The Journal
All writing
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36 Skinheads Nabbed At UN Geneva Hitler Birthday Celebrations
Oh. My mistake. That was another Hitler birthday event.
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Dual Saw
These dual blade saws look pretty cool – powerful and precise. When you see it in action, the dual saw seems such a great idea you wonder why no one thought of it before. They don’t seem…
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Mine Your Own Business
I watched Phelim McAleer’s documentary ‘Mine Your Own Business’ again last night. It is difficult to watch and not feel angry at the easy complacency of western environmentalists who, from the comfort of their air-conditioned homes, tell people…
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Miscellaneous
1. It’s raining on Kangaroo Island. I realise this may not be much of a cause for celebration for you, but it is for me! Most communities on KI have no mains water. We rely entirely…
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Conficker Again
I have had two computers in today which were infected with the dreaded Conficker Worm. This was the first time I had seen it in the wild. You can download a free Conficker (sometimes called Downadup)…
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Another Boat Intercepted
That’s the fifth boat in a fortnight, the forteenth since the federal Labor government made changes to immigration policy last September. No doubt we will soon be hearing repeats of the ‘Jesus was a refugee‘ motto,…
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Numeracy Test Answers And Explanations
The questions at the end of the article on NAPLAN testing (a few posts below) were selected from those close to the end of the paper. They are among the harder questions Question One. Each person gets…
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Best Chance Yet For Extra-Terrestrial Life
Scientists at the Geneva Observatory in Switzerland have found an earth-like planet orbiting the red dwarf start Gliese, about 20 light years away. The planet’s gravity is too high to support life in forms similar to those…
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A Few Windows Tips
1. Don’t install Apple’s Bonjour programme. Bonjour is meant to simplify network setup and connectivity between your computer and ‘smart’ devices. In fact Windows handles network setup perfectly well, and Bonjour simply adds another layer of…
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Climate Changing On Climate Change
This from the current edition of The Professional Edge, the journal of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geo-Scientists of Saskatchewan. This links to a PDF file. See from page ten on. A couple of excerpts: Add a…
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Strangely, Something Worthwhile at Durban II
The U.N. Durban II (Geneva) conference for racism and anti-semitism was planned and organised by the world’s worst perpetrators of racism and human rights abuses. A representative of Libyan dictator Col. Muammar Qaddafi, Mrs. Najjat al-Hajjaji, has chaired the Durban…
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National Literacy And Numeracy Testing
Teachers are preparing their year 3, 5, 7 and 9 students for the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy tests which will take place around Australia from the 12th to the 19th of May. This national testing…
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Hundreds of Millions Hurt By Stupidity Says Oxfam
No they didn’t. They said hundreds of millions would be hurt by climate change. It is true that lots of people are hurt each year in natural disasters. But apart from increased casualties caused by more densely…
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Cost Of Public Transport
Queensland commuters may get free rides on trains, buses and ferries if they travel at off-peak times, says Qld Minister for Transport Rachel Nolan. This is being considered because public transport is overloaded at peak hours and under-utilised…
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UN Chief ‘Deplores’ Anti-Semitic Rant
Ban Ki Moon described Imanutjob’s speech and the subsequent walk out by the few civilised nations still at the Geneva racism conference as a “very troubling experience for me as a Secretary General.” Oh, please. Spare us. Every…
