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Technology Addiction: Confessions of an Internet Junkie

Yes, I admit it, I'm an internet addict. My intervention came late one night when the 'net went down, and it wasn't pretty. Are you addicted, too? Take a quiz to find out.

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Police Interrogation without the Bullying

There are alternatives to the confrontational interviewing techniques that sometimes lead to false confessions to crimes.

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The Facebook Post, a Million, Excluding Me

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion in regard to Social Networking. To post or not to post? What is considered appropriate and what is not? These are the questions.

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The Civility Debate

Review and debate the topic of civility in our society is it alive and well or do we need to work on basic manners, common courtesy and random acts of kindness?

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Labour Saving Devices

There are lots of labour saving devices out there, and they’ve changed our lives beyond recognition, even in my lifetime. Much easier to do the washing now than it used to be.

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Retirement: My Approach

As a recent retiree I have contemplated the differences I am about to experience.

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A School Shooting

A personal memory of the University of Texas Shooting in 1966.

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berqa, behind the burqa, behind the berker or veil

Women who wear a burqa, however it is spelt, are anonymous. They cannot be recognised and are, therefore, beyond the law of free democratioc western countries

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Incarcerated Parents and Children "Doing the Time"

For a child, the arrest and incarceration of a parent is often just the beginning of a long journey filled with heartache, confusion, fear or perhaps personal rebellion.

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The First Women Doctors

The first women doctors didn’t practice medicine in the UK until the 1850s, and even then, they had a difficult time, not respected by their male colleagues.

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Smile or Die

Smile or Die is a book by Barbara Ehrenreich. It is also a very real and cruel dilemma most of us are facing each day.

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How to deal with those EMBARRASSING moments in life

When life gets difficult and embarrassing, we often cover it up and try to pretend it never happened. But that is the wrong way to go!

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Workout for the Dole

The dole is an Australian term for unemployment benefits. There is a perpetual discussion about what it should be and do.

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Are you a pessimist or an optimist?

A serious, and not so serious look at the meanings of pessimist and optimist. How they clash, and how they mix.

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When Is It Not The Right Time to Take A Selfie?

The journalistic possibilities of the camera in your pocket.

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The Biggest Fire Since the Great Fire of London

What? Another great fire in London? Yes, and it took two weeks to extinguish this one. It happened in sight of the start of the 1666 fire, on the other side of the river.

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T-Shirts, Liberals, and Old Fat White Guys

T-Shirt sayings can be cryptic, funny and offensive. Is it okay to fight fire with fire?

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St Thomas’ Hospital and the Old Operating Theatre Museum

The Old Operating Theatre Museum stands on the site of the old St Thomas' Hospital, near to the Shard in south London. It is a fabulous little museum and well worth a visit.

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