Schools in Shanghai, China, have taken a novel approach to an age old problem by making teachings in ‘ real love’ and ‘romance’ a part of the official school curriculum. Believed to concerned with the effects of the internet on the modern morality, China has decided to arm its' next generation of young adults with the facts about ‘real and lasting love’ as opposed to what they term the 'internet chatroom variety' of love. Professor Fan Shougang, editor of the new textbook, has state...

According to Princeton University’s online dictionary, the word ‘feminist’ means: (noun) feminist: women's rightist, women's liberationist, libber (a supporter of feminism), reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist (a disputant who advocates reform). (adjective) feminist: (of or relating to or advocating equal rights for women; "feminist critique") (this use is rare) In the 1800’s women commenced their path to ‘equality’ by focusing on the right to vote. Despite this not being for...

Drugs, both for use, and as a topic of discussion, seem to be everywhere at the moment. There is such controversy over so many different drugs, and in particular the consequences these drugs have on the worlds' young people. It's easy to say that "drugs should be banned". Yet the term "drug", like it or not, is a definition that encompasses many substances. So who draws the line, and where ?. Well for one week only, you do ! ... you, on drugs ... 1/ What do you consid...

Yale graduate Eric Brende changed his life forever a decade ago when en route to Kansas from Boston via bus, he met a gentleman in a wide-brimmed black hat who said he lived in a “Mennonite-style’ community. After the man explained this meant that his community existed without the use of motors or motorized technology, (no electricity, no telephones, no motor vehicles, etc), Brende was intrigued, and found himself proposing that he live with the community for 18 months to research ‘the m...

In the Royal Village of Swaziland, thousands of young women have bared their breasts and danced for the King in the hope of trading a life of poverty for one of royal comfort as the newest of King Mswati's many wives. The 36-year-old king picks a new bride each year at the 'Reed Dance' in a royal ritual that is defended by traditionalists as a time-honored piece of the nation's cultural fabric. King Mswati, sub-Saharan Africa's last absolute monarch, has 11 wives and a fiancee. Mswa...

I was watching the (Australian) television show 'The Panel' last night, and the subject of 'mooning' came up. Specifically, they were discussing the fact that an Australian Olympic swimming medalist had begun to pull his track bottoms down during an athletes' celebration with the intention of 'mooning' the other athletes, and had been 'removed' for questioning about the incident. Apparently, Olympic officials has not been sure what the swimmer was 'planning to do'. As 'mooning' is kn...

In the latest attempt by the 'glamourama' media to make us collectively feel shitty about ourselves, I have noticed that not only are selected female celebs concerned with whittling themselves away to reveal their fabulous bone structure (all of it), but male celebs are beginning to ditch the reality and go for washboard tummies, overstyled hair and buns of steel. Being long accustomed to women bowing to the (now necessary) pressure to remain eternally slim, I at least could once rely on...

In the latest attempt by the 'glamourama' media to make us collectively feel shitty about ourselves, I have noticed that not only are selected female celebs concerned with whittling themselves away to reveal their fabulous bone structure (all of it), but male celebs are beginning to ditch the reality and go for washboard tummies, overstyled hair and buns of steel. Being long accustomed to women bowing to the (now necessary) pressure to remain eternally slim, I at least could once rely on...

What the world did wrong today ... Part of an update published by The Herald news. Link to full article below. -Unidentified gunmen killed Ibrahim Ismael, head of the education department in the northern city of Kirkuk, police Col. Sarhat Qadir said. Three of Ismael's bodyguards were wounded . - A gruesome video posted on a Web site purported to show militants beheading a Nepalese worker and shooting 11 others in the first mass slaying of foreign hostages during the Iraqi insu...

By RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press Writer 08/31/2004 BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A gruesome video posted on a Web site purported to show militants beheading a Nepalese worker and shooting 11 others in the first mass slaying of foreign hostages during the Iraqi insurgency. If confirmed, it would raise the number of foreign workers known to have been slain by extremists to at least 22 in a terror campaign aimed at forcing foreign troops and contract workers out of the country. I...

It all started with my saying " dingo ". Then chiprj said the word " dingo " made him laugh. So of course I said it again !. He then reminded me that I had recently laughed at the word " gopher " in his blog. Which I did. (Which I will now do again ... gopher ... hehe ... go 'fer this ... go 'fer that ... wanna go 'fer a swim. bwaaaa haaaaaa.). Then Texas Wahine admitted that the word " dingo " made her laugh too. (I liked this, so I said it one more time !). Then hi...

It's 9.53am. 9.53am Wednesday morning, September 1st. It really is. In Australia, anyway. How can this be possible when it’s still Tuesday for most of you ?????. Too much for my little head. Seriously. 9.53am !!!. It’s raining outside. I am watching an old Hitchcock film and eating my ‘Weet-Bix’ in my pajamas !. Hah. Does anybody really know what time it is ????? PS: I fixed it, Trina ! hehe

My husband is the most practical man alive. I am not a materialistic person, but even I baulk at his painfully logical ideas on occasion. He has been brought up to feel himself undeserving of enjoyment and 'self-investment'. The law of practicality reigns supreme in the mind of my husband and his immediate family. His mother makes a lot of "well, if that's what you like ..." sort of noises about our house, which leads me to believe that I have succeeded in creating a unique atmospher...

Alex Murdoch - News.com.au DINGOES have formed a superpack on the same south-east Queensland island where a young boy was mauled to death three years ago, a dingo expert said today. University of Queensland researcher Nick Baker said the dingoes of Fraser Island appeared to have developed a tolerance for each other which was uncharacteristic of their breed. He said dingoes traditionally lived and hunted in small territorial packs which would defend their food and territory to the ...

from news.com.au: France has vowed to press ahead with a controversial law banning Islamic head scarves in schools, despite demands by militants holding two French journalists hostage in Iraq. Government spokesman Jean-Francois Cope told Canal Plus television France would not compromise its values to win the release of the journalists. Militants claiming to hold them demanded the law be overturned within 48 hours - a deadline that expires late Monday. "The law will be applied," Cope ...