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I've been writing on Helium since I stubled across it with the idea of submitting some of my better blog posts as articles. Since then I've actually started to write things especially for Helium. I think I get a liitle too competitive with the rankings of

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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in the Middle & Near East Reactions to Saddam Hussein's execution: 2 of 26

Come one, come all! See the amazing freak! Former Iraqi Dictator Saddam's, live for all to see! Watch the face of a man as he walks to his death! See his eyes in high definition clarity! New digital television allows for viewing of the event from 3 different angles! Real Death, now more convenient than ever! Events that shou...
Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Planning a vacation: Top ten cities you should visit: 6 of 13

Top Ten Cities to Visit - Here is my list, and why! This is no particular order, and I'll try to explain what's amazing about each city. 1 - Sydney - The Weather, The Water, The City, The Culture, the Perfect Balance! I admit, I'm a little biased as this is my home town, but Sydney has a little bit of everything for anyone. ...
Health & Fitness > Addiction Crack cocaine: 7 of 9

The truth about illicit drugs is something hidden behind so much urban mythology and political scaremongering. To me, it seems there are two very powerful voices in our society on drugs, prohibitionist worst-case-scenario authoritarian laws and pundits, with a sort of hedonistic everything-is-good-for-you mythology standing ...
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change A response to Al Gore's Film, 'An Inconvenient Truth': 18 of 21

Yesterday a friend and I were doing a puzzle of a 1715 map of Great Britain and Ireland, and were were about halfway through when we realised that some of the pieces were missing. I had a long diatribe about missing puzzle pieces and how it was the end of the world all ready to blog. Then I got distracted by watching Al Gore...
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: 300: 51 of 59

300 is just out, and in an attempt to lure my girlfriend along, I tried to explain that it wasn't just a gorefest, but a mythical retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae. And I thought I'd share it with the world as well, this is a brief historical background to 300. It's a rather mythical account of how 300 Spartan killed 80...
Politics, News & Issues > Climate Change Predicting the end of the world from global warming: 13 of 14

The Sunday Times Magazine had a great [and disturbing] article on climate change, and a pretty clear map of the possible future. It was based on a book by an Oxford researcher called Mark Lynas, and predict the course climate change will take degree by degree. So an increase in average global temperatures by 1 degree and we ...
Travel > Ireland Destinations Travel destinations: Ireland: 17 of 17

Ireland is strange place to choose for a holiday in a lot of ways. It's pretty remote, for Europe, and given that the Irish and Irishness are spread throughout so many world cultures, it's easy to see the place as a giant cliche of Guinness, leprechauns and Dublin. Hopefully, if you're planning to go to Ireland, you'll be ab...
Travel > United Kingdom Destinations What to know about traveling in the UK: 11 of 11

The United Kingdom on Great Britain? First thing to get your head around is how long you've got. There are a lot of amazing things to see and do, it's tempting to want to do them all. Like all places, it's an easy place to do quickly, and badly. You need to figure out how long you can tally in these isles, and plan around th...
Politics, News & Issues > International News Solutions to the traffic issues in London, England: 6 of 6

England has a fantastic technology that allows government to avoid spending money upgrading infrastructure, specifically storm water drains. They're called Dry Drains, which is a drain that works only when it's dry. So for most of the year, they're fine, couldn't be working better. Then it rains, and things don't work so wel...
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Assessing the issue of homelessness in the UK: 5 of 5

Homelessness is a wonderfully visible issue, something that no country can really hide away. People on the street, begging, passed out, it's a fascinating insight into the society and culture of an area. It doesn't just demonstrate how a government is handling the issue, you can see how local people respond to them, which pa...