We are all cats. You know what I mean? Perhaps not, if you were quarantined from social media and missed the video of the lawyer in Texas who joined a virtual court hearing via Zoom using a kitten filter. The lawyer couldn’t figure out how to turn off the filter, the judge tried to help, […]
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Many of us are using art activities to keep children busy at home. Art can help children improve communication, strengthen motor skills, and develop a sense of self. That’s why it’s important to encourage creativity from infancy and place art alongside home learning and as an extension of their play. When young children make art
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Three Australian space companies have united to launch a bushfire satellite into space inside a space taxi with the key mission to detect and track bushfires. The technology, which is the work of Queensland-based company Fireball International, can detect and report on bushfires less than three minutes after they start. It provides automated bushfire detection
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If winter has left you feeling drained and down, the pending spring makes this an opportune time to recharge. Like nearly all living things, you are bound to the sun in a special biochemical relationship that extends from your immune system, to what you eat, to how you feel through the cycle of the seasons.
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If you want to be more disciplined about your day, you might tell yourself, “I’m going to wake every morning, meditate for 15 minutes, plan my Most Important Tasks, and then get started and follow the plan. No doubts about it.” And then your plan gets hit by distraction or interruption, and you feel bad
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Commentary One of the key pillars of the consensus bullish view about 2021 is the Chinese recovery, supported by optimistic estimates of growth in services and exports. The details in the official February Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) show a different picture. It seems that the data for the Chinese economy, especially in services and exports,
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Feeling more stressed than usual? If so, getting enough sleep is essential for keeping unwanted thoughts from hijacking your mind. Insufficient sleep can significantly reduce your ability to keep unwanted thoughts at bay, according to a study out of the United Kingdom. In a collaborative effort, researchers from the department of psychology at the University
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New aged care laws and extra audits to check on safety and quality at facilities are among the federal government’s first responses to a royal commission into the sector. The government has announced an initial $452 million to bolster the sector, with more funding flagged in the May federal budget. The royal commission has made
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An emergency alert has been issued for Palm Island amid warnings a cyclone is likely to form off the north Queensland coast, bringing strong winds, heavy rain and abnormally high tides. A tropical cyclone watch is in place between Cape Flattery and Lucinda extending to Mareeba and Atherton. An emergency alert has been issued for
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Robert Unanue, an U.S. corporate leader who experienced cancel culture firsthand last year, became one of the first business people to stand up against a leftist mob that tried to boycott his products because of his support for former President Donald Trump. “I’ve come to realize that a lot of what we’re doing is canceling
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