Thousands travel to Macksville, New South Wales, for funeral of Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes. Hughes died last Thursday, aged 25, two days after being hit near the ear by a ball while batting for South Australia against his former state side New South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. The funeral for cricketer Phillip Hughes turned into a celebration of his life on Wednesday despite the grief and sorrow still evident from his death. Australia captain Michael Clarke and the rest of th
Australian mother of three Maha Al Musa, 51, still breastfeeds her 5-year-old daughter, and vows to keep at it until age 10 if that’s the child’s wish. The circumstances may sound extreme, but her reasoning is familiar and simple. “I believe it helps boost her immune system. To this day, she is very rarely ill and her temperament is calmer and more relaxed than the other children,” Al Musa says. Whatever you think of her decision, the story has gone viral and sparked debate. The Australian belly dancer practices extended breastfeeding, much like Jamie Lynne Grumet, the 26-year-old L.A. mom who covered Time last year. The now-infamous Time breastefeeding cover featured four-year-old suckling from her bare breast, with Gurmet similarly saying she had no plans to stop. As her daughter celebrates her fifth birthday this month, Al Musa, from New South Wales, says she simply could not care less what her critics think. Maha weaned her two previous children, Kailash, 16, and Tariq, 13, off of breast milk at age two. In this case, however, she says there’s no end in sight. What do you think of breastfeeding kids at age five: Right or wrong? Right! Whatever works for you is okay! Wrong. Definitely too much of a good thing. View Poll »
Image credit: Food Forward Fresh fruit isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when I think about LA. Nevertheless, we’ve already heard about Fallen Fruit —an art project turned activist movement which aims to liberate unused ‘public’ fruit. (The movement eventually lead to a take over of LA Art Museum with some edible environmental art .) Another crew of Angelinos seeking to redefine their cities relationship to food is
Photo: Sydney Theatre Company Better known for lighting up the stage and screen, Oscar winner Cate Blanchett, (with husband and Co-Artistic Director of the Sydney Theatre Company) has teamed up with Australian federal government, the University of New South Wales and the NSW Government Architect’s Office to shine the light in a project known as, Greening the Wharf. The light in this instance will be sunlight. Or more precisely the capture of it. The Sydney Theatre Company’s blog on the matter notes that EnergyAustralia have calculates the 1,900-plus solar panels (and energy efficiency savings) will generate about 614,000 kWh a ye… Read the full story on TreeHugger
OMG! Britney Spears does not sing live! Australia is just now getting this memo issued in 2003, apparently. Do you even get the Internet down there, mates
