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  CNN.com - Firefighters battle to contain Sydney inferno - January 2, 2002
SYDNEY, Australia (CNN) -- Firefighters in Sydney are concentrating efforts late Wednesday on stopping blazes entering the Lane Cove National Park in the city's inner north west as gusty winds and high temperatures push fires ever closer to the city center.
Weather conditions in Sydney have been the driest in recorded history, and weather forecasters are not predicting any relief from the onslaught until the weekend at the earliest.
Many of the latest Sydney fires are suspected to be the work of arsonists, including three new blazes in the far west of Sydney suspected of being lit Wednesday.
archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/02/fires.sydney/index.html   (683 words)

  
  Sydney Push - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sydney Push was a predominantly left-wing intellectual sub-culture in Sydney from the late 1940s to the early '70s.
John Anderson, a Scottish born professor of Philosophy at Sydney University in the 1940s, was an important figure in the formation of the Push and Sydney Libertarianism, and in their ongoing pursuit of intellectual discussion and debate.
Sydney Libertarianism adopted an attitude of permanent protest based on the sociological theories of Max Nomad, Vilfredo Pareto and Robert Michels, which predicted the inevitability of elites and the futility of revolutions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sydney_Push   (256 words)

  
 Culture of Sydney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sydney has been home to many visual artists, from the lush pastoralism of Lloyd Rees depictions of Sydney Harbour to Jeffrey Smart's portraits of bleak urban alienation.
Sydney is a host to many different festivals including the Sydney Festival, a celebration of free performances throughout January; the Big Day Out, a travelling rock music festival which originated in Sydney; the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (see below) and the Sydney Film Festival.
Sydney is famous for its gay community, centered around Oxford Street, and the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Culture_of_Sydney   (436 words)

  
 Sydney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left.]] Sydney is the capital city of the Australian state of New South Wales and Australia's largest and oldest city (founded in 1788).
Sydney is a significant global and domestic tourist destination and is regularly declared to be one of the most beautiful and livable cities in the world, admired for its harbour, beautiful coastline, warm and pleasant climate and cosmopolitan culture.
Sydney significantly raised its global profile in recent years as the host city of the 2000 Summer Olympics.
www.kiwipedia.com /sydney.html   (150 words)

  
 The Push - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney between 1927 and 1958 and Scottish by birth, John Anderson is widely recognised as an academic who had a significant impact on Australian philosophy and, more specifically, the beliefs of the Push.
Anne Coombs, in her introduction of an in-depth, historical study of the Push, Sex and Anarchy: the Life and Death of the Sydney Push, describes The Libertarian Society as 'the heart of the Push, its beating centre that gave it its distinctive character'.
Sydney was a smaller city in the 50s, and the urban heart was vibrant and attracted artists, journalists, actors and students.
www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au /articles/push   (1367 words)

  
 The Push - Stories from Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal
Professor of Philosophy at the University of Sydney between 1927 and 1958 and Scottish by birth, John Anderson is widely recognised as an academic who had a significant impact on Australian philosophy and, more specifically, the beliefs of the Push.
Anne Coombs, in her introduction of an in-depth, historical study of the Push, Sex and Anarchy: the Life and Death of the Sydney Push, describes The Libertarian Society as 'the heart of the Push, its beating centre that gave it its distinctive character'.
Sydney was a smaller city in the 50s, and the urban heart was vibrant and attracted artists, journalists, actors and students.
www.acn.net.au /articles/push   (1366 words)

  
 Sydney Libertarians and Anarchism Index
Jim Baker was one of the key intellectual figues in the Sydney Push from 1945 onwards.
He was a regular speaker at the Domain in Sydney, a motivator of various incarnations of the Sydney Anarchist Group, and participated in activities of the Sydney Libertarian Push, and is often seen at anarchist conferences and gatherings.
Hooton was part of the Libertarian Push in Sydney during the post WW II years, with connections to Angela "Annie" Westbrook of the IWW and many of the poets and writers active in Australian Literature of the time.
www.takver.com /history/sydney/indexsl.htm   (1009 words)

  
 THE PUSH AND CRITICAL DRINKERS
According to some, including many former members, the Sydney Push was a drunken gang of logorrhoeac poseurs, that no-one could take seriously — in Barry Humphries’ words, `a fraternity of middle-class desperates, journalists, drop-out academics, gamblers and poets manqués, and their doxies’.
Nevertheless I first encountered it in Sydney through the medium of the Push.’ Clive James too recognised the significance of theory in the Push, though he was less high-minded about its effects.
Sydney Oz magazine and its London successor were the creation of the colourful offshoot of the Libertarians at the University of New South Wales.
web.maths.unsw.edu.au /~jim/push.html   (5834 words)

  
 Sydney’s Spot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sydney is at that stage where she likes to pick little things off the ground and put them in her mouth.
But Sydney, who has a few tricks up her sleeve, pretended to swallow whatever it was that she had in her mouth.
Sydney will push her toys aside and start crawling towards Jessie and try to grab her toys from her.
www.peteandjane.com /sydney   (1113 words)

  
 Lillian Roxon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
She pursued further studies at the University of Sydney in the mid-1950s, where she fell in with the freewheeling libertarian movement known as the Sydney Push.
She began her career in newspapers in Sydney and for several years worked for the tabloid magazine Weekend, owned by newspaper magnate Sir Frank Packer and edited by renowned author.
From 1962 onwards she was the New York correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and over the next ten years she carved out a singular career reporting on arts, entertainment and women's issues for the Australian, American and British press.
www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lillian_Roxon   (1087 words)

  
 Whoosh! Episode Guide: ALIAS: Remanants (A54/310)
Sydney is upset and wants to go back, but they tell her it is too dangerous.
Sydney is reluctant to drag him out of his new life, but Jack convinces her it can be safely done.
Sydney convinces him who she is by telling him what happened when he went for his first job interview.
www.whoosh.org /epguide/alias/remnants.html   (2090 words)

  
 Sydney FC > Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sydney FC is committed to a position at the forefront of Australian Football’s push into the brave new world by providing a professional and sustainable football club that will inspire and excite football fans and draw them into supporting the sport that has by far the greatest participation numbers in Australia.
In its brief history, Sydney FC has strived to put together a solid platform to ensure a strong back room is in place to take advantage of the exciting football the team is capable of playing to give fans a sense of belonging through special events, and more importantly a team they can aspire too.
Sydney FC is dedicated to giving football fans a team to call their own by listening to the fans and striving to give the supporters an exciting Match Day experience and a strong Football Club.
www.sydneyfc.com /default.aspx?s=club   (467 words)

  
 Green Left - The folklore of the Sydney Push   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Splendid stuff, but the Push never amounted to a revolutionary threat to Australian capitalism because, as Anne Coombs puts it in her history, they were not out to change the world but merely to interpret it.
The conservatism inherent in their political philosophy can be seen by Push characters from the right such as Peter Coleman, for whom the jump from libertarian individualism to Liberal MP was a short one, P.P. McGuinness and millionaire trucking entrepreneur Gordon Barton, not to mention the odd Nazi bouncer.
Push women, too, found a greater freedom to speak and act, and reject gender stereotypes, than most women in the '50s.
www.greenleft.org.au /1996/240/13904   (1014 words)

  
 Sydney push intensifies with $20m centre - News - www.realfooty.com.au
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou says a $20 million sports development at Blacktown in western Sydney, to be used by the AFL and Cricket NSW, is one of the four most significant moments in the push of his code into NSW.
The growth of AFL in Sydney, and particularly in the greater west, is a key strategic priority for our code.
This is the fastest-growing area of Australia's biggest city and we are keen to ensure the community has the chance to participate in our development programs and attend matches at a local AFL facility.
www.theage.com.au /realfooty/news/afl/sydney-push-intensifies-with-20m-centre/2006/08/24/1156012674652.html   (517 words)

  
 Jack Coughs up a Secret - AllAlias.com
Sydney fights her way out of the room only to be caught by the bodyguard again and confronted by Sakkoulis, who licks her face (ew).
When Sydney wanted to report her father because she believed the FBI investigation of him resulted in her mother’s death, Vaughn argued with her, pointing out how valuable Jack’s contribution to the fight against SD-6 is. Now the tables have turned.
Earlier Sydney felt that Jack was responsible for her mother's death and wanted to "get him" for that--but now she realizes that no matter what their relationship has been, her father is fundamentally important to her and she would go to great lengths for him.
allalias.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=7496   (5166 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
There was one of Sydney in her prom dress, another of Sydney walking across the quad of her college with an armful of books, and a few of Sydney and Danny, as well as a some others on the walls.
He could try to convince Sydney to do the same and let her settle down with Agent Vaughn, and then his biggest concern would be whether or not one of his grandchildren would take a fall down the stairs.
Sydney wanted to be taken care of right now, and she figured she was with the perfect person.
aequabilis.amusing-cliche.net /authorsN-T/Olga_EssenceOfShadow.txt   (23019 words)

  
 Next Big Thing...3.10 Remnants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sydney has a dream about Will in her old apartment and a cereal box that says "St. Aidan" on it.
Sydney explains to Will what has been going on, and tells him that Allison Doren is still alive, working with the Covenant.
Sloans promises Sydney that it was a setup by Lindsey but she doesn't believe him.
fans.beautiful-soul.net /310/about.php   (401 words)

  
 episode guide @ alias.fannesite // Alias episode summaries, quotes, comments, and reviews
Sydney finds the basement, where an old man says that he has been waiting for her for a very long time.
He gives Sydney an amulet and declares ominously that it's only a matter of time before "the light ends." Peyton gets Sark released from the prison and tells him that Anna won't be joining them.
Sydney: Sydney wasn't a martyr, or a legend: she was just a person, who deserved nothing more than to be shot in the back.
www.neloo.com /alias/epguide/epi103.html   (1866 words)

  
 Quadrant Magazine
It is also a precise reference to the huge controversy in Sydney in the early 1960s when Christian leaders, lay and ecclesiastical, Anglican and Catholic, mounted a major attack on the philosophers of Sydney who had, they said, been corrupting students ever since the arrival of John Anderson from Scotland in 1927.
Sydney's Thomists and scholastics also appeared doomed when the Aquinas Academy fell to a Jungian coup after the death in 1979 of its founder, the charismatic Dr Austin Woodbury.
The Sydney University Philosophy IV students of 1970 included a dope-smoking group and a heroin-shooting group.") It culminates in the university authorities informing Stove that if he persisted in his exposures of radical feminism, he would be subject to "disciplinary proceedings".
www.quadrant.org.au /php/archive_details_list.php?article_id=554   (1938 words)

  
 Sydney Tourism Info
Sydney is located in a coastal basin between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the Blue Mountains to the west.
Sydney's urban area of 1687 km² (651 mi²) is similar to that of Greater London.
The metropolitan area (Sydney Statistical Division) is 12 145 km² (4,689 mi²); a significant portion of this area is national park and other unsettled land.
www.gradpula.com /guides/sydney   (570 words)

  
 Victorians push hard on northern concessions - realfooty.com.au
A showdown is looming at next week's meeting of the 16 AFL clubs, with the powerful Victorian bloc poised to claim first blood in its bid to strip Brisbane and Sydney of their salary-cap concessions.
Dual premiers the Lions seem certain to lose their additional $600,000 player payments, while the Swans are likely to be asked to restructure the extra 15 per cent placed on top of their salary cap.
Frustrated Sydney president Richard Colless said last night he would not even be attending the meeting, which precedes the AFL annual meeting and season launch.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/03/11/1047144971732.html   (624 words)

  
 Northern Territory News: Record crowd sees A-League draw [ 08dec06 ]
It is a valuable point for Sydney to push two points clear of third-placed Newcastle in the battle for a major semi-final spot.
Both Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick and Sydney FC counterpart Terry Butcher were pleased with the result, though Adelaide could move equal with Sydney FC in second place if it beats lowly New Zealand on Sunday.
Sydney FC skipper Mark Rudan, who played in the dying days of the old NSL, felt the size of tonight's crowd was a statement of how big an impact the A-League has had in Australian football.
www.ntnews.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,7034,20896895^23209,00.html   (494 words)

  
 The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation
Sydney, Nov. 11: Female foeticide in India hogged the limelight at the 7th World Congress on Bioethics, which began here on Tuesday, as delegates focused on misuse of technology in ?sex selection?
Female foeticide is on the rise in urban and rural pockets of the country, despite the Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act implemented last year.
Indian and foreign researchers devoted an entire session of the conference on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, which preceded the inauguration of the four-day congress, to this.
www.telegraphindia.com /1041112/asp/nation/story_3994896.asp   (508 words)

  
 Trial of Conscience 8   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Sydney had been sure that as soon as Evin had awakened, she would send Sydney home, telling her she was missing too much school or some other nonsense.
Sydney was instantly awake and aware that Evin was no longer in the bed next to her.
Sydney couldn’t help but feel that every inch of progress gained in their relationship was being lost with each mile they traveled.
www.home.earthlink.net /~gabsabs/toc8.htm   (5830 words)

  
 Revealed: radical Islamic push in Sydney - National - smh.com.au
Sydney's mainstream Islamic community is understood to have warned the group, also known as the Party of Islamic Liberation, to stop distributing material near local mosques in an effort to recruit young Muslims to its cause.
Brother Wassim said one of the Sydney group's key roles would be to "expose the reality of Western foreign policy and ideology".
Sydney Islamic leaders yesterday expressed concerns about Hizb ut-Tahrir, which they described as a provocative fringe group not aligned to any of the larger Islamic organisations.
www.smh.com.au /news/national/revealed-radical-islamic-push-in-sydney/2005/07/23/1121539189989.html   (702 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Olympic bid cities going for green
Peter Ottesen, who was head of environment for the Sydney Organising Committee, feels there is little chance of that happening: "The IOC is a global organisation and it realises that the environment is a global issue.
Sydney's push to green the Games was widely believed to have been the factor that gave the Australian city the edge over the other cities bidding to host the 2000 event.
Although Sydney is often portrayed as the city that made the Olympics green, the clock has to be turned back to 1976 to find the first example of eco-activism affecting the IOC.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3719375.stm   (1091 words)

  
 ludiccrew.org
From talking to Push women, Coombs concludes that 'a woman gained her status in the Push from whom she was fucking.
By the time of his retirement in 1958, the power of speech, exercised in that corner of the Sydney Uni quad where the jacaranda tree sprouts vivid purple every spring, was in its autumn as a source of intellectual force as far as the techniques of the self were concerned.
If there is a genealogy of Sydney Libertarianism, it would perhaps be one of a form of critical difference, one which deserves to be thought as a continuity precisely because of its ability always to differentiate itself from past incarnations that lose their reflective and critical edge.
www.ludiccrew.org /wark/republic/chapt04.htm   (8427 words)

  
 Media Articles
SYDNEY Water Minister Kim Yeadon is to reconvene a waterways advisory panel to assess Sydney Water's handling of aspects the Northside Storage Tunnel project after Clean Up Australia chief Ian Kiernan publicly denounced the project yesterday.
She admitted Sydney Water had created a community expectation the tunnel would take sludge trucks off the streets of Manly but said a pipe could be installed economically at any time and in the absence of a long-term strategy for sludge it would "clearly he wasteful to install the pipe now".
Sydney Water plans to release air trapped in the storage tunnel from a vent 60 metres from the school.
www.homestead.com /novent/files/media.htm   (3009 words)

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