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This is how often you should be replacing your bed linen

The ultimate bed is one you want to dive right in to. Beautifully dressed, lofty and full, it is accessorised thoughtfully with perfectly plump pillows, a soft throw and plush duvet. But knowing when to replace certain key elements is essential. Mattress A quality mattress should be chosen according to your age and perhaps body type. “Look for a mattress that promotes perfect posture and comfort, while reducing pressure on your entire body,” says Timothy Dutt from <a href="https://ultimatebeds.com.au/">Ultimate Beds</a>. “It should be constructed of natural materials and not include metals, latex or synthetic fabrics.” Contrary to popular belief, a premium mattress requires minimal maintenance, he says, and shouldn’t need to be flipped. “If it does, it is generally a sign that it will collapse, and the manufacturer is hoping to ensure it will collapse evenly,” says Dutt. “A quality mattress should also feature removable breathable covers and sit on a bed base with quality solid slats that provide adequate ventilation.” Because our bodies change as we get older, consider the support your mattress provides. “A general rule of thumb, is that a mattress should be changed every seven to 10 years. This is also for hygiene and health reasons,” says Dutt. “Look for signs it is failing, like lumps in the pillow top, dead spots in the springs, sleep impressions, waking up with aches and pains and not feeling rested.” Pillows When choosing your perfect pillow, being aware of your habitual sleep positions is imperative to make the right selection. “You might be a back, tummy or side-sleeper, or a bit of everything,” says Lauren Roe, Creative Director at <a href="https://www.ilovelinen.com.au/">I Love Linen</a>. “Different pillow styles are designed to support your head and neck based on how your body will be positioned at night. For example, if you prefer side-sleeping or you are a larger frame, a high-loft pillow might work best for you.” A pillow is only as comfortable as what is inside it. “Always ask about its inners,” she says. “If it’s microfibre, ensure it is soft, long-stapled and high quality, not cheap, rough polyfill. If the filling is natural fibres like feathers, ensure they are virgin. It means it is animal-friendly and a better quality filling.” Daily plumping is also essential for keeping your pillows in tip-top condition. “Every pillow has its own specific-care recommendations that should be closely followed,” she says. “Daily plumping is really effective for ensuring good air flow throughout and keeping fibres soft and supple.” Every 12 months check your pillows for signs of wear and tear. “You are spending so much time in close contact with your pillow, that for your own comfort and health it pays to replace them. If they feel flat or lumpy or show signs of holding too much dust, there could be dust mites trapped inside.” Bed linen “You know you have high-quality bed linen, when it’s still the set you want to dress your bed in years after you purchased it,” says Alex McCabe, designer at Australian bed linen company <a href="https://kipandco.com.au/">Kip and Co</a>. “When purchasing, look for fabrics that will really last. That means that they need to be good quality and can mix and match well. Always select for the season. I love the warmth and comfort of jersey and velvet, but during the warmer months I gravitate towards 100 per cent cotton or French linen.” This summer, beds are set to bloom with beautiful botanicals, she says. “Think timeless florals, creeping vines, stone and citrus-fruit pops,” says McCabe. “Our latest collection is called In Full Bloom. It’s inspired by colour-drenched Europe in the spring.” For long-lasting, dreamy bed linen, be sure to launder mindfully. “Bed linen doesn’t have a use-by date,” she says, “but it will last a long time if you follow the care instructions.” When the fabric begins to look worn out or threadbare, it’s time to be replaced. “For longevity, let each set of bed linen rest by rotating it regularly. Each season, add to your collection, but don’t throw out your old stuff. Changing it up means it lasts longer and is a great way to refresh the whole look and feel of your bedroom.” Written by Elizabeth Clarke. Republished with permission of Domain.com.au. Images: Getty

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“Misguided”: Schools replacing Mother’s Day in inclusivity bid ruffle feathers

Attempts by schools to be more inclusive this Mother’s Day by celebrating “Parent’s” or “Family Day” has ruffled some parents’ feathers, with some critics arguing it was more about “eliminating mums” than involving diverse families. Montessori School - an inner Sydney school which covers preschool and primary - will be celebrating Mother’s Day with a “Parent’s and Carer’s” morning tea instead, as reported by <a href="https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/fury-over-schools-banning-mothers-day/video/df83423e904e8752e42e2bb17b9f281d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Telegraph</a>. Meanwhile, Stanmore Kindy have switched to a “Parent’s Day” for “inclusive reasons”, with another “up-market” preschool in Sydney’s eastern suburbs also following suit. According to The Telegraph, the latter school sent a letter home to families last week to advise them that they had “decided to change the name of our annual Mother’s Day breakfast to a Family Day Breakfast”. “This will allow all families to be included,” the letter read. On NSW’s Mid North Coast, Bellingen Public School has also followed the trend, with the local Parents and Citizens’ Association running a stall for “Mother’s and Parent’s Day” with the aim of making the wording as inclusive as possible. “We are hoping to have some gifts on the stall that will also suit dads who are doing both jobs,” the organisers told parents. “So keep that in mind too when considering gift donation ideas.” It comes after official advice for Mother’s and Father’s Day was issued by early childhood advocacy group Early Childhood Australia in April, offering a guide for including “diverse” families on both occasions. “We know Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are important days to celebrate, but they can be tricky for children from diverse families,” the advice read. “Mother’s Day and Father’s Day present some challenges for families that don’t have a mum and dad.” The advice suggested that educators give children the option to make a gift for a “special adult” that isn’t necessarily their mum or dad to “avoid gender stereotypes in children’s crafts”. “Steer away from cards with flowers for mum or ties for dad,” it added. However, Women’s Forum Australia chief executive Rachael Wong told The Telegraph that “Parent’s Day” could be just as insensitive as “Mother’s Day”. “Perhaps the change has been made in a bid to be sensitive to those whose mothers are no longer around for various reasons, but what about those who no longer have any parents?” she asked. “Wouldn’t Parent’s Day also be insensitive? Given attempts to abolish terms like ‘mother’, ‘women’ and other female-related terms from the public discourse, it is reasonable to suspect that this is yet another attempt to erase women in a misguided attempt to be ‘inclusive’.” The mother of one child who missed out on a Mother’s Day event agreed, saying she thought the name change was “part of a wider trend of eliminating mums, which is upsetting”. “It’s nonsensical because same-sex female couples can celebrate Mother’s Day and same-sex male couples can celebrate Father’s Day,” she said. “A sensitive approach for children who don’t have mums is to have a ‘Mother’s and Special Friends Day’.” Image: Shutterstock

Family & Pets

Could your phone replace your RAT?

A new smartphone app could replace Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) by detecting whether you have COVID-19 or not based on one telling symptom - the sound of your cough. ResApp, a digital health company based in Brisbane, <a href="https://www.resapphealth.com.au/resapp-announces-positive-results-for-a-new-novel-smartphone-based-covid-19-screening-test/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> in late March that its new screening test, which you take with your smartphone, had successfully detected the virus in 92 percent of people who were infected. The promising results come from the company’s pilot clinical trial of its machine learning technology, which analysed coughing sounds from 741 patients, including 446 who were confirmed to be infected with Covid using RATs. It was also found that the technology could correctly identify eighty percent of those who didn’t have the virus as being negative. However, the technology will still need to be tested in double-blind clinical trials and successfully pass through the process for regulatory approval before it hits the shelves, per <a href="https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/could-ai-replace-the-rat-covid-patients-are-coughing-into-their-smartphones-to-find-out-c-6235219" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7News</a>. Dr Lucy Morgan, the Chair of the Lung Foundation Australia and a professor of respiratory medicine, told 7News the technology could be a promising alternative to RATs. “What’s so exciting about this pilot project, a relatively small project, is that this app has been able to predict that a cough is due to COVID-19 at a very, very high rate,” she said. But, Dr Morgan stressed that it still wouldn’t replace the technology currently used to diagnose COVID-19. “It’s not a diagnosis. It’s not a blood test, it’s not a PCR test, it’s not a RAT test. It’s coughing into your phone and predicting,” she explained. This isn’t the first time scientists have turned to our smartphones to diagnose Covid either. In January, a <a href="https://oversixty.com.au/entertainment/technology/what-if-your-phone-could-tell-you-if-you-had-covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">team of US researchers</a> published a paper detailing how they developed an inexpensive testing kit. Using a similar method to PCR tests to make copies of DNA in a saliva sample, the test then uses your smartphone camera and an app to detect whether any DNA from the virus is present. Meanwhile, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have been training their own Artificial Intelligence (AI) using a database of over 5000 forced coughs. They <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34812418/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that over 98 percent of Covid-positive samples were correctly identified by the AI, and that more than 94 percent of those without Covid were correctly identified as being Covid-negative (known as specificity). Their findings were even more promising with asymptomatic subjects, with 100 percent of Covid-positive subjects being correctly identified (known as sensitivity). In comparison, the trial of the new ResApp technology used significantly fewer subjects, but Dr Morgan said there was no reason the results could be replicated in a trial with a larger sample size. However, she noted that it’s unknown whether having underlying illnesses, such as asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), could affect how sensitive the test actually is. “How do we know the cough for a person who has background lung disease is going to be as sensitively detected to have Covid as someone who was previously well and then develops a cough?” she said. Though this and other questions are still unanswered, the numerous tests required before the technology can be approved are sure to resolve at least some. Image: Getty Images

Technology

Could sound replace pacemakers and insulin pumps?

Imagine a future in which crippling epileptic seizures, faltering hearts and diabetes could all be treated not with scalpels, stitches and syringes, but with sound. Though it may seem the stuff of science fiction, a <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28205-y" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">new study</a> shows that this has solid real-world potential.<a href="https://sonogenetics.salk.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Sonogenetics</a> – the use of ultrasound to non-invasively manipulate neurons and other cells – is a nascent field of study that remains obscure amongst non-specialists, but if it proves successful it could herald a new era in medicine.In the new study published in Nature Communications, researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California, US, describe a significant leap forward for the field, documenting their success in engineering mammalian cells to be activated using ultrasound.The team say their method, which they used to activate human cells in a dish and brain cells inside living mice, paves the way toward non-invasive versions of deep brain stimulation, pacemakers and insulin pumps.“Going wireless is the future for just about everything,” says senior author Dr Sreekanth Chalasani, an associate professor in Salk’s Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory. “We already know that ultrasound is safe, and that it can go through bone, muscle and other tissues, making it the ultimate tool for manipulating cells deep in the body.”Chalasani is the mastermind who first established the field of sonogenetics a decade ago.He discovered that ultrasound — sound waves beyond the range of human hearing — can be harnessed to control cells. Since sound is a form of mechanical energy, he surmised that if brain cells could be made mechanically sensitive, then they could be modified with ultrasound.In 2015 his research group provided the first successful demonstration of the theory, adding a protein to cells of a roundworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, that made them sensitive to low-frequency ultrasound and thus enabled them to be activated at the behest of researchers.This was a milestone achievement for the credibility of the field, but Chalasani’s team soon hit a stumbling block. The same protein that was so successful in sensitising roundworm cells produced no discernible effect at all in mammalian cells. While sonically controlling roundworms is undoubtedly cool, without making the leap to mammalian cells, the potential medical revolution would be dead in its tracks.Undeterred, Chalasani and his colleagues set out to search for a new protein that would work in mammals.Although a few proteins were already known to be ultrasound sensitive, no existing candidates were sensitive at the clinically safe frequency of 7MHz – so this was where the team set their sights. “Our approach was different than previous screens because we set out to look for ultrasound-sensitive channels in a comprehensive way,” says Yusuf Tufail, a former project scientist at Salk and a co-first author of the new paper.The screening process took over a year and encompassed nearly 300 candidate proteins which they tested on dishes of a common human research cell line, but at last the team struck gold. TRPA1, a channel protein that lets cells respond to the presence of noxious compounds and activates a wide range of cells in the body, was the winner, responding to the 7MHz ultrasound frequency.“We were really surprised,” says co-first author of the paper Marc Duque, a Salk exchange student. “TRPA1 has been well-studied in the literature but hasn’t been described as a classical mechanosensitive protein that you’d expect to respond to ultrasound.”To test whether TRPA1 could activate cell types of clinical interest in response to ultrasound, the team used a gene therapy approach to add the genes for human TRPA1 to a specific group of neurons in the brains of living mice. When they then administered ultrasound to the mice, only the neurons with the TRPA1 genes were activated.This leap from theory to physical demonstration is a huge step forward for the burgeoning field. Though it is early days, Chalasani believes the next steps are within reach.Clinicians treating conditions including Parkinson’s disease and epilepsy currently use deep brain stimulation, which involves surgically implanting electrodes in the brain, to activate certain subsets of neurons. Chalasani says that sonogenetics could one day replace this approach—the next step would be developing a gene therapy delivery method that can cross the blood-brain barrier, something that is already being studied.Perhaps sooner, he says, sonogenetics could be used to activate cells in the heart, as a kind of pacemaker that requires no implantation.“Gene delivery techniques already exist for getting a new gene – such as TRPA1 – into the human heart. If we can then use an external ultrasound device to activate those cells, that could really revolutionise pacemakers.”Though sonogenetics could one day circumvent medications and invasive surgeries, for now the team is sticking with nailing down the fundamentals. Their current focus is on determining exactly how TRPA1 senses ultrasound, which could allow this sensitivity to be tweaked and enhanced.<img id="cosmos-post-tracker" style="height: 1px!important;width: 1px!important;border: 0!important" src="https://syndication.cosmosmagazine.com/?id=181725&title=Could+sound+replace+pacemakers+and+insulin+pumps%3F" width="1" height="1" data-spai-target="src" data-spai-orig="" data-spai-exclude="nocdn" /><div id="contributors"><a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/sonogenetics-replace-invasive-medical-treatments/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">This article</a> was originally published on <a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cosmos Magazine</a> and was written by <a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/contributor/jamie-priest" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jamie Priest</a>. Jamie Priest is a science journalist at Cosmos. She has a Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology from the University of Adelaide.Image: Getty Images</div>

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Meet the British woman tipped to replace Indiana Jones

Images: Getty Rumour has it British actress Phoebe Waller-Bridge may replace Harrison Ford as lead in the fifth Indiana Jones movie. The Fleabag star is tipped to step into Ford’s shoes and take the lead in the next upcoming instalment of the popular franchise, which is set to hit cinemas next year. According to the Daily Mail, Hollywood producer Kathleen Kennedy – the bigwig behind the franchise is looking to make “Big, Bold” changes and that could mean replacing the lead character with a woman. “It would be a huge statement, and a great role for Phoebe”, the source said of Waller-Bridge, winner of multiple awards for her starring role in British comedy Fleabag. Should the 36-year-old actress take the lead, it would make her the first ever female lead since the first movie, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, which premiered in 1981. Although it remains unclear who Phoebe will portray in the upcoming movie. “The gossip on set is that this character will slot into the leading role” said the source. During an interview in 2019 on the US Today Show, Ford – who played the iconic role in all four previous films – said there’s really no replacing his character, per se. “Nobody else is gonna be Indiana Jones! Don’t you get it? I’m Indiana Jones. When I’m gone, he’s gone. It’s easy” the 79-year-old said, before joking, “This is a hell of a way to tell Chris Pine this”. This was said at the time surrounding rumours Pine was set to be the new Indiana Jones.

Movies

Ellen's replacement confirmed

Kelly Clarkson is set to benefit from Ellen DeGeneres' plans to end her show after the 2021-22 season, with NBC confirming that Clarkson's syndicated talk show will move into DeGeneres' prime afternoon time periods by next year. In New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, the country's three largest markets, will push the Kelly Clarkson Show up to the 3 pm slot, a lucrative time that leads into local newscasts. Clarkson and DeGeneres might swap time slots in some markets before Degeneres finishes up her show next year. At the moment, Clarkson's show airs at 2 pm in the top three. <img style="width: 500px; height: 331.7307692307692px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7841456/screen-shot-2021-05-27-at-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/e569c04862474d89bc4ed88d8fc648c1" /> The boost for Clarkson's show doesn't come as a surprise. NBCUniversal owns the talk show that been a bright spot in an otherwise weak period for new daytime TV entrants. Kelly Clarkson Show, now wrapping its second season, nabbed six Daytime Emmy nominations this week. Clarkson is the reigning Emmy champ for talk show host after winning for the show's freshman year. "The Kelly Clarkson Show is one of the most optimistic success stories in first-run syndication," said Tracie Wilson, executive VP of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios. "It is a treasured part of NBCUniversal Syndication Studios offering and we are proud to partner with the NBC Owned Television Stations group to continue the show's success. Kelly and our entire production team put their heart, intent and incredible passion into making a show that resonates with people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. We're working on some big plans for Season 3 and are looking forward to becoming the premier show in daytime for years to come." NBCUniversal said on Wednesday that Clarkson's show would move into "leading time periods" on its 200-plus affiliate stations by 2022.

Ellen DeGeneres could be replaced

Rumours are rife that a frontrunner has already emerged to replace Ellen DeGeneres - despite the star not yet confirming is she’s saying goodbye to her TV hosting gig. According to reports by The Sun, host of the Late Late Show James Corden is “in line” to replace DeGeneres, and “could be the shock winner after dozens of employees accused the $50 million-a-year presenter of turning a blind eye to racism, bullying and sexual harassment on her hit daytime show”. The publication revealed insiders claim Corden has been seen as DeGeneres’ “long-term successor” even before the recent allegations came to light. It follows reports over the weekend that the 62-year-old is soon to call quits on her hugely successful show, due to negative publicity and workplace allegations. According to the Daily Mail, the host has told executives at TelePictures and Warner Bros that she’s had enough and wants to walk away. “She feels she can’t go on and the only way to recover her personal brand from this is to shut down the show,” a source told the publication. “The truth is she knew what was going on, it’s her show. The buck stops with her. She can blame every executive under the sun – but Ellen is ultimately the one to blame.” Staff was also left unimpressed by the apology letter she had sent out last week, saying she’s a “phony” and claiming anyone who complained to her about ongoing issues “would’ve been fired”. “Don’t think for a minute anything she has said in that apology means anything. She created and then enabled this toxic culture to go on for so long,” one staffer said. “If anyone had come to her or those three (executive producers) to complain, they would’ve been fired.” “Inside Telepictures we’ve had enough of her. She is a phony who does not practice what she preaches,” another source told Daily Mail. “The behaviour of her show executives has been appalling, but (Ellen) is no better. In fact, she is the worst. It’s outrageous that she is trying to pretend that this is all a shock to her. The fish rots from the head, and Ellen is the head.” The insider went on to claim that DeGeneres “hates coming to work”, “struggles to be nice to people” and has “utter contempt for her audience”. “She has been phoning it in for so long, and only staying for the money and celebrity it affords her,” the source said. “We’ve dealt with her BS for so many years, she’s not innocent at all, she’s not nice and the show is not filled with happiness.”

Revealed: The royal who will replace Harry and Meghan

With Prince Harry and Meghan officially kicking off their new life in Canada, the palace is set to enlist the help of another royal to take on more engagements. Sophie Wessex, who is considered to be the Queen’s “long-term favourite”, will be “replacing” the Sussexes and representing the Queen after Harry and Meghan stood down from their royal duties. The 55-year-old is married to Prince Edward, the Queen’s youngest son, and is being asked to help “ease the burden”. “[Sophie] has been singled out as a person the Palace would like to help ease the burden,” an insider told The Sun. <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ol_l_IuYJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B7ol_l_IuYJ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">Tonight The Countess of Wessex was joined by members of a women's parliamentary group and staff during a tour of the chamber of Parliament, Freetown, on the first day of her visit to Sierra Leone. She also met the Vice President Dr. Mohamed Juldeh Jalloh at the State House. The Countess seems to wear her @maisonvalentino printed skirt and @sophiehabsburg_official Cleo clutch. Blouse and shoes NO ID. #countessofwessex #windsor #westminster #royalfamily #royals #uk #england #kensingtonpalace #kensingtonroyal #sussexroyal #buckinghampalace #royaltour #sophierhysjones #earlofwessex #followme</a> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/sophie.countessofwessex/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank"> sophie.countessofwessex</a> (@sophie.countessofwessex) on Jan 22, 2020 at 11:50am PST </div> </blockquote> Speaking to the Daily Mail, royal expert Phil Dampier revealed that the royal family is “seriously under-staffed”. “Sophie, has become a star in her own right. She is very close to her Majesty and is a favourite of hers. Recently she has been on several overseas trips and done fantastically well,” he said. Sophie is also said to be “very popular” with other senior royal members including Prince Charles, 71, and the Duchess of Cornwall, 72.

International Travel

Could sleeper trains replace international air travel?

Dutch airline KLM recently launched a new advertising campaign called “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4htp2xxhto">Fly Responsibly</a>”. Remarkably, it seems to encourage viewers to fly less. “Do you always have to meet face-to-face?”, the advert asks. “Could you take the train instead?”. The influence of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg likely explains why airlines feel obliged to say these things. <a href="https://theconversation.com/flight-shame-flying-less-plays-a-small-but-positive-part-in-tackling-climate-change-125440">Flight shame</a> – or “flygskam” – has gripped many regular flyers with a sense of unease about the aviation industry, which <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1352231014004889">consumes five million barrels of oil a day</a> and is predicted to account for around <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2015/569964/IPOL_STU(2015)569964_EN.pdf">22% of global carbon emissions</a> by 2050. European high-speed rail networks already offer an alternative to air traffic between European countries for distances shorter than 1,000 kilometres. For longer journeys, sleeper trains are becoming increasingly popular. These services run through the night and offer passengers a berth to sleep in. As more and more consumers question the ethics of their next flight, rail companies see an opportunity – and competition with airlines is heating up. But can night trains help offset the international journeys that most people currently make by aeroplane? The renaissance of European night trains From 2009 until 2018, the European night train network shrank steadily. The same is true for conventional intercity train networks, especially in southern and western Europe. This made air travel the only alternative on many routes. But that <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/20/brussels-vienna-night-train-returns-as-europe-eyes-flying-alternatives">appears to be changing</a>. When German Rail decided to withdraw its network of overnight passenger trains in 2015, Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) decided to take over some of its services. In 2017, ÖBB’s Nightjet services carried around <a href="https://www.railjournal.com/in_depth/obb-expands-abroad">1.4 million passengers</a>, more than doubling its total passengers from the previous year. In 2018, ÖBB achieved another 10% increase in passenger numbers. ÖBB CEO, Andreas Matthä, said that “<a href="https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/main-line/nightjet-passenger-traffic-up-10-says-obbs-ceo/">overnight services are a viable alternative to short-haul flights</a>” and committed to continue investing in new services. As a result, ÖBB is expanding its routes on the <a href="https://www.nightjet.com/en/">NightJet network</a> of sleeper trains. From January 2020, night trains will once again run between Vienna and Brussels, 16 years after the service closed. In the UK, <a href="https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tocs_maps/tocs/GW.aspx">Great Western Railway</a> plans to <a href="https://www.gwr.com/travel-updates/planned-engineering/west-cornwall">renovate</a> the sleeper trains it runs to Cornwall. <a href="https://www.scotrail.co.uk/plan-your-journey/travel-connections/caledonian-sleeper">The Caledonian Sleeper</a>, which runs between London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen has been revamped with a £150 million investment in new trains. In response to a public petition, the Swedish government plans to <a href="https://back-on-track.eu/swedish-draft-night-train-report-will-set-night-trains-on-the-tracks-from-scandinavia-in-2022/">reintroduce night train services</a> to other European countries. A sleeper train service <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/sweden-london-train-sleeper-malmo-amsterdam-cologne-munich-rail-a9288206.html?fbclid=IwAR3hXu2UX4z0wRqFiuCr1yTIfXJLlDM5sq0ExrgVxmxTlqRpXaEVzu0sMrI">from Malmö in southern Sweden to London</a> has been planned for 2022 at the earliest. The service could set off in the evening and arrive in the English capital at lunchtime the next day. At almost 1,300 kilometres, the trip is typical of the many rail journeys that could offset those currently taken between European countries by aeroplane. An alternative to air travel? Aviation industry CEOs are worried that flight shame could <a href="https://aviationanalyst.co.uk/2019/08/02/exclusive-domestic-air-travel-could-shrink-because-of-flight-shaming-lufthansa-munich-ceo/">threaten passenger traffic</a> and in some countries this already seems to be happening. Swedavia, an airline which operates ten of Sweden’s busiest airports, <a href="https://www.swedavia.com/about-swedavia/swedavias-newsroom/#gref">reported a 4% fall</a> in passengers in 2019 compared with the previous year. The decrease was primarily in domestic travel, while the number of international passengers fell to a lesser extent. Despite this, European air traffic still <a href="https://go.updates.iata.org/l/123902/2019-07-11/83d46z?utm_source=IATA.org&utm_medium=product-page&utm_campaign=BIS007-MonthlyStats-2019">grew by 4.2% in 2019</a>. It’s too soon to say whether the night train revival is a permanent trend prompted by flygskam. Nevertheless, environmental awareness still motivates the choices of travellers. <a href="https://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/groups-and-centres/transport-studies-research-group">Researchers</a> who study consumer profiles in different markets recently identified a new one: the “<a href="https://dataset2050.eu/">environmental traveller</a>”. People who fall into this market segment try to maintain a lifestyle that is as environmentally friendly as possible – and that includes reducing the number of flights they take. But the researchers found that awareness of the environmental crisis doesn’t automatically translate into behaviour changes, such as choosing other transport modes over air travel. Most often, distance or cost are more powerful motivations, particularly for short and medium-haul routes. A <a href="https://repository.tudelft.nl/islandora/object/uuid%3A21e9731a-6ec3-4230-847f-38ffa364ba8a">recent study</a> from the Netherlands found that passengers who travel for leisure purposes seem to be most attracted to the option of night trains. It’s possible that night train services could simply generate new demand from these customers instead of substituting existing airline passengers. The researchers found that 40% of business travellers still opted to fly the day before and stay in a hotel instead, though many thought the relative comfort of sleeper trains was appealing. <a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en/document.html?reference=IPOL_STU(2017)601977">Research</a> conducted on behalf of the European parliament is much more pessimistic, concluding that there are more challenges than opportunities for night trains to grow in Europe. Chief among them is the continued growth of low-cost airlines. <a href="http://www.nachtzug-retten.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2013-04-30_uic_study_night_trains_2.02.pdf">Infrastructure costs</a> currently prohibit long-distance night trains which might be able to tempt more passengers out of these aeroplanes. Subsidy and investment to expand rail networks may be necessary for the sector to compete with aviation. <a href="https://www.aef.org.uk/issues/economics/taxation/">Making airlines pay fuel duty</a> could also help. In the meantime, flygskam could still be effective if it means people keep the pressure on the aviation industry to reform and reduce its growing carbon footprint. <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/enrica-papa-251240">Enrica Papa</a>, Senior Lecturer in Transport Planning, <a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-westminster-916">University of Westminster</a> This article is republished from <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/could-sleeper-trains-replace-international-air-travel-130334">original article</a>.

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Titanium is the perfect metal to make replacement body parts

To mark the <a href="https://www.iypt2019.org/">International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements</a> we’re taking a look at how researchers study some of the elements in their work. Today’s it’s titanium, a metal known for its strength and lightness so it’s ideal for making replacement hips, knees and other parts of our bodies, but it’s also used in other industries. <hr /> <a href="http://www.rsc.org/periodic-table/element/22/titanium">Titanium</a> gets its name from the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Titan-Greek-mythology">Titans of ancient Greek mythology</a> but this thoroughly modern material is well suited to a huge range of high-tech applications. With the chemical symbol Ti and an atomic number of 22, titanium is a silver-coloured metal valued for its low density, high strength, and resistance to corrosion. I first studied titanium via a Master’s degree at the Institute of Metal Research in the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. One of my projects was to investigate the formation of titanium alloys for their high-strength characteristics. Since then, the applications for this metal have grown exponentially, from its use (as <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/titanium-dioxide">titanium dioxide</a>) in paints, paper, toothpaste, sunscreen and cosmetics, through to its <a href="https://www.britannica.com/science/titanium">use as an alloy</a> in biomedical implants and aerospace innovations. Particularly exciting is the perfect marriage between titanium and 3D printing. Custom design from 3D printing Titanium materials are expensive and can be problematic when it comes to traditional processing technologies. For example, its high melting point (1,670℃, much higher than <a href="https://www.bssa.org.uk/topics.php?article=103">steel alloys</a>) is a challenge. The relatively low-cost precision of 3D printing is therefore a game-changer for titanium. 3D printing is where an object is built layer by layer and designers can create amazing shapes. This allows the production of complex shapes such as replacement parts of a <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-30/victorian-woman-gets-3d-printed-jawbone-implant/8400410">jaw bone</a>, <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-21/rare-cancer-sufferer-receives-3d-printed-heel/5830432">heel</a>, <a href="https://www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2014/05/16-ground-breaking-hip-and-stem-cell-surgery.page">hip</a>, <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27313616">dental implants</a>, or <a href="http://www.media-studio.co.uk/news/media-studios-first-3d-printed-titanium-cranioplasty-plate-delivered">cranioplasty plates</a> in surgery. It can also be used to make <a href="https://3dprint.com/219546/3d-print-golf-clubs-and-equipment/">golf clubs</a> and <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norsk-boeing-idUSKBN17C264">aircraft components</a>. The <a href="https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/MF/Areas/Metals/Lab22">CSIRO is working with industry</a> to develop new technologies in 3D printing using titanium. (It even <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oc8GoOOUo4">made a dragon</a> out of titanium.) Advances in 3D printing are opening up new avenues to further improve the function of <a href="https://www.materialise.com/pl/node/3197">customised bodypart implants</a> <a href="https://www.renishaw.com/en/metal-3d-printing-for-healthcare--24226">made of titanium</a>. Such implants can be designed to be porous, making them lighter but allowing blood, nutrients and nerves to pass through and can even <a href="https://3dprint.com/219795/3d-printed-lattice-structures/">promote bone in-growth</a>. Safe in the body Titanium is considered the most biocompatible metal – not harmful or toxic to living tissue – due to its resistance to corrosion from bodily fluids. This ability to withstand the harsh bodily environment is a result of the protective oxide film that forms naturally in the presence of oxygen. Its ability to physically bond with bone also gives titanium an advantage over other materials that require the use of an adhesive to remain attached. Titanium implants last longer, and much larger forces are required to break the bonds that join them to the body compared with their alternatives. Titanium alloys commonly used in load-bearing implants are significantly less stiff – and closer in performance to human bone – than stainless steel or cobalt-based alloys. Aerospace applications Titanium weighs about half as much as steel but is 30% stronger, which makes it ideally suited to the aerospace industry where every gram matters. In the late 1940s the US government helped to get production of titanium going as it could see its potential for “<a href="https://titaniumprocessingcenter.com/titanium-technical-data/titanium-history-developments-and-applications/">aircraft, missiles, spacecraft, and other military purposes</a>”. Titanium has increasingly become the buy-to-fly material for aircraft designers striving to develop faster, lighter and more efficient aircraft. About 39% of the US Air Force’s <a href="https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/f22/">F22 Raptor</a>, one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world, is made of titanium. Civil aviation moved in the same direction with Boeing’s new <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/boeing-787-dreamliner">787 Dreamliner made of 15% titanium</a>, significantly more than previous models. Two key areas where titanium is used in airliners is in their landing gear and jet engines. Landing gear needs to withstand the massive amounts of force exerted on it every time a plane hits a runway. Titanium’s toughness means it can absorb the huge amounts of energy expelled when a plane lands without ever weakening. Titanium’s heat resistance means it can be used inside modern jet engines, where temperatures can reach 800℃. Steel begins to soften at around 400℃ but titanium can withstand the intense heat of a jet engine without losing its strength. Where to find titanium In its natural state, titanium is always found bonded with other elements, usually within igneous rocks and sediments derived from them. The most commonly mined materials containing titanium are <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/ilmenite.shtml">ilmenite</a> (an iron-titanium oxide, FeTiO3) and <a href="https://geology.com/minerals/rutile.shtml">rutile</a> (a titanium oxide, TiO2). Ilmenite is most abundant in China, whereas Australia has the highest global proportion of rutile, <a href="http://www.ga.gov.au/education/classroom-resources/minerals-energy/australian-mineral-facts/titanium#heading-6">about 40% according to Geoscience Australia</a>. It’s found mostly on the east, west and southern coastlines of Australia. Both materials are generally extracted from sands, after which the titanium is separated from the other minerals. Australia is one of the world’s <a href="https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/titanium/mcs-2015-timin.pdf">leading producers of titanium</a>, producing more than 1.5 million tonnes in 2014. South Africa and China are the two next leading producers of titanium, producing 1.16 and 1 million tonnes, respectively. Being among the top ten most abundant elements in Earth’s crust, titanium resources aren’t currently under threat – good news for the many scientists and innovators constantly looking for new ways to improve life with titanium. <hr /> If you’re an academic researcher working with a particular element from the periodic table and have an interesting story to tell then why not <a href="https://theconversation.com/au/pitches">get in touch</a>.<img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important; text-shadow: none !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/115361/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/laichang-zhang-715775">Laichang Zhang</a>, Professor Mechanical Engineering, <a href="http://theconversation.com/institutions/edith-cowan-university-720">Edith Cowan University</a> This article is republished from <a href="http://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/titanium-is-the-perfect-metal-to-make-replacement-human-body-parts-115361">original article</a>.

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Bride replaces wedding vows with fiancé’s cheating text messages

A heartbroken bride has confronted her fiancé at the altar of her wedding ceremony after finding out that he was cheating on her the night before their big day. Casey* was celebrating her final night of being unmarried with her bridesmaids when she received a text message from an unknown number, reported <a href="https://www.whimn.com.au">Whimn.</a> Casey was expecting a congratulatory message but instead received a series of screenshots from a conversation involving her boyfriend of six years, Alex*, and another woman. The conversations between Casey’s boyfriend and the ‘other’ woman, who she described as looking the “complete opposite of her”, went back months. The sender wrote to Casey: “I wouldn’t marry him. Will you?” The texts also included selfies of the pair and immediately Casey knew “there was no questioning the legitimacy” of the screenshots. Casey said every message was a “dagger to her heart”, but didn’t know what to do as the wedding would be taking place in a few hours and it was already paid for. So she hatched a plan for the next day. “I was going to go ahead with the wedding as expected, and ‘out’ him in front of our friends and family,” she said. After walking down the wedding aisle the following day, Casey announced there would be “no wedding” instead of reading her vows. “It seems Alex is not who I thought he was,” she told her guests, before reading out every single message he had sent to the other woman. "Your body is f***ing incredible. And s** do you know how to use it. I wish my GF (girlfriend) had half the skills you do." "I miss you so much…I’ve never had this kind of connection before." All colour left Alex’s face and Casey let her weeping eyes rise and meet his. The embarrassed groom didn’t have anything to say but walked out of the church in shame with his best man close behind him. “I love all of you and as horrible as this is, I’m glad you all are here,” Casey bravely told her guests. “There will not be a wedding reception today, but instead, there will be a celebration of honesty, finding true love and following your heart even when it hurts.” Although it was not the day Casey has planned, she said despite the heartbreak, the reception was “one hell of a party”. *Names changed for confidentiality

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The $6 Kmart gadget that is replacing brooms, mops and vacuum cleaners

Kmart customers are praising a new $6 gadget they say has replaced their mop, broom and vacuum. The cleaning tool is a rubber broom with a squeegee blade that they claim is the next “must have item” from the popular discount store. One customer shared a photo to Facebook group Kmart mums, showing off the results of the rubber broom. <img width="500" height="608" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7819471/1_500x608.jpg" alt="1 (163)"/> “Finally got my hands on the Rubber Broom with Squeegee and the results speak for itself! This is our theatre room carpet which is very thick. This broom has picked up more than our vacuum and the carpet looks amazing!! Would recommend it a thousand times over,” she wrote. The mum didn’t appear to be the only happy customer in the group. “Wait until you use it to scrub the bathroom floor... it is quicker and better than any mop,” one woman said. “It is great for cleaning the outside of your windows too, wet, soapy clean with the bristled then squeegee off with a blade.” The brooms are so popular, many customers claimed “it took ages” to get their hands on one as they are often sold out. The gadget also won over pet owners, with some impressed with how well it removed unsightly animal hairs. “It is amazing if you have pets,” one woman said. Another said the broom remarkably removes “everything”, from hair to crumbs and dirt. Some questioned the effectiveness of the broom, before fans swiftly chimed in. Do you own this product? Tell us your thoughts on it in the comments below.

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Dr Chris Brown’s Bondi Vet replacement revealed

It’s hard to imagine Bondi Vet without Dr Chris Brown, but the beloved series is about to get a big shake-up with not one, not two, but four new hosts. Dr Chris announced he was leaving the show earlier this year to focus on other TV commitments (The Living Room, The Project and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!), sparking an extensive, nationwide search – but it was never going to be easy to find someone to fill the Logie winner’s shoes. After thousands of applications and nominations, producers were so overwhelmed with the talent on offer, they couldn’t reach a decision. So, they settled on four new faces – Drs Alex Hynes, Danni Dusek, Lewis Hunt and Peter Ricci – who you can see in the gallery above. “Each of the four new Bondi Vets has a unique skill set and story to tell,” said WTFN director of content Steve Oemcke. “Their love of pets and animals shines through and there is a great chemistry between them. “Their work in front of the camera has been outstanding, and we know that fans will really get behind them as they take the show in an exciting new direction.” Despite its name and that iconic location, the new-look series (which will air next year) won’t actually be based in Bondi. Dr Alex works in Brisbane, Dr Danni works in Mentone, Victoria, Dr Lewis works in Sydney’s northern beaches and Dr Peter works at Perth Zoo. Tell us in the comments below, what do you think of the new recruits? Will you be tuning in?

Netflix announces Claire Foy’s replacement as Queen in “The Crown”

Netflix has just announced who will be replacing Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II in the popular award-winning historical drama of British royalty, The Crown. Olivia Coleman has been crowned as the new monarch and will portray Queen Elizabeth into middle age for seasons three and four. <img width="436" height="323" src="http://akns-images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/2017926/rs_1024x759-171026153308-1024-the-crown-claire-foy-olivie-colman.jpg" alt="The Crown, Claire Foy, Olivia Colman" border="0" class="image--full" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> Claire Foy (left) and Olivia Coleman (right). Coleman recently took home a Golden Globe for her work in AMC's mini-series The Night Manager and will next be seen in Kenneth Branagh's star-studded adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express. The Crown creator Peter Morgan has always said he would be recasting the Queen as the story moved through the years, rather than “age up” Foy. “What’s so beautiful about Claire is her youth,” he told Variety in 2016. “You can’t ask someone to act middle-aged. Someone has to bring their own fatigue to it. The feelings we all have as 50-year-olds are different than the feelings we all have as 30-year-olds. That informs everything we do.” However, season two is only just about to star so it will be awhile before we see Coleman as the Queen. With Foy's replacement in place, we wonder who will join Coleman as Matt Smith's replacement in the role of Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. We can’t wait to hear what the Queen thinks about Coleman’s eventual portrayal – <a href="http://www.oversixty.com.au/entertainment/tv/2017/05/has-the-queen-watched-the-crown/">she’s reportedly a fan of the show.</a>

Monopoly to replace the thimble after 82 years

Since 1935, the thimble has been an iconic part of everyone’s favourite board game, Monopoly, but now, it’s set to be replaced by a token with a bit more relevance to modern players. The decision comes after an online vote held by Monopoly’s parent company, Hasbro. “We were a little bit surprised that the thimble got among the lowest votes because it’s been in the game for so long,” senior vice president of marketing at Hasbro, Jonathon Berkowitz told <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2017/02/16/technology/monopoly-tokens-vote-thimble/" target="_blank">CNN</a>. Sadly, the thimble mightn’t be the only traditional token to go. “Here is a possibility other classic pieces were also voted out,” Berkowitz added. Fortunately, the retired pieces might not be scrapped for good. “We never say absolutely forever.” Among the proposed new pieces are hashtags, emojis, and a rubber duck. If they prove popular, some may even replace other favourites like the dog and the hat. <img width="497" height="280" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/33408/image__497x280.jpg" alt="monopoly pieces" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> The winning tokens will be announced on March 19, and are set to be included in the next generation of the game, which will be based on Atlantic City, New Jersey and released in August this year. Related links: <a href="/news/news/2017/02/never-charge-phone-in-public-port/">Why you should never charge your phone in a public port</a> <a href="/news/news/2017/02/families-with-polite-kids-given-discount-at-restaurant/">Families with polite kids get discount at Italian restaurant</a> <a href="/news/news/2017/02/big-news-for-love-actually-fans/">Big news for Love Actually fans</a>

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Major airline replaces meals with chocolate bars

Passengers on British Airways flights have been left hungry and angry after the airline replaced the second meal on long-haul flights with chocolate bars. Those flying certain routes no longer receive a sandwich or meal before landing in a move to cut back costs. A premium economy passenger who paid £500 ($897) for a flight from London's Heathrow Airport to New York's JFK Airport said the mini chocolate bar was an "insult" after paying so much for the seven-hour journey. "It was a joke. I paid £500 for a World Traveller Plus seat and the breakfast was OK but to then get just a fun-size chocolate bar six hours later is outrageous," the unidentified passenger told the Sun. "The cabin attendant who served me was clearly embarrassed and when I asked for another she said she wasn't supposed to but handed another one over as she could see I was hungry." The changes apply to economy class on flights under eight-and-a-half hours and premium economy on flights under seven hours, a spokesperson for the airline told the MailOnline. "We offer customers on all of our transatlantic flights a three course meal, bar service and snacks and on our longer transatlantic flights, including to the west coast, customers are offered an extra meal during the flight." First appeared on <a href="http://Stuff.co.nz" target="_blank">Stuff.co.nz</a>. Related links: <a href="/travel/travel-tips/2016/04/video-reveals-how-in-flight-meals-are-made/">Video reveals how in-flight meals are made</a> <a href="/travel/international-travel/2015/12/dirtiest-part-of-a-plane-cabin-revealed/">The dirtiest part of a plane cabin revealed</a> <a href="/travel/travel-tips/2016/09/6-ways-to-avoid-getting-sick-on-a-plane/">6 ways to avoid getting sick on a plane</a>

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New Lucille Ball statue replaces “Scary Lucy”

A new statue of Lucille Ball was unveiled in the actress’ hometown on Saturday to replace one so hated that it was nicknamed “Scary Lucy”. Mayor of Celoron, New York, Scott Schrecengost and sculptor Carolyn Palmer revealed the statue in Lucille Ball Memorial Park on what would have been the actress' 105th birthday. The life-size statue shows the famous Ball in polka-dotted dress, holding a purse, wearing pearls and in heels. She, of course, sporting her signature curly hair. "She is 100 per cent bronze. She is 750 pounds and the pedestal is maybe another 750 pounds, so she's not going anywhere!" Palmer told CNN. "I pretty much put my all in her and I am very happy." Palmer added: “People gasped when she was unveiled and everyone looked so happy. "I am relieved that the response has been positive. I went back to the park incognito and sat on a bench and people were there looking at her and touching her and it was great. All that work was not done in vain. I am very pleased tonight." <img width="624" height="435" src="https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/lucille-ball-before-after.jpg?quality=75&strip=color&w=1100" alt="Left: The bronze sculpture of Lucille Ball by Dave Poulin, seen at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Celoron, N.Y.. in Aug. 2012; Right the bronze sculpture of Lucille Ball by Carolyn D. Palmer, unveiled at the Lucille Ball Memorial Park in Celeron, N.Y., on Aug. 6, 2016." style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> The new statue replaces a statue that looked so unflattering and unlike the TV star that it was nicknamed “Scary Lucy”. The creator of the first statue, Dave Poulin, said he’s received death threats over his statue and has apologised for his “unsettling” depiction of the icon. "I take full responsibility for 'Scary Lucy,' though by no means was that my intent or did I wish to disparage in any way the memories of the iconic Lucy image," Poulin wrote in an open letter in The Hollywood Reporter. “Scary Lucy” isn’t going anywhere though as the two statues of Lucille Ball will live side by side at the park. Related links: <a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/06/kids-shows-from-the-50s/" target="_self">Best kids’ TV shows from the 50s</a> <a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/06/shocking-facts-about-tv-shows/">10 shocking facts you didn’t know about your favourite TV shows</a> <a href="/entertainment/tv/2016/06/the-waltons-where-are-they-now/">The Waltons: where are they today?</a>

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