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November 19, 2011

Princess Mary’s Australian visit

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Danish Crown Princess Mary has charmed almost everyone she has met on her six-day tour of Australia with husband Crown Prince Frederik and their family.

So far, she has hitched up her skirt to ride a bike, taken in the scenes at Sculptures by the Sea at Bondi and participated in a cooking demonstration with chef Matt Moran.

The down-to-earth princess even took part in an impromptu news report that was taking place at an event she attended.

Click through the pictures of Crown Princess Mary’s top 10 Australian moments here followed by the video of her impromptu news report.

Crown Princess Mary meets Julia Gillard in Canberra.

Crown Princess Mary and Crown Prince Frederik at the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition.

Crown Princess Mary hitches up her skirt to test a bicycle display.

The pair walk through the gardens of Government House.

The pair take a boat ride on Sydney Harbour.

Crown Princess Mary is greeted by children at the Sofitel Wentworth.

The pair attend the Danish Ambassadors dinner at Doltone House.

Australia’s Governor General Quentin Bryce with Crown Princess Mary and her twins.

Matt Moran of Aria Resturant gives Crown Princess Mary a cooking demonstration.

Crown Princess Mary is shown the Radiation Oncology unit at Westmead Hospital.

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November 19, 2011

Your supermarket saviour

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Nowadays we are faced with so much choice at the supermarket that figuring out which products are healthier options can be bewildering.

Here at ‘Mums United’, we know that making healthier food choices needs to be practical for Australian families.

We busy Mums don’t have the time to examine the ingredients on every single product that gets thrown in the trolley, especially when you have restless kids in tow. Shopping can be stressful at the best of times.

This is why the Heart Foundation Tick can be our supermarket saviour.

The Tick allows you to quickly and easily spot which foods on the shelves are a healthier option. So it really is invaluable when you’re short on time! And you don’t need to understand all the details in the nutritional panel.

As Mums, we also need to know that we aren’t compromising when making these speedy choices. For the Tick to be a real saviour, we need to know that we can trust it.

And we can. For companies to earn the Tick, all foods must meet the Heart Foundation’s strict nutrition standards: no exceptions. If a product fails to meet the standards, it cannot enter the program.

These standards have strict criteria like limiting saturated fat, trans fat, salt and kilojoules and increasing levels of healthy nutrients like fibre and calcium.

Plus, all Tick approved foods are subject to random testing, so you can rest assured that they continue to meet our high standards.

But you may wonder where the money and resources to run a program like this comes from. Despite being a part of the Heart Foundation, the Tick does not rely on any public donations. Instead, all food companies which carry the Tick pay a licence fee. Every cent that comes into the Tick goes back into running the program. So it really does benefit all Australians!

By replacing your regular ingredients with Tick foods, you can make your family’s favourite meals healthier without changing the foods you like to eat.

Many of the products with the Tick are perfect for busy Mums because they are so quick and convenient to cook with – like frozen fish and veggies. And so you can feel confident you are feeding your family healthier choices even when you are short on time.

Indeed, the Tick is across such a wide range of foods, from ready meals and cooking sauces to fresh fruit and vegetables, that whether you’re a clueless cook or a Masterchef, you will find the foods you like to buy with the Tick.

Outside of mealtime, if snacking is an issue for you or your family, the Tick can also provide options for healthier snacking – from fresh fruit to plain nuts and cereal bars.

But we all know that there is one major deal breaker when it comes to putting food in our trolleys – value for money. So it’s great news that ALDI has become the first supermarket in Australia to earn the Tick on a wide range of their exclusive products, making healthier foods affordable for all Australian families.

So if you want to cut down on supermarket stress, make the Tick your secret weapon in the shopping aisles from today!

Video: Aldi gets the tick of approval.

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November 19, 2011

True Confessions Agony Aunt: I’m worried about my partner’s short temper

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My partner has a short temper and little things really get to him and eat away at him and he also doesn’t take criticism well. It scares and upsets me when he gets angry as I’m quite a placid person.

When he gets upset he lashes out and hits things, but he says he’d never hit me.

However, I’m worried his over-reactions will get worse with age — he’s 33. I’m concerned about how he’ll react when something really bad happens in his life as so far it’s just seemingly small things that frustrate and upset him like if we have an argument or he has a bad day at the office.

Is this just normal male testosterone behaviour and I’m overreacting or should I be worried? I love him and don’t want to leave him so how can I help him?

If his behaviour is frightening or disturbing you then you are not over reacting so you need to deal with this by talking to him about it while he is calm. Everyone feels their anger is justified when they’re actually angry and most people will realise if they have over reacted after the incident is over and they have calmed down.

But for some people anger can become a problem that needs to be addressed and anger management classes or techniques can be very useful. The first issue is his reaction when you bring the subject up — do so by approaching this as something which needs to be dealt with and be honest with being overly accusing or dramatic.

Something like “I know this is your way of dealing with things but it scares and upsets me so could we look at other ways of letting frustration out?” is a reasonable approach, but if he refuses to consider that or even gets angry at you for raising the subject then you are the only one who can decide whether you want to stay with someone who frightens you. That is no way to live.

On the other hand, if he understands why it upsets you even if he doesn’t mean to then there is a lot of help available. Most GPs can refer you as a couple for anger management and your support will encourage him to deal with it, especially once he takes the big step of acknowledging that he has a problem and is over reacting.

Anger is a very normal process that has helped humans evolve and adapt but problems occur if it isn’t managed in the right way. It is also a mixture of both emotional and physical changes which make a surge of energy go through the body as chemicals such as adrenaline are released.

Reacting to that by lashing out becomes the coping mechanism but some people find they have to lash out more and more and this is clearly your worry.

Anger management techniques help identify the situations which bring about those reactions and look at finding appropriate coping mechanisms, which will vary from person to person, but can include different ways of helping vent frustration and burn off feelings which are bottled up such as non-contact competitive sport, running, learning relaxation methods or even shouting and screaming in a place no-one else can hear you.

There are three aims here — your partner learning not to lose control in any situation, not to get angry over minor irritations and for you to stop feeling frightened of his behaviour. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t scare you intentionally — if you’re frightened he has to stop and you can sort this out together if he agrees to deal with it.

This Friday, November the 25 is White Ribbon Day, the UN sanctioned day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. On this day men are encouraged to swear an oath “Never to commit, excuse or remain silent about violence against women.”

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November 18, 2011

Demi Moore files for divorce

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Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher on the red carpet in October.

Demi Moore has announced that she is filing for divorce, ending her six-year marriage to Ashton Kutcher.

The 49-year-old actress released a statement today, confirming she was ending the relationship with “great sadness and a heavy heart”.

In pictures: Demi and Ashton in happier times

The statement also hinted at Ashton’s rumoured infidelity, saying: “As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life”.

Minutes after Demi’s announcement, Ashton, 33, posted a message on his Twitter page about the split.

“I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi,” he wrote. “Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.”

Ashton hit the headlines in September when it was alleged that he had cheated on Demi on the night of their sixth wedding anniversary.

Sara Leal, 22, sold her story revealing a night of passion with Ashton and several other naked beauties in the hot tub of a hotel.

Demi and Ashton tried to save their marriage in the weeks after the scandal broke, spending time at Kabbalah retreats, but it is now clear their attempts at reconciliation failed.

Demi and Ashton wed in 2005. They appeared to have a very happy marriage, but cracks began to appear last year when Ashton was accused of sleeping with a 21-year-old party girl in the marital bed while Demi was away for work.

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It will be Demi’s third divorce. She was married to singer Freddy Moore from 1980 to 1984 and actor Bruce Willis from 1987 to 2000.

She has three daughters from her marriage to Bruce, Rumer, 23, Scout, 20 and Tullulah, 17.

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Video: Demi and Ashton are over

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November 18, 2011

Natalie Wood drowning case re-opened after 30 years

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Natalie Wood in a studio shot taken in 1965.

She’d always feared the deep ocean. But in 1981, that’s where Hollywood actress Natalie Wood died.

She had been sailing on the yacht Splendour with her husband and a friend. They thought she had gone to bed, but she was later found floating in the water, wearing only her nightgown, a down jacket, and socks.

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Los Angeles police say they are going to re-open one of Hollywood’s most famous cases of mysterious death, saying “investigators were contacted by persons who stated they had additional information about the Natalie Wood Wagner drowning”.

Natalie, who starred in Rebel Without a Cause with James Dean, was spending the night on her yacht with her husband, Robert Wagner, and a fellow actor, Christopher Walken.

There was a drunken fight on board — the men say they argued about whether Natalie should pursue her art at the expense of her family — and Natalie went to bed. However, she was not there when Wagner retired.

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The official version at the time was that she had gone to tie the dinghy up, and slipped.

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November 18, 2011

Kinglake-350

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Kinglake-350 by Adrian Hyland, Text Publishing, $32.95.

This is an important book, the first to tackle the horror of Black Saturday, February 7, 2009, when the small settlements around Kinglake in Victoria were hit by the worst bushfires in the nation’s recorded history.

We all remember the story but here are the details, writ large and terrifying as the firestorm loomed and ultimately destroyed lives, homes, schools, everything in its path.

The clear heroes of that inferno, and of this account, are the firefighters and police, specifically local Sergeant Roger Wood — radio call sign Kinglake-350 — who was the only officer rostered on that nightmarish morning and who led many to safety, even as his own family was threatened.

But the heroism, and grief, ran deep that day. Hyland tackles broader issues like the historic relationship to our combustible bush but what’s at the heart of this compelling, wrenching tale is how people fought for themselves, their neighbours, and the place they loved against the implacable force of fire. It’s a story of community.

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November 18, 2011

The Life

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The Life by Malcolm Knox, Allen & Unwin, $32.99.

The Life is what a famous world champion surfer can expect to enjoy, a magic combination of international trips, adoring fans and the right to raid the hotel mini-bar.

The Life is what poor, parentless Dennis Keith from Coolangatta, Qld, works for, and achieves, and is ultimately destroyed by.

DK RULES, says the spray paint at his local beach, tribute to his freakish understanding of the way waves break and dominance of his sport.

But this demon on a board can’t handle the consequences of his single, consuming skill and becomes a drug-addled, destructive wash-up.

It’s a familiar tale, the troubled genius broken by his own gift, but Knox is a seriously good writer who stretches himself here, giving a choppy, jazzy energy to DK’s character and voice.

We learn about surfing — starting in the ’70s, when surfers were cruisy amateurs, through to the takeover by the professional circuit — but also about fame, self-delusion, and the cost and collapse of hopes.

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November 18, 2011

Lucky Bunny

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Lucky Bunnyby Jill Dawson, Sceptre, 29.99.

Queenie Dove was what many would call a wicked girl. Childhood thief, liar and truant.

Her father is carted off to jail, her mother to a mental hospital, so Queenie relies on wit to survive the Depression and the Blitz, while her body blossoms (and she discovers wired brassieres) just in time for the decadence of the post-war years, beating a trail out of East London into the speakeasies of Mayfair, scamming and stealing all the way.

Think Moll Flanders meets the Artful Dodger. Though there’s no-one quite like Queenie, who, for all her spells “inside” and her predictably disastrous taste in men, is — possibly — a young woman more sinned against than sinning, she clearly enjoys the sinning bit best.

Lucky Bunnyis no morality tale but it’s a romping read, saved from sordidness by the skill and energy Jill Dawson puts into her characters, especially Queenie — flinty-hearted minx that she is.

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November 18, 2011

The Monsoon Bride

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The Monsoon Bride by Michelle Aung Thin, Text Publishing, $29.95.

This is a first novel, shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards unpublished manuscript fellowship last year — so why, I kept wondering, does the story seem vaguely familiar?

Then I twigged: it’s (Graham) Greene-land. Meeting place of colonial upheaval, moral ambiguity and tropical sex, usually breaking taboos of class and race.

Of course, Thin’s is an original work, no suggestion otherwise — but an ability to conjure up the steamy, exotic flavour of Greene is something to admire and it hooked me from the start.

It’s the story of a mixed-race girl, Winsome, rattling on a night train towards Rangoon, while the man she’s just married — who picked her out at the convent, whose skin has “a peppery, meaty sweetness” — snores gently beside her.

The year is 1930, Burmese nationalism is on the rise and Rangoon will soon be in flames, though neither the heat, nor the blood on the streets, will penetrate the clubs or consciences of the white masters.

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November 18, 2011

The Traitor’s Emblem

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The Traitor’s Emblem by Juan Gomez-Jurado, Orion, $32.99.

They call Gomez-Jurado the Spanish Ken Follett and it’s not difficult to see why. With characters such as a despicable Nazi, a beautiful Jewish girl and a young patriot haunted by a decades-long mystery, The Traitor’s Emblem is vintage Follett.

It’s 1919, and in a mansion in Munich, Paul Reiner is being bullied by his spoilt cousin Jurgen von Schroeder, an enmity that will last for decades and end in bloodshed.

Jurgen is consumed by hatred, which finds its natural outlet in the burgeoning Nazi party.

While Paul searches for the truth about his long-lost father, his Jewish girlfriend Alys Tannenbaum is vulnerable to his vicious cousin.

Paul stops at nothing to try to rescue her from the now powerful Jurgen.

Trust me, you’ll feel sick at the sacrifice he makes for the lovely Alys.

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