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xkcd.com
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 10:00
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Peter Martin
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 09:54
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Here's my advice, written before I knew he was thinking along similar lines. |
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Inside Story
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 09:43
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Your Democracy
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 09:23
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Yep, the barking of Tonicchio offers nothing else but hot coals and pain for the future, should you let him in... Mind you the CCs of the ABC are in rapture... I mean Barry Cassidy and Annabel Crabb... They both got hooked on Tony's thick fishing line, like lazy perches in search of a quick worm... |
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The Tally Room
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 09:15
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The seat has a long history of being a key marginal seat, changing hands most recently in 2004 and 2007. Indeed Bass has had six members of Parliament since 1993. |
The Melbourne Urbanist
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 09:04
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 If Manhattan's Central Park was in Brisbane...... Click to move it elsewhere Assorted links from around the traps: |
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AusVotes 2013
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 08:00
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On Thursday 21 March, the Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus stood up in the House of Representatives and introduced the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013. |
Popular Science
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:35
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Google announced today at the I/O developer conference in California that the first wave of apps, aside from the few that had already been announced, are here. |
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Your Democracy
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:34
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Popular Science
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:30
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Today, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield passed command of the International Space Station to cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov. Hadfield's command has been so much fun, because he not only plays guitar and tweets prolifically; he also gamely answers almost any kind of question in a series of space FYI videos. |
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WixxyLeaks
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:28
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It seems I need to put out a correction to something I have mentioned in a couple of my previous posts, something I wish certain other organisations reporting on events had enough decency and respect for their readers to do. Well, maybe it’s more of an update than a correction. |
Popular Science
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 07:00
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Researchers at Brigham and Women's hospital have discovered that layered clay-that is, synthetic silicate nanoplatelets used in everything from glass and ceramics to food additives-can induce stem cells to become bone cells without needing any additional bone-inducing factors. In other words, the presence of this synthetic material can coax human stem cells into becoming bone all on its own, and that could have huge implications for the future of tissue engineering. |
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Popular Science
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 06:30
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A new study in Nature Geoscience, from two Stanford researchers, indicates that our planet's super-dense, super strong core may not be as strong as we'd thought. |
North Coast Voices
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:15
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Media Release
Janelle Saffin MP
Liberal-National Party Coalition shows its true colours on CSG
The Liberal-National Party Coalition has shown, without a doubt, that they are just paying lip service on Coal Seam Gas issues until the election.
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North Coast Voices
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:05
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The Australian on 16th
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North Coast Voices
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 22:40
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En Passant
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 21:29
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 People with disabilities need free universal health care, not the NDIS |
Croakey
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 20:49
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Unprecedented progress has been made in reducing maternal and child deaths around the world since 1990, according to a new report from Save the Children. Nonetheless, the statistics remain shocking. Of the three million babies who die each year in... Read more on the blog... |
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North Coast Voices
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 20:43
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Translation of the ABC News Online transcript of Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott’s Budget Reply Speech of 16 May 2013:
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Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 20:33
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It seems to be fixed. People not getting through elsewhere should put their comments under here. |
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Catallaxy Files
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 20:03
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Tonight, I want to directly address you, the Australian people. |
Public Opinion
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 19:56
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Mark Blyth’s Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea looks at the ideas of those austerians who have succeeded in casting government spending as useless profligacy that has made the economy worse and centered the economic policy debate on budget on cuts to government spending. |
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The Stump
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 19:45
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Tonight, I want to directly address you, the Australian people. While it’s easy, and understandable, that you should be pessimistic about this government, everyone should be optimistic about our country. Our health researchers have saved hundreds of millions of lives through breakthroughs in everything from infectious diseases to cancer vaccines to ulcer treatments. Our military personnel stand ready to protect people in some of the world’s worst trouble spots. Our universities are educating the future leaders of our region. |
Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 19:28
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Admin testing comments. |
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Table Talk: Bob Ellis on Film and Theatre
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 19:00
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There is some evidence that no comment made today is getting through. My son, who fixes these things, is doing an exam and will get to it by, perhaps, noon tomorrow. Sean, for his unforgiveable offenses against the mother tongue, … |
VEXNEWS © 2012
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 18:43
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Larvatus Prodeo
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 18:40
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Abbott is about to give his budget reply speech. The word is that he is going to endorse all the Government’s budget savings. Then I expect he will use some cherry-picked numbers to show that the problem is big spending rather than a lack of revenue, then carry on about waste and mismanagement etc. I’d really like to quote what Gillard said in Question Time today. It was a quote from Abbott in 2003 saying precisely what the leader of HM Opposition should say in his budget reply. It was quoted on RN’s PM program, so I’ll post it when the transcript is up later tonight. |
Harrangue Man
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 17:34
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The movie My Big Fat Greek Wedding is over ten years old now but it still stands the test of time. For a RomCom to succeed it needs heart as well as laughs, and something to set it apart from the rest. If you've not seen it then the movie is worth a watch. However I will now discuss plot so look away...Those have seen it can attest to the comedic goodness of the bottle of Windex. |
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The Global Mail - Syndicated Stories
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 17:10
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News Ltd columnist and climate-change denier Andrew Bolt today posted on his blog a link to the Google Earth Engine time-lapse photographic series, which shows how the earth has changed over the past 28 years.Beneath the headline “Are the satellites lying about poor, drowning Kiribati?”, Bolt posted a link to what he called “the island” and asked his readers: what vanishing island? |
Café Whispers
Thursday, May 16, 2013 - 16:57
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 Photo: news.com Much Ado About Nothing, Great Expectations or might it be Oliver with a Twist. |
