Australian House of Representatives grows heated over industrial relations legislation

Thursday, November 3, 2005

Australian industral relations reform legislationmade up of 700 pages of bill legislation and 500 additional pages of explanatory memoranda was introduced into the Federal House of Representatives November 2, where the Opposition heatedly attempted to address their perceived problem of the Government’s lack of discussion and debate over the matter.

The first reading of the bill was the first order of the day, and when Kevin Andrews tried to do so, Opposition member Stephen Smith, responsible for workplace relations, immediately moved a motion deferring the bills to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Workplace Relations and Workforce Participation. The Leader of the House, Tony Abbott moved that Smith and the necessary supporter — viz., Julia Gillard — be not further heard (cloture). The Government’s majority in the House ensured that this would happen. However, Opposition members attempted to use House standing orders necessitating that copies of the bill to be “available to Members”, with argument arising whether “available to Members” meant all members or simply whether some copies should be available; this ended up in a dissent motion moved against the Speaker of the House.

Later, in a heated Question Time, where six members of the Opposition, (Kelly Hoare, Julia Irwin, Anthony Albanese, Bernard Ripoll, Catherine King, and Gavan O’Connor), were removed from the Chamber during Question Time under standing orders for disruption — Jill Hall quipped that she was “glad to be still here to ask [her] question” — nearly all questions to the Government put by the Opposition, the subsequent time for matters of public importance, and some members in the adjournment debate, was all on the topic of the industrial relations reform.

To implement and fund the legislation, the government will “spend an additional $486million on industrial relations changes over four years, or $121million a year. This spending would be in addition to the present annual budget of $86million.” said an unnamed government source for The Australian.

The government will need to use its corporation powers to remove the powers from the states to alter the award conditions and other employee employer related conditions. But the New South Wales premier Morris Iemma has received legal advice that the legislation maybe unconstitutional, the reason being its being used to end the role of the states and territories Australian States in the industrial relations system. “It is our view that the Commonwealth is misusing this law to achieve exactly what it was designed to prevent”, Iemma said. Mr Iemma will be challenging the changes in the high court with Peter Beattie Premier of Queensland supporting his challenge in the High Court.

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9 August

Microsoft extends warranty for all Xbox 360s

Saturday, December 23, 2006

On December 22, 2006 Microsoft has announced that it has extended its warranty for all Xbox 360 video game consoles to one year in the United States. While this one year warranty applies to all Xbox 360 software as well, Xbox 360 accessories will still carry their original 90 day warranty.

According to a statement by Microsoft:

“Customers that experience hardware issues with their Xbox 360 within one year of purchase will have their consoles repaired at no cost. Moreover, the new warranty policy is retroactive, so consumers that may have already paid for out-of-warranty Xbox 360 repair within one year of the console’s purchase will be eligible for reimbursement of their console repair charges.”

This extension should help ease customers’ minds who have been concerned with the Xbox 360’s reputation for hardware failures. A partial list of hardware issues can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_technical_problems

People who have paid for Xbox 360 repair will be automatically distributed a reimbursement check in about 10 weeks from the present date.

Previously in September, 2006, Microsoft had waived the cost for repairs on all Xbox 360 consoles made before January 1, 2006, and refunded any fees already paid.

A full description of the updated warranty can be found here: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/systemsetup/xbox360/resources/warranty.htm

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9 August

La Caja Asadora Vs. La Caja China: Price Matters

La Caja Asadora vs. La Caja China: Price Matters

by

Mathew Masters

The first thing most people who have owned a

La Caja China Roasting Box

notice when they build their new

La Caja Asadora

(Spanish for

The Roasting Box

) is just how alike they look. In fact, they are very difficult to tell apart from their size and components. Both brands offer a

48 x 24 x 20

standard model. Both units come with an interior drip pan, two stainless steel racks for the pig or other meat, four stainless steel hooks to secure the racks together, an ash pan that seals the caja china box at the top, and a charcoal grid that goes above it. Both roasters are also easily portable, with front wheels and long handles. Because both are the same size and share their components the cooking times are also very similar, with a typical whole pig roast taking approximately four hours to complete. Both brands offer their

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caja china style cooker

with a metal interior lining, and wood exterior.

So as you can see, the essential elements of this

caja china

s (or

Cajun microwave

) grills are the same. Now let s outline the differences. Included with your

La Caja Asadora

are also cooking mitts and a marinating syringe, which do not come included with the

La Caja China roasting box

, and will typically cost

$20-30

when purchased separately. And the other and most important difference the price of the box itself.

The

La Caja China #1 model

retails for

$319

. The

La Caja Asadora

of the same size is

$195

. That s a $125 difference. It s hard to justify paying over 60% more for a pig roaster of the same size, with such similar components strictly for the name on the side. Both brands also offer a full line of accessories, including covers, remote meat thermometers, top grills, rotisseries, cookbooks, marinades, and more. There is a reason that

La Caja Asadora grills

are gaining a larger and larger share of the caja china market, and the reason is price, price, price.

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6 August

Controversial Berlin opera features interactive drug usage

Friday, August 26, 2005

Berlin’s Neukoellner Opera House is causing a stir with its new production, The Yellow Princess.

The story presented in the French opera, by Camille Saint-Saens, is of an artist “whose life is dictated by a love for drugs and Japan.” As a result, the performers smoke cannabis joints on stage, and the theatre itself is encouraging the audience to join in.

Artistic director Bernhard Glocksin says that the theatre is claiming the metaphorical “artistic licence”, to excuse the actions of the actors and audience, which are against German law. Glocksin was quoted by Ananova as saying opera would be “improved with a few joints and some appetising lines”, noting the production was partly an experiment, to see what they could “get away with.”

Artistic licence” is at par to an “artistic liberty”, where something is exaggerated or changed for the sake of the art itself. For example a visual artist painting a landscape might move a tree to another area of their work, for better balance, or a poet ignoring pentameter when writing a traditional sonnet.

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6 August

Ladakh Adventurous Hilltop Monasteries

Submitted by: Anil Kumar Raju A

Ladakh is a land predominantly Buddhist enclave in northern India, between Pakistan and China. Virtually inaccessible to Western travelers until 1974, its high valleys perched at 4000 meters – including that of Zanskar – home to villages and monasteries or life seems not to have changed for a thousand years. In the light of day nascent, the ancestral hall of prayer Lingshed Gompa is already flooded with smoke. It smells like wet wood fire and hot cake of barley, a novice is salted tea with yak butter, a strong drink and fat little stomach compatible with Western, especially at this early hour While meditation begins The murmur of severe old monks filled the room and rises louder and louder, punctuated by the litany of prayer wheels … We are at the other end of the world. Five days of walking apart from the monastery Lingshed the first village to the south, in the heart of the Zanskar And if one continues north, it takes five days to reach the Indus Valley. Lingshed is a mandatory stop for trekkers who go into summer in the great crossing of the Zanskar in 10 days.

The reception of monks is comforting, so it is advisable to take a full day of rest if you want to get to the end of the trek in good shape. Especially after facing the neck of the Hanamul and 4700 meters and cons before embarking on The Singil, which rises to over 5000 meters! This region is cut off from the rest of the world for six months of the year is certainly one of the most isolated valleys of Ladakh with almost 4000 meters of altitude and steep mountain passes One of the highest inhabited regions the planet, it’s that isolation that has led to the installation of Buddhism among the populations in South Zanskaris blocked by the great Himalayas and north by the Karakoram. There is an island, farming and yak Dzo (hybrid Yak and cows), barley crops are on the terrace during the summer and September is the harvest. Then comes an endless winter during which the only possibility of communication is the frozen Zanskar River, which winds its way between huge cliffs. Then form small human caravans that wind over the ice towards the Indus. The temperature is minus 15 degrees and very dangerous crossing. Sometimes the ice gave way under the weight of men and their cargo, mostly yak butter that the Mountaineers will sell at Leh, Ladakh Places of Upper. They come back with salt, sugar, spices and manufactured products not found in the mountains But once the ice begins to melt, the parade becomes impassable, as the Zanskar gorges are deep. It must then wait several weeks before the high passes are again free of snow in summer, finally opens an access road through the bodywork Pass The Parsi (4400 m).

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We can then trade with Lower Ladakh and Kashmir Muslim neighbor. The whole country is dotted gompa (monasteries), some are older than 500 years. For generations, communities of monks and nuns to provide education of young disciples and transmission of Buddhist doctrines. Built on a mountainside monasteries are real miniature cities, essential to the social life of the high valleys. The lower floors are occupied by the kitchens, granaries, workshops and chambers of novices. Live above the older monks and the upper floors are reserved for meditation rooms. Buddhism appeared in India in the fifth century BC, but it was only around the year 1000 as the Lamaism (Tibetan Buddhism) arrived in Ladakh. There are two doctrines. The first, that the former is called “small vehicle”, it is an individual quest for enlightenment. While the second most recent is called “great vehicle”, the follower sacrifices his own quest for serenity for the benefit of others. The Dalai Lama frequently visit the monasteries of Ladakh, at least the most accessible. For example, those of the Indus Valley, it is possible to achieve a 4×4 in the day from Leh. You can sometimes spend the night or plant near the camp. Others are reachable at the cost of several days of walking, like Lingshed There are others still more distant, like that of Desk at the entrance to the Nubra Valley, which requires passing the highest pass bodywork of the world, Khardung it to 5600 meters Throughout the year, amazing religious festivals are celebrated, attracting huge crowds of pilgrims. But why for centuries, monks and villagers have they sought to move ever higher and farther in the mountains? Contrary to romantic legend, they are not spiritual reasons that have guided this choice, but only of economic processes. The high Himalayas to the south forming a barrier, little rainfall water the Ladakh is a cold desert altitude (with the exception of a few oases of life along the Indus, expertly maintained by ingenious systems irrigation).

Farmers are therefore forced to look at high altitude land made fertile by the melting snows and nomadic herders are also fodder for their animals. But tragic paradox: the higher, the better crop yields and life becomes more fragile because of lack of oxygen and high infant mortality. There is a limit beyond which the villages and monasteries p riclitent cyclically adjusted constantly by new generations who still persist to climb.

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6 August

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5 August

Police station attacked following illegal rave

Monday, August 20, 2007

Two police vehicles were damaged and police officers narrowly avoided injury in Great Yarmouth, England after a mob of over 100 people assembled outside a local police station.

The event has been labelled by local police as a ‘major incident’ and has so far resulted in 15 arrests pertaining to violent disorder, possession of drugs and taking a vehicle without consent. Over 100 police officers were involved in the event; many of them from bordering counties.

The mob assembled in the early hours of Monday morning and threw missiles including wine bottles and beer cans at the building.

The conflict is thought to be connected to the prior arrests of three people driving a van containing sound equipment in connection with an unlicensed music event which was being monitored by the police several hours earlier. At the event, police had made three arrests and seized 44 vehicles.

The police are also investigating a burglary which occurred on Harfrey’s Industrial Estate in the close vicinity of the illegal music event. Police Chief Supt Scully has warned people away from the area as it is now being treated as a crime scene.

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5 August

Skin Care Tips For Always Your Mind

Your skin is the main part in your body and it is very significant to keep it as healthy as your heart, lungs and liver. Skin keeps us from the extremes of our environment and from pollutants in the air around us. For the different age groups there are various different ways of caring for your skin. The skin care information used in the proper manner will get glowing results. There are some beauty tips for your skin is helpful every time.

Touching your face can spread the bacteria that reason pores to become inflamed and irritated. To keep bacteria at cove, rinse your hands before applying something to your face, such as treatment creams or makeup. If you wear glasses or sunglasses, make sure you clean them frequently to keep oil from clogging the pores around your eyes and nose. If you get acne on your body, try not to wear tight clothes, which don’t allow skin to breathe and may cause irritation. Remove your makeup before you go to sleep. Keep hair clean and out of your face to prevent extra dirt and oil from clogging your pores. Defend your skin from the sun.

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A tan can cause the body to create extra sebum, which may worsen your acne, not improve it. Tanning also causes harm to skin that will ultimately lead to wrinkles and augment your risk of skin cancer. Choose a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB rays. Apply more sunscreen (with higher SPF) when you’re around reflective surfaces like water, snow, or ice. Skin needs plenty of oxygen to stay healthy and what better way to get extra oxygen than to exercise. Do regular aerobic exercises and fill your lungs up with as much oxygen as you can breathe in. Exercising keeps your skin toned and your body in good shape.

When your body is in good shape it is better equipped to keep its organs healthy. Avocado oil employed regularly is an excellent skin softener. It is in rich in vitamins and minerals, especially the skin vitamins A, C and E. Vitamins are necessary to the health of your skin, especially vitamins A, B, C and E. If you have large pores that resemble little holes on your skin, the following steps may be helpful. Stop using commercial products on your skin. Instead, use homemade skin cleansers. Splash warm water onto your face and pour half a handful of stone-ground cornmeal into your wet palm. All this skin care tips is useful for you.

4 August

STS-116 launch scrubbed

Friday, December 8, 2006

NASA has scrubbed the launch of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-116 to the International Space Station during the final stages of the countdown, after the weather conditions were considered unfavourable for launch, due to a low cloud ceiling and strong winds caused by a low front.

The launch, which was scheduled to be the third Shuttle launch this year, was to have occurred at 02:35 GMT at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, however it has now been rescheduled. The next possible launch can occur at the same time on December 9.

The scrub occurred during an unscheduled hold in the countdown, 5 minutes before the launch was to have occurred.

The STS-116 mission is a flight to the International Space Station, to install a new truss segment, and deploy 4 nanosats. It will also perform a crew change. The mission duration is 12 days.

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3 August