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The official PSA for World Food Day 2011. See the FAO website for more information on the official observance of World Food Day. In Australia, I recommend visiting Oxfam Australia for information about WFD activities.
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21:14 Daily Telegraph reports Julia Gillard's leadership is crippled and she nearly lost control of Parliament today http://t.co/svvk4lXP #auspol #
19:17 Meanwhile, the way the Commonwealth Ombudsman has compromised his independence is staggering. His hold on the job must be untenable. #auspol #
19:14 For what on the surface is a major reversal in asylum seeker policy, this has a very unconvincing and unsatisfying feel to it. #auspol #
18:22 -1 RT @domknight: Hands up if you think the people who are freaked out by boat arrivals will buy the line that they're now Abbott's fault. #
17:55 Wow. #auspol #asylumseekers #
15:32 And what about the other 3 users? RT @AdamBoland7: Google: "private sharing accounts for two-thirds of all Google+ activity." #
11:46 And on the subject of the sky falling, bananas were $7.99 per kilo at Woolies this morning. #
11:43 Wondering how #occupygeorgestreet is going outside the Apple Store today. #
10:05 @esseeeayeenn I can see why they're going ahead to prove a point, but it's a wasteful exercise in a very productive week. @auspol #
10:03 Motorola's Steve Jobs? RT @NYTObits: Robert W. Galvin, Who Led Motorola, Dies at 89 http://t.co/tARgNuis #
09:59 #auspol There's no point the Federal Govt proceeding with the Migration vote today. Waste of time, will fail, bad policy. #
09:55 So community TV station @TVSydney is filling schedule time with blokey sexist stuff like @fleshairtv (and yes I've seen the trailers) #
09:50 Must-not-see TV! RT @TVSydney: tonight @fleshairtv 9.30pm. See Miss January get airbrushed for a naked photoshoot with a matching car. #
09:45 @Cricket_Ali There is no "traditional fanbase" for interstate #cricket. CA trying to create one from scratch. Yr 1 might be a hit, but yr 2? #
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23:05 Democratic Republic of Congo tops global hunger index - AlertNet http://t.co/KUAhaR64 #foodsecurity #
22:43 Email. "Rick, I want to say thank you..." Ooh. No. Thank *you*, Julia. #auspol #
22:10 Neat cameo by @markMGgeyer in tonight's #hamsterwheel. Not sure what it meant though. #hamster #
20:26 #baseball I missed it this morning, but Australia 7 Canada 0, like wow! RT @IBAF_Baseball Aussie? Oi! http://t.co/O6xfMmHy #baseballworldcup #
19:25 Oh, TAbbott was asking for a donation of money, not blood. #auspol #
19:24 Hmm. Email from Tony Abbott asking for a donation. When and how did I get onto the NSW Liberals mailing list? #auspol #
19:04 "Woah! Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd kissed?!?" My 8 year-old daughter is shocked. #
18:47 @Micky_Jay probably, but how many Apple dweebs have ever faced the concept of eating a real apple? #
18:15 Floral (and fruit) tributes to the late Steve Jobs outside the Apple Store, Sydney. http://t.co/hsXLnxQc #
18:01 So O'Keefe is actually NSW 2nd preference capt this season (with Clarke 1st and Ben Rohrer 3rd). #cricket #
17:58 #cricket NSW capt Stephen O'Keefe will miss first Shield game for Aus duty, while MClarke will capt when/if he is free http://t.co/EZRskLPr #
17:48 Well there you go. #auspol RT @mfullilove: Julia Gillard makes The Atlantic's 2011 Brave Thinkers list: http://t.co/e65dbItC #carbontax #
13:32 Yappy Holman had a most unusual #rugbyleague career path: player then referee then coach. Can you imagine a current #NRL player doing that? #
13:27 #cricket SOK as NSW capt may make sense if he doesn't get called up for Australia. And he's more likely to remain fit than Henriques. #
12:47 #cricket Stephen O'Keefe a curious choice as NSW shield captain replacing Katich. RT @australian http://t.co/uT9UEosl #
10:26 Just imagine how many Prime Ministers Billy Hughes passed up the chance to kiss in the House of Reps. #auspol #sideshow #
10:23 #auspol An historic morning in Parliament and the media is obsessing with the image of a past and present Prime Minister kissing. #sideshow #
10:04 Oh, Sophie Mirabella, you do make me laugh sometimes. #auspol #
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22:03 #cricket RT @_kunal_pradhan: A late-afternoon replug for my piece on #Kumble and BCCI Inc. Conflict of Interest 101: http://t.co/sI8kPjio #
20:26 You don't put rugby league players into your team for a Rugby Union World Cup semi. Why is ch9 using a rugby league radio commentator? #
19:33 "without the support and consent of ICC's broadcast partner, ESPN StarSports..." #cricket #icc #consent #
19:25 If you needed proof that the ICC is not the supreme governing body of world #cricket, read the Executive Board outcomes http://t.co/DMf3dLpx #
18:39 When I was 8 years old I didn't fuss over the background colour of my Powerpoint presentations. #
18:29 New school term, new project. I just need to explain to my daughter that I am not an expert on Willem Janszoon. #
16:30 Rabs and Gus if they're not busy on the pokies RT @rdhinds: Who should call the RWC semi on Nine? #
14:04 Can I bear to watch #qt? Maybe I'll switch it on at 2.49 for the #censure motion. #
12:56 Is that the sound I hear of the ABC commissioning an episode 5 of #AtHomeWithJulia? #auspol #lodge #
12:22 @AlexMitchell5 yes well I wrote that moments before he compared Julia Gillard to Steve Jobs #
12:07 @latikambourke The PM could entertain POTUS at a li'l shack in Sydney called Kirribilli House. #auspol #
11:36 Do businesses bother to proof-read their flyers anymore? I mean: "Marrickiville Road, Marrickville" (along with"recieve" on the same page) #
11:08 @MegClement thank you! #
11:06 Ok, so how does one pronounce Bupa? #cricket #sheffieldshield #
10:55 #cricket The 2011-12 Sheffield Shiueld season (part 1) is about to kickoff at the Gabba between Qld and Victoria. - http://t.co/VPUmmTwe #
10:54 I can never quite decide whether the presenter of the French news on #SBS is impersonating Andrew Johns or Matthew Johns #
10:08 So what's with the bragging about Malcolm Conn's 1999 Walkley Award at the foot of this item: RT @telegraph_sport: http://t.co/Q60hkl29 #
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22:42 I see Wayne Swan and Ken Henry missed out on the Nobel Prize for Economics. #auspol #
22:41 That I am looking forward to. RT @abcmarkscott: Next week #qanda in Darwin - a long-awaited event in the Territory. #
22:34 Goodness. I've amazed myself by watching a complete #qanda tonight! #
22:31 Within the limitations of being a party politician, I've been really impressed with Bill Shorten tonight. #qanda #
22:05 I like Richard Flanagan. #qanda #
21:56 So when will someone ask Julie Bishop how her plans for the leadership of the Liberal Party is going? #qanda #
21:39 They should screen #qanda in 3D whenever Death Stare Bishop is on. #
21:07 The Pakistan #cricket spotfixing trial continues in London. @nhoultcricket and @Cricketer_RDJ are tweeting from the courthouse. #
20:28 Twitter would be so boring without other people's predictive text. Mine is happily switched off. #
18:54 So who lost the password to the @blogactionday Twitter a/c? (Blog Action Day 2011 is next Sunday Oct 16. Topic: Food) http://t.co/ikhOCCw9 #
16:09 @NRLTweet A Manly v Leeds World Club Challenge would fill Brookvale Oval. No one else in Aus would care. #nrl #
16:06 The Canberra press gallery has an addiction to leadership destabilisation. Where were they all those years Doc Evatt was Opp Leader? #auspol #
16:02 Australia has snuck into the next round of the #Baseball World Cup after S.Korea bt Dominican Republic 5-4 (10 inn) this afternoon! #
15:58 I think Australia's remarkable form turnaround to make the 2nd round of the #Baseball World Cup *should* be bigger news than the Wallabies. #
14:37 Australia beat Germany 9-6 this morning in #Baseball World Cup. Details: http://t.co/RpgpTTm3 #
14:29 Great interview with Malcolm Fraser at @conversationedu. Lengthy and worth it. #auspol http://t.co/k6WSfeMd #
12:46 Golf fan arrested after tossing hot dog at Tiger Woods - ESPN http://t.co/UDwlG7OE #
12:21 I've never heard of Bupa, but good to see their three-year sponsorship of the Sheffield Shield. #cricket RT @CricketAus http://t.co/k7o23N8f #
06:27 I wonder when the Mumbai Indians will receive their prizemoney. #clt20 #cricket #
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21:42 The South African soccer team thought they'd qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations. Oops. RT @mailandguardian: http://t.co/1iKk3UTQ #
20:23 The @Kookaburras remain World no.1 in men's #hockey after beating New Zealand 6-1 today in Hobart. - http://t.co/j4DLQF7Q #fieldhockey #
20:12 Erm, a bit late? RT @CricketMirror: Marcus Trescothick backs his Somerset boys for World T20 glory: http://t.co/60pfhLVa #
18:45 "Commonwealth Bank Bushrangers". I'm sorry but that name cracks me up every time I see it. #cricket #
18:22 Oh, did the Wallabies win Mount Panorama while I was out? #
13:26 @Micky_Jay I like the idea of one feature T20 game every Friday night to replace Friday Night Footy. Oh and no T20 on other days :) #cricket #
13:14 #baseball The scoreline's a bit WTF, but Australia beat Venezuela 15-0 this morning! We're 3-3. Germany is next. #baseballworldcup #
09:30 @SaintFrankly @TeamAustralia11 paid streaming apparently. I think baseball.com.au has the details #
09:22 Great start against Venezuela. #baseball RT @TeamAustralia11: Mitch Dening continues to CRUSH the ball! 2 RUN HOME RUN! 2-0 Australia! #
08:55 Remember Usman Khawaja's heroic 37 at the SCG? He reached 44 for Randwick-Petersham yesterday. Sun-Herald - http://t.co/NW2TSRdz #cricket #
08:36 @soueaster NSW unfortunately #
08:32 Ooh. RT @coalseamgasnews: Nick Greiner pockets a million bucks to let AGL into Hunter vineyards http://t.co/hWwQ8y5h #CSG #nswpol #auspol #
08:29 Not that I'd give #Cricket Australia free marketing advice by suggesting state-of-origin T20s, mind you... #
08:27 Congratulations to @cricketnswblues on reaching the semis of the #CLT20. Will we ever see a unified NSW T20 team again? #cricket #
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20:22 Jonny Wilkinson! Martin Johnson! Clive Woodward! Your boys took one hell of a beating! #rwc2011 #
19:05 gendarme cela l'Angleterre! #rwc2011 #
18:33 Why does ch9 never acknowledge who their #rwc2011 commentators are? #
18:22 Sarah Palin said WHAT about Steve Jobs? - http://t.co/xgmkihxd #
16:05 Ramiz Alia, Albania's second and last communist dictator, died Friday aged 85. RT @NYTObits http://t.co/9BBlrUXG #
13:33 Apparently a horse just galloped faster than some other horses. #
11:08 Australia beats Dominican Republic 11-9 (10 innings) in #Baseball World Cup. We're now 2-3, still to play Venezuela and Germany. #
09:56 Superbowl XX winners Chicago Bears finally get to visit the White House 25 years late - http://t.co/aHPkWYFB #
09:00 The term "it's not #cricket" is so misused and over-done, but it seems perfect for a T20 game where more than 400 runs are scored. #
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21:35 Can I just say that today's online coverage of the Laman St #figs conflict by both @newcastleherald and @1233newcastle has been exceptional. #
20:56 Reaction in Liberia to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's #nobelpeaceprize is ambivalent as @howden_africa of the Independent is tweeting #
20:35 Two of the three names I don't know, but judging from the citations all three women are great choices. #nobelpeaceprize #
18:39 Happy 80th birthday to Archbishop Desmond Tutu. #
18:27 Hmmmmmmmm. RT @nxthompson: Who was Steve Jobs most like? Miles Davis. Here's how. @newyorker http://t.co/GMKUqhNa #
10:56 Taking my daughter to NSW Parliament House where they are holding a kiddies' fun day. Insert your own punchline here. #
10:49 @ryanginard mmm, it might be a start :) #
10:39 Match report from the IBAF. #baseball RT @SydneyBlueSox: Read more about the @TeamAustralia11 victory here: http://t.co/X1COU1n6 #
09:15 Finally a win! Australia 4 Nicaragua 3. #baseball #baseballworldcup #
09:04 Excellent report. RT @carolduncan: My @1233newcastle blog on this morning's #Newcastle #figs #Laman Street protest: http://t.co/w3s4b5Rz #
08:37 Richo is part of the problem. #auspol RT @latikambourke: Michelle Grattan: Richo just building his own media career: http://t.co/6jhHqcrg #
08:26 #Newcastle's iconic Laman St #figs to be felled today. Protestors blocking. Live tweeting with pics by @bensmee of the @newcastleherald #
06:58 Australia playing Nicaragua in the #Baseball World Cup and WE'VE SCORED A RUN! Follow @teamaustralia11 for updates. #
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22:37 My reflection on Steve Jobs probably won't make everyone happy, but there you have it - http://t.co/psc5IJbg #
22:29 @theslaptv thank you. I'll be watching. #
22:28 Thomas Transformer? #
22:10 So who started that silly Bob Dylan rumour anyway? #nobelprize #literature #
21:53 On the subject of #cricket, I missed ep1 of #TheSlap tonight :( #
21:36 follow @Cricketer_RDJ for live tweets from the Pakistani #cricket spot-fixing trial in London #
20:06 In case a bit of Aussie patriotism is in order tonight, the Waratah is the subject of Wikipedia's article of the day http://t.co/f5NsQOgh #
19:45 Interesting comparison on #abc730 by Jobs' biographer to Howard Hughes. #
19:35 Now where did I pack my copy of John Sculley's "Odyssey: From Pepsi to Apple"? #
19:16 #Cricket Tasmania have deleted this morning's tweet in which they twice mis-spelt the name of Bellerive Oval's new sponsor as "Blunstone". #
18:17 Heh. @stevewoz's Twitter feed is nothing more than a log of his Foursquare checkins. #
16:46 @peterkonnecke I find that they have a good hit rate for announcing big news stories before I see them on Twitter. But not this time. #
16:35 France24 has emailed me a breaking news alert at 4.09pm (25 mins ago) to tell me that Steve Jobs has died. #
12:04 October 16 is Blog Action Day. This year's topic is "Food". Register at blogactionday.org Official hashtag: #bad11 #
11:00 vale Steve Jobs. We don't have historical perspective yet but I believe his place alongside Edison, Ford and perhaps Carnegie is assured #
09:59 Just realised that Barry O'Farrell's pre-election "Contract with NSW" is still online: http://t.co/Fbm31r8t #nswpol #
09:41 There's something amusing about seeing a sports marketing dept spell the new sponsor's name wrong twice in the same tweet. #
09:31 You mean Blundstone? (see pic) #cricket MT @crickettas: Bellerive Oval will now be known as Blunstone Arena. http://t.co/G9tJ82n1 #
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"RIP Steve Jobs. You left your mark on our desks, on our ears & in our hands."
- Darren Rovell, CNBC sports business reporter, Twitter, 5.10.11
I loathe Apple Inc. Never owned an Apple II, Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, iPad (let alone Lisa or Newton). Uninstalled iTunes after a few months because I considered it malware. I loathe Apple's monopolistic practices, their aggressive litigiousness, their Chinese labour exploitations. But for all that, there is no doubt that Steve Jobs was a truly great man whose influence will be missed following his death, following multiple battles with cancer, on Wednesday aged 56.