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.Facebook has been in the hot seat over site privacy. (QMI Agency files) TORONTO — Joseph Dee is preparing to hit the delete key on his Facebook account. And if they stick to their pledge, thousands of others will be joining him Monday in “defriending” the social networking site. Dee, a web technologist, is one-half of the Toronto duo behind QuitFacebookDay.com. Dee and Matthew Milan launched the site May 12 to announce their plans to bid adieu to Facebook, expressing concerns over how the popular site manages the personal data of its more than 400 million users, which include 15 million in Canada. QuitFacebookDay.com provides an open forum for others to share their views, as well as allowing those who are inclined to submit their pledge to “commit to quit.” As of early Sunday, more than 24,000 had signed on committing to quit Facebook. Dee said while privacy is a commonly discussed theme, the issue for both him and Milan regarding Facebook runs deeper. “It’s more than just...

Last Wednesday the funeral of my dear friend Harry Arthur Lidbetter went off with little fuss and with great dignity. More the pity that Stan also a friend turned up with a Royal Navy White Ensign after someone had draped the coffin with the Australian Navy Ensign. Harry, Stanley, myself and others now well in their eighties did the hard yards for the benefit of Australia with the British Pacific Fleet during WW2. Unlike my forty years some of these men have resided in Australia most of their adult life prior to serving as children in the Royal Navy and despite all and being Australians by choice were denied the basic award to similar serving Australians. To me it seemed the draping of the Australian Ensign on Harry's coffin was an admittance at least he deserved a Posthumous Goldcard . Vale Harry. On behalf of the HMS King George V (Australia) Association. To Veteran Affairs. Q;: When will you cease spending more on the * dead and chicken hawk politicians rather than ...

Facebook will simplify controls on the social networking service to appease its critics. Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyce said, " we'v e spent the last couple of weeks listening to users and consulting with experts in California, Washington DC and around the world. The messages we've received are pretty clear."users appreciate... precise and comprehensive controls, but want them simpler and easier to use." Recently a great deal of criminal activity born from the loins of face book by users has been exposed by   prominent bloggers due to its rapid increase in  murders and rape  by members of  facebook ." Facebook has been under fire for features its critics claim compromise the privacy of members. Equally worrying is a little known default setting buried within a user's account giving F acebook permission to share profile information with third party applications, such as advertisers. This happens all across the net. They do not operate somethi...

I first met Harry about sixty six years ago, I was serving aboard The 40,000 Ton British Battltleship the HMS King GEORGE V. I was still 17 at the time and H arry was about six months older than me, old! did I say/ It was about eighteen months later - after serving in the Atlantic the Mediterranean East Indies and finally as the flag ship of the British Pacific Fleet  for the final nine months and probably the worst period of Air/Sea conflict of WW2,  Our Admiral Vice Ad, Sir Bernard R awlings described our crew  to U/S Admiral Spruance as mere children, the average age of the 1,800 crew being close to nineteen. Harry and I were T opmen, our action stations were on and above decks, I high on the exposed ADP and Harry the gunlayer on an eight barrelled Multiple Pom Pom. Might  be too frightening for todays Teens. When hostilities ceased and our ship returned to the UK March 1946 after repairs in Sydney, which was seven months after th...

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Links to this post I WANNIT RITON RIT NOT RITEN ROTON THIS IS BOUND TO GET UP THE NOSES OF WRITERS WHO USE PHILISTINIC GRAMMER. THE MODERN ERA OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION IS HERE TO STAY. The simplified spelling society (www.spellingsociety.org), est1908, is on roll to modernise English spelling and is receiving most support from texters and E mailers. While the society has been arguing to make the LERNIN of SPELIN EZIER, it is academic for users of 21st CENTRI instant communication technology. There is no need for a society to lobby for simplification, it is being done right now, all English Spelling Pedants with their rules and exceptions can go to fiddlesticks. The S S S (Sounds like the new fascist order of spelling) wants the changes implemented Now! and Brought into official use by2010, its centenary year. I for one do not think it is a great Idea as I have taken 80 bloody years to learn and earn a possible 80 percent pass mark in English (And I am English) A few mon...

FAMILY HISTORY REQUIRED BY SCHOOLS  in the LANDOWNUNDER Parents will be asked to answer a mini census about their families in a sweeping crackdown on violent and disruptive students. Its a shame that the Cane hanging on the blackboard easel has disappeared , then most of these problems would be avoided. (I am a member of STRASTC ) However, It seems from next year it will be compulsory for all parents to reveal if their child has been suspended, expelled or involved in violent incidents. Failure to answer these sinister and intrusive questions on violence , not telling the the complete truth or giving false information, will prevent the child from being enrolled. What the forms ask parents. MY ANSWER follows. What is your highest year of primary or secondary school completed? YES What is the highest university qualification achieved? DUNNO What is your occupation? MYOB Does the Parent or Carer speak other than English at home? SOMETIMES Has the enrolling studen...

And Now Miss USA Is A Terrorist. Well, that didn’t take long: Someone is accusing Miss USA 2010 Rima Fakih , of having ties to Hezbollah. Why? Because she’s an Arab and a Muslim. Not the first Arab Miss USA, it turns out. There was a rubia named Julie Hayek who took that title in 1983. (Half Lebanese, she was.) Nowadays, all Arabs are terrorists, so that’s what some people, like conservative crackpot Debbie Schlussel , are saying of Miss Fakih . Miss Michigan USA Rima Fakih’s relatives are top officials in terrorist group Hezbollah, and many have been Hezbollah and Harakat Amal [Shi'ite Amal terrorist group, allied with/part of Hezbollah] “martyrs” against Israel. Well, take her crown ,because Miss USA is too important of a role for the U/S government,  for it to be known  her relatives are latent terrorists.

First of all and for the umpteenth time  I am not a member of Face Book which is clearly shown  on my profile, persistence will not pay off by continuing to harp on about Face B ook and its unseemly tributes, there can be little doubt that some good can come about from using Face Book however, the goodness from Face Book is minuscule compared to that of the distress and harm which has been created by this monster. Practically every crime in the ' Vil lians Manual' a compendium of skulduggery and wickedness can be attributed or sourced from Face Book. Here below are a few tips on 'How to stay safe on face book' This is not an admission by me that you should continue to use Face Book or become a member of  Face Book. Choose your online friends carefully. A person can pretend to be someone else. Don't accept friend requests if you don't know who that person is. Keep personal details about yourself private. Do not use your real name, use a  ps...

*Subject:** FW: Beat this Resume.*** EDUCATION /Qualification: * 1950 : Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1952 : Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1954 : Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College , Cambridge , 1955 – 57 : Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge , 1957 : DPhil ( Oxford ), DLitt (Honoris Causa); PhD thesis on India 's export competitiveness * OCCUPATION /Teaching Experience: * Professor (Senior lecturer, Economics, 1957-59; Reader, Economics, 1959-63; Professor, Economics, Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1963-65; Professor, Inter national Trade, Delhi School of Economics , University of Delhi , 1969-71; Honorary professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University , New Delhi , 1976 and Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi ,1996 and Civil Servant Working Experience/ POSITIONS: * 1971-72: Economic advisor, ministry of f...

There are few long lasting so called cricketing heroes in OZ Strayer today. there will be a deadly silence from cricket writers with sod all  to vomit their praise upon.  The pre hype to this ball thumping cricket final when it was suggested that although the Australian batting was not over extended the Oz bowling was and with Chuckers Tait and Johnson intending to squeeze Englands balls through the mangle and the pre arranged Write ups and  wild celebrations  failed completely in every aspect.  Unfortunately or should I say sadly the weak knee 'd  cock sure Aussies led by the Wimpy former Mr Bingle didn't quite cut the mustard  by losing to a so called lesser placed England more than convincingly. (Aus -147 for 6 in 20 overs )  (England  - 148 for 3 in 16 overs) No doubt we will hear the whinging about  South Africans. But Aussies should not forget  Afrikaner Keppler Wessels and the sorry sight of Kim Hughes and...

On the surface I see Jessica Watson as a well adjusted teenager who had made a studied review of all the possibilities of her intended sailing around the world adventure. although I might see it as an opportunist thingy, meaning few others being enriched with the time wealth and backing as this talented -and Pretty young lady was afforded. Her overwhelming reception on her return to Sydney brought her and her well wishers to tears,  and was a great moment for all to reflect upon. But of OZ boy Number one our PM Kevin Rudd had to shove his snout in the glory trough , his impromptu speech? which he was continually looking down at to refer to, was his speech writers glory and hero twaddle which was corrected by Jessica Watson Who echoed my own opinion when she replied to the PM that She may be referred to as a great achiever but '\"Mr PM I am not a Hero, That is something reserved for people who put their lives on the line for th...

Weather: Sydney 13°C - 21°C . Mostly fine. A SYDNEY teenager who loved animals was allegedly murdered by a Facebook "friend" who used the social networking site to lure her into bushland by offering a fake job protecting wildlife. Christopher James Dannevig allegedly concocted an elaborate ruse - setting up a fake Facebook site where he pretended to be animal rescue worker "Jason Green" - to entice his victim into an isolated area in Sydney's southwest. Police yesterday charged the 20-year-old Leumeah man with murder after finding the body of Nona Belomesoff, 18, in a Campbelltown creek bed at 9.40pm on Friday. She had been missing since Wednesday morning. Dannevig, who has a presence on several social networking sites including Facebook, My Space, hi5 and Bebo, was refused bail yesterday morning in Parramatta Court. Homicide Squad Detective Russell Oxford said Ms Belomesoff had a passion for animals and had allegedly been tricked into meeting the accus...

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"All hands clear the port side of the upper deck" this was the last British command heard by residents on shore at Haifa as the B ritish six inch gun light cruiser7,000 tons the HMS Mauritius under the command of Captain Lord Ashbourne left the Palestinian harbour under fire from snipers ashore whilst leaving most of the pranged berthing wires behind as a momento for the new Govt of Israel; due to take the reins of control under PM David Bengurion at the stroke of midnight, bringing together the Haggana and Stern Gang and resident Arabs in mortal combat which continues to this day. Vest (that's me) was very pleased to be clear of the harbour and heading home to the U/K via Malta and Gibraltar.

WOMEN TALKING AND THINKING ABOUT SEX . It has long been suspected that women talk longer if not louder than men. In fact women talk almost three times as much, chuntering a staggering 27,000 words a day, compared to men's 9,000. The worst offenders were women  of age 50 and over in  Queensland in Australia and Minnesota in the USA and those in the U/K from north of Bicester and above to County Durham( this Dr crumpet travels a lot,) goes to  the Ginza  in nippon land to meet visiting poms out for a quick screw after discussing the tools of trade with local industrialists. Japs - they speak more quickly and in north America even quicker still, like Spanish fishwives berating their spouses, coming up for breath every 123 words. Besides this women devote more brainpower to chit chat and cackling like old boiler hens and get a sexual buzz out of hearing their own voices,a female psychiatrist suggests. Dr Vaginia Crumpet Of Seven Hills University Austral...

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ARE YOU AN OVERWEIGHT FAT SLOB? Well, you have only yourself to blame GLUTTONY and gorging yourself on the wrong foods you eat, mainly caused by ignorance, laziness and boredom, is the obese persons path to an early demise. A DIET of processed meat, full fat dairy products and fried foods is fuelling the worlds growing rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity. Although Australia is high up the charts internationally, It is in America and Canada where the problem is at its greatest peak, and 25% more, the highest proportion of the porky population are women over 20 years of age- 70% of those are fatties. so men if you are looking for a Nth AM partner; particularly Caucasian, its 4 to i on she is a fatso. Most people totally ignore the recommended eating habits, men generally have the poorest diets, with fewer than 5% eating the recommended Minimum of five vegetables per day, but counter this by having more exercise and some a physical work program. Women on the othe...

Australian Values differ from those of our neighbour Indonesia Chapelle Corby, The 27 year old Australian beauty consultant,has been  incarcerated in a Indonesian prison for a period of 20 years, for allegedly smuggling 4.5 kilos of Marijuana. Corby will receive no special privileges apart from comfort gifts of food and personal items. It is not expected that, the Australian Govt will assist Corby, or interfere in the case. A un-named Indonesian drug offender, serving 4 years in a Australian prison for a similar offence, has been afforded the privilege of 'Day Release', so that he is able to earn aprox Aus$400-00 per week to enable to him to support his Indonesian dependants. The Senior Indonesian Judge responsible for the conviction of Corby, is paid a salary To the equivalent of Aus$7,000-00 per Annum . A Single Australian Male; Dole Recipient,is awarded the equivalent of Aus$12,500-00 Per Ann. for doing absolutely sod all. The Indonesian Prisoner In Austra...

REMINISCING or GOING BACK A FAIR BIT Vest is very busy at the present, I thought this excerpt would fill a gap. Our ship and crew sailed north to the conflict in company of a vast number of other warships on Feb 28 1945. The period of three months involving operation 'Iceberg' which included eight weeks of continual contact with the enemy and lesser periods of involvement, near places like Okinawa 'The big one', on all fools day April 1, Easter Sunday 1945, where American forces landed and other places like Ishigaki, Myako shima and Sakashima gunto. In my precarious, unenviable action station on the air defence position, I could see Kamikases galore. on many occasions, the brown trouser situation seemed imminent, but I was convinced that I was far too young to die; there were far too many more exciting things for me to achieve before that happened. After leaving the operational area, we called into the U S A base at Guam in the Marianas. With us Were our escorti...

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THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR - 21 October 2010.............Note, not the previous battle of  1805. On a Monday 9-30 am.....................not a good time for a naval engagement after a navel tittilating weekend, with one's eyeballs at the dip. -----------------------------------. Nelson: "Order the signal, Hardy." Hardy: "Aye, aye, sir." Nelson: "Hold on, that's not what I dictated to the signal officer. What's the meaning of this?" Hardy: "Sorry, sir?" Nelson (reading aloud): " England expects every person to do his duty, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religious persuasion or disability. What gobbledygook is this?" Hardy: "Admiralty policy, I'm afraid, sir. We're an equal opportunity employer now. We had the devil's own job getting ' England ' past the censors, lest it be considered racist." Nelson: "Gadzooks, Hardy. Hand me my pipe and tobacco." Hardy:...

Children living in Units flats or apartments are exposed to second hand smoke, even when they don't live with smokers, and don't I know it. Persons smoking outside of the open front door are creating simply a cosmetic approach when smoking outside as it allows  acrid poisonous tobacco fumes to be blown by the wind up the stairs, so  for crying out loud; shut the blessed door. Please. However, it is better we study the problems created within different types of houses which contribute to exposure to tobacco smoke.  Having done this we find evidence that high rise apartment/flats were most to blame , where seepage of smoke can occur through walls ceiling fixtures and shared ventilation. Low level homes do not escape scrutiny where children have been known to ingest smoke according to the level of Cotinine in their blood. This left me with a problem when asked prior to my two previous vascular op's, " Do you smoke"? I replied that I had not smoked since 1986, th...

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