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asymptomatic h5n1 in germany raises surveillance concerns crimean congo hemorrhagic fever pakistan usa va migratory ducks carry bird flu from asia to alaska usa mi protect yourself from flu by wearing a mask and washing your hands usa dc q a with nina hachigian canada starting in spring get t... [Show More]
now that the us model has had its comeuppance what type of capitalism should emerge
here is the original global crisis how far to go part iii...... [Show More]
technorati tags white american out of uniformusa afghanista n. pakistanci amarinesps y ops
noticias de rupia nouvelles de roupie rupiennachrichten nn nn roepienieuws rupi nyheter notizie di rupia pakistan ledger uoeuoeoeoeuu uuoeoeoe moin ansari uoeuu oeuoeoeoeuu defensebri efsintelli briefs translate to rss feed rupee news october 14th 2008 moin ansari uoeuu ... [Show More]
technorati tags white american out of uniformusa afghanista n. pakistanci amarinesps y ops
noticias de rupia nouvelles de roupie rupiennachrichten nn nn roepienieuws rupi nyheter notizie di rupia pakistan ledger uoeuoeoeoeuu uuoeoeoe moin ansari uoeuu oeuoeoeoeuu defensebri efsintelli briefs translate to rss feed rupee news october 14th 2008 moin ansari uoeuu ... [Show More]
demand destruction oil prices drop to 1year low
oil prices closed at their lowest level in a year thursday falling below 85 a barrel even after opec signaled it may try to slow crudes downward spiral by cutting production .
...li ght sweet crude for november delivery fell 1.81 to settle at 86.62 a barrel on the new york mercantile exchange the lowest closing price since oct. 15 2007. in aft... [Show More]
abc greens transport plan for new train tram lines
the victorian greens have released a transport plan they say will rectify melbournes public transport problems. the 14billion plan proposes 33 new or extended train and tram lines across the city but does not propose any new road projects.
michael lardelli peak oil and retirement
stockmar kets are plunging worldwide and retired people everywh... [Show More]
recently i wrote in on line opinion of 19 september 2008 about the controversy swirling around the budget situation in new south wales which contributed to the resignation of the premier the hon morris iemma who later resigned from parliament. a new government was formed by the hon nathan rees as premier and he appointed a cabinet which did not include the former treasurer the hon michael costa wh... [Show More]
large hadron collider by bike
and part two here. i wonder what road rules apply down there
love and marriage
how to start your marriage the right way.
being monstered
that old pest alan parker has written an excellent opinion piece on why btriples are not suitable on urban roads
common sense tells us that there has to be a maximum size limit on the vehicles that freely mix everyday with... [Show More]
some other stories from the nuclear industry you may have missed
red green and blue italys berlusconi vows a return to nuclear
a month after the conservatives and their embattled leader returned to power back in april the italian government said it would begin building nuclear power stations to solve the countrys dependence on foreign oil and gas supplies.
digital chosunilbo seoul to suspend aid... [Show More]
if you thought peter singer now a professor at princeton university was australias gift to world bioethics then i have news for you. one of his phd students now a professor at oxford julian savulescu is leaving him in the dust. on line opinion...... [Show More]
come one come all this thursday to the launch of a place tells a story a book that features so many of o.w.l.s favourite people like kyle de kuijer of five boroughs mandy ord of rooftops notoriety with a few pages in the new nicerlooking meanjin and meg mundell a woman who knows how to wield a pen and isnt afraid to use it with a little nonfiction piece in the first issue of harvest. to cap it off... [Show More]
in the lead up to the 2007 australian federal election a citizen journalism research project called youdecide2007 was run by researchers from qut sbs and online publishers the national forum among others.
the project aimed to examine the growing crossover between news organisations and their audiences in the process of covering events and the extent to which citizen participation in news gathering... [Show More]
with the release of my new book the blogging revolution ive been expecting certain elements of the left to criticise my focus on socalled repressive regimes rather than closely examining censorship far closer to home ie. within the us.
it hasnt taken long. sydney university academic tim anderson who wrote an article in 2007 titled without irony why cuba is a democracy and the us is not has unloa... [Show More]
the columbian danger Post Source: antonyloewenstein.com Posted: Sep 07 2008 10:37:05
the recent release of hostages in columbia including famed political candidate ingrid betancourt was an international story. but how much do we know about the case what was the real role of the usbacked columbian dictatorship and how willing was the western media to be spun al jazeera reports and features my friend and colleague rodrigo acuna...... [Show More]
jews on jews Post Source: antonyloewenstein.com Posted: Jul 17 2008 23:50:11
my following article appears in online opinion
the 60th anniversary of israels birth saw a flurry of praise by the worldwide zionist community.
the australian jewish news editorialised that jews all over the world feel israel is the most special place on earth. furthermore the israeli defence forces are the envy of the world and has stood tall in every war it has engaged in. it was embarrassing i... [Show More]
a story of political correctness gone crazy in atlanta
in the battle of the sexes womens magazine editor cynthia good said this was a skirmish she had to fight.
across atlanta they stood orange signs with black letters that read men at work or men working ahead.
sometimes the signs stood next to women working alongside the men.
good demanded atlanta officials remove the signs and last week atlanta... [Show More]
update dreadnought was a featured guest on the triple j radio network thursday july 10 2008. the interview aired as part of the hack news program. what does the pope teach dreadnought spoke about catholic teaching on human sexuality and my response as a same sex attracted catholic man to pope benedict xvis statements on homosexual acts. to that end these topics came up key teachings from the catec... [Show More]
animation world magazine walle
adobe 9 dive into mark
bbc news uk bishop attacks antigay movement
the issue of dying on line opinion 2662008
flying with children made easy tips travel smh.com.au
channel 4 recreates the shining to promote its kubrick season media guardian.c o.uk...... [Show More]
radical scepticism Post Source: johnquiggin.com Posted: Jul 03 2008 11:00:16
for a long time ive used the term delusionist rather than sceptic to describe those who reject mainstream science on global warming. in general the term sceptic is inappropriate for the vast majority of this group since their position is hardly ever based on a willingness to look sceptically at evidence without reliance on a preconceived views. the gullibility with which so many delusionists parro... [Show More]
crossposted from snurb.info for full coverage of the cci conference see here.
brisbane.the postlunch session at the cci conference starts for me with a panel on citizen journalism which involves my colleague jason wilson from youdecide2007 and gatewatching.org larvatus prodeos mark bahnisch and graham young from online opinion. their theme is the role of citizen journalism in the 2007 australian ... [Show More]
yesterday possum did a piece for crikey reproduced on his blog which was a great takedown of some msm reporting of some pretty inconsequential movements in the newspoll numbers. poss reckons the oz especially the shanahany bits is back to their old tricks spinning shifting the goalposts and generally trying to make things look worse than they are for the pm.
if youd rather rely on qualitative pol... [Show More]
stoushwatch Post Source: gatewatching.org Posted: May 19 2008 23:32:18
update i missed tim lamberts contribution to the quigginyoung bout.
first in a new series offering links to fresh and robust stoushing. ill try a longer post about snark and stoushing later this week
bang
john quiggin replies to graham youngs on line opinion piece on warming bullying with an invocation of godwins law. look down the comments for a further reply from graham
thump
grods issues a new... [Show More]
one of the topics that consistently exercises the australian blogosphere is global warming. whats at issue of course is whether or not human industrial activity is contributing to an increase in global temperatures and possible environmental catastrophe.
there is an orthodox scientific view on this as expressed in documents like the ipcc report the stern report the garnaut report etc. its fair to ... [Show More]
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