From an unexpected friendship across species, to a cluster of clay llamas, to finding a way to remotely produce a song featuring multiple collaborators, people across Washington state have found ways to stay connected to their artistic communities, their jobs and their routines — or to find beauty in the changes themselves. 

From an unexpected friendship across species, to a cluster of clay llamas, to finding a way to remotely produce a song featuring multiple collaborators, people across Washington state have found ways to stay connected to their artistic communities, their jobs and their routines — or to find beauty in the changes themselves. 

From an unexpected friendship across species, to a cluster of clay llamas, to finding a way to remotely produce a song featuring multiple collaborators, people across Washington state have found ways to stay connected to their artistic communities, their jobs and their routines — or to find beauty in the changes themselves. 

Among those 18 to 29 years old, more than one out of three say that they have, or someone in their household has, lost a job or been laid off because of the coronavirus outbreak. And nearly half have taken a pay cut or had their hours reduced.

“Respirators, ventilators, all of the equipment — try getting it yourselves,” the president told governors in a conference call. The suggestion surprised some governors, who are increasingly looking to the federal government for help.

See how to develop and deploy advanced Cloud Foundry applications in the IBM Cloud. Doug Tidwell shows you how to create a globally available app that uses a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.

See how to develop and deploy advanced Cloud Foundry applications in the IBM Cloud. Doug Tidwell shows you how to create a globally available app that uses a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.

See how to use IBM Cloud Functions to make the most of serverless computing. Doug Tidwell shows you how to generate code that manages a cloud-hosted NoSQL database.

In this article, you learn how to use the IBM Cloud to write a Node.js application for an organization’s front desk, which needs to log visitors in and out. Along the way you will learn how to use Node.js, the Express HTTP server library, and a Cloudant database. You will learn how to do this in the highly available IBM Cloud. This is a basic introduction to Node.js programming on the IBM Cloud platform.

In the first article in this series, you learned how to build a Node.js application on the IBM Cloud. However, that application was not very responsive or visually appealing. In this article you learn how to use the Bootstrap theme for your application to look better, and how to use the AngularJS library to make it more responsive.

With the release of IBM Bluemix Local System and PureApplication System firmware V2.2.3, you can create automatically configured hosted VMware environments for more flexibility on how you run and manage your workloads. This series of articles provides a step-by-step guide for users of the W1500, W2500, W3500, and W3550 models to work with these advanced capabilities. In Part 1, you get started with creating and deploying hosted VMware environments in Bluemix Local System. Specifically, you learn how to allocate resources, configure external access to VMware components, and configure and deploy virtual machines in VMware.

Often underprepared but determined to live the dream, hordes of grey nomads are keeping the Royal Flying Doctor Service busy in the outback.

An influenza expert says getting vaccinated against the infectious disease is more likely to save your life than going without the flu shot, yet only around 30-40 per cent of people are getting their jab.

The man Naponi married tried to kill her more than once. Even after he was finally taken to a psychiatric hospital, Naponi faced another battle: convincing her community to believe her story.

Not many music festivals would encourage fans to get naked for their events, but the Gympie Music Muster in south-east Queensland is doing just that.

A Sunshine Coast business defends its decision to dump concrete on a beach north of Noosa, as the Department of Environment launches an investigation into the matter.

Coronavirus is changing the way the entire human race lives. Emergency workers are scrambling together contingency plans, fearing hospitals could soon be overwhelmed. Scientists are racing to invent a faster, cheaper Covid-19 test kit available for us all. Restaurants are reinventing themselves as delivery services, artists are turning to live-streaming to make a living. This week, the entire Background Briefing team investigates how each of us are finding new ways to get by.

As the Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess continues, a Sunshine Coast couple describe their final day aboard.

A Mid West conservation and land management program is skilling up prisoners in Greenough and reducing the rate of re-offending.

The Woorabinda Aboriginal Shire Council in central Queensland gives its government-owned supermarket contractor the flick after years of battling inflated prices.

Illawarra is not a hotbed of top NBA talent, but LaMelo Ball has already done enough in the NBL preseason to rocket to the top of NBA mock drafts.

When 22-year-old Jake Vincent had a stroke, he was forced to wait at the emergency department for almost seven hours. The doctor who finally saw him "went white" he hadn't been administered a time-critical medication earlier.

By the time the young platypus was discovered in a river in Victoria's Alpine Shire, the bands had worn wounds down to the bone.

Previous attempts to reform Question Time have largely fizzled out, but with public faith in politics in a tailspin, both major parties now seem serious about an overhaul of Parliament's most theatrical hour.

Drawing on her own experience growing up in rural Queensland's Ilfracombe, Dame Quentin Bryce says the role of women in agriculture has come a long way.

Kevin Hart is finishing high school.

The sneaker game is no joke.

His vacation hair is all wrong.

Kiana Lede is gearing up for the BET Experience.

Yasss, honey.

Kiana Lede is gearing up for the BET Experience.

Mom Kim Kardashian spills the tea.

A little old lady walks into Bank of America and asks to open a savings account. The new accounts receptionist first thinks this is strange, probably because everyone is leaving them for credit unions now. At any rate, the accounts person asks her how much she wanted to deposit to open the account, and the […]

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A young couple was on their way to get married when they were involved in a fatal car accident. It was really bad, like something from a Quentin Tarantino movie. At any rate, they soon found themselves standing in front of the pearly gates of heaven staring at St. Peter himself. Upset, but wanting to […]

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Many years ago, I attended a talk by Cynthia Good, publisher of Penguin Canada. When asked what was the first thing she looks for in a book submission, she said, “A way to get the author on TV.” I’ve now got over 400 TV appearances to my credit, and an equal number of radio interviews […]