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Gus Leonisky's bloglife force: ATP....Fighting obesity may be as easy as ATP, says UH researcher HOUSTON, Oct. 22, 2007 – Wearing a portable instrument to monitor metabolism in the fight against obesity and its related health consequences may be on the horizon thanks to collaborative research being performed at the University of Houston and The Methodist Hospital.
hacking the police...British Tabloid Targeted Investigators’ Phone Data LONDON — Shortly after Scotland Yard began its initial criminal inquiry of phone hacking by The News of the World in 2006, five senior police investigators discovered that their own mobile phone messages had been targeted by the tabloid and had most likely been listened to.
lonnnnng nose...
Mr Abbott declined to detail how he would pay for the tax cut and pension increases without the money stream from a carbon price. "In good time, before the next election, we will announce our fiscal position and we will pay for tax cuts out of spending reductions," he said. "The thing is, a tax cut that is paid for by tax increase, it is not a cut. It is a con. These are mirage tax cuts." Treasurer Wayne Swan attacked Mr Abbott's tax cut promise, saying he did not have any way to fund it and claiming the Coalition's "direct action" climate policy would cost households $720 per year.
steptoe and son on sunday...
James Murdoch and News Corp could face corporate legal battles on both sides of the Atlantic that involve criminal charges, fines and forfeiture of assets as the escalating phone-hacking scandal risks damaging his chances of taking control of Rupert Murdoch's US-based media empire.
browned bishop versus greened brown....In a reversal of Don Chipp's famous pledge that the Australian Democrats would "keep the bastards honest", Bob Brown and the Greens have decided to "keep the bastards dishonest", complicit as they are in the Prime Minister's clear breach of a commitment to the Australian people to not introduce a carbon tax. In fact Julia Gillard has sought to lay the blame for her brazen broken election promise squarely at the feet of the Greens. Like the Democrats, the Greens now hold the balance of power in the Senate. Unlike the Democrats, the Greens have no respect for an electoral mandate.
too close to ningaloo for comfort...Near Ningaloo Reef (picture by Gus) The value of world heritage-listing status is being questioned after Shell was given the green light to explore for gas near Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef. The Federal Government says the giant petrochemical company will be allowed to drill for gas 50 kilometres from the Ningaloo Marine Park boundary. Shell says its operation will be focused on gas, not oil, and will be located away from the reef itself. More than 6,000 square kilometres of coastal Ningaloo were listed by the United Nations late last month, and environmentalists claim the drilling plans could threaten the protected area.
rabbit stew...The Murdoch Style, Under Pressure Risk-taking and line-skirting have always been just one more cost of doing business for Rupert Murdoch.
scarecrows...... The big change in the statement is inclusion of the phrase: “…cautious behaviour by households and the high level of the exchange rate are having a noticeable dampening effect.” Europe’s well-publicised fears have played a role in that, but so have Tony Abbott and Glenn Stevens himself. Abbott’s fear campaign over the carbon tax – consistently telling workers they will lose their jobs and the Australian economy will be severely damaged – has worked, as all opinion polls show.
tanking economy...The global economy is in the midst of its second growth scare in less than two years. Get used to it. In a post-crisis world, these are the footprints of a failed recovery.
genetically modified lies...Fields near Tamora, NSW. (Picture by Gus) Australia's GM wheat will only worsen world hungerKumi Naidoo From my first introduction to Australia via a picture book as a child, I was captivated by Australia's vast and pristine landscapes. To my mind yours is the country of health, nature and purity. Yet on my first voyage to Australia as the executive director of Greenpeace International, I am devastated to find myself in a country set to become the first in the world to produce genetically modified (GM) wheat.
gold surplus....Grain loading in WA (picture by Gus). Australia recorded a trade surplus of $2.33 billion in May, easily exceeding analyst forecasts of a sub-$2 billion number. It is the fifth biggest trade surplus since the ABS figures began in 1971. The Bureau of Statistics figures show exports increased 3 per cent to $26.26 billion, seasonally adjusted, while imports remained roughly the same at $23.93 billion. The biggest rise in exports came from non-monetary gold, which jumped 49 per cent (but is highly volatile), while rural goods were up 6 per cent.
killing the first stone...... Dickson is not yet finished with me. He correctly quotes me as saying that the famous "cast the first stone" scene "was added centuries after John was written." He then accuses me of confusing the fact that
the bolt report...The Bolt Report has attracted larger television audiences than ABC’s Insiders every week since its 8 May launch, OzTAM data shows. Last Sunday, The Bolt Report attracted its largest audience to date when 322,000 tuned in to the program’s two editions, beating the show’s previous best of 305,000 achieved on 15 May. The ABC’s Insiders program, presented by Barrie Cassidy, last week attracted a combined audience of 264,000 – 58,000 fewer than The Bolt Report. The Bolt Report airs at 10.00 am on Sunday morning and is repeated at 4.30 pm the same day.
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