Incorporating Hills HawkEye
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
Everything you want to know is at the PWP NSW Website
BILLBOARD
Editorial
Thursday programming is a bit flaky at present. (see 21/6 below)
VPPs and committees – please put on your thinking caps !
BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRANCH COMMITTEES:
Please Email ANNOUNCEMENTS or PROGRAM CHANGES to be published here
-STATE
PLEASE NOTE:
Phone Kim at State office on 9833 2633 to renew your membership by credit card or to fax your renewal form.
-CITY
-HILLS
-MACARTHUR
-NORTHSIDE
COMBINED BRANCHES-
-THE COMING WEEK
-(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)
Thursday 14 June
Final Bookings for:City - Gymea Tradies, Fri 15 June.City - Lailay Rest, Fri 15 June.
CITY OF SYDNEY
COUNTRY MUSIC Canterbury/Hurlstone Park RSL Club
MACARTHUR
FAMILY DINNER AT THE TENNIS CLUB Leumeah
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 15 June
Final Bookings for:City - New Members BBQ & Picnic, Sun 17 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
DINE AT LAIALY RESTAURANT Balmain
Also
DINNER AT THE GYMEA TRADIES
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT JAGUAR HOUSE PARTY @ Brian's, Winston Hills
Saturday 16 June
Final Bookings for:Macarthur - Xmas in July, Sat 7 July.
STATE
OPEN ADULT MODERN DANCE 8pm at Putney Bowling Club, Francis St, Putney
Sunday 17 June
STATE
COMBINED BRANCHES FITAP PRESENTATION DAY AND BBQ 11am at Lake Parramatta Reserve, Lackey St (Off Bourke St) North Parramatta
CITY OF SYDNEY
FREE FAMILY BBQ AND PICNIC DAY
Also
FAMILY TENNIS Dobell Park, Engadine
HILLS DISTRICT
ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB DINNER - Same as 3 June
MACARTHUR
PICNIC AT MARSDEN PARK
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK Cowan to Brooklyn
Monday 18 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
WALK THE BAY
HILLS DISTRICT
BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER
NORTHSIDE
INFORMAL MORNING COFFEE AND CHAT Cherrybrook
Also
BISTRO CLUB LUNCH
Tuesday 19 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
CEROC DANCING LESSONS - Same as 5 June.
HILLS DISTRICT
BLACKTOWN WORKERS SPORTS CLUB DINNER NIGHT
PLANET ARK COFFEE / TEA & CHAT NIGHT - CHIROPRACTIC CARE Quakers Hill
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AND CHAT
Wednesday 20 June
HILLS DISTRICT
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT Glenmore Park
Also
SOCIAL TENNIS
Also
KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE
Also
PWP KINDY KIDS
NORTHSIDE
NEW MEMBERS NIGHT Bistro Bar, The Great Northern Hotel, Chatswood
Thursday 21 June
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 22 June
CITY OF SYDNEY
FAMILY DINNER - 6pm. Engadine Bowling Club 61 Cambari Ave, Engadine
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT (ROLE REVERSAL) HOUSE PARTY Julie's, Castle Hill
MACARTHUR
DINNER AND DANCE
-HEALTH NEWS-
FACT FILE: COLDS, SNEEZES AND SORE THROATS
It's hard to imagine winter without a cold, sore throat or sniffle. But there's not much you can do about this annoying fact of life except take it easy. Details
GROMMETS UNNECESSARY
A study shows that grommets aren't needed to treat glue ear in children to prevent hearing loss. They do just as well without. Details
SKIN - TREATING BURNS
The skin is the largest organ of the body by surface area. First aid is vital in the treatment of burns. Cool water on scalded skin for 20 minutes reduces injury by 80 per cent. It reduces the inflammatory response. Fiona Wood describes her spray-on skin treatment technique. She believes neurophysiology plays an important role in treatment outcomes. Details
-June 14-
Birthdays:
1864 Alois Alzheimer Germany, psychiatrist/pathologist (Alzheimer Disease)
1909 Burl Ives Hunt Ill, folk singer/actor (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof)
1946 Donald Trump master builder (Trump Towers/Plaza/Castle)
1961 Boy George O'Dowd androgynous rock musician & druggie (Culture Club)
1969 Steffi Graf West Germany, tennis player (Grand Slam 1988)
On This Day:
1847 Bunson invents a gas burner. Lab teachers celebrate worldwide
1942 Walt Disney's "Bambi" is released
1949 State of Vietnam formed
1951 1st commercial computer, UNIVAC 1, enters service at Census Bureau
1953 Elvis Presley graduates from LC Humes High School in Memphis, Tenn
1975 Janis Ian releases "At 17"
1989 Rocker Carol King gets a star in Hollywood's walk of fame
:-) Subject: Careful what you call your business
All of these are legitimate companies that didn't spend quite enough time considering how their online names might appear - and be misread! These are not made up. Check them out yourself.
1. "Who Represents" is where you can find the name of the agent that represents any celebrity. Their Web site is www.whorepresents.com
2. "Experts Exchange" is a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than "Pen Island" at www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try "Therapist Finder" at www.therapistfinder.com
5. There's the "Italian Power Generator Company" at www.powergenitalia.com
6. And don't forget the "Mole Station Native Nursery" in New South Wales, at www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you're looking for IP computer software there's www.ipanywhere.com
8. The "First Cumming Methodist Church" Web site is www.cummingfirst.com
9. And the designers at "Speed of Art" await you at their wacky Web Site at www.speedofart.com
Afterthought:
"I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine."- Rita Rudner
-COMPUTING TIP-
BETTER EMAILING
(I apologise for this article being a bit long but it is definitely worth the read)
“These days, e-mail is used by just about everyone. Unfortunately, a lot of users out there don't use it right, flirting with security risks, consuming excessive bandwidth, and practicing lousy etiquette. Here are some basic e-mail usage guidelines to help your users handle their e-mail responsibly and to safeguard your organization.
1 Prevent Virus Outbreaks And Spam
Viruses are often spread through e-mail. You can greatly reduce the spread of e-mail viruses by using antivirus software, using only e-mail services that offer automatic antivirus protection (such as AOL, Google, Hotmail, and Yahoo), opening e-mail only from trusted sources, opening only attachments you're expecting, and scanning attached files with antivirus software before opening them.
Spam is loosely defined as unsolicited bulk e-mail and loosely correlates to the junk mail that turns up in your
home mailbox. But spam represents more than unwanted clutter. It clogs e-mail accounts—and networks and
servers—while trying to sell products, spread jokes, or propagate Internet hoaxes.
Reduce the amount of spam you receive by being cautious where you post your e-mail address. Avoid publishing your e-mail address on Web sites or submitting it to every site or organization that requests it.
Never forward chain messages, which often reveal coworkers’ and colleagues’ e-mail addresses to other parties.
Use caution when accepting e-mail offers or agreeing to accept mailings from vendors; subscribe only to Web sites and newsletters you really need and consider creating a generic Hotmail or Yahoo e-mail account for these subscriptions.
Don’t open unsolicited e-mail. If you accidentally open spam, don’t click links offering to unsubscribe or remove you from the mailing list unless the sender is a trusted vendor.
2 Avoid Phishing Attacks
Phishing scams are designed to steal consumers’ personal information. They often use doctored and fraudulent e-mail messages to trick recipients into divulging private information, such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords, and even social security numbers.
Online banking and e-commerce are generally safe, but you should always be careful about divulging personal and corporate information over the Internet. Phishing messages often boast real logos and appear to have come from the actual organization, but those messages are frequently nothing more than copyright infringements and faked addresses. If you suspect a message possesses any credibility, you are much safer calling the company directly—preferably at a telephone number printed on a paper statement or invoice—and talking to an authorized representative.
3 Manage Your Inbox
Sort messages by priority, subject, date, sender, and other options to help find important e-mail that requires your attention. Proper e-mail etiquette dictates that you respond to all e-mail in a timely fashion. Generally speaking, you should respond to all professional e-mail within a business day, even if it’s just to say you’ve received the message and will look into the matter. Occasionally, you may receive an e-mail thread that contains responses from several people; always read the entire thread before responding.
4 Compose Professional Messages
It's easy to convey the impression that you're unprofessional or careless if you don't follow some basic principles of good business writing. Make sure you follow proper grammar and sentence structure when composing and responding to messages and use a spell checker. Don’t type in all capital letters—it creates the effect of shouting.
Break your message into paragraphs for logic and readability. Before clicking the Send button, give it a final once-over. Reread the entire e-mail, checking it for grammatical errors, punctuation mistakes, and typos. You'll be amazed at what you catch. Also make sure your tone is appropriate for the message.
5 Write Effective Subject Lines
Writing subject lines can be tricky, but you should always include one. The goal is to summarize the message without being too wordy or too vague. Long subjects tend to be skimmed or ignored, and they don’t always fully display in e-mail viewers. For best readability, use sentence case for subject lines rather than all caps:
‘Agenda for meeting on 11/29/06’ Not ‘AGENDA FOR MEETING ON 11/29/06’
6 Properly Use CC And BCC
The carbon copy (CC) and blind carbon copy (BCC) features found in most e-mail clients allow you to send copies of an e-mail to others you need to keep informed but who aren’t necessarily the primary recipients.
When copying others, be certain the e-mail message pertains to them. If you use e-mail address lists, verify that all of the members of the list should receive the e-mail, too, and remove those who don’t need to be included. And use the BCC feature sparingly. If sensitive topics require BCCing others, it may be best to take the matter offline and discuss it in person.
7 Obey Etiquette Rules When Forwarding Messages
Before you forward an e-mail, make sure that all recipients need to receive the message. In addition, be careful when forwarding sensitive or confidential information. Never forward proprietary information to external audiences or to unauthorized recipients. Before clicking the Send button, review whether a message’s contents are appropriate for each listed recipient.
8 Don't Be A Party To A Flame War
Flame wars are heated e-mail exchanges that are more emotional than reasoned, and they have no place in professional communications. If you receive a flame or suddenly find yourself in a flame war, take a little time before responding, if you respond at all. Think about the situation and reply rationally not emotionally. You may also decide not to reply but to deal with the issue in person. Often, flame wars are started because of a simple misunderstanding. An ill-phrased comment (or even a well phrased one) can be misconstrued by a recipient, who then fires off a salvo in response. Instead of replying, go talk to the person and discuss the message. If talking with the person doesn’t end the problem, involve a manager for assistance in resolving the issue offline.
9 Protect E-Mail Addresses
Don't divulge your coworkers’ e-mail addresses to vendors, friends, or others outside the organization. Verify that recipients listed in the To and CC fields should be receiving messages and that you won't be revealing others' e-mail addresses in the process. Don't post your or coworkers’ e-mail addresses on Internet forums or bulletin boards, on Usenet groups, in chat rooms, or in other public areas.
Here are a couple of simple ways to help keep others’ e-mail addresses private. First, use the BCC feature when you need to hide their e-mail addresses from external audiences. Second, delete their addresses from messages you forward. It takes only a few moments and will reduce the chances of coworkers’ e-mail addresses proliferating in the wild.
10 Be Smart About Handling Attachments
E-mail attachments consume inordinate amounts of e-mail server space and network bandwidth and are often the culprits behind virus outbreaks—but they're often the easiest way to transfer files. Just be sure to follow these guidelines when e-mailing attachments:
· Don’t attach large files to an e-mail; anything over one or two megabytes shouldn’t be sent via e-mail.
· Limit the number of files you attach to a message to five or fewer.
· Save attachments to your hard drive and then delete the e-mail message containing the attachment.
· Don’t open unexpected attachments or those sent by unknown parties.
· Always scan files with an antivirus program before opening an attachment. Never click an attachment without first confirming that it’s virus-free.
· Don't annoy recipients by forwarding attachments they can’t access. If an attachment requires a new or less-common application, say so in your message.
11 Don't Include Sensitive Or Potentially Embarrassing Information
Don't make the mistake of thinking your e-mails are private. They're not. Think of them as postcards. You should never include any information in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want published on the front page of your local newspaper. In other words, never send confidential, proprietary, sensitive, personal, or classified information through e-mail. You should also refrain from making inflammatory, emotionally charged comments in e-mail.
12 Know When To Use E-Mail (And When Not To)
Businesses provide e-mail for professional, business-related use, not for jokes, gossip, or chain e-mails. Also remember that you shouldn't send an e-mail to do a conversation's work. Complicated subjects are often difficult to explain face to face, much less in an e-mail. Instead of firing off a complicated explanation via e-mail, set up a short meeting to address the issue in person. E-mail is also a poor stand-in for conversation when conducting critical, difficult, and/or unpleasant discussions, such as issues related to human resources matters. Touchy communications are best handled in person.”
- From Techrepublic, 2007 Was this article useful - More like this ?
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