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The rapid development and evolution of these technologies are clearly visible over the years. The present conference, which is the Eighth in the series, continues this evolutionary thread and aims to provide a forum to academicians, researchers and technologists to not only assess the current status of these technologies but also to steer them towards a more effective utilization. The present conference is jointly organized by ISSS, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. The conference will be held at the National Science Seminar Complex, IISc Bangalore.
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I spent five years working at Facebook as a designer. I pride myself on an ability to design in any medium, and I think it's important to consider which medium is appropriate for a given design challenge and audience.
Like many designers, I have an affinity for posters—I enjoy looking at them, designing them, and even printing them. However, I came to design through a love of technology, especially the internet. Because of this, I've thought a lot about the role of posters—and to a larger extent, printed ephemera—in a world increasingly dominated by screens.
Previously, if you had something that you wanted to communicate to a large number of people, posters were one of the most efficient and effective ways of doing it. But we all know the internet is now a much most efficient way to distribute information. So is there still any use for the poster?
A lot of the work I do uses the language of design to take complex ideas or feelings and communicate them in the simplest way possible. I think about this process as the packaging of ideas—taking something complex and making it easy to see, understand, and share with others. Making the ideas tangible. This can happen in a digital space, but I believe that in certain contexts, physical media—like a poster—can be a powerful choice. Posters certainly aren't the solution to every design challenge, but here are a few reasons I like to use them:
1. Posters have the opportunity to cut through all the noise of information we are exposed to, especially when they're used in small, contained communities, like a corporate environment, college campus, or even a neighborhood.
2. They're actually tangible. Posters have a physical presence in the world. Depending on the context and placement, they can be really unexpected or surprising, in a way that you can't truly replicate in the digital space—at least not yet. They are also limited in quantity, and that scarcity can make them more desirable and collectable.
3. To me, posters can feel more human, especially when they're printed by hand. You can start to sense that a person took care to make it. It's much warmer than anything you can achieve on screen—again, at least for now.
4. Posters require a certain level of commitment. They take time and resources—ink and paper—to actually produce. This is a signal to pay extra attention to the content.
5. How a poster is produced can also communicate something. At Facebook, where there's a hacker culture, this was especially true. It was really important to me that we produced all the posters ourselves, by hand, because it reinforced our companies do-it-yourself hacker culture.
There are innumerable ways to create images and almost as many ways to print them on a poster. One of my favorite methods has always been screen printing. To me, screen printing is in the sweet spot of ease and efficiency and quality and creative opportunity. Relative to other printing methods, it's very cheap and fast, and it's possible for an individual to setup and start printing with very little investment in infrastructure. And with a little effort, the quality of the prints can be incredibly beautiful.
You don't need the resources of Facebook to screen print in your own home or office. With less than a couple hundred dollars in supplies, you can have a decent setup.
To get started, draw a design in pencil and then cut it out with an exacto knife. Then put your paper stencil on top of the paper you want to print on.
Place the screen in the hinge clamps. Align the screen to your paper and clamp it down so it doesn't move.
Add the ink.
Using a squeegee, push the ink through the screen—by pulling from top to bottom while applying medium pressure—onto the paper or whatever you're printing on.
Now the paper stencil will be attached on one side of the screen. You can repeat the process a few more times before the paper stencil degrades.
Let the ink dry. Then voila! You will have a screen printed poster. Keep in mind, this is the most basic way to create a resist and print a design, but not the most practical.
In less than a couple hours you can get your teammates creating posters about your culture too. For a more durable way photo emulsion is typically used, watch this video to see how the professionals do it.
Special thanks to Ben Barry for leading this Bridge workshop, Julia Plevin for helping recap it, and the Facebook Analog Research Lab for inspiring us.
If you're interested in more insights about the latest design tools and methods, check out Bridge and keep in touch here before applications open September 15th.

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People use health supplements on a daily basis. There are a lot of them that use it for a lot of different reasons. Just like those that buy health supplements to help keep the body healthy from any sickness. Then there are those that use it to help keep their body in shape like when they want to lose weight tone some muscles and so much more. Then there's Forskolin that you can use that has a lot of health benefits. These benefits could be weight loss, help reduce heart-related illnesses, skin disorders, and more. Now, when you want to buy forskolin and other health supplements then here are some tips that you can use before you do.
What you need to do before buying health supplements
1. The first thing that you need to do is find the supplement that you want to use. You wouldn't want to use weight loss supplements when you're not that big, to begin with.
2. The next thing that you need to do is to find the brand of health supplement. You can do your research when it comes to which ones are the best. You don't need to spend a lot of money on them and why not just buy a few of them as a test run.
3. Once you've decided on everything, you can then proceed to buy them from your local stores or even from the internet.
4. Make sure to find out that the products are authentic and the date of the product isn't expired yet.
Just a few things to remember
1. There are times when the supplement wouldn't be as effective because people's bodies would have different reactions to the supplement.
2. If you are having some side-effect, then stop using the product right away and proceed to see a medical expert on the matter.
Buying health supplements does seem easy, but you need to think about a lot of things before you do.


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When we travel, we really like to try the traditional food of the places that we go to. And without a doubt, Tallinn has some of our favorite food! We met up with some Estonian friends one night at a restaurant that served traditional Estonian food, and we couldn't get in the door. It was a Saturday night and we would have at least a 3 hour wait. So, instead we went to Scotland Yard, an English Pub that doesn't have an English website. Ah well ..... I don't remember the food much, and I forgot to take pictures because we were having so much fun catching up with our friends. It was good though, and on the way out, I saw the fish tank and just had to take some pictures. One of our group thought they were piranhas but reading the information from some of the other photos I took, they are actually Pacus.
Pacus inhabit most freshwater streams in the Amazon and Orinoco river basins. They have also recently been found in the river systems of Papua New Guinea. A full-grown pacu is much larger than its cousin the piranha, reaching up to 0.9 m (3 feet) and 25 kg (55 pounds) in weight. But they are different in length, jaw shape and tooth size. Their teeth are very similar to humans! They are fast growing fishes, who eat basically anything. In most cases, they are still vegetarian fish, but they will eat meat and smaller fish. Scotland Yard (the Pub) feeds them tomatoes, shrimp, chicken and special dry food. This fish lives both alone or with companions. They interact and play with each other. They say they are not very aggressive, but they tend to 'pinch'. The Pacu are notorious for having eaten the testicles of swimmers and fishers caught unawares, leaving them to bleed to death (really, not aggressive?!?!?!?!?!). To give you a reference as to how big these are, I put my hand up to the glass. :)
So, Ron and I went back to the restaurant that we couldn't get into on Saturday and we had better luck on Sunday. The name of the restaurant is The Beer House. We got in with hardly a problem, but even on a Sunday night we had a hard time finding an empty table. And the place is not small.
We started out with our very favorite garlic bread. And it is yummy! It is a dark brown bread and it is fried, fresh garlic is rubbed all over it and it comes with a garlic sauce. Seriously, we love this bread!
While we were eating our appetizers, I looked up and saw pretzels on the lights.
And it turns out they were making the pretzels, right underneath of us (we were on the second level).
I love 4 cheese pizza, so I ordered one, thinking it would be the size of the pizzas in Italy. I was wrong. This was a HUGE pizza. And it did not have your typical 4 cheeses. It had Danablu, Feta, Camembert, and Estonian cheese. It was very good, but way too much food. I tried to give away half of my pizza to a group of young men sitting behind us and they thought I was strange and wouldn't take it. A pity that it had to be thrown away.
We had scoped out the desserts before we ate all of our food and we had a hard time picking something. We thought about the bread soup with raisins and sour cream mousse, but the honey-cake with fresh strawberry jam sounded good. And then there was the creme brulee with fresh raspberries or fried Brie with cloudberry jam and raspberry. Turned out we didn't need to bother because we were too full. Next time, we'll share a pizza and save room for dessert!
Monday was my 50th birthday and we asked the hotel staff where we should eat. They suggested Olde Hansa. So, off we went.
A medieval restaurant with a different kind of menu, as you can see below.
I guess they have regular items as well, but hey, it was my 50th birthday so we decided to go for a feast. But which one?
They had many, but we chose to go with this one.
Hmmm .... I like caviar, but not sure I would want to pay €180 for it. Even on my birthday. Although, to be perfectly honest, if I had said I wanted it, I bet Ron would have let me have it. The day after I arrived in Tallinn, I ended up in the emergency room and the next day ended up having a biopsy under general anesthesia and the doctor scared us to death. She had 3 other doctors look at it, and instead of doing a 'local' they decided to go with the general so they could go 'deep and wide' with it. She even talked about the possibility of needing chemo and radiation after the results came in. She talked about my previous cancer metastasizing .... as I said, she scared us to death. We got the results on my birthday and it was not cancer. Thank God! If I said I wanted to celebrate with caviar, I bet Ron would have said yes. But I'm too frugal ... at least about something that will be in the toilet within 24 hours. ;)
So, first up they bring our drinks and a special "surprise". The monk's gift to warm us .... it was warm and cinnamony . Delicious.
While we were waiting for our food, I took some pictures of the restaurant.
Only candles. And the waitstaff left the place to go somewhere to get the food. So, no electricity.
And then the waiter came with the bread and he had to go all medieval on us. Ron was the "master" of the table. He had to sprinkle salt on the bread and then pull it apart and sample it first. It was very warm bread and it was delicious. There was an herb bread with nuts and a rye bread. But, I couldn't try it until Ron had "approved" of it. Which he did.
And then they started bringing us our appetizers which included Juniper ripened beef, horseradish sour cream, quail eggs, Andalusia salmon, French royal poultry liver pate, lovely onion jam (and it WAS quite lovely), Earl's pickled cucumbers Livonian style, London merchant's saffron pickles, Berries of the Highly Blessed Olive Tree, Spice Merchant's berry sauce, and Castle's fresh cheese. YUM, YUM!!!!! And since it was a "feast" it was unlimited food. They said if we wanted more of anything, all RON had to do was ask. Since he was the master.
And they would not bring the main course until the "Master" asked for it. I had a lot of fun teasing him about it. And for our main course we ate smoked grilled salmon with nut sauce, the Honorable cook Frederic's game sausages with figs and almonds (the sausage was made with bear, wild boar and elk and was my absolute favorite), Grand Merchant von Hueck's mild game pot, Grand Merchant von Wehren`s hunting company`s wonderful Rabbit roast (didn't know that I love rabbit but I do!), wild boar plate favored by Earl von Uexkyll, well-cooked spelt with saffron, baked smoked-sauerkraut, Crusader's lentils sauce and gingered turnips. And, once again, if we wanted more, all we had to do was ask. When I told our waiter how much I LOVED the sausage, he was all set to run and get me more. But I was SO full!
And when we were all done and I thought for sure I couldn't stuff another piece of food in my mouth, they brought dessert (after the Master asked for it, of course). Velvet delight of the nobility - Rose pudding savory. Which was delicious and was really made with roses. And we were told that we were suppose to eat the rose petals. So we did. The whole pudding tasted of roses and it was delicious.
And when we asked for the bill, he brought it and said we could pay with money or squirrel, fox or other furs. We asked him how many times people actually pay with furs and he said it does happen. He showed us furs that people had brought in, and there was actually a fur on the back of my seat.
All in all, a WONDERFUL 50th birthday dinner.
We ate several times in our hotel because Ron worked late most evenings and the food there was really good but I did not take pictures. But, next up is the Peppersack restaurant. And once again, it was delicious. Have I mentioned how much I loved the food in Estonia?
As we were taking off our coats, I noticed that they had a table already set up for a large party, and they were taking pictures of it, so I decided I may as well too.
Care to guess what we chose for an appetizer? If you guessed garlic bread, you would be right!! We LOVE this garlic bread!
And for the main course, Ron and I both picked the same thing. We got the Mansion Lord's musing which was actually duck breast with pear in caramel syrup, mashed potatoes and blackcurrant sauce. YUM, YUM!
And once again, I just need to take pictures of the restaurant. I just love the atmosphere of the restaurants.
And no heat, just heaters everywhere.
Maps .... I just love it!
And they insisted we get dessert, so we asked for one with 2 spoons. This I didn't care for though, but Ron liked it. It was called the Noblewoman's secret and it was Mascarpone caramel mousse with Vana Tallinn in a chocolate basket with cranberry sauce.
Nice windows!
And I had not slept the night before so I decided to get a coffee since we had a very long day of traveling to go before we got home. I asked for a Tallinn coffee, having no idea what it would be but once again, it was yummy! Expresso, vana tallinn, whipped cream and chocolate. YUM!!! (I seem to say yum a lot about everything we ate in Tallinn)
And not only did they have garlic bread, they had fried Estonian cheese. We had a lot more of the bread but this is my plate. I made Ron eat the rest.


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Hurricane Harvey's landfall in August 2017 presented the biggest challenge yet for the Texas National Guard (TXNG), but its timely response coupled with the right tools and manpower led it to respond effectively.
While the Texas Task Force One Helicopter Search and Rescue (HSAR) played a huge role, an amphibious search-and-rescue XTV should be useful as well in cases of flooding after a storm.
Key Response Tactics
Colonel Win Burkett said that TXNG implemented its State Emergency Action Plan a few days before Harvey hit the country on Aug. 25. Burkett added that they anticipated heavy flooding and wind after the hurricane escalated to a Category Four hurricane in less than 24 hours.
The team required SAR-trained people and aircraft like the Texas Task Force HSAR. Brett Dixon, the program's manager, said that the group is among 22 SAR teams in the U.S. with trained swimmers for helicopter rescue missions. It served a key addition to the overall response team in the state, which comprised more than 1,300 people and 60 aircraft.
Successful Missions
With the help of other states, the TXNG performed 371 hoist rescue missions and relocated more than 2,000 people, according to Burkett. Now, the Texas General Land Office has submitted a $2.7 billion post-hurricane state action plan for recovery efforts.
The GLO would need the Housing and Urban Development's approval to use and distribute the money in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery for different communities, which still suffer from the consequences of the storm.
It has been several months since Harvey made landfall in Texas, but the storm's impact continues to be felt in some regions. SAR teams should consider all heavy-duty vehicle options when responding to a natural disaster. In cases of flooding, it's important to have a vehicle that can easily transport people and resources from water to land.


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Hi guys!
As much as I want this to be just another update on my every day life here in Sweden, it won't be. I would LOVE to catch up on everything that I have fallen behind on. But I decided today that it's not worth the energy. I think about blogging every day but don't do it. I want every update to be perfect and include all of the things that happened and if I don't have the energy to write all of that down, then I just don't do it all. Hence why it can go long periods of time without any updates ;) I am going to take a break from the blog up until when Nick comes to Sweden in 11 days (yaaay!). After all, the main reason for why you guys are reading this blog is probably to follow our life journey.
To give an update on what's been going on in the last month. I have a lot of free time since I am not booked as sub teacher so much during summer time. I finally could afford a gym membership and love going there with Sofie. I have bought a wedding dress and wedding shoes for mine and Nick's short ceremony this fall, whenever that will be :) Regarding the visa process. We have been terribly nervous about whether or not our new evidence would be approved or not. Nick called them about a month after we had sent the evidence and they told him that they had just opened up our case again yesterday. Basically we would get a letter within 30 days with the verdict!! Scary! But Nick called me a few days later at 1am, waking me up, telling me that our case had been approved. He had tears of joy in his eyes and I was in a "Huh? Wait what?" mode. It took me a while to realize that it wasn't just a dream :D Now the National Visa Center will go through some things, then send it to the U.S. embassy in Sweden and then I will go to my interview.
We celebrated Midsummers with pouring down rain! Ugh, such a bummer. My last Midsummer in a long time and I didn't even see a Midsummer's pole. I was looking forward to dancing around it for once, haven't done that since I was a kid. Although we did have a wonderful celebration and danced around our own Midsummer's pole at a preschool that I worked at for two weeks. I really miss the kids that I worked with for two months at the other preschool, they all climbed over in me in one big pile and hugged me and told me how much they loved me when I said good bye <3 On my last day there I was the only person responsible for them and had to take care of everything, together with some other sub teachers. It was great getting that leadership but I wish I hadn't been sick!
The bad weather just kept on coming. I can imagine the city festival lost a lot of money because of that this year. Seemed like a lot of people stayed at home instead. But the first night was amazing! Me and Jasmine went to the big stage to see Hardcore Superstar. They kicked ass like always. Afterwards Backyard Babies played and none of us had ever checked out their music so we gave them a shot. And WOW! We were blown away. I am a huge fan of their band now. Great live! Power Meet was just a few days later but that too was also whiped away with rain. At least the big parade on the last day, which is usually the big crowd pleaser. I was getting really sad about all of this rain because I felt like it was ruining everything that I had been looking forward to doing one last time before moving to California.
Me and Sofie decided to celebrate the 4th of July on our own, haha! Obviously it's not normal to celebrate it in Sweden but since I am practically half American now we thought it was a good excuse to party ;) it ended with us having a good old time on her balcony for hours and then taking the bus downtown to Oleary's to have some typical American food (while it started raining of course) and then practiced the wedding march on the street, lol! Let's just say we were the only people on a Monday night having THAT much fun! ;)
Sweet baby Agnes, my sister Josefine and her fiancé Johan are here for the summer which is wonderful! We've had lots of baby cuddles :) Agnes' great great grandmother and great aunt have both gotten to meet her. And me and my parents got to baby sit her for the first time a few days ago while her parents went to a restaurant. She was a bit cranky but lucky for her auntie Caroline knows what she's doing when it comes to babies ;) so I managed to put her to sleep (didn't dare to move for 40 min in case the little devil would wake up haha). Now we are looking forward to her name giving party (she won't be christened) on Sunday! Auntie Caroline will bake strawberry cakes :)
I have close to a billion perfect pictures that I would like to share with you guys, but it's too overwhelming for me right now. At the end of the day what matters most is that I have them to look back at and smile. If you want to follow my every day life - check out my Instagram! :)


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"It had happened somewhere in this field, definitely this field - we knew that much from the maps. We knew Leroy had run on ahead of the others that he was leading the attack. But where exactly had it happened?"
A Medal for Leroy and the true story of Walter Tull
Michael Morpurgo often uses true stories to stimulate his writing. A Medal for Leroy is based on the life of Walter Tull, the first serving black officer in the British army, who died in March 1918 at the Battle of the Somme. One of Morpurgo's intentions in writing the story was to highlight the fact that to this day Walter Tull has not been awarded a Military Cross for his bravery during World War 1, due to the fact that he was black. Click on the photo gallery below and view the video, Crossing the White Line, to compare the lives of Leroy and Walter.
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Kathryn M. Davis, 99, of Fairfield, passed away Tuesday, September 5, in Fairfield. Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday, September 9, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Benny Mize and Rev. Mark Miles officiating. Interment followed at Fairfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were Ben Davis, Charles Kohlmyer, Jim Childs, Robert Sladek, James Miles, and Dr. Greg Green. Mrs. Davis was born December 12, 1917, in the Young Community of Freestone County to parents Edgar Gaddis Miles, Sr. and Buena Vista Spencer Miles. She was a graduate of Fairfield High School and attended Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. On July 26, 1941, she married Lee Judson Davis. On July 26, 2011, they celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. Mr. Davis preceded her in death on February 27, 2012. Mrs. Davis was active in many areas. She was a member of First Baptist Church where she was active in the WMU. She was a member of the Freestone County Art League; Fairfield Garden Club; Red Hats; life member of the Fairfield History Club and founding member of the Fairfield Library Association. She held State office in the Greater Federation of Women's Clubs and until two weeks ago was active and playing in her local Bridge group.
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By striving to meet the challenges of societal pressures and providing parenting education programs and materials for children and families, the Mississippi State University Extension Service hopes to further the well-being of Mississippi's children.
Peak flea season is in the spring and summer, but in warmer areas like the South, successful flea control is a yearlong battle. (Photo by CanStock)
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- Movies depict many scenarios where a person has to leave home quickly, and those scenes show how important it is to grab the right items.
Susan Cosgrove, family resource management Extension associate with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said cash and financial records should be high on the list of items to take in an emergency.
Human health in the home is the focus of a new partnership between the Mississippi State University Extension Service and the Mississippi University for Women College of Nursing and Health Sciences.
Wet and ugly winter weather sends many Mississippians looking for a vacation, and timeshare or interval plans can be the ticket with careful planning.
Mississippi State University received three grants Oct. 22 totaling almost $900,000 to enhance the advancement of scientific and environmental literacy among children and young people living near the Gulf Coast.
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Before she became the Hancock County Youth Court judge, Elise Deano was a school teacher. She jokes that she became a lawyer because she taught school, but Deano wants to make sure young people get an opportunity to turn their lives around.
He is already good at what he does as maintenance supervisor with the Canton Housing Authority, but Russell Carroll wants to be even better.
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Christmas joy, now and always
I see my baby wrapped in a flannel blanket, fresh from her bath. Little sparkly trees sit on our mantel. A new puppy fights the wreath I try to put around his neck for a picture. Shawn puts on a festive bow tie and a green vest for a short work day. Tonight we'll put baby in her red Christmas dress and white tights, and head to the Christmas Eve service at church. We'll sing about how a weary world rejoices, and joy will fill the room, just as it has our home over the past few months.
We didn't send out a Christmas letter this year, just a few cards with a picture of us as a family of three. But if we had, I don't know what I would have said other than, life has never been better. And that feels so cheesy, so "look at us in our beautiful home, with a baby and a puppy, sitting on a blanket in the yard" brag-fest-y.
This scene is new to us. Christmases past have been us sitting on white plastic chairs, wearing a santa hat, hoping the power will come back on and charge our laptop so we can watch a Christmas dvd, while finishing a bowl of rice + mystery meat the neighbors brought by. Christmases past have been us giving each other gifts we could find at Casino grocery store in Dakar (hazelnut syrup for me, and imported sausage for him). Christmases past have been us waking up early to the Call to Prayer at the Mosque, and knowing that out on the streets it was just another day, not December 25th. Christmases past were us missing family and the familiar festivities of our home culture so much that I laid on our bed and cried into my pillow. Christmases past were us cringing as other couples our age welcomed their first, second, and third child into the family, adding another stocking, and more traditions with each passing year. In Christmases past we were barely scraping by, living on support, and praying for God to provide month by month.
But no matter where life finds us, we can say that God has been good to us. This Christmas is a special one. We have the baby we've prayed so long for. We have the home we've dreamed of. We have the yard, and the community of friends and neighbors too.
These things are so special to us, and we are incredibly grateful.
But I don't ever want to get so lost in the white lights, the red nails, the sparkly trees on the mantel, and the festivities that I forget about the great joy of this season. That great joy is Jesus. He came to save a weary, dark, lost, helpless, and sad world. He's our remedy. And for that, we rejoice. For that, we can rejoice. No matter where you find yourself this Christmas, whether life has never been better, or you don't know how you'll face tomorrow, I hope you'll know that joy, peace, and hope are possible. I hope you'll know that your weary soul can rejoice, because King Jesus was born for a world in need. He was born for you. He was born for us. He was born that we may have life.


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An estimated 86 percent of the more than 900,000 South Sudanese refugees in Uganda are women and children, says the UN.
Massive numbers have streamed in since the brutal civil war at home reignited last July. The flight from violence and chaos, often without time to plan, has left many families separated. Mothers and children run alone. Husbands and fathers are either staying behind to work, fighting, missing or presumed dead.
As a result, many women are leading their extended households and communities in Uganda's refugee settlements trying to build a life. They didn't plan it, but they now find themselves living in a woman's world.
BBC News profiles Action Against Hunger's mother-to-mother support groups for South Sudanese refugees in Uganda, and the organization's programs to help refugees rebuild their lives. All photographs in this "story in pictures" feature Action Against Hunger staff and the women who benefit from their programs in Uganda.


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Before stepping into the shoes of Prince Dastan in this May's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, actor Jake Gyllenjack's last Prince of Persia was the original 1989 game - he's not really a gamer these days.
It's no secret that on the whole, videogame movies tend to be pretty crappy - but if there's an upcoming movie based on a game that could potentially be good, it's Jerry Bruckheimer's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. It's starring a talented actor (Jake Gyllergorble), is directed by the guy who did Donnie Brasco and Four Weddings and a Funeral, and has the full financial backing of Disney and Producer Jerry Bruckheimer - the same guys who turned a freakin' Disneyworld ride into a blockbuster motion picture. It's a recipe for success if ever there was one.
Last weekend at Wondercon in San Francisco, four of the key players involved in the film - Gyllenheimer, Bruckheimer, director Mike Newell and series creator Jordan Mechner - discussed the transition of Prince of Persia from rotoscoped, 40-pixel-high sprite to bare-chested movie star. "To go from that to Jake is pretty incredible," said Mechner.
As far as Jake Gargleblaster himself was concerned, he's not much of a gamer these days - though he does play the Wii in between set-ups on set, and has fond memories of games like Zelda, Metroid, Super Mario Bros. and the original Prince of Persia. In fact, he told Geeksugar, part of what drew him to the role of Prince Dastan was the idea that it would be a chance to finally make a good movie based on a videogame.
"I also like the idea that it was based on a video game," said the actor. "I like to do things that people have tried their hand at and haven't succeeded. Maybe it's a riskier thing to do, but I like that. And I knew that there would be a huge audience of people that I would be trying to appease and that kinda turned me on too."
There's that, and he just plain liked the character of Prince Dastan. "I thought - at least as it was written - he was wry and funny and had a good time, but at the same time kicked some ass."
That he does, Jake. That he does.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is out at the end of May. To read more from the Wondercon panel, check out Gamasutra.


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Classic Album Sundays and Linn share both a passion for music and an appreciation of the difference that great music played at high quality can make to your life.
Chopped up, compressed and played back on portable devices which limit what you hear, music is often pushed into the background, a soundtrack to work or commuting rather than the social, life-changing experience it deserves to be.
Classic Album Sundays and Linn provide an antidote to this worrying trend.
Classic Album Sundays
You may already be familiar with Classic Album Sundays, a unique concept aimed at bringing back the art of listening. Music lovers get together once a month to listen to a classic recording from beginning to end, uninterrupted and undisturbed.
Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, founder of Classic Album Sundays
Founded by renowned DJ Colleen 'Cosmo' Murphy, the event has built up a dedicated following over the past year and has been widely praised for encouraging people to engage with music on a lasting basis and make time to listen.
This shared passion for quality listening experiences has brought Linn and Classic Album Sundays together.
Camp Bestival and Bestival
Join us at Camp Bestival and Bestival this summer, where together we'll be giving festival-goers the chance to enjoy the most iconic albums ever made, with a level of clarity they've never heard before.
Gilad Tiefenbrun, Linn Managing Director
Classic albums already selected for the event (you can still vote online to help decide the remaining Listener's Choices) include Prince & The Revolution's Purple Rain, Bob Marley's Exodus, KLF's Chill Out and Fleetwood Mac's Rumours - all played through without interruption on Linn's iconic Sondek LP12 turntable.
Launched almost 40 years ago and voted the most influential product in the history of hi-fi, you've not truly heard an album until you've heard it on an LP12.
Visit campbestival.net or bestival.net for more festival details and ticket info.


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|Walter Reed
discoverer of a method for controlling the spread of many diseases
Walter Reed was born in Gloucester County, Virginia, on September 13, 1851, the youngest of five children. His father was a pastor who moved the family from parish to parish before finally settling in Charlottesville.
In Charlottesville, Walter came under the tutelage of an older brother who taught at the University of Virginia. After completing two one-year courses at the university in 1868, he earned his medical degree on July 1, 1869; he remains the youngest person ever to graduate from the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He earned a second medical degree from Bellevue Hospital Medical College in New York City the following year, and then spent almost three years interning at several New York City hospitals. In 1873, he became an assistant secretary officer for the Brooklyn Board of Health, in which capacity he worked until 1875. He married Emilie Lawrence on April 26, 1876; she would give birth to a son and a daughter, and the couple also adopted a Native American girl.
On February 8, 1875, Reed began the 30-hour-long exam for entry into the U.S. Army Medical Corps. He passed the test easily, and was commissioned a Captain on July 2nd. One of the questions he had to answer on the exam concerned the transmission of yellow fever, to which Reed responded that the disease was spread "[e]ither by germs clinging to clothing or in cargo of ship -- or by a person who is ... sick of the disease being transported to a non-infected [location]." He spent the next 16 years at a string of remote outposts in the West, often as the only doctor for miles.
After spending years on the frontier, Reed was granted a four-month leave of absence so he could update his medical studies at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he learned so well that he was allowed to extend his leave for another seven months. He was promoted to Major in 1893, and became a professor of clinical and sanitary microscopy at the Army Medical School in Washington, D.C., that same year. In addition to fulfilling his teaching duties, Reed also did research on cholera, typhoid, malaria, and yellow fever, and other diseases. He studied a smallpox outbreak in Key West in 1896, and a typhoid outbreak throughout the southeastern United States in 1898-99. During his research on typhoid he was able to determine that flies were the principal carriers of the organism that causes the disease, meaning that the best way to control (if not prevent) an outbreak was to control the fly population.
In 1900, Army Surgeon General George Sternberg appointed Reed head of a board charged with studying tropical diseases in Cuba, with special emphasis on yellow fever, which had accounted for a majority of American deaths during the Spanish-American War. During its research, the board enlisted several volunteers who allowed themselves to be infected with the yellow fever virus so doctors could study the course of the disease. Although the research directly caused the deaths of two researchers, it also confirmed that yellow fever is caused by a germ carried by mosquitoes. The board concluded that the most effective way to prevent future outbreaks was to control mosquito populations, and it was the one simple conclusion that was responsible for stemming the mortality rates from yellow fever during the building of the Panama Canal.
Reed was slated to be named Assistant Surgeon General with the rank of Colonel when he was felled by a ruptured appendix. He died in a Washington, D.C., Army hospital on November 22, 1902, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., was named in his honor in 1909.
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Issue 3 WINTER- 2nd Edition-2004 ISSN 1443-750
The Draft Interim Report on PDCSA/APN Options Coordination forums will soon be in the hands of the PDCSA Management Committee.
HC Harrison Consultants were appointed by the PDCSA to conduct these forums. Formal invitations were sent to APN Consumers to attend which were held across the Adelaide Metropolitan, Hills and Southern Fleurieu regions in April & May.
We recognised the difficulty for some people to be able to attend, and the overall the turn-up thus far have been fabulous. We have spoken to 84 consumers, so far!
Each person who managed to get to these forums did a great job of expressing their issues, despite cold weather, waiting on taxis, having large distances to travel and or needing to rearrange attendant care hours.
We were really happy with the commitment from service users/people with a disability to tackle the hard questions; questions that are intrusive; sometimes bring emotions to the fore; questions that some felt vulnerable in answering.
Rural consumers will not miss out; forums in the Riverland, South East, North West and Eyre Peninsular will be happening between August and September.
So if you are registered with APN Options, when you get your invitation do your best to come along and have your say!
The interim report will be available for members to read in the next month.
It needs to go to the Management Committee first for viewing and feedback.
As a collaborative effort between APN Options Co-ordination and PDCSA, the project has been a real winner, and our thanks go to everyone who participated.
Trevor Harrison-Jill Fowler
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Unmet Needs affects most people with disabilities. Over the last ten years there has been a change in Government policy here in South Australia.
Governments decided to close institutions and encourage people with disabilities to be more active in the community. At least that is what the policy is meant to be.
To do this, the South Australian Government set up Options Co-ordination to provide support, services and equipment to people with disabilities.
Options were supposed to fund and assist people find support workers for the daily activities that most able-bodied take for granted. Things like – getting out of bed, having a shower, dressing, going to the toilet, eating, moving about.
Options were also supposed to assist people get the equipment they need through ILEP – wheelchairs, cushions, grab rails, taps etc.
So what is are Unmet Needs? Unmet Needs are when Options and ILEP are not providing people with the support they need.
Unmet Needs can mean people are getting no services or equipment at all or it can also mean people are not getting enough services or equipment.
This is easy to answer – basically there is not enough money. Well, it isn't that there isn't enough money (after all there always seems to be enough for politicians overseas trips!), just that Options and ILEP aren't getting enough.
And that means people with disabilities aren't getting the basic things they need.
So what can we do?
Fixing Unmet Needs is all about priorities. Is it important enough? Sure it is if you can't go to the toilet, can't eat or have a shower.
It's important enough if your wheelchair keeps breaking down and you can't get another one for eighteen months or your bum is always sore because you can't get a new cushion.
It's certainly important enough if you have to rely on your six-year-old child to provide personal care! So how do we get the Government to agree that it is important enough?
It is time that everyone – people with disabilities, families and friends – started making more of a fuss! This is a major problem and it is only going to get worse unless we do something about it.
Talk about your Unmet Need to APN Options Coordination, to advocacy organisations, to the Minister for Disability Services, to the Treasurer and to your local State member of parliament.
They all need to know that this is important for the whole community!
If you want to talk to an advocate about Unmet Need you can phone David Rigney at Disability Advocacy and Complaints Service on phone 8234 5699 – he can assist you in raising the issues with APN Options and the Government. Complaints can also be lodged: APN Options Phone 8366 7333
Disability Action Phone 8346 8288.
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and the Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA) are holding open mental health community forums in each State and Territory as part of national research into the human rights of people with a mental illness.
Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM, Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner (HREOC),
Mr Keith Wilson, Chair (MHCA), Dr Grace Groom, CEO (MHCA) and Prof Ian
Hickie, Director (Brain and Mind Research Institute) will speak at the meetings.
The primary objective of these forums is to encourage an open discussion where people can share their stories, experiences and thoughts about mental health service delivery.
The results of this research will allow HREOC and the MHCA to review progress made since the "Burdekin Report" in 1993.
The following SA Venues are open to all members of the public [free of charge].
Friday, 16 July 2004-9.30am - 11.30am
Fullarton Park Centre
411 Fullarton Road,
Fullarton SA
(Hearing Loop and Auslan Interpreters available)
Murray Bridge
Friday, 16 July 2004
2.00pm - 4.00pm
Committee Room
City Council Chambers
2 Seventh Street
Murray Bridge SA (Hearing Loop and Auslan Interpreters available)
It is anticipated that community forums will also take place in Tasmania, Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria during August and September 2004.
For more information please contact:
Gabrielle Crowe, Communications Manager (MHCA) on phone: (02) 6285 3100 or
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The 2004 Budget offers plenty of assistance for people already in the workforce and earning high incomes - but nothing to assist people with disabilities to move out of poverty into open employment, or out of aged care nursing homes into more suitable accommodation.
Australian Democrats spokesperson for Family & Community Services and Disability, Senator Brian Greig, says the Budget is heavily weighted in favour of high income, working families to the detriment of single parent families and people with a disability.
"People with a disability missed out on the $300 lump payment in the last pre-election budget and now miss out again on any lump sum payments. The Government has offered lump sum one-off payments of $600 to families, $1000 to carers, $3500 to aged care facilities for residents, but nothing to those with a disability," Senator Greig said.
"In spite of an injection of $2.2 billion into aged care, there is nothing for young people with disabilities trapped in nursing homes, often for years, with low levels of rehabilitative support.
"People with a disability have the same needs as other low income Australians. But, they do not qualify for the tax cuts; few will have the opportunity to contribute to Superannuation and they will therefore not benefit from the Government's co-contribution incentives."
Senator Greig says it appears that this section of Australian society is being made to 'pay' for the Senate's understandable decision last year to reject the severe cuts to disability support pensions that were proposed by the Government.
The Democrats are again calling on the Government to recognise the cost of disability, pay tiered income support and at least provide a one-off payment from this year's generous surplus.
Source: - Democrats Media Release
The Democrats are today calling on the Government to ensure sensible funding provisions in the Budget to provide suitable accommodation for the six thousand young people currently housed in old aged nursing homes.
Australian Democrats Disability spokesperson, Senator Brian Greig, says providing proper accommodation for young people with disabilities would automatically free up beds in nursing homes while at the same time alleviating the problems of old-aged people permanently occupying hospital beds.
"The needs of young people and people with disabilities are very different to older and frail Australians, in terms of physiotherapy, occupational therapy and stimulating activities.
"Once a young person is committed to living in aged care facilities, that's the end of any specific care or physiotherapy," Senator Greig said. "Young people in nursing homes are kept in a 'holding pattern' of care, sometimes for many, many years."
Senator Greig says young people, caught between the federal aged care system and State disability services are entitled to action under the Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA).
"The Government promised strategies in the CSTDA to address this issue, and now that all bilateral agreements have been signed, there is no longer any excuse for procrastination," Senator Greig said.
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Ever since she was five years old Maggie Malak has helped take care of her mother after she suffered a spinal injury and was confined to a wheelchair.
Now 16, Maggie is part of a hidden tribe of young carers that have been acknowledged by the Federal Government in this week's budget.
But Maggie is not overly impressed with the Government's promised largesse. There is a one-off $1000 payment in June to all people who receive the Carer Payment, and notice of plans to provide young carers at risk of leaving school with more respite services.
"The $1000 would be a help," Maggie said. "But it's one-off, and then we go back to how it was." Her mother, Sara Trad, 40, was more blunt: "He's had four years to change things," she said of the Prime Minister, John Howard, "and in an election year he's trying to buy our votes."
Ms Trad, a sole parent, voted for the Coalition last election. But she is embittered by the Government's attempts to move people off the Disability Support Pension without doing more to ensure employers will hire people with disabilities.
Maggie and her older sister Angie, 19, do the housework, the cooking, stay up late when their mother is in pain, and take her to the doctor. It takes a toll on Maggie, a year 11 student at Tuggerah Lakes Secondary College. She says the school is understanding of her absences and late assignments, and she is determined to complete school.
But she has concerns about the Federal Government's promise to young carers of regular in-home respite services. Under the plan - to be negotiated with state governments - school students would qualify for up to five hours of respite each school week, and one fortnight a year.
Maggie is worried about losing the Carer Payment if she doesn't spend enough time at home. The $215-a-week payment, targeted to low-income earners, stipulates carers can take no more than 20 hours off a week for education. "It worries me all the time that I could lose the payment if I spend too much time at school," Maggie said. "Then how would we survive?"
The president of Carers' Australia, Louise Gilmore, said the body had not lobbied for one-off payments
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald. © 2004
Both the Government and Labor today refused to support a Democrats' amendment, which would have ensured all carers, receive the $1,000 promised to them in the Budget.
The Family Assistance Legislation, which provides $1000 to some carers, passed the Senate today.
Australian Democrats Family and Community Services spokesperson, Senator Brian Greig, say despite spending countless hours every day caring for a person, many carers will miss out on the $1,000 one-off payment given to carers in the Budget.
"This is because only those receiving Carer Payment as at 11 May will receive the one-off budget bonus of $1,000," Senator Greig said.
Many age pensioners, disability support pensioners and sole parents provide full time care for elderly partners, elderly parents or children with a disability. These people are Australia's 'silent army' of carers but they will miss out on the $1,000 bonus.
Many people have been told by Centrelink that there is no advantage to them claiming carer payments because it involves the same rate and income test as the other age or disability support pensions they are already receiving. It is also known that Centrelink has been transferring people off carer payment on to age pension when they reach the age of 65.
"This is a sad day for carers who will miss out on the Budget bonus. Carers are dedicated, hard working and save the Government millions of dollars in caring for elderly Australians and those with a disability. It is simply not fair that the Government has decided only some carers will receive the full $1000 bonus and others will not," Senator Greig said.
Source: Democrats Media Release. © 2004
The Disability Movement has lost another advocate
Our sincere condolences to Mrs Becky Llewellyn and family
Richard died peacefully and a funeral service celebrating his life took place at the Centennial Park Crematorium, Pasadena in the Heysen Pavilion on the 29th May 2004
[This informative article was omitted in our last issue of the Activator]
The inaugural Board Meeting of the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations recently held in Canberra, Australia.
The aim of the Federation is to champion the rights of people with disability in Australia and help them to participate fully in community life.
Maurice Corcoran was elected as the first Chairperson of the Board and will be supported by three Deputy Chairpersons Diana Qian, Robert Altamore and Roy McAlpine as well as Treasurer Kyle Miers.
"The diversity, skills and experience that exists on the Board is fantastic and will serve the Federation very well. There is a terrific range of age, disability, gender and ethnicity that provides a solid foundation for the Federation to draw from," Mr. Corcoran said today.
The founding members and their organisations are:
Kyle Mier - Australian Association of the Deaf; Robert Altamore - Blind Citizens Australia, Maria McGrath - Brain Injury Association, Ruth Fotheringham - Deafness Forum Australia, Roy McAlpine - National Council on Intellectual Disability, Diana Qian - National Ethnic Disability Alliance, Ros Sackley - National Indigenous Disability Network, Maurice Corcoran - Physical Disability Council of Australia; and Samantha Jenkinson - Women with Disabilities Australia.
The Federation is unique because it is the first cross-disability national body in Australia whose Constitution specifies that all its Directors and staff must be people with disability.
"It is this very factor that is the source of the Federation's legitimacy because for the first time there is a national peak that is for people with disability that will be run by people with disability" Mr. Corcoran said.
For too long people with disability have been forced to accept representation on their behalf by people with no personal experience of disability.
The Federation is now in the process of hiring a Chief Executive Officer and Directors. In the meantime, information about the Federation and its on-going development will be distributed via regular communiqués and will also be available at www.disfed.org.au
The Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO) Board of Directors is very pleased to announce the appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following a national recruitment strategy.
Ms. Maryanne Diamond who is a person with a disability and previously the Executive Officer of Blind Citizens Australia has won the position from a very strong field of applicants.
"I am pleased with the Board's choice for this position. Maryanne comes to the Federation with a strong administrative and policy background and these skills will be crucial in the early stages of the Federation" Mr. Maurice Corcoran, AFDO Chairperson said today. Maryanne will be taking up the position at the end of July and is looking forward to this new challenge.
"I'm really looking forward to bringing together our leadership team and our founding member organisations to develop our strategic directions which will become the foundation of our future development" Maryanne said today.
"I am aware of the many expectations that both the Government and the community have in regards to the Federation. I believe that open and engaging communication strategies will be crucial in ensuring that the Federation engages meaningfully with all areas of the disability sector" she added.
One of the first tasks for the Federation's new CEO will be to set up the Federation's secretariat in Melbourne where Maryanne lives.
In the meantime, the National Ethnic Disability Alliance (NEDA) will continue to operate as the Federation's interim secretariat.
People with physical disabilities are subjected to longer taxi delays than people without disabilities
People living in rural areas and in outer suburbs are even more disadvantaged
PDCSA is linked to a network of Physical Disability Council's (PDC) in each State and Territory in Australia and represents people with physical disabilities on issues, which affect us both locally and nationally.
Our Aim
To promote equal opportunities for people with a physical disability by providing a representative voice.
Our Vision
That the needs of people with a physical disability will be met in all South Australian Government legislation, policies, services and programs and in all areas of the private sector and the community of South Australia enabling full participation
A feeling of loss weighs greatly on me as we in South Australia have lost two prominent figures in the disability field.
There were two funerals within a few months.
The first person to greatly influence my life was Jeff Heath.
My memory catapults back to a classroom full of us where the boys would spring into action the minute our teacher left the room, hurling bits of paper at each other using the ends of their rulers as spring boards until…. CLOP! CLOP! CLOP!
Footsteps warned us of her approach.
'SSSHHH! Here comes Mrs Jones!'
Jeff was one of the rascals, his angelic boyish face turning toward the blackboard and doing his schoolwork.
As years passed Jeff took me to folk clubs and other events. We were friends and I learned a lot from him about how to become a disability activist. He didn't tell me how, I just watched and learned.
Richard Llewellyn was the other person who was a major influence in my life. I first met Richard at a club where a group of us with physical disabilities met regularly.
My first impression of Richard when I met him was how his presence filled the room and when he spoke, albeit with a quiet clear tone, his ability to take command of an issue was great.
I remember telling him how much I hated living in an institution and him telling me to do something about it. I would like to offer my condolences to Becky Llewellyn and Yvonne Bailey, Jeff's partner.
Cathy Nirta
Are you a person who enjoys going out but finding life restricted because you can't get into front doors of restaurants or can't use their loos?
This is only one issue tackled by PDCSA.
We at PDCSA are looking for highly motivated people with physical disabilities to join our committee to share the load to activate positive changes.
If you want to know more about joining the PDCSA committee you can ring 8272 0642 or
You can apply by writing to: Physical Disability Council 23A King William Road UNLEY SA 5061 or email: email@example.com
Did you know that the restaurants featured on television recently 'My Restaurant Rules', had no wheelchair accessible toilet? The toilets were upstairs.
So you see folks, disability access needs to remain on the agenda and we need some new recruitment in PDCSA to assist with our work.
Cathy Nirta
The Attorney General, Philip Ruddock, today announced a grant of $50,000 for disability sector consultations on the proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.
The government's funding will enable People with Disability Australia Inc to conduct the consultations in close cooperation with the Australian Federation of Disability
Organisations and the National Association of Community Legal Centres.
"The consultations will take place in July and will enable the disability sector to discuss views on the proposals for a convention," Mr Ruddock said.
"They will be broad based and include a wide variety of people with disabilities and representative organisations throughout Australia."
A United Nations Ad Hoc Committee is currently negotiating the text of the convention.
An Australian delegation of representatives of the Government, disability sector and the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission recently attended the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee.
The delegation is now preparing for attendance at the 4th session to be held in New York in August 2004.
"The Government is committed to ensuring that a convention resulting from this process reflects the views and genuinely protects the rights and advances the circumstances of people with disabilities," Mr Ruddock said.
Contact - Disability Action on 8346-8288 for further details
Parents and people with disabilities voiced their concern over funding shortages and lack of child-care and home care services today at a media conference in the marginal federal electorate of Moreton, Brisbane.
Services First – an alliance of doctors, teachers and community workers called on political parties to promise more funds to services rather than more tax cuts.
"This week, high income earners receive $21 a week in tax cuts most of them don't really need. Parents and people with disabilities are still waiting for the caring services they desperately need.
One in 17 Australians has a severe disability and needs help with self-care, mobility and communication. Child care services are used by 788,000 children (or a quarter of all children aged 0-11)," Services First spokesperson Sue Ham said.
The average cost of a place in a child care-centre has risen by 25% in the last 2 years. Even with the Child Care Benefit a family on $45,000 using 25 hours of centre based care for two kids still has to pay an average of $100 a week.
157,000 people with a severe disability have an unmet need for help from a community service with self-care, mobility or communication, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
The Institute conservatively estimated an extra 12,500 accommodation and respite care places were needed by people with severe disabilities in 2001.
Over 6000 Australians under 65 live in nursing homes and hostels because more appropriate care is not available to them.
The Federal Government has committed an extra $25 million a year under the latest Commonwealth State and Territory Disability Agreement but this is a drop in the ocean of need and far less than the $100 million in 'growth funds' supplied under the previous agreement.
People with disabilities live with the consequences of social exclusion every day of their lives and in all aspects of their lives.
The SCOSA team is hosting two events during Cerebral Palsy Awareness Week
16 - 22 August 2004
The first is "Planning your Will" an information night - Wednesday 18thAugust at 7.00pm - in the James A Nelson Hall here at 98 Woodville Road, Woodville.
A representative from Tower Trust will give an update on options to consider when making a Will. This will be of interest to all and is open to the general public. It is free of charge and a light supper will be served.
The second is "Will Maintenance Trusts" - setting up a special Fund where capital income can be used for the benefit of a person with special needs -Friday 20 August at 2.00pm - in the James A Nelson Hall, 98 Woodville Road
Again a representative from Tower Trust will be the guest speaker.
This meeting will be of interest not only to parents/siblings of our clients, but any members of the general public who wish to consider this option. It is free of charge and a light afternoon tea will be served.
Making a will is most important and something we all need to consider – So come along and bring family & friends!!
Bookings essential for both events. Phone Helen on 8243 5096
People with disabilities are members of a social minority in Australia that is economically, culturally, politically and socially disadvantaged by systemic failures and inadequacies, including institutional and
individual discrimination.
Federal Opposition Finance spokesman Bob McMullan has ruled out support for the Government's proposed changes to the disability support pension.
Labor backbencher Roger Price says after the backdown on subsidised medicine, the party should also reconsider other Government bills that are stalled in the Senate, including stricter requirements for the disability pension.
But Mr McMullan says Labor will not be changing its mind on that.
And he has ruled out apologising for Labor's decision to support a 30 per cent increase in the cost of medicines when it had previously said it never would.
"I'm not making an apology I am acknowledging we made a really tough decision here yesterday," he said.
Source: ABC News © 23rd June 2004
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A man who was left a paraplegic after he dived into a backyard pool during a New Year's Eve party has lost his $2 million case against the owners of the house.
Shannon Jeffery, 35, sued the parents of his girlfriend and her brother. He had said the brother chased him, forcing him to dive into the pool. He fractured his spine as a result of the accident at Harrington Street, Rooty Hill, eight years ago and was left wheelchair-bound.
Mr Jeffery, who had drunk six stubbies of beer in 3 hours that night, said the pool was dirty and dimly lit.
He alleged that the owners of the house failed to control horseplay at the party, he alleged, and were particularly negligent in not controlling Mrs Bailey's son, Dean Lye.
But in handing down his judgement in the NSW Supreme Court yesterday, Justice John Dowd said the law did not require the "constant supervision of adults" at a domestic pool.
It was a New Year's Eve party, not a pool party, Justice Dowd said, and Mr and Mrs Bailey had been inside the house at the time of the accident.
Mr Jeffery had visited the house regularly in the month before the accident to see his girlfriend, Nicole Lye, Mrs Bailey's daughter, and would have been familiar with the layout of the pool, although he said he had never swum in it, Justice Dowd said.
The parties had agreed on $2 million as the amount of damages to be paid if Mr Jeffery was successful and had agreed it would not be reduced by contributory negligence, which left the issue of liability.
A Law Society of NSW councillor, Hugh Macken, said that although, as a general rule, people who invited others into their home owed them a duty of care, the court had taken a "commonsense approach".
.Sydney Morning Herald July 7, 2004
President: Maurice Corcoran
Vice President: Glenda Lee
Secretary/Treasurer: Gus Raddock
Cathy Nirta, Julie Anne McBride, Tracy Rice, Helen Bolger, Margie Charlesworth and Lorna Roberts
PDCSA Management committee meet monthly every 2nd Friday at the DIRC, 195 Gilles Street, Adelaide at 2.00pm.
People with disabilities across Australia are disappointed and angered at the lack of compassion from firstly the government and secondly the ALP in supporting up to 30% increases to the cost of medicines in Australia.
For years the disability sector has been impressing upon governments, the increased costs of having a disability and this week we see a political football passed from one side to another that simply adds to these costs.
We have seen steady increases in the costs of medicines, doctors fees, transport, housing, heating, cooling, food, and in more recent times the GST with no thought or compensation for those who have the greatest need.
With the decline in bulk billing and the increased costs of medicines with or without a PBS subsidy, people with disabilities will be unable to afford to see doctors or fill prescriptions.
This will result in an even greater pull on the government purse strings because more and more people will need to be hospitalised in public facilities in order to receive much needed treatment.
If there are additional health conditions during this time, this is an added cost.
PDCA calls on all political parties to put away their need for votes in the coming Federal Election and start acting more responsibly to those with the greatest needs.
Physical Disability Council of Australia Media Release © 2004
A SERCO driver who refused to allow a passenger in a wheelchair on a bus is facing the sack.
The passenger complained to the company after a driver refused to lower a ramp so she could board a designated 'disabled' bus at the Salisbury Interchange.
She says he also drove erratically, and refused to let her off at her stop.
SERCO officials have interviewed both Ms Brooks and the driver and he's to face a formal disciplinary hearing.
If found guilty, he could be dismissed.
Members are invited to contribute to this forum; indeed we insist that you do
We will publish anything for you as long as it's legal
Website is now available.
Dell Stagg is an Adelaide parent who cares for her 39-year-old daughter with various disabilities at home. A friendly Commonwealth bureaucrat advised Dell in 1991 that people like her would never get anywhere unless they organized politically. Thirteen years later, when Dell's domestic life has finally reached some stability, Dell is getting round to it.
Dell is a Steering Committee member of People Power.
Deirdre Croft of the WA Developmental Disability Council has written an excellent discussion starter on The Future of Care in Australia.
It is posted in our discussion forum for members. You will need a username and password to participate in the forum, which will be sent to you on returning the membership form (there is no cost) available from the website.
People Power is a new movement aiming to empower people who have become invisible in our political system.
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One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated waiting for the pilot to show up so they can get under way.
The PDCSA is compiling a list of places difficult to access by people with disabilities the City of Adelaide.
If you are aware of these areas, please drop us a line, email email@example.com or fax 8272-0642
From 6 to 11 August 2004, internationally recognized representatives of sport and sport science will come together in Thessaloniki, Greece, for the 2004 Pre-Olympic Congress. Organized every four years, prior to the Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games, the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) expects a new record in participation at the largest International multidisciplinary sport congress under the patronage of the IOC and UNESCO. Scientists from around 60 countries have submitted 1500 abstracts, from which the scientific committee has chosen 800 posters and 500 presentations.
For the first time a large participation of Chinese experts is expected, which will create opportunities for future scientific co-operation between the organizers of the Beijing 2008 Olympics and Paralympics and research centres around the world.
For further information and registration details please visit
www.preolympic2004.com or www.icsspe.org.
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We are appealing for donations of wheelchairs commodes, lifters, adjustable height beds, mattresses or other medical aids/equipment for shipment to needy hospitals and institutions in Fiji
Earlier shipment of beds donated by Julia Farr Centre
Recipients in Fiji with donated equipment from FCASA
Gus Raddock: 8326-5667 or
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Bridgid Medder: 8278-5130 or
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We also welcome donations [crossed or bank cheques only] to cover our container costs.
NB: A container to Fiji costs $2500.00 from Adelaide
It's time we showed government there is inadequate funding and we will not stop lobbying, advocating and making a noise until they provide funding now and into the future!
Time: 11.30AM for 12.00AM at Victoria Square to walk to Parliament house at approximately I.00PM
Bring your family and friends and anyone who believes in valuing people with disabilities. We aren't dead yet!
If you are able to get there please call Donna or Mary-Ann at Parent Advocacy on 8397 7309 and let them know!
Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure facts reported in this newsletter are accurate, and opinions expressed well founded. PDCSA welcomes all feedback on this newsletter and letters to the editor should be sent to Gus Raddock or Cathy Nirta, PDCSA, 23A King William Road, Unley. SA. Ph: 8272 0642.


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Here you can get the finest glass and amber ornaments on the Internet. On top of that we also hand paint personalised messages on some of them for free.
silver and amber jewellery
We are now introducing the finest hand made sterling silver (millesimal fineness 925) and Baltic amber jewellery.
A perfect gift for every woman!
large glass Christmas baubles
- Best grandparents Christmas bauble for grandchildren
- Christmas gift for child's first Christmas
- Husband and wife first Christmas
- Christmas present for people who are hard to buy
- Christmas bauble for new home
These are only examples of the reasons why you would decide to buy one of our Christmas baubles with your own personalised hand painted message. You can order only one just to decorate your own mantelpiece, decorate Christmas your table or improve appearance of your Christmas tree. Large hand painted Christmas bauble adds magic to every room. Baby Christmas bauble is a perfect souvenir to commemorate of a new-born's first Christmas. Christmas bauble for newlyweds or Christmas bauble for new home is always welcome. You can buy one of our plain baubles, just to decorate it on your own, choosing your own design.
Their quality and perfection is amazing. Each of them is slightly different as they are free-blown and then hand painted by Polish artists! No machinery was used during production process, just old style tools and methods perfected by decades in this small family owned business that makes these very decorative glass Christmas ornaments, as Poland is one of the biggest exporters of Christmas baubles in the world. There is a long tradition of making them.
We can paint any personalised message on baubles with glitter paint matching bauble colour, so the final effect is perfect as we use calligraphic line drawing. We do that free of charge. You can see our writings on the pictures in our shop
The size of large baubles is 6 inch (15cm) in diameter.
Below is our Christmas decoration idea, for more Xmas decoration ideas, please visit our gallery section.
The price is moderate even though the bauble is fair traded to reward artists for their work and the packaging I use is to ensure that the bauble you purchase arrives safely.
All large Christmas baubles come with metal bauble stand, protective decorated carton box and eco-friendly gift bag that makes a perfect Xmas Gift Box set.
We suggest that you keep packaging so you can wrap up your bauble after Christmas for the next year.
Bauble with personalised wish is made specifically for you, so the product is non-refundable. For all terms and condition please refer to our website baubles4you.com.
smaller glass Christmas baubles
Smaller (we call them small but they are not that small) glass Christmas baubles are mostly purchased by grandparents and parents as a gift for children to commemorate their anniversaries (instead of other precious gifts), like first Christmas or birthdays near the Christmas period. Some people buy them for other occasions or just as beautiful decorations. Can be hung on Christmas tree or window as any other bauble. We write short messages on most of them. Best fit messages are around 15-20 characters, as longer messages do not look well on such a small baubles.
These baubles are 100mm (10cm, 3.94 inch) in diameter and, of course, all of them are hand made from the very beginning using only traditional ways of making baubles. They come in decorative carton boxes for safe storage over the years to come, metal stand and a gift bag.
Below is a smaller bauble pictured along with large bauble for comparison.
These (as any of the baubles we sell) should not be given to small children as they are made with glass and, if broken, can cause cuts.
set of 4 baubles
Set of four medium thin glass handmade and hand painted baubles in a box, 100 mm diameter each. We call them medium baubles as they are still larger than most of Christmas baubles you can buy. These baubles are meant to be hanged on Christmas tree as any other bauble or you can decide to hang them in a window - Swedish way. It can be easily converted into Christmas gift box containing unique Christmas gift: we will give you an eco-friendly present bag with winter theme with your order.
We suggest that you keep packaging so you can wrap up your bauble after Christmas for the next year.
amber decorated glass Fabergé eggs
Exquisite traditionally free-blown glass Faberge eggs, hand decorated by artists, finished with real amber from Baltic coastline in Poland. Items come with stand for display, protective tube and a gift bag. Everything packed in rigid box to assure safe delivery. Their size is 4.7 inch (12cm) tall excluding stand. Stand is 7.5 (19cm) tall.
Make a perfect gift for dearest ones particularly for Valentine's Day, Easter and any other occasion. They may also be a great present idea for Hard-to-Buy-For People. Our Faberge eggs are unique, richly decorated and beautiful. These decorations can add sparkle to your house all year round. Can be even hung on Christmas tree as any bauble. As they are handmade, every egg is different. As you can see on photographs, they look differently depending on type of light in which they are displayed in (day light, single source artificial light, multiple source artificial light, candles etc.). Look amazing on mantelpiece or as a decoration of table. To find out more about individual items, please contact us browse our gallery and shop ( http://baubles4you.com), where is a full description of every variation of the Faberge eggs we sell.
glass baubles with logo
- · for corporations and their customers and staff
- · for organisations and their supporters
- · for sports clubs and their merchandising
- · everywhere where it might be useful to spread the word about your brand
- · also available with imprinted wishes along with your logo
- wholesale quantities available!
Perfect opportunity for you and your company to help advertise and spread the word with really exceptional item that you might want to give away to valued customers and staff or just decorate your headquarters for Christmas!
Large companies in Poland usually set up a huge Christmas tree in their foyer of their headquarters and hung these baubles all over the tree, all decorated with their logo for the sake of marketing. Their brand is getting recognised. SHOW OFF your brand NOW!
Simple product, good quality, supplied with stands and separate elegant boxes (so they can be displayed on their own) or without stands in boxes of four/six that are sold this way to be hung on Christmas tree. All options and sizes available starting from 8 cm (3.14 inch) to 10 cm (3.94 inch) in diameter. We also sell large quantities of any of our baubles. To find out more please contact us expressing your needs. Deadlines apply, please read out Terms and Conditions for details.
They trust us, right? Why don't you?
Each bauble is hand made with free blown glass. Logo is pad printed. The final product looks just perfect!
The deadline for orders of baubles with logo and large ( wholesale ) quantities of baubles for Christmas will pass on 1st October each year. We do not take orders after that date as we would not be able to fulfil them on time.
We welcome every query and are happy to discuss future purchases. Please contact us and state your needs so we would be able to prepare your order in advance.
Click here to browse more pictures and find out more about baubles with logo!
ALL products that we sell, are despatched from United Kingdom. This mean that all purchases made via our website are protected by UK distance selling regulations. Also our business is registered in the UK. Please be advised that purchasing goods from outside the UK makes you vulnerable to fraud.
Royal mail drastically increased it's charges for domestic deliveries, so we are no longer able to offer free delivery within the UK and charge fee for delivery to all locations plus the Euro zone, North America (USA, Canada) and Australia for our luxury Christmas decorations. We also have surcharge for Next Day delivery to the UK.
In order to find how much your delivery costs and find out if we deliver to your country, please follow steps:
- Go to our shop: http://baubles4you.com/shop
- Choose any of our products and add it to cart (no purchase necessary, we will not charge you at this stage), add ONLY one item as we charge shipping per item purchased (adding more items would multiply your shipping cost)
- Click Shopping Cart http://baubles4you.com/shop/cart
- Mark field: "Estimate Shipping & Taxes"
- Fill in the form with destination details
- Click "Get Quotes" to find out if we can deliver goods to you
- Remove item/items from your shopping cart immediately if you do not intend to place your order.
To find out more about delivery charges and deadlines before Christmas, please visit our delivery information page or read our terms and conditions. Please do notice that large part of price charged for delivery is actually packaging as we sell fragile glass products that need to be well protected during transport and handling.
In our shop you can pay with your PayPal account or pay with your Credit or Debit card using PayPal without need to open PayPal account.
The other place you can find our baubles are ebay.co.uk and amazon.co.uk
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Beat winter weather and seasonal delivery delays: order now!
Caution: all baubles and eggs are made with very thin, fragile glass – if broken can cause cuts, keep away from children and animals!