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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
EDITORIAL
BILLBOARD
-Happy New Year ! -
-STATE-
The office will be closed until the 2nd of January.
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:
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 27 December
Rien du tout !
Friday 28 December
Final Bookings for: City: All India Restaurant Sat Dec 29.
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT 'IN BETWEEN XMAS AND NEW YEAR' HOUSE PARTY @ Peter W's, Werrington County
Saturday 29 December
Final Bookings for: City: Copper Art class Sun 6th Jan.
CITY OF SYDNEY
LAUGHING GROUP
Also
DINE AT 'ALL INDIA RESTAURANT’ 'The Bijou' Balmain
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULTS ONLY DINNER Fortune Palace, Penrith
Sunday 30 December
HILLS DISTRICT
TEN PIN BOWLING
Also
ASQUITH DINNER
Also
KINDY KIDS Castle Hill
MACARTHUR
FAMILY CAMP Kangaroo Valley
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK/SWIM Kuringai Chase National Park
Also
JAZZ SUNDAZE Manly
Monday 31 December
CITY OF SYDNEY
ADULT NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY @ Kathy's, West Ryde
HILLS DISTRICT
BUDGET DINNER
MACARTHUR
FAMILY CAMP AND NEW YEAR'S EVE PARTY
NORTHSIDE
ADULT NEW YEARS EVE PARTY @ Pumla's, Northbridge
Tuesday 1 January
STATE
All members of the State Management Committee wish all members and their families a very happy New Year.
CITY OF SYDNEY
A Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to members and their families.
HILLS DISTRICT
SPORTS CLUB DINNER
Also
NEW MEMBERS INFORMATION AND JOINING NIGHT
Wednesday 2 January
HILLS DISTRICT
KINGSWOOD DANCE
Also
SOCIAL TENNIS
Also
PWP KINDY KIDS
Thursday 3 January
NORTHSIDE
BUSHWALK/SWIM
Friday 4 January
HILLS DISTRICT
ADULT 'INTRODUCE A FRIEND' HOUSE PARTY @ Peter's, Baulkham Hills
.STATE PRESIDENT'S DESK.
CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN
One of the great joys of Christmas is to share it with children, whether your own, grandchildren or nieces and nephews.
If you don't have any accessible you can always borrow some, well sort of – why not help out at a local children's charity with their Christmas activities – donate a present to one of the community welfare trees for disadvantaged children.
CHRISTMAS WITH PWP FRIENDS
Another joy of Christmas time is to share it with your PWP friends – support the various branch functions during this period – don't stay home alone – get out and add some cheer to our many PWP functions. The branches all have something on – so there are no excuses.
Have a great Christmas and see you at one of the functions. All the best.
Ross, State President
.PWP DOES IT AGAIN.
CITY OF SYDNEY BRANCH 40th BIRTHDAY
The Branch had a great night to celebrate the 40th birthday. It was well attended with representatives of all the branches supporting our City of Sydney branch friends. President Peter and the branches committee should be congratulated on keeping the tradition of a great branch thriving – and thank you to all the committee members and hosts over the past 40 years – the making of legends – such is the branch and its long history in supporting single parents and their children. Kathy's who is a regular friendly and welcoming host help make this a great night for all.
-YOU CAN HELP YOUR PWP-
WANTED – HELP IN GETTING SPONSORSHIP
We need help in getting some sponsorship help with sponsoring the children of single parent families and also children with a disability for our major SCHOOL HOLIDAY CAMPS. It could be a worthwhile community contribution for commercial organisations. All sponsorship will be given acknowledgement in our Sole Parent and PWP Outlook, as well as a Certificate of Appreciation and a press release for the local newspaper where the sponsor is based. If you can help then email our State President Ross at rossemail@gmail.com
-EDUCATION & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT-
University of Western Sydney [UWS] http://www.uws.edu.au
Under-graduate and post-graduate education. Schools of education, humanities, communications, psychology, social sciences, accounting, law, management, marketing, nursing, medicine, engineering, natural sciences, computing, and health sciences.
-ABC HEALTH NEWS-
THE OBESITY EPIDEMIC
A researcher in the United States claims that the reason for the obesity epidemic is more than just the calories we eat and the lack of exercise: it's a substance widely used in food manufacturing. Details
MEDITATION HELPS KIDS WITH ADHD
RESEARCH SUGGESTS BIOLOGICAL BASE FOR ADHD
-ABC SCIENCE NEWS-
FRAGILE X SYNDROME PARTLY CURED IN MICE
Genetic engineering can correct the worst symptoms in mice of fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited cause of mental retardation and autism, US researchers report. More
BALI DEAL A ‘STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION’
The new treaty to tackle climate change signed in Bali at the weekend has been welcomed by Australian scientists as a "step in the right direction" and a vindication of their work in the field. More
PINOT NOIR GENES OUT OF THE BOTTLE
Italian scientists have cracked open the genetic make-up of pinot noir in a move that may lead to hardier vines and cheaper fine wines. More
==== IN THE SKY THIS WEEK ====
The Full Moon is Monday December 24. Mars rises progressively in the north-eastern sky, and is near the Moon on Sunday December 23. On Christmas Day, Mars is at opposition – you can best view the planet through a telescope between December 20 and January 3. Even without a telescope, you can see Mars forming a triangle with the red stars Alderbaran in Taurus and Betelgeuse in Orion, with the beautiful Pleiades cluster nearby. In the early morning Saturn can be seen high above the north-eastern horizon and Venus can be easily seen above the eastern horizon. On Friday December 28 the Moon will be near Saturn. Venus enters the head of Scorpius in January, and on Thursday January 3 Venus is very close to the bright star Beta Scorpii. On the morning of January 5 the crescent Moon, Venus and the bright star Antares form an attractive triangle. Mercury enters the evening twilight sky in January, on Wednesday January 9 the thin crescent Moon is just below Mercury. More
-ON THE WEB-
National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics
An interesting reference site for social science research.
-PWP SOCIAL SERVICES & POLICY NEWS-
ABS Wealth in homes of owner-occupier households 157 KB Free Download
The Child Support Agency needs parents to update their contact details
Significant changes are being made to the Child Support Scheme from 1 July 2008 and all child support payments will need to be reassessed. The Child Support Agency (CSA) is currently running a campaign between now and the end of July 2007 to make sure they have the most up-to-date contact details for all parents. The CSA needs all of their customers to update their contact details so they can let them know about the changes, and so CSA can make sure they get the new assessments right.
For more information or to update your details go to www.australia.gov.au/csa Or To update your contact details with the CSA, call 131 272
WorkCover NSW 2007
This guide provides an overview of the benefits that an injured worker is entitled to. Click here to download (PDF document).
-December 27-
Birthdays
1822 Louis Pasteur Dole France, bacteriologist (pasteurization)
1901 Marlene Dietrich Berlin Germany, singer/actress (Blue Angel)
1948 Gérard Depardieu France, actor (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs, Danton)
On this day...
1831 Darwin begins his voyage to South America on board the HMS Beagle
1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia
1981 Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
1995 Boon completes his 21st Test Cricket century (110 vs SL, MCG)
:-) One Clever Kid's "Bible in a Nutshell"
In the beginning, which occurred near the start, there was nothing but God, darkness, and some gas. The Bible says, "The Lord thy God is one," but I think He must be a lot older than that. Anyway, God said, "Give me a light!" and someone did. Then God made the world.
He split the Adam and made Eve. Adam and Eve were naked, but they weren't embarrassed because mirrors hadn't been invented yet. Adam and Eve disobeyed God by eating one bad apple, so they were driven from the Garden of Eden. Not sure what they were driven in though, because they didn't have cars.
Adam and Eve had a son, Cain, who hated his brother as long as he was Abel. Pretty soon all of the early people died off, except for Methuselah, who lived to be like a million or something.
One of the next important people was Noah, who was a good guy, but one of his kids was kind of a Ham. Noah built a large boat and put his family and some animals on it. He asked some other people to join him, but they said they would have to take a rain check.
After Noah came Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Jacob was more famous than his brother, Esau, because Esau sold Jacob his birthmark in exchange for some pot roast. Jacob had a son named Joseph who wore a really loud sports coat.
Another important Bible guy is Moses, whose real name was Charlton Heston. Moses led the Israel Lights out of Egypt and away from the evil Pharaoh after God sent ten plagues on Pharaoh's people. These plagues included frogs, mice, lice, bowels, and no cable. God fed the Israel Lights every day with manicotti. Then He gave them His Top Ten Commandments. These include don't lie, cheat, smoke, dance, or covet your neighbour's stuff. Oh, yeah, I just thought of one more: Humor thy father and thy mother.
One of Moses' best helpers was Joshua who was the first Bible guy to use spies. Joshua fought the battle of Geritol and the fence fell over on the town.
After Joshua came David. He got to be king by killing a giant with a slingshot. He had a son named Solomon who had about 300 wives and 500 porcupines. My teacher says he was wise, but that doesn't sound very wise to me. After Solomon there were a bunch of major league prophets. One of these was Jonah, who was swallowed by a big whale and then barfed up on the shore. There were also some minor league prophets, but I guess we don't have to worry about them.
After the Old Testament came the New Testament. Jesus is the star of the New Testament. He was born in Bethlehem in a barn. (I wish I had been born in a barn, too, because my mum is always saying to me, "Close the door! Were you born in a barn?" It would be nice to say, "As a matter of fact, I was.") During His life, Jesus had many arguments with sinners like the Pharisees and the Republicans. Jesus also had twelve opossums. The worst one was Judas Asparagus. Judas was so evil that they named a terrible vegetable after him.
Jesus was a great man. He healed many leopards and even preached to some Germans on the Mount. But the Republicans and all those guys put Jesus on trial before Pontius the Pilot. Pilot didn't stick up for Jesus. He just washed his hands instead.
Anyways, Jesus died for our sins, then came back to life again. He went up to Heaven but will be back at the end of the Aluminum. His return is foretold in the book of Revolution.
(Thanks, Suzee)
-Afterthought:-
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but rather the one most responsive to change.” – Charles Darwin
-IT & CONSUMER ELECTRONICS-
Now, Where Was I?
Have you ever found yourself looking for the last place you were working in a long MS Word document?
You know, it's a 10, 20, 30 page monster and you were working on something somewhere in the middle when you last saved and closed it out.
When you reopened the document, the cursor was on page one, in the top left hand corner. So, there you are, patiently scrolling through the mess, trying to find your lost location.
Want a quick way to go right back to the last place you edited? Yes? (Of course, who wouldn't want to eliminate all that searching?!)
Next time you need to return to the exact location of your last edit, simply try Shift + F5.
Here's a bit of bad news for Word 2007 users though: This trick works within the same editing session, but not when you reopen a file.
For everyone else, you'll find that two easy keys, Shift + F5, will do the trick really quick!
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