Yaseer Arafat

Yaseer Arafat (Born 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004)was a Palestinian leader. He was Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), President of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), and leader of the Fatah political party and former paramilitary group, which he founded in 1959. Originally opposed to Israel's existence, he modified his position in 1988 when he accepted UN Security Council Resolution 242. Arafat and his movement operated from several Arab countries. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fatah faced off with Jordan in a brief civil war. Forced out of Jordan and intoLebanon, Arafat and Fatah were major targets of Israel's 1978 and 1982 invasions of that country.

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born October 26, 1947) is an American politician and former United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013; a former United States Senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009; and, as the wife of President Bill Clinton, was First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. She was a leading candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination to the 2008 presidential election and has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheidthrough tackling institutionalised racism, poverty and inequality, and fostering racial reconciliation.

Nelson Mandela

Mark Waugh

Mark Edward Waugh AM (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer, who represented Australia in Test matches from early 1991 to late 2002, and made his One-Day International debut in 1988. Waugh is regarded as one of the most elegant and gifted stroke makers to ever play the game. Waugh is often nicknamed "Junior" as he is younger than his twin brother Steve by a few minutes.

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting, AO, nicknamed Punter, is an Australian former cricketer who was captain of the Australia national cricket team during its 'golden era'; between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. 

Stephanie Rice

Stephanie Louise Rice, OAM is an Australian competitive swimmer. She won three gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia on 26 January 2009. On 9 April 2014, she confirmed her retirement.

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist, AM, nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is a former Australian cricketer and one of the most explosive batsmen in world cricket. He was the captain of Australia, and Middlesex.

Ian Thorpe

Ian James Thorpe, OAM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian swimmer who specialises in freestyle, but also competes in backstroke and theindividual medley. He has won five Olympic gold medals, the most won by any Australian, and with three gold and two silver medals, was the most successful athlete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. At the 2001 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first person to win six gold medals in one World Championship

Steve Waugh

Stephen Rodger Waugh, AO (born 2 June 1965) is a former Australian cricketer and twin brother of cricketer Mark Waugh. A right-handed batsman, he was also a medium-pace bowler. He was named Australian of the Year in 2004 for his philanthropic work, and inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in front of his home fans at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2010.

Waugh has been included in a list of one hundred Australian Living Treasures by the National Trust of Australia, awarded the Order of Australia and the Australian Sports Medal.

Cathy Freeman

Catherine Astrid Salome "Cathy" Freeman, OAM (born 16 February 1973) is a former Australian sprinter, who specialised in the 400 metresevent. Her personal best of 48.63 currently ranks her as the sixth fastest woman of all time, set while finishing second to Marie-Jose Perec's number three time at the 1996 Olympics. She became the Olympic champion for the women's 400 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics, at which she lit the Olympic Flame

Climate change and decline in amphibian population in eastern Australia

Since the 1980s, declines in amphibian populations, including population crashes and mass localized extinctions, have been noted from locations all over the world. These declines are perceived as one of the most critical threats to global biodiversity, and several causes are believed to be involved, including disease, habitat destruction and modification, exploitation, pollution, pesticide use, introduced species, and ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B). However, many of the causes of amphibian declines are still poorly understood, and the topic is currently a subject of much ongoing research. 

Child sexual abuse in Australia

The Royal Commission will hold a public hearing in Ballarat from Tuesday 19 May 2015 at 10:00am AEST. The first public hearing commences on Tuesday 19 May 2015 and the second will commence on a date to be announced. 
Children are also abused in immigration detention centre.
Children abuse in immigration detention centres

Boat Problem in Australia

The treatment of asylum seekers who arrive by boat has been one of the most divisive political issues in Australia’s recent political history.It is worth knowing a few facts.First, asylum seekers arrive in Australia by two paths. They may come by plane or by boat. 

Those who come by boat suffer several disadvantages. First, they come from countries that make it difficult or impossible for them to get travel documents. Second, they come from countries where it is practically impossible for them to get a visa to enter Australia. They come to Australia by boat because they can’t come by plane. The durable myth that they come by boat because they are rich is not only false – it is logically absurd. Why would a rich person pay to risk their life at sea? Typically, these people travel to Malaysia or Indonesia on forged papers. They do not pass through countries that have signed the UNHCR Refugee Convention, so their position is very precarious when their people smuggler takes back the dodgy travel documents. From that time, if they are found, they are liable to be jailed, or sent back to the country that has been persecuting them. Asylum seekers who get to Indonesia live in perpetual fear of detection.

Ice Epidemic in Australia

THE ice epidemic could bring Australia to its knees and police will be powerless to prevent it unless the whole community joins the fight, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has warned. The comments follow a doubling of ice use in recent years and a series of court findings in the past two weeks in which the drug has featured in bizarre or grisly deaths.

Are we in the midst of an ice epidemic?

Australia Day celebration

Australia Day is more than just a public holiday. Whether you’re in the city, on the coast or in a regional area, there are lots of events that celebrate everything that’s great about being Australian. Sydney Harbour took centre stage in Australia Day, making the most of the amazing and iconic Australian landscape. Proudly supported by P&O, the Harbour Program consisted of the iconic Tug and Yacht Ballet, the Tall Ships Race, the Harbour Parade, and the Great Sydney Swim, Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

New Year Celebration in Sydney

The official event  for the Sydney New Year's Eve 9pm and Midnight Fireworks.The City of Sydney’s fireworks will light up the harbour and Sydney Opera House, illuminating the night sky with a kaleidoscope of colour.  Sydney Harbour is the place to be on New Year's Eve. 

Gough Whitlam- The most remarkable prime minister in my vision

Gough Whitlam

Australia's 21st prime minister and a titan of the Australian Labor Party, Edward Gough Whitlam, has died, aged 98. Gough Whitlam is perhaps best known for the manner in which he prematurely exited from power rather than how he chose to wield it.
The most visionary primeminister

Sydney Vivid

Vivid Sydney
Vivid Sydney is a unique annual event of light, music and ideas, featuring an outdoor 'gallery' of extraordinary lighting sculptures, a cutting-edge contemporary music program, some of the world's most important creative industry forums and, of course, the spectacular illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails.

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel through arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney Central Business District (CBD) and the North Shore.The bridge is nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its arch-based design. Furthermore, the bridge is ubiquitously known to Sydneysiders simply as "the Bridge".

Under the direction of Dr. J.J.C Bradfield of the NSW Department of Public works, the bridge was designed and built by British firm Dorman Long and Co Ltd of Middlesbrough and opened in 1932.

The architect of Sydney Opera House

Sydney Opera House-The Architect

"It stands by itself as one of the indisputable masterpieces of human creativity, not only in the 20th century but in the history of humankind." Expert evaluation report to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, 2007

“To me it is a great joy to know how much the building is loved, by Australians in general and by Sydneysiders in particular”- Jørn Utzon 

The architect of Sydney Opera House, Jørn Utzon was a relatively unknown 38 year old Dane until January 29, 1957 when his entry, scheme number 218, was announced winner of the ‘International competition for a national opera house at Bennelong Point, Sydney’. With his vision the City of Sydney was to become an international city.

Great Barrier Reef

1. The Great Barrier Reef
2. The Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia, is the largest living thing on Earth, and even visible from outer space. The 2,300km-long ecosystem comprises thousands of reefs and hundreds of islands made of over 600 types of hard and soft coral. It's home to countless species of colourful fish, molluscs and starfish, plus turtles, dolphins and sharks. The current fact is:
3. How healthy is the Great Barrier Reef?

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Uluru- The Ayer's Rock

1. Uluru-The Ayer's Rock
2. Uluru, or Ayers Rock, is a massive sandstone monolith in the heart of the Northern Territory’s Red Centre desert, 450km from the nearest large town, Alice Springs. It’s sacred to indigenous Australians and believed to be about 700 million years old. It’s within Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, which also encompasses the 36 red-rock domes of the Kata Tjuta (colloquially “The Olgas”) formation.
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The Twelve Apostles- A popular tourist attraction in Victroia

The Twelve Apostles

The Twelve Apostles is a collection of limestone stacks off the shore of the Port Campbell National Park, by the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. Their proximity to one another has made the site a popular tourist attraction.

Kangaroo Island- Seal Bay

Seal Bay 
At Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, you can join one of the regular guided tours to see the endangered Australian Sea-lions in their natural environment of coastal vegetation, dunes and beach.

Wander along the 800-metre boardwalk which meanders through the limestone cliffs and dunes to viewing platforms where you can observe the sea-lions surfing the waves or sunning themselves on the beach while you enjoy the stunning coastal scenery.

Kangaroo Island- Kingscote

Kangaroo Island-Kingscote Wharf

Popular entertainment for all ages, John "The Pelican Man" gives a lively informative talk while feeding the birds, funny while watching the birds waiting for him to come, the bench are almost full with audience patiently waited till the show begin. He arrive with a bucket full of fish. First, he introduced himself making jokes and talk again. He start take one out fish from his bucket then start feeding the birds the Pelican gets crazy and wild. While he continued to feeds the bird, several time we taught some of them landed into our head but was never happen.  A nice place to visit and feed the pelican.

Wineglass bay-Tasmania

Wineglass Bay
Freycinet is a national park on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 125 km northeast of Hobart. It occupies a large part of the Freycinet Peninsula, named after French navigator Louis de Freycinet. Coles Bay and Freycinet . . .THE place to stay. Relax in the beauty of this magical place. Don’t just stop. Do more than visit. Stay for a while and enjoy this special piece of paradise.

Candlestick Tasman Peninsula- A spectacular place you must visit

Tasman Peninsula
Famous for its soaring sea cliffs and monumental rock formations, not to mention the nearby World Heritage-listed Port Arthur Historic Site, Tasman National Park is an area of dramatic beauty and natural diversity. The park is situated on the rugged Tasman Peninsula and contains a spectacular coastal environment including soaring 300 metre high dolerite sea cliffs.

Powerpoint Presentation Topic

Hi Philip,

I am interested about  Los Angeles (L.A) for my Powerpoint presentation. I chose LA for my presentation as because I found it is the hometown of Hollywood, Universal Studio, Disneyland, Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu beach. I think all of those are interesting to share with my classmates.
The link of my Powerpoint:Losangeles

The famous Hollywood in LA

AURORA

Hi EAP Class,

I am interested to share you with Aurora. Its  a natural interesting stuff. There are two Aurora which has seen in world. Scandinavian people watch the Aurora Borealis because of its closeness to the North Pole and we watch Aurora Australis from the sky of Australis as we are close to South Pole. I hope you will enjoy that.

Auroras are caused by charged particles, mainly electrons and protons, entering the atmosphere from above causing ionisation and excitation of atmospheric constituents, and consequent optical emissions. Incident protons can also produce emissions as hydrogen atoms after gaining an electron from the atmosphere.


Aurora Borealis

 



Aurora Australis

My First Post

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This is my first blog. I am very much thrilled to share it with you.