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Situated an hour’s drive south of Sydney, the vibrant and diverse city of Wollongong offers an incredible bushwalking experience. Nestled between the majestic Illawarra Escarpment and the sparkling Pacific Ocean, this region is a haven for hiking enthusiasts. Explore the pristine beaches, lush forests, dramatic cliffs, and charming suburbs while embarking on scenic walking tracks in Wollongong. Whether you’re seeking breathtaking views, serene nature trails, or hidden gems, there are plenty of options to satisfy your curiosity. Discover the best Wollongong walks as we highlight some of the most remarkable routes in this stunning area. Lace up your hiking boots and immerse yourself in the natural beauty that Wollongong has to offer.
Want to have a taste of a bush walk but with the security of solid paths and trails, people with young children or limited mobility will enjoy the comfort of this trail.
The loop trail starts on a wide dirt path and transitions onto a boardwalk, weaving throughout heath, woodland and swamp filled with wildflowers and local birdlife. Further along you reach the viewing platform of the spectacular Madden’s Falls. This is a great child friendly location to look at the view of the falls and down the valley, as well as have a seat and a snack.
Maddens Falls – Dharawal National Park (1.5km return walk)
Never been on a bushwalk before or low in fitness? This is the walk for you!
Cascade Walk – Macquarie Pass National Park (2km return walk)
A great walk any time of year, enjoying plenty of wildlife and a short walk to one of Wollongong’s most gorgeous waterfall sites. With National Parks signage clearly marked, making the trail especially suitable for beginners with the added security of signage and comfort “that you are on the right trail”.
Macquarie Pass National Park is spectacular by showing a diverse range of flora and fauna. Your pathway is often crossed by a curious Lyrebird or two and lazy dragons can often be seen on a sunny rock closer to the creek. Although only a short walk, this trail should be taken slowly, quietly – to really take in all of the surrounds and the treasures it provides. It is especially exciting for children, the sensory journey it provides is exceptional, whilst the small time it takes keeps them focused and interested.
Looking for a challenge that keeps up with your fitness level? Summits and rough paths deliver the goods…but still comfortable for newbie walkers!
Mt Kembla Summit – Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area (3.5km return walk)
One of Wollongong’s most beautiful and unique walks. Depending on the weather; a plethora of fungi, an eerie walk in the clouds or simply a great walk to absorb the iconic Wollongong coastline and Lake Illawarra views. A great walk any time of year, enjoying plenty of wildlife with a short challenging walk.
Make sure you have a good look around on this trail, there are beautiful ferns, fungi, lizards and lots of birdlife including the cheeky Lyrebird. Enjoy the summit walk up through various forest types, rocky sections and a staircase with the final reward of beautiful views to Wollongong’s South. A great walk to get the heart pumping, or take your time and enjoy the beautiful forests along the way.
Royal National Park
Located on the southern fringe of metropolitan Sydney, Royal National Park is the second oldest national park in the world, offering spectacular scenery from sub-tropical rainforests and sandstone heathlands to dramatic coastal cliffs and unspoilt ocean beaches.
Royal is home to many great bushwalks that hug the park’s coastline, taking you along the cliffs, beaches and escarpments ranging from 1km (suggested time 30 minutes) to 26km (suggested time 2 days).
Illawarra Escarpment & surrounds
The Illawarra Escarpment is a dramatic 30 million-years-old formation, offering scenic lookouts, hiking, walking, birding, and picnic spots. It’s home to dramatic sandstone cliffs and a medley of different forest types from sub-tropical rainforests to olive-green eucalypts and towering cedars.
With two accessible mountains, a vast array of beautiful birdlife and strong Aboriginal heritage, this is a must-explore on any Wollongong visit.
For interactive maps and more information visit the Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area page on NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service website or the National Parks Association of NSW website.
Wollongong’s Blue Mile
Not so much a bushwalk but still very noteworthy! Wollongong’s Blue Mile stretches from Stuart Park in North Wollongong to Wollongong Golf Club in the south, offering the best vantage points to take in the beauty of the South Pacific Ocean to the east and the magnificent Illawarra Escarpment in the west.
This section of coastline is much-loved, consisting of shared pathways and parks and variety of places to stop in for a coffee or a delicious meal – or both!


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Spain’s banking sector lost € 5.560 Bn in market capitalisation yesterday after the country’s Supreme Court decided they woud have to pay mortgages taxes and not the final client. Just 24 hours after, the Court announced they will review the decision. Morgan Stanley calculates that the effect of ruling could reach 12 billion euros.


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Hallandale Beach Mayor Keith London does not like his city’s firefighters. At a recent commission meeting, London mocked the intelligence of a firefighters union official. Not surprisingly, the union endorsed London’s opponent Joy Adams.
On Tuesday, the ponytailed London attacked a firefighter at an early voting location in Hallandale Beach. London mocked the first responder for being paid by “the taxpayers your whole career.”
When the fireman said he runs into burning buildings for a living, a snarky London replied, “Congratulations, you signed up for the job. That’s the job you wanted.” London had to be pulled away from the fireman by another campaign worker.
Remember, Keith London is the same guy who confronted a city worker in the middle of the street and asked him about sex in prison. London told the Broward State Attorney’s Office that former Commissioner Bill Julian was a “migrant worker.” During a public meeting, Keith London asked fellow commissioner Anabelle Taub about “anal bleaching.”
And when The Sun-Sentinel endorsed him they said London was “too glib.” Does the Sun-Sentinel think London attacking firemen is “glib.”
Perhaps London felt brave surrounded by his campaign team of lobbyists: Evan Ross and Scott Cowan?
New campaign filings with the State of Florida show a local “horse supplier” placed a big bet on Hallandale Beach Mayor Keith London. Eduardo Cartaya, an owner of thoroughbred horses, made a $20,000 contribution to the 27th State political committee. Last week, REDBROWARD reported the political is operated by London.
According to State records, London’s committee is funded by Hallandale Beach developers and entities tied to the Gulfstream Racetrack and Casino. Horserace betting websites indicate Cartaya’s horses race at Gulfstream Park.
Why are gambling interests betting big on Mayor Keith London? Hallandale Beach voters deserve answers, right?
The latest news on Hallandale Beach Keith London comes from a blockbuster story in the Miami Herald:
“Then came the plot twist. Gimenez looked straight at Mayor Keith London and said: ‘By the way Mayor, this is the first time I see you in person.’ The only other time she had seen him, Gimenez said, was on her ‘ex-boyfriend Victor Elbeze’s monitor when he told me [Gimenez] that you [London] hired him to track your colleagues.’
London cut her off to reply: ‘No no no no, I’m sorry. I’ll correct that afterward.’ Later in the meeting, he denied it all, pointing to Elbeze’s testimony about the developer as proof.”

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Here are 5 tips on how you can keep it both cute AND practical:
An entryway equipped with hooks is a must to keep leashes within reach and ready to go. It’s also a great spot to hang a towel for muddy paws and bellies. Pro tip: coat the walls with a durable paint you can wash down when needed.
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Depending on the size of your dog and where you live, a dog door can be fun for both pup and person. It provides easy in and out access for the dog (to a fenced yard), which means less mind-reading for you.
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Your dog is an important member of the family. Frame their picture and display it proudly for all to see, ooh and aww. Truly the icing on the entryway.
When it comes to creating dog-friendly spaces in your home, the options are limitless. What’s your idea of the perfect entryway? Tag @earthrated on Instagram.

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A blog about my life with food, and my ongoing quest to determine whether or not food is really love. Recipes, stories, insights... cooking from Alice Springs and beyond..
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I spent Christmas day with three other families in air-conditioned comfort and relief... it was 40+ degrees outside, so the choice of venue or space was vital. It was decided that no-one should cook for Christmas lunch and we should focus on cold foods. Seafood salad and cold chicken tandoori had already been decided on. I had hoped to cook this fab meat and mushroom sour-cream pie, but I'm not a big fan of any fusion cooking, and abhor Christmas feasts without a theme. I decided to re-interpret the cold issue, and decided that it was more that one shouldn't spend too much time cooking on Christmas day. With a bit of to-ing and fro-ing of the various cooks, this was our final menu:

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Crime pays – for police
CAMBRIDGESHIRE police are the best in the country at getting back proceeds of crime, recovering more than £2.5million during 2004/2005. For the first time, the county s police have won top place in a Home Office table detailing amounts each force has retr
CAMBRIDGESHIRE police are the best in the country at getting back proceeds of crime, recovering more than £2.5million during 2004/2005.
For the first time, the county's police have won top place in a Home Office table detailing amounts each force has retrieved.
The county's police have hit criminals in their pockets, getting back £2,695,434.
Det Chief Insp Paul Fulwood, head of Cambridgeshire's serious and organised crime department, said: "The figures show Cambridgeshire police are the most efficient and effective force in the country when it comes to hitting criminals where it hurts most - in their bank balances."
Hailed as an example of the force's excellence is the smashing of the drugs cartel operated by the Warden family.
Ringleaders Mavis and Barry Warden and a gang of 12 built up their drugs empire from a council house in Belt Drove, Elm, funding a flash lifestyle including top-of-the-range cars, Caribbean holidays and speedboats.
- 1 Tributes paid to 'beloved husband' killed crossing road
- 2 Cambridgeshire individual diagnosed with Covid-19 Omicron variant
- 3 Princess Eugenie on mission to stop modern slavery
- 4 Fens business park goes to auction - for up to £700,000
- 5 Thousands descend on Chatteris as town lights up for Christmas
- 6 Stolen caravans discovered on village site to relief of owners
- 7 Two-day operation to feature in episode four of TV series
- 8 Happy Hares boss confident more progress is yet to come
- 9 Christmas at Wimpole illuminated trail sparks into life as countdown begins
- 10 Children among suspected hare coursers stopped in the Fens
Police infiltrated the gang during a six-month undercover operation entitled Morpheus and have subsequently recovered £300,000 of drugs, £78,000 cash plus cars and a boat.
Mr Fulwood said: "A number of cases are currently going through the courts which could net us further hundreds of thousands of pounds.
"Our aim is to see the cash gained from criminals put back into fighting more crime."
Other police forces are now asking Cambridgeshire police to share their strategies for collecting criminals' spoils.


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Recently, I hosted a styling event here in NYC during New York Fashion Week. All guests were given a quick fashion quiz when they arrived and also chatted with Shalea, founder and owner of natural hair and skin care company, Walkers Apothecary about their skin and make-up needs.
Everyone was asked to bring in an item from their wardrobe that they needed advice on how to wear or how to give it new life, They were dressed in new looks incorporating their own clothes or in ones that represented their signature styles, while holding up signs that represented their fashion archetype.
Champagne and hors d’oeuvres were flowing making it a great fashion-filled fete!
Check out some of the highlights below.

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Austin grocer uses pop-up markets to determine long-term business plan
On a sunny October day in Austin’s 29th Ward Veterans Peace Garden, Liz Abunaw stood behind a foldout table. It was lined with a bright green tablecloth and an assortment of fruits and vegetables. Positioned just past the gate to the community area, Abunaw greeted passersby on Madison Avenue, inviting them to check out her fresh produce for sale.
Cassandra Norman, the president of the South Austin Neighborhood Association, invited Abunaw to host a pop-up market in the peace garden. Most of Abunaw’s markets are in the central part of Austin on Chicago Avenue and the garden is in the southern part of the community.
“I wanted, in the event she gets a brick-and-mortar, for the people on this end to become familiar with her because she has a lot of affordable fresh food in our neighborhood,” Norman said.
Abunaw is the founder of Forty Acres Fresh Market, a pop-up grocery store that started in January 2018. The company holds a host of consistent pop-up shops in Austin, including a three-day monthly market (5051 W. Chicago Ave.) on the second weekend of every month and a one-day market on the first and third Tuesday of every month this winter (4950 W. Thomas St.). Forty Acres also hosts additional markets throughout Austin at various locations, on an irregular basis, and offers evening delivery services.
The monthly markets on Chicago Avenue are held inside of the Westside Health Authority’s kitchen. Mirroring the size and set up of a traditional produce section in a grocery store, Forty Acres sells a variety of fruits and vegetables, from eggplants and tomatoes to peaches and kiwi. The irregular pop-ups, like in the peace garden, are smaller but still include an array of fresh produce choices.
Abunaw hopes to open a brick-and-mortar store. Until then, she’s using the pop-up markets to learn how to make her business successful.
“With Forty Acres we are starting small,” Abunaw said. “That means we’re nimble. We can learn, change. We can make changes to the business. What I envisioned when I first started is different than what I’m envisioning now.”
However, the Austin-focused pop-up market is bigger than the business model, she said. After finding herself in Austin, Abunaw realized how different it is from other parts of the city.
“I looked around and everybody looks like me, but I was like, where’s the basic economic foundation that should be there?” Abunaw said. “The types of small businesses, large businesses, goods, services that make a neighborhood function. I was like, ‘There’s something off about that to me.’”
After looking at others to do something about the disinvestment she saw in Austin, she eventually looked to herself.
“Then I thought, how hard could it be? I could totally do that,” Abunaw said. “Really hard. It’s really hard.”
Situated on the West Side, and like many areas around it, Austin is often considered a food desert — when a community has few accessible and affordable options for healthy, fresh food. Residents are then often forced to travel more than a mile for groceries, or settle for fast food options closer to them.
“I don’t like to call it a food desert because deserts occur naturally and it implies that this is just the way things are,” Abunaw said. “This is by design.”
Instead, Abunaw prefers to call it “food apartheid.”
“It is a system of separation based on race, and whether it’s intentional now, or vestiges of the past, or a variety of both, that’s the condition that we’re living under.”
“A lot of people have different types of things that they need. You know they’ve got kids, they want to eat healthier,” said Chantele Jackson, who works at Forty Acres. “There are so many people that have to travel so far to get what they need.”
Jackson has been working with Abunaw for over a year. She said she feels like other grocery stores prioritize profit over the health of a community. “I believe health over money. That’s something that’s keeping you good on the inside and out.”
That’s what Forty Acres prioritizes, Jackson said.
Recently Forty Acres won two grants — $185,000 from the Healthy Food Financing Initiative and $150,000 from the American Heart Association’s social impact fund — to expand its services and begin working toward a permanent storefront. The brick-and-mortar location will be in partnership with Westside Health Authority, a public health nonprofit where Abunaw currently hosts the monthly three-day markets.
Together, Westside Health Authority and Abunaw are developing what that storefront — which will be located on Chicago Avenue — should look like. However, before Forty Acres takes that next step, they’re focusing on getting customers into the door. Forty Acres uses social media, flyers and word of mouth to spread awareness about the pop-up markets.
More than food accessibility, Abunaw also said Forty Acres is an investment in the community. The market is not a nonprofit, she pointed out. It’s a business that has the intentions of growing in Austin and helping build wealth in the neighborhood.
Abunaw noted that when communities have fewer local businesses residents are often forced to travel to other areas to get what they need, spending their money outside of the neighborhood. This then furthers the disinvestment because it continues the cycle of resources leaving a community. In Austin, some residents travel to the suburb of Oak Park or other Chicago communities for groceries.
More local businesses in the community could mean more economic development, which is what Westside Health Authority is hoping for.
“We’re trying to create a more vibrant African American business district and trying to find entrepreneurs and innovators that create products, services, goods that target not only the African American population, but have an African American feel to it,” said Morris Reed, the CEO of Westside Health Authority, about the development he’d like to see on Chicago Avenue.
“I think that local business in Austin is really important to the economic development here and you kind of see places popping up here and there,” said Emily Ferry, who works at Westside Health Authority and buys produce at the market. “I just hope they are getting the support they need to stay stable in the neighborhood.”
Norman would like Forty Acres to be like Pete’s Fresh Market, a chain grocery store with a location in the neighboring community Oak Park. Many residents, she said, go there for their groceries.
“It’s massive and it has a cafe,” she said. “They have hot food. They have produce. They have groceries, but their produce area is massive. That’s what I envision being here instead of people going there.”
Header photo by Marissa Nelson, 14 East

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I READ THE NEWS TODAY, OH BOY…
R U JOKING, GRANDAD BLOG 27th October 2017
1) ROGER McGOUGH NEW BOOK “80”
I’ve just received a wonderful book that came out on 5th October 2017 entitled ‘80’ by Roger McGough.
Roger McGough is one of my most favourite poets and the book contains eighty of his poems and the publication is to celebrate his 80th birthday on 9th November. Wonderful book captures his lifelong magic and humour. It’s no use me telling you you need to get a copy and experience it yourself. Treat yourself, chear yourself up. The most useful way of utilising this weekends extra hour is to read this book of poems You’ll feel great.
2) FATS DOMINO
Sadly one of rock ‘n’ rolss greatest ever singer songwriter, performers has died, Fats Domino
Fats Domino, one of the most influential rock and roll performers of the 1950s and 60s, has died aged 89.
The American rock and roll artist was best known for his songs Ain’t That A Shame and Blueberry Hill.
The New Orleans singer sold more than 65 million records, outselling every 1950s rock and roll act except Elvis Presley.
His million-selling debut single, The Fat Man, is credited by some as the first ever rock and roll record.
Fats Domino – whose real name was Antoine Domino Jr – was one of the first rhythm and blues artists to gain popularity with a white audience and his music was most prolific in the 1950s.
Domino had 11 US top 10 hits and his music is credited as a key influence on artists during the 1960s and 70s.
Elvis Presley referred to Fats Domino as “the real king of rock n roll” and Paul McCartney reportedly wrote the Beatles song Lady Madonna in emulation of his style.
Note: Mamma said, as she always does when somebody this age dies: “Oh, well at least he did have a good innings.”
That is no consolation Mamma! It’s like someone saying, when you’ve had a stroke: “Just think there are lots more worse than you.” I tell you, it doesn’t help!
I tell you if I die at 89 or any age prior or after, I won’t be saying “Well, at least I did have a good innings.”
Thinking about it, I suppose I won’t be saying anything.
See our Stunning Playlist this week ALL FATS DOMINO songs.
3) BLOODHOUND SCC
Yestreday at Newquay, Cornwall Airfield RAF Wing Commander Andy Green drove the Bloodhound car from nought to 210 mph over 1.7 miles, in less time than it takes the average person to walk 10 yards.
Eight seconds later it’s all over, the first test run carried out by Bloodhound SSC in front of the public successfully completed.
Within a few minutes the 14.65 yards long (13.4 metres) supersonic car sets off again down the runway at Newquay Airport, in Cornwall, flames shooting out of its exhaust engine as it once more reaches 200 mph.
Yesterday’s display – witnessed by more than 3,500 enthusiastic spectators – was certainly impressive, but it will pale when the supersonic car makes its attempt to smash the 1,000mph barrier in South Africa in 2019.
For an hour and a half Newquay Airport was closed to air traffic while the tests took place.
Today, the car relied on a Eurojet EJ200 jet engine for thrust. That part on its own could take the car to 650 MPH. The final configuration will also have a rocket system provided by Nordic aerospace company Nammo, however.
Climbing inside the cockpit of the $23 million-car is also more akin to slipping into a rocket ship, says the team.
When the car achieves 1,000 mph it will be capable of travelling the 414.1 miles London to Edinburgh in 24.6 minutes. Assuming no other vehicles on the road and no road works.
Under normal circumstances without road works or delays the journey takes 7 hours 25 minutes.
But also get this:
Fancy a quick jaunt to Edinburgh without the five-hour train journey? That could soon be a reality thanks to Hyper Chariot, a company which has grand plans to create a super-shuttle that could get you from London to Edinburgh in a mere eight minutes. Eight minutes? It’s hardly worth getting a can of G&T for the journey.
It all sounds a bit too good to be true, but the folks at Hyper Chariot claim that the super-shuttle would use rollercoaster-style technology to catapult car-sized pods through airless concrete tubes, reaching speeds of 4,000mph (no, not 400, we checked: four-actual-thousand).
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
“The road to Easy Street goes through the sewer.” ~John Madden
Happiness is…a view of the sea.
GRANDAD’S ONE LINER JOKE OF THE DAY
A farmer in the field with his cows counted 196 of them, but when he rounded them up he had 200.
LOVE SONG FOR MAMMA
“Something” by the Beatles
Highest chart position No.4 22nd November 1969
& by Shirley Bassey No.4 15th August 1970


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text: I am an artist from Sydney, Australia, with an out of control habit of buying pens! I have always loved art and the escape it poses from reality. Even in the hardest times, I have had the release of visualising truths about the world which are sometimes inexplainable through words. My work explores issues specific to me and what I have experienced in life. Specifically, themes of life and death, mentality, the Australian landscape and those who embody it are common themes I deal with. I am intrigued by the fragility of our environment and the interplay between this with our own mortality as humans. I hope you enjoy the snippet of work I have provided from my many doodling adventures and ocean of sketch books!


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London, United Kingdom (PressExposure) June 23, 2009 -- CREATING characters imbued with quiet strength, who find the courage to find their voices and speak up to make changes in their lives, has earned critical acclaim for author Shamim Sarif.
Her first novel, The World Unseen, won the Pendleton May First Novel Award, and then the prestigious Betty Trask Award. The Times in London called it "an impressive debut. Sarif's story brings together the descriptive power of the novelist with the screenwriter's mastery of dialogue."
Set in apartheid South Africa in the 1950s and inspired by the true stories of Sarif's grandmother and her Indian/South African heritage, Sarif went on to adapt the novel into a screenplay and, more unusually, direct the film herself. The movie was produced by her life and business partner Hanan Kattan through their company Enlightenment Productions and has recently won the Audience Best Motion Picture Award from the Paris Feminist & Lesbian film festival
In The World Unseen free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional Indian community and the new apartheid-led government by running a cafÃ© with Jacob, her "coloured" business partner. When she meets Miriam, a young traditional wife and mother, their unexpected attraction pushes Miriam to question the rules that bind her. As Amina helps Miriam's sister-in-law to hide from the police, a chain of events is set in motion that changes both women forever.
The World Unseen dÃ©buted at the Toronto International Film Festival and is released in Canada and the US November 2008, and in South Africa in February 2008.
I Can't Think Straight, produced back-to-back with The World Unseen and scheduled for simultaneous theatrical release, is based on Shamim's upcoming third novel, and represented her first time at the helm as director, having begun her studies in directing and film at the Raindance Institute in London. "It was a steep learning curve and an exhilarating experience. Not only technically, but creatively - because you can draw on the individual talents of your actors and heads of department to enhance the ideas you have," says Sarif, who also wrote the lyrics of Tell Me and Ma Fini Fakker, songs used in I Can't Think Straight.
"I love music, I play the piano - enough to please myself, not others," smiles Sarif . "I had always had a desire to write a song one day. That day came more quickly than I had imagined and under more pressured circumstances, when the owners of the Arabic love song I wanted under the first love scene in I Can't Think Straight would not give us clearance for use under a scene between two women."
I Can't Think Straight is the story of spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla, who could not be more different from each other but the attraction is immediate. Tala's feisty nature provokes Leyla out of her shell and soon both women reveal their feelings for each other.
"It was a question of needing something, and not wanting to compromise the Arabic side of it so I wrote the lyrics I wanted in English and a friend of ours translated," explains Sarif. "Having established a precedent Hanan suggested I try another song and that was how Tell Me came about."
Wearing the many creative hats that she does, Sarif says she luckily does not feel any tension between the various roles. "They are all extensions of story telling but in very different forms, and I think the key is to let go and to banish the 'novelist' when directing, for example," she reflects. "You can never just translate a story directly from one medium to another. It is a new creative process completely. But I love the change from one to the other - inevitably I learn more about different aspects of the story, theme or characters in the process."
Sarif's stories embrace the timeless themes of love, prejudice, finding your voice and lessons of the heart. It is passionate and provocative stories such as these that embody Enlightenment Production's ethos of developing stories that challenge convention.
"Both movies talk about discovering your voice and then using that voice. Miriam in The World Unseen and Leyla in I Can't Think Straight are quiet characters, but when faced with an opportunity to change their lives, they take it," explains Sarif.
"Small changes can have a huge impact on the course of a life, and I love exploring that - daring to challenge rules and traditions that people generally do not question, that are accepted just because they have existed for a long time.
"And while the stories are specific in time and place, those themes, of being true to yourself, as very universal and I think that's what readers and viewers respond to."
Sarif find this to be relevant to herself as well. Being honest about herself and having integrity have been part of her personal choices, she says. "In coming to terms with being gay in a culture that didn't readily accept that - and professionally. Setting up Enlightenment, working to produce our own independent films, has been an unusual choice - certainly not a safe one. But it was the way we always wanted to live."
Sarif's second novel, Despite the Falling Snow, received overwhelmingly excellent reviews and she has adapted this moving tale set in cold war Russia and present day United States into a screenplay. The picture will be helmed by Sarif and produced by Hanan Kattan next winter, showing that there is no stopping this winning combination.
"I have lots of stories still to tell, but I can't tell them without Hanan's input! We work closely creatively, as well as on production and finance," says Sarif. "I think the stories and themes will continue to evolve as we evolve and our view of the world and our interaction with it changes and brings us different experiences."
"I'm drawn to stories where people uncover their own power and start to change things around them. I think integrity and courage are rare and charismatic qualities and I like to be around them."

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Bruce played the song 3 times, all in 1988 during the tunnel of love tour.
1988-05-22 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY
The premiere and one of only three "Lonely Teardrops" this tour - the bridge is played twice.
"Alright, wanna have a little fun? we're gonna do a song we've never done, it's one of my favorite songs, gonna sing it for you, send you home with it.... favorite song of mine by Jackie Wilson...I'll start it, Lonely teardrops....We're gonna have to do the bridge one more time, that asshole screwed up my finale here ..."
1988-05-23 - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, NEW YORK CITY, NY
1988-07-10 - BRAMALL LANE, SHEFFIELD, ENGLAND
The European debut of "Lonely Teardrops" (the third and final performance of the tour) is included in the encores.


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Mn-Ce-V-WOx/TiO2 SCR Catalysts: Catalytic Activity, Stability and Interaction among Catalytic Oxides
AbstractA series of Mn-Ce-V-WOx/TiO2 composite oxide catalysts with different molar ratios (active components/TiO2 = 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.6) have been prepared by wet impregnation method and tested in selective catalytic reduction (SCR) of NO by NH3 in a wide temperature range. These catalysts were also characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), in situ Fourier Transform infrared spectroscopy (in situ FTIR), H2-Temperature programmed reduction (H2-TPR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show the catalyst with a molar ratio of active components/TiO2 = 0.2 exhibits highest NO conversion value between 150 °C to 400 °C and good resistance to H2O and SO2 at 250 °C with a gas hourly space velocity (GHSV) value of 40,000 h−1. Different oxides are well dispersed and interact with each other. NH3 and NO are strongly adsorbed on the catalyst surface and the adsorption of the reactant gas leads to a redox cycle with the valence state change among the surface oxides. The adsorption of SO2 on Mn4+ and Ce4+ results in good H2O and SO2 resistance of the catalyst, but the effect of Mn and Ce are more than superior water and sulfur resistance. The diversity of valence states of the four active components and their high oxidation-reduction performance are the main reasons for the high NO conversion in this system. View Full-Text
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I was out and about visiting some friends and picking up parts for my current project when I was shown this cool vintage home made flathead intake. Its made completely out of steel, dual stromberg buick 2 barrel carbs, and custom linkage. The missing center section is a bolt on flange that has provions for the "missing" exhaust ports for better breathing.


In context: Use of biometric data and the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill
What’s it all about?
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill will create a new commissioner to oversee the use of biometric data such as fingerprints, facial images, voice recordings and DNA samples by police in Scotland. The commissioner will also prepare a code of practice on the management and use of biometric data for criminal justice purposes.
The proposal to create this new role follows concerns that have been raised over a number of years about a lack of oversight and guidance around how police use new technologies that make use of personal data, including data on people who have not been convicted of any crime.
In January 2016, HM Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) called on ministers to create the post of biometrics commissioner to deliver “truly independent oversight” following a review it carried out in 2015 of police use of facial recognition technology in Scotland.
While the watchdog concluded that all uses of the technology had been “lawful, proportionate and necessary”, it noted that legislation around retention of data only covered fingerprints and DNA and it was being voluntarily applied to photographic images by Police Scotland. HMICS recommended the creation of a statutory code of practice on the everyday use of biometric data in Scotland as well as a commissioner to oversee it.
In response to the HMICS report, the Scottish Government set up an independent advisory group on the use of biometric data in Scotland in 2017. The group’s recommendations, delivered in March 2018, stated that a legislative framework for the use of biometric data was needed and that rules on the retention of biometric data in the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 should be reviewed.
The group also recommended that a code of practice should be created to cover “existing, emerging and future biometrics”, with specific rules regarding data about young people, and that as well as a commissioner, an ethics advisory group should be set up as part of the oversight arrangements.
A consultation on proposed changes was held between July and October 2018, with 89 per cent of respondents in favour of the establishment of a Scottish biometrics commissioner and 83 per cent supporting the need for a code of practice.
The Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament on 30 May 2019 and is currently being considered at stage one by the Justice Committee. The parliament has set 20 December 2019 as the deadline for the end of stage one scrutiny.
What’s been going on in committees?
The Justice Committee began taking evidence on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill in June 2019 and has heard from the Scottish Government team that created the bill, the UK biometrics commissioner, the Information Commissioner’s Office and criminology and human rights experts.
Earlier this month, the Justice Sub-Committee on Policing launched an inquiry into police use of facial recognition technology from CCTV, body-worn cameras and phones to find out what Police Scotland, British Transport Police and the National Crime Agency are doing now and what they plan for the future.
Balancing rights and responsibilities is always difficult, particularly when looking at questions around protecting the public from harm versus protecting the public from state intrusion. The rapid development of technology that can identify individuals by using highly personal data, and the huge risks associated with this sort of data being used improperly, means that these are interesting and timely proposals from the Scottish Government – Justice Committee convener Margaret Mitchell
Concerns have been raised in recent months about the increased use of facial recognition technology in Britain. Campaign group Big Brother Watch warned of an “epidemic of facial recognition in the UK”, with the technology now being used in public spaces such as shopping centres, casinos, betting shops and museums.
In May, a report from the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights recommended that European countries should regulate the use of facial recognition technology and put in place legislative frameworks for AI systems processing biometric data to “protect the effective exercise of the right to freedom of assembly”.
In July, the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee called for police in England and Wales to halt trials of facial recognition technology until a legal framework was established. And in August, the information commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, opened an investigation into the use of facial recognition software in a new development near King’s Cross in London.
Meanwhile in Scotland, concerns were raised this year over the collection of other forms of data by Police Scotland. The force began trialling and then purchased ‘cyber kiosks’, which can rapidly process digital data from an electronic device such as a mobile phone. But MSPs and the Scottish Human Rights Commission criticised the rollout of the technology, given doubts about the legal basis for processing this data and the likelihood that it contravened human rights law on privacy.
What laws exist currently?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force on 25 May 2018, places biometric data under “special categories of personal data”, where processing is usually prohibited. However, certain exceptions apply, such as where consent is given, where it is necessary to fulfil obligations under employment or social security law and where there is “substantial public interest”. The UK must comply with GDPR until it leaves the EU.
In the United States, no single federal law exists on the use of biometric data, but some states have passed their own laws. Illinois was the first US state to regulate biometric data when it passed the Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) in October 2008. Washington and Texas have since also passed laws on the use of biometric data, while California has an act that comes into force on 1 January 2020 and Arizona, Florida and Massachusetts are also considering legislation. There are differences between the states’ laws as to what they classify as biometric data and whether action on breaches is taken by the state’s attorney or by individuals themselves suing in a civil case.
The rest of the UK has had a biometrics commissioner since 2013. The role was created by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, which also covered the use and retention of fingerprints, shoe impressions and DNA samples. In Scotland, the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 regulates the retention of fingerprints and DNA but does not cover facial images.


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I’ve seen many polls that conclude that America is a “pro-life” nation. And that the number of self-identified pro-lifers is growing. I’ve even felt myself growing hopeful about the immediate future because of those poll numbers.
But after reading a story today I’m not sure I believe it.
The number of babies with Down syndrome carried to term in the United States has declined to single digit percentages, officials say.
Approximately 92 percent of American women with prenatal diagnoses of Down syndrome babies chose abortion, Children’s Hospital Boston pediatric geneticist Dr. Brian Skotko said.
Skotko is concerned whether myths or facts drive the decisions, ABC News reports. “I am concerned about mothers making that informed decision. Are they making it on facts and up-to-date information? Research suggests not, and that mothers get inaccurate, incomplete and sometimes offensive information,” Skotko said.
Firstly, 92% is a heartbreaking number. Staggering.
Now, you can’t argue reasonably that mothers with babies diagnosed in-utero with Down Syndrome is a completely random sample because mothers of Down Syndrome children tend to be over 30 and usually closer to 40 or older. But even allowing that it’s just a slice of the population, it’s still awful. In fact, awful doesn’t begin to describe it.
But there’s no reason to think that younger mothers would do better in that younger women tend to get more abortions than older women. So how do we reconcile polling which indicates that 50% of the country self identifies as pro-life while only 8% of babies diagnosed with Down Syndrome are allowed to be born?
Now, you could have a number of people who know that aborting their child is wrong but the threat of a Down child is too much to bear and they have an abortion even though they know it’s wrong and still believe it should be illegal. But that’s almost worse than just thinking abortion is a morally neutral act. No matter what, it’s certainly not indicative of a pro-life nation.
I think sometimes when it comes to abortion I become very focused on changing the laws. But I think we have a lot of hearts to change in this country or changing the laws won’t really matter all that much.

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ARICEPT (donepezil hydrochloride) is a reversible inhibitor of the enzyme acetylcholinesterase, known chemically as (±)-2, 3-dihydro-5, 6-dimethoxy-2-[[1-(phenylmethyl)-4-piperidinyl]methyl]-1 H -inden-1-one hydrochloride. Donepezil hydrochloride is commonly referred to in the pharmacological literature as E2020.
ARICEPT is indicated for the treatment of dementia of the Alzheimer's type. Efficacy has been demonstrated in patients with mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer's disease.
Media Articles Related to Aricept (Donepezil)
ARICEPT (Donepezil) effective for severe Alzheimer's disease
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Neurology
Donepezil reverses some aspects of cognitive deterioration seen in severe Alzheimer's disease.
Low levels of 'memory protein' linked to cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease
Source: Genetics News From Medical News Today [2017.04.28]
Working with human brain tissue samples and genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers together with colleagues at the National Institutes of Health, the University of...
Detecting Alzheimer's disease earlier using ... Greebles?
Source: Medical Devices / Diagnostics News From Medical News Today [2017.04.13]
Difficulty distinguishing novel objects is associated with family history of Alzheimer's disease.
Alzheimer's disease: Music, meditation may improve early cognitive decline
Source: Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy News From Medical News Today [2017.01.26]
A West Virginia research team have found that using meditation or music listening programs may have benefits for people with preclinical cognitive decline.
Alzheimer's disease: New imaging compound may improve earlier diagnosis
Source: Radiology / Nuclear Medicine News From Medical News Today [2016.11.03]
New compound that better identifies amyloid clumps could be used in PET scans to detect early brain changes and track treatment in Alzheimer's disease.
Published Studies Related to Aricept (Donepezil)
The effect of a combination of gabapentin and donepezil in an experimental pain
model in healthy volunteers: Results of a randomized controlled trial.
This double-blind, placebo-controlled, 3-period cross-over, 4-treatment option,
incomplete block study (ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT01485185), with an adaptive
design for sample size re-estimation, was designed to evaluate gabapentin plus
donepezil in an established experimental model of electrical hyperalgesia...
Efficacy and safety of donepezil, galantamine, rivastigmine, and memantine for
the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
rivastigmine, and memantine for the treatment of AD... CONCLUSIONS: Cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine are able to stabilize or
Evaluation of an 8-item Severe Impairment Battery (SIB-8) vs. the full SIB in
moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease patients participating in a donepezil
explored the SIB-8 scale with respect to its validity and sensitivity... CONCLUSIONS: In this post hoc analysis, similar treatment effects were measured
Ventricular enlargement and its clinical correlates in the imaging cohort from
the ADCS MCI donepezil/vitamin E study.
We analyzed the baseline and 3-year T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging data
of 110 amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) participants with minimal
hippocampal atrophy at baseline from the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study
group MCI Donepezil/Vitamin E trial... Executive
decline was associated with right frontal and left temporal horn enlargement.
Donepezil and memantine for moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease.
disease... CONCLUSIONS: In patients with moderate or severe Alzheimer's disease, continued
Clinical Trials Related to Aricept (Donepezil)
Aricept to Improve Functional Tasks in Vascular Dementia [Active, not recruiting]
Medications for memory improvement are available but they may not actually improve the
ability to do real world tasks. The purpose of this research study is to determine if a
medicine used to treat memory problems donepezil(Aricept) enhances the ability to remember
steps of functional tasks and the actual ability to perform tasks relevant to real-life
independence. Aricept is an FDA approved medication for the treatment of Alzheimer's
disease. Aricept is an investigational drug for the purposes of this study, and is not
approved for this purpose.
A Double-blind Study of E2020 (Donepezil Hydrochloride) in Patients With Dementia With Lewy Bodies (DLB) (Study E2020-J081-431) [Completed]
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of E2020 in patients with
Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB).
Pharmacokinetic Comparisons of Two Donepezil Formulations [Completed]
To compare the relative bioavailability and pharmacokinetic characteristics of a newly
developed donepezil formulation with a conventional formulation in healthy subjects with a
single dose, randomized, open-label, 2-sequence - 2period crossover study.
Bioequivalence Study for Donepezil Hydrochloride Tablets 10 mg Under Fed Condition [Completed]
This is an open label, balanced, randomized, two-treatment, two-period, two sequence, single
dose, crossover, oral bioequivalence study.
Computerized Cognition Testing in Participants With Mild Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Treated With Donepezil (MK-0000-318) [Recruiting]
This study aims to determine whether the Cogstate testing battery can detect improvements in
cognitive function in participants with mild AD. The primary hypothesis is that the standard
deviation associated with the change from baseline in average One Card Learning (OCL)
repeated measurements after 12 weeks of donepezil treatment is =<0. 1
Reports of Suspected Aricept (Donepezil) Side Effects
Electrocardiogram QT Prolonged (26),
Drug Interaction (24),
Altered State of Consciousness (21),
Loss of Consciousness (18), more >>
PATIENT REVIEWS / RATINGS / COMMENTS
Based on a total of 9 ratings/reviews, Aricept has an overall score of 4.67. The effectiveness score is 5.56 and the side effect score is 6.44. The scores are on ten point scale: 10 - best, 1 - worst. Below are selected reviews: the highest, the median and the lowest rated.
Aricept review by care giver of 69 year old male patient
|Overall rating:|| || |
|Effectiveness:|| || Considerably Effective|
|Side effects:|| || No Side Effects|
|Condition / reason:|| || Alzheimers|
|Dosage & duration:|| || 5g for one month rising to 10g (dosage frequency: daily) for the period of 3 months total - and on-going|
|Other conditions:|| || None|
|Other drugs taken:|| || None|
|Benefits:|| || Only moderate improvements noted on the 5g dosage.
Improvements much more noticeable at 10g - or after 30 days of taking medication. Less confusion, more awareness in social surroundings, more outward and positive in attitude. |
|Side effects:|| || So far no negative noted|
|Comments:|| || Take one pill in the morning.
Also vitamin supplements (Multi-vitamin, brain-booster vitamin, and homo-cysteine level reducer) |
Aricept review by care giver of 80 year old female patient
|Overall rating:|| || |
|Effectiveness:|| || Ineffective|
|Side effects:|| || Mild Side Effects|
|Condition / reason:|| || Alzheimer's disease|
|Dosage & duration:|| || 10 mg taken once daily for the period of 6 months|
|Other conditions:|| || hernia, teeth problems|
|Other drugs taken:|| || Tamasapan|
|Benefits:|| || We could not identify any benefits at all. The behavior and memory problems remained unchanged or worsened over time. Anxiety continued to increase and the dementia progressed systematically. Disorientation continued to increase and the patient became more and more difficult to manage. It appeared that irritability increased and the patient became more agitated more easily.|
|Side effects:|| || There was some indication that there was at least some increase nausa as well as some infrequent but increased bouts of diarrhea. There were a few episodes of vomiting, but it might be attributed to other factors for this one side effect. There was definitely increased insomnia as well as loss of appetite, but it can not be definitively stated that the drug alone contributed to these although it did occur after the drug was begun.|
|Comments:|| || The patient was given a daily dose. After transfer to a care facility, the regimentation in taking the dose was firmly set in place. Staff medical personnel on site did not observe any benefits, and as a result, after about 6 months the prescription was terminated. During the time the drug was used, there was a patient review every other week to ascertain whether there seemed to be any improvement in the patient. Memory tests were administered and one-on-one interviews were executed by medical personnel. The results of the memory testing showed no net improvement nor was there any identifiable changes that might be considered positive. Ultimately her psychiatrist in consultation with the family decided that the drug did not seem to provide any net gain.|
Aricept review by care giver of 67 year old female patient
|Overall rating:|| || |
|Effectiveness:|| || Ineffective|
|Side effects:|| || Severe Side Effects|
|Condition / reason:|| || short term memory loss|
|Dosage & duration:|| || 5 mg taken once for the period of once|
|Other conditions:|| || severe head pain, feel like throwing up|
|Other drugs taken:|| || welbutrin|
|Benefits:|| || none, only took one pill and found that the side effects do not warrant continued use.|
|Side effects:|| || severe head pain, feel like throwing up, felt lousy for 12 hours after taking first pill.|
|Comments:|| || Will not take pill again. The side effects of loosing a nights sleep, having severe head pain, and feeling like throwing up will result in not taking another pill as this drug does not agree with patient. |
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The 5772 OneShul Community Siddur is a unique prayer book written and designed by members of OneShul, the world's only lay led online synagogue offering weekly classes and prayer services.
The siddur is gender inclusive, LGBT friendly and showcases the many, varied ways that Jews can connect to prayer, both traditional and contemporary. The siddur includes the three daily prayers, prayers for Shabbat and Havdalah, holidays, meditations, poems and more! As a bonus, the prayer book includes a full Haggadah and Birkat Hamazon (blessing after meals). A great beginner siddur for someone interested in Jewish prayer who needs a place to start.
5.5" x 8.5", 162 pages, Softcover. Self Published by PunkTorah. Contains English translations and transliteration (no Hebrew).
Contributors include published author Matthue Roth (Yom Kippur A Go-Go, Never Mind The Goldbergs), and bloggers Patrick Aleph and Michael Sabani (PunkTorah), Michael Croland (HeebnVegan) and Ketizra (PeelaPom).
The book contains everything that a traditional siddur has including three daily prayers (Shacharit, Mincha, Ma\'ariv) and Bedtime Shema, Kabbalat Shabbat, Shabbat Morning and Havdalah, Blessings for Each Holiday, Counting the Omer Guide, Meditations and Stories, and Additional Brachot (Blessings) for Different Occasions.

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CALDER residents will be forced to keep livestock and pets firmly secured when fox baiting begins today.
One resident, who possibly has the most to lose, is champion English pointer dog breeder Ian Rist.
Mr Rist breeds some of the best English pointers in Australia and says they will not be allowed out of their yard once the baits are laid.
The Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment issued letters to land owners earlier this month about the Fox Task Force baiting areas around their homes with 1080 poison.
''My main concern is for my dogs and the other native wildlife because there is no cure for this poison.
''I'm not going to be able to let my dogs out of sight because I don't want any of them coming into contact with the baits - they are just too valuable,'' Mr Rist said yesterday.
He said he had been in constant contact with neighbouring residents about the baiting program and all were against the practice.
''I can't understand why they would still be wasting taxpayers' money on baiting. It costs something like $9000 a day.
''I also can't understand why it's being used as I thought Paul Lennon banned it (1080) in 2004.''
Mr Rist has a dozen pure bred dogs valued at more than $20,000.
''It's not the fact the dogs can go and dig the bait under the ground, I have heard of instances where birds of prey have picked baits up and left them laying around people's properties.''
A DPIPWE spokesperson said opportunistic baiting had been carried out in the Wynyard area since 2002.
''The strategic line baiting program currently being undertaken started at Woolnorth in 2010 and has been moving progressively from west to east.
''It is now in the Wynyard area and there have been several reported fox sightings and possible fox activity made to the fox hotline since 2002 in the Wynyard area, including Mt Hicks Rd, Oldina Rd, Reservoir Rd and Calder Rd.
''A scat which tested positive for fox DNA was found near Camp Creek in 2008,'' the spokesperson said.


Anzac Day 2022
Fremantle Anzac Day, Monday 25 April 2022
Fremantle is a unique location to honour Anzac Day as it was the last Australian experience many soldiers and sailors had before departing our shores to join the war effort overseas.
Anzac Day will commence with a traditional silent Anzac Day Dawn service at the Fremantle War Memorial, home to the plaques honouring the 849 Fremantle servicemen and women who failed to return from WW1. The Fallen Soldier War Memorial in North Fremantle will hold a community service following the Dawn service. The morning commemorations will conclude with the traditional Anzac Day march through the streets of Fremantle finishing at Walyalup Koort.
Commencing at 5.50am, a silent Dawn service will be held at Fremantle War Memorial on Monument Hill to commemorate our soldiers lost. It will also be live streamed (see above) to allow people to pay their respects from home. Any organisations or individuals who wish to lay a wreath during the ceremony are asked to register with the City of Fremantle by Tuesday 19 April via firstname.lastname@example.org
North Fremantle service
Commencing at 9am at the Fallen Soldier Memorial, corner of Queen Victoria Street and Harvest Road. Gather around Fremantle's first war memorial for the service hosted by the Bicton/Palmyra RSL Sub-Branch.
Anzac Day march
Commencing at 10.15am, the Anzac Day march will commence fall out from Pioneer Park, continue down Market Street through Henderson Street Mall and William Street and conclude at Walyalup Koort.
Walyalup Koort poppy installation
Imagine a sea of poppies, sprawling across the grass slope of Walyalup Koort! Join artist Michael Alvares who will be crafting recycled bottles into 400 symbolic flowers with the help of our community. Take part in the workshop from 9.30am to 11.30am to make your own poppy which can join the spinning display on the grass to form a unique Anzac Day display.
Road closures for the march will be in place from approximately 9am and are expected to be re-opened by 11.30am. Please allow extra time and care when driving into Fremantle during the closures.
Full street closures: Market St, South Tce, Short St, Bannister St, William St
Partial street closures: Collie St, Essex St, Adelaide St, Cantonment St
Transport and parking
Transperth is offering free travel on public transport for anyone wearing military uniform or medals. Additional early train services will depart Perth Station to allow for travel to the Dawn service. A connecting shuttle bus to Monument Hill will depart from Fremantle Station, with return shuttles back to Fremantle Station after the Dawn service. For journey planning or more information on public transport services, call the Transperth InfoLine on 13 62 13 or visit the Transperth website.
City of Fremantle carpark locations can be found here. Overflow parking will be provided for the Dawn service at John Curtin College of the Arts. All vehicles must be removed by 11.30am, when access gates will be closed.
A shuttle bus will be in operation for the public from 5am for those attending the Dawn service. This shuttle bus will have collection/drop-off points at Beach Street Carpark (carpark 12a and 12b) and John Curtin College of the Arts carpark.
City of Fremantle businesses will have special offers on the morning of Anzac Day. See offers below:
Parlapa Caffe and Trattoria - 11 William Street, Fremantle
$8.50 Bacon and Egg Brioche Bun + 12oz coffee
D'Angelo Cafe - 7/177 High Street, Fremantle
$15 Bacon and Eggs on Toast + 8oz coffee
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Day 1: Osorno Volcano and Petrohue Waterfalls Excursion
This morning, your guide will pick you up in Puerto Varas and transfer you to your starting point. Some of the sites you'll see en route to Osorno Volcano include Llanquihue Lake, the river-mouth of Río Pescado (Fish River), and La Poza and Los Riscos villages. Once you reach the small town of Ensenada you will begin the ascent to Osorno Volcano. After hiking to the Ski Center on Osorno Volcano Mountain (1,240 m/4,068 ft. above sea level) descend and head to Río Petrohué Waterfalls. Here you can walk along the paved path and observe how the river flows among big masses of crystalized lava beds, which were formed by the Osorno Volcano eruptions. Enjoy views of the beautiful turquoise waters of the river and of its surroundings. Finish your tour at the well-known Lake of All Saints (Lago de Todos Los Santos) before transferring back to Puerto Varas.
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The trip might have been the absolute best of our lifetime (thus far). We particularly want to commend our guide Peter in the Guilin area-he was so incredibly attentive, energetic, enthusiastic-and absolutely dedicated to ensuring that our meals were 100% vegetarian.

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The Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel has pointed out that whereas political godfathers can disappoint, same cannot be said of spiritual father.
The governor stated this at a service seeking God’s blessings at the Qua Iboe Church in Ikot Ekpene yesterday, according to Sahara Reporters.
He stated that spiritual fathers always radiated the presence of God.
A tweet on the official Twitter handle of the Akwa Ibom State quoted the governor as saying: “Political fathers can disappoint, but spiritual fathers cannot because the presence of God goes with them at all times”.
Things have not been longer rosy between Governor Emmanuel and his predecessor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, following the latter’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Shortly after his defection, Akpabio was reported to have said he regretted imposing Emmanuel on the people of the state.
Responding to the former Senate Minority Leader’s declaration, Emmanuel on Monday dared the former governor to a debate ahead of the 2019 elections.
Speaking at Ikot Ekpene, the Governor at a rally in his honour at Onna Sports Stadium, said he was ready to present the facts of his administration to the world and that anyone who can confront him should come forward.
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An Auckland family has emerged victorious after some deadly battles at the world robot fighting championships in China on the weekend, winning the 110kg competition.
The fights took place in a cage and were live-streamed around the world for thousands of bloodthirsty fans.
"We put it into an arena - a bulletproof arena with other opponents - and they've just got to beat each other up, until one of them dies!" said team leader Jack Barker.
With the help of three engineers, the Barkers constructed their death bot in a small garage workshop in Auckland's Blockhouse Bay.
The end result was a battle robot named "Death Toll". Weighing in at 110kg, it was designed to annihilate its enemies - and it did just that.
"Our 15kg lost in the first round, but the new 110kg managed to win the competition in straight knockouts!" Jack Barker told Newshub.
"We are very happy with the result! To beat out some of the best teams in the world with a brand new robot means so much to us."
Each robot is unique and weapon systems are controlled remotely, leading to exciting battles.
"The other robots had horizontal spinning weapons, spinning drums, lifting arms and high pressure pneumatic flippers," Mr Barker told Newshub.
Death Toll's impressive set-up uses aircraft aluminium and lithium batteries to power the deadly machine. Its spinning weapon runs at 6000 RPM and while it might not be flashy, it does the business.
"The main thing about the spinner is it lets you put as much energy into one mechanism as you can, unlike, say a swinging axe, where you get to spin it once and that's all the power you'll get," said mechatronics engineer Shane De Rijk.
Footage shows the vicious metal beast furiously attacking its enemy, tearing off chunks and flipping its opponent onto its back.
In another fight to the death, the robot outmanoeuvres challenger Echo Two and brutally throws it out of the ring.
"We thought the robots performed really well. Both had teething issues because they are new robots, but we managed to work around them," Mr Barker says.
"We got really unlucky with our 15kg robot losing in the first fight due to a weapon failure, and the 110kg robot performed flawlessly once we had it up and running."
Mr Barker says he's learned from the experience, and the team will be back next year to defend their 110kg title and hopefully take the 15kg title too.
"We have learnt a lot about making our electrical systems more reliable. Also, it is very important to take control of a match early and keep attacking when they are startled," he told Newshub.
"Just a big thanks to the organizers, FMB for organizing travel logistics and the tournament. As well as our sponsors Steelmasters and Renold."


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KRIP, a prominent smartphone brand, introduces its latest phone model, the KRIP K69 4G LTE.
With 256GB ROM and 8GB RAM memory, the KRIP K69 offers a great amount of storage capacity. This model ensures compatibility with most carriers in Latin America and the Caribbean, which is the target for this model.
The new KRIP K69 showcases a screen of 6.8 inches (20:9). It is also a dual SIM functionality, and operates on the new operating system, Android OS 13. It supports a range of bands, including 4G LTE bands 2/3/4/5/7/8/12/17/28A/28B, 3G bands 1/2/5/8, and 2G bands 2/3/5/8.
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Convertible installed a new Furnace, AC, Humidifier, and water heater. Marnie came to our house and went through the different options. I had an idea of what I wanted, and she respected my wishes and made sure that what she offered fit my needs. Convertible was the only contractor that suggested a side discharge A/C unit up on struts in between the houses. In a smaller Toronto home this saved us having to put a unit in our already small backyard. The whole recommendation really did take all our needs into consideration (and was also the lowest cost).
Adam and team came and installed it all on two Saturdays (we had a lot to install, but he made sure we always had working heat when they left). Adam walked me through all the operation and how to install a new thermostat I was thinking of purchasing (his instructions were spot on). He also gave me his cell number and I've called him twice with questions, and he gave me great help both times (at no cost). The installation team was very respectful towards me, and my family and was respectful of our property.
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In a 24-minute audio statement, Salih al-Nabhan (a.k.a. Abu Yusuf), the leader of Somalia’s Shabaab al-Mujahideen movement, has confirmed the death of alleged leading al-Qaeda member Abu Talha al-Sudani (al-Sahab Media, August 31). Al-Nabhan is a Kenyan-born suspected al-Qaeda leader wanted for involvement in a Kenya hotel bombing in 2002 and an attempt to shoot down an Israeli airliner in Mombassa.
Abu Talha ranked near the top of the American list of wanted terrorists since his alleged involvement in the 1998 East African embassy bombings, the 2002 bombing of an Israeli-owned hotel in Kenya, and a 2003-2004 plot to attack U.S. forces at Djibouti’s Camp Lemonier. Abu Talha was a resident of Somalia since 1993 and was married to a Somali woman. He is alleged to have played a major part in arranging financing for al-Qaeda operations in East Africa.
Al-Nabhan confirmed the death of Abu Talha al-Sudani but provided few details: “A leader was martyred while he was leading one of the battalions of the mujahideen more than one year ago: Abu Talha al-Sudani, the leader of the mujahideen in Somalia. This is the first time that we have made this public.” Though no official claim for his death was made by American officials, Time learned last year from an anonymous Pentagon official that U.S. and Ethiopian intelligence had learned months later of his death during Ethiopian airstrikes along the Somali-Kenyan border in January 2007 (Time, November 29, 2007). Abu Talha had escaped an earlier targeted attack by U.S. AC-130 gunships (Independent, January 13, 2007).
The admission of his death came in an audiotape intended to attract African Muslims to the ranks of the Somali mujahideen, especially recruits from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Chad, and Nigeria: “Here are the training camps in Somalia and elsewhere that have opened their doors so that you join them. Hence, be truthful with God, answer the call of jihad, and prefer the lasting over the perishing and the next life over the present life.” The tape opened with a greeting from al-Nabhan to “the courageous commander and my honorable leader, Shaykh Osama bin Laden.”
Referring to the recent death of Shabaab leader Aden Hashi Ayro in a May 1 airstrike, al-Nabhan denounces American and Ethiopian attempts to target Somali resistance leaders: “They think, may God fight them, that the martyrdom of a commander shakes the pillars of jihad. They do not know that we are longing for death; the death of the martyrs.” Al-Nabhan claims the Somali mujahideen are awaiting reinforcement from Sudan and Yemen to combat the “Abyssinian [Ethiopian] rabble” occupying Somalia.
Al-Nabhan’s exhortations to the Somali people bear some of the ruthless approach to jihad found in the writings of the late Palestinian jihadist Abdullah Azzam (1941-1989), the inspiration for al-Qaeda: “It is not possible that the tree of jihad becomes steady on its trunk, except by sacrificing heads and souls cheap in the path of Allah, and the edifice of glory is not constructed, except with skulls and limbs, and indeed forfeiture, humiliation and degradation is in leaving jihad and succumbing to the colonialist Crusaders or contentment with fair [i.e. negotiated] solutions.”
The greeting to Bin Laden contained in the opening of the message raises new questions about Somali insurgent ties to al-Qaeda. Contrary to many reports that allege Somalia’s militants are closely tied to al-Qaeda if not controlled by them, U.S. ambassador to Somalia Michael E. Ranneberger has expressed reservations about a direct line of command from the al-Qaeda leadership to the Islamist militants in Somalia: “There are indications of a fairly close Shabaab-Al Qaeda connection, though it’s not clear to what extent they’ve been operationalized… Shabaab taking orders from Al Qaeda? I would say no. They are still running their own show” (Mareeg Online, September 2).
This article first appeared in the September 10 2008 issue of the Jamestown Foundation’s Terrorism Focus


The climate crisis that planet earth is facing today requires concrete, constant and coherent actions. The rapid and accelerated way in which climate change is affecting the planet and its biodiversity means a need for actors in decision-making positions to exercise their authority, give priority to this issue and execute effective adaptation and mitigation plans.
Local governments, consequently, have preponderance in this context since it is at this level that changes and systematic decisions with impact potential can be made in terms of climate policies, laws, projects and plans that would exist not only in a piece of paper but in reality, with the power to generate changes and results. These results, being focused on mitigation and adaptation to climate change, must of course take into account the particular needs and conditions of each territory.
In this decision-making process, it is sought that the actions to be taken can be sustainable, scalable at different levels and, taking into account the particularities of each place, replicable in other territories, also considering the integration of climate policies of different territories and the synergies and aid that may arise between them.
With this in mind, the last phases of the ICLEI project called LEDS Lab, executed in Colombia as well as in other countries, have been developed in recent months, as part of another larger project, Urban-LEDS II. The latter, a large-scale project funded by the European Commission and implemented by ICLEI in partnership with UN-Habitat, operates in eight countries, and is now reaching its closure stage. Urban-LEDS II has had a great deal of low-emission development strategies and the prevalence of these strategies in the development plans of cities, including some Colombian ones.
Meanwhile, LEDS Lab functions as a climate financing laboratory that seeks to improve the capacities of cities and local governments to target climate projects that may be achievable and realistic for them. In Colombia, the cities that have participated in LEDS Lab have been Envigado (from the department of Antioquia) and Topaga (from the department of Boyaca), both since 2019.
The inclusion of both Colombian cities in LEDS Lab has meant a series of participations in courses, trainings and meetings with other cities of the ICLEI Network in different knowledge and experience sharing spaces; the preparation – along with the ICLEI team – of climate action documents that have been useful for the environmental planning of the municipalities and, more recently, the inauguration of alternative energy and education/communication facilities about climate change in both municipalities.
With the presence of around 50 people, the official inauguration of the LEDS Lab facilities in the city, located in the Carlos Julio Umaña Torres Educational Institution, was held in the city of Tópaga last October 21. Among other guests, including several mayors of neighboring municipalities, the event was attended by the executive director of ICLEI Colombia, Monica Santa, and the mayor of Topaga, Alvaro Henry Barrera Diaz.
Thanks to the work of LEDS Lab in the municipality, and after a series of technical evaluations and the formulation of an energy plan, a pilot project for a photovoltaic self-generation energy system was built in the city. It contributes to the energy requirements of the facilities of the Carlos Julio Umaña school. The system consists of six solar panels and they are located on the top of the building.
The solar panels will cover around 75% of all the energy demand of the school, which in addition to representing an economic saving for the municipality, provides the city with an example of renewable energy, planet-friendly and replicable in other scenarios both from Topaga and the Boyaca region.
“This constitutes a true achievement, now in operation and at the disposal of the educational community of our municipality,” said Alvaro Barrera, mayor of Topaga. “We are very grateful to ICLEI, Urban-LEDS, UN Habitat and all the international cooperation organizations that made it possible to fulfill this specific objective of our Development Plan. We do this because our work is thinking about the future.”
In addition to the solar panels, the Carlos Julio Umaña school also has an Educational center aimed at its final grade students so that they can learn about sustainability realities, and to offer them a perspective on climate change and photovoltaic energy.
“It is also a pleasure to be able to have a place where the children of our municipality will be able to understand the operation of the different alternative energies that promote a healthy environment and with low levels of Greenhouse Gases,” added Mayor Barrera.
On September 2th, Braulio Espinosa Márquez, Mayor of the municipality of Envigado, was in the Secretariat of Environment and Agricultural Development of the city announcing that the facilities of the Secretariat would soon have a 54 photovoltaic solar energy panels system that, thanks to the LEDS Lab project, would be providing the entire energy demand of the place.
This project also included an educational and communicative strategy similar to the one that was installed in Topaga, with the particularity that the Envigado one is now in the La Heliodora Environmental Linear Park, outdoors, and is aimed at the entire Envigado community that frequent the place.
The inauguration of these projects —and the official closing of LEDS Lab in the Envigado municipality— took place on October 26, precisely in La Heliodora Park, with the presence of Monica Santa; the president of the Envigado City Council, Gonzalo Mesa Ochoa; and the aforementioned mayor of the municipality, Braulio Espinosa.
“This is one more reflection that we are transforming into a sustainable, green and inclusive territory,” said Mayor Espinosa during the event. “Envigado has big plans to continue transforming its spaces and turning them into sustainable settings for the next few years.”
Espinosa explained that after the experience of installing solar panels and interactive modules in the Secretariat and in La Heliodora Park, his intention is to replicate the experience in different parks and facilities in Envigado in order to increase the environmental performance of the municipality. This, of course, complies with the Urban-LEDS replicability precept.
During the event, also, the mayor highlighted that ICLEI has been a crucial ally to develop these projects within the city. “Here we are seeing how environmental projects can come true, not staying just as a plan. Thanks to ICLEI, we are seeing that something that was dreamed of and traced months ago is now a thing that we can see here, and we value that very much.”