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I found this great essay while searching teh net for some useful advice articles to give a friend whose husband had just died of cancer. I think it's terrific - be good to slip in with the sympathy card to help drown out the corny stuff...

http://www.daretolead.edu.au/servlet/Web?s=169694&p=STORY_Abbotsleigh Working Systematically at Abbotsleigh An Independent school - with no Indigenous students enrolled - implements a remarkable range of programs and initiatives, including seeking Aboriginal students. School...

How good are you at problem solving? Our country has around 500,000 Aboriginals - not a huge number, when you think about it. Can you think of any practical ways to help the plight of even just a few of those Aboriginals wanting help? The various governments have poured a fortune...

I have just bought a new car - due to pick it up next week. The salesman has asked if I want window tinting and paint protection as extras. The tinting is the maximum level that is allowed and the paint protection apparently eliminates need to polish the car and protects against...

i am reading a fascinating book at the moment called "12 books that changed the world" by Melvyn Bragg. Many of the books Bragg has reviewed led through major breakthroughs in advancing human rights e.g. abolishing slavery, giving men the right to vote, giving women the right to vote...

What would you do if you found out you only had two years to live? This may be the predicament my friend is in. I keep thinking ' what would I do?" It's an idea almost too big to grabble with. What would be the best way to spend the two years? Carol

10 bigger-than-ben- hur visionary projects for Australia that might happen one day -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: Originally Posted by topcropper I think all that stuff is rubbish, however there is definately other life in the...

People believe some amazing things. It would be nice if just one amazing thing turned out to be true - but a rational person does want some proof - they don't want to believe just because it would be nice to think that it was true. Here are some common beliefs - some are so common as...

This is an intellectual puzzle or creative problem-solving challenge: Say you had a million dollars to spend and your task was to get Australians to eat more vegetables. How would you go about it? It's not such a silly problem to solve: apparently the single biggest thing Australians...

I'm looking for a recommendation for a ncie Thai restaurant that offers a private room for about 20 guests around Indooroopilly_ Toowong-St Lucia area. It's for a dinner for my rellies and I would really like a nice quiet venue so we can talk! A table that could seat 20 would be good...

Not many books can do that - permanently change your thinking - or your life. Here are just a few that I can think of: The woman's room - Marilyn French ????- a good book for a 20 year old emerging woman to read in the seventies. Atlas Shrugged - Ayn Rand - let's champion the...

George Soros, when he was 50, was unhappy. he had unimaginable wealth, but felt empty inside - so he set about trying to use a lot of that wealth to change things for the better. When asked by the New Yorker reporter to name one thing in the world he wished he could have, Soros replied " If...

Hi everyone Here is a question that is rarely asked: What are you going to do with all your millions, once you've made them? No-one ever seems to seriously discuss that question. The way I see it investing is a game. The score card is the pile of money in your account at the end of...

Hi everyone, I am new to this forum and am interested in some clever ideas on how to help subsidise my children's first homes. I am interested in hearing what other people might have done. One idea I have had is to buy a basic house on a block that can be sub-divided. I could then...