NSW Parliament passes alcohol-fuelled violence bill hours after drafting

Saturday, February 1, 2014 Thursday morning, members of the Parliament of New South Wales, Australia, discussed drafts of two bills relating to liquor intoxication assault crimes starting at 10 o'clock in the morning (AEDT; 2100 UTC), and approved them later during the day: the Lower House approved at midday and the Upper House at 7pm. The new legislation imposes harsher penalties on behaviour...

Be Kind To The Environment With Eco Pools

Click Here To Find Out More About: Brisbane Decks byadmin Traditional pools require an extensive amount of chemicals to keep them clean and they also take a lot of energy to run the filtration and sanitation required for their upkeep. This can result in a major drain on resources and a strain on the environment as well. For pool owners looking for better options, eco pools provide an ideal...

John Reed on Orwell, God, self-destruction and the future of writing

Thursday, October 18, 2007 It can be difficult to be John Reed. Christopher Hitchens called him a "Bin Ladenist" and Cathy Young editorialized in The Boston Globe that he "blames the victims of terrorism" when he puts out a novel like Snowball's Chance, a biting send-up of George Orwell's Animal Farm which he was inspired to write after the terrorist attacks on September 11. "The clear...

Japanese nuclear plant operators ordered to compensate affected families amid calls for prime minister to resign

Saturday, April 16, 2011 The operators of the stricken Fukushima I nuclear power plant in northeast Japan have been ordered to pay compensation to families affected by the ongoing crisis at the site, amid calls for the resignation of the Japanese prime minister over how he is handling the crisis, which has now been designated on par with the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. Japanese officials ordered...

ACLU President Strossen on religion, drugs, guns and impeaching George Bush

Tuesday, October 30, 2007File:Nadine Strossen 5 by David Shankbone.jpg There are few organizations in the United States that elicit a stronger emotional response than the American Civil Liberties Union, whose stated goal is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States". Those people...

Learning Collegiate Football Offensive}

Click Here To Find Out More About: Hard Metals Learning Collegiate Football Offensive by Wellington WDehydration is an enemy to football success Drinking plenty of water is all it takes to prevent dehydration, and thus should be an important part of football practices. Make sure that during the football practice players have their water bottles handy and are drinking often. Always remember that...

Death sentences in 2008 Chinese tainted milk scandal

Monday, January 26, 2009 On Thursday, the municipal intermediate people's court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, China pronounced sentences for 21 defendants implicated in the 2008 Chinese milk scandal which killed at least six infants and sickened nearly 300,000 others. In the local court's decision, 17 accused were indicted for the crimes of "producing, adding melamine-laced 'protein powder'...

British Member of Parliament David Taylor dies

Sunday, December 27, 2009 David Taylor, the 63-year-old Labour Co-operative British Member of Parliament (MP) for North West Leicestershire, died yesterday from a sudden heart attack whilst walking in Calke Abbey, Derbyshire with his family. According to his website, he was taken to Queen's Hospital, Burton in Staffordshire, but staff were unable to save him. On their Twitter page, the...

Make Maximal Use Of Space By Using A Clear Erase Liquid Instead Of A Whiteboard

Click Here To Find Out More About: Painters Port Stephens Commercial Painters Newcastle byadmin We tell our customers who purchase white board wallpaper to install the covering and have each person in a team take turns recording any findings or brainstorming activities. Even if an employee is not comfortable with participating in a group, he finds he changes his mind when a whiteboard wallpaper...

Transport for London wins first Anti-Social Behaviour Order against graffiti vandal

Tuesday, September 25, 2007 Billy Murrell, a persistent graffiti vandal from South East London, has become the first recipient of an Anti-Social Behaviour Order (Asbo) granted to Transport for London (TfL) by Greenwich Magistrates. The civil order also bans him from the top deck of buses throughout England and Wales for three years. Murrell, a 17-year-old from Plumstead, has a history of...