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For a quick, casual dining experience

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Tucked away amongst the green flora of Vaneron Landscaping is an unlikely outdoor cafe playing soothing jazz. It is open seven days a week and even has a small breakfast menu. Although nothing fancy, the cafe has a certain rustic charm and when we don’t have a water shortage problem, there is a bubbly stream [...]

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Job ‘boreout’ like burnout

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Sorting e-mails, moving around stacks of documents, aimlessly going through files trying to look busy is hard work. So hard, in fact, that it can wear you out and even lead to “boreout,” a syndrome affecting the under challenged. “Our society is divided, as it were,” said Wolfgang Merkle, a Frankfurt-based psychotherapist. “Successful people get [...]

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SAG Awards are a night out

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The Help’ cleaned up at the 18th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday night, claiming best ensemble cast, best actress and best supporting actress. ‘The Artist’, too, claimed another key prize as Jean Dujardin won for best actor. Hollywood’s acting guild spread awards across the television and film spectrum and gave The Help a boost [...]

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Game Head: Free Video Games

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So you didn’t get a new Playstation, Xbox or Wii this Christmas, but still have access to a creaking old PC at home or, dare I say it, at school or work? Well don’t despair, we are in the same boat, so this week we’ll be looking at some fun ways to waste a whole [...]

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Perfect spot to grab a quick bite

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In the heart of the city between towering buildings is an outdoor restaurant that caters for busy business executives. It seems to be the hot spot for lunch because on that day I knew someone on almost every table! The restaurant has a rustic atmosphere, and with French Chef Alain Ponty behind the helm, the [...]

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New way of looking at history

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“We are in 1939”. Well, in truth we are exactly 73 years ahead of 1939, but for Oxford history graduate Alwyn Collinson the world is reliving the Second World War in real time. Through his Twitter project @RealTimeWWII launched last August, Collinson is using this social media network to give a different dimension to the [...]

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Fit fast?

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The hips have put on padding over the holidays and the new year began with a resolution to remove it. At the turn of the year, motivation to lose weight is greatest. Diet plan promoters know this and woo customers with supposed new findings on ways to shed fat, promising substantial slimming fast and with [...]

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Pristine chic

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A white blouse is probably the most ordinary piece of clothing found in a woman’s wardrobe and for many women it is indispensable. It can be easily combined with other clothes and accessories and is appropriate attire at almost any occasion. Simply put, a white blouse should be part of every woman’s wardrobe and though [...]

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Simply Sushi

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The great thing about having sushi in this hotel is that there are two other restaurant menus to choose from (a menu from their sports bar and ala carte restaurant), which is great if you are a sushi lover and your guest is not. Hennessy Park Hotel has come up with a brilliant idea of [...]

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