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...blackmailing scheme, it was almost comically bad: the alleged extortionist threatened to write a screenplay about Letterman's affairs. "He's going to take all of the terrible stuff he knows about my life - and there seems to be quite a lot of terrible stuff he knows about - and he's going to put it in a movie," explained Letterman on the show. Still, the host was clearly unnerved. "I want to reiterate how terrifying this is," he said. "I am a seething mass of Lutheran Midwestern guilt." (See the top 10 late night jokes...
...local interactions with the recipients" to Beltway contractors who are more incentivized to keep money flowing than getting results on the ground. In one case, a firm that was contracted to provide special surgical lights and other advanced technology to hospitals and clinics in the country reportedly failed to take into account the fact that there was no source of electricity to power the new equipment. (See pictures of the Red Cross at work...
...government is looking at opening up the other eight. On Sep. 8 the Defense Science and Personnel Minister, Greg Combet told Parliament that the Defense Science and Technology Organization at Wollongong University will start the long process of evaluating the physical standards for all military tasks. This will take several years, but once the results are in, all branches of the ADF will be required to hire recruits based on whether they meet the physical benchmark - and gender and age requirements will be thrown out the window. (Read about Palestinian moms becoming martyrs...
...short term," says Michael McKinley a Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Strategy at the Australian National University. "You would have to basically train the male soldier to treat women the same way they would treat a male if they were wounded or in particular danger. It wouldn't take long...
...debate is still hypothetical. The Centre of Expertise in Physical Employment Standards (PES), established in August, will take several years to come up with a final set of standards. That's when the real discourse will begin. But so far Australia seems a little bit hesitant to support its women warriors. On one Australian news web site's poll, 54% of readers voted that they aren't prepared to see Australian women in battle. But others are open to the idea. A commenter named 'Bob' on the Australian Daily Telegraph web site left his opinion for the record...