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How to Buy Property in Abu Dhabi
You have now found the broker to hire, made your mind on the property. But if you are a first time buyer, most probably, you don't know how to start, check out the below tips to that give a heads up on what to consider:
1. Budget for deposit and fees
It's all about budgeting, so knowing the budget should be your first step to buying property in Abu Dhabi. However, there will be some other fees to pay, such as (the minimum bank deposit, and the agent fees).
2.Mortgage pre-approval
Next you should secure a mortgage, to secure approval, buyers have to provide banks with a list of paperwork, which generally includes:
- Salary letter from your employer
- Any salary slips you receive
- Six months of bank statements
- Passport copy with both a photo and visa page
- Copy of your Emirates ID
- Copy of current credit card statements
- For some lenders, proof of address.
The process with the banks is the same across the emirates. However, the transfer fees are different depending on where it is (Abu Dhabi is 2%).
The mortgage pre-approval stage to take between 5 -7 days for salaried employees and longer for those who are self-employed.
3. Organize insurance and find your property
It would be wise to start the life insurance process at this stage too. It is mandatory for almost all lenders and will take around three weeks. Buildings insurance, which is a precondition for all mortgages, can usually be taken out in-house with the lender as they tend to be the same price.
Once you have pre-approval you can start looking at individual units, Don't just look at the prices. Look at the maintenance costs.
4. Sign memorandum of understanding
If you are satisfied with all that and agree on a sale, the next step is to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). That sets out the cost of the transaction and when it is going to take place, along with all the finer details.
First-time buyers should be careful as a lot of the information is technical and, if you do not meet your transfer date, your deposits are at stake.
5. Valuation through to No Objection Certificate
Once that is all done, the buyer requests a valuation on the property, which takes around three or four days. The bank then starts drawing up the final offer contract and, once it is signed, assuming there is no mortgage on the property, the seller applies for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to prove they owe nothing on the property. When the certificate is released, the buyer sends a copy to their lender and all parties liaise to arrange a transfer date. The final offer will take two to seven days and the NOC three to five.
If there is a pre-existing mortgage on the property, the lender will ask the seller to produce a liability letter (essentially a settlement statement setting out what is owed) before producing a final offer letter. That will take around three to five days to produce and will be given to the buyer's bank, which will draw up the final contract for the buyer to sign.
Once they have done that, they will take the check to the seller's bank to pay off the mortgage and the seller's bank will release the title deeds in seven to 10 days. Once it has been collected by the new lender, the seller can then apply for the NOC. As with a property without a Mortgage, the buyer then sends a copy of the certificate to their lender and all parties liaise to arrange a transfer date. Altogether this adds around 10 days to the process.
6. Transfer and title deeds
At the transfer, the bank brings the money they are providing for the deal and the buyer brings manager's checks, a sort of banker's draft which cannot bounce, for the balance to the seller and the developer in other emirates.
Once that happens the bank will get the title deeds, either there and then or potentially the following day and that's it. You are good to go and the property is yours.
Steps to buying property in the UAE
- Save cash for deposit (around 25 percent)
- Save cash for 7.5 percent fees – agent, bank, Municipality or developer
- Apply for mortgage pre-approval – 5 to 7 days
- Search for property and agree a sale
- Begin to shop for life insurance – allow 3 weeks
- Memorandum of understanding – hire conveyancing company – 1 day or so
- Valuation by buyer – 3 to 4 days
- If seller does not have mortgage – final offer contract drafted by bank, seller gets no objection certificate, sends copy to buyer for their bank – 5 to 12 days
- If seller has mortgage – seller gets settlement statement/ liability letter, buyer's bank pays off mortgage with seller's bank, seller applies for NOC (extra 10 days)
- Transfer date set
- Buyer brings manager's checks to transfer, bank brings money.
- Title deeds – transfer day or next day


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Pancreas tissue slices from organ donors enable in situ analysis of type 1 diabetes pathogenesis.
Panzer JK, Hiller H, Cohrs CM, Almaça J, Enos SJ, Beery M, Cechin S, Drotar DM, Weitz JR, Santini J, Huber MK, Muhammad Fahd Qadir M, Pastori RL, Domínguez-Bendala J, Phelps EA, Atkinson MA, Pugliese A, Caicedo A, Kusmartseva I, Speier S.
nPOD would like to highlight this recent publication resulting from the collaborative work of a group of nPOD investigators based at institutes from the Universities of Dresden, Miami, and of Florida, including the nPOD Core laboratory. This paper describes the establishment of a new study platform to investigate type 1 diabetes in live pancreas slices. With this approach, it is possible to examine the function and abnormalities of pancreatic cell types, including islet cells, without having to remove them from their natural environment. In this setting, it is possible to examine also cellular interactions that involve the immune cells that cause type 1 diabetes, and many other applications are possible.
The paper describes initial results from studies in nPOD donors with and without type 1 diabetes. This study was led by Dr. Speier, who had pioneered the study of pancreas slices in animal models. In collaboration with the nPOD co-directors Dr. Pugliese and Atkinson, nPOD's Dr. Kusmarsteva, and the other co-authors, Dr. Speier was able to pilot the generation of viable pancreas slices from human organ donors. As a result of this work, nPOD is now prepared to distribute pancreas tissue slices for additional studies conducted in other institutions within the US and Canada, and 12 new research projects that will study pancreas slices have already been reviewed and approved. This seminal study was supported by funding from the Hemsley Charitable Trust George Eisenbarth nPOD Award for Team Science.
Publication Abstract
In type 1 diabetes (T1D), autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells leads to insulin deficiency and loss of glycemic control. However, knowledge about human pancreas pathophysiology in T1D remains incomplete. To address this limitation, we established a pancreas tissue slice platform of donor organs with and without diabetes, facilitating the first live-cell studies of the human pancreas in T1D pathogenesis to our knowledge. We show that pancreas tissue slices from organ donors allow a thorough assessment of processes critical for disease development, including insulin secretion, β cell physiology, endocrine cell morphology, and immune infiltration within the same donor organ. Using this approach, we compared detailed pathophysiological profiles for 4 pancreata from donors with T1D with 19 nondiabetic control donors. We demonstrate that β cell loss, β cell dysfunction, alterations of β cell physiology, and islet infiltration contributed differently to individual cases of T1D, allowing insight into pathophysiology and heterogeneity of T1D pathogenesis. Thus, our study demonstrates that organ donor pancreas tissue slices represent a promising and potentially novel approach in the search for successful prevention and reversal strategies of T1D.

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China is actively attempting to influence the global media to deter criticism and spread propaganda, according to a new report released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday.
The report, China's Pursuit of a New World Media Order says Beijing is using a variety of strategies including ramping up international broadcasting, undertaking extensive advertising campaigns, and infiltrating foreign media outlets to spread its world view.
"You can see that what is at stake is not only the Chinese authorities trying to spread their own propaganda…what is at stake is journalism as we know it," Cédric Alviani, East Asia Bureau Director of RSF told TIME.
According to the report, the Chinese government is investing as much as $1.3 billion annually to increase the global presence of Chinese media. With this investment, Chinese state-run television and radio shows have been able drastically expanded their international reach in recent years. China Global Television Network is televised in 140 countries and China Radio International is broadcast in 65 languages.
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The government is also spending significant sums to promote Chinese views by placing paid advertorials in Western media publications. Alviani said in an era where news media is struggling with profitability, media outlets have been tempted by advertising dollars. China has paid up to $250,000 to place ads in leading international publications.
"If you're a subscriber to big media you trust the contents they provide to you, you implicitly trust the content they provide, it's quite dangerous," Alviani told TIME. "In the long run they have to make a decision, do they want to keep their credibility? Or do they want to carry Chinese propaganda?"
The report says China is also attempting to control foreign media outlets by buying stakes in them. The report says that Chinese ownership often leads self-censorship, and in some cases journalists have been fired for writing about the country critically.
A columnist for South Africa's Independent Online, of which Chinese investors held a 20% stake, had his column cancelled in Sept. 2018, hours after a column about China's persecution of ethnic minorities was published, according to RSF.
In addition to buying stakes in media outlets, RSF says Beijing has influenced foreign media by inviting journalists, especially from developing countries, to China for training. The report mentions one example where 22 journalists from Zambia were invited to visit China for specially-designed event called the 2018 Zambia Media Think Tank Seminar.
"By inviting journalists on lavish, all-expense-paid trips to attend seminars in China, Beijing wins many of them over and secures favourable coverage," the report says.
Lack of press freedom in China is well-documented, with the country ranking 176 out of 180 countries in RSF's 2018 World Press Freedom Index, but the report documents several cases of China is using the same tactics used to silence dissent at home to repress journalists overseas. China is "employing blackmail, intimidation and harassment on a massive scale," says RSF.
"Chinese ambassadors extend their role outside of the regular diplomatic roles, they denigrate journalists anytime they write something that does not meet Chinese propaganda," Alviani told TIME.
Read More: China's Internet Censorship Is Influencing Digital Repression Around the World, Report Warns
Despite China's far-reaching influence into global media organizations, RSF hopes that journalists will work to document Chinese interference.
"It's very likely that what we show in this report is only the tip of the iceberg. The purpose of the report is to stir interest for journalists so they'll pay attention to the extent of Chinese influence in their regions," Alviani said.
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Actors Ranveer Singh and Pankaj Tripathi the two sides of the coin in Bollywood. Both the actors represent a different kind of cinema in their own ways. Ranveer Singh is a highly power-packed and electrifying performer in commercial Bollywood films. Whereas the versatile actor Pankaj Tripathi represents a very different kind of cinema that is content-based and appeals to the masses. Even though both the actors represent two different genres of cinema has immense love for each as co-actors and as human beings. They do not shy away to showcase their love for each other on any platform.
Recently both Ranveer and Pankaj shared for a shoot and they both couldn't stop raving each other's performances. The duo surely has the charisma and zing to attract the audience towards them as well showcasing their fondness towards each other. Here are some candid pictures from their meeting!


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I wasn't there to help my friend—but God was
I was supposed to be there for her. But here I was, on a trip out of the country, with my struggling friend disappearing into the distance. During my flight, I started to feel increasingly anxious, because my friend had been going through a rough situation at home and had been feeling more and more down about it. Before I'd left, she'd even told me she would kill herself if things got any worse, and the fear this left me with was unbearable. Since I would be in another country, I wouldn't have service on my phone to talk to her. And as the flight went on, I couldn't help but think of all the terrible things that might happen while we were out of touch.
While this situation was definitely extreme, it wasn't the first time I'd felt burdened by someone else's problems. I've always wanted to help other people, and it's natural for me to recognize when someone looks upset or sad and to respond. The problem is, I've often ended up taking on my friends' problems as my own—this can feel really heavy, and sometimes makes me feel helpless.
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I couldn't help but think of all the terrible things that might happen while my friend and I were out of touch.
After a couple of days worrying about my friend, I decided to confide in another friend who was on the trip with me, and she told me that I wasn't responsible for this other person's well-being. It had already occurred to me that I could release this feeling of burden and trust my friend at home to God. But even after this conversation, I felt like I was just too afraid to let go.
I knew from attending the Christian Science Sunday School that God is everyone's divine Father-Mother. This means God takes care of us even better than the best parent ever, and there's no place so dark or hopeless that God's love can't reach it with healing. But how could I feel confident about this in a way that would both heal my fear and help my friend?
Thankfully, I'd brought one of my old writing journals with me on the trip, and as I flipped through it, I found a passage that I'd copied from an article in The Christian Science Journal. The author wrote, "I knew that God was the true director of the program. Divine Mind had been guiding each activity all along, and my absence couldn't be a hindrance to that divine nurturing and guidance" (" 'One horse got scared and pulled back ...,' " by Lauren Stillman, December 2006). This was exactly what I needed: an example of someone surrendering her own concerns about a situation and trusting God to relieve the burden for her. I also knew from the article that trusting God in this way isn't blind faith, but comes from an understanding of all that God is—His power, ever-presence, and saving love.
Every time I thought about my friend, I would prayerfully reaffirm that God was taking care of her. I prayed to know she was safe.
During the rest of the trip, every time I thought about my friend, I would prayerfully reaffirm that God was taking care of her. I prayed to know she was safe. And I prayed for myself: that I couldn't be afraid, since I knew God was comforting her.
When I arrived back home and was able to talk to my friend again, she told me some great news. There had been a drastic change in her home situation, and she was doing so much better.
I was so grateful! And this was also a major turning point for me. I realized that while it's always good to be supportive and loving, I'm not the source of that love; God is, and none of us can ever be separated from God, divine Love. Ultimately, it's God who is guiding everyone's life, and one of the best things I can do for any of my friends is to fearlessly trust them to His care.


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The Third International Symposium on Brainnetome Meets Genome (3rd SBMG)
November 4-6, 2016, Haikou, Hainan, China
The Third Symposium on Brainnetome Meets Genome (3rd SBMG) will be held on November 4-6, 2016, in Haikou, Hainan Province, China. It will be jointly organized by Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Hainan Jingang Biotechnology Co. Ltd, and Kunming University of science and Technology. The aim of this series of symposium is to bring together experts in neuroimaging, network neuroscience, neuroscience methodology and experimental neuroscience with a special interest in understanding the relationships between brain networks, brain functions and malfunctions, and risk genes of neuropsychiatric diseases. The 1st and 2nd SBMG was successfully held in 2012 and 2016, in Brisbane, Australia and Beijing, China, respectively.
The 3rd SBMG has invited about 30 experts from China, Australia, USA, UK, Germany and France to present cutting-edge results in above mentioned areas, introduce promising new tools and techniques, and discuss synergizing the study of brain networks with genomic research.
Tianzi Jiang, Institute of Automation, CAS
Pankaj Sah, Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland
Yingshan Yang, Hainan Jingang Biotechnology Co. Ltd
Yuanye Ma, Kunming University of science and Technology
Shan Yu, Institute of Automation, CAS
Registration & Logistics
1.Registration: 1500RMB/person, travel and housing are not included.
Nov. 4th 14:00-18:00 Registration;
Nov. 5th-6th Talks and discussions.
Haikou Eadry Royal Garden Hotel,188 Meiyu Avenue, Meilan District, Haikou, Hainan Province, China
Contact information:
Ms. Shaomei Wang, Institute of Automation, CAS
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Payment information (Wire transfer)
Name of Account Holder: Institute of Automation, CAS)
Bank: Keyuannanlu Branch, Chinese Agriculture Bank
Account No.: 11 -250101040012109
Note: Please specify the number of attendees and their names


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Metronomic Passenger Drones Overview
Passenger drones have proven to be a new and safe form of transportation, a time-saving solution for traffic congestion, and a way to reduce hazardous emissions and pollution. Several passenger drones are now approved and currently flying in Germany, Dubai and China; And a few models are now in the process of achieving FAA approvals to fly in the US.
Passenger drones with state-of-the-art technologies are quiet, safe, and environmentally "clean" because they're fully electric and don't emit pollutants or hazardous gases like cars. They automatically avoid obstacles and can be programmed to take-off, fly and land precisely every time. An important benefit of passenger drones as personal transportation vehicles in our cities is that they don't require expensive infrastructure improvements such as streets, highways, rail systems, tunnels, street lighting and such. Instead, they can safely take advantage of the unobtrusive non-commercial air space between 400' and 500' in the sky and utilize an unseen digital network as a reliable infrastructure to effectively avoid collision with other passenger drones and any obstacles to ensure a safe flight path with every flight.
Metronomic is an advocate of passenger drones as advancement and enhancement to modern day urban and suburban transportation. Metronomic is teaming with leading global passenger drone companies to make Metronomic buildings more transportation-friendly and more convenient places to live for our tenants, and help alleviate traffic congestion in our great city of Miami and other cities of the United States.
Advantages of Passenger Drones
Improve Transportation Efficiencies – Passenger drones will enable people to move throughout populated areas more safely, faster and more efficiently than current automobile and rail transportation systems.
Environmentally clean – Near-zero emissions will reduce city pollution from vehicles.
Reduce traffic congestion – Traffic jams, automobile accidents, and inefficient transportation flow has been an unsolved and growing problem in large and growing cities for many years. Daily transportation of people in inner cities and between city and suburbs is a growing problem. Passenger drones will significantly enhance the efficiency of transportation without the need for major physical infrastructure improvements.
Reduce traffic accidents – Reduction of automobile traffic congestion will cause a reduction in traffic accidents, especially in dense urban areas.
Emergency use – Passenger drones can be used to access areas that emergency vehicles and helicopters cannot access for emergency and rescue purposes.
Noise reduction – 90% of the travel time of passenger drones is in a space far beyond street level, and most passenger drones will take-off from roof-tops at levels beyond audible levels in populated areas. This will reduce the noise of passing vehicles at street levels.
Safer transportation – Obstacle avoidance and network technologies to ensure that passenger drones identify the exact location of other passenger drones and obstacles at all times, and avoid colliding into each other and obstacles. Advanced fail-safe technologies ensure safe flights prior to take-off, and multi-rotor systems ensure the drone flies and lands safely at all times, even if one or several rotors were to fail.
Passenger Drone Examples
Ehang 184 – Currently flying in Dubai and China
Volocopter - Currently flying in Dubai and Germany
CityAirbus – Getting approvals in California and London
The Lilium Jet – Passenger Drone/Jet
SureFly - Ohio, USA – Recently achieved FAA approvals
Uber – Passenger drones
The Miami World Center – Passenger drones
Forbes – Passenger Drones
Miami-Dade Mayor – Passenger Drone Support


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Swoon Over Bruno Major at Three Links, Do Dinner and Drinks at 3 Nations, Jam Out at Prophet Bar or Remind Bowie of the Babe at Sundown.
There's nothing you can do to 100 percent guarantee you won't get cancer. But there a lots of things that can decrease your risks to varying degrees. The World Cancer Research Fund put together this interactive graphic of things you can do and to what extent they'll lower your risks.
One of the things that has a great impact is to lead an active lifestyle. That includes things like exercising, sure, but it also means getting out of your house on the reg and not just sitting on your couch in front of the tube night after night.
So, in the name of fighting cancer, here's another list of places you can go and be active tonight. — Cory Graves
Bruno Major at Three Links
The 29-year-old British R&B singer has spent the last few months playing arenas with Sam Smith. Now he hits the states where he'll be headlining markedly smaller venues. His latest record is a collection of 12 singles, each written/recorded/released in a single month for one full year. — CG
Pop-Up Dinner at 3 Nations Brewery
Chino Chinatown and Red Stix Asian Food owner/chef Uno Immanivong has prepared a special four-course meal intended to pair with four of 3 Nations' beers. — CG
Labryinth at Sundown (Free)
Get reminded of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power. What power? The power of voodoo. Who do? You do. Do what? Get reminded of David Bowie's greatness as the star of this Jim Henson classic. — CG
Shakespeare in the Park: The Taming of the Shrew at Samuell Grand Park
Tucked away off of I-30, there's a park with a small amphitheater, the Samuel Grand Amphitheater. During the summer months, Shakespeare Dallas puts on two shows in the park. This year, they take on the classics, The Comedy of Errors, and The Taming of the Shrew. A recent show we attended began at 8:15, as the sun was setting behind the trees. The amphitheater allows for food and adult beverages (no liquor) to be brought in, so it's the perfect date night or gathering with a group of friends. Just bring a blanket or your lawn chairs, or you can even rent chairs there, and you can feast on finger foods and beverages before the show. — Angela Jones
Jam Session at Prophet Bar
RC & the Gritz' midweek jams have been going on for well over a decade at this point. It's generally where the best musicians in town can be found on any given Wednesday. But you know that by now. So instead of rehashing, we'll instead remind you of the band's upcoming Gritznic at the Longhorn Ballroom's newly revamped backyard space. The picnic-style event (said to be inspired by The Roots Picnic in Philadelphia) will feature, per its own literature, "local, regional and national acts representing the eclectic projects and side gigs of the multi-faceted members of The Gritz. Each set will feature multiple acts, jamming together on each other's tracks — and perhaps a few covers, as well — promising a one-time-only experience for attendees." — CG
Sawyer Brown at Lava Cantina
Some restaurant venues don't put red beans on their weird Cajun-inspired nachos. Aw but some restaurant venues do. — CG


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Taylor Swift Testifies That The DJ Absolutely Grabbed Her Ass
Another day, another questionable courtroom sketch of Taylor Swift. This time we've got Taylor Swift looking like a self-portrait of Joni Mitchell if she replaced Susan from the classic Milton Bradley game Guess Who?. But (no pun intended) let's get to Taylor Swift's testimony in her butt-grabbing case. Or rather, ass-grabbing case. Taylor made it very clear and in no uncertain terms that it was her "ass" that was grabbed.
Taylor seems like a gee-shucks sweetheart girl-next-door who would call the area above her legs her patootie, her heinie, her tushie – anything but her ass. How vulgar! But that's not the Taylor who took the stand today in Denver for about an hour with David Mueller's lawyer Gabriel McFarland. ABC-7 in Denver took notes, and Taylor did not come to fool around and waste time.
Taylor described David Mueller's alleged butt-grab at a 2013 meet-and-greet as "a definite grab, a very long grab," and that it was long enough for her to be "completely sure it was intentional." She continued:
"He stayed on to my bare ass cheek as I lurched away from him uncomfortably. The first couple of milliseconds, I thought it must be a mistake. I moved to the side very quickly. After this happened, a light switched off in my personality. I just said in a monotone voice, 'Thank you for coming.'"
When asked why her former bodyguard Greg Dent didn't do anything, she shot back: "His hand was under my skirt, on my bare ass." Taylor also implied that David Mueller and his girlfriend seemed a bit intoxicated when they came to take a picture, but adds that's "perfectly normal." What wasn't was that David, according to Taylor, was "very intentional" with his hand placement. Taylor was pretty confident about everything.
"You can ask me a million questions about it and I'm never going to say something different," Swift says. "I never have said anything different."
Actually, confident might be an understatement; Taylor's sights were set to "destroy." When asked why, in the picture taken of the alleged butt-grab, the front of her skirt wasn't lifted up at all, Taylor answered:
"Because my ass is located on the back of my body."
Taylor's mom Andrea Swift wasn't in court today (she was reportedly sick), but she did take the stand yesterday. Variety says Andrea testified she wasn't there to witness the butt-grab, but that she pointed to David Mueller and said: "He sexually assaulted her – right there, that guy." Andrea also says she and her daughter's management went to David's bosses at KYGO in hopes that he would be fired from his radio job (which he was). But that they didn't go to the police because they didn't want the event to "define" Taylor's life.
Taylor's lawyer, J. Douglas Baldridge, had "absolutely no questions" to ask Taylor when she was on the stand. No kidding. She kind of covered it all with Gabriel McFarland, who obviously underestimated Taylor. At one point, Gabriel reportedly asked Taylor if she ever watches police shows on television. Taylor answered by informing him she named her cat Olivia Benson after the detective from Law & Order: SVU. Hopefully Gabriel will do a little more research on Taylor before he shows up to court tomorrow. Poor Gabriel – just wait until he discovers that Taylor Swift seriously does not play when it comes to legal matters.
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eclectic sounds & Bowral Bowling Club
The Radiators
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THE rock 'n' roll road to stardom is a dangerous road indeed, littered with unsuccessful starry eyed hopefuls, wannabes, one hit wonders and jaded "if onlys".
While many bands self-implode before they even leave the garage, victims of classic clashing egos and personalities, few "make it".
One who did and are still packing houses is Australian iconic band The Radiators, who in 2018 will celebrate 40 years together since their very first show.
The Radiators have carved a niche in the archives of Australian rock history and shared the stage with great Aussie acts such as AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and INXS, with over 4000 shows to their credit.
They have played their music to millions of people in Australia, recorded over 100 original songs, with two albums being awarded Platinum status, two achieving Gold and sales of over one million units.
The Radiators still tour extensively playing an average of 100 shows per year and the band's fans young and old, still flock to grab a slice of living Aussie rock history and dance the night away to the great catchy songs and classic hits that make The Radiators an iconic name in Australian rock music.
Doors 6pm - Support 7.30pm - The Radiators 8.30pm.
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A hurricane threatening the first direct hit on the United States in more than a decade could cause insurance losses of $25-30 billion and be the second costliest U.S. hurricane on record for insurers, according to initial industry estimates.
Hurricane Matthew is just off the east coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Friday, after killing at least 339 people in Haiti on its move north through the Caribbean.
Data modeling firm RMS has told clients its initial estimates were a 42 percent chance of a $20 billion insurance loss and a 26 percent chance of a $30 billion loss from the hurricane, a source familiar with the research said.
Ben Brookes, vice president capital markets at RMS, told Reuters its guidance to clients was based on a forecast from earlier in the week.
"We have continued to update our guidance as the situation changes," Brookes said, without giving further details.
An estimate from Kinetic Analysis of insured losses of $25 billion would make Matthew "the second most costly hurricane in U.S. history behind Katrina," JPMorgan analysts said in a note late Thursday, referring to the hurricane which hit New Orleans and the surrounding coast in 2005.
Kinetic could not immediately be reached for comment.
Market participants expect these estimates to rise.
"People are looking at this literally every minute and working overnight on it," one trader said.
The average impact to U.S. property and casualty insurers' book value from $10-30 billion of insured losses from the hurricane would equate to around a quarter's worth of earnings, the JPMorgan analysts added.
A $20 billion insured loss would match the insured losses caused by Hurricane Sandy in the northeast of the United States in 2012, which did not make landfall. A loss of this size would lead to "material risks" for Lloyd's of London insurers, analyst Ben Cohen at Canaccord Genuity said in a note on Friday.
Cohen calculated a loss equivalent to Sandy would hit Beazley's earnings by $104 million, Hiscox's by 117 million pounds ($145 million) and Lancashire's by $39 million.
Beazley estimates an $80 billion storm would cause a $200 million loss, a spokesman said, without specifying losses from a smaller disaster.
A Hiscox spokeswoman said it was too early to judge the impact of the hurricane.
A Lancashire spokesman also said it was early days, but the firm was feeling "relatively relaxed" about its losses because it was very lightly exposed to risk in Florida compared with other states in which it offers reinsurance for wind damage.
The hurricane represented a "real test" of reinsurers' exposure, S&P Global said in a report, but it did not see a ratings impact, due to reinsurers' strong capital buffers.
($1 = 0.8093 pounds) (Additional reporting by Jonathan Gould; Editing by Simon Jessop and Mark Potter)


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Ladies and Gentleman, I give you Hawaii's unparalleled marching band.
This also seems a fitting time to note that Rafflaw has agreed to shed anonymity and expressed an interest in posting during our free-for-all weekends. As I mentioned, I have a number of other regulars in mind who have been on the blog for years and have been wonderful contributors. I will continue to explore ways to add new voices as well as the other innovations suggested by our regulars to improve the blog. Guest blogging requires both a surrendering of anonymity as well as a proven willingness to comply with our hard and fast civility rules (even in the face of persistent trolls). I expect some of our regulars would prefer to continue to post commentary in response to stories and I am grateful to both our guest bloggers and regulars commentators. We have a great bench of pitchers and hitters.
Rafflaw and the rest of the guest bloggers will be blogging more than usual between Dec. 22nd and Jan. 2 because I will be traveling to Chicago in our annual Christmas trip. The Internet is a bit spotty at our family's house on the Northside. However, I will also be posting as the signal allows.


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Last February, I photographed some mushrooms growing on a log near our driveway. That was back when I was just getting into digital photography, and I happened to get a picture that's still one of my favorites. Jump forward to today (which will be yesterday when posted), and some of those mushrooms' relatives/descendants have made an appearance around the stump from which that log was cut. I guess they don't care what month of the year it is to grow as long as the weather is wet. There were also many more mushrooms this time.
I'm not a fungus expert, so if anyone has an idea what kind of mushrooms these are, I'd appreciate your help with identification. They must be fairly common to be growing in eastern Oregon!
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Dave Whitlock casts in a local trout stream. F&S
My parents fished bait or used very large wooden lures on metal baitcasting rods. That didn't interest me as a kid. I learned about fly fishing when I was about 8 or 9 from my granddad's Field & Stream and his L.L. Bean catalogs. I saw these beautiful feathered lures, and I thought it was so neat to fish with something so pretty.
I started catching fish on flies before I was a flyfisherman. As a kid, whenever I would run out of bait, I'd put some thread, grass, or cloth on my hook. I'd dap that in the water, and those sunfish would hit it.
Trout are for fly fishing. It's too easy to catch them on other tackle.
My wife, Emily, she's my best fishing buddy. I taught her when we got together. We've been married 19 years now.
The person who makes an accurate 35- or 40-foot cast is going to outfish the guy who's throwing 80 feet.
When I took up nymph fishing in the late '50s, everyone kept saying strikes were too hard to detect. You had to watch the line to see if it twitched, so I learned to use a very visible line. The next thing I did was paint a fluorescent tip on the end of the fly line. Then I went to using fluorescent material on my leader, which we now call indicators. I caught all kinds of hell because people said I was just using bobbers. But when they saw how much better I could catch fish, it didn't take long to convince them.
Dave's Hopper probably took six or eight tries before I got it right. With a new fly, over the years you just gradually see how things work out, or new materials become available. Once in a while somebody will even give you a really good tip that makes the fly better. And that's what we all do if you stop to think about it: We build on everybody else's knowledge. That's the cool thing to do.
Now, people use such huge indicators and so much weight on their leaders. It's created a crudeness to nymphing that I don't care for at all. I fish flies that sink effectively because of the leader I use or the knots I tie and very small indicators that fish really don't see.
I enjoy wading or canoeing versus powerboating and all the stuff that the professional bass people do now. I like to be a player in nature rather than a foreign object.
The best way to create a new fly is to get on new water and see what the fish are eating. From that immediate experience, go to a fly-tying area that you've set up and begin creating a fly. Then go and fish the fly in that same period. Finally, go back to your desk and take what you've learned from the experience to improve the fly. That's the coolest thing to do because what you're doing is observing, creating, and testing.
I grew up in bass country, and I realized early on that I was not a good fly-rodder for bass, which required a completely different set of techniques. With trout, you're fishing a small fly on a light leader, and the fish intercepts that lure in open water. With bass, I learned to fish a big fly with some animation and aggression because you're targeting a fish that strikes to kill.
I've invented close to 350 or 400 flies now. The Red Fox Squirrel Nymph, Dave's Hopper, Dave's Diving Frog, and my Waker Shad Minnow are probably my favorites.
If you sit down to eat lunch, and just as you're about to take your first bite a car hits the building, you would immediately lose your appetite. You wouldn't be interested in eating until you got into a safe position again. The same is true for fish. The more the fish can't detect your presence, the more chances you have of getting them.
A cellphone is good to carry in your fly vest for emergencies, but I leave mine turned off. I don't want the thing ringing while I'm fishing.
One common problem I see fly anglers make is fishing with too much slack. If that line is not straight when you try to do anything with it, the slack creates all kinds of mechanical problems that cause anglers to fail.
Keep your cellphone off when you're making love, too.
I'm not a celebrity fisherman. Fishing is personal. I enjoy doing it with somebody that I care for on a very private basis. I think most of us are that way. If not, we've got a problem.
This story was first published in 2010.
This article was originally published by Fieldandstream.com/fishing. Read the original article here.


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Meditation is the practice of quieting the mind by slowing down and distancing yourself from your thoughts. By eliminating the busy thoughts crowding your mind, you're better able to eliminate stress and just focus on the present moment. This provides a sense of calm, peace and balance.
Benefits of regular meditation include: (i) reduced stress, anxiety and the negative effects that both have on the body, (ii) stronger immune system, (iii) increased levels of antibodies and melatonin, (iv) regulation of harmful emotions, and (v) the ability to turn on healthy genes while turning off unhealthy genes associated with disease.
There are many types of meditation, including but not limited to guided/visualization, mantra, mindfulness, transcendental, gratitude, Qi gong, Tai Chi, yoga and yoga nidra. With so many options, enjoy the experience of trying different ones and find the method that works best for you.
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There will be live video coverage with commentary at icpclive.com and live commentary in Egor's blog at http://codeforces.com/blog/Egor. Egor is covering the practice session right now - go read his blog! Moreover, there's a new awesome scoreboard from the organizers at http://myicpc.icpcnews.com/, which shows the results on the map and reveals which problems the team is working on right now (in the "Scorebar" view)!
This year it will be possible to solve the problems together with contestants at https://icpc.kattis.com. Tomorrow, I will team up with meret and bmerry and try to solve the contest in real time, while still sharing our thoughts about the problems on this blog. Do you think this will work well? Do you have any suggestions on how we can make it more interesting to read?


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Sunday, August 9, 2015
LEGO Jurassic World game - ALL dinosaurs demoed!
Here's an earlier-promised look at all of the unlockable normal dinosaurs in the LEGO Jurassic World game. I'll do a separate video showing the dinosaur customizer system.
LEGO Jurassic World game - ALL dinosaurs demoed!
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Bloomingdale's is running a Beautyland Bonus Time through April 26. With any $100 beauty purchase you will receive a pretty orange weekender bag, and they are running several nice gifts with purchase:
- Benefit Cosmetics: With any $50 Benefit purchase receive this gift worth $118: BADgal blue mascara, double-ended eye sketching pencil in deep violet royale, california kissin', you clean up nice! foaming face wash, and a luscious lana makeup bag
- Laura Mercier: With any $85 Laura Mercier purchase receive this gift worth $50: Full-size Tender Lips Lip Colour in Sheer, micro mini Natural Radiance Illuminating Tinted Moisturizer, mini Peach Organza Satinee Creme Eye Colour, mini Light Perfecting Water, and a fuchsia cosmetic bag
- Prescriptives: With any $65 Prescriptives purchase receive this gift worth $30: Deluxe samples of All Clean Cleanser, lipgloss, Lash Envy Mascara, Moonbeam Liner, and a deluxe cosmetic bag. Spend $125 and also receive a free full size Magic Liquid Powder (a $35 value)
- Lancome (pictured below): With any $50 Lancome purchase receive this mini bonus that includes new Genifique: Genifique Youth Activating Concentrate, Compact of Color with eye shadow quad in Chic, Positive, Pose, and Couture plus Blush Subtil Shimmer in Shimmer Mocha Havanna and Poudre Soleil Sun-Kissed Bronzing Powder in Bronze Solaire, Virtouse Divine Lasting Curves Mascara in Black, Bi-facil, and Juicy Tubes Smoothie in Hallucination
- They have changed the Estee Lauder bonus, the gift is no longer the black/white bag it is now the sueded bag choose-your-own-gift, with any $39.50 Estee Lauder purchase
- There is also a nice Borghese gift with purchase and a mini bonus from Clinique and lots of other bonuses!
Update: This has ended. There is also a new Choose Your Own Estee Lauder Gift with Purchase at Nordstrom. Online and in store, while supplies last, with any $39.50 Estee Lauder purchase choose one of four gifts worth over $100:
- The Wrinkle Reduction, Warm Shade Choice (use code REDUCE at checkout) with Time Zone Line and Wrinkle Reducing Creme SPF 15 for Normal/Combination Skin (0.5 oz)
- The Lifting and Firming, Warm Shade Choice (use code LIFT at checkout) with Resilience Lift Extreme Ultra Firming Creme SPF 15 for Dry Skin (0.5 oz)
- The Age Prevention, Cool Shade Choice (use code PREVENT at checkout) with DayWear Plus Multi-Protection Anti-Oxidant Creme SPF 15 for Normal/Combination Skin (0.5 oz)
- The Even Skin Tone, Cool Shade Choice (Use code TONE at checkout) with Hydra Bright Skin-Tone Perfecting Creme for Dry Skin (0.5 oz)
- All gifts include Sumptuous Bold Volume Lifting Mascara in Black (0.1 oz), Gentle Eye Makeup Remover (1.7 oz), Advanced Night Repair Protective Recovery Complex (0.5 oz), and two cosmetic bags
- Warm gifts include Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick in Sugar Honey (full size) and a compact with six Pure Color EyeShadow shades (Sand Quad, Copper Penny, and Honey Drop) plus Estee Lauder Signature Silky Powder Blush in True Sand
- Cool gifts include Pure Color Long Lasting Lipstick in Crystal Pink (full size) and a compact with six Pure Color EyeShadow shades (Berry Quartz Quad, Pale Moon, and Lavender) plus Estee Lauder Signature Silky Powder Blush in Fresh Plum
- In store spend over $75 and also receive a Spring Sensation tote (a black tote with white trim and hot pink accents) [Thanks to Eva for the info!]
And only a few new coupons today:
Boscia offer: For Reward members, earn triple reward points on every purchase through April 18.
Juice Beauty coupon: Spend $50 and get a free full size Exfoliating Cleanser ($22 value). Enter code EC4Z3 at checkout. Expires April 21.
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After one semester, we can finally start to paint a picture of President Julio Frenk. A fully-clothed picture, that is.
Our new leader's face first greeted us last spring from online pictures and magazines featuring his signature crinkly, closed-mouth smile. Like if James Franco had a baby with Principal Skinner from "The Simpsons."
But now, after President Frenk's first Homecoming and finals week, we know a few more tidbits about the mysterious, reserved man behind the photos.
First off, he's adaptable. When he started, he threw up the U like he was playing paper football. Now, after plenty of practice with student selfies, he can finally throw up the letter that is already in his name.
That adaptability is his most-necessary trait right now, as President Frenk inherited two massive construction projects: the new Health Center and the ten-year housing plan, which should both have enough free condoms to put the CVS across the street out of business. He also stepped up right in the middle of a growing dialogue about race and LGBT issues on campus and is working with those respective task forces in stride.
During President Donna Shalala's final run, she aggressively pursued how she wanted the campus to change in her absence – almost like her last will for our school. I guess she forgot to include Al Golden.
But President Frenk didn't come thrashing with scissors through her blueprint, and instead has opted to study it and listen to his advisors ask, "Haaaaave you met Donna?"
At the end of last semester, I interviewed Senior Executive Director of Housing, Jim Smart, about President Frenk's involvement with the housing plan, which involves knocking down the freshmen dorms. He said President Frenk hadn't made any drastic changes to the pre-approved process thus far, but will have the opportunity.
Frenk is still moving cautiously, first getting a good feel for the land before making any game-changing moves. This is probably why he hosted a Town Hall last semester, during which he demonstrated his soft-spoken demeanor and kindness.
Fortunately, I had the pleasure of spending some time with the president when he visited the School of Communication's news studio for the first time (I am a broadcast journalism major with a concentration in attention.)
While we spoke, he blew me away with how many questions he asked. He seemed to really care and want to learn about his students. Actually, now that I think about it, he might have actually been asking, "Do we really need to be spending money on this studio?"
Here, I saw a major difference between President Frenk and his predecessor. With his questions, President Frenk commanded the attention of the room in the opposite way that President Shalala would have.
When I interviewed Shalala on UM's late-night talk and sketch comedy show "Off the Wire," she brandished her wit and spunk with stories of losing a bet to Sebastian and kicking out the lake's alligator once the students named it Donna.
Meanwhile, President Frenk used silence as his weapon. He would stand there and nod to let you know that he was contemplating your answer. Next to Miss Effie in the Mahoney-Pearson Dining Hall, he's the best listener on campus.
Overall, President Frenk is emerging as a quiet, but effective leader. While he may not have had enough time to make any monumental shifts to our campus, he demonstrates his adaptability and overall genuine nature with the actions that we have seen so far.
And hey, if nothing else, Al Golden is gone, right?
Danny New is a junior majoring in broadcast journalism. The Maturity Column runs alternate Mondays.


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On the Corner of Love and Hate by Nina Bocci
Narrated by Dara Rosenberg
1st in the Hopeless Romantics Series of Standalones
I have worked with Nina Bocci in the book world for many years now, so I was excited for her to release her first solo novel. I started reading my ARC of On the Corner of Love and Hate and honestly just couldn't get into it, but that seems to be the case a lot for me lately, so I waited for the audiobook which definitely held my interest more than reading it.
Emma and Cooper grew up in the small town of Hope Lake. Politics are in their blood. Her dad is the mayor, and his mom is in politics too. Cooper and Emma both work in the city planning department, but Cooper is running for Mayor because Emma's dad is retiring. The relationship between Emma and Cooper has been strained for a while.
"If you two got your heads out of your collective asses, you would make the perfect pair."
Emma is doing all of Cooper's work while he is out campaigning, and the little mouse just bitches to herself instead of slapping this jerk right upside the head. He is the town playboy, so much so that his bedroom escapades are all the town talks about instead of taking him seriously for Mayor.
"In a lot of ways, Cooper was like the sun: you couldn't fly close to it, or him, without getting burned."
Honestly, he did seem completely immature and unqualified. He seemed like he had no substance, and I never really fully warmed up to him or rooted for him. While I liked Emma at first, I felt like she let herself be taken advantage of by this guy, and never saw the reasoning behind her feelings.
On the Corner of Love and Hate reminded me very much of another co-worker hate-to-love book that will soon be a movie, but it had so much less romance and I never really fell for the main characters. That being said, I never felt like I wanted to put it down but I also never felt the need to go and share my love for it on socials.
- I liked the town and it's quirky residents.
- All of the side characters.
- I love an enemies to lovers read.
- The friendships.
- The small town was charming and really written well.
- Good parents and family life.
- Her inner monologues.
- Some cute moments that made me snicker.
- I love the covers of the whole series.
- Moved too slow for me.
- Only her POV, this story really needed his as well.
- Neither character was likable enough for me to root for, and it seemed that they felt the same about each other.
- The political race was stupidly cutthroat for this little town and overshadowed the romance.
- No chemistry.
The Narration:
I hope to see Dara Rosenberg do more contemporary romance because I really enjoyed her narration.
The Down & Dirty:
Rating: 3 Stars, 2.5 Heat, 5 Narration
Purchase On the Corner of Love and Hate by Nina Bocci


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Today I want to give everyone a long overdue update on the Impact Community Garden. For those that might not know, this project first started back in 2011, and it brings together people who want to garden but lack the space or knowledge to make it happen otherwise. The garden itself is located in downtown Evansville, Indiana on the grounds of Impact Ministries, which is an inner-city organization that strives to empower and educate youth and adults. My role is to serve as a gardening mentor, plus I also supply many of the plants that I grow from seeds here at Happy Acres. How this project came about is an interesting story in itself, and I wrote a piece about it in 2010 called: New Project for 2011 (Making an Impact).
The big news for this year is we moved the garden! An upcoming project is going to use the spot where the garden was originally located, so early this spring we sprang into action with a plan. In the process we wound up not only moving the garden but also expanding it a bit in the process. The old garden was about 1800 square feet (30 x 60), while the new one is around 2500 square feet (45 x 55).
Due to time constraints in getting all the work done, we were unable to get any spring crops planted, but managed to get the garden ready just in time for planting the warm weather veggies. And so for the last few weeks, we have been busy planting, mulching and watering.
This year we have six families on board, with half of them seasoned veterans, and the other half new to the project but full of enthusiasm. And not everyone is new to gardening either, which always helps.
One of the reasons I love this project is that not only do I get to hang out in the garden with a great group of people, but I also learn a lot in the process. Everyone brings their own experiences and ideas to the project, so there's ample opportunity for all of us to learn from each other.
As for the garden itself, we finished planting and mulching just this week. Wednesday morning we worked on planting sweet potatoes and some herbs, plus finished up on mulching. We left almost half of the garden unplanted though. Some of that space will be used to plant fall crops like cabbage, broccoli, kale, turnips and lettuce. In the meantime we are sowing a cover crop of buckwheat, which will serve to smother the weeds, attract beneficial insects, and add organic material when we work it into the soil.
Planted so far we have tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, summer and winter squash, bush beans, cucumbers, chard, kale, cantaloupe, watermelon, sweet potatoes and herbs like basil, parsley, dill and sage. Things are truly looking good, with kale and chard ready for harvest. In this project, everyone (except me) shares in the harvests.
The zucchini is also setting on, and should be ready to start harvesting in a day or two. The cucumbers won't be far behind. And tomatoes are blooming and setting on fruit as well. One task we still need to do is decide on a location for the compost bins, and then get them reassembled after they were moved from the old location. And we also need to finish putting up the rabbit fencing to help keep the critters out of the garden.
I hope you have enjoyed this update on the Impact Community Garden project. I want to thank my wife for stopping by and getting a few images of the me and the group in action. I'll be back periodically with updates from the garden and to show how things are progressing.


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A Nigerian court has remanded a cleric, Ajibaye Elikana, 49, and his wife, Elizabeth, in prison custody for allegedly pouring hot charcoal on their child.
The Chief Magistrates' Court in Osogbo took the decision Tuesday after hearing the Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Elisha Olusegun, recount how the couple conspired and caused bodily harm to their 12-year old son on 2 January at Okinni area of the town, capital of the state of Osun.
Olusegun said the cleric and his wife tied the hands and legs of their son with a rope and bathed him with hot charcoal.
According to Olusegun, the poor child was abandoned on the street where he was picked up by a good Samaritan for treatment and taken to the Central Juvenile Welfare Centre.
He said the offence committed contravened Sections 516, 335 and 351 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol. 11 Laws of Osun, 2003.
The accused persons, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge and their counsel, Mr O.O. Alabi, applied for their bail.
But Chief Magistrate Adebayo Lasisi ordered the remand of the couple in prison custody and adjourned the case to 21 January for bail consideration.
Lasisi also ordered that the victim be brought to court on the next adjourned date to ascertain his condition.


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Let's face it, as a new mom there so many changes in your life. The newest one may not be the appearance of your ever so loving body or the new person in your house. It's how some sentences just make your skin crawl and your blood pressure rise! Here are a few things no soul should ever say to a new mom!
You wanted this!
Yes, it was my choice to procreate. Yes, I get that. However, when you have that baby fever you don't remember the sleepless nights, the clothing covered in baby vomit, or the aching breast. You remember the itty-bitty clothes, that sweet smell of baby's head, or that first smile. When a new mommy is having a rough day, covered in bodily fluids, and has not slept since her third month of pregnancy, please don't tell her this was her choice.
You knew there could be days…
Yes, I knew that motherhood, (the first or the second time around), was not going to be butterflies and unicorn farts. I knew it was going to be hard! You are responsible for this new little life! You know there are going to be terrible-two melt downs over putting on shoes, diaper blows at the most non-convenient times (most of the time it's all over you too), and hormone surges that rival puberty. However, on those rare days, where you can't just laugh it off, you are allowed to have a melt down. It's OK to cry as you hold the bathroom door shut, shake your arms to the heavens, or to eat the hot fudge directly out of the jar.
I think she/he is hungry….
Ughhh… there is nothing I hate hearing more! I have dedicated myself to be a nursing mom, which means I have become a 24/7 food service machine. Which I am happy to do! It burns off a ton of calories for me; it's like having a treadmill strapped to your chest! Sure I can eat that extra cookie, heck I am nursing I am burning those calories! However, there is nothing worse when you hear those dreadful words from your husband at 2:00 am, "I think it's hungry…"Another time I HATE to hear it is when I am at grocery store and every old lady I pass has to tell me that my baby must be hungry. Yes, I understand that the baby is a little fussy, however it's just that he/she is hot or upset that it has had to spend the last hour in the car seat. Hunger is not a cure all for every noise it makes.
Is the baby sleeping through the night?
What you should say to a new mom
After I had my son, there was one mom friend that sat down looked me in the eye and asked me "how are you holding up?" It almost brought me to tears! After weeks of answering questions about birth weight, sleep habits, and how big sister was handling it, it was one the first times someone had asked me about me rather about the baby first!
This small kindness can go a long way! When you don't know what to say to a mom who is looking rough or having a hard time – just say, "How are you doing?"


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March 28, 2022 — Today, Bose announces the new Smart Soundbar 900 — a Dolby Atmos® speaker that provides unmatched immersion for music and movies. With proprietary Bose spatial technologies, the 900 elevates Dolby Atmos content by separating instruments, dialogue, and effects, and then places them in discrete parts of a room — far above, and to the far right and left. It also elevates content other than Dolby Atmos by providing a comparable experience no matter what you're listening to or watching. Featuring HDMI eARC, the Soundbar 900 connects to a TV with just one cable, and packs all its technology in a gorgeous single enclosure. It features Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® for the best of both worlds, Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa for voice control, a simple app for touch control, and is compatible with Spotify Connect, AirPlay 2, and all other Bose smart speakers for a premium audio multi-room system. The Soundbar 900 is an all-in-one powerhouse that replaces the Bose Smart Soundbar 700. It is available for $1,399.95(AUD) and $1,599.95 (NZD) from 11 April with pre-orders start today from Bose.com.au and select resellers.
The Smart Soundbar 900 puts you in the centre of your music or movies in an entirely new way. By combining custom arrays, dipole transducers, and low-profile transducers with Bose spatial technologies, it produces a layer of realism no other speaker can duplicate.
While conventional Dolby Atmos soundbars create sound "overhead," the 900 does more. Bose PhaseGuide™ technology adds other dimensions just as precisely, placing and "pinning" distinct sound to the right and left where there are no speakers. Helicopters hover above you — while the actors run past you, not across your screen. Or the singer is standing centre-left when performing — and you hear them performing centre-left in your room. When there's no Dolby Atmos content, the horizontal spatial effects are just as effective, and Bose TrueSpace™ technology takes over for the vertical experience, remixing signals to add "height" without adding a ceiling speaker.
For programming or playlists, Bose QuietPort™ technology delivers exceptional bass performance and virtually no distortion at any volume. And if furnishings or system placement interfere with audio quality, proprietary ADAPTiQ® technology automatically fixes it, optimising performance for every space, every time.
The Soundbar 900 is a mere 5.8cm high, just over 10cm deep, and 104cm long. It features an oval-shaped design, wraparound metal grille, tight seams, clean lines, and a polished, impact-resistant tempered glass top. It fits beautifully under televisions 50" or larger.
The Bose Smart Soundbar 900 delivers instant gratification across the board. Setup is straightforward with HDMI eARC and one cable that plugs into the TV. With Wi-Fi, accessing Spotify Connect and AirPlay 2 is easy; with Bluetooth®, pairing to a phone or tablet takes seconds. Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa are built-in for voice control — and Alexa extends to taking and making calls and enables the exclusive Bose Voice4Video™ feature that turns a TV on to the channel or input asked for — with just one command.
For true flexibility, the 900 works seamlessly and wirelessly with Bose bass modules and rear speakers for a more complete home theatre experience; Bose smart speakers for a multi-room or whole-home system; and the new QuietComfort® 45 headphones for the ultimate private watch party. The Bose Music app helps with pairing, personalisation, and updates.
Bose Corporation was founded in 1964 by Dr. Amar G. Bose, then a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Today, the company is driven by its founding principles, investing in long-term research to develop new technologies with real customer benefits. Bose innovations have spanned decades and industries, creating, and transforming categories in audio and beyond. Bose products for the home, in the car, on the go, and in public spaces have become iconic, changing the way people listen to music.
Bose Corporation is privately held. The company's spirit of invention, passion for excellence, and commitment to extraordinary experiences can be found around the world — everywhere Bose does business.
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