Edition 46: June Edition2003
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| Depleted uranium the new nuclear threat | | JESSA BOANAS-DEWES | | The new ‘painless dentistry’ warfare boasts few casualties at first. However the use of radioactive materials in ammunition and artillery (such as those used in the Gulf Wars) are having disastrous effects that take longer to emerge, and will stay with us forever.... full story | |
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| Not so many (big) fish in the ocean | | | | Only 10 percent of all large fish are left in our seas, according to research published in May's issue of the
scientific journal ‘Nature’. This includes both open ocean species (like tuna, marlin and swordfish), and large groundfish (such as cod, halibut, skate and flounder). ... full story | |
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| Walls speaking volumes | | N C PARKINSON | |
‘(The Lords) drank wine, and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood and stone. Immediately the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall of the King’s palace, and the King saw the hand as it wrote’
Daniel 5: 4-6... full story | |
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| S.A.R.S. an intimate perspective | | PHILIP PARKINSON | |
The sun had been pouring down like honey over Changzhou. Moments later, the sky opens up. I look out over the rooftops of the school where I teach. I can see rows of bicycles collapsing like dominos as their owners huddle under newspapers to take shelter. It’s torrential, lonely rain; totally persistent and unforgiving. I can’t go out very much now.... full story | |
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| I Too, At the Beginning | | Ted Joans | | I am the early Black Beat
I read with some of the
Best Beat minds
When the Apple was Beat Generating
I lived in the Greenwich Village
It was there ... full story | |
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| NO TED, NO TED | | Jack Foley | | a weary blues
Here's the bit. No bread, no Ted
--Ted Joans (frequently)
in that small
apartment
which I
never
visited... full story | |
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| Letters to the editors | | Readers | | I’m no pale menace
Dear Editor,
After reading your article 'The Pale Menace' by Tom Doig I was highly uncomfortable and offended at the content of this article. I can take a joke like most people regarding our cross-Tasman ... full story | |
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| The coffee crisis in El Salvador | | PIP STARR | |
There are many volcanos in El Salvador, and they are an appropriate symbol for a place which is much more famous for strife than beauty. Eruptions, civil war, drought, kidnappings and hurricanes are what usually come to mind when we think of the small Latin American nation. Unfortunately, one thing that El Salvador doesn't bring to mind is coffee. ... full story | |
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| What’s in a name? | | TERRY CANTWELL | |
Remember me – probably not. I’ve had many aliases. I was political correctness to those who didn’t like me. It was a silly name; I’ve always preferred politeness.... full story | |
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| Art Cult: Filma Obscura | | LUCAS ILHEIN | | wrote a letter to art:cult peppered with his impressions of the resurgence of interest in experimental film and video work in Sydney.... full story | |
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| Art Cult: The Motions | | NATHAN CURNOW | | She looks about thirty,
working the café as best she can,
inflating the milk,
sweeping the floor,
trying to please a boss
who ignores her until... full story | |
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