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Afghanistan passes 'barbaric' law diminishing women's rights | World news | guardian.co.uk Disgusting.

Here's a topic near and dear to my heart, brought on by the upcoming doco The Cove (go see it). So basically, do you agree with the keeping of highly intelligent animals, in zoos, homes or otherwise, captive for any reason? If so or not, why? Arguments pro: - education of the public about the...

inthemix | News | ITM Exclusive: Sydney Council moves to impose 3am lockout City of Sydney Council proposal for state wide retrospective 3am alcohol lockout, 20 Mar 2009 - Wikileaks

Aboriginal uni course proposed | smh.com.au Yes, because I can see how a 6cp course in Aboriginal culture (as interesting as that is) would be totally relevant to my degree, and not a total waste of time I would otherwise spend on other courses! :rolleyes:

I have a contact who needs people willing to work evening (and daytime if also available) shifts at an inbound/outbound, small, personal call centre. It's a dead easy job - no cold calling; all inbound and outbound is by customers already interested in the product - and it's located a few...

Are you for or against the use of recycled sewerage water for drinking water? Or, as grey water? Why/why not? (Grey water usually refers to water for all other uses than drinking - garden irrigation, washing machines, toilets, etc.)

What do you think? Personally, I like it :cool:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/nyregion/10indulgence.html?_r=2 Get out of purgatory free!

Ah, The Age. Still, given what's happening in Victoria, it's a little worrying.

Yeesh. This is the left-over sludge from the burning of coal (called coal ash), and it's seriously nasty stuff. It's gone into the water supply of several large towns. A blog discussing it + other news sources.

Well, this is interesting.. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24464523-29277,00.html

(Note: when I say "diet" here, I mean the scientific term regarding what we eat, rather than the "I'm on a diet" usage.) - Humans, like most animals, have an evolved an intake target, or the optimum ratio of carbs + fat and protein in our diets. - Humans (believe it or not) actively regulate...

Having just watched an interesting and balanced doco on ABC called "Animal Pharm" (go watch on internet), I'm curious to know - do you agree with/are comfortable with genetic modification? If not, why not?

http://news.smh.com.au/big-chunk-of-antarctic-ice-shelf-falling-apart/20080326-21pa.html

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23394290-401,00.html

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23339764-2,00.html

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/a-life-or-death-decision-792058.html#a

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/40m-to-dump-youth-day/2007/11/15/1194766837859.html

Okay so I'm mainly looking at the girls here, but how did you get your presumably overprotective dads (if you had one) to come to tems with the fact that you are an adult and therefore capable of having an adult relationship, and all that entails? I'm kind of sick of my dad blowing up and...