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Canada conservationist warns of 'cyber poaching'
Photographers, poachers and eco-tour operators are in the crosshairs of a Canadian conservationist who warns that tracking tags are being hacked and misused to harass and hunt endangered animals. Steven Cooke, a biology professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, says that the very tools used by scientists to study and protect animals and fish are bing hijacked to do just the opposite. Cooke, the Canada research chair of environmental science and biology, is the lead author of a paper published this week in the journal Conservation Biology.
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DIY Gene Editing: Fast, Cheap—and Worrisome
The Crispr technique lets amateurs enter a world that has been the exclusive domain of scientists.
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Katherine Johnson, real-life subject of 'Hidden Figures' receives standing ovation at Oscars
Katherine Johnson took the stage with the stars of "Hidden Figures."
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Real-life subject of 'Hidden Figures' receives standing ovation at Oscars
Katherine Johnson, one of the NASA research mathematicians portrayed in the Oscar-nominated film "Hidden Figures," received a standing ovation at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Appearing at the Dolby Theatre, Johnson, now 98 years old, thanked the crowd for their support.
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New urgency in fight to restore Florida Everglades
Rising seas, polluted coastlines and the specter of more frequent droughts and storms have lent new urgency to efforts to restore the ecosystem of the Florida Everglades, the largest freshwater wetland in the United States. The Everglades' sawgrasses, swamps, tree islands and mangroves are home to a host of fascinating species, from American alligators to endangered hook-billed birds known as snail kites to invasive Burmese pythons. Until now, the world's largest ecosystem restoration project -- a massive plan expected to spend some $10.5 billion, known as the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan -- has made little progress since it was launched in 2000.
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Why Did the House Science Committee Overlook NASA's Former Chief Scientist?
Ellen Stofan was the only woman to testify at a congressional hearing about the future of space exploration—and the only person left out of the official tweets about the event.
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The brilliant way weather geeks paid tribute to 'Twister' star Bill Paxton
Hundreds of storm chasers and weather geeks mourned the death of U.S. actor Bill Paxton this weekend. Paxton, who was 61, starred alongside Helen Hunt in Twister, the 1996 film that helped inspire a new generation of storm chasers — those thrill-seekers who track down dangerous weather events for the sake of scientific data, a rush of adrenaline, or both. SEE ALSO: Bill Paxton, star of '80s and '90s genre films and TV, dead at 61 In the movie, Paxton and Hunt play a struggling couple that teams up to create an advance weather alert system, putting them square in the path of violent tornadoes. Paxton was so beloved in the weather community that his unexpected death on Saturday sparked a rare tribute tweet from the National Weather Service's official Twitter account. Twister was an inspiration to many budding meteorologists over the last 20 years. Thank you, Bill Paxton, a.k.a. Bill "The Extreme" Harding. http://pic.twitter.com/OmsB7hkCYF — NWS (@NWS) February 2…
This video game lets you classify real-life planets for science
Gamers and scientists are coming together to explore astronomical data, because science is awesome. In a collaboration between a multiplayer game EVE…
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'Ring of fire' solar eclipse will blaze across the Southern Hemisphere
A "ring of fire" eclipse will be visible from the Southern Hemisphere on Sunday morning, although anyone can catch the spectacle live via the space site Slooh.com. Sunday's solar phenomenon is known as an annular eclipse. It happens when the moon slides in between the sun and the Earth but doesn't completely block the sun, as would a total solar eclipse. SEE ALSO: This weekend you can see a lunar eclipse and a comet Instead, a thin, fiery ring of the sun's edges blaze like an iris on an enormous, menacing eye. ring of fire #eclipse live from #Chile WOW :) http://pic.twitter.com/i47LKmXNjl — David Fiacchini (@naturaetratio) February 26, 2017 Skywatchers will catch the best view in Chile and Argentina in South America, as well as Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa and parts of Antarctica, Space.com reported. We'll track the #eclipse from start to finish from Chile and South Africa, bringing the full experience to you https://t.co/vu…
How SpaceX Reinvented the Rocket Launch Industry
Elon Musk's space company has drastically reduced the costs to launch a rocket.
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A 'Hidden Figure' in his own family
ABC News' Ron Claiborne learns that that a cousin was a groundbreaking figure in aeronautical engineering.
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Rings in stomach could be key to telling lobsters' ages
Researchers are testing a technique they say could determine the age of lobsters
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Here's How To Watch Ring Of Fire Eclipse Sunday Morning
The eclipse will be most visible at 8:16 a.m.
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Stargazers applaud as moon eclipses sun
Stargazers applauded as they were plunged into darkness Sunday when the moon passed in front of the sun in a spectacular "ring of fire" eclipse. Astronomers and enthusiasts in Argentina were among the first to see the so-called annular eclipse as it crossed South America shortly after 1200 GMT, on course for Africa. The eclipse was most visible in a 100-kilometer (62-mile) band across Chile, Argentina, Angola, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Horror movie 'Life' draws upon real-life biology and worst-case space scenarios
A real-life organism provides the inspiration for the alien monster at the center of "Life," a horror movie that's set on the International Space Station. But you'd never guess which one. Would you believe … slime mold? "We used that as a model, working with the effects team, but ramped it up enormously," said Adam Rutherford, who served as a science consultant for the film. Moviegoers can get a glimpse at the results in the online trailers for "Life," which opens in theaters on March 24. Rutherford didn't just throw a dart at the tree of life to select slime mold.… Read More
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What Can Hidden Figures Teach Us About Workplace Diversity?
Before this movie, I had no idea that so many women had participated in NASA, nor did I know that black women had contributed so significantly to America's advances in the 'space race'. Factually, Hidden Figures identified the three black females who shaped an industry, these women were previously hidden from us, which starts to explain why this was news to a large proportion of the audience viewing it. It's different to the other roles and stories we have gotten used to see black female actresses play, it was a refreshing and inspiring story about three black women who achieved incredible things.
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Video games can and should inspire entire societies to do better
If the medium of video games wants to be considered great art it needs to move beyond simply motivating the individual and strive to move entire societies. "If you want video games to be treated as art, some, not all of you, are going to need to step it up," Dr. Jeff Norris, mission operations innovation lead at JPL NASA, told a gathering of developers in Las Vegas this week. Speaking at this year's DICE Summit, Norris pointed to the seminal work of Chesley Bonestell, a pioneer in the creation of art that blended scientific fact with best informed guesses to deliver stunning images of space.
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This gorgeous video about the Hubble Space Telescope puts our existence into perspective
In 1995, astronomers pointed the Hubble Space Telescope toward a seemingly empty region of space to see what was there. In a short animated video from Vimeo user Bliink, we learn just what the astronomers discovered, and why this seemingly empty region of space is so important to understanding the universe. The video is a gorgeous, minimal affair that outlines the Hubble Deep Image Survey, and puts the scale of that first image into perspective.
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Everything you need to know about the magical magnetic goop known as ferrofluid
Ferrofluids can do amazing things on YouTube -- gracefully bending into all sorts of structures -- but what exactly are they? Hit the jump to find out how the mysterious liquids work, and how you can get some for yourself.
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Europeans are cutting down U.S. forests for so-called 'sustainable' energy
European nations, including the UK, are making a grave accounting error that will result in the emissions of more planet-warming greenhouse gases, according to a new report from an independent London think tank. By counting the burning of wood pellets from felled forests in the U.S., Canada and Russia as a "renewable" or "sustainable" form of energy, nations in the European Union are masking their full impact on the environment, the report warns. The study, from Chatham House, comes as European officials debate policies that favor particular energy sources, including biomass energy such as wood pellets, as a way to cut planet-warming carbon dioxide. SEE ALSO: Something is very, very wrong with the Arctic climate The report warns that contrary to what many policy makers have been saying, bioenergy involves about as much carbon emissions as coal. In fact, if wood is burned to make steam for electricity, this practice may be 50 percent more carbon intensive than coa…
How sci-fi imagines inhabitable solar systems like TRAPPIST-1
Earlier this week, NASA announced that its scientists had discovered a seven-planet solar system orbiting a star named TRAPPIST-1. For science fiction authors, this is affirmation of a long-standing trope. For decades, authors have imagined solar systems with multiple Earth-like planets that allow for human settlement, providing plenty of space for stories in television and literature.
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We're One Step Closer To Curing The Common Cold
A cure for the common cold could soon become a reality after scientists from the Universities of Leeds, York and Helsinki say they've cracked the 'hidden code' buried deep within the virus. Banishing the sniffles actually begun in 2015 when scientists at the Universities of Leeds and York identified a series of encrypted signals buried inside a plant virus. What they found was that this signal was identical in all forms of the virus including Human Parechovirus which is a member of the Picornavirus family that includes the common cold.
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Solar-powered cinema opens in Burkina ahead of festival
A solar-powered cinema was unveiled in Burkina Faso Friday ahead of Ouagadougou's hosting of Africa's top film festival, even as movie theatres on the continent continue to disappear. Named Canal Olympia Yennenga, it is now the third-largest movie hall in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou. It is the brainchild of French businessman Vincent Bollore, whose company owns French premium TV and cinema group Canal Plus.
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Quentin Cronk - curriculum vitae
Professor in the Department of Botany at the Biodiversity Research Centre, UBC. Director, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC.
Curator of Eudicots, UBC Herbarium (current)
Visiting Professor, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) (to 2020)
Honorary Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (to 2020)
Charles Bullard Fellow, Harvard Forest, Harvard University (2010-2011)
Director, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, 2020 - present).
Director, UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, 2002-2008.
Joined University of British Columbia, 2002. Professor, Department of Botany.
Reader in Vascular Plant Systematics at Edinburgh University and Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 1999-2002
Faculty member, Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology (ICMB) Edinburgh University and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), 1995-2002
Departmental Lecturer in Botany, University of Oxford, 1992-95; Curator of Oxford University Herbaria 1994-5
Research Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
PhD Department of Botany, University of Cambridge
BA Natural Sciences (Botany, 1 Cl. Hons), University of Cambridge

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Steps to Help Push Through Your Fear to Get What You Want
By Bryan Nadeau, PCC | January 14, 2021 | 0
Does attaining your goals seem harder than it should be? If you feel challenged to achieve your desires, you may be listening to those voices in your head that are telling you that you can't get what you want. It is important to remember, you are not unique in having those voices in your head…
Make Your New Year's Resolution a Reality
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2020. A year that none of us could have imagined. I can't even begin to figure out how to process 2020. Much less my feelings. I think it will be sometime before I can lower my defense walls to allow that to happen. The sheer loss alone is unimaginable. We all have suffered such emotional…
Tips to Lowering Your Stress During the Holidays
By Bryan Nadeau, PCC | December 8, 2020
The coronavirus has altered how we normally would celebrate the holidays, to say the least. It hasn't though taken away all the preparations for the holiday season. Because of these added things to juggle along with our everyday lives, the holidays usually bring extra stress, and with the COVID-19 level of stress we are all…
How Coronavirus Is Humanizing Corporate America
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Leading Through Pandemic Exhaustion
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That's right. Even if you are employed full-time, you are the boss of your career. Shifting your mindset to you are the boss, allows you to view yourself through a different lens to empower yourself, take control of your career, even your life. Thinking of yourself as the CEO of your own company allows you…
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Q: Python game show high score I'm having trouble with the high score of my game show code that i wrote everything works but i can't get it to print the final score and it won't print out the high score when i call it can anyone take a look at the code and tell me what i did wrong? Thanks!
num_ques = 0
correct = 0
for question_object in questions:
    print(question_object["question"])
    for i, choice in enumerate(question_object["answers"]):
        print(str(i + 1) + ". " + choice)
    answer = input("Choose an answer 1-4:")
    num_ques = num_ques + 1
    if answer == question_object["correct"]:
        print("Bravo.  You're a nerd")
        correct = correct + 1
        print("Your score is: %d/" % correct + str(num_ques))
    else:
        print("Your score is: %d/" % correct + str(num_ques))
        print("Well at least you have a life.")

A: I recommend you to change your prints. You have something like this:
print("Your score is: %d/" % correct + str(num_ques))

You are using 2 ways of concatenate. %d and '+'. You can concatenate using:
a='Hello'
b='World'
print a+b  #This would print 'HelloWorld'

but you can also do
print '%s%s' % (a,b)  #This would print 'HelloWorld' too

You can concatenate different types using that format like this:
a='I have'
b=1
c='year old.'
print '%s %d %s' % (a,b,c)  #This would print 'I have 1 year old'

For your code I see that you store the score of the player in the variable "correct", so to show "Your score is 7", the "7" is inside 'correct', and it is an integer. (If the variable you want to concatenate is a integer you use %d, if it is a string you use %s)
print "Your score is: %d" % (correct)

If you have more than one variable, something like "Your score is X/Y" assuming that X are the correct answers, and Y the total question answered:
print "Your score is %d/%d" % (correct, num_ques)

And you can concatenate as many variables as you want, the order of the %d and %s is the order of the variables between parentheses
To show a message with the final score, you can add a print when the for is ended that says something like:
print "Your final score is: %d!!!!!" % (correct)

To do this your code would be:
num_ques = 0
correct = 0
for question_object in questions:
    print(question_object["question"])
    for i, choice in enumerate(question_object["answers"]):
        print(str(i + 1) + ". " + choice)
    answer = input("Choose an answer 1-4:")
    num_ques = num_ques + 1
    if answer == question_object["correct"]:
        print "Bravo.  You're a nerd"
        correct = correct + 1
        print "Your score is: %d/%d" % (correct, num_ques)
    else:
        print "Your score is: %d/%d" % (correct, num_ques)
        print "Well at least you have a life."
print "Your final score is: %d/%d!!!!!" % (correct, num_quest)

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Q: Android Custom ListView with Checkbox greetings my fellow developers,
i am working on a project in which i have a listview consists on 2 textviews and 1 checkbox in each item,
my listview is working as i want it to, except for when i programmatically use setSelection(some_index) on the list view all the chechboxes that were check on previous OnItemClickListener calls gets unchecked,
i am trying to figure out why this is but so far no luck,
i did try to check and change all the check boxes after each scroll with this
for (int i = 0; i < listView.getCount(); i++) {
            View mChild = listView.getChildAt(i);
            View mChild1 = listView.getAdapter().getView(i, null, null);
            TextView name = (TextView) mChild.findViewById(R.id.contact_name);
            TextView phone = (TextView) mChild.findViewById(R.id.contact_number);
            CheckBox box = (CheckBox) mChild.findViewById(R.id.contact_check);
            if(contact.getName().equals(name.getText().toString()) && contact.getPhone().equals(phone.getText().toString()))
                box.setChecked(true);
        }

both methods (mchild and mchild1) dont work, plus it is taking to much processing time, since my list view will likely be very long,(give or take 500 items)
any help regarding this issue, i have been stuck on this for couple of days, but couldn't comeup with any considerable solutions,
one thing i dont understand is that why my listview dataset is changing on scroll, any help, is there is any easier and faster way to do this, then itetrating through childs of listview?
if no then why my logic of iteration dont work
 here is my listview items
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:descendantFocusability="blocksDescendants"
    android:orientation="horizontal">

    <LinearLayout
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_marginBottom="@dimen/list_view_margin_vertical"
        android:layout_marginTop="@dimen/list_view_margin_vertical"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:orientation="vertical">

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/contact_name"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@color/colorBlack"
            android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Large" />

        <TextView
            android:id="@+id/contact_number"
            android:layout_width="wrap_content"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content"
            android:textColor="@color/colorGrey"
            android:textAppearance="@style/Base.TextAppearance.AppCompat.Medium" />
    </LinearLayout>

    <CheckBox
        android:id="@+id/contact_check"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:clickable="false"
        android:layout_gravity="center" />
</LinearLayout>

this is my listview itself
<ListView
        android:id="@+id/contactsListView"
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="match_parent"
        android:layout_weight="1"
        android:divider="@color/colorAccent"
        android:dividerHeight="1dp"
        android:footerDividersEnabled="false" />

A: greeting my fello programmers,
i figured out there was nothing wrong with the listview or its working, i failed to notice that listview recycles the child views, hense after every recycle default state of the views were loaded,
all that is required to fix it is,
when getView (adapter class) is calling we are using setText on views to load and view data which is likely coming from database, there is need of a boolean check in the structure of the listview object,
and save that boolean to default value,
now after each onitem click when we change the checkbox state we must change the boolean check value as well, now the next time getview is called(weather it is calling due to recycling or whatever) we will get the boolean value from the struct and saving as as it is in the checkbox,
problem solved,
i learned that when dealing with checkboxes or radiobuttons inside listview we must have a boolean check for it. which we set in getView of adapter class


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The Jim Henson Hour is a television series that aired on NBC in 1989. It was developed as a showcase for The Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the Muppetcharacters.
Nine of the twelve episodes produced aired on NBC before the program was canceled. Two episodes later aired on Nickelodeon in 1992 and 1993, and the final episode never aired in the US, but did air in the UK in 1990
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Original airdate
1 "Outer Space/The Heartless Giant" April 14, 1989
Intro – Henson states that this show is out of this world.
MuppeTelevision – Digit gets satellite feed from other planets, and winds up breaking down. It's up to Kermit, Lindbergh, and Waldo to go inside Digit's brain to fix the problem. Louie Anderson guest stars.
Musical Dance – "Neutron Dance" by The Extremes
My Dinner with Codzilla – Louie Anderson has a dinner date with Codzilla.
Miss Galaxy Pageant – An alien pageant hosted by Marty the Earthling (played by Chris Langham) as he interviews Zsa Zsa Porkmustard (a recycled and redressed version of Food from The Land of Gorch and Fraggle Rock) from Koozebane and Jo Beth Garfdoohoo (a recycled and redressed version of Poison Cackler from Fraggle Rock) from the Crab Nebula. Jo Beth Garfdoohoo ends up winning the competition by eating the judges (consisting of Gertha the Dragon from Puppetman, Jade Green Frackle from The Muppet Show, and Slivy Tove from The Muppet Show). This sketch features audience cameos by the Aliens from The Muppet Show, Boo Monster from Little Muppet Monsters, Cinders the Dragon from Puppetman, the Koozebanian Phoob from The Muppet Show, Pink Frackle from The Muppet Show, and Shakey Sanchez from The Muppet Show.
War and Peace – Part one, war. Part two, peace.
Bootsie and Brad – Bootsie becomes an astronaut and Brad is worried because due to her many outfits and variations, Bootsie hardly has any time for him.
The Adventures of Space Guy – A sketch starring Louie Anderson as Space Guy as he and his crew of lobsters face off against Bean Bunny and his crew of Bunnies from the planet Cutetron.
Closing Number – The Muppets perform "Chattanooga Choo Choo" with the Teppums.
The Storyteller in "The Heartless Giant" – From an early German folk tale. A heartless giant (played by Frederick Warder), who once terrorized the land before being captured and imprisoned. He is befriended by the young Prince Leo (played by Elliot Spiers) who one night sets him free. His older brothers go after the giant to capture him, but do not return, so Leo sets off to find the giant himself. Once found, Leo decides to find the giant's heart, but this is no easy task – it sits in an egg in a duck in a well in a church in a lake in a mountain far away. No easy task indeed. Even when Prince Leo finds the heart and brings it to the giant, one of the guards grabs the heart and squeezes it enough to kill the giant where its dead body becomes a hill. The Storyteller tells his dog that when Prince Leo became king, he retold the story where he states that he gave the heart back to the giant and that the giant never bothered the kingdom again.
Closing – Henson talks about the guards that were seen in "The Heartless Giant".
Note: This is the first appearances of Waldo C. Graphic, Vicki, Leon the Lizard, Clifford, Lindbergh, Brad and Bootsie, and the Extremes.
2 "Oceans/Lighthouse Island" April 21, 1989
MuppeTelevision – Kermit tries to run the show with several water-related issues interrupting. Ted Danson guest stars.
Musical Number – A fish sings "Splish Splash."
Guest Spot – Ted Danson stars in a sketch where he is on a cruise ship run by pirates.
Merlin M.D. – Rowlf the Dog plays Merlin as he helps a Whatnot man who has a fish through his head.
Trailer – A trailer detailing "Karate Squid 3."
Musical Number – "Maneater" by The Extremes
The Underwater Life of Jacques Roach – Jacques Roach pilots a submarine with its crew consisting of rats and sheep.
Fable – Clifford tells an environmental fable where Ted Danson stars as a fish becoming a human.
Lighthouse Island – A boy named Zeb Norman (played by Chris Makepeace) comes to a small strange town to look for a gift for his fiancée Rosalie. He finds a pair of silver slippers in a local antique/curio shop run by a witch named Clara Buford (played by Helen Burns) who drags Zeb into going with her to Hog Island to obtain a mysterious pearl that was stolen from her rival Fred (played by Jerry Nelson).
Closing – Jim Henson shows off a whale puppet and shows the viewer how small it is depending how you see it.
Note: This is the first appearance of Jacques Roach.
3 "Power/The Soldier and Death" April 28, 1989
Intro: Jim Henson finds the Storyteller's Dog in the Thought Lion's place as the Storyteller's Dog tells Jim that Kermit got him a job in front of the Public Library.
MuppeTelevision – Gonzo and Leon convince Kermit to take a vacation so that they can have a chance at running the show. Willard Scott, Jane Pauley, and The Nylons guest star.
Musical Number – "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" by The Nylons
Monster Telethon – A telethon that is run by the Muppet monsters and hosted by the Green-Furred Frackle.
The Time Channel – The Timecaster tells the different time forecasts until he is interrupted by Beautiful Day Monster and some other monsters from the telethon asking if he has given any money.
Mrs. Goldfarb – A soap opera sketch featuring Franklin telling Darlene (a recycled version of Maxine from the Muppet Meeting Films) that he has called Mrs. Goldfarb. It is crashed by the monsters asking if they have given any money.
Fozzie Bear – Fozzie attempts to become a Weather Bear on The Today Show by replacing Willard Scott.
Bootsie and Brad – Bootsie runs for President with Brad as her Vice-President.
The Hat Sharpener – A story about a king (played by the Hippocritic Oaf from the "Cliff's Nightmare" episode of The Cosby Show) who didn't know how to rule a kingdom and worked as a hat sharpener. This sketch features cameos by the Fish Singer from The Muppet Show, the Inkspots from Fraggle Rock and by Earl the Dragon, Gertha the Dragon, and Candle the Dragon from the Puppetman pilot.
Closing Number – "Sweet Vacation" by Kermit the Frog and the cast
The Storyteller in "The Soldier and Death" – Taken from an early Russian folk tale retold in English by Arthur Michell Ransome and is also inspired by Godfather Death. A soldier(played by Bob Peck) returns home after 20 years of war, with three biscuits in his knapsack. On his way he meets three beggars to whom he gives the biscuits; in return one gives him a beautiful whistle, one the jolliest dance, and the final man, who gets the last biscuit despite the soldier being hungry himself, in return gives him a pack of magic playing cards and a musty sack that has the power to trap anything ordered into it. Using the sack, the soldier manages to trap a flock of geese, and so manages to feed himself. Upon arriving at an abandoned castle overrun with small devils, he plays them in a game of cards, winning 40 barrels of gold, and when they try to kill him, he captures them in the sack only letting them go when they promise to never return. He makes one of them swear to serve him and keeps its foot as leverage. Quickly becoming rich and famous because he removed the devils from a palace that is owned by the Tzar (played by John Franklyn-Robbins), his luck runs short when the soldier's son becomes deathly ill. Calling upon the devil, the soldier is given a glass goblet that allows the owner to see Death (performed by Alistair Fullarton). If Death is at the foot of the person's bed (as was the case with his son), he or she will recover if sprinkled with water from the goblet. If Death is at the head of the bed, nothing can be done. Then the Tzar becomes ill and the soldier (seeing Death at the head of his bed) makes a bargain with Death: his life in exchange for the Tzar's. Death takes his offer and gives the illness to the soldier, curing the Tzar. Lying in his death bed, he summons Death into his sack, and stops death from happening everywhere. But as time goes on, he sees people everywhere who are waiting for death that will not come. So he frees Death, who fears the soldier and his sack so much that he refuses to take the soldier's life. The soldier, old and weary of life, seeks out a way to die. He travels down to the underworld, forcing the devils at the gates (the same ones from before) to give him two hundred souls and a map to heaven. Terrified of the sack, the devils agree to his demands. Upon reaching the gates of heaven, he asks to be let in with the souls while begging for forgiveness from God, but is denied by the gatekeeper. He gives the sack to one of the souls, asking the soul to summon him into the sack when he has passed through the gates. But since there is no memory in heaven, the soul forgets and the soldier is condemned to live forever upon the Earth. In closing, the storyteller remarks (with a smile) that the soldier is still probably about his business. As the Storyteller tosses the bag aside, a devil emerges from the bag unnoticed by the Storyteller or the dog.
Closing – Henson notices that the Thought Lion has a library card and notes that everyone should have one.
Note: This is one of the few episodes to feature Frank Oz. First appearance of the Solid Foam band.
4 "Dog City" May 5, 1989
Intro – Inspired by C.M. Coolidge's painting of dogs playing poker, Jim Henson states that he has made a movie inspired by it called "Dog City" and shows a trailer for it which is narrated by Jerry Nelson.
MuppeTelevision – Kermit announces that it is "Muppet Night at the Movies" as they try to find the film to broadcast on ADN (short for the All Dog Network).
Trailers – Bean Bunny shows two different trailers for his movie. The first one is "Bean Bunny and the Cuteness Thief" where Bean Bunny is stalked by Evil McBad (played by the Wolf from The Muppet Show). The second one is "Beanbo" (a parody of Rambo).
Dog City Behind the Scenes – ADN shows some behind the scenes features of "Dog City" narrated by Rover Cleveland and featuring Lyle the Dog as ADN's anchorman. One of the scenes shown is that there are cats that are hired as stunt men that wear dog costumes.
Dog City – Rowlf the Dog hosts a 1930s gangster-type story in which a dog named Ace Yu travels to Dog City to investigate his uncle's murder. While there, he meets a homeless dog named Collien, and gets in trouble with a gangster named Bugsy Them. Sprocket the Dog from Fraggle Rock makes a cameo as a dog that is thrown out of a bar.
Closing – Henson is shown with his character Bugsy Them as Bugsy states that he didn't like the ending of "Dog City."
Note: Jim Henson won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Variety Music Program for this episode.
5 "First Show/Miss Piggy's Hollywood" May 14, 1989
Intro – Henson wishes the viewers a Happy Mother's Day and talks about the second half of the show detailing "Miss Piggy's Hollywood."
MuppeTelevision – Kermit struggles to keep the ratings up. Meanwhile, Digit experiences several malfunctions. Bobby McFerrin guest stars.
Graffiti Muppets – Bobby McFerrin performs with some Graffiti Muppets as Statler and Waldorf look on.
Documentary – A documentary about the tranquility of nature turns into a war film as caterpillars and butterflies try to destroy each other.
Hurting Something – A yuppie drama from another planet starring Anthony. It is a parody of Thirtysomething.
Gorilla Television – Chip, Zondra, and Ubu hack the MuppetTelevision broadcast to feature Marc Weiner and his puppet Rocco. Unlike Ubu, Chip, and Zondra, Marc is shown to appreciate Jim Henson's show. Ubu and Chip end up angering Marc's puppet Rocco when Marc's hypnosis on him was interrupted.
Muppet News Flash – Bobby McFerrin reads the news while The Muppet Newsman provides interpretations for the unhip.
Response-O-Matic – Link Hogthrob is at the mercy of the Response-O-Matic.
Closing Number – Bean Bunny and the cast sing "La Bamba".
Miss Piggy's Hollywood – Miss Piggy hosts a tour of Hollywood, with 'help' from Gonzo. However, Piggy quickly learns that Hollywood isn't quite what she thought it would be. Meanwhile, Fozzie auditions at The Comedy Store which is attended by Statler and Waldorf.
Closing – Henson demonstrates how a dog-type Graffiti Muppet works in front of the Thought Lion.
This is the first episode in the series to be produced and taped.
This is the first appearance of Anthony, Fern, Zondra, Ubu, and Chip.
Airing on Mother's Day, this was the first episode of the Hour to air in a new Sunday night timeslot. According to the May 17, 1989 issue of Star-News, this episode was the lowest rated TV program among the three major networks the week it aired.
6 "Monster Maker" July 9, 1989
Intro – Henson talks about the Creature Shop, showing one of the devils from The Storyteller as an example of what the Creature Shop can make.
Monster Maker – Based on the novel by Nicholas Fisk, a teenage boy named Matt Banting (played by Kieran O'Brien) wants to work for a famous creature and effects man named Chancey Bellows (played by Harry Dean Stanton). Matt winds up getting more than he bargained for when one of the creatures, the dragon-like Ultragorgon (voiced by Michael Gambon), supposedly comes to life and takes Matt under its wing. Brian Henson makes a cameo performing the slerks. A puppet later used as The Predator on Dinosaurs can also be seen in a movie that Matt is watching.
Closing – Jim Henson mentions that although the creatures look real, they are not actually alive. Jim states that when the viewers see the credits, it will state that it took eight puppeteers (consisting of Martin Anthony, Tony Ashton, Michael Bayliss, Marcus Clarke, Sue Dacre, David Greenaway, Brian Henson, and Christopher Leith) to operate the Ultragorgon as Jim also states that his son Brian operated the Ultragorgon's head in the Ultragorgon's neck compartment. He also brings out Kermit the Frog who comments that he liked the special.
7 "Fitness/The Song of the Cloud Forest" July 16, 1989
Intro – Henson reminds the Thought Lion that he was supposed to be wearing a pith helmet. Jim also remarks that whenever they go to a fancy restaurant, the Thought Lion refuses to wear a black tie.
MuppeTelevision – Kermit wants the show to be all about being healthy and fit, but doesn't have much luck with all the Muppets getting sick. Digit gets a cold, while Gonzo nose "goes off", and Link thinks that he has Canadian Snout Fever. Smokey Robinson guest stars.
Exercise Video – An exercise video starring Bean Bunny.
Musical Number – "Just to See Her" by Smokey Robinson and Solid Foam
Merlin M.D. – Rowlf the Dog plays Merlin as he helps a Whatnot man who has a sword through his head.
Muppet Labs – Dr. Bunsen Honeydew demonstrates the new Exercise Shoes with Beaker trying them out.
The Swedish Chef – The Swedish Chef attempts to make cake and is constantly interrupted by Jacques Roach.
Story – A story about a couple that lets some animals stay in their house.
Closing Number – "Jump (for My Love)" by Smokey Robinson featuring Gonzo, Sweetums, Timmy Monster, Doglion, Link Hogthrob, Bean Bunny, The Swedish Chef, Digit, Vicki, Leon, Clifford, Beard, Flash, Jacques Roach, and the Chickens.
The Song of the Cloud Forest – In this story that takes place in the rainforest, a golden toad named Milton (performed by Dave Goelz) worries that he may be the last of his species alive, and may never find a mate to love.
Closing – Henson states that golden toads are endangered and that their homes are disappearing which happens to matter to Jim and the Thought Lion.
Note: According to the July 18, 1989 issue of the Kentucky New Era, this episode was the lowest rated program among all four networks.
8 "Videotape/The True Bride" July 23, 1989
Intro – Henson introduces a clip from "The True Bride" where the Thought Lion speaks in. When Jim asks the Thought Lion if he'll ever speak again, the Thought Lion says that he doubts it.
MuppeTelevision – In order to be in two places at once, Gonzo decides to prerecord himself. Buster Poindexter guest stars.
Music Video – "The Music Keeps on Rolling Along" by Solid Foam
Guest Spot – Buster Poindexter is with the Solid Foam as Beard and Clifford state how they admire him.
Bootsie and Brad – Talking Teddy and Sergeant Killing Death Machine visit Bootsie and Brad's tea party.
Fozzie Bear – Meanwhile, Fozzie spends the night in a creepy motel room and sees how kids playing basketball at night are using their heads as basketballs.
Closing Number – "All Night Party" by Buster Poindexter
The Storyteller in "The True Bride" – Based on an early German folk tale, The True Bride. A troll (performed by Frederick Warder and voiced by Alun Armstrong) had a daughter, but she left straight off. So the troll took another girl to replace her to wait on him hand and foot. Her name is Anja (played by Jane Horrocks) and she has no father or mother, making the troll her only "family". Setting her impossible tasks, then beating her with his "contradiction stick" when she invariably fails, the troll makes sure to make her life miserable, until she one day makes a wish. Her wish is heard by a wondrous white lion the Thought Lion (performed by David Greenaway, Robert Tygner, and Mak Wilson and voiced by Michael Kilgarriff) who completes her impossible tasks for her. When she finds her true love in the form of a Prince (played by Sean Bean), he disappears one day, so Anja sets out to find him. When she finally does, he turns out to be bewitched in the hands of the troll's evil daughter, the Trollop (performed by Frederick Warder and voiced by Sandra Voe).
Closing – Acknowledging the fact that The Thought Lion actually talked in "The Storyteller," Jim asks the Thought Lion why he doesn't talk anymore. The Thought Lion says that he doesn't have anything further to say.
9 "Garbage/Sapsorrow" July 30, 1989
Intro – Henson sees the Thought Lion eating chips and tells him that he will spoil his appetite. Jim learns from Kermit that the control room is covered in garbage.
MuppeTelevision – Kermit tries to run the show with bags of talking garbage continuously bothering him. k.d. lang guest stars.
Bootsie and Brad
Musical Number – "(Waltz Me) Once Again Around That Dance Floor" by k.d. lang and the Muppets
Musical Number – "I Love Trash" by k.d. lang
How the Nightingale Got Its Voice – Kermit tells a story on how a nightingale got its voice.
Observing Humans – Billy the Bear and a Raccoon observe a human family in their backyard.
Closing Number – "On the Road Again" by the Garbage
The Storyteller in "Sapsorrow" – From an early German folk tale, this is a variant on Allerleirauh as well as containing elements of Donkeyskin and the Cinderella story recorded by the brothers Grimm. There is a widowed king (played by Geoffrey Bayldon), who has three daughters. Two of his daughters (played by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders) are as ugly and as bad as can be, but the third nicknamed Sapsorrow (played by Alison Doody) is as kind and as beautiful as her sisters are not. There is a ring belonging to the dead queen, and a royal tradition that states that the girl whose finger fits the ring will become queen as decreed by law. Neither of the bad sister's wish their father to marry for fear that his bride will stand to inherit his title and riches. In an effort to secure the royal wealth for their own they each try on the ring, though the ring becomes stuck on one of the sister's fingers and Sapsorrow is forced to remove the ring. When Princess Sapsorrow slips on her dead mother's ring for safekeeping, she discovers, much to her own dismay, that the ring fits perfectly and the king (against his own wishes) must marry her according to the law. The princess attempts to stall the wedding by demanding three magnificent gowns: a gown as pale as the moon, a gown as sparkling as the stars, and a gown as golden as the sun. Once her father provides these, on the night of the wedding she takes the gowns and goes into hiding, disguising herself as a creature of fur and feathers known as Straggle Tag. She lives thus for years, working in the kitchen of a handsome but proud prince (played by James Wilby). On the night of the ball, she discards her disguise and attends three different balls in one of her bridal gowns and captures the heart of the prince, leaving him naught but a single slipper as she runs off into the night. The prince scours the kingdom for the girl whose foot fits the slipper, and agrees to marry Straggle Tag when hers is the foot it fits. At this proclamation, her pets strip away her disguise for good and the two become happily wed.
Closing – Jim Henson demonstrates the performance of a Garbage puppet which was made from a real garbage bag.
Note: This was the last episode to air on NBC.
10 "Secrets of the Muppets" 1992 Accompanied by a Cairn Terrier named Jojo, Jim Henson gives us a behind the scenes look at the Muppets and other projects. Upon learning this from Kermit, the other Muppets at MuppeTelevision try to deal with the fact that Jim is revealing all of their 'secrets'. He starts off by telling Jojo that she was built by Ed Christie with her mechanical riggings created by Tom Newby. Jim also tells Jojo that she was modeled after a real-life dog named Bamboo (who was also used in exterior shots). Jim then tells about the room that he is in which is actually a blue screen. Jim then gives Jojo a tour of The Muppet Workshop (with the puppets of Chip and Dip from Sesame Street, Codzilla from episode 1, P.J. and Kai-Lee from the Play-Along Video series, Pink Frackle, Poison Cackler from Fraggle Rock, an Orange Extreme, and Jacques Roach on display) as Jim demonstrates the operation of the Disagreeable Sandwich from the "Cliff's Nightmare" episode of The Cosby Show. Jim and Jojo meet Jane Gootnik who is preparing to reconstruct Gonzo since the principal Muppets tend to get a lot of use. Then he gives Jojo a tour of the Creature Shop in London where he sees the displays of Sir Didymus from Labyrinth, the Heartless Giant, and the Devils from The Storyteller, and the Ultragorgon's head from Monster Maker with an appearance by Dog the Dinosaur. Before leaving the Creature Shop, Jojo is invited into the OMD (short for Organization for Muppet Dogs) by the Storyteller's Dog and meets the other members consisting of Rowlf the Dog (the OMD's president), Sprocket the Dog from Fraggle Rock, Ace Yu, Bugsy Them, and Colleen Barker from Dog City, Foo-Foo, Ambrosius from Labyrinth, and the Farmer's Dog from The Tale of the Bunny Picnic before being called away by Jim. Back on the set, Jim shows a behind the scene footage of The Song of the Cloud Forest, how the Doozers and Gorgs from Fraggle Rock are operated, and how the Muppets ride bikes. The Muppets then start to get worried when it comes to the puppeteers as Jim starts out by showing Jojo that she is operated by Camille Bonora. Then he demonstrates to Jojo on how Waldo C. Graphic is operated. When it comes to the puppeteers for the Muppets of MuppeTelevision, Kermit states that the one under him is Jim Henson (which everyone already knows), the puppeteer for Beard is Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer for Gonzo is Dave Goelz, the puppeteer for Vicki is Fran Brill, the puppeteer for Bean Bunny is Steve Whitmire, and the puppeteer for Leon is Kevin Clash (who stated that he finally got Leon's tail in the shot). In the final scene, Jojo asks about how the Thought Lion works and goes near it. The Thought Lion roars scaring Jojo as Jim calms Jojo down.
Note: This was originally aired as a stand-alone special on Nickelodeon in 1992.
11 "Living with Dinosaurs" December 30, 1990 (UK)/1993(US) A young, socially awkward boy named Dom (played by Gregory Chisholm) tries to deal with a new school, an unemployed stepfather, a pregnant mother, and asthma. The boy finds comfort in his favorite stuffed toy, a dinosaur named Dog (performed by Sue Dacre and David Greenaway and voiced by Brian Henson).
Note: Originally aired in the UK as a stand-alone special, "Living with Dinosaurs" was later reformatted as an episode of The Jim Henson Hour. However, NBC canceled the Hour before the reformatted version could air. The stand-alone version debuted in the US on Nickelodeon in 1993.
12 "Food/The Three Ravens" 1990 (UK)
Intro – Henson warns the audience that tonight's episode might make you hungry.
MupppeTelevision – Kermit has trouble keeping the show running, because the entire staff is waiting for their lunch to be delivered.
Music Video – "The Food Chain Song"
Where Do Eggplants Come From – A stock boy tells an old woman where eggplants come from.
Food Review – Link Hogthrob hosts a food review show.
Advertisement – An advertisement for food songs.
Hurting Something – Anthony and Fern dine on the Screaming No-Nos.
Gorilla Television – Chip, Zondra, and Ubu have a television consumer named Vivian Eggloff (played by Camille Bonora) in bondage in order to demonstrate how a person is a slave to media.
The Swedish Chef – The Swedish Chef once again ends up in a duel with Jacques Roach.
Closing Number – "You and Me" by Solid Foam and the cast
The Storyteller in "The Three Ravens" – Based on the early German folk tale, The Six Swans. After the queen dies, an evil witch (played by Miranda Richardson) ensnares the king (played by Jonathan Pryce), and turns his three sons into ravens to rid herself of her rivals. The princess (played by Joely Richardson) escapes and must stay silent for three years, three months, three weeks and three days in order to break the spell. But after she meets a handsome prince (played by Robert Hines), this is suddenly not so easy, for her stepmother has remarried, and to the prince's father (played by Richard Butler)...
Closing – Jim talks about the Screaming No-Nos and mentioned that they were made from wind-up toys.
Note: The last produced episode and the only MuppeTelevision segment to not feature a guest star. In this episode, the Solid Foam band has Electric Mayhem members Zoot and Animal in place of Solid Foam's usual members Flash and the unnamed Female Drummer.
Episodes - Production Order[edit]
1. First Show/Miss Piggy's Hollywood
2. Videotape/The True Bride
3. Food/The Three Ravens
4. Garbage/Sapsorrow
5. Dog City
6. Outer Space/The Heartless Giant
7. Fitness/The Song of the Cloud Forest
8. Power/The Soldier and Death
9. Oceans/Lighthouse Island
10. Monster Maker
11. Living with Dinosaurs
12. Secrets of the Muppets
Jim Henson – Himself
John Hurt – Storyteller
Erica Lancaster – Amanda
Jennifer Lee – Bootsie
Andrew Wilson – Brad
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In the retail world, this shift is seen in many ways, such as in the huge increase in the take up of digital sales – which has almost doubled in the past year.
In the wholesale client space, we are also seeing massive acceleration, again driven by both technological developments, and crucially the ability to self-serve an increasing number of services – ensuring clients can bank when and where they want to.
One example that illustrates where BBVA has seen this paradigm shift in recent months includes the ways in which our clients access BBVA´s FX (foreign exchange) services, more traditionally known as buying and selling of currencies.
There are three elements here which the FX team's digital strategy has looked to solve – firstly reducing pain points by adding in simplicity, secondly improving customer experience by ensuring transparency in the processes and thirdly adding ease by making their solutions available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
On the first element, one of the pain points clients see in their business is the timely implementation of their FX Risk strategy – either in terms of traditional FX exchange or in terms of cross border payments.
Getting the timings wrong when converting currencies can cause clients to lose substantial amounts of money, because the fluctuation between their home currency and the currency of their overseas business partner directly impacts their balance sheet and profitability.
Accordingly, clients often have to spend considerable resources either working to get FX guarantees in place or ensuring that payments come at the right time, or indeed conducting manual hedging exercises to optimise the payment timings.
So one of BBVA´s major client focussed service improvement programmes this year has involved automating the client experience, increasing control and transparency.
In the last couple of years the Latin American currency trading, FX, market has been in turmoil; after the devaluation of major Latam currencies in 2016, trading volumes have decreased and many of the global banks that used to lead the FX market in the region have left, allowing strong regional players, including BBVA, to step in and increase their market share.
Ibai Urra, Global Head of FX Transactional Solutions, explains the changes like this: "Previously, when a client wanted to move money in different currencies among their own accounts or make international transfers, they would have to go to a BBVA office during office hours. This lacked convenience. Additionally, clients couldn't see the FX rate applied until the movement was shown in his accounts. In some geographies, clients could do this online, but would never get a pre-deal exchange rate.
The impact for clients has been marked – for example in Peru, since the launch, now more than 50% of transactions are done out of office hours.
And the plans to build on those three themes of Simplicity, Transparency and Ease are continuing.
For example, the introduction later this year of an FX API which will allow for ERP's to plug into BBVA's core banking platform will enable clients who make regular currency conversion payments to directly control when their transaction takes place and to automate the process.
On BBVA´s Netcash platform, the bank has also automated the execution process allowing for dynamic hedging to take place. For clients, it means they can take a collective view of their FX needs by pooling data from their Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP), and then automating hedging with defined rules on pricing, for example, to ensure they always get the best value.
BBVA Group Chief Risk Officer (CRO) Rafael Salinas analyzed the challenges of digital transformation and the rapid evolution of technological developments in risk management at the event entitled 'CRO Forum, Rethinking Risk Management' organized in Amsterdam by RiskMinds International.
Commenting, Pascual Diego, Head of FX strategy and Business Development at BBVA, said: "The solution we have developed is not just in line with the digital transformation the bank is going through, but is utterly client focused in their design.
"We know that for clients, minimising any workload that isn't about business growth adds significant value to their balance sheets, as resources can be deployed elsewhere more effectively".
Ultimately the proof is seen in the engagement rates, and here the trend is clear, with trade volumes and the number of trades having grown by 48% and 45% year on year respectively. Overall, transactional FX has experienced consistent double-digit growth for the last five years as a result of BBVA's digital platform deployment strategy.
BBVA is the leading FX player in its core markets, and recognised as such by many market sources including Global Finance, Euromoney, FX Week and Bloomberg.
BBVA is also committed to promoting high standards of behaviour, and an ethical, transparent and robust development of the wholesale FX market, having been the first bank in the Eurozone to adhere to the Global FX Code of Conduct in September 2017.
BBVA has adhered to the Foreign Exchange (FX) Global Code of Conduct, a voluntary code that aims to promote a robust, fair, liquid, open and transparent market in which wholesale market participants can trade securely and effectively at competitive prices that reflect available market information.


A Canadian politician is finally keeping a promise. The bad news is that it's Kathleen Wynne. She just started hiring extra labour code police.
At the beginning of the year Ontario's minimum wage jumped from $11.60 per hour to $14 per hour. It was a devastating 21% hike, overnight.
To make sure Ontario's beleaguered entrepreneurs are following Wynne's growing list of onerous regulations, the Liberals promised to hire up to 175 new labour code inspectors – job cops, basically.
The Ontario government is hiring its first round of labour code enforcers. According to the online jobs listings for the Ontario public service, the first 13 of 175 are being hired for areas covering Mississauga, Scarborough, Sudbury and London.
These employment standards officers will be making between $1,339 per week up to $1,647 per week - nearly $70,000 per year all the way up to over $85,000 per year.
With 175 new hires, that means Wynne's new minimum wage police will cost the taxpayer $15 million per year.
Luckily Wynne has an endless pit of taxpayer money to cover her ballooning labour costs, a luxury business owners just don't have.
People like Andrew never give a damn when public institutions like schools and Universities ignore the rules.
Andrew you do realize workers get paid right? If not for entrepreneurs there would be no jobs. And before you say it ,there would not be public service jobs as private sector is where tax revenue comes from.
Andrew Stephenson you really think the government cares about workers? LMAO! And you know damn well they will not check on unionized jobs , nor would they care about any abuses. Screw the state and their BS.
Bad news for students in On – Terrible this summer. There will be no jobs to be had!
Shades of marxist Pierre's Metric Police back in the day . . .
Ontario just luvs the abuse . . . entry level jobs will disappear and automation will accelerate !
They will be called "General Standards Police". The short form will be Gestapo.
If the "entrepreneurs" could be trusted not to "bully" their staff, this wouldn't be necessary. I agree that it's a sad commentary that it's necessary that these vaulted entrepreneurs to need external enforcement to ensure they're actually complying with the law.
These entrepreneurs would be nothing without their workers. Time for them to finally acknowledge that.
Let me guess that there will be a "Hit List", starting with any company voicing resistance to the new Wage and Labour reforms. Hope these storm troopers start with Day Care operations and Restaurant chains, that should kick the hornets nest. When the prices go up then the supporters of this Living Wage BS will get a crash course on economics. Time make some popcorn and watch the gong show unfold.
I see Wynne is running true to form. She must be voted out before Ontario gets any worse.
Checking up on minimum wage earners pay cheque's is the least part of Kathleen's KGB. They will have additional, darker tasks to perform. Things will not bode well for Rebels in Ontario.
McGuinty stated the Wynn is way left of himself. He was dead on. She's a true Marxist!
Any bets that they will completely ignore heavily unionized workplaces.
Paul McCullough damn rights. But on the bright side they will be liberal government workers so they will be easily bribed to look the other way.
They'll spin this as "Wynne creates 175 new jobs". The 60,000 or so that lose their jobs will be blamed on evil corporations.
Will they wear brown shirts?
Some of the hallmarks of a Marxist leader is to bloat the government under the guise of providing additional support; regulate citizens with additional laws; increase tax revenues and create uncontrolled debt….Wynne fits this description!


Nice little hotel with pretty good breakfast and 2 pools. The staff was helpfull and kind. Close to Playa Flamingo. Everything was immaculately clean and the garden was nicely manicured.
Really enjoyed the layout of the pool, breakfast was very good and rooms more than clean. Staff was very friendly and the place is only a 15 minute walk to some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Also pretty close to some small towns which had very good restaurants and one even had some great IPA beer!
We really enjoyed our time there. The staff were very helpful. Especially Alvie and Gretel who went out of their way to help us. I think having a car is very helpful as there are so many beautiful beaches to explore.
Beautiful room, comfy bed and quiet AC. Very updated fixtures, very clean and secure!
Great place to relax and unwind, lovely typical costa rican breakfast every morning, 2 pools and beautiful gardens with different sitting areas which are great to read a book or have a nice chat with friends. Totally recommended!
We enjoyed relaxing by the pool and the surrounding garden when we weren't exploring the local beaches. The grounds create a cozy retreat. We felt safe going out to find restaurants, etc., but there's not much to see in town. We appreciated the friendly staff, very responsive and helpful. The kitchenette, outdoor grills, and access to washer/dryer were nice options. At first we were not happy that the WiFi is limited to the office area (the signal doesn't even reach the opposite side of the pool, which is located next to the office) and the dining room, but it made us more thoughtful about screen time. BTW, there is a second pool that's larger and deeper than the main one, although it's not as convenient to rooms and less landscaped. Maybe built when the hotel was new, then the additions were re-oriented so it became secondary. But the upside is that there's no music playing out there.
Que las habitaciones estén equipadas con utensilios de cocina.
The staff was very accommodating with an air conditioning issue and promptly moved me into an upgraded room. This is a great location because it is close to Flamingo and Potrero on one side and Brasilito and Huacas on the other side. Also, it is gated and there is roaming security at night, so I felt very safe.
Garanta um preço incrível para Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo - avaliado como nota 9,4 pelos hóspedes recentes.
Uma das nossas principais opções em Playa Flamingo.O Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo está localizado a 1 km da praia Flamingo e a 4 km da praia Conchal. A propriedade dispõe de um amplo jardim com parquinho infantil, piscina e Wi-Fi gratuito em todas as áreas.
Os quartos e apartamentos apresentam decoração moderna, ar-condicionado, ventilador de teto, guarda-roupa, TV a cabo e vista para o jardim ou para a piscina. Os banheiros são privativos e incluem amenidades de banho gratuitas. O café da manhã está incluído.
Você pode encontrar uma variedade de restaurantes que oferecem frutos do mar e pratos locais a 200 metros do Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo.
Atividades como mergulho com cilindro, arvorismo e mergulho com snorkel podem ser organizadas. Aulas de espanhol e passeios para a Ilha Catalina também estão disponíveis.
Esta propriedade fica a 1 km do Centro de Idioma Panamericana e a 25 minutos da Praia de Tamarindo. O Aeroporto Internacional Daniel Oduber fica a 50 minutos de carro.
Esta acomodação é avaliada pelo melhor custo-benefício em Playa Flamingo! O dinheiro dos hóspedes vale mais, quando comparado com outras acomodações nesta cidade.
Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo tem recebido hóspedes da Booking.com desde 14 de jun. de 2013.
Quando você quer se hospedar no(a) Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo?
This room offers air conditioning, ceiling fan, wardrobe, cable TV and views of the garden or the pool. The bathroom is private and comes with free toiletries. The breakfast is included.
This apartment offers air conditioning, ceiling fan, wardrobe, cable TV and views of the garden or the pool. The bathroom is private and comes with free toiletries. The breakfast is included and the kitchen is fully equipped.
This villa has a tile/marble floor, private pool and air conditioning.
With many other lodging options in the Conchal and Flamingo area, you may wonder what makes Casas del Toro the best choice? First off, an affordable option centrally located with access to the best beaches along the Golden Coast, Casas del Toro Flamingo has consistently demonstrated a genuine commitment to offering a high level of service to each and every guest.
We are located between the two most visited beaches in Costa Rica: Playa Conchal and Playa Flamingo. There are many tourist activities, such as: snorkeling, deep sea fishing, scuba diving and ATV tours are just a few of the many options. Our central location makes Casas del Toro Flamingo the perfect home base for your visit to the Guanacaste area.
Bom saber Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo aceita pedidos especiais - adicione no próximo passo!
Casas del Toro Playa Flamingo aceita estes cartões e se reserva o direito de fazer um bloqueio temporário em seu cartão antes da chegada.


This wasn't the on-going party at the plate centerfielder Scott Schebler predicted the night before in the winning locker room.
It appeared the Cincinnati Reds' bats had gone quiet.
A day after victoriously launching five home runs and scoring 14 runs, the Reds failed to reach home and struck out eight times through the first seven innings Wednesday against the Miami Marlins.
But then their bats sprang back to life.
José Iglesias and Jesse Winker each hit solo home runs in the bottom of the eighth, securing a 2-1 victory in front of the remaining 11,375 announced in attendance at Great American Ball Park after little else went right at the plate for most of the night.
This wasn't the on-going party at the plate center fielder Scott Schebler predicted the night before in the winning locker room. Instead, the Reds managed only one baserunner from the third inning to the eighth and were on track to waste another strong outing by starting pitcher Tyler Mahle.
With the late-game heroics, however, this performance fit the offensive description Winker provided when he called the Reds' lineup a ticking time bomb.
"It can just go off at any minute, any moment," Winker said. "Today we showed that again."
Until Iglesias stepped to the plate, nothing seemed to go the Reds (3-8) way offensively after they loaded the bases with just one out in the opening frame. They came away with nothing when Joey Votto was thrown out at the plate trying to tag up and score on a fly ball to shallow center field. They failed to score again in the second when Winker flied out with Tucker Barnhart standing on third base and Iglesias on second.
Mahle pitched around four walks to continue where he left off in his excellent first outing of the year last week at Pittsburgh.
"Talk about competing, that's exactly what he did," Bell said. "It wasn't easy for him but he actually continued to get better. He was stronger at the end, which I know he has a tendency to do that. It's a great quality."
Mahle struck out seven and gave up just two hits in five innings of work. But one of them was sent into the right field bleachers in the third inning, a 389-foot shot by Neil Walker on a 1-2 pitch.
Adding to the sting, Votto nearly snagged a foul ball off Walker's bat two pitches earlier, toppling on top of the rolled-up field tarp as the ball bounced off his glove and into the stands.
Votto let out a yell as he collected himself. Walker put the Marlins (3-9) up by a run moments later.
Marlins' starting pitcher Trevor Richards settled in from there. The 25-year-old right-hander walked four through the first two innings but was dominating thereafter, striking out seven over six innings to record his third quality start and and what looked to be his first win of the season.
"It wasn't easy tonight, especially against that pitching," Bell said.
But then Iglesias and Winker connected against Marlins' reliever Drew Steckenrider.
Iglesias, a regular starter at shortstop during Scooter Gennett's absence due to a groin injury, had already made his mark on the game defensively. His diving stop and scoop toss to second base in the first inning on a sharply hit ground ball by Starlin Castro started a double play that likely saved a run.
"It's awesome when you've got a guy like that back there that can make just ridiculous plays like that," Mahle said.
Iglesias' defensive capabilities were well-known when the Reds signed him in late February as a minor-league free agent. His bat, though, has been an added bonus. He hit well in spring training and has a slash line of .273/.385/.545 in 22 at-bats this season.
Reds relievers Jared Hughes, Amir Garrett and Raisel Iglesias were nearly flawless in four innings of relief work. The trio combined to strike out seven. Garrett picked up his first victory of the season, Iglesias notched his first save.
"It's huge," said Winker, who has two home runs the past two games. "I mean, we're on a winning streak right now. It's big. Seriously, it just shows you the kind of team we have. We can beat you all kind of ways right now."
On Thursday, to conclude the three-game homestand, Reds right-hander Sonny Gray (0-2, 2.89 ERA) will take the mound for his third start of the season against Marlins' right-hander Pablo Lopez (1-1, 6.10 ERA).
Following the afternoon game, the Reds will depart for Mexico to play the Cardinals twice at Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey to begin a 10-day, 9-game road trip that includes series against the Dodgers and Padres.


For comparison, I've provided power numbers for our Athlon X2 4850e energy-efficient processor (rated at a maximum TDP of 45 watts). The focus with the new Phenom "e" processors was in keeping the maximum wattage low enough for small thermal envelopes. Please note that future power state improvements may potentially lower the idle power consumption for "all" Phenom processors.
It so happens that we have both of these processors and were able to make the same comparison. Our power figures are somewhat higher than AMD's for two reasons. The power supply on our test bench is a hulking great Enermax Galaxy 850W and you can be sure that there are efficiency gains to be made if you select a power supply with a lower rating. The second reason is that we used a Radeon HD 3450 graphics card in our test system. This is a passively cooled graphics card with a low power draw that has very similar capabilities to the graphics core in the 780G chipset on the Sapphire motherboard that we used. Take off 10W for the oversized power supply and 25W for the graphics card and our figures pretty much agree with AMD.
We hadn't intended to use a graphics card but we ran into problems with the Phenom X4 9350e as it wouldn't complete PCMark05 when we were using the IGP. The benchmark froze repeatedly during the gaming section of the tests so we plugged in the HD 3450 graphics card and found that it made no difference. Both the Athlon X2 4850e and a Phenom X4 9750 had no problem with PCMark05 so this issue would seem to be specific to the low power Phenom. Once the HD 3450 was installed we stuck with it and that's the reason why you can't directly compare our figures with those from AMD.
The performance of Phenom 9350e was exactly what you would expect; it's a slow quad-core processor that performs better than Athlon X2 4850e in tests that are processor-intensive and draws about 20W more than the dual core.
Now we can't see the market for such a setup being that large as most people will do fine with a dual core processor. That said, if you do run an antivirus program and do a lot of video and photo editing, which you like to do while listening to music and browsing the web, all those cores could come in useful. Moreover, as more and more software begins to take advantage of multiple cores, having four is always going to be preferable to dual core.
The Phenom X4 9350e delivers quad core performance and only requires a modest amount of power, which is great. However, the price is pretty high and it's arguable that a cheaper, faster dual core will bring more benefit for most people, at least in the short term.


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Jihozápadní Asie nebo Západní Asie je subregion v jihozápadní části Asie. Toto označení není příliš užívané, místo toho se oblast spíše nazývá Blízký východ či Střední východ, do toho je však na rozdíl od Jihozápadní Asie obvykle zahrnován Egypt a naopak do něj není počítán Kavkaz. Termínu se užívá většinou pro statistické účely a odhadovaný počet obyvatel v oblasti k roku 2015 je okolo tří set milionů.

Jihozápadní Asie má velmi členitý povrch. Severní část vyplňují pásemná pohoří vytvořená v průběhu alpínsko-himálajského vrásnění, např. Taurus v Malé Asii, Arménskou vysočinu (nejvyšší vrchol Ararat) a na hranici Evropy a Asie Velký Kavkaz (nejvyšší vrchol Elbrus). Součástí jihozápadní Asie je i Arabský poloostrov. Má charakter náhorní plošiny, která se svažuje od západu k východu.

Státy Jihozápadní Asie

*Většina Egypta se nachází v Africe.**Malá část Turecka se nachází v Evropě.

Geografie
Jihozápadní Asie je ohraničena na severu Černým mořem, Kavkazem, Kaspickým mořem na východě Pamír a údolí Indu. Na jihu je obmývána Arabským mořem, Perským, Ománský, Adenským zálivem a na západě Rudým, Středozemním a Egejským mořem.

Povrch jihovýchodní Asie tvoří hornatý poloostrov Malá Asie dalším výrazně zvrásněným celkem je Íránská vrchovina. Na samém jihu leží Arabský poloostrov pokrytý převážně pouští Rub al-Chálí. Východní břeh Středozemního moře pokrývá polopouštní Levant.

Povrch
Jihozápadní Asie má velmi členitý povrch. Severní část vyplňují pásemná pohoří vytvořená v průběhu alpínsko-himálajského vrásnění, např. Taurus v Malé Asii, Arménská vysočina (nejvyšší vrchol Ararat) a na hranici Evropy a Asie Velký Kavkaz (nejvyšší vrchol Elbrus). Součástí jihozápadní Asie je i Arabský poloostrov. Má charakter náhorní plošiny, která se svažuje od západu k východu.

Vodstvo
Vzhledem k suchému aridnímu klimatu se v oblasti nenachází mnoho vodních zdrojů. Výjimku tvoří především řeky Eufrat a Tigris, které zavlažují Mezopotámskou nížinu. Další významnou řekou v oblasti je Jordán.

Obyvatelstvo
Většina Jihozápadní Asie je obývána muslimy, zpravidla sunnity, výjimkou je Írán, kde převažují ší'ité. Křesťanství převažuje v Gruzii, Arménii a na Kypru, Izrael je židovský stát. Oblast obývají také etnoreligiózní skupiny jako Drúzové, Mandejci, Jezídové, Zoroastriáni, Samaritáni a Alavité.

Ve většině zemí převažuje arabština, ostatními oficiálními jazyky jsou perština, turečtina, arménština nebo hebrejština.

Nerostné bohatství
Region je světově významný, kvůli ohromným zásobám ropy a zemního plynu v Perském zálivu.

V jihozápadní Asii se nachází velká naleziště ropy. Ta se těží hlavně na Arabském poloostrově a pobřeží Perského zálivu. Kromě ropy se na Arabském poloostrově těží zemní plyn, zlato a fosfáty. Na Arabském poloostrově se nachází největší zásoba ropy na světě. V Turecku se těží uhlí, magnezit a chrom. V ostatních státech se těží hlavně ropa a fosfáty. V JZ se těží polovina ropy na světě.

Ropa se vyváží do EU a Japonska. Petrochemický průmysl (ropný) a výroba elektrické energie.

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Primera Engineers, Ltd. is pleased to announce the promotion of Melissa Helphingstine to Consulting Department Manager. Melissa is Primera's leading consulting program manager responsible for helping our clients through energy efficiency program design and administration.
In her role, Melissa has embraced Primera's commitment to providing exceptional expertise with superb service. Since joining Primera in 2014, she has become an instrumental part of our team. She is a natural leader in program management, energy program design and benchmarking; portfolio balancing and optimization; environmental policy, sustainable solutions, contract procurement and negotiations; regulatory compliance, and quality assurance and control.
Melissa studied both landscape architecture and environmental policy at The University of Illinois before joining CB&I (formerly Shaw E&I, Inc.) where she refined her program management skills and managed statewide energy programs. In addition to serving as Sustainability Specialist and Energy Program Manager she also negotiated, executed and managed an $86 million long-term contract for energy program implementers with Future Energy Enterprises. Her position at Primera allows her to leverage her sustainability background combined with her program management expertise to the benefit of our clients.
Founded in 1987, Primera is a full-service, certified woman-owned (WBE) engineering design and consulting firm offering a wide range of professional services with a focus in four major areas of expertise: Buildings, Transportation, Utilities and Consulting. Primera's Consulting division provides integrated capital planning and portfolio management services tailored specifically to client needs, including: business analysis, change management, stakeholder facilitation, gap analysis/benchmarking, project controls assessment and implementation, quality management systems, data analysis and reporting, and training development and delivery. Primera's core service offerings include a wide range of professional services in the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, plumbing (M/E/P), structural, civil, and telecommunications engineering, as well as commissioning, energy, architecture, sustainability, life safety, lighting, transportation, natural gas, power delivery, and project and construction management services.


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À quoi pensent les hommes ? () est un téléfilm allemand, réalisé par Sophie Allet-Coche, et diffusé en 2010.

Synopsis

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Scénario : Daniel Scotti-Rosin
 Photographie : Stephan Wagner
 Musique : Andreas Lonardoni et Michael Klaukien
 Durée : 90 minutes

Distribution
 Valerie Niehaus : Maja Nielsen
 Oliver Mommsen : Hanno Wolf
 Anna Grisebach : Britta
 Denise Zich : Silke da Salvo
 Antonio Putignano : Franco da Salvo
 Jonathan Elias Weiske : Niklas Nielsen
 Mathieu Carrière : le docteur Baldus
 Nova Meierhenrich : Eva Wolf
 Stephan Szasz : Karsten Eichelberger
 Christoph Kottenkamp : le docteur Meyer-Arndt

Liens externes

Téléfilm diffusé en 2010
Téléfilm allemand des années 2010


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VPD asking for witnesses after "violent assault" in West End
Eric Zimmer
Dec 6 2019, 1:10 pm
Vancouver Police are seeking witnesses to what they describe as a "violent assault" in the West End last Saturday, which left a 46-year-old Vancouver man in hospital with serious injuries.
In a release, police said on November 30, just before 1 am, officers responded to a 911 call about an injured man on Thurlow Street, north of Davie Street.
"Investigators have been unable to interview the victim due to his injuries," said VPD Sgt. Aaron Roed. "It's very important for any witnesses or anyone who may have information about this assault to speak with our officers."
Police describe the victim as white, 6'4" tall, with a thin build.
He was wearing a light grey, patterned dress shirt, black pants, and black shoes at the time of the incident and was walking north on Thurlow from Davie Street on the west sidewalk when he was assaulted.
Following the assault, the suspect "walked away north on Thurlow Street with two other unknown people," police said.
BC hunter fined $4,000 for shooting and killing therapy dog in Squamish
$140,000 worth of stolen goods seized from home in Metro Vancouver: police
Burnaby driver's vehicle impounded for going 105 km/h in a 50 km/h zone: police
Now, police are asking anyone who may have information about the suspect to contact investigators at 604-717-2541. Those who wish to leave an anonymous tip can do so by contacting Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or by leaving a tip online.


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Jeziorki Kosztowskie (niem. Schönsee) – wieś w Polsce położona w województwie wielkopolskim, w powiecie pilskim, w gminie Wysoka.

W latach 1975–1998 miejscowość administracyjnie należała do województwa pilskiego.

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Jeziorki Kosztowskie


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Fox Sports to cover International Champions Cup North America
US broadcaster Fox Sports has acquired rights for the 2015 edition of pre-season club football competition International Champions Cup North America.
The third year of the tournament will take place from July 11 to August 5. Official network partner Fox Sports will televise all of the competition's 17 matches live on Fox, Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2.
The 10 competing teams for this year's tournament were announced yesterday (Wednesday). They are: English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Chelsea; Spanish Liga team Barcelona; French Ligue 1 champion Paris Saint-Germain; Italian Serie A club Fiorentina; Portuguese Primeira Liga outfit FC Porto; and Major League Soccer franchises New York Red Bulls, Los Angeles Galaxy and San Jose Earthquakes.
Tournament organisers Relevent Sports said further international media rights deals will be announced over the coming weeks. United is the competition's defending champion.
GolTV expands Portuguese football coverage with new deal
Fox Sports Latin America adds Xolos, Santos to Liga MX portfolio
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has further expanded its portfolio of rights to Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, by agreeing five-year deals with Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles and Santos Laguna.
All change for EFL in North America as international broadcasters revealed
The English Football League, which operates the three club divisions below the top-tier Premier League, has said its competitions will be broadcast into 166 countries for the forthcoming 2017-18 season as new rights partners were unveiled in a host of markets, including the US and Canada.
Raft of broadcasters sign up for 2014 International Champions Cup
International Champions Cup organiser Relevent Sports has agreed broadcast deals across a host of territories for the 2014 edition of the annual US-based club football competition.
ESPN scores US rights to International Champions Cup
US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a three-year deal for exclusive rights to pre-season club football competition the International Champions Cup.


Amethi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Apr 11 (ANI): Continuing his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Rafale issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday claimed that the Supreme Court has accepted there was corruption in the mega defence deal.
"A few days back, PM Modi gave an interview and he told the journalist that the SC has given him a clean chit. Supreme Court has made it clear that "Chowkidar" allowed the theft. SC has accepted that some sort of corruption has taken place in the Rafale deal," Rahul said while talking to reporters here.
Rahul reiterated his allegation that the "Prime Minister stole Rs 30,000 crore from the Air Force and gave it to Anil Ambani."
"As I have been saying it from day one, there are two names -- Narendra Modi and Anil Ambani. Prime Minister of India stole Rs 30,000 crore from the Air Force and gave it to Anil Ambani," he said.
"The SC has accepted that. The SC is going to investigate that," the Congress president said while challenging Prime Minister Modi for a debate on corruption.
"PM Modi! SC has said that you have indulged in corruption. Come and let us discuss corruption in front of the nation. The nation wants to know about Rafale, corruption, demonetisation, and son of (BJP president) Amit Shah," the Gandhi scion said.
"I am telling the nation that corruption has taken place in Rafale and Chowkidar has allowed it to happen. He (Modi) does not want to debate with me as Chowkidar knows that the day he holds a debate with me, he will not be able to face the country," he said.
Thanking the Supreme Court for its decision, Rahul said: "SC has said --Chowkidar Ne Chori Ki Hai."
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said the Congress president Rahul Gandhi has committed the offence of contempt of court by attributing the words "Chowkidar Chor Hai" to the Supreme Court, which the apex court never said.


Rainy Day? No transport? Too hot? Feeling poorly? For whatever reason, you may need (or want) to stay in with your kids from time to time. This can be a tricky time if you're not prepared for indoor activities. Try out these ideas and prevent those crazy rainy day explosions of boredom!
When my children were younger they were all about the puzzles. Every day we would have a regular puzzle session, although they never wanted to stray beyond their favourite 5 puzzles.
Now they are older (7 and 13) we all love having a games afternoon. Top favourites at the moment include Game of Life Junior, Cluedo, Monopoly and Uno. There are so many board games to choose from that there is bound to be something that your child will enjoy.
Although not cheap, I wouldn't recommend buying board games or puzzles second hand as in my experience there are often pieces or parts missing.
Some say that the art of play is a lost one and that children are losing creativity. Certainly, in this age of technology, a lot of children are forgetting the pleasure of just playing with toys.
The go-to toys in our house are Lego, Dolls, Playmobil and Vehicles. Encourage your children to mix them up and create a plot to their play. Or if your child likes categorising things then why not make a car line, sorting them by size, colour or type.
My daughter likes to watch short Youtube videos of children playing and then uses their play ideas to create days-long games all over the house. So her dolls will have a tea party, a pool party, bedtime, storytime.
Sometimes the Lego men attack the dolls. And vice versa.
Whilst I try to limit the amount of screen time that my children have, at times they can be brilliant. Try out these ideas to see if you can wean your child off sitting and staring at games and be a little more active.
Is your child obsessed with a smartphone? Use this to your advantage by downloading some fitness apps. Try the 7 Minute Workout, or the British Military App for interval training, or one of the many yoga apps for something a bit more gentle.
There's nothing wrong with a gaming station, but if your kids are anything like my son, it's difficult to stop them and they are completely absorbed and anti-social whilst they are on it!
So try some family-based games such as Wii racing games or sports. Turn gaming into a family activity.
This is the perfect no-preparation-required indoor activity.
Get the music pumping! Dress up in your best neon! Do hair and makeup!
All kids love dancing so why not pump up the volume and dance around like crazy fools?
Why not make up some pots for your living room, or build a fairy garden? If you know you're going to be in and need an indoor activity, stock up on some wide shallow pots, some small flowering plants, grass seed, soil and decorative items such as glass balls (careful here with younger children) and fairy figures. Or make it into a Superhero cave with rocks and hero figures. Why not theme it to your child's favourite?
One of our favourite indoor activities, especially on a cold, dark, wet day, is a movie night or afternoon.
Stock up on snacks and drinks, get the duvets, blankets and cushions down and snuggle up together for a couple of hours of quiet time.
Encourage your children to read. Not only will this fire their creativity but it is also vital in increasing literacy skills and developing language.
For younger children why not snuggle up and read some books together? You could then play a game based on the characters or set your child on a treasure hunt to find things from the book.
For older children, you could encourage them to write a book report or, if they are part way through a book, why not write the next chapter? What do they think is going to happen?
From preparing lunch to baking a cake, there is so much your children could do in the kitchen.
For younger children just making a sandwich together can be fun, whilst older children could be tasked with a recipe and left to make you a delicious cake!
Make it a family affair and batch bake meals for the freezer. Not just a useful activity but also teaches your children about nutrition.
I was surprised on a recent visit to my parents' by my children asking her to teach them to cross stitch. My mum is amazing at cross stitch and embroidery and she promptly whipped out a box of supplies and within 15 minutes they were all sat stitching away quite happily.
If you don't have lots of sewing supplies then merely teaching your child to fix a hole in a sock is really important. Why not practice on some scraps of cloth if you haven't got any handy broken clothes?
So why not give some of these a go? Great for rainy days, too-tired-to-go-out days and even children-are-a-bit-under-the-weather days, there is something for everyone here. I love taking my kids out but sometimes you need to entertain at home, so why not try some out? Let me know what your favorite indoor activities for kids are in the comments.
I'm Fran, a busy mum, wife, teacher, blogger at Tea Please Love, musician and general housekeeper! I'm mum to Amy and Ben and wife to Mike, and this is a blog all about our lives. It features all the things I love – time spent with my family, clothes, music, trying to plan our super busy lives from day to day and also, let's not forget, drinking tea!
Download this free activity checker for your children. This 'not-going-out guide' for children will do all the hard work for you.


Yesterday morning and early afternoon we had temperatures up to 30°C only to be caught completely off guard by a thick dark cloud moving over the city in the late afternoon with temperatures dropping by 10-15°C within an hour. Today it's all grey and that typical Capetonian wind has been blowing hard and strong all day. So, there you have it, that's spring in Cape Town! Good luck with figuring out how to dress your kid in the morning for school!
This time of the year is not only marked by pretty flowers everywhere, this is also the beginning of the whale season. Personally I haven't spotted any whales yet, but I've been passionately photographing flowers on my hikes and runs. Flower can't solve all problems, but hey, they're a great start!
If you like these photos, you might wanna see last spring's photos from the West Coast National Park or for some more amazing flowers from this part of the world check out my photos from the Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden.
Beautiful!! I like your pictures, the colors and angles. Very suggestive. Thanks!
Thanks, Isabelle, for your kind words!
Hi Ronit! Thanks, nature is truly beautiful here!
Beautiful. And that grasshopper is stunning.
Thanks so much, Tracey for visiting!


Check out this exclusive Seven Psychopaths art poster featuring Sam Rockwell!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I just saw Seven Psychopaths, the new film from In Bruges' Martin McDonagh and I loved it. It's very much a wink and a nod to the insanity of the screenwriting process, but features great turns by all its leads, especially the great Christopher Walken and, of course, Sam Rockwell.
Rockwell always brings it and when he's allowed to have fun there's nobody else like him. It was actually in a comedy that I first registered him as an actor. Who could forget Guy in Galaxy Quest? "We have to get out of here before one of those things kills Guy!"
Anyway, the folks behind the film have enlisted the help of artists to do a series of "Psychopath" posters and a few of the online guys are putting out one poster each. I got Rockwell's character poster done by Eric Nyffeler, which you can see below.
I think they're running some type of design contest on their Facebook page for a fan to create the 7th poster. They want you to make yourself the 7th Psychopath and upload the image to their Facebook page. The winner will be blasted out in their marketing.
So here's the Rockwell image!
I'll be back with my review on the film shortly.