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AUSTRALIA: TRAGEDY IN THE OUTBACK – Man Found Dead in the Kimberley

Particular Kev — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:23:00 +0000

A man thought to be from Queensland has been found dead in the Australian outback. The body was found in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, in the far north of the state on the Meda cattle station, about 40km west of Derby.

Near the body was the man’s desperate plea for assistance with the word ‘help’ written in the dirt. He had constructed a shelter and his water bottle was empty. No vehicle has yet been found.

The man was some 15km from the Meda cattle station homestead on the 1.25 million acre property.

The temperatures in this region had reached 40C last week. The man is thought to have died a few days ago.

AUSTRALIA: TRAGEDY IN THE OUTBACK – Man Found Dead in the Kimberley

Particular Kev — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:21:01 +0000

Near the body was the man’s desperate plea for assistance with the word ‘help’ written in the dirt. He had constructed a shelter and his water bottle was empty. No vehicle has yet been found.

The man was some 15km from the Meda cattle station homestead on the 1.25 million acre property.

The temperatures in this region had reached 40C last week. The man is thought to have died a few days ago.

the world from the ground down

lalaz — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:48:58 +0000

Madame Brussels bar, Bourke St, Melbourne CBD

There was grass on the floor, so what? Three drinks cost $35! I repeat! $35! Do they need dollar bills to fertilise the ground? Is that dirt made of truffles? Did that grandma-chic furniture belong to the first ever grandma of all time, therefore a costly investment of great historical importance? I think not. $35!

Some footpath, Collingswood or something, Melbourne

Right near here we went into a clothes shop where a homeless man wheeling a trolley: 1. bought a cap. 2. smelt divine. The bums in Melbourne are first rate. You could bottle that shit. Eau de Ewwwwwww (not so much!).

Northcote TAB, Melbourne

Bet and lost. So swings the cosmic pendulum of gambling.

The Corner Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne

How great is this carpet? The people at this venue were tubby and untucked. The band putrid (sorry The ------s, but it’s just true. And button your top up next time, I don’t need to see your man-medallion dangling on a yet-to-become-a-man chest). The drinks too small (POTS! Pots my ass. Pots would be large and served by happy gnomes. Pots would bring sustenance, not un-satenance). But the carpet! Pure gold. It’s why movies were made. And why casinos are the best place to find romance.

China Heights Gallery, Crown St, Sydney

These feet belong to three very hot blondes. Which makes them seem hotter, somehow. The feet, not the blondes. Or maybe a little of both.

Goulburn St Park, Surry Hills, Sydney

So when you come out of a gallery, and you’re a little pissed, and it’s a nice night, what do you do? You grab the closest bottle of pink champagne, some girrrrrl-friends, a milk crate or two, and head to whatever patch of grass is nearest to the local law enforcement. Then you go “whoop whoop!” and wait for the constabulary to notice how young and reckless you are. Failing that, simply drink the champagne and compose a convincing story about how you got arrested for public drinking when you were young. I GOT ARRESTED FOR PUBLIC DRINKING WHEN I WAS YOUNG! Like that.

Diplo @ Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst, Sydney

These are what sensible dancing shoes look like.

Diplo @ Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst, Sydney

These are what sensible dancing shoes DO NOT look like.

Best bargain store ever, Illawarra Rd, Marrickville

Choosing the right shade of plastic roll up mat takes A LOT of careful consideration, trust us. In the end, it got too much. It turned our heads square. Scary stuff.

City Hall, some official street, Newcastle

Sorry to dwell on awe-inspiring carpet here, but doesn’t it just … inspire awe in you? Just think, someone, somewhere, sat down and DESIGNED this. Then, someone else got out a big red pen and APPROVED IT. Then, another person, probably fatter than the last, PAID FOR IT, no doubt with dirty Mexican money. Tiny children in Africa made it using little caterpillar fibres, and then some other even tinier children in China put sticky stuff on the back, so it could stick to the ground (that’s how carpet works, guys). Then, crossing vast distances of water and air, a few civil wars, a budding romance in the deep South of India (between a Raj and a peddler’s daughter, natch), it arrived in Sydney, Canada, to great confusion. More time passed. It finally reached its actual destination, where it was received by the Mayor of Newcastle, who was not yet corrupt. He got his cousins, Vin and Lyn, to stick the carpet to the ground in his new digs … and then, on a summery, blustery day in October, two young women with red nailpolish stumbled upon it, and were awe-inspired! See, I knew you wanted to know.

Serviced apartment, Pacific St, Newcastle

I don’t think I could explain evolution better if I tried.

Village Disco stage, Parklife, Moore Park

I entitle this abstract masterpiece “Euphoria Dance With Mustard Leaf, Adrift”.

The roof, my room

Where it all began.

--lalaz

40 reasons to call NeatNiks! Cleaning Co.

neatniks — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:16:42 +0000

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40 Reasons to call NeatNiks! Cleaning Co.

1.     The little spider webs in hard to reach places

2.   You have to plan dinner

3.   You have to work late

4.   Dust covering the edging on the walls

5.    You hate untangling vacuum cords

6.   NeatNiks! is professional

7.    Dust allergies

8.   The kids have to be picked up

9.   You’re afraid of under the couch

10.    NeatNiks! is bonded and insured

11.      The dog will shed again tomorrow

12.     Sweeping in corners annoys you

13.     Kids need homework help

14.     NeatNiks! can customize to your specifications and schedule

15.     Its date night

16.     What the kids dropped during dinner

17.     No time to clean before the party

18.    No energy to clean after the party

19.     Cleaning supplies are depleted

20.   NeatNiks! is honest & reliable

21.     Behind the toilet is gross

22.   You’d rather walk into a clean home

23.   Dust bunnies scare you

24.   You don’t like cleaning up after him

25.    You don’t like cleaning up after her

26.   You don’t like cleaning up after them

27.    When the kids nap, you nap

28.   NeatNiks! Has over 10 years experience

29.   Smudges aggravate you

30.   You are busy at the J-O-B

31.     Carpal Tunnel from scrubbing

32.   Soap scum

33.   NeatNiks! uses our own supplies, not yours

34.   Her hair

35.    His crumbs

36.   Their fingerprints

37.    You have important shopping to do

38.   NeatNiks! will give you a free estimate

39.   You don’t do windows

40.   We work hard so you don’t have to

Neatniks! Come home, It's Clean!

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New Photo's from the back yard

meeshisense — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:02:17 +0000

Still stuck on this island, but making the best of it. I ventured into the back yard again today this time with a few dolls as props. The last three are self portraits, one of which, the second I believe I'm just being goofy in.

As well the new gallery insert I've been using although gives smaller thumbnails than you are used to seeing here, it however allows you to comment on each picture individually by clicking the image. Try it out :). Hope you enjoy.

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In other news I've misplaced my lens cap, that thing was bound to get lost one day as it was a snap on one. Anyone know where I can get 58mm screw on lens cap? Someone has told me I can't buy the screw on ones, is this true?

From your sponge...

neatniks — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 22:18:10 +0000

Hey there! Your sponge here.

I just wanted to take the time to say, "Thanks." I've noticed that you really haven't been using me too much, and I couldn't be happier. I'm sure its because of all the other important things you have to worry about; work, kids, school, meals, etc. Of course, the house is looking a little unkempt.

Instead of using me, why don't you relax and let the professionals at NeatNiks! clean the house for you? You could go out, relax, or spend more time with the family! Let them use their sponges!

They give free estimates, too! I looked up their number for you. Its (414) 745-6532. Call today! And, thanks again.

Your sponge

Heltah Skeltah on G4's Freestyle 101

Farhaad — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:00:41 +0000

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I'm A.S.P.C.A., That's Animals who shoot peeps with clean aim.

Nuovo sito per Dirt magazine

mtbnews.it — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:55:31 +0000

Nuova forma, contenuti invariati: è questo lo spirito che ha portato al rinnovamento del sito web del mensile Dirt magazine, all'indirizzo dirtmag.co.uk. Il giornale di mountain bike gravity inglese, il più letto in Europa e tra i più letti nel mondo, e diretto da Mike Rose, considerato uno dei personaggi più influenti nel mondo delle ruote grasse, propone ogni mese il meglio della tecnica, delle competizioni e delle curiosità di downhill, four-cross, enduro, dirt e street dai quattro angoli del pianeta, ma con un taglio tipicamente british. Ogni giorno il sito web propone gli aggiornamenti dalle principali gare, sulle novità tecniche e contenuti fotografici e video, con la sezione di dirt.tv sempre in espansione.

Link
L'home page di dirtmag.co.uk.
Dirt.tv.

My First MotorBike is a Dirt Bike...

bucheery — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:11:31 +0000

My first two attempts to ride the bike ended with the bike

and me on the dirt, then I got it...!!! =D .[gallery]

Glass Houses and Stones

conlibe — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:03:25 +0000

John McCain and Sarah Palin are throwing stones. They have conveniently forgotten the saying: Those who live in glass houses should NOT throw stones! With McCain down in the polls, he’s doing what he said HE WOULD NOT DO: throwing out dirt.

McCain is hoping voters will be so blind-sided, they won’t realize that the economy is sick. At least 50 thousand people just lost jobs in the financial mess that McCain helped create, while he winked and looked the other way; that Detroit motor sales fell by 30-percent, (compared to this time last year); that more people are still losing their homes; that more banks are likely to fail; that we are NOT winning the war on terror; that America’s reputation overseas is in tatters; that children are still being Left Behind; that health care is a mess…

• Instead of telling Americans what HE, John McCain, plans to do about Immigration, and why his plan is better than Obama’s--McCain is calling Obama names.

• Instead of telling us what HE, John McCain, plans to do to ease unemployment, and why his plan is better than Obama’s--McCain is trying to scare voters with misconceptions and name-calling.

• Instead of explaining to republicans why he, John McCain, decided to ram such an inept running mate down their throats, (given the choices he had), and explaining to them why drunken driving and teenage pregnancy are now a hip part of the Conservative Family Values Credo…McCain is sending his running mate out to throw mud for him.

• Instead of telling Americans how he, John McCain, plans to secure U.S. borders, and why his plan is better than Obama’s--look for increasingly vitriolic attacks against Obama, his wife, his mother, his sister, his teacher…his black father, everybody who donates to Obama!

• Instead of explaining how he, John McCain, will be different from George Bush, McCain is hiding behind innuendo and Palin’s high heels!

Senator McCain, there is more than enough dirt to go around.

There’s the Keating scandal when John McCain and four other senators helped California banker Charles Keating hold off a U.S. government investigation, for two years! The five senators, including McCain, all claimed then that helping Keating cover his tracks was like helping one of their constituents. McCain said: "I have done this kind of thing many, many times," and described the Keating case like "helping the little lady who didn't get her Social Security.” Some check, that turned out to be! McCain's fellow senators ruled that he had shown “poor judgment.”

• Poor judgment, like McCain showed when he enthusiastically supported Bush’s Iraq War.

• Poor judgment, like McCain showed when he rushed to Washington to inject himself into the Bailout Plan, to no avail.

• Poor judgment, like McCain displayed, by passing up qualified potential running mates and picking Sarah Palin.

• Poor judgment, like McCain shows by insisting that America is winning in Iraq. Even the commander who masterminded the fragile and tenuous peace in Iraq, General Petraeus, WILL NOT USE THE TERM: WINNING! Petraeus says “winning” is NOT a word that HE would use to describe the fragile situation in Iraq.

Better: yes. More stable: looks so. Fewer bombings: definitely! Winning? Too early to tell. And WE ALL WANT A WIN. 10-billion-dollars-a-month call for more than a win! That deserves a slam-dunk. A Mission Accomplished!

Senator McCain, does the “U.S. Council for World Freedom” ring any bells? It should. It’s a very right-wing organization. AND YOU REPORTEDLY SAT ON ITS BOARD, in 1981. If you want to talk about the ultra left-wing, how about talking about the ultra-right wing! Democratic Strategist, Paul Begala (who wrote a book about the Arizona Senator) claims McCain sat on the board of a very right-wing organization called the U.S. Council for World Freedom.

Mr. Begala appeared on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday (October 05) and this is what he had to say: It (U.S. Council for World Freedom) was chaired by a guy named John Singlaub, who wound up involved in the Iran-Contra scandal. It was an ultraconservative right-wing group. The Anti-Defamation League, in 1981, when McCain was on the board, said this about this organization. It was affiliated with the World Anti-Communist League, the parent organization, which ADL said, “has increasingly become a gathering place, a forum, a point of contact for extremists, racists and Anti-Semites.”

• Are you an anti-Semite John McCain? How would you explain sitting on their board?

• Are you a racist, Senator McCain? How do you explain being on that board?

• Are you an extremist, candidate McCain? Then why were you on that board?

If McCain is trying to paint Obama with “guilt by association”, shouldn’t the same judgments (there’s that word again) be made about him? Do you see now, that when you point a finger, it can come back to haunt you? Begala says “the problem is that a lot of people know John McCain’s record better than Governor Palin, and he does not want to play guilt by association or this thing could blow up in his face”.

I’d listen if I was McCain. Both candidates are decent men. Let’s just leave it that way, and focus on the issues. We are voting for a president. Let the Catholic Church (and I’m not catholic) decide who to canonize for sainthood.