| Jetstar offers 5000 seats for five cents
BUDGET airline Jetstar will boast Australia's lowest-ever domestic air fares on its website tonight when it offers 5000 seats for sale for just five cents. The five-cent fares, which include taxes and other charges, will go on sale from 7pm to 11.59pm (AEDT), and come as competitor Tiger Airways prepares to launch its operations in Australia. Jetstar spokesman Simon Westaway said the fares, offered on a seven of Jetstar's routes, are a bonus for travellers. "We believe this is the lowest all-inclusive air fare ever offered in the domestic market in Australia since domestic air travel commenced," Mr Westaway said. The fares will only be offered on seven Jetstar routes - Sydney to the Gold Coast, services from Melbourne to Hobart, Launceston and Newcastle and flights from Brisbane to Mackay, Rockhampton and Newcastle.
Governor congratulates carpentry program grads at prison
Schwarzenegger called on Dent and the other women to take their newfound sense of purpose with them to succeed on the outside. The 1-year-old carpentry program provides female inmates with high-paying skills and connects them with unions and employers upon parole. Such efforts are a focal point of the California Corrections and Rehabilitation Department's drive to reduce California's recidivism rate. About 70 percent of the state's parolees end up back in prison. Comparing the graduation to a red-carpet movie premiere, Schwarzenegger told the women they are stars in the state's rehabilitation effort. "You are the stars because you made a commitment to yourselves. It takes a lot of will," he told the throng of cheering women. "When you get out you're going to be a great contribution to society.
City district, ex-chief set to move on
John Q. Porter committed any criminal act. In fact, a number of documents discovered in the possession of the school district tended to exculpate or explain away most of the allegations made against Dr. Porter by the board," Prater said. Prater added that he was surprised that investigators were "very easily" able to obtain documents that exonerated Porter. But the 278-page report issued by the district attorney's office doesn't leave its subjects unblemished. The revelation of internal financial processes is prompting the district to review all of its policies and procedures, and some school district employees and board members who were interviewed were critical of Porter's behavior while he was superintendent. The report from Prater's office covers 15 allegations. Prater said possible criminal acts that could have applied were fraud and other "white collar-type crimes." Retired U.S.
Lemurs' Evolutionary History May Shed Light On Our Own
They also resolved the relationships among species within the remaining four evolutionary lineages, which includes a diverse cast of characters: the sifakas, named for the hissing "shee-fak" sound they make; the sportive lemurs, which are strictly nocturnal; the mouse lemurs, the smallest of all living primates; and the many so-called "true lemurs," including the blue-eyed black lemur (one of only three blue-eyed primates in the world) and the ringtailed lemur, which is often found in zoos. "By throwing this much data at the problem, we have absolutely confirmed, beyond any statistical doubt, that the spectacular array of lemurs all descended from a single ancestral species," said Yoder, noting that lemurs account for about 20 percent of primate species and live on less than one percent of the earth’s surface.
Recap of Saturday, February 23
Health care is really tough at this point. All you have to do is look at all the other countries that have it. We hear in "SiCKO" how great these other countries are, but we don't hear that the people make significantly less than we do, they're taxed significantly more than we are, and a lot of people die on the waiting list for free services. We don't want that here. Neil Cavuto: Ben Stein, what do you think? Ben Stein: I think the Oscars will have nothing to do with the health care debate, but we cannot afford universal health care at this point unless we're going to have a major tax increase on the wealthy. I think that's coming down the pike anyway. This country is tapped out for the middle class. No more taxes on them, period. That's done. It's going to be all people like you, Mr.
January 2007 Archives
Now more than ever, it seems plastic surgery is a necessary evil for Hollywooders hoping to stay in the spotlight. Everybody's having something lifted or removed or plumped. There's no such thing as a natural beauty. In this week's Daily Blabber video, I take a look at some of the celebrities who may have had a little something-something done -- like Jen (natch), Trashlee Simpson, Salma Hayek, Ivanka Trump, Posh Spice, Cameron Diaz, Paris and more -- complete with before and after photos so that you can judge for yourself. So check it out: Celebrity Plastic Surgery 2 .
What Thanksgiving means to me, part 2
The tradition changed, but a tradition isn't just a tradition. They aren't supposed to change. Of course, I have my own ideas of what Thanksgiving means, but everyone knows the same story as me. So family, friends and just simply giving thanks are what Thanksgiving means. And we should celebrate them; that is why we have this holiday. So what does Thanksgiving mean to you? -- Kelly Commarato Long Valley Home away from home Thanksgiving, to me, is finding a home away from home with friends that have turned into family. I'm in the middle with four of my friends from college. -- Pamela Burke Parsippany Many fond memories Thanksgiving brings back many fond memories of how much our family enjoyed this holiday and what it really is all about.
As housing bubble deflates, rent stays high
Terry Jacobs remembers the 1970s, when she paid $75 a month for a three-bedroom apartment in south Bozeman for herself and two daughters. ERIK PETERSEN/CHRONICLE Terry Jacobs talks about the difficulties of paying rent in Bozeman from her apartment kitchen. Jacobs said the $7 an hour she makes at her job doesn't leave enough for all her bills. Over the past four decades, the 59-year-old IHOP hostess has watched the valley change and rent prices soar.Today, her $7 an hour pay doesn't come close to what she needs rent a place in the Gallatin Valley, where a one-bedroom apartment averages $575 a month."That's just too high," she said.Montana's soaring home prices have spilled over into the rental market, sending monthly rents higher all across the state, said Scott Rickard, an economist at Montana State University-Billings.
Myrtle Beach Resort Icon 'Sands Resorts' Gets New Owner
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Hotelier Lee Rawcliffe, who is the current owner of Sands Ocean Club and Sands Beach Club, in Myrtle Beach, S.C., has acquired the remainder of the Sands Resorts chain of oceanfront resorts, including Ocean Dunes Resort & Villas, Sand Dunes Resort Hotel, Ocean Forest Villas and Ocean Forest Plaza. During its 35-year history, Sands Resorts established itself as Myrtle Beach's largest brand accommodations provider. Sands pioneered the affordable golf package, is home to the popular oceanfront Ocean Annie's Beach Bar, and established many amenities including its Kid's Club and water park. However, during the past decade, Sands and other established resorts have received new competition from an aggressive building boom and city-funded convention facilities.
Swing to Obama Expected
UN anti-drug crusaders seeking to make criminals out of millions of Americans who safely use marijuana are alienating public opinion against the UN. The American public increasingly shows it understands that in other countries where street drugs are decriminalized and taxed to raise government revenue, drug related crime disappears, AIDS and hepatitis cases decline, hard drug addicts seek medical treatment, drug addiction wanes and drug problems are greatly and economically reduced. The US had no marijuana, cocaine or opiate problems until the turn of the century. American prohibitionists lied and coerced the public into adopting their regressive laws in order to control Hispanic, African and Oriental immigrants by making their drugs of choice illegal, Before that, tinctures of hashish and opium were used medicinally and sold over the counter with no apparent problems and Coca Cola contained real cocaine Like with Alcohol prohibition, drug prohibitionist laws have resulted in the imprisonment and murder of thousands and the growth of a multi-billion dollar drug trade that corrupts justice and governments.
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