Tertiary studies - mature age students
Returning to study or starting tertiary study as a mature age student can present many challenges, such as juggling course commitments with the demands of work and family life. Despite this, it can be a very rewarding experience. Returning to ... [... more]
Better Health |
Re-Planting Local Environments
Don visited a remnant cabbage tree palm forest on Sydney's northern beaches and gave local residents some tips on preserving these beautiful native palms. The mature cabbage palms looked healthy, but they were growing in a lawn. Although they set ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Diabetes type 2 - Q & A
Mature onset diabetes is now called type 2 diabetes. It is certainly on the increase. This rise is linked with the increasing number of people who are obese and overweight, often because people in the community are less physically active than in ... [... more]
Better Health |
James B. Meriwether
An essential collection of William Faulkner's mature nonfiction work, updated, with an abundance of new material. This unique volume includes Faulkner's Nobel Prize acceptance speech, a review of Hemingway's (in which he suggests that Hemingway ... [... more]
Random House |
Menstruation: facts and fallacies
Menstruation begins when a girl reaches puberty, although this varies with each individual. When a girl starts menstruating she will notice bleeding from the vagina. You won't menstruate until you reach puberty. Puberty is when you mature, or ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Skin cancer in mature adults
The Cancer Council of NSW's guide to detecting skin cancer in the over-55s Remember the fifties and the sixties? Remember all those good times spent outdoors with family and friends, and long days in the sun? If you do, then you are at risk of ... [... more]
NineMSN Health |
Firm up mature skin
I'm 55 and am looking for a skincare product that really works on firming my sagging skin. Any advice? Lancome's high-tech skincare range Absolue Premium Bx, contains a fabulous ingredient called Pro-Xylane, which is the result of seven years of ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Foxtail or feathertop grass (Pennisetum villosum)
A tufted grass, usually around 30-50cm high with very distinctive white fluffy seed heads. Grows in pasture and on road verges, tolerating a range of conditions including dry infertile soils. Mature plants are unpalatable to stock, so the plant ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Gasteromycetes
In all of the other basidiomycetes the basidia are persistent. Even by the time a mushroom has largely rotted away you can usually still find basidia on the gills. There are several common groups of basidiomycetes where the mature fruiting body ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
State cat councils:
The Ragdoll's unusual name is derived from their peculiar habit of going limp in their owner's and even complete stranger's arms. Ragdolls are large cats, weighing up to 8kg (18lb) when fully mature, which can take three years. They are a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Print fact sheet - Komondor
Komondors reach 80cm (32") for males, less for bitches, and weigh about 40kg (88lb). A mature coat may add a few kilos. The cords cover the entire body and head, and are parted to the skin, which should be grey. Eyes should be dark and the nose ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Mundulla Yellows
In south-east South Australia a mysterious disease is posing a major threat to a wide range of native plants. The condition was discovered twenty years ago by beekeeper Geoff Cotton, who noticed conspicuous patches of yellow foliage in mature red ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
