G'day Folks
Thank you for joining me at the Ozepro Express.
More "Big Brother" stuff
Plans are afoot to tag all of our school aged children, "because so many students move interstate every year it is clear that a national approach is required."
Here is a quote from a recent news article.
"The NSW government has signalled it will lead a push to have a national identification system for primary and secondary school students introduced to transfer and access academic and medical records when pupils change schools."
I realise that this is only a proposal at this stage but this ID system will be law very shortly.
I hope that all you folks read George Orwells novel "1984" that I linked for you last month because here is another example of Australian residents being tagged like fish in a pond.
I have maintained the link to "1984" on this page.
After this system gets put in place the next suggestion that you will get out of Canberra will be to have an electronic surveillance chip placed in all new born babies so that they can be tracked in case they get abducted, raped, molested or just plain lost.
What happens when said babies grow up?
Well, it is such a good "security device" we may as well leave it implanted!
Naturaly, there will be a hefty fine imposed on those that interfere with, remove, or fail to replace a defective chip.
And we Australians, being the sheep that we are, will agree to this blatant removal of individual privacy just because the government states that this is good for us.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Easter Rally, for the hopeless?
Once again, a group of concerned citizens journeyed to the outskirts of Baxter detention centre, to hold a peaceful rally in order to draw attention to the innocent people that are imprisoned there.
The rally was marred by the heavy handed tactics employed by the authorities.
Rally members were confronted by 400 heavily armed police, in full battle dress; the police contingent also included a squad of mounted police and a helicopter.
The police have the word "Police" displayed on their battle dress otherwise they would be mistaken for terrorists.
Rallyists were ridden down by the mounties when they attempted to release balloons and fly kites near the prison because "the air space is restricted".
Strange that the police helicopter, equipped with spotlights, could fly in the "restricted air space" all night for three nights at a cost of about two thousand bux an hour!
Amanda Vanstone, the immigration minister who is responsible for this devilish place said that the rallyists were very naughty because they were giving "false hope" to the inmates.
In other words Mandy is saying that the inmates have no hope.
"If it gives them false hope, it's one of the cruellest things you can do." She said.
Police defended their actions by saying "protesters had been warned not to fly kites or release balloons."
A total of 16 people were arrested and charged with offences like trespassing, hindering police and resisting arrest.
No police were charged with deprivation of liberty, assault or willful damage to the rallyist's possessions!
It is a great pity that only a handful of us turned out to voice our disapproval of this shameful place and blatant breach of human rights.
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Readers bonus download for April is: CSVdb.
With CSVdb you can manipulate any CSV file, separated with any separator.
The contents of the CSV file are visible in a list-view window that allows you to easily edit, add, insert, delete and move the items in the list-view. remove duplicates, append and repair files.
The list-view runs in virtual mode so it can handle big files.
You can also delete and add columns or re-arrange the column order.
A comprehensive save selection as .. gives you the possibility to create new CSV files.
You will find the download link towards the bottom of this page
Also take a look at the down load page and get yourselves some free tools and free advertising resources.
And have a look at our new FFA page
over here: http://erlypro.com/cgi-bin/links/links.cgi
Do you Shop online? http://ozepro.com
--------------------------
L ike To Post To 2600 Fresh Leads Every Day?
Well after much hard work we have officially launched the new and improved Cash Back Pro FFA Network.
http://erlypro.com/cashback/
-------------------------
How To Find Better Health Insurance Quotes.
Don't you and your family deserve the best affordable health Insurance?
Shop for Better Health Insurance at:
http://better-health-insurance.com
---------------------
Google This
"baxter and amanda"
---------------------
Laugh Time
We Are Immune...
Two Jewish sisters-in-law meet on the street.
Ruth says to Golda, "Such news I got for you, Golda! My Irving is finally getting married. He tells me he is engaged to this wonderful Jewish girl, but he thinks the poor darling may have some strange illness called herpes."
After offering congratulations, Golda says to Ruth, "So, Ruthie, do you have any idea what is this herpes, and can our Irving catch it?"
Ruth answers, "God forbid! But his Papa and I are just so happy to hear about his engagement. You know how we've all worried about him. Its past time he's settled with a nice girl. As far as the herpes goes, who knows?"
"Well," Golda says, "I have a very fine medical dictionary, you know, Ruthie. I'll just run home right now and look it up and call you."
So, Golda goes home, looks it up, and calls Ruth excitedly, "Ruth! Ruth! Thank goodness, I found it. Not to worry! It says herpes is a disease affecting the gentiles."
--------------
During this month, April, these historical events occurred
1826 - Samuel Morey of Oxford, New Hampshire patented the internal combustion engine. It was pretty much the kind of engine we still use in cars and trucks, but not as complicated and needing less maintenance than those of today. That?s what we call progress.
1859 - Daniel Emmett introduced "I Wish I was in Dixie's Land" (later named "Dixie") in New York City. Just two years later, the song became the Civil War song of the Confederacy.
1860 - Pony Express mail service began -- in St. Joseph, Missouri. The first Pony Express rider was heading for California. The next day, another rider left Sacramento, California heading east for Missouri. Each rider had a 75 to 100 mile run before a switch was made with another rider. The switch was made at one of 190 way stations along the route; each way station being about ten to fifteen miles apart. The Pony Express riders delivered the mail within ten days (similar to our current snail-mail) for postage paid of $5 per ounce. This style of mail service became antiquated within a short two years, being put out to pasture by the advent of the overland telegraph.
1861 - Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter (South Carolina) -- and the U.S. Civil War began.
1865 - John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor, was permitted upstairs at Ford's Theatre. Thus, he gained access to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's private theatre box as Lincoln watched the performance of "Our American Cousin". It was just after 10 p.m. when Booth, a Confederate sympathizer, shot Lincoln in the head. After shooting the President, Booth leaped to the stage below, shouting, "Sic semper tyrannis!" ("Thus always to tyrants!", the state motto of Virginia.) He broke his leg in the fall but managed to escape the theatre (which was in Washington, D.C.), mount a horse, and flee to Virginia. Booth was hunted down and shot as he hid in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia. Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. the next day.
1865 - The worst steamship disaster in the history of the United States occurred on this date. The "Sultana", carrying approximately 2,300 passengers, the majority being freed Union POWs, exploded while en route to Cairo, IL. Neither the cause of the explosion nor the final count of the dead (estimated at between 1,450 and 2,000) was ever determined. Today, the "Sultana" disaster remains the worst of its kind.
1906 - The Great San Francisco Earthquake occurred at 5:13 a.m. The tremendous earthquake was responsible for some 3,000 deaths and catastrophic damage. There were many fires that followed the quake and they took days -- even weeks -- to contain. Survivors of the earthquake gathered annually for memorial services beginning at the moment the predawn temblor struck and became history.
1912 - "Up in the crows nest, Frederick Fleet was staring into the darkness. It was around 11:30 p.m. on a very odd calm moonless night when he noticed a black object immediately in their path, he knew it was ice!" The Royal Mail Steamship "Titanic" of the White Star Line struck an iceberg at approximately 11:40 p.m. The great ship, on its maiden voyage, sank just under three hours later. 1,517 passengers were lost at sea.
1954 - Bill Haley and His Comets recorded "Rock Around the Clock" for Decca Records this month. The song was recorded at the Pythian Temple, "a big, barnlike building with great echo," in New York City. "Rock Around the Clock" was formally released a month later. Most rock historians feel the tune, featured in the 1955 film "Blackboard Jungle", ushered in the era of rock ?n? roll. It hit number one on June 29, 1955 and stayed there for eight weeks, remaining on the charts for a total of 24 weeks. The record has now sold over 25,000,000 copies.
1956 - Elvis Presley recorded his first tunes as an RCA Victor artist. Recording in Nashville, Elvis sang "Heartbreak Hotel", "I Was the One", "I'm Counting On You", "I Got a Woman" and "Money Honey". "Heartbreak Hotel" was #1 by April 11, 1956 and stayed there for eight weeks. It was #1 on the pop and rhythm and blues charts and number five on the country music list.
1956 - Actress Grace Kelly became Princess Grace of Monaco this month. The beloved U.S. actress from Philadelphia married Prince Rainier III of Monaco in a storybook wedding. More than 1,500 radio, TV, newspaper and magazine reporters were on hand for the event in Monaco, as were most of the citizens of the tiny country.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, GA, made a showy, glitzy announcement that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was called ?the most significant soft drink development? in the company?s history. Yeah, well, so much for history. Fans of the original Coke were instrumental in bringing Classic Coke back. The way they did it was, actually, quite ingenious. They didn?t buy the new Coke and it turned out to be one of the biggest corporate flops ever.
Well, for making it this far down the page, here is your bonus:
http://erlypro.com/express/csv.zip
The ozepro Express
http://ozepro.com/express/index.html