"This is an exciting party!" thought the gang of four.
Wandering the high seas.
Is this really what I need to climb?

Consumerism a national religion, says ACF boss

Shop-a-holics ... Prof Lowe says Australians are living in an unsustainable way. (File photo) (ABC TV)
Consumerism a national religion, says ACF boss

Shop-a-holics ... Prof Lowe says Australians are living in an unsustainable way. (File photo) (ABC TV)
Consumerism a national religion, says ACF boss
The president of the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) says Australians are living in an unsustainable way and nothing is being done to improve the scenario.
Professor Ian Lowe has addressed the National Press Club in Canberra.
He says the Federal Government is failing to address the crisis.
"Consumerism is now our unofficial national religion, with ever larger shopping centres being built so we can worship seven days a week," he said.
"The present policy settings in Australia would lead any outside observer to conclude that we either can't see that we are living unsustainably, or are too short-sighted to care."
He has also accused the Government of pressuring scientists not to conduct research that may have an impact on public policy.
"Research organisations and individual researchers are now increasingly practising what a colleague called a 'pre-emptive crumble', falling over before they are pushed and taking great care not to antagonise the national Government," he said.
"Given the problems we face, we should be encouraging new ideas and supporting challenges to conventional wisdom, not suppressing them."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200608/s1728216.htm



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psychobiological processes

HI
i have come out of an exam, so how much do i know about psychobiological processes? a fair amount but possibly not enough. I know about sleep, not too much about the names of all those silly regions of our brain and nothing about the winsconian card test for skitzophrenia. Despite this i am still a relatively balanced person with nice dreads.
love sara

Week 2- we covered quite a lot. Enjoyed the session and picked up some great tips. The idea is great I just keep thinking - Where do I find the time? How will I use it for my students? Luckily I have level 3 at the moment so the computer skills are fairly good. Will not give up yet but.........

How do I get this on to my Blog Page

Well, this is my homework.
I was quite shocked to find out that it was going to be a 3 hour training session but after I got over that initial shock it was fine. I have a slight problem that I will not be able to attend session 3-5 but hopefully I will keep abreast of what is going on.
How I can use Blog Page? Good question. I just wonder how much time it will take to get it up and running for something worthwhile? What is wrong with talking to the students or using emails. I invited my children to my Blog page because I want to see if it is worth anything.
Look forward to hearing some great ideas from other people.
Sue

photograph envelops boy

associated press.

today, in a discovery that has shocked most, a boy was found smothered by a photograph. his shocked flatmate said "usually i don't worry when i don't see him for three days - mostly he's just gone on a coke-fuelled binge around melbourne visiting all of his friends." he continued "but when a mutant photograph turned up in the living room, i just couldn't shake the feeling that there was something a little out of focus."

first class sergeant pepper, who discovered the body, mentioned it was the combination of the smell and the strange, body shaped lump under the photograph which led him to look underneath the photograph itself. "we had been searching under his bed for some time - but apart from a boogie board filled with hash, a sizeable collection of dust and some misplaced trackie pants, we simply couldn't find him."

the photograph is rumoured to have originated some time early last year, during the clean-up from a massive house-warming party. a close friend of the boy said "that photo was taken after the debauchery had died down. it spoke to me of the alientated condition of modern man and his struggle to finish all the pistachios in one sitting."

while no official confirmation has been forthcoming, the police noted that the photograph has been most cooperative in the investigation. "she allowed us to peek underneath" said sergeant pepper, "but we'd be very interested in speaking to the downstair neighbour's cat."

anyone with further information is encouraged to front up to the chapel st police station with a 3000 word report and colourful diagram explaining the mysterious circumstance surrounding this event.

These are two of the more serious teachers from AMEP. We are sitting with teachers from AMES and wondering how we got ourselves into this 3 hour workshop. I think the lady in pink led the other one up the garden path. The third of the three musketeers, left at a reasonable time so that she could get back to work and teach her night class!!!!

This is a picture of the person sitting next to me!!! It is not her actual hair colour but it is a change and we all know that a change is as good as a holiday!!!

First comment

This is my first attempt at creating a blog. It took me about 10 attempts to find an acceptable user name. It was very frustrating and at one time I thought to pull the plug. I hope my tolerance level improves.