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What’s the difference anyway?

Andrew BoltMARCH102013(10:13am)

Again on the ABC, this time on its coverage of the WA state election:

ABC host Kerry O’Brien: Hannah Beazley standing for the ABC…
Deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop: You’ve done it again, Kerry.

O’Brien: Just wish those letters weren’t so similar.

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The Bolt Report today

Andrew BoltMARCH102013(10:00am)

Comment here.

Watch videos of the show here.

Today:

- Being mean to Julia Gillard

- The face of Labor’s problems out West: Ned Mannoun, Muslim Lebanese immigrant but the first Liberal mayor of Liverrpool.

- Amanda Vanstone and John Della Bosca on Labor’s disaster in the WA election, Gillard’s dog-whistle and Tim Mathieson’s freebies.

- Fact-checking Tim Flannery’s latest scare.

The transcript of Ned Mannoun’s interview here:

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No comment, but lucky Black Steam Train dares

Andrew BoltMARCH102013(9:51am)

Fascinating articles on Aboriginal identity over at Black Steam Train, including a thoughtful and touching piece on his children.

Then there’s Shane Mortimer’s case against an academic, for which my own travail was a precedent.

And given my troubles, I do not dare comment.

(Thanks to reader John.)

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Labor’s humiliation in WA could spell curtains for Gillard

Andrew BoltMARCH102013(5:05am)

A big swing against Labor in the WA state election devastates the party and adds to pressure on Julia Gillard:

With 56.7 per cent of the vote counted, the coalition had 58 per cent of the vote on a two party preferred basis, with Labor taking 42 per cent, accounting for a swing of 6.6 per cent to the government.

True, Premier Colin Barnett is a good performer with a good record and was never going to lose. But Defence Minister Stephen Smith, who holds one of Labor’s three remaining federal seats in Western Australia, is brutally frank:

We’ve had a tough time federally - you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to work that out - and there’s no doubt we have been a drag on [Opposition Leader] Mark [McGowan] and there’s no doubt that we haven’t been helpful.

If he’s right, Labor’s three federal seats, held by Smith, Special Minister of State Gary Gray and Melissa Parke, could be slashed to one or none.

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But the strongest response to the defeat came from [Alannah] MacTiernan, a former WA Labor infrastructure minister, who called on the federal party to dump Ms Gillard.
”There’s no doubt that the voters in WA do not see Julia Gillard as a leader ... and it’s the Labor people telling you this.. I don’t want to be horrible ... (but) you can’t be a leader when people don’t want you as their leader....”

Asked directly if she believed the ALP must replace Ms Gillard as leader, Ms MacTiernan replied: “Absolutely, I’m sorry it is very clear”.

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The biggest swing, though, was against the Greens.

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Reader Colin:

The biggest worry for federal Labor in the WA State election is that they’ve lost the seat of Perth with a swing to the Liberals of 10%. This seat is a crucial part of Stephen Smiths federal seat, and together with swings of 7% in other areas of Smith’s electorate, he is in serious trouble.

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Meanwhile a new Galaxy poll just adds to the pressure:

Asked who they’d vote for if a federal election were held today, 32 per cent of respondents opted for the Labor party, while 48 per cent chose the coalition…

On a two-party preferred basis, the coalition earned 55 per cent of the vote to the government’s 45 per cent.

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March 10: Laetare Sunday (Western Christianity, 2013); Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom (2013)

1830 – The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, was established by royal decree.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell (pictured) made his first successful bi-directional telephone call, saying, "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1959 – An anti-Chinese uprising erupted in Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, as about 300,000 Tibetans surrounded the Potala Palace to prevent the14th Dalai Lama from leaving or being removed by the Chinese People's Liberation Army.
1968 – Vietnam War/Laotian Civil War: North Vietnamese and Pathet Lao forces overwhelmed the American, Laotian, Thai, and Hmong defenders of Lima Site 85.
2006 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter attained orbit aroundMars.

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Events

241 BC – First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands – The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end.
298 – Roman Emperor Maximian concludes his campaign in North Africa against the Berbers, and makes a triumphal entry into Carthage.
1607 – Susenyos defeats the combined armies of Yaqob and Abuna Petros II at the Battle of Gol in Gojjam, making him Emperor of Ethiopia.
1629 – Charles I of England dissolves Parliament, beginning the eleven-year period known as the Personal Rule.
1735 – An agreement between Nadir Shah and Russia is signed near Ganja and Russian troops are withdrawn from Baku.
1762 – French Huguenot Jean Calas, who had been wrongly convicted of killing his son, dies after being tortured by authorities; the event inspired Voltaire to begin a campaign for religious tolerance and legal reform.
1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from Franceto the United States.
1814 – Napoleon I of France is defeated at the Battle of Laon in France.
1816 – Crossing of the Andes: A group of royalist scouts is captured during the Action of Juncalito.
1830 – The KNIL also known as the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army is created.
1831 – The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.
1848 – The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican-American War.
1861 – El Hadj Umar Tall seizes the city of Ségou, destroying the Bambara Empire of Mali.
1864 – American Civil War: The Red River Campaign begins as Union troops reach Alexandria, Louisiana.
1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying "Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you."
1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
1906 – The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst ever, kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
1909 – By signing the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909, Thailand relinquishes its sovereignty over the Malay states of Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis and Terengganu, which becomeBritish protectorates.
1917 – Some provinces and cities in the Philippines was incorporated due to the ratification of Act No. 2711 or the Administrative Code of the Philippines.
1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
1933 – An earthquake in Long Beach, California kills 115 people and causes an estimated $40 million dollars in damage.
1944 – Greek Civil War: The Political Committee of National Liberation is established in Greece by the National Liberation Front.
1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting firestorm kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the "provisional president".
1959 – Tibetan uprising: Fearing an abduction attempt by China, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama's palace to prevent his removal.
1966 – Military Prime Minister of South Vietnam Nguyen Cao Ky sacked rival General Nguyen Chanh Thi, precipitating large-scale civil and military dissension in parts of the nation.
1968 – Vietnam War: Battle of Lima Site 85, concluding the 11th with largest single ground combat loss of United States Air Force members (12) during that war.
1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later retracts his plea.
1970 – Vietnam War: Captain Ernest Medina is charged by the U.S. Military with My Lai war crimes.
1975 – Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Me Thuot, South Vietnam, on their way to capturing Saigon.
1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
1980 – Madeira School headmistress Jean Harris shoots and kills Scarsdale diet doctor Herman Tarnower
1980 – Formation of the Irish Army Ranger Wing
1990 – In Haiti, Prosper Avril is ousted 18 months after seizing power in a coup.
2000 – The NASDAQ Composite stock market index peaks at 5132.52, signaling the beginning of the end of the dot-com boom.
2005 – Tung Chee Hwa resigns from his post as the first Chief Executive of Hong Kong after widespread public dissatisfaction of his tenure.
2006 – The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
2008 – The New York Times reveals that Governor of New York Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service.

[edit]Births

1415 – Vasili II of Russia (d. 1462)
1452 – Ferdinand II of Aragon (d. 1516)
1503 – Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1564)
1536 – Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1572)
1628 – Marcello Malpighi, Italian physician (d. 1694)
1709 – Georg Steller, German naturalist (d. 1746)
1745 – John Gunby, American soldier (d. 1807)
1749 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, Italian librettist (d. 1838)
1769 – Joseph Williamson, English philanthropist and tunneler (d. 1840)
1772 – Friedrich von Schlegel, German aesthetician (d. 1829)
1776 – Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen consort of Prussia (d. 1810)
1787 – William Etty, English painter (d. 1849)
1787 – Francisco de Paula Martinez de la Rosa, Spanish statesman and dramatist (d. 1862)
1788 – Joseph von Eichendorff, German writer (d. 1857)
1810 – Samuel Ferguson, Irish poet (d. 1886)
1839 – Dudley Buck, American composer, organist, and writer (d. 1909)
1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (d. 1912)
1844 – Pablo de Sarasate, Spanish violinist (d. 1908)
1845 – Tsar Alexander III of Russia (d. 1894)
1846 – Edward Baker Lincoln, American son of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1850)
1847 – Kate Sheppard, New Zealand suffragist (d. 1934)
1848 – William Thompson, American archer (d. 1918)
1850 – Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1852 – Léon Moreaux, French sports shooter (d. 1921)
1867 – Hector Guimard, French Art Nouveau architect and designer (d.1942)
1875 – Alexander Goldenweiser, Russian pianist, teacher, and composer (d. 1961)
1876 – Ernst Tandefelt, Finnish nobleman, assassin of Minister Ritavuori (d. 1948)
1877 – Émile Sarrade, French rugby player (d. 1953)
1881 – Thomas Quinlan, musical impresario (d. 1951)
1888 – Baldwin Cooke, American actor d. 1953
1888 – Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (d. 1961)
1889 – Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Grandmaster of Ninjutsu (d. 1972)
1891 – Sam Jaffe, American actor, teacher, musician and engineer (d. 1984)
1892 – Arthur Honegger, French-born Swiss composer (d. 1955)
1892 – Gregory La Cava, American director (d. 1952)
1897 – Robert Meier, German WW1 veteran (d. 2007)
1900 – Pandelis Pouliopoulos, secretary of the Communist Party of Greece (d. 1943)
1903 – Bix Beiderbecke, American jazz musician (d. 1931)
1905 – Betty Amann, German-American actress. (d. 1990)
1905 – Richard Haydn, English actor (d. 1985)
1906 – Lionel Bertrand, Canadian politician and newspaper editor (d. 1979)
1911 – Warner Anderson, American actor (d. 1976)
1915 – Harry Bertoia, Italian artist (d. 1978)
1915 – Sir Charles Groves, English conductor (d. 1992)
1916 – Davie Fulton, Canadian politician and judge (d. 2000)
1917 – Frank Perconte, American sergeant.
1918 – Günther Rall, German ace fighter pilot (d. 2009)
1919 – Marion Hutton, American singer and actress (d. 1987)
1920 – Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur (d. 2007)
1920 – Boris Vian, French writer and musician (d. 1959)
1923 – Manoranjan Das, Indian playwright (d. 2013)
1923 – Val Logsdon Fitch, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate
1925 – Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet (d. 2005)
1925 – Jean-Guy Cardinal, Canadian politician (d. 1979)
1926 – Jimmy Payne, English footballer (d. 2013)
1927 – Claude Laydu, Belgian-French actor (d. 2011)
1928 – Sara Montiel, Spanish actress and singer
1928 – James Earl Ray, American assassin (d. 1998)
1929 – Huey P. Meaux, American record producer (d. 2011)
1929 – Sam Steiger, American politician (d. 2012)
1931 – Georges Dor, Canadian author, playwright, singer-songwriter (d. 2001)
1933 – Ralph Emery, American television host
1935 – Graham Farmer, Australian rules footballer
1936 – Sepp Blatter, Swiss FIFA President
1936 – Alfredo Zitarrosa, Uruguayan singer and journalist (d. 1989)
1937 – Joe Viterelli, American actor (d. 2004)
1938 – Norman Blake, American musician
1938 – Ieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens
1940 – Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
1940 – David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
1945 – Katharine Houghton, American actress
1945 – Birgitta Sellén, Swedish politician
1946 – Hiroshi Fushida, Japanese racing driver
1946 – Mike Hollands, Australian animator
1946 – Jim Valvano, American basketball coach (d. 1993)
1947 – Kim Campbell, 19th Prime Minister of Canada
1947 – Paul Condon, Baron Condon, former police commissioner
1947 – Bob Greene, American journalist
1947 – Tom Scholz, American songwriter and guitarist (Boston)
1948 – Austin Carr, American basketball player
1948 – Richard Park, British media consultant and broadcaster
1949 – Bill Buxton, Canadian computer scientist and designer
1950 – Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Pakistani terrorist
1950 – Aloma Wright, American actress
1951 – Gloria Diaz, Filipino actress, Miss Universe 1969
1952 – Johanna Lindsey, American novelist
1952 – Mike O'Donnell, English composer
1952 – Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
1953 – Jacqueline Gareau, Canadian marathon runner
1953 – Paul Haggis, Canadian film director
1954 – Didier Barbelivien, French singer and songwriter
1955 – Gary Louris, American musician
1955 – Toshio Suzuki, Japanese racing driver
1955 – Youssra, Egyptian actress and singer
1956 – Mitchell Lichtenstein, American actor
1956 – Robert Llewellyn, English writer, actor, presenter
1957 – Osama bin Laden, Saudi Islamist and leader of al-Qaeda (d. 2011)
1957 – Terry Holmes, Welsh rugby player
1957 – Matt Knudsen, American actor
1957 – Shannon Tweed, Canadian actress and model
1957 – Jim White, American folk singer-songwriter
1958 – Jeanie Bryson, American singer
1958 – Steve Howe, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1958 – Sharon Stone, American actress
1960 – Lance Burton, American stage illusionist
1960 – Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, German keyboardist and songwriter (Nena)
1960 – Gail Greenwood, American musician (Belly and L7)
1960 – Anne MacKenzie, British journalist and broadcaster
1961 – Laurel Clark, American physician and astronaut (d. 2003)
1961 – Mitch Gaylord, American gymnast
1961 – Pam Oliver, American sportscaster
1961 – Bobby Petrino, American football coach
1962 – Jasmine Guy, American actress
1962 – Seiko Matsuda, Japanese pop singer
1963 – Jeff Ament, American musician (Pearl Jam, Green River and Mother Love Bone)
1963 – Rick Rubin, American record producer
1964 – Neneh Cherry, Swedish musician
1964 – Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex
1964 – David Faber, American television reporter
1965 – Rod Woodson, American football player
1966 – Edie Brickell, American singer (The Heavy Circles)
1966 – Stephen Mailer, American actor
1966 – Gráinne Mulvey, Irish composer
1966 – Mike Timlin, American baseball player
1967 – Daichi Suzuki, Japanese swimmer
1967 – Omer Tarin, Pakistani poet, writer and scholar
1968 – Felice Arena, Australian author
1968 – Thio Li-ann, Singaporean law professor and NMP
1969 – Paget Brewster, American actress
1969 – Walter Schreifels, American musician (Gorilla Biscuits, Rival Schools and Youth of Today)
1970 – Matt Barlow, American singer (Iced Earth and Pyramaze)
1970 – Michel van der Aa, Dutch composer
1970 – Paul Bishop, British Poet and Electrical Artisan
1971 – Steve Arnold, British racing driver
1971 – Jon Hamm, American actor
1971 – Daryle Singletary, American singer
1972 – Timbaland, American rapper
1972 – Takashi Fujii, Japanese comedian and singer
1972 – Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
1972 – Paraskevi Tsiamita, Greek athlete
1973 – Eva Herzigova, Czech model
1973 – John LeCompt, American guitarist (Evanescence and We Are the Fallen)
1973 – Chris Sutton, English footballer
1973 – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician (Edge of Sanity and Nightingale)
1973 – Mauricio Taricco, Argentine footballer
1974 – Cristián de la Fuente, Chilean model and actor
1974 – Biz Stone, American businessman, co-founded Twitter
1975 – Lyne Bessette, Canadian cyclist
1975 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli professional basketball player
1976 – Kisaki, Japanese musician (Dir en grey, Phantasmagoria and Anti Feminism)
1976 – Barbara Schett, Austrian tennis player
1977 – Jeff Branson, American actor
1977 – Peter Enckelman, Finnish footballer
1977 – Shannon Miller, American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist
1977 – Colin Murray, British radio DJ
1977 – Rita Simons, English actress
1977 – Robin Thicke, American singer and actor
1977 – Bree Turner, American actress
1978 – Neil Alexander, Scottish footballer
1978 – Benjamin Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
1979 – Danny Pudi, American actor and comedian
1979 – Edi Gathegi, American actor
1981 – Samuel Eto'o, Cameroonian footballer
1981 – Efthimios Kouloucheris, Greek footballer
1981 – Steven Reid, Irish footballer
1981 – Ángel López, Spanish footballer
1981 – Gabriela Voleková, Slovak tennis player
1982 – Kwame Brown, American basketball player
1982 – Keke Wyatt, American singer
1983 – Étienne Boulay, Canadian football player
1983 – Che'Nelle, Malaysian Australian singer
1983 – Rafe Spall, English actor
1983 – Carrie Underwood, American singer-songwriter
1983 – Reena Virk, Canadian murder victim (d. 1997)
1984 – Nikos Arabatzis, Greek footballer
1984 – Ben May, English footballer
1984 – Olivia Wilde, American actress
1985 – Lassana Diarra, French footballer
1985 – Casey Dienel, American singer-songwriter
1986 – JC de Vera, Filipino actor
1987 – Martellus Bennett, American football player
1987 – Tuukka Rask, Finnish ice hockey player
1987 – Emeli Sande, British Singer
1988 – Christian Beck, German footballer
1988 – Michael Dunlop, Northern Irish motorbike racer
1988 – Ivan Rakitić, Croatian footballer
1989 – Iván Piris, Paraguayan footballer
1990 – Bang Mir, South Korean rapper MBLAQ
1991 – Bahaa Al Farra, Palestinian runner
1992 – Neeskens Kebano, French footballer
1992 – Emily Osment, American actress and singer
1993 – Jack Butland, English footballer
1993 – Jeffrey Scaperrotta, American actor
1993 – Nooa Takooa, Kiribati sprinter
1993 – Alfred Duncan, Ghanaian footballer
1997 – Belinda Bencic, Swiss tennis player

[edit]Deaths

483 – Simplicius, pope of Rome
1291 – Arghun, Persian ruler
1315 – Agnes Blannbekin, Austrian mystic (b. c. 1244)
1391 – Tvrtko I, First king of Bosnia (b. 1338)
1510 – Johann Geiler von Kaisersberg, Swiss-born preacher (b. 1445)
1513 – John de Vere, 13th Earl of Oxford, English commander (b. 1443)
1549 – Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, English politician and diplomat
1584 – Thomas Norton, English politician and writer (b. 1532)
1585 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b. 1517)
1588 – Theodor Zwinger, Swiss scholar (b. 1533)
1669 – John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
1670 – Johann Rudolf Glauber, German chemist (b. 1604)
1724 – Urban Hjärne, Swedish chemist, geologist, physician and writer (b. 1641)
1776 – Élie Catherine Fréron, French critic (b. 1719)
1776 – Niclas Sahlgren, Swedish merchant and philanthropist (b. 1701)
1792 – John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1713)
1823 – George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith, Royal Navy admiral (d. 1746)
1832 – Muzio Clementi, Italian composer (b. 1752)
1861 – Taras Shevchenko, Ukrainian poet (b. 1814)
1864 – Jack Slade, American frontier figure (b. 1831)
1872 – Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian politician (b. 1805)
1898 – Marie-Eugénie de Jésus, Founder of the Religious of the Assumption (b. 1817)
1895 – Charles Frederick Worth, English-born couturier (b. 1826)
1910 – Karl Lueger, Mayor of Vienna (b. 1844)
1910 – Carl Reinecke, German pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1824)
1913 – Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist (b. 1820)
1925 – Myer Prinstein, Polish born-American athlete (b. 1878)
1937 – Yevgeny Zamyatin, Russian writer (b. 1884)
1940 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (b. 1891)
1942 – William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1862)
1948 – Zelda Fitzgerald, American novelist, wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald (b. 1900)
1948 – Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (b. 1886)
1949 – James Rector, American athlete (b. 1884)
1950 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
1951 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Prime minister of Japan (b. 1872)
1966 – Frits Zernike, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1888)
1967 – Yiorgos Batis, Greek composer and musician (b. 1885)
1969 – Louis Menges, American soccer player (b. 1888)
1970 – Vasilis Avlonitis, Greek actor (b. 1904)
1973 – Eugene 'Bull' Connor, American segregationist (b. 1897)
1977 – E. Power Biggs, English-born organist (b. 1906)
1982 – Minoru Shirota, inventor of Yakult (b. 1899)
1984 – June Marlowe, American actress (b. 1903)
1985 – Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (b. 1911)
1985 – Bob Nieman, American baseball player (b. 1927)
1986 – Ray Milland, British actor (b. 1905)
1988 – Andy Gibb, English-born singer (b. 1958)
1989 – Kermit Beahan, American bombardier (b. 1918)
1990 – Otto Schuhart, German korvettenkapitan (b. 1901)
1992 – Giorgos Zampetas, Greek composer and musician (b. 1925)
1994 – Abdelkader Alloula, Algerian playwright (b. 1929)
1996 – Ross Hunter, American film producer (b. 1920)
1997 – LaVern Baker, American singer (b. 1929)
1998 – Lloyd Bridges, American actor (b. 1913)
1999 – Oswaldo Guayasamin, Ecuadorian painter and sculptor (b. 1919)
1999 – Valentino Mazzia, American forensic anesthesiologist (b. 1922)
2001 – Nicholas Georgiadis, Greek painter, stage and costume designer (b. 1923)
2001 – Massimo Morsello, Italian musician and activist (b. 1958)
2003 – Barry Sheene, British motorcycle racer (b. 1950)
2004 – Dave Blood, American musician (The Dead Milkmen) (b. 1956)
2005 – Dave Allen, Irish comedian (b. 1936)
2005 – Danny Joe Brown, American singer (Molly Hatchet) (b. 1951)
2005 – Danny Taylor, American musician (Silver Apples)
2006 – Anna Moffo, American soprano (b. 1932)
2007 – Richard Jeni, American comedian (b. 1957)
2007 – Ernie Ladd, American football player and wrestler (b. 1938)
2008 – Richard Fran Biegenwald, American serial killer (b. 1940)
2008 – Vangelis Kazan, Greek actor (b. 1936)
2010 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (b. 1971)
2010 – Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy, Egyptian Muslim cleric (b. 1928)
2011 – Bill Blackbeard, American writer and editor, founder-director of the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art (b. 1926)
2012 – Jean Giraud, French comics artist (b. 1938)
2012 – Tan Boon Teik, former Attorney-General of Singapore (b. 1929)
2012 – Nik Zoricic Canadian ski cross skier (b. 1983)

[edit]Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:
Hote Matsuri (Shiogama, Japan)
Tibetan Uprising Day (Tibetan independence supporters)

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Pink Floyd's first single, Arnold Layne, was released in the UK on this day in 1967. This picture was taken during the filming of the promotional clip released for this song.
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Natalie is the newest addition to our great team and is already proving to be extremely popular with our clients, based on her amazing talent on the salon floor.
She just loves doing gorgeous colours and is especially good with beautiful blondes and subtle pastel toning.
Natalie is also great with guy's street fashion cuts and is a real natural when it comes to womens fashion cuts, finished off with immaculate blow-waving. - 4 my Melbourne friends - ed
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Ocean temperatures predicted to rise as WA Labor plummets into the sea ;)
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The Pacific Marine Layer
I went to shoot the PANSTARRS comet tonight and as soon as I got to the Grizzly Peak, I knew it wasn't going to happen. That wall of purple is a form of haze known as the marine layer and it's great for ruining sunsets, though as you can see it did no damage to tonight's. It did however obscure the close to the horizon comet. Tomorrow we're supposed to be under a nice high pressure system, which will introduce warmer weather and (I hope) less off shore misty foggy gunk. The comet will also be a bit higher, so that should help too.
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Calling all Who fans down under – don't forget that we're having a cinema spectacular event on Thursday 14th March, with 'The Impossible Astronaut' and 'Day of the Moon' in HD on the big screen! Find out more and where to book tickets on doctorwho.tv: http://bit.ly/ZG1D8s
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Sincere thanks Western Australia - we won't let you down. - Peter Collier
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"The Lord parted the waters for Moses. For you, he will split rock."

The Bible Series - Sundays at 8/7c on History
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Tribute to John Wayne
John Wayne forever!
The Big Stampede 1932
Tall in the Saddle 1944
In Old Oklahoma 1943
Stagecoach 1939
They Were Expendable 1945
Flying Tigers 1942
Sands of Iwo Jima 1949
Operation Pacific 1951
Angel and the Badman 1947
Fort Apache 1948
Seven Sinners 1940
The Big Trail 1930
The Telegraph Trail 1933

Song "John Wayne" by Billy Idol

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Early morning film shoot for "Hidden Peaks" at La Perouse! — with Clariza Filipowski-Actor.
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When you come to God, don’t look at how much faith you have. Look at Christ’s perfect faith that never fails!
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There is a reason I shop at Max Brenners .. excellent chocolate .. but more .. I support the ethos. And for that reason, I wouldn't choose Starbucks when there is a Gloria Jeans. - ed
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I guess this puts the 'pub' in public toilets. :/
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I'm in love with an old lady .. - ed
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Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor : Is GOD good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent.)

Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does satan come from ?

Student : From … GOD …

Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer.)

Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who created them ?

(Student had no answer.)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.

Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.

Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn’t.

(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)

Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.

(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)

Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?

Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.

Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)

Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?

(The class was in uproar.)

Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?

(The class broke out into laughter. )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)

Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.

Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.

P.S.

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?

Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH. - apocryphal - ed
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