Girl Chat She enjoys the moment // Kelly Clarkson feasts on the fruits of winning `American Idol': the chance to work, work, work.
Kelly Clarkson hasn't stopped moving since she won the original ``American Idol'' crown a little more than nine months ago. In that time, she has managed to squeeze in enough studio time to record a No. 1 single (``A Moment Like This'') and a No. 1 album (``Thankful''), embark on a whirlwind 40-day concert tour with her fellow ``American Idol'' contestants and, of course, make a...
Girl Chat THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, FLA., CYBERSCENE COLUMN
Aug. 24--HOSPITAL CHECKUP: Health Grades.Com provides ratings on more than 5,000 hospitals and 600,000 doctors.It also has ratings for more than 400 health plans. There's a daily health tip. Sample: "Drink water while trying to lose weight. When you are dehydrated, your body experiences a 3 percent decrease in the number of calories burned while at rest."So if you aren't drinking enough fluids, your body burns fewer...
Girl Chat Mum's the word,
Mothers recommend books that have inspired them
MOTHER'S Day is extra special this year for writer Shirley Zecha and her daughter Claudine.That's because they are the mother-daughter team behind The Zecha Heritage Cookbook, which was launched at Borders Books yesterday.Their book is chock-full of Peranakan, Chinese and Indonesian-Dutch recipes from four generations of Zecha women.Claudine, 31, a project consultant, says the labour of love is based on her family's 'old, handwritten...
Girl Chat S. Africa finds 'rape courts' work,
'The success rates in these ... courts is very good. There are just not enough of them.'- Lorna Jacklin
Rape is so prevalent in South Africa - and conviction rates so low - that three years ago, the government created 29 courts dedicated solely to sexual-assault crimes. This unique criminal-justice experiment is proving so successful that the government now plans to more than double the number of "rape courts" by the end of next year. "This is a homegrown solution that has been very effective," says Thoko Majokweni of South...
Girl Chat The art of horse dressage
Christiane Noelting sits on a worn bench, next to a large air fan, in a fence-lined, outdoor riding arena. Patiently, she rambles off instructions into her microphone to women riding horseback in almost 100-degree heat: medium trot, cantor, left lead, switch right lead, half pass to leg heel, right round. This is how her student riders learn the art of dressage. Dressage, (rhymes with "massage"), is derived from the French term for training and encompasses gymnastic...