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Blogger Charged Again for Name Suppression Breach

Cameron Slater, proprietor of the popular Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog has been summoned to appear in court on the 16th of June for breaching the name suppression order relating to a senior public servant accused of assaulting a man in a car in Wellington. (News Source: Scoop.co.nz - 04:16:00)

Christina Pirello: Real Food For Health: Change Your Life. Cook Dinner!

It’s as though we don’t even see food as food anymore, just the sum of its nutritional parts. In all this science, we lost our way to the food and our inherent wisdom about what eating means. (News Source: The Huffington Post - 20:53:19)

The Catch: Japan’s whaling culture

The trial of the Tokyo Two could seriously damage Japan’s claim that its whaling program is for purely scientific research. (News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 23:19:34)

Whalers blow whistle on meat racket

Australia’s bid to take Japan to the International Court of Justice over its so-called scientific whaling program may be about to get a boost. (News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 23:19:44)

Japan appalled by legal move on whaling

Japanese officials believe the Government is willing to risk Australia’s relationship with Japan to help it win the election. (News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation - 11:49:33)

In praise of the anti Pauline Kael

I find that the only thing that approaches my love of a great film is a truly horrible one. Great films, like the recent The Secret in Their Eyes, stretch the critic’s creative muscles as he or she tries to write a rave worthy of the reel (News Source: National Post - 16:21:39)

Celia Brauer: Backyard fish streams? Okay, but let’s clean up natural waterways first

The sad reality is that we have continued to grossly pollute and ignore the needs of the vast honest-to-goodness wild fish-bearing waters that surround us on three sides. (News Source: The Georgia Straight - 21:12:58)

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