Communion with Carmel My birthname was Calogero, but you Carmel in your primary school wisdom decided to Anglicise it to Colin. Colin, I have been in all documents, in education, military service and to everyone who has known me. although at home I was Coli. Thank you for turning me into a Bonafide Aussie. Food and Travel Carmel you were a Master Chef in which Carmel’s Restaurant Ruled. You instinctively knew how to tantalise the taste buds and whip up a feast at a moment’s notice. Hemingway titled his 20s Paris memoir A Moveable Feast, and so it was for you at home and your travels abroad. Many can attest to your hospitality and culinary delights. Music Carmel you could hold a note in any choir or operetta. In the annual Messiah concerts your Hallelujah was more Handel than Leonard Cohen. Must confess I loved Leonard Cohen’s version. Friends Carmel your friendships were wide and enduring, and you worked at them and were admired for your efforts. They somehow fitted in...
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A review of my history of fitness. I have always invested considerable time in my fitness. My health watch provides a wealth of data, as far as I can determine, for only 90 days but going back to my high school and uni days I have strived to be fit. As a teenager I was passionate about skin / SCUBA diving and achieved an A Class Diving certificate which apart from the theory involved 10 free dives to 10 metres (an atmosphere) in 10 minutes. No problem. At the University of Western Australia, we regularly played underwater hockey which far exceeds water polo in effort. See google for details. Back in those days I was able to swim the length of an Olympic Pool, wearing fins, with deep breaths at the start. I was a pool attendant at the Beatty Park Aquatic Centre which hosted the Commonwealth Game. In those days I automatically bounded up stairs and walls of over a metre in height. I was also a daily gym junkie and played squash. I also gained a lifesaving certificate which ...
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Back entrance and fish tank. Setting up office. The set up from the entrance. Building a fish tank for better humidity and charm.
From John Bamford: BIODIVERSITY COP 15 Earth could face a mass EXTINCTION by 2100: Supercomputer predicts more than a quarter of species will die by the end of the century New study shows extinction will wipe out over a quarter of world biodiversity Experts blame land use, climate change and 'over-exploitation of resources Research published during the COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference in Canada A MASS EXTINCTION REQUIRES OVER 50% SPECIES LOSS. Having said that, 25% is bad enough New modelling shows land use and climate change could wipe out more than a quarter of world biodiversity. Earth will lose some 10 per cent of its animals and plants by 2050, rising to 27 per cent by 2100