Penny Wong "Where's my car?" "What’s taking him so long?".. "ridiculous."

A VISIBLY angry and frustrated Finance Minister Penny Wong emerged from caucus yesterday demanding to know "Where's my car?"

She turned to a government staffer, peppering him with questions before borrowing his phone to call a car. "What’s taking him so long?" she demanded after asking where the car was. During a fewer than two minute wait for her car, a clearly exasperated Ms Wong described the situation as "ridiculous."....

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George Zimmerman Emerges From Hiding, Rescues Victims Trapped In Overturned Truck

George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue

George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue a family who was trapped in an overturned vehicle, police said today.

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Pope Criminalizes the Reporting of Sex Crimes

According to the new laws, revealing or receiving confidential Vatican information is now punishable by up to two years in prison, while newly defined sex crimes against children carry a sentence of up to twelve years. Because all sex crimes are kept confidential, there is no longer a legal way for Vatican officials to report sex crimes.  

http://www.newslo.com/pope-criminalizes-the-reporting-of-sex-crimes/

Gold Coast Weather Forecast July 22 — 29th 2013

Gold Coast Week Forecast July 22 2013

Forecast for the rest of Monday

Cloudy with a little light rain. Light mostly southwesterly winds.

Forecast for Tuesday Tomorrow

Cloudy, with a little patchy light rain, clearing during the morning. Light to moderate southwesterly wind, Light rain, clearing.

Min 11

Max 19

Wednesday

Fine, mostly sunny.

Min 9

Max 19

 

Thursday

A shower or two.

Min 12

Max 20

Friday

A shower or two.

Min 13

Max 21

Saturday

Mostly fine, possible shower.

Min 13

Max 21

Sunday

Mostly fine, possible shower.

Min 14

Max 21

Monday

Mostly fine, possible shower.

Min 13

Max 21

Australian readers say 50 Shades of Grey is their most hated book

Ten books were listed in ten different categories, ranging from general fiction to humour. Our reviewers included EL James' 50 Shades of Grey on the love list, conceding that it was "no literary masterpiece", but it was a "must-read, if only to see what all the fuss is about".

 

BUT Readers disagreed, with more saying they hated it than any other book on the list.

The second most hated book on the list, also contained in the love category and also a publishing sensation, was Stephanie Meyers' breakthrough vampire novel, Twilight.

Read more: www.news.com.au

Scientists discover 'misery molecule' which affects stress, anxiety depression #CRF1

Scientists have found the brain's 'misery molecule' believed to be responsible for all of our feelings of stress and anxiety.  

Researchers believe that the protein - named CRF1 - could also be linked to depression. 

A team from Heptares Therapeutics, a medical company based in Hertfordshire, used one of the world's most powerful x-ray machines to study the brain's pituitary gland. 

It has long been known that the gland controls stress, depression and anxiety by releasing stress chemicals, the Sunday Times reports. 

Now, scientists have discovered the response is triggered by CRF1 - which is found in the outer membranes of pituitary cells.

Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk

WOMAN SENTENCED TO 16 MONTHS IN JAIL FOR HAVING SEX OUTSIDE MARRIAGE – EVEN THOUGH SHE WAS RAPED #Dubai #Islam

A Norwegian woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape said Friday she decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the Islamic-influenced legal codes in this cosmopolitan city.

The case has drawn outrage from rights groups and others in the West since the 24-year-old interior designer was sentenced Wednesday. It also highlights the increasingly frequent tensions between the United Arab Emirates’ international atmosphere and its legal system, which is strongly influenced by Islamic traditions in a nation where foreign workers and visitors greatly outnumber locals.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/19/woman-sentenced-to-16-months-in-jail-for-having-sex-outside-marriage-even-though-she-was-raped/

Australia: #Hendra virus crosses from horses to dog #NSW

AUTHORITIES are calling for more horses to be vaccinated against the deadly Hendra virus, with the first dog in NSW to be infected put down.The incident follows the Hendra death of a horse from the same property on the mid-north coast near Macksville on July 4.

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John Kerry's 'peace' plan: Free Hardcore terrorists from prison

Israel has agreed to release some "hardcore" Palestinian prisoners as part of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to restart Mideast peace talks, but it will not meet other longstanding Palestinian demands before negotiations resume, an Israeli official said Saturday.

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GIANT virus found in an Australian Pond that's so unusual it may have come from Mars

The virus has been spotted off the coast of Chile and in an Australian pond

Only six per cent of its genes resemble those seen before on Earth

Scientists have found a new virus thought to be the biggest ever seen on Earth. The virus, dubbed Pandoravirus, is one micrometre big - up to ten times the size of other viruses - and only six per cent of its genes resemble anything seen on Earth before. 

This has led French researchers to believe the virus may have come from an ancient time or even another planet, such as Mars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2370100/Scientists-GIANT-Pandoravirus-come-alien-planet.html

KRAUTHAMMER: OBAMA ‘RE-RACIALIZED’ ZIMMERMAN CASE WITH HIS COMMENTS

Krauthammer called Obama’s surprise remarks on race and Martin’s death “a political speech addressed to his constituency on the left” that was disguised as a “philosophical speech addressed to the whole nation.”

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/07/20/krauthammer-obama-re-racialized-zimmerman-case-with-his-comments/

Under the sway of social media.. #Narcissism

When even Kevin Rudd posts selfies on Instagram, principal of the Ascham girls school Helen Wright said it was understandable young people thought that was expected of them. "They are copying so much of what they see around them [but] if people are always looking at themselves through the eyes of others, it's going to lead to a situation where they value themselves less," she said...

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GIANT VIRUSES OPEN PANDORA'S BOX

Genome of largest examples yet discovered hints at '4th domain' of life

The organism was initially called NLF, for “new life form”. Jean-Michel Claverie and Chantal Abergel, evolutionary biologists at Aix-Marseille University in France, found it in a water sample collected off the coast of Chile, where it seemed to be infecting and killing amoebae.

Under a microscope, it appeared as a large, dark spot, about the size of a small bacterial cell.Later, after the researchers discovered a similar organism in a pond in Australia, they realized that both are viruses — the largest yet found. Each is around 1 micrometre long and 0.5 micrometres across, and their respective genomes top out at 1.9 million and 2.5 million bases — making the viruses larger than many bacteria and even some eukaryotic cells.But these viruses, described today in Science1, are more than mere record-breakers — they also hint at unknown parts of the tree of life. Just 7% of their genes match those in existing databases.

Read the full story http://www.nature.com/news/giant-viruses-open-pandora-s-box-1.13410

Satanists Claim 'Pink Mass' has turned Westboro founder's dead mom into a lesbian

A group of satanists say they’ve given the controversial Westboro Baptist Church a taste of its own medicine, performing a same-sex ritual at the grave of the mother of the church’s founder.

Members of the Satanist Temple performed on Sunday what its spokesman describes as a “pink mass” an admittedly made-up ritual, celebrating gay love, at the grave in Meridian, Miss.Spokesman Lucien Greaves doffed a headdress made of horns as two male couples, and a female couple recited scripture, lit candles and made out over the grave.Members then posthumously declared Catherine Johnston, the mother of Westboro’s founder Fred Phelps, a lesbian.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2013/07/satanists-perform-gay-ritual-at-westboro-gravesite/

'Gay' laws set stage for pedophilia 'rights'

Psychologist claims 'minor-attracted persons' normal as heterosexuals

As legislators and other government officials promote “gay” friendly laws, they are unwittingly laying the foundation for special protections for pedophiles, including the right to work with children, family advocates warn.

Linda Harvey of Mission America said the push for equal rights for pedophiles will become more common as LGBT groups continue to assert themselves. “It’s all part of a plan to introduce sex to children at younger and younger ages to convince them that normal friendship is actually a sexual attraction,” she said.

In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality from its list of mental disorders after intense lobbying by homosexual-rights groups.At the time of the delisting, critics warned that it would eventually lead to acceptance of other types of sexual deviancy, including pedophilia. Supporters of the “gay” lifestyle decried the comparison, insisting that no such thing would ever occur.

However, it appears the critics were right on the mark.

In 2003, a group of mental health professionals formed B4U-Act to begin a slow but inexorable push to redefine pedophilia as a sexual orientation in the same way homosexuality was in the 1970s.

The organization calls pedophiles “minor attracted people,” and the website states its purpose is to “help mental health professionals learn more about attraction to minors and to consider the effects of stereotyping, stigma, and fear.

Read Full Story At WND

OBAMA: 'TRAYVON COULD'VE BEEN ME 35 YEARS AGO'

President says 'Stand Your Ground' might have encouraged confrontation

Full Text: President Obama's Remarks on Trayvon Martin

Obama's comments Friday were the most he has spoken on race in America as president, and the most in-depth and personal since his remarks in Philadelphia during the 2008 campaign.

Those remarks were largely pegged to the controversy surrounding Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright

http://mobile.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/president-obama-trayvon-martin-could-ve-been-me-35-years-ago-20130719

UK: School’s out, say teachers, if it’s over 26C

Union leaders have called for a maximum legal temperature limit of 78F (26C) to be introduced, which would allow staff and children to be sent home. Children should be sent home if the temperature in a classroom rises above 78F (26C), teachers’ leaders say.

The recommendation came as the mercury is expected to hit 95F (35C) next week when many pupils will still be at school.The teachers claim that youngsters can become lethargic, unable to concentrate and even faint if it gets too hot. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/10192058/Schools-out-say-teachers-if-its-over-78F.html

Jay-Z’s ‘Magna Carta’ mobile app is too snoopy, privacy advocates complain

Why does Jay-Z want to know who we’re talking to?

Because that’s the type of information demanded by an app he released earlier this month to promote and distribute his latest album over Samsung devices.In fact, the galaxy of permissions required by this busybody little app “verges on parody,” the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said in a complaint it filed this week with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

"If Jay-Z wants to know about my phone calls and e-mail accounts, why doesn't he join the National Security Agency?"

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Policeman 'held hostage' on Nauru

The Nauru detention centre descended into chaos on Friday night with riots breaking out and reports a policeman had been stabbed and was being held hostage.There were also reports of multiple explosions and parts of the centre being set on fire.

http://m.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/policeman-held-hostage-as-rioting-breaks-out-on-nauru-20130719-2qa7n.html

Are professional video-gamers really the sportsmen of the future?

At a packed Seoul arena, the atmosphere is electric. More than 30,000 fans are glued to the stage's vast video screen. On a speedboat racing down the city's Han River, their champion arrives. Known as "BoxeR", he is 27, wildly rich, and a national hero.

http://m.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/joystick-jocks-20130718-2q75b.html