May 26th, 2008         Posted by Cherise         1 Comment »

- ORIGIN ENERGY LIMITED

as Neutral, Medium Risk - On the broker’s numbers it is possible to come up with a valuation for the company of as much as $16.70, so it expects management will reject the current $14.70 offer from BG in the hope of gettingn improved offer in the future. The risk is the share price […]

May 21st, 2008         Posted by Donald         11 Comments »

Comics Briefly

Rory Root Dead at 50Rory Root, visionary comics retailer and owner of the San Francisco comics bookstore Comic Relief, died of complications from a hernia operation at an Oakland, Calif. hospital May 19. He was 50. Root was a well known comics retailer and among the first to recognize that it was both necessary and […]

May 7th, 2008         Posted by Diamond         16 Comments »

When will young Americans get angry about the war?

I watched the hearings of Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the small TV in my dorm common room. My classmates, always courteous, kept asking me to change the channel. When SportsCenter and congressional testimony on Iraq go head-to-head these days, it’s no contest. The war, it seems, is getting stale.(Photo - At […]

May 6th, 2008         Posted by Benji         8 Comments »

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April 29th, 2008         Posted by Glanville         15 Comments »

Casey makes a splash

IT has been seven months since an emaciated young leopard seal was washed up on Wattamolla Beach in the Royal National Park.The animal was severely malnourished and suffering from shark bites and exhaustion. Rescuers from the National Parks and Wildlife Service doubted it would survive.But, after months of medical treatment and rehabilitation at Taronga Zoo, […]

April 15th, 2008         Posted by Katey         16 Comments »

Perspective cover story: A letter on rights for China

On July 13th 2001, when Beijing won the right to host the 2008 Olympic Games, the Chinese government promised the world it would improve China’s human rights record. In June 2004, Beijing announced its Olympic Games slogan, “One World, One Dream.” From their inception in 1896, the modern Olympic Games have always had as their […]

April 13th, 2008         Posted by Abigayle         1 Comment »

MUSICAL ACTIVITIES April 10 — Entrain, Big Leg

April 10 — Entrain, Big Leg Emma, evening, Kent Stage, East Main St. in Kent.April 10-12, 24-26 — Cleveland Orchestra, 8 p.m., Severance Hall, Euclid Ave.April 11 — Rowdy Friends Tour (Lynyrd Skynyrd and Hank Williams Jr.), 7, the Wolstein Center, Cleve. St.April 11 — Galactic, evening, the House of Blues, Euclid Avenue in Cleveland.April […]

March 27th, 2008         Posted by Dirk         14 Comments »

Fruit fly 'kiss of death'

SOUTH Australia’s $450 million horticulture industry is being threatened by the worst outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in years. The State Government says a Daw Park outbreak is "unusual" because a comprehensive baiting program and release of millions of sterile fruit flies – to mate with the pest insects – is yet to […]