How cute is this dog!!! Also check out the embellishments.
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007
A layout to case - journalling
Journalling!!! Journalling!!! Journalling!!! Another one to case!
This layout was created by rachelwassimon33
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Child smothered on camera
My thoughts - Is it only me thinking this... but why wasnt someone watching the camera and be able to stop this monster from killing her baby? Is the hospital not responsible a little? We have technology to save lives but they choose to video a life being taken away! What is wrong with that picture? He was already revived once... how and why did they allow this to happen!!!
Christine Kellett | November 20, 2007 - 5:26AM
For 72 unforgettable minutes yesterday, a Brisbane jury watched a mother kill her own child.
A hidden camera concealed in an air-conditioning vent above nine-month-old Bray Metius' cot at Brisbane's Mater Children's Hospital captured his dying moments at the hands of his mother, Candaneace, 21, who smothered him with her hands and body on October 21, 2004.
Metius, now 24, admits suffocating the infant, but has pleaded not guilty to murder on the grounds of her unsound mental state at the time. She is expected to argue diminished responsibility during her Supreme Court trial, which began this week.
The macabre surveillance footage, played to the court yesterday, shows Metius cradling Bray in her arms before placing him back in his cot and covering his nose and mouth with her hands until he stops moving.
She is also seen repeatedly tampering with an oxygen saturation machine attached to the baby to measure the amount of oxygen in his bloodstream.
Crown prosecutors say Metius deliberately disabled an audible alarm on the machine which would have alerted nursing staff to Bray's suffocation.
The youngster was revived once during the one-hour and 12-minute ordeal, but died after Metius was filmed laying on top of him.
The court was told a relative later overheard Metius tell the dead baby: "I'm sorry but I couldn't have you in my life right now."
Members of the jury became visibly upset while viewing the hidden camera footage, and continually shot glances at Metius, who sobbed loudly and buried her face in her hands in the dock.
It has not been explained why the hospital room was fitted with the secret recording devices. However, Crown prosecutor Leanne Clare said Bray had to be revived several other times in the months leading up to his death after he mysteriously stopped breathing. On each occasion, Metius was the only person present.
Ms Clare said despite a battery of tests, doctors had found no medical explanation for these repeated "hypoxic episodes".
He was left severely brain damaged following one episode due to prolonged oxygen starvation.
An interactive crime scene demonstration tendered as evidence revealed the hospital room where Bray was killed, in ward eight south at the Mater, was just a few paces from a nurses station. There were also windows on all sides, including one looking out onto a children's playground.
The trial continues.
Australia 'mean' country: Geldof
Tony Moore | November 19, 2007 - 1:27PM
My thoughts - Hey you have to love it when a Brit comes over here and tries
to put us 'convicts' in their place!!! Bob... go home and worry about your own country!
Who asked you anyway! Gosh, how many million are we giving away when disaster strikes!
Who the hell are you to open your mouth!!! Oh yeah... your the one who took Tiger Lily away from her real family!!! Shut up and go home!
Bob Geldof still thinks Australia is one of the meanest countries on Planet Earth when it comes to its foreign aid program.
The outspoken singer gave an emphatic response when asked if Australia was shouldering its weight of the world's international aid.
"No, it's embarrassingly pathetic," the former Boomtown Rats frontman told a news conference this morning.
"In fact it is one of the meanest on the planet."
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has promised to increase Australia's overseas aid program - now just 0.3% of GDP - to 0.5% of GDP by 2015, if elected.
Geldof was still unimpressed, accusing Australia's leaders of breaking United Nations goals for foreign aid.
"For a country that keeps boasting about its huge growth, which is absolutely correct - it should boast and be proud of it - is 99.5% not enough for you?
"You know, is that not enough for you?"
Sir Bob, in Brisbane to speak at tonight's QUT Business Leaders forum, made the comments as he was appointed - somewhat lightheartedly - as an Honorary Ambassador for Brisbane.
Geldof said Australia's commitment to foreign aid was well below the levels of other countries.
"I mean Britain will get to 0.51%, which is the result of LiveAid by 2012, France by 2013, and the European countries ... will get to 0.7% by 2015," Sir Bob said.
The man synonymous with Live Aid and Live 8 concerts said Australia was in danger of missing international agreements on foreign aid.
"If you don't get to 0.5% by 2010, you don't get to 0.7% by 2015," he said.
"And Australia has agreed to that in the Millenium Development Goals of the UN (United Nations).
"So, in fact whoever is prompting 0.5% - it is actually breaking an Australian promise to get to 0.7% by 2015.
"And if people think that is a lot of money - what, is 99.3% not enough for you all? Is it not enough?
"It's tragic."
Geldof spoke amiably to reporters for 30 minutes this morning, covering all things in his trademark relaxed style - except for Australia's record on foreign aid.
It is a point he also highlighted in 2005 in an interview with the ABC.
Back then, he said Africa received between $12 and $20 billion each year, equivalent to one third of the total world aid.
In 2005, the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) estimated Australia would provide $67.5 million in the 2005-06 financial year.
Australia's total foreign aid program for 2005-06 was around $2 billion.
Geldof switched course several times during the morning, from his evening last night at a Brisbane salsa club to Brisbane's population growth, tourism and climate change.
He later accepted a plaque from Lord Mayor Campbell Newman recognising his role as an ambassador for Brisbane.
Geldof speaks tonight at the Brisbane Visitors and Convention Centre for QUT.
Seven youths charged over police assault
Police have charged seven youths, including an 11 year old, over an assault on an off-duty police officer and his girlfriend on the Gold Coast last weekend.
An 11-year-old boy from Tweed Heads was charged with robbery with violence and assault occasioning bodily harm over the assault of the 27-year-old officer and his 26-year-old girlfriend who were walking on East Dutton Street at Coolangatta about 12.45am (AEST) on Saturday when they were kicked and punched by about 20 youths.
He is due to appear in Southport Children's Court tomorrow.
A 16-year-old Banora Point teenager will appear tomorrow in Southport Childrens Court after being charged with robbery with violence while in company, assault occasioning bodily harm, and affray.
Five other youths aged 15 to 17 from NSW have also been arrested and will appear before a magisatrate tomorrow, when police are expected to make an extradition application.
Police said the unarmed officer was allegedly beaten to the ground before having his head stomped on and his wallet stolen.
His girlfriend was also hurt.
The attackers were captured on security video congratulating each other as they walked away after the incident, police said.
The couple were treated for injuries including concussion, factures, cuts, and bruising.
Premier Anna Bligh said the report was disturbing and questioned why parents would allow such young children to be roaming the streets late at night.
"To find that many of those people involved in that incident are as young as 11 and 12 is doubly distressing,'' Ms Bligh told reporters today.
"If it is established that children as young as 11 and 12 have been involved in an incident like this, then I think it begs some very big questions about the families that have responsibility for these children.
"Why were they on the street at this time of night and why were they roving around in gangs?
"I think that as a community, we need to ask those tough questions and take tough action.''
AAP
Bligh unveils Roma Street vision
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says she wants Brisbane's Roma Street area to become a thriving transport, commercial and residential hub for the city.
Ms Bligh yesterday released plans for a Roma Street redevelopment which focused on improved commuter, pedestrian and cyclist access to surrounding areas.
It is part of the government's $1 billion Transit Oriented Developments plan for the Bowen Hills, Albion and South Bank areas of Brisbane.
Ms Bligh said that under the project, Roma Street railway station would become the city's most important transport interchange and a gateway for local and visiting bus and train travellers.
"Our vision is to create Brisbane, the capital of our state, as a smart city within a smart state," Ms Bligh told reporters yesterday.
"To do that we need good planning and Roma Street is one area of the city that has enormous potential for further development."
The land will continue to be government-owned and the development will be on the basis of a long-term lease at no cost to the taxpayer, she said.
The plan will be available for public consultation until February.
Last month, the state government announced the redevelopment of the South Bank Railway station, to be named Southpoint. Earlier this month, plans were also unveiled to redevelop the iconic flour mills and silos at Albion on Brisbane's northside as the focal point of a $280 million village and transport centre.
AAP
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Dog quote!
The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs. - A Toussenel
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Friday, November 09, 2007
To CASE - Love Pink!
What a cutie pie... I love the colour of course!!! Love Pink! I love the simplicity of this Layout.
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Dog Layout to case
I love this Layout. I love all the different fonts!
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Another Layout to case!
This was done by Chris and can be found http://www.autumnleaves.com/freestyle/2006_04_23_archive.html
I love the colours and the idea of the all the circles. This could be done with squares
too.
Thursday, November 08, 2007
A layout to case! Personlaity Traits - Journalling
Journalling stamps
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Energy lab testing plug-in hybrid cars
Wednesday Nov 7 10:56 AEDT
AP - A US energy lab is testing 13 hybrid cars retrofitted with mileage-boosting batteries that can be plugged into a regular household electrical outlet.
The US Department of Energy demonstration project is aimed at judging the performance of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles in an urban area. Over the next 12 months, 13 converted Toyota Prius cars owned by the city of Seattle, King County, Port of Seattle and the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency will drive the streets of western Washington state in the study by the Idaho National Laboratory.
So far, the cars' mileage per gallon has about doubled after being outfitted with lithium plug-in batteries, to 125 miles per gallon in city driving conditions.
"We've done some testing where we've seen over 200 miles per gallon" under laboratory conditions, said Jim Francfort, who leads the program. "Where you've got a lot of city driving, we're seeing 125 miles per gallon, plus."
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Hybrids generally use power from their gas-fueled engines or generated by braking to charge their batteries to propel them in rush-hour and city traffic; in higher-speed situations like highway driving, the engine kicks in.
The Prius comes from the factory with a 1.3 kilowatt-hour battery pack. INL is testing vehicles that have been given five kwh to 10 kwh packs. Scientists hope to reduce the cost of a plug-in hybrid battery to just $US3,000 ($A3,244) per car.
©AAP 2007
Fears rise over rush for GHB-laden toys
Wednesday Nov 7 10:00 AEDT
By Shaun Davies
with ninemsn staff and wires
David Landis from Red Rocket Toy Store in Sydney said a number of callers had asked him about Bindeez yesterday, with some imploring him to ignore a nation-wide recall and sell them beads.
But he said it was difficult to know whether the calls were made by rogue parents or sneaky thrill seekers.
"I did definitely notice that people were still calling," Mr Landis said.
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"It would be difficult to say whether or not they were particularly young or not."
Revelations that a popular children's toy metabolises into GBH when eaten has sparked a flurry of interest on drug and rave-culture forums.
Bindeez quickly became a topic of discussion on drugs forums, with some users calling toy stores to check if the beads were still available.
Others asked for advice on buying beads from eBay, speculated about the exact chemical makeup of the toy and joked about drug users stampeding stores.
"Right, just say for example … that one wanted to purchase some of these magic beads off a fictional online auction site before they all disappear without a trace," wrote one user on a forum at inthemix.com.au, a club culture website.
"Would one, for example, assume that you could safely consume these magic beads and experience the, um, magic? I mean these magic beads don't actually contain G but they do turn into G when processed by our bodies, correct?"
Another user on the Bluelight Australian drugs discussion forum said they had called seven stores to find out whether the Bindeez beads were still available.
But the same user later added another post, saying that it would be "stupid to abuse these as a drug … who the hell would swallow these for a high?"
Another user joked: "Hundreds of drug users were killed today driving at high speeds to the local Toys R Us."
There were also reports that the price of Bindeez had skyrocketed on eBay before the online auction site removed the toys from sale.
Paul Dillon from Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia said there would be some interest in the beads from certain sections of the drug-using community.
But because GHB was already a relatively cheap drug, he did not think Bindeez beads would become a hot commodity.
"There's a certain section of the drug-taking community, who you might call pseudo-chemists, who would have been interested in this," Mr Dillon said.
The popular Hong Kong-manufactured craft toy has been officially banned in NSW, Queensland, the ACT, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory after two NSW children chomped on the "magic beads" in the toy and suffered seizures in separate incidents.
In Queensland, a third toddler was rushed to Toowoomba's St Vincents hospital last night after putting the toy in his mouth and falling ill.
Testing by scientists in NSW found the chemical link to the drug gamma-hydroxy butyrate (GHB) — also known as fantasy or Grievous Bodily Harm — which can also cause drowsiness, coma and death.
The drug was a factor in the cruise ship death of Brisbane mother Dianne Brimble, a Sydney inquest this year found.
Sydney-based poisons specialist Dr Naren Gunja said the list of Bindeez's ingredients supplied by the manufacturer said it should contain the non-toxic chemical known as 1,5-pentanediol.
"What we've found in the beads from testing done ... by our hospital scientists is that it contains 1,4-butanediol," Dr Gunja said, adding that this chemical was metabolised by the body into GHB.
"It can cause seizure-like activity and fitting, and both of the children that presented to the Children's Hospital at Westmead (in Sydney) had these symptoms ... quite serious effects and potentially life-threatening."
with AAPMeat Loaf scraps his European tour
Wednesday Nov 7 09:21 AEDT
US rocker Meat Loaf has cancelled his European tour after developing a cyst on his vocal cords, but he denied media reports he might be quitting the stage for good.
A series of November concerts across Europe, including one at Wembley Arena later on Tuesday, have been scrapped.
"It really breaks my heart not to be able to perform these shows," Meat Loaf, born Marvin Lee Aday, said in a statement.
"But I have to do what the doctors tell me so I can look forward to healing and coming back strong in 2008. Let me dispel any rumours before they start - I will be back."
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Speculation about the tour, and Bat Out Of Hell star Meat Loaf's long-term performing career, first started when a regional British newspaper quoted him as saying: "This is the last show I may ever do in my life," before walking off stage.
©AAP 2007
Sunday, November 04, 2007
Teen allowed 'calming' smokes
My thoughts - This is pathetic! Full stop!
YEAR 10 student has been given permission to take cigarette breaks while at school because her doctor says she is clinically addicted to nicotine.
Tara Lewis, 16, who smokes as much as a packet a day, is allowed to smoke between classes to relieve the "stress" of her Year 10 studies.
Stromlo High School has granted the amazing concession to the Canberra teenager despite the ACT Government boasting of its plans to tighten laws to stop underage smoking.
It is also illegal to supply cigarettes to anybody under the age of 18.
Yet the Government has for years allowed smoking at five selected year 11 and 12 colleges in the Territory and will only introduce a total ban from January 1, 2008.
The school's decision also mocks the $25 million the Federal Government is investing over the next four years in a national campaign to stop young people aged between 12 and 24 from smoking.
The high school student told The Sunday Telegraph it was a "massive" relief to be able to smoke at school as it helped to calm her down.
"As soon as I've got a cigarette in my hand, I'm calmer," she said.
Stromlo High School gave her permission for "smoko" breaks following advice from Tara's mother, Patrece, and her family doctor.
"We were worried that she wasn't going to finish year 10 if she couldn't smoke," Ms Lewis, 35, said.
The ACT Department of Education denied it gave Tara permission "to go out for a smoke" in school grounds.
It said she was allowed to leave the school during lunch breaks due to "exceptional circumstances".
"We were trying to work out the best way to get her through year 10," the spokesman said.
The ACT's Opposition Leader Bill Stefaniak slammed the decision.
"She's at an age where she's not legally allowed to smoke, and I'm amazed anyone suggests there is any medical reason for her to smoke," he said.
Anti-smoking campaigner Anne Jones, of Action on Smoking and Health, said the school was reckless in facilitating Tara's addiction.
'It's unconscionable for a school to be setting up a convenient place for students to smoke.
"They have obviously been conned by her."
Ms Jones said the school should be supplying Tara with nicotine patches or gum.
Tara's mother, also a smoker, said the situation reached breaking point last month when her daughter was placed on detention, and prevented from leaving the school grounds.
"She was really stressed. She just calms down if she has got a cigarette; otherwise she storms in the door, cranky and angry."
Ms Lewis said she made the request during a meeting with a teacher and the vice-principal.
"I told them her major problem is when she is stressed, if she could just have a cigarette to calm her down and stop her getting angry.
"I said: 'I've talked to the doctor about it'.
"Both teachers said: 'Okay, I don't see why not'."
Under the special rule, Tara said she can smoke in school grounds, near the staff carpark, but must remain away from other students.
Tara's mother said she had started rewarding Tara with just six cigarettes a day if she did chores and behaved at school.
"It's not like I want my kid to smoke. I've done everything to get her to stop it, so if I can control it and say 'when you can have a cigarette, you do chores', that might help.
"I don't want her smoking. It's the last thing you want to let your kid do."
Parents were outraged last week that the school was breaking strict rules and the law.
"I think it's ridiculous," said one parent. "The school has a strong anti-smoking policy, yet does this."
Thursday, November 01, 2007
More incredible tupperware!
Ok at least a child can play with these... but I guess a collector would find this cheap!
Only $31.90 with $10 postage!
We couldnt sell these for $10 at the market about 8 years ago!!!
I cant believe this!!!
How stupid are some people? Someone just bought this
Tupperware keychain (purple and pink) for $62.00!!!
This is just amazing!!!
Amazingly stupid!!!
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