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Following over a Century of history of migration to Australia "...Arrivi ... Partenze" offers now a new reading of the migration phenomenon in XXI Century Australia. An Initiative of the Italian Consulate in Queensland and Officially opened by the Italian Ambassador in Canberra, H.E Stefano Starace Janfolla. Produced by New Realm Media Newrealm.com.au Executive Producer, AlessandroSorbello.com Featuring Jaider de Oliveira, The dance-theatre piece "...Arrivi ... Partenze" intends to explore the issue of movement and its various meanings: necessary condition for the human being, expression form and communication medium; need of a group resulting in nomadism and migration. The multimedia performance incorporates the use of music, dance, acting, video projections and various other art forms. "...Arrivi ... Partenze" traces the path of the soul -- unchanged through the Centuries -- that the individual has to undergo whilst moving in a physical-geographical dimension during his migration process; the piece stages a variety of physical intersecting paths reflecting the complex empirical reality of our days. The sedentary condition which marks Western contemporary culture exists in sharp contrast with the nomadic nature of our ancestors as well as that of many contemporary ethnic groups. The pressure generated by lack of material resources which has forced many migrants to leave their native country is only one of the many components of the inner drives calling for an individual to become a "Wayfarer". In a reality driven by external pressures which make the "way faring" process ever more difficult in an inner sense, the physical-geographical wayfaring offers perhaps the only possible socially acceptable alternative. Improved means of transport and ever-changing communication technology have revolutionized the quality and speed of movement across continents. The physical aspects of this experience have been radically modified by today's technological progress and economic situation. Various visit modalities: initial, short and long term temporary and ultimately permanent stay; present the same issues for the individual, family, group and the whole community in a broader sense that migrants to Australia have faced in the XIX and XX Centuries. Shifting from the universal to a more specific dimension and following a path stemming from the analysis of the human being's nature "...Arrivi ... Partenze" offers now a new reading of the XXI Century migration phenomenon to Australia. About Boris Bivona ~ Director/Choreographer - Boris was born in Palermo, where he started dancing at the age of 10. During his first visit to Australia in 1989 he was accepted to the third and last year of the Australian Ballet School, Melbourne. About Jodie-Anne White ~ Choreographer - Jodie was born in Melbourne where she studied classical and contemporary dance, acting and mime; from the very beginning Jodie has won numerous prizes in several disciplines. Jodie continued her studies with teachers and institutions such as Kathleen Gorham National Theatre, Victorian College of the Arts and National Ballet School in Australia. ItalianWeek.com.au Ingrid Cameron Ingrid has just completed her studies at QUT with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance) and has since been in demand as a performer and a dance teacher. Most recently Ingrid has performed with Ignatians Musical Society in West Side Story as well as Cats during which she was invited to be the dance captain. In addition to dancing, Ingrid is also modelling and developing her acting skills for screen and theatrical productions. Ingrid is thrilled to be performing with DADAdance in the premiere of "... Arrivi ...Partenze" and she is currently preparing to travel overseas in order to continue her dancing career. Joseph Lau Joseph graduated from the QUT Bachelor of Arts Dance programme and is currently working professionally as both performer and choreographer. Joseph's dancing credits include Fracture, Rumpelstiltskin and Beat Cake for Buzz Dance Theatre; Pearl Fishers and Andrea Chenier for Opera Queensland; and Dance, Dance, Dance with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Joseph also conducts dance workshops aimed at children and young people and teaches company and public community classes. Over the past two years, Joseph traveled on tour in the leading dramatic role with Hidden Dragons for Barking Gecko Theatre Company to sold-out venues in Canada and around Australia including Sydney Opera House; QUT Gardens Theatre, Brisbane; and Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne. As a strong advocate for dance, Joseph has acted as a board member of Expressions Dance Company, Treasurer of Ausdance (Qld) Inc. and Coordinator of the CRITICAL MASS Independent Dance Collective. He is currently developing Static, a new independent dance theatre piece. Stephanie Pokoj Stephanie started dancing at the age of seven, and training in RAD syllabus completing all Grades and other major exams. In 2004 she graduated from the Queensland University of Technology with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance). During her time at QUT Stephanie was privileged to work with many distinguished Australian and International choreographers including, Rosetta Cook, Csaba Buday, Brian Lucus, Maggie Sietsma and Taiwanese choreographer Ming-Shen Ku. In 2003 Stephanie joined Ballet Theatre of Queensland and danced as a soloist in the productions of "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast". Stephanie has spent the last two years in London where she has been furthering her dance training and also started working as a photographic model. Marika Steward Marika started dancing at the age of 5 at the Juanita Linnan School of Dance in Gatton, studying ballet, tap and jazz. She has danced in concerts, eisteddofds and performances covering all styles of dance. Marika has also been a member of Qld Youth Ballet and more recently Ballet Theatre of QLD (BTQ) for several years. She performed the role of Swanhilda in BTQ's 2007 production of Coppelia at the Playhouse, QPAC and loved every moment of it. Marika is curently studying a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance at QLD Univeristy of Technology. INSPIRATIONS Bruce Charles Chatwin ~ (13 May 1940 - 18 January 1989) was a British novelist and travel writer. He would not have considered being a nomadic writer as a career so much as a way of life, and he had hoped his greatest work would be about nomads. He collected a mass of relevant notes, "mammoth, unpublished," that eventually became part of his work on Australian Aborginines, The Songlines. Anatomy of Restlessness was published in 1997 and is a collection of unpublished essays, articles, short stories, and travel tales. This collection spans the twenty years of Bruce Chatwin's career as a writer. Rainer Maria Rilke ~ (4 December 1875 -- 29 December 1926) is generally considered the German language's greatest 20th century poet. His haunting images tend to focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety — themes that tend to position him as a transitional figure between the traditional and the modernist poets. Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ~ (October 15, 1844 - August 25, 1900) was a German philosopher. His writing included critiques of religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy, and science. His style of writing was distinctive, displaying a fondness for aphorism and paradox. Nietzsche's influence remains substantial within and beyond philosophy, notably in existentialism and postmodernism. "One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star" Dada or Dadaism is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during World War I and peaked from 1916 to 1920. The movement primarily involved visual arts, literature (poetry, art manifestoes, art theory), theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti war politic through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. The movement influenced later styles, movements, and groups including Surrealism, Pop Art and Fluxus. COMPOSERS Hildegard von Bingen ~ 1098 -- September 17, 1179), was a German magistra and later, abbess. Approximately eighty compositions have survived, which is one of the largest repertoires among medieval composers In addition to music, Hildegard also wrote medical, botanical and geological treatises, and she even invented an alternative alphabet. The text of her writing and compositions reveals Hildegard's use of this form of modified medieval Latin, encompassing many invented, conflated and abridged words. Due to her inventions of words for her lyrics and a constructed script, many conlangers look upon her as a medieval precursor. Jordi Savall i Bernadet ~ (born 1941, in Igualada, Spain) is a Spanish viol player and composer. He has been one of the major figures in the field of early music since the 1970s, largely responsible for bringing the viol (viola da gamba) back to life on the stage. His repertory ranges from Medieval to Renaissance and Baroque music. In 1974 he formed the ensemble Hespèrion XX (since 2000 as Hespèrion XXI), together with the soprano Montserrat Figueras (his wife), Lorenzo Alpert and Hopkinson Smith. Hespèrion XX favored a style of interpretation characterised by great musical vitality and at the same time, maximum historical accuracy. The Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (Catalan for "Red Book of Montserrat") is a collection of late medieval songs. The 14th century manuscript was located at the monastery of Montserrat outside Barcelona in Catalonia. The manuscript was prepared in approximately 1399. It originally contained 172 double pages, of which 32 have been lost. The title "The Red Book of Montserrat" describes the red binding in which the collection was placed in the nineteenth century. No composer is identified for any of the songs it contains. The monastery holds the shrine of the Virgin of Montserrat, which was a major site of pilgrimage during the time it was compiled. Gilbert Bécaud ~ (October 24, 1927 -- December 18, 2001) was a French singer, composer and actor, known as Monsieur 100,000 Volts for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are probably "Nathalie" and "Et maintenant". Philip Glass (born January 31, 1937) is an Academy Award-nominated American composer. Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland as the son of Jewish migrants from Lithuania. His music is frequently described as minimalist, though he prefers the term theater music. He is considered one of the most influential composers of the late-20th centuryand is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public (apart from precursors such as Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein), in creating an accessibility not previously recognised by the broader market. Glass is extremely prolific as a composer; he has written ensemble works, operas, symphonies, concertos, film scores and for the piano. He is a strong supporter of the Tibetan cause. In 1987 he co-founded the Tibet House with Columbia University professor Robert Thurman and the actor Richard Gere. Glass lives in New York and in Nova Scotia. Arvo Pärt ~ (born September 11, 1935 in Paide), is an Estonian composer, often identified with the school of minimalism and more specifically, that of "mystic minimalism" or "sacred minimalism". He is considered a pioneer of this style, along with contemporaries Henryk Górecki and John Tavener. Arvo Pärt is best known for his choral works. Pärt's musical education began at age 7, while he began attending music school in Rakvere (his family lived there at the time) and by 14 or 15 he was writing his own compositions. While studying composition (with teacher Heino Eller) at the Tallinn Conservatory it was said of him that: "he just seemed to shake his sleeves and notes would fall out". There were very few influences from outside the Soviet Union at this time, just a few illegal tapes and scores. Pärt describes some of his music as tintinnabuli - like the ringing of bells. The music is characterised by simple harmonies, often single unadorned notes, or triad chords which form the basis of western harmony. These are reminiscent of ringing bells, hence the name. Tintinnabuli works are rhythmically simple, and do not change tempo. The influence of early music is clear. The Golden Gate Quartet is the most successful of all of the African-American gospel music groups who sang in the jubilee quartet style. Founded as the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet in Norfolk, Virginia in 1934 by A. C. "Eddie" Griffin, Robert "Peg" Ford, Henry Owens, and Bill Johnson, they began as a traditional jubilee quartet, combining the clever arrangements associated with barbershop quartets with rhythms borrowed from the blues and jazz. AUTHORS Saint John of the Cross ~ (San Juan de la Cruz) (June 24, 1542 -- December 14, 1591) was a major figure in the Catholic Reformation, a Spanish mystic and Carmelite friar born at Fontiveros, a small village near Ávila. He is renowned for his writings; both his poetry and his studies on the growth of the soul are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and one of the peaks of all Spanish literature. The third work, Ascent of Mount Carmel is a more systematic study of the ascetical endeavour of a soul looking for perfect union. Dante Alighieri or simply Dante, (May 14/June 13, 1265 -- September 13/14, 1321) was an Italian poet from Florence. His greatest work, the Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy), is considered one of the greatest masterpieces of world literature. The wrathful are purged by walking around in acrid smoke (Cantos XV through XVII). Souls correct themselves by learning how wrath has blinded their vision, impeding their judgment. António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (b. June 13, 1888 in Lisbon, Portugal — d. November 30, 1935 in the same city) was a poet and writer. Critic Harold Bloom referred to him in the book The Western Canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with Pablo Neruda. Pessoa is unique as an author due to the importance of heteronyms in his writing.

Produced and Presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://AlessandroSorbello.com His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Launches Hear and Say WorldWide at Admiralty House at Kirribilli Speech ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL JEFFERY AC CVO MC GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA ON THE OCCASION OF LAUNCH OF 'HEAR AND SAY WORLDWIDE' ADMIRALTY HOUSE, SYDNEY 24 OCTOBER 2007 Marlena and I are delighted to welcome you to Admiralty House today. As a proud Patron of the Hear and Say Centres in Queensland, I am very pleased to launch "Hear and Say Worldwide". In the course of my duties, Marlena and I have the privilege of meeting and talking to many people around Australia. I have been emphasising as often as possible the importance of giving children the best possible start in life by focussing on the critical period from conception to five years of age, the critical formative years. So I am keen to encourage everyone who can offer children a better start in life, whether it be by supporting good health, nutrition, education, or the supreme benefits of being loved and cherished as part of a stable family. As we know, the ability to hear, impacts greatly on our general health and sense of wellbeing, and the ease with which we learn and communicate. This is especially important for children, in the crucial years when they are developing their language ability and learning by interacting and communicating with the world around them. While deafness does not preclude anyone from having a fulfilling and successful life, it is very important that deafness does not go undetected in the early years, because through the wonderful work undertaken at the Hear and Say Centres, it can be treated. I understand more than 90 per cent of the children who attend a Centre are subsequently able to attend mainstream schools thus opening up a range of valuable education, employment and social opportunities. The impressive success of the Hear and Say Centres in Australia owes everything to the remarkable vision and perseverance of Dimity Dornan. For many years, Dimity has combined the roles of researcher, clinician and business manager to bring her ideas to a successful fruition. I understand it was a Churchill fellowship to Canada back in 1992 that enabled her to learn about the techniques that underpin the work at the Hear and Say Centres. The success of the auditory-verbal method of teaching speech and language is evident in the excellent results achieved at the Centres for hearing impaired babies and pre-schoolers. And linked to this, the success of the business model she has adopted is evident in the increasing growth and coverage of the Hear and Say Centres. It is exciting to see this model of assistance now spreading worldwide. The global need for hearing support is great, with estimates of around 500,000 children born each year with hearing impairment. While there are clearly many challenges in expanding your work around the globe, we are all proud of this example of Australian excellence, once again demonstrating our capacity for innovation to the rest of the world. And we can be doubly pleased that the work of the Hear and Say Centres takes advantage of the development of the bionic ear, by another great Australian scientist in Professor Graeme Clark. I am pleased that we have with us today Francis Xavier, the father of a Hear and Say WorldWide child in Papua New Guinea. Francis, his wife Kila and their family, have made considerable personal sacrifices to ensure that their daughter Hannah--Lisa has been able to receive assistance from the Hear and Say team. I wish you and Hannah--Lisa every good wish for the future. I understand the Hear and Say team are looking at spreading there good work further afield in the Asia Pacific region and to Europe and beyond. With this sort of drive and commitment, Dimity and her team are going to make a significant difference to the health and wellbeing of children across the world. I wish you every success with this work and it is a great pleasure to launch "Hear and Say WorldWide" on its way. http://www.hearandsayworldwide.com 2001 - 2003 Hollingworth, The Right Reverend Dr Peter, AC OBE Adelaide, SA 1996 - 2001 Deane, The Honourable Sir William Patrick, AC, KBE Melbourne, VIC 1989 - 1996 Hayden, The Honourable William George, AC Brisbane, QLD 1982 - 1989 Stephen, Rt Hon. Sir Ninian, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC Oxford, England, UK A special thank you to my friend Erik Johansen (Tape8) who edited Peters performance - http://www.tape8.com Music courtesy of Peter Cupples http://www.petercupples.com

Produced and Presented by Alessandro Sorbello h... (more) Added: November 01, 2007 Produced and Presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://AlessandroSorbello.com His Excellency Major General Michael Jeffery AC CVO MC Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia Launches Hear and Say WorldWide http://www.hearandsayworldwide.com at Admiralty House at Kirribilli A brief history of Admiralty House, Sydney The story of Admiralty House and of its site at Kirribilli begins in the 18th century with Thomas Muir, the Scottish constitutional reformer and one of the five celebrated "Scottish Martyrs". He was sentenced to transportation for sedition, but as a political prisoner was treated as an exile rather than a convict. In 1794 he was granted a farm "across the water" from his cottage on Sydney Cove beside the Tank Stream. This farm he named "Hunter's Hill" after his father's home in Scotland; it included all of Kirribilli. In time the name "Hunter's Hill" migrated some miles up the Harbour. Muir's own migration was more dramatic; there being little restriction placed on his movements he escaped with ease from the colony in 1796 aboard an American brig, never to return. Four years later, in 1800, Muir's "Hunter's Hill" farm, of some 120 acres, was granted to one Robert Ryan for his services in the Marines and subsequently in the New South Wales Corps; but by 1806 the property had come into the capable hands of Robert Campbell, the noted Sydney merchant. Campbell used part of it, near the present headquarters of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron, as the site of Australia's first shipbuilding yards and in 1807, with Governor Bligh in attendance, his first ship, the Perseverance, a 136 tonner, was launched from the new shipyard. The rest of the property was long used for grazing under lease to Campbell's friend, James Milson, who gave his name to Milson's Point. Then, in 1842, the five acre site of Admiralty House was leased to, and later bought by, the Colonial Collector of Customs, Lt. Colonel J.G.N. Gibbes, as the site for his residence. There, in 1845-46, he built a graceful stone house, single storied with wide verandahs, which he later bought from Campbell's estate. Imagine Admiralty House without its later additions - the second storey, the colonnaded verandahs and the additions on the western end, and you have the original Gibbes house. Both Robert Campbell and Lt. Colonel Gibbes feature in an extraordinary double coincidence involving Australia's two vice-regal residences, Admiralty House and Canberra's Yarralumla: whereas Gibbes leased the Kirribilli land from Campbell's estate and built on it the original part of Admiralty House, some thirty-five years later Robert Campbell's grandson, Frederick, bought Yarralumla Station from Gibbes and, in 1891, built on it Canberra's present Government House. Thus, through the histories of both houses runs this Gibbes-Campbell strand. Gibbes did not long remain in his new Kirribilli home; it passed through a number of hands, acquiring the name. "Wotonga" in the process. In the 1850s there were two changes to its grounds; in 1854 a little over an acre was sold and on it Kirribilli House, now a residence for the Prime Minister, was built. In 1855, during the Crimean War, the tip of Kirribilli Point was resumed by the Government and fortifications built there, intended, together with Fort Denison on Pinchgut Island, to strengthen the defences of Sydney. Later Kirribilli Point again became part of the grounds of Wotonga but the fortifications and the old Marine Barracks remain. In 1936 the most recent chapter in the history of this fine old house began. In that year the Commonwealth reopened Admiralty House as a Sydney residence for the new Governor-General, Lord Gowrie. It has ever since been used by the fourteen succeeding Governors-General as their residence when in New South Wales. Formal title to Admiralty House finally passed to the Commonwealth by Crown grant in 1948 on condition that it be used only as a residence for the Governor-General. http://www.gg.gov.au/ Governors-General since 1901 23. 2001 - 2003 Hollingworth, The Right Reverend Dr Peter, AC OBE Adelaide, SA 22. 1996 - 2001 Deane, The Honourable Sir William Patrick, AC, KBE Melbourne, VIC A special thank you to my friends Erik Johansen (Tape8) http://www.tape8.com Music courtesy of Peter Cupples http://www.petercupples.com

Produced and Presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com Dr Vinton Cerf present’s ‘Internet, Infinity and Beyond’ in Brisbane to officially launch Hear and Say WorldWide http://www.hearandsayworldwide.com The full version of Dr. Cerf's presentation will be available soon on DVD with all proceeds going directly to Hear and Say. Directed and Edited by New Realm Media http://www.newrealm.com.au Vinton Gray Cerf (born June 23, 1943) (last name pronounced just like the English word "surf") is an American computer scientist who is commonly referred to as one of the "founding fathers of the Internet" for his key technical and managerial role, together with Bob Kahn, in the creation of the Internet and the TCP/IP protocols which it uses. He was also a co-founder (in 1992) of the Internet Society (ISOC), which is intended to both promote the views of ordinary users of the Internet, and also serve as an umbrella body for the technical groups developing the Internet (such as the Internet Engineering Task Force). He served as the first president of the Internet Society from 1992-1995, served on the board of trustees through the end of 2001, and served as chairman of the board from 1998 to 1999. He has a hearing impairment, and serves on the board of Gallaudet University, the first school of higher learning for the deaf and hard-of-hearing; he received an award from the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. He and his family currently reside in Virginia. Cerf was born in New Haven, Connecticut. As a teenager, he attended Van Nuys High School in suburban Los Angeles, CA. After expressing an early interest in computers, he attended Stanford University, taking summer jobs at a number of companies such as North American Aviation and Rocketdyne. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Stanford in 1965. After graduation, he went to work for IBM, but soon decided that he wanted to learn more about computers. In 1967, he returned to school, enrolling in UCLA's computer science program, where he was a student under Gerald Estrin. Leonard Kleinrock was on his thesis committee and Cerf worked in Kleinrock's Network Measurement Center as a principal programmer while studying for his advanced degrees. He received Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in 1970 and 1972. While at UCLA, he worked on the ARPANET, the earliest packet switched computer network. During this period (as well as later), he was the author of several RFCs. He continued working on computer networks when he became a professor at Stanford University in 1972. Shortly thereafter, in 1973, Bob Kahn (whom Cerf already knew, since Kahn had been the principal architect of the ARPANET Interface Message Processor (IMP) project as its prime contractor, Bolt, Beranek and Newman) and Cerf started thinking about how to connect together several different packet switching networks, into what we now call an internetwork. Their 1974 paper, A Protocol for Packet Network Intercommunication is now recognized as the fundamental document in this (then-new) field. Soon afterwards, in 1976, he was asked to move to the United States Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to run the research and development program in this area. During his tenure, from 1976 to 1982, he played a key role in leading the development of the TCP/IP protocols and the Internet. Rumor has it that the term "Surfing the net" originated from the first data sent over the internet by Vint Cerf during his time at the DOD, but this is just an urban myth. Jean Armour Polly popularized the term "surfing the net" in an essay and the founders of CERFNET originally intended it to be spelled SURFNET but that name was taken by a Dutch research company, so they called themselves the California Education and Research Foundation Network or CERFNET. After that, as vice president of MCI Digital Information Services from 1982 to 1986, he led the engineering of MCI Mail, the first commercial email service to be connected to the Internet. Cerf then rejoined Kahn at the latter's Corporation for National Research Initiatives in 1986, staying until 1994. While there, he worked on a number of projects, such as digital libraries and knowbots. He returned to MCI in 1994, as the Senior Vice President of Internet Architecture and Technology Strategy. On September 8, 2005 Google Inc. announced that it hired Cerf as "Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist." Cerf playing Spacewar! on the Computer History Museum's PDP-1, ICANN meeting, 2007. Cerf joined the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in 1999, and is serving a term until the end of 2007; he is currently the ICANN Chair. Cerf is a member of the Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov's IT Advisory Council, assigned with a Presidential Decree on March 8, 2002. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of Eurasia Group, the political risk consultancy. Cerf is also working on the Interplanetary Internet, together with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. It will be a new standard to communicate from planet to planet, using radio/laser communications that are highly tolerant to signal degradation. In February 2006, Cerf testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation's Hearing on "Network Neutrality". Cerf currently serves on the board of advisors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government. Awards and honors Cerf has received a number of honorary degrees, including doctorates, from the University of the Balearic Islands, ETH in Switzerland, Capitol College, Gettysburg College, George Mason University, University of Pisa, University of Rovira and Virgili (Tarragona, Spain), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Lulea (Sweden), University of Twente (Netherlands), Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Brooklyn Polytechnic. Further awards include: Cerf and Bob Kahn being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President BushPrince of Asturias award for science and technology, Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, Yuri Rubinsky Memorial Award, SIGCOMM Award for "contributions to the Internet [spanning] more than 25 years, from development of the fundamental TCP/IP protocols". In December 1997 he, along with his partner Robert E. Kahn, was presented with the National Medal of Technology by President Bill Clinton, for their contributions towards the creation of the Internet and TCP/IP. He received the Living Legend Medal from the Library of Congress in April 2000. Dr. Cerf was selected as a Fellow of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS)in 2000. Cerf and Kahn were the winners of the Turing Award for 2004, for their "pioneering work on internetworking, including .. the Internet's basic communications protocols .. and for inspired leadership in networking." In November 2005, Cerf and Kahn were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush for their contributions to the creation of the Internet. He and Robert Kahn were inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in May 2006. Information from Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf

The Sensational Sicily http://www.SensationalSicily.com Series of Films presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.AlessandroSorbello.com showcase one of the most beautiful regions on earth, rich in history, Sicily formed part of the cradle of civilization. Please enjoy Taormina, Jewel of Sicily. A project born from a collaboration between the Region of Sicily http://www.regione.sicilia.it/, The Italian Chamber of Commerce, New Realm Media http://www.newrealm.com.au and Alessandro Sorbello Productions. The Aeolian Islands (Italian Isole Eolie) are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily. They are a popular tourist destination in the summer, and attract up to 200,000 visitors annually. http://www.accommodationsicily.com offers plenty of options for your accommodation on the Aeolian Islands. The largest island is Lipari, and tourism marketing often names the entire archipelago the Lipari Islands because of the ease of pronouncing Lipari compared to Aeolian. The other islands include Vulcano, Salina, Stromboli, Filicudi, Alicudi, and Panarea. The town of Lipari has about 11,000 inhabitants. Vulcano is famous for its fango baths. History - The Cnidian settlers under Pentathlos arrived at Lipara in 580 BC and settled on the site of the modern village known as Castello or la Cittade. They named the islands after the Greek keeper of the winds, Aeolus, whose benevolence was essential. Outside Lipara, on the road to the necropolis, a sanctuary to Demeter and Persephone has been discovered. In 394 BC the Roman embassy consisting of Lucius Valerius, Lucius Sergius, and Aulus Manlius took a golden bowl that was made as a gift to Apollo, to Delphi. The diplomats were captured by Liparian pirates, but instead of being harmed the diplomats and their offering were protected by the magistrate Timasitheus and escorted safely to delphi, this made for peacefull relations between the two states [1]. The islands were the site of the Battle of the Lipari Islands in 260 BC between Rome and Carthage. Biblical historian Josephus mentioned a group that is probably related to the Aeolian Islands : "Elisa gave name to the Eliseans, who were his subjects; they are now the Aeolians." Elisa refers to the biblical figure Elishah, grandson of Japheth, son of Javan. In 1544, when Spain declared war on France, the French king Francois I, asked the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman for help. The latter sent a fleet headed by Khair ad Din (also known as Barbarossa) who was victorious over the Spaniards, and managed to retake Naples from them. In the course of the battle the Aeolian Islands were depopulated. Later immigrants from mainland Italy, Sicily and Spain re-established communities on the archipelago. The Aeolian Islands have been listed by the UNESCO as World Heritage Sites. Lipari is the main island, and generally offers the widest selection of lodgings, restaurants, shops, and things to do. The people are warm and friendly, and their town's romantic citadel offers an uninterrupted record of its inhabitants from Neolithic times, featuring an extensive acropolis. Even people who hate museums and history will be fascinated spending a couple of hours here, because you start with ruins of the original settlement and proceed through rooms that have something even the Uffizi and Vatican can't boast: interesting explanations in English! If you're feeling energetic, hike to the top of Mount Sant'Angelo: the breathtaking view will greatly repay your efforts. Because the Aeolians are volcanoes, all extinct save one, each island has beaches of a unique character. Lipari is the oldest island, and thus its lidos are covered with the finest white sand, actually the end product of black lava. In earlier days, when this was the talcum capital of the world, there were several mines on Lipari and the owners used to dispose of the finest powder, unusable even to keep baby's posteriors dry, by dumping truckloads of it down the hillsides every evening. So much of it deposited on the sea floor that Lipari's waters are still the palest blue, even though the last of the trucks disappeared decades ago. To have the most fun, hire your own boat and spend the day swimming and sunbathing from its deck. Your boatman, most likely named Bartolo (after the local saint), will be happy to cook you a lunch of pasta and fresh fish on board. Take day trips to the other islands. Vulcano, a "younger" extinct volcano inhabited by 400 islanders, is studded with fantastic formations, both above ground and under water. Stromboli, the tragic island made famous in Roberto Rossellini's film of the same name (starring Ingrid Bergman), features two miniscule towns on opposite sides of a mildly active volcano. This island is the "baby," and so it has the blackest beaches. Salina is the garden island. Its slopes are blanketed with deep green vineyards that produce a heady malvasìa; its waters are populated with fish and octopus. Take home some of the local capers packed in salt: until you've tried them this way, you'll never really know what a true caper tastes like (if you don't like capers, you may discover it's really the vinegar they're usually packed in you don't like, not the capers). Tiny Panarea is the jet-set island, and perhaps the most picturesque, with its stark white houses and brilliant yellow ginestra bushes; it boasts three small but famous hotels and the summer homes of many wealthy Italians (including fashion designers). The uninhabited satellite Basiluzzo might remind you of Delos, although its ruins are Roman. Filicudi (and smaller Alicudi) are both blessed with magnificent shores and underwater vistas; a popular outing is to Filicudi's Grotto of the Sea Lion. But if you're looking for wide sandy beaches, stay off these islands: they are strictly for snorkelers and divers, who will do their sunbathing on near-vertical slabs of lava. Getting to Aeolian Islands There are frequent car ferries and much quicker hydrofoils from Milazzo and Messina on Sicily , and from Reggio di Calabria on the mainland, to and between the islands. Most call first at Lipari, and then proceed to the other islands. Ferries are frequent in summer, with fewer during spring, autumn and winter and a reduced service year-round on Sundays. For timetables see SIREMAR, Ustica Lines and NGI. It is important to check the timetables in advance, and to allow plenty of time for connections, as boats can be early or late. A few car ferries a week also continue on to Naples (see SNAV) and during the summer hydrofoils run to and from Naples, Cefalù, Palermo and Messina. The Aeolian Islands are quite remote, which is part of their appeal. No air travel is available to the archipelago, except for the very expensive helicopter service which runs during high season from the Catania airport. For more information see Air Panarea. Most international travellers, then, will arrive at the airport of either Palermo or Catania airport in Sicily, or Reggio di Calabria, across the straits of Messina on the mainland. Although the Reggio airport is relatively near the port, boats from Reggio are infrequent. Likewise, only a few ferries per day run from Palermo http://www.hotelsinpalermo.com during high season, and the airport is far from the city. These ports are best used by the traveller who is already in Italy, as is Naples, a much longer boat trip that is convenient for travelers arriving by plane or train in Naples from points north. For the traveller arriving directly from abroad, numerous budget airlines have routes from around Europe to Catania . From there, one can take the train, or an express bus, to Messina, connecting to a boat; or, at Messina, one can connect to a second train or bus to Milazzo, which has by far the most boat departures. Although it is convenient to change trains in Messina, the Milazzo train station is a few miles from the port. On the other hand, the bus from Catania http://www.hotelsincatania.com arrives at the train station, while the bus for Milazzo departs from a separate bus station a few blocks away. As for help at the information booth outside the train station. One express bus per day departs from Catania airport for Milazzo, but arrives there so late as to miss the boat for certain of the islands. One may wish to spend the first night in Lipari, with its charming town, and then depart for the outlying islands. As another alternative, the car rental agencies have special deals allowing the traveller the use of a car one-way from Catania to Milazzo - inquire in advance as these deals may not be available without reservations. The car rental agencies in Milazzo are a few blocks from the port. Get around Aeolian Islands The larger islands, Lipari, Vulcano and Salina have quite good bus services. Timetables are available at the tourist offices in each island's port. Those islands also have scooters for rent, and are the only of the islands with comprehensive systems of roads. Panarea and Stromboli are small enough to have no roads or automobiles to speak of; Panarea in particular is completely accessible by foot. Alicudi and Filicudi are so remote that they have little in the way of developed tourist industries or infrastructure. On those islands, transport from the port, and scooter rental, should be arranged with one's inkeeper. Boat rental is also popular for touring the periphery of each island; although the small boats for rent are not adequate for travel between the islands, but are popular for the excursion from Panarea to the islets of Basiluzzo and Drauto. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_... http://wikitravel.org/en/Aeolian_Islands Le Isole Eolie dette anche Isole Lipari, sono un arcipelago di origine vulcanica, situato nel Mar Tirreno, in provincia di Messina, a Nord della costa sicula. Comprendono ben due vulcani attivi, Stromboli e Vulcano, oltre a vari fenomeni di vulcanismo secondario. L'arcipelago è composto dalle seguenti isole: Alicudi, Filicudi, Lipari (centro amministrativo), Panarea con gli isolotti basaltici di Basiluzzo, Dattilo e Lisca Bianca, Salina, Stromboli (con il vicino scoglio di Strombolicchio), Vulcano. Destinazione turistica sempre più popolare, le isole attraggono fino a 200.000 visitatori annuali, Le Eolie sono state nominate Patrimonio dell'Umanità dall'UNESCO per i fenomeni vulcanici. Storia - La presenza umana nell'arcipelago risulta sin dalla notte dei tempi. Le genti preistoriche vennero infatti sicuramente attratte dalla presenza di grandi quantità di ossidiana. Tra il XVI e il XIV secolo avanti Cristo divennero importanti perché poste sulla rotta commerciale dei metalli, in particolare lo stagno che giungeva via mare dai lontani empori della Britannia e transitava per lo stretto di Messina verso oriente. Mentre in Sicilia si afferma la Cultura di Castelluccio, a Capo Graziano, nell'isola di Filicudi ma anche a Lipari si diffonde la cosiddetta Cultura Eoliana caratterizzata dal commercio piu che dall'agricoltura, con le sue capanne circolari con pareti di pietre a secco, quasi a strapiombo sul mare e una propria ceramica. Le isole furono colonizzate dai Greci, intorno al 580 a.C., che chiamarono le Isole Eolie poiché ritenevano che fossero la dimora del dio dei venti, Eolo, un mito questo destinato ad affermarne la "grecità" . Nel 260 furono teatro della battaglia di Lipari tra Roma e Cartagine. In epoca romana divennero centri di commercio dello zolfo, dell'allume e del sale. Il personaggio biblico Giuseppe menziona un gruppo di isole che forse sono le Eolie: "Elisa diede il nome agli Eliseani ed essi sono ora gli Aeoliani". Elisa si riferisce alla figura biblica Elishah, nipote di Iafet. Nel 1544, quando la Spagna dichiarò guerra alla Francia, il re francese Francesco I chiese aiuto al sultano ottomano Solimano il Magnifico. Questo mandò una flotta comandata da Khair ad Din che attaccò Napoli e la conquistò. Successivamente fece rotta sulle Isole Eolie , uccidendo e deportando i suoi abitanti. Nel corso dei secoli l'arcipelago venne ripopolato di nuovo da comunità spagnole, siciliane e del resto d'Italia. In epoca borbonica l'isola di Vulcano veniva usata come colonia penale per l'estrazione coatta di allume e zolfo. Cultura Le Isole Eolie hanno sempre esercitato un immenso fascino sui viaggiatori che le hanno raggiunte. Tra le espressioni classiche di quel fascino si può citare l'imponente opera sull'Arcipelago di un principe d'Asburgo. Tra i viaggiatori più recenti si può ricordare il colorito racconto di una notte di pesca tra Lipari e Vulcano di Antonio Saltini. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isole_Eolie

Produced and presented by Alessandro Sorbello h... (more) Added: October 18, 2007 Produced and presented by Alessandro Sorbello http://www.alessandrosorbello.com Peter Cupples performs a series of songs to a small group of friends in Brisbane Australia in October 2007. A unique opportunity to hear one of Australia's best Singer/songwriters in an intimate atmosphere. Peter Cupples http://www.pertercupples.com has produced numerous albums over his extensive career, a brief summary of his time with Stylus and a recount of his experience in his own words follow. Peter Cupples formed the Masons Cure which later grew into Stylus. With great hits such as "Summer Breeze", "Living in a world of make believe" Stylus were destined to move on to greater things. With the release of their next album ("For the Love of music") the band found interest in America from Motown records. It was a great honour and thrill for the band to be the first all white band with Motown, and for Peter Cupples being the lead singer and songwriter it was pretty special. Jeff really believed in Stylus and he managed to help us gain a record contract and some commercial attention. We had been playing "Summer Breeze" back in the Masons Cure stage and it became our signature tune. We often had to play the song 2 or 3 times in one show to satisfy the audience. Our version of the Seals and Croft classic became our first Top10 hit. We made our first performance on Countdown - an incredible experience for a young group of guys from the bush. We really were "Living in a world of make believe" when we went into the studio to record that track. Around this time we hooked up with the management of Glenn Wheatley and his brother Paul. Glenn worked Stylus along with his other project, a group of guys called the Little River Band. At one Music industry conference they managed to sign LRB to Capital, and Stylus to Motown. Not a bad weeks work. We followed this up with our third album, Best Kept Secret. This album was released locally on Oz Records and in the United States, under the banner of the world's most respected Soul label Motown. The Motown subsidiary, Prodigal, carried the Stylus name to the world's biggest market behind the disguise of a mask. We were pretty excited with being signed to such a prestige label but, as things turned out, we were the last act to be published on Prodigal, and the American market never found out that there were five white Aussie guys hiding behind the mask. It did, however, leave us with the legacy of a great story to tell future generations... Our fourth and final album was Part Of It All. Again this is a nice recording. With the promise of the Motown emergence still ever present in our enthusiasm, we worked hard to produce a top quality record. Unfortunately, it ended up being the finale to a great part of my life. Stylus was very different to the other bands of the time in many ways. Not only musically different, but also culturally different. We were friends and family, and remain so to this day. Our reunion concerts move the audience because there is still magic between us that time has not eroded. Our recent reunion at Capers (see current projects), proved to our loyal fans that we still have the ability to create something special when we do get together. In the same way that we came together as friends ,we parted as friends. There was no definitive rock and roll type split, no arguments over musical direction, no tensions within the band, no religious differences or bad karma... We were just all very tired from the touring. We had been on the road for 50 weeks a year for over 5 years, and it was wearing us down. Quite naturally we all started working on different projects, some still working with each other, but the band that was known as Stylus, that had been such a wonderful era in all of our lives ceased to exist. In the end it was wonderful to have been..."A part of it all"... Track Listing: 1. World Of Make Believe 2. All In The Game 3. Will This Continue 4. Just Begun 5. Summer Breeze 6. Paradise 7. I'm So In Love With You 8. I Remember 9. Where In The World 10. I'm Going Home Album Details: Released by Astor. 1975 Produced by Trevor Courtney and Stylus A special thank you to my friend Erik Johansen (Tape8) who edited Peters performance - http://www.tape8.com