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Fire starters on the fringe
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 16/03/2014
» Kai is ready to leave the rubbish dump where he lives — but not because he wants to.
Playing fast and loose with the juice
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 26/01/2014
» Aziz "Zyzz" Shavershian was once Australia's No.1 online bodybuilding celebrity. He emigrated with his parents from Russia to Australia at an early age, and quickly developed an online cult following after touting the healthy lifestyle that allowed for his impeccably muscular body _ good nutrition, good training and an admiration for Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Divided fourth estate urges a third way
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 19/01/2014
» Opinion is obviously divided within Thailand, but what is the rest of the world saying? Media opinion on the Bangkok Shutdown is also divided across the region.
Getting inside the mind of a female paedophile
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 05/01/2014
» When Alissa Nutting was writing her fiction hit Tampa, she couldn't help but feel like at any moment the police would come and arrest her. Spending every day inside the mind of her 26-year-old hypermanic, hypersexual paedophile protagonist _ English teacher Celeste Price _ began to take its toll.
A life spent defying death
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 22/12/2013
» Nine years ago, Mark Weingard ran to the roof of his Natai Beach home when the first tidal wave came towards Phangnga during the Boxing Day tsunami. The entrepreneur from Manchester was celebrating the holidays with his friends, and they were fortunate enough to have high enough ground to escape unharmed on a morning when about a quarter of a million people died. The sea ravaged most of his home _ save for the roof and in-built cinema _ and Natai Beach.
Bearing the brunt of male chauvinism
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 15/12/2013
» Yingluck Shinawatra is hardly the first female politician to be subjected to misogynistic comments. In fact, the treatment the caretaker prime minister has received follows that of a long line of women leaders who have come in for criticism their male counterparts have not had to endure.
Bad medicine and sick system take their toll
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 01/12/2013
» Naw Mu Htoo is constantly leaking urine. A gentle 16-year-old, she's already had a stillbirth and moves by wheelchair _ if she moves at all. She can't stand, or her catheter pulls out.
Not much dealing in a one-stock town
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 17/11/2013
» At 11.30am, Cambodia's securities exchange goes to sleep. The trading floor of the CSX empties _ but then it's only about the size of a living room. The lights are turned off and most employees are off for the day. And nearly three years on from its establishment, the exchange lists a grand total of one stock.
Border troops brace for temple tantrum
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 10/11/2013
» At the main temple complex of Preah Vihear, a feeble soldier props himself up on a temple stone. He's sick and is administering himself intravenous fluid. He uses his feet against the cutout to hold his torso straight while balancing the bag of fluid.
Land woes split soldiers' village
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 10/11/2013
» By day, Pum Thomachat is a women's village. Teenage girls ride bicycles down its lone dirt road while mothers sell cheap perishables at the makeshift market. Small children play in the alleyways, clogged with rubbish, with no fathers in sight.