Spent a few hours listening to the Liberal Party Lack of Policy launch.
With a distinct lack of any substance and a mantra of rethoric that stressed
that the Liberals were not the labor party it quickly became apparent that
Tony Abbot has lifted his speaking game and now appears more confident -
this is all I got out of his contribution.
I am afraid Julie Bishop confirmed all I have thought about her.
These people really think they have a right to lead us and the smugness
radiated from the screen.
Liberals obviously think that people want to go back to the John Howard days
and this perception will be enough to get them across the line – they appear
to have totally ignored why they were kicked out last time?
The Howard years were built on a mining boom, in that time they really did
nothing to strengthen our infrastructure or position the country for the
future.
Tony Abbott is hoping he will squeeze in and ride the next boom in the same
way, ie it is very easy to appear to be a good manager when you have a lot
of money. Throw $$$s at people every election and rely on their greed to
carry you across the line. The election of Kevin Rudd showed that people had
had enough and wanted change.
The Liberal party launch showed that they still do not see this.
Perhaps they are making the same mistake as Liberals in NSW – they actually
believe that the incumbent government is that bad that they can get in
without doing anything. I think this is a bad position to take ie assume
people will elect them on the basis they are the only alternative.
Labor NSW will win the next state elction because there is no credible
alternative.
Labor Australia will win the federal election because there is no credible
alternative.
The election polling must be causing concerns for labor as it appears that
Julia Gillard is going to act more like herself and to show people what she
is really like.
This is an interesting development as by this announcement she is telling us
that she has not been herself for quite a while?
We (well I am) must be tired of the cardboard personas put up by political
leaders and the 10 second sound grabs put forward by their party advisers
and the media.
IMO it would be great if both Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard would be
themselves – they should be telling us about what they want and believe in
for this country and telling us how their leadership will carry us into the
future.
It appears to me that policy is developed by scoping groups and carefully
selected focus groups that really miss the mark in how we (I) want
politicians to communicate with us (me).
My only real concern would be that the money and the power is not with the
leaders in either party as we have recently seen with Kevin Rudd and his
removal, but is with the back room boys and girls.
Heres hoping this will signal a change for the better in the rest of the
campaign/
Recently had the joyful experience of selling a motor vehicle online.
Did all the google stuff, listed the car on a few Australian websites that
sold cars (and some that didn’t) and waited for the rush.
It was a bit slow off the mark but I got a couple of genuine enquiries and
happily dealt with them, answering questions and providing images.
Then the flood started,
Who would have imagined that there were so many Marine Engineers sailing the
oceans of the world and wanting to buy a car for their father, mother, wife
or girlfriend.
They were all at sea and could not inspect the vehicle but would happily
send their representative from the UK or Romania or Malaysia to pick it up,
they would also be happy to send this Australian car back to their
countries.
Some were so keen they offered more than I was asking for the vehicle
because they wanted a quick deal.
A quick enquiry and they would be very happy to pay cash via Paypal and all
I had to do was send them my Paypal username email. Discussions revealed
that Paypal was the only way they could pay, because they were at sea, and
because it was a safe method of payment for me 
While the trip was interesting I did ultimately sell the car through an
online site, delivery and payment was undertaken and all were happy.
BTW – it was not sold to a Marine Engineer
Politics is an amazing animal?
Over the last 2 weeks both leaders have managed and changed their
style to reflect the mood of the press (and of course the Australian
people).
Tony’s voice has changed considerably, he has toned down, he is
speaking slowly and with emphasis (perhaps this stuff is written down
somewhere?). It must be difficult to change the way you are in such a
short time.
Julia has become a bit more natural, she is not so much speaking from
a script, she has also toned down a bit and is making an effort to put
forward ministers as part of the team.
For people who never pay any attention to the polls this type of
change must be natural (or not?)
If one could actually believe we are going to get something different
or even leadership out of this election one could be more interested.
More of same same – quite sad really?
An amazing picture of bland sameness.
A rehash of the last week, so I guess this is about all we will get for the
rest of the election leadup?
When we needed words, ideas and direction we get spin and soft voices devoid
of passion.
Where are the visionaries and leaders when you need them, we are rapidly
heading for mediocrity and blandness.
After a few good rides and a bit of luck Cadell Evans is looking good in the
tour de france.
All we need now is for the commentators to recognise it is a race and things
can change very quickly before they get all hot and sweaty about the chances
of him winning
To be building him up after only a few stages is something commentators are
good at? This is all well and good but they then have a tendency to tear him
to pieces if he does not win.
Commentators like to have it both ways?
Once again our political leaders are letting us down by embarking on a fear
campaign in relation to asylum seekers.
While I am sure that most would prefer that the boats were not coming to
Australia this does not mean that the passengers on these should not be
treated fairly and with some respect.
Good policy may very well stop the boats from coming and this should be seen
as a good thing, especially if you are a legitimate refugee sitting in a
camp somewhere in the world and you have been pushed back in the queue
because of Australia’s boat policy.
Flat Plate Heat Exchanger
30 plates
Use this flat plate exchanger to preheat vegetable oil as a biofuel prior to the filter and/or injection pump to improve viscosity and flow.
Using a standard fitting size of 1/2″ NPT threads you can select a barbed fitting to suit any hose line you may have.
The heat of the unit will not exceed the heat of the engine coolant if connected via the engine cooling system (radiator). If you are in a colder area it may be an advantage to consider 2 units, one before the filter and the second before the IP.
If you are running any vegetable oil system the installation of one of these may also assist more efficient running
The parallel layout of the sheets can make full use of the dead angles of the plate heat exchanger. Even if it is laid on its side the exchanger will still function very well.
Whether you require a 20 or 30 plate HE varies on a number of factors including your location, type of vehicle and type of fuel mix and use. I am happy to provide advice but if you have got this far I assume you have already done research.
Detailed Product Description
| Unit heat exchange area: |
.012m sq |
| Maximum Flux: |
4 cubic m/h |
| Material: |
316 Stainless |
| Weld Material: |
Cu or Ni with purity 99.9% |
| Sheet thickness: |
0.3mm |
| Liquid Hold-up: |
0.018L / passage |
| Design Temperature: |
-195C to +220C |
| Design Pressure: |
1.0 MPa |
| Testing Pressure: |
2.0 MPa |
| connections |
1/2″ threaded NPT
(BSP and BSPT compatible) |
|
>/dev/null 2>&1
Appended to the end of the string will stop email notifications being
sent every time CRON runs.
Excellent thing to have if your CRON runs every 15 minutes or so
Full of imagination and the ability to create complex names and
details these obscure names sign up to email and blogs with gay
abandon.
Of course it is all driven by a computer and the signups are automated.
What surprises me, or perhaps it doesn’t, is that the computer driven
subscriptions are actually smarter than the people sending them out?
What a waste of space and effort – probably the same as this post
Perhaps this header should have read -
Planes hitting Birds ? After all there is generally only one loser yet we seem to want to believe it is the bird’s fault?
Follow the link for the full article.
Revealed: Australian airport with most bird strikes – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
A new report shows Darwin Airport has the nation’s highest rate of birds hitting planes.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau compiled figures between 2002 and 2009 of aircraft colliding with birds.
Bird strikes can cause serious damage to aircraft and sometimes force emergency landings.
In 2009, an Airbus A320 was forced to ditch into the Hudson River in New York City after geese were sucked into its engines.
The report found that over the eight years to 2009, Darwin Airport had 654 bird strikes at an average of 10 bird strikes per 10,000 aircraft movements.
The next highest was in Hobart, at just under eight bird strikes per 10,000 movements.
Melbourne, Sydney and Canberra all had less than three strikes per 10,000 movements.
The ATSB says Darwin’s high rate of bird strikes can be attributed to the large bird population in the tropics.
“Engine ingestion” makes up about 11 per cent of all bird strikes involving larger aircraft across the country.
There have been eight bird strikes in Australia that have resulted in serious aircraft damage and four that have caused injury during the study period.
Most strikes across the country involved plovers, galahs, kites and bats.
Howard snub ‘an insult to Australia’ – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).
There could be many reasons for this “rejection”.
Perhaps they did not like his policies while he was in Government?
Former International Cricket Council boss Malcolm Speed says world cricket’s governing body has insulted Australia and New Zealand by blocking former prime minister John Howard’s vice-presidential bid.
India, Sri Lanka, the West Indies, Pakistan, Bangladesh and South Africa have so far given no reason for their decision to block Mr Howard’s ICC candidacy yesterday.
“I think it’s an insult to Australia and New Zealand, it shows great disrespect to those countries,” Mr Speed told ABC News Breakfast this morning.
“I think Mr Howard is entitled to feel angry.”
Follow the link to read the full article.
