The story by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author is available on-line at Taipei Times. http://taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2012/03/13/2003527643 http://wp.me/pHcpI-14M
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A LUCKY COUNTRY – WITH BRAINS Leave a comment
FAMOUS MARTIN ST JAMES – Australian entertainer Leave a comment
A friend of Theresa St James introduced me to Taiwan in 2001 and I began visiting Taipei regularly from the following year. Martin now has three Taiwanese-Australian daughters and now a son born just weeks ago. Congratulations. And thank you for helping me discover the attractions and diversity of Taiwan. http://martinstjames.com
TRAVEL TIP – VISITING AUSTRALIA? Leave a comment
December and January is a volatile time in Australia. It’s the season when we have either a lot of rain or fires everywhere. At present most of the east coast in being effected by heavy rains and floods. Next year or the year after it will be bush fires. Usually the best weather happens in [...]
CLASSROOM OF THE FUTURE Leave a comment
The Australian government is proposing a super-fast broadband network to 95% of dwellings. Called the National Broadband Network. Some politicians do not wish to spend the vast sum of money involved. In my opinion if someone cannot see the value of a 100MB broadband system, they just do not understand the internet. ADSL2+ connections in [...]
SEA SHELLS FOR MILLIONAIRES Leave a comment
A pair of friendly guys from the southern city Kaohsiung are in town with their collection of marine shells. There were helmet and Triton shells that have taken a month to engrave. The giant clam with gold inlaid will set you back about AUD $2250
ALMOST A FULL MOON TODAY Leave a comment
In Australia we (they) are tossing up between a National Broadband Network to 95% of all homes with fiber optic cable underground OR wireless towers on all the buildings and cable strung between poles down the streets. “They” are kidding themselves. Iron ore and coal exports are going through the roof with sales to China [...]
TAIWAN HAS TOUGH ANTI-SHARK FIN LAW Leave a comment
Legal shark fining example video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPFioJeMRO8 There’s a lot of out-of-date information circulating. Briefly: 1. Fishermen prefer to catch marlin, swordfish, tuna – high value products. 2. Sharks take the baits intended for tuna, marlin, on lines many kilometers long. 3. Sharks, unable to swim, then drown. Unable to swim, they drown, dead in 95% [...]
CORAL TROUT AND SEAFOOD TIPS
The spotted fish is a coral trout, found in tropical waters throughout the world. You’ll see small one’s in restaurant fish tanks in Taiwan. They are a bright pink fish mostly. They are best cooked by steaming or within a soup – or maybe both ways if the fish is large enough. They are an [...]
TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS AUSTRALIA
Having a dive off Port Douglas on a shipwreck found by a prawn trawler when it’s net became snagged. The mysterious object was a very old steel ship sitting in 24 meters of water. Prawn nets had smashed the masts off. The wreck was not considered newsworthy From left, John Harding. Peter West, Dale Chapman [...]
THE RIGHT WHALE
A strange name? Hundreds of years ago there were right and wrong whales to hunt. The ‘right’ type of whale floated when killed. The Southern Right Whale was found south of the equator. There is a Northern Right Whale as well. Both species have are protected from hunting – although not many nations hunt [...]
