April 2007
“Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today”
– James Dean
Blind pilot lands in Sydney →
The adventure pilot Miles Hilton-Barber has become the first blind man to fly from London to Sydney in a microlight plane.
Hicks agreement 'not worth paper it's written on' →
Publishers will be lining up to sign David Hicks to a book deal after lawyers said the convicted terrorist would be able to profit from telling his story. The first book to be written about Hicks’ five-year detention in Guantanamo Bay is due to go on sale tomorrow, prompting Attorney-General Philip Ruddock to commit to ensuring the Adelaide man does not cash in on future publications.
Get ready for pain Sydney, APEC's coming →
Sydneysiders will have to put up with street closures, motorcades to and from the airport and lots of police around the Opera House, Government House and Darling Harbour before and during APEC this September.
Family Guy S06E15 →
Lois gets a job as the church organist, so the family decides to begin going back to church. When Stewie gets sick after receiving communion, the congregation becomes convinced that he has been possessed by the devil. While On the run, the family ends up in Texas, where Peter begins to fit right in with the cowboys, Stewie enters the “Little Miss Texas” pageant, and Chris and Meg sneak...
Entourage S03E16 →
Drama finds out that he will be the target on Pauly Shore’s new Punk’d like reality show; Eric tries to relieve the tension between Vince and Amanda; Ari is jealous of a former fraternity brother.
American Dad S03E16 →
After Stan discovers that Francine has a secret sex garden, he feels like their marriage may be crumbling. Looking to rekindle their romance, Francine asks for a divorce so that Stan can experience life as a bachelor again, and both learn a valuable lesson in love. Meanwhile, addicted to an energy drink, Steve finds himself panhandling in the streets to support his new habit.
The Simpsons S18E18 →
Bart becomes a hometown hero when he makes the game-winning catch at his Little League game, sending the Springfield Isotots to the championship for the very first time. Meanwhile, Homer runs into some luck, when a customer misunderstands Homer’s excuses for a sales pitch after falling asleep in a department store’s display bed. The impressed store owner hires Homer as a salesman.
supplant: to take the place of.
indigence: extreme poverty.
Sydney Motorists told to lock doors →
THE State’s top robbery investigator has issued a chilling warning to all Sydney residents: don’t drive in any suburb without locking the doors, day or night. Detective Superintendent Peter Cotter, head of the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad, believes the drastic course of action is necessary because violent carjackings are spiralling out of control.
“Trance is the real perception state of humankind”
– Holger Kalweit (German psychologist)
Gilchrist leads Australia to Cup hat-trick →
A glorious Adam Gilchrist century propelled Australia to an unprecedented third straight World Cup crown with a crushing victory over Sri Lanka in the final in Barbados this morning. Australia’s vice-captain awoke from his Cup slumber to hammer 149 from 104 balls as the defending champions posted 4 for 281 from 38 overs before restricting Sri Lanka to 8 for 215 from 36 overs.
Howard's nuclear vision unveiled →
PRIME Minister John Howard today revealed his strategy to increase uranium mining and prepare Australia for nuclear power. Mr Howard promised to remove restrictions on mining and processing uranium, to increase uranium exports and later to overturn laws prohibiting nuclear activity.
ukase: an edict.
Studio 60 returns May 24th
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip returns to the NBC schedule on May 24, presumably to just run the rest of the episodes they have filmed. Hopefully they knew they were ending early while filming so they can end the show in a good way. I guess the best way to think of it now is as a long miniseries, one that will have around 22 episodes and a conclusion.
Guaranteed parental leave for dads →
FATHERS will be guaranteed the right to take up to 12 months unpaid parental leave as part of a new employment safety net covering all Australian workers under Labor’s industrial relations policy. Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd and industrial relations spokeswoman Julia Gillard further fleshed out Labor’s industrial policy at the party’s national conference in Sydney this morning.
Scientist unveils his doppelganger - a robot... →
Germinoid is a humanoid robot designed in his creator’s image, down to the tiniest of details. It sits on a chair and gazes around the room in a very human-like fashion, just like its creator.
Hicks never dangerous, says US →
DAVID Hicks was a bumbling wanna-be who would have been a “total liability” for al-Qaeda in any terrorist attack. In a scathing critique, Hicks’s US military prosecutors have privately described the convicted Australian as a man of “no personal courage or intellect” who rolled over as soon as he was questioned.
Scrubs S06E18 →
Two’s a couple, three’s a crowd - that’s how J.D. feels when Elliot’s sorority sister Melody comes for a visit, so J.D. tries to turn the two against each other.
The Office US S03E21 →
It’s crisis time at Dunder-Mifflin paper after a large quantity of paper is accidentally shipped out with an obscene watermark. Michael attempts to explain the situation to the media while Jim and Andy try to calm down the high school principal who has sent out prom invites on the affected stationary.
30 Rock S01E21 →
Liz struggles to maintain her long-distance relationship with Floyd and must also use Kenneth’s help in finding a missing Tracy. Meanwhile, Jack’s marriage situation with Phoebe causes his mother to stop by.
quagmire: a predicament.
Fascist America, in 10 easy steps →
From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all.
Snoop Dogg's visa cancelled →
CONTROVERSIAL US rapper Snoop Dogg is being denied entry to Australia after failing a character test. The cancellation of the rapper, record producer and actor’s visa means he will not be able to appear at the MTV Australian Video Music Awards this weekend, as planned.
US House votes for Iraq deadline →
The US House of Representatives has narrowly approved a bill making further funding of the war in Iraq conditional on a timetable for a US troop pullout. The bill provides $100bn in new war funds, if troops start leaving in October, with the withdrawal planned to be complete by March 2008.
The Chasers War On Everything 2007 04 25 →
argot: a specialized vocabulary peculiar to a particular group.
cheddarvision.tv →
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High IQ doesn't equal high income →
Intelligence has nothing to do with wealth, according to a US study published today which found that people with below average smarts were just as wealthy as those with higher IQ scores.
prepotency: predominance.
What is ANZAC Day? →
In 1915 Australian and New Zealand soldiers formed part of the allied expedition that set out to capture the Gallipoli peninsula to open the way to the Black Sea for the allied navies. The plan was to capture Constantinople (now Istanbul), capital of the Ottoman Empire and an ally of Germany. They landed at Gallipoli on 25 April, meeting fierce resistance from the Turkish defenders. What had been...
NASA - Hubble Celebrates Its Seventeenth Birthday... →
In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers is releasing one of the largest panoramic images ever taken with Hubble’s cameras. It is a 50-light-year-wide view of the central region of the Carina Nebula where a maelstrom of star birth - and death - is taking place.
ANZAC Day →
Australia and New Zealand commemorate the ANZAC Day holiday on 25 April every year to remember members of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) who landed at Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I, and others who have served in the armed forces. ANZAC Day is also a public holiday in Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa and Tonga.
circumspect: cautious; prudent.