Archive for May, 2010
On 31 May 1943 the Zoot Suit Riots erupted in Los Angeles, between white sailors and Marines stationed throughout the city, and Latino youths, who ...
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By Stuart Randall Not far from the point where the Colca valley gives way to the magnificent Colca Canyon, a change in the course of the canyon combin...
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28 May 2010 Council’s Draft Budget for 2010-11 is currently on exhibition and open for submissions from the public. There is always a large volume o...
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Dear CI, Decades of research have been conducted on the dangers of fluoride to human health. The ingredient in toothpaste is pharmaceutical grade sodi...
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Ronny James Dio, Lynn Redgrave, Dede Allen, Anna Walentynowicz, Edward Gorey, Sister Smile and Wilma Mankiller....
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A reader’s letter disputing the safety of bicycle helmets has received some strong responses: Dear CI, …I have to admit a personal bias he...
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Next Monday and Tuesday all Castlemaine Independent’s editorial, photographic, office and advertising staff are attending the Communities in Con...
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Dear CI …The majority of empirical studies that have been done on the issue of mandatory helmet legislation for bicycle riders here or anywhere ...
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By Gloria Melzer (first published in The Rationalist, 2008) Some months after Rowan’s death I revisited her grave. Brian had put up a simple headsto...
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The most extraordinary pictures of life in an Afghan village. Go to Journeys to see more....
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The Conservation Landbank enables mecu to offset the loss of biodiversity associated with new home constructions while offsetting carbon emissions fro...
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By Andrew McKenna Lars and Jilli moved to San Francisco in 1997, to a warehouse space with no running water or heat on an industrial edge of The Miss...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘Humans are unrealistically optimistic, which is lovely, but it’s also to our disadvantage. It’s hard to imagine t...
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By Gabriel García Márquez On the third day of rain they had killed so many crabs inside the house that Pelayo had to cross his drenched courtyard an...
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Two fine bands from the Spunk label are coming to Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal, Thursday, 3 June with some hot shows, with the East Coast Stampede to...
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Ugh. At CI we hate the term ‘goldfields’. It’s as if nothing’s happened here since a bunch of guys 150 years ago sailed across...
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A new report released today calls for a dramatic increase in government spending to manage central Victoria’s natural areas and greater protection o...
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A Very Special Weekend with Joel Salatin Wednesday 26, Friday 28 and Sunday 30 May. Daylesford Macedon Produce in conjunction with Lake House proudly ...
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Dear CI, In an astonishingly short-sighted suggestion by Mount Alexander Council, the local pools in Chewton and Harcourt are being threatened with cl...
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Why go to Melbourne for Chinese or Japanese food? Not quite Chinatown in quantity, Barker St makes up for it in quality …...
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By Andrew McKenna It’s bicycle polo, I stood corrected, not bike hockey. Hard court bicycle polo, and they do it here in Castlemaine. Not only t...
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By Andrew McKenna ‘We want somebody to take our place. We are tired.’ ‘Who?’ I asked. We were sitting in the cafe and the fans spun groggily, ...
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Rajiv Gandhi, the 46-year-old former Indian prime minister, has been assassinated. He was campaigning for the Congress Party on the second day of voti...
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You might think Alpaca breeders are a strange lot. Messing with cantankerous, spitting South American pack animals, messing with the vicissitudes of t...
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(The mysterious Quirkov has pounced again on CI. We’re hoping we can shake him/her, but in the meantime, if you enjoyed Circus, this will get yo...
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By Jan Stenberg ‘Vietnam still suffers from the effects of napalm, cluster-bombs and agent orange. The US still refuses to not use them. And the...
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By Dr Kari Miller There are about as many nerve cells in the brain as there are stars in the Milky Way galaxy. The unique set of connections between n...
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By Geoff Park Around Newstead, chances are that if you’re a gardener or in the habit of moving wood you will have seen one of these delightful crea...
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You get to drive around in big red trucks. You get to mess around in smart yellow uniforms. As part of our training, our trainer set fire to a mini-la...
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As if we didn’t know already, walkng and cycling are healthy for us and the environment, and Council is getting behind it. The newly adopted Wal...
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If this doesn’t tug at your heart strings nothing will. We’ve all seen the faces of those ravaged by the floods of Sri Lanka and New Orlea...
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What are the future transport needs for this region? Concerned that public transport is still a poor cousin in terms of policy and funding? How will...
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By Emma Lewis* This is an extraordinary piece of writing, and worth reading in case you missed it. – ed. Most babies in our society are born con...
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You may have seen guys with big light boxes and cameras around Castlemaine this week. They’re from the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (A...
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