Australian Greens senator Bob Brown marks 10 years in Parliament

Thursday, March 2, 2006 As the Australian Prime Minister John Howard celebrated his ten-year reign this week, Greens Leader Bob Brown marked the 10th anniversary of his election into the Federal parliament. Senator Brown has outlasted 10 other party leaders: Meg Lees, Cheryl Kernot, Natasha Stott-Despoja, Brian Greig, Andrew Bartlett, all former Democrat leaders. Pauline…

U.S. TV networks look to past for future programming

Tuesday, March 22, 2005 Los Angeles, California — Four of six national television broadcast networks recently wooed potential advertisers for the 2005-2006 season with programming offerings in the new development phase. These included NBC, Fox, ABC and The WB. Two other networks, CBS and UPN, plan to preview their offerings March 24. After four years…

Plyo Push Ups Tips And Advice

Here’s An Opinion On: Dental Chatswood Submitted by: Joycelyn Graydon If you’re into sports that involve a lot of jumping, hopping and bounding, plyometric exercises are indispensable in training your body to move, hit, run and throw faster. And while it develops speed, plyometrics also enhances muscle coordination and increases power. Hockey, basketball, soccer and…

Computer giants attack Aussie CSIRO’s WLAN patent

Friday, May 20, 2005 Six of the world’s largest computer companies are seeking to have a patent held by the Australian Government’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) revoked. Microsoft, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Apple and Netgear are taking legal action against the CSIRO to have its U.S. patent broken. In 1996, the CSIRO…

Cypriot plane with 121 on board crashes in Greece

Sunday, August 14, 2005 A Helios airliner (Boeing 737, flight HCY 522) with 115 passengers and 6 crew onboard has crashed into a mountain at 09:04 UTC (12:04 p.m. EEST) near Grammatiko, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Athens, while approaching the capital’s airport. All on board perished. The plane was travelling from Larnaca, in…