Saturday, January 1, 2005 The National Archives of Australia have, as part of their standarddocument release cycle, released thirty year old documents from theWhitlam government. The centre piece of the 1974 archives are a series of documents fromthe Australian Cabinet and the Treasury pertaining to the attempt toobtain a $US4 billion loan by the Whitlam […]
Physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96
Monday, April 14, 2008 Theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler died of pneumonia at his residence in Hightstown, New Jersey yesterday. Wheeler is most known in the popular culture for popularizing the term “black hole” to describe stars which had become so dense that nothing, not even light, could escape their gravitational pull. Although Wheeler initially […]
Salvia Divinorum Can Lead To Spiritual Awakenings
Read An Opinion On: Ute Headboards For Sale Salvia Divinorum Can Lead to Spiritual Awakenings by Chris RobertsonFor millennia, humans have ingested plants in order to enter altered states of consciousness. Shamans, healers, and spiritual seekers have used peyote, psilocybin mushrooms, cannabis, and salvia divinorum to tap into the collective unconscious, experience astral projection, and […]
EPA block massive West Australian energy project
Wednesday, June 7, 2006 The Western Australian (WA) Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has advised against the massive Greater Gorgon liquefied natural gas project off WA’s Pilbara coast. Proponents of the projects say Gorgon is one of Australia’s biggest export ventures, scheduled to provide up to 6,000 jobs and exports of up to $1.2 billion. EPA […]
University of Wales to close down after 120 years
Saturday, October 22, 2011 120 years after it was founded, the University of Wales (UoW) will shut down. Already comprised of several institutions, two will merge fully while two more will become independent universities. With a charter from 1893 and the Prince of Wales as its chancellor, problems began at UoW last year after concerns […]
Volunteers and food needed for flooded Manitoba, Canada
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 Local municipal and provincial volunteers in Manitoba, Canada are exhausted in their efforts to divert the rising waters of the Red River of the North. It has been hard work with little sleep for the residents who live on the shores of the Red River to shore up their defences with […]
A New Police Career And Social Media
Read An Opinion On: Financial Pr Australia By Detective Christian Cory In previous articles, I have discussed the police oral board and its importance in the law enforcement hiring process. There is an ancillary aspect in the hiring practice that is often taken for granted and overlooked by candidates. The ramifications for you, as a […]
Sarasota doctor heading to prison
Thursday, October 5, 2006 Former Sarasota dermatologist Michael Rosin is heading to prison to serve a 22-year prison sentence for defrauding Medicare by performing unnecessary surgeries on elderly Sarasota, Florida patients. On Rosin’s 56th birthday, in front of his family, Judge William Castagna sentinced him to 22 years in federal prison. The judge also ordered […]
Hundreds of victims still unidentified three months after Typhoon Frank
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 Typhoon Frank stormed across the Philippine Sea June 21, 2008 capsizing numerous boats, killing hundreds and leaving an estimated 1,330 missing in total including 820 passengers and crew from the MV Princess of the Stars ferry. Since then Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) teams in Cebu City, Philippines made up of experts […]
Sculptor to teach animation maquettes at VAB Creative Studio
Friday, May 26, 2006 Brampton, ON — On Wednesday, May 31 at 6:30 p.m., sculptor Alvaro Cervantes will host a meet and greet at the Visual Arts Brampton Creative Studio. Cervantes will be showing his precise sculptures to guests, and promoting his upcoming multi-week workshop at the studio. The course is open to students who […]