tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86670252375989454052024-02-20T22:55:02.350+01:00Austr(al)iaBlog about my experiences worldwide and Australian lifestyle around the world.Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.comBlogger685125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-57962152520387920442015-09-26T12:39:00.001+02:002015-09-26T12:42:05.852+02:00Benefits of fasting<p dir="ltr">http://www.mauldineconomics.com/tech/tech-digest/benefits-of-fasting-and-beets-as-a-legitimate-super-food</p>
<p dir="ltr">Quotes:</p>
<p dir="ltr">- The most obvious is that exercise is one of the most effective anti-aging therapies known.<br>
- Not exercising, in my opinion, is as self-destructive as smoking.</p>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-29043526436819419112015-09-24T07:39:00.001+02:002015-09-24T07:39:21.399+02:00Barcelona & tourismBloomberg - Barcelona’s New Mayor Wants to Send Tourists Packing http://bloom.bg/1KNEmHHAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-17899027161767890052015-09-23T10:44:00.001+02:002015-09-23T10:44:33.542+02:00Prica o imperijalizmu, Zlatko Dizdarevic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://kontrapress.com/clanak.php?rub=Politika&url=Idemo-u-susret-fasisoidnom-korporativnom-imperijalizmu" target="_blank">Idemo u susret fašisoidnom korporativnom imperijalizmu</a><br />
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Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-67963775272003679972015-09-16T22:01:00.001+02:002015-09-16T22:01:05.673+02:00What a story - tripped refugee gets a job in Spain<p dir="ltr">Life keeps writing incredible stories</p>
<p dir="ltr">http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/ungarn-opfer-der-tretenden-kamerafrau-kriegt-job-in-spanien-a-1053294.html</p>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-75550499447076293192015-09-10T15:39:00.001+02:002015-09-10T15:39:21.518+02:00Islamic State, backgrounder from Spiegel<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Excellent backgrounder on Islamic State, from Spiegel - <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/islamischer-staat-alles-wichtige-zum-is-a-1042664.html" target="_blank">link.</a><br />
There is a map of areas currently under the control of ISIS.<br />
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Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-58709471661087542422015-08-25T14:44:00.000+02:002015-08-25T14:44:03.237+02:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
More on German demographic <strike>crisis</strike> situation:<br />
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...companies will be short of 1.8m skilled workers by 2020, and 3.9m by 2040</blockquote>
From FT: Germany’s demographics: Young people wanted (<a href="http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b30c8de4-4754-11e5-af2f-4d6e0e5eda22.html#axzz3jpVZSKd6" target="_blank">link</a>) </div>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-49365278562583947482015-08-25T10:00:00.000+02:002015-08-25T10:00:33.144+02:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Good reminder:<br />
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"Talking" to your child is rarely enough to create a permanent change.
Conversations can be a good starting point, but conversations alone
rarely influence kids' decisions. Supervision, rules and consequences
do.</blockquote>
<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-suzanne-gelb/8-simple-truths-about-rai_b_8029520.html?ir=Australia" target="_blank"> 8 Simple Truths About Raising Happy, Healthy, Successful Kids</a></div>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-70103940496416801542015-08-12T23:35:00.001+02:002015-08-12T23:35:08.296+02:00Spread of religion, videohttp://uk.businessinsider.com/map-shows-how-religion-spread-around-the-world-2015-6?r=US&IR=TAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-36619739511925944142015-08-08T11:04:00.001+02:002015-08-08T11:13:52.838+02:00Insight and tips about marriage<p dir="ltr">http://www.thehappinessinstitute.com/blog/article.aspx?c=3&a=4267</p>
<p dir="ltr">Original article:</p>
<p dir="ltr">http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/08/rules-for-a-happy-marriage/</p>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-65390897021719676702015-08-02T23:57:00.001+02:002015-08-02T23:57:06.991+02:00Tarkovsky's movies available onlinehttp://www.openculture.com/2010/07/tarkovksy.htmlAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-53862271219666605332015-07-23T14:27:00.002+02:002015-07-23T14:27:51.940+02:002015 turning into the hottest year on record?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-07-20/monster-el-ni-o-makes-record-hot-year-look-inevitable" target="_blank">Monster El Niño Makes Record-Hot Year Look Inevitable </a><br />
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Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-90741951539012489272015-07-22T22:31:00.001+02:002015-07-22T22:31:27.628+02:00What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong?http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/05/schools-behavior-discipline-collaborative-proactive-solutions-ross-greeneAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-80604218698941053322015-07-11T18:43:00.001+02:002015-07-11T18:43:35.735+02:00First electrical flighthttp://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-future-airliners-could-flying-140007832.html
The first flight across the Channel in an electric aircraft highlights research by the aerospace industry into future forms of power for airlinersAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-80382122654191044552015-07-09T00:00:00.001+02:002015-07-09T00:00:23.628+02:00Russia blocks U.N. condemnation of Srebrenica as a genocide<p dir="ltr">"Russia blocks U.N. condemnation of Srebrenica as a <u>genocide</u>" - http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKCN0PI1V820150708 </p>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-41248275031194521632015-06-30T11:34:00.001+02:002015-06-30T11:34:39.352+02:00Renewed talk about scraping the roaming fees in EU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
EU in preliminary deal to scrap mobile roaming fees by mid-2017<br />
(<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/30/us-eu-telecoms-roaming-idUSKCN0PA02D20150630" target="_blank">link</a>)</div>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-76547439711957746852015-06-09T12:42:00.001+02:002015-06-09T12:42:45.313+02:00One of the best cases against capital punishmenthttp://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/scalias-perfect-capital-punishment-case-falls-apart?cid=sm_fb_maddowAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-6223675578686927982015-06-01T15:44:00.000+02:002015-06-01T15:44:03.781+02:00100 richest Austrians own 170 billion Euros<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Interesting article at <a href="http://www.trend.at/articles/1522/581/379043/ranking-die-100-oesterreicher" target="_blank">Trend</a> about the top 100 richest people in Austria.</div>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-10801845365651334512015-05-17T11:35:00.001+02:002015-05-17T11:35:53.346+02:00Vienna markets apphttp://m.wien.gv.at/wirtschaft/marktamt/marktapp.htmlAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-65584474591584664352015-05-17T11:33:00.001+02:002015-05-17T11:33:50.501+02:00Vienna historical maps & wikihttps://www.wien.gv.at/wiki/index.php/Wien_Geschichte_WikiAlen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-44425248941804788832015-05-15T15:25:00.001+02:002015-05-15T15:25:17.131+02:00Bozo Vreco performing sevdah in Vienna<p>On May 16, 2015</p><p><a href="https://www.wieninternational.at/de/events/bosko-jovic-und-bozo-vreco">Boško Jović und Bozo Vrećo | wieninternational.at</a></p>Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-21596693633680698112015-05-15T15:11:00.001+02:002015-05-15T15:11:38.416+02:00What would you do if you just found out that your neighbor was a heterosexual?!<p>Hilarious!</p><p><a href="http://m.avaz.ba/clanak/177688/urnebesni-odgovori-gradana-bihaca-sta-biste-uradili-da-saznate-da-vam-je-prvi-komsija-heteroseksualac?url=clanak/177688/urnebesni-odgovori-gradana-bihaca-sta-biste-uradili-da-saznate-da-vam-je-prvi-komsija-heteroseksualac">URNEBESNI ODGOVORI GRAĐANA BIHAĆA Šta biste uradili da saznate da vam je prvi komšija heteroseksualac? | Avaz</a></p>Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-65731485430628896822015-05-12T10:30:00.001+02:002015-05-12T10:30:57.955+02:00Galcon download<p>Galcon is a space real-time strategy game where planets generate troops and each attack takes half the troops off the attacking planet and sends them away. </p><p>Recently I got Archipelago on Amazon, which is the same concept but situated at an island archipelago.</p><p><a href="https://www.galcon.com/g2/download.php">Galcon 2</a></p>Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-40959789541807523992015-05-11T15:41:00.001+02:002015-05-11T16:10:00.757+02:00Kärcher DS 6000 Test<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The test is in French but the translation is ok and photos are good to get an idea on how it works.<br />
<a href="http://www.lesnumeriques.com/aspirateur/krcher-ds-6000-p14397/test.html">Kärcher DS 6000 : Test complet</a><br />
Some technical data available in English version <a href="http://www.digitalversus.com/vacuum-cleaner/krcher-ds-6000-p14397/test.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The comparison of top models is <a href="http://www.lesnumeriques.com/aspirateur/face-a-face/14397-22197-16953-20636-21785.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
Kärcher has the best suction and among the lowest power consumption but is also a bit expensive.</div>
Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-6458369533114779302015-05-11T13:23:00.001+02:002015-05-11T13:23:21.904+02:00How Uber is changing the face of transportation and car ownership<p><a href="http://citypaper.net/uberdriver/">I was an undercover Uber driver :: Cover :: Philadelphia City Paper</a></p><blockquote>"When there's no other dude in the car, the cost of taking an Uber anywhere becomes cheaper than owning a vehicle." That, he said, will "bring the cost below the cost of ownership for everybody, and then car ownership goes away."</blockquote>Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8667025237598945405.post-41572217089727993912015-05-05T13:57:00.001+02:002015-05-05T13:57:28.874+02:00Electric Trabant - now this could be a hit!<p><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-04/electric-trabi-combines-communist-past-with-silent-thrill">Electric Trabi Combines Communist Past With Silent Thrill - Bloomberg Business</a></p>Alen's Australiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02584950366290593431noreply@blogger.com0