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TWO decades after the failed Australia Card, the spectre of Big Brother is back with a smart card yesterday approved by the Howard Government. With your name and photo on the front and a chip carrying your address, birth date and details of children or other dependants, the non-compulsory card will be used to access Medicare and Government welfare services. Holders also will be able to include information such as emergency contact details, allergies, health alerts, chronic illnesses, immunisation information and organ donor status. The Federal Government says it will replace 17 existing cards, including the Medicare card, and save the country about $3 billion lost t…
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Expert: A little liquor helps houseplants Study finds diluted alcohol stunts stems but not blossoms Thursday, April 6, 2006; Posted: 4:01 p.m. EDT (20:01 GMT) ITHACA, New York (AP) -- For home gardeners who don't want their daffodils to tip over, a Cornell University horticulturist thinks he has the answer: Get the flowers a little tipsy with some hard liquor. Giving some potted plants diluted alcohol -- whiskey, vodka, gin or tequila -- stunts the growth of the stem but does not affect the blossoms, said William Miller, director of Cornell's Flower Bulb Research Program. As a result, the houseplant does not get so tall that it flops over. Miller reported his fin…
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Author: ALEX EASTON Date: 05/04/2006 Source: Lismore Northern Star Copyright: © APN News & Media Ltd 2006
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This was an AMAZING book shop and it's sad to see them go Loompanics
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Author: Jane Metlikovec Date: 09/03/06 Source: Herald Sun Copyright: Herald and Weekly Times
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A POLICE dog sniffed out two people who were arrested after a drug raid on Warrnambool's nightspots at the weekend. Acting Sergeant Brendan Broadbent, of Warrnambool police, said one person was found with three ecstasy tablets and a small amount of cannabis and another with one ecstasy tablet. The drugs were found as a result of the operation which involved using a Passive Alert Detector dog to detect drugs. In both instances the people were arrested near the toilets of licensed premises. Acting Sergeant Broadbent said the operation on Saturday night targeted all of Warrnambool's licensed premises and surrounding areas and was aimed at the illegal sale, possession an…
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The Daily Post N.Z. 18.02.2006 By CHERIE TAYLOR in Rotorua Living the high life - Confessions of a Rotorua drug dealer In a good week Bob can make up to $5000. But for every business transaction he makes, he also risks going to jail. Bob operates a "tinnie" house, selling cannabis to "clients" who include everyone from students to well-to-do business people. He isn't proud of what he does but felt he didn't have many options after losing his job as a mill worker nearly six years ago. Two older siblings talked Bob into his current trade, operating a tinnie house from the Rotorua home he shares with his wife and kids. At least two of his former workmate…
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Source I find it funny that not only can alcohol kill while you are drinking it, it can kill you when you go without drinking it too kinda makes you wonder why the australian government is so anti-weed but has no problems with drinking alcohol :thumbdown
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A "no smoking cannabis" sign put up in Amsterdam has proved so popular with souvenir hunters that authorities are now giving the chance for it to be bought legally. The sign in the De Baarsjes district has had to be replaced three times in a week, Rinze van Opstal of the district board said on Monday, but more than 350 would-be purchasers have already ordered replicas at €90 ($107) apiece. "It is an overwhelming success, we were expecting between 10 and 20 potential buyers," he said. The proceeds of the sale of the signs will go to charity. More than 75% of the would-be buyers are from the United States, many of whom had seen it on the internet. The local ordinanc…
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I'm glad I live in Perth hehehehe
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Author: HEATHER LOW CHOY Date: 25-01-2006 Source: http://www.themercury.news.com.au/common/s...55E3462,00.html Copyright: © Davies Bros
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Pack of Angry Chihuahuas Attack Officer Published: Dec 30, 2005 12:32 PM EST FREMONT, Calif. (AP) - A pack of angry Chihuahuas attacked a police officer who was escorting a teenager home after a traffic stop, authorities said. The officer suffered minor injuries, including bites to his ankle, Detective Bill Veteran said. The five Chihuahuas escaped the 17-year-old boy's home and rushed the officer in the doorway Thursday, authorities said. The teenager had been detained after the traffic incident. The officer was treated at a hospital and returned to work less than two hours later. ©2005 The Associated Press http://ap.lancasteronline.com/4/chihuahua_attack
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NEW YORK — John Lennon fans around the world on Thursday marked — with music, flowers and tearful tributes — the bitter moment 25 years ago when the rock hero was gunned down by a deranged fan. Lennon followers laid wreaths outside the New York apartment block where the musician was shot dead on Dec 8, 1980. In the English city of Liverpool, where Lennon was born 65 years ago, more than 1,000 messages to the ex-Beatle, including emails from across the globe, were released on white balloons from the city's Albert Dock. read full article here
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Almost every one has heard about experiments and theories on plants and music. On Tuesday night I saw a new episode? of Myth Busters that did the plants and music test. They set up identical green houses (GH's) on a roof top factory and played through tape recording hard core thrash (Pantera? etc), classical, human abuse , human 'love' messages and a 'control' green house which was left on its own 'natural' devices. They played through recordings to avoid entering the GH's and to keep even human CO2 levels even. THey grew about 10 seedlings of 'bush beans' (must be yank term ?!) and left them in the GH's for 30 days. After 30 days they pulled all the plants out and weig…
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