Government nixes bank account portability

Costs outweigh benefits http://www.itnews.com.au/News/267579,government-nixes-bank-account-portability.aspx

MYOB sold for $1.2 billion

Now wholly overseas owned. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/267576,myob-sold-for-12-billion.aspx

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Your Web Site

Here's a great review from PayPal of a usability study of 5 small busines web sites https://drivingbusinessonline.com.au/media/16844/paypal_smb_usability_study_australia.pdf

If You Have A Web Site...

Here is an interesting take on Google's search engine tweaks in their war on spam http://www.seo.com/blog/google-wages-war-spam/

Cloud Computing

Re the cloud as presented in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-Vnx58UYo.

What happens when someone in authority does not like what you have stored on "their\your" cloud and decides to delete your account? (Recently happened to the email account of an anti-vaccination campaigner I know.)

What happens if your cloud vendor has a power outage and you cannot access your data for three days? (Happened recently in EU - Amazon's botched backup causes cloud chaos, admits software bug also caused it to delete storage snapshots. Some customers forced to wait up to three days for Amazon to retrieve a snapshot... http://www.itnews.com.au/News/267086,amazons-botched-backup-causes-cloud-chaos.aspx)

Whilest the incidents in the Chrome notebook presentation are dramatic and we probably all know someone who has suffered a loss, they are far from routine. Good backup practices are vital for data preservation. http://www.taobackup.com/

The cloud most benefits the storage space vendors and big brother.

Not for this little black duck!

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Define Better

This is a sensational music video! I love this guy's ability to communicate a very important message. http://youtu.be/g7rACI-WJEw

Home Remedies part 1 Agatha Thrash MD

Help yourself to health with home remedies. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz5vsQRZ6m4

Stephanie Messenger Says...

I have received this today and people need to start taking action.

As the vaccination rate drops due to parents becoming educated, stunts like this will keep coming. If a doctor deems it important your child be vaccinated you may not have a hope of fighting it.

They always start these things off so they look to the majority like a good thing but there is always an agenda behind it.

Please contact your federal member and voice your disapproval. It may be too late in a few months. What if this is the start of making vaccination compulsory. Will you do nothing and just leave it to a few active people in the country.

This is very important - more news will follow in the coming days.

Hi all,

I am hoping that everyone who reads this email will share it with all of their friends and family. This is happening in Australia right now but it is planned for most Western nations down the track and if it is allowed to stand...well, that doesn't really bear thinking about.

The Australian government has just instituted a requirement for all parents to bring their child into a GP for a health assessment. Compliance with this requirement will determine whether you do or you don't get the family allowance. Letters are going out to parents this week - some have already been received.

Vaccination is a big part of this requirement and it is not impossible that doctors will deem unvaccinated children to be 'at risk' with an intervention such as forced vaccination or removal from families for these kids. Remember, Australia is the home of the Stolen Generation and that happened because one group of people considered themselves to be experts in how children should be raised.

Next year, mental health assessments will be added to the mix - there are questions on here already in that regard but they are not required at this point. Imagine when they are, the number of children who will be medicated as a result! Please read this excellent blog for more information on this situation - Unfit Until Screening And Intervention Says Otherwise!

What if your primary care practitioner is not a GP? What if your health philosophy has indicated that mainstream medicine is not in your child's best interests? What if you are a Christian Scientist whose religion says that you don't see doctors?

Are there exemptions available for those who don't normally see doctors? And if the doctor - whose philosophy and practices differ from you own - determines that your child is at risk, what are the potential outcomes?

Will breastfed babies be at risk because of their slower weight-gain as compared to those fed artificial breast milk (ABM?)

Will children who are not using full sentences at 3 years of age be labelled as developmentally delayed and forced into treatment even though a proportion of children at this age will not be speaking in sentences but will catch up later without intervention?

Will this one doctor's word be taken as gospel even though his training does not give him any expertise in these areas (they are actually meant to assess the nutritional requirements of children when doctors learn almost nothing about nutrition in school).

It is hard to imagine anything good coming of this move and the downsides could be disastrous for many families who are not mainstream in their lifestyle and health choices. After all, the government is proposing a 'report card' on your parenting skills and if anyone wants to see a dysfunctional family - just watch question time in Parliament any day of the week when they are sitting! Who are they to try and tell us that our children are healthy or well-adjusted?

Here is a link to allow you to download and read the letter that has been sent out. http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101800214009-462/healthy_kids_check_template_idgp_-_do_not_open+%281%29.pdf Please watch this space as we will be having an action alert in the next few days to get the ball rolling on overturning this requirement. This information needs to go viral - please forward as much as you can and you have my permission to post this to your blogs, websites or anywhere else you think it will be read by those who need to be aware.

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Password Strength

During a recent password audit by Microsoft & Google, it was found that a blonde was using the following password: "MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyTallahassee"

When asked why she had such a long password, she said she was told that it had to be at least 8 characters long and include at least one capital.

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Catch a Squiz at Apple's Proposed New Digs

Landed spaceship design http://www.gizmag.com/apple-spaceship-campus/19549/

JetMan Flys the Grand Canyon

Sensational buzz, spectacular footage http://www.tvkim.com/watch/1141/kims-picks-giving-ironman-a-run-for-his-money?utm_medium=nl

10th Anniversary of 9/11

Remember the pretext for the War on Terror?

9-11 Truth links compendium is an exposition with select video analysis & lectures, contributions by professors, architects, scientists, Federal Aviation Authority experts, former CIA, FBI, military and government officials, firemen, reporters and other eye-witnesses present. Download this Compendium which serves as an introduction to the subject and as a source of additional references for those already familiar with the 9/11 Truth Movement: http://www.democracydefined.org/democracydefinedmaterial.htm

Here is a new and most worthwhile video from Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. http://rememberbuilding7.org/10/

And now, from 1944, Solid Potato Salad

Un-gobsmackin'-believable balance, strength and flexibility! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mVpGmoES3w

A Great Video

Beautiful imagery, tragic loss of environmental purity and worthy lives. It occurred to me while watching this that the carbon tax scam is such a travesty on many levels, not the least of which that it is a distraction of time and energy from things that matter and DO make a difference. https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=211725598871590

A Quote From Nicholas Sparks

"Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that."

A Quote From George M. Adams

"He who does not get fun and enjoyment out of every day... needs to reorganize his life."

A Quote From Mahatma Gandhi

"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning."

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