Articles tagged ‘Life’.

Carlos Fuentes dies
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The Guardian Carlos Fuentes, Mexico‘s most celebrated novelist and a leading figure in Latin America’s 20th century literary boom of the ...
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Psychology Club launch this weekend – all welcome
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A new club for men and women over 18 is about to be established to expand the thinking and understanding of the mind and for all those with an interes...
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The medium is the message
Dear CI, A few years ago I read an editorial in the Bendigo Addy which told me – the presumed uninformed reader – that “the medium i...
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On this day in 1974: Bombs devastate Dublin and Monaghan
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Three car bombs have exploded in Dublin, killing 23 people and injuring more than 100 others during rush hour. Five more people died and another 20 we...
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Six months, and days to go, but who’s counting? Seminar to consider end of world prophecy
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Filled your cellar with canned food? We are nearly half way through 2012 and on December 21 a cataclysmic event is supposed to occur which, according ...
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Happy Volunteer Week!
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Join with the Mount Alexander Volunteer Network on Tuesday 15 May for a delicious two-course meal at the Castlemaine Town Hall and receive a compleme...
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Mental health misses out
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The Government should be building on its commitment to mental health as there remains significant unmet need for essential services, especially in rur...
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Why ‘gourmet’ foods are bullshit
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Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden So there I was, money in hand at the local wood fired “artisan” bakery, before I even mention that the very ...
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Dirt!
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During compost week get into this inspiring film, DIRT.   DIRT! The Movie, tells the amazing and little known story of the relationship between ...
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Let’s chat about death
The cast of “The Empty Chair” (Rear L-R) Paul English, Michelle Hall (Front L-R) Margot Knight, Alan Hopgood
Who wants to talk about death and dying? That is just what the Castlemaine Health and Maldon Hospital Palliative Care Special Interest Group is inviti...
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Weekend read: better arthritis treatment
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Better arthritis treatment could be one step closer with research showing muscle inflammation outside joints as much to blame for discomfort and poor ...
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Kyneton as anything
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Kyneton as Anything is a not-for-profit community kitchen aimed at connecting people with good quality, local food and with each other. Inspired by t...
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Dietary changes help some children with ADHD
Um ... would sugar be wise for kids with ADHD?
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have completed an extensive report reviewing the studies on the significance of diet for children and yo...
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Unfortunately, violence sells
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Thanks Rosemary for your article. As a teacher and parent I too am concerned about media popularising violence especially in young people who have not...
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Wind farm ‘epidemic’
Dear Editor, Currently community forums are being held around the Mt Alexander Shire to discuss community based wind turbines, as inspired by the Hepb...
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The Wisdom of Prevention
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Long-term planning, upstream investment and early action prevent harm. We must get better at preventing harm – to people, planet and the economy. Th...
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Find out more during FloodSafe Week
FloodSafe Week will be held across Victoria from Monday 30 April to Sunday 6 May. During the week, the Victoria State Emergency Service (SES) is encou...
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Let’s get Sassy: not another soldier for the colonies!
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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‘America’s worst mom’ heading to Australia
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Lenore Skenazy, New York columnist and author of ‘Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children – without going nuts with worry’ is ...
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‘It will be the end’
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Is Fukushima’s Doomsday Machine About to Blow? By Mike Whitney April 19, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Mounting troubles...
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We the guinea pigs
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By Christian Monahan, The Produce Garden You’re lying supine in the middle of the road, you have no idea how you even got there, you turn your head,...
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Students have designs on Castlemaine co-op – opening Thursday
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Designs by RMIT University students for a community co-operative larder and farmers’ market in Castlemaine will be unveiled at an exhibition in ...
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Growers and eaters conference in Bendigo
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Monday 23 April, 2012 Gravel Hill Salvation Army Complex 65-71 Mundy Street, Bendigo Bookings essential: $80/$60 concession trybooking.com/BEHC Contac...
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2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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By Louis Pictures by Dylan Two weeks ago the 2012 UCI TRACK CYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS were held in Melbourne at the HISENSE ARENA. Castlemaine Rocky...
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‘A government that approves CSG operations where 15% of food is produced must be barking mad’
Coal seam gas protesters in Queensland
The Victorian government wants more coal – the community wants farmland and clean water FoE is launching a new campaign today against new coal and C...
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Handheld plasma flashlight rids skin of bacteria instantly
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A group of Chinese and Australian scientists, including CSIRO, has developed a handheld, battery-powered plasma-producing device that can rid skin of ...
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Let’s get Sassy: Margaret’s Shepherd’s Pie and Maggie and Sassy’s gourmet fish and chips
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Great Grandma Sassy ‘Saskatchewan’ O’Higgins came to Australia from County Monaghan via Canada and Chicago. She migrated after falling i...
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Mean-minded? I don’t think so
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From a reader … I also choose to remove my donations from local groups who want to take gambling money. I have several relatives and friends wh...
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love, it is the prerogative of the brave
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Several ironies in response to the above: (a) I read the comments whilst AT the Kyneton Aquatic Centre with my son because regrettably none of our pub...
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Opportunity missed on pool debacle – a ‘sorry fiasco’
According to one reader, the pool saga has been a 'morally bankrupt ... sorry fiasco'. (How else do you illustrate that but with a giant chicken?)
Dear CI, At the Easter Tuesday Meeting of the Mount Alexander Shire Council an historic opportunity was missed to heal the wounds and begin to rebuild...
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Computer helps Australians riding for gold
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A new computer is giving Australian cyclists the edge as they prepare to chase gold at the London Olympics. The small computer fitted beneath the bike...
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Disarming disease-causing bacteria
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New treatments that combat the growing problem of antibiotic resistance by disarming rather than killing bacteria may be on the horizon, according to ...
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Marijuana dreams go up in smoke
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By Ben Laycock Smoking pot is quite possibly the most popular illegal activity in the world, no doubt because governments throughout the world are alm...
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Opponents to wind turbines on shaky ground
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Over the past four years, claims have been made that large wind turbines cause a wide range of adverse health effects, including tinnitus, headaches a...
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