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Vegan Temptations

So you think you're vegan? Think you have strong convictions? Ok don't worry too much, you probably do, but just how tempting is a bar of chocolate or a tub of ice-cream when you've just had the worst day of your life? How hard is it to say to friends and family at a hol …

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Nurturing Trans Nature

They say up to 1% of us is transgendered. It's chaotic then to think that they are being attended to by current social structures and political organisations, its poor economics, irrelevant politically, and its a burden socially.

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Does it pay to be a journalist?

Dear Newsvine Community,

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Some points in time

Dear Mr / Mrs Reader Once upon a time, there was princess, who became an actor and then became a script writer - And then we filled in the rest until we arrived here @ now. But what about the prince? Was he just a phony? Or will he arrive on queue.

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Blogging for Equality - Trans*

We're not all born the way we want to be - wrong coloured hair, persistent facial hair, breasts too large, too tall to short, wrong gender....Wrong gender?!?! That's right some of us go through the misgivings of experiencing a sense of dysphoria about our birth genders, to a poin …

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Fear and Loathing

Have you ever felt..odd about your life or about something you're doing? To a point where you no longer believe that you're in control of it? Have you ever been so out of control that you've wanted to pack up and move to somewhere safe, somewhere familiar so you can begin to fi …

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A closer look at Space and Time

Once upon a time there was a big bang, which surprised observers years later when they heard it for the first time. The Big Audio Dynamite of our galactic frontiers helped us observe the reality of space and time.

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Would anyone like me to solve the world financial crisis? I'll do it for free.

I can save jobs, protect the economy, and prevent this type of thing from happening in the future. I mean what is happening now is kind of funny, but not that funny, since I think most of the risky stuff can be avoided.

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Got Jobs?

Unemployment has got us all worried about our jobs. We're looking at how the economic crisis is going to affect us and we really don't want it to make things worse than they already are..

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Finding your favourite flower

Almost every garden in the world will have a flower or two. A flower is a part of the reproductive cycle of plant life, from small plants to giant trees, flowers can appear almost anywhere.

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Accumulating Musical Interest

I have been lucky enough in my travels to meet a lot of different people. One of the more intriguing people I have met is a member of the Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, a viola player and a music teacher in his spare time.

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Checking the Great Game

Chess is a very old game of strategy, which has origins in India and is an icon of intelligence and concentration. The game itself is nearly a thousand years old and has been a noble tradition for many centuries, spreading across Asia and migrating to the European aristocracy.

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Tea or Coffee?

Long time drinkers of hot flavoured water, taken with milk will recognize the two most distinct varieties, tea and coffee. The story of tea and coffee begins a long time ago, in a tea cup far far away, well once upon a time it was far away, now we know it as China.

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Organic vs Non-organic

How important is it to eat organic? Is it a fad, a craze or is it a warning against chemical fertilizers and GMO crops, which will help protect the next generation? Organic farming is natural farming, that means no chemical fertilisers, no genetic modification for either food c …

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Don't let silence become the only voice.

Politics is bunk. Whether you are anarchist, or just sick and tired of the 'hoeing and humming' over the future of our nations, history has run its course. The inventor of the auto mobile Henry Ford was quoted as saying 'history is bunk'.

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An exercise in lateral thinking.

Imagine it is New Year's Eve in the year 2008, the final day of the year. You are a twenty something trendy university student, and you have not made any plans.

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Tore your dress

Danger is chasing the rebel Through the greener pastures of other sides Across the mercies of her followers Beyond the narrow alleyways of dead ends Via the achievements of those who came before her Bypassing the anger of keepers Into the hazards of blasphemy and heresy Around th …

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Seeded Articles vs Written Articles

This article is also a poll, because I am huge fan of Newsvine writers. Some of the written articles either journalism or human interest are fantastic for a good read when there is nothing on the tube and all the good books are just too heavy to get into to.

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Vegan vs Vegetarian: The real difference?

There are a heap of reasons for people to choose a vegan or vegetarian lifestyle. The united anti-meat campaign can be categorised by the 'veg*n' tag, but behind party lines, what is the truth about the semantic differences for vegetarians.

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Merry Well.

Sex candy and Christmas hoes Dancing around on glittering toes, A disgusting collection of feelings, Wrapped up in retching, reeling. Let's take Santa to the Sauna, Let's get fat on native fauna. Let's get merry on strawberry wine, Let's all cry out for those we pine.

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Which is your favourite vegetable?

Dear fans of vegetables everywhere. I have recently planted a motley crew of edibles which are members of what has become My Pirate Vegetable Patch.

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Twilight of Delight

When lips of new love meet, Aphrodite is long forgotten, And we are made to limp Upon a strange land beseeched. In this place a woman's legacy, So veiled like the servant represents, A voice yet reckoned with Gods Crashes on the rocks of unhearing shores.

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Black Market, Black Money

African pirates are making a real living in the unlawful waters of Somalia. For a nation which has been without official government for some time, the switch from fishing to raiding tankers as they round Cape Horn to steal cargo has become quite a profitable business.

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The magical vine and the creatures that dwell there.

Taking inspiration from Rainkiss's article about Newsvine trolls, I pondered whimsically, what mythical or magical creature would I be, and where on the vine would I live? So here is my analysis:

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Recent Votes

  • Vegan Temptations

    So you think you're vegan? Think you have strong convictions? Ok don't worry too much, you probably do, but just how tempting is a bar of chocolate or a tub of ice-cream when you've just had the worst day of your life? How hard is it to say to friends and family at a hol …

  • Nurturing Trans Nature

    They say up to 1% of us is transgendered. It's chaotic then to think that they are being attended to by current social structures and political organisations, its poor economics, irrelevant politically, and its a burden socially.

  • Claims KFC gave girl brain damage

    THE unsanitary practices of staff at a Kentucky Fried Chicken shop could have led to a girl becoming crippled and brain damaged, a court has heard.

  • Movie Buff: Who are your THREE greatest all-time screen villains?

    Heroes and villains make a movie. If those adversaries really get their act together and give real value for money, it becomes a movie to remember.

  • Why Does God Not Appear?

    Many atheists and agnostics mock Christians for believing in a "sky daddy" or "imaginary friend." They say that an outrageous claim (such as the existence of an invisible divine being) must be supported with incredible evidence in order to be believed.

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