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Following the recent weeks of naming and shaming movie producer Harvey Weinstein, another powerful Hollywood figure has been ousted as a serial sexual predator following a scathing expose from the LA Times. The offender in question is 72-year-old James Toback, described on IMDb as "highly respected as a screenwriter and…
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Dyslexia is an incredibly common condition, which is characterised by having problems with reading, writing and spelling. In fact, dyslexia is actually classified as a "specific learning difficulty", which means that it only causes problems with certain abilities used for learning. This makes it unlike a conventional learning disability, as…
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I tend not to think too much about what I'll wear when I take a trip to an art gallery or a museum. As long as I show up in a respectable fashion that allows me not to look like I've just stumbled in off the street, I'll pretty much…
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Going to the circus is something that most kids usually get treated to at least once in their childhood years. But, has the circus lost it's magic a little? With children more interested in electronic devices, Minecraft and Nerf guns, being sat down and told to passively watch a circus…
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With barely a week 'til Halloween, there's a bunch of us frantically looking around ourselves grabbing at anything to find inspiration for a costume. Inevitably, we last-minute costume scavengers will just go for a slick of the ole zombie makeup, cat ears or (god forbid) yet another Mexican sugar skull…
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An absolutely insane incident of road rage, fighting and tasers has taken place over the weekend at Anderson Speedway, in Anderson, Indiana. It's a Crazy Figure 8, a track where cars drive in a figure-8 formation, and it gets violent. Jeffrey Swinford is the man in the black car, the…
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No matter which walk of life you're on at the moment, I think one of life's universal truths is that parenting is one of the most fulfilling and transformative things you can do as a human being. Some people aren't as open to it while others view having kids as…
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The city of Raqqa, Syria, has been considered the capital city of ISIS since 2014. The Levant, a region that includes large swathes of Syria, Jordan and Iraq, is the 'L' in the alternative ISIS spelling 'ISIL'. The dream of a caliphate ruling over the Levant, centered in Raqqa under harsh…
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Here's a modern-day superwoman if I ever saw one. Imagine you're a 27-year-old woman living in regional Australia, with a pair of sons aged six and two, and a marriage that recently broke down; and now you're faced with a crippling mortgage that might very likely lead to a scenario…
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There are so many things only people of the female variety know about. Like the mysterious ways of the humble bobby pin. Boob sweat in summer. The caution one must take after committing to wearing lipstick for the day. There's a host of irritating, infuriating little things that only women…
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I once heard someone say "people give more genuine hugs at airports than at weddings", and I couldn't agree more. Airports are very emotional places. The people coming and going are usually excited, maybe a little scared and sometimes sad. At any given moment, there will be heartful goodbyes and hellos…
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At one point or the other, we've all done something so embarrassing that it becomes an ingrained memory in our minds, ready and waiting to resurface at the most inopportune of moments. Certainly, you could be in the most innocuous of places; waiting for your cashier to ring up your…
