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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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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)
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-CITY-
-HILLS-
-MACARTHUR-
-NORTHSIDE-
-THE COMING WEEK
-(in brief - see ‘Soleparent’ for details)
Thursday 25 October
Final Bookings for:Northside - Portico Rest. Sat 27 Oct
HILLS DISTRICT
OPEN FAMILY SQUASH
MACARTHUR
'WELCOME' NIGHT @ Kathy's, Bradbury
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK
Friday 26 October
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY @ Jenny's. Glenwood
NORTHSIDE
CLASSICAL MUSIC EVENING St Patrick's Chapel, Manly
Saturday 27 October
CITY OF SYDNEY
DINNER & DANCING AT THE CANADA BAY CLUB Five Dock
HILLS DISTRICT
FAMILY HALLOWEEN PARTY @ Karen's, Doonside
MACARTHUR
FAMILY HALLOWEEN HOUSE PARTY @ Chris's, Ingleburn
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AT THE GREENGATE HOTEL Killara
Sunday 28 October
CITY OF SYDNEY
ADULT BBQ AT MARIA'S Five Dock
Also
JAMBEROO PARK FUN FAMILY DAY
HILLS DISTRICT
ASQUITH DINNER
Also
WOY WOY BUS TRIP
MACARTHUR
FAMILY FARM DAY Belgenny Farm, Camden
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK/SWIM Royal National Park
Monday 29 October
CITY OF SYDNEY
WALK THE BAY
HILLS DISTRICT
BUDGET DINNER
NORTHSIDE
BISTRO CLUB LUNCH
Tuesday 30 October
HILLS DISTRICT
SPORTS CLUB DINNER
Also
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION & JOINING NIGHT
NORTHSIDE
DINNER AND CHAT
Wednesday 31 October
HILLS DISTRICT
OPEN SOCIAL TENNIS
Also
KINGSWOOD DANCE
Also
KINDY KIDS
Thursday 1 November
CITY OF SYDNEY
SHORT FILM NIGHT AT THE TAP GALLERY
HILLS DISTRICT
OPEN FAMILY SQUASH
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK - No walk today
Friday 2 November
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT HOUSE PARTY @ Julie's, Castle Hill
MACARTHUR
TRIVIAL PURSUIT NIGHT@ Ian's, Bradbury
.STATE PRESIDENT'S DESK.
AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS
The success of our PWP program and activities is a result of the selfless contribution of an army of volunteers. The committee members and hosts that I have previous mentioned in earlier editions function reports are evidence of the regular commitment of fellow members to make PWP work as an association. But I would also like to acknowledge the army of volunteers who help our committee members and organizers – those who help on hospitality at parties and BBQ, those that help play the music at functions, those that help sell fund raising raffle tickets, those that help with the setting up, those that help with the food and catering, and at the end of the night those who help pack up and clean up. Literally, hundreds of members make a contribution both big and small to help make PWP a great organization. PWP is run by volunteer members for the benefit of fellow members.
On behalf of your fellow members thank you to all.
Ross F, State President rossemail@gmail.com
.PWP DOES IT AGAIN.
ROGER THAT
You couldn't find a friendlier party host than Roger and he always likes to party. He must hold the record as the longest standing regular host of PWP parties - over 10 years that I know about. A large cosy gathering around his open fire adds to the night. Some relaxed mixing and mingling. Roger - thanks heaps for all the great parties you have hosted for PWP over the years. See you at Rogers next party - Roger That. (There will always be a Roger's next party)
-YOU CAN HELP YOUR PWP-
WANTED – SPECIAL FEATURES JOURNALIST
If you are a freelance special freelance journalist – we would welcome the opportunity to work with you on developing a great story about PWP as a special community of singles and single parents. It could make a great week-end magazine feature article. If you are interested email our State President Ross at rossemail@gmail.com
-EDUCATION & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT-
BANKSTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Whether it be for work or pleasure this college offers a broad selection of programs. Ph: (02) 9793 8155 Email: principal@bankstowncc.com.au Web: http://www.bankstowncc.com.au
SWIMSAFE LEARN TO SWIM
Swimsafe classes are conducted at pools around NSW for infant and preschool , school age children and adults. Come everyday and see the results!
OTHER SPORT & RECREATION COURSES
Introduction to officiating 21 Oct 2007 Sydney Olympic Park
Sports massage introduction 22 Oct 2007 * Sydney Olympic Park
Level 2 coaching principles (lecture course) 26 Oct 2007 * Narrabeen
-ABC HEALTH NEWS-
FEMALE HEART ATTACKS (MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION)
Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attack...you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies.
Here is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.
I had a completely unexpected heart attack at about 10:30 pm with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might've brought it on. I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking,"A-A-h, this is the life, all cosy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up." A moment later, I felt that awful
sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball going down the oesophagus in slow motion and it is most uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial sensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m.
"After that had seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR). This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws.
"AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening--we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, "Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack !" I lowered the foot rest, dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself "If this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else.......but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment."
"I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialled the Paramedics... I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over
immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.
"I then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like "Have you taken any medications?") but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.
"I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.
"Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first hand."
1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they wake up....which doesn't happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've not felt before. It is better to have a "false alarm" visit than to risk your life guessing what it might be!
2. Note that I said "Call the Paramedics". Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE! Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER--you're a hazard to others on the road and so is your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road. Do NOT call your doctor--he doesn't know where you live and if it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved!
The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr. will be notified later.
3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure.) MIs are usually caused by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life. Send it, your friends (male & female) you care about!
(Thanks to Keith & Suzee)
-ON THE WEB-
KIDS SEARCH ENGINE – ASK FOR KIDS
Helps kids search the web – G rated. Kids can search a wide range of questions. www.ajkids.com
-PWP SOCIAL SERVICES & POLICY NEWS-
INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF CHILD SUPPORT AGENCY OBJECTION DECISIONS
The Social Security Appeals Tribunal (SSAT) is an independent tribunal which is able to review most objection decisions made by the CSA. The SSAT aims to provide a fair, economical, informal and quick review service to parents.
Parents must apply to the SSAT for a review within 28 days of receiving CSA's objection decision. If parents don't agree with the SSAT decision they can appeal to a court but only on a question of law.
A person attending a hearing may bring along a friend or family member for support, or may wish to be assisted by an advocate or legal representative (at their own cost).
The SSAT cannot review an objection decision about a Change of Assessment where CSA has refused to make a change because the matters are too complex. In these cases, parents must apply to the court to change the assessment.
The majority of SSAT hearings are conducted face-to-face with the applicant and other parties to an appeal in the same room. Telephone conferencing continues to provide an alternative in appropriate cases. Contact the SSAT for more details if you're concerned with the appeals process.
To find out more about how parents can object and the SSAT download CSA's Your rights following CSA decisions brochure from www.csa.gov.au or call the SSAT on 1800 011 140 or CSA Complaints Team on 132 919.
-NOT-FOR-PROFIT (NFP) FACTS-
MEMBERSHIP
* In 2003, over 13 million Australians (86% of adults) belonged to at least one non-profit association; 48% belonged to at least three organisations
* Just under 1 million held office in a non-profit organisations
-SCIENCE ONLINE-
ASK AN EXPERT - ENERGY EATERS
We all know that to reduce our carbon footprint we need to save on energy. But is it better to buy a petrol electric car or install a solar hot water system? Is gas really better than coal, and how practical is wind power? We're asking for your questions on all aspects of our energy consumption and how to reduce it. Details here. . .
STUDY PUTS BUMS ON SEATS
It is the ultimate in cheeky research that could stop school being a pain in the neck, literally. Details here. . .
WAVE FARM COULD SOON MAKE A SPLASH
Commercial wave-powered water desalination and electricity generation is one step closer to reality, report Australian developers. Details here. . .
NANOWIRE GENERATES ITS OWN SPARK
Scientists have developed solar cells 200 hundred times thinner than a human hair that they believe will power the nanoscale gadgetry of tomorrow. Details here. . .
==== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ====
The New Moon is Friday October 19. Mercury is rapidly becoming difficult to see and will soon disappear in the twilight. Jupiter is the brightest object in the western evening sky, not far from the red star Antares. In the morning sky, brightening Mars is now in Gemini, forming a broad triangle with the bright red stars Alderbaran and Betegeuse. Venus is readily visible low in the eastern Morning sky, with dimmer Saturn just above it. During the week, Saturn and Venus pull apart. Details here. . .
-October 25-
Birthdays:
1825 Johann Strauss (the younger) composer (Waltz King)
1838 Georges Bizet France, composer (Carmen)
1881 Pablo Picasso Spain, artist (3 Dancers, Guernica)
1941 Helen Reddy Melbourne Australia, singer (I Am Woman)
1967 Julia Roberts Smyma Georgia, actress (Mystic Pizza, Pretty Woman)
On this day...
1415 Battle of Agincourt, Welsh longbow defeats the armoured knight
1671 Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, satellite of Saturn
1760 George III ascends the British throne
1854 The Light Brigade charges (Battle of Balaklava) (Crimean War)
1870 Pimlico Race Course opens in Baltimore
1960 1st electronic wrist watch placed on sale, NYC
1962 American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature
1963 Beatles begin their 1st full foreign tour in Sweden
1965 Rolling Stones release "Get Off of My Cloud"
1968 Yoko Ono announces she is having John Lennon's baby
:-) Ol' Blue
A young jackaroo from outback Queensland goes off to university, but halfway through the semester he has foolishly squandered all his money.
He calls home. "Dad," he says, "you won't believe what modern education is developing. They actually have a program here in Brisbane that will teach our dog Ol' Blue how to talk."
"That's amazing!" his Dad says. "How do I get Ol' Blue in that program?"
"Just send him down here with $2,000," the young jackaroo says, "I'll get him in the course."
So ... his father sends the dog and $2,000.
About two-thirds through the semester, the money again runs out. The boy calls home. "So how's Ol' Blue doing, son?" his father wants to know.
"Awesome! Dad, he's talking up a storm. But you just won't believe this. They've had such good results
with talking, they've begun to teach the animals how to read."
"Read?!" exclaims his father. "No kidding! How do we get Ol' Blue in that program?"
"Just send $4,500. I'll get him in the class."
The money promptly arrives. But our hero has a problem. At the end of the year, his father will find out the dog can neither talk nor read. So he shoots the dog. When he arrives home at the end of the year, his father is all excited.
"Where's Ol' Blue? I just can't wait to talk with him, and see him read something!"
"Dad," the boy says, "I have some grim news. Yesterday morning, just before we left to drive home, Ol' Blue was in the living room, kicked back in the recliner, reading the Wall Street Journal. Then he suddenly turned to me and asked, 'So, is your daddy still messing around with that little redhead barmaid at the pub?'"
The father groans and whispers, "I hope you shot that bastard before he talks to your Mother!"
"I sure did, Dad!"
"That's my boy!"
The kid went on to be a successful lawyer!!
-Afterthought:-
The path to youth takes a whole life. – Pablo Ruiz Picasso
-IT & CONSUMER ELECTRONICS TIPS-
FOUR TRENDS THAT WILL CHANGE PCs & COMPUTING OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS
The leading trends at the Intel Developer Forum regularly become mainstream within two years because Intel has usually been very good at picking winners and putting its resources behind the right technologies.
4. Cleaner & Greener Technology
A ton of momentum and collective will is building around environmentally-conscious “green” technologies, from energy sipping CPU chips to cleaner power to technology recycling programs. Large companies like Hewlett-Packard are trying to educate users and make it easier to recycle equipment. Startups like fuel cell maker Medis are producing low-cost power packs to give extra hours of battery life to portable devices, and doing it in a way that is does not damage the environment even if the fuel cells ”which are recyclable” are thrown in landfills. So the PCs and devices are consuming less power, battery power is getting longer and more versatile, and a lot of tech manufacturers are working toward building equipment with less-toxic, more recyclable materials.
3. The Wire-Free Desk (and Living Room)
Just as we’ve heard about the “paperless office” for years but have only slowly made progress toward it, the idea of a wire-free desk enabled by near field communications (NFC) and personal area network (PAN) technologies has been swirling around for years but with only a few devices such as wireless keyboard/mouse and Bluetooth headsets going mainstream. With the advent of Certified Wireless USB and Bluetooth 2.1, over the next 12-24 months a lot more devices are going to cut the cords, including LCD displays, laptop docking stations, printers, digital cameras, and much more. These short-range wireless technologies will be assisted by Universal Plug ‘n’ Play (UPnP) to make the devices much easier to recognize and configure than the current Bluetooth devices, which can be a major headache for the average user.
2. The Incredible Shrinking PC
Some of the hottest new devices are small form factor desktops, ultra-mobile notebooks, and phones and pocket devices that are as powerful as the PCs that people were buying five years ago. It’s ironic that PCs and notebooks are shrinking as desktop displays get larger, but that’s another story.
There’s a new generation of powerful small form factor devices that are aimed at business professionals on the run. Nearly all of the big PC makers have ultra-portable laptops powered by Intel’s dual core Centrino chips, which are as fast or faster than the pre-dual core CPU that ran the previous generation of desktops. However, there’s also a new variety of small, low-cost laptop PCs aimed at emerging markets. The One Laptop per Child machine is the most well-known, but there’s also the ASUS Eee PC and Intel’s Classmate PC. ‘All of three of these will cost around $200 or less. The Eee PC, which runs Linux, could even be appealing to some business users and IT professionals as a functional machine for doing a few simple tasks in a remote or highly mobile environment. The arrival of these machines could help drive down the cost of low-end laptops in general. Plus, there could conceivably be high-end smartphones that are more powerful and versatile than some of these low-end laptops. One thing is clear: the days of the big, ultra-powerful tower are definitely over, unless you are a gamer or a graphics professional.
1. Broadband Everywhere
WiMAX is another technology that has been promised for years, but with little visible progress and very few real world examples to show for all of the hype. However, as developments over the next 12 months will show, there has been a lot going on behind the scenes to make WiMAX the next great broadband technology, at the very least, and potentially the next great leap in computing if it can truly spread broadband everywhere and connect new types of devices and technologies that haven’t even been conceived yet. Sprint’s Xohm WiMAX service will officially launch in Chicago, Baltimore, and Washington D.C. before the end of 2007, and will then spread to a variety of other U.S. metropolitan areas in 2008. Clearwire, which has partnered with Sprint for WiMAX roaming, will launch its WiMAX service in the U.S. in 2008, most likely in many of the smaller metro markets. There’s also a entire ecosystem of vendors that are planning WiMAX launches in Asia, Europe, and South America over the next 12-24 months. Plus, Intel is going to start embedding dual-mode WiMAX/Wi-Fi cards in Centrino laptops in 2008.
However, while WiMAX starts spreading over the next few months, 3G HSPA technology ” which already has a strong foundation in place in the cellular networks across the globe ” is attempting to beat WiMAX to the punch with roaming wireless cards and fixed wireless modems that can bring broadband to rural areas and other places with little or no broadband options.
Whether WiMAX or 3G cellular ultimately wins, or they simply co-exist, the future of broadband covering the far flung corners of the earth and connecting devices of all sizes looks like a possibility that is finally coming to life.
(from TechRepublic)
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