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05 Baby with two heads born in Bangladesh

06 Family in court over

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08 Nets to be put down

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10 Diamond sells for world TECHNOLOGY

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15 Scientists try to grow ‘super coral’

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45 Football giant Lowy

18 Beckham defends use of

46 Liberatore back for AFL slog

19 Gabi Grecko is moving

47 Holm KO's Rousey's

20 Lost Jeff Buckley songs

48 Mitch Johnson confirms

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'Worst' insider trader appeal denied

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17 1Help! was Lennon's 'cry

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42 Local Tradies 44 Leaders call for Russian

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28 What’s on in Melbourne 29 Fiona Boyes : best blues

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Mitch Johnson confirms Test retirement Beckham defends use of skinny models

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Fears Paris could inspire attacks in Aust A

uthorities are on high alert amid concerns Islamic State's deadly assault on Paris could inspire similar attacks in Australia.

And the federal government has confirmed plans to resettle 12,000 refugees from Syria may be delayed due to rigorous security checks.

As France retaliated with air strikes on IS's self-declared capital of Raqqa in Syria, Attorney-General George Brandis warned of the potential for the Paris attacks to encourage "other like-minded people" living in the Australian community.

About 400 individuals in Australia remain under the watch of security agencies.

"The national security agencies and the police are very alert to ensure there isn't any copycat behaviour in Australia," Senator Brandis said on Monday.

Talks at the G20 summit of world leaders in Turkey, attended by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, are focused on striking a united front against IS and ending the bloodshed in Syria.

Mr Turnbull, who met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of the summit, has called for military action to defeat IS while indicating he would consider Australia making a contribution to a peacekeeping mission in Syria.

But Defence Minister Marise Payne warned there was a "very, very complex" political process to play out before any decision was made.

Australia is already the second largest contributor to a US-led coalition airforce mission seeking to drive IS out of Iraq and Syria.

The Black Friday terror attacks in Paris killed about 130 people dead and left hundreds more injured.

The horrific events have prompted calls in Australia for a rethink of plans to resettle 12,000 people fleeing the conflict in Syria after French authorities said a passport found near the body of one attacker carried the name of a Syrian refugee.

"We are not going to rush this process," Immigration Minister Peter Dutton told Seven Network on Monday.

"If it means that the timeline is blown out ... that will be a consequence of it."

The biometric data of refugees will be checked with intelligence agencies in other countries.

But Mr Dutton rejected calls for Australia to close its borders after NSW Nationals MP Andrew Fraser posted on Facebook: "Message to Malcolm Turnbull: Australia does not need Middle Eastern refugees or Islamic boat people!"

The Grand Mufti of Australia condemned the Paris attacks while warning strategies to deal with the threat of terrorism weren't working.

"We call upon all people of goodwill to stand against fear-mongering and injustice," Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed said in a statement.

The harrowing accounts of survivors are still emerging.

Australian man John Leader, 46, and his 12-year-old son, Oscar told how they were forced to lie on top of bloodied bodies to escape the bullets of shooters in Paris' Bataclan theatre,

where most of the attack victims died.

"They were very calm, very methodical, very slow. I watched the guy reloading," Mr Leader said.

Hobart woman Emma Parkinson, 19, was also at the theatre - which was hosting a sold-out Eagles of Death Metal concert - and is continuing her recovering from surgery after being shot in the hip.

"She's in good spirits and she'll make a good recovery," Australia's ambassador to France Stephen Brady said.

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Same-sex adoption legalised in Victoria

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ame-sex couples in Victoria have won the right to adopt children but faithbased adoption agencies have retained the right to refuse same-sex adoptions.

The government's same-sex adoption bill passed the upper house 31 to 8 recently with amendments allowing religious exemption.

The bill will now return to the lower house.

Greens Southern Metropolitan region MP Sue Pennicuik welcomed the passage of the law.

"It's a great day. It's taken years of campaigning to achieve equality for same sex couples and their children," she said in a statement.

But Australian Christian Lobby Victorian Director Dan Flynn decried the passage of legislation "trampling the rights of children to a mother and father figure".

He criticised the banning of anti-abortion protests or vigils from within 150 metres of abortion clinics as heavy handed but welcomed the retention of faith-based adoption agencies' to reject same-sex adoptions.

"CatholicCare adoption has survived a significant government attack and will be able to continue to prefer to adopt children to a mother and father rather than a same sex couple," Mr Flynn said in a statement.

"It's taken years of campaigning to achieve equality"

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Baby with two heads born in Bangladesh D

octors at a Bangladesh hospital are treating a baby girl born with two heads, medical officials and the newborn's father say.

The baby was born recently and is now being treated for breathing difficulties after being shifted to the intensive care unit of the country's largest hospital in Dhaka.

"When I saw my baby, I was awestruck. She has two fully developed heads. She is eating with two mouths and breathing with two noses," her father, Jamal Mia, said on Thursday.

"Still, I thank Allah that she and the mother are now okay," Mia told AFP.

"The entire town poured into the clinic" Train break-in prompts security boost

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ecurity at a Melbourne train depot has been stepped up after vandals were able to start a train before it derailed and caused $3 million in damage.

A set of stolen or lost keys were likely used to start the train at the Hurstbridge holding yard on Melbourne's outskirts recently.

But the train didn't get far before security equipment derailed it and any plans for a joyride.

Metro chief Andrew Lezala says the trains can't start without a combination of keys, leading him to believe the vandals had access to a set possibly lost or stolen.

"I suspect, somehow, they gained access to a key," Mr Lezala told reporters in Hurstbridge on Wednesday.

Abu Kawsar, owner of the Standard Hospital of Total Healthcare where the baby was born by Caesarean section, said initial tests showed she only has one set of vital organs.

"Except for having two heads, the newborn has the rest of her

organs and limbs like a normal newborn," Kawsar told AFP. Thousands of people thronged the hospital in Brahmanbaria, where she was born, some 120km east of Dhaka, after news spread of the "miracle newborn".

"The entire town poured into the clinic. There were thousands of people with some of them coming from the nearby villages," he said.

"It's good that the baby has been shifted to Dhaka. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for us to control the crowd."

Her father, Mia, a poor farm labourer, said he was concerned about how he would manage to care for the baby if extra expenses were needed.

"I feel sad for her. She has been born to a poor man. I don't have money to even properly treat her mother," he said.

A baby was also born in Bangladesh with two heads in 2008 but later died.

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He said a derailing device, used to stop rogue trains entering the main line, was activated after the train travelled 80 metres.

Security staff and cleaners saw the train roll, striking a second train and damaging fences.

The Rail, Tram and Bus Union says the incident could have been avoided if more surveillance staff were employed.

"Fifteen staff to fight vandalism across the entire network is clearly not enough," RTBU secretary Luba Grigorovich said.

Metro says it's already in discussions with Public Transport Victoria to start using electronic smart keys with a shelf life, meaning they could be cancelled if lost or stolen.

Police and transit detectives have canvassed the area for CCTV footage.

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Family in court over alleged Vic teen rape

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our men from one family are accused of witnesses, or abducting and gang raping a 14-year-old reoffending, if girl in regional Victoria. released on bail.

The men had been at a family reunion and out drinking before they allegedly came across the teenage girl and her 16-yearold male friend in a Geelong park early on November 1, a court has heard.

Police say she was taken away and raped by two of the men at one address before being attacked by multiple offenders in a garage at another property.

The girl was then dropped back to the park, Detective Senior Constable Liana Goonan told the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

She went to a nearby house and asked for help.

Two Melbourne brothers - Kevin Andrew Wild, 28, and Allan Mark Wild, 29, have been remanded in custody over the alleged incident and are due to reappear in court on Friday.

Another relative, Brodie Mark Wild, 20, is also in custody after he was extradited from Queensland.

She alleged Rowan and Allan Wild were standing about four metres away as the other two raped the girl at the first address.

The girl's friend, who had been at a gathering with her before they went to the park, begged the men to stop, saying "she's only 15, leave her alone".

Rowan Wild allegedly went up to those raping the girl and said: "She's 18, it's all good".

Brodie Wild, the youngest of four family members charged with the rape of a 14-year-old girl in regional Victoria has been released on bail.

The girl's friend was allegedly punched by Kevin as he tried to intervene and then ran to get help, so he was not there when the girl was taken to the garage, the court heard.

Geelong man Rowan Gavin Wild, 27, is the fourth to be charged with one count each of Det Sen Const Goonan also alleged Rowan abduction and rape after approaching police Wild had dyed his red hair black in a bid to on Tuesday. avoid police detection, but later conceded He applied for bail on Wednesday, with his he may have done it to minimise threats mother in court, but Deputy Chief Magistrate from the public.

Jelena Popovic reserved her decision.

Wild's lawyer David Barrese said threats Det Sen Const Goonan said Wild was an unacceptable risk of interfering with

had been made via social media, after publicity over the case.

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He also told the court there was no evidence that Rowan Wild touched or raped the girl.

The girl, who police say was intoxicated at the time, could only say there were multiple offenders in the garage.

The girl's family, in a statement outside court, said it was the worst day of their lives but thanked police.

"Our family has suffered a deeply personal and horrific tragedy which by its nature has been very public and overwhelming," they said.

Chile starts on world's largest telescope hile has broken ground on a massive telescope that is set to be the world's largest and will allow astronomers to look back to the earliest moments after the Big Bang.

The Giant Magellan Telescope, an international project designed to take astronomy into the next decade, will begin operations in 2021 and provide images 10 times clearer than the Hubble space telescope, organisers said.

"The Giant Magellan Telescope will revolutionise our view and understanding of the universe, and allow us to see and study objects whose light has been travelling for

The $US500 million ($A708.50 million) telescope is being built in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, whose exceptionally clear skies have already drawn some of the world's most powerful telescopes and leading stargazers.

It combines seven enormous mirrors, each 8.4m wide, to create a single telescope 25 metres in diameter.

It will help scientists answer fundamental questions about the cosmos by studying planets outside our solar system, watching galaxies and stars form, and collecting evidence on the existence of dark matter and dark energy, said the Giant Magellan Telescope Organisation.

It will allow them to see galaxies whose light has been travelling toward earth since shortly after the Big Bang - 13.8 billion years, said the 11-member consortium.

Finding earth-like planets orbiting nearby stars is a major aim, it said.

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Nets to be put down after NSW shark attack E

co-barriers will be installed within months at Lighthouse Beach following the ninth shark attack on the notorious stretch of the NSW north coast this year.

Local surfer Sam Morgan, 20, is in a stable condition at Gold Coast University Hospital after suffering serious wounds to his left thigh when he was mauled by a bull shark at the beach in Ballina.

NSW Primary Industries Minister Niall Blair has promised to install a mesh swimming enclosure at the beach this summer with the "eco-barrier" stretching from seabed to surface and from shoreline to shoreline.

Premier Mike Baird, however, said the nets haven't yet been built.

Mick Fanning says he doesn't feel safe enough to enter waters in the area.

"We are in discussions with the manufacturer, we are trying to I haven't been down this year because of get them built and installed as quickly as we possibly can on the north coast," those reasons, because there's so much (shark) activity down there."

Mr Baird said.

Ballina shark spotter Tim Latimer, a helicopter pilot, says he's never seen great whites in such numbers.

"In addition, we are increasing surveillance." Manufacturers of the nylon nets are scouring north coast beaches this week But triple world champion surfer Mick to find a second potential location for the Fanning says he doesn't feel safe enough to barriers. enter waters in the area.

Popular surfing beaches between Ballina And the man who fought off a great white and Lennox Head were closed on shark in July during a competition in South Wednesday but are expected to reopen on Africa isn't convinced about nets.

Wednesday evening.

"They get in and around them, the shark Ballina Mayor David Wright said local net doesn't cover the whole beach," he told surfers would re-enter the water once given Nova Radio. the all clear.

"Since my incident I've been pretty careful There have been at least 14 shark attacks and going places I know are really sharky, I recorded in NSW this year, nine along a don't really go near them.

70km stretch of coast from Evans Head to Byron Bay. "I used to go down to Ballina all the time,

Mr Wright said Tuesday's shark attack proved extra aerial surveillance was desperately needed.

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"We can, before they take off, have months looking at their individual applications, we take biometric samples, we take fingerprint samples, we check that against known databases, we have people who are experts in checking documentation to make sure that it's not fraudulent," Mr Dutton told 6PR.

"We need it between now and Christmas.

The sharks are still going to be here," he said.

President of Le-Ba Boardriders, Don Munro, says Mr Morgan is lucky to be alive.

"He's been a very lucky boy in the way the shark attacked, the bottom jaw hit the bottom of his surfboard instead of the top of his leg," Mr Munro told the ABC. "I know Sam well enough to know he will get straight back on the bike and be out surfing again as soon as he's able."

First Australian Syrian refugees say thanks he father of a Syrian family who are the first of 12,000 refugees to be resettled in Australia says they've been treated with fairness and kindness, and expect that will continue.

The family of five are from Homs in western Syria and had been living in a camp for several years, but their arrival was brought forward as the mother is seven months pregnant.

"We would just like to thank everybody for giving us a chance at happiness."

He said providing a good education for his children was among his top priorities.

"My most important ambitions are to educate my kids well, to find safety, to get a job, and live in peace."

Mr Porter said the goal was to move Syrian refugees off of welfare and into the workforce.

In a statement issued by the office of Social Services Minister Christian Porter, the father "This father is very keen to do that," he told ABC radio. thanked the Australian embassy in Jordan for their help.

Commenting after their arrival in Perth "From what I've seen ... Australians are very overnight, Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Australia's security checks were among fair and very kind, and I'm sure that I'll find the same treatment here as well," he said. the world's most rigorous.

"So I think we do it as well as anyone in the world and we minimise the risk absolutely.

"If we have any hesitation with a particular application, we discard it and move onto the next one.

"We don't wait for people to arrive and work out of there is a problem.

"National security remains our absolute priority."

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Aussie mums erupt over China led baby forumula shortage C

hinese demand for "safe" baby formula is fuelling a shortage that's left mums in Australia high and dry.

Fearful Chinese parents are turning to Australian-made products

skyrocketed over the past six months, forcing it to ramp up production.

Fearful Chinese parents are turning to Australian-made products after a number of deadly domestic formula scares, including The company one contamination incident in 2008 that killed already exports six babies and made 300,000 others sick. to China, but These affluent families want high-end, some Chinese Aussie-made formulas such as the a2 and still prefer to Bellamy's Organic ranges. source what The surge in demand has left many Australian they need mums complaining they can't source the from Australia brands they've always fed their babies. because they fear counterfeit products.

It has sparked reports of people stripping supermarket shelves of quality formulas, Chief executive Peter Nathan hopes supply knowing they can be resold for enormous issues being felt by Australian customers profit to Chinese buyers desperate for safe can be resolved relatively quickly, without products. any lasting impacts on the a2 brand.

Onsellers are turning to sites such as eBay, using ads in both English and Mandarin to offer products for as much as $190 a tin for the a2 formula which normally sells for about $30 - a mark-up of more than six times the Australian price.

Bellamy's Organic - which manufactures solely in Australia - has seen its Facebook page bombarded by angry local customers.

On Tuesday, a tin of Bellamy's Organic infant formula was listed for $150. Its recommended retail price is $24.70.

Some mums want to know why an Australian company built on the back of Australian customer loyalty isn't putting its local market first, and is still exporting product to China and elsewhere.

The a2 Milk Company says demand for its products - which are manufactured only in Australia and New Zealand - has

Other mums appear to be at their wits' end, unable to satisfy their babies with other brands.

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nown arsonists will be targeted in a Victoria Police operation aimed at preventing bushfires.

Specially trained police using intelligence will take part in Operation Firesetter, which has been reactivated for the summer as a long dry spell intensifies dangerous bushfire conditions across Victoria.

“It’s about taking action to catch arsonists before their criminal behaviour has devastating consequences,” Assistant

"It gets really desperate when you've reached the bottom of that last tin and you've been waiting 2 months without any stores restocking, just running around in circles," Layla Vue wrote.

Bellamy's issued a statement saying it's increased production and hopes to resolve the shortage by the end of the month.

In the meantime, Coles is limiting customers to four cans of formula each, and Woolworths to eight cans each to help stretch supplies.

That point was proven on the weekend, when photos taken by an angry Melbourne mum surfaced. They showed a group of people working together to fill entire trolleys with formula at a Woolworths store, leaving shelves bare. lead to disaster.

“Something like failing to properly extinguish a campfire, using machinery or angle Commissioner Andrew Crisp said. grinders on a total fire ban day, or flicking “It’s going to be a long, dry, hot summer and a cigarette butt into grass is a recipe for we’ve already seen serious fires in some disaster,” he said. areas of the state.”

Last year, police charged 39 people for intentionally causing a bushfire, with seven people charged with recklessly causing a bushfire.

“We want people to be mindful of their activities during fire danger periods. Know the restrictions and be accountable to them.”

The maximum penalty for intentionally or Mr Crisp said the number of deliberately-lit bushfires was increasing steadily, while the recklessly causing a bushfire is 15 years’ simplest acts on a day of total fire ban could imprisonment and a fine of $36,000.

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'Worst' insider trader appeal denied

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he man behind Australia's worst-ever insider trading scheme will have to serve his jail sentence in full after his bid to reduce it was rejected.

The court of appeal found Lukas James Kamay was a rational, profit-seeking individual who was well aware of the risk that he may be caught, yet was driven by greed.

The former banker from Clifton Hill made $7 million using market-sensitive data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics to conduct stock exchange trades.

He then tried to cover his crime by spending some of the profit on a $2.375 million property renovated on the TV show The Block.

Lawyers for Kamay had argued Justice Elizabeth Hollingworth did not take into account his youth, clean record and willingness to co-operate, when jailing him for seven years and three months.

But the court of appeal found such factors were unexceptional in white collar crimes.

The court said the speed and efficiency with which the former NAB employee was able to dishonestly generate predictable profits by using sensitive information called for a sentence that would deter others.

Defence barrister Chris Boyce SC had also argued Kamay's jail term was too long because undue emphasis was placed on the level of profit he made, without taking into account the size of the market.

"Look at it in respect of a market that is virtually an ocean of liquidity, in which $7 million is less than a drop," Mr Boyce said.

"...A rational, profitseeking individual who was well aware of the risk"

He told the court Forex daily trading was worth in excess of US$4 trillion.

unfairly disadvantaged as a result of Kamay's offending.

In their decision published on Friday, Justices Marilyn Warren, Robert Redlich and Stephen Kaye found others were

"The integrity of the market is often viewed as the identifiable victim in insider trading cases," the court found.

Kamay, who pleaded guilty to six charges of insider trading, one of money laundering and two of identity theft, must serve four years and six months before being eligible for parole.

Diamond sells for world record $68.5m T

he rare and flawless "Blue Moon Diamond" has sold for 48.6 million Swiss francs ($A68.58 million) to a Hong Kong buyer, setting a world record for a gemstone at auction, Sotheby's says.

The cushion-shaped diamond, mounted on a ring, has the top grading of fancy vivid blue and weighs 12.03 carats. It had a presale estimate of $US35 million ($A49.60 million) to $US55 million.

"It is a new record price for any gemstone and per carat," David Bennett, worldwide chairman of Sotheby's international jewellery division, said on Wednesday.

The Hong Kong buyer promptly renamed it The Blue Moon of Josephine, Bennett told reporters, noting that it had also set a world record for any jewel at more than

$US4 million per carat.

At rival Christie's on Tuesday, a large diamond of a rare pink hue fetched 28.725 million Swiss francs.

Christie's said the stone, named The Sweet Josephine by the Hong Kong-based Chinese client who bought it, set a world record for any pink diamond ever offered at auction.

The same buyer is believed to have bought both star lots at the semi-annual sales in the Swiss city.

The blue diamond stone was found in South Africa's famed Cullinan mine in January 2014. The seller was New York-based jeweller Cora International, according to Sotheby's.

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Man pleads not guilty over cocaine bust A man implicated in a 400 kilogram cocaine bust in Queensland was thwarted about 10 minutes after picking up a slice of the huge haul, a court has heard.

...Had travelled from Panama laden with 400 kilograms of drugs

The trial of Geoffrey Stuart Triplett started in the Brisbane Supreme Court on Tuesday, where he pleaded not guilty to possessing a commercial quantity of a border-controlled drug.

But crown prosecutor Glen Rice said Triplett was stopped behind the wheel of a rental Corolla with 45 one-kilogram blocks of cocaine shortly after a Kippa-Ring shopping centre rendezvous in October 2010.

The drugs came from a yacht docked at Scarborough that had previously engaged in a high seas exchange with a catamaran about 415 kilometres off the Queensland coast, Mr Rice said.

The court heard the catamaran, called the Edelweiss, had travelled from Panama laden with 400 kilograms of drugs to meet the Australia-bound yacht.

The crown alleged Triplett had driven overnight from Hawks Nest in NSW so he and a companion could meet two other men, Terrance Elfar and Simon Golding, at the shopping centre.

Elfar and Golding brought the illicit substance to the centre in two green duffle bags which were loaded into the Corolla soon after the men met up.

But about 10 minutes later, the car was pulled over by Australian Federal Police officers on Anzac Avenue at Redcliffe.

Jurors viewed a police video of the initial search of the car's boot after it was intercepted in which a federal agent can be seen slicing open a green duffle bag and pulling out taped-up blocks.

Both Triplett and Golding, who were well-known to each other, used pre-paid mobile phones listed in other names to communicate, Mr Rice said.

He expected the defence would argue

Triplett - who sat calmly in the dock occasionally taking notes - didn't know the bags in the car were stuffed with drugs.

The trial is expected to last eight days before Justice Debra Mullins.

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Holograms of dead stars go mainstream C

performance. It won't be scripted," said Alki oncert promoters hoping to bring out legends such as Whitney Houston, Billie David, the founder of Hologram USA. Holiday and Elvis Presley used to face an "There is a performer - an actor whose body obvious problem - the singers are dead. is like Whitney," he told AFP. But with rapid advances in technology, those Another US company, Pulse Evolution, is stars and many more are returning to life preparing a musical based on Elvis that will through holograms, the threedimensional light projections that have opened new frontiers for the live music and other industries.

Jason Ross, a veteran producer of multi-media music projects, said that holograms may have more practical uses in classrooms - for example, for dissections in biology courses.

Two years later, the King of Pop Michael Jackson came back from the dead at the Billboard Music Awards, the annual event hosted by the US music industry magazine.

"I think there is a market for it, but I think from an instructional video standpoint it's going to be much stronger," he said.

In recent months, hologram announcements have become so regular they are almost mainstream.

Some promoters already shy away from hologram concerts, finding them tacky.

Hologram USA has announced tours by Whitney Houston, who died in 2012.

When rock legends the Grateful Dead threw five self-declared final concerts in June and July, the band considered - but decided against - creating a hologram of Jerry Garcia, the hippie-era group's most recognisable member who died in 1995.

The firm also plans to bring Billie Holiday, who died in 1959, back to Harlem's Apollo Theater in what would be the first regularly scheduled hologram show.

Holograms record light fields, rather than standard camera images, thereby allowing a threedimensional presentation.

For Whitney Houston's tour, which four venues have so far agreed to welcome, the late singer's image will be projected onto a live artist on stage.

"Whitney will be able to interact live in a real

take place on stage through virtual reality.

Concert promoters are avidly seeking unique headliners as the number of summer festivals has grown rapidly in the past years, in one of the music industry's few areas of substantial growth.

Man charged over Twitter scam A

US federal grand jury has indicted a Scottish man for securities fraud after prosecutors say he manipulated stock prices using Twitter.

James Alan Craig, 62, of Dunragit, Scotland, set up Twitter accounts in 2013 that appeared to be associated with real market research firms before sending out false Tweets that sent companies' stock prices plunging, prosecutors said.

He is accused of then buying the

Reid Genauer, a member of the band Strangefolk and chief marketing officer of the movie app company Magisto, said he struggled to see how holograms would work once the technology becomes commonplace.

"Meeting dead celebrities, it seems reasonable to me. Is there business there? Probably.

The difficulty I have - and it's a lack of imagination, not a lack of possibility - is envisioning how holograms scale," he said.

The hologram boom began in April 2012 when Coachella, one of the most influential music festivals, resurrected slain rapper Tupac Shakur in a headlining set by his former collaborators Dr Dre and Snoop Dogg.

For Tupac and Michael Jackson, the holograms, however realistic looking, still used a 150-yearold technology - the image was projected onto a transparent screen.

But will the public keep shelling out money to see dead entertainers once the novelty fades?

John Textor, the chairman of Pulse Evolution which spearheaded the Tupac and Michael Jackson holograms, said it was critical to design real shows, not just to rely on holograms.

He expected the Elvis musical to run 90 minutes and feature live dancers and actors, in the fashion of a Broadway show.

"I don't believe in digital performance concerts. By the time you get to the third song, you're done. The novelty is gone," Textor said in an interview.

Craig targeted the San Francisco Bay area sound technology company Audience and the Washington-based biopharmaceutical firm Sarepta, prosecutors said. companies' stock and profiting when the prices rebounded.

He Tweeted that Audience was being investigated by the US Department of Craig caused shareholders to lose more Justice on rumoured fraud charges and that than $US1.6 million ($A2.24 million), Sarepta papers had been seized by the US according to prosecutors.

Food and Drug Administration, prosecutors "This investigation dismantled a stock market manipulation scheme that operated said. with one goal in mind - to falsely defame a He is accused both times of using his company in order to destroy its stock value girlfriend's TradeMonster account to purchase shares in the companies and then for financial gain," FBI Special Agent in Charge David Johnson said in a statement. later selling them at a higher price.

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APPS

Fashion app pioneer on the front foot

The nail-biting final stages through the city streets felt "like users aStashd thrillerallows movie" to flick through about one million different fashion items like a game

W

hen ex-fashion rep Jess Wilson was just 21 she took a one-way flight to Silicon Valley, plunging headlong into the tech world.

The former PR who'd worked on seating plans for New York and Paris Fashion Week shows decided she wanted to get in front of the change she saw happening from the back rows.

"Over around three years the whole first and second rows changed. I saw that online was moving forwards and print was moving backwards," she said.

That desire to capitalise on digital change - which had upended a whole hierarchy as fashion bloggers were seated in front of magazine mavens - drove 23-yearold Wilson, who describes herself as an opportunist, to start her own app, Stashd.

Since launching in November 2013, the fashion discovery and shopping tool has reached users in 94 countries, and landed partnerships with ASOS, Net-a-porter, Ssense.com and Farfetch.

Using the addictive swiping action made infamous by dating app Tinder, Stashd

allows users to flick through about one million different fashion items like a game left to trash the product, right to "stash" it in a virtual wardrobe and a tap to buy.

Items can range from a $2,278.94 A.L.C Stagler Shearling Jacket to $40 ASOS pleather boots.

T

Wilson attributes her startup's rapid growth to her determination to succeed on a global scale from the get-go.

It's random, unpredictable and the discovery "Even in the concept stage I never wanted element makes it addictive. to grow it out of Australia, and then do the US and the UK. I wanted to start off with Stashd has recently also added e-retail behemoth Shopbop and luxury cosmetic a global footprint which is why we started brand Estee Lauder to its books, while three off with Net-a-porter and ASOS who ship more major labels are due to be revealed globally," she said. soon.

Her ultimate dream is a for a global virtual Wilson's success as a fashion tech reality mall, where every store can be entrepreneur sparked interest from the accessed from a smartphone on one app. producers of a reality TV show, with cameras capturing the nitty-gritty of a rapidly In the meantime, Wilson wants to refine scaling global startup.

Stashd's offerings to curate them around Wilson, who is currently filming the reality different occasions. series, says the show has received interest from a few international distributors already. Collaborating with influential fashion bloggers mining the data that's been Once the show gets picked up, she plans generated by her app to develop a trendsto open Stashd up to broader investment forecasting tool are also on the horizon. capital opportunities.

Australian Health records could be hacked he private medical details of all Australians could potentially be stolen in an Ashley Madison-style hacking scandal if the federal government pushes ahead with plans to put everyone’s records online, an expert has warned.

The Australian Privacy Foundation’s Bernard Robertson-Dunn, who has developed IT systems for several government departments, says the proposed My Health Record system is full of privacy risks.

He says the recent Ashley Madison adultery website hacking scandal - in which a group of hackers released credit card details, email accounts and home addresses of

Currently, Stashd takes a six to 20 per cent commission of each sale, and its those sales that have funded the business so far.

the website’s users - showed hacking was “always a possibility”.

Health Minister Sussan Ley announced a reboot of the current e-health system in May, switching it from an opt-in to an opt-out model in order to get more people using it.

The model would contain the health records of every Australian, unless they chose to opt out of it.

Trials of the new system are set to begin in early 2016 in north Queensland and the NSW Blue Mountains region, involving one million Australians.

Dr Robertson-Dunn says having an opt-out model used by everyone makes the system

more attractive to hackers.

He says even lawful access of the system could pose a “huge invasion of privacy”, allowing anyone employed at a medical institution or organisation to access a person’s entire medical record.

“It is possible that somebody working for a medical centre could access somebody’s record because they’re visiting the GP and gain information about the person which could be useful to pharmaceutical companies, or even hackers,” he said.

“My concern is a lot of medical people don’t actually understand enough about how this system works to understand the risks.”

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First regulated Uber launches in Canberra H

e was the first to do it legally in Canberra, but ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr is no Uber virgin.

"I must confess," he said after, unusually, having the door to a silver Toyota opened for him.

"I have used it in Sydney and Melbourne, and in San Francisco and Washington on a recent trip."

Mr Barr officially launched the controversial ride-sharing service in the nation's capital on Friday after its assembly approved legislation to regulate the sector.

It's the first jurisdiction in Australia to do so, allowing the likes of Uber, OnTap and GoCatch to operate under strict conditions and government oversight.

Drivers have to pass criminal and driving history checks, ensure proper insurance coverage and have their vehicles tested for roadworthiness.

"It's a real step forward for on-demand transport in the region," Mr Barr said.

Uber is a growing service and operates in almost 60 countries.

the same fees or meet the same standards.

The ACT Government has tried to appease them by immediately dropping the annual fee to lease a government-owned taxi licence from $20,000 to $10,000 and from $4600 to $100 for hire cars.

The $350 annual operator accreditation fee has also been scrapped.

Uber's general manager for Australian-New Zealand, David Rohrsheim said trips would typically be 20-30 per cent cheaper than taxis - depending on demand.

"But a lot of people choose it because it's a better experience - press a button, get a ride; that's something that's unfamiliar for a lot of people in Canberra right now," he said.

More than 100 drivers were ready to go from day one, including Peter Mackay.

The 57-year-old retired public servant worked as a cab driver for five years and decided to join Uber because he liked helping people.

"This is something I can do part-time, whenever I feel like it or whenever there's a need for it," Mr Mackay, wearing a black drivers' cap and tie, told AAP.

It allows members of the public to book and pay for rides in Uber-member vehicles using "It'll give me that satisfaction of getting a smartphone app. people to where they want, which was always the thing I enjoyed most out of Taxi operators loathe Uber, accusing it of taking their business while not having to pay driving a taxi - feeling like I was doing

Retired public servant turned Uber driver Peter Mackay is seen at the official launch of Uber operations in Canberra. The ACT government is the first jurisdiction in Australia to fully approve operations of Uber

something useful.

"The only problem there is the wife says `Why can't you be like that around the house?'"

Registration took a few months and involved a lot of paperwork and some meetings, but he respected the process, Mr Mackay said.

Designer cells reverse baby girl's cancer A

one-year-old girl in Britain has become the first in the world to be treated with "designer" immune cells genetically engineered to reverse her cancer.

Layla Richards was suffering from leukaemia but was cured after scientists at Great Ormond Street Hospital used a new gene-editing technique to manipulate cells to fight the disease.

"As this was the first time that the treatment had been used, we didn't know if or when it would work and so we were over the moon when it did," said Professor Paul Veys, director of bone marrow transplant at GOSH and Layla's head doctor.

"Her leukaemia was so aggressive that such a response is almost a miracle."

The baby was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia, the most common form of childhood leukaemia, when she was just 14 weeks old.

She was treated with chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant but the cancer returned and doctors told her parents to consider palliative end-of-life care.

The family was then offered an experimental treatment under development at the hospital, in which doctors modified white blood cells, T cells, from a healthy donor so that they seek out and kill drug-resistant leukaemia.

"She was sick and in lots of pain so we had to do something," her father Ashleigh Richards, 30, said.

"Doctors explained that even if we could try the treatment, there was no guarantee that it would work but we prayed it would."

Layla was given a small infusion of the genetically-engineered cells known as UCART19 cells. A few weeks later, consultants told her parents that the treatment had worked.

Doctors stressed that the experimental technique had just been used once and that the results need to be replicated but said it was potentially very promising.

"We have only used this treatment on one very strong little girl and we have to be cautious about claiming that this will be a suitable treatment option for all children," said Waseem Qasim, professor of cell and gene therapy at the Institute of Child Health and consultant immunologist at GOSH. "But this is a landmark in the use of new gene engineering technology and the effects for this child have been staggering," he added.

"If replicated, it could represent a huge step forward in treating leukaemia and other cancers."

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Google aiming for drone deliveries by 2017 But drone deliveries are not expected to take flight until after the FAA publishes final rules for commercial drone operations, which are expected early next year.

Two years after initial research began, Project Wing was announced in August 2014 with a YouTube video showing a field test of its most viable prototype in Australia.

The prototype flown in Australia, 1.5 meters wide and 0.8 meters tall, shares the same four-propeller quad copter design as popular consumer drones, but the company said consumers can expect to see new vehicle types and shapes as the project unfolds.

"Our goal is to have commercial business up and running in 2017"

I

nternet giant Alphabet, the new holding company for Google, expects to begin delivering packages to consumers via drones sometime in 2017.

David Vos, the leader for Alphabet's Project Wing, said his company is in talks with the Federal Aviation Administration and other stakeholders about setting up an air traffic control system for drones that would use cellular and Internet technology to co-

Inside the United States, Project Wing has conducted testing with NASA.

ordinate unmanned aerial vehicle flights at altitudes under 152 meters.

He said a drone registry, which the Obama administration hopes to set in place

by December 20, would be a first step toward a system that could use wireless telecommunications and Internet technology Alphabet and Amazon.com are among a including cellphone applications to identify growing number of companies that intend to drones and keep UAV clear of other aircraft and controlled airspace. make package delivery by drone a reality.

"Our goal is to have commercial business up and running in 2017," he told an audience on Monday at an air traffic control convention near Washington.

Scientists try to grow ‘super coral’

Researchers are warning about the dire health of the world’s reefs

S

cientists at a research centre on Hawaii’s Coconut Island have embarked on an experiment to grow “super coral” that they hope can withstand the hotter and more acidic oceans that are expected with global warming.

The quest to grow the hearty coral comes at a time when researchers are warning about the dire health of the world’s reefs, which create habitats for marine life, protect shorelines and drive tourist economies.

When coral is stressed by changing environmental conditions, it expels the symbiotic algae that live within it and the animal turns white or bright yellow, a process called bleaching, Ruth Gates, director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, said.

Vos, who is co-chair of an FAA task force charged with coming up with a drone registry, said a system for identifying drone operators and keeping UAV away from other aircraft could be set up within 12 months.

around the bay. Where they once looked for the bleached coral among the healthy, Gates said her team was now “looking for the healthy individuals in a sea of pale corals”.

Gates and her team are taking the coral to their centre on the 29-acre isle, once a If the organisms are unable to recover from retreat for the rich and famous and home to television’s Gilligan’s Island, and slowly these bleaching events, especially when exposing them to slightly more stressful they recur over several consecutive years, the coral will die. Gates estimated that about water.

60 to 80 per cent of the coral in Kaneohe They bathe chunks of coral that they’ve Bay had bleached this year. already identified as having strong genes in water that mimics the warmer and more “The bleaching has intensified and got much more serious,” said Gates of the coral acidic oceans. They are also taking resilient

strains and breeding them with one another, helping perpetuate those stronger traits.

The theory they are testing is called assisted evolution, and while it has been used for thousands of years on other plants and animals, the concept has not been applied to coral living in the wild.

“We’ve given them experiences that we think are going to raise their ability to survive stress,” Gates said.

She said they hope to see these corals, which will soon be transplanted into the bay, maintain their colour, grow normally and then reproduce next summer.

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1D named Britain's richest under 30s

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ne Direction may have lost a member this year, but the chart- Adele, who is back in the charts with her new single Hello, takes topping boyband has not seen their success diminish in the fourth place with $38.1 million - ahead of Emma Watson in fifth wake of Zayn Malik's departure. place with $35.33 million.

The group - featuring 22-year-olds Niall Horan, Liam Payne, 21-year-old Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, 23 - have retained their title as Britain's richest under-30s for the third year running in Heat magazine's annual Rich List.

The four-piece, whose hits this year include Drag Me Down and Perfect from their upcoming fifth album Made In The A.M., beat Daniel Radcliffe, Robert Pattinson and Adele by amassing a combined fortune of an estimated $US82.08 million ($A116 million), up $4.56 million from last year.

Ed Sheeran - who has enjoyed success with his second album X and his world tour, which included three sold-out concerts at London's Wembley Stadium in July - is 2015's highest new entry, making his debut at number six. The 24-year-old singer has earned an estimated $35.2 million.

Radcliffe and Watson's Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint, 27, Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner, 29, and Mumford And Sons - led by Marcus Mumford, 28 - round off the top 10.

Malik, 22, who left One Direction in March and announced he has signed a solo record deal with RCA Records in July, made his solo debut on the list in eighth position with estimated individual earnings of around $20.52 million.

Model-turned-actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Nicholas Hoult, comedian Kevin Bridges, Ellie Goulding and Jack Whitehall are other new entries on the list, which appears in this week's issue of Heat.

Actor Radcliffe, 26, remains in second place with an estimated fortune of $65.8 million, while Pattinson is in third spot with $51.04 million.

The list, now in its fifth year, analyses the stars's estimated financial earnings from TV appearances, movie, record sales and product endorsements.

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Help! was Lennon's Your Horoscopes 'cry for help' P

aul McCartney says The Beatles hit song Help! was literally "a cry for help" from guitarist John Lennon.

The 73-year-old rocker, one one of only two surviving members of The Beatles, said Lennon was miserable when the song was penned in 1965 because the band had been recording and touring for two years and Lennon was unhappily married to high school sweetheart Cynthia.

"Looking back on it, John was always looking for help. He had [a paranoia] that people died when he was around: His father left home when John was three, the uncle he lived with died later, then his mother died. I think John's whole life was a cry for help," McCartney told Billboard.

Lennon was fatally shot in New York City in 1980.

McCartney admitted that the best thing about their 1964 hit Eight Days A Week was the title, which the Beatles didn't even come up with themselves.

He said it came about from small talk with his car driver.

"You been busy?" McCartney asked his driver. "Busy? I've been working eight days a week," he replied.

We Can Work It Out is about a fight McCartney had with his actress girlfriend Jane Asher. He said he doesn't remember the circumstances, but he was asking her to see something his way.

"It may be arrogant, but it's what every man wants to say to every girl," said McCartney.

He also shed further light on the origin of Hey Jude, which was written for Lennon's son Julian after Lennon and Cynthia got divorced.

But Lennon always suggested the song was about his relationship with Yoko Ono, especially the line "You have found her, now go and get her."

McCartney admitted "the only thing about Julian in the song is the first lines," but didn't elaborate on who else the song addressed.

Ed Sheeran wrote hit with struggling mate E

nglish singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran has revealed his hit Thinking Out Loud was co-written by a close friend.

Amy Wadge, a struggling songwriter unable to pay her own mortgage, drove to Sheeran's house and asked if she could write a song with him.

In a recent interview, Sheeran said the hit changed her life. "[Wadge] was going through financial troubles about a year ago ... She drove to my house - my album was nearly done and she asked if I could put a song from when I was 17 on the deluxe album," Sheeran told The Mirror.

"While she was there, we wrote Thinking Out Loud ... Now she never has to worry about money again."

ARIES You want to get rid of the ghosts of your past and you are curious about new discoveries. You have to do some backlogged maintenance first and clear out what needs to be cleared out.

When you’ve done that you can dive into new adventures.

TAURUS Your partner could be impatient and act strange so your patience and empathy is being tested. Don’t react to it and don’t force anything or things will get out of hand. You feel like experimenting with a new approach.

GEMINI You discover something that makes you feel upset but that will be made up for by some good news that you had to wait for a bit longer due to bad communication. You have everything under control again by the weekend, with the help of a nice Aries.

CANCER Reasonableness is necessary if you want to understand each other. You want to deal with things in a different way and you will discover a way to do something faster without lowering the quality. A trip for which you need a suitcase awaits you.

LEO You want to liberate yourself as much as possible from restraining straps but you don’t have to speed up the process.

It’s necessary that you thoroughly study a request or proposal before you accept it. In the middle of the week your financial responsibilities will weigh heavy.

VIRGO Singles have a lot of candidates to choose from and that could be a bit too much to handle. Don’t take any fast decisions.

That could go wrong. You can make some clear choices about your work. You are a real multi-tasker and you have a lot of things on your mind but a good structure is needed.

LIBRA It’s time to slow down a bit and to think about how you want to continue. During that break you could decide to stay with or leave someone in your vicinity. You could be at a crossroad and you might not know what direction to choose.

SCORPIO You could feel that your partner doesn’t help you enough and that irritates you. If that is the case you should go looking for new faces that do support you or join a group.

SAGITTARIUS Someone in your vicinity wants a drastic change but the question remains if you want to go along with that or not. It’s important that you maintain a quiet pace to avoid conflicts and to be able to discuss things.

CAPRICORN You feel like something new. That could be a course or the first letters of a book that you’ve wanted to write for such a long time. Someone will inspire you. Focus on someone you find fun and yummy. The rest will come.

AQUARIUS Events will make a lot of progress this week. That could involve the activities of your partner or something else but it will have positive results. After this flare it’s advisable to pick up the romantic vibe again as well. It’s important to sort out your administration and to pay attention to the details.

PISCES The stars predict some changes in your love life. Ask yourself if your norms and values are still compatible. You can get so impressed by someone that you are willing to invest a lot. Don’t spend money on foreign trips because you will want to get away again once your holiday is finished.

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Willis backs Bridges anti-violence stance T

he Biggest Loser's Steve "The Commando" Willis has jumped to back up his partner Michelle Bridges on her comments against violence.

Bridges appeared on Studio 10 this week and said violence against men was just as bad as violence against women and children.

Some of her fellow hosts on the show disagreed with her, saying that violence against women and children was more of an issue that needed to be addressed.

"I'm anti violence against humanity, all genders," Bridges told AAP on Wednesday.

The couple were at an event in Sydney to launch Who magazine's most Intriguing people issue at Ananas Bar in The Rocks.

Willis was quick to jump in and back up his partner on the issue.

"It's an interesting subject and topic with women and men, and finding that gender balance," he said.

Willis also asked why we have to categorise between women and men on the issue, backing up the stance Bridges had taken.

"What about in same-sex relationships, the violence in same-sex relationships? If there is violence in same-sex relationships that's two men," he said.

Bridges, who is due to give birth to the couple's fist child together in five weeks, went on the explain their ethos on the subject.

"We're just anti violence: children, adults, male, female, even animals," she said.

Both agreed it was good that the topic was just being discussed.

Beckham defends use of skinny models S

inger-turned-fashion designer Victoria Beckham is defending her decision to feature superskinny models in her runway shows, insisting all the women who work for her are "healthy".

Earlier this year, the former Spice Girls star came under fire for using particularly slender models to wear her clothing on the catwalk, including 17-year-old Peyton Knight who faced a barrage of online criticism over her size.

However, Victoria is adamant all the models who walk in her shows are checked out to make sure they are not ill or underweight.

"I wasn't the only show she (Peyton)

did," Victoria explains to Britain's Telegraph magazine. "I wasn't the only designer to use her.

Our casting director spoke to the (modelling) agencies, and we know that all our girls are healthy. They're young, they're thin, but that doesn't mean they're ill."

Victoria goes on to insist the online criticism was undeserved and mean-spirited: "People are mean on social media, whoever you are. It's a shame people have to be that way."

her schedule for most of 2016: "I know what I'm doing this time next year."

The former singer recently admitted she now feels less guilty about the time she spends away from her family following some advice from fellow designer Diane von Furstenberg.

"I was having dinner with Diane von Furstenberg a few months ago and she's a woman I have an enormous amount of respect and admiration for," Victoria, recalled to The British star also talks about US breakfast show Good Morning how she juggles her busy fashion career with her family commitments, America. "And I said to her, 'Diane, when your children were younger revealing she and her husband and you were working, did you feel David take turns looking after their guilty?' She said, 'Absolutely not. It's four children.

"They're (the family is) very supportive a waste of time, a waste of energy; it's (the stress is) ageing.' And she of what I do," she adds. "I don't really go away that much. David and I work it said, 'Actually, you're setting a out so that we're not away at the same good example, the fact that you're a woman, you're going to work; you time, so one of us is always here (for really are setting a good example.' the kids). The other day we were at (daughter) Harper's school as she had "And that was great advice because won a prize, and we were both there.

I'm sure there are lots of women right "It's a juggling act, but we have now, watching TV, thinking, 'I feel great people around us to make guilty, I've got kids and I'm going to sure it all works." work.' Actually, it is a positive message to be giving to your children and other Victoria admits she is very well organised, and has already planned women and children as well."

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Dannii and Kylie to perform live on TV A

fter an ongoing public spat, model Gabi Grecko is getting back with her estranged husband Geoffrey Edelsten and will return to Australia.

"She has got her new visa and she wants to come back to Australia pretty quickly," Edelsten told KISS FM. The 72-year-old made amends with his 26-year-old American wife after corresponding via email.

After a turbulent relationship with Edelsten, Grecko packed up her bags and moved back to New York in September.

"She was homesick. She loves the apartment she has in Manhattan. She misses her cat. That was really the main reason... and it wasn't convenient for me to go with her at that time," Edelsten revealed.

In October when the couple were separated Edelsten told Daily Mail Australia that Grecko had faked her pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage.

"[Her] email said that I'm madly in love with you and I would really like to come back to Australia and really start afresh," "I do regret talking about personal matters like that and said Edelsten.

I certainly won't do that again, He's not worried that Grecko will I don't think she will either," he break his heart again. said on Tuesday morning.

"From the tone of a number of He said Grecko reapplied for emails, I think in the last three her Australian visa and she will days she sent me about 120 return to Australia in a couple of emails, I don't have that fear," weeks once she's wrapped up her fashion commitments. he said.

Pop star Kylie Minogue will reunite with sister Dannii Minogue to perform together on the finale of The X Factor.

The singing siblings will belt out 100 Degrees, the first single off the new album, Kylie Christmas, on the November 24 decider.

Dannii tweeted her excitement at performing live with Kylie again.

"Doin' it for ourselves all over again @kylieminogue! First time since YTT '86 #100degrees @thexfactor_au #TVtastic," Dannii wrote.

Kylie said she's just as eager to take to the stage with her younger sister.

"I'll be bringing a little Christmas cheer to The X Factor stage," Kylie said in a statement.

"I can't wait to come home and perform on the show with Dannii."

Kylie Christmas was released on November 13 and includes the tune 100 Degrees, a song about experiencing a hot Christmas Day in Australia.

The last time the sisters sang together was in 2013 when Kylie was Dannii's special guest on a home visit to new York.

Dannii is one of the four mentors on the X Factor although all of her acts have been eliminated.

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Gwen Stefani launches pet accessories line N

o Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani's fashion empire is going to the dogs - she is expanding into pet clothing.

Stefani has teamed up with designers at Petco to launch the Harajuku Lovers collection, which features dog toys, clothing, accessories and hats inspired by her Harajuku Lovers clothing line that she created in 2005.

Despite the singer's success in the fashion industry, Stefani admits she had to work hard to convince bosses at the company to let her design a collection for pooches.

"I wanted to do this collection for so long because the people that I work with around me that I love, they wanted so desperately for me to do a line of dog wear and toys and things like that," she told People.com.

"And it's really hard - we had to really stalk them to let us do it, and we got it and so now, here it is and it's really exciting."

The 20-piece collection features designs linked to her early days with rock band No Doubt.

"We went back to the beginning of time when I first discovered music and was really into discovering ska music, (and) music out of England," she said.

"And that was the reason we started doing No Doubt, so you can see the British flag and the record and you can see (it in) the little hat and checkerboards and things that just represent that time period."

Lost Jeff Buckley songs to be released

You and I, would come out on March 11 and said that the recordings have been virtually unheard, with no bootlegs known to exist.

ballad I Know It's Over and the more jangly The Boy with the Thorn in His Side.

Buckley had his start playing cover songs in New York's East Village and achieved some of his greatest success posthumously with his take on Leonard Cohen's meditative Hallelujah.

The album's highlight will be an original song, Dream of You and I, described by Columbia Records in a statement as "a mysterious and haunting piece which informs the deeply intimate and profoundly Buckley released only one studio album, personal mood of the album".

Grace, although his label has periodically The album comes from the first recordings put out stray or incomplete tracks. he completed for Columbia Records in Buckley died in 1997 at age 30 in 1993 at the New York studio of producer Memphis as he accidentally drowned Steve Addabbo. early 20 years after he died, while swimming fully clothed in a tributary previously unknown recordings have You and I will feature Buckley's first of the Mississippi River. emerged from Jeff Buckley, the US singer recording of his best-known song, Grace, A witness said Buckley's last words were who won acclaim for his bare introspection as well as a number of covers. singing Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love. despite releasing just one album.

The album includes his version of Bob You and I includes a cover of another Led Buckley's label announced on Thursday Dylan's classic Just Like a Woman and two covers of songs by The Smiths - the brooding Zeppelin song, Night Flight. that the 10-track album, to be called

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Vikander the 'new girl' Elizabeth Hurley's fan sends soiled undies in Dragon Tattoo?

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Mara played Lisbeth Salander in 2011, but when asked if she would reprise her role in a sequel earlier this year, she expressed sadness over the prospect that the film would not be made.

Producers Scott Rudin and Amy Pascal are now looking to move forward with The Girl in the Spider's Web and they are interested in Vikander taking over as the leading lady, according to TheWrap.com.

It's unclear why Mara is not returning to the franchise but director David Fincher and the 30-year old's co-star Daniel Craig are also unlikely to be involved with the film, based on the fourth novel in Stieg Larsson's book series.

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Hurley loves her fans and takes time to read mail from them, but she was grossed out by one devotee who started sending her his soiled underpants on a weekly basis.

The actress and model admits her disgust has turned to good humour over the months. "(We call him) the underpants man," she told US late night host Seth Meyers on Tuesday. "(He) worries the girls in my office and I, initially, but now we quite enjoy it.

"He started to send me a pair of his underpants every week ... used. They're totally disgusting; it is revolting. The first time it came we opened it and went, 'Oh my God, what is this?' and it was a disgusting pair of his underpants.

"Week after week they come and now I have to say it is the most exciting thing that happens in our office. "(It's like), 'What's he going to send this time?' and he runs with everything. We have boxers, we have tighty-whities, we have everything; we kept them." `Underpants Man' is not Hurley's only weird fan - another writes her letters detailing his urine mishaps.

"We call him the wee-wee man, which is really revolting," she continued.

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Thomas, who recently released his third solo album The Great Unknown, will be performing at some of the country's most beautiful venues.

The singer will join recent performers Chet Faker, Tame Impala and Florence + the Machine in performing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House forecourt.

He will also play three winery shows, one in Queensland, in Victoria and at the Hope Estate in NSW, before making it to Melbourne, Perth and Canberra.

Thomas will finish off the tour by headlining the Clipsal 500 post-race concert in Adelaide in March.

Aussie singer Pete Murray will support Thomas on tour except for at the wineries where Powderfinger's Darren Middleton will have the honour.

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What’s onINin Melbourne FEAST FROM THE MIDDLE EAST Much loved local Toorak restaurant, Zurouna, is hosting a dinner to raise funds for current and future projects for Handle with Care International. Get together with your family and friends for a Friday evening to enjoy an exotic banquet of high-end Middle-Eastern food! $60 pp ($20 of every ticket sold is a direct donation to HWCI) Smart Casual Dress Where: Zurouna, 304 Toorak Road Toorak Telephone: 0419887362 When: 6.30pm – 10pm, Friday 20th of November 2015

OPERA IN THE ROSES 2015 The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation invites you to attend Opera in the Roses. Including a three course luncheon, gift bag, operatic performances and entry to Cruden Farm. Proudly supporting the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at The Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Funds raise at this event support the Neonatal Nurse Practioner (NNP) at the RCH. The establishment of the NNP role within the NICU at the RCH further optimises the care of infants and their families through the integration of nursing and medical roles at an advanced level.

Where: Cruden Farm, 60 Cranbourne Road Langwarrin Telephone: (03) 9345 7064 When: Friday 20th of November 2015

NIKKI NICHOLLS Nikki has toured the world with Stevie Wonder, Kylie Minogue, Suzi Quattro, Lulu, Aussie Crawl + John Farnham to name a few. As well as sharing the stage with Lenny Kravitz, Cyndi Lauper, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates + more. Her new show "A Bridesmaids Journey" comes after the release of her newest album "Bridesmaid" for which the title track was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition.

She will perform songs from her album, as well as hits from those she's worked with, along side a stellar 6 piece band that boast bio's almost as big as Nikki's herself.

Where: The Flying Saucer Club - 4 St Georges Road, Elsternwick When: 20th of December 2015

CHEAP EATS | ALUMBRA GOOD FOOD MONTH For $20 you can feast on the NY cheeseburger deluxe with beef, lettuce, tomato, cheese, pickle, ketchup, mustard and mayo, plus hand cup chips with caesar aioli and your choice of Budweiser or James Squire’s cider. Burger n Beer $20 through November. Sunset dinner and drinks - Fridays and Sundays in November from 5pm. Limited seats available. Bookings preferred. For Bookings: (03) 8623 9666 or info@alumbra.com.au Where: Alumbra, Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Esplanade Docklands 3008 Telephone: (03) 8623 9666 When: 5pm-9pm, Friday 30th of October to Sunday 29th of November 2015

CIRQUE AFRICA - THE GREATEST SHOW FROM AFRICA Cirque Africa is a world-renowned acrobatic circus performance that is unparalleled in its energy and excitement and fun. Having toured the globe, is coming to Melbourne for the first time and is sure to impress those who appreciate theatre, music and African culture.

Experience the Sights and Sounds of Africa with this Energetic Threatrical Circus Production, Bursting With Colourful Costumes, Music, Acrobatics and Dance! Book online at www.premier.ticketek.com.au Where: Corner Center Dandenong Road and Boundary Road, Dingley When: Friday 16th of October to Sunday 22nd of November 2015

JOHNSTON STREET FIESTA 2015 Now in it’s 37th year, The Fiesta continues to celebrate Hispanic Latin American Culture with thanks to the support of the City of Yarra and the thousands who flock every year to Johnston Street to participate and celebrate in this fabulous two-day event. Join the celebrations from Midday on both Saturday and Sunday with a large array of stalls offering mouth-watering selections of dishes and treats. The Main stage has a jam packed line-up of free dance classes, DJ’s and live entertainment all weekend as well as dance showcases by local dance schools and community groups.

Where: Johnston Street Fitzroy When: Sat: 12-11pm | Sun: 12-10pm, Saturday 21st of November to Sunday 22nd of November 2015

GROW A MO FOR CHARITY | MOVEMBER Movember is an annual, month-long celebration of the moustache, highlighting men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and depression in men. Registering at www.movember.com, guys then start Movember 1st with a clean-shaven face and then for the rest of the month, these selfless and generous men known as Mo Bros, groom, trim and wax their way into the annals of fine moustachery. Supported by the women in their lives, Mo Sistas, Movember Mo Bros raise funds by seeking out sponsorship for their Mo growing efforts.

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Where: Wonderland Fun Park, 120 Pearl River Road Harbour Town Docklands When: Saturday 14th of November to Thursday 24th of December 2015

THE COLOUR RUN 2015 We create the Happiest 5k on the Planet! Run, walk, dance or skip, fling colour, and have a whole lot of fun! Tickets to The Color Run Melbourne are SELLING OUT FAST!!! The run is approximately a 5km looped course. You will pass through 4 Color Zones on course: Pink, Orange, Blue and Yellow. The color is 100% natural, food dyed, food grade cornstarch. We suggest wearing a bandanna, glasses or goggles if you are worried about getting the colour your mouth or eyes. For more info go to www.thecolorrun.com.au Where: Flemington Racecourse 448 Epsom Road Flemington When: 2pm Sunday 22nd of November 2015

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unday’s at Davey’s have never been bigger and it aint gonna stop there!

With an exciting new roster just announced, Soultrain welcomes back the legendary Chris Wilson and crew, Geoff Achison makes his long-awaited return to Soultrain and Jimi Hocking’s back from a national tour with The Screaming Jets. One not to miss is Fiona Boyes celebrating her win for ‘Best Blues Album’ at last weeks Age Music Victoria Music Awards. Fiona performs her final show as a local in an exclusive farewell gig for Sunday Soultrain on December 6.

Winning ‘Best Blues Album’ and hitting #5 on the U.S Blues Radio Charts doesn’t happen every day! Australian Blues guitarist and singer, Fiona Boyes, has been variously described by reviewers as a ‘musical anomaly’, ‘Bonnie Raitt’s evil twin’, or simply as ‘scaring the hell out of me’. How did this fair-haired gal, born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, of Scottish and English heritage, become an internationally recognised and awarded recording and touring artist? How did she come to be the first woman and non-American to win the International Blues Challenge in Memphis? Why did some of the great Mississippi Delta and Chicago blues giants, such as the late Pinetop Perkins and Hubert Sumlin, choose to describe her as one of the best women guitar players since Memphis Minnie, record on her albums, and share stages with her at international Blues festivals? How does it come about

that the Mayor of Clarksdale, Mississippi, birthplace of the Blues, should present Fiona with the ‘Key To The City’, recognising her as an Aussie ambassador of the Blues?

The answer lays partly in Fiona’s striking and original talent; she writes, sings and plays just about anything in the Blues realm with passion and authenticity. It is also her immersion in the wide musical and historical traditions that make up the Blues and her deep love of the art-form itself.

Fiona has been recording and performing internationally for more than 25 years, building a career that has taken her to major festivals and stages in Australia, New Zealand, North America and Europe. A veteran recording artist with 13 releases, 6 international award winning albums, 4 successive Blues Music Award nominations in 4 different categories, 15 Australian Blues awards, as well as a string of accolades in the folk, jazz, and Americana scene, Fiona has carved out a well deserved reputation as a guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and band leader.

Equally at home on acoustic or electric guitars, her repertoire is like a Blues travelogue. Listen to her play and you’ll hear pre-war Delta slide, wailing laments, single chord Mississippi Hills grooves, intricate and beautiful Piedmont finger picking, rollicking New Orleans barrelhouse, greasy Memphis soul, driving classic Chicago sounds, the country styling’s of Texas swing, and the uptown sounds of the West Coast.

With an exciting new music deal, Fiona and family are only weeks away from relocating interstate making this performance at Davey’s her last as a local and a very sentimental farewell.

The Sunday Soultrain is stopping all stations in December with some killer names kicking off with Fiona Boyes on December 6.

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Rosebud Hotel

Rosebud

Tim Morrison

9.00pm

Sandown Park Hotel

Noble Park

Sammy Owen

9.00pm

God’s Kitchen

Mornington

Citris Jam

9.00pm

BANK Coffee House & Wine Bar

Warragul

3 Fold

9.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

Sea Circus 28’s

9.00pm

The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

Jason Mohi

9.00pm

Beaches

Mornington Fudge

9.00pm

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21ST Hickinbotham

Dromana

The Cope Street Parade

1.00pm

The Royal Hotel

Mornington

Tim Morrison

8.00pm

The Cove

Patterson Lakes

Bennsong

8.00pm

The Mordy Supper Club

Mordialloc

Rebecca & Nathan

8.00pm

Pier Hotel

Frankston

Jon Toogood w special guest Veludo

8.00pm

Lucky 13 Garage

Moorabbin

Dirty Laundry + Soul Sister

8.00pm

The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

Conti Saturday’s

8.00pm

The Sound Bar

Rosebud West

House Wreckers

8.30pm

Canadian Bay Hotel

Mt Eliza

Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk

8.30pm

Double G Saloon

Mornington

Cold Turkey

8.30pm

Continental Hotel

Sorrento

Conti Saturday’s

9.00pm

Hallam Hotel

Hallam

Sound Stage 28’s

9.00pm

Bay Hotel

Mornington

DJ’s Damang & Benny Watt and Rob & Tarquin Live w DJ (downstairs)

9.00pm

Rosebud Hotel

Rosebud

Live Music

9.00pm

Sandringham Hotel

Sandringham

So You Think You Can Sing w Andrew Hosking

9.00pm

The Grand Hotel

Mornington

Cruze Saturdays w Resident DJ’s

9.00pm

The Seaford Hotel

Seaford

Fudge

9.00pm

Daveys Hotel

Frankston

DJ’s Hurley & Veli

9.00pm

God’s Kitchen

Mornington

The Antidote

9.00pm

Beaches

Mornington

Size Matters

9.00pm

BANK Coffee House & Wine Bar

Warragul

Graham Hawes

9.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

DJ Lukas Brock followed by Tackleberry

9.00pm

Bay Hotel

Mordialloc

23 Past

2.00pm

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 22ND Hickinbotham

Dromana

Shelly Segal

1.00pm

The Cove

Patterson Lakes

Dylan Boyd

2.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

Sunday Sessions w Live Acoustic Followed by DJ’s

2.00pm

Daveys

Frankston

Sunday Soultrain w Rosie & The Mighty Kings

3.00pm

Baha

Rye

Sarah McLeod

3.00pm

Lucky 13 Garage

Moorabbin

Noisy Johnies

3.00pm

The Corner Store

Mentone

Tim Morrison

3.30pm

Bay Hotel

Mordialloc

Sunday Sessions in the Garden

4.00pm

Captain Picknics

Rye

Simon Wright

4.00pm

Side Street Lounge

Mordialloc

Rick Varlet

5.00pm

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This show contains offensive language, nudity and a lot of butt cracking laughter.

Pack ya jocks tight and get ready for a wild night with Franky, Kev the Kiwi, Vanessa, The Dwarf Bikie, The Monga plus a surprise mystery guest just in time for Christmas. Fat Pizza Vs Housos Crack out your designer Uggies Xmas Show lands Thursday and let the crusty characters you December 3 at Chelsea Heights know so well entertain you.

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God’s Kitchen

Mornington

Ben Smith

5.00pm

The Mordy Supper Club

Mordialloc

Chris Cockburn

5.00pm

Beaches

Mornington

Feelix Player

5.00pm

The Sound Bar

Rosebud West

Ghost Towns of the Midwest

5.00pm

The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

8 Ball Aitken

5.30pm

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26TH Bay Hotel

Mordialloc

Funky Bunch Trivia

7.00pm

Grand Hotel

Mornington

Grand Trivia

7.30pm

Rosebud Hotel

Rosebud

Rosebud Trivia

7.30pm

Side Street

Mordialloc

Open Mic Night w Simon Imrei

7.30pm

Humdinger

Frankston

Humdinger Trivia

8.00pm

Bay Hotel

Mornington

Plugged In Thursdays

8.30pm

Backyard Bar

Mornington

Backyard Karaoke

9.00pm

Langwarrin Hotel

Langwarrin

Peta Evans-Taylor Band

9.00pm

Twe12e Bar

Frankston

Sarah Gardner

6.00pm

Hickinbotham

Dromana

Lloyd Spiegel

6.00pm

Sandown Park Hotel

Noble Park

Phil Para Band

8.00pm

Chelsea Heights Hotel

Chelsea Heights

Hoodoo Gurus

8.00pm

The Berwick Hotel

Berwick

Casey & Adam

8.00pm

Pier Hotel

Frankston

Mathas w special guest Kryptic

8.00pm

The Seaford Hotel

Seaford

Blues Mountain

8.30pm

The Sound Bar

Rosebud West

Zutroy, Howlaround & Bad Uncle

8.30pm

Double G Saloon

Mornington

House Wreckers

8.30pm

Beretta’s Hotel

Langwarrin

Peta Evans-Taylor Band

9.00pm

Rosebud Hotel

Rosebud

Jacob Butler

9.00pm

God’s Kitchen

Mornington

Hayden Hack Infusion

9.00pm

Beaches

Mornington

Right Brothers

9.00pm

BANK Coffee House & Wine Bar

Warragul

Luk Matthews

9.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

Sea Circus 28’s

9.00pm

The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

Troy Kemp

9.00pm

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27TH

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28TH Hickinbotham

Dromana

Wilson & White

1.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

The Preatures

3.00pm

The Cove

Patterson lakes

Tim Morrison

8.00pm

The Royal Hotel

Mornington

Liz Bradley

8.00pm

Pier Hotel

Frankston

Jaskson Firebird

8.00pm

Lucky 13 Garage

Moorabbin

Don’t Argue

8.00pm

The Sound Bar

Rosebud West

Shaun Kirk

8.30pm

Double G Saloon

Mornington

Rob Papp’s Blues Head

8.30pm

Continental Hotel

Sorrento

Conti Saturday’s

9.00pm

Hallam Hotel

Hallam

Sound Stage 28’s

9.00pm

Bay Hotel

Mornington

DJ’s Damang & Benny Watt and Rob & Tarquin Live w DJ (downstairs)

9.00pm

Rosebud Hotel

Rosebud

Live Music

9.00pm

Daveys Hotel

Frankston

Asterix

9.00pm

The Seaford Hotel

Seaford

Fudge

9.00pm

God’s Kitchen

Mornington

The Antidote

9.00pm

Beaches

Mornington

Totally 80’s

9.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

DJ Lukas Brock followed by Guilty Pleasure

9.00pm

The Westernport Hotel

San Remo

The Preachers

9.00pm

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29TH The Cove

Patterson Lakes

Piano Man Duo

2.00pm

The Deck

Frankston

Sunday Sessions w Live Acoustic followed by DJ’s

2.00pm

Daveys Hotel

Frankston

Sunday Soultrain w The Detonators

3.00pm

The Corner Store

Mentone

Nyssa Large Duo

3.30pm

Captain Picknics

Rye

Tom Millington

4.00pm

Side Street Lounge

Mordialloc

Aimee Frances

5.00pm

The Mordy Supper Club

Mordialloc

Rebecca & Nathan

5.00pm

Beaches

Mornington

Sarah Gardner

5.00pm

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touring from Hollywood to San Francisco, India, the entire East Coast of Australia, Mt Isa, Alice Springs, and also performing at Brisbane’s Convention and Entertainment Centre. Peta has shared the stage with illustrious television and rock celebrities: “The Madden Brothers”, and supported internationally known Irish and Canadian acts such angwarrin Hotel welcomes LIVE MUSIC back on as Damien Leith and Wendy the menu with an exciting roster of feature artists Mathews; and Aussie legends Diesel, Sarah McLeod and local favourites every Friday night. Ensuring a (Superjesus), Marcia Hines, great mix of local talent and some very cool feature Brian Cadd & Russell Morris. performers, live music fans can catch hometown favourites like Geronimo and Fudge rotating Catch Peta Evans-Taylor and weekly plus some of Melbourne’s “hot right now” her power combo on Friday feature acts each week. On Friday November 27 November 27 at Beretta’s Langwarrin Hotel presents Peter Evans-Taylor fresh Langwarrin Hotel from from this year’s season of The Voice and ready to 9pm. For a full Friday rock the socks of the Langy!

Night Live roster find Peta Evans-Taylor is a down to earth Aussie chick Langwarrin Hotel on Facebook! with a big voice and even bigger dreams. This chameleon of image and tone climbed to the top 3 on Team Madden - The Voice Australia 2015 and sent the online world into frenzy. “No one else on this show can do what you just did” - Benji Madden.

Joining national and international touring musicians Peta and her newly formed super band have hit the music scene with a BANG! Each with their own quirky personality and style, their shows and tunes are both visually and aurally encapsulating.

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Call for more information, $600 ono, Phone 0488471163, VIN - WDB1680332J812406, SEAFORD

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P/S, Power mirrors. A/C. Cruise control. Electric seats. C/locking. Tip computer. Low kms ONLY 180,000kms. 12mths reg - expiry 07/09/2016, RWCert. Showroom condition. Will not disappoint. Always garaged. First to see will buy. Great first car!, $5,000, Phone 0407394948, REGO TBF-976, FRANKSTON STH

manual, 305kw to rear wheels, rip shifter, big cam, 6lt manifold 90ml throttle body, over radiator air filter, 3.9 diff gears, twin 2 1/2 Pacemaker exhaust & extractors, immac cond in and out, 120,000kms, lowered, GTS later model wheels, sunroof, call for 12mths reg, no RWCert, UHM192 call for more info, offers over, $13,000, Phone 0422639811, FRANKSTON AREA

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TOYOTA YARIS 3D HATCHBACK 2005

2.5 overhead cam, Auto, A/C, P/S, CD player, Electric windows/mirrors, C/ locking. Cruise control. T/ windows, Airbags.

98,000kms, 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, $8,950, Phone 0425700454, REGO ZMD-935, MORNINGTON

HONDA ACCORD 4D SEDAN

Bargain of the week!

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!, $9,500 ono, Phone 03 8774 1118, REGO QZX-541, HAMPTON PARK

4WDS NISSAN X-TRAIL 4WD 2003

Black, Man, EC. High end stereo, alloy wheels, A/C, P/S, c/locking.

Good reliable car. Well maintained & looked after.

Will not disappoint. Great first car. Can sell with reg/ RWCert or without. Also can sell with Mercedes Benz A Class 4D hatch at additional price. Call for more information, $2,000 ono, Phone 0488471163, REGO YIG-479, SEAFORD

2004, 4 Airbags, reversing camera, Brand new Sat Nav & GPS. Full service history, sold with RWC , drives amazing. Must sell, Going overseas, $6,995, Phone 0450623799, REGO SSN655, SKYE

MAZDA 6 2003

auto, a/c, p/s, new paint, champagne duco, black cloth interior, very clean, all standard, well-maintained, 1CW1IM, reg & RWCert, $7,500, Phone 0404105246, KEYSBOROUGH

2 keys. Service books supplied. Auto select, A/C, P/S, elec/windows, Smart lock, towbar, VG tyres, 240,000kms, reg 24/1/16 RZO-663, Graphite Grey.

Very reliable.

Hardly used. Do not miss out.

Great car, $5,250 ono, Phone 0439445187, SOMERVILLE

SUBARU OUTBACK 4D WAGON 1998

TRAILERS BOBCAT TRAILER 6M

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

TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 80 SERIES DUAL CAB DIESEL UTE 1992

Two Tone Grey, 5spd man, 6 seater, bullbar, towbar, winch, driving lights, UHF, Long range fuel tank, 8ft tray with canvas canopy.

Registered. Mag wheels.

Scrub rails. Spent over $45000. Needs tidy up.

Selling only, $14,500 ono, Phone 0438388580, REGO TEO-544, DINGLEY VILLAGE

SPORTS & PERFORMANCE CARS PORSCHE 944 2D COUPE 1985

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

Bobcat trailer 6m in length plus ramp, Good 2nd hand condition. Sold as is. More photos online at www. tradertag.com.au, $8,000, Phone 0419167011, SOMERVILLE

JST TRAILERS SUPER SALE

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TANDEM TRAILER 10X5

2000kg ATM, galvanised checker plate, free jockey wheel, tie down rails, frame is 50x50x2.5mm RHS with cross member spacing of 300mm, front & rear tailgates, 1000mm cage with gates front and rear, plus more, priced from, $2,495, U Beaut Trailers, Phone 0417 057 129, SEAFORD

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perfect for motorbikes, in good second hand condition, $500, Phone 0419167011, SOMERVILLE

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Caravan Accessories as per photo. A 90 Watt folding solar panel. A complete Hayman Reece towing hitch. A van moving jack. A tow ball weight tester.

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Supreme Caravan. Very good condition. 3 way fridge, Full gas oven with 4 burner stove. All windows, hatches & everying in working order, totally been resealed and repainted in 2 pak, Very clean. Well maintained. table converts to double bed, Oversized double bed at rear. Ideal as teenagers retreat, spare room or to travel. Tows very well. Will not disappoint, $4,500, Phone 0427862639, SEAFORD

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ATM 1750kg. As new. TV, Gas/Elec fridge/freezer, 4-burner gas cooker (hardly used). Microwave. Awning.

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EVERNEW E SERIES

Evernew caravan 16 feet 3 way fridge new roll out awning 4 burner gas stove grill& range-hood digital tv/ dvd Panasonic microwave sleeps 2, tandem axle electric brakes new 12v led lighting and much more all inclusive just hook up and drive away, double island bed, $15,650 Neg, Phone 0147684455, AH 0417684455, COWES

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FJ Holden, from which it takes After debuting in Sydney 2005, its name – an effigy of the FJ EFIJY toured its way around – whilst putting GM Australia’s Australia, before heading design talent on the world stage, overseas. In 2006 the US leading to a range of future and magazine HOT ROD named ongoing concept car projects, EFIJY ‘Hot Rod of the Year’* including the Holden Coupe 60, and at the North American GMC Denali XT, Chevrolet Adra, Chevrolet Niva, Buick Avenir and International Auto Show in Detroit in 2007 it collected the award Chevrolet Bolt for North American Concept Reminiscing about EFIJY’s Car of the Year. From Detroit, 2005 reveal, Mr. Ferlazzo said it visited Toronto and California presenting the EFIJY to the before flying back to Australia eagerly awaiting media was an via Dubai. Interestingly, it isn’t unforgettable experience and the just automotive shows EFIJY has pinnacle for any designer. starred in.

“Revealing EFIJY in Sydney was In 2015 the National Gallery a dream come true for me and of Victoria selected EFIJY to the fact that it is still in demand be their showpiece for the art and generating interest ten years exhibition, Shifting Gear, giving on is testament to its timeless the car pride of place at the appeal,” said Mr. Ferlazzo. front of the NGV’s progressive “EFIJY is a very sincere Ian Potter Centre at Federation expression of design and Square. Speaking about the perfectly demonstrates the world exhibition, Mr. Ferlazzo said to class capabilities of our talented have some of Australia’s most design team, who were able to iconic cars on display at an art blend our exciting future with our gallery demonstrated the broad enviable heritage. appeal and love car design had in Australia.

“EFIJY wasn’t the first Holden concept car to grace the global “The NGV’s Shifting Gear stage; we’ve been wowing exhibition blended car design and people for decades, starting art beautifully and paid tribute to back in 1969 with the futuristic the wealth of talent we have in Holden Hurricane and Torana automotive design in Australia,” GTR-X, and it’s something we will said Mr. Ferlazzo. continue to do.

The Holden EFIJY concept car “As recently as January at the is currently on show at Holden’s North American International Auto Port Melbourne headquarters.

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Leaders call for Russian Olympics ban

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eaders of the world anti-doping movement are calling for Russian track athletes to be banned from next year's Olympics, saying the nine-month window between now and the games isn't enough to ensure the program and its athletes are clean.

The iNADO leaders are responding to last week's report by an independent commission that detailed corruption and rule-breaking inside the Russian track team and the country's anti-doping system.

The Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO) will send its declaration to the World Anti-Doping Agency, which holds its annual meetings later this week in Colorado Springs.

While the Russian and International Olympic Committees negotiate the country's return, the iNADO leaders said the Russian track team hasn't demonstrated it can send a clean team to the Olympics.

The sport's governing body has provisionally suspended the track team.

Seraphin honours French victims in NBA N

ew York forward Kevin Seraphin paid tribute to his "It makes me realise even more what could have happened French homeland with an inspired performance on if we weren't able to do what we did that day."

Sunday, helping the Knicks to a 95-87 NBA win over The Lakers downed the Detroit Pistons 97-85.

New Orleans just two days after the Paris terrorist attacks.

Derrick Favors returned to his Atlanta hometown and led Seraphin, 26, scored 12 points while sporting a "Paris" the Utah Jazz to a 97-96 victory over the Hawks, scoring 23 haircut with the image of the Eiffel Tower and a peace sign points and managing eight rebounds. shaved on his scalp.

Minnesota forward Kevin Garnett played 24 minutes in the Seraphin, who was born in Cayenne, the capital of French Timberwolves' 114-106 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies to Guiana in South America, made the most of his 13 minutes become the fifth NBA player to log at least 50,000 minutes on the floor in front of 19,800 at Madison Square Garden. on court.

"I just wanted to do something creative, something The 39-year-old, drafted different," said Seraphin of his hairstyle, "not just put from high school by something on my shoes. I had no time to get a tattoo or the Timberwolves anything, so I just wanted to do something creative." in 1995, left to win Seraphin was acquired by New York over summer as a free a title with the agent after five years with the Washington Wizards.

Boston Celtics and returned to His parents live in Paris and he owns a home in the Minnesota in southern part of city.

February.

The Knicks were led by forward Carmelo Anthony's He joined 29 points and 13 rebounds, but Seraphin and fellow Kareem reserve, point guard Langston Galloway, had the clutch Abdul-Jabbar, performances.

Karl Malone, Galloway scored 15 points, eight in the decisive fourth Jason Kidd quarter, that allowed the Knicks to win just their second and Elvin Hayes home game of the season. as the NBA's only 50,000-minute men.

"He (Seraphin) gets the game ball," said Anthony. "He deserved it. He was ready. He was a big part of our run that we made in the second half.

"To see him and what he is dealing with emotionally and mentally - be prepared today when his number was called - was big."

The Pelicans have lost three in a row and nine of 10 to begin the season. They are winless in six road games.

The Los Angeles Lakers were among NBA teams to hold a moment's silence remembering Paris victims.

The team also honoured the Americans who helped thwart the August terror attack bid on a train in France.

US Air Force Airman Spencer Stone said Friday's events in Paris brought home the importance of his actions on the train.

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“What we have achieved is transforming the game from an ethnic sport to a mainstream sport”

Football giant Lowy leaves the stage

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odern Australian sport has never known a godfather like Frank Lowy.

But on Tuesday, football's spiritual leader and great reformer passes on one of the family businesses - running the sport - to his son Steven.

At 2pm (AEDT), Lowy will retire after 12 years as Football Federation Australia chairman.

The A-League particularly is Lowy's creation.

After emigrating to Australia from war-torn Europe, Lowy pursued his interest in football alongside a burgeoning business career that would see him become one of the world's richest men.

Lowy was a founding father of the National Soccer League in the 1970s as well as It is far from his only service to the sport and providing leadership for his club Sydney Hakoah. lifelong love, but his most significant.

The 85-year-old is not a man for reflection but if pushed says he is proudest of helping to change the way Australians think about the world game.

"Every time there was a crisis they called for Lowy," he says of football powerbrokers' efforts to get the retailing giant back into a leadership role.

"What we have achieved is transforming the He resisted their calls until 2003, when game from an ethnic sport to a mainstream Prime Minister John Howard was drafted in to get Lowy over the line as Australian sport," he told AAP. Soccer Association chairman with a reform He might have added three successive mandate. qualifications to World Cups in Germany, With a hand-picked board including Ron South Africa and Brazil.

Walker and John Singleton, he dissolved A move from Oceania to Asia, where the same league he created 30 years both the Matildas and Socceroos have previously. conquered the continent.

It's that league he now hands on to his Ditching the National Soccer League for the youngest son, who will be elected as A-League, and adding the unique-to-football chairman of the FFA board minutes after FFA Cup. Lowy stands down.

The Western Sydney Wanderers - a product The succession plan has been sharply of league headquarters - winning the Asian criticised from several corners; A-League Champions League. clubs, state federations and grassroots Despite the personal blow of spearheading interests. a botched World Cup bid, they are But Lowy dismisses detractors as achievements that have emboldened "uninformed".

Lowy to declare football has moved up the "The fact is he is the best-suited person in pecking order of Australian sports.

Australia," he said.

"I think we were number four and (now) "He lived the game, he has risen to a high we're definitely number three, knocking level of executive capacity and he will put on number two ... we are at the ceiling of that to good use." number two," he said.

By his reckoning, the AFL still holds the top ranking.

Lowy acknowledges he leaves Steven with much to do.

Not least of all is the A-League, which stutters through growing pains as it enters an 11th season.

Crowds and television audiences are static, which Lowy concedes could be due to a lack of star names in the competition.

Lowy confirmed that expansion to 14 teams is still on head office's agenda but - contrary to reports that a third Sydney team is imminent - adding new clubs is still years away after a the board undertakes a major new study.

"There will be a national grid with plans prepared (to discover) where are the places in Australia for four more teams which can be sustainable and popular," he said.

"I can't pre-empt it because I don't know enough about population trends but that will be the determining factor as to where teams will be located."

Lowy is proud of where he leaves both men's and women's national teams.

During a bumper 2015, the Matildas became the first Australian side to win a knock-out match at a World Cup, and the Socceroos followed in their footsteps by becoming Asian champions.

Lowy reserves special praise for Socceroos coach Ange Postecoglou, who has become a universally respected part of Australia's football leadership.

"He arrived to this position at the right time, at the right place, as the right person," he said.

"He will regenerate the Socceroos to a strong force in the world.

"I told him that I want him to be grey before he leaves that job."

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MITCHELL JOHNSON'S MAGNIFICENT NUMBERS

• 311 wickets from 73 Tests at an He finishes a two-time ICC Cricketer of average of 28.52 the Year, having collected the gong in • 239 wickets from 153 ODIs at an 2009 and 2014. average of 25.26 Johnson fell out of love with the game • in 2011, when he genuinely weighed up 38 wickets from 30 T20Is at an average of 20.97 retirement after a serious toe injury.

• 12-127, his career-best Test match He battled back to full fitness figures recorded in Australia's win and frightening pace, but again over South Africa in Centurion in contemplated calling it quits following 2014 his side's failed Ashes campaign this year.

"I am sure there are many batsmen around the world breathing a sigh of relief right now, knowing that they no longer have to face him," Cricket Australia chairman David Peever said.

• 2 Sir Garfield Sobers trophies, awarded to the ICC Cricketer of the Year in 2009 and 2014 • Two-time World Cup winner, he failed to play a game in Australia's undefeated 2007 campaign but was part of the squad • 37 wickets, Johnson's stunning haul in the 2013-14 Ashes. It was five short of breaking the record for most scalps in an Ashes series, but Rodney Hogg achieved that in six Tests.

• 156.8 km/hr, the fastest speed his bowling was clocked at. It came in the 2013 Boxing Day Test against England.

• 8-61, his career-best Test innings figures recorded in Australia's loss to • Twice, the number of times he broke Graeme Smith's hand in 2009. Also South Africa in Perth in 2008 broke Kumar Sangakkara's hand in • 6-31, his career-best ODI figures 2012, while the menacing paceman recorded in Australia's win over Sri broke Ryan McLaren's arm in 2014.

Lanka in Kandy in 2011

Liberatore back for AFL slog T

om Liberatore has emerged from a year in the AFL wilderness along with the young Western Bulldogs pups on the first day of their pre-season training.

Liberatore missed the entire 2015 season - a breakout year for the Bulldogs - after suffering a knee injury that required reconstruction in the first weekend of the pre-season cup.

While the 23-year-old isn't required at Whitten Oval until the club's senior players join in training next week, he popped up for running drills away from the main group on Monday.

Jack Macrae, part of the club's first to fourth-year players who began the slog to season 2016, said his progress had been an inspiration to younger players.

"He's really dug into his rehab which has been really impressive," he said.

"We all know what kind of player he is and what he brings on and off the field, next year hopefully he comes back strong."

Such was the Bulldogs' surge in fortunes this year, Macrae said at times he forgot the 2014 club champion wasn't playing.

The Dogs jumped from 14th in 2014 to sixth, largely off the back of the younger players that resumed their training on Monday.

Macrae said Tory Dickson was the pick of the bunch, "smashing" a stop-til-you-drop running test set on their first day back.

Nathan Hrovat and Lachie Hunter were also nominated as strong performers.

Aside from Liberatore's appearance on Whitten Oval, the biggest sight for sore eyes was coach Luke Beveridge.

Beveridge was wearing a handlebar mustache as part of fundraising efforts for "Movember".

Macrae admitted to pangs of jealousy that his 21-year-old face wouldn't allow him to join the fray.

"A few boys got a laugh out of it, it works for him - if only I could grow one," he said.

"All the young boys are back but I don't think any of us can grow one at this stage, in a few years maybe we'll jump on board."

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Holm KO's Rousey's UFC world title A "I think a

rematch is on the cards after Holly Holm's knockout of champion Ronda Rousey who has been taken to hospital after their UFC world bantamweight title fight in front of a record crowd in Melbourne.

Holm, a multiple boxing world champion, delivered on her promise to shock the world on Sunday, stopping Rousey with a head kick 59 seconds into the second round to send the star crashing to the canvas.

It appeared Rousey was close to unconscious as she hit the deck and Holm followed up with several strikes before the referee stopped the fight in front of 56,214 fans at Etihad Stadium.

rematch makes sense for sure"

The rematch might well be set for UFC 200 next year and Rousey would want to grant Holm a little more respect.

"I think a rematch makes sense for sure," Holm said.

"I've been on the losing side of a fight and wanted to avenge my loss - absolutely, she deserves a rematch. I think a rematch is an unspoken common sense to me."

The rematch idea was something UFC president Dana White would also like to see.

"We don't make fights the night of the fight but the rematch makes sense," White said.

"It changes a lot of things, the 'Cyborg' fight, some other stuff we were working on."

Rousey, who was taken to hospital due to a concussion and a split lip, didn't attend the post-fight media conference, with White doing her talking for her.

"She was transported because she got knocked out and her lip was split open," White said.

"She's completely bummed out and depressed, but that's it."

Holm, who had achieved eight of her previous MMA victories by knockout, but had gone the distance in her two UFC fights, said head kicks to Rousey were the plan.

"I visualised if the head kick was there, to go for it. If it was there, I wanted to take it and it was there," she said.

"I didn't want to kick her in the body and have her trap my leg."

The win propelled Holm's MMA record to 10-0 and dropped Rousey's to 12-1 as UFC commentator Joe Rogan called it the biggest upset in the sport.

Holm is one of two undefeated women's title holders in the UFC, after Joanna Jedrzejczyk took her record to 11-0 with a unanimous decision victory over Canada's Valerie Letourneau.

I will be back: Rousey

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onda Rousey has thanked her army of fans for their love and support after the brutal bashing she copped from UFC opponent Holly Holm, but then declared: "I'll be back."

Rousey's trainer Mick Dolce, who was part of her camp in the Etihad Stadium encounter, backed his charge to return to her former status as world champion.

being the best in the world," he said.

"She will be back, absolutely, she is an amazing athlete," he said on Monday.

Rousey was hospitalised after the fight in accordance with UFC rules.

"Last night was unfortunate but it doesn't change the overall goal which is being the best athlete on the planet."

"Ronda has lost before, she lost at the Dolce, who put NRL club Manly-Warringah Olympic games and I think that was a great through a strength and training session at test for her and look at how she came back, their Narrabeen base on Monday, confirmed she came back a multi-time world champion. the 28-year-old was fine.

The ex-UFC bantamweight world champion "So I will be expecting the same type of "It was just precautionary and that is what was hospitalised after suffering an emphatic rebound after this." we love about the UFC, the UFC does a second-round defeat to Holm in Melbourne Rousey claimed a bronze medal in judo at great job taking care of the athletes," on Sunday. the 2008 Olympics before fighting her way Dolce said. to the top of the top, and Dolce said she But obviously in better spirits on Monday, "So it was a just a precautionary test which would draw on that experience ahead of a she posted on Instagram. ruled out any concussion any damage. probable re-match against Holm.

"I just wanted to thank everyone for the "We knew going in that Holly would be a love and support. I appreciate the concerns "We go back to the gym, we go back to the basics, we go back to what made her a tough test and she certainly was. about my health, but I'm fine. As I had champion in the first place which is just hard "Holly is a great champion and you can't mentioned before, I'm going to take a little work, sacrifice, dedication and focus on take that away from her." bit of time, but I'll be back."

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itchell Johnson has made a lowkey exit from international cricket, confirming in a statement that the WACA Test will be his last.

moment of playing for my country. It's been an incredible ride.

Johnson was renowned for his express pace, ferocious bounce, ability to inflict pain and capacity to intimidate.

In his first six Tests at the WACA, Johnson channelled mentor Dennis Lillee to grab 42 wickets at an average of 20.19.

can continue competing consistently at the level required to wear the Baggy Green," he "But the ride has to come to an end at some said. point and to do so here at the WACA is very "My career has certainly had its up and Johnson will finish as one of Australia's most special." downs but I can honestly say I have given revered pacemen, his 37 wickets in the it my all and am proud of everything I have The Queenslander moved west to live with 2013-14 Ashes burned into the memory of achieved. wife Jessica Bratich, but the venue has most cricket fans. always held special memories.

"To win an Ashes series and a cricket World

So something was clearly amiss in Perth, where the left-armer lolloped to the crease and looked somewhat indifferent as New Zealand walloped him all over the park.

Cricket Australia released a statement on the morning of day five, confirming Johnson's 73rd Test would be his last.

"I feel now is the best time to say goodbye," Johnson said.

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The 34-year-old finished with figures of 1-157 from 28 overs on Monday, failing to contain Ross Taylor and NZ's freewheeling tailenders.

It was the most runs ever conceded by an Australian in a Test innings at the WACA. Johnson's bowling figures haven't always been a true reflection of his influence on a contest, but on this occasion it was.

"I've given the decision a lot of thought.

Beyond this match, I'm just not sure that I

Cup is something I will treasure forever.

"My family have been by my side throughout and I could not have achieved all I have without their support."

Johnson also thanked his teammates, friends and supporters around the world.

"The encouragement I have received has been extremely humbling and playing in front of them is certainly something I will miss," he said.

Johnson had a tally of 311 Test wickets going into the final day of the WACA Test.

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