"Cant believe it! The bakery in Parabanks Shopping Centre said I'm only customer who has vegemite on their croissant with coffee."
- @PremierMikeRann, Premier of South Australia, via Twitter, 30.5.09
Theme for 2009: Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change
Host: Mexico City.
Californian Supreme Court judges today upheld a constitutional amendment enshrining the value of Pi as 3.1415926535(etc etc etc). The amendment, known as Preparation H, was supported by a majority of Californian voters at a referendum last year.
The decision enraged Pi=3.2 activists, however they did score a small victory today when the Court ruled that Preparation H did not apply to any calculation in which the equals sign had been struck before November 3, 2008.
A low-scoring game at the North Sydney Oval as the Bears defeated the Tigers 18-6, four tries to one, in their Round 10 NSWRL Cup clash this afternoon.
"He revived leg-spin, thought to be extinct, and is now pre-eminent in a game so transformed that we sometimes wonder where the next champion fast bowlers will come from."
- CricketArchive Staff Reporter, from Cricketarchive's player profile of Shane Warne, 17.4.09
With the Rajasthan Royals' loss to the Kolkata Knight Riders in a refreshingly low-scoring Twenty20 clash on Wednesday night, the cricketing career of Shane Warne appears to have drawn to a close. Again.
The theme for 2009 is "Invasive Alien Species". See the Convention on Biological Diversity website for more information.
CSIRO has released a statement today on the issue.
"Australia's hatred of the Indian mynah bird ignited this week, with local councils drawing up plans for community cullings to combat the pest."
As Australia mourns the passing of Bud Tingwell - who has, indeed, been granted a state funeral next Wednesday - let us cast our minds back to the 1953 war drama "The Desert Rats", in which Tingwell played a minor role. Field Marshall Rommel was played in the same film by James Mason. Today, May 15, is the 100th anniversary of his birth.
Hearing the news in the past hour of the death of Bud Tingwell from prostate cancer at the age of 86 is a bit like feeling that part of Australia's heart and soul has just passed away. A great, lovely, Australian.