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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 at open functions
Everything you want to know is at the PWP NSW Website
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-STATE
State Office has 15 free tickets to be given away to adults and children who wish to attend the circus spectacular on Sunday 23rd September at Moore Park at 12pm. If you wish to secure tickets, contact me at pwpnsw@bigpond.net.au or 9833-2633
Kim, State Office
PLEASE NOTE:
To renew your membership by credit card or to fax your renewal form, ring Kim on 9833 2633 between 10am and 5pm (if not available leave a message and she will call you back)
-BRANCH ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRANCH COMMITTEES:
Please Email ANNOUNCEMENTS or PROGRAM CHANGES
to be published here…
-COMBINED BRANCHES-
-CITY
-HILLS
-MACARTHUR
.NORTHSIDE
-THE COMING WEEK
-(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)
Thursday 13 September
Final Bookings for:Northside: India Curry House 15th Sept.
CITY OF SYDNEY
COUNTRY MUSIC
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 14 September
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT 'VIRGO' HOUSE PARTY @ Maureen's Carlingford
Saturday 15 September
COMBINED BRANCHES
OPEN ADULT MODERN DANCE 8pm at Putney Bowling Club
MACARTHUR
POWERHOUSE MUSEUM
Sunday 16 September
CITY OF SYDNEY
JAZZ BAND AT CRONULLA RSL
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT SUNDAY FUNDAY
Also
DARLING HARBOUR DAY OUT
Also
ASQUITH LEAGUES CLUB DINNER
Also
ADULT TENNIS AFTERNOON WINSTON HILLS
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK Dharug National Park
Also
BBQ AT MARY'S Harbord
Monday 17 September
CITY OF SYDNEY
WALK THE BAY
HILLS DISTRICT
BUDGET MONDAY NIGHT DINNER
NORTHSIDE
BISTRO CLUB LUNCH Pennant Hills Bowling Club
Tuesday 18 September
HILLS DISTRICT
BLACKTOWN WORKERS SPORTS CLUB DINNER NIGHT
Also
PLANET ARK COFFEE/TEA & CHAT NIGHT Quakers Hill
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AND CHAT
Wednesday 19 September
STATE
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING - The Blue Room, Rydalmere Bowling Club. All SMC committee members to attend. All members welcome.
HILLS DISTRICT
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT
Also
SOCIAL TENNIS
Also
KINGSWOOD SINGLES DANCE
Also
KINDY KIDS
NORTHSIDE
NEW MEMBERS NIGHT
Thursday 20 September
Final Bookings for:Northside: Greek Restaurant 22nd Sept.
CITY OF SYDNEY
THE SYDNEY BIG SOUND BAND AT ROCKDALE RSL CLUB
MACARTHUR
FAMILY DINNER AT THE TENNIS CLUB
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 21 September
Final Bookings for:Northside - Seafood BBQ 23 Sept.
COMBINED BRANCHES
ADULT HUNTER VALLEY WINE TRIP
Also
ADULT 'GUEST' HOUSE PARTY' @ Rogers Blacktown
.STATE PRESIDENT'S DESK
PWP NSW is the largest singles and single parent not-for-profit volunteer association in Australia. We welcome single parents who are separated, divorced, never married and widowed in to our PWP community and a great alternative life style. PWP NSW is also open to singles with no-children to join as associate members. An organization like ours makes it a bit easier to adjust to being single again. Our success is the result of a lot of work by a lot of dedicated volunteers contribution over the years. There are a lot of members who can boast to having been apart of PWP NSW and that PWP NSW has helped make some major life adjustments. Why not encourage your single parent friends to join with the strength of PWP NSW.
Ross F, State President. rossemail@gmail.com
.PWP DOES IT AGAIN
PWP TRAINING DAY
There was a great roll-up with all branches represented at the annual PWP Training Day for all branch and state committee members and other organisers. It is good to learn more about the running of the group and to realize how much is involved in other committee members jobs. A lot of the information could apply elsewhere – some handy for work. Barry did a great job getting the whole thing organized and running so smoothly. All the presenters were very good and more than willing to reveal some of their trade secrets. There was exchange of information during and between sessions from the participants from all the branches. It is this sharing of information and ideas that is behind PWP NSW being such a great organization. Looking forward to next years now.
-YOU CAN HELP YOUR PWP-
POSTER DISPLAY ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN
If you can put up our PWP A4 posters in your local shopping centre community notice board, local library, doctors waiting room, local shop keepers window or any other community notice boards then please call Kim at the state office or email her with your name and address at pwpnsw@bigpond.com.au
SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMP OCTOBER - ASSISTANT CATERING HELP
The school holiday camps are a special unique aspect of our family program supporting children of single parent families. We need some volunteers to help with the catering organisation – if you can help ring or email Kim to discuss. 9833 2633 pwpnsw@bigpond.net.au
-EDUCATION & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
St George & Sutherland Community College - JANNALI
The largest provider of adult education programs in the area – with a huge calendar of courses and workshops to choose from. Ph: (02) 9528 3344 Email: enquiries@sgscc.nsw.edu.au Web: www.sgscc.nsw.edu.au
Child Support Community Information Seminar
25 September The Entrance David Prendergast (02) 9407 6048 contact for details.
-ABC HEALTH NEWS
MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHES
One in three people with daily headaches may have so-called medication overuse headaches - which are due to the very pain relievers they take to kill the pain. Details
EXTRA SLEEP A STRONG PAIN RELIEVER: EXPERT
FOOD ADDITIVES LINKED TO HYPERACTIVITY IN KIDS
WEIGHT LOSS FROM LOW-FAT DIET
A study of 48,000 older women on a low-fat diet found they lost over two kilos in the first year and had maintained a half-kilo reduction several years later. Details
SURGERY WARNING FOR OBESE
HEART DISEASE DRUGS MAY HELP ALZHEIMER'S
SIBLINGS AND HEART DISEASE
A new study shows that people have up to double the risk of heart disease if they have a sibling with heart disease. Details
MENTALLY ILL CHILDREN
Can a two year old - or a foetus - show symptoms of bi-polar disorder? In America, they think so, and, of course, there are medications for it. There is no doubt some children develop serious mental illness and need help, but it may be going too far. There is a wide range of normal human temperament, and behaviour. Society tolerates few eccentricities. Details
RARE PIGS ASSIST IN REVOLUTIONARY DIABETES TREATMENT
BLOOD PRESSURE DRUGS CUT DEATH RATE IN DIABETES
The largest-ever study of treatments for diabetes has shown that a fixed combination of two blood pressure lowering drugs reduces the risk of death, was well as the risk of heart and kidney disease. Details
DUTCH RESEARCH FINDS SMOKING LINKED TO DEMENTIA
HEART ATTACK - DON'T DELAY
Delays in getting treatment in hospital make it more likely a heart attack will be fatal. But how do you know if you're having one and when do you call an ambulance? Details
-ON THE WEB-
ABC HEALTH REPORT
ABC's weekly health update – always articles of importance to your health and well being. www.abc.net.au/rn/healthreport
PWP SOCIAL SERVICES & POLICY NEWS
MEDICARE
Better Access to Psychiatrists, Psychologists and General Practitioners through the MBS.
The initiative provides better access to mental health care by GPs, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and other appropriately trained allied mental health professionals. Read more
HAVE YOUR SAY (TO GOVERNMENT)
INCREASING SOCIAL HOUSING SUPPLY
On 26 July 2007, the Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Mal Brough MP, announced that the Australian Government is seeking submissions on ways to increase the supply of Social Housing. Social housing is appropriate and affordable housing made available to people who cannot afford to access or sustain housing in the mainstream housing sector.
* Minister Brough's media release - Howard Government Looking to the Future for Public Housing
Submissions are sought on new and more cost-effective ways to increase the supply of social housing for:
* low to middle income families
* people with disability
* Indigenous Australians
* older people
* other groups in need of assistance
Information is sought from state, territory and local governments, non-government organisations, the private sector and any other interested parties, individuals or groups who believe they have relevant, innovative and practical ideas or models designed to increase social housing supply.
Submissions are due by COB Friday, 28th September 2007.
· Background
· Public Submissions Process
· Frequently Asked Questions
· Contact Details
· Further Information
SCIENCE ONLINE
THE CARBON FARMERS
Quick and dirty solutions to climate change are notorious for being flawed. But could one dirty solution - carbon storage in soil - really be a key player in addressing the biggest environmental crisis the world has ever faced? Abbie Thomas reports. Read more
ROCKET FUEL POWERS BIONIC ARM
An artificial arm that uses rocket propellant to power motorised muscles is being touted by its developers as the closest thing yet to a bionic limb. Read more
ROCK STARS REALLY DO LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG
Rock stars, notorious for their 'crash and burn' lifestyles, really are more likely than other people to die before getting old. Read more
BUILDING A NANOCOMPUTER, ATOM BY ATOM
New ways of manipulating atoms could one day allow 30,000 full-length movies to be crammed into a gadget the size of an mp3 player, researchers say. Read more
-September 13-
Birthdays:
1925 Mel Torme? Chic Ill, jazz singer "Velvet Fog" (Jet Set, Night Court)
1944 Peter Cetera Chicago, lead singer (Chicago-25 or 6 to 4, Old Days)
1951 David Clayton-Thomas singer (Blood Sweat & Tears-You've Made Me So Very Happy, Spinning Wheel)
1965 Zak Starsky drummer, son of Beatle Ringo
1971 Stella Nina McCartney daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney
On This Day:
1942 German forces attack Stalingrad
1959 USSR's Luna 2 becomes 1st probe to contact another celestial body
1963 "The Outer Limits" premiers
1965 Beatles release "Yesterday"
1970 IBM announces System 370 computer
1981 John McEnroe beats Bjorn Borg for US Open title
1987 Paul Lynch of Great Britain does 32,573 push-ups in 24 hours
:-) Hi-Tech Yuppie
A Montana cowboy was overseeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW races out of a cloud of dust towards him.
The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy, "If I tell you exactly how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"
The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, Why not?"
The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects it to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location which he then feeds to another NASA satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo.
The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg, Germany.
Within seconds, he receives an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses an MS-SQL database through an ODBC connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.
Finally, he prints out a full-color, 150-page report on his hi-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."
"That's right. Well, I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy.
He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on amused as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.
Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"
The young man thinks about it for a second and then says, "Okay, why not?"
You're a Congressman for the U. S. Government," says the cowboy.
"Wow! That's correct," says the yuppie, "but how did you guess that?"
"No guessing required." answered the cowboy. "You showed up here even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows ... this is a herd of sheep.
Now give me back my dog.
-Afterthought: “
You cannot be serious! – John McEnroe
-COMPUTING TIP-
CREATE YOUR OWN PDF FILES
PDF (Portable Document Files) files are an excellent way to distribute documents. The preservation of formatting, text and images, plus the support Adobe has offered for multiple platforms make PDF the easiest way to let others view your documents. For those who operate business using electronic communication, it provides a great way to present invoices, order forms and is widely used as a method of proofing graphic design work.
I use the following software for creating my own PDFs.
Three products in the suite are freely downloadable from www.pdf995.com and are sponsored by advertising. pdf995 is the print driver that lets you create PDF files. The next 2 programs are optional extras (which I personally don’t use). The second program, pdfEdit995, adds features such as support for watermarks, the ability to convert some external links to live links, and an Optimize command for Web pages. A third program, Signature995, adds security features such as the option to prevent users from printing and copying your PDF files.
Upon opening pdfEdit995, or after printing to the virtual printer, a web page will open in your default browser displaying a bit of advertising. For a very nominal fee of $9.95 US per product, or $19.95 for the suite, the advertising can be disabled.
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
I have refurbished computers, each internet ready and available now. Fully protected with firewall, antivirus and antispyware installed. Keyboard, mouse and monitor supplied. Ideal first computer or child’s computer.
Please contact me for more details:
Ring John: 9626 9093 or 0408 416 466
Email: getugoing@hotpop.com
Approved by PWP SMC - I maintain (gratis) PWP NSW computers and software
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