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What is the bat for?

2009-08-04T06:38:01Z

The Ashes may be slipping away again. Edgbaston, and Hussey leaves another delivery only to be bowled for a duck! Luckily he batted well in the second innings to save the Test. Come on Mike that is the third time this year you have left a ball an...

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North Korea Qualifies for FIFA diplomacy

2009-06-25T03:23:50Z

A rogue state, nuclear weapons, chest-beating diplomacy, and international condemnation may all evaporate as FIFA's World Cup takes over. North Korea's qualification for the Finals in 2010 has elevated them into World headlines for a good reason ...

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Slide scanning shapes up

2009-04-28T01:39:42Z

I just purchased an Epson V300 photo scanner that can scan up to four 35mm slides at a time. Beats the old Canon that I had, 1 slide at a time and the resolution wasn't great. It also ran in the Classic environment on my Mac and was slow. The Eps...

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DeWith

2009-03-20T02:21:40Z

I've just been to a couple of Historic Racing meetings at Phillip Island Good weather for the bikes but wet for the cars. Ginger Molloy is still racing Bultacos. He looks old and doddery as he strolls around but he is as tightly tucked and effortl...

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L'Inferno, The Horror.

2009-02-18T23:35:59Z

Saturday Feb 7, 2009 l'inferno. A ferocious wind, a record high temperature of 46 degrees for Melbourne, a tinder dry state, and a sudden tornado of fire brought a hellish death to nearly 200 Victorians trapped in the inferno's path. Unfortunatel...

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Curly Gilera

2008-10-08T10:14:57Z

Marco Simoncelli wins the Phillip Island 250cc GP. A victory for big hair and Gilera. This win extends his championship lead and revives memories of another Gilera mounted champion, Umberto Massetti in 1957. So the Italians are back in a big moto...

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Noise, noise, noise

2008-09-22T07:43:41Z

Lately I've descended into madness, tinkering with radio astronomy. Is this a mid life crisis where I am revisiting former hobbies. My local astronomical society recently sparked some interest in radio astronomy so I thought I'd give it a go. One...

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Captain Pietersen

2008-08-11T00:13:21Z

Finally awarded the captaincy of the Her Magesty's Ship England, Kevin Pietersen sets sail to restore the might of English cricket. His first voyage will have calm seas but there is a looming storm that will test his battleworthiness. Great playe...

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The indestructible Taliban

2008-08-03T00:29:20Z

The more we hammer them the stronger they get. The Taliban will not cease to exist. The very forces that seek to destroy them are precisely what motivate them. Now there is talk of sending foreign troops into Pakistan to take the Taliban on in th...

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Mugabe takes Tsvangirai's hand

2008-07-27T06:09:15Z

Zimbabwe's historic handshake raised hopes of a solution to the political crisis. Unfortunately this will be just more of Mugabe's Machiavellian manoeuvres to, 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer.' As I pointed out last week that Mug...

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