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As against conventional solutions, at the San Antonio hormone replacement therapy center, we use bio-identical hormone supplements. These compounds are created out of plant-based sources and mimic the chemicals produced by your body. As a result, they’re unlikely to have any side-effects and are completely safe to use. Further, we use advanced titration methods to deliver them in scientifically measured doses that are carefully monitored from time to time. Within a few weeks of starting the therapy, you’ll find your symptoms reversing as you feel fitter and look younger and as gorgeous as you were.
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The hormone imbalances you have can make it difficult for you to go through your daily activities. People also experience drying skin, hair fall, and signs of aging that takes away their confidence and love of life. But, the care you can get at the San Antonio hormone replacement therapy clinic can help restore your wellness and great looks, and help you reconnect with your partner. So visit us at the Beverly Hills Rejuvenation Center and let us help you reverse the effects of hormone imbalances and get back your life.
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text: Surgical site infection is a common complication in surgery, which increases treatment cost, extends hospitalization time and can lead to septic complications. The aim of the study was analysis of postoperative infections in own material and finding significant risk factors with preserving the obligatory procedures in the clinic. Material and methods. Prospective analysis of 270 consecutively operated patients aged from 18 to 101 was performed with observation of early infection until 7th day postoperatively. Factors judged included: age, sex, BMI, operation type: elective or urgent, physical preparation for surgery, antibiotic prophylaxis, length and type of surgery. Wound observation card was used. Data were analysed statistically (t-Student’s test, chi2 test, U Mann Whitney test and logistic regression analysis). Results. Wound infection was observed in 33 patients (12.22% of the entire group). In 24 (8.88%) it was a superficial infection and in 9 (3.33%) deep infection. Statistically significant risk factors were age, presence of diabetes, operation time and operations on large bowel. The average age of patients with present infection was 61.2. In the group without infection there were 6,3% patients with diabetes and 20.8% in the group with infection. In our study diabetes increased the risk of infection four times. The longer the operation time the higher was the risk of deep infection (without complications 76.2 minutes, superficial 94.9 minutes, deep 148.9 minutes). Operations on large bowel were performed in 11.9%of all study patients. In the group of 33 patients with surgical wound infection, 39.4% had colon surgery, 39.4% of all deep infections and 29.2% of all superficial infections. Conclusions. In own study material significant risk factors of surgical wound infection were: age, presence of diabetes, length of operation, large bowel surgery. In preoperative course risk factors should be identified to perform certain prophylactic procedures to lower the risk of infectious complications.

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There either is or is not, that’s the way things are. The colour of the day. The way it felt to be a child. The saltwater on your sunburnt legs. Sometimes the water is yellow, sometimes it’s red. But what colour it may be in memory, depends on the day. I’m not going to tell you the story the way it happened. I’m going to tell it the way I remember it.
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is an innovative, original episodic video and social media series produced for the web. Adapting Pride and Prejudice to the modern era, Lizzie Bennet tells the classic Jane Austen tale from the point of view of an Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet who grew up in a world of cell phones, video cameras, and social media. The series was created by popular YouTube personality Hank Green and Streamy Award winning web video writer Bernie Su.
The holiday season is bringing more than cheer for actress Jessica Capshaw. The Grey’s Anatomy star announced on Monday that she and her husband, Honest Company co-founder Christopher Gavigan, are expecting their fourth child. “The holidays have certainly arrived … All of our lives are being added to by the lights, the music and cheer!!” she captioned a photo of her family at a Christmas tree farm on Instagram. “This year our family has reason to further broaden our smile … baby number four is on the way!! I am a lucky, lucky girl…”
The quickest way to tell whether an actor is serious about his or her career is to look at their “headshot”.Is it a professional photo? Or is it a snapshot taken on prom night? If you’re using a snapshot, it’s like showing up to race the Indy 500 in a VW Beetle. Nobody is going to take you seriously. I’m sorry, people… you can send me as much angry e-mail as you want about this, but it’s true! Don’t tell me you’re destined to be a major Hollywood star but you cannot scrape together the cash to get professional headshots.
The Grinch from Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical stole the spotlight at the Empire State Building’s 86th Floor Observatory December 14, 2012, to promote the musical’s limited holiday engagement. Discover the magic of Dr. Seuss’ classic holiday tale as it comes to life on stage. Featuring the hit songs “You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Welcome Christmas,” The Grinch discovers there’s more to Christmas then he bargained for in this heart-warming holiday classic.
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Warm and sunny conditions are expected to resume over the weekend, which could resume fire expansion, officials said.
The Cameron Peak fire remained static overnight Tuesday, as the late-summer snowstorm dampened the wildfire's growth after days of uncontrolled expansion.
The sports betting giant, William Hill, enters the Colorado gambling market with a phone app just as the NFL is set to kick off.
For those who thought the air quality around Denver couldn't get any worse, welcome to 2020.
The Pine Gulch fire north of Grand Junction exploded early Wednesday morning, growing 42% in size to become the second-largest wildfire in Colorado’s recorded history — prompting new evacuations.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers with the 7/20 Memorial Foundation were forced to improvise this year to create an anniversary event that conformed to the new normal.
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‘How do people breathe?’ SC to Delhi govt
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Stating that Delhi is suffering badly, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Delhi government, “Air Quality Index (AQI) is almost 600 even today.
How do people breathe?” Odd-Even may not be the solution to control air pollution, the SC said. It also asked the Centre to prepare a road map for installation of air purifying towers across Delhi.
The Supreme Court on Friday pulled up the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi over rise in air pollution in the national capital. The apex court said that “Delhi is suffering badly” and the “Odd-Even scheme may not be the solution to curb air pollution.”


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Agencies work together on sexual assault response, prevention
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STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — When it comes to fighting sexual assault in Routt County, there might be no better weapon than the Sexual Assault Response Team, known as SART.
The group, which meets monthly, includes representatives from all law enforcement agencies, including the Routt County Sheriff’s Office and the Steamboat Springs, Hayden and Oak Creek police departments, as well as the District Attorney’s Office, the Routt County Department of Human Services, UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical Center and Advocates of Routt County.
Advocates started the SART program years ago, and in 2017, when a grant that supported the program ended, Patty Oakland took over facilitating the meetings as a volunteer in her role as a forensic nurse. This past year, Advocates found funding to allow the nonprofit to again assume leadership of the SART, and now, Oakland leads the meetings as Advocates’ social change advocate.
“The SART meetings have been revamped to get further team engagement and have more result-orientated discussions, and we have seen incredible support and buy-in from our community partners,” said Advocates Executive Director Lisel Petis.
According to Petis, SART has several goals including to:
• Create more trauma-informed processes and protocols.
• Increase awareness around reporting options.
• Provide education to all partners and, ultimately, reduce the number of sexual assaults in the community.
Monthly meetings give all SART partners an opportunity to discuss various issues surrounding sexual assault.
At the most recent meeting in June, the group discussed a new Good Night Out program, which is aimed at educating local bar owners, managers and workers about the issues surrounding sexual assault with the goal of reducing the incidence of alcohol- or drug-facilitated sexual assaults in Steamboat Springs. They also tackled issues surrounding mandatory reporting and discussed barriers to reporting sexual assault among teens.
“We also look at best practices and more trauma-informed processes for everything from interviewing victims to forensic exams to supporting a victim during court and educating each other on issues that affect victims that we are mutually working with and reviewing real cases to see what we can learn to strengthen investigations and prosecutions and close gaps,” Petis said.
The overarching goal of SART is to better serve survivors who benefit from local agencies working together on their behalf.
“Our collaboration is tremendous, and we focus on the victim,” Oakland said. “For a small community, we’re leaps and bounds ahead of other communities.”
Steamboat Springs Police Chief Cory Christensen also sees the benefits of an active and engaged SART program.
“Because of these partnerships, we can gain a better understanding of the challenges a survivor faces,” Christensen said. “That compassion gives us a point of view to understand them. It’s together that we’re able to help survivors through what is a horrific event.”
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Ballistic missiles pose an increasing risk to the United States and its allies, particularly as more nations strive to acquire nuclear weapons. The once exclusive nuclear weapons club now has nine members, and Iran is knocking on the clubhouse door. Altogether, at least 32 countries have ballistic missile capabilities.
Defending the United States, its forward-deployed troops, and its friends and allies against such threats should be a national security priority for the U.S. president. We have a fledgling missile defense capability. But further investment, research and procurement are needed to truly realize a fully effective ballistic missile defense (BMD) system.
The growing threat of missile and nuclear attack is particularly acute in East Asia. Diplomacy has failed to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them. North Korea’s extensive ballistic missile force can now strike South Korea, Japan, and U.S. military bases in Asia. Its ongoing long-range missile program could threaten the continental United States by 2015.
China has expended enormous effort in developing long-range missile forces with a precision strike capability that places a large variety of targets at risk through-out the Asia-Pacific region.
Washington has sought to develop common missile defense policies to defend Asian allies against missile attacks from North Korean and Chinese launch sites – but with mixed results.
America and Japan have made considerable strides in BMD cooperation and interoperability. Tokyo has developed and deployed a layered, integrated missile defense system consisting of sea-based SM-3 interceptors for high-altitude missile defense and land-based PAC-3 units for terminal phase interceptions.
On the other hand, liberal South Korean presidents from 1998-2007 downplayed the North Korean danger, and Seoul resisted joining an integrated missile defense system with the U.S.. Instead, it has built only a low-tier missile shield of older German Patriot-2 missiles and Aegis destroyers without theater ballistic missile capability.
Seoul’s reticence about defending itself against the North Korean threat changed dramatically with the election of conservative President Lee Myung-bak in 2007. However, President Lee must follow through with requisite actions, including contemplation of a comprehensive regional network with the United States and Japan.
America’s European allies are also vulnerable to ballistic missile attack. The United States has a mutual defense clause with its 27 fellow NATO members. A ballistic missile attack on any one member could therefore, potentially involve the U.S. in military action. It surely makes greater sense to deny a potential aggressor the means of attack in the first place.
Many NATO members have taken tentative steps to build components of what could eventually become a comprehensive missile defense architecture, such as the Patriot air defense system. However, European nations must do more to adequately protect their populations and territory from the risk of missile attack.
Turkey, Poland and Romania have all recently agreed to host elements of the U.S.’s missile defense architecture. As important as these bases will be, Europe’s contribution to transatlantic-wide missile defense must be about more than hosting U.S. sensors and interceptors. Truly effective BMD requires a layered approach capable of intercepting missiles in all phases of flight – boost, midcourse and terminal. Linking together members’ capabilities into a coordinated, layered defense is estimated to be just €200 million ($279 million) over 10 years.
Given the increasing global missile threat, the U.S. must reverse the budget cuts proposed for missile defense programs. Instead, we must significantly strengthen the land, sea and air components of U.S. missile defense.
A comprehensive missile defense would not only protect the American homeland, but also reassure our friends and allies. Missile defense contributes to regional peace and stability and supports international nonproliferation efforts by reducing other nations’ perceived need to acquire nuclear weapons. It is a win-win solution to one of today’s greatest security threats.
Bruce Klingner is senior research fellow in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation. Sally McNamara is senior policy analyst in Heritage’s Thatcher Center for Freedom.


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Må og må… Men jeg kom nylig over disse bildene igjen, fra da jeg var i Los Angeles. Det var noen utrolig spennende, lærerike og morsomme måneder – uten tvil. Det fine er at jeg fortsatt holder kontakten med noen av de jeg bodde med der, og jeg tenker at så snart jeg får muligheten vil jeg ta meg en tur. Akkurat nå er selvfølgelig prioriteringene helt annerledes, men det er uten tvil en reise jeg vil gjøre.
Det er litt morsomt å tenke tilbake på førsteinntrykk og hvordan andre ser deg i begynnelsen når man først møtes. Nå har jeg jo møtt en god del forskjellige folk i litt rare situasjoner, som da jeg dro til LA og bodde i modelleilighet. Jeg husker så godt da jeg først møtte en av jentene og hun ga meg seriøst den “kaldeste” hilsningen jeg har opplevd. Jeg følte meg virkelig ikke velkommen, men samtidig er jeg ganske forståelsesfull, og jeg kjenner meg selv godt nok til å vite at det ikke handlet om meg, men om henne. Så snart hun ble kjent med meg endret det seg jo helt, og vi fikk så mange utrolig fine minner sammen, i tillegg til at jeg ble en hun virkelig stolte på. Jeg er så vant til at mennesker har et helt annet inntrykk av meg, så jeg blir aldri spesielt lei meg eller føler meg ille hvis jeg ikke får den reaksjonen jeg gjerne vil ha i første stund, jeg velger alltid å gi mennesker tid. Selvfølgelig sier jeg ifra hvis noen behandler meg som dritt, men jeg er veldig glad for at jeg ikke lar andres oppførsel ødelegge for meg og tankene om meg selv.
Det er vinter her i Australia og vi kjenner kulden skikkelig her inne i leiligheten. Ikke digg. Det er så vanskelig å komme seg opp for å være produktiv når temperaturen er slik, men jeg prøver. Snart håper jeg også at all planlegging angående Oslo er i boks, så kan livet føles litt mer organisert ❤
Last weekend Dan and I had a little getaway. For Christmas I wanted to give him an experience rather than a thing, so I rented an Airbnb in Narrabeen, basically right on Narrabeen Beach, as a little weekend getaway. It’s really the best time I’ve had here since we arrived. It was such a calm and nice little town, I loved our cozy apartment and being able to start the day on the balcony looking out to the beach and hearing the waves constantly throughout the days.
It makes me feel kinda silly for choosing to live right in the city of Sydney when I know how much I love the beach life, but for now I just need to focus on making the best out of my opportunities while being here where there is a lot going on.
I wanted to share some of the pictures from our weekend with you guys ❤
If you follow me on Instagram or Snapchat you probably saw more of our weekend there – if you’re not following already my username is @martefre on both ❤
My favourite part of the day will always be the morning. The mornings when I can wake up, fix my coffee and breakfast, sit alone and do my work – work creatively with the things I enjoy like editing, writing and making plans for what I want to shoot or focus on next. Just a nice and peaceful time to take in new ideas and inspiration.
Fresh coffe, low music, notebooks.
My inspiration for 2019. Maybe I would be able to start every day this way by next year.
One of the newest looks I’ve done for Lava Art with sheer, nutty eyeshadow and nutty nude lip colour. I love looks like this because both brown/bronzed and pink/nude makeup is always my go-to and the looks I prefer on me. I also bought these amazing earrings from work, and I love them sooo much! There was a time I would only wear silver, but I’m starting to love gold style jewelry now. The bright blue top I’m wearing is actually a bikini for H&M in a velvet fabric, not too sure how it will turn out when I use it on the beach, but so far it’s the comfiest bikini I’ve had, and really has the prettiest colour.
The apartment is finally starting to look more like a home, mostly our rooms, but it feels so nice getting closer and closer. It’s something so new to me, having to set up and fix absolutely everything in an apartment, but it’s for sure something you need to experience as an adult and I guess it was about time. I really do feel like I’ve grown a lot though, it’s just so important to me now having a proper place to come home to. With nice plants, candles and pictures. Until now I’ve always shared my “home” with people I don’t know, which for sure is a life lesson in itself as well, but now I just really need a proper home. Even if it’s not for the longest time. I have also decided I’ll never live in a place with strangers again, I just really feel like I’m completely done with doing that. I’ve done it for six years now so I feel like I’ve experienced it in every way, both the good and the bad.
I’ll show you guys details of our apartment when it’s all done! Stay tuned ❤
Photos taken back in my hometown by my mom. I miss her ❤
I’m kinda stuck with a feeling of not knowing what I’m doing, not even knowing how I feel about Sydney yet. So far it’s been stressful and less free than what I remember when I first moved to London. I know it’s partly because the circumstances are different, but I also know what situations and moments I need. It’s not always the easiest thing even though you know why and how and all that. You probably don’t know what I’m talking about, but I’ll continue writing anyway. It ‘s so difficult describing what I’m feeling because I really don’t know just now, I’m not sure.
I’m now 22 and it feels weird to be honest. Well only the number I guess. Saying it and writing it. It just doesn’t feel like me. Your age isn’t you, but it’s still weird. I’ve decided this is going to be the year of realising things. Just realising everything. Kidding. I think you know where I was going. But I do want to figure out things. It’s not very specific, I know, but luckily I know what I mean. It’s difficult though. I just feel like there’s so many parts of me, so many passions and it’s all just a bit too blurry. As long as I try and also remember to challenge myself, then possibly end up failing, but for sure learning, then do it again, and eventually get to where I want. Sounds like a plan? I think so.
Something random: Today was the craziest weather day here in Sydney. It was a thunderstorm and I’ve never experienced anything like it. I believe there were quite a few accidents though, at least one very bad, which is extremely sad. I find it so scary how you can just leave home one morning and then never come back again… It’s very true but so upsetting…
I hope the weather was better where you are, and that you’re all good and safe!


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The COVID-19 virus became known to the world in January and it started spreading around the globe later in the first quarter. By the time the second quarter started the virus had spread to Europe and North America with many countries being forced to limit social interactions. Many parts of the United States issued stay at home orders for non-essential workers and this took a tremendous toll on economic activity.
The lockdown orders were primarily in effect during the second quarter. Now we are seeing states reopen and the virus has started to surge again. This has led to some states backtracking or pausing reopening plans. For corporate America, we are getting ready to get the earnings results for the second quarter and the expectations are pretty abysmal.
The four largest banks in the U.S., in terms of total assets, will get things started next week. Citigroup (NYSE: C), JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM), and Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) are all set to report before the opening bell on Tuesday. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) will report before the open on Thursday.
I put together a table with these four stocks to show just how bad the results are expected to be. I took the current EPS estimate and compared it to where the EPS estimate was 90 days ago. I then compared the estimate to the actual results from Q2 2019. As you can see, expectations are really, really low.
Bank of America has seen the smallest change to the EPS estimate with the consensus being lowered by 43.4%. It also shows the smallest percentage decline compared to last year at 59.5%. JPMorgan Chase shows the second smallest declines with the estimate dropping 44.6% and this year is lower by 60.3%.
Citigroup’s estimate has been lowered by 68.7% in the last 90 days and the estimate is 76.4% below last year’s results. Expectations for Wells Fargo are the worst as the company has struggled in recent years. The estimate for Wells has been cut by 91.9% in the last three months and the estimate is 95.4% below last year’s results.
The pessimistic outlook isn’t contained to just banks. According to Lipper Alpha’s Insight and I/B/E/S data from Refinitiv, earnings for the S&P member companies are expected to decline by 43.1% compared to last year. If you exclude the energy sector the numbers improve a little, but they are still expected to decline by 37.8%.
All 11 sectors are expected to show declines, but the level of the declines varies greatly. The utilities sector shows the smallest expected decline at 2.5%. If we break things down into smaller subsectors, gas utilities are expected to see an increase in earnings of 11.6%.
The technology sector is expected to see earnings decline by 8% and that is the second smallest decline. Looking at specific subsectors, application software companies are expected to see earnings grow by 26.9% and chip equipment companies are expected to see earnings growth of 23.6%. If these two subsectors are removed from the overall tech outlook, the expected decline moves to 10.3%.
The energy sector is by far the worst in terms of the expected earnings decline. As a whole, the sector is expected to a decline in earnings of 153.4%. There are five subsectors in the energy sector and all five are expected to decline sharply. The worst subsector is integrated oil & gas which is expected to see earnings drop by 180.9%.
Revenues are also expected to decline for the quarter. For the S&P as a whole, revenue results are expected to drop by 11.7%. If we exclude the worst sector, once again energy, the expected decline drops to 8.5%.
During the course of the economic shutdown and the reopening, many experts have talked about a V-shaped recovery for the economy. Looking out to the third quarter earnings expectations, that doesn’t appear as likely. For S&P 500 members, earnings are expected to show a decline of 24.9% in Q3 when compared to Q3 2019. Only one sector is expected to show an increase and that’s the utilities sector with growth of 0.2% – not exactly awe-inspiring results.
With cases increasing in 28 states the virus isn’t going away anytime soon. Some experts are saying the current spikes are simply a spread in the first wave and that a second wave is fully expected. Some areas are already having to reinstate restricted business practices, so to think that the economy is just going to bounce right back in the second half of the year is ridiculous.
My advice to investors is to be careful and diligent.


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Last month, a report into banking services revealed that the pace at which retail banks are closing their branches is speeding up, as going digital proves to be more lucrative. There will be 650 closures expected this year, up from 500 branches in 2014 following 222 in 2013.
The bank closures were always going to have a detrimental impact on the high street with people preferring to go shopping somewhere where they will be able to carry out banking related activities. Now, a new study has revealed the effects the bank branch closures have on independent retailers on the high street. It shows that independents suffer far more from closing high street banks than their chain store counterparts.
People want to shop and bank at same time
A third of independent retailers say that customers have started shopping elsewhere so as to be able to bank and shop at the same time, while only 11 per cent of chain stores say so, according to the research from Cardtronics UK’s ‘Value of Cash on the UK high street’.
This is echoed by the 24 per cent of independents who said that there has been a decline in footfall because of fewer banks on the high street, compared to only seven per cent of chain stores.
A quarter of the smaller shops believe that their profits have been negatively impacted by the decline of access to cash on their high street (vs. 11 per cent chains) and a similar number (24 per cent) feel under increased pressure to provide the services that bank branches used to offer compared to 15 per cent of chains.
Less cash, more problems
However, lower profit margins are not the only way that independents have been affected. There is a perceptible change in how people pay as well, suggesting that Closing high street banks, lack of access to cash and changing payment habits go hand-in-hand.
Three out of ten independent retailers have said that that their customers have less cash to pay with because of closing banks, compared with only 15 per cent of chain stores, and over half (51 per cent) of independents said notice more people tend to pay with card because of no cash access (vs. 39 per cent of chains).
This is a huge problem for smaller shops as 61 per cent of independents say their business still relies heavily on cash payments as opposed to 31 per cent of chains.
This is because investments into new payment technologies are not a guaranteed success with only 27 per cent of independents saying that their investments into new payment tech during the last two years had a positive impact on their business performance. Just 31 per cent say otherwise (chains 36 per cent agree vs. 31 per cent disagree).
Daniel Smith, Director of Relationship Management, Basset and Gold interview: “Consumer demand for new and innovative forms of finance is soaring”
Basset and Gold has announced the launch of its new Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA).
CEO and Co-Founder of Payworks Christian Deger explains how developing partnerships between SMBs and VARs is benefiting the industry.
Amin Lalani, CIO Executive at Huawei Western Europe, explores the rise of self-serving banks.
A new case study by Payment21 payout solutions explores how gaming merchants can expand market shares and realize the potential of a new target group.


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This intimate show is set in a library full of books that hold more than stories within their pages. It is a tale of the power of books, and the bravery of a young boy called Tomas. Tomas hates reading and school, but his world is turned upside down the day he meets the Unicorn Lady in his local library...
An enchanting and interactive production, I Believe in Unicorns, which won an Argus Angel Award for Artistic Excellence at Brighton Festival, sparks imagination in both young and old. We challenge you not to believe in unicorns after joining Tomas’ spellbinding journey.
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TOWIE’s ELEVENTH series is drawing to an end and Sam Faiers is reportedly set to quit the show in emotional scenes due to air tonight. But as the original cast members continue to drop off one by one – leaving just Arg, Billie, Jess, Lauren Pope and Nanny Pat from the initial line-up – we’ve taken a moment to remember all the things we’d be without if it wasn’t for ITV2’s finest offering.
If it wasn’t for The Only Way Is Essex Mark Wright probably wouldn’t be on TV which means Michelle Keegan wouldn’t have been introduced to her future husband and he’d almost certainly still be faffing around with Lauren Goodger.
Also, they’d be no Party Wright Around The World or Mark Wright’s Hollywood Nights and TOWIE producers probably would have dropped Arg, Nanny Pat and the rest of the whiny Wright family long ago.
If it wasn’t for TOWIE ‘reem’ and ‘fusey’ would still be non-words and the term ‘salty potato’ would have no double meaning. They’d be no Essex Anthems, no Educating Joey Essex, no Special One on Celebrity Juice and last year’s run of I’m A Celebrity… would have been nowhere near as good.
The Essex look
TOWIE has made it acceptable for those with dodgy veneers, ghastly fake tans, over the top hair extensions and decorated pubic bones to be accepted into the wider community which is something we should all be thankful for. Right?
If it wasn’t for TOWIE we’re not quite sure how Celebrity Big Brother bosses would fill that star-studded melting pot twice a year. The same goes for Splash! and I’m A Celebrity…
Made In Chelsea
TOWIE kicked off the whole ‘scripted reality’ thing. Imagine a life without Spencer Matthews, Jamie Laing and Louise Thompson…
We now know where to head for a great hen do
If you’re ever thinking of heading to Essex for a shopping trip, pamper sesh or plush night out you now know exactly where to head thanks to all the boutiques, salons and party hotspots dotted throughout the show. Gemma Collins, Lucy Meck, Amy Childs and Sam and Billie Faiers are just some of the cast, past and present, to launch their own businesses and NuBar, Sugar Hut and Faces have firmly cemented themselves on the party circuit.


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Eugy, the world renowned music sensation, has recently released another smash hit entitled “Konkonsa“. The sultry and urban masterpiece, which was produced by the brilliant music producer, Gizzle, is sure to captivate the heart’s of music fans.
The single has become an instant favorite and soon gained immense popularity amongst a diverse crowd across multiple continents. It has also solidified Eugy‘s standing as one of the biggest artists to come from Africa in recent years.
Revolving around an infectious afrobeat rhythm, “Konkonsa” can easily be identified as an expressive and catchy song. With it’s ecstatic melodies and soulful vibes, it will definitely be one of the most popular African songs of the year.
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Considered the biggest 19th century literary work coming from Luxembourg, Michel Rodange’s animal fable is also a political satire. To celebrate its anniversary, the education, childhood and youth ministry presented a series of additions to the work’s universe.
Among the efforts presented are a new edition of the book--in modern Luxembourgish with explanations for unusual vocabulary--as well as a Luxembourgish vocabulary book centered around the book. These works were a collaboration between the ministry’s pedagogic research and innovation service Script and the Centre for Luxembourgish ZLS.
“There are not many Luxembourgish literary figures who are as present in society as Reenert. Michel Rodange's sharp feathers, the polished language and the sophisticated way of taking a critical look at society through the animal world are not only a piece of Luxembourg heritage, but also a literary pleasure,” said education minister Claude Meisch on the occasion.
For this reason, and to open up the work to international research, a first bilingual edition in Luxembourgish and English has been published. Its translator Jeff Thill in a preface shares the complexities of translating a work that uses local dialects as part of its character building, warns of the works lack of political correctness, but concludes that ultimately, “this translation is an attempt to reflect the original work as accurately as possible so that hopefully through these lines, the unique voice of Michel Rodange emerges, a voice which puts Rodange in the pantheon of the greatest Luxembourgish writers of all times.”
The book is available for free as an e-book.


text: What Are the Complications of Pet Bites? A pup is likely among the best financial investments you can ever before make for your family members. Read more about this website. Nevertheless, a pup can additionally be one of one of the most distressing experiences any type of kid or grownup can have. View more about this homepage. A canine bite can cause enormous pain as well as suffering and also must not be taken lightly. Learn more about this page. Rabies is one of the most serious disease caused by a bite from an animal and also can be fatal without prompt medical therapy. Check here for more info. In the USA alone, over twenty-two thousand people got PEP in 2021 – this statistic must function as a raw tip that rabies inoculation is no joke! Rabies is spread out through the attacks of pets. Discover more about this homepage. Humans can get rabies via direct call with an infected creature or through the open sores or injuries while attacking an animal. Check it out! this site. Rabies infections are a lot more commonly moved via biting, because the infection travels in the nerve tissue as well as can hence be transmitted through muscle contractions. Read here for more info. It can also be transferred with saliva, given that the virus can be present in small fragments in injuries and in the splits of contaminated pets. Nevertheless, the substantial majority of instances of rabies are attributed to animal attacks. Click here for more updates. Animal bites can range from mild, harmless scrapes and also bumps to severe, blistering, blood-tainted wounds. View here for more details. The seriousness of the wound and also the length of time it continues to be open prior to bleeding will certainly differ greatly. Read more about this website. Typical pet bites include hand, foot, as well as mouth wounds, however it ought to be kept in mind that a pet bite can likewise cause complications such as mental retardation and development of urinary system infections. Learn more about this page. When possible, look for prompt medical interest on the spot of the bite to make sure that the extent of the injury can be correctly examined as well as therapy started. View more about this service. Rabies can be avoided by avoiding animal bites. Get in touch with your vet if you believe you have actually been bitten or revealed to an infected animal. Check here for more info. It is very crucial not to try to deal with the injury on your own to minimize the possibilities of additional infection. Discover more about this website. The wound must be thoroughly taken a look at by a veterinarian, including searching for indicators of rabies, that includes loss of muscle mass control, loss of vision, stiffness of the muscle mass as well as joints, throwing up, as well as over cast or bloody pee. Check it out! this site. Rabies can be fatal, so you should seek clinical focus today if you think you have actually been attacked. Read here for more info. Among the much more typical complications resulting from animal bites is rabies infection. Click here for more updates. This results when the patient’s body begins to reply to the visibility of the infection. View here for more details. As quickly as signs show up, the individual will certainly experience flu-like signs and symptoms including fever, tiredness, and muscle mass weak point. Read more about this service. Rabies is an especially difficult illness to detect, making it exceptionally vital that you seek fast treatment on your initial check out to the doctor. Learn more about this page. Although your vet might provide suggestions on preventative steps as well as message injury take care of animals, it is frequently recommended to follow their referrals on the specific details of the individual case. Check here for more info. Despite the fact that pet attacks can create small, self-repairable injuries, it is better to avoid self-repair and to allow the professional deal with the injuries if you presume you have actually been seriously hurt. Discover more about this website. In most cases, the doctor may advise an antibiotic ointment to minimize the possibilities of infection dispersing with the injuries. Check it out! in this site.


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BLACK DOG: Boris Johnson can be relieved his new ‘policy tsar’ Liz Truss has ditched her less Tory friendly policy of scrapping Trident
As Boris Johnson revs up his campaign for No 10, he can be relieved his new ‘policy tsar’ Liz Truss has ditched one of her less Tory-friendly policy options – scrapping Trident.
In her pre-MP days as a think-tank wonk, Liz co-authored a report suggesting nuclear missiles cost too much.
‘What d’you expect from an ex-Lib Dem,’ snipes a rival leadership camp, unkindly.
As Boris Johnson revs up his campaign for No 10, he can be relieved his new ‘policy tsar’ Liz Truss has ditched one of her less Tory-friendly policy options – scrapping Trident [File photo]
Money continues to pile on Boris at the bookies, with Fitzdares taking a £20,000 stake on the frontrunner on Friday.
But Dog hears that half the punters are not actually Boris supporters. They’re looking to win a consolation prize if and when he wins and ‘ruins the country’, to quote one.
Bojo’s arch-critic Ruth Davidson may have forsworn No 10 ambitions but she’s still a contender in some parts.
In her pre-MP days as a think-tank wonk, Liz co-authored a report suggesting nuclear missiles cost too much. ‘What d’you expect from an ex-Lib Dem,’ snipes a rival leadership camp, unkindly [File photo]
The Scottish Tory leader stars in a forthcoming celebrity version of ITV game show The Chase and, while she said she couldn’t possibly reveal who won, the smiles surely gave it away. Spoiler alert!
Breaking up for anti-Brexit party Change UK is so hard to do. As well as flouncing out of Change, political glamour boy Chuka Umunna apparently still hasn’t phoned ex-Tory MP Anna Soubry.
‘He talked Anna into jumping ship and setting up the new movement. Now he doesn’t even call,’ sighed a Soubry pal. The cad!
Fellow Change UK quitter Heidi Allen is never off the TV screens now, but here’s a time when the serial defector was camera shy.
When still a Tory, Heidi hosted Sky News’s Sophy Ridge, right, at her Cambridgeshire home, but pulled the plug before Sophy could even get started.
‘She seemed to get ratty about the TV gear clogging up the place,’ a source whispers. ‘So it was “back to the studio” before we’d even got on air.’
The feud between anti-Brexit Speaker John Bercow and recently resigned Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom rages on.
Asked for the Tories’ biggest failure since the disastrous 2017 snap Election, leadership hopeful Leadsom replied: ‘Not getting rid of Bercow.’
Cue laughter from assembled Tory MPs.
Becky’s no long shot
Not every Leftie Labour MP cheered Corbyn favourite Rebecca Long-Bailey when she filled in for the Great Leader at Prime Minister’s Questions.
The largely error-free outing for Long-Bailey – dubbed ‘Wrong Daily’ by backstabbing Labour types – worried backers of her flatmate and fellow potential Corbyn replacement Angela Rayner.
‘It may be time to buy shares in Becky,’ sighed one Angela ally.
Tory arch-Brexiteer Sir Bill Cash had an excuse for bunking off from his beloved Commons European Scrutiny Committee last week.
Septuagenarian Bill was in Normandy to visit the grave of war hero dad Captain Paul Cash MC, who died fighting the Nazis a few weeks after D-Day – when his son was just four. Excuse accepted, Bill.
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On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Health Department reported more than 100 cases of the norovirus have been diagnosed at the University of Southern California in the last few weeks. Symptoms of the virus include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever and fatigue, the Daily Mail reports. And obviously, it's super contagious—this is the same illness that sickened over 140 students at Boston College after they ate infected Chipotle. Since the virus started going around, at least 103 cases have been reported at USC, starting with 40 cases in the first week, according to an employee at the student health center.
To help with the problem, the university has put extra effort into cleaning on campus. School officials have also given students guidelines to help prevent the virus from spreading and are training staff to better deal with the problem. One of the new precautions is to make students use hand sanitizer around certain areas of campus.
Many students experience the virus for 12-48 hours, then it's gone. Still, students are saying it's one of the worst experiences they've ever gone through. One health center worker told CBS Los Angeles "it started in a couple of the dormitories and spread like wildfire."
Students can no longer serve themselves in the dining hall, and are encouraged to wash their hands often and also wash all fruits and vegetables well before eating them. Health officials have also told students to disinfect phones and keyboards, some of the germiest things a student can be in contact with daily. The biggest precaution was telling students not to attend classes until all of their symptoms were gone for at least 24 hours. Another reminder that you should never go to class sick!


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EDAM is a contemporary dance company under the artistic directorship of Peter Bingham.
EDAM's mandate is to provide a stable and fertile environment for the development of contemporary dance. The company is deeply committed to the investigation of movement as an expressive art form.
EDAM supports many possibilities for creative expression within the kinetic arts through the creation and production of choreography and the practice and presentation of the art of improvisation. In addition to producing its own work, EDAM presents the work of guest choreographers and encourages collaborative projects with artists working in other disciplines.
EDAM (an acronym for Experimental Dance and Music) was formed in 1982 by seven independent artists: Peter Bingham, Jay Hirabayashi, Lola MacLaughlin, Jennifer Mascall, Peter Ryan, Barbara Bourget and Ahmed Hassan. In 1989, Peter Bingham became the company's sole Artistic Director.
Bingham is one of the pioneers of Contact Improvisation, a dance form that emphasizes flow and the cooperative exchange of weight between partners. The "touch and tumble" of Contact is a hallmark of much of Peter’s choreography, lending both athleticism and graceful elegance to his partnering and ensemble work.
Bingham has created over 50 choreographed works and performed in hundreds of improvised performances in theatres, dance festivals and universities across Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia.
EDAM is renowned for its enduring commitment to presenting dance improvisation as an art form. Many key figures in the Contact world have performed at EDAM's Studio Theatre, including Steve Paxton, Nancy Stark Smith, Chris Aiken, Ray Chung, Lisa Nelson, KJ Holmes, Karen Nelson, Simone Forti and Andrew Harwood.
EDAM encourages collaborative creative productions and showcases work by local dance artists. Each season the Company produces a number of shows at its Studio Theatre, premiering new work by guest artists.
photo top: Walter Kubanek, Olivia Shaffer, Farley Johansson
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homepage video: excerpts of choreography and directed improvisations by Peter Bingham, performers: Walter Kubanek, Olivia Shaffer, Chengxin Wei, Delia Brett, James Gnam
classes page video: excerpts from Pillars, devised/directed by Peter Bingham, performers: Delia Brett, Anne Cooper, Elissa Hanson, Arash Khakpour, Walter Kubanek, Diego Romero, Olivia Shaffer


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I was visiting Darwin, NT, Australia a few years back and I encountered this bird. I must say it was in Darwin's Botanical Gardens, so I can't be absolutely positive the Northern Territory is its original habitat. However, I'm pretty sure it's a NT native, as the whole Gardens were packed with, and dedicated to NT's wildlife.
The photo is kind of dark and a bit fuzzy due to poor lighting conditions. I already tried to digitally enhance it by removing shadows and so forth.
I tried Google Images reverse search to ID this bird, but I'm not a hero with that tool. Although it looks a bit like it - it's definitely not a Jabiru.

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In this article are our top destinations for introverts, some travel strategies and coping tactics, information on how to attain self confidence and satisfy new people today, and other excellent thoughts for touring solo as an introvert
Lots of people today assume that getting an introvert is a synonym for getting shy. Whilst it’s real that some introverts are shy, additional generally than not, it just indicates they like their very own business — expending time alone to relax and recharge. So, how can you pair up that way of thinking with a little something that can be frustrating and chaotic, this kind of as journey? We’re in this article to give you some ideas.
What are some of the very best travel places for introverts?
Ljubljana is just one of Europe’s lesser capitals: walkable, likable, welcoming and comfortable. It treads the line between Slavic and Mediterranean in equally mindset to existence, and additional trivial things like food items. This is also correct for the rest of the country which, outside the house the several more substantial cities, is dominated by mountains and national parks.
The gorgeous Lake Bled, the labyrinthine Novo Mesto, and the colorful Piran are simply accessible by community transport, and you could devote weeks tenting and climbing in the mountains. It is even bought a small sliver of Adriatic shoreline to delight in! Examine much more about Slovenia in our extended guide.
In a new examine, Denver was named the finest US city for introverts. Why? Properly, hundreds of fantastic museums, coffee retailers, parks and bookstores, for a start out. It’s somewhat walkable by US criteria, and has fantastic food items and arts scenes.
It is also easy to get out of the city and into the countryside. The Rocky Mountains are inside of uncomplicated attain, even for a couple of hrs of by itself time, and mountaineering trails close to Pink Rocks, or the Flatirons on the southwestern edge of Boulder, are good even for a lot less seasoned walkers. Boulder by itself, Denver’s neighbor, is a modest, progressive college or university town with a European feel and a youthful population.
If you’d like to stop by Southeast Asia but cannot bear the considered of cities like Bangkok or vacationer favorites these types of as Bali, Myanmar may possibly be for you. Obtaining fewer visitors than several other nations around the world in the area, the friendly locals indicate you can get a very good taste of the culture devoid of acquiring to set your self out there as well a great deal.
English is not extensively spoken, significantly exterior the metropolitan areas, but which is ok as men and women are commonly quite beneficial and a pair of gestures and a smile will get you a extended way. It’s a wonderful region with a interesting record and tradition that’s often entrance and centre, and it doesn’t consider a lot to get concerned.
Prague, Czech Republic
Prague is a gorgeous town, of that there is no question, and it’s fantastic value for cash on the other hand, that delivers with it big tour groups, bachelor functions and the like. So, how on earth can it be a excellent area for introverts?
Nicely, absent from the very heart, Prague is much calmer. There are shady hillside parks with sights across the river, little espresso outlets and bars that have barely modified in hundreds of many years, views that only boost at dawn or dusk, and even outside the house the tourist hotspots, the amount of English is superior. Take a look at places like Žižkov and Vršovice to discover your new most loved haunt.
Typically seen as introverts by nature, the Swiss go about their life calmly in clean up, orderly cities and fresh, vigorous mountain air. It is not a place a ton of folks assume of traveling to for pleasure, but that mix of metropolis existence and amazing surroundings is a great mix.
Areas like Zürich, Geneva and Bern incorporate slick modernity with high quality museums, superior meals, welcoming cafés and calming parks although heading into the mountains provides unspoiled nature and some of the most gorgeous views in Europe. With a combine of languages spoken and the combine of cultures and attitudes that goes with it, if you are hunting for the most stereotypically European trip, Switzerland may possibly just have each individual box ticked.
What are some positive points about touring on your own?
Traveling alone signifies you can go at your have tempo, do and see what you want to, and presents you the chance to say no to factors if you start out to get overwhelmed. You’d planned to go to that common bar you’d examine about, but just cannot face all those individuals proper now? That’s wonderful. It’s your excursion, your choice.
This brings us to the future level: you don’t have to feel guilty about carrying out — or not accomplishing — factors. Like the higher than example, no one is forcing you to do nearly anything. You are in Barcelona. You feel bound to do issues a vacationer would do — go to the beach front, wander along La Rambla — but you’d instead just sit in a park with a guide. Which is good, do that.
Equally, it’s good to commit income to make your trip much more bearable. Can’t cope with a hostel dorm whole of people? If you can manage it, spend for a personal place or locate a decent budget lodge. Positive, you’ll be having to pay a little bit extra, but if it stops you from having a emotion of dread just about every time you assume about your lodging, what price that peace of thoughts?
How do I satisfy people on a solo trip?
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One of the finest techniques to get to know a city and satisfy tourists like your self is to go on a free of charge walking tour. Most much larger towns now operate these, and they’re incredibly well-liked with solo vacationers for specifically this explanation. You are all in the identical condition so you’ve right away got some common ground, and your tutorial will be in a position to endorse some sites that are not normal vacationer traps.
Never even get worried that you have to start off with a clever observation — simply inquiring for instructions or suggestions from that server/hostel employee/bartender may possibly direct to some fascinating conversations and interactions.
Indeed, you are going to possibly be astonished by how forthcoming locals can be, specially with solo vacationers. If you are genuinely fascinated, they will be also, and most men and women like to chat about their town — and by themselves!
How do I offer with nervousness when touring on your own?
If you’re nervous, halt and make a strategy. Even if it is just being aware of in which you are heading to remain, owning a stable base from which to get the job done is the best very first stage. Program close to that. This matches with the suggestion above about giving on your own someplace pleasant to remain — the moment you are happy with that a single massive detail, you are going to have additional mental space to imagine about the rest of the vacation.
Make positive you have received a couple of essentials. They are not huge or expensive issues, but they’ll put your thoughts at relieve. Issues like a spare telephone charger or electricity bank, a light-weight raincoat, a padlock, sanitary products and solutions, a reusable h2o bottle, band-aids and such are tiny and simple to pack, but give you a good deal significantly less to worry about.
Also — and we just cannot pressure this ample — solo journey isn’t for anyone. If you are living in, for example, a smaller metropolis in France, try out a lengthy weekend in Prague, London or Rome for your very first solo excursion, instead of, say, a month in Japan.
Other top ideas
- Publish a journal about your experience. It’s a wonderful point to look back on, and also a wonderful way of passing the time when you are by itself.
- Get involved in the society. As pointed out, you are now a traveler, not a tourist! Master a couple of phrases in the neighborhood language, shop at marketplaces, and uncover out wherever the locals go.
- Go exactly where (and when) you want. You’ve received the independence to get up early to enjoy the dawn from the actions of Montmartre ahead of the crowds arrive. If which is what you want to do, do it.
- Drive by yourself, but really don’t blame on your own. Vacation is about new ordeals, so try out to do new matters, but if you genuinely do not want to do a thing, never beat on your own up about it. It is your journey.
- Choose a crack. “I require a holiday break to recharge after my vacation!” is an all-too-familiar chorus. Allow for by yourself to take it easy.
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Assured Hospice, part of the LHC Group Family, is hiring for a Registered Nurse
The RN Registered Nurse assumes full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient. The RN Registered Nurse continuously evaluates personal and professional performance and makes necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered. Adheres to and supports the policies/procedures/goals/objectives of hospice in an attempt to assure quality patient care. Strives for independence and sound critical decision-making regarding the delivery of patient care in a cost-effective manner without compromising quality. Develops the patients Plan of care in collaboration with other professionals and implements treatment strategies based on scientific nursing theory that promotes physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Maintains patient confidentiality at all times. Familiar with the concepts and needs of patients / families who are facing death and dying issues. Effective communication skills, both verbally and written.
Our company, a part of LHC Group, is currently seeking clinicians/professionals that want to join our team to help improve the well being of our patients and their families.
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Jared Evan Miracle Live Video from The Viper Room
Jared Evan, one of the most exciting up-and-coming artists in hip hop today, rocked The Viper Room back in September and now fans who missed the show, or those who want to relive it, can check out Jared’s larger-than-life performance of “Miracle” on Bloginity – see the video below.
“Miracle” will be featured on Jared Evan’s debut album, Fourth Chapter, due out next year. Until then, download Jared Evan’s music right here.
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“Robyn and Chris are beautifully charming and it is a treat to be able to share their date night with them.” – Rachel Chant, Festival Director
Comedians are undateable, according to these two comedians… currently dating.
Robyn Reynolds (UK) and Chris Nguyen are very much in love. But given they spend every evening making other people laugh, there’s never any time for Date Night. So, they’ve invited the audience along. That’s right, you’re invited to spend a romantic evening with Robyn and Chris! Date Night is your chance to fall in love with this award-nominated comedy couple. You’ll swoon at Robyn’s cheeky anecdotes and simper at Chris’s classic joke-writing. If you’re looking for a funny, sexy show, starring funny, sexy people – look no further! Enjoy hilarious stories about dating and coming up through the open mic comedy scene, as Chris and Robyn woo you, through the art of comedy.
‘The pair rip apart the stereotyping they experienced to create hilarious riffs.’ – J-Wire
‘A smooth and engaging show that allows audiences to simply sit back and enjoy a well put together stand up set’ – Theatre Travels
‘A chuckle-ful hour where emerging Sydney comedians Robyn Reynolds and Chris Nguyen use their lack of a filter to charm, endear and entertain.’ – James Ong – Theatre Travels
Thu 13 7:30pm
Fri 14 July 7:30pm; 9pm
- This event takes place at Badlambs Barbershop.
- Badlambs Barbershop has one step up from the footpath. Please note, there is no accessible toilet and no accessible parking available at the venue. We encourage you to read about the accessibility of the Badlambs Barbershop. To book accessible seating, please call or email Bondi Festival.
- Bondi Festival accepts Companion Cards. Companion Card holders are required to phone or email their valid Companion Card number and expiry date.
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Meet the Creator:
Robyn Reynolds (UK) is one of Australia’s hottest emerging comedians. In 2022 she was nominated for Best Comedy at Sydney Fringe Festival and shortlisted for the Emerging Writer Award (NIDA). Reynolds is a natural raconteur, finding the funny side in the darker moments of her life. Her comedy deals with chronic illness diagnosis, and her family’s survival of the Holocaust, yet still manages to be absolutely hilarious.
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There’s nothing quite like the frenetic energy backstage at a runway show. From scores of excited models stepping into hair and makeup to the backstage dressers in a flurry to prepare clothes for their moment in the spotlight, we can’t get enough of life backstage!
So, suffice to say, we loved every minute backstage at Fashion Palette Spring Summer 18 at the Art Gallery of NSW last week.
As the official makeup partner for the event, Alison Jade directed beauty looks for acclaimed designers including Sass & Bide, Akira Isogawa, Nicola Finetti, Haus of Song, Eliya The Label, Zerryn, Heaven Swimwear, Alin Le Kal, Danielle Aridi, Lena Kasparian and Wild Pony Swimwear.
Check out the beauty looks Alison designed via the behind-the-scenes pics below!

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First of all, get your financial people involved at the beginning. Are they willing to invest in that? Is your organization willing to do that?
The trick really is to start simple and come up with a really simple solution for your problem, and not look at every possible variable or every possible scenario, because what happens is by the time you’ve looked at every possible scenario, you end up tangling yourself up in a situation where you can’t actually analyze the park for the trees.
You can get a hold of an energy contractor or a utility to do almost the “back of a napkin” math. The real equation is what existing technology have you got in what parts of your facility, and what can you possibly change it to? So ask a trusted advisor; if they walk into a parking facility and saw technology “X,” they can say, generally speaking, moving from technology “X” to technology “Y” will cost roughly this much. And they can do the full calculations of the energy savings, the installation, and all the other pieces.
It’s almost a funnel approach to see if it’s something you want to proceed with and work your way to the final detail. You don’t have to get the bullet-proof, gold-plated proposal Day One.
What are other ways facilities can address their energy usage to make better decisions?
There are a number of different ways to move ahead. One of the reasons a lot of energy savings programs don’t get approved is because people can’t quantify either the initial use or the potential savings.
Go with a couple of easy ones, go with a parking garage. You know it’s on 24/7, you know what the existing technology is, you know what the new one is—that gets you off the hurdle in terms of moving down the road to being more efficient.
Some of the other things, like if you went to the perfect situation of where lighting will be in 20 years, you’ll have a full IP-addressable, dimmable, occupancy-sensed task-controlled by the local inhabitants of the space lighting system. And you can do this today—you can dim the lights from your computer either in your office or down the corridor.
So moving from where we are to where we possibly could be going, just on the lighting side of things, you need to be able to quantify what people want.
And there are tools available. There are measurement tools away for the HVAC, which is a big draw on facilities, that can be installed so you get a full understanding of the energy use. There are tools you can use to actually put in place to understand the occupancy of spaces. If you have storage facilities, you could put an occupancy sensor there for a week and download off that sensor and it will tell you how often that space is actually occupied. With that, if you now know it’s unoccupied 65% of the time, you can switch off the air conditioning, the lights, and anything else in the space once you’re armed with that data.
It sounds like monitoring energy use is a significant piece of the overall energy plan.
A lot of people say “I don’t believe you,” because someone walks through the door and says they’re going to save 50% of your energy. That’s like saying we’ll change your car from 20 miles per gallon to 40 miles per gallon—that’s not a little stretch.
And so you have to justify, especially engineering managers, when presenting the multi-million-dollar upgrade upstairs—the upstairs guy wants a cast-iron guarantee that money’s coming through. It all rolls back to what is the overall plan for the building, and it could involve a couple of monitoring programs to actually ascertain where the problems are and a couple of upgrade initiatives.
If it was just a pure free market environment, what you’d end up with is the upgrade initiative actually provides the cost for more monitoring initiatives. Then it becomes a cycle, and you end up with an energy plan for the facility. It becomes self-fulfilling in terms of the income.
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- Beyond individual differences: are working memory and inhibition informative specifiers within ASD?
- Journal of Neural Transmission
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- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
- Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
Findings on working memory (WM) and inhibition in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are contradictory and earlier studies largely ignored individual differences. As WM and inhibition seem to be related, children who experience WM deficits might also experience inhibition deficits. Moreover, these children possibly form a distinct subgroup, differing on other variables, such as cognitive functioning, symptom severity, behavior, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) characteristics. We studied a large sample of children with and without ASD (8-12 years, IQ > 80) with classic experimental tasks (n-back task, ASD n = 77, control n = 45; stop task, ASD n = 74, control n = 43), and explored individual differences. The ASD group made more errors on the n-back task with increasing WM load, and had longer stop signal reaction times on the stop task when compared with controls. However, only 6 % of the ASD group showed both WM and inhibition deficits, and 71 % showed no deficits. Parents of children with WM and/or inhibition deficits tended to report more conduct problems on the disruptive behavior disorder rating scale. ADHD characteristics did not influence performance. Some children used medication during testing, which seemingly influenced stop task performance, but excluding these data did not change the main findings. Large individual differences in cognitive functioning are present, even within children with ASD with average or above average intelligence. However, whether individual differences in specific cognitive domains, such as WM and inhibition are as informative as individual differences in diagnosis, comorbidity, and general cognitive functioning, calls for future research.
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Skateboarding is one of the wildest extreme sports but you can tone it down to make it a casual activity for your wellness. You get to go outside and still get exercise without straining your body too much. Here are five benefits of skateboarding.
Full Body Workout
One of the key benefits of skateboarding is you get a total workout. You have to constantly adjust your body to balance, pivot, or gain speed. It helps you utilize your whole frame while you’re out there.
Great for Weight Loss
Skateboarding is a solid cardio workout to help you burn fat. You’ll stay in a lean physique if you do this activity regularly.
Helps Relieve Stress
You get to go outside and take a load off of everyday life. It feels great to have the wind in your hair and do something fun.
Maybe you need to do a quick errand but don’t have your bike with you. Using a skateboard can help you get some exercise while making a run to the store. Also, it’s easy to carry or store somewhere when you’re not using your board.
Helps You Meet People
Skateboarding is a solid asocial activity. You can talk to people to help you pull off certain tricks. Also, you meet different cultures to help you become more worldly.

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A Chirping Bird Pandemic
My neighbor phoned to ask if she could borrow two rolls of toilet paper. Her TP order on Amazon was back ordered. The delay? It was coming from China.
I was face timing with my doctor when I overheard the request and my husband announcing he would leave the items outside our front door. Afterwards, I expressed my concern, and he reminded me. “She made us face masks,” he sighed and said, “relax I gave her the smaller rolls I bought at Walgreens.”
Life is certainly different.
I have stepped away from posting due to several life altering events and my attempt to write a novel. Writing a novel, for me, has been like saying I was going to build a cabin in the woods and waking up to discover I constructed a lean to. No worries, I am not giving up. Writing is my pass-time.
Oprah Winfrey said, “If the Pandemic hasn’t affected you something is wrong.” I never thought I would face time a doctor. The session required a how-to discussion with a staff member who was working from home and unable to put me on hold. Long pauses filled with silence occurred during our conversation until she said, “I hear birds chirping.” I was sitting outside as I have been for most of the Pandemic. It was sweet and we savored the moment.
I count my blessings, thankful we have not been affected greatly.
Mornings, I enjoy a cup of coffee surrounded by quiet. Slowly the sun creeps up to announce its presence through the mist. Then tangles in the trees. The leaves create a mosaic on the grass while the birds sing. In the background a motorcycle’s dual pipes crescendo in a drum roll. I imagine Leonard Bernstein conducting nature and hear a rhythm band triangle chime. It is a horn honking.
How has the Coronavirus affected you?
Oh, by the way, my novel will have a happy ending.
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China leads world in electric vehicles
In automobiles using combustion engines, China has always trailed the developed countries. Its most important manufacturers are joint ventures with foreign makers.
But it has not made the same mistake with electric vehicles, the cars of the future. It boasts the world's largest manufacturer, BYD, which sold 230,427 units in November. In the second quarter of this year, BYD overtook Tesla as the world's top maker and has extended its lead since. It plans to build one or two manufacturing plants in Europe. ...


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Billions to Subsidize Nuclear Energy
WASHINGTON - The New York Times reports today: "In a speech in Lanham, Md., Mr. Obama
announced government approval of an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help
the Southern Company build two reactors in Burke County, Georgia, near
A former senior policy adviser to the U.S. Secretary of Energy and now a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Alvarez just wrote the piece "Nukes Aren't the Answer,"
which states: "Wall Street has refused to finance nuclear power for
more than 30 years, rendering new construction impossible. The Obama
administration, in a move to placate Senate Republicans, proposes to
fund new power reactors with some $54.5 billion in federal loan
guarantees. Because of the way the guarantees are structured, the
actual loans will be made by the Federal Financing Bank out of the U.S.
Treasury. Last year, the Government Accountability Office estimated
that these loans have more than a 50-50 chance of failing. ...
[D]espite Obama's rhetoric about reshaping America's energy future,
he's asking for a budget that would have the Energy Department continue
to spend 10 times more on nuclear weapons than energy conservation."
Kamps, a specialist in nuclear waste at Beyond Nuclear,
said today: "President Obama's nuclear loan guarantee now forces
American taxpayers to bear 80 percent of the financial risks for two
proposed new Toshiba-Westinghouse so-called 'Advanced Passive (AP)
1000' atomic reactors. The Japanese export bank will bear the financial
risks for much of the rest. This leaves Southern Nuclear Company of
Georgia free to engage in a 'moral hazard' with a radiological risk
twist, given the major safety design flaw with the reactor's shield
building identified by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission just last
October. Thus, taxpayers are damned if they do, damned if they don't.
If the reactors go belly-up, taxpayers will be on the hook for many
billions in loan repayment. If the flawed design actually gets built
and operates, communities downwind and downstream will be at
radiological risk from tornadoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, or crashing
airliners releasing catastrophic amounts of deadly radioactivity from
the vulnerable reactors."
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