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Who really writes the budget?
Andy Burnham has promised Britain can “hope again”. But with inflation rising, borrowing costs soaring and trillions of pounds of national debt, how much room does Chancellor John Healey actually have to deliver in the budget on Oct. 28? This week, Pat and Sascha speak to Treasury insiders to find out who really calls the shots when a Chancellor puts together a budget.
The Fix: Spy Thriller Meets Heist Movie
Follow The Fix: Spy Thriller Meets Heist Movie Fri, September 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM EDT The Fix follows a team of CIA operatives who, after serving their country dutifully, decide that it's time to serve themselves for a change. Tucker, played by Zachary Levi, is the field operations team leader. Tucker takes his orders from Larry, played by Liam Neeson. Our story starts in 2021, when the US was officially ending the war in Afghanistan and removing all US forces.
Scientists Revisited a Forest Experiment That Was Forgotten for 30 Years. What They Found Was Astounding
An almost forgotten forestry experiment has revealed surprising clues about how mountain ash forests respond to different kinds of disturbance. Credit: Center for Forest Tree Technology A decades-old experiment in Victoria’s mountain ash forests is challenging assumptions about the trade-offs between timber production and conservation. Should a forest remain untouched, or should some trees be harvested to sustain nearby communities and economies?
Revisiting a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years
Credit: Centre for Forest Tree Technology What's the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: Do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities? The reality is more interesting, as our new research on a long-forgotten experiment in Victoria's mountain ash forests reveals.
We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding Original
What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests entirely, or harvest trees to support local economies and communities? The reality is more interesting, as our new research on a long-forgotten experiment in Victoria’s mountain ash forests reveals. Since the 1970s, scientists and the public have questioned the use of clearfell logging – where all trees in a block of forest are cut down.
Scottish independents should back England, needles conservative leader
The suggestion got a chilly reception from Scottish MPs. Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch was in a jovial mood during the usually combative PMQs by calling for all MPs to unite behind England against Argentina this evening. Badenoch said that while Keir Starmer may be “disappointed that he won't be emulating his hero Harold Wilson in winning multiple elections ...
Football and politics: How to play the game
With England through to the knockout stages of the World Cup and hopes rising that football might finally be coming home, Westminster is watching nervously — and closely. The beautiful game shapes the national mood like little else. For politicians, that creates both huge opportunity and huge risk.
Burnham wins: Inside the Makerfield by-election
Andy Burnham is the new Labour MP for Makerfield, heading for parliament and, likely, Number 10. But what does his momentous win here on the outskirts of Wigan tell us about his chances of masterminding a wider Labour revival as prime minister? Host Patrick Baker has been in the constituency over the past few weeks, speaking to people who live and work in this curiously normal part of the country about the prospect of a Burnham premiership.
Naturalistic driving data extraction and processing for studying driver head scanning behavior at intersections
Abstract Naturalistic driving (ND) studies offer key insights about real-world driver behavior compared to lab and on-road studies along a fixed course. We describe an ND data processing pipeline for characterizing the scene and driver behavior at intersections. The in-car recording system recorded the vehicle’s speed, location, and videos of the cabin and the front scene.
Reinforcement-Based Head-Scan Training for Drivers with Homonymous Visual Field Loss Improves Blind-Side Detection
Key Words Homonymous visual field loss Scanning training Stroke rehabilitation Quality of life Driving List of abbreviations CONSORT (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials) GLMM (generalized linear mixed model) HVFL (homonymous visual field loss) LogMAR (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) LMM (linear mixed model) Get full text access Log in, subscribe or purchase for full access. References 1. Feigin, V.L. ∙ Nguyen, G. ∙ Cercy, K. ...
ChatG-MP: Inside Westminster’s AI revolution
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music From ChatGPT-written speeches to constituents flooding MPs with AI-generated emails, artificial intelligence has arrived in Westminster. In this episode of Westminster Insider, host Patrick Baker explores how politicians and ministers are scrambling to respond, balancing fears about deepfakes, bias and online harms with a determination to harness AI for economic growth.
The strange death of the long-term prime minister
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Keir Starmer may have survived a political near-death experience last week. But with a perilous by-election looming and punishing May elections on the horizon, few in Westminster think the prime minister is truly in the clear. With fresh jeopardy ahead, could Starmer become the fifth prime minister in a decade to fall short of a full term? This week on Westminster Insider, host Patrick Baker asks: why don’t UK prime ministers last anymore?
2026: The year ahead in 40 minutes
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music As another year of political mayhem beckons, host Patrick Baker dusts off the crystal ball to see what’s in store in 2026, both in Westminster and around the world. POLITICO’s Dan Bloom and Annabelle Dickson explain what’s at stake at the crucial May elections in Scotland and Wales — and how dire results for Labour could lead to a very real leadership challenge against the prime minister.
“Lawless” Britain: Rhetoric and reality
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Politicians in Westminster are always falling all over themselves to sound tough on crime. But with so-called “low level” crimes like shoplifting and phone snatching now at record levels, the rhetoric on “lawless” Britain has been growing ever louder. This week, host Patrick Baker has been to Dagenham in outer London where the Labour MP Margaret Mullane says she fears parts of her local area are being overrun with street crime.
How (not) to start a political party
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music With Jeremy Corbyn’s Your Party suffering some teething problems, host Patrick Baker delves into the art of starting a new political outfit. Corbyn himself speaks to POLITICO’s Bethany Dawson at one of the many Your Party regional assemblies happening across the country.
Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia's mountain ash forests
Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia's mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees—and with them, their ability to store carbon. Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests in southeastern Australia can store from 415 to 819 tons of carbon per hectare. That's more per hectare than the Amazon rainforest.
Climate change is driving a silent, sinister change in Australia’s mountain ash forests
Something silent and sinister is happening in Australia’s mountain ash forests. As temperatures rise, these ecosystems are slowly, steadily losing their trees – and with them, their ability to store carbon. Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) forests in southeastern Australia can store from 415 to 819 tonnes of carbon per hectare. That’s more per hectare than the Amazon rainforest.
Potassium binding by carbonyl clusters, halophilic adaptation and catalysis of Haloferax mediterranei D-2-hydroxyacid dehydrogenase - Communications Biology
Abstract Enzymes from salt-in halophiles are stable in conditions of low water activity with applications in chiral synthesis requiring organic solvents, yet the origins of such stability remains poorly understood.
An SW1 pub crawl: What makes the perfect political pub?
Presented by Equinor By PATRICK BAKER PRESENTED BY This week on Westminster Insider, host Patrick Baker takes a pint-fueled tour through some of Westminster’s best-known watering holes in his bid to find out what makes the best political boozer. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage explains why the Westminster Arms is his favorite pub and why his longtime friend, Gerry Dolan, its former landlord, is behind the pub’s popularity.
How to run your Cabinet: Lessons for Starmer
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music With tensions simmering in Keir Starmer’s top team over Labour’s approach to the economy, this week host Patrick Baker looks at what the PM might be able to learn about managing your ministers from past Cabinets and examines Starmer’s own leadership style. David Owen, former foreign secretary under Jim Callaghan, recounts the IMF crisis in 1976 as an example of Cabinet government at its most effective.
How to be a UK Ambassador to the US
Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music Peter Mandelson, the new British ambassador to the United States, has finally taken up the daunting challenge of being the U.K.’s Trump whisperer. And it’s clear the man dubbed the prince of darkness will need to use every trick in his book to ensure the U.K. emerges unscathed – or even, perhaps, benefits – from Trump’s America First agenda.
Restoring logged forests doesn't mean locking them up as 'wilderness'-it means actively managing them
On January 1 this year, the commercial logging of native forests ended in Victoria and Western Australia. It was one of the most significant changes in the history of forest management in Australia. After the chainsaws fell silent, the debate began over how to best care for our forests in the future. There has been a stream of articles about the threats of thinning forests, the damage from fire management, and confusion over Indigenous-led forest management. These practices are worth discussing.
Restoring logged forests doesn’t mean locking them up as ‘wilderness’ - it means actively managing them
On January 1 this year, the commercial logging of native forests ended in Victoria and Western Australia. It was one of the most significant changes in the history of forest management in Australia. After the chainsaws fell silent, the debate began over how to best care for our forests in future. There has been a stream of articles about the threats of thinning forests, the damage from fire management, and confusion over Indigenous-led forest management. These practices are worth discussing.
Peri active site catalysis of proline isomerisation is the molecular basis of allomorphy in β-phosphoglucomutase - Communications Biology
Abstract Metabolic regulation occurs through precise control of enzyme activity. Allomorphy is a post-translational fine control mechanism where the catalytic rate is governed by a conformational switch that shifts the enzyme population between forms with different activities. β-Phosphoglucomutase (βPGM) uses allomorphy in the catalysis of isomerisation of β-glucose 1-phosphate to glucose 6-phosphate via β-glucose 1,6-bisphosphate.
Identifying Old-Growth Forests in Complex Landscapes: A New LiDAR-Based Estimation Framework and Conservation Implications
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The great tree census of 2023
On 30 March, 2023 our field crew – students from the Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne – gathered around Tree 20-1232, a large mountain grey gum with a big fork in the stem, in a forest east of Melbourne, Australia. Two of the students measured the tree’s diameter at breast height (DBH), 141.2 centimetres. Two students called out the x- and y-coordinates of the tree.
Acacia Density, Edaphic, and Climatic Factors Shape Plant Assemblages in Regrowth Montane Forests in Southeastern Australia
This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by 1, 1,*, 2, 1, 1 and 1 1 School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, Faculty of Science, The University of Melbourne, 500 Yarra Boulevard, Burnley, VIC 3121, Australia 2 Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies & Statistics, Australian National University, Acton, ACT 2601, Australia * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Canopy Composition and Spatial Configuration Influences Beta Diversity in Temperate Regrowth Forests of Southeastern Australia
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Proscenic F20 Cordless Vacuum Cleaner review Original
Keeping the floors clean in any living space can be a pain, especially when switching between carpeted and uncarpeted floors, and wet and dry messes. I know that by the time I get done sweeping the floors with a broom and dustpan and vacuuming, mopping seems like the most daunting chore I can imagine. I’m also constantly finding myself forgetting when I last cleaned the floors. If I am being honest, their cleanliness is always questionable.
Checking out the Bitvae S2 Smart Electric Toothbrush Original
Everybody wants a white, healthy, beautiful smile. This motivates a lot of us to put in the work – brushing our teeth every morning and night.
Photography - Jobs in Photography
Several jobs in photography are classified as photographers. Fine art photographers make pictures that are meant to make people feel something. On the other hand, commercial and industrial photographers take pictures of all kinds of things. Scientific photographers record scientific data. Still, others work for many different companies. A good photographer must have a strong work ethic and eye for detail.
Thermacell LIV Mosquito Repellent System review
As winter (finally) begins to melt away into spring, I, like many others, am getting excited for warmer weather, being outdoors, spending my weekends hiking, and my evenings around a bonfire. Nothing can ruin the perfect warm evening outside… aside from all those pesky mosquitoes. As somebody who loves the outdoors, I have certainly used my fair share of mosquito repellents from sprays to candles to wristbands.
Flowtime Biosensing Meditation Headband review
You are a busy person. I know this because I am, too, and so is nearly everybody else in our hustling and bustling society. Business isn’t a bad thing, but it certainly provides plenty of challenges to overcome. One of the challenges we all face is finding time to relax and let go of the stresses of everyday life. Thankfully, this is not a new feat. Humans have been studying methods of relaxation for centuries and perhaps one of the oldest of these methods is meditation.
Deaths of people treated under the Mental Health Act rose during pandemic
By Patrick Baker & Brian Wheeler BBC News Image caption, Charlie Millers was one of the 324 people to die while sectioned in a secure psychiatric unit The number of deaths of people being treated under the Mental Health Act in England rose during the coronavirus pandemic, estimates suggest. The Care Quality Commission's (CQC) findings come amid concerns over staff shortages in psychiatric units.
Heykube review
Everybody’s picked up a Rubik’s cube before. Though the concept of a Rubik’s cube may appear simple, the complexities involved in solving the puzzle have entertained logicians for decades. In recent years, the popularity of cubing, in which players compete to see who can solve a Rubik’s cube the fastest, has swept across the internet.
PUP® (Patient Is Up) Smart Sock Technology Prevents Falls Among Hospital Patients With High Fall Risk in a Clinical Trial and Observational Study
Abstract Hospital inpatient falls, especially of older adult patients, can result in injury and death and generate high costs. A new technology, PUP® (Patient Is Up) Smart Socks, combines sensors and geolocation in socks with a wireless platform. To determine whether these socks prevent falls of patients with high fall risk, we performed a clinical trial at one hospital, and an observational study at two other hospitals.
OWLS OF THE EASTERN ICE: The Quest to Find and Save the World’s Largest Owl by Jonathan C Slaght book review
In the primeval and largely untouched forests of Primorye, near the borders of Russia, China and North Korea, there lives a rare bird with a two-metre wingspan called the Blakiston’s fish owl. There are probably fewer than 2,000 of them worldwide. The Russian ones are legally protected, but only 19 per cent of their Primorye habitat can say the same. Another 43 per cent is now leased out to modern logging companies.
FOOTPRINTS: In Search of Future Fossils by David Farrier book review
There is surely nothing more thought-provoking in Footprints than the very concept of a ‘future fossil’. The notion that, one day, thousands or perhaps millions of years from now, the world as we know it will be wiped from existence, leaving behind mere remnants of contemporary life. Stay connected with the Geographical newsletter! In these turbulent times, we’re committed to telling expansive stories from across the globe, highlighting the everyday lives of normal but extraordinary people.
IMPERIAL MUD: The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce book review
Boston, Lincolnshire is a long way from Boston, Massachusetts, and further still from Botany Bay. But James Boyce wants us to see the long-lasting assault on the marshy lands of Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire in the context of colonising invasion around the world. Stay connected with the Geographical newsletter! In these turbulent times, we’re committed to telling expansive stories from across the globe, highlighting the everyday lives of normal but extraordinary people.
WANDERLAND: A Search for Magic in the Landscape by Jini Reddy book review
‘I want to connect with the spirit of the land. I want to feel heard, cared for, led. I want signs, synchronicity, the whole deal!’ writes Reddy.
A call to accelerate human-focussed medical research
An open letter to: International Council on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) The International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities European Medicines Agency European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Healthcare European Union Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM) Home Office Department of Health and Social Care Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Medicines &...
Coaches For Curing Cancer 5k Run
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Patrick Baker - Holt County Independent: Obituaries
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 26, 2018 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Atkinson. Fr. James Weeder and Deacon Andy Anderson will officiate. Music will be provided by organist Terri Vrooman and soloist Bonnie Krysl. Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Katherine Wiegman, Dr. John Tubbs and all of his nurses, caretakers and therapists. Memorials may be made to the family for future designation. Patrick was born on Jan.
Amazon First Look UK TV review: The Last Tycoon: Season 1
F. Scott Fitzgerald had written some 60,000 words of The Last Tycoon when he died suddenly of a heart-attack in 1940, aged just 44. The general consensus, when it was published posthumously a year after his death, was that it would have been a novel to rival even the majesty of his magnum opus, The Great Gatsby. While Gatsby defined the 1920s Jazz Age of Fitzgerald’s youth, The Last Tycoon drew upon his decade languishing as a salaried screenwriter in Hollywood.
Its Adventure time (with images) · BakerC3160216
It was this I shared somewhat on the Storify application through some things I did and saw over seas.
VOD film review: Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism
From the jagged yellow lettering used on posters and DVDs, it’s not hard to see which movie franchise Molly Moon’s producers are hoping to emulate. They don’t even come close – where the Potter movies are bursting at the seams with magical whimsy and exciting adventure, Molly Moon is more interested in TV talent shows and clothes shopping.
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