one fellow's political coverage, music ramblings and general hijinks across decades under a range of guises at several locations often in a state of awe.
The island of Bali has historically been isolated from much of what happens throughout the larger Indonesian landmass. But as most small islands thoughout the world have found, globalisation and transport does not just bring tourists and business, dollars and tasty new foods – it can also bring disease.
With two deaths last week from an outbreak of rabies, authorities in Bali are racing to educate, vaccinate and control its spread.
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MELBOURNE–Just a quick cut-paste posting which follows, a Reuters story I want to read later about online news brand power, blog-style news sites fill niche that press overlooked blah blah.
2009-03-05 13:04:15 GMT (Reuters)
* Blog-style news sites fill niche that press overlooked
* Big names losing print readers follow advertisers online
* Brand power on the Web helps established names
* Making money online is still an unanswered question
By James Mackenzie
Continue reading “Big French press find brand power helps online”
MELBOURNE–Yet again a story I’ve done lately has developed beyond its original brief. Firstly the story I did about members of Japan’s ruling party calling for an alternate currency, later front page of FT, is notable. But the fact that Giles Ungpakorn has fled Thailand is more notable. Full story: Claims lese majeste overused in Thailand
MELBOURNE–Things are supposed to get easier with a mobile lifestyle, but no. If one was already several years ahead of said curve, it’s a case of redeveloping yer systems AKA this website. Built it nearly 8 years ago. Needs upgrading. Aaarrgh. No time.
While most of the world’s economies come to terms with the massive crash of the international finance system, Japan instead finds itself in a familiar situation. The world’s second-largest economy had just pulled itself out of fifteen years of stagnant growth when the global financial crisis hit, and its central bank had tried almost everything just to achieve that aim.
Continue reading “Japan govt members consider printing new money”
At the start of this year, India was rocked by revelations that the huge software and outsourcing group Satyam had overestimated its profits to the tune of around $US1 billion. Before his arrest, chairman and IT poster-boy Ramalinga Raju said he had been “riding a tiger, not knowing how to get off without being eaten”.
MELBOURNE–Like the hopeless fanboy that I am, I’ve managed to talk Mrs Sue into a quick trip to Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday next week to see Stereolab on Wednesday night. I am wetting my little knickers.
Stereolab
When: Wed, 28 January 09
Doors open: 9:00 pm
Kings Arms Tavern, Auckland
Holy lord, Stereolab return!
In every industrialised nation across the world, a country’s automotive industry continues to be a massive driver of the economy, employment, technological advancement and even self esteem. Some nations have perfected design and development, some have perfected manufacturing, and all share their relative strengths with each other to make great cars. So as South Korea’s fifth-largest carmaker Ssangyong went into receivership, which was owned by China’s largest, and supplied by Australia’s smallest component manufacturers, a classic example of the flow on effect followed.
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