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The space elevator demystified

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/08/2012 - 12:12pm

The space elevator should really be called a space syringe, ideally the space elevator or space syringe is used to transport processed materials into outerspace preferably in some sort of raw processed format so as construction of spaceships & spacetankers can be done in outerspace, nobody has done any studies which state how many space elevators or space syringes planet earth could have but it could well be possible that planet earth could have quite a large number of them, perhaps the entire planet earth all the way down to the central core, including the earths atmosphere can all be

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Australian engineering a lost cause

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 07/08/2012 - 11:45am

In the 1970's most cars were built in Australia, we also used to build alot of other machinery here as well, however the now high Australian dollar makes it hard for Australia to compete in engineering with other countries, especially when other countries have a much higher population than Australia & a lower dollar value than Australia, thus these days alot of machinery is imported into Australia from overseas ports.

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WGAR News: "International Olympic Committee rules need review" Australian Human Rights Commission

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Mon, 06/08/2012 - 12:31pm

Newsletter date: 6 August 2012

Contents:
* NIT: Damien Hooper, strikes trouble for wearing T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag to his Olympic Games debut
* AHRC: International Olympic Committee rules need review
* Background to Damien Hooper wearing the Aboriginal flag
* Misha Schubert: NT poll a judgment on intervention from the people most affected
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* ABC: Council implored to oppose Muckaty nuclear dump

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NIT - Damien Hooper strikes trouble for wearing T-shirt with the Aboriginal flag to his Olympic Games debut

AHRC - International Olympic Committee rules need review

Background to Damien Hooper wearing the Aboriginal flag

Misha Schubert - NT poll a judgment on intervention from the people most affected

ABC - Council implored to oppose Muckaty nuclear dump

Iceland's amazing and peaceful revolution - still not in the news

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 05/08/2012 - 10:52pm

Iceland’s peaceful revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world.
An article at WakeUpWorld says that “The Icelandic economy will outgrow the eurozone in 2012 and is set to outgrow the entire developed world on average, according to estimates.
Now Iceland is proceeding to actually prosecute some of their formerly most powerful bankers and the Icelandic special prosecutor has stated that it very well may indict some 90 people.

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WGAR News: "Stronger Futures legislation may not comply with Australia's human rights obligations"

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Fri, 03/08/2012 - 10:54am

Newsletter date: 3 August 2012

Contents:
* Amnesty: Resolutions passed at our 2012 National AGM
* Background: Calls for 'Stronger Futures' laws to be subject to Human Rights scrutiny
* Geoff Scott: In the Trenches: A nation united in harming our most vulnerable
* Tracker: UN pressure continues on Gillard’s Stronger Futures
* More 'Stronger Futures' Legislation related articles
* Background to 'Stronger Futures' new NT Intervention laws
* Background to the Northern Territory (NT) Intervention
* Adam Brereton: Olympians Can't Leave Politics At Home

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Amnesty - Resolutions passed at our 2012 National AGM

Geoff Scott - In the Trenches - A nation united in harming our most vulnerable

Tracker - UN pressure continues on Gillard’s Stronger Futures

Adam Brereton - Olympians Can't Leave Politics At Home

Pro Bono News - Community Doco Named as Award Finalist

Tracker - WA to review Kimberley gas hub decision

Greens Rachel Siewert - Saving the Kimberley

Interview with Tully - one of the organisers of Lizard’s Revenge

The Shortwave Report 8/3/12 Listen Globally!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/08/2012 - 10:33am

Dear Radio Friend,
The latest Shortwave Report (August 3) is up at the website http://www.outfarpress.com/shortwave.shtml in 3 forms- (new) HIGHEST QUALITY (128kb)(27MB), broadcast quality (16MB), and quickdownload or streaming form (6MB) (28:59) Links at page bottom
(If you have access to Audioport there is a highest quality version posted up there {35MB} http://www.audioport.org/index.php?op=producer-info&uid=904&nav=&)

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National Cattle Day

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 03/08/2012 - 10:31am

Over the centuries, cattle have been of tremendous benefit to mankind.Cattle can be raised on land that is not suitable for cropping.Beef is an extremely nutritious food as it contains a complete set of proteins,B12,haem-iron ( far more easily absorbed and utilised by the human body than vegetarian non-haem iron), zinc and cholesterol - a necessary ingredient of sex hormones!*Beef is an aphrodisiac food?.

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Judge halts rail project close to Earth’s most threatened tribe

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/08/2012 - 9:35pm

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Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact would allow national laws to be overruled by corporations

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Thu, 02/08/2012 - 12:46pm

By Systemic Disorder Imagine a world in which which labor safeguards, safety rules and environmental regulations will be struck down because a multi-national corporation’s profits might be affected. A world in which measures to reign in financial speculation are illegal. A world in which the task of governments, codified in law, is to maximize corporate profits.

Imagine a world in which corporations can bypass national laws and courts when they are in a dispute with a government, and instead can have their dispute adjudicated by a closed tribunal controlled by their lawyers.

Unfortunately, the above is not dystopian science fiction; it is the reality of the top-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Related: More analysis of the TPPA -- Occupy the TPPA -- Melbourne protest at TPPA negotiations

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WGAR News: Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia - 16 events from 2 August 2012

Submitted by WGAR - Working ... on Thu, 02/08/2012 - 10:40am

Newsletter date: 2 August 2012

Upcoming Aboriginal rights events around Australia
- 16 events from 2 August 2012

Click on the links for details of the events ...

Event: Thu 2 August 2012: Monash University, Melbourne, Vic
Our Generation film screening
A group discussion of the film afterwards
Organised by Students for Indigenous Sovereignty
Event details: http://www.greenleft.org.au/events/51731
Film info: http://www.ourgeneration.org.au/about
See bottom of this page for Our Generation film reviews

Event: Fri 3 August 2012: Adelaide, SA

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