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The Summer Palace is one of the best preserved masterpieces of Chinese landscape and design. Filled with lakes, gardens, pavilions, halls, palaces, temples and bridges, it all comes together to form a harmonious ensemble of calming aesthetic pleasure. It's also one of the largest imperial gardens in China. Wandering around, taking in the surrounding architecture is one of the most peaceful experiences you'll ever have but if your aim is to see as much as possible in one day then these essential tips will help you get the most out of your time.
1.The Summer Palace is open between 8:30 am – 5 pm so having some idea of the layout of the Palace grounds will help you get the most out of your time there.
2.The main ticket price for admission is around 40 – 50 RMB. Audio Guides cost a further 30 RMB to rent.
3.The main ticket price however, only includes the entrance fee. Other areas like Longevity Hill and the opera recital area, require a further fee to enter. Purchase a combo ticket at the main gate which provides access to all additional attractions. This is a better idea since some location-specific ticket counters for certain garden areas are hard to locate once inside the grounds.
4.One of the must do relaxing activities is boating on Kunming Lake. The boating fee however, is not included in the entrance ticket.
5.There are 3 main fast food restaurants located here which offer mainly Chinese food. Near the Marble Boat is a restaurant named Tingli Guan, which offers great local food too. There is also a McDonalds outside the Northern Palace Gate.
6.Most of the palace grounds are accessible by wheel chair with the surrounding ramps. There are free hand powered wheelchairs at most entrances and at the Tourist Service Center in the southeast area. Bear in mind that not all areas are wheel chair friendly and you will have to plan your route accordingly. One area that is not wheel chair friendly is Longevity Hill.
7.However, if you have the time and energy, hike up Longevity Hill. There are about a hundred steps to climb but the buildings here are uniquely nestled within the landscape providing a unique visual experience. From here you can also see an aerial view of the surrounding area.
8.Interpretation services in English and Russian are also is available.
9.Professional video camera equipment is not allowed inside without permission.
10.If you are under time constraints and cannot see the entire palace grounds then you should start with the East Bank which contains the majority of the architecture.
11.Keep an eye on your kids at all times. The Palace grounds are huge and it is easy to wander around and get lost.
12.Take a map with you. The gardens are filled with corridors, stone paved paths, palaces and halls. Taking a map will ensure you don't get lost and can find your way back out.
13.Plan your route. The Palace grounds are pretty huge and there are many different entrances and exits giving way to a range of walking routes. Planning what you'd like to see and a good walking route before arriving will save you time and energy.
Further Reading: The Best Walking Routes Within The Summer Palace
14.Take some hiking essentials like a bottle of water, sunglasses and high energy snacks. They are also available within the palace grounds but are sold at a much higher cost.
15.If you'd like to see an aerial view of Beijing, hike to the Foxiang Tower.
Further Reading: Top 16 Things to do at The Summer Palace
16.The landscape and accessible activities around the palace grounds change with the seasons. Summer is the best time to visit because of the boating activities available on Kunming Lake. The lake however, does freeze over in winter making skiing and sledging activities a popular pass time. Endless flowers bloom in spring and earthy colors take over in autumn.
How to get to the Summer Palace:
- Take Bus Number: 209, 330, 331, 332, 346, 394, 712, 718, 726, 732, 696, 683, 801, 808, 817 or 826. Get off at the east gate of Summer Palace.
- Take Bus Number: 303, 330, 331, 346, 375, 384, 393, 634, 716, 718, 696, 683, 801, 808, 817 or 834. Get off at the north gate of Summer Palace.
- Take Bus Number: 374, 437, 704, 992, 481 and 952. Get off at the new gate of Summer Palace.
- Take subway line 4 and get off at Beigongmen. Take exit D and walk to the North Palace Gate.
- Take subway line 4 and get off at Xiyuan. Take exit C2 to reach the East Palace Gate.
- Take subway line 16 and get off at Xiyuan. Take exit C2 and walk west to the East Palace Gate.


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Meet Jay, a 38 year old entrepreneur. Jay came to the office complaining about his struggle with motivation, joint pain, fatigue, and digestive issues. He had been putting his health aside as he has been growing his business. Now that his business is stable, he's realizing the value of good health and the impact it can have on his future growth potential.
Jay looked relatively healthy on the outside, you would never guess he was struggling so much. His clothes were a little loose on him, indicating some weight loss. Jay had dark circles under his eyes and his eyes were slightly bloodshot. He looked healthy but worn out.
Jay reported that his health issues started after he was put on a course of antibiotics for an oral infection several years ago. He eats organic as much as possible, avoids gluten 100%, and works out 4 times a week. Lately, he's noticed that has been tired in the morning and not as motivated at work and at home. He's got a great marriage, enjoys time with his young family, but reports he's overdue for a vacation. He's been grinding it out over the last few years trying to grow his venture.
We discussed his downtime activities, how much time he spends in nature, his sleep schedule, and his childhood. Through our conversation, we uncovered that he sits most of the day at his desk, hardly gets outside for fresh air, and goes to bed way too late. He was a textbook perfectionist and always beating himself up – nothing was good enough. His parents always put a lot of pressure on him and it was taking a toll on his internal dialogue.
Jay had seen his family doctor a few months ago and his lab work came back "normal". There were no significant findings and he checked out clear for any major issues despite his symptoms above. The good news was that he wasn't going to die, but this was not the way he wanted to live the rest of his life.
I started off by suggesting some simple lifestyle changes such as going to bed by 10pm, regulating his blue light exposure, setting a timer at work (forcing him to walk around more), and improved hydration habits. Within two weeks he noticed more energy, better mental clarity, and greater strength at the gym. He also became more present and noticed better focus at work. His creativity improved and his memory sharpened. Jay even started meditating using a MUSE device on his own!
We cleaned up his diet by lowering his grain intake and introduced cleaner sources of protein. He added collagen powder to his shakes, hot drinks, and soups. He was eating a lot of plant based foods but needed to eat more vegetables. We also had him incorporate healing spices like ginger and turmeric into his diet to help lower inflammation.
His functional lab testing revealed a high demand for magnesium, high levels of oxidation, and poor detoxification status. His stool testing indicated an H. Pylori infection and an overactive immune response.
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Do you have a question for a professor? Submit it to us at firstname.lastname@example.com and your question just might be featured.
It's just a few days before the end of the semester, but something foreboding stands between you and the freedom of winter break: finals week. Here's some advice from your very own professors on how to ace this semester's finals.
1. Remember the big picture
Brian Coffey, assistant professor of agricultural economics, suggested looking outward during times of stress. "Go out and do something to encourage another student who seems to be having a rough time during finals season," Coffey said.
Additionally, it's important for students to remember why they are putting themselves through all this.
"Also, take time to remind yourself of the bigger picture of what your K-State diploma will allow you to do in the future and why you are here," Coffey said. "Finally, remember that, whether they are great or not so great, your grades are only meant to measure your performance, and not who you are."
2. Relax
Barry Flinchbaugh, professor emeritus of agricultural economics, said keeping a cool head is vital.
"Relax," Flinchbaugh said. "Do not panic or cram. It is too late for that. Get plenty of rest. Clear your mind of trivia. Review your course notes. Think logically about what you have learned. Do not memorize."
Flinchbaugh also encouraged students to use their resources for a well-rounded understanding of the subject.
"If you do not understand something in your notes, check with a friend in class, contact the professor or the teaching assistants or check the text and references," Flinchbaugh said. "In other words, understand it before the final. Finals are supposed to test your overall knowledge of the subject, so spend the most time studying the big picture and relax. Be calm."
3. Test yourself
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Carla Martinez Machain, associate professor of political science, recommended testing your knowledge before walking into your final exam.
"The best way to prepare for finals is to not just read over textbooks and notes, but also to practice writing out mock answers to see if you can recall the material," Martinez Machain said.
However, it doesn't have to be all work and no play.
"Also, be sure to take study breaks," Martinez Machain said. "Drinking coffee or hot chocolate with friends, going for a run, or doing yoga are all good ideas."
4. Dedication is key
Jonathan Herington, professor of philosophy, provided several steps for a smooth finals week.
"Don't delay," Herington said. "When you have all of dead week to prepare for an exam, it's tempting to take a couple of days to relax. But Monday quickly turns into Thursday, and all you have to show for those four days is being caught up on 'Bachelor in Paradise.'
"Study consistently," Herington continued. "Study like it is your job. Study every day. Ideally, you would have been reviewing your notes throughout the semester. But here we are now, and the fact that your past-self made some grave mistakes is no reason to keep making them."
Step two is more focused on socializing to get your head out of exams.
"Don't become a hermit," Herington said. "Talk to other people about what you are studying. If you have a good grasp of the material, helping fellow students will really solidify your knowledge."
If you are struggling, then asking others, whether that is your professor or your fellow students, Herington said.
"If you are meeting with your professor, have a set of specific questions to ask," he said. "You'll get a lot less out of a meeting with your professor if your opener is, 'Can we go over the review notes?'"
Finally, Herington urged students to stay calm no matter what happens.
"Don't panic," Herington said. "I know this is hard advice to follow, but obsessing about how much you don't know is probably not productive. When anxiety is getting the better of me, I find that simple relaxation exercises — focused breathing, a cup of coffee, a neck massage — can often be a good way to start a study session.
Once you are feeling calmer, Herington said, focus on just one section of the course that you don't fully understand.
"Work on that with focus, then move on to the next thing you need to review," Herington said. "Trying to skim over the entire course is just going to increase your distress, and it's probably not going to help you retain anything."
Olivia Rogers is a community editor for the Collegian, the secretary of the College Republicans at Kansas State and a junior in political science. The views and opinions expressed in this column are those of the author and the persons interviewed and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Collegian. Please send comments to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Here's a scouting report on Blue Jays prospect Deck McGuire.
Deck McGuire is a big right-hander with good downhill action on his pitches. Although he has a slow arm motion, McGuire features deception and decent command. McGuire's mechanics are difficult to watch at times, but he gets the ball out of his hand quick and follows through nicely.
He controls his fastball more than he commands it, but it has nice bite and late, natural sink to it. In one late-season start that in which I saw McGuire, he got rather frustrated after getting out of tune in the middle innings, which involved giving up two runs. He quickly got himself back on track and lasted until the 7th inning.
McGuire doesn't throw that hard, but his velocity lasts until the later innings. Although I still think (along with others) that he was a slight overdraft, I can envision McGuire being a solid 4th or 5th starter for the Jays. He isn't too far away.


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Twin UFO 'Ships' Hover Over Vero Beach, Caught On Video — But What Does The Tape Really Show?
Not one but two glowing UFO "ships" appeared over the horizon off the scenic coast of Vero Beach, Florida, last week, and a group that charges $2,500 for training sessions in how to communicate with UFOs claims that its members summoned the twin objects to appear by meditating.
However, the two UFOs made their appearance on January 27, as part of a mediation session held by the Center For the Study of Extraterrestrial Intelligence, no definite explanation of what the objects actually were has been forthcoming. The CSETI members who took part in the event say that no other explanation is possible — the golden-colored spheres were alien spacecraft.
But even other UFO experts remain skeptical, saying that the visual evidence in the above video of the double UFO sighting indicates that the objects were simply flares, fired from a nearby boat — a theory that the witnesses vehemently reject.
"There were NO boats or ships seen anywhere in the area of the objects and there were no jets or planes or other airborne objects anywhere near the objects before, during or after the event. There was no smoke which would be seen from flares," wrote the witnesses who posted their admittedly startling video on YouTube.
"They emerged in this dimension suddenly and did not drift or move laterally in the direction of the wind, which was gusty at times. A flare with a small parachute would have visibly drifting significantly to the south during the long duration of the sighting."
But a photo analyst for MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, disagrees.
"The facts are this. You see one appear in another way they appear is from right to left. The way they go out is from right to left as expected, with the first one to light up being the first one to go out," Marc Dantonio told the OpenMinds.tv UFO site.
"Not only that but you can actually see as you scrub through the video that they drift to the right and sink lower in the sky. It is at that point where the first flare that lit up then goes out as expected. This is absolutely consistent with aerial parachute flares."
OpenMinds.tv writer Alejandro Rojas says that he contacted the U.S. Coast Guard, which told him that it had no boats in the area and fired no flares during the period between 9:00 and 9:15 p.m., when the glowing UFOs were supposedly seen.
The U.S. Navy has so far failed to respond to the inquiries placed by Rojas.
The Florida chapter of MUFON said that it is conducting an investigation of the alleged Vero Beach UFO sighting, but has reached no definite conclusions as of yet.


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OFTEC Registration - Who can register?
Whether you are working in the oil, solid fuel or renewables heating industry, OFTEC registration can bring several benefits to your business. It will demonstrate that you work to a high professional standard and, if you are an installer, you will be able to self-certify your own work. You can also take advantage of OFTEC's other services including a company listing on the OFTEC website, free technical advice by phone and email, discounts from the OFTEC Direct shop and regular updates on industry developments.
So who is eligible to register with OFTEC?
OFTEC offers registration to technicians installing oil-fired heating and cooking appliances as well as systems providing central heating and hot water. Completing OFTEC registration demonstrates to the public that you have the necessary skills and training to complete work to the highest industry standard.
You can now also become an OFTEC registered technician for solid fuel, if you install solid fuel room heaters such as single or multi fuel wood burners; or for biomass, heat pump and solar thermal renewable systems. MCS registration is also available, which enables your customers to claim payments through the government's Renewable Heat Incentive.
Service Engineers: If you service oil-fired boilers, solid fuel wood burners, biomass or renewable equipment it is recommended you complete OFTEC registration. Your company will then be listed on our website which will help people find your business when they look for a local OFTEC registered technician to service their heating system or repair their boiler if it breaks down. As an OFTEC technician you will also be able to display the OFTEC logo on your website and van which will demonstrate to the public you are registered with a competent person scheme. This provides reassurance to customers that the work completed will be carried out safely and professionally.
Electricians: OFTEC electrical Part P registration is specifically for oil heating technicians who are carrying out electrical installations and it enables you to self-certify your own work. You will also be listed on the Registered Competent Persons Electrical website which makes it easy for the public to find suitably qualified technicians.
Oil heating business managers and specifiers and trainers: OFTEC offers non-operative registration for people who work in the industry but do not install or service boilers. For example, if you manage a business, specify or price work, or are involved in relevant education and training. Having non-operative OFTEC registration means you can still enjoy many useful benefits including free technical advice, regular industry updates through our newsletters and discounts at the OFTEC Direct online store.
To become an OFTEC registered technician you need to have the correct qualifications and have undergone all the necessary training. This is available through OFTEC approved centres located across the country and the assessment will include written and practical tests. If you are joining OFTEC you need to register both your business and yourself as an individual technician.
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We are often asked what the benefits are of an iBme retreat; what are the skills that teens learn?
We worked with illustrator Tanmay Vora to create a visual image of the benefits of an iBme retreat. We love the results!
The overall result of going on retreat is less stress, more ease, with confidence in your ability to calm your mind, navigate your emotions, and engage with others in authentic, enjoyable ways.
Learning takes place through formal practices, pair work, small-group activities, community circles, as well as solo time. Teens are introduced to the foundational practices of mindfulness, including but not limited to sitting meditation and relational and communication experiences.
Curious? Find out more about Teen Retreats.
Let's take a deeper look at the benefits of an iBme retreat. Learning through their own personal experience under the guidance of expert teachers, teens take home skills and teachings to use in everyday life:
- Learn awareness and concentration practices.
Discover the keys to shifting awareness, for example, being able to focus when you want to, like taking notes in class, working on an assignment, or memorizing the lines to the play.
- Teachings to calm your mind.
We all need tools for when anxiety and fear strike. Teens learn critical information on how the mind works and what they can do when they start to spin.
- Explore emotions and thoughts.
How on earth do we navigate the new emotional terrain of the teen years? Believe it or not, there are skillful ways to accept and learn from all our emotions and become more aware of the thoughts that hijack us.
- Learn to direct and sustain attention.
Teens gain skills in becoming more present with their own body, in relationship with the people in their life, and in the indoor and outdoor spaces they spend time in.
- Cultivate compassion.
Mindfulness teachings have always included practices to cultivate compassion. Softening our thoughts, opinions, and judgements and focusing on positive thoughts, we can learn to get more real and see the human struggles in every person, especially in ourselves.
- Communicate more authentically.
There is nothing that feels as good as being in a group of people who accept you fully, no explanations needed. Structured exercises as well as small-group encounters in both listening fully and speaking truthfully support the overall ease in being.


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TEC-SIG Breakfast and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
8 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Hyatt Salon A/B
180 attendees permitted (including officers)
$10 to SIG members
$30 to non-SIG members (includes TEC-SIG membership)
*Must register for the 2019 Convention*
Can pre-register during the registration process.
Registration and Attendance Onsite: Info to Follow
Breakfast included
Continental Breakfast & Breakfast Tacos
Coffee, decaf, and hot tea
Chilled juices (orange, grapefruit, cranberry)
Breakfast Tacos
Flour Tortillas
Bacon & Egg
Potato, Chorizo & Egg
Egg white with spinach, mushroom, and sweet peppers
Served with charred tomato salsa
Sliced fresh seasonal fruit (pineapple, honeydew, cantalope)
Mini coffee cakes (cinnamon streusel pumpkin, apple, lemon-rosemary)
Projected Reg Income: $10 x 180 people = $1,800
Potential Sponsorship Income: $4,000
Projected F&B Expense: $5,620 + 25% service charge ($1,405) = $7,025
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Preregistration is required
Active SIG membership is required
TEC-SIG is the largest SIG and provides a means of communication between technology coordinators, instructional technology leaders, and administrators.
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Breakfast registration is $10 and active TEC-SIG membership is required. Annual dues are $20. Pre-registration is required; however, seating may be available. Inquire at the door for availability.
2019 SIG Poster Session
Thursday, February 7, 2019
3 p.m. - 5 p.m.
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Hoglund Ballpark included in largest capital campaign in KAI history
University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod and Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger announced Friday night their five-year, shared strategic vision encompassing a $350 million campaign for facility improvements including Hoglund Ballpark (baseball), Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena, concourse upgrades to Allen Fieldhouse and Memorial Stadium (football).
"In the 15 years I have been at KU, I don't think I have been more excited about a single announcement than I was of the Raise The Chant campaign," head baseball coach Ritch Price said. "If we are going to continue to compete at the highest level, we have to continue to upgrade Hoglund Ballpark, and finish it."
Those upgrades include a total overhaul of the current stadium, adding in 3,000 chairback seats, eight premium suites, home plate donor seating, expanded and enhanced concession options, entertainment viewing decks and a team store.
"We all understand the importance of football at the University of Kansas, and for our athletic department to take the final step of being a national power in all sports – Memorial Stadium needs a renovation to continue the great tradition that was in place here at one time," Price said. "I'm excited for our players and I'm excited for our fans. For everyone who has put that Jayhawk uniform on and who loves this place, it was a great day for Kansas baseball to be included."
Hoglund Ballpark is part of a campaign that kicked off Friday night with the largest gift in the history of Kansas.
Friday evening in Lawrence, during a dinner at The Jayhawk Club with some of Kansas Athletics' most generous benefactors, Kansas alumnus and benefactor David Booth attended the dinner and boldly kicked off the campaign with a $50 million pledge, the largest in Kansas Athletics history.
The Booth gift will launch far-reaching improvements to Memorial Stadium, Girod and Zenger said, beginning with the construction of an indoor football practice facility immediately following this season. Improvements to the south end zone and the west side of the stadium will follow after the completion of the 2018 season; enhancements to the north end zone and the stadium's east side will commence at a time to be determined. Renovations will include a variety of premium seating options at all price points, enhanced fan amenities such as suites, lounges, reserved chairback seating, concourse viewing decks, expanded concourses and premium concession options.
"In listening to Sheahon's vision of many years," Booth said, "and believing in where Coach Self's program is and where Coach Beaty's program is headed, I am proud to support my alma mater's athletic program. I believe Sheahon's plan for football and basketball is essential not only to the future of Kansas Athletics, but also to the university as a whole."
"The Raise The Chant campaign, with its primary focus on football, addresses an institutional priority for the University of Kansas," Chancellor Girod said. "A competitive football program benefits the entire university and is important for KU to continue being a strong member of the Big 12 Conference. In recent years, we have transformed the university with nearly $1 billion in new and renovated facilities, and this is the next step in that transformation. I have the utmost confidence in Sheahon and believe we have the right people at the right time for this campaign."
The comprehensive campaign comes on the heels of six years of unprecedented athletic facility growth in soccer, men's and women's track & field, softball, tennis, and men's and women's golf. This six-year period of expansion also includes the construction of the DeBruce Center – the home of the original rules of basketball – and McCarthy Hall, the impressive new residence for the men's basketball team and other exceptional students.
The generosity did not end with Booth. Girod and Zenger announced that Stewart Horejsi, a long-time KU benefactor, has further enriched the campaign with his family's $10-million pledge, which will enable Kansas Athletics to construct a new, 3,000-seat arena for the nationally ranked and defending Big 12 Conference Champion volleyball program. Construction on the Horejsi Family Volleyball Arena will begin immediately following the 2017 season.
"My family and I have been thrilled to watch all the success of KU volleyball as it outgrew the current Horejsi Family Athletic Center," Horejsi said. "We loved the concept of the new arena, especially Sheahon's vision of connecting a hospitality area to the existing one in Allen Fieldhouse. That will take fan enjoyment to a new level. We look forward to watching great Big 12 and NCAA matches in the new Horejsi."
Girod and Zenger also announced other major gifts to the campaign from long-time, dedicated Jayhawks, including Dana and Sue Anderson, of Lawrence, and the Mike Beatty family, of Salina. They also said this campaign includes the renovation of Hoglund Ballpark, home of KU's baseball program.
The successful renegotiation and extension of KAI's apparel rights agreement with current partner adidas was also shared with the group. One of the largest such contracts in college athletics, it will provide $191 million in sponsorship and apparel over the next 14 years. "This is a strategic partnership," Zenger said, "a comprehensive, institutional approach unlike any apparel agreement in the country. It will not only help us achieve our goals of renovating Memorial Stadium and Allen Fieldhouse, but it will also reflect adidas and Kansas Athletics' commitment to academics and community involvement.
"We want to extend a heartfelt thanks to our generous donors," Zenger continued, "in particular David Booth, and Stewart Horejsi and his family. They, once again, have not only bought in to our vision of what Kansas Athletics can be, but also have actively participated in that vision. We appreciate very much the leadership they have shown, and we are confident that others will follow their lead and help make that vision a reality. I'd also like to express our appreciation to Dale Seuferling and the KU Endowment Association for its leadership as we embark on this important campaign."
TO DONATE: Visit RaiseTheChant.com, or call the Williams Education Fund at 785-864-3946.
KUAthletics.com: The official online source for Kansas Athletics, Williams Education Fund contributions, tickets, merchandise, multimedia, photos and much, much more.


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Why do you need an Elixir?
With this post we want to highlight a product that we feel is often misunderstood and even overlooked: Facial Elixirs. We call them Facial Elixirs, but they're also known as hydrators or facial mists. While most consumers understand the importance of products like cleansers, serums, and balms as necessities in their daily regimens, far too often we hear from people who aren't using any type of facial mist. For some, facial mists seem like more of a feel-good product versus an essential component of a skincare regimen. While there are certainly types of facial mists out there that may fall into the feel-good category, our facial elixirs are so much more and are crucial for optimal skin health.
More than just a feel-good luxury, our Facial Elixirs are nutrient-rich hydrators. By combining a water or hydrosol-based product (like our Elixirs) with an oil-based product (like our Serums + Balms), you are providing the skin the essential building blocks it needs to be healthy. All plants contain antioxidants, vitamins and micronutrients that are either water or oil soluble, thus by providing your skin both plant waters and plant oils you are feeding your skin in a way that ensures you get everything your skin needs. We believe it is essential to use both a hydrator AND a moisturizer in your daily regimen.
Struggling with dry skin?
We often hear from customers that they still feel like their skin is dry, even when using both a Serum and Balm daily. The first question we always ask is if they are using an Elixir. In nearly every case, the answer is no. Adding in, or increasing your use of a Facial Elixir, will help restore proper hydration and balance to your skin, a crucial step to achieving optimal skin health. Your skin needs both hydration AND moisture. If your skin is feeling dehydrated, use more Elixir! We often joke that you can never have enough Elixir, so we recommend using your Facial Elixir as generously as you'd like. You can apply just once as part of your regimen, or you can apply multiple times before, between, and after Serum and Balm. In dryer climates or cold weather, this is particularly helpful!
What makes our Elixirs different?
The ingredients! We consider the new formulation of our Elixirs more like hydrating serums as opposed to mists. Many facial mists out there are mostly just water, aloe or a single hydrosol. Not our Elixirs! You won't find water or even aloe in our hydrating elixirs; instead, you'll discover a blend of single-farmed nutrient-rich hydrosols and house made whole plant extracts.
Our hydrosols are made exclusively for us by master distillers to ensure they retain as many nutrients as possible. We love hydrosols because they are the most gentle and nutritive form of plant medicine. You'll find Rose, Calendula, Rose Geranium, Helichrysum, Frankincense, Lemon Balm, Lavender, German Chamomile, and Orange Blossom Hydrosols in our Elixirs – all distilled just for us by our partnering farms!
Our Facial Elixirs also contain house made whole plant extracts, and this is really where they become more like hydrating serums. This ensures they are full of bioavailable antioxidants and vitamins to plump and restore or soothe and calm the skin while delivering immediate hydration. They contain plants that contain phytochemicals such as Vitamin C, bioflavonoids, polysaccharides, botanical versions of hyaluronic acid, Vitamin D, B Vitamins (including Niacin), resveratrol, enzymes, and anti-inflammatory compounds.
Hydrating Elixir I: Phytonutrient Replenish
Our Hydrating Elixir I is suitable for all skin types, but is best for dry, dehydrated skin with a focus on aging vibrantly. It plumps and firms the skin while building and supporting the connective tissue while deeply hydrating. You'll find ingredients like Rose, Reishi, Marshmallow, Frankincense, and Sandalwood – all great during the cold winter months.
Hydrating Elixir II: Support + Recover
The Hydrating Elixir II is one of our go-to products to support overall skin health. It offers potent anti-inflammatory and soothing support while cooling the skin. This Elixir provides beneficial hydration for rosacea symptoms, acne, and hyperpigmentation. It contains three Chamomile varietals, along with Turmeric, Helichrysum, Lemon Balm, and Passionflower.
If you are already using a Facial Elixir in your daily regimen, we hope this post reinforces the many wondrous benefits our Facial Elixirs offer. If you aren't currently using a Facial Elixir, we hope we've convinced you to add one into your regimen! We're confident you'll immediately see what makes them so necessary for skin health!
Xo ~ laurel
Article Written By: Laurel Skin
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Essie Your Hut or Mine
Your Hut or Mine
This could of easily been a yawn-worthy color, but the shimmer in this brings it to life. This is a very wearable color. It's subtle, but beautiful. There is something very dainty and girly about this color that I love. I'm terrible at describing why I like it, I just do! :P
Happy Wednesday!
Posted by Stephanie Merlin at 12:30 PM
32 comments:
this one is cuteReplyDelete
This looks great and I've put it on my wishlistReplyDelete
- istaysteezinJune 29, 2011 at 1:03 PM
Love the shimmers in this !ReplyDelete
- thenailaholicJune 29, 2011 at 1:13 PM
I can't find this ANYWHERE! It's driving me crazy. I really want it!ReplyDelete
Isn't the formula on it just divine too! I painted my sisters nails with it and it was instant LOVE! looks awesome on you! XxxReplyDelete
- VeronicaJune 29, 2011 at 1:51 PM
I bought this one a few days ago and your swatch makes me want to wear it now!! lolReplyDelete
I'm not really a fan of this shade of pink, but the shimmer makes it definetly more interesting :)ReplyDelete
I also really like this shade. I am getting back into my pinks - just not the ballet pinks or sheer pinks from days of old. This one almost has a tiny taste of melon to the pink. I am with ya on the red shades too. I have more reds in my stash than anything. I am always looking for the next BEST red....shimmer, glitter, cream - whatever finish - each one I have my top red fav in. My eye just goes to reds first in looking. And remember men are NUTS over red polish. It's always a big fav of theirs. I think a lot of bloggers need to ease up on the red and pink bashing. I get so I cannot take one more dark purple glitter just like they cannot take one more red. But at least play fair and swatch them. Hate when there is so much bias against red that they don't even get swatched.ReplyDelete
You were lucky to even find it in retail. A lot of places never got this resort collection - only the Brazlilliant collection. I had to go on line to get mine.ReplyDelete
Ya have to look to the secondary market. For some reason it was not put out there in all retail locations. Essie went from the spring French Affair to Brazilliant. I would have missed it entirely if it were not for bloggers. The Resort Collection is not even ON the Essie.com web site.ReplyDelete
- Bianca GorrinJune 29, 2011 at 2:25 PM
i really like this pink too ! the shimmer make it very interesting and bring it to life. This is now on my list of must buys !ReplyDelete
- Rock-or-notJune 29, 2011 at 2:48 PM
A gorgeous pink!ReplyDelete
I love it!
- Courteney AnagnostarasJune 29, 2011 at 3:08 PM
very pretty color. Very girly!ReplyDelete
Very pretty! I'm liking this shade of pink :)ReplyDelete
- imperfectpaintJune 29, 2011 at 4:31 PM
I don't think bloggers bash reds or pinks. I just think it's not their cup of tea. I don't think anyone intentionally excludes red, it's just what we each personally like. I don't care for green, so I don't post it often. That's just the way it works, but I don't think it's intentionally done. :)ReplyDelete
- imperfectpaintJune 29, 2011 at 4:32 PM
Thanks me too!ReplyDelete
- imperfectpaintJune 29, 2011 at 4:34 PM
I like girly colors. :)ReplyDelete
I don't think you'll be disappointed!ReplyDelete
It's not for everyone, but I do think the shimmer is great.ReplyDelete
- LetthemhavepolishJune 29, 2011 at 4:35 PM
This is so pretty! It flatters you so well too. I love the subtle shimmer and I am a sucker for Pinks as well :)!ReplyDelete
You should, it's also one of those colors that looks great with anything you'd wear.ReplyDelete
Yes! I'm sorry I didn't mention that. I'm really loving Essie formulas lately on all their polishes. Thank you!ReplyDelete
I hope you can find it soon. I ended up purchasing mine online. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks! I think it belongs on your wishlist.ReplyDelete
It looks really pretty and flattering on you!ReplyDelete
- imperfectpaintJune 29, 2011 at 4:53 PM
Thanks :)ReplyDelete
I need this pink! It's gorgeous! thanks for introducing it to me ;DReplyDelete
I actually like that pink! A lot of pinks look too cool on me, but this pink with it's warm golden shimmer looks like it might work well. :DReplyDelete
omg sooooo beautiful!ReplyDelete
I love this shimmer in this! So pretty on you!!!ReplyDelete
Classy but sassy.ReplyDelete
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London– Fewer than predicted planets may be capable of harbouring life because their atmospheres keep them too hot, researchers, including an Indian-origin scientist, have revealed.
The study suggests that although they orbit smaller and dimmer stars, many of these planets might still be too hot to be habitable.
When looking for planets that could harbour life, scientists look for planets in the 'habitable zones' around their stars – at the right distance from the stars to allow water to exist in liquid form.
Traditionally, this search has focused on looking for planets orbiting stars like our Sun, in a similar way to Earth.
However, recent research has turned to small planets orbiting very close to stars called M dwarfs or red dwarfs, which are much smaller and dimmer than the Sun., said the team from Imperial College London and the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton.
"It was previously assumed that planets with masses similar to Earth would be habitable simply because they were in the 'habitable zone'. However, when you consider how these planets evolve over billions of years this assumption turns out not to be true," said Dr James Owen from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton.
M dwarfs make up around 75 percent of all the stars in our galaxy and recent discoveries have suggested that many of them host planets, pushing the number of potentially habitable planets into the billions.
This month, both the TRAPPIST and Kepler planet-hunting telescopes have announced the discovery of multiple near-Earth-sized planets orbiting M dwarf stars — some within the habitable zones.
The scientists suggest that some of the planets might still be habitable, but only those with a smaller mass than Earth, comparable to Venus or Mars.
"There are hints from recent exoplanet discoveries that relatively puny planets may be even more common around red dwarfs than Earth mass or larger ones, in which case there may indeed be a bonanza of potentially habitable planets whirling around these cool red stars," explained Dr. Subhanjoy Mohanty from Imperial College London.
It was known previously that many of these planets are born with thick atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, making up roughly one percent of the total planetary mass.
In comparison, the Earth's atmosphere makes up only a millionth of its mass.
The greenhouse effect of such a thick atmosphere would make the surface far too hot for liquid water, rendering the planets initially uninhabitable.
The new analysis reveals that this is not the case. Instead, detailed computer simulations show that these thick hydrogen and helium envelopes cannot escape the gravity of planets that are similar to or larger in mass than the Earth, meaning that many of them are likely to retain their stifling atmospheres.
However, all is not lost, according to the researchers. While most of the M dwarf planets that are Earth-mass or heavier would retain thick atmospheres, smaller planets, comparable to Venus or Mars, could still lose them to evaporation.
The study was published in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.


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Tennis' Global Evolution is Bringing the Sport To New Markets: An AnalysisFebruary 7, 2011
Tennis is a global sport, the appeal of which only continues to grow in countries once considered tennis black spots. Players like Rod Laver and Martina Navratilova paved the way for Bjorn Borg and Steffi Graf. They, in turn, opened doors down the road for the likes of Yevgeny Kafelnikov and, today, Li Na.
The last 30 years have seen the sport move into new markets. It has attracted wider audiences and encouraged young talent in a way that would have never seemed possible just a couple decades ago.
No point proves this more than the fact that the top 10 players on the women's tour represent 10 different countries.
"Having 10 different [countries] represented in the top 10 rankings shows how truly global tennis has become," WTA Chair and CEO Stacey Allaster said in a statement published in the Washington Times after the release of last Monday's latest rankings.
So what has been happening? The United States has started to lose some of its long-standing dominance in the sport and western European countries such as Spain and France have started to get a stranglehold on the sport.
But it's not just there where the biggest waves are forming. Russia has erupted onto the scene in the last 20 years to be considered a real tennis powerhouse and, as widely documented through the stories of Li Na, China is leading Asia's contingent of up-and-coming players who are threatening to make even bigger inroads into the sport's elite.
Over the last few weeks, I have been researching the global growth of the sport, and the patterns are there for everyone to see. I've studied the top 100 men and top 100 women at four points in history (1980, 1990, 2000 and 2010) and mapped the results to show the world's tennis hotspots at a glimpse.
The women's tour data is courtesy of the Virginia Slims rankings, the Sanex WTA rankings and the WTA rankings.
To summarize my basic method, a woman who was in the top 20 in the 1980 year-end rankings was given five points, someone ranked 21 to 40 was awarded four points, 41 to 60 three points and so on. This was repeated in the men's rankings, and the totals were combined. This same exercise was then duplicated for the other three years.
It's not perfect, and there's no real science to it, but here's what I found.
At a glance: The US was the dominant power in tennis at the start of the 1980s, with Australia a very distant second. Great Britain and Czechoslovakia had a number of solid players, but the rest of Europe as a whole was severely lacking in talent compared to the front runners.
It's no exaggeration to say that tennis in the late 1970s and early '80s was absolutely dominated by Americans. They were so far ahead of the field, both on the men's and women's side of the game, that they had a monopoly on success.
The US held claim to 59 of the top 100 women in the world, with a further 42 men in the same position. That level of dominance has never been seen in the sport since and it will never be seen again, by any country.
To put a different perspective on things, America had more players ranked between 81 and 100 than any other country had in the top 100.
Chris Evert Lloyd, Tracy Austin and Martina Navratilova were so far ahead of the field. It seemed like new champions were coming through the ranks every few years.
Lloyd was in her prime at the end of 1980, having already won 11 of her 18 Grand Slams. She had taken the torch from Billie Jean King and was running with it, while a 24-year-old Czechoslovakian defector by the name of Navratilova had burst onto the scene just a few years earlier. Add to the mix the upcoming talent of Austin and you can see why American ladies won 23 of the 27 Grand Slams held between 1980 and 1986.
It's no surprise that the US won what was then still called the Federation Cup for seven straight years from 1976 to 1982.
Looking at the men, all you have to know is that John McEnroe had landed after winning the US Open in '79, and Jimmy Connors was at the height of his career. Team USA claimed four Davis Cup victories in five years between 1978 and 1982.
There was a very minor threat coming out of Europe and South America in the likes of Bjorn Borg, Guillermo Villas and Jose-Luis Clerc, but the fact that America had 15 of the top 20 ranked men at the end of 1980 speaks for itself.
It wasn't Sweden or Argentina, though, that had the second-best program in the world at that time. No, it was Australia that had the most success. They had more players (16) in the top 100 than the next two closest nations combined, and the country was filled with a bunch of mid-level talent.
While Evonne Goolagong Cawley had peaked by 1980, Wendy Turnbull was right in the middle of her career. 1980 represented the fourth consecutive year she ended the season in the top 10, and it's no real surprise that she remained there until 1984. Turnbull made the finals in three of the four Slams, with three quarterfinal appearances at Wimbledon, and while she was an elite doubles player, she was also a tough nut to crack one-on-one. With fast feet, strong defense and a smooth touch at net, she was almost an early version of Caroline Wozniacki.
When you talk about players on the men's side coming out of Australia, the biggest threat they had was arguably Peter McNamara. A future world No. 7, McNamara cruelly ripped tendons in his knee right when he was ready to challenge for serious hardware. Sure, Kim Warwick and Phil Dent were good, and Paul McNamee was above average, but there wasn't that elite athlete, like in the female camp.
Rod Laver did so much to put Australian tennis on the map. Ken Rosewall and John Newcombe carried on part of that Aussie heritage into the early and mid 1970s, but there wasn't anyone else there to carry the momentum forward until Pat Cash and, a decade later, Pat Rafter.
At a glance: While tennis in America remained excellent, there was real growth across western Europe, particularly in France, Spain and Germany. Sweden and Italy, too, started producing top players and, for the first time, tennis in the Soviet Union was starting to develop.
Who would have thought, 10 years earlier, that the USSR would be producing a steady string of up-and-coming elite tennis stars?
At the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, the Soviet Union sent more athletes to Seoul than any other country, with the exception of America. They topped the medal table and dominated the athletics, gymnastics, wrestling and weight lifting. The USSR did not medal in tennis, sending just four participants. The only man, Alexander Volkov, lost in the first round, while only two ladies made it past the second round.
But 1988 was also the first year that tennis had been a full sport at the Olympics in 64 years. It is safe to say that it had only just become a priority on the Soviet Union's agenda. The number of top prospects in the early 1980s could literally be counted on one hand.
There was a great piece written by Tim Heckler, the CEO of the United States Professional Tennis Association, last year highlighting just how important the fall of the Berlin Wall was to the spread of tennis as people began training and competing in non-Government controlled sports.
Still, like in everything, they wanted to be the best, and players like Natasha Zvereva put the nation on the map. A talented junior, Zvereva turned into one of the best women's doubles players of all time, capturing 18 Grand Slam crowns. 1990 represented her third year as a pro, although she was never able to build on her singles run to the French Open final in '88. What this Belarussian did do was lead the way for other Soviet tennis players.
Georgian Leila Meskhi was a top-20 player at the end of 1990 and was ranked as high as No. 12 less than eight months later. Likewise, Ukrainian Natalia Medvedeva was also just coming through the ranks, having won her first tour title in Nashville as a 17-year-old in 1988, and countrywoman Elena Brioukhovets finished the year at No. 73 following second-place finishes in Moscow and Brentwood and doubles titles in Taranto and Dorado.
Looking at the men, Andrei Chesnokov made it to the semifinals of Roland Garros in 1989 and won the Monte Carlo Open, a Master Series event, in 1990 on his way to No. 9 in the world, and Andrei Cherkasov highlighted the Soviet's growth by winning the first ATP tour event ever held in Moscow in 1990.
The participation and training of former Soviet players abroad, combined with the formation of the ATP, encouraged greater participation across Europe. New tournaments were added to the schedule and players were almost encouraged to play as much as possible with only a players' best 14 tournaments being counted in the rankings no matter how many they played.
The ITF responded with more tournaments as well (Heckler identifies the Futures, Challengers and ITF junior tournaments) and takeup increased as more and more people took part in events to earn ranking points.
While Russia was still getting a foothold in the growing tennis world, western Europe flourished against this backdrop of new tournaments and new rankings systems.
Germany's Steffi Graf was the best player in the game, and 20 years later, still considered one of the greatest of all time. Still, Germany's only female world No. 1, Graf rejuvenated tennis in her country, capturing the imagination of her peers with her Golden Slam in 1988 and showing the longevity to still be winning Majors in the mid 90s.
In addition to Graf, Germany also sported six more women in the top 60 and seven men in the top 100, while Sweden—led by world No. 1 Stefan Edberg—had a dozen male players in the top 100.
Add to that the likes of Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Conchita Martinez and Emilio Sanchez coming out of Spain and Nathalie Tauziet, Guy Forget and Henri Leconte challenging for titles in France, and it set the wheels in motion for Europe to become a real tennis powerhouse.
As more money was pumped into women's tennis in Europe, TV broadcasters began taking notice. Prize money at Grand Slams hasn't always been equal, but it's still pretty simple to show how it, too, has evolved.
Take Wimbledon, for example. In a report published by Reuters last April, the women's champion earned £207,000 (around $334,000) in 1990, more than 11 times the £18,000 earned a decade earlier and 77 percent greater than the £117,000 from 1985.
In 2010 the prize purse, the same as the men's for the fourth consecutive year, hit the £1 million for the first time. To give that some context, the Bank of Scotland estimates that you would need just under £13 million today to enjoy the equivalent lifestyle of someone who had £1 million in 1968, the first year of Open Era tennis.
At a glance: America was not the only tennis superpower in 2000, with both France and Spain boasting impressive talent. The Soviet Union was now 15 separate countries, but that didn't stop Russia continuing to rise up the tennis rankings and, for the first time, the likes of China, Thailand and South Korea were being represented in the game's elite.
Looking back at the tennis landscape in 1990, it's no real shock to see France, Spain and Russia right near the top of the sport 10 years later.
While Lindsay Davenport was exchanging blows with Martina Hingis in a stark clash of styles, three Americans were taking the women's game to new levels with a dazzling combination of power and speed.
Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams and Serena Williams were amazing athletes just as much as excellent tennis players, and while they weren't the first to hit the cover off the ball (like Monica Seles and Mary Pierce did before them), they certainly made it more mainstream and fashionable. Let's not forget that the Williams' sisters didn't come through the usual USTA junior route.
Four American women won 13 of the 15 Grand Slam finals from the 1998 US Open to the '03 Australian Open, but at the height of their dominance in 2000, there were more Europeans (five) than Americans (four) in the top 10.
Obviously those four Americans were world class, but the Conchita Martinez's and Mary Pierces of the game were established, known entities.
On the men's side, there was a lot of change brewing. Seven nationalities were represented in the top 10, and between the time Boris Becker won the Australian Open in 1996 and Carlos Moya lifted the trophy at Roland Garros in 1998, men from eight different countries had been successful in 10 Grand Slams.
By 2000, Kafelnikov and Marat Safin had claimed three Major titles, Moya became just the second Spaniard in the Open Era to win a Slam, and Spain had its first of four Davis Cup crowns after nurturing the talents of Alex Corretja, Juan Carlos Ferrero and Albert Costa.
Then there was France, often overlooked but right at the top of the sport because of Cedric Pioline, Arnaud Clement and Sebastien Grosjean. It was the second most popular spot in the country with more than one million licensed players, and new clay court facilities like the Palais omnisport Les Arènes in Metz helped the growth of the sport.
In the background, Anna Kournikova had crept into the top 10 in singles, leading a female Russian contingent that included Elena Dementieva, Elena Likhovtseva and Tatiana Panova, while Safin and Kafelnikov were mainstays in the top five of the ATP tour.
"The rise of Russian players in the standings is very impressive," Justine Henin told the Cincinnati Enquirer in 2004. "They're young, audacious and they never relinquish anything, even if they are losing."
At the time, Patrick McEnroe said tennis had become a "way out" for less wealthy families in Russia, and by the middle of the decade, money initially funneled into developing the sport in the wake of the Olympics had made a real impact.
ITF president Francesco Ricci Bitti told Tennis Week, "In Russia...an Olympic medal is prized above all other sporting awards. The growth of tennis in Russia has been phenomenal over the last 20 years." He was spot on.
Things were similar south of the Russian border, and Yi Jing-Qian was still inside the top 100. 2000 marked her second Olympic Games and fourth Fed Cup appearance, and she rose to No. 70 in the WTA rankings, just one spot shy of her career best four years earlier. She also became the first Chinese player ever to reach the third round of a Grand Slam (Australian Open), and while people are rightfully high on the Li Na bandwagon, Yi was the real revolutionary in Chinese women's tennis.
At a glance: Russia and Spain carried the tennis torch at the end of 2010, with the USA a distant third at best. France, Germany and Italy were all there or thereabouts, and smaller nations like the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Serbia and Belgium were producing elite players. China, too, continued to improve, and nations such as Kazakhstan, Uzbekestan and Latvia were also joining the party. 34 nations were represented in the women's top 100 and 37 countries in the men's ranking, more than ever before.
Tennis fans across the world know that the sport today is more global than ever before. Sure, the same two men have been dominant for the last six years, but between Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray, Robin Soderling and Co. the field is talented at the top.
On the women's tour, eight countries were featured in the top 10 of the 2010 year-end rankings, led by a Dane without a Grand Slam to her name. Following the Australian Open, the top-10 players hailed from 10 different countries for the first time since the inception of the WTA rankings in 1975.
The bigger story is the emergence of the Russians and long-awaited dominance of the Spanish.
Let's start with the Russians, in particular the women. There wasn't a single woman in the top 100 in 1980—five made the cut in 1990 and seven in 2000. At the end of 2010, there were 16 in total, including the world's No. 2 and No. 9 players and three more in the top 20.
The Russian women tend to be cut from the same cloth...aggressive baseliners who are solid off both wings, excellent movers and even better counterpunchers. This fits Vera Zvonareva down to a tee, and it's also a pretty accurate description of former star Elena Dementieva and current players Maria Kirilenko, Maria Sharapova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, all top-20 players. Nadia Petrova and Alisa Kleybanova are slower and more powerful, but their game, too, is dictated by their baseline capabilities.
Further showing the strength of the nation, the Fed Cup team has won four titles in the last six years and is only second best to the Italian team, which features four players inside the world's top 40.
The emergence of Spain is less of a surprise, but they have also come a long way in the past few decades.
In 1980, they had four men in the top 100. Today, it's eight men in the top 20, with the nation hosting two ATP 500 events and one ATP 1000 tournament for the men and a pair of International events and the highly-popular Premier meeting in Madrid for the ladies.
The stunning Agora in Valencia—opened in 2009 for the ATP 500 event—and the $3 million Caja Mágica complex—opened in Madrid in the same year for the Masters—shows the kind of development the Spanish are putting into their tennis facilities.
Rafael Nadal is the best thing to happen to the country since 1994 when Sergi Bruguera and Alberto Berasategui played in the first all-Spanish Grand Slam final, Conchita Martínez became the first Spanish woman to win Wimbledon, and the country won a total of 26 titles (14 ATP and 12 WTA) and its third Fed Cup.
Then there's China. The WTA says recreational tennis has grown almost exponentially since the sport came back to the Olympic Games, from one million people in 1988 to 14 million today. The development of 30,000 courts has helped that project, and the Chinese Government is hoping to double its number of people playing tennis by 2016.
The Swing for the Stars partnership, promoting the development of tennis practices in China, was unveiled in 2008, providing training to 250 junior players under 12, as well as 100 junior coaches. Add to that China's new national amateur tennis league, the Open Rating Tour, launched in '09, the creation of the Michael Chang Mission Hills Tennis Academy in Shenzhen and the investment in the sport in the run up to the Beijing Olympics the previous year and you start to see why tennis has erupted at the grassroots level.
The WTA has also opened offices in the country, and the China Open, being held for the third time this October in Beijing, is one of the most prestigious tournaments on the calendar. The hi-tech Olympic Green Tennis Center, with 10 air-conditioned courts and six practice facilities, is a perfect venue, only seven years old and purposely built for the Olympics.
After Li Ting and Sun Tiantian won gold in the women's doubles at the Athens Olympics in 2004, coach Sun Jinfang told China.org reporter Li Xiao: "Tennis is different from many other sports, because you cannot make any progress without heavy investment." The Chinese Tennis Association backed up this claim, investing $725,000 in sending its women tennis players to compete abroad. Spending in developing men's tennis took the total to over $1.2 million.
The investment has now come to fruition. Li Na and Jie Zheng became the first Chinese pair to make it to the semifinals of the same Grand Slam when No. 16 Li and unseeded Jie got to the final four in Australia in 2010. Li was also one good set of tennis away from a Grand Slam in Melbourne this year, and many pundits think that 2011 will really be her year to shine. Li's captivating personality and no-nonsense approach has won her a lot of fans, all while helping tennis' popularity continue to grow back home.
Tennis will remain one of the top three sports in China for a long, long time and people are starting to get behind their players like never before.
The Future?
Just as Serbia came out of nowhere in 2008, through the emergence of Novak Djokovic, Ana Ivanovic and Jelena Jankovic, the tennis world is now looking forward to seeing what will happen next.
Australia is not nearly as strong as it once was and America has only a few legit prospects coming through the system. People have questioned America's development program, even John McEnroe. He decided to open his own academy on Randall's Island when he was told that his developmental objectives did not mesh with those of the USTA, headed up coincidentally by brother Patrick.
Outside of the US, Eastern Europe, and, in particular, Central Asia, are set to make massive strides in the next 10-15 years. While there's no sign of France and Spain slowing down, competition will increase at a rapid rate.
China is also going to continue to grow, and if it keeps putting the investment in, it's only a matter of time until its men catch up with the women. I believe a Chinese woman will win multiple Grand Slams in the next decade.
Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have also started to produce top-50 players, something unheard of a decade ago, and there's every chance growth will continue, if slowly, over the coming years. The Presidents' Cup has been held in Kazakhstan for the last four seasons, and the rapid growth of its Davis Cup team, promoted from the Asia/Oceania Zone of Group II in 2006 and now in the World Group for the first time, shows the sport is on the rise.
The Kazakhs are on similar footing with Sweden right now, and we know the pedigree and history there. Don't count out smaller tennis countries like Japan and South Korea producing top-20 players in the not-so-distant future, either.
In Western Europe, Bulgarian Tsvetana Pironkova became the first person to make the semifinals of a Grand Slam in the Open era when she got to the final four of Wimbledon in 2010, but this is an exception to the norm, and there's nothing to support the idea that the nation will be a legit threat any time in the future.
Great Britain is another nation that has struggled in the tennis world for several years now, and Sport England says it is one of the five most underperforming participation sports in the country. However, with $40 million being invested between 2009 and 2013, partly because of the 2012 Olympics in London, there's every reason to believe the Brits will rise again.
The popularity of Andy Murray has certainly helped tennis there, and even though he's only 23 years old, you have to think his best days will be behind him in five or six more years. Likewise, Elena Baltacha (No. 57) and Anne Keothavang (No. 91) are the best British ladies, but they're both 27 and unlikely to usher in a new era of elite tennis.
I'm high on teenagers Heather Watson and Laura Robson, and having watched them play a bunch of times, I think they both have bright futures ahead of them. Watson is now getting Fed Cup experience and Robson, a lefty who won Wimbledon as a junior, is a big-serving, hard hitting talent who has been working with Ana Ivanovic. Even so, Britain has a lot of work ahead of itself if it is to ever get out of the Europe/Africa group, a place they have been in for the last seven years.
Moving on to South America, if you're talking about Olympic investment then Brazil, too, has to be on your list because of the fact they will be pumping money into the sport ahead of the 2016 Games.
The Marapendi Club in Rio de Janeiro, used during the 2007 Pan American Games, is a suitable venue, but the Olympics will bring a state-of-the-art facility in about 18 months' time.
The country will spend an estimated $46 million on the four-court Olympic Tennis Center in Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro and the newly-created Brazil Open Series, a low-level Challenger event, will increase the reputation of the sport in and around Curitiba.
Just as Spain, America, Australia and China invested in tennis in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2008 respectively, Brazil will look to return to tennis prominence and prove that it's not just Argentina leading the way down there.
Whatever happens, tennis is as exciting and global as it ever was before, and it's only going to get stronger. From the Americans and Europe to Asia and Australia, we're lucky to be witnesses to this part of tennis history. The future looks bright, and we're at the center of it.


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Identification of Soybean Genotypes Adaptive to Tropical Area and Suitable for Industry
Abstract, IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci, 2018
Soybeans in Indonesia are mostly used for raw material of tempeh industry. This study aims to identify 150 soybean genotypes for their suitability for raw materials of tempeh and adaptability to be developed in tropical area of Indonesia. The research material consisted of 150 soybean genotypes. The field research was conducted in Malang from February to May 2016, using a randomized block design with two replicates. The identification of 150 soybean genotypes showed 30.67% of super early maturity (<75 days), 50% of early maturity (76 - 79 days), and 19.33% were medium maturity (80 - 90 days). In the group of super early maturity, 11 genotypes were yielded between 3.01 - 3.69 t/ha and the 100 seed weight ranged from 15.27 - 20.18 g. In the early maturity group, there were 23 genotypes with seed yields between 3.01 - 3.66 t/ha, and the 100 seed weight ranged from 13.90 - 20.23 g. In Indonesia, tempeh industry requires soybeans with large seed size. In this research, G511H/Anj//Anj////Anjs-8-5 was suitable to be developed in Indonesia's tropical climate and also preferred by industry for tempeh raw material due to its high yield, super early days to maturity, and large seed size. Keywords: early days to maturity, large seed size, tempeh, tropical soybean


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Humanitarian innovation that starts with crisis-affected communities
skills, talents, and aspirations that they draw upon to adapt to difficult circumstances.
Executive Summary
Bottom-up innovation
• Innovation is playing an increasingly transformative role across the humanitarian system. International organisations, NGOs, governments, business, military, and community-based organisations are drawing upon the language and methods of innovation to address the challenges and opportunities of a changing world.
• Bottom-up innovation can be defined as the way in which crisis-affected communities engage in creative problem-solving, adapting products and processes to address challenges and create opportunities.
• Refugee populations offer examples of bottom-up innovation. They represent a wide spectrum of people affected by humanitarian crisis spanning the emergency phase through to protracted displacement crises. They are also an important population of focus in their own right given that the world now has more displaced people than at any time since the Second World War.
• Bottom-up innovation by crisis-affected communities remains under-recognised. Despite some pioneering efforts to engage the capacities of communities, a significant proportion of humanitarian innovation remains focused on improving organisational response.
• This report examines refugee innovation in five countries: Uganda, Jordan, Kenya, South Africa, and the United States. These illustrative cases present a range of contexts: advanced industrialised, middle-income, and developing economies. They also cover a range of phases of the refugee cycle: mass influx, protracted situations, and resettled populations.
• Examples from Uganda highlight innovation across both protracted and emergency situations and both urban and rural contexts. They show how, in a country in which refugees have the right to work, there is a strong presence of innovative entrepreneurship, including the use and adaptation of technology.
Refugee innovation notably contributes to public goods provision across the refugee and host communities.
• In Jordan, we look at Syrian refugees in Za'atari refugee camp. The camp has been the focus of many 'top-down' efforts to introduce innovative products and processes by the international community but we demonstrate that it is also a significant site for 'bottom-up' innovation. We highlight businesses on the famous 'Shams-Élysées' market street, but also examine a range of innovations relating to architecture and space as well as less visible economic activities by women in the camp.
• In Kenya, we showcase examples of innovation by refugees in both Nairobi and Kakuma refugee camp. Despite an increasingly challenging security environment for many refugees, especially Somalis, people are still engaging in creative income-generating activities within the informal sector in ways that benefit them and their communities.
South Africa
• In South Africa, we focus mainly on Zimbabwean refugees in Johannesburg where there is a self-settlement strategy allowing the right to work but limited government assistance. We highlight how community-led facilitation has transformed opportunities for Zimbabweans across a range of areas including education.
United States.
• In the USA we focus on Dallas, a city which has been receiving a growing number of resettled refugees. We use this example to demonstrate that refugee innovation is also present in host states in advanced industrialised countries and that, with the right enabling environment it has the potential to flourish.
Facilitating bottom-up innovation • Refugees face opportunities and constraints at each stage of the innovation process. These emerge at individual, community, and institutional levels.
• The humanitarian system so far lacks a good model of facilitating and nurturing innovation by refugees and other crisis-affected communities.
• Key elements of a positive enabling environment for bottom-up innovation include a) a permissive environment with the right to work and freedom of movement; b) access to connectivity including the internet and telecommunications; c) access to education and skills training; d) good infrastructure and transportation links; e) access to banking and credit facilities; f ) transnational networks.
• We need to rethink the humanitarian system in order to provide a better enabling environment for innovation by crisis-affected communities, including refugees.
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2012 Sails Into the Sunset
The final sailings of 2012 were spectacular. The light itself on these short December days has a different quality than that of the warmer months. The air is more crisp and clear, seeming to move the visual horizon miles beyond the dog days of summer. The reflective shimmer on the waters is spell binding. Even the sounds of the gulls, diving pelicans, and broaching dolphins seem more intense. Winter sailing in Florida has a magic all its own.
One of our favorite places to ring in the New Year is the Vinoy Basin in St. Petersburg. This protected small anchorage is surrounded by one of the most vibrant waterfront communities in Florida. High-end shops line Beach Drive, beautiful parks with sculptures, sprawling banyan trees, and a rare kapok tree, world famous museums, and eclectic restaurants. And of course standing guard at the mouth of the harbor is the iconic St. Petersburg Pier – even more beautiful as seen from the water. A decades-old Florida landmark.
Few communities put on a better firework show to welcome the New Year than St. Pete. And no better place to be awed by them than from an anchored boat. Please enjoy and "like" our pix of our year-end sailing festivities – better yet, come and join us as we sail into 2013. And don't forget to check out our higher res photos on Pinterest.


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Jimbo and I met chatting on instagram few months ago and after talking about our typography obsession we decided we have to meet sometime soon. Surprisingly, Zagreb, Croatia, was a mutual destination for both of us and we had no excuse not to go for a drink (or two). Back then Lettering Daily was just starting out and this interview seemed like an awesome idea for all of you to find out more about an AMAZING hand lettering artist. Welcome Jimbo!
1) Tell us a bit about yourself, who you are, and what do you do?
My name is Jimbo Bernaus and I'm a letterer and graphic designer from Spain. I've recently founded a little graphic design studio BAM! based in Zagreb, Croatia with my partner Tea Shockats.
2) When and how did you started with hand lettering (typography design)?
I guess I started lettering at a very young age. Either I'd draw letters about marvel or manga (huge fan of Dragon Ball here) or doodle on my school books while the teacher was talking.
Back then I didn't know exactly what I was doing or what lettering was, so I suppose I started off back in college, when I first got introduced to typography and releasing my first font three years later (Fogtype).
When it comes to lettering I started back in 2013!
3) Where do you get your inspiration from?
My inspiration comes from several places and all of them combined to give me a perfect balance.
Barcelona really kickstarted my passion for letters. You can't imagine the quantity of signs you can find in Rambles!
Actually Louise Filli just released a book that showcases the very best of them (Gràfica de les Rambles) and you should totally check it out.
Also, books are a perfect source of inspiration and I totally recommend to study old typography.
Knowing the roots is essential to understand each part of the letter. Lastly, I want to give a shout out to Instagram and all the artists and communities that make lettering world much better.
I totally recommend to put your work out there and get in touch with artists as much as you can.
4) What is the process behind your artwork?
I don't have any exact process in my work.
The only thing I can tell you for sure is that good work consists of 70% sketching and planning what are you going to do and why are you going to do it.
Obviously I'm not doing that all the time and sometimes is good to just have fun and experiment with nonsense.
Lately I've been focusing on hand drawn pieces and I truly enjoy to hand craft each and every detail.
Although, not everything I do is hand drawn (as you see on my instagram,) and as a Graphic Designer and Art Director in BAM! I'm in touch with a computer half of my time.
Once again, pencil is the only beginning for any digital piece we do in the studio.
5) What are your main tools?
Let's make a fast list:
– Pencil (whatever pencil works just fine but make sure you keep it sharp!) – Staedtler Mars 780 Technical Pencil
– Eraser – Pentel Clic Retractable Eraser with Grip
– Brush Pen – mainly Kuretake, Pentel, Tombow and Sakura– Watercolors – Artists Loft Fundamentals Watercolor Pan Set, 36 Colors
– Ecoline – last discovery and I am obsessed with them!
– Sakura Pigma Micron (different thickness)
– Watercolor paper
– Dotted notebook for sketching (at the moment I'm using a Leuchtturm1917)
– Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop
– Canon 30D (oldie but goodie)
– Light table
– Canon Pigma ix6550 (A3+ printer)
6) What kind of tools and advice would you recommend to someone who is just starting out?
As I was told when starting out: Try to start with something cheap because you are going to waste a lot of paper.
The first thing I had was a pencil a Pentel brush pen and the cheapest Chinese ink I found.
7) Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
As I mentioned before, I recently founded BAM! studio and my only wish is to see our new born baby grow!
In 5 years I see myself doing gigs (wall murals) around the world and keep travelling as much as I can, as we've been doing ever since we started out. edit me. It's easy.
be sure to check out JIMBO's other online platforms !
About the author
Lettering Daily is an online community that provides educational and inspirational content for hand lettering and calligraphy beginners. Our mission is to help artists and enthusiasts from all around the world to learn and improve their hand lettering and calligraphy skills.


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What a fun weekend I had with my girls! We met at the beach for my bachelorette, and although it rained the majority of the weekend, we still had a blast. We ate delicious meals at fun restaurants along 30A, played hilarious games and spent as much time outside as we could. One of my favorite parts was getting to see my home and college friends get to know each other. I can't wait to be with them again in just one short month for the wedding day!
I wore this floral romper for dinner Saturday night at Cafe Thirty-A and one last hurrah at an old dive bar called AJ's. It's incredibly comfortable, and I love the open back. I tied the sash in the front, but you could definitely tie it in the back as well. This is such a fun piece for spring and summer, and I can't wait to wear it again on our honeymoon. Don't forget you can shop my entire look using the links above.
I hope you have a great week! XO, MS


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5 PCs First Birthday Girl Shower Foil Balloon Set for Birthday Party Decoration
- Package Includes 2 Pcs First Birthday Girl Balloon, 2 Pcs Baby Girl Balloon, 1 Pc Number One Foil Balloon.
- Easy To Inflate: Blow up with the little straw that comes with the package. Just slips the straw inside the balloon, blow up and press down on the end to seal.
- Party Decoration: Beautiful and eye-catching birthday shower balloons. Huge colorful balloons, attractive to children, perfect for your baby shower theme party decorations.
- High Quality: Baby shower balloons are made of high-quality aluminum foil. These are auto-sealing, which is why they do not leak for several weeks after inflating.
- Easy To Use: The birthday foil balloon is very easy to operate and decorate. Pump with helium or blow them up with air. But if you use air, they will not float.
5 PCs Foil Balloon Set for Birthday Party Decoration
Mix and match this foil latex balloon and other party supplies for baby girl boy birthday. It is eco-friendly, reusable, and provides maximum satisfaction to our customers. It's very easy to inflate and deflate – use a straw to inflate your foil balloon or use an air pump to inflate. Celebrate your baby's birthday in style with this party combo set. It includes everything you need for any occasion and makes your little love dream party more amazing. Decorate your little one party with these foil balloons. Birthday party decoration becomes more vibrant with these attractive color foil balloons.
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Washington – As the Senate's chief defender of the Affordable Care Act, Sen. Chris Murphy took a sledgehammer to a GOP alternative Thursday.
"It would mean the retraction of health care for millions of Americans, " said Murphy on the Senate floor.
The House of Representatives voted once again this week to repeal the ACA. But this time the repeal bill included language that requires the GOP to come up with an alternative plan.
The Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility and Empowerment – or CARE – Act was quickly crafted by Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich.
It would eliminate the requirement that nearly all Americans purchase health insurance and end the expansion of Medicaid, the government health plan for the poor.
The plan would, however, offer subsidies to purchase insurance in the form of refundable tax credits to individuals and families that earn up to 300 percent of the poverty-level income.
And like the ACA, dependents would be able to stay on their parents' health care plans until they're 26, and no one could be denied coverage for pre-existing conditions — although the proposal requires individuals to have 'continuous coverage' to benefit from that protection.
Murphy derided the proposal, saying it was unveiled in a "memo" with few details and no indication of cost.
He criticized the tweaking of the pre-existing condition reform, saying that those who did enroll in coverage at a specific time would lose protections.
"If you did not sign up at that special moment you wouldn't get coverage," he said.
Murphy also ribbed the GOP for including subsidies for low-income individuals and families, in the form of tax credits, in their plan. Republicans support a challenge to the ACA's subsidies in the Supreme Court.
"It's a major concession from the Republicans that tax credits are the best way to get coverage for more people," Murphy said.
But in general, the Connecticut Democrat said, the GOP plan should be scrapped.
"What this is really about is people paying more and getting less," he said.


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Last updated on August 6th, 2023 at 09:55 am
Facts About Dele Alli
|Celebrated Name
|Dele Alli
|27 Years Old
|Nick Name
|Dele Alli
|Birth Name
|Bamidele Jermaine Alli
|Birth Date
|Birth Nation
|Place Of Birth
|Milton Keynes
|Kehinde Alli
|1.88 m
|80 Kg
|2.86 million EUR (2023)
|Current Team
|Everton F.C. (Midfielder)
|$7 million
|Shirt Number
|Marital Status
|Ruby Mae
|Eye Color
|Dark Brown
|Hair Color
Dele Alli is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Everton F.C. and the England National Team. His shirt number is 20. He uses his right foot mostly to play. Born and raised in Milton Keynes, he joined the youth system at Milton Keynes Dons aged 11 and broke into the first team five years later, during the 2012–13 season.
Early life
Dele Alli real name is Bamidele Jermaine Alli who was born in 11 April 1996 in Milton Keynes, England. His father name is Kehinde Alli who was Nigerian and his mother name is Denise who was English. His parents divorced after his birth. His father moved to US soon after and Dele Alli was raised by his mother. She has three other children from different fathers.
Dele Alli became a regular player for Milton Keynes Dons'(MK Dons)' in the 2013–2014 season. Alli scored against 'Northampton Town' in his first 'Football League Trophy' appearance to help his team clinch a 2–0 win. He scored his first professional league goal in a match against 'Stevenage.' He was suffered a setback during the half of 2013 due to an injury. He scored hat-trick at the age of 17 to help 'MK Dons' at the 'Meadow Lane' stadium. He again scored his second hat-trick in a match against 'Crew Alexandra' and he was awarded as the "Man of the Match". In February 2015, he has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract worth £ 5 million with Tottenham Hotspur.' 'MK Dons' ended as the runner up in the league.
On 26 August, Alli played the full time 90 minutes in the League Cup second round as MK Dons recorded a historic win over Manchester United. After the international break, Alli played 77 minutes in the 5–3 win against Barnsley, assisting the Dons second goal and scoring their third goal himself with a chip over the Barnsley goalkeeper. Dele Alli was choosen as the Football League Young Player of the month for August.
On 18 September, Alli extended his contract with MK Dons until June 2017. It was the second hat-trick of his career and he achieved at home and he was awarded "Man of the Match" award.
On 2ndFebruary 2015, Alli signed for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in the last hour of the mid seasons transfer window on a five-and- a-half-year deal for an initial fee of £5 million. Again he was loaned back to MK Dons for 2014-15 season and he was choosen as a Young Player of the year atFootball League Awards.
In 2015-2016 season Alli made his Tottenham debut on August 8 2015. He made his first goal on 13 September which helped to win at the Stadium of Light. After the impressive performance his contract was extended until 2021 January 1. He scored 5 goals and made three assists in his 18 league matches. He was also named in the sis man shortlist for 2015-2016 PFA Young Player of the Year on 13 April. He was also voted PFA's Young Player of the Year. He was also banned for three matches by Football association on 28 April.
In 2016-2017 season he made his UEFA Champions League debut at Wembley Stadium. He scored eight goals in six matches. He earned the award of Premier League Player of the Month award for January 2017. He received the red card in UEFA Europe League. He was also named as the PFA Team of the Year and also named as again PFA Young Player of the year.
In 2017-2018 season he scored his first goal in opening game at Newcastle. In this he scored two goals which help the club to fixture against Chelsea.
In 2018-2019 On 11 August 2018, Alli scored his first goal of the season, scoring the winning goal in the opening league match against Newcastle United. On 26 September, Alli was named as captain for Tottenham's EFL Cup third round tie with Watford.
In 2019-2020 Alli missed the start of the season due to a hamstring injury.
In 2020-2021 In the first half of 2020–21 season, Alli was reportedly out of favour with Mourinho, making few starts in games. He made his first start in six months in the Premier League on 4 March, in the match against Fulham that ended in a 1–0 win when his shot at goal was deflected off a defender for an own-goal. He started seven Premier League games this season.
In 2021-2022 Alli scored his first goal of the season, scoring the only goal in a 1–0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers.
International Career
Alli made several appearances at U17 and U18 level of England. He was called up to England U19 squad on 27 August 2014. On 1 October he was included in the squad for the final UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying matches. He made his debut for England senior team. He was again named in starting lineup for England's friendly match.
Alli was named in 23-man England squad for 2018 FIFA World Cup and scored his second goal on 7 July 2018. England reached the semi-finals of the World cup for the first time since Italia 90.
Personal Life
Alli height is 1.88 meter and weight is 80 kg. He is unmarried but he has a girlfriend. His girlfriend name is Ruby Mae. His religion is Catholic. His Zodiac Sign is Aries. The color of his eye is Dark Brown and his hair is Black. His hairs are Short Curved. His net worth is $7 Million.


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BANKS sounds more intense than ever on 'Better'
After a long string of singles and EP's, Jillian Banks, mainly known by her stage name BANKS, finally released her debut album Goddess in September 2014. It was hands down one of the best records of the year and her seductive and hypnotic mix of progressive R&B and electronic pop painted a beautiful soundscape that soon became seen as her signature sound. With outstanding songs like 'Waiting Game', 'Brain', 'Warm Water' and the more poppy 'Beggin For Thread' she managed to create a dedicated fan base that is definitely ready for the next era in her career and that is what is about to happen. BANKS just released her brand new single 'Better', probably the first taken from a sophomore album.
She wrote 'Better' together with Peder Losnegård. It's not miles away from the sound of Goddess, but at the same time there is definitely a progression hearable. Where her first record was mostly filled with smooth and sultry vocals, on 'Better' she goes all in during the second chorus with a raspiness we hadn't heard before. She sounds more intense than ever. The verses are mainly built from piano and the sampling of her own voice as backing vocals. She keeps us at the edge of our seats with long and dramatic notes. In the chorus the heavy bass and dark synths are back and she hypnotically repeats the sentence: 'I can love you better than she can'. Truly intense and dark, but a glorious return!
BANKS recorded a video with director James Mountford who quite literally wrapped her in gold, intertwined with scenes of a naked woman crawling on the crowd in vulnerability. It matches the intensity and pure emotions of the song, so once again well done!


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Amazing Decoration for Cabo Beach Ceremony!
Amazing Decoration for Cabo Beach Ceremony!
If you are looking for some cool ceremony decor ideas for your beach ceremony in Cabo, here you go!
We've prepared some dreamy beach decor ideas that we are sure will inspire you!
As this is a beach affair, everything connected with coasts and ocean is welcome: shells, starfishes, corals and sea glass!
Candle lanterns hanging will give an intimate and cozy touch to the ceremony, adding flowers or succulents will add the beach theme.
Tropical flowers and rose petals are ideal for a beach wedding aisle, so don't forget to add it in different bright colors.
Having a wooden platform on the beach? Yes! that is a nice option as well, you will get married on the beach and still you can use your beautiful high heels! Add also some rose petals and you will love it!
In Mexico we have amazing options for flowers, so take a look and choose your preferred ones.
Ask to our Planner's team at bethatbrideevents.com we would love to show you the different options
Get inspired by the ideas below and have the best beach soiree ever!
Please contact us at BeThatBrideEvents.com, we will love to work together to have an amazing beach wedding for you, you deserve it!