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By Sam Vallance
Melbourne, Australia, a young boy is sitting outside his school crying, his clothes muddy and ripped around the edges. Ben Smith is a 15 year old boy; he is 150 centimetres tall and weighs 68 kilograms. This is his story:
Ben...
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By Sam Vallance
Obesity can affect almost anyone, but generally as long as you stay fit and healthy you should be quite safe. Obesity is a disease where your Body Mass Index (BMI,-your weight is divided by your height squared), is out of...
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Dear Editor,
An estimated 1.5 million Australians under 18 are overweight. Between 1985 and 1997 the amount of obesity in the population has almost doubled. With these current rates, by 2020 it is estimated that 80% of all Australian adults and...
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As of 17 June 2008 eBay Australia intends to implement a ruling that buyers will no longer be able to pay by bank transfer, cheque or money order and will be forced to use PayPal. Now for those that may not know, PayPal is owned by eBay and both...
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Guy Sebastian is set to wed his sweetheart Jules Egan in Sydney tomorrow.
No binge drinking, strippers or debauched behaviour here, Guy Sebastian and his mates had a game of paint ball.
The happy couple will marry in a lavish...
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He calls himself Fusionman.
Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy, a 48-year-old former air force pilot, leapt into the skies 2500 metres above the small town of Bex in western Switzerland clad in his new carbon "wing". He performed various manoeuvres for...
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Endearments are used in a wide variety of contexts: in intimate relationships, workplace rituals, even to put someone down. Reporter Peggy Agar complained when Senator Barack Obama deferred his reply to one of her questions by saying "Hold on,...
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With scarcely a falter, two Royal Marine commandos who lost limbs in Afghanistan overcame one of the toughest battles of their lives yesterday by walking to receive their campaign medals.
Mark Ormrod and Ben McBean made a supreme effort to...
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The Queen wore a flowing head covering as a mark of respect as she visited a 15th century mosque on her state visit to Turkey.
The scarf replaced the widebrimmed hat she had been wearing to protect her from the hot sun, while her shoes were...
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In a handwritten message displayed on a notice board in the square of their home town of Amstetten, Elisabeth Fritzl and her six surviving children thanked the many well-wishers for their messages of support since they were freed.
The...
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Yesterday, I took a departure from movie reviews and news, commenting on the sad state of the mainstream media, writhing like maggots on a putrid stew of celebrity gossip and disinformation.
I used an example from the Daily Mail, a newspaper (?)...
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Credit must be given where credit is due, if not, ones criticisms fall into the category of bigotry andor propaganda. Firstly, the response by China to the terrible earthquake in Sichuan Province, the last few days, has been swift and relentless.
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Well not really a convention, more of a get-together!
Many of your favourite Sydney Orblers will be meeting on Sunday the 15th of June at the Dolphin Hotel in Surry Hills from 3pm.
It's always lots of fun. Seeing Bryn and John Doe talk about...
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you're aware of the numerous disasters and unsightly news we've been having all over the world.
(CNN HEADLINES)
- Bodies retrieved as quake toll tops 12,000
- India on alert after serial blasts kill 60 ...
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Meet Molly. She's a gray speckled pony who was abandoned by her owners, when Katrina hit southern Louisiana , USA . She spent weeks on her own before finally being rescued and taken to a farm where abandoned animals were stockpiled. While...
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I asked yesterday, "should we bomb Burma's military first?", obviously no one bothered to read beyond the title, so I reiterate now, the military junta in Myanmar are holding back nearly all the relief food etc, from the suffering. I think they see...
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Devilvision: The Worlds New Wireless Grid.
A New Online Book By Bill Gallagher
You Need To Know:
Really Long Link
Also:
Environmental Modification
Last one hour and 40 mins of this show is an interview by Gina Romano...
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It is with heavy heart, that I must inform everyone, Morgan Bell has become chronically infected with the little known Bogana Virus, (Bogana Contagium Vulgaris Bacillus), and unless she is treated soon, it could become permanent, possibly fatal!!
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The on-going saga of the Corby family never fails to provide good copy, and the current legal stoush between former friends Mercedes Corby and Jodie Power is certainly providing similar voyeuristic reading.
I admit it. I had a view about...
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'Natural' burial leads to life after death...
The following is an extremely interesting article in our local daily newspaper, The Dominion Post, Wellington, New Zealand, that I wish to share with you.
Dying might seem like the ultimate way...
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