Sunday, October 31, 2004
Friday, October 29, 2004
The full moon turns red and orange as it passes the Space Needle in Seattle during a total lunar eclipse Wednesday evening, Oct. 27, 2004. With the Earth passing between the sun and the moon, the only light hitting the full moon was from the home planet's sunrises and sunsets, resulting in the orange and red hue. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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Thursday, October 28, 2004
Somebody give me money for this!!!... Oh... wait a sec... I have all these albums already... But I want it baaaaaaaad!!
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Tributes are pouring in for the influential DJ John Peel, who has died suddenly, writes Peter Fray in London.
British Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined scores of tributes to DJ and broadcaster John Peel, who died after suffering a heart attack on holiday in Peru.
Peel, 65, whose career with the BBC's Radio One spanned four decades, is credited with unearthing many of the biggest names in contemporary music and exposing them to record companies and the mass English-speaking audience.
They ranged from Pink Floyd and David Bowie to the Smiths and Nirvana. Peel was the first DJ to broadcast the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and played an important role in breaking several Australian bands in Britain, including the Saints, the Birthday Party and the Go Betweens.
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Who Opened Their Lunchbox!?
Taiwan lawmaker Chen Tsung-yi (L) from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party throws a book at opposition legislators after a food fight erupted in parliament, October 26, 2004. The lawmakers hurled their lunch boxes at each other in a quarrel over whether to include an $18 billion U.S. arms budget on the legislative agenda for Friday. (Reuters)
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Wednesday, October 27, 2004
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - NASA's Cassini orbiter began transmitting data and images from Saturn's moon Titan on Tuesday, providing the closest look at the mysterious moon that humans have ever seen.
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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Super yacht crashes on Opera House rocks - National - www.smh.com.au
Super yacht crashes on Opera House rocks - National - www.smh.com.au: "A former America's Cup yacht hit rocks surrounding the Sydney Opera House today, throwing a number of sailors into the harbour and losing its keel. No-one was injured when the 22-metre yacht, the FT Spirit, hit rocks near the seawall in Farm Cove at 12.30pm (AEST). The boat was on a charter sail for the Financial Times newspaper and had 12 people on board, most of whom were experienced yachtsmen, a spokeswoman for the company said"
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Friday, October 15, 2004
Thursday, October 14, 2004
A tiny, seven-month-old koala joey named Koori peers out from a zookeeper's hands after regaining his health at Sydney's Taronga Zoo October 13, 2004. Three weeks ago veterinarians removed the baby Koala from his sick mother's pouch prematurely in an effort to save him from dehydration, malnutrition and an infection. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
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Friday, October 08, 2004
Hundreds of people queued up in Australia's largest city to get a glimpse and a whiff of a blooming "corpse flower", the world's largest and arguably smelliest flower, shown here at the Fullerton Arboretum in California in June 2000.(AFP/File/Lucy Nicholson)
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Thursday, October 07, 2004
Sunday, October 03, 2004
Aussie Champ!
Yeah, so I am the Australian Orienteering Champion in M21B! What an epic week it was! I took out the states in Mudgee, broke down with Laurent in Hill End, got flooded out in Orange and managed a win in the aussies after nearly dislocating my arm... Just a standard week away really! I had the *best* time... I met heaps of people and I cant wait for the XMas 5 days (as long as my car is fixed) I will follow up to this with maps and piccies later on.....
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