Mercy Ministries and Privacy Commissioner Investigations Update

In the post we learnt that the Privacy Commissioner had decided to carry out a preliminary investigation of the situation surrounding the refusal of Mercy Ministries Australia to hand over client files to past clients.
In a letter received by one of the complainants, a few days ago, the Assistant Privacy Commissioner has advised:

So Mercy Ministries [...]

Fellow Tweeters in the news

In some much needed downtime, I missed 15 minutes of fame granted to some fellow tweeters.  First up we have:
Dr Rachie winning a Shorty Award in the Health Category
Dr Rachie, cell biologist and all round bonza shelia and skeptic, beat off some stiff competition from shameless self promoting woo pushers Dr Joe Mercola and Mike [...]

Freethought University Alliance

I mentioned in a previous blog post my hope that some positive action and networking would be one of the outcomes of the Global Atheist Convention. It seems that some very hardworking people, flying just below the radar are doing just that.
The Freethought University Alliance will be launched at the GAC:
The Freethought University Alliance, a [...]

Australian Priest recruitment up due to world youth day.

According to the Catholic News Agency:
A record number of men are entering seminary for the Archdiocese of Sydney and up to six men will be ordained to the priesthood this coming June, a rise that observers partly attribute to the influence of World Youth Day 2008.
On June 11, between four and six men will be [...]

Saturday Steampunk – Steampunk in Oxford

Its almost cool enough for me to begin working on my Steampunk specimen drawers.  But not quite.
Thus I have for your viewing pleasure, found a cinematograph for your viewing pleasure. Wherein is described the Steampunk exhibition and Oxford.

Slightly concerned about the examples that the gentleman pictured above uses to explain certain temporal devices.