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Gold rush on for Nazi treasure train

“They are decent people, engineers, but I cannot “I have lived with this mystery for possibly give their names,” Slowikowski said.

40 years, but each time I went During the war, the Germans were to the authorities they always silenced it,” Slowikowski told The building headquarters for Hitler in Associated Press in an interview Walbrzych’s Ksiaz Castle - then in his home. “For so many years! called the Fuerstenstein castle.

In the rock below, they were also Unbelievable!” building a system of tunnels and He said he is “very grateful” that bunkers, called the Giant Project. the two men have finally “revealed Only some of the tunnels have this mystery to the public.” been found.

Slowikowski said he knows Slowikowski believes the system them, and that they have been to included a secret tunnel where his home to tap his knowledge. the Germans hid the train from One of the men is Polish, and the Soviets - and that they blew the other a German citizen of up the entrance to the tunnel when they saw defeat coming.

Polish origins, he said. making it to Waldenburg (now Walbrzych) some 65km west.

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he placid woodlands around a medieval castle town have suddenly become the hottest spot in Poland - as treasure hunters descend in search of a mystery Nazi train said to be laden with gold.

Government reports that two men may have found a legendary World War II treasure buried in a secret tunnel have set off a frenzy of excitement among fortune-hunters from across Poland and beyond.

seen cars with plates from across Poland, Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere.

“Have you found it?” people keep saying to each other mostly in a joking spirit.

If the train exists, it will be buried deep in the ground, within a labyrinth of tunnels the Nazis built during the war, probably accessible only with the help of massive machinery and explosives.

If the train and its treasures “It’s a true gold rush,” said do turn up, it will belong to the Andrzej Nowak, a 60-year-old Polish state. The two claimants retired teacher who lives nearby. are demanding 10 per cent of Polish authorities recently said the value of the find, something that two men, whose names officials have said they will get. they have not been released, Serious excavation work is used radar to locate an expected to start within weeks. armoured train deep under the Meanwhile, the Polish military woodlands around Walbrzych, is moving in for a fact-finding and believe it could be the somission. And police are called Nazi “gold train”. patrolling the area around the Rumours have swirled for decades about the train, also said to be filled with weapons, though there’s no evidence it ever existed.

A government official said last week that the claimants’ theory is based on the “deathbed testimony” of one of the men who allegedly helped load the train at the end of the war.

clock, to prevent any attempts at secret digging.

The man considered the main living source of the legend is following the excitement from his nearby home.

Retired miner Tadeusz Slowikowski, 84, heard from a German man in the 1970s of a train that left the German city of Breslau (today Poland’s On one recent day, the normally Wroclaw) in the spring of 1945, as the Soviet army approached. quiet area was swarming with tourists, journalists and locals.

He said the man told him the Nowak, who himself has joined train disappeared before ever the treasure hunt, said he has

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Thousands at refugee candlelight vigils

ens of thousands of people across the country have taken to the streets calling for the government to open its heart to Syrian refugees.

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“What we need to do now is open our hearts to the Syrians, to the Afghanis and to all those who are fleeing,” she said. “We can do it.”

Light The Dark candlelight vigils were held in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Hobart to welcome refugees to Australia and honour the life of Aylan Kurdi.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said Australia will take in a “significant number” of Syrian refugees within the existing humanitarian intake quota.

The image of Aylan’s tiny body, washed on to a Turkish beach after his family’s failed bid to reach Europe by boat, has become a symbol of the humanitarian crisis in the Middle East.

In Melbourne, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre spokeswoman Pamela Curr led a minute’s silence for Aylan as rain fell on the thousands who gathered in the Treasury Gardens, and along Spring Street and Treasury Place.

“It’s amazing how dark it is up here, but by golly it’s not dark down there,” Ms Curr told the vigil.

“I can see the hearts of Melbourne are warm and alight.”

In Sydney, more than 10,000 people attended the Hyde Park vigil.

The head of Grandmothers Against the Detention of Refugee Children, Gaby Judd, said she was horrified by the images of Aylan and helped organise the vigil.

“All of us are grandmothers caring for their grandchildren now,” she told AAP. “My grandchildren are one and three, and I look at them and it just seems so unfair that they have the freedom and then the next day I go to Villawood and they (the children there) don’t.”

The vigils were organised by a wide range of community groups including Amnesty International, the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Save the Children.

Ms Curr said refugee supporters would Light The Dark rallies was held in protest “until our government opens its heart, opens its mind and opens to doors Canberra on Tuesday and Brisbane will be on Friday. of Australia”.

UK, France join Germany to help migrants

Monday said his country would take in 20,000 Syrian refugees from camps near the war-torn country’s borders over the next five years.

In Greece, the situation on Lesbos island near Turkey was “on the verge of explosion” with the recent arrival of more than 15,000 mainly Syrian refugees, the immigration ritain and France have joined Germany in minister warned. pledging to accept tens of thousands of Elsewhere tensions have flared too as refugees as Europe’s record influx of people about 40 men rioted at a Spanish migrant fleeing war and misery sparked warnings that detention centre in Valencia late on Sunday one Greek migrant chokepoint was “on the and dozens tried to escape, in clashes that verge of explosion”. left five police injured.

European leaders are scrambling for solutions Underscoring the danger brought home by as bloody conflicts in Syria, Iraq and beyond last week’s shocking image of three-year-old have sent hundreds of thousands of desperate Aylan Kurdi lying drowned in the surf, a Greek people on dangerous voyages through the passenger ferry on Monday sent its lifeboats Balkans and across the Mediterranean to the to rescue 61 migrants whose boat was at risk 28-nation EU. of sinking off Lesbos.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, whose Libyan coastguards said they had rescued country is Europe’s top refugee destination, over 120 migrants aboard a rubber boat in hailed the warm welcome her citizens gave trouble on the high seas en route to Europe. to 20,000 asylum-seekers who streamed Elsewhere migrants rescued by Italian across its southern borders on weekend authorities on Sunday said five of their group trains, and pledged billions more in money were still missing. to house them.

Merkel hailed as “breathtaking” the emotional Signalling that the huge wave of arrivals and warm welcome given to the thousands marked a new milestone for Europe’s of migrants and said Germany was now seen biggest economy, she said that “what we are by many abroad as a place of “hope” after experiencing now is something that will ... citizens turned up in large numbers to shower change our country in coming years”. the new arrivals with gifts, cash and toys.

“We want the change to be positive, and we She said that the government would contribute believe we can accomplish that,” she said. six billion euros for new shelters, extra police France said it would take 24,000 more and language training in 2016. asylum-seekers under a European plan to Merkel stressed that other EU countries relocate 120,000 refugees from hard-hit must take in more migrants because “only frontline countries. with common European solidarity can we And British Prime Minister David Cameron on master this effort”.

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French President Francois Hollande warned that unless the EU makes a greater collective effort, the core European ideal of open borders will be in peril.

But Europe looked far from united as Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has taken a hard line, said quotas would be futile so long as refugees kept streaming in.

“As long as we can’t defend Europe’s outer borders, it is not worth talking about how many people we can take in,” Orban said in a speech in Budapest.

The European Union is readying fresh quotas that would see the two top EU economies take nearly half of the 120,000 refugees to be relocated, under a plan by European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker.

Under the proposal, Germany would take over 31,000, France 24,000, and Spain almost 15,000 to relieve the burden on frontline countries Greece, Italy and Hungary, a European source told AFP.

Praise for PM over refugee announcement

The federal government’s decision to permanently resettle 12,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria and Ira has been welcomed by their backers in Australia .

“It is an important first step and shows to the world that Australia is willing to support those who are in great need,” said Refugee Council of Australia president Phil Glendenning.

Even the Greens gave Prime Minister Tony Abbott the thumbs-up.

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Idle bank accounts get four more years

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ustralians who aren’t actively using their bank accounts now have an extra four years before having to retrieve their cash from the federal government.

Legislation to reverse the Labor-imposed three-year deadline for unclaimed money to seven years passed the parliament on Wednesday.

This means customers have longer to accrue interest on their accounts without making a deposit or withdrawal before the funds are transferred to government coffers, where they will attract interest at the bond rate and not be subject to fees.

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The federal government says Labor’s 2012 legislative change was a cash-grab to improve its balance sheet and caught thousands of Australian families unawares.

When first introducing the policy, Labor argued the shorter time period protected accounts from erosion by bank fees and charges.

Assistant Social Services Minister Mitch Fifield said the “personal legacy” of Opposition Leader Bill Shorten - the minister who introduced the measure at the time - left Australians in financial distress.

The Greens have used this same argument to fight the changes this time around.

“At the time, Mr Shorten pretended he was doing a favour to people who had forgotten their existing savings accounts,” Mr Fifield said.

It was obvious banks wanted to increase their fee income, he said.

“There were thousands of Australians who were horrified that their accounts had been emptied out by Mr Shorten.”

Unclaimed money in government accounts increased eight times in 12 months after changes.

Conceding some unintended accounts had been effected by the change, Labor backed the reversal of its policy.

Senator Peter Whish-Wilson used his own experience of depositing $500 only to find six years later the balance had dropped to $126.

But Nationals senator John Williams said recounted his experience of dealing with his late mother’s savings account, which would have been closed if the bank had not notified him of its inactivity.

The federal government says the changes will require some administration, or “red tape”.

The legislation also changes the notification requirements so if a customer advises a bank before the seven years is up, the account can remain active.

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Light drinking link Comets seeded life to increased cancer on earth: research P

eople who engage in light or moderate drinking every day are at an increased risk of cancer, a study has found.

Research carried out in the United States and published by the BMJ only found the link in men who had smoked at some point in their lives, and not in those who had never been a smoker.

But even in women who had never smoked, the risk of alcoholrelated cancers - mainly breast cancer - increased even after one alcoholic drink a day.

An accompanying editorial in the BMJ said people with a family history of cancer, particularly women with a family history of breast cancer, should consider reducing their alcohol intake to below the recommended limits.

Researchers said that because smoking is a major risk factor for most alcohol-related cancers - apart from female breast cancer - the apparent influence of alcohol on cancer could be partly driven by its effect among smokers.

Light or moderate drinking was classed as less than 15g (around one-and-a-half units or just under two drinks) a day in women and 30g (three units or three or four drinks) and below in men.

The study of more than 88,000 women and 47,000 men aged over 30 found the median consumption of alcohol was 1.8g a day in women and 5.6g in men.

Other findings were that abstainers or heavy drinkers were less likely than light and moderate drinkers to have had regular physical examinations by their GP and be screened for colorectal, prostate, or breast cancer.

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ompelling new evidence that comets helped seed life on earth has emerged from experiments mimicking the bombardment of early earth.

Scientists in Japan generated protein building blocks by recreating impacts by comets containing water, amino acids and silicate.

They also engaged in fewer physical activities and had lower dietary scores. Heavy drinkers were more likely to be long-term smokers.

In the tests, a propellant gun was used to fire the frozen mixture and simulate the shock of a comet striking the Earth.

Breast cancer was the leading alcohol-related cancer in women, while colorectal cancer was the major alcoholassociated cancer in men.

Analysis showed that some of the amino acids had linked together to form chained molecules called peptides.

For alcohol-related cancers, increased frequency of drinking was associated with increased risk in men but not in women, whereas binge drinking was associated with increased risk in women but not in men.

Recurring lengths of peptide chains form proteins, the large, complex and bioactive molecules from which all living things are made.

The study, which was led by Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, said it is estimated that alcohol consumption has caused 3.6 per cent of all cancers worldwide - 1.7 per cent in women and 5.2 per cent in men.

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Lead researcher Dr Haruna Sugahara said the experiment showed that the cold conditions of comets at the time impact were key to this synthesis.

“This finding indicates that comet impacts almost certainly played an important role in delivering the seeds of life to the early Earth,” said Dr Sugahara, from the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology.

“It also opens the likelihood that we will have seen similar chemical evolution in other extraterrestrial bodies, starting with cometary-derived peptides.”

While much of the story of life has been explained, what kicked off the first step in the chemical evolution of complex biomolecules remains a deep mystery.

Once the first short peptide chains are created, much less energy is needed to expand them further.

The icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn, such as Europa and Enceladus, are likely to have undergone similar cometary bombardment.

Scientists believe life could have developed in a liquid water ocean below Europa’s icy surface.

The amino acid glycine had also been detected by the American space agency Nasa’s Stardust mission, which collected dust samples from Comet 81P/Wild2.

The findings were presented at the Godschmidt geochemistry conference in Prague, Czech Republic.

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ritish children will be sent through the school gates with billions of pounds worth of gadgets in their backpacks, despite parents fearing new technology is damaging their social skills.

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But despite forking out on new technology, nearly half of parents believe it is having a negative impact on their children’s ability to make friends, as well as fears over attention spans, handwriting skills and a reliance on spell check.

In total, children will return to school with tech items worth STG3.2 billion in their school bags, according to the research by British independent price comparison website uSwitch.com The rise of expensive items being brought to school has also led to kids being bullied or robbed, with one in 10 parents saying their children have been bullied over technology and 13 per cent have had gadgets lost or stolen.

Peter Bradley, director of services at anti-bullying charity Kidscape, warned parents to “carefully consider” what gadgets their children are taking to school.

“With the start of the new academic year just around the corner, parents should carefully consider what gadgets their child is taking to school. Some children may be bullied because of the gadgets they either carry or do not even possess.”

Bradley said Kidscape had recently encountered multiple incidents related to gadgets, including the case of a primary school girl who was bullied by her friends for a whole term because her mobile phone was a basic model.

Bradley called on schools to do more to follow anti-bullying procedures when implementing new technology learning.

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40 terrifying minutes on French train

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e watches one last YouTube video of an Islamist preacher then, alone in the bathroom of a high-speed train, he removes his shirt and grabs his assault rifle.

At first, he assumes it is nothing more than 22-year-old National Guardsman Alek a brawl, before the 54-year-old realises Skarlatos - are on their first holiday to Khazzani is armed.

Europe when they see a man enter the carriage with an assault rifle and a handgun.

He rushes to help: “I was thrown against

Ayoub El Khazzani is ready to commit a massacre, according to an account of the 40 terrifying minutes on a high-speed train from Amsterdam to Paris last week pieced together by French prosecutors and witness statements.

Khazzani takes aim at the young Frenchman, who wants to remain

The 25-year-old Moroccan bought his first class ticket on the day of the attack - August 21 - at the Midi train station in Brussels, paying 149 euros ($A241) in cash.

The ticket seller asks if he wants to travel earlier, on a less crowded train, but he refuses: it is the packed 15.17 Thalys train linking Amsterdam to Paris that he wants.

At 17.35, authorities say, he opens the bathroom door. He leaves behind some of his luggage - a roller suitcase and a small canister of petrol - but strapped to his chest is a bag full of 270 rounds of ammunition and a second gun, a Luger M80 pistol.

a door ... he knocked me to the ground and pointed the handgun at me, then left the car.”

“We heard passengers screaming in English, ‘He’s shooting! He’s got a Kalashnikov!’” said French actor Jean-Hugues Anglade, who was in car 11. anonymous, and shoots. Glass breaks. In cars 11 and 12, there is panic.

“We heard passengers screaming in English, ‘He’s shooting! He’s got a Kalashnikov!’” said French actor JeanHugues Anglade, who was in car 11.

Suddenly, Anglade says, train crew members run into the corridor, hunched In the hallway, a young French banker is over, heading for the locomotive and lock waiting his turn for the washroom. When he sees the weapon, the young man grabs themselves in.

Khazzani with both hands, pushing him Passengers pound on the door, shouting against a luggage rack. for the staff to let them in.

For some 15 seconds they are locked together, Khazzani pinned by the weight of the banker’s chest, according to Paris prosecutor Francois Molins. In the next car, controller Michel Bruet hears the struggle.

“I turned to Spencer and I said, ‘Let’s go, let’s go’,” said Skarlatos, who had just returned from a nine-month tour of Afghanistan.

Khazzani makes an upward movement with his weapon - an AKM, an assault rifle similar to a Kalashnikov - and Stone sees his chance, tackling him to the ground.

Skarlatos grabs the gun, but Khazzani pulls out his pistol and points it at Skarlatos and pulls the trigger - but no bullet comes out.

Stone wraps his hands around Khazzani’s neck as the attacker fights back with a box cutter, slicing the American in his neck and thumb.

Skarlatos is still trying to disarm him and other passengers have rushed to help: their friend, student Anthony Sadler, lays into him; Briton Christopher Norman grabs Khazzani’s right arm; and Eric Tanty, an off-duty Thalys driver, holds down his left.

At least one more shot is fired during the struggle, the bullet hitting Mark Moogalian, a 51-year-old French-American, in the neck.

Then Khazzani loses consciousness.

Quickly, he is tied up. By now the alarm has been given and the train has slowed down, but several panicked passengers French rail authorities say the crew behind break windows and jump out. the locked door were catering staff hired When the train arrives in Arras, Khazzani by a sub-contractor. is arrested. Most of the 554 passengers In car 12, two Americans - 23-year-old on board do not even realise what has US Air Force Airman Spencer Stone and happened.

French President Francois Hollande shakes hands with Anthony Sadler, a senior at Sacramento State University in California, while U.S. Airman Spencer Stone looks on as they leave the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, after Hollande awarded them with the French Legion of Honor on Monday, Aug. 24, 2015.

Hollande pinned the Legion of Honor medal on Sadler, Stone, and their years-long friend Alek Skarlatos, who took down a heavily armed man on a passenger train speeding through Belgium on Friday, Aug. 21. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

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Funerals take on individual twist in New Zealand

Apparently even death isn’t the same in the 21st century.

Standing next to a Lego coffin - studs included New Zealand design company Dying Art’s Ross Hall says individuality and personal expression have increasingly become major features of the way people talk about funerals.

“The girl was terminally ill and all she could do was make Lego - and that’s what she wanted to go out in,” he says.

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His company sells made-to-order coffins with everything from flowers to spaceships printed on them, but it’s changing attitudes, not technology, that has brought the change, he says.

“For years we’ve been able to do a custom casket ... but now it’s so much more acceptable - because we look at death as a celebration of life.”

Mr Hall’s a giant man wearing an attention-grabbing, bright pink Hawaiian shirt with purple flowers, who seems the polar opposite of what funeral industry workers are imaged as.

“We’re doing one that’s the USS Enterprise,” he says with a wide smile.

Dying Art hosts one of the many cheery exhibits among 31 of companies at New Zealand’s first funeral trade show in Auckland.

It’s an event intended to bring companies from across the industry to show their changing wares.

And change is the operative word.

The Aotea Centre has been filled by companies providing everything from urns to software and coffins ranging for the very traditional to the ecofriendly and quirky.

Coffin-maker TenderRest’s Mark Pattinson says in his 36 years in the industry - he started when he was 15 and grew up in a funeral home - people have opened up about a subject once considered off-limits.

“I can remember going to funeral arrangements and the casket just wasn’t a thing that was discussed. But nowadays, with social media, and everyone talking about it, I think that’s the difference,” he says.

The coffins behind him look like something out of sci-fi: capsule-shaped, biodegradable cardboard, light and sleek.

“The younger folk are definitely having more input now and they’re a lot more environmentally aware,” he says.

Katrina Shanks, the chief executive of the Funeral Directors Association, which has organised the show, says the fact it is even happening is a sign discussion about funerals is becoming more common.

“It’s something as Kiwis that we really don’t do.

Even though it may be a difficult conversation for many New Zealanders to have, we are maturing as a nation,” she says.

The organisers hope to bring the show back in a couple years as a regular event, something that’s happened over the ditch in recent years.

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Ashley Madison says site growing

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mbattled dating-for-cheaters website Ashley Madison insists a massive hack and release of user data has not affected the site’s prospects, with hundreds of thousands of new members - including real women.

Parent company Avid Life Media rejected an analysis by tech news site Gizmodo suggesting that most of the infidelity site’s supposed 5.5 million female members were actually fake accounts, or created by automatic “bots”.

“Recent media reports predicting the imminent demise of Ashley Madison are greatly exaggerated,” Avid Life Media, which is based in Toronto, said in a statement.

Security, the Pentagon and the FBI are probing the data breach.

Ashley Madison ran into more trouble when tech news site Gizmodo looked at the data and concluded that it showed little, if any, activity from the site’s purported female members, suggesting many accounts were in fact fake.

Gizmodo said it traced many of the IP addresses for females back to Ashley Madison itself, and noted that the most popular female last name on the site also matched the name of a former employee.

Avid Life Media, whose chief executive and founder Noel Biderman stepped down last week, fired back on Monday.

“Despite having our business and customers attacked, we are growing.

This past week alone, hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the Ashley Madison platform - including 87,596 women.”

“Last week, a reporter who claimed to analyse the stolen data made incorrect assumptions about the meaning of fields contained in the leaked data,” it said.

In July, Avid Life Media said hackers had stolen customer data from the site, which boasts more than 32 million users and says it is geared toward “real people seeking discreet encounters”.

“This reporter concluded that the number of active female members on Ashley Madison could be calculated based on those assumptions. That conclusion was wrong.”

Earlier this month, a hacker group calling itself the “Impact Team” released information stolen from the company’s servers, as well as corporate emails and sensitive computer source code.

The hacker gang claimed it wanted to bring attention to the fact that Ashley Madison was charging clients a fee to delete their personal information, but was in fact archiving it.

The leak of user data - described by Canadian authorities as “one of the largest data breaches in the world” - has been linked to two possible suicides, and has stirred concern about the potential for blackmail.

Police in Toronto, along with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario provincial police, US Homeland

Women sent more than 2.8 million messages within the site last week alone, the company said, adding that men and women were communicating in a nearly one-to-one ratio.

“This past week alone, hundreds of thousands of new users signed up for the Ashley Madison platform - including 87,596 women,” it said.

“We have customers in nearly every zip code in the United States, as well as users in more than 50 countries around the world.”

Avid Life Media is offering a $Can500,000 (about $A527,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the hackers.

Hackers raid 225,000 Apple accounts

iPhone users in Australia could be among 225,000 people targeted in the latest attack by hackers.

The breach was discovered by a Chinese website called Weiphone, who say the hackers targeted “jail-broken” iPhones.

Jail-broken means phones

modified to run apps not sanctioned by Apple.

Weiphone says the hackers broke in using malware dubbed KeyRaider, which may be affecting users in 18 countries including France, Australia, and the United States.

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apan’s All Nippon Airways will add two new Star Wars-inspired Boeing aircrafts to its fleet.

Dreamliner (designed on the iconic R2-D2 robot), which was first shown in April, and which will begin operation in October along A Boeing 777-300ER plane, which will begin the Tokyo-Vancouver route in Canada. operation in March, between Japan and the USA, which will bear illustrations inspired by Later, the R2-D2 Jet will cover routes between Japan and other cities such as the BB-8 droid.

Seattle, Munich, Paris, Brussels, Sydney, The droid features in the seventh film of the Beijing and Jakarta. franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the company said in a statement on “I’m sure (Star Wars) fans across the world Tuesday. will love the look,” ANA president Osamu Shinobe said in a statement.

The aircraft will have designs based on the robot in its fuselage, while the nose of the plane will be designed like the head of the robot.

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Windows 10 on more than 75 million devices

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icrosoft says Windows 10 has spread to more than 75 million devices since the new operating system was released less than a month ago.

The US software colossus is intent on seeing the new generation operating system aimed at computers, mobile and other devices running on a billion gadgets.

Windows 10 is powering more than 90,000 different computer and tablet models, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of marketing for Windows and devices, Yusuf Mehdi, said in a series of tweets on Wednesday.

More than 75 million devices now run the software, with the number “growing every day,” he said.

Some 14 million people installed the Windows 10 operating system in the first 24 hours following its release on July 29 in what Microsoft touted as an “overwhelmingly positive” debut.

The stakes are high for Microsoft as it pushes out the new operating system for both traditional computers and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.

The company is hoping the new system can help it gain traction in the mobile sector, where it lags behind Google Android and Apple iOS, and in emerging technologies for computing.

Windows 10 is being

offered as a free upgrade for most devices, making it possible to be available quickly on billions of devices.

It will allow for voice, pen and gesture input, and in some cases biometric identification for improved security.

Word of the spread of Windows 10 to devices in 192 countries came as market tracker International Data Corporation forecast that worldwide personal computer shipments will fall by 8.7 per cent this year and continue to slide through next year.

“Although the shortcomings of the PC business are obvious, a silver lining is that the industry has continued to refine the more mobile aspects of personal computers - contributing to higher growth in Convertible and Ultraslim Notebooks,” said IDC senior research analyst Jay Chou.

“The de-emphasis of touch on Windows 10 also paves the way for a more familiar experience and continuing unit growth on large-screen systems, particularly All-inOne PCs.”

The initiative falls under a five-year partnership, signed in April between the airline and Walt Disney that owns the rights to the saga.

Internet users must use better passwords

Vulnerable passwords played a part in the celebrity nude photo hack, and research suggests many internet users continue to risk their online safety when it comes to log-in details.

A British government survey in October 2014 as part of the Cyber Streetwise campaign found that three quarters of Britons use passwords that are not secure.

These include a pet’s name, place of birth or something related to a favourite sports team.

The list of the most common passwords of 2014 also highlighted that based on millions of pieces of stolen data logged over the previous year, the two most common choices among web users were found to be “123456” and “password”.

Mark James, an IT security specialist for anti-virus firm ESET, says internet users need to do more to protect their data, rather than solely relying on the technology companies they store information with.

“We need to always examine and evaluate what data is being uploaded by default and ask ourselves do we really need to store this data in the cloud?” he said.

“If we do then we have to take responsibility and ensure we use complex unique passwords.

“Sadly most people choose ease of use over security.”

Mr James added that the recent publicity around cyber security is a good thing, as it has prompted a greater number of advice campaigns and conversations to take place, something he says can only strength the chances of future leaks being avoided.

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Pioneering see-through trailer research

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and Rover is developing a see-through trailer concept that would completely remove the blind spot created when towing a caravan or trailer.

This transparent view would allow the driver to clearly see vehicles coming up behind and help driver confidence by improving visibility whilst manoeuvring.

The prototype ‘Transparent Trailer’ system fitted to a Range Rover combines the video feed from the vehicle’s existing surround camera system which includes the reversing camera and a camera on each wing mirror - with a video from a digital wireless camera that is placed on the rear of the trailer or caravan. The video feeds are then combined to create the live video images

that make the trailer behind appear see-through. When the trailer is coupled to the towing car, the live video feed would automatically appear in the rear view mirror inside the vehicle.

Dr Wolfgang Epple, Director of Research and Technology, Jaguar Land Rover, said: “When you are overtaking it is instinctive to check your mirrors, but if you are towing your vision is often restricted with large blind spots. Our Transparent Trailer project is researching how we could offer a view out of the vehicle unrestricted by your trailer, no matter what its size or shape. Our prototype system offers a very high quality video image with no distortion of other cars or obstructions. This means the driver would have exactly the

Scientists develop slow-melting ice cream The summer scourge of sticky hands could become a thing of the past as British researchers announced the discovery of an ingredient to make slow-melting ice cream.

The protein BslA, which occurs naturally in some food, helps to blend the components of ice cream to make it smoother and more resistant to melting.

Developed by researchers at the Scottish universities of Edinburgh and Dundee, the ingredient could be available within three to five years.

right information to make safe and effective decisions when driving or manoeuvring, making towing safer and less stressful.”

When reversing, the driver

would also be able to view the camera feed from the back of the caravan or trailer through the infotainment screen, with guidance lines calibrated to help reverse both car and trailer.

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ustralians are jumping the piracy ship and instead swimming toward legal streaming services such as Netflix, Stan and Presto, new research has shown.

well as the efforts of US-based Dallas Buyers Club LLC to target thousands of Australians for compensation.

But Ms Turner says as a nation, Australia is keen to pay for legal content, with the survey finding the number of people Since Netflix launched in March, the using legal subscription and pay-per-view number of Australians regularly pirating services has climbed from 46 per cent has dropped by a quarter, say consumer to 59 per cent since their initial survey in advocacy group CHOICE, which November 2014. conducted the research.

“The increase is directly related to the “This proves once again that making launch of Netflix in Australia and the content affordable and easily available is the first and most effective tactic to reduce emergence of a local streaming industry, piracy - not a draconian internet filter and with players such as Stan and Presto competing for customers and offering notice scheme,” CHOICE Campaigns Manager Erin Turner said in a statement. consumers real alternatives to piracy,” Ms Turner says.

Ms Turner was referring to recent “Unlawful downloading comes down to threats of legal action by companies, availability, timeliness and affordability.” including Foxtel and Village Roadshow, who hold the Australian rights to the * The survey was conducted with 1010 vastly-downloaded Game of Thrones, as participants from July 2 to July 15, 2015

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show Jeopardy in 2011, has since gone to medical school and is already being trialled as diagnostician.

Care givers are another important area in These are just some of the ways technology the future, whether that be aged carers, child care, or care in personal services like is predicted to impact Australian jobs in the beauty therapists and fitness instructors, with future, according to the author of a new group workouts conducted via HD videostudy. conferencing.

Demographer Bernard Salt has unveiled his report `Super connected jobs’, commissioned While the engineers and entrepreneurs is an unsurprising area of growth, one that’s by nbn, which looks at how jobs will change perhaps a bit of a shock is photographers. as we move further into the digital age.

“Everyone now has a camera on their phone, Mr Salt said the first, most glaring point, but the demand for photography skills is is that we will simply need more jobs, actually expanding and this is because we’re everywhere. curating our personas and our profiles on “There’s going to be another five million websites and social media,” he said. australians by 2030, so we need another It also might just be part of being human to three million workers,” he told AAP. gravitate toward something creative.

But it’s where those jobs can be found that is “If we free up humanity from interesting. the drudgery of assembly Jobs are already being shed in agriculture line work, do we and manufacturing, but expanding in health create people that are My and education. unoccupied? Or does the human condition Futur Mr Salt says regardless of how technology e actually find a creative changes, we are always going to need outlet? doctors, accountants, dentists, urban planners and teachers.

“Photographers, pilates and yoga instructors, It’s just the way they conduct their work that performing arts or might change. even sports people “The sort of work they do and how they do it are all associated with will be augmented by new technology.” a greater expression of creativity expected For example, Mr Salt says the IBM supercomputer Watson, which won US game to be unleashed as ooking, paying, and rating electricians with an Uber-like app, teaching virtual yoga classes over Skype, and getting a medical diagnosis from a computer.

a consequence of these shifts in the workforce.”

So what’s the biggest thing Mr Salt learnt from the study?

That it’s not just about technical skills. It’s about attitude - being adaptable and open to change.

“Lean into tech. Embrace it, learn it, master it, command it, surf it,” he said.

“Create an opportunity, create a business, or find an opportunity to apply your skill.”

thermostats.

Samsung said its platform will be open and, therefore, compatible with other brands. It also took pains to cite several companies that it is partnering with, including speaker specialist Bose or light bulb manufacturer Osram, allowing these items to also work Imagine the alarm clock ringing on a conditioners to handheld electronics like with its “hub”. typical Monday morning, except this time smartphones, has launched a line of new At the same time, it also launched other the curtains draw themselves back, the devices called Smart Things -- including complementary gadgets includes a so-called bathroom lights switch on automatically and a small white box called a hub that cosmarthome monitor, which ‘keeps an eye’ you smell fresh coffee brewing. ordinates the appliances. on the house, alerting the owners to any Or an oven that turns itself on and starts It also showcased a smartphone app that problems -- from a leak in the bathroom to warming up a lasagne when you’re 15 acts as a mission control for the appliances, intruders in the garden. minutes away from home, just in time to be while motion sensors and sockets are And another device -- the Sleepsense, a flat dished up as you walk through the door. complementary gadgets to add to the white disc that is placed under the mattress system.

For years, technology firms have been -- monitors one’s breathing and heart rate touting the potential of a smart home, but Daily routines, like which appliances should at bedtime, and sets the temperature for in the past two years major players have do what in the morning or in the evening, the heater or the air-conditioner creating begun investing heavily in its development. can be programmed in the app, with the hub “the best environment for falling and staying South Korean giant Samsung now believes then acting as the co-ordinator in the home. asleep”. the day has come when a home is smart Alternatively, the home owner can control Other appliance makers are also touting enough for household appliances to simply specific appliances through a tap on the app. their smarthome concept at this year’s IFA run themselves -- all communicating with show, open to the public from last Friday for The Smart Things system is basically the each other in the so-called Internet of Things six days. fruition of an acquisition of an eponymous (IoT). start-up that Samsung had in fact paid German electronics and appliance giant At the IFA consumer electronics show in $US200 million ($A285.37 million) for in Siemens for instance is showcasing what Berlin, Samsung Electronics chief executive 2014. it describes as its “complete range of WP Hong said: “It is not a trend. It is at the connected home appliances”, controlled It will compete with Apple’s HomeKit, heart of today’s industrial revolution”. through an app. which was announced in June 2014 by the “By 2020, all devices made by Samsung will US giant and which controls appliances Among these appliances is a refrigerator be IoT enabled,” he pledged. compatible with its products, while Google that is able to take a ‘selfie’ of its contents, had paid $US3.2 billion to buy Nest Labs, allowing the owner to see what needs The electronics giant, which makes large replenishing. specialised in intelligent fire alarms and appliances from washing machines to air-

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ohnny Depp has poked fun at the immigration furore surrounding his dogs’ recent visit to Australia, after a government official threatened to have the pets put down for violating quarantine regulations.

The actor and his wife Amber Heard came under fire from authorities Down Under in May when it was discovered they had taken two Yorkshire terriers, named Pistol and Boo, into the country without filling out the proper paperwork or going through required quarantine procedures.

They flew the dogs back to the US via private jet after Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce threatened to have the animals killed if they remained in the country, where Depp was filming the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie.

The 52-year-old is now facing a possible 10-year prison sentence and a hefty fine for illegally smuggling the pooches into Australia, while Heard has been summoned to appear in court in Queensland on Monday to answer two charges of illegal importation and one count of producing a false document after she was served with the legal documents in July.

She had previously blasted Joyce as a “rogue thug” for threatening her dogs’ lives, adding, “It’s a sad state of affairs that that made such headline global news.”

“I killed my dogs and ate them under direct orders from some kinda, I dunno, sweaty, big-gutted man from Australia,” he said on Friday in an apparent reference to Joyce.

Now Depp has joked to the media about the international scandal at the Venice Film Festival in Italy.

Depp is in Venice to promote his new gangster movie Black Mass, a biopic about notorious Boston kingpin James “Whitey” Bulger.

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anadian crooner Michael Buble’s young son is still nursing painful wounds two months after he was scalded with hot water in a freak accident.

Baby Noah was admitted to hospital in his mother Luisana Lopilato’s native Argentina in June while the singer was away working in the US. Lopilato, who is currently pregnant with the couple’s second child, has now opened up about the terrifying incident in a new interview, revealing Noah climbed up onto a kitchen counter and grabbed a container of boiling water.

Doctors feared he may have to undergo surgery to treat his severe burns, but the tot now appears to be bouncing back.

Robin Williams’ widow is heading for another showdown with the funnyman’s kids after alleging she’s struggling to survive and keep the home she shared with her late husband.

Susan Schneider has filed legal documents, in which she claims she hasn’t got enough money to cover her mortgage and insurance payments on her Tiburon, California home.

Schneider claims she hasn’t received a cent for the house since Williams died in 2014, according to online gossip site TMZ.

However, Lopilato admits her little boy is still in pain everytime she has to change healing little by little.” his dressings.

Lopilato said she’s quite positive and She tells Argentinian publication Luz, “I hopeful that everything will turn out okay. have to dress his wounds and he suffers “After Noah had his accident, he was in because it hurts and he complains. hospital on the same floor as children “I often ask myself why this happened, with terminal illnesses and I would ask but it was inevitable. He climbed onto myself: ‘How are their parents able to the kitchen work-top in a second and get up every day and breathe?’ I try not threw hot water over himself ... At one to think of that, I believe that in those point the doctors told me they’d have to moments you find the strength from do skin grafts but thanks God it started somewhere.”

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Straight Outta Compton producer Scott Bernstein is developing a biopic and he has met with the Oscar winner in the hope of signing her up for the film.

The untitled project has reportedly been in the works for several years and will centre on Franklin’s meteoric rise through the sixties and seventies.

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Time for black or gay 007, says Brosnan

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he next James Bond could be black or gay, argues 007 veteran Pierce Brosnan.

“Sure. Why not?” the Irish star was quoted as telling men’s magazine Details when asked if he could picture a gay Bond.

nonetheless an interesting idea, but unrealistic.

The 87-year-old star, who played 007 in seven films from 1973 to 1985, said his remarks were lost in translation.

“An interview I gave to Paris Match Brosnan said he doubted Bond producer implies I said something racist about Barbara Broccoli would allow a gay Bond to Idris Elba. That is simply untrue,” happen in her lifetime.

Moore wrote on Twitter.

“But it would certainly make for interesting “When a journalist asks if ‘Bond viewing,” he added. should be English’ and you agree, then quotes you saying it about Idris “Let’s start with a great black actor being Elba, it’s out of context,” James Bond. Idris Elba certainly has the he added. physicality, the charisma, the presence.”

London-born Elba is the son of Elba, 42, is seen as a frontrunner to succeed Daniel Craig, who has played the a Sierra Leonean father and a Ghanaian mother. suave British agent for the last 10 years.

His most famous role to date is Brosnan played Bond in movies playing former South African president Goldeneye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day Nelson Mandela in “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom”. in the 1990s.

His remarks were published five months after another previous 007 actor, Roger Moore, was blasted on social media for suggesting race should be a factor when casting the next Bond.

Ian Fleming’s original Bond novels say the secret agent was the son of a Scottish father and a Swiss mother and spent much of his early life outside Britain.

French magazine Paris Match quoted him as saying: “Though James has been played by a Scot, a Welshman, an Irishman, I think he should be English-English. It’s

Orphaned at 11, the fictional hero then lives with an aunt in southeast England and is educated in Edinburgh.

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haron Stone is convinced the stroke she suffered in 2001 changed her personality.

The Hollywood actress was hospitalised after suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage, a rare form of stroke, and spent two years learning how to walk and talk again.

She has now revealed that she felt like a very different person after the health crisis, and noticed a slew of personality changes as well as physical differences.

“It took two years for my body just to absorb all the internal bleeding I had. It almost feels like my entire DNA changed,” the Basic Instinct star told US magazine Harper’s Bazaar.

“My brain isn’t sitting where it used to, my body type changed, and even my food allergies are different.

“I became more emotionally intelligent. I chose to work very hard to open up other parts of my mind. Now I’m stronger. And I can be abrasively direct.

“That scares people, but I think that’s not my problem. It’s like, I have brain damage; you’ll just have to deal with it.”

Brooklyn Beckham MacBeth has a eyes movie career Game Of Thrones feel One of William Shakespeare’s most darkest and powerful tragedy’s, MacBeth looks like a spin-off of Game Of Thrones.

A breath-taking trailer for the Justin Kurzel directed version of 17th century play has just been released.

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rooklyn Beckham plans to attend university in the US in a bid to carve out a career in film or photography.

The 16-year-old son of retired soccer star David Beckham and his fashion designer wife Victoria had hoped to emulate his dad’s sporting success, but was dealt a blow earlier this year when he was let go by London club Arsenal after bosses decided not to offer him a scholarship.

The eldest Beckham child has already signed up to a modelling agency and has also undertaken an internship with his father’s movie-making pal Guy Ritchie on the set of his upcoming film Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur.

Now the teenager has revealed he wants to go to university in the US after he graduates from his British school, telling Miss Vogue magazine, “I love football (soccer), but I’m also very passionate about photography and film. I’m keeping my options open right now.... I’m hoping to study art and photography in the US, once I have finished my A-Levels (exams).”

There’s a massive Director Justin Kurzel medieval field battle, confrontations set in mist and fog, snow capped scenery and a castle with a beach front.

Judging by the trailer, the way Kurzel has pulled this together it will appeal to the legion of Game Of Thrones fans.

The daring re-telling of Macbeth stars Oscar-nominated actor Michael Fassbender as Macbeth, Australian actress Elizabeth Debicki as Lady Macduff and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth.

The 90 second trailer features praise from several critics including, “a bold and inventive adaption”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Macbeth had its world premiere at Cannes earlier this year and it received excellent reviews.

It’s the Shakespearean tragedy’s first major movie adaption since 2006 when Sam Worthington appeared in the Australianmade Macbeth, which was set against the backdrop of Melbourne’s gangster wars.

Macbeth is is due to open in Australia on October 1.

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ngelina Jolie has written an open letter to Europe’s leaders urging them to offer sanctuary to thousands of displaced families who have found themselves stranded after fleeing conflict in the Middle East.

The escalating crisis across the continent has dominated headlines in recent weeks, and now the Hollywood actress, who is a United Nations special envoy for refugees, has joined the debate and urged governments to open their borders.

Jolie has teamed up with politician Baroness Arminka Helic, who came to Britain as a refugee in the 1990s after fleeing the war in Yugoslavia, to write a joint letter published in the UK’s The Times newspaper on Monday.

In the message, they write, “At no time in recent history has there been a greater need for leadership to deal with the consequences and causes of the global refugee crisis. Nothing brings home this truth more than the sight of columns of refugees marching across European borders, from countries such as Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria... Over the past few weeks we have seen many members of the public and growing numbers of political leaders take a moral stand, groups of refugees being welcomed, and new commitments of assistance made. For the first time in years, refugees are leading the news and are at the forefront of debate... We need to build on this and make it a turning point... It requires us to use not just our hearts but also our heads and not just aid but also diplomacy, and to focus our efforts not just this year, but for years to come... The way we respond now will confirm what kind of countries we are, the depth of our humanity and the strength of our democracies.”

Jolie’s message comes just days after veteran rocker Bob Geldof offered to open his home up to refugee families, declaring he could provide shelter right away for anyone needing help.

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traight Outta Compton, the film about pioneering rappers NWA, has gone straight to No.1 at the Australian box office.

The biopic, which premiered in Sydney last week, made more than $4.528 million on its opening weekend.

Crowds worldwide have been drawn to the film, which has smashed box office numbers since opening, grossing close to $US60 million ($A86 million) on its first weekend.

The result wouldn’t have come as surprise to film producer and original NWA member Ice Cube, though, who said this week he saw the success coming.

“People all over have been waiting for this story, they have been entertained off the NWA family tree for 25 years,” Ice Cube said.

Meanwhile, Straight Outta Compton’s success nudged Southpaw into second position this week, according to the Motion Picture Distributors Association of Australia.

The flick, starring Jake Gyllenhaal as reigning junior middleweight boxing champion, Billy “The Great” Hope, took in $712,667.

National Lampoon’s comedy Vacation dropped a place to third, ($578,330) while Meryl Streep’s latest venture Ricki And The Flash ($574,768) fell one spot to fourth.

Joel Edgerton’s The Gift ($525,463) retained its fifth position and Tom Cruise’s Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation ($521,626) didn’t move from 6th spot.

Making a breakthrough into the top 10, Walk in the Woods, with Robert Redford and Nick Nolte, notched up seventh place ($500,880).

Aussie movie Last Cab To Darwin, starring Michael Caton, managed to stay in the top 10, ranking eighth in its fifth week of release.

Rounding out the list were Trainwreck, which dropped five places to ninth ($332,232) and then American Ultra ($294,098).

Top 10 films for the weekend September 3 to 6: 1. Straight Outta Compton (Universal) - $4.528 million 2. Southpaw (Roadshow) - $712,667 3. Vacation (Warner Bros) - $578,330 4. Ricki and the Flash (Sony Pictures) - $574,768 5. The Gift (Roadshow) - $525,463 6. Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation (Paramount) - $521,626 7. A Walk In The Woods (Entertainment One) - $500,880 8. Last Cab To Darwin (Icon) - $442,056 9. Trainwreck (Universal) - $332,232 10. American Ultra (Roadshow) - $294,098

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ART4ALL FESTIVAL 2015 Art4All is Fairfield Primary School’s annual art show and family day. It is a celebration of visual and performing arts, and an opportunity not just for adults and art lovers, but for children to see, experience and enjoy fabulous and interesting art and to immerse themselves in creativity over a fun weekend. All Welcome.

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Interview: Boy & Bear

PEARL: His approach to recording is quite different to what you guys are used to - recording songs in one hit. Was that stressful recording this way?

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ith its live premiere at this year’s Splendour In The Grass Festival, Boy & Bear have released ‘Walk the Wire’ the first single from their third studio album Limit of Love, the follow-up to their #1 ARIA Album and platinumselling Harlequin Dream. PEARL’s Jess Taylor caught up with Dave Hosking and Dave Symes for a chat at Universal Music headquarters this week.

“I was shitting myself” - says Hosking, lead singer of Boy and Bear when asked to reflect on the recording process that was.

Guided by renowned producer Ethan Johns the guys took a different approach to their third studio album. ‘Limit of Love’ was recorded in Peter Gabriel’s Real World Studio the old fashioned way, live, one take at a time with no overdubs. I know right? Amazing.

Perhaps the preparation was in the 170 odd shows they played last year, which spanned three continents? The proof is in the pudding, and my-oh-my does it warm the eardrums. The best news is you all get to hear the album live when they come to Melbourne’s iconic Festival Hall for a show in January next year.

PEARL: You teamed up with Ethan Johns on the album, what was it like working together?

SYMES: “We were talking last year when we were touring, we started to think about who we should work with on the next record, we had quite a big list of people that we had all brought to the table.

We discussed the kind of things they had done previously and the people they had worked with and whet some of the results were and Ethan was on that list. We were really excited by a lot of the records he had done so we reached out to him and managed to meet him in London at the end of our tour last December. We had lunch with him and talked to him about music and the kind of records we were hoping to make and he seemed really excited and enthusiastic, we feel very fortunate that he was available and into doing it.

HOSKING: “Yeah that’s the emotional hurdle that stops a lot of bands taking this approach as it can be quite stressful. But I think once you get your head around that, there are multiple components that come into being comfortable in that approach, I think having someone like Ethan is key to that because he is such a big advocate for that approach.

SYMES: “He’s got a lot of experience recording that way in that whole analogue technology and he really encourages the band to get the best out of their performance in that situation.”

PEARL: The last track on the album, Foxhole your voice is a bit husky and I read that you didn’t like it... I think that tone summed up the record quite nicely like you’re taken on this journey and this song is the same riff in Southern Star, what’s end of that journey. Did you guys choose this song to be last on the the story behind this track?

HOSKING: “We wrote that as a album for that reason? group. Tim and I wrote the lyrics SYMES: “We had a bunch of together, the melody came first different track listings and that then the lyrics and the Walk The one popped out, I think when we Wire sound-bite came very quickly. did record that track though it does sum up the whole recording We tried to build up around that.

I rang Tim and I said I’ve got this process. idea this classic scene where boy HOSKING: “That was the first take meets girl and he is kind of nervous wasn’t it?” about it and that kind of internal SYMES: “Yeah the first or second battle you’ve got with yourself when you want to approach take, we felt couldn’t match it.” someone but you’re white nervous HOSKING: “I wanted to re do it about it and fumbling and you don’t (laughs) I hated the vocal on it” know what to do. Tim’s a wonderful SYMES: it’s just really honest. I songwriter as well, that kind of think the whole performance from concept it’s a bit cliché but together everybody just locked into the it was like let’s do this it will be fun right sort of gear straight away and it’s light hearted. We thought on that track, the groove I don’t it was cool and ended up working know, I think you’re right it’s nice quite well. at the end.”

PEARL: Man Alone was one of my PEARL: And that recording other favourites on the album - the studio… Wow track I listened to the most. The SYMES: “It was a magical setting, interpretation I made of it was you have this guy who is constantly it was in a small town called Box, 25 minutes out of Bath. The amongst the nightlife picking up girls, yet he is lonely and searching countryside there is beautiful for love, he wants to settle down it’s really green and idyllic and and change his ways but at the old quaint in an English way. same time does that same thing The studio and its surrounding week in week out? cottages are beautiful stone.

You’re just sitting there in this HOSKING: “Yeah I think that’s natural light with running water it, in terms of the idea of limit and you know you’re very happy of love I think that’s one of the to sit in the studio for 12 hours a songs that explains the grimy day. You aren’t at all bothered by end of love. You know the things its very beautiful setting.” you do when you’re in need.

Yeah that’s exactly what the PEARL: “So the first single from the album ‘Walk the Wire’ the guitar song is about.” riff in there reminded me of the

PEARL: Take us through the piano at the beginning of ‘Hollow Ground’ it reminded me of Billy Joel.

HOSKING: “I do like Billy Joel” SYMES: “The keyboard we were recording was kind of going for that Beatles Penny Lane thing.”

HOSKING: “Ethan was a part of that wasn’t he, plotting the piano in the choruses and a classic example of Ethan’s subtle producing, he is genius at work.

That song was sounding good not brilliant and Ethan was like yeah let’s bring in the piano at the start and get rid of the acoustic and the vocals. It was one of those classic moments where the whole thing went boom and holy f*#! that sounds great.”

PEARL: Let’s talk gigs, you are about to head back over to Europe, but you are coming back to the homeland in January?

HOSKING: “Yeah we are playing at Festival Hall in January and we can’t wait.”

SYMES: “We love coming to Melbourne.

HOSKING: “It’s fun playing at home, Sydney’s is great but there’s pressure because it’s family and friends. It might seem like I’m just saying this but it’s really fun playing in Melbourne.

Boy & Bear’s brand new album Limit Of Love is released Friday October 9th with the lead single Walk The Wire available now through Universal Music. For more details visit boyandbear.com JESS TAYLOR

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Auto, mags, very clean throughout, 1BS-9JL, $1,999, 1988 black, auto, good Hastings Cheapest Cars cond V9253, $800, Phone LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, 0409863199, GLEN IRIS HASTINGS

MERCEDES BENZ 260E

CARS $1,001 - $5,000 BMW 323I E36 SEDAN 1996

6cyl auto. This magnificent example of this BMW will not be found anywhere else. All appearance & exceleration of a sports car yet very easy and comfortable to drive. You will not be disappointed with this BMW. Features include Cruise control, A/C, Traction control.

Electric mirrors/windows, C/locking, Airbags. Alloy wheels. 2 way Sunroof.

Metallic Burgandy colour with Black Leather seats.

Owned by a Non smoking lady. Who well maintained this A1 cond BMW. Very cheap to run and maintain. Will be sold with RWCert & reg. Immaculate condition, $4,800, Phone 0411485965, REGO NYV965, CRIB POINT

FORD FAIRLANE GHIA 1998

7mths reg, good cond, silver, VEZ267, $2,500, Phone 97062312, ENDEAVOUR HILLS

HOLDEN BARINA 1998

excellent cond, new tyres, manual 5spd, rego July 2015, Monza Red, OLG216, $1,700, Phone 0425758152, GLEN HUNTLY

HOLDEN BERLINA VT 1999

Auto, OTV-683, $1,299, Hastings Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, HASTINGS

HOLDEN COMMODORE VZ

3.5Ltr Auto. EC. Nothing to spend. RWCert, Reg 01/2016, Mag wheels.

Radio. A/C, P/S, c/locking, t/windows. Alarm. Airbags.

CD player, 200,500kms.

Reg serviced with receipts.

Sports handling. Reliable & Economical. Great first car, $2,900, Phone 95795681, AH 0419138026, REGO SIV-430, BENTLEIGH EAST

NISSAN MICRA SLX HATCHBACK 1995

White, 172000kms, service history, 4 clyinder injected 1275cc, manual 5spd, p/s, alloy wheels, new tyres, CD player, VGC, RWCheck done with service, reg 02/2016, $2,600, Phone 97010551, REGO OFM150, DANDENONG

TOYOTA CAMRY VVTI

Auto, very clean car, RWCLPG, rego 1EB2JY, white, 762, $2,999, Hastings $3,990, Phone 0476603238, Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, ENDEAVOUR HILLS Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, HASTINGS

HONDA LEGEND 2D COUPE 1988

Auto, 2.7ltr, A/C, P/S, 4 Pwr windows. Power mirrors, climate control, c/ locking, registered 01/16.

Fully optioned. Everything works. Must sell - Owner leaving country.

Very reliable & economical.

Selling only, $1,950, Phone 0419882245, REGO NRW638, NOBLE PARK

HYUNDAI ELANTRA 5D HATCHBACK 2005

4 Door Light Blue model, Auto, A/C P/S, New radio/ CD player. Bonnet has some flaky paint (needs respraying) & drivers side rear panel slight dent.

Otherwise in GC. Good reliable & economical car.

Not much to spend. Selling as is, $3,000, Phone 0435335394, REGO UCD824, LANGWARRIN

KIA RIO SEDAN 2005

Cheap to run, TSQ-113, $1,299, Hastings Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, HASTINGS

MAZDA 323 ASTINA 2003

TOYOTA COROLLA SECA 1995

CSI 4dr hatch, auto, a/c, p/s, 2 lady owners from new, serviced reg, registered 02/16 ZKQ470, RWCond, $3,500, Phone 0459039873, PAKENHAM

CARS $5,001 - $10,000 BMW 325I 2000

sedan, E46 5spd auto, Stedt 6cyl, 2494CC, A/C, P/S, c/ locking. 254,350kms, 5mths reg, RWCert, Blue, Reg serviced.

VGC, $6,950, Phone 97954875, AH 0409935248, DANDENONG

FORD FIESTA ZETEC HATCHBACK 2006

Full of options, 16in alloys, ABS, dual airbags, electronic brake force distribution, engine immobilizer, sports suspension and much more, $7,500, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO UAU-113, FRANKSTON

Auto, a/cond, p/steer, as new, 1FO-4YU, $4,999, Hastings Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH HOLDEN 0418 324 311, HASTINGS COMMODORE 4D

MAZDA 808 1976

sedan, 1.3Ltr, 4spd, good for RX3 conversion, yellow, STC471153, $5,000 firm, Phone 0450434239, SPRINGVALE

SEDAN 2007

Selling with RWC, new motor (receipts avail) and major service, $6,950, Phone 0401273892, REGO UJC939, CARRUM DOWNS

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t the Frankfurt International Motor Show, CITROËN will premier a concept car inspired by the iconic 1960s Citroen Méhari: the CITROËN CACTUS M. An ‘outdoor’ take on the C4 Cactus, this new concept car has a bright, upbeat personality. Looking beyond design, CITROËN is expressing a lifestyle approach with the CACTUS M, placing leisure at the heart of the automotive experience. At ease on all types of terrain and in all situations, the CACTUS M concept inspires a sense of well-being, freedom and escape.

Through its design, the CITROËN CACTUS M turns leisure into a lifestyle, placing it at the heart of the automotive experience. The interior illustrates this approach, with technical materials used in open-air activities.

For full and uncompromising use, the cabin can be hosed out thanks to the drainage outlets integrated in the foot wells. Inspired by the world of surfing, the seats are designed to resemble wetsuits, and are upholstered in a brightly coloured neoprene fabric for comfort and waterproofing. The CITROËN CACTUS M is also a modular vehicle, with a roof extension that enables passengers to store all their equipment (wakeboard, windsurf board, etc.). Everything is designed for comfort and peace of mind.

The CITROËN CACTUS M was also designed to head off the beaten path, to explore and open up new horizons.

Whatever the activity, the weather or the road conditions, everything is designed to ensure a relaxing ride for the occupants. On all types of terrain, the Grip Control function optimises traction for a relaxed ride anywhere.

The CACTUS M also inspires a sense of extreme freedom with a modular cabin that turns into a couchette and a top that can be made into a tent.

This top, which features an innovative system of inflation, also provides protection in the event of rain. The CITROËN CACTUS M also features onboard technologies for everyday use with all the useful equipment found on the C4 Cactus (touch drive interface, Easy Push system, etc.).

The CACTUS M concept is a modern take on the values that led to the development of the Méhari. Values relating to comfort, well-being and leisure, which have always been part of CITROËN. DIsplayed alongside the C4 Cactus and the Aircross concept, the CACTUS M concept illustrates the vitality of the brand and the coherence of its approach.

One year on from launch, CITROËN

is displaying a new take on the C4 Cactus at the Frankfurt International Motor Show, with a concept of muscular lines, totally open to the outside world. The SUV looks of the CACTUS M, already suggested by the C4 Cactus, are underlined by its styling and specific features. At front and rear, the strong, sculpted side lines convey a sense of power. The use of Tall & Narrow tyres made it possible to increase wheel diameter while reducing width, thus increasing body height. This impression is reinforced by the specific wheel arches. The strong compact build of the CACTUS M is underlined by the 60° rake of the windscreen and the thickness of the pillar, which conveys a sense of strength.

The CITROËN CACTUS M has two long doors, further underlining the impression of compact lines. The design of these one-piece parts in moulded plastic makes them particularly easy to use while also reducing overall vehicle weight. These doors are designed like Airbump® and use the same concept with their thermoformed TPU coating. This second skin, which is also used on the bumper protection, resists knocks and scratches as well as salt water, sand and anything else that could create a barrier between leisure and mobility.

Inspired by the surfing spirit, the CITROËN CACTUS M has no roof or front pillar. It is completely open to the outside. The wood plating over the boot arch and on the windscreen pillars, brings to mind the way surfboard manufacturers customise their boards. The cheerful wheel pattern resembles the floral pattern of wetsuits. The logo, visible on the boot arch, may be perceived as a signature for what could be a “Freestyle” collection by CITROËN. With its modular interior and this innovative top, the CITROËN CACTUS M overcomes logistics issues to leave more room for improvisation and freedom. For example, the CACTUS M can be turned into a bivouac for two people, making it possible to extend the outdoor experience. By means of an ingenious tilting mechanism, the rear seat becomes an extension of the boot, which opens downwards to create a couchette for two people.

Users can either sleep in the open or under cover, using the inflation function to turn the top into a freestanding tent. This tent folds out at the rear of the vehicle, enabling two people measuring 1.80m in height to stand upright. No more limits stand in the way of the quest for discovery.

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30 BIG SELL HOLDEN EPICA 4D SEDAN 2011

VOLVO S40 SEDAN 2000

JAGUAR XJ6 4D SEDAN 1996

HOLDEN CALAIS 4D SEDAN 2007

Desert Sand, auto, a/cond, p/steer, p/wind, airbags, c/ lock, cruise, ABS, alloys, CD, MP3, Bluetooth, alarm, $8,888, Cranbourne Cars & Commercials, Phone 0418 895 866, VIN - SN6589, CRANBOURNE

Enjoy the safety, luxury and prestige of this very good overall condition popular Volvo model which has well below average kms and is supported with it’s books and excellent service history, $5,999, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO QIH-211, FRANKSTON

Blue, auto, 3.2ltr engine, 263,591kms, ABS, seats 5 comfortably, 2 airbags, remote c/lock, a/cond, dual airbags, cruise, this car combines luxury and performance, $10,999, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO NSC-320, FRANKSTON

V VE, Grey, auto, p/steer, p/wind, airbags, c/lock, cruise, ABS, alloys, $18,888 Drive Away, Automobiles Dandenong (Aust) P/L LMCT7626, Phone 03 9791 6155, REGO WBL-776, DANDENONG

MAZDA 3 MAXX SPORT 4D SEDAN 2005

Auto. 1 Lady Owner. Red color. RWCert. 12mths reg.

A/C, P/S, c/locking. CD player. Only 170,000kms.

Very reliable & economical.

Always protected by weather, EC. Ideal first car, $9,750 Negotiable, Phone 0417329758, REGO TTL065, ROWVILLE

RENAULT MEGANE 2D CABRIOLET 2002

Bright Yellow, auto, fully electric roof that comes off in seconds, airbags, a/ cond, p/steer, elec wind/ mirr, nice sounding autdio system, Renault alloys, remote c/lock, full RWC included, $5,999, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO ZCJ-717, FRANKSTON

TOYOTA AURION 2007

171,000kms, service books, UMG-492, $7,999, Hastings Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, HASTINGS

HOLDEN JACKAROO WAGON 2002

A/cond, p/steer, airbags, c/lock, alloys, 7 seater, turbo diesel equipe, bull bar, electrics, drives A1, $7,990, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO RPC-036, FRANKSTON

HOLDEN CRUZE 4D SEDAN 2011 VW GOLF 2003

4dr hatch, RWC, black, a/c, sunroof, auto, perf cond inside/out, SAC306, $7,950, Phone 0409403610, BEAUMARIS

CARS $10,001 - $15,000 BARGAIN OF THE WEEK

MAZDA 323 1993 SEDAN

Auto. 4 Door. A/C. P/S. New tyres. Stereo. Reg serviced. Always garaged.

Reliable. RWCert. Reg EXI-758.

Great Buy. Ideal First car. Excellent condition.

Call Mike, $2,000, Phone 85550534, AH 0450592274, GLEN WAVERLEY

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Mitsubishi Verada 4D Sedan, Dark Green, auto, a/c, p/s, c/locking.

Towbar,. 2 new tyres. New battery, 6mths reg, ONLY 90,000kms. Very Reliable & Economical.

Great first car. Reg serviced.

Well maintained with service books. Regretful sale, selling as no longer driving. Must sell!, $10,500 ono, Phone 03 8774 1118, REGO QZX-541, HAMPTON PARK

PEUGEOT 207 GT HATCHBACK 2007

Silver, only 75,000kms, airbags, sports seats, big alloys, a/cond, p/steer, full service history, fog lights, pumping audio system, huge panoramic glass roof, elecs throughout incl wind/mirr, economy, $10,990, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO URD-613, FRANKSTON

TOYOTA YARIS YRS 2012

JEEP CHEROKEE 2005

Silver, auto, a/cond, p/ steer, p/wind, airbags, c/ lock, cruise, ABS, alloys, CD, MP3, alarm, $18,888 Drive Away, Automobiles Dandenong (Aust) P/L LMCT7626, Phone 03 9791 6155, REGO 1ET-1VS, DANDENONG

TOYOTA YARIS YRS 2012

hatch 1.5 engine, auto, 4dr, red, 7 airbags, ESC, touchscreen audio, bluetooth, cruise, 29000kms, 1 owner, YRF292, RWC, $14,000 ono, Phone 95511598, CLAYTON SOUTH

hatch 1.5 engine, auto, 4dr, CARS red, 7 airbags, ESC, touchscreen audio, bluetooth, $20,001 - $30,000 cruise, 29000kms, 1 owner, YRF292, RWC, $14,000 ono, SUBARU IMPREZA 5D Phone 95511598, CLAYTON HATCHBACK 2013 SOUTH 2013 (MY2014) with sunroof and sat nav. Full service FORD FALCON FG CARS history. Rego until Nov 2015.

2012 Comes with RWC, $20,500 $15,001 - $20,000 reg 30/10/15, very clean ONO, Phone 0430036134, in and out, new rear tyres, FORD FALCON FG REGO 1ap6sh, CLAYTON current RWC, 70,500K, 2012 drives like new, white reg 30/10/15, very clean YWH921, $14,700, Phone CARS OVER in and out, new rear tyres, 0459778441, PAKENHAM current RWC, 70,500K, $30,000 drives like new, white HOLDEN YWH921, $14,700, Phone HOLDEN COMMODORE EPICA 0459778441, PAKENHAM

CDX SEDAN 2010

V6 Auto, A/C, P/S, CD player, Electric windows/ mirrors, C/locking. Cruise control.

T/windows, Airbags. 76,000kms, reg 2/2016, Full service history.

Service books. Mag wheels.

Roof racks. Hayman Reece towbar. Seat protection done. Still under new car warranty.

Always garaged.

Immaculate condition, $13,000, Phone 0425700454, REGO ZMD935, MORNINGTON

FORD FALCON 4D SEDAN 2009

XR6 FG, Silver, auto, climate ctrl, p/steer, p/wind, airbags, c/lock, cruise, ABS, alloys, CD, MP3, $18,888 Drive Away, Automobiles Dandenong (Aust) P/L LMCT7626, Phone 03 9791 6155, REGO XVI-350, DANDENONG

COMMODORE 2012

SS V VE Series II Sedan, White, climate ctrl, p/ steer, p/wind, airbags, c/ lock, cruise, ABS, alloys, CD, MP3 decoder, Bluetooth, alarm, $32,888 Drive Away, Automobiles Dandenong (Aust) P/L LMCT7626, Phone 03 9791 6155, REGO YVD-180, DANDENONG

good cond, auto, alloy wheels, SWB, Limited Edition V6, silver ZMU428, $6,700, Phone 0401786542, DANDENONG

TATA TATA GREAT WALL

2010 model, dropside tray, only 77,000kms, as new V240 4x4, YHR-108 WILL TRADE ANYTHING, Hastings Cheapest Cars LMCT0577, Phone 03 5979 1521, AH 0418 324 311, HASTINGS

TOYOTA HILUX SR UTE 2011

Diesel, manual, 55,117kms, steel tray, lift kit, new muddies, bull bar, snorkel, $36,888 + ORC, Drives / My Commercials LMCT11198, Phone 03 8759 1077, AH 0403 353 331, REGO 1DC9CI, DANDENONG

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 4D WAGON 2011

MAHINDRA PIK-UP DOUBLE C/CHAS 2012

Fiery Black, 5spd manual, a/cond, p/steer, p/wind, airbags, c/lock, cruise, ABS, CD, MP3, alarm, $12,888 EGC, Cranbourne Cars & Commercials, Phone 0418 895 866, REGO YVL-748, CRANBOURNE

NISSAN NAVARA UTE 2006

Manual, diesel, bull bar, winch, driving lights, steel tray, $15,888 + ORC, Drives / My Commercials LMCT11198, Phone 03 8759 1077, AH 0403 353 331, REGO ULW-736, DANDENONG

SUBARU OUTBACK 4D WAGON 1998

AWD 4x4 wagon, 2.5ltr Auto, White & Grey, Elec windows/mirrors, c/ locking, cruise control, ABS brakes, 294,000kms, towbar, driving lights, roof racks. Drives very good.

Reg 03/2016. NO RWCert (Very close to RWC). Full service history with books.

Well maintained, GC. Call for more information, $2,400 neg, Phone 0412930344, REGO OSB404, CLAYTON

GXL, White, turbo diesel, auto, steel bull bar, winch, Sat Nav, colour reverse camera, tow bar, full service history, CB radio, ideal for towing your caravan, only 99,000kms, just traded on to a used Winnebago Motorhome, $69,990, Jefferson RV World, Phone 03 8587 4488, REGO ZLO601, BRAESIDE

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER TRAY 2008

V8 diesel manual, 125,657kms, steel tray, tool boxes, bull bar, winch, $39,788 + ORC, Drives / My Commercials LMCT11198, Phone 03 8759 1077, AH 0403 353 331, REGO WME-041, DANDENONG

TOYOTA PRADO VX 2001

VGC, CDF/radio, alloy bullbar, auto, timing belt & front bushes replaced, reg 1DX-5YP, $9,000, Phone 97052821, NARRE WARREN

TOYOTA HILUX DUALCAB

2005, 4x4 diesel 3Ltr, 212219kms, 5spd man, white, reg Jan 2016, pwr winds, bullbar, side steps, rollbar, ZNM419, $11,500 ono, Phone 0428026481, AH 97542158, FERNTREE GULLY

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5,117kms, kit, new r, snorkel, Drives / My MCT11198, 1077, AH EGO 1DCG

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bo diesel, ar, winch, r reverse ull service , ideal for avan, only t traded Winnebago $69,990, rld, Phone EGO ZLO-

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manual, eel tray, bull bar, + ORC, mmercials hone 03 0403 353 WME-041,

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SPRING SALE LOW KLMS

12 SEATER

$23,990

2008 FORD TRANSIT BUS

One owner with full dealer service history and is in A1 cond. Just serviced turbo diesel cheap to run and is ready for work. 146,914klms. Great Value! WTI889

2005 HSV CLUBSPORT Z SERIES

6Ltr V8 is in pristine condition and is packed with features - must be seen!! Comes with full service history, just serviced and with new disc rotors. 107,117klms. TTA028

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TURBO DIESEL

$19,990

2005 BMW 525i M SPORT E60

Electric sun roof, leather seats, sat navigation, 18” alloys & low kms. Comes with full dealer service history, just serviced. YUF430

$17,990

2010 FORD MONDEO TITANIUM

Electric sunroof & heated seats. Comes with full dealer service history, just serviced. Very economical motoring.

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$15,990

2008 VOLKSWAGEN EOS 2.0 TDI

Turbo Diesel with leather trim, electric folding roof, 17” alloys, central locking & much more. Comes with full dealer service history and has just been serviced. 1 Owner. 102,150klms. WQF050

LMCT 2508

$19,990

2010 HOLDEN BERLINA VE II

Must be seen!! Comes with full service history, just serviced has front and side curtain airbags, ABS brakes and so much more. 78,832klms. YCU699

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VP sedan, auto, mini spool, 6cyl, still going OK, mags on front, plenty of spare wheels/ tyres, unreg VP3.87246352, $800, Phone 0417118586, MORNINGTON

HSV CLUBSPORT 4D WAGON 2010

R8 Tourer, Red, auto, climate ctrl, p/steer, p/ wind, airbags, c/lock, ABS, alloys, CD stacker, $49,888 Drive Away, Automobiles Dandenong (Aust) P/L LMCT7626, Phone 03 9791 6155, REGO XXB-583, DANDENONG

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CRUISECRAFT 4.3M

60HP Johnson, boat and trailer registered, all safety gear, just been serviced, boat VGC, $4,800, Phone 0432088558, RYE

MUSTANG 17FT 1991

Fishing/Ski Boat. Evinrude 120HP. Five seater boat.

Power cut off. Bilge pump.

Full safety gear. Large fuel tank. Boat is as New Excellent Condition. Will impress, $10,250, Phone 97733441, PATTERSON LAKES

A 7 Year project. Lovingly presented for concourse, 5spd man. New Sound System, brakes, tyres, mufflers & more. Excellent condition. Has to be seen to be appreciated.

Unregistered.

Call for more information, $1,400 ono, Phone 0401448425, VIN DA1031102247, KEYSBOROUGH

PORTA BOTE

MERCEDES-BENZ E240 4D SEDAN 1998

SKI BOAT TIMBER

Fold up boat, e4asy to put to water, 8ft long, 2HP motor, Cream, $2,200, Phone 0397584447, AH 0408999946, FERNTREE GULLY 17ft, runs well, 308 motor, tandem trailer, $3,500, Phone 0433830258, NUNAWADING

Fishing Report Port Phillip Bay: SOUTHERN PORT PHILLIP Shaun Furtiere managed to put his clients onto some tasty calamari throughout the week.

Shaun reports there is no lack of squid in both bays, but he has had to work a bit harder to find the bigger models. Great work Shaun..

PATTERSON RIVER Staff member Nathan Peterson snuck out again after work this week and managed to pull some quality bream from a few boat hulls inside the Patterson Lake system. Nath fished with good mates Dave and Dan and together the boys managed 10 bream to 37cm. All fish were taken on cranka crabs.

Corey landed this whopping 41cm bream while flicking soft plastics at Patterson River. The fishing at Patto has been sensational of late with a lot of big fish holding high in the system.

STEEL BOAT

Cost over $100,000 new. electric Sun roof, leather trim, all safety features ABS etc. Excellent to drive.

Reg & RWC. luxurious and comfortable + great value, $6,250, Phone 0429665529, REGO ZYZ717, MOUNT ELIZA

POWER BOATS

10mts long, based on American PT boat, in need of restoration, Best offer, Phone 0416107216, RYE

SWIFTCRAFT 1500GT

Swiftcraft 1500 GT 60hp Evenrude Pedastool seating Registered boat and trailer Excellent condition, $6,995 ONO, Phone 0403148177, FRANKSTON

SWIFTCRAFT KINGFISHER

3 METRE STACER TINNY Only 93,000kms, full service history, 6spd manual, heated Black leather seats, full elecs including wins, mirr & roof, deep dish 19in Nissan wheels with Hankook tyres, over 200kW, 2 original keys, airbags, a pumping audio system, simply too much to mention, $19,999, Awesome Autos LMCT8841, Phone 97701441, AH 0417 319 076, REGO YWV-787, FRANKSTON

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PORSCHE 944 2D COUPE 1985

3 metre Stacer Tinny & trailer with as new 5.8hp Parsun motor.Only selling due to upgrade, $1,990, Phone 0417518706, AH 0403902354, SAN REMO

BERTRAM 25 FLYBRIDGE 1984

Twin 470 Mercruisers.

Recent electrical overhaul, starters, coils, batteries, cables/harness, master switches, wipers, toilet, air-horns, gauges in flybridge helm, new covers/ awning, electric winch, legs overhauled, new props.

Fully reconditioned. Hardly used for last 12mths Selling due to illness.

Moored at Hastings, VGC for age, $28,000, Phone 0419966822, PAKENHAM

Half Cabin 1998, 15ft single hull, 70hp Mariner motor, ex coastguard with power tilt Mckay glide-on roller trailer, both registered with safety gear, nothing to spend, just enjoy, RN711, $6,999, Phone 59880681, AH 0419874553, BLAIRGOWRIE

ADVERTISER CAUTION

BOAT 16.6 FT CRUISE CRAFT 5spd man, Lady owner, Burgandy Leather seats, security alarm, A/C, P/S, elec sunroof/windows/ mirrors, Full service history.

Very reliable.

Always garaged, VGC. No reg/RWCert. Selling as is. Call for more information, $11,000 neg, Phone 0406296451, VIN WPOZZZ94ZGN401479, SKYE

Luxury 1/2 cabin. Marine radio, radio new Stringers, new floor, new flo-coat trailer new bearings and tyres, $4,000, Phone 0469393069, FRANKSTON

BOAT 19 FT V19 HUNTSMAN

Luxury V19 huntsman New f/glass reco’d motor leg gearbox canopy new flo coat reco,d trailer radio Lowrancsounder/GPS, $17,000 ONO, Phone 0469393069, FRANKSTON

Western Port: TOP END Jayson Turner from Pro Red Fishing Charters got amongst the early season snapper last Saturday afternoon while fishing the shallows in the top end of the Port. There is no lack of fish at the moment but patience and fresh bait is key to these cold water reds.

Jayson Turner also went on a mission Wednesday night and found some cracker fish.One fish went 82cm - 6.1kg, the other 80cm -5.3kg. He had another 6 or more that screamed off and weren’t hooked that he will never ever know what size they were…Leigh Easton stumbled across a couple of healthy snapper while fishing in glassed out conditions on Tuesday morning. Leigh reports that fresh squid was the key while fishing the run in tide.

Great work mate.

TYABB BANK Staff member Nathan Peterson shot out for an after work squid onslaught last week and managed to land twelve in no time at all.

Nathan was using the new Hayabusa squid jigs and reports that they are a killer! Great work Nath.

Pat Ellaby fished in rainy conditions last Thursday, but despite the soaking, he managed to pull six quality calamari including this beautiful looking specimen. Love ya work.

for more reports visit www.ifish.com.au SMS text messages from potential buyers requesting a reply via email could be fraudulent. We recommend you ignore such enquiries.

Paul Worsteling’s Tackle World 270 South Gippsland Hwy, Cranbourne, VIC. Ph: 03 5996 6500

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Mayweather sends jet for daughter F

loyd Mayweather found himself with a problem as he headed to work on Tuesday to try to sell sceptical fans on what he insists will be his last fight.

It wasn’t with Andre Berto, his hand-picked opponent Saturday night for the 49th fight of his long career. It’s hard to find anyone much less Mayweather - who thinks Berto is going to give Mayweather many problems in his final fight.

The issue Mayweather was dealing with came in a text from one of his daughters.

She was in Los Angeles wondering if she had to fly commercial to come see her father or if he would send his private jet.

“I said I’d send the jet,” Mayweather said.

Just another day in the life of the highestpaid athlete in the world, who pulled down more than $US200 million ($A284.78 million) for his fight in May with Manny Pacquiao.

There are some things, though, that are “I’m really ready to see another fighter at the quite different than the last time Mayweather top,” he said. “I’ve done it all. I’ve broken went into the ring. so many records I don’t even know all the The opponent is Berto, not Pacquiao. There records I’ve broken.” is little hype, and little chance Berto will rise to the occasion and become the first boxer to ever beat Mayweather as a pro.

Instead of $200 million, Mayweather will settle for a reported $32 million. And instead of seats going for thousands of dollars, there were still a lot of tickets for sale for just a few hundred dollars for a fight that is getting little buzz.

He said again Tuesday that this will be his last fight, and he will not be tempted to break Rocky Marciano’s mark of 49-0 or to open the new arena on the Las Vegas Strip with a big bout next spring.

“I’m not breaking that 50-0,” Mayweather said. “Don’t worry about that.”

Mayweather defended his choice of Berto No need to get too hyped up for Berto, not as an opponent, even though Berto has lost that Mayweather gets too worked up about three of his last six fights, two of them to any of his opponents, including Pacquiao. fighters Mayweather easily beat.

“He’s a former world champion so “This is normal for me,” Mayweather told a small group of reporters after his official it’s obvious he did something right,” Mayweather said. arrival for fight week at the MGM Grand hotel. “I’ve been here before, met with all Mayweather said he was secure in his place you guys before. And the results will be in boxing history and wants to step back and the same as before.” promote other fighters.

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It all holds Australia in good stead as they look towards next month’s qualifier against secondplaced Jordan.

Cahill scored Australia’s last two goals in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over Tajikistan in Dushanbe but could barely contain his delight about how they were created.

A win there and the Socceroos will move five points clear on top of Group B, an almost unassailable position that would put them within touching distance of the next phase of qualification.

occeroos superstar Tim Cahill says he and his teammates have become “machines” who know exactly where the others will be at all times.

His first, in the 74th minute, was a clinical finish off a Ryan McGowan cutback while his second, in injury time, was a product of a near-telepathic understanding he says he has forged with winger Tommy Oar, a second-half substitute who provided him with a pinpoint cross from the left.

“Tommy Oar comes on and he doesn’t even have to look at me,” Cahill said.

“Time and time again he knows that I make my run from the second (defender) to the middle, that I don’t run in front of the first defender. That’s my game.

“I was buzzing, and I said to Tommy that’s not the first time he has done that.

“Seeing us now we are like machines, the way we run.

“It’s the football that we wanted to play. We have come here knowing why we have won.”

But Cahill holds bad memories of the last time the national side visited Jordan three years ago.

Under former coach Holger Osieck, the Socceroos fell 2-1, a loss that was endemic of the team’s problems at the time and appeared to put their 2014 World Cup hopes in jeopardy.

Cahill said there is a completely different feel about the team this time around.

“The last qualifying campaign was probably the most difficult of those I have been a part of,” he said.

“We were lucky in some instances and just did enough.

Now going into this game against Jordan, and even going into the Bangladesh and Tajikistan games, there was a really good confidence amongst the lads.

“Our midfield is fully stacked. It seems like everything is going really well.”

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elbourne key forward Jesse Hogan is this year’s AFL Rising Star winner.

Hogan polled 49 votes to finish eight clear of Carlton onballer Patrick Cripps.

West Coast’s Dom Sheed was next on 27, reflecting how Hogan and Cripps dominated this year’s voting.

Kyrgios given time to regroup: Masur A

ustralian captain Wally Masur has placed Nick Kyrgios in Davis Cup exile until the temperamental youngster sorts himself out.

As Australia battle Great Britain in next week’s semi-final in Glasgow, Masur wants Kyrgios to “regroup” after a turbulent two months.

Kyrgios, who lost in four sets to British spearhead Andy Murray in the first round of the US Open last week, has lurched from one PR disaster to the next since Wimbledon.

After a series of run-ins with officialdom at the All England Club, the 20-yearold’s infamous sledging of French Open champion Stan Wawrinka at the Montreal Masters led to sanctioning from the ATP for aggravated behaviour and widespread condemnation in the locker room.

In between, the two-time grand slam quarter-finalist declared “I don’t want to be here” during his shock first-day Davis Cup singles loss to Kazakhstan’s world No.115 Aleksandr Nedovyesov in Darwin.

him to spend a bit of time to regroup.

“It’s important that he starts to focus on what his team looks like going forward because he’s obviously been without a coach since Todd Larkham and he split (before Wimbledon).

“He’s got Lleyton in his corner so obviously he’s established a good relationship there with Lleyton, but he really does need to get that guy that’s with him on the road day in, day out.”

Masur has recalled Bernard Tomic after the Australian No.1’s suspension from the quarter-final win over Kazakhstan and retained Lleyton Hewitt, Sam Groth and Thanasi Kokkinakis.

With Masur confirming Hewitt and Groth were almost certain to play doubles, Tomic and Kokkinakis are favoured to feature in next Friday’s opening singles rubber in Glasgow.

Masur said Kyrgios still had time to push for a recall should Australia make the final.

“Nick has been in the Tennis Australia program for years, so the question is how do we help this guy absolutely maximise his potential?” the skipper said.

Masur believes Kyrgios is already at a career crossroad and, after consulting Tennis Australia’s director of men’s player performance Pat Rafter, the pair decided the “There’s no question that Nick just has to get things right, get back on court. volatile youngster should miss next week’s semi-final.

“I thought he played pretty well against Andy Murray here and I said to Nick afterwards: “The tie in Darwin was the first time that If you knuckle down and you get the right I had the opportunity to have Nick in the team behind you, and you put in the right squad and obviously he had been going yards, then you’re going to beat this guy in through a lot prior to Darwin,” Masur told one year’s time at the US Open.

AAP. “You can beat anyone and that’s the sort of “We went through the Darwin experience, potential he’s got. had a good discussion here in New York after he played Andy and it was just a “But it’s all very well to talk about it. He’s got mutual decision. to make sure that he now puts the steps in place to make sure it happens.

“Nick’s at a pretty important point in his career in terms of his professional and “Obviously Tennis Australia will always be personal development. supportive of Nick, but he’s got to keep doing the right things, playing hard and “He’s got so much potential. We all know keeping his emotions in check.” that. We just saw this is an opportunity for

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he National Basketball league has signed a five-year deal with pay-tv provider Fox Sports to show every NBL game live.

The deal starts with the coming 2015-16 season, with the parties to review terms at the end of the season.

The NBL has scheduled games every night from Wednesday to Sunday during the regular season, with the matches broadcast in high definition on Fox. “Ultimately it (the deal) will lead to a more professional game and something we can be proud of,” NBL executive director Larry Kestelman told AAP. He said his organisation was in discussions with a couple of parties about free-to-air television coverage.

Kestelman said securing a naming rights sponsor wouldn’t be a problem with discussions currently proceeding with a number of companies.

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ydney’s AFL premiership hopes have taken a big hit with uncertainty over whether star forward Lance Franklin will play any part in their finals campaign after being sidelined indefinitely due to a serious mental health issue.

Kieren Jack to a knee injury in their final round clash with Gold Coast and with gun midfielder Luke Parker already on the sidelines with a broken fibula.

“It’s a serious condition, that he needs to spend some time away from the football club, and he The Swans released a statement certainly won’t be playing this and held a subsequent press week,” Longmire said at the conference to explain that SCG. Franklin had withdrawn from “How long that will take, we’ll just Saturday’s qualifying final have to wait and see. against Fremantle because of “Obviously our thoughts are with that condition.

Lance and we hope that he’s The club later sent out another going to be okay. statement, confirming that “We understand he’s certainly Franklin had also suffered a got the best possible care to be seizure last Friday while at a able to address the condition Bondi cafe and that he had a that he’s got and we’re very mild form of epilepsy. confident that he will be able to He was subsequently get better very soon.” hospitalised but the Swans Asked how long he had been said the two conditions weren’t aware of Franklin’s condition related.

Longmire said “it’s been an “This incident is not clinically ongoing issue for a while.” linked to the mental health condition he is currently dealing Longmire stressed that Franklin’s condition was with, and both Lance and the club have considered it a private common and he was confident medical matter,” the Swans said. that he would not be looking at retiring, as was the case with It is the second time this year former Melbourne forward Mitch Franklin has been hospitalised, Clark, who temporarily did so the first coming in January when last year after he was diagnosed paramedics took the star forward with clinical depression. to hospital from his Bondi “We’ve got a lot of people who apartment. are able to deal with it and still Swans coach John Longmire be very successful and we’re said on Tuesday that Franklin’s very confident that’s the case mental health condition was with Lance,” Longmire said. treatable, but refused to put a He wouldn’t confirm the exact time frame on when he might nature of Franklin’s condition return. or whether he was in a mental It was another setback for the health facility.

Swans to deal with after losing

However, both Longmire and Swans’ co-captain Jarrad McVeigh referred to Franklin getting the best possible care and being in the best place for his condition.

had affected the on-field performance of Franklin, who is Sydney’s leading goalkicker, Longmire said: “I think it affects your life.

“It’s a shock to a lot of the boys and `Bud’ is in a place now where he’s in the best area for him personally at the moment,” McVeigh said.

“We can just support him as a playing group and that’s what we’ll do as a footy club.

“Footy is the last thing on our minds in regards to his health and all the players have spoken about it and we’re fully behind him.”

Asked if the condition

“In regards to this you’ve got to put the football to one side a little bit in regards to Lance. You need to understand and respect that this is a challenge for him to deal with every day, it’s not just a football thing.”

Longmire said mental health was an issue he had addressed with the AFL commission.

Franklin 28, is in the second season of a nine-year, $10 million deal with the Swans after being signed from Hawthorn near the end of 2013.

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led their teams to the playoffs in the same year they were drafted one-two.

The Broncos’ title hopes rest squarely on Manning’s 39-year-old shoulders.

A revamped offence under new coach Gary Kubiak should ease wear-and-tear on the veteran star, who starts the year with 69,691 passing yards and needs 2,148 to surpass Packers legend Brett Favre atop the all-time list.

In San Francisco, Hayne is in the spotlight.

Having played his way into the 49ers’ 53man squad, the former rugby league star is already putting the NFL on the map in his homeland.

Niners coach Jim Tomsula called Hayne’s successful leap a “tremendous achievement”.

Manning isn’t the only QB eyeing a milestone. New Orleans’ Drew Brees needs four touchdown passes and Brady six to become the fourth and fifth signal-callers to throw 400 TDs in a career.

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“It’s the true story, the American way or the Australian way,” Tomsula said of Hayne’s appeal. “Work hard, keep driven, and you’ve made it.”

It’s a go-get-em philosophy the NFL continues to market to great effect overseas, and this year again sees it take it’s bonecrunching brand of action to Britain for three regular-season games in London.

Dallas Cowboys’ Jason Witten needs 57 catches to join Tony Gonzalez as the only tight ends with 1,000 career receptions.

In Tampa Bay and Tennessee, all eyes will be on a pair of rookie quarterbacks taken first and second in the NFL draft.

The number might have been more but for the demands of this year’s Rugby World Cup, with talk of a London NFL franchise getting louder every season even as the league targets growth in neighbours Mexico and Canada and distant China.

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icketkeeper Brad Haddin has revealed a loss of hunger prompted his decision to retire from Test and first-class cricket, but predicted a long tenure for new Australian captain Steve Smith.

player and person.

“He’s been a terrific player over a long period of time for Australia, certainly one of the best team men I’ve ever been around,” Smith said from England.

“I think there were a lot of instances where Haddin 37, said the decision to end his he got us back into the game, just from 17-year first-class career, which included 66 sheer will and taking the game on.

Tests, was an easy one.

“He was magnificent at that, and I think a lot “Once you’ve lost that will to get up of keepers around the world can learn from every morning and do those little things the way he played.” that give you the opportunity to play for For just a second or two the fiercely Australia, once you lose that it’s time to competitive Haddin threatened to show his walk away from the game,” Haddin said on rarely-seen softer side on Wednesday.

Wednesday.

He believed he was leaving Australian cricket in good shape despite a raft of recent Test retirements also including Michael Clarke, Chris Rogers and Shane Watson.

“He was by far the best keeper I’ve ever bowled to,” Test spinner Nathan Lyon told AAP.

Also present at the SCG on Wednesday were former Test allrounder Greg Matthews - with whom Haddin shares the NSW record of 195 appearances for the Blues across all three formats - and paceman Stuart Clark.

“He was tough, I saw him play with broken fingers and just never whinge, never complained, just did it,” Clark told AAP. Haddin will play for Sydney Sixers in this summer’s Big Bash League and in other Twenty20 competitions around the world.

His voice momentarily quivered when he thanked his NSW teammates and just when it looked as if he was about to brush a tear away, Haddin drew a chuckle by ascribing his brief show of emotion to “hay fever.”

“It’s an exciting time, i think we can cover all He rated this year’s World Cup win and the the retirements,” Haddin said.

Ashes campaigns, especially the 5-0 home “We’ve got a great leader in Steve Smith sweep of England in 2013-14, as his career and the best thing about Steve at the highlights. moment is he’s on top of his game, so he’s going to be a great leader for Australia for a Haddin joked it hurt him to thank current England coach Trevor Bayliss, who he said long time.” had been a constant in his career along with Smith said Haddin had been a great mentor another former NSW coach, Steve Rixon. who had helped his development as a

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he perception of executive ineptitude as well as concerns over domestic violence, concussion dangers and the emotive issue of team relocation have done little to dent the popularity of American football.

a ruling widely seen as a rebuke to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.

With the race to Super Bowl 50 at the San Francisco 49ers’ Levi’s Stadium on February 7 due to begin, superstar Tom Brady is expected to grab the headlines and determine the destiny of the coveted Bowl once again.

In another conference championship They denied Seattle a second straight crown rematch, Andrew Luck and the Colts host with a dramatic victory in the championship New England in Indianapolis seeking to avenge their loss in Foxborough in the game showcase in February, but the Seahawks that brought the world “Deflate-gate.” insist they’ve moved on from the last-play heartbreak in Phoenix and are ready to For Indianapolis, 2015 is being painted as a challenge again for the National Conference “Super Bowl-or-bust” season, with the Colts crown. counting on Luck to continue the progress that saw him take them deeper into the postExpect the Indianapolis Colts, Baltimore season in each of his first three campaigns.

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Then there is the new kid on the block, Australian import Jarryd Hayne, who captured the imagination of sports fans around the world by earning a spot in the San Francisco 49ers’ 53-man roster.

Brady, the New England Patriots’ inspirational quarterback, lines up against the Pittsburgh Steelers a week to the day after a judge overturned his four-game suspension in the “Deflate-gate” saga in

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“It’s time for me to do my job,” Brady said.

New England will be trying to become the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions since their own back-to-back triumphs in 2004 and 2005.

something to say in whether the Patriots again emerge from the American Football Conference, while in the National Football Conference the Green Bay Packers, Dallas Cowboys and Carolina Panthers are top

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The Packers, led by quarterback Aaron Rodgers, will get a quick shot at revenge when they host the Seahawks in an NFC championship game rematch in the second week of the season.

The marquee quarterback match-up of Brady v Peyton Manning highlights week 12 when Manning’s Broncos host the Pats in Denver.

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