Do you yearn to connect with wildness and natural beauty more often? Could your neighbourhood become a source of wonder and discovery and change the way you see the world? Have you ever felt the call of adventure, only to realise that sometimes the most remarkable journeys unfold close to home? After years of challenging expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the small map around his own home. Can this unassuming landscape, marked by the glow of ...
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No Trespassing. Private Road. No Parking. These are the signs that are more and more frequently seen along Nova Scotia’s coastline. As Canadians access the shore for recreation, science, or even just to take in the natural beauty of the coast, they are being increasingly met with physical barriers to the beach, few options to park or use public transportation to get to the coast, and problems with litter and marine debris in the areas they can access. Private property ownership dominates Nov ...
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Welcome to the HortWeek Podcast where we bring you news and views on the most important topics of the day for UK horticulture professionals. For more visit https://www.hortweek.co.uk/podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Learn how to generate a passive income through investing, so you don't have to wait until retirement to live your passions. We used to think you had to either save for 30+ years or choose to live now and make up for it later. Well, it turns out that you can have it all with the right strategy. We tired to do things the conventional way but just couldn't stifle our wanderlust. After giving in and making a lot of financial mistakes, we stumbled onto an amazing way to invest for cash flow. It's ...
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I have meandered all my life starting my first trip without parents at 14 years old ... and so it began . I have lived in tribes in Ecuador , travelled across deserts , meandered in company and alone all over the world . To meander - to follow a winding course- in a travel sense to me it not planning too hard but taking the turns when it feels right to make strong people connections and stay safe .Its about being authentic and making people connections, having decent conversation with or wit ...
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Defender Radio and The Switch bring experts and solutions to wildlife advocates and animal lovers around the world. Hosted by award-winning journalist Michael Howie, Defender Radio and The Switch are produced by The Fur-Bearers (TheFurBearers.com) and released weekly. Learn more at DefenderRadio.com
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Its been close to three years since the last episode of Now Roaming has been released but now its back with this limited series - Not Roaming. This is purely content for everyone to enjoy while social distancing and staying home. We're going to be talking to people all over the US about what life is like in their part of the world right now and what they are up to. So join us as we record remotely and pass the time until we can all be outside and at our favorite restaurants and coffee shops ...
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The Paddler's Podcast - with the Clear Access, Clear Waters campaign
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Olympic gold medal winner and climate change campaigner Etienne Stott introduces The Paddler's Podcast. There's so much being done to make sure you can take your canoe or stand up paddleboard in rivers and waterways across the UK. We'll hear inspiring stories of the people who are making big differences to the environment to help others and you'll find out how you can get involved.
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The Common Weal Policy Podcast.A weekly podcast explaining our policies as well as discussing Scottish policy news and events.
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"Light 'Em Up" takes a deep dive on the criminal justice system, crime scene investigation and leadership. We take you under and behind the crime scene investigation tape to get at the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help us God! Justice comes to those that fight ... not those that cry!
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TA'cast is the podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. The weekly show gives an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets.
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If there was ever a time for fresh thinking, for being bold, for being visionary and imaginative – for reimagining everything – this is it. Each episode, writer and Transition Movement founder, Rob Hopkins, invites cutting edge thinkers to visualise a new future. Join us as we ask What If...
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As tech teams we're great at designing and building products and experiences that people love. But one thing that we still can't do effectively is design our own careers. With the help of regular contributors and special guests, we dig into why that is, tackling questions around managing vs making, missing manager tools, soft and hard skills and training, compensation and navigating a new job that's right for you.
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Populuxe is a bi-weekly podcast, written and hosted by Thomaï Serdari. It explores stories of desire through objects bought, made, found, shared, and cherished. Made in New York City, Populuxe considers the link between desire and luxury based on conversations with a variety of inspired guests.
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We hear from some of the people who have inspired us, by sharing their running journeys discipline, fortitude and resilience. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things, champions and those who have a story to tell, by following their heart and their feet. Wild Running offers bespoke trail running, fell running, swimrun events and yoga camps in Devon, the Lake District, Scotland and abroad, along with navigation courses for runners and walkers and coaching for all levels and abilities. Conta ...
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“I often think of how challenging it was being a teenager, and I was saved from my misery by certain friends, teachers and books to whom I will be forever grateful. I know Holy Shit! I’m a Gifted Misfit! can be one of those books in the lives of many young people today, kids who are struggling as I once struggled and are looking for a lifeline to lead them out of their despair. JJ is one of those people with such a gift for connecting with young people that she can change someone’s life fore ...
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Kate Ashbrook is an author and has been the general secretary of the Open Spaces Society for 40 years and counting, but she is first and foremost, a campaigner. On this week's HortWeek Podcast she recounts some of the best changes she has seen during her tenure - "the greater awareness of the importance of open spaces for the public and the greater…
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So some may be considering going abroad for forever or longer than a holiday - taking a big leap to retire , run away from or run to a loved one . What ever in this episode I consider some of the practicalities of making that leap . I am thinking things through myself .. the what if . Are you a born meanderer or are we made . #SoloTravelOver50 #Tra…
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Taser, Taser, Taser! Conducted Energy Weapons: “Less-lethal”? Do they Save Lives and Reduce Civilian Shootings or Facilitate Cardiac Arrest and are Used in a Reckless, Punitive Manner?
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Welcome to this electric, super-charged, high voltage brand-new episode of Light ‘Em Up! As season 5 will soon be a rap and in the books, please tell a friend that lives overseas about us! We are now actively being downloaded in 115 countries. We expose and tell the truth in a world filled with confusion and bold-faced lies. We delve into the facts…
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Learning to travel on your own is without a doubt a skill . Like all things its baby steps . So my first recommendation is to take a weekend break on your own to somewhere close buy like beautiful friendly peaceful Portugal . Soon you if you follow my tips you will be able to take your adventure to anywhere you want to go x #SoloTravelOver50 #Trave…
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You might be feeling some kind of way about Trump winning the election, but remember investing is not a place for emotions. Whether you like him or not, the best thing you can do for your portfolio is to figure out how Trump’s presidency is going to impact your investing strategy. Once you understand the policies and mindset of Trump, it’s not that…
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HortWeek presents The End of Peat, a new four-part podcast series that will hear from leading horticulturists and garden retailers as they navigate a transition to peat-free that is piling pressure on a sector facing stresses on all sides. Over the four episodes, Christina Taylor explores the story of the UK peat ban, how the horticulture industry …
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HortWeek presents The End of Peat, a new four-part podcast series that will hear from leading horticulturists and garden retailers as they navigate a transition to peat-free that is piling pressure on a sector facing stresses on all sides. Over the four episodes, Christina Taylor explores the story of the UK peat ban, how the horticulture industry …
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If you’re a dividend investor, you gotta know about preferred stocks, which are similar to bonds, but easier to find and buy. They’re also cheaper than bonds so you can stretch your money further. And since bonds are mostly overpriced right now, you need to pivot. In this episode Tim shows you what he looks for when searching for preferred shares. …
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HortWeek presents The End of Peat, a new four-part podcast series that will hear from leading horticulturists and garden retailers as they navigate a transition to peat-free that is piling pressure on a sector facing stresses on all sides. Peat is one of the most popular and reliable types of growing media for plants, but peatlands are also a valua…
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HortWeek presents The End of Peat, a new four-part podcast series that will hear from leading horticulturists and garden retailers as they navigate a transition to peat-free that is piling pressure on a sector facing stresses on all sides. Peat is one of the most popular and reliable types of growing media for plants, but peatlands are also a valua…
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Inspiration for garden centre trees with Kernock Park Plants' nurseryman and award-winning writer, Bob Askew
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Bob Askew was Garden Media Guild award winner a year ago for his new writer work for Hortweek. He works for Kernock Park Plants as production director and was previously at Darby Nursery Stock and Brinkmans. Here he names his top three tree genera for gardens, three underused tree genera and top five skinny trees for small gardens. He believes the …
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Thank you for all your support this year! I hope you'll get out and explore your own map too... For more ideas and info: www.alastairhumphreys.com/local I am proud to know these familiar little spots, for they have helped me learn to appreciate where I live and feel more attached to it, despite Thoreau’s insistence that a landscape can ‘never becom…
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I cycled to a small town that I knew as a motorway junction and a monstrous snarl of a roundabout. And yet I was riding towards it down pretty lanes fringed with red and yellow leaves that swirled and spun in the wind. It was disorientating not to have thought of this place in this way before. What would I discover on the last of my fifty-two grid …
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Stock picks change pretty often because metrics change all the time. Sometimes we trim our positions and even sell them outright to get into something that’s better valued and more promising. But what if you want a more passive approach? So what can you invest in and hold for the next 5 to 10 years that'll give you good returns? We got you covered.…
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Protecting Your Constitutional & Civil Rights in a Time While They are Under Assault: Driving While Black in Cleveland, Ohio, Pre-Textual Traffic Stops, Whren v U.S. & Defending Yourself When Cops Become ...
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Welcome to this brand-new episode of Light ‘Em Up! Tell a friend that lives overseas about us! We are now actively being downloaded in 114 countries. On this investigative, educational and impactful edition of Light ‘Em Up — we expose and tell the truth in a world filled with confusion and misinformation. We delve into the facts not the fiction abo…
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This week the HortWeek Podcast meets Imogen Bell, supervisor at Thomson's Garden Centre and a YPHA Southeast regional coordinator In her article for HortWeek 'Despite CITES, not all doom and gloom for houseplant sales' Imogen reflects on how the reinterpretation of CITES "meant practically a third of my stock became unavailable overnight". One of t…
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The compulsion grips you. You run to the store to buy stuff to make up for all the hard work you put in for the week. A surge of relief hits as dopamine courses through your veins. Then buyers remorse sets in. You feel guilt or shame and then the stirrings of compulsion rise up again. Sound familiar? We all get caught in the loop of impulse spendin…
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsor Westland Horticulture. At a time when horticulture needs to encourage a new wave of young people to come into the industry, this podcast is designed to highlight the multiple and varied career opportunities available…
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I began today’s grid square outside the Duke of Wellington pub, which dated from 1516, two and a half centuries before Old Nosey was born. I thought about all the brawls and laughs it had seen, and the tall tales told by 500 years of drinkers. I pondered also when they’d installed a petanque court in the garden, a game surely more suited to Napoleo…
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I think we can all agree that it makes sense that there’d be a correlation between financial smarts and a person’s financial well-being. Right? So now how would you rate your financial intelligence? Do you know you have more to learn or think you’ve got it all figured out? Maybe you know more about certain topics but aren’t so great at others. Most…
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Harnessing skills and knowledge to protect the UK's green spaces, with James Cairncross and Angela Lewis from the Midlands Parks Forum
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This week's guests are James Cairncross and Angela Lewis from the Midlands Parks Forum which has its annual conference on the 17th of October at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire. Highlights include keynote speaker Dr. William Bird, a GP who contributed to a select committee report on access to green space who will speak on health be…
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It was a morning of fresh sunshine and a chilly breeze, that day defined in The Meaning of Liff as ‘Brithdir – The first day of the winter on which your breath condenses in the air.’ There had been the first faint frost as I pedalled out this morning, pulling on thick gloves and feeling the pinch of cold on my nose. The year was drawing down. The s…
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As you know, we’re not just dividend investors. We’re also value investors, which means we buy great stocks when they’re at a bargain. These often turn over 10, 20, and sometimes 30% gains in short periods of time. But you may not know that we also keep our ear to the ground for things like the next Amazon. Cuz who wouldn’t want a stock that goes 3…
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A Broken Tail Light, an Expired License Plate: NOT Capital Crimes! How Cities are Working to Reduce Racial Profiling & Biased Pre-Textual Traffic Stops — Making the All-Too-Common Traffic Stop Safer For ...
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Welcome back to this brand-new, explosive, visionary, investigative edition of Light 'Em Up. We're currently being actively downloaded in 114 countries, globally. Thank you for your unwavering, constant support. Without fear or favor, we shine the antiseptic light of the truth on any topic that we undertake and report on. On this episode we focus o…
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Should we ban peat in horticulture? Plant collection holder Jonathan Sheppard and dahlia and sweet pea grower Darren Everest debate the peat ban
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Both our guests on the HortWeek Podcast broadly agree with the reasons for a peat ban and agree there is a need to reduce carbon emissions to help fight climate change. But they are not equally convinced a peat ban is the way to do it. In the 'for' corner is cosmos and hollyhocks national collection holder and lobbyist Jonathan Sheppard. Sheppard s…
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As autumn approached, I was particularly looking forward to find- ing conkers. Horse chestnut trees and their appealing, polished seeds are a surefire declaration of the season. The trees were introduced into Britain from the Balkans in the 16th century. They’re not common in wild woodland, but are staples of towns, parks and villages. Insects gorg…
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More and more people on social are talking about Yieldmax ETFs. We’ve been invested in these for a year now and want to share our experience. Click here to see the numbers vs listening. Yes, these ETFs are sensational but they can be quite risky if you get into the wrong ones or at the wrong price. Scope out the tesla one to see what can happen. We…
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An episode on rewilding. Walking always feels very different from the running and cycling I usually do for exercise. I’m generally too impatient to walk somewhere if I could run or ride instead. But the way I think changes depending on my mode of transport. Slow my legs and my mind starts to slow too. When you walk, you can stop at any time to poke…
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We’re releasing this episode in time for International Rabbit Day – a celebration of our favourite floppy-eared lagomorphs. While rabbits do make wonderful companions, they are frequently released or dumped in the wild – and with an exceptionally quick gestation period, that can lead to a lot of domestic rabbits in the wild, really fast. Fortunatel…
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ICL's Sam Rivers digs down into Integrated Pest Management and speifically IPM planning. Sam describes what the current situation in the industry is with regards to IPM planning and details the 'hierarchy of control', which includes cultural, biological, physical and chemical methods. He gives examples of the different types of controls and talks a…
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A long row of black poplar trees escorted my road towards the low horizon. I passed a row of small industrial units, then a house offering rosy windfall apples and pears in a chipped, white ceramic bowl on the doorstep. Voices carried from an open upstairs window, engrossed in a Zoom call about something or other. A cluster of beehives stood in the…
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The last 2 episodes covered our dividend payouts for our more aggressive portfolio, but this week we’re going to show you how much you can make with a more conservative approach. It’s up to you which method you want to implement, or maybe you’d like to do a hybrid of the two. The beauty of an income-driven investing strategy is that it lets you see…
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GroundsFest 2024 took place10 - 11 September at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. Initial visitor numbers from day 1 (unaudited) of 4,738 were 40% up on last year, the show’s inaugural year. The podcast was recorded on day 2 of GroundsFest amongst the hustle and bustle of the show. HortWeek senior reporter Rachael Forsyth spoke with Chris Bassett, eve…
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Though the silver birch trees were turning to autumnal gold, sum- mer was back this week with a fury, despite me writing it off, but it was probably too early to speak of an Indian summer. The earliest known use of the phrase comes from a Frenchman called John de Crevecoeur in the eastern United States in 1778. It perhaps referred to a spell of war…
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We’re back with our ETF income for August. Many of these funds have ridiculously high yields, which is how we earn a hefty sum on our under $100k portfolio. So without further adoo, lets get back to the party. Tune in for some important tidbits on many of the stocks we hold. Then check out our spreadsheet here so the numbers really sink in for what…
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We’ve been talking about which stocks are good and how much they pay per share. Our profits have been in terms of percentages and yields. But our whole strategy is about getting paid monthly dividends. So today we want to show you how much actual income our portfolio made last month on just $97,000. Tune in for some important tidbits on many of the…
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Finding community is an important part of being an advocate – and in a post pandemic world, that can be a struggle. Fortunately, opportunities like Humane Canada’s Summit for Animals bring together hundreds of likeminded people, sharing resources, ideas, and finding hope together. The 2025 Summit for Animals is taking place in Montreal, Quebec on A…
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Less than 6% of Nova Scotia's population owns our coastline. Squeezed between a rapidly changing coastline and the rigidity of an increasingly impermeable wall of private property, Nova Scotia must act now to preserve, maintain, and prioritize coastal access in our province. In this final episode of Right of Way, we talk through the lessons learned…
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The Senseless Killing of Michael Jones, Another Black Man, by the Akron, OH Police Department: Poor Tactical Police Procedures, Reasonable, Articulable Suspicion (RAS) & Officer Induced Jeopardy.
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Welcome back to this brand-new, investigative, in-depth, exposé exclusively featured on Light 'Em Up. We're actively being downloaded in 114 countries, globally. Thank you for your unwavering, support. Without fear or favor, we shine the antiseptic light of the truth on any topic that we undertake and report on. Tonight, we examine the officer invo…
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Alan Down is a gardening broadcaster and writer and current HTA president, shortly to be replaced by Will Armitage after two eventful years. He studied at Cannington and Pershore College of Horticulture and after a spell working Germany, he developed and managed Hillier Nurseries' container grown and seed propagation nurseries for nine years. For t…
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Today’s grid square was a rare outing to the far side of the river, to the very edge of the map itself. It felt like a new country. Over that next hill lay lands unknown, and maybe even dragons. I cycled up a stony bridleway through a wood, making sure to savour the greenness before the leaves fell for another year, to store away the memories as no…
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If you’re like us, you’d rather let someone else deal with all the admin, headaches, and hassles of owning and managing real estate. REITs allow you to do just that and reap the profits. Talk about a win win. There’s so many different kinds of REITs from traditional rentals to office spaces, industrial, cell towers and even cannabis. With interest …
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A Sussex native, Susan Raikes, the new director of Wakehurst, Kew's wild botanic garden in West Sussex (she joined in June) was familier with the garden since childhood. "We're Kew's younger, bigger and wilder sister and very much a botanic garden with a purpose...a site of horticultural and scientific excellence and a living laboratory where groun…
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The gate’s clang startled a buzzard who lumbered off the ground and flew into the sanctuary of the trees. I stood still in the field, feeling myself beginning to slow down and unwind. I breathed in the smell of hay, blinked at the sunshine, and reminded myself that things couldn’t be too bad if I got to call this ‘work’. Riding here had been a conf…
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With interest rates about to drop. 1 of our favorite sectors should do well despite what people think. That sector is BDCs. There are about 60 of these bad boys, but which do you choose? We’ve compiled a list of 5 BDCs that most experts and successful investors would put in their top 10. If you want some of the highest yielding companies in your po…
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A good old chunter about access rights, the right to roam, and Scandinavia's approach to allemansrätten. My hopes were high. It was a perfect sunny day and the grid square looked enticing on paper. It was mostly woodland, with some contour lines, a small lake and the site of a Roman villa thrown in for luck. There was only one building on the whole…
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What would it take to have a right to roam in Nova Scotia? In this episode, we hear about efforts to get people to the coast through legislation and legwork, and contemplate what a right to roam would look like in Atlantic Canada. Special thanks to our guests in this episode, Dr. Andrew Weaver and Hannah Solway. In this episode, you heard about: Bi…
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GroundsFest 2024 takes place on the 10 and the 11 of September at Stoneleigh Park, in Warwickshire. The free annual event is a must-attend for grounds staff, greenkeepers, landscapers, designers & architects, gardeners, local authorities, estate managers and contractors. It combines indoor business and education opportunities with outdoor demonstra…
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Horticulture Week Podcast with Colegrave Seabrook Foundation: working in and learning about horticulture at Ball Colegrave
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HortWeek is delighted to present the Cultivate Your Future podcast, in partnership with the Colegrave Seabrook Foundation and sponsors MorePeople. This episode was recorded on location at Ball Colegrave where the great and the good from the horticultural industry gathered to celebrate 30 years of the Colegrave Foundation. In this episode Neville St…
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The Fed has officially announced that they’re going to lower interest rates in September. Yippee ki yay… right??!! Well, not to burst your bubble, but we’re not in the euphoric majority. The actual metric reports just don’t justify the upcoming cuts, but we aren’t the ones making the calls, so if it’s going to happen, we want to be prepared. The pa…
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