| Tassie firm links atolls to world
THE hope on these young faces is the product of a Tasmanian company helping one of the poorest countries in the Pacific. Two years ago Kingston-based Powercom Systems installed an FM radio network on the tiny island Republic of Kiribati. The remote archipelago northeast of Australia includes 32 atolls dispersed over 3,500,000 square kilometres. Powercom is now trialling a Wi-Max wireless internet system that will give Kiribati cutting-edge technology not yet commercially available here. Although most of the nation's 90,000 residents don't have computers and some are even without power, high-speed internet access will help the government, schools and hospitals connect to the world in ways not possible before. Powercom Systems' business manager Malcolm Crosse has worked closely with the people of Kiribati.
Crusaders set for reshuffle
Right wing Poki strained a hamstring in the warm-ups before last Saturday's Super 14 match against the Stormers in Cape Town and will be sidelined for around two weeks. Centre Laulala injured his hamstring during the game and coach Robbie Deans said he may be in doubt for this Sunday night's fixture at Perth's Subiaco Stadium. "Casey himself is confident but we will wait to see how he pulls up. If doubtful we will not be risking him." Sean Maitland replaced Poki for the Stormers clash and Deans also has the option of selecting Scott Hamilton on the wing. He will join the squad in Perth today after missing the Cape Town fixture because of personal reasons. Caleb Ralph, who started on the left wing at Newlands, is an option to start at centre, as is Tim Bateman.
Great runners keep their eyes on the prize
Awesome Detroit Lions Roll Toward Playoffs: (Note: New running item that might not last long.) Sign of the times: I just changed the "JK" entry in my AutoCorrect from "John Kerry" to "Jon Kitna." The Lions are 12th in offense and 28th in defense, yet somehow 6-2; the football gods promise an investigation. Detroit switched to eight- or even nine-man fronts, daring Patrick Ramsey to throw. And unfortunately for Denver, he accepted. Note that once the score was 37-0 in the fourth quarter, Kitna and most of Detroit's other starters sat down. And if you haven't seen the highlight clip of 340-pound Detroit defensive tackle Shaun Rogers running 66 yards for a touchdown with an interception, you must. Perhaps "running" is not the correct verb. Rather, let's call it "moving" 66 yards. Anyway, go to the happy-talk NFL.com (see below) and watch it under Game Clips.
Photos: Parliament Coach and Frontline Communications Build The CNN ...
CLEARWATER, Fla., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When it came time for CNN to plan its coverage of the 2008 election campaign, the decision was made: Have Parliament Coach and Frontline Communications build the Ultimate News Bus. To view the Multimedia News Release, go to: http://www.prnewswire.com/mnr/parliamentcoach/31498/ During the 2004 election, CNN experimented with Hank Williams' former touring bus, a 1980 Eagle. That coach required a separate satellite truck for linking to the network. It provided an opportunity to see whether a bus was a useful feature in the network's campaign coverage. The venture was a success, but it triggered thoughts of how it might be done better. Enter David Bohrman, CNN Senior Vice President and Washington, D.C.
Manly Super Blog: Carving a path through Super Bowl week
Yes, at long last we can focus on the game on the field now that the endless wait for kickoff is only hours away instead of days and weeks. Don't forget to keep logging on after the game kicks off, as the Manly Super Blog lives up to its name by staying live throughout the game, when I'll be posting my quarterly reports on everything from game to the broadcast to the commercials - in other words the part that's fun, because it's completely informed by hindsight - a beautiful place where "wardrobe malfunction" isn't speculation, but a very real and grossly underwhelming reality. .
SGPC again expands itself
Further study will be attempted to search for any such evidences. Even if it is confirmed as impact ejecta, this sample is an old piece, lying unnoticed on the ground of the eyewitness for an unknown time. The textural evidences such as presence of vesicles, amygdale filling (?) (by carbonates), glass shards (?) and euhedral quartz grain, along with the presence of a silicic glass and cristobalite, may indicate that the specimen is related to an ancient (felsic) volcanic event. .
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