THE woman at the centre of the Jihad Sheilas controversy says families of victims of the Bali bombings should "move on".

This is a great trailer showing what will happen if the bees vanish. Colony collapse disorder(CCD) isn't in Australia at this stage but we are waiting for conclusive research results so we can advert this disaster in Australia.

This is the latest newsletter from Midwestern Bio-Ag Winter 2008. In this issue:

Shouldn't debate on climate change be put through the same scrutiny as other scientific debates? Climate change could effect us all and all the evidence should be considered. 20/20 look into some simple questions.

The Festival - a celebration of the surfing lifestyle

This is a great old document from the CSIRO on composting. It is written for the home gardener but also has some great scientific information like the right carbon to nitrogen ratios(C/N ratio) for compost. Composting - Making soil improver

David Allen speaks at google explaining the concepts behind Getting Things Done(GTD) . He shows how to identify when you are off track and how to get back on. One point that I liked was that we can only store

The lovely Willi Galloway from eHow shows us how to create newspaper seedling pots from old newspapers. Try to only use black and white newspaper as they don't have the chemicals which are found in coloured newspaper. Always use a

This educational video shows the propaganda techniques used in elections/marketing and how to evaluate them. The general techniques used are listed below:

Cheers Sarah for the idea. It contains a pug(little dog) licking your computer screen clean. He doesn't do the best job but he'll get there.

This is a great little article from a Queensland newspaper. God bless you Edna.

13:34 : Flying home today... Killing time at lax at the moment

MORE US banks are likely to reduce their dividends in 2008 to shore up capital, as they boost reserves for a growing number of soured loans, a banking analyst said overnight.

DUBAI (AFP) - Gulf Arab states must apply strict fiscal policies by tightening money supply to curb inflation, which has soared because of supply constraints in housing and commodities, an International Monetary Fund official said on Wednesday.

Canberra has recorded only a small increase in office vacancies despite a massive influx of new buildings into the market.

A Gippsland dairy worker in south-east Victoria has won a national award in manufacturing from Dairy Australia at the Australian Grand Dairy Awards.

An early rally has evaporated on Wall Street as inflation fears sent stock prices lower again, after a warning on price pressures from a US Federal Reserve official.

MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open flat on Thursday, with top miner BHP Billiton Ltd BHP.AX and its prey, Rio Tinto Ltd RIO.AX, likely to offset falls in banks after Wall Street fell for a

MELBOURNE, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian rural services conglomerate Futuris Corp Ltd FCL.AX reported an 18 percent fall in underlying half-year profit on Thursday after increased interest expenses, but said it was on track to meet forecasts for full-year earnings.

SYDNEY, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian construction activity remained robust in January thanks in part to a big revival in apartment building, while employment in the industry reached two-year highs, a private survey showed on Thursday.