• Form over function: Hell's Kitchen vs. MasterChef [video]

    Would you rather watch a troop of up-and-comings be berated, sworn at and basically reduced to slathering heaps of deflated dreams; what about watching anxious, nervous and over-awed [more]

    Activities for Kids: Going on a Garden Safari

    At any given time your backyard is alive with some of the most interesting creatures you can imagine. In fact, if you have youngish children you can turn a visit to the garden into a [more]

    10 Ways to Eat Healthy While On a Budget

    If you think it's impossible to eat healthy without spending a fortune, these tips might be just the help you need to eat right, while sticking to your budget. [more]

    Designing a Garden that is Perfect for You

    Have you looked outside and decided it's time for a change? Want to landscape your garden and looking for some ideas? Perhaps you're new to the whole thing and just wondering 'how to [more]

    The hidden influence of social networks

    Nichola Christakis looks at what is a relationship, what is social networking, and how we are influencing the lives of people we may not even know. Nicholas Christakis explores how the [more]

    Check out the Karate Lettuce Chopper

    Want to know what it feels like how to do karate without taking martial arts classes? Want to add a little excitement to your salad recipes, or punch to your Paris Island? Then you [more]

  • Form over function: Hell’s Kitchen vs. MasterChef [video]

    Would you rather watch a troop of up-and-comings be berated, sworn at and basically reduced to slathering heaps of deflated dreams; what about watching anxious, nervous and over-awed groups of cooks be encouraged, moulded and basically inspired into becoming more than they ever thought possible?

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    Activities for Kids: Going on a Garden Safari

    At any given time your backyard is alive with some of the most interesting creatures you can imagine. In fact, if you have youngish children you can turn a visit to the garden into a wonderful nature safari.

    Read the full article →

    10 Ways to Eat Healthy While On a Budget

    If you think it’s impossible to eat healthy without spending a fortune, these tips might be just the help you need to eat right, while sticking to your budget.

    Read the full article →

    Designing a Garden that is Perfect for You

    Have you looked outside and decided it’s time for a change? Want to landscape your garden and looking for some ideas? Perhaps you’re new to the whole thing and just wondering ‘how to garden’ and why you should bother.

    Read the full article →

    The hidden influence of social networks

    Nichola Christakis looks at what is a relationship, what is social networking, and how we are influencing the lives of people we may not even know. Nicholas Christakis explores how the large-scale, face-to-face social networks in which we are embedded affect our lives, and what we can do to take advantage of this fact.

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    Check out the Karate Lettuce Chopper

    Want to know what it feels like how to do karate without taking martial arts classes? Want to add a little excitement to your salad recipes, or punch to your Paris Island? Then you have to check out the Gama-go Karate lettuce chopper.

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    Japanese pop star a fake, living only in the virtual world

    Eguchi Aimi, the newest (and cutest?) member of the all-girl Japanese pop group AKB48, was revealed this week to be NOT HUMAN.

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    Jamie Oliver: Teach every child about healthy foods (Video)

    Sharing powerful stories from his anti-obesity project in Huntington, W. Va., TED Prize winner Jamie Oliver makes the case for an all-out assault on our ignorance of food.

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    Supreme Court’s Wal-Mart ruling hurts all working women

    Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court rejected one of the largest class-action suits in history. The group of women who sued Wal-Mart ten years ago on the grounds that women are regularly paid less, and given fewer opportunities than their male counterparts, were told that a sex discrimination charge could not be brought as they were too spread out geographically and their job classifications too divers to warrant bringing suite as a group.

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    They Didn’t Have ‘That Green Thing’ Back In Her Day

    Is it really fair to blame previous generations for the state of the world simply because they didn’t have ‘that green thing’ going on? Don’t blame a public that had little to do with large-scale pollution…

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