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General - Chocolate Addiction
Are
you a chocoholic? Do you crave chocolate at odd times? Carrie Eddins
writes about her own addiction to chocolate and how its socially
acceptable nature can lead to very bad things: "My hottest tip for
overcoming your addiction is to firstly take it seriously," she writes.
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General
- Water Safety
With
the warmer weather covering every state in Australia, the
beaches, billabongs, rivers and assorted watering
holes are frequented for good old fashioned relaxation and fun. But it
pays to
be aware of the potential dangers. In this article we look at
summer water safety, and
ways to avoid serious injury... or worse.
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Parenting
- Step Parenting - A Foreign
Word
"Where is the manual that gives the
quick fixes and answers to a parents myriad problems?" asks Susan M.
Thompson. Sadly, there isn't one... But as she writes in this parenting
article, the rewards for persevering can be tremendously fulfilling. |
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General
- School of
Thought
World famous self-helped author Reginal J.
Bartley talks about education. But did you know that many employers
today look not for university degrees, but real world skills? In
this telling expose, Reg Bartley talks about
the school of life and how education has changed over the years.
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Sport - Asia World Cup Qualification - South Africa 2010
Despite losing midfield linchpins Jason Culina (just
prior to kick-off with a stomach virus) and Vinnie Grella days earlier,
our second consecutive Dutch coach Pim Verbeek (successor to Guus
Hiddink) appeared to have the boys seamlessly fluent in “Total
Football”.
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General
- Flyball
Flyball
is a team game. For dogs! What started in America in the 1980s as a fun
way to exercise dogs and meet other pet owners has turned into a global
phenomenon that could one day rival the Rugby World Cup. We talk to a
local Flyball club member (and his Border Collie 'Bella') to see what
all the fuss is about.
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Arts - 7th
Overload Poetry Festival
The Overload Poetry Festival is an annual event held every August in
inner city Melbourne, and as Paul Rees discovered, this impressive
cultural event is not just about traditional poetry: "Styles included hip-hop artists,
slammers, purveyors of form, free verse, haiku, sound poets and visual
poets amongst variations."
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General
- Apollo Steam
Shower
It's
looks like some sort of zero gravity space capsule, but this is in fact
a steam shower - one of the best money can buy. It's
bathroom decadence to the 'Nth' degree, and comes
packed with a steam generator,
foot massager and an array of body massage jets. Visually
alluring and stress relieving, it's the ultimate fantasy shower.
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General - Garden Design
Designing
a garden does not have to be an involved or complex thing. As landscape
architect and horticulturalist Jai Cheswick explains, overly
complex garden designs often don't work. And don't worry about plant
selection either!
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General - Online Shopping: Are You
Safe?
In
spite of this increasing popularity there is one fear that has kept
many wary of online shopping. This fear is credit card
fraud. How do you know that when you enter your credit card
details online you're personal information and card details are not
going to fall into the wrong hands? Find out more here.
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General - Cycling: Video Recording Solutions
For decades the cost of video recording
equipment has been prohibitive, keeping it out
of reach for a lot of people. But not any more. For just $50 you can
buy a brand-new camcorder, and as our intrepid reporter discovered
there are no limits to its uses, as he mounted the camera to his racing
bike to record a full 2 hour race. Find out more here. |
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Relationships
- Online Dating
Have
you ever met someone online for a date? More and more people are using
the Internet to set up meetings and start new relationships via dating
websites, and as Claire Bertolus discovered cyberspace can be an
amazing place for singles. But it's not as cut and dry as you may
think; we interview an industry insider to find out exactly how safe
online dating is.
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General - Washing Machine Toilet
The
Washing Machine Toilet is another intriguing invention that has been
designed to reduce water wastage. Before you label this exotic new
dual-system appliance as a flight of fancy, bear in mind that by the
year 2020 we could all be using such devices.
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General
- AquaFit Workout
Spa
Have you ever been sweating away on the
treadmill or pumping iron
and thought to yourself "I wish I could do this underwater?" Turns out
that you're not alone. Say hello to the world's coolest home gym - the
AquaFit 19 DT spa.
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Theatre Review - Monty Python's Spamalot
For
many, the thought of going anywhere near classic Monty Python material
is paramount to blasphemy. Sean Lynch caught the latest exploitation of
Python material from Eric Idle, the award winning Spamalot,
and he isn't happy with what he's found! Read the review here.
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General
- Audacious
Audio
Looking
like some sort of energy sequestration unit from a science fiction TV
show, this is in fact a new speaker system from JVC. The design
features a dodecahedron shape that blasts
audio out in all directions. Is this the future of home theatre
systems? Probably not, but it looks really, really cool.
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Relationships
- Modern Power
Struggles
The
highly opinionated Alison Madsen talks about the evolution of the
contemporary relationship that exists between men and women, suggesting
that "Perhaps the time for men to take back what's theirs - their
dignity - is nigh." Could she be right? |
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