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What he said...
"I couldn't justify on its own a military invasion of Iraq to change the regime."
"Its possession of chemical and biological weapons and its pursuit of a nuclear capability poses a real and unacceptable threat to the stability and security of our world,"
"The Australian Government knows that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons and that Iraq wants to develop nuclear weapons."
"We believe that so far from our action in Iraq increasing the terrorist threat it will, by stopping the spread of chemical and biological weapons, make it less likely that a devastating terrorist attack will be carried out against Australia."
"We did not distort that intelligence, I did not manipulate."
That's why we need a Royal Commission...
Eight articles in The Age today.
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One of my favourite hobbies - and occassional profession - is cooking. I've had great fortune recently in my op-shop searches on this matter. Recent discoveries include that classic invention The Swift Whip (good enough to be on display at the Wellington Museum), a Moulinette and a 16 volume Time-Life Recipes of the World. Needless to say, I've been making full use of said items.
I am considering combining the current project that I have with the language translation programme with Peter and Cromwell with a cooking programme. A google-like interface, plug a few keywords (e.g., "French" "Chicken" "Onion" "Garlic") and it will return a stack of recipes for you.
I even have a name for the programme. "Open Sauce". ;-)
Whilst on-topic with the translation programme, although I have found plenty of academic papers on problems relating to the subject, do you think I can find any source code? Fourty years research on the topic and the best I can find is a failed English-Russian programme that translated "The spirit is willing, but the body is weak" to "The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten".
Memeage...
From usekh, via lederhosen..
So, say you were meeting a new person--blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can't actually tell them in so many words. Instead, you have to give them a box, with a dozen things in it for them to look at/read/listen to/taste/whatever. What would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your LJ would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.
( Read more... )
Slowlight reveals on why going to ANU may not be such a good thing.
Whilst searching for historical standards for measurement (for my thesis) I discovered this little link on collective nouns for animals.
Interesting event coming up: The Australian Fabian Society Autumn Lectures
'And the Truth Shall Set You Free: Public and Community Television and Radio and the Public Interest'.
( Read more... )
Off to Adelaide next week, for a week. My ol chum Paula has a role in a play and I need the week to finish editing my thesis. Wow. It's like, almost done.
Now what do I do?
"I couldn't justify on its own a military invasion of Iraq to change the regime."
"Its possession of chemical and biological weapons and its pursuit of a nuclear capability poses a real and unacceptable threat to the stability and security of our world,"
"The Australian Government knows that Iraq has chemical and biological weapons and that Iraq wants to develop nuclear weapons."
"We believe that so far from our action in Iraq increasing the terrorist threat it will, by stopping the spread of chemical and biological weapons, make it less likely that a devastating terrorist attack will be carried out against Australia."
"We did not distort that intelligence, I did not manipulate."
That's why we need a Royal Commission...
Eight articles in The Age today.
( Read more... )
One of my favourite hobbies - and occassional profession - is cooking. I've had great fortune recently in my op-shop searches on this matter. Recent discoveries include that classic invention The Swift Whip (good enough to be on display at the Wellington Museum), a Moulinette and a 16 volume Time-Life Recipes of the World. Needless to say, I've been making full use of said items.
I am considering combining the current project that I have with the language translation programme with Peter and Cromwell with a cooking programme. A google-like interface, plug a few keywords (e.g., "French" "Chicken" "Onion" "Garlic") and it will return a stack of recipes for you.
I even have a name for the programme. "Open Sauce". ;-)
Whilst on-topic with the translation programme, although I have found plenty of academic papers on problems relating to the subject, do you think I can find any source code? Fourty years research on the topic and the best I can find is a failed English-Russian programme that translated "The spirit is willing, but the body is weak" to "The vodka is strong, but the meat is rotten".
Memeage...
From usekh, via lederhosen..
So, say you were meeting a new person--blind date, new friend, who knows. And you wanted them to have some idea of what kind of person you are, and who you are. But you can't actually tell them in so many words. Instead, you have to give them a box, with a dozen things in it for them to look at/read/listen to/taste/whatever. What would you put in the box? And a copy of your journal or a link to your LJ would be the same thing as just telling them directly, yourself, so that's not allowed.
( Read more... )
Slowlight reveals on why going to ANU may not be such a good thing.
Whilst searching for historical standards for measurement (for my thesis) I discovered this little link on collective nouns for animals.
Interesting event coming up: The Australian Fabian Society Autumn Lectures
'And the Truth Shall Set You Free: Public and Community Television and Radio and the Public Interest'.
( Read more... )
Off to Adelaide next week, for a week. My ol chum Paula has a role in a play and I need the week to finish editing my thesis. Wow. It's like, almost done.
Now what do I do?