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China vows to 'smash' Dalai Lama
By China correspondent Stephen Mcdonell and wires

Posted 5 hours 7 minutes ago
Updated 4 hours 47 minutes ago


China has used the Tibet Olympic torch relay to attack the Dalai Lama. (Reuters/Kyodo)

Related Story: Riot police patrol Tibetan streets ahead of torch relay Related Story: Olympic torch relay starts in Tibet The Olympic torch relay has finished in Tibet with Government officials vowing to smash the Dalai Lama.

Amid tight security, the torch arrived in front of Potala Palace, the Dalai Lama's former chief residence, carried by Caidan Zhuoma, a famous Tibetan singer.

Local Government officials used the event to attack the Tibetan spiritual leader.

"Tibet's sky will never change and the red flag with five stars will forever flutter high above it," Tibet's hardline Communist Party Secretary General Zhang Qing Li said at the relay ceremony.

"We will certainly be able to totally smash the splittist schemes of the Dalai Lama clique."

As paramilitary police kept a close watch, the flame from the torch was mixed with the special flame that was carried to the top of Mount Everest during an earlier leg of the lengthy relay.

The crowds today were small and specially selected, with most locals told to stay in doors until after the relay.

The entire event, scheduled to last for three hours, ended after less than two. No immediate explanation was given for the shortened period.

The area was cordoned off to everyone except those given special passes to attend the relay, according to a photographer on the scene.

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Keira Knightley turned heads for all the wrong reasons last night as she arrived for the London premiere of her new film The Edge Of Love.

The naturally slender actress looked painfully thin in a purple strapless confection, her protruding collarbone more pronounced than ever.

She arrived for the screening alone, but was later joined by her co-star and close friend Sienna Miller, who started out the evening in a red party frock before slipping into a demure cream number.

Her presence meant Keira's tiny frame wasn't the only issue in focus - Sienna's split with Rhys Ifans was also a talking point, albeit an equally unwelcome one.

Their costar - and Sienna's former boyfriend - Matthew Rhys was asked about the attention Sienna has been receiving.

He said that the amount of attention young women receive in show business was difficult adding: "The boys get it much easier."

When Rhys would not be drawn on whether he preferred Keira or Sienna he was asked if he would choose blondes or brunettes.

Rhys replied: "I've never had a preference. I'm always grateful."

Rhys was asked on the Richard & Judy Show if there was truth in rumours that he had rekindled his romance with Miller and replied: "Categorically no!"

Speaking in Mayfair Rhys said the part of Thomas gave him a deeper understanding of a man who has a "godlike status" in Wales.

Keira simply said the press attention Sienna had been given was "disgusting".

She said Sienna was "a wonderful girl and a wonderful actress".

She continued: "It's really difficult to find really good roles for women, let alone two in one film. I just thought it was a really beautiful story, completely."

Keira said she fell in love with the character of Vera.

She said: "I fell in love with the fact that she smiles when she wants to cry."

Sienna was asked about playing the part of a free-spirited, free-loving young woman.

She said: "Do you really think that I would think twice about taking on (the part of) a free-spirited, free-loving young woman?"

She said life was about "trial and error" adding: "This is what I'm supposed to be doing and everything that comes with it is something to learn from."

She continued: "I like my job enough to tolerate the things that I really don't like."
She said the day when that superseded the enjoyment of her work was the day when she would not do it any more.

Talking about the strong and feisty character of Caitlin, Miller said everyone had been in unpleasant situations in which they responded in perhaps not the most mature or perfect way.


Director John Maybury described the chemistry between Knightley and Miller as "astonishing".

He said of Sienna: "She's given a mind-blowing performance in a really great film."
He said he could not think of another, similar film with two female characters at the core apart from Thelma and Louise.

Talking about the chemistry between the four main actors Maybury said he had seen a phone video of them belting along a Welsh cliff top on horseback.

Talking about the levels of attention aimed at Sienna and Keira he said: "They are subjected to a level of scrutiny (which) at times is perverse. They deserve to be taken seriously as actors."

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CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian authorities have charged an American with murder following an inquest into the death of his bride while scuba diving on their honeymoon in 2003.

The Coroner in the tropical northern city of Townsville issued a warrant for the arrest and extradition of David Gabriel Watson, 31, from Alabama, to face charges of murder for death of Tina Watson.

Watson refused to return to Australia to give evidence at the coroner's hearing into the death of his wife, who died 11 days after the couple were married in the United States.

Police and prosecutors must now prepare an extradition request, to be put before Australia's Attorney-General Robert McClelland, who would then pass it on to U.S. authorities.

"There are lengthy legal procedures that are involved but obviously we are keen they will be done as quickly as possible," Townsville police Inspector Warren Webber told reporters.

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Warren Buffett
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Warren Buffett speaks to college students (2005)
Born August 30, 1930 (1930-08-30) (age 77)
Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Occupation Chairman & CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
Salary US$100,000
Net worth US $62 billion (2008)[1]
Spouse Susan Buffett (1952–2004),
Astrid Menks (2006-)[2]
Children Susie Buffett,
Howard Graham Buffett,
Peter Buffett
Website
www.berkshirehathaway.com
Warren Edward Buffett (born August 30, 1930, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American investor, businessman and philanthropist. He is regarded as one of the world's greatest stock market investors, and is the largest shareholder and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.[3] With an estimated net worth of around US$62 billion,[4] he was ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world as of February 11, 2008.[5]

Often called the "Oracle of Omaha,"[6] Buffett is noted for his adherence to the value investing philosophy and for his personal frugality despite his immense wealth.[7] His 2006 annual salary was about $100,000, which is small compared to senior executive remuneration in other comparable companies,[8] and when he spent $9.7 million of Berkshire's funds on a business jet in 1989, he jokingly named it "The Indefensible" because of his past criticisms of such purchases by other CEOs.[9] He lives in the same house in the central Dundee neighborhood of Omaha that he bought in 1958 for $31,500, today valued at around $700,000.[10]

Buffett is also a noted philanthropist. In 2006, he announced a plan to give away his fortune to charity, with 83% of it going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[11] In 2007, he was listed among Time's 100 Most Influential People in The World.[12] He also serves as a member of the board of trustees at Grinnell College.[13]

Contents [hide]
1 Early life and Benjamin Graham
2 Public stances
3 Historical timeline
4 Personal life
5 Philanthropy
6 Writings
7 See also
8 Notes
9 References
10 Further reading
11 External links



Early life and Benjamin Graham
Warren Buffet was born in Omaha, Nebraska in August of 1930 to Howard and Leila (Stahl). As the son of a local stock broker, he was likely exposed to markets at a young age. As he got older, Buffett had a few successful entrepreneurial ventures, making him consider proceeding straight into business rather than going to college. His father, however, overruled him on this.[citations needed]

One of his mentors, arguably the most influential, was Benjamin Graham. Graham’s philosophy had such an impact on Buffett that he enrolled in Columbia Business School to study directly under him. In Buffett’s own words: “I’m 15 percent Fisher and 85 percent Benjamin Graham.”[14]

As Buffett would often say about Graham’s teachings: “The basic ideas of investing are to look at stocks as business, use the market's fluctuations to your advantage, and seek a margin of safety. That’s what Ben Graham taught us. A hundred years from now they will still be the cornerstones of investing.”[15]


Public stances
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Buffett:

Has repeatedly criticized the financial industry for what he considers to be a proliferation of advisors who add no value but are compensated based on the volume of business transactions which they facilitate. He has pointed to the growing volume of stock trades as evidence that an ever-greater proportion of investors' gains are going to brokers and other middlemen.
Has emphasized, the non-productive aspect of gold in 1998 at Harvard: "It gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head."
Has stated, that he only paid 19% of his income for 2006 ($48.1 million) in total federal taxes, while his employees paid 33% of theirs despite making far less money.[16]
Believes that the U.S. dollar will lose value in the long run. He views the United States' expanding trade deficit as an alarming trend that will devalue the U.S. dollar and U.S. assets. As a result it is putting a larger portion of ownership of U.S. assets in the hands of foreigners. This induced Buffett to enter the foreign currency market for the first time in 2002. However, he substantially reduced his stake in 2005 as changing interest rates increased the costs of holding currency contracts. Buffett continues to be bearish on the dollar, and says he is looking to make acquisitions of companies which derive a substantial portion of their revenues from outside the United States. Buffett invested in PetroChina Company Limited and in a rare move, posted a commentary[17] on Berkshire Hathaway's website why he would not divest from the company despite calls from some activists to do so. (He did, however, sell this stake, apparently for purely financial reasons.)
Believes that the world is nearing its maximum capacity of oil production, and that gradually depleted oil fields could reduce the amount produced.[18]
Believes government should not be in the business of gambling. He believes it is a tax on ignorance.[19]
Buffett's speeches are known for mixing business discussions with humor. Each year, Buffett presides over Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholders' meeting in the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska, an event drawing over 20,000 visitors from both United States and abroad, giving it the nickname "Woodstock of Capitalism".[20]

Berkshire's annual reports and letters to shareholders, prepared by Buffett, frequently receive coverage by the financial media. Buffett's writings are known for containing literary quotes ranging from the Bible to Mae West,[21] as well as Midwestern advice and numerous jokes. Various websites extol Buffett's virtues while others decry Buffett’s business models or dismiss his investment advice and decisions.


Buffett also:

Favors the inheritance tax, saying that repealing it would be like "choosing the 2020 Olympic team by picking the eldest sons of the gold-medal winners in the 2000 Olympics".[22] In 2007, Buffett testified before the Senate and urged them to preserve the estate tax so as to avoid a plutocracy. Some critics, including John Berlau writing in the August 23, 2004 issue of the National Review, have pointed out that Buffett (through Berkshire-Hathaway) has a personal interest in the continuation of the estate tax, since they have benefited from the estate tax in past business dealings and are also involved in developing and marketing insurance policies which protect policy holders against future estate tax payments.[23]
Has been recognized as most responsible[citation needed] for FASB 123 (r), or Stock Option Expensing on the GAAP Income Statement. When asked about the subject at Berkshire Hathaway's 2004 annual meeting, he compared the United States Congress and the Securities and Exchange Commission's decision to override FASB, who wanted to consider company-issued stock-option compensation as an expense, to a bill proposed in the Indiana house for Pi to be changed from its real value of about 3.14159 to 4.
Has held fundraisers for both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for president. He has not indicated for whom he will vote, but he has expressed that both would make "great Presidents".[24] He later endorsed Obama for president.[25]
Has called the 2007-present downturn in the financial sector "poetic justice".[26]
Was inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 1997.

Historical timeline
Education:

Woodrow Wilson High School, Washington, D.C. in 1947[27]
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 1947–1949
B.S. University of Nebraska, 1950
M.S. in Economics, Columbia University, in 1951.
Employment:


1951–1954 Buffett-Falk & Co., Omaha - Investment Salesman
1954–1956 Graham-Newman Corp., New York - Securities Analyst
1956–1969 Buffett Partnership, Ltd., Omaha - General Partner
1970–Present Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Omaha - Chairman, CEO  
1943: (13 years old)

Buffett filed his first income tax return, deducting his bicycle as a work expense for $35.[28]
1945: (15 years old)

In his senior year of high school, Buffett and a friend spent $25 to purchase a used pinball machine, which they placed in a barber shop. Within months, they owned three machines in different locations.
1949: (19 years old)

In 1949, he was initiated into Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity while an undergraduate at the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. His father and uncles were also Alpha Sigma Phi brothers from the chapter at Nebraska, where Warren eventually transferred.
1950: (20 years old)

Buffett enrolled at Columbia Business School after learning that Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, two well-known securities analysts, taught there.
1951: (21 years old)

Buffett discovered Graham was on the Board of GEICO insurance at the time. After taking a train to Washington, D.C. on a Saturday, Buffett knocked on the door of GEICO's headquarters until a janitor allowed him in. There, he met Lorimer Davidson, the Vice President, who was to become a lasting influence on him and life-long friend.[29]
Buffett graduated from Columbia and wanted to work on Wall Street. Buffett offered to work for Graham for free but Graham refused. He purchased a Sinclair gas station as a side investment, but that venture did not work out as well as he had hoped. Meanwhile, he worked as a stockbroker. During that time, Buffett also took a Dale Carnegie public speaking course. Using what he learned, he felt confident enough to teach a night class at the University of Nebraska, "Investment Principles." The average age of the students he taught was more than twice his own.
1952: (22 years old)

Buffett married Susan Thompson.
1953 - Susan had her first child, Susan Alice Buffett
1954: (24 years old)

Benjamin Graham offered Buffett a job at his partnership with a starting salary of $12,000 a year. Here, he worked closely with Walter Schloss.
Susan had her second child, Howard Graham Buffett.
1956: (26 years old)

Benjamin Graham retired and folded up his partnership.
Buffett's personal savings are now over $140,000.
Buffett returned home to Omaha and created Buffett Partnership Ltd., an investment partnership.
“ I’ll tell you why I like the cigarette business. It costs a penny to make. Sell it for a dollar. It’s addictive. And there’s fantastic brand loyalty. ”
—Warren Buffet[30][31], 1987

1957: (27 years old)

Buffett had three partnerships operating the entire year.
Buffett purchased a five-bedroom, stucco house on Farnam Street for $31,500.
1958: (28 years old)

Susan had her third child, Peter Andrew Buffett
Buffett had five partnerships operating the entire year.
1959: (29 years old)

Buffett had six partnerships operating the entire year.
Buffett was introduced to Charlie Munger.
1960: (30 years old)

Buffett had seven partnerships operating the entire year.
The partnerships were: Buffett Associates, Buffett Fund, Dacee, Emdee, Glenoff, Mo-Buff, and Underwood.
Buffett asks one of his partners, a doctor, to find ten other doctors who will be willing to invest $10,000 each into his partnership. Eventually, eleven doctors agreed to invest.
1961: (31 years old)

Buffett revealed that Sanborn Map Company accounted for 35% of the partnerships' assets.
Buffett explained that in 1958, Sanborn sold at $45 per share when the value of the Sanborn investment portfolio was $65 per share. This meant buyers valued Sanborn at "minus $20" per share, and buyers were unwilling to pay more than 70 cents on the dollar for an investment portfolio with a map business thrown in for nothing.
Buffett reveals that he earned a spot on the board of Sanborn.
1962: (32 years old)

Buffett's partnerships, in January 1962, had in excess of $7,178,500 of which over $1,025,000 belonged to Buffett.
Buffett merges all partnerships into one partnership.
Buffett discovered a textile manufacturing firm, Berkshire Hathaway. Buffett's partnerships began purchasing shares at $7.60 per share.
1965: (35 years old)

When Buffett's partnerships began aggressively purchasing Berkshire they paid $14.86 per share while the company had working capital (current assets minus current liabilities) of $19 per share, this did not include the value of fixed assets (factory and equipment).
Buffett took control of Berkshire Hathaway at the board meeting and named a new President, Ken Chace, to run the company.
1966: (36 years old)

Buffett closes the partnership to new money.
Buffett wrote in his letter “unless it appears that circumstances have changed (under some conditions added capital would improve results) or unless new partners can bring some asset to the partnership other than simply capital, I intend to admit no additional partners to BPL.”
In a second letter, Buffett announced his first investment in a private business — Hochschild, Kohn and Co, a privately owned Baltimore department store.
1967: (37 years old)

Berkshire paid out its first and only dividend of 10 cents.
1969: (39 years old)

Following his most successful year, Buffett liquidated the partnership and transferred their assets to his partners. Among the assets paid out were shares of Berkshire Hathaway.
1970: (40 years old)

As chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, began writing his now-famous annual letters to shareholders.
1973: (43 years old)

Berkshire began to acquire stock in the Washington Post Company. Buffett became close friends with Katharine Graham, who controlled the company and its flagship newspaper, and became a member of its board of directors.
1974: (44 years old)

The SEC opens a formal investigation into Warren Buffett and one of Berkshire's mergers.
1977: (47 years old)

Berkshire indirectly purchases the Buffalo Evening News for $32.5 million. Anti-trust charges brought.
1979: (49 years old)

Berkshire began to acquire stock in ABC. With the stock trading at $290 per share, Buffett's net worth neared $140 million. However, he lived solely on his salary of $50,000 per year.
Berkshire began the year trading at $775 per share, and ended at $1,310. Buffett's net worth reached $620 million, placing him on the Forbes 400 for the first time.
1988: (58 years old)

Buffett began buying stock in Coca-Cola Company, eventually purchasing up to 7 percent of the company for $1.02 billion. It would turn out to be one of Berkshire's most lucrative investments, and one which he still holds.
1990: (60 years old)

Scandals involving Greenberg and Gutfreund appear.
1999: (69 years old)

Buffett is named the top money manager of the 20th century in a survey by the Carson Group, ahead of Peter Lynch and John Templeton.[32]
2002: (72 years old)

Buffett entered in $11 billion worth of forward contracts to deliver US dollars against other currencies. By April 2006, his total gain on these contracts was over $2 billion.
2004: (73 years old)

His wife, Susan, passes away.
2006: (75 years old)

Buffett announced in June that he would gradually give away 85% of his Berkshire holdings to five foundations in annual gifts of stock, starting in July 2006. The largest contribution will go to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[33]
2007: (76 Years old)

In a letter to shareholders, Buffett announced that he was looking for a younger successor or perhaps successors to run his investment business.[34] Buffett had previously selected Lou Simpson, who runs investments at Geico, to fill that role. However, Simpson is only six years younger than Buffett.
2008: (77 Years old)

Buffett becomes the richest man in the world according to Forbes,[35] dethroning Bill Gates, who held the title for thirteen years.

Personal life
Mr. Buffet married Susan Thompson in 1952. They had three children, Susie, Howard, and Peter. The couple began living separately in 1977, though they remained married until her death in July 2004. His daughter Susie lives in Omaha and does charitable work through the Susan A. Buffett Foundation and is a national board member of Girls, Inc.

In 2006, on his 76th birthday, he married his never-before-married longtime-companion, Astrid Menks, who was age 60 and had lived with him since his wife's departure in 1977 to San Francisco.[36] Interestingly, it was Susan Buffett who arranged for the two to meet before she left Omaha to pursue her singing career. All three were close, and holiday cards to friends were signed "Warren, Susie and Astrid" (as per Roger Lowenstein's book, Buffett: The Making of an American Capitalist). Susan Buffett briefly discussed this relationship in an interview on the Charlie Rose Show shortly before her death, in a rare glimpse into Buffett's personal life.[37]

He remains an avid player of the card game bridge, and has said that he spends 12 hours a week playing the game.[38] He often plays with Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

In 2006, he sponsored a bridge match for the Buffett Cup. In this event, modeled on the Ryder Cup in golf (and held immediately before it and in the same city), a team of twelve bridge players from the United States took on twelve Europeans.

In 2006, he auctioned his 2001 Lincoln Town Car[39] on eBay to raise money for Girls Inc.[40]

Warren Buffett is currently working with Christopher Webber on an animated series with DiC Entertainment chief Andy Heyward. According to information presented by Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway annual meeting on May 6, 2006, the series will feature Buffett and Munger in roles and the series will teach children healthy financial habits for life. Cartoon drawings of Buffett and Munger were displayed throughout the events during the weekend and the special movie before the meeting began was in animation form by Heyward.

In December 2006 it was reported that Mr. Buffett does not carry a cell phone, does not have a computer at his desk, and drives his own car,[41] a Cadillac DTS.[42]

Buffett's DNA report revealed that his paternal ancestors hail from northern Scandinavia, while his mother's side most likely has roots in Iberia or Estonia.[43]


Philanthropy
In June 2006, Buffett gave approximately 10 million Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (worth approximately USD 30.7 billion as of June 23 2006)[44] making it the largest charitable donation in history. The foundation will receive 5% of the total donation on an annualized basis each July, beginning in 2006. Buffett will also join the board of directors of the Gates Foundation, although he does not plan to be actively involved in the foundation's investments.

He also announced plans to contribute additional Berkshire stock valued at approximately $6.7 billion to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation and to other foundations headed by his three children. This is a significant shift from previous statements Buffett has made, having stated that most of his fortune would pass to his Buffett Foundation. The bulk of the estate of his wife, valued at $2.6 billion, went to that foundation when she died in 2004.[45]

His children will not inherit a significant proportion of his wealth. These actions are consistent with statements he has made in the past indicating his opposition to the transfer of great fortunes from one generation to the next. Buffett once commented, "I want to give my kids just enough so that they would feel that they could do anything, but not so much that they would feel like doing nothing."[46]

The following quotation from 1988, respectively, highlights Warren Buffett's thoughts on his wealth and why he long planned to reallocate it:

"I don't have a problem with guilt about money. The way I see it is that my money represents an enormous number of claim checks on society. It's like I have these little pieces of paper that I can turn into consumption. If I wanted to, I could hire 10,000 people to do nothing but paint my picture every day for the rest of my life. And the GNP would go up. But the utility of the product would be zilch, and I would be keeping those 10,000 people from doing AIDS research, or teaching, or nursing. I don't do that though. I don't use very many of those claim checks. There's nothing material I want very much. And I'm going to give virtually all of those claim checks to charity when my wife and I die. (Lowe 1997:165–166)

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June 19, 2008

Zohan - with a thick accent, a padded crotch, and a way with the ladies, is a gross comic character, but also a good-natured one

GenreComedyRun Time113 minutesRatedMCountryUnited StatesDirectorDennis DuganRatingstars-3
In Adam Sandler's new movie, you don't mess with the Zohan - the title character, a legendary Israeli undercover operative - but you can take all sorts of liberties with dips. Hideous things are done with hummus, using every conceivable kind of implement - nothing has been left to the imagination. Sticky substances in general are smeared all over this movie, and all over Zohan, a man of comically absurd physical powers, which he employs to fight his Palestinian arch-enemy Phantom (John Turturro).

But Zohan wants to cultivate a different set of skills: he dreams of being a hairdresser, and making the whole world silky smooth. So he fakes his own death and flees to New York for a fresh start. After a few setbacks, he gets his chance in a small salon, where his upfront approach - grotesquely out-of-date coiffure, plus enthusiastic sexual servicing - is a hit with elderly female customers. (His Palestinian boss, Dalia, played by Emmanuelle Chriqui, looks on in elegant bemusement, which is all that is demanded of her character.)

Zohan - with a thick accent, a padded crotch, and a way with the ladies that makes Max Bialystock of The Producers look like a picture of gentlemanly restraint - is a gross comic character, but also a good-natured one. This isn't one of Sandler's simmering, frustrated roles: Zohan is presented as a reluctant Rambo with a dream of peace and bad hair, a love of hacky sack, a commitment to a particular fizzy drink brand and a strong devotion to disco moves. And if you miss a joke, fear not: it will be repeated. Over and over again.

The bad guys, in this movie, turn out to be traditional ones. Treachery is afoot, courtesy of the movie's major villain, a real estate developer who co-opts a bunch of white supremacists to stir up trouble in the neighbourhood and pit Israeli shopkeepers against Palestinian ones. Things work out, of course, to everyone's satisfaction: there are a few political gags that have a veneer of audacity, but in essence, the movie takes risks only with its audience's gag reflex.

Zohan is no Borat: there's something much, much more amiable about the calculated grotesqueries of the movie's low, low comedy, as well as something indisputably light-headed about its triumphant why-can't-we-all-get-along? solution to the problems of the Middle East. The American way, it turns out, is the answer all along.

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13. I have plenty of talent and vision; I just don't give a sh*t.

every new migrant should learn this, esp. when hunting for a job - it's just so true!!!

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SHE may have formerly fitted snugly into the struggling musician category but Elly Hoyt is no longer singing for her supper.
  Tow weeks ago, Hoyt was your typical musical student – stars in her eyes and moths in her pockets.
  Today she’s $5000 better off ,but the most valuable part of her win in the James Morrison Generation In Jazz Vocal Scholarship 2008 is the opportunity itself.
  Hoyt is into her second year of a bachelor of music, majoring in jazz voice, at the Queensland  Conservatorium of Music and her win makes her the fourth students from the academy to win the award since it started five years ago.
Hoyt, 21 , said she planned to invest her prize money in her first solo album.
“I want to keep on singing and working around the scene,” she said.

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How To Conquer Interview Nerves?   (from michael page)

Knowledge is power
The more you know, the less you'll panic. That's the conclusion of Gary James, who has spoken to job seekers at every stage of the interview process over his 18 year career with Michael Page. "It may seem an obvious thing to say, but it amazes me the number of people who go to visit a company knowing nothing, or next to nothing, about it."
"Of course," says Gary, "if you have secured the interview through Michael Page, your consultant will have given you some preliminary information about the company, the interview format, and probably the person interviewing you. But the more preparation you do, the more confidence you'll have, so you'd be foolish not to do as much of your own research as you possibly can."


Starting the preparation
So where to start? Company websites, is the short answer. It's very rare for a company not to have a website these days, and it's incredible what you can find on some of them. In addition to corporate history and press releases, many organizations have stacks of downloadable reports and reviews. Increasingly, you can even find video presentations, which make research easy and fun. In fact, if this kind of information is available on your prospective employer's website, you may seriously compromise the impression you make if you don't use it.
If the company that's interviewing you doesn't have a press center on its website, it's simple enough to search for relevant articles yourself. All national newspapers are available online these days, with archives that reach back over years. Just enter the company's name in the search box. You can do this directly in a web search engine too (google.com, altavista.com).
Finally, you can get some incredibly useful information by phoning the company. Investor relations departments will always send you the latest report, and secretaries can be astonishingly forthcoming about their bosses' 'little foibles' - even to complete strangers. One enterprising city whiz kid even opened negotiations with a prospective employer -  a stockbroker - by claiming to be a prospective multi-million dollar investor. He was able to make a spookily accurate (but modest) diagnosis of the company's new business problems in the interview and got the job on the spot.


Thinking about the questions you may be asked
As mentioned, your Michael Page consultant will advise you on the format your interview will take (some helpful information on various types of interviews is available in the Candidate Advice section on this website). But you should also devote some time to thinking about all the possible questions you might be asked. It sounds like a daunting task, but look at it this way: the only questions you'll be asked that don't relate to your prospective company will relate to you. Which means you'll just be putting time into thinking about yourself!
This is the point at which to return to your resume, since the information here will form the basis of any interview. Study your resume and think about the questions which could arise from it. Say, for example, you've mentioned on your resume that you led a team in a previous job. Imagine being asked about the easiest and most difficult aspects of that task (easiest/hardest questions are useful in relation to any achievement). Or, if you've said on your resume that you managed a budget, envision being quizzed about the details of that budget.
In general, be prepared to talk about:

• Problem solving (your biggest problem in particular)
• Planning how you could have performed better with hindsight
• Any gaps in your resume

If it's difficult to develop objective curiosity about your own resume, study someone else's (your Michael Page consultant will be able to furnish you with sample resumes), and then apply any questions that occur to you, to your own. You could also give your resume to an intelligent friend or relative and ask them to quiz you about your career.


The famous question - "What's your greatest weakness?"
There are some famous 'impossible' interview questions around, the most dreaded of which is 'What's your greatest weakness?'. Rather than tell your interviewer that your perfectionism lets you down, think carefully about the qualities of the people doing the job you're interviewing for, advises Sarah Scott, Operating Director for Michael Page Marketing. "Everyone has weaknesses. The important thing is to pick the most forgivable one for the role you're doing. A good way into this is to think about the strengths necessary for your role and then think how those strengths could shade into weaknesses. For example, confidence can shade into arrogance; dedication can shade into blindness to the task, and so on.
Other things to cover in your preparation include your:

• Motivations
• Expectations
• Long term career plan

A popular interview question these days revolves around your greatest achievement. It's important to exercise some discretion here. If the most important aspect of the prospective job involves leading and motivating people, talking about finishing the marathon may not be the most relevant reply. Remember, your interviewer ultimately wants to know what you can do for the company. Hence, for most jobs (not all!) your achievement should probably include an element of teamwork. Once you've chosen an achievement that relates the skills required for the job, write a few paragraphs about the situation, using some of the questions and issues discussed above to guide you.


Your achievements
Writing about your achievements and experiences is a good brain flow exercise. On the night before an interview, when your research is complete, it's a good idea to take a few sheets of paper and just write out what you feel about your career so far. Start anywhere and write anything that comes into your head. You'll be amazed at how effective and comforting this can be. Apart from giving you the confidence that you've covered all relevant points, it's a great way to tire out your brain and ensure you get a good night's sleep!
Finally, don't worry about having interview nerves to some degree. It's only natural to be apprehensive in an important situation. Nerves are healthy. What you want to avoid is debilitating fear, and if you're fully prepared, this shouldn't be an issue.

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THE city’s public transport shortage will be countered via 500 new buses over four years in the Brisbane City Council Budget, says Lord Mayor Campbell Newman.
He is also pushing ahead with a Paris-style bicycle hire scheme and has ordered improvements to Adelaide, Alice, Creek, Market and  Water streets and along Bowen and Vernon terraces and Commercial and Gardens Point roads.
Brisbane’s inner city is also set to receive $6.4 million in green Budget initiatives with more than $2.4 million of this dedicated to improving active and healthy transport options around the city.

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i just want to ask  too!

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Sydney opens NSW's first Confucius Institute
16 June 2008


In the wake of the Prime Minister's call for Australia to become the "most Asia-literate nation in the Western world", the University of Sydney is pleased to announce the launch of the first Confucius Institute in NSW.

"The Confucius Institute's establishment is very timely given the Rudd government's policy to strengthen the teaching of regional languages in high schools and at University," said Professor Robyn McConchie, who is overseeing the Institute launch.

The Institute will be at the forefront of revitalising Chinese language and culture education in NSW schools. "We are already in talks with the NSW education department about developing teacher-enrichment programs," said Professor McConchie.

Professor Marie Bashir AC CV, Chancellor of the University of Sydney, has welcomed the Confucius Institute as an important contribution to developing and strengthening the relationship between China and Australia.

"Australia's strong trade partnership with China has extended the desire of the wider community to have a deeper understanding of Chinese language and culture. The Confucius Institute at the University of Sydney will provide a valuable resource in this regard," Professor Bashir said.


Confucius Institute programs will include Chinese language training and workshops on understanding the business, legal and cultural aspects of China. Occasional Chinese film screenings will also be held, and the Institute will host an Olympic banquet on 16 August in MacLaurin Hall.

The Institute will become a leading Chinese cultural and language centre in NSW, catering to lifelong learning in Chinese culture and language and influencing the way these subjects are taught in primary and secondary schools, through to higher education and beyond.

The Confucius Institute operates under an agreement between the University of Sydney and Fudan University in Shanghai, in partnership with the Office of Chinese Language Council International in China (Hanban). It is jointly managed by the International Institute, Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific (RIAP) and the Faculty of Arts. Fudan University President Professor Wang said the Institute "will be significant in furthering Australia and China's long friendship and connection".

What:Launch of the Sydney University Confucius Institute
When: 2pm, 17 June 2008
Where: Men's Courtyard, Old Teacher's College,Manning Road, University of Sydney Camperdown Campus.

Notes to editors

The two-hour event will commence with an opening address from Professor John Hearn, DVC-International.Key speakers are Professor Marie Bashir, Chancellor, Mr Qiu Shaofang, Consul General, People's Republic of China in Sydney, Professor Gavin Brown, Vice-Chancellor, and Professor Zhu Yongsheng, President Representative from Fudan University.

The 'Rudd Report'
When Prime Minister Kevin Rudd worked for the then premier of Queensland Wayne Goss, he developed a multi-million dollar strategy for the Keating government to promote education about Asia in schools. In 2002 the Howard government cancelled the program and Asian languages and Asian studies in schools have since declined.

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what s the colon cancer?

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yes,he has to do that each day

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yeah ,if  we enjoy in our peaceful lives,the happiness is  a easy thing to  be achievied by us.

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太深奥

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The first human habitation of Australia is estimated to have occurred between 42,000 and 48,000 years ago.[7] These first Australians were possibly the ancestors of the current Indigenous Australians; they may have arrived via land bridges and short sea-crossings from present-day South-East Asia. Most of these people were hunter-gatherers, with a complex oral culture and spiritual values based on reverence for the land and a belief in the Dreamtime. The Torres Strait Islanders, ethnically Melanesian, inhabited the Torres Strait Islands and parts of far-north Queensland; their cultural practices were and remain distinct from those of the Aborigines.
The first recorded European sighting of the Australian mainland was made by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, who sighted the coast of Cape York Peninsula in 1606. During the 17th century, the Dutch charted the whole of the western and northern coastlines of what they called New Holland, but made no attempt at settlement. In 1770, James Cook sailed along and mapped the east coast of Australia, which he named New South Wales and claimed for Great Britain. The expedition's discoveries provided impetus for the establishment of a penal colony there.

The British Crown Colony of New South Wales started with the establishment of a settlement at Port Jackson by Captain Arthur Phillip on 26 January 1788. This date was later to become Australia's national day, Australia Day. Van Diemen's Land, now known as Tasmania, was settled in 1803 and became a separate colony in 1825. The United Kingdom formally claimed the western part of Australia in 1829. Separate colonies were created from parts of New South Wales: South Australia in 1836, Victoria in 1851, and Queensland in 1859. The Northern Territory (NT) was founded in 1911 when it was excised from South Australia. South Australia was founded as a "free province"—that is, it was never a penal colony. Victoria and Western Australia were also founded "free", but later accepted transported convicts.[8] The transportation of convicts to the colony of New South Wales ceased in 1848 after a campaign by the settlers.[9]


Port Arthur, Tasmania was Australia's largest gaol for transported convicts.The Indigenous Australian population, estimated at 350,000 at the time of European settlement,[10] declined steeply for 150 years following settlement, mainly because of infectious disease combined with forced re-settlement and cultural disintegration.[11] The removal of children from their families, which some historians and Indigenous Australians have argued could be considered to constitute genocide by some definitions,[12] may have contributed to the decline in the indigenous population. Such interpretations of Aboriginal history are disputed by some commentators as being exaggerated or fabricated for political or ideological reasons.[13] This debate is known within Australia as the History Wars. Following the 1967 referendum, the Federal government gained the power to implement policies and make laws with respect to Aborigines. Traditional ownership of land—native title—was not recognised until 1992, when the High Court case Mabo v Queensland (No 2) overturned the notion of Australia as terra nullius (lit. "land of none" or "empty land") at the time of European occupation.

A gold rush began in Australia in the early 1850s, and the Eureka Stockade rebellion against mining licence fees in 1854 was an early expression of civil disobedience. Between 1855 and 1890, the six colonies individually gained responsible government, managing most of their own affairs while remaining part of the British Empire. The Colonial Office in London retained control of some matters, notably foreign affairs, defence, and international shipping. On 1 January 1901, federation of the colonies was achieved after a decade of planning, consultation, and voting. The Commonwealth of Australia was born as a Dominion of the British Empire. The Federal Capital Territory (later renamed the Australian Capital Territory) was formed from a part of New South Wales in 1911 to provide a location for the proposed new federal capital of Canberra (Melbourne was the temporary seat of government from 1901 to 1927 while Canberra was being constructed). The Northern Territory was transferred from the control of the South Australian government to the Commonwealth in 1911. Australia willingly participated in World War I.[14] Many Australians regard the defeat of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZACs) at Gallipoli as the birth of the nation—its first major military action. The Kokoda Track Campaign is regarded by many as an analogous nation-defining event during World War II.

The Statute of Westminster 1931 formally ended most of the constitutional links between Australia and the United Kingdom when Australia adopted it in 1942. The shock of the United Kingdom's defeat in Asia in 1942 and the threat of Japanese invasion caused Australia to turn to the United States as a new ally and protector. Since 1951, Australia has been a formal military ally of the US under the auspices of the ANZUS treaty. After World War II, Australia encouraged immigration from Europe; since the 1970s and the abolition of the White Australia policy, immigration from Asia and other non-European parts of the world was also encouraged. As a result, Australia's demography, culture and self-image have been radically transformed. The final constitutional ties between Australia and the UK were severed in 1986 with the passing of the Australia Act 1986, ending any British role in the government of the Australian States, and ending judicial appeals to the UK Privy Council.[15] In 1999, Australian voters rejected by a majority of 54% a move to become a republic with a president appointed by two-thirds vote of both houses of the Australian Parliament. To alter the Australian constitution an Act of the Australian Parliament must occur as well as a referendum receiving not only a majority of votes across the country, but also a majority of votes in a majority of the six Australian states. The referendum of 1999 not only did not receive a majority of votes across the country, it also did not win one of the six Australian states. [16] [17] Since the election of the Whitlam Government in 1972, there has been an increasing focus on the expansion of ties with other Pacific Rim nations while maintaining close ties with Australia's traditional allies and trading partners.

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The name "Australia" is derived from the Latin Australis, meaning "Southern". Legends of an "unknown land of the south" (terra australis incognita) date back to Roman times and were commonplace in medieval geography, but were not based on any documented knowledge of the continent. In 1521 Spaniards were among the first Europeans to sail the Pacific. The first use of the word "Australia" in English was in 1625—the words "A note of Australia del Espiritu Santo, written by Master Hakluyt", published by Samuel Purchas in Hakluytus Posthumus.[4] It is said that the name Australia originally came from the Spanish man Pedro Fernández de Quirós whose travels around the southern seas brought him close to the lands he named “Australia del Espiritu Santo” in honour of the House of Austria which, at the time, governed the Spanish Empire. The Dutch adjectival form Australische was used by Dutch officials in Batavia to refer to the newly discovered land to the south in 1638. "Australia" was used in a 1693 translation of Les Aventures de Jacques Sadeur dans la Découverte et le Voyage de la Terre Australe, a 1676 French novel by Gabriel de Foigny under the pen name Jacques Sadeur.[5] Alexander Dalrymple then used it in An Historical Collection of Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean (1771), to refer to the entire South Pacific region. In 1793, George Shaw and Sir James Smith published Zoology and Botany of New Holland, in which they wrote of "the vast island, or rather continent, of Australia, Australasia or New Holland."

The name "Australia" was popularised by the 1814 work A Voyage to Terra Australis by the navigator Matthew Flinders, the first recorded person to circumnavigate Australia. Though its title reflected the British Admiralty's usage, Flinders used the word "Australia" in his book and as it was widely read it gave the term general currency. Governor Lachlan Macquarie of New South Wales subsequently used the word in his dispatches to England, and on 12 December 1817 recommended to the Colonial Office that it be officially adopted.[6] In 1824, the Admiralty agreed that the continent should be known officially as "Australia".

The word "Australia" in Australian English is pronounced /əˈstɹæɪljə, -liːə, -jə/.

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The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. Australia is the only country that is also a continent.

The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and then European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation to the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century.

On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The population is just over 21.3 million, with approximately 60% of the population concentrated in and around the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.

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原来是你写的啊，newgay学的什么？不会是government吧？

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1)       Do you have a map? Because I just keep losting in your eyes.  
你有地图么?因为我刚在你的眼神中迷失了.


2)      Meeting you was fate,and falling in love with you was out of my control.
遇见你是命运的安排而爱上你是我情不自禁.


3)     No man or woman is worth your tears and the one who is,won't make your cry.
没人值得你为ta流泪,真正爱你的人不会让你哭泣.


4)      There are two reasons why I wake up in the morning: my alarm clock and you.我早上愿意醒来为两个理由: 闹钟和你.


5)      You are everything to me, and I was so blessed when god sent you here for me
你是我的一切,我是如此幸运上帝让你来到我身边.


6)       In spite of you and me and the silly world going to pieces around us,I love you.
哪怕是世界末日,我都会爱你.


7)       If I could rearrange the alphabet,I'd put Y and I together.
如果我能重新来排列字母,我要把Y(你)跟I(我)在一起.


8)      It's not being in love that makes me happy, but is being in loving with you.
不是恋爱的感觉让我幸福而是爱上你的感觉让我幸福.


9)      There are 4 steps to happiness: 1 you 2 me 3 our hearts 4 together
通.过四步就能幸福：1 你，2 我，3 我们的心，4 在一起.


10)      Love you so I don`t wanna go to sleep, for reality is better than a dream.
爱你所以我不愿去睡觉,因为现实比梦境更美好.

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too long and too late ......

leave it later  to read  

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Hulk billing

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UNBELIEVEABLE

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建设新 "水区"

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Interesting

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yaoyao小仙

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sounds interestinggood
I like flea markets

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The Little Market

The monthly Little Market at Avid Bookstore is held on the last Friday of the month. We have up to ten stalls of unusual and unique jewellery, cosmetics, cards, clothes and other handmade items. All stallholders are the makers of their wares so you can talk to us directly about our work and support local creativity! Please join us and check out what local crafters have been up to over each month!

Date range  Fri 28 March 2008 - Fri 31 October 2008
Time             5.30pm - 8pm, selected dates
Where          Avid Bookstore, 193 Boundary Street, West End
                      at the back of the Bookstore - outside
How Much   Free entry Contact Justine or Rowena, The Little Market
E-mail:         wenitsuj555@yahoo.com.au

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Brisbane’s Big Cheese Bite offers the largest range of Australian-made cheeses ever seen in one location. Cheese producers will offer free tastings of award-winning cheeses, plus a wide range of their produce will be available for sale. In addition to cheese, you can try and buy other fabulous food and gourmet goods as well as wine and beer.

- Free tasting of award winning cheeses

- Large range of cheeses for sale

- Wine and gourmet food stalls

- Live music with Afro-Cuban Salsa Band Chu'kale', Popera Classics and Dancing Queen

- Comedy with the Ab Fab Girls

- Interactive Latin dancing with Vida Latina

- Natty Satty's cool reggae beats

- Kid's rides, face painting

- Roving entertainers

No BYO alcohol or food.

Formally the Rosalie Cheese and Wine Carnivale. See our Big Cheese Bite article.
Date range Sun 15 June 2008 Show datesTime 10am - 4:30pm Where Norm Buchan Park , Baroona & Rainworth Rds, Paddington
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How Much Under 12 free accompanied by Adult: $17.95, Age Pens, Senior Card, High School Stds: $12.95 Contact Big Cheese Bite
web http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/show.aspx?sh=BIGCHEES08