The creation of an open and airy outdoor space will turn your garden, patio, or balcony into a peaceful relaxation spot. The key to achieving this look is in the kind of furniture one selects. They should go for white outdoor furniture sets. White furniture has the ability to reflect light, thus creating the illusion of a bigger and brighter space, besides giving any outside setup an elegant yet timeless appearance.

When choosing outdoor furniture, it is crucial to consider various materials, designs, and brands that would provide the best quality and style. One good example here is Wicker Furniture Direct, which provides long-lasting stylish outdoor pieces as well as boosting any look on the outside.

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Whether you tore a muscle in the heat of the game, or you sustained an injury unrelated to your athletic endeavours, recovery can be a real pain. Fortunately, with some , time-off, and a few strategic practices, you can recover with ease.

I am an avid rock climber and alpinist. It’s been one of my main passions for about ten years and I’ve been fortunate enough to climb in exotic locations around the world. I love nothing more than to scale the smooth, wet rock faces of Glen Coe, or to bask in the sun and storms 2,500ft above the unforgiving brush of the Bavella.

All of that came to a screeching halt when someone pulled into my lane and I was in a pretty terrible head-on collision. I m lucky to be alive, but unfortunately I missed the air-bag.

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Zakri Abdul Hamid is science advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia, serves on the UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board, and on the Governing Council of a new UN Technology Bank for Least Developed Countries. He co-chairs Malaysia’s Global Science and Innovation Advisory Council, and was the founding Chair of the UN’s Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 3 2016 (IPS) – Given the enormity of the challenges confronting humanity, the world’s investment in science, technology and innovation is woefully inadequate.

Zakri Abdul Hamid

That was a key message I helped deliver Sunday Septem…

An eight-month-old boy is examined by a doctor in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPS

ABUJA, Dec 16 2019 (IPS) – Recently, Madhukar Pai, the Director of McGill University Global Health Program wrote about the . He observed that researches are skewed in favor of the global north. We agree that this inequity exists. However, we also have found that global fellowships such as the Atlantic Fellowship, of which we are both Senior Fellows, are platforms to reverse this inequity, foster international partnerships and amplify voices of devel…

We never imagined that we would witness food insecurity being an issue in developed countries such as the US. Credit: Stephen Leahy/IPS.

URBANA, Illinois / ABUJA, Dec 17 2020 (IPS) – Food insecurity across the U.S. continues to be on the rise because of the effects of COVID-19. According to Feeding America, . 

We both grew up in countries referred to as “developing countries,” Ifeanyi in Nigeria and Esther in Kenya. At the time, we never imagined that we would witness food insecurity being an issue in developed countries such as the U.S. like we are now. As thought leaders in global health and food security, we are compelled to amplify this inequity in the…