Friday, December 02, 2005

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Incorporating Hills HawkEye

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Why YOU should join Parents Without Partners (PWP)

· Over 1,500 affordable activities a year

· Something on every night of the week

· Subsidised children's activities every weekend

· A great new single lifestyle

· Meet people and make friends at PWP

· Membership is a passport to any PWP activities in Australia & overseas

Members always have discounts to open functions &/or get group discounts at events

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CITY BRANCH Sydney City, Eastern Suburbs, Southern Sydney, Southern Suburbs, Inner West, Canterbury-Bankstown Region 1300 364 658

HILLS BRANCH Greater Western Sydney Region, Baulkham Hills, Colo, Holroyd, Fairfield Shires, Parramatta, Blacktown & Penrith Cities, Hawkesbury & Blue Mountains areas 9634 7502

HUNTER BRANCH Greater Hunter Region and north 4953 0265

MACARTHUR BRANCH South West Region, Campbelltown, Liverpool & Bankstown Cities, Picton, Camden, Wollondilly Shire & Southern Highlands 4620 4526

NORTHSIDE BRANCH North Sydney, Northshore, Northern Beaches, Northern Suburbs, Hornsby, Brooklyn & Central Coast Region 9411 1858

BILLBOARD

Welcome Aboard, HUNTER Branch ! ! ! (see program below)

BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS

Committees – Email Announcements for Publication Here

CITY

Saturday 3rd

SANTAS KINGDOM. Royal Hall of Industries, Moore Park. 10:30am meetup, 11am go in. http://www.santaskingdom.com.au. Ticket includes entry, rides, show and present from Santa. Details at the website. Tickets are $39.90, City children $29.90. Bookings must be made and fully paid for by Friday 2nd December.... call Anthony on 0412 955 042 or 02 8756 3580.

THE COMING WEEK (in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)

Thursday 1 December

HILLS DISTRICT

OPEN FAMILY SQUASH NIGHT

Also

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 2 December

Final Bookings for:City - Santas Kingdom, Sat 3 Dec, Northside - Belgium Beer Café, Sat 3 Dec

HILLS DISTRICT

HOUSE PARTY (Introduce a friend) at Lou's, Baulkham Hills

NORTHSIDE

JAZZ NIGHT AT DURAL Dural Memorial Hall

Saturday 3 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

SANTAS KINGDOM

Also

SOUTH SYDNEY JUNIORS

HILLS DISTRICT

BUSH CAROLS AT THE PINES, DURAL

Also

ADULT BUSH DANCE Beecroft Community Hall

HUNTER

HOUSE PARTY @ Vanessa’s

MACARTHUR

CATARACT SCOUT CAMP

NORTHSIDE

BELGIAN BEER & MUSSELS

Sunday 4 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

BBQ AT GREG'S

HILLS DISTRICT

HILLS CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY Winston Hills

Also

ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB FAMILY DINNER

HUNTER

NEW MEMBERS AND PROGRAM MEETING Speers Point Park

MACARTHUR

CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY AT CATARACT SCOUT CAMP

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK / SWIM

Monday 5 December

Final Bookings for:Hunter - Xmas Party, Sat 10 Dec

CITY OF SYDNEY

WALK THE BAY

HILLS DISTRICT

BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER

NORTHSIDE

BISTRO CLUB LUNCH

Tuesday 6 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

THELMA'S DANCE LESSONS

Also

CEROC DANCE LESSONS AT GYMEA

HILLS DISTRICT

VALUE T-BONE STEAK DINNER

NORTHSIDE

DINNER AND CHAT Dee Why RSL Club

Also

NEW MEMBERS NIGHT Dee Why RSL

Wednesday 7 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

BARGAIN STEAK AND NEW MEMBERS NIGHT

HILLS DISTRICT

KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE

Also

SOCIAL TENNIS

Thursday 8 December

Final Bookings for: City - Balmain Leagues Club Fri 9 Dec, Northside - Dinner Sat 10 Dec

HILLS DISTRICT

OPEN FAMILY SQUASH NIGHT

Also

ADVANCED DANCE LESSONS

NORTHSIDE

BUSHWALK

Friday 9 December

CITY OF SYDNEY

DINNER & JAZZ AT THE BALMAIN LEAGUES CLUB

HILLS DISTRICT

ADULT HOUSE PARTY (Introduce a friend) @ Angelo's, Rouse Hill

HUNTER

FAMILY GET-TOGETHER and BRANCH COMMITTEE MEETING

MACARTHUR

INGLEBURN RSL

NORTHSIDE

CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENING, Manly

IN THE NEWS

Reaction: Kiss Of Death For Peanut Allergy Sufferer

A 15-year-old girl with a peanut allergy died after kissing her boyfriend, who had just eaten a peanut butter snack, hospital officials said yesterday. Details

Jobs: Chronic Worker Shortage By 2010

AUSTRALIA will need to rely on the elderly, disabled and parents of school-aged children to meet a chronic shortage of workers over the next five years. More

Court Test For Duped Fathers

A FATHER who was tricked into paying tens of thousands of dollars to his unfaithful ex-wife for two children who were not his has won the right to take his six-year battle for compensation to the High Court. Read on

Welfare Overhaul Debated Concerns Single Parents

LAWS designed to push more single parents, disabled people and older Australians into the workforce have been introduced to Parliament. Single parents who applied after July 1 next year would be pushed onto the lower-paid Newstart Allowance rather than the pension. Full story

Government Softens On Single Parents

THE Federal Government will offer single parents two extra years in higher welfare payments to retrain and prepare for a job, in a softening on its welfare reform package. Yippee

WORD FOR THE WEEK

solicitous \suh-LIS-uh-tuhs\, adjective:
1. Manifesting or expressing care or concern.
2. Full of anxiety or concern; apprehensive.
3. Extremely careful; meticulous.
4. Full of desire; eager.

December 1

Birthdays:

1935 Woody Allen
1935 Lou Rawls
1938 Sandy Nelson
1939 Lee Trevino
1945 Bette Midler
1946 Gilbert O'Sullivan

On this day…

1862 Lincoln's State of the Union address

1913 Ford debuts Assembly Line

1955 Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus

1990 Tunnelers meet under English Channel

:-) GOLFING

A Scot and an American were talking about playing golf during the various seasons of the year. "In most parts of the USA, we cannot play in the winter time. We have to wait until spring" the Yank said.

"Why, in Scotland, we can even play in the winter time. Snow and cold are no object to us." said the Scot.

"Well, what do you do; paint your balls black?" asked the American.

"No," said the Scot. "We just put on an extra sweater or two."

EVER WONDERED . . . ?

Instant Messaging (IM) - a text-based computer conference over the Internet between two or more people who must be online at the same time. When you send an IM the receiver is instantly notified that she/he has a message.

What Are Firewalls ?

With some simple precautions we can safely enjoy the Internet and guard against unwanted viruses and other intrusions, much like locking the front door when we leave the house.

A firewall is a barrier which will keep unwanted intruders from ever reaching your computer. As mentioned in last month's issue, anti-virus software is a must for any Internet user, and will remove viruses which have already made it onto your computer. A firewall is a first line of defense. It works by checking the information coming into your Internet connection and filtering out potentially harmful material before it downloads onto your computer.

A firewall can be a hardware device or a computer program. Big businesses have powerful, expensive firewalls to protect their information and their customers, but there are also many excellent firewalls designed specifically for home use. Many domestic broadband modem/routers come with an inbuilt firewall.

Firewalls for home users may not have the grunt of one used by a Swiss bank, but they have become a low cost way of providing an excellent level of protection for the home computer. In the same way that a burglar will target an unlocked home over one with deadlocks and an alarm, Internet criminals find it easier to infect unprotected home computers than those with firewalls and anti-virus software. Don’t leave home without one !

Afterthought: Sex is like money: only too much is enough. John Updike

Computer Problems ? Hardware failure?

Computer running slowly? Don’t understand your software?

Internet problems? Don’t know what to do next?

· Help to buy, set up and use your computer

· New or refurbished systems to suit your budget

Ring John: 9626 9093 or 0408 416 466 Email: getugoing@hotpop.com

(Approved by PWP SMC - I maintain PWP NSW computer)

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