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KILTS on and bagpipes blown up, the Coffs Harbour Pipe Band members headed off recently to attend and compete at the Australian Celtic Festival in Glen Innes over the weekend of 4 – 7 May. 23 Members played in various bands, including the NSW Highlanders, Murrumba Pipe Band and Grafton Pipe Band. This, the 31st...
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Success in nature and culture depends just as much on timing as it does on brilliance.
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Syrian-American journalist Hekmat Aboukhater traveled across Homs, Lattakia, Tartous, and Aleppo this April, reporting for The Grayzone on the devastating impact of Western economic sanctions on average Syrians. Throughout 2023, a series of anti-Syrian refugee bills, a failing economy, and anti-Syrian rhetoric have deepened the plight of the two million Syrian refugees living in Lebanon. Hate crimes against Syrians suspected of living in the country illegally have skyrocketed, while at least 130 refugees have been deported. Weekly Israeli strikes have […]
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Republicans have repeatedly teamed up with Democrats to oppose progressive candidates in recent years.
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I’m the person who designs offices that have no walls or sound barriers so you have a tighter sense of community while you and your coworkers shout over each other into your telephones. When I first planned these indoor hellscapes, I asked myself, What would I want if I ever had to work in an office building? and I decided, noise, lots of it, constantly competing. So much explosive sound that you can’t think, hear, or work.
Listen, I’m a designer, not an office rat. I create spaces that aren’t functional for the people using them, but that look cool to me. I like cold concrete, tall plants, and a couple of hard couches where you can have public mental breakdowns. I couldn’t possibly know what works best in an office building that I never intend to have to be in, but I can tell you what looks good, and that’s a large space filled with miserable people.