...you find this sat in it.
Excuse the reflections in the photo - that comes of peering around the conservatory door trying not to alarm the Wood Pigeon while it's undergoing its ablutions.
Birdbaths come into their own at this time of year. In hot, dry spells, they offer a drink as well as a chance to clean up dusty feathers and parasite-ridden skin. I love the way each of the pigeon's feathers is raised and parted in this shot, allowing it to shimmy drops of water deep into its plumage.
My garden has proved a wonderful experiment for showing what birds need from a 'water feature'. My pond has wonderful shallows, which look perfect for any bird to come down and bathe. But they rarely do - clearly they feel way too vulnerable dropping down to ground level in a garden patrolled by so many cats.
But this bird bath, what I call the 'puddle on a stick' model, gives them the very shallow-sided bowl of water, elevated to give all-round views.
Even when they decide to completely wallow....!


OK, don't flame me for the "nonliterary" part in the headline, but I couldn't come up with a better (or shorter) way to put "...for the readers like me who are sick-and-tired of seeing summer reading suggestions filled with books more fitting a college course or that I need a dictionary alongside, than sitting poolside with a frozen strawberry margarita."
I mean, really, I'm sure there are plenty of readers who at this time of year like to pick up a heavy (read: high-falutin') book that has been critically praised in all the biggie places like New York Times Book Review, New Yorker, People, Oprah, etc... And I spend quite a bit of my time reading and reviewing "those" kind of books for work or if it's a particular author I love.
But there's something about this time of year that just calls to me softly, "Read the panned bestsellers...read the silly chick-lits.....read the trash..." OK, I'm sure the authors of these AWESOME books don't want their labors of love called "trash"...but I hope you know I'm being deliberately cheeky when I say that. This is the stuff that more people read than the "other" books that constantly get all the literary coverage and press (and awards). This is the stuff you can smile with because it's a straight-forward romance with a happy ending and a hot guy. This is the stuff you can laugh with because the characters and situations they find themselves in are so unbelievably unreal they're hysterical. This is the stuff they make movies that don't get nominated for Oscars, but were probably still big hits at the box office. This is the writing that is sometimes mediocre, but often very good, but the characters talk like you-and-I do and maybe the grammar ain't so correct, but whose is all the time?
Anyways, in short, here are my picks for summer reading you can just have some straight-up fun with and know at the end, you just read a dang-good book no editor would ever think of reviewing, but then again you're not exactly asking for his or her opinion anyways! I have broken them into categories so you can go straight to your flavor of choice. And PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE leave a comment below on your picks for the summer! As I've mentioned in my podcast, I am always happy to not only gab (on-and-on) about books, but my pen is always ready to write down what others are reading. I'll be the first to admit I don't read every genre, so any I've left off are strictly because I haven't read enough to recommend them at this time...please tell us yours!
(This is a series, and the 11th book just came out in May.
"My name is Tanesha Nurse...you haven't read this book, prepare to die."
So there you go! I hope you've found a few books to consider for your summer reading list. Let me know which ones tickled your fancy, and what you're also planning to read.
Thank you for putting out a *fun* reading list! :) Put me down as a non-literary type... I enjoy the fluffy stuff too!
Looks like a corgi on the cover of Quilt or Innocence! I'll have to put that on my todo list.
I'm reading the sixth book in the Wool series by Hugh Howey.
hey! I like your lists & I've even read some of them already. My "non-work" reading is all the "in one ear / eye - out the other" type. You know the kind where one does not have to think too hard about it. When I want to "learn / find out about" something then I go to the "think about this" books, LOL. Reading is one of my sanity savers and has been my whole life!
Thanks for the good reading list! I wrote down several of your picks, mostly the chick-lit which is my completely uncomplicated all time fave! I always read Susan Elizabeth Phillips and J.D. Robb the first chance I get too, but have to fight my husband for the J.D. Robb books. Another great chick-lit author is 'Cathy Lamb' if you've never read her.
Gabriel's Inferno is more than erotica. It's soulful, dark and twisty. Excellent read and great choice!
More books for my ever-growing TBR list! Thanks!
Do you listen to the 2 Knit Lit Chicks podcast? They talk about knitting and books.
Just found your blog...what talent you have. And I ADORE this summer reading list. I knew you had a good list if you started with a Jennifer Weiner book. I've read all of hers, and didn't know she had a new one out! Hooray!
Many good ones you list. "How to Knit a Love Song" is a delightful read, as is her other book!
I found Skinny Dip and The Red Tent at the dollar bookstore, and splurged based on your recommendation. Score!
Nocturne by Syrie James. Eh.
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom per your prior recommendation. Liked it. Took me there. Loaned it to a friend.
The Midwife of Venice by Roberta Rich. A good read.
The Dressmaker by Kate Alcott. Read this on my iPad so I don't think I got out of it as much as I could have. Was hoping for more descriptions of dressmaking/sewing but did find the overall story about the dynamics behind the Titanic investigation interesting.
Gardens of Water by Alan Drew. Reading this for a school assignment. Don't have an affinity for either of the two main characters but the story of the survival of people after the earthquake in Turkey is what kept me interested.
I'm reading through Fifty Shades - I say go for the PG-13 Podcast.
As for the rest of your list, I want to read them all.


Northern Nevada is experiencing a phenomenon.
The entire region has Wolf Pack basketball fever and it's got it bad. Legendary announcer Michael Buffer stood in the middle of a packed house last week at Lawlor Events Center, boldly declared "It's Wolf Pack time" and told everyone to "get ready to roundball." The biggest gathering in Wolf Pack basketball history responded by nearly blowing off his tuxedo with noise.
"We could sense it," smiled senior D.J. Fenner.
"The students were absolutely amazing," Wolf Pack coach Eric Musselman said. "Our guys felt it."
The Wolf Pack this season average 8,572 fans over their first 11 dates, which would make it the second greatest season in school history behind 2006-07 and ahead of 2005-06 (8,371). Nevada has the fourth best attendance in the Mountain West, even better than Fresno State, Utah State and Boise State.
It's not just the students. The entire community has seemingly fallen in love with this Pack basketball team, so much so that we just might be in the midst of the greatest season ever for attendance in the history of the program. The Lawlor basketball-record crowd of 11,841 last Wednesday for the Pack's 104-77 win over UNLV was just the tip of the Pack iceberg. The phenomenon that is overwhelming Northern Nevada runs much deeper below the surface and has been building for more than a year.
"Nationally people are starting to notice the crowds," Musselman said.
It has been a decade since Wolf Pack crowds were noticeable in Northern Nevada, let alone the rest of the country. The Wolf Pack's record for attendance is the 8,903 average crowd that showed up in 2006-07 at Lawlor Events Center. But the following season the crowds fell to 7,468 a game and haven't been over 7,000 since.
The Wolf Pack this season average 8,572 fans over their first 11 dates, which would make it the second greatest season in school history behind 2006-07. How impressive have the crowds been at Lawlor this year? If not one single fan walked through the doors at Lawlor over the final three regular season games this year, the Pack would still finish with an average attendance of 6,736, their greatest attendance season since 6,929 in 2008-09, the final year of the coach Mark Fox era.
Take a bow, Wolf Pack fans. You've been more consistent and more worthy of Top 25 attention nationally lately than your basketball team. Forget worrying about whether or not this is the greatest Wolf Pack team in history. We've seen too many efforts like the 70-56 loss at San Diego State on Sunday to discuss that question with a straight face for now, at least. But the time has come for us to seriously discuss whether or not this is the greatest attendance season in Pack history.
The Pack would have to average 10,120 over their final three regular season home games against Utah State (Saturday), Boise State (Feb. 22) and Colorado State (March 4) to set the all-time school attendance record at 8,904. Is it possible? The last three Wolf Pack crowds at Lawlor have been 11,841 (UNLV on Feb. 8), 10,727 (New Mexico on Jan. 28) and 10,236 (Fresno State on Jan. 21), for an average of 10,935.
Yes, there is no UNLV in there. And Michael Buffer likely won't grab the microphone at Lawlor again anytime soon and bellow "From Oakland, California, the 6-8 sophomore who wears the big zero, here's Space Cam Cameron Big Ooooooh Oliver."
But this year's fan base might not need UNLV or Michael Buffer to get excited. A Mountain West regular season title will hinge on all three of the remaining home games. The arena will be dripping with drama those three nights. So, yes, it is more than possible that Pack fans will break down Lawlor's doors like it's a Black Friday sale for each of the remaining three games.
It all starts (and maybe ends) with an exciting, winning basketball team. It's not a coincidence that the top four average attendances at Lawlor came in the four NCAA tournament years. The Wolf Pack played 66 home games in those four seasons combined and averaged 8,315 fans. Attendance, though, dropped four consecutive years after 2006-07 to a disturbing low of 4,628 in 2010-11.
Musselman took over last year and the Pack jumped to 6,554 a game. The crowds are still climbing.
"The program is building in the right direction," Musselman said. "And it takes everybody. It takes the players on the floor to play hard to gain the city's respect, it takes the administration to do things like bringing in Michael Buffer and it takes a lot of pieces to come together to create an environment like this."
The evening of the UNLV game was the perfect storm of Wolf Pack support. The Wolf Pack had an 18-5 record. UNLV was coming to town and the Wolf Pack were expected to roll over the Rebels. There's nothing Wolf Pack fans like more than to destroy the Rebels, even if it was one of the worst UNLV teams in history. The students filled up their end of the arena more than an hour before the game. "To see the entire student section completely and utterly packed is what a big-time college basketball atmosphere is like," Musselman said.
It was indeed a magical evening, even if it didn't mean much in a basketball sense. We saw what the UNLV game meant, after all, on Sunday afternoon in San Diego. That game against the Aztecs is a stark reminder of just how fragile Wolf Pack support always has been and likely always will be. If the Pack follow up the San Diego State loss with an even more disturbing loss at Air Force on Wednesday, it's likely the streak of 10,000-plus attendance games ends at three on Saturday when Utah State comes to town.
Wolf Pack fans love this team and coach. But, make no mistake, they will always love winning even more than any one team or coach. Or even Michael Buffer. Pack fever has cleared up quickly in the past. It can happen again.
"If our guys can continue to do what they need to do on the floor and play hard every night, this city will continue to rally around this ball club," Musselman said.


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Three years ago my team visited Khulna, a district in the southern coastal region of Bangladesh. We went to meet the communities trying to rebuild their lives there after their villages were almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Aila in 2009.
To assist the rebuilding, the Bangladesh government lent its support, channelled through a trust fund that was established from its own budgetary allocations. These funds were intended to protect the Bangladeshi people from such disasters, which are sadly becoming an ever more frequent occurrence in my country. The Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund (BCCTF) distributed a grant to construct cyclone-proof housing for the afflicted community, at a cost of US$1,400 each for each house built.
At the time of our visit to Khulna district, more than a year after the project should have been completed, we found a few half-finished constructions – four pillars, no walls, unfit for human habitation. It was as if policy-makers could not see how vulnerable the people in this disaster-prone region were, and what a mockery the half-built homes made of their plight.
My colleague spoke with Khadija Begum, a local resident who should have benefited from the construction project. She had tethered some material over the four pillars of her new "home", that blew in the wind as she told us that there had been no-one overseeing the construction work and that the builders had disappeared, delivering less than half the materials and selling off the rest.
We made a documentary on the case and brought it to the attention of the media and the government, seeking to give some redress to Khadija Begum and her community – people who had already suffered immeasurably at the loss of their homes and their livelihoods, and were then struck by the second scourge of corruption.
Following Transparency International Bangladesh's report, the BCCTF allocated further funds to complete the construction of cyclone-proof houses with walls. However, there is still debate among experts as to whether these structures would really protect people from any cyclone, especially if the storm surge goes beyond the floor level. Moreover, no washroom facility was provided within the structures. But the story isn't quite so simple.
The BCCTF is a pioneering initiative of the Bangladesh government to increase support to local people through small grants that can help them to build up their resilience and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate.
The BCCTF commits Bangladesh's own national resources directly to the cause of climate change preparedness. These funds are a scarce and vital lifeline to the poorest and most vulnerable people in Bangladesh, the country considered to be the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change.
It is precisely because of the vital importance of this money, that we at Transparency International Bangladesh have been campaigning to ensure that it is safe from the kind of anomalies that left Khadija Begum without walls.
Introduce a complaints service so that individuals affected by corruption in remote areas would be able to seek redress.
Since then we have been working with government and civil society to build up these safeguards to better protect the vital and scarce resources that we as a country have, so that we are protected from ever increasing extreme weather events and rapid sea level rise. For this reason we were beyond dismayed to hear Finance Minister A.M.A. Muhith announce in June that funding to the BCCTF would be reduced, with no new allocation in this year's budget and indicators that the fund might be left empty for a longer term.
Slashing the budget of our country's adaptation fund because of corruption is like cutting off your head when you've got a headache – and in a country like Bangladesh, it's tantamount to suicide. This step will ultimately make the climate victims even more vulnerable.
There is a real risk that the withdrawal of national funding from the BCCTF could prompt foreign donors to question the sense of supporting Bangladesh in its adaptation efforts, and in turn withdraw from Bangladesh's other main source of adaptation financing – a multi-donor trust fund called the Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF). It is important to note that there has been no allocation into the BCCRF since January 2013, either.
The Bangladesh government is a vocal actor in international negotiations, calling for developed countries to pay their dues to developing countries for the impacts of climate change. They are also calling for developing countries to be granted more ownership and control over their own adaptation and mitigation efforts – to thwart some of the bad patterns of foreign-led development initiatives that fail to be effective due to lack of ownership and understanding of local realities.
My government is correct to campaign for our right to compensation and our right to define our own future, standing as we are on the frontline of climate impacts. But in order for these arguments to be taken seriously on the global stage, the government of Bangladesh needs to take corruption seriously at the national level – and invest in enhanced safeguards, transparency and oversight of climate money. They should not cut and run, abandoning their people to a sinking ship.


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People have been asking for The Lost Levels to be added to Super Mario Bros. Crossover for a long time, so we decided to do it.
This is our biggest update so far, and there are now 192 levels in the game.
This update for SMBC includes new skins and faster music emulation.
Super Retro Squad will have too many features to run on the SMBC engine, so the port is canceled.
It seems that quite a bit has happened since that simple day two years ago, and there are many more big things to come.
The old version of Super Mario Bros. Crossover was too complicated with its fancy graphics and sound, so we ported it to Atari.
Super Mario Bros. Crossover gets skinnable graphics and a new power-up system.
One year ago today, I posted a little game called Super Mario Bros. Crossover on Newgrounds.
SOPHIA III joins the roster of Super Mario Bros. Crossover.


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Tribute to Aussie Game Shows
In 1956 the first game show to appear on Australian television was TCN9's Name That Tune, hosted by Bruce Gyngell. Since then, many thousands of hours of game shows have graced our screens across all networks, as well as community TV and pay TV. Some shows were popular and long-lasting — like Sale Of The Century and …
31 Questions, Australia's Celebrity Game, Blankety Blanks, Catch Us If You Can, Concentration, Family Double Dare, Give It A Go, It Could Be You, It's A Knockout, Musical Cashbox, Name That Tune, Perfect Match, Pick-A-Box, Rockwiz, Sale Of The Century, Supermarket Sweep, The Daryl And Ossie Show, The Love Game, The Marriage Game, The Master, The Price Is Right, Wheel Of Fortune
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2021/09/tribute-to-aussie-game-shows.html
Classic TV Guides: SBS wins the World Cup
Since its inception in 1980, SBS has championed and promoted the world game of football, or soccer, to the domestic audience. The network covered local and overseas competitions and programs like World Soccer brought the game into the Australian mainstream. Before then, soccer was mostly allowed not much more than maybe an hour a week …
$100000 Moneymakers, Adelaide Tonight, Because He's My Friend, Commonwealth Games, Home And Away, It Could Be You, Midday, Moors The Merrier, Mother And Son, Neighbours, SBS, TelevisionAU, The Flying Doctors, The Mavis Bramston Show, TV Week Logie Awards, TVAM
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2020/06/classic-tv-guides-sbs-wins-the-world-cup.html
Fan Cards of GTV9
Some rare TV memorabilia from the 1960s. A range of fan cards from Melbourne's GTV9 featuring some of the station's star line-up. Given the ages of some of the presenters, the cards are estimated to date to 1965. #3 Miffy Marsh #4 Geoff Corke #5 Ron Blaskett #6 Jack Little #7 Maurie and Wayne Kirby …
Concentration, Double Your Dollars, In Melbourne Tonight, It Could Be You, Nine Network, Nine News, The Tarax Show, The Tony Charlton Football Show, World Championship Wrestling
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2018/05/fan-cards-of-gtv9.html
Graham Kennedy collected his second Gold Logie at the ninth annual TV Week Logie Awards. The Gold Logie that year also carried the title Star Of The Decade, in recognition of Kennedy's 10 years' success in Australian TV. Kennedy also won the Logie Award for Best Male Personality in Victoria for the sixth year running. For …
Adelaide Tonight, Australian Playhouse, Girl Talk, Go!!, Homicide, In Melbourne Tonight, It Could Be You, Line-Up, My Name's McGooley What's Yours, People, Project 66, Sound Of Music, The Barry Crocker Show, Theatre Royal, This Day Tonight, Tonight With Don Lane, TV Week Logie Awards
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2017/04/tv-week-logie-awards-50-years-ago-7.html
WIN South Australia turns 50
The launch of SES8 — South Australia's first regional commercial station and now part of the WIN network — took place 50 years ago today, 25 March 1966. But the station's debut was meant to happen much earlier. The channel had originally planned to launch in November 1965 but an accident during construction of the transmission tower on …
ABC, Bandstand, It Could Be You, Network Ten, Nine Network, Pick-A-Box, Seven Network, WIN, Woman's World
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2016/03/win-south-australia-turns-50.html
1995: October 7-13
Mum's the word Home And Away's Melissa George (pictured) says there is an unexpected benefit to portraying a pregnant woman on television. "Now I can eat my lunch before going on set and not have to worry about holding my tummy in!," she told TV Week. Her character Angel's pregnancy to Shane (Dieter Brummer) was not …
1995, 60 Minutes, A Current Affair, Australia's Funniest Home Video Show, Beyond 2000, Blue Heelers, Bordertown, Burke's Backyard, Correlli, Embassy, Fire, Four Corners, Frontline, Getaway, Good Morning Australia, GP, Home And Away, It Could Be You, Janus, Midday, Nine News, Our House, Prisoner, Roy And HG Tonight, Sale Of The Century, Seven News, Short Wave, Sound Of Music, Sunday, The Footy Show, The Mike Walsh Show, The Sullivans, This Day Tonight, Weddings, What's Up Doc?, Wheel Of Fortune
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2015/10/1995-october-7-13.html
On TV: 18 November 1964, Melbourne
An ambitious local production of Shakespeare's Othello (starring Raymond Westwell, pictured) was the highlight of ABC station ABV2's program schedule in Melbourne on Wednesday 18 November 1964, as reported in both TV Week and TV Times.. Television that day didn't kick off until late morning — with the first program of the day being For The Juniors, …
Answer Please, Coles £3000 Question, In Melbourne Tonight, It Could Be You, Matinee, People '64, Romper Room, Take The Hint, The Children's Show, The Happy Show, The Tarax Show, Time For Terry, Top Pop Of The Day, Video Village
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/11/on-tv-18-november-1964-melbourne.html
Prime7 Albury turns 50
The launch of Albury's first TV station AMV4 — now known as Prime7 — sparked an unusual TV rivalry, albeit a friendly one. Because Albury did not have any local TV station prior to AMV4's debut in September 1964, local viewers keen to access television had installed large antennas so they could receive Shepparton stations GMV6 and ABGV3 …
Ampol Stamp Quiz, Bandstand, Cohns Cobbers Teleclub, It Could Be You, Prime, The Terrific Adventures Of The Terrible Ten
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2014/09/prime7-albury-turns-50.html
Four Corners host Michael Charlton was awarded the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV at the 5th annual TV Week Logie Awards — but the lavish showbiz ceremony that was to take place at Sydney's Chevron-Hilton Hotel on Saturday, 23 March 1963 was not to be. The Awards' overseas guest, British comedian …
Adelaide Tonight, Four Corners, In Melbourne Tonight, It Could Be You, NBN, Pick-A-Box, Startime, The Happy Show, The Lorrae Desmond Show, The One Day Of The Year, Theatre Royal, TV Week Logie Awards
Television.AU wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas! Here's a happy snapshot (or at least a collage) on TV Week's Christmas edition of 1961 — featuring (l to r) Lorrae Desmond (The Lorrae Desmond Show), Brian Henderson (Bandstand), Tommy Hanlon Jnr (It Could Be You), Bob and Dolly Dyer (Pick A Box), Bobby Limb and wife …
Bandstand, Christmas, It Could Be You, Pick-A-Box, The Lorrae Desmond Show, The Mobil-Limb Show, TV Week
Permanent link to this article: https://televisionau.com/2012/12/merry-christmas.html

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Post-Brexit tariff regime will "lower costs for many businesses" and "mean cheaper prices for consumers", says IEA expert
IEA Academic and Research Director Professor Syed Kamall responded to the International Trade Secretary Liz Truss MP's announcement of a new post-Brexit tariff regime, the UK Global Tariff (UKGBT)
"With the UK and global economy facing an economic downturn as a result of Covid-19, it will be more important than ever to open up the UK market and reduce unnecessary barriers to trade.
"Simplifying and eliminating tariffs on imports will lower costs for many businesses, reduce administrative burdens, and mean cheaper prices for consumers.
"The Government is right to do away with the EU's Meursing code, since this will allow the UK to reduce or scrap thousands of unnecessary import taxes on products – including 13,000 tariff variations on bakery products."
"In leaving the EU, it is reassuring to see the government adopt an agenda of open trade which allows opportunities to reduce red tape and regulatory burdens on UK businesses. This will be essential to getting the economy back on track, maintaining existing jobs and creating new ones, as we emerge from lockdown."
Syed Kamall sat on the European Parliament's International Trade Committee for 14 years from 2005-19 and is Professor of Politics and International Relations at St Mary's University, Twickenham.
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Rules Britannia: Analysing Britain's regulatory burden
Plan A+: Creating a prosperous post-Brexit UK
The mission of the Institute of Economic Affairs is to improve understanding of the fundamental institutions of a free society by analysing and expounding the role of markets in solving economic and social problems.
The IEA is a registered educational charity and independent of all political parties.
UK Global Tariff backs UK businesses and consumers
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Hiking corporation tax would be 'illogical and counterproductive", says IEA expert
Mark Littlewood, Director General at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, responded to reports that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak is considering raising corporation tax
IPPR - UK risks EU retaliation if workers' rights are rolled back
IPPR trade and EU relations expert says leaked proposal to cut working time protections would also be damaging and deeply unpopular
Any extension of the Universal Credit uplift should not be made permanent, says IEA expert
Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, responded to calls to extend the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift
King's Fund - Boost for local health partnerships as six areas secure place on £3 million grant-funding programme
Six areas in England have been chosen to join the first phase of a major grant-funding and development programme designed to improve the health and wellbeing of communities and tackle health inequalities.
IEA - JRF proposals constitute a "costly and unrealistic wish list"
Professor Len Shackleton, Editorial and Research Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, responded to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's report on poverty
The King's Fund responds to Office for National Statistics deaths data for 2020
Richard Murray, Chief Executive of The King's Fund responded to the latest Office for National Statistics data on deaths in England and Wales in 2020
JRF - After a decade of deprivation, we need policies that prioritise recovery for families in poverty
In yesterday's state of the nation report, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warns that ministers must make tackling poverty an economic priority in 2021 or they risk being defined by a record of worsening hardship.
IEA responds to Chancellor's economic update
Mark Littlewood, Director General at the free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, responded to the Chancellor Rishi Sunak's economic statement
IEA - Keir Starmer right to warn against hikes to council tax – but what taxes would he increase instead?
Julian Jessop, Economics Fellow at free market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, responded to Sir Keir Starmer's speech on the economy


One of the North East's top music venues is searching for young people looking to cook up a new career as the next Nigella or Heston.
For the first time in its eight-year year history The Sage Gateshead is looking to recruit three apprentice chefs to work in The Brasserie.
The apprentices will be employed by catering contractors Elior. They will work alongside The Brasserie's head chef Stuart Bowman and study one day per week at Gateshead College.
Richard Bell, catering general manager at The Sage Gateshead, said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for any young person who has a passion for food and wants to pursue a career as a professional chef.
"We're looking to take on apprentices so that we have a progression route within the restaurant. We want to support our apprentices to become qualified and experienced chefs who will grow to be key members of The Brasserie's kitchen."
The Brasserie is the main restaurant at The Sage Gateshead and is run by a team of 12 staff who cater for breakfast, lunch and evening meals. The apprentices will be required to work different shifts each week to suit the restaurant's needs.
The apprentices will initially complete an Apprenticeship in Hospitality and Catering, which will take 12 to 18 months, before progressing on to an Advanced Apprenticeship.
The chef positions are among 12 new apprenticeship vacancies available through Gateshead College, including positions with Northern Stage, Northumbria Police, Sunderland City Council and production company Nitelites.
Other companies also looking for apprentice chefs are Mckennas at Northern Stage, Dave Kennedy's Food Social and Simply 2 Delicious in South Shields.
As an apprentice, young people generally work in paid employment for at least four days per week where they gain experience and learn the skills needed to take them forward in their career. They attend college for a half or full day every week to learn the theory, work on assignments and complete knowledge-based tests.
Joanne Dodson, head of apprenticeships at Gateshead College, said: "We're delighted to have been chosen by The Brasserie at The Sage Gateshead to deliver its first catering and hospitality apprenticeship. The programme will provide an exciting opportunity for young people who are passionate about food and would like to learn in a busy professional kitchen.
"It is fantastic to see more employers realising the benefits an apprentice can bring to their business and the invaluable career opportunities they can give to a young person. We're now working with around 500 employers to help secure a future skilled workforce through apprenticeships."


Iron Man 3 Teaser Poster and Super Bowl commencial - Hello! Welcome to my blog!
Marvel just revealed a teaser poster for the upcoming movie "Iron Man 3".
Iron Man 3 stars Robert Downey, Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, and is the latest installment of the film franchise that has grossed more than $1.2 billion at the global box office. The film opens across the Philippines in IMAX 3D, Digital 3D, Digital 2D and 35mm format on Wednesday, April 24.
So what do you think of the Iron Man 3 teaser poster? Yeah I know, its a rip off from the climax of the movie Avengers but still.
If you want to check out the short but highly anticipated Super Bowl commercial, view it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tk2BMbNyuI.
Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Stephanie Szostak, James Badge Dale with Jon Favreau and Ben Kingsley, Marvel's Iron Man 3 is directed by Shane Black from a screenplay by Drew Pearce & Shane Black and is based on Marvel's iconic super hero Iron Man, who first appeared in the pages of "Tales of Suspense #39" in 1963 and had his solo comic book debut with "The Invincible Iron Man #1" in May of 1968.


With the social media embargo recently lifting on Aquaman, we've seen an array of promising responses to Arthur Curry's standalone debut, with several early viewers going as far as to call James Wan's flick the DCEU's best offering to date. So far, so good, but one man who's currently unable to vouch for the quality of this upcoming release is the film's own star, Jason Momoa, who recently admitted that he still hasn't seen his latest movie.
While it's unclear when Momoa plans to sit down with his children to give Aquaman a watch, it sounds like Chinese audiences might even beat him to it, with the feature set for release in the People's Republic as soon as December 7th. After that, North American fans will still have a couple of weeks to go, but when the flick does finally arrive, Warner Bros. looks to be in for a merry Christmas, with the movie reportedly tracking for an opening weekend gross of at least $100 million.
We'll find out if the wait was worth it when Aquaman hits theaters on December 21st, by which point, Momoa will hopefully be able to tell us if he thinks it's any good.


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Kahlil Whitney Leaves Team
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Kentucky freshman Kahlil Whitney has left the program
Kentucky freshman Kahlil Whitney has announced that he will be leaving the program. Whitney had seen his role decrease as the season went on and it was reflected in his statement posted to Twitter that you can read below:
Thank You❤ Next chapter🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/P3z1RNzHa8
— Kahlil The Dragon Whitney (@KahlilWhitney) January 24, 2020
Coming out of high school Whitney was a five star recruit and considered one of the top draft prospects in the class due to his athleticism and build that fit what professional teams look for in a modern day wing. At 6'6″ being able to guard multiple positions many expected him to become a lock down defender under the tutelage of John Calipari, but his lack of offensive production and lackluster play in general lead to his minutes going down with each month of the season.
Whitney is from New Jersey so most rumors are linking him to east coast schools, but there is also the possibility that he will pursue professional opportunities rather than transfer to another school and sit out. Should he choose to turn pro it is possible that he would be drafted in the second round, but at this point it would not be considered very likely, especially after not playing the rest of the year. He averaged 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds in 12.8 minutes per game while starting 8 of the 18 games played at Kentucky.
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We will also have a food court featuring a large dining tent close to the main stage so your able to enjoy local entertainers who will perform throughout the day.
Be sure to stop by the Children's Tent sponsored by IU Health West. This area will feature arts and craft activities for kids - making this a fun-filled event for the entire family.
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Happy Tue-slay and Happy New Month!
While I was putting away my summer clothes, I found I couldn't put everything away. Taking out the sweaters, coats, and scarves is what it means to transition your wardrobe for fall right? – but what about all of those summer favorites you aren't ready to let go of just yet? There's no need to pack them away them away just yet. Yes the weather is going to start getting colder, but that doesn't mean you have to buy a whole new wardrobe! Oh no honey! There are some transitional summer pieces you can wear this fall that you probably already have hanging in your closet! You just have to be a little more creative.
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Find the top rated birding trails in West Warwick, whether you're looking for an easy short birding trail or a long birding trail, you'll find what you're looking for. Click on a birding trail below to find trail descriptions, trail maps, photos, and reviews.
Alfred J. Lima Quequechan River Rail Trail
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The Alfred J. Lima Quequechan River Rail Trail, which was formally known simply as Quequechan River Rail Trail travels along the northern shore of scenic South Watuppa Pond. The project created a...
Though the idea for a Cape Cod Canal goes back to the settlers of Plymouth Colony, the waterway didn't begin construction until 1909. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took over operation and...
At the turn of the 20th century, Groton & Stonington Railway Company began to move passengers between Groton to Mystic via electric trolleys. But in 25 years, the line had been discontinued due to...
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The Mattapoisett Rail Trail is a work in progress. As of autumn 2011, it runs for just more than 1 mile between Reservation Road at Mattapoisett Harbor and the Phoenix Bike Trail in Fairhaven, joining...
The New Bedford Covewalk, like the HarborWalk further east, sits atop the hurricane barrier built to protect New Bedford residents from storm surges during extreme weather. Even when it's nice out...
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The New Bedford Hurricane Barrier was built to protect New Bedford and nearby villages from storm surge during hurricanes, but also ended up cutting off residents from the water that lay just beyond...
Bookended by beaches and offering gorgeous vistas of Niantic Bay, the Niantic Bay Boardwalk is a must-do excursion in the small Connecticut village of Niantic, part of the larger Town of East Lyme....
CT 1.1 mi Boardwalk, Concrete, Gravel
The Phoenix Bike Trail cruises through a mixture of surroundings on its relatively short 4-mile journey from the heart of the historical Fairhaven seaport to woodlands and farms on the outskirts of...
The Shining Sea Bikeway follows the route of a former railroad line run by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company, which ran service to New York and Boston from 1872 to 1965. After the...
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Disappointed with new trail resurfacing
November, 2020 by carrie.vezina
The Air Line State Park Trail is one of my favorite bike trails in Connecticut. Rode our bikes there last week and was very disappointed with the recently resurfaced section from the Cranberry Bog in East Hampton. The gravel that was used in the resurfacing is to soft and to deep. Has only been open for a week (10/28/2020) and it is already marred by craters from horses and foot traffic. The ride is bumpy like a wash board. At one point I swerved to miss a pile of horse droppings and got to close to the edge which then collapsed under my bike causing me to fall. What was once a favorite section of the trail for us, is now a major disappointment.
November, 2020 by adab
We parked by the pet store mentioned in a previous review and biked to just passed the covered bridge, maybe 6 miles out? Beginning of trail is rough but that ends quickly . Nice ride in the woods. Not much to see. It was a slight incline on the way out which made the return better. I wish there some benches along the way to take a break.
Pleasant surprise at end of trail
November, 2020 by maddyk
I started at the historic fort phoenix on green street admiring the different architecture of the homes. Ride was easy, not crowded, just a bit too short. But a pleasant surprise after talking with fellow bikers. At the end of the phoenix trail, take a right onto Mattapoisett neck road, 1/2 mile on left is a cove, picnic tables overlooking the harbor. Continuing on Mattapoisett neck road 1.5 miles into a cul de sac, on the right there is a wooded trail you can bike to the water with a view of Brandt island.
The only reason i gave it a 3 was because i like a longer bike trail
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Trump Must Resist Futile Escalation of War in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump wants the United States to prevail in more wars, like the good old days. This is a dangerous mindset in the face of the unwinnable conflict in Afghanistan, especially given Trump has surrounded himself with security advisors eager to boost troop levels and hawks in Congress willing to fund their designs. However, even if Washington deployed one million troops to Afghanistan for 100 years, the United States would still never "win" for reasons that have nothing to do with the size of America's military footprint.
"We have to start winning wars again," Trump said in a meeting at the White House on February 27. "We've either got to win or don't fight it at all."
The pessimist will find this statement alarming but the cautious optimist will desperately cling to his last sentence, hoping he believes Afghanistan belongs in the "don't fight at all" category. The cautious optimist will also pray that Trump ignores the calls by people like Senator John McCain who shamelessly invoke 9/11 to justify more death and destruction.
What makes it more concerning is that Trump has been clear that he wants to heed the counsel of his generals to a much larger extent than President Barack Obama did – you know, the man who launched the "surge" and sent tens of thousands of American troops to Afghanistan. Trump's Defense Chief James Mattis, National Security Advisor Herbert McMaster, and top commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson – all want more resources to increase American involvement in Afghanistan.
Khalil Nouri, President of the New World Strategies Coalition – a think tank founded by Afghan natives – told the author that the US defense establishment is still in self-deception mode while refusing to address underlying issues.
"Mattis, McMaster, [General Stanley] McChrystal, [General David] Petraeus, and now Nicholson, are all wonderful military brains but cannot accept the root cause of the problem. We've two main issues, one is Afghanistan's internal problem, second is Afghanistan's external problem. Both problems are caused by the US and US has full control to extinguish them," Nouri said in a March 3 interview.
What is sadly ironic, however, is that all these military geniuses should know that winning the war in Afghanistan is impossible because, according to their own counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine, a rebellion cannot be defeated if: (1) the host or client government is unpopular amongst the local populace and (2) the enemy is afforded cross-border sanctuaries in a neighboring state. Scores of military studies support this axiom, including a Rand Corporation analysis of about 70 insurgencies dating back to World War II.
With respect to the first condition, recent polling shows that more than 80 percent of Afghans are dissatisfied with the performance of their so-called unity government. The second condition obviously pertains to the Taliban's sanctuaries in Pakistan and the absurd and sordid relationship between the Pentagon and Rawalpindi. The paradox is that whenever the United States intensifies involvement in Afghanistan, it actually needs to rely on Pakistan even more, as Indian politician Manish Tewari illustrates in The Asian Age.
"If the US would require Pakistani assistance in myriad forms in Afghanistan then it obviously cannot and will not come down heavily on the terrorist infrastructure in that country," Tewari claimed, adding that, as a result, the "incestuous relationship with the Pakistani deep state will not only continue, but perhaps, intensify."
And the Trump Administration is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan at a time when Taliban safe havens in Pakistan are becoming even harder to extirpate. For instance, on February 25, Voice of America reported that there was an increasing link between the Taliban and Islamic seminaries in Pakistan.
"Extremist groups who support militancy in Afghanistan and are US-designated terrorist groups run countrywide networks of madrassas, according to American intelligence reports," the report stated. "Though banned in Pakistan, the groups operate under different names while supporting the Afghan Taliban."
Moreover, the new president has yet to even develop a strategy let alone think about troop numbers. However, that has not stopped Nicholson from asking for a "few thousand" more troops – a paltry sum that Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich said is akin to sending a "few hundred cops" to Chicago to eliminate gang violence.
"It's an argument that ignores root causes," Bacevich wrote in the USA Today on February 26. "Rather than a serious policy proposal, it's a Band-Aid."
Christopher Kolenda, a former senior advisor to Petraeus, seconded this notion, telling the Washington Post that any type of an "open-ended commitment with no strategy poses a very high risk of very expensive failure."
Finally, there is the question: What does victory in Afghanistan look like? Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel (USAF) William Astore argues in TomDispatch that, "if victory is defined as eliminating that country as a haven for Islamist terrorists while creating a representative government in Kabul," then prospects for victory "are arguably more tenuous" than at any point since 2001.
At the end of the day Afghanistan's fate is likely up to the whim of a single volatile personality in the White House who claims he wants to avoid wasting money on overseas commitments to rebuild America. At the same time, Trump says he wants to listen to his generals more. Considering the warmongers within his inner circle and the Washington establishment, one hopes Donald Trump does what he did on the campaign trail: Goes his own way.


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West Virginia Mountain Town Trailblazes New Tourist Economy
Capitalizing on everyone's favorite COVID activity: going outside
By Hadassah Patterson
Jill Hendrick is no stranger to thriving in the mountains. The Pineville, West Virginia, entrepreneur has deep ties to the community and sharp business acumen runs in the family. Her grandmother ran a flower shop and owned several properties in Wyoming County, a rarity for a woman during the late 1940s, when some places still required a male signer for a woman to even receive a loan. But despite this forward progression, there was a dark cloud that hung over the small mountain town at one point.
"I was an 80's kid — graduated Pineville High School in 1986," Hendrick says. "Coal mining had taken one of its hardest falls, and everyone was leaving to find jobs in NC factories. You couldn't give away a house. When you live deep in these mountains, there aren't many things you can do for expansion — coal or timbering — and when the national/world market was down, our economy was on its knees."
The area experienced a resurgence of activity with its local link to the Hatfield-McCoy trail system, an 800-mile network of professionally maintained ATV trails crisscrossing the southern West Virginia mountains. The trails bring tens of thousands of visitors to the region annually — and 2020 was no different, with the outdoors being one of the safest places for recreating during the pandemic.
"The Hatfield-McCoy trail system embraces the mountains," Hendrick says. "People don't seem to mind driving the windy twisting roads to get here. I think they love the mountains more than we do."
The CDFI Natural Capital Investment Fund (NCIF) and Cornersquare Capital have helped the quintessential coal-mining mountain town transition to a tourism economy and revive its economic strength after the coal energy bust. Justin White was the loan officer who worked with Hendrick and the Pineville effort, and says NCIF aims to diversify coal-impacted communities in Southern West Virginia.
"There is no better example of this diversification than the Hatfield-McCoy Trails," White says. "The large majority of visitors and permit sales to the trails are non-West Virginia residents, which has created tremendous opportunity for new investments in lodging and other trail-related businesses."
This enables NCIF to provide access to capital and technical assistance to people like Hendrick. Tourism-related projects in Southern West Virginia carry risks, but NCIF works with local banks and economic development partners to ensure viable projects get the shot they deserve.
"When you live and work in Southern WV, there are many challenges for growth," Hendrick says. "The beauty of this area is the mountains. The negative is the mountains. Expansion and growth are very difficult. Roads take 10 times longer and are more expensive to build—infrastructure is more difficult."
She opened a restaurant called Ole Jose 10 years ago and had hit-and-miss business from tourists. She was resistant to getting into lodging, but when a property came on the market only a 5-8 minute ride from the trails and with plenty of parking, she took the leap. The decision paid off. She converted an existing rental and bought another the year after, and more riders came, not just for a 4-5 month season, but about 9 months out of the year.
"When I purchased the property NCIF financed, I could see the need for a large-scale expansion," she says. "This property gave me that opportunity. Part of my project is lodging and the other part is housing for local families."
The opportunity was made possible by a flexible loan process. "The purchase price plus renovations would have been out of reach for me if NCIF wasn't committed to Southern WV and helping small businesses like myself," she says. "Most banks would have wanted 10-20 percent down, and would not have allowed me to add renovation costs back into the loan. I found that to be very appealing so that I wasn't overstretching my cash flow... I truly believe we are in the infant stages of growth; the sky's the limit."
Hendrick's instincts seem correct. In 2020, the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System sold close to 65,000 trail permits, which represented a 15 percent increase from 2019 and its highest number of trail permits ever sold.
White says COVID-19 caused fear and uncertainty for everyone, but with most economic downturns, underserved communities were hit the hardest. As a CDFI, NCIF's focus was on supporting existing businesses and recognizing that customers would likely need deferments.
"I think everyone's risk analysis mindset has changed due to COVID-19, lenders and non-lenders alike," White says. "In difficult times, the best thing we can do is gravitate to our core mission and values. There is always uncertainty in lending, what we have to do is continue to seek out our community partners for knowledge and support. We must also continue to work with entrepreneurs like Jill Hendrick that have the character and determination to be successful."
This article is part of our series, CDFI Futures, which explores the community development finance industry through the lenses of equity, public policy and inclusive community development. The series is developed in partnership with Next City.


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Nikare I. auch Ni-ka-Re, war ein altägyptischer König (Pharao) der 8. Dynastie (Erste Zwischenzeit).

Nikare I. wird so in der Königsliste in Abydos (Nr. 48) im Tempel Sethos I. genannt. Sein Name ist ebenfalls von einem Rollsiegel bekannt.

Literatur
Allgemeines
 Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Egyptian Pharaohs. Volume I: Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty (3300–1069 BC). Bannerstone Press, Oakville 2008, ISBN 978-0977409440, S. 280–271.
 Thomas Schneider: Lexikon der Pharaonen. Albatros, Düsseldorf 2002, ISBN 3-491-96053-3,  S. 181.

Zum Namen
 Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/ Berlin 1984, ISBN 3-422-00832-2, S. 59, 187.

Detailfragen
 Jürgen von Beckerath: Chronologie des pharaonischen Ägypten. von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-2310-7, S. 149.
 Hratch Papazian: The State of Egypt in the Eighth Dynasty. In: Peter Der Manuelian, Thomas Schneider (Hrsg.): Towards a New History for the Egyptian Old Kingdom. Perspectives on the Pyramid Age (= Harvard Egyptological Studies. Band 1). Brill, Leiden/ Boston 2015, ISBN 978-90-04-30188-7, S. 393–428.

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Altägyptischer König (Erste Zwischenzeit)
8. Dynastie (Ägypten)
Geboren im 23. oder 22. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
Gestorben im 23. oder 22. Jahrhundert v. Chr.
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SEGA has announced that the new Sonic the Hedgehog title in development, alongside Sonic Mania, is Sonic Forces.
The game, formerly known as Project Sonic, will more than likely release in Q4 of this year, on PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
The official Twitter page of everyone's favorite blue hedgehog also informed fans that the first gameplay footage of Modern Sonic will be released today, Mar. 17. An image within the tweet shows the character staring out into a fiery, ruined world, with behemoth Doctor Robotnik-like sentinels shooting lasers.
Fans looking forward to Sonic Mania will have to wait a little longer however, as SEGA announced at SXSW yesterday, Mar. 16, that the game has slipped from its spring release to a summer one. To make up for it, the company revealed a gameplay trailer for the level Flying Battery Zone, which first appeared in Sonic & Knuckles and Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles. You can watch the video below.
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Why Brett Kavanaugh Does Not Belong on the Supreme Court
Brett Kavanaugh looking angry in court
Sofia Lemus, Staff Writer
On October 6, Brett Kavanaugh was sworn in as a supreme court justice, although in my opinion, I don't believe that he was the right candidate. Brett Kavanaugh does not belong on the Supreme Court because he lacks analytical rigor, and he seems to have a difficult time controlling his emotions when faced with adversity. He comes off as hostile and he has views that are ultra conservative.
The U.S. Supreme Court should represent us as people. Our Judges should want what is best for all American people, yet Kavanaugh seems to think twice when it comes to protecting minorities. During his supreme court confirmation hearing, the American people were supposed to look to him to protect them, generally speaking, but it seems like they cannot even count on him to let them keep their jobs. This is a very closed-minded man and I believe that there is no room on the supreme court for people who do not have an open mind and who are not willing to accept the differences of others.
The nation needs someone who can stay composed in court and Kavanaugh knows this. "A good judge must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy," said Kavanaugh. However, during his testimony about the sex assault allegations against him, he appeared very angry. Not only this, but when he was asked questions from Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, he replied rudely and sarcastically. For example, when asked about whether or not he had ever been so drunk that he could not remember the night before, he replied by saying, "Do you like beer, Senator, or not?" and "What do you like to drink?" This is rude, immature, and childish. There is no room for behavior like that in any courtroom no matter who is on trial. This is not only extremely disrespectful towards the judge, but this would be very rude for him to say to anyone. He should be able to stay calm in the courtroom but during his testimony, unfortunately, it seemed like his emotions were getting the best of him.
"The desire to remedy societal discrimination is not a compelling interest" is a quote from an email Kavanaugh wrote in 2001. One example of societal discrimination is racism. How can we expect things like police brutality to change if a man on the highest court in the United States does not care to change it. We cannot. He cannot relate to people of color, and he does not care, which is incredibly selfish. He cannot even so much as sympathize with the fact that people's family members are dying every day because of the color of their skin. Vox.com did research and discovered 61.7 percent of Americans are white, which means that 38.3 percent of Americans are people of color. That is 125,241,000 lives that Kavanaugh does not care to protect from racial discrimination. People of color matter, the idea that people of color are not important belongs in the past. The times are changing and our youth are now more accepting than ever. The nation deserves someone who cares about all people and not just the ones he can relate to.
Kavanaugh is also not in favor of stricter gun laws. In fact, he does not even believe that people should be required to register their guns. There have been 18 school shootings this year, and we deserve to have educational places that we feel comfortable and safe in. Students should not have to risk their lives in order to get an education and parents should not have to risk their children's safety in order to get them a better future. This makes me believe that he does not care about America's youth, which does not make sense because our youth is our future. This is a problem that absolutely needs to be resolved and the only way to do this is by enforcing stricter gun laws which Kavanaugh seems to have no interest in doing. Just because his family has not been affected by gun violence, does not mean it is unimportant.
Brett Kavanaugh is a man who does not care for minorities, cannot control his emotions in the courtroom, cannot control his own attitude in a courtroom, does not care to change societal discrimination, and does not want stricter gun rules. Everything that he does not care to change are the things we desperately need in America. A U.S. Supreme Court justice should be able to put his attitude aside in a courtroom, but not only did Kavanaugh have an extremely negative attitude, but he became overly emotional during his testimony against Dr. Ford. He does not support the ideas of stricter gun laws which is something that would only protect the American people. Keeping our youth safe is the same as protecting our future which is something he should care about. Bigotry does not belong in the future which is why it is necessary that we get people on the supreme court want to move us forward instead of backwards.
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Dr Helena Lass has put virtually everything she knows about proactive mental wellness into one place. This comes from over 10 years of research and systematization and endless hours working as psychiatrist. She also understands the fundamental principles of entrepreneurship and personal initiative as she has been entrepreneur herself. But not only that, Dr Lass has also taken very practical awareness courses by Master Teacher of Awareness Ingvar Villido and is teaching his courses about The Art of Conscious Change™. Even more, Dr Lass has written also a scientific paper about proactive mental wellness and personal sustainability that was published 2018 globally by Routledge - the world's leading academic publisher in the Humanities and Social Sciences. There are not many medical doctors who have this kind of real world experience and achievements. And there for sure is no-one else who have managed to combine it all into a digital mental wellness gym that is available 24/7!
Every single mental wellness gym training session here is taught in a way that is simple and practical, improving mental fitness and productivity of your team.
Most other mental health live or digital first aid courses or mental health courses can give you very basic information of the common mental illnesses and address how to support someone with mental illness. This is also needed, but here we focus on mental wellness, no other fully digital solution does that. Here we give you and your team access to very practical intrapersonal skills, so that everyone in tour team can stay mentally well when face-to-face with real life pressures and stressful (work) situations.
This unique proactive approach to mental wellness and lasting inner motivation is not available anywhere else! Dr Helena Lass does not provide similar trainings in live format and continues to work as psychiatrist, sustaining her top-professional qualifications as a medical expert in the arena of mental health and mental wellness.
And one last thing: You won't find a more attractive pricing to this kind of high quality e-trainings that improves mental wellness and productivity at the same time anywhere else!
We are so sure that this mental wellness gym will surprise you that right now we offer an opportunity to experience our mini training for free. This offer might not last forever, so click now! There really is no hidden costs or tricks.
When are these courses being held?
Wellness Orbit mental wellness gym trainings a video based fully digital training programs that are delivered on demand 24/7. You and your team can access the video lessons and other resources over the Internet with your smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop – whichever you prefer.
Your team will get access as soon as your order is made and your payment is received. You can find out more details below.
1) For instant payment and activation of your user account we provide secure payment solutions by Visa and MasterCard (both Credit and Debit cards but Maestro and Visa Electron cards are not supported; if you pay with Visa or MasterCard you are guided through the payment process). We use EveryPay payment platform that is PCI DSS level 1 certified in co-operation with LHV Bank situated in Estonia, EU.
2) Other option for instant payment and activation is secure payment via LHV internet bank (for that LHV Bank should be your service provider in Estonia, you are guided through the payment process).
3) If you accept manual activation after payment with some delay, you can choose Bank transfer option. You will still get an instant e-mail from us with your invoice that you have to pay within 7 calendar days. We usually check our bank account at the end of every office day (form Mo to Friday) and activate new user accounts based on paid invoices usually next day after we have received your payment. Note that in case of bank transfers there can be a delay before money arrives to our bank account (this delay is not up to us, but depends on your bank). In case of Bank Transfer you are responsible for the bank transfer fees (Within EU all EUR payments to Conscious Initiative OÜ have to be made as Single European Payment Area (SEPA) payments with the "shared" fees option, in case your bank is not in EU you need to pay full bank fees). In case of bank transfer we reserve up to 48 h delay on activation of your user account from receiving your payment on normal office days and up to 96 h delay if your payment arrives on Friday).
What to do if your credit card payment fails?
card is enrolled for 3DS transactions.
With valid card and correct passwords or CVC codes and expiry dates credit card payment solution works.
How I get an invoice after payment?
Our training platform www.wellnessorbit.com is mostly B2B orientated solution. You will receive an invoice by e-mail automatically right after the payment (it leaves our server within seconds of payment conformation). No hassle.
What is the cost of this online training?
The average quarterly cost for one employee can even be as low as 9 € (our aim is to keep the training content accessible to as many persons as we can). You find Training Practice prices stated according the company size here: http://www.wellnessorbit.com/trainings/, after you choose the actual training you want to have access to (price options according company size are shown on the area with golden background). As our Platform is built as mainly B2B solution, the actual online training (e-training) price is based on the company size (how many persons there are totally in the company).
How do employees prefer to learn?
49% of employees prefer to learn at the point of need.
All Wellness Orbit e-trainings enable that for your team; come and find out more about the benefits.
Can individuals buy these mental wellness trainings?
Yes, all individuals (private persons) can use our e-trainings. To buy the training as individual please choose the lowest price option (1 to 25 persons). To use our system as individual you need to enter your existing personal homepage domain name or you can write instead of it just: www.firstnamelastname.com (where the firstname part is your first name and lastname part is your Family name, stating this is a must, however you do not have to buy this domain name or use it actively).
When you buy the training as individual you can invite your family members to take part of training (up to 25 persons in total).
When can my team start with the chosen online training(s)?
In case you use credit card payment or LHV bank link payment your admin gets almost instant access and can start preparing invitation campaign to your staff. Your company staff can start the selected and paid online trainings within 24 h of your user account activation (it takes about 3 hours to render one personalized training session after you have uploaded your company logo, there is total 5 sessions; first of session is usually available within 6 to 24 h after your user account activation). Thereafter nominated admin can invite the personnel to join in and start the training.
Your admin desktop has all the needed guidelines explaining what to do and how to use our online training system (it is a fully automated self service system); no special IT skills are needed, anyone capable of using basic internet browsers can use our platform easily).
How to secure that my staff will take part of training(s)?
We provide automated e-mail invitation to your staff as well as give your admin access to promotional printable posters and digital banners to help you to communicate the training to your staff with ease. You will find needed materials in the "Download" folder on your admin desktop.
To secure good participation you can invite people multiple times - you will find guidelines on your admin desktop (our system invites each person at least 3 times). However, we also recommend informative custom letters to your staff from within your company e-mailing system or Intranet prior to starting the training or during the first weeks of the training. When a leader takes the training first and states how it helped him/her, others will always follow more easily. Personal example speaks more than words.
Our customers have given us feedback that the best engagement happens when you organize joint viewing of the videos in your office. In the workbook (provided with the training) you will also find a group discussion guidelines that are specific to each training. Each person can later also re-watch all the video(s) and make personal notes. We recommend to start the training with one joint viewing session per week for best results. Then after 5 weeks people still have enough time for re-watching and re-taking the tests to improve their personal results as all of our trainings remain open at least 3 months (annual membership is also available).
How can I and my team use the trainings?
User log in to your Wellness Orbit trainings is here: https://www.wellnessorbit.com/user-log-in/, every employee will have personal password and is guided through the training step-by-step. No outside facilitation is needed as we designed good digital facilitation and provide a workbook to support that.
You and Your Company employees may use what You have heard for the development of Yourself and Your Company from all of our Training Practices after purchasing the Training Practice user rights. However, the Training Practice user rights do not give you the right to download, copy, transmit, reproduce or re-publish the content (videos, spoken text, graphics, illustrations, questionnaires or screenshots) of our Training Practices or Training Sessions in any form. But still you may quote our online trainings (e-trainings) according the Terms and Conditions on our homepage (see final section).
Training Practice user rights also allow you group viewing with your staff, but do not allow public video playback. If you become an annual member, you and your company employees can re-participate the trainings at any time during the membership period. System also allows multiple self-evaluations to see your progress.
The usual time period for using one Training Practice is 3 months from the moment of obtaining your access, but Annual Membership is also available.
What if I have questions about the content of the online training?
Then ask them! You can send us questions that are directly linked to the training practices - please use e-mail: wellnessorbit@consciousinitiative.com (guidelines are provided within the closed training environment).
We administer a closed Facebook group where all the participants can see the answers (your alumni membership is free and without any time limit). We will post all the answers to your questions into the Facebook group in text or video format. However, please keep in mind that personal questions on confidential health, family and work matters are a different topic as we do not provide personal consultation - for that you should seek nearest coach or professional expert to your location. We do not post answers to very personal questions in the group to secure your privacy.
What are the benefits of annual membership (subscription)?
Pre-paid Annual Membership secures that you one new training per quarter of a year. The benefits are lower price (-25%) and access to all previously opened online trainings for all employees. Annual Membership also secures you all updates and improvements during subscription period.
How fast is the help in case of technical problems?
We aim to respond to all problems within 48 h from receiving the information to our e-mail: wellnessorbit@consciousinitiative.com. However on weekends responding time may be up to 72 h. Still, if there is a technical problem from our side, we provide you additional time of using the online trainings (your additional time equals at least the time of delay from our side). So far we have managed to be on the market without any technical problems at all, but just in case there will be some you now know our service level.
We promise you that your total training time will never be shorter than you paid for!
How fast should my internet connection be for using this online training?
All our online trainings have Full HD videos. The minimum speed recommendation for FullHD video playback is usually 4Mbps. Please make sure that your Internet is fast enough to stream videos (or test your internet speed for fee here or view this Free Mini training to see how the video plays in your location).
From our part we use only very fast internet connections that secure good connection to our CDN (Content Delivery Network is a geographically distributed network of proxy servers and their data centers). However please not that, slow internet connections at client side is not considered as a technical problem (you can see the video, but it will stop for buffering). Sometimes some computers/hand held devices might experience temporary memory issues with heavy or longer continuous video playback, in such a case we recommend to restart your device.
What if I or my team do not get invitations?
First check your personal "Junk mail" folder. In some cases our e-mails might be marked in your company e-mail filter as "Junk mail" (there might be delivery delay in your company for all junk mail, also in some cases your system could block our e-mail invitations to your staff). If so, ask help from your company IT support.
Your company IT team needs to mark all @consciousinitiative.com domain e-mail address as safe sender or "Not Junk Mail" (It should be done for all of your company staff).
How about my security and privacy?
We use only use hyper text transfer protocol secure ('https:'). It is the secure version of 'http:', the protocol over which data is sent between your browser and the website that you are connected to. The 's' at the end of 'https:' stands for 'Secure'. It means all communications between your browser and our website are encrypted to protect information flow just as is done in case of highly confidential online transactions (like online banking and online shopping).
We do not have access to your credit card number or credit card payment details and also do not collect or store that data (we use payment service by Everypay.com or LHV bank). In case you choose bank account payment our bank (LHV bank) stores your bank account data, we do not store this information separately for avoiding any risks in case of our clients.
Can I try Wellness Orbit mental wellness training for free?
Experience the closed trainig area as trainee (your team member).
And we promise - our actual training sessions are even better!


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SAMI has stressed the importance of UK becoming involved in efforts to counter Somali piracy
The Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has stressed the importance and significance of the UK government and parliament becoming involved in efforts to counter Somali piracy.
This comes following the release of the latest House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee report on 'Piracy off the coast of Somalia' which states it is unacceptable that the Indian Ocean has become so dangerous for commercial shipping, while supporting the UK government decision to permit private armed guards to defend British flagged ships.
The fact that, as yet, no vessel has been taken by pirates when guarded by armed teams speaks volumes, said SAMI.
However, according to SAMI founder Peter Cook: "The bold decision to allow vessels to use armed guards was just the start. Now the authorities must set about the task of ensuring the systems and rules for the use of force which they employ are appropriate and adequate."
ReCAAP ISC: Two armed piracy incidents in Asia
Bomb hits cargo ship off Odessa
The report recognises that the UK government's guidance on the use of force, particularly lethal force, is limited and there is little to assist a ship's master in making a judgement on when force can be used. There remains a lack of critical detail and questions as to whether a private armed guard onboard a British flagged vessel can open fire at a fast approaching skiff need clear answers on what is permissible and what is not.
"They need to know what they can do, how and when. Ship masters must be guided so they become more comfortable, confident and cogniscent in the use of force from their vessel. There are many fears and concerns for masters today and, as they wrestle with issues of criminalisation, we have to recognise their concerns and allay them," said Mr Cook.
SAMI, which now has over 100 members, is working to build a bridge between the shipping industry, authorities and maritime security providers and is currently starting the first part of its accreditation scheme.
Source: SAMI
Tags: SAMISomali piracyUK
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import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer;

/**
 * A Top-K queue keeps a list of the top K elements seen so far as ordered
 * by the given comparator.
 */
class TopK[T](k : Int)(implicit ord : Ordering[T]) extends Iterable[T] {

  final val keys = new ArrayBuffer[T](k+1);

  private[util] def += (elem : T) : Unit = {
    val pos = insertion(elem);
    keys.insert(if (pos < 0) ~pos else pos, elem);
    if (keys.size > k) {
      keys.remove(0);
    }
  }

  override def iterator : Iterator[T] = {
    keys.view.reverse.iterator
  }

  override def size =
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  @inline final def insertion(key : T) : Int = {
    if (keys.length == 0) return -1;

    var begin = 0;
    var end = keys.length - 1;
    var mid = (end + begin) >> 1;

    while (begin <= end) {
      mid = (end + begin) >> 1;
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      if (cmp > 0)
        begin = mid + 1;
      else if (cmp < 0)
        end = mid - 1;
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    }

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      return ~(mid + 1); // Insert after mid
  }
}

object TopK {
  def apply[T](k : Int, items : Iterator[T])(implicit ord : Ordering[T]) : TopK[T] = {
    val topk = new TopK[T](k);
    items.foreach(topk.+=);
    topk;
  }

  def apply[T,U](k : Int, items : Iterator[T], scoreFn : (T => U))(implicit uord : Ordering[U]) : TopK[T] = {
    implicit val ord = new Ordering[T] {
      override def compare(x : T, y : T) = uord.compare(scoreFn(x), scoreFn(y));
    };
    apply(k, items)(ord);
  }

  def apply[T](k : Int, items : Iterable[T])(implicit ord : Ordering[T]) : TopK[T] =
    this.apply(k, items.iterator)(ord);

  def apply[T,U](k : Int, items : Iterable[T], scoreFn : (T => U))(implicit uord : Ordering[U]) : TopK[T] =
    this.apply(k, items.iterator, scoreFn)(uord);
}

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 * A rich iterable extension that adds the topk method.
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class TopKIterable[T](val self : Iterable[T]) {
  def topk(k : Int)(implicit ord : Ordering[T]) : TopK[T] =
    TopK(k, self);

  def topk[U](k : Int, scoreFn : (T => U))(implicit uord : Ordering[U]) : TopK[T] =
    TopK(k, self, scoreFn)(uord);
}

class TopKIterator[T](val self : Iterator[T]) {
  def topk(k : Int)(implicit ord : Ordering[T]) : TopK[T] =
    TopK(k, self);

  def topk[U](k : Int, scoreFn : (T => U))(implicit uord : Ordering[U]) : TopK[T] =
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}

object TopKImplicits {
  implicit def iTopKIterable[T](iterable : Iterable[T]) =
    new TopKIterable(iterable);

  implicit def iTopKIterator[T](iterator : Iterator[T]) =
    new TopKIterator(iterator);
}


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from ..errors import *
from ..logger import ppLogger

logger = ppLogger(__name__)

class _pilaVar(baseVar):

    def __init__(self, ID):
        super(_pilaVar, self).__init__('pila', ID)

    def doInit(self):
        logger.dbg('pila initialize')
        self.setVal(list())

    def assignValidate(self, val):
        if type(val) != type(list()):
            raise TypeError(str(type(val)))
        else:
            return val

    def apilar(self, val):
        if self._val is None:
            raise ppVarNotInit(__name__, self._ID)
        self._val.append(val)

    def desapilar(self):
        if self._val is None:
            raise ppVarNotInit(__name__, self._ID)
        self._val.pop()

    def tope(self):
        if self._val is None:
            raise ppVarNotInit(__name__, self._ID)
        r = self._val[-1]
        logger.dbg('tope:', r)
        return r

    def getVal(self):
        if self._val is None: raise ppVarNotInit(__name__, self._ID)
        else: return self

    def pilaVacia(self):
        if self._val is None:
            raise ppVarNotInit(__name__, self._ID)
        else:
            return len(self._val) == 0

classmap = {'pila': _pilaVar}
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