Another acquisition!
Westnet is one of the better isps I've been with in the past, at least in Sydney.  No hassles in application and cancellation process. Now it is being acquired by Iinet another growing isp for a whopping $81 mil. Just hope the customer service is just as good after this. To read more , click here

OOPS ! Bomb off !
Mood:  on fire

"There is no obesity timebomb. The bomb has already gone off," Associate Professor Katherine Samaras told a federal parliamentary health committee inquiry today.

An obesity expert from St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Prof Samaras said 60 per cent of Australians were overweight or obese.

Obesity was the "underlying cause" of many individual health complaints treated by public hospitals, including "a majority of non-genetic breast cancers", heart conditions, diabetes and birth complications.

Read more here. 

Mutty Crass II
Today marks the celebration of mardi gras in oz - a gay and lesbian festival. So ask the mad professor what differentiates a straight and a gay and this is what he tells u :

Australia Govt apologises for stolen generation era !
Check out the webcast

Why the labor govt hasn't declared an indigeneous day yet
Mood:  cheeky

Here's a lesson from the US the new oz govt. can do well to learn from :

Indigenous Peoples-Columbus Day - (A True Story) from kentf@earthlink.net (Kent)

 

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In 1990, the Berkeley City Council passed a law changing the name of Columbus Day to Native American Day because Columbus wasn't nice to the Indians. Of course, no Indians were asked if they wanted the holiday's name changed or if they wanted to be called Native Americans.

In 1991, the Berkeley City Council changed the name again, to Indigenous People Day. A group of P.C.ers argued that Indians are not native to America but to Asia, so calling them Native Americans might be insulting to Asians. Of course, neither the Indian or Asian communities were consulted about this.

In 1992, the Italian American Anti-Defamation League gave the City of Berkeley their Insensitivity Award. The Italian-American group said that they agreed that Indians haven't been treated well, but that the Italians weren't the ones who did it, so why take away their holiday? Nobody asked Italian-American how they felt about renaming Columbus day.

In 1994, the Berkeley City Council changed the holiday back to Columbus Day.

In 1995, representatives of the Winnamucca Indians protested City Council meetings. They argued that Indians had never asked that Columbus day be renamed to honor Indians, since it had, the City Council couldn't take it back, less they become "indigenous peoples givers."

In 1996, the City Council changed the name to Indigenous Peoples - Columbus Day.

Currently there are people lobbying to rename the holiday Animal Rights Day.