Byron Council Staff Reckon Planned Retreat is Defendable

belongil-stairs-rocks-featimage
Erosion at Belongil

A BYRON Shire Council staff presentation to last year’s NSW coastal conference has put forward a supporting argument for planned retreat at Belongil, claiming that it is a legitimate position that the council can defend in court.

And while council’s media spokesperson says that the presentation does not present a position on ‘planned retreat’, it’s a stance deeply at odds with the majority five councillors.

(more…)

Continue ReadingByron Council Staff Reckon Planned Retreat is Defendable

Triple J To Bring Splendour To You

Dave Le’aupepe of Gang of Youths clearly had zero fun during his last Byron Bay performance. Photo: WireImage

SPLENDOUR PUNTERS breathed a heavy sigh of relief on Wednesday when the four-day weather forecast revealed mainly dry conditions for Byron Bay this weekend, where the annual music and arts festival takes place.

This year’s lineup is particularly epic with The Strokes and The Avalanches playing an exclusive gig, as well as James Blake, Courtney Barnett, Flume and many, many more.

(more…)

Continue ReadingTriple J To Bring Splendour To You

WEIGHTLOSS: 3 Foods That Make You Feel Full

Diet Pills That Swell in Your Stomach
Feeling full is one way to prevent overeating. Photo Credit AndreyPopov/iStock/Getty Images

A LARGE appetite is partly due to genetics. According to Louis J. Aronne, author of The Skinny: On Losing Weight Without Being Hungry, some people are born with a greater predisposition to gaining weight and to a condition called “fullness resistance.”

The condition makes you less likely to feel full after eating and to store food as fat instead of burning it off as energy. Diet pills that swell in your stomach can increase fullness and promote weight loss.

(more…)

Continue ReadingWEIGHTLOSS: 3 Foods That Make You Feel Full

Bible Beats Homophobe

On her radio show, Dr. Laura said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Schlesinger, written by a US man, and posted on the Internet. It’s funny, as well as quite informative:

(more…)

Continue ReadingBible Beats Homophobe