a true disaster. Allegiant plummeted in its second weekend, dropping 67 percent and grossing only $9 million. With only $46 million earned so far, it won't even come close to reaching the grosses of the first two Divergent films. Heck, you have to wonder if the fourth and final film will even get made at all at this point — this is a disaster for a series that looked like a reliable-enough Hunger Games imitator a year ago.
In sixth place, 10 Cloverfield Lane has been reduced to a trickle, but it's already a huge hit. The same goes for Deadpool in seventh place, which will cross $350 million any day now. And then there's London Has Fallen, which will soon end its run with a little more than $60 million in grosses, a significant fall from the first film.
Source: Weekend Box Office Report: 'Batman vs. Superman' Makes All of the Money in the World, But Is It Enough?
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A fire control tower is a structure located near the coastline, used to detect and locate enemy vessels offshore, direct fire upon them from coastal batteries, or adjust the aim of guns by spotting shell splashes. Fire control towers came into general use in coastal defence systems in the late 19th century, as rapid development significantly increased the range of both naval guns and coastal artillery. This made fire control more complex. These towers were used in a number of countries' coastal defence systems through 1945, much later in a few cases such as Sweden. The Atlantic Wall in German-occupied Europe during World War II included fire control towers.

The U.S. Coast Artillery fire control system included many fire control towers. These were introduced in the U.S. with the Endicott Program, and were used between about 1900 and the end of WWII.

A typical fire control tower

A fire control tower usually contained several fire control stations, known variously as observation posts (OPs), base end stations, or spotting stations from which observers searched for enemy ships, fed data on target location to a plotting room, or spotted the fall of fire from their battery, so the aim of the guns could be adjusted. For example, the fire control tower at Site 131-1A contained one OP, two base end stations, and two spotting stations. A shorthand notation was used to identify the stations.

For instance, the top story of Site 131-1A was planned to contain base end station #3 and spotting station #3 for Battery #15. The overall plan document for the harbor defenses contained a list that linked the tactical numbers of all batteries to their names. That document also contained an organization chart that identified all the Command (C) and Group (G) codes, like "G3."

These towers were arrayed in networks along the coast on either side of the artillery batteries they supported. The number and height of the towers was determined by the range of the guns involved. Many fire control towers were also part of a harbor's antiaircraft warning system. Spotters occupied cramped "crow's nests" on the top floors of the towers that enabled them to lift a trapdoor in the tower's roof and scan the sky for approaching aircraft.

When an enemy surface craft was detected, bearings to it were measured from a pair of towers, using instruments like azimuth scopes or depression position finders. Since the distances along the line between the towers (called a baseline) had already been precisely measured by surveyors, the length of this baseline, plus the two bearing angles from two stations at the ends of the line (also called base end stations) to the target, could be used to plot the position of the target by a mathematical process called triangulation.

A fire control tower was usually five to ten stories tall, depending on the height of the site at which it was built and the area it had to cover. Often made of poured concrete, its lower floors were usually unoccupied and were capped by occupied observation levels. Staircases ran up to the lowest observation level, and wooden ladders were then used to climb to higher levels. But some fire control structures built atop coastal hills or bluffs only needed to be one- or two-story buildings, and were built of wood or brick. Sometimes these buildings were camouflaged as private homes, and were referred to as fire control "cottages."

The center of octagonal concrete mounting pad on the eight floor of 131-1A (which was meant to support a depression position finder) was usually the surveyed point at the end of the baseline (and thus the precise location of the base end station). A survey marker embedded in the tower's roof directly above this pad defined this point. Other observing instruments on lower floors of the tower were usually lined up directly beneath the eighth floor mounting pad and the rooftop marker, so they shared the same latitude and longitude. The pipe stands shown on floors six and seven of the Nahant Site 131-1A tower probably held azimuth scopes, which were less complex telescopes that determined bearings to a target but not its range from the tower.

Site 131-1A had electric lights, phones, and radio communications, and a time interval bell that was used for coordinating fire control information. Some fire control towers were also the mounting points for coast surveillance or fire control radar antennas. Although our sample tower has a simple, square appearance, some versions of these towers in New England had round or partly octagonal plans.

A network of fire control structures

Each major battery of Coast Artillery guns was supported by a network of fire control structures (towers, cottages, or buildings) which were spread out along the nearby coast. Guns of longer range had larger numbers of fire control stations in their networks. Depending on where the target ship was located and upon other tactical conditions, one or more of these stations would be selected to control the fire from a given battery on that target.

For a WW2-era example, take Battery Murphy, the two  guns in Nahant, MA. Murphy used ten fire control stations that made up Battery Murphy's fire control network, which was spread out over about forty miles of coastline running from Station 1 (Fourth Cliff) in the south to Station 10 (Castle Hill) in the north. Half of these stations were located in tall towers, and half in low-rise cottages.

The length of the baselines running between each pair of stations was known very precisely. For example, Station #1 and Station #2 were  apart. These distances were plugged into the triangulation equations for the pair of stations involved in sighting on a particular target in order to compute its position. As the target ship moved along the coast, different pairs of fire control stations (and therefore different baselines) would come into play. Very precise measurements were also taken of the distance between the directing point of each battery (often the pintle center of its Gun #1) and each fire control station's observing point. These distance could also be used for target location, if one of the observations was taken from the battery itself and another from the distant station.

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References

 FM 4-15, Seacoast Artillery fire control and position finding

See also
Fire lookout tower, used to spot wild fires
Base end station
 Fire-control system
Coast Artillery fire control system
 Coastal defence and fortification
 Seacoast defense in the United States
Flak tower, similar large concrete towers built during WWII for anti-aircraft defense.

Military installations
Coastal artillery
Towers

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Palm-nut Vultures are outcasts of the vulture world -- they eat fruits, not roadkill! At Christmas I guess they would go for the fruitcake over turkey with all the trimmings! This cute original design features our Birdorable cartoon Palm-nut Vulture wearing a Santa hat. Cute for Christmas!


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To make security relevant to all stakeholders within an organization, the SABSA framework introduces a layered approach to architecture. Each layer corresponds to a different player's view within the organization as it relates to specifying, designing, constructing, and operating a security architecture, as shown in Figure 1.
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Even though I lived in NYC city for 13 years, I still enjoy playing tourist. I also think virtual reality rides are fun, it's neat to be transported to another place or time. In New York, I have gone on many tours, but never one that incorporated virtual reality until I had the opportunity to try the Downtown Experience.
What is the Downtown Experience?
The Downtown Experience is an NYC virtual reality experience tour from the same company that offers the Tour and the Ride. You may have seen their unique buses (more on that below) in Manhattan. If you hadn't guessed from the name, the Downtown Experience tour explores downtown Manhattan. You will see many points of interest and learn more about the history of New York City. The Downtown Experience lasts 90 minutes and is included in most NYC tourist passes or you can buy tickets just for the tour.
You have never been inside a tour bus like this! It is designed to provide the best views possible for everyone on board. All the seats face the left side, which is floor to ceiling windows, and the ceiling is glass too. There are three rows of stadium style seating, with each row higher than the one below it. No matter where you sit on the bus, you will have a great view. I sat in the first row right by the aisle so that I would have a little extra space for my leg brace.
In addition to the great views through the windows, there were also several small screens that would play video. To be honest, most of the time I didn't watch the videos because there was so much to see through the windows.
Each person gets a virtual reality headset. Just to be clear, this is virtual reality not augmented reality like Pokemon Go. The headset is fully adjustable so it will fit any size head. We had time to try them on and get them fitted before the Manhattan experience tour started. There is also a button to adjust the focus.
During this time you can see aerial shots of New York City. It felt like I was in a helicopter over Manhattan because as I moved my head I could see more. The headset allows for views any way you look – behind you, above you, etc. I loved the views over Central Park.
You won't wear your headset the whole tour and they turn off by themselves when you set them down. If at anytime you have issues with your headset during the tour, you just raise your hand. There were several staff members on board to assist. I did not have any issues with my headsets or notice anyone else having issues during our lower Manhattan tour.
Before the bus started moving, our tour guide Alex introduced himself and then played a short virtual reality video for us. It was an original song about the history of New York starting from the ice age. It was fun to watch and look around to see what else you could see. I kept thinking it would be funny to also watch everyone wearing their headsets and watching the video. I also couldn't tell if the bus was moving or not, but when the video ended and we took off our headsets we were still in the starting spot.
Of course, you will see most of the main points of interest downtown including the World Trade Center, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, Castle Clinton, City Hall, and more on the Downtown Experience tour. What makes it different from other tours is that it is the virtual reality videos which were both fun and informative.
My favorite virtual reality video was the one about the World Trade Center. You get to go in a helicopter around the building. I loved that I could look all different directions to get different views and it felt like I was in a helicopter. It also takes you inside the One World Observatory.
Some of the other virtual reality videos were more historical. It was fun to go back in time and be in the middle of the inauguration of George Washington (well a reenactment of it), see New Yorkers reactions to the Stock Market crash, and also see what it was like for Irish immigrants traveling to NY in boats. There were a few times during the downtown bus tour when our guide mentioned how important immigrants have been to NYC. I thought back to our visit to the NYC Tenement Museum.
In addition to the virtual reality experiences, there were some songs and videos to go along with them. As we were approaching the World Trade Center, they played a video about September 11th. I was so into the video it took me awhile to realize that the accompanying rap music was being performed live right outside the bus. A man dressed in a suit carrying a briefcase was rapping right in front of us. I thought that was a nice touch! If you have time, you should also visit the 911 Memorial and Museum.
I definitely learned several things about NY and its history. Given I lived in the city for 13 years, that is saying something. I can't give away all their secrets but I had no idea P.T Barnum played a role in the history of the city. Plus, I learned some interesting facts about the Brooklyn Bridge and Castle Clinton. Of course, with all the hype around Hamilton the Broadway show, our tour guide pointed out a few Alexander Hamilton connections that I didn't know about. Also, I thought it was fascinating that there is a church to honor the first American born saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton. I am going to have to read a little more about her life.
After 90 minutes the Downtown Experience came to an end, but we didn't leave empty handed! They gave us each our own cardboard virtual reality headsets that will work with our phones. You are instructed to download the Timelooper app, within the Timelooper app you can download some virtual reality videos. You need to download the videos while you are still in the area, otherwise, the app will tell you that you are out of range. The Timelooper app has a few other virtual reality videos that you can purchase and it looks like more will be coming soon.
The instructions to fold the cardboard virtual reality headset are on the inside of the box it came in. I tried it and was pretty impressed considering it was just cardboard and my phone!
Please note the bus will drop you off at Pier 16, which is about a block from where you started at 200 Water Street.
I enjoyed the Downtown Experience. It was different from any other New York tour that I have done. I thought they had a nice mix of tour, music, video, and virtual reality to hold everyone's interest. Our guide, Alex, did a great job sharing interesting information. I bought my camera along because I wanted to be able to share my experience with my readers. Honestly, it is not easy to take good pictures on a moving bus and it's probably better to just relax and enjoy the experience.
Even though I had lived in NYC for 13 years, I learned a few things from the Downtown Experience! This is one of the few tourist attractions in NYC that is good for a wide variety of ages. Kids will love the virtual reality aspects and adults will too. Plus I think even NYC history buffs will learn a thing or two!
The bus will pick you up at 200 Water Street right in front of the Starbucks. There was scaffolding covering the Starbucks sign when I went. The instructions said to be at the meeting spot 15 minutes before the tour is scheduled to begin. Five minutes later the bus arrived and they asked that we form a line along the curb. They checked our tickets and after a few minutes, we were able to board the bus.
I recommend getting your Downtown Experience tickets in advance. If you have a sightseeing pass like the NY Pass it is included (Click here to get more information on the NY Pass) or you can purchase them separately online. Currently (as of 11/30/18), you can book The Ride, The Tour, and The Downtown Experience and save $15 per ticket using the code: SAVE15. You don't need to print your ticket but you should save it to your phone because they will ask to see it.
Have you ever done a virtual reality tour in NYC or somewhere else? I would love to hear about your experience.
If you plan on doing much sightseeing when you are in NYC, you may want to consider purchasing the NY Pass. It gets you into over 100 attractions in NYC for one price. The Downtown Experience is included in the NY Pass. Click here to get more information on the NY Pass or other NY sightseeing passes.
Don't worry about taking pictures during the tour, instead just enjoy the experience.
Both kids and adults will enjoy the Downtown Experience.
The bus drops you off at Pier 16, which is about a block from where you started at 200 Water Street.
If you are prone to motion sickness, the Ride or the Tour may be better options for you.
We are happy to co-host the Weekly Postcard Linkup. Everyone is invited to join us and share their travel blog posts here beginning at 12 p.m. (PST) / 8 p.m. (GMT) Friday, March 23rd.
Disclosure: We were given complimentary tickets for the Downtown Experience so that we could share our experience with our readers. As always, opinions expressed here are my own.
What a great solution to the old scrabbling for the best seat on the tour bus fight, cinema seats!
Haha yes all the seats have great views!
It sounds like they keep you entertained with the virtual reality headsets plus enjoying the actual scenery. I may check it out the next time I'm in Manhattan. Thanks for the tip.
Dorothy – It is definitely entertaining. I am sure you would enjoy it.
Annette – Yes that is a great way to summarize it!
Visiting NYC has been a life-long dream of mine. This tour is definitely something I would do. Thanks for all the information! It will definitely be useful for when I make my way there.
Yes, you really must visit NYC. I hope you get the chance to go soon.
This is very interesting. I'd love to do this someday when I visit NYC. Thanks for this guide.
Emese – Yes I think both you and your daughter would love it!
Wow amazing! I feel SO old haha. I had no idea "virtual reality tours" were a thing. Really cool to see the logistics of how it works… and I love that you got to keep a cardboard one at the end. Wild!
Christina – Thanks. This tour is relatively new (less than a year old) so don't feel bad. It is a really fun tour.
Lynn – It's a great tour, you will love it. I hope you make it to NYC soon.
I also lived in the city for 13 years, funny. J and I actually went on one of those amphibious "duck" boat tours before leaving Pittsburgh, and found it to be informative and a lot of fun. They get written off as touristy, but there's just so much to know about a place. This sounds like it was a particularly cool experience, especially with all of the interaction.
What a coincidence! I did a duck tour as a kid and I loved it!
I had read about someone else who did this tour and also said it was fun. It is good that it combines real sightseeing with the VR experience, rather than just the VR experience along. Definitely a more unique option than the standard bus tour!
Lolo – Yes, I loved the setup of the bus. It was new to me too.


You've seen pictures of people sitting there, in the lotus position, with serene looks on their faces. You assume that they must know something you don't, since it looks so easy and natural.
The meditation is easy and natural–getting yourself to do it is the only challenge.
I've been meditating for 24 years, and I still have to (gently) kick myself to the cushion. Once there, I am able to settle in for the ride. I have stopped labeling the sessions as good or bad. I just do it. The payoff is the cumulative effect of a regular practice, which shows up in my life in often-surprising ways. So don't sit there and expect to feel good, just sit there.
I learned about Surya meditation from international lecturer and author Dr. Michael Mamas, after having practiced other techniques for 18 years. Besides the gazillion other self-improvements I imposed upon my confused Self, I could sit on the cushion stock still for hours on end, observing my breath, following a mantra or staring at a candle. I was at times even mildly successful at "blanking out" my mind.
I had some wonderful and even powerful experiences and insights, certain aspects of my life improved and my Self took on many different cloaks of being that seemed desirable, balanced or spiritual. I desperately wanted to believe the principles I heard from teachers I respected: principles of how the universe works, how we fit into it, who I am and what in tarnation I am doing here. Yet I felt these were only parts of the puzzle.
The operative word in Surya meditation is REST. If you've been "trying," you don't have to any more, because you can rest. Through this practice, you learn to rest so deeply and so completely that you won't understand how you could ever have done anything else. Over time, as years of accumulated stresses leave your body/mind/spirit, deeper levels of your consciousness become available to you, effortlessly. You don't have to figure it out because it already exists at the depth of your being. The reason for the "disconnect" from your Center is eons of identification with things other than the Wisdom within.
Surya meditation is easy to learn.
It is not about techniques or learning new ways to improve yourself. It encourages you to abandon all self-improvement ideas so that, as you rest and your system clears, you begin to connect in a real way to the essence that lives at the deepest level of your being.
Surya assists you in becoming more naturally yourself.
If you were to attend a Surya meditation retreat, generally the day is structured to include three rounds in the morning and three rounds in the afternoon. A round consists of one hour divided into 35 minutes of sitting, 5 minutes of lying down to rest, 10 minutes of sitting listening to a reading from the Indian epic poem Rg Veda and a 10-minute break.
After the break you come back and do it all over again.
What to do as you sit? You cultivate a practice of resting. If you find that your mind has gotten busy and it's easy to come back to the Self, then come back and rest with the Self. If it's easier to let your mind wander, then let it wander. Allow your thoughts to bubble up–this is a sign of purification, and it would be counterproductive to control this process.
For home practice, the recommended dosage of meditation is twice a day sitting for 20 minutes, followed by five minutes of lying down and then going about your business. If 20 minutes feels too long, shorten it to whatever is comfortable. Never skip the lying-down relaxation at the end. As you sit, your physical body's energy flow begins to pick up as a result of the purification process, and old tensions surface whether you are aware of them or not. Lying down allows the body to release these tensions and integrates and balances the energy.
Daily practice brings results. The buddy system helps those of us who have trouble getting to the cushion (or chair). Having just one other person in the room with you makes a huge difference; the energy to "hold" the space increases dramatically.
Once or twice a year, take your heart in your hand and dive into a retreat setting. My 2005 calendar is already marked, and I will be headed to Ashville, North Carolina. Even if I never "get enlightened," this practice has been worth every ounce of energy, time and money I've spent on it, because of the difference it has made in my life, health, peace of mind and, most importantly, the small peeks I've had of the "bigger picture" and my place in it.
For those of you with a regular hatha yoga practice, try adding those 20 minutes of sitting to the end of your session. Hatha yoga was designed to get the body ready for meditation. We forget that. The place where most yoga classes end should really be the beginning, as you just naturally move into the meditative state. It certainly is not necessary to do physical yoga in order to meditate, but the physical practice helps to open the gates to the body and its energy system.
Haagen-Dazs with hot fudge and BLAM!!!
Heidi Ash has been a yoga and meditation teacher for ten years. She directs and teaches at Ravenswood Yoga in Chicago and runs the Midwest Retreat House in Northwest Indiana. For information on Surya meditation and retreats in the Chicago area, visit www.ravenswoodyoga.com or call 773.728.7175. For information on Dr. Michael Mamas, go to www.suryaprogram.com or www.michaelmamas.com.


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## Usage

#### func  ValidateConfig

```go
func ValidateConfig(config Config) error
```
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#### type Config

```go
type Config struct {
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}
```

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```
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#### func  LoadYaml

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func LoadYaml(data []byte) (Config, error)
```
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func New(path string) (Config, error)
```
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type HealthCheck struct {
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	Enabled  bool
}
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	Matches  map[string]interface{}
	Excludes map[string]interface{}
}
```

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type Proxy struct {
	Handler      string
	Host         string
	Listen       string
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}
```

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Turn Anxiety into Excitement- it's possible!
Check-out this interesting study from The Atlantic– to turn that negative nervous energy into positive excitement and expect to see your performance better!
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Pam has worked in the education sector for over 20 years, initially teaching in a community setting on widening participation projects, then moving to manage large community learning centre in Coventry, where she took part in the first inspection of adult education.
On moving to Cornwall in 2002 she worked for the LSC and SFA in various roles, specialising in non-mainstream funding, Community Learning and Information Advice and Guidance, both locally and as part of the national policy making teams. This led to her working on ESF projects, from writing specifications, evaluating bids and managing project funding in Devon and Cornwall, and then onto managing funding into colleges and Local Authorities, leaving her with knowledge of all aspects of SFA funding streams.
On leaving the SFA in 2014 Pam joined Peninsula Enterprise (part of Serco) and managed an ESF project in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly that offered business support to Social Enterprises. During that time Pam trained and became a business consultant to Social Enterprises. When this project successfully completed, Pam moved into a Business Development role with Serco Employment Skills and Enterprise team. Here she was responsible for developing the bids for the ESF SSW contracts. Serco won 13 contracts, which then saw Pam go on to manage delivery of the projects, becoming the Senior Performance Manager for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Heart of the South West and Dorset.
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