To convert length x width dimensions from inches to millimeters we should multiply each amount by the conversion factor. One inch equals 25.4 millimeters, in order to convert 1 x 175 inches to millimeters we have to multiply each amount of inches by 25.4 to obtain the length and width in millimeters. In this case to convert 1 x 175 inches into millimeters we should multiply the length which is 1 by 25.4 and the width which is 175 by 25.4. The result is the following:
1 x 175 inches = 25.4 x 4445 millimeters
Definition of inch
An inch (symbol: in) is a unit of length. It is defined as 1⁄12 of a foot, also is 1⁄36 of a yard. Though traditional standards for the exact length of an inch have varied, it is equal to exactly 25.4 mm. The inch is a popularly used customary unit of length in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Definition of millimeter
The millimeter (symbol: mm) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to 1/1000 meter (or 1E-3 meter), which is also an engineering standard unit. 1 inch = 25.4 mm.
Inches to millimeters formula and conversion factor
To calculate a inch value to the corresponding value in millimeters, just multiply the quantity in inches by 25.4 (the conversion factor).
Inches to millimeters formulae
millimeters = inches * 25.4
The factor 25.4 is the result from the division 1 / 0.0393701 (millimeter definition). Therefore, another way would be:


Despite its poor healthcare system, the conflict-torn country has far fewer infections than other states in the region
Commuters wearing face masks take a passenger ship in Yangon, Myanmar, Aug. 6, 2020. (Photo by Xinhua/U Aung/MaxPPP)
By John Zaw | Myanmar
When a health worker who tested thousands of returnees near the Chinese border was infected with COVID-19 on June 11, people in Kachin state in northern Myanmar were alarmed at the spread of the coronavirus.
The 24-year-old nurse was working at a healthcare department in Lweje township, where she reportedly tested more than 10,000 migrants who came back from China.
The news prompted panic and fear, especially in conflict-torn Kachin where thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) reside.
Health officials said the nurse had no travel history or reported contact with infected patients.
Health workers and local people realized it is very difficult to carry out tracing of people who made contact with the nurse as thousands of returnees from China went back to various places across the country.
Bishop Raymond Sumlut Gam of Banmaw in Kachin state said people were panicking over the news as they thought it might spread easily in the region as she came into contact with many people.
The panic caused local authorities to impose more strict measures and local people who had left the townships were placed in quarantine centers after they came back.
Church social workers who left Banmaw township to provide aid to people were also being quarantined, according to the bishop.
"One can imagine how it is easily it could spread among thousands of people but no more cases were found. How can we say whether it's a blessing in the Southeast Asian nation?" Bishop Gam told UCA News.
Vulnerable in Southeast Asia
Experts had predicted that the COVID-19 situation in Myanmar, which shares a porous border with China, could be worse since the disease broke out in Hubei province in China last December.
The United Nations recently raised concern over the COVID-19 situation in Myanmar due to its poor healthcare system and humanitarian problems.
Myanmar is considered vulnerable among the 11 countries in Southeast Asia along with Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and Timor-Leste.
The impoverished and conflict-torn nation has 8.6 physicians and 10 nurses and midwives per 10,000 people, falling short of the World Health Organization's recommended minimum, according to the UN report released in July.
The UN also said people in conflict-torn regions are particularly at risk amid the pandemic as fighting rages in Rakhine and Shan states.
Across Myanmar, there are more than 312,000 IDPs in Rakhine, Chin, Kachin, Shan and Karen states. However, not a single confirmed case has been reported so far among the IDP camps.
Myanmar's public health system has all but collapsed due to mismanagement by the military over the last six decades.
Invisible virus has become the invincible
While cases are surging in several Southeast Asian countries, Myanmar had reported only 359 confirmed cases including six deaths and 308 recoveries as of Aug. 7.
The first case was found on March 23 and most of the confirmed cases in recent months have been imported, including returnees from Malaysia, India and Thailand.
Singapore has 54,555 cases and 27 deaths, the Philippines has 119,460 cases and 2,150 deaths, while Indonesia has 118,753 cases and 5,521 deaths.
According to the latest data, almost 714,000 people have died out of more than 19 million people globally.
Despite concerns over Myanmar's situation, the government's effort to tackle the contagion has been praised by local people and health experts.
The government has extended preventive measures to Aug. 15 and banned international flights until Aug. 31 to control the spread of the virus.
A nighttime curfew from midnight to 4 am remains in place and the public are not allowed to gather in groups of more than 15 people, while religious gatherings are still banned.
The Ministry of Health and Sports has warned the public not to let their guard down against the virus and urged people to wash their hands, practice social distancing, wear masks when going outside and avoid crowded places.
Frontline healthcare workers, civil society groups and volunteers have played a vital role in the COVID-19 containment.
Catholic and Protestant churches in Myanmar have also joined the nation's battle against the contagion.
"The world has become the altar. Our breaking of the bread is done in our reaching out to suffering people through service and sharing," Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon said in a homily on Aug. 2.
"The coronavirus came as a slap in the face of all superpowers — those who invested more on arms than on the health of the people," said the cardinal, adding that "the invisible virus has become the invincible virus, bringing the superpowers of the world to their knees."
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Citing "unusual voting activity," the film reference site says it's applying "alternate weighting calculation" to friendly portrait of polarizing COVID czar "to preserve the reliability of our rating system."
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A documentary film tracking Dr. Anthony Fauci's medical career from the AIDS crisis to COVID-19, is creating controversy away from the big screen.
"Fauci," from NatGeo and Magnolia Pictures, hit select theaters Sept. 10 before getting a Disney+ release earlier this month. The documentary lets disparate figures like President George W. Bush, U2's Bono and Bill Gates praise the
Infectious disease specialist.
The studios failed to make the documentary's box office figures available to film industry sites or JustTheNews.com. The vast majority of studios, large and small, routinely share that data, as NatGeo and Magnolia have done on previous releases.
Movie fans then noticed RottenTomatoes.com, arguably the biggest review aggregator site on the web, didn't initially feature any "audience" reviews of the film.
Mainstream film critics saluted "Fauci," although most admitted the film served up a hagiography of the 80-year-old bureaucrat. Once audiences started weighing in on the film at Rotten Tomatoes, though, the results were withering. Professional critics gave "Fauci" a 92% "fresh" score, while audiences gave it just a 2% — or "rotten" — rating.
A similar pattern emerged at IMDB.com, a major film and TV reference destination. "Fauci's" audience rating, on a scale from 1-10, hovered around 1.8. This week, however, the site altered its review algorithm. Now, the audience review tally is a more robust 5.8.
A quick glimpse at the review breakdown, provided by the site, shows the overwhelming number of audience critics gave the film a one-star rating.
The site now features this explanation:
"NOTE: Our rating mechanism has detected unusual voting activity on this title. To preserve the reliability of our rating system, an alternate weighting calculation has been applied."
JustTheNews.com reached out to IMDB.com, owned by Amazon, to explain what triggered the reappraisal and whether it similarly updated other titles, and why.
The site did not respond.
Review aggregator sites allow audiences to review product, but the unofficial critics aren't asked to prove they've seen the film in question. That leads to select users treating the function as a way to share a partisan or populist opinion without fairly assessing the film. Some call this trend "review bombing" a movie based on factors beyond its entertainment value or quality.
Netflix scrapped its ratings system four years ago shortly after users torched liberal comic Amy Schumer's stand-up release "The Leather Special." The company didn't officially tie the decision to that reaction.
Rotten Tomatoes stopped allowing audiences to weigh in on a film prior to its release date after users trashed the MCU film "Captain Marvel" in 2019, viewed by some as a feminist lecture.
Fauci isn't an entertainer, but over the past year-plus he's attracted both ardent fans and critics alike. The latter may be impacting some of the reviews.
The same, in theory, could lead to the doctor's admirers counterbalancing that effort, though.
Amazon, which acquired IMDB.com in 1998, is increasingly known for allowing partisanship to impact its decisions. The platform removed "Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words" from its service during Black History Month earlier this year without warning or explanation. The documentary allows the conservative justice to share his life story largely in his own words.
The company also threatened to block a right-leaning documentary, "What Killed Michael Brown?" before allowing it to stream on its platform. Amazon initially told the director, Eli Steele, the movie didn't meet the company's quality threshold initially before backing down.
Sasha Stone, editor of the long-running AwardsDaily.com film site, sees liberal bias in IMDB.com's review tweak.
Fauci's popularity is far greater on the left than the right, with key players like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) routinely excoriating Dr. Fauci for his pandemic advice and alleged funding of controversial "gain-of-function" research at China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, widely suspected to be the source of COVID-19.
Stone sees a reverse bias on Hollywood review platforms where conservative-friendly content, think 2020's "Hillbilly Elegy" or Dave Chappelle's Netflix special, "The Closer," are concerned.
"They have their verified critics, and they accept their ratings, even though to any objective observer they are not fair evaluations but are completely partisan," Stone says. "There aren't enough critics with different points of view from the right to balance things out. Thus, it's becoming more and more like a public vs. elite critics scenario."
Even critic Richard Roeper publicly said his fellow critics graded the 2016 "Ghostbusters," cheered as a feminist achievement due to its all-female leads, on a curve.
Stone says the audience reaction to "Fauci," whether users have seen it or not, is "an expression of the growing anger at the government's bungling of COVID," she says.


If you have been involved in a vehicle collision, you might wonder whether it was legally considered a crash or an accident. While an accident is legally defined as an unfortunate event, usually the result of carelessness, a crash is defined as something breaking due to a collision. Where the law is concerned, most “accidents” are actually considered crashes, and are deemed the fault of one person.
Definition of a Car Crash
A car crash is any situation where a car literally crashes or collides into something. Typically something is damaged as a result, such as another car or other property.
Crash Examples
There are different types of crashes, or collisions, defined by where one vehicle impacted the other.
Rear end collision: An accident where one vehicle collides with the back of another.
T-bone or side impact collision: An accident where one vehicle crashes into the side of another, often referred to as a T-bone because of the T shape it creates.
Head-on collision: As the name suggests, an accident where one vehicle crashes into the head, or front, of another straight on.
Bicycle collision: An accident between a car and a bicycle. These accidents often occur in intersections, crosswalks, turning lanes, and parking lots.
Pedestrian collision: Similar to a bicycle collision, an accident when a car hits a pedestrian, typically in a crosswalk or under similar circumstances as a bicycle collision.
Motorcycle collision: This can take the same forms listed above, such as rear end or head on, but it involves a car and a motorcycle.
Definition of a Car Accident
A car accident is any situation involving a car crash that is not intentional.
Accident Examples
There are different types of accidents all of which can take the same form as any of the crash examples listed above:
Accidents with other cars
Accidents with motorcycles
Accidents with bicycles
Accidents with pedestrians
The Main Difference Between a Crash and an Accident
Legally, the main difference between a crash and accident is that in an accident, the collision was not done on purpose. Criminal charges relative to a crash are associated with situations where one person intentionally plans to hurt another or damage their property. In contrast, an accident occurs because of negligence–someone wasn’t paying attention or doing what they were supposed to maintain the safety of their vehicle or others around their vehicle.
In all car collisions, even if it was not on purpose and was an accident, it is still considered a crash and there is still someone deemed at fault.
What to Do After an Accident or Crash: A Step-by-Step Checklist
After a car accident or crash there are several key steps you must take:
Step 1: Call 911.
You must phone the police to document the collision, and have police and medical professionals attend the scene. This should occur whether there are other vehicles involved or the collision only involves your vehicle.
Step 2: Collect Evidence.
If possible, once you are capable you need to gather evidence. As soon as possible, you should take the time to get as much evidence as you can. This not only includes any other drivers or pedestrians involved, but their contact information as well as their insurance information. If you were involved in an accident with another car and there were passengers in that car, you should collect passenger information as well. If you have a working phone, and you are not immediately taken away from the scene due to injuries, you can use your phone to take pictures or videos of the scene. This will help you to gather information about:
your injuries,
damage to vehicles involved,
exactly where the accident took place,
what was going on around you when the collision took place,
any potential witnesses,
as well as potential sources of security camera footage.
Also read:How Long After a Hit and Run Accident Can You Be Charged?
A hit and run is where a driver is involved in a collision accident and leaves the scene without offering help or contact information....
Step 3: Contact Your Insurance.
Once you have spoken with the police and gathered evidence, you will need to speak with your insurance provider. Be sure to call them immediately and let them know that the accident took place. This will help start the process of receiving compensation, especially if, after the fact, you have to work with an attorney.
Step 4: Get Medical Help.
Be sure to seek medical attention as soon as the police give you the all clear to leave the scene. Do not put this off, or think about doing it a few days later. You need to visit a doctor immediately and have any or all injuries documented. With different types of accidents, some injuries you sustained may be more physically visible than others. Those that are not immediately visible can take weeks or months to manifest which is why you need to have a thorough examination immediately after the accident and then subsequent examinations at different intervals after the accident so that your doctor can monitor any progressive injuries.
Step 5: Consider an Attorney.
Finally, consider speaking with an attorney sooner rather than later. With any collisions like these, you may want an attorney to help you to immediately start gathering and organizing information, keeping records, and reaching out to all of the other parties involved on your behalf. There is a statute of limitations on car accident claims for compensation which is why getting organized immediately after the collision can be very useful down the line.
Compensation after a crash vs. accident
Even if it was an accident, every state has laws regarding which driver or person is at fault for the injury or car wreck from car collisions. Once a motor vehicle crash has occurred, legal relief can be sought, called compensation. Compensation usually comes from the careless drivers, as a form of legal punishment for their driving, to the other drivers or people involved, the victims.
Some states work with a percentage system, which seeks to determine the proportion “at fault” each driver was for the collision.
For example: In the state of Texas, there is a percentage system for determining fault. If Driver A was checking their texts casually, while going through a green light in an intersection, and Driver B was making a right on red without paying attention, the courts might find that Driver A is 10% at fault because had they not been checking their phone they would have been able to brake, but Driver B is 90% at fault for their inattentive right on a red light. This means Driver B has to pay for 90% of the damages to the car of Driver A and 90% of Driver A’s medical problems that stemmed from the collision.
Other states determine which party is “at fault” and make that driver pay for all compensation.
For example: In California, there is a fault based system. Using the example above, the courts might determine that Driver B is more at fault, and therefore entirely to blame for the accident. So, Driver B would have to pay for 100% of the damages to Driver A.
Do I need an attorney after a crash or accident?
It is highly recommended that you consider speaking with an attorney after a vehicle collision, even if it is deemed an accident. Just because you were involved in a crash or accident doesn’t mean that you should be awarded compensation. If no injuries were sustained and your insurance will cover the minor damages, there would be no reason to pursue further damages or court cases against the other party.
However, if the other party doesn’t have insurance, they may not be able to pay for all of the damages on their own or they may refuse to do so. If this is the case, an attorney can help you to follow through with compensation.
If you have already reached out to the insurance company for the other driver and they are refusing to give you the compensation you deserve for the injuries or damages sustained, you can work with an attorney who will try to negotiate on your behalf.
Do I go to court for a car accident?
You do not automatically go to court after an accident. Most of the time, an accident is the result of neglecting basic traffic laws, like running a stop sign or red light or speeding. These are considered traffic violations, not criminal charges. However, there are instances where the case might go to court. Court is where a collision case progresses IF the insurance won’t pay, IF the other driver won’t pay, or IF the accident involved criminal charges.
Criminal charges after a collision can take place in the following scenarios:
If the accident was a fatal accident and the other party died as a result of your actions, even if it was not intentional.
If the accident was the result of drinking and driving or being under the influence of drugs, something police would note in their report.
Statute of limitations: accidents and crashes
The statute of limitations for collision victims to work with a personal injury attorney and seek compensation for their damages depends on the state in which the injury occurred. In most cases, the statute of limitations for a vehicle collision is about 2 years. This means that collision victims, or the families of fatal collisions, have to gather evidence about the collisions and present it to the opposing insurance and/or courts within that time frame in order to receive compensation.
Conclusions
Overall, consider reaching out to an attorney after an accident or crash, even if you do not need to go to court. A lawyer will ensure that you have collected all the necessary information outlined in the steps above. Finally, check the statute of limitations in your state and determine if your state is one that uses a percentage system for fault.
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Growing a small business can seem like a daunting challenge. It requires a significant amount of hard work and dedication to help a small company in any industry reach its full potential, but it is a worthwhile endeavor.
Here are 4 aspects of your business you should prioritize if you want it to grow quickly and efficiently.
1. Customer Service
To encourage business growth, it is essential to have a comprehensive understanding of your target audience.
Not only does this enable you to determine which products and services will be most beneficial for your customers, but it also allows you to determine how to provide the best support possible.
Your clients want easy access to customer service so they can get the help they need quickly and efficiently.
One of the best ways to incorporate this is by having certain employees dedicated to providing customer service.
By having associates available to answer questions or comments, you make it easy for customers to get the support they want.
If you do not have enough employees to provide excellent customer service via phone, outsourcing support is a viable option.
2. Advertising
If you want to promote your business, allocating a significant portion of your budget to advertising is the best way to accomplish your goal.
While several forms of advertising, such as email and social media campaigns, are free, others can be extremely expensive. However, campaigns are usually more effective if they utilize multiple marketing strategies rather than focusing on one.
At first, you may not have money for more expensive marketing strategies such as television commercials and radio advertisements.
You may rely on printed marketing materials, internet advertisements and social media platforms to spread the word about your company’s products and services.
You may even use these platforms to advertise special deals for new customers to draw in business.
As your company grows, it will begin to generate a profit.
Re-invest most of the money your company earns in advertising to increase your budget and raise awareness for your business and brand values. Not only will this help you attract new customers, but it will also allow you to target former customers to encourage repeat business.
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3. Networking
It is incredibly difficult to grow your business if you do not have any connections and the community around you does not know your company exists.
Networking is an easy way to avoid this business pitfall. Establish business connections with other businesses that hold similar values and network with individuals who have a significant amount of small business experience.
One incredibly effective avenue of networking is participating in community events. Whether your company hosts the event or is simply a participant, this practice allows your business to engage with the community so they know about your company.
If you emblazon small merchandise such as hats, pens and magnets with your company logo and hand them out to other event participants, potential customers will have a tangible reminder of your business’ presence within the community.
Another useful strategy for networking is to partner with another business that has the same brand values as your company. This is a great way for small businesses to earn the recognition they need to grow while benefiting both companies.
4. Automation
Automation and business growth are inextricably linked, and it’s time for business owners to get on board. Most businesses want to grow, but very few master the art of scaling effectively.
The answer might lie (at least partially) in automation.
Let’s examine what it actually means to scale a business, and how automation serves an important function in that process.
Scalability refers to an organization’s growth potential, as well as its ability to adapt to changes and marketplace conditions during the process.
Organizations that can’t meet changing demands in the marketplace, or those that are too inflexible in meeting customer demands often have a more difficult time scaling.
So where’s the sweet spot that allows business owners to meet marketplace demands, without sacrificing the customer experience? Automation.
Automation Encourages Scaling
Automation frequently tops the list of priorities for entrepreneurs intent on scaling their organization, and there’s a good reason why.
Automation can serve both small and large enterprises, for the simple reason that it frees up time and resources within the organization.
Automation helps lowers expenditures, which can improve an organization’s financial picture. The freed up funds can also be invested in other areas of the business, such as marketing, product innovation, and market research.
What to Automate
Automation is such a broad topic that many business owners don’t know where to start. When it comes to automation, the top three areas to address first are: bookkeeping, marketing, and communications.
Streamlining business bookkeeping through a platform like Botkeeper will ease the burden of time consuming bookkeeping tasks, so your accounting and finance team can focus their efforts elsewhere.
Likewise, marketing automation tools can be the secret weapon for your marketing team. By automating tasks like social media marketing and email marketing through programs like Hootsuite and Constant Contact, it frees up time for marketing strategy and public relations.
Similarly, constant management systems like Hubspot or Salesforce can be a huge asset to your sales team, and give them more ammunition for keeping in contact with potential customers and converting leads.
If scaling and business growth are among your business goals, it’s time to use automation to your advantage. Automation tools can help you avoid some of the common pitfalls associated with rapid growth.
To effectively grow a small business, you need to prioritize certain aspects. Your success depends directly upon your customers, so it is essential to keep your clients happy by offering superior customer service.
Drawing in new business in addition to retaining current customers is also vital, so networking and advertising are also important elements to focus on. When you prioritize these four aspects, you can help your business reach its full potential.
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The Australia-India-Indonesia Trilateral: Fostering Maritime Cooperation between Middle Powers
Jagannath Panda
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April 23, 2021
The Australia-India-Indonesia (AII) trilateral is an example of how the power structure in Asia has become multipolar. Conceived formally in Bogor in 2017, the AII has gradually progressed through senior-level meetings held in Canberra in 2018 and New Delhi in 2019. The grouping adds to the existing trilaterals in the region, such as the Japan-U.S.-India, Australia-India-Japan, and recent Australia-France-India groupings. The AII also complements the Quad (comprising Australia, India, Japan, and the United States), which has become a pragmatic mode of multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Considering the myriad such groupings in the region, this essay examines what value the AII brings to the fold. Ultimately, how can this grouping of three important maritime democracies shape a credible middle-power coalition in the Indo-Pacific focused on strengthening regional resilience in an era of great-power politics?
Despite the definitional uncertainties of a middle power, Australia, India and Indonesia can capitalize on their increasing status as middle powers to strengthen the regional economic-security architecture. In the maritime domain, India forms a fulcrum within the AII framework, given its “Shared Vision for Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific” with both Australia and Indonesia.[1] The trilateral can thus build on common interests like a “rules-based maritime order,” “respect for sovereignty and international law,” “robust economic growth and prosperity,” and an “inclusive Indo-Pacific region” through a joint focus on strengthening maritime infrastructure and connectivity. Essentially, the development of the AII as a middle-power maritime coalition that cooperates on common strategic interests—like the shared concerns of the three states vis-à-vis rising Chinese belligerence—while acknowledging economic dependence on China and security expectations from the United States can allow Australia, India, and Indonesia to better balance great-power rivalry in the Indo-Pacific.
The AII trilateral developed from the outlook that Australia, India, and Indonesia share for maritime Asia. For instance, barring a technical issue involving a resource-rich part of Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) that falls within China’s nine-dash line claim, all three states are nonclaimant countries in the South China Sea disputes and are primarily tertiary stakeholders to the conflict. India and Australia also have critical resource, energy, trade, and security interests that are threatened by the territorial disputes in the South China Sea. Their unique position with respect to the disputes—coupled with their regional prowess as strong maritime democracies that smaller states can look to for leadership—allows the AII countries to demand respect for the rule of law and freedom of navigation. In other words, the trilateral could essentially become a middle-power nexus for the South China Sea disputes, ensuring that any outcome is in keeping with the spirit of a maritime Asia, upholds international norms, and protects the commercial and security dependence of the Asian states on the sea amid Chinese maritime assertions.
Indonesia holds major geographic jurisdiction over maritime chokepoints such as the Malacca Strait, Sunda Strait, and the Six Degree Channel. The Malacca Strait is the main shipping lane connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans and falls under Indonesian sovereignty (alongside Singaporean and Malaysian governance). The Sunda and Lombok Straits—alternative sea lanes to the Malacca Strait—are located completely within the Indonesian archipelago. In close proximity to Australia, the Lombok and Malacca Straits are invaluable waterways to international and especially Australian trade. Given such geographic proximity, the AII trilateral must encourage more dialogue on maritime cooperation, including fisheries and freedom of navigation. In addition, the Six Degree Channel could emerge as a priority for trilateral strategic collaboration among the three countries, with India taking on a leading role through its Act East policy. India has been working with Indonesia to develop a seaport in Sabang—close to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and northern part of the Malacca Strait.[2] The inclusion of other partner states like Australia and Japan could further increase the port’s strategic value.
Securing sea lines of communication and maintaining freedom of navigation are central to national security for all three countries, making them natural maritime partners. Maritime exercises have already progressed well bilaterally, with exercises between Australian and India, Australia and Indonesia, and India and Indonesia. The AII trilateral must further promote such bilateral cooperation, possibly through the initiation of a trilateral maritime annual exercise focused on chokepoints in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Such overtures would help build regional resilience and provide smaller littoral states with opportunities for economic and security collaboration via third-country cooperation, led by the trilateral.
Politically, too, the AII can find a crucial place in the key foreign policy ambits of the three states: India’s Act East policy, Australia’s Pacific Step-up, and Indonesia’s Global Maritime Fulcrum. At their core, these policies are all centered on economic, security, and diplomatic outreach with states in the Indo-Pacific—particularly those in Southeast Asia—and can, therefore, find synergy with each other.
In terms of economic development—an area that has emerged as a focal point for many minilateral and multilateral initiatives in the region—the AII trilateral can find opportunities to collaborate with other ventures on constructing new infrastructure. It could collaborate, for instance, with Japan’s Expanded Partnership for Quality Infrastructure. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga visited Jakarta during his first official tour abroad amid the pandemic, highlighting Indonesia’s growing importance in Japan’s Indo-Pacific strategy. Japan also shares close, comprehensive partnerships with India and Australia, bilaterally as well as trilaterally. Therefore, Japan could be a vital partner for the AII trilateral—potentially even opening doors for a new type of Quad grouping between the four middle powers. As Indonesia looks to modernize its supply chains, for example, it could emerge as a partner within the Supply Chain Resilience Initiative led by Australia, India, and Japan. Although Indonesia has maintained steady growth over the past decade, it could see accelerated growth under the initiative as value chains migrate southward from China. Conversely, Indonesia’s massive market would make the country a valuable addition.
Although Australia, India, and Indonesia all share deep-rooted economic links with China, they remain skeptical of Beijing’s growing political clout in the region and increasingly aggressive behavior. Even as they remain members of China-backed institutions, such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, their deteriorating ties with China and commitment to a rules-based regional order have made these countries seek alternatives to Chinese investment. The AII could be a means for balancing China’s influence in the region. For instance, the trilateral could consider a joint strategy for promoting regional infrastructure, connectivity, and capacity-building initiatives among the three countries or with other like-minded initiatives, such as the Blue Dot Network led by Australia, Japan, and the United States.
To this end, the AII must deepen its focus on India’s Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative, which formed a central point of discussion in the third dialogue in 2019. First introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 14th East Asia Summit, the initiative aims to maintain the security and stability of the Indo-Pacific’s maritime domain. Successful implementation will require an integrated approach in collaboration with regional partners such as the United States, South Korea, and Australia; trilateral groupings; and the Quad. In other words, to achieve its objective of a secure maritime region, the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative must be based on international cooperation. Through such interaction with minilateral groupings, as well as states bilaterally, the initiative can become a cooperative and inclusive venture. In particular, the AII and Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative could come together under a plurilateral mode of engagement to jointly address traditional and nontraditional security concerns. The multilateral tone of the initiative could be further enhanced with Indonesia’s inclusion in the emerging Quad-Plus structure. This platform has enabled discussion surrounding domestic challenges during the Covid-19 pandemic, diplomatic maneuvering in the new regional and global dynamics, and economic policies for recovery.
In conclusion, the AII is perfectly positioned to emerge as a key regional trilateral mechanism in the post-pandemic order. It can stand as a middle-power initiative in the face of the great-power pressure and heightened Chinese aggression that threaten regional security and stability. Strategic convergence under the trilateral thus could be a pillar for protecting middle-power economic and security interests. In other words, a fully developed Australia-India-Indonesia trilateral could be an expedient mode of multilateral cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
Jagannath Panda is a Research Fellow and Centre Coordinator for East Asia at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi. Dr. Panda is the Series Editor for Routledge Studies on Think Asia.
Download a PDF version of this Analysis here.
ENDNOTES
[1] See “Joint Declaration on a Shared Vision for Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific between the Republic of India and the Government of Australia,” available at https://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/india/Pages/joint-declaration-shared-vision-maritime-cooperation-indo-pacific-between-republic-india-and-government-australia; and “Shared Vision of India-Indonesia Maritime Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific,” available at https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/29933/Shared_Vision_of_IndiaIndonesia_Maritime_Cooperation_in_the_IndoPacific.
[2] Dipanjan Roy Chaudhury, “Eyeing Southeast Asia, India Builds Port in Indonesia,” Economic Times, March 20, 2019, https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/eyeing-southeast-asia-india-builds-port-in-indonesia/articleshow/68490478.cms.


The witness who helped start the new investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has said he knows suspect Christian Brueckner is ‘guilty’.
Helge Busching, 48, was the first person to give Brueckner’s name to police in connection with the case back in 2017, a decade after the three-year-old’s abduction.
When asked by The Sun what he thought of his fellow German, the recycling worker said: ‘One word. Guilty.’
Brueckner, 43, is currently in prison for drugs offences and is appealing a seven-year sentence for raping a 73-year-old woman.
The two knew each other from their time together in the resort where Madeleine vanished, and Busching said: ‘He is in the right place at the moment and hopefully he will stay there a long time.’
He was tracked down to a village on the Greek island of Corsica three years after making a statement to police.
In it, he claims Brueckner told him he was involved in abducting Madeleine while they were at a kite festival in Orgiva, Spain, in 2008.
The newspaper reports that Busching described the suspect to them as a ‘German male person, whom I know by the name of Christian’, adding that he would ‘talk in detail of his knowledge’ of his connection with the three-year-old’s disappearance.
Madeleine vanished on May 3, 2007, while on holiday with her parents (Picture: PA)
The apartment hotel building where Madelaine disappeared in Praia da Luz, southern Portugal (Picture: AFP via Getty)
Madeleine was taken from the holiday apartment where she and her family had been staying in Praia da Luz while her parents had dinner at a nearby tapas bar on May 3, 2007.
Busching and another friend, Manfred Seyferth, knew Brueckner from when they all lived at the same resort.
He was reportedly put in touch with detectives from the Met’s Operation Grange, set up to investigate the case, in 2017 after himself being arrested for trying to smuggle migrants from Greece to Italy.
According to an internal report by Greek police, his information was ‘given voluntarily and without money or other consideration’.
Christian Brueckner has been named a suspect in the abduction of Madeleine McCann (Picture: Rex)
It is unclear why he waited almost 10 years to tell police of Brueckner’s alleged involvement.
Busching and Seyferth gave evidence against Brueckner before he was convicted of the rape of a 73-year-old woman in 2005.
The victim told police her assailant filmed the attack and appeared to get a thrill out of seeing her begging him to stop.
The two men are said to have stolen a video camera from Brueckner’s home while he was behind bars for theft. They contacted police after seeing the images and told them it was Brueckner.
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Brueckner denies the charge and is appealing his seven-year sentence.
His lawyer Friedrich Fulscher told The Sun his client is innocent of the rape claim and has nothing to do with the Madeleine case.
He said Brueckner ‘is being investigated on the claims of two very dubious and unbelievable witnesses who are convicted criminals themselves’.


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MONTREAL -- Pornhub owner MindGeek has settled a U.S. lawsuit involving 50 women, including four Canadians, who had alleged they were duped into a massive sex-trafficking operation.
Brian Holm, a California-based lawyer who represented the complainants in the lawsuit, confirmed to CTV News the lawsuit has been settled.
“The parties reached a mutual resolution to resolve the dispute and the terms are confidential,” Holm wrote in a statement, but declined to comment further.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in April 2021, alleged that porn provider GirlsDoPorn had lied about how sexually explicit videos of them would be used.
In several cases, women were told their videos would be sold on DVD in foreign countries, when, in fact, they were uploaded on the Internet without their consent, the lawsuit claimed.
MindGeek, whose headquarters are in Montreal, its flagship website Pornhub, and credit card processing firm Probiller.com are all listed as defendants in the suit.
MindGeek partnered with GirlsDoPorn until October 2019 when it was shut down after the Department of Justice charged its four principals with sex trafficking and other charges. One of the four, Michael James Pratt, is at large and remains on the FBI’s most wanted list with a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest.
The lawsuit alleged that MindGeek earned millions of dollars in revenue by partnering with GirlsDoPorn and by sharing their videos on Pornhub and its affiliate porn websites for years.
“MindGeek knew it was partnering with, distributing revenue to, and profiting from a sex trafficking venture for years. MindGeek also knew of the significant harassment and trauma GirlsDoPorn’s victims were enduring as a result of its continued publication of the victims’ videos,” the lawsuit alleged.
According to the lawsuit, “MindGeek simply did not care and continued to partner with GirlsDoPorn until it was no longer profitable.”
None of the allegations in the lawsuit were proven or tested in court.
A MindGeek spokesperson named Ian, whose full name and position were not disclosed, sent the following statement to CTV, and also indicated that the terms of the settlement are confidential.
“MindGeek has zero tolerance for the posting of illegal content on its platforms, and has instituted a comprehensive, industry-leading trust and safety policy to identify and eradicate any illegal material from its community. We are committed to remaining at the forefront of Internet safety, and taking every measure to prevent bad actors from posting illegal content online,” the company’s statement read.
'THIS COMPANY LIED TO ME,' PLAINTIFF ALLEGED
Several of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit requested Pornhub remove their videos after realizing they had been uploaded to the Internet.
One of the four Canadian plaintiffs, identified as Jane Doe No. 36, wrote to Pornhub in January 2016 begging them to remove her video.
“That’s what I am trying to explain is that I did not consent to being online!!! :(((( me and other girls are being brutally harassed,” she wrote, according to the lawsuit.
“Jane Doe No. 36 followed up with MindGeek a few days later advising the Defendants she and her boyfriend were in therapy because of the continued publication of the videos.”
In another case, a U.S. citizen identified as Jane Doe No. 11, sent at least three requests over a nine-month period for Pornhub to remove a video of her on an affiliate website, Tube8.com.
“I WAS SCAMMED. THIS COMPANY LIED TO ME ABOUT THIS BEING ON THE INTERNET! THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD ONLY BE AVAILIBLE (sic) ON DVD IN AUSTRALIA. MY WORK FRIENDS AND FAMILY ALL KNOW AND THIS VERY LINK IS BEING SENT AROUND. I WANT TO JUST DIE,” the woman wrote in her request on May 31, 2017.
MindGeek agreed to remove the video only after GirlsDoPorn’s principals were arrested in October 2019, according to the lawsuit.
LAWSUIT CLAIMED WOMEN RESPONDED TO MODELLING ADS
The lawsuit had sought millions of dollars in damages for each of the 50 plaintiffs.
GirlsDoPorn duped several young women into being a part of the sex trafficking operation by offering them large sums of money after they had replied to online ads for clothed modelling opportunities and used “fraud, coercion and intimidation” to coerce the women into performing pornographic acts, the lawsuit alleged.
MindGeek has been in the crosshairs of parliamentarians and advocates against sexual exploitation in recent years as calls grow for greater accountability for websites that host non-consensual explicit videos and photos.
MindGeek announced last December that it would ban user-uploaded content in an attempt to better control the content that gets onto its websites, including Pornhub — the eighth most popular website in the U.S.
The company has also been the subject of a House of Commons ethics committee study following a New York Times investigation into the Montreal-based enterprise. The committee recommended making online platforms liable for failing to ensure that material is deleted quickly, or else face financial penalties.
In July, the federal government also proposed the creation of new powers to block online platforms that repeatedly refuse to remove harmful content, including the sharing of non-consensual images and child exploitation.
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Hello blog friends! How are you? I hope your day is going well. Come on in to my blog space so we can share a coffee or tea and catch up on our news.
If we were having coffee, I would share my first week of summer 2020 in pictures and what I’ve been reading in the second quarter of 2020. How have your reading habits been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Did you find yourself unable to finish a book or did you read more than usual?
Summer Week 1
The first week of summer brought warm temperatures, mostly sunny, brief periods of rain, heat and humidity. I got all my exercises done (meditation, language lessons, strengthening workouts, yoga) and enjoyed my walks by the lake or in a park.
My sister met me for another coffee date on Friday. We sat outside chatting, sipping coffee, listening to bird songs, smelling the light fragrance of flowers in the air, and relaxing on a beautiful sunny day with some clouds and a light breeze.
Here’s a look at my Summer 2020 Week 1 in pictures:
Hello gull! It’s a beautiful day. Don’t let it get away.
Watching the sailboats in the harbour from under shades of maple trees.
Bright and showy daisy.
Mother duck and two young (teenager) ducks. Did the other 4 to 6 ducklings survive?
Beautiful green space, perfect for a picnic by the lake.
Fragrant rose bushes attract many bees. Watch out for the bees and the thorns.
Lake view with clouds and sailboats in the distance.
Bright red flower.
A patch of pretty white daisies.
Another beautiful day with white clouds and a light breeze.
These pretty peachy roses brighten up any day.
Library Curb-side Pickup
In my 2020 Reading First Update in March, I mentioned that Toronto library branches have been closed since March 13 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The library has been offering excellent digital services during the lockdown. Fast forward 12 weeks later, starting on June 8, Toronto Public Library re-opened for curb-side pickups by appointment.
My first curb-side pickup appointment went well. I was the only person there. The library staff wore a mask and asked me to place my library card on a table then step back to maintain a safe distance. He verified my account, delivered two brown bags of books to the table and stepped away. I picked up my library card and the book bags to go. All in less than one minute. Nice!
Books Read in 2nd Quarter of 2020
Here’s what I read from April to June 2020 by author’s last name:
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt.
Lucky Man a memoir by Michael J. Fox.
The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory.
An Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie, translated by Arielle Aaronson.
Angela’s Ashes a memoir by Frank McCourt.
How To Be A Good Creature: A memoir in thirteen animals by Sy Montgomery, illustrated by Rebecca Green.
Dear Life by Alice Munro.
Say You Still Love Me by K. A. Tucker.
Embers One Ojibway’s Meditations by Richard Wagamese.
Number of books read: 9 books in the second quarter of 2020. This brings my Year-to-date total to 27 books from January to June 2020. My goal for 2020 is 36 books in various genres. I’m getting there.
A book by an Indigenous author: Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations by Richard Wagamese is an excellent book to celebrate June which marks National Indigenous History Month. The book is full of wisdom packed in 176 pages.
A book that made me laugh: An Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie and The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. Two totally different novels, each with brilliant comedic moments.
A book by a Canadian writer and Nobel Prize winner: Dear Life by Alice Munro who illumines the moment a life is shaped in this collection of short stories.
A book about a real person: Lucky Man a memoir by Michael J. Fox who has been living with Parkinson’s Disease since his diagnosis in 1991, and Angela’s Ashes a memoir by Frank McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winner.
A book I picked because I liked the cover: How To Be A Good Creature: A memoir in thirteen animals by Sy Montgomery and nice illustrations by Rebecca Green.
A book about romance with strong-willed female lead character: Say You Still Love Me by K. A. Tucker and The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory. Both authors are new to me even though they’ve each written several novels.
Other readings
In addition to physical books, I also listened to actors’ readings of Chapters 1 to 11 of Harry Potter The Philosopher’s/ Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling on Wizarding World web site.
May was Short Story month so I switched gear and read the first ten of the 73 short stories available free online. I hope to find time to read more of these short stories. I like the variety of writing styles and the stories themselves.
Week 1 of summer 2020 was beautiful. The weather forecast for the coming week is sunny and warm. I look forward to spending more time outdoors and doing something fun to celebrate Canada Day on July 1st.
How did your week go? What book(s) are you reading? I’d love to hear your comments.
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Jill Weatherholt June 28, 2020 / 6:21 am
It sounds like your first week of summer was perfect, Natalie. I’m happy to hear your library pick up went smooth. Your photos are gorgeous! I love the daisies. They made me smile. Have a great week ahead!
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 10:01 am
Jill, I’m glad you liked my photos. Those daisies made me smile, too. The local gardens are bursting with beautiful flowers that keep me and my camera busy. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Joanne June 28, 2020 / 7:47 am
I had a hard time reading when the Shelter at Home orders first began but have picked up my pace considerably as I managed to read 9 books this month! Currently I am reading Valentine (Elizabeth Bisland) and Hideaway (Nora Roberts)
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 10:05 am
That’s impressive, Joanne. I’m glad you’ve got your reading pace back, just in time for summer. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week ahead!
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Liesbet @ Roaming About June 28, 2020 / 10:06 am
I’m glad to read that your life is pretty much going on as normal, Natalie – you manage to do all your workouts, language practices, walks, and reading. I’m sure you miss your travels and cultural events (visiting museums), but there’s no lack of things to do based on your posts. 🙂 I thought I’d be able to read more books during this pandemic, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem the case anymore as other projects and activities always creep up and trump the books…
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 10:21 am
Hi Liesbet, I can relate to what you mean by having projects or activities that creep up. I hope you’ll have some time for leisure in the summer. Since COVID-19 arrived here, I’ve made adjustments to my activities and continue to enjoy life the best I can. Summer in the city is actually pretty good. For me, I always have more things I want to explore and enjoy than the available time. Thank you for stopping by. Have a great week ahead!
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dprastka June 28, 2020 / 10:07 am
Thank you for the coffee today and I enjoyed being outside and all the flowers are beautiful! You do so well reading so many books! I use to read a lot, but with all my animals I read less than I use too! Have a wonderful week ahead! ❤
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 10:34 am
Hi Diana, I’m glad to share my weekly news with you. Your horses are beautiful and sweet so I can see how you’d love to spend time with them instead of reading. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Sagittarius Viking June 28, 2020 / 1:07 pm
Thank you for the coffee and conversation. Your beginning of summer sounds lovely, and I enjoyed the pictures.
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 2:25 pm
Week 1 of summer was great. Week 2 is off to a good start so far. Thanks, Maria, for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!
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Sagittarius Viking June 29, 2020 / 11:02 am
Wonderful! Have a great week!
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Lydia C. Lee June 28, 2020 / 5:11 pm
Good tip on Alice Munro – might read it next.
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 8:03 pm
A. Munro has written many books. I hope you enjoy Dear Life when you choose to read it.
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Lydia C. Lee June 30, 2020 / 5:04 pm
Back to say you’re the second person (well I guess you were the first) that talked about that Wedding Party book…might check that out too. #MLSTL
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Natalie June 30, 2020 / 5:47 pm
It was amusing to read about a romance between two people in their late 20’s early 30s and how they and their friends socialize.
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Retirement Reflections June 28, 2020 / 6:34 pm
Hi, Natalie – Your photos are gorgeous. I especially like the one of the “showy daisy”. Your book list looks interesting. I have a copy of Lucky Man, but have not begun to read it yet. So many books, so little time.
Wishing you a great continuation of your summer!
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 8:07 pm
Hi Donna, The summer flowers sizzle with their warm colours just like the weather. I’m loving another week of sunshine and warm temperatures here. I agree with you about so many books so little time. Enjoy your next hike! You and Richard are doing great with your hiking challenge.
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Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid June 28, 2020 / 7:18 pm
Love the photos – summer has definitely arrived in Toronto! Angela’s Ashes is the only book I’ve read on that list although I have read a Jasmine Gulillory book, ‘The Proposal’ I wonder if it was a prequel or sequel to ‘The Wedding Party’? I’m currently reading Kevin Kwan’s ‘Rich People Problems’ which is hilarious and part of the ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ trilogy.
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 8:12 pm
Summer is here for sure. I’m loving another week of sunshine and warm temperatures. I’ve seen Crazy Rich Asians movie and the book title “Rich People Problems” already crack me up. Thanks, Sammie, for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!
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Deborah June 28, 2020 / 8:06 pm
I’m with Sammie in that Angela’s Ashes is the only book in your list that I’ve read. And… the photos are stunning. The roses look unusual but I realise I don’t know much about them and am accustomed to traditional-looking ones!
It’s winter here but in my part of Australia it doesn’t get very cold at all.
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 8:18 pm
Yes, your winter temperatures look like our spring or fall. Lucky you 🙂 I’m glad you liked my photos. The flowers are keeping the bees very busy here.
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msomerville2014 June 28, 2020 / 8:06 pm
Lovely pictures Natalie. I know that I have read some books and listened to some books, although the need to work online has meant increased work hours, finally getting to some normalcy and trying to take some days off each week. I used to keep a list of books I had both read and listened to with titles, authors and dates. I think I need to get back to that! blessings, Michele
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Natalie June 28, 2020 / 8:23 pm
Hi Michele, I hope you get some time off to relax. My library system has a feature that keeps track of books I borrow. I keep track of them on my blog, too 🙂 Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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msomerville2014 June 29, 2020 / 9:13 am
You too Natalie, thanks. I stepped out in faith, a huge step considering COVID-19 and made some travel plans, reservations for a trip back to Onset, an after Christmas break with hubby and a few days get away in August. Wish I could get away sooner but sometimes all one needs is a carrot dangled on a long stick, lol. I especially love your pictures of the lake. Best and blessings, Michele
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 1:59 pm
Good for you to make travel plans Michele. It’s nice to have a change of scenery and something pleasant to look forward to. I’m glad you liked my lake photos. I go to the lake often and never get tired of the views.
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Bella June 28, 2020 / 11:25 pm
I always love seeing photos of flowers! I hope you enjoy your summer and have a wonderful time celebrating Canada Day!
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 7:26 am
Thank you, Bella, for your visit and comment. The first week of summer was a beautiful start. The second and current week is looking good, too. I hope your week is going well. Will visit your blog shortly.
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Alex June 29, 2020 / 3:13 am
Loved ‘lucky man’, a movie hero of mine as a youngster and an inspiration in life now.
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 7:35 am
Thank you, Alex, for your comment. Michael J. Fox’s approach to life while living with Parkinson’s disease is certainly inspiring.
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Sanch @ Sanch Writes June 29, 2020 / 3:45 am
So jealous about summer right now as I sit typing wearing my puffer jacket and noticing it’s dark at 5 pm. Sounds like a lovely week and such gorgeous weather! Those are some great books. I need to read Michael J Fox’s memoir I think. Hope you have a fantastic week ahead!
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 7:50 am
Hi Sanch, Michael J Fox’s memoir Lucky Man is candid and well written. I’d recommend it as I like to learn from people who have overcome adversity and continue living with gratitude and a positive attitude. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Debbie June 29, 2020 / 6:04 am
Your summer weather sounds so gorgeous Natalie, and like Sanch I’m envious too! I’m reading an interesting book The End of October and it is so similar to what’s actually going on now I had to check when it was written! I like the way you have picked your books to read – a very different approach 🙂 Enjoy your warmth. #lifethisweek
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 8:09 am
Hi Debbie, I think The End of October was released this year. Last year I started using the Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge proposed categories to read more widely. I enjoyed It a lot more than I thought so I continue this year. The reading challenge makes me read more genres, discover more authors and switch my reading gears and thinking. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Debbie June 30, 2020 / 7:59 pm
Thanks Natalie! I am back sharing this for #mlstl
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Laurie June 29, 2020 / 7:22 am
Ahhhh….summer. My favorite time of year! Thanks for sharing your summer photos with us. I like the idea of reading books from different genres. I tend to get stuck in a rut sometimes. I loved “How to Be a Good Creature”. Hope you enjoyed it too.
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 8:18 am
Hi Laurie, Yes I enjoyed ‘How To be A Good Creature’. I used to stay with a limited number of book genres until last year when I started using the Toronto Public Library Reading Challenge proposed categories to read more widely. I enjoyed It a lot more than I thought so I continue this year. The reading challenge makes me read more genres, discover more authors and switch my reading and thinking gears. I’d recommend all avid readers to give it a try. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Annika Perry June 29, 2020 / 10:11 am
Natalie, a gem of a post! 😀 I love the beautiful photos and mixed in with books this is a treat! I liked the various book groupings and ‘An Autopsy of a Boring Wife’ by Marie-Renée Lavoie strikes me especially with such an unusual title. One I’ll have to look at closer. Great news that you can borrow physical books again and it all sounds sorted to be as safe as possible for all. Happy Reading!😀
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 2:02 pm
Annika, I enjoyed reading “An Autopsy of a Boring Wife”. I wasn’t sure when I saw the title but gave it a go and it was a nice surprise. I’m quite happy with my book haul from the library, just in time for the summer. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!
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Lisa Dorenfest ~ One Ocean At A Time June 29, 2020 / 12:20 pm
Your summer looks lovely and reminds me that I need to get out of the house and have a walk around. Daisies are my favorite flowers and they bring a smile to my face every time I see them. I have ready everything Alice Munro, and you’ve encouraged me to pick up Autopsy of a Boring Wife!
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 2:08 pm
Hi Lisa, I hope you make time to go for a walk. It will relieve some stress and may give you new ideas for future adventures 🙂 I enjoyed reading “An Autopsy of a Boring Wife” more than I thought when I picked up the book. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week!
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3sistersabroad June 29, 2020 / 6:02 pm
I love your blog and photos and those flowers I could almost smell them. Its winter here down under but the days lately have been sunny so we have taken the dogs to the beach. a bit chilly but our kelpie says what cold mum lol. #SeniSal
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 9:40 pm
Thank you, Bree, for your kind comment. Glad you liked my photos. Sunny days at the beach sound nice. The chill makes you move to keep warm and movements are good for us 🙂
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trentpmcd June 29, 2020 / 7:04 pm
Sounds and looks like a great first week of summer! I do enjoy life by a Great Lake. My family is all meeting in Ohio next to another Great Lake (my parents live 2 miles form Lake Erie) this coming weekend, but I can’t make it. Cool that your library is open. I am not sure if the library across the street from me is doing curbside yet, but they recently “opened” and have put a bin out for book returns any time anyone is in the library. Looks like a nice bit of reading. Hope Week 2 goes well!
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Natalie June 29, 2020 / 9:48 pm
Sorry to hear you can’t make it to your family meeting, so close to Lake Erie. My library started with accepting book returns then continued to curb-side pickup. I hope your library will allow pickup soon. Many readers enjoy summer reading and will borrow books from the library. Thanks, Trent, for stopping by. Have a good week ahead!
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Erica/Erika June 29, 2020 / 11:10 pm
I really enjoy reading your posts and your updates, Natalie. You are an inspiration and a breath of fresh air. Your photos are beautiful. I extra like the unique colours of the daisy and the rose.
“Embers” is one of the few books I have read a few times. Like you say, filled with wisdom. Alice Munro always gives me goosebumps. What was your opinion of “Lucky Man?” I have not read this book.
I read a great deal of non-fiction books throughout the night when I cannot sleep. A good way to pass the time and I learn a great deal.
Since I began blogging, I have started reading the books written by the bloggers I follow. I want to support their writing and I am often surprised by the gems I come across.
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Natalie June 30, 2020 / 8:18 am
Thank you, Erica/ Erika, for your compliment. Your kind words made me smile 🙂
Embers is a book that one can keep referring to for life advice. When I read it, Wagamese’s words generated many thoughts and I felt that we lost a special person when he died.
Lucky Man is a memoir that I’d recommend to my family and friends. It’s candid, well-written and Fox’s comedic talent is woven in the book. I don’t read many memoirs. When I do, I choose to read and learn from individuals who have overcome some heavy-weight life challenges and thrive or share their words of wisdom with us.
It’s very kind of you to support bloggers who write books by reading their books. There are many talented writers and gems to discover. For avid readers like us, the challenge is so many wonderful books, so little time.
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Erica/Erika June 30, 2020 / 10:30 am
Totally right, Natalie, so many wonderful books, so little time. 🙂
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Ally Bean June 30, 2020 / 12:59 pm
I love the bright and showy daisy. It has spunk. As do you to have read all the books you’ve read this quarter. I’m finding that I cannot stick with reading which surprises me considering I have the time to do it, and the inclination, but my follow-thru is not good. Sadly my focus is scattered lately. Can’t imagine why! 🙄
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Natalie June 30, 2020 / 2:26 pm
I hear you Ally. My focus faltered a little in May so I switched to read short stories. Coincidentally May was Short Story month. I’m back to my usual reading pace in June. You’ll get your reading groove back.
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csuhpat1 June 30, 2020 / 10:02 pm
Thanks for sharing this. Looks like a wonderful week. Hope week #2 is great for you.
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:00 am
Thank you, Patrick, for your comment. Summer week 2 is going well so far. Have a great day!
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leannelc July 1, 2020 / 1:08 am
Hi Natalie – lovely flower and water pics – you can certainly tell that Summer is happening on your side of the world. Great that your library is offering a curbside service, our’s used their side window for pick up and drop off of books that we could order by email. They also extended the borrowing time to make things easier for returns. I love how the community services kept going through the difficulties of covid. #MLSTL
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:04 am
Hi Leanne, Public library is such an important service. I’m glad to hear your library has made it convenient for the community to borrow and return books. Have a wonderful week ahead with much happy reading!
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Jo July 1, 2020 / 1:52 am
The weather looks great & I love those daisies. Of your books the one I’m off to google is How To Be A Good Creature.
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:09 am
Hi Jo, How To Be A Good Creature is an easy read. You’ll finish the book in no time. Have a wonderful week!
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Denyse Whelan July 1, 2020 / 4:22 am
Writing this on Canada Day. I hope you enjoy all of what you celebrate on this day. I loved your photos. I am a sucker for individual daisies AND close ups.
I read Angela’s Ashes and I think saw it as a movie. A sad but true tale.
Thank you so much for linking up. We are more half way through the year now. Next week its’ time for: 27/51 Taking Stock #3 6.7.2020 so I look forward to seeing you then, on or off prompt. Denyse.
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:13 am
Thank you, Denyse, for your comment. Glad you liked my photos. The flowers are keeping the pollinators very busy here. I look forward to joining you next week. Have a great day!
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endardoo July 1, 2020 / 4:54 am
Great reading!! Love your pictures too … must be lovely where you live, or you just have a good eye for finding the beauty! #MLSTL
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:16 am
Thank you, Enda, for your comment. Summer is beautiful here. It’s easy to get good photos with blue skies. Have a wonderful week!
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Veronica @ The Burgeoning Bookshelf July 1, 2020 / 8:46 pm
I’m loving your summer photos. I can’t wait for summer here but I really can’t complain too much it is the middle of winter and the temp today is 22C. I haven’t read any of your books although I have had Angela’s Ashes on my shelf for years.
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Natalie July 1, 2020 / 9:33 pm
Veronica, 22C is like late spring for us. So many good books to read and so little time. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful week ahead!
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Sue from Women Living Well After 50 July 2, 2020 / 3:17 am
Hi Natalie your photos are pure joy especially the daisy which just brightened my day. I’ve not read any of the books on your list so have a few more to add to mine! Thanks for sharing at #MLSTL and enjoy your Summer xx
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Natalie July 2, 2020 / 7:26 am
Hi Sue, I’m glad my photos brightened your day. Thank you for hosting MLSTL. I enjoyed your interview with Leanne. Have a wonderful week!
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OnceUponaTimeHappilyEverAfter.com July 3, 2020 / 10:35 am
Those daisies!! And I am always a bit envious that you can walk to water!! Not a puddle, but a real body of water. We can’t even walk to find a puddle.
Glad to see some new-to-me titles on your reading list. Add to Goodreads now. The Autopsy sounds like the kind of story my book club would enjoy…we need something with light, comedic moments. Angela’s Ashes has stayed with me for years. Heart-wrenching. The movie is very good, too.
I am reading The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek. Historical fiction. Very interesting.
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Natalie July 3, 2020 / 12:58 pm
Lake Ontario and the local parks and gardens are some of my favourite places. I’d be interested in hearing your thoughts on The Autopsy of a Boring Wife. Angela’s Ashes reminded me how fortunate we are even during the pandemic. Thank you, Leslie, for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!
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Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruit July 8, 2020 / 5:30 pm
That daisy!!! Love it. So summery. It actually looks like sunshine.
Thanks for visiting the #lovinlifelinky
Look forward to seeing you again this week 🙂
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Natalie July 8, 2020 / 7:03 pm
The flowers have been incredible this summer. Thanks, Leanne, for stopping by. I look forward to seeing you again this week.
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Dr Sock July 19, 2020 / 2:59 pm
Natalie, of the books on your list, I’ve read Dear Life, and Angela’s Ashes — both excellent. I love Richard Wagamese’s writing, but haven’t yet read Embers. I’ve actually been reading less than usual for two reasons. I’ve been stuck on a difficult book, Maybe Esther, which is interesting but I can only take it in small doses, and secondly, I’ve had a lot of headaches so have had to pare back my reading. Thanks for the link to the CBC shorts stories. I read a number of the Canada Writes short story finalists a few months ago, but I wasn’t aware of this collection.
Jude
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Natalie July 19, 2020 / 5:42 pm
Jude, Sorry to hear you’ve been having a lot of headaches. Hope you find out what causes them and the solution. Embers is a small book packed with so much wisdom. It’s a book that one can have bedside and read whenever one needs life guidance. I heard about Maybe Esther. I used to finish a book after I start no matter how difficult it is. These days, I move on to another book without hesitation. Life is too short and there are many good books to enjoy. The short stories are great reads. They introduced me to new authors and various writing styles.
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The former Democratic Party nominee reveals her feelings about the presidential campaign in a new memoir analysing her defeat.
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Hillary Clinton has said that Donald Trump's presence next to her during last year's presidential debates made her so uncomfortable her "skin crawled".
She writes in a forthcoming book that she became so uneasy at points during her TV appearances with the now US President she had to resist shouting out: "Back up you creep, get away from me."
The losing candidate in the 2017 presidential election said she struggled to stay composed during a crucial face-off in St Louis on 9 October.
Two days earlier, the campaign had been rocked by the release of footage of Mr Trump bragging aggressively about groping women.
Image: The debate took place days after footage emerged of Mr Trump bragging about groping women
She writes: "This is not OK, I thought. It was the second presidential debate, and Donald Trump was looming behind me.
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"Two days before, the world heard him brag about groping women. Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces.
"It was incredibly uncomfortable he was literally breathing down my neck. My skin crawled."
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Mrs Clinton made history as the first women to be nominated to run for the presidency by the Democrats or the Republicans.
She says the only way she was able to stay calm was to draw on a lifetime of experience of dealing with "difficult men trying to throw me off".
The highly anticipated memoir, called What Happened, sees the former first lady analyse her doomed campaign.
Advance sales ahead of its release in the US on 12 September have already pushed it to number one on Amazon's list of bestsellers.
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The excerpts were read out on US cable news channel MSNBC.
Mrs Clinton has previously said that she spent much of the year writing the book to pull back the curtain on the strategies and failures of her campaign following a period of reflection.
In the excerpts, she admits feeling as though she has let down the American people.
"Writing this wasn't easy. Every day that I was a candidate for president, I knew that millions of people were counting on me and I couldn't bear the idea of letting them down. But I did," she writes.