Better late than never.
I have a busy life, ya know? This is a part of it. But, only a part of it. This is good stuff anyway. Gay Marriage in Canada. You bet. Oceans are becoming acidic. Another threat to the algae. You know the challenge of this thing just never ends. Hang in there little algae.
The New Zealand Herald
Greenhouse gas turning oceans acid, scientists warn
04.02.05 11.30am
By Michael McCarthy
Gigantic changes to the world's oceans, leading to the complete disappearance of marine life from cod to coral reefs, are now threatened by the main greenhouse gas causing global warming, British scientists warned yesterday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009477
Second rotation leaves to help with tsunami relief
The second deployment of New Zealand military personnel to the tsunami-ravaged area of Indonesia has left the air force's Ohakea base.
The Boeing 757 aircraft took off for Jakarta, via Darwin, today with about 60 people on board who are part of New Zealand's tsunami relief operation.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009480
Government defends departments' handling of child porn
The Government is defending its departments against allegations of inaction in fighting child pornographers after an international magazine questioned whether New Zealand was becoming a "haven for paedophiles".
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10009490
UN official solicited oil deal from Iraq says report
04.02.05 11.00am
UNITED NATIONS - A senior UN official solicited and received allocations of oil from Iraq for a trading company while he was directing the UN oil-for-food program, a key investigative report said on Thursday.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10009472
Guy Wilson-Roberts: Canadian PM dead set on gay marriage
04.02.05
This week, the Canadian Government introduced into the House of Commons legislation to legalise same-sex marriage for Canadians.
If passed, it will change the legal definition of marriage from the "lawful union of one man and one woman" to the "lawful union of two persons to the exclusion of all others".
By proposing to change the definition of marriage in this way, the Canadian Government is going much further than New Zealand has done with its civil union law. Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Paul Martin has explicitly rejected civil union as a compromise.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=466&ObjectID=10009358
Israel approves West Bank pullback and prisoner release
04.02.05 1.00pm
JERUSALEM - Israel has approved a troop pullback from West Bank cities and the release of 900 Palestinian prisoners, measures crucial to the success of a summit with the Palestinians in Egypt next week.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10009492
Google surges past eBay as valuation debate rages
03.02.05 1.00pm
NEW YORK - Google Inc overtook eBay Inc as the biggest internet company in terms of stock market value on Wednesday (US time) after posting strong quarterly earnings, but some investors remain leery of whether the shares are worth the price.
Google, the leading Web search company, now has a stock market value of about US$56 billion ($79 billion), making it almost as large as media conglomerate Walt Disney Co and bigger than industrial stalwarts General Motors Corp and Alcoa combined.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10009320
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Some cloud
-5.0°
Updated Friday 04 Feb 9:59AM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
30 °F / -1 °C
SNOW LIKELY.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT.
Windchill:
LOWS 19 TO 25 / -5 °C.
Humidity:
86%
Dew Point:
27 °F / -3 °C
Wind:
8 mph / 13 km/h from the SE
Pressure:
29.94 in / 1014 hPa
Visibility:
10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 12
Clouds (AGL):
Few 1100 ft / 335 m
Scattered Clouds 2000 ft / 609 m
Mostly Cloudy 3000 ft / 914 m
Satellites Below:
