Archive for September, 2010

Saturday poem: The drop dies in the river
Oak tree, Botanic Gardens. Pic: Sam Ward
By Mirza Ghalib (1797 – 1869) The drop dies in the river of its joy pain goes so far it cures itself...
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Over the Moon dance performance
The anual Over the Moon dance performance is on this weekend at the Phee Broadway Theatre, Castlemaine. Edna Reinhardt’s school performs works b...
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Friday music: snowboarding in the Chilean Andes
Tune in on Saturday and Sunday to read some earnest, worthwhile and weighty stories about the 11 September 1973 Chilean coup. But for now, crank it an...
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John Lennon monument to peace
A global peace monument to the former Beatle John Lennon has been unveiled at the Liverpool pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo. It was designed by Fr...
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Survey explores value of migration
Do we suffer a brain drain or brain gain? How accurate is the popular understanding of migration in Australia as an influx of foreigners who bring the...
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Jeff says ‘bring back National Service’ – CI suggests we send Jeff and Uni students to Afghanistan
Yesterday's man, Jeff Kennett. do not adjust your screen, he really looks like this.
By Andrew McKenna Divisive former politician and PR man, Jeff Kennett, yesterday promoted his idea that Australia should bring back National Service. ...
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Catch up with some of our other great stories
Sustainability Education Sport: the Professor Football blog Arts: Local film makers win award...
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Doing the new news
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By Andrew McKenna Mainstream news organisations – Fox, CNN, and plenty in Australia – have sold journalism out. Instead of helping us unde...
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The Creative Resistance Fund
The Creative Resistance Fund (CRF) is the newest service of freeDimensional (fD). CRF provides small distress grants to people in danger because of ...
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Can Vic Track explain the economic and social benefits of 65 more poker machines for the Castlemaine community?
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Late last week EPIC approached Vic Track and asked how their ‘so-called triple bottom line’ benefits would apply in light of the 55-65 new...
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Citizen journalism: CI needs you!
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Citizen journalism has arrived. At CI we’ve been covering the stories that matter locally and further afield, but our resources are limited and ...
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Don’t plan the funeral, we’re not dead yet
From the Chewton Pool Committee On a wet Monday evening this week two gatherings took place in Chewton. One was a meeting of residents to discuss keep...
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Wildlife friendly fencing
Every year thousands of animals face a cruel death on barbed wire fences. The barbs are a major hazard to wildlife, and the animals die, usually by be...
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Shoulder to shoulder parenting
By Andrew McKenna ‘We need small town mindsets with our kids. We need to look out for each other’s kids. Child raising needs to be shifted back to...
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Sunday fiction: Sugar
By Jim Noonan So it was no surprise that morning as he looked over his day planner that he felt no alarm at the course his penciled notes charted: 1)....
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Saturday poem: Inner wakefulness
By Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi (1207-1273) This place is a dream only a sleeper considers it real then death comes like dawn and you wake up laughing at ...
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Vic Track, leading the way with community consultation
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VicTrack, the owner/manager of the Kennedy St Goods Shed, (being leased to the Maryborough Highland Society for the purposes of a new gaming venue in...
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Depressed? Researchers say (wait for it) exercise and go on holiday
At least half of all heart attack victims are suffering from depression 12 months after hospitalisation, but a simple exercise regime can reduce the a...
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Competition makes eradicating drugs in sport ‘fantasy’
Drugs oil the engine of sport and a war to eradicate them is unwinnable because sporting culture encourages their use, a Victoria University (VU) expe...
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