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Eclipse Lights up Your Day Injured Creatures, Which They Give Names Such As Arnold Spikesnegger and Quillium Shakespeare 4 SATURDAY, MAY 11 2019 | PRETORIA NEWS Mothers all want their sons to grow up ICYMI | IOL.CO.ZA to be president, but they don’t want HELICOPTER PARENTS COULD BE RAISING ANXIOUS CHILDREN them to become politicians in the Over-parenting involves parents using developmentally process inappropriate tactics that far exceed the actual needs of their children. It involves excessive protection of children by their JOHN F. KENNEDY parents. Over-parenting is often called “helicopter parenting”, M as these parents hover over their children to make sure nothing METRO goes wrong. Go to: www.iol.co.za/lifestyle/family/parenting It’s a thrill a quill for RESEARCH hedgehog rescue pair THE effects of social media use evidence for great concern,” he said. on teenage life satisfaction are so ‘Link of life satisfaction to social media is trivial’ The researchers said it was now limited they have been described important to identify young people as probably “tiny”, says a study of at greater risk from certain effects 12 000 UK teenagers. the study attempts to answer the and social media use were “trivial”, use of social media.” of social media and find out other Family, friends and school question of whether teenagers accounting for less than 1% of a He said the findings suggest soci- factors that were having an impact life, all had a greater impact on who use social media more than teenager’s well-being – and that the ety should focus on whether par- on their well-being. well-being than social media, says the average have lower life satisfaction, effect of social media was “not a ticular aspects of online behaviour IT urged companies to release University of Oxford research team or whether adolescents with lower one-way street”. are harmful, instead of focusing on data on how people use social media in a study which is believed to life satisfaction use more social Professor Andrew Przybylski, screen time. in order to understand more about be more in-depth than previous media. director of research at the institute, “We are fixated on time – but we the impact of technology on young studies. The researchers concluded that said: “99.75% of a person’s life satis- need to retire this notion of screen people’s lives. Published in the journal PNAS, most links between life satisfaction faction has nothing to do with their time. The results are not showing | SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT THEY were just nine when they dis- covered Britain’s hedgehogs were under threat. Determined to help their favourite animals, Sophie Smith and MOTORING Kyra Barboutis set about establishing a rescue centre of their own. Since starting Hedgehog Friendly Town in their back gardens four years ago, the schoolgirls, now 13, have saved more than 400 of the sick and Eclipse lights up your day injured creatures, which they give names such as Arnold Spikesnegger and Quillium Shakespeare. Presently they care for up to 15 ani- New Mitsubishi Cross luxury SUV is game for the road and makes for a sunny day out, writes Val Boje mals at a time and have been trained to give them injections and medicines. Their reputation has grown so MY mother and I were gliding along much that even vets in their home the N1 North, having a good chat. It town of Stratford-upon-Avon bring was a sunny Saturday, typical for this them hedgehogs to care for – and their time of year, and I had picked her up work has been praised by Sir David in the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross Attenborough. | Daily Mail for a day trip to the Dinokeng Game Reserve with a stopover planned on the way back at Ludwig’s Roses. ‘Archie’ came as a The Eclipse Cross, a compact lux- ury SUV, is quiet and smooth and surprise to bookies accelerates effortlessly, and within no time we were at the Ndlovu Gate to the THE NAME of royal baby Archie came reserve. The office there sells permits as a surprise to bookmakers. (R125 +R40 for adults) for self-drive in His full name, Harrison Mountbat- the reserve and provides a map. ten-Windsor, was revealed by Meghan We were advised to take the first Markle and Prince Harry after they road right as lions had been spotted introduced him to his great-grand- early in the morning. We didn’t find mother, Queen Elizabeth. them but over the next hour had good British oddsmakers’ top picks for sightings of zebra, wildebeest, giraffe, potential names included more tradi- impala, waterbuck and ostrich. tional ones such as Arthur, James, Philip Dinokeng Game Reserve was offi- and Albert. Only 60 bets were placed cially opened eight years ago after pro- on Archie at 100/1. Archie is usually a tracted negotiations which resulted in shortened version of Archibald while a 200km perimeter fence being erected Harrison means “son of Henry” – or while land owners, including the Harry, as the baby’s father is known. numerous lodges within the reserve, The surname, Mountbatten-Windsor, dropped their fences. Over time, lions, belongs to all the queen’s children and elephant and rhino – both white and descendants. | STAFF REPORTER black – and buffalo were introduced which, along with leopard that occur naturally, makes Dinokeng Gauteng’s Red faces over typo only game reserve where the Big 5 roam freely. on A$50 banknote We needed a pit-stop so crossed back over the R374 headed for the MILLIONS of banknotes in Australia Ritsako Game Lodge where I had have an embarrassing typographical stayed previously. We were warmly error, overlooked by the central bank received by the staff and settled by before they were printed. the pool to enjoy a cold drink before The goof first became known yes- continuing on our drive. terday when a listener sent the Triple In Dinokeng one can drop in at THE new Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross on a day out in Dinokeng Game Reserve north of Pretoria. M radio station a magnified photo of most of the lodges to get something the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) to eat or drink, find out about accom- new A$50 note (R504) highlighting modation options and where one can the word “responsibility” misspelt as book an guided game drive. dow. But this car has won an award for the dirt road, and the engine is really and pieces safe and out of sight. was over. “responsibilty” three times. Prices vary from around R700 design excellence and innovation, and quiet. Or motoring editor, Willem van Back on the road, we headed due On Monday I stopped to top up The A$50 currency is the most a night to R1 700 in this part of the Journalists’ Conference of Japan der Putte, explains later that the elec- north towards Mokha Lodge, when before returning the car to Willem; the widely circulated in Australia. the reserve but, when booking in made it their Car of the Year this tronically controlled all-wheel drive we were alerted to the fact that there petrol attendant was most complimen- The note came into circulation on Dinokeng, look where the lodge is situ- year, so what do I – a non-motoring system distributes driving torque as were cheetah ahead. And, there, lying tary of its stylish looks. They see a lot October 18 last year. It sports a head- ated. The wider Dinokeng is spread out journalist – know? required and gives it that agile han- under a tree next to the road were of cars, so they know a thing or two. shot of Edith Cowan, the first woman and I have friends from overseas who What I can say is that it is extremely dling and stability. Okay, now I know. three collared cheetah, perhaps those | The Eclipse Cross was launched a elected to an Australian legislature from booked in Dinokeng only to find when light and easy to drive. I loved that it There’s a touchscreen info-tain- from the litter of the female moved year ago, but is new in this country. It 1921-1924. The typo appears in an they arrived that they were closer to is automatic and has hill-start assist; ment system with built in GPS, radio from Rietvlei Nature Reserve. adds to Mitsubishi Motors SA’s range excerpt of Cowan’s maiden speech to Cullinan than to Kwalata, and there mom and I were very comfortable, and and connectivity to one’s smartphone; We exited Dinokeng via the Tau of models, the ASX, Outlander, Pajero, Western Australia’s parliament. The was no game in sight. we felt cocooned and safe. charge points, electric windows, adjust- Gate, promising to be back to try new Pajero Sport and Triton. quote, repeated on the banknote, reads: After our break, as I reversed from It’s high off the ground (180mm) able seats, separately controlled aircon roads, and headed for Ludwig’s Roses. The Eclipse Cross is offered in “It is a great responsibilty (sic) to be the car park, I wondered why the and we barely felt the bumps which for driver and passenger, and enough A light meal and a few purchases later two derivatives locally – the 4x2 at the only woman here and I want to Eclipse Cross has a divided rear win- would have had my car rattling along compartments to keep all one’s bits and our day out with the Eclipse Cross R399 995 or AWD at R449 995. emphasise the necessity which exists for other women being here.” | REUTERS OUTDOORS Anger poses dire threat in old age Playtime crucial to kids’ mental health – research ANGER may be more harmful to health in old age than sadness because it increases inflammation, new research shows.
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