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Month: February 2020

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The Sydney Opera House Says Thank You to the Brave Firefighters

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Photograph by Ken Leanfore This past weekend, the Sydney Opera House illuminated its iconic sails in a show of support for everyone affected by the devastating bushfires in Australia. “We want to send a message of hope and strength, and importantly to thank the emergency services and volunteers for their incredible efforts and courage.” The photo by Ken Leanfore was shared across the Opera House’s social channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram). In a further effort to assist — and raise funds — the Opera House is also hosting a huge comedy…

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Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are more likely to experience postpartum depression, study finds

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(CNN)Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe post-partum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to a study published last week. General anesthesia increased odds of postpartum depression The researchers used hospital discharge records of cesarean delivery cases from New York state hospitals between 2006 and 2013. Out of the 428,304 cases they examined, 34,356 women — or 8% — received general anesthesia during delivery. General anesthesia induces sleep, meaning that mothers won’t be able to see, feel or remember anything…

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The FBI just moved white supremacist terrorism to the same threat level as ISIS

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Many people think of “terrorism” and immediately conjure images of ISIS or Al-Qaeda suicide bombers. But in the U.S., terrorism has another face—one that’s far more familiar, but just as dangerous. FBI Director Christopher Wray announced this week that the agency has raised racially-motivated and ethnically-motivated violent extremism to the same threat level as ISIS. At an oversight hearing with the House Judiciary Committee on February 5, Wray explained that race-based terrorism is now considered a “national threat priority,” which means it will receive the same resources as international terrorism…

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“I Suspect Its Hard to Love a Nurse. Were Scared, Mired by Anxiety, and Tired”: Nurse Pens Honest Post About the Reality of Nursing

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ShareTweetPin “I suspect it is hard to love a nurse. We get up early and don’t have time to drink coffee over the newspaper. We come home late and are too tired to cook. We work extra because we know there are sick people who need us. We miss weekend events, holidays, birthdays. We don’t get too excited over your minor “boo-boo”. We have seen far worse. We don’t want to talk when we come home. We have talked all day. We don’t want to move when we come home.…

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‘More than 50,000 new police officers needed’

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But those leading the recruitment drive now say the total needed is much bigger because they have to factor in police officers who will be resigning or retiring from the service. Current figures show that only one in 10 candidates who applies to join the police is successful – meaning half a million would have to apply to reach the 53,000 goal. The figure has been reached by the Uplift team responsible for recruitment. It includes Home Office officials alongside representatives from the College of Policing and the National Police…

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My Mom Still Waves Goodbye to Me. She Still Makes Me Meals When I Visit. A Mom-Heart Doesnt Change Just Because Her Kids Are Adults.

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ShareTweetPin “My mom still waves goodbye to me. She stands out on her driveway and waves. Sometimes even blows me a kiss. She still makes me meals when I come to visit. All of my favorite meals are made by her. There is just something about the way she cooks. She still buys me random things she sees at the store that she thinks I will like. She is usually right. She still lets me call her when I’m bored and just need someone to talk to. Become A Contributor…

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Women hold third of board roles at top UK firms

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The review’s chief executive, Denise Wilson, told the BBC that problems such as unconscious bias and gender stereotypes around what a leader should look like were preventing further progress. “I think 33% is a very good start, but as we can see, we have a lot further to go before we see a good gender balance in the leadership of British business,” she said. ‘All the good women have been snapped up’ UK’s top firms fail to increase ethnic diversity – report Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom said that businesses had…

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Investors Rush to Scrub Ties to Firm Behind Iowa Clusterf*ck

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Hours after a debacle that marred Mondays Iowa Democratic presidential caucuses, investors in a company hired to tabulate votes through a new mobile app worked to distance themselves from the company at the center of the chaos, scrubbing digital trails publicly connecting them to the firm. The chaos in Iowa on Monday evening put a microscope on one of Democratic Partys youngest and fastest-rising digital stars, Tara McGowan, prompting blog post announcing the groups investment. McGowan herself had said that ACRONYM had ACRONYMs website boasted that it had launched Shadow.…

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35 Times People Spotted Such Fake Instagrammers, Its Borderline Ridiculous (New Pics)

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reply View More Replies… Bored Panda spoke to Siobhan Ward, a primary therapist at Life Works, a rehabilitation centre that provides treatment for addictions and eating disorders, about the scope of media addiction in the United Kingdom. “If you broke ‘social media addiction’ down into categories, it would encompass other process or behavioural addictions, such as porn and gambling, as well as eating disorders, especially predominant with the likes of Instagram. It may be that the addiction is not with the social media itself, but the social media has become a tool…

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We Broke Up With Netflix

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ShareTweetPin It’s not you, it’s me. Isn’t that what people say when they break up with someone. Well, I guess you could say that’s true with Netflix (among other networks) with us. It wasn’t so much specifically what Netflix was bringing to the table, but rather it became a realization of how that was affecting us. It became all about us, about what we needed in our lives at this point and time. Allow me to expound. I can remember about 8 1/2 years ago driving down the street in…

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