Written By one-liners on Saturday, December 8, 2012 | December 08, 2012
By JOHN Peterson December 08' 2012
A convincing prank call led an Australian nurse to believe that she was addressed by Britain Queen Elizabeth, and her son Prince Charles.
Two Australian radio hosts impersonating the British Royals phoned the nurse on duty looking after the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge, was fooled to divulge the medical report.
Later, the call was broadcast all over Australia radio, and then migrated to the entire world.
One may find this prank very interesting and even praise those two impersonators as intelligent investigators, but before you do that, be informed the nurse who divulged the information is no more.
A horrific turn of event took place on Friday. Jancintha Saldanha, the nurse who unwittingly, divulged confidential medical report, terminated her life. She was 46 years of age. No details were revealed by the Metropolitan Police.
This type of occurrences has appeared before but not as this horrific. Taking one's life.
It is to remember that in the past the media always was intrigued with the life of the British Royals.
In 2007, a reporter of News of the World was jailed for hacking into the voice mail of members of Royal household. Prior to this incident, The Daily Mirror published a series of pictures of the interior of Buckingham Palace.
In 1995, a Canadian DJ impersonated the country's prime minister, and entered the Buckingham Palace and conversed with the Queen for 15 minutes without any suspicion.
All said and done, it is tragic to note that responsible media can sometimes act juvenile. The Australian and rest of the people of the world should condemn this horrific act.
Written By one-liners on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 | November 06, 2012
By ONE Liners Agency November 06, 2012
The Australian Aboriginal culture is 50,000 years old. The original aboriginal culture has today blended with Macassan (Indonesian) and European cultures and has formed a unique culture not found anywhere else. To understand this culture, you must understand the ancient aboriginal culture in all its forms.
The Ancient Aboriginal Culture
The first Europeans arrived in the mid 1800s; one of them was shipwrecked and was rescued by the aboriginals. He lived with them for 17 years and wrote the first account of their culture. Ancient Aborigines created fire by rubbing two sticks of wood together. This ancient skill has been lost to time. They also were excellent hunters and bush survivors.
They knew how to leverage the bounty of the land even in the driest seasons, and stay alive. They made leather objects, wove different kinds of baskets, and made jewelry out of whatever they found in nature. They also worshipped nature and their Ancestral Beings. Aboriginal tribes in different parts of the country have different Ancestral Beings, weapons, different tools, art styles and basket weaving styles. These differences distinguish the various tribes from each other.
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How To Experience The Modern-Day Aboriginal Culture In Australia
Experience the Aboriginal culture through their art, dance, music, myths, and the land itself. Study Aboriginal contemporary dance, art, baskets, and weapon styles and so on in the cities. In the outback, join an aboriginal group around the campfire, and listen to Dreamtime myths of creation. Bushwalk, craft spears and catch fish with them, snorkel, learn to make bush-tucker food with aboriginal guides. Learn about the ancient land of Australia through the aboriginal spirituality and wonder.
1. Experience Kimberley The Aboriginal Way
The Kimberly region is one of our last wilderness areas, with ancient gorges and vast horizons. Explore the ancient aboriginal Gwion Gwion paintings, and the Wandjina cave paintings. Observe the Bungle Bungles’ orange and black beehive domes, and learn their legend.
2. Go Kayaking With Aboriginals In Coorong, South Australia
Kayak the waterways and lagoons of the Coorong and become one with the Ngarrindjeri aboriginals. Look for traditional medicines and bush tucker foods with your guide. Listen to stories about the local birdlife, and cook damper bread with your guides in the campfire embers.
3. Visit Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, Northern Territory
Uluru is a place of enormous spiritual significance for the Anangu Aboriginal people. The Anangu Aboriginal creation myths indicate that their ancestral spirits created Uluru, which they view as Australia's moody, red heart. Walk around the base with Aboriginal guides and listen to their ancient tales. Visit Kata Tjuta and pay homage to the steep and rounded red-colored that cover 3,500 hectares.
4. Discover The Rich Aboriginal History At Wilsons Promontory National Park
Walk with aboriginal guides along the sandy beaches, fern gullies, eucalypt forests and sandy beaches, tracing an 18,000 year old Aboriginal trading route. Watch as the local Bairnsdale Aboriginals make their crafts - spears, shields, canoes, baskets in the traditional method. Listen to the Dreamtime legends of when the Ancestral spirits created the rainforest, gullies and rugged gorges of Woolshed Creek.
5. Watch A Performance By The Bangarra National Dance Company
The Bangarra Dance Company combines the living traditions of ancient aboriginals with contemporary global dance moves. Watch a performance by this group to understand how the aboriginals have evolved over time.
6. Visit the Daintree Rainforest
The Daintree Rainforest is over 135 million years old; pay homage to this ancient home of the Wujal Wujal people. Fish for barramundi aboriginal-style, and learn how to find bush tucker foods. Let aboriginal guides explain the legends behind the fresh-water crocodiles as they sun themselves in the mangrove-lined river banks.
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Written By one-liners on Sunday, July 15, 2012 | July 15, 2012
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By ONE Liners Agency
July 14, 2012
Late on Friday, Australian CricketerBrett Leehas announced his retirement from all forms of international
cricket. In spite of retiring from
International cricket, Lee has expressed his intentions to continue playing for
Indian Premier League and Big Bash League. The retirement came after Brett Lee,
35, suffered a calf injury during Australia’s 3rd ODI against England. He originally planned to retire at the ICC
World Twenty20 that’s scheduled to start late August.
Brett Lee had an
illustrious Cricket career and took 380 scalps in ODIs equaling Glenn McGraths
record for Australia in ODIs. Brett Lee took retirement from Test Cricket a
couple of years back in February 2010. He appeared in his final international
match for Australia in Durham last week during Australia’s third ODI against
England during which he hurt his calf while bowling the 3rd over of
his spell. He returned home after the calf injury and decided to make the
official retirement at the SCG.
Written By one-liners on Thursday, June 28, 2012 | June 28, 2012
By ONE Liners Agency June 28, 2012
Online business in Australia is growing rapidly during the financial year 2010-2011, reveals Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
In its research released on Thursday the ABS showed local businesses there received online orders of about $189 billion in financial year ending June 30, 2011, which was an increase of 32 percent to worth of $46 billion on the previous corresponding period.
ABS data also shows that the number of business houses receiving online orders have also grown from 13 percent to 28 percent.
The sectors which received more online orders were wholesale trade and manufacturing industries.
The retail businesses covered only 35 percent of the total online orders received.
Google also revealed that it received more searches for pizza than for pop singer Lady Gaga. It said on weekends Australians search ten times more for Italian fast food than Gaga.
Written By one-liners on Sunday, June 24, 2012 | June 24, 2012
By ONE Liners Agency June 24, 2012
QUEENSTOWN, Australia - The 38th annual Winter Festival has begun in Queenstown and revellers in thousands have started gathering. About 50,000 people are expected to attend this unique culture and community celebration of Queenstown that started way back in 1975 by locals.
Despite sluggish tourism currently in Queesntown, the organizers expects it to be a great success.
CEO of Destination Queenstown Mr Graham Budd says, "It has been challenging."
According to Festival Director Mr Simon Green, the Queenstown's Winter Festival has been designed for all members of the family. He added that there are in total of 69 events to take place in a span of ten days.
Mr Green also said, "Once again this is about fun. It's about celebrating who we are and where we are and sharing that with our visitors."
The Queenstown Winter Festival is scheduled to be held between June 22 and July 1, 2012.
Written By Admin on Saturday, December 31, 2011 | December 31, 2011
By SAMOAN Citizen Journalist December 31, 2011
SAMOA NEW YEAR - Today is New Year in Samoa. The Pacific island nation lost Friday off this week's calendar in a historic leap across the dateline. For years its trading partners New Zealand and Australia were a day ahead. Now the nation is in line with midnight switch from December 29 (Thursday) to December 31 (Saturday).
Samoans celebrated the New Year at Thursday midnight in the streets with songs, prayers and ringing of bells. People crowded to be photographed near the town clock in the capital Apia on the stroke of midnight. People clapped, cheered and car horns blared as the bells chimed midnight to mark this historic event.
Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said this alignment with trade partners New Zealand and Australia could only benefit Samoa to have five days a week trade with the regional powerhouses.
The date line dance was implemented in this tiny South Pacific island nation 119 years ago in 1892 when the U.S. traders persuaded local Samoans of aligning the time with nearby U.S.-controlled American Samoa.
Samoa, along with neighboring Tokelau lie near to the date line crossing through the Pacific Ocean.
In 2009 Tuilaepa introduced changes enacting a law that meant cars switched to left-hand side of the road driving bringing the nation in line with New Zealand and Australia.
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