Just dancing with my baby

Posted to Monash Weekly (26/9/2011) on 28/9/2011 at 4:41 PM (Not published by Newspaper), 5/11/2011 at 1:13 PM
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Posted to Letters to Editors, Monash Weekly on 30/9/2011 (Not yet published by Newspaper)
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For goodness sake, there is a place for recreation, and a place for parenting / looking after the baby. Even a 45-minute low-impact form of exercise involving carrying a baby is bad for the mother's body and posture.

For the poor baby, 45 minutes of swaying and moment half way the height of the mother may badly affect their sense of orientation and hopefully won't damage the development of the young brain.

While many mothers do not do anything to their babies without the advice from medical professional, why are they so gullible about this without giving some thought?

Listen to common sense!

Happy Days as 'The Fonz' awarded OBE for work with dyslexic kids

Posted to Adelaide Now (15/9/2011) on 18/9/2011 at 11:59 PM (Not published by Newspaper)
Posted to Adelaide Now (15/9/2011) on 30/9/2011 at 12:27 PM
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Suffers of dyslexia, Asperger syndrome, autism, ADHD, epilepsy, etc. suffer more than just the medical conditions - they don’t show physical defects like paraplegia or blindness, and therefore people around them don’t often treat them with sympathy and understanding. Knowing the medical term for their condition is a cold comfort, for it can cause more distress and intentional isolation from the other people. It is great that Henry Winkler was able to overcome his difficulty, but many “medically branded” sufferers become more demotivated in life, and live in the shadow of disability.

Cancer Council wants to kill Paddle Pop lion and Coco Pops monkey

Posted to Adelaide Now (10/9/2011) on 12/9/2011 at 5:42 AM
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Where is free speech? WikiLeaks is banned then comes plain cigarette packaging. What's wrong with the Food Acts?

Obesity is a lifestyle choice, no difference from people who take up extreme sports, or practise as snake catcher.

If we are fair dinkum about teaching those who can't help themselves, then let those people who consume excess fatty foods, sugar, alcohol or anything that are classified as health hazard pay their related medical treatment out of their own pockets. The public health system and Medicare WILL not be responsible. If they can't pay, they will have to suffer due to their own stupidity.

As a marketer, I protest strongly about plain packaging. Being different is fundamental to brand / product differentiation. Do we expect more generic brand foods in every food outlet?

I don't like to see Australia to become one of those Communist countries where freedom of speech and expression are premium.

Are we going to see banning of Google? Will there be forced closure of McDonalds, Hungry Jacks or KFC unless their products are fat-reduced? Is this the end of Australian sugar and butter industries?

Please publish this comment - just to show that free speech is NOT dead!