Source - http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/5137189/mums-pay-wrongful-paternity/

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Here is some more police state bullshit to get a national DNA database up and running an official one that is. Once again the child has no say about what is taken from or done to them.

Mums pay back over wrongful paternity
November 11, 2008, 9:31 am
AAP

Babies should be DNA tested at birth to ensure men are not wrongly named as a child’s father, a men’s rights group says.

Mothers are being made to pay back money to men they wrongly claim fathered their children under changes to child support laws, The Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday.

The paper says 18 men cleared by DNA testing have sought to get money paid through the federal Child Support Agency returned to them.

According to the documents obtained through a freedom of information request, orders for $171,567 have been made against mothers so far, while 300 men have been cleared of being fathers.

Men’s Rights Agency director Reg Price says a DNA test at birth would stop men being wrongly identified as the father of a child.

“We believe that it should be done at birth - they do a blood test now and it would be quite simple to do it at that time,” he told Fairfax Radio Network.

“It is absolutely dreadful what is going on out there, and it is quite easy to fix with a test at birth.”

Mr Price said current laws made it difficult and costly for men to get permission for a DNA test, with court action often necessary.

“The big problem is the cost involved,” he said.

“If (a woman) says that is the case (that they are the father), then a man has to go to court to get permission (for the DNA test).”

Source - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6282159641861799839&ei=PVsESceeBJzYqAPp15jyDw&q=Derren+Brown&dur=3

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Source - Official Press Release

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Thursday November the 6th draws ever nearer, and planning for the Awards night is in full swing! Last year’s winners The Seabellies will open the show, and the evening will be hosted by Libbi Gorr and 1233’s Breakfast presenter Aaron Kearney…. and many more acts will be announced soon. It’s a great evening of music and entertainment, and certainly worth coming to, if only to support the many great local original musicians in our region.

Tickets will be on Sale from Monday the 22nd of September from the Ticketek website and the Civic Box Office of course.
www.abc.net.au/newcastle

Source - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4135706276167925924&ei=U1jNSOrmNpH8qAP81eStAg&q=fool+me+twice

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Exposing the Australian government’s lies about the East Timor massacres, the cover-up of the Bali bombings (including ‘93 WTC attack) and subsequent anti-terror legislation forced through parliament.

Source - http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8545585184878490822&ei=KFXFSP-yJqTaqAPBpay3BQ&q=michael+tsarion

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Source - AAP - http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/4998705/massive-physics-experiment-wednesday/
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Particle physicists believe they will throw open a new frontier of knowledge on Wednesday when, 100 metres below ground, they switch on a mega-machine crafted to unveil the deepest mysteries of matter.

The most complex scientific experiment ever undertaken, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will accelerate sub-atomic particles to nearly the speed of light and then smash them together, with the aim of filling gaps in our understanding of the cosmos.

It may also determine the outcome of novel theories about space-time: does another dimension - or dimensions - exist in parallel to our own?

After nearly two decades and 6 billion Swiss francs ($A6.6 billion), an army of 5,000 scientists, engineers and technicians drawn from nearly three dozen countries have brought the mammoth project close to fruition.

At 9.30am (1730 AEST) on Wednesday, the first protons will be injected into a 27-kilometre ring-shaped tunnel, straddling the Swiss-French border at the headquarters of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN).

Whizzed to within a millionth of a per cent of the speed of the light, the particles will be the first step in a long-term experiment to smash sub-atomic components together, briefly generating temperatures 100,000 times hotter than the Sun in a microscopic space.

Analysts will then pore over the wreckage in the search for fundamental particles.

“We will be entering into a new territory of physics,” said Peter Jenni, spokesman for ATLAS - one of four gargantuan laboratories installed on the ring where a swathe of delicate detectors will spot the collisions.

“Wednesday is a very major milestone.”

The LHC is massively-muscled machine compared to its CERN predecessor, the Large Electron-Positron (LEP) collider, and an ageing accelerator at the legendary Fermilab in Illinois.

It has the power to smash protons or ions - particles known as hadrons - together at a whopping 14 teraelectron volts (TeV), seven times the record held by Fermilab’s Tevatron.

The leviathan scale of the project is neatly juxtaposed by its goal, which is to explore the infinitely small.

Physicists have long puzzled over how particles acquire mass.

In 1964, a British physicist, Peter Higgs, came up with this idea: there must exist a background field that would act rather like treacle.

Particles passing through it would acquire mass by being dragged through a mediator, which theoreticians dubbed the Higgs Boson.

The standard quip about the Higgs is that it is the “God Particle” - it is everywhere but remains frustratingly elusive.

French physicist Yves Sacquin says that heroic work by the LEP and Fermilab has narrowed down the energy range at which the devious critter is likely to spotted.

Given the LHC’s capabilities, “there’s a very strong probability that it will be detected,” he said.

Some experts are also hopeful about an early LHC breakthrough on the question of supersymmetry.

The supersymmetry theory goes way beyond even the Higgs. It postulates that particles in the Standard Model have related, but more massive, counterparts.

Such particles could explain the unsettling discovery of recent years that visible matter only accounts for some four per cent of the Universe. Enigmatic phenomena called dark matter and dark energy account for the rest.

CERN Director General Robert Aymar is confident the massive experiment will yield a correspondingly big breakthrough in penetrating these mysteries.

“It is certain that the LHC will yield the identity and understanding of this dark matter,” he said in a video statement.

CERN has had to launch a PR campaign aimed at reassuring the public that the LHC will not create black holes that could engulf the planet or an unpleasant hypothetical particle called a strangelet that would turn the Earth into a lump of goo.

It has commissioned a panel to verify its calculations that such risks are, by any reasonable thinking, impossible, and France too has carried out its own safety probe.

Either way, the end of the world will not happen on Wednesday, for the simple reason that the LHC will not generate any collisions that day.

These will probably be initiated “in a few weeks” as part of a phased programme to commission the LHC, testing its equipment and evaluating work procedures before cranking it up to full strength, said Jenni.

Looking at the daily mountain of data that will have to be analysed, “it will take weeks or months before one can really hope to start discovering something new,” he cautioned.

“The LHC is more than a machine. It is the intellectual quest of our age,” the British weekly New Scientist said in this week’s issue.

“With luck… today’s physics textbooks will start to look out of date by the end of 2009.”

Source - Official Press Release
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THE CASANOVAS EVEN CORDRAZINE DJ PERIL HOT LITTLE HANDS OSCARLIMA T-REK GARETH SKINNER SPENDER RECORD PRODUCER

This coming September marks the beginning of the 20th anniversary celebrations of one of Australia’s finest independent record labels; Rubber Records. During its 20 year reign Rubber Records has discovered some of Australia’s finest Independent musical acts including the 1200 Techniques and Jet.

To kick off the milestone the Rubber imprint is assembling its artist roster for a live multi staged boutique rock gathering of indie proportions, for “20 years of Rubber”. This exclusive event features performances from artists: The Casanovas, Even, Cordrazine, DJ Peril, The Hot Little Hands, Oscarlima, T-Rek, Gareth Skinner, Spender, Record Producer & more.

20 years of Rubber…happens Friday September 19 at the uber vintage Northcote Town Hall.

Tickets are available through www.moshtix.com.

The limited capacity of the town hall ensures a sell out so please purchase tickets early, and celebrate a coming of age with indie rock royalty.

www.rubberrecords.com.au

Source - Official Press Release
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The Frontier Touring Company and Roundhouse Entertainment are thrilled to confirm the return of R&B superstar Alicia Keys to Australian and New Zealand shores this December. Alicia will return for her biggest shows to date Down Under, and will also perform a series of winery shows. Special guests on this tour will be Jordin Sparks and Lowrider (AUS only).

With 30 millions album sales, 11 Grammy Awards, 4 US #1 albums, a name-check from Bob Dylan, and most recently being awarded the prestigious honour of recording the Bond theme with Jack White, Alicia Keys has set herself apart from her contemporaries. Selling almost 20 million singles, Alicia has created instant classics with the likes of ‘Fallin’, ‘A Woman’s Worth’, ‘Karma’ and ‘Superwoman’, and has become one of the brightest stars of this decade.

The release of her fourth album As I Am received a rapturous response from fans, as they sent it sailing to a #1 debut on the US Billboard chart, achieving the highest first week sales of any female R&B artist in history. ‘No One’ received two Grammy Awards, as the single peaked at #2 in both Australia and New Zealand. The media have been just as taken with what is, arguably, Alicia’s finest work to date.

Spin announced that: “On her melodically powerful third studio album, she matures into the matriarch of her genre,” and Billboard mirrored their sentiments: “The strong stories that Keys spins are complemented by deft musical arrangements that integrate more rock and pop into her enriched old-school vibe.”

Blender were awestruck, offering: “The music is dizzying, even mesmerizing.” The New York Times pronounced that “As I Am radiates not just confidence but also experience. On the whole it’s her strongest effort yet.” And People Magazine declared that Alicia continued to “scale artistic heights on As I Am” ranking the album their #1 for the year.

Those witnessing the live shows have been similarly wowed. The Independent enthused that “Keys proves she’s still in a league of her own,” while the Manchester Evening News gushed “Despite lyrics bursting with attitude and huge critical acclaim the performing arts school valedictorian remarkably remains more dignified than diva. And it is that, teamed with her ability to both silence and excite her audience through her performance at the piano that secures Keys’ place among modern R&B royalty.”

Alicia’s special guest at all shows will be the esteemed Jordin Sparks. Winner of American Idol in 2007, it took Jordin little time to establish herself as one of the stars of 2008. Capturing a worldwide audience following the release of her debut album Jordin Sparks and single ‘Tattoo’, it wasn’t until Jordin handed the reins to her fans, that things really took off. Allowing them the privilege of choosing her second single, they settled on ‘No Air’ which saw Jordin hit #1 around the world – including Australia and New Zealand. Playing her first live shows in Australia and New Zealand as part of this tour, there’s no doubt that those before her will be left in awe.

Hip-hop funk enthusiasts Lowrider will open all Australian shows for Alicia on this tour. Lowrider drew major attention upon securing the opening slot for Christina Aguilera’s Australian 2007 tour. 2008 saw more milestones achieved as they toured nationally with the Big Day Out and released their sophomore record Diamond Amongst The Thieves (out now through Illusive). Boasting radio favourites ‘Be Bad’ and ‘Friend’, Diamond Amongst The Thieves introduced Lowrider to a new audience, and drew rave reviews. Inpress described the album best, writing: “The foursome are not bound by where their sound goes or what path their sound follows. Instead they appear to have free rein to let their sound, style and range develop.”

On her last Australian and New Zealand tour in 2004, Alicia Keys sold out every show. There’s no doubt tickets to see Alicia live this December will sell fast. Secure yours when they go on sale this Friday 22 August. Please visit frontiertouring.com for pre-sale details.

ALICIA KEYS

with special guests Jordin Sparks

Lowrider (AUS only)

AUSTRALASIAN TOUR - DECEMBER 2008

Tickets on sale Friday 22 August

Saturday 6 December Vector Arena, Auckland

Ticketmaster 09 970 9700 or www.ticketmaster.co.nz

Sunday 7 December TSB Arena, Wellington

Ticketek 0800 842 538 or www.ticketek.co.nz

Wednesday 10 December Brisbane Entertainment Centre

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Friday 12 December Acer Arena, Sydney

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Saturday 13 December a day on the green, Bimbadgen Estate - Hunter Valley

Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Sunday 14 December a day on the green, Centennial Vineyards – Bowral

Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au

Wednesday 17 December Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Thursday 18 December Adelaide Entertainment Centre

Ticketek 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

Sunday 20 December an evening on the green, Sandalford Wines – Swan Valley

Ticketmaster 136 100 or www.ticketmaster.com.au