iMac Available on 30 November

Apple® today announced the all-new iMac® will be available on Friday, 30 November. Featuring a stunning design, brilliant display with reduced reflection, faster processors and an innovative new storage option called Fusion Drive, the new iMac is the most advanced desktop Apple has ever made. The 21.5-inch iMac will be available through the Apple Online Store (www.apple.com/au), Apple's retail stores and select Apple Authorised Resellers. The 27-inch iMac will be available for order through the Apple Online Store and will begin shipping in December. 

Redesigned from the inside out, the new iMac packs high performance technology into an aluminium and glass enclosure that measures just 5 millimetres thin at its edge and features a reengineered display that reduces reflection by 75 per cent. The new iMac includes 8GB of 1600 MHz memory, a 1TB hard drive, third generation quad-core Intel Core i5 processors that can be upgraded to Core i7, and the latest NVIDIA GeForce graphics processors that deliver up to 60 per cent faster performance. Fusion Drive is an innovative new storage option that gives customers the performance of flash and the capacity of a hard drive by combining 128GB of flash with a standard hard drive to create a single storage volume that intelligently manages files to optimise read and write performance.

The 21.5-inch iMac is available with a 2.7 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.2 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M for a recommended retail price of A$1,429 inc. GST; and with a 2.9 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.6 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M for a recommended retail price of A$1,698 inc. GST. The 27-inch iMac is available with a 2.9 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.6 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M for a recommended retail price of A$1,999 inc. GST; and with a 3.2 GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with Turbo Boost speeds up to 3.6 GHz and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX for a recommended retail price of A$2,199 inc. GST. 

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.

CAMPARI UNVEILS 2013 CALENDAR THEME AND IMAGES

CAMPARI UNVEILS CALENDAR THEME AND IMAGES

Penelope Cruz and Campari present 'Kiss Superstition Goodbye'



Today Campari officially released the 2013 Calendar images, and superstitious theme, to the world.

Set to take the audience on a stunning visual voyage, the 2013 Calendar, entitled 'Kiss Superstition Goodbye', showcases Penelope Cruz in 13 vivid shots, as she engages with intriguing and mystical superstitions, such as black cats, broken mirrors and walking under ladders. Dressed in a variety of gorgeous red-themed dresses and shoes from top fashion houses including Emilio Pucci and Salvatore Ferragamo, as well as jewellery by Chopard, Penelope dazzles in every shot.

Colin Firth, Cameron Diaz, Alan Rickman and Tom Courtenay celebrate Gambit After Party at Corinthia Hotel London

(L to R): Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth and Tom Courtenay / Photos from corinthia.com

The stars of Momentum Pictures’ latest film were joined by A-list friends and VIPs as they celebrated the world premiere of the stylish new, art heist caper, Gambit.

After walking the red carpet at the Empire Leicester Square, the filmmakers and their famous fans made the short journey to the beautiful Massimo Restaurant & Oyster Bar at Corinthia Hotel London.

On arrival, the star cast was greeted with a special Gambit cocktail made with eucalyptus-infused gin blended with orange bitters, wormwood bitters, and acacia honey. Created by the expert mixologist team at Bassoon, Corinthia London’s chic cocktail bar, “Gambit,” will be on the cocktail menu for a limited period for hotel guests and visitors to try.

Bets are on to see if the cocktail will be as popular as The King’s Speech, a Champagne and Chambord concoction created to celebrate the multiple BAFTA and Academy Award winning British film. The cocktail became a firm favorite with guests and was made a permanent fixture on Bassoon’s cocktail menu due to popular demand.

Guests at the after party were also treated to delicious warm and cold canapes including Monmouthshire pork and apple sausage roll with mustard sauce, baby asparagus tart with Beenleigh Blue cheese, and risotto beignet with Jerusalem artichoke and parsley.

“Last summer before shooting began, an intimate dinner for the cast and filmmakers was held in the private dining room of Massimo Restaurant&Oyster Bar. We are delighted that they have returned to toast the world premiere of the film,” said Matthew Dixon, General Manager, Corinthia Hotel London.

GAMBIT will be released in cinemas cross the UK&Ireland on November 21 by Momentum Pictures.

Save Our Marine Life

Photo: Ron and Valerie Taylor It's images like this that remind me just how amazing Australia's marine life really is. (Imagine being there for this photo – what a moment!) Introduce sweeping trawler nets or even an oil rig, and suddenly things look very, very different. But we have a new opportunity to protect some of the most pristine marine places along our continent's southern coastline forever. And we need your help before the deadline expires in 4 days. The South Australian Government is offering to protect the very best, the most spectacular marine icons along their State's vast coastline. These places are South Australia's marine equivalent of Kakadu, Kings Canyon, the Great Barrier Reef or the Blue Mountains. They are also havens for the world's most endangered sea lion, leafy sea dragons, giant cuttlefish and southern right whales. With less than 1% of South Australia's marine waters protected, and new threats such as faster, larger fishing charter vessels targeting pristine areas previously beyond reach, the opportunity can't come fast enough. Please make these new marine sanctuaries a reality while we can. Help protect these pristine and spectacular ocean environments by 'clicking n sending' the message of support here. The two minutes it takes will make a real difference in convincing the South Australian Government to protect these very special places for the future. Thanks for your support for our oceans. Together we're making a big impact. All the best, David David Mackenzie Save Our Marine Life www.saveourmarinelife.org.au PS - This opportunity has been almost 10 years in the making. Please click n send, and tell your friends too.

GRYMM - where your worst nightmares come true

Keith Austin

SOMETHING stirred in the gravelly yard beneath their window . . . A soft slippery nuzzle, the sort of sounds you’d expect a pig to make with its snout in a trough . . . The small mining town of Grymm perched on the very edge of the Great Desert is the kind of town you leave – but when Dad gets a three-month contract in the mine there, Mina and Jacob, unwilling stepbrother and sister, are reluctantly arriving. From a grotesque letting agent who seems to want to eat their baby brother, a cafe owner whose milkshakes contain actual maggots and the horribly creepy butcher, baker and candlestick-maker, Mina and Jacob soon realise that nothing in Grymm is what it appears to be. And then things get seriously weird when their baby brother disappears – and no one seems to even notice! In Grymm, your worst nightmares really do come true . .

Of which one reviewer said: "This book really does need to be read to be believed, and I only wish I could come up with a more coherent way of describing it. Dark, macabre, bizarre, hilarious, chilling - none of those words are really enough..."


Still not convinced? Then read the first chapter for FREE here:
http://grymmworld.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/read-chapter-on-for-free/



Grymm is available in all good book stores but also at www.amazon.co.uk (Kindle edition available too), where it's received 5 out of 5 stars from three reviewers, as well as www.amazon.com where four reviewers all awarded it 5/5 stars ... It's also available as an iTunes download.

• Paperback
• Publisher: Red Fox (July 5, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1849415560
• ISBN-13: 978-1849415569
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces

Stolen: Porsche 997

The Porsche stolen overnight from Richard Perini is one of just 12 in Australia. Source: The Daily Telegraph

Source: news.com.au

POLICE are appealing for help after a rare silver Porsche was stolen from a home in Sydney's north.

The 2007 Porsche 997* - valued at $275,000 - was taken from the home at Hunters Hill overnight on Monday, police said.

There are only 12 cars of this type in Australia, and only two of which are silver.

Anyone with information is being asked to call Gladesville Police or Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/national/rare-car-stolen-from-sydney-home/story-e6frfku9-1226497420902#ixzz29V6FfVE1

 * the 997 is a special, limited production, high performance version of the popular and more common 911 model.

Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 supported by Jaeger-LeCoultre

Opening Ceremony of Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2012 supported by Jaeger-LeCoultre




Ali Al Jabri, Abu Dhabi Film Festival director opened the Festival last night.
On the picture with Renaud Pretet, Jaeger-LeCoultre Brand Manager for Middle East
and Jerome Favier, Manufacture Jaeger-LeCoultre International Sales Director.

Jury President (Narrative competition) Bollywood legend Shabana Azmi chose a
Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous watch that complemented her outfit



Egyptian star Ilham Shaheen wore Jaeger-LeCoultre Rendez-Vous watch in pink gold.
Egyptian actress Mena Shalabi graced the Red Carpet with a Jaeger-LeCoultre high jewellery watch, and jury member Ismael Ferroukhi – a Master Ultra Thin Tourbillon in pink gold.



The “Arbitrage” film premiere in the Middle East opened the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in the attendance of the film director Nicholas Jarecki and his wife Agata Bobola who chose to wear Jaeger-LeCoultre 101 watch for the evening.